Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-03-12

The New Hampshire Election
IBY TELEGRAPH
CONCORD, March 12-11 so a. m

go towns in the State.) They have also, SC
far, gained 80 representatives. We thinh
that the opposition will have small majority
in the Legislature, and that Wells will lach
only some 1000 votes of majority over all
| others.
Consul Barclay.-It seems from state
ment in the New York Commercial Advsrti
ser, that this worthy pretends to disavow con
nection with the affair of the bark Louisiana.
We publish below the T'ribans's reply. This
circumstance reminds US that some time ago
this Mr.. Barclay paid his respects to ourselves
in the following card:
CARD FROM Mr.. BARCLAY.
To the Editors of the Courier and Engaays, ::
"a newspaper called the Evening Star,
published in the city of Washington, in its
edition Of yesterday, reiterates the charge
| that 1 have been engaged in recruiting or re-
tanning men for the British army, and con-
| meets with it the assertion that had written
despatch to Her Msjesty's Government in
regard to the ship Maury. Whether the ar
ticle in question was written by the editor of
that paper, or by one who panders to it, beg
to assure the public. through your widely
circulated journal, that both his allegations
aAo duu dusOlQtcly
Yours, very truly, ANTHONY BARCLAY
British Consulate, New York, Nov. 90
In this card Mr.. Barclay says that our al.
legation Of his having been engaged in Gre
cruiting or retaining men for the British
army" is "simply and absolutely untrue
He also says that our allegation that he a." had
written dispatch to Her Majesty Govern
ment in regard to the ship Maury" is q simply
and absolutely untrue
We find in the correspondence between the
two Governments, in regard to recruiting for
the British army, very pretty commentary
on Mr.. Barclays card. In his letter of No
vember 2, Mr.. Buchanan writes to Mr.. Marcy
as follows:
G" We afterwards had some conversation
about the invasion Of Ireland, which have
never treated seriously. In regard to the
Russian privateer alleged to be fitting out at
the port Of New York, told him that since
our last conversation had seen two gentle.
men that had just arrived from New York,
who assured me they would be likely to know
or have heard of it were any such steamer
building, and they treated the report to that
effect on this side of the Atlantic as idle and
unfounded In reply, he informed me that
the fact was substantiated and the steamer
described in particular manner, which he
detailed, By three depOs,ttonS iohieA hal be.n
torDarded By the British Consul at Netc
York to Mr.. Champion, achO had brought the
s"eJeet TO yo"r notice, and yOm had promised
TO aRqutre into az.
The correspondence annexed to the report
of the New York Chamber of Commerce, gives
these three dispositions, and shows that they
were transmitted by Mr. Barclay to Mr.
Champion; so that in denying that he " had
written despatch to her Majesty's Govern
ment" Mr.. Barclay equivocated he had
only written to Mr. Champion.
So, Mr.. Barclay says that he " had not been
engaged in recruiting for the British Army"
No indeed, not he. Let us see what Mr.
Marcy says to that:
"The persons connected with the British
consulate at New York have been actively en-
gagged In furthering in the recruiting scheme
Mr. Stanley, the assistant or clerk of the con-
sui, has taken more open and effective part
than the consul himself, and is now under an
indictment for violating the law against for
elgn recruiting. The consul, Mr. Barclay,
could not but know of Mr.. Stanley's conduct
in that matter. but he still retains him in the
consulate. Besides the responsibility that
rightfully attaches to Mr. Barclay for the
improper conduct of an employee In his Office
and under his immediate and daily observa-
ton, this government is satisfied that he has
himself not only favored the recruiting for the
British army, but has participated in it.
Moreover, the improper conduct of Mr. Bar
clay IN the case Of the bark Maury has Justly
gwen offence to the commercial community in
which he resides and with which he has off
cial connection.
o." For these reasons the Government deems
IT proper to instruct you to ask the Govern
ment of Great Britain to withdraw Mr. Bar
clay from the post Of British consul at New
York"
If there could be anything more disgrace
ful to the British Government than its DELHI
crate and persistent endeavors to steal re-
eruits in the United States, it is the equivo-
cations and special pleadings with which its
ohclal agents twist and contrive to escape re-.
sponsibility.
From the New York Tribune
BRITISH ENLIsTMENTs AGAIE.-The Com
msTeiaI Adcertiser of Saturday saws, On the
authority of gentleman whose word no one
would dispute, and who has the best me ans of
knowing what he afirms, that so far as the
BRUSH Consul as concerned, there was not n
word of truth in the statement published in
the Tribune on Friday last with reference to
the British recruiting contract with the bark
Louisiana, the reference to Capt Durham and
Mr. Illeston, OF the question ofdamages to be
paid to her owners on the part of the British
Government, and the final award Of 81, 500 as
such damages. Mr. Barclay continues the
Commercial, has been party to no such ar
bitration, has paid no money for any such
purpose, and does not know the captain
named
We very willingly give Mr. Barclay the
benefit of this derial, and would have done
so earlier had it been brought to our notice
| IN proper manner. Instead, of this, how
ever, we were favored with the visit of a bull
lying style of parsonage who represented him
self as the counsel Of the Consul, and whose
chief desire appeared to be, by threats of
libel suit and heroic bearing generally, to
extort the names of the gentlemen from whom
the information in our report was derived
We hardly need say that the principal result
| OF this interview was a conviction on our part
| that the Consul, if not in an unfortunate posi-
tlon himself, bad been very unfortunate in hi
| choice Of a diplomatic and legal renrese nts