Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-12-14
Lord Naptni.,s Recall.

The folowipsTrtcle respecting the allegei re
cali of Lord Napier, the British Minister IL the
United States. 10 from the ibion of Saturday.
A. this journal is the organ Of the British resi-
idrnt- of the United States, its anlonneefrcnt
that there is reason to doubt The report is emit,
ilel to special consideration
Although a, the time Of Asitng the Persia
with tie Liverpool mailbag Of the 9th ult. has
not Vet reached this port We were supple on
Wednesday with some gloanhgs Of lrws to the
2ith, lr,ppcl OF Care Race, paSsan, 10y the
City Of Washington. The chief items of interest,".
are embodied in the heading above; and although
the recall OF our popular Minister is only an
nounccd by the newfoundland telegraph IN the
authority Of two London opposition papers, there
is rrasoa 10 doubt he fret.
One Of these papers, the Morning Post, bitches
ON scrap Of malicious pleasantly, intended with
out doubt as passing Hing ut the known tcnden
Gle. of the Cabinet, but taken up by one two OIL
our crclulous contemporaries here rs really some
thing proiaunl. The Post has it that his urdship
is removed from the sphere Of his usefulness be
cauNc OF his tendencies in favor Of the NJ Inroe
Doctrine, These tendencies. we confess, come
upon Us very freshly. We have never heard If
them and surmse that if they really exist they
must have been limited to lord Napier, conscience
and his confidential dispatches Ia Downing street.
1t would be hard to trace them in his lorl>hip's
words conduct during his residence here; FIR
there is need 90 rcninl our readers of the wide
difference between an evident Willingness u fecog-
Mise the many Just claims of these United States
to prepon leratiuc influence III the political affairs
of this Continent, and acql!,e-cencc in the alb
surd dogma against which we have 50 often pru-
tested. We scout. therefore the idea of this per,
ina-e of the Morning Post, hnFing any serious
foundation; and Laugh at the faulty which ham
mers out ct il climeras Of plots and policies.
But there is a cau>. for every movement of
this sort, we shall probably he expected to assign
one. though not speaking by authority. Tic
probable ground then. of this unexpected chan"
has none II that stupcnlous EnItcance which
the London iournalist hints in Jest aai a New
York journalist discusses in earnest. 1t is p"r-
sonal and private lhun III much tabc regretted
We believe that the sole reason is the delicate
health # Lady Nar;cr who lansu>he, under the
trying climate ot Wa ~h,ngtun.
We are cnirlnci in this belief lay the ~imulta
neous nomination Of Lor Napicr's successor ia
the person Of The liza. Richard Brirkerton Pencil
Lyons, who ha. b en resident Miuisterat Florcucc
since June last Mr.. LYONS is the eldest 4
Admiral Lyons, and has been regularly trained in
! the diplomatic >cNi,e. having entered it in 1899,
being then 22, as Attachc at Athens, whe ehis ia
| the, thea Capt. Sir Edmund ly ms. represented
the British He was long resident in Greece:
was for short time n; Dresden: but has passed
several years lately at Florence. whence. it may
( be remembered, that he was sent to Naples ia
March, lN5G, 10 watch The proceedings against the
british ENGINEERS seized ON board the Sandman
steamer Ciglinri. His conduct on that occas II
was highly commended
Now a, the missions respectively t, Washing
ton and flerencc are nearly Oh IL par, the former
taking precedence, it would by no means surprise
us to lind that an exchange had been effected be-
tween the respective occupants of these two posts
For MIR. Lyons the move would be a step in ad-
vance; whilst Tuscany is so choice spot among
diplomatists, irrespective of its relative rank that
the Marquis of Normandy long held Office there
after having been both Lord Lieutenant of ireland