The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-18

We puh,,shed yesterday . telegraphic dispatch
Of another British outrage upon the American nag,
IN the mort OF sAgua 10 Grande, Cuba. From de-
tailed account, published by Albert Gage, master
Of bark H. W Chandler, II appears that eleven
American vessels In that port were boarded and
searched By "a Eugish lieutenant and twelve men
from the British war-steamer Styx, the same which
has already made herself 90 notorious upon our
coast The search was conducted In an uncere-
,nontous and even Insulting manner Another
vessel, tho American bark Gienburn, which ar
rived lately at Havana from Antwerp deeply laden
with machinery, &c, complains of having heen
boarded By British cruiser OF the coast OF TINS
island, AMI states that in reply to his qnes'on'
Did his ressef look Ike sldrer' the briash ON
cor Who boarded him said, " No. but the orders they
had r,.red at Jamaica were that they acre TO board
al cessels they met ,cita on this coast
The following is record Of the operations Of the
british in the Calf duripg the past three weeks ;
Shin Tropic Bird Aired into, boarded and searched
schooner Cortez seized aud now detained at Ina
qua; schooner N. b. Borden hred into, boarded
and searched; schooner Mobile fired into, boarded
aud searched; brig Robt. Wing hred into, boarded
aud searched; bark Gienburn overhauied at sea
AMI bark W. II. Chandler and teu others, boarded
and searched while lying At anchor In the port OF
sagua 10 Graode.
In the case Of the Cortez, the passports OF seVe-
raj OF the passengers were kept by the British
commander, who refused to return them 1t 10
said that the Home Squadron has receives orders
to protect our flag from further outrages; but, As
this report may prove unfonnded, we nope 'ne sea
men of our merchant vessels will also prepare to
protect themselves.
As We have before said, there can be no doubt
J;na cdf In r l.
sncs Of orders from the British government, pro-
badly the late Psimerston administration. They
. have burst upon the country like thunder-clap'
for there never was an hour since the last war with
Eprlapd when there seemed less likelihood that
she would revive the absurd pretensons for which
that war was fought, and which 1t was supposed
that contest had settled.
Tho relations between the two countries are OF
the most amicable kind aud the suferiugs Of the
English people in India had drawn from all Ane-
ri.a an universal expression of sympathy which
Lord Napier, In q late speech, declared that Eng
land could never forget. 1t was such a moment
that Palmerston has chosen to answer the &C
cents of love aud good will from the United States
with feet of gun boats, and the wholesale exer.
cise Of tho right Of search and visitation, In its
mos. insulting form. We say palmerston has done
It, for the first of those outrages occurred before
Lord Derby became Premier, and the Tory admit
istrations of England, strange as it may see IN.
have always been more liberal and friendly to the
United States than the Wings. We take it for
granted that the government will make the usual
demand for an explanation, that an explanation OF
some sort will be made, and the whole matter sat
fssctory stfed 10 the sIkeu msshes of negotiation
until another case occurs, when the same process
will DO repeated. In the meantime, the people OF
America, who have every desire to admire and love
England, will come to the conclusion that she IL
inplacsbis for the past, jealous of the future, and
will crush us If she eau.