The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-30

demand fof export, wnuo priceS exhibited NO
alteration Of moment Corn continued firm and in fair
demand tn part for export Pork under the Influence Of
moderate demand for the army was frmer though not
quoably higher Sales Of Western mess we're made at
SIT, and OF prime At $l2 Is . $t2 50 Sugars were
steady, with moderate demand. The sales embraced
500 hhds At prices given in another place Coffee was
steAdy, with sales OF 500 bags Of Rio At 12c laAc
Freghts were steady while engagements we're moderate
Tho Perplexities or England with Re-
gard 70 This Country-Sayns Of an APP
preaching Crisis Abroad.
The hesitation, the weakness and the confu-
sion of the British government at the present
time with respect to the policy to be pursued
towards this country and the Southern insur-
rection is not less apparent In the proclama-
ton of the Queen just issued than in the acts
and speeches of her ministers. Everything
that they have said or done betokens uncer-
tainty, and the perpiexities of the position
seem rather to increase than diminish with the
progress of events in the United States. It is
the same with the British press as with the
British government, for both are in a quandary
from which there is no immediate prospect of
SSSSFS. "AS''f w lAesy o5At ~ WV hA7'"y -
journalism, can we point to an instance where
such almost hopeless confusion and contradc.
ton ever prevailed on single question as is
now the case with the London newspapers In
dealing with American affairs and the attitude
that Great Britain ought to assume in relation
thereto? Meanwhile, the sympathies Of the
middle classes which constitute the ruling
power of England, are decidedly in favor
of the North and the Union. We
must except from these, however, those
engaged in the cotton interest, whose
pockets would doubtless have much to do with
their principles. On the other hand, certain
portion of the aristocracy, whose sentiments
and interests have made them strong partisans
Of the monarchical form Of government, wit
ness with kind of triumph whatever they
think may tend to weaken, or even overthrow
republican institutions. To them, therefore,
afford good argument in support of apet
theory. But they are mistaken, and it will not
be very long before they awake to the con.
scousness of the fact, for they will see this re-
public emerge in all its grandeur and integrity
from the ordeal Of internal commotion with
which it is at present struggling, as Rome
struggled Of yore before she became mistress
of the world, and thereby add new strength,
new lustre and increased permanence to re-
publicanism wherever it may be found.
The position assumed by England towards
this country is, in some respects, very much
the same as that of France towards the revoiu-
tionists of the old thirteen colonies In 1916.
For certain time she preserved neutrality
but afterwards the ultra monarchical feeling
then existing in France led to such revulsioa
of popular impulse in favor of the revolution
lists, that the spirit which had actuated the LAT
ter soon fired the Gallo breast aud produced
the French Revolution, which indeed was a di-
rect consequence of that by which our fathers
achieved their national Independence. Now
the present attitude OF the Puritan and
blackieg of the British government
Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston-
if persevered in, may lead to jast such another
turn of the popular feeliog as led to the Revo-
luton in France. THIS is no idle speculation
1t is indeed very possible contingency. The
British Cabinet, it is to be inferred, are not
altogether unaware of the critical nature OF
the relations OF Enelaud with the United States,
and of the results woich the rebellion here
may produce in The dominions Of her Britannia
Maiesty. A revolution following upon our
own in the Brt,ish islan6s, and leajlng to an
overthrow Of the reiening dynasty and a
change in the form of goveroment, would be
a historical event of no more improbable
character than was the old French Revolution
upon the old American Revolution.
We may thus be witnesses of spectacle
which il must be any thing but pleasant for the
royal family and nobility of England ia con-
template, and which may lead the Prince of
Wales who so recently came among us on
tour OF pleasure, to visit us again from quite
different motive and for quite a different pur
pose. 1t is to be supposed that on such an oc.
casion he would not BE- the only royal per.
senaee travelling hitber but that his iiustrious
mother ard Prince Albert would DO Of tie
sane parry together with many Of his noo,e
friends, for most Of the peerage would
doubtless seek refuge in the same l,nd
with their exued sovereign. We should
in such an event not fail to condole sincerely
with our noble guests on the trouble that had
oYertaken them, and afford them every pro-
lection.
That . crisis--a convulsion-is impending
over England. which may lead to this, remote
as it may seem, is unmistakeable. The premon.
TORY symptoms of the change are distinctly oh.
servabls, and whether or how long the storm
and the whirlwtnd may be averted, there is no
knowing. Certainly, from present appearances,
there appears to be no one in the British gov.
eminent capable Of arreeting the danger which
is so rapidly increasing In portentousness
Fear, wesknes@, inoeci-ion, prejudice and ig-
uorsDce in the Cabinet of st James, at a crit
cal period BIKE the present, are simply fatal
Viii Eogland discover this before 1t is too late