New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-17

bouLd for their dismissal or 10 suo nc
Ssspprov,d their copdact the honor to be- my lord
With high consideration your 'rd,lc BXNCRSFf
Wscouut PaLxKRsroS, &c, &c, &C.,
To ,hs demand the following conclusive ana satisfactory
'ep"'' "s'' " PoSEieN Oyrcx, Oct. H. le47
SIR; have the honor sekncwledg- the receipt OF 2ur
letter the sb inst stating that you have been instructed by
the Government Of the United 10 complain that capt
May cf the British mail steamer it rh!dfs ms oeH,ser
er Psrrder from tbs Havana Vera Cruz IN the moth Of
Augus. and have ioform that have referred
s :Sovs as 70 'ss E bought the
captain Of tho Tevot may be officially Investigated have
PALMERSTON.
GEORGE BANCROFT, ESQ.,. 30, 10. :, ,o,-
FoKEIGS OFFICE Nov l6, lH7.
sR: In etter Of he 9th inst complaining
Of the conduct Captain May of the British mail steamer
Teyt IN having conveyed General Paredez from The Hayes
Cruz Ia the month August last have the honor to
.t,e you that the Lords Commissioner Of the Admiralty
having ed the circumstances OF This affair her
esys Government foned the Directors OF The ROYAL
Mail Steam Picket Company to whom the steamer Iesiot
belongs that the Diecor.s.s bound to testify in marked
manner their dspprovs OF Captain Mays Conduct 10 having
bus abused the ndulse so'ded 70 the y-s'e
by the Government Of the Uoi ed Ntsts aud ms directors OF
the Company have accordingly stated to her Maestys TOW
eminent thai they VIII suspend d GsI'sn ~ s sy
denim Any set the ra Of thei' cheers when may We
,it.d state. or as On Infringement INVASION the reeus
ons estahsei by tie United S,es officers IN ho'e parts Of
have the honor to be, with high s S9u
a. The British Government duriDg this pres
eut year, and with reference to this very To-
bellion, has placed on record it's own unchanged
conviction that such acts as that Of the Trent
are clearly Illegal, ard throw her out of the
pale of National protection. Here is the Royal
Proclamation, a solemn official act wherein Her
Msjestys present Ministers warn her subjects
how to depOrt themselves toward the American
beligerents, on peril of FORGETTING their National
character and immunites. Mark it we'll
VICTORIA, R-Hhe1eos happily a. pes with all
sover.gn. Power and STATES and whereas hodies hsve
United Ststes America Gnd certain State. styling them
seye. the Confedes. States OF Ameea and heroes we,
being al PEACE With the Government Of the Uud states
have declared Royal determination TO mainsin strict
and impartial neutrality in The contest betseen he 'ad con.
tending pstes therefore bs'e thought NJ by SD with
tn. advice Of Py Council TO issue this our Royal
Proclamation The provi ions Of The Foreign Pull ms9t
Act then quoted and the PTocl1n1ti0n eon,inae' a. io
lows Anj do hereby all our loving sujecs and
all whatsoever entitled to ou prce'ion that any
OF them hail pe.ume in con'upo 81 his our hoy froca
stion of nigh dp.ssnre TO ~ sets n derosa'
ton Of their duty ubec' OF neu4! soveeiEn In ihe
said rontet IN vlo'n CT con'rsv.hton "i TIE Jaw OF
n.tions ia TIA, behalf - for eSsn II, erd more especially,
by entering 10 tue military service OF either Of the shd
coutendiug parties ojg m-'ioned OF ro con ma ned
olic-n sooisis OF By serving - oihceI- ssilos.
or mshne. on board any ship - vessel Of var or
by engaging 30 gns to place hes tue
with intent enlist in such service OF ~
aonios. It home o. sbro,d ether. do 90 by hitting
inning s4%Yos hP SG :, es be lid
coa ding parties: or ~ orssAss ." 90 oss
Of either Of the said cost.ndins pait'', G os orbMy
oFricaH,. 'eLiis's. e;'pdtea's a'"', Hho,s so '
be- II ua, aecord,ag % me lac - mod. u'oss ~
nations for ssTtes Of either OF me sad ooE'endHy
ne & So ,, N tlof s,nJ ., SeaosnSes
do hen a
profeesion, ho sc ndre, ne'''rs 4" ne
a. isei ncy ,s m ne.'e Gny pcq.eon from
ayEf aAy ,iobi It's PtEoi e.s'gHens, OF 1a On me
c0abs'v, 'EcHr our Gi'P'o''"'. " 'uth misc NJ
Given It Court at the ute LOdsr, Richmond Park
this lJh day OF May itol
OF course, a pettiiogger may cayl thst Ma
son ard sldell were not technically "Caicers T"
of JEFF. Davis, but they uers officers and (vir-
tuaD dispatches to boot. That the Trent
wllliully conlgayened the spirit Of this Royal
Proclamation is clear as the MONDAY sun.
Now, then, We repeat what we have nj.
ready urged that, if Grea. Britain be disposed
70 enlarge the rights btrrto accorded to neu.
trails ia Time of war, TO any imaginable extent,
we trust .he will be met in cordial spirit
Ii she is willing Ia soy that, except as ports
actually and efficiently blockaded, The Flag shoH
protect all that is cOrered by Establishing an
bclligereut rights az search whatever, save in
the ease OF vessels attempting to enter block
odsa morris. re trust our Government Will
promptly acceJe 10 thai GocIrine. She dare
not 90 further in the work of enlargiog ond
guaranteeing neutral rights than We can well
.dTord and shaIl doubtless be wiling to accom-.
,,,v he But such little mean quibbles us
ara put firth ,,.,.roueh the London jouroals with
intent to take the ease o, Shd-h ana Mas6I
out Of the category to which 1t cearl, belongs
are unworthy Of so grave n cobtroversy--doubly
unworthy great nation. To talk, as TIE
Morning Post doea, of Messrs. MAscn and Sill
dell AS "peacejM passengers sailing under the
" British fag,'-to cavil, as The Times does,
that " the American authorities might have
" rdrned the English steamer ut Havana" not
to take the rebel ENJOYS on board, and TO
hold, as tie Crown lawyers are reported 70
have done, that Com. Wilkes committed an
outrage Jeeause he did not capture the Trent
nth at on hoard and bring her into an Ame,i-
can port for cOndemnativn--is to degrade
great and grave question Of international law
by interpospg the arts of the special pleader
and the tricks OF Quirk, Cannon aud Snap EN-
pioyed for the defense Of q desperate felon at
tho Old Bailey. Let us have the matter so ar.
gued that its decision shall afford landmark
Tor future guidance.
We pass over the insulting aud prepcsterous
speculaiions of the British press as to the al
legged design Of our Government TO provoke
Mar with Great Rrlain mud La nr.hahln mn