The New York herald., 1861-12-19
FEELING IN THE MANUFACTURING DIS
TRICTS OF ENGLAND.
SERIOUS FEAR OF TIE WAR IN LIVERPOOL

SERIOUS FEAR OF TIRE WAR IN LIVERPOOL.
liverpool {Nor 29 correspondence Of the London Post
This exciting topic (war with the United Statcs) sin
engrosses universal attention here Business has tesn
brought almost q stand still Nothing else is talked Of
either on Change in other places o public resort
The authoritative ncn in the Mo,f.ng POST that
the government law officers decided that the act ion
of the fedcras unjusiable excited mingled feelings
Of satisfaction and apprehension In the FIRST place pah
lie opinion had generally settled down 10 the belief
that the proceedings OF the tinted States officers h0W
nioTfg,9 10 national pride, icouid BE- found
10 te legally jsGaJe, asd ne reaction consequent upon e
8ects0 of he 9orsgaat aaycrs aittrafy syed
Of he dread q MIN Amsrico Is co1cu
fotcd 10 erofe III dtst aarfg Ia Lirtipoo Already
the disturbances IN tile States haye had manifestations
effect upon every branch our trade Since the hast conflict
with the United States Liverpool has immensely IN
creased in her commercial rations Nth america thai
difcnH 10 conjecture chat ieould D. Tie consequence IF
r'J'et aop not only 10 IN. nhalioa's Of he gqeoiet
seaport IN NE ,co,d hm also 10 ne manufacturing dis
ir63 II ,ehch il Is NJ once the month ami outlet
still in spite Of the great apprehcnsions Of the ue
and trading community there is IN many quarters great
satisfacl expressed ibat termination Is at last
Mt to the series Of annoyancs aud vexatiols which
have for so many endured ut the hands Of Amc-
rican brethren feeling Of security cngcndcrcd by
the knowledge that England was never better prepared
go 10 war than she is al present, while the Americans
perhaps, were ia position to enemy
| all powerful at and onitcd ut home.
Later III the daysan impression gained ground that
when the British remoustrances received by Mf.
| Lincolns Cabinet an ample explanation and apology
4 would be Afforded
Tic saics OF cotton in Liverpool yesterday only
coo bales the smallest amount kocR for quarter of II
ccntn,y
| THE IMPRESSION IN MANCHESTER.
Manchester Nov. 800 correspondence OF London Post J
| To-day was market day hut nothing was done on
Change whatever, interchange of opinions on
the American question. The prevailing opniou-in fact
ever, bodys ornionsccned to be that tho decision Of
tho law officers of the was. under the crcuin
stances, the only al which they could arrive. usi
the Stock Exchange opened AT z per lower
for all kinds stock but the c,osipl prices better
/ and much business was done
From the Manchester Examiner, Nov 30
How far Messrs. Slidel and Mason answered the de
scripon Of coDtaband of war Is, as we have shown,
complex question The reply depends first. on the ap-
Ilicumn which lawfully belongs TO rules more compre
henslye than this specnl instance; for example
tohete, ne rae applicable 10 the ambassadors IF bs,i
rent ,cbo is also rt,agased meas,' IF he family IF
tons, dpjle alto 10 beiliyoe eLo has not vi ban
ddbitft u that fpottng The reriv depends partly so
] on facts which il may be ccntcnded not officially
known or only partially ascei uained as for example
whether Messrs. Slide ana Mason be regarded
private persons public ENJOYS On these points
which essential 10 the main issue, believe tn
law officers Of The crown hnrs grim ollioa Uhats,Yy
Their decision Ii condcmnatory Of the conduct Of the
mander Of the san Jacnto is based entirely The IN
forinaliy Of his proceedings Instead Of seang Mesers
Mason ad idcIl he ought to have captured the vessel
and taken Der before prize court in the United states
Tie affair would then have been jndicay investigated,
witnesses examined advocates heard on both sides, the
rules Vi international law which applicable to the
transaction would nave been authortativeiy cxpoundcd
and The vessel have either been condemned Or restored in
due of law. + the commander Of the San Jacnto
substantially right, nc wes, IT is argued, technically
wrong lie took the law into his own hands instead Of
carrying the corpus deficit the proper court and
| abiding by the result This constitutes what we
should cali in criminal matters a flaw in the
| indictment, and the whole process is upset:
bat Gs Is rfy Getnt fron denying Mnt any egcace he'd
tesn cc,amedty The carain ef0e Trent or from asserting
that me proceedings Gc fnerican rcssei hnre bern fro
| first 10 last, ioihout rdrrdntt o. justifcd,ien.
/ II is highly important that should hrs examine
tho grounds which The legal opinion has been given,
because they determine its true scope md carac
tcr. Thus tested see that il amounts simply to this
There preer or seisi"g Mrs. Stidel and Masen
unless hey could rrcgdd,d as puhic Of the emg
aad Meefofe coatfa,Gad Of ecdr; bat if they coud b.
regarded ., ms light, t'." the carving cf them inroed
certain yrot consequences 10 de master of the resell cnd
| Ysea reT hOifH ieep
| rcan commundcr did net go FAR enough. Instead
| Of allowing The mail steamer to pursue her voyage,
| he ought to have taken her to some United states
I port and put her on tial. Had he done so we
! shcnld have been deprived Of onr only ground Of
complaint, though the real hardship to the captain
and c.cw would have been far greater. Nor IL it likely
| that the vessel would have escaped connscation had
she been made to undergo regular trial II is not de-
MED that dispatches from the southern government we're
on board and that tact would have been conclusive
against hef Az TINS woua rave been strictly legal but
question 'rter the erieaeat i England icould hare
ben a. all issened By that consideration. Tho fact
that British mail steamer had been captured and carried
of to United states port hero to he tried by Anneri
Court of Admiralty. would not have been less CALLING
TO senstyeness than the seizure of the commission
ers Hence we have TO separate as well as
can from the Of or Indignation all that which
would have been excited just the 81 the strictly
legal procedure of capturing the vessel and when
right 10 complain ef i that the An,eyicGn
toma,duaer ereret-ea his teanceat rM IN an Informal
,rny thereby depriving of the legal remedy which
might have had in the American Court Of Admiralty
Admitting that this inrormay constitutes real grev.
ancc, and that we are justified thereupon in requiring
apology from the American government the offence is not
outrageous inspire ,r vehement dnimosity to
induce 70 stake on an angry alteration the tremendous
| fssaes of pace or ttdr.
II yet remains to be whether the commander Of
the San Jacno In capturing the Southern comm ssioners
under the express orders OF his government and If
not whether what extent Mr. Seward will adopt and
defend his proceedings. To suppose that the American
government he acuated by any desire 10 pick
rel with is to impute to them the widest folly. II
is 70 that ihcy downright madmcn. Every
rational hypothesis would lead US 10 conclude that
Mr.. Seward is anxious to save off at any cost
with this country lie must know how futile it
Is to imagine that by with England he can restore
the Union bewecnthe North and the South, especially f
that by in defence Of the rights
Of Southern citizens under our ng He must be
that the blockade Of the Southern ports would be over
the first shot fired and that one OF
the acts OF reprisa the part OF the British govern
would be the recognition OF the Confederate States
We believe tho law officers Of the Crown have already
expressed their opinion that II the La Plata had been
searched and captured the proceeding would have been
entirely legal Putting all these considerations together
believe that shall find abundant reasons
for acting with dignity and moderation. The
situation OF the United States will make patent TO
all the world that concilatory course On our part
does not and cannot spring from fear II is the pr