The New York herald., 1861-12-19
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THROUGHOUT FRANCE


Translated from the French journals for tho New Yonx
HERALD
A FRENCH ACCOUNT OF THE ARREST OF MASON AND
sLIDELL. 1T
From the private correspondence Of the Independence
Beige, OF the 2Sth Of November
Tho Independence Beige OF the 2Sth Of November, calls
attention edoraiiy tho following letter from Of
its correspondents, giving somewhat different account
Of the arrest Of Mason and Sde on board the Trent
The editorial paragraph says
One Of American correspondents who happened to
be on board Of The Trent at tho time this vessel had to SUBJ
init to the visit OF the Of the San Jacntothis Is the
name OF tho federal or-war-transmts to details
the most ccumsantial and complete Of this eytraordH
nary Incident the consequences Of which will do.
vcope themselves We hasten to publish this letter. tho
interest Of which now incontestably predomnaea ovet
every other correspondence We happy be able
promptly TO put our readers ia position TO appreciate
exactly all the features Of event Of the highest mpor
subiomcd is the letter Of the correspondent thus rs.
ferred to-
Arsrs hsSs, Ss nS:nD S.T s,,,T Eas Tsssr, ,c,,, !
Sin1 Just Witnessed which IS III great
account of on board the ship which has theatre
sailed from Havana the 7h November board shd
e 8 Th.@as Thers were board thS e
states dGr l Court Il s S the
snpansd y his Me son An and three M Enss
States Court Ensand accompanied by Mr. @ Mcrar
About o'clock r NJ Of the following day icing Friday,
& e we rs M a q % The
one OF its cannon in direction When were whiH
the distance of pistol shot TIRED second shot towards
The r Tren. hosed her flag and sopped. boa. immed.
officer who declared e the English captain and 70 he asens
s s % he he By S
sidGi and Mr. Mason, Yr Eas and Mr. Mcfarland and
,rx The E"S CAPTAIN and nSs
the vessel, returned mmedisisy accompanied BY two
Hss M of a%sa a@ s wn sn @ % ss
,ney aasia.ea on thelf oeef altering new and more
s ,so'' q % s tH & '5gaa % % sS% tic a ssfq % q as A% .
s,oanid ,, neo ge"aesea and pro,eset NTH h,ir srs
th,r rnons,e a"d reaeeed his orfr "yig 10 his aens
Messs sliden Mason Enss and Mcfarland snrrendered
M s and into s eoss mnde he
@ n s9 h hn che o yss w9 o ss learned
after the departure and capture Of hese gentle.
when sS on da VIA so o ae h Sss
monsa % the Enss eapn to 80 on board the American ship
.hisf Them after having threatened ne English captain !.
Madame E!sts remained board the Trent and pursued
Such the grave facts which the Trent has JUS, been
lish lag commanded by officer Of the royal Engsh
rnc and ~ ionenpt Of the protests Of special aacni Of the
by main force and made prisoners by American vessel
AZ the moment Of my departure from Havana the Spanish
ss To @ Ss Of hs and nG m ss m
awns @ 4 ~ Sa Ts Eng Ss 2 asa %s & M hss
suadons would be assembled and would then sa foi
Vera Cfnz
Commenting on this ract on the Goth OF November the
Id n6dHce says that the arrest Of the southern Com.
missones is the sole idea that occupies the attention Of
tho political and financial world in Europe.
The organs Of the tories very severe In their com
ments and their anger responds to the irritation of the
public They. demand immediate and terrible chas-
lisement.
Tho liberal ministerial sheets, without excepting
| the Daify Ne,cs, very reserved.
II Is 10 be remarked that in these questions OF inter
national maritime legislation England has up the pre-
sent time always or nearly always pursued an aggressive
course and there 'could be no difficulty IN esaiisng pre-
cearnfs chtch, nnder eriafng circumstances, '"ud ten
ogdinther. The Times and the Globe have very justly
marked this. Tie latter have even remarked that tho
citizes OF Liverpo have been too hasty inauguratd
their Indignation meetings, because, says if our go
leaf from our own boksa practice Of beigercnis copied
| from our own preccdcnts.h
The N raina sar without conceang the fact that il
goes against public opinion maintains that tho captain
Of the Trent could not transport ENJOYS from OF the
belgeont nartcs without Violating the laws or pcDtra
| ty. This IS also tho view Of the Scotsman, According
| to this latter, the transportation Of dispatches
and Ambassadors of belligc cnt Power On neutral
SOL leav ing one neutral port for another neutral port s
Ike the transport of coniraband of war, from which H.
results that the americans had tho right to seize Messrs
Mason aud Siic'i, even on board the Trent
This Il tho whole question, and its solution by the
law officers Of tho British Crown Will depend the ultimate
prove Of the opinion of the Scotsman nothing in 10 Eng
frnd bit 10 isnd der hdd under the brtaisa ~ sdrdge
right 'chieh has beea applied TO her, ohom any pe~. TO
orIn9e hcrsef for he outrage committed her fog by
Po,ry tots @hieh she has ne's, up 10 ne prsse@ time,
ceased @ ar cih The greatest ci,cunspection
BIT question d7es not onfy interest En3nnd although
she is directly conced II equally concerns al the mari
! time Powers.
| From The Journal des Dcbats, Nov. 20
The business world Justly excited yesterday even
ing by the grave which arrived here from Lon
don, and which brought TO England by the ordinary
mail steamer Ia Plata The commander Of the federal
vessel the San Jacnto being aware that the COM
Ssoners sent by the South to Europe had left Havana
steamer in the Bahama channel and sent on hoard two
officers with armed men, and without taking any notice
Of The formal protests Of Commander Williams or Of the
] English nhg which boSed, took OF The southern
Commissioners by force Such are the essential facts OF
this capture according to the account published by tho
GoLe Of last evening. We do not wish to hasten to de-
eide the discussion which will follow this act Of vio
encc 10 Il generally admitted that nertrals ought not TO
mix either directly indirectly in operations that
they expose themselves to lawful seizure when they
carry for either Of the bcgcrents conraband Of war,
troops, occrs known spies, or other agents belonging
the service If the armies. II is very natural that the
| Americans should watch narrowly the waters OF tho
Isle Of Cuba. aud that they should challenge all that
leaves Havana whence IS easy TO gain the coast or
Florida. As the Trent is but merchant vessel. and
il was sufficiently removed from the American
coast 70 escape ' suspicon .c ,eoi' , utus., VIZ @ nas
the right TO stop it, and to examine what was on board
The discussion 'ireep Pysent Lineqa md Eagton5
Nssss Mason and Sidea President Lincoln viii doubt
less acge that the arrested commissioners were going TO
Europe for purposes, and that the maritime code or
civilized nations IN expressly stipnatng for transports,
has specified no similar privilege for vessels which per-
form the postal service = may be that the contents OF
/ 10 communicate TO several European
cabinets are Of such a nature to throw
light on this grave and intricate question.
| Gbf5yfnotcyfor M. Lincoln, Commander Udcs has not
seiecd t0e deathei, uhich hare a7frt in England ty
te La Plata, dnd If they include a,hiaJ which may lc-
9taotise ne oct Of he Iaayican c,aisea mitigate us
charoet II Il not rery likely the only diplomatic dgea
Of fMe Southern Suites who Is at present IN London, giu be
! IN any hurry 10 publish them.
| [Erom the Paris Patrie Of Nov. %
/ The relations of England aud the United States
threaten character or great gravity. They
become very cold since the badly advised represen
tations which Lord Lyons believed II to be his duty to
address to the Cabinet at Washington the subject OF
process whose solution belonged solely to the courts OF
! i.stice. They have become complicated by an act
which fail to the most energetic reclama-
tons and in which all the iorong Is on The side cf ne
| Americans.
The Southern Congress had decided to send two i'm
poant personages to Europe, Messrs Mason ana sdeD
the repr, scnting Virginia and the second louisiana
in the Senate the United States before the separation
Both of them played important part in American poll
tics and were among the most ardent promoters Of the
secession movement Unlimited powers had been
errod upon them, and secret Instructions sent by
them from Jefferson Davis. One Of the finest vessels OF
the southern marine had been aside TO carry tho
| penipoten,iarios, and armed as war vessel.
This design was, however, only deception with the
object putting the federal authorities on their guard.
II was not doubted fact, that the Washington govern
ment would make the greatest efforts TO seize the
OF the Southern cnvoys aud especially their Instructions
nv which means they expected to discover the secret