The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-11-18
the LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.

What the Foreign Ministers Sny-No Of
fcial Action Yet Taken by Lord Lyons
The Official Documents of the Rebel
Commissioners Not Het Examined-A
Characteristic Observation-Disclosures OF
Captain Taylor, Sc, sc.
WASHINGTON, Nov. IT, 1851.
The official documents brought by Captain Taylor from
Commodore Wilkes the of the rebel
Commissioners have MT yet been examined by the go
vernment. Thy viii be considered by the President and
Cabinet 10 morrow, after VIII ch II IL shoald be deemed
proper they will bo given to The pub %. They contain
only minute details Of what has already been published
in the HERALD. TIE san Jacino. having just
turned from of nearly years and half on the
African ccas, viii be laid up Tor repairs, and hcrcrew,
whose time has expired viii be discharged. The Navy
Department is informed that size lett Fortress onroe for
Now York yesterday forenoon.
one Of the Foreign Ministers gave dinner the Dipo-
matte Corps yesterday evening, when tho capture OF
Mson and sdoll by 90. ain Wilkes freely discussed.
The general opinion express thu. the overhauing
Of the British mail packet Trent and arrest Of Mason and
Silell, impudent act and should DO met by Eng
lard by prompt demand for satisfaction. THIS tho
report or one Of the diplomats who present. do
learn that Lord Lyons present; hence do no:
charge the above expression upon him:
characteristic incident related connection with
the reception oi the icbe Commissioners, Mason and
When they tho side of tho vessel and
stepped deck, they by Captain Wilkes
Slde in conformity with The etiquette upon such
SONS, saluted tho Captain but Mason, with stolid
pomposity, omitted the usua salation until he
frontcd by Captain Wilkes with remark: ~ Com
mander OF this ship" when tho salute reluctantly
and suenly gwen.
officials from the highest TO the lowest busily
engaged just looking up International law. II is
not necessary to expan the Of this study.
Looking in upon high orcer of the government to-
night found h.m absorbed Wheaton's Elements OF
International Law" part 4, chapter 3, pago 500,
follows
The limits assigned 10 the or s;ous of war against
Ambassadors by writers public arc that the belli-
gei,nt may Use his right Vi war against them
wherever The character Of hostility exists. lie may
stop the amba saor OF his enemy on his passage; bat
whsa lie hns arrived in tho neutral country aud taken
upon hiGeelf the functions of his Office, and has
been admitted IN his representative character he becomes
sort Of middle man entitled to peculiar prviess as
apart for the preservation Of the relations of amty
and cace in maintaining which all nations arc in some
/ degree Interested" &c
Tu quotation viii be relied upon In the future discus
81 tho capture OF the CHIEF rebels by the gallant
| WnAe ully sustaining the latter in his Some
.at he fact that the captain Of the Trent allowed
Tie - q aoassadors stop foot upon the deck Of his
| yesst VIM tho purpose of conveying them under
| tie haisb flag TO foreign country was an
| act ol hostility towards tho United sotes. This
! might appear If the captain Of tho Treat had
taken them from any port in tho Untel States; but
| having taken them from spanish port the Ia
different At the tire it is claimed that the fact
that they arrested ia ansitu upon the deck Of
British vessel does not necessarily make it ACT Of
hostility by the Unitod states towards Great taln.
No action whatever has been taken the subject by
Lord Lyons, SO far government is aware. Tho
press of this country and Great Britain viii undoubtedly
have the privilege Of debating tho matter for year or
more before the two governments will settle it.
Captain Taylor, United States Navy, who arrived hero
yesterday with dispatches from Captain Wilkes relative
the Of Messrs Mason and Sdell left for New
| York this afternoon.