The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-27

" pIacipG ID I'm on the Geek OF the Tfent,
with an amplr apolegy fer his irregular
proceeding fhe homer Of the BRUSH nag
and the Ii ice T. chLtealities Of the law bein z
thus satisfied. Ia him bring the Trent and
the Con f'derate ommissioners into port,
and the whole master may ihsa be reg ularly
aojudicatre.
lfrom III, Boston Counsr.]
Az A,0LcsY, Uuf NO suRRExpIs.
Now, If we have committed a technical
trtspass under the pressure Of most uTgent
and irresistible motives, let rs follow the
magnanimous example OF England, and say
uttsrancs'' of diplomacy "A powerful nation
Can always afford to be N sgranimous. Eng
land ought not, nd we believe will not. ask
AN ything more. Her Ministers must know
Siidell " onld be simply 10 demand ar i'm
possibility This would b0 a hun iliation to
which the country could not be expected TO
submit
From thu Nsw York World. Doe. ao.l
THE WAR PBELIsa IN CANADA.
The news from En- la nd relative to tina
warlike prepare lions, soing on there, on &C.
count OF the late ALLEGED insult 10 the British
Il Il, has aroused the good people Of Canada
70 the highest pitch Ct excitement. and led
them to take steps for the INN ediate arming
of the citizens and organizing "A strong mill.
tary force fer the protection OF the frontier
from Invasion, and such offensive measures
As m ay hereafter De deeined aGvisa Bile in osse
of a rupture between th5 United States and
Great Britain. In Toronto, especially, the
warliks pect of affairs has caused the Ut
mos. activity TO prs, all among tue sedan ia
~ miiiu1 and mem peTs OF the Voi unteer
comp .nies. Toe only topic of conversation
In the streets ana IN Tho bar rooms, for some
davs past, has been the prospect OF
with the Northerl StatfS CT The Union. rev
volunteer companies are being organized in
every direction, and their words and actions
are drill, Grill, drill. The utmost degree OF
lJ,sity llu bTiIlAl gOgETnEilLt ,.r-i
pending dlfiicalt Is ulInIies taa by { IN adams
Of every rank. he Volunteer Ride c1nva-
ny CT Ioroato, after their diiil OF TUESDAY
night, paraded his streets, headed by band
OF n:es and dr. unis, play lag the popular air
OF "Dixis's Land.' The Montreal Commercial
Advertiser says Ina. FOR soDle Tune past, he
federal government has been G:seM bling 4
large mum Der OF troops aloIs The Canadi al
frcn tel; also, that the for Publications. A. SACK
eIts HarUor tre being put ia Il state OF repair
with all posi- biz dispatch, tie men worXlng
on Sunaays as well as Week days. 1hese
movements IL considers as menace TO Can
ada AND Iha canadians are therefore bound
10 prepare for he worst. They ltei assured
th-.t Carada will receive ths assistance OF the
whole power Il the Brit.th kmplre; lnere-
fore should thNC. ota,es ae lermiue 10 prefer
war Father tban l1t1s REPUTATION tor the al
legged outrage On the Trek [, the CIec GsSion on
the sunJecI WIil occupy Inc entire winter.
as SOON as navigation opens ia tie spring,
they consider THAT tacau- Wouid be eaIo
+. o ii Iuvus.ur, f1r Iaeu, as they cuatend, me
qua boat fleet would ba 1.-the and
Keep POSSESSION OF Ine L,thee Th,s Il e l. sa,s
Il LLn,dIau IL nAi, uu" hunt .rs n
IL ed ana twenty vesscis, from ltJ &c 200 Ieet
long, 0HaWILg from to feet Walter, and car
Tying IRON 10 heav5 guns, CHIEFLY 6s-
FOUNDERS, ana ali pro peiied by steen. There
i-Ie also oae hunureu AMI eight Steam mortar
boaLs, the NbUic OF Whicn can pass up The
ST. Lawrence canals, and large portion up
10 hldeAu. such Iurce, Independent OF the
blockade CT the aboard ana the pressure Of
ice Oohtouerates un their siue, Will uuu the
Northern army plenty o. employment Will
out Invading Canad a. which wIH tneu te
vyer cd by the largest Brush army ever ar.
II yed on tEiS continent.
Mr. vAhLASBIGHAa's MISTAKE
[From The [! cipnsti Enqui Or
We thlnk Mr.. FAliandiG nam made a mis-
take in introducing the resolution he did 20
Stand by thS AZ MillStration liz drfe ndinK
The arrest OF hiason and Slidsli. His mo-
tiyes in she inst ll4cs ara liable ~ niecon.
ST. ucuon, and he OF course gets no credit tor
patriotic motives. Evso lie paper In this
city wnich threatened With the satlows any
oue " ho SHOULD fal ter In supporting the ad-
miuistrut,on In resisting Tho demands Of
Enyland, is among the nTst 10 abuse Mir. V.
for Gsring a res1iution plsdslng Congress to
stand by the Presidsnt ia tnls new smer-
geLcy. In the next place matter or sucn
grave importance should not be taken In
charge BY member OF the opposition. AS
the responsibility of the course 10 be- parsueu
III tn Is emit rgency Will rest with the admin
is!ratioI, tho special friends OF The adnial
tralion Ill Congress should take their own
way and lime III daterIn L ing " la shca id De
done. Then, again, Mr.. V. made grave
mistake IL surprising tie hepubilcan leaders
are governed b. any fixed policy beyond
what is wrapped up in tie neg4o. They
went Ii hall cooked, as did also the S,cre-
1aryc Ct The Navy, in saying anything about
the arrest OF Mssou and Siidell. The matter
should have been kept under cor sidera ion
and n o d. claration made of an official opin.
ION unless tn Government intended at all
hazards TO maintain the justice and propJi-
ETY. OF tn . arrest. Neither the Administra-
ton nor Congress Is now, In view Of the
temper Of the British public, ready o say
what should be done In the new emergency
Had they been fit for their places thy
would not be In position whore they may
be com pellad to undergo the humiliation Of
undcing their own work on the demand of z
foreign power. Not knowing their own
minds. and having q fngscioUs policy, Mr.
v made mistake in surprising thew would
stand by any post ton They had before as
sumed.
Especial dispatch to thu Bal.ino-s News Sheet. i
SAILING OF TIM AFRICA WITH DISPATCHES FOE
ENGLAND.
NEW YcRK, Dec. 2o.-Tne Africa sailed at
{ o'clock this III ornirg for Liverpool.
Captain Seymour, the Queens MESSENGER
and bearer of dispatches for his Govern
ment, and \ bearer of dispatches 10 our
Min lister, Mr. Ada went out in her. Dis.
patches from Lord Lyons to Admiral Min.
were also placed aboard the British gun.
boat Landril, which sailed Immediately for
Bermuda.
Extract from an editorial IN tie News Sheet Of
tha 2lst.l
ave are enabled to give what we believe
to be- the correct tenor of the dispatches of
the British Government to Lord Lyons 1t
will be noticed that the demand is restric ,et,
for the present TO the eurrender of the South
ern Commissioners on board a British vss-
sci and that dispatch has been sent to
Admiral Milne directing HIM to proceed at
once to Boston harbor with a Meet of forty
nve vessels. We have every reason to be.
lieve that the statement which we have
given Is correct in every particular"
The New York Times In an ar icle counsels
the Government to lay an en- barge on ship
timber against Great Britain in re taliation
for her EN- barge against tho expectation Of
arms and munitions OF war.
The Baltimore Nep, Sheet, Of the Goth inst,
has long editorial on tho subject of the ar
rest Of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, from
which we take the following extract:
The affair Of the Trcut occ upies 80 largely
the atten ton Of the European pros Q, and IL,
moreover. regarded as - serious a provoca-
ton to war that we continue to republish
from the English journals such articles as
may serve best 10 indicate the present tenn
per of the English people towards the United
States. That the Bri tish Govern lent is Or ..
pared to 60 TO war on this question is AS GER
tain as that 1t deprecat.s a resort to hostill.
ties il tho appeal to arms eoA be avoided
without lowering the dignity of the nag. 1t
Is also equally clear that on this as we'll as
the general course OF policy which Ia to be
pursued with reg ard to American affairs the
of France and England are
&C ting In perfect accord.
The impression seems to be ginning ground
IN political circles that MessIs. MssoD and
Slidell will be given mp. The New York
Tiaes-good authority upon matters relating
to Secretary Stewards Department-states
that a Cabinet meeting was held on Tuesday