Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-10-29
Hostile Attitude 8 4 England and
Frame towards tIie United

Cugre. Eoi,leuce to the " Y. Herald.
'H Baltimore. Oct Is.
have been put in Possession If some
very startling facts to day, which, taken ia
connection with oJners already we'll known.
furnish az stroag 4 Gu 6rrnstiont az eoul!
be desired OF the inin,ical aitrtude If France
and England aeainst the Unissd Seasss.-
You are aware tha, SIR ,nnes FeTgusont,
Distinguished member If the Braf4iI Par
Hhens IS now IN this city. having come
from. Richmond through the l.Hes-U the
OPP sing arinies before Washiog lnfon under
tie %gisctiun IS a fig of trnte II =
proper to stats here THAT have der
ive1 none cf my inlurinasi3n' from Sir
J'4nes,. or from the Gentlcn5an ysHg a1e,u,
3atits him. iadee3, iti2 Cue 10 him To say
that he has behaved most hot6Ta5iyin this
respect, regarding 'tas rfitIFszk-,.,d the
flag Of truce is to9 sacred 10 BE violated
The faets are these: The '.o1eh.Ietrers If
.intr3duction" which SIR JaTats bore were
from . far higher source than frr,n Du,Ilev
Mann. They were firm, Lord Palmarstpn
and, whether addressed To JEFF Davis or
not. were presented to hin, and served to
give all the sanction TINT j. &. Davi. TIesire5
to whatever eoramG1ieatfon 81, James
made. That will SHORTLY SEQ TIE Fgbt-
Although verbally made, it was Of the
highest possible Importance 10 the rebels
~, If accepted. il will virtually place the
Confederate States under tie frttectSrate
OF Enslapd. 1t has not vet been accented
But af,er it vas made Messrs. Mason and
Slidell were accredited by the rebel gov
eminent as Ministers to Enrhnd ant,
Ffa0ce, received their instructious. and
sailed from Charleston week ago toEt,ay-
namely on the lith inst. 2" -
o. the 18th inst. these facts were Known
at the State Department in Washine,oo
and, on that day the Secretary of State
issued bis proclamation to tte Governors of
all States ON the seaboart and lakes. This
proclamation means more than il saws
II implies that the negotiate that are
now on foot between Fran ce, Spain and
England on the one hand, and the rebel
States ON the other, viii result inf rei,,
and. being furnished TO the latter: that an
actual necessity exists that our harbors and
lake ports be put into a state Of defence
Immediately and that. in all human prob
ability, We etall have s European war on
our bands IN less than sixty DAYS This
proeiamatien will be followed next yeek nv
one from the War Department, the Lang.
uage and requirements 81. which viii he
stin more explicit. Those States which
have not yet furnished theft quotas for the
Wal. viii DE required todd 30 forthafth.-
Such are The facts. 'whet it Il femen,-
bred, IN edition there o,,stfiat the Ptipae
Cahiiis de PoEgnae and i've 5tbef FfeIch
9theeFs OF high rank are now serving in the
Confederate army. with the approsaI 81 the
Emperor NapoleoD that he has -eh1led
aud forbidden officers in the French arnv
from serving in the Union AMY: that the
two sons Of the, Prince De Jmnvile,s the
/ hereditary enemy of the reignihg En- 5eror,
nave been given commissions in our army
and that 1t is not long since Napoleon de-.
clared that the South must be recognized
as Italy had been, it requires no great skin
or penetration to decide which way the
Emperor feels incli6ed. FinaliT. the
fact came to light yesterday that AIeqsrs.
Mason and Siidell are authorized to
treat England and FRANCE for protec5
tarate over the South. The readers 81 the
Herald can draw their own conclusions
from these facts. 1t Is my business to re-
cord them $50 -. Wv