The sun., 1861-12-17
THE NEW YORK SUN
TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. II. 1851.
The English Qae.,lop.

The English Qses,Ion.
as indicated hy our eolumna IN da, a.
bnelish war intelligence has over showdovo
All things olsc, and been tho all absorl,i,.. ,o,i
oi conversation throughout the Who'll, c,,,p,ty
ofcourse, the Conclusions arrived a, oro ,lr,,.,
as Infinite as tho number Of opinion. delivered
most OF ITEM, however, fIllv su,i,inin.. the
ieganty OF the seizure, and dctrning il an i'm
possibility that the felcl prisoners are 10 DO
surrendered.
ihe hasty and inJudidjus action Of Mr..
'--'-.v"sS, IN Congtu4. Who p,o.
sentcd RESOLUTIONS yesterday upholIi,,, i,
advarce, The seizure Of SLfprrt and NJ.
was voted down by an oycryhclmip,. r,,ia.,,.,
ana the matter will, dJul'l,ss yor,ai.
,r,L' ,''on" or other action, rntl the el,ip
~ ,ue niltish Go'ernmch, are ofbci,ll, ..rucJ
ut' n"nl'e We nave every confidence. that in
c.. = ~ othr things, the steady lust aud
,,,. -, c'n'sa u, the Executive, will over
,,.;.., =" 'oh&'o' .lond cliqucs Of violent
mn 49,, "-U cure to tho grtsiion calm,
man vii, ,nsblo DISCUSSION Our country.
uev 81 hesitate to do what is right though
submit to nothing that Is wrong.
= About saitpcirc.
he ucos brought Ivy the steamer Europa Of
tho Prcclsm,tlon of tho Qneen Of England pro
.hibiting the export from the United Kingdom
pt gunpoN der, birthstone, nitrate Of cola and
paltpstre, is stimulating speculation in the lat
for article with which our mark st is ordinarily
supplied almost wholly from British sources.
Tho price advanced Yesterday TO 10 cents
pound, from the quotations of 10 cents and ii
cent for the week previous, and parties In this
city arc endsavoring 10 secure sufficient control
Of the market TO fix the price TO suit themselves
They should be male to understand, however,
that Government will not permit unwarrantod
combination and spoc,ilstions in an article oil
such rme necessity in time Of war, and, o.
casion shall call for IT, the stock in market will
be tsLen possession Of at a fair price. to bo h"~'
without regard TO merely private interests.
Though We have at present large supply on
hand, the proclamation Of the Queen, IL long
carried out, may occasion us some inconvenience,
as nearly all Of our saltpetro is derived from tho
British possessions in India somo Of 1t boing
shipped at Calcutta, and the rest coming round
10 US through England. In its crude state,
as narote Of potash, II is found abundanuy in
the surface Of tho soil in the Indian Kingdom oI
Dude, and TO somo extent, also, in Egypt and
Southern Italy, though tho amount imported
from the lattor countries is triAing Large quan.
titios Of nitrate cf soda, or South American salt
potro, "a it is called, are obtained In Chill an,
Peru, and this may be easily converted into tn
purest Of sAltpoire as it was during the Russar
war, when the markets oil that country wer
supplied with sa,potre thus manufactured il
this country, and shipped 70 Russia by way O
Hamburg
Sltpetrc can also be obtained in the Unto
States from the limestone caves that aIoun,
in Kentucky and other sections. This wa
almost our only source Of supply during oui
last war with England which Gu, us OIL from on
dependence upon her Indian possessions
Earth yielding 10 per cen. Of nitro IL said L
lie found near Nashville, Tenn in quantiti,
sufficient to supply the entire country, ,thougl
just at present, this is not likely to help OF
Government much. There is an artificial pr,
Csss, too, for manufacturing sAltpctro from bet
YGSASiI Ys sna aniRn sisds sGGssnSS Ss
In Germany.
The wars ofNAroIroN conpelled the Fran,
10 make themselves independent Of the rost ,
the world in their supply of this prominent in
grodient of the gunpowdcr they used so Law
ishly, and process WAS then invented by th,
French chemists for making slltpotro from old
plaster rubbish. This has enabled Ffance u
di'pon'e entirely with foreign supply. When
The emergency shall stimulate native production
with US, we shall find ourselves equally india
pendent, though meanwhile we NAV have to
submit 10 high prices, rendered still moro ex-
oroltant by the greedy spirit of speculation
Tho price Of soltpetre is at all times liable TO ok
IRENE fluctuations, according to the warlikc or
peaceful tendencies of different nations. I,
reached its highest point in 1875, being quoted
IN EngiAnd at 40 shillings (siD Der cwt
falling during the succeeding year to 40 shill.
tngs (til) In the London market report for
the week ending Nov. pa, 1861, the quotation,
were % to foshillings, against 30 to "a shllIpr.
IN September, when the market was largOIy
supplied. An unprecedented demand has arisor
since which swept the marke, and stimulated
prices.