Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-18
THE ENGLISH PREMIER ON THE BATTLE Or
BETHEL OFFICIAL NEUTRALITY AND THE Re.
INDUCEMENTS TO CANADA

[FrOn the London Post govern nsa, o.g'E) June 2i
Il is however believed that the Northern army IN
Ter command OF General Scott amounts TO sixty thou
aud men, Gad that the eneNy has IN the held iorc'
shch Is supposed TO range from seventy TO ninety thou
,,rd mem Tao formar Il we may Judge from the re-
cent a.r near Fort Monroe appeared to be i'll disgi
pinned aud irsgiciently compounded The regiments
Ebch were dispatched under the command OF Genera
Pierce TO attack the inLrenched camp at Great bethe
speedily repused and in the darkness OF the nigh
red upon each Other. This disaster is attributed to the
heid, q 70 The csncinauOn OF Zoe raw Northern 10
10 lace masked batteries aud stand 'he CALLING
ire OF rila1 csSpon" The military operations wnei
hithsrto have Sgeu place 10 Aneriea secu 10 European
notions TO DC utterly nexplicabe. Ia this country
comparatively liItle nothing OF tie organ cation
! OF The Southern forces We obliged TO form our
conclusions lrom the not very Trustworthy accounts
". is, however, clear that b0h ia the attack up
On Fort SUMTER and in the recent slrlir at Great
Bethel the ecessoEi:s well provided With eTtilery,
and that shcir troops were SUN sny well handled 70
SECURE success We suspect that the delay and hesa-
ton wbeh have marked the policy Of the federal gov
rne, are 20 be attributed manly to the circumstance
that Gen. Scott -0le and experienced officer, knows
that militia regiments cannot in lkc short space OF two
months, he converted into well trained aid efcisut
-idRrs Gen. Buer, who directed the disastrous
ment from Fort Monroe, ~ss the other day practising
lawyer, Who, Of course, be expected to become
psars to DO IN great want OF ofosTs, 0SlRs to the
circumstance shat tho great majority of the Gu.
;ers Of the regular army have thrown up their
missions to tale service with the Southern insur.
gents. In fev days may expect &c hear that
atnaslas Gap las been the OF great struggle,
upon the issue which the fate Of the federal capital
must ds9end Hitherto the prestige Of success has been
together on tie side Of the Sou:h-a matter OF the
greatest importance at the commencement OF campaign
Dr.. Jefferson Davis appears to have well supplied well
a. I IL
and General Scat have under their common raw eyies
formidable paper than they TO enemy in
the field Aetgil warfare, however, Is sharp quick in
sruotor and tn Northern population have only to mi
the eneIgy nd activity OF tho Southern insurgents
70 learn those hbs discipline and to coiec; those
surces upon Which depends quite much up
on enduring couig and good and righteous osise.
The armies approaching each 'other, and the
hit which seerd immncnt at Manassas Gap will 10 all
probability decib no. the fate o. the campaign, bat
whether the Norh the South il to become the invs-
ding party.
The New Yorl journals, We regret to ind, still con-
tinue to msundsstsnd and consequently, to viy that
policy OF neutrality which, in accordance with the hrst
principles OF public Law and public justice thi, country
has expressed its intention OF maintaining. BY the
same obquty Of vision which influences our TRANSPLANT
c contemporaries Sir James Ferguson and Me- Dsraeli
construed tho sending out of reinforcement OF
three thousand troops to Canada into menace to the
United States and insult W The people OF the province
The simple facts OF the these .DurDg the Nus
sian tbs imperial government for obvious reasons,
greatly reduced tie strength Of the British army serving
ia Canada. An arrangemsnt at that time was made by
which certain ordnance lands transferred to the To-
cal government The province in consideration oil the
transfer, agreed to organize force OF i've thousand
active militia This arrangement carried into effect
Sir James Ferguson and Mr.. Disraei rsshly imagine
that the reinforcement of three thousand men which
sails to- lay in the Great Eastern and Golden Fleece
marks some "monentous and ieyerish policy" on the
part Of the home government.
Every measure presume is founded upon some prn-
cipe OF policy. The active militia Of Canada cannot be
employed in garrseaipg Quebec Montreal or Kingston
Is il safe or polite ai c when civil war rages in
neghborng State to leave these places in de.enceess
state? The British force 10 Canada Is only about to be
restored to the strength which was maintained six yeIfs
ago. II is not to be employed in the absurd duty OF pro
tectng frontier which extends several thousand miles
along the banks Of the St. Lawrence aud the great lakes
Sic James Ferguson sho evidently spoke as mere par
san contended that gunboss should be stationed IN tue
great inland waters being entirely ignorant OF the fac'
that By treaty both England and the Cnsd States are
prohibited from employing in these waters any vessel
more formidable than revenue cruiser. The measure
OF simple precauton which be believe Mr.. Dsrae
aud his friends would equally with Lord Psmerstou
have taken had the responsibility of Office deferred them
from manufacturing colonial grievance and an inter
national menace out OF matter of almost ordinary rou
the. The abuse of the New York press may be excus
ed when members Of the British House Of Commons &c:
plry purposes, thus msntsrpret the views and policy
Of her Msjesty's ministers.