Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-06-20
An ORDINANCE ADOPTING ina CONSTITUTION OF rnR c
kEATE STATES.
BRITISH SYMPATHY.
Tao New York Herald Of the 8th instant says

TIE New York Herald Of the Sth instant says:
The last mails IRON Europe brought intelligence to
Marine Insurance Companies wi.n regard TO the fitting
out Of prvsteers in England, which induced them to-day
% False heir for risks Am arcin ships from
/ 70 $, l. , and IN instances 8 per cent. This
amounts OF course, TO resignng the command Of the
ocean 20 foreign vessels Our Ships cannot compete
British vessels whis paying per cent extra Tor
war Tss; and the legitimate GuenCe OF the resou.
ZION adopted to-day the leading companies viii be that
in few weeks the bulk OF vessels will b. laid up
home. We are precise inf ,rmt o the tenor of
intelligence winch led the COM anies to take this step.
Il understood that Eriya actually fitting out
in l. gland 9cl nader J,f Davis letters OF marque,
aud expected that they vi. readily evade the OBJ
stLctOnS placed ~ thlir way by Foreign Enlistment
Act and the leens Proclamation L. is moreover well
dersLood lat under the recent decision OF the La
officers oil the Brush crown American vessel seiE5d by
southern Iryateers, may be taken into Liverpool or
London aud sold there u der judgment from prize
court sitting ia Charleston Montgomery. The iusu-
renee companies have probably received from their Eu-
ropsn agents more details on these heads than given
The publ fuey must baye had something very sub
santil TO 20 upon or they Vouid taken the
startling measure OF quidrupiing the risk in nEle
day. The fact adds fresh importance to the question
which eyery is agtatug What TO be future
Relations with Eaeisud?
Il England, By recogn zng the Southern rebels bel
hgerent sad Hlkng The departure OF prvaeers lrou
her ports has sread Destroyed foreign commerce.
what worse could btiAl us nOSutle5 actually existed
between he United States sEd Great Britain The tenor
Of the private letters per Austrassan is, regret to
say extremely unsatisfactory, far British sympathy
concerned Some OF the best informed correspondents
that British sympathy decidedly the side vi the
SOutf; that &c have rrprllsd England by our Aorr
tariff while the South attacks her with promises OF
and free trade. We fad the story in letters
| both from political and commercial sources.
The anu-slAvery feeling seems TO have died out in
Eoglsnd and TO have given place bitter hostility to
Northsrn Proteotioniss II this is So how long will il
be before British sympathy finds expression in overt
actsy Has Il not already by the Qqeens Procla
nation the priyateering enterprises on foot in Liver
pool aud elsewhere and the increased risks which prac
tioally compel vessels to remain at honey What
are be instructions given to the Admiral OF the enor
| nous feet Great Britain is sending to our coast!
war between the United States and England, break
ing out lust ss embarrassed with tbs Southern
rebellion would undoubtedly be very great calamity
But if Eogsnd is bent forcing it upon for the sake
OF cotton how eSn 4 be avoided? Actual war could
no. be much worse Than tse present mock friendship
under cover of which Great Britain supplies guns 10 the
rebels Cts out priyateers for them compes our lsi
chant vesses to remain at home, allows ths rebels "a
Use her ports depos for their prvsees and by her
moral support and sympathy gives lheE. courage TO Pro-
| tract the coutest with our Government.