Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-12-22


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4 4 RssoIbed, That a chairmsp. two secretari,
and q Committee Of twenty-one m ems ers, eas
having been duly and separately prop osed az
seconded, be chosen BY majority ofvolces (
this mass meeting to take into considerable
the oadvis,bility Of an organization In tho pre-
ent state Of affairs at home and abroad. /,
The Liverpool Post says the whole purpos
OF the meeting was to ezprei 9 one Of the man
phases Of sympathy with America. II 10 cult
natural that this should be the tendency OF th
Irlsb, even apart from their haired of EpRlaud
for scurcely any Irish family y unrepresente,
In che UDited States. The meeting, however
vas usele,s and needless.
The Liverpool Mercury says the only Item O.
Importance In the latest neWs from the u. 8. Il
the brief abstract of the address OF Pres't Davil
70 the Confederate Congress. The address, Il
adds, is hopeful and determined In tone, and
shows tba. o war 90 stupidly persieted In By the
North cannot possiby efect the sdbjagallon ol
the South. IL 10 stated that evidence will be
laid before the European Governm sntsto prove
that the blockade of the Southern ports Ia In
etfeotual and consequently illegal, Il 10 also
stated that the State Legislature Of Missouri
has passed O secession ordinance.
The London Times oity article says Il must
be kept In view that the desigpa Of Mr. Seward
are reported for some time 20 have been the
Cause Of Disagreement In tho Washington Cab.
met, and thAS the deolslon OF the presen
question, therefore, 10 not entirely IN the hands
Of that persopsge Later advices are awaited
Tor with great anxiety, 40 1t 10 eeen that the
course Of clrcumstanoes may be much modified
by anything that may take place between the
opposing armies from nov and the arrival of
the British demand. A viclo y by the Feder-
alists might perhaps 60 satisfy the mob as TO
eoable the Government to act actindifferentIy, and
on the other hand, defeat mghs be equally
Iroductive OF a pacific tone. At the same time
however, there isdanger that the bad features
OF the situation may be aggravated by intelli.
gence OF some new ofense on the part Of the
Federal mmissiontrs. -
''- LONDON, Friday evening. -Consols opeued
weaker 70 day and vent lower, owing to sales
and the news from AmericI, coupled with a
general uneasy feeling. Railway stocks were
heavy In the morning with oonsos; but q re.
action OF K q u per cent. from tho lowest
point took place. Foreign stocks were heayy
Ia the morning. Mexican stockS became ber,s,
than their worst. Consols closed after official
hours at 9OM being shade frmer. Foreign
exchanges we're again higher.
France. --Paris papers assert that dispatches
sent by the British government to Lord LYONS
although couohed IN moderate language, are
never the less inaexlble IN their conclusion.
which Is restitution of the commissioners. Ii
this Is refused, Lord Lyons Is to leave Wash.
ipgton with all members of the Legation.
The same journals affirm that Eogllsh vessels
which are now being prepared tor sea would
leave for American waters In the beginning of
January. A~AA9 VI %
TIE Pstrie publishes the following under the
head OF --latest Intelligencep:: 5s..--s,,s1.; II
IL is stated that the dispatch addressed by
the British Cabinet TO Lord Lyons, 10 be com.
municaTed to President Lincoln, is based ex
clusively on legal considerations. This decision
establishes that the commander Of the San
Jao,nto, by acting as he has done, has committed
a fsgrant bretch Of the ,mariime law, aud ln.
sulted the Britieh flag that the only right that
0tttctr Wilkes possessed was TO compel the
Trent to go to some Americ,n port, when the
case could have been broughtbefors the proper
authorities In presence Of the English Consul;
that, If in bic search dispa,ohea had been
found establishing that Messrs. Mason aud
Slidell were on o mission directly or in.
directly connected With military operations,
the commander would have been iostified 10
seising these dispatches and arretting the
enyoys, sending ina detailed repostof his lraps-
sctions, With such notes and obst trVatioDs as the
English Consul might think a. to annex; that,
these formalides not having been fulfilled, no
charge can beestablished against the two prison
ers arrested; that their arrest, therefore, must
DO regarded as null; that the Trent being the
victim of an arbitrary act contrary to every
principle Of right, England, acting In conoii.
istory and friendly point OF views has ssked a.
the only reparatlon for this grave act the Iibeta.
tion Of Mason and SlidelI, and that, IL abe does
not obtain II, Lord Lyons would leave Wash,
ington With all the members of the ieRa tion. ,J
We are assured that the dispatch is drawn
on with great moderation; that 10 carefully
avoids any hurtiul expressions, but shat il is
6rm In its conoluslon. From information we
have received up to the Present moment, We do
not believe 1t hkcly that Mr.. Lincoln will give
up the prisoners. a' 41l--.-a l.a. -s9s-
The very general opinion nov Is that. the
PAtrie was imperfectly Informed of the inten.
tions Of the French government, when it went
IN strongly for Immediate war with Americs,
France joining With Eogland as an armed me-
diator. 81. N sa.l. l.,.-al4 ..l ;as.s ca
PARrs, Dec. e--The Bourse continues fat.
Rentes opened at 69f. s O., and closed at 69f.
lc, or loWer. III ,.... - a.., s.s
The London Observer (Ministerlal) rldioules
the idea of sub bmittiDg the Trent question 10
and denies that Capt. Wilkes would
be Justified in taking the ship into IT ze court,
HAMBuRo, Dec. The impression prevails
IN the HanseatIc towns that the blockade Of the
southern American ports would be soon broken
BY England. ~.
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