Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-12-25
IMPORTANT FROM ENGLAND.

! The ship lady From London to New
York, put into Plymouth on the Sd inst.
She took fire the same night and was scutN
tied 10 extiuguish the flames. Some
Southerners shipped among the crew are
suspected of firing her
! The steamer Australasian has been char.
tered 10 convey troops and battery of
artillery, and was to sail on the 18th.
The San Jacinto affair monopolizes the
attention OF the press, which denounce it
in strong terms, and active naval prepar-
ations are making,
The latest by telegraph to Queens town,
to the 5th instant, says the excitement is
undated.
The Paris Temps says that Napoleon has
rendered his services as a mediator.
At the banquet at Rockdale, Mr.. Bright
made an elaborate speech on American
affairs, but declined to give a decided
opinion in the Trent affair. He belle, ed
that if illegal, the United States viii, make
fitting reparation. He strongly condemn.
ed any waJlike feeling, and secuted the
idea that tho American Cabinet had re-
solved TO pick quarrel with England, and
made brilliant peroration in favor of the
| North.
A letter from Gen. Scott, in favor of the
maintenance of friendly relations between
| England and America, attracts much at
tention.
The export of arms, ammunition and
lead to America is prohibited.
The Paris Pd!ie has an editorial fores
shadowing the disposition of France to re-
! cognize the Southern Conlederacy if Eng,
land sets the example.
When the Europa sailed there a more
hopeful look and consols and cotton slight.
ly improved, but after dgesting the tone
| of the American press, reaction set in,
and fears were entertained that the Wash
ington Government would justify the sez-
ure of Mascn and Slidell.
The English journals are very bitter and
hostile, continuing to treat the affair as an
intolerabe insult.
The instructions to Lord Lyons, on which
the Cabinet was unanimous, are explicit
and determined.
The London Post says an acknowledge.
ment of error and a surrender Of the pris>
oners will be received with great JOY but
if the Federal government fails to comply.
no male in England will blind his eyes to
the alternative that England must do her
duty.
The London Times continued to assert
that il has been Mr. Seward's policy to
force quarrel with England and calls for
energetic military preparations in Canada.
A serious decline is daily taking place
in Canadian secuiit amounting TO II
pei cent.
The London Times predicts three things
to follow an outbreak with the United !
States, namely, the destruction of the
Southern blockade, the complete blockade ,
Of the Northern ports, and the recognition
Of the Southern Confederacy by France
and England.
The Daily Ne,0S that the American Con- !
gress meets before the English demands ]
can get out, and hopes that it will act with |
honor and dignity and that the golden |
opportunity will not be lost.
a large number of naval vessels are or
dered to be ready for immediate commits. /
sion. The transport Melbourne was TO
leave WoOlvich Arsenal on the 5th, Cor
Halifax, with 10000 stand of arms, large
quantities of ammunition and Armstrong
guns. She will be conveyed by the Qrph-
eus Of 2l guns. +
The iron-plated steamer Warrior is TO be
ready fortforeign service Immediately, and
her destination will depend upon the ar
swer from Washington. The shipment of
rifles from England for New York contin,
ues
The English funds fell per cent on
the Sd.
The London Post gives n rumor that Ma
polenn had been proposed as the arbiter
of the question.
WHAT GEYERAL SCOTT is REPORTED TO HAVE
sAID-THE ACT CONTEMPLATED ~ CABINET
AT WASHINGTON.
Referring to the rerort that the seizure
was the act of the American commander,
not expressly directed 10y the government,
the London Times says it means that the {
Federals had deliberately determined to I
seize the Southern commissioners, and it
IS understood that Gen. Scott has declared, {
since lis arrival at PARIS, that the seizure
had been made the subject of Cabinet dis- {
cussion at Washington long before he left.
The American authorities might have |
warned She English steamer at Havana
that il they took on board the Southern
ervoys they would subject the vessel to
seizure and forfeiture in prize court
They made no remonstranCe against taxi
ing them on board, as they were bound TO
do, but secretly planned the outrage for
which we row seek reparation. Messrs.
Sldell and Mason were, at the most, civil |
servants to hostile power, and were trav- l
elirg from one neutral port to another in
a neutral vessel If the government at ]
Washington declare them rebels, then The c
right of asylum has been clearly violated. I
The Times concludes by adjuring The c
government and northern people to do |
Justice in the matter
The London Post confirms the Tines !
statement, and says:
"The demand of Lord Lyons will be {
Z lain and brief, ard if not complied with
The diplomatic relations will be at once c
'
FRENCH VIEW or THE AMERICAN DIRT
from France state that the
news Of the American difficulty caused r
immense gensatcn in Paris, and the first
general impression was that ample repair 4
alton must be made to prevent collision,
Communication have taken place be- q