Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-05-31
FROM EUROPE.
AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
THE ROYAL PROCLAMATION.
VIEWS OF TIE LONDON JOURNALS.

ly reported of Cape Race, arrived in Ralti.
more on Tuesday.
The Esna brings $1,000, 600 in specie on
freight
Tho intelligence from America, Of course,
continued to be most attentively scanned in
England, and was the all. engrossing topic OF
discussion. Tho advices by the Niagara were
generally construed as more hopeful for peace,
but the later intelligence by the Jura tended
to dIspel these hopes. There was great diff.
ference OF opinion among commercial men.
French commercial accounts report an ex-
traordinacy diminution in the exports from
France to the United States, and remistances
IN specie were expected to be the consequence.
The Civil War In America.
rRoctANArIoS BY THE QUEEN OF NGL.AS
BY tho Queen.-A Proclamatioai. Tictoyia
" hcreas we orc happily at peace with all
Sovereigns, Powers and States, and whereas
hostilities have unhappily commenced between
the Government Of the United States Of Amcri.
ca and certain States styling themselves the
Confederate States Of America, and whereas
We, being at peace with the Government of the
United States, have declared our royal deter.
mination to maintain u strict and impartial
neutrality in the contest between the said con-
tending parties; VIC, therefore, have thought
lit by aud with the advice Of our Privy Coun-
Gil, to issue this our royal proclamation. Crhe
provisions Of the Foreign Enlistment Act are
then quoted, and the proclamation continues as
follows :)-And We do hereby warn all our
loving subjects, and all persons whatsoever en-.
titled to our protection, that il any Of them
shall presume in contempt Of this our royal
proclamation and Of cur high displeaSure, to
do any acts in dsrcgation Of their duty as sub.
jectS Of II neutral sovereign in the sad contest,
or in violation or contravcntiou Of tue law OF
nations in that behalf, as for example and more
especially by entering into the military service
of either Of the said contending parties as com,
miSSioned or non commissioned officers, or sol.
diers, or by serving a. officers. sailors, or ma.
rincs, on board any ship or vessel Of war or
transport, Of or in the service Of either Of the
said contending parties, or by engaging to 20 or
going to any place beyond the seas with intent to
enlis, or engage in any such service, OF by
procuring or attempting to procure within
her Majesty's duminions at lolnc or abroad
others 10 do so; or by fitting uut, arming or
equipping any ship or vessel 10 be employed rs
4 snip OF war, or privateer, OF transport, by
either Of the said contending parties or by
breaking or endeavor;ng to break any blockade
lawfully and actually established by or on be-
half Of either Of the SAID c%ortendlng parties 4;
or by carrying officers, soldiers, dispatches,
arms, military stores or materials, or any arti-
Gle or articles considered and deemed to he
contrabaud Of war according to the law or
modern usage Of nations for the use UT service
OF either Of the said contending partics-all
persons 50 offending will incur, and be liable
to the Several penalties and penal consequences
by the said statue, or by tn. law Of nations in
that behalf imposed or denounced. And we
do hereby declare that all cur subjects and
persons entitled to our protection who may
misconduct themselves in the premises will do
so at their peril, and Of their own wrong, and
THAI they will, in nowise, obtain any protec.
ton from US against any liabilities or penal
consequences, but will, on the contrary, incur
our high diSplsssure BY such misconduct
Given at our Court, at tue White Lodge, Rich,
mond Park, this 18th day OF May, 1861.
The New American M,nisIer TO EugInnd-
Reception OF air. Adams at Liverpool.
Charles Francis Adams, our new Minister
to England, had u public reception from the
Chamber Of Commerce Of Liverpool OH his,ar.
rival in that city. ln response 10 an address
of welcome from Mr.. $. B. Guion, Mr., Adams
sad:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen Of the Liver
pool Chamber Of Commerce IL heartily ac.
cept your cordial greeting on my arrival in
this great city. Ii Is now more than forty
years since | left these shores. was then q
boy, and now | attn past the age Of middle life;
bat the interval Of time has produced far
greater changes in the relations between the
country | row represent and the Kingdom oil
Great Britain than any ! can trace relatively
in myself.
As l watched the progress Of discharging
the letter bags from the steamer in which
have just made my passage, and reflected how
often the same process Is now repeated by
means OF such admirable nautical despatch,
felt in it's full force the evcr-increaslng magnl
tude of The commercial relations between the
two countries, and the importance Of aiding
by every practical method, in developing then
to their fullest extent.
The progress Of your city, gentlemen mani
tests the great expansion Of the same ldea.-
Long may it continue, by cultiyating the arts
of peace, to present the strongest inducements
to the preservation of harmony between the
nations. come here DESTROYS only to de
velope the ~fratcrnal relations to which you have
beea pleased to allude in your address to me.
Such | believe to be the wish of the Govern.
ment Of the United States, which has sent me,
rs we'll as Of the very large portion OF the PEG
pie, irrespective OF any personal differences
that may unhappily exist among them. Per
init me here TO concur with you in the hope
and the trust that time and trial will brlne
round q better state of feeling there, so tina,
We may all once more unite and co operate lr
the blessed work Of promoting the prosperity
Of the civilized world.
Not doubling that this would be joyfully
hailed BY you in your useful vocations on this
side, I can only pledge to you all my individual
efforts to contribute TO tho same result.
American Shipowners III TroubIe-Amer
lean vessels Under British COlors.
The Cardiff (Wale>) Star says: Owing Il
tue civil war that has u%nhspplly broken ouI
in America there are fewer vessels Of that coun
try in this port than usual, and there is gooc
! reason TO conclulc that our trade with oul
Young republican sister will be greatly checked
if not altogether interrupted, so long as the
present dispute exists. The measures reSortet
to by the Southern Coniederacy to grant let
lers of maIque are viewed with great concern
Rowland, Of the New York ship Joseph Fish
sppiled 10 the magistrates pIe':u."s {" oe
police court for the purpose of asking permits
sion to take the oath OF allegiance to her Ma
jesty. 1t appears from his statement hat ht
is u native Of Barnstable, but he has been n"
tu~ral;zed in America. He is about sailing FROM
this port with a cargo OF coal for Cuba, but is
apprehensive, as The ship is an America J.. thai
it may be captured.
As he felt DESTROYS of sailing under British
colors, he also wished to transfer hls allegiance
to the Crown OF Great Britain. The 1uaSiS
trates informed him that he must have his sh'I
duly chartered US a British one, in accordanc,
with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping
Act, if he wished to secure the projections o
the British flag. The captain thanked the
magistrates, and left the court hat per