, 1861-06-12


4w5er, =nd Is very much out Of temper, just
Low, bEccuse Lord Campbell, now II his |
a;ghty- third year, will not resign The Chancel-
lorship, to which he {BetheD Wonld then be
1ppointeJ, with peefage. The otner is Sir
William Athenon, Solicitor General, FIVE years
yepDgSr 1S than Bethel and very good At cFni
Bethel and Atherton, It Is sa1d, differ about
the American question. B2thel, OF an old
Welsh family, likes the .aristocracy Of the
South, While Athertop, son Of q Methodist
preacher, hes all the feeling of this Methodists
as regards elayeholding, firmly believes in
North. Il Is said, too, tbat Sir ". Atherton
demonstrated against admitting the Southern
States 10 be 6euigerant3. However, Bethel car
1ied TIE point, and put the unfortunate bel
ligerent" sentence into Lord John Russell's
month. Once uttered, Johnny is the msn to
stick to it, right or wrong. Already, the Con-
Lin, and ak whether British policy is That
rebels, In arms, fhall be recognized as "bel-
Ige1cnts" In America only ~
The opinion Of commtrcial people here Is
that this Is not q cotton question, though it
Hiu accelerate the production Of cotton ont
cf the United States, but that It must be look
I'd on ss great rock ahead, which your
Eelmsmen can avoid, and mug. The unity OF
the North, East and Weet has astoni.hsd our
politicians here, Who really believed what tbs
South always Dragged of-thGt they "could
whip the North" Once 1t Is seen that You
ean hold your OWL, By yourselves, the British
soa5 e VII easn tr ad zen i yo9h ~ wn is
dom Of American Institutions. say, the
rulers not the ruled, Who aro all with the
North. " :: ::
If the Government at Washington can in,a.e-
d;cttly mise the einews Of war, We think that
the rebellion nnt.s< be crushed. The South, as
! happen to know, hssi9g been applied to,
the. other hand, let Mr. Lincoln be authorized
by your Parliament Congress, you call IT.
to borrow hundred million dollars, At five
per cent, be can get 1t all in week here in
London. For ne Know right we'll thst, though
come Of your statea did repndiate, tho Na-
ticna1 Debt Of the United States always paid
the promised interest. Indeed, the complaint
Of those who invested their money was that
the United States rent 10 the length of paying
off the Debt Think, my good sir, Of small
capitalists getting jlpe per cent on United
States bonds, when our own National Debt
Jou are authorized to borrow = hundred mil
lions from ~, and the stock will all 10 taken
here, at par. The South will not screw i
crooked eixpence out Of us, for We believe tho
South, like Spain and Mexico, are too lofty
minded TO- pay.
Ing Of Queen Victorih upon this exciting
American topic, but there are countless re
ports. One thing is known, however, that
Prince Albert, son Of q petty German Duke,
whose dominlons You might easily tra7erse,
in onehorse chaise, In three hours, on any
fine dsy, is decidedly antagonistIc to tho Ibis:
they had obtained full recognition from all the
world OF their Independence and nationality.
Tie Prince is understood to believe tlat there
is no hope for country without sovereign,
peeragc, large national debt, and q laFgo
endowment out ef the public purae for every
member Of the Roya1 Family, without qucs-
tion or exception. You know that his allow
arces are over $500 GOO = year-from ali souE-
res-th.t he actunlly pockets 81, 500 year, "a
Constable Of Windsor Castle and that not
! content NTH quartering his eldest daughter
upon the taI-ps3ipg pnbllc three years ago,
he has just had Parliamentary grant for his
second daughter, about to marry, begggarly
German Prince, Of S150. 900 psid down On the
pai1, and $50, COO year during the remainder
| Of her life
Prince Albert is believed to hold with
| P1ussfa, with Austria, with Rue.ia, and with
France-that the Republican is the worst form
Of Government, md that tho welfare Of man
kind requires It to be put down when practi
cable. Judge, then, what he must feel nop--
| on which side Of the American strife his feel
| iEgs must be. No doubt he shares the com
mon belief here that, II d Southern Confeda
racy could really be established, It would
become . monarchy in couple OF yeszs.
| Queen Victoria IL as lbern1 Ecman at hear
| a. her poeltion would allow her to be. She
has taken numerous occasions Of showing
particular courteey towards Americans Wht
hare been presented to her, or have pertake1
Of her hospitality. Finally, her Majesty VA:
lindness shown TO her eldest son, when b,
visited the United States; st which time, b,
scme odd casualty, the only persons by Hhou
he WAS treated with disreapect, were tn,
o1at gemen Of her own Canada, and j" the frs
Families II at Richmond, Virginia
Rely upon It, that Queen Victoria Viii neye
scale againt the Northern States, If she Is ii
lowed . chance Of manifetting any persona
feeling. AZ Sovereign, she has very 1itN
power, for it IL tho Ministry who are respou
Rible for what Is done, not the Monarch A
the same time, no Ministry would run directl
counter to the known wishes Of the Sovereign
tial friend at Court. o. all the personal friend
Of the Queen, the greatest Was the Duchess c
Sutherland, flor mnny years the handsomes
xoman,at Court sister to Lord Carlisle, wh
Visited America twenty years ago as Lor
Morpeth, and happens to be the most IL
treme}J like what Liston, the actor, used to
in tie character Of HsxI Ply. Tho Quean
greatly attached tothis lady, who. though vii
| Of one of the wealthteat- Of the BEltish Pee
tress Of the Robes to hcr Majesty. But Il
Duke of Sutherland died q few weeks ago, N
the Duchess has resigned her office ut Cour
and In manner retired from the world 81
has been succeeded by the Duchess of We
lington-that exquisltely lovely statue {
PaIleuce On Monument. The Duchess |
Sutherland, Who extensively pstronized IL. =
Af.n1fffnY& Americans fryon Mfa RknWA IN ssff
Black swau," certainly impressed the Queen
mfrd considerably in the same way. We're 81
still member of the Royal Household, u
would ~ certainly keep the Queen up to Il
} mark On this head, just now.
The casunl mention have here made
hrs. Stowe reminds me OF the vast impreesIc
| which her Uncle Toms Cabin :" made upi
the public mind here acme nine years ago.
!. recollect that, In September, 1852 as I "
:, cabhirg It down to the London Bridge st
/ Paris, rid Boulogne, I saw . bookselIer's sht
window covered with great number Of gre.
covered duodec1mos. Wanting something
read In the railway carriage, 7 jumped Of
. threw down my shilling, and picked up
cheap reprint Of Uncle Toms Chbiu," Il
perrsal Of which occupied good deal Of =
time before I reached Paris. + tnrn
copy Of the book which had reached Par
] and friend, who begged !: from me, Was
much stInck With It that he gave It to t
editor Of one Of the dsily papers, who had
, trant lated, without delay, and printed 1T wi
! equal alac1ity, a. = .feuizaoa in his jou1n
tIarslalions in booE.fofm wexe soon pubfie
; ed, not only In Paris, but In Belgium, Germk
i md Ita1y. When I returned to Lot don, ate!
~ forin}ght's absence, found Uncle Tom
81 every PERSONS hands. Over 10000 copl
: were sold IN The UNITED Kingdom Of are