Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-15
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/ AtRrulng ITEM ITc"
The Paris correspondent Of the London Post, Lord
Palmerston's organ,) states that
The British Government is in correspondents With
the French Government in order chat united action may
be observed towards America by sea and land. As a
real conflict Is nov to be expected perfect understand
| ing is likely 70 be arrived At"
This comes BY the last steAmerit comes from source
likely 70 be ue-iuformed-and il published In paper
likely 10 be well advised CT ts correctness. 1t vss writ
ten before the had been received from the rout at
Manassas It has awful import for iankeedoodiodeH
There !. not In the sosld excepting the CHI
uess With their gongs and whistng arrows, people 50
paed up with nsoIence ard scfeoncei and at the
time so utterly contemplate and Insignificant The fact
Of this statement would be instantly demonstrated BY
the combined action Of Eugand and France spoken Of
above. Yaukeedom would at word f:ou these Powers
isaomniousy and bsssy abandon all its pretension or
Il should dare 10 appeal to is gongs and balloons it
would be shrveed into nothing. It's wealth is fiction
-ils civilization humbug-ts yaOr sSagger-its mill
| tary proves delu9iOu.
TIE \. Y, Herald of the Igih slough ii had not re-
c. iged this late intelligence, in treuOs st the in
efficiency of the blockade and cersin significant para
gr,psia late Canadian papers The Montreal Herald Of
| he . h save
TLee Is ruuor that the British fleet has left Halifax
for the nursose OF breaking the Southern blockade. II
il probable that the purpose is only the general one Of
protecting British interests which demand that free &C.
cess sla be had the important Southern porte 80
long "a they are no. bOckaded IN manner deemed legal
according to the international law Bearing on the
same point i another statement in the oleoee CrO'es
o. the 9TH inst which says:"Ar. u Johnson Queens
messeuger has arrived in from ElSope, via Wash
iaglou bringing dispatches for his EEeelency, whi'h
ruor saws are OF an important character, relating 10
the recognition OF the Southern Coaederacy anu the e.
iciency of the blockade
I. then comments CT those paragraphs in this wise
Nos all this intelligence may be or false at present
bu, II it be exactly uu it Is because /. Is ltue
premature and It vii only prove too true hereafter
These lu1ors ae Undoubtedly indications Of British poll
cv as similar announcements preceded British reeogni'
ton OF begerent rights OF the Southern Cont-de-
r,cy MANY would regard Prince Napoleons visit TO
N.naSsas snC.hs sleeping in Bsauregards bed as mat
ter OF little or no cous hence; bus even strlus on the
su f,ce of river show the force Of Its current The
tone Of the French aud English papers s Significant
Take for example, the LOnnou Post Lord Pa!nerstons
organ In is issue Of the oath Of July that journal de-
uie that the blockade efficient and refers TO the fact
of Charleston having been lett for some lime without any
block ding vessels =. That the British feet
have not already broken It Is owing TO an uuwilngness
N b,ys an open ruptur. with the United States aud the
policy OF waiting to see what might turn up-vhsher our
government would defeat the rebels in decisive battle
Aud thus get cotton for England whether the rebels
would defeat government and thus impose on EGG
land the necessity OF getting cotton Tor herself The
bat, Of Boil Run and the protraeed rehcancy oil the
blockade viii probably prscpitle the action OF the BIZ
t-b government. l. Is now less than two months I'LL
the co,toa crop will DC ready for Shipment and OF course
Il will be necessary for the English government to give
pys yOus notice British merchants SndsbpoTners that
The blockade viii no: be respected by England and that
they can safely send their vessels for the Southern sta
ple We mly therefore a. any moment hea- OF royal
proclamation In Great Britain aud Ireland declaring the
blockade inefficient invalid and void. We have oay our
own government 20 blame II England should pursue this
c-s Ia thv history OF the world perhaps, there is
no parallel to the imbeeity Of the Navy Department in
great commercial country ike this, and no example Of
such utter neglect Of national interests clearly i'm
periled.
Aud 20 On, through coumn-gOing to show that
EaSand and France will both be down on Ysnkeedom
in no time.
To the same effect, the Washington correspondent o
the Philadelphia hqsirsr writes:
telegraphed 10 Won las. night that Lord Lyons had
laid before the President written statement Of the num-
be and names o! the vessels that had passed the block
ade OF the Southern ports with the declaration that bag
laud could not regard So efectua blockade conducted
in such manner | nov learn that the French Minister
Joined sith Lord Lyons in the mmgnicat!on; and
that il vas indeed Joint paper In the nature Of pro-
ts-f on the Of the representatives OF France and
Eagnd against such ~ Intellectual asemp blockade
the Southern ports Il be denied that this mat
Ter has nov assumed very grave aspect The presence
o. cur coast Of q powerful English and French beet
shows that these nations in earnest in the matter
and IL in i;sef insult that would no. submit 10 Ia
ordinary times Il is idle 10 doubt any longer the hos
tile intentions Of these two powers. England sees in
the present distracted condition Of the country the OPP
DOrunity she has long waited for 10 humble ous nation
a pride and the French Emperor will Join hands Nth
her IN the attempt for the indicated in former
letter.
The facts contained in the Communication Of the EGG
gish Minister cannot De denied The blockade has been
aotoroasy ineffective and therefore no blockade 1t all