Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-12-20

She saiisd COZ Boston at 2 P. II. yesterday,
and will be due q: that point at 3 late hour TO-
night.
Ths steamship Jnra, from Quebec, arrived
ct Liverpool On the 29th.
The Persia arrived at Li7eTFoo! III S o'clock,
4. ~, Dec. 9.
The Belgian screw steamship Congress, from
Hayre for New York, put into southampton
OF The 39tn with disabled machinery; boilers
slse detective.
Tic Europa sailed at $50 2. M.
TIE AFFAIR x 7UE TfE-NI.
ENGLAND REGARDS il As a GROUND OF VAR.
pEFARTrHr u5 QUEENS MESSENGER WITH lbs
Patches FoT LORD Lyons.
The Londc. 0p.arYcr. a Ministerial organ,
ssys il IS ISSUE CT Saturday Evening, Nov. 80;
i special Messenger oi the Foreign Office has
been ordered W carry cut our demands tt
Lord Lyons, and will proceed by the packet
from Queenstown to dag. The public will bt
satisfied tC knor that :hesc demands are for Oh
apology, and to insist an the reHtitution 10 tue
protection Of the British llag Of those who
were violently and illegally thru from thai sa-
cred asylum.
Tho 'Obserrei" adds: "IAsre il 40 reason
uhy they shcRM not be yestOred to The quar-
terd.ck cf he E-itisA -ldmtralGt Nt0 York
or FaskiaS;oa i,seiI, 1" TIE .fac6 r SEINE len
Or tGei:s men-g}- Vdr, @h0ss presence IN IL,
Pnf.mac 1cuiI 3on1er Tie WaSttrtmg Cabinet
a. Washington rs Asipli-a Il. Ike 13snt aat
ict3rs The guns anA o~utlassey q The &aH ia
clato. Il is mo fault Of ours, il il should noas
ever to this"
Tie "Morning Star declares The statement
Of instructions having been sent TO Lord Lyons
to obiain the restitution Of The Confederate
Commissioners CT 10 take his Lease Of Wash
ington WIS premature, aid 8: exaggerated IS
II be virtually untrue.
Tns Times Of TIE IGLG ali. makes the i'm
portcnt announcement that the Cub;nct has come
to the conclusion that tho act Of the Captain
or the Saa Jacinto in so;zIng Passengers on z
British 7ts3el ard carrying Them foreibly
away, % = ciesi ~7ioiati&n Vi ti:2 iaH Of nations,
mi fvI YLicD ieparation ihu.. Ge at once de-
manGei. IN al! probability !:.= Hrst steamer
viii Carry Gil! destinations 10 Lord Lyocs 70
demand rel. !atlon for the iil-a1visrI act OF
seizinE siasun and Slidcll while under the pro
tecliuu Of the british dag. Should this just
deiuaiG ::nth he compiled with, we cannot doubt
that Lord Lyons viii, under the instructions
Of his Government. withdraw with The British
delegation IRON Washington. The Times
expresses tilc belief that thu Cabinet has taken
q view Of The iu@t.ar Which will be satisfactory
alike 10 The psLr!otisi" and rcascn Of the ce"n'
try. The "Ti;nes' sGYs the principle on which
tbs Government rests is demand is that 8
British siip iBus:, until her violation OF aeutra
rights il fully pToTeJ. held 10 be British GROUND
AZ much as Il saU We're al actual piece Of
British soil, and the sight OF protection to al
perscnS on board is as valid as Oh British te-
ri.ory. Now 40 such violation has been proved
OF ought to be proved against the Trent, con
sc1Ecntly the seizure OF loE: pcT5oDa, dragged
from her decks, Was entirely illegal. Refer
ring u tic Tarnf. that The seizure vas the acl
OF lilc hlucriSlE commander, not expressly
directed by til. government, tho "Tlmcs'
SAVE it meaus that lie Nationals had Ieilse
rate!; icter!uine1 70 seize the Southern GJm
missioneIs, and il j.: understood that General
Sco;: has declared, slice his arrival at Paris,
tha! the sclz,ire had been the subject Of Cabi.
ret discussion at Washington long before be
left.
The american authorities might haze warn
I'd the English steamer at Havana, that If they
took OF heard lhe Southern ENJOYS they would
subject the vessel 10 seizure and forfeiture ia
rciZc court. Tnsy msdc no TeInonstIancs
% inst taking them on board, as they were
bound to dc, but secretly planned the outrage,
for which We now ask reparation- Messrs.
Slidell and Mason we7c, at the most. c!7il scr
wants to 4 hostile poTer, and 1ere travelling
from one neutral port to another, in q neutral
vessel. If the Government nj Washington de-
ciares them rebels, then the right :! asylum has
bccn CLEARLY violated. The Times concludes
by adjuring the Government and Northern
people to 30 justice in the matter. The Post
confirms these statements Of the Times and
adds: 1.-THE demand vi Lord Lyons will be
plain and brief, and if not complied with the
diplomatic relations will be at once suspended"
According to the "Tincs," oo Friday, the
diaDstch to Lord Iynns Oh Saturday. The
Ministers inet again (" revise and finally settle
the tarras, and 1t W&3 S='.t Of the same aTeH-
ing. Adispatc!I ircn Liverpool, dated Dec. 2,
states thai the ia:"r ad2:ceS frGr! ! AMERICA BY the
Persia, had caused tue Government 10 detain
the Europa, in order that the Dispatch might
be modified. Tie Times understood that this
communication, though couchtd in the hrmest
language, presuInes that the Federal Govern
ment will not refuse 10 make honorable repa.
ration 70: All illegal act. Pie Times confesses
it has but small hope for such iisavowal. At
til. de:u CT tho last dispatches the act of the
Captain Of the San Jac!nto had been accepted
10y tue Northern public. The Nav York jour.
trals were urging his promu;ioh; that a naval
officer had the spirit to board II British vessel
ard carry 1T rebels is enough TO insure a storm
81 popularity. BY the time Earl Eusselrs dis.
patches arrive the multitude lnay aa1e already
declared T. the Government the treatment
which CAPT Wilkes is to ~creei7e. 1t becomes
u ~ bc pItpa1sl foT mr. unfortunate issue in
Canada il asr Of . SAT with The Northern
States.
i P,lvr COUNCIL N WINDSOR.
The Lon0a Observer, Of the evening Of
NO7. /, says
"Yestsrdg afternoon, after 6 P. ~, Her
Majesty he'd 8 Frivy Council at Windsor
Castle. ThEc Of the Ministers. including the
Firs. Lord Of he Admiralty, ard tins Secreta-
r. VI Safe hr War, ~tra7elsi from London 10
Windsor BY special train 70 10 present Pre-
vioua lo ic4qng town; the three Ministers mad
attended Cabinet Council at Lord Palmerston's
official residuicc.
TIE OPINION OF TIE LAW OFFICERS OF TIE
CROW.
TIE Observe says: 1.-THE Queens Advocate,
Sir John hsding, Attorney General Sir
William Attsrlonc, and the Solieito. General,