Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-12-18
Reported RuptQre with England.

depOTLeu Rupture Win England.
The mail steamer Europa has arrived at
Halifax, after having been detained TWEEN.
ty-four hours at Queenstown, to take aboard
aQueen's messenger with special dispatches
for Lord Lyons The Intelligence receiv.
ed By this steamer is Of the highest impor-
tance. It's substance is to this effect:
After the Ministers had held private
caucus at Lord PALNERsToy's Office in
London, they proceeded to Windsor Castle
whore special Cabinet Counsel was held,
Queen VICTORIA presiding. Here it was
determined to demand from President LIN
COLIN ample Preparation" for the imputed
indignity shown to the British flag by
Captain Wilkes-to obtain satisfaction, By
Immediately liberating Messrs. Mason and
Slidell, and restoring them to the protec-
ton Of the Uuion Jack and further, that
the American should make suitable apol-
oey to the British nation. 1t is intimated
that the dispatches to Lord Lyons contain
instructions for demanding this humilia-
ting conduct from the American Govern
ment.
1t is added that, in view of hostilities, the
expectation Of nitre and other ingredients
in the manufacture Of gunpowder has been
prohibited by England-that the land and
sea forces of Canada are to be very greatly
incrcased-and that, to please Lancashire,
the blockade is to be rendered nullity by
British ships of war. It is threatened
that the demands to be made by Lord Ly-
ons are to be enforced by British feet in
the Potomac, and that the iron-cased war
monster, the Warrior, Is specially to head
this expedition
1t IS right to add that some of the libe-
raj London journals think this intelligence
premature and exaggerated; but the OBJ
server, semi-oficial Sunday paper, as
well as the Times, publishes these state
ments.
Unless England desires a quarrel with
the United States, We do not place implicit
faith in the above. It may be that the
pampered minions Of despotism in England
with royal family afflicted with heredita-
ry insanity, may fancy the time has come
20 overthrow republican institutions in the
new world but if so, this war may be the
prelude to her own destruction, and the
next ten years witness her own humiliation
as one Of the great powers of the earth.
The willy Napoleon has already led her on
to wars which have largely increased her
public debt, and lessened her once boast
ed influence on the continent 2ntil hardly
a second rate kingdom asks the advice of
British statesmen. In the meantime he is
strengthening his navy, teaching the use
of arms to every able-bodiod man in France,
aud then, when fit for his prey, WATER
Loo WILL BE AVENGED!
The effect Of this news in the North
will be to unite public sentiment more
firmly than ever, and create stern deter
mination not only to punish the authors Of
the wicked rebellion here but to strike .
blow at Great Britain that will in the end
be more severely felt than the transient
loss of cotton, viz, to esche,o tie purchase
Of all British goods hereafter. The an
cient hate against that country-once so
general, even in our recolection-will be
revived in a tenfold degree, because in
this case there is hardly the shadow of a
pretext for war
In the meantime, in view of this new
difficulty, we trust our armies at Washing
ton, on the Mississippi, and on the sea-
board, will at once strike blow upon blow
until victory crowns our banners, or defeat
compels Us to acknowledge that we cannot
subdue 4he traitors South.
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