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wecn Malta and Narcotics, or between

betc,een Malta and MarRces or between
Malta and Gibraltar, the condemnation Of tie ship
at trieste aud The confinement OF tue Minister or
agent il an Austrian prnon. SO in tue Lite war be-
fyeeu Great Britain and france on me one uhno,
ord Rr.sr, on tie oJuer, tusssn Minister gong
,ro,, Hamburg to Washington IN an American bup
,,i,ht bsv. been brought 70 tOrtsnouh, the sup
MIGHT have been condemned, and The hlnisIeI s-ht
- the T, wer OF London. 20 also COnleoera'e
vessel OF war might capture Cunalo ss'lef on 40
c,r;Ivipy dep,tc,ies from hr. Seward 10 Mr. AdaGs
In view therefore, Of The efrorsgls !'h0lPie9
o..srted by Mr. 1t ward and tDe come qu'h's 'noy
involve, der Aiajesiy's ho'eIDInehS LIN -
e9ry 10 teclarc that they would Ioi acq nss'e IA %
cat,r- Of apy Bgtish efeAaut shpl clicuns
:,i ~ ,,,s. al lie Trent and mat tie 1act 81 us
h.ino brought before prize cOart, though u Noiu
.her he character would lot diminish me SIA'l'y
of the odeuse agsinst the law OF nallJhs, "nth
would there y.be COMMITTED. -,
Having disposed OF tic question whether .ne per
sons named apd tneir supposed Gisfalenea' "oi O1
rabaud Of war, am relieved nom u. necessity u
disrus.i, other questions raised by NJ seward
namely. Whether Capt wilkes had lawiuiy hgul
10 eto9 ard search the Trent ior ttcse persons ana
Leir suppo.ed dispatches whether t'U't 'lst .s3u'n
ng that he possessed il, was exercised " Lli u
lawful and proper manner, ava "n1'n.l n0 NV
ri.,lt 10 captgre iLe perso.s found on board.
Tine fifth question put ty Slr. seTari-nainely,
,pbelher Cant Willie. exercised the alleged ii5ht Oh
csrtnre in f6e manner allowed and recognized by te
Iav OF uaiions, j. resolved by Dir. Seward hihHeh
in the negative. -.;;,, o,,.
! caru0s co eude, however, without noticing one
very siuguar parsa.e ia Mir. &c ward & CIspaten'
| Nr Seward asserts that If the safety OF tlS
Union reauied the dercntiOn OF the CAPTURED persons
il would be the right and dry OF tins GoVeFuni.p.
70 defin them" lie procee, 70 Fay that the waning
PROPORTIONS oil the iu5urrectiou, ana We com
noportaDce OF the clptured persons themselves 4or
hid him f,om fesorting 10 that de'enee Mr. HeNaio
dos not here assert aoy right founded on ln'efnt-
I tional law however inconveuient or ifIltauh6 ~
ueut ra i.ii1ns; he entirely ases sight Of the siat
difference which eyis's between the exercise OF an
extrere right and the commission of an un4uesh2n'
,be wrong HE fraBkDess comlcls ne to be- 0"iiy
open and to inform him that Great Drlhn c2nia nO'
have submitted 10 he perletfatlon oil MAJ "fope'
However nourshug might have been The lnsHireC-
ton in the South, aud however important Jus per
sons captured might have been. 49,,
Happily all danger of hostile olsion on this sub
iect ha. been avoided IL 4 the earnest nope OF ger
Maiesty's Government that Finhl ~ daH8eisH liey
should ari.e, may be aye5ted by peaceful ncgoua-
rons conducted in The slirit which belts the ors'ns
reqae.t you % read tlia dispatch to M. Seward,
and give him copy Of 1t. ,.,.,svtr
i All, Sc, hC'oi.|-''
! OBSTRUCTION OF SOUTHERN HaRBOEs.
\ LORD LYONS TO EAKL RUSSELL.
W,suINGroy. Jan. H. 1902. Rec. we'd jan Z''l
My Lonb: Three days ago, IN obedience 10 yo,r
orlsbps ordels, spoke 10 Mr.: seward on tHs SUI
ect OF the plan adopted By this Government u oO'
ituc,iug be entrance TO Of tue harbors IN We
Southern States, b. sinking vesseh, laden WIFE
stones in the channels.
Mr.. Seward observes that il Wa altogether a lnis-
take to suppose that this plan been devised VIII I"
view to njure The harbors permanently IL WIS "a
sad emrly q Temporary military measure auol .ev ~
al! the blockade. The Government OF The lnite'
states had last Spriug, wiki navy very NIUE pre-
Jared for eSensye "a operation, uhGef, .Aeii W
ilo,kade upward Of .OO) miles Of coast. lns sec
rcarg II the Navy lad reported that lie could stop
40 tho b" large b0les" By means OF bis shilt, bnt
that Dc could 10. SOP Up tie "suall ones IL mao
been found nclessary therefore, 10 c0re some 81 Tue
NUMEROUS sinh iules by sinking vessels ID Tue ehal
nei,. 1, would De tie duty oi Tie Government VI
ihe United States o. remove an tlebe otslIu,.u W 30
soon ~ tho onion was restored. Il was we'll under
stood that ibis was an obligation Incumbent on Tie
Federal TO ell mcu;.
A. the end Of The war with Great Britain that
Government had been called upon 10 remove ves-
eel which mai been sunk in the haTbor OF Savannah
anl had feooquizod the Obligation, and removed me
vessel accordingly Moreover, the United states
were engaged in a civil war with the South. lie
WIS not urepared to gay that rs an operation III war
it WAS abustihaDle 10 destroy permanently the mar
hors OF the enemy but nothing o. the kind had oeen
done On the present OCCASION esselH haa Dceh SUM
by tie rebels 10 prevent the access 10 their ports oil
cruiser. of he United States. Tho sane measure
Lad been sdouted b. the United States In order 10
mike Tie blockade conn icte. When tie war was
ended The removal Of all these obs.rlcions would be
o mere matter OF expense; there would be no great
difficulty m removing them eit,Vtuhlly. Besides, a.
mad alrcsiy been done N tho cuse Oh Porl Roj al tue
United States would open better hurbors than those
which they closed
Il asked Mr. Seward whether the principal on
trunce to Charleston larbor lad not been recently
closed altogether by vessels sunk by order of this
Government. aud I observed 10 hiu that tie open
ing Of = new port, thirty or forty miles oil, Woili
hardly confole the people Of the large town OF
Charleston ;or the destruction of their own harbor.
Mr. Seward said that he beet proof be could give
ne that the harJor cf Charleston bal not been rem
der Inaccessible was, that in spite OF the sunken
yesscs and Of the blocladilg squHdrons British
steamer laden with cor .rabaud Of war had Just sue
ceeded in getting in. have, &c, LIONS.