The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-13
Rlchmunh pispattb.
THURSDAY MORNING EEu "a ,sss
EUROPEAN NEWS.

NAAo AoloWlnR Intelligence:
Correspondence Of the London Ferald.l
PARIS, Tuesday, Jan. 2l.
1 am Informed that the French Govern.
ment, following the example Of England,
nns sent an energetic note to Washington,
PIoHstlng agatns. the vindictive blocking
up OF Charleston harbor. Tho Debo,s which
eS1htinues to exhibit its predileci ion for the
NoFth, makes remark on this subject which,
| ~ must oe admitted, is not without weight:
now Is IT, II the harbor be blocked up, tn At
mes me southern man:of.war Ella Worley con.
rived to run the blockade after the sinking
OF the stone heets'" AS to the blockade
Itself, hear on reliable authority that should
II be broken by England, France will avail
trade. but that the Cabinet OF the Tuilleries
| Is determined not to take the 'initiatiye''
OF any such measure.
TONE op THE PARIS JOURNALS.
The Paris press continues to excite irrita-
| ton against the United STATES. Some jour.
nals even declare openly in favor of inter-
vention. Tho tone OF this discussion, the
| energetic terms employed by Lord Russell in
| his response to the merchants of Liverpool,
| Justify only too we'll the appreheEsions OF
| opinion that England IL determined at all
| risks, even at the cost Of war, to procure
the re-cpening OF the Southern ports, and
the free expectation OF cotton.
| Several foreign journan announce that
| France will support the reclamations ad.
| dressed by Lord Russell to the Cabinet of
Washington In every FORM even to an appeal
| to arms. If that be nece ssary.
FsDEKAL opISIoI.
The New York Herald rays "NOw We can
| understand somewhat the suggest ton Of the
| London Times to 'let France interfere II she
! likes. 1t Is a nice game between England
and France. Each evidently il afraid TO
| trust the o other as a follower in q war against
| the United States. and each is thus mani.
| pulating and maneuvring to get the other
! first involved In this imbrogiio. In this
| thing may lie our safety but so strong are
| the designs and the dedirss CT the British
| aristocracy to break up this Union OF ours,
| that ths Britis h Government may still be
| entrapped into the experiment TO serve the
| European designs OF Napoleon.
The alleged inefficlency OF our Southern
| blockade, with raw cotton as high rs sixty
| cents pound in Liverpool, and with Eng
| lish goods commanding eight and ten times
| especially our stone flset blockade of Charles
| ton harbor, will form the next casns 6eIii
against us
| ANOTHER oPIEIoN-FRAECK HAS NOT FAVORED
ARxED IETERyEHTIoN.
| The Paris correspondent Of the Baltimore
Amricon writes thus from Paris, Jan Ii, 1852:
| We may look for lively proceedings
| upon the opening OF the British Parlin
| ment, and possibly the French Chambers,
| also. In England two questions Of in
| terest to our county witl be brought:
| forward immediately-to wit, the s1pe-
l ulchSy "a ACSVS AiLiu6 tAc CCNlSG
| eracy, and searching InYestiga lion OF the
| conduct OF the Ministry in carrying on, at q
vast expense. preparations for war with the
United States, after receiving assurances
| from Mr.. Seward that Captain Wilkes had
acted without orders, and that the Govern
| NEXT OF President Lincoln was desirous to
maintain the most friendly relations with
| Great Britain. There Will also be some in.
Quiry into the reasons which induced Lord
Palmer ton, through his organ, the London
| Mor0taS Post, to deny the existence OF con-
ciliatory Intelligence from America, on the
| subject of the Trent incident, two days after
| the communicate on OF Mr Stewards note
AS regards France, 1t is proper that our
people should prepare to hear of manifesto
| tlons OF. discomfort at the delays Of the
| war and the impossibility of procuring cot.
ton The English journals are boldly as.
| serting that France has been, for several
| months past, urging upon Great Britain to
| join her in recognizing ;he southern Con.
| 1edaracy and disregardIng the blockade. 1t
| is not true that the Emperor's Government
| has taken any such initiation Ifany nego-
| tiations have been mmenced on the sublec'
| they certainly originated not In Paris, bu;
III London; and the emperor mas, from the
| outset, expressed his hope that the rebel
| lion would be speedily suppressed. The
distress in the Misunderstanding districts Of
| france is, however, very great, and the II ur-
| murs Of mercantile and laboring classes
| grow louder and louder every day. 1t is by
| many erroneously supposed that the closing z
| of the Southern ports is the cessation OF
commerce, and that il they were reopened
| prosperity would return. Few reflect that
| the real Amer lean customers OF France were
| the twenty millions OF the North, and that
| so long as the people Of the loyal States sus.
| pend their orders, the looms of Lyons and
ST. Erienne III ust remain ON paratively y idle.
gNGLIsH FEELING YoR THE sourH-AS ABoLI-
| TIoSIsT's VIEWS.
The London correspondent Of the New
York Times writes the following interesting
letter, under date OF the 22d January:
In one month from this day, certainly in
| lees than two months, the in Independence OF
the Southern Coufederacy will be recognized
| by the 6overHmeD Is OF France and England,
and these Governments will but reg lister the
voice of the people, so far as that voice can
| TO be resisted. Interest and policy alike
comp this recognition and it will be &C.
com panied by the opening OF the blockade OF
the southern ports. If you Intend to resist,
you cannot be too speedy in your prepara-
tions. The fortidcations OF New Y ork har-
bor must be mounted with the heaviest ar
| tillery, and the RATS recommended by the
| Mayor should be got in readiness. MIR. Ste
| vens's battery may not be seaVOrthy, but it
can surely be anchored In the NarrOws, an d
Col. Colt will undoubtedly be TOO happy TO
cover the whole bottom OF the channel with
| submarine batteries.
viii you resist! In a word, will there be
war; II not, the humiliation Of our coun.
try will be complete. If you fight, it will
be with tremendous odds and against appall-
ing difficulties There was a time when the
State Of New York alone could have taken
Canada, and when her disaffectei people
| would have gladly raised rne Stars and
Stripes. That time, believe. has passed.
| For ten years the Can adams have had no
| cause Of complaint against their Govern a.
ment and institutions, and the British En-
| pirs has nowhere more loyal people Irish
men, in Canada as elsewhere, deplore the
| condition O. their native land, and on this
| account they have no love for the British
| Government; but Irshmen every where ha " e
| the instinct of loyalty. Ia the North, they
fight for the Government at Washington in
| the South, for the Governments of the States
| to which they belong and the Confederacy.
| Constituting two.thirds of the rank and 6le
Of the British army, they fight bravely for a
ries has oppressed and plundered their IA
| tive land. They will do tho same in Canada,
| where they have few causes for dissatisfac :
ton, and enjoy rights they could net have in
| Ireland.
| But how will 1t be In Ireland. There il
no manner of doubt that the great mass OF
the Irish people are disloyal but there Is NO
| way in which such disloyalty can find efec-
| tive action. Guliiver bound was not more
| powerless. Ireland Is bound, disarmed, and
paraly xed. America is too far on to give her
any aid. Ten thousand men safely landed
| on her shores, with an hundred thousand
| stand Of arms, might raise q formidable re
| belliOn, but the end would be all the same
| Suppose tina country conquered, and held for
| three months, 1t would yet be surrounded
| and reduced. Ireland has nothing to hope
| from Amerca-tOo distant aud with too
| small a naval force. And all this time, you
| observe, 1t is America must aid Ireland, for
| Ireland cannot help America. There is but
| one Power in the world that can give inde.
| pondence to Ireland. and that is France, and
| It 10 convenient tor France, Just now, to act
| with England.
| No, America has no hope beyond herself.
| Even Russia, her most likely aud reliable
/ 10 a this Thu Yea =
advises her to make PEACE with the South.
| and peace means dismemberment Of her
great empire. So far as can see, America
| must either retire from her present contest,