The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-20

The Con1ederacy and It's Advocates Abroad
A psiv.te Iestsr from London furnishes the No
bile Register with little items OF Interest not
likely to And their way Into the N,r.hern papers
The writer says:
Though recognition IL deferred, public opinion
unanimously locks upon our admission into the
family OF nations % . foregone conclusion. met
Ar Gladstone, the Chaussllor Of ths 1xchequer,
at Q dianer party some time aimee, and found him
not only most friendly, but In Q discussion which
onsued after Tho ladies had retired, he came to my
a'd on tbs subject of slavery. found afterwards
that his father was great West India proprietor,
and had been ruined By English emancipation. Ii
not this sisn"
TIE IHdsz, We are glad TO learn, has proved q
great success. and produces political effect Tar
beyond the mos: sanguiae hopes Of It's frisods. It
hiss already taken its stspd "a Arst class weekly
rslity in aid Of Confederate soldiers and Of the
general cause has besn 80 often noted In these
columns to the munifcsnt supporter Of the INdsx,
The editorial sanctum Of the Ea3er has become
don: 1t 1 seminary Of Southern intellis-aoe and
school OF Southern writer's, not Tor it, Jwn col.
umns, but for the other London papers. 1ne cause
OF the South now engages some OF the ahaest pens
nothing about ne, and cared less Anon. he con
tribusors and leader writers for the Iaas- re J. b.
Hopkins and Percy 0regg xsqs. Boil u them
are Kng'tshmen. The former has read :. capital
S0totACa4 paper tN0 SOCIAL 0CoQot At00Hf007
ON the productivensss Of the South, whia. has at.
tracted much attention and mads Lord h.ougham
very angry. The same gentleman has ls>.Ly writ
ten an Introduction to the South Vindis Led" by
General Williams. . book just publishedh h London,
In magnificent style. and we'll received This work,
as some OF onr readers will remember. <ss frst
published under the title Of Letters d.ting the
Presidential Canvass Of 1850, In Nashvllle," BY
James Williams, late United States M,.Gistsr to
Constsntinople and was the nrst book copy righted
under thu COME darate 6tatAa
Mr.. Percy Gregg ID ons Of tSs principAa leader.
writers ef the Saturday Revfes the leading London
weekly. and writes admirable Southern articles
He Ii an editorial contributor to the MovstsS Her-
aid and StoAdWd. both Of which paeeEs are In
effect daily Southern organs
The financial writer for the Endea u Hr. Geo.
EcHenry, an ardent 6eutherner, though born In
Philadelphia. This gentleman also does ysoman's
service to the Southern csnss In the Ntnes.
OF the 1tass our correspondent writes: "Ths
1Y1es friendly to us because II Il fashionable to bo
Co. has beeome contsmptible sheet, and IL rapidly
Prussia joining the zo,l vsrsin. when IN last Prus
sia ID the head and author OF tha! famous Customs
Union, and Austria was the country about 70 join
Only q few days ago It Informed its readers that
sSnsn had nov Layer population 70 recruit
Il originally possessed, the HtAe millions OF the Dor.
der States wsre now added. This will give you IN
idea of how the Great Thunderer' II now edited -
Secretly II II our enemy because It panders to Ex.
South viii be the making of India"
Thcre is no estimating the value Of the labors Of
thess Southern advocstes upon the Kn1lish mind.
It Il 10 them largely that We owe the remarkable
change Of pubic opinion in that county since the
revolution began. Britiah sympsshtss were st the
almost wholly with the North. and e al
American Intelligence went out through Northern
sources and With Northern eolcrings, It is rot per
oeivsd how thatrsvolutisn In sentiment could have
been produced except by IN able representation Of
the truth and justice Of our cause through the
agencies to which We have alluded. It was one Ct
the wissst measures Of the Confederate Govern.
ment to accredit Mr.. Henry Hos.e - . commits.
sioner OF kind Ct envoy to the court Of the English
press NO man was better lifted for the task By
bis energy, his extensive political and historieG
reading, xnd his zeal a. missionary Of the Ooufed
erate caugs 1: would have been money well ex.
pended had the Government devoted flnd to yus.
Isin the sterling crgaa which that gentleman has
established at the centre of Ergish tpte,ligence In
.hc absence Of this II sfortunAte for cause that
= Mobile gentleman has been found both able and
willing to farnish tho most Of the capital that sup
ports It.