Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-25
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE
Gen. Buffers Order in Parliament.

from Liverpool at J.3O A. NJ. OF June l4th,
and Queenstown the 18th, arrived at 5 A. NJ.
to-day. She has 63 passenger for Boston but
no specie. The Borussia from New York ar
rived at Southampton on the evening of the
18th. The Scotia from New York reached
Queenstown at midnight of the 18th. The
Great Eastern was being exhibited at Liver
pool. She is advertised to leave Liverpool
for New York on the LIST of July and again
on the 18th of August.
In the house of commons on the 18th, Mr.
Clay asked if the attention of the government
had been directedto the repeated interferences
of the United States cruisers with British yes
sells in the West Indies, and particularly to
the case of steamer Circassian captured in
neutral waters while bound from St. Thomas
to Havana, and within 20 miles Of that port
Mr.. Layard could not give an answer at pre-
sent, the case of the Circassian being under
consideration of the law officers Of the crown
During the debate on the supply bill, the
course pursued by the government at Lagos
towards the slave trade, was called in ques-
ton, but ministers offered satisfactory expla-
nations, and the vote was agreed to. Excep-
ton was also taken to the vote OF forty thou
sand pounds for the continuation OF the North
American boundary commission, but upon
government explanations that little more
would probably be required, the bouneary
having been traced, it was agreed to.
In the house of lords, on the 18th, earl
Carnaeroon called attention to Gen. Buffers
proclamation relative to the ladies OF New
Orleans. He condemned it in severe terms,
as without precedent in the annals of war, and
asked if the government had information of
its authority, and if it had protested against
it. He also asked if there was any truth in
the rumors of mediation of France and
England. The success of such mediation
would depend greatly upon the manner in
which and the time at which it was offered,
but he trusted government was in position
to give the subject favorable consideration
Earl Russell said that from Lord Lyons
dispatches the government believed the pro-
clamation was authentic, but with respect to
any action of the United States government,
in the way of approval or disapproval, they
had no information Lord Lyons had made
no representations to the American govern
ment on the subject, and he did not appear to
have any official information concerning the
proclamation, upon which he could do so. For
his own part, he (RusselD hoped the Ameri-
can government would for its own sake refuse
its sanction to it and diSavow it, The procla-
nation was important to the whole world.
The usages of war should not be aggravated
by proclamations of this character He
thought that such proclamation addressed to
force which had just captured hostile city,
was likely to lead to great brutality. He
thought there was no defense for this procla-
nation, and he sincerely hoped the American
government would disavow it. With respect
to the rumors of a mediation, he was glad the
question had been put, for such rumors were
likely to lead to much mischief Her majes
tvs government had made no proposal to
France in reference thereto, and the French
boJ do oI TO nurlop1
Therefore there had been no communication
of any kind on the subject between the two
governments. Without, however, giving any
opinion as to the propriety of offering media
ton at some future day if circumstances
should prove favorable, he must say that the
present time appeared to him most inoppor-
tune. He conceived that in the embittered
state of feeling in America it would not only
lead to no good, but would retard the time for
fpeh an otfegr beincc rican flag was not likely
su ~ n9g Soa as for savers, the attention of the
French government had been called to the
probability of their resortihg to the French
flag, but no reply had been received.
In the house of commons on the 18th inst,
Mr. Hope asked if there was any truth in me-
diation rumors and lord Palmerston said that
no communication had been received from
the French government on the subject, and as
W IuC I)lllloH IuSJ Idu llO lulGll-
ton at present to offer mediation.
Sir j. Elphinstone asked if the government
had any information of federal steamer hav-
ing fired into an English and French steam
er, killing the captain of the latter, news to
that effect having been just received at Lloyd's
Lord Palmerston had no information on the
subject.
Sir G. C. Lewis stated that 600-pounder
Armstrong gun was being constructed, and
would shortly be experimental with.
Sir j. Walsh made inquiries as to the au-
thority of Gen. Buffers proclamation which
he denounced as repugnant to the feelings of
the nineteenth century, and moved for any
correspondence on the subject.
Mr.. Gregory deprecated any fussy or med
ding interference in the affairs of foreign
states and entirely disapproved of the homiHes
which were continually being read to foreign
powers by her majesty's government. This
however was an exceptional case A proc
lamation had been issued by general of the
United States repugnant to decency, civilva-
ton and humanity, which was to be put in
force against people to whom we were con-
nected by every tie of family, language and
religion 1t was the duty of the government
to protest against such proclamation and ap-
peal to the moral sense of the world against
an outrage so wicked, SO inexcusable and so
useless.
Lord Palmerston thought that no man
could read the proclamation without feelings
of the deepest indignation. (Cheers.) 1t
was a proclamation to which he did not scru-
pie to attach the epithet Of infamous.
(Cheers) An Englishman must blush to
think such an act had been committed by
man belonging to the Anglo Saxon race. If
it had sprung from some barbarous people not
within the pale of civilization, one might have
regretted it, but would not have been surpris-
ed; but that such an order should have been
issued by a soldier, by a man who had raised
himself to the rank of a general, was subject
not less of astonishment than pain. lie could
not bring himself to believe that the govern
ment of the United States would not, as soon
as thew had notice Of the ORDER have stamped
it with their censure and condemnation. Her
maiestv's government received dispatch
Yesterday from Lord Lyons, enclosing copy
of the proclamation of Gen. Beauregard, in
which allusion was made to the order Of Gen.
Butler. There was no objection to lay the
dispatch on the table. With regard to the
course that the government might think fit to
take, that was a matter for their decision; but
he was persuaded that there was no man In
England who would not share the feeling so
well expressed by Sir James Walsh and Mr.
Gregory. The motion was then agreed to.
The case oil Mr.. Watson Taylor, who pur-
chased the Island of Monte Christie, and who
was very harshly treated by the Sandman
government, on suspicion that he was in cor
respondence with the grand duke of Tuscany,
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