The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-02-14
Foreign News.
Our Iatost foreign news is to tho 3Is

Our latest foreign news is to tho 3lst ult.
Mason and Slidell had arrived at South
hampton. No demonstration was made.
The former went to London, and the lat
ter TO Paris.
Napoleon opened tho Chambers on tbs
9th. He said the civil war which desolaies
America has greatly compromised our COM
morcnl interests. So long however as the
rights of neutrals are respected we must
confins ourselves to expressing wishes for
an early termination of those dissensions.
The London Tunes in another editorial
says, We mood not be eager TO moddlc with
American affairs. This is tho time for wait
ing, and we can afford to wait quite as easily
as the North and South can afford TO be look
ing across tho Potomac at cost of two mil
lion pounds q week to each of them If
thore does come any roal cause of complaint
it will toll oil the moro for our present pa
tionce and forbearance.
The London Globe editorially remarks
that tho maritime powers cannot be ex-
pected to respect the Federal blockade un-
less really effective. The commerce of the
world cannot suffer itself to be dospoied for
an indefinite period under nero paper
blockade. As to intervention. says the
Globe, We may be invited or offered to in
tcrvene, but our great aim must be to pre-
servo consistency with our own principles.
In letter from Mr.. Seward to Mr.. Smith
O'Brep, In response to tho latters recently
proffored advice, Mr.. Seward urges Mr..
O'Brion, IL he would promote tho cause of
America in Great Britain and humanity al
large, to speak and act in every case and
without qualification, for the American
Union. Mr.. Stewards tono is highly patr-
otc for the Union and friendly towards the
European powers, i'll regard to whom he is
determined to stand always not only in tho
right but upon tho defensive.
Mr.. George Thompson has been Iecturing
again at Manchester on American affairs
Ills remarks were mainly in response to q
late speooh of Mr.. Massey, at Stafford, whose
statements be branded as absolutely false
and a grievous injustice to the North Tho
lecturer said the breaking. of tho blockade
would be q wicked and fonGish act, and no
greater crime could be created against any
country. IIo had faith, however, in the
pacific and neutral policy of Earl Russell.
The Times in an editorial on Mr.. Sum-
ner's speech, protests against any sugges-
ton that EngIand has budged one step from
her former position with respect to her
rights, either neutral or belligerent. What
she agreed 10 az inc congress OF IafiS sn0
still stands by, and what she had before
limited only by those concessions she has
still.
The case of tho Trent has made no now
phase whatever.
A vessel was sighted this morning, which
is supposed to be the Sumter. 1t Is sup
posed she sunk her adversary.
The above is conside red doubtful, as an
Algiers telegram of the oath, says the Sum-
ter has been seeu 10 Genoese waters, a few
leagues off the port of Genoa.
The Gibraltar Chronicle says that tho
United States Consul at Cadiz protested
against the assistance given the Sumter at
that port. The authorities, however, con-
siderod themselves bound to oppose such
aid as was indispensable. The Sumter
having sprung a leak noar the screw, sho
was permitted to effect necessary repairs in
the arsenal.