Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-19

regret on fha part Of Eogland at The prolongs.
! ton OF what hef statesmen, as wei as her peo-
4 pie, hsve now pronounced to be p useless cor
test have no doubt that Lord Ruqssi hea al
/ ready held communication with bis eolloavprS.
aud has aseeTtained their collective views stfIi
GENTLY veil 70 enable Rim 70 give full and dis
/ sinct instructions 10 tbs Qaeen's represeutsiire,
/ a. Washington; and that it is this uuanimiiy
1 which has caused the Otherwise seemingly uys-
ferrous abandonment Of the Cabinet meeting Of
/ today.
Wilmer & Smiths EHyOvsaa Tines Of the
18th October gives tie latest reports as folovs
Great importance was attached to he nesting
Of the Csbiuet on Thursday Members from sIE
/ parts Of the country, asd even from the canli-
nent, buried 70 London. All tie ministers
were in the metropolis but the premier, and hs
did not think it necessary TO lasys bis snug
/ quarters in Hampshire. IN the course Of ths
morning nOties was ssnt 70 each Cabinet miuig-
ter that the meeting was postponed, and cIj-o-
tuTe has been busy ever since TO account for a
act 50 unusual
According to one version a split exists On ths
American question, arising ont Of the conf ietinr
views put forth by Mr.. adst0ne aud Sir G c.
Lewis eecording 70 another and u0rs probable
surmise, there Is perfect uuaIimity and ths de-
termiuatiOu respecting sfairs ia America Is b.
let events rua their course. slr. Gladstone has
been at some pains to explain that IN his now
cs.e bTsted declaration that Jefferson Davis and
his colleagues had made nation. he did ne5
contemplate recognition iH The sense Inferred By
many persons, and that tbs future must %
judged OF by events as yet undsveioped
Why, then, was the Cabinet summ0oed a. this
unusual time Of the year, if the uueaimity was
perfect, and why wgs-5as meeting tponed
within few hours of assembling A solution
TO these questions has been found il q rumor
that has found It's way into puot, aud which hzs
sl least a shade Ct probability 70 sustain ie.
Cabinet secrets are very we'll kept, bat thsv do
sometimes OJzs out, No matter how 0r Why The
assumption in the present instslcs IS thas
though the question Of recognizing the South in
the present circUmstaaCes of the contest Tas
never entertained, yet middle cou1s Sc hsd been
pounded out-shst Of suggesting to the beliig-
eTsnts six months aImistice, which, If ac-
cepsed, would stop tie present horribls butehsry
and enable tie parties 70 review the situation iFs
a wsyhkely to lead TO peace or 90 &clmBromise.
The thought WAS ingenious, and the iuterestof
humanity, creditsbie, bat vixen the proposition
Tsa looked a. il every point ef view, it was
found untensbe
In 4 matter Of deep Importance Ike this. soma
previous consideration, be.OEe the Cabinet met.
was no doubt deemed desirable, more especially
IS Lord Lyors was on the point of returning to
Washington, bHt hs ts not u Helr appears 70 Be- .
the b. aTsT Of Gsy dsfHits poll on te part Of tie
BTItISh gOCcTHmeHt He knows exactly whas
the sentiments Of its leading members are, and
those sentiments, we presEme from the course
which has been taken, ara exactly those pat
forth by Sir George C0rnewalI Lewis. vhs fser
in opposition 20 Mr.. G s5stOne or with bis con
currence, matters not, 50 long as there Is no OFT
ward or visible sign Of disuHiOn A Lord Ly on's
arrival IN America wIl be cOntemp0TsEeousw with
the announcement in Washington that the Cab
incl meeting which Fas to have been held in
London on Thursday was not held, the Federal
government and indeed the entire North, viii
have no difficulty in arriving a. the conclusion
that England, throughout this unhappy contest,
is determined to preserve her attitude Of strict
neutrality. The proi0ngsti0n of what many
now deem hopeless contest on she part Of she
North IS deeply to BE- regretted, but the feeling
OF the government with respect t0 neutrality IS
tbs feeling Of the country, and Will Do main
tanned, according to present appearances, 70 the
end
The Army and Navy Gaseiss confirms these
views. Isssys:
It may be inferred the government is not in
clinod to depart from the policy it has hitherto
pursued in reference % the contest betWeen the
South and North-nOt from the fact that the
council did not sit, but from the expressions Of
the ministers Individually and from the speeches
Of Sir G. G. Lewis and NJ Gladstone, and the
written calculations Of bis meaning which have
been published y tie lsttsT-bnl Lord Lyons
may nevertheless be able TO represent to the
American government the views % the British
ministry Is 10 ceTtsin contingencies, and to in
dicste changes Of policy which may be forced
on them BY the advent Of certain events. The
Union as It was can never be restored, but at the
same time the North must succeed in Obtaining
possession, of al the maritime cities and of all
sIrstegicsl points, and viii eYeutua y overthrow
the large Southern armies in the 65ld unless iss
arm be paralyzsd by a financial cstaclysa, or
arrested by internal political disc0Td.