The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-10
FROM EUROPE.
AMERICAN AFEAfRS IN ENGLAND AND
FRANCE.

I FRANCE.
In the British House OF I.ords, on the ltl
uit. the Earl OF S.aahope made q epssch Ii
relaiion to ths obstruc tions Of Ma a :t's O. an
mel. in charleston harbor, and put severa
questions to Earl Russell. ths Foreign Secre
tary, toueh'p9 the stoIe block tde. In con
c.usion he s4it:
not justified by the Jews of war. Hear Eenr
War undoubtedly saneucned many 8r1evoui
acts, bu. II did not sancl0n any act OF thit
| kind. tHear The permanent destruction
Of hlrbor was not All act OF war Of me-
az Saiust man, or OF nation against nation, bul
IL was an net of war ag nnst the bounty oi
Providsnca, which had voutaa ifed harbor:
! for tbs advantages OF com mercb aud for the
| civiiixlns influences Of insercouree between
one peorie and another. taear, hear.l Or
| his ground we were we'll entitled and wer,
| bNald to enter pro test against such &C ;s
| aear, hear He wisa'd to hear from ths
| noole Earl whether thete rspoy to were well
| founded, sad, II so, whether he had taken. o,
/ designed 10 taae, any stersi IN the matter H1
should also wish TO know whether the noble
Earl had received any communication from
the Government OF France on the subject
and wnether tie Government CT Franco. tr
his oihcia! xno wsedge. had made any Similar
representations to tas Government of The
United States Tith respect TO the destruction
Earl Nusse!; said the Government had G
ohcial Information on this sQti.ct subse.
queEt TO taat which had airaad been laid on
.hs table Of tbs .House. However, the Elm h.
irg OF vessels at ,he mouth ef q harbor was
an operation Of so much importance that he
could not but believe that the reports which
al appeared nuss have come foundation. L.
He was happy 10 hear the noble Earl's protest
against the permanent d8stru ction Of anv
harbor. Considering that 'thsae were com
rsrsial harbors, and that In time OF peace
when there was severe weather, vessels OF
ali nations, even those not ultimately
des lined for them, ran there to find re-
fuge, TO destroy them was undoub btedly "A
act OF barbarity. The noble Earl would
have seen that the reply OF the American
Government was that these stone vessels
were intsndsd to be an obstruction In the
channel TO aid the blockade, but that they
were not in tended fer the perm ~ ent destruc.
ton OF tho harhors. IN convers,ng with the
American Minister ut this Court, that was
the view which he took. He said that the
permanent destruction Of Charleston harbor
was impossible; thst the TWO rivers which
termed tho harbor would be sure to m axe q
channel. and tina. 1t was impossible, even ii
it had been Intended, TO effect the permaneE,
destruction OF the harbor. That, hs said
however, was not the intention. The ten
ton was only to maze temporary obstruc
tion, and when peace was restored that OBJ.
struction would he removed. That, he be.
lieyed, was the visw taken by the Amerfcar
Government. There had been some corr.
munication between her Majesty's Govern.
msnt and that of France on ;his So hiect with
regard TO which tho Government OF the
Emperor took lie same view as that of her
n aJests. But whether France had aade any
cflc' al representation on the matter to the
Federal Government, he was not able to say
+ HEws1APEk oPIEIOy.
From the London Herald.1
The Federal Government ts again at its
work OF hostility to mankind. More stone.
laden snips have been sunk in Charleston
harbor, to complete the destruction whicn
was intended, but not achieved, by the lrst
expedition. What have their friends to saw
for them now' The excuse urged for their
atroeity BY Anericanized Englishmen has
been. in plain words wan. OF success. We
were told that they had not completelv
blocked up the harb2r; they had on ly iniure;
1t. Some OF their advocatcs had the tmp
dence 10 assert, or the inconceivable folly to
believe, that no more than this was Intended
that 1t was desired, not to destroy the en- !.
trance, bat to N Ike 1t dith cult aud dan neerous
with a view to facilitate the operations Of tn :
blockade. II 1t had been -, it Is not easy to
-sse that the crime would have bsen thereby
lessened. 70 deprive the world at large of q
gift OF nature so valuable as an excellent /.
har0or Is an outrage on civilization,
and an cnenc* egaiLs. all commercial ua.
tons. It is violation Of neutral righte
similar 70 that involved In the paper blockade
which 1t Is intended to assist-an attem Mt 70
dsprive montreal vessels OF that trade with
one beltigersnt which cannot be lawfully in.
,er;upiea oy the other, except under certain
we'll defined conditions. which such an opera.
TON Is expressly me mt 70 evade. Isis, there.
lore, al az. which might Justly be treated as
eosks ts!it by any or all nations having com
msrcial rslations with the port 80 assai.ad =
But he sinking OF ships with g yiew'not IN
ciose the entrance, but TO render ,he navisa.
ton perilous, 10 crime OF much more
atrocicns character. 1t is al endeavor to ex.
pose 70 risk Of shipWreck vessels on(y Liable
at worst TO capture, end seamen not lisble 70
any penalty Whatever. II is, in one word a
pra ,sical conspiracy against Neutral ssamer
IL they 3itaeap: to en'er harhCr which By
all the laws CT nations, they have O psrfacl
right to enter if t.ey caa "a trap laid for the
lives OF the sunJSciS OF friendly pJWers u c b
as could no. Iegi.imately be employees even
assinst civilian enemies. and, tn or efore, an
act which wou d put its Perpetrators outside
tha pale Of civiiiza lion, and sn.isie nentrais
to deal with them not merely rs enemies but
hs piratrs.
PlIvaTEERs Al kSS-cF-wAR
tCcrTespouGeooe ct lbs Lo1d7n Timss.i
PARIs, Feb. Ia, 1862.
The Federal men. Of war, Ave Or six in num
bsr, whose Intellectual cruise IN search of the a
Sumter your rsadars are acquainted with.
h-ye found an ally il the Hatrs papers, ana,
prob pu dor! !! IN the JourncE 1es De5ots 1heapoI. F.
osist Of the stone blockade Genounces the DO.
.truct!on Uf American merchantmen by the
daring Confederate cruiser as piracy. and goes
the !sEg,h Of endorsing tas vile insinua!ion
OF the Jouraa. dn Harrs, that the sumter h al
burnt several French and English ships sno
murdered their crews. "WhO can say.'' ex-
claims the Havre journal, "that in tta VOYAGE
from America 10 Europe the Sumter, In
toe hopes OF nnt!nE spscie, or prseiou .
me.als, on board, has not at acked ana de.
.troyed eevera, English and French YES.
sells, and c3nosaled It's crime BY the masSs.
Gre Of their crsws7' 1t is dif6cult to say
whether this imputatlon IL more infamous or
absurd. A grain Of common sense would
mos. people would fancy, have enabled the
writer OF the above caiumny to come to tho
Sumter SO prone to murder as he suppcses, he
would hardly have taken the trouble to In
cumber bimseIf with the crews of the Amert.
can merchantmen he destroyed. In former
days, when The DebGts was i'm par iial, 1t Woul Id
have abstatned from recording the COW ardl y
insinuation without u word TO protest against
it, But so far from that being the cass % or,
1t continues Jesniucaily to support the OUT
cry OF these Havre papers, ali Of them, If
course, disiDterestsd supporters OF the Havre
shipo v ners in terested fn the American II ade,
Powers in putting down the violent ecups ds
main Of the two Confederate ships-tke Sum
ter and Nashville-tn Ia the guise OF p-ivatesrs, -
and which these papers do not hesita to to de-.
signate as pirates.
Tnese feelings appeal for Intervention Ia
behaif OF o country which possesses u COM
parativeiy powerful navy, to crush two ves-
selS Whose aggregate tonnage does not
amount to 1000 tons, will not create much
sympathy for tae Federal cause. The help
|. ssness of the Union on land is shown by
the inaction Of what they compiInen tarily
describe as their " army on the banks OF
~ nip fri da in AslI