Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-03-25
I1reREsrIsG Fnnu wiycussTER.
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.

lErom the :ieS York ucTaIl, harca l5:h.l
The Cunard steamship Air Ca, which sailed
from Liverpool 1T half.past nine i'clock on the
morning vi tile lA., hsd from Qnnr'isiown on
the afternoon of the ID inst, arrived al this
port yesterday morning.
TIE Africa iukes the place OF The new
steamer China, the departure of which has
been postponed 10 IN indefinite pcriud.
Ndyicei frntA Gibraltar .aay il wsd The Lieu
,euaut, rot the "a ptain, Of the Sumter, who
was arrested at Tangiers. Mr. iritf!bs was
10 call attention 10 the subject in The !iIuSc Of
| C0mm0as on The 81.
According to ~a.!vices from TanEiers, to Ma
driJ, March l, the Lieutenant Of The Sumter
bas buun released. The Union vessels srt
watching tie Sumter, which. laInalEa STATEN
arr al Gibraltar.
The papers relative 10 liz Southern black
aic presented 10 both houses CT Parliame,:! ere
quite vcluminouS.
To English %jou:neid by lhia hail are, with
O couple Of exceptions, sgaiE silent on AIDrrlo
car IL .iI:a.
THE BLOCKADE EFFICIENCY.
The pauers submitted to Parllsuient' Gil ths
subject Of The Union blockade Of The rebel ports
= u yolufniuous. Tho following arc The more
prominent uf The docutnrnts:
Consul Bunch, in q series 81 letters from
Charlestc1, extending from the 18th Of May 10
the 4,tl Of September, 1861, frequently alluded
TO tho inelHciency of the blockade Of that port,
as sh1|n hy tho facility with which vesselr
cm,inuei to enter and leave The port
Consul Mure, writing froru New Orleans in
June and July, reported that the blockade vi
A. Land; ~, ar,c .sr;.!2,, 90 r,r.e5
Commander Hickey, Ut II. II. ship Glsdia
tor, represented, under date Of July q, ihtt
| tn. blockade o! The Southern coast Saa merely
nominal.
Commander Lyons, Of tie Racer, writing in
July, represented that Savannah and Charles
tn. rsrS effectualiy 1lockaded, hu: many other
| nai.bor3 and iniels along the cca4T We're per
i.c.!y FREQ from blockaGc. Tho saiao officer
on tho l9th Of December reported some in-
stan COS III breaking the blockade at Charleston
and Wilmington, and inferred thsrclrora nat
the blockade, either Intentionally or through
want OF ordinsry vigilance, Vas not effective.
Captain POSE, OF the Desperate, reports itie
result Of q visit to Galveston III Decsiiber.-
The blockading chips were visible, aud lie vas
Of opinion that Vessels might easily escape
from Galveston Or 81. Louis P&ci. At The other
ports 1hici, he visited the blockade vas gene
rnily actively maintainrd.
Lists Of British vessels saizsd for violations
OF tie blockade wc1e furnished by Consul AZ.
chih.ld of New York, in October ard January
last
rANcEY AND Mason AaAIEiT IHE BLOCKADE.
The Blue Bo5k Confirms long lists Of vessels
which have cyadad tho hlycksde g. various
places, FROM AR. YHnc"y ard Mr. 'hason.
as. MASON To EARL EUasELL.
Tia last Of the papers in Ia return is the ii
lowing letter f;am ar. .f:'on IL Ei1l Russell,
written in London oa the Eth
l09 PlCcaD!lf, Feb. l., 1862.
have tho honor to ~traDHirit 10 y0ar LORD
ship herewith my permiasionj f-;rfn: .! YES
sells entered sad cleared at :fs b'ocksGed ports
OF ina Confederate Ststts .: America st the
rcai,ec;iTs Is:es IL 1hic!. in"y refer. our
l1rishin viii observe lha! tie returns ION
the ports Of Charleston: and S1;anr:ah arc Only
up 70 the SiSt Of October !a}:; from New Or
leans, Mobile. Pcrastb!,. Gid L:vscs, to the
dates givau, in August; an'i rom Wilmington
till 10th September. Your loraabip viii
further observe, tina. n the liz! Iron, Nav
Orleans 4 large number we're inland ~ Tie
river Mississippi, ard therefore l%n7o.yn. n"
question Of e breach Of blockade. Wishing
to bs perfectly tank, i; MAJ be proper t" re-
mark also, that others from SON. Of The ports
.aay have been quua; %inlaad: ,ha! IS 10 say,
through the e~stuarics and sounds alIas the
the. cosst. state as sn example, from
Nav Q;lsans % Noble TDsro tic rontc
f7 small Vessels may o. Day ~. haze
haan tkrIn1r tho l.isut sounds. But
in regard 10 tie ~l4tt-r, I do ~; sss shy the
obligations Of a blockade DO aoi txl=nd Us
fully 10 them as by access 10 the port tcom the
ooeii sea. These sstuaries Or sounds are ac-
cessibi5 by iEIets from iku sea, aad il not
guarded, the port to which lhsy lead may be
reached IFS successfully b. Ssa going v5ssels Of
light draft through those cLaharls as BY 8
direct sea routs. That the Government Of the
United States go considered, is proved by the
fact Tia! the inlsnd ssa communication between