New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-03-17
VOLUME XIV.


The opening of the British Parliament is usually
an occasion of much interest This year it has
been particularly so. Immediately following the
Queens speech came the opening addresses, de-
livered by the most celebrated and leading men OF
the country. The moving address was by Lord
Duiisrin, an Irish peer generally considered rep
resentative of the more aristocratc clubs. he
spoke with great severity against the Government
of the United StateS and mentioned its disruption
as an accomplished fact Capt. Wilkes he charac-
terized ass blunderng sea captain, besotted with
a vulgar lust for notoriety," and condemned the
81 unsound and excepionable explanations which
dimmed the grace of reparation in the Trent
| affair. This address was seconded by the Earl of
5herburne, who bore at length upon the hostile
feeling existing in the United States toward Eng
land while he denied that either the English Gov
ernment or the English people had given occasion
for such animosity. The Earl of Derby was the
next speaker, and he freely expressed his seni-
ments Of the present war. In one instance he said
| think it greatly to be regretted that, having
! made up his mind that reparation and apology
| we're necessary, the American Secretary OF State
| shenld have waited until the formal demand was
made not privately, but officially and formally !;
thus waiting, not to consider how much reparatlon
| he should give, but how small measure of repara-
ton would satisfy the imperative demands of Great
| Britain. [Cheers and cheers in the House OF
Lords mean something] BY the course which they
pursued, the Federal Government have placed
themselves and their people in an undignitied aud
| an unworthy position, and have shown that they
apolngized, not from sense of justice but on a
| demand backed by force, and that they only gave
| the reparation we asked for because they knew
| that this country would be Satl.hcd with nothing
| less. [Hear, hear.]
| Earl Granville the President of the Council,
| admitted, in so many words, that there was pos
| eioiiity that England would pursue some other
! huufl fltnt Cf tty RI
| that, in Of difficulty with the United States,
the first operation would be to blockade, and
| that in a very efficient manner, all the port, Of
| that country. thereby putting a considerable and
| speedy check upon the American trade
| Earl Russell spoke earnestly, and at length, and
| his words expressly declare that he and his Gov
ernment already recognize, privately, two distinct
| nations, the United and the Confederate States.
| In one place he says:
'For my own part, and on the part of the Gov
| ernment, it is our earnest wish to be enabled to
| preserve unimpaired the neutrality which we
| have hitherto maintained. Hear, llear.l con-
| slider il Of the greatest Importance to do so. !
| cannot but think that, before many months are
over, it will be ascertaired whether the Northern
States are able to accomplish the task they have
| -et themselves of recpnsructin9 the Union with
| the Southern States of America. If they are not
at'le to do so, am convinced it is Tar better that
| they Themselves their Government, their Congress
| and people, should be persuaded OF the inutllity
| Of their efforts, and be ready to form treaty by
| which the Independence of tho Southern States
| should be acknowledged. Ii il fIr better that
| this conviction should come to them from the
! failure of their efforts, than from the inter
| vention of any foreign power. Hear, hear. !
If they should be convinced that
it was by foreign interference and force that the
! southern States had established their independ-
| ence, depend upon it, there would be a ranking
feeling against that country that first interfercd-
an enni,y and bitterness we might have to deplore
for several generations" Il Hear, hear.l
| The Earl OF CarnavOn, late Seer taTy for the
Coloniea asked for the production of all evidence
tending to show the ineffGicncy of the blockade.
| Such demand could not have been prompted by
mere curiosity. The debate was closed by Lord
| kingadOwn, a strong conservative, formerly known
| as the Hon. Pemherton Leigh. He was exceed.
ngly bitter against the United States, and decared
that TO his mind, the qnarrcl with America " had
| been anything but satisfactorily settled, because
| the surrender Of Messrs. Mason and SlIdell had
| been unattended by an apology for the outrage
committed on the British flag or by the slightest
compensation to the victims themselves" The
| noble barrster deeply regretted that the doc
rines Of international law should have been
secuted and repudated by Ar. Seward on the part
| of the American Cabinet"
la the House OF Commons the Hon. Mr.. Port
| man, Of Dnrsetstire, moved the address, and il
the course of it deprecated the eXiatug feeling il
the United States. Mr. Western Wocd, Of London
said that the redress for the insult the British
flag had not been conceded as promptly as was
consistent with the character Of this country, and
| he wnnd add, with the character and dignity O
the United States" Nj. Disrae indorses the &C
tion OF his Government regarding the Trent affair
and, in conclusion, peremplory Y insisted upon the
| immediate production Of all the evidence relating
to the ncfticiency of the blockade. This demand
also, could NOT have heen made out Of motives Q
mere personal curiosity. Lord Palmcrston sus
| tanned the Government in its course, and compii
mented the Cabinet on their " courtesy, considera
ton, rmnass and decison.H
Mr.. Hatfield endeayored to say few words il
vhdicaon OF the course pursued by the uE!te
States, dat ecGs booted dorm.
1t would appear that Parliament, even if i
should not recognize our independence, has nj
good feeling for the United States.