New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-30
THE ENGLISH PRESS ON AMERl-
CAN AFFAIRS.
THE NEWS FROM AMERICA.


TIE NEWS FROM AMERICA.
Fyop, The London Daily Mems, Jan. D.
Thu reraraiion due to Great Britain Ii MADE, ana
the honor of our fag s signay, vet Teaceaby vlndi-
csted Nothing lees than clear pefcepuOa q Tue
Lpnramount necessity OF MAINTAINING ttc iesFec' que
10 our tinhts-an intuition OF Tie hschies ttht must
esno n nation with duties ard cares such as our8
20 10 consent 70 lead mained and ia afed life
world have suiiiced to unite The British PEOPLE in
. resoIve 10 incur the Responsibilities Of war with
! America m this moment. The diihculues rsks
vb,rh rice to view in the conteni la'Ion OF most
wars lad here 10 ftsti"l,hg en-, '' o' ,.Iet ~. -
,hsence and the ease with which our objects Hisht
H. Gained was q Consideration operating ulon an
Il,nuci..l le disposilion 10 stay our baLd.
The incidental effects Of a war waged by England
ogairst tie Government OF The United Sta'es, Inc
IcLeracter OF an Intervention which u must have De-
snr ed. aud above oil the practical alliance into
I,elirh iuust have brought ms with an abhoFrcd
i.,ore If rner-ftealers, have Lad thousand times
f.or. ~ DO with tie dread Of au'lnhvordtle answer
from Warrington ttan any estimate ol lfs 70 our
selves; and, ~ crisis, Tie uecesfity o. maiDthng
orr due lo- lion among the nations o! the "oim
must and would have over uled every o'her consla-
Grafton. From these gloomy Troslceis sc are no"
lontllv delivered. Cur Government has uhlleu NM
resi With coudliaiion. The Government Oh W ae.
,rston which we were lslcly tol was pnpret m
he nands ~ tie New-York mob, has acted WITH al
re.eiyc and decision which can attend lhIeIeA1-
t',or ne Lo,don Daily Ecr, Jan. 10
For TO laet iortri DC we have been occupied IN
ccr,teroctiuq tic WiMul or careless blundeiing Of
some Of our emf Omucs respectrgthe news ron
Az erica. We have shown that there was 10 reason
N.alfe,ertO expect Any other answer ihan one OF
renee snd that there was nothing unTeasonaii lie 10
,r b,riur 10 wait for that answer even until next
Monday The day before yesterday, when nearly
ali our cont uI 0yies declared that war was prcba-
be. and even wien dcsp0uoirg views were made to
arp,ar us if derived IRON TN Official source, we
runied out amos, tie Cersiniy opeace, and the time
lar the ue,yr If Il 10 arrive. One If the most curious
iustnces Of the uncotaiLty Of stean.Iacket conmu-
rca Oh no.WiihstaI DING Our belf IA lts perfection,
la, been exempfed in tie Transmission OF the dig
ratcle. rc-pectIpg the Trent outrage.
Eafl Kus.ells dispatch, demanding the release Of
the Confederate tAmmssioner', TOOK nineteen Gays
i, reaching Wellington, and Lord Lyons dispatch,
Announcing TIE release If Mason aud SlJell, took
twelve dave Only in reaching England. II has been
fought that President Lincoln would have acted
II ore gracefully in acCoGing 10 the demands Oh IN
Gland without any delay. But lie could scarcely .
nave done il in lees tine itau he did without being
subjected to the charge Of acting with undignlled
hs,te. and even perhaps with pusllaUimiiy. The
FEDERAL Cabinet took just five days TO decide upon
the ncmentou- question OF peace or war "ith Id
gland. Surely such reriod Was not 100 long 10
give an ans wer even if the President had resolved
IRON the fret TO give up TIE men, nor too short fol
digliied or unpopular acquiesesnce IN the demands
Of England.
From The London HrTGld
1t il plain, from the expression used in
the teegraphc dispatch Of Lord Lyons, that they
Lave Welded simply 70 force, and that they have
made an osientatiCn OF doing 20; they VIII deliver
no 10 him when and where he lease Ibis Is not
tie language OF diplomaists making iaf cohcettoh
10 an equal but OF statesmen Obliged to yield their
countrys just rights to an overwhelming superiority
- Fyos, The Jondon iegraIh.
America has not waited TIL the Last hour
Of the allotted time 10 snatch desperate chance
from the departing minutes. The language and the
believe that thie great act Of felf-command once de-
ermined urou has been generously and frankly car
'''0 INV ~ FROM TIE Lordoa Morning Post
At tie last moment, not from spontaneous
good feeling but under the pressure Of Tie Bfltish
demands. lie American Government has given
way. and conceded the surrender Of the four pliso-
uers seized on the Trent. They were TO be gwen
ever to Lord Lyons "when and where he pleases
We take il for granted that this tardy recognition oil
the in.tice of our demands will have been accom-
panied by the required apology. If we are not mis-
Informed, long memorandum IRON the Saolne' Of
Washington has been transmitted IN reference 10
tie question Ia the meantime we are startled by
new compcation which bears the strongest iainhy
resemblance 10 the preceding outrage.
IL sppears that the commander OF the l mon steam
or Santiago de Cuba boarded, OF the Coast OF eXa-
the schooner Eugenia Smith sailing under British
COLOR between Matanzas and Havana and took out
of her two supposed TO be agents OF the
Confederate States. These gentlemen Nessrs. Iac-
char and Rogers have been confined III / OFT lAiay-
ette for the reason IA we suppose, that tue Execu-
tive have thought It too great an aosurdity 10
install them in the quarters AT Fort Warren, still
warm from the OCCUPATION Of Messrs. Mason and ; i
dell We can only trust that these latest captiyes
will be speedily released with less trouble us and
less humiliation 10 the Americans.