The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-05

sertion which he made not on his own authorty-of
course he could know nothing about it-tiaughtsrl-
upon the assertion of some else Of course wasdd
not accord with the facts nothing could have been further
from my intsntion- should be ashamed OF myself If |
had any such intention hear, hear)-than to impute
to the right honorable gentleman that he had stated
thing which he did not believe TO be perfectly true.
(Cheers) am surprised he could have supposed that
meant any thing else, because my memory serves me
rightly went say that the right honorabls gentle
man must have been deceived by some information which
he had received and cautioned him not 70 trust 70 ne
in future nasmuch as that Information WAS
totally devoid of foundation. (Hear, hear 10 tne
latter part of the right honorable gentemans speech
may be allowed to refer IN the me. Washing
ton was the scene Of intrigue between the Ehgish
Minister and the French Minister; that they ere under
mining each other By their ntyIgues deaaed tads Daen
he yioht honorable gentleman made The statement, and
repeat the denial noU (Cheers.) Every one VINO knows
Lord Lyons knows that . man ike MN, SO honorable
and straightforward IN his dealings would Dc incapable
OF intriguing and planning against his colleague Hear,
hear.J have not the pleasure OF knowing NJ MERCER
personally but watched his progress through the
many diplomatic missions which he has fulfilled. and
believe him to be q man as incapable as Lord Lyons
himself Of doing anything which he and his govern
could not manfully avow (Hear, hear Therefore,
must again assure the right honorable gentleman
that he has been totally msstr.formod with re-
gard to the assertion which he has made Al
treme simplicity OF their charactsr-(laughter and
cheers)-are led away-are induced 70 believe easily
and hastily that which Is told to them by individuals
whom they suppose be possessed OF nforma
Renewed laughter and chsers Whatever the right
honorable gentleman may think Of former assertions
Uars opr Mission ana the French Mission al washing.
ton Lord LYONS and M MERCER am happy to say are
m cor,tcnt ovd f,.ndI. ~ them
has doyaS tho INSTRUMENTATION NTH The other
7hers HAS hss,. M he hns hem ,chat NAV
call JOIN. action. The tioo mnies hape worked ana Co
Inn hne eh;;ted H. rosf ,rfa oood faith to0ards each
othr in .y u.ot;nt;o,,s ma, tne nn al Washinoor
(Cheers)
Another Lesson for ENGLAND from Anne.
rfca,
From thu london Times May1Ql
In tho arrange history OF the capture of New Orleans
one incident alone as vet both certain and noa
bic The ctv was apnroached by the river and the pas
OF the river was defended by forts The ederas
however had some plated runboats ana these gun
boats set the forts at defiance by the Conede
rate batteries and had the town at their
without having experenced any material hndrance or
any considerabe loss seems as If the American soar
,could furnish us tviih iusrations of all the debatabe
po in ,pnrie scieace The Merrmac settled the ques.
ton OF wooden ships and now the capture OF New Or
leans has read us 1 timely lesson on the efficiency of
stationary forts against vessels or course
there Is something vet to be learned and the case
in which details may materially affect the conclusion
but from all that has yet been reported it appears
fiotila
II will be said perhaps that this remarkable story
tells as hardly against the advocates of ships
had both At New Orleans but were not saved by
either On this however, must observe that, where
as certain the federal gunooas ad engage the Ior
y IS not clear tnat 1ns vessels were
nto se.h :. ~ -. ~ ~ S. s .., s;iaS
did their best 70 stop the ana uttery iaea
Du. wnas tne ronsass oi 'ne Meie aons AZ
tnat time one OF the most mysterious questions IN Tug
whoie alair deserves 70 % noIceo tnat tno notlns
which achieved TINS easy vic.ory was by NO means
ormoaoie one Inc ieoera meet IN Tue roPre
scented, no doubt, powerful array OF vessels. inc
Nortnerners were never tred OF enumeiatng Inc pomo
vessels ana mortar Sesses ana a az
which II comprised put the notia wncn diu tne actuai
work was comparatively weak. II cons'steo o. gun,
boats only not above dozen IN NUMBER, ana not ai
iron cased Some accounts indeed give the whole credit
OF the anair 70 couple OF THESE ooats wnlcn reyng
on nslr metal sneos ran ny the IoTs anu got
up 70 the CITY. AInough, tnereIore we may presume
hat the ors on the Mssssipp were NOT sucn orIs as
we should buld IN TINS country yet neitner were the
vessels WHICH sucCeeoeo III oeiyins tnoin o"y Io ect-
mems OF q modern european nect.
WITHOUT pretending 10 oogmatze IN case as yer SO
imperecty Known we must say tnat Inc lesson appears
extremely important. Gnnoodts hdoe 0ea.eu .ots.
Perhaps the forts were not heavily armed; but, the
Cham detained tho vessels WITHIN tne range LOT ever so
snort Time the result according 70 the curens estl
mate OF these matters ought 70 nave neen very aere
from Wnat IL Actuauy was. We WIN rot Say tnat Tug
question - settled out AZ any rate mas been rather
lorcioly iuusTaeui anu, .nouSu lors nouuteu Win
guns 700 ois ioi SUD elner " y. resss nsns
certainty destroy hostile Vessel ny lucky snot, Is
cesr enough tna. IL epi.o VI sh sueu iasI
ron-pated Steamship might prove moss dangerous
enemy.
r,
SEIZURE % INC "lsAsA Sse~sAAP DcT.
muda.
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dor1 OF the steamshp Rermuda To the oxnar in Iivsr
nooI.-
PHILADELPHIA, Nav S. 1862
Dr,p S,p-you will M doubt he astounded when vou
receive this Informing Won OF the seizure OF the
IA NV fadsra war vessa sbar Give Won tho fac,s of
the as briefly s nossibe and leave tn udue for
vonrself az the high handed affair
Having received ri Bermuda 20 proceed 70
Nassau left that place on the 23d ult for the latter
mort On Sunday the 27th ult at half mast four A m
we made Abaco light bearing Southwest hair south dis
tant mot more than eighteen miles: wind At the
time vsry light from the eastward and the
vessel going along about nine and 2 half Knots We
we're steerint al The time directly for the light Al
abont Ave A N we made steamer 10 windward OF ma
and ON looking Al her through the eass found that she
was coming down towards ns In a short time abe dis
NAV ed a. bsr peak the American ensign immedaelv
had ours hoisted and as we were drawing near the
land hauled the vessel IN half point 10 the souhward
was surprised in little while 10 hear the booming Of
GUN from the steamer INIT NOT dreaming for n moment
that thew had right or would dare hoard an English
veeseI in English waters I gent ON INV course After
Some time had eapsed observed that the American
steamer ufad M and In n few momests the curling
smoke cave notice OF another gun-tbs tima q sbotted
ona The sbalI cana whistIin9 over our heads in he