The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-07

Usually the opening Of the English Par
lament Is a scene OF great magnifleence and
splendor, and the day, with Its pOmp and pa
geantry, 10 considered the most important of
the year by the English people. This year,
however, the occasion was vastly different;
for the death Of the Prince Cousort, and the
momentous questions agitating the public
mind, gave solemnity to the proceedings, and
the reporters worked up their notes with a.
much gravity as If relating q ghost story
Court etiquette for baae the Queen to open
Parliament in person, and the task was de-
puted to the Lord Chancellor and commits
zion Of Lords. The speech. which is usually
the most In teresting document, was this wear
listened to with much less attention. trs-
,>apitulated the main facts important to the
government, and intimated tha. new laws
are % be passed. Upon the fficulties with
the Urited States it says:
IA question OF great imp ortance and
which mis- bit have led to very serious conse.
ausnces, nrt>se between Her Majesty and the
Government Of the United States Of North
America, owing to the seizure and forci BILE re-
moval OF four passengers from on board Brit.
ish m all packet, Dy tn comman OF q ship
of-war of the United States; but that question
has been satisfactorily settled BY the rpstora.
ton of the passe ngers to British protection,
and BY the dissUOUaI by ths United States Corern-
ent Of he act Of violence conmt,tsd by their nayaI
Of Gers The friendly relations between her
Majesty and the President of the United States
have therefore remained unim paired Her
Najesty warmly appreciates the loyalty and
uasrioIic spirit which have bsen ma nj tested
on Ih ts occasion by her North American sub
jects''
As Mr.. Seward In his letter was very care
fut to repud, ate ihs idea that any "acJ Of
violence" had been committed, the words
gra 3 harshly upo., sensitive ears, and most
decided exceptions IRE taken to them by
Federal diplomats; whua the press accuses
Lord Palmerston of an actua Justification Of
facts twill be observed, too, tina. In the above
there Is no reaffrmation of continued eeutraI-
ty on the part ot the Uaited States at >sern-
ment, and such an omission cannot fail to oe
regarded as designed and significant.
Immediately following the Queen 8 speech.
came the opening addresses, delivered by the
most celebrated and leading men of the coun.
Try, not one of whom spoke in complimentary
terms Of the United States, or uttered q word
against the South. The moving address was
oy Aord DunerIn, an Irish peer, generally
considered represen tative Of the more aris-
tocrauc clubs. He spoke with great severity
against the Government of the United sta tes,
and mentioned its disruption as an accom-
plished fact. Capt Wilkes he characterized
as "a blundering sea Captain. beso tied with q
vulgar lust for notoriety," and condemned
the "unsound and exceptionable explanations
wnlcn dimmed the grace OF reparatiou," In
the Trent affair. This address was seconded
by the Earl Of Shelburne, who bore at length
upon the hostile feeling existin in the United
a W4rdc Euu ila u
either the English Government or the EngliAh
people had given occasion for such animosity
The Earl Of Derby was the next speaker, and
he freely expressed his sentiments of the pro.
sent war. In one instance he said:
"As concur with the course Her Maissty,s
Government has pursued, / do not ask them
to deviate from it /; but I think the time has
nearly come when they may probably be
called on to recognize the so far successful
revolt of the seeded States.''
And further on:
81 think 1t greatly to be regretted that,
having IN ade up his mind that reparation and
apology were necessary, tue American Sc
cretary of State should have wal tied un til the
formal demand was made. not privately, but
ofIicially and formally; thus waiting, not TO
consider how much reIaration he should
give, but how small a measure Of repara,ion
would satisfy the imperative demands Of
Great Britain. (Oheers-and cheers in the
j
course which they pursued, he Federal Gov
ernment have placed themselves and their
people in an undignlfied and an unworthy
position, and have shown that they apollo
gized, not from sense of tice, but on q
demand backed by force, ard that they only
gave the reparation we asked fer beca u Sc
they knew that this country would be salts
fled with nothing less. (Hear, hear.)"
Earl Granville, the President of the Council
admitted, in SO many words, that there was a
other course besides that Of neutrality. and
declared that in case Of difficulty with the u
States, the frst operation would be to block
ade, and that in very efficient manner, all
the ports of that country, thereby putting a
considerable and speedy check upon the Amer
lean trade" Earl Russell spoke honestly and
at leng tn, an his words expressly declare tha
he and his Government already recog pri-
vately, two distinct nations, the United and
the Confedeiated States. In one place he
says:
"For my own part. ard on the part OF the
Government, 1t Ia our earnest wish to br EN- =
abed to preserve Dim paired that neutrality
which we have hitherto m aintained. (Hea,:
hear) / consider il OF the greatest i'm noG
tance to do so. cannot but think tn at before
many moaths are over 1t will be ascartaiued
whether the Northern States are able TO &C.
complish that task they have set Themselves
of recon strucriug the Union with he South =
ern Ststss OF America. II they are not ahie
| to do so. om convinced IL is far eter tba I
they themselves, their Government, their
Congress and people, should be persuaded Of
| the In utility of their efforts, and be ready TO
| form treaty by which the Independence OF
| the Southern States should be ackno aleo gsd
1T Is far better that this conviction she q! Id
| come to them from the failure Of their wn
| efforts than from the Intervention or any or.
eign Power. tHsar. hear If ney
should he con vinced that 1t was by for, lgn
| interference and force that the Soutl ern
Sts tes hsd established their inde pende zee
| depend on it there would be q ran ding eel
| ing against that country that first In tel er-
| ed-an pnmit and bitterness m iSht ave
| to deplore for several generations. "a ar
| hear.C
The Earl OF Carnavon, late Secretary 70,
the Colonies, asked for the production O, al
1 evidence tending to show the inefficier. o
| the blockade. Such dem and could uotl ~
been prompted by mere cudos,ty. Th. d
bate was closed by Lord Kingsdown, a sr ID
conservative, formerly known as tho ] OF
Pemberton Leigh. He was exceedingly n,
ter against the United States, and dscl RI
that to hi. usind the quarrel with Anne ia
chad been anything but satisfactorily SET Ia.
because the surrender OF Messrs. Mason an
Slidell had been unattended by an apo,os
for the outrage committed on the British Z, a,
or by the slightest compensation to the VI,
Tins themselves" The noble barris.er dssr
| ly regretted that the doctrines of intern,
tional law sh ould have bsen secuted and r,
pudiated by MIR. Seward on the part of Il
| American Cabinet"
| In the House OF Commons, the Hon. Nd
Por.man, Of Dorsetshire, moved the Add rs.u
and In the course Of 1t deprecated the 9 xis1
ing feeling In the United States Mr.. W'esi
ern Wood. Of London, said that ..the REQ rs,