The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-02-13
NO. AZ

How the Settlement Of the Trent Affair
was Received in LondOn---InterestIng
Letter from ThurIow Weed.
Mr.. Weed writes on The 9th ult., to the
Albany Evening Journal:
London was jubiIsnt yesterday. was
in the city. among the bankers, at 81
o'clock, when a telegram from Queens.
town announced as "runner" that the
"Treni affair is seltled.h' This gave in
SAINT lie TO the dropping stock market
In a few minutes information came that q
dispatch in cyphers from Lord Lyons was
going over The wire to the Foreign Office,
Up went tie stocks again! Then came q
report that The rebel commissions were.
on their way to England 10 the sttamer
America, and smother jumb in consols.
/ With this very satisfactory intelligence
took "Hansomu and came to the West
End. stopping by tie way 10 exchange
congratulations with come friends warmly
with us for the UniOn Soon after T
reached my lodgings, came Sir Henry
Holland, Sir J. Emerson Tenant, Sir
John Wilson. &c, &C.. to exchange con.
gratulaiions. And while at dinner. (mY
friend Terrence Mccullough dining with
lus) came Commissioner Parkes. 10 say
that Earl Russells dispatch from Lord
Lyons informed him that the Confederate
commissioners hSd been unconditionally
surrendered, wbereupon we repaired TO
the Legation TO congratulate Mr.. and Mrs.
Adams. Here Mr. Adams added 10 the
qualification which the Peace news gave,
Iby informing US tha! the United States
steamer Tuscarora, Capt. Craven, had ar
rived at Southampton.
Thtre are two classes here to whom the
} action Of our Government is distaste.
ful, viz. The English who, from hatred
Or envy (and this is not numerous class)
wanted war; and the s, cession.sts Out
OF the Treu! affair they hoped everything
for the cause Of rebellion. But the sea.
sonable and happy adjustment Of the diff
p. 6culty will CRATE beautiful reaction OF
feeling. 1t will now be seen that while
England-GoyeEnmeni, press and people
y takes FIRE when the honor Of its Aag is
D concerned. that question ,honorably set
/ tied, the popular current WI set back
strongly. Willie tie Tren! affair remain
, ed open, and an impression prevailed that
America intended to provoke war, there
was united feeling against US here
J. That feeling will now give place to mani,
e festations of regard and friendship.
Il / have met distinguished pe.sonages,
Members of the Ministry, the Govern
me Mt, and Of Parliament at dinners and
10 breakfasts, with whom l have couversed
&c fully upon Amori, ,an questions, and while
l am not at liberty to use names, or pub
a, iish conversations, | may say that the
Union has many aad strong frien Is here
" And | am sorry to adj that, although tht
Trent trouble Is out Of ths way, we shal
o. need all that thoss friends can do for us
eI The moment Parliament meets agitation
as of American questions will commence
\ The blockade will be attacked from on
"a quarter, while another section will de
y mand recognition Of the indspendenc
= Of the Confederate States. Nor is it frou
t England alona that this hind Of pressur
Y will come. France is even more res!iv
than England under the blockade.
al AT breakfast. few days since, die
ID tinguished member OF Parliament, .wh,
has been much in America, remarked
n. with emphasis that he had formerly en-
!, tertAined high opinion Of Judge lynch,
'N looking with much favor upon that spe
j. cies Of impromp,u Jurisprudence know
as Lynch law" but since il failed +
ne hang Floyd, Cobb and Thompson, of Blu
:. chapan's Cabinet, he had ignored; an,
. was disguised with the system.