The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-04

a0xD LYONS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE
ACTION Or SEWARD.
Preparatieas for War Still Going on
In England.

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Preparatieas Coz War stiii Going on
In England.
TO-, ks., re.
Northern dates 70 the lst instant have BEEN
received u Norfolk BY nag Of truce from
ro-tress Monroe. We present our readers
this morning With . few brief extracts OF inc
most important news. our limited space m
,erd,cting . more copious selection:
rrs suRlxuDxR OF xAsoS AND sLiphLL-.os -
Lyons DOES Hof A0eH1 70 sh"A
rHD1B kELxAsB, 80.
Tn addition to what IL furnished below
IN. norfolk Day Boolaearns from verbal sour
cas- that Seward and Lyons have had con-
.ultatton on the release Of Mason and SiideA.
seward has surrendered thses gentlemen, bns
tho terms Of the surrender does not come mp
TO the demands Of the uitimatum. part u
the Yankees bargain is that Wilkes ID no'
TO be censured, nc way. This part OF the oaf
gain, however. does nor suit the British de-
mand, and consequently the matter 10 not en-
tirely satisfactory. The mere giving mp OF
Mason and Slidell does not settle the matter.
though 1t appears they have been sent Of
Our friends ut the North are in ecstacies al
tn promising condition Of affairs for our
Gauss. whilst the NJ rtherneIs are very much
down at the mouth.
The New York Tribune, of the LIST inst,
saws that " although it 10 not expected that
Great Britain will directly. or by the IL PHI
cation of silence, assent to all the positioas
OF Secretary Seward ia his dispatches 10
Earl Russell, there is little doubt that its
conclusion will te accepted as sa tisfac .ory."
A Washington correspondent thus com.
raents upon the Surrender and the prOba-
siiiiies CT England making further delnsnds
upon the Lincoln Government:
esItucw remains to be seen whether john
Buu really desires 70 cultivate friendly reia-
iious with Columbia, and will accept her
frank ask pardon for having stepped On his
equity toes in the Trent, or whether he will
pocket this rendered disavowal OF deteTmi-
ma ton to offend, and In AXE other demands,
which cannot be granted"
THE TlMg OF DBPAETrRE AND MODE OF CONVEY
AScE OF THE CoSFEDERATE COMMISSIONERS.
A teleeraphic dispatch, da ted Boston, De-
cember 80, says:
By iIs tructions from Lord Lyons the
British mail steamer Niagara will leave here
direct for Liverpool tomorrow, taking GU:
the rebels Mason aud Siidell. The steamer
Persia. now in The st. Lawrence, will take
the place OF the n iagara, which was an
nounced to sail hence on the Sth vf January.
IMPORTANT FROM ERAxcx-THz EMPEROR URGES
KNGLAHD TO BRFAK THE BLoCKAps-THB BLOCK
AIDE TO BIZ BROKEN.
We have important Information from
France-such as scarcely admits of doubt
that the Lincoln blockade (Which is but a
miserable abortion) Will be speedily broken
M. A Yankee correspondent, writing from
that great pandemonium, the Federal CAPT.
tai, says:
Oar Government Is undOu btedly in posses
sion of information from Paris, rendering il
certain that ii there is contest between
GREAT Britain and the United States, France
will studiousiy stand aloof, preserving n
strict i'm par tiaiity. But 1t Is also stated that
tha Fin paror has already urgeI the British
Government to break the blockade Of the
Southern ports, and thatif a declaration of
war bv q ueen Victoria Is followed by another
royal proclamation, recognizing the indie
Incidence of the Confederate States. Louis
Nnpoleon will follow suit
II must be remembered that France latter
the arguments of General Cass, when he
was the United States Minister at Paris. J has
sided with our Government, and epnosed
mat of England on the right of search ues
ton. She consequently regards the act of
Captain Wilkes as unwarrinted by interna
tional law, but does not, OF course, officially
express her opinion.
france. like England, is too ready 10 "a.
gard the present war fer the Union as a
Com merciat struggle between the tariff men
of the North and the Southern free ira dera .
a nd now, The su1f, rings at Lyons and W,n
chester combine i'll urging the execution y,
,hs ..higher law OF necessity" to open South.
ern ports 49, a..
49,, NEW York Tribune, says:
"Your correspondent must guess that, in
| the supposed case of AT nglo-American war.
France would -begiE with, and hold as long
| as she could with polite advantag the posi-
ton of an armed neutral, ready TO act as me-
diator. As mediator between England and
| the United States in the first instance. And
| then with England, perhaps, as mediator be.
| tween the u. =. A. AID the q. s. A.
1T is worse than falsehood to deny, what
| 1 know it is worse than patriotic to admit,
| but what 1t is the disagreeable duty of u re-
porter to state, this passionatel y disputed, but
| reasonably indisputabie fact that the recogni.
| ton of the u. S. A. rs an existing nation by
| England and france is rapidly approaching
| diplomatic record"
SERIOUS ILLNESS OF GEN. MCCLELLAN.
| The illness Of Mcclellan has already be.
| come matter Of speculative interest at the
r orth. It will be seen from the following,
that the Yankees are already casting about
them for his successor. thus evincing their
as their leader
| The danger of q typhoid fever is now uncon.
cealed. This case excites q very general in
| terest-exaggerated, perhaps, from its im por
| lance AID its untimeliness, but SO thorough al
| TO provide sreculatively even for hts success.
sor. Ben Ward, Of Ohio, is the popular pre-
ference.
| Gen Mcclellan was better this morning
but too much atten tion to business caused a
~ at,. Ht.,
| 1t is hoped, however, that notwit hstan din 4
| the efforts Of the brass band, which had tn
Jolly to give him to night the only serenade
| which he has had since he fell i'll, he viii
soon be out. Gen. MaTcy's health has great
| ly improved.
| LATEST PRox KEY wBsr-FoRcIBLE SEIZURE or A
| HEw ORLEANS MERCHANT.
| The Key West correspondence Of the New
York Express, dated December 81, says:
The u. s. steamship Santiago de Cuba
| Capt. Ridgley, arrived at this poSt on tn,
| She has captured the British schooner Vic
/ toria, from Mstamera, bound to Havana
with q cargo OF wool, and placing a prix,
crew on board, sent her to this port, wher,
| she has safely arrived.
| The SANTA go also boarded a schooner II
the Gulf bound from Havana to Braxoe, an
| took OF seven passenssrs, among whom wa
Jas. w. Z,c harie, wealthy and prominen
materially assisting Jeff. Davis in prose
| cutting the war Of the Confederacy Mr.
Zscharie was placed, en- the arrival Of To,
Santiago de Cuba, in the hands Of Msiol
Hill. commander Of Fort Taylor, who la
carefully guarded him until to-day, wheu
he transferred him to thu steamship Ram,
for transportation to New York.
The u. s. Marshal has taken possession O
the British schooner Victoria, and will hol,
her until the return OF the u. s. Ltstric
Judge.
The sloop- of-war Ethan Allan, Captai,