The New York herald., 1862-02-11
THE LONDON TIMES. ON MASON AND SILL
DELLrTHE DESIGNS OF EUROPE.

RICHMOND, Jan. 81 1862.
The London Times Insls Mason AID Sidel-Specuztions
1hereo-Fsurs Relations Qf the Great Ccilissd Popers-
Universal Entistnseats- Military Bai-Lincoln and
the Apostle Paul-7Ae Cltiaet- ayands Acceptance.
The London Times has given US q blow between the
eyes entirely unlocked for and not easily explained
Mason and Sidell are sfeows 10 be regarded with no
particular favor TO receive no ovation for England would
them Is this the feeling Of the kngish people, Of whose
tickle passions the Times said be- the faithful expo
mont? think not for Pauch, Of the date is heap
ing endless rdicule Yankeedom think the object OF
this most gratuoue insult to ministers repfess
- far as possible, the enthusiastic reception which
awaits them, which might 60 so far as TO involve
the Yankee Minister in the popular ndignation--not
an improbable sequence Of the sxcemsnt-and 80
precipitate the crisis, for which England 10 not yet
quite prepared Again. correct as are the opinions Of
Southern statesmen in general way the reach Of their
thought does not contemplate the remote contingencies
which English dipomatists have TO estimate when
ing the question Of hostile interference in American AZ
fairs We lsok to cotton and to the immediate present.
they look to movements the continental chess
board and to important changes in the map s Europe
which are to be guarded against in the far distant future
The simple problem to Ia to them full Of compexity
Another point which should lose sight o. the
settled policy OF England in regard possession Of
the great transit the entire globe
Hsr hand once ~ & Mas zmg'0, Iankee Iar England JT
the Soern coeterdcy, cu adjust great personal Interests
Central America and especially TIE Ishpsxs of Pa
ndnsd But TO obtain control of this Isthmus, requires
acroit man9uverng 10 conciliae outwt France
and Spain, whose operations in Mexico, begun ~ the
suspicious moment Of American disssnsions,
but the prelude to . definite system Of procedures
which looks TO established transatlantic polity,
and future subsdzaon OF both Of the great Powers
of North America Ia politics The stranqest feL0acships
sometimes fotlop almost idny the bnerest enmies and
the combination OF the Tinted States ri the Southern con-
federdey 70 check EaroPean e'eroaehmen on ths side Of
remote and incredible such thing seems 70 us-
s possibility studiousy considered in the closets OF
Downing street These cogitations suggested By the
insult in the Tmes occur to me as the most plausible
excuse for course 30 wholly unwarranted. Be their
value what II may we can rest assured that hereafter,
pf tha
America will be intimate and complicated The Monroe
doctrine very dead for all time to come and the day
Tsri 80 DEEPLY interested in he "boance II ro,oer hich
hsnceorth embraces to continents that the egions Of Great
BRIAN and vrgria, Of France and South Carolina
some unknosyn sck man." some unsuspeced Crtpsed
The foregoing specuations have carried that
have room to make mention Of very little Richmond
and gossip The system OF universal enlistments
contemplated in the military bill recently passed by
Congress, WILL doubtless, receive at your hands such
attention as IL merits IL has been hoped by that
Beauregads departure from Manassas would encourage
Mcclellan to advance but the heavy yan last night fore
told by the beautiful warm day puts any advance out Of
have seen recent copies OF the Baltimore South and
the Maryland Neus She the former Of which is bold
before the reign Of tyranny began speak
ing most contem ptuousy OF the Chinese Bulletins rs
sued by the Lincoln papers In the latter find cha
racterstic apecdote or the Springfield Washington
TO solicit the rebuilding OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road torn up by Jackson. Lincoln said W know nothing
about H. You must 20 10 the Apostle Iaul'
"The Apostle Paul u exclaimed the astonished railroad
ties ;"who Ia he'"
General Mcclellan" replied Lincoln, "he Is my
Apostle Paul: swear by him."
They repaired TO the Apostle Paul. who told them he
was anxious q accommodate them, but there a
gentleman Of the Of Besuregarj who objected
aud that lie (the Apostle Paul McClean) " had
spare" Tho writer Of this narrative adds that Lin
coin told the committee that il the 80 600 Union
ority az the last Mary and election would volunteer he
would them and they could give the Baltimore and
Ohio road all the protection II needed
Ar Rves II strongly urged by his friends az the sue
cessor Of Mr. Hunter s not probable there would be
much accord In the of the President and Br r. II
the Cabinet H to be recast at the Inauguration OF the per
manent government, happy change could be made by
transferring Mr. Mallory TO other department and
putting Mr. Boccck in his place. II Is true that Mr..
Bocock is spoken Of the Speaker Tennessee
desires to be represented IN that ONCE and IL would be
fair TO allow her claim Mr. y would make an admirable
and efficient Secretary Of the Navy
Tho late rains have completed Jacksons work on the
dams OF the Upper Potomac, ard Washington is in
state Of blockade complete almost that Of Charleston
Macfarand, in accepting the nomination TO Congress
Mr.. Tyler's successor, announces his "nexng
devotion 10 and TO eternal separation from Che
people beyond the SusquehaDns' mot the Potomac
mark you. HERNFS.