The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-15


to second France, an1AiAs Emperor 4 much dis-
gussed ss her astieu. - writer says:
In conversatIou ys6D1ay with . distipsuistsd
Journalist, the leading p1ltof Of paper whieh Il
on the Government 49, - expressed the Opinion
that this refusal would - Ahr toward widening .
snsaaS ~aSs saS Is:y ss ss:wssa France and
ent by m unnatural Af1anee, mast sooner or iater
divide the two natioug
The present Get Of ~ InDeror would, hs thought
stand forever q IN evaea Of his frisndshp forthe
United States. Of hls drs % sss brought 70 IN eud
the fearful struggle whieA dssolstss our country
while he Interpreted ~ refusal Of Rnelsnd to
unite with France = - ovidsnee ol the desire Of
the former country 70 - - ruined and dsstroyed
By the eGovsrnmee4 jce AI1lnt fae astAey daFeex-
pfess i. j dee1nGed d6GSse 81 fd1ly 0stefnined
here whether Engiand has or has not formally re-
Jested the proposal q France Tho report 10.
To-day this e modified Into aa adjournment of the
question until the result Of the elections shall be
known, and until dispatches shall have been re.
oeived from L9d Lyons
In any event, the AoAteeas does not seem to give
up the ides OF the proposition having an effect in
the United States.
liz its bulletin Of this morning in referring to the
guarantees given by the masters OF two vessels
tsIsn oy the he Alan.na to Pay eiehtyx thous.nd
conclusion OF psaee," the official journal remarks:
III this statement II correct this stipulation i'm.
posed upon one side, accepted on the other, au
.norizes Us to believe that In the United States IT,
impossible or far s6. The question which the dis
patch Of the Kmperor's Minister of Foreign Affairs
has Just put to Europe win come, then, in good
time on the other side Of the Atlantic"
that effect it IL generally believed that Russia has
stso refused to Join France In the proposition and
II IL now An interesting question up6n which pub.
Ac opinion is greatly divided, whether the Emperor
wlii or VIII not make the proposition to our Gov.
eminent alone. The 6outherners here say he viii,
and that In case Of refusal the part OF the Fed
eral Government to accept 1t, he will lend the
physical aid OF France to the South, raise the
blockade. and recognise the Southern Confsderscy.
The blockade once raised. they say, England would
be glad to avail herself Of the advantages thus of.
fered to commerce, and would, OF course, in no
manner interfere with France in the aid which the
latter would render to the South.
Mr.. slldsn was received BY the Emperor at Com
p!egne, few days ago. since the circular Of the
Minister OF Foreign Affairs was written, and he 10
In constant communication with the Minister him.
SELF
am inclined to believ. that the Kmpsror's fu.
tuEe course upon this matter will be moulded en-.
trely by what he considers his interest in Mexico
and 1t u very certain that he looks upon the pros
pective occupancy Of Texas by q large body Of
Union troops with no very favorable eye.
ument Of the Minister Of Foreign Affairs, 1t is ev
dent where the sympathies IF the French Govern.
ment at present lie. The bare fact that through the
whole of 1t the two "Governmanss" Of Washington
and Richmond are regarded AZ equally entitled to
the consideration of France shows this tie French
Government may be considered as committed to the
Southern interest. and 1t behoOvea us 20 be on the
alert and prepare ourselves for any future conin.
genciss which may arise. we know not how soon.
A London letter In tho Philadelphia Inquirer
copies the following ffom a paper In that city:
$50 great ia the impunity which Can't. Semmes
and the crew OF the Alabama appear to enjoy and
the utter inability or unwilineness of the United
States to capture, burn or sink the famous Confed.
crate, that the commerce between Liverpool and
the United Station u almost completely paratyzed
and the trade s likely, unless stop Ii put TO the
doings Of the Alabama. to fau entirely into the
cult to effect lnsursnoesupon American owned ves.
sells, and We are informed that a large American
ship, with valuable cargo on board, and In the
Mersey outward bound for the United States, WAS
suddenly sold az che lay fos ready cash, At nearly
half her value As soon - the necessary regula.
tions were complied with, In order to give her .
British registration. and sailed for her destination
with a cargo on board valued at two and half
millions Of doalarA"
The London Post, of the 22d, says:
The steamer Hicolai l., which left Liverpool
few DAYS ago, ostensibly for st. Thomas but rssllv
tity of war material for the Confederatss. The
Nicoai l. cleared for st. Thomas, but she will make
her way to Nassau learn the latest news as to the
position of the Federal cruisers, and act according
". Yesterday three vessels sailed from Liverpool
for Nassau, laden with some things which are In
great request by the blockade breakers ct Nassau
Tho names Of these vessels arc the Thistle Eev.
ern snd Monmouth.
Ths Paris correspondent Of the London Post
writes as follows on the 20th ult.:
Some French Journals have declared that the re.
lations between the Governments OF England and
France are by no means Satisfactory a coldness
having arisen out Of the refusal of her Heiesty's
Government to subscribe to the American dis.
patch of N Drouyn de PHuys. This IL not true
On the contrary, have reason to suppose that sAe
EtencA GOusrnment hds rather modified its opfnions
to the Disdom Of p-scipiats intrUention between
the North and South.