Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-01-31

from Liverpool, aud to the 18th by telegraph
via Queenstown.
GRE.9T BRITAIN.
Notwithstanding the pacific solution of the
American question, warlike preparations we're
continued at w oolwicb.
/ Mr.. Stewards despatch was considered In
Cabinet Council on the 9th. The Times uu.
derstands that answer will be returned, ex-
pressing qualification at The disayowsl Of Com
modore Wilkes aot, accepting the satisfaction
rendered. and assuming that the precedent in
| the Trsnt csse will rule the case Of the Eugen.
| ia Snllth.
AS to the general discussion of The law Of
neusrsls, the Government will decline any aus
swer until they have had the opportunity of
submitting the whole question to the law Off
GERS. There are propositions in this note
which are not at all admissible, and after the
delivery of the prisoners these points nsay bs
properly discussed.
The LondUn Past announced that thorough
uuderstanding had been arrived at with the
American Government. Not only had they
given the required reparatioD, Int In doing 90
Mr. Seward will have succeeded in impressiue
on the English Government tho notion that
they have Dot only obtained the present in
demBity, bat no small pledge of future se-
curity.
TIE Daily -Ne,cs eulogizss the course of the
Washington Government aud denounces the
course of the Times and Post.
The Times denounces the stone blockade as
most atrocious crime.
The United States gun. boat Tascar0ra and
tie pira'e .BaslpaH are at Southampton. Tha
IuscarorG is at her anchorage, mile from the
dock, with fres banked up, and ready to slip,
anchors and start at nement's notice.
She only required Goals, water and provis>
ions, which we're being supplied to her. Capt.
Craven. on lis arrival, asked permission to fire
twenty-one minute guns in respect to Prince
Albert, but the Queen having requested that
no guns should be fred in the vicinity of Oss,
borne, the courtesy, though fully appreciated,
could not DC accepted. The Nashville CON-
tiDued at her dock
The Government have observed the strictest
neutrality towards ber. Nothing was permits
ted to be done except what was necessary 10
make her sea worthy. Neither powder, guns
nor munitions have been put on board.
During the night of tie 9th inst :aFee arm.
ed men from the Tuscanorn we're discovered rev
connoitering the Mas hv1iie, and were ordered
off by the Dock Superintendent.
No Official notice was given at Portsmouth
respecting any discharge of hired mechanics
or laborers, but it is understood that the re-
ducton takes place in April.
The London Times says that rumor fixes
Eagland's expenses, owing to the late Difficult
ty, at f2,000,O00; but The Times expects.
that when all the bills are in it will be double
that sum, and that the money has not been
thrown away.
The Tunes sincerly hopes that Englishmeu
will not give these fslIows-Masop aud Slidell
-snything iE the shape of an ovation. The.
eiEility due to foe in distress is all that they
can claim. England has returned them good
for evil; aud even now their only effort will be-
to entapgs her into war with the North. Eng.
land would have done just as much to rescue
two negroes.
The Morning Herald is surprised that the
Government has not given orders to the au.
thorities at Southampton to warn the Tasearo-
ra that she must either quit the port Mt once,
or wait until twenty four hours have elapsed
after the departure of the .Aashuails. We
should not, says the Herald, have allowed the
Nashville to lie in wait within the mouth of
the Mersey for American packets and mer-
ehant-men; therefore We cannot, without
gross violation of our duty as neutrals, allow
the TuScarora license we should have refused
her enemy.
The Herald holds out that the course of the
French authorities at Martinique between the
iroquois and Sumter as an example 10 follow.
Mr. Russell, in his correspondence to the
Times, predicts that the fate of the American
Government will be sealed if January passes
without some great victory.
FR.4NCE.
There is said to be much satisfaction in off,
cial circles at the settlement of the Trent
affair, which caused rise of per cent. ON the,
Bourse.
The .Moniteur denounces the stone blockade.
A telegram from Cadiz says that the Ameri-
can Consul had received orders to protest
against the admission of the Sumter. 1t is
said that Spain viii protect the prisoners
brought by the Sumter.
RUSSIH.
The Jouracl of st. Petersburg publishes an
article congrstulating Mr.. Seward on the ups
rightness and intelligence of his policy, aud
demanding that the Trent affair may become
the starting point Of negotiations by the Pow
ers of the common principles upon the question
of neutral flags.
The article also expects that England will
give TO the world solemn guarantees for the fu-
ture BY signing convention which, by ensur-,
ing universal respect for the rights of nentrals,
WOULD contribute to the maintenance of peace
and mark the progress of civilization.
THE RlTVI,R AE Mill, SPRING