The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-07
Highly Interesting News from the
Northern Papers.

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EUROPEAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND EN-
GLAND TO DEMAND AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INSTRUCTIONS TO LORD LIONS ON THE
suBJEcT-rHE CoNFEDERAoY TO BE Rxcoa-
NIzED IF MEDIATION Is REJECTED. @
The most Interesting and important intelli.
gence frompthe North Is contained IN the fois
lowing paragraph, which we find in the New
York Sapress, of the evening Of the 2eth inst,
the most trustworthy, it may be remarked, Of
all the Northern journals:
Reliable information has been received in
this city, from semi-official sources in Europe
that England and France are of entire accord
in regard to their line Of conduct towards this
Government. Lord Lyons, who was to have
returned to the United States in the Austral-
asian, was detained at the last moment Sy or
der of Lord John Russell, Her Majesty's Secre-
tary of Foreign Affairs, to await further instruc-
lions in consequence of the Presidents Aboli-
ton Proclamation. His Lordship's departure
was then fixed for October 25th CAST Saturday,
and on his arrival at Washington he will posi-
lively inform Seward of the programme deci-
ded upon by the European Powers. Instruc-
tions similar to those Of the British Minister
will be forwarded to Count Mercier, the F,ench
Minister at Washington, with the same steamer
which will bring the English Minister back to
the country.
We are also given to understand that our
Government will soon be informed that En-
gland and France had decided upon the recog-
milton of the Southern Confederacy, if the Joint
offers OF mediation and armistice to be proposed
to Mr. Seward, are not accepted. AT any rate,
this Government will be duly notified of the
intentions Of England and France in this re-
spect, and as these Powers are fully aware that
any offer>of mediation on the basis of Sepera-
tion, will net for an instant even be listened to
by our Government united endeavors will then
be made by all the European Ambassadors in
Washington to obtain an arrnistice of four or
SIX months between the North and South.
These foreign Governments are under the i'm
preston that if once cessation of hostilities
can be effected, calmer spirit will succeed,
which will enable the two sections to negotiate.
The utmost endeavors will be made shortly
after Lord Lyons return to Washington, by
the whole corps d,plomatique at Washington,
to bring about such an enthusiastically, then.
when all these offers Of mediation and armis.
tice shall have proved of no avail, will the
South be recognized simultaneously by En-
gland and France.
Aside from the fact that these Powers would
now look upon the South as de tacto Govern
ment, they fear that an insurrection in the
South as consequence of the late proclamation
will take place after the lst of January; and
hence in order to afford protection to their
own citizens residing there, are compelled to
grant protecting power to their agents in the
several Southern cities, which, as things stand
just now, they do not possess. They fear that
the Confederate Government unrecognized as
it is, may at any time tell their ConsuIs in
Charleston, Richmond, Savannah, and else
where, that there is no diplomatic relation ex
isting between the Confederacy and Europe,
and can therefore not permit them to act in
consuler capacity. 1t is to guard against such
an emergency, and to afford their own citizens
residing in the south ample protection under
the @gis Of their regularly appointed agents.
that England and France will claim the neces-
sity Of recognizing the new Confederacy,
The UBIeUirous GEoRaE.-The Fredericks-
burg Neaos ct October % says: Geo. N. Saun-
ders, late Commissioner to Europe, who SNUG
ged himself into Canada, has returned to