The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-05-28
suence decidedly adverse to our cause 10

tuence decidedly adverse 70 our cause ~
Europe.
The British ministerial organs, as well as
the organs of the " Conservative" or 0ppo-
sition party, seem to look forward to, aud
indeed urge Intervention al an early day.
Reference is frequently made to speech
made by Mr.. Gladstone, Chancellor OF the
Exchequer, which the Enqurer says Il does
not find in the papers il has received. II
appears that Mr.. Gladstone must have taken
a position favorable to the pretensions OF the
Confederate States, which is significant. as
he has been heretofore opposed to US. The
Baltimore sc News Sheet" makes the follow
ing editorial reference to il:
1.-The mails Of the Etna bring news OF
more than ordinary interest from Europe.
Mr.. Gladstone's speech at Stockton upon
Tees. is regarded by the English journals as
an official exposition Of the views OF the
English Cabinet on American affairs, and is
not only lavorably commented upon by the
leading papers, but has been made the sub
ject of comment by the Paris Constitutional,
who praises Mr.. Gladstone and the Morning
Post. The official or semi official French
journals. the Constitutional. the Patrie and
the Pays. have all of them, simultaneously
with the Gladstone speech and the article in
the London Morning Post-LOrd Palmers-
tons organ-made a demonstration 10 favor
az The South. We learn, moreover, that IN
! we'll. Informed circles IL is generally believed
that the English and French Cabinets are &C
lively moving In the matter of the blockade
Of the Southern ports. which has had even a
more serious effect upon the industrial pOpu-
4. hat 81 81 ns
The London Times adopts as ITS Own, the
recent remarks Of Mr.. Gladstone, on the A.
mericsn question. in his speech At Mauches,
! ter. Ii admits that the circumstances al,
! tending the secession of the Southern States
were a sufficient excuse FOE the rashness oil
rushing into war without considering the
consequences. Ii was always ready 10 make
allowances for the Northerners il iheY nnly
would have made some allowance Tor Eng.
| lands position a neutral power. II claim.
\ that England has observed 4 most dislnter-
csted and selfdenying cou.se. AMI conclude.
by asserting that the real question rests en-,
tireIy in whether the heart OF the South is sci
1 on separation.
! Paris. Nav The French Prcsse state;
I that negotiations, with the object Of iiplD.
miliS MkeINeuhnu VI tht maIlumc P1Ntl'
/ in America, or the recognition of the Snu,ll
BY the principal States # Europe. his been
carried on between Paris and London through,
out April. ILsructinns..o n this wise lad
been sent 10 NJ. Mercier, ahen the late bat
Ties are SAID 20 have decided France to alb
stain from Intervention for the present.
\ 81. Petersburg. MY 1.-The Juufna d
st. Petersburg doubts tie prob ,blity u tie
Western Powers interfering IN American
4 affairs.
Liverpool, May 1.-The rumors Of FreEel
and Euglish intervention ia American al.
fairs continue. but they are not scry authen.
4 tic. Oae report SAYS tie twO Government.
had ageeed upon Il. and thar the visit Of the
Freneh minister to Richmosl was conneete,
with Tie affair.