, 1863-05-09
M0HERUmRLISGS OE WAR IN EN-
GLAND.


England seems determined upon war
with this country. Her Ministers hare for
a long time been looking out for prctcxt
against US, which would justify dcclara-
ton Of this sort in the eyes Of the English
people; and it is BY no means certain that
they have not found one in the seizure of
British vessels By Federal cruisers. They
could not have Lit upon any subterfugc
more plausible than this, nor one more
likely to be popular; for it touches the na-
tional pride, which is notoriously big on |
lis ships, and their right Of free sailing on |
Inc high seas, without foreign question:
The Government will not have it all
their own way, however, although the
game has been very well cooked, for there
are plenty Of wise heads in TINT country
who viii see into the dodge, and take care
10 make the people acquainted with Its
uue character; and then there will bs con-
teapot
At present there is good deal of SYM
pathy all through the country, amonestthc
ar1s1ocTatic and mercantile classes, with the
o"ners Of ships which have been seized
~ our officers; and there has been. n
mlghty deal Of blowing in both Houses Of
Parliament, about Rule Britannia and
no ena Of eontcmptuous spluttcring about
Inc : 1nsolence u Of "upstart Wilkes" and
tne 1ankees IN general. There was rcg.
uaf debate there tho other night upon tho
matter Of these seizures. during Which ccr-
tam members quite forgot themselves, put
on the dignity and the robes Of tic lcgisln-
LOT, and put on the particolor, and the cap
and bells Of the montebank.
arthur Roebuck, the NJ. P. for Shef-
nefd-an old fighting liberal once, and now
an oid 1ogy, nearly always half crazy with
opium was the chief of these show-fulks.
and caused much amusement to the more
sooef part OF his auditory. This man did
Us the honor to Say that be was with us at
the beginning Of the rebellion; but during
Its progress We had shown ourselves suci,
bloody minded scape-sraces, such misera-
Die ncompetents, "that VIC were not only
unns Tor the government Of ourselves
ous 1or the courtcsies, and the commu
NIFTY OF the civilized world" In til
affair Of the Trent, We had insulted thu
whole English people, and when called
upon to gire up what VIC had stolen a:
pirates, NC bssely truckled, and obeyci
the order, like towards, We had don,
other things as bad as this. ant
taken he couldn't tell how many neutra
vessels; and he called upon the Govern
ment to resent it; to make the American
Minister also-hfr. Adams-feel that h
wasn't quite cock-o'-th'~walk on Englisl
soil, and had no right to make use Of pc,
and ink, as he had done, on behalf Of Al
English merchant endorsing the valid
aty Of a cargo on board his ship-eye'
though he was requested to do so by tn
merchant as an act Of personal friendship
for, said the sapicnt gentleman, this yer,
snip contained arms for the Me1icanz
to be used against the French.
This is Q fair specimen Of tn
hon. Members argument, and rhct
= onc; and it is scarcely worthy ere,
OF the House Of Commons, Hc wa
cheered some, which meant "Bull,
1or your and was assailed. on The othe
hand with ejaculato1y Oh, Oh'sv' vhic
meant, Come now, that won't do" an
1t IS but fair to say that both Lords Palm
ereton and Russell deprecated the who
tone and Violence of the opium eater
speech and in that part Of it where !
said. with drunken bombast: " It nav leg
to war, and I, speaking for the Engli.
people, am prepared for war"-there "
loud applause; as well a. loud outcrics
disappnvplnnd disgust
The general tenor Of the speeches in bo
Houses, was raj imsolent in the extreme; al
Richard Golden was the only man vi
seemed to have any common sense, hon'
or honesty Of feeling left in either Of I
THO Bedlams. &c urged the importan