Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-19


Is thus appears that the consular agents of The
Bntish Government have bssu instructed not &c
eonEne themselves to sn appeal for redress eithsl
to courts Of justice OF to this Government, when
ever they may conceive that grounds exist fsl
complaint against the Confederate authorities ia
their treatment Of British ssbjecls (sn sppea
which MSS 10 no casa bean made without Tscaiy-
ing just cJnsidersti0z,) but that they assume
the power Of determining for themselves whether
enlisted soldiers Of tie ConiedeFacT srs prspsrly
bound 10 rs service; that they even arrogats the
right to intsrfsrs directly with the execution oi
the Coufedsraie laws, and TO siviEe soldiers Of
the Confadefats srssiss TO throw down taeiE
arms IL the face Of the enemy
This assumption Of Jurisdiction By fersigu oii.
cials within the territory Of the C0nfederaey,
and this eneroaehmsnt on its sovereignty esunol
be tolerated for a moment, and the President has
hsi no hesitation In directing that sli consHla
srd consular agents Of the British G5vsTnmsui
be notified that they can no longer be permitted
to exercise their functions, or sven to reside
withia tBe limits Of the Confsdsfasy.
an directed, therefore, BY the President, %
eommunicate to YOU this order, that you may
promptly depart from tie Ceafsdsrsey, and thal
ia tbs mssntias yoa case to exercise any con
sUlar functions within Its limits.
an, sir, respectfully,
Your obsdisnt seTVant,
J P. BENJAMIN,
Secretary Of State.
A. FuIlsrson, Esq etc, Savannah, Ga.
Mr.. BESyAsuS TO M. MASON
CONFEDERATE STATES OF ANEBIcA-DErARrzEsr}
or STATE
Richmond June liza, 1853
SIR: Since my No "a, of 6sh instant, further
informatisn has reached tbs department, illus
trstins most forciblY the necessity for the action
taken by TIA President on the subject Of Her
Britannic Msjesty's consuls, residsst within the
Confsderaey. as explained in the dispatch.
Ou the lsh Of May, Mr.. Cridlsnd, who had
occasionally sctsd as consul in Richmond da-
ring temporary sbsenes Of Consul Moore, soaghi
an interview a. the Department, and Oh being
admitted called nv attention to an srtie.e IL the
Riehmsad Whig Of that date, which annouHeed
that Mr. CridIand was about to depart for No
bile with the commission Of consul, and that be
was accredited 70 Mr. Lincoln, not 70 this Gov
eminent Ar Cfidlsnd assured ne that the
staten NJ was errous0Rs, that he was gnIHg 60
Mobile as a private individaal, unoffieially, to
lock after certain interests of the British Govern
maut that had been left unprotected BY the with
dra1al Of Consul Msgss. He farther stated
that IS he was going there unOth heially be had
not eoncaived that there was any Improperly iu
doing 50 withoat Communicating his intention
own view Of taa matter. ! informed bin that
ail neutral residents wsrs at hbsrty TO travel
within the ConfsdsFAcy aud to transact theil
business without other restrictions than such as
the military authorities found it necessary to
impose fol the psblie safety, and chat this De-
psrtment saw 10 reason to iutsrp0sa any 90
lection to his Roiug 20 Mobile to transact 0usi-
mass uuofieially. he then said he had called
at the office Of the Wing to make similar sx-
PLANTATION 80 the editor Of that paper, vita vie =
to the correction of the erroneous impression
created by its article, aad secordiBgly on the
next day an article sppssrad in that journal an
nOuncing that It had received the Assurance hOul
Mr. Cridlaud that he was going to Mobile "to
look stter British interests IN shat quarter IN an
unofficial way" and that he vas ''Witbout com
mission from the Q1een or exequstor from
Washington"
was, therefore, quito surprised st receiving
from the Secretary of the Navy G FL sisl e0mmu-
nieatiOn Of . telegram received by him rom
Admiral Buchanan informing the Secretary that
Mr. Cridland had been officially introduced 70
him by the French esnsul as acting Euglish
consul a. Mobile, and had shown the admiral
San official document sigae3 BY Lord Lyons
appointing him setting EngIish eousal st No
bile" sppeRd copies of this telegram, and O
the two articles above referred to, extracted
from the Richmond Whig.
These, however, are not the only exception
able features which marx this sf4ir. hsl
circumstances, 10 which your attention is invited
have been brought TO tho notice Of the Depart
ment By official concentrations from .he Gov
ernof Of Alabsms
Oa the I1th November last, the Bank Of No
bile as agent for the State Of Alabama. ad-
dressed a communication TO Consul Msgoe, al
Mobile, informing him that tsat State would
owe, during the ensuing year, TO British sab
jecls, interest coupons On the State bonds 10 the
amount Of some forty Thousand pounds 5isrlingi
act this interest was payable in London at TIE
Uaion Bank and at the counting house Of thu
Messrs Rothschilds, snd requesting TO know
whs.aer the Bszk woald be allowed 70 place il
the hands Of the consul in coin, the sum usCss-
sary for transmission 10 Esglsnd, At the expe1s.
Of the State, fOF the purpose msatione5.
On the I4th November, Consul Hagss replied
that he had sent 30 her Britannic Msjssty's con
sal ct New Orleans 10 ask if bsr, Maj sty' steam
ship Riuslde could not be sent TO Mobile, 20 70
esive the spseie and take it to Hsyans, 70 BE- for
wArdea thenes by .ths consul genersl Of Gree
Britain to London.
The specie was not conveyed by the RinaldO
bat By her Msissty's ship Vesuvius, andiwss &C
comps1ied BY q certificate Of the president o
the bank ststing that the remittance Of the ''tbr
ty-one kegs Of specie containing each five thou
sand dollars, together Sl55 600,
is for the purpose OF paying dues 10 Bdtisl
subjects from tae State Of Alabama, and Is IN
property sud belongs to the subjects Of he
Britannia Majesty"
Ths shipment was accompanied By a letts
addressed By the bask IS agent Of the Stats Q
AlsbAma, to W W. Serimgeour, Esq, manage
Of the Union Bank Of London, directing It's tp
proprstion to the payment Of the interest due q
British and other foreign holders Of the Stsi'
bonds, with statement Of the dates at which
the several instalsnents Of the interest would Be
come due and Of the places IN LOadon wheT
they were to be psid.
50 httis doubt seems % have been entertainsC
Of the propfiety OF this transaction By al VII
were engaged in It, that the commander Of th'
Vesnvius informed the commander OF the Uni
ted States blockadiGg squadron that the BItisi
consul had meEsy TO sezd by him, and no Ob
ieetioa nor protest was made. Among the pa
psrs annexed you will find the account given b
CommOdors Hancock himself Of his converse
ton with the commander Of tbs Vesuvius
written after tha dismissal of Consul Magea
and therefore at peIi9d when the eom1aodsr
esuld certainly have no motive for giving q col
onng 70 his HsrfaEive, sdverse 70 whAt was thel
kao8n TO be the visw Of bis Government Of
this subjees.
Uuder these circumstances, the Yesuvius re
eeiFed and conveyed the specie Which has sine,
been recslvsd IN England, and, IS sisted in th
pHblc journals, paid "a whoas Or ID part 10 Brit
isA subjects, thus establishing tas bona fdst
of the conduct Of al parties 70 the lTausactlon
I5 now appears, that no sooner was tie nten
ton cf making this remittance eommanieate