New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-06-09

fitted out to make war against the United
States
The evidence was also submitted to the
Collector of Liverpool and went through the
same process Of transmission as the other, and
with the same result; the Solicitor of the
Board of Customs being st OF opinion that
thors was no case for action. Mr.. Adams,
ON the day following, transmits two other
depositions to Earl Russell, one of them, if
possible, stilI more explicit than PASSWORDS;
and with them no incoses the opinion of Mr..
Collier, Queens Counsel, to the effect that
in the case before him the Collector
Of Customs would not only be justi-
fed in OBTAINING the vessel, but that it was bis
duty TO detain her; ard Mr.. Collier says: /" II
appears difficult tOmake out a stronger case of
Infringement of the Foreign Enlistment act,
which, if not enforced on this occasion, is little
better than u dead letter."
Surely none but British official could read
this evidence and ia the face OF it pretend to
doubt the real character Of the Alabama.
But it is to be remembered that the British
Government WINS not asked to condemn tho
vessel on The strength Of II, but merely to de-
tain her until q fail investigation could BIO had
ny proper authority. The case was that OF an
application ~ magiitrate for an ordinary
warrant of arrest, TO obtain which from any
court in Cbristcndom nothing more is neces-
sary than to present such proof as makes it
probable that the nets alleged do really exist.
VIII even Earl Russell now venture to sey
that these statements did not afford reasonable
qronod for believing that the Alabama was
Confederate privnteer'
Finally. communication was addressed, July
%, to tie Board Of Customs, urging that tho YES
all respects ready for sea, with a crew Of fifty
men on board and that if anything is to be
done, it mus. be- done at once. But the more
urgently the case is presented, the more numer
Gus and intricate become the delays and eyou.
tions and trausmissions and red tape perior-
Inances OF oil sorts on the part of tho British
Government. Tue Board Of Customs, she L0rds
Comui,soners of her Mojesty's Treasury, the
Solicitor TO the Board OF Castoms, tie Law
Offers Of the Crown, and namberless ctDer
officials appear and disappear 10 RAPID sue
ces.on upon tie scene, and each presents
himself only a. means aud an excuse for
delav So from the 22d TIL the 10Th Of July.
this whole case, with its overwhelming evil
dence, backed by the pressing applications OF
Mr. Adams, and the opinion OF tue Queens
Counsel. is fhulled backward aud forward,
and no progress is made. 1t must long before
have become plain TO Mr. Adams that the
British Government did 10. mean to do aoy
hing. unless forced anu shamed INFO doing
IL. Meantime, the Alabama accelelates her
preparations, tue days OF her delay are num-
bcrrd, and on tie morning OF the 18th July,
she left the port OF Liverpool
The fact wac instantly tclegrnpbed 10 Lon
don. There was still time 10 stop her,
and il was s;i therefore too soon for
Earl Russell 10 act. Telegrams and letters
were le,urely intercbanged between Commits
soners and such gentry for two days
more and finally on the 3lst OF July, orders
were sent 10 Liverpool and 20 Cork to seize
the ves.el aud On tho nett dny-on the pre-
tense lat the telegraph Offices were closed on
the 3is.-siriilAr directions went TO Beaumaris
and Holyheal. Before the farce was quite
played through the Alabama had captured and
burned two American vessels.
II is only necessary 70 remark finally, that
the evidence on which Earl Russell did in the
end profess TO act was substantially The ssins evil
d,ace which had been before him for month,
and Oh which, If it was competent to stop the
Alabama at all, il was equally competent IN
the beginning. when practicable, as In the end
af,er she had taken her departure. Every
excuse and subteriuge aud evasion is disposed
of b. this consideration. Either the order
to stop tho vessel should never have been
given or should have been given earlier. Be
cause it wns not SO given this nation has had
10 deplore the wholesale destruction of its
commerce, since accomplished and still in prog
re,s aud for ia losses the British Government
is alone responsible.
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