The New York herald., 1863-12-16
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trise1s and t q ssssc.tIss an 'rcssss pi'. very
In crdsr . appreciate tas true position Of affairs you
money Is scarce and credit down 70 the lowest sbb
fac+. ready money must be paid for everything And
creditors can got their pay that s the question And
there arssons who dream Of large speculaons 70 be got
Another great misfortune they are ali quarroIling
among thsusslves Crmination aud reormnation 60
big scale. Befors two years suit a chsncery
will be brought. In which Isaac Campbell Co. VIII Dc
curious and astounding disclosures One "party" ma
jor Hughes, Is now before tho rebel commissioned.
Of sssdns S vessels loaded as h% ys:sss
contained worthless carsoes 10 lieu Of loads Of guns
clothing, 90, and these vessels az the accusations
ss were purp''' '''''a ''a ashore OF
But. In the Wild sch.me Of "s9gjhcra Independence
and sas s1Ss First st
Connausht place London Srssidsnce Of A. G. 3. Bsrss
ford Hope), Nov 7-marked "prvate and confidential p
this being forwarded to those only who were supposed to
This was signed by Beresford Hope W. s. Lindsay and
Hon. Robert Bourke. After dozen gave in their adhe
Who should take ID. matter 10 charge This being a.
ranged the 2Sd OF November another confidential"
so%%ss Wa. i1ss aoas
December-uext Wednesday-and there the case rests
Gss Tho &
spoonios are the Tag end Of the tory party with some
ss pm sSa
Then there is W. H. Gregory, NJ p. for Galway; Lsrd
Robert Cecil. Sir E. Kerrson. Bart, D. p. Sir Coutts
p Colonel G. NJ Sturt N P Lord Edwin H. Trevor Sir
| A. Fl. Elton, Edward Akroyd and-one from whom We
Mr.. Justice Halliburton NJ p or course this crowd would
not DO complete without the co operation OF John Orre
or promotion ney are promised on the
recognition Of the confederacy am unable to specify
Of be srst M Circular M Mason came to town from Paris
stopped week with w s. Lindsay and then two weeks
the country seat Of Beres'ord Hope With these the
scheme hatched Part OF the plan is that each mem
ber of the committee shall pay down f1O0 to form fund
operate with The first and greatest work for this
Southern Independence Association Is TO operate on Par
lament and procure recognition Of the oon'ederacy No
doubt they would like to-
One important member OF the committee omitted to
mentsn and that is Alexander Barring, M r.. ono OF the
house OF Barring Brothers Co. This is far from being
the first or only indication the great London bank
Ing arm, who are the auanclai agents OF the
United States (and have been for seventy
years. are working with the enemies OF your sovesu en-
Francis Barring n debate on .recognition Ia the House
Of Commons last spring. entered into no argument against
recognition but couiGed himself suppiical!ns that in
the abuse OF United States honorable members should not
be too harsh, but "draw it mild"
The Alexandra case has been very ably discussed and
the decis Will DO given at the opening OF tho February
term Every disposition su'e exists on the part OF the
nave
letter OF the law, aud have no doubt they would
rather poln than let tho vessel 60 AS much OF
this may BE- csGded to policy yOa please SS' am m
brought in early in the session OF Parliament to amend
the Foreign Enlistment act and make sl more binding
In connection with this action OF the British govern
ent there matter Of great importance on your
side that may be productive OF most important conse
auences. aiiude to the numerous conde nnations Of
vessels taen by your cruisers the high seas
Of which were bound d TO ports in the British West
India Islands, and there was nothing found on themno
going to attempt to tho blockade The decisions and
by Judge Belts are declared and believed
by the government here and by tho law officers OF the
crown 10 be Utterly inadm ssabe decisions 10 nte
toua law 1he Foreign Oce tells the PARTIES interested
Ia these CAGES, and who have complained OF being de-
spoiled Of their vessels aud sargoss unusy thai the
government cannot interfere in their behalf at
s such tune as your Supreme Court shall
have definitely confirmed the condemnation Thou the
commence aud Lord Lyons, who Is watching the pro-
coed Dgs will then have instructions to act.
One very strong case has been named b me-that o!
the bark Spriugbok. have most direct and trust
worthy information that this vessel was owned by an
honest man named May; who ,s warm tr'ond Of Tho tho
his vessel chartered for Iega voyage to Nossau,
and grounds whatever existed Tor assuming that she
the United States supreme Court the government
assumes that all vessels that may some articles
used in war on board. that found the high
seas can seized and condemned by nation that is at
regardless Of proof that they errands to
aid to abelligerent thon certain there will be grave
dincu!ty between America and England.
am not attempting to so into auy legal argument
10 the case but wish TO say that the sa'o o:
public opinion here If vessels are condemned by your
supreme Court for which thore is not clear warrant
demand for replication will bs made and thee will he
difficulty aud possibly war. IN case OF such decacy
that OF the Sprinsbok, am sure, whore the ques-
on simply OF the nature Of the cargo any doubt
VIII DO interpreted Ia favor Of the have
plee conviction that in this the condemnation
not be sgsta ned by precedent.
Pubic nion here s setting entirely lgaiTs. tho
SoHth. and have no doubt that the Alexandra will
be coademned and thu, thc decision VIII be followed by
fpllc aftanf ha lDtu hVf fha
The rebellion can fully appreciate the saying Shak5
pere that sorrows come not single spies, but IN ba,ta
lone" With all their disasters on land their shipments
from Europe have been particularly unfortunate Dur.
log tbs last six months 'the conederacy have sent
tier own account dye steamers loaded with
tiOns having on board careoes that averaged a
mill ~ dollars in value each OF these tour-the r. h.
Lee the Cornela, the Ella and Anna and anotherlave
captured by your cruisers, while the nth the Iiar
rie Pnclney came to srie at sea- got knocked pieces,
water IN her hold She will have 10 be condemned and
her transferred to another vessel and this cargo,
am told, is valued at ESQ 900 or million and quar-
The tonds OF j Davis Co. are falling every day. aod
The cau'e pow given up oy all except by now aud thso
The congress, as have tod you repeatedly wa not
meet lut there will probably be an alliance between
Russia and France not necessarily for an immediate war,
but for uterior purposes II you mentou the probabi
ties OF this alliance TO Mr. John Bull he SCOTS at the dea
and is evidently well pleased.
Tho Schleswig. .Ilostea affair looks little awkward.
but there Will not be Very many believe the late
KING Denmark was poisoned by the other branch o! the
family.
few Americans OF little note post have Just bad
a Thai ksgving dinner. The only thing giving IL the
sghtet consequence the presence Of the American
Minister, who made q worry judcious speech No, one
single American or English clergyman could be had 70
make a rayer-though several were applied to-except
very respectable colored gentleman That greatly
against the grain but he had to be pressed the
vice. These banques are always started by lev shop
keepers. sewing machine agents and small politicians,
the consequence IS the leading American residents in
London rarely attend.
The Gather which nas been remarkably mid. 10 nov
growing cooler but for November tue mo,tn has
very respectable Que
Oar Paris Correspondence
PARIS. Nov. Is, 1888.