New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-15
TWO DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE CHINA.
The Manchester Address to the President.
Advance In Cotton-BreadstuEs Firm.

The Royal mail steamer China, Capt. Anderson,
which sailed from Liverpool at u. m. on the 81,
snd from Queenstown on the evening Of the 4th
Instant arrived Lere on Wednesday morning,
bringing the mails and passengers to L. Cunard.
The kangaroo reached Liverpool on the night Of
the lst inst.
IHE MANCHESTER ADDRESS TO PRESIDENT
LINCOLN.
70 AsRABAx LiycoLx. P,r'dsni Of hs United Sidte'.
As citizens of Manchester, assembled ut the
Eree-trade Ha J. we beg TO express our fra,ernal
sentiments toward you aud your country. We re
foice in your greatness, en- outgrowh OF England
whose blood and language you share, whose orderly
and legal freedom you have applied TO new circuu-
stances, over region immeasuraby greater than
our own. We honor your Free States, as singu
lsrly happy abode for the wo king millions, where
Industry 10 bonored. One thing alone his, III the
past, lessened our SYM aihy with your country and
our confidence III Tive mean the AsceDdency OF
politicians who not merely maintained negro Sav-
cry, but desired TO extend aud root il firmly.
Since have Giscerped, however, that The victory
Of the free North III the which has sosey cis
tressed us well &c afflicted you will strike of the
letters Of the slave, you have attracted our warm
and earnest Sympathy. We jOyfully honor you, as
che President, and tie Congress with YOU for many
decisive steps toward practically eXemphfying your
belief in tie words Of your great founders All meD
created free and eq nal You have procured the
tpgton and thereby made the center OF your Fedora
ton visibly free You have eniored the laws against
che slsve-trade and kept up your feet against il,
even while every ship was wanted for service III
your terrible war. You have D0bly decided 10 re-
receive ambassadors from the negro republics Of
Hayt and Liberia thus forever reDonpcing that I'M
worthy pre- ud:ce which refuses the ri .his Of no.
manity 10 men and women Oh account OF their color.
I'm order more eaec,uaily - stop the slsve-irade,
you have made with our Queen treaty, which
your Senate hes ratified, for tue night Of
mutual search. Your Congress has decreed freedom
as the law forever In the vast unoccupied or hall
unsettled Territories which directly SUBJECT TO
lite legislative power IL mas offered pecuniary did
80 all States which will enact emancipation lo,ay,
and has forbidden your Generate TO ietore fugitive
slaves who ssek their protection. Your have en-
treated the slavemas,ers 20 accept these moderate
offers; and after long and patient waiting yOu,
Commauder-n-Chef Of the Army, have appointed
eo-nOrrow, the lst OF January lo6J, as tie day OF
unconditional freedom for the slaves 81 tue Rebel
States. Heartily do we congratulate you and your
country on this humane and righteous course. We as-
eume that you cannot Bow stop short Of a complete
uprooting Of Slavery. II would not become US
to dictate any details, bat there ere broad pruci-
ples Of humanity which mutt guide you. IL COM
pete emancipation III rome States he deferred,
ShonRh only 10 a predetermined day, still, in the
Interval human beings should not he counted chat.
tels. WoMen must have tie i1gbts OF chastity aud
maternity, Men the rigs OF husbands, masters The
liberty OF manuInlstiOn. Justice demands Tor the
black less than for the white, tie protection OF
law--that lis voice DO heard Ia your courts. Nor
must any such sboniustion be tolerated as slave
breeding States, and n slave market--if you Ire to
earn the high reward Of all your sacrifices, IA tue
approval OF tie uniyersGl brotherhood and OF the
Divine Father. 1t is for yQpr free country 10 de-
eide whether anything but immediate and total
Emancipation can secure The most inoispensaDie
Eigbts OF humanity against the inveterae wicked
ness Of local laws aud local executives We im-
plors you, for your own hOnor and welfare, not
TO faint ia your ProvidentsI mission Whiie your
enthusiasm 10 afsne, and the tide OF eveDit runs
high let the work be finished efiectuhliy. Leave
no root Of bitterness TO spI1ng up anu WORK Iisso
misery TO your children. II - mighty tack,
indeed TO reerganze the induetry not only Of COO-
600 Of tho colored race, but u 3,v0OOOo OF whites
Nevertheless, the vast progress you Lave nialc III
thc short space Of twenty months Ills Us WITH nope
chat every stain on yonr freedom will shortly be re-
moved and that the Of that foul blot upon
civilization aud Chrrlia. Iy-chattel Savefy-dur-
3ng your Presidency will cause the naDe OF Abraham
Lincoln TO be honored and reveret by posteri'y. We
are certain that such glorious communication VIII
e4mebt Great Britain 10 tue United Sla,es in close
and enduring regards. Our iDteresIs moreover, are
identified with yours. We are truly one people,
though locally separate. Aud If you have any III
wishers here be assured they are chiefly those who
oPpose liberty at home, ana That tley WI 10 power
1ess TO stir up quarrels between us, from tue very
day 10 which your country becomes, undenlably and
without exception, the home Of The free. Accept
cur high admiration Of your hrmneas ID upholdipglhe
proclamation OF rfeecoin'
THE SUMTER.
The Gibraltar Chronscie Of the 26th ult. Says
Some little stir was occasioned in the town the day
before Yesterday, and people were running with
their glasses 10 tho line wall, in consequence Oh
reDort that an exciting race was TO come Oh be-
awseu the late Confederate steamer Sumter and the
Union eunboa. Chippewa, stationed at Aigesiras
Che Sumter was last week sold by auction aud her
new owners have been busy in obteratng, by
means Of change Of name and nationality, OF paint
and new bunting, the traces Of her former charac'
Ger. The Federal authorities, who protested against
che SALE still persist in seeing ouly the wicked little
Sumter uuder every alias and Disguise. The United
States cruiser st Agesras watches her every move
peut with the utmost vigilance, and appears bent
an accompanying her, should she put to sea On
"Wednesday, the Sumter Tor, as sue IL now called,
che Gjbraltar made thai trip up the bay to test
Der machinery. Tie first turn Of her screw met
with responsive turn in the screw OF the CbpPe-
IVA The two steamers directed their cOurse 10 En.
sopa Pont-tbe Sumter keeping pretty close 10 the
batteries Of the rocks, ind the Chippewa further
out After going lltle beyond the lighthouse the
Sumter turned Oh her heel aud quickly steamed back
sosnchorsge, her friend returned 10 The roadSiead
nj Algssirss, and the iouogers from the line wall
drspJsd away, one by one, without having expe'
henosd any very exciting sensation.
Il wa reported that Tho Confederate Government
es< sppepisd AZ agent In England TO Obtain ioap