Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-04-20


LONDON, March %, 1863
Tie apparent break down OF the Polish |
rebellion has turned the public attention once
more to the war in America. There was an
excellent debate last night in the House OF
Commons about threats Of war, breaches OF
neutrality, Alabama, capture of the Peterhoh,
and several other matters Of interest Mr..
Foster arra,gned the Government for its neg
lect Ne Bright charged them with a cold
and unfriendly neutrality The Solicitor
General declared that they had done every
thing which the law required, and that, judg-
ed BY American authorities and precedents,
the Federal Government had no right to
complain. Then Mr.. Laird the builder Of
/ the Alabama, declared that he had been per-
/ fecily open and above-board and had in no
respect violated the law, and amid the cheers
and laughter Of the House, declared that he
received proposals from an agent Of the Fed
era Navy Department to build ron.clads and
rams, completely armed and equipped, and
offered to place the correspondence in the
hands OF Lord Palmerston he asked which
was the greatest violation OF neutrality, to sell
ships without guns, or TO send to New York
cargoes Of riaed cannonY He stated that
since the commencement of the war there
had been shipped from Liverpool to the
1 Northern ports, more than 10000 muskets,
100000 rifles, 52,000,0O0 percussion caps,
and many cargoes Of hardware. These
we're from Custom.house manifests which had
passed through the hands OF the American
Consul at Liverpool
What more could be said Mr. Bright de-
clared that war steamers, iron clads and rams
were building now for the Confederate Gov
ernment The localities OF fourteen Of them
have been given but the Government cannot
Interfere A whole feet is preparing as
rapidly as possible, ostensibly for the Emperor
of China. Everybody knows they are intend
ed to open the Confederate ports. Everybody
knows that the Confederate loan was raised
10 purchase their outfit This was the reason
why eighteen million ponnds--nearly $780,
0O0 ,OO0-was subscribed when only Sl5, ,000,-
600 was wanted. This was the reason why
the stock went up to par and to five per cent,
premium, though taken nt eighty and put on
the market at ninety. fttr
The simple truth of the matter is, that with
, The active sympathy Of the upper classes, and
the neutrality OF the Government, u strong
party of English capitalists, cotton speculA
tors, ship builders aud merchants have taken
up the cause OF the Sonth in earnest, and
mean 10 put il through They have embark
ed their millions, and do not mean to leave
them The tioyernRent cannot interfere tc
, prevent it, and has no disposition to do so
I AS Lord Ea.merston said last night, II they
, attempted TO amend the law, they might make
it worse The Government will be neutral
, / may even pass over the seizure OF the Pc
terhof by Capt Wilkes They will let tht
North buy au the hardware" in Birmingham
but they neither can nor will prevent tn,
departure OF single one of the fourteen
steamers which Mr Bright says are fitting ou
n tor the Confederate Government England
as O Government, is not at war with you, bu
English capitalists and manufacturers are
a and / do not see how II is to be helped,
= The interest, you must grant, is yerl
a strong one Look at the millions OF capita
rusting away in Lancashire; look at the grea
u cotton manufacturing interest, which has en-
d circled the world; at the closed cotton ports
q the dragging war which shows no signs of
termination, the starving populations alread.
IL beginning to break out into riot and disorder
!, You talk of war They ask nothing bel
:. tsr The more you threaten, the less likel,
II the Government will be to interfere with thel
2, progress A war, they think, would soon sci
"a lie the question. You will take Canada
Well, ii was but the other day that Mr.. Glad
q stone was for getting rid of that troublesome
privatcera lf you do, your ports will b.
j. blockaded, and all others closed against them
80 that pryaleering will not be profitable
n Ships will 20 armed with Armstrong guns
or be guarded by men.of-war steamers rha
is the way Englishmen feel They are grow
n ing so irritated and disgusted with the wa
e. that they are ready for anything that will pu
r an end to it, The efforts of the EmancipF
T. tionists have not changed the feelings of tn
Is upper classes at all If abolition was ever
Or iavorite idea OF the arstocrats, 1t is no Longer
IN II is consigned to the oblivion Of tie lowe
n, millions. The Times openly defends SLAYER,
Il. The other higher class papers apologize for j
at Mr. Bright is still the brave and eloquer
ey champion OF the North, but he hnds very Ii
tie sympathy in or out of Parliament, exceI
at among the working men who are in earne
ia in the cause of free labor--all the more ear
rs est because they are oppressed and degrade
" as lreemen are nowhere else in the worl
Mr. Bright made most eloquent speech
favor OF the National Government fe
.as nights ago, TO Trades Union Meeting
M ST. James Hail IL was we'll meant, but vel
oss useless The Times ia not far from rig
ur' when it asserts that the whole public Of En-
nlo laud--meaning the voting and income Il
Oh paving public-all but a few disappointed
10, publicans, hope for the success Of the Sout
'nu Lord Harrington, IN an election spec
lhs this week, stated the whole case He had il
me come from America, where he bad trayell
,se, ~ bo,h sac,ions ard he was ont and 4
'es, Southern, and declared that no union cou
1eu be restored nor could the South be conqu
IN IN ed This opinion was never so frm as at Il
lhu moment Is il strange that strong etfo
was should be made TO hasten result in viii
er @ faith is so general2
lfthe statement publicly made, and