, 1863-04-01


wreck Of the windows Of those who illumi-
mated.
- The organization Of the rioters seemed COM
plete. lii one Of the rows the Mayor received
some rough usage. At midnight the military
WIS sent for, and one company soon arrived,
but their services we're not required. Alter
they had retired, however, a set OF ruttian5
broke in the windows OF the Crown Solicitor.
Two arrests laye been made. Tie city Is now
tranquil.
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MASON AND I.Cs-
SELL.
We find in the Manchester Guardian Of the
14th inst., ,{receiyed by the Asia the text ofthe
correspondence between Earl Russell and Mr.
Mason, :" Confederate Commissioner, ex-
tending orer the period between April, 1857,
and the end Of last month AIr. Mason's let
tcrs u,ge the Government to recognize the
Confederate States, and to break the blockade.
lie goes into long arguments on international
law; but most Of Earl RuEscll's replies are
merely courteous Acknowledgements of having
received his communications. On the ID Of
August, however, Earl Russell writes:
I'm the face Of the nuctnatlng events Of
the war; the alterations Of victory and de-
feat; the capture OF New Orleans; the ad-
vance Of the Fcderals to Corinth, to Mem-
phis, and the banks Of the Mississippi as f.r
us Eicksburg, contra.ted on the otllcr hand
with the GIiurc Of the attack On Charleston,
and the retreat from before Richmond; placed
too between allegations so contradictory on
the part Of the contending powers, Her Maies-
tys Government are still determined TO wuit.''
In the beginning Of this year, Mr. Mason
addressed to the Foreign Office q letter merely
dated "January, 1861, in which hc objects to
| the views Of the English Government op the
! %<,ff T.,r r., =
| Russell writes:
II have, in the first place, to assure you
that her Majcsty's Government would much
! regret if you should feel that any want Of re-
| eilCct was intended by the circumstance Of
mere acknowledgment Of your letter having
| hitherto been addressed to you. With regard
to the question contained In it, I have to say
that her Majesty's Government see no reason
patch to Lord Lyons Of the 10th February last.
| 1t appears 10 her Maicsty's Government to be
sufficiently clear that the deearation Of Paris
could not be intended to mean that port
must be so blockadcd us really to prevent
access in all winds, and independently Of
whether the communication which might be
carried Oh in d dark night, or by means Of
small low steamers or colsting craft creeping
along the shore; in short, that it was neces-
sary that communication with a port under
blockade should be utterly and absolutely i'm
! eVe oH~l ~! ~. e.s ~ , ,
- Iuit!tci , lilusllAlvu " lAls IeIuath,
1nat sas tnc1els ho 9ouut luat plochiaus
you'd pe IN ass;.l eSlstence al1nongh q sqd.
cen storm or change Of wind occasionally
pism .! " W. Msga,tuIon; tnas Is cnh,'s ~
il liable. Suclan accident does not suspend,
| much less break, n blockade. Whereas, on the
contrary. tae driving OH oiocha1lns lo5c@
! " = snl.es11l II 1osce co.'s pre1h u 4 u4tochlue,
ruen ni4. I Ds .:. ca ~ Nvev, - I'
toliu, ~ w elnuti'e upoA neuttats' 1Ae ue
eE'tal'1t " ialls WIS, III t.utu, ol!Gctst
,Sae.s ,rnt j.; 1iooI4'J.. ~ sns+ ,;nn11 h. IN,
actual force, Or sustained by i not orious:y tn
adequate naval force, such IS tle ocsaslona
aplg:,ls'heG1 u nl'.n u. VIZ ~ .ne ooan5, "
! tain tI,e blockade Tnusi. indeed always' to
) certain extent, be one Of tact and evidence
but il does not appearth hat in any u the nu
4neluus e'see o.o"sHt o'1ute H., 'ne ;paa p.d1,
eoatts IN anelNa lne tuaus a
:. ~ those VINO Noillu nave oecn Nus
ihterestca IN uTs,ng !. againa. lue legally
tne se31u.G; nG l...lE.esa..on, .hets.v. -.
placed W Aer Alajes'y's government on II
= dccEaratloH VI IHlis "as th1tt ploehaue, u
!. order to be respected Dy neG1f'ls, must
# practically ettectiye. AT the time wrote N
8 dispatch to Lord Lyons, Hcr Ma]es!ys go!
, ornment we're Of oritais'n that the b!ockaa
It Of the Southern ports could not DC otaer"ls
|. than SO regarded; and certainly the 1nanne
in which It has since been enforced gives t
n neutral governments no excuse for assertin
i that The blockade has not been etiicicntl
J. maintained. 1t is proper to aud that the sam
II view Of tile meaning and effect Of the a:tic'