New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-05


Union cruisers aud the other an applica
ton made to the Foreign Secretary by tne
owners Of vessels engaged 10 the Mexican trade 70
ltace mail agents on board such veFselB; ana .nus
prevent any posi- BILE suspicion that their des'iaO
was feigned one. When referring, some 'i,, nr
since, to the seizure Of the Peterhof we saeu
Willingness to allow the Union cruisers 70 ney
their undoubted right Of visitation ana s,;znre
fecty confident that, in the event o. rsonld do
being made, the American Pnze D ",;nn N he made
impartial Justice, and order compehf" asnnot nermit
for such unlawful acts. bu' W. tina now.
an' ota'.n,o,;na 40 10 speak, the conait'ohS
n, ub;cb ON trade with neutral States Shaii oc car
ried on and of protesting 10 grsns w .o' Tbat
the immnnitjes which belong as Oh iiSn. W aA 90
Al - hos committed fatal mistake no one,
VII IAN" sn,e can now be more fully aware thah
t;sof and If we forbear TO speak IN strong terms
Of III extraordinary assumption OF JurisuicIo,
ror bur trade il is because we feel cobDoent .na'
b;s Government viii hasten 10 dsavow an aet WIZ"
tbev never could have authorized. WIN references,
boweyer. to the application made to Earl kutseiI
! for the appointment OF mail agents 10 the Vessels
trading with Mexico, we have some ieinhfhS W
make. As the Foreign Secretary justly ooserreu
there WIS no precedent for such proceeding. ne,
be made to the Foreign Office and the Government
would take the subject into consideration we SIN
cerev hope that il will be refused To our mihu IL
seems that such q course would Dc An lbuiiect auo
most unbecOming way OF vIndicatlng our neutral
rights II British vessel 10 cleared for MataInoras
she has an undoubted right TO go there and II she Is
captured by belligerent cruiser, and justice 10 not
done and penstion made for her Illegal capture,
surely the British nation 10 sufficiently powerful 70
enforce its claims. The appointment OF mail agent
with the object named would be as reprehensible as
the grant of permit by the American Embassador
The rights of neutral States arc clearly dehned by
the law of nations, and Great Britain, II Is 70 be
hoped, will be able to vindicate hers If they are
called in question: either by the United States any
Other power"
Tie London Times publishes some corrsspond'
once in reference to the mails for Matamoras intend
ed to be dispatched by the steamship Sea Queen the
sister chip of the captured PeterhOf, which was
waiting at Falmouth until the Government decided
whether they would grant her any protection.
From the style Of the communications made by the
Postmaster General, it would almost appear that
the Government, instead OF being disposed 10 grant
any extra protection, were DESTROYS OF avoicing
trouble upon the matter by Withdrawing an indirect
form. Of protection " bch the mercantile marine at
present enjoys; but, with the tone OF feeling that
Irevails1n Parliament II is scarcely hkey thls can
be the The owners OF the vessel are informed
that If they will land the mails already received on
board the Government will relieve them OF the
duty Of carrying any.
The Times, in leader, says the capture OF the
Liverpool shin Dolphin by the Unonists is worse
case than even that Of the Peterho but she carried
the American commander. The Americans lreinarks
The Times are now sacrificing everything 10 the
blockade 1t is the only operation of war on which
they can rely; they are really pinchlng the Con
iederates at this point but Admiral wilkes ana ms
living squadron are employed against British
merchantmen, not against Confederate cruisers.
The Alabama might have been caught long ago II
all the best ships of the American navy had not
either been engaged in actually blOekadng Southern
ports or virtually bockading certain ports OF ours
IN tlZrtt atu an Luz
have done, on the extreme Teuctancs OF England to
engage In hofIillties.
Tie London Times of the I'D, in its City Article,
stignstizes the pusillanimity Of the Government,
which has proposed that vessels OF the steam line
established 10 Matamoras should refuse 10 carry
mails. 1t ia remarked that il the precedent is al
lowed 70 be established in order to reduce the dan
ger OF having TO remonsrate for the conduct OF Ad-
miral Wilkes, IL must In fairness, on future occa-
sons, be extended to all other nations In the pres
ent instance tho resnt will be that the Federal
| squadron will have TO boast not only OF putting
atop TO British trade with Mexico except such rs ID
sanctioned by the certificates of their Minister In
London but they have also gained the further ad
vantage OF nimidating ouY Governments 80 ~ to re-
strict our means Of correspondence.
| Tho Morning Post says II the belligerents were
making any progress either one way or another, or
IL the fsntest prospect were held out OF the ter
mnstion Of the war at any definite period, we
might become reconcied 70 our sutferngs, and make
provision for those which We might s,ill DO called
upon to undergo. Ii ia, however, tho want oi any
basis for calculation, and the conviction that the
people OF the Northern States are drifting into 3
stDte Of chronic war, which may continue for an
ndefuie period that excites our apprehension. For
months past the North has done nothing beside
keeping the South ia state Of blockade. Such u
course il persisted in, can never reduce the Confed-
erates TO submission, while II must entail rum upon
the North and heavy losses upon the neutral Powers
If Europe.
The Times announces that Earl de Grey and
Ripon Is to be the new Secretary Of War, while the
Marquis Of Harrington will succeed him In the I'm
der Secreiaryslp.
Mr. ADAMs's LETTER.
From The London Star. April 10.
To the ewes Of the blind all things are OF the same
color: and to the mind OF the malignant there 10
nothing inofensive. The quarrelsome construe into
an atfront the very effort 10 avoid dispute; and to
silence upon controverted points. In cities sursed
and tormsnted by tyrannicsl dsspotsm 1t is equal
| Iv a symptom Of dlsaffectiOn 10 wear the colors
deemed revolutionary, and the black that may be
taken 10 be mourning for dead country. There Is
among ourselves blind, malignant, yrannlcai des
| notism of passion that tins perverts things not
merely innocent in their nature but even praise
worthy in their design. In no other way can We
account for the outcry 1t Is attempted to raise abont
the letter Of protection from the visits OF American
cruisers gwen by MI. Auaius W snip pounu LOT the
Mexican waters.
The instructions given TO the Federal cruisers in
the Gulf were undoubtedly too extensive and indis-
crIminate. Notorious a. 1t had become that large
con.raband trade was being carried on through Mex
lean ports with the Confederate territory west Of
tho Mississippi it MOI possible to arrest or even
to search all British vessels in the vicinity Of the
blockaded harbors without great rick Of pro-
vokIng irritation and inficting injustice. Though
the Federal Prize Courts might adjudcaie on every
case with unimpeschabe impsrtiality, and the Fed.
eral Government promptly award compensation to
the owners of acquitted vessels general order of