Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-18
AFPAIRs IN ENGLAND.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE or TIE WHi01
TtvRkpoct Jute 9th 1864.

AFFAIRS IN ENGLAND.
tSPFoLAL O0RREsP0RDKH0E or TIE WHio]
LIvEKPocI, Jure 9TH 1854.
Safely arrived in the Aes.y, had 10 p'easuIe OIL
uspectinR at short distance the formidable rams Jst
pufshased by the Eoglsh Government ard which thus
s,t,les the vsxed question i seems to me that We
have only ourselves to blame about their loss. II We
had ksp, quiet and not boz sted of what intended to
do the Yankees could not have been sprrsed Of our
intentions and the rams world long since have opened
orr bcckaded ports Recence therefore for the fu
Is particularly desirable part The English Gov
eminent Il decidedly the gamer by the whole tranfac-
tou as these vessels considered the most formidable
ships built. Price paid for them in their present
unfinished slate, 1920 .0oO s'me of our people are
still making remittauces and transctiDg business with
the banking houses Of Barring, and Of Brown, Shepey
4 Co. Barring Is the leader in the house tf Commons
TO sdvasce Yankee interests all occasions and made
tho shipments for them Of the and munitions OF
war, Which wrote TO you had been Iurci ased The
other house Just az zsalous. Would Il no. be vel to
c, attention to this matter aud srgges to our people
the improperly Of giving further aid ard comfort to
people who are our enemesf Large amounts OF
Ssutben funds are IN their hands, AID should be with
drawG and given TO other houSs whose syupahies arc
OhaS Joyce L Co., Over & Quincy, Of London, ard
Colin Campbell Son, Hewitt Co., Fraser Trenholm
Co, IL, Liverpool The richer you make the houses
who oppose us and act for the United States the greater
will b. the amount OF aid which they and WiH rem
der to our enemies.
Mr.. Lipdtay will press bis motion in Parliament to-
noIrow week for recognition of the Confedsracy and
to instruct tie Ministry to offer mediation The debate
will be exciting, and from what learn, considerable
uttsrng exists on the part Of the Ministry les! should
ca ~ in which event they 60 overheard. | wrote to
Mr. Lindsay yesterday, calling his attention to sub
ecI which is OF considerable importance to US. feel
satisfied that il will be properly attended to, and will
have some effect upon the questions.
wrote the following extract:
81 observe that you have asked for correspondence
relative to restrictions upon shipping, AID am very
glad to see 1t. just from the Confeceracy, and
during nv stay in Bermuda the FIR ia came In She
had overhauled $50 American stips With Ylnkes Cap
tains and crew. bat all except pro ected bJ
Brulh Registry in proper form. Yankee commerce. is
going On just usual buI il protected BY the Fog
fish a.z This, am Satisfied, you and others will not
consider fair play nor consistent with the aVoWAls of
h. Ministry to exercise striOt neutrality betWe the
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running to New Brunswick being placed under the
Rassh Hp This is fraud which deservos investigation
1. renders abcrtiTe all the efforts which may naE Q
to iBA c. irury upon the commerce of enemies 1t
IA far oe effective than the actioa OF American agents
Ia preventing from building ships in foreign ports.
ALI tois aid Is given to the Yankees by your ravisa-
ton laws without any reciprocity whatever. You can
easily procure copy Of those United States laNs, and
see how they discriminate against Eagish ships While
your lava allow American ships to BE- registered and
| run under tie British Aag the Yankee laws prohibit
the running OF British built ships, or having them reg
| is,ersd as American veisss and even where ship is
wrecked on their coast, il mas be broken up unless
tWo;hds of the value of the ship Is spent in repsr
under which crcumst noes wrecked ship may be pur
casatd and run American, though British built
The advantage is ent rely on the side of-the Yankee.
Permit me to suggest TO you tho proptey of eIant-
ing taese laws which are Think Of NO benefit TO you
and 70, give Ghem opportunity Of protecting them
selves under the eSis of Great Britain il continued,
We shall have no use for navg and shipI jast
.s well be seld for OF course, eanLot procure
such cts as would contend successfully against the
United States, which have their Own workshop' aud
hsss of the HOrli open procure everything reqar
for maritime warfare"
The present indications that the Danish and German
war will bs postponed, probably mil the 9th June,
cut It'll. hep, is felt sha. pace DO rs-esablishsd.
Tnis English nstry dsluded the Danes with hopes OF
Assistance until they plunged into the war; AID
then LEFT them in the urch There is not much sppre
hensOn now felt that EoglAnd get mixed up in be
war though the sympathy of the people is uneauvecal
ly with Denmark Tie money market is the surest ba
rome;Gr, and it IL easy al per osOt
Gotten has sgsin gone up TO- day. send you pa
pers by which you csa see the various quotations.
The Confederate loan ttl remains up to 65966. The
Uni ed 8 a es skies only ssll at Sc 10 so.
For the benefit Of ia enclose you the last cure
for corrueacy. know indVid AL wao has tried the
"Bansrg system" with great success having reduced
himself from s7S to SSl in sxy days and is now GO
ing down At the rate OF Elk pounds per week. He says
he feels like man. Perhaps thsre is no occasion
give you the system, people starved Gu!
by last Yankse accounts.
Oar last sdVices moro favorable ne indicated by
the lisa in gold in New York to lsO l VII write
more fully to you mex; week via Nassau As always
wrts in hurry, must leave grammatical and other
corrections to be do ~ you for anything you desire
to publ So To your receiving them, generally
ssnd you duplicates.
Yours, traly, NAosUD.
Emigration within the last ten days has dropped Of
80 per cent, so Irish recruits are not SO plenty.
ATROCITIES OF THE ENEMY.