The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-08
IATEREsIIe FoREien NEWS.

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ing, and we give below some extracts:
1ns ALABAMA AND rHs STEAM RAMS IN rARrA.
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In the House Of Lords, on the Ilth Of FEBRUARY,
the Eari Of Derby, in asking Lord Russell to pro.
duce the correspondence between her Majesty =
Government and the United States In reference "a
the Alabama and other vessels built ia England,
from which the United States apprehended injury.
said:
The noblelLord had refused to lay on the table
tue cosIesPondence with regard TO the rams builf
In the MeTsey, ON the ground that thew were now
under judicial confederation. He undersfood On.
the rams were detained by an order of tho Govern
October. Prom that time TO the 9Th Fehrnarw n"
steps were taken to sobtain judicial decision a
TO the legality Of the seizure. On that dav an IN
formation was hted which might have been died Ia
October OF November, and In that way the az eston
might have been brought to an early sane
Since that infOfnaiiea was flied he Was Informed
that xSssrs Laird had received an intimatjon thai
abroad four months after the seizure for the puroose
Of collecting evidence. He thought the prodscrior
OF the correspondence between England and the
could have no sort Of bearing upon the case ahont
70 be brought before the courts, that case heinz
simply whether Aessss Laird had or had not ia
laws Of England. tie realinded lord Russell that
the papers he objected TO produce had already boea
made public in America, and laid before Cnssrsss.
What he wanted to see now was the English a.
well as the American version. Earl DERBY read
cOpiOus extracts from the correspondence laid be-
fore Congress, and said the impression 1t psoducca
was that the Government had been eompelled by
United States 70 make conc essons which they mad
refused % make iu the hrse Instance. In addition
to the correspondence In reference % the Aiabama
ard the steam rams, he wiahed also 10 have copy
laid before Parliament 0i any correspondence ihat
may have taken place 10 referrace TO acts ef yi0-
lence committed by American cruisers mp0n Eng
lish vessels. Alluding 10 the threat Of the AmeSi-
foiiow ssch vessels a. the Hiabama ana The Picy-
da into British waters and seize them ewes II nm
der the protection or the British Gag, he said the
dlapafch although not eficialiy communicated %
Hsf Msjcssy's Government, had nevrr,nciess been
laid 6efore ronsress, and k was expedient that We
should come To thorough understanding with the
Amesicao Government on the subject.
Earl Rsssell said the rams hallt q Birksahead
had been setzed because there was reason 10 be-
eve that theg were intendr fdw the service Of the
Coafndefate Htases. When iaqaistes were hsss In
vssseis were being buiil apoa Presch sceevnt, but
On cnmmnnican. I. with the Bssach EM3sssadsr at
the Rsseign O0cs, IN EsAnee, hs 6oond that there
was not the sreanA iSr thai assertion, end
there appeared 70 be small reason 10 doubt that
they were intended fos The Confederate states.-s
MeE Majes;y's Government were exisens;y anxious
that no act Of theils. should Sfve cssutsnaace TO
fsr hy Lord Derby, he vas iniosned by he lav a.
hcefs OF the STowa that their pr01lctlOn woaid
lesd 20 tu.ther inquiry and diseusplon, and thae
Government would saiiss fsc. haytas lass ease
asst therefore, still decline 70 produce any papen
IN fefefenee 10 cases which were about 10 be
brought before proper legal tribunal. witt re-
Woai6 give ss aasses Of the cases to which Sc re-
respoadesce dat might have rksa place upoa
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