Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-03
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THH full report Of The debate in the Rog.
lish House Of Commons on the 18th inst,
on the case OF the rebsl pirate Georgia, has
reached MS. Mr.. 7. Barring opened the de-
bate BY giving history of the manner In
which the GsOrgtA was prepared for her
destructive career. She was built at Dun.
barton on the Clyde, was equipped by q
Liverpool firm, who also furnished her
crew, was entered as for Point de Sale and
Hong Kong, and cleared on the, lat OF
April, 1868. On the I'd she saGed ostensi-
bbly on . trial "Trip but did not return. A
few days after small steamer, having on
board one of the Liverpool 6rm, who had
equipped hsr.aud shipped. her crew, took
guns and munitions to her, meeting her on
the coast of France, near Ushaut. From
the lst of Aprihto the 2sd of June, she was
registered as the property of Liverpool
tnerchAntIEh stlthelast date gave notice
that she was transferred to foreign owners,
But before that date, and while she was
sull registered as British vessel, she cap.
tured and burned the Dictator, and captur-
ed and burned the Griswold, which vessel
vas carrying corn to the Lancashire suffer-
srs. The crew of the Georgia was paid at
Cherbourg through the Liverpool firm,
who equipped her. Aud now on her arrival
at Liverpool, that firm has again paid the
crew. The vessel, though just repaired at
Cherbourg, is not sent away at the end of
twenty four hours but is allowed to re-
main. .,..-..'.-. < ...--,.,.,-,.
The Attorney General replied at length,
maiutaiuing that the fact of her being reg.
is!sred in England does not justify me in
styling her British pirate, and that the
ship was presumed to be in dock for re-
pairs The government thought that she
would be dismsntled and sold. K i
Mr. W. E. Forster made an able speech,
in which he begged the House to consider
what would be their position, if they were
to experience the same treatment from any
foreign country, which America was re-
eeiTing at the hands of the British mer-
chants. He asked them what would be
their feelings if in case OF a war With Ger
many q ship should make its way out of
Aarseilles, aud another should sail from
Brest with Ammunitions for the firstswhich
should then prey on British commerce in
the Mediterranean. he maintained that if
tie precedent they were establishing were
not repudiated by them, two results would
follow, when they went to war; their mer-
chants would have to sell their ships to
the merchants of other countries, and their
sailors would be out of employ aud the
sources of their navy would be dried up.
Mr.. Golden was very fearful of the eff
feet on the American people. The gigau-
tic material grievance the English were
rearing would bring down SORROW and suf-
feriug on them in due time. He gave 6g-
ureS to show how shipping had been trans.
ferred from Americans to the English.-
He thought that vessels, which. like the
Georgia bad been equipped aud manned
10 English ports and bad gone forth to
prey on our commerce, should be refused
admission to English ports. sr.-
No vote was taken upon the subject
But it is amazing that the English do not
see what Q crop Of future troubles they
are sowing by their lenient treatment Of
the privateers, and of the men who were
engaged in Fitting them out.