Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-11
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country and the United States would have been the
result. ! could not cIneeive II possloIe that me
United States would have allowed these armed YES
sells to break the blockade, which had been &C.
knoTledyed by the authorities Of :his country and
not make demIDds will which NC night not have
found ourselves able to comply. | therefore TOOK
unhut lcas uey strong measure on htS Sacgecl. !
ordered those rams 70 be detained, and Afterwards
directed that they should be seized for the pur-
pose of preventing them from committing acts
hands the contract by which the agents Of the
ConfedeRte States had agreed to sell those
rams to NJ. Bravay, who said they were not In
tended for purposes OF hostility against The United
States. The question, however, remained to be
tried and We came to the conclusion that, though
the moral evidence was complete, and though We
believed the legal evidence to be complete, that
there might still be circumstances which would
prevent a conviction from oeiug obtained. am,
however convinced that would not only have
bean Unfortunate, bat that IL you'd haze been an
toso5le AID qnoniRiouS thing if We had been obliged
TO 90 10 war not for the honor Of England, because
that was not engaged mob for the interests of Eng
land, because they were not nvolyed-but for the
sake of private considerations, where no injustice
had been done. therefore regret very much that
the noble earl opposite took the course which he
has taken aud that he should have done everything
in his power to prevent our stopping those vessels,
which might otherwise have gone and b: oxen the
blockade.
son TO hope that, as the ports Of the Southern
States have been captured by the arms Of the uni
ted States, many questions which have hitherto
arisen as 10 the breaking Of the blockade, the i'm.
prisopnent Of the crews Of vessels, and several
other questions touching the maritime rights of
the two countries, will disappear, and that there
will be the less to apprehend the occurrence
of hosillities between us and the United States
must at the same time observe that the impartial
course which her Majesty's government has pur
sued has from time to time, been impeded and
endangered on the one side by those partisans
Of the North who were constantly stating that
we were acting in manner hostile TO the
North, and. on the other, by those who were
as constantly violating the neutrality which her
Majesty had proclaimed, IN the pursuit Of their
priyate ends. But, be that as it may, an salts
ed that there is not the slightest pre;ence for say
jrg that the course which the government has pur-
suec has not been strictly neutral. Tomorrow a
new minister will set out from this country 10 rep
,eseu. her Majesty at Washington. We greatly la
ment that Lord Lyons is, owing to the state Of his
health unable to return to his post. tHear, hear.)
There is no person 10 whom the cou. try is more in
debted for the WISE calm and conc iliatory line Of
conduct which he has pursued than the noble lord,
who has never failed, at the time, to mant tain
the dignity and honor Of the country. Sir f.
Bruce who is about TO take his place, has distin-
guished himself greatly by the irmness of his pol
icv. He has acted in such manner towards the
Chinese government as completely to win their con-
fdence, while his conduct towards the representa-
tives o. the other European powers has been such
as 10 obtain their concurrence in every step which
he has taken Towards the British interests in
China he has 50 acted that while silling to listen
TO their complaints and obtain redress for their Just
grievances, be has never shown himself prepared 10
supper; their unreasonable demands. That being
so, be appears to me to be exactly the man whom
II is desirable Der Majesty should choose TO represent
her in The United Ssaies and I hope hCt under his
auspices the friendly relations bef~een the tloo COIN
tries uia be mGiE.ained. tCheers)
ENGLAND WILLING TO LEARN.
In the House Of Commons on the 23d OF March
Mr. " YwGrt asked whether IL was the intention
Of the Cover nment to send TO the scene OF war in
the United States any military or meclcai omcers
10 study and report on the progress OF military and
medical science as it was exemphied in the war in
that country.
The MARQUIS of Harrington said that military off,
GERS had been sent to AMERICA from time TO time
during the progress Of the war. fhere was at
Washington r naval qts1che, and it was also pro
nosed 10 send there military ditqche. The Gov
Eminent at Washington made no objection to that
measure but final decision could not be come TO
until the meeting Of Congress. ii was not the in
tention to send out O medical ofhcer.
FRENCH SUPPORTERS or TIE ASEKIcAN UNION.
rParis March az correspondence Of London Times.l
The amendments on the address already prepared
by the opposition, not, however, including the
names Of MN. Theirs and Berger, will probably
give rise to a long and animated discussion.
The opposition members proposed to add after the
paragraph, ave proclaimed from the
mmencemeut our sympa;hies for North America.
Thanks TO heroic efortS slavery is abolished. We
snail be happy to see the poperJM republic Of the
United S!ates, the aatural ally OF France re-essa5-
lished and We hail with Jog triumph which viii
have cost the cause OF liberty nothing"
The DEFENCES OF CANADA.
ru,scvs or Az AMETIcAN INVASION OF TIE COLONY
IMPORTANCE OF ITS DEFENCE AND DUTY OF THE
coLoEIsTs.
In .he House of Commons on the go of March the
Marquis OF Harrington IN rsiIg 10 move the vote Of
sci 400 for super Intending establishment Of and expen-
diturc for works, buildings and repairs at home and
abroad said i will detan the House inreplying TO
question raised by an honorable nemteF because y
Inc United states than upon The details proposed by The