New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-25

more chance for their life. Let the United
States Government proce its title at is no!
necessary nor would it be expedient" for US to
admit officially what privately we cannot deny.
In writing to Sir F. Bruce at Washington,
Earl Russell, after recting the determination
to which he had come, remarks:
But in adopting this decision regards Confeder
ate vessels Of found within British ports harDos
and waters when orders received by Her Majestys
authorities, Her Msjesys Government consider that
for national good faith and honor requires thar
Her Maes's authorities should be instructed thst any
Confederate vessels of required to depart should
THEN departure have benefit ofthe prohibition hereo
fore enforced against their being pursued within "a
hours by cruiser Of the United States lying at the
time within the port harb0r and waters and that
such prohibition should be then and for the last time
maintained in favor Of such Confederate vessels oil
war.
"Her Majesty's Government cannot dateiPate any
objection being made by the Government Of NE Oaued
States TO this when the ground on when 1t is
adopted is explained to that Government
Spite Of Her Majesty Governments inability
to anticipate the objection, it was made, and
very pointedly made, by Mr.. Seward. lie
writesto Sir f. Bruce, June 10:
Fer from being able admit The legality or J1nice Of
the distraction, nus n,cde is my DUTY inform yolr
Excclencv that in the first place. the United States
cannot assent to abrdgment Of reciprocal hosptai,
tes between tie public vessels Of the United States and
those of Great Britain SO long as her Majesty uot
eminent shnl insist upon enforcing the "a hours rule
before mentioned. of which the United States nave so
long and, they think so justly. complained tue
United States masf cy the same RUE TO PHIe re'''
Grcdt Britain.
Again it is nv duty further to state that the United
States admit, and The contrary my eonf'or~f
and protest against the decision OF the BRUSH 6o'erh-
nent which woud allow vessels Of war Of insurgents or
pirates TO enter OF leave British ports whether for
disarmament or Otherwise or Tor assuming foreign
FLAG or otherwise As 10 all insnrgcnt pratical
vessels in ports harbor waters Of British do
minons, whether they entered into such ports haroors
or waters before after any new orders of Her Majes
tvs Government may he received By any authority 81!
Her Naestys Cove Inment cstab ished there this Gov
eminent mairoiRs and insists that such rcses are for
ei,ed aud oaylt 10 be dereed 10 the United States upon
reasonable application in such made aud that u
captured al under hdfsOerp fdP bv Hdrdf torce y
the Uaifed States. such capture v'H be iantl.
Russell writes back to Bruce an anxious and
apologize note. lie is sorry" his reservations
are not acceptable to the United States Govern
ment-as if he had really expected to find them
acceptable calls attention to the favorable
" terms" granted us in certain cases, and with
that sublime impudence which never yet failed
his Lordship in a critical moment, trusts that
these explanations, founded upon views which
Her Majesty's Government have maintained III
a spirit of JUST NEUTRALITY, will prove to be
favorable to the establishment of lasting and
intimate friendship between the two nations
We will give Earl Russell the benefit OF one
suggeStion-that if he really desires Lasting
and intimate friendship between the two
nations" he will do well TO renounce at once
and forever the irritating and insulting pretense
that during the progress of the war the con-
duet of his Government was characterized IN
the leas, degree by Esprit of just neutral
ity." IL he will admit that it was
odiously and fagrantly on the side of the Rebel
hon, and strive 10 atone for long series of
hostile acts-will pay the Alabama claims and
give up the Shenandoah as pirate-it will then
be in order TO ask us to let bygons he bygoncs
and to judge of England by her present profess
sons and future acts.