The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-03-15
Earl Russell Opens Correspondence With
the Confederate commissioners An Ad-
vance towards Recognition.
[CoIIe.pondenee ~ Y Negs.

tdHCt tOWdfuS kecegnlti0ls
Correspondence N Y News
LoSDoN, Feb. 22-I have lust received
some most important Information, of which
! am permitted 10 give you the substance.
Earl Russell has opened a diplomatic cores
pondence UiH the Confederate Commissioners
, in Europe.
Al any moment such proceeding would
be significant, bnt al This junciure il must
be regarded as positive advance towards
recognition.
AT the end o. last week The British Sec
retary for Foreign Affairs addressed an
Identical dispatch TO the Hon. J NJ. Mason,
the Hon. J. Slidell and The Hon.. Dudley
Mapc. The dispatch is most coreous in
its tone and is long string OF complaints
! about Confederate breaches of neutrality,
and winds ur by requesting the Commis
sioners 10 bring the mater before their goU-
ernment.
Why Earl Russell addressed the three
Commissioners | 90 not know. il is said
that ii takes nine tsilors TO make a mao,
and perhaps his Lordship thinks it takes
three Commissioners TO make an Embas-
sador. As you are aware, Mr.. Mason is
supposed 10 have Withdrawn from England,
though be stilTStesdes 10 London. On Sun
DAY night Mr. Mason accompanied by his
secretary, left London for Paris, SO that his
reply TO Earl Russell may be dated from
the latter capital
So mnch for facts. My informant sur
mises that Earl Russell will claim credit
with the North for making these advances
10 the Soulh. Nr. Adams is always COM
planning OF the South. How can the Brit
ish Parliament control power they do not
recognize!
On Monday night, Earl Russell came out
strongly on the negro question. He al
ways does so when he is doing something
particularly unfriendly to the United States.
He snpposes that the North will condone
any ofIense for The sake of Iiuls Abolition
talk. | must close this hurried note 10 save
the mail
ANoTBER IMPORTANT PRocEEDIEG By EARL
RUSSELL
Among the papers submitted 10 Parlia-
menl OF the 18Th ult.. was the following
highly important letter OF Earl Russell to
Mr.. Adams with respect to the seizure of
the passenger steamer Roanoke by Lieut.
Braine aud his associates, a case similar to
the seizure o. a Federal vessel on Lake
Ere by Burley and his companions. 1t
will be seen that Earl RUssell lays do gn
different rule than that adopted by The Ca
madam courts. and recognizes Confeder-
ate commission as euliIling the parties 10
all the rights Of beligerents.
EARL RUSSELL TO Mr., ADAMS
FoREIGS OFFICE, Jan. 2I, 1865 Sir /:
have had the honor 10 receive your letter of
the 2lsi olt, protesting against the pro
testing against The proceedings of her Maj
esty's colonial aGthoE,ies al Bermuda in
The case of the steamer Roanoke, and en-
closing copies OF various documents rslat-
lag thereto.
These papers refer to two different com.
plants. The one complaint is, that per-
sons were enlisted at Bermuda with a view
10 make war on stale ia amily with her
Majesty. The oIher complaint is, that GER
tain passengers proceeding from Havana
on their voyage, rose on the captain, made
themselves masters of The vessel, destroyed
her, and were afterwards psrmilted to land
on the island OF Bermuda The answer 10
The first complaint is, that sufficient evil
dence TO convict The persons accused was
not produced and consequently they could
mol be convicted. The answer 10 The sec.
ond complaint is, that The person arrested
for a Supposed rirarical act produced
commission authorizing inat act as an op-
Grafton OF war, from The government of the
so-calIed Confederate States which are ac-
know!edged by her Majes:Y's Government
TO possess all 5siIigerenl rights, am eic +,
RUSSELL.