New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-29
THE TRENT AFFAIR


ATTITUDE ASSUMED BY QUEEN VICTORIA AND
PRINCE AIBrRT-THE ACCOUNT GIVEN By THE
ODORR MARTIN. ~ HIS LIFE or THE PRINCE
| CON-Oar-CLOsiNG EVENT IN TIE PRINCES
UFF.
| trRoM TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBrNEI
LONDON, Marc l0.-In the fifth and concluding
volume Of Mr. Theodore Martins Life OF the
Prince Consort" which appears to-day lMessrs
Smith & Eldcri part of rhe inside history Of the
Trent affair Is toid-told suppose more fully than
| it has been told before. 1t has long been known
that the Queen in,crfcrcd personally in that bust
ness. Nj. lhnrow Weed. who was IN England nj
the tim, subsequently, made known. in general
way her share in the transae ion. Mr.. Weeds 1T
ter. written the occasion Of reception to or.
W. J.. Forster in New-Yo,k, must be fresh IN yo r
recollection, but is worth quoting again. Mr"eed
SAID:
While you are recognizing the claim, of the en-
ineui + fish statesman orr regard, am sure mat
/ you W i chccluy, grltetu..y, and Win profound
! sense of bgau0n, remember the action 81 thc
! Queeu on q question Of mOmcntuus Importance.
! When Lord PalmcrstOI went ~ the Queen WIN u
dispatch, demanding from oar Government the sur
render o. Mason and shell Her 1!r-ty, absorbed
by sohcitudc ter the health of the Prince. had heaTd
! lttlr ot The Trent AFFAIR and was stHtlrl ana
shocked az the idea of war with America. Not Tx
lu2 TIC ptrcmptvrv language and d hlnt speech ol
the d,sp1tch tn Queen took n 10 IN" apirtncut O.
the Prince nsor. who used the pen FOR the last
mand.
Something has been known. also. from other
sources Mr. Martin now & YES us the whole, or
nearly the whole, story from the best of all posi-
bic sources. he has had access 20 oyerythng-oh-
cal Documents, the Ieen's private diary, the writ
ten collections o. other people. He Is moreover.
the Queens mouth rccc. the Court m>torioerIpher.
and what he communicates 20 VA comes with e
royal stamp it. II - Her Mljostys account.
WHAT she wishes should be known is here told We
need not quarrel either with The Queen or with Mr.
Martin # they tell the story from their own point OF
view Trcy treat The seizure rs an outrage" Ia
POINT of law It was | suppose an outage. The
only rcmtr. can maize tnat topic is iIat th"
word occurs W ia perhaps unnecessary frequency.
Wen tine seizure came 10 tine ears o. the Pr &C. hc
ue. o.n 80 .or % fortnight 90 more. Slf, Nh. VI r
I'm: ih. incident was of q character So scrous, /
and rre Iuce,l feeling of iu cnat.on throughout
the a-l'fn so general, that lis cilrc 10 add
anxiety FOB the acpr.-s which bad already become 1
oucot tnc most distressing yuptoms Of tA' Princes
illu...'
Perhaps wc are to thank w Martin that he ar- /
STAINS liom suggesting thar the act OF Car'1in I
". &c., c'0n-l.cl W.T. are defective drainage OF /
Windsor G.. .lc. Iu pr.dIcin. tt- fever which pat ,
au ed ',tl, Tu.c'. iiG. II Dis nor necessary 20 7
quo.r lbs r,Iop of tu' proceedings on board abe +
!r.H,.n.rt 90 catrrin-o auy controversy with BON .
ON amy Cd. tb" points ~ his uI'rltyr. NJ. Martin
's'ur. -ler fp.on t',t nor historian. in the .
proper ,cH>r If Doe word, nor does Dc writ cf ihs
afipI exc .pf as 40 "Ircicnt' in 'Ir la-t Day, of
fbr Pupcc- h.c. What uc has o. drI' a'tl d, the .
Prncr- share 30 CONFUSING t1c controversy. and It
is ubyi.u, tbc greater The j ll JOS 81 'h ri~c -he
rrcairrctcdIt belongs 10 tir Martins h.ro. Whether
It bee true or not as d. saw. t1It the outrlg, 50
yo.cd OBJ cort.np.,.. a. defiance. 10 u trar enough
that "fi. u,tI,,.l t..I.ii, WAS ,,.l.,.cd 20 fine
....r~. a r...,.,.r. observation-disclosures NIL /
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V-rr were -tmt'ti.ne i." --H- h.i.t''. ". Rae Nae
tim, .., t..,,. ,.i.,.. 90. inv o,. Io.- NOT cgf.
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40 I''''' '"' 'i''"'- JIG "''' " ID" '".''
trur .i. N- go" rrrttiI' ing cry. 1ui NOT au. boar
was lost I'D making pirl,ritou for the WIZ
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caH' 10 P'0f'Ht Inc ""id' nave taken
tuc liberty to ItaIsiIc will serve n measure Of
NJ N,t,,,'. ii.f,ri.l iur,,rfiaittv III, adj. IN q
,.ot ,t ,p,,,, tl, measures which .b,y.,i how
,l.o,.,rg,l, ,y ,y ~ ,,r,.s, tr,o,.t o tb. pru,-
,,.r of : ooo were J..,atctcI ~ Canada and bo
,,,,,. II, C.blc,'. iu.. accusation og,i..t t,rd
,,luer.f. ON account Of has haste 10, ,.,litg tb..e
,r,ou> Sir ro,dru d.I NOT know. what has since.
become known. that lord Pa'.n~r,ton sent troop,
after n, WIS d., po--.,,.,D Of Nh. dt.a,t.5 f,,u
I ord Iyou. Announcing that Nl-ou and = itnI
,,,,lt i. ,,,,.,,,,,t,hv tho i-rt.d state. C,..,,
mont RIM. ~ no..itie tina, Wr N,,.,, ,...,
,.,,iofti,,., lie not ,rc.t,,u ~ The my
ii,.,sof t.c r,,vo tur,ntiia, l.I gty.n -l..,
,,.,... .,.t H.. .,,,,,.. .s Mr. u.r..,, .,lu.
,ro.,,c., ,uy,y. wa. f., mar
r,tio,.I las. ILLEGAL mad ,uiu,.iG,bi. Tl,,,.,,,,
,b. r,b.p.t III. Lard p,lu.r.fop ,,rot. to fbo
Ou,c,, had ,cs.i,oi that bcr N,i..t, .L,.tilo,d
,'-.i -, da,,.r1 ,.,,r,t,o, and reIr..- H.. ON
,i,,.s.
1h,. Cabinet fl. ~ ,u,ct ag,,n to.,norro, ,t D hv
-1ucll"n 10 L"Id Lyons l"ai MANIFESTATION a' NA-i.
h.i'II i"i f'l3 ''Ifti'' 81 tir fbiii'i. iif OF