Important news from England.
It will be seen that Lord John Russell has made a speech in the House of Commons, declaring that the Southern States must be recognized as Belligerents, that is, as ‘"a nation carrying on war."’He has also referred the outrageous blockade to the law officers of the Crown. A fleet is coming here to protect British interests, which, we need scarcely add, are identified with Southern interests. It also appears that the stream of California gold is being diverted from New York to London. Let Wall street, which has been buying up its Billy Wilsons to chastise the South, gnash its teeth and howl !
This is but the beginning of the end ! We small yet see ‘"Merry England"’ and chivalrie France, actively aiding the cause of Southern independence.
