THE ENGLISH MAIL.

New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1718, 27 August 1862, Page 3

THE ENGLISH MAIL.

f the last three or iour months, those o almogt exc i us i ve iy engrossed * he J f fn« of the frightful wars of America «* lations with regard to its result. >ad speC p,,rot)e there Beems to be an extendAll over t j lV for the Confederate cause; and Governments have refrained rt-nterference between the belligerents, F ■ Ithfl Dress and the people the desire Vl'fioui forcibly and feelingly exW "*' Yj ie Paris Constitutionel, in a very iff l uowerful article, urges mediation * 'Jfliv principle of justice and bamanity up i to the combatants themselves but as 10 L disorganised and suffering interests Mof the 16th Jimo is not less enor•rehearsing the many States recog&i in former times by England, and thus S to tae point in the following terse Sargumentativemanner:- - L. nnlv to deal with two things—accomS the interests of humanity. The rT uTfli organised administration, a regularly &SSSS ™ ler which liberty and order ' fr bv far than under the despotic regime of Tincoln and Seward. It has a brave and wellSSSff of above 300,01.0 men, admirably led, 4 fUnachieved several brilliant victories, and no- ' met with a disgraceful reverse. It has carried r in a civilised fashion for above a year, mara?Zto independence and almost its integrity. The l !Tv on its soil hold nothing but their camps and SL S at no great distance from the frontier, and \M in check by armies which they have never Ily encountered on a fair field. The whole 33 is united in a resolute resistance, and is Sedbv a deadly hatred to the invaders. There Jo Unionist party, there are fewer traitors than are Sb found in an invaded country. Meantime the Qn are outraging the rights of neutrality, the kMof civilised warfare, and the common feelings of Laitr. General Butler, who has not yet been re--3d inch less cashiered, as In ought to be, has Lied his cloth, his flag, his array, his country, the nto which he unhappily belongs, by an outrage «e dastardly and uffianly than ever before proceeded «m a man speaking the English tongne and comimdine the soldiers of a Christian government. The of a eallant and a kindred people, the diplomat ns'ge of England, the law of nations, and the Crests ofa common humanity, imperatively demand lie recognition of the Confederate States. Oar own interests, social and political, demand it not less loudly. We are suffering terribly from the absence of the staple produce of the South, the staple material of our most important manufactures. _ While it delay to act those who have the nearest claim upon usrarve; and a delay of but a lew months will doom dmi to starve for two years to come. If the Northern armies be not driven "from Southern soil before Febraary, there will be no more cotton brought to Liverpool till the winter of 1864-5. If we do not act France •ill act alone; we shall gain no credit with our enem by forbearance, and shall lose the chanco of earing for ourselves, where we shall before long have math need of them, loyal and grateful friends. Nor is this all. By deserting our duties and our rights as a peat power, we shall have earned the contempt of all observers, and given to Franca a prestige and moral preponderance, as sole arbiter of the destinies of nations, of which it will not be easy to deprive ker, and T?hich it suits neither our policy nor our honour to let her acquire. As to the manner in wMch the recognition of the Confederate States maybe received at Washington, that aignifies very little. The organs of the Washington Government in this country may threaten us. if they will, with the Ttngeance of the North. England can hold her owd, ud choose her own coarse, in perfect indifference to tie claraoure of the New York rabble or the prolix threats of Mr. W. H. Seward. We know on what depends the preservation of peace and the security of Canada-, and we know that neither could be maintained lor an hour if Americans did not know that England is as powerful to punish outrage as she is fatient of mere bluster. If at any future time the Northern States fancy themselves able safely to assail «they will do so; the recognition of the Confederacy will hot hasten, and may, possibly, avert the danger.

In France tranquility appears to prevail. The Navy continues to be increased ; but in the Army a reduction was to be effected. According to Captain Hore, R.N., the French navy consisted of 360 steamers built and Wiling 172 of which were in commission ; -- sailing ships, 63 in commission. The Army, upon the authority of Colonel Clare®nt, consisted of 686,548 men, including tee reserve and this year’s contingent, feia appears to be in a very troubled attributable it is said to the discount engendered because of the emancipation °‘tae serfs. Petersburg!! had been frightfrom her propriety by a succession of .fires, which had been followed by ar burnings at Odessa and other cities of moire.

%is still a mystery. There are threats and revolt throughout its various , e »; The health of the Pope appears to e improved, and his Holiness clings to T* 00 °f temporal power with undiand tenacity. % ere has been a Ministerial tke Government having been tia fol!V B ? 1 for or gaaizing a large Mili(Wc , or rno purpose of self-protection. W if hj not intho Bamc category as tiloj. .o> has produced considerable cxtoU., , m tiie mother country by this act, sriifl f raWU a vor y able and eloquent Bl ° mcs *° demonstrate that it that ( /p mUCI1 ’ or moro > her interest than . at Britain to render effectual being - n l owri defence—an intimation ratelj.i, ‘ u tha f should she will to incorpoact draw United States England would P rcve nt her. Iplarlyd news °f tho month is siueyoid of any prominent interest,