The Daily Dispatch: June 16, 1862., [Electronic resource]

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The departure of Lord Lyons

Lord Lyons has undoubtedly gone to England. What was the cause of his departure seems not to be known, while at the same time the fact of his going has given rise to a thousand conjectures. The Herald says he goes to persuade his Government not to recognise the independence of the Confederacy, inasmuch as Seward and Lincoln will crush out the rebellion in a few days. This shows, at any rate, what Lincoln and Seward wish the Yankee people to think. We doubt, however, whether he has gone on any such mission, although it is pretty certain that he is no friend to us. If he has, however, we think he will meet with an adversary in the Lancashire famine abundantly able to neutralise all the arguments he may use. Another rumor is, that he demanded his passports before he left Washington. This we doubt, for the simple reason that there is no cause of quarrel between the Yankee and English Governments, so far as we know. It is probable he goes for reasons of a nature altogether private.