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Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States, Chapter 35: (search)
roceedings of the armed vessel Alabama, with regard to British property on board the Federal vessels Manchester and Tonawanda, and requesting the opinion of her Majesty's Government with regard to the position of the owners of such property in those and other similar cases which may arise; and I am to request that you will inform the Council of the Chamber of Commerce that the matter is under the consideration of her Majesty's Government. I am, sir, your most obedient, humble servant, E. Hammond. Foreign office, Nov. 7th, 1862. After the usual period of gestation, Earl Russell informed his questioners, that British owners of property, on board of Federal ships, alleged to have been wrongfully captured by Confederate cruisers, were in the same position as any other neutral owners shipping in enemy's bottoms during a war; they must look for redress to the country of the captor. But these British owners did what was more sensible—they withdrew, in due time, their freights fr
The Daily Dispatch: February 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
nations, and against the free intercourse of the Southern States of America with the civilized world. Lord Lyons was desired to speak in this sense to Mr. Seward, who, it was hoped, would disavow the illegal project. Now, however, that the project seems to have been carried into effect at Charleston, Lord Lyons will be instructed to make a further representation to Mr. Seward, with a view to prevent similar acts of destruction in other ports. I am, sir, your most obedient servant. E. Hammond. F. A. Clint, Esq., &c. The blockade on the Stock Exchange. [From the London Times (City Article), Jan. 22.] The English funds in the face of the increasing case in the discount market om of gold to the bank continue with a heavy tendency. The fact that, if France or any other Power should demand the concurrence of England in disavowing the inefficient blockade of the Southern ports by the Federal fleet, it would be difficult to find a logical plea for refusal is apparently
The Daily Dispatch: December 1, 1863., [Electronic resource], Latest from Europe. (search)
pt of the memorial dated the 4th inst., and signed by you on behalf of the Glasgow Emancipation Society, requesting the interference of Her Majesty's Government to prevent the departure from that port of the steam-vessel Canton until an investigation has taken place as to her character, ownership, and destination, and I am to acquaint you in reply that the attention of Her Majesty's Government has already been directed to this matter. I am, gentlemen, your most obedient, humble servant, E. Hammond. W. Smeal, Esq., and find, Paton, Esq., Secretaries Glasgow Emancipation Society. Project for Peace. The London Times publishes a project for peace in America, by a Northern gentleman writer. He says if the war is to go on for a time, from mere momentum, perhaps, it must be let alone; but it should be turned as soon as possible from a war of attempted conquest to a war for limits and terms of settlement. He suggests that negotiations be opened at once with the Richmond Governm