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small stock of consonants for one of his race, renowned alike for martial prowess and the unpronounceable character of those indicia by which men are accustomed to reveal their nominative case, has undertaken to furnish them with recruits from Holland, Belgium, and the rest of Europe generally, upon speculation. Of course there is no want of a British ship to bring over these interesting strangers, and it might be dangerous to trust the cargo to any other than an intensely neutral bottom. Semmes, it is true, is shipless at the present moment, but Wood is abroad, and Yankeedom has lately heard from him in a way not at all calculated to allay any fears that she may be liable to entertain. Allen's menagerie, if entrusted to a Yankee ship, might be brought to grief some fine morning, and its cargo of brutes sent to kingdom come on very short notice. But a British vessel is neutral-- perfectly neutral--extremely neutral — amazingly neutral — a perfect model of neutrality. Lord Palmers