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The Daily Dispatch: May 13, 1863., [Electronic resource], The late debate in the British Parliament. (search)
countable timidity of Government in not making the rights of English merchants respecting, and in protecting English vessels in, their legitimate trade. The mail question. In the House of Lords, on the 24th, Lord Ridesdale referred to Mr. Seward's instructions to the naval officers of the United States cruisers, directing that the mails should not be opened when seized on board any ship, but should be either given up to the Consul of the nation to which the vessel belonged or sent to tish vessels had been seized, as stated in the evening papers. Earl Russell said that Government had received information that vessels had been seized in the act of breaking the blockade. He wished to explain that, in answer to Lord Lyons, Mr. Seward had written a letter to Mr. Wells modifying the instructions issued by the latter to the officers of the Federal navy, and it was to this letter he referred. He would, however, consult the law officers of the crown. The Earl of Hardwick sa