The Shenandoah has made a last effort to imbroil England
with the United States by coming into Liverpool and surrendering to an English man-of-war, an event which happened last Monday. The statement of Captain Waddell is said to be that he made his last capture on the 28th June, and it was not till the 2nd August that he received "any reliable information of the close of the war," and by reliable information no doubt he meant information on which he chose to rely. The difficulty in believing this state- ment is that the fleet of New Bedford whalers amongst which the Shenandoah made such ravages in Behring's Straits did not, accord- ing to Northern accounts, venture out to their occupation till after they had clear news of the end of the war, and plenty of proof, except to one determined not to believe, must have been found im Captain Waddell's first prize. Mr. ,Davis was captured on the 10th May, and from that date certainly no Southern Government existed. The news was immediately telegraphed to San Francisco, and yet Captain Waddell kept on making captures during the whole of June by his own admission. Yet it is stated that he and his officers and men havt,been discharged unconditionally, —an event, if true, and whether justifiable or not, as lik* to turn te Neale- hi America in favour of war with England as any event' that could have happened. The difficulty - of our Government is, we suppose, that there is no evidence in this country against any of the officers or men. They have been guilty of piracy, if of anything, and are liable to be tried in England, not delivered up to America. But they cannot even be committed for trial or remanded without prima facie evidence,. —evidence, not newspaper rumour. The captain and officers ought at least to be placed under strict surveillance, and kept in view by the Government wherever they go, in order that they may be tried for piracy if evidence against them really appears.
