Show majon MAJOR AND MARY T of secretary fish to t minister contained in T u da Is telegrams that unless the spanish gleanis government speedily apolo gired gisa fori forr the insult recently offered to the Ame american amerlean ritan fia fla flag in the lizzie major affair war would follow is plain and pointed and will be received with great pits fits pleasure i sure by y the insurgents in cuba for with in a war with the united states the tha speedy ind epen dence be ok the annexation of that island to ibis his country would follow it la 14 not ver very likely kelV ll however that tho the spanish government will ivill permit such a casualty to arise preferring rather jather to eat humble pie and make all necessary apology and rell reil reparation than run any risk of war with flie fhe united states this little affair fa is I 1 if f ate settled amicably should have t hae c I 1 af pf teaching the spanish au thorit les ies in cuba though they ms may treat the cuban patriots in a very highhanded high handed manber manger manner they cannot treat a foreign power bower in the same way with impunity the recent insults offered to th tha the a flag of amelica ameilla Ame ilca lica in the cas oas ease case just ejust referred to and andio that of great britain in n the case of the mary lowell lawell show tb that atthe the haughty domineering and insolent spirit that animated ancient spain still exists but in each case casu it may lead fead to comp complications locations licati ons with those powers which at the present time are very inopportune and may help to abase spain still mie among the nati nations oils the particulars of the lizzie major case to which allusions have om occasionally aslon been made in the telegraphic dispatches as far as we have been able to learn from our various eastern exchanges changes are that the spanish manof man of war ernando fernando catolica was dispatched by captain general dulce in p pursuit ursul t of the lizzie lizzio major some hours after she had cleared from havana the fer per narido catolica overtook her when about thirty miles outi out and having overhauled her and ini Ins in violation of our rights took off two passengers who had obtained passports before leaving havana whatever being as asi signed for the outrage iii in the early part of the rebellion in the mason and slidell case this country had to make ample apology to great brit erit britain aia ala for the act of commodore wilkes which was very similar to this in that case cabe great britain had her fleets under in a few days and would have declared war if the apology demanded had not been rendered rend read d e r e d 1 khoii should reparation be ue made inde by the Spanish span government in ih this case caie cage there is still the case of the may mary loreu to be settled with wilh great Preat britain bilwin the pai pal particulars tic tie tieu lars ulars of ahn amir are substantially as follows fol ool lovs loss i bithe on the afternoon of the lath uit mr walter Wil wll soun sori a custom chatom house 9 and pilot at the bahama bauma islands was removing the american amerlean brig nary mary lowal lowell from froin a point known as 11 mau man hian of war anchorage to a safer place known as the harbor I 1 and while doing doi BO go he was ordered io to heave to and lower his salis saija by jk the com commander nander of the spanish gun gunboat boat andalusia failing to render immediate compliance the commander of the spaniard gave the order three thred times imes to fire into the tho theome Zowel zomer mr air wi n th then ea hove ove to when a boat full of armed 1 in men n under the command of two officers camb came alongside the officers demanding permission to come aboard they were permitted to do so in bi a private capacity only immediately after they had got aboard they g gave ave command to the men in the boat to board the brig and take posses sion of her this order was promptly obeyed mr wilson remonstrated against the outrage and informed the spaniards that the mary lowell though an american vessel was in british waters and under british protection the r reply e aply of the spaniard was that he was 0 obeying eying the orders af his superior of officer fleer mr wilson and those with him on board the brig eight in all ail and all british subjects were taken on board the Aud andalusia alusia and immediately after mr wilson and three of them were sent ashore the other four were detained as prisoners the captured vessel was vas subsequently taken to cuba and has since been condemned by the marine courts there as a legal prize our dispatches yesterday contain the intelligence that the american minister in london in accordance with instructions from his government had made a demand on lord clarendon the foreign secretary for an explanation of this matter what that nation is or what may be the course of the british government in relation to this case is not yet yett known but there is no reason to doubt that notwithstanding the tho condemnation orthis of this vessel by the spanish authorities in cuba every reparation and an humble apology will be demanded and if not accorded that war will be declared |