The Express. — London, England, 1862-04-24 00:00:00

2 , 9 T HURSDAY t. , ' _..1... • ' THE EXPRESS, WING , AI'RIL 24) 1862....., ~ U • ill ONIII NI S.-N ZWMO DI L. place has been always considerec singularly distant LATEST INTELLIGENCE. . thei s ilk w kal‘ocly is, nnlsoriailly, • small matter. It ; EXpliat3B FROM PARIS. 1 lei • goat fact, sod one for whisk shouldthe ___ LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE MECHANICS' INSTITUTIONS. a.a. Gamma ULM sail WOOD. IN. asomoinkes and A mu ... Th. r . cou ld haw b e a .r sod . 1. . . bat be i : by the President today, them 8,00 maple (mon ous own manamosmer.) A me e tin g of d e l eg at es f rom th ese i ns tit u ti ons piece to take in hand ; yet this your officer w i - . AMERICA.. • y. seydevostlythaskillod toonorrow, and soothed 20,000,000 ghe erf VT'S moved to try. Many had illeslimad that irtai 0° they saw was unendurable ; Vot he applis. _tluk . LI . !M I. 171140141:11 Te mean with the*, their peaceful enfroschissemet by ges milt belga sot el 46 law. Th. war that Is so nesoh PA HIS, WIDSZADAY EVICIRKO. The first representation of the Volonfaires ds Manchester. Iris held yesterday morning, at the Mechanics' Institution, came off last night according to an- Mr. BA BlBB r ILY. , Presided. and in opening . the proceed __.....___. test whether it need be endured. His ofilf &-. hes tangesithe people to love mercy sad reisieffisr jetties 1814 duly legs alluded to the loss this wieldy bad sustained by the TO 00111AMPONSIANTe. , TU . /forth German Lloyd's inesigiabiP New has sot been without a purpose, sad should all the Slaw nounoement, but the expected emeute was wanting. d ea th of th e p re sid en t, his late Royal Highness the ?fina l A 40,10411101114111 bilinlail fir n Ins Illems - Looms greens source was an institute of some sort outside the York, Captain Wenke, from New irk on the 12th States be restored to the Union to-morrow with slavery in. A greet y e xtra s erg eants o f p o u ce _t rus t- Consort, who was ever the advocated all that was caculated ra m .,: s t i V: i ile seem M. Dorrerts.street, by Teo barracks ; and under this great disadvantage he inst,, has arrived off Cowes, en route for Bremen,. le* , rem end i e &De& o ho mo u n d mu ... se fu ,s. :, ........ man y familiar- wen _,...., on to improve and benefit mankind and his fellowenbjects. took, for six months, a large room in the heart of w ith 9 passengers on for England, 38 for Wetted out tlit In y the down hitherto exclusively under 7"'""y "Lew, wh ose ""' Mr. J. W. GREGOBT read the anneal report, which states MI 85111116, Ma A 31111JCAN COtSIN. ---ii iii i i ian -eerit the town, sent in furniture, put up engravings on Frame, and 112 for Breen . bduty, but had noth ing to do except to report to that the associatio n on d a y t h a t th e their superiors that the audience listened with ehmt e i llif . increase " Of ' 1:r t b 4 rt y l43 . 2 ;O hla r H y de , wii li stitu. lasses,... _ 111001100110. IL Mies, awl . Renee: Km C. . the walls, fitted up • co ff ee and ginger-beer shop and Otaleybridge sor r a strictures W . Team wets .- GU .Tll It 011 AN DALI SIA. Piece Net ‘au One corner, and provided tables for reeding She has on board specie, value 284,507 dollars, ssil iPailliel tske law eeurage, ll far ez in ia t se lm year longer . romiVethinelY thank God of which 139,067 dollars are for England, 144,940 slay monies et the Baia' °pelted Are upon the natioesl flag, exemplary patience to a very du ll piece, which mese of .) eree ' tion by the institutions there. During the last swlllener {terra-Asa NT NINISA NWS 01105T.was not concluded till half-past 1 a.m. It is true, lee ran upwards of 5.3 1 30 male and female candidates had and games, and one for writing. He supplied dollars for France, and 500 dollars for Bremen. the lime la the Pei" °Pilaus e° hteger• ---• THE NORTHERN GOVERNMENT AND I believe, that the theatre was packed with eters' a . preliminary examination in the class rooms at ettleceserie. stationery for the letter writers, and newspapers, On the 28th inst. the New York spoke in lat. emend institutions in spelling, writing, grammar, and DSO{itsEMMA CAM v. curia-Asa TUN OOLDtlf THE PRESS. nominees of the police, but some of these at leant arithmetic . Lest year 912 papers were preeented e o i tedublie Nam Testier, H. w dAlenneb. G. /mow ?War, b oo k s , and magazines for the readers, and chess, • 4818 N., loog. 29 . 48 W., the Engliah ship Felicity, l,_ a. sham Ow ea Onshenst pe t ai llaselaad ' thsda•es draughts , and dominoes for those who did not care Stanton has issued two orders-one got weary of their teak ; for, at 10 o'clock, and in lat. 48.41 N., long. 28.25 W. the roglish Ifecwetelt . . . I saw examination by thou. who had successfully the paMle test. Me numbers voluntarily examiu during the weriss, Neeereby. awl Cerleses to read. Arrangements were made for occasional brig Velocity, both steering westward. directing a ll telegraphic communications to the some rough-looking fellows trying to sell their five years were 5,361. Altogether, since these examination. DT. MIMI. lecture" an d a musin g readings. The entrance fee Philadelphia inquirer to be stopped, until it shall checks on the Boulevard in front of the theatre for were oomeseeeed. 7, 9 67 individual' bed been 08 + 888 84 in Tem gym* MSS Tilt 1101111.--11111=1 OA SOWTHE LATE BATTLE.fabisida ranging from spelling to mathematics The thou. lisinis. Vl als& Dow. Dimwas4=s; Barbed was six/imam, and the subscription fourpenco per be antiefactorily proved that its recent publications lfr., and there were few tans.. Th e weather was rating library has been increased by a contribution of 20‘. °al igutleas.-aaa 1" flears Muir° month, which commanded all the advantages, " Our acomints from Yorktown," says the Res relating to the operations at Yorktown have been very wet and probably damped enthusiam. The worth of books. This library occasions embarrassment, as Mao sot Dams: Din labs Ssur.-011wwas• at 71, except the refreshments, which, however, were , York Times of the 12th, "do not yet announce • authorised ; and the other directing that all appli- universal verdict of Paris to-day is that the = t o . it sequins 120 boxes (six times the • present numbs?) sad an sIAITANWIA. sensible, retired sergeant I victory over the rebels there, but they indicate Soma of 400 f. to work properly. An income of about 10i. Tens ilimens, OVA Ma IN Un. 15sellemes • Line aza.l vary cheap- A steady, cations for passes by newspaper editors or cor- drama is a miserable failure and cannot live long. arm l• derived from the institutions is association, befog enlahrL-1.41".1...." W imil. ii ew e". MAU& C•ials managed the establishment, doing all in his power ' that our forces there are steadily progressing respondents shall b e referred to Edward S. each all difficulties could be overcome. Sand- IL Lacressouniere played Napoleon 1., and Mdlle. s a• sash. At 2 t. tedegh of 0. . 0...xt and to outlaw see Hr. Kulasao. -Tlll DASD ILL ' S RAMA& After -Sod 7HI LOOIL OWT ',ROTHE RRICOL-Osomece at 13. to make the place cheerful and comfortable. No towards one. Thursday's reports from Fortress ford, Military Supervisor of Telegraphs. Lea Felix, a mythic personage called Jeanne, the ta. interim h a d taken in the itinerating library, the lees than three hundred subscribed during the first Monroe state that continual skirmishing was going A l e tt er f rom F o rtr e ss Monroe says :--" The genius of France. Some of the tableaux, got up revert says that despite the prevailing distress the members Man WATS/ AT 1.011000 KAMM quarter ; and three more rooms on the awns floor on, varied by occasional artillery duals of more or sensorship of the press has been carried here to the at great expense, are very remarkable, particularly the Anna of the Institutioos in gonad had increased their attendiece TM Dg7 -Warakor 101 t. 1aa..... Aftentoco, Its. lam were immediately opened. This was in 1859 ; leas magnitude. One of the latter, in which Griffin's extreme of severity. Letters addressed to the editors an &pothooks" of Napoleon I. But the introduction The following letter from the Rev. S. G. Osborn* ea ro-mossow-nerelne. ma &5m..... Allaysoce. Ob. Sm. and before the end of the year the amendment in battery participated, resulted in killing and wound- or proprietors of newspapers must be submitted to of that monarch ou the stage, now that his family read during the proceedings - the habit of the men was so remarkable that the ing 27 rebels. The enemy's position extends across 1340,-L ass obliged to you for your kind invitation, but military i nspec ti on ; and if this is not done, and is actually on the throne of France, is felt to be • I fear there is little °Moos of my prating by i• It is se" LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL U. Governor of Gibraltar recommended the Home the Peninsula, from Yorktown to Warwick, near such letters are found in the Post-office they are mistake. He was a better dramatic personage 25 expensive / o = BB 7 from hence. and the palls on rnl nailed _ _...._ enemas are incessant, I confess I should like to nave wit Govoranteut to secure the permanents of the Inati- the James River, and their fortifications command detained until perused by the Military Censor." years ago than he is now. mined a mechanics' institute meeting with mechanics pin.. IT I not surprising that the inhabitants of mien, and the respectable inhabitants were asdar all the roads up the Peninsula. It is understood WAR PROSPECTS. The Temps caustica ll y observes that the gnomes sent, • thing I never saw yet. although I have spoken sod Alderehott should be afflicted an d wrathful at the to countenance and support it. A new and better that General Lee and General Joseph E. Johnston of the French military •expedition to Mexico runs to at • B ThIS ma"' YoS 'Ma t o t ti.siaga battle The Nev York Tunes thinks that the North can the oa th . At our meetings, unless th working sea are Report rendered by Captain JACKSON, R.A., of the home was engaged, and furnished and decorated are both with the rebel force behind these fortifi- ta aai no risk of being compromised by indiscreet pub- conc e a led emer crinoline, I coasts I never see theme% afford to take time for the capture of Yorktowu, if, , , condition of the morals and manners of the Camp ia a very superior manner ; and, better still, other cations, one commanding at Warwick and theother . I have grave doubts whether real weskeeu SS it hopes , that place is defended by • large form. bray, for nobody can make out clearly whit __,the b enefit meetings. _ from our institutions, though I hamar, It is very natural that the respectable citing", cab " Homes " were opened ; and, in little more than at Yorktown, while Magruder holds a subordinate - w ~._ off the military ih of wirahoo is . General de Lorenoea is doing, or what he has gone 3,7, 1 1:1 t h e small tradeemek profit by the sad keret, see only the decent life of their own clam, should a y ear , them " Homes " had so discredited the position, and is with the reeerves at Williams- hated ° "" u ';" . - e - in tern portion of the stabs has to do. The telegrams, and the Patrier inevitable I sin very sick of the humbug which p= a ss tuft th e be scanda li sed by such an account as is give°, public-houses and brothels that, out of a burgh. The good weather which commenced on for a long t i me h am un d er oar y e ll contro l. G ene . "Latest News," are alike obscure. The Temps in- platform thanatiastur i l i t t a i r , L=nr h i ,m r = l: under official responsibility, by the o ffi cer charged garrison of 5,000 men, 2,600 were subscribers Thursday has doubtless aided in facilitating the sal & n u, w ith a aeo n s o lemn, :. - naninT quires what is the meaning of the meertion that will be begotten of t hem, and that befog well with the inquiry. But nothing that can be said in to the honest places of amusement. There was now operat i ons o f our forces." down the Shenandoah Valley, the finest Pa rt the Mexican general Almonte is specially under t the working rose will become patterns of r zopelitt the way of denunciation of the Report can alterthe a museum and a gymnasium ; there were good of the state, and from which the greater portions of the public schools, universities, and Under date of Fortress Monroe, April 9, the the protection of the French flag I The answer to lib W r em sri s ! and clubs making iny class moral, hose: l t: t r.., general impression of the facts. The Chairman of libraries, maps and works of art adorned th e w alls, correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquiet r rebel supplies for the war have been drawn. The lass of that q . tion mist be sought in the rumours which 'will believe in the =thin ol ' r ' e w allog seem begetting a rat* the Meeting gave full credit to Captain JAOIIOIO pa was introduced for cooking as well as lighting, • tea :-" The roads in a horrible condition, thia fan" F tvd ty uti" region th t e e „ai rebe dm is i n i ready admit to be t . - rep quoted him, when he was in Frame a abort Ge Atu r v hi g hl y u e l l 4 l ,7"," °rh oo l g an Tr y : l e a t d " °° e• " lath for his intentions, and for his solicitude to be ac- and bagatelle and billiards were added to the and there is but little communication with York- Richmond frO Oth t er he northw ac est. Two columns arerapidly time ago, as the delegate of the Tuileries to get up ' rosul a t l ar ° I wish to see who knowledge • working nun York curate in his statements. His complaint was that games. No games were allowed on Sundays, nor • fro m •• • • • • • • oat pt applied to reeking him happier as such ;ifhe ow town, even the sutlers being , almost without ex- overrunning the state , while the greet bulk of its forces 11 a monarchical agitation in Mexico. BeH is the that officer pointed out the " black spots" in any gaming at any time, nor any intoxicatingrise lam glad. If he is made happier at his present task! ception, compelled to remain at this point The bolas Yorktown is its extreme eastern notion. If General fugleman upon whom the Patric keeps its eye. ant °octant. Your account of what you are doffs` sad the morals and manners of the local society, with- liquors. The only restriction on intercourse was 1001•11411 Isaias simply on the defensive, the nimbi have done, is to me most interesting. I hope God may shipping' fortunatel y, has 'red but little It is rumoured that the object of M. Obeli d'Est cola setting forth such virtue" as &s at in it. Cefo that there should be no diectusion of theologimil - -' must soon abandon their position, or they will be eat of voodoos to bless your efforte-Youre, tic., fain J•claoll'a caramiaiicalt however , was not to subjects, or of any topic connected with military Injury . The few Perseus who have come in fromtha t f Ange's repent visit to London was to study the o Biome Goug L pgysa ciameasae from retreat to Richmond . But we presume our forces draw up an estimate of the virtues and vices of di sc ipli ne . Th ere was f re e e n trance at all times - the battle-field agree that the heavy rains have bars already made good headway in dislodging the enemy. English system of imprisonment of amused part* the inhabitants, but to report of the condition of for officers and for ministers of religion. caused our brave troops before Yorktown consider- After our glorious 1000001101 in the West, the capture of the before trial, and the law and practice of "bail," the soldiers in the camp ; and about that condi- able discomfort, but that they are not dispirited, rebels at Yorktown would end the rebellion, as did the with a view to the amendment of the French ' , WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) In a few months these " Homes " were se lf - ..-e•-- tion there is unhappily no room for doubt. Its and are eager for the fray. A large number of capture of the British forme there end the war of the rem. criminal law. Some improvement on this head iii, aupporting-the only debt being that incurred in • Intim We have steadily forced the sawas beck by skit. • • , • certain that the average of health is very low, and • cattle have been sent up ; half-famished specimens Indeed, much wanted. MIAs sixteen mont h s ' IM ' setting them up. The Grimy " and P ace were of p oultry d bogs abound in the vicinit y, and the fully planned flank movements. We are now exectiting one . prisonnient-great part of the time au sweet- A a. K. D. 11. O. 1. L. L °At the disease which is ee . rife . th . ere . is ' i° en struck with the rapid diminution of every kind of ~ an quartermasters ' as far u practicable, are attending on a charge which turns out to have been ma- -- - -- - -.-. - ..... enormous prePettion, need ° Y ' tee- It I. riot. There ware few quarrels between the nThe Herald says : certain that the pleasures accessible to the mento the ' inner man' of the soldiers." After their late disastrous rennet in the met and the founded is a glaring instance of the harshness of . asso me .... 7 0, ale e soldiers, such as used to happen every night ;an d NAME .-.... . are gross and depraving, and that they are so few It is still reported that Corinth, with its inr west, the leaden sad rulers of this rebellion, if driven igno- the French plan. This very evening Madame Lamm ... ism at 47 W.A.W. il b- 5 the brawls among the soldiers and the debauched IBM that a large proportion of the young soldiers fall population in the lowest parts of the town became mews supplies of provisions and munitions of war, isinionely from Richmond, and if Millet large, will find no Oreppo writes to the journals that her husband, NM= - 1 Wito vies for want of good pursuits and innocento - I has been taken, though the statement lacks confir- rartim place this side of Mexico. They understaod t h e ex . r ,,,, pre „ n u t i„ of the people, has b een i n a a a st a t ai am 44 iv W. f b- 1 comparatively infrequent. The chaplains remarked ' the desperate necessity of • final struggle for Rich. • Arson ever since March 2on some political charge Gamer - 2 ssausamenta. Such being the ease, there is no on the i mproved so b r i ety o f the garrison, A d t h e =Wee. mod. They oannotebendon it with s oy degree of safety - moms" rt es 61 46 W.LW. 4 27 - I gm in fi nding fault with the officer who, being •The Secretary of War has issued • bulletin,of which she remains ignorant, and that he has not sesegemi l ei gate 40 40 • &111, _ 1 9 - a medical men on the notable decrease of disease- against a popular Southern reaction end they have there• amellielkmed t° in q uire ' re p orts the feet ' The and it was no wonder ; for, one after another, the g in g acknowlml • the promptitude with which 2das- fore resolved to make a (told at Yoritown. We ffilnk that yet been exam red. fumonme LIVERrai. •„ WASS Ft al &Li S o - wiesat thing that the residents could do under the whitest* Ohio, and other states ham tendered tido is a matter for pu bli c eongrstulattos, bemuse we be. The news that Victor Emmanuel was to be "so- QusessroWs. Akel if 114 B. 4 r - 3 most disreputable public-ho w shut up forValara• circumstances would be to join in complaining of aid in behalf of those wounded in the battle of Bove that in reeking this stand the Wass of the war me oompanied" item Genoa to Naples by a French rAaawors - I want of custom. After the first year the institn the evil, to show the hardship that it is to the trona were managed b y a oomm i tt . of o ffic ers , an d Pittsburgh- reduced to this °nee siege , •sod that M'Claillin will thus be fleet is still treated as doubtful by the French preen 888881 10.06 IS 46 W.S.W. I lr 0.06 ~ civilian population to live in the neighbour- glad they are to give their tiMe a nd attention veryTHE M:ERRIMAC. save d the trouble of following up his thew into the Caro. The report that General de ~ _ Noss sad Goorski. 00•11 WO 65 66 S.W. I b- 1 voyou was to go t o roarssooel sus IS 40 5.5. W. I o - 5 Mi 5.1. 6 Is 0.00 $ hood of so much vice, and to offer The following despatches had been received from mantiene , i t is pe,eboe that the muter rebel ram, the Naples to meet the Ring of Italy is generally die- 1,11 1 ,=••• • •• • tit 1 11 to L ug 7 0 _ g to a scheme which has been proved so advents their aid to the authorities in working General Wool : Minimise, sad her three or four "on-costa satellites st believed, and, at all events, is ma t improbable. ? ew e° . - g genus to the discipline of their men in garrison, out • reform. They allege that it is and to their health, temper, spirits, an d mora l Yastrow *omen Friday, kern 11. Noefolk, are preparing to cooperate with the rebel lead There was scene indecision at the Bourse to-deg. PKOWAz iniposeibie for twenty thousand men to be „au. a t a ll t i mes . To Has. 1,. M. Stanton, excretory of War. faros@ °Rho miner's, in some duhing entwptlss le the The Rents, after being quoted as low as 70fr. 415 n, tamer . SATOIDAY. . ,4 5.11.4 Va. Amara Zam•a•lawa_ err Iterirtawa.. and swami .T.........V...1. .4•... 5L......A.. knoms4o, thmi asaima4 I . . Own, an_ t at- 2 -I- _--I --- ---.., _:.i.. Nosresarrara -41. •ato • w. w.• w. to NIT. end N., ete4l IT is not surprising that the inhabitants of Aldershott should be afflicted and wrathful at the Report rendered by Captain JACKSON, R.A., of the condition of the morals and manners of the Camp. It is very natural that the respectable citisena, who see only the deoent life of their own elms, should be scandalised by such an account as is given, under official responsibility, by the officer charged with the inquiry. But nothing that can be said in the way of denunciation of the Report can elterthe general impression of the facts. The Chairman of the Meeting gave full credit to Captain JAOKSOS for kis intentions, and for his solicitude to be ac curate in his statements. His complaint was that th►t officer pointed out the " black spots" in the morals and manners of the local society, with out setting forth such virtues em sant in ik Cap tain Jaciaorr's commiesion, however, was not to drew up an estimate of the virtues and vices of the inhabitants, but to report of the condition of the soldiers in the camp ; and about that condi tion there is unhappily no room for doubt. It is certain that the average of health is very low, and that the disease which is so rife there is, in an enormous proportion, produced by vice. It is mirtain that the pleasures accessible to the men are gross sod depraving, and that they are so few that a huge proportion of the young soldiers fall into vies for want of good pursuits and innocent essaimmenta. Such being the ease, there is no we in finding fault with the officer who, being mmuniesioned to inquire, reports the fact. The wisest thing that the residents could do under the circumstances would be to join in complaining of the evil, to &how the hardship that it is to the civilian population to live in the neighbour hood of so much vice, and to offer their aid to the authorities in working out • reform. They allege that it is impossible for twenty thousand men to be collected on one spot, with many hours of leisure on their hands, and no home occupations and pleasures within their reach, without strong temp tations to vicious indulgence. They point out that half-a-dosen vicious men in • regiment may, under such circumstances, spread corruption all around them. Them sayings are very true, but they p to confirm Captain Jarman:en statements, and they an, in fact precisely the points on which he dwells in treating of the soldier's morals and man ners. The true policy of the civilians of the neighbourhood would be to help him to show where the blame rests. His argument ia, that when twenty thousand men are congregated for • duty which does not till up their time, roc s•tidy their minds, nor duly exercise their bodies, they are under an overwhelming temptation to seek excitement and amusement ; and the demand on casions the supply. The inhabitants point to the camp followers as the cures of the place ; sodas they will be a curse to any place where than en thousands of young men who do not know what to do with themselves for several hours of every day. Where they and their victims are assembled there is • vast demand for drink, and the means of gaming and other vicious pleasures ; and drink ing houses, and gambling rooms, and breath multiply accordingly. It is no answer to the state ment that such things exist, to say that Captain Jacinto! gives no account of the various *len thropic institutions which have been established within a certain area. The demand on behalf of the soldier is not for charity, which he does not want, but for the justice which he sorely needs. Looking beyond the individual soldier there are oonsiderations which are not met by any merits of a civilian society which gives alms to the destitute in any form. It is of the deepest importance to the nation that its military force should be of a high order, in regard to its health, its intelligences character, and reputations and if we have evidence that the British army is a refuge for ne'er do weels, a resort for fellows who enlist for their convenience, in order to de sert, a society which respectable parents are un willing that their promising lads should enter, a scene of temptation in which thousands go down to ruin and death, who might have led good and happy lives in another calling, it is no answer to protest that near the camps there are hospitals, and almshousea, and ragged school. Thu respon sibility should be attributed where it is due ; and the good people of Aldershott had better at once look the evil in the face, avow it, and ask the world whether it is not hard that, after all they have tried to do fur the poor and suffering, the War-office should spoil everything by dooming the soldiery of the camp to vice and misery. There would be no avowed difference of opinion about this, in or out of the War-office, and one evidence of this is the Report which lion before us on the subject of libraries, reading. rooms, end day-rooms for soldiers. The committee which reports on this subject was obtained I by the lamented Lord Ilsasear ; and one of his last official acts was to give it instructions in February, 1 ill, f . The Report is exceedingly in teresting ; and we do not know that a better lesson could be otkred to all parties concerned in the welfare of the British army than the story of what has followed from a humble attempt, on the part of a devoted officer, to remedy at Gibraltar a state of things strongly resembling that at Aldershott. The story is the more interesting from the fact that that zealous and patriotic officer was this very Captain JACKSON, whom the good people of Alder shott have supposed to be an enemy, instead of the best friend of the civilian, by trying to amend military society. We noticed the Gibraltar en terprise a t its serammeement ; but there are now much better means of judging what it is worth. It appears that, owing to the exclusive amidst of the occupation of Gibraltar, to ths distributMa of the stations, and to the coital quality of the population round the stations, the vim of the The Moenean Janeslows, sod Yakima, ad several other paebeals end nip appeared between Newport's News and Beware Pent. Ths oily damage dose as is the car tun of then meal neon. one empty, mod en loaded, it is mid, with coal. The reseals were captured opposite Brig.- Omen! Casey's division, with small gun of Xiaolk Wan, and some two hundred feet from shore. (Signed) JOHN R. WOOL, Major-Cheers'. Fortran X0014:10, April, LI, 5 p.m. To Hoc. E. M. &autos, SearS,Ulot Wei. The Merrimac cams down towage the Monitor nod Stevens (Naugatuck). The latter fired fear or five rounds, and the Yet.itnac one round, when she, with her consorts, retired to Gluey Island. _ . . . . Thus ends the day. W sat the night may bring forth. I ern linable to say. (Signed) Jose E. Woot, Atejor•GenereL The New York Times of the 11th says : Whatever the power of the rebel monster may be against wooden walls, the one condition of her doing anything is that she have a smooth sea. She oor'd not live ao hour amid such a gale u swept over the Champ: eke on Tuesday and Wednesday, for a wave catching her overlapping, eaves like side' would peel off her iron coat like put-aboard. In. deed, Sir Howard Dovlas, the first authority On "on-clad war ships, in discussing t►e on slides of a 'suet of the fo..n of the Merrimac (for °cabin is more absurd than to suppose that her model is a rebel ieventsoo), proves mathematically that lush a ship is wholly unassworthy. And here is pre cisely where our pluck! little Monitor has the advantage ; she ma beret say sea, and is capable of being completely sabcaerpd ellhoat hu't. THANKSGIVING. President Lincoln has issued the following pro clamation : Washington, Aprll 10. It has pleased Almighty God to vouchsafe signal victories to the land and naval forma engaged in suppressing an in ternal rehab" and at the same time to avert from our Waste, the dangers of foreign intervention and invasion It is, therefore, recommended to the people of the United Stites that at their next weekly assemblages at their aims tanned planer of public worship which shall occur after the Dekko of this proclamation shall have bees received, they sepimially acknowledge and reader thanks to oar Heavenly Pother for throe inestimable blessings, that they then and them implore spiritual oonsoktion in behalf of all Wes who have been brought into affliction by the eastrilties and calamities of sedition end cirli war, and that they rever ently invoke the Divine guidance fee our national councils, 1 to the end that they may speedily result in the restoration of penes, harmony, and unity tbroughout our borders, and buten the establishment of fraternal relations among all Mmatiam, it is probable %bat the moister rebel ram, the *111:11.1110. sad her three or four 'ron-coati sat/Pita at Norfolk, are preparing to 00-operato with the rebel land faros. unite pealastoa, in some dashing estartnise ia the Jams. or York river. Supposing, however, that wind els eastiagessey the govetom sot has pros Asd the nines say maur:tias, we *they await the denctiement of the wow! momentous siege of Yorktoyst. LIVP.RPOOL,=DAT. the remarks of the worth. lo within. whereof 1 ilium. hereunto let my hand and mama the awl of the Met &atm to be smart , The Canadian mail steamer Jura, Ca'ptain Alton, which left Portland, Maine, on the 12th instant, arrived in the Mersey last night. Noe at the City of Wubinstoe, this 10th day of Aisq, Is the year of or - Lord, 1862, and of the independence of the United State. the 86th. ininimea rusasAmal FRANCE ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President, WM. H. SEWARD, flearetety of State. THE SLAVERY QH/It3TION. In the Senate on the 11th, Mr. Wilson, of Maseechusetts, introduced his bill amendatory of the fugitive slave law. In the House of Representatives the Senate bill foe the abolition of shivery in the district of Columbia was taken up in committee of the whole, and debated at great length. Various amendments were proposed, but all were rejected, and the bill was finally reported to the house and passed precisely as it came from the Senate-93 to 39. Peers, Arm 24. The MOOSifetiT of this mailing states that the delay granted in Europe and Algeria for the °wive:- siou of the Four-and-a-Half per Oent. Renter expired on the 15th inst. The amount of the Four and-a-Half per Cent. Renter converted amounts to ' 1324 millions of franca, and the number of Obliga tions Tjentennaines, 604,439. There still remains 4011 millions of francs of unconverted Four-and a-Half per Cent. Renter and 70,721 Obligations Trentennaires. The news that Victor Emmanuel was to be " so oompanied" from Genoa to Naples by a French fleet is still treated as doubtful by the French press. The report that General de Goyon was to go to Naples to meet the King of Italy is generally dis believed, and, at all events, is most 4 mprobable. There was some indecision at the Bourse to-dq. The Rents, after being quoted as low as 70fr. 450:, closed at 70fr. 50c. both for cash and account, with a fall of fle. and 100. Mobilier fall Ur. Mo. The Italian Loan rose 15e. In railways there was ulti mately scarcely any change. The Gaines Miele fell 3fr. or 4fr., closing at about 164 fr. ; this reaction, however, is quite inconsiderable after the immenel rise of the last few days. Groups of people stand about Mir4s' house and office in the hopes of getting a glimpse of him. The Droit recounts a curious instance of tenacity of life in &child. A young woman living at Neuilly, close to Paris, having been deserted by a man with whom she had lived for several years, fell into a state of great distress, and resolved to put an end to herself and her illegitimate daughter, six years old. Accordingly, she lighted three pans of charcoal, and placed them in the middle of the room in which she and the child slept. Yesterday morning the neighbours, hearing a noise, knocked at the door and inquired what was the matter. The little girl answered " Mamma will keep on sleeping and I can't wake her." On the door being broken open the mother was found in her bed quite dead, but the child, who had all night been equally within the influence of the noxious vapour of the charcoal, did not appear to have suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. The Marquis of Ailesbury arrived this morning at the Hotel Mirabeau. Count de Morny has left Paris for London. 'The Journal de Rouen states that the journey is be hayed to have a political character. A BILOILN OPTICS ON mu BRIGHTON —A captain in the Belgian army, who witnessed the review on Monday, writes :—" I bad the infinite satisfaction of witnessing the review, and the manoeuvres executed by a body of the English Volunteers at Brighton. If I were to attempt to convey to you my unvarying admiration during that beautiful day, I should fill many columns of your valuable Journal. I will confine myself to saying that I never NM liner moo, especially in such large num bers ; that I never beheld finer companies, marching es they did in perfect order, each presenting a front of broad chests, in lines like living walls. Nevertheless, 1 felt woe regret at not seeing in any division, scarcely, these fine men placed according to their size that in to say, the tallest men forming the first file, and the smallest the last. My concluding reflection In seeing these splendid troops march put was, that a nation which is happy enough, proud enough, to posses such men, all animated by such a grand sense of duty, cannot, take seriously to heart, and ought only to laugh at a word in. possible for her—` invasion.' " A letter from Munich, alluding to the treaty of oommeme between France and Prussin, says :—" The Ba varian paper-manufacturers have held a meeting hers to de- liberate on their interests. They greatly fear the competi tion of the French makers when the treaty of commerce between France and the Ziallverein shall come into opera. taw ; and it is said that they intend to pripeent • petitios to the government praying that the expect of rage may be prohibited." IIWAY. ur. Nosmswoom—s.s.s. to sm. w.s.w. to N. W.w sad N. Ma* sod N.W.,stramt,to moderate. rate to tem& some nit LZILLND.-6.t0W.N.W., fresh. W.S.W. to N.N.W, troth to showery. moderate. Carran,-.As east above, scale &W. to N.W., moderate. Motrera. L cossw.-11.W. to N.W., troth W.&W. to N.N.W., moderato to moderato. to fresh. S. ssouso.—S. to w.w.w.. aw. to N.W., moderato ta froth to moderate, soros trash. showers. ILPLANATION. D.—Barometer oorreeted end reduced to St deg. at mesa eft level ; seeh 10 feet, d vertical rise, causing about one-hundredth et um inch diminution : and each 10 deg., above 12 deg., oanang nearly threetundredths increase. Z.—Exposed thermaeseteg lu shade. IL—Moistened bulb for evaporation and dew point). D.—Direction of wind (true—two points kit of in* petit). 1.-70ros (1 to 12—estimated). C.—Cloud (1 tog). Pitfalls: b. blue sky ; e, clouds (detached); t, fog; b, hall; I. "3htiling ; m misty (hasy) . o, overcast (dull) ; r, rain ; s. snows thunder. rain tell. or snow, or ball, since laat=in Inches mad decimals. 11.— Se -dlsturbance (1 to 9). L Lea2Rea AND SHoi Melt Calm 121222112108..im Yesterday securing the second annual dinner at this the* tutiou took place at the Bridge House Hotel, Sorethwark. John Locke, &q., it. P.. in the chair. Amongst these present were Mr. L Buren, Mr. J. Gentler, Mr. W. Rabbita, Mr. W. &odd% Mr. John Carter, Mr. J. L. Deed, Mr. Harrison, Mr. IL B. Clarke (Boulder and 04 and about 100 others interested in the emaciation. The C in proposing the toast of the wearing, rr marked hAr i that they might consider that meeting was one which would really and properly establish the institution for the support at which they bad combined. He could not say that no progress had been made, because sines I last year there had been lodged at the hanks& 321 L ne. dd. At the same time It bad bean laid down as one of the rules of the society that no silk. or pensions should he panted until 5004 should have been subscribed. He therefore called upon those present to come forward In • liberal spirit and support the institution whisk they had professedly met to sustain. He maid de se more as their chairman than tell them bow they were situated, and remind them, as men of business, that the working me would not give their half guineas until they saw there was a possibility of getting something in return should they have the misfortune to require the aid of the society. In the hope, therefore, that the 5001., at all events, wield be made up before they seperated r he would give the tomes of " Prosperity to the Leather end Shoe Mereery Trades' Provident and Benevolent Indite. See," and the health of the deems, coupled with the Dimes of Mr. Deed, the treasurer, and Mr. Harrison, the honorary solicitor. ) Mr. Deed cad Mr. Harrison briefly acknowledged the toast. " The United Trades of the Tanners, Leather Factors, and Shoe Mercers,“ by Mr. Rabbits, followed. The erastary (Mr. Cole) mad the list, which, including ten guns from the chair man, reached the required sum of 5001. SOCIETY FOE THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE Furl Asia.—Leet evening the third ooneerencione of this tusk place at the galleries of the Society of =2 Artists, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, the walls of which were hung with pictures constituting the exhibition of the year. The rooms were crowded. The music, under the direction of Mr. Alfred Gilbert, comprised a selection from the works of Mozart. The greed quieten with wind instru ments, a composition too rarely heard, was admire* ived by Mr. Alfred Gil= and Morn. Smith, Pollard. Nobbe, and Standen. Parepa, Madame G il bert, Mee Susan Cole, Madame Elwood Andrea, Mr. Garage, Mr. Richard Seymour, Signor Ciambi, and Herr Forms, each contributed to a programme, from the goosed excel lowa of which it would be in vidious to *elect. Mies Summerhayes also played a solo on the pianoforte; and Mr. Frederick Cbatterton one on the harp. The whole of the music was accompanied by Mr. Alfred Gilbert, who, in conjunction with Mr. Benedict, undertakes the neadoel ar rangement of the societ D y. Tile RUmorae D EATS or THIN FOUNDER 01 MAGAS/Mom—A paragraph, copied tram the Illustrated London News, is going the round of the press, stating that the notorious Mr. Prince, of the " Apportion'," died on the 24th of Feheamry, and that his will has been lately proved. The Mr. Philip Alexander Parker Prince. whose will is referred to, for many year conducted a school at Mitcham, in Surrey, and expired at Linedownrcircua. Stockwell, Surrey, as truly stated in the paragraph. The pernorialty wee sworn under 1,0001., sad the gentleman ' the freehold house situate in Bath now occupied possessed Rattle . , bookseller. Deceased was the author of a work, ealled Prince's Parallel History:* in three volumes, and oleo author of other books. This patiernan had arr this( whatever to do with the Agapemoue Brother Prince is still alive, and the "Abode • near Bridp water, le still in existence, though not so um since the unfavourable result of Chancery suite brong tby former inmates for the recovery of motley they had deludodly bolded over to the strange personage who claims the title of "The Beloved." Mx. P. A. P. Prince's will wee curionski dated "The Festival of St. Peter, Prince of Apostles," 1 381 this may have led to the notion that it was that of the Age pentane enigkiator.—Bath Chronicle. BitIETOL—DOUBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. --.011 Tuesday themes, the train which leaves this city shod half-peal four o'elook far Paddington, was brought to a seredatlll near Shrivenhant, in consequence of the meek axle of the engine break*. A fresh engine was *beta Did.* apt it proceeded with the t ea?: rit awl reached the Ywyfmd station, where, by a singular ea widest of it precisely similar character or es:Ne tit the esold tide& Gnat alarm now pwralled aseseet the mierierm, Mee 8 p.m. train being due, but the :Vwas frittmealkir stopped in time to t a cell/. . Both *rake Were the attached to Clio:gine, and "need in Landon about 12 o'clock. The last report of the mining department of the colony of Victoria states that there were 118,182 persons engaged in mining operations in the colony. They bare 773 steam engines at work, the horse power of whka is 12,091. The mining plant is valued at 1,388,7221. Ths deeper the miners go the greater ir the yield of gold. At 380 feet the yield it upwards of one ounce per toa. Ia crwihing, the yield is oftentimes from four to eight wane per tea. The Irish ooneervative organs, which have all through gives an independent support to the foreign policy of the peessat government, continue to warn Lord Derby against any coalition with the ultramontanists. They are also beginning to king en effective pressure apes the. emus serrativermembem whose silence darieg the nerd debate ea the skthe of Italy they severely miscue. Arrangement+ ere being wade to organise ages*. cal feud to be applied is ski of the factory operatives la laseashire, new sufferieg the greatest piratical for weal of sesploymet. It is intended to hare a meetinf ac el t a aka Leocethire members on th e . 10th instant in sod already many luflueutial persons have approved of the pee ped gsesrol appeal to the country. Tau RIOHT Rev. Ihnokrrita-13awsmat, Polk, D.D.—This sulphurous bishop, who laid aside bls grader to take up the sword, at the lieg;ti=tbs=det s z not ar has been relieved of kis military gird bus found that his seal fee the emus is oil asesed. tatzksewledge. As a soldier Dr. Polk has pond as utter • This brief sketch of what has been done at Gibraltar shows that Captain J ACILSOIt knows what be is about in reporting of aoldiers' use of their leisure hours. He is ; man to be listened to on the subject of which he speaks. As one conse quence of what he has said, public attention is directed to the case of the soldier in mop and barrack. Mach bar been done, ea we all know, towards raising the quality and repute of the British soldier. Of what has been, and what re mains to be, achieved we may speak another day. ebt Court. OSBORNE, Ann. 23. Her Majesty walked and drove yesterday. Ito Royal Funny also walked is the mask. Dregatcbse were received imbeds" at the Oolonial-olike hem the (overbore el Veneenew's beed. Gibraltar, and (l•.rd► Despatches were seat bathe governors of the set thlninill es the Wee Greet at &Mss. THE ALDER? 1111101114 L FUND. The sub-oommittoe of the memorial fund met yesterday aftemeoe, at the Maaelaerisesse, the Right Roe. the LOUD MAYOR in the chair. It. Goodman, the boo. secretary, reported that the total arnoont of contributions received up to the previous evening wan 46,9701., of which acne than 1,3001. had been reeeived since the last meeting. /Its Lord Mayor said it might interest the committee to know that a gentleman had teed upon him, and informed Lint that America would be very glad to take some pert In raising a memorial to the late Prince Consort. He Win the representative of a company who had a granite quarry fa America, which yielded the grey granite, which was ea ceedingly hard, and in very large mama, and they mold cot a stone of 150 feet in length and 12 feet square. The dons was within 12 feet of the water's edge, and to a spot entirely surrounded with timber. Ric lordship said he told the gentleman that however interesting that might be, still u the idea of a monolith had been given up, all he could do would be to report it to the comniitte*. The communication, however, pre ranch setlifactioa to the gentlemen present, from the fact of America bevies shown a willingness to joie in the undertaking. Nothing more of any importance tramping!. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prince's Auguring of Elaxe-Coberg mid mite have arrived at Clare moot from Birmingham's Lord Warden Hotel, Dover. The Duchess of St. Albans, Viscount Falkland, and the Duke of St. Albans are phasing the season at Red. borne Hall, Linoolnshire. The Marquis and Marehioneea of Londonderry are staying at Ms Mashy°lleth, Mootgomeryshire, on • visit to the Earl and Countess Vane. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lothian are expected at the Earl of Shrewsbury's residue:win Selmer square is a few days, from Sootiest& for tin season. Frances Anne Marchioness of Londonderry has left Hoidens's' House, Park-law, for Paris, The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland have arrived at Carson Home from Gomel' for the eseare. The End of Wilton and Lady Alice Grey Eger ton come to tows today from Melton Mowbray, for the season. Thu Earl and Count Meitvers have left Dover for Perk. The Earl and Countess of Hopetoun arrived at Folkeatooe oe Towday. as their way to the Continent. _ . Viscount and Viscountess Csaapden hays left awe foe Chapelle Howe, Oloweralliallle. Baron de Brirmen, Royal liabibftlaa for the Nothowlaada, bas arrived at Olarides Rearl from the Hazels. to the The Rev. 11.. Hamilton (the Dean of Saliebnry) sad Xis. Hamilton have arrived at Edwardee Hold far law sumo& Lord Palmeraton attended on Sunday Let at the sew eintreh at L.s, pea Keeney, wings vat opined for while woratip for the ant tine en that der. Hie knish* eceteitened the Lod for the church, sad the beaks with which It wee built. ]Sr. Sleigh has Issued an %lima to tits Amnon se Wasik aierisi himself es • easclidate ter Mak lid. h o t He hes, ha tan reseiveda requisition waraerowily gips& sad aseenpesied with the *sedition that he will mewing 60 11686011 Oa 'trim principles al panty sere. glide arose SPAIN. MADRID, Ann. 23. The sale of church property has commenced and will continue. The Spanish troops will evacuate Tetuan at the end of April. ITALY. TIMM, Ann, 24. Negotiations are in prozress for the modificatio of the Bank statutes. It is intended to increase the capital of the Bank to 100 millions lire, and to entrust it with the issuing of the coinage. The President of the United States has formally decided that the special oomispondest of the Finer sha/1 be prevented from availing himself of the invitation of General leClellan to scoompany the army of the Potomac, and 7dr. Hnseell has returned to Hoene& The Surinam Weektgaati announces that the 11D• portant question of the abolition of slavery has just been definitively settled. "The question of slavery in the American colonies of Holland," says that newspaper, "is at last arranged. All the slaves of these colonies will be . tree on the Ist of July, 1863, on the following conditions : 1. An indemnity of 300 pikers, or 1,825 francs, will be paid to the slave-owners for every slave, without distinction of ens or sox ; 2. The slaves will undergo • system of ap prenticeship upon the plantatioas during three years; 3 . They will receive wises in return for their labour, one half of which will be paid to the governesont." Incendiary fires are becoming very frequent in Fano. The Mani Bourpurgnonne says that on Wednes day last • detractive fire broke out in the commune of Ifaillays, and canton of Anson... Fifty.two houses were totally destroyed ; 98 fernlike, °meeting of 271 penosa, have been net on the world without shelter, and have no resource but in private charity. Nothing but heaps of ruins, under which fire is still smouldering, is to be seen over a space of 400 yards ; and, dill more deplorable, a woman of 82 years of ege, and • child of four yens, perished in the flames. The loss is estimated at 20,0001. An event which interests the sporting world is the sale announced to ult. place at Stettgardt, en the 30th instant, .f the end of the Ling of Wurtemberg. Several members of the French tad will be present. General Fleury, it is said, ha. been invited there by the King, and apartments prepared fo e his reception. Amoeg the horeas which The President sent a message to the Senate on are to be sold an five thoraagie bred Arabiaa stallions, 4 the 11th, with • treaty recently agreed upon by Mme old twelve Ambito thorvvill - bled Mar" from 4 Is' Lord Lyons and Kr. Seward, and the correspond- S yens old; six Asia-Arabia* mares, 4 man old, ad end bred the stabla, sum by those gentlemen relating to the subject of em thomogle hones from Klag's private the African slave trade. The President, without Ami „ vmmt vi mmimm reed in the expensing any opinion on the matter, transmits i ass of +Mph, as Arabi's, bee ma with seems I. Yaks Ti„,„ o f the 17th 0 , 64 ‘,,,by umeemme : the papers to the Senate for its ratification or hiss crested during the pill week by the swam* rejection. If ratified the government of Great I that • picture of the Nadeau% Weighs. to • pr. Britain will then act upon the subject. If the treaty, ICS in this shy, was is the habit if ago.* Is as now drawn up by the ministers of the two W S ' 11 " h* " . 'bar 6611 1 401 IsePle le al dames, desirous ofd the saissele. Mal por v"ram"%ta, i ian'Aly agreed upon and bemnes sell aterma that the emu geoid be MAMA , : was law, it is believed that, by a thorough oomplianee move ; others mums,' they wi e 4 rwc a„ sewn at . with its provhdons, the slave trade will mese to snadisary. Atimigth the peak* bitertarel, sad 'MO, edit in leer than ten years, assfelaoce of the ecclesiastical authorities t h e Oster was Ws lead ire the Vito York Tribune of the 12th : !removed." When we ',minable that there are tour =noes of OWNS By the last advice. from Andrea& the fret wilhia Ike Uslistitsbin tie sessualpstiss of stool Inns °dal& had bees leaded give is Nabsaraw 6 EOOO IOO C( Wimp is I Hr. Phipi this mornini Mr. Overe tiff, Mrs. lta house, end Sheffie:l4 an action was t defendant pl that the pan diet was anti role far a no against the matron of tl ember, 1861 the guardian to the workb the publicatl onnprlsed th roues Mimeo eluded by et investigation the parser ion than of dial:lona heard ha the excalpic quince of th considered defendant al Mr. Juatio the court on Tie langislatu in the now ...00stitutione no libel. Al too ter, to tb into:thug d oo libel at to h ft s Z tsd end he inquiry into whethertida piper ption. Mr. Oven Toeliminary Mr. Jtuitt boards of p into the loci feodaat. that ea the ems fists aPal d odim ha • daily in the week desired Oho Yr. Jmlit wee no Judi he that will, appeared to to tee plain Mr. Over afterwards gyre an arm her the fan, grounds of < apology se t tbct he new 171 eh ...T a asti which no m Mr. Over cues. It a afterwards exculpated, charges. Mr. JastJ character, a He thoughl the defends cony =eta Itrle sax TEI QOM/. Mr: Bovi the Lord Cl the loot illn the craven behalf his enter a pursuant to should not rejection of the °videos fendants. Lambeth, on the tr ba wo tu mar elieote U verdict was that neithe been made had been against the shown on tl vastly, and acquittal was alao es After he; on the par The mu Itilty, or t Kula rob Sittings in the Venus the water t to the deli ilartin at pltiytiff. - 11;:gerle est aside th surprise, al The cotu Mr. Bail 80 1 tat:: for the p Ohs lo . to UMW heed the wine!". 11 Irl/11S - Cal J d uos the s counsel oos 'ere eatttl Rubs ski COCA Mr. nit ntbsel lee ia wet This ass Sir C. C The tool r Gress Pi This yea he scoou how tinsel rebottle s reditore. The orde The be! abeeper, ;al iltias Mr. & Mr. appeal he i te sup Itilikted 1 wit wi Afar, A longi ng otlafc Wa Acv Imek lioo ram aa [lb! Dow to arse* at 13 His Hon t s thig NO ~.