The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-20 00:00:00

THE SUIT, LONDON; THURSDAY E TG, MARCH 20, 1862: THE CIVIL Wilt IN 4111E1tIC.1. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) WASIIINGTON, MAncil 1. Well ! we arc not engaged in civil war in Eng land, and we cannot judge very well what we might ' do if we were ; otherwise there are things being done here which might be criticised. Here, for in stance, is a movement of troops going on from Wash ington to Baltimore and Harper's Ferry, the news of which would animate the North and strengthen them very materially; but it is malunz prohibitum to say a word about it lest the news should reach the enemy. And does any one believe the enemy don't know of it quite as well as if all the news were published? Why, Maryland is full of Seces sionists; Baltimore is, perhaps, as full of Confede rates as Nashville was. By whatever means the newspaper intelligence could have been conveyed to their friends can also be carried the results of eye sight and hearing. So fearful are the authorities of the animosity of their opponents that they do not venture to leave a furlong of the railway un guarded. As I came down the line this evening there were heavy trains filled with soldiers moving to Baltimore, and at the station others were drawn up crammed with men. Caissons and artillery were shunted in the sidings. All the way to Washing ton, in addition to the numerous small pickets posted with blazing watchfires in front of their tents,patrols were moving up and down, and a chain of sentries was established to prevent any evil-minded Seces sionist from meddling with the rails. The concen tration of troops from Baltimore towards Harper's Ferry, and the reinforcements sent to Banks, who is now in full possession of the Confederates' old posi tions at the other side of the river, may indicate a design on the part of Gen. 1112Uie1taa to turn t 1 outlying corps which covered the left flank of the Confederates at Manassas, and to get down upon the Manassas Gap Railroad ; but the movement is not yet developed sufficiently to enable one to judge whether Banks is going to operate independ ently in the valley of the Shenandoah, to the west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, or whether he is to move on Leesburg, on the east of the chain, also. Some are of opinion he has advanced to enable the Government to restore the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. If it be true that the enemy were shel ling the railway trains near Berlin, which is on the Maryland side of the Potomac, it is evident they have not yet withdrawn from the country between Leesburg and the Kittoetan Mountains, which are the east of the Blue Ridge chain. The passage of Banks's columns was effected in very good order and without any difficulty, and he has now upwards of 35,000 men in position and in support about Charleston and Harper's Ferry, with a numerous artillery and guns, and men fast coming up to his assistance in case of need, or with the view of enabling him to complete his portion of the plan of the advance which has now been determined upon. Gen. M'Clellan has returned with his Staff from the scene of operations to Washington, and if the wea ther permit it, he will no doubt make a forward movement on his right next week. But as I have only just arrived and have not yet visited the camps I cannot tell what changes have really taken place, though I hear that Heintzelman, who occupies the left of the Federal line, in front of Alexandria, and Fitzjohn Porter, who lay almost on the right of the winter cantonments of the army of the Potomac towards Vienna, have moved their divisions. It is hoped these demonstrations may shake the enemy's line, and induce him to move out from his supposed strongly fortified lines near Centreville. He cer tainly cannot suffer the Manassas Railroad to fall into the hands of the Federals without much incon venience. The roads are now frozen hard, but a thaw will turn them into mud, and snow, a fall of which seems imminent, will render them still less adapted for the movement of troops. There is much dispute respecting the strength of the Confederates at Centreville, and it would surprise me to hear that they had really 75,000 effective men along that por tion of their very long line of defence. It argues singular confidence in their present officers to let Beauregard and Sydney Johnson go so far away ; but General Smith is highly spoken of, and, besides, Mr. Jefferson Davis is within call, and would, no doubt, hasten from Richmond, as he did before, in ease of another attack. It is not likely, however, that a similar movement in all respects will be made by the Federals. General M'Clellan is apparently about to try the dangerous game of combined movements. However, his plans may be modified by the move ments of the Confederates, who must naturally feel that their excuses for a defensive attitude have ceased with the menacing advance of their enemy. It is to the credit of the Federal General that he has endured with constancy, and so far as I can tell, without irritation, though not without pain, the at tacks of all kinds which have been directed against him by the press and by politicians. He knows full well they will be quite ready to hurrah after the cha riot wheels of their quondam "Young Napoleon," (whom they now describe as a sort of a cross between Vitellius and Elagabalus) the moment he wins a vie • tory, and to shout out "There! we always said so." It is insinuated that he is luxurious, inert, and incapable, and that he is perverted by Democratic doctrines; it is declared that he should have " hurled his legions" here, there, and everywhere, as if they were cricket-balls, and his accusers have been free with tongue and pen. Should he fail now he is in evil cass. It he succeed, none can fix bounds to the extent of his future career; certainly not to the praise and honour to be bestowed upon him. There are people who repeat that the new Secretary of War, Mr. Stanton, is not satisfied with General M'Clellan. His despatches, indeed, have given colour to the statement by their curious phraseology and by certain innuendoes and implied contrasts; but I am informed that the Secretary of War is really a stanch supporter of the General, and that there is no foundation for these stories. The popular impression has been produced the other way, and it was in order to rectify it that some friend of the General placed words in Mr. Stan ton's mouth in praise of the Commander of the army of the Potomac in the report of proceedings at a meeting between him and the railway managers which were repudiated by the Secretary, and have given rise to comment and correspondence in the New York papers. As the President now and then orders a movement, or tells some of his officers, at least, to perform a particular operation, it may be conceived the results are not always in accordance with the programme; but, as a remark generally applicable to such interference, it may be stated that the shrewdness and natural sagacity of Mr. Lincoln are not mere lauded by the naval and military men who are brought in contact with him from their de partments than his desire to make himself acquainted with the merits and bearing of every expedition and moveme n t, and the certainty with which h e even tually grasps the details. He is a fighting man too. If his. cot Yen oatr te knew how broadly and strongly he Slidellput d ,, _(.'v ey nhisfoot on the surrender . of Mason and vould perhaps like him . all the more, though he was forced to give way, in spite of the arguments in ba a'Preaected State Paper on the sub ject. He takes a g reat i nterest in the operations in 'Western wat ers and the States. By-the-by ; that strong Union sentiment which flamed out so sud denly in Tennessee seems dying out without much splutter. Commodore F oote will no doubt rekindle it with his fleet of mortar ~ - vessels which are to , move down a s soon as the toed 1„ under Grant are ready to co - op erate. The Un ited. States have r ow no less than fift y -one 13-inch m ortars of the heaviest kind afloat on board as and cities many mortar vessels, and they are daily adding t° these 'ter rible means of getting back States into the Union. But the mortar vessels will a, their work. 'Wherever the Federals can put a 13- inch mortar afloat within 3,000 yards of open earth works, redoubts, or cities, the day is their own, and they can settle profit and less afterwards. The navy is laughing in its sleeve, and, indee d, out of it now and then, at the army. They c l a im as theirs all the successes of consequence which have been accom plished, and it is positively declared by some of the United States naval officers that the Confederate ge neral at Fart Dorenelson offered to surrender to Commander Dove, 'who was in Commodore Foote's, place, and that he declined the honour, on the ground that the offer should be made to General Grant. On the other hand, their fire did little damage at Roanoke. A friend of mine, who was inside after the place fell, says there was only ono man killed to be found inside the larger wnk. It is to the troops who took the small work in the centre of the island that the honour belongs. The sister services all the world over are animated by a jealousy more or less wholesome, and pull as well together almost as the French and English do in an allied expedition. The flag of truce sent down on espion to Columbus reports to-day that the Confede rates are evacuating the position, destroying their winter quarters, burning their stores, and removing their guns, except those in the water batteries. Let there be no outcry made about this use of the flag of truce, which has been perverted on both sides. There is no want of in - stances where it has been similarly employed in recent wars in Europe. There is a rail way from Columbus, which is on the left bank of the Mississippi, below Cairo, to Memphis, whence there are railroad communications with the whole of the Southern and Western States; but the Confederates were exposed to complete isolation by the recent successes of their enemy on their flank and rear on the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers. It is scarcely credible that they will be guilty of the folly of falling back on" island No. 10," which lies above Memphis, in the Mississippi. If they do, a dose of Dahlgren shot and mortar shells will but induce them to repeat the capitulation of Donnelson. There was a strongly situated intrenched camp on the bluffs, some hours' journey above Memphis, when I was there, where they could better make a stand, but their river positions are exposed to be taken in re verse, and they will not like to put themselves under two fires. The Mississippi expedition is now moving down the river, and the land forces are said to be in motion also ; nor do the Federals hesitate to express their conviction that they will be in New Orlactub In v. ',cry short time after they hove ovei- come the resistance to be expected near Memphis. That city was poorly defended by parapets of cotton bales and some heavy batteries when I was there, and any attempt to protect it would lead to the destruction of the place by the fire of the iron plated gunboats. These latter are considered to be a great success. Foote's flagship was struck 61 times at Donnelson, and the iron mail suffered little though the woodwork was knocked to pieces. The news which has just arrived that the Confederates are surrounded by Buell's forces at Mnrfreesborough is most important, if true, but granting that there is a railroad from Nashville, which has fallen into the hands of the Federals, to that place, it must be by virtue of great strategical and marching powers that General Buell has got round his enemy so com pletely as to be able to demand their unconditional surrender. Undouttedly, the possession of that place would be a heavy blow to the Confederates. It would apparently throw the whole of the rail road into their hands down to the junction with the Memphis line, cutting off communication with Vir ginia, North Carolina, and the Eastern Slave States, except by a most circuitous route. It is not I easy to perceive how Beauregard, who is down with them, can extricate the Confederates if these reports be correct. He has a formidable adversary in Buell. The surrender of Nashville was a military necessity ; but if the Federal Generals had lain on their arms after their successes, and had given time to the Con federates to collect themselves and their energies after their defeats they might hare given their enemy some trouble. The negroes are said to have follow ed their masters. They have not gained by changing them in other parts of the States "up to the present writing," and the accounts from Port Royal and the coast of North Carolina of their condition continue to be unfavourable. lam not prepared to accept the Murfreesborough story, but the telegram will ret it right or wrong before the Boston steamer sails. The Confederate Government is by no means pre pared to yield Tennessee. It is true Nashville has gone, and the Cumberland river is in Federal hands, and the Tennessee river is almost theirs; but the Confederate Government has called out 22 regi ments in the State itself, and West Tennessee is loyal to the core to the cause of Secession. The defence increases in desperation as the Federals gain ground. The surrender of Fort Donnelson is no exception to that remark. The causes which led to it yet remain in obscurity. General Buckner's statement, that he found himself unexpectedly in command, does not throw any light on the other circumstances which induced him to follow Mack's example at Ulm. The cause could not have been want of ammunition nor of food, for it is said that stores of both were found inside the works. I have spoken to an English gentleman who conversed with many of the prisoners at Chi cago. They told him that, after fighting all day and inflicting a tremendous loss on the enemy, they lay on their arms to renew the fight. At dawn they were ordered to pile their arms by their officers. They did so without a suspicion on their minds till the Federal columns appeared marching into the works. My friend failed to discover any Union sentiment of which the Chicago papers speak among the prisoners, whom he describes as rough, ill-clad, powerful fellows, animated by the most bitter feelings against the Yankees. If the Con federates in Arkansas deliberately poisoned the provisions left behind them on the evacuation of Mud Town, so that 42 officers and men died after eating of them, General Halleck will be justified in treating such ferocious men with stern justice. It is to be feared that an inhu man and atrocious spirit animates the conduct of the war in the remote border districts, which I are far removed from the knowledge or control of the central authorities. But arson and bridge and steamer burning are not uncommon in the in teri,:r States. It was with difficulty the people of Nashville prevented the Texans barnin g their beau tiful city before they retreated. Meetings of cotton planters have been held, with the view, it is said, to an organized incendiarism of any cotton which may be in danger of falling into the enemy's hands. However, a Federal officer who proceeded some days ago up the Tennessee river as far as Eastport, in the State of Mississippi, below Florence, de clares he found "Union sentiment" strongly preva lent along the banks, and " Union sentiment" may mean 25 cents a-pound for cotton. It is significant that he could get so far in a single gunboat, and that he could carry away unmolested a quantity of stores intended for the Confederates from Clifton, Tennessee. The attention of the Trea sury and of Congress has been turned to the ber.,t mode of cultivating and rearing cotton in the parts of seceded States in Federal hands, and of re opening trade with Southern ports. The sooner the better. The Tax Bill is to be reported by the Committee of Ways and Means this week. With its operation will come the solotion of the great experiment. There is reason to think the Eastern States will pay their share. But will they pay the proportion of the 'Western States also in case the latter declare their inability to do so ? The Ger mans in these States roundly say they have saved the Union, and that is as much as they can be ex pected to do. There are thousands in the Western States exulting in the prowess of their people, who will use the same arguments, and in some of the States the inhabitants of large districta will be found unable, even if willing, to pay their quota. MONDAY, MARCH 3. A heavy fall of snow took place yesterday. It froze hard last night. It is thawing to-day. .An at tempt to get across the river, and see how matters were going on in the Ve.can , r, , was utterly unsuccess foi on my part. .11: thaw had loosened the roads, and th• ..”,4ecv was churned up with the mud into a tsVacherous compost varying horn 18 inches to 21 feet on the levels, and any depth you like in it,o ruts and hollows. The waggons along the road at the Long-bridge were up to the axles in it, and the six mules or horses to each con ld scarcely move t hem. This disposes of the advance for a day or tw o , It was struggling through such mu d as t hi s that Gener a l L an d ers, th e news of whose death f rom exhau s ti on l ie was end reached us last night, expire d. eaveuring I am told, to force h is i men alon g i n Cont ' Gap, for which he had of the raid on Bloom inge had received such very high commendation Sr am i vi called Paw-paw, in Nves. Stanton t , and died at a place bye, one of your contempenr, n rn V . irginia (where, by the ee describes Burnside's fleet as operating, to the great amusement of some overwork American papers), rather from than from the effect of the wound he Tea • elv ed after Ball's Bluff. His loss will be greatly felt, and " pee ially by the "energetic" section of the belligerents. The lo,ds will prove as grave an obstacle to the Confe. derates in making any fresh dispositions as they are to the Federals in their advance. The former are quite aware of what is coming. Intelligence from their camps informs us that they have sent away their sick and women and children, and that they ate ready to break up cantonments at a short notice. By this time Mr. Jefferson Davis's Message has been received in England. The Federals see in his frank confession of " serious disasters" an expression of despondency as to the ultimate re sult of the struggle, but there is to the neutral eye no such meaning in the calm admissions which are rather made the bases of a more strenuous policy and more vigorous resistance. And in his deter mination he is well supported by the " so-called'' Senate of the "so - called" Confederate States, which on last Thursday passed a resolution that the Government would entertain no proposition for peace founded on the exclusion from the Con federacy of any of their States, and pledging themselves to continue the war till the invading enemy should be entirely expelled from their ter- ritories. This is the best answer which can be given to the rumours that proposals to treat had come in from Mr. Davis, and this measure will effectually cut the ground from under the feet of the Democrats of the North, who have been dream ing of a Peace Convention and of a reconstruction of the Union on the old basis. The constancy and unshaken faith of the Confederate leaders are worthy of the highest—let us not say a better — cause. Extracts from the Southern journals, which are made here to prove the straits to which the Con federates are reduced, do but exalt one's opinion of their tenacity of purpose. Their soldiers are ill t,lol an 4hari 1 y armed. Thal,. are ilot wall foci, and. as to the state of supplies, read this : " Gold commanded a premium of 40 to 50 per cent., and silver 35 to 40 per cent. in Richmond on the 25th of February. Whisky was worth 2 dols. a gallon for common and 4 dols. for choice brands. Butter was 421 c. per lb., and sole leather 75c. a pound ; calf skins 55 dole. a dozen. Apples in the Richmond market commanded 15 dols. a barrel." However, the dollars are in paper. We don't know what we may come to in paper currency yet, though France is alive after a paper age in which a man had to pay I,ooof. (asignats) for a decent dinner, and half the United States exists after an infancy sus tained on paper currency which is not liquidated to this day. The Confederates are about to appoint a General Commanding-in-Chief ; they are creating a navy—where, how, and from what is beyond our ken ; and their President boasts that he has 400 battalions in the field, with proportionate forces of cavalry and artillery. Mr. Davis inveighs strongly against short term enlistments, which have impaired their ability for successful defence, and as the Southern papers contain many adver tisements for substitutes, at sums varying from 50 dols. to 1,000 dole., it is probable the new levies called for by the different States, which are said to be in course of organization, are pressing hardly on the populations. There is amid all the distress and discomfiture of the South no sign of repentance, submission, or fear, any more than there is on the part of the North any token of weariness, relaxation or infirmity of purpose. If a correspondent could multiply himself at this moment he would be ex ceedingly useful, as the American papers are now forbidden to publish any news relating to the war, except that of such accomplished facts as Govern ment may please to communicate; but as Washing ton is the centre of the most authentic information, and as it will be close to it in all probability that the great battle is to be fought, •it is better for me to remain here than go on uncertain missions with expeditions in the West and in the interior, where the telegraph will far anticipate written despatches, if, indeed, the latter ever reached at all. As a proof of the insecurity of the postal system westward, I may mention that the despatches between the Navy Department and Commodore Foote and others in the West have been mislaid or intercepted on several occasions, and they rely' principally on the telegraph, the cost of which to Government is something enormous. This is a war of lightning—in all except celerity of move ment and brightness of flash. But Fort Donnelson would be a respectable victory in any part of the world. There was a large " butcher's" bill, and though no official details have been published, I have reason to think that M'Clernand's division lost upwards of 1,300 men in the sortie. Although Mr. Seward is described tobe somewhat uneasy on the score of intervention, the relations between the State Department and the British Le gation are more easy than they have been for some time past, even before the Trent affair, and the American Minister expresses a regard for Great Britain which is inconsistent with the opinions perhaps so erroneously attributed to him. For myself, I must say that, having had several oppor tunities of hearing Mr. Seward speak of Great Britain, it struck me that at the bottom of his heart there was a profound respect for the tradi tions, literature, and power of England, mingled with a disposition to regard certain of her institu tions as deplorable weaknesses, and that, next to the favour of his own countrymen, he coveted the notice of England, and would attract it, if it could be done in no other way, by a slap in the face. The letter in which he has renounced all claim to the Presidency has produced no impression ; but I be lieve that if Mr. Seward were in that office, he would be less hostile to Great Britain than many of his brother politicians, though he would not hesitate to encounter any risk except that of war a l' outrance in defending a pet syllogism or expres sing a political paradox in a neatly rounded sen tence. It is almoat alarming to see that the Ame can papers are beginning to praise Lord Lyons. To sme which have no sense of shame, dencency or justice there is a nice appreciation of profit and loss, and in the face of the published correspondence they dare not deny to the Minister they had vilified and abused the credit of fairness, moderation can dour, and a sincere desire to maintain peaceable, re lations, exhibited at the very time when they were accusing him of violence, passion, partisanship, and Secession proclivities, and shouting out for his dismissal a la Crampton. .BOMB _PRA.CTICE AT NAPLES. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) INTAPLES, MARCH 11. Thnab practice is just now the order of the day or rather of the night, for on Saturday, about eight o'clock in the evening, another was fired inside the doorway of a house just opposite Santa-Bridgida. The publicity of the spot 4nd the early hour, when the streets are usually full of people, show the great daring of the persons or of the party who make these attempts at confusion, without, how ever, producing any decided results. Happily no serious accident took place; some of the windows on both sides of the streets were blown in, the roof of the passage was torn down, some articles of furniture in the house were thrown down by the concussion on a young woman and a soldier who was passing at the time was slightly wounded, but no life was sacrificed. In an instant there were hundreds of people on the spot, and Na tional Guards and policemen :turned out with such promptitude that some were without hats, others without coats, and many had only their belts on ; all, in shalt, showing the greatest alacrity to maintain the cause of order. As if by magic, the windows of the Toledo were lit up in a minute, and, as if it were a part of a combined operation, lamps and candles flared, and flags waved, while ladies and gentlemen from the balconies shouted "Viva Garibaldi!" "Viva Vittorio Emma naele !" " Death to the Bourbons !" Death to the Reactionists !" Patrols of National Guards paraded the streets from 100 to 200 in number, and the small boys, headed by a strong party of gentlemen, went from house to house, urging the inhabitants to put out their flags, and visiting with their wrath the.c rho wftwed. A tnbacco shop near the Caffe of Europa, the usual resort of the Codini, was at tacked and the windows broken, and the same thing happened to another house higher up the Toledo in the Largo di Carita. Some unfortunate persons, too, who were walking in the Toledo, and who were suspected of reactionary principles, were beaten by the excited Liberals, and very fortunate it was that nothing worse occurred. The agitation continued till late at night, and so far as demonstrations went, of which the Neapolitans are passionately fond, all terminated well. Oa Sunday morning another bomb, which had not exploded, was found under the Ponte di Chiaja, and was 'imprudently enough carried off to the Qurestura, as it would have been better to leave it with a guard near the spot. Of course, the public mind is much agitated, and the object of the Reactionists is fully attained, "ehich imagine to be to prevent all settlement, and to give an impression of a secret and widely-spread conspi racy against the new state of things; reports have been flying about,no doubt propagated by the Bour bonites, that San Carlo was undermined, but they deserve no serious attention. However, the spring campaign has opened both in town and country, and every one who is not dazzled by lights and flags, and stunned by shouting, must be sensible that there is in Southern Italy a disaffected party, however small, which is not to be put down by call ' ing it brigands, Bourbonites, Reactionists, or Co ' dini. The fact exists, and after almost a military occupation for upwards of a year and much blood shed, rebellion or brigandage, call it by what name .• you like, still crops up. NAPLES, MARCH 12. The fifth bomb of the season was fired on Toes day last, about 7 o'clock in the evening, in the Strada Caragioello, and, as I witnessed the scene which followed, I send you an early report of it. This street leads out of the Toledo in the direction of the Gesu Nuovo, and the event was the more startling, as it took place at so early an hour, and near the principal artery of the city. Some hun dreds, if not thousands, of people assembled to gether instantly ; the National Guards were on the ground as quickly, without their unifoams, or with only the kepi, and, of course, with their muskets ; and, as on all the other occasions, demonstrations were the order of the night. Hosts of boys and well dressed men perambulated the streets in different par ties shouting at the very top of their voices " Viva Garibaldi !" For myself, I heard no other cry, but doubtless, in some directions, the Sovereign's name was shouted, and I was told that "A bbassoie Papa!' and " Norte ai Preti!" were uttered. It cannot be said, however, that there was any show of the more respectable among the citizens in the crowd—these seemed to look on with curiosity, while no incon siderable number of rabble were mixed up with some of the more exalted among the people. The first party I met carried in their van a full-length statue of Garibaldi, and the name of the idol was the only one to be heard; then, after a short interval, came another party equally excited, carrying the national flag. All, however, were animated by the same spirit, and as they passed along they called for " Lund, lunzir which, from patriotism or fear, were instantly displayed. The appearance of the streets was therefore odd enough, for, as the shouts below rose to the upper stories, the inhabitants snatched up their oil lamps or wexlights, and, hurrying to their windows, placed them outside on their balconies. Some of the houses remained in par fe at darkness, either from the absence or the reaction ary feeling of the proprietors, and before these the crowds stopped and hissed, and cried out "iunzi land!" in one case, certainly, just where I stood, and I believe in many others, smashing the win dows on the order not being complied with. I am told, too, that many perscns, suspected of not being ovei -friendly to the Government,were stopped and beaten. As yet, the persons who fired the bomb have not been discovered, nor is it likely that they will be, for the train which is attached is so long that it may burn several minutes before the explosion takes place, giving ample time for escape. It is true that little harm is done by these constantly occurring events besides the shattering of windows and the occasional wounding of a passer-by, but confusion and exaggerated ideas of disorder are the inevitable consequences; and, what is worse than all, the excesses of the Liberals themselves. Men already sufficiently excited are glad enough to dis cover some pretence for venting their personal or political spleen against their opponents, and there are not wanting in Naples miscreants who take ad vantage of the enthusiasm of honest men to urge them to the commission of illegal acts. Private orders have therefore been given, very prudently to disperse assem bin gr . s of any party whatever, and the authorities are instituting a process against some of the promoters of disorder on Tuesday night. The guardians of the public peace have, however, a very difficult part to play, for while they are deter mined on asserting the law, they dare not altogether check that enthusiasm which is their principal sup port against the intrigues of the Boerbonites. As I have already told you, these attempts to produce confusion emanate from the committees which are more or less in connection with, and receive money from, Rome ; and they are formed of two classes of persons who, as far as it can be ascertained, are in dependent of one another. Thus, while some of the committees are formed of the pure military element, members of the old army in ritiro, others are made up of ex-Neapolitan and Sicilian police and other malcontents. Such is the result of official investi gations, but, of course, there are others from various classes who go to swell the list of the opposition, and especially the priestly class. We may expect to hear many more bombs burst, but it is to be hoped that we shall hear no more of these demon strations ; for they lead to great and shameless ex cesses, and are got up by overzealous and injudi cious persons, and by men wearing only the mask of liberalism. Demonstrations, too, have been tLe order of the day in Sicily, of anti-Papal character, And priests' hats have been carried ar.d beaten as tambours in procession. The irritating anti often illegal action of the ultra-Liberals is, perhaps, ono of the greatest dangers to which Italy is exposed ; and authority will have a difficult game to play i n c hecking it with ou t d es t ro ying enthusiasm. The Italie of Turin states that a card manufac turer at Milan has conceived the idea of making packs, in which the knaves (the word is not meant in an offensive sense) represent Masaniello, Balilla, Pietro, Micca, and G a ribaldi; their chi e f ex pl o i's b e ing displayed on th e four aces. The four Queens are Blanche of Sicily, Ca terina Se gurana, Christina of S a voy, and Marie do Medicis ; the four kings are Berengarius, Amadeus VI., Charles Em manuel, and the Ring. LAW INTELLIGILYCZ—March 19. EQUITY COURTS. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) TILE NATIONAL BANK OF DEPOSIT. This case came egain before the court upon the question whether the Marquis of Abercorn was a director and contributory of the company. Mr. Rolt and Mr. H. Fox Bristowe appeared for Lord Abercorn, and Mr. Selwyn and Mr. Roxburgh for the official manager. At the conclusion of Mr. Bristowe's argument his Honour delivered judgment, of which we give an outline, and which should be taken in connexion with our report of the proceedings on Monday last. His Honour thought Lord Abercorn must be con sidered a contributory in respect of the £lO5 in vestment stock upon which he had received the dividends. It was not now open to his lordship to contend that he was not both a director and trustee for some period which was to be ascertained. Mr. Wells had so stated, and his lordship's letters (pre viously reported) clearly imply that he was a direc tor during a certain time. What, then, is the result ? On his behalf it was urged that he never was a bona fide holder of stock, and that there was nothing in cidental in the office to fix him with liability. Now, when Mr. Wells asked his lordship to become a director, he employed his solicitor to make inquiries, and the issue appearing satisfactory, a letter was read at the board by Mr. Wells in October, 1853, asking that Lord Abercorn be made a director, and which was complied with on October 27th of that year ; £5OO of the capital stock of the society was then allotted to him. The fact of this allotment was never communicated to his lordship, a circum stance declared by Mr. Rolt to amount to fraud, but his Honour could not accede to that notion, as what was then done was in accordance with the usual practice of the directors, who did not ask pay ment of money from a new director, but opened a credit for the amount of stock placed in his name as director. His Honour was of opinion that when Lord Aborooru authe ri3od Mr. Wells to propose him as a direc tor, he authorised the directors to do every act necessary to qualify him as one of their body. He could not subsequently say they were not so authorised. Inquiries were made, and the knowledge that some instrument regulated the company must be assumed. A certain amount of stock, viz., £lOO, was requisite to qualify, and the directors were authorised to transfer that amount as his lordship's qualification. To that extent they had authority, but they had none to transfer more than was requi site to qualify, and to that extent only did his Honour consider Lord Abercorn bound as a director. Further, when his lordship ceased to be a director it was the duty of the board to transfer out of his name the amount which they had previously been authorised to place in it. It must, therefore, be considered that when his lordship removed his name they transferred the stock as he would have done had he known its position. Then as to the £lO5 for directors' fees, which had been drawn in his lordship's favour from the funds of the society, and placed in his name in the same amount of invest ment stock. This was done without Lord Abercorn's knowledge, the cheque was drawn in one year and not dealt with till another had expired. Dividends, however, upon this stock had been paid to his lord ship's bankers, and this circumstance coming to his notice, had led to inquiries through his solicitor, which ended in no positive information. But pay ment to the bankers—payment was made even after the inquiries—was payment to his lordship, and therefore in respect of this £lO5 his Honour thought Lord Abercorn must be declared a contributory. What position he would occupy as such contribu tory in relation to the other contributories would be determined when contribution was called for. It would be an insulated position. His Honour then noticed the argument on the 45th clause of the company's act, which he said had been most ably urged by Mr. Rolt and Mr. Bristowe, and added that it was the duty of every person becom ing, or before becoming , a director of a concern, to ascertain by what rules it was regulated. H e was put upon inquiry, and if he does not pur sue it the consequences fall on himself. The posi tion taken up by gentlemen in these matters was not to be regarded as nominal when it had been taken as meaning something by those relying on it. From October, 1853, to 31st December, 1854, his lordship will be held a director to the extent of I £lOO stock, with what result his Honour could not then say, while he must be declared a contributory as to £lO5. COURT OF DIVORCE, MARCH 19. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) WATTS V. WATTS. This was the petition of Mrs. Emma Julia Watts, for a dissolution of her marriage, on the ground of her husband, Mr. Henry Watts' cruelty and adul tery. The marriage took place in 1849, Mrs. Watts being at that time a Miss Todd, the daughter of a solicitor, at Brompton. She had as her fortune a house worth £l,OOO, which was settled on her. Her husband was of no occupation, but he had some small means. The parties lived with Mr. Todd till 1860, when the cohabitation ceased. There were three children of the marriage. From the first the respondent's conduct was described as having been irregular and intemperate ; and it had latterly grown very bad. He habitually used very gross language to his wife, and some acts of personal violence were deposed to by her and her fath e r. He had also compelled her to raise £lOO on her house, by threats of turning her out of doors if she would not consent to do what he wished her. The adultery complained of was committed with a woman passing as Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Howard, and other names, by whom it was stated that he had had a child. Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., Dr. Spinks, and Mr. Shaw appeared for the petitioner. The respondent did not appear. The jury found the issue of adultery, but not that of cruelty for the wife. Sir C. Cresswell thereupon decreed a sentence of judicial separation. HALL V. HALL AND WILLIAMS. Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Inderwick were coun sel for the petitioner; Dr. Sinks for the respon dent. The co-respondent did not appear. In 1856, Mr. Hall, who was described as a re spectable chemist, in Wigmore-street, made the acquaintance of the respondent, then a widow named Payne, and he subsequently took her into keeping. In September, 1857, he was induced to marry her. At first she behaved very well, but she afterwards formed the acquaintance of the co-respondent, who was the friend of a Mr. Payne lodging in the same house, and no relation of hers. Emma Jenkins, the servant of the petitioner, said her mistress had told her on the Thursday before the great volunteer review in Hyde-park that Williams would send her tickets, and also come to see her on the following Sunday. He accordingly came at between seven and eight in the evening. They saw him in the street, and the respondent said to witness, " There's Williams standing in the street. He is afraid to come in. Run and tell him that Mr. Hall is out." Witness did so, and Williams came in. The respondents went into the drawing-room, and then into Mr. Payne's roam. Mr. Payne came in, and they proceeded to the apartment of Mr. Zinc, another lodger. They had coffee together there, but Mr. Zinc also returned home, and on hearing him arrive they rushed into a room up stairs. Mrs. Hall then came down stairs to witness, and told her to let Mr. Williams out while she occupied Mr. Payne's attention. Witness brought Williams down to the kitchen, and fetched Mrs. Hall. She said that Mr. Payne had kissed her, that Williams was very angry about it, and that she had told him he might kiss Payne's kisses off if he liked. A few days after this Mr. Hall had a friend with him, and west out for the evening. Mrs. Hall sent for Williams, and he came at about half-past eight. He went into the kitchen to the respondent, and witness left them together, for M r s. Hall said she might go up stairs if she liked. In an hour or an hour and a half afterwards witness returned, and in when she was half way down stairs she s aw in a looking-glass the reflection of the respon dents an improper position. Some time after this she gave witness half a crown, which she said a gentleman had sent her. She said that the gentle man had taken her to an hotel, and had wanted her to go to bed with him, but that she had re fused. She stated that she bad stayed with him from five till half-past seven, and that he had given her half a sovereign. Mrs. Hall afterwards went to Ramsgate ; but b e for e th e n s he had given witness notice to leave, on account of some words she had had with her. Cross-examined—Loft on the 17th of November, in consequence of Mrs. Hall's dismissal of her. Mrs. -Hall also left on that day. On the following Mon day witness returned to Mr. Hall's, and lived there till the following May. Had since lived at a dress maker's named Jenkins—not a relation of witness. The Sunday before Mrs. Hall went to Ramsgate Mr. Hall said he would have a divorce. Was now living at Mr. Hall's, nursing the child of Mrs. Ed wards, the sister of Mr. Hall. Had never had any one to visit witness there. Knew Mr. Andros; he visited Mr. Payne. He had been criminally inti mate with witness; but Mr. Hall never had. Would swear that. Was now 20 years of age. Mrs. Edwards said that she was telegraphed for by her brother on the 17th of November, and was present at an interview between him and his wife. She went down on her k nees an d sa id s h e would confess all if he would forgive her. Ile replied that nothing should induce him to look over her fault, and that he would get rid of her. She admit ted that she had been with Col. Elkinhurst, and that she had met another bentleman by appointment on London-bridge. Mr. Hall had mentioned Mr. Williams' name in respondent's presence. She passed the night in witness's room, and left the house on the neat day but one. Mr. liAndall ' the petitioner's .olicitor, proved that when Mr. Hall charged his wife with adultery with Williams and Colonel Elkinhurst, she turned to Jenkins, who was present, and said, "Oh, Ellen, what have you been telling ? You have ruined me." She then begged for forgiveness, but she said she had not committed the offence imputed to her. Could not find any such person as Col. Elkinhurst in the Army List or the Directory. Dr. Spinks contended that the alleged admissions went no further than a confession that his client had been indiscreet. As for the evidence of the girl Jenkins, it was not worthy of confidence, con sidering her own character. The jury found for the petitioner. THomPsoN v. THOMFSON AND BARRAS-ANOTHER D Gill AL COINAGE. The lovers of progress and friends to improve ment will of course be glad to see any remarks on decimal coinage—a subject apparently forgotten, if not altogether abandoned. It may be well to re mind the Decimal Coinage Association that from their exertions alone can success be obtained for the accomplishment of the desired object, so useful to the public and now so necessary to enable us to keep peace with ether countries. Are we to be for ever left behind benighted amidst the complication of an old-fashioned system of £s.d. f. with three divisors ? And is the arith metical knowledge of our merchants so inferior to that of a junior clerk in any counting-house at Hamburgh or Amsterdam that they cannot see the evident advantage of using decimals in all their calculations ? A quarter of a century at least has elapsed since decimalising was first proposed, giving ample time for instructing even every man and boy in the kingdom in a competent knowledge of the use of decimals. And surely at this season of pro found peace, with a legislature idle for want of business, it may reasonably be expected that a measure so long and ably advocated may be at length promoted by Government, and that we may sea in the decimalising the coinage one step in im provement, giving a hope that at no distant day another may be accomplished in freeing us frop the use of one hundred and twelve pounds for one hun dred weight. A. Z. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.—The Early Spring.—All who have a due regard for their future well being should now adopt some method for expelling the many impurities which have been stealthily entering the holy during winter. ' No known means of effecting this desirable object can bear comparison with Holloway's Pills. They quietly and certainly free both fluids and solids of all noxious matters, regulate the circulation, in vigorate the nerves, and make the most delicate person proof against the maladies of the season, and overcome any constitutional liability to bronchitis. Universal approba tion has been awarded to Holloway's incomparable Pills for the speedy relief they afford in gout, rheumatism, `biliousness, headache, and other dyspeptic symptoms which come with the spring. RUNAWAY MATCH. Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., and Dr. Swabey appeared for the petitioner; Dr. Middleton for tho respon dent ; and Dr. Spinks for the co-respondent. The petitioner was, in 1838, an engraver's ap prentice, and in that year he married, without the cognisance of his friends, the respondent, who was the daughter of a publican at Leeds. At first he resided with his mother-in-law, but in 1842 he came to London to seek for employment, and in the fol lowing year he obtained a situation at Huddersfield as a bookkeeper. He then reclaimed his wife, but she refused to return to cohabitation. Afterwards she formed an adulterous connection with one Bar ras, a pawnbroker, with whom she was still living. Some years ago she made an unsuccessful attempt to obtain a judicial separation on the ground of desertion. The decision was in favour of the petitioner. -- - POLICE INTELLIGENC F.—Dlarch 19. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday the Lord Mayor, on taking his seat in court, said,—l may take this opportunity of baying that I have had a letter from the Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Mr. Armstrong, stating that the committee there charged with the distribution of the funds sub cribed for the relief of the families of the unfortu nate men who perished inthe Hartley Colliery, have made arrangements for investing a portion of the money in their hands, and he asks me to send a a check for that which I hold to the treasurer of the fund. Some of the money we have received here ha . s been placed at a banker's call. We have given notice for its withdrawal. The money will be free on Saturday, and I have written to the Mayor of New castle, stating that I shall on that day send a check to the treasurer there for the balance, amounting to £17,885 123. ld., and making, with £2,000 I had previously forwarded, a sum of £19,885 12s. Id. The whole amount for which I should have to account would exceed that sum by £468 4s. 2d.; £432 Bs. has been paid for advertisements, and £35 16s. 2d. expended in office work. I desire now to give notice that on Saturday next the Hartley Colliery account here will be closed, and that I shall not after that day zeceive any money in respect of it. If any should come anonymously I shall pay it over; but if any is sent with the address of the donor I shall return it. It may, however, happen that some small sums may arrive from abroad, as there have previously, and, if so, I shall, of course forward them to the proper destination. In addition to the sums I have mentioned we have received £194 138.5 d. for the benefit of the sinkers—those brave men who risked their own lives in the attempt, unfortuately fruitless, to save the lives of others. Of that sum we have remitted £194 3s. sd. to the committee at Newcastle, leaving a balance in hand of 10s., which shall be sent with the rest of the money on Satur day. With regard to the fund for the sufferers by the sad disaster at Cethin Colliery, we are still re ceiving subscriptions ; but I am sorry to say the money in respect of that calamity, which in its na ture was quite as grievous as t'ie other, has not come in to an amount at all adequate to the neces sities of the caes. While in the Hartley case a much greater sum has been received than was ab solutely necessary to meet the emergency, I am I afraid there will be a sad shortcoming in that of Cethin, and it is not in our power, nor perhaps in the power of any one, to divert any of the Hartley Colliery fund from the humane purpose for which it was subscribed. George Frasi, an elderly man, an iron founder, n Golden-lane, Barbican, was brought before the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Carier, in the cus tody of Sergeant Huggett, the detective officer, charged with forgery. Mr. Joseph Wakefield Terry, manager of the Unity Bank, in Cannon-street, said the prisoner, whom he knew, kept an account there, and they were in the habit of discounting bills for• him. The prisoner traded under the firm of Gilbert and Frasi, and witness knew his handwriting. He produced a bill of exchange, under date of the 25th of Sep tember last, for £B2 65., payable four months after date, drawn in the prisoner's handwriting, in the name of Gilbert and Frasi, and addressed to Mr. William Batey, a soda-water manufacturer, Kings land-road, by whom it purported to be accepted. It was also endorsed Gilbert Frasi and George Frasi, both in the prisoner's handwriting. He believed the bill was given to him by the prisoner about the time it bore date. It was discounted and carried to the prisoner's account, and afterwards presented and dishonoured. Mr. William Batey, the alleged acceptor, was called, and denied that the acceptance was in his handwriting. He added that he knew the prisoner, and had dealt with him on one occasion. The prisoner, after being cautioned, said he should reserve his defence. He was committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET.—Yesterday Wm. Far row, William Grant, James Parsons, John Fellows, Thomas Henderson, and Susan Gable, all well dressed persons, ranging in age from 36 to 22, and all of whom, but the woman, the police described as well known thieves, were charged with the fol lowing distinct offences. Stuart and Child, two constables of the G divi sion, were on duty in Gray's Inn-road at a quarter to one in the morning of the 15th ult., when they saw Farrow, Grant, and Fellows loitering about Frederick-street and Harrison-street, The door of a house was found open, and the officers secured Far row and another man, the third escaping, and lodged those two in the station. On examination, how ever, the next morning at Cierkenwell Police-court, the evidence was not considered sufficient against them, and they were consequently discharged. I While their capture was going on Ranger, 199 G, was sent on to protect that beat, and on getting up to the house of Mr. Samuels, a jeweller and watch maker, he noticed a light in the shop and heard a noise as though jewelry was being moved about. He called at the door, " Is that you, Mr. Samuels?" and a voice inside, in a careless, confident tone, re plied in the affirmative, and said that all was right. He therefore moved away for a short time, so as to watch the house without offence, and the next mo ment saw two men, whom he could swear t) be Grant and Parsons, come out of a mews closely ad joining. Being a stranger to that beat, he did not know of any mews being there, but on seeing the men come out and make so rapidly off it was im possible to catch them, he rang at Mr. Samuels' bell, and the latter got up and let him in. It was then found that burglars had planted a ladder against the party-wall between the mews and Mr. Samuels's premises, descended by the waterbutt, forced the yard door, entered the kitchen, and then nlade their way, into the shop, which they plundered of eight or ten watches, six dozen of plated and sil ver brooches, four dozen of gold pins, and a quan tity of gold rings and other articles. It was evi dent that the thieves had been stopped in their ope rations by the knocking of the officer, and obliged to leave the greater portion of their intended booty behind them. Four days after the above robbery Buckley, a constable of the N division, saw all fi ve men come out of a house in George - square, Roston, at 4in the morning. All of them were captured, and on the road to the station two of them flung away two crowbars, while a life-destroyer, silent matches,and a knife adapted to cutting windowpanes out were found on the others. On goi ng b ac k to two houses they had been seen near, the two crow bars were found to exactly fit ind en t a ti ons i n the door of a pawnbroker, whose premises th e y h a d as evidently been foiled in entering. On searching the house in George-square, Evans and Maveety, the detectives, found hetw e ft 30 an d 40 k eys, skeletons and others, a centrebit, another crowbar, a nd other housebreaking articles, and at the house of the - female prisoner were discovered three dupli cates,claimed as h er own , b ut w hi c h were found which to she be for as many articles stolen from Mr. Samuels's, and pledged by her, Mr. Leigh considered all three charges clearly established, and committed the whole of the pri soners for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court, - - - - The course of exchanges, at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1121 to 113 per cent,, and the premium on gold is about 2 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States, THE ARTESIAN WELL AT BRIG di ON, The Brighton Guardian of yesterday gives the following additional particulars in reference to the interesting discovery we chronicled on Tuesday : "On Monday morning the news spread very quickly, and general gratulation was expressed at the result. The bells of the parish church were set ringing at the expense of a relieved and thankful church warden, the news finding greater publicity still in consequence of the inquiries thus engendered. The noon of a wet, dismal St. Patrick's Day found about 30 inhabitants at the well-top waiting eagerly for the first pailful of water to be sent up. When it came there arose from the men at the bottom of the top shaft, just as the tub touched the upper ground, three loud cheers. Such a demonstration was some what unexpected ; but Mr. W. Merchant, who was present, led a return round, given by the gentlemen assembled in a style worthy of the occasion and the anniversary. The water was then tasted and cri ticised, and gave general satisfaction. It was full of matter brought up from the shaft, but so far as could be judged was of good quality. This impres sion has been further enforced by a chemical inves tigation of a sample sent for the purpose. The water will probably improve in a short time ; but already when filtered it is of good quality and well adapted for all domestic purposes. Thus, then, the Warren Farm Well is suc cessful—another testimony to the might of per severance. Mr. Maynard, the parish surveyor, has exercised a general superintendence throughout, but the main labour has devolved upon the acting superintendent, Mr. Huggett. The work has served to utilise pauper labour ; the order " two" or more " days at the Warren," enabling the ratepayers to receive many a good quid for the quo of relief which would otherwise have had to be given without any return whatever having been made to the public. Only one casualty—that, however, a fatal one—has happened during the progress of the work. This fact shows that much care must have been exercised. After the tasting process had been gone through, the depth of the water was measured. It had in creased to 600 feet. At 5 p.m. the depth was 711 feet, the water rising at the rate of several feet per hour, with the seething motion to which we have before alluded. Yesterday morning at 6 o'clock the depth was 787 feet, or within 79 feet of the top of the lower shaft, still seething and bubbling. The rate of rise was then ascertained to be about eight feet per hour. At 2.30 p.m. the water had reached to within 49 feet of the top of the small shaft ; still rising. It was con fidently expected that before late into the night the water would have overflowed into the upper shaft. Should it do so, of course it will be quite easy to get at ; the mere putting down of a pump will ensure an unlimited supply. Should the water riso to the surface—a consummation hardly to be anti cipated—we need hardly say that the well would become a sort of natural waterworks whence pipes would conduct the fluid all over Brighton. Cer tainly, if a pipe of smaller bore had been put down —the well, in fact, bored instead of dug—then, no doubt, the water would have risen to the surface; but under present circumstances such a thing is hardly to be expected. As it is, the force of water at the bottom must be immense to raise the super incumbent weight even to its present height. " The success is not to go uncommemorated. On Thursday evening all the operators are to dine together at the Town-hall, by invitation of Mr. Henry Catt, when they will no doubt be met by many of the board of guardians and other towns men." COUNTRY MiI.R.KL2S. ... .4.- NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE -MARCH 18. At to-day's market wheat of all kinds was totally ne glected ; not a single transaction has transpired, and prices are nominally without alteration. Flour, no inquiry ; malting barley, slow sale; oats, beans, and peas nothing doing. HULL-MARCH 18. At to day's market there was a small supply of wheat. which sold at about late prices. Foreign sorts neglected. Barley fully as dear. Beans and peas fully is per quarter cheaper. Oats also is decline upon late prices, with little inquiry. Wheat.... Old white....per qr s4s Od to 58s Oa Old red New white .. „ New red .... „ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 56s Od to 62s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 62s 0 1 Baltic and Hamburg, red... 58s Od to 61s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old sos Od to 520 Oa Barley.... English malting 34s Od to 37s Od Grinding 3ls Od to 33s Oa Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 0813 0 Swedish and Danish osl2ld to 0 813 d Beans ....Engli s h, o ld, per qr. 46s Od to 48s Od New pigeon 3233 : 0 54 ss s : I °°o° 2 dddd i d t 0 0000 t 0 3233 6581 9: a Od 1 ogodd 3 d 42s Od to 44s Cd New tick. Egyptian Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing .. 4os Od to 52s (1 ,., Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 17 6 to £lO 0 v i . Foreign Rape cakes 517 6to 6 0 ~1 Bones LYNN-MARCH 18. Wheat of the best descriptions and in fair condition 5 0 , 1 , a 'at former terms • inferior qualities Is cheaper. The supply was small. Barley fully as dear. Beans and peas were 1 ° lower. Old white 57e to 63s j Barley. 3Bs to 40S Rcd.. s6s to 60s 1 Oats.. Beans .42s to 48s 1 Peas 44s to 4°' Averagesfortheweek: Wheat 1 o7i qrs., at 5BB lid (fats 214 -- .. 23a 4d 11miey.........1,120i -- Peas ... 29 -- Rye - -- --(I Beans 1421 —_ FOREIGN . HAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Mar. 9,. via Marseilles Mar. l'" iirazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. April 6 . , Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. H e l ena Ap r il 1 1, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Mar. via Marseilles Mar. I , ° ' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ..... Mar. 1 0 , India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via South am pt on Mar. - ~: via Marseilles Mar. la_ India (Bombay), via Southampton Mar. „,,,, . via Marseilles Mar. h°' Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. A'. via Marseilles Mar. 1 Newfoundland ..Mar. w' Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Mar. 1 by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. Mar. '''''' W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Mar. "": Bahamas, via New York April 1v Mexico .................................. Mar. 31 ' All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, ) man 13. California, and British Columbia.. .......... BIRTHS. ifo HALKETT.—On the 14th inst., at Twickenham, tho of Colonel llAlkett, l a t e of he Coldstream Guards, °' daughter. PowLETT.--On the 17th inst., at Middlesham, Yorksh ire' the wife of th e H on. A . C . Orde Powlett, of a son. ioio BIRKM/RE.—On the 17th i ns t., a t Wi n d sor , M r s. Au Birkmyre, of a son. MARRIAGES. , r i s t BUTTERFIELD—VEASEY.—On the • 18th inst. at C .. m ri . o9. Church, Forest-hill, Mr. James Butterfield , to 311; of youngest daughter of the late Mr. John Veasey, b ° Northampton. vi t °' HUGHES—PALL—On the 19th inst. at St. Mattlie,,o, , Bethnal-green the Rev. Dr. Hughes, rector of St. Jo b Clerkenwell, to Mrs. E. Palk, of Rose-hill, i' 4 °" Bushel, Devon. DEATHS. BAKER.—On the 17th inst., Mrs. Baker, of Stantoolll/1 aged 72. „2,11 , ra BROUNCKER.—On the 17th inst., at Clevedon, -n ii. Brouncker, Esq., of Bouvridge, Dorset, aged 6 6 . r . bbt Conn.—On the 17th inst., at Sunbury, William S. 'l° aged 53. idoif MAY.—On the 18th inst., atWallworth-road, Sara e d of James May, Esq., solicitor, B et h nal-green .roadt v ' g 90. aft PI ILLIPPS.—On the _llth inst., at Great Malvern,,..„,, ..e.-, _ Right Hon. S. M. Phillipps, formerly Under Secret of State for the Home Department, of PETERKIN.—On the llth inst., at Nice, Ann, daugii—hire, Colonel Grant Peterkin, of Grange Hal], ISloraY'' N.B. VINCENV.—On the 17th inst., at Walmer, Bent, 11 ' 61- Admiral A. A. Vincent, K,H , aged 82. LONDON: Printed and Publi s h e d b y JOHN CII Arm l 2s of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN OffiCel O. of Strand, in the Pre c i nc t of the Savoy, in the' Cotta Middlesex,—Thuraday, March 20, ISM