The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-08 00:00:00

7HE WAR IN AMERICA. The -following letter has just been received in London from a citizen of the State of Pennsylvania, a gentleman of intelligence and position ; the views he expresses are those of a large number of persons in the North, whose political opinions exclude them from power at the present time : " PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 20. " Dear George,—The papers you have sent me are interesting, but I confess my surprise at the change in their tone. Evidently they have lost their former professed confidence in the Southern power and determination to resist, and this is the more strange because their first reasonings were correct, as will be eventually proved. That the press of the Northern States, controlled, as it is, by all that is unfit and unworthy to lead and represent a wise, a virtuous public, should have gone wild over the succession of Federal triumphs in Ten nessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina which took place in February and March, is not to be wondered at, for it is an important feature in the policy of the Administration to swell and magnify slight success into magnifigent victory and metamorphose actual defeat into favourable results; thus stimulating the fever of excitement and frenzy of their people, in order to smother any awakening sense of the fear ful course they are running, and prevent any glimpses of the fate so surely and closely following their mad, wild, and desperate career of ruin to the South and ruin and disgrace to the North. But that English papers should have so far adopted Neev York opinions, and acted upon such question able authority, greatly surprises me. " Perhaps, however, when we reflect that Euro peans have always looked at the South through Yankee spectacles, and now more than ever they are shut out from this terra incognita, with its enormous area and quiet patriarchal agricultural mode of life, we should be able to account for the great ignorance of and violent prejudice against her people and institutions. The information, too, derived from New York correspondents of the pro minent English journals is strangely incorrect— oftentimes absurdly so. For instance, a writer, using the nomme de plume of ' Manhattan,' simply trifles with the good sense of his readers, as by this time, I should suppose, they have discerned. His letters are frequently read aloud here amidst bursts of laughter, and I have known many persons re fuse to believe such burlesques upon truth and common sense should be gravely published for in telligent readers. True it is that the editors take the precaution of appending a notification over each letter denying their concurrence in or endorse ment of his views or statements. Yet his wild, insane statements are seen and read in print with, I presume s the average effect, although it is hard to read them here with a grave face. Dr. Russell's letters are by odds the best of all, and, while I often differ with his opinions and deductions, espe cially on political subjects, his familiarity with military affairs and talent for describing them, com bined with the tone and education of a gentleman manifested by his writings, all give his correspon dence interest and entitle it to respect. Personal and political prejudices, however, are still traceable too plainly in many of his letters. That his pro phesies, military and political, should not have always been sustained by events only places him in the category with the rest of mankind ; for there is no man who has not felt himself confounded by the events of the past year. It has been a chaos, in which hopes, fears, theories, and plans have been tossed, mingled, and broken beyond present recog nition. " But of real events. As foreshadowed by his message to the Confederate Congress, President Davis has concentrated his forces, and thus, owing to the vast extent of territory to be defended, many avenues of approach to the Southern States are necessarily left open to their invaders, and slight colliai.ons are less frequent than heretofore, when every Federal force was watched by a correspond nag detachment of Confederates. On the 6th and 7th of this month the battle of Shiloh was fought, near the Southern line of Tennessee, in which a larger number of troops =both sides were engaged than in any previous encounter of the war. Of course, the Federals claimed the victory, and the President and Secretary of War even went so far as to issue proclamations for public thanksgiving and prayer, but we now know that it was only by the aid of their übiquitous and never failing "gun boats that the complete destruction or capture of Major-General Grant's entire army was saved. Thirty-eight thousand men of the very best Western troops were driven off their chosen field, and forced at every point to retire to the banks of the Ten nessee river, where, without transportation, capture or drowning awaited them, when two gunboats, with their superior rifled artillery, opened upon the Confederate lines and broke their circumvention. By the next day Gen. Buell came with 40,000 fresh men and more boats, and Gen. Beauregard retired steadily and deliberately, pausing :occasionally to inflict repulse upon his foes, to his entreched camp at Corinth, 18 miles distant. It was a bloody day and great slaughter occurred ; we have only Federal accounts of details, and they are sickening enough to an American. The character of this battle, its con ception and execution on the part of Southern Gene rals and men, will best answer the weak doubtings of their cold critics on your side of the Atlantic. I could here gladly dwell at length upon the career and fate cf that departed hero, Sydney Johnston, but I refer you to President Davis's message to Congress and the letter read there written by Johnston a short time previous to his death. Humanity must feel itself elevated by the contemplation of such men and such events; that man's soul must indeed be cold and dead who can dwell unmoved and unimproved upon the death and character of Albert Sydney Johnston, pictured with ouch mournful, ea martial eloquence by his friend, comrade, and chosen superior. But if Si'oh, or Pittsburgh Landing, as the Federals call their place of retreat, should not sufficiently prove to those who do not know them (and therefore may require proof) the intention of Southern men to be free, perhaps the status of General M'Clellan's ' Grand Army of the Potomac' may assist in pro ducing conviction. On March 7th this mighty array moved down to see the blackened ruins of Centreville and Manassas winter quarters, W h ere for eight months the Confederate forces have lain, in what numbers we know not, but free from moles tation, yet threateningly near, and fatally so to ' reconnoitring foes. By April 7th, Mq./lel hill now in command of a single department only, is found on the peninsula formed by the James and York rivers, having Fertress Monroe as his base, and attempting with a perfectly fitted army of 120,000 t 0150,000 men to march by land to Richmond. This distance is 20 miles from his point of disembarca tion, his way seems positively barred ; between the • rivers is a width of six to eight miles, and this land is intersected by small water-courses or creeks. Fortifications of a very formidable character, and large forces of troops to guard them, are before him. For two weeks he has failed to make any impres sion, and although rigid regulations and an iron censorship of the telegraph and public press are maintained, coupled witn Silence as of the grave on the part of the Government, rum ours o f hi s f requen t reputes find their way up here. S urgeons, nurses, Sze., are hurrying dow n ; skele ton regiments are hurried forward ; h o spitals are ord ere d of large accommodation, and we are told' all is quiet before Yorktown.' No mail communication, save of examined and approved matter, is allowed ; no passes to see sick friends or bear home dead ones; we even hear that Southern newspapers are not to come hereafter under flags of truce. Is not the accumulation of anxiety 'hard to be borne, and is it not very unlike the march 'on to Richmond, pictured to the fond hopes of the frenzied populace s o long and so often ? - am, perhaps, incomp etent to make military criticism, but the Confederates having control of James and York Rivers above t h e i r lines (Glocester p oi nt being also held by them ou the Northern side of York River) would, I be lieve, have eelected IVl'Clellau's position for him had they been consulted. This may be very d ern e en d ignorant, and may be contradicted by the results of the week, but it is my opinion. "The Merrimac continues the bete noir' of the Northern marine, and, after all their vaunts of the preparations made to destroy her, she has coolly planted her flag for hours is tho face of their guns, and plucked, by the shadow of her presence, some transports from their anchorage near the fortress, just as a specimen of her power. Her delE y in ope rations is not without good reason, and I think her co-operations will soon explain it. Good-bye to wooden walls and stone fortresses. Ta‘ age of iron seem to have revived in more senses tl an one. Fort Pulaski is knocked away in a few hours by improved artillery, and heavy frigates are cracked like egg shells by an iron prow. One letter, or a hundred, would not cover decently an enumeration of all the results these two conflicts by land and water will establish. The whole world will be startled by it, and a people not even recognised as a Power is the pioneer in the road to naval supremacy. Why is not the Southern Confederacy acknowledged?— fairly, frankly, and kindly acknowledged by the European States ? If English accounts be true, England has, by refusing her co-operation in this act, prevented other States. Is this wise, or is it just ? From my point of view it is too plainly alike incon sistent with her duty and her interest. The Southern States will form a Republic, a form of government in which (unlike England) the sym pathies of their people will mould their national legislation and commercial relations. We, of the United States, have seen the effect of the hereditary sympathy and friendship which even the present generation of our people have for France. And why ? Because of her generous aid in our season of trial. No matter what motive caused its be stowal ; the benefit was felt and not forgotten. I have experienced myself, and witnessed in others, the emotions produced by the presence of a great grandson of Lafayette in this country. That name will ever be a passport to every American heart, 'or he was a friend in need.' "The wild suicidal efforts of the North with her astonishing exhibitions of power to crush and deso late the South, are met as they should be by the South, but when girding her loins bravely and un flinchingly to meet such fearful odds, how can she regard those nations who coldly criticise her efforts and suggest her points of weakness and possible failure, withholding even that formal recognition which all European precedent authorised Southern people to expect ? "I tell you, British statesmen may have exhibited cool prudence in this business, but no higher qua lity of statesmanship, and yet there are higher qualities. I honestly believe the sentimental states manship which 30 years ago converted Jamaica and her sister islands from gardens of plenty into idle wastes was not more one extreme of mistaken philanthropy than the cold and selfish refusal of the British leaders, considering present interest alone, errs in the present case, where civilisation and hu manity, no less than the NN orld's convenience, call for her best efforts and influence to end this wicked cruel, useless war. But the South will be free, and if a generous love of right, and an abhorrence of wrong, cannot influence other nations to stay the furious force directed against her existence, she will gather her sons, and, trusting in the Great Ruler of human affairs, go resolutely forth to that battle which "'----- tho' baffled oft Is ever won.' " The state of affairs in the North transcends all I ever imagined, and foils all reason based on pre cedents. Business of all kinds, excepting in connec- tion with army supplies, is dull and unprofitable ; many branches of internal trade are dead. Expen ditnre by the Government only increases. Members of committees of Congress, Cabinet Ministers, and their counsellors, estimate the expenses at 4,000,000 dols. per day. With no tax laid or law modelled which is likely to pass to raiso it we are in a sea of paper, deepening every hour. First, the Treasury Department issues ' demand notes' made legal tender for all payments, excepting dues for imports; then, ' certificates of debt' from the Government to individuals, payable at various dates and convertible at the will of Government into 6 per cent. loans ; next, ' quartermasters' certificates' for claims audited are in large quantities in the market; the two and three year 7, 30, 100 per cent. loan closes the list of paper floats for the present. This sort of thing buoys the Government ship along through the breakers for awhile. Meantime the banks through- out the whole country are putting all the paper out they can print and sign. Engravers are up to their eyes in work, and presses print money night and day, and with value thus represented gold has a premium of 2 per cent. or less, leaving the country weekly and being forgotten in daily exchange, where it is rarely ever seen. How long will this last ? How long has it lasted ? Answer the ques tions, ye who can, but remember you are dealing with a mad nation who know not what they do. I send you a newspaper clipping from the Ledger of this morning : " ' Washington, April 19.—The prospects for passage of the Tax Bill are as remote as ever, and there are not a few who predict that it will finally be turned over, as was the Bankrupt Bill, until the next Session. The main reason for this is the diversity of opinion that is found to exist in the two Houses upon the question, and the well-known fact that a large number of the members are anxious to feel the pulse of their constituents before casting their vote in the affirmative for this or any other tax bill that may be offered. With regard to the bill already framed by the House, the Senate Committee have so dissected it that a long discus . sion must follow ere it is put to a vote, and even should it go through that body it is exceedingly doubtful whether the House would agree to sanction the change that has been made. Altogether, the subject is found a most intricate and troublesome one, and it is next to impossible to tell what will be the upshot. That something must be done, how ever, by the present Congress is a fact that will admit of no questioning, as otherwise the country will b 3 entirely at sea during a long and anxious summer, with finance and trade in a most un settled and wretched condition.'" BURSTING OF A SLUICE NEAR LYNN. The Denvers Sluice, about two miles from Lynn, has burst, and the whole district of the Middle Level, the drainage of which was one of the greatest engineering exploits of modern times, is in danger of being again submerged. The existence of a hole against the eastern door of the sluice has been known for more than three weeks, but the authorities, placing implicit reliance on the stability of the work, leisurely advertised for tenders to repair the damage, and took no immediate precautions, About a week since, however, the hole was found to have seriously increased In Size, and puddling was tried, but as the hole continued to deepe n at the rate of about 16 inches an hour, alarm began to be felt. Early on Sunday morning last great masses of earth caved in and in less than two hours there was a breach 20 or 30 feet wide round the end of the sluice, and a hole 1 0 feet d eep un d er the first pair of doors. the imminent nature of th e danger which threatened the district then made apparent, and i n a very short short time 18 or 20 men, with as many carts, were on the spot, and the most strenuous efforts were made t o fil l the h o l e w ith earth and straw. About 11 o'clock, whil e t h e men were a t work, the tide began to rise , and its first impetus smashed in the wing next the cut. This obstacle remov e d, th e tidal waters rushed up with increased violence, and a few minutes after wards the two arches fell, crushing the iron doors, with a report like a cannon, and smashing great b arges a l mos t lik e bandboxes. "Altogether," writes an eye-witne ss , "it was such a scene as has never been witnessed here before, and will never be forgotten by t hose who saw it." The tide now rushed up the Ouse with unrestrained fury, an d th e strongest fears aro entertained th at a high spring tide will burst the banks of the river, and lay thousands of acres of the most fertile land in the Fens under water. On the western side of the cut the water is already trickling through the bank, and a high tide may do injury which years of labour will scarcely be sufficient to repair. The Middle Level Commissioners are fully alive to the danger which threatens them, and are making every effort to avert it. Still the utmost excitement, as may easily be imagined, prevails throughout the whole district drained by the Ouse. It is estimated that an outlay of at least £ 30,000 will be required to repair the damage at present done. [AnvEnm B r.mENT.]—Holloway's Ointment and Pills Diseases of the Glands.—When the glands about the neck or elsewhere are inflamed or enlarged, Holloway's Pills may be rubbed in with the most implicit confidence of its arresting the disease and preventing disfigurement. The affected part should be fo men t e d w i t h warm wa t er b e f ore friction wit h the Ointment, which thus more readily caters through the cuta 'aeons pores, an d acts mole d i rect l y on th e blood, :lymphati c.s and glands both in and beneath the skin, and roots out the malady without irritating or annoy ing the tenderest skin, Holloway's Pills should be taken while this treatment is pursued ; they are remedies, which acting through the medium of the constitution., exercise a I most beneficial influence over the local disease, SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY 'EVENING, MAY 8, 1862, VIE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. is massed together, and if a little more space could be allotted to it the effect would be much more striking. The Italian department is making rapid progress towards completion, but the efforts of Mr. Doyle to set out the many beautiful articles which are contributed from Rome—at present a department entirely separate from the rest of Italy—are very much impeded by the constant flow of visitors at tracted by the beautiful works already displayed. Within the last day or two some very important additions have been made to the collection_ A table still more beautiful than any of the mosaics which we have already described, was unpacked yesterday It displays within its circumference every kind of Roman marble of the most brilliant colours, blended together with exquisite taste. A small enamel of Pio Nono, of great beauty, also awaits a fitting place and over the entrance to the Court has been placed a life-sized medallion of his Holiness, in white marble, contributed by Cardinal Wiseman. A case which illustrates all the different processes of cameo cutting is well worthy of careful examination; and there are also some remarkable carvings in ivory and wood, contributed by Cardinal Antonelli. The space allotted to Rome is much too small. There is no part of the building which will be more crowded, and we cannot help thinking that the Commissioners even now would be acting wisely in throwing in a few feet to the scanty area, if pos sible. The next neighbours to all these unrivalled art treasures appear to be a lot of French railway metals, which rear their heads very incongruously above the screen. These would certainly show as well in the machinery annexe, or, at any rate, half-a-dozen of them would probably exhibit the specialities of the manufacture. At present there are enough of them to replete the Merrimac. Great preparations are being made on the dais under the western dome for the display of the works from the Royal Berlin factory. These, as we have had before occasion to observe, are as characteristic of the Berlin manufacture and as excellent in their kind as those which draw so many visitors and purchasers to the Dresden Court. Some vary hand some silver candelabra of Prussian manufacture are already displayed in this area, and the whole collec tion, Austrian and Prussian, which is waiting to take its place, will, we think, be found to merit this very conspicuous position. The Austrian Courts still continue closed, except to a favoured few, but it is announced that they will positively be finished before the end of the week. The display of the famous talking instrument in this Court is looked forward to with much curiosity. Only one other instrument of the same kind exists in the world, though in this the difficulty of clearly pro nouncing the " Th" has not been quite overcome. It is said however that in the machine about to be exhibited in a few days not only is the pronuncia tion perfect, but even in several languages, The building is now open from 10 in the morning till 7 in the evening ; at Midsummer it will be open from 10 till 8, and unless there was another staff of executives and subordinates it would be impossible to extend these hours. TILE TRADES' LIGON OUTRAGE NEAR SHEFFIELD. The Home Secretary leas advised her Majesty to grant a free pardon to the three men who were con victed at the last York Assizes of blowing up two The very unfavourable weather of yesterday, of course, influenced the number of visitors to the building, but not by any means to the extent that might fairly have been anticipated. Up till 2 o'clock there were comparatively few, but after that hour they came in very rapidly, until the interior was quite as well filled even as on the day after the opening. Among the very early arrivals were some of the suite of the Japanese Ambassadors, who re mained sauntering about the various court till late in the afternoon. Though wearing their double swords, as a matter of course, they were attired in the plainest and most sombre manner,even the semi- State spotted silk robes which they wore at the opening being discarded, and their dresses entirely consisting of dark blue or black woollen cloth. The same insouciant air of quiet languor which seems habitual to them was as remarkable yesterday as on other occasions. Nothing appeared to excite their admiration, and very few things attracted even their notice. A glance to the right and left, as they passed through the courts, was about the utmost they vouchsafed to anything, except,perhaps, the roof of the building itself, at which they were constantly looking. So sombre was their dress, and so quiet their movements, that they passed almost unobserved among the visitors, who would probably never have noticed them at all but that their long curved swords, worn one on each side of their waistbelts, at once proclaimed who they were. Before the opening of the building to the public yesterday a good deal of anxiety was manifested by the exhibitors to ascertain how far the roof had proved water-tight during the heavy rains of the pre vious night. Of course, it had not proved water tight throughout, though the leakages were much fewer than was generally expected. Some few of these were caused by trifling defects in sashes or glazing ; many by the stoppages of gutters, which would never have been discovered but for the sudden and heavy downpour. Most of these, of course, were purely accidental,but some gutters had evidently been wilfully blocked, and in one case a column was not only stopped up but carefully glazed across. A system, however, has now been arranged by which almost instant notice is given of any leakage in the space devoted to each class, and a large staff of men are kept constantly on the watch to remedy these defects at once, if possible ; so that with two or three days' rain to show the weak points, there is no reason whatever why the build ing should not be made as watertight as an ordi nary house. The canvass covering answers admi rably, when fixed, in keeping out both sun and rain. We are very glad to announce that the clearing of the nave, which we have so constantly pressed upon the notice of Commissioners, is about to be ef fected. Long before the building opened we repeat edly pointed out the inconvenience to the public and the injustice to exhibitors caused by their huddling so many objects together in miserable disarray; and since the opening of the building our opinion has been so unequivocally endorsed by all who have en tered it that the committee have at last seen the necessity of doing something to mitigate this most unfortunate mis-arrangement. The only good view of the interior is decidedly that from the dais down the nave, and at present this is utterly destroyed. Some objects will be removed to the side courts, others will have conspicuous and far better positions under the domes, where they really can be seen, and, in short, the arrangements of the nave will be alto gether reformed. It is to be hoped that the exhibi tors will cheerfully acquiesce in the intended change, which is,in truth, quite as much for their benefit as it is for the convenience of the public. On is. days, with 50,000 or 60,000 people in the building, the nave would be quite impassable. Even now, when only season•ticketholders are present, it is very difficult to move along it. Another grievance which we ventured to bring under notice is also to be redressed. The exhibitors in the Eastern An nexe are to have an entrance for visitors in the north end, so as to make this most interesting por tion of the Exhibition one of the main avenues to the building. There is now therefore a very fair chance of this portion of the display receiving the notice that it really merits. Another most necessary improvement which it is intended to effect is to ascertain the daily attend ance of visitors. At present the statement of num bers is formed almost entirely upon guesswork, or when only the registers of the turnstiles aro given they are much below the mark, for, as we have al ready said, very many visitors, especially ladies, prefer going round to passing through them, and at one door at least they are left their choice. If to these improvements the Commissioners will only add one more, they will do much to promote the public convenience—we mean that they should allow a certain number of cabs to stand near the chief doors of exit. There is plenty of waste space in the neighbourhood to admit of this, and it would really be a great public convenience, for, when the building is closed, it is seldom that a cab can be got within a mile of South Kensington. Yesterday during the heavy rain this want of vehicles was of course most keenly felt. The refreshment depart ments,and more especially that allotted to the French, have not yet succeed in giving the satisfaction that was anticipated. There is some excuse for this perhaps in the fact that both contractors took charge while their premises were so incomplete that they may have been prevented acquitting themselves at the commencement as they would wish. But a hun. gry public will admit of no excuse, and, however true this justification may have been during the first few days, Mr. Morrish and M. Veillard will do well to recollect that it cannot avail them much longer. Both contractors we are aware have made great preparations to meet all the wants of the public, and the sooner they are developed in a practical form the better. France has made wonderful progress since the opening day, and, large as is the space allotted to her, there is scarcely a case in the department which the severest critics would wish to suppress. When all the huge boxes are unpacked—though the supply seems inexhaustible, and as fast ES one is cleared out another takes its place—the display will be mag nificent: Every branch of the articles de luxe, in which our neighbours shine so conspicuously, is fully represented. Messrs. Christofle occupy a whole Court to themselves with beautiful specimens of ofeverie and argenterie, and the splendid plateau which they have manufactured for the Hotel de Ville will be one of the chief objects of attraction in the Exhibition. Mellerio's display of diamond neck. laces and bracelets is besieged all day long, and it has been found necessary to assign to it a special policeman, In the same case are some very fine eme rald brooches set in diamonds, though perhaps there is more taste shown in the exquisite pearl orna ments which hang close by. The display is alto gether most dazzling, though it is said the most costly specimens have yet to arrive. There are nu merous cases, too, of gilt and imitation jewellery and of plated articles, which show more taste and workmanship than we are generally accustomed to find in this class of goods. Though the art does not appear to be of a very high character, the church plate shown by Messrs. Poussielque and Rusaud is very superb ; and a reliquary-box, which they have manufactured for Notre Dame, profusely adorned with precious stones, presented for the purpose by the ladies of Paris, is well worth searching out. Rudolphi has sent some most beautiful specimens of his oxydised silver, and the enamels of Dotin are of the highest class. The Gobelins and Beauvais tapestries are for the most part as yet cove re d, but the three or four fauteuils vis ible yesterday show that the Imperial establishments are still unap proachable in these manufactures. Of ornamental furniture in every variety there is, of course, a large display. Nothing is more remarkable in the French department than the exquisite taste and skill shown in the arrangement of the silks and vel vets, ribands, and other fabrics, and our West-end drapers and milliners would do well to study the valuable lesson here offered to them. The same may be said of the array of artificial flowers, in which our neighbours are certainly unsur passed. The Algeria Company exhibit some remark able specimens of their new onyx marble ; their Louis XV. chieaneypiece in particular shows off the beauty of the material with great effect. Complete justice is hardly done to the display of porcelain from Sevres from the manner in which it shops with gunpowder near Sheffield. The men were set at liberty on Sunday from Wakefield pri- son, and returned the same day to their homes at Chesterfield and Belper. The case had been through out a most remarkable one, and excited a great amount of interest. A short narrative of the facts will be interesting. For some months towards the close of last year there had been a strike among a number of horse-nail makers employed at a little village called Thorpe Hesley, near Sheffield. Two men named Butcher and Hattersley refused to join in the strike, and were in consequence frequently annoyed by the who were taunted and threatened because they would not leave their em• ployment. One Saturday night in December las the shops of these two men, which were situated apart from each other in the village, were destroyed with gunpowder. Near one of the shops, a few minutes before the explosion, a young girl named Butcher and her sweetheart were standing. The night was very dark. A few minutes before 11 o'clock the girl noticed three men pass her in the direction of the shop, but she did not at that mo ment particularly observe their appearance. In about 5 minutes she heard the men come running back down the lane, and heard one of them cry out to the others to hasten, Just at that moment an explosion was heard, and the girl and her sweet heart saw that the nailmakers' shop at the top of the lane was in flames. The same night she gave information to the police, and in a few days after wards three men were apprehended—Jas. Watson, of Belper, and Isaac Emmanuel Watson and Joseph Tomlinson, of Chesterfield. The evidence against them was very strong. The girl Butcher distinctly swore that the prisoners James Watson and Tom linson, whom she had known for years when they lived at Thorpe, were twa of the men who ran past her in the lane at the very moment the explosion occurred. A policeman swore that he saw the two Watsons on Thorpe-common, about a mile from the village, an hour before the explosion occurred, and that he saw them go into a public-house on the common. It was also proved that the three pri soners were together at Chesterfield on the after noon of that day, that they were inquiring the times of the departure of the trains, and that they left just before a train was due which would take them within a short distance of Thorpe Hesley. But th© most important evidence against the pri soners was found in the shop occupied by Tomlin son and Isaac Watson at Chesterfield. In the exploded shops at Thorpe Hesley were found the fragments of the " infernal machines," roughly constructed of tin, in the shape of a large can, with the upper edges knocked over the lid, to strengthen it, and a hole drilled in the bottom for the reception of the fuse. In the shop at Chesterfield was found a precisely similar instrument, and also a number of fragments of sheets of tin, from which large pieces had been cut. These fragments were com pared with those found in the two shops, and the pieces, which were cut in a peculiar manner at the edges, ccrresponded with such exactness as to leave no room to doubt that they had originally formed, part of the same sheet of metal. This was substan tially the case against the prisoners, and it was met by one of the most remarkable and apparently con clusive alibis that was ever set up in a court ofjus tice. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Mellor, at York; and Mr. Price, Q.C., who was leading counsel for the prisoners, was so confident of an acquittal that he asked the jury if they would go on with the case, even before he had done more than indicate the tenour of the evidence he was about to adduce. The jury, however, refused to stop the case, and thereupon no less than 17 wit nesses were called on behalf of the prisoners. The explosion took place at 11 o'clock on a Saturday night, and three memb?rs of the Chesterfield police force, including an inspector, swore positively that the prisoner Tomlinson was drunk in the streets of that town at the very moment when he was said by the girl Butcher to have been at Thorpe, nearly 20 miles away. Each of these witnesses spoke to the prisoner on the evening in question, so that there could bo no mistake as to identity ; and, moreover, he was well known to them, The landlord and two of the customers at the publichouse on Thorp-com mon distinctly swore that on the evening of the explosion two strangers did go into that house, but they were not the two Watsons. A number of wit nesses from Belper were called, and stated that James Watson was in the market of that town on the evening of the explosion, at the very time ho was said to be 30 miles away at Thorpe. The witnesses were all of a respectable class—small tradesmen, with whom Watson had dcne business, and his neighbours, and their evidence was not shaken in the least in cross-examination. At the conclusion of the evidence of the three policemen, Mr. Justice Mellor asked the jury if they thought time would be profitably occupied in a further in ' vestigation, pointing out that the evidence, if it were to be believed, totally overthrew the case for the prosecution. But the jury, after a brief consul tation, determined to go on. In his charge Mr. Justice Mellor was evidently in favour of an acquittal, considering the weight of evidence for the prisoners; but the jury, after a very long trial, convicted all the prisoners. His Lordship passed sentence of 14 years' penal servitude. Th e publication of the details of the case ex tad strong sympathy for the prisoners, and Viscount Dun gannon commented upon it in his place in the House of Lords, The Sheffield Town Council were asked to metnoralise the Crown in favour of a free pardon for the men, but they declined to interfere. A small and entirely uninfluential public meeting adopted a different course. It is under stood that Sir Geo. Grey, after consulting With the judge, determined to advise the Queen to pardon the prisoners, and they were accordingly released on Sunday, to the great joy of their friends. lIIE ca t ed with them at Croydon, where they resided, and they , were as much surprised at the young wom , s absence as herself, and up to this day had bard no tidings of her; they were much distressed in . - tt in t .l and knew not what to do. Paynter inquired whether the girl was known to have formed any intimacies in London. said she did not think for a moment had that she She was a very quiet and reserved - girl, who h. Ad its acquaintances whatever in London, clear she could have had no notion and it was qt,‘ home at the time she went out to of leaving het c h u rch. She ha..l nothing whatever with her, and had no money i n ,her possession. M r . Paynter said he could not help the applicant; had she given any int ormation to the police respect ing the girl's disappearance? Applicant replied that _she had, and they had pro mised to use every exertion in their power. She w as only 1,5 years of age, and wc,s a girl of rather appearance. She never been in prepossessing s service. li she entered appean.." London before assist her. Mr. Paynter rcgre tted he could not STATE OF TRADE. LEICESTER, May 7.—Rather more activity is perceptible in the hosiery trade; orders are given out a little mere freely, and business in the ware houses is slightly on the increase. The warm weather is favourable to light goods. In the country districts there is not much change, but still, upon the whole, rather more is doing. Many operatives are, however, yet out of employ. Yarns keep up their prices, and spinnet's produce sparingly, so. as not to overstock the market. Wools remain with out change in price. NOTTINGHAM, May 7.—There is more doing in the silk branch of the lace trade this week, particu larly in edgirgs, which is in excellent demand, in consequence of the prevailing fashion being greatly in favour of this class of goods. Wide laces, shawls, mantles, are aloo in good demand—and, indeed, the silk trade generally is decidedly active. There is not much doing in cotton goods ; Mechlin quil lings are, however, in good sale. The fancy trade is dull. There is a light improvement in the hosiery trade; both as respects home and shipping goods there has been rather more doing. Manu facturers now think that they have seen the worst. Yarns remain very high in price, and those of good quality are scarcely to be had at any rate. SPORTING 11V7ELLIGE.NCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.- WEDNESDAY. After a thunderstorm in the night, which fell but slightly over the town, and after men had reflected on the manly and straightforward account of Old Calabar given by his o7ner in the Subscription Rooms on the preceding evening, morning' broke with a clear sky and a cooled atmosphere. Settling for the racing of Tuesday (when no large sums were 1 0 ,4 e r won) went on very smoothly until 12 o'clock, then futute eN ;nts again called forth the attention of spe culators, and tiao One Thousand Guineas Stakes came on the tapis, Imperattioe, :Ethel, and Hurricane having parties who supported them at t;:e odds quoted below. Twelve ',clock the first of the six, a races stood on the card. At ; place.;, , efore 5 o'clock people walk over the course, took had left the heath, satisfied with an easy 6,.nd no surfeit of sport on that which followed the bustle o! g 6 large an assemblage as that seen at Newmarket on Tuesdkr , The Jockey Club Plate of 100 sovs, added to a SN7CeI,- stakes of 25 sous each. 15 ft. B.C. Sir J. Hawley's Asteroid, 4 yrs, gat 41b .... (Wells) w. o. Handicap Plate of £5O, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Bretby Stakes Course. H. Goater's Caliban, 4 3 rs, 7st 121 b.. (G. Fordham) 1 Lord Westmorland's Knight of the Bath, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Hunter) 2 Lord Stamford's Xurullo, 3 yrs, 7st 41b .. (A. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Hetty, Fee, Woman in Red, Disappointment, Coulon, Will Watch, and Madge Wild fire. _ _ _ Betting-2 to 1 agst Xurullo, 3to 1 agst Caliban, and 5 to 1 agst any other. Woman in Red, in company with Knight of the Bath and Caliban on the far side, made the running, with the others, headed by Xurullo, lying close up to the top of the hill, where Caliban joined the Woman in Rod, and ran with her into the bottom, where she was beaten, and he took a decided lead. Xurullo at the same time came with a rush, and got to the girths of Lord Westmoreland's colt, the three finish ing a good race home, Caliban winning cleverly by a lengths a head between the second and third, Woman in Red was fourth, Hetty fifth, Madge Wildfire and Coulon sixth and seventh, close up. Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; weight for age. The winner to be sold for 70 soya. First half of Ab. M. 7 subs. Mr. Angell's Entomologist, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b , (Perry) 1 Lord Stamford's Ballerino, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (A, Edwards) 2 Lord Strathmore's Sugarstick, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b .. (Covey) 3 Telegraph, Caster Oil, and Bacchus also rim. The betting opened at 2 to 1 agst Ballerino and closed at 6 to 1, 2 to 1 agst Caster Oil, 4 to 1 agst Entomologist, and 5 to 1 agst Telegraph. Entomologist being the quickest off, cut out the work, followed by Sugarstick, Bacchus, and Ballerino into the coods, when the latter came out and joined Entomologist, the three finishing a close race home, Entomologist, who, appeared to hang at the finish, winning - by a head ; a length and a half between the second and third ; Castor Oil was fourth, close up, Bacchus fifth, and Telegraph last. On returning to scale, Covey lodged a complaint against Perry and Edwards for closing upon him, and Edwards against Perry for hanging upon him, and preventing him getting up, which remains for the adjudication of the stewards, who will enter upon the subject this morning, before the commencement of the races. Selling Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 3. yr-olds I and upwards. The winner to be sold for 200 soya. First half of Ab.M. 6 subs. Mr. Brayley's Tarragona, 3 yrs, Gst Glb (J. Daly) 1 Mr. T. Stevens's Snowdrop colt, 3yrs, Gst 101 b (Pearson) 2 Mr. Ingham's The Prophet, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b.. (S. Rogers) 3 Mr. R. H, Nevill's Dioncea, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (J. Grimshaw) 4 Count Batthyany's Pergula, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Hunter) 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Tarragona, and 4to 1 each agst Dioncea and The Prophet. Some time elapsed before they could bo got together, in consequence of Pergula and Dioncoa repeatedly breaking away. When the flag was lowered Tarragona jumped away with a clear lead, was never after caught, and won in a canter by two lengths; half a length between second and third. Match; Sst 71b. T.Y.C. 200; h. ft. Sir J. Hawley's Weatherbow, 2 yrs ( Wells) 1 Lord Glasgow's Senorita colt, 2 yrs (Aldcroft) 2 Betting-4 to lon Weatherbow. The pair started together and ran so for some distance, when the favourite went iu advance and won by a length and a half. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 2-yr olds, 7st ; 3 yr-olds, oat; fillies allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 300 soya, for 200 soya, allowed 51b. Last half of Ab. M. 8 subs. ----- Lord Stamford's Good for Nothing, 3 yrs, 0200), Bst Gib (A. Edwards) Mr. Rogers's Grisette, 3 yrs 0200), Bst 61b (G. Fordham) 2 Mr. E. Thomas's Dux, 3 yrs (M 00), Bst 61b (J. Goater) 3 The following also ran :—Lorelei, Don't Como Late, Witch of Endor, Alice, and Vedette colt. Betting-3 to 1 each ages Good-fur-Nothing and the Vedette colt, 4 to 1 agst Don't Come Late, 6 to 1 agst Witch of Endor, 100 to 15 agst Grisette, and 10 to 1 agst Alice. The flag was lowered after three failures, caused by a e over anxiety of the riders of Good-for -Nothing and the Lady Love colt; Good-for-Nothing, in company with Grisette, Don't Come Late, and Witch of Endor, made the running halfway down the hill, when they were joined by Dux, A close and interesting race ensued, which terminated in favour of Good •for -Nothing, who won cleverly by a length; a head separating the second and third, Witch of Endor finished a good fourth, and Don't Come Late next. Plate of 50 sovs for F-yr•old colts, Bst, 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. Lord Stamiord's Blackcock, Bst 71b (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Lord Albert, Bst 71b .... (J. Osborne) 2 Mr. R. H. Nevill's Drosera, Bst 41b Mr. Jas. Robinson's Susan, Bst 41b . . (Norman) 4 Betting-6 to son Blackcock, and 6to 4 agst Lord Albert. Blackcock jumped away with a clear lead ; waited upon by Drosera, Lord Albert, and Susan, in the order we have given them, and in which way they ran into the bottom, where Lord Albert obtained the same place, but was never enabled to reach the favourite, who won in a canter by a length; three lengths between the second and third; a bad fourth. Sweepstakes of 50 Boys each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds and up _ wards ; weight for age. Last half mile of AP. 6 subs. Baron Niviere's Baliverne, 3 yrs, 7st 91b. (H, Crimshaw) walked over. The forfeits were divided, and Baliverne walked over. Sweepstakes of 50 sous each, for 4-yr-old colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies, Bst 51b. Winners extra, Maiden horses a ll owe d 51b. The last three miles of B.C. 8 subs. Duke of Beaufort's The Roe, Bst 51b (A. Day) walked over. Rene wal of the Sweepstakes of 50 sous each, for 3.yr-old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b. A.F. 7 subs. Lord Stamford's King of Hearts (41b es.) (A. Edwards) w.o. The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 150 soya each, h ft, and 25 if declared to go to the second horse; 4-yr old colts, Bst 91b ; fillies, Bst 411) ; maidens allowed 71b. Cesarewitcb. Course, 7 subs. Mr. R.Ten Broeck's Evenhand (m.),Bst 21b(Fordham) Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft for 3-yr-old colts,Bst 101 b ; and fillies Bat 61b. D,M. 3 subs. Lord Stanford's Co Bet 101 k .9 .9.9 t • ( Qray) w,o. SALISBURY—MAT 6. At to-daj"'s market wheat was in much larger su pp l y , an d generally speaking in improved condition. Trans actions were slow at a decline of ls 6d to 2s. Barley, an inactive trade, at former f.%nrrencies. Oats, beans, and peas showed little alteration. BO TON—MAY G. At our market to-day atel'e was a fair attendance of dealers, and a tolerable inqui:y IZIr wheat took place. Sales were made at about last week's- rates. NEWCASTLE-ON TYI4 F — MAN 6 . an,l the demand ruled, • ;And tat© prices not The supply of wheat was limited , slow, at former rates. Flou r n e g lected', maintained. Other articles unchanged. HULL—MAY 6. The wheat trade since our last h as been veil dull, and the arrivals are good of both wheat and barley, the greater portion of the former from the Baltic, and most of the latter from Denmark. Of other grain the supply is only trifling. At to day's market there was again a small sullply of English wheat, which sold at is under late rates, with is to tc dull sale. Foreign sorts in so me request, and from• 2a below last week's rates. Ba rle y a slack inquiry at ls to 2.5 decline on last week's quotations for malting, grinding 1.111... alteted. Beans and peas as before. Oats moved off at former prices. Wheat.... Old white per qr. . s4s Od to 58s Oct Old red New white .. ~ New red .... ~ Dantzic, Konb , Sm. old white 56s Od to 62 s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 62s Oct Baltic and Hamburg, red sBs Od to 59s Oct St. Petersburg and Riga, old. 60s Od to 62s 01 Barley.... English malting 34s Od to 37s Od Grinding 3ls Od to 338 Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 36s Od. Grindinc , ......... 3OB Od to 31s Oti. ver st oBl2d to 131 25s Od to 28s Od O a ts English, ° old ...... Archangel and Ri ga, ... Friesland and Dutch.... osl2id to 08131 Swedish and Danish . 0813 to 06130 d 46s Od to 4 Beans ....English, old, per qr . ' ....... Bs Od pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od New tick 4 t's Od to 428 Od Egyptian .. 38 s Od to 40s 01 Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Spring --s Od to —s 01 Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing • 4os Od to 52e Od. Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 15 0 to £0 0 0 Foreign Bl5 oto 910 0 Rape cakes 6 0 oto 610 0 Bones 5 5 oto 510 0 BRISTOL SUGAR—MAY 7. The brokers' offices have bean scantily supplies with samples lately, but to-day a cargo of Barbadoes was brought forward and near] y all sold at fully former rates. •Rather more doing, but without any improvement in price. COAL (Prfoes of Coal per Ton a e. d. Buddle's West Hartley 15 6 Wylam ..15 6 Carway and Duffryn Malting 24 0 . . .ARKET. t the close of the mulct Walls; End. s. d. Cassop Heugh Hall 15 0 South Kelloe. l6 0 Framwellgate l5 0 Hartlepool 16 6 Braddyll's Hetton 15 9 Hetton South Hartlepool 15 6 Caradoc ..16 0 Acorn Close.. K elloe.. .. Eden l5 0 Tunstall Belmont ..15 0 3t, 74 ; 8011, 41. Do. — Anthracite.. 21 6 1340.1's Primrose .12 6 Bate's West Hartley.. 14 6 Lambert's West Hart- ley 15 6 Walker Primrose 12 6 West Hartley 15 6 Holywell 15 0 Grey's West Hartley 15 6 Eden Main ..15 3 Ships at marks WRECK OP THE STEAMSHIP DANUBE.—LIVER. rooL, Wednesday.—Early this morning, as the screw steamer Danube was entering the port, she took the ground on the West Hoyle Bank, and notwithstanding that assis tance was rendered as soon as possible the steamerremained on the bank, and the latest particulars from the scene of the accident stated that the vessel was fast breaking up, and that no hopes were entertained of saving her. The Danube, at the time of the accident, was in charge of a Liverpool pilot, and was on her way home from Alexandria with a large general cargo, consisting of wheat, cotton, &c. The time at which she got on shore was 6 30 a.m., and about 10 a.m. the steam tugs Brother Jonathan and United King dom were despatched to the assistance of the vessel. On board the tugs were about 50 labourers. Three lighters were also despatched to the Danube. The Danube was a fine vessel, and was owned here by Messrs. John Bibby and Sons, The Point of Air lifeboat was early in attendance at the scene of disaster, and no life was reported to be lost. although tho weather was very foggy at the time. REAU.RBGARDS ADVIC. TO HIS SOLDIERS. General Beauregard has issued the following in structions to his soldiers :—" Head-quarters, Army I of the Mississippi, Jackson, Tennessee, March 14, 1862.-1. Field and company officers are specially enjoined to instruct their men, under all circum stances, to fire with deliberation at the feet of the enemy. They will thus avoid over shooting', and, besides, wounded men give more trouble to our adversary than dead, as they have to be taken from the field. 2. Officers in command must be cool and collected ; hold their men in hand in action, and caution them against useless, aimless firing. The men must be instructed and required each one to single out his mark. It was the deliberate sharpshooting of our forefathers in the revolution of 1776, and New Orleans, in 1815, which made them so formidable against the odds with which they were engaged. 3. In the beginning of a battle, except by troops deployed as skirmishers, the fire by file will be avoided. It excites the men, and renders their sabsequent control difficult. Fire by wing or company should be resorted to in stead. During the battle the officers and non-com missioned officers must keep their men in the ranks, enforce obedience,and encourage and stimulate them if necessary. 4. Soldiers must not be permitted to leave the ranks, even to assist in removing our own dead, unless by special permission, which shall only be given when the action has been decided. The surest way to protect the wounded is to drive the enemy from the field. The most pressing, highest duty, is to win the victory. 5. Before the battle, the quartermaster of the division will make all ne cessary arrangements for the immediate transporta tion of the wounded from the field. After consul tation with the medical officers, he will establish the ambulance depot in the rear, arid give his assistants the necessary instructions for efficient service of the wag gons and other means of transportation. 6. The ambulance depot to which the wounded are to be carried direct for immediate treatment should be es tablished at the most convenient building nearest the field of battle. A red flag marks the place and way to it. 7. The active ambulances follow the troops to succour the wounded and remove them to the depot. Before the engagement about five men, the least effective under arms to the company, will be detailed to assist the ambulance conductors in removing wounded, providing water, and otherwise assisting the wounded. These men will not loiter about the depots, but must always return to the field of battle as soon as practicable. 8. Before and immediately after the battle the roll of each com pany will be called, and absentees must be strictly accounted for. To quit their standard on the bat tle-field under fire, under pretence of removing or aiding the wounded, will not be permitted. Any one persisting in it will be shot on the spot, and whosoever shall be found to have quitted the field, his regiment, or his company without authority will be regarded and proclaimed as a coward, and dealt with accordingly.—By command of General BEAUREGARD, T. JORDAN, Acting Adjutant-Gene ral." POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—May 8. MANSION-HOUSE.—A young man, about 20 years of age, dressed in the height of fashion, named Charles Pinkstone, was brought before the Lord Mayor yesterday on a warrant, in custody of de tective officer Packman, charged with forging and uttering, on the 7th April last, a cheque for £lOO, and with uttering and forging, on 9th April last, a cheque for £2OO, both purporting to be signed by Messrs. Loughborough and Barfield, solicitors, of Austinfriars, with intent to defraud Messrs. Martin and Co., bankers, of Lombard-street. Mr. Columbine appeared to watch the case on behalf of the prisoner. The prisoner was apprehended at Exeter by Robert Packman, one of the detective force, where it appeared he was under remand, having been charged with riotous conduct before the magistrate at Exeter. The prisoner went to an hotel in Exeter, and the landlord seeing that he had plenty of money, was stylishly dressed, and wore a valuable gold watch and chain, thought he was a highly respect able young man. He slept at the house, and in the middle of the night the housemaid was startled by the prisoner who was on the landing in his night• shirt flourishing a pistol about, and in a state of great excitement. The landlord thought he had been partaking too freely of wine, and got him to bed again, but could not lock the door on the out side, as the key could not be found. Shortly after the household had once more retired to rest the landlady was awoke by a noise at her bedroom door, and on her husband being called the prisoner was found on the staircase outside the door flourishing the pistol about, which was capped and loaded ; he made a great disturbance, and could not be induced to go to bed again, and as he became very violent a police-officer was sent for, whom he assaulted in a very violent manner, for which he was taken before the magistrate. Packman stated that he proceeded to Exeter, where he saw the prisoner. He showed him the warrant, and asked him if his name was Chas. Pink stone, The prisoner said it was; and he told him that he was charged with forging and uttering, on the 7th April, a cheque for £lOO, drawn on Messrs. Martin, bankers, of Lombard-street, and purporting to be signed by his late employers, Messrs. Lough borough and Barfield, of Austinfriars ; and also on the 9th of April with forging and uttering a cheque for £2OO at the same place, and upon the same pretence. He showed the prisoner the cheques. The prisoner was delivered up to him by the autho rities, and he received from the superintendent of police at Exeter £l - 13 in gold, and Bs. in silver and copper, a gold watch and chain, and a portmanteau, containing apparel, which were in the possession of the prisoner. On the road to London the prisoner told him he was quite willing to tell him all about the matter. He warned him that anything he said would be used as evidence against him, and he said that he Mended to plead guilty to the charge. He told the prisoner he had received £3OO in London, and asked him how he accounted for the deficiency. He replied that he had not a farthing except what was taken from him by the police at Exeter. He paid about £45 for his watch, chain, and append ages; £1 for a pistol. which he bought three days before ho was locked up ; £1 for a portmanteau ; and that he got five £5 notes for £25 in gold at Plymouth, and lost them ; and that he had also lost £lO in London. The rest he had spent upon him self. Mr. Leman, a cashier at Messrs. Martin and Co.'s, said Messrs. Loughborough and Barfield kept an account at their bank. The cheque produced by the officer for £lOO was presented to him over the counter on the 7th of April. It purported to be signed by Messrs. Loughborough and Barfield. He paid it in one Bank of England note of £5O, four of £lO each, and £lO in gold, but he could not say who presented it. Mr. Kelly, a cashier in the same bank, stated that the cheque for £2OO, also purporting to be signed by Messrs. Loughborough and Barfield, was presented to him on the 9th April, and he paid it with one note of £200; but ho could not swear that it was the prisoner who presented it. Mr. Barfield, of the firm of Loughborough and Barfield, stated that the prisoner had been in his service as clerk for seven weeks up to the 9th of April, when he absconded without giving any notice. The filling up in the cheques produced was in the handwriting of the prisoner, and the signa ture which purported to be his (Mr. B afield's) was not written by him nor by his authority. The cheques with others had been taken from his cheque book, which was usually kept by the cashier. Mr. Columbine put some questions to this wit ness, but elicited nothing in favour of the prisoner. The prisoner, who had nothing to say in answer to the charge, was then committed for trial, WESTMINSTER.- - A lady, residing at No. 11, Gillingham-terrace, Vauxhall-bridge-road, came to the court this morning, and requested to speak to the magistrate upon an occurrence of a most extra ordinary and distressing description. Applicant said that being in want of a domestic servant a few months ago, she obtained a young woman named Mary Tidy trom the country, who remained with her until Sunday week, when she suddenly disappeared. Mr. Paynter asked under what circumstances. Applicant replied under circumstances which strongly led to the belief that she had been waylaid, or entrapped in some way. Mr. Paynter desired to know the particular cir cumstances. Applicant observed that it had been the s•ellrg woman's habit to go to the H ol y Trinity Church, Bes.,borough-gardens, on Sunday evenings, and she as regularly returned immediately after the conclu sion of divine service. She left home on Sunday evening to go there as usual, but never returned. Applicant waited up for her hour after hour, won dering w h a t had become of her, and at length retired to rest, much alarmed at her continued absence. Mr. Paynter inquired whether she had any iends. Applicant replied that she had. Mr. Paynter asked if she had seen them upon the subject. Applicant said she had immediately communi- 101VDON _HOSPITAL. The 122 d anniversary festival of this institution took place last evening at the London Tavern,, Bishopsgate ; the Duke of Cambridge presiding, supported by air Wm. Clay, Colonel Macdonald, Mr. Wm. Catton, Mr. Wm. Davis, Mr. Thomas Fowell Buxton, Captain. Pelly, Mr. Sheriff Twenty man, Lieutenan,' , -Colonel Capper, Lieut-Colonel. Davis, Captain Pik:et, &c. The guests numbered. in all upwards of 1130 galtlemen, including many influential persons who have always shown a. special interest in thist excellent charity. In giving the toast of " The Army and Navy, and Volunteers," his Royal Highness spoke in eulo gistic terms of the late review at Brighton, and observed that it had been supposed in some quarters that there was a desire amofl the military autho rities to interfere with that body ; but be took this opportun.cty of stating that no such intention ever ex isted. I'Vhen, however, the Volunteers appeared in large bodiOs on great public occasions, in order to show their N 'able to the service of the country, he thought it be tter that they should be associated. with the regular .forces, because it was certAinly an advantage that the different branches of the sm. vice should be cemented:. This sentiment was cordially acquiesced in, and the chairman afterwards p,:•4 ended to give the to ast of the evening—" Prosperity to the London Hospital." In bringing this subject forward, his Royal Wighness drew attention to `the statistics of the hosp,ital, stating that one of the great features of the instil. ution was to bo found in the fact that it afforded relief in a larger number of accident cases than the public could possibly con eive. The total number of cases of this description f r om 1842 to the year 1861 amounted to 186,667; and this fact alone testified to the general usefulsess of the cha,"ity. It appeared that the annual expen diture of the hospital amounted to £lB,OOO, whilst; the actual income derived from funded property only reached 2.13,000. There was therefore an annual deficit of . C 4,000, and this deficit had gene rally been met in sjich a manner as to enable the governors to maintain the character of the install.- tion. There were, as, ,a rule, 400 beds constantly occupied in the hospital!, and during the past year 32,000 patients had received relief within its walls. f It was an extraordinaryact that no less than 12,000 accidents had been tree fed in the hospital. this year, and many of them were a most serious and painful description. He Fled ample reason to believe that the management cif the hospital 'AILS sound and economical, and would bear comparison with that of any other institution of a similar character in this vast metropolis. His royal high ness concluded by making an earnest appeal to the company in behalf of the charity, and the result was that a subscription list was announced Amount ing to £2,100. The musical arrangements were under the able direction of Mr. Francis, who had secured the valuable assistance of Madame Weiss, Madame Laura Baxter, Mr. Montem Smith, and Mr. Weiss. The two ladies were warmly greeted at each dis play of their ability, and the general arrangements of this department were all that could be desired. Mr. Harker officiated in his usual capacity. COUISTIItY MA RIO:. b`. J , BIRTHS. BEAUMONT.—On the 7th inst., at Gloucester-place, tho wife of Henry F. Beaumont, Esq., of a son. HAY.—On the 4th inst., at 33, Cadogan-place, the Hon, Mrs. Hay, of a son. OAKELEY.—On the 6th inst., at Lansdowne Villa, Cliftony Lady Oakeley, of a son and heir, PONSONBY.—On the 6th inst., at The Cloisters, W incisor, the Hon. Mrs. Henry Ponsonby. MARRIAGES. LOCII—VILLIERS. — On the 7th inst., at Saint Paul's, Knightsbridge, Henry Brougham Loch, Esq., C. 8., to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Bon. Edward Villiers. PARKE—GREY.—On the 6th inst., at Walcot Church , Bath, Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Richard P arke, R.N., to Louisa, daughter of the late Hon. Edward Grey, D.D., Bishop of Hereford. DEATHS. ADAMS.—On the sth inst., at Staines, Middlesex, Jamee Adams, Esq., aged 734 DEANS.—At 2, St. Agnes Villas, Bayswater, C. 11. Dean, Esq., aged 65. GALTON.—On the 28th ult., at Rome, John Howard Gal. ton, Esq., of Hadzor House, Worcestershire. HousinN.—On the sth inst., at Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Cl au de Houston, Esq., of Coneywarren, county Tyrone, aged 28. LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at Tum SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middleeea►--Thuraclay, May 8, 1862.- a '~~, a.. V