The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-16 00:00:00

47r AMERICA , QUEENSTOWN, MONDAY NIGHT. The Cunard steamer America, from Boston on Vie 2q inst., and Halifax on the 4th, has arrived. Iu the Senate on the 31st ult. a petition was pre sented from the workmen in the late armoury at Harper's Ferry, asking for the re-establishment of the armoury and for work. A joint resolution ap pointing Theodore Woolsey Regent of the Smithso nian Institute,in place of President Felton, deceased, was passed. The Secretary of War was asked to furnish the Senate with a copy of Gen. Mansfield's report of the fight between the Merrimac and the Monitor. A bill to create a Bureau of Transporta tion was introduced and referred. A bill to provide a Territorial Government for Arizona was intro. duced. Resolutions from the Legislature of Maine were presented in favour of the President's eman cipation policy. The bill for the abolition of slavery in the district of Columbia was taken up, and Mr. Sumner, of Massachusetts, addressed the Senate in favour of its passage. The bill was postponed. In the House the Senate Bill remitting duties on arms imported by States was passed. The Com mittee on Elections reported that S. F. Beach was not elected a member from the Seventh Con gressional District of Virginia. The Tax Bill was then further considered in Committee of the Whole House until the adjournment, and the clauses relating to leather, enamelled cloth, skins, hides, wines, varnish, and furs were amended. A resolution was adopted that no duty shall be collected on furs until the expiration of the Reciprocity Treaty. The tax on diamonds, emeralds, and other jewellery was fixed at 3 per cent. ad valo rem ; the tax on flour was struck out ; the tax on cloth and all textile fabrics was fixed at 3 per cent. ad valorem. A paragraph was adopted that on and after the let of May a tax of 1 cent per pound 'roe charged on all cotton. A tax was also placed on melodeons and organs kept for hire, also on pleasure yachts, and on dogs. To the section relating to cattle was added a proviso that the Commissioners of Internal Revenue may make further rules and regulations for ascertaining the accurate number of cattle, hogs, and sheep slaughtered, liable to taxa tion under the bill- In the course of the debate the statement was made by Mr. Spaulding, of New York, that the existence of the Reciprocity Treaty with Canada causes a loss to the United States' Treasury of thirteen millions annually through dis criminating duties. In the Senate, on the Ist, a resolution was adopted, instructing the Committee on the Conduct of the War to collect evidence in regard to the barbarous treatment by the Confederates at Manassas of the killed in battle there ; also,whether the Confederates enlisted Indians who committed unheard of atro cities, and how this savage warfare was conducted. A bill was introduced for the better organization of the District of Columbia Militia. A resolution was adopted requesting the Secretary of War to furnish the correspondence of General Wool with the War Department relative to the movements of the army, or part thereof, since he has been in command of Fortress Monroe. The bill abolishing slavery in the district of Columbia was taken up. Mr. Davis offered an amendment to the original bill,—that persons be permitted to retain possession of their slaves until the money appropriated be paid them. —Rejected. Mr. Davis offered another amend ment,--to strike out the limit of 300 dole, as the average amount to be paid for each slave.—Re jected-11 against 30. Mr. Browning moved to amend Mr. Clark's substitute by making the aver age value of the slaves 500 dole., and providing that one-half be paid to the master, if loyal, and the other half retained by the Secretary of the Treasury, and when any person liberated by the bill emigrates to another country to be paid over to him or his.—Adopted. Mr. Willey moved an amendment to Mr. Clark's substitute, so as to provide for the submission of the question to the people of the district before it becomes a law.— Rejected-13 against 24. Mr. Trumbull offered an amendment to the original bill, that no payment be made for any slaves to any persons who have borne arms in the rebellion against the United States, or in any way given aid thereto. After further discus sion the Senate went into Executive Session. There has been no further encounter or move ment on the part of the Merrimac or Monitor. The siege of Island No. 10 had continued without any important change. A special despatch to the Times, dated of Island No. 10, March 31 says,— " The river is falling several inches a-day. The rebels have erected a large intrenched camp in the bend of the river, directly in front of our gunboats. An embankment half a mile long has been thrown, up on the shore, behind which guns are mounted in large numbers. They are masked as yet, and we have no means of ascertaining what artillery they posted at this point. Several batteries, however, are plainly visible. Their intrenchments extend from the centre of the bend to the upper point of the island. They are constantly busy with steamboats and men. The mortars were fired yesterday and to day every 15 minutes, with what effect we are un able to decide. The shells are all thrown upon the island. The rebels make no answer, except an occa sional shot at a transport. Occasional firing is heard in the direction of new Madrid, caused by engage ments between the batteries, which are placed on opposite sides of the river below that place. We get no news from there." Another despatch says,--. - - "The mortars fire every halt hour, but elicit no response. The rebel mail, captured ye6terday at Union City, contained letters from the rebel troops at Island No. 10, representing that the forces there were disheartened and dispirited. There is nothing from General Grant's column. To-day 40 or 50 soldiers came into Hickman, gave up their arms, and desired to return. to their allegiance and join the Federal army. They were a portion of those who escaped from Union City yesterday. They report that large numbers of the rebel troops are also disposed to yield." A special correspondent of the New York limes, speaking of the rumours regarding the bombard ment and the real progress of affairs, says,— " When it is known that for the last week we have laid from two to three miles from the nearest batteries, and, added to this distance, there have been clouds of smoke along the horizon, whereby, with the most powerful glass, we are unable to see the enemy and not even his cannon, the value of such information will be at once highly appreciated. After laying for 48 hours, unable to catch a single glimpse of the enemy, and not firing at him more than half-a-dozen shots in the same time, it is in spiring to learn from the daily files that during that period we have dismounted a dozen cannon, killed a sen ft of rebels, shot do wn a fl ags t a ff, an d crea t e d in general no small panic among the sons of the sunny and gallant South. it is these accounts which ehoe, eleur flagging spirits and encourage us to persevere with the hope of a speedy and glorious end, The day before yesterday Capt. Steiner made his long looked -for aerial reconnaissance. The balloon was fill e d en a fiat boat, and thence, by 'means of a cord, w as allowed t to ascend slowly a distance of some goo f a e: o ,or thereabouts. The ascent was made from was probably point about a mile above the Point, and hence not less than three miles from the nearest battery,ab Capt. Steiner went up first, and af 7 cr him Col. Buford , ne:anTdhceondsaey was as smoky as an Indian summer 0 - quently, the prospect was not of the best. no' , ever, they succeeded in learning that the rebelsh a i some batteries on the main or Ken Lucky shore , beside,f orlt . a fications and guns on the island. Thi s Was lear nt, together with the fact that there is a floating battery on the side of the island and several transport s lying at the foot—all of which was eminently satis factory. We knew all this before, but then it had not been discovered from what particular point of ob• servation, and consequently was novel in one sense, if not in anoiler, The tents having disappeared from the barks and the head of the island, it was inferred that they had been removed back, in order to get them out of range. This circumstance was fully corroborated by the aeronaut, to the extent that not being able to see any of the tents, from the atmospheric haze, it was concluded that they had been removed .somewhere. No enemy was seen from the ‘balinou; from which circumstance it was ifil ,, rred either that the rebels, frightened at th© uprising of a monstrous unknown object above the national fleet, had run into their holes, or else that that the distance being so great, and the atmos phere so hazy, an object the size of a man would be invisible. The information obtained concerning the guns was somewhat misty and unce ain, and did not at all contain those elements of satisfaction and exactness which distinguished the other points as certained during the reconnaissances. Several ob jects were seen which were probably neither stumps, logs, nor four horse waggons, and hence in all like lihood were guns; but how many, or of what ca libre, or exactly how located, could not be learnt, owing to their minuteness and their great distance from the observer. Taken in all, tne balloon re connaissance was eminently satisfactory, with few exceptions, arising from the great distance, the smallness of the objects, and haziness of the atmos phere." The Detroit Advertiser says : " From a gentleman just arrived from Island No. 10 we have a satisfactory explanation of the appa rent delay and inaction of our forces in that quarter. One reason given for the little vigour with which the bombardment has been prosecuted for the past week or ten days is that it is only desired to keep the enemy at Island No. 10 diverted, while Gen. Grant strikes a blow somewhere on the Upper Tennessee. In the ' meantime our forces are not idle. For several days they have been busily employed in cutting a channel across the point just above the island, and by this time, it is thought, the gunboats may by this means have passed the terrible batteries of the island without exposing themselves to the enemy's fire. Owing to the rapid current of the river the gun and mortar boats have had great difficulty to contend with in having:to fight down stream. By getting below the island they will be able to attack it from an unexpected quarter, and will have the advantage of keeping head up stream, which all vessel-men will readily appreciate. We should hesitate to publish this information were we not assured that the enter prise was, when our informant left, so far advanced as to render its full completion by this time un doubted. The river, which just now is very high, was expected materially to aid the work with its rapid current.'' Union City has been captured by a portion of the army of the West. A special despatch to the Chi cago Journal, from Cairo the Ist, says,— " Colonel Buford yesterday, accompanied by the 27th and 42d Illinois Regiments, and a part of the Wisconsin from near Island No, 10, with a detach ment of cavalry and artillery from Hickman under Hay, made a descent upon Union City, after a forced march of 30 miles, and fell upon the rebel encamp ment at 7 o'clock in the morning, dispersing the entire force stationed there under Clay and King, consisting of both cavalry and infantry. They fled in every direction. Several of the enemy were killed, and a large amount of spoils was captured, includ ing 150 waggons filled with commissary and quar termaster's stores, &c. Our loss is one man killed from an explosion in burning a tent. The rebel force numbered 700 infantry, and between 700 and 800 cavalry." The line of defence of the Federal army is de scribed by a special correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, who is with the Federal army near Sa vannah, Tennessee, under command of Generals Smith and Grant ; " This seems to be the centre of rebel operations. Their new line of defence has for its base the Charleston and Memphis road, the preservation of which is absolutely necessary to any pre tence of resistance through Northern Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Along this railroad are Tuscumbia and Florence, at the foot of the muscle shoals and the junction with the Nashville and Florence road, where the rebels have had forces since Donelson ; Decatur, near the head of the lower muscle shoal, where the greater part of the Donelson and Bowling Green forces are said to have concentrated at first after the retreat from Nashville ; Huntsville and Bellfontaine, at both of which there are said to be small bodies of troops ; Stevenson, important as the junction with the rail road from Nashville through Murfreesborough, through which the rebels retreated ; and Chatta nooga, a strong and important position. All these points are east of Corinth, and all, except the last, I are in Alabama. To the west of Corinth the load 4 runs in a tolerably straight line to Memphis, 100 miles distant ; and north-west runs the road to Jack• son, almost in the centre of West Tennessee, where rebel fortifications are said to be preparing with great rapidity. Such is the new line of defence for the rebel ' army of the Mississippi,' the command of which their crack General, Beauregard, has re cently assumed. Beauregard's department is un derstood to extend at least as far as Decatur, Alabama, and Memphis. He is known to have been making his head-quarters last week at Corinth, within 10 or 15 miles of our picket lines, and during a portion of the week it is also cer tain that he had around him at the same point Generals Polk, Johnston, Pillow, Cheatham, Free man, and Wright. Oar line, on the other hand, for the present is simply the Tennessee River, from Smithland Kentucky, to Eastport Mississippi. There have been numerous ineffectual attempts to oppose our free passage along the river, by the two wooden gunboats, the Lexington and A. 0. Tyler, have served an admirable purpose as a roving police, pre ' venting the erection of batteries, and silencing the only one that had been completed—that at Pitts , burg Landing, nine miles above. Above Eastport, at Chickasaw Bluffs and other points, the rebels are understood to have batteries that command the navigation of the river, and protect Florence and r Decatu r f rom attack by water for the present. f4e general understanding of the rebel movements is that, with Corinth as their base of operations in opposition to our force at Savannah, they are en- Ideavouring to station troops and erect defences at the exposed points east and west along the rail roads, so as to be ready to oppose our advance, and I concentrate their forces by nil at any point we may attempt to pounce upon. Accordingly, for the pre sent, the rebel troops are pouring into Corinth, both as the nearest point to the body of our army, and as a convenient rendezvous for the railroad line. In two days last week our scouts saw 15 trains, laden with soldiers, enter the town. Many of their troops are supposed to be the raw militia, half-armed and un organised, that have been gathered by the recent levies, but the numbers are becoming formidable. Sixty thousand is the lowest figure to which the official information will reduce them; and after making all the necessary discounts and deductions, I cannot see how we can work them down to an actual number of less than 35,000 or 40,00 Q. With Beauregard at their head, it will be seen that this force will not let our expedition remain without anything to do. How soon we shall do anything depends on the powers that remain behind." There aro indications of activity in the army of the Potomac. The Confederates in large force were on the 26th driven from Warrenton Junction, 10 miles beyond Manassas, and crowded steadily back until they were forced to cross the Rappahannock towards Gordonsville. They blew up the railroad bridge behind them, to stop further immediate pur- suit. There are now believed to be no Confederates between the Federal army and the Rappahannock. There had been considerable skirmishing for two or three days, but with no loss on the Federal side. l‘lr. Seward had paid a visit to Winchester, and inspected the battle-field. The official report of the battle has been published. Gen. Shields has written to a friend a description of the event : " Headquarters, General Shield's Division, Winchester, Virginia, March 26. " I will give you a brief account of our late ope rations. My re c o nna i ssance b e y on d Strasb u r g , ont , 18th and _ 19th inst., discovered Jackson rein foroa upp - or l t t a so ng position near Newmarket, within under sohnbo tistanc, ) of the main body of the rebels n. It was necessary to decoy him from that position; therefore I fell back rapidly to Winchester 0,11 the 20th, as if in retreat, march ing my whole one day. My com mandforee nearly thirty miles in secludel position,' tw:placed at night in a miles as from Wincester, on the Martinsburg road.. oit e sh the 21st the rebel ca valry, under Ashby, show e d themselves to our pickets within sight of Winchest er , °n the 22d all of General Banks' command, with the exception of my division evacuated Winchester en route for • THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY Centreville. This movement and the masked posi tion of my division made an impression upon the inhabitants, some of whom were in secret communi cation with the enemy, that our army had left, and that nothing remained be t a few regiments to gar rison this place. Jackson was signalled to this effect, I saw their signals and divined their mean ing. About 5 o'clock on the afternoon of the 22d, Ashby, believing that the town was almost eva cuated, attacked our pickets and drove them in. This success increased his delusion. It became ne cessary, however, to repulse them for the time being, I therefore ordered forward a brigade, and placed it in front, between Winchester and the enemy. I only let them see, however, two regiments of in fantry, two batteries of artillery, and a small force of cavalry, which he mistook as the whole force left to garrison and protect the place. In a little skir mish that evening, while placing the artillery in po sition, I was struck by a fragment of a shell, which broke my arm above the elbow, injured my shoulder and damaged me otherwise to such an extent that I have lain prostrate ever since, I commenced mak ing preparations for any emergency that might occur that night or the next morning. Under cover of the night I ordered an entire brigade (Kimball's) to take up a strong position in advance. I pushed for ward four batteries, having them placed in a strong position to support the infantry. I placed Sullivan's Brigade on both flanks to prevent surprise and to keep my flank from being turned, and I held Tyler's Brigade in reserve to operate against any point that might be assailed in front. In this position I waited and expected the enemy's attack next morn in. My advance brigade was two miles from the town, its pickets extending perhaps a mile further along the turnpike road leading to Strasburg. About S o'clock in the morning I eent forward two officers to reconnoitre the front end report indications of the enemy. They returned in an hour, reporting no enemy in sight except Ashby's force of cavalry, infantry, and artillery, which by this time had become familiar and contemptible to us. General Banks, who was yet here in person, upon hearing the report, concluded that Jackson could not possi bly be in front, or be decoyed so far away from the main body of the rebel army. In this opinion I be gan to concur, concluding that Jackson was too sa gacious to be caught in such a trap. General Banks therefore left for Washington. his staff officers were directed to follow the same day, by way of Centreville. Knowing the crafty enemy, however, I had to deal with, I omitted no precaution. My whole force was concentrated, and prepared to sup port Kimball's Brigade, which was in advance. About half-past 10 o'clock it became evident we had a considerable force before us ; but the enemy still concealed himself so adroitly in the woods that it was impossible to estimate it. I ordered a por tion of the artillery forward to open fire and un mask them. By degrees they began to show them selves. They planted battery after battery in strong position, on the centre and on both flanks. Our artillery responded, and this continued until about half-past 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when I directed a column of infantry to carry a battery on their left flank and to assail that flank, which was done promptly and splendidly by Tyler's Brigade, aided by some regiments from the other brigades. The fire of our infantry was so close and destruc tive that it made havoc in their ranks. The result was the capture of their guns on the left and the forcing back of their wing on the centre, thus plac ing them in a position to be routed by a general attack, which was made about five o'clock by all the infantry, and succeeded in driving them in flight from the field. Night fell upon us at this stage, leaving us in possession of the field of battle, two guns and four caissons, 300 prisoners, and about 1,000 stand of small arms. Our killed in this en gagement cannot exceed 100 men ; wounded, 233. The enemy's killed and wounded exceed 1,000. The inhabitants of the adjacent villages carried them to their houses as they were removed from the field of battle. Houses between the battlefield and Stras burg, and even far beyond, have since been found filled with the dead and dying of the enemy. Graves have been discovered far removed from the road, where the inhabitants of the country buried them as they died, Gen. Banks, in his pursuit of the enemy beyond Strasburg, afterwards found houses on tho road 22 miles from the battlefield in this manner, and presenting the most ghastly spectacle. The havoc made in the ranks of the rebels has struck this whole region of country with terror. Such a - - blow has never fallen on them before, and it is more crushing because quite unexpected. Jackson and his stonewall brigade, and all the other brigades accom panying him, will never meet this division again in battle. During the night they managed to carry off their artillery in the darkness. We opened upon them by early light next morning, and they commenced to retreat. General Banks returned from Harper's Ferry between 9 and 10 o'clock a.m., and placed himself, at my request, at the head of the command, ten miles from the battle-field, pur suing the enemy. Reinforcements, which we had ordered back from Williams' Division, and which I had ordered forward during the night, now came pouring in, and with all these we continued the pur suit, pressing them with vigour and with repeated and destructive attacks, as far as Woodstock, where we halted from mere exhaustion. The enemy's sufferings have' been terrible, and such as they have nowhere else endured since the commencement of this war; and yet such were their gallantry and high state of discipline that at no time during the battle or pursuit did they give way to panic. They fled to Mount Jackson, and are by this time, no doubt, in communication with the main body of the rebel army. I hope to be able in a few days to ride in a buggy, and place myself at the head of my command ; but I have neither sufficient force nor sufficient rank to do that service to the country that I hope and feel I am capable of. No man could be better treated than I am by Gen. Banks, and yet if he and his command had been here on the 22d you would have heard nothing of a fight, leeause our wily enemy would not have been en trapped. I want an efficient cavalry regiment--the 3d United States Cavalry, for instance—and addi tional infantry. I wish you would see the Secretary of War, for instance, in rel.tion to the matter. I can do the country service if they give me a chance. " JAMES SHIELDS." The Federal troops had occupied Shipping Point, on the Lower Potomac, where the Confederates recently had one of their most formidable batteries. All the Confederates lately in that vicinity have left, with the exception of a few cavalry, which occasionally make their appearance at some distance from the Federal lines. The army under General Curtis, in Arkansas, at last accounts had fallen back es far as Cross Timber Hollows, on account of a scarcity of forage where they were previously located. The Confederates, numbering some 35,000 men, under Price and Van Dorn, had retreated entirely across the Boston Mountains, and were at Van Buren and Fort Smith, receiving supplies from Memphis and Little Rock, by way of the Arkansas river. The Texan troops are represented to be much disheartened by the loss of M'Culloch, and the death of M'lntosh was severely felt among the Arkansas troops, Pike's Indians had mostly returned home, the artillery having, it is said, created a great panic among them. Fayetteville is now unoccupied by the Federal forces, though the Federal pickets extend beyond there, while those of the Confederates come north to the summit of the Boston Mountains. There will probably be another encounter of the two armies soon, though where it is not stated at present. General Burnside has taken possession of Beau fort without opposition, the Confederates having re tired to Fort Macon, which they still held. A de spatch from Baltimore, dated the 30th, gives the following account:— "The rebels burnt the bridge on the railroad be tween Newber❑ and Beau f , ,rl - , but it was being re paired, and the road would soon be in operation between the two places. So far as our informants Ilnow, all of whom came from Newbern and had not been at Beaufort, there was no destruction of property at the latter place, and a large majority of the citizens remained quietly in their houses on the approach of the Federal forces. All the rebel sol diers in the vicinity shut themselves up in Fort Macon. Their n umbers were variously represented by citizens of Beaufort at from 30Cto 600 men. The fort was said to be but slightly provisioned, EVENING, APREL 16, 1862. and it was not believed it could hold out more than a week. Its ultimate capture is, of course, a matter of certainty. General Burnside was at Beaufort. Perfect order reigned at Newbern, and a number of citizens had returned to the place. Gen. Foster was military governor of the city. The rebels were believed to be in strong force towards Kingstown, 35 miles on the road to Goldsboroug 11, and their scouts frequently appeared in the vicinity of New bern. The expedition to Washington was success ful. It consisted of about 1,000 men, with an escort of gunboats. Two companies of the Massachusetts 22d landed and took the place. The stars and stripes were nailed to a tree before the Court-house, and left there. The citizens received the invaders without any apparent excitement or apprehension, some few expressing Union sentiments, while the mass had nothing to say either way. After hold ing the place all day, and gathering all the infor mation they could, the expedition returned to New bern." The National Intelligencer announces the occu pation of Augustine by the Federal forces at the request of the inhabitants . " On Friday, the 21st inst., Commodore Dupont, having received from the mayor and inhabitants of St. Augustine an invitation to take possession of that place, several gunboats, with the battalion of Marines, proceeded down and came to off the har bour, where they found that Captain Doughty, of the Wabash, had taken quiet possession of the place with his Marines and some Volunteer soldiers under General Sherman. The Volunteers had possession of the fort, and the Marine guard were quartered in the town. The gunboat brought the bodies of Acting-Lieutenant Budd, commanding the Penguin, and Captain Matthews of the Mary Andrew, who were killed at Mosquito Inlet, 60 miles below St. Augustine, while in a reconnoitering expedition up the inlet." Advices from Key West to the 24th inst. bring intelligence from the Gulf Squadron. The report that Commissioner Yancey had been captured and taken to Key Wrest is now positively denied. A vessel had arrived from the Passes of the Missis sippi, having left there on the 19th. The steamers Richmond and Brooklyn were at the head of the Passes, and heavy firing had been heard in that direction. The movement against New Orleans was expected to take place immediately, thoughnothing authoritative was known regarding it, The health of the troops at Key West was good, but several cases of smallpox had occurred at Tortugas. A French man-of-war, late of the Vera Cruz fleet, was at Havannah, with 27 cases of yellow fever on board. Two of the crew captured on the Magnolia hre on board the Huntsville. They report that active pre parations were being made at New Orleans toresist any attack. Several gunboats were building there, and martial law would soon be proclaimed. The Huntsville brings home some 200 bales of cotton, part of the Magnolia's cargo, and 247 bales of to bacco, captured from the schooner Zavalla, off Berwick. A skirmish at 11'Iummonsville is reported from S Louis. On the night of the 26th inst., a band offrom 500 to 800 Confederates attacked four companies of State Militia at Mummonsville, Polk county, Mobile. They were completely defeated, with a loss of 15 killed and a large number wounded. Our loss was none killed, but a number wounded, among the lat ter were Capts. Stockson and Cosgrove, severely: Some of the movements of the Southern army are reported from Confederate sources. The Huntsville (Alabama) Sentinel of the 13th says,— " Pensacola has not been evacuated, but troops enough are left there to man the batteries, which can resist Fort Pickens and the fleet. Mobile is not to be abandoned, as reported. Its means of defence are considered ample, and were arranged by Gen. Bragg, who knows what he is about." The Norfolk Day Book of March 19 says,— "That part of the army on the Potomac in the vicinity of Dumfries, the Evansville batteries, &c., are understood to have evacuated their various po sitions on Friday last, and they have since fallen back. We have reports that General J. E. Johnston is at a point not far from Rappahannock station, on the Alexandria and Orange Railroad, and between the Rapid Ann and Rappahannoek rivers. And an other, that he is falling back to Gordonsville, which we do not credit. The point occupied by General Holmes not being a matter of rumour, but of know ledge, we will leave the enemy to discover. On Wednesday last Serjeant Wade, with a squad of the Carolina Light Dragoons, captured two of the enemy, about one mile from theEvansport batteries. The prisoners proved to be Wm. T. Baum, of Phila delphia, belonging to Gen. Hooker's staff, and Mr. Gregg, telegraph operator, of same division of the Federal army. President Davis, in secret session, had advised the Confederate Congress that the pri soners released by the Yankee Government upon parole be absolvcd•from their oath and allowed to take part in the approaching struggle for indepen dence. He urged it as a retaliation for the infa mous and reckless breach of faith exhibited by Lincoln in the exchange of prisoners. Attempts are being made to raise troops by conscription. Editors and compositors are not to be enrolled ex cept for local duty. The New Orleans Delta of the 26th, referring to the gallantry exhibited by Capt. Rucker in defence of the battery at Island No. 10, says, One single battery has thus far sustained the brunt of the bombardment, repulsing the Federal gunboats and sending one of them back to Cairo crippled, for repairs.' The Memphis Appeal says the recent reverses of the Ccnfederate army are nerving them with new faith, confidence, and hope, and it entertains no doubt of the ultimate success of the cause. Van Dorn and Jefferson Thompson are concentrating a large force at Pocahontas, Arkansas, preparatory to an attack upon the Fede rals at New Madrid, and General Pope will be com pelled to evacuate, so the 44 ppealsays. No damage had been done at Island No. 10 up to Wednesday, but the Confederates have sunk two Federal gun boats. The works at Fort Pillow have been com pleted. General Pope is building flatboats at New Madrid to transport his troops across the river to the Tennessee shore. In Mississippi the planters are piling their cotton ready for Bring. General Pillow has gone to Richmond. A despatch from New Orleans, dated March 26, says the Confederate steamer Vanderbilt (?) foundered at sea with all on selling in Memphis at 14 dols. to 15 dols. per barrel. es- — Of course, as soon as the advance here is acted on, there may be a corresponding advance there, which A public meeting of members and other gentle market, by-the-bye, is the only one from which we men interested in the process of pisciculture, now may expect supplies hither. True, we have been carried on by the Thames Angling Preservation led to expect we should receive supplies from Red Society, at Hampton, for the purpose of stocking River, but expectations in this respect have nothing the river with salmon, trout, and grayling, was to sustain them. We learn that the Co mm itt ee of held at the Freemason's Tavern, yesterday, to con - Safety secured several hundred casks of rice, which sider the progress of their operations. will be sold out at cost to consumers. Th e y must Mr. HANNAN was unanimously called to the chair, go further, and secure all the flour at mar k e t." and said that the meeting had been convened for Major-General Lovell has proclaimed martial law the purpose of communicating ,to them the result in New Orleans. Pierre Soule, W. Frerd, Henry of the efforts of the Thames Angling Preservation D. Ogden, and Cyprien Dufour are Provost-Mar- Society. A meeting had been held on the 13th of March, 1861, when it was resolved that an attempt shale. General Beauregard appeals to th e pl an t ers for their bells, to be cast into cannon. Th e C res - should be made to breed and preserve fish. A corn cent opposes the proposition to burn New Orleans. mittee was accordingly nominated, and they ap- It says : pointed a sub-committee to carry out the wishes of "The remarks freely made about burning the city the members. The attempts to breed fish from the ova bad been successful in nearly all Instances, and are entirely out of place. We should lik e t o k now w what is to become of the tens of thousand s o f women where they had failed it was from no fault of their and children in such an event. Fort una t e l y , th ese own, but was attributable to other causes. With remarks come from those who hav e no thi ng a t trout, salmon, and grayling the sub-committee had stake, not owners of property ; or, pe r h a p s , th ey been very successful, and they had prepared a re have removed their families into the i n t er i or , and port to the committee, which that body had got all thei r secur iti es i n th e i r b reec h es poc k ets, and adopted, and it would now be read to the meeting. Without going into particulars, he would state that ance of the i nva d ers . Th ere are a goo d many of will advance into the country on the fi rs t a pp ear - Mr. Ponder had given his unceasing attention to the breeding of those fish, and they were all deeply these kind of p eo pl e a b ou t our c it y ." The discussion o f th e S ou th ern C ongress upon th e indebted to him for the benefit they had derived mode of establi s hi ng t ra d e w ith E urope h as ta k en from his services and experience. The funds for this purpose had all been spent, and it would be a curious t urn . Th e Ri c h mon d E xam i ner of the 10th say s for the meeting to decide whether the operations of "It is kn own th a t f or some d ays past Congress the sub-committee should continue. has been di scuss i ng i n secret sess i on the propriety Mr. Ponder then read the report of the sub-com of sending a dditi ona l comm i ss i oners to Europe, to mittee, which, after some preliminary remarks, s negotiate a sale of the en ti re co tt on crop on f ore i gn stated that, in preparation for the coming trout sea son, two sets of apparatus had been completed for account, assuming it s p urc h ase b y th i s G overnment. The discussion in secre t sess i on too k a d i fferent turn use by the 15th Nov., 1861, one se t being planed from what was p r i mar il y i n t en d e d , i t b e i ng moved in the open meadow and s u ppli e d with spring water, the other set being erected under cover in a that our present embassies t o E urope s h ou ld b e re called, and that our diplom a ti c re l a ti ons w i t h E ng - green-house and supplied with water from the land and France should b e t erm i na t e d f or th e pre - Longford River. On the Ist of January, 1862, sent. This proposition has b een renewe d i n open the first trout ova were taken, the last on the 22d Congress, and is understood t o b e c hi e fl y intended February, the total qua n tity b e i ng a bout 37,000. as an exhibition of spi r it an d resentment at the Of these 17,000 were placed in the meadow, and shuffling and selfish poli c y, es p ec i a ll y o f t h e E ngl i sh 20,000 under cover. The hatching commenced on the 4th of March, and occurred at intervals of from Government, on the question o f our recogn i t i on. " 50 to 60 or more days from the impregnation of the With regard to the Co n f e d era t e navy, C ongress has not removed the inj unc ti on o f secrecy f rom any ova. At the present date the hatching process was of the reports of the head s o f d e p artments, w i th the completed excepting only the last parcel, which was exception of that of the P os t master -G enera l . The taken the 22d of February. After careful compu- Richmond Examiner lear ns , h owever , t h at t h e est i - tation they considered that the number of fish mates of the Navy Depart men t h ave b een l arge l y hatched were about 90 per cent. of the ova deposited, increased under the s ecre t ac t s o f th e P r e v i s i onal and after making reasonable allowance for losses during rearing time that they would be able in the Congress, which have authori s ed th e en li s t men t o f course of the season to turn 30,000 young trout into 2,000 additional s eamen , an d l arge a dditi ons to t h e officers of the navy. Th e o ffi cers o f th e navy aut h o- the Thames. The trout ova were obtained from the rised to be employed und er th ese A c t s are t wo cap - rivers 'Caste and Bourne, in Hampshire, the Coln e tains, five commanders, 50 lieutenants, 10 as s i s t ant - in Harts, and the Wandle in Surrey. Of salmon paymasters, 30 assistant-surgeons, 100 acting they had received 1,500 ova from Galway, and 2,000 masters, 100 acting midshipmen, 30 acting fi rs t from Clitheroe ; the former they did not succeed in assistant-engineers, 50 acting se co nd assistant- eng i- hatching, being in their opinion not fecundated ; neers, and 50 acting third assistant-engineers, the latter were hatched, but being at present under the gravel the result was unknown to them. They The Tennessee State Legislature has passed th e had received from the F r en c h G overnmen t a t war tax. On of the Memphis papers says : "We would direct the attention of our reade rs to Huninque, boxes of various o v a p ac k e d i n d am p m the Act passed by the Legislature of this Stat e to moss, generally more or less in bad condition, the provide for the payment of the war tax. Th e bill results of which had been regulated by that con received the approval of the Governor yesterday, dition. The ova were from Rhine sal mon t rou t, and is now the law. It will be seen that the State common trout, and char. Of the salmon, 2,800 ova has assumed and agreed to pay the tax. Thi s is being in good order, 2,665 were h a t c h e d ; w h ereas the others, being in bad condition, not more th an right, and we congratulate the country upon th e promptness with which the Legislature and his one-third were hatched. It was th e i n t en ti on o f the sub-committee to di s t r ib u t e th e fi s h f a i r ly a t Excellency have disposed of the matter." suitable places in the ri ver Th ames , w ithi n th e con - The strength of Manassas, as a defensible posi tion, is described by a correspondent of the Journal trol and management of th e soc i e ty, b u t a t p resen t of Commerce : that could not be done, owing to the flooded state " I shall not pause here to speak of the str eng th of the river. In offering these results they trusted of this celebrated spot, further than to say, in p ass - they might the considered successful and satisfac ing, that it is one of the strongest military positions tory to the society and others interested in pisci in the world. The reasons for this opinion I s h a ll culture. If desirable, they considered that without difficulty or great _expense, 100,000 t rou t m i g ht b e give when I describe the ground in another l e tt er , but it is enough at present to remark that if 100,000 hatched and reared annually for the Th ames , w hi c h men had advanced from Washington upo n these river, although for many reaso ns unsu it e d f or intrenchment, Ido not believe that 20,000 would breeding, yet supplied suitable food in a b un d ance , have reached the fortifications on the summit o f the and combined all the requisite co n diti ons f or slope. The cannon of the rebels command e d every healthy development, as shown by th e grea t inch of the approach within a mile and a h a lf, an d weight and excellent quality of the Th ames t rou t. there was neither tree, nor shrub, n or hill, nor h o l- The . young fish grew rapidly ; and s h ou ld pisci low to protect ,an attacking col u m n f rom th e d ea dl y culture be carried on with spirit the Tham e s wo uld fire of 100 guns. Only in th e rear was th ere any shortly be well stocked with that fish, so highly valved by the angler and approved f or the table. possible method of dislodging them." Again, the writer says of the number of troops It was with great pleasure they recorded their obli that might have been accommodated,— gations and thanks to Martin Tucker Smith, E sq ., "We ran down to the junction, a mile or so from M.P., the Earl of Portsmouth, L or d M a ld en , S the station at which we had stopped. No railroad Samuel Gurner, Esq., M.P., the Messrs. Ash wor th, buildings stand at the junction. I presume none and Thomas Garnett, Esq., for the permi ss i on an d f ever stood there. But the huts of the rebels abound facilities they afforded to the sub-committe e i n ob in :this vicinity, and their white tents are still taining the ova from salmon and trout ; an d a l so t o standing in great numbers near by. Indeed, for Francis Francis, Esq., for whose infl uence an d three miles along the road the place must hav e assistance in procuring ova they were greatly in been like a succession of large villages, and still debted. Their attention was now directed to gray presents that appearance. With entire respe c t to ling, and preparation was made for obtainin g those 'reliable' gentlemen, the newspaper cor - the spawn in the course of the present month. respondents, who have so sedulously cir cu l a t e d They had received ample permission and offers to the statement that there was not accommodation co-operate with or assist them from all to whom for 60,000 men at Manassas, I must very di s - they had applied, and they trusted therefore to tinctly say that they knew better when they wro t e succeed in procuring a good supply of ova, and if a the statement. No man who has sufficient brains as successful as with the trout they mi g ht i n to correspond with a third-rate paper could l oo k on the course of the present season st ore th e the huts now standing and the ruins of thos e which Thames with many thousands of that d e si ra bl e were burnt without knowing that they would corn- fish. The account current to th e d a t e o f th e fortably hold many more than 100,000 m en , an d report being the close of the trout s eason , was an with such a stowing as was practised at Sebastopol vexed, from which it would be seen that th e pro ess of was not in sive, and in 1855 they could lodge 200,000. I s p ea k o f on l y c probably pisciculture but few objects with suc itself h imp expe or n tant and the huts and tents along the railway ; oth ers were abundant down towards Bull Run and Centreville. valuable results could be obtain e d a t suc h mo d era t e This by no means proves the number of th e enemy cost. But they must observe that as th e r i ver to have been great, but it disproves the falsehood Thames became stocked with valuable fish the which was designed to establish the theory that greater would be the temptation to poaching, they were few in number." which must be guarded against by h av i ng addi- General Fremont has arrived at Wheeling, ac- tional effective river keepers—that, of course, in companied by his family and Major Zagonyi, The volving considerable expense. That was the report Wheeling intelligencer says:— he and his colleagues had to lay before the meeting, "We understand that some of the promin en t and he hoped they would approve of it. One ob- Union men of W es t ern Vi rg i n i a i n t en d t o urge upon ject they had in view was to register some of the Gen. Fremont the i m po r t ance o f arres ti ng 200 or details of their operations, which were of grea t in -300 of the leading Secessionists of thi s sect i on o f t h e terest and importance, but their c hi e f o bj ect was to State, and holding them as hosta ges f or th e re l ease give effect to the views o f th e gent l emen whose libe of the Union men arrested a n d i m p r i sone d i n Ri c h - rality they were i n d e bt e d f or that, their first public mond and other places. We are not a d v i se d as t o The results of tempts need be only by those at whether the General will make his head q uar t ers bounded their desires, for permanent at this point." they could be m u lti p li e d to any extent. Mr. Ponder Another Military Department, to b e ca ll e d th e then went to sh ow h ow it cou ld b e d one, and gave "Middle Department," is creat e d, con s i s ti ng o f the a most interesting and elaborate description of the apparatus, and the mode of hatching th e ova , States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, D e l aware , and was listened to w ith th e grea t es t a tt en ti on . H e the Eastern shore of Maryland and Vi rg i n i a , an d the counties of Cecil, Harford, Baltimor e , an d Anne concluded by delicately hinting that, small as th e Arundel, in Maryland, to be commanded by M a j or - expenses were to carry on those oper a ti ons , s till General Dix, with head quarters at Balti more . money was required to keep the wheels mo v i ng . A letter from Washington has the foll ow i ng in (Hear, hear.) reference to the alleged association of "Knghts of the CHAIRMAN read the cash statem en t, f rom the Golden Circle :" which it appeared that the receipts were £37 6 5., "It appears from official correspondence that and the expenses £57 55., so th a t th ey were £2O towards the close of last year a letter wr itt en by a out of pocket, which Mr. Far ne ll, th e i r h on. score - Dr. Hopkins came into the possession of the State tart', had advanced. Department. It was therein stated that an or gan i- Captain Buckland, of th e 2d Lif e G uar d s , hi g hly satio'n had been formed by which the members o f eulogised the c on d uc t an d serv i ces o f M r . Ponder, the Knights of the Golden Circle were to rush into and for the sati s f a cti on o f th e mee ti n g produced the army and service of the Federal Gover nmen t, and samples of all the fish they had hatched. (These thus gain influence and position for carrying out little things si ere examined with the greatest tin their treasonable sch emes ; an d f urt h er that Ex- tercet by the meeting.) He then proceeded to say President Pierce was among the most prominent that that was the only piscicultura l est a blis hment members. When thi s l etter was received a note in England, and he called on the public to support was sent to Ex-P res id ent Pi erce, enclosing an ex- them in doing what nature pointed out to them tract from it, sa v i ng : Y our name is connected ought to be done, and that was to stock the Thames with a secret league, the object of which is to over- with salmon. (Hear, hear.) He believed if th e y throw the Gov ernment. Any i nformation on the we re supported they would be able to produce th at fish at the rate of £1 per 1,000. subject will be acceptable. Mr. Pierce, in reply, On the motion of Mr. BonN, seconded by M r . expresses his surp r i se t h a t even seem i ng cr edence should have been even to the charge, appeals to Bum, a resolution to the effect that the r eport hav g his general co urse as a comp l e t e re f u t a tion of the mg been considered, that meeting de c id e that the slander, and remar k s t h at he never b e longed to any breeding of fish be continued, was ca rr i e d unani mously. secret league, soc i e t y , or assoc iation ; and further objects to th e f orm o f t h e no t e . Secretary Seward, Dr . GUN T ER adv ised them to turn their attenti on in reply, expl a i ns th a t thi s w as written by William to trout, but to give up the ide a th at they would he signed it, regrets On to the River Th ames . Cii , seconded by Hunter, chief c l er k o f th e department, explains the ever again the motionagainbring of thesalmonback AIRMAN circumstances under which Ponder n dlevrofLo hisr a s v e o r t v e o e s f thank s that it gav e o ff ence, an d o ff e rs an apology." was given to Mr. A mode ra t e b us i ness was transacted in fl our on On the motion of Captain BUCKLAND, sec ond e d • - the Ist at u n if orm pr i c es. Wheat attra c t e d rather more attention, and was firmer. Corn ad vance d by Mr. Bons, a vote of th anks was passe d to t h ose who had given the ova, and similar compliments to lc. per bushel, and closed buoyantly. Sugar, lard, the chairman closed the proceedings. and tallow were in good request. Pork was plenty £3O 7s. was subscribed towards the future ex and heavy ; beef moderately sought after. Bacon penses of the sub -committee. butter, and cheese were saleable and steady. Cot ton and resin were in demand a,. previous quota- Mr. R. A. Bentham, for 22 years ia the London tions. Whisky favoured buyers. The chanees b 11 Joint Steck Bac k , has been appointed manager of the new j other branches of trade were not important, Imperial Bulk, ARTIFICIAL BREEDING OF FISH. SUICIDE F, 2OM ILL-TREATMEN77. - - Yesterday Mr. 1 V. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, opened an -, inquiry at the King's Arms Ta vern, St. George's-s treet, Camberwe. l l, on the body of Jane Louisa Oleri nan. The investication created great interest in th, s neighbourhood .'wing to the many reports raised as to the cause of &lath. Eliza Jones, wife of a labourer, residir. gat No. 7, Bath-street, Camber A7ell, said that on Saturday afternoon L'ihe went t o No. 1.1 in the same street, and there found the de ceased retching on a sofa in the kitchen, her bead t ein g su pported by one he nd. She appeared either t ie ad or d y in g . She called i. ' er ,by name, but only h e r eyelashes moved. Sh e , with her eon's wife, lifted he. r head, and rested it on Der shoulder. She cried out for some one to go and fetch a doctor. Both her eyes t were blackened, her nose , had bled, ant there were bruises on her body, and her arms appeared' displacod. I saw some of the in juries inflicted on' tile previous night. I saw three blows given with th e fist by Richard Tace, a man with whom she lived. I found in her pocket two papers labelled " Poiso , 9 ." I believe she poisoned_ herself, as at 2 o'clock th e sane afternoon she said, " So help me God, I will n.lake away with myself ha consequence of my husbano:'s ill-treatment." I ad vised her not to do so. WL ie u 'he came into my . house she seemed very L I told 'er I would have gone into her house when she was Veing beaten so, only I \vas afraid he would have served me the same. She . replied that her husband had beaten her, so he shOuld bury her next week, as he was leading her a woe! unhappy life. The Coroner—how long has this sat of treat meat lasted? her twice before bruised Witness—l have sect' and her eyes blackened— once, a fortnight before her last confinement. Th. l whole time she was with me on Saturday she ;vas crying, and com plained of great pain in her head a.nd all over her body, caused by the brutal treatment ,of Tace. A daughter of the deceased, an intel.ligent little girl only six years of age, said that she saw her mother take two paper packages out of het pocket, put them into some warm water in a wine - glass, and aftt'r stirring the contents with the cant' , she drank the .game. She asked what she drank, And she said salts and poison. _ _ Mr. Chabot, surgeon, of Camberwell, said that on Saturday aftOrnoon he was fetched to see the deceased, whom he found lying dead on the floor. He saw two paper packets, each having a printed label of poison. He ordered a search to be made for any vessel that might have been used, and a wine-glass was shown him that had been wiped out, but there was a minute vottion of acid adhering to one side. He tasted it, an. l had no doubt it was oxalic acid. He examined the body arid found bruises on the head, arms, ana,' side, and her two eyes were blackened. It was hit,' opinion tt,: at she had died from the effects of the oxalic acid, but he could not be positive in the absence of a post mo.rten2 examination. The Coroner explained that the child had sees her put the powder into the glass, mix it in watery and drink the same. And that she then said it was poison, and, from the fact of his tasting the remains in the glass, he was of opinion that it was oxalic acid, He therefore thought those circumstances had removed all reasonable doubt on the subject. A female named Goodenough, the landlady of the' house, gave corroborative evidence, and added. —She (deceased) asked me in the afternoon to lend her 2d., which I did, and she said, if this was poison! I would take it. I believe that she was induced to destroy her life owing to the ill-treatment she re ceived from Tace. I heard her say, when he was ill•treating her the previous night, "Dick, you have almost murdered me, but you shan't do so any more"—when he gave her three more blows on the head. (Sensation.) Mr, Woodman, the summoning officer, said that: owing to the death he saw the man at present in: court. He said his name was Richard Daniel Tace, and that he had lived with the deceased, but he was not married. He said when he entered the room, "What a pretty mess I have got myself into." The learned Coroner summed up, and The Jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died from poison, but there were causes affecting her mind. The learned Coroner then addressed Tace, and told him that he ought to feel exceedingly thank ful that the deceased had not died from the effects of his brutal treatment ; if she h a d he would have sent him to Newgate for murder. COUN7 RI MARKE2 S. ....1. 4) , LE E D S-TUES DAY. - - - We have to report a small show of English wheat to day, and a liberal supply of foreign. A fair demand, at is over the full prices of last Tuesday. Beans and oats at late rates, and a readier sale. Barley and other articles were• at fa prices. board. The Memphis Appeal is issued on a hal: sheet. In view of the scarcity of lead it suggests that the lining of tea chests be run into bullets. The ladies of Charleston are contributing their jewels, silver spoons, watches and money to build a gun boat.' The New Orleans Crescent of Thursday, the 20th ult., says : " If there was such a thing as a paper-market to day, it was not perceptible to my optics. Money is abundant, and good securities can be placed at rates less than 5 per cent. per annum. The banks are confining their transactions to the renewal of maturing obligations, and as commercial paper in amount, as well as quantity, has dwindled down to an insignificant sum, the large surplus which they held has been in part invested in the five million loan of the State. The question of a general re tiring of the circulation of our banks is yet Ansettled. Our bank presidents could not come to any mutual agreement. The demand for small change still continues, though the vacuum is being gradually filled up with the issues of the State Treasury, theßank of Louisiana, and State Bank. The cutting or dividing of notes still continues. We conceive it to be our duty to call attention to the fact that the cutting of the State Treasury notes will cause considerabletrouble on settlement. These issues cannot be settled in the same way as banknotes—that is, when presented for funding in half-notes. Therefore, we say, do not divide the Treasury notes of the State. The movements in gold and silver coin appear to be voluntarily diminished. Some few sales take place yesterdayarnved sufficient sums to command a no tice.duilY., but As lotexpectedin sufficient and predicted in our last, flour d ed to 22 dole. per barrel. Has the time for our authorities to intervene ? Th e Committee of Safety might be authorised by G ener al Lovell t o ta k e possess i on of the fl our in market and account t o th e owners th ereo f a t a rea a advanced note sonable price for the same. It is supposed that 18 dols. or 20 dols. per barrel might be considered a fair price. Flour, on the 17th, Monday last, W LYNN-TUESDAY. The supply of wheat was moderate, and the trade ruled firm at fully over last week's prices for all descriptions. I `i malting and grinding s am pl es o f barley there was a fair business, and commanded fully former values. Oats is small supply, and unchanged in price. Old white 60sto 62s Barley..., • • 32s to 405 Red.. ..535 40s to to 6 4 0 4 , s Oats.. roas .. 4 4 2 2 i s 3 t t oo 260 Beans MELTON MOWBRAY—TuEsDA.Y• There was a very poor supply of wheat to-,day, and, with a fair trade, prices were is advance. Barley' was 111 moderate request, in sellers' favour. White wheat, 61s Od to 65s Od ; red, 53s Od to 58s per 36 stone ; beans sold at 48s to 52s for old ; new sorts, 44s per 38 st.; barley, 36s to 39s for malting, and 30s to 31s per qr. for grinding; oats, 22s to 34s Od per 24 atone. SHEFFIELD-TUESDAY. At our market this morning the show of wheat wag only moderate, but samples were rather improved in qua— lity, and a fair demand took place at a slight improvement on the rates of the week previous. Oats at extreme prices. The demand for barley was good, but the supply small, And high prices were made. Beans unaltered. Red wheat, per lead of 3 imperial bushels...2os Od to 22s Od White ...22s Od to 23s Od New red ...21s Od to 23s Od New white Beans i(;ids Od 16s Od to 19s Od Peas, per qr 58s Od to 60s Grinding barley, per qr 32s Od to 35s Od Malting ditto, ~ .. 36s Od to 40s ofi Oats If 2os Od to 26s Od Millers' prices for flour-2s Id, 2s 3d, and 2s 5d per 141 b. MARKET HARBOROUGH-TUESDAY. At this market to-day there was only a moderate show of wheat, the demand for which was be! ter; millers had to giVe full prices. Fine barley sold readily at is per qr higher. White wheat, 60s to 645; red, 55s to 68s per 36 stone. Barley at 35s to 38s per qr., grinding 30s to 34s per 30 et. Oats, 27s to 33s per 24 st. ; beans, 42s to 465; new , —s to —s per qr. FOREIGN HAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. April 18 * via Marseilles ... April --. 'Araail and Cape Verds, by British packet May 4 • Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 3 . China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton April 1 8 • via Marseilles April 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton April 1 8 ' India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton April 18 ' -- via Marseilles April .---. India (Bombay), via Southampton April 2 5 • via Marseilles April,2o. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April 18- - via Marseilles April --. Newfoundland .. April 16. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet AT; ni 16. by U.S. packet... _ by Canadian packet. April --, W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe May 10. Bahamas, via New York May 8. 'Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I April 28. California, and British Columbia.. . BIRTHS. Jwsrßs--On the 1 5th inst., a t 13 , H alf Moon. street, Picca dilly, the Lady Elizabeth Inglis Jones, of a daughter. MALLESON.—On the 15th inst., at 5, Marlborough-hill, St. John's-wood, Mrs. Frank R. Malleson, of a daugh ter. POTTER. —On the 14th inst., at Collumpton, Devon, the wife of S. Reginald Potter, Esq., M.D., of a son. YATMAN.—At Winscombe-hill, Weston-super-mare, Mrs. Yatman, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. KIRK—BENNETT.—On the 12th inst., at St. Paul's, Clap' ham, John Kirk, Esq., of Reigate, to Louisa, second daughter of Henry Bennett, Esq., of Larkhall-lane) Clapham. MERiDYTH—LE POElt TRENCH.—On the 12th inst., at 1, Mountjoy-square N., Dublin, Henry William, only son of Sir Henry Meredyth, B ar t., t o Harriet Anne, eldest daughter of the late Rev. William and Lady Louisa, 1 ,3 Poer Trench. DEATHS. ALLEN.—On the 14th inst., at Bromley , Mr. J as , J o h n F. Allen, of Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, aged 49. BOWLES.—On the 14th inst., at 8, Hill-street, Berkele y square, Charlotte, sister o Admiral Bowle s , c,B , ag ed 78. 1 - IoA.E.E,—On the 15th inst., at The Limes, Q ueen , s-roa-, Peckham, Vim. Hoare, Esq. HUGHES.—On the 12th inst., at Dartford, Mr. Richard S• Hughes, aged 56. STRONGE.—On the 12th inst ., Isabella, Wife of Sir TamesM. Stronge, Bart., aged 69. TAUNTON.—On the 13 th i nst., at 8, Q u een_ square, Blooms bury, John Bird Taun ton, Es q ., L L.B., aged 24. TROMPSON.—On the 14th inst. ; S usannah, wif e o f Mr. K. B. Thompson, 3, Falcon - street, City, aged 57. printe d and Published b y JOHN CHAPLI N, ONDON L : of No. 112 , strand, Printer, at THE Slav Office N 0.1124., strand, in the Precinct of th e Savoy, in the Conuty oP kuddlegOir - W ed A"dab.APOl 1e62. Gi thi 4111 Tv an Tli anl O 3 On Ti for ton IV( Ll , _ C 1 Of of eitt que the Out Sal Berl DOS ~~----. r~