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AMERICA. NEW YORK, MARCH 20. (P'er Canada, by telegraph to Halifax, and via i Queenstown.) Advices from Port Royal to the 16th inst. report that preparations for the reduction of Savannah are steadily progressing. Gen. Burnside, in his official report of the cap ture of Newgurn, says By this victory we have captured eight bat teries containing 46 heavy guns, three batteries of light artillery, making in all 64 guns ; two steam boats, a large quantity of ammunition, rosin, fur- F,entine, and cotton, and over 200 prisoners. The Federal loss will amount to 91 killed and 466 wounded, many of them mortally. The rebel loss was severe, bat not so great as the Federal loss, they being effectually covered by their works." The report concludes as follows "I beg to say to the General Commanding M'Ciellan that I have endeavoured to carry out the very minute instructions given me by him before leaving Anna polis; and thus far events have been singularly coincident with his anticipations. I only h 012.4 that we may in future be able to carry out in detail the remaining plans of the campaign. The only thing I have to regret is the delay caused by the elements." The Confederates are reported to have evacuated the last of the batteries they held on the Lower Potomac, viz., those at Acquia Creek. Reconnaissances have been :made from General Sickle's brigade to Fredericksburg. The Confede rates were discovered in considerable numbers in that vicinity. Strasburg, lately occupied by the Confederates, is now occupied by the advance of General Banks' corps d' armee . It has been discovered that the telegraph cable between Washington and Fort Monroe was cut. The supposed culprit has been arrested. Guieral Wool has forbidden the crews of steamers g9ing to Norfolk under a flag of truce to receive Southern newspapers. The Northern press is thus, for the present, cut off from , the usual supply of Southern journals. It is reported from Philadelphia, and also from Fort Monroe, that Yancey, the late Confederate eommis3ioner to England, had been captured in a schooner running the blockade. The New York Tribune says that the Federal 'Government has information that the four steam rams now building by the Confederates—two at Mobile and two at New Orleans—are not so for midable as the Merrimac. There is a formidable gathering of Federal gun boats at Savannah. The Confederates are concentrating in force at Corinth and Decatur, in Alabama, to the number, it is supposed, of 40,000. The New York press is discussing the strategic importance of the capture of Newburn, and con sider that Beaufort and Fort Macon will be com p elled to surrender to Burnside's expedition. There is a railroad about 40 miles long from Xewburn to Beaufort. The steamer Nashville is at present in Beaufort harboar. The trade of Newburn was principally in naval stores, and as the town was only partially damaged, it is supposed Government will permit the ship ment of naval stores from Newburn. The naval store market of New York is in consequence un settled, and prices are nominal. The Washington correspondent of the New Fork Herald says that information received in Washing ton leads to the belief that the Confederates are farming a line of defence from Fredericksburg to Gordonsville. The southern bank of the Rappahannock river is low at all the fords, whilst the south bank of the Rapidan is high and defensible. In falling back to Richmond from this line there are no large streams to cross, and the right and left of the situation are connected by a plank road. Asan outer defence of Richmond this line is the one indicated by military strategy, and the Go vernment ha manna been adopted by the Confederates. The tobacco trade between Louisville and Cum berland is reviving. 44 hogsheads of tobacco have been received at Louisville from Cumberland. The Assistant-Secretary of the Federal Navy is now in New York, it is stated, for the purpose of providing for the immediate construction of four steamers exactly similar to the Monitor. The New York 2rabune states that the committee of the Senate had under consideration a proposi tion to transfer the appropriation made in the pre sent session, amounting to 7,000,000 dols. for forti fications, to iron-clad steam-ships. The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune says it is authoritatively stated that the daily outgoings of the Federal Treasury amount to 4,000,000 dols., and the accounting liabilities of the several departments to 1,000,000 dols. more. The army of the Potomac has already cost the Government between two and three hundred mil. Lions, An Associated Press Washington despatch says that diplomatic circles are sensibly disturbed by authentic news received in Washington from Cuba, indicating a serious misunderstanding between the allied Powers in Mexico. A rupture is supposed to have occurred between the Spanish and French Legations. Commodore Foote has eight gun-boats and 10 - mortar boats at Island No. 10. Ills latest official despatch says :—" Island No. 10 is harder to conquer than Columbus, as the island shores are /hied with forts,,each fort cannonading, the one above it. lam gradually approaching the island, but still do riot hope for much until the occurrence of certain tvents . :which promise success. We are firing day and night on the rebels, and we gain on them." The Nashville Banner, discussing President Lin coln's emancipation message, says that, while it professes no unebristitritional action on the part of the Governmeiit;i4c reference to the institution, it cannot but be regarded as an ill-timed and unne cessary, not to say impracticable, suggestion even if any slave State should accept it, which is itself out of the question. The New l'ork. Journal of Commerce says:— "It is natural to expect immediate results from the rapid progress of our arras in the last few weeks. But it is well not to be too sanguine. While we may sometimes feel inclined to believe that over tures for peace are not far distant, it is the dictate of prudence to anticipate very hard fighting, perhaps surpassing anything yet experienced. The leaders of the rebellion have reason to suppose that if de feated their lives must pay the forfeit of their crimes. With alt such failure involves destruction, r r__hciy have theref o re eve r y i ncen ti v e to persist in their course ; and besides these, not a few are unal terably committed to the scheme of a Southern Confederacy: So long as there is a ray of hope they Ivllll34r sue.this phantom with the frenzy of despair; find us their eas e becomes more desperate we may expect to m eet wit . n a more determined resistance. Therefore, while the rebellion may at any time col lapse, it is well to member that the death str ugg l e is mos t sometimes th e :. violent." Th e same j o urnal in, an another article says : " It can no lone, i he doubted th a t A mer i ca h as some strong friends n th e old country. The win naunity o ': birth, langu age, e au cation and love of liberty are not forgotten wholly there, nor will they be here. The truth canut,tbt oo n many Americans still look to the possi c b e . a y l t ed that w ar with England in the ev ent of the c i on y t i of a tion of European designs on Mexico, orin ncuaa e any foreign intervent ion shall bo att emptea our nrc,3, But n 9 a nti-American p arty `1`: 1 the anti-English • • England grows weaker,ent i _ merit here will also disappear, and the future wilt offer to both nations a grand career in their missions of peace and liberty to all the world." The comments of the English press on the Fort. Donelson victory were favourably recei ved. The New York herald thinks that when the news of the continual Federal successes reaches Europe the re volution in public opinion, as to the possibility of a reconstruction of the Union, will be complete. ..iresn York Tribune in discussing the opini(P7! Of th(qa.te , Federal successes, says : \Y - 4 , :up.tat all begin 'to see that it is better to I _. ~, - . _ compel respect than clamour for sympathy. The most effective diplomacy in time of national peril is found in the courage of a well-armed soldiery, and the skill and activity of an earnest Icadership," The New ork Evening Post gives the following extract from a North Carolina paper : ".13y direction of the Secretary of War, all cot ton, tobacco, and naval storet within this depart ment must be removed west of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, or if distant from any railroad or navigable stream, put in such a place of security that they cannot be reached by the enemy. Such of the above-mentioned products as are in exposed positions must be removed at once, and those less exposed removed or secured by the 25th inst, other wise they will be destroyed by the military autho rities." The Nero York Evening Post makes the follow ing remarks on this order : "As most of the cotton crop is in an exposed position, the practical effect of this policy can only be to cause its entire destruction. Assuredly if cotton and tobacco are so necessary for the welfare of Great Britain and France that they were urged to I, iolate their treaties of amity with a friendly Power, and interpose the strong hand in its domes tic disputes, this wicked extinction of these commo dities must be regardel as a new motive for action ; but in this case the interference must be with the Confederates, Rot the United States. The rebels are the parties which commit the wrong, and to be consistent the journals which have hereto fore insisted upon intervention mast urge their Governments to expostulate with or to th rea t en Jefferson Davis. He is making war upon civilisa tion, and the Powers who are the peculiar guar dians of it must tell him at once to desist from his efforts. The vast commercial and industrial inte rests of the globe cannot be perilled far the sake of an odious insurrection in behalf of slavery." The New Fork Evening Poe in its first edition says:-- The stock market is weak and lower, owing to the doubt hanging over the conflict at Island No. 10. " The delay in capturing this stronghold has awakened some apprehension, and prices v‘ ill pro bably not recover much until the Federal success is announced. "The weakness did not extend to the Govern ment list, which is even firmer than yesterday, es pecially the Sixes of 1881, these touching 94t, being the highest price yet obtained. The Fives of 1874 are less active, selling at 871, but the issue of 1871 sold at 88, a further advance." (Per Canada, via Queenstown.) NEW YORK, MARCH 18. H.B.M. gunboat Landrail arrived at New York March 17. The steamship Ariel, with 677,058 dols in specie, arrived at New York, from Aspinwall, March 16. The following is the general summary of news from the New York Times of March 18: " Flag officer Foote attacked the rebel position at Island No. 10, in the Mississippi River, between Hickraann and New Madrid, on Sunday, and at the date of the last despatches received from Cairo (four p.m. on Sunday), the fight was still progressing. The flotilla left Cairo at 5.30 in the morning, and at nine o'clock rounded to about three miles above the island and prepared for action. The rebel posi tion was found to be a very strong one, with a large number of guns mounted, and in addition a float ing battery and several gunboats. A battery above the island was first shelled by the mortar-boats, and the enemy were compelled to leave it several times, but returned to it again. Shells could be thrown into the fortifications on the island easily, and the place would, doubtless, soon be rendered un tenable. The rebels, however, would most likely make a desperate fight, from the fact that General Pope was below them at New Madrid in full com mand of the river, with heavy artillery, and in pos session of the fortifications deserted by the rebels on Thursday night. The rebel force was estimated at from 15,000 to 20,000 men. " The late successes of the Federal forces in the South has rendered n - ' including South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Major-General Hunter has been assigned to its command, with his headquarters at Beaufort. " Under the recent order prohibiting the publica tion of war news calculated to give information to the enemy, issued by Secretary Stanton, the print ing office of the Washington Sunday Gkronicle was yesterday seized, and its editor placed under arrest, by order of the military governor of the district. On being brought before tits authorities, however, the editor explained that the prohibited news for the publication of which he was arrested crept into the paper without his knowledge, and he was allowed to go on giving assurance that no such cir cumstance should again occur. " The Senate yesterday took final action on the Supplementary Treasury Bill by concurring in the amendments as agreed to in committee of conference on Friday. The house had previously concurred, aitd the bill now goes to the President for his ap proval. It authorises the Secretary to pay out his twelvemonths 6 per cent. certificates to the public creditors, to purchase coin to pay the public interest when required with any of the bonds of the Govern ment now authorised by law to be issued, or with the United States notes, and to receive on deposit, at not over 5 per cent. interest, any part of 50,000,000 dots., in place of 25,000,000 dots., as in the Act of Feb. 5. " Our advice; from Winchester render it proba ble that the rebel army under Jackson has not stopped at Strasburg, as at first supposed, but has continued its retreat up the Valley of Shenandoah, in the direction of Harrisonburg and Staunton, from which latter point Jackson doubtless intends to make his way by railroad to Gordonsville, less than 30 miles distant. " Telegraphic communication between Fortress Monroe and Washington has not yet been restored, and our latest advices from that point are conse quently only to Sunday afternoon. At that time everything was quiet. The steamer Suwannee had arrived from Roanoke Island and Hatteras Inlet with mails and passengers, but brought no intelli gence of importance, at least none which is divulged. " General Fremont yesterday had an interview with the President, to settle the preliminaries to taking command of the Mountain Department, for which he will start as soon as possible. His staff will be determined upon at an early day. " Letters from Cumberland Ford as late as March 6, make it certain that the rebels were in possession of the Gap at that date. They had been reinforced by seven regiments. Colonel Carter, in command of the national forces, w rites, under date of March 6 : The proclamation of I. G: Harris, rebel Gover nor of Tennessee, drafting everybody, has caused a tremendous influx of East Tennessee Union men anxious to enlist. Over 800 men arrived in camp yesterday, and large numbers aro arriving every d ay . , 7, THE CAPTURE OF NEWBURN. " BALTIMORE, March IS.—Sergeant •Major D. Ii Johnson, of the 23d Massachusetts Regiment, came a passenger by the steamer Commodore, in charge of the bodies of Lieut.-Col. Merritt, of the 23d Massachusetts Regiment, and Adjutant Stearns, of the 21st Massachusetts Regiment, who bravely fell whilst leading on their regiments in an attack on the batteries of the rebels at Newburn. "From Sergeant-Major Johnson, who was in the fight, we gather the following interesting parti culars ; " ' Our troops, under General Burnside, landed on Thursday evening near the mouth of Swan Creek, on the wet side of Neils° river, 15 miles below Newborn. Owing to a dense fog , the naval vessels did not participate in the fight. Early on 'Friday morning the fight commenced. Our troops an dense a dvanced . alo ng th e coun t r y roa d ru nning parall e l w T ' il l e ll the Neuso r i ver , b u t a m il e or t wo in the rear. road : aa was ski r t e d on th e wes t s id e by a rail swamp. All along the river side were a aeries t :f af batteries, which were taken by hand-to-hand cont ter another, after some bloody Our troops were divided into three bri ga d„ u t Ti v ' th, rind .Parke. - we na.76.iic 4 Generals Reno, Forster, F ortinr ; • their r71:19., until g7alinnlly filo enemy de- N. e re ae h u i works uttendiug stress the a line of earth- c 'stld , from the river toj " Flag Officer,—ln consequence of the wound of Flag-officer Buchanan it becomes my duty to report that the Virginia left the yard this morning at 11 o'clock, steamed down the river past our bat teries, and over to Newport News, where we en gaged the frigates Cumberland and Congress and the batteries ashore, and also two large steam fri gates, supposed to be the Minnesota and Roanoke, and a sailing frigate and several small steamers armed with heavy rifled guns. We sank the Cum berland, drove the Congress ashore, where she hauled down her colours and hoisted the white flag; but she fired upon us with the white flag flying, wounding Lieut. Minor and some of our men. We again opened fire upon her, and she is now in flames. The shoal water prevented our reaching the other frigates. This, with approaching night, we think, saved them from destruction. Our loss is two killed and eight wounded. Two of our guns have the muzzles shot off; the prow was twisted, and ar mour somewhat damaged ; the anchor and all flag staffs shot away, and the smoke-stack and steam-pipe were riddled. The bearing of officers and men was all that could be wished, and, in fact, it could not have been otherwise, after the noble and daring conduct of the flag-officer, whose wound is deeply re nmravee c s;cli f fic a ed by th a e l m l s o e n lv b eri r n a' o - Z jo u n lii h n i a m lY . were accompanied from the yard by the Beaufo - rt Lieut. Parker, and Raleigh, Lieut. Alexander, and as soon as it was discovered up the James River that the action had commenced we were joined by the Patrick Henry, Com. Tucker ; the Jamestown, Lieut. Barney ; and the Teper, Lieut. Webb, all of which were actively engaged, and rendered very efficient service. Enclosed I send the surgeons' re port of the casualties.—l have the honour to be, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, " ' CATESBY AP. R. JONES, Ex, and Ord. Officer. " Flag Officer F. Forrest.' " (From the Norfolk Daybook of tit, 10th.) On the morning of the Bth the steam frigate Vir ginia, Flag-officer Franklin Buchanan commanding, left her moorings at the dockyard, and, attended by the steamtug Beaufort, Lieut.-Commanding Parker, and the Raleigh, Lieut.-Commanding Alexander, steamed down the harbour. It was a gallant sight to see the iron-clad leviathan gliding noiselessly through the water, flying the red pennon of her commander at the fore flagstaff and the gay Confe- derate ensign aft. Not the least impressive thought which she suggested was that her gallant crew, under a commander and officers worthy to direct their destiny and defend the flag she bore, went thus boldly with smiles and huzzas to solve a new problem in maritime warfare—to make the " trial trip" of the Virginia the trial of battle. Nor could any man behold the little tugs, with their gay en signs at peak and masthead, their battle flags set steaming in her wake, without an emotion of admi ration for the brave men they thus bore, and a prayer for their deliverance. in the wake of all came the Port Admiral, with a staff of naval officers. Thus down the harbour, past the wharves, thronged with eager eitizens, past the batteries, whose para pets were dark with soldiers, steamed the squadron. Through the two barricades, and then the Vir ginia put her helm a-starboard and took the south channel. Meantime, the morning was as still as that of a Sabbath. The two frigates lay with their boats at the booms and washelothes in the rigging. Did they see the long dark hull ? Had they made her out P Was it ignorance, apathy, or composure ? These were the questions we discussed as we steamed across the flats to the south of the frigate, with the two gallant little gunboats well on our starboard beam heading up for the enemy. Our doubts were solved by the heavy boom of a gun from beyond Sewall's Point. The reverbation rolled across the sunlit water and died away, but still the clothes hung in the rigging, still the boats lay at the booms. Another gun (20 minutes past 1) broke on the air, and a tug started from Newport News, while at the same time two others left Old Point, taking the channel inside Hampton bar. Steadily, with a grim and ominous silence the Virginia glides through the water; steadily and with defiant valour the Beaufort and Raleigh fellow where she leads. At 1 50 a rifled gun from one of these little vessels rang out, then a white puff from her consort. Still the clothes in the rigging and the boats at the boom. Was this confidence ? It could not be ignorance. Did it mean torpedoes, submarine bat teries, infernal machines P The gunboats have fired again, and, lo! here away to the eastward were the Roanoke and the Minnesota, rising like the prodi gious castles above the placid water, the first under steam, the second in tow. Other puffs of smoke, other sharp reports from the gunboats, but the Vir ginia goes on steadily, silently, to do her work. Now the in-shore frigate, the Cumberland, fires, now the Virginia close aboard, now Sewall's Point battery, now the Minnesota, now the Roanoke, now the air trembles with the cannonade. Now the Virginia delivers both broadsides, now she runs full against the Cumberland's starboard bow, now 1 the smoke clears away, and she appears to be head ing up James River. This is 22 minutes to 2. The Congress now lets fall foretopsail and then the main, and so, with a tug alongside, starts down the north channel, where the Minnesota has grounded, an d presently runs plump ashore. Mean while the Vi rg i n i a op ens upon the Yankee fort ; slowly she Stearns back, and the Cumberland sunk now to h er wh i te streak, opens upon her again. A gallant man fought that ship —a man ; worthy to have maintained a better cause. Gun after gun he fired ; ; lower and lower sank hi s 1 Some detention occurred on board the Virginia on Sunday morning, we learn, or she would have com menced the engagement much earlier th an h a lf- pas t 8 o'clock, at which time she, together with the Pat rick Henry and Jamestown, and our other gunboats, opened fire on the Minnesota, which still lies hard and fast aground. The tide being at the ebb, the Virginia did not take the channel where the Minne sota lay, probably for fear of grounding, but getting within a good range of her, she opened fire with terrific effect, completely riddling her, and render ing constant exertion at the pump ne3essary to pre vent her from filling. Early in the morning the Ericsson battery, now called the Monitor, was dis covered off Newport News Point, she having gone up there during the night. A sharp encounter soon took place between her and the Virginia, dur ing which time they were frequently not more than 30 or 40 yards apart. Unfortunately, the Virginia ran aground, and the Ericsson, using her advantage, poured shot after shot into her, but without doing any serious damage. In a short while, however, the Virginia succeeded in getting off, and, putting on a full head of steam, ran her bow into the Ericsson, doing her, as it is thought, great damage. We are rejoiced to say that, notwithstanding the firing was much heavier than on Saturday, there were no casualties in either of our vessels, not a man being in the least injured by shots from the enemy or otherwise. Several of the enemy's gunboats being within range, they were favoured with a shell or two from the Vir ginia with telling effect, and in every case disabling or sinking them. One of these lying alongside the Minnesota had a shell thrown aboard of her, which on bursting tore her asunder and sent her to the bottom. Having completely riddled the Minne sota, and disabkd the St. Lawrence and Monitor, besides, as stated above, destroying several of the enemy's gunboats—in a word, having accomplished all that they designed, and having no more material to work upon, our noble vessels left the scene of their triumphs and returned to the yard, where they await another opportunity of displaying their prowess. MEXICO. NEW YORK, MARcll 18. The steamer Roanoke, from gavana, on the 12th inst., has arrived at New York. She brings dates from Vera Cruz to the 4th inst. The Spanish troops were returning from the in terior. A portion of the Spaniards are roturning to Cuba, and the rest have gone to Orizaba. General Prim commands the allied forces. The English forces were to leave the country. The French reinforcements hai not arrived. The French troops were en route for Tehuacan. The Spaniards started on the Ist inst. for Orizaba. Marquez, with 5,000 troops, holds the roads from Vera Cruz to Mexico. An American citizen, belonging to Lowell, Massachusetts, bearer of despatches from the Wash ington Government to Minister Corwin, was mur dered on the 24th ult., while going from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico. His name was Addison T. Arlen. Negotiations between the Mexicans and allies were to commence at Orizaba Ist April. Honduras dates are to the 27th Feb. - A formi dable reaction had occurred, and order was being restored. Medina had been chosen president pro tem. From Havana it is stated that the Spanish barque Tercita had been captured by one of the United States squadron, and been declared an illegal prize. It appears that one of the stipulations made at the conference between Gens. Prim and Doblado was, that no more troops should be landed. Under this, some Spanish troops returned to Cuba, and the expected French reinforcements, under General Lorencez, were to return without landing. The English forces will return in the Bermuda to England. Their mules, horses, &c., were sold to the French, who started for Tehuacan on the 27th. r ( " i s The Diario d e l a ill arina publishes the following important news brought to Havana by the steamers of war Alva an d L ea ld a d : " The Go vernmen t o f J uarez h as ratified the con vention agreed t o a t S o l e d a d b e t wee n the Marquis o os and Signor oblado—the troops had commencedfCastllij D e their march to Cordova, Tehuaean, and z and everything annou n ced that the rend rcements would have a paCific solution, anod i that i:aa'g ample guarantees would be obtained for the future." the swamp on the west, a distance of some two I miles. These earthworks were very strong ; they i were located about two miles south of Newborn, and between these and the city was the Trent river. The country road and the railroad both passed through these works and crossed into the city by bridges. " In front of these works the rebels had felled a large number of trees, forming an almost impene trable abattis. There the flying rebels were rallied, and made for a while a desperate stand. Our brave fellows fought until all their ammunition was spent, when an order to charge bayonets was given, and the works were finally taken at the point of the bayonet, the enemy flying like frightened sheep, leaving everything behind them in their retreat. The rebels burnt the bridges communicating with the town over both the country road and the rail road. As they had their trains and cars in the rear, just across the bridges, they were of course able to carry off their wounded and dead. Their loss is therefore not certainly known, but it must have been pretty severe. Before our troops encountered this last work they passed another which was already deserted before they came up. It was in front of the last fortification that our greatest loss was sustained. Our entire loss is estimated by Major Johnson at. 90 killed and 400 wounded and missing. The force of the rebels is supposed to have been about 8,000. We captured a number of prisoners, including Col. Avery, who cursed his soldiers as cowards. Just as the battle terminated the fog lifted and enabled our gunboats, which had been impatiently waiting for an opportunity to partici pate in the fight, to come up the river, and our troops were furnished with means of transport across the Trent river to Newburn. The rebels attempted to fire the town on their retreat, but were prevented by the citizens, who extinguished the flames as fast as the soldiers started them. None of our generals nor any of our staff officers were killed or wounded. The fight terminated at 3 p.m. on Friday, when our troops remained masters of the position.' " ship; his last discharge comes from his pivot gun, the ship lurches to starboard, now to port; his flag streams out wildly, and now the Cumberland goes down on her beamends, at once a monument and an epitaph of the gallant men who fought her. The Virginia stops. Is she aground ? And the gunboats—Raleigh and Beaufort, glorious Parker, glorious Alexander ? There they are on the quar ters of the Congress hammering away, and creeping up closer and closer all the time. At 10 minutes to 4 the Congress struck; Parker hauled down the ensign, run up his own battle flag in its place ; them the heroic Taylor, who fought the Fanny at Roanoke Island, and Elizabeth City, got his wound —there the gallant young Hunter fell, all shot by the dastards who fired from the ship and shore when the white flag was flying at the main and mizen of the Congress. Here, too, and in the same way, Flag-officer Buchanan and Flag-Lieutenant R. Minor were wounded. Now the James River gunboats, whose dark smoke had been seen against the blue distance ever since 3 o'clock, come dashing along past the shore batteries. Tucker, the courtly and chivalrous, leading the van, with the James town, Lieut.-Commanding Barney, close aboard, and the little Teaser, Lieutenant Webb, in her wake, like a bowlegged bulldog in chase of the long, lean staghounds. It was a gallant dash, and, once past the batteries, the two heavy vessels took posi tion in line of battle, while the Teaser dashed at the Minnesota, looking no larger than a cockboat. And right well she maintained the honour of her flag and the appropriateness of her name. Now the Roanoke puts her helm up and declines the battle. Now the Virginia is thundering away again. The Teaser is still closer in. We are closer in—sizz comes a shell ahead; presently another astern; finally a third, with a clear, sharp whizz, just over head, to the great delight of the Commodore, who appreciated the compliment of these good shots, which were the last of six directed shots at the Harmony. Now the schooner Reindeer comes foaming along, cut out from under the shore bat teries ; she reports, and is sent up in charge of Acting Master Gibbs ; and next the gallant Beaufort runs down. Parker steps and brings on board the great piece of bunting we saw hauled down just now. He brings also some 30 prisoners and some woun ded men—men wounded under that white flag .yon , der desecrated by the Yankees. One of these lies stretched out, decently covered over, gasping his life on the deck—a Yankee shot through the head, , all bloody and ghastly, killed by the inhuman fire of his own people. Another, pale and stern, the , captain of the Beaufort's gun, lies there too, a noble , specimen of a man, who has since gone where the weary are at rest. A gallant man, a brave seaman ! We shake hands with Parker ; he gets back to his vessel slightly wounded, as is Alexander also, and steams back gallantly to the fight. The Patrick Henry, the Jamestown, the Teaser, the Beaufort, the Raleigh, and the grand old Virginia are all thun dering away. We steam down and speak the first. • We hear a report of casualties ;we shake hands with friends; we shove of, cheer, and steam towards the Swash Channel. Presently, through the thicken ing gloom, we see a red glare; it grows larger, and brighter, and fuller, and redder. It creeps higher and higher, and now gun after gun booming on th e still night, as the fire reaches them ; the batteries of the Congress are discharged across the water in harmless thunder. It was a grand sight to see, and by the light of the burning ship we made our way back to Norfolk. At half-past 11 the act of retri bution was complete, for that hour, with a great noise, she blew up. THE CONFEDERATE' ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT NAVAL FIGIL2'. The following description of the engagement somewhat differs from the Federal accounts of it, especially as regards the result of the contest be tween the Merrimac and the Monitor. It will be observed that the Merrimac is throughout called the Virginia, having been renamed by the Con federates : " In the rebel Congress, on the 10th inst., the following communication was received from the rebel Executive, in response to the resolution of Mr. Lyons, calling for the report of the naval battle in Hampton Roads : " Confederate States' Steam Battery Virginia, off Sewall's Point, March 8. TIIE BATTLE OF SUNDAY. THE sut*, LONDON, TUESDAY : -EVENING, APRIL 1, 1862. cause that people contains in itself sufficient ele ments ©f strength and opinion to preserve itself from any internal revolt, The allies will resort to treaties to present in fora all the reclamations that they are:charged to make in the name of their respective nations. "2. To this end, and protesting, as the repre sentatives of the allied nations do protest, that they have no intent to injure the sovereignty or integrity of the Mexican Republic, negotiations shall be opened in Orizaba, to which city the com missioners of the allied Powers and the Ministers of the Republic shall repair, unless by common con sent delegates shall be named by both parties. "3. During the negotiations the forces of the allied Powers shall occupy the cities of Cordova, Orizaba, and Tehuacan. "In order that there may not be the slightest supposition that the allies have signed these pre liminaries in order to procure admission to the for tified positions now garrisoned by the Mexican army, it is stipulated that in the unhappy event of the rupture of negotiations the allied forces shall retire from the aforesaid positions, and shall take up position in a line before said fortifications on the road to Vera Cruz, the extreme points being the Pasa Ancho, on the Cordova-road, and the Pasa de Oveja, on the Jalapa-road. "5. In case the negotiations shall unhappily be discontinued and the allies retire to the prescribed lines, the hospitals of the allies shall remain under the safeguard of the Mexican nation. "6. Upon the day that the allies commenced their march to occupy the points mentioned in Art. 3, the Mexican flag shall be hoisted in the city of Vera Cruz, and the castle of St. Juan de Ulloa. " The CONDE DE REDS " MANUEL DOBLADO " CHAS. LENNOX WYKE " HUGH DUNLOP A. DE SALIGNY "R JURIEN. " La Soledad, Fob. 19, 1862. "I approve these preliminaries in exercise of the full powers with which I am vested. " BENITO JUAREZ, President of the Republic. " JESUS TERAN, Secretary. 111114 - THE CONVENTION OF SOLEDAD. " The following is the text of the Convention of Soledad, ratified by President Juarez 1. 'Whereas the constitutional Government that has actual jurisdiction in the Mexican Republic. has informed the commissioners of the allied Powers that it does not need the assistance that they have so benevolently offered to the Mexican people, be- , The allied plenipotentiaries fixed their residence in Orizaba, where the conferences were to begin on the Ist of April. The correspondence of the Diario de la Marina, dated Vera Cruz, Feb. 29, says : " It is impossible for me to give you an idea of the effect which followed the news that President Juarez had ratified the preliminaries of peace agreed upon in Soledad between the Conde de Rens and Senor Doblado. While the natives of the city exhibited the utmost satisfaction, it was plain to see by the faces of the soldiers of the gar rison that they would have preferred a rencontre, in order to force a passage to the capital. " The allied forces, with the exception of the English, who await transports from Havana to re• embark, have already commenced their march, and very likely they will not meet the least opposition, as President Juarez has given orders to General Zaragoza to leave the roads open between Vera Cruz, Cordova, Orizaba, and Tehuacan perfectly unobstxucted, so that not only can the allies have free passage, but very Cruz may be amply supplied with provisions. " President Juarez has ordered that 01l our fel low countrymen expelled from Tampico at the beginning of the campaign, many of whom are in this city in the deepest poverty, are at liberty to return to that place, with the assurance that they shall not be further molested. They will be taken to their destination in a few days on board of the steamer of war Guadalquiver, Theallied plenipoten tiaries having acknowledged the receipt of Presi dent Jaurez's communication, sent it to the French Admiral, Jurien de la Graviere, who was at Tejeria preparing the French troops to march to Tehuacan. "Communications received here from the capital for some days stated that alarming rumours were current as to the fate of the Juarez Government. It was said that the reactionaries. commanded in con siderable numbers by Generals Margrez and Cobos, had defeated the troops of the Government at the very gates of the city of Mexico, and that the Pre sident had taken to flight. We have certain infer• mation now that there is no foundation for the report. By the intelligence from Mexico we learn that nothing unusual had occurred there, and that the road from Chiquihite was entirely open, Gen. Zaragoza having retired with his troops. The same vessel that takes you this letter will carry away a portion of the reinforcements recently sent here from Havana. Three battalions will be returned to you, as General Prim thinks he will be quite as well respected here with his original force as if he had several thousands more men. " You may recollect a rumour sent hence that a project was on foot to turn this republic into a mon archy, with a German prince on the throne. The idea is not at all relished by the Mexicans, and I con fess I do not see how the allies can encourage such a plan after the stipulations that the three nations have entered into the convention, and the guarantee that they have given the Mexicans at Las Soledad. For the present I do not see how this plan can possibly succeed. It will be necessary fir its prosperity that the Juarez Government should be overthrown and the reactionary party under Miramon, Zaloaga, Marquez, and Cobos, placed in power. This cannot now be done." The .Eco de Europa of Vera Cruz says:— " The Mexican Government in its communica tions expressed the desire that the allies would return to it the Custom-house at Vera Cruz. This affair is still pending in friendly negotiation, and judging froth the harmony that reigns between the commissioners of those Powers and the Government, it is probable that the request of the latter will be complied with, and the Custom-house returned to its employes. "The convention of Soledad being ratified, and the Government having given orders to the garri sons at that point, Chiquihuite, and other places to retire and leave the road open to the troops of the expedition, a part of them have already commenced to march, and others are about to follow. "Upon the receipt of this inforthation the French troops took up their march yesterday, and will pro bably sleep to-night (Feb. 27) at Soledad. To-day there departs from this city a great train of carts and ammunition belonging to the Spanish division. The division will commence its march to-morrow in two bodies. The 2d brigade leaves here on the Ist of March. The Condo de Reus and staff will set out on Saturday night. In order not to molest the in habitants en route, the division will march fully provided with stores for the, journey, and will be accompanied by an immense train of commissary waggons. troops will arrive at their destination in six or eight days, short marches having been ar ranged so as to suit the trans, and avoid the evil effects of forced marching in an unfavourable climate. g , Yesterday the Mexican flag was hoisted in this city, in conformity with the Convention of Soledad ; otherwise, the city of Vera Cruz will remain, as heretofore, under the control of the Spanish Gover nor, Col. B. Ramon Mendrina. The garrison of the place will be formed of marines." SCINDE RAILWAY.—The sum of £lO,llO was paid yesterday to the credit of the Secretary of State for India in Council, in anticipation of calls on the third issue of the company's shares. The illumination of coal mines surely might be accom plished by the Magnet. The development of its power is daily increasing, one instance is Herring's magnetic brushes, &C. Dr. Hassan remarks, "I regard them as the most perfect brushes hitherto made, as respects their mechanical construction and their magneticil action," They are the remedy for grey hair, neuralgia, rheumatism, &c. N.B.— Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Basingliall-street, London. [AnvEurrsroir:Nr.J—Holloway's Pills.—The Great Necessity. —Ono moment's reflection shows the absolute need of pure blood in the system ; out of its compounds the Whole frame is formed, maintained, and repaired. Holloway's Pills recommend themselves under twofold advantages ; they e xpel all morbid matters lurking in the body, and regulate digestion so perfectly that tb.e food is thoroughly converted into good blood. Herein lies the secret of sound health ens ,happy existence. Holloway's Pills are free from all miners, and noxious drugs ; they cleanse and strengthen at o ne and same time. Invalids tr, ring from loss of appetite end"s restlessness can "on be restored by these Pitt 3, .I,lare . (I°."-• invaluable in renovating constitutions impaired by climate 11., excess, or anxiety. (Before the Assistant-Judge.) The Court sat to-day and disposed of some brothel cases. Sarah Costa, alias Mary Ann Sheen, was con victed of keeping one, No. 12, Queen-street, Golden square. Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Poland prosecuted ; Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Sleigh defended. The defendant was convicted, and sentenced to three months' hard labour, and a fine of £lOO, and to be imprisoned until the fine is paid. Amy Erskine was indicted for keeping a like place, 21, Queen-street, Golden-square. She was convicted, and sentenced to three months, and a fine of £6O. Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted ; Mr. F. H. Lewis de fended. Ellen Douglas was indicted for keeping a like house, 18, Queen-street, Golden-square. Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted; Mr. Laxton and Mr. Green appeared for the defendant. She was convicted, and sentenced to four months' hard labour. George Arthur Newman, Susan Newman, and Frederick Waller were indicted for an assault. The first-named defendant pleaded guilty, and no evidence was given against the others, who were acquitted. Ha was remanded for judgment. Mr. T. Atkinson and Mr. Poland appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Lewis for the defendants. In the Second Court, before Mr. Payne, two cases were disposed of. They were of no importance. _ _ ~-` ASSIZE INTELLIGEACE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—WARWICK, March CROVN COURT. James Jones Salt stood charged with forging the acceptance to a bill of exchange, and uttering the same with intent to defraud. The sergeant Shee, specially retained, Mr. O'Brien, wad Mr. Beasley conducted the prosecu tion. The prisoner, in the absence of his counsel, Mr. Kennedy, who was throughout the two days occu pied in trying the present case engaged in conduct ing his own cause upon the civil side of the court s conducted his own defence. It may be remembered that at the winter assizes of 1860 the prisoner was tried on four several in dictments, convicted on the first when defended by counsel, acquitted on the second when, conducting his own ease; he set up a distinct defence, differing from that which his counsel had made, and imputed to the wife of theprosecutor,Leonard, who was a gun maker, and discounted bills of the prisoner, she had brought to him stamped blank pieces of paper which he, at her request, filled up as draughts upon different persons, according to instructions, as to names and amount, contained in memoranda which she sup plied ; that these draughts were taken away by her and were returned, after a few days, with the ,ac ceptors' names upon them, and then by her desire taken by him to Mr. Leonard to discount, and the proceeds paid into her hands, the prisoner being an innocent instrument ; on the third indictment the case against him failed from defect of proof that the name of the acceptor was that of a merely fic titious person ; on the fourth indictment he again set up the defence already stated, but was convicted. The sentence was, however, respited by Mr. Justice. Bramwell until the next assizes, when he was tried before Mr. Justice Crompton upon another indict ment, and Mr. Kennedy, appearing as his counsel, urged the same defence, and called witnesses to establish not only the fact that there were dealings between Salt and Mrs. Leonard respecting the bill in question, and respecting other bills, but also to show that Mrs. Leonard was in the habit of drawing bills in the name of Lawson, that having been her name 1 3y a previous marriage, and that she was not a person worthy of credit. The prisoner was then acquitted, and on the recommendation of Mr. Jus tice Crompton received a free pardon from the Queen. The reports of the above cases were so full and • accurate that, it will be unnecessary to recapitulate the facts any further than they are varied by additional evidence on the part of the prosecution and defence. The body of the bill, which was the subject of the present, was, like those which were the subjects of the former prosecutions, in the handwriting of the prisoner, and was discounted by Mr. Leonard. It purported to be accepted by M. Dawes, factor, Dublin, and was dated April 13, 1860. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of uttering the bill knowing it to be forged. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—MoNmounr, MARCH 31. David Davies, Edward Davies, John Evans, Thomas Phillips, John Williams, and Isaac Vaughan surrendered to take their trial upon a charge of riot and assault, and destroying furniture, &c., on the 12th of September, 1861, at Abercorn. The indictment contained a great many counts, including which several which charged a conspiracy. Mr. Smithies addressed the jury for the prisoners Evans and Phillips, and called witnesses to prove that Evans was elsewhere at the time. Mr. Sawyer also addressed the jury for David Davies and Edward Davies. In the result the jury found these four prisoners not guilty. Mr. Justice Crompton then sentenced Williams and Vaughan to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. All the other prisoners were discharged upon entering into their own recognizances to appear and take their trial at the next assizes if- they should receive notice to do so. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, March 31. ...r.011••••••••• answers tole for my debts for a short period, till I could co. mmunicate with my friend'a 4 . Horsfo 'rd, chief officer of the Mk •:ndicity Society, sad he Itz..‘ew tile prisoner. Ho 'was sentenced to three months imprisonment With hv.rd Ass hour. B.RL'AD .IzAKING BY MACIHNERY. In our hs'at • we drew attention to a company f or med to bring into more general use Stevens's kneading dough. The value of pa t en t machery fo‘ ' this invention is a. ttested by a most remarkable body of testimonials. The machinery has already been adopted at the leaL l lng public establishments , including Greenwich linspital, Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, Cold Bath Fields Pr:son, and most of the motropolitan workhouses, Aide rshot Canapt &c., as also by a long list of master bakers, and all who have used the machine tell the same encou naively, that it economises time and raging tale, material, and ma' leves the journeyman from th e most oppressive tund injurious portion of their labour. But beyenae: all this, the process of making bread by machinery is thoroughly cleanly. To all who know anythioo of the disgusting details connected with the mteklufacture of bread under the old hand and arm e;) -stem of kneading, the la,st-named advantage shoul. -1 be amply sufficient o f itself to ensure the introdis'ction of the machi' nery into all bakeries, whether on a large or a small s;eale. What will greatly facilitate its use is the cii:eunistance that it soon rep ays its cost in the savi,ig which it effects, and that owing to its simplicity of construction it is easily under stood. No one S can peruse the practical testimo nials addressed to the patentee without coming to the conclusion that the invention is one of great public utility, and that it merits support. It is generally admitted, that of all the industrial classes the journeymer/ bakers in London 04 other large towns are amongst the most Un' healthy and down-trodden. Various attempts brie been made by these poor mon to secure emancid pation for themselves from tile. it present killing toil ; but their necessarily feeble efforts have beer' attended with but little success, w.,s• a vast portion of them are still required to work. on an average 100 hours per week, and often in cellars which are a positive disgrace to eivilistztion. The com pany in question will, it is alleged, be the mean); of breaking down this most pernicious and re,. pulsive system of producing the pr inci p al p ortion I of our daily food.— Observer. CO,rTIV2BY IrIARKLI S. COLCIOI:STER—MARcu 29. To-day a small supply, of wheat, but trade slow, and at about former prices. Wheat, white. 54s M's I Beans, Mazagan . .36s 4 0 1 I middle & small:10s 433 red .. 46s 64 s Barley 4400 Oats . ... .. —s .--.8 I gray .....•23 ................' CHELMSFORD —MARCH 28. A very small s upply of wheat to - day , wi t h a dull mgrlcet] and late prices barely ma intioined for the best conditio Aou parcels; damp samples could net be got rid of at less thtill is reduction. Spring corn Watl at late rates, except beaat which were Is cheaper. Wheat, old white 27s 58s PeLis Partridge....37s 4 1! new 46s 654 White 39s 4 ",: old red....26s 50s Boiling . 4ls 4A 4": now 51e - ' els Dun.• 368 Barley • 3OEt Ps Ditto ...new --a - 4; Chevalier ..3Ps -42 s Beans, Tick, old ..350 41 0 Grinding ..44fr "32s new.. 355 411 AA9 Malt.... ..37s •-„„ Chevalier . ..... >64s 69s mow ..37$ 4 "; 23s 30s Mazagan 313 0 " Oats. • • • I, GLOUCESTER--MAncit 29. A fair supply of English wheat, which met a dull sal° at a decline of is per qr. Foreig n sold ver y slog Iy' a t the s ame reduction. Barley, b2ansr and peas unaltered. (911 a very slow sales. KIRKCALDY GRAIN— -MAncll 29. We had small supplies to day of all description/3 4 grain. Sales at previous prices. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....4os Od 1 26s Od 20s Od Second,..4Bs Od 29s 6.1 23s Od Third....s6s Od -32 s Od 28s Od COAZ , N (rrioes of Coal per Ton a' POZICE INT_ELLIGENCE.—March 31. MANSION-HOSE. —Henry Whitton, a cabman, 42 years of age, who had been liberated on bail, was brought before Alderman Wilson on the fol lowing charge : The complainant was one Benjamin Merritt, a lad of 16, employed as au errand boy by Messrs. Chuck and Co., glass merchants in Nortonfolgate. He had been upwards of a month in a hospital, and was still suffering from lameness in one knee, which it was apprehended would be permanent. About 7 o'clock on the evening of the 20th of, February he was crossing the end of Sun-street, along Bishops gate-street, carrying a load of glass on his head, when he was run down by a horse and light cast, driven by the defendant, and received a kick from the horse, which had ever since disabled him from following his employment. The defendant, regard less of the circumstance, drove on until he was stopped by a police-constable. He was quite sober at the time, and was driving, according to one wit ness, at the rate of six miles an hour. A commercial traveller named Farnden, who saw the transaction, said the defendant was driving in a careless manner, and at what he considered a dan gerous pace at a crossing in the streets of London, though it might not be so on a common road. When the lad was knocked down the glass he car ried, worth 175., was smashed to pieces. The prisoner said he was sorry for what had happened, but could not avoid it. The defendant's employer eventually agreed to pay the lad's wages for the time he bad been in the hospital and until he was able to resume work, and, his father being satisfied with that arrange ment, the defendant was liberated. MARYLEBONE.—A respectfully-dressed man, who gave his name as Dr. John Temple, but who refused his address, was charged with attempting to obtain money from an officer of the Life Guards by false pretences. Mr. George Woodroffe said—l am an officer in the Royal Horse Guards, stationed at Regent's park barracks. Last Wednesday evening the pri soner called at my stepfather's house, in South wick-crescent. He asked for me, and said that he was Dr. Temple, of Cambridge. He was asked to send up his card, but declined to do so. After he was seated in the dining-room he told me that he had just come from St. Helier's, in Jersey, and that he had lost all his luggage, portmanteau, and money. He said ho wanted to get down to his residence, at 5, Trumpington-street, Cambridge. He asked me to lend him the funds necessary to take him there. As assistance was refused, he then requested me to g NV him the sum he required to telegraph down to his fric2ds to let them know what a fix he was in. This was ai);o declined. He then said that he was a Cambridge man ; that he had been to the Horse Guards, where the men were on duty, and that he had inquired of them if there was a Cambridge man among the officers. He was told, he said, that there was a Mr. Woodroffe, but that was at the barracks. He had called at the barracks, Regent's park, and was there told that I was at Southwick crescent, where he called and saw me. He then left. I was riding this morning in Edgware-road when I saw the prisoner. I said to him, " You are Dr. Temple." He replied, " I don't know you." I said, " You are Dr. Temple." He said, " Oh, dear, no!" I told him I knew him, and should lock him up. lie was about to run down a side street when a policeman came up, and I gave him into custody. Cross-examined by the prisoner—l cannot say for certain whether you said you had lost your portmonnsie or you r portmanteau. The prisoner said--1 am a doctor of philosophy, and graduated at Stettin. I have resided at Trump ington-street, Cambridge, where I was born. I asked the gentleman if ho could let me have the money I required to return there, which he de clined. I ►hen asked him for money to enable me to telegraph down, and, as he again refused, I asked it he would recommend me to some hotel, and be s. d. Bate's West Hartley.. 15 6 Byass's Bebside West Hartley l6 3 Tanfield Moor 12 3 Walker Primrose 11 0 Wylam ..14 6 Bu.ddle's West Hartley 16 3 Eden Main l5 6 Walls End. Kelloe .....1G 3 Ships at mark 4RK ET. t the close of the market Walls Bad. s.ia• S ou th Kelloe ........ 16 16 Cass° D ......... Hough ii;li ......... .-15 6 Hartlepool.. . . ....... 16 6 gotten... ............ 1 3 7 Ridde11...... ......... 14 6 Easington . , .. ......1•5 Haswell ........5 9 17 Tunstalll •• . • , South Ilartlepooi ......l° .et, 25; sold, 23. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. lB. Am4ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Apr. 19. Apri via Marseilles Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. l Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Ap ril A: 4 China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. April '‘,. via Marseilles April 3.". ' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Ap ril4 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton April 4' A'l 1 /' via Marseilles pri , n India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles April ' Lisbon — April 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April 4, 4. v ia Marseilles April Newfoundland .. April 1. Oporto and Vigo ... .. April 1 ' U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... April 2 ' by U.S. pa k lket... • ~ q, W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and TbyenCa r i n ff a e d . i .......................... ft All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru , 1 April 15* California, and British Columbia.. .......... SLAVES IN NORTH AMERICA.—Their :10tion$ about bang free vary, as might be expected, with th e i ,.. if mental development, when once the idea of being solo Cuba is left behind. Some appear to be very abject, Or ing that they aro now the Yankees , to be done with as t11,,f" Y a nkees please. Some only want a good master. SO:: would like to be free, but inquire after a while for s°l°- white man who should be 4, a protector." But a ll l it bourers understand wages : all families understand is not to be sold away from each other; and all nr. women, and children, seem to have a passion for cation. This was so early and clearly pronounced ft while the poor fugitives were huddling in the swamps by day, and creeping on through woods and lanes by good men and women in the northern cities have VI spending their scarce dollars in buying up all sort o alphabets and s easy reading-books, and ciphering and cop; books, to be sent down to the islands with the el° t11 ; and implements so urgently required. Education httslit been anxiously forbidden to the slaves, they regard it tw a badge of human nobility ; and the ambition for it I universal. Already the parents are willing to p. 4 110 certain amount out of their new wages to the schti ° 4 where they send their children with g lee. In schools are seen children of all shades, from the pure -X" - ; can black to the blue-eyed and fair-complexioned off P' of the planter and his quadroon : the teachers are el:lan ai ° , pated slaves ; and after school hours, they beg some Men u " white to hear them spell, and read their easy words. S. _ . °l s can read a hymn and a few sc ri p ture t exts, having too by stealth in slavery.—Once a Wesk. BIRTHS. CAzErcovn.—On the 31st ult., at St. Mark's Pare g rib Reigate, the wife of th e R ev . A rt h ur C azeno ve, ° son. KENNARD.— On the 30th ult , at 54, Cleveland-sT itu* Hyde-park, M rs . H . J. Kennard, of a son. KERRY.—On the 27th ult., at Valencia, the wife °- Knight of Kerry, of a daughter. PARKYNS.—On the 29th ult , at Ruddington Manor, Ili a tinghain, the wife of Sir Thomas Parkyns, Bart., daughter. MARRIAGES. BARRY—KETTLEIVELL.-011 the 29th ult., at St. Georg'.: Hanover-square, Edwd. Middleton Barry. Esq., A. ll- :,,, third son of the late Sir Charles Barry, RA., to 1 41 " . eldest daughter of the late T. Kettlewell, Esq. CONSTABLE—IIENDERSON.—On the 29th ult., at St. Afar' garet's, Lee, Kent, George, eldest son of Henry Coo l ble, Esq., 40, Cannon-street, city, and Adelaide -rot' Hampstead, to Mary, only child of Thomas HenderSotit Esq., of Carlisle. DEATHS. A e, BRICE.—On the 29th ult., atPackham, near Fording bri oo .g George Tito Brice, Esq., formerly of the 3 d Drago Guards, aged 81. a HANEs.—On the 29th alt., at Barnes, Mrs. Ha y es, age 90. lIAYMEs.—On the 28th tilt., at Sontbsea, Captain Fhilip llayraes, R.N. llonNE.—On the 29th ult., at 1, New-grove, Botv-roa d ' Christopher Horne, Esq., aged 61. PEARSE.— On the 2Sth ult., P. J. T. Pearse, Esq., of Fre derick's-place, Old Jewry, and late of Club-chambe red Regent-street, aged 38. 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