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

AMERICA, kart- QUEENSTOWN, MONDAY NIGHT. T he Cunard steamer America, from Boston on the 2d inst., and Halifax on the 4th, has arrived. In the Senate on the 31st ult. a petition was pre sc Jilted from the workmen in the late armoury at lYclarper's Ferry, asking for the re• establishment of the armoury and for work. A joint resolution ap pointing Theodore Woolsey Regent of the Smithso anon Instit'ate,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 Meinitor. 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 Ist of May a tax of 1 cent per pound be 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,--Ahat 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 dols. 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 dols., 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,L-• • " The mortars fire every half• hour, but elicit no response. The rebel mail, captured yesterday 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 21nws, 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- P'rillg to learn from the daily files that during that period Re have dismounted a dozen cannon, killed a score °!rebels, shot down a flags taff , and created in general no small panic amon the sons of the sunny an d gallant South. It is these accounts which cheers's:aur flagging spirits and encourage us to persevere with the hope of a speedy and glorious end. The day befo re yesterday Capt. Steiner made his long looked.fr„ aerial reconnaissance. The balloon was filled en a fiat boat, and thence, by means of a cord, was allow ed to ascend slowly a I di s t a nce of some 600 feet, or thereabouts. The ascent was made from a poi nt about a mile above I the Point, and hence was probably not less than three miles from the nearest battery. Ca pt. Steiner 'went up first, and after him Col. Buford. The day was as smoky as an Ind ian summer one, and;conse quently,some the prospect was n ot of the best. However, they succeeded in learning that the rebels bad - batteries on the main orlien tacky shore, besides f ort i. fications and guns on the island. This was lear nt, together with the fact that there is a floating battery on the side of the island and several transports 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 another. The tents having disappeared from the banks and the head of the island, it was isf,rred 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 atmospheri c haze, it was concluded that they had been removed somewhere. No enemy was seen from the balloon, from which circumstance it was inferred either that the rebels, frightened at the 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 gulls 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 havebeen busily employedin cutting a channel across the pointjust 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= cage 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, are in Alabama. To the west of Corinth the road 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 the u n n a d ,u e ia rs a t t o io o n d o t f o th h e av r e ive b r a , tt a e n r d i;s pr t o h te a c t t c F om lo m re a n nd Florence and Decatur from attack by water for the present. The general understanding of th e rebel movements is that, with Corinth as their base of operations in opposition to our fozca at Savannah, they are en deavouring 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 concentrate their forces by rail at any point we may attempt to pounae 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 40,000. 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 are 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. Mr. 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 reconnaissance beyond Strasburg, on the 1 8th and 19th inst., discovered Jackson rein forced in in a strong pos i t i on near N ewmar k e t, within distance of the main body of the rebels under J o h nson. It was necessary to decoy him from that positi on ; therefore I fell back rapidly to Winchester on the 20th, as if in retreat, march leg my whole command nearly thirty miles in ono day. My f orce wa s placed at night in a secluded position, two miles from Wincester, on the Martinsburg read. On the 21st the rebel cavalry, under Ashby, showed themselves to our pickets within sight of Winc hester. On the 22d all of General Banks' com m a nd, with the exception of my division evacuated Winchester en route for THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1862. 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 but 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 suceess 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 8 o'clock in the morning I sent forward two officers to reconnoitre the front and 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 the 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, 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 I 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, because 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 relation 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 as 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 Newbern and Beaufort, but it was being re - paired, and the road would soon be in operation between the two places. So far as our informants know, 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 numbers were variously represented by citizens of Beaufort at from 300 to 600 amen. The fort was said to be but slightly provisioned, • e' and it was not believed it could hold out more than a week. Its ultimate capture is, of course, a matter of certainty. General Purnside 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 toward 6 Kingstown, 35 miles on the road to Goldsborough, 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 tha 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 gunboit brought the bodies of Acting-Lieutenant Budd, commanding the Penguin, and Captain Matthews of the Mary Andrew, who were killed at Mosquito :nlet, 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 West 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 are on board the Huntsville. They report that active pre parations were being made at New Orleans to resist 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 Murnmonsville is reported from St. Louis. On the night of the 26th inst., a band of from 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 Xorfolk 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 absolved 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 Confederate 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 A ppecasays. 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 firing. 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 board. The Memphis Appeal is issued on a half 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 ourbanks is yet unsettled. 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, the Bank 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 considerable trouble on settlement. These issues cannot be settled in the same way as banknotes—that is, when presented for funling 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 daily, but not in sufficient sums to command a no tice. As expected and predicted in our last, flour advanced yesterday to 22 dols. per• barrel. Has the time not arrived for our authorities to intervene ? The Committee of Safety might be authorised by General Lovell to take possession of the flour in mar ket and account to the owners thereof at a rea 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, was selling in Memphis at 14 dole. to 15 dols. per barrel. 1 Of course, as soon as the au: ante here is acted on, there may be a corresponding advance Liere, which market, by-the-bye, is the only one from which may expect supplies hither. True, we have been led to expect we should receive supplies from Red River, but expectations in this respect have nothing to sustain them. We learn that the Committee of Safety secured several hundred casks of rice, which will be sold out at cost to consumers. They must go further, and secure all the flour at market." Major-General Lovell has proclaimed martial law in New Orleans. Pierre Soule, W. Frerd, Henry D. Ogden, and Cyprien Dufour are Provost-Mar shals. General Beauregard appeals to the planters for their bells, to be cast into cannon. The Cres cent opposes the proposition to burn New Orleans. It says : "The remarks freely made about burning the city are entirely out of place. We should like to know what is to become of the tens of thousands of women and children in such an event. Fortunately, these remarks come from those who have nothing at stake, not owners of property; or, perhaps, they have removed their families into the interior, and got all their securities in their breeches pockets, and will advance into the country on the first appear ance of the invaders. There are a good many of these kind of people about our city." The discussion of the Southern Congress upon the mode of establishing trade with Europe has taken a curious turn. The Richmond Examiner of the 10th says : " It is known that for some days past Congress has been discussing in secret session the propriety of sending additional commissioners to Europe, to negotiate a sale of the entire cotton crop on foreign account, assuming its purchase by this Government. The discussion in secret session took a different turn from what was primarily intended, it being moved that our present embassies to Europe should be re called, and that our diplomatic relations with Eng land and Fiance should be terminated for the pre sent. This proposition has been renewed in open Congress, and is understood to be chiefly intended as an exhibition of spirit and resentment at the shuffling and selfish policy, especially of the English Government, on the question of our recognition." With regard to the Confederate navy, Congress has not removed the injunction of secrecy from any of the reports of the heads of departments, with the exception of that of the Postmaster-General. The Richmond Eraminer learns, however, that the esti mates of the Navy Department have been largely increased under the secret acts of the Provisional Congress, which have authorised the enlistment of 2,000 additional seamen, and large additions to the officers of the navy. The officers of the navy autho rised to be employed under these Acts are two cap tains, five commanders, 50 lieutenants, 10 assistant paymasters, 30 assistant-surgeons, 100 acting masters, 100 acting midshipmen, 30 acting first assistant-engineers, 50 acting second assistant-engi neers, and 50 acting third assistant-engineers. . _ The Tennessee State Legislature has passed the war tax. On of the Memphis papers says : " We would direct the attention of our readers to the Act passed by the Legislature of this State to provide for the payment of the war tax. The bill received the approval of the Governor yesterday, and is now the law. It will be seen that the State has assumed and agreed to pay the tax. This is right, and we congratulate the country upon the promptness with which the Legislature and his Excellency have disposed of the matter." The strength of Manassas, as a defensible posi tion, is described by a correspondent of the Journal of Commerce : " I shall not pause here to speak of the strength of this celebrated spot, further than to say, in pass ing, that it is one of the strongest military positions in the world. The reasons for this opinion I shall give when I describe the ground in another letter, but it is enough at present to remark that if 100,000 men had advanced from Washington upon these intrenchment, I do not believe that 20,000 would have reached the fortifications on the summit of the slope. The cannon of the rebels commanded every inch of the approach within a mile and a half, and there was neither tree, nor shrub, nor hill, nor hol- low to protect an attacking column from the deadly fire of 100 guns. Only in the rear was there any possible method of dislodging them." Again, the writer says of the number of troops that might have been accommodated,— " We ran down to the junction, a mile or so from the station at which we had stopped. No railroad buildings stand at the junction. I presume none ever stood there. But the huts of the rebels abound in :this vicinity, and their white tents are still standing in great numbers near by. Indeed, for three miles along the road the place must have been like a succession of large villages, and still presents that appearance. With entire respect to those 'reliable' gentlemen, the newspaper cor respondents, who have so sedulously circulated the statement that there was not accommodation for 90,000 men at Manassas, I must very dis tinctly say that they knew better when they wrote 1 the statement. No man who has sufficient brains to correspond with a third-rate paper could look on the huts now standing and the ruins of those which were burnt without knowing that they would com fortably hold many more than 100,000 men, and with such a stowing as was practised at Sebastopol in 1855 they could lodge 200,000. I speak of only the huts and tents along the railway ; others were abundant down towards Bull Run and Centreville. This by no means proves the number of the enemy to have been great, but it disproves the falsehood which was designed to establish the theory that they were few in number." General Fremont has arrived at Wheeling, ac companied by his family and Major ZAgonyi, The Wheeling intelligencer says : "We understand that • some of the prominent Union men of Western Virginia intend to urge upon Gen. Fremont the importance of arresting 200 or 300 of the leading Secessionists of this section of the State, and holding them as hostages for the release of the Union men arrested and imprisoned in Rich mond and other places. We are not advised as to whether the General will - make his head quarters permanent at this point." Another Military Department, to be called the " Middle Department," is-created, consisting of the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, the Eastern shore of Maryland and Virginia, and the counties of Cecil, Harford,Baltimore, and Anne Arundel, in Maryland, to be commanded by Major- General Dix, with head quarters at Baltimore. A letter from Washington has the following in reference to the alleged association of " Knghts of the Golden Circle :" "It appears from official correspondence that towards the close of last year a letter written by a Dr. Hopkins came into the possession of the State Department. It was therein stated that an organi sation had been formed by which the members of the Knights of the Golden Circle were to rush into the army and service of the Federal Government, and thus gain influence and position for carrying out their treasonable schemes ; and further that Ex- President Pierce was among the most prominent members. When this letter was received a note was sent to Ex-President Pierce, enclosing an ex tract from it, saying Your name is connected with a secret league, the object of which is to over throw the Government. Any information on the subject will be acceptable. Mr. Pierce, in reply, expresses his surprise that even seeming credence should have been given to the charge, appeals to his general course as a complete refutation of the slander, and remarks that he never belonged to any secret league, society, or association; and further objects to the form of the note. Secretary Seward, in reply, explains that this was written by Willi am Hunter, chiet clerk of the department, explains the circumstances under which he signed it, regrets that it gave offence, and offers an apology." A moderate business was transacted in flour on the Ist at uniform prices. Wheat attracted rather more attention, and was firmer. Corn advanced le. per bushel, and closed buoyantly. Sugar, lard, and tallow were in good request. Pork was plenty and heavy ; beef moderately sought after. Bacon, butter, and cheese were saleable and steady. Cot ton and resin were in demand at previous quota tions. Whisky favoured buyers. The changes in , other branches of trade Were not important. ARTIFICIAL BREEDING OF FISH. A public meeting of members and other gentle men interested in the process of pisciculture, now ca zied on by the Thames Angling Preservation Society, at LTamPton, for the purpose of stocking the river with salmo;.'; trout, and grayling, was held at the Freemason's Tavern.; yesterday, to con sider the progress of their operations. Mr. HANNAN was unanimously called to the chair, and said that the meeting had been convened for the purpose of communicating to them the result of the efforts of the Thames Angling Preservation Society. A meeting had been held on the 13th of March, 1861, when it was resolved that an attempt should be made to breed and preserve fish. A com mittee was accordingly nominated, and they ap pointed a sub-committee to carry out the wishes of the members. The attempts to breed fish from the ova had been successful in nearly all instances, and where they had failed it was from no fault of their own, but was attributable to other causes. With trout, salmon, and grayling the sub-committee had been very successful, and they had prepared a re port to the committee, which that body had adopted, and it would now be read to the meeting. Without going into particulars, he would state that Mr. Ponder had given his unceasing attention to the breeding of those fish, and they were all deeply indebted to him for the benefit they had derived from his services and experience. The funds for this purpose had all been spent, and it would be for the meeting to decide whether the operations of the sub-committee should continue. Mr. Ponder then read the report of the sub-com mittee, which, after some preliminary remarks, stated that, in preparation for the coming trout sea son, two sets of apparatus had been completed for use by the 15th Nov., 1861, one set being placed in the open meadow and supplied with spring water, the other set being erected under cover in a green-house and supplied with water from the Longford River. On the Ist of January, 1862, the first trout ova were taken, the last on the 22d February, the total quantity being about 37,000. Of these 17,000 were placed in the meadow, and 20,000 under cover. The hatching commenced on the 4th of March, and occurred at intervals of from 50 to 60 or more days from the impregnation of the ova. At the present date the hatching process was completed excepting only the last parcel, which was taken the 22d of February. After careful compu tation they considered that the number of fish hatched were about 90 per cent. of the ova deposited, and after making reasonable allowance for losses during rearing time that they would be able in the course of the season to turn 30,000 young trout into the Thames. The trout ova were obtained from the rivers Teste and Bourne, in Hampshire, the Colne in Herts, and the Wandle in Surrey. Of salmon they had received 1,500 ova from Galway, and 2,000 from Clitheroe ; the former they did not succeed in hatching, being in their opinion not fecundated; the latter were hatched, but being at present under the gravel the result was unknown to them. They had received from the French Government at Huninque, boxes of various ova packed in damp moss, generally more or less in bad condition, the results of which had been regulated by that con dition. The ova were from Rhine salmon trout, common trout, and char. Of the salmon, 2,800 ova being in good order, 2,665 were hatched; whereas the others, being in bad condition, not more than one-third were hatched. It was the intention of the sub-committee to distribute the fish fairly at suitable places in the river Thames, within the con trol and management of the society, but at present that could not be done, owing to the flooded state of the river. In offering these results they trusted they might be considered successful and satisfac tory to the society and others interested in pisci ' culture. If desirable, they considered that without I difficulty or great expense, 100,000 trout might be I hatched and reared annually for the Thames,which river, although for many reasons unsuited for breeding, yet supplied suitable food in abundance, and combined all the requisite conditions for healthy development, as shown by the great weight and excellent quality of the Thames trout. The young fish grow rapidly ; and should pisci culture be carried on with spirit the Thames would shortly be well stocked with that fish, so highly valued by the angler and approved for the table. It was with great pleasure they recorded their obli gations and thanks to Martin Tucker Smith, Esq., M.P., the Earl of Portsmouth, Lord Malden, Samuel Gurner, Esq., M.P., the Messrs. Ashworth, and Thomas Garnett, Esq., for the permission and facilities they afforded to the sub-committee in ob taining the ova from salmon and trout ; and also to Francis Francis, Esq., for whose influence and assistance in procuring ova they were greatly in debted. Their attention was now directed to gray ling, and preparation was made for obtaining the spawn in the course of the present month. They had received ample •permission and offers to co-operate with or assist them from all to whom they had applied, and they trusted therefore to succeed in procuring a good supply of ova, and if as successful as with the trout they might in the course of the present season store the Thames with many thousands of that desirable fish. The account current to the date of the report being the close of the trout seasons was an nexed, from which it would be seen that the pro cess of pisciculture was not in itself expensive, and probably but few objects with such important and valuable results could be obtained at such moderate cost. But they must observe that as the river Thames became stocked with valuable fish the greater would be the temptation to poaching, which must be guarded against by having addi tional effective river keepers—that, of course, in volving considerable expense. That was the report he and his colleagues had to lay before the meeting, and he hoped they would approve of it. One ob ject they had in view was to register some of the details of their operations, which were of great in terest y effectet h n e d y i t mwo were rh o ee r t iv a ni n de c ew e be , t but eodf tf ho t er t g e t h i e r na t c t mh e f ee io.nrb whosejfie r c s t t was hl to giver l i t c attempt at pisciculture. The results of those at tempts need be bounded only by their desires, for they could be multiplied to any extent. Mr. Ponder then went to show how it could be done, and gave a most interesting and elaborate description of the apparatus, and the mode of hatching the ova, and was listened to with the greatest attention. He concluded by delicately hinting that, small as the expenses were to carry on those operations, still money was required to keep the wheels moving. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN read the cash statement. from which it appeared that the receipts were £37 65., and the expenses £57 55., so that they were £2O out of pocket, which Mr. Farnell, their hon. secre tary, had advanced. Captain Buckland, of the 2d Life Guards, highly eulogised the conduct and services of Mr. Ponder, and for the satisfaction of the meeting produced samples of all the fish they had hatched. (These little things m ere examined with the greatest in terth a e t s t thatby t w h a e m t e h e e t i o n u g l . y ) p He u t u h i e t u n r p a oc e e a t e a d h e l d i t h o m s e a n y t t p h o e in p t u e b d li o c u t t o t s o up th p e o m rt and t in he E m ng io lan d d o , ingw he h what n l e a d t r n e ought to be done, and that was to stock the Thames with salmon. (Hear, hear.) He believed if they were supported they would be able to produce that fish at the rate of £1 per 1,000. On the motion of Mr. BoRN, seconded by Mr. BIRD, a resolution to the effect that the report hav ing been considered, that meeting decide th a t th e breeding of fish be continued, Was carried unani mously. Dr. GUNTER advised them to turn their attention to trout, but to give up the idea that they would motion of the C HAIRMAN, seconded by ever again bring back salmon to River Thames. a vote of th an k s was g i ven to M r. mr o . n w th o e typ, Ponder for his services. On the motion of Captain BUCKLAND, seconded by Mr. BoIiN, a vote of thanks was passed to those who chairman bad given the ova, an d s i m il ar complimentito closed th e p rocee di n gs. the £3O Is. was subscribed towards the future ex penses of the sub-committee. Mr. R. A. Bentham, for 22 years it the London Joint Stock Bank, has been appointed manager of the new Imperial Back, ----- - SUICIDE FROM ILL-TREA7V IENT. Yesterday Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, opened an inquiry at the King's At Ta vern, St. George's - street, Camberw ell, ms an thy' bod of Jane Louisa Olerman. The investigation created great interest in the neighbourhood owing to the many reports raised as to the cause of death. Eliza Jon e, wife of a labourer , residing at Nov 70 Bath-street, (amber well, said that on Saturday afternoon she wont t,n No. 1?-, in the same street,. and there found theydee , cased retching o n a sofa in the kitchen, her head beie'g supported by one hand. She appeared either dead o. C ,dying. She called her hes moved. She, with aind rested it on her by name, but only her eyelas one to go and fetch her son's wife, lifted her head, at akened, her nose shoulder. She cried out for somt": her body, and a doctor. Both her eyes were Bo ccie of the had bled, bled, and there were bruises on . her arms appeared displaced. I saw . saw three juries inflicted on the previous night,. I le, a man blows given with the fist by Richard Ta t . with whom she lived. I found in he r p ock ket two papers labelled " Poison." I believe she poisoned herself, as at 2 o'clock the same aft ernoon she said, iti " So help me God, I will make away with mys‘ali consequence of my husband's ill-treatment." I ad vised her not to do so. When she came into nay house she seemed very ill. I told her I would have gone into her house when she vireo being beaten so, only I was 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 most unhappy life. The Coroner—How long has this Bert of treat ment lasted? Witness—l have seen her twice before bruised and her eyes blackened—once, a fortnight before her last confinement. The whole time she was with me on Saturday she was crying, and com plained of great pain in her head anti all over her body, caz,ised by the brutal treatment o f Tace. A daughter of the deceased, an intehligent little girl only six years of age, said that sh e saw her mother take two paper packages out of her pocket, put them into some warm water in a wive-glass, and after stirring the contents with the cane, she drank the same. She .asked what she drank, and= she said salts and poison. Mr. Chabot, surgeon, of Camberwell, said that on Saturday afternoon he w,ls tt:ltched to see the deceased, whom he found lying de ,ad e' he floor. ying a printed He saw two paper packets, each ha label of poison. He ordered a seal-chi to be made for any vessel that might have bepn used, and a wine-glass was shown him that had been wiped out, but there was a minute portion of acid ad. hering to one side. He tasted it, and had no dotib, t, it was oxalic acid. He examined the body and bruises on the head, arms, and aide , and be' tw o eyes were blackened. It was his opinion that sh e had died from the effects of the oxalic a cid, biat could not be positive in the absence of a post mor teta examination. f ou nd The Coroner explained that the child had seers her put the powder into the glass, mix it in water, 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 lendl 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 Jo so any more"—when he gave her three more blows on they head. (Sensation.) Mr, Woodman, the summoning officer, said .tha t owing to the death he saw the man at present in court. He said his name was Richard Daniel Teen 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 had he would have sent him to Newgate for murder. COUNIRI .31ARK.E16. We have to report a small show of LEEDS—T uE SDAY. to day, and a liberal supply of foreign. A fkir demand, at is over the full prices of last Tuesday. Beans I.'nd oats at late rates, and a readier sale. Barley and other Ar ti c l es were at full prices. English wheat LYNN—TUESDAY. The supply of wheat was moderate, and the trade 21.11,,e4 firm at fully over last week's prices for all descriptions. malting and grinding samples of barley there was a lira business, and commanded fully former values. Oats small supply, and unchanged in price. Old white 60s:to 62s Barley. ..... . 32s Red.. to to 4 80 Beans .4os_to 44s I Peas t o 40ss MELTON MOWBRAY—TuEsDA.Y. There was a very poor supply of wheat to-day, BO' with a fair trade, prices were is advance. Barley wa B 111 moderate request, in sellers' favour. White wheat, 610 Od to 65s Od; red, 53s Od to 58s per 36 stone; bean? sold at 48s to 62s for old; new sorts, 44s per 38 at. barley, 36s to 39s for malting, and 30s to 31s per T. grinding; oats, 22s to 34s Od per 24 stone. SHEFFIELD-TUESDAY. - ----- At our market this morning the show of wheat W ag only moderate, but samples were rather improved in clu 3 ; lity, and a fair demand took place at a slight improvem o on the rates of the week previous. Oats at extreme pric eß i The demand for barley was good, but the supply small, all high prices were made. Beans unaltered. Red wheat, per lead of 3 imperial bushels...2os Od to 2 20 9, 3 i White /9 ...22s Od to 23s or ...21s Od to New red 9 260351:" Od , , New white ~ 1, 24s Od to .;.,,,.- _ , ~ ~ Beams l6s Od to 19s oc., Peas, per qr 58s Od to 605 sac! Grinding barley, per qr 328 Od to 3550 g Od Malting ditto, „ 36s Od to 40$ Oats 1, Millers' prices for flour-2s ld, 2s 3d, and2o s 0 d 2 s t os2d6spOedr 141 b. MARKET HARBOROUGH—TVESDAY. At this market to-day there was only a moderate show of wheat, the demand for which was better; millers had to g iVe, full prices. Fine barley sold readily at is per qr higher. White wheat, 60s to 64s ; red, 55s to Ms per 36 stone. Barley at 35s to 38s per qr., grinding 30s to 34s per 30 st. Oats, 27s to 33s per 24 at. ; beans, 42s to 465; uQW, —8 to —s per qr. FOREIGN HAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. AuF'.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. April lg ' 'via Marseilles ... April ---"' idrazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. May 4• Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May i s. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton April i.,.. via Marseilles April, Falkland Islands Gibraltar, - via Southampton April 1 . fi. India ( Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton April .....,. via Marseilles APr l , l 0. India (Bombay), via Southampton - 0 ' • via Marseilles April' 1,1. Li s b on Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southamptou Apri l ' --- . Apr via Marseilles Newfoundland .. API 0. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Apri l '' by U.S. packet ~ ...... by Canadian packet.Apra., 0. W.C. of Africa, Madeira , and Teneriffe May ' Bahamas, via New York May 0, Mexico •••• Apri 8,l All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Apr il 2S' California, and British Columbia.. BIRTHS. JONES—On the 15th inst. at 13 Half Moon. street, ri eest dilly, the Lady Elizabeth Inglis Jones, of a daugh ter : 00 MALLESON.—On th e 1 5th inst., at 5, Marlborough -10 b. St. John' s - wood, Mrs. Frank R. Malleson, of a da u g ter. POTTER. —On the 14th inst at Collumpton, Devon/ the wife of S. R eg i na ld Potter, " Esq., M.D., of a son. YATMAN.—At Winscombe-hill, Weston-super-mare/ 1411. Yatman, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. . litic—BENNETT.—On the 12th inst at St. Paul's, ham, John Kirk, Esq., of Reigate, to Louisa, seccl,, daughter of Henry Bennett, Esq o f Larkhall- 104 Clapham. MEREDYTH—LE POEn TRENCH.—On the 12 th inst., a t 1 Mountjoy-square N., Dublin, H e nry William, only 5t of Sir Henry Meredyth, Bar 6° t., to Harriet Anne daughter of the late Rev. William and Lady Loll lo Poer Trench. DEATHS. . ALLEN.—On the 14th inst., at Bromley,Jas. Joh n Allen, of Warwick-lane, Paternost or-r ow, aged 49. BOWLES.—On the 14th inst., a t 8, Hill.street, Berke la t i square, Charlotte, sister of Admiral Bowles, C.B 3 g e 8. Homit,—On the 15th inst., at The Limes, Queen's-road' Peckham, Wm. Hoare, Escb HUGHES.—On the 12th inst., at Dartford, Mr. Richard S• Hughes, aged 56. STRONGE.—On the 12th inst., Isabella, wife of Sir Jam es M. Stronge, Bart., aged 69. s. TAUNTON.—On the 13th inst., at 8, Queen-square, Woo l TuomrsoN.—On the 14th inst., Susalinab, w ife of Mr. B. 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