The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-03 00:00:00

TEE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times' Correvmdent.) NEW YORK, March 21. The prospects of the Confederacy grow darker and darker. Sherman marches unopposed through South Carolina, and commits atrocities on the way which history will hereafter blush to record, but which, in the mention made of them in the daily pages that reflect the passion of the time, excite no other feeling than wild approval or the grim delight of satiated vengeance. It is asserted by some who claim to be Sherman's friends, that he not only per mits but commands the perpetration of these ruth less acts in South Carolina, in-order that that State, above all other States of the Confederacy, may be punished for the prominent part she played in pro voking and organising the rebellion ; and that her fate may serve as a perpetual warning to North and West, as well as to South, of the danger of seces sion and of the fearful retribution that will follow it. In North Carolina it appears no such horrors are to be allowed, and the war is to be conducted on strictly military principles. But both of the Caro linas promise to be speedily relieved of the devastat ing presence of this modern Attila. His object is the possession of Richmond, and the stand which is to be made against him at Raleigh, if after all General Johnston should be strong enough to confront him in a pitched battle, will have one of two results. It will either drive him back to Wilmington, if resist ance be successful ; or, if unsuccessful, will remove the last obstacle betwixt his conquering army and a junction with Grant for tte final onslaught upon the Confederate capital. Admiral Farragut and Porter have, it is whispered, taken their departure for Fortress Munroe and a fleet of at least 20 iron clads and Monitors has followed them, to be ready at the critical moment to force the passage of the James, and lay Richmond in ashes if it refuses to surrender. The siege of Mobile is also spoken of, though it would seem under the circumstances as if that city were scarcely worth attacking by the one side or defending by the other. The whole inte rest centres at Richmond, and in the efforts of Sher man to co-operate with Grant at Petersburg. The only question earnestly discussed is whether Gen. Lee, for military reasons, and considering the obvious danger of being forced to capitulate by famine, may not have already commenced the work of evacua tion, and taken all measures for transferring the war to a new focus at Lynchburg, and a new field in the far interior of the Confederacy. However suddenly the lurid kaleidoscope may shift, however unexpected or startling may be the issues of battles and the mutability of the fortunes of war, there is little or no idea throughout the North, and especially in this city, that the South can pro tract the struggle for another month. It is held that the last message of Mr. Davis to the Southern Con gress was a virtual offer to surrender, provided that Gen. Lee and Gen. Grant should be allowed to settle the terms of reunion. Even if Mr. Lincoln refuse to entertain the proposition and insist that Gen. Grant and his subordinates shall continue to fight, until nothing more is left to fight with, it is argued that the result will be practically the same—that in the one case the war will close without further carnage, and that in the other it will be brought to a violent and bloody, but none the less speedy and satisfactory termination. It is edifying, though in no respect gratifying, to note that as the prospects of peace ap pear to brighten the friends and lovers of peace ap pear to diminish in number. Thousands, if not hun dreds of thousands, of influential people have waxed so fat on the spoils and contracts and the immense expenditures of the strife that they dread the too sudden cessation of hostilities, lest peace should draw in its train worse evils to them than that of war— thesevils of a financial revolution, and the consequent crash and disappearance of many a colossal and ill gotten fortune. The rapid fall in gold--50 per cent. within a month—has filled them with tribulation, and brought unpleasantly near to ;their vision the shadow of a fast 'approaching bankruptcy. In ad dition to these are the zealots, the doctrinaires, the war Christians—the friends of a strong nationality, and consequently the enemies of State rights and State sovereignty, who do not desire that the war should end by means of any compromise on the question of slavery, or by the re-establishment of the old Constitution. They desire that the United States should assume a distinctive name and become for the first 'dine in their history a nation " one and indivisible," composed of provinces, not of States, and governed from a centre, like Great Britain, France, or Russia. A third party, comps:seal of leading Democrats, with a large following—both Americans and Ilibernians—look with ill-concealed disgust upon the conquest of the South, and cling to the opinion that a war against a foreign Power, in which Northern and Southern armies would unite, with Lee for the generalissimo and Grant as the second in command, would tend to obliterate from the minds of the Southern people the bitter memories and animosities of four unhappy years, and help to build up a truer and more thoroughly American nationality than can be constructed out of the political, social, and philanthropical elements of New England. The favourite idea of this party is immediately on the restoration of the Union, by the surrender or defeat of Lee, to declare war against the Emperor Maximilian. Wild as the project may be considered in Europe, there can be no doubt that it would be exceedingly popular in America. Already the indications are numerous that there would be no need of large offers of bounty-money to raise an army for such a purpose, and that a blow in this quarter would send southwards a swarm of soldiers, to which the present war has offered no parallel. A move in the direction of Canada would also be popu lar ; but as the Americans believe, not only that Canada is theirs as soon as they are ready to ask for or to take it, but all things considered, it is better worth having for the honour and the glory than for the profit or advantage, the Mexican venture has far greater charms in their eyes. Mexico, the land of gold and silver--the richest country in the world, if Yankees could only develope its resources—Mexico, the beautiful, the romantic, the very name of which has a fascination for American youth, with which to cast spells a n d work enchantments—is the goal of their ambition. To vindicate the Monroe doctrine —to oust a parvenu Emperor—to show to the awe struck world that the Yankees can not only crush the most gigantic rebellion ever known in history, but that the vanquished and the victors can join hands for a common purpose and crumple up a fo reign foe with less than a tenth part of the trouble it took to subdue a domestic one: --such is the dream of the moment amid a large portion of this excitable and unreasoning people. The AMerican Goths have no particular desire, unless for mere bravado, to overrun the Finland or the Lapland of their conti nent. They turn their eyes towards Mexico--the sunny Italy of America—and long for the pretext or the opportunity to burst forth in an overwhelm ing torrent upon the lovely regions they believe to be the destined inheritance of their race. There is a dark side, of course, to this bright anticipation. It depends for its realisation upon the conquest of the South, and the willingness of the Southern people and armies to take shares in the venture. What if, before the South be conquered, Franc e , which 90 years ago did as much or more for the independence of the States as the armies of Washington, and which less than a year ago established the empire of Mexico, should recognise the Southern Confede racy, send its fleets to break the blockade of the Southern ports ; and that France, Mexico, and the South should enter into an alliance offensive and defensive against the North ! That possibility is the drop of gall in the intoxicating wine of their present glory ; for, though the multitude may be insane, the leaders are not quite so blinded by presumption and success as to doubt that an unprovoked war with any great European Power, such as France or Great Britain—even if the South were first conquered—would be exceedingly perilous onduct and uncertain in its results. Such a war, however, is one of the possibilities of the future. The statesmanship of Great Britain and France will do well to look it steadily in the face, and be prepared to confront it. in In comparison with these great events, accom plished or pending, all minor incidents are of small interest. It should, however, be recorded that the draught has been suspended in New York, after being carried on for three days, ostensibly for the reason that the requisite number of men will be obtained by volunteering, if a little extra exertion be made by the citizens ; but, in reality, because its rigid enforcement would seriously endanger the peace, if not the safety, of the city. It also deserves mention that, after long and patient search, the military authorities and police of New York have discovered one person on whom to fix the charge of attempting to burn down the hotels and other places of public resort in November last, and that he has been sentenced by court-martial to be forthwith hung on Governor's Island. The name of the de linquent is Kennedy, and he was at one time a captain in the Confederate service. Whether he was commanded by any superior authority to per form this treacherous and cowardly task, in which he so egregiously failed, he has not undertaken to say, and if he hold his peace to the last there will probably be no means of knowing. That his en terprise was fiendishly wicked and that he richly deserves his fate no reasonable man will deny. The ignorance of the chiefs of the Republican party in Congress, and of the Administration itself (Mr. Hugh M'Culloch alone excepted), on all questions of political economy, is well known to every European student of American history and to some few members of the Opposition. It is an ignorance which is not confined to the Legislature and the Government, but which extends, unfortu nately, to the leading merchants and bankers in this great city, and which pervades and permeates all classes of society. It is thought that economic laws do not apply to a new and large country like the United States in the same manner as they do to the older and smaller kingdoms and empires of Europe ; and that America, in fact, is so young, so strong, and so rich that, like a robust youth, it may make inroads upon its health which would be fatal to the life of a septuagenarian, or a man in middle age. When English writers have accused the Americans of this ignorance, the result of no inca pacity to be taught any better, but of sheer arro gance and conceit, the reply has always been that Englishmen were prejudiced and unfriendly, or that, at all events, they were not competent to understand " our great country." When the better informed among their own countrymen have made the same charge, the reply has usually been that the objectors were " Copperheads," " Traitors," " Secessionists" or " rebels." -If there be one man above all others who has a chance of speaking upon questions of po litical economy to the American people with the certainty of being respectfully listened to it is Mr. Richard Cobden. In a private letter to the Federal Minister at the Court of Copenhagen, published this afternoon for the first time, that gentleman, after expressing his views upon the war and the pro gress of hostilities, concludes with the following im pressive warning and rebuke : " You will have a task sufficient to employ all your ener gies at home in bringing your finances into order. Thero is a dreadful want of capacity at your head in questions of political economy —you seem now to bo in the same state of ignorance as that from which we began to emerge 40 years ago. The labours of Huskisson, Peel, and Gladstone seem never to have been heard of by Messrs. and Co. De pend on it that, as there is no royal road to learning, so there is no republican path to prosperity. Youmust follow the beaten track of experience. Debt is debt, whether on the west or east of the Atlantic, and it can be paid only by prudence and economy, and a wise distribution of its burdens." The Republican journals which reprint this letter have considerately left a blank for the names of the ignorant financiers and legislators to whom he drew the especial attention of his correspondent. There is, however, no difficulty in filling up the gap with scores or hundreds of names, beginning with Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Morrill, of tariff notoriety, and Mr. Chase, and ending with Mr. Fessenden and Mr. Thaddeus Stevens. Naval and Military Intelligenca. The 23d company of Royal Engineers, under the command of Capt. Reginald G. Thorold, will pro ceed from headquarters, Chatham, this week, to the Government rifle-range at Milton, for the pur pose of going through a course of ball practice prior to the embarcation of the company for the Cape of Good Hope. Orders have also been received directing the I . s i t company of Royal Engineers to be held in readiness to leave the camp at Alder shott and embark for service in Canada on or about the 27th of this month. The officers who will proceed with the company are Capt. - J. M. 11. Maitland and Lieut. 11. Robinson. The 25th company of Royal Engineers has received orders to be held in readiness to proceed from Brompton Barracks, Chatham, to Weymouth, while it will be employed in the repair and teconstruction of. the defences on that part of the coast. The whole of the companies will be aug mented to their full strength froth the depot com panies at headquarters. An order from the Horse Guards directs that no man of bad character is to be allowed to re-engage for service in the corps of Royal Engineers on the expiration of his period of limited enlistment. The trial of the Salamis paddle despatch-vessel, 835 tons, 250-horse power, Commander F. G. Suttie, took place on Thursday over the measured mile in Stokes Bay, near Portsmouth, under un usually favourable conditions of wind and weather. The wind had a force of from 1 to 2 only from W.N.W., and the water was quite smooth. The trial of the Salamis was attended with unusual inte rest, from the fact of her being the trial vessel se lected by the Admiralty to compare results with the Helicon, a sister vessel in tonnage and with engines from the same patterns, but with her fore-body con structed on Mr. Reed's elongated U plan, a form of construction that has also been adopted in the French Imperial marine by Depuy De Lowe in the Solferino, Magenta, and other vessels. The Salamis and Helicon are two out of four vessels of a new class recently introduced into her Majesty's navy as fast paddle despatch-boats, the other two being the Enchantress (Admiralty yacht) and the Psyche. The two latter vessels carry the old regulation figure-head and gear, with bowsprit, &c., project ing beyond their stems ; but the Salamis and Hele con have nothing outside their stems, and carry their stays from foremast and foretopmast down to their stern-heads. The Salamis has an upright stem, and her old lines abaft the stem, but the Helicon has her stem thrown inboard (thus giving her the " swanbreast" form of stem) and her lines aft as designed by Mr. Reed, the Chief Constructor of her Majesty's navy. The Helicon will make her trial in about six weeks from this date. The Salamis drew 10ft. 4in. of water forward and 10ft. Sin. aft. with 180 tons of coals on board, and complete in all respects for six months' sea service, with the excep tion of a few cask of provisions. The results of the trial were as follows :--With full-boiler power.- First run-revolution of engines, 31.75 ; time, 4m. 19sec. ; speed of ship, 13.900 ; steam, 26 ; vacuum, 25. Second run-revolutions of engines, 31.75 ; time, 4m. 31sec. ; speed, 13.284 ; steam, 26.5 ; vacuum, 24-5. Third run-revolutions of engines, 32; time, 4m. 13see. ; speed, 14,220; steam, 26 . 5; vacuum, 24-5. Fourth run-revolutions of engines, 32; time, 4m. 37isec. ; speed, 12.996 ; steam, 26.5 vacuum, 24.5 Fifth run --revolutions of engines, 32 ; time, 4m. ssec. ; speed, 14.694 ; steam, 26.5 ; vacuum, 24.5. Sixth run-revolutions of engines, 32 ; time, 4m. 52sec. ; speed, 12.329 ; steam, 26.5 ; vacuum, 24.5. The mean speed of the ship with full-boiler power was 13.682 knots. With half-boiler power a speed of 11.433 knots was obtained as a mean of two runs, the revolution of the engines being 26.5 and 27 ; the pressure 26, and vacuum 25. In making circles with full power and turning to port 27 seconds were expended in getting up the helm and bringing the rudder to an angle of 25, with three turns of the wheel and four men to man it, the half circle being made in 2 m i n . 39sec., and completed to the full circle i n smin. 6sec. In turning to starboard, the time occupi e d i n getting up the helm was 32 secs., the angle of the rudder being 2F5, with three turns of the wheel, and the half circle made in 2 min. 40 sec., and the full ci rc l e i n 5 m i n . 13 sec. In both instances the revolutions of the . engines before putting up the helm were 32 deg., and lowered to 30 deg. afterwards. With half-power the circles were made :in less than with time full power, as will be seen by the appended figures : -Turning to port-Half circle madein 2 min. 5 sec.; full do., 4 min. 15 sec. ; angle of rudder, 291 deg. ; do. to starboard, half circle made in 2 min. 4 sec. ; full do., 4 min. 5 sec. ; angle of rudder, 30 deg. The temperature during the trial were,-On deck, 58 deg. to 60 deg, ; engine-room, 65 deg . to 62 deg. ; forward stokehole, 70 deg. to 68 deg.; after do., 73 deg. to 75 deg. The engines and b oilers worked most satisfactorily, and the diagrams on the indi cator cards were above the average. The engines are constructed on the ordinary oscillating principle, the cylinders having a diameter of 61in. and a 4ft. 6in. length of stroke. The paddlewheels have an outer diameter of 20ft., 6in., and 17ft. from the centre of motion. They are fitted with the fea thering floats. Messrs. Ravenhill and Salkeld are the makers of the ship's machinery. The indi cated horse-power developed by the ship's engines was 1,385, or nearly six times their nominal power. Notwithstanding the smoothness of the water and the absence of wind, the Salamis carried a rather large furrow of a wave on each bow, but this was very considerably less in volume than was ex hibited by the Enchantress or Psyche on their trials, or by the Royal yacht Alberta. The screw frigate Bristol, 39, 600-horse power, fitting for the first division of the Chatham Steam Reserve, is ordered to have her armament altered by the substitution of four 110-pounder rifled Arm strongs, in lieu of eight of the 40-pounder Arm-. strongs. Instructions have likewise been received at Chatham for the armament of the Undaunted, Newcastle, Forte, Arethusa, Phaeton, and Eurotas to be altered in the same manner. The Challenger, 22,1,462 tons, 400 horse power, re cently paid off into the 3d division of the Chatham Steam Reserve, after being in commission four years, is again being brought forward for commission, and has been placed in No. 3 dock at Sheerness, where the work of preparing her for sea is being carried forward as rapidly as possible. The repairs to the engines and machinery are ordered to take prece dence of those of the other vessels. It is reported that this fine corvette is again intended for service with the North American and West India squadron, the Admiralty being in favour of employing vessels of this class for that station as being more healthy, and at the same time more economical, than any others. The Challenger is fitted with a spar deck, which is a great improvement to the corvette class of ships. The sailing ship Nile, Commander Owens (one of Messrs. Green's fleet of Indiamen), the arrival of which in the Channel from India with dates from Calcutta we reported on Thursday, arrived atPorts mouth next morning with the left wing of the 52d Regiment on board, consisting of Major Crosse, in command ; Captains Keyworth and Parry ; Lieu tenants Wingfield (and Mrs. Wingfield), Mickel burgh, and Barwell ; Ensigns Blakeney, Scott, and Adams ; Assist.-Surg. Goharty, 243 men, 11 women, and 28 children. The Nile was towed into Portsmouth harbour on Friday afternoon, and im mediately afterwards the troops were landed at the dockyard and marched into the Cambridge-barracks, Portsmouth, to join the headquarters. The disem barcation of the troops was effected in one hour and a half from the time the ship entered the harbour, at the end of which time she had sailed again for London. On the 11th ult. a seaman fell from the mainyard of her Majesty's ship Shannon. The vessel was going at the time ten knots an hour, with a heavy sea running. A boat was instantly lowered, man ned by volunteers, under the command of Lieut. Law. The tackle unfortunately fouling she was stove against the ship's quarter. The crew were, however, saved by lines promptly thrown to them. Lieut. Law was the last to leave the sinking boat. While hanging to a rope he sustained a severe fracture of the leg by the damaged craft being hurled against the ship's side by the sea, and crushing him between the two. He was ulti mately rescued from his perilous position by two men who at great risk to themselves hauled him in at a porthole. The sailor who fell overboard in the first instance, notwithstanding further efforts made for his recovery, was drowned. Lieut. Law, who is a nephew of the Earlof Ellenborough, is progressing favourably at Portsmouth. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Lawrence A. Bell, to the Rattlesnake ; Henry B. Long, midshipman, to the Achilles ; Silas H. Liddell, second master, to the Dasher ; John Limber, acting second-class assist.- engineer, to the Asia ; Rear-Admiral C. Frederick, to be senior officer at Cork, vice Sir L. Jones, whose period of service has expired ; Captain T. Miller, to the Royal George, vice De Courcy, whose period of service has expired ; Commander G. L. Norcock, to the Hibernia, vice Hervey, whose period of service has expired ; Lieut. C. D. Inglis, to the Hastings, to be Flag Liicut. to Rear Admiral Frederick ; Lieut. Francis Stirling, Lieut. Henry J. Carr, Lieut. John It. T. Fullerton, Lieut. Henry E. Mandeville, and Lieut. H. llamond to the Nar cissus ; Frank Inglis, master, to the Cumberland, for the Minotaur ; James 11. G. Brown, paymaster, to be secretary to Rear Admiral Frederick ; William F. Barry, master's-assist., to the Hector ; Geo. F. Clark, master's-assist., to the Rattlesnake ; Henry A. Eastber and John C. Houghton, masters'-assists., to the Edgar ; Henry E. Weaver and J. W. Bar nard, masters'-assists., to the Dasher; J. Sanders, chief engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Minotaur; J. Hopwood, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Cum berland, for the Minotaur ; Thomas Vickery, Jas. M‘Millan, and Alexander Dewar, promoted to first-class engineers ; Edward J. 0. Lanham, acting second-class assist.-engineer, to the Asia ; Capt. C. A. Campbell, to the Narcissus, commis sioned ; James S. Watts, master, to the Narcissus ; Sub-Lieut. Arthur S. Phillpotts, Sub-Lieut. James B. Haye, and Sub-Lieut. Arthur G. Fullerton, to the Narcissus ; the Rev. T. E. Gutteres, to be chap lain and naval instructor to the Narcissus ; Thomas S. Hoghton, Francis 11. N. Harvey, Henry P. T. Skinner, Edmund S. Poe, Charles V. Strange, Henry C. Bigge, Richard G. Day, Charles E. Morison, Arthur Forlonger, Francis E. Ramsden, Charles C. Drury, Charles G. Prater, and Frederick A. Blackett, midshipmen, to the Narcissus ; Charles A. Stephenson, Digby J. H. Hamilton, George F. Hall, Thomas Mac Gill, and James N. Hill, naval cadets, to the Narcissus ; James D. Gilpin, pay master, to the Narcissus; Charles S. Marsh, assist.- paymaster, to the Lion ; John S. Andrews and Arthur Hodson, assist.-paymasters, to the Nar cissus ; Charles Heyward, Thomas M. Moffat, and Edward Leah, master's assistants, to the Narcissus ; John W. Bown, master's assistant, to the Geyser ; and Francis H. Trollope, assist.-clerk, to the Nar cissus. THE VOLUNTEERS. TIIE EASTER MONDAY REVIEW. On Saturday Colonel Erskine, inspector-general of volunteers, the authorities of the War-office, and those of the Brighton Railway Company and Cor= poration finally completed their arrangements for the forthcoming Easter Monday volunteer review on Brighton Downs. It has been determined that the chief command at the review shall be given to Major-General Sir R. Walpole, K.C.8., commandant at Chatham, who will be assisted by an efficient staff, including the new volunteer inspector-general. The brigadiers on the occasion are to be distinguished by a crimson sash, and will be chosen from the following com manding officers, viz.—The Duke of Wellington, Viscount Ranelagh, Lord Radstock, Lord Elcho, Lieutenant-Colonel T. E. Bigge, Viscount Bury, Earl Grosvenor, Lieut.-Colonel J. 11. Macdonald, Lieut.-Colonel W. B. Barttelot, Lieut.-Colonel G. E. Thor°ld, Lieut.-Colonel E. Dunsmore, and Lieut.-Colonel J. S. Walker. The railway arrangements will be entirely under the command of Licut.-Col. G. Hawkins, the traffic manager of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, assisted by other members of the Railway Officers' Corps, who have been invited to join him, should any necessity arise. The arrangements for the departure of the troops from the London-bridge and Victoria stations will be most effective, and the shed placed at the disposal of the volunteers on their arrival in case of wet weather will be sufficient to accommodate several thousands. For arrival departure the large amount of space at the disposal of the company at Brighton, and the number of lines of rail they have at their terminus, will enable each train to draw up at its own particular siding or platform, without interfering with any other, and thus facilitate the movements of the volunteers, and on the ream journey to London in the evening TEE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1F65. enable the officials to despatch the volunteer trains without the slightest risk of danger, at intervals of ten minutes. On reaching Brighton in the morning it is arranged that the volunteers shall pass out by the private gate of the railway terminus on its western side, and march along the Montpelier -road to the Level, the Steyne, the Pavilion Gardens, and the other enclosures, to be appropriated to their use for brigading purposes, prior to the firing of the signal .gun for the march to the race hill to com mence, which will be vid the Marine Parade and Kemp Town. The general railway arrangements with regard to the conveyance of volunteers were also issued by Frederick Slight, the secretary, on Saturday, and they state that no application for tickets will be attended to except on a form supplied by the War office, together with the Secretary of State's per mission to attend the review, and none will be supplied under any pretence after twelve at noon on Thursday, the 13th of April. Tickets supplied to commanding officers, and not required, must be re turned not later than two p.m. on Saturday, the 15th of April, and all tickets must then be paid for. Tickets will be issued for volunteere to go down by specified trains on the Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday preceding the review, and are available till Tuesday, the 17th of April, but those who desire these privilages must apply for special tickets, as the tickets issued for Easter Monday will not be avail able for any other clay ; and no tickets will be avail able except for:a volunteer in uniform, and bearing his arms. The fares to Brighton and back on any of the days will be Is. 6d. Guns are to be received at the goods depot, Willow-walk, Bermondsey, on any day from Monday, the 10th, Thursday, the the 13th of April, up to 6 p.m., and also on Satur day, the 15th of April, up to one p.m., after which no guns will be received for conveyance. Officers' horses can be sent down by any of the ordinary trains between Thursday, the 13th, and Sunday, the 16th of April, but those on the morning of the review can only go from Victoria station at 4.30 a.m. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.-41 circular has just been issued, bearing the signature of Captain Mildmay, stating in detail the arrangements for the Queeh's Prize at the next Wimbledon meet ing, and giving the forms which are to be filled up at the volunteer head-quarters. The principal pro visions are, that on the issue of new rifles to the competitors for the first stage those previously held shall be immediately returned into store. All the new rifles issued will bear a distinctive mark, by which they can be easily identified. The military storekeepers at seventeen stations in England, three in Wales, and four in Scotland will issue out, after April 20, 200 rounds of ammunition to each man selected by his corps as a representative in the com petition, at the rate of 4s. 4id. per 100 rounds— this ammunition to be used for previous practice at the local ranges. When detached companies do not send competitors the number to which they are en titled may be filled up from other companies of the same battalion. LONDON IRISH VOLUNTEERS.-011 Saturday a large number of the above corps assembled at Somerset House, under the command of C a pt a i n Daubeney, for the purpose of honouring the memory of Colonel Verner, who died on the 25th ult., uni versally regretted by the whOle corps. The mem bers of the corps, who as a matter of course wore crape, mustered on the quadrangle about 5.30, and were under arms whilst the band, conducted by Mr. Cowen, played in a very effective manner, " The Dead March in Saul." A large number of specta tors assembled, and showed marked respect on the occasion. The Lock-out in the Iron Trade• BILSTON, Saturday. At a largo meeting of puddlers and ironworkers held here yesterday, at which Mr. Samuel Griffiths delivered a long address, the following resolutions were passed unanimously by the puddlers and ironworkers present:— "That the puddlers and millmen of South Staffordshire have willingly consented to and acted upon the masters' re solution of the 22d of December, declaring a reduction in puddlers' wages of ls. per ton, and millmen's wages 10 per cont. That the puddlers consented to this reduction mainly on the ground of the depressed state of the iron trade, which entailed a reduction in the value of iron. That this meeting regrets that the North Staffordshire puddlers have not fol lowed their example ; but having no power over the North Staffordshire men to compel the latter to submit to the drop, this meeting most respectfully, but, at the same time, ener getically disavows and protests against the assumption that they, the puddlers of South Staffordshire, are responsible for the conduct of the men in the North. This meeting further affirms the sentiment that it is hard for the masters to close the labour market in South Staffordshire on account of ob jeCtionable proceedings on the part of the men in North Staffordshire, with which they have nothing to do and over which they have not the slightest control. "That this Meeting, believing the present strike in North Staffordshire to be the cause of the misery and privation which exists in the Black Country, honourably and honestly pledges itself not to subscribe money totho North Stafford shire men as long as they continue this strike, provided that the Ironmasters of South Staffordshire open the doors for the men of the Black Country to resume their work at the drop of the 22d of December, next Tuesday morning. "That as this meeting disavows all connexion with the North Staffordshire strike; wo respectfully ask the masters to relieve us from the sad consequences of it, and, in full reliance on the justice and equity which we believe will pre vail in the counsels of the Ironmasters' Association, shall present ourselves in a kind and workmanlike spirit at the various works in the district, with the view of renewing our labours in connection with our old masters next Tuesday morning ; and our fervent desire is that masters and men may bo more united, both pulling together for tho prosperity of the trade in our own particular district, which will no doubt be advantageous to masters and men alike." WOLYERHAMPTON 7 Saturday. When the ironmasters met the Earl of Lichfield at Staf ford yesterday the masters of the North of Staffordshire at first displayed some little reluctance to consent to the inter position of a third party in the fixing of the rate of wages to be paid. They were reluctant at first to establish a precedent for allowing an arbitrator; but they were so de sirous that Lord Lichfield's efforts to bring about a settle ment should be successful that they consented to sign the document which had been drawn up by the clerk of the peace for Staffordshire, in which theyagreed to "submit the matters in dispute to arbitration," ; and, subject to the deci sion of the arbitrators, to pay their puddlers who might have returned to work 40s. per week as a draw on account, and any additional sum which the arbitrators might award. Moreover, the South Staffordshire and the Derbyshire masters (the latter of whom were represented by Mr. J. G. N. Alleyne, the manager of the Butterley Company's Works) voluntarily agreed on their part that if the North Staffordshire men would become parties to the schedule which their masters had signed, they would open their works on the following Monday morning. Lord Lichfield expressed very much gratification at this offer on the part of the South Staffordshire and the Derbyshire masters. Upon meeting the men Lord Lichfield enlarged upon the fairness of the terms to which they were asked to consent, and dwelt upon the damaging effect in the minds of tho public which a refusal of them would produce. All his Lordship's efforts to induce the men to accept the con ditions offered to them were, however, in vain. Matters will bo allowed to remain in their present condition until Wednesday next, when the ironmasters' committee will again assemble in this town. Influential members of the trade conceive that the course which the masters in the North of England have taken has left it less incumbent upon the masters in South Staffordshire to continue the lock-out. But these views are not entertained by the majo rity of the committee, or by many of the leading firms not im possible the in it. The wages demanded, it is the masters say, can be paid without ruin to the trade. So depressed is the market that agents in New York of South Staffordshire ironmaking firms wrote by the last mail that it would be useless to offer British iron in America unless quite £1 a ton below present quotations could be accepted for it. SHEFFIELD, Saturday. The Sheffield ironmasters have determined to accept the terms of settlement of the lockout arranged between the northern masters and their men last Monday. The secretary of the northern ironmasters has officially communicated those terms to the Sheffield masters, and they have to-day given notice that their works will be reopened on Monday on the same terms. There is thus an end of the lockout so far as this town and district are concerned. The Sheffield ironworkers belong to the Gateshead branch of tho Na tional Association, and were therefore bound by the terms agreed upon by their executive. Apart from that, they approved them, having offered in the first instance to enter into an agreement to withhold all support from the North Staffordshire men. The largo iron-houses at Rotherham who declined to lock out their men have largely profited by the state of the trade in other districts. ADVERTISEMENT.]-11olloway's Ointment and Pills.— o Risk.—When the surgeon shakes his head and the patient feels despondent is the fittest time to try those noble remedies. Inflammations, sores, eruptions, ulcerations, bad legs, and a far longer list of external tortures, can always be cured by these incomparable medicaments. If the cure bo not always rapid, it will always bo complete and leave behind no danger of relapse. That this Oint ment exerts the most cooling, soothing, and healing powers over the most irritable, painful, and chronic sores, is an established fact, which is daily confirmed by the unsolicited testimony of sympathising patients, whom (to use their own expressive phrase) Holloway's remedies have rescued from the very verge of;death. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE " SATURDAY REVIEW" ON WIVES AND THEIR FOLLOWERS.—There are various theories of mar riage. There is the Protestant theory, with its corollary, the Divorce Court ; and there is the Catholic theory, to which Mr. Matthew Arnold turns in these days with such infinite relief. But the theory which seems to obtain most favour just now in the fashionable world may be defined as the elastic theory. It is that which allows a young wife, in addition to her husband, a select train of male adorers. There was an old-fashioned notion that husband and wife were all in all to each othrr. The conjugal relation was viewed' as a snug little vehicle, expressly constructed to carry two. In it Darby and Joan jogged pleasantly along, too much engrossed in each other's society t o nd the journey dull. Marriage a la mode in 1865 suggests a different com parison. Instead of the modest conveyance to which, 20 years ago, it might have been likened, it resem bles now-a-days a gaudy Parisian omnibus, capable of accommodating plenty of outsiders. In other words, it has become the fashion for the young matron of the modern school to supplement the prosaic attachment of her husband by the attentions of any handsome young man or men whom she may be able to attract to her side, and hold there in silken fetters. So systematic has the practice grown, that it is said that, in the newest form of mar riage settlement drawn by fashionable solicitors, the contingency of "followers" is expressly provided for. After the stipulations for pin-money and join ture comes a special clause limiting them to any number not, exceeding twenty. If this should be true, we cannot say that it causes us much sur prise. Nothing that fashionable wives can say or do will henceforth cause surprise. Ces mb.es de famille sont capables de tout. The high jinks they have lately been up to are evidently the prelude to higher. When the mother of promising lads at Eton may be seen prancing about London ball-rooms as if re cently bitten by the tarantula,when elderly peeresses, who should be at home dandling their grandchildren, foot it nightly upon parquet floors, we feel instinc tively that a crisis must be approaching. The old decencies are crumbling away, and society is about to enter on a new phase. In what shape the fashion able world will emerge from the disintegration which seems imminent, how regulated and reconstituted, it is impossible to foretell. Whether young-ladyom will succeed in regaining the rights and privileges of which it has been ousted, or whether an iron despo tism of married Amazons will crush out all opposi tion, we do not venture to predict. We only note the signs of the times, which seem to portend an impending storm. The rancorous hatred which exists between the dowagers and the young married women cannot long smoulder on. There will soon be an outbreak of hostilities. In the first instance, perhaps, the attack will be carried on by constitu tional means. Already it is whispered that, led by a mother who has suffered many things of frisky matrons, the Young Lady's Defence Association in tends to apply to Parliament for an Act declaring it penal for a married lady to take part in any but square dances. On the other hand, it is said that a Minister who enjoys the full confidence of the confederate sirens has promised to retaliate by a bill for the suppression of dowagers, as included in the category of common nuisances. The conflict may end in secession. Female London may be split into two camps. Tyburnia may be allotted to the dow agers and their daughters ; Belgravia, to the young married women. In this eventuality, much will depend on the attitude of the male sex. Should they adopt a policy of non-intervention and strict neutrality, the rivalry will soon come to an end. Even now, if young husbands could be induced to assert the authority which is dropping from their hands, they might easily reclaim their skittish partners to a sense of duty and propriety. As it is, they remain cynically indifferent to their vagaries, flattered to find their wives admired, and thankful to be relieved from the trouble of admiring themselves. Possibly they think that in a multi tude of adorers there is safety. An adorer is usually a young man with a great deal of time on his hands, and no particular inclination to marry. His train ing is generally on this wise. He has had, or fancies he has had, a disappointment in love. For this heart-ache a certain amount of relief has been obtained by shooting expeditions to Albania, and fishing excursions to Norway. Such consolation as a French cook can afford has not been wanting. A stud of hunters at Melton or Market Harborough may be regarded as a strictly medical prescription for a poor young fellow suffering from chronic de pression. To a being thus cruelly blighted the balm of female sympathy is unspeakably delicious. And it is an article to be had now-a-days in any quantity, upon very easy terms. It is this parti cular combination of melancholy and money upon which the sharp young matron of the modern school pounces. It offers a remunerative investment for any superfluous sympathy which she may have at her disposal. With clever management, she may count on having a yacht and a mail phaeton for years at her command. Sighs and sentiment are well bestowed when they yield a profitable return in kid gloves, opera boxes, whitebait dinners, and Derby-day luncheons. This is the black-mail which Beauty, in this material age, exacts. One approaches it no longer with a sonnet addressed to the eyebrow, or the chivalrous devotion of an Dimond to his " dear mistress," but with tribute of a more solid and substantial kind. When the adorer is sufficiently broken to harness, he is exhi bited in public, dancing attendance at ball and opera upon his liege lady. As a precaution she drops a few hints that his story is a sad one, and that she is giving him 44 good advice." If this flow of good advice were suspended, she darkly intimates that he might turn desperate, and throw himself into the Seepentine. The thought that she alone stands be tween an impetuous young man and a muddy grave ought to silence the malicious comments of Lady A. and the prudish remarks of Mrs. B. This process of advice-giving is evidently no sinecure. - It begi n s about lunceon-time, continues at intervals during the afternoon, is resumed in the Park, is suspended during the - dinner-hour, when both monitress and pupil feel' • pressing need . of restoratives, recom mences at the Opera to . the accompaniment of Miens' or Patti's warblings, and is finally ad journed to the •ball-room or supper-table, where champagne and lobster-salad impart irresistible cogency to the lady's arguments, . and render her listener particularly amenable to reason. One can only guess at the gist of all this advice. Judging by the result, it must consist of an earnest exhortation to the duty of extravagance, with practical sugges tions how a gay young bachelor can best fulfil that duty. It bears fruit, too, in silly little resolves pour les beaux yeux de Madame—such as the senti mental vow to dance with her alone, to stand in a tableau as Romeo to her Juliet, and to fill a photo graph book with her likeness in every attitude known to the fashionable artist. 111-natured people persist in thinking that advice which has this tendency is the advice of Circe rather than that of Mentor ; but who expects words of wisdom from a lovely idiot, intoxicated with vanity, who can dis pense with only one thing less than flattery—pearl powder ? They would be as much foreign to her nature as disinterested counsels would be to that of the pretty rake who hides a mercenary soul beneath a fascinating manner, and who, having married for money, flirts for valuable consideration only THE " LONDON REVIEW" ON BAITS FOR GUD GEONS.—A newspaper paragraph is now before us, stating that " in an elegantly furnished villa, a married lady, fond of old persons, accomplished, an excellent reader, affable and cheerful, offers the above" (i. e. board and residence), with the kind at tention of a daughter, to any lady or gentleman seeking a home in a true sense of the word. We suspect it must have been an advertisement of this class which was answered not long ago, by a person whose name is not announced, but who has lately become notorious in the country papers as " the sandy-complexioned young gentleman." He appears to have engaged lodgings at Sheffield, where he re presented himself as the son of a London engineer in extensive practice. He stated that he had come to Sheffield to pursue his professional studies, and that he expected his parents to join him in a few days, which thus relieved him from the necessity of bring ing with him more than a scanty wardrobe. The " sandy-complexioned young gentleman', had not been long he became in his new quarters before e became desperately enamoured of a photograph which was hanging in his room, and which turned out to be the likeness of his landlady's niece. The young lady was away from home at the time ; but her aunt, flattered by the admiration of the young student, determined that he should see the original of a portrait which had already won his heart. She sent for her neice. The young people met, fell in love with each other, and became engdged. 'The wedding-day was fixed. The wedding breakfast was ordered. Nothing was wanted but the presence of the future bridegroom's relative, who, strangely enough, had not yet appeared upon the scene. The cere mony was to take place on Tuesday. Train after train came into Sheffield on Monday without the expected passengers. The last was at 7 o'clock, p.m. The " sandy-complexioned young gentleman" went alone to meet it, but the " sandy-complexioned young gentleman" - never returned—possibly be cause, as we are informed, he by that time owed his landlady the sum of £l5, and thought lie had better bring the game to a close before he was called upon to liquidate his little bill. It is difficult to say which is more worthy of admiration—the cool impudence of this adventurer, or the complacent vanity of his victims. Further comment on the story would be superfluous. Its circulation will, we trust, have the effect of putting foolish people on their guard, and render them distrustful of such advertisements as the following, which has recently appeared in the Times A young single gentleman, of indepen dent means, keeping his brougham, four-in-hand waggonette break, saddle-horses, &c., will be happy to place them at the disposal of a family of good position, in London or suburbs, in exchange for partial board and the advantages of cheerful and musical home society. The Latter being the object of the advertiser, who is of quiet habits, no one need apply who cannot offer a happy and cheerful home." It would be too much to assume that this advertise ment has been inserted for a dishonest purpose ; but appearances are against it. Under what peculiar cir cumstances does it come to pass that a " young gen tleman" of fortune is reduced to such an expedient for securing a home ? He desires cheerful andmusical so ciety. Where are his own friends? Has he ever had any ? Has he lost them all, and does he think to find others by driving about the world in his four-in hand ? Fancy the family of "position " who would be ready to receive into their circle a perfect stranger, in exchange for the loan of his " saddle horses." The advertiser stipulates for " partial " board—which means, we presume, that he wishes to dreakfast in the family and dine at his club. But where is his club, and how on earth did such a friendless young gentleman manage to become a member of one ? He announces the fact that he is single. It is possible that he is.bent on matrimony, and wishes to take this means of securing a wife. Could any ladies possibly resist the attractions of a gentleman who keeps his brougham and waggonette break ? We can imagine shadowy doubts arising in the minds of the sceptical as to whether those magnificent equipages exist at all. We can conceive it possible that the wealth of our youthful bachelor might possibly fade away before a closer inspection of his banker's pass-book. But supposing the os tentatious account of his worldly means to be cor rect—granting the independent property—the brougham—the waggonette, we are still as far from a solution of this mystery as ever. The " young single gentleman " may not, indeed, be an adven turer of the class to which the Sheffield imposter belonged, but he may represent one which is more dangerous. There are treasures in every family far more precious than those of the cash-box and strong room, and they are only to be protected by that sort of caution which turns a deaf ear to such question able overtures. THE " SPECTATOR" ON THE DISASTER IN BOOTAN. —The Government of India has relied for the first time since the mutinies upon the native army alone, and the weapon has broken in its hands. When the Government of Bengal at the beginning of last cold weather carried its point of declaring war upon Bootan, the Viceroy insisted upon the despatch of an adequate force to the frontier, but declined to send any Europeans. If the sepoys were good for anything they were good enough to fight the Booteas, and European lives were too valuable to be squandered in jungle service. Accordingly a strong corps darmee numbering some 8,000 men was col lected, but left without European support save such as might be obtained from some twenty artillerymen selected to manage two light Armstrong guns. This force entered the country at four points widely sepa rated from each other, passed through the Dooars or low country, in which they met no resistance, and seized the stockades commanding the four main entrances into the Bootan plateau. Garrisons were placed in each, the low country was declared an nexed, and the Government of Bengal, which had from the first been annoyed at the precautions in sisted on by the Viceroy, announced with some exultation that it could govern the district by the aid of the police alone. A flourishing report was prepared showing the resources of the country in cotton, tea, and grain, and the eagerness of the people to be delivered from their Mongol oppressors, the war was declared at an end, and the army, greatly enfeebled by disease, was distributed among the nearest military stations. Negotiations were at the same time commenced with the Durbar, or conclave of chiefs and officers sup posed to govern Bootan, to induce them in consi deration of an annuity to abstain from marauding into the annexed territory. It was believed that they would accept this offer, and the Government of Bengal reviewing all the facts, the success of the inroad, the increase of territory, and the submission of the people, was rather proud of its successful ex ploit. The secretary, Mr. Ashley Eden, in parti cular, felt that the stain upon his robe had been washed white, that the insult offered through him to the Imperial Government had been speedily and most amply avenged. The public considered the affair at an end, and with that imperial pride which marks the Anglo-Indians, which induces them now to make head against a nation in arms, and then to court destruction by careless contempt for their foes, declared the Booteas savages, and in a week forgot them. They forgot also a man named Tongsoo Penlow, chief of the warparty of Bootan. This man, who was the main author of the outrages upon Mr. Eden, refused, it may be from ignorance, but it may also be from patriotism, to hear of submission, and spent two months in raising his clansmen, and, as we strongly suspect, in obtaining arms from Ben gal. There are Mahommedans in the Eastern dis tricts who do not love us, and who have command of great stores of arms, which again might be slowly supplied from within the Nepaulese frontier. Wherever they Caine from they were obtained, and by the middle of January Tongsoo Penlow was at the head of a small body of musketeers and a large force armed with bows, arrows,- and billhook-s, the latter, we may remark, very formidable weapons indeed if their owners can but close. His object was of course to regain the command of the passes, and for this purpose it was essential to carry the stock ades, Dalingkote, Buxa, Bala, and Dewangiri, by which they are commanded. The first-named post was neglected, probably as being furthest off from the seat of the chieftain's local poWer, and the main attaok was directed on Dewangiri, at the north eastern extremity of the Doors, and close to the Penlow's property. This was assailed by the chief tain himself with a force represented by prisoners at 6,000 men, who had taken possession of all the surrounding eminences. One detachment, as far as we can judge from the hurried descriptions for warded to Indian papers, gained a position directly commanding the stockade, another cut off the bam boo aqueduct through which it was supplied with water. The garrison, commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel Campbell, of the 43d Native Infantry, con sisted of about 600 men, all native, and 14 or . 15 Europeans in charge of two Armstrong guns, light pieces they must have been, as they were dragged by men. That force should have been amply suffi cient to defeat any attack, and was declared to be so by the brigadier commanding at Gowhatty, who peremptorily refused to send the reinforcements ap plied for by Col. Campbell until it was too late. It is probable that the officer in command, in addition to other sources of anxiety, perceived signs of depres sion among his men, who never like frontier service, who were gettingweak with dysentery, and who were accustomed always to see Europeans by their side. With a dispirited garrison, many sick, an open stockade, water failing, ammunition falling short, and a resolute enemy swarming all around, he ap pears to have considered his post untenable, and to have decided on retreating, or if necessary cutting his way to Gowhatty. The I n di an j ourna l s blame him severely, but Anglo-Indians are very intolerant of failure, and there is neither courage nor capacity in a fight against thirst. Col. Campbell for all that appears may have been perfectly right—at all events he gave the orde r f or a secre t retreat, and during the night of the 4th February the evacuation be gan. It speedily became a rout. The night was dark, the guides missed the route, the different par ties, advanced guard, main guard, sick guard, and artillery got separated, officers could not be found when wanted to issue orders, and finally the sepoys were seized with one of those panics of confusion w hich are so apt to arise in an expedition by night. They grew, it is asserted, almost mutinous with alarm, quitted the sick, and declined to pull at the guns, all stores were pitched down the hill sides, rifles were thrown away, and at last the artillery men, utterly worn out, were compelled to abandon the two guns. The retreat had become a rush, and the force when it gained Koomrehatta, the nearest halting point, no longer consisted of soldiers. A British garrison had been driven out in confusion from a British 'possession by men whom they held to be little better than savages. In the meanwhile, on dates still uncertain Bala and Buxa, two other stock ades, one 50 and the other 100 miles away, had also been abandoned, the first after two unsuccessful at tacks,the latter after several days of determined fight ing, in which we lost two officers and several men. Dal ingkote alone remained in our hands, and the " Doo ars" but just annexed with such a flourish of trumpets had been torn from our hands. The " savages" had beaten the seyoys. The instant the news reached Calcutta Sir John Lawrence felt the gravity of the situation. The road into Assam was open to the victorious Booteas, and the defeat of the British arms would be carried with endless exaggerations through all the Mussulman villages of Eastern Bengal, giving new hope among others to the " Ferazees," the Wahabee community, whom it is even now so difficult to restrain. The disaster must be repaired at once, and the terrible blunder of trusting to natives alone for the success of a dig tasteful expedition must not again be repeated. The Viceroy at once declared the expedition a war, thus taking it into his own hands, ordered her Majesty's 55th to the front and her Majesty's 80th to the nearest point of support, despatched two more native regiments, a regiment of Punjabee Irregulars, a European battery of artillery, and a company of sappers and miners, and appointed Lieutenant- Colonel Tytler, an officer already decorated for con spicuous efficiency, to the immediate 'command in Bootan. One of the most dashing officers in the Indian Army, Brigadier Tombs, has been summoned from Gwalior to take command of the entire force. It has been resolved to retake Dewangiri, and by April a small army completely appointed, will be in readiness to thread once more the passes which com mand the ceded territory. Unless the Nepaulese, encouraged by reports from the victorious Bhooteas, should resolve to assist them, there is no chance of such a force as this being repulsed ; but we shall, nevertheless, pay heavily for the blunder already committed. The original conquest cost half a million, and the outlay for the second campaign will amount to a sum the Treasury can ill spare. Transport in these regions so far from civilisation is exceedingly costly. We hear of carts being built in thousands and by contractors, of elephants sent from Patna hundreds of miles away, of steamers chartered for months, of depots of ammunition, and tents, and spiritS, and all things necessary to keep Europeans in good heart. Nor is this the worst of the affair. The rains commence in Bootan before May, there are no barracks on this side of Bengal fit for Europeans, the hospitals even must be in tents, and the men will have not only to march across Bengal and to conquer Bootan, but to march back again during the most dangerous of Indian seasons. The regiments will lose a third of their strength, perhaps a half, and this wretched little war will cost us six or seven hundred acclima tised soldiers, a million and a half sterling, and all the consequences which flow in India " from any event which destroys the impression of British in vincibility. It is all, of course, unavoidable. If the wilder tribes of the frontier once fancy that they are beyond the Viceroy's arm the frontier counties will soon be uninhabitable, and we shall have to commence operations to which the war in Bootan is child's-play. Our territories march with the hunting-grounds of tribes more or less savage and as brave as Maories for nearly three thousand miles, and steady defence is impossible except on the prin ciple of never enduring defeat. Any other would cost the whole revenue of the frontier counties, per haps bring us a concerted invasion made from all points at once. The second expedition is unavoidable, but we do trust the affair will teach Anglo-Indian statesmen two very much needed lessons, one that the Government of Bengal is not organized for war, does not understand it, and ought not to be en trusted with its prosecution ; the other, that to rely on native soldiers alone is the most costly of eco nomies. Their business is to be auxiliaries to the legions. One hundred Europeans in the stockade would either have defended it successfully, or have inspired among the sepoys the confidence necessary to a dignified and well-planted retreat ; would have either spared us a war which compels us to retain the income-tax, or enabled us to wait with dignified patience till the arrival of another cold weather made it safe fcii Europeans to move. THE " EXAMINER PELIZZIONI'S CASE.--Sir George Grey bast wisely decided that Pelizzioni shall be put upon his trial for stabbing the two men who were wounded in the affray at Saffron hill. This will, in effect, be a completely new trial of the facts, and probably with more sifting of the direct evidence than there seemed occasion for on the present trial. And how will matters stand if Pelizzioni should be convicted ? In that case there can be no reasonable doubt that the hand that stabbed the two men sur viving was the hand also that struck the mortal blow to poor Harrington. It would then be clear that Mogni was not really guilty of the manslaughter for which he is sentenced to five years' penal servi tude, and justice would require his restoration to liberty. And thus he would have got Pelizzioni's neck out of the halter by the confession of a crime he had not committed, and in turn Pelizzioni's con viction would clear Mogul 'of all guilt and open his prison doors. Such would be the curious result, unless it should appear that Mogni was aiding and abetting Pelizzioni, but not a particle of evidence has yet appeared to that effect. COUNTRY MARKETS. -.1 , - NORWICH-SATuRDAT. Tho supply of wheat was tolerably good at this day's market to-day, and rates of this day so'nnight were about maintained for all good qualities. Little done in barley, most of the buyers being well in stock, and good malting sorts may be quoted the same as of late. In other articles little doing. White wheat (weighing 631 b to 641 b), 44s to 45s ; red ditto (weighing 631 b to 641 b), 36s to Ms ; best malting barley (weighing 551 b to 561 b), 30s to 33s ; runs ditto (weighing 541 b to 551 b), 28s to 30s ; distilling ditto (weigh ing 521 b to 531 b), 248 to 26s ; oats, 24s to 26s ; beans, 370 to 39s ; peas (maple), 36s to 38s per qr ; flour, 25s to 250 6d per sack. verages":—Wheat, 2,428 qrs, 38s 7d ; barley, 3,027 qrs., 28s 10d ; oats, 30 qrs, 28s Od. Y ORK-S AT URDAY. The attendance of the trade at our corn market was much larger than it has been for several weeks past, but the show of grain was only moderate. The upward ten dency for wheat was checked, for although farmers asked an advance of is per qr., but little business was done. Bar ley was is per qr. higher. New white wheat, 40s to 45s ; now red, 36s to 38s per 36 stone. Barley, for malting, 28s to 30s per qr ; grinding, 26s to 27s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 20s to 22s per 24 stone.. Beans; 38s to 40s per-38 stone. Malt, 58s; rye, 28s per qr.. Flour, 28s per sack of 2801 b. NOT T INGHAM-SATURDAY. At to-day'S corn market there . was not a largo supply of wheat, samples of wheat to hand in tolerable condition. The demand for wheat to day was less active, but samples sold at rather more money than last week. The show of barley was about an average, and the samples were of varied quality. The inquiry was firm, and an advance of nearly is per qr. was made for superior sorts. Oats were sparingly represented, with 6d advance per qr. on late cur rencies. Beans was scanty, and late rates exceeded. Peas were held at fully late currencies. Flour the turn dearer. Old white wheat, 42s to 468; old red, 38s to 428 ; new white, 42s to 46s ; new red, 37s to 41s per 36 stone. Bar ley, new malting, 28s to 35s per qr; old grinding, 26s to 27s ; new, 25s to 278 per 30 stone. Oats, old, 25s to 30s;/ neW .213--tt.r 513- 3 old old, ' 4OO to 43s ; new, 37s to 40s per 38 stone. LEICESTER-SATURDAY. Old white wheat, 42s to 45s ; old red, 37s to 41s ; nee' white, 40s to 43s ; new red, 36s to 39s per 36 stone. Bar ley, malting, 31s to 34s per qr. ; grinding, 27s to 29s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 24s to 27s ; new, 22s to 24s per 24 stone• Beans, old, 393 to 413 ; new, 36s to 38s per 38 stone. DUBLIN.-FRIDAY. There was a good attendance at market. Home wheat in small supply, and dearer. Oats in fair supply. The de mand was slow for foreign wheat, and buyers did not give the advance of 6d per barrel wanted. Indian corn 30 8 paid. Flour and oatmeal in good demand at full rates. Currencies :—White wheat, 22s 6d to 24s 6d ; red do., 20s 6d to 22s Od; grinding barley, 12s Od to 13s Od; malt ing do., 13s to 14s ; white oats, 11s to 12s; black do. 108 Od to lls Od. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand; via Southampton.. April 18. Ditto, via Marseilles April 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British P az-0 April 0. Ditto, by British packet • April :---• Cape of Good Hope , A s c ension, and St. Helena April 23. Chln p a h r t oe,nvainagm.axseilles • a nd Singapore, via Sou;hampton..A pr il 4 ........April 12. Fal kl an d Islands Gibraltar, via So utham p ton I n di a (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southa m pt on .... A pr il 4 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. April —. Ditto, via Marseilles April 5. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil e 3... April 5. Newfoundland April 12. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United States and British North America, by Bri .. . - tish pkeket - April 6 Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton .. .. Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. April 7. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe April 12. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahateas, Cuba, and Mexico Bahamas, via New I ork. dpri, G. Bermuda, ditto April 12. Cuba and Mexico April 23. Births. LAYARD.—On the 31st ult., at Burn Cottage, Beverley, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Layard, C.C. for ast Yorkshire, of a daughter. CLEGG.—On the 31st ult, at. Westfield, Surbiton, the wifo of Benson W. Clegg, Esq., of a son. PAGET.—On the 30th ult., at 42, Grosvenor-place, Lady Alfred Paget, of a daughter. Marriages. MANSFIELD—PROSSER.-0 11 the 30th lilt., at Saint John's' Hackney, William Mansfield, Esq., of Mildmay-park, to Lydia Ann, eldest daughter of William H. P. Prosser, __Esq., of Upper Clapton. MARRIOTT—LEE.—On the 30th ult., at St. Giles', Camber well, Edward Marriott, of Derby, to Jane, only daugh ter of the late Mr. William Lee, of High-street, South wark, London. Deaths. COLQUHOTIN.—On the Ist inst., at 8, Chesham-street, the wife of the Rev. J. E. Campbell Colquhoun. EVANS.—On the 31st ult., at his residence, St. John's Lodge, Clapham-rise, Surrey, Jeremiah Evans, Esq., aged 77. GITTINS.—On the 31st ult., at 6, Bow Churchyard, Mrs. Gittins, aged 65. RYDER.— On the 30th ult., at Westbrook Hay, Hert s, Lady Georgiana Ryder, third daughter of the sixth Duke of Beaufort, and wife of the Hon. Granville Dudloy Ryder, aged 64. VAITGILAN.—On the 29th ult., at Birchgrove, Aberystwith, South Wales, the Lady Vaughan. WILSON.—On the 31st et., at 3, Sussex-square, Brighton, Jemima, the wife of Colonel Wilson, Alderman of Lon don. London: Printed and Publiehed by 1 1 71 L LIAM AN DR MS, of No. 112, Strand, Piinter, at THE SUN Office, No 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex.—Monday, April 3, 1865.