The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-10 00:00:00

ME CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. heard who the party were. The Mobilians, how- 1 bye to Capt. Adams with sincere regret, an d if— (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) _ se- ever, looked as bl ac k as t h un d er ; nor were they at 1 but I may not u tt er th e w i s h here. O ur b arge was all better pleased when they heard the skipper a s k wa iti ng to ta k e us to t h e O r i en t a l , i n which we FORT PICKENS AND PENSACOLA. , • if he did not know there was a strict blockade of sailed pleasantly away down the Powhattan to in- A VISIT TO BOTH CAMPS. MOBILE, MAY 18. the port. The Powhattan is a paddle steamer of form Captain Porter I had received permission to 2,200 tons an d 10 guns , an d i s k nown to our service go on shore. Another officer was in his cabin when I avail myself of the departure of a gentleman who is going to New York by the shortest route he as the flag ship of Comm o d ore T atna l l, i n Chinese I entered—Captain Poore, of the Brooklyn, and ho waters, when that gallant ve t eran gave us t i me l y seemed a little surpr i se d w h en he heard that Cap can find to send you the accompanying lette rs . Th e and kindly proof of the t ru th o f hi s we ll k nown ex- fain Adams had g i ven l eave to all to go on shore. mails are stopped ; so are the telegraph s ; an d it i s doubtful whether I eau get to New O r l eans b y water. pression, " Blood is thi c k er t h an water. " Upon " What, all these e di tors of Southern newspapers Of what I saw at Fort Picken s an d P ensacola here her spar deck there i s a s t out, h ea l t h y- l oo ki ng who are w i th you, S ir ?" I assured him they were crew, which seems qu it e a bl e to atten d to h er ar- noth i ng of t h e ki n d, an d a f ter a few kind words I is an account, written in a very h urr i ed manner, mament of 10 hea v y 10-i nc h D a hl gren C o l um bi a d s, made my a di eu , an d -went on b oard the Diana with and under very peculiar c i rcumstances. TUESDAY, MAY 14. and the formid a bl e 11 i nc h es o f the same fam i ly on my compan i ons . the forecastle. Her comman d er , C ap t a i n P or t er, H o i s ti ng one o f our on l y two table cloths to the Two New Orlean s gen tl emen who came overland though only a Li eu t enant comman di ng, h as seen an mast h ea d as a fl ag o f truce, we dropped slowly with from Pensacola y es t er d ay give such an account of their miseries f rom h eat, dust, sand, and want of age of active s e rv i ce , b o th i n th e navy an d i n t h e t h e tid e th roug h th e c h annel that runs parallel to merchant steam marine serv i ce , t o w hi c h h e was on e face of Fort Pi c k ens. The wind favoured us accommodation in th e d reary waste t h roug h w hi c h they pass e d f or more t h an 17 hours, that I sought detailed fesix or seven years aft er th e di scovery but little, and th e f a lli ng breeze enabled all on of California. Th e p ar ty were us h ere d i nto t h e b o ard to in s p ec t d e lib erately the seemingly artistic out some oth er way o f go i no . t h ere, and at last heard of a small sc h ooner , ca lled th e Di ana, wh i ch cabin, and Capt. Porter received th em w ith per f ec t preparations fo r th e th reatened attack which frowns courtesy, heard our names and obj ec t, an d then and bristles fro m th ree miles of forts and batteries would gladly und er t a ke t o run roun d b y sea, if permitted to enter by th e bl oc k a di ng squa d ton , entered into general conversati on , i n w hi c h the arrayed arou n d th e slight indenture opposite. Mobilians, thawed by his sailorly frankness, gra- Heavy sandbag traverses protect the corners of the She was neither clean nor neat-looking; her cap- .' dually joined, as well as they could. Over and over parapets, and seem solid enough to defy the heavy twin, a tall, wild-haired young man, had more the again I must acknowledge the exceeding politeness batteries ensconced in earthworks around the Light air of a mechanic than of a sailor, but he knew his and civility with which your .. correspondent. has . house, which to an outside glance seems the most business well, as the result of the voyage showed. . been received by the authorities on both sides in formidable point of attack, directed as it is against His crew consisted of three men and a negro . this unhappy war, the weaker flank of the fort at its most vulnerable cook. Three gentlemen of Mobile, who were anxious to visit General Bragg's camp obtained , a promise agreed to Though but littl e b eyon d the age of 40, Captain a ng l e. join me, but b e f ore I sa il e d I Porter has b een l ong enoug h in tne navy to ha ve A f ew soldiers and officers upon the ramparts ap that they would not vi o l a t e th e c h arac t er o f neu - ' imbibed some of those prejudices which by the p ro - p eare d to be inhaling the freshening breeze which • fans aresti gma ti se das fogyisms. Until the day pre- ar ose t o wa f t t h e schooner across the channel, and ance that they were not i n an y way engaged i n trals as long as they were w ith me , an d an assur vious he had, he told me, felt disposed to cond emn ena bl ed her to coast the mainshore, so that all could or employed by the Confederate States forc es , rifled cannon of a small calibre as " g i mcracks, " take note of the necklace of bastions, earthworks, "Surely you will not have Mr. R-- ha nge d, but had been rapidly converted to the " A rmstrong and columbiads with which Gen. Bragg hopes to Sir ?" said the M a y or o f Mobile to me wh en I t o ld faith," by the followingexperiment. He w as ma ki ng th rott l e h i s adversary. We passed by Barrancas, him I could not consent to pass off the gen tl eman target practice with his heavy guns at a di stance of t h e nearest point of attack (a mile and a quarter), to accompany me und er f a l se pretences. " in question as a private friend. "No, I s h al l d o some 2,600 yards. At anything like a mo d erate t h e C ommander-in-Chief's head-quarters, the bar nothing to get Mr. R hanged. It w ill b e hi s elevation the experiment wa s unsat i sfactory, and racks, and the hospital successively, and as the vessel own act which causes it, but I will not a ll ow Mr. while his gunnerst were essaying t o h armon i se cause approached the landing-pier of the Navy-yard one ia and effect, e charge and the elevati on , h e b e - cou ld h ear t h e b ust l e of the mil i tary and the rn—ha thought him of a little rifled brass plaything which mers of the artificers, and descry the crimson and Having concluded our bargain with the skipper at Captain Dahlgren had sent on board a day or two blue trappings of Zouaves, recalling Crimean remi a tolerably fair rate, and l a id i n a stock of stores and in the before his depart ure. T o his astonishment the ball, niscences. A train of heavy tumbrils, drawn evening of Tue s d ay , Ma 14 with the fla of the a provisions, the p ar t y sa il e d f rom Mobile at ter careerin g unt il h e thought " it would never by three or four pairs of mules, was the Confederate St a t es f ry i ng; b ut, as a precautionary , g stopgoing," st ruc k th e water 1,000 yards be- first indication of a transport system in measure, I borrowed f rom our act i ng C onsu l, Mr. -on the target, a n d es t a bli s h ed a reputation he had the army of the Confederate States, and the Magee, a Briti s h ens i gn , w hi c h , w i t h a fl ag of truce v never believed po ss ibl e f or a how i tzer of 61b. calibre high bred chargers mounted by the escorts would win the favo ura bl e con sideration of the carrying a 121 b b o lt . H e o b served that the ancient of these ammunition waggons corroborated the ac- United States squad ron . O u r craft, the somewhat walls of Fort M'Rae would not resist this n ew m i s - coun t s o f th e wea l t h an d b reeding of its volunteer sile for half an hour. cavalry. The Diana now skirted the Navy-yard, Dutch build of which gave no great promise of If it comes to fighting you will hear more of the the neat dwellings of which, and the profusion of speed, to my surprise and pleasure came up with the lights of Fort Morgan at 9 o'clock, and we wer e Powhattan and Captain Po r t er . H e h as b een re - orange an d fi g groves i n w hi c h they are embosomed, allowed to pass unchallenged through a " swash," peatedly in the harbour and along the enemy's have an aspect of tropical shade and repose, much as a narrow channel over the bar is called, which, works at night in his boat and knows their position at variance with the stern preparations before us. despite the absence of beacons and buoys, our skip- thoroughly, and he showed me on his chart the Our skipper let go his anchor at a respectful dis per shot through under the guidance of a sounding- various spots marked off whence he can sweep their tance from the quay, evincing a regard for martial pole, which gave, at various plunges, but few inches works and do them immense mischief. " The Pow- law that contrasted strangely with the impatience to spare. hattan is old, and if she sinks I can't help it." Sh e of control elsewhere manifested throughout this The shore is as flat as a pancake —a belt of white is all ready for action ; boarding nettings triced up, land, and almost inspiring the belief that no other sand, covered with drift logs and timber, and with fieldpieces and howitzers prepared against night rule can ever restore the lost bump of veneration to a pine forest ; no t a h ouse or human habitation of boarding, and the whole of h er b ows pa dd e d i nter- American craraology. any sort t o b e seen for 40 miles, from Fort 31organ nally, with dead wood an d sa il s , so as to prevent W h i le the master of the Diana was skulling his to the entrance of the harbour of Pensacola ; cheer- her main deck being raked as she stands stern on leaky punt ashore to convey my letters of introduc less, miserable, full of swamps, the haunts of alli- towards theforts. Her crew are as fine a set of men tion to the Commander-in-Chief, I had leisure to gators, cranes, snakes, and pelicans ; with lagoons, as ever I have seen of late days on board a man-of- survey the long, narrow, low sand belt of island such as the Perdida, swelling into inland seas; war. They are healthy, well fed, regularly paid, opposite which loses itself in the distance, and dis deep buried in pine woods, and known only to wild and can be relied on to do their duty to a man. As appears in the ocean 47 miles from Fort Pickens. creatures and to the old Filibusters—swarming with far as I could judge, the impression of the officers It is so nearly level with the sea that I could make mosquitoes. As the Diana rushed along within a was that General Bragg would not be rash enough out the mainyards of the Sabine and the Brooklyn, quarter of a mile of this grim shore, great fish flew to expose himself to the heavy chastisement which, anchored outside the island within range of the off from th e s h a ll ows , an d once a shining gleam in their belief, aw a it s hi m if h e i s ras h enough to N avy-yard, which is destined to receive immediate flashed along th e wa t ers an d w i nged i ts way along- open fire upon Fort Pi c k ens . A s C apta i n P orter i s attent i on whenever the attack shall begin. Pur not the senior offic er o f th e fl eet h e s i gnaled to the su i ng my reflections upon the morale of the upper sid© the littl e cra f t — a monster shark, which ploughed through th e sea par i passu for some hun- flag-ship and was desi re d t o sen d us on b oar d . an d net h er m i llstones between which the Diana is Bred yards l eewar d o f t h e craft, and distinctly One more prize has b een ma d e t hi s morn i ng —a moore d, l am sadly puzzled by the anomalous ethics visible in th e won d er f u l p h osphorescence around little schooner with a crew o f It a li ans an d l a d en or metap h ys i cs of this singular war, the prepare it, and then dashed away with a trail of with vegetables. The master, a Roman of Civita tions for which eery so essentially—it as ere sin to light seaward, on some errand of voracity, with Vecchia, pretends to be in great trouble, in order to to say ludicrously —from all ancient and modern squeeze a good p r i ce ou t o f th e capta i n for his ' b e lli gerent usages. Here we have an important tremendous force an d v i gour. T he wretched Spaniards wh o came t o t hi s il l - named Florida must "tuttifruti e eosi diversi.' Th e o ffi cers assured me f or t ress , t h reatene d w i th s i ege for the last 60 days, often have cursed th e i r s t ars. H ow rejoiced were that all th e s t a t emen t s ma d e b y the coasting skip- suffering the assailants of the flag it d e f en d s t o they when the Government of the United States pers when they return to port from the squadron amass battery upon battery, and string the whole relieved them from their dominion ! Once during are lies from beginning to end. coast of low hills opposite with every variety of the night some lights were eeen on shore, as if from A ten-oared barge carried the partyto the United apparatus for its own devastation, without throwing a camp fire. Tnc skipper proposed to load an old States frigate Sabine, on board of which Flag-Cap- a timely shell to prevent their establishment. iron carronade and blaze away at them, and one of tarn Adams hoists his pennant. On our way we War has been virtually declared, since letters of the party actually got out his revolver to fire, but had a fair view of the Brooklyn, whose armament marque and a corresponding blockade admit of no I objected very strongly to these valorous proceed- of 22 heavy guns is said to be the most formidable other interpretation, and yet but last week two ings, and, suggesting that they might be friends battery in the American navy. Her anti-type, the Mobile steamers, laden with £50,000 worth of pro who were there, and that, friends or foes, they were Sabine, an old-fashioned 50-gun frigate, as rare an visions for the beleaguering camp, were stopped by sure to return our fire, succeeded in calming the object upon modern seas as an old post; coach the blockading fleet and, though not pornaitt.d to martial ardour on board the Diana. The fires were is upon modern roads, is reached at last. As one enter this harbour, were allowed to return to Mobile very probably made by some of the horsemen lately treads her decks, the eyes, accustomed for so many untouched, the commander thinking it quite punish sent out by Gen. Bragg to patrol the coast, but the weeks to the outlandish forms of brave but undis- ment enough for the rebels to thus compel them to skipper said that in all his lifelong experience he ciplined Southern Volunteers, feel en pays de con- return to Mobile, and carry up the Alabama Ricer hid nev er seen a h uman creature or a light on that naissunee whe n th ey res t upon t h e sol i d mass of 300 to M ontgomery this mass of eatables, which would shore before. The wind was so favourable, and the or 400 quid-rolling, sunburnt, and resolute-looking have to be despatched thence by rail to this place ! Diana so fast, that s h e wou ld h ave run into the blue-shirted tars, t o w h om a t h ree years ' cru i se has S uc h pract i cal j okes lend a tinge of innocence to the midst of the United States squadron off Fort Pickens imparted a family aspect which makes them almost premonitories of this strife which will hardly sur had she pursu e d h er course. Therefore, when she as hard to distin gu i s h apar t as so many C h i namen. v i ve t h e fi rst bl oodshed. was within about 10 miles of the station she hove A believer in the serpent symbol might feel almost The skipper returned from shore with an orderly, to, and lay off and on for about two hours. Before tempted to regard the log of the Sabine as comprising who brought the needful permission to haul the dawn the sails were filled, and off she went once the Alpha and Omega of, at least, the last half cen- Diana alongside the wharf, where I landed, and was more, bowling along merrily, till within the first tury of the American Republic. Her keel was laid conducted by an aide of the Quartermaster-General blush of day there came in sight Fort M'Rae, Fort shortly after our last war with Brother Jonathan, through the shady streets of this graceful little Pickens, and the masts of the squadron, just rising ' and so long as the temple of Janus remained closed village, which covers an enclosure of 300 acres, and, above the blended horizon of low shore and sea. —her size having rendered her unfit to participate with the adjoining forts, cost the United States over The former, which is on the western shore of the in what is called the Mexican war—she remained £6,000,000 sterling, which may have something to mainland, is in the hands of the Confederate troops. in the ship-house of the navy-yard which had wit- do with the President's determination to hold a pro- The latter is just opposite to it, on the extremity of nessed her baptism. In the year 1858 she was sum- party under so heavy an hypothecation. Irish land the sandbank called Santa Rosa Island, which for maned from her retirement to officiate as flagship lords, with encumbered estates, have no such simple 45 miles runs in a belt parallel to the shore of of the "Paraguay expedition," and after having con- mode of obtaining an acquittal. Florida, at a distance varying from 11 to 4 miles. veyed the American Commissioner to Montevideo, The Navy-yard is, properly speaking, a settle- To make smooth water of it, the schooner made whence he proceeded with a flotilla of steamers and ment of exceedingly neat detached houses, with several tacks shorewards. In the second of these sloops of war up to Corrientes, and thence in the gardens in front, porticoes, pillars, verandahs, and tacks the subtle entrance of Perdida Creek is pointed temporary flagship, the steamer Fulton, to Assump- Venetian blinds to aid the dense trees in keeping off out, which, after several serpentine a n d re - en t er i ng cion, she brought hi m b ac k t o N ew Y ork in May, the scorching rays of the sun, which is intensely undulations of channel, one of which i s on ly sepa - 1859, and was then d es p a t c h e d t o complete her powerful in the summer, and is now blazing so cruise as part of the Home S qua d ron i n t h e Carib- fi ercely as to force one to admit the assertion that rated from the sea for a mile or m ore by a thi n wa ll bean Sea and Gulf o f M ex i co . D ur i ng t h e conclud- t h e average temperature is as high as that of of sandbank, w id ens t o mee t th e di sc h arge o f a tolerably s p ac i ous i n l an d l a k e. T he Perdida is the ing months of her cru i se th e p o liti ca l comp li cat i ons C a l cutta to be very probable. The little grass plots dividing li ne b e t ween the s tates of Alabama and of North and South burst into the pre sen t rupture, und er th ese trees are covered with neat piles of Florida. and the day before our visit one of her lieutenants, cannon balls, mostly of small size ; two obsolete a North Carolinian, had left her to espouse, as mortars —one dated 1776—are placed in the and The flagstaff of Fort M'Rae soon becomes in fainter outline beyond it visible, nearly all the Southern officers of bothand army main avenue. Tents are pitched under the trees, Pick that of Fort and the houses are all occupied by officers, who are Picken s and the hulls of the fleet, in which one can navy have done, the cause of his native State. make out three war steamers,Captain Adams is in a still more painful predica- chatting, smoking, and drinking at the open win a frigate, and a sloop win of war, and then the dows. A number of men in semi-military dresses ment. During his eventful voyage, which tom sharp -set canvas of a schooner, the police craft of this beat, of various sorts and side arms are lounging about bearing down upon us. menced with a six days' experience in the terrible The skipper, with s the quays and the lawns before the houses. Into some uneasiness, announces Bermuda cyclone of November, 1858, he had been a , the small schooner that is sail' in one of these I am escorted, and find myself mg the wind's stranger to the bitter sectional animosities engen the " Oriental," and confesses eye as at a very pleasant mess, of whom the greater warned to having already dered by the last election ; and had recently joined been challenged and off by her sentinel the blockade of this port, where he finds a son en- number are officers of the Zouave Corps, from New master. We promised him immunity s —one, a Dane, has served at Idstedt, Kiel, for the in the ranks of the C. S. A., and learns that past and safety for the future, and, Frederichstadt, another fo re i gner h as seen service easing off two others form part of the Vi rg i n i a di v i s i on o f the main sheet, he lays the Diana on her cour se for :qr. J e ff erson D av i s ' s forces. Born in Pennsylva- in South America, another has fought in half the the fleet. nia, he married in Louisiana,where has 1 h e a p an - insurrectionary wars in Europe. The wine is abun- Fort M'Rae, one of the obsolete school of fast ration and the remai • nder of his family, and he dant, the fare good, the laughter and talk are loud. nesses, rounds up on our left. Beyond it, on the smiles grimly shore, is Barrancas, a square-faced work, halt a mile the playful message from his daughter,who has been accompanied by Mrs. Davis, Mr. Malony, and Mr. further up the channel, and more immediately elected vivandiere of aNew Orleans regiment, " that Wigfall, and they all think his presence means im she Lacing Fort Pickens. A thick wood crowns the low trusts he may be starved • while blockading the mediate action. shore which trends away to the eastward, but amid South, and that she intends to h pus on to Washing- The only ship here is the shell of the old Fulton, the sand the glass can trace the outlines of batteries. • ton and get a lock of Old Abe's hai " • hair "—a Sioux lady which is on the stocks, but the works of the Navy- Pretty-looking detached houses line the beach ; would have said his scalp. yard are useful in casting shot, shell, and preparing The veteran sailor's some loftier edifices gather close up to the shelter , sad story demand deep s sym- munitions of war. An aide-de-camp from General of a tall chimney which is vomiting out clouds of patny. I, however, cannot help e ' • njoying at least Bragg entered as we were sitting at table, and in ... the variety of hearing a little ofth smoke, and a few masts and spars checker the white is now nearly six weeks since I e alters pars. It vited me to attend him to the General's quarters, entered fronts of the large buildings and sheds, which, with Land," d •which - i during perm,. I must confess I hate ~ " Dixie's The road, as I found, was very long and very (Ils e big shears, indicate the position of the navy-yard had a suffi • of sufficiency the music and drums, aarceable, owing to the depth of the sand, into of Warrington, commonly called that of Pensacola, ~ . and the t ' cavaiiering the which the foot sank at every step up to the ankle. gal- Passing along the front of an extended row of the although the place of that name lies several miles lants. As an impartial observer, I may say I find ' up the creek. Fort alaßtie seems to have sunk at less bitterness and denunciation, but quite as _ d clean, airy, pretty villas inside the Navy-yard, we the foundationsdogged passed the gate on exhibiting our passes, and pro mates are c y the sea beach, one side of which is lined cracked, and the water face is poor-look perience, or at least observation of the gunpowder with houses, a big. Fort Pickens,few on the contrary, is a solid, • thatattack is has taught us always a are all occupied by troops, substantial-100l • sing work, and reminds one some- argument, office than defence, and, if we arc to or magazines. At - or are used as bar-rooms thing of Fort Paul more grateful intervals a few guns have been at Sebastopol, as seen from the iudge of the sturdy resolution of the inmates of placed along the beach, covered b sea, except that it has only one • y sand-ba.s, para- 1 tier of casemates - ' Fort Pickens by the looks of the officers and crews pets, and traverses. As we toiledalong ' b and is not so high. As the Oriental roaches, will fall no easy prize, if the aide hailed a cart, pressed it ' the Diana throws her foresail aback, a" of the fleet, Fort Pickens into the service, little craft, with a full-sized United and st the pretty .. and we continued our journ e l • 3' less painfully. Sma ll • ates ensign at a" ' denly a tall, straight-backed m • ying, and the muzzle of a brass howitzer • After some conversation with Captain Adams, an in a blue frock over peeping of his cabin, he said coat, with a star on the epaulette over her forecastle, ranges up lull, andthe rap, a smart and taking an easy finally he - letake himself to permit me and kepi, and frowners with gold stripe, sweep lies to alongside us. A boat is lowered won on and large brass spurs, rode past on a hi h-ste • from her and is soon I '• g aping a ongside, steered by an oft the party to land at the Navr-yard and to visit the powerful cer ; her crew are charger, followed by an orderly. " There's General armed to the teeth with pistols and enemy's quarters, relyin a on my character as a cutlasses. " Ah, I think I have seen you before. neutral and a subject of Great Britain that no im- Bragg," said his aide. The General turned - round, What schooner is this ?" "The Mobile." The officer steps on deck chariot. The commander of the Confederated and announces in giving that leave he he said ell aware we that was, , himself as Mr. Brown, Master in the United States Army at Pensacola is about 42 years of ag e , States he was laying himself open to attack, but he navy, in charge of the of a spare and powerful frame; his face is dark, and boarding vessel Oriental, acted on his own judgment and responsibility. We The crew secure their boat andstep must, homarked with deep lines, his mouth large, and up after him. waver, hoist a flaa of truce, as he had The skipper, looking very sulky, hands his been s papers informed by Gen. Bragg that he considered squarely set in determined jaws, and his eyes, to the officer. "Now, sir, make sail, and lie to the intimation he had received from the fleet of the sagacio ,us penetrating, and not by any means un under the quarter of that steamer, the guar • blockade rdship of the port was a declaration of war, and kindly, look out at you from beetle brows which Powhattan." that he would fire of on any vessel from the fleet run straight across and spring into a thick tuft Mr. Brown was exceedingly courteous when he which a w pproached his coraraand. I bade good- black hair, which is thickest over the nose, here naturally it usually leaves m intervening space, His hair is dark, and be wears such regulation whiskers as were the delight of our generals a few years ago. His marner his quick and frank, and his smile is very /leasing and agreeable. The General would not har of my continuing my jour ney to his quarters in a cart, and his orderly brought up an ambdance, drawn by a smart pair of mules, in which Lompleted it satisfactorily. The end of the joahey through the sandy plain was at hand, for in m enclosure of a high wall there stood a well-shaded nansion, amid trees of live oak and sycamore, with entries at the gate and horses held by orderlies undr the portico. General Bragg received me at the to? of the steps which lead to the verandah, and, after t few earnest and complimen tary words, conduced me to his office, where he spoke of the contest n which he was to play so im portant a part in terns of unaffected earnestness. Why else had he lefthis estates ? After the Mexi can war he had reared from the United States Artillery ; but when his State was menaced he was obliged to defend he'. He was satisfied the North meant nothing but subjugation. All he wanted was peace. Slavery was at institution for which he was not responsible, but Lis property was guaranteed to him by law, and it consisted of slaves. Why did the enemy take off shves from Tortugas to work for them at Pickens ? Because whites could not do their work. It was quite impossible to deny his earnest ness, sincerity, and zeal as he spoke, and one could only wonder at the difference made by the "stand point" from which the question is reviewed. Gen. Bragg finally before we supped took down his plans and showed me the position of every gun in his works and all his batteries. He showed the greatest clearness of unreserved openness in his communica tions, and was anxious to point out that he had much greater difficulties to contend with than Gen. Beauregard had at Charleston. The inside of Pickens is well-known to him, as he was stationed there the very first tour of duty which he had after he left West Point. It was late at night when I re turned on one of the General's horses towards the Navy-yard. The orderly who accompanied me was, he said, a Mississippi planter, but he had left his wife and family to the care of the negroes, had turned up all his cotton land and replanted it with corn, and had come off to the wars. Once only were we challenged, and I was only required to show my pass as I was getting on board the schooner. Be fore I left General Bragg he was good enough to say he would send down one of his aides-de-camp and horses early in the morning to give me a look at the works. COUNT CAVOUR'S DEATH. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) TURIN, JUNE 6. Consummatunz est. Count Cavour died this morning at 7 o'clock. It was understood yesterday that the night would be critical, and the issue of the crisis was scarcely doubtful, as the sufferer had not rallied in the morning, as had been the case with him in the previous days. All power of reac tion had left Em, and the new attack of fever was sure to find him powerless. The Romans, it is said, crowned on the Capitol the physician who rid them of Pope Adrian VI. The Italians of our own days would honestly hang Count Cavour's doctors if the execution would afford any relief to their feelings. There never was a clearer case of a man murdered by his medical attendants. Within a very short period of five days they at tempted to cure the count of four or more different complaints—congestion of the brain, typhus fever, intermittent pernicious fever, brain fever, dropsy, and lastly gout ; and for all these diseases they could think of nothing but their own sovereign remedy—the lancet. I think these excellent prac titioners are worthy to send down their names to posterity. They were Dr. Rossi, Dr. Mattoni, and towards the end the King's physician, Riberi, the same in whose hands the mother, wife, and brother of Victor Emmanuel expired, one by one, in the early months of the fatal year 1855. Dr. Tommasi, who was summoned from Pavia by Cavour's friends, was not admitted to consultation. The excitement of the Turin population, when they became aware of the Prime Minister's danger, rose almost to a frantic pitch. The whole day yes terday, and more especially towards evening, till late in the night, the gateway and courtyard of the Cavour Palace, the street, and all the adjoining avenues were strongly beset with eager faces, eager and silent, hardly imparting their fears to each other in an under-whisper. Had death been a visible, tangible enemy, you would have said the sullen, dogged expression of those countenances conveyed a firm, desperate resolution to grapple with him. Notwithstanding frequent fits of delirium, Count Cavour seemed to have a distinct presentiment of his fate. Seeing himself alone with his domestic attendants yesterday, he asked with great serenity ,‘ whether his doctors had forsaken him ?" On being answered, with surprise and concern, that they could never have thought of leaving him fora moment, he replied with a smile, "Dontattina, gli m ab o b r a r n o c w lon m er o o rn i i o n " g, c ) " It is I The Ring shall o paid repeated quit the visits t o - to the builder of the exalted fortunes of his dynasty. The Home Minister, Minghetti, applied for a final interview with the leader of Italian politics, but was kept back by the Count's physicians. Farini was with him to the last moment. The dying man sho wed great strength and composure through out his agony. There was apparently no intense suffering; at least, no utterance of it. He talked with great volubility, and even with his wonted humour, both in moments of mental alienation and in lucid intervals. Not one word escaped him throughout that betrayed the least feeling of re sentment or animosity against any man living or dead. If this busy, scheming mind had no leisure for very expan§ive friendship or tender affection, it was, however, too loftily raised above the sphere of human passion to harbour any recollection of injury or insult. Generosity was an instinct with him, and cost him no Effort. For the rest, his aims were great, and he gave himself no excessive concern for the sacrifices with which they might be attained. He valued faithful and able servants ; he knew how to choose, and how to turn them to good purpose. But he thought, perhaps, their services were their best reward. He had many who loved him. I know no one who could boast of having enjoyed Cavour's friendship, lie stood alone in his great ness. He talked a good deal about politics, and to the fast minute he expressed a firm faith in the acct;_ flies of his country. He advised patience and per severance. He said, "We shall get on to the end' (andremo avanti sine ally fine). He spoke of Cialdini Menabrea, Cugia—of armies on the Po and Alincio. He turned the conversation on almost trivial sub jects—the crops, the silkworms. Heaven bless his glorious memory ! For him politics was no more than agriculture, trade, or industry. It was a sphere of activity he looked for—work for his rest less spirit, for his colossal faculties, for his un daunted energies. In early youth he was an ardent student ; in his prime of manhood a deep specula tor ; in mature age an earnest, eager statesman. By turns he stored his mind, he enriched his family, he made his country. Foresight and steadiness chained fortune to his chariot; he met with no fail ure. He loved politics for exertion's sake. Power had become a necessity for him ; he pined and fretted at Leri, in 1859, during those few months of comparative inaction ; he would have died of weariness if, upon the Roman and Venetian ques tion being solved, prudence had suggested a retire ment under the shade of his laurels. No man in this world, and the greatest least of all, know precisely the juncture at which it is good for them to die. What loss the death of this great man has inflicted upon Italy corning events will soon tell us. But fur Cavour himself it is difficult to say whether he could depart this life at a moment more auspicious to his fame. Really great statesmen, born to weather great national crises, have never been long-lived, and a man's death may be as fruit ful of good to his generation as his life. I see a proud, noble spirit, rising around me among these brave Italian patriots, stunned as they are by the suddenness of their dire calamity; a manly resolu tion not to be borne down even by this irreparable stroke of adversity. Cayour's imperious, stubborn THE SITN,7LONDON,' MONDAY EVENIATo. RTNE 10, 1861. master-mind forced them to keep together. Cavonr's death warns them to still closer unity of action and purpose. I hear around me, wherever I turn, ear nest protestations of abiding by and supporting thQ Government, into whatever hands the King may choose to put it. " Cavour did the work of ten, of a hundred, of a thousand men," they say; "we must get tens, hundreds, thousands, so to pull together as to do the work of that one man." I must say I augur well for the future of Italy. Yesterday the day was cold and gloomy, with heavy wet, the fit day to body forth a great public disaster. This morning when all was over the sky was not only spotless, but of such deep, vivid hue as only this sub-Alpine region can boast, when rain and wind have driven the last speck of vapour from the storm•breeding mountains. What sorrow can live in human breasts in sight of the calm purity of yon glorious Alpine chain, all mantled over with a fresh fall of snow ? Man seems to identify himself with the eternity of nature in presence of this wonderful alternation of atmos pheric phenomena. Only last night a great spirit was passing from among us, and before the breath had departed his body the gloom that hung over the house of death yields to the ineffable smile of all created things. It forces a smile in return from the downcast and hopeless—" Heaviness endureth for a night, but joy comes in the morning." P. 31, The shops are closed under the porticoes, and business is at a stand throughout the town in sight •f mourning. Persons familiar with Turin aver that the city bore just such a look of desolation and dismay on the day after the terrible disaster of Novara. The House of Deputies met at a quarter to 2, and was fully attended. The galleries were crowded, but deep silence prevailed. I saw Sir James Hudson in the Diplomatic gallery. He was personally attached to the deceased Minister, and feels the loss as keenly as any Italian. The mem bers of the headless Cabinet were all present. The President, Ratazzi, in a few impressive words, an nounced to the House the loss the nation had sus tained, and adjourned it for three days. Ho re peated to the Deputies the words uttered by Count Cavour with his last breath, expressing his firm faith in the destinies of the country, and recom mending unity and constancy. The Minister for Home Affairs, Minghetti, who had some trouble in dashing the tears from his eyes, informed the House that the Cabinet would retain office for the present, and that by a decree of the 4th the King had trusted him, Minghetti, with the portfolio, and General Fanti, the Minister of War, with the administration of the Marine. On the motion of the Deputy Lanza, the House resolved to go into mourning for 20 days. Baron Ricasoli has been applied to for the compo sition of a new Cabinet. In the morning the pre ser,t Ministers held a Council, presided over by the King. I read in the Gazetta di Torino that Cavour in his delirium was repeatedly heard to exclaim, " No, no ; I will have no state of siege. Any man may govern with a state of siege." 2718 NAYY. The Rinaldo, 17, screw, Commander W. N. W. Hewett, V.C., sailed from Spithead on Saturday morning to join the squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.8., on the North America and West India station. The Wye, screw steam storeship, Master-Com mander Roberts, sailed from Spithead on Saturday for Sierra Leone, to relieve the Buffalo, screw steam storeship, on the West Coast of Africa station, ordered to England to pay off. The Glasgow and the Sutlej, frigates, were re moved on Saturday from the steam basin at Ports mouth dockyard, and placed at moorings in the harbour, preparatory to the basin being excavated to a greater depth. The construction of the North Inlet of this basin will shortly be resumed, and if carried out as at present intended will be but a re petition of the blunder committed in the construc tion of No. 8, or the South Inlet Dock, of the same basin, which was built at great cost, and owing to the shallowness of water over its invert will only admit vessels of small draught. The entrance of the North Inlet Dock, with about 60 feet of its floor z.,B, G‘anat2l4CAC math 4, h. of Ong.. 11,00;a, OULLit, 13 years since at a cost of X 5,000. The further esti mate for completing the work, leaving the entrance in its present shallow, and therefore useless form, is £72,161. What Portsmouth dockyard requires is docks of sufficient size to receive ships of the Warrior class, with their guns, stores, and crews on board. At this time Portsmouth dockyard pos sesses but one dock of this kind. Letters received from Rio de Janeiro, dated May the Bth, state that Lieut. Paul, of her Majesty's 'ship Curlew, had been tried by Court-martial for cruelty towards the engineers on board, for refus ing the surgeon of the ship a boat to carry him ashore at Monte Video to visit a midshipman in hospital, and for various acts of disrespect and dis obedience. The Court sentenced him to be dis missed the Curlew, and to be placed at the bottom of the Lieutenants' list. ThQ Defence, 24, mail-clad iron steamer, is to be supplied with iron lower masts and bowsprit; the rest of her masts and gear, which will be similar to those supplied to the Warrior, 40, will be furnished her from Chatham Dockyard. Orders have also been received at Chatham, directing six Armstrong guns to be put on board, viz.—four 40-pounders, one 25-pounder, and one 12-pounder. The Lords of the Admiralty have given directions for the first of the fleet of wooden iron-cased steam frigates, which they have decided on having built, to be commenced at Chatham Dockyard, where the Royal Oak, the pioneer of this new class of vessel, has been laid down under No. 7 shed. The starboard division of the Channel squadron is said to have gone north to Glasgow. Their ulti mate head-quarters will be Belfast, the first place of rendezvous being the Downs. The following appointments were made on Fri day at the Admiralty :—C. M. Hammond, master, to the Dragon ; J. Robertson, second master, to the Marlborough ; C. Hetherington, first-class assist.- engineer, to the Marlborough ; T. Green, promoted to the rank of first-class assist-engineer in the Asia, supernumerary; W. Batchelor, acting second class assist.-engineer, for temporary service, to the Indus try ; R. Spiers, acting second-class assist.-engineer, ' to the Industry ; H. Jones, engineer, to the Indus try; T. F. Hall, engineer, to the Fisgard as super numerary : J. P;t , .l - ae, promoted to tho pan]: of on_ gineer in the Indus, as supernumerary; C. W. Her bert, naval cadet, to the Nile ; and C. C. Gardner, naval cadet, to the Donegal. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—G. T. H. Boyes, sub-lieut., to the Ariadne ; E. W. F. Boxer, naval cadet, to Aboukir; Dr. A. Fisher, surg., to the Dragon; E. Venn, acting assist.-surg., to the Dragon ; B. H. M'Curdy and G. Bolster, acting assist.-surgs. (ad ditional), to the Victory ; Hugh B. Wynter and J. Mulvany, acting assist.-surgs (additional), to the Impregnable ; Dr. E. B. Bogg, Dr. R. Greeve, and Dr. W. Inman, acting assist.-surgs. (additional), to the Chesapeake ; M. 0. Hurlstone, acting a ss i s t . _ surg., to the Marlborough ; L. Moreton, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Challenger ; and J, H. Brad shaw, acting second-class assist-engineer, to the Challenger, as supernumerary. The undernamed gentlemen have been nominated to naval cadetships A. D. Ackland, George H. I'. Beamish, Robert H. Davies, Frede- rick Deane, Wadham Diggle, W. Mackinnon, A. E. M.Murdo, Leonard A. Parkinson, F. Reid, and J. F. H. Vernon. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine invariably Ng' avate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. 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Yorke Scar lett, directed to officers commanding Royal Engi neers on foreign stations, dated Horse Guards, 6th inst. : " His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief having concurred with the opinion of the Secretary of State for War that much time and expense would be saved by empowering command ing Royal Engineers to report upon any engineering question referred to them by the naval commander in-chief or senior naval officer on a station, his Royal Highness is pleased to direct that such re ports shall be rendered, and the most cordial assist ance be given by commanding Royal Engineers whenever it can be done without detriment to the performance of their regular duties." The annexed circular memorandum, addressed to officers commanding infantry, has been promul gated by the Adjutant-General at head-quarters : "The General Commanding-in -Chief calls the attention of officers commanding regiments and depot battalions to the importance of selecting well qualified non-commissioned officers for the depot companies. "His Royal Highness will hold commanding officers responsible that none but really efficient non-commissioned officers are permitted to do duty with the depot ; and when found fit for that em ment they are not to be removed without being relieved by others equally adapted for that peculiar duty." His Royal Highness the General Commanding in -Chief, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for War, directs that a conviction of habitual drunkenness shall render a soldier liable to be de graded from the first to the second class. The enrolled pensioners of the Woolwich division, consisting of four companies of 100 each, were last week called out for the performance of their annual drill. The majority of the veteran soldiers present a most healthy and robust appearance. The new barrack quarters now building in rear of the old Infirmary at Woolwich, to afford auditional habitations for married Artillerymen and their were last week roofed in, and the windows glazed. The accommodation is pronounced most inconve niently small, as only one room of about 12 feet is to be allotted to the soldier, his wife, and family, of whatever number. The buildings consist of 80 rooms, the upper floors of which are approached by an exterior gallery, and are intended to house 80 entire families, who will be subject to garrison re gulations, the locality being surrounded by a brick wall. The situation is considered healthy, and is conveniently near to the barracks and the town. The following information is supplied in a general regimental order, bearing date the 6th inst., issued by Col. Charles Bingham, Deputy-Assistant-Gene • ral :—Brevet-Major R. Biddulph has been appointed Military Secretary on the Staff of Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Hope Grant, G.C.8., about to take the command of the forces in the Presidency of Madras. An exchange of batteries has been ordered between Capt. and Brevet-Major Milward and Capt. and Brevet Lieut.-Col. Turner, of the 4th Brigade, and the latter officer has proceeded to Hilsea to join his battery. Lieut.-Col. W. H. Cox, of the 2d Brigade, has been ordered from Dover to Alderney, to command the two batteries serving in that island. An exchange of batteries has been ordered between Lieut. Lowry, of No. 5 Battery, 11th Brigade, and Lieut. Yule, of No. 3 Battery, 14th Brigade ; also between Lieut. Barham, of No. 6 Battery (to which he was posted from No. 1), and Lieut. Lockhart, of No. 7 Battery, 13th Brigade. The following transfers have been ordered—viz.: Lieut. Han nen, from No. 4 Battery, 2d Brigade, to No. 4 Battery 12th Brigade ; Lieut. Perceval, from No. 1 Battery, 10th Brigade, to No. 6 Battery, 12th Brigade. This officer is appointed fire master and inspector of warlike stores at Hongkong, and proceeds to that station forthwith. Lieut. Burg mann, from No. 5 Battery, 15th Brigade, to No. 2 Battery, 12th Brigade, and is to join at Woolwich forthwith, in readiness for embarkation, with draughts to the Mauritius. Lieut. Smith is posted to No. 1 battery, 11th brigade, and is to join at Woolwich on the Ist of July. Lieuts. Wall and Pym are posted to No. 5 battery, 15th brigade, and are to join at Duncannon Fort forthwith. The fol lowing removals of batteries have been ordered, viz. :—B Battery Royal Horse Artillery, from Woolwich to Aldershott ; I Battery Royal Horse A ..tincl). flo WooiVrioh to A idorshott ; No. 4 and No. 6 Batteries, 4th Brigade (under Lieut.-Col. Tur ner, C. 8.), from Woolwich to Aldershott ; Major Davis's Battery, Depot Brigade, from Woolwich to Aldershott. Assist.-Surg. Taylor is transferred from the 14th to the 2d Brigade; and Assist.-Surg. Steuart, from No. 9 to No. 4 Battery ; and Assist.- Surg. Richmond, from No. 10 to No. 7 Battery, 4th Brigade. The two last-mentioned officers will there fore join at Aldershott forthwith. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief has approved the appointment of Brevet- Major R. Biddulph, Royal Artillery, as military secretary on the:staff of Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. H. Grant, 3r.C.8., about to take the command of the forces in the Presidency of Madras. In consequence of several of the depots belonging to the battalions of Infantry at Chatham garrison being above their required establishment, the autho rities at the Horse Guards have sent down orders directing volunteering to be opened in the garrison for those Indian depots which are below their pro per strength. On the 6th inst; at Aldershot the firing with the Enfield rifle by Private Wm. Reynolds, of Capt. Atherley's company of the 45th Regiment, deserves special notice. He made a total of 25 points in the first class—that is, between 650 and 900 yards, in 20 rounds; at 650 yards, one centre hit, two outer hits, and two misses ; at 700 yards, one centre hit, four outer hits, and no misses ; at 800 yards, three centre hits, two outer hits, and no m i sses ; and at 900 yards, three centre hits, one outer hit, and one miss. CHILD MURDER. —On Friday the remains of a female child were discovered, frightfully mutilated, tied up in a bundle near the entrance to Lincoln's Inn, in Carey street. THE DERBY DAY AT CREMORNE.—On Friday Mr. Charles Barnes, of the 2d Dragoon Guards, was com mitted for trial, from the Westminster Police-court, for violently assaulting Mr. Henry Rice, of Thistle-grove, Brompton, at Cremorne Gardens, on the evening of the 29th ult. Barnes was admitted to bail: DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.—On Friday morning, be tween four and five o'clock, the inhabitants of Whitechapel were alarmed in consequence of a fire on the premises of Messrs. Wills and Co., oil and colour merchants, No, 9, High-street. The flames were seen to come from the en gine •room and boiler-house, at the rear of the premises and approached by a narrow gateway, adjoining which are warehouzes. In the bput.:e or u fihort tlu.c 4I engine were on the spot, but the fire was not extinguished until the engines, boiler-house, and extensive stock of mustard were destroyed. The cause of the fire is unknown. The loss will fall on the Leeds, Yorkshire, and other fire-offices. Another fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Pearch, cab proprietor,' Horse and Groom yard, Curtain-road, Shore ditch. The fire broke out in the stables, and a valuable horse was burnt to death. The flames were not extinguish ed until considerable damage was done. The cause is un known. 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By the arrival of the Magdalena we learn that the arrivals of wool at Buenos Ayres during the month amounted to 85,000 arrobas, and the sales to 125,000, included in which were 500 hales washed Cordova, 300 for the States at 34 rls., and 200 for England at 331 rls.; stock of Cordova 250 bales, buyers at 333 rls. Arrivals since the commence ment of the season, 1,765,000 arrobas ; total sales, 1,545.000 arrobas. The article was in good demand. Rates for freight continued without change ; but very littl e cargo was o ff er i ng, as the activity at Barracas was rapidly declin ing, and little produce coming forward, either from the country or provinces. There was no vessel on the berth for the States, and no cargo offering. The coffee market at Rio Janeiro remained languid between the departure of the Tyne for Southampton, on the Bth April, and the close of the mail per French steamer Estremadura on the 25th. Buyers, owing to the continued unsettled state of affairs in the States and the high range of prices, remained much on the reserve in expectation of a decline in prices, which might have been looked for from the increased supplies. Sales during the above mentioned period were confined to 52,700 bags (about half of which for the States) at a decline of 100 reis in the better and 200 reis in the lower descriptions. The weather had for some time past been extremely fair and steady ; hence supplies came forward very regularly, the average during the past month having been 8,000 bags per diem. Some parcels of the new Serra Abaixo crop had been received, showing a better quality than usual in the first receipts of pevious crops. It was, however, reported from the lowland districts that in consequence of the long duration of rain a great deal of fruit had been lost, and that the yield would be considerably less than was calculated upon. The total amount of bills on London negotiated for this steamer was estimated at £600,000, at 263 d. and 264 d. Business on France was regular at 360 to 362 reis. Little or nothing done on Hamburg. Freights—England, 455. to 505., per cent. ; Eng lish Channel, 655. to 705., 5 per cent. ; Antwerp, 655., per cent. ; Hamburg, 655., 5 per cent. ; Mediterranean, 655. to 755., per cent. ; United States, 60e. to 80c. ; Havre de Grace, 60f., 10 per cent. Exchange at Bahia closed at 261 d on the 13th ult. Transactions at the beginning of th e p rev i ous week occurred at 26 - 4-d. for 30 days, and 261 d. for 90 days, but subsequently drawers refused to grant these rates. Superior qualities of sugar having been in brisk demand higher prices had been conceded -1,750 per arroba for ordinary Nazareths 2,000 to 2,200 for regular Bahias, and 2,400 for picked browns, 2,600 to 2,800 for regular qualities, and 3,000 for picked whites. Very little doing in tobacco, and prices remained at last quotations—viz., 5,300 for seconds, and 6,300 for first. No freight charters had been effected, and rates were flat. Business had been very dull at Pernambuco during the month. Imports were moderate. The scarcity of tonnage had caused great dullness in exports, and a weak exchange in consequence. The transactions in exchange by this mail was limited, the amount not exceeding £60,000, principally at 26d. ; a few small amounts at 25:d., with some cre dits. Discounts-10 per cent for four months' bills, and 12 per cent. for six ditto. In sugars there had been very little doing. Entries of cotton amounted to about 1,000 bags, which were sold at various prices from 8,000 to 8,400. Several lots of Paraibas had changed hands at 8,200 to 8,400, and a lot of Maceios at 8,000. Freights for the Channel from 475. 6d. to 555., and to Liverpool 375. 6d. for sugar. The American brig Souther was chartered to load. at Maceio for Liverpool with cotton at id. per lb. and 5 per cent. primage. 'rhe import market was in a very unsettled state, and great difficulty was experienced in effecting sales, arising from the un willingness of dealers to increase their liabilities. COUNTRY MARKETS. OXFORD-TUNE 8. A full supply of wheat, of fine quality, maintaining late prices—white, 60s to 64s ; red, 40s to 58s. Beans plenti ful, and is to 2s lower. Barley (grinding), 30s to 345, and oats, 20s to 3.55. Flour, from 44s to 45s per sack. YORK—JuNE S. The market was very dull, with a pretty fair supply of wheat, and last week's rates declined is to 2s per quarter. Very little barley came to hand, with a dull demand. Oats were scarce, with a slow inquiry, and prices not exceeded. Beans were scarce, and prices rather dearer. Wheat, red 44s to 56s Oats.... 278 to 299 White do .56s to 64s Beans 48s to 589 Barley .38 s t o 42 s P eas ....— s to 0 Malt, 70s to 72s per qr. ; rye, 37s per qr. ; flour, 469 to 48s per sack. NORWICH—Jura: 8. At this market to-day wheat was in fair supply, with a slow sale, and last week's rates were is per qr decline. The supply of barley limited, and little business doing. The same remarks will apply to oats, beans, and peas. I T v h h e i t N o ve ss at h lz this wseetohoal%bieleineddull. wheat 55s to 57s Malting barley....4ss to 47s I Chevalier barley 41s to 449 Distilling d0......31s to 34s I Oats.. 26s to 309 Flour, 43s to 43s 6d per sack from the miller. NORTHAMPTON—JUNE 8. At this corn-market wheat was limited in supply, wigh a dull business doing—prices ranging from 62s to 64s for old, and 40s to 59s for new. A small show of barley malting 38s to 445, grinding 28s to 34s per qr. Oats in moderate show, and prices as before—quoted at 26s to 36s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 36s to, 48s; peas, 44s to 48s. Rye, 37s to 425; malt, 68s to 72s ; flour, 33s to 34s per sack LEICESTER—JUNE 8. The supply of wheat of a moderate character, and prices were at a decline of Is. White wheat, from 66s to 69s —red, 63s to 67s per 36 stone; a rather slow demand for barley, grinding, 30s to 328; malting, 39s to 42s per qr.; oats, 32s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans—old, 56s to 578; new, 44s to 41s per 33 stone. Fine flour, 47s I Seconds, 42s I Thirds, 408 per 20 atone. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. • • • • • • • • . June 18. Do. (via Marseilles) June 12. Brazil and Cape Verds ▪ Overdue. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, ezo . Cuba and Mexico • • • June ` , B Canada, &c (via L'de r • • • • - .. .. .. China, Penang, 1 ' 1 7) .. .. June 5. Cape of Good Hope &c. . .. July 2 Do and Singapore (via S'ampton) June 18. Gibraltar (via Southam ton (via Marseilles) June 12 ) .. .. Tune 10 . .. India (Calcutta), Ceylo p n, &c. (via Southampt on ) J une 18. Do. (via Marseilles) June 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. June 10. Do. ( v i a Marseilles) .. .. Overdue. Lisbon .. .. .. .. .. June 11. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. June 10. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Overdue. Vigo, and Oporto .. .. .. .. .. J une 11. United States, Calif orn i a , & c . .. .. .. June 6. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe .. June 10. West Indies and PacificCarthagena, Cuba, &o. June 13. MR. HAVEN'S CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY.-012 Thursday (says the:Chelmsford Chronicle) Mr. W. S• Havens, the magistrate, attended before the borough magis trates at the Town Hall; present, J. F. Bishop, Esq., in the chair : J. Savill, J. A. Tabor, and P. M. Duncan, Esqs., in reference to the application made by Mr. Met calfe, barrister-at-law, on his behalf, at the recent sitting of the borough magistrates, when the eight county magistratea and clerk (Mr. Howard) were charged with conspiracy, that Mr. Havens should be bound over to prosecute the defendants at the ensuing assizes. The depositions were read over and signed, and Mr. Havens was formally bound over to prosecute. [An yr.. it lISEMEN -Holloway'ss Ointment.--In bad legs, ulcers, scrofulous sores, and glandular swellings, this Ointment operates very gently, but very surely, an d with a rapidity that resembles magic. It should be rubbed into the parts affected, after they have been f omen t e d with luke warm water. The purifying and curative powers of this marvellous unguent have never been disput e d b y any o ne who has given it a fair trial. It contains not a particle of any substance of a noxiou s na t ure, nor is there a case on record in which it has done the slightest harm • while there are authenti c reports of innumerable cures effected by it in all countries. It is as mild in its action as it is powerful and beneficial in its effects. BIRTHS. CALDERON.—On the 7th inst., at Hampton Court, the wife of Philip H. Calderon, of a son. TIADDEN.—On the Bth inst., at Finchley, the wife of Jas. A. Hadden, Esq., of a son. HUNT.—On the 6th inst., at Belton, East Lothian, the wife of Captain Hunt, of a son. MARRIAGES. - - • MOSTYN—JERNINGHAM,—On the 6th inst., at Chelten ham, William, sixth son of the late Sir Edward Mostynl Bart , to Clementina, fourth daughter of the late Edward Jerningham, Esq. Wuns—NowEns.—On the 7th inst., at the parish church, fifth daughter of Edward Nowers, Esq., Dover. DEATHS. MARVEL—On the 7th inst., at his residence, 13, Lad broke-terrace, Notting-hill, Nicholas Oliver Harvey, Esq., aged 58. MEREDITH.—On the 7th inst ,at his residence, Muswell hill, Sam ue l Meredith, Esq.,. of 10, Broad-street-build ings, MAC DONOUGH.—On the sth inst., at 4, Clarendon-terrace, Kensington -park, William Macdonough, Esq., late clerk in the Bank of England, aged 7G. REW.—On the 7th inst., at Finchley, William Pell Row, Esq., aged 83. RICHAnDSON.--On the 7th inst., near Horsham, suddenly, Lawford A. Richardson, Captain sth Dragoon Guards, and eldest soa of Lawford Richardson, Esq., of Eltham, Kent, aged 28. LONDON : Printed and Published by MUEDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at ME SUN Office, No. 112,Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middluei Dlcnclay, June 10, 1861.