The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-26 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Vines' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, March 13. Tb'e question of the conscription begins to occupy alt men's minds. The exempt and the non-exempt are equally interested. The exempt are anxious because if the conscription fail, or be wisely re sisted, the Government will be without an available army in three months ; the non-exempt, especially that large class who have not 300 dols. to pay for a substitute, not only dread the draft, but condemn it on principle, and threaten to resist it. The wealthy j non-exempt take the matter easily, and are ready with their money whenever it may be called for; but, as they will fcrm a comparatively small mino rity, unless the Government can so arrange aff•sirs as to pick them out for first duty and leave the - working men alone, the question is one that cannot but excite as much uneasiness in Washington as it does among thoughtful men is this and other cities who note the course of public events and watch the temper of the people. The President must have an army, or the Southern Generals will occupy Washing ton and dictate peace from the Capitol. The volun tary system is an admitted failure. The compulsory system must therefore be resorted to, or the war must end in a manner humiliating to the pride of the North. But whether the North and North- West wi.l submit to the conscreption in any shape is a question that will speedily be decided by events. The working population all over the country are forming themselves into secret societies to resist it, unless the Government shall compel the rich to serve as well as the poor. But how this is to be done in the face of the law just passed and without The authority of Congress is not stated. The whole subject is full of peril. To draft the working classes may excite commotions difficult to allay ; and to force the rich to serve when the law allows any man to procure a substitute for a prescribed and not one rous payment may excite an equally dangerous dis affection on the part of the trading and professional classes, to whom a small money payment is a matter of no importance; but who will not run the risk of ruining their business or their professional prospects by personal service in the battle-field. The Polish insurrection has inopportunely aggravated the per plexities of the Government ; and many Democratic journals which have not yet pronounced against the conscription in their own country are making the Polish Revolution and the ruthless conscriptio ❑ which drove the people to violence the text of com ments which cannot be pleasant or consolatory to the President and his Ministers. Another difficulty exists in the notorious cooling down of the once overboiling enthusiasm of the Irish and Germans. These people have had enough of fighting, and have lost heart in the cause. The Administration, governed by political and personal influence, and appointing Generals to command for other than military reasons, has not had sense to see that it was unwise at such a moment to throw slights on the Irish and German officers whom it bad thrust into the heat of battle at a time when its need was the sorest. Of the three leading German generals who offered their services to the Government at the outbreak of the war, end were gratefully accepted, not one remains available. General Sigel, the best and bravest of the trio, has resigned in disgust. A lei ge number of his men have followed his example. General Schurz lies dangerously ill, of disease contracted in the field, aggravated by vexation of spirit at the treatment he received from the Government, Gen, Blenker's case is different. His savage notions of " beauty and booty" were derived from the traditions of a past age, and disgraced the cause he defended. He is to be brought to trial for his offences against dis cipline and prop iety, and will probably be cashiered. In a case so scandalous the Government could not act n a different manner ; but the result on the Teutonic mind is none the less fatal to any hope of much further successful recruiting among the Ger man population. The Irish generals are not in greater favour at head-quarters than the German. General Meagher, whose brigade is reduced to little more than 1,000 men, has always been placed in positions where the escape with life of a single bat talion was all but miraculous, yet he has in vain memorialised the Secretary at War that his little force might be relieved from duty in the front, and sent for a time into quarters where it might have an opportunity to recruit the health and strength of its survivors. His request remains totally un heeded. His memorial is published in the Irish America newspaper, with the indignant commen tary of the editors—" that it is an eternal disgrace to the War Department to keep gallant men who have served the country well and truly in such a position as Meagher's Brigade now occupies —especially in view of the unmistakable favouritism exhibited towards other corps in no way more deserving; and that there is a strong feeling in the public mind that if this brigade were not so distinctively Irish it would not have been treated with such injustice and ne glect." Gen. Corcoran's brigade is not yet in so bad a plight, but neither Corcoran nor Meagher can calculate on the favour of the War-office. American born generals are alone to be intrusted with the duty of saving the republic. When the Govern ment next appeals to the patriotism of the Irish Americans to march against the South it is likely to be reminded of this fact in a manner more em phatic than agreeable, the more especially if poor men be compelled to fight when rich men are allowed to stay at home. The probability that Mr. Lincoln will enforce the conscription has alarmed vast numbers of people. An exodus to Canada has already commenced, com posed of peaceful and peaceable citizens, who hate the smell of gunpowder, have no relish for the mouldy bread, the putrid bacon, the shoddy clothes, and the fever and malaria of the Rappahannock or the Mississippi, and who perhaps would rather the South than the North should win the victory. It is probable for these reasons that every steamer bound for Europe during the next two or three months will carry a much fuller complement of pas sengers than it would have done under other circum stances, though, as exemption may be procured for money, the number may not be so considerable as it would have been if the conscription were more strin gent and more equitable. The greatest alarm pre vails among the poorer classes of English, Scotch, Irish, and Germans, to whom the payment of 300 dols. would be ruin. There are thousands of these people in New York,Philadelphia, Boston, and other great cities, who expressed their intention immedi ately on arriving in America to become American citizens, who took out what are called their "first papers" with this object, but who, not having com pleted the full term of residence required to give validity to their claim of citizenship, are still quasi aliens in the eyes of the law. Congress has decided that for military purposes under the new act these persons are to be considered full citizens, and there fore liable to serve. But these persons themselves are of a different opinion. They are determined neither to fight nor to pay ; and are in great crowds claimin g the protection of the Consuls and Ambas sadors of t h e i r native countries. Thereis, however, but to thesm all hop e f or t h em. If t h ey d es i re to return allegiance they have expressed an inten tion to abandon,—and which, but for the war, they wo uld, no doubt, have abandoned—let them leave the United States and go back to Great Britain or Germany, which will call them to no account for their abortive attempt to denationalize themselves. That is the only chance left for them. If they re main here they must either serve, if drafted, or pay the exemption money. There is, however, another alternative,—that of joining the secret societies which arc springing up among the mechanics and the working population to oppose an organised re sistance to the law. But this may be dangerous to resort to in any case, and especially in the case of hybrid citizens, neither Europeans or Americans, and wl.o may be caught on the horns of a dilemma, of which either horn may be fatal. Whatever hard ships may result to them personally, their native Governments owe them no protection on American soil, and are not likely to disturb the existing re lations of amity with the Government of the United States for the sake of sneaks and deserters who have virtually committed treason against their native land by taking preliminary steps to become citizens of another. Those natives of the British Isles who have come here as foreigners, re mained as foreigners, and made no application for citizenship, are in a different position. They are not liable to the conscription, and, if drafted, must be released on proof of their nationa lity. While the white men of the South and North are cutting each other's throats on behalf ostensibly of negro slavery, but really of independence on the one side, and of negro emancipation and centralised des potism on the other, it is remarkable that the black men of the North take very slight interest in the struggle. The slaves of the South range them selves for the most part on the side of their masters, and the free coloured men in the Middle, Northern, and Western States act as if they knew but too well that no good would result, or was intended to result, to them ; and that if there were not a single slave left bete een the Rio Grande and the Potomac the condition of the race between the Potomac and the St. Lawrence would be no better than before, that they would still be paupers and pariahs, an oppressed and degraded people, tolerated but de spised, and threatened with wholesale expatriation by their pretended friends, as the best solution of the difficulties that their presence has entailed upon the country. A month ago, when Frederick Doug - Ass, the most eloquent coloured man in existence, spoke publicly in the city of New York on behalf of his maligned and injured race— more maligned and injured in the North and West than in the South—and explained to the negroes their interest in the war, and their duty to the Government, he could not attract 150 negroes and mulattoes to listen to him. Of the comparatively slender audience that gathered to the sound of his voice, considerably more than one-half were white women, young and old, deputed by the churches. The balance was composed of preachers of the various denominations which in England would be called Dissenters ; and of those stray lovers of oratory whose taste, education, and prejudices lead them to prefer speeches and lectures to concerts of music and theatrical representations. On Wednes day night last, when Mr. Wendell Phillips was ad vertised to deliver at the Cooper Institute his cele brated lecture on Toussaint L'Ouverture, it might have been expected that the free negroes and mu lattoes would have congregated in large numbers to hear a noble vindication of the character and patriotism of the most illustrious man of their race, made by an orator whose heart is in the subject and who handles it with the skill of a master and all the fervour of an apostle. But such was not the case. From twelve to fifteen hundred persons assembled to hear the discourse of the most intellectual speaker in America on the theme most congenial to his mind. The platform was chicly occupied by ladies and preachers. There was not one coloured man among them. In the body of the hall there were but four negroes, and two of these were mulattoes; and, as on the platform, a full half of the audience was com posed of women. The lecture, as a literary compo sition, was in a high degree eloquent, pointed, and concise; and if it did not convince every woman present, and most of the men, that on the whole it was rather better to be a black than to be a white man, it was not the fault of the orator. He com pared his hero with Hampden, Cromwell, Napoleon, and Washington, and declared him to be superior to them all. Toussaint L'Ouverture established reli gious liberty in San Domingo when England and America were alike intolerant of religious diversity of faith. He knew more of political economy and the true principles of the wealth of nations than Adam Smith, and anticipated the free trade measures of Sir Robert Peel by 60 years. In com parison with Toussaint L'Ouverture, Napoleon Bonaparte was a mean and vulgar tyrant, and the present Emperor of the French, if he had lived in that day, would not have been worthy to tie his shoe-latchet. Oliver Cromwell was a good soldier, but no statesman ; Toussaint L'Ouverture, the full-blooded negro, without a drop of white blood in his veins, was both soldier and politician, hero and statesman. Washington—the Great Washing ton—at the mention of whose name there was a cheer, which was speedily checked as Mr. Phillips proceeded, kept slaves, and therefore stood on a lower pinnacle of genius and virtue than the noble African who proclaimed freedom to all men, irre spective of race or colour, and administered justice with mercy in a mode that might have shamed the greatest and wisest monarchs of the earth. It was clear that Washington was not such 'a hero as Mr. Phillips could thoroughly admire. Ho admitted him to be the best growth of the infant mind of America, but asserted that Gen. Fremont was the best growth of its maturity and prime. This sentiment was re ceived with fervent and prolonged applause. But, if applause be the true criterion of popular apprecia tion and sympathy, no praise of Toussaint L'Oaver ture, or of General Fremont, was so much to the taste of the audience as a spiteful hit at England. " English neutrality," said the orator, " we all know what that means. English neutrality sneers at freedom, and sends arms to tyrants." This little sentence, delivered with great animation, seemed to drive the assemblage frantic with delight. The wo men waved their handkerchiefs and the men cheered so lustily and heartily as to prove that, though they loved the negro much, they hated England more, The assertion that England sends arms to tyrants, because a few English merchants and adventurers run the blockade for sake of gain and accept the risks, was mere claptrap, unworthy of so logical a speaker, who knows as well as any man in America that there is an immorality as well as a morality of trade in all nations, and that if a government is to be judged by the acts of its commercial citizens, the record against the American Union would be black indeed at this moment, when knavish contractors are imperilling the existence of the army by their shameful robbery of the aoldiers, and when no form of corruption and venality is too mean, base, and vile to be practised by people who call themselves patriots, and talk of exterminating the South with as much flippancy and nonchalance as they would talk of exterminating the rats in a barn. Mr. Phillips ought to look at his own American glasshouse before throwing stones at the Crystal Palace of Great Britain. At the con clusion of the lecture there was a loud call for Mr. Horace Greeley, who was observed on the platform. He responded with becoming modesty, and said but little; but the little was to the point. He disagreed with some things to which Mr. Phillips had lent the weight of his eloquence, though he agreed with him that there were heroes in past ages and that Tons_ saint L'Ouverture was one of them. He could not see, however, that there were any heroes in the present day, delighted as he would be to recognise, if he could but discover, them. Mr. Phillips's apotheosis of the negro merits the respect which is due to sincerity, but nothing more. It is out of place, out of time, and far more fitted for Exeter-hall than for any part of America. The women and the churches go along with him. But both the white men and the black keep aloof, or only listen from curiosity. The four negroes who alone of their race listened to his beautifully rounded and elegant periods and neat antitheses on -Wednes day night might well have asked themselves of what avail it was to proclaim that a negro was so much better than a white man if scores of innocent black men, women, and children could be maltreated or murdered in a free city like Detroit by an infu riated mob of white people because one black man had committed a crime for which none of them were responsible; and if in "Washington it is utterly impossible for a free black man to obtain legal re dress for any injury or wrong he may have suffered from a white. The negroes know that the hands of the Northern people are not clean on this ques tion. They admit the fine words of Mr. Phillips and others; but as these " butter no parsnips," they at tend to such business, generally of the meanest sort, as the white rac3 condescends to allow them to per form, and b ear th e i r l ot w i t h pat i ent equan i m i ty. Though qui escent , t h ey d etect the hypocrisy that has made them and their cause the pretext of a s t t h r e u m g h l t w h e e v r e re t u l l , e t i s o s f u w e s h iQ f h bwa titilleinmn,olywdiesetebrmenienfiet. ,with athllisthNeiorrtshimerpnliheyitpyo, hypocrisy a th rt ey ac a u r t e P acute enough t l o e detect at the same time m an l y enough to dab isye'it. The full details of th e l ast desperate attack up on Fort Mac Allister by th e w h ole fleet of iron•clads and gunboats which will reach Europe by this mail will be, read with universal interest. Had the fort been of stone it would have been battered into dust and splinters by the tremendous fire to which it was ex posed ; but being an earthwork, the d ama ge done to THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1863. it was speedily and easily repaired. As in all the great encounters of tha war, no great advantage accrued to either party from the obstinate struggle, except the destruction of the Nashville, which might perhaps have been effected but for the acci dent cf her running aground. It was at the best a drawn battle between fort and iron-clad, and de cided nothing. The problem to, be solved is whether the iron-clads are positively invulnerable if shot of sufficient weight be properly discharged against them by rifled guns of adequate calibre, whether the attack be made from land defences or from con tending iron-clads upon the water. This problem was not solved in the Ogeechee, but much valuable information was gained that may aid in its solution at a future time. THE POLISH INSURRECTION, (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) BRESLAU, March 21. But too rapidly, I find, have my anticipations been verified by fact. Langiewicz, surrounded on all sides, and encumbered by a superfluity of troops, has found it impossible to continue his old stratagem of march and countermarch. Unable to fight a pitched battle, and prevented at length from evading the fight, his doom was sealed both by the number of the enemy and his own. Had he been possessed of sufficient artillery and ammunition it is only fair to suppose we might have a different tale to tell. Though deficient, the particulars received speak with unmistakeable clearness as to the cause of the disaster. For a week he strained every nerve to extricate himself from the meshes of the net. Still, although ever on the alert, and flitting from position to position with restless activity, his manceuvring ground was drawing together with every succeed ing day. As the Rtissian masses increased in number they closed in upon the Poles, and by mere bodily volume blocked up the ways and roads, and shut up the nooks and corners their gallantry had ben unable to stop. Space getting too narrow for the Dictator, he ultimately found himself face to face with a formidable artillery, protected by thousaids of rifles, and covered as a third line of attack by a dense girdle of swarming Cossacks. To force his way through this living circuit of armed men be came as impossible as to evade their front or cir cumvent their flanks. Too deep to be thrust aside, and too widely extended to be avoided, they were pressing in upon the heroic minority, slowly, gra dually, but with the irresistible power of physical laws. It being a rule in natural philosophy that two bodies cannot occupy the same place at the same time, the weaker and, so to say, the more liquid force had to yield eventually to the momen tum of the more solid and ponderous matter. It was to the law of impenetrability that Langiewicz succumbed. For ten days they had tried to catch him in the south-western corner of tha kingdom. Ordering on their reinforcements from Kielce and Czensto chow, they occupied Walbrom to the north and Olkusz to the south, strengthening simultaneously their garrison at Miechow to the east of the indomit able Poles. Wedged in at three miles' distance on either side, and surrounded by a force superior to his own, the Dictator once more succeeded in threading his way through the hostile maze. Marching off to the north-west and turning suddenly to the east, he freed himself again, to the astonish ment and dismay of the enemy, from the circle they had been drawing around him. Early in the morn ing of the 16th he reached Xions, eight miles to the north of Miechow. His intending captors thus placed to the west and south, he hoped to have the road to the east free before him. The north, at a distance of some 30 miles, remained blocked up by Kielce. To march towards the rising sun appeared his only means of salvation. Cautiously progressing with measured steps, he moved on with unusual de lay, and on the 17th arrived at Dzialassize, 10 miles east of Miechow. Pursuing the same direction a few hours more, he made for Chrobrze, and in the after noon of the same day passed the Nida river, near the village of Zagosciow. It does not appear from our in telligence whether at this point he was overtaken by the Miechow garrison ,who came panting after him, or confronted by fresh troops despatched from Kielce or Pyrzow ; but the fact of Colonel Czengeri being given as one of the commanders makes the second alternative the more probable of the two. Here, then, he had to cope with the second girdle of the enemy laid down in the rear of the inner circle, who had enclosed him two days before. There were the Muscovites arrayed before him in the plain, 500 strong—guns, Cossacks, and all. Chasing the Russian vanguard from the hills, and leaning his right wing on the ridge, his left was protected by the river and the wood covering its banks. In front he had the fields extending between Zagosc and Krzyzanovice, the baggage being disposed in the rear, guarded by some infantry and horse. As usual, the Russian artillery opened the fight; the volleys of the infantry followed, and, the Polish equipment proving inferior to the Tula rifles, the Kossiniaires (sithemen) rushed to the charge. The encounter terminated in the Russians retreating to wards the north. The Poles hastening after them, captured 500 muskets, together with some knap sacks, cartridges, and a score of prisoners. For a moment the road to Kielce appeared practicable, should escape become impossible towards Sando mierz and the east. At any rate, a diversion might be attempted towards the north, and the Vistula reached in a zigzsg course. But if these fond delusions were entertained in the Polish camp, the sight that greeted their eyes on the following morning must have dispelled all hope of success. Once more the defeated Russians showed fight in front. Word was sent at the same time from the south that the vanguard of Prince Schakowskoi had been observed in the rear. The right wing was thretened from Chmelnik, and in the north lowered the fortification of Kielce upon the chased game. Langiewicz, who was now stationed near Busk,with his front to the north, immediately retreated to a wood, and for the last time attempted to retrieve his fallen fortunes. The question was to conquer or be cut to pieces. Everything was to be risked in order to prolong, if possible, the existence of the corps for a day or a week. Little encumbered with baggage, which had already disappeared the day day before, he ordered the Kossiniaires from the :sheltering wood right up to the cannon's mouth. For some time the fight wavered to and fro. Langiewicz placed himself at the head of the storming columns. Capt. Zachert, one of his adjutants, fell at his side, another having his horse shot under him. At length the Kossiniaires, escorted by the Zouaves, who par ticularly distinguished themselves in this sangui nary day, having performed the intermediate dis stance between the wood and the enemy, closed in with the Russian ranks. Before cold steel the Rus sians broke and fled. A large number of prisoners, among them a lieutenant-colonel and a major, re warded the daring attack. The Poles had about 200 killed and wounded, but the day was theirs. The night was spent at Welce, the Russians hav ing returned to Piuczow, and egress remaining as impracticable as ever for the victors of two succeed ing days; that night settled the fate of the corps. To escapo in a body was out of the question. In a council of war, held in the open air, Langiewicz determined to break up his force into smaller and more manageable detachments. Of the army of 8,000 men which he still had with him, four divisions were to be formed of 2,000 each. One of them, it was hoped, or perhaps two, might be able to make good their way to the east, the re maining ones being engaged meanwhile, and, if ne cessary, destroyed by the enemy. But Cie morale of the corps was gone. Hardly were the men in formed of the plan when a panic swept through the camp. Even before the word of command w as given one of the new detachments effected a hasty retreat to Opatowice, and, p3ssing the Vistula, crossed over the Austrian ground. The rest may be imagined from the telegrams. MARCH 22. The fame of Gen. Langiewicz, I am afraid, will not be increased by the tenour of the latest ad vices. The council of war the Dictator called at Grochowiska was held about midnight of the 18th, 12 miles distance from the Austrian frontier. Sur rounded by his general, and with the hostile bivouacs encircling his position, he made the very ratioual proposal of dividing his force into the smaller detachments. Leaving it for each of them to attempt an escape which the whole were no longer in a position to effect, he appointed the se veral commanders and prescribed the way as well as the manoeuvres of the individual corps. The Dictator at the same time announced his intention of retiring to another part of the country, leaving his companions in arms to weather the storm as best they might. Before the troops had realised the danger of their position, or been informed of the breaking up of the corps, Langiewicz had disap peered from the camp, and made good his way to the south. The division of the force and the depar ture of the Dictator transpiring at one and the same time, a panic immediately seized upon the terrified troops, and retreat became the order of the day. It was then that the following proclamation was dis tributed among them, as a parting farewell of their vanished commander : " Brave and faithful companions in arms 1 The duties of Dictatorship render it incumbent upon me to give particular attention to a variety of subjects, and also to inspect the numerous bands and detachments fighting in other parts of the country. The war has now arrived at a stage where it becomes a matter of considerable importance to form and guide the operations of the various corps upon a uniform system of tactics. " " For these reasons I shall have to leave you for a short interval. " Companions in arms I It is with your gallant corps I have ever been associated from the feeble origin of insurrec tion, and sustained so many dangers, so many hardships, and fights. But I believe that, with the late success fresh upon your memory, the time is opportune, and allows of a short absence on important business. " With this intention we manfully braved the enemy at Sosnowka ; lured him from his lair at Miechow ; repulsed him at Crobrze, andlworsted his superior numbers in the glorious battle of Grochowiska. " I deeply regret it should have become impossible for me to offer my last adieux in person. But to insure success for my design secrecy f( r a time, at least, is indispensable. It is the same reason which prompts me to leave you in ignor ance as to my destination and the plan I pursue, Gather ing round me some superior officers to be appointed to the command of forces worse officered than ourselves, I require no more than an escort of 30 Uhlanes to accompany us a short distance on our way. "Before leaving, the force under my immediate command has been divided into separate corps, each under a separat General, and with special orders as to the march and work that lie before them. " Companions in arms I In the face of God and the pre sence of my army, I took the oath to fight it out to the last This oath I have kept, and shall keep it in future. You, too, have sworn to serve the country and obey my commands. The oath of the soldier is equally inviolable with that of the General. In the name, then, of Ged and country continue the struggle and fight the Muscovite while fighting remains the only means of restoring the liberty and independence of the country, " M. LANGIENVICZ." Valiant. The advantage, however, was pratically still greater than this, for with all the large crews at present on board our men of war, they could, when fighting both broadsides, only use every alter nate gun, so that the actual broadside of the De fence was only 2801 b., assuming both sides to be engaged ; while the shield ship, working the guns by mechanical appliances, could continue to throw two broadsides, each of 5601 b. Add to this, the shield ship draws sft. Bin. less water, and she is completely covered with 51in. armour plates, while the Defence is only partially covered with 41in. iron plates. Compared with the Valiant, the Prince Albert, shield ship, threw 261 b. less in her broad side, but her tonnage was 1,380 tons less, she drew oft. 2in. less water, was wholly covered with armour plates, while the Valiant was but partially pro tected. Compared with the Warrior, the shield ship was 3,430 tons less in tonnage, and threw 2461 b. less broadside, hut drew 6ft. 2in. less water, and was wholly protected, as against the partial plating of the Warrior. Compared with the Favourite, the Prince Albert threw 7641 b. more, was 340 tons large, but drew 11 feet less water, was covered with 51 inch plates, as against partial protection afforded by 42 inch plates. Finally, comparing the shield ship with the Royal Sovereign, it was shown that the latter threw a broadside of five 300 pounders, equal to 1,5001 b. This ship was one which had been converted from a wooden three-decker ; she was 1,400 tons smaller than the Warrior, and drew 2 feet 6 inches less water. Summing up the positive and relative merits of the two classes of ships, Captain Coles claimed for the cupolas greater power of broadside in proportion to ton nage, lighter draught of water, thus admitting the ships to docks at present available ; greater re sisting power, great saving of weight. in conse quence of the exposed portion of the ship's side above water necessary to be protected in action being reduced to a minimum ; while in the case of broad side ships the sides had to be carried some feet above the guns. In the shield ships, on the con trary, the guns were on the top of the deck. Pro ceeding to point out more in detail the merits of the shield ships, the gallant captain next took one of the ships of his class, which he called "The Naughty Child," and compared it with the Fa vourite, the pet ship of Mr. Reed, the newly appointed naval constructor. He assumed that the two should be of equal size and tonnage, and he pointed out first that when the Favourite would be compelled to close her ports, and would be unable to bring her guns to bear, the Naughty Child could fight hers with comparative ease and with good effect. The Naughty Child, if it had no greater speed, would at all events have much more complete ventilation ; and when the Favourite was battened down her rival would have abundance of air through her masts and turrets. In action the Naughty Child would have a clear deck for working her guns, while the Favourite would be cut in two by the immense iron box in which her guns were stored. He indignantly denied that his shield ship could be properly compared to the Monitor, which a short time since created some excitement in Ame rican waters. The one could no more be compared to the other than could the old battered Trusty with the magnificent Warrior. Renewing his comparison between the Favourite and the Naughty Child, he pointed out that, whereas the former could only have a range from her guns of from 20 to 25 degrees, its rival could have a range of from 40 to 50 degrees ; the one could not bring its guns in line with the keel within nine degrees , while the other could command stem and stern, with a range of training of from 50 to 60 degrees. The powers of resistance of the shield ship was illustrated by reference to the results of the firing at the Trusty by the best gunners of the Excellent. In point of rapidity of firing, as well as precision, he also claimed the superiority for the shield ship. The chances of hitting the shield were very small as compared with the broadside of an ordinary ship, while if a shell were by chance to enter one of the cupolas, it would only disable that particular one, leaving the others still free to act ; while if a shell were to enter the great square box of the Favourite, in which all the eight guns were placed, like eggs in a basket, the effect would be completely to dis able the E hip. The broadside of the Favourite was limited to four guns, two of 68 and two of 1101 b., together 3561 b., and these could only damage the Naughty Child by repeated blows at short ranges. The shield ship, on the other hand, would carry three guns of 3901 b. shot, together 9001 b., which would easily penetrate the square box of the Fa vourite at 800 yards with a shell carrying a bursting charge of 401 b. of powder. In addition to this the Naughty Child could easily place herself in a posi tion where the guns of the Favourite could not touch her, but where her guns would be brought to bear with the greatest force upon her rival. These important advantages he claimed for the shield ship, and he believed that at no distant day it would be found he had not exaggerated their value to the nation. Four ships of this class were now being constructed for foreign Governments, and one for our own Government. Ho was at a loss to understand in what consisted the great improve ments of the iron-clads of the Favourite and Enter prise class designed by Mr. Reed. The belt of iron of which that gentleman claimed to be the inventor had been submitted by himself (Capt. Coles) to the Admiralty three years since, as a means of additional protection for armour-clad ships. But the ships just mentioned, although protected below the water line by iron belts, still had the wooden decks ex posed, and liable to be set on fire by shells. The last point to which the lecturer referred was that of economy, and on this point, too, he claimed that the advantage lay with his ships as compared with the iron broadsides. The Defence had cost £177,478; the cost of the Prince Albert would be only £127,587 ; and he estimated that if our iron-clad fleet had been constructed entirely of shield ships instead of being made up as it was of the Warrior, Black Prince, Defence, and others, ships carrying the same weight of broadside could have been pro duced for nearly two and a half millions less than the sum which had already been expended in this reconstruction of the navy. He stated that he had had great difficulties to contend against in bringing his invention under the notice of the Government, , but he had now so far succeeded as to be able to spread more sail, without danger of being brought lee gunwale under, and he was resolved not to desist until he had weathered successfully the storm and brought up at a safe anchorage. Throughout the lecture Captain Coles was warmly cheered, and at its close, Sir J. PAKINGTON proposed a vote of thanks, and in doing so said that they could not regard the exer tions of Captain Coles upon this subject without feelings of respect for the zeal, ability, and persever ance which he had devoted to a question which day by day was becoming one of increasing national importance. It had been arranged that the discus sion on the subject of the lecture should take place on a subsequent evening, and it would not therefore be advisable to offer any remarks upon the various points referred to by Captain Coles. With the vote of thanks cordially given, the pro ceedings terminated. "Those who crossed the Simplon last summer," says the Athenceum, " will probably remember bri gades of workmen, under the command of engineers, clus tered in various places, many of which appeared almost in accessible, while others were waving flags or shouting to those above or below them. The result of their labours has been submitted to the Emperor of the French, at the Tuile ries, in the form of a plan for a railway, which is proposed to be carried across the celebrated Pass, It is estimated to be SO kilometres long, 44 of which will be covered over, 23 carried through tunnels , and 21 i n galleries. The execu tion of the railway, according to the projectors, who belong to the "Italian line," would occupy about five years, and the cost, including the fixed and rolling material, is put down at 72,000,000 francs. [ADvEnnsEmENT.] — Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— To the Hopeless.—These potent remedies have claims paramount to all other medicines or applications for the cur of ulcers, sores, wounds, and skin diseases generally. A most remarkable instance of the curative virtues possessed by Holloway's remedies has recently been furnished by a needle-maker at Studley, whose body and legs were sorely afflicted by malignant ulcers. He got worse under the best surgical treatment, but was soon eased and s h or tly cured by these healing and purifying preparations ; they closed the wounds and cleansed the system. One solitary trial is saffl dent to prove to the most sceptical the superior value of Holloway's medicaments, which rouse, excite, quicken, and I stimulate the feeble nerves and l angu id circulation. SEA-GOING SHIELD SHIPS. Capt. Cowper P. Coles, R.N., yesterday delivered a lecture at the Royal United Service Institution, in which he explained the principles and construction of the cupola or shield ships of which he is the inven tor, and some of which are now building as part of the iron-clad fleet of this country. The chair was taken by Sir John Pakington, and among the audi dience was a large number of naval officers and pro fessional men who have devoted themselves to the study of the reconstruction of the navy. Capt. COLEs commenced his observations byre ference to the fact that on the 29th June, 1860, he had first explained his views at the United Service Institution with respect to armour-clad ships, views which the progress of events had since that time done much to confirm. The construction of line-of battle ships, and indeed of all timber built men of war might be said to have ceased since that time in almost all the maritime nations of the world, and the necessity of providing armour-clad ships to re sist the greatly increased weight of shot had been so far recognised in this country that ships of that description from 700 to 7,000 tons had been con structed. It was, he said, however, still an open question what was the best form in which these armour-plated ships should be constructed. The lecturer very naturally was of opinion that the shield ships were those which ought to be adopted, and the improvements which had been made in their construction were of such a nature as to show they possessed advantages peculiarly adapted for sea-going ships of all sizes. When he fret proposed the cupola ship, it was objected to then that it could not be masted. By the invention of rigid iron tripod masts this objection had now been entirely ob viated. By this plan, combined with his system of rigging, a ship would be able to spread half as much more than a vessel with the ordinary masts and rig. Referring to a model which was before him, the lec turer pointed out how the topgallant masts and yards could be quickly struck and placed on deck, and nothing but the tripod masts be left above deck on going into action. These masts were filled with Cunningham's patent reefing apparatus, so that the sails could be taken in from below, or reefed fore and aft. There was no lower rigging to interfere with the training power of the shield or deck. The yards and lower stays could be braced fore and aft, and in a line with the keel, or the square sail could be set when under steam. On going into action the topsail could be furled or taken in without exposing the men to the fire of the enemy. In the event of the masts being shot away in action, they and the yards being of iron, would sink at once, and thus diminish the risk of fouling the screw. The iron masts were stronger and more durable than those of wood, and they were secured in their posi tion by being " keyed" to the decks as well as the bottom and bilge of the ship. The breaking strain of the Valiant's lower rigging was 400 tons, while that of the iron tripods Was as much as 700 tons. These masts, too, being constructed hollow, would afford additional means of ventilation and thus ren der the ship more useful for blockading or other service in any part of the world. He also proposed to construct platforms, protected by the lashed ham mocks, between the legs of the tripod, which would afford accommodation for riflemen, who would pick off boarding parties, and thus render more diffi cult the operation of boarding by an enemy. This description of masts would, from their rigidity, also withstand much better than ordinary ones the shock when going stem on to the enemy, or when striking the shore. In addition to giving an addi tional spread of canvas, the sails would bo so well balanced as to give increased facilities in the steer ing and working cf the ship, while the distance at which he proposed to place the main and mizen and foremasts would divide more equally the length of the deck than was the case in the Warrior and other of our iron-plated ships. The centre of effort in his ship he would place as nearly as possible to the centre of flotation. By the use of iron he would also consider ably reduce the length of the yards, and would em ploy none of greater length than 90ft. es compared with some of 105 or 110 ft. in other ships afloat. Ships of the class which Captain Coles advocated would have the advantage of being always ready for sea. Nothing would be exposed to the mercy of the weather that would take any harm. The sails would be stowed away when the ship was in the harbour, and the iron masts only would be exposed. These tripodical masts would not be less valuable for the mercantile than for the royal navy. They would be rigid, receiving as they did support from all sides. Each portion of the structure would, in fact, be doing its portion of work towards resisting any strain brought against it, for while one side would be in a state of tension, the other would be in com pression. Clipper ships that made a voyage out to China and home often required on their return new sets of masts and rigging, owing to the influence of change ofclimate. This, however,would not be the case if iron masts were to be substituted for wooden ones. Assuming that the adoption of his system of iron tripod masts would effectually remove objections urged against his shield ships on the ground of the difficulty of muting them, the gallant captain next proceeded to institute a series of comparisons be tween his cupola ships and those of the old broadside class, and claimed for the former greater powers of offence, defence, greater speed, better sea-going qualities, and lighter draught of water. Taking in the first , instance the off ens ive pow ers o f th e t wo classes of ships, he compared the Prince Albert shield ship, now in course of building at Blackwell, with the Defense, a broadside iron -clad. The Prince Albert with a tonnage of only 2,529 tons, threw a broadside of 1,1201 b., while the Defence, of 3,700 tons, only threw a broadside of 5601 b., so that with less tonnage the broadside of the cupola ship was twice as great as th a t of the -- ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT—LEwis, March 25. CIVIL SIDE. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman, and a Special Jury,) HILLMAN V. BROWN. This action was brought to recover damages for an assault. Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Needham were for the plaintiff; and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Hance, for the defendant. Mr. Lush, in opening the case, said that the plaintiff was a young man about 21 years of age, who was very respec tably connected, and whose father was a merchant residing in the town of Lewis. In the year 1861, the plaintiff was residing near N ewhaven, where he was learning the farm - ing business, and while so employed he became acquainted with the defendant, who was a farmer living in the same neighbourhood, and he was introduced to his family. Very soon afterwards an intimacy sprang up between the plaintiff and Miss Jane Brown, the daughter of the defendant, and the plaintiff asked to be allowed to visit her upon the footing of a suitor for her hand ; her father gave his consent, the plaintiff was . admitted into the family circle, and was re garded as the future husband of the young lady. Things went on in this way for some months, but at length, for reasons which it was not at all necessary further to allude to, the engagement was broken off, and on the 29th April of last year, the plaintiff and the young lady mutually agreed to release each other from the engagement that they had entered into, and each returned the letters of the other. From this period nothing occurred until Oct. 21, when upon the occasion of the plaintiff and the defendant meeting at the Corn Exchange in this town, the defendant committed a most brutal assault upon the plaintiff, by kicking him, and as he had not thought fit to give any explanation of his con duct, or offer any apology, the present action was brought to recover damages for the insult the plaintiff had received upon the occasion in question. Mr. T. S. Hillman, the plaintiff, was then examined. He said—l was introduced to the family of the defendant at the latter end of the year 1861, and I was on intimate terms with his daughter, and we were engaged to be married, but the engagement was broken off by mutual consent on the 29th April last year. I saw the defendant frequently after this, but he had no conversation with me, and I was not aware of any angry feeling on his part until the 21st of October. On that day I was standing in the Corn Ex change at Lewis, and talking to a farmer named Noakes, when I suddenly received a kick from behind, and when I turned round I saw it was the defendant who had assaulted me. When I faced him he kicked me a second time, and he would have continued his violence if his son had not laid hold of him and pinioned his arms. Cross-examined—l had known Mr. Brown's family three or four years before I was introduced to them. I myself asked Mr. Brown's permission to pay my addresses to his daughter, and after he gave his consent I was admitted into the family, and regarded as her future husband,and treated with the greatest kindness. Miss Brown used to visit my mother, and she was one of the bridesmaids when my sister was married. I gave her a ring, and myself placed it upon her engaged finger, and we used to correspond with each other in the most affectionate manner. From the letters she wrote to me I have reason to believe that she enter tained great affection for me. The engagement between us was broken off on the 29th of April, and I had made an arrangement with Miss Brown a few days before to go with her to church on the 27th, but I did not keep my promise, and did not send her any explanation for my conduct. The 29th April was Lewis market day,and I knew that her father ' would be at market on that day, and I went to his house at a time when I knew he would be out. The witness then ad mitted in the coolest possible manner, and in terms that created an evide❑tly suppressed feeling of disgust in the court, that he abruptly told the young lady that ho had come to break off the engagement of marriage, and that he had brought her letters with him to restore to her, and wished her to give him those he had written. He then asked her to take the ring off her engaged finger that he had given to her, and she burst into tears, and said, "No, Thomas, you put it on my finger, and I will not take it off;" and he said that he did take off the ring, upon this, and put it into his pocket. He admitted that only a very few days before this he had parted with the young lady upon the most affectionate terms, and that he did not give her the slightest explanation for breaking off the en gagement that existed between them, and ho also admitted that although the defendant's daughter earnestly entreated him to see hfr mother, and give her some explanation of his conduct, he refused to do so, and left the house the moment he obtained possession of the ring and the letters. Mr. Hawkins asked the plaintiff how he could possibly be surprised, after such a proceeding on his part, that the father of the young lady should kick him as he had done the first time he saw him ? (A roar of laughter in the court.) He made no reply. in answer to further questions, the plaintiff said that when he left the house Miss Brown was a little affected, and he was also a little affected himself. (Laughter.) Mr, Noakes was called to corroborate the evidence of the plaintiff with reward to the assault. Mr. Justice Wightman sail he considered this was quite unnecessary, as he understood that the assault was admitted. Mr. Hawkins—Oh, certainly, my lord, we admit the as sault, but say it sened him right (Laughter.) Mr. Hawkins then addressed the jury for the defendant, and observed that he was surprised that Mr. Hillman should have dared to bring such a case befote a jury of English gentlemen, as he submitted that he had brought the assault upon himself by his own brutal and unmanly con duct towards the daughter of the defendant, and that he richly deserved the chastisement he had received at the hands of her father. He had himself proposed the marriage to the family, and had been treated by them with the utmost kindness and hospitality, and he had repaid that hospitality by wantonly breaking off the solemn engagement ho had entered into, upon no other ground than his own will and pleasure, and when the father of the young lady adminis tered to him the chastisement he so richly deserved for his unmanly and unfeeling conduct, ho came into a court ofjus tice and asked for damages. He then said that although the plaintiff must have a verdict it appeared to him that if the jury were to give him a farthing damages that amount would be amply sufficient compensation, and the plaintiff might wear the coin as a "charm" suspended to his watoh chain. (Laughter.) Mr. Justice Wightman, In summing up, said that the assault was admitted, and the only question for the jury was, what amount of compensation the plaintiff was entitled to ? They had heard the circumstances, and it was for them to say what damages ought to be awarded. The jury returned a verdiot for the plaintiff— damages, 20s. Tho effect of this verdict will be that each party pays his own costs. RAY V. FOWLER. This was a case of breach of promise of marriage, the declaration alleging that the parties had agreed to marry each ether, and that, though a reasonable time for performance of the promise had elapsed, the defendant had not only neglected and refused to marry the plaintiff, but had mar ried some one else. The defendant pleaded, first, that he did not agree to marry her as alleged ; secondly, that she was not ready and willing to marry him ; thirdly, that she exonerated and discharged him from his promise to marry her. Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Merrifield were for the plaintiff; Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Pearce were for the defendant. The parties were neither of them in an elevated position in society, the defendant being in a position little above that of the plaintiff. He was the son of a riding -master and a livery stablekeeper at Brighton ; she was a barmaid, the daughter of a small cabkeeper at Worthing. They were about the same age, each being about 24 years old. They became acquainted in September, 1861, when she was living as barmaid at an hotel in Brighton. About 40 letters passed between them, some of which—from the defendant—wero read as the trial, and alluded to his hope that " she would be his own," and that he should be able to secure her a " better home." Tho acquaintance and correspondence continued a year and a half, and they were, according to the case for the plaintiff, mutually introduced as engaged to each other. In February last, however, she saw the ad vertisement of his marriage in the Brighton papers, and this action was brought. Mr. Lush, in opening the case for the plaintiff, said this was one of a class of cases exceedingly painful to the feelings of the parties concerned, and he declared that he had rarely heard a case of the kind which showed conduct more heart less on the part of defendant. Tho acquaintance and cor respondence had lasted a year and u half and ware continued down to the very time when the announcement of his mar riage was published. And the letters which had passed would show plainly not only the fact of the promise to marry, but that there was no pretence of any mutual agree ment to dispense with performance. The Registrar of Marriages, who proved the marriage of the defendant and his signature to the registry, was also called upon to prove two letters of the defendant, in which the expressions already mentioned occurred, and did so. Thereupon, Mr. Lush, amid much laughter, handed in a whole bundle of the defendant's letters. The father of the plaintiff was called. Being called upon, as usual, to say what he saw or heard which looked like an engagement, he said he heard the defendant speak about a profile, and say that it was "the persrn he was resolved to marry," but, the matter having gone on at Brighton while he lived at Worthing, he, of course, could not say much about it. He had no idea, he said, that the engagement was not going on up to the time of the marriage. The mother, however, who had been at the hotel where the defendant visited the plaintiff, proved his coming seve ral times a week to see her, and the proprietor objecting to it and saying that he did not think that the defendant would marry her. The witness spoke to the defendant and told him this. upon which he said that his intentions were hon ourable "as to marrying her." She also stated that she said to him that the girl had no money, and he said that ho was well aware of that, and that he would work and keep her. Another witness, a respectable woman (the plaintiff's aunt), at whose house the parties visited, stated that they conducted themselves towards each other, as she said, very well ; and being asked whether they conducted themselves towards each other as if they were courting, stated that they did so, and "in a very nice sort of way." (Laughter.) Mr. Hawkins thereupon pressed the witness a good deal as to what this meant. She said she meant in a " very re. spectable way," and that they had tea together. She said that he declared that his intentions were to marry the girl. Evidence was given that the young woman had left one of her situations in consequence of the defendant. The de fendant's letters were pat in, and in ono of them he wrote "my mother and sisters send their love to you." This was relied upon for the plaintiff as an implied recognition by the defendant's family of his engagement to her. Mr. Hawkins called no witnesses for the defendant, and, in addressing the jury on his behalf, did not deny that an engagement had been proved, and admitted that its breach could not be legally justified, and that there was no impu tation upon the character of the plaintiff, But ho urged that the case wanted all the elements of aggravation, and was not a case for serious damages. He urged in particu lar, that it did not appear that the engagement had been made known to the defendant's father or family. And it was perhaps a good thing for both the parties that the engagement had been broken off, as their position in society was not the same, and the family of the young man would not have liked the union, It was, he urged, the common else of an attachment to a pretty barmaid, by which a young man had been carried on a little further than he intended. It did not seem however to have gone further than taking tea together. (A laugh,) There was no evi dence of wounded feelings or distress of mind, nor were there any ill consequences by disgrace or otherwise, which often ensued in such cases. It was merely an ordinary case of the rupture of a rash youthful engagement, and the smallest amount of damage would suffice. The learned Judge, in summing up the case to the jury, said that the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict, and the only question was as to the amount of damages. As to wounded feelings, it was for them to say what were likely to be the young woman's feelings at such an engagement being broken off at the last moment without any reason being assigned ; and without, as it appeared, any previous notice of lt. z-urely her feelings were likely to be very much wounded when the engagement was thus broken off, after it had lasted for a year and a half, and without any cause or reason being assigned for the rupture. Oa the other hand, how ever, it did not appear that the defendant was a person of any property or independent means. _ The jury einsidered some time, and then found for the plaintiff.—Damages £lOO. OXFORD CIRCUIT.-SHREWSBLTRY, March 24. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) Edward Cooper, 30, labourer, was indicted for the murder of his own son, John Cooper, on the 15th Deceraber la t, in the parish of Baschurch in the county of Salop. From the evidence of 19 witnesses, it appeared that :the prisoner, who is a widower, was seen to enter, with the boy, into an ash coppice, near his master's house. In about an hour afterwards he went to a house near the cop pice and borrowed a spade, andwhen the spade was returned in about half an hour, it appeared as if it had been used. When asked what he had done with the boy on his return to his master's house, he said he had sent him to Manchester. Some two months afterwards sus picion was aroused, in consequence of nothing being heard of the bey, and the prisoner was arrested. Search was made in the coppice where the prisoner was seen to go with the boy, and on coming to where some of the bottom clay ap peared to have been thrown on the top, that place was dug up. The man that were digging had not been at work long when they came upon what they first thought to be a stone, but on trying t o remove it they found it to be a boot. From this it was evident they were at the right place, and the body was got out. It was identified as the body of John Cooper. The body was buried with the face downwards, with the hands behind the back, and a handkerchief was passed twice round the neck, and tied so tightly that it had to be cut off by the surgeons who made the post mortem examination, by direction of the coroner. No doubt existed that death had been caused by strangulation, and, from the appearance the body presented, it had been thrust into the grave before it was dead, as the trousers were kicked above the knees, as if the deceased child had been trying to get up. When the prisoner was taken into custody, and brought before the magistrates, he said, after being cau tioned, that he had sold the boy to a travelling man for half a crown. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty of wilful murder. The learned Judge pronounced sentence of death, hold ing out no hopes of mercy. The prisoner—My lord, may I speak ? The learned Judge signified his assent, and the prisoner, in a loud voice, and with wild gesticulations, exclaimed, " Mr. Woolrych, you are a Christian gentleman, it is you who brought me to the place of judgment; it is you and your servant Jane Saddler who bring me to the execution tree." He was then removed. TS. COUNTRY I ,__. NEWARK- White wheat new, 46s to 52s Red do. 43s to 47s Old white s9s to 62s Red do s3s to 57s Barley, malting 38s to 43s •WEDNESDAY. Barley, grinding 30s to 32s Oats, old, .. 26s to 30s New do 20s to 25s Beans. 43s to 46s / Beans, new 36s to 41s Peas 35s to 38s. HULL....-TIJESIDAY. Wheat.... Old white per qr. sos Od to 52s Od Old red New white .. „ New red .... „ Barley.... English malting 32s Od to 38s Od Grinding 278 6d to 29s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 2BB Od to 29s Od Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st osl2ld to 13d Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 0813 d Swedish and Danish 081 2 3 / 4cl to osl3d Beans ....English, old, per qr. 4ss Od to 46s Od New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od New tick. 4os Od to 42s Od Egyptian Peas Foreign boilers Grinding —s Od tc 38s Od Tares ....Spring. —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 5 0 to £lO 10 0 Foreign Bl5 oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 6 5 oto 610 0 Bones 6 5 oto 510 0 LYNN—' White sos to 53s Red.. 49s to 51s Beans .38s to 42s New —s to —s COAL 1$ Prloco of Coal per Ton a' a. d. Byass's Bebside West Hartley l4 9 Carway and Duffryn Malting l9 6 Lambert's West Hart ley 14 9 Davison's West Hart ley 14 9 Tar..field Moor 12 0 Tanfield Moor Butee 12 0 alker Primrose 11 3 North Pelton Gas 13 0 Walls End Harton l4 3 Ships at, market, 'UESDAY. Barley. .... 38s to 390 Grinding ..32s to 333 Oats Peas —s to —s AltliET. the close of the market. Walls End. s. d. Haswell .. Hetton l7 0 Heugh Hall .15 6 Cassol , Ridde11...... South Hartlepool l5 9 Ecuth Hetton ..17 6 0 Hartlepool. Tritndon Hartlepool l6 6 Tunstail Edon Main ...... l5 0 Kelloe .16 0 South Kelloe. 16 0 Russel's Hetton 15 6 123; solJ. 63. A letter from Cracow, of the 18th, in the Silesian Gazette, says—"A Russian officer whom LangiewicZ not long since caused to be executed was a captain who had been made prisoner at the battle of Skala. He was treated with all the consideration due to his rank, and, on his parole, had been allowed to freely move about in the camp. He at length availed himself of that permission to make an attempt at escape, but on reaching the advanced posts was stopped by a Zouave. The Russian showed his permit signed by Langiewicz, and then taking out a cigar asked the Zouave to give him a light. While the latter was preparing to do so, the captain suddenly drew the soldier's bayonet from the sheath, and aimed a blow at the man's breast. Fortunately the Zouave jumped aside, and escaped injury, but havinggiven an alarm, the captain was taken back to the camp, tried by a court-martial, and condemned to death. He was immediately hanged to a tree." Births. GRANT.—On the 22d inst„ at Veitch's Hotel, Edinburgh, Lady Macpherson Grant, of Ballindallocb, of a son and heir. HARBORD.—On the 23d inst., at Gunton, the wife of the Hon. W, Harbord, of a daughter, MAXWELL.—On the 24th inst., at 40, Heriot.row, Edin burgh, the wife of Colonel Maxwell, C. 8., late 46th Itegt., of a daughter. TRESS.—On the 24th inst., at West Lodge, Clapham-park, the wife of Cooper Tress, Esq., of a son. Marriages. ASTLEY—BINNEY—On the 25th inst., at All Souls', Lang ham-place, Francis Nathaniel Astley, late Captain (Cara bineers), to Jane, eldest daughter of the late W. Binney, Esq. BOYCE—DEsVa:ux.—On the 24 th inst. , at Trinity Church, Chelsea, ha o t t Fredericke,ter of d aughAth A. e late Si Boyce, Esrq., Captai n R.N., to CCharles Des Voeux, Bart. . Deaths. BuRRUP. —Ol4 the 24th inst., at Brixton, Mr, Joe. BurruPt ofl2, Royal aged H d7 e 2 a . IllGos._onh vitree, near Exeter, Cap tain W. .. q• Higgs, R.N., age d 82. LAUDERDALE — Onthe ?2d inst., a t Thi r l cstane C as ,l e, the Exchange, Right Hon. the Earl of Lauderdal,., G.C.B. m E , NE LL —On the 24th i nst , in London, Thos. Meynelly t e 20th tns a, Esq., of the Fryerage, near Y arn', Yorkshire, and Kil vington Hall, near Thicsk, aged 57. KruKwooD.—On the 22d inst., at Milner-square, Isling" ton, Thomas Kirkwood, Esq., aged 60. RALPHS.—On the 21st ins ~ John Ralphs, Esq., J.P., Pinley House, near Coventry, aged 88. WRIGHT.—On the 22d inst., at Park-place, Louth, Liu" colnshire, the Rev. Wm. Wright, LL.B., aged 77. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Sur; Office, No. 1 12 , Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in. the County 0 Middlesex.—Thursday, March 26, 1863. 110 th a of pat SRN Oti' Mb , A X 2 by iv f rru be coc exi 5 tin inlv 1 by Co: nta tra on the COT Gr quf do( tirr Na SON trif 111 C