The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-16 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Jan. 27. The beginning of the end draws near. There is a break up of the ice. The debacle has commenced. There are sounds under the frozen waters that in form prudent men of the ooming peril, and warn them to get out of the way. The unloosened stream is about to burst from its winter bondage; and if it overflow the banks, carry away the bridges, and submerge the farms and tenements within a wide district on either side, no one ought to be surprised at the outbreak. The patience of the people is well nigh exhausted. They have long been disgusted with the war and the Administration. The disgust has communicated itself to the army. Confidence exists nowhere. Even the Exterminators and the Abolitionists have begun to despair of their cause, their President, and themselves, and see before them not only the dismemberment of the Union into North and South, but into a third Republic of the West, accompanied by the utter prostration of credit, if not by a crowning act of national bank- raWes. The recent failure of thoarmy of the Potomac has brought matters to this crisis. After floundering in the peculiarly tenacious mud of Virginia for a few hours, General Burnside resolved to lead his dispirited and insubordinate army to the attack, unaccompanied by the artillery, which he found it impossible to move, arguing that the storms which had done him so much damage had done as much to the enemy, and that if they could fight without cannon so could he. At the council of war called to consider the matter General Burnside found none to agree with him. Hesitating under such circum stances—as well he might—to assume the respon sibility of continuing a movement so inauspiciously begun, so certein to be inefficiently supported by his reluctant subordinates, and so likely to lead to the capture or annihilation of the whole force, he re signed himself to his fate, countermanded the move• meat, left his horses, his waggons, and his guns in the mud, marched his troops back to their old can tonments, and proceeded to Washington, determined to resign his command. The President did not wish to accept the resignation, but General Burnside was peremptory and would listen to no advice or per suasion. The result was that on Saturday morning he ceased to be commander of the Army of the Potomac ; and that General Hooker, the " fighting Joe" of the soldiers, was appointed to his place. For some reasons not yet explained—perhaps from the appointment of a junior over their heads, perhaps from disapprobation of the unconstitutional acts of the Government, perhaps from dissatisfaction with the continued interference of the President with mi • litary matters, which he does not understand, and perhaps from despair of achieving any good with the Army of the Potomac, Generals Sumner and Frank lin—old, experienced, and trusted soldiers—have also resigned. The distrust and demoralisation are widely spread. Mr. Raymond, of the .N etc York Times, reports that in a visit to the camp, amid the exciting scenes of last week, he heard of one corps of 15,000 men, which, on arriving to take part in General Burnside's projected movement was found to number but 5,000. In other words, the remaining 10,000 had severed their connection with the Army of the Potomac by the simple act of desertion. At the present time this once noble army is little better than a mob. Whatever patriotism may have once in 1 / Davis and the Southern people maintain that l they can carry on the war against all the force which the North can oppose, they will throw them selves on the side of the South. The z•ubject is keenly debated among them, together wi h the cog- 1 nate questions of Fiee Trade and the Tariff. Chica go, by the voice of a public meeting, declares that Mr. Lincoln (of Illinois) has neither "back bone nor grit," and that if the war is to be prosecuted for the extermination of the Southern people the cowards of the army must undertake the job, for the brave men will not do it. The Chicago Tribune declares that " if in the changes and reorganisation that are possible it is necessary for the West to choose where she will go, she may not become an appendage either of the middle States or of the South, but may declare her independence of both ; and in the heart of the continent, the possessor of the finest soil and the best climate in the hemisphere, with more than 10,000,000 of people, and the prospect of a rapid in crease, may organise an empire that will dominate over all other sections of the republic." Indiana is equally dissatisfied, and swarms with democrats, who make no secret of their enmity to the Federal Government and their sympathy with the South. There is naturally much disquietude in Washington, when such facts as these and many others not pro mulgated to the public are made known to the Ad ministration by its avowed friends or secret agents; and hence arises some portion of the frantic desire of the Federal Government that a bold stroke should immediately be made on the Mississippi. The Southern Government knows well what is in tended; and in his recent tour in the south-west Mr. Jefferson Davis took especial pains to impress upon the people the paramount importance of de fending to the last extremity both Vicksburg and Port Hudson. Under the pressure of this idea the Federal Government is prepared, especially after the failure of Burnside's movement, to allow the war to languish for a while in Virginia. Gen. Halleck and others speak of the possession of Richmond as if it were not worth further effort; and even go so far as to express the opinion that the army of the Potomac should be sent to Vicksburg to co-operate in the reduction of that fortress. The rise of the waters in all the navigable rivers that flow into the Mississippi and the Ohio renders available the great naval resources of the North, and points to a spring campaign, in which the Federal Government will put forth its whole strength to regain the wanting confidence of the Western and North-Western States by the conquest and control of the Missis sippi. Vicksburg, therefore, and not Richmond, promises to be the Armageddon of the war. The only obstacle to the abandonment of the campaign a Virginia is the danger that would threaten Wash- ington if any large portion of the army of the Poto mac were withdrawn—a danger that seems to be ever present to Mr. Lincoln's mind, and on which it is difficult, if not impossible, to reassure him. He cannot forget either Stonewall Jackson or General Stuart, or the possibilities of evil that may wait upon their separate or combined daring. He can not, for dignity's sake, abandon Washington and take refuge in New York, and has no inclination to be carried as a captive to Richmond, to experience the fate of John Brown, of Ossawattomie, so re nowned in the songs of the Massachusetts Volun teers, and in the execration of the South. As the only alternative he insists upon the safety of Wash ington, and keeps two armies to secure it. Mr. Simon Cameron, ex-Secretary of War, seems spired it has oozed or been beaten out of it. The discouragement began by the removal of General APClellan, was followed by the proclamation of emancipation, and lastly by the non-receipt of its long overdue pay and allowances. Under these com bined agencies officers and soldiers alike have lost faith in the influences which affect to control them, and, if something be not immediately done to restore it to obedience and reanimate it with faith as well as courage, the army will not survive the winter. It is not only melting away, but what remains of it cannot again be brought up to the fighting point— not if IM'Clellan himself were to take command of it. Mr. Raymond states to-day, and puts his signa ture to the allegation, that " the officers are demo ralised in every sense of the word, and that they are a source of discouragement, discontent, and dis heartenment to the soldiers," and does not hesitate to add that " the failure of General Burnside's move- ing an offer that he might betray the offerer. In order that he might not afterwards be accused of having had a real hankering after the money, he previ ously communicated his plot to several of his col leagues init he Legislature. This done, he commenced operations. The trap was set and baited, and Mr. Cameron began to nibble. A person in the ex- Minister's confidence sought an interview with the corruptible legislator, and, after a little dexterious dalliance, made him an offer of 5,000 dole. for his vote. The sum was rejected as not sufficient to repay the risk or gild the disgrace, and the negotiator withdrew. On the following day Mr. Cameron himself appeared on the scene, and doubled the bribe. Mr. Boyer, however, was not to be purchased at so cheap a rate; and in subsequent interviews the premium or, his virtue advanced in successive and easy leaps to fifteen, twenty, and twenty-five thousand dollars. At the latter point it rested, Mr. Cameron being unable or unwilling to bid any higher. The bargaiu finally closed at 25,000 dollars, and a deposit of one-fifth was offered in proof of the validity of the transaction, the remainder to be paid spirit. on the day of Mr. Cameron's election. Mr. Boyer, Scarcely anyone anticipates that General Hooker however, refused to touch the money, and in due will be able to make anything of the instrument on time recorded his vote against Mr. Cameron, who which it is his ill - fortune t o be called u p on to p la y . thereby lost his electi on . M r . B oyer h as pu bli s h e d Wall-street certainly is not of opinion that he will in the Philadelphia journals a long statement, of draw much melody out of it. He may strike up a which the above are the principal points, and has bold and martial strain, but the pipe is out of tune offered to substantiate them upon oath. A com and will never discourse the music of victory, how- mittce of the Lower House of the Pennsylvanian ever lustily he may blow. The news of Burnside's Legislature has been appointed to investigate mishap sent gold up to 50;4; his resignation sent it the matter, with power to call upon both parties to 52; and te-day the general aspect of affairs and to give evidence before it; and until their the all but hopeless condition of the army which was decision be rendered the President is urged not to once the pride of the republic have raised it to the permit Mr. Cameron to return to St. Petersburg. alarming figure of 5.5. People ask what is to be done, This is clearly a case of Greek against Greek. No and no one can answer. Were there a general who one will have much sympathy with Mr. Cameron had pluck and audacity enough to put himself at the if the ease be proved against him, as it promises to head of the still considerable number of the army be—but quite as certainly no one will have any which is fretting, fuming, and mouldering away on with Mr. Boyer. Detestation of the acts of the the bank of the Rappahannock, and march, not to criminal does not necessarily cause the spectator of Richmond, but to Washington, to re-enact the part the punishment to have any fellow-feeling for Jack of Cromwell or Napoleon, there is little doubt that Ketch who officiates, the more especially if Jack the people would wish him God speed, and rally to be a volunteer, and ties the noose and lets fall the his standard as the forlorn hope of the Republic drop out of sheer love of the ungentlemanly office. But there is no such man. Or, if there be, he has Political corruption is bad, but it is scarcely worse lost his chance. The noblest ship of modern times than political treachery, It will surprise no one if —the American Republic—is drifting against the some other person than Mr. Cameron be deputed rocks for want of a captain an d a pilot—almost to represent th e F e d era l Government at the Court certain, if she do not founder, to split herself into of the Czar, and if Mr. Boyer be rejected the next pieces against obstructions which the most ordinary time he offers himself for a seat in the Legislature; seamanship would have enabled her to avoid. but it will assuredly both scandalise and surprise Nor is it only the disheartening failure of the the public, should the case be proved, if Mr. Lin- Army of the Potomac and the universal distrust coin persist after such an exposure in nominating with which the policy of the administration and the Mr. Cameron to any office of trust or emolument; personal action of Mr. Lincoln are regarded that least of all to an embassy. inspire alarm. The West is becoming clamorous, if The recent turmoil and excitement in Albany not rebellious. To such an extent has the discontent conse quent u pon the election of Speaker of the been carried that the jocular President, the hilarious Rouse of Assembly have created considerable Secretary of State, the somnolent Secretary of the scandal. Mr. Callicott, the successful candidate, Navy, and the whole personnel of the Administra- was originally a Democrat; and it is alleged that tion and the Senate are for the first time seriously he corruptly sold himself to the opposite pa rt y. alarmed. The r oug h and ready population of the Hence the hubbub of the past fortnight in the legis- Western and North Western r eg i ons declare that lative capital. As parties are very easily ba they are fighting and have fought for the Uni b ecau se they were of opinion th at th on, lanced, and the Speaker will probably have the e f r ee naviga- casting vote in the election of a Senator for tion of the Mississippi could best be secured and New York to the Federal Congress, which perpetuated by the restoration o f t h e Republic one is to take place next week, the struggle was and indivisible. ' They deny that they have ever to fight for the abolition ofof more than usual importance, involving not only fought or inten d slavery , the triumph of the Republicans in the compare their lands sympathy with the negro, either free They have no sy tively small matter of the Speakership, but in the deny him access to or enslaved. They far greater question of the Senatorship. Were the and all political rights. They think that his proper Senator elected by universal suffrage, as the repro piece is in the cotton , rice, and sugar fields of the sentatives are, there is no doubt that the Democrats y jy— Sonth, and that his prop er status is slavery. The would carry th e i r man b a large ma orit but elected b y • edict of emancipation, a Legislature in which both parties are inoperative as it has been, equal that one vote may decide the issue, has made them bitterly hostile to the Government so nearly which issued it, and has set them calculating whe- not surprising that the Democratic made an ob ther the freedom of the Mississippi is likely to he jstinate fight on the Speakership, though it is to be most speedily express th e i r di sgus t at the con assura under the auspices of the regretted that they Seutheen or the Northern Federation. If they once duct of the renegade member of their party in terms decide that the Northern Government is not in a which are neitherParliamentary,nor gentlemanlike. position to open up that great artery of internal Another little circumstance, which has excited commerce, and allow them to discharge the contents some commotion during the week, deserves men of their overflowing granaries intothe hungry cities tion, even amid the greater affairs of the war, as and plantations of the cotton - producing States in showing the strength of the principle of States' 1e33 than the 20 years during which Mr. Jefferson rights, which the Fe deral p art y affects to ignore, to have stuck as deeply in the mud as the army of the Potomac. He is involved in a score—or perhaps thrice a score of lawsuits commenced against him by persons whom he wrongfully ordered to be im prisoned in Forts Lafayette and Warren; and, having left his embassy at St. Petersburg, to mix himself up in the local politics 3f Pennsylvania, with the view of being elected to the Senate of the United States, he has been ignominiously defeated and rejected. But this is not the worst part of his manifold distresses and humiliations. AR unscru pulous member of the legislature of Pennsylvania, named Boyer, having heard, or had reason to sus spect some days prior to the election, that Mr. Cameron was Rot only willing but anxious to bribe any one who would vote for him, and knowing more over, that one vote was all that was required to turn the scale in the ex-Minister's favour, treacherously and maliciously placed himself in the way of receiv ment was not so much owing to the storm and the mud as primarily and mainly to the insubordina tion of the generals, who, in the presence of infe rior officers, of newspaper reporters, and of all who chose to listen, denounced the movement before it took place and while it was in progress." Yesterday the special correspondent of the World, writing be fore General Burnside's resignation was known, declared that the troops had lost their confidence, and that the soldier no longer thought it an honour to belong to the Army of the Pomtomac. Such facts as these have long been whispered in private, but the newspapers hesitated to give them publicity lest they should be accused of treason, and lest Mr. Stanton, in a sudden fit of renewed activity, should have revived for the especial behoof of their editors and correspondents the ancient, but not altogether unexploded, terrors of Forts Lafayette and Warren. Now they are blazoned abroad in every sheet that is published, and read by camp fires in the mud and rain, increasing the dissatisfaction which they nar rate, and flattering insubordination and mutiny with the polite euphonisms of patriotism and public THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1863, and the invasion of which provoked the secession of South Carolina and all her wayward sisters. General Wool having, been appointed by Mr. Lin coln to the office of Military Commandant of New York and New England, ordered the Militia of New York to report to him. The officers of the Militia took immediate steps to resist the order. They denied that Gen. Wool or President Lincoln had any authority over them, asserted that Gover nor Seymour was their Commander-in-Chief, and declared that to him and him only they owed obe dience ; the whole question of State Rights was in volved, and they would not yield one iota of the trust reposed in them by their fellow-citizens at the dictation, or even at the urgent request, of any , Federal authority whatever. General Wool con sulted with Governor Seymour; and, like a wise man, conceded the point. He will for the future confine his military perquisitions to such portions of the army of the United States as may be eta • tioned within its jurisdiction, and leave the State Militia to its elected officers. THE MURDER AT ACTON. On Saturday afternoon the prisoners, Joseph Brooks and Isaac Brooks, underwent a further examination before Mr. Dayman, at the Hammersmith Police-court, on the charge of shooting Police-constable Davey, at Acton, on the night of Monday, the 19th ult. On this occasion the witness Jane Lake, the affirnced of Joseph, was placed in the dock by the side of Isaac, charged with being an accessory after the fact, as she had stated to a female named Walter that she had destroyed Joseph's hat. Mr. Treherne again conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Haynes appeared for all the prisoners. Three witnesses were first called to prove hearing the report of fire-arms, and to going to Petherton Villa almost immediately afterwards ; but they did not see any person running away. Inspector Searle added to his former evidence that at the time he apprehended the male prisoners, and after they (the police) had been to see Jane Lake with reference to the gun, Isaac's wife said, " She has sold us." Mr. Haynes was about to question the inspector as to the taking of Lake into custody, upon which Mr. Dayman said it was by his authority she was appro. hended ; at least, certain circumstances having been men tioned to him, he thought they were sufficient for her to be taken into custody. _ _ Mr. Haynes submitted whether it was fair to the prisoner to place her in the dock after having;estorted evidence from her against the prisoner Joseph. Mr. Dayman said certain evidence came to the knowledge of the police after she had given her evidence, and that that was the reason why he thought they would be justified in taking her. Mr: Haynes said that if her evidence was to be believed, saac could not be implicated in the murder. Mr. Dayman then said that if the prosecution proceeded against Jane Lake, all the evidence she had given would be struck out. It was not usual in these days to proceed against persons for being accessories after the fact, and he had no doubt that if an application were made to the Court they would try her separately, and then Mr. Haynes could call her as a witness for the prisoner Isaac. The evidence of the two females, Walter and Powell, against the female prisoner was read over at the request of Mr. Haynes, after which they were croes-examined, and they denied that there had been any previous arrangement between them to entrap the girl. _ _ _ The female prisoner, who is described as being only 17 years of age, conducted herself with great levity, and ap peared far more happy in the dock than she did when in the witness-box. Fanny Lake, a young girl, the sister of the prisoner, was next examined, and she stated that she lived at home with her parents at No. 6, Chapel-place, Back-common, Turn ham-green. She remembered the prisoners being appre hended. Two or three days afterwards she saw her sister cutting up something. She thought it sas a hat. It was not a high hat, but a round one. A deer-stalking hat was placed before her, and she was asked whether it was like the one her sister had, but she could not say. _ _ vv The witness also said it was cut like in half. She thought her sister burnt it. She saw her put it on the fire. She did not tell witness whose hat it was. She said nothing about the hat, nor did witness. It was daylight when she did it. Mr. Haynes thought there was not a tittle of evidencia against her to send her for trial, and she was entitled to be discharged. The only evidence against her was some loose kind of conversation to two women. _ _ • Mr. Dayman could not say there was no evidence, for if the witness Walter was to be believed, there was the pri soner's statement with regard to the hat. He would not express any opinion as to what ought to be done, but would leave it to the discretion of those who were conducting the case. She had destroyed something which might have been serious evidence as against one of the prisoners. He should send her for trial with the other prisoners. The depositions of those witnesses who were present were read over and signed, and the prisoners were formally re manded for the attendance of the remainder, including the wife of the deceased. The court was again crowded in every part. thirdly, it is stated, on the authority of Russell's .‘ History of Surrey," that the plague visited Guild tord in the fourth year oC E;izabeth's reign, and that this might have been the burying-place fur those who died of that dreadful scourge ; again, it is suggested that this might have been the place where criminals were executed, and that these are remains, therefore, of persons who have suffered the sentence of the law. It is within the recollection of the "oldest inhabitants" that executions used to take place at a spot called Gang-hill, which is within a quarter of a mile from where these skele tons were found, and close to that again there is a place still called "Gallows-copse," It is beyond question that the Hospital of St. Thomas, and pos sibly also a priory, stood somewhere between the existing Merrow and Ripley roads, and within a short distance of where these bones were found. This, therefore, might have been the interment place of one of these institutions. We have only to add that portions of the five skulls, the three thigh bones, portions of the pelvic bones, and the small piece of iron described above, are in the possession of Mr. Ross, and that he will be happy to show them to any person desirous to see them.— West Surrey Times. A VISIT TO THE ALABAMA. The following extract of a letter from a gentle man resident in Jamaica will be read with inte- rest : Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 23. I have just been down to Post Royal, in com pany with Captain Nixon, to visit the Confederate steamship Alabama, or 290, which came in here on Tuesday evening last to refit and land her prisoners (101 men and 17 officers) taken from the Federal gunboat Hatteras, which she fought and sunk off Galveston Harbour, on Sunday night the 11th inst. Her arrival at this part has caused the greatest ex citement, and hundreds have been down to look at a vessel which has made such unprecedented havoc in the ranks of her enemies. She has only been in commission five months, and has already destroyed 30 Federal ships. We were very courteously re ceived on board by the officers, who took us over the vessel, and pointed out all her arrangements, and described in detail the late successful action. It appears that the Alabama was cruising off Galves ton, at which port several of the Federal ships of war were lying, and Captain Semmes intended to run in at night, do what damage he could, and then sheer off; but they caught sight of him during the day and gave chase, one of them, the unfortu nate Hatteras, continuing it until night. Captain Semmes gave them leg bail, until it was quite dark, when he suddenly hauled round, and stood in for the harbour, which manoeuvre soon brought him alongside his opponent, who appears not to have recognised him, but hailed, " What ship's that ?" To which Capt. Semmes replied, " This is her Britannic Majesty's gunboat Petrel ;" and hailed in return, " What ship's that ?" The answer was, " This is the United States gunboat Hatteras, in search of the Alabama." " Well, said Captain Semmes, " here we are ; this is the Confederate steamer Alabama ;" and as the guns were all loaded and manned, and the order given to fire the mo ment the men heard the word Alabama, he had no sooner spoken than crash went the whole of her starboard guns right into the Hatteras at a dis tance of forty yards. a large shell exploding in her engine-room and completely disabling her. She re turned their fire, of course ; but it was all up with her, and she struck by firing a gun to leeward thirteen minutes after the action commenced, and went down in fty-four minutes, head foremost, barely giving Captain Semmes time to save the officers and crew. Ido not know how many men were killed on board, as the Confederate officers had no means of judging except by the statements of their enemies, which they did not seem to be lieve. The Alabama had not one killed and but one wounded, and that very slightly. The Alabama carries eight guns, all of large calibre. One of them they told us would throw a 1201 b. shot. She appears to be somewhat damaged by the encounter, one shot having gone right through her bows; another, apparently aimed at her rudder, struck her under the counter, and shat tered several of her planks ; altogether she received five shots. The Hatteras carried nine guns. It is not known how long the Alabama will stay here, but, as there are a whole fleet of the Federal cruisers on the look-out for her, I suppose she will not stop more than a few days. Her officers are all young men, with the exception of the first lieute nant; most of them I should say between 18 and 25 years, and fine gentlemanly fellows they are. She has a crew of about 150. The officers spoke very warmly of the sympathy invariably shown to them in English ports. They told us that the Southern people did not expect or wish England to interfere on their behalf, but thought they had fairly won their title to be recognised as a nation; stat ing, moreover, that but one feeling existed in the South, and pervaded all ranks, down even to their children, which was the determination to achieve their freedom at any cost. They spoke with pardonable pride of what they had already done, and with sorrow of the sufferings caused by this unhappy struggle, which they hoped might soon be ended; in the meantime they intended to do their part towards damaging their enemies. The prisoners were all in irons when we went on board, with the exception of the officers, who were on their parole, but they were all liberated and sent ashore during the day, and are now in charge of the United States vice-consul, who in tends sending them to Key West by the first op portunity. There is but one feeling here, which is a hearty sympathy with the Southern cause. Some of the officers told us that they were E 0 kindly received in Kingston that they almost thought they were at home again. One of them took out of his pocket a copy of a daily London journal of Manchester " proclivities," and pointed out some articles which he charact erised as gross misrepresentations of their cause. I was glad to be able to set him right as to the wholly exceptional character of the paper in question, which appeared to afford him considerable satisfaction. We shook hands at parting, wished them all success, and left them very much gratified by our visit. I could not, of course, learn what is the Alabama's destination after leaving here, but, from what the officers told me, I think it will not be long before we hear of the Alabama again. PLYMOUTH, Saturday.—The iron screw steamship Harriet Pinckney, 571 tons, Captain H. C. Halpon, belonging to Mr. Begbie, of and for London, with 300 bales of cotton, from Bermuda, put into the Sound this afternoon for fuel. She left at the island on January 29, in St. George's harbour, the iron paddlewheel steamship Merri mac, about 600 tons, which had been five months in port, and the iron screw steamship Phoebe, about 400 tons, which was preparing to depart for Australia, where she will be employed in the conveyance of the intercolonial mails. The iron paddlewheel steamship Cornubia left Bermuda on the 27th of January with a mixed cargo for the southward. The Harriet Pinckney brings some cases of clothing for the distressed weavers in Lancashire. Rear-Admiral Sir Alex ander Milne, K.C.8., in the screw steamship Nile, 78, Cap tain Edward K. Barnard, with a squadron of five or six ships, was in Hamilton harbour, where he would probably continue. The paddlewheel steamvessel Spitfire, 5, Charles Bawden master, had towed from a reef of rocks the merch ant schooner S, T. Territt into Hamilton. The screw and January h e s y e steam gunvessel Nimble, 5, Lieutenant John D'A rc y, th ree days from N ew Y or k , arr i ve d a t B ermu d a on t h e 21st of n ; ; the paddlewheel steam sloop Vesu v i us , 6, C ap t. Richard e H w a s m te i a l m s ton io f o r p om pe H sp a e v r a a n tec n , ah o , m a ni rr a iv n e d d er o T n . t T he hr 2 u 4 p th p: on the 28th, from Halifax, with the English mail of the 10th. The screw steam sloop Rinaldo, 17, Commander A. R. Dun lop, from New Orleans; the screw steam frigate Orlando, 46, Captain George S. Randolph, from Matamoras ; and the screw steam corvette Pylades, 21, Captain Arthur W. A. Hood, were daily expected at Bermuda. The screw steam frigate Melpomene, 51, Captain Charles J. F. Ewart, left on the 23d for Barbadoes and the West Coast of Africa, and the paddlewheel steam sloop Styx, 6, Commander the lion. William T. Ward, on the 26th for Havannah and New Orleans. The merchant ship Visurgis, of San Francisco, Captain Baker, 156 days from Callao, with a cargo of guano for London, put into Plymouth Sound this afternoon, wind bound. [ADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment.—Change able Weather.—The sudden fickleness of this climate sadly disturbs the general state of public health. Affections of the throat and chest are found in every household, and the readiest means of cure are Holloway's renowned remedies. They prevent congestion, inflammation, ulceration, bron chitis, hoarseness, and cough. This sooothing Ointment only requires to be well rubbed twice a day over the throa► and chest, to effect an immediate and marked improvement in all the symptoms of disease, and quickly produce a radical cure. Both Ointment end Pills are devoid of danger, being compounds of the finest balsams intimately allied by nature and accurately combined by art. Extraordinary Discovery of Skeletons. In our last number we published the circumstance that a certain discovery of skeletons had been made in a field belonging to Mr. Savage, on the right of the road leading from Guildford to Merrow, and at a distance of about 300 yards back from the road. In common with many others, we have been to see these relies of the past, and now present a few in teresting facts to our readers, in the hope that they may assist to enable those whose antiquarian re searches entitle them to be heard on such a subject to form some theory as to the probable period when these burials took place. We ascertained from the labourer Chandler, who first discovered the remains, that the skeletons, five in number, were found while digging for flints, at a depth of between two and three feet from the surface. Each skeleton lay in a direction which he indicated by placing a stick on the ground, and, on comparing the direction of the stick with a pocket compass, we ascertained that each must have lain due cast and west, the head to to west and the feet to the east. The skeletons were found lying in excavations cut in the solid chalk. The five excavations were relatively parallel to each other—parallel as far as the directions of their long axis ; but the feet of No. 2, commencing from the lowest and most eastward one, was on a level with the skull of No. 1, but two feet higher up the field, or more southward. No. 3 had a like relation to No. 2, and so on with the remainder, the fifth being found " jammed" under the hedge, as Chandler ex pressed it, the hedge being evidently of far more recent construction than the rude sarcophagi under neath. The chalk " coffins," as they were called, had been removed, and therefore no opportunity was afforded us of seeing these remarkable receptacles of the dead. The bones removed from the several holes had been placed under the soil in another part of the field, and these were disinterred for us, in the pre senae of Mr. Fred. D. Ross, the well-known sur geon of this town, to see. As portions of bones were one by one thrown cut, Mr. Ross had no difficulty in pronouncing that while there were strong evidences for believing that they all had been interred about the same time, there was a considerable variation in the ages of the persons whose entire skeletons had thus been unexpectedly exhumed. Without ex pressing ;ny opinion at the time, we asked Chandler to pick out, if he could, the skull or portions of bone belonging to No. 1 excavation, to No. 2, and so on. He seemed readily to recognise the portions belonging to each, and on each part of skull so identified as belonging to No. 1,2, 3,4, or 5 Mr. Ross marked with a pencil. Three thigh bones, in remarkable preservation, he indicated as belonging to No. 1, and the other to No. 5, its fellow being much broken ; the bones generally were very much smashed, the jaws only excepted, which were armed with very perfect sets of teeth, in wonderful preservation. Besides the above, Mr. Ross pos sessed himself of some portions (the best he could find) of the pelvic bones; and, on more carefully examining them at home, he has arrived at the following conclusion—viz., that the skull marked No. 1 was certainly the oldest of all, and the one marked No. 5 certainly the youngest ; No. 2 was younger than No. 1, and older than No. 3,4, or 5. Nos, 9 and 4 were much of the same age, but both older than No. 5. The pelvic bones, &c., of No. 1 lead him to believe that they belong to a woman, and the pelvic bones of No. 5 to a young man. The pelvic bones of the remaining three were unfortu nately too much broken to afford any indication as to the sex to which they belonged. Subsequently, Mr. Ross showed these bones to Mr. Schollick, the resident medical officer of the dispensary, and a very skilful surgeon, and asked him to arrange them on the table according to their respective ages. This he did, and on comparing these portions with his his own preconceived ideas Mr. Ross found that they were agreed. Mr. Schollick concurred, also, that the pelvis, &c. of the first belonged to a woman, and that of the fifth to a young man. We should add that a piece of iron, in the form of a blade, was also found in one of these excavations. It is much corroded, about four inches in length and about half an inch iu breadth. We ai o informed, also, that some time ago, while something was being done to a portion of this and an adjoining field, the work men came down upon a large quantity of human bones, which were carted away and buried somewhere else. Abcut eight or nine months since also an old stirrup iron was found near the same spot, but it was thrown away and thought nothing of. We now leave these facts to our readers, among whom must be many capable of giving some idea as to the period of history to which t hey relate, and to state whetter or not this discovery is a valuable one in an antiquarian point of view. Among the various theories which have been suggested are — first, the probability of these being the remains of soldiers engaged either in the early Anglo-Saxon conflicts, or in some of the wars about the period of the Conquest ; secondly, that they are the remains. of soldiers slain in some conflict bf.tween the Par , liamentarians and Royalists in Cronaw ell's time; ~..~. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. SPECTATOR.—The North has fought from the first for the Union beyond all, pursuing that end with a zeal which has too often blinded it to ti e plainest considerations of justice and morals. It has not abandoned that object yet, but it has begun to con ceive of failure as among the possibilities, and con sequently to direct its unrelaxed efforts to ends which, even if the Union be destroyed, may mitigate the resulting calamity. For conquest its only chance is emancipation, which must disintegrate Southern society ; but that failing, or proving too slow, the North has in itself the power to enclose the Confederacy within a ring fence of free States. It is to the double end that its efforts are now all directed. On the one hand, the hope of action with the army of the Potomac is obviously not surren dered, and Gen. Burnside has been replaced by Gen. Hooker, an officer who is expected to fight. Mea sures, moreover, are taken for raising negro regi ments, not so much, we imagine, to supply the place of white men—for the North doubts negro valour — but to carry out to the full the policy of emancipa tion. A negro regiment in V irginia would be a better guarantee to the mind of the slave than a ream of official documents, for it would at once promise him bread, and show him the means of civilised self-de fence. As garrison troops moreover, the sepoys will relieve the whites, whose strength is now required for the supreme national efforts, namely, to strike be fore June a series of blows which shall either break up the military power of the South, or, failing that, shall secure to the North a boundary which shall leave an imperial future for the free States in stead of the slave. A little pamphlet just published in England contains a map, showing all men with eyes with what comparative ease this second end may even now be secured. The North is for defen sive purposes almost impregnable, and it is only necessary (!) to clear the Mississippi and regain Texas, and the South is reduced at once to the rank of a second-class Power. The task is still a difficult ene s but compared with the subjugation of the South (!) it becomes a mere bagatelle. Towards the Missis sippi, therefore, the Federal Government is direct ing its strength, keeping, it is true, the army of the Potomac in position opposite Fredericksburg, but only to prevent the best Southern army from hurry ing to the West, The point of attack is Vicksburg, and two armies, supported by a fleet of gunboats, are preparing for the attack —M'Clernand, from Arkansas, and General Grant, from Memphis ; while General Rosencranz watches at Shelbyville the only Southern army which can be at once ad vanced to Vicksburg. The mode of attack is not clear, the papers writing nonsense about a canal which is to drain off the Mississippi. We presume the intention is to dig a canal across the promontory round which the Mississippi runs, and so leave Vicksburg—which stands on the other side, oppo site the point of the promontory—an inland city. The enterprise, if successful (!) wilt form a canal up which steamers can pass, and thus make the Missis sippi free without reference to Vicksburg guns. That is possible, and as a temporary expedient would be almost as valuable as the capture of Vicksburg ; hut whatever the plan, it is certain that the interest of the war is beginning to centre here. The free dom of the Mississippi must be secured to ensure the second alternative. It must be secured, moreover, be fore June next, for the term of the nine months' men—nearly half the effective army—expires en some day in that month, and without the encourage ment of victory, the levy of another army will be beyond the power of a Government which has sent a million of men to the field. The Mississippi once cleared, however (!) the North can rest on its oars, hem in the South by a water blockade cover ing three sides of her territory, and a land blockade on the fourth ; fill up Texas with settlers numerous enough to revolutionise her State laws, and calmly await the day when the South shall accept a peace on the basis of each federation retaining the posses sions it actually holds. LONDON REVIEW.—The sailor, who chose all the grog in the world and all the tobacco in the world for two of the three wishes, the realisation of which was offered to him by the benevolent genius, could think of nothing further that human nature could possibly desire, and for his third wish chose "more grog." If what the newspapers tell us be true, a change has come over the spirit of the British navy. A strange yearning for roast beef has suddenly penetrated and inflamed those rough hearts, whose march is o'er the ocean wave and whose home is on the deep. Jack is turning gentleman, and looking out for the comforts of life. He does not despise grog and tobacco in the abstract ; he will say no thing against them ; they have had their day, and very good fellows, in their way, have been content with them. But it is an age of progress, and sailors, as well as others, must advanee with the times. He would himself prefer his food tender, succulent, and with the gravy in it. He will be always happy to serve his country as before, and if the deck of one of her Majesty's ships wants swab ing, be will swab it. But henceforward it must be understood that with regard to cookery he bar the feelings of his kind. He does not wish to thrust himself forward out of bis place ; the undercut was no doubt intended by Nature, if not by the Articles of War, to belong to the boatswain and boatswain's mate, and far be it from him to interfere with their prerogatives. But when all prior claims are satisfied, let the able-bodied seaman have his due. Let it be roasted not too fast, done to a rich brown, and let it be served hot. The request 'is really so reasonable that our Admiralty would have indeed a heart of stone if they refused it. Hot let it be, replies Lord Clarence Paget, and brown. A distinguished naval officer has taken the trouble to invent an arrangement by which meat is roasted without a kitchen-range, and his method is to be tried, in the first place, on a single ship, by way of experiment. We are prevented, by total ignorance of the sub ject of culinary engineering, from explaining com pletely the mysterious apparatus in question, further than by saying that it employs the services of a steam-jacket, whatever that may be, to keep the meat warm. The grand result, however is, that if it should be introduced into the navy, the bold mariners of England will, for th e future, enjoy roast beef for dinner for the nine months of the year during which, upon an a vera g e, each ship of the line is in harbour. Whether the machinery pro duces horse-radish sauce by the same process does not appear. We are inclined, upon a priori grounds, to believe that it certainly does. But is all this to be believed ? Is a sea-faring life really to become a sumptuously -faring one, and are our sailors to be treated to as generous a die t as our malefactors ? Can the change be a salutary one? Can eiscipline be maintained upon roast beef ? Can the forecastle p a y sufficient reverence to the quarter-deck when it is no worse off in respect of its daily cookery ? Is Spartan courage, or is it not, the companion of Spartan diet ? It is a question for the Admiralty to take into ifs mature consideration. Trafalgar and St. Vincent were won by men who were glad e nough to get their rations boiled. If the food which was good enough for Nelson's crews is not good enough for the crews of today, is it degeneracy of race that is at fault, or is it only degeneracy of digestion ? Certainly, if the ma/leers of Rig; ' who guard our native shores do 1), come sa iou addicted to the pleasures of the table, the sue of our nautical supremacy is set. It is no use ex pecting that a sailor who has just been enjoy ing a surfeit of the Sunday-side can be in a fit state to belay a marling-sheet, or taut a bowline, or andspike a main-jib-boom. Tom Bowling, if he is to perform the traditional feat of "going aloft" with any degree either of comfort to himself or cre dit to his employers, must have prepared himself for the task by a judiciously severe regime. A clear eye and steady hand is surely required for the di ficult task of reefing the jury -masts, or any of the manoeuvres with which Captain Marryat's novels have rendered us all so familiar. Still, if the ser vice will not suffer for it, we wish the sailors well fed. Within the bounds of reason let them have all the luxury that steam-jackets are able to afford. If our humble voice can have any influence over the eminent naval officer whose tones in the Rouse of Commons always so ably unite the wisdom of the minister and the harmlessness of the sea captain, we would urge Lord Clarence Paget to concede the eight shillings'-worth of roasting. We only hope that the British tar will not hereafter look back with longing eyes at the simple fare of his earlier career, and, amid the luxuries of a civilised menu, and the choicest delicacies of the season, pine re morselessly for the grog and tobacco of his uncul tivated, but not unenjoyable, repasts. SATURDAY REVIEW.—The great and final effort of the Federal forces is still impending. Wtile Wilmington, Savannah, Charleston, and Galveston are threatened by separate expeditions, General Banks and Admiral Farragut hope to force their way past Fort Hudson to complete the great con centration of the Western armies around Vicks burg. General M'Clernand has returned from Ar kansas to the banks of the Mississippi, and General Grant has moved southward from Tennessee to take the command of the decisive siege. The project of turning the Mississippi for the purpose of ren dering the river-side batteries of the fortress use less has been unexpectedly resumed, and al though the reasons of the project have not been explained, the works have probably been under taken by the advice of competent engineers. It can hardly be supposed that so great an effort has been made without reasonable prospects of success, al though the failure of two former attacks is not encouraging to the besieging army. Yet, if reliance could be placed on the Confederate statements, General Grant and his colleagues would seem to be in imminent danger, not only of defeat, but of de struction or capture. It is asserted that General Joseph Johnstone is defending Vicksburg at the head of 150,000 men, and all the armies of the North would be incapable of expelling half that number of good soldiees from the works of a regular fortress. During the operations against Vicksburg, the South-Western States must be denuded of Federal troops, with the exception of Tennessee, where Rosencranz remains, at Shelbyville, to the south of Murtreeeborough. General Longstreet, whose strength is unknown, will probably avoid a battle, and content himself with intercepting the Federal communications to the East and to the North. The Government 'of Washington under stands the expediency of preventing the despatch of reinforcements from Virginia to Tennessee. The resignation of General Burnside, and two of his principal lieutenants, has not yet been explained ; but the appointment of General Hooker to the command of the army 'of the Potomac may be supposed to indicate a forward movement, as soon as the roads are open. General Hooker may possibly possess military genius; but, for the pre sent, he owes his popularity and the confidence of the Government to the same propensity to boasting which was so highly appreciated in General Pope. A wound opportunely received at Antietam en abled General Hooker to assert that the battle would have been won if he had remained in the field to the end of the day; and the hypothetical exploit has deeply impressed the imagination of enthusiastic journalists. It may be doubted whether the confidence of the army will be increased by the rapid change of generals ; and, in addition to other sources of embarrassment, the Government will shortly have to encounter formidable expressions of military discontent. M'Clellan, A/Towel], Porter, Sumner, Franklin, and Burnside have been successively sacrificed to the distrust or jealousy of Mr. Stanton and General Halleck. It is not to be supposed that the army is indifferent to the fate of its former leaders, nor will it be satisfied with the subordination of military interests to political con siderations. Unless a decisive success is achieved during the month of Rbruary, the Government will scarcely be able to resist the growing demand for a termination of the war. A Democratic Con gress will assemble on the 4th of March; a third of the army closes its term of service in Juee; and before that time the premium on go!d will pro bably reach 100 per cent. The newspepers have begun to protest against peace with a vehemence which proves that the question has been practically raised; and the Border States, which have hitherto adhered to the Union demand with increasing ur gency the withdrawal of Mr. Lincoln's ill-omened Proclamation. In Congress, the Democrats have hitherto defeated the attempt of a moribund majo rity to envenom the contest by the enlistment of negro regiments. The Abolitionists are discredited not only by the abortive result of their reckless policy, but by their obvious inaolity to suggest any further effort of despairing violence. When public law, common sense, and the American Con stitution had once been openly set aside, there was no longer any intelligible meaning in the demand for vigour and earnestness. The President can do nothing more outrageous than to legislate, in his executive capacity, against property, and even against the tenure of property in countries which are not subject to his dominion. The procla mation of martial law outside the limits of military occupation is an extreme example of that species of vigour which is confined to the use of extravagant language. At the same time, the blood of the Federal armies has been shed like water in the cause of philanthropy and of Republican supremacy. Any conceivable change of policy must henceforth be in the direction of pru dence and moderation. It is only the most zealous religious teachers of New England who are not yet gorged with slaughter. The Democrats, while their preponderance is still uncertain, profess eagerness for the prosecution of the war, because they are not yet fully assured that the tide of popular feeling has turned ; but their more judicious leaders are perfectly aware that the conquest of the South is impassible, and they can scarcely hope, in defiance of Southern protestations, to restore the Union even by the largest concessions. In a short time they will have courage to proclaim the doctrine which two years since was unanimously professed throughout the North—that it is neither justifiable nor possible to maintain the Union by force. The continuance of a Republican policy will only be rendered possible by a series of unexpected victories in the field ; but even if the Federal armies were able to penetrate farther into the enemy's territory, the repeal of the ruinous proclamation would only become more ur gently necessary. WANTED, A CHRISTIAN INNKEEPER !—To provide a Christian home for travelling young men, the Young Men's Christian Association either establishes a lodging-house "or at least forms a contract with a Chris tian innkeeper." We wish that any branch, home or foreign, which knows where to find a Christian innkeeper, would be so good as to publish his address,' for the infer niation of travellers who are sensitive on the subject of hotel bills. is there, we should like to know, a Christian innkeeper anywhere within a mile of Charing-cross ? If not, we would venture to suggest that a Christian Hotel Company Limited would possess sufficient novelty to stimulate the somewhat sated appetite of the com mercial word for speculations which seek to promote the comfort and the happiness of mankind while securing to the shareholders a 10 per cent, dividend.---baturdely Re view. A QUEER LOT.—On one of the days of the recent contest for the Speakership at Albany, New York, the strangers' gallery was filled by a mob, ar med, and so excited that it was impossible to proceed to business. An American paper says that this pha:anx consisted chiefly of " the dead-rabbits, the plug-uglies, the shoulder-hitters, the ballot-box smashers, the five pointers, and the short. boys," List of Meetings of Learned Societies Next Week. MONDAY, Feb. 16. MEDICAL-32A, George-street, Hanover-square, at 8 p.m. " On the Differences between the Diseases of the Net'. vous, Circulating, and other ,Systems of the Child. and Adult." By Mr. Thomas Bryant. TUESDAY, Feb. 17. ETHNOLOGICAL - 4, St. Marthq's-place, Trafalgar-square, at 8 p.m. 1. "On the Histor; of the Gipsies." By J. Crawford, Eeq., President. 2. "A Brief Account of the Yenadies of the Chingleput Distri ct." By Dr. Shortt; CIVIL ENGINEERS-25, Great George,:treet, Westminster, at 8 p.m. Discussion on "Drainage of Dundee," and " Sewerage of Newport." PATHOLOGICAL-53,Berners-street,Oxford-street, at 8 p.m• ROYAL INSTITUTION—AIbemarIe-street, at 3 p.m. "On Animal Mechanics." By Professor Marshall, STATISTICAL-12, St. James's-square, at 8 p.m, WEDNESDAY, Feb. 18, GEoLoGicAL--Burlington House, at 8 p.m. 1. "On the Middle and Upper Lias of Dorsetshire Coast." By C. E. K. Day, Esq. 2. "On the Correlation of the several Divisions of the Inferior Ooolite of the Middle and South of England." By Dr. Harvey B. Hole. LONDON INSTITUTION—Finsbury-circus, at 7 p.m. " Ver. , tebrats." By C. Carter Blake, Esq. SOCIETY or ARTS —John-s rcet, Adelphi, at 8 p.m. "On the Best Means for Promoting the Growth and Improv ing the Quality of Cotton in India." By A. Nesbitt Shaw, Eeq. THURSDAY, Feb. 19. ROYAL SOClETY—Burlington House, at 81 p.m. 1. " The Effect of Temperature on the Secretion of Urea." By Dr. E. Beecher. 2. "On Clinant Geometry, as a 111 eans of Expressing the General Relations of Points on a Plane Realising Imaginaries, and Extending the Theories of Anharmonic Ratios." By A. J. Ellis. 3. "On Skew Surfaces, otherwise Scrolls." By A. Cayley, F.R.S. ANTIQUARIES—Somerset House, at 81 p.m. LlNNlEAN—Burlington House, at 8 p.m. 1. "On the Geo graphical Distribution of the Aculeate Hymenoptera col lected by Dr. Wallace in the Eastern Archipelago." By F. Smith, Esq. 2. "On the Anatomy of Filaria Medi nensis, or Guinea Worm." By Mr. Bastian. CHEMlCAL—Burlington Housr, at 8 p.m. 1' UMISMATIC —l3, Gate-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields: ROYAL INSTITUTION—AIbemarIe-street, at 3 p.m. " On Chemical Affinity." By Dr. Frankland. FRIDAY, Feb. 20. ROYAL INSTITUTION—AIbemarIe. street, at 8 p.m. "On R. cent. Discoveries in Jerusalem.' By the Rev. Gee. Williams, b.D, PHILOLOGICAL—Somerset House, at 81 p.m. "A Scientific Analysis, Classification, and Representation of the Sounds in English 1S ords attempted." By Rev. D. Coleridge. GEOLOGICAL—Somerset House, at 1 p.m. (Anniversary.) LONDON INS FlTUTlON—Finsbury- circus, at 7 p.m. " Non- Met elite Elements." By Professor Field. SATURDAY, Feb. 21. ROYAL INSTITUTION—AIbemarIe-street, at 3 p.m. "On the Science of Language." By Professor Max Muller. COUNTRY MARKETS. NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. A fair supply of grain, with a tolerably good attendance. A moderate demand, at late rates. Barley was scarce. —White wheat, from 44s to 548; red wheat, 44s to No. Barley—malting, 33s to 43s ; grinding, 28s to 30s. Oats old, at 25s to 31s Od ; new, 22s to 275. Beans sold at 33s to 458 per qr. Flour, 33s to 435. YORK-SATURDAY. At to-day's corn market the supply of farmers' wheat war not large, with a better demand, and selected lots were ra ther firm. Bailey at the prices of last week, A moderate sprinkling of oats, with a tolerable trade, and late pricer supported. Wheat, red 44s to 47s 1 Oats.... 2os to 248 Wite do .4s to 52s Beans 40: o 440 Barley .32s to 35s Peas ....—s t to --- 8 Malt, 64s to 66s per qr..; rye, 34s per qr ; flour,. 37 8 to 39s per sack. LEICESTER-SATURDAY. Old white wheat, 58s to 60s ; new, 52s to 56s per 36 stone. Old red, 46s to 52s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, new, 34s to 39s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 30s; old oats, 27s to 30s; new oats, 21s to 25s per 24 stone. Beans, new, —a to —s ; old, 42s to 44s per 38 stone. NORTHAMPTON-SATURDAY. New wheat, 46s to 51s ; old, 50s to 555. Barley, 2 8 s to 42s per qr. New oats quoted at 20s to 27s ; old, 280 to 35s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 39s to 42s ; new, 32s to 365. Peas, 34s to 44s per qr. NORWICH—SATURDAY. There was a good supply of wheat to-day, but the de mand was still limited, and late prices were supported. Barley in fair show, and brought fully late rates. Not much doing in other articles. Flour was in favour of the seller. White wheat. 46s to 504 Red wheat 42s to 46s Malting barley 378 to 40s Chevalier barley 35s to 360 Distilling d 0..... 328 to 34s Oats.. 24s to 28d Flour, 34a Od to —s Od per sack from the miller. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Aris'aalia and Mauritius, via Southampton . Feb. 18. via Marseilles .. ..Feb. 12. Airazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Mar. 6 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. Mar. 3. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Feb. 18. via Marseilles ...Feb. 1 2 ' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .... Feb. 10• India kealcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. 1 8 via Marseilles Feb. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Feb. 10. via Marseilles Feb. 20. Portugal Mar. 6. , titti, Egypt, and Adt.n, via Southaniptoi. Feb. 10. via Marseilles Feb. 10. Ntwfotintiland t ,- ,orto :.nd Vigo , , r; ,, S. ULti British N. Amorica, ty Brit. packet.... Feb. 12. by U.S. packet., . , by Canadian packet. Feb. 13. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tanen& Feb. 10. lahamas, via New York Feb. 12. :Nlexice ....Feb. 28. Al; parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, (Feb. 1 3 . (*Anemia, and British Columbia.. ANECDOTES OF THE EXPLORER OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, W. J. WILLS.—At 11 years of age he was trusted alone with a gun, and was a notably good shot ; and having no dog to accompany him on his sporting excursions, he tri.ined a favourite cat to follow him about the fields and hunt the hedge-rows. " So particular," say s his father, " was he in his general demeanour that I desig' nated him Gentleman John, or my Royal Boy. Bli s . brothers, all younger than himself, styled him Old Jack , or GenJeman Jack." In 1851 (when 16) he came up to London to see the Great Exhibition, and, for the first time in his life, beheld the wonders of the capital. " If," says Dr. Wills, recalling this trip, " after a day or two, I chanced to deviate from the leading thoroughfares and missed my way, he would set me right in a moment. This was rather mortifying to one who fancied himself well acquain ted with London from frequent visits, but he smiled when he saw I was not a true guide. I asked him how he acquired his apt knowledge. 'On the second day,' he replied, when you were out, I took the map and studied it for two hours, so that now lam well versed in it.' " It was on Menday, August 20, 1860, that he left Melbourne with the doomed expedition. He was then 27 years of age ; but, though he wore a beard and had decision stamped on his face, it was remarked that he did not look more than 20. Some photo- graphic artists present amongst the crowd who witnessed the exodus of the explorers, wished to take his likeness ; but he put them aside, saying with a sad smile, " Should it ever be wor h while, my father has an excellent one which you can copy from." On June 27 of the following year, the poor fellow, with unsteady hand, was penning these last words of his last letter to his father—" You have great claims on the committee for their neglect. I leave you in sole charge of what is coming to me. The whole of my money I desire to leave to my sisters : other matters I pass over for the present. Adieu, my dear father. Lope to Tom. I think to live about four or five days. My spirits are excellent." Births. BOULTBEE.—On the 15th inst., at Leamington, the wife ) of H. T. Boultbee, Esq., of a daughter. BOWMAN.—On the 12th inst., at Rusthall Lodge, Tun bridge• wells, the wife of John Bowman, Esq., of a son. ORMOND.—On the 13th inst., at Brighton, the wife of the Rev. John Ormond, vicar of Great Kimble, Bucks, of a son. PLAYFORD.—On the 13th inst., at Putney, the wife of 11. H. Playford, Esq., of a son, Marriages. E s q., of Fenagh, c BERESFORD—BROWNE.—On the 12th at o. CaTIOWI Carlow', William Pack Beresturd, and M.P. for the county, to Anotte Caroline, the only Clayton Browne, Esq., ''f Browno ' a-hill , C d , a ). u C gh ar te lo r w o , f H. Clay WHITE—MALcoLm.—On the 14th inst., at Saint Paul's, Knightsbridge, Colonel Henry Dalrymple White, C. 8.. to Alice Elizabeth, the second daughter of the late Neill Malcolm, Esq., of Poltalloch, Argyleshire. Deaths. BURCIL—On•the 7th inst., at Bayswater, John Dawson Burch, Esq., of Brandon, aged 81. COTESWORTH.—On the 11'h inst., at Cowdenknows, Rog burghshire, Robert Cotesworth, Esq., aged 74. DRAYSO .—On the Bth inst., at Bronipton, William Dray. t.on, Esq., aged 86. GINGER —On the 13th inst., at Clinton House, Brixton" rise, Daniel Ginger, Esq., aged 64. KNIGHT.—On the 13th inst. , at Carshalton, Surrey, Mr. Stephen Hawdi ng Knight, formerly of Gracechurch-6 city, aged 66. Smrru.—On the 13th inst., at St. Mary's Priory, Reading' Mary Pauline, wife of Timothy Smith, Esq. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREII6' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE Surt Once, 1 12, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County et Middle/mi.—Monday, February 1 l isea. ------ ~,~,~,." ~~ pare( of t p h , Int the u the A the 3, into CAN nee t in 'at lEarc 1. N ew The.o 33 arrl Comp racks and /arra di!) ca 4. end c Moor 2001 b ' • f . r.„.: ~. T' DEP ' the Th Insti lishn Du have ing