The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-07 00:00:00

THE VOLUNTEER FIELD-DAY AT BRIGHTON. Every European country of note has its Champ de ii!ars, established either by supreme authority, or by custom founded on convenience and amount ing to prescription. Thus, Aldershott forms ens of the recognised parade grounds of the British army, and. Spithead is the site chosen for naval reviews, on the rare occasions when any of these take place. Brighton apparently is the point most favoured by the kindred service of the Volunteers. The visits paid to that watering place last year and the year before were, indeed, experimental in their charac ter ; and the discovery came by surprise upon the nation that in the course of a single day a force of 20,000 men could be transported 100 miles, and at a point 50 miles distant from the base of operations could conduct the movements of a regular engage ment. But this time the journey and the evolutions were repeated as a matter of course, and the Volun teers' Field-day at Brighton on Easter Monday has - taken its place as one of the institutions of the coun try. Mere sightseers, perhaps, did not exhibit the same intense curiosity as on the former occasion, when the idea of a seaside review was a comparative novelty, when Easter fell somewhat later and the season was consequently milder, an d when the in fluence of the approaching Exhibition had unsettled the minds of quiet families and diffused a passion for public displays and railway travelling. The knowledge that the spectacle could not be witnessed, as heretofore, almost at the feet of the spectators on the Grand Stand, and that it would be necessary to follow either on foot or on horseback the movements of the troops, may also have exercised a deterring influence. But with all these altered circumstances, the difficulty of obtaining accommodation in the town was nearly, if not quite, as much felt as it was last year ; and the crowd drawn together on the Brighton Downs were only by comparison less immense than those of the preceding anniversary. Among the Volunteers themselves there was no diminution of earnestness. On the contrary, there were several incidents showing with what sincerity they had entered into the proceedings connected with the occasion. Some of these occurrences, ori ginating in the action of individuals, may not be unworthy of imitation on a more extended scale hereafter. Parties of Volunteers, for instance, in order to test their powers of endurance, marched down from London with their rifles and haversacks, devoting two days to the journey, and arriving on Saturday evening, so as to gain a day's repose before taking the field with their comrades; others, em bracing the facilities liberally afforded by the rail way company, left town on Saturday morning, and, having made beforehand the necessary arrange ments as to quarters, formed themselves during their stay in Brighton into small regimental messes, the best foundations of internal good fellowship and esprit de corps. Of these social gatherings that con stituted.by the Civil Service Corps was the most complete in all its arrangements as well as most in keeping with the military type—a result which was probably owing in no small degree to the exertions of one of the officers, Captain Walliker, who undertook the onerous duties of Quartermaster. It is also just possible that the unusual numbers which flocked to Brighton last year may have been in some degree actuated by the desire to see Lord Clyde, and to witness the perfect manner in which large bodies of would be mancevred by that dis tinguished officer. Although similar expectations were not created this year, the reputation of Major-General Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., the com mander of the Portsmouth district, to whom the movements of the day were intrusted, was a guarantee that the troops would be ably handled. Importance is further attached to this year's meeting at Brighton from two circumstances which it was instrumental in calling prominently into notice— first, the advantages derivable from enlisting the co operation of Volunteer officers in the discharge of duties devolving on the Staff ; and, secondly, the rapid increase and development of the Artillery branch of the Volunteer force. It is manifest that if the local experience and technical knowledge of Volunteer officers can be called into play in further ance of the plans of the War-office, and if they can be made, as it were, the connecting links between that Department and the civil agencies which it is desired to set in motion, a very important step will be gained, and for the future much of the jealousy attaching, rightly or wrongly, to " Horse Guards' interference" will be dissipated. As regards the Artillery, it will be remembered that two years ago the difficulty of procuring guns anywhere was felt most strongly by Lord Ranelagb, and even at the last review it was considered a satisfactory feat when the presence of 16 pieces of cannon had been secured. This time no less than 30 guns were con veyed to Brighton, and ably served throughout the day—a fact which is especially gratifying when it is borne in mind that the duties of artillerymen are precisely those in which a thorough knowledge and comprehension of drill are indispensable. In handling great guns there is no such cover for ignorance or irregular attendance as in infantry regiments, where an inefficient man may sometimes escape detection by getting into the rear rank and copying the movements of his neighbours. It rests upon the faith of official reports that we have now 25,000 Volunteer artillerymen ready, in case of need, to take charge of the guns in any fortification existing or to be created, or to act with the batteries in the open country ; and that 25,000 other members of the Volunteer Artillery only neel a few weeks' continuous drill to render them equally efficient. In the arrangements made by the local authorities they did their best to guard against the recurrence of demands similar to those put forward after the review last year, which, if pressed, might have rendered the military authori ties indisposed to sanction any further gatherings of volunteers at Brighton. It seems some of the local proprietors or their tenants whose crops were trampled under foot, sent in a claim for £450, a portion of this amount being intended to cover the disappointment consequent on the non-fulfilment or premature fulfilment of expectations connected with a valuable sow. The War-office naturally thought this a high price to pay for the privilege of sending down an officer to pass the Volunteers in re view, and, moreover, that an ex p ensive p recedent would be thus established. The department there fore replied in substance, "Ce n'est pas mon affairef The Volunteers, perhaps, were liable equitably, but who could determine the proportions chargeable to the respective corps, or the pecuniary capacity of each, assuming that the disposition existed to recog nise the debt ? The disposition, however, did not essist, for everybody outside the town of Brighton maintained that the locality and the railway, which had benefited between them, according to some esti mates, to the extent of £lOO,OOO, ought to make good the local damages incurred. Unlimited cor respondence ensued before the question could be settled, if indeed it be settled even now. This avoidedyear em barrassing questions have been wisely by the formation of a guarantee fund, the guaran tors, for their own protection, undertaking to value the crops before and after the review. The first impulse yesterday morning of every one of the hundreds of Volunteers who had taken up their quarters in Brighton on Satur day and Sunday must have been to draw up the window -blind and scan with anxious curiosity the prospects of the weather. Sunday had been dull and cloudy, and in the afternoon there had been a l o ng downfall of driving, misty rain, which pro raised but ill for the comfort of those who had to tramp for some hours through heavy ground and d a mp grass,--to say nothing of the inconvenience of wet jackets and the strong wind which blew from the sea, right in the teeth of those who would have to form the attackirg party. At 7 o'clock the lower ing. aspect of the sky caused many misgivings, but the favourable predictions of the boatmen, each of whom by virtue of his large experience in the signs of the weather became for the time a kind of Admi ral Fitzroy in the eyes of the little knots of anxious questioners who gath ered round him, soon restored a general confidence. To dispose at once of this im portant point, we may say that the day was all that could be desired—fair, but cloudy, and with a light breeze which cooled the air and made the hard day's work infinitely less fatiguing. The day was kept as a general holiday in Brighton. Few of the shops were open, but the town was astir at an early hour. Two changes in the arrangements of last year brought an unusual number of spectators into the streets—first, the evolutions were to take place in a tract of country not visible from the Grand Stand, which none but horsemen or hardy pedestrians would be likely to to able to reach ; and in the next place, the troops were to march on the ground by one instead of by several converging routes, and, therefore, from thousands of windows and from the footpaths it was possible to get an excellent view of the whole force under arms as it passed along. The first body of volunteers—who, as usual, were the Inns of Court—arrived in Brighton at 7 15. They had paraded in the Temple before daylight at 4 30, and had left London-bridge at 5 41. With them were the 2d, 3d, and 4th London, and the 3d Middlesex. The next train, which came from Vic toria, arrived 10 minutes afterwards, and brought the London Scottish, the Queen's (Westminster), the Ist London, and several other corps. The point of debarcation was, as last year, at the long shed close to Montpelier-road, which afforded ample accommo dation for the men being formed and marching off quickly. It was barricaded into two parts—the south end being for the arrivals from London bridge ; the north for the Victoria trains, and there was a seperate exit for each. Th e coun t r y cor p s coming from the east and west countries ran into the general terminus, so that, though the trains were arriving in rapid succession for two hours and a half, sometimes within ten minutes of each other there was not the slightest confusion or delay. Colonel M'Murdo and Colonel Luard, Assistant Inspector, superintended the arrivals, and there could be no Letter proof of the good discipline and intelligence of the men than the rapidity with which the tumultuous crowd just disgorged from the rail way carriages in a few minutes assumed order and was marched away. In all there were 16 trains from London,—six from Victoria, nine from Lon don-bridge, and one from Kensington,—starting at regular intervals from 5 30 to 8 o'clock. Each train was made up:with 22 carriages, and carried on an average about 800 men and 40 officers. The im mense rolling stock which the London and Brighton Company from its extensive excursion traffic are obliged to keep on hand gave them exceptional faci lities for the transport of this large body of tra vellers, who, it must be remembered, had to be provided for without disturbing the ordinary de mands of Easter Monday holyday makers. Last year the company carried to Brighton 15,742 Volunteers, and brought home 16,639 ; in all 32,381 in and out, being an excess of 10,000 over the previous year. Besides the Volunteers, there were 23,227 visitors, out and home,—in all 55,608 passengers for Brighton alone; and no doubt, when the returns are made up, the numbers this year will prove to be little short. The railway officials and the Volunteers themselves deserve equal credit for the punctuality and order with which the trains were despatched, and, judging from what was ac tually done, it is not going to far to say that but for the exigencies of the regular traffic an army of 50,000 men might readily have been placed in Brighton in fighting order by noon yesterday. Having already called attention to the large num ber of Volunteer officers employed on the Staff this year, we may mention that the organ of communi cation between ;the War-office and the Railway Company this year was Captain Gregory, of the Tower Hamlets Engineers, so that the Volunteer service may now be congratulated on having one officer who has an intimate knowledge of the means to be employed in the transport of troops on a large scale. Each corps as it arrived at the station n arched off to the rendezvous marked out for it in the town; and the local authorities of Brighton had set apart the open space north of St. Peter's Church, know as the Inclosure, St. Peter's Churchyard, the North Steyne, and the Pavilion-gardens for this purpose. The quartermaster's department of the ser vice seems to have been largely developed since last year, for most of the corps, especially those which started early, found a welcome breakfast ready pro vided for them. The Westminster and the London Scottish breakfasted in the Town-hall, the Inns of Court were accommodated at the Ring and Queen IHotel, and for other corps large marquees had been erected, where a liberal commissariat had provided the necessary supplies. At 10 o'clock the men were ordered to fall in, and the process of brigad ing began. The whole infantry force—which, as far as it was possible to ascertain, numbered about 16,000 men, was divided into two divisions. The first division was commanded by Major-General Russell, and the second by Major-General Sutton. Some time was occupied in the process of incorpo rating with the contingents just arrived those mem bers of the same regiment who, having been upon the spot since Saturday or Sunday, assumed the bearing and much of the independent action of in habitants of the town. The stragglers having all been recalled to the paths of duty, the process of brigading was completed, and about half-past 11 the various battalions began to move off, left in front, in the direction of the racecourse. The windows as well as the streets were crowded with spectators, and along the roads which were not occupied by the Volunteers streams of vehicles flowed steadily up hill. The cavalry and horse battery of the Hon. Artillery Company, with the batteries of position, had been already formed on the table-land at the rear of the race stand, and as soon as the head of the first infantry column made its appearance on the summit of the hill the Lancers prepared to lead the procession past the saluting base. Lord W. Paulet, in whose immediate vicinity were the Earl of , Chi chester (lord-lieutenant of the county), the Earl o f Cardigan, and other personages of distinction, was attended by the following officers, composing his General Staff—Col. M. M'Mnrdo, C. 8., Inspector- General of Volunteers ; Col. C. Morris, C. 8., Lieut.- Col. R. G. A. Luard, Lieut.-Col. C. P. lbbetson, Lieut.-Col. G. Hume, and Lieut.-Col. G. B. Harman, Assistant-Inspectors of Volunteers. The arrangements for keeping the ground were not as satisfactory as they might have been, for the regiments whose companies showed at all a wide front were subjected to severe pressure on the flanks as they marched towards the flag staff. The 9th Lancers of course cleared a path for themselves; but after they had passed the specta tors closed in again, and once they formed a barrier across the entire width of the racecourse, which threatened to stop the progress of coming brigades. This fine Lancer regiment, which was raised after the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697, presented an im posing appearance as it passed the General in com mand. The Artillery Brigades, commanded by Colonel Ormsby, immediately followed the regiment of Lancers. The huge 18-pounder guns of position, 34- tons in weight, were each drawn by six horses, and it was amusing to note the minor differences observable in the manner of handling weapons of exactly the same calibre by the metropolitan and rural corps respectively. The Middlesex Artillery g uns were horsed from Pickford's stud, great care being taken in matching colours, and in supplying uniform jackets and the regulation the dr ivers short whips. horses plough, had their guns drawn by with uniform Sussex and Cinque Ports Artil lery, on the contrary, of an a d ll doubtless btl carterse s s w well theirn use dto roughth e smock-frocks with the long-handled whips of agri cultural labour. Rude as such a cortege might ap pear,ith a ad s ithitnerival and m the elements oforeshow afleyast as great efficiency system of traction. The country carters, many of them wear ling rosettes in h onour of the occasion, made their I horses travel past at a speed whi c h th e Middlesex Artillery did not attempt. Th e y h a d h ear d some thing of the celerity o f the lion. Artillery Com pany's movements, and were determined that the honour of their county should not suffer in their hands. The animals became either as excited as the men, or else seemed lost in wonder at the novelty of the scene, and one huge " wheeler," placed between the shafts of a gun carriage, resigning himself to circumstances with a very bad grace, was dragged along the turf by his companions very much in the posture of a sitting elephant. A supply of reserve horses accompanied the batteries. The battery of light guns furnished by the Hon. Artillery Company was deservedly admired and ap plauded, as was also the excellent troop known as " Captain say's." Immediately following the Ar tillery Brigade was the fifth brigade of the First Divisiou, under the command of Colonel Brewster, which was taken out of its regular position, having to play the part of "the enemy" in the subsequent i movements. Conspicuous in this brigade was the .celebrated Inns of Court battalion. Whether it be that the members of this corps are in (try way su perior in physique, that they have better regimental tailors, or from whatever other cause, it is an ad mitted face that they show to greater advantage on occasions of this kind than the majority of other volunteer regiments. Their uniform has been imi tated, and almost reproduced; the march which re vived and gave point to the sobriquet of "The Devil's Own" has been adopted by various corps, but the Inspector-General of Volunteers is said still to adhere to the opinion he long ago expressed as to the merits of the Inns of Court, the City of London Brigade, and the Robin Hood Rifles. Tha 3d City of London have chosen a trying colour for their uni form, but they bore the test satisfactorily, looking, however, somewhat undersized by comparison with their successors, the Six-Foot Guards, of whom but a small deputation attended. In the next brigade shades were rather promiscuously blended ; in by no means isolated cases, red, grey, and green oc curred in the same company, and it seemed almost a - matter of course when the black coat of a chaplain introduced itself into one of the supernumerary ranks. All the regiments of the brigade were by no means open to observation under this head; but com manding officers should remember that one speck of colour obtrusively placed will spoil the ensemble of an entire battalion. Lord Radstock's brigade, and especially his lordship's own regiment, the 9th Mid dlesex, showed to advantage, and would have still further distinguished itself in the eyes of the pub lic, had not the bands, one and all, done everything they could to mar the effect—some by ceasing to play at the critical moment, others by striking up vigorously at the same time, and others, again, by striding away at the head of their battalions, leav ing the rear companies to march to that most dis tressing of all sounds, the echo of the big drum. The Clerkenivell Corps has grown in numbers and efficiency, and the Hcrnsey and Highgate companies presented a neat and soldierlike appearance, to which the knapsacks carried by the former no doubt contributed. The Tottenham Corps tripped along lightly and steadily, but some of its members should remember that, however flattering the greetings of bystanders, the best time for acknowledging them is not at the moment of passing the saluting base. As Lord Ranelagh's charger came in sight a shout of welcome was raised, and the popular greetings were prolonged while the gallant officer remained in view. The acclamations were renewed on the passing of his (the South Middlesex) corps, with whose reputation for efficiency the people of Brighton have long been familiar. A host of other well-known regiments swept by before the line was exhausted. The Artist Corps, who were warmly applauded ; Sir J. V. Shelley's regiment, numerous, well drilled, and seemingly with a maximum quantity of patent leather in their accoutrements ; the Havelocks, with a band much less numerous and ranks better filled than in days of yore; the London Irish, under Major Verner, an officer of standing in India' who held the fort of Atuck against the mutineers; the London Scottish, the only Volunteer corps in whose ranks a Knight of the Garter marches at the head of his company—a corps popular from its own merits and the services of its chief; the Civil Service, keeping a splendid line, and making quite a gay appearance in their new shakos, with a band which is one of the redeeming features of Volunteer music. The City of London Brigade and the Victoria Rifles encountered the flattering reception which is always accorded to them, and which was only surpassed by the approbation elicited when the Ist Hants Light Horse went by at a rapid pace, with the 9th Lancers, after the last of the in fantry battalions had passed. This regiment of vo lunteer cavalry represents a distinct principle in equestrian tactics—namely, that firing should be from the ground, and not from the saddle, which is in accordance with the old " dragon," or dragoon drill. They merely use their horses, which are in every case of considerable value, to move with ra pidity from place to place, and Colonel 111,‘Murdo has repeatedly expressed his opinion that in this man ner their single troop of 40 or 50 men will cover as much ground as 500 soldiers of the ordinary stamp. The ground selected for the movements which followed the march past was infinitely better fitted for the handling of large masses than the narrow White Hawk Valley in which Lord Clyde tested the training and bottom of the Volunteers last year. No doubt the remove was a great disappointment to the occupants of the Grand Stand, and of the num berless carriages which lined each side of the Race course. Last year the mimic warfare raged at their feet, and they could follow each movement of attack and defence, but yesterday when the troops had marched by the sight was over for all who could not follow them far afoot, struggling through tangled gorse bushes, painfully trudging over loose uneven ground, or breasting the steep Downs which at some points rise at the most trying inclines. The perhaps not unnatural opposition of the tenant farmers to the destruction of their young crops, of course, was alone a sufficient reason for the change ; but the more open character of the ground permitted a much greater extension of the lines, and, though the movements might not have been so complicated or so difficult of execution, in the eyes of the civilian spectators, they were on a mach grander and more imposing scale. Without a map it is not easy to describe the field of yesterday's battle. On the far side of the Red-hill, the western ridge of the horse shoe running round the White Hawk Down, lies a deep valley or basin, bounded by an amphitheatre of Downs, which sloop away at a gentle incline and have their eastern and western spurs resting on the sea, enclosing between them the two picturesque villages of Ovindean and Rottingdean. The north eastern extremity of the amphitheatre, which rises to some height, is known as Newmarket-hill, and in the north-western corner lie the extensive buildings of the Industrial school and the Warren-farm. At the southern extremity of the valley, just in front of Ovingdean, rises a hugh circular hill, which cuts it in two and blocks access to the sea. When the troops had reached the northernmost point of the Racecourse the Fifth Brigade of the First Division inclined to the right and made rapidly for this hill, which was the position assigned to the "enemy." Colonel Brewster, who last year performed the same duty with so much skill and pertinacity, again com manded the invading force; and the troops under him were his own corps, the Inns of Court, the Garrison Brigade, 32d Middlesex, 3d London, 4th and 6th Tower Hamlets, and 2d Administrative Battalion, Essix. To his command, also, were at tached a field battery of four six-pounders of the Hon. Artillery Company, and he was also supported by a battery of four 18-pounders of the 3d Middlesex Artillery. The rest of the Volunteers marched on for another half mile or more, and ultimately took up a position facing towards the sea in a south-westeriy direction, separated by about a mile of undulating ground from the enemy's position. The Second Divi sion formed the front line, massed in columns of bri gades at deploying distance, the right resting on Warren-farm,and their left on a spur of Newmarket hill, and covered by a battery of four 6-pounders. The First Division, acting as reserve, was drawn ap 300 yards to the rear in contiguous columns at quarter distance. In the rear of the Warren farm, at the extreme height of the ridge, and sweeping all along the crest of the Red-hill, were posted eight 18-pounders, two batteries of heavy guns were posted in front of the first line, and a couple of light guns of the Hon. Artillery Company under the command of Captain Jay, were attached to the cavalry, and followed them closely through. outspite of the difficulties of the ground. It w o'clock before all the po sitions were occupied, and the spectacle then presented to the thousands day two in almot crowed the thousands of spectators who side of Red-hill, was perhaps the s most imposing d ever seen at a Volunteer Review. There were close upon 20,000 men of all arms on the field— " - a varied host whose ranks display Each mole in which the warrior meets t he fight ; The deep battalion locks its film array, And meditates his aim the marksman light ; Far glance the lights of sabres flashing bright Where mounted squadrons shake the echoing mead, Lacks not artillery, breathing flame and night, Nor the fleet ordnance whirled by rapid steed That rivals lightning's flash in ruin and in speed." As far as the hidden mysteries of Tmi it ary move ments can be penetrated and followed by a civilian THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1863 eye, it may be supposed that the, enemy r having made a good landing on the coast somewhere be tween Ovingdean and Rottingdean, was making his way in a north-easterly direction, with a view of fetching a sweep round on Brighton, when he sud- denly found himself in front of an immensely supe rior attacking force. Finding it impossible to make further head against the powerful batteries playing upon him, Col. Brewster must have determined to hold to the favourable position which he had at tained on the summit of the mamelon. Ordering his men to the back of the crest, where they lay down to allow the enemy's shot to pass over them, he brought his four six-pounders to the front, and opened fire immediately to check any attempt to dia. lodge him. To the right of his position, in the hollow beneath, lies Wooden-dean, a large farm house with outbuildings, and enclosed on one side by a plantation of young trees, which afforded a strong cover for a defending force. This was the key of his position—the Hougomont of the day, in fact ; and it was clear that if he once lost it he would be in danger of being outflanked and forced back into the sea. To this point were despatched five com- panies of the Inns of Court, who lined it with skirmishers and kept up a brisk fire on the left wing of the opposing force. A squadron of the 9th Lan cers, advancing at a slow trot to feel for the enemy, came upon a party of the Devil's Own, posted advantageously in a thicket of gorse bushes, and were received with such a galling fire that they were compelled to retreat quickly on their supports. Again the Lancers charge in greater force, but the skirmishers, rapidly fcrming square, again drove back the cavalry, and, emboldened by their success followed them up, taking advantage of every tree and bush to harass their retreat. It was not until Captain Jay's battery unlimbered and sent a few rounds into them that their ardour was checked, and they were driven back on the wood. Mean- while as it became evident that Colonel Brewster could not be dislodged very easily as long as he held possession of the Woodendean Farm, Lord Elcho, who commanded the left wing, was ordered to attack and carry it. Throwing out a battalion of the Queen's Westminsters as skirmishers, and supported by a battery of Horse Artillery, the 4th B r i ga d e move d _ _ _ _ . ... quickly down the slope, and at the sam e time a gene - - ral advance of the whole of the first line was or- dered, each brigade detaching a battalion as skir- mishers. The 9th West Middlesex performed this duty for the lst Brigade, and the 3d Hants and Ist Sussex for the 2d and 3d Brigades. While engaged in this movement it became necessary to prepare for an expected attack of cavalry, and in a few minutes both the first and the second division, which was advancing in support, were thrown into echellona of squares. This was one of the most beautiful movements of the day, and was effected with extraordinary rapidity and precision. The attack repulsed, the left wing again pressed forward towards Woodendean, and in a few minutes the Queen's Westminsters and the Inns of Court were engaged in a brisk contest. The " Devil's Own" held their ground manfully, so manfully that they attracted the reviewing General's special attention. " What corps are you ?" asked Lord William Paulet, riding up to a party who were in the hottest of the fire. 6, Inns of Court, my Lord," was the reply. " And very good fellows, too," re- joined the general, "I should be very sorry to have you for an enemy." Still they were outnumbered, and were driven from the edge of the plantation, some of them scarcely making their escape before the enemy's skirmishers burst their way through the hedge. Slowly they retreated up the hill, mak ing a stand now and again, but with little chance of success, for under the cover of the plantation Lord E Echo's brigade formed column, the Lon don Scottish at their head, and advanced steadily up the hill. In vain Colonel Brewster brought up his main body and endeavoured to receive them in line. The Westminsters were hurrying up still further to the left, and in a few minutes he would have been outflanked. A crushing volley which the London Scottish delivered halfway up the hill completed his discomfiture, and he ordered his force to fall quickly back to gain the shelter of the 18-pounder battery on the opposite hill. Just in the hollow he encountered a new danger from the cavalry, which had stolen round the Wick valley, and almost caught him on his flank. There was hardly time to form square before the Lancers came galloping along the valley almost at a racing speed, and charged right up to the bayonet. This was decidedly the great effect of the day. Three or four times the cavalry charged, retiring by squadrons, as they were driven off by the withering fire kept up from the faces of the squares, and at the last charge the Rants Light Horse passed between two of the squares, cutt i n g at the bayonets as they dashed alon g w i t h a ll the excitement of a real con test. It w as we ll f or them that it was not, for the 3d London, reserving their fire until th e cavalr y were close up on t h em , poured in a tremendous vol ley at point bl an k, w hich, as Lord Cardigan, who was riding close by, exclaimed, "would have emptied every saddle ?" Finding the square so firm and im penetrable, the cavalry fell back, and Col. Brewster continued to retreat up the hill, keeping his men still in thei r f orma ti o n of squares to be prepared for another attack from the cavalry, who rod e on his flank, in a p ara ll e l li n e, watching an opportunity t o charge again, which, howe v e r, did not occur. By this both divi s i ons o f what we may call th e En g lish army had adv ance d on the position at first occu p ied by the enemy, and was formed on the crest of the hill in a long continuous line. In these respective positions a long fusilade was kept up b y both sides, in the c ourse o f w hi c h the volley firing of the Lon don Scotti s h, t h e Ci v il Service, and Westminsters was specially praised by t he militar y; and about half-past 4 th e movem ents were terminated by the hasty retreat of C o l. Brewster and his briga de in the directio n o f t h e ra ilway station. The other troops then marched off their ground, and, having been massed again at their several rendezvous, were draughted in the order in which they arrived in the morning as fast as trains could be provided for them. Thus terminated a field -day which was certainly the most successful on a large scale in which the volunteers have yet distinguished themselves. That their enthusiasm in the movement has not worn away is sufficiently proved by their undiminished numbers, and their improved efficiency was shown by the steadiness with which they manoeuvred on ground not a little trying for young troops. The day passed over, so far as could be learnt, without any accident, except tho upsetting of one of the monster 18-pounders in the final advance up the hill, but this was speedily righted. Yesterday morning, shortly after 8 o'clock, the church of St. Thomas,Westminster-bridge• road, was surrounded by the candidates for a marriage gratis in honour of the late royal marriage. The Rev. W. Seaton, incumbent, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Hopkins, performed the ceremony, the sacred edifice being crowded. One party unfortunately could not be married, as the bridegroom, just before the cri tical moment, lost the ring intended for the ceremony. The service was attended by a very orderly congregation. The number of couples married was between 40 and 60. The same ceremony was gratuitously performed for nine couples at the parish church of Marylebone by the Rev. Mr. Mac lure, one of the curates ; and for between 60 and 70 couples at the district church of St. Luke's, King's cross, St. Pan cras, by the Rev. C. Andrews. SEIZURE OF AN ALLEGED CONFEDERATE GUN BOAT AT LIVERPOOL. —About noon, on Sunday, Mr. E. Morgan, one of the Custom's surveyors, acting under in structions from the Board of Commissioners, went on board the small wood-built screw steamer Alexandra, recently launched from the building -yard of Messrs. Miller and Sons, and now being fitted for sea in the Toxteth Dock. No official intimation was made by the officer as to the grounds on which he acted. He merely went on board, marked a " broad arrow" on one of the masts, and remained on board keeping the vessel under surveillance, Up to 2 o'clock yes terday afternoon no official reason had been intimated as to why the Alexandria had been put or was kept under sur veillance, but it is believed to be in consequence of informa tion communicated to the authorities that she is built as a gunboat, and is meant for the American Confederate Go vernment. She is ti fine, tidy-looking craft of 265 tors builders' measurement,is nicely coppered and copper fastened and presents the appearance of possessing great speed and comparatively considerable power. It is said that a legal investigation will be immediately made into the circum stances connected with the building and outfit of the vessel. It may be worth mentioning that the Alexandria has no gunports, has no magazine, and is not provided with a shell room, or any other similar arrangement ordinarily pertain ing to a war-ship, and has no engines on board. In short she presents merely the appearance of a fast schooner-rigged steam yacht. THE GAME LAWS. A writer in the Examiner says :—" Had I a seat in Parliament, and nothing had interfered to pre vent my attendance, I certainly should have sup- ported Mr. Forster's motion for a Committee on the operation of the Game Laws. As regards the tone, temper, and talent of Mr. Forster's speech I fully agree with you, sir, but there are some points of the subject upon which I, in some degree, differ with you, and as an old correspondent, offer you a few remarks. With mach willingness I profess myself ready to admit my error if you show me that lam wrong. Ido not think that any inquiry is necessary to point out to any one tolerably con versant with the subject the working of the present Game Laws, or the faults of the present system, the last Act inclusive. You cannot have more complete inquiry than that which Mr. B right demanded from the House of Commons, and obtained in the early part of the present reign, nor could any Select Com mittee more clearly elucidate the existing state of things. Mr. Bright had been in the habit of fiercely and somewhat loosely denouncing the Game Laws out of the House, and I do not hesitate to say that no man's previous views and statements were ever more completely proved to be erroneous and founded on fallacy than those of Mr. Bright. Able and powerful as we know Mr. Bright to be in all matters in which he is versed, the singular position in which the evidence taken before that Committee placed him, and the wholly different result produced by its labours from that which he expected, lead us back to the old conclusions, equally just in every case, that knowledge is power, and a little knowledge a dangerous thing. I dare not trespass so far on your space as to attempt to give you an analysis of the evidence taken by Mr. Bright's Committee, but I confidently refer you to the ponderous blue- book. Such bold assertions as that four hares would eat as much as one sheep, and were supposed like a sheep steadily to graze on until satisfied, stood for what they were worth when the stomachs of the relative animals were produced. The quiet gluttony of the sheep was brought into comparison with the restless feeding of the hare, never taken on one spot, but from herbs culled here and there in a night's gallop of many miles. The grain-destroying propensities charged upon pheasants and partridges, who were accused of living the whole year round on farmers' corn, scratching it up when sown, and pulling down the ears when grown, were completely set aside, nor did it appear that Mr. Bright had ever allowed the ornithological fact to occupy his attention until the evidence forced it upon him that for six months in the year pheasants and partridges are almost entirely insectivorous, not granivorons, that they are never reapers of corn, but in the last months of summer become gleaners, and so on through the autumn and winter, and that any damage they do the farmer is far superseded by the multitude of wire-worms they destroy. The abuse previous to the sitting of that Committee_ hurled at pheasants and partridges by Bright and Co. had the same degree of justice as that bestowed on the much-libelled rook, who has not yet had his Com mittee. Mr. Bright's inquisition likewise disco vered that country gentlemen were not all such cold blooded tyrants by birth and nature as they were so frequently described tobe,nor game-keepers such ferocious ruffians. Since the report of that Committee Mr. Bright's month has been hermeti cally sealed on the subject of the Game Laws. I regret that Mr. Forster's motion for a Committee was not conceded. If it had it would have done much to destroy the prejudice still lingering about this much perverted and, as it seems to me, misun derstood subject. No doubt exists that in the early part of this century the Game Laws were oppressive . That a man must be worth £lOO per annum be fore he could shoot a head of game on a friend's land seems monstrous ; equally so that pheasants and hares should be sacred to the Landocracy, every body else being tabooed and denied their use. I will not stay to dwell on the woes of the cruelly-Used Corporate bodies, to whom bread sauce and currant jelly were equally necessary for form ing sound Aldermanic judgment as turtle soup, and who, although constituted judges of the people were yet compelled to break statutes, and become receivers of stolen game, or lack proper Common Council nutriments. Thoeo evils have disappeared. Game may be bought, and pheasants are much more expensive than barn-door fowls. You may purchase two couple of chickens for the cost of a brace of pheasants. I would desire to know, then, why the stealing of the cheaper bird is to be punished with the consent of everybody under a statute properly enforced, and the theft of the more valuable bird, although equally illegal, apologised for by some, and the proper enforcement of the Act objected to P Are the people denied any privilege of chattse which they ever possessed? Certainly not. From the feudal ages the right of killing /era naturce has never been possessed by the commonalty of England, but the donjons of baronial castle and the excessive rigour of barbarous laws have been brought to bear on poachers from time immemorial. The infang thief and the outfang thief sive hand habend, save back barend were construed to include the stealers of fern' naturce, and they were taught the value of furca et fossa (gallows and grave) on the least re sistance to foresters and verderers. The old Game Laws were shreds and remnants of this barbarism and are worthily done away. Now, however, when game has become private property, a saleable and valuable article, instead of taking wise counsel how this valuable right may be guarded and preserved to the persons who alone have the right to possess it, we are wandering into a sea of impracticability. Mr. Forster himself, in his speech, has in more than one instance assumed false premises, from which a perusal of Mr. Bright's evidence would have saved him. Mr. Forster asserts that " the amount of poaching was determined more by the amount of game preserved in any given neighboarhood, and the density of the population, than anything else." Evidence of the clearest kind proves exactly the re verse, the favourite resort of poachers (uniting, as the same person usually does, the avocations of tur nip and potato stealer,hen-roost robber, sheep stealer, and frequently burglar) is to be found on half-pre served manors where the preservation is lax; also near large farms, owned and occupied by retired pro fessional men, merchants, or tradesmen, who like to kill their own mutton and their own partridge, the latter of which these poaching gentlemen generally appropriate to themselves a couple of days before the Ist of September, to the great disappointment of a party of friends who come down bent on part ridgecide, and find empty stubbles. Strictly pre served places, with regular watchers, are seldom attacked ; and, literally speaking, it is not manors on which the most game is to be found, and which are generally well guarded, it is not the property of the aristocracy which is mostly attacked, but the property of those whose means do not allow them to keep up a staff of gamekeepers. With respect to Mr. Forster's notions of rating land for game I shall at present simply content myself with saying that it is, in my humble thinking, an impossibility. On this subject space forbids my saying more. Lastly, one word as to the proposal of legislating to diminish the amount of game. The late Duke of Newcastle declared "that every man had a right to do as he liked with his own." Lord Macaulay and the late Sir Robert Peel declared that axiom good and sound. You cannot legislate so as to pre vent a man from breeding, if he so please, one hun dred pheasants on every acre of his estate. But the Duke of Newcastle turned out seventy tenants one fine day for voting against his wishes. You have no such complaint to make against the land owner ; tenants are always ready to take his farms, and are not ready to quit them. All you can pos sibly have to soy is, the number of birds may tempt the gentleman with poaching proclivities to break the law. My reply is, why is the poacher alone to have this apology made for him ? Nobody pretends that a vast flock of geese on a common is an apo logy for stealing a single gosling from it; nobody would defend a sheep stealer on the ground that he had taken one backward lamb from a flock of 500 fine sheep. How, then, can you defend the poacher for walking off with five pounds' worth of pheasants on the ground that he had left a thousand pounds' worth behind him ? It is time the Legislature took the Game Laws in hand. Sooner or later we shall have to follow the example of America—do away with all laws protecting game but those which guard birds and beasts in their months of incuba tion, recognise the principle of property, and for the rest a stringent and summary trespass law, with double penalties when men trespass armed or by night. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—A country owning upwards of 10 years' gross income, just emerging from the waves of a re volution, and barely provided with a King, and that King a minor, would net seem at first sight to be in a very good way. Greece, however, is not only well satisfied with herself, but is regarded even by Inde pendent observers as a fortunate State, possessed, not perhaps of much actual wealth but of very con siderable capabilities. Two requisites are indispen sable in the present day to the success of a nation-- monarchy and money. After one or two repulses and a dangerous suspense the Greeks have at length obtained a King. The recommendations of the Pro tecting Powers, already received with favour by the Ministry, must be confirmed by the assent of the nation, but we may reasonably presume that so eli gible a candidate as Prince William of Denmark will meet with few opponents. The Greek mo narchy will then be established, but the Greek treasury will still demand replenishment. It is at present so empty that the pay even of the public servants is eight months in arrear. We say no thing of the public debt or of the patient bondhol ders. Greece is in the position of a man who not only cannot satisfy his creditors but is unable to provide for his daily expenses. Yet in spite of all these things the fiaances of the Greek kingdom are not supposed to be in any desperate condition. A little wholesome management will very soon bring them round. And this is the opinion not of care less or indifferent spectators, but of unpaid and un easy creditors—men with a real and serious stake in the question at issue. The truth is, the case lies in a nutshell, and there is its safety. The figures are only such as we might s•e in a railway balance sheet. A clever chairman would toss them about hand over hand and make nothing of them. Ssy that Greece owes £10,000,000, with a revenue of only £7oo,ooo—what of that ? Its creditors are infinitely complaisant, willing to wait any reason able time, and to close with any convenient arrange went in the intz-rval. The revenue might easily be doubled, the expenditure readily tut down. The whole tirmy—not 10,000 strong—might be con verted into an engineer corps, employed on public works, and paid by contractors. There is no reason why Greece should not have a surp!us of a million before ten years are over. At the present moment its affairs are not so bad as they seem. If the Go vernment owes eight months' pay to its soldiers and servants, it has over twelve months' income due to it from taxpayers, and so upon a balance all would be right. Nothing is wanted but economy and a new system. This is the view taken even in financial circles of the resources and capabilities of Greece, and when we look into particulars the estimate ap pears not ill-founded. Four-fifths of all the land in the kingdom of Greece belong to the Government, and the Government gets, or should get, 15 per cent. of its produce. It is entitled also to a tithe of all produce generally, even from fisheries. These are fruitful sources of income, but the revenue is farmed, and the farmers of the revenue are always in arrear. We need hardly add that much of the land is left totally unproductive, though it might be turned to excellent use. The waste lands of Greece are as valuable as the waste lands of India, and ask only for the same investments. It is curious to observe the measures n ow recommen d e d f or t h e restoration of a country once at t h e h ea d o f t h e world's civilisation. A few cheap tramways and a system of agricultural drainage constitute all that is deemed necessary for the regeneration of Hellas. It is a work not very different from that required in the backwoods of America. There are treasures, or relics of treasures, in the country, but the roads have been lost. In these days of opulence, luxury, and refinement the old marbles of Greece would find a ready sale, but the quarries, though close to the coast are inaccessible. The ancient quarry of the Varian marble is only a single mile from the shore, and a tramway of that length would open it to traffic. By a cheap tramway of some 80 miles across the northern frontier a voyage of six times that length would be saved in the general coast navigation. These are the suggestions offered at the present crisis in the destinies of Greece. A good Go vernment at Athens will soon be followed by good credit in all the money-markets of Europe. Capital has 110 effinities for anything but security and profit. A Budget framed on prin ciples of honesty and economy would soon bring revenue into the Greek Exchequer; and solvency, as the Greeks may assure themselves, is the first step to success in their new political essay. PosT.—lt is but natural that the political party in the North which was most dissatisfied with the result of the last Presidential election, and whose sympathies have always been in unison with those of the slaveowners of the South, should be the first to demand the cessation of the war which that elec tion called into existence. The Democrats have always represented the peace party, although amongst them were to be found many who coupled with their aspirations for peace conditions so little likely to be realised as to render them no more con ducive to the re-establishment of harmony than the fiercest denunciations of the most extreme Repub licans. Still the Democrats have always spoken of peace, whilst their political opponents revelled in the thought of utterly exterminating their foes. At the elections which took place at the close of last year in the several States which still acknowledge the authority of the original Government, the can didates for seats in Congress, according as they were Democrats or Republicans, respectively repre sented a peaceful or a warlike policy, and the pre ponderance which was then given by the electors to the democratic element in the new Congress was generally accepted as a harbinger of approaching peace. Some months have since elapsed and will still elapse before the representatives of the people will be called upon to discharge their legislative functions ; but, in the meantime, the results of this almost simultaneous election of the governors and other officials of the several States composing the Federation have had time to manifest themselves. Congress may not meet until the first week in July ; but the newly-elected governors (ltered office in the first week in March. Th e attempt to a b o li s h . slavery particular States, the arrests made by order of the Executive of persons charged with no offences cognis a bl e b y l aw, an d the i r removal from their own States, the Act of Congress recently passed authorising th e l ev yi ng o f tro o p s by con scription, the bill su b m i tt i ng th e b an ki ng system in each of the different States to the control of the Central Government, are all of them violations of the express compact under which each of its sepa rate members joined the Federation. It was, there fore, easy for the Democratic Committee to pass resolutions condemnatory of the unconstitutional conduct of the Government and Congress, to which the most ardent Republican would find it impos sible to give a satisfactory reply. It is, however, in connection with the war that the resolutions passed by the committee will have for the European reader the greatest interest. If the expressed opinions of those who attended this meeting could be considered as coinciding with those of a fair pro portion of the Northern population, we would en tertain little apprehension of the war being of much longer continuance. " The Government of Wash ington," says the third resolution, " must before long find itself powerless to continue a conflict which the awakened judgment of a Christian and civilised people emphatically condemns, and upon which the displeasure of Heaven would seem to have fallen." And, again, " The policy of war having had a fair trial for two long, miserable, bloody years, and hav ing failed to bring us, to all appearance, a single step nearer to the restoration of the Union, the people insist that a policy of peace should now be undertaken and attempted." Emphatic and un equivocal as this language is, that in which one of the concluding resolutions is couched is still more so. Referring to the general desire for peace, it is re solved " That the people of this great metropolis are for peace, for that peace which made us great, and prosperous, any' powerful in times past; that four fifths of our people have no interest in the blood money of war contracts; that New Yorkers are not mere maniacs ready to annihilate white men, women, and children to liberate negroes ; that they are not wanton shedders of blood but believers in the God of peace, and the Gospel of peace, hoping for pe ace , praying for peace, longing for peace, and whenever the polls are opened they will be found voting for peace." The resolutions which are p asse d at American public meetings so seldom lead to practical results that we should be careful not to attach too much we i g h t to those which have b een passed by the General Demo cratic Committee of New York. Still, however, the fact is significa n t, t h at i n the principal c ity in the Northern St a t es a meeting should be he ld an d reso lutions passed s o s t rong l y con d e mnatory of the con duct and policy of the Administration. The pemo cratic asce n d ancy h as b egun t o manifest itself, and . it point s unequ i voca lly t o the re-establishment of taw and order, the restoration of constitutional Go vernment, and the return of peace. FederalHEßALD.—Thesubjugation. carried on by thewarof of North America is now . justi fied. by the politicians of those states on . a principle which, if not new, has been for some time lost . sight Stat States of during the recent c . omm . otions . . "he Union as it was, and the Constitution as it is , " was the cry with which the Democratic party endeavoured to ma ke head against the Republicans in power. Their o pponents have now adopted the half of their pro gramme. The Union, they say, must be preserved •at all cost and at all risks. They have organised a Union League, of which branches have sprung up like mushrooms in every city and township of the Northern States. Many of the Democrats have rallied to the standard, and consented to sink their differences with the Republicans out of a common regard for that old theory of the Union, which events may seem to us to have exploded, but which is ever present to their excited fancy. The Demo crats were willing to obtaiu this union on terms to be dictated by the victorious Southerners. They have been signally disappointed in this hope. The South will not have the Union on any considera tion. In a country rued upon democratic princi ples, where the vote of the majority decides upon all public questions, the acceptance of this union with a people outnumbering them by more than two to ene, would have been a political suicide. If the Southerners are beaten they cannot ask more of them than to re-enter the Union upon the old terms. So long as they are victorious it is not to be supposed that they will consent to it. So the proffers of the Northern Democrats wet e rejected even with contumely, and the emissaries sent by them to Rich mond dismissed with scant courtesy. The Demo cratic party in most of the States will not have peace and disunion, and as union cannot be obtained with out war, it has joined its suffrages eagerly to those of the Republicans, and desired the prosecution of a contest which is now being waged in a blood thirsty and uncompromising spirit at their express desire, In resolving on combined action for this old talisman of the Union, the first war-cry that had been forgotten for some time past, each party has had to make a sacrifice of principle. The centralisa tion of authority being supposed necessary for the vigorous prosecution of the war, the Democrats in New York and elsewhere have consented to allow the virtual suspension of the rights and liberties granted by the American Constitution. The powers granted to the President by the Congress just be fore ►ts dissolution, powers which have gifted him with almost despotic authority, have been sanc tioned without protest by a large majority of the States of the North. Their consent has not been unanimous, but if the majority is to prevail those decrees of Congress must pass without question. Out of their fanatical regard for the Union these Democrats have for the present ceased to be consti tutionalists. The Republicans, on their part, have made an important concession, which, if not ex pressed, is nevertheless plainly understood by both parties. We hear no more of the abolition policy. General Hunter, in South Carolina, is the only one of the Federal Generals who is persevering to carry out the policy of negro emancipation. He is so un popular in the North that even his reverses are re garded with a sort of complacency. Should he be successful in his endeavours to produce a general rising of the slaves his success will renew the rupture between the Democrats and Republicans; and the latter can so ill afford to expose themselves to such a risk that it is probable that a summary stop will soon be put to General Hunter's indiscretions. To pacify their late opponents the party in power will not hesitate to throw the negro overboard, and allow the eman cipation proclamation to become a dead letter. The fusion of parties has put an end to the premature hopes of Exeter Hall, and quashed the cruel aspira tions of the misguided zealots who would purchase the freedom of the black even by the slaughter of our white brethren. There are very few in the North who care a jot about the African race except as a tool in the prosecution of a relentless war. With all our zeal for the emancipation cause, we must confess that it the success of this cause is to be put in the balance rgainst the lives and liberties of ten millions of whites, our sympathies incline most decidedly to the men of our own colour. COUNTRY MARKETS. J. - COLCHESTER—APRIL 4. A fair supply of wheat. Trade was dull, at former currencies. Barley was in moderate show, and no change in value. Beans and peas dull, but not cheaper. Wheat, white. 46s 52s Beans, Mazagan..3os 338 red 42s 48s middle & smalL3ss 42s Barley Oats :GLOUCESTER-APRIL 4. To-day there was a very small attendance, with a fair supply of English wheat from the farmers, which sold at the prices of last week, Foreign wheat in retail demand, at late prices. Barley, oats, and beans unchanged. , D-APRIL 3. -day there was a fair supply ;ht improvement in the trade. rain were as follows : Yeas, Partridge 37s 40s White 39s 405 Boiling . 4os 43s _ _ I)un Ditto new —s Beans, Tick, old 348 390 new. —s --s Harrow Ticks 358 408 new —s —s lUazagau 3OB 388 CHELMSFO At this corn exchange to• of wheat offend, with a 814 Prices for all descriptions of g Wheat, old white...3os 538 new ..358 49s old red....37s 46s new 35s 44s Baxley ..28s 36a Chevalier 2Bs ns Grinding 22s 31s Malt. 6ls 67s Chevalier • ..... ,64s 69. Oats 20s 28s KIRKCALDY GRAIN-APRIL 4. We had small supplies of wheat, barley, and oats to-day. Sales ready. Wheat and oats is per qr advance. Barley sold much as last week. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First .36s Od 23s Od 22s Od Second ..41s Od I 26s Od 24s Od Third ....—s Od —s Od —s Od COAL .ARKET krtoes of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. s. d. Bates'sWest Hartley..l4 0 byass's Bebside West s. d. Hastings Hartley ....15 0 Holywell ..15 3 Hartley Buddle'sWest Hartley 15 Carway and Duffryn Malting Lambert's West Hart- Walls End. Haswell .. l7 0 Hetton l7 0 Cassop 15 3 Riddell..... . Hartlepool.. l6 3 South Hartlepool ..14 9 K elloe South Kelloe . l5 3 South Hetton 17 0 Tunstall West Hartlepool 16 0 90 ; sold, 52. ley 15 0 Davison's West Hart ley 15 0 Walker Primrose 11 3 North Pelton Gas, 13 3 Eden Main 14 6 Wylam 15 6 Bower's West Hartley 15 0 Ships at mark( Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. AuKralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Apr. 18. via Marseilles Apr. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet.. Apr. 6. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Apr. 1, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southainpton Apr. 4. via Marseilles Apr. 21. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Apr. 4. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, v i a Southampton Apr. 4. via Marseilles Apr. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Apr. 10. via Marseilles Apr. 4. Portugal,... Apr. 6. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Apr. 4. via Marseilles Apr. 4. Newfoundland .. Apr. 1. Oporto and Vigo . .............. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Apr. 1. by U.S. packet.... by Can ffedian packet.a 3. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneri Ap Ap r. r. 10. Bahamas, via Now York Apr. 9. Mexico ....Apr. 30. All parts of 'West Indies, including Chili, Peru, California, and Briti s h C olumbia.. 1 Apr. 16. [ AnvEß TlSEMENT.]—Holloway's Pills.—Trying Times. —The wet, windy, or cold weather of the present season tests the strength of the human constitution. Holloway's Pills so completely purify the blood, so effectually perfect digestion, and so naturally regulate both secretions and excretions, that occasional doses can always be taken with the most decided advantage when disease from atmospheric influences threaten the health. Disorders of the body mainly arise from impurities introduced from without ; ex pel them by this potent purifier, and disease will rarely follow—a proposition abundantly clear to the commonest capacity. It must be borne in mind that the certainty and energy of action of these pills are much increased by attention to diet and other rules explained in the " di rections." Births. --- FITZGERALD.—On the 2d inst., at 7, Merrion-square, Dublin, th e H on M rs. Fitz Gerald, of a son. GREY.—On the 4th inst., at Aldershott, the wife of Lieut.- Col. F. D. G rey, 37th Regt., of a son. HOPWOOD.—On the 4th inst., at Edinburgh, the vife of J. T. Eiopwood, Esq , M.P., of a son. PORTMAN.—On the sth inst., at 42, Portman-square, the Hon. Mrs. Portman, of a daughter. Marriages. BOYLE —HOLMES —on the 4th in s t., a t St. G eorge 's, Hanover-square, Richard Wile x Boyle, of Ham Lodge, West Ham, Essex, to Rose, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Moore Holmes, Esq., of Sotherton, Suffolk. COCXERELL—DRITMMOND. —On the 3d ult., at St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta, Horace A. Cockerel!, Bengal Civil Service, to Julia Mary, eldest daughter of the Hon. Ed mund Drummond. Deaths. BURNHAM.—On the 6th inst., at Peckham, Mr. Joseph Burnham, aged 83. CARTER.—On the 2d inst , at 12, Davenport-street, Admi ral John Carter, aged 78. GOODMAN.—On the 2d inst., at 2, Bishop's-road, Bays water, Mr. P. B. Goodman. HUTCHINSON—OU the sth inst., at Southgate-road, Isling ton, Mr. Robert Hutchinson, late of Finchley and Frith ) street, Soho, aged 55. LAWRANCE.—On the 3d inst., at Bath, A. Lawrance, Esq.: aged 89. PORCHER.—On the 4th inst., at Cliffe, Dorset, Charlet! , Porcher, Esq., aged 63. STAPLETON.—On the 3d inst., at Grey's Court, Henley.. on-Thames, Miss Stapleton, aged 95. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Atiddlesex.—Tuesday. April 7, 18113.