The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-14 00:00:00

TEE WAE, IN NEW ZEALAND, (From the limes Correspordent.) MELBOITENE, 2, 1 :,,ty, 26. The war in New Zhaiand, which I percieve by the English papers last received is supposed to be at an end, has broken out afresh with increased violence, and I am afraid is likely to endure for yet many months longer. The history of our operations during the last month is marked by a disaster of a peculiarly disgraceful and perhaps unprecedented sort. In order toma.ke the narrative of the subse quent events clear to your readers I will begin by retracing the career of General Cameron after the deeisive success at Orekan. Discomfited and almost terrified into submission by their bloody repulse at this place, the Ngnlimaniopotos, with the detached portions of other tribes allied to them, fled in dis may, first to their strong position at Meungatauri, and thence, evacuating that formidable pala,with all its carefully-prepared fortifications, to Tactranga, the chief habitation of the powerful Ngapuhi tribe on the eastern coast. They were followed thither promptly by Gen. Cameron, with the 433, 65th, and portions of the 14th and 70th Regiments. The General had also at his service the naval squadron, under the command of Commodore Sir William Wise. man, consisting of her Mejesty'sships Curacoa, Esk, I#l iranda, Harrier, and Eclipse. The first operations of this force were entirely successful. Immediately on his landing at Tauranga the General marched against a rebel pah at Maketn, a few miles to the southward, which was shelled by our troops, and abandoned by its defenders after a trifling resistance. Returning to Tanranga, some large Armstrongs, in cluding a 100-poander, were got ashore from the ships, and preparations were made f or an assault on a position called the Gate Pah, lying on the crest of a hill on a small peninsula. The place consisted of two pails, 1,000 yards apart, connected by a covered way, and surrounded by rifle pits and by BD inner line of rail fence, masked by branches of trees and bundles of raupo. On the 27th ult. the 651 h and the flying column of the 70th, under com mand of Colonel Green, left camp for the Maori posi tion ; the 433, the Naval Brigade, Engineers, and a heavy battery being posted in front, under General Cameron himself. The rebel force was estimated at 800 men in all. At daylight of the 25th the bom bardment of the place was commenced with 13 heavy guns, and was maintained for nine hours. A number of Maories being now seen retreating, the 68th were ordered in pursuit by a road which led round the rear of the rebel works through a swamp. In the meantime the Armstronge having effected a practicable breach, it was determined to storm the pah in front. The storming party was formed of equal numbers of the naval brigade and the 43d, under the command of Col. Booth, of the latter regis meat, and of Capt. Hay, of the Harrier. In the midst of a withering fire the party, advancing at the double, carried the breach and entered the pelt. Up to this moment all had gone well for our arms, and some of the spectators doubted not that the victory was gained and the Gate Pah in our hands. But now commences the strange and sad tale of the de nouement. The story at this point is naturally a little confused, end there have been at least half a dozen versions of it before the public. The main facts, however, are as follows—Our troops having entered the pah found it, to their surprise, almost deserted. Only two or three wounded natives were seen inside. Thrown off their guard; the men dispersed and it is said fell to plundering. In an instant there opened from beneath and frcm every side a tremendous fire of musketry, pointed by unseen hands. The whole ground was alive with Maories, and the air was rent with their savage yells. A panic seized the 43d, and the whole party, in spite of the heroic Efforts of their officers, fled in terror from the deadly place. A second force despatched to their support, under Captain Hamilton, cf the Esk, arrived just in time to share their fate. Their gallant leader himself, while standing on the parapet and waving his sword to the blue jackets, was shot through the head, almost all the other officers being either killed or wounded. The men poured headlong out of the breach like a flock of sheep. To complete the story of the disaster, the 68 - ,h, who had gone round, as we have seen, by the rear of the enemy's position, were also repulsed in an attack upon another face cf the pah. Thrice were they led to Ilea aesauit, and thrice driven back by the deadly cross fire. The night of the 21h ciceed oo a scene perhaps unparalleled in British military annals. A regular force of infantry, supported by the crews of three or four men-cf-war and by 13 large guns, had been beaten in a hand to-hand conflict with a horde of savages. A British regiment had fled in terror from perhaps an equal number of Maori-a. Our loss comprised no less than 25 killed and 73 wounded, many of whom are since dead. The proportion of officers slain is some what remarkable. The 43d Regiment lost in offi cers alone es many as, perhaps, any single regiment at the battle 017 the Alm:. Tr fir colonel himself (Booth) was left mortally wounded by his men within the pßit, and is since dead of his wounds. Four captains (Glover, Muir, Hamilton, and Utter ton) and two lieutenants (Langlands and Glover) were also among the killed, besides several other olficer3 wounded. The Naval Brigade lost Captain Hamilton, of the Esk, and Commander Hey, of the Harrier, both highly distinguiseel and popular offi cers, and both equally glorious in their death. Among the Curaeee's crew was slain Lieut. Hill, the senior surviving officer of the ill-fated Orpheus. The Maories, on their side, are supposed to have suffered but slightly in proportion. Their killed were fir set down at 40, but later acceunts make them only 20, el.laou;4h it is probable that, according to the usual native custom, they carried off many of their dead in their subs: Trent retreat. This untoward affair has excited a profound sensation throughout the colonies, and will probably lead to an indefieite prolongation of the war, through the feeling of exultetien which it will have engendered on one side, and of es.aspereelon on the other. It is fair to say that no blame is to be attached to Gen. Cameron in this his first misfortune in the fiend. All the arrangements for the attack seem to have been well and carefully devised ; and allowing that the best way of taking a Maori pah is to storm it in front, everything was done that skill and diligence could do to this end. The disgrace belongs solely to the 433 Regiment, which fled ignominiously from before the enemy, leaving their cfficers behind to be slain. It does not tend to alleviate our sense of d:seom fit ar e, bat rather to add to our mortification, to learn that the pah which had been so valorously defended by the brave Ngapuhies was evacuated the same night, and cccupied by us the next morning with out any di cu Ity. the Maories had foll owe d th e ir tli usual tactics on this ocnasion, of using their pah# rather as means oe annoyance to an advancing f oe than as permanent works of defence. 11,inforce naenta hare boon sent to G en, Cameron s army from Auckland, end it is pro posed to carry on a regular campaign against the rebels of the eastern coast, and to drive them from pah to pah until they are ultimately conquered, as were the Waikatoes. In the meantime some detalchd operations of our troops in other Quarters have been crowned with complete success. In Taranaki a large body of Maories, for the first time perhaps in history, marched out into the open field to attack a British post on Sentry-hill, held by Major Butler, some 30 or 40 soldiers. On this occasion the ?daories were in both senses on the wrong side: of the fence. They were repulsed with great slaughter, leaving their chief, Perenga Klegi, and upwards of 100 Mal killed and wounded. Tee lees on the British side was absolutely nil. There has been also another engagement at Maketu, on the eastern coast, in which the rebels were defeated with great slaughter by the 65th and a large body of friendly natives of the .Arawa tribe. On this occesicn our sable allies displayed great gallantry, ohargieg in advance of the British troepa, and dying nearly all the actual i-j 2 h t ing. The Arawas, who inhabit the country of the hot springs in the romantic and beautiful district of Rotorna, have an old grudge against the Ngsphuis, dating from the days of the terrible E liengi, who, 40 years ego, spread deso lation among the lake tribes with the aid in mus kets and money which he had rece ived from King ,George The battle at Maketu is highly satis factery, as showing that the war is not altogether a war of races, and that we can depend upon a large portion of the Maories to render us material assist ance against their insurgent brethren. Oa the whole, the operations of the last month, in spite of the defeat at the Gate Pah, m :y be said to have been highly successful. The Genes al's despatch from Tauranga, giving an account o t untoward event, attributes the failure to the intr:cacy of the Maori works inside the pah, and to the extraordinary loss of so many officers at the moment when they were most needed. The whole of.the interior of the peh is said to have been one mass of casemates, scaoped out of the earth of the parapets, and covered over with branches and leaves. Within these the garrison were concealed, when the storm ing party entered the breach, and were enabled to pour a heavy fire of musketry at close quarters from behind their shelter. The affair is one more proof, not only of the extraordinary capacity of the I Maories for the stratagems of war, bat also, as I be lieve, of the superiority of their weapons in this kind of fighting. However useful the rifle and bayonet may be against regular soldiers in the field, they are no match for the double-barrelled fowling piece and tomahawk, the favourite weapons of the Maori in a hand-to-hand engagement. I have heard some of our own officers admit the fact of this infe riority, and attribute to it most of the reverses we have met with in this sort of encounter. The smooth bore musket can be loaded more quickly and fired more frequently than a rifle, and the bayonet, how ever useful in the hands of a skilled professor, is not equal to a cutting weapon, such as the tomahawk, at close quarters. The Maories, we must remember, are in all physical and moral qualities the equal of the British soldier. He uses his arms as an Eag lishman would do who was defending his native country amid swamps and forests, and was not obliged to conform to the regular style of fighting, or to wear a red coat in the sight of the enemy. In this affair at the Gate Pah the Maories displayed the highest qualities of soldiership, coolness, pluck, patience, and fertility of resources. No regular army in the world, perhaps, would have done what these savages of Tauranga did against a better dis- ciplined force, provided with an ample supply o heavy guns and all the resources and materiel o war. The following is the list of killed and wounded. Where not described _otherwise, the wounds are gunshot wounds HER MAJESTY'S SHIP CtRACOA. Killed.—Lieut. Hill, late of the OrphEus ; and James Harris, ordinary seaman. Wounded.—Thomas Terran, 0.5., hip, very severely— William Fox, O. S., left jaw, severely—Charles Ween, marine, lower jaw, severely—John Watson, 0.5., left knee, very severely—and Amos Smith, 0.5., groin, dangerously. HER MAJESTY'S SRIP MIRANDA. Killed—M. Watts, R.M.A. Wounded—Lieutenant Hammick, right shoulder, very severely—John Nokes, boatswain's mate, left shoulder, very severely—M. Ryan, A.B , left leg, severely—James Eng lish, captain of maintop, left thigh, severely—Samuel Rushven, A. 8., left lung and fracture of loft arm, very dan gerously—George Charmbold, left leg, severely—Levi Keane, left thigh, dangerously—George Alton, R.M.A:, left thigh, severely—and Alexander M'Alister, A. 8., arm, severely. ITER MAJESTY'S SHIP Esx. Killed—Captain Hamilton, head—William Leigh, stoker —B. Fuller, o.S.—William Dalton, O.M. Wounded—Lieutenant Duff, back, two places, very severely—Edward Martin, A. 13., right hip and loins, very severely—Thomas Roberts, A. 8., abdomen, dangerously —Alfred Bowden, A. 8., right heel, severely—James Law rence, A. 8., scalp wound, severely—James Knight, captain forecastle, very severely, right shoulder—Robert 'Ward, Marine Artillery, very severely, right thigh—Wm. Tcz2r, bombardier, severely, left arm—R,. Jeffrey, A. 8., slightly, sprained leg—T. Donnelly, O.S , slightly, sprained leg— W. Allison, dangerously, chest and thigh. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP HARRIER, Kilied—lfonry Clark, boy—Geo. Young A,B,—Andrew Greenbow, stoker. Wounded—Commander Hay, dangerously, abdomen, ball lodged—Alfred Lockie, very severely, right elb)w—James Pullett, slightly, finger—Chas. Barrett, 0.5., very slightly, left thigh—Wm. Burchill, 0.5., ;very severely, right hip. HER. MAJESTY'S SHIP ECLIPSE. Killed—Sergeant Harding, R.M.A. 68TII REGIMENT. Killed —Sergeant James Harmer, accidentally, chest. Wcunded—Privates John Moffatt, very severely, right knee joint—William Sloane, severely, shell, right foot; Edward O'Neill, dangerously, left thigh—Daniel Sweeney, very severely, shell, right knee—John Logan, wry severely, right thigh and hand—Patrick M'Donald, dangerously, chest and left arm—William Johnson, severely, mouth and neck--Williarn Ashton, dangerously, right elbow—Henry Black, slightly, right elbow—John Platt, very severely, left chest and neck—James Byenter. slightly, lywl—Hugh Toner, right lore arm—John Barker—William Watson, slightly, shell, right hand. 43D REGIMENT. Killed—Captain Robert C. Dover, head—C. R, Muir, tomahawk, right axilla—R. T. F. llalLilton, herd—Edwin Utterton, neck—Lieut. C. J. Langlands, chest—Sergeant Major John Vance, chest—Privates Philip Fitzgerald, head —Chas. Lane, left side chest—S. llolbrash, chest—Henry Gaff, left side chest—S. Hornby, left breast—John Brad burst, abdomen—Fred. Travers, tomahawk, right head and shoulder—Robert Phelan, head—George Brad brook, John Oldbrook, and Bugler J, Blackwall. Wounded—Lieut.-Col. Booth, dangerously, spine and right arm (reported to be since dead)—Lieut. T. G. E. Glover, severely, abdomen, not penetrating —Ensigns Wm. Clark, severely, right arm—and S. P. T. Nichol!, slightly, scalp—Sergeants Edwin Young, severely, left jaw—John Burley, very severely, right fore arm and shoulder—Tiros• Collier, very severely, left aria—and John Coin, slightly, right fore arm—Corporal Win. Everett, left shoulder—Pri vates Win. Bridgman, vary severely, both arms—John Bryant, very severely, right shoulder—John Noble, severely, left shoulder—and James Warburton, severely, righs side of the face—Bugler Thomas Wright, severely, left leg—Privates George Clarke, severely, left shoulder—Thomas Madden, very severely, chest—Jas. Clarke, slightly—John Simmonds, severely, left arm above elbow—John I`,l‘Ferlane,slighl ly, upper lip—John Livesay, very severely, right jaw and chin—Bernard Conroy, se verely, left thigh— Michael Casey, dangerously, right temple—William Sergeant, vary severely, right thigh— Martin Walsh, very severely, right shin—George Robbins, very ssverciy, scalp end right shoulder—James Audley, very severely, tomahawk, head. iiTEC REGIMENT. Wounded—Sergeant William Armstrong, severely, right thigh— Private 'William Power, severely, both shoulders— Private Son Ruth, slightly, left foot—Private Thomas Eardett, severely, right shoulder. 6:)TIT REGIMENT. Wounded— Private Hulliwell, severely, left nat,:s. 12TH REGIMENT. Wounded—l'rivate Andrew Mitchell, severely, right arm—Private Patrick Monaghan, Eevore]y, right thigh. 101cd—Privates William Blessington and M'Cloug'u, accidentally shot. Wounded—Private Handles 3, 40th Itogiment, severely —Sergeants Skeene and Early. Th 3 Nationol Eifl3 Association. Wcra it not for the record of performances which is looked for, cot only throughout the United King dom, but in many of the colonies the rifio associa tions of which are effiliated to the parent body, the proceedings at Wimbledon yesterday might he summed up in a single sentence. The weather was lovely, the shooting excellent, and the temper of all parties proportionately good. The merit of the arrangernens made beforehand was shown in the success with which everything passed off; in fact, the whether of shooting, of eating, cr gene rally of time spent at Wimbledon—may be said to have run as smoothly as the vehicles of the Asso ciation, which began to ply regularly for hire on the tramwa— y about three o'clock in the afternoon. In spite of the enormous number of entries the squads wcrs cleared off and the evening gun fired at the appointed time, although the pressure upon the ranges was not confined to the shooting for the Q ue en's Prize, but arose from the necessity of find ing pieces fur 2,000 competitors for the Alexandra Prize Fs well. Th e only hitch, if such it can be called, when really but an imperceptible delay took place, was owing to the sgaitude of the precsutions tak en by m the Association to g uard against accidents to the markers this year. The small aperture through which the disc is now projected closes with what may be called a valve, w hich necessarily clasps the handle of the disc very t:7,11t 1 19 be at alt so that if the wool weak, and the firing r:tpicl, these handles are liable occas s i ona lly• to snap, e nd for the time being to exhau s t t h e re sources at thedisposal of the marker. When thi s was d i soove rcd a supply of spare discs soon set matters to right, and the firing was only interrupted during the interval that was necessary to send these down the range. Mr. Tenni' son's catering continues to sffor4l general satisfaction and his establishmeat, which. provides from its own resources all that is needful for the comfort of IHE Stir ,, T, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 14, 1864. Volunteers at Wimbledon, was yesterday viNited At the dinner hour, when I!.is while-jacketed wei.ees were in the fullest Izetivity, by a distinguiq:ed party, including several ladies, who expressed themselves much pleased with the order s attention, and abundance of every deportment. The band of the London Scottish performed for some hours in the course of the afternoon, adding much to the pleasure of the visitors. During the day, so far as could be learnt, there was only one contretemps. Ensign Starkie, of the 223 (Queen's Westminsters) an excellent shot, and one of the re presentative 20 in the International Rifle Match, having fired at one of the ranges, was turning to leave the spot when his foot caught in some in equality of the ground, and he unfortunately suf. fered a severe sprain, which will cause him to be absent from the further stages of the present meeting. The following are the principal scores made throughout the day : DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE'S PRIZE. Highest Scores. 500 yds 800 yds. Total• Adjutant Cash, Ist Rosshire 18 15 33 H Evans, Ist Derby Private Lambert, Robin Hood Lieutenant Burt, Ist Warwick l7 11 28 Ensign Pixley, Victorias Captain Surer, Ist Hereford 14 13 27 FIRST SERIES—EXTRA PRIZES (500 YARDS), Points. Private Chapman, 18th Devon Colour Sergeant Graham, 2nd Wilts Captain Pattishall, Bth Hereford Private Walliker, Ist East York Private Grieve, 3d Cambridge Private Phillips, 3d Cheshire .„ . 16 Captain Smith, Ist Edinburgh Private Avis, lst Devon .. Sergeant Bond, Ist Devon Private Percher, IGth Gloucester l6 Captain Wisdom, Ist Inverness Lieutenant Walmsley, 7th Kent Sergeant Boynton, sth East York l6 Lieutenant Dutton, Ist Stafford ... 16 FIRST STAGE—ALEXANDRA. Highest Scores at 200 yards. _ . . Points. Captain Astley, School of Musketry l7 Private Parsons, Hon. Artillery Company Sergeant Sparrall, 12th Kent l6 Captain Hancocks, lst Worcester Private Cranweli, London Rifle Brigade Lieutenant Punshon, Ist Newcastle Hon. Member Evans, Ist Derby Ensign Cunliffe, 26th Cheshire Highest Scores at 500 yards. Ensign Thomas, 4th West York .. 18 Lieutenant Marriner, West Middlesex lB Private Dawson, 4th West York Sergeant Knox, 2d Middlesex l7 Corporal Blanks, Hon. Artillery Company l7 Private 111'Crom, let Surrey WINNER OF PRINCE OF WALES' PRIZE, 200 yds, 500 yds. 600 yds. Total Sergeant Dodd, 2d Hereford-15 16 15 43 FIRST STAGE—QUEEN'S. Highest Scores, 200 yards, 16 points and upwards. Points. Sergeant Chuter, 25th Surrey Sergeant Allen, 25th Somerset Colour Sergeant Munro, 6th Ross-shire Colour Sergeant Ford, 26th Stafford lB Private APKinnon, Ist Edinburgh Sergeant W. Heep, 6th Lancashire Private S. Chivers, sth Wilts Jos. Ryder, 12th West York .... Sergeant E. B. Pitchford, 38th Middlesex Sergeant D. Miller, 10th Berks Private Heiser, 2d Tower Hamlets.. Lieut. Railton, 27th Cheshire Private Atkins, 12th Essex Private Bradley, Bth Notts Private Parkinson, 22d Middlesex Private Clark, Bth Oxford Private Corfield, 13th Middlesex Private Hangton, sth Norfolk Sergeant Matthews, 6th Suffolk l7 Private Rhead, 31 GleucesterMfles Colour Sergeant Harrison, 15th Lincoln Lieutenant Puckle, 15th Midclesex Private Frere, Ist London Sergeant Guttridge, 31th Stafford Sergeant Wyles, 19th Ken' Private J. Adams, let Herts Corporal J. Wells, 3d Herta Quartermaster Sergeant R. Pearson, let Kent 17 Lance Corporal Jankoweky, 39th Middlesex 16 Captain A. J. Lewis, Mil Middlesex Colour Sergeant White, 39th Middlesex Lieutenant 11. J. Nodder, let Lancashire l6 Private R. Formby, sth Lancashire l6 Sergeant J. Holmes, 6th Lancashire l6 Sergeant Edwards, 6th Staffirti IS Sergeant Must, 3.1 Ayrshire Qaartermaster Sergeant Maddock, Ist Berks 13 Colour Sergeant J. R. Ross, Ist Elgin . . 16 Lieutenant 11,3naon, 15!h Durham .. 13 Private Cricicmay, sth Dorset II Robson, 7th Dorset. . Private Yatman, 9 , h West Middlesex Ensign Crooks, 11th Middlesex. . 16 Private Blanks, lion. Artillery Company .. 16 Private Rook, Hon. Artillery Company .... 16 Private Parsons, Hon. Artillery Company .. 16 Private Gore, 21st Latcashlre Ensign Taylor, 336 Lancashire Private Hall, 333 Lancashire Lieutenant Brougham, 13th Staffordshire Private Wood, 20th Stafford.lire Sergeant Palmer, 36th Staffirdshire . 16 Private Keleall, 38th Staffordshire Corporal Foster, :39i.h Staffordshire Lieutenant Fuller, let Cambridge . . Corporal Barker, let Cambridge . 16 Private Hodson,. Ist Cambridge Corporal Riches, sth Essex Private Hammen, 14th Kent l6 Private Ralph, 18 h Kent . ...., ....... Sergeant Kimble, 25:h Kent .. Private M'Kenzie, 29th Middlesex .. Sergeant Reynolds, 35th Middl e sex Private Banes, 22d Middlesex Ensign Chattock, 28th Middlesex Corporal Noverre, let Norfolk S 7.-irearAt Davidson, let Roxburgh l6 coarur Sergeant Sedib, sth Mass-shire Private W. Green, 10th Northumberland Sergeant Callett, 25 Sussex l6 Private E. Jones, Ist Warwick Private Butler, let Warwick Corporal Worth, Bth Warwick Sergeant Wallis, let Surrey Sergeant Harrison, 4th Westmoreland l6 Private Burton, Bth Derby l6 Private Blackmore, 2cl Devon Lieut Wright, 233 Devon Lance Corporal Read, Isle of Wight .. 16 Private T. Cook, 7:h Isle of Wight Capt lion the Master of Leval, 7th Inverness 16 Sergt Mejor Netherrole, 3J Flamorganshire 16 Corporal Tippets, Ist Gloucester........ Private Lane, ist Gloucester .. Dr W. Hutchinson, let Gloucester Lieut Chapman, 12th North York ... 16 Corporal Thornoy, Ist East York .... Ensign Thomas, 4tb. West York Corporal Collier, 4th West York Private S. Neale, Ist Herts l6 Easign Wilcox, 7th Wilts Corporal Allen, 14th Wilts l6 Private Trervolla, Ma Wet rester Sergeant Robinson, 16th Middlesex l6 Colour Sergeant Baylis, 15th Middlesex Private Warren, 21st Middlesex l6 Private Walrnieley, 22d Middlesex Private Leete, 22d Middlesex l6 Lance Corporal Oswin, 4th Northampton Sergeant Deacon, sth Northampton Sergeant Pessland, 2d Northampton l6 Private Scott, 4th Renfrew Sergeant Pratt, 12th Surrey Corporal Macrosbie, 12th Surrey Corporal Willoughby, 236 Surrey l6 Sergeant liiddel, 225 Surrey Private Creed, 25th Somerset l6 Private Beech, Ist Warwick Private Allport, Ist Warwick l6 Quartermaster Sergeant Larmer, sth Surrey 16 Private Elsonore, 7th Starry Sergeant Carrick, let Cumberland l6 Lance Corporal Doe, 221 Cheshire l6 Private Biehopp, 4th Cinque Ports Ensign Rimington, sth Cumberland l6 Captain Seward, 12th Hants Sergeant Muir, 3d Kirkcudbright Colour Sergeant Redfarra, 4th Lanark l6 Not the least interesting feature at Wimbledon is the Post-office, which is now under the charge of Sergeant Russell, of the A division ; and it is really surprising to know the amount of correspondence which passes through his hands, he having the care of upwards of 2,000 letters, which are distri buted to those to whom they are directed all over the camp. There are two despatches; and four deli veries every day. ' Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release from all debts and liaLilities without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of the Court of Bankruptcy. Charges under L 5 payable by easy instalments. Otiloes— (established 1830), 12, Hatton-garden. City branch --6, Itoor gate-areet, 13ank.—ADvT. The Late General (Bishop) Polk. A writer in a contemporary says :—Having had the pleasure of intimate acquaintance with the late respected and excellent General Polk, trom whose lips I have heard the interesting story of a life so prematurely cut off by the fortunes of war, perhaps you will allow me to trespass upon your columns by the insertion of the following brief memoir of the venerable and patriotic soldier-bisl•^p. Leonidas Polk, cousin to the President of that name, was born i❑ North Carolina in 1812, so that h© was little above 50 years of age. He Was of Irish origin, his grandfather having taken part in the famous siege of Barry. In his person he combined all the warmth of feeling, the noble attributes, and the generous impulses which in a peculiar degree are characteristic of the Irish gentleman. General Polk possessed a stately and well-proportioned physique. His countenance was open and intellec tual, his features cleissical and expressive, while his expansive and strongly marked forehead indicated great intellectual capacity. His fine manly appear ance was even thrown iuto the shade by the suavity and urbanity of his manners and the vivacity and perspicacity of his conversational powers. Having gradulted and duly taken his degree in the university of his native city, Mr Polk was ap pointed cadet at West Point Military Academy, where he remained during four years. When he had completed the regular curriculum of his professional studies, he received a commission as second lieute nant in an artillery company. While residing at the college he received serious impressions, and became a communicant of the Episcopal Church, under the impressive preaching of the chaplain,Dr. _ _ . M'llvaine, since the Bishop of Ohio. After an asso oration of a few months with the army, he retired from the service, and offered himself as a candidate for holy orders. Upon completing his ecclesiastical studies, and passing through the diaconate, he was ordained priest, when he became the assistant to Bishop Moore, of Virginia, and rector of the Monu mental ijhnrch in Richmond. Mr Poik's health at length failing, he journeyed to England, where he remained for some time, and where he received very favourable and, indeed, indelible impressions of English institutions and manners. On his return to his native country, and being in possession, by marriage and inheritance, of a large number of slaves, he took up his abode with his family in Tennessee. He erected a beautiful chapel upon his estate for the spiritual edification of his slaves, for whom be regularly performed daily reli gious ministrations. From this work, however, he was called by the Convention of the United States Episcopal Church to the honourable position of missionary bishop. This episcopate, he assured me, comprehended 6,000 miles of territory, including Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Texas, and the Southern Indian States, the periodiol visitation of which usually occupied him 6 months. Bishop Polk was consecrated at Christ Church, Cincinnati, in 1838. On that important and inter esting occasion Dr ISHlvaine delivered the conse cration sermon, a discourse replete with impressive ness and power. One striking passage in the discourse, with reference to the " chaplain and the student," created so deep a sensation at the time as to be deemed worthy of reproduction in the English leading journals. In 1841 Bishop Polk was elected to the episcopate of Louisiana (which he retained up to the hour of his untimely death), when he retired from an ardu ous office that sorely taxed and tried his energy and his health. He belonged to what is termed • the moderate or sound school of theology, and held neither High Church noc Low Church opinions or predilections. In evidence of his unflagging zeal in the service of his Divine Master I may men tion, on his own authority, that sines his appoint ment to the episcopate of Louisiana he built 50 churches, and collected and expended 750,000 dollars in the work of church extension. Bishop Polk possessed considerable military knowledge, a circumstance of which President Davis (his class-mate at West Point) appeared to be cognisant. This fact, coupled with the moral influence attached to the bishop's name and cha racter, induced the President to urge his accept ance of a command in the provisional army of the Confederate States. Bishop Polk (Ed not enter hastily upon a change of calling. After touch deliberation and consultation with his brother bishops, he was induced to imitate the chivalric spirit manifested by the ecclesiastics of the Middle Ages, when the cowl of the priest was combined with the armour of the warrior, and the hand that held the crosier did not disdain to wield the sword. In undertaking the direc;ion of an army Bishop Polk was influenced by the strongest, purest, and most patriotic of motives. "If our cause be holy, he observed to me just before taking the field, "to become a soldier is an obligation not less religious than civil. We must not wait for the enemy to violate our hearths and despoil our altars before we enter upon self-defence—we must go against them to guard against such profanation." General Polk was no less loved by his " com mand" than by the people of his diocese; sod his brief but arduous military career has shown that he fulfilled as honourably and as nobly the position of a soldier an' patriot as that of a Christian bishop. Few personages in the Southern States could have more mourners, and to none could be applied with stricter truth the language of 1 - 101 y Writ—" A perfect ,roan, in whom there was no guile." As one r ho knew and esteemed the lamented general, I feel a sort of sorrowful satis. faction in panning this memoir. Requiescat in pace. pile of their torches, singing in chorus as they threw them away. The crowd then dispersed, and all the students proceeded to a Bier Keller (iefore agreed on), whero the custom is for each to drink in per fect darkness a huge chopin of beer to the remem brance of the deceased when living, end of his re membrance in death; after which they all throw their glasses on the floor and break them in pieces. It might, indeed, be hoped that such a shocking t rag edy would induce, the authorities to put a stop to the system of duelling, which prevails at this university to such an extent that they are iot even a weekly, but almost a daily occurrence. The faces I saw last night were scarred in every variety of form. Some had their faces cut open—the scars scarcely healed; some had bandages round their heads, others huge plasters on their cheeks; and at this present moment a student is walking about with his nose stuck on with plaster. " Taus les gouts sont dans la nature,' , and at Heidelburg scars are considered beauties, in the same way that tatooing is admired in New Zealand. What is also strange, it is considered more honourable to receive than to give cuts. The Germans are loud in their praises of the ordinary duels with swords, as they say only a nose or an eye can be lost, for up to their necks the students are muffled up and pro- tented, and only the faces exposed. For a nose to be cut off, or an eye put out, is by no means a rare occurrence, but the famous Dr. G--s replaces them so per& ctly that only to the inner man is the loss perceptible. A student, indeed, died of a sword cut last year, but I was assured that it was quite an accident, and entirely his own fault, as his skull was unusually thin. The Student's Suicide, --....--- H EIDFLBE LG, July 9. I Passing through Midelberg, I saw one of the saddest and most striking sights—the funeral pro cession by torchlight of the unfortunate student who, about a month ago, was found in broad day light, d es p er ately wounded by a pist ol shot and bleeding , to death, in one of the pu blic thorough tares of the town. He was at once carried to the hospital, and on searching his papers there was no doubt that the wound was inflicted by himself , in consequence of a quarrel with another.etudent there. A . challenge bad been the result, but the other de caning to fight with swords, to prov e that he was not a coward, had insisted that the y should draw lots, and that the one on whom the lot fell should kill himself with a pistol. Tile victim was anative of Wurtemberg, in the Croatian band of students ; effort loss and, knowing that his father wa s dangerously in, he had begged for a reprieve of a f or tnig tit, but this y had been refused, and ha was b ound to kill himself before re a i indignation a certain Lour has on been h b4-3en made to discover the auth or of the murderous challenge, as foul play is stronglY suspected, but beyond that he is a Pole noth ing is known, as the Croatian would not give up h is ntiMe. Each of the chiefs of the different corps have bound themselves te felt,f°l following i e ll v g e r d y ay . 'jai eby a solemn oath to kill the murderer, and ono of ital, and told that hoping that, in his delirium , them never left the bedside of the lee the m ight divulge vtilgemtahne name. When taken to the hasP,l declared that as soon he would probably recover, he as he was well he would kill himself, as he was bound to do se. The different c hiefs of the corps of students came and assured hits that he had amply redeemed his honour, but to no purpose. parents then arrived, and it Ills was hoped that, being an only son, he wou ld rele,nt. The doctors had hopes of his recovery un til two days ago, when six horses to the bad symptoms set in, and h e died on Wednesday, the sth of July. On th e following evening a c procession d o h f i s s t h u e d a e r a s e t 8 'd each n bearing a torch, ac railway station, where he was taken to bo buried in his native village, his broken-hearted - parents alone accompanying his remains. Nothing could be more sad than the funeral corteg e —the mournful notes of the music and the muffled drums, and the 300 stu dents with their flaming torches. On arriving a t the station they all sang in chorus, and after each verse came the well-known Feench refrain— Maie en partant, Ne veraons point do lames, Car c'est le dieu fort Quo gouverne nos jours. From the station all returned in quick time, and in front of the university the students made a funeral RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN. The adjourned Wharncliffa meeting of this corn pany was held yesterday at the Euston Station— Mr R. Moon, the chairman, presided. The CHAIRMAN said they had only one bill to submit--it was No. 12 on their list, for making rail. ways from Haverstock-hill, Hampstead, to the Charing•oross Railway at Hungerford, and for making new streets from Tottenham-court-road to the Strand. The bill had been modified in com- mittee, and its title had been changed to " The North Western and Charing cross Railway." The b.ll authorised the company and the London and North Western and South Eastern Railway Com- panics to enter into traffic and working arrange ments. The powers were permissive to make such agreements as might be necessary for the inter change and working of the traffic over the new line between the railway and station near Euston-squae and the junction with the Charing-cross line at Hungerford. He then moved a formal resolution approving the bill. Colonel BOURNE seconded the motion. Mr ROLLS said he understood the powers were permissive to make agreements for working the traffic, but he wished to know whether they were to subscribe anything towards the new under- taking. The CHAIRMAN said they would have to subscribe £2,500 if the company got the bill. There were to be 12 directors in the new company, the subscrip tion of £2,500 was to qualify four directors of the London and North Western on the new board ; there would be tour directors of the South Eastern Railway on it, and four directors to represent the independent parties promoting the bill, thus making the 12 directors. A formal resolution approving the bill was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said the other bill remaining for the consideration of the proprietors was a bill for the completion of the inner circle railways north of the Thames, extending from their Kensington Sta tion to Trinity-square, Tower-hill. The bill was not yet ready, and it would therefore be necessary to adjourn the meeting to Wednesday, 20th inst. In reply to questi'ms it was explained that the North Western and Charing-close Railway was originally proposed to run from ilaverstock-hill, forming junctions with the Midland, the London and North Western, and the Metropolitan Railways; but those proposed junctions would have involved complications end considerable expanse. The com mittee on the had simplified the northern end of the proposed line by cutting elf a portion of it, and sanctioning a convenient junction with the London and North Western Railway near the Euston Station, so that passengers on their way from Paris to Manchester and Liverpool, and vice verse, would be enabled by means of the new line to pass to and from their railway to the South Eastern Rhilway without change of carrip - ga. The proposed railway would also form junctions with the southern portion of the " inner circle line" passing under the upper surface of the Thames Embankment, near Hungerfords With reference to this point, Mr Stewart, the secretary of the Lon don and Not th Western Company, in his letter to the Board of Trade in January last, stated that— " If in consideration of the great stream of traffic exist and west it should be deemed expedient to form another line of communication in that direction, Ho as to accommodate the population on the north bank of the Thames, as that on the south bank is accommodated by the lines of the South Western and South Eastern companies, I am authorised to say that the directors of this company will be pre pared to co-operate for such an object in the manner already indicated." And in question 243, page 25, of the Report of the Joint Committee of the Lords arid Commons, Mr. Stewart stated in evidence, with regard to t‘ An extension from the Kensington Station in the direction of Westminster, and so along the bank of the Thames, I think it would be very important both locally and as an ex tension of the London and North-Western and the Great Western systems." The Metropolitan Dis tricts (No. 2) Bill was now before Lord Stanley's committee for completing the portion of the inner circle line from Kensington ,to Trinity-equare, Tower-hill, the other portions being comprised in the Metropolitan Railway, and its eastern and ‘veetern extensions. Tie meeting then adjourned to Wednesday, the 20th inst. SOUTH-EASTERN. The adjourned Wharncliffe meeting of this nem• piny was held yesterday at the Bridge-house Hotel, London-bridge—the Hon. Y. Byng in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said they Lad been obliged to ad• journ twice in consequence of the bill not being ready. It involved no outlay on their part, but re quired the assent of the proprietors. Mr. Toogood, the solicitor, read the beads of a bill for making a railway from the London and North Western Railway, near the Euston station, to the Charing-cross Riiiway. It authorised agreements between the proposed company and the London and North Western, the Charing-cross, and the South Eastern Railway Companies, for the maintenance, use, and working of all or any part of the railway, for the interchange and working of traffic, and for the division and apportionment of the receipts. Mr. ADAMS said, as the bill involved no change en the South Eastern, and as it authorised a direct line of communica►ion between the London and North Western Railway and their line at Charing-cross, he thought it must be of great advantage to the Smith Eastern Company in facilitating continental and other traffic between their line and the London and North Western Railway. In reply to Mr. A. Beattie, it was stated that the length of the new line was about two miles. On the motion of the CIIAIRMAN, a formal reso. lution approving the bill was carried unanimously, and the proceedings terminated. CHARING CROSS. The adjourned Wherncliffe meeting of this com pany was held yesterday at the London -bridge station ; the Hon. J. Byng in the chair. Mr Toogood, the solicitor, read the preamble and heads of a bill authorising the construction of the North Western and Charing-cross Junction Rail. way, the clauses affecting the interests of the Charing-crops authorising traffic and other arrange ments between thr intended company and the Lon don and North Western, the Chtiring Cross, and South• Eastern Railway Companies, or either of them, for the maintenance, working, and use of the proposed railway; or any portion of it, the supply and use of working stock, the interchange, division, and apportionment of the traffic. On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr Thomson, a formal resolution approviog the bill was carried unanimously. CORK, YOUGIIAL, AND QUEENSTOWN. Is appears that the traffic receipts on this railway for the half year ending the 30th of June amounted for passengers, parcels, and mails to £9,918, and for goods to £2,410, together £12,328, against £9,879 for the corresponding half of 1863, showing an increase of £2,449. RAILWAY BILLS. In the paragraph under this head which appeared in the Sun of yesterday respecting the Metropolitan District (Inner Circle) Bill it was stated that the witnesses examined in favour of the bill were Sir C. Fox, Mr Fowler, Mr Haddon, and Mr Bench, engineers. It should have been stated that Sir C. Fox and Mr Haddon gave evidence on behalf of the Corporation of. London in opposition to that portion of the " Inner Circle" which was proposed to run from the Temple to Trinity-square, that being considered by them wholly unnecessary for the convenience of the public, and therefore involving a needless expenditure of at least two millions of capital. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—It seems certain that Denmark has soli cited a suspension of hostilities, and desires to enter upon negotiations for peace. Although the Like Fiord has just been passed by the Prussians, and the extreme northern towns of Jutland have been occupied, there is nothing which need prevent these negotiations from being successful. Peace, indeed, seems now so inevitable that we can hardly refuse to credit that it has already arrived. Such an event will give heartfelt satisfaction to every one in this country. We feel too well the humiliations of Den mark from the shadow they have cast on ourselves. We understand the greatness of the sacrifices endured by its people from the agitation which the mere spec tacle of them has caused among neighbouring na tions. Of these calamities there can be no end es long as the war lasts. Denmark now stands alone. No Power will move a step to save the provinces which have been the cause of war. France, for reasons of her own—either to inspire confidence in the German States, great or small, or to show her resentment of England's alleged discourtesy—has abandoned the ally of the Great Napoleon, and has all but encouraged the violence of its adversaries. Russia's only interference has related to a mere dynastic question, and the new alliance or under , s ending between the three Northern Courts forbids the Government of Copenhagen to hope for any aid from the Power which in 1848 was so zealous a friend. As for England, there is no more need of advice, and there never was any chance of assist ance. Daring the last fortnight the agitation in the country has subsided, the errors of the Government have been condoned, the spiteful delight of foreign society and the foreign press has been borne with equanimity, and the nation has now definitively abandoned its part of mediator or partisan for that of a calm spectator, wishing well to the cause ofjastice, feeling for those who suffer from military violence, but fully resolved not again to take part in discus sions where arguments go for so little and artillery goes for so much. The Danes being thus left to themselves, what can they do batter than follow an example which Prussia and Au-tria have both set them within the present century, and accept a peace dictated by the conqueror ? They have not yet undergone the last humiliation of an overmatched people ; they have not yet seen their capital taken, the palaces of their Kings occupied by domineering General, their museums ransacked, their treasury plundered. But any one of these things might happen to them through persevering in a defiance which they could not support by resistance. The allies have no w taken possession of all Jutland—. they have established there their own regulations and their own officials—they have taxed the people to an excess which is a disgrace to them, but which has at last broken the spirit of their victims. The whole Peninsula is in their power—they may at any time cross to Funen, and thence carry the war into Zealand itself. The Danish fleet, whatever its efficiency and the mirage of the seamen, can do little against the powerful armament which Austria can send into the Baltic. In such clrcumstances what can be more wise than to yield to fortune and ask terms of peace from those who have conquered by means of so immense a disproportion of strength? This is what Denmark has now done, and it is pro bable that a few days more will bring a suspension of hostilities, end a statement from the German Powers of what they demand as a reward of the war which they have undertaken. Various reports are current abroad as to the course which these negotiations have taken. It is said that the Danish King at first addressed himself to the Emperor Napoleon, not asking his mediation btween Den mark and the allies but his advice es to whether it would be expedient to make direct overtures to one or both of the allies for the purpose of obtaining peace. It was in accordance with the Emperor's advice that the King's brother was despatched on his late mission, and there was, it is asserted, a pro mise given by the Emporor that he would do his best to insure the Prince's success. There is, however, 'Attie doubt that the French Govern ment recognises the necessity of a cession of the two Duchies. Whatever engagements may have been made by the two Powers at the outset of the campaign, with whatever pretexts they may have covered their first acts of invasion, whatever arrangements may have been suggested or half accepted at the Conference, it appears to be the opinion of the French Government that the fortune of war has decided all questions in favour of the Germans, and that it now only remains for them to appropriate formally the conquest which they have made. Whether an Oldenburg or an Augusten burg shall inherit, whether the popular vote shall he ts.ken as suggested by France and strongly ob.. jetted to by Austria, or whether the Government shall be supposed to pass by the grace of God to the nominee of tae allies and the Diet are purely Ger i man questions ; all that concerns Deninak now is to acquiesce formally in the expulsion of its troops, and to obtain back Jutland es the price of this end other concessioOs. It may be that the extraordi nary demands said to be made on Denmark by the German Powers are exaggerated, but no one can hope that the latter will be very placable or gene rous. Victory to them is too rare an event, a war successfully ended is too novel in their annals, for them to be likely to display the chivalrous virtues. Denmark will, no doubt, have to pay in territory and in gold, and the only limit to the exactions of the enemy will be her ability to satisfy them. The present year will certainly close on a diminished and impoverished kingdom, with nearly half its territory gone, and what remains exhausted by the maintenance of armies, friendly or hostile, and by the payment probably of a large indemnity. It is a sad spectacle, and may well cause a pang to those who brought a nation Po weak and so utterly unprepared for war into a conflict with two great Powers. The British Government, how ever, may justly feel that it is not responsible for these consequences. For many weeks the Danish Government have known that they had nothing to expect from this country or indeed from any other; and yet, in spite of this, they insisted on continuing the war with an obstinacy which seemed like hero ism, but which the event now shows to have been merely foolhardiness. While making every allow ance for a nation which has been the victim of such injuries, we must regret that the Danes did not show themselves more reasonable daring the later part of the Conference, and avoid the defiant resumption of a campaign which they have now been obliged to terminate abruptly by suing for peace. They would then have kept a part at least of Schleswig; they will now lose the whole of it, and, it may be, find German influence extended into Jutland us the consequence of the occupation. But they must now make the best terms they can, and we can only express a hope that the German Powers will refrain fr om inflicting on them the worst humiliations of the conquered. The change of Ministry and the possible dissolution of the Rigs rand show the altered counsels of the King ; if they are met with some degree of fairness, this most un happy war may soon come to an end. PosT.—The decision of the English Government to render no material assistance to Denmark bids fair to be followed by events which everyone who has studied the peculiar relationship existing be tween Denmark and Germany must have anticie pated. Treat they were anticipated by the English Cabinet Is best evidenced by the unremitting exertions made by it to effect a pacific s e ttl eme nt of the Dano - German dispute, and that they were dis regarded by the other neutral Powers is to be ac counted for, not by any want of perception on their part, but b by motiv e e ti s i of difficult policycul t which a momentit may preciselytot the de present fine.in order to Flake intelligible to our readers the line of policy upon which the Danish Government have now apparently entered, and the consequences to which a persistence in it may possibly lead, it wiil, however, be its necessary to recall to their m inds the position which Denm a rk h e ld in Europe at the ac cession of present Sovereign a few months since, and the modifications which during that period it has undergone. When Frederick VII. died in the month of November last, the Danish dominions included the islands of Zealand, Ferree, and other smaller ones on both sides of the Great Belt, together with the province of Jutland, and the Duchies of Sohles- wig, Holstein, and Lauenburg. We here dismiss from consideration the small and comparative l y unimportant colonial dependencies. The entire population might be set down at two millions and a half, of which about three•quarters of a million inhabited Zsaland and its adjacent islande. Suc h were the possessions to which Christian IX. sue' ceeded by virtue of the Treaty of 1352, and which!, though small in comparison with the territories other continental Sovereigns, constituted a menarche` which held no unimportant place in the map of Europe, No sooner, however, had he ascended the throne than his rights to the Duchies were called in question, and a war with Germany ensuelr which has resulted up to the present time in de priving him of all his possessions on the mainland. Without proceeding to consider in detail the causes which led to that war, or the ostensible motives advanced by the German Powers, we may without danger of contradiction say that hostilities wore dictated by a spirit of aggrandisement and by a wish on the part of Germany to secure possession of a seaboard which would enable her to become a great naval Power. But Germany, regarded as all aggregate, stood to Denmark in a relation very dif ferent from that in which France would stand to England, or Italy to Austria, if either contemplate d the invasion of the other. Germany is a Confeders' tion of independent States, and though she threat.. erred Denmark with invasion, her objects could be ensured by the consent of the latter to enter into the league of which she was composed. By such a proceeding Denmark would not lose her indepen' deuce, except in so far as she would become amen' able to the jurisdiction of the Diet, a jurisdiction to which Austria and Prussia nominally submit them" selves. But it so happened the Duchies of Holstein and Lanenburg actually formad part of the Confede" ration, and itt respect to them that the Danish Sing was amenable to the decrees of the Diet at Franke fort, and consequently he had the best means of judging of the effect of making all his dominion sub. ject to the jurisdiction of the Confederation. It was under these circumstances, then, that the Dana' German war commenced. Now, without carrying our readers back to the year 1815, it may be suffi• cient to state that at that time the European Powers recognised the necessity of entrusting the islands and the peninsula commanding the entrance of the Baltic to a third-rate maritime Power. When the plenipotentiaries at Vienna occupied themselves in remapping Europe, and taking slices from this State and from that State, they took care to leave the Danish islands and peninsula intact. The ex' pediency of maintaining the integrity of Denmark has from that time constantly been recognised; and in order to guard against a contingency which threatened to dismember that monarchy, the Treaty of 1852, establishing the right of the present Sovereign to succeed to all the possessions of his predecessor, was formally concluded between Den' mark and the neutral Powers. Such being the case' the Danish Government found themselves placed in a position of peculiar difficulty when, on the awn' sion of the present Sovereign, the German Powers threatened to strike a blow at the integrity of the monarchy by demanding, as they virtually dins, the cession to Germany of the Duchies. Denmark had not only her own persot.al interests to regard, but those of the neutral maritime Powers, and had to regulate her policy according to the supposed wishe s and interests of other nations than herself. Al' though the war with Denmark was waged by P r os" sia and Austria in the name of United Germany the Danish Government, as well as the Cabinets of the neutral States, were well aware that the aggressive Powers, and more especially Prussia, were actuate d by motives not merely distinct from, but in sortie respects antagonistic to, those which prompted the Confederation to assume a hostile attitude towards Denmark. The Diet simply asked for the union 0' the Duchies under a German prince, together with their enrolment in the Bland, whereas the leading Powers of the Confederation sought the subversion of those liberal institutions which the Danish penP le : enjoyed, and Prussia hoped that the Duchies, if n ot the entire peninsula, might become part of her owl dominions. Threatened from two quarters, but a t the same time trusting to the strong interest 0 5 " sessed by the great maritime Powers in the main' tenance of their independence, the Danes accepte d a war the issue of which, if they stood alone, cou ld not be doubtful, and looked to England, France,: and Russia for that assistance which they conside red motives of self-interest would induce them to gic e ' But they looked in vain. The war proceeded--t he Duchies were occupied by the invaders—the vines of Jutland shared the same fate, and eti; their Allies made no sign. At length the islantt e , and the capital were threatened, and thee, and not till then, was Denmark told that she must not loot; abroad for material assistance. At this last moment , with absolute extinction imminent, with a territory reduced to a few islands sod a population of three quarters of a million, Denmark naturally casts about to discover some means by which she cA satisfy her foes, short of the annihilation of her Da' tion al existence. That overtures for peace have been made by the Danish Sovereign to the Geroa° Powers there can be no doubt, although with their, precise nature we are as yet unacquainted. It woul d of course be open to Denmark to propose to ente r bodily into the Germanic Confederation, but to suc h , a step France, if not England, would raise a decided opposition ; otherwise, treating with Prussia clones Denmark might code to her everything south of the Schlei, and remodel her institutions in conformi t y with the wishes of the Cabinet of Berlin, re taining, her political independence. Or, again, either 0:: these schemes might of course be variously modifi ed We simply furnish these indications, as showieg how far from final settlement the Dano-German di e ' puts is, and how serious the complications to wh iny ' it may yet give rise. But all this has been 1 00 5 foreseen, and it must be confessed that the Englis h Cabinet endeavoured to form an alliance se wcu'd have prevented these results. As for Dec,; mark she is fully justified, when she finds herse lf deserted, in taking any course which promises le avert her destruction. It now remains to be seen til what manner the - Western Powers will regard the last phase on which the Dano-German question 1 30 entered. COUNTRY MARKETS. .Y~_._.~~..___r.~. LYNN—TUESDAY. A small show of wheat to-dt,y, which meta brisk sale at fully is per qr up o n all descriptions. Oats firm in pr ice. Beans and peas 6d to is advance. White wheat 468 to 48s 1 Barley . ..36s to 39 Itcd .. 428 to 44s 1 Grinding " 26 8 to 2 96 Beans .37s to 38s 1 Oats Small ..34s to 36s I Peas --8 to ' Averages Wheats, 42s 2d—barley, 29s Od—beal l9l 37s 4d. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE—TUESDAY. Farmers' wheat in moderate supply this morning, (4114 prices ruled at about the same as this day week. 1 91 Averages—Wheat, 4ls 6d—b ar l e y, 26 s 4d.—oats, 10d—beans, 35a 6d. MARKET HARBOROUGH—TIJESDAY. r. Not much wheat at market to-d a y, an d pr i ces 2 s highe r , —White wheat, 43s to 48.5; red, 41s to 44s per 36 etll 0 Malting barley at 32s to 35 s p er qr.; gr i n di ng, 28 s to 0 30 per 30 et, Oats, old, 24s to 28 s; new , 20 s to 23 s per et. ; beans, 31s to 42s per qr. HULL--TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a small supply of Ell: lish wheat, which met a ready s a l e a t i s t o 2 s p e r qr B, t Vance. In foreign there was also a go o d s a le a t fully lii" r week's prices. Grinding barley v e ry scarce, and 6d per% dearer. Oats were rather easier. Peas and beans w e ' sold freely in retail at 6d to is more money. Wheat.... Old white per qr. 44s Od to 48s Oa Old red Nev white .. ~ New red ..., , Barley.... English malting 27s Od to 34$ o j Grinding 2ss Od to 278 Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Da n i s h 3 os Od t o 31° Grinding 2Bs Od to 3-, 05 od Oats English, old 22 s Od to 24s_„ Births. HEWETT.—On the 12th inst., at Chatham, Kent the W ife of Julius A. C, Hewett, C.E., of a daughter. HALL.—On th e 12th i ns t., a t 21, O x f or d-t erra ce, 1: 1 9 d ij e : park, W., the wife of Marshall Hall, Esq., of a dsug ter. SPOTTISWOODE.—On the 12th inst., the wife of 110 Spottiswoode, Ekq , of 60, Grosvenor-place, of a son. 10 SEACOI.IE.—On the 12th inst,, at Dunmow, Essex, the W 1 of T. H. Seacome, Esq., of a son. Marriages. ke BEA.VER—ROBIIINS.—On the 12th inst. at South Pt?i , Hugh Rowland Beaver, Esq., to Mary Jane. the 6 1 0 , daughter of George Robbins, Esq., o f Midford C 513 Sounersetshire. DonsoN—Btih • nows —Oa the 12th inst at v , ° G - to Church. hear-Admiral George Dobson, t o Frances • fourth daughter of the Rev. William Francis Burro" Vicar of Christchurch. llants. Deaths. Fox.—On the 9th inst., at Pan, i n th e sou th of F r „ n or Richard Fox, Esq., aged 66. 9 4 Fox.—On the Bth inst., at East Stoke, Wareham, the" Charles Fox, aged 79. FoS Fox.—On the 13th inst., at Addison road, Lady 111 a" (born Fitzclarence), aged 65, „r o e, JAY.—On the 11th i ns t., at h i s res i dence, 36, Wes t-01 Lambeth, Captain Charles H. Jay, R.N,, aged 7 1 ' ki ts KEmrE.—Kemp e, the 12th i ns t., Mrs. Kern e relict a ti le — A. J. Tempe, Esq., F.S:A , aged 74. filler ROSE.—On the 12th inst., very suddenly, Arthur Rose, of South Lambeth, age 67. :A d seP WESTBROO,— On the 12th inst. at Heston, Edward Westbrook, Esq., aged 66. London : PrinZed and Prnished by WILLIAM AND I Y A I jo. of No. 112, St ran d, P r i n t e r, at Tu x Sufi Offi „ ce Ot Strand, in the Precinct of the '3avoy, in the CO ll 411841e..ex.rThuraday, July 11,1801. T' J. C. 1, E Chas. and J. H. J. C. 1 Fen J. C. 1 lawn iRa her in f Stei DepcE otli( mot be a Co.. Chas. Messr A l Mame (Lim' taking the ri, inunh and tl anills deals loud The ing ti Bawl' stead for tl share Api to th West for, NA allott Pro had o T 1 Ineor Depo. Jam( Willi Tb, Beni, au( E. A Sal Geor 'Will Ch Geor Tr Jose E. Rob( chi Pete an, The ton iiv4 T 1 lat ch GILL' S.i Ta a la. e pro ni " CI clu pal an( an( COt Pal