The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-08 00:00:00

TH.E SION OF SCHLESWIG. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) - YLECKERBYE, SCHLESW/G, Feb. 2. Prince Frederick Charles and his Staff passed through Eckernforde early to-day, and moved for ward on the road to Missunde. The troops that had been quartered for the night in and around the former place were also on their way to the front at art early hour. Missunde, as the map will show you, is at a narrow point of the Schlei. Not having Lad an opportunity of visiting it beforehand,, and trustworthy information on such subjects being difficult to obtain, I must limit myself to stating the fact, of which I believe there can be no doubt, that the position is a strong one. There are intrench reents and a tete de pont. Something more exact might have been ascertained but for the extremely unfavourable nature of the weather. Fighting in a fog is an unsatisfactory business, even to those engaged, and the mist is particularly annoying to persons who attend merely as spectators, desirous of seeing as much as possible of what passes on both Bides. As regards the main features of to-day's affair, I will ationce tell you that the Prussians came up in high spirits, and showing good stomach for the fight ; that a large body of cavalry was on the ground, and had, so far as I saw or heard, nothing whatever to do ; that six or seven batteries of artillery were engaged, and that there was a fair amount of infantry skirmishing, but no heavy fire of that arm. In fact, it was chiefly an artillery fight, the object being to batter the Danish defences and daunt the Danes themselves, with a view to subsequent m ore decisive operations. This, at least, I i n fer to have been the intention of the o,esailants, on the strength of what I gather, at the commencement of the fight, from officers there present, and the proceedings of the day confirm the inference. Throughout the whole affair, which was of the nature of a reconnaissance, the Prus sian fire was inadequately replied to by the Danes, and the loss of the former, which I do not imagine to be large, was chiefly incurred in in fantry fights, especially towards the end, when the Prussians approached very near to the intrench ments. The fog was so dense, increasing as the day wore on, and at last mingled with a close drizzle, that even from the immediate rear of the Prussian batteries I could. distinguish the Danish skirmishers only as shadows. moving through a mist. The state cf the atmosphere probably had its effect on the artillery practice of the enemy, which was directed at moving bodies, while the aim of this side was chiefly at fixed objects, ard,'moreover, the nature of the ground afforded a good deal of cover to the Prussian battalions and squadrons in the reserve or not actually engaged. The whole country from E Acernforde to the Schlei is undulating and divided into small fields by banks and hedges, The com bat begun beyond Kosel (a village about half-way between Eckernforde and Missunde), the Danes skirmishing back to their position on the Schlei. About three- o'clock the Prussians broke off the fight and retired, unmolested by their opponents. The whole affair presented no features of particular in te..reet. As the columns began to march back to their quarters the village included in the Danish posiCou, which had been for some time on fire, htazed up through the fog and cast a red glare along the horizon. An occasional cannon shot during the next half hour concluded the day's pro ceeding& The Danish practice throughout the day seems to have been good, considering the fog, and that they fired a great deal less than the Prussians. One of their shots disab':ed three horses belonging to one gun, and there were several damaged limbers and carriages. Of the wounded Prussians a good many of the hurts were but slight. There seemed some deficiency in the ambulance department, for several wounded men were carried past me not on stretchers, but borne on greatcoats or in their com rades' arms. It was stated this morning in Eckernforde that heavy firing had been heard during the night in the direction of the Dannewerk, but at the place from which I write, which is much nearer to the great Danish bulwark, nothing is known of any such cannonade. There was noise enough of another kind at Eckernforde the whole night through, an immense deal of joviality and cheering, and singing of the eternal Schleswig-Holstein air, a harsh and meagre melody at best, and which cer tainly does not improve by repetition. The &kern iordians seemed quite enchanted at their release from the Danes, of whom they spoke in no approv ing terms, relating with much glee how the last re maining company hurried out yesterday on hearing that the Prussians were coming down upon them. Up to the Schlei, as you know, Schles wig is quite German in its ideas and sympathies, although at Eckernforde most of the inhabitants seem conver sant with the Danish tongue, having been obliged, they say, to learn it at school. Fleckerbye, from which I to-night write to you, is a pretty hamlet, about half way from Eckernforde to Schleswig, and at rather a convenient point between the Prussians on the right, the Austrians in the centre, and the Danes in front. The Prussian light cavalry are patrolling the road that runs through it, and the Danish patrols come down to within a short distance west of it. Not being quite certain as to what visitors the fortune of war may bring them, the inhabitants have not yet mounted the tricolour, or followed the example of the various other villages in Schleswig, where Duke Frederick VIII. has been proclaimed as soon as the Danes left. The Prussian troops bear themselves, so far as I had opportunity of observing, very creditably in the new capacity, long unknown to this,army, of fighting men. On the march they are joyons ; and alert, they go _cheerfully into action, and bear wounds uncomplainingly. On the other hand, one at once that they are young soldiers. A whole battalion stooped their heads today, almost as one man, when a round shot passed at a small distance over them. The same men went eagerly into action a short time afterwards, and did their duty with spirit and goodwill. lam not sure that it is likely to encourage young soldiers to be addressed upon the field in the terms which an acquaintance of mine assured me he heard employed to-day by a well-meaning chaplain, who, in a short discourse, in tended to arouse the religious feelings of a battalion, informed them that it was highly probable very few of them might come out of the struggle upon which 'they were at that moment about to enter. There seems no doubt that a regular plan had been laid to conceal the fact that the passage of the frontier was fixed for the Ist of February. Yester day morning, at Kiel, it was positively believed by persons who ought to have been the best and first informed, that the Crown Prince was to arrive there before night. This appears to have been a ruse de guerre. It has been announced that the Prince and Marshal - Wrangel would hold a review of troops near Kiel on the 2d inst. (to-day). Instead of that they have never been near the place, and their head quarters to night are at D emen d or ff , b e t ween Rends burg and Schleswi g , At Hamburg on Sunday even • ins, there was no idea that a movement across the Eider was imminent, and the first knowledge of it obtained by the people at Kiel was only troops began to turn cut very earl y s e en the morning. frost has gone for good, and we have now a steady thaw (even without rain, which has ceased), opera tions must for some days be extremely d fficult. The ground on which yesterday's fightin; occurred was clayey, and it would be difficult to take guns over it when it should have become so tkE d with wet. I am again on the move, and must closo this hurried letter. Danish quarrel, that Austria cordially supported the measures which were adopted as to Poland, t hKt both Austria and Prussia have been induced to acknowledge, the obligations of the treaty of 1852, and that France, although a transient coldness may prevail, has really no grievance to allege against England. Lord Derby repeated, in a less ob noxious form, a mistake of Mr. Disraeli, in dwelling too elaborately on the differences of opinion which have arisen between Lord Palmer ston's Government and the Emperor Napoleon. The general wish for a French alliance has always been modified by a natural jealousy of a permanent foreign influence. The country is not unwilling to observe that in many political questions the two Western _Powers are able to act lin concert. When there is au obvious separation of interests, or even a legitimate conflict of opinions, the adoption by an English Minister of a co:Irso of his own, even if it were inexpedient, would not be unpopular. The withdrawal from the Mexican en terprise was simply unavoidable, and although the Polish difficulty was more enabarrassing, Lord Derby himself would certainly approve the determination to reject all proposals of war with Russia. The grievance of the Congress which could never have met relates merely to a supposed defect of form and courtesy ; and although Lord Russell's despatches are by no means models of conciliatory language, Mr. Disraeli, in a moment of candour or rhetorical excitement, contrived to be still more disrespectful to the Emperor of the French. Lord Russell told the French Government, in an argumentative answer to the proposal, that the Congress would, for certain specified reasons, be impracticable or inope rative. It was more courteous to state even a diss agreeable truth than to offer an insincere approval in the hope that the project would afterwards break down by its own inherent weakness. Mr. Disraeli, with his characteristic fancy for indirect diplomacy, asserts, not without truth, that the scheme of the Congress was an adroit manoeuvre to conceal the check wnich the French Government bad recently received from Russia. It would, in Mr. Disraeli's opinion, have been judicious to humour the deception, and to leave Europe to find out at lei sure that it had been formally invited to meet for an impossible pm pose. The Emperor Nepoleon has shown an unusual want of command of temper- in his subsequent dealings with England ; but if Mr. Disraeli's interpretation of his designs is correct, any irritation which he may feel has been occasioned by his own proceedings. As Lord Russell said, a proposal of a Congress or of any other plan implies that either an acceptance or a refusal may be returned without offence. It is tolerably clear that the Opposition, while it assails the Go vernment, has no alternative policy to propose. Lord Grey and Mr, Seymour Fitzgerald were the only members of either House who ventured to re commend participation in the Danish war. Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli were more prudent or more conscious of responsibility, and when they censured the unjust conduct of Austria and Prussia they were less forcible in their language than Lord Rus sell. The most questionable act which the English Government has committed was its participation in the Treaty of 1852, and the error is practically , exempt from Parliamentary criticism, not only be cause it was committed twelve years ago, but because Lord Palmerston framed the treaty and Lord Malmesbury signed it. EXAMINEIL—War, or peace with honour for England, is the question that makes the opening of this Session of surpassing interest. Lord Derby asks to be assured that the country is not committed by the Government to a disastrous quarrel with Germany on the one hand, or on the other to the betrayal and abandonment of an ally who has trusted to our support. To which Lord Russell most distinctly replies : "We have given at no time any assurance or even hope of material assistance to Denmark. The Danish Minister at her Majesty's Court has repeatedly said to me, 'We expect no material assistance from Englaud, but we do ex pect sympathy.' That is the extent of our engagements as regards Denmark; but what the future may bring forth it would be rash for me to say. I should be rash if I were to pretend even to make an outline or sketch of what may happen." This is so far satisfactory, and takes away all ground for the argument that the exercise of in fluence and proffer of advice by England bind her in honour to render material assistance to Denmark, our counsels having unhappily failed of the desired effect. The point of honour is then safe, Denmark being aware that she has only to expect moral aid in the present conjuncture; but for the future Lord Russell prudently refuses to vouch. We are free to act. It is impossible to say we may not be dragged into war by the madness or worse of Germany, but it is at least satisfactory to know that we shall not drift into war. Lord Derby condenses almost into an epigram the monstrous inconsistency of the aggressive actors in the present strife,—the King of Prussia taking up arms in strenuous vindication of constitutional rights, the Emperor of Austria joining in a crusade for the protection of oppressed nationalities. So indeed it seems; but in truth these, and most of the other German Princes, are carried away by the tide of popular sentiment set ting in to a sweeping revolution. The object of the war with Denmark is to set fire to Europe. and the Germans hope to snatch their coveted unity out of the confusion that must follow. It is another ver sion of Charles Lamb's story of the wise people who burnt down a house to roast a pig, with this differ •-nce, that after all the roasted pig may be Germany itself. Let it not be said that such folly is incredible. The folly of the German sentimentalist much be mused with beer and tobacco surpasses all concep 'ion. One of this class will gravely tell you that the war with Denmark is only a feint, or like the rad flag flourished to provoke the bull to a rush. Another will assure you nothing is so much desired as to tempt France to march on the Rhine, as German unity under one head will be the immediate conse quence; but how matters are to be ultimately settled with the ugly French invaders is a point which the sage who loves Vaterland not wisely but too well does not think it worth while to consider. And here, by the way, we must remark the mischief which that pernicious word Vaterland is doing; all the wrongheaded sentimentality coming under the sanction of that pestilent word. Fire and sword are sent to devastate the Danish duchies for Vaterland. The Father of every wicked ness must indeed rejoice at the evil potency of that name, a spell for conjuring up all the worst spirits that can torment the earth. Lord Derby has com menced with en out-and-out Opposition speech. A more comprehensive censure could hardly be ima gined. He finds fault with everything that has been done or deft undone in foreign affairs. He charges Lord Russell with making quarrels and enmities everywhere, and vehemently blames him for not being always compliant and conciliatory, yet in the same breath hopes the noble earl will answer the American claims for compensation for the ravages of vessels of war equipped in English ports "in such a manner as to put an end to such monstrous demands for the future." And if he do so there will only be a fresh count added to the im peachment. In one point we think Lord Derby quite right, his censure of the countenance given to the employment of British subjects in the military service of China. We are disposed also to agree with some of the censure regarding the lonian Isles. The abandonment of the protectorate is a highly desirable step, relieving our Government of a most irksome and thankless task ; but we might have parted with the lonians in a friendly gracious way, instead of marking onr departure with the churlish act of destroying defensive works to the cost of which the Greeks had in part contributed. As it is, the blowing up of the fortifications will appear tf e rude type of the finale of the protecto rate. The turn and temper of the debate in the two Houses show that there is to be a real opposition this session, and that the Ministry will have a stormy time of it. The impression of the first debate is in their favour, Lord Russell's answer to Lnrd Derby's clever speech, and Lord Palmerston's calm and measured reply to Mr. Disraeli's attack, being both highly effective. The leaders of Opposition are in this dilemma, that either they falsely say more than they think of the de merits of the Government, or they do less than they should be bound to do to bring its existence to a speedy termination. If Lord Derby really felt, as he says, ashamed of being an Englishman, because of the mismanagement of the foreign policy ; and farther, that the vessel of the State is in incompe tent hands, is it credible that he would let a day pass unnecessarily without an endeavour to put an end to so deplorable a state of things? But no, it is all party exaggeration. LONDON REVIEW.—The speech delivered in her Majesty's name, at the opening of the Session of Parliament, is one of the most meagre and unsatis factory addresses to which the two houses has ever listened. We had at least a rig ht to expect an au thoritative declaration of the opinions of the Go vernment upon the merits of the quarrel between Denmark and Germany. We anticipated a frank and explicit statement of the policy which they in tend to pursue. We have neither. All that her Majesty has been advised to do, is to recapitulate cer tain well known historical events, to set out in due form the adhesion of nearly every European power to a treaty, in thenegotiation of which England took a principal share, and then to note the fact that "dif ferences have arisen'' between Germany and Den mark, and that the efforts of her Government have been unremittingly devoted to the preservation of peace. The Royal Speech does not contain a single word to indicate where,in her Majesty's opinion, lies the right in this quarrel. For anything that appears, Denmark may be aggressor and Germany the in jured party. For any practical consequences which is deduced from this pompously recited treaty, it may have been already cast to the winds. When the government declined even to own an opinion, "------------------------''"'—''''..— it is almost needless to say that tlneY 4° rjft,,iB:re flounce .s a policy. All that they venture to ue- so t , that . they will do, what might be done W r ot e I:leeond rate power in Europe_ hat IDight.b,:a tbe by position of chief adviser to one of the belligeo.o,o continue .w their " efforts in the interests of If ;" 0 e bad hoped they were prepared to u i c a ' g ice moderate w had b. nev to Denmark a moral support. object seems to have been B e 00' 8 tech eerxepveeentatdioonu,b;ed that they wow root than the inglorious one of avoiding ° ,, ic h the foreignbody. If this is the princil;le o n wthe the better. We should, condoc lio! so policy satots o slu n ori e rneo r e we abstain from: of the countr is t' be foreiet Pope composed with ' p op u tb p e t p o o u si s ti f o o n r protection Ltinurnoapeitif:pricfrt!Of the a l' troach of deserting those wborn Wb' "„, d ia 0° :, sdna,gPtPhellinn3rlt idt bi li el ,!v sa e °' t P° o t i ber ! one cLuld taunt US with not fulfilling theio'cle: c this singular address. Her such of a state, We need not dwell on the reit; ro . to eitl3re'roulr the ting the measures she has taken gejestY, will.froft Japanese reparation for Wr0146 done_Tsoitati,.(4, jects, been advised to defer to hoi:atioo 5 croth h" and turn aside opposition decis''fiet'' a cets' _ a formal o. expression of regret for the K bro g k sima. as long. She is sorry to say that a it 0 1 broken out in New Zealand, butt opee it fi n odi last destrtl,c,.. for usual, with a finely balanced colii;td is r economy and efficiency. the o il The estimates have been Prefroll m. p t os b perous, but not so prospet°Tl6 1116 of England having question e if we had a good supply Areri.f the cles %to of subscription to the Church Government sett.. will devolve the responsibl josioy it upon the shoulders of A C 1311 15 00 "Various ling milted d measures of public usefulness icil`to to you for your consideration: '40011: without stating one of those measures, i 1 1..." of l'ld session,t e e t programme her alb faintest attempt to lay before Parliawinto Commons to M t theac gdbecome tronbleli of feels and t 0 0 0 unimportant for mention fron i t e biab iltr i i, is mu the c e s t fi y r ,s s first which dvi ser s tells ba ve the discharge of duties froo, j ; colt,,i'd Ministers have shrunk. W e have betigoo liv tened h a Le s tuyf considerationd t i h s m e ilsesgelssll:etfr:fiesiii b s t I ° i l k l l i c i f i 4 :0 0 6 this to many royal speeches which told 0001 Her to into their mistress's mouth e :;• G. worthy 't crisis. of the position of the countr9;joie':to s _ oc They have, however, 311 DO Pt° 01'0 asi counselled her to resort tom ere amp a a 10 11 " the cloak for silence, when dill - alike called for plain speaking. uoefrasbus,olsottaeiti!oisirefeltull _o.7= T B ' COUNTRY MAR ,t 0 YORK—SATnitDAY. o's 0, bit.. o h o tifr There was again a somewhat limited A A lA' 0 .. market to-day, and in better condition., 101)0000,v" mand took place, at an improvemoot %rgootstpreioal supply of barley was pretty good, at for: goo d . 0 00 1 small supply of oats, but the deruatid %le, ° prices. Beans scarce , with a moderato isaro ~ IP day's rates. -- '• -- t o Wheat, red 38s to 41s Oats.'" . --- ." . ./ 0 White do 4os to 47s Beans • ... ..'oottri Barley .26s to 30s Fees .. .... qt.; Malt, 58s to 60s per qr.; rye, 30 r to 31s per sack. 3 65 t.; „ Th or. ver.,4o GRANTHAM—SiII/4', w e t ' ov a , Old white wheat, 45s to 488; rod, 4 ' OP ( Id og ,r new white, 42s to 465; red, 39s to . oste'',t; f 33s to 36s per qr ; grinding, 28 0 to ws,: e* s, cr" 265; new, 20s to 24s ; beans, 34s to 37 0 ; r ,J° tV NORWICH-8011.-i- foe-reit There was a moderate attendance 4 , 1 pricm g market, with a fair supply of wheat, a ll t for Vor same as on this day se'nnight e xceP, o i . kb°, which advanced is per quarter, 'Ther ° :AG f l/vi supply of barley for the time of the S ea " Flour unalter White wheat. ed. 44s to 47s 1 Red vi,l l e 9- 01 01 '', 2 t t Malting barley ...358 t0:378 1 Ch af-teer Distilling do . 29s to 30s 1 Oats.. .• ya Flour, 27s 6d to --s Od per 00.1- s pO' 4,10 P LEICESTER--SATI/- 00 f w . d (10 11$ New white wheat, 42s to 455• rod , "j3atPr , oli, s n t e o w n , e. 32s Old o r 3 e s d s , 39s er to qr.;4 1 s g l-i i e n r cb 3?: g s , tone* to 19%...' . b toiro 258 to 28s ; new oats, 218 to 238 Ee r i .,3lP old, 40s to 428 per 38 stone ; flour, NOTTINGHAM—SAO° be st, sco ~ to White wheat, from 41s to 49s • d iv, ' v Barley—malting, 30s to 388 ; old, at 24s to 30s Od; new, 190 to 2v°' pet to 42s per qr. ; new, 34s to 365. to Flour, fine, 33s to 37s ; seconds, ,2Bß i$ Irish h b i ere was a fall ]) aUttßenL:l"--Ifl:T;eFoiaf ripiillle;l4'ool'lllltPrati c oed g w n h w ea h t e a a n t d da o ll a . ts. 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She is nortLoge, _4,00d healthy, blooming, fleshy girL---51,4 ftanot 4gl, Police. Cure, No. 46,270. 51r. Jaw` ft ii, 9 lungs, °I ) / 44 ' /0 0 44 ,0 { 4 Surrey, of thirty years' diseased cure derangement. and partial dealneoo.-2.„ooae'o, 114 Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme n e ' . o o fP;0114111;lf:,i,/ gatherings, low spirits, and nervhe Pl‘'..ati.. r i ; 4111 e 54,816. The. Rev. James T. CamP'irier, - %Pop of indigestion and torpidity of the 20 gc1;001 a 74/,, all medical reatment. In 00, 1113 ) 3 09 05 1 14 4 y Its; 121 b, 225; 211b,.405. BarrY (111 , I.ll 4 o lFi e rgi Regent-street, London ; also Fortowitue,. 0...04 grocers and chemists in everY t Ol9ll 001 0 70 11 1 P e r - , 6 1# 011 Chester Cup, Liverpool Cha se, 1 3 t ,r 11 81 0 I F " ... c D o , Waterloo Cup, training repor,,.'„ks, -,,,i4firi Handicap, Northamptonshire b`lantps. 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KEY.—On the 3d inst., wioly 450 1 ' ,44 cool - a ,0 Esq.. aged 61. 4th et 1 t on t, t otia Morm.—On the 4th 7_:,p00, Per io ta' i Monk, Esq., of the .a l . A t 'P i ' 0 P jr Mußn.A.T..—On the sth 111° ''' _..., lop . 4 01 s, , Murray, aged 75. , ot, Jo e, i Otifj A:4 RirLEv--On the 4th l ea n d:ogeti 03,00 z ,. 1, , 0 of West-end, IlataPet, at Lis Z r iPtt. i l Ward,e 4th fin e lad 28. Onc e ____l";iv ;if Dublin Esq., og ~,ropti 0 0 -------------"---,i—r,.;oohecl t ' i t 10 0 0 - Ir , le London : rrinzed and „riotr, ate P f at. joidieses .....A.t0n— ,11.1„ tehtr:nr,udr,e-ii,:tevorttp..,..lo, p osttrNanoci s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 24 0 to 26 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 24 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black — O to 0 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1864. RENDSIttrItG, Feb. 3. It rained and blew a gale during the greater part of the night at Fleckerbye, and the same weather e mitinued all the morning, the snow rapidly din e _ Dearing and the ice gradually melting. The ch ange the weather is likely t o p rove a serious impedi ment to the operations of the Austro-Prnssians, started early to come over here, and met a consider able body of Austrians on the road—the Martini infantry regiment, a battalion of Tyrolese Chasseurs, some battalions composed of German-Austrians and Scla.vonians ; also a few guns, pontoons, B:e.—the whole struggling along roads deep with mud, with a driving rain and raw wind from the west. From the villages we heard many reports about firing in the direction of the Darmewerk, but there s eems to have been no fighting, except on the right at Missunde, unless it occurred en the extreme left, at Friedriehstadt, of which w e have no positive mounts. Here, when the Austrians advanced Danes qu i e tl y w i thdrew from the Ist, the the Kronwerk, and at the same time from the six villages which were eveenated without any conflict. This afternoon the weather is better, but still overcast and somewhat menacing, and if the KIEL, Feb. 4. Starting yesterday morning from Fleckerbye, I made a pretty extensive ramble, terminating at the place whence I now date. The Schleswig roads are extremely heavy, and the means of locomotion obtainable are by no means good, besides which stoppages, or at least delays, owing to the troops, baggage, and commissariat stores one encounters, are of continual recurrence. Before striking the high road from Schleswig to Rendsburg, which I did not do until very near the latter place, the open vehicle (drawn by two meagre steeds whose powers of endurance were fortunately quite out of propor tion to their appearance), which I had with difficulty obtained, was stopped in a nook of a narrow country road by the passage of at least 5,000 Austrians, through which it was impossible to make way. Notwithstanding that the morning was as nasty a one as could be selected for a march, they seemed in good feather. They had decorated their caps with fir sprigs, and were chatting and singing in a variety of languages and dialects sufficient to puzzle the most accomplished philologist. It was strange to see these Tyrolese, Hungarians, and Sclavonians— for such the greater part of them were—pushing their way thus far northwards to fight the battle of German nationality against the Danes: One might suspect that most of them had very little knowledge of the business they were bound upon, except as regarded the fighting part of it, and that, had they been informed of it, the more intelli gent among them might have been struck by the idea that they need not have come so far from home to struggle in the cause of nationality. Most of them Evers very young men, especially the Tyrolese sharpshooters, who were generally small and slight, and did not strike me as of the vigorous censtitution desirable for hard ser vice. Their appearance, however, may have been deceptive. It was not a sort of morning to make men look their best. Many of the officers were very fine looking young men. The column was chiefly composed of infantry, and the Hungarians seemed the strongest men among them. Tney ap peared to me to be less heavily laden, in the way of knapsacks and equipments, than my Prussian friends, with whom I had passed the previous day. The only deficiency I noticed about them regarded their boots, which were decidedly too thin for such a rough country as that they have come into, and far better suited for a sunny day in Italy than a winter march in Schleswig. They left scarcely a straggler behind them, however, and there were no signs of sore feet, but the deep, thin, mud seemed oozing from their boots as they trod. Once past their long column, and the pontoons, artillery, and carts that follow it, we meet no further impediment of the kind before reaching Rendsburg, where the hotel was full of blue-coated Saxon officers, just sit ting down to their early table d'hote. There was evidently nothing of interest going on in this quarter, notwithstanding reports that had reached us on the road. So we shortly were off again to Eckernforde, passing through Damendorff, where the head-quarters of Marshal Wrangel had been the night before, and were again to be last night. We passed the Crown Prince's quarters, in probably the humblest tenement his Royal Highness had ever occupied. Damendorff is a mere hamlet, without, so far as we could learn, even a place to bait a horse at. Thanks to the detestably heavy country cross roads, it was considerably past dark when we got there. The Staff had just come in, having been absent at the scene of a small affair which the Aus trians had had with the Danes at the eastern, or Danish left, extremity of the Dannewerk, in which a position known by the name of Wen delspange, slightly in rear of the line marked on the maps as the little Dannewerk, and within about four miles of Schleswig, had been carried by the Aus trians, with the loss, as is reported, of about 100 men killed and wounded. A gun was taken from the Danes, and also 100 prisoners, many of whom are said to have given themselves up, or, in other words, deserted. The guns of the great Dannewerk command the position now held by the Austrians, and it was supposed they would not be allowed to maintain it unmolested during to-day. About 5,000 men were engaged on the part of the Austrians. We continued our route to Eckernforde in dark ness so profound as to put at fault the local expe rience of our driver, which we had had occasion to remark as very considerable, and to reduce him to climb up the finger-posts in a vain attempt to de cipher the Indications marked upon them. Late in the night we drove into Eckernforde, and auda ciously hoped to find a night's lodging at the modest hostelry which had sheltered us on the Ist inst. But the hope was vain indeed. On the Monday we had come in with the first arrivals, and the innkeepers had not been reduced to putting more than three or four persons into one room ; now a portion of a table in the smoky taproom, whereon to sleep in one's cloak after the drinkers had departed, was an indul gence demanded in vain. The place was thronged with officers, soldiers, and all the usual retinue and attendance of an army. Every private house had its lodgers innumerable,either billeted or remunera tive, and the best disposed smiled at you hopelessly when asked for accommodation at any price. The only plan was to fall back upon our headquarters, temporarily established at Kiel; but how to get there was the question. The pair of garrons that had trailed us all day, and had certainly got us over fully 40 miles of deep roads, looked piteously exte nuated, and even the sanguine young Schleswiger who had vaunted their powers to us, and given us proof of their being considerable by getting them along at a very decent trot, declared that repose was a necessity. Fresh horses at that hour of night, and with the demand that has of late existed for them, seemed out of the question ; but nevertheless, the usual magic key finally unlocked the stable door of a pair which were to convey us to Kiel in little more than two hours. Possibly they might have done so, but for the slight impediment presented by some twelve or fifteen hundred vehicles of all descriptions which we met upon the road, filling it up nearly the whole way from Eckernforde to Get torf, about half way to Kiel. Most of them were drawn up at the side of the road, apparently wait ing for daylight, and truly if all had been in motion a general lock could hardly have been avoided, except by the maintenance of a degree of order which the darkness rendered almost impossible. But, besides the stationary line, over which soldiers were on guard, there were a certain number of vehicles in motion, some scores of them being huge, lumbering waggons, apparently of baggage, sol diers' knapsacks, and an infinite variety of matters, which lumbered along the road, sometimes break ing into a trot at the instigation of the impatient drivers, filling up its centre, and rendering it a seeming miracle that my small conveyance was not precipitated into the ditch or wnatever else the darkness concealed upon our off side. Finally there came along a great square, dark looking van, lit up at its top corners in front by two lanterns like round gleaming eyes, the first light, except the sparks of cigars, which we had come upon all the way from Eckernforde. What that mysterious vehicle contained I, perhaps, shall never know— portable gas was suggested, or a field telegraph, champagne for the mess of the Staff, fireworks for the c - Aebration of the first victory, or a new Consti tution for Schleswig-Holstein—but I shall ever re member it with regard, since it closed the tedious string of impediments and allowed us to reach the desired haven of Kiel at about four o'clock this morning. After three days and nights passed up at the front, amid alternate frost and thaw, rain and wind, tramping a through heavy fields and cross suspici ous i ce, without encountering z.ny thing that in Western Europe would pass muster an a bed, and without other baggage than a cigar case, obit of soap, and an inkstand, it is not un pleasant to reach, if only f or a few hours a tolerable res ting place. The campaign ha s taken plat© by surprise ; and doubtless many have had as little time as myself to make provision against the dis comforts of its commencement. The logs of the Austrians in yesterday's affair is stated to have been trifling. As regards that of the previous day at Missunde, although the fog rendered it impossible for me to discern its details so well as I could have desired, the information I have since received does not show anything of importance to alter or add in the short account I wrote of it upon the same evening. The cfficial statement of loss is, as I heard 55 dead and about 200 wounded. Nobody seems to know exactly why the fight took place. The natural conjecture was that it was intended to ascertain the strength of tie Danes at Missunde, with a view to a more serious attack on the follow ing day, or else as a diversion, to be followed early the next morning by an attempt to force the pas sage of the Schlei nearer to its mouth. But this was not done, and I have pretty good grounds for believing that nothing of importance is going on to-day either on the left or centre of the Austro- Prussian line. So that really it is difficult to see the utility of the Missunde affair, although we must presume the Generals to know best. Prince Fre derick Charles is reported a dashing and eager officer, and perhaps he thought he could not too soon give his young soldiers the taste for blood, try their mettle, and accustom them to the sound of round shot. They seem to have behaved very well in this their first:little trial, and doubtless you will see prodigious eulogiums heaped upon them in the German papers, as I already hear them uttered around me. But the affair, as you will perceive, was ja trifling one, in which there was no opportunity for the display of any wonderful temerity. The Prussians did their duty, and he is said to be a good soldier who always does that. A number of officers were killed and wounded. A young aide de camp of Prince Frederick Charles—Count Groeben I think is the name—was killed by a cannon shot while conveying an order. Lord Carlisle on the Condition of Ireland, Speaking at the Lord Mayor of Dublin's banquet on Thursday night, Lord Carlisle thus referred to the condition of Ireland would be a much more agreeable subject of contemplation if we could wit ness the simultaneous boast of wealth and popula- tion. I cannot, indeed, go along with the pathetic complaint of the pleasing poet, with whose statue we have lately adorned our highways, when he says 11l fares the land to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. I believe there would be much more truth in the con verse, and that worse would fare the land where men accumulate and wealth decays. (Hear, hear, and No, no.) The gentlemen below wish for more mouths and less food to fill them. (Hear, hear, and applause.) This state of things is not desirable ; and least of all do I wish, and much do I regret, that Ireland should part with any of her hardy and generous sons—(hear, hear) —merely to supply food for the vultures which hover over the Lethean plains of Virginia and Tennessee. But with respect to the general course and current of emigration, whilst any attempt forcibly to arrest it would be impossible as it would be cruel, I for one am not pre pared to rapine at it until the general average rate of wages in this country shall amount to at least 10s. a week. (Cheers and hisses.) This is very far from being universally the case at present. I cer tainly am not prepared to follow the Lord Mayor into the details of the political questions, some of a very delicate nature, of which he has laid the heads before you. I think that one great want of Ireland is what sounds of a very homely and prosaic cha racter; bat I believe one great lever of Irish im provement would be found not so much in any great principle or doctrine, or in any adjustment of rival creeds and races, so much as in the adoption, the general adoption, of a better system of farming. (Hear, hear.) Let her children attend to her fertile soil ; let them consult the genius of her mild but variable atmosphere; let them readily and with alacrity seize upon suoh openings as the extension of the linen trade, and the opportunity for flax cul ture now offering to them ; and without presuming .o guarantee any sudden or startling results, I think here is every hope for sure and progressive ones. The Condemned Convicts in Newgate, On the morning after the trial, Mr. Nissen and bir. Cave Sheriffs of London, accompanied by the Under Sheriffs and by Mr. Jonas, the governor, with the Rev. Mr. Davis, the chaplain of Newgate, visited the seven men now under sen tence of death for the murder of the captain of the ship Flowery Land, and announced that Monday, Feb. 22, had been fixed for their execution. Each of them is now con- fined in a separate cell, and since their sentence such of them as are Spaniards, six in number, have been attended by a priest of their own creed and nation, as, indeed, they were previous to trial, through the kindness of the Spanish Consul. It is said that since the Cato-street conspiracy there have never been so many persons under sentence of death in Newgate for one crime at the same time. The scene in court on Thursday evening on the announco ment of the verdict, and when the convicts were called to receive judgment, was in many respects remarkable. During the trial, which lasted two days, the prisoners had sat in a circle in the dock, and those of them who understood English especially Lyons and Lopez, listened tothe proceedings with intense interest, They are all very young men, little over 20, except Marsolino, who is upwards of 30, Five or six of them, including Lyons, are natives of Manilla. W3tto is said to be a Turk, and Carlos, who was acquitted of the capital offence but convicted next day of scuttling the ship, is a Greek. The Manilla men are all exceedingly swarthy, except Lopez, who is so fair that he might be taken for an Englishman at first sight. Above all the rest, Blanco is remarkable for apparent ferocity, as he is also for height and personal strength. Marsolino has rather a docile look, and his share in the mutiny, so far as it came out in evidence, appears to have been confined to striking Anderson, the Norwegian carpenter, on the back of the neck with a hand spike, when he interposed to save the mate and was about to alarm the captain. When the sevea convicts were asked in the usual way by Mr. Hemp, the deputy clerk of arraigns, if they had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced upon then according to the law, three or four of them made an animated address in Spanish, which was interpreted in English, and in this way more than an hour was consumed. Of all the seven, Lyons and Marsolino alone remained silent at this crisis. The others appeared to be under the impression that it was incumbent upon them to give each his version of the mutiny and murders. Baron Bramwell was evidently reluctant to control their right of free speech at that awful moment, and he only interposed, and that in the gentlest manner, when Blanco and Duranno were talking wide of the mark by relating circumstances which appeared to have transpired before the voyage actually commenced, while the ship lay in the docks. Once or twice, addressing such of the members of the bar as then remained in court, the learned Judge said the only legal course that the prisoners could take at such a time was to move an ar rest of judgment. But it would probably have been a vain effort to explain such a mode of procedure to the convicts, or how to go about it, and they were allowed to run on, each telling his own story, as if he were a witness giving evidence. By this time—between 7 and S o'clock—the court had become exceedingly crowded in all parts. The jury, released now from the awful sense of responsi -1 bility which hal weighed upon them for two days, looked on with the rest of the spectators. Blanco related with great gesticulation a number of grievances which he said the crew had suffered at the hands of the captain and chief mate, especially with regard to the victualling of the ship in the early part of the voyage. By the mate especially, he said, they were assailed with abusive language when they ven tured to complain. On one occasion when they spoke to the captain of the offensive condition of the water they had to drink, he told them there was plenty outside the ship, and that it was good enough for coolies. The captain, he said, used also to beat them, as did both the chief and second mates. On ono occasion Marsolino said they must put a stop to that, but some of the rest said they had better put up with it until they arrived at Singapore, where they could complain to their consul. On another occasion, when the mate had struck some of them without any just cause, Duranno said the time had come when they must do some thing. The carpenter Anderson and the English boy Early, he said, had nothing to do with the mutiny ; but the rest of the crew en the night of the 10th of Sept. knew that something was about to happen. I uranno, he said, killed the mate, and Lyons, with five others. Carlos being one, killed the captcir.'s brother. The only two not guilty were the carpenter and the boy Early. Tho second mate sug gested that they should scuttle the ship, and it was through him that she was sunk. Such was the substance of Blanco's statement. Duranno next spoke, but he broke down in a statement he had appa. rently arranged in his head, at which Lyons, Watto, and Marsolino smiled, Taking umbrage at this, he said with an indignant air that he bad plenty more to say, but it would be of no avail to him now, and ho stood back in the dock. Santos, who spoke with much animation, asserted that Duranno, Lyons, and another first killed the mate, and then went into the cabin and killed the captain. For himself, he declared that he had no hand in their deaths, but he knew that they were killed. Lopez, who addressed the Court last, and who was the only man among them that betrayal any emotion, declared that four were concerned in three murders, and no more ; that Marsolino and two others had no share in them ; and that the two men who had been discharged were the most guilty of all. The sentence was then pronounced, and the prisoners were removed from the bar; Blanco, as he left, saying " Thank you" to the Judge, and waving his hand with a defiant gesture. Horrible Suicide of a Woman in the Japanese Manner. An extraordina - y case of suicide formed the subject of inquiry on Enda) night before Mr. W. Payne, coroner for the City and Stuthwark, at the Gibraltar Tavern, St, George's-road. The deceased was a married woman, named Mary Elizabeth Cranfield, aged 49 years, residing at 44, Elliott's-row, Sotthwark. _ . Alfred Wheeler, 33 L, said that on Wednesday evening he was called to the house of the deceased, and he found her lying on the floor, covered, or rather drenched with blood. She was in her night-dress, which was drawn up. Her stomach Wai frightfully cut in the form of a St, An drew's cross. The bowels protruded and were partly on the floor. A razor, clotted with blood, was found under her. She was perfectly dead, and apparently bad been dead one or two hours. The doctor had been called to her before witness saw her. Mary Ann Cranfield said that deceased was the wife of a smith, but had been separated from him for 11 years. On Wednesday evenng the deceased was found by witness lying on the floor, dying from dreadful injuries. She said to witness, " 1 ham opened my stomach." Mr. E. H. Edmunds, surgeon, Raid that deceased had been ailing for some time, and had a delusion that " she was always in crystal vater." On Wednesday ho Vas called to deceased, and fOuad that she had inflicted a frightful wound on the stomach. The injuries were the most dreadful he had seen, the intestines being quite exposed. H. Craufield said that the deceased had left him to live with another man. A tew days before her death she sent for him, as she had not seen him for 10 }ears, and said she thought ho would wish to see her before she died. She said she was very ill, and he told her that it did not surprise him considering the wrong she had done him as well as God. He read a chapter in the Bible to her, and said that she altered her ways too late. He wished now to get her jowellry and wearing apparel. Mary Ann Cranfield said that last witness himself had abandoned the deceased 11 years ago to live with another woman. Deceased having a large family, had to live with another man to save them from starvation. For three years past she had lived with witness, and now last witness, who had not for 11 years contributed a farthing towards her support, actually wanted to take possession of the clothes and some things which witness had to given her. Verdict—" Suicide while in a state of temporary in sanity," The Alleged Manslatighter on Holborn-hill, On Saturday afternoon Mr. Wm. Payne, the City coroner held an inquiry at St. Bartholomew's Hospital respecting the death of M rs . Margaret O'Brien , age d CO y ears, who was killed on H o lborn-hill, under circum sta n ces which g ave rise to a cha rge o f manslaughter aga inst a man named George Bow es , the driver of a rail wa y van. Abraham D ea th, a brewer's serv ant, de p osed that o n Thursday night, at seven o'clock , he saw a li g ht railwa y luggage van, drawn by three horses, going at the rate of eight miles an hour up Holborn lain. The van was drawn by what is °ailed a " unicorn team"—that is, one horse in front of the two others. They were on the St. Andrew's Church side of Holborn-hill, within 3 feet of 1119 footpath. Two young men and a woman were crossing the road. All three were in danger of losing their lives, and were very near being knocked down by the van, The driver called out to them, but did not pull up. The woman had not pro ceeded more than three yards when she was knocked down by one of the horses, She was thrown under the van, the wheels of which went over her. 'ltsahidadthpraetvihoeussl vajnamgoeisnUg ‘ v W er i y l 1 a f n e , s t 22 u 4 p City ph oill e a y w co t m he e down Skinner-street hill; that, of course, had made it go more rapidly up Holborn-hill. The " skid" was not on the wheel. When the woman was knocked down her skull was smashed and her brains protruded. He took the driver of the van into custody. When he arrested him he said that he was sorry for what had taken place, but that he was " going steady." His name is George Howse, his age is 35 years, and he is a driver of one of the Great Western Railway vans He was sober at the time, The woman was placed in a cab, and was taken to the hospital dead. Driving vehicles at that point is very dangerous, as, in consequence of the hill at Skinner •street, they cannot be pul led up suddenly, but run rapidly through the valley until they reach Holborn hill. The skid ought always to be used in coming down the Skinner-street hill. Other witnesses wore examined, and the evidence they gave was very conflicting. Some of them maintained the van had actually stopped at the Round House, Holborn hill ; while others, on the contrary, said that the van had proceeded up the hill too rapidly. The coroner said it was for the jury to consider whether the evidence was sufficient to send the accused for trial ; or perhaps they might consider the death as much the woman's fault as the driver's. The jury returned a verdict of accident. SPIRIT OP THE PIThLIO JOURNALS. SPECTATOR.—Parliament was opened on Thurs day by commission, her Majesty being still unable to attend. The Speech is, as usual, very formal and reserved, and bears many marks of composite wormkanship, In the debate in the Lords on the Address, Earl Grey made, as usual, a very power ful and slightly crotchetty speech. He could not believe it the duty of this country to sit calmly by " while this monstrous act of injustice was being perpetrated," and he thought that " in these cases the boldest policy was sometimes the best." He held that this country could send the Danes, with comparative ease, most important assistance, and he believed that, had this course been adopted, Austria, "considering the state of Venice," would " have thought twice about attacking an English army in the entrenched position," the soundeet remark made in the debate. He added an expression of deep mortification at the little attention paid by the Ger man Governments to British remonstrances, and a total refusal to concur in the terms of the Address so far as related to Japan. Lord Derby's speech was, of course, an effective and brilliant attack upon Lord Russell. Slightly altering the Roman phrase, be said of the Foreign Secretary, that he left no thing untouched, and touched nothing which he did not throw into confusion—nihil intact= reliquit, et nihil tetegit quod non conturdavit. Instead of non intervention, " Meddle and muddle" was his maxim. He was Snug the joiner and Bottom the weaver combined. He was ready to play anything, espe cially his accustomed part of " Moonshine." But his favourite part was that of the Lion. "I will roar so that it will do any man's heart good to hear me. I will roar so that I will make the Duke say, ' Let him roar again, let him roar again !" He knows, too, how to " aggravate his voice," and " roar as gently as any sucking dove ;" and, moreover, he had more than once had recourse to the ingenious device of letting his face be seen through the lion's mask, as if to say, "For all my . ' roaring I am no lion at all, but only Snug the joiner." After this personal banter Lord Derby, of course, touched as unplea santly as he could on the useless offence given to Russia on the Polish policy, on the offensive manner in which he held that Congress was declined, and finally, on the helpless policy, as he chose to call it, in the Dano-German question. It did not, how ever, by any means appear that Lord Derby much differed from Lord Russell on the Danish question, or that, if he had been in office himself, he would have acted differently. He deprecated, as every one must, the dreadful calamity of a sanguinary quarrel between England and the whole of Ger many, "in a case in which, whether rightly or wrongly, the feelings of the people of Germany are enlisted on one side." But he deprecated still more earnestly " the betrayal and abandonment of an ally who has trusted to our support," and he made an earnest and eloquent appeal to Germany," especially to Austria, to pause before she is stopped in that constitutional course of growing prosperity which she has so wisely begun by the mad career of ambi tion on which the German Powers appear to be re luctantly but certainly entering. Mr. Disraeli, like Lord Derby, indulged in his speech on the Address in a tone of bitter sarcasm. His point was that her Majesty's Government had come down to the house without a policy to produce, that it was trusting too entirely to the wisdom of Parliament, and on point he planted one savage but thoroughly well deserved blow. "It is only recently we have been reminded, not by the noble lord, but by writers whom he recognises as great masters of the English language, that affairs are carried on in a very satis factory way as far as the House of Commons is con cerned; that the great departments are principally re presented by Under Secretaries ; that nobody much cares what they say or do (laughter) ; and that the relations between the Government and the House of Commons are fast drawing to that satis factory condition which subsists between members of the French Chambers and their master. (Cheers.) Humiliate us it you like, degrade us is we must sub mit to it ; but, at any rate, do not call on us to bear responsibility." (Loud cheers,) The expressions quoted are from the limes, and similar state ments will, before long, tempt the House into a strong censure on Lord Palmerston's habit of confining administrative power to his own order. It is bad enough to be governed by dukes, but to be told that we ought to be governed by them alone is simply insufferable. Mr. Goschen, the youngest member for the City of London, has justi fied the expectations we expressed at his election. His speech when seconding the address received the emphatic approval of the House, and bristles with points, the happiest being, perhaps, a sarcastic allu sion to the "friendly occupation of Denmark It is most creditable to him that, although representing the City, which is as yet opposed to action, he ven tured to declare against a policy cf "selfish isola tion" in European affairs, and to speak of honour." The drift of his speech was to commend the Cabinet for their wise reserve in not coming down to Par• liament with a statement of all they might in cer tain contingencies feel compelled to propose, but reserving their full policy for the hour in which it would be necessary to claim the full support of the country. The independence of his speech was as marked as its acumen, and if Mr. Goschen suffers for it his Feat will scarcely he sought by an honour able man. A clever saying is attributed—we know not with how much truth--4o Lord Stanley, with regard to the Deno-German contest, that England is no doubt morally responsible to Denmark for a certain amount of physical as well as moral aid, but that what Europe wants is some system of war with limited liability. We might then, say, take shares to the amount of three millions sterling in the Danish adventure, but de cline to be liable to any greater extent. The idea is a bright one, and no doubt is already adopted in the ethics of private friendship, which permit on' friend to assign explicit limits beyond which he cannot aid another, even in the nobleat cause. As applied to war, however, we fear the idea implies that England's obstinacy should be as strictly "limited" as her liability—an assumption which would be sure to falsify the theory. Late in the debate Mr. Layard read out a despatch of Herr von Bismark, which was supposed to contain the assur ance that the German Governments would maintain the Treaty of 1852. The reading excited " loud laughter," and well it might, for after remarking that invasion involved the acknowledgment of the terms of 1852, the most material sentence was this —" If, however, in consequence of complications which may be brought about by the persistence of the Danish Government in its refusal tO accomplish its promises of 1852, or of the armed intervention of other Powers in the Dano-German conflict, the King's Government were to find itself compelled to renounce combinations which would no longer offer a result proportionate to the sacrifices which events might impose upon the German. Powers, no definite arrangements could be made without the cor cur relic() of the Powers who signed the. Treaty of Lon don." (Laughter.) In plain English, if the credi tor does everything the debtor likes, and. Providence does so too, then the debtor will pay the debt. That is not quite quivalent to a promissory note at sight. SATURDAY REVIEW—The Queen's Speech and the first debate of the session were expected with a degree of anxiety which has not been experienced on a like occasion for several years. As Lord Derby truly stated, the present Government has owed its strength mainly to its conduct of foreign affairs, and, for the first time since its accession to power, there seemed to ho an opening for a successful at tack on its policy. A far more serious interest at tached to the question whether the country was in immediate danger of war. It was not absolutely certain that the Government might not have pledged itself to afford material aid to Denmark, and it was barely possible that Parliament might disapprove of a persistent non-intervention. On the whole, both the Speech and the subsequent discussion are reassuring to the friends of peace, and probably the Ministers are not discontented with the manner in which their explanations were received. The Speech itself might, indeed, have provoked the criticism from which such compositions are conventionally exempt. In grammar, in style, and in arrange ment, its framers bad abused the licence of their position, especially when they occupied a con siderable portion of their limited space with a string of titles which, as one of the speakers remarked, looked like a page out of the Gotha Almanack. A Queen's Speech ought to be colourless and general in its terms, but, as far as it enters into details, it ought to be correctly ex p r essed. A treaty is oddl y described as " this matter," and the differences between Ger many and Denmark have arisen on many other matters. It is also doubtful whether the word " Germany" means Austria and Prussia, or the dis senting States, or the Diet, or perhaps all these Powers, according to their respective shares in the dispute. The culiosity 3f party politicians will have been in some degree gratified by the peeches of the Opposition leaders. Mr. Disraeli openly avows the purpose of attacking the Government, and Lord Derby indicates somewhat less openly his con currence in the intended hostilities. The debate of Thursday served to reconnoitre the ground, and both the principal speakers used their utmost efforts to dame ge the Government. Their main complaint is, in substance, that Lord Palmerston and Lord Rus sell have, for the time, contrived to leave the coun try without an ally in Europe. Russia has been alienated by the abortive remonstrances of last year against the oppression of Poland. France is aboutslangry about Mexico, about Poland, and, above all, the rejection of the Congress. Finally, both Aus tria and Prussia are at this moment attacking Den mark in utter disregard of the remonstrances of the English Government. In reply, it is argued that Russia and France agree in the English view of the Mr. Anthony Trollope on America. A. lecture was delivered one evening last week at the Bury Athenaeum on the American war by Mr. Anthony Trollope, author of " Barchester Towers." There was a large attend ance, amongst the audience being the Marquis of Bristol, several members of his lordship's family, Sir C. Bunbury, Bart., and others. The chair was taken by the Rev. Lord Arthur Het vey, who, after a reference to Mr. TroHope's wide and high reputation, said the subject on which the lecturer was about to speak was one on which there was very con siderable diversity, both of feeling and opinion. Some were disposed, with natural English sympathy, to take part with the weaker side—to admire the pluck and gallantry of the smaller portion of the old American Union; whilst others, with the sympathy they all felt in their American descend ants, desired the continuance of the Union. But, whatever might be their individual opinions, at all events they were glad to have an opportunity to hear what Mr, Trollope had to say on the subject. Those who agreed with him would be glad to be fortified in the opinion they had formed, whilst others, as truth-loving men, would wish to hear the conclu sions arrived at by a man of knowledge, even though such opinions might be contrary to their own views. (Cheers.) Mr. Trollope's lecture related more to the condition of the Northern States than to the war. It had evidently been well studied, and was remarkable for breadth of views and sound discrimination. Near the conclusion of his address, Mr. Trollope said—" Before you go let me ask you to listen . - to a few words as to the moral and social character of the men of the North. I suppose I may take it for granted thatf Englishmen do not like Americans, were never very fond o them, and are less fond of them now than ever. And lam obliged to confess that the compliment is returned—they do not like us. To any individual amongst us going there with proper introductions they are hospitable enough, as we should also be to an American, but with Americans the feeling is stronger. Americans desire nothing so much as the admiration of Englishmen, and although abuse of the Englishprominent topic in the North, such conver sation i was s the never pursued in my hearing after it was known that I was an Englishman. Bat it must be allowed that there is this reciprocal dislike. We do not love them be- cause they are a loud, arrogant, upstart, encroaching, boas ful conceited people ; and they, although they can't call us upstart, dislike us exactly for the same reasons. (Laughter.) There are, alas I too many points alike in our character. I believe every hearty Englishman looks upon it as England's mission to Anglicise the whole world ; and the Americans are such true children of their parents, such veritable chips cf the old block, that while we are Anglicising the world they are Americanising the world. But it will come to the same thing in the end, not to be Anglicised or American ised, but to be educated and civilised. We fret and fume against each oiler, but in truth we aro embarked in the same ship and sailing on the same journey. Remember how good living has spread through the ranks of the people. I mean by good living not simply beef and pudding, though that is an important point, but education, religion without priestcraft, political freedom, the power of think ing, the capacity of enjoying life like a man instead of en during life like a brute—these things constitute more, but the Americans, from the nature of the circumstances in which they were placed, have done more than we could. Though their process has been interrupted, we are wrong If we think that among a people like them their liberty can long be jeopardised. They are now going through a period of trial, and do you think it was never said of us at such a time that our power was declining, that we should be over whelmed with debt, that we were falling from our high position? But we have ever triumphed over all our difFi• culties, and have laboured on again undaunted in our course of progress. So may it be with them. Who could look with satisfaction in coming ages of the downfall of such a people. After the unusually prolonged applause which greeted the close of Mr. Trollope's lecture, the noble PRESIDENT rose to tender the customary vote of thanks to that gentle man. They would all agree (he said) that he had proposed to their consideration many questions of the deepest mo ment—very difficult, perhaps, to resolve ; but principles had been most ably and eloquently stated in which they must all agree, and many hints had been given which he was sure they would carry with them in their endeavours to form an impartial, just, and Christian opinion with respect to the lamentable events now going on in the United States. They might all join in the prayer that it might please God to put an end to those fearful scenes, and that they might issue in ultimate benefit to the Americans themselves and to mankind at large ; and, above all, that that great blot of slavery might be expunged from the history of mankind, (Loud cheers.) The meeting then separated. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills.—Enjoyment of Lite.—When the blood is pure, its circulation perfect, and the nerves in good order, we are well. 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