The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-23 00:00:00

TRIALS OF THR ARMSTRONG AND
WHITWORTH GUNS.

The course of experiments with the field gnus
has new been going on since the 4th of April, and
judging from the number of points still to be
cleared up, and the new subjects for inquiry which
seem to be opening out as the trials proceed, it may
be another aix weeks before the Committee decide
upon which is the most eligible gun of the three
submitted for their judgment. Even in the sub-
jects of range and accuracy the trials have not yet
been completed according to the programme, while
the great question of endurance of the guns is pro-
ceeding very slowly, and it cannot be said u yet in
a decisive manner as to the strength or weakness of
either of the guns. Up to the present time the three
guns with which the trials commenced have been
fired a few times over 1,700 rourals ' • and though
they none of them show any signs of dangerous
wear and tear, they have been ordered to be used
in future only in continuation of the firing for en-
durance, a fresh set of three guns being taken into
use for the shell practice earned on on Thursday
and Friday last. The adjournment to the 30th
has been necessitated chiefly from the store of proper
ammunition being exhausted, and partly from the
exigencies of the great national festival, which it
seems can thus silence the guns of Shoeburynces.

DRAMA.
—.in.—.
LYCEUM.

After something more than a twelvemonth's
wive trading as ea importer el the Pres& drama, sad •
enesseefal trial of the pia al keeping as adapter en the
premises, Mr. Feebler retained to Hamlet en Sinerday
night—a character in which he Ant excited the curiosity at
the town, and obtained the discriminatiart applause of the
thiaking few.
Mr. Pechter's paremation of Hamlet has been so often
analysed daring the last three yams, and its phyreal pecu-
liarities have beans* often bionght before thepahlio by artiste
and photographsen that weNnayspare ourerves thelaboor Of
• loagdmeripioallfr. Plehter rankle ep hie oinceptionof the
@bander on a Ureug, overpowering •Pertioa far the mur-
dered Hmg, his father ; and the deep sorrow of a matins.
pities man averse to action and apt to brood o►r ON idea,
is saver allowed to disposer, even is the most staring
parts of the tragedy. To relieve the madame- we may
almost say the gloom—of each an embodiment, the
speeches, excepting the soliloquies and soma of the map
monism with Horatio, which are soliloquies la spirit, are
delivered with agreeable rapidity and dramatic Bre. The
old elocutionary nimble is never heard. The colloquial
parts of the tragedy am pronosooed with no overpowering
mom of the antiquity of the play, Lad of the godlike
roper/jou of ►he author; bat thin realistic rendering
is never allowed to dab below a certain relined
level of art. The lout pleasant fastens is the
embodiment are • rather overacted suspicion of hie
friends in the Met act, a went of variety in the me of the
hands, end a tendency to play Into the arms of Horatio and
others. The two greatest pieces of acting, in our opinion—
those in which most impulse is shown—are the delivery of
the flas soliloquy, which closes the second act, commencing
with " 0, what a rogue and paamot slave am I ;" and the
some with Ophelia, when. the King and Polonias are
concealed behind the anal. The full force of Mr. Pechter',
acting in parts requiring high impute and self-abandon-
ment has never been seen yet, and probably never will be
seen while he plays in the Eagligh language. Almost per-
fect as his pronunciation now is, and magical as he
has m►de his delivery, it is yet painfully evident
that when be gives freedom to the passion which
is undoubtedly in him, he either loses his words, or become.
indistinct. This was particularly apparent in the closet
rem, and might have been in the play scene if he had acted
up to his feeling for the situation. His expression of face
ma often vary Bon end notably so in the last scam, when
ha eye, " the rest i• silence." Hi make-up, with the long
flame hair, has not bees altered, we believe, and it could
scorer, be improved.
Hiss Bate Terry played Ophelia with tender grace and
feeling, especially in the mad mem ; and the ver► thin lies
which separates madame from draakemess, as represented

(azonet's rmenamm.)
71114 univaßzericer IN ARIA.
, PARK MAT 22.
Araiieue of te-day says r--" News from
AilfillECte.eles 19th is favourable. The success of
4AlmiAlthliguy leas produced a good effect. It is,
kepromm, impossible to deny that the movements
itlest here taken place upon the different points of
ilffnestilman territory lima certain connezieen. The
laqudqat of the UFO insurgents betray. the Man-
tc* 4t414. relittiourbencietiy which hits been extend-
' ids action to Algeria.. Many of the native
!chisteltheoght that Fraram would be engaged in a
gpmerat Ter M,1804.. They ere very well informed
thfg events in I.urope. Several of-their num.
burreppire the Arabic journal published at Ma-
rtantinopie, which contains the debates in the
Preach chamber and the English parliament."
The Algerian papers of the lab instant contain a
soommuniostion from the authorities giving the de-
tails of the victory gained hp Gene* Deligny,when
SAO Al** worm repulsed. ;44ter the engagement
the 1 inst. the Minas. embed the homes of
12eatteemby burning the supplies and pillaging the
warehouses.
Colonel Im Pelmet arrived during the night
the 15th, and re-victualled Zama:goals. Be lme
ooveredthe plain of Belizean. with reinforce/estate.
It is stated that the Tunis insurrection extends
over almost the entire seaboard from Im Calle to
Tripoli.
PARIS, NAT 22, Rizonga.
Tim 12th regiment of the line and a detachment
of military &Miran' have been despatched to
Algeria.

MABRETILLF-R, YET 21.
Adrian from Algeria state that Marshal Pelimier
has been taken ill.

TOULON, NAT rt.
Four steals frigates are being prepared for the
conveyance of troops to Algeria.

FRANCE.
PARIS, MAT 22, Eviorum.

The ship Till. de Paris, having on board Vire-
Admiral Bonet-Willaume; left Toulen for Tanis
this morning._

Baron von Bengt returns to London on Wednes-
day next.
The Pays of this evening, announces that
the Turkish Lieutenant Ismail Bey his been killed
by the population of the Servian village of
Vachimiz.

The Patric of this evening publishes a telegram
from Trieste, stating that England has concluded
a convention with the Viceroy of Egypt, for the
passage of English troops.
WIILON, MAT 22.

Vice-Admiral Bouet-Willaumez has left here for
Tunis with six men of war, carrying in all 610 gun&

THE PRINCIPALITIES.
BUCHAREST, MAT 22.

A conspiracy has been discovered to overthrow
the government of Prince Conan, and effect the
separation of the Principalities, with a return to the
former regime.
The contents papers seised on the person of
Dr. Lamberti, who arrived yesterday from Con-
stantinople, showed the connivance of foreign ene-
mies of the Prince. Dr. Lemke:Ai was arrested
with Prince Soutso, formerly Minister under
Shirbey. The prisoner confessed his guilt, and
acknowledged the authenticity of the documents
signed by himself and by the other persons com.
promised in the affair.
This news, which was published on the morning
fixed for the plebiscite under the new electoral law,
caused a profound sensation.
The voting was commenced by the populace, amid
loud cheering for the Prince.

ITALY.

TURIN, MAT 24 Bram.

In the Chamber of Deputies the estim►tes for the
various departments of the Ministry of Public
Works came on for discussion to-day.
Signor Mordini called the attention of the house
to the current rumours of bribery laid to the charge
o[ several of the deputies in reference to the South
Italian Railway Company. He proposed that a
parliamentary inquiry should be instituted to deter-
mine whether the dignity of the national representa-
tion had thereby been impaired.
After some further observations the proposal was
unanimously approved by the Chamber, and the
President was instructed to appoint a committee of
seven members for that purpose.

ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE DITCHESS OF
BRABANT.
BRUSSELS, MAT 21.

The Duchess of Brabant gave birth to a prince=
this morning.
Her Royal Highness and the infant prince, are
both doing well.

--law-yam MAT 10, Enema.
The military ne.yl jag* conaislfred decisive, but
is generally interpreted' by the public as favourable
to Grant.

General Grant fought two severe battles in Wil-
derness on the sth and 6th inst.,,but no official
rePortw have let been published of these encoun-
ters. Secretary Stanton bu issued a bulletin
stating that the general mealM might be considered
as a success to the Feder* arms.

The fighting on the 6th was the most desperate
that has ban known in modern times. A large
amber of prisoners have bean both lout and cap-
tured. Nearly the whole of the 7th Pennsylvania
regizient was taken. General Wadsworth has been

After the bottle of the 6th General Lee com-
menced a retreat during the night by the direct road,
land on the 7th General Grant began the pursuit.
.onatral Hassock passed through Spettsylvania
Court House oa the Bth, and on the same day
Grant's head-quarters were 20 miles south of the
battle field of the 6th.

President Lincoln has issued a Proclamation
stating that sufficient was known of the Federal
operations to give muse for special gratitude to
God, and recommending all patriots to return thanks
to Him. Congratulatory visits were paid by the
Washington citizens to the President, when he
made a speech, in which he said that although
Grant had met with stubborn resistance he was not
forced back from the line of operations on which he
had started, but was advancing on the line be had
marked out before themovement commenced.
Correspondents furnish the followingparticulars
"In the battle of the sth General Sedgwick ad-
, vanosd on the tight, General Hancock on
the left, and General Warren on the centre.
Strong resistance was offered by the Con-
federate under Generals Hill, Longstreet, and
Ewell, and fighting continued along the whole
Federal line until nightfall. In this day's battle
the Confederates are reported to have captured
' nearly the whole of two Federal brigades, together
with their commanders, Seymour and Shaler. On
the 6th the engagement was renewed, said con-
tinned throughout the day with little abatement.
In the forenoon Hancock was drives back, the
Confederates repossessing themselves of some of
the ground lost on the previous day. Sedgwiek,
on the right, was thrown into confusion, but
re-formed, supported by Burnside's reserves.
Late is the day the Confederates pierced
the Federal centre, pushing the Federal'
so far back as nearly to detach their
right wing. At the dose of the evening the
advantage appeared to be on the side of the Con-
federates. On the night of the 6th Grant trans-
ferred the 6th corps from the right to the extreme
left, and consolidated his lines. Lee commenced

retreating daring the night, and on the following
day the firing was of a desultory nature, both
armies manoeuvring, Grant advancing his troops on
the Spotteylvania Court-house road. In the after-
noon Lee's whole force was in full retreat in good
order to take up another hoe of defeat's. It was
supposed that Lee would halt on the North Anna
River. The Federal lungs in both days' battles are
estimated at from 8,000 to 12,000 men hors dm
combat. A telegram from the medical director
announced that from 6,000 to 8,000 wounded were
being sent on to Washington.
In his official report of the battle al the 6th,
General Lee says :—" Our Ins in killed is large,
but we have not many wounded. General Long-
street is severely wounded, Pegram badly wounded,
and Jenkins killed." He thanks God that every
advance of Grant's had been repulsed.
Fort Powhatten, Wilson's Wharf, and City Point,
on the JAMS River, bad been occupied by Genera
Butler without resistance, and on the 9th the same
general reports that he had advanced up the
Peninsula with 1,700 coloured cavalry, crossing the
Chickahominy to take up positions as the Fe-,
derals advanced on Richmond. Three thousand
cavalry from Suffolk crossed the Blackwater
River, and burned the railroad bridge below
Petersburg, thereby separating Beauregard's forces
at Petersburg. One portion of Beauregard's forces
was beaten by Butler after severe fighting. Butler
bas ordered up supplies, raying he can hold his
position against Lee's whole army. Be says
Grant will not be troubled with reinforcements to
Lee from Beauregard.
General Sherman has occupied Tunnel Hill, and
Genered Johnston is in position at Buzzard Roost
Pass, north of Dalton. Sherman is now fighting
for possession of Rooky Face Ridge. Macpherson
has taken Snake Creek Gap, and is within seven
miles of Regan, in Johnston's rear—Scolefield
flanking Johnson, from Cleveland.
From the Red River accounts continue more dis-
astrous to the Federal arms. The Confederate ram
off Newborn is reported to have sunk.
The New York Chamber of Commerce has ap-
pointed a committee to receive subscriptions to pay
the interest of the State debt to foreigners in cola.
COMMILECIAL INTELLIGIINCE.

Grant is reperted-ler be- two miles north of
Spottaylvania Court-honse, with Lee in his front,
Ewell holding the heights north of tLat pima.
It is reported that General Butler was engaged
yesterday, and that an engagement also took plane
between the iron-clads on James River.
Grant's losses are now estimated at 27,000 men.
(By telegraph to Halifax.)
NEW YORK. Mar 12, Moaarma.
On the 10th inst. General Grant fought another
sanguinary battle with Lee, which lasted from the
afternoon until dark. Grant's lines extended six
miles along the north east bank of the River Po ;
' the Confederates occupying the south east bank and
the village of lipottaylvania. The attack was coin=
mended by the lirtillory of General Grant. Towards
dark Burnside was ordered to charge the Confede-
rate right flank, when it was discovered that
Lee had advanced round the Federal right
flank add was moving &Su to break through
Grant's lines, and had captured the supply
traits in" thS Tiecierielmbrceg plank mad.
ebeeked Darriside'sintelideitiovetnent, and be bs
his ground, threatening the Confeaerate right, whilst
the6th corps charged the Confederate centre. driving
the enemy from 'their rust line of rifle pita and
capturing 2,oooprisdners. In consequence of Lee's
movement Grant placed his troops about, and
having moved his trains to the rear, secured a new
position for his artillery, but Lee did not follow up
the movement. During the night be was reported
to be moving.

On the 11th Burnside advanced, and occupied
Spottrylvania Court House, driving Hill's corps
before him.
Giant's losses are now estimated to have reached
40,000 in killed, wounded and missing. General
Warren is reported to be killed.
Johnstone's position at Rosana has been found
too strong for attack.
(By telegraph to lialifaz.)
NEW YORK. Mee 12, Brixton.
No report has been received of the battle being
renewed at Bpottsylvania on the 11th.
Lee is reported to be in a very strong position
behind earthworks and woods.
The occupation of fipotisylvania by Burnside bait
not been confirmed.

The Federal depot for the wounded is at Free
dericksburg.
The Africa, City of Manchester, aqd Nortb.
American, have arrived oat.

00MIZILOLLL INTELLIGENCIL

NEW YOU. NLY 12, &way; 1
Gold fluctuated yesterday nod to-day **tam
77 and 72 per cent premium, and slow to:4(kb*
a premium of 76 per cent. Exchange on London,
190. Stadia slightly firmer New, York
Centrals, 1313 ; Illinois, 126 ; Erie, 110 ; Si;
per Cent. United States Bonds, 106/. Cottoq
slightly firmer : Ilidling upland, 860. to 860. Flow
quiet ; wheat advancing ; corn better ; provisions
steady ; coffee quiet ; sugar firmer ; molar's.
quiet. Petroleum : Crude, 371; refined, 671 to 68.

DESPATCH OF HERR VON BISMARCK TO
COUNT BKILNSTORF'F.

The following is the official text of the despatch
forwarded to the Prussian ambassador in London
by Haw von Bismarck on the 15th inst. :

Beriki Way 15.
As h is Sobs fusses that the quota* of the mitt* el
the two German powers with lipid to the Loud* treaty of
1862 will be test forward at the approsibing Ahoy 4
the Deafens* I had it requisite to *lce the fellowbur ter
marks epos the subject. Up to Ma death 4
King Frederick VII. the Dermas posies were able
to sweet that the mews of Denmark *old
tidal Ms obligations it bed undertakes towards
than, and that by this name, sod by a preseatatios of
W esconsies law to the fats* of the Deckdae—which has
sot eves yet takes place—the order el sessesios aimed at
by the Leedom Meaty would be placed is perheriy legal
peonies before the anticipated care of the domes of the
crown actual!r occurred. These expectations wen sot
lady fraetastwd by the death of the Lag. but hie samestor
epos the Dm* throw immediately proclaimed hie isles
boo, by the act et the 18* November, sot to comply with
rime obliptione. TIM imentsest of the King isms
diately called Stead= to the 031111412 ken of those obligs
time with the intended order of seeeserion— with regard to
*doh 1 need ally refer Is sy despatch N. 487 of the 284
November—sad repeatedlydeclared that It should 11114ter
fore mends iterif justified is regardieg the *sty
_a(
1862 as so logger bSding epos Prussia. That she dift
set imistly moan* he, withdrawal hoe that
meat wm owing solely to niprd for the rmi
powers, sod to the hope that Ds mark *klieg, by rs
esdieg fres the ems breath of her obligatiose, would ret.
wtahfieb the preliminary aisititiass sod afford the pet*
bully of the eisinteciume of peso,. Even when pipe=
was deceived, whoa the cowstitutioe for Skew% o
I. rim treaty sot only remised sentreeted epos let
January bat then came iota eyerstios, the two 011,111111111
powen were unwilling to sake any immediate use of their
rite. Bees at the *smear when they were hewed Is
sclopt warlike IMINIGIVI spirt Dammat they desisted ik
the despatch of the 31. st Jemmy cal the primal year tied
they did not *sod to attack the principle of the integrity
of the Dui* aomenhy. list they at the ease rime ex-
pressly meted that Deasearies f tinker persimesoe ia rte
course the had adopted would compel them to
*riles which would reactor it their duty to
give up the oombisetiess of 1862, and to estleavesr
come to an understandieg epos some other annammee*
with the similar* of tits Loudest treaty. This a* hes
ompletely oessried. The Danish government has carried
its peraistescie la dada to the stases; and boa ocalimed
armed reasteace to the last. After all them °countess

the promotes& of Ile mod cossider itself is may
way kept bond by She it eastrooted es Om
Eth Eon 11w, Pair Ulm cirouestaaees. Prussia cog-
Medd tits tuft obit Dessert, and set with the ether
powers ; w reeiimitioes wore only exceaegoi beeves&
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(°•erl7llle etainlisug. Eves if, wbUt we do sot adizitiot
Ludes tiosty hod bine inhooded to mute o
Iseluea so soil the Dottrel powerm, these would hums
mind, together with SU treaty, u moos ea the Otter lapsed
through sos-faldloteat it. peolissisory 000ditioria. 'The
goretanost of the Log therefore cosaiders itself, is
socordasee with the deelaraties of Junary &Mk
'mainly free Iron all obligation which smehl be d.dsoei
from ths Ludes Treaty of 1 mad jellified in dieressimg
ally other oesahimalies quite of that treaty.
11 malts from She salon of otheitol mimeo* that the
solattoe of aquestie, the Enterers !peaty' e•