The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-24 00:00:00

2 , 9 THURSDAY t. , '
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THE EXPRESS, WING, AI'RIL 24) 1862....., ~
U • ill ONIII NI S.-N ZWMO DI L. place has been always considerec singularly distant LATEST INTELLIGENCE. . theis ilkwkal‘ocly is, nnlsoriailly, • small matter. It ; EXpliat3B FROM PARIS.
1 lei • goat fact, sod one for whisk shouldthe ___ LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE MECHANICS'
INSTITUTIONS.
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be
i : by the President today, them 8,00 maple (mon ous own manamosmer.) A meeting of delegates from these institutions
piece to take in hand ; yet this your officer w i - . AMERICA.. • y. seydevostlythaskillod toonorrow, and soothed 20,000,000
ghe erf VT'S moved to try. Many had illeslimad that irtai
0° they saw was unendurable ; Vot he applis.
_tluk. LI . !MI. 171140141:11 Te mean with the*, their peaceful enfroschissemet by ges
milt belga sot el 46 law. Th. war that Is so nesoh PA HIS, WIDSZADAY EVICIRKO.
The first representation of the Volonfaires ds Manchester.
Iris held yesterday morning, at the Mechanics' Institution,
came off last night according to an- Mr. BABlBBr ILY., Presided. and in opening
.the proceed-
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test whether it need be endured. His ofilf &-. hes tangesithe people to love mercy sad reisieffisr jetties 1814 duly
legs alluded to the loss this wieldy bad sustained by the
TO 00111AMPONSIANTe. , TU./forth German Lloyd's inesigiabiP New
has sot been without a purpose, sad should all the Slaw nounoement, but the expected emeute was wanting. death of the president, his late Royal Highness the ?final
A 40,10411101114111 bilinlail fir n Ins Illems- Looms greens source was an institute of some sort outside the York, Captain Wenke, from New irk on the 12th
States be restored to the Union to-morrow with slavery in. A greet y extra sergeants of pouce_trust- Consort, who was ever the advocated all that was caculated
ram.,:stiV:i ile seem M. Dorrerts.street, by Teo
barracks ; and under this great disadvantage he inst,, has arrived off Cowes, en route for Bremen,. le*, rem end ie &De& oho mound mu... se fu
,s.:,
........ many familiar-wen _,...., on to improve and benefit mankind and his fellowenbjects.
took, for six months, a large room in the heart of with 9 passengers on for England, 38 for Wetted out tlitIn y the down hitherto exclusively under 7"'""y "Lew, whose ""' Mr. J. W. GREGOBT read the anneal report, which states
MI 85111116, Ma A 31111JCAN COtSIN.
---iiiiiiiian-eerit the town, sent in furniture, put up engravings on Frame, and 112 for Breen.bduty, but had nothing to do except to report to that the association on
day that the their superiors that the audience listened with ehmt eillif . increase
"Of' 1:r tb4rtyl43.2;Ohlar Hyde,wiilistitu.
lasses,... _ 111001100110. IL Mies, awl. Renee: Km C. .
the walls, fitted up • coffee and ginger-beer shopand Otaleybridge sorra strictures W.
Team wets .- GU .Tll It 011 AN DALI SIA. Piece Net ‘au One corner, and provided tables for reeding She has on board specie, value 284,507 dollars, ssiliPaillieltskelaweeurage,ll fareziniat selmyear longer.
romiVethinelY thank
God
of which 139,067 dollars are for England, 144,940
slay
monies et the Baia' °pelted Are upon the natioesl flag, exemplary patience to a very dull piece, which mese of .)eree'tion by the institutions there. During the last
swlllener {terra-Asa NT NINISA NWS 01105T.was not concluded till half-past 1 a.m. It is true, lee ran upwards of 5.3130 male and female candidates had
and games, and one for writing. He supplied
dollars for France, and 500 dollars for Bremen. the lime la the Pei" °Pilaus e° hteger•
---• THE NORTHERN GOVERNMENT AND I believe, that the theatre was packed with eters' a.preliminary examination in the class rooms at
ettleceserie. stationery for the letter writers, and newspapers,
On the 28th inst. the New York spoke in lat. emend institutions in spelling, writing, grammar, and
DSO{itsEMMA CAM v. curia-Asa TUN OOLDtlf THE PRESS. nominees of the police, but some of these at leant arithmetic. Lest year 912 papers were preeentedeoitedublie
Nam Testier, H. w dAlenneb. G. /mow ?War, books, and magazines for the readers, and chess, •
4818 N., loog. 29.48 W., the Engliah ship Felicity,
l,_ a. sham Ow ea Onshenstpetaillaselaad ' thsda•es draughts, and dominoes for those who did not care Stanton has issued two orders-one got weary of their teak ; for, at 10 o'clock,
and in lat. 48.41 N., long. 28.25 W. the roglish Ifecwetelt . . .
I saw examination by thou. who had successfully the
paMle test. Me numbers voluntarily examiu during the
weriss, Neeereby. awl Cerleses
to read. Arrangements were made for occasional
brig Velocity, both steering westward. directing all telegraphic communications to the some rough-looking fellows trying to sell their five years were 5,361. Altogether, since these examination.
DT. MIMI. lecture" and amusing readings. The entrance fee Philadelphia inquirer to be stopped, until it shall checks on the Boulevard in front of the theatre for were oomeseeeed. 7,967 individual' bed been 08+88884 in
Tem gym* MSS Tilt 1101111.--11111=1 OA SOWTHE LATE BATTLE.fabisida ranging from spelling to mathematics The thou.
lisinis. Vlals& Dow. Dimwas4=s; Barbed was six/imam, and the subscription fourpenco per be antiefactorily proved that its recent publications lfr., and there were few tans.. The weather was rating library has been increased by a contribution of 20‘.
°al igutleas.-aaa 1" flears Muir° month, which commanded all the advantages, "Our acomints from Yorktown," says the Res relating to the operations at Yorktown have been very wet and probably damped enthusiam. The worth of books. This library occasions embarrassment, as
Mao sot Dams: Din labs Ssur.-011wwas• at 71,
except the refreshments, which, however, were , York Times of the 12th, "do not yet announce • authorised ; and the other directing that all appli- universal verdict of Paris to-day is that the =to. it sequins 120 boxes (six times the •present numbs?) sad an
sIAITANWIA. sensible, retired sergeant I victory over the rebels there, but they indicate Soma of 400 f. to work properly. An income of about 10i.
Tens ilimens, OVA Ma IN Un. 15sellemes • Line aza.l vary cheap- A steady, cations for passes by newspaper editors or cor- drama is a miserable failure and cannot live long. arm l• derived from the institutions is association, befog
enlahrL-1.41".1...." W imil. ii ewe". MAU& C•ials managed the establishment, doing all in his power' that our forces there are steadily progressing respondents shall be referred to Edward S. each all difficulties could be overcome.
Sand- IL Lacressouniere played Napoleon 1., and Mdlle. sa• sash. At 2t.tedegh
of 0. . 0...xt
and to
outlaw see Hr. Kulasao. -Tlll DASD ILL'S RAMA&After
-Sod 7HI LOOIL OWT ',ROTHE RRICOL-Osomece at 13. to make the place cheerful and comfortable. No towards one. Thursday's reports from Fortress ford, Military Supervisor of Telegraphs. Lea Felix, a mythic personage called Jeanne, the ta. interim had taken in the itinerating library, the
lees than three hundred subscribed during the first Monroe state that continual skirmishing was going A letter from Fortress Monroe says :--" The genius of France. Some of the tableaux, got up revert says that despite the prevailing distress the members
Man WATS/ AT 1.011000 KAMM quarter ; and three more rooms on the awns floor on, varied by occasional artillery duals of more or sensorship of the press has been carried here to the at great expense, are very remarkable, particularly the Anna
of the Institutioos in gonad had increased their attendiece
TM Dg7 -Warakor 101 t. 1aa..... Aftentoco, Its. lam were immediately opened. This was in 1859 ; leas magnitude. One of the latter, in which Griffin's extreme of severity. Letters addressed to the editors an &pothooks" of Napoleon I. But the introduction The following letter from the Rev. S. G. Osborn* ea
ro-mossow-nerelne. ma &5m..... Allaysoce. Ob. Sm.
and before the end of the year the amendment in battery participated, resulted in killing and wound- or proprietors of newspapers must be submitted to of that monarch ou the stage, now that his family read during the proceedings
-
the habit of the men was so remarkable that the ing 27 rebels. The enemy's position extends across 1340,-L ass obliged to you for your kind invitation, but
military inspection ; and if this is not done, and is actually on the throne of France, is felt to be • I fear there is little °Moos of my prating by i• It is se"
LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL U. Governor of Gibraltar recommended the Home the Peninsula, from Yorktown to Warwick, near such letters are found in the Post-office they are mistake. He was a better dramatic personage 25 expensive /o=BB7 from hence. and the palls on rnl nailed
_ _...._ enemas are incessant, I confess I should like to nave wit
Govoranteut to secure the permanents of the Inati- the James River, and their fortifications command detained until perused by the Military Censor." years ago than he is now. mined a mechanics' institute meeting with mechanics pin..
IT I not surprising that the inhabitants of mien, and the respectable inhabitants were asdar all the roads up the Peninsula. It is understood
WAR PROSPECTS. The Temps caustically observes that the gnomes sent, • thing I never saw yet. although I have spoken sod
Alderehott should be afflicted and wrathful at the to countenance and support it. A new and better that General Lee and General Joseph E. Johnston of the French military •expedition to Mexico runs to at • BThIS ma"' YoS 'Ma t
ot ti.siaga battle
The Nev York Tunes thinks that the North can the oath. At our meetings, unless th working sea are
Report rendered by Captain JACKSON, R.A., of the home was engaged, and furnished and decorated are both with the rebel force behind these fortifi- ta
aai no risk of being compromised by indiscreet pub- concealed emer crinoline, I coasts I never see theme%
afford to take time for the capture of Yorktowu, if, , ,
condition of the morals and manners of the Camp ia a very superior manner ; and, better still, other cations, one commanding at Warwick and theother . I have grave doubts whether real weskeeu
SS it hopes, that place is defended by • large form. bray, for nobody can make out clearly whit
__,the benefitmeetings. _
from our institutions, though I hamar,
It is very natural that the respectable citing", cab " Homes " were opened ; and, in little more than at Yorktown, while Magruder holds a subordinate -w ~._
off the
military ih
of wirahoo is . General de Lorenoea is doing, or what he has gone 3,7,11:1 the small tradeemek profit by the sad keret,
see only the decent life of their own clam, should a year, them " Homes " had so discredited the position, and is with the reeerves at Williams- hated° ""u';" . -e
-in tern portion of the stabs has to do. The telegrams, and the Patrier inevitable I sin very sick of the humbug which p=ass tuft the
be scandalised by such an account as is give°, public-houses and brothels that, out of a burgh. The good weather which commenced on for a long time ham under oar yell control. Gene. "Latest News," are alike obscure. The Temps in- platform thanatiastur ilittair,L=nrhi,mr=l:
under official responsibility, by the officer charged garrison of 5,000 men, 2,600 were subscribers Thursday has doubtless aided in facilitating the sal &nu, with a aeon solemn, :.
- naninT quires what is the meaning of the meertion that will be begotten of them, and that befog well
with the inquiry. But nothing that can be said in to the honest places of amusement. There was now operations of our forces." down the Shenandoah Valley, the finest Part the Mexican general Almonte is specially under t the working rose will become patterns ofrzopelitt
the way of denunciation of the Report can alterthe a museum and a gymnasium ; there were good of the state, and from which the greater portions of the public schools, universities, and
Under date of Fortress Monroe, April 9, the the protection of the French flag I The answer to libWremsris! and clubs making iny class moral, hose:lt:tr..,
general impression of the facts. The Chairman of libraries, maps and works of art adorned thew alls, correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquietr rebel supplies for the war have been drawn. The lass of
that q
. tion mist be sought in the rumours which 'will believe in the =thin ol 'r'ewallog seem begetting a rat*
the Meeting gave full credit to Captain JAOIIOIO pa was introduced for cooking as well as lighting, • tea :-" The roads in a horrible condition, thia fan" Ftvdty uti" region thtee„airebedmis iniready admit to
bet.- rep quoted
him, when he was in Frame a abort GeAtur vhighlyuell4l,7","°rhoolganTry : leatd"°°e• " lath
for his intentions, and for his solicitude to be ac- and bagatelle and billiards were added to the
and there is but little communication with York- Richmond frOOthterhe northwacest. Two columns arerapidly time ago, as the delegate of the Tuileries to get up ' rosulatlar °I
wish to see who knowledge • working nun
York-
curate in his statements. His complaint was that games. No games were allowed on Sundays, nor • from
•• • • • • • • oat pt applied to reeking him happier as such ;ifhe ow
town, even the sutlers being, almost without ex- overrunning the state, while the greet bulk of its forces 11 a monarchical agitation in Mexico. BeH is the
that officer pointed out the " black spots" in any gaming at any time, nor any intoxicatingrise lam glad. If he is made happier at his present task!
ception, compelled to remain at this point The bolas Yorktown is its extreme eastern notion. If General fugleman upon whom the Patric keeps its eye. ant °octant. Your account of what you are doffs` sad
the morals and manners of the local society, with- liquors. The only restriction on intercourse was 1001•11411 Isaias simply on the defensive, the nimbi have done, is to me most interesting. I hope God may
shipping' fortunately, has 'red but little It is rumoured that the object of M. Obeli d'Est
cola setting forth such virtue" as &s at in it. Cefo that there should be no diectusion of theologimil - -' must soon abandon their position, or they will be eat of
voodoos to bless your efforte-Youre, tic.,
fain J•claoll'a caramiaiicalt however, was not to subjects, or of any topic connected with military Injury.
The few Perseus who have come in fromthat f Ange's repent visit to London was to study the o Biome GougLpgysa ciameasae
from retreat to Richmond. But we presume our forces
draw up an estimate of the virtues and vices of discipline. There was free entrance at all times -
the battle-field agree that the heavy rains have bars already made good headwayin dislodging the enemy. English system of imprisonment of amused part*
the inhabitants, but to report of the condition of for officers and for ministers of religion. caused our brave troops before Yorktown consider- After our glorious 1000001101 in the West, the capture of the before trial, and the law and practice of "bail,"
the soldiers in the camp ; and about that condi- able discomfort, but that they are not dispirited, rebels at Yorktown would end the rebellion, as did the with a view to the amendment of the French ' , WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)
In a few months these " Homes " were self- ..-e•--
tion there is unhappily no room for doubt. Its and are eager for the fray. A large number of capture of the British forme there end the war of the rem. criminal law. Some improvement on this head iii,
aupporting-the only debt being that incurred in • Intim We have steadily forced the sawas beck by skit. • • , •
certain that the average of health is very low, and • cattle have been sent up ; half-famished specimens Indeed, much wanted. MIAs sixteen months' IM-
' setting them up.
The Grimy" and Pace were of poultry d bogs abound in the vicinity, and the fully planned flank movements. We are now exectiting one .
prisonnient-great part of the time au sweet- A a. K. D. 11. O. 1. L. L
°At the disease which is ee.rife. th.ere .is' i° en struck with the rapid diminution of every kind of ~ an
quartermasters' as far u practicable, are attending on a charge which turns out to have been ma- -- - -- - -.-. - .....
enormous prePettion, need °Y 'tee- It I. riot. There ware few quarrels between the nThe Herald says :
certain that the pleasures accessible to the mento the ' inner man' of the soldiers." After their late disastrous rennet in the met and the founded is a glaring instance of the harshness of .asso me .... 7 0, ale e
soldiers, such as used to happen every night ;and NAME.-.... .
are gross and depraving, and that they are so few It is still reported that Corinth, with its inr west, the leaden sad rulers of this rebellion, if driven igno- the French plan. This very evening Madame Lamm ... ism at 47 W.A.W. il b- 5
the brawls among the soldiers and the debauched IBM
that a large proportion of the young soldiers fall population in the lowest parts of the town became mews supplies of provisions and munitions of war, isinionely from Richmond, and if Millet large, will find no Oreppo writes to the journals that her husband, NM= - 1
Wito vies for want of good pursuits and innocento - I
has been taken, though the statement lacks confir- rartim place this side of Mexico. They understaod the ex.r,,,,pre„nuti„ of the people, has been in aaastatai am 44 iv W. f b- 1
comparatively infrequent. The chaplains remarked ' the desperate necessity of • final struggle for Rich. •
Arson ever since March 2on some political charge Gamer - 2
ssausamenta. Such being the ease, there is no on the improved sobriety of the garrison, Ad the =Wee. mod. They oannotebendon it with soy degree of safety - moms" rtes 61 46 W.LW. 4 27 - I
gm in finding fault with the officer who, being •The Secretary of War has issued • bulletin,of which she remains ignorant, and that he has not sesegemilei gate 40 40 • &111, _ 1 9 - a
medical men on the notable decrease of disease- against a popular Southern reaction end they have there•
amellielkmed t° inquire' reports the feet' The and it was no wonder ; for, one after another, the ging
acknowlml • the promptitude with which 2das- fore resolved to make a (told at Yoritown. We ffilnk that yet been exam red. fumonme
LIVERrai. •„ WASS Ft al &Li S o -
wiesat thing that the residents could do under the whitest* Ohio, and other states ham
tendered tido is a matter for public eongrstulattos, bemuse we be. The news that Victor Emmanuel was to be "so- QusessroWs. Akel if 114 B. 4 r - 3
most disreputable public-ho w shut up forValara•
circumstances would be to join in complaining of aid in behalf of those wounded in the battle of Bove that in reeking this stand the Wass of the war me oompanied" item Genoa to Naples by a French rAaawors - I
want of custom. After the first year the institn-
the evil, to show the hardship that it is to the trona were managed by a oommitt. of officers, and Pittsburgh- reduced to this °nee siege, •sod that M'Claillin will thus be fleet is still treated as doubtful by the French preen 888881 10.06 IS 46 W.S.W. I lr 0.06 ~
civilian population to live in the neighbour- glad they are to give their tiMe and attention veryTHE M:ERRIMAC. saved the trouble of following up his thew into the Caro. The report that General de ~ _
Noss sad Goorski. 00•11 WO 65 66 S.W. I b- 1
voyou was to go to roarssooel sus IS 40 5.5. W. I o - 5
Mi 5.1. 6 Is 0.00 $
hood of so much vice, and to offer The following despatches had been received from mantiene, it is pe,eboe that the muter rebel ram, the Naples to meet
the Ring of Italy is generally die- 1,111,=••••••• tit 111 to Lug 7 0 _ g
to a scheme which has been proved so advents-
their aid to the authorities in working General Wool :
Minimise, sad her three or four "on-costa satellites st believed, and, at all events, is mat improbable. ?ewe°. - g
genus to the discipline of their men in garrison,
out • reform. They allege that it is and to their health, temper, spirits, and moral Yastrow *omen Friday, kern 11. Noefolk, are preparing to cooperate with the rebel lead There was scene indecision at the Bourse to-deg.
PKOWAz
iniposeibie for twenty thousand men to be „au. at all times. To Has. 1,. M. Stanton, excretory of War. faros@ °Rho miner's, in some duhing entwptlss le the The Rents, after being quoted as low as 70fr. 415 n, tamer. SATOIDAY.
. ,4 5.11.4 Va. Amara Zam•a•lawa_ err Iterirtawa.. and swami .T.........V...1. .4•... 5L......A.. knoms4o, thmi asaima4 I . . Own, an_ t at- 2 -I- _--I --- ---.., _:.i.. Nosresarrara -41. •ato • w. w.• w. to NIT. end N., ete4l

IT is not surprising that the inhabitants of
Aldershott should be afflicted and wrathful at the
Report rendered by Captain JACKSON, R.A., of the
condition of the morals and manners of the Camp.
It is very natural that the respectable citisena, who
see only the deoent life of their own elms, should
be scandalised by such an account as is given,
under official responsibility, by the officer charged
with the inquiry. But nothing that can be said in
the way of denunciation of the Report can elterthe
general impression of the facts. The Chairman of
the Meeting gave full credit to Captain JAOKSOS
for kis intentions, and for his solicitude to be ac-
curate in his statements. His complaint was that
th►t officer pointed out the " black spots" in
the morals and manners of the local society, with-
out setting forth such virtues em sant in ik Cap-
tain Jaciaorr's commiesion, however, was not to
drew up an estimate of the virtues and vices of
the inhabitants, but to report of the condition of
the soldiers in the camp ; and about that condi-
tion there is unhappily no room for doubt. It is
certain that the average of health is very low, and
that the disease which is so rife there is, in an
enormous proportion, produced by vice. It is
mirtain that the pleasures accessible to the men
are gross sod depraving, and that they are so few
that a huge proportion of the young soldiers fall
into vies for want of good pursuits and innocent
essaimmenta. Such being the ease, there is no
we in finding fault with the officer who, being
mmuniesioned to inquire, reports the fact. The
wisest thing that the residents could do under the
circumstances would be to join in complaining of
the evil, to &how the hardship that it is to the
civilian population to live in the neighbour-
hood of so much vice, and to offer
their aid to the authorities in working
out • reform. They allege that it is
impossible for twenty thousand men to be
collected on one spot, with many hours of leisure
on their hands, and no home occupations and
pleasures within their reach, without strong temp-
tations to vicious indulgence. They point out that
half-a-dosen vicious men in • regiment may, under
such circumstances, spread corruption all around
them. Them sayings are very true, but they p
to confirm Captain Jarman:en statements, and
they an, in fact precisely the points on which he
dwells in treating of the soldier's morals and man-
ners. The true policy of the civilians of the
neighbourhood would be to help him to show
where the blame rests. His argument ia, that
when twenty thousand men are congregated for •
duty which does not till up their time, roc s•tidy
their minds, nor duly exercise their bodies, they
are under an overwhelming temptation to seek
excitement and amusement ; and the demand on
casions the supply. The inhabitants point to the
camp followers as the cures of the place ; sodas
they will be a curse to any place where than en
thousands of young men who do not know what
to do with themselves for several hours of every
day. Where they and their victims are assembled
there is • vast demand for drink, and the means
of gaming and other vicious pleasures ; and drink-
ing houses, and gambling rooms, and breath
multiply accordingly. It is no answer to the state-
ment that such things exist, to say that Captain
Jacinto! gives no account of the various *len
thropic institutions which have been established
within a certain area. The demand on behalf of
the soldier is not for charity, which he does not
want, but for the justice which he sorely needs.
Looking beyond the individual soldier there are
oonsiderations which are not met by any merits of
a civilian society which gives alms to the destitute
in any form. It is of the deepest importance to
the nation that its military force should be of a
high order, in regard to its health, its intelligences
character, and reputations and if we have
evidence that the British army is a refuge
for ne'er do weels, a resort for fellows
who enlist for their convenience, in order to de-
sert, a society which respectable parents are un-
willing that their promising lads should enter, a
scene of temptation in which thousands go down
to ruin and death, who might have led good and
happy lives in another calling, it is no answer to
protest that near the camps there are hospitals,
and almshousea, and ragged school. Thu respon-
sibility should be attributed where it is due ; and
the good people of Aldershott had better at once
look the evil in the face, avow it, and ask the
world whether it is not hard that, after all they
have tried to do fur the poor and suffering, the
War-office should spoil everything by dooming the
soldiery of the camp to vice and misery.
There would be no avowed difference of opinion
about this, in or out of the War-office, and
one evidence of this is the Report which lion
before us on the subject of libraries, reading.
rooms, end day-rooms for soldiers. The committee
which reports on this subject was obtained I
by the lamented Lord Ilsasear ; and one of his
last official acts was to give it instructions in
February, 1 ill, f . The Report is exceedingly in-
teresting ; and we do not know that a better lesson
could be otkred to all parties concerned in the
welfare of the British army than the story of what
has followed from a humble attempt, on the part
of a devoted officer, to remedy at Gibraltar a state
of things strongly resembling that at Aldershott.
The story is the more interesting from the fact
that that zealous and patriotic officer was this very
Captain JACKSON, whom the good people of Alder-
shott have supposed to be an enemy, instead of
the best friend of the civilian, by trying to amend
military society. We noticed the Gibraltar en-
terprise at its serammeement ; but there are now
much better means of judging what it is worth.
It appears that, owing to the exclusive amidst
of the occupation of Gibraltar, to ths distributMa
of the stations, and to the coital quality of the
population round the stations, the vim of the

The Moenean Janeslows, sod Yakima, ad several
other paebeals end nip appeared between Newport's News
and Beware Pent. Ths oily damage dose as is the car
tun of then meal neon. one empty, mod en loaded, it is
mid, with coal. The reseals were captured opposite Brig.-
Omen! Casey's division, with small gun of Xiaolk Wan,
and some two hundred feet from shore.
(Signed) JOHN R. WOOL, Major-Cheers'.

Fortran X0014:10, April, LI, 5 p.m.

To Hoc. E. M. &autos, SearS,Ulot Wei.

The Merrimac cams down towage the Monitor nod
Stevens (Naugatuck). The latter fired fear or five rounds,
and the Yet.itnac one round, when she, with her consorts,
retired to Gluey Island.
_ . . . .

Thus ends the day. W sat the night may bring forth. I
ern linable to say.
(Signed) Jose E. Woot, Atejor•GenereL

The New York Times of the 11th says :

Whatever the power of the rebel monster may be against
wooden walls, the one condition of her doing anything is
that she have a smooth sea. She oor'd not live ao hour
amid such a gale u swept over the Champ: eke on Tuesday
and Wednesday, for a wave catching her overlapping, eaves-
like side' would peel off her iron coat like put-aboard. In.
deed, Sir Howard Dovlas, the first authority On "on-clad
war ships, in discussing t►e on slides of a 'suet of the fo..n
of the Merrimac (for °cabin is more absurd than to suppose
that her model is a rebel ieventsoo), proves mathematically
that lush a ship is wholly unassworthy. And here is pre-
cisely where our pluck! little Monitor has the advantage ;
she ma beret say sea, and is capable of being completely
sabcaerpd ellhoat hu't.
THANKSGIVING.

President Lincoln has issued the following pro-
clamation :

Washington, Aprll 10.

It has pleased Almighty God to vouchsafe signal victories
to the land and naval forma engaged in suppressing an in-
ternal rehab" and at the same time to avert from our
Waste, the dangers of foreign intervention and invasion
It is, therefore, recommended to the people of the United
Stites that at their next weekly assemblages at their aims-
tanned planer of public worship which shall occur after the
Dekko of this proclamation shall have bees received, they
sepimially acknowledge and reader thanks to oar Heavenly
Pother for throe inestimable blessings, that they then and
them implore spiritual oonsoktion in behalf of all Wes who
have been brought into affliction by the eastrilties and
calamities of sedition end cirli war, and that they rever-
ently invoke the Divine guidance fee our national councils,
1 to the end that they may speedily result in the restoration
of penes, harmony, and unity tbroughout our borders, and
buten the establishment of fraternal relations among all

Mmatiam, it is probable %bat the moister rebel ram, the
*111:11.1110. sad her three or four 'ron-coati sat/Pita at
Norfolk, are preparing to 00-operato with the rebel land
faros. unite pealastoa, in some dashing estartnise ia the
Jams. or York river. Supposing, however, that wind
els eastiagessey the govetom sot has pros Asd the nines-
say maur:tias, we *they await the denctiement of the
wow! momentous siege of Yorktoyst.

LIVP.RPOOL,=DAT.

the remarks of the worth. lo within. whereof 1 ilium.
hereunto let my hand and mama the awl of the Met
&atm to be smart ,

The Canadian mail steamer Jura, Ca'ptain Alton,
which left Portland, Maine, on the 12th instant,
arrived in the Mersey last night.

Noe at the City of Wubinstoe, this 10th day of Aisq,
Is the year of or- Lord, 1862, and of the independence of
the United State. the 86th.

ininimea rusasAmal
FRANCE

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President, WM. H. SEWARD,
flearetety of State.
THE SLAVERY QH/It3TION.
In the Senate on the 11th, Mr. Wilson, of
Maseechusetts, introduced his bill amendatory of
the fugitive slave law.
In the House of Representatives the Senate
bill foe the abolition of shivery in the district of
Columbia was taken up in committee of the
whole, and debated at great length. Various
amendments were proposed, but all were rejected,
and the bill was finally reported to the house and
passed precisely as it came from the Senate-93
to 39.

Peers, Arm 24.
The MOOSifetiT of this mailing states that the
delay granted in Europe and Algeria for the °wive:-
siou of the Four-and-a-Half per Oent. Renter
expired on the 15th inst. The amount of the Four
and-a-Half per Cent. Renter converted amounts to
' 1324 millions of franca, and the number of Obliga-
tions Tjentennaines, 604,439. There still remains
4011 millions of francs of unconverted Four-and-
a-Half per Cent. Renter and 70,721 Obligations
Trentennaires.

The news that Victor Emmanuel was to be " so-
oompanied" from Genoa to Naples by a French
fleet is still treated as doubtful by the French press.
The report that General de Goyon was to go to
Naples to meet the King of Italy is generally dis-
believed, and, at all events, is most 4mprobable.
There was some indecision at the Bourse to-dq.
The Rents, after being quoted as low as 70fr. 450:,
closed at 70fr. 50c. both for cash and account, with
a fall of fle. and 100. Mobilier fall Ur. Mo. The
Italian Loan rose 15e. In railways there was ulti-
mately scarcely any change. The Gaines Miele fell
3fr. or 4fr., closing at about 164 fr. ; this reaction,
however, is quite inconsiderable after the immenel
rise of the last few days.
Groups of people stand about Mir4s' house and
office in the hopes of getting a glimpse of him.
The Droit recounts a curious instance of tenacity
of life in &child. A young woman living at Neuilly,
close to Paris, having been deserted by a man with
whom she had lived for several years, fell into a
state of great distress, and resolved to put an end to
herself and her illegitimate daughter, six years old.
Accordingly, she lighted three pans of charcoal,
and placed them in the middle of the room in which
she and the child slept. Yesterday morning the
neighbours, hearing a noise, knocked at the door
and inquired what was the matter. The little
girl answered " Mamma will keep on sleeping
and I can't wake her." On the door being
broken open the mother was found in her bed quite
dead, but the child, who had all night been equally
within the influence of the noxious vapour of the
charcoal, did not appear to have suffered the
slightest inconvenience from it.
The Marquis of Ailesbury arrived this morning
at the Hotel Mirabeau.
Count de Morny has left Paris for London. 'The
Journal de Rouen states that the journey is be-
hayed to have a political character.

A BILOILN OPTICS ON mu BRIGHTON
—A captain in the Belgian army, who witnessed the review
on Monday, writes :—" I bad the infinite satisfaction of
witnessing the review, and the manoeuvres executed by a
body of the English Volunteers at Brighton. If I were to
attempt to convey to you my unvarying admiration during
that beautiful day, I should fill many columns of your
valuable Journal. I will confine myself to saying
that I never NM liner moo, especially in such large num-
bers ; that I never beheld finer companies, marching es
they did in perfect order, each presenting a front of broad
chests, in lines like living walls. Nevertheless, 1 felt woe
regret at not seeing in any division, scarcely, these fine
men placed according to their size that in to
say, the tallest men forming the first file,
and the smallest the last. My concluding reflection In
seeing these splendid troops march put was, that a nation
which is happy enough, proud enough, to posses such men,
all animated by such a grand sense of duty, cannot, take
seriously to heart, and ought only to laugh at a word in.
possible for her—` invasion.' "
A letter from Munich, alluding to the treaty of
oommeme between France and Prussin, says :—" The Ba-
varian paper-manufacturers have held a meeting hers to de-

liberate on their interests. They greatly fear the competi-
tion of the French makers when the treaty of commerce

between France and the Ziallverein shall come into opera.
taw ; and it is said that they intend to pripeent • petitios
to the government praying that the expect of rage may be
prohibited."

IIWAY. ur.
Nosmswoom—s.s.s. to sm. w.s.w. toN.W.w sad N. Ma*
sod N.W.,stramt,to moderate. rate to tem&
some nit
LZILLND.-6.t0W.N.W., fresh. W.S.W. to N.N.W, troth to
showery. moderate.
Carran,-.As east above, scale &W. to N.W., moderate.
Motrera.
L cossw.-11.W. to N.W., troth W.&W. to N.N.W., moderato
to moderato. to fresh.
S. ssouso.—S. to w.w.w.. aw. to N.W., moderato ta
froth to moderate, soros trash.
showers.

ILPLANATION.
D.—Barometer oorreeted end reduced to St deg. at mesa eft
level ; seeh 10 feet, d vertical rise, causing about one-hundredth
et um inch diminution : and each 10 deg., above 12 deg., oanang
nearly threetundredths increase. Z.—Exposed thermaeseteg
lu shade. IL—Moistened bulb for evaporation and dew
point). D.—Direction of wind (true—two points kit of in*
petit). 1.-70ros (1 to 12—estimated). C.—Cloud (1 tog).
Pitfalls: b. blue sky ; e, clouds (detached); t, fog; b, hall; I.
"3htiling ; m misty (hasy) . o, overcast (dull) ; r, rain ; s. snows
thunder. rain tell. or snow, or ball, since laat=in
Inches mad decimals. 11.—Se-dlsturbance (1 to 9). L

Lea2Rea AND SHoi Melt Calm 121222112108..im
Yesterday securing the second annual dinner at this the*
tutiou took place at the Bridge House Hotel, Sorethwark.
John Locke, &q., it. P.. in the chair. Amongst these
present were Mr. L Buren, Mr. J. Gentler, Mr. W.
Rabbita, Mr. W. &odd% Mr. John Carter, Mr. J. L.
Deed, Mr. Harrison, Mr. IL B. Clarke (Boulder and 04
and about 100 others interested in the emaciation. The
C in proposing the toast of the wearing, rr
markedhAr i
that they might consider that meeting was one
which would really and properly establish the institution
for the support at which they bad combined. He could
not say that no progress had been made, because sines
I last year there had been lodged at the hanks& 321 L ne. dd.
At the same time It bad bean laid down as one of the
rules of the society that no silk. or pensions should he
panted until 5004 should have been subscribed. He
therefore called upon those present to come forward
In • liberal spirit and support the institution whisk
they had professedly met to sustain. He maid de se
more as their chairman than tell them bow they were
situated, and remind them, as men of business, that the
working me would not give their half guineas until they
saw there was a possibility of getting something in
return should they have the misfortune to require
the aid of the society. In the hope, therefore, that the
5001., at all events, wield be made up before they seperatedr
he would give the tomes of " Prosperity to the Leather end
Shoe Mereery Trades' Provident and Benevolent Indite.
See," and the health of the deems, coupled with the Dimes
of Mr. Deed, the treasurer, and Mr. Harrison, the honorary
solicitor. ) Mr. Deed cad Mr. Harrison briefly
acknowledged the toast. " The United Trades of the
Tanners, Leather Factors, and Shoe Mercers,“
by Mr. Rabbits, followed. The erastary (Mr. Cole)
mad the list, which, including ten guns from the chair
man, reached the required sum of 5001.
SOCIETY FOE THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE Furl
Asia.—Leet evening the third ooneerencione of this
tusk place at the galleries of the Society of =2
Artists, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, the walls of which were
hung with pictures constituting the exhibition of the year.
The rooms were crowded. The music, under the direction
of Mr. Alfred Gilbert, comprised a selection from the
works of Mozart. The greed quieten with wind instru-
ments, a composition too rarely heard, was admire*
ived by Mr. Alfred Gil= and Morn. Smith, Pollard.
Nobbe, and Standen. Parepa, Madame Gilbert,
Mee Susan Cole, Madame Elwood Andrea, Mr. Garage,
Mr. Richard Seymour, Signor Ciambi, and Herr Forms,
each contributed to a programme, from the goosed excel-
lowa of which it would be invidious to *elect. Mies
Summerhayes also played a solo on the pianoforte; and
Mr. Frederick Cbatterton one on the harp. The whole of
the music was accompanied by Mr. Alfred Gilbert, who, in
conjunction with Mr. Benedict, undertakes the neadoel ar
rangement of the societD
y.
Tile RUmorae D EATS or THIN FOUNDER 01
MAGAS/Mom—A paragraph, copied tram the Illustrated
London News, is going the round of the press, stating that
the notorious Mr. Prince, of the " Apportion'," died on
the 24th of Feheamry, and that his will has been lately
proved. The Mr. Philip Alexander Parker Prince. whose
will is referred to, for many year conducted a school at
Mitcham, in Surrey, and expired at Linedownrcircua.
Stockwell, Surrey, as truly stated in the paragraph. The
pernorialty wee sworn under 1,0001., sad the gentleman
'the freehold house situate in Bath now occupied
possessed
Rattle., bookseller. Deceased was the author of a
work, ealled Prince's Parallel History:* in three volumes,
and oleo author of other books. This patiernan had arr
this( whatever to do with the Agapemoue Brother
Prince is still alive, and the "Abode • near Bridp
water, le still in existence, though not so um since
the unfavourable result of Chancery suite brong tby former
inmates for the recovery of motley they had deludodly
bolded over to the strange personage who claims the title
of "The Beloved." Mx. P. A. P. Prince's will wee curionski
dated "The Festival of St. Peter, Prince of Apostles," 1381
this may have led to the notion that it was that of the Age-
pentane enigkiator.—Bath Chronicle.
BitIETOL—DOUBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. --.011
Tuesday themes, the train which leaves this city shod
half-peal four o'elook far Paddington, was brought to a
seredatlll near Shrivenhant, in consequence of the meek-
axle of the engine break*. A fresh engine was
*beta Did.* apt it proceeded with the tea?: rit
awl reached the Ywyfmd station, where, by a singular
ea widest of it precisely similar character or
es:Ne tit the esold tide& Gnat alarm now pwralled
aseseet the mierierm, Mee 8 p.m. train being due, but the
:Vwas frittmealkir stopped in time to t a cell/.
. Both *rake Were the attached to Clio:gine, and
"need in Landon about 12 o'clock.

The last report of the mining department of the
colony of Victoria states that there were 118,182 persons
engaged in mining operations in the colony. They bare
773 steam engines at work, the horse power of whka is
12,091. The mining plant is valued at 1,388,7221. Ths
deeper the miners go the greater ir the yield of gold. At
380 feet the yield it upwards of one ounce per toa. Ia
crwihing, the yield is oftentimes from four to eight wane

per tea.
The Irish ooneervative organs, which have all
through gives an independent support to the foreign policy
of the peessat government, continue to warn Lord Derby
against any coalition with the ultramontanists. They are
also beginning to king en effective pressure apes the. emus
serrativermembem whose silence darieg the nerd debate
ea the skthe of Italy they severely miscue.
Arrangement+ ere being wade to organise ages*.
cal feud to be applied is ski of the factory operatives la
laseashire, new sufferieg the greatest piratical for weal of
sesploymet. It is intended to hare a meetinfacel t
a aka
Leocethire members on the .10th instant in sod
already many luflueutial persons have approved of the pee-
ped gsesrol appeal to the country.
Tau RIOHT Rev. Ihnokrrita-13awsmat, Polk,
D.D.—This sulphurous bishop, who laid aside bls grader
to take up the sword, at the lieg;ti=tbs=detsznotar
has been relieved of kis military
gird bus found that his seal fee the emus is oil asesed.
tatzksewledge. As a soldier Dr. Polk has pond as utter
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