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LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1861.

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Certainly the owners of the Alexandra cannot
complain that they have been ruined in the dark, or
that their complaints have been hidden in a corner,
end not made manifest. The case is patent to the
world, and whatever may be the result of the pro-
tracted investigations, the injured parties have at
least had the satisfaction of having their wrongs
explained and their rights vindicated. A more able
and eloquent advocate than Sir Huoa CAIRNS they
could not have possessed, and his terse arguments
and pointed remarks have carried conviction to
many minds which, before perusing his statements,
were biassed in the contrary direction. One can-
not but reflect, at this stage of the proceedings, on
the very obstinate and wilful conduct of the Go-
vernment. Perseverance in a good cause is a noble
thing. It is imbued with those qaelities which espe-
cially adorn and elevate humanity. It has fired the
patriot to achieve the wondrous works which have
freed his Country. It has inspired the statesman to
the completion of worthy enterprises which have
benefited his generation and done honour to his
name. In private life this attribute is a great and
brilliant characteristic, and those who cannot emu
late its courage, heroism, and devotion, can yet
accord their weed of praise to its lofty pentimentE,

and acknowledge the merits of those who have won
success, or at least deserved it, by their arduous
straggles against difficulties, their zeal in planning
new devices, and their spirit in sustaining their
trials. This is, however, very different to the per-
tinacity which some display in taking advantage of
the fortuitous chances they possess to work out their
own ends and gain their own objects. The position
which Ministers hold should make them moderate
instead of urging them on to extremes. In the
pursuance of their purpose to condemn the Alex-
andra, they have exhibited far more of that bitter
animosity which ones reigned among political par-
ties, or of that extreme line of action that private
dissensions often inculcate, than of the calm dig-
nity, the majestic repose, and the marked reticence
that should ever distinguish the rulers of a great
country and the arbiters of the destiny of a mighty
people. To rush from Court to Coart, to employ
all the exredients which the law efferds to the
subtle assailant, to delay, to injure, and perhaps to
crush, are most unworthy of the men who affect to
represent the interests and protect the rights of
their countrymen against the nations of the world.
What a spectacle it mast afford to foreign lands,
and in what condition must the cavilling stranger
hold our free institutions, when he finds they are
powerless to prevent the greatest injuries being
inflicted upon the subjects of the realm. It is only
the fortunate possession of means of defence that
has enabled the attacked party to wage a war
against their formidable and unscrupulous oppo-
nents. True, the conflict has hitherto been carried
on successfully, but only at the expense of an enor-
mous outlay, and the question naturally arises
what would have been the consequence if the de-
fendants had not been so well qualified to meet
their enemies in the gate. Rain would inevitably
have ensued, and while the civilised world
may now ring with their triumph if
they came out victorious from their trial
before the first legal tribunal, they might other-
wise have been crushed in a corner, and their
fate commented on by a few independent mem-
bers perhaps, and then they would have sunk
into that obscurity which engulphs so many of
the injured ones who in this world find no court
of appeal to redress the wrongs which Might
with Wealth inflicts on Right, whose heritage is
poverty. This question is surrounded by legal
technicalities, it has mocked tho counsel of the
wise, and puzzled the brains of the most astute.
The first in the land have devoted to its solution
their intellect, their intelligence, and their skilled
research. Yet there seems a moral view tc take
of this great question, apart from its legal one,
and above and beyond it in point of value and im-
portance. HOW far is the Government justified
in this cruel aed relentless persecution, and is it
right that a precedent should be thus established
for so crushing a course of action, and so over-
whelming a proceeding. According to the dice
tune thus laid down Ministers may say to their
friends on the other side of the world, and in any
part of the earth, "We dare not become your
open allies, but we can covertly assist you. We
have means and appliances which will do more
for you than armed hosts or embattled fleets can
effect. The spirit of the zonntry would be too
strong for these to be used for your aid, bu

other means more effectual can be tried. With
the weapons of offence hidden under the deco-
rous drapery of the law, the authorities of the
land have certainly contrived to wage a civil con-
test for their friends. That the subtle devise may

prove a failure is the earnest wish of all indepen-
dent men, and that the attempt to prove too much
may recoil on themselves, wiil be an example of

poetic justice that will be a bright and refreshing
landmark in the dry details and dusty precincts of
the law and its surroundings. Whether they suc-

teed or not in fixing a stigma on the firm of Braish
merchants who have offended their prcjadices, can-

not alter the fact that the Ministers have taken a

most unfair advantage of their opportunity to work
out ends which they, as Englishmen, should blush

o gain. What would it avail them if the Govern.

ment of Washington smile upon them, if their

efforts to gain that approval has called forth the
indignation of their own people. In such a cause
their best friends and sincerest wellwishers can only

hope for their failure, since a success which under-

mines their influence at home, and abroad arcuses

'eelings of , jealous distrust and angry recrimina-
:ion, caa never be a victory worth gaining. Their

,riamph may go forth across the broad waters of

he Atlantic, and elicit .sentiments of gratified

delight from their friends and allies in the Federal

States ; but if at home a general feeling of dissatis-
faction prevails, and a universal opinion gains

ground that the policy which dictated their tactics
was an nu• English one, the Government which

succeeded before a legal, may fail to plead its cause
before a national, tribunal. They may not have
the opportunity of exclaiming with PYRRHUS,
"one more such victory and we are undone," for

he key-note of their doom and destruction .may

already have been sounded, and, like the knights
of old, who, if they fell, were too encumbered with

:he weight of their armour to rise, they may find
;hat the very means which they adopted to render

success more certain and comprehensive have but

proved the culminating point of disaster, and the

crowning act ensuring a dire and inevitable defcat.

Among the many societies which have for their
object the succour and relief of our fellow-creatures

there is none perhaps which is in its way more
practically useful than the association possessing

the high-sounding title of the Royal National Life-
boat Institution. It comes indeed rather under the
head of an official organisation than a charitable
assembly, since the claims which it urges upon us
are those of a duty undoubtedly incumbent on the
inhabitants of a maritime nation. The public inte-
rests are so largely concerned in the welfare of our
trade and commerce, independently of any indivi-
dual or personal connection with the vast numbers
who annually pass to and fro amid our stormy
waters, that every one of us is in some measure
bound to contribute to the safety of those in peril
of shipwreck or other nautical disaster. That Eng-
lish men and women generally fully appreciate
these claims upon them is proved by the public
support so freely and constantly afforded to the
National Lifeboat Institution. The sea and the
sailor are always popular subjects amongst us,
the honest "Jack Tar" is one of our national
boasts, and no tales of peril or adventure secure
more interested hearers than the thrillicg narra-
tives of " the dangers of the seas." Deeds of
heroism and self-devotion are often done by some
unknown sailor or fisherman which may rank far
above the more conspicuous achievements of
slaughter and destruction, which Fame carefully
chronicles. There is still unhappily too much room
for such feats of valour or skill ; too much room
even With their acaomplishreent for the long list of
~widows and orphans. Daring the year just passed
no less than 1,602 casualties took place on the
shores and in the seas of the British Isles, and al-
though from the immense extent of our commerce
and the dangers of our coast these may be held to
include a large proportion of the wrecks of the
'habitable globe, still the aggregate of suffering
and distress represented by this nnmbe is
sampling Appalling in theme days of ad-

vanced science. Many of these wrecks were
doubtless due to preventible causes, especially when
we look to the large number of miserably eouipped
and unseaworthy vessels that ply our coasting
trade. We have, therefore, good reason to hope
that when Mr. LAIRD'S bill shall have become law,
and no ships are sent to sea without being pro-
perly found, with cables that do not give way
when the anchor holds, and with anchors that do
not come up when the cable bears the strain, we
may see a considerable diminution in the number
of our annual shipwrecks. These 1,602 disasters
represent a loss of 568 lives within the year—a loss
that would undoubtedly be very much greater
were it not for the praiseworthy efforts of the
National Lifeboat Institution, since, during that
period, no less than 4,565 persons were saved by
lifeboats, the rocket apparatus, and other means.
Of course a large number of those thus saved were
rescued independently of the society, but there can
be no doubt that it has given a stimulus and en-
couragement to saving life and property from ship-
wreck which has had a most beneficial effect. The
institution boasts, with justifiable pride, that during
the forty years of its existence the number of lives
saved by its lifeboats and by special exertions,
which have received its rewards, has amounted to
13,568. This, indeed, is a mast gratifying result,
and one which speaks volumes for the practical
utility of such an association. Not only are its
services beneficial in rewarding and encouraging
courage, but it has been instrumental in improving
the character of our lifeboats generally, and in
obtaining the highest degree of perfection at pre-
sent possible. A proof of the high degree of effi-
ciency which has now been attained in their build
is foand in the fact that, during the past year,
6,000 persons have been afloat in them without
a single instance of loss of life ; and although
many of these occasions were only the quarterly
trips for exercise, yet many of them were voyages
undertaken amid rolling beeakers and sweeping
tempests in which no ordinary boat had dared have
left the shore. 417 lives and 17 vessels have during
the twelve months of 1863 been rescued by their
meane, and it may' interest the meteorologist to
know that the committee of the association, no in-
considerable judges, reckon the gales of last Octo-
ber and December as among the most disastrous
that ever visited these shores. Against such enemies
as these no skill nor science can altogether protect
us, but that is no reason why every effort should
not be made to reduce our annual catastrophes to
the minimum which as yet they are very far from
reaching. The committee of the institution are
making indirect as well as direct efforts to attain
this desirable end, and have succeeded in accomplish-
ing a very important reform. Thanks to their
having repeatedly called attention to the subject,
the Lords of the Admiralty are now taking steps to
provide every man-of-war with an efficient lifeboat,
a precaution which it is only marvellous can have
been so long neglected. A new scheme has also
been set on foot, which proposes that the committee
should place at some of the principal fishing stations
on our coasts insubmergible fishing boats, which
might after satisfactory trial provide samples o

building to those localities. Ilre hope this plan w

be found to work well, but we fear it may meet with
some loud opposition. It is gratifying to know
that the institution has been able to add fifteen new
boats to its already large fleet, and that others are
in course of construction. Many persons have
generously come forward with gifts for the coat of
lifeboats, no loss thin twelve of such liberal dona-
tions baing recorded within the year. In addition
to the large sums left by legacies, a new and inte-

resting feature is apparent in the feet that those
who have lost relatives have sometimes commemo-

rated their departed friends by associating their

names with this public benefaction. This is a

worthy memorial of the most doer ving, and sets an

example which will, we hope, be followed. It is

clear that with a shipping "representing," in the
words of the report, " aboat 60 millions of tons, and

400,000 vessels which cleared outwarls and entered

:awards from British ports during the year," grew

and continuous efforts are necessary to prevent a
frightful sacrifice of life on the rocky and weather.-
beaten coasts of these islands. The Lifeboat Insti-

,ution performs this important national work we

and thoroughly, and has, therefore, a right to look
with confidence to the public for encouragement

and support.

The speech of the hon. member for Halifax on
L Monday evening deserves some attention, if only
in acknowledgment of the arduous labour which it
bears witness to. Mr. STANSFELD, it will be re-
membered, when first appointed to his present
office, declared his intention of endeavouring to
reduce to something like order those Admiralty ac-
counts whose very name is generally accepted as
the emblem of hopeless confusion, extravagance,
and mystery. He has fulfilled his promise by
examining closely into the subject, and has intro-
duced various changes and improvements, which
have for their object the great end of simplify-
ing the Dockyard accounts. Mr. STANSFELD
informed the House on Monday evening that the
Admiralty Dockyard accounts might now challenge
comparison with those of the best managed private
yard in the country. The description which he
gave of the process now gone through certainly
exhibits great care and caution in securing accuracy
and guarding against errors and malversations.
IThe manufacturing balance-sheets are still, he
admits, open to criticism, and further simplification
is advisable. The finance accounts, which showed
in what proportions the estimates were exceeded, or
otherwise, were not on previous occasions found
satisfactory by the House. They wished very
justly to look a little more closely into the details of
dockyard labour, and Mr. STANSFELD has, therefore,
introduced what he calls labour charts, in which
the House will have " every farthing of expendi-
ture for labour, as attested by the books, brought
to book and distributed among the ships and the
services in which the labour has been employed."
These charts are not only to show the payments
and charges, but to explain the nature, amount, and
variety of labour engaged, with its cost and the
nature of its operations, This, if fully carried out,
will be an essential advantage, as it will enable the
House to keep some check upon the extravagant
expenditure that often goes on for no good, such as
the continual alterations and the jobbing of various
kinds that is only too common in our naval matters.
Most persons,will agree with Mr. STANSFELD when
he says that no large business was ever safely or
profitably conducted that was not based on an
accurate and exhaustive system of accounts. He
has, therefore, done good service in reducing the
heterogeneous expenses of the dockyards into some-
thing like order and consistency, and i❑ opening '
out their intricacies to the light of day. Unhappily,
the reformer is unable to touch the department
which especially calls for reform—the very Board
of which he is a member. The power which
deals with the abuses of its construction
and practice must COM 9 from without, and
many a hard fight will have to be fought before the
substantial changes required both in the letter and
the spirit of the administration of our Admiralty
affairs ate fully carried out. There is no reason
why such an important department of the State ,
should be continually under wlmt may be styled 1

organised miemanagement ; wby the public money,
always freely enough expended by public func-
tionaries, should be lavished so profitlessly as to
make Admiralty incompetence and extravagance a
byword ; why every improvement, suggestion, or
invention out of the beaten track should be frowned
at, sneered do wn, or totally disregarded ; why the
utmost that the inventor can often obtain is per-
mission to try his experiments at his own expense.
It is very well for Mr. STANSFELD to talk of the
courage end enterprise with which the Admiralty
carry on their undertakings ; but it remains an
acknowledged fact, that one of the best inventors
of offansivo weapons of the time has been driven to
offer to a foreign Sovereign those services ev hose
value was only too late appreciated by the officials
of his own country. The spirit which animates
Mr. STANSFELD in his endeavours to secure re-
trenchment and efficiency is very far from
actuating thou) above him ; but it is
fortunate, at all events, for the interests
of the public service that the junior Lord is re-
solved to exact a strict account of the work
carried on under him. Mr. STANSFELD with com-
mendable frankness confessed what a good many
other officials might admit if they would, that when
first appointed he was entirely ignorant of the de-
tails of the great business he had embarked in. He
was not contented, however, to be a roi fainéant,
but started on a voyage of discovery to the various
dockyards, where, by a prolonged and careful in-
vestigation into all that came before him, he ac-
quired a good deal of practical information. He
was especially struck with the frequency with which
the Contioller's account was interfered with by men
being suddenly moved from one task to another.
Owing to the scarcity of hands, they were often
obliged to leave Work in the middle in order to
complete something else for which there was a more
pressing demand. Mr. STANSFELD, therefore, seeing
this be false economy, giving rise to all sorts of
delays and abuses, proposed an increase in the rate
for wages to artificers, and suggests that the Go-
vernment should combine the advantages of piece
work and day work by keeping up a moderate
establishment of regular employes on whom they
could rely in time of pressure, while for extra work
they might take on hands by the piece. Mr.
STANSFELD visited, he tells us, the principal
private yards of the country, and he paid a well
merited compliment to our leading shipbuilders.
This is the true way to obtain substantial improve-
meats by bringing the checks of the practical ex-
perienee of men whose personal interests are con-
cerned in doing work well, and chiefly against the
dolce far niente of our Admiralty administration.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 16.
TESTS ABOLITION (OXFORD) BILL.

Order for second reading read. Motion made and question
proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time."
Amendment proposed, to leave nut the word "now," and
at the end of the question to add the words " upon this
day six months." Question put, "That the word now'
stand part of the question." The house divided—Ayes,
211 ; Noes, 189.

AYES —2ll.
Acton, Sir J. Fitzroy, Lord F. Padmore, R.
Adair, H. E. Forster, Charles D. Paget, C.
Adam,W. P. Forster, W. E. Paxton, Sir J.
Agnew, Sir A. Fortescue, Hon. F. Peel, Sir R.
Alcock, T. Fortescue, C. S. Peel, P.
Antrobus, E. French, Col. render, J.
Ath umney, Lord Gaskell, J. 31. Peto, Sir M.
Ayrton, A. S. Gavin, Major Pilkington, James
Aytoun, K. S. Gibson. T. 31. Pinney, Col.
Baines, E. Gilpin, C. Pollard Urquhart W
Baring, H. B. Glyn, G. C. Ponsonby, A.
Baring, Sir F. Goldsmid, Sir F. Potter, E.
Baring, Thos. Geo. Gower, F. L. Pugh, D.
Barnes, T. Greene, J. Robartes, T. J. A.
Bass, M. T. Greenwood, J. Robertson, D.
Bazley, Thomas Gregson, S. Russell, Hastings
Beale, Samuel Grey, Sir G. Russell, A. J. E.
Beaumont, W. B. Gurdon, B. Russell, Sir Wm.
Beaumont,Somerset Hadfield, Geo. St. Aubyn, J.
Bellew, It. 31. Hatibury, IL Salomons,ALderman
Berkeley, H. F. liankey, Thomson Scholefie,d, W.
Berkeley, Col. Hardcastle, Jos. A. Scott, Sir W.
Berkeley, C. P. F. Hartington,3larquis Scully, V.
Biddulph,'.Col. R. 31. Headhun, Thus. E. Seely, C.
Black, Adam Henderson, J. - Seymour, Danby
Blake, J. A. Henley, Lord Seymour, A
Blencowe, J. G. Ilerbert, 11. A. Shelley, Sir .T. V.
Bonham-Carter, J. Ilibbert, J. T. Sheridan, R. B.
Bouverie, E. P. liodgkinson, G. Sheridan, H. B.
Bouverie, P. I'. Hodgson, K. Smith, J. B.
Brand, H. B. Howard, Hon. C. Smith, Augustus
Bright, J. Ingham, R. Smith, J. A.
Bruce, Lord E. A. Jackson, W. Stacpoole, W.
Bruce, H. A. Jervoise, Sir J. Staniland, 31.
Buchanan, W. Johnstone, Sir J. Stanley, O.
Buller, J. W. Kershaw, J. Stansleld, J.
Buller, Sir A. King, lion. P. Steel, John
Butler, C. S. Kinglake, A. W. Stirling, Wm.
Butt, Isaac Kinuaird, lion. A. Stuart, Col.
Buxton, C. Knatclibull-Hugess Sykes, Col. W. H.
Caird, James_ _ Layard, A. H. Talbot, C. R. 31.

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Cardwell, Rt. lin. E. Langton, W. H. G. Taylor, P. A.
Castlerosse, Vist. Lawson, W. Tite, Wm.
Childers, H. C. E. Leatham, E. Tollemache, Hon./1,
Cholmeley, Sir M. Lefeyre, G. J. S. Towline, G.
Churchill, Lord A. Lewis, Harvey Tracy, Hon. C.
Clay, James Lindsay, W. S. Turner, J. A.
Clifford, C. C. Lloyd, T. Vane, Lord 11. G.
Clifton, Sir R. Locke, John Verney, Sir Harry
Clive, George Lowe, Rt. Hon. E. Vernon, H.
Cobden, R. Lysley, W. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C
Collier, Sir R. P. MacEvoy, E. Vivian, 11. H.
Cox, W. Mackinnon, W.(Ly.)Warner, Edward
Craufurd, E. H. J. Mackinnon,W. A. Watkins, Ccl. L.
Crawford, R. W. 3l'Mahon, P. Western, S.
Crossley, Sir F. Marjoribanks, D. C. Westhead, J.
Davey, it. Martin, I'. W. Whalley, G. H.
Dering, Sir E. . Merry, James Whitbread, S.
Dillwyn, Lewis L. Mildmay, H. White, Jas.
Douglas, Sir C. Miller, William White, L.
Duff, M. E. Mitchell, T. A. Wickham, H. W.
Duke, Sir James Moffatt, George `Williams, W.
Dunbar, Sir -Wm. Moncreiff, J. Winnington, Sir T.
Dundas, Frederick Morris, D. Wood, biz. C.
Dundas, Sir David Morrison, W. Woods, Henry
Enfield, Viscount Neate, C. Wyld, James
Evans, T. W. - - North, F. • Wyvill, M.
Ewart, William Ogilvy, Sir J.
Ewart, J. C. Onslow, Guildford
Fenwick, Henry 0' iieilly, A. W.
Fermoy, Lord Owen, Sir H.
Finlay, A. S. Ittese; Col.

TELLERS.

Dodson, John G.
Ooschen, G. J.

NOES —IE9.
Adderley, C. B. Gore, W. R. 0. Morritt, W.
Addington, Hon.W. Gower, G. W.,L. Mowbray, lit. Hn. J.
Ang-erstein, W. Graham, Lord Wm. Murray, William
Arbuthnott, Gen.H. Greenall, G.
Archdall, Capt.M.E. Grey deWilton,Lord Newdegate, C.
Astell, J. H. Grogan, Sir E. Newport, Visct.
Baillie, H. J. Hamilton, Lord C. Noel, G. J.
Baring, Thomas Hamilton, Viscount North, CoL
Barrow, W. H. Hamilton, 1. T. Northcote, Sir S. H.
Barttelot, Col. Hardy, Gathorne racke, C.
Bathurst, A. A. Hardy, J. Pakington, Sir J. S.
Bathurst, Co'. 11. Hartopp, E. B. Papillon, P. 0.
Beach, W. W.
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Bective, Earl of.
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Bernard, Col.
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Bond-, J. W.
Rowley, Hon. R. T.
Briscoe, J. I. Salt, T.
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Hume, W.
Bruce, C. L. C. Hunt,' G. W. Sclater-Booth, G.
Bruce, Sir H. Ingestre, Viscount Scott, Lord H.
Burghley, Lord Jermyn, Earl Scourfielo, J. IL
Burrell, Sir P. Jervis, Captain Smith, Abel
Cave, S.
Cecil, Lord R.
Chapman, J.
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Smyth, Col.
Somerset, Col. E.
Somes, Joseph
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Fitzgerald, W. S• Miles, Sir W. Woodd, B. T.
Fleming, T. W. Miller, T. Wyndham, Hon. P.
Sir, G. Heathcote, Sir W.
Floyer. J. Mills, A. ~..
Franklyn, G. W. Mittord, W. T. 'Yorke, J. R.
Galiwey, Sir W. P. Montagu, Lord H. TELLERS.
George, John Manners, Lord .7 . IrVoerlkbey,
Getty, S. G. Selwyn, C. J.
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MR. BOHN'S WORLD•FAMOUS LIBRARIES.
Although Mr. Bohn has sold his well-known
" Libraries" to Messrs. 8311 and Daldy, he will still carry
on his business in second-hand books, and what are techni-
cally termed in the trade " remainders," for some time to
come. It has been stated that Messrs. Sotheby and Co.
will sell the choicer portion of his valuable stock during the
present season. Some time ago, Mr. Bohn endeavoured to
found a library company, under some such title as "Bohn's
Library Company. This was to be in a great many shares
at a low price, a considerable number of which Mr. Bohn
would purchase and hold. The scheme, however, did not
find supporters, and it is now understood that the world-
famous " Libraries" have been sold for 430,000.

A LIGHTSHIP FOR THE ATLANTIC.—The TVestern
Morntng News says it is seriously intended to station,
50 miles west of Scilly, a ship bearing a floating light, con•
taining stores of provisions, and connected by an electric
cable with the sh.:re. It is considered that thus early news
may be conveyed; homeward ships may receive their orders
whilst at sea, and much suffering, privation, and loss of life
be preyented,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE WAR IN DENMARK.
COPENHAGEN, MARC!" 15, 9.50 P.M.
The enemy kept up a heavy fire this morning.
One battery was directed. against our left wing
and the ships before Sonderborg.
The result was insignificant.

COPENHAGEN, MARCH 16, 6.3 p.m.

All the superior officials and Mayors Of that
portion of Jutland now occupied by the allied troops
have been brought to the headquarters of the

enemy.

This measure is connected with the delivery of
the requisitions for supplies intended to be enforced
upon the inhabitants.

MADRID, MARCH 16,

Some Madrid journals state that the Ministerial
Council will occupy itself with American affairs,
particularly those of Mexico.
It is rumoured that the Archduke Maximilian
will visit the Queen of Spain.

NORWAY.
OPENING OF THE STORTHING.

CHRISTIANIA, MARCH 15 (Evening)

The Norwegian SOrthing was opened today.

The King, in his speech from the throne, an-
nounced that a Bill :would
.be laid before the
Chamber, granting an extraordinary credit of
1,500,000 of rigsdalers to the Government, in order
to enable it to give active aid to Denmark in certain
emergencies.