The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-21 00:00:00

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-MONDAY.

There were but few members at the subscription rooms
to-day, and little business transacted. For Northumberland
Plate sto 1 was taken about Sir Roger, and 10 to 1 was
offered bar one. Closing prices :
NORTIUMBERLAND PLATE.
sto 1 agst Sir Roger (taken)
10 to 1 agst Borealis (offered)
100 to 8 agst Found Again (taken)
100 to S agst Trust (taken)
14 to 1 agst Honest John (taken)
14 to 1 agst Limosina (wanted)
40 to 1 agst Wharfinger (offered)
40 to 1 egg Hymettus (offered)
DONCASTER ST. LEGEE.
100 to 30 ag Blair Athol (offered)
sto 1 agtt Scottish Chief (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst First Flight (taken)
THE DERBY OY 18G5.
1000 to 40 agst The Duke (taken)

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived. June 21—Atalanta, from Madras—Sista Flo-
rida, from St. Kitt's ; Ruby, from Barbados—Antonia, and
Cornelius Gertrude, from Cuba; Furor. and Napoleon,
from Gravelinea—Ernest, from Riga—Robert Hudson,
from Foo-Chow-Foo—Enterprise, from Christianstad.
Sailed, June 21—Devonshire, for Canterbury.
DELI), Tuesday Morning.
Passed in Tow—Walmer Castie, from Kurrachee, for
London.

Passed—Anne Wilson, from New Zealand—Tornaway,
from Shanghae, both for London—H.M.S. Fox, from
Woolwich—Catherine of Cowes, from North, both for
West.

PAINFUL ACCIDENT TO A BRIDEGROOM.—A sad
occurrence—perhaps unprecedented in its nature—
tended to mar the festivities accompanying the marriage of
a youthful couple at St Dunstan's Church, Fleet-street, on
Thursday last. The bridegroom—whose father is a mem-
ber of the corporation—was engaged shortly before the
wedding in packing up his trunks, and preparing for the
continental tour which he had arranged to take with his
young wife, when his left arm suddenly snapped near the
elbow. The consternation which this untoward accident
occasioned among his own family and friends, who were
preparing to attend the ceremony, may be well imagined;
and when the sad intelligence w.s communicated to the
parents of the bride the carriages were in wianittinhgavtoincgonbveeeyn
the bridal party to the church. It was of course concluded
that the ceremony must be postponed, but the bridegroom
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ing his engagement, and actually arrived at St. Dunstan's
Church within a few minutes of the appointed hour. The
ceremony was =ducted in a very impressive manner by
the Rev. Mr Auriol, the rector, wha subsequently joined
the numerous guests assembled at the suburban residence
of the bride's father (one of his own churchwardens), and
alluded to the misfortune of the morning in terms of kindly
sympathy and encouragement. The uncle of the bride
endeavoured to dispel the inevitable gloom by observing
that the calamity had at least one consoling feature, for it
gave them a practical example of the courage and devotion
of the young gentleman who was the hero of the occasion.
They had heard of a certain champion of quite another sort
of " ring," who had fought his American rival for one hour
with a single arm, owing to a similar accident, and still
carried the day; but what was this to compare with the
pluck of his young friend, who having broken his arm at
9 a.m., went up smiling to the altar at 11, and carried off
his young and charming wife in triumph ? We believe
the bride, who was not at first informed of the full ex-
tent of the accident, exhibited a becoming fortitude
under the trying circumstances of the day, and our readers
will be glad to learn that owing to the satisfactory pro-
gress of the husband, the wedding trip is not likely to be
long deferred.

THE SIAMESE DURIAII.—The fruit here is ex.
quisite, particularly the mango, the mangusteen,
the pine•apple, so fragrant and melting in the mouth, and,
what is superior to anything I ever imagined or tasted, the
famous "durian" or " dourion," which justly merits the
title of king of fruits. But to enjoy it thercughly one
must have time to overcome the disgust at first inspired
by its smell, which is so strong that I could not stay in
the same place with it. On first tasting it I thought it
like the ilesh of some animal in a state of putrefaction,
but after four or five trials I found the aroma exquisite.
The durian is about two-thirds the sins of a jacca, and
like it is encased in a thick and prickly rind, which pro-
tects it from the teeth of squirrels and other nibblers ; on
opening it there are to be found ten cells, each containing
a kernel larger than a date, and surrounded by a sort of
white, or sometimes yellowish cream which is most delicious.
By an odd freak of nature, not only is there the first repug-
nance to it to overcome, but if you eat it often, though with
ever so great moderation, you find youself next day covered
with blotchos, as if attacked with measles, so heating is its
nature. A durian picked is never good, for when fully ripe
it falls of itself ; when cut open it must be eaten at once, as
it quickly spoils but otherwise it will keep for three drays.
—.Mouhot's Travels in Indo-China.

ANOTHER FEDERAL OUTRAGE.—We give in an■
other column the narrative of the arrest and impri-
sonment of Mr Samuel G. Levey of this city, while on his
return from Europe, by the Federal authorities at Boston,
as furnished by that active Federal apostle and sympathiser
the Montreal Herald. Our contemporary's indignant
comments on this ono of a hundred similar cases for which
it had not a word of remonstrance is not a little singular,
and suggests the inquiry whether the indignation in thi
instance does not proceed less from the public v►rong done
than private interest in the individual sufferer. Mr Levey
has suffered from the vile spy system instituted and pre-
sided over here by "that late eminent and respectable
statesman" Air Giddings. He had not even been guilty of
the crime of giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the
Ilnited4;iO3 sympathising with the South. It is true
he is B:itt'a abject, resident in a British province, but
his ympidlies have always been with the North; but,
nevertheless, the chief of the Federal spies sent forth an
edictf): his pu,pishment, and he has been punished, and
will gPt no,tEdress.

THE N AVAL ACTION BETWEEN THE
AI AVAMA AND THE KEABSAGE,

(From the Times Correspondent.)

SOUTHAMPTON (Monday).
The EngLish steam-yacht Deerhound, belonging
to Mr. John Lancaster, of Hindley-hall, Wigan,
Lancashire, arrived here last night and landed Cap.
Lain Semmes (commander of the late Confederate
steamer Alabama), 13 officers, and 26 men, whom
she rescued from drowning after the action off Cher-
bourg yesterday, which resulted in the destruction
of the world-renowned Alabama. From interviews
held this morning with Mr. Lancaster, with Capt.
Jones (master of the Deerhound), and with some of
the Alabama's officers, and from information gleaned
in other quarters, I am enabled to furnish you with
some interesting particulars connected with the
fight between the Alabama and the Kearsage.
The Deerhound is a yacht of 190 tons and 70-
horse power, and her owner is a member of the Royal
Yacht Squadron at Cowes and of the Royal Mersey
Yacht Club. By a somewhat singular coincidence
she was built by Messrs. Laird and Son, of Birken-
head, and proof of her fleetness is furnished by the
fact that she steamed home from the scene of action
yesterday at the rate of 13 knots an hour. On
arriving at Cherbourg at 10 o'clock on Saturday
night, by railway from Caen, Mr Lancaster was
informed by the captain of his yacht, which was
lying in harbour awaiting his arrival, that it was
reported that the Alabama and the Kearsage were
going out to fight each other in the morning. Mr
Lancaster, whose wife, niece, and family were also
on board his yacht, at once determined to go out in
the morning and see the combat.
The Alabama left Cherbourg harbour about 10
o'clock on Sunday morning, and the Kearsage Was
then several miles out to seaward, with her steam
up ready tor action. The French plated ship of
war Couronne followed the Alabama out of harbour
and stopped when the vessels were a league off the
coast, her object being to see that there was no vio-
lation of the law of nations by any fight taking
place within the legal distance from land. The
combat took place about nine miles from Cherbourg,
and as there are some slight differences (as might
naturally be expected under the circumstances) in
relation to the period over which it lasted, and other
matters, it may be well here to reproduce from Mr
Lancaster's letter in the limes of this morning the
subjoined extract from the log kept on board the
Deerhound :
Sunday, June 10, 9 a.m,—Got up steam and proceeded
out of Cherbourg harbour. 10.30.—Observed the Alabama
steaming out of the harbour towards the Federal steamer
Kearsage. 11.10.—The Alabama commenced firing with
her starboard battery, the distance between the contending
vessels being about one mile. The Kearsage immediately
replied with her starboard guns; a very sharp, spirited
firing was then kept up, shot sometimes being varied by
shells. In manoeuvring both vessels made seven com-
plete circles at a distance of from a quarter to half
a mile. At 12 a slight intermission was observed in
the Alabama's firing, the Alabama making head sail, and
shaping her course for the land, distant about nine miles.
At 12 30 observed the Alabama to be disabled and in a
sinking state. We immediately made towards her, and on
passing the Kearsage were requested to assist in saving the
Alabama's crew. At 1.2 50, when within a distance of 200
yards, the Alabama sank. We then lowered our two boats
and, with the assistance of the Alabama's whale boat and
ditkgy, succeeded in saving about 40 men, including Cap-
tain Semmes and 13 officers. At 1 p.m. we steered for
Southampton.
One of the officers of the Alabama names the
same hour—viz., 11 10, as the commencement of
the action, and 12 40 as the period of its cessation,
making its duration an hour and a ball.; while the
time observed on board the Deerhound, which is
most likely to be accurate, that vessel being free
from the excitement and confusion necessarily exist.
ing on board the Alabama, limited the action to an
hour, the last shot being fired at 12 10. The dis-
tance between the two contending vessels when the
Alabama opened fire was estimated on board the
Deerhound at about a mile, while the Alabama's
officer tells me she was a mile• and a half away from
the Kearsage when she fired the first shot. Be this
as it may it is certain that the Alabama commenced
the firing, and as it is known that her guns were
pointed for a range of 2,000 yards, and that the
second shot she firt.d, in about half a minute after
the first, went right into the Kearssge, that may
be taken as the real distance between the two ships.
The firing became general from both vessels at the
distance of a little under a mile, and was well
sustained on both sides, Mr. Lancaster's impression
being that at no time during the action were they
lees than a quarter of a mile from each other

Seven complete circles were made in the period
over which the fight lasted. It W 39 estimated
on boatel the Deerhound that the Alabama
fired in all about 150 rounds, some single guns,

and some in broadsides of three or four, and the
Kearsage about 100, the majority of which were
11-inch shells. Th© Alabama's were principally
Blakeley's pivot guns. In the early part of the
action the relative firing was.about three from the
Alabama to one from the Kearsage, but as it pro-
gressed the latter gained the advantage, having
apparently a much greater power of steam. She
appeared to have an advantage over the Alabama of
about three knots an hour, and steam was seen
rushing out of her blowpipe all through the action,
while the Alabama seemed to have very little
steam on.

At length the Alabama's rudder was disabled by
one of her opponent's heavy shells, and they hoisted
sails; but it was soon reported to Captain Semmes
by ono of his officers that his ship was sinking.
With great bravery the guns were kept ported till
the muzzles were actually under water, and the last
shot from the doomed ship was fired as ehe was
settling down. When her stern was completely under
water Captain Semmes gave orders for the men to
save themselves as best they could, and every one
jumped into the sea and swam to the boats which
hcd put off to their rescue. Those of them who
were wounded were ordered by Captain Semmes to
be placed in the Alabama's boats and taken on board
the Kearsage, which was as far as possible obeyed.
Captain Semmes and those above-mentioned were
saved in the Deerhound's boats, and When it was
ascertained that the water was clear of every
one
that had life left, and that no more help could be
rendered, the yacht steamed away for Cowes, and
thence to this port.

The lisarsoie, it is known, has for some time
past been in hot pursuit of the Alubania, which

vessel Captain Winslow was determined to follow
everywhere till he overtook his enemy. Very

recently sh 6 chased and came up with one of
the vessels of the Chinese expeditionary force re-
turning to England, and ran alongside with her guns
pointed and crew at quarters before she could be

convinced of her mistake, for the expeditionary
vessel was very like the celebrated Confederate

cruiser. The Kearsage was then described as likely

to prove a formidable overmatch for the Alabama,
having higher steam power end rate of speed, a

crew "nearly double" that under Captain Semmes,

and, unlike her sister ship the Tascarora, carrying
10, instead of eight, very heavy 11-inch shell guns

—the so-called Columbiads of the American navy.
The Alabama, on the contrary, is stated to have had
Only two heavy rifled guns and six broadside 32-
pounders. The Confederate, too, after her long
cruise, was sore!y in need of a refit. Part of her
copper, it ia said, was off, and her bottom was co-
vz•.rcti with long Weeds.

The crew of the Ala'oaml comprised in all about
150 when she left Cherbourg. Of these 10 or 12
were killed during the action, and a number were
known to be drowned. the difference between these
and the number brought home by the Deerhound
bJrg, it is hoped, saved by the boats of the Kear-
sage, or some French pilot boats which were in the
vicinity. The French war vessel Couronne did not
come out beyond three miles. The surgeon of the
Alabama was an Englishman, and, as nothing has
been heard of him since be went below to dress the
wounds of some of the sufferers, it is feared that he
went down with the ship.
The wounded men on board the Deerhound were
carefully attended to until her arrival here, when
V:ey were token to the Sailors' Home, in the
Canute-road. "Several of the men are more or less

scarred, but they are all out about the town to-daY,

and the only noticeable case is that of a man who

was wounded in the groio, and that but sightly.
Captain Semmes, and is first-lien'enant, Mr. J.

:Kill, are staying at li"....slway's in Quen's-

terrace, where the gallant commander is under the
care of Dr. Ware, a medical gentleman of this town,
his right hand. being slightly splintered by a shell.
When the men came on board the Deerhound they
had nothing on but their drawers and shirts, having
been stripped to fight, and one of the tren, with a
sailor's devotedness, insisted on seeing his captain,
who was then lying in Mr. Lancaster's cabin in a

very exhausted state, as he had been intrusted by
Captain Semmes with the ship's papers, and to no
one else would he give them up. The men were all
very anxious about their captain, and were rejoiced
to find that he had been saved. They appeared to
be a set of first-rate fellows, and to act well together
in perfect union under the most trying circum•
stances.

The captain of the forecastle on board the Ala-
bama, a Norwegian, says that when he was in the
water he was hailed by a boat from the Kearsage,
" Come here, old man, and we'll save you ;" to which
he replied, "Never mind me, I can keep up half an
hour yet; look after some who are nearer drowning
than I am." He then made away for the Deerhound,
thanking God that he was under English colours.
Throughout the action the Deerhound kept about
a mile to windward of the combatants, and was en-
abled to -witness the whole of it, The Kearsage was '
burning Newcastle coals, and the Alabama Welsh
coals, the difference in the smoke (the north country
I coal yielding so much more) enabling the moves
ments of each ship to be distinctly traced. Mr.
Lancaster is clearly of opinion that it was the Kear-
sage's 11-inch shells which gave her the advan-
' tage, and that, after what he has witnessed on this
occasion, wooden ships stand no chance whatever
against shells. Both vessels fired well into each
other's hull, and the yards and masts were not
much damaged. The mainmast of the Alabama
had been sl;ruck by shot, and as the vessel was sink-
ing broke off and fell into the sea, throwing some
men who were in the maintop into the water. Some
tremendous gaps were visible in the bulwarks of
the Kearsage, and it was believed that some of her
boats were disabled. She appeared to be temporaiily
plated with iron chains, &e. As far as could be seen
everything appeared to be well planned and ready
on board the Kearsage for the action. It was apps•
rent that Captain Semmes intended to fight at a
I long range, and the fact that the Kearsage did not
reply till the two vessels got nearer together showed
that they preferred the short range, and the supe-
rior steaming power of the latter enabled this to be
accomplished. It is remarkable that no attempt
was made by the Kearsage to c►ose and board the
Alabama, and when the Aiabama hoisted sails and
made as if for the shore the Kearsage moved away
in another direction, as though her rudder or screw
was damaged and out of control. Great pluck was
shown on both sides during the action. On board
the Alabama all the hammocks were let loose, and
arrangements had been made for sinking her rather
than she should be captured.
As far us is known, not a relic of the Alabama is
in the possession of her successful rival. When she
was sinking Capt. Semmes dropped his own sword
into the sea to prevent the possibility of its getting
into their hands, and the gunner made a hole in one
of the Alabama's boats and sank her for the same
reason.

Before leaving the Deerhound Capt. Semmes pre.
sented to MrLancaster's son one of his officer's swords
and a pistol in remembrance of the occurrence and
the kind treatment he and his men had received on
board the yacht. Tae men stated that the best
practice generally on board the Alabama during the
action was shown by the gunners who bad been
trained on board the Excellent in Portsmouth har-
bour.

The spectacle presented daring the combat is de-
scribed by those who witnessed it from the Deer-
hound as magnificent, and thus the extraordinary
career of the Alabama has come to a grand and
appropriate termination.
The presence of the Deerhound on the scene was
a providential circumstance, as in all probability
the men saved by her would otherwise have been
drowned, and a lamentable addition would thus
have been made to the number of lives lost on the
occasion.

Nothing is known here respecting the Kearsage
or her subsequent movements. She was in command
of Captain John Winslow, and had about the same
number of officers and crew as the Alabama. The
last official American navy list describes her es
1,031 tons register, and carrying eight guns, being
two guns less than the Tuscarora mounts, to which
in all other respects the Kearsage is a sister ship.
The Tuscarora will be remembered as the Federal
ships of war that some two years and a half ago lay
at this port watching the Nashville. Several of the
Alabama's officers row here were attached to the
Nashville on that occasion.

The Alabama's chronometers, specie, and all the
bills of ransomed vessels are saved, having been
handed over to a gentleman at Cherbourg before
she left that port.
Mr. Mason , the Confederate agent, Capt. Bullock,
and the Rev. Mr. fremlett arrived by the four
o'clock train this afternoon from London, and pro-
ceeded to Kelway's Hotel to meet Capt. Semmes.
Captain Semmes and all the men are now placed
under the care of Mr. J. Wiblin for such medical
attendance as may be required.