The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-26 00:00:00

TIM SUN, LONDON, TCESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1864

ART UNION OF LONDON.

ANNUAL MEETING—(THIS DAY).
The annual !nesting of the members of the Art
Union of London was held to-day at the Adelphi
Theatre. _ _ _

After the report had been read and adopted,
the drawing for prizes commenced. The following
were the fortunate holders of prize numbers --
4,561 A. T. Kidd, Dundee .. £lO
1,758 J. Boker, 1, Gray's Inn-square .. 15
5,324 Allen Deeds, Bedfordshire .. 10
5,057 J. Duffield, 2, Essex-street, Manchester 15
9,619 J. Wood, Shadwell .. 40
5,505 J. Squire, Falmouth 20
10,518 E. Jefferys 70
3,899 I'. Ryder, Kent Dispensary, Greenwich 150
2,9';9 It. Lowell, Holloway-terrace 35
5,969 J. Parker, Melbourne .. 20
12,092 F. Frith, Leaden hall-street .. 10
4,822 W. Stewart, Paisley 10
3,897 S. Howard, Lewisham 35
3,546 E. Elliot, Wymbourne, Dorset .. 20
8,351 A. Mosley • . .. 25
4,627 R. Lawley, Dunfermline .. 15
15,069 C. Casterton 40
5,645 H. Badger, Rotherham.. .. 75
4,600 W. Higgie, Kirkaldy .. 40
6,349 R. Paul, King's-road, Brighton .. 75
5,516 F. Davis, Pershore 25
5,016 Miss Penson .. 15
2,387 F. Clayton, Birmingham .. .. 15
10,945 G. Hoperaft, Biliter-square 2.5
11,127 E. Littlehall, Winchester .. .. 40
5,005 Captain Brewer, South Australia .. 200
2,079 Mrs, Jameson, Thornhill-square .. 35

593 R.Young .. • . .. 10
4,572 F. Shaw, Dundee .. .. 60
9,871 P. Lewis .. .. 20
4,793 Mr. Carewthers, Lockerby .. 30
10,542 - Glover, Longton 10
10,449 R. Stewart, Liverpool .. .. .. 10

810 Mr Pilcher, Russell-square .. 25
9,157 bolas, Constantinople .. .. 40
8,782 Mr Findlay, Edinburgh .. .. 10
2,364 R. Chaplin, Ryde •-• .. 15
2,701 R. Jupp, New Bond-street .. 20
6,109 Mrs Fletch, Launceston .. 25
7,585 R. Deciere, East Indies .. 15
185 J. Nicholson, Clapham -road .. 25
7,677 W. Hoolcott, Suez .. 75
11,140 Mr Boycott, Bridgenorth 10
6,392 W. Foster, Bromsgrove • • • 10
9,666 Mrs Gardner, Eaton-square .. 25
R. Watkins, Pimlico •• .• 10
9,513 Mr Boyden, Stoke Newington-green .. 10
9,980 Witney, WeEtrainstenroad 10
12,061 J. Lyons; •• .• •• 1,0 Oa 10
11,016 A. Dunbar, Sunbury .. .. 20
6,690 J. Ashford, Tiverton .. .• L . .. 20

335 H. Scobell.. .. 10
2,440 Miss Dunlop, Torrington-square .. 100
6,246 Mrs. Ackroyd 20
5,890 S. Geering, Adelaide .. 10
1,274 S. Young, Limehouse 20
10,845 J. Grovo, Hailsowen .. 15
4,376 W. Middleton, Mitcham .. .. 36
8,935 J. Walls, Edinburgh .. .. 20
3,869 J. Fisher, Greenwich .. .. 15
9,449 W. Clark, Borough .. 15
3,643 J. Merton, Croydon .. 16
7,019 Mr. Hewerdine, liull .. .. 20
8,408 G. Stanton, Shrewsbury .. .. 25
9,069 J. Lassive, Southampton .. „. 10
4,939 G. H. Hawkes, South Aistralia .. 20
4,796 R, Aitken, Linlithgow .. 15
525 Mrs Schlosser, Bryanston-square 15
4,247 T. Norris, Liverpool .. 15
6,826 H. Copeland .. 15
155 Rev R. Buttermer, Southampton .. 26
5,882 N. blyde, South Australia .. 15
7,940 Mrs Grillo, Nova S.a)tia 75
6,935 J. W. bhepperd, Grimsbury 160
6,898 H. Wade, Derby., 10
401 J. Watkins, Broadway Deptford .. .. 100
7,891 H. Bayley, New Zealand ..
2,062 G. Richardson, Pimlico .. 10
6,223 C. Wemyss, Barnsley .. 20
11,549 W. Bartlett, Kensington .. .. 20
1,006 W. Bain, Hammersmith .. 35
6,197 Mrs. Embertin, Marlborough .. 20
9,49 S W, Hamilton, Old Jewry .. • • .. 25
11,869 Dr. Tuke, Alberznarle-street .. 50
17,087 8. Solly Saville-row 35
1,656 W. Jones, Tollington-park .. 50
3,930 R. C. Foster, Halifax .. .. 50
10,656 J. Ramsbotham, Cheshire 3b
12,136 Lord Powerscourt, Grosvernor-square .. 50
3,195 J. Paul, Birmingham .. .. 25
6,355 Mr. Thurburn, Brighton .. 40
2,138 H. Lewis, Rotherhithe........6o
5,410 N. W. Freeman, Northampton .. .. 20
5,124 W.Hannan, Manchester .. 40
8,199 A. Hutton, Cape of Good Hope .. 60
7,811 C. M'Crystal, 10
11,633 J. Smeeton, Perth, 10
1,650 H. S. Dean, Cleveland-gardens 2u
2,268 J. Wright, Great George-street .. 15
2,927 H, Dotson, Onslow-terrace, Fulham .. 40
10,042 J. Ballantine• Cow-cross .. 10
2,674 J. H. Mann, Albert-road, Regent's-park .. 40
7,865 R. Dayley, Christchurch, New Zealand .. 25

817 A. Gilman, Wandsworth .. .. 35
1,03 G. Sewell, Clapham-rye .. 40
785 G. Wells, Clifton .. .. 25
9,026 F. Ford, Leith ..
3,220 J, Feeney, Edgbaston • . .. 35
7,893 W. Tovey, Nelson, ew Zealand .. .. 10
8,049 S. Zipsey, Smyrna .. .. 15
1,224 J. Pernall, Streatham-hill .. 15
8,429 W. Turner, Sheffield .. 10
10,039 W. Spavin, Fenehureh-street .. 60
2,871 W. J. Stewart, 45, Pall-mall .. .. 20
10,524 S. Broadhurst, Longton .. 25

4,737 F. Fairbairn, Hamilton .. 15
9,681 W. S. Foster, Lincoln's-inn-field .. 15
11,072 Rev. G. Cunliffe, Wrexham .. .. 25
12,135 Lord:Powerscourt, Grosvenor-square .. 25
12,176 R. Neate, Dake-street, Adelphi .. 13
9,770 W. Wilson, Coalbath-square, Clerkenwell 15
2,181 IL Whitley, St. John's-wood .. 10
11,978 G. Haynes, Farringdon 75
6,778 W. Wordsworth, Leeds .. .. 10
9,867 A. Mumford, Walthamstown 20
7,087 W. S. Booth, Coventry ** .. 10
3,121 W, Lewis, Bath .. 15
889 J. Taylor, Staines 40
5,531 J. Greenway, Plymouth .. 35
8,915 J. Gamjee, Castle terrace, Edinburgh .. 100
750 Col W hitehall .. 20
9,975 Mrs White, Barough-road 75
4,365 E. King, King's- Lynn .. .. 15
2,502 W. Conybere, Warren-street 15
8,268 B. Giblin, Geelong, Victori .. 10
9,704 A. James, Great Western Railway .. 50
5,685 C. Hawke, St, Colomb .. .. 25
6,827 J. Dixon .. .. le
2,031 Miss Gould, Maida-hill .. 50
9,757 S. M. Mackill, Wandsworth .. 25
7,469 J. C. Thompson, Canada .. .. 15
9,430 T. Oliver, Holloway .. .. 35
1,218 R. Thacker, Southampton-street, Strand .. 10
5,976 C. Beale, Geelong 15
1,190 J. Parrott, Austen House .. .. 10
1,130 B. Rudi, Bedford .. 25
8,432 B. Hale 15
6,941 J. Guy Grimsby.. .. 15
8,841 Mrs. Ross, Edinburgh .. 35

The drawing for the minor prizes and taazas was then
proceeded with, and at ito conclusion the proceedings
terminated.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

Market firm. Sales, about 8,000 bales. Imports.
6,032. Previously, 7,548.

SHIPPING—This Day.

LONDON, April 2G.—Wind this day at noon—North•
Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
PiormouTu, April 25.—Wind E,—Arrived—Sussex,
from London for Melbourne.
NEWPORT, April 25.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Roohester,
for New York,
CLYDE, April 25.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—General Out-
ran', for Bombay.
OFF PLYMOUTH, April 25.—Wind
want, from Adelaide,
SWANSEA, April 25,—Wind E,—Arrived—Rose, from
Santander.
CARDIFF, April 25.—Wind N,E.—Arrived—Diffioult,
from Callao. _ _

•
COWES, April 25,—Wind N.W.—Arrived—argo, from
Callao,

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.

Arrived —Vedis, from Hartlepool—Hansa, steamer, from
Bremen for New York. She saw no Danish ships on the
passage from Bremen.
The Columbian, steamer, from Bombay, oame home under
sail, for repairs.
Sailed—Argyll, steamer, for Carentan.

THE FALL OF DYBBOL.

(From the Times Special Correspondent at the Danish
Head-quarters.)
ULREBOL, April 19.

I was early in the saddle this morning, as I had
devised, and used my best diligenes to learn all par-
ticulars respecting that fall of Dybbol about which
I gave a hasty and somewhat crude report in my
last night's letter. I was able to ascertain that the
taking of the bastions on the left vas effected almost
without fighting. Gen. Gerlach has long been ailing,
and the officers of the Staff, harassed by incessant
duty at outposts, were so utterly worn out as to be
almost altogether unable to take the resporenities
of the supreme command upon themselves. The
little Danish army, engaged in so arduous and des
Aerate a task, laboured under tho further disadvan-
tege of being without a head. lem very reluctant
to believe what I hear, but I am assured that
while the forts had felleu into tie enemy's bands
soon after ten, the news of the disaster only reached
headquarters at half-past twelve. Possibly some
of the aides-4e-camp were skirt down on their
way from the Dybbol heights to ;he bridges. Pos-
sibly, also, Major Stjernholm, who has known no
rest for many a weary night, MIS overcome by a
sleep which his attendants wen unwilling to dis-
turb. Major Rosen, the second in command at the
Staff, was out at Dybbol, whence his dead body was
only sent back this afternoon. Tie fire of the Prus-
sian cannon wes so very violent, that the men on
the bastions hardly ventured to tie on the look out.
The Prussians ceme up, and the Danes withdrew.
Tnat is the whole history of the 'all of Dybbol,
Sumewhat longer resistance, lam told, was made
at the tete•de-poet. But the Prtssian artillery was
turned against it from the eaptteed hill-crests, and
nothing was left but to out off ell communication
between Sonderved and Ale by the destruction of
the bridges. The battalion,' of Danish infantry,
enveloped by large German masses, chattered by a
perfect whirlwind of seas, cut off from all retreat,
ead but little chance of resistance. One general, 6
colonels or lieutenant-colonels, and 33 officers of
lower rank, fell dead. The loss among the men
cannot yet be ascertained. We may judge of it by
the laws of proportion. The number of men left
on the other side of the bridges is somewhat vaguely
stated at 2,000, 4,000, and even 7,000 or 8,000.
These are the dead, wounded, or missing on a
field where there hardly was any action.
There was not a man in his senses who was not for
a long time prepared for some such dreadful
catastrophe. That Dybbol should be abandoned
and the attempt made to remove its defenders by
stealth in the night, was the opinion firmly enter-
tained by all officers mature in the art of war.
That opinion was fully and unreservedly shared by
the men at headquarters. Even on the eve of the
disaster, leave to act upon that suggestion was asked
by telegram from Copenhagen. The telegram
transpired, and, as you ere aware, most people were
convinced that the troops would before morning be
withdrawn. The answer of M Monrad was
" Dybbol should be held at any price."

Between 1 and 2 o'clock I stood on the summit
of one of those earth-mounds which give the land-
scape in this country a peculiar character, and
whence I obtained a very extensive view of the
opposite Dybbol heights, At Bastions Nos. 3,4,
10, and others, large bodies of Prussian troops
were seen massed together, as in battle array. Pre-
sently, long columns of infantry began to advance
from the Dybbol road, the Sattrup road, and all
the other avenues converging on the tete de-
pont. Down they came, leisurely, their colours
flying in the air, perfectly heedless of the batteries
on the Alsen side, several of which, truly, were
merely a heap of ruins, but one of which, at least,
the Church Battery, armed with 16 large guns, was
in good fighting condition, could sweep at pleasure
the whole extent of the open fields opposite, and
might have crushed those descending Prussian bat-
talions by hundreds. I was perfectly thunderstruck
at the inaction of the Danes on this occasion, and
inquired of all I met as to the cause, but either met
with flit dibeiief of my assertions, or the only ex•
planation I had was, that "there was no one about
to give orders, and the cannons could not go off of
themselves."

It may be, however, that tte Danes were held in
check by the appearance of a parlementaire who
was marching in the van of all these columns; but,
at the time, the Prussian batteries were still firing
lustily from Ragebol, and at ill events it seemed to
me rather strange that the advance of whole divi-
sions should take place during the negotiations for
a truce. The armistice, however (waffen-ruhe), was
agreed upon bet ween the parties, and was to last till
7 o'clock in the evening. I profited by the respite,
rode round and into Sonderborg, and by standing
on the arbour in the garden, among the northern
windmills, which, as I often said, is my best obser-
vatory on this side of the Sound, I saw that the
Prussian columns were broken up, and all that mass
of men was swarming freely over the slope of the
hill, down to the waterside, till close to the spot
where the bridges so lately
stood, ie. 120 to 150
yards from the castle and piers and Sonderborg.
chat mere ditch of sea
water is all that now sepa-
rates the Done from the invading enemy.
A bustle in the crowd attracted me to the landing
place on our side, where a melancholy sight awaited
me. A boat, bearing Prussian
colours, had rowed
across, bearer of 36 bodies of Danish officers killed
in the affair of yesterday, Which the enemy gave up
to their comrades for funeral honours. The bore
carcases were almost all that was sent bock of
those gloriously-fallen
warrors. Not only were
their pockets turned inside out, but the buttons of
their coats, which were deemed to be silver, but
were only German silver
(possibly current as silver
among Germans), had been
torn or cut off, and all
the corpses had been robbed of their boots. That
there should be marauders
about the Prussian tents
should be no wonder, for the Danish army is unique
in the perfect security reigning in its whereabouts;
but surely the Prussian authorities, if they meant to
Pfoe, ought to have set a guard of honour round those
remains,
courteous generous part towards a fallen
the ruffians prowling about their camp.
l ay
and not andafferpd
them to be desecrated by

April 20, Morning.
The truce expired last evening
at 7 o'clock, and
the Prussian cannonade
-patently recommenced.
It soon larguished, however, towards sunset, and
nothing of importance occurred during the night.
;
It is rather early at the present juncture to calm.
late the chances of the Germans coming across the
water and terminating their enterprise by the con-
quest of the Isle of Ale. It may greatly depend on
their own inclination to attempt the passage, and
on the disposition of the Danes to dispute it. Yes•
terday there was hardly a man in the whole Danish
army who was not half dead with fatigue, and who
did not seem to have grown 20 years older in one
them, and, were they
day with chagrin and humiliation; B night's
the island might be no easy prey
orenaltyhwaseldl olende,wonders among
even to an enemy flushed with Itis recent too easy
victory, _

General Gerlach moved-his quarters last evening
from the Ulkebol to the Horup Prestagaard ; he
will presently embark to Funen. His successor in
command will probably be Steinman.
Poor Major Rosen ! A braver or an abler officer
was net to be found in the whole Danish army.
His promotion to his present rank dates from a
week back, and wes granted in remuneration of
signal services. I met his brother, my friend,
Farmer Rosen, of Ronhave, last evening, at Horup,
The sorrow on his countenance made a deeper im-
pression on my soul than all the ghastly wounds
with which the last two menthe have made me
familiar. I durst not address him. This day the
body of his brother was laid before him. Oaly
yesterday his sweet home at Ronhave and all his
substance were a prey to the flames. Himself and
family have no other shelter than what the hospi-
tality of friends tenders them. There let them live
down their sorrows and repair their 'craws as they
cad ! Yet these Rosens are Holsteiners, born and
bred; but the Crown of Denmark has nowhere
more loyal or valiant subjects. Their devotion to
their country's cause cost them dear. But these
are only some of those sad episodes of war to which
no chapter of history is dedicated.