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THE SUN, LONDON, rHURSDAV. EVENING, MAY 5, 1864.

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in Three Vols.,
EL A CA THCAR T.
By GEORGE MAC DONALD, M. A.,

`CO'L'TISH AND UNIVERSAL FINANCE
BANK.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Author of " David Elginbrod," ctc.
" Adela Cathcart' is a far higher exhibition of the same
power which was vi-ible In 'David Elginbrod.' •'—Spectator.
Burst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

To be incorporated under the Limited Liability Act.
Capital, £1,000,000, with power to increase to £5,000,000.
20,000 shares of £5O each. First issue, 10,000 shares. £1 on

THE NAVY.

application, £4 on allotment, and £5 in three months.
It is not intended to call up more than £25 per share. In
the event of no allotment of shares being made, the deposit
money will be returned in full. If more shares are applied
for than are allotted, the surplus of the deposit money will
be applied to the payment due on allotment.
Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be
obtained of the brokers, and at the offices of the company.
Home, foreign, and colonial contracts.
Head Offices, London and Glasgow, with branches in
Paris and New York.

The Duke of Somerset and other members of her Ma-
jesty's Privy Council arrived at the Royal Clarence Vic-
tualling-yard yesterday, by special South-Western train
from London, and crossed over to Osborne in the Sprightly
steamer, Master Commander G. Allen, returning to town
afterwards by the same route.

NEW WORK BY THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER.
Second Edtion, revised, in 2 vols., w.th Portraits,
COURT AND SOCIETY, from ELIZABETH
to ANNE. Editei from the Papers at Kimbotton.
By the DUKE: of MANCHESTER.

Her Majesty's seam yacht Osborne, Staff Commander
George H. R. Bower, yesterday arrived in the Thames,
having been placed at the disposal of the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty for the purpose of their inspection
of the Channel fleet in the Downs.

From the Times.—" These volumes are sure to excite
curiosity. A great deal of interesting matter is here col.
leered from souro,s which are not within everybody's reach.
The light now tur wn on the story of Queen Catherine will
fascinate every reader."
Hurst and Blackett, Publisherv, 13, Great Marlborough-
street.

More than half the capital being already subscribed for,
the list will remain open only a few days ; and, by a reso-
lution of the board, the whole of the remaining shares will
be allotted in strict order of applicatipn pro rata.
By the constitution of the arsomation, the directors are
not to be paid for their services until the shareholders shall
have received 7 per cent, dividend out of the profits, thus
pledging their own remuneration on the success of the
company.

The hired transports Bellona and Thor yesterday went
alongside the Arsenal pier at Woolwich, laden with returned
stores from Corfu. The Westerbottom and verandah, also
from Corfu, have discharged the greater portion of their
cargoes from the dismantled fortress, consisting of 900 tons
of guns, shot, carriages, and other war stores.
Oa the 3d of April, 1862, the Royal Sovereign three-
decker, then but recently constructed to carry 131 guns, and
fitted with engines of 800-horse power, nominal, was towed
down Portsmouth harbour and placed alongside the dock-
yard to undergo the work of conversion to a 6-gun turret-
ship, on the plan advocated by Capt. Cower Coles, R.N.
The work was to be completed in about 12 months, so that
by April, 1863, it was expected she would be afloat and
stationed at Spithead until the completion of the forts which
are now in course of construction for the protection of that
anchorage. In April, 1863, however, the ship was still in
process of conversion. On the 9th of March, 1864, she was
finally floated out of dock with the armour on her sides and
her turrets, and one 12-ton smooth-bore gun (1,50-
pounder) in her foremost turret, but with an immense
amount of work remaining to be done before she could be
ready for sea. Even now she cannot be made ready fo
sea under six weeks or twe months, To-day she certainly
will receive the remaining four guns for her turrets, which
are ordered to be sent up to her from the gun-wharf, and
sin will probably, in the course of one or two weeks, make
a preliminary run over the measured mile; but neither re-
ceiving theremaining four guns of her armament nor making
this preliminary run over the measured mile will qualify
her for service. All the delay cannot justly be laid upon
either the Admiralty or dockyard authorities. The work
was altogether of an unusual kind, and, while shipwrights
were learning to become " workers in iron " in lieu of
workers in wood, the way had been felt, so to speak, by
those in charge. Altogether, looking at the state of the
ship now and bearing in mind past experiences, it would
seem almost impossible to fix an earlier date for her maiden
cruise than the end of June next or the beginning of July.
The following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty :—Capt. E. B. Rice, to the St. George, vice Capt.
Grenfell, whose period of service has expired—Commander
F. G. Suttie, to the Salamis—Lieut. E. A, Pusey, to the
Salamis—Lieut. H. K. Leet, to the Excellent—G. T. 80l-

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DIRECTORS.
William Cresskill, Esq. (William Cresskill and Sons,
agricultural implement manufacturers.)
Henry Frederick Downes, Esq. (Messrs. Downes and Sons,
bankers and army agents.)
George Grant, Esq., late Sub-Treasurer to the Bombay
Government.
Cyrus Legg, Esq., Director of Mercantile Union Insurance
Company.
A. Rosselli, Esq. (Messrs. Rosselli Brothers), merchant,
Rood-lane.
Angelo 'Niglio' Esq., merchant, Great Tower-street.
Charles Wells, Esq., shipowner, Director of London and
Provincial Marine Insurance Company.
Chalmers Izett Paton, Esq. (Hugh Paton, 9, Princes-
street, Edinburgh).
(With power to add to th.,ir -iumber.)
BANKERS.
The Imperial Bank (Limited), Lothbury, London,
BROKERS.
Lewellin A. Crowley, Esq., 3, Copthall Chambers.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Mayhew, 26, Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields,
London.
AUDITORS.
Charles Smith and Sons, New Broad-street, E.C.
Temporary Offices-61, Cornhill.

Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

PROSPECTUS.

' The success attained by the Credit Mobilier of Paris has
recently led to the establishment of somewhat similar insti'
tutions in London, their introduction meeting with marked
success, as is evidenced by the large dividends paid to their
shareholders,and increased value of the shares, such increase
being from 100 to 200 per cent. on the amount paid.
The fact that Scotland, notwithstanding the magnitude
and rapid increase of her commerce, has no institution of the
kind contemplated, has suggested to the projectors of the
present company the formation of an institution founded on
similar principles to the Credit Mobilier of Fade, but em-
bracing a larger field for its operations.
The progress of Scotland has been greater during late
years than that attained by any other country in the world.
Staistics of shipbuilding on the Clyde alone, during the
year 1863, show that 171 vessels, with an aggregate ton-
nage of 121,000 tons, were launched, while 3,148 sailing
ships, with an aggregate tonnage of 350,956 tons entered
the river in the same year; but this number has been ex-
ceeded by the steamers, which reached the large number
of 10,555, having an aggregate tonnage of not less than
1,035,982 tons.
One of the great advantages of this establishment will be
that Scotch houses can negotiate their foreign bills through
the medium of this establishment, this department being
one of the most profitable in banking business.
The directors have succeeded in completing arrange-
ments for the purchase of the well-known, established,
and profitable business of Messrs. D. Nathan and
Co., of Cornhill, London, bullion and exchange hankers
(who take a large responsibility in the company), upon
such terms and conditions as will be satisfactory to
the shareholders, the paymentof the purchase money being
made entirely is shares of the company. Arrangements
have also been made for the transfer, upon equally favour-
able terms, of the business of N. Monteaux et Fits, Palais
Royal, Paris, bullion and exchange bankers, long known as
the oldest and most extensive establishment of the kind in
France, and now carried on by. Victor Monteaux, their
successor, who will retain a considerable share interest in
the company.
The contracts for the transfers of the above list lie at the
office of the solicitors for inspection.
These arrangements will constitute a nucleus, and enable
the directors at once to commence operations, as they eirter
upon a valuable connection of many years' standing, and
embracing a very large number of foreign correspondents.
The objects proposed to be effected by the company are-
1. To receive money at cat! or on deposit for fixed terms,
and the ordinary business of bankers.
2. To grant temporary or permanent loans on approved
public securities or private undertakings of undoubted merit
and known solidity.
3. To make advances on merchandise and dock and other
warrants, on title deeds of property in possession or rever-
sion for any temporary purpose, on contracts for carrying
out or the finishing of works, or any other securities where
their safety is unquestionable and the benefit to the com-
pany sufficiently advantageous.
4. The purchase and sale of the precious metals in all
their forms. The company will be enabled by its facilities
and connexiors, to import and export bullion, and to deal
in foreign coins and bank notes on an extensive scale.
5. By means of the Paris branch it is proposed to un-
dertake the shipment of silver to the Bast via Marseilles,
which can be done at a considerable saving of expense and
time.

ton, midshipman, to the Liffey—E. P. Tomkinson, naval
cadet, to the Revenge—A. G. Waller, naval cadet, to the
Marlborough—W. B. Ponsford, naval cadet, to the Phobe
—and R. H. Carroll, assist Burg, to the Salamis.

6. The business transacted by the issue of small bills and
letters of credit for the convenience of travellers and emi-
grants is incredible. Remittances from America to Ireland
alone amount to several millions sterling per annum. By
affording the same facilities to the English, German, and
French population of America it is confidently anticipated
that most profitable business can be done.
7. To negotiate approved foreign or inland bills, to trans-
mit funds in specie and in bills or otherwise, to any foreign
State, and to arrange purchases or sales of any British or
foreign securities at home or abroad.
8. To cash coupons, and to realise or undertake the
management of the dividends on loan or other securities.
Application for shares to be made to the secretary, at the
temporary offices of the company or the brokers.

lIE.A.LTH OP THE METROPOLIS.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)

The mortality falls with the progress of the spring
months, and in the week that ended on Saturday the deaths
in London were 1,307, and showed a decrease on those of
the previous week and a more important decrease on those
of the earlier weeks of April. The mean temperatures of
the four weeks of last month were the following-4145 deg,
48.9 deg, 53•3 deg, and 47.6 deg.
The average number of deaths in the 17th week of 10
years 1854-63, is, with a correction for increase of popula-
tion, 1,321; and the result of last week's registration differs
little from the average weekly mortality at the end of
April.
The deaths from phthisis were 170, and exhibit no de-
crease on those of the three preceding weeks, whilst those
from bronchitis were 197 in the first week of April, and 139
those from pneumonia in the same times were
lastlo k
4 awnede
79;

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No deaths from smallpox were registered in the week, a
circumstance which has not occurred before since the pre-
valence of that dise::se in the metropolis. 45 deaths oc-
curred from scarlatina. Four children in one family died
on four consecutive days in Elizabeth-street, Chelsea, from
" scarlatina maligatt."
Achild,
aged two years, died of laryngitis, from drinking
hot water from the spout of a kettle.
Six persons were killed by horses and street conveyances.
Last week the births of 1,006 boys and 910 girls, in all
1,046 children, were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1864-63 the average
number (cdrrected) was 1,971.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
e adr
yaeg
determined
of the barometer in the week was 30 inches. The reading
;and fell to 29'95 inches on
are of the air in the week
below the average of the
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was
Thursday.e ow 47.6e3e0
lowestd.k el
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g4whh3ehtyearsmeani
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temperature
temperature was 37.7 deg, on Monday;
and the highest day temperature was 62.4 deg, on Friday.
e and air temperature was 6.1
The range of temperature in the week was therefore 24'7
deg. The mean daily range was 16.3 deg. On Thursday
mtheeanrandegw-
e wpaosinotntleymB;raturei deg. The difference between the
deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 80, com-
plete saturation being represented by 100. The general
direction of the wind was north-east. There was no rain
measured in the week. The highest reading in the sun
was 103'6 deg, on Monday. The mean of the highest tem-
peratures of the water of the Thames was 58'6 deg; that of
the lowest was 54'6 deg.

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A Scene in the French Senate,

In the French Senate on Friday last, the 29th of
April, a debate took place upon the subject—not a
very exciting one it might have been thought—of
the establishment of a line of steamers between the
port of Granville and Jersey. The eccentric Mar•
quis de Boissy, however, in speaking upon this
subject, denounced the Prince of Wales for visiting
Garibaldi, and employed such very intemperate
expressions that the Paris papers ws re requested, it
is said, by the" black man" to take no notice of
them. A report of the speech appeared neverthe-
less in the Mondeur of Saturday, the 30th April,
and the following is a translation of it :
Everybody knows what has lately passed at the other
side of the Channel; it is what I call a happy example; for
whatever evil is done on the other side of the water, what-
ever presages revolution, I applaud with all my heart. If
some persons have been grieved and deeply afflicted at
seeing the social head of a great country debase himself as
he has done ;if we have seen—oh I shame of our epoch I
shame for a certain country, not for us—if we have seen
the heir to a crown shake hands with a filibuster—(hear,
hear)—for my part, my heart overflows with joy, for its
revolution—revolution invoked by those who will be its
first victims. Let not this imprudent prince deceive him-
self—(murmurs)—the revolution never pardons--(increas-
ing tumult)—it takes advantage—(explosion of murmurs ;
interruption). lam told that lam wrong in speaking
thus. I admit one thing—that lam not quite master at
this moment ; but it is none the less true that princes who
offer the hand to revolution are always its victims. (Agita-
tion.) Enough on this point,
It seems that the Marquis de Boissy is not satis-
fied with this report, for in Tuesday's sitting
of the Senate, as we learn by the .Moniteur of
yesterday, he complained that it was inaccurate,
and had been curtailed. He said—
I will proceed as usual in very measured terms. lam
made to use language which is quite opposed to my habits,
language unworthy of the senate; for if I had used it it
would have been timid and unworthy of a senator. I did
not say, as the Moniteur makes me say (for I do not wish
to quarrel with all the heirs presumptive to the European
crowns) " the heir presumptive of a crown," but I said
" the heir presumptive of the crown of England." Other
lines follow against which I have nothing to say. Three
lines come after, and in those three lines there are as many
falsehoods of the Ittoniteur as words. lam sorry that the
Moniteur, which bears the title of Moniteur Officiel, and
sole official, should be thus the Lying dioniteur uncles the
authorisation of the Government.
At this the President, M. Troplong, rose, called
the marquis to order, and told him that his words
had been textually reproduced by the Moniteur,
but that some of them had been suppressed. The
President added that this had been done by his
authority. M. de Boissy, in reply, again main-
tained that the Moniteur's report was inaccurate,
asserted that there had been no tumulte, as stated
in that report, and denied the right of the Presi-
dent, or of anyone else, to change or to suppress the
official accounts of the proceedings in the Senate

" I conclude," he added," and I sum up by declar.
ing that I have been made to say what I did not say,
and that the .lfoniteur is no longer exact, but is
nothing more than a novel in numbers, instead of a

faithful history." In replying to this, M. Troplong
said:

You have just propounded a theory which is quite wrong
when you maintain that the report ought to reproduce
exactly and without any restriction every word which falls
from the mouth of a senator. If you imagine that the ob-

jectionable words which escape from a speaker when he does
not know how to contain himself, ought all to bereproduced
in the .Miniteur and in the report, you commit a profound
error; they ought on the contrary to be suppressed, and
that has several times happened under circumstances which
you ought to be acquainted with. In jurisprudence there
aro acts in which words contrary to law, public order, and
good manners are considered as unwritten. It ought to be
the same in assemblies. The words which outrage all pro-

piety ought to be considered as unspoken. The tribune
is a sanctuary for politics expressed with decency ;
but it is not a vehicle of publicity for politics
which resort to invective, violence, and menace. (Hear,
hear,) These are the views which influenced rue
when I ordered the suppression of the words in question.

I did not hear those words, but they were repeated to ale.
The Marquis—Shall I read them to you?
The President—lf you do they will not be reproduced in
the J-1/012iteur.

Danish Official Report of the
Dybbol,

The Marquis—l hav3 sent them to foreign papers.

The President—You 'address yourself to foreigners be•
cause you feel that you aro not powerful enough here to
cause any scandal.

The Marquis (warmly)—l am not in the habit of allow
ing myself to be insulted by anybody.

The President—Sit down; you are not in order, M. de
Boissy.

The following official report of the capture of tho
Dybbol position by the Prussians upon the 18t11
April, has been issued from the Danish Ministry of
War:—

The Marquis—By anybody, understand. Your office is
to preside with dignity, not to insult. (Protestations, great
uproar, awl cries of "Order, order.")
The President—lt is also my duty to maintain order in
the Assembly, and as you are disturbing it I call you to
order.

Ultimately M. de Boissy was silenced by the Pre-
sident explaining that the Senatus Connitum of
the 2d of February, 1861, and the Constitution,

gave him entire authority over the reports of the
Senate, and that on the 25th of February, 1862, he

•
had exercised this authority by suppressing certain

~ coarse and indecent words" uttered by M. de
Boissy himself.

Another Earthquake.

A shock of earthquake appears to have ben felt in some
parts of Sussex on Saturday night. The ,Susses: Advertiser
says :—" Shortly before midnight on Saturday last a curi-
ous phenomena was experienced at Maresfield, Sheffield
Park, Fletching, Chailey, and the neighbourhood, and
which has been attributed to the shock of an earth-
quake. The shock seems to have been confined to a
somewhat limited area, At Maresfield, the phenomenon
was experienced at nine minutes past 11, and is described
in a letter from Captain Noble as an extraordinary vibra-
tion, lasting 15 seconds, and shaking the doors, windows,
and beds at Maresfield Lodge with some violence. The
oscillation and vibration were likewise generally felt through-
out the parish. At Sheffield Park, the seat of the Earl of
Sheffield, the earthquake was felt by the members of the
noble Earl's family and household. The time recorded here
is six minutes past 11. Among other indications, the but-
ler heard the mortar fall behind the wainscot, and a loose
bar attached to a window shutter oscillated and struck the
shutter. Lord Pevensoy and Mr. Douglas Holroyd, who
were at Sheffield Park, distinctly felt the shock. At Scaymes
Hill, it is stated that the bells at the public-house distinctly
vibrated; while at Fletching, the family of Mr. Jones were
disturbed by a rumbling noise. Similar sensations were
experienced at Buckham Hill and Chailey—more especially
at two cottages at the latter place, where the shock seems
to have been more severely felt." Captain Noble writes
One of the ladies of my family describes the sensation she
experienced as that of having her bed moved to and from
the wall against which its head stands, as though some
one had got underneath it and were trying to lift it. As
the bedstead in question stands nearly S.E. and N.W. this
may serve to give an idea of the path of the earthquake
wave,if such it were. I learn from various sources that this
oscillation and vibration were felt all over the parish.
Finally, three of my female servants were again alarmed
some time after midnight by a rushing sound, as though
of violent hail, passing close to their windows, although,
on looking out, nothing was visible, nor has either hail or
rain fallen here since the 28th ult. The Surrey Standard
says :—" The village of Fletching was last Saturday night,
about half-past 11, alarmed by a violent jarring of the
houses, which was supposed by many to be either the
shock of an earthquake or an explosion of some powder
magazine. It was of very short duration, but so violent
was it as to awake many from their sleep. One gentleman
says, ' I was sitting reading on the ground floor, and n3Y
chair quite shook under me.' It was also felt at the same
time in the attic. We hear the shock was also. felt at
Newick and Piltdown."

For nearly three months the army had held tho Dybbol
position with enduring courage against an enemy far supe-
rior in numbers and resources. Ho had been compelled to
proceed to a regular siege of the field position, to obtain
the prospect of overcoming its defenders. During the last
few weeks his numerous and excellent artillery—with which
ours could not cope, save with the certainty of total
destruction before the storm—had played upon the
position from various points with constantly in-
creasing vehemence. The most essential conditions
for successful defence, consisting in the efficient eta to of the
artillery, formidable passive obstacles, the energy of the liv-
ing defenders, and uninterrupted readiness of the karrison
to repel attack, could not possibly be maintained in full
vigour.

These unfavourable circum, tames were greatly Increased
by the bombardment of the position, lasting from tne 17th
ult. to far on in the forenoon of the 18th, the most severe
and continuous to which it had been exposed. The fire was
especially concentrated against Forts 3,4, 5, and 6. Their
parapets sere entirely demolished and their palisade works
shot away. To remain in them was impossible. The re-
turn fire of our guns was reduced to a minimum, without
possibility of renewal or repair of the defences. Added to
this, several officers, some of rank, had been killed or
wounded on the left wing on the morning of the 18th.
Meanwhile the enemy worked in his trenches and in the
nearest parallel, which, through connection with our rifle-
pits, the same night was rapidly formed into a continuous
line from the extreme left wing to before Fort 8. He had
thus gained a covered way and a protected positian to
within 9.60 yards, in some places in front of Fort 5 to within
200 yards, from our works.
When guard was relieved upon the evening of the 17th
the position was occupied by the following divisions :
Upon the left wing, from Forts 1 to 6 inclusive, the /et
brigade (the 2d and 22d Regiments); on the right wing,
Forts 7 to 10, the 3d brigade (16th and 17th Regiments) ;
upon the ground near the barracks was the Bth brigade (9th
and 20th Regiments), as first line of reserve ; in the tete-de•
pent were three battalions of the 2d brigade (3d and 18th
Regiments) ; while another battalion of the 3d Regiment
was posted as reserve behind Forts 9 and 10, upon the road
to Aabenraa.
The infantry garrison had previously been permitted
during the day, and whenever the bombardment was very
violent, to seek cover in the ground immediately in rear of
the works. This permission was possibly made use of in
most of the forts, as several hours in the forenoon of the
18th passed without any apparent diminution in
the violence of the bombardment, which seemed indeed
rather to increase. About 10 o'clock the enemy broke forth
along his whole line, from Forts Ito 6. Fort 5, one of the
most severely injured, was the first reached, and seems to
have been surprised and captured without a shot being
fired. Almost simultaneously Fort 6 was stormed with
scarcely any check. The garrison running into the trenches
found the enemy already on the parapet. Fort 4 was taken
a little later, but here the resistance is said to have been
greater. The same seems also, at least in part, to have
been the case with the remaining works on the left wing.
The small-arm fire now brought up the reserve. General
Da Plat, commanding the position, hurried to the front.
The Bth brigade was instantly sent forward to occupy the
second line of entrenchments, but the enemy was already
far advanced upon the extreme left wing. The brigade
commander at this point, Colonel Lassen, as well as both
battalion commanders of the 22nd Regiment, had fallen, and
several officers were wounded; consequently the resistance
was not successful in checking the enemy outside the second
entrenched line, which had also lost its natural support in
Fort 6, and the Ileche of the high road, some hundred paces
in the rear.
The 20th Regiment, which rapidly hurried to meet the
enemy, encountered him 200 yards on this side the en-
trenched line, but drove him back to a hedge in its front,
where his resources had already arrived. The general of
the division in person was present in the sharp engagement
which took place here about 11 o'clock, upon the ground
both south and north of the main road between Dybbol
mill and the barracks. He brought up the Bth brigade,
and endeavoured to cheek the enemy's advance until notice
had been given to the right wing to commence a general
and tactical retreat.
Upon the left wing one battalion of the 17th Regiment had
occupied the trenches between Forts 7 and 8, with the latter
fort; the second battalion held the trenches between forte
8 and 9. During the storm Fort 8 did not fire a shot, but
when at 10.15 the enemy debouched from the line between
5 and 6, and advanced in columns against the entrenched
line of 6 to 7, a heavy fire was poured into his flank from the
let battalion of the 17th Regiment in Fort 7. The line from
6 to 7 had been intended to be occupied by the brigade in
the tote-deloht, as soon as this was relieved by the brigade
advancing from Sundsmark. But as this force had not yet
come up, and the resistance in the first line was not strong
enough to admit the reserves to deploy, the enemy succeeded
in penetrating the second entrenched line. He passed
through the line from Forts 6 to 7, and entered Fort 7 frcm
the rear. Trenches 7 to 8 were thus enfiladed, and became
untenable. Col. Bernstorff then ordered an attack to recover
Fort 7, which was not successful. The colonel was mor-
tally wounded, and the line from six to seven obliged to
be given up, the garrison retreating, skirmishing from
hedge to hedge. Meantime the 2d battalion of the
regiment held its post, and not being attacked in front
faced about and took the enemy in flank, as he showed him-
self in rear of Fort 7, At about 11 o'clock the 17th Regi-
ment began the retreat, which the 16th Regiment had
already commenced, while one battalion of the 3d had taken
up its post upon the Aabenraa road, to cover the retiring
brigade.
The retreat from the Dybbol position was thus about to
commence along the whole line, when the commander-in-
chief arrived. Warned by the small arm fire in the position,
before receiving a report of the state of affairs—for a break-
down of the telegraph had necessitated the report being
brought to Ulkibol by hand—he had given orders to the
different divisions in the cantonments to advance according
to the arrangements already made.
The commanding general took up his post upon an ele-
vation to the north of Sonderborg, whence he could over-
look the engagement ; the chief of the staff went to the nor-
thern tete-de-pont, where General Steinmann soon after-
wards arrived to take command of the right wing. The
sub chief, Major Rosen, had hastened to the front, and was
in search of General Du Flat, near the barracks.
The enemy continued to send forward larger masses of
troops, and strong bodies of trailleurs came up upon his left
flank. The Bth brigade could no longer hold its ground.
General Du Plat fell mortally wounded; Major Rosen met
the same fate, as he was hurrying up to assist his comman-
der. Major Shau, the chief of the divisional staff, was also
wounded, and these distinguished officers shortly after-
wards fell into the enemy's hands.

Towards 12 o'clock the remainder of the left wing
reached the tete-de-pont, which, together with the bat-
teries outside and at Sonderborg, and the Rolf Krake,
directed a powerful fire upon the advancing enemy, holding
him in check, and forcing him to seek cover.
The Commander-in• Chief then took the necessary steps
to secure the retreat of the right wing, which was not yet
in sight from the tete-de-pont, and to organise the retiring

troops—most deprived of their leaders—in a defensive
position across the Sund. The adjutant at healquartars
carried out this task, and at the same time assigned places
to the troops arriving from the cantonments. The Guards
were posted in the trenches from the northern bridge to
the castle ; field batteries 2,8, and 10—in all 18 guns--
were mounted in the works already prepared in the church-
yard and near the castle, and the 11th battery avir sent OUt
Regiment, constantly
in part along
in front of the Mill-hill to fire into the enemy's right flank.
An advance of the Guards to cover the retreat of the right
wing, which had been intended, was not necessary, as the
3d brigade and the battalion of the 3d
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effective E arm fire was brought to bear upon the
enemy's flank from the trenches upon Ale. It is believed
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that his loss at this point was considerable.
In the meantime, however, it became evident that he
fetes-de-pont, ia themselves weak, could not long be held.
The artillery:fire upon them became more and more vehe-
ment , their sides were enfiladed from Dybbol-mill, their
guns dismounted, and as longer defence would have ren-
dered it doubtful whether the enemy, in a determined at-
tack, might not cross the bridges simultaneously with our
troops, it was determined to commence the evacuation, fur
which the repulsed attack just mentioned afforded an op-
portunity. The evacuation was then carried out from the
wings, and the bridges were detached, the northern first,
both under a heavy fire, but with exemplary quiet and
order.

THE BRITISH AND THE AUSTRIAN FLEETS.--A
ce the war vessels
N will
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letter from Kiel of the 30th of April say!—" According to
what we have just learnt here the Austrianr squadron
soon come to the Bay of Kiol to reinfo
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of Prussia, which, in order to escape the
forces of Denmark, have taken refuge in the Dutch pc,rts.
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very probable. Arrangements are
even being made at this moment to collect in the magazines
a large quantity of coals and food f(r the supply of the
British fleet. The English vessels will thus be placed in a
position of observation
i side by side with those of the Aus-
trians and Prussians n the same bay, and if, as is not im-
probable, these last make their appearance before Copen-
hagen, it cannot be doubted that they sill be followed by
the British naval forces. It is not to be inferred, however,
from these different movements, that a collision will take
place between the ships of the Powers represented in the
North Sea. Has not England superabundantly proved of
late that she is by no means disposed to intervene actively
in the present war in favour of Denmark

The fire continued for above an hour with undiminished
vigour, then slackened, but did not finally clear until dusk.
The Commander-in-Chief has not yet been able to mention
by name those who distinguished themselves en this bloody
day, and terminated a long episode filled with hardships,
sufferings, and the most grievous proofs of heroism ; but he
has reported to the ministry the unreserved and devoted
courage with which the officers of the army, from the gene-
ral to the lowest subaltern, went into action at the head of
their men. Although the day has not been fortunate for
our valiant army, it has at any rate not lessened the repu-
tation it had already acquired by its defence of the Dybbol
position.
The Commander-in-Chief cannot precisely specify the
extent of our losses, but they cannot be estimated at less
than upwards of 4,0j0 men in killed, wounded, and missing.
The enemy's loss must also have been great,