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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING MARCH 17, 1863.

ginal design were enormous, and, consequent.y, the
cost—so much so, that to come to as amicable set-
tlement the company errered to take 121 per cent.
on the cost, which the Controller of the Navy re-
duced to 5 per cent. Mr. FORD is not satisfied, and
no wonder, for 5 per cent, is but half the usual pro-
fit on labour Ana work done, and in the construc-
tion of such a ship as the Warrior we think 121
not over much. He then answers the charges
against iron :—" That plates of iron can, in excep-
tional circumstances, be pierced more easily than
wooden bottoms we admit; but the example of the
Great Britain in Dundrum Bay, and many others
that could be referred to, show that iron ships may
be stranded with more safety and less damage than
wooden ones. The bulkheads and double bottom,
which are most disingenuously stated to be compli-
cated and costly arrangements, introduced to remedy
local weakness, are in fact advantages which cannot
be overvalued, which exist only in iron ships, and
for which wooden ones possess nothing equivalent.
The Great Pastern struck lately on a rock, and was
saved by her double bottom. Many vessels have
been saved by their bulkheads, and, indeed, if there
were no other recommendation of iron, this alone
would be a reason for preferring it to wood. That
a copper-bottomed ship will foul less rapidly than
an iron bottom must be admitted; but better dock
accommodation and somewhat more frequent clean-
ing will remedy this defect. Even copper is not an
absolute protection."
And, again, Mr. FORD goes on :—" We are igno-
rant of the authority on which the Controller an-
nounces that it is the opinion of M. DUPREE DE
L'OME that wood is better than iron for iron-cased
ships, bu t we have very good reason to believe that
this gentleman employs wood only because France
possesses wood, but not iron, and workmen in wood
but not in iron, and uses the means that he has at
his disposal, although admitting their inferiority,
and we know as a public fact that having begun in
wood they are now resorting to iron. We could
say much more on the question of the time to be
occupied in building in wood in the dockyards as
compared with iron by the contractors, but we will
only remark in conclusion on the comparison given
as to cost, and the effect of one course on the other
on the navy estimates. The Controller gives the
cost of an iron ship at £214,000, as compared with
a wooden one at £187,000, showing a saving of
£27,000 per ship. Without questioning these
figures, which cannot, however, be admitted as
correct, we would observe that this is the only
cost of the hull, and that in each case is to be
added, the cost being the same, the machinery, say
£50,000 ; the rigging and outfit say £2u,000 ;
the armament, stores, &c., say £20,000 more,

The real difference, therefore, is not between
£214,000 and £187,000, but between £304,000 and
£277,000. In other words, on the cost of five yes-

eels as proposed, out of a million and a half for iron
the country is to save £135,000 even on the Con-
troller's own showing, and that for the sake of
this difference it is wiser and more economical to
supply the wants of the moment by a cheaper and

fess durable structure.' We do not believe in the

cheapness, but we only point out now how sma.

,he economy is to be."

And now we have done, having let the Controller
and the Contractor have ample space and no favour.

As these five ships are to be built of wood, and in

our own dockyards, we trust that the Admiralty
will not be deaf to any suggestions for their im-

provement. Why may not some one or more of
these ships be cased with iron all round of from

one to two, and at the water-line of five or six,
inches in thickness all round the water-line, even to

two feet below it, for better protection. In that
case, as it will take nearly as long to build a wooden

ship leisurely as one of iron, why not case a dozen

of our large 90 and 50 gun ships with iron coating
of this description. The extra weight may be com-
pensated not by reducing the number of guns, but
enlarging their calibre, We shall thus be prepared
in a few months for sudden emergencies, while
the dockyards are constructing their improved
wonders.

Earl RUSSELL has riot always been happy in his
breign correspondence, and on more than one occa-
sion he has put his foot in it in his negotiations
with European powers ; but, as regards the Ameri-
can question, he has maintained the character of
the nation which he represents. We would gladly
have seen the Southern Confederacy acknowledged
from the commencement of the war, but the refusal
to do so was a matter for the decision of the Cabi-
net, not for the Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
Among the American correspondence recently
laid on the table of the House, the one relating to
the Confederate cruiser, or privateer, or, according
to the shipowners of New York, pirate Alabama, is
well worthy of perusal. This vessel was built in
the yard of Messrs. LAIRD and CO., at Birkenhead,
and, as she was openly acknowledged to be built as
a fighting vessel, the attention of the American
Consul at Liverpool (Mr. DUDLEY) was naturally
attracted to her, and on the strength of certain infor-
formation communicated by him to Mr. ADAMS,
the American Ambassador, that gentleman re-
quired on several occasions that the Government of
Great Britain should detain the said vessel. Earl
RUSSELL, however, did not feel himself justified to
interfere upon the doubtful evidence laid before
him, but referred the matter to the law officers of
the Crown. Before these worthies had come to a
determination on the matter, the vessel upon the
fate of which they were deliberating took the hint,
and settled the question, by going out on a trial
trip, which proved so satisfactory that she never
returned. Meanwhile, orders bad been sent to
Liverpool to detain her, but the precaution came
too late, for the bird had flown. Upon this point,
and the subsequent captures of the Alabama,a length-
ened correspondence took place between the Foreign
Secretary and the American Ambassador, Mr.
ADAMS having called the attention of Earl RUSSELL
to the fact that, soon after the breaking out of the
French revolutionary war, the British Government
remonstrated with that of the United States respects
ing the fitting out of privateers in the United States
ports with an intent to prey upon British commerce.
Earl RUSSELL in answer, after showing that there
is similarity between the cases of 1794.1862, while
regretting that the QUEEN'S Proc'amation should
have been disregarded by certain of her MAJESTY'S
subjects, observes that both parties having benefitted
by the said infringement, the Northern Powers have
no reason to complain, and goes on to say that
"It is right, however, to observe, that the party which
has profited by far the most by these unjustifiable prac-
tices has been the Government of the United States, be-
cause that Government having a superiority of force by
sea, and having blockaded most of the Confederate ports,
has been able, on the one hand, safely to receive all the
warlike supplies which it has induced British manufac-
turers and merchants to send to United States ports in vio-

lation of the Queen's Proclamation, and, on the other hand,
to intercept and capture a great part of the supplies of the

same kind which were destined from this country to the

Confederate States. If it be sought to make her Majesty's
Government responsible to that of the United States, be-

cause arms and munitions of war have left this country on
account of the Confederate Government, that Confederate
Government, as the other belligerent, may very well main-
tain that it has a just cause of complaint against the British
Government, because the United States arsenals had been

replenished from British sources. Nor would it be pos-
sible to deny that, in defiance of the Queen's Pro-
clamation, many subjects of her Majesty, owing allegiance
to her crown, have enlisted in the armies of the
United States. Of this fact you cannot be ignorant. Her

Majesty's Government, therefore, have just grounds of
complaint against both of the belligerent parties, but most
especially against the Government of the United States, for
having systematically, and in disregard of that comity of
nations which it was their,duty to observe, induced subjects
of her Majesty to violate those orders which, in conformity
with her neutral position, she has enjoined all her subjects
to obey. Great Britain cannot be held resoneible to either
party for these irregulak proteettings of British subjects,
and an endeavour to make her so would be about as reason-
able as if her Majesty's Government were to demand com-
pensation from the United States for the injuries done to
the property of British subjects by the Alabama, resting
their demand on the ground that the United States claim
authority and jurisdictien over the Confederate States, by
whom that vessel was commissioned."
He then proceeds to show that with the best inten-
tions, it was impossible for the Government, under
the circumstances, to have prevented the departure
of the Alabama, and
"That this should have happened is a circumstance not
calculated to excite much surprise in the United States,
for two reasons ; first, because the principal municipal law
of the United States (passed almost at the same time as
that of this country, and, it is believed, after a full under-
standing between the two states) is, in fact, almost identi-
cal with that of Great Britain upon this subject; and,
secondly, because its notorious evasion, during the late war
waged by Great Britain and her allies against Russia, was
the subject of remonstrances on the part of her Majesty's
representative at Washington to the United States Go-
vernment. Great Britain was then, as on other occasions,
assured that every effort which the law would permit had
been made to prevent such practices; that the United
States Government could only proceed on legal evidence,
the law as to which is almost, if not entirely, the same as
in this country; and that without such evidence no con-
victien could be procured. In the case of the Alabama, it
is not denied that strict orders were given for her detention
as soon as it appeared to the legal advisers of the crown
that the evidence might be sufficient to warrant them
in advising such a course, and that the Alabama
contrived to evade the execution of those orders.
Her Majesty's Government cannot, therefore, admit that
they are under auy obligation whatever to make compensa-
tion to United States citizens on account of the proceedings
of that vessel. As regards your demand for a more effec-
tive prevention, for the future, of the fitting out of such
vessels in British ports, I have the honour to inform you
that her Majesty's Government, aster consultation with the
law officers of the crown, are of opinion that certain amend-
ments might bo introduced into the Foreign Enlistment
Act, which, if sanctioned by Parliament, would have the
effect of giving greater power to the Executive to prevent
the constructi,,n, in British ports, of ships destined for the
use of belligerents. But her Majesty's Government con-
sider that, before submitting any proposals of that sort to
Parliament, it would be desirable that they should pre-
viously communicate with the Government of the United
States, and ascertain- whether that Government is willing
to make similar alterations in its own Foreign Enlistment
Act, and that the amendments, like the original statute,
should, as it were, proceed pari paesu in both countries. 1
shall acordingly be ready to confer at any time with you,
and to listen to any suggestions which you 'may have to
make by which the British Foreign Enlistment Act and the
corresponding statute of the United States may be made
more efficient for their purpose."
To this Mr. ADAMS makes a lengthened reply, that
admitting that large supplies of arms and warlike
stores have been purchased in this country, and
shipped from British ports to New York,
for the use of the United States Government, that
is no reason why the Confederate States should
have any right to the same privileges, even though
they import their goods at a considerable risk. He
maintains (in which opinion we beg to, differ with
him) that--
" The United States have made an actual blockade of
the ports occupied by the insurgents a blockade the vali-
dity of which Great Britain does not dispute. They are,
therefore, Entitled to consider every neutral who shall at-
tempt to enter ono of them, or carry anything to the be-
sieged, as violating his neutrality and converting himself
into an enemy. Hence, it happens that every British
subject engaged in the work of aiding the insurgents, by
introducing contraband of war into blockaded ports, not
only violates his duty to his Sovereign, but commits an
exceedingly aggravated and injurious offence to tho Go-
vernment of the United States. To associate such pro-
ceedings with the mere purchase and export of arms on
behalf of the United States, as of equal significance,
would seem to be most inequitable. It is a fact, 'hat few
persons in England will now be bold enough to deny, first,
that vessels have been built in British ports, as well as
manned by her Majesty's subjects, with the design and
intent to carry on war against the United States ; secondly,
that other vessels owned by British subjects have been
and are yet in the constant practice of departing from Bri-
tish ports, laden with contraband of war, and many other
commodities, with the intent to break the blockade and to
procrastinate the war; thirdly, that such vessels have been
and are insured by British merchants in the commercial
towns of this kingdom with the understanding that they
are despatched for that illegal purpose. It is believed to
be beyond denial that British subjects have been and con-
tinue to be enlisted in this kingdom in the service of the
insurgents with the intent to make war on the United
States, or to break the blockade legitimately established.
and to a proportionate extent to annul its purpose. It is
believed that persons high in social position and in fortune
contribute their aid directly and indirectly in building and
equipping ships of war, as well as other vessels, and fur-
nishing money, as well as goods, with the hope of sustain-
ing the insurgents in their resistance to the Government.
To that end the port of Nassau, a colonial dependency of
Great Britain, has been made and still continues to be the
great entrepot for the storing of supplies, which are con-
veyed from thence with the greater facility in evading the
blockade. In short, so far as the acts of these numerous
and influential parties can involve them, the British people
may be considered as actually carrying en war against the
United States. Already, British property valued at
£8,000,000 sterling is reported to have been captured by
the vessels of the United States for attempts to violate the
blockade, and property of far greater value has either been
successfully introduced, or is now stored at Nassau await-
ing favourable opportunities."
Here, we may say, the matter rests. That the
Northerners are discontented and annoyed at the
success of the Alabama is not to be wondered at;
but they must bear in mind, as Earl RUSSELL truly
observes, that England has also suffered from the
depredations of privateers fitted out in former times
in the ports of the United States.

OUTLAY ON FORTIFICATIONS. -- The sum of
£2,070,000 in all has been raised for the construc-
ton of fortifications under the Acts of 1860 and 1862. For
this sum annuities amounting to £133,827 have been created,
exuiring in 1885. The rate of interest at which the annui-
ties are calculated is n per cent. In the balance-sheet for
the year 1862 the sum of £1,170,000 is set down as the ex-
penses of fortifications in that year, causing an excess of
£515,123 in the expenditure over the income of the year;
but that sum of £1,170,000, though pert of our expenditure)
had not in fact to be provided out of income, but was raised
by means of this creation of terminable annuities.
ANOTHF,II EXODUS.— Sin ce Pr esident Lincoln has
given his signature to the Conscription Bill hundreds of
families residing on the frontiers have made a "change of
base," and departed for Canada. Some time ago " Artemus
Ward" announced that the Eagle and Goddess of Liberty
had left Washington for Canada to keep boarders here for
3 dols. a week.—Montreal Gazette.

ISIGNAL Copps.--'!'here is in the Federal army
a small but distinct body of officers known as the
"signal corps." When an action is imminent, one or more Of
them, generally informed at head• quarters of the movements
contemplated, proceed to an eligible position, from which
they can communicate to the commanding officer instant
advice of the enemy's movements, either direct or through
persons posted at intermediate stations, if distance or moan-
tain or forest make this course necessary. Information is
also sent as to the points most susceptible of damage from
artillery. In the daytime the signals are made by flags of
different colours and waved in various directions; at night
torches are used, asbestos being substituted for ordinary
wicking, because it emits a clear and brilliant flame ancl isnot
easily extinguished by the wind. The telegraph also is em-
ployed; an officer starting for a signal post carries a pocket
apparatus, and is followed by an attendant unrolling a coil
of wire as he travels along. There are about 150 officers,
who have been detailed and instructed as signal officers,
and are distributed with the several armies. Frequent
changes in the signals are made to prevent their being in-
terpreted by the enemy, and perhaps to prevent something
else, for it is avowed that serious embarrassment has oc-
curred, "sometimes half a dozen times in one night," from
the countersign having been designedly or "accidentally"
divulged to the other side.

BREACH OF PROMISE.—An action for breach of
promise of marriage, which from the position of
the parties hag excited much interest in Ireland, was
concluded On Saturday at the Galway Assizes. The
plaintiff, Miss Lucy Evans, is the daughter of a gentleman
residing near Tuem, and defendant, the Rev. Harloe Flem-
ing, is rector of Ballyrnacward, in the county Galway. The
case on behalf of the plaintiff was stated by Mr. Blake, Q.C.,
who read several letters which had passed between the par-
ties, on which he relied as showing that the defendant had
promised to marry the plaintiff. The father, sister, and
uncle of the lady were examined, and proved that the de-
fendant had admitted having made the promise, but that he
alleged that circumstances prevented him from fulfilling his
engagement, and also that the plaintiff had released him
from it. After an able speech by Mr, Robinson, Q.C., on
behalf of the defendant, his lordship charged the jury, who
found for the plaintiff, with £l,OOO damages, and 6d. costs.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)

ROME.
ROME, MARCH 16.
The following sacerdotal appointments hate taken

place :

" Monsignor Falcinelli, to be Papal Nuncio at the
Court of Vienna. Monsignor Sanguigaa, to be in-
ternuncio for the Brazils. Monsignor Orelia, to be
internuncio for Holland.

The present internuncio of his Holiness at the
Hague, Monsignor Vecchiotti, is appointed Coun-
cillor of State.

PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, MARCH 16.

The military committee of the Chamber of De-
puties continued its deliberation to-day upon the
amendments proposed by Herr von Forkenbeck to
the law on the military organisation of the country.
None of the Ministers were present.
Paragraph 3, as proposed by Herr von Forken-
beck, is worded as follows :—" The strength of the
army in time of peace shall be fixed by a special
law. The yearly budget of military expenses
shall be based upon this law."
This paragraph was, with a slight addition,
almost unanimously agreed to, two members only
voting against it. The Royal commissioner who
represented the Minister of War on the committee
declared that the Government could not agree to
the amendment of Herr von Forkenbeck, and would
not bring forward an organic law on the military
organisation. He further stated that by such dis-
cussions the conflict between the Government and
the members would not be avoided, but, on the con.
trary, be increased.

FRANCE.

Le Constitutionnel of to-day remarks that the dis-
cussion on Polish affairs is to begin to-day, and it
earnestly recommends all interested in the matter
to study these documents, which, according to the
Constitutionnel, reflect honour on the French Go-
vernment. The despatches in question date so far
back as 1855, when, at the time of the Crimean
War, M. Drouyn de Lhuys addressed a
despatch to Count Walewski, then French
Ambassador in London, suggesting that the
redressing of the wrongs of Poland should be among
the conditions of peace resolved on by the Allied
Powers. To this the English Cabiuet objected, on
various plausible grounds, and when six months
later the proposal was renewed, fresh obstacles were
put in the way. According to this version of
affairs the blame of inaction certainly rests with
the Cabinet of St. James. L'Opinion Nationale
speaks in much the same terms of the documents in
question and considers the news received from
Poland, to be highly favourable to the insurgents.
Le Siecle learns from an Austrian journal that
the number of insurgents in the district of Radom
amounts to 20,000 men. Women also, it is said,
take part in the war; while many families, who
took iefuge in Galicia at the beginning of the
outbreak, have now returned to Poland to
join in it. Karowski, who was reported to
have committed suicide, has rejoined the
army of Langiewicz. He fights in the first rank,
hut wi• bout any other grade than that of a private
soldier. Le Pays tells es that fresn bodies of insur-
gents are being organised between the Vistula, the
Bug, and the Wieeiz ; the peasants of those dis-
tricts favouring the insurrectwu, which it is
rumoured, will shortly be greatly deve •
loped. In its summary of the contents of
the diplomatic documents published this morning
by the Moniteur, Le Pays declares that it is the cold-
ness and indifference of England which has hitherto
rendered fruitless the efforts of the French Emperor
to ameliorate the position of Poland.
The last monthly account published by the
Governor of the Bank of France is regarded as
very satisfactory in commercial circles. The cash
in hand, which had fallen in the month of December
to so low a figure as 240,000,000 f., has now risen
to 344,000,000 f. It increased by 54,000,0001.
during the last month. The Council of the Bank
have consequently considered that they might safely
reduce the rate of discount from 5 to 4-1- per cent.
at their late meeting. It is generally believed that
a further reduction in the rate of discount will
shortly be announced, inasmuch as the demand
for gold has considerably abated. One very
favourable item in the account just published
is that which shows that the securities deposited
with the Bank for cash advanced, which in the
month of January last amounted to 200,000,000 f.,
are now reduced to 140,000,000 f. These securities
consist of railway shares and bonds to the amount
of 82,000,000 f., and Government rentes to the
amount of 58,000,000 f. Government rentes to the
amount of 29,000,000 f., and railway securities to
the amount of 5,000,0001. were withdrawn from the
Bank during the last month. The Bank has by
these repayments been able to call in bank-notes
i❑ circulation to the amount of 52,000,000 f. There
is no change in the amount to the credit of the
customers of the Bank. It remains at 161,000,000 f.
The balance to the credit of the Treasury
increased during the month by 9,000,000 f., and
is row 76,000,000 f. The Government is con-
sequently fully enabled to meet the ply-went of
three months' interest on the 3 per Cents, due the
Ist of next month. The council of the Bank have,
during the last month, purchased Government stock
to the value of 1,000,0001. with their unemployed
capital. Theßank has further advanced 1,500,000 f.
within the last month on a deposit of bullion. ' The
profits of the Bank during the last month are cal-
culated at 2,500,000 f.

It appears from the regularity with which commer-
cial payments have been made since the beginning
of the month that trade is good, and cash not scarce,
in Paris. Manufacturers have received large orders
for export, and few complaints are heard except in
Mulhouse, Rouen, and Lyons, where the civil war
in America still produces injurious effects. Some
of the cotton bonds of the Caufederate States have
been offered for circulation at Havre. These bonds
have been issued by the Government of the Southern
States to create resources by means of the cotton
which still remains in the interior of the country.
They stipulate that in 40 days after notification
shall have been made by the holder to the Confe-
derate Government the quantity of cotton specified
in the bond shall be placed at his disposal in what-
ever port of the Confederacy he may select, pro-
vided that port be not at the time in the power of
the Federal States. These bonds are generally for
25,0001 b. weight of cotton, the value to be paid in
cash, calculated at 6d. per lb. weight. The purchaser
may receive the cotton i❑ the port he fixes on, and
there place it in store or export it at his own risk
and peril.

BOURSE, Marsh 16.—The quarterly coupon of 75
centimes has been detached to-day from the Three
per Cents. The market is heavy, and quotations
are rather lower, Threes being now at 69f. ,sc, ;
Italian Loan firm at 70f. 50c. Little doing in
Railway Shares. The market left off as follows
::::13437800
_96
_75
CBraendititSpoaureesie.r. 41 per Cents
Do. end month....
3 per Cents ...... 68 90 Italian Loan. ..... 70 40
Do. end month.... 68 75 Do. end month 70 20
New 3 per Cents .. Russian
Do, end month.... Austrian .....
—B3 5-0
Credit MOWlie- 1225 Spanish Threes....
Do, end m0nth....122a florae Debt . .
BA IL WAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans ................ 1117 75 1112 50
Northern .............. 1030 .. 1030
New ditto ............ . •
Lyons and Mediterranean 1190 --

Geneva ................
Southern

1195 -

.- - • •

771 25 ** 7g,67, 250
western • • ..• 5.50 . • tn.), -5
Eastern
.... ..
... . , 642 50 .. b 45
Sardinian ............. . 385 387 5500
Amtrian ........... , 508 75
I .on,bard
595 595
Not th of Spain
700 700
Saragossa.
Ditto to Barcelona

THE AMERICAN MAILS.—STEAMERS DUE THIS
WEEK.—As the news from America becomes day
by day more important, and as the arrivals of steamers from
the States will therefore be eagerly looked for, we append a
list of the vessels due at Liverpool and Southampton this
week :—The Jura (s.s.), with the mails from Portland on
the 7th, may be expected at Londonderry on the evening of
Tuesday and at Liverpool on Wednesday ; the Glasgow
(a s.), with the mails from New York on the 7th, may be
expected at Queenstown on Wednesday and Liverpool on
Thursday; the Borussia (s.), from New York on the same
date as the Glasgow, may be expected off Cowes, for Ham-
burg, on Thursday; the Cunard mail steam-ship Africa,
with dates from New York to the 11th, is due at Queens-
town on Saturday night or early on Sunday morning next,
FUNERAL OF MR. GULLY.—This gentierta.en was
interred on Saturday last at Ackworth Park. His
remains arrived at Knottingly Station from his seat near
Durham, a little before 11 o'clock, and were conveyed to
Pontefract, The minute bell was tolled, and about 12
o'clock the funeral procession passed through the borough
as follows :—The mayor, corporation, inhabitants of the
town (two abreast), hearse drawn by lour horses, mourning
coaphes, and private carriages.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT LONDON BRIDGE.— A
woman, name unknown, was drowned yeteerdey
morning in endeavouring to get on board a steamboat whilst
it was starting from the pier at London-bridge. The body
was recovered and conveyed to Guy's Hospital. The follow-
ing description is given of deceased by the police :—" About
35 years of age, 5 feet 3 inches high, brown cloak, black
merino dress, tuck skirt, three blue and white petticoats,
and one flannel."
FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN INFANT.—Yesterday
Mr. Walthew, the deputy coroner, held an inquest
at Dalston, respecting the death of Annie Horsley, aged 12
weeks. The mother, having to visit a sick sister, left her
infant in charge of one of her children, a little girl. Getting
tired of nursing, the girl placed the infant on the hearth-
rug, and went to sleep. When the mother returned she
found her poor babe in flamer, and so frightfully burned
that immediate removal to the German Hospital was found
to be necessary. The surgeon of that institution rendered
all the assistance he could, but without avail. A verdict of 1
accidental death was returned.
THE ACCIDENTS AT THE ILLUMINATIONS.—Mr.
Isaac Walker, a silk manufacturer, has expired in,
Guy's Hospital, from extensive fracture of the ribs, received
by the pressure of the crowd near Cornhill on the night of
the illuminations. This makes a total of eight deaths from
the accidents on Tuesday night last.'
MURDER AND SUICIDE ON BOARD A STEAMER.—
A desperate murder is reported to hava taken place
at sea on board the steam-ship Grimsby, which arrived
in the port of Grimsby, from Hamburg, on Sunday.
It appears, from the statement of Mr. Isaac Freeman,
an interpreter, that the ship left Hamburg on the
13th inst., with 10 emigrant passengers, and en the 14th,
about 5 p.m., while the emigrants were talking together in
the fore 'cabin, one of them, named Schlosmacher, of Pots-
dam, suddenly, and without any provocation, fell upon
nam named Johann Frederick Lowerensen, of Schleswig,
another emigrant, and stabbed him in the abdomen with a
dagger knife, causing almost instant death. The murderer
was immediately secured by the crew, and lashed in the
roundhouse on deck, and locked up. On Sunday morning,
about 6 o'clock, it was found that he had broken loose, and
had hung himself with the lashings. It is supposed that
Schlosmacher was seized with a sudden fit of insanity when
lie °A:emitted the murder, as the parties had not known
each other previously.