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London, England, 1863-04-28 00:00:00

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men who send cargoes of food to the starving poor
of England, while the aristocrats of that country
turn piratical vessels loose upon our commerce."
And again the cheers descended as lustily as if their
had been a scintilla of truth in the assertioo, and as
if it were the noblest thing in the world to accept
credit on false pretences. and bring slanderous accu-
satiots against our neighbours. The Wor.'d of this
morning, in animadverting upon Mr. Blair's ill-tem-
pered oration, asks, What is the Administration
driving at in these appeals to popular panic ? Ills it
been seized with a new madness, of is it attempting
to prepare the country for war with England ? Has
it counted the costs and the hazards of arch a war,
especially when it has already on its hands one of
the greatest wars of modern times—a war which
demands all the courage, vigour, and resources of
the country ?" To this it may be replied that the
Government does not desire a war with England ;
that it has well calculated the cost and risk; that
it knows such a war would speedily produce the re-
cognition and independence of the South, and that
it would probably lead to a new secession in the
North, but that, like a desperado, it plays with he
in a powder magazine, trusting that no explosion
will take place, and that the glitter and glare of the
hazardous pyrotechny will distract people's atten-
tion from their m:serable failures and mistakes.
But, as Lord Palmerston has reminded them, it is a
dangerous game to play, and every American who
has a drop of British blood in his veins, an idea in
his head, or a hundred dollars in his pocket, is both
disgusted and alarmed that the destinies of the
North must yet be entrusted for two years in hands
like these, with no remedy, except such as may be
snatched out of a street revolution or a military
coup d'etat.
In a recent letter some mention was made of the
many extraordinary pranks of Msj ,r-General
Schenk and his Provost-Marshal at Baltimore.
Among others was recorded the story of a Mrs.
Pairs, who was sentenced to banishment for her
sympathies with the South and for the additional
crime of writing disrespectfully of the commanding
General of a city under martial law.
The sequel deserves to he told. General Schenk
was obdurate in requiring her to leave Baltimore,
and transfer herself to the society of her Southern
friends within the stipulated 24 hours which he gra-
ciously allowed. Her children accompanied her,
hut her husband not being able to leave his business
without ruin to his prospects, preferred to remain
behind, and pray for the happy time when war
might cease and husbands and w ives be permitted
to live together without the interference of General
Schenck, or any other big Bashaw whatsoever.
Mrs. Pairs's luggage, and that of her children, was
overhauled and inspected before her departure, lest
she should convey treasonable documents, or other
aid and comfort to the enemy in her trunks or band-
boxes. A quantity of quinine and other medicine was
discovered, and, as it was pronounced to be far too
much for the lady's own use, and evidently intended
to be employed in the cure of sick rebels, it was
solemnly confiscated to the Federal Government,
with the exception of such minimum quantity as the
Provost-Marshal adjudged to be fairly good for the
lady herself to take. It might be thought that the
force of petty tyranny could go no further. But
Gen. Schenck and his agents could beat even this.
The American ladies and children are, unfortunately
for their health and the soundness of their teeth,
great eaters of sweetmeats, and the " candy" shops,
which they frequent, are only to be equalled in
splendour and variety by similar establishments in
Paris. It has been the fashion in Baltimore to en-
wrap these dainties daintily in coloured paper, so
that fair or juvenile fingers might not be brought
too unpleasantly into contact with candy or lollipop.
Lately these variegated wrappings have, as if by
the universal consent of the dealers and manufac-
turers, assumed the well known colours of the
Confederate 3, "red and white." Such lollipop,
in General Schenck's estimation, was clearly rebel-
lious; and the Provost-Marshal was duly instructed
[o make seizure of it wherever found, and compel
!he traitorous dealers to take an oath of allegiance
the United States! But the ladies, though
deprived of the usual adornment of their sweat-
meats, were not to be utterly defeated, even by
a great General, and their next move was to encase
the legs and feet of their little ones in socks of the
prohibited colours. What can General Schenck do,
except give up the unequal fight ? The great
Napoleon could fear a military reverse wish more
equanimity than he could bear ridicule ; and Gen
Schenck should. profit by his example, and with

draw himself with all convenient strategy from a
positim which makes people laugh at him.

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Another trial, of a highly intere
!sting 4arr.F4er
to naval men and artillerists, took pace on Satur-
day between the, Nore and MOILSO lightships. The
Hebe is the third vessel on this principle which has
been built and engined by 111-essrE. Dudgeon, of
the Isle of Dogs. The performmeices of the first
two--the Flora and the Kate—have been already
noticed, and the advantages of the system over
that of the single screw were again atrikirgly
manifested during a series of mar oeuvres which
were made after the trial of sliced between the
lightsbies. The Ilebe is an iron vessel of 470
tons, 165 ft. long, 22ft. Gin. beam, 1311
. Gin. GC(
having a deck house 7ft. high extending shout
three-fourths of her length, fitted up with cabin
and saloons. Draught of water at time of trial, sft.
forward and 9tt aft. Being without dead
to give her sufficient immersion, the veszei was
under considerab:e disadvantages, especially as
there was a strong wind blowing, which matcrihfiv
retardtd these evolutions which formed the priucipal
feature of interest to mo,,t pres! nt. Tl,e set we were
three bladed, 7ft. Gin. in diameter, with 15ft. pitch,
worked by two separate end independent erg iner,
having each two cylinders 21in. in diameter,
26-inch strokeof pistons, and 120 collective nominal
horse power. The revolutions at the time of trial
between the lightships were 110. Tee time Occu-
pied
_ between the Mouse and Nore lightships was 83
min. 15sec,, the distance being 8 statute miles.
Among the evolutions performed for the satisfaction
of the scientific gentlemen present were the follow-
ing :-1, Fall speed ahead, both screws, helm hard
astarboard ; circle completed in 4 min. 2.
Full speed ahead, both screws, helm hard
aport; 3min. 40sec. 3. Helm astarboard, with port
screw stopped ; circle completed in 3min. 9see. 4.
Circle made the reverse way by putting the helm
aport and with starboard screw stopped, in 32ain.
383ec. 5. Helm hard sport, the screws being turned
in opposite directions, the vessel pivotted on her
centre in 3min. 52sec. 6. A second experiment the
reverse way was made in 4min. 10sec., the mean
time of these lest two revolutions being 4min. lsce.
7. Helm amidship, the screws working in opposite
directions; the circle was completed in 4min, 68L,:ec.
The engines varied alternately in these trials from
90 to 103 revolutions per minute. As befuretmen:
tioned, during these experiments a fresh wind pee-
veiled, which materially retarded the turning; thi)..:
vessel being light, and consequently exposing a
large area to the wind. ,The engines worked ad.
mirably throughout, the boilers giving an abundance,
of steam, and the whole of ,the arrangements were
excellent, reflecting great:credit on the builders.
Among the numeraue silintlfie gentlemen present .
were Sir J. D. FlpliWeine, M.P., Admiral Sir-
Edward Belcher, C. 11.; Sir Jj Lawrence, Captains
Jones and Howes, R.N., Commander T. E. Sy-.
monds, RE..;:tolonel Paradie, Imperial Austrian
service, Messrs. W. Ellice, E. Gellatly, F. Sewell,
Abbots, Thinbar,- 0. Dingier, Imperial Austrian
service, W. Smith, C.E., Zerah Colburn,
C.E., Kits* C.E.,and a large party of scientific
and commercial gentlemen connected with the com-
mercial marine, who were unanimous in their ex-
pressions of satisfaction at the admirable perfor-
mances they had witnessed.