The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-04 00:00:00

THE HENDON TRAGEDY.

Upon inquiries at the Middlesex Hospital yes-
terday afternoon, the reporter ascertained from Mr.
Marshall, the house surgeon, that the wretched
young man, James Lawrence, the alleged murderer
of Anne Cox, and the attempted murderer of him-
self at Mill-hill, Hendon, on the morning of Satur-
day last, was progressing favourably, notwithstand-
ing the unusally exten.iive injuries sustained, which
renders his case a remarkable one. Mr. Marshall
stated that he was admitted to the hospital shortly
after the dreadful occairrence with a compound com-
minuted fracture of the upper and lower jaws, to
such an extent that. they were literally smashed to
pieces, the tongue 'much lacerated and cut up, the
pallet bones broken., a portion of the base of the
skull smashed, all the side of one cheek blown open,
and in fact the whole of that lido of the face shat-
tered, and suffering from severe collapse, from
which however ha was soon recovered, and his pro-
gress had been remarkably favourable ever since.
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danger.
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is
At present there appears to be every probability
that he will entirely recover, but this is only an as-
sumption, inasmuch as there is a long course of dis-
cyet before he can be pronounced
u perfectly sensible, and up to
the present time has evinced an anxiety to recover,
and persists in a statement to the effect that Anne
Cox shot herself in his presence, which so distressed
him that he shot himself immediately afterwards.
Mr. Marshall, however, thinks it impossible that he
could have shot himself before shooting the girl, as
wasstated in some of the journals on Monday last,
but that he must have shot himself last. Although
inclined to be tolerably communicative, no one is
allowed to speak to the unfortunate man ,more than
is absolutely necessary, it being of the utmost im-
portance he should now be kept as quiet as possible.

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Last Tuesd:7 mei las the embarketioe C Hein-
ztlerean's corps commenced at Alexandria, and by
2 o'clock in the day about 8,500 men were on their
way to Old Point Comfort, Fortress Monroe. They
were carried in 12 large river steamers, some of
which tugged scows for horses and artillery. On
the previous Sunday, as I related in my letter by
last mail, the aspect of the troops after the march
and rain storms of the day before was not very
cheerful, and the want of organisation which was
observed by my companion could not be disputed.
But it was wonderful to see how speedily they had
got all right again. Monday was fine, and the
good weather restored the spirits of the men. The
regiments embarked in the best spirits, and as the
swarming masses of human beings sidled off into the
stream, moved by the great beam of the er gine,
they with ringing cheers again and again evinced
their enthusiasm. There is, however, one great de-
fect in the American army which will no doubt be
remedied if field operations continue. The unparal-
leled luxury and excellence of the transport depart-
ment in horses, mules, carriages, harness, and ex-
penditure have not secured its efficiency because the
drivers are not an organised military body. In the
United States there is no power, unless the Presi-
dent orders it, to enrol men for the baggage and
commissariat trains under martial law. " Team-
sters," as they are called, are picked up at a great
cost—from 15 to 20 dole. a month—wherever they
can be got, and are attached to the various regi-
ments, instead of being under one head responsible
for the carriage of all the army and its stores.
The drivers are under little or no control, and
their superiors have neither authority nor
strength enough to keep them in order. Time and
labour are frittered away, and idleness is indulged
in by the lazy men whenever they can find oppor-
tunity. For four days I was amused by watch-
ing a group who had settled down in a field—one
of the open places of Washington—near at hand,
with waggons, mules, &c. They made a regular
bivouac, lighted with watch and cooking fires, fed
their mules from the hay in the cart in which they
slept at night, smoked their pipes, and were as jolly,
they averred, as " sandboys," wherever those beau-
tiful youths may be, till some passing official espied
them and broke in on their Elysium. But, with all
this, and with other drawbacks in the absence of an
organised and trained staff and in deficient provi-
sion for details, which will be found out in the field
—the army has, as long as it has help by sea or river
sufficient powers of locomotion. It will scarcely be
credited, however, that there is no system for sup-
plying men with ammunition when engaged with
the enemy. There is no small arm ammunition train,
nor pack mules to carry it. An officer, to whom the
deficiency was pointed out, said that " they did not
expect men to be closely engaged for more than 15
minutes. When they had fired away all their am-
munition they must only retire and let other regi-
ments come up and take their places." The way in
which the men were embarked:onTuesday was rapid
and orderly. The quays of Alexandria present faci-
lities for the purpose, and the large steamers can lie
nearly alongside. A host of tugs is massed in the
stream, and from the capital a forest of masts appears
to spring out of the Potomac. For the first time for
many months white sails gleam against the wooded
banks or stud the stream. Gen. M'Clellan was in
the town, at the electric telegraph office. Tho
ever-active, hard-working Duke of Chartres was
dashing about with orders, and the roads from
Alexandria were crowded with waggons, cattle,
horsemen, and soldiers. The camps are left stand-
ing, so that as the regiments march in from Fairfax
and Centreville they eau take np their quarters in
the tents. The headquarters are temporarily re-
moved to a house on the hill which rises at the
back of Alexandria, crowned with the Seminary,
and the staff has nearly all moved out there. On
going through the camps again, the contrast be-
tween the drenched muddy soldiers of Sunday and
the fine bodies of men on parade was very re-
markable, A general was handling four fine regi-
ments on an open plain near the Seminary with
vigour; he never gave them Et moment's rest—chang-
ing line of contiguous battalion columns at quarter
distance, changing front to the right flank, deploy-
ing on centre, advancing and retiring in line of
quarter distance column at deploying distance,
changing front on the flank of first line, &c., and the
men marched well and quickly without much noise
in the ranks and very steadily. They do not throw
out points, and the simpler commands are given by
mounted buglers in attendance on the General.
This was a portion of Sumner's division, I should
think, but all the camps and regiments are so
changed no one can tell where he will find any of
his former acquaintances. We had seen one of these
very regiments at parade on Sunday, with some 150
or more men short, owing to their falling out on the
road. These men had now all returned to the ranks.
On Wednesday the embarkation of the Artillery of
M'Dowell's corps d'armee commenced, and eight
batteries were got on board. This will be a very
powerful force, and will be commanded by the Ge-
neral in person. They are still embarking the rest
of the Artillery, and some regiments ; bat until the
transports which have gone down to Fortress Mon-
roe have landed their freight and returned it will not
be possible to despatch the bulk of the force. A
constant current of tugs and steamers runs up and
down the Potomac, and a whole fleet of small pro-
pellers and paddlewheel river boats is lying off the
Navy-yard and below it. The politicians believe
the Federal flag will wave in Richmond in a fort-
night from this time. Mr. Sumner and others are
of that opinion, and will be disappointed if there
is any greater delay. However, it does not seem
quite feasible. The two corps which are going will
number about 90,000 men, and they must take
stores and supplies of all kinds with them. As far
as I know, there has been no change made in
the programme of operations sent over by last
mail. They aro keeping a bright look-out at
Fortress Monroe. All eyes are straining for, all
thoughts are turning on another sortie of that
tremendous destroyer, the Merrimac. Neither
the fortress nor the Monitor could save the flotilla

of wooden vessels from destruction, nor the camps

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from being shelled. Mysterious movements are
going on about Sewall's Point and Norfolk, which
attract attention, but nothing can be made out. At
night small vessels steam out of Norfolk, appear
near the Rip Raps, are fired at, and retire. From
the front here there is nothing new. The recon-
naissance made by General Stoneman on this day
week did little or nothing to add to the knowledge
of the enemy's position. His force, which consisted
of the sth United States Cavalry, 6th United States
Cavalry, 3d Pensylvanian Cavalry, the M'Clellan
Dragoons, and 57th New Yoik Infantry (no guns),
only got as far as Cedar Run, which the Confede-
rates were burning, and which they tried in vain to
save, encamped on a ridge for the night, and fell
back on Manassas in the morning, having heard
that the enemy was preparing to cut them off.
There was some very insignificant skirmishing across
the stream. Blenker's division remains at Fairfax
Court-house. Centreville and Manassas are held
by some 15,000 men. The controversy about the
wooden guns continues, but it is pretty well estab-
lished that there were a number of dummies in the
embrasures. However, General M'Clellan is so
strongly sustained by the President,
and by the
regular officers, by the Democratic party, and by
the moderate men in the country, that ho can afford
to be indifferent to further attacks till time has
been afforded him to do some brillant action and
vindicate the good opinion of his friends. Although
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many violent assaults are made by nuendo,
and out of Congress, no specific charge has been
preferred by any responsible body, and General
Burnside's express declaration in his despatch
from Newborn, that he has endeavoured to carry
out the instructions he had received from his chief,
has strengthened General M'Clellan's position, and
is considered good evidence that he is a guiding
mind, and has a plan of operations embracing the
whole country. I.s.ve heard evidence v,11ic..1116 ads
me to think the recant combination. in the Wcst
and those in the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers
were planned if not_carried out by him. From all
sides comes news of successes; St. Mary's, Fernan-
dina, and Jacksonville are, as was reported by Com-

ce,,stuff. ¶tile ilk; ;40 c isTe w oeiee,es is
hourly expected. Gen. Butler left Hilton Head
on the 14th for Ship Island. Porter's mortar flotilla
has been probably off the mouth of the Misgis.sippi
fir some days back, and the attack was to have
been made the day before yesterday. At Beaufort
all is quiet. The preparations for an assault on
Savannah are being completed. The action at New-
bern is most creditable to the Federal troops and to
their General, as it certainly is the very reverse to
the Confederates. But there is something going on
about Island No. 10 which one cannot quite under-
stand. On the 17th the flotilla under Commodore
Foote engaged the batteries on the island, while
Gan. Pope, from New Madrid, made an offensive
movement against the forces on the mainland cover-
ing the island. Night came on before the long range
fire of guns and mortars did its work. The bom-
bardment eias to have been renewed next day, but
them are no precise accounts up to the moment of
writing of the effect of the fire, though it was
stated Pope had repulsed an attack of the Confede-
rates who tried to cut their way through, and that
he had them hemmed in between him and Foote's
flotilla, had sunk one of their gunboats, and da-
maged several others. The position is said to be
strongly fortified. Gen. Beauregard had been at
the place, and was probably in command. On his
arrival he issued the following
" Head quarters of tho Mississippi, Jackson,
Tennessee, March 5, 1862.

" General Order.—Soldiers,—l assume this day the com-
mand of the Army of the Mississippi, for the defence of our
homesteads and liberties, and to resist the subjugation, spo-
liation, and dishonour of our people. Our mothers and
wives, our sisters and children, expect us to do our duty,
oven to the sacrifice of our lives.

,4 Our losses since the commencement of the present war,
in killed, wounded, and prisoners, are now about the same
as the enemy.
" Ho must be made to atone for them reverses we have
lately experienced. Those reverses, far from disheartening,
must nerve us to new deeds of valour and yatriotism, and
should inspire us with an unconquerable determfnAtion to
drive back our invaders.

" Should any ono in this army be unequal to the task
before us, let him transfer his arms and equipments at once
to braver, firmer hands, and return to his home.
" Our cause is as just and sacred as ever animated men
to take up arms, and if we are true to it and to ourselves,
with the continued protection of the Almighty, we must
and shall triumph.
" G. T. BEA:trn2GARD, General Commanding."

Bat, if the Confederates do not behave better
than they did at Newbern, these are but vain
words. Under very great difficulties the expedi-
tion proceeded up the Neuse from Roanoke, landed
below the place on the 14th, passed the night un-
disturbed in the rain, and next day, after a most
fatiguing march, came upon the enemy inside
strong intrenchments, and in a formidable position ;
engaged them, and after taking some sharp encoun-
ters routed them utterly, taking sic forts, 54 guns,
and five steamers, as well as the city, and suffering
a loss of less than 500 men. Gen. Burnside's de.
spatch, and the accounts in the New York, 7ribune
and Ernes will be read with interest. The opera-
tion must distress the Confederates most grievously,
and places the Federals on their lines of communi-
cation throughout the country, rendering Golds-
borough and Raleigh and Norfolk alike unsafe.
With the exception of Nashville, however, there is
no trace of Union sentiment detected by the
Federal iron in the places brought under the
sway of the Union. The hoisting of the Stars
and Stripes by the authorities at Jacksonville
may be taken as an equivocal act, for the flagstaff
was cut down that evening. Everywhere the women
are said to exhibit the most intense hatred to the
Federals, and the recitals of their bitterness would
be amusing if they did not prove how deeply-seated,
how "national" is the animosity of those who form
the minds of the young to the Government which is
forcing itself upon them at the point of the bayonet.
In New Mexico, the Texans were carrying all before
them, and it was admitted that in the action near
Fort Craig, on the 21st of February, they had de-
feated the Federals, taken six guns, and had sur-
rounded Col. Canby, the United States commander,
near that place. On the Tennessee River there
have been no moxements of any consequence. The
Confederates were assembling at Corinth, on the
road from Jackson, Missouri, to Memphis, and at
Decatur, Alabama. They have destroyed the rail
between Florence and Eastport, and have learnt to
keep out of range of the gunboats. They have
abandoned their batteries on Acquia Creek, and de-
stroyed the railroad. As they retreat they carry off
the ablehodied men, according to Federal accounts.
The Potomac may be considered now open from
Monroe to Washington. General Shields occupied
Strasburg, in the valley of the Shenandoah, and the
terminus of the Manassas Railroad on Wednesday
last, after a skirmish with Jackson's rear-guard,
which destroyed the bridge over Cedar Creek. Tho
magnitude and severity of the action at Pea Ridge
are shown by the official returns of the killed and
wounded on the Federal side, which General Curtis
places at 1,400. It must have b‘cn a picturesque
combat, and is well described in the World, Sigel
and his Germans behaving nobly, and saving the
baggage train and rear-guard by determined hard
fighting, against which the wild Texans and In-
dians, with shot guns, bowie knives, and scalping
knives, could not stand. Their batteries ran short of
ammunition also, and the loss of the leaders—the so
often slain Ben M'Cullough, as well as Mackintosh
—accelerated their headlong rout under Price and
Van Dorn. The Indians acted as savages—scalping
dead and wounded on the field.

In Congress the debates on the President's Mes-
sage and on the abolition of slavery in the district
of Columbia still continue. The President is not
well ; his incessant labours are too much even for
his powerful frame. The White House has been
visited by severe sickness, and Mrs. Lincoln is in-
disposed, and sees very few persons. The weather
is exceedingly variable. Last night a heavy fall of
rain covered the roads with mud, and drenched the
troops in their bivouacs at Centreville.
There is a story this morning that Mr, Yancey,
disguised as a sailor, was captured in a schooner
which was endeavouring to run the blockade on the

coast of Florida, and has been taken to Fort Monro©

The question of the Labaun is, perhaps, the
only one which now exists between the two Go-
vernments. In all other matters there is a cessation
of controversy. The Labuan will no doubt be sent
before a Prize Court for adjudication ; and as, to our
minds, there is not the least ground for declaring
her lawful prize, she will be let go, with an award
against the captors for damages.
The troops in many parts of New York have not
yet been paid for the two months due on the 28th
February.

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The council of the Socetv of Arts, taking, a deep
int,rnst i.tt th_e_, success of the iaopes;..l to erect the
national monument to the Princo Consort, their
lamented president, and considering that it is due
to all the subjects of the Queen that every individual
amongst them, however humble, should have the
opportunity of contributing his mite towards this
object, have agreed to the following report :
" The subscriptions hitherto hive been limited
almost exclusively to those of the wealthy and mer-
cantile classes, whilst a very small portion has been
subscribed by the people generally. The nobility
and gentry, the city corporations, banks, mercantile
firms, municipal corporations, and the like have been
addressed by the committee presided over by the
Lord Mayor of the City of London. No steps,
however, have been taken, nor does it appear that
any are contemplated, to make known to each indi-
vidual man and woman constituting the body of the
people, and residing either in the parishes and
hamlets of the United Kingdom or in the colonies,
the memorial which it is proposed to erect,- nor has
'any opportunity been hitherto afforded them of
I adding their contributions to the general fund.

If this were done all would affectionately
unite with their Queen in raising a monument to
the memory of the Prince Ni ho neglected no
opportunity to promote their welfare. It is only
through very extended parochial and other agencies
that the necessary information can be generally
given, and the council has, therefore, determined
forthwith to invite influential persons, representing
all the great interests of the country, the Church of
England, and other religious denominations, as well
as the great employers of labour, to unite with them
as a committee to convey this information, and to
make such arrangements as May afford to every ono
of her Majesty's subjects throughout the United
Kingdom and the colonies the opportunity of taking
a part, however humble, in promoting the memorial
by subscriptions, however small.
" The Queen, ' following the movement of her
people,' has asked ' to be allowed to take part with
them in doing honour to her beloved Prince ;' and
the council, believing that the women of England
especially will rejoice to work in concert with their
Queen, intend to invite ladies to be members of the
proposed committee.

' 2, Should more funds be realised than will be
required to carry properly into effect the monument
' on a scale of sufficient grandeur,' as stated in the
communication made by the Queen's command to

the Lord Mayor, it will be for her Majesty, who
has already pointed out the character of the intended
monument, to decide on the application of any sur-
plus to some object of comprehensive utility which
the Prince Consort had at heart.
" By order of the Council,
"P. LE NEVE FOSTER, Secretary."

In order to give the public generally the utmost
facilities for seeing the British Museum during the
time of the International Exhibition at Kensing-
ton the trustees have laid down the following special
regulations :

" 1. That the Museum, instead of being closed
from the Ist to the 7th of May next, be closed on
Monday, April 28, and re-opened on the following
Monday, May 5.
2. That from the sth of May to the 30th of Au-
gust inclusive, the reading-room be kept open for
readers, as usual, daily, Sundays only excepted;
but not later than five o'clock.

3. That the Museum collections, including those
parts of the library of the printed books and manu-
scripts to which visitors are now admitted on public
days, be kept open daily, Thursdays and Sundays
excepted, from ten o'clock in the morning till eight
o'clock in the evening, during the months of May,
Tune, July, and to the 16th of August inclusive,
but till half• past seven only for the remainder of
that month.

4. That during the same months and days the
reading-room, and a small portion of the libraries
annexed to it, as well as the whole of the north
library, with the exception of its western extremity,
be open for the admission of the public generally,
only from five o'clock to eight. or half-past seven►
as before mentioned ; and that from nine to five
o'clock none but readers, for the -purpose of study,
be admitted to the reading-room, or to any of the
libraries, except such of the rooms as are usually
accessible to visitors throughout the year on public
days.
5. That after five o'clock the reading-room and
the libraries generally be not used for the purposes
of study.
6. That Thursdays be reserved for cleaning the
several departments, and that no visitors, excepting
readers, be admitted into the Museum on that day.
A. PANIZZI, Principal Librarian.
British Museum, March 24.

We have had a languid market. The best samples
.of
English wheat could not be obtained for less money, whdo
American was offering at a reduction of 2d per 100 lb, but
the demand was slow. Flour 6d to is lower, and also Bloc.
Oats and oatmeal in limited request, at late rates. Boars
and Indian corn as before.

The supply of wheat was moderate, in poor condition,
and the truth; ruled at last week's prices. Barley cow-
wands very full rates. Oats, beans, and peas continue un-
altered in value.

Old white 56s to 60s 1 Barley. 34s to 36s
Itcd..
Beans .42s to 48s 1 Peas 37s to 39s