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LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1862.

One of the great battles for which we have some
days been looking between Federals and Confede-
rates has now been fought--possibly another or
two since, as this was fought on the 6th and 7th of
the month. 'Unfortunately it is impossible not to
suspect the accounts of such exaggeration that we
can hardly rely upon the results as reported to us ;
--still the main features of the battle we ''ay presume
to be correctly described. Our readr.rs will remember
that the Confederates had. formed a new line of defence
south of Tennessee, and al.ong the extreme north of
the Statc's of Miseissir•pi and Alabama ; its basis was
the railroad wr:Leb. ',lams westward from Memphis on
the mississ:hppi, and it extended from Island No. 10
to Deco:cur, in Alabama ; Corinth, where BEAURE-
01,RD appears to have held his headqarters, was in
`the centre of this line, and he was able, therefore,
according to circumstances, to mass his troops from
both flanks by means of the railway, as the line
occupied seems to have been about 180 miles
in length. We think this was done, be-
cause we observe the names of the Gene-
rals who were in command at the extremities,
as present at the battle of Corinth. BEAUREGARD,
well informed evidently, saw that the Federal ad-
Van►sed army was weaker than it should be, and by,
wliat was certainly good generalship, he resolved
to overpower the advance before the supports could
arrive. In this be must have been to a great ex.
tent successful. The battle on the 6th was entirely
in his favour; and if the numbers are exaggerated,
there can be no doubt that he gained an important
victory. A Federal General was eaptured—pro-
bahily batteries and prisoners to an important
amount were captured also ; it was the old strategy
of BEAUREGARD at Manassas, and the result was the
same, with the remarkable difference that there was
no panic and run this time. The Federals, though
coverpowered, fought, so far as we can yet judge, in
their retreat, like soldiers.

But BUELL, one of the best of the Western Fede-
ral Generals, was too near. The Hood of numbers
was 11ow on the Federal side, and numbers again
decided the day ; the Confederates had to retreat
to their cent
'ld position, Corinth ; they were pur-
sued, it is said,b
by The Federal cavalry, and General
joHNsTort said, 4
to be killed, and BEAUREGARD
wounded—hov,yever,"
ail these minutia we must
await anothermail or two. The result would seem
.to show that the generals on both sides, in the
West, are ior America, ablemen ; and that the
quality, are
armies, in point of qua not so unequally
matched. The victory appeared,
in each case, to
lt‘st with the larger army- The south are encou-
raged by finding that they can attack and drive
back the Nortb—the North is encouraged by find
nc; that its chief reliance, superiority in then
and
'material, can drive back temporary victors. Corinth
was reported to be a strong position, however; the
Federal gunboats cannot approach it, and the able
General, BEAUREGARD, may yet hold it a lung
time, even with much inferior numbers. Indeed,
to lose it, would be to lose the grand connecting
link of railroad between Western and Eastern
Secession. We should remark, that the account of
the second day's battle, and the Federal victory,
are entirely from Northern telegrams.
The mast serious loss to the Confedaratesis, how-
ever, their
Island No. 10. It does not seem that

there can be any mistake respecting the fact of its
surrender. The information comes direct from
the flag officer in command of the bombard-
ing squadron of gun boats; nor is there
any improbability in the statement that
6,000 prisoners and 100 guns were captured,
since the place was so watched by the gunboats and
a land army under General MALLEK, that no part
of the garrison could slip off, as FLOYD and his
men did from Fort Donnelson. It was stated in
former accounts that Island No. 10 was the real
left flank of the Confederate line of defence. This
is not unlikely, since its capture, we were always
told, would leave Memphis at the mercy of the
Federals, and the Mississippi open down to New
Orleans. If all this be so, the loss of this position
will be a very severe one to the Confederates. It
may enable the Federals to turn BEAUREGARD'S
left flank, or even to co-operate with PORTER'S
flotilla, which was advancing from the Gulf on
New Orleans.

General M'CLELLAN'S army had aleo come within
sight of its work. It had landed—all dangers from
the Merrimac and her smaller companions having
proved imaginary. His army is reported to be very
large ; at first it was to be 80,000 men, then it
mounted to 100,000, and then again to 150,000 !
At Yorktown the Confederates had constructed
batteries two miles in length, with a
swamp in front, and cannonading without
result was going on from both sides. It is
supposed that Yorktown cannot hold out against
the immense strength both in men and artillery of
the Federals. It is said, however, to muster a
garrison, of 30,000 men. M'CLELLAN is now indeed
the observed of all. He must do something to show
that he is not merely a drill sergeant, and he will
probably do it. He must rout the Confederates
and occupy Richmond, or sink his reputation to the
level of an ordinary commander. He has every-
thing he could ask to work with, except indeed an
army of veterans, but then his opponents have no
more veterans than he. We do not observe, more-
ever, that any Generals of known ability are
opposed to him. They all appear to have gone to
Corinth.

Congress, on its part, is at last doing something.
The House of Representatives has got through with
the " monster" tax bill. It will, however, probably
have to encounter a hard fight in the Senate, where
the States are equally represented. Still more
important is it to observe that the Emancipation
Resolution is not to be allowed to lie idle, or to become
a dead letter. It was followed immediately by the
Bill for the Emanipation of the Slaves in the dis-
trict of Columbia; but now the House has appointed
a committee of nine to report if a plan can be pro-
posed, for the gradual emancipation of the slaves
in all the Border States, including Virginia itself.
Not content with this, the committee by a subse-
quent resolution were empowered to extend the in-
quiry to other States. It would thus appear that the
North does at length perceive, that whether they
mean to conquer or to really amalgamate the
Southern States after conquest, the one thing need-
ful is to get rid of the evil which originated the
war, and which has been the great source almost
all other evils to the United States, It may suit
the purpose of Tory cliques here to talk about Uni-
versal Suffragr, and the Ballot, as the cause of all
the political vices of America—it was really the un-
scrupulous and demoralizing practices of those
thorough aristocrats, the slaveholders, which has
corrupted the whole body politic in the States.
They were, of course, omnipotent in the South; in
the North they used the moneyed interest on the
one hand, and on the other appealed to the lowest
of the multitude. They corrupted everything—the
Presidential chair, the supreme court of justice, and
the Legislature. It is American aristocracy which
demoralised, degraded, and ruined America at home,
and made its diplomacy so hectoring, bragging,
sharping, and faithless with other nations. Gene-
rat ions must pass away before the evil tone given
to American society through its Southern aristocracy
will pass away—the first step towards improvement
is, however, that which seems likely to be taken at
last—namely, to get rid of the pure absolutism,
which makes American slaveholders the illustration
of the most perfect aristocratical oligarchy the
world has yet seen. Hence the gentle accents with
which their nets are spoken of by Mr. BERESFORD
HOPE and by the Tories generally. They do not,
perhaps, like slavery, but they do naturally sympa-
thise with their fellow aristocrats, although slavery
be the basis of their position.

The Volunteer Review yesterday at Brighton can
be looked back to now, by all who were in any way
concerned in it, with complete and unalloyed satis-
faction. In the history of this great movement, the
Easter Monday of 1862 will stand forth conspicu-
ously. It will be coupled in recollection with the
ever memorable day when her Most gracious MA-
JESTY in person reviewed in Hyde Park, as nearly
as possible, the very same number of the National
Guard of England. The aggregate upon each occa-
slot being in point of fact some TWENTY TuousAND
VOLUNTEER RIFLEMEN. Yesterday, the 21st
April, 1862, was happily quite an exceptional day
for the season—inasmuch as it was considerably

more than a merely favourable specimen of gtnial
spring weather. After the late drenching days
and nights during which ST. SWITHIN and
AQUARIUS—in defiance of all the laws hitherto re-
gulating the Calendar and the Almanac—appeared
somehow to tave entered into a bewildering com-
pact (a tompact under the circumstances amount-
ing to nothing less than a double anachronism) to
stop the whole process of vegetation by the simple
device of • drowning it, the fine weather
came at last just in the nick of time
for the review, and tame, too, with a sunburst !
Corps after corps mustered at their respective
rendezvous in the metropolis—some of them at cock-
crow : and steadily, with the regularity of clock-
work, in accordance to a nicety with the previous
arrangements, marched down to the appointed ter-
minus. Thence, with admirable precision, they
were borne away together, turn by turn, in a suc-
cession of trains, down to Brighton. Arrived at
their destination, fhey were there in the immediate
vicinity of the Brighton Railway station, rapidly
marshalled by their officers, and with bands playing
and flags flying, marched off at once to the imme-
diate point at which each corps had its pro-arranged
resting ground. Yonder—it was in the pretty gar-
dens of that fantastic Pavilion. Yonder—it was
in the Old and Nortb Steyne. And now again it
was further back from the seashore, in St. Peter's
Church enclosure.

A glorious gala day it proved for all Brighton
—a day to be held long in pleasant remembrance
by thousands upon thousands of spectators,
whether mere visitors of that fashionable
watering place or habitual residents there.
It was not that London alone contributed
this gala-day's enjoyment by sending down
to Brighton in hton swift succession from an early hour
yesterday crowds of gaily-clad holiday-makers,
men, 14.0,,,,e
ond children.. bent upon participating
eesclangs, in the conspicuous but tin,
irii:hetmoena from that
admiring spectators. Nor
was
thi
obtrusiveet day's
a:t;tarhe character
chief o f
Proportion of that mass of
/7" despatched also, train by
train,volun volunteer 113.
flame great world of
Ciao metropoilh. The PreNiuoilq districts of the

south at least—contributed very largely both to the
number of the sightseers and to the number of the
skilled and disciplined riflemen who took part in

the Review.

As every one who took any interest whatever in
the demonstration so long and eagerly looked for-
ward to, exulted at heart toi remember,itselffo
regarding it as an augury n
success the whole martial pageant was to
be presided over by a veteran hero who first fleshed
his sword and first won his spurs before the birth
of one tithe of the gallant young riflemen who
yesterday passed in review before him. A day of
profound and patriotic satisfaction it must have been
from first to last to General Lord CLYDE, G.C.8.,
and (the initials still look strange to us) K.S.I.—
Lord CLYDE being able so far to cast his recollec-
tions back, as to contrast in his own now ripened
judgment the British Volunteers of the days of the
Emperor NAPOLEON with those of the days of the
reigning Emperor NAPOLEON ! Then, considerably
more than half a century since, when the gallant
veteran was yet in his boyhood, the threats hurled
across the Channel by the first BONAPARTE, like
the fabled dragon's teeth sown by CADMUS, sprouted
up in armed men all over these islands. In itself
that too was a noble movement. It sprang forth
more rapidly than the rifle movement nowadays—
but it, perhaps in consequence of that, gave early
signs of evanescense. It arose under the pcessure
of an imminent and urgent emergency. It was the
the answer given out as it were upon the instant
to a positive threat of Invasion by the soldiers of
France, conquerors then already of Italy and Syria,
led on by the greatest Captain of modern times, per-
haps of all times, NAPOLEON BONAPARTE_ There,
in 1804, was gathered together the Grand Army of
the French Empire, the army entitled, because of
its intended destination, the army of England.
Multitudes of flat-bottomed boats were lying moored
under the shelter of the batteries bristling along
the heights of Boulogne, ready at the appointed
signal, had but NELSON proved less active and the
" star" of NAPOLEON more propitious, to float the
whole army across that narrow belt of the Channel.
It was in the presence of this imminent peril of a
formidable Attempt, at least, at Invasion that the
Volunteers at that date mustered by thousands
upon thousands—civilians in all parts of the king-
dom eagerly arming themselves with muskets, just
as their grandsons have now very recently been
arming themselves with rifles, to aid whenever and
wherever it might prove necessary, the operations
of the regular army. It has not necessarily been
thuslin " hot haste" that the Volunteers of the latter
half of this nineteenth century have been mus-
tered—to the end that they might, in the
same manner upon the instant, repel any
distinct, or visible and audible threat of
invasion. The Rifle Volunteers have been
organised, it ought rather to be said, with a view to
the prevention beforehand of even the threat of
any such hostile movement as an invasion. At
peace with all the great powers of the world, in
eordial alliance and harmony especially with all.
the chief States of the European part of Christen-
dom, England has nevertheless daring these last
three or four years armed herself more completely
and thoroughly, so as to be prepared at any hour
for any possible emergency of a hostile charac-
ter. Her bearing in this way has been all
along, and still is, strictly defensive. It
is as if the Nation had suddenly ap-
plied to itself the words of Holy Writ—" A
strong man armed keepeth his house !" Those
words give the simple key to the whole of this
Volunteer movement. They explain, with a sig-
nificance strictly pacific, the whole meaning of
yesterday's pageant down at Brighton—where
twenty thousand young, and active, and admirably
disciplined Riflemen were reviewed iu the valley of
the White Hawk Down and its neighbour-
hood by General Lord CLYDE, accompanied by
his staff of two Colonels and three Lieut.-Colonels
—the two former being the Inspector-General
of Volunteers, Colonel M'Mußpo, and his Deputy,
Colonel ERSKINE, the three latter Lieut.-Colonels
LUARD, HUME, and HARMAN, Assistant Inspec-
tors of Volunteers. So completely satisfactory in
all essential particulars was the spectacle of yes-
terday, as affording proof positive of the high state
of discipline to which the different corps have been
brought by steady and continuous drill, that none
can now entertain a moment's serious doubt as to
the impetus that must be thereby imparted to the
entire movement. Anything like " distinction"
here, among so many corps that there
obtained such general distinction of ano-
ther kind for themselves, must necessarily
appear invidious. Yet are we tempted to particu-
larise for a moment en passant the London Scot-
tish and the Inns of Court Riflemen, the latter
known more familiarly as the Devil's Own—as
having especially won the admiration of the spec-
tators by their elastic tread, and the exquisite pre-
cision of their every moment.

`The Marquis of Salisbury has left town for
Liverpool. Her ladyship and her youthful family left town
yesterday for Folkestone for the holidays.
The Earl of Erne left Eaton-square yesterday
morning for Dublin. The noble countess and Lady Louisa
Chrichtou have gone on a visit to Lord and Lady John
Thynne, at Haynes Park, Bedfordshire.
The Earl and Countess of Lisburne have arrived
in town. His lordship has taken a residence in Chesterfield-
street for the season.
The Earl and Countess of Hopetoun have arrived
at Long's Hotel.
The Countess of Craven and the Ladies Craven
arrived in town yesterday morning from Ashdowne Park,
Berke, and have since left town to join the circle assembled
at The Grove, near Watford, on a visit to the Earl and
Countess of Clarendon.

Viscount and Viscountess Mountgarrett have
arrived at their residence, in South Audley-street, for the
season.

Lord and Lady Norreys left Charles-street yes-
erday for Newmarket.

Lord George and Lady Adeliza Manners have
left town for Calverley Park, Cambridgeshire, where they
intend to receive a succession of visitors.

Lady Caroline Townley arrived in town on Satur-
day from Brighton. Her ladyship has recovered from her
recent indisposition.

Lady Howard will give a soiree dansantee at her
house, in Belgrave-square, on Thursday, May 8.
Major and the Hon. Mrs. J. A. Caulfeild have
arrived at the Grosvenor Hotel, Park-street, from Moydrum
Castle, Westmeath, Treland.

Mr. and Mrs. Finlay have arrived at the Queen's
Hotel, Upper Norwood.

The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone passed through
Stockport yesterday on his way to Abney Hall, Cheadle,
where he will be the guest of Sir J. Watts during his brief
visit to Manchester. The mayor and corporation of the
town seized the opportunity to present to the right hon.
gentleman a complimentary address. In his reply, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer made a most sympathetic
allusion to the distress now prevailing in the locality. He
also spoke of the resignation shown by the working classes
under the pressure of the times as the consequence of the
measures recently adopted by the legislature of the coun-
try. The right hon. gentleman was accompanied by Mrs.
Gladstone, and they were most warmly greeted on their
arrival and departure. Mr. Gladstone paid a brief visit to
the volunteers' armoury before he left the town.
EXECUTION OF JEREMIAH MOORE AT MARY-
BOROUOII.—Jeremiah Moore suffered the extreme penalty
of the law in front of the gaol at Maryborough on Saturday
morning at half-past eight o'clock, for the murder of Ann
Spencer. He seemed extremely penitent, having made a
full confession before his execution. He died without a
struggle. There were not more than 500 persons present,
as it was generally believed he would not be hanged till 12
o'clock. A large
body of constabulary was in attendance,
but, beyond the mere show, their services were not other-
wise required, the crowd being extremely orderly. The
governor of the gaol had the best possible arrangements
made, which were actively carried out by the officials,—
&ening ,Freeman

DEATH OF THE COUNTESS (DOWAGER) OF SAND-
wrcH.—We have to announce the death of Louisa Ilary,
Countess of Sandwich, which took place on Saturday even-
ing at her residence in Grosvenor-square, after an iliress of
only a few days. The lamented countess, who was the
daughter of Armar Corry, first Earl of Belmore, and con-
sequently great aunt of the present peer, was born Lpril 3,
1781, and married, July 9, 1804, Geo. Jno., sixth 3arl of
Sandwich, by whom she had issue two daughters, :he late
Lady Ashburton and the late Countess Walewski, and an
only son Jno. Wm,, the present Earl of Sandwich, By
the demise of the countess several noble families ale placed
•
in mourning.

THE WISBECH SCREW STEAMER.—Nothing has
been heard with regard to the screw steamer Wisbech,
which was chartered during the excitement whicharose out
of the Trent affair for the conveyance of military stores to
Canada. Increasing anxiety is therefore felt as to the fate
of the steamer, and if no tidings come respecting ier by the
mail which will be distributed to-day, the case w.ll wear a
very serious aspect. The steamer is owned )37 Mr. R.
Young, mayor of Wisbech.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.---*Yesterday
morning two youths, named William and Hen-y Kebble,
sons of Mr. Kebble, plumber and painter, 113 Am-street,
Borough, hired a boat for the purpose of rowing down to
Greenwich. On reaching Bugsby's Hose, off Rotherhithe,
they got foul of a tier of shipping. Wm. Kebble rose to
push off the boat from the vessel's side, and n doing so
pitched headlong in. It is supposed he must have been
sucked under the tier of vessels, as he was not seen to rise
again to the surface. His brother was rescued by the crew
of the brig Mary Watson from his perilous position, being
unable to manage the boat, and she rapidly filling.

city.

A.most singular and melancholy accident took
place at Halifax yesttrday, resulting in he death of a lad
13 years of age, the son of the Rev. W. Reynolds. The
poor boy was sent up sta rs to open the library window, and
his prolonged absence exciting suspicion, his sister was
directed to call him. She accordingly repaired to the library
to find her brother suspended by his silk necktie from a
hook on the side of the window. He wai quite dead. It
is supposed that he slipped off the box on which he was
standing to open the sash, and was caught in the hook as
he fell.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT THE MIDLAND RAIL-
WAY STATION, NOTTINGHAM.—About three o'clock yes-
terday afternoon, a pointsman, named John Corner, aged
20, was at work repairing a point, at the Wilford Crossing,
near the Midland Railway Station, Notts, when a heavily-
laden goods train passed. He afterwards turned round
and re-commenced working, standing between the rails.
The train backed, and before he could escape the brake
van ran over his body, crushing his head and almost
smashing him to pieces. His death was instantaneous.
THE DISTRESS Al BLACKBURN.—At the first
meeting of the newly-ele3ted Board of Guardians for this
union, held on Saturday morning, the returns of the re-
lieving officers showed tiat no fewer than 7,429 persons
belonging to the Blackbun district had been relieved duri-
ing the week, at a cost of £417. Os., being in excess of the
previous week's return innumbers of 143, and in cost £32
15s. ; while in the correponding week of last year 1,527
persons were relieved, at s cost of £76 9s. ld. In the Os-
waldtwistle district 849 lersons had been relieved, at an
expenditure of £42 ls. 61. as against 434 persons, and £2B
lls. 3d. cost, in the corresponding week of last. year. In
the Darwen district, 94) persons had been relieved with
£42 ss. 2d. as against 434 with £27. 2s. in the same week
of last year. The tool number relieved last week in the
Blackburn Union was, ,herefore, 9,227 persons, at a total
cast of £502. 15s. Bd. '.'.hrough the agency of the Relief
Fund Committee, nearl; 11,000 lb. of bread and 10,5001 b. of
meal were distributed list week, at a cost of about £l4O.
The relief fund now amounts to £2,600. The proposition
to create a temporary new relief district in Blackburn, by a
subdivision of the Blackburn district, has been approved by
the committee appointed ti inquire into the expediency of
the same, and notice of =lion was given at the board of
guardians' meeting to elect an assistant relieving officer in
a fortnight. The district will include St. John's, St. Mary's
and Trinity Wards, and in One of them temporary accom-
modation will be provided fel an office.—Manchester Guar-
dian.

FRIGHTFUL ARTILLERY A CClDENT.—Yesterday
morning, while experiments vere being made at several of
the batteries in the Dover garrison, in order to see how
quickly the guns could be manned in the event of an alarm,
a frightful accident took place at the Drop Battery. This
is one of the now batteries o,erhanging Snargate-street,
and near the Western Heights barracks. -It appears, from
what can at present be ascertained, that the 42-pounder
guns mounted at this part of the fortifications were to be
fired immediately after the discharge of the guns at a cer-
tain battery at the Castle, which is situate at the opposite
side of the town. After the guns had been loaded, three
of the artillerymen who had been engaged in the operation
seated themselves, most incautiously as it appears at pre-
sent, upon the parapet of the battery and immediately in
front of one of the pieces. The man whose duty it was to
fire the gun took his place at the touch-hole, and seems to
have concluded that his comrades, although not to be seen,
were out of danger, for at the appointed signal he applied
the friction-tube, and, melancholy to relate, the three poor
fellows who had so incautiously placed themselves in the
position described were blown off the parapet. All three
were very much injured, and one, Andrew IN,PDowell by
name, was killed ; one of his arms and some other parts of
his body being blown over into the town. The other Men
were taken to the military hospital, where they remain
under medical treatment. They are shockingly disfigured,
and it seems very doubtful whether they will recover. The
man who fired the gun is placed under arrest until the
coroner's inquest on the deceased man, which is expected to
take place this day (Tueiday).

DEATH OF AN IRISH PATRIOT.—COL Doheny,
who accompanied M'Manus's bones to Ireland along with
the Californian deputation, has died at New York. He
was one of the patriots who took for their motto in '4B,
" Perish the altar if it stands in the way of liberty." A
New York journal of the 3d instant thus announces Do-
heny's decease :—" Colonel Michael Doheny, one of the
well-knownlrish patriots who took a prominent part in the
unsuccessful revolution of '4B, expired last Tuesday night,
of intermittent fever, at his residence, in 18th-street,
South Brooklyn. Tho deceased was a native of Cashel,
county Tipperary, Ireland, and came of highly respectable
parentage. During the stormy agitation fur the repeal ,f
the Union, though only a very young man, he was one of
the most conspicuous members of the great Repeal Associa-
tion, and, as a keen debater, had few equals even in that
very intellectual assemblage. His pen contributed some of
the Most terrible leaders fulminated in the columns of the
Dublin Nation, at a time when celebrities as T. Davis, C.
G. Duffy, and J. Mitchell, controlled that able journal. He
was for a hug time also associate editor of the Tipperary
Free Fress, and, we believe, at an early period of his career
served as a parliamentary reporter in London. He was
likewise a member of the Irish bar, but devoted very
little time to the practical business of the law, being
entirely taken up with the revolutionary movements of
his compatriots. The bold stand which he took among
the Young Ireland party in the unfortunate fiasco of '4B
marked him out as a special object for the hostility of
the British Cabinet, and a large reward was offered for
his apprehension, but after a series of hairbreadth
eahlecdraep
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and and was considered an excellent stump speaker.a yHe served
for a time as colonel of the 9th New York State Militia
Regiment; and when the war broke out was chosen lieu-
tenant colonel of the Tammany regiment, but declined. A
few months ago he accompanied the remains of the lamented
Terence Bellew M'Manus to Ireland, where he was most
enthusiastically received by his countrymen."

The correspondent of Saunders' News, writing
from Ballinrobe, Saturday, says :—" Francis Lavelle, bro-
ther of the Rev. Patrick Lavelle, has paid the debt of na
ture, but under rather painful circumstances. He was killed
by a fall from his horse. He was in Ballinrobe during
Thursday, and was on his way to the residence of his
brother at Partry, when the horse fell and threw his rider
heavily. The accident was observed by some passers by,
and the unfortunate man was conveyed to a house near at
hand. Dr. Roughen, of Ballinrobe, was immediately on
the spot, and used the only remedies possible, but without
effect; he died yesterday (Good Friday) morning, The part
he played in the Partry business has rendered him rather
notorious. It will be recollected he was summoned last
September, or thereabouts, for breaking down a pound be-
longing to Lord Plunket, but did not appear. He was sub-
sequently arrested at Drumcondra College (All Hallows),
Dublin, and conveyed to Ballinrobe, where he entered into
securities to appear to take his trial. The trial, I believe,
was postponed to next assizes. It is somewhat remarkable
that this is the second person connected with the principal
actors in the doings at Partry who has met death by vio-
lence—the first being Harrison, the steward of Lord Plun-
ket, who was shut dead ; and the second, Francis Lavelle,
the brother of the Rev. Mr. Lavelle."

A letter from San Francisco, written by a resi-
dent, states that M'Manus died in a most pitiable condi-
tion. " They let the poor fellow die a pauper in the com-
mon country hospital in San Francisco, and now make all
this fuss about him. Many of those who subscribed largely
to the expenses, to my own knowledge refused him pecu-
niary assistance while alive and in actual want. A few
nights before the poor man died I gave him a glass of hot
whisky and water at a bar room in this city. He had not
enough to pay for a drink himself. The next I heard of him
was that he was picked up in a fit, and brought to the hos-
pital, whero be died, and was buried as a pauper."
A Naples letter says :—" We have now entered
on Passion Week, and Stabat Maters are the order of the
day. Last Friday Pergolesi's inimitable Stabat Mater was
performed at San Francesco Paolo. The church was
crowded, and the music was admirably executed, Tiberiui,
Aldighieri, and the other singers of San Carlo taking a part.
On Saturday we had a novelty, and a most agreeable one,
in the form of a tStabat Mater by Mr. George Douglas, one
of the respectable officers of the English Legion, who has
since settled and married an English lady in Naples. All
the great musicalthis
sjudges were present, and it is a sufficient
p
composition to say that Thalberg spoke of it
as moat proPubl4g music.'"

LATEST NEWS.

TURIN, APRIL 22.

The Italia of to-day announces that a French
squadron has received orders to repair to Genoa to
escort the King to Naples.
It is further stated that an English squadron has
received similar orders.

General Goyon has been directed to go to Naples
o compliment the King on his arrival in that

NAUPLIA, APRIL 20, via Corfu.
One thousand two hundred and thirty Royal
troops entered the fortress of Nauplia to-day,
Order was immediately re-established.

VIENNA, APRIL 22.

Despatches received at the Greek Embassy here
confirm the intelligence of the entry of the Royal
troops into Nauplia on the 20th inst.

FRANCE.
REVERSAL OF M. MIRES' SENTENCE.
DOUAI, APRIL 21.

The Court of Appeal in this city has reversed the
judgment of the Court of Paris in the case of M.
Mires on all points.

M. Mires has been entirely reinstated and set at

liberty.

M. Simeon's appeal 11.8 been rejected,
PARIS, APRIL 21.

BOURSE, April 21.—The market has not been
very numerously attended, owing to the Easter
holidays, but a fair amount of business has been
transacted, at a slight improvement on the closing
rates of Saturday, Threes, for the Account, being
now at 70f. 60c. Railway Share Market quiet, but
pretty firm. The market remained firm to the close.
The shares of the Caisse de Chemin de Fer advanced
30f., in consequence of the acquittal of M. Mires.
The following were the last quotations :
it per per Cents ... 98 65 Bank Shares 3095
Do. end month.... 98 60 Credit I, oncier 1505
3 per Cents
Do. end month.... 70 60 Piedmontese Fives 69 70
New 3 per Cents .. 69 75 Italian Loan 69
Do. end month.... 69 70 Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 845 Spanish Threes —
Do. end month.... 843 75 Home Debt

AMERICA,

QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 21.

The Royal Mail steamship China arrived here at
12 20 p.m. to-•day. She left New York on the 9th
inst. The China brings 102 passengers and 621,201
dots. in specie.
She landed 70 sacks of mails and nine passengers,
and proceeded at 12 40 p.m. ; all well.
The China experienced severe easterly weather.

SURRENDER OF ISLAND No. 10.

ADVANCE OF GENERAL M'CLELLAN ON

YORKTOWN.

NEW YORK, APRIL 8, EVENING,
Flag-officer Foote reports that Island No. 10
surrendered to-day to the Federal gunboats.
An important engagement is said to have taken
place at Corinth.

A Norfolk paper of the 7th inst. contains a de-
spatch from Mobile, dated the 6th inst., stating
that a battle had been fought at Corinth, and that
the Confederate captured eight Federal batteries
and a large number of prisoners. No Northern
account of the fight has yet been received.
The Federal army under General M'Clellan,
which is supposed to number from 100,000 to
150,000 men, arrived in front of the Confederate
works at Yorktown on the sth inst.

The Confederate position is said to be strong,
extending two miles in length. The batteries are
mounted with heavy guns. The ground in front is
low and swampy, which renders it impassable.

The Federals commenced an attack with artil-
lery, which was replied to by the Confederate
batteries. The cannonading on both sides was
without any material result.

Advices from Fort Monroe state that nothing had
yet been done in front of Yorktown. General
M'Grader, with 30,000 Confederates, occupies
Yorktown, but it is supposed that the place car not
hold out against the immense force of men and
artillery under General M'Clellan.

The British steamer Phaeton is reported to have
arrived on the Rio Grande. The commander is said
to have stated that his mission was to keep open
the navigation of the Rio Grande at all hazards.
The steamer Hibernia has arrived out.

THE GREAT BATTLE NEAR CORINTH.
(Per Steamer China, via Roche's Point.)

NEW YORK, APRIL 9, Morning.
An extensive engagement has been fought near

Corinth.

The Confederates, under Generals Beauregard and
Johnstone, attacked the Federals, and at first had
a decided advantage, but, the Federals having re-
ceived reinforcements, the Confederates retreated to
Corinth. The Federals are reported to have lost
20,000 men in killed, wounded, and prisoners. The
loss of the Confederates is estimated at 35,000 men.

FURTHER DETAILS.

NEW YORK, APRIL 9, Morning.

The battle near Corinth commenced on the
morning of the 6th instant, and lasted all day.
The Confederates, having the largest force, gained
the advantage. They were reported to number
60,000 men. The battle was, however, renewed at
daybreak on the 7th by the Federals, who, hav-
ing been reinforced during the night by General
Buell, with a large body of troops, attacked the
Confederates, who were compelled to fall back, and
at four o'clock in the afternoon retreated to Corinth
pursued by the Federal cavalry.
Generals Bragg, Breckenridge, and Jackson com-
manded the positions of the Confederates.
No official account of the loss has been received.
It is supposed, however, to be exaggerated.

General Johnston was killed, and General Beau-
regard wounded.
The Federal General Prentiss was captured.
Six thousand prisoners and 100 siege guns are
reported captured at Island No. 10.
General Halleck reports that not a single life was
lost among the Federals at that island.

The Merrimac and the steamers Jamestown and
Yorktown are waiting at Crane's Island.
The House of Representatives has passed the Tax
Bill, and also a resolution to appoint a committee
of nine to report if a plan can be proposed for the
gradual emancipation of the slaves in Maryland,
Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and
Mississippi.
Another resolution was adopted to extend the
inquiry to other States.

A resolution has been introduced for a semi-
monthly statement of the financial position of the
Government to be submitted to Congress, and dur-
ing the recess a monthly statement to be published.
The Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee
estimates that the national debt will amount to
1,200,000,000 dollars, even if the war is ended this

year.
The steamer Etna, from Liverpool, has arrived out.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(Per China, via Roche's Point.)
NEW YORK, APRIL 8 (Evening).
Money easier. Gold, 2 per cent. premium.
Exchange on London very firm, at 1121 to 113.
Stocks tending downwards. New York Centrals,
832 ; Illinois Central, 62; Erie, 372.
Cotton very firm ; middling upland, 28c. 1,000
bales of Government cotton, ex Magnolia, have
been sold td spinners at 271 e. to 271 e,, being an
average rise of lc.
Flour tending downwards, Wheat dull. Corn,
good inquiry. Provisions buoyant. Coffee quiet.
Sugar unchanged. Molasses steady.

THE OUTWARD MAIL.
QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 21.
The Royal Mail steamer America arrived off the
harbour at 12 last night.
She embarked mails, passengers, and latest tele-
grams, and proceeded immediately for Halifax and
Boston ; all well.
The America had been detained by fog.

MEXICO.

Advices from Vera Cruz are to the 23d of March.

The Diario Marina says:—

" The Juarez Government has imposed a forced
loan of 500,009 dols. on six commercial houses of the
city of Mexico, three Spanish firms having to contri-
bute 300,000 dols. The allies were about to send an
ultimatum to the Juarez Government to the effect
that if the loan from the Spaniards were not an-
nulled war would be declared."
CADIZ, APRIL 21.
According to advices received here from Vera
Cruz to the 23d ult., General Prim had occupied
Orizaba, and the French Tehuacan.

President Juarez had ordered the collection of a
forced loan of 10,00J,000 dols.
The allies had
decided upon sending an ultima-
tum to Juarez, stating that they would commence
hostilities if he persisted in collecting the loan.
Marquez and Cuernavaca continued at war with
the interior.
Government
orderedint
Juarez
had
he
the arrest of General
Almonte.

A conspiracy had been discovered in the city of
Mexico, in consequence of which the capital had
been placed in a state of siege.
place, Numerous arrests were taking

SPORTING IN7ELLIG.ENCE.

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THE NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.
MONDAY.

The Ester holidays are looked forward to with the most
intense delight by every individual member of what is
termed the lower middle classes as the first turn out of the
season. It is a season of smiles and new ribbons—every one
seems necessitated to appear painfully well dressed ;
the children are included in the awful rule, and are com-
pelled to walk about stiff, and starched, and furbelowed, as
if they had a pin sticking in every imaginable portion of
their bodies. The whole of passion week is consumed by the
men in a kind of earnest yet lazy endeavour to get the time
over and the work done—by the women in an agony of ex-
citement. New bonnets, new dresses, new, yes, new crino-
' lines are scrambled for and obtained somehow or the other,
and Easter Sunday dawns upon a nation attired in every
colour of the rainbow. Everybody must look smart on that
day.
To some, however, the arrival of Easter has a much graver
import, and to none more than to those who regard it as a
special occasion, because it brings with it the Newmarket
meeting. The Newmarket meeting is emphatically a busi-
ness meeting. People go down to Epsom Spring racing to
enjoy themselves, it is a metropolitan holiday-making. But
this is a far different and far more important affair, inas-
much. as it is in fact the turning point of the racing season
—the termination of one year and the active commencement
of another., when accounts have to be settled for the old
term, and arrangements practically made for the new.
Had holiday folk selected Newmarket as the sce:.e for
their special diversion on this Easter Monday, their choice
could scarcely have been better made. The weather was
warm and genial, and the proceedings on the Heath were
interesting without being fatiguing, The card contained
eight items, and although the fields were not numerous,
the sport was sufficient to amuse the very select company
that " assisted" at it. No incident of importance has to
be
recorded. Agag, the sometime favourite for the Chester
Cup, was defeated for a 50 sous sweepstakes; and
Aldcroft, one of the most accomplished jockeys of the pre-
sent day, made a "professional" reappearance after a

long and severe illness.
The Craven Plate of 50 sovs given by the Jockey Club ;
for 3-yr-olds, Est 71b; four, Bst 81b; five and upwards,
9st 21b; the winner to be sold for 500 sovs, if demanded.
A.F. (1 mile, 2 furlongs, 73 yards.)
Lord Stamford's Blackcock, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Roper) 1
Lord Uxbridge's General Hess, 5 yrs, 9st 2lb (S Rogers) 2
Lord Portsmouth's Vinegar Hill, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (J Goater) 3
Mr. Savile's Conundrum, 4 yrs, Bst 81b...... kßasharn) 4-
Gen. Angerstein's Nightcap filly, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (French) 5
Betting-6 to 5 agst General Hess, 3to 1 agst Blackcock,
sto 1 agst Vinegar Hill, 6to 1 agst Conundrum. Conun-
drum made play for about half a mile, when he gave way
to General Hess and Blackcock. A fine race in with the
first two was won by a head ; a bad third.
A Free Handicap of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, for 3-yr-olds. Last
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