The New York Herald Newspaper, February 22, 1864, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 10,019. NEW YORK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1864. ADDITIONAL FROM EUROPE. “THE AFRICA AT BOSTON. Detaile of the Schleswig- Holstein War. Official Report of the Battle of Missunde. Reported Evacuation of the Danner- werk by the Danes, BRSCRIPTION OF ‘THE THEATRE OF WAR. WAPOLEON’S NON-INTERVENTION PLAN. THE ALEXANDRA CASE, The Alabama Affoat Off Ran- goon, India, te, a, ae ‘The steamship Africa, from Liverpool at pine o’clock @@ the morning of the 6th, and Queenstown on the 7tb fast. reached Halifax at one o’clock on Saturday morning ‘test, and arrived at Boston early last evening. The dates be brings are three days later than those already re estvea. ‘The Africa bas Sfty-six passengers and $2,500 in specie fer Boston. Queen Victoria’s speech is said to have caused the most Detter disappointment in Denmark. All the Engliah journals treat matters as very ufide- @ided; but the majority of them have a pacific leaning. ‘The buoyancy of English funds under the pacide Parlia- mentary debates continued; but the imorovem@at of half per cent in consois on tho 6th was barely supported on @he Uh. Discount was unchanged. American securities ‘were very flit and drooping. Adeapaich (rom London, of the 7th inst., says the ap- peal tn the case of the ship Alexandra was heard yester- Gay morning before the Judge sitting inerror. Sir Hugh @airns objected to the power of the Court of Exchequer te allow ap appeal. The Attorney General replied that @eCourt would give judgment on the &tb as to whetber (@hey could bear the case or not. It te stated that the Alexandra case will be taken before (@e Howse of Lords, whatever the decision may be of the Mxchequer Chambers, it being the wish of al} parties to Rave the law iithis dificult case settied by the. daga! autbority. . ‘The steamer Alabama, on the Sth of January, was fifty ‘wltes south of Rangoon, on the Aracan coast, watching @erice ports. Her position was also threatening to American vessels at Calcutta. ‘Tho Liverpool! Chamber of Commerce have been dis- @ussing the alleged system of nominally transierring America ships to the British flag; and by this evasion flaw avoiding the risk of capture. ‘be subject was Qmally referred to a committee to make a report thereon. ‘The project of law abolishing the tobacco contract had (Been presented to the Cortes of Portugal. The proposed @uty is 1,200 reis per kilogramme on unmanufactured, end 2,900 reis on segars. ‘fhe Bombay mail of January 14 had reached Eagland, @né the American letters were forwarded per Africa. The Africa makes the foliowing report:—On the oth fast., in latitude 60, longitude 18, passed a screw steamer, @upposed to be the Etna, bound East, On the 12th, in Iasitude 48, longitude 32, passed the steamship Kedar, also ‘bound Kast. ‘Tho steamsbip Sidon, from New York, arrived at Liv- @rpool on the evening of the 3d inst. ‘The steamship Glasgow, from New York, also arrived @t Liverpoo! on the evening of the 3d inst. ‘Me steamship Teutonia, from New York, arrived at @eutbampton ou the morning of the 4th inst. ‘The steamship Scotia, from New York, arrived at iverpoo! on the 6th inst. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN WAR. Aditional details of the attack on Missunde give the fol- Jowing particula: i The Joss of the Danes in the sttack on Missunde was from one hundred and fifty to two hundred men. The Prussian jose % variously estimated at from one bundred and fifty to three hundred killed and wounded. fGome accounts say that the Prussian loss was much fester than this. ‘The Prussian force numbered 9,000, and that of the Danes about 2,000. “Gap stormings were attempted by the Prussians, but they wore repulsed, the Danes maintajoing aheavy fire against the storming party. According to one account, one Prussian regiment was totaliy destroyed by the fire of the Danes. The Prossians retired to Eickenforde. Ga the alfernoon of the Sd instant the Austrians at- Qecked Bustorf, one mile south of Schieswig. There was herp. firing until after dark, but the Dances beld their ing, however, one field piece, and having a few wounded. Abother attack was expected on the 4th instant. ‘An attack on Frederickstadt was also expected to take plnce on the 4th instant, ‘Tee King of Denmark was at Schleswig, and walked @ewards the outposts during the fighting at yeni A Bambur; of the 4th lostant says phat Prince presonbe C's epic faethe Brae ‘An attvek on the whole Danish live, from Missuade to Jagel, was expected to take place on the 4th instant. ‘The Prussian headquarters were at Kropp. ‘The proceedings on the 8d inst. against Schleswig are Feperted as follows in an official despatch from the Prus- stan headquarters :— ‘The Austrian vanguard, led by General Von Gabienz in Person, with the vanguard of the Prussian Guards, ad- wanced against Schleswig. At the third cherge with the Dayouct the Allies repulsed the Danes posted between Lottorf avd Gottort and stormed Konigsberg aod Ober- gelk, The attacking force captured « rifled gun and pene- Qrated onward until beneath the fre of the cannon aim. fig (he Dannework, The lonses are inconsiderabie. Awother account aseerts that the German loss was very ‘The attack was continued on the éth instant, without @aking much impression on the Danish lives. One grenade fell into the town of Schleswig, but the ‘town itself was barricaded against a coup de main. ‘Tho King of Deomark had left Schieswig aod arrived as @onder berg. ‘Tho loss of the Austrians in the storming of Jago! is ‘etated at four hundred, including many officers. ‘Austrians and they fired upon each other, On the 6tb inst. « heavy fall of snow prevented much eetivity among the opposing forces, but there was ran. dom firing mn the vicinity of Schleswig. ‘Ihe Danes bad altogether about @ thousand hors du combat at Schleswig. viz:—300 killed and wounded and ‘700 iit from inclement weather. ‘The loas of the Austrians, at the latest date, was thirty e@oers and 519 men. 6 We oererted that the Danes have sent cruisers after Prussian vessels. Duke Frederick has been proclaimed at Kickenforde and Gobivangen, in Schleswig. ‘Tho Austrian Reichriath had expressed ite sympathy for the army in Sehieewig, nnd granted an extraordinary eredit of four millions of florins. Apomi-official Vieona paper expresses the hope that and Prussia to the expiaoations just sent by Avi England will avold all further complications, The London Times says—The Brith government o few daye since made to the two German Powers # propo- ition which deprived them of every possible ground for hostihties. England offered to guarantee the fulfilment of the required conditions, and to embody German Principles, as to the government of Schieswig- Holstein, in the protocol to be signed by the signers of (We treaty of 1862, When, therefore, the troope of the two Gorman Powers passed the Eider, those governments Knew tat all they had demanded had been conceded, and not only conceded, but guaranteed, by e first rate Power, which bad been the chief adviser of Denmark, ‘The war has already created # suspension of the sbip- Ping business between Eaglaod and the Baltic. ‘The Paris correspondent of the London Times says :— " At @ ball on the 34 instant the Emperor Napoleon said toa group of marahals and generals, ‘It appears they have begun.the exchange of cannon shots in tho North, Let them go on, gentlemen—let them go on; it is noaffair of ours. Our poliey should be noa-intervention,’ '” Those whom be addressed seemed to agree with him. THE LATEST. Reported Hvacuation of the Da werk and Schieswig by the Dances. Lonnon, Feb. 7, 1864. The evacuation of Schleswig and the Dannewerk by the Danes is confirmed: They are falling back Flenburg. Toe Germans are pursuing. A Hamburg despatch of the morning of the 6th says: No news from the theatre of war bad been received. It was believed that the Prussians prevent ite transmission. Severe fighting is supposed to be going on as pumbers of wounded are constantly being taken to Rendsburg. A Hamborg despatch of the afternoon of the 6th gives S report that the town of Schleswig had been evacuated Dy the Danes and occupied by the Allies. Anotner des- patch says that this statement may be considered authea- tic. There is nothing known as to the capture of Mis- sunde, THE DANISH DUCHIES. Deseription of the Towns, Rivers and Fortified Places in Schieswig and Ho! stein, dec. The following article, explanatory of the map of the seat of war inthe Danish duchies which is published in the Henatp this morniag, wili be found valuable to our readers when tracing the important military movements which are likely to be reported from the scene of opera- tions in Europe from day to day. Judging from the advices to band it would appear as if history were really about to repeat iteelf in tne new campaign in Schleswig-Holstein. In these countries there is, indeed, not much choice of fields of but" tle. Two or three main lines of road leading to two or three principal towns are to be lost or won, and then the contest is at an end. Almost sixteen years since the Prussians entered xchleswig, and took the towne of Schleswig and Flensburg, just as they are now intent on taking them. A later the Schieswig-Hol- steluers attacked the Danes at Missunde and Kiokenferde, ‘pretey much ae is described in the telegraphic despatches of. to day. With these few introductory remarks we proceed to submit cur description of . THE DUCHY OF SCHLESWIG, comprising within its limits the southern portion of the Peninsula of Jutland, being separated from the kingdom of Jutland proper on the north by the Konge river. Sobleswig is divided from Holstein on the south by the river Eider andthe great Holstein canal. On ‘the east Schleswig has the Baltic Sea and the Little Belt, ia the latter of which the duchy comprises the island of Alsen. ‘West of Schicswig ie the North Sea, which contains in the immediate neighborhood of the duchy the islands ot . Fobr, Pelivorm , Nostrand, and others of iess- ‘The principal towns of Schleswig are Scaleswig, Flensburg, Husum, Apenrade, Hadersieben and Curis- Uanfield. The town of Schieswig is & seaport and the capiial ef the duchy, It is built on the western termiua. tion of the river 1, abd contains about thirteen thousand jnhabitants. The harbor of Schieswig, although Maproved of iate years, is nxvigable for. it vessels only. Schleswig is a very ancient town, 1g exisied ‘as such’ io the ninth century. The town wus formerly a member of the Hauseatic League. Near to the town of Sobleawig stands the old castle of Gottorp, the residence of the Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp, and the cradle of that race, the descendants of which now claim to rule io the territory. Schleswig occupies the latitude 64 31 11 north, and longitude 9 54 45 east. THE DUCHY OF. HOLSTBIN lies both in Germany and Denmark. The territory of Holstein situated south of Schleswig is in the kingdom of Denmark, while that portion which is north of Hano- ver and Mecklenberg is in Germany. Holstein is bound- ed on the east by the Baltic and on the west by the North Sea. The area of Holstem is Jevel ground, withthe ex- ception of a few insignificant hills on the east. On the south and west its extensive pasture lands are secured against inundations of the sea by a network of deep dykes, the existence of which renders the advance of an army on thatsidea very difficult and dangerous under. taking. The duchy coutains a great number of iakes. The chief of these is the Piousee, which is supplied oy the waters of the rivers Eider, Elbe and their coniluents. ‘The capital of Holstein is the town of Altona. The other os towns of the duchy are Gluckstadt, Kiel, Reuds- urg and Elmshoro. These towns are counected by raj roads. ‘ibe population of fHolsteia ts about handred thousand. Its inbabitaots are mostly Ger. man by descent, in lqnguaze as wel! as in political foolipg and social predilections. Hoistein is situated be- tween latitude 5426 10 and 63 20 north, and longitude 9 and 11 The King of Denmark holds Holstein as Duke of Holstein. THE TOWN AND FORTREGS OF RENDSBURG—THE KRONENWERK. ‘THR POINT OF INVASION. Rendsbusg is a vory strongly fortified town. It is on an island jo the river Eider, at the head of the canal, having a station om the Kiel and Altona Rail- road. It is eighteen miles west of Kiel. Rendsburg is divided into two parte—one known as the old and the other as the new town. One portion is situated south and the other north of the Elder. That part south of the river belongs to Holstein, while the portion north of the Eider fs attacbed to Schleswig. Rendsburg contains aa extensive arsenal, a very large barracks and a commo- djous military storehouse and food depot. Its fortitica- tions on both sides of the Eider form the celebrated Kro- peawerk, or *‘Crownwork,’’ which was evacuated by the Danes ead vocupied by the eo troops of Austria and will recollect that it was through Rends- army sets contre te ~~ move ‘commenced at reak Oa the morn- fteoponr Two Austrian regimente— that the regiment of the King of Eider on & railway bridge to Danish cavalry stationed 101 canal tired @ iow shots on ‘main body of the allies jh the abandoued work of Krovea: . invasion of Schleswig was ac- complished. Marshal Wrange! and the Crown Prince of Prusgia Viewed the movement from a situation a little of Rendsbu all times, is not its resistance to invaders. in the year ‘ial enemies of Schicawig it was captured by the it fell be‘ore the confederated and now, i ond russians, im 1864, the Germans have again forced it as am avenue of invasion. THE FORTIFIED TOWN OF MISEUNDE, where the battle—the first in the war—took place be. tween the Germans and the Daves on the 24 of February, ie built at the potot of one of the curves of the inlet of the Baltic, which forme the river Schley. Missunde and Geen come fo me awe eoact FO ed proper works, which were connected wit bi Kiel i [ i i 4 i z & Be & : fl i * Fs l F i 2 § 3 g : 7 i ie bil aeose. int i 3 at ii I i H et g: & THE WAR IN SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. The Territorial Pointa Assaulted by the Germans. capture of Missunde’’—gso tbat this engagement was not, so tar as yet known, decisive, and the Danes hold tho works of the Dannewerk really intact, notwithstanding the sudden advance of the Germans. THE TOWN OF BUSTORF. ‘THE BATTLE OF FRORUARY 3 AND 4. The Danish military position of Bustorf,or, as it is spelled by foreign travellers in the duchies, Bristorf, isa mall fortified town standing about English mile south of the town of Schleswig, aod right in front of the great Danish defense of thelannewerk at its northwestera extre- Bustorf, or Bristorf, may !n fact be termed an ad- post of the Dacnewerk, as it has been shown to ‘be already in this war On the ad of ruary the Aus trian army attacked Bustor( at three o'clock ia the noon, whew @ndeavoring to force its to and the Deanewerk. Here they were met by the Danes in a pi spirited manrer , and severe fighting contioued until eet in and for some time afte: Danes held their ground when the latest des » dated at baif-past six o'clock in the eveving of the 3d instaat, was forwarded. The King of lenmark, who was ata. tioned jngide of the Duncewerk, waiked forth to witoess @ confiet. A number of wounded men were being it into the town of Schleswig from Bustorf. that another — would be but the result of the first engagement at Bustor!, now known ‘as the battle of Bristorf. it was thought jo Fogiand that the Prussian commander bad prevented the transmission Of telegraphic messages from the town. THE TOWN OF PREDERICKSTADT. ‘It was expected that the Germans would attack this place om the 4th instant, The town belongs to Denmark, It Hes twenty-three miles wes:-southwest of Schieswig, aed river Eider, pear 0 fe mouth, oa the 5 THE RIVES BIDER {9.0n6 of the most important rivers in Denmark. It takes ite rise ja the Duchy of Holstein, eight miles south of Kiel. The Eider flows to the German Oceao, keeping Konerally to the wes}, and passing the town fortrese of Reodsburg and the fortifiea oh of Frederickstadt ia its course. The Eider is ninety miles in length. Uf the: seventy miles are na . The river kider opens communication between the Baltic Sea and Germui The bridge over the Eider basa particularly warlike On this side—that is to say, tbe suutbern or the feae! to the bridge is defended by two isadey spiked at the top and provided les. The bridge itself is ex- tremely narrow, the river at that place being leas wide than « few bundred yards further up, where it rapidly expan: It 18 completely thawed at present near here, although the weather is oitteriy coid, and, as | passed over, the bieak wind was lasbing the water into minia- ture waves. It wos@ Curious sight to see the German sentinels on this side of the bridge, the German and Holstein flags waving over them,’ aod not perhaps fitty yards distant, on tho opposide side, Danish soldiers pacing up abd down under the Danish tlag. 1 doubted at Grat whether | should be alowed to pass over the bridge into Schieswig and to return unmolested, but 1 did a0 without question. in @ day «r two, if the Ans. trians and Prussians commeace Ww advance imto Schies- wig, communication between the two duchies wiil, it is said, be stopped. Nobody, however, seems to kuow whether they are in earnest or not. Last right, at one of the stations on my road here, some Austrians, coming in the same train to® place in this neighborhood, were singing and roaring most vociferously, whereupon one ot my fellow travellers remarked that they were so joyous because they knew there would be no fighting, THE RIVER SCHLEY is @ narrow inlet of the Baltic sea, running twenty-one miles ia length from the sea, aud situated seventy miies north-northwest of Hamburg. RIVER SORGE. ‘When the Danes evacuated the Kronenwork, after the | capture of Readaburg by the Germans, they fell back be hind the river Sorge. TheSorge is one of the small streams which are tributary to the Eider, in the terri- tory of Schieswig. From the Kronenwork, or **Crown- ‘&@ fine bridge, which the retreating spanned by = os gg up 7 oy got over, us ‘the Sorge between .their troops and their i After this the Prussien — troops the Eider to the east aad took up their warters at Gettorf, a little town iyiug about mid- way Detween the river and the deep indentation of the coast, at the end of which Eickeoterde stands. They op to the latter piace, and as they entered it retired. The Prussians then oocupied the pia = which they fired on the Danish war vessels in the ry. RICKENFERDE BAY AND TOWN. The bay of Eickenferde, formerly called Eickenford, is seaport formed by an tniet of the Baltic sea. In this bay, on the 2d of February, the Danish war vessels Eshenrnare and Thor were fred on by Pussisa artillery, which had beon burried to the Ititle tows of Gettorf as the Danes evacuated it. The town of Fickenferde bo- longs to Denmark. Fickenterde town is situated tex Miles east-southeast of the town of Schies ‘THR DANNEWaaK. The apparent triumphs of the allied Germans at Reads burg, Missunde, Bustorf, and in and arouad the town of Schleswig, are of very little avail towards the liberation, aa it is termed, of the duchies from Denmark, 90 long as the Danes can remain enveloped in their great and histo. ric bulwark of the Dannewerk. This famous line of earth- work, or border wall, which dates its origin (rom the ninth ceatury, is situate at the extreme southern part of the Duchy of rig, and stretches almost across the entire country. The h of the peninsula of Xchieswig- Holstein to the end of Jutland is about three hundred miles; so that the Dannework extends almost as far ss the base line of England from the North Foreiand (to Land’s Kod. ‘be breadth of the peninsula is but one-third of its length, and the Dannewerk is a fortification that reaches york peaely ‘across the land from (he German Ucean to ic. fortress of the Dannewerk consists at the present day of three enormous earthworks, stretching across the eutire breadth of the land. They are ao arranged as to form the neck, or funnel, witlka long oatwork to protect the parrow channel through which the troops are ulti. mately totended to be driven. Towards the Haltic, or East Bea, thero rans the ‘‘Oster-Wolden”’ (or east ram- part). This lies towards the Eckenforae,"’ and is some. times called the ‘Camel-Dannewerk."’ It ie about two English miles long, the earthworks beingfrom four feet to five ieet high, and sixteen yards broad, and beset with a ditveh, the depth of which varies from six eet to ten (eet, Beyond this is the great bay formed by the river Schley, wich is 80 wide that n0 troops could possibiy attempt to Pass it. Strevching immediately in front of this is the rgraben,’’ which is upwards of a mile in length, be- ginning at the end of the Selker take. It ia from ten feet to twelve feet broad, and from four feet to six fect bigh, Bebind this ies the great “Dannewerk’’ itself, which consists of an earthwork not les than fourteen miles parts it isfrom thirty feet to thirty siz parts Are from sixteen feet to of works are ‘Treene, wich falls into the Hj Danish forces have it within to flood not less than sixty-four square miles bulwark of Schieswig at jonewerk add very much to t invasion country with ‘80 that any troops attempting to cross ve mowed down the oruiiery Nike corn. Ls a there is little dowdt forty thousamd ‘the Dannewerk against one bundred thou. opposing troops, and it will require as strong ao army as upited Germany cav possibly muster in the pre Fy i i & z z ee, Satiticn of Europe to wrest Schleswig from Den- mark. the banish army at present serving debind the Dan- pewerk is not sufficiently numerous to de‘end it simul- taneously along its entire extent. We are informed in Jate advices from England that in ordor to obviate this difficulty the King of Deamark bad a force engaged in aline of railway, running inside the great 11,’? aud paraliel to it, by meaus of which his cau be moved to any point of the work which y be menaced with a serious ageanlt; the Danish re giments being thus, as it were, rendered omnipresent long thoir earthwork protection. A lotier written by agentieman serving bebind the Dan ewerk on the 29th of January four days previous to the battle of Missunde, contains the foliowig important t— The rity of the cold, which at night has been as high as twenty dogrees C., bus caused muct to the men (Danes), who mostly sleep upon sts ‘out proper shelter: but they bear every 4 good humor. The frost isof a nature to strength of the position of the Dannewerk by ying the waters of the Schley, which would give the omy the means of turving our flauks. Daily attempts { Rave deen made to keep open a canal in the gulf: buat it | nas been veritabie work of Sisyphus, as what was } cleared in the day was frozea over again in the night, A | | fdden change of temperature bas now setin, and the soldiers, hardened by eudnrance to the cold, hail the | thaw as the harbinger of spring, and eagerly look for- | Ward to the commencemont of hostilities. if the thaw conttoues the 19,00 the Schtey will soon break up, and the fortifications will thea be as stroug as ever. THE WAR PLAN OF THE ALLIES. To enable our readorsto more clearly understand the military plan of the Austrians and. Prussians, as well as to facilitate the tracing of their future movements on map, we may state that just previous ¢o the actual in¥asion of the soil of Schleswig the Prussian army corps under the command of -Mersbal Wranget and Prince Frederick Charles im the triavgie tormed by Kiel, Reudsburg end Neumunster (a town situate on the line of the Hamburg Railroad and distaat seventeed miles south-southeast of Kiel), with the head. quarters at the first named place. The troops were ar ranged» in such @ manner that the principal masses were quartered close to the passages of the Kider. Be. tween Neumunster, where the Austrian and Prussian forces joined, and Rendsburg, the Austrian corps under Goveral Haron de Grabientz were concentrated, and sent Strong detachments in observation on the lower Fider, towards the demolished fet: du of Frederickstadt, which was biown up by the Danes when the Saxon ariny of execation entered the duebies in the latter end of 1. When the Fides was crossed ‘he. Prussidos took sideof the capaland the Austri: that of Rends- burg. were cunceatrated POSITION OF THE DANES. Previous to the 24 of February the Danes occupied a line south of tho Schiey, from Eickenferde to Hollingstedt, Their lett was strengthened by a work extending from the bay of Eickenferde nearly to the Schley. Their main force protected the town of Schleswig, and their left ex- tended to the Dannewerk, their whole force being spread over ulong line of defehee. According to tue report of the Danish commander, the Prussians bad attacked his ovtposts, and were advaociug towards Missunde, with the intention of forcing the passage of the Scliley. The later news gives the result of the movement. It was at Missunde that the Prussians desired to cross, in order to cut of the Danes from the sea, Field Marshal Von Wrangel proba- bly bas bis recollections of 1848. when the Daye? retired | before bim aud gained the island of Alsen, where their | fleet made them secure, and in the aeighborhood of which the Prussians and Hanoverians met with the bloody ra- pulse of Doppeln. It is therefore anticipated now that | the General will operate oa the east coast of the penio- sula. A German despaten dociares that the passage of | the cbley is to be at once forced at this point and the Dawes cut off from the sea, while the Austriags operate on | their centre, This, the Germans expect, will ead in the | destruction of the Danish army. THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. | Debate om the Reply to the Queen's Speech<English P y as Regard Denmark, Poland and the United s &e. An address, in reply to the Queen's speech, was adopted in both houses of Yarliament without amendment. 1n the House of Lords Earl Derby reviewed at length the foreign policy of the government, contending thas it was injurious and humiliating to England. The rejectiqn of the Emperor Napoteon’s proposai for a Kuropean congress, aud of bis invitation to recognize the goverameat of the Confederate States, together with the fruitiess megotia- tions with Russia respecting Poland, and the interfereace ia the Dano.German diMeulty, were severally teferred to by Bari Derby, and although he did aot opposo the ad. dress he severely censured Exar! kussell's foreiga policy. Earl Russell, ia reply, explained the Daoo-German dim | colty, aaa showed that Engiand was quite unfettered in the matter, Dever having given the slightest promise of assistance to Deamark. Kurl Grey condemned the bombardment of Kagasam!. aod thought that Deamark had been eacouraged to look for assistance from Ragland. Earl Granville replied, defending the government, Io the House of Commous Mr. Disrasli spoke ia a simt- jar strain to Bari Derby, assailing the foreign policy of the government. Lord Palmerston replied, vigorousiy defending the course of Earl Russell, Mr..Gladstone explained that the promise of England to stand by Denmark was given wader circumstances diferent from those which cousrol the preseat war. Mr. Layard read despatcnes from Austria aod Prussia, stating that whatever arrangements might be made reia ive to Schleswig an@ Holstein, the great Powers would -@ consulted, Atter some other speeches the address to the Queeo waa agreed to, In the course of his remarks sir. Disraeli conteaded that the Queen's speech should have made some refor- cace to American affairs, and complaived of its silence oo this and other important subjects. Lord Palmerston replied that the goverament could only bave repeated what bas often beou said before, aad be could see no necessity for that Earl Derby repudiated the idea of British responsibility tor the doings of the Alabama. He trusted that the ‘Molsters bad given such an answer to the claim of the feleral government as would put an end to such mons. teous demands in future, ‘The debate on the Danish question generally ivspired more confidence in commercial circles in Eogland, but it wos felt thas it by no means defived what the ultimat> shipe the policy of England would take. ‘a the House of Commons, oa the Sth instant, Mr. White- side called attention to the distress in Ireland, and the consequent emigration of fighting men tc America. Lord G. Manners expressed the ope that the govern. meat would lose no opportunity sm giving friendly advice to the American Delligerents, with the view of onding the bloody contest. ‘The parliamentary papers relative to Japan estimates the destruction of property at Kagosani at a million ster- ling ond fifteen hundred LONDON MONEY MARKET. non, Fob. 6—P. M. Consols for meney 9034 a 905%. Illinois Central shares, 25 a 25 discount. brie shares, 60 a 62. PRICE THREE CENTS. HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS. Reported Decisive Battle Near Brandon, Mis Victory of General Sherman’s Force Over Polk’s Rebel Army. Lompon, Feb. 7, 1864. Consols, after official hours last evening, closed at 907% 201 for money. Twels eae premium are being paid on the ship to uit Mifho ‘Vullon Inthe Bank ‘of England as increased ullen ip £810. AMERICAN SBCURITIN. Baring quotes American securities inactive. United States fivo-twentics 62 a 63; Massachusetts fives 86; New York Centra) shares 76. THE PARIS BOURSE. The rentes opened on the Boo: (ovday'at 86800 Rentes cloved at 06f, sarbusbeindroloegs ‘TRS LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKBT, av |, 1864. RRPOOL, The Brokers’ circular reports the sales of the week at 31,000 pele, ncleding 4,500 to speculators and 5,000 to exporters, market opened irregular, with a partial decline of *4¢., closing firmer. Tho sales of Friday were 6,000 }, Including 2,000 to speculators and exporters, the market closing firm at Thursday’s rates, which are as follows:—! Orleans, 2734d.; Mobiles, 274.; Up- lands, 26d. stock in port is estimated at 271,000 bales, of which 34,000 are American. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT. The Manchester market is firmer but quiet, LIVRRPOOL BREADSTUPFS MARKET. Prices dull, tend downward, Wakefield, Nash & Co, and Richardson, Spence & Co. Flour steady but dull, Wheat tending downward and lly 2d, a 4d, Rad. Southern 9s, 8a: ta. Gd" Corn fat aid 64" lower, rt . 8d. & 98. flat an . . Mixed 306. a 306, 6d. ‘aeaigh TWELVE THOUSAND PRISONERS TAKEN. Reddy’s Rebels Driven Back frem the Tennessee River, &., Hounrsvitug, Ala., Feb. 20, 1864. &e., &e. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET. Bigland, “Athyn & ‘ou and cn It is rumored here that General Sherman haw :—Beel steady. rk firm and 1s. higher for Fast- | had i x brn. Bacon quiet and tending downward, “Butter quiet . Gee ie Senerel Toe eae Steere and steady. Lard quiet and unchanged. Tallow heavy | Whipped him, and taken twelve thousand prison- and 6d. lower; sales at 39s. a dls. 6d. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET. The Brokers’ circular reports:—Ashes steady. Sugar quiet but closed firmer. Coffee quiet and steady. Rice ipactive. Linseed nas a waaay tendency, Linseed cakes dull and dowoward. Li oil inactive. Sperm and whale oil—no sales. Spirits turpentine—no sales, Rosin dull and unchanged. Boult, English & Brandon re- Port:—Petroleum easier; sales of refined at 1s. 10d. a 1s. 10),d., and crude at £17 a £17 5s. LONDON MARKSTS, Baring’s circular reports breadstuffs quiet and steady. Iron buoyant at £3 @ £8 10s, for both bars and rails, Sugar dull and 6d. a 1s. lower, closing firmer. Coffee firm. ‘Tea steady. Rico dull and unchanged. Spirits turpen- tine steady. Petroleum firm at £17 for orude and 2s. for refined, Sperm oil still declining: sales at £75. Cod oil tending downward: sales at £51. Linseed oil steady. Tallow heavy at 41s, a 41s, 3d. THE LATEST MARKETS. Livgrroot, Feb. 6—-P. M. Cotton is firmer: sales to-day 8,000 bales, including | &o., de. 3,000 t al ; hold jeman es Se Sanne aes 480.) the one hundred and thirty-second amniversary of Breadstuffs dull and unchanged. the birth of George Washington, the soldier, the states- Sleconiue: and steady, man and the patriot, occurs to-day, and will be com- =! memoratcd in all parts of the country, and, it may be i added, in every quarter.of the @jobe, by some peculiar GENERAL KELLEY’ $ DEPARTMENT. ceremonies and festivities. It f¥-to be regretted, how- Skirmisn with Mosby's Guerilias—Cap- | Vet that the celebration in this elty will not be of more ture of Seventeen of tme Party | soertlcharacter than present appearances indicate, Apart Mosby Promoted—Refugees and De- from the Corporation arrangements, including fireworks mantane Odeniug tntelgay Chun pataie: and grand banquet at Delmonico’s, the preparations for Diya ies he as honoring the occasion have been very slight, and it Se on Wancuzy Vinansia, Tob. 21, see, | 2 aretore fenrea thas the anniversary. Will, be: bas poorly commemorated this year. The military display Yesterday Major Cole, while in Coumant of a portion is to be very small, only one militia regiment of the First Maryland cavalry battalion,had askirmish | neving as yet signified its intention of parading. No at Piedmont Station, Fauquier county, with Mosby’s | orders have b een issued by Gep. Sandford for a general command, asia out of ~ ee. and the te oye commanders ve appeared to be in np burry to take the mcttor into Major Cole took seventeen prisoners, among them three | their own hands, in the abseuce of jnstructious Irom head- ‘We lost about two killed and two wounded. ‘The rebels are reperted to have bad five Killed anda ers. Official information from General Dodge was re- ceived at General Logan’s headquarters to-day that the rebels, supposed to be Roddy’s command, attempted to cross the Tennessee river at three different ferries, but were driven back by General Dodge's troops. Our loss was very slight. WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY. liday di wore eines Sgt ai Geert esaoe ens i When attacked Coab; meri , im the x and hie nen ‘aby bad just received a commission | hecanar ethoee-- tb tusahinht 1 ranititie rege ‘as Neutenant colonel, and bimself and men were at the |} monty which are not to non y i time having a jollitication spree over the good luck they THE CIVIC CELEBRATION, believed would attend the promotion. {f money oan make it 80, will Be of & magnificent de- ‘The officers we captured were taken in their good | soription. Thousands of dollars have been expended ou oothes, thoy having put them oa to make a “stunning” | freworks, which. 98 usual, wit be exniBited in the even, appearance at the secial and jovial gathering of the | that some of the pieces will surpass anything of the kind friends and oiticers and men of the promoted major. yot seen in this vicinity. At sunrise a national salute here 38 nethiog Dew to report from the Shenandoah | will be fired at Madison square, and at nooo valley a8 regards Early’s position or movements in South veh tte 04 Gin alles Branch vaile cert ny. Aap a will be made by Ayliffe, the well koown chimer, to riu ©, making captures of guerillas and | O16 the following programme:— . picking up deserters, From the Kanawha region there is noth ing new. 1.—Ringing the changes on eight bells. Refngees continue to come in to General Crooke. It is | 2-—Hail Columbia. ‘estimated that two thousand refugees aod deserters have | 3.—Yankee Doodie. withia the lines of General Kelley’s department & am I—trom the Opera of La Bayadere, since the 18th of January, 1864 S = asehe, on the Cold Ground. — 3 Preparations are being made at the different posts within this department to appropriately celebrate Wash- tngton's Birthday, the 22d. ‘The weather is moderate and threatening snow. 7 —Columbla, the Gem Of the Ocean. .—Rondo, with variations in major and minor keys— composed by’ George F. Bristow. 2 9.—Aira from Child of the Regiment. The Blockade Runner Ionia Sunk. Leer = pesca |.—-Airs by do Tol Ityrancomag, Feb. 18, 1964. 12'—Evening Bells. The British steamer fonia, from the Clyde for Nassau, | 13 —Red, White and Blue. sunk this morning one mile east of Lucky Island. The 14.—Yankee le. crew have landed here. She was one of the fastest boats aude abs he a i In accordance with the t on the Clyde, steaming twenty-one miles per hour on her | parade to celebrate the Ritbaay SuWellionion chine trtal trip. there have been no division or brigade orders issued for byt dee The following order has beon issued by the el:-— A Parson's Reply to the Pri Ject of Raffling. Professor Mattison indulged a rather small congrega- tion Jast evening in his church, in Forty first strest, fear Sixth aveaue, with afew remarks on the ptoposod rattle inconnection with the Sanitary Fair. He took his text from Paul's Epistle to the Romans, third chapter, seventh and eighth verses. After a few prefstory remarks, he opened his assault by observing that the very class of newspapers who bad looked witn holy horror during the ms =. : : o'clock. ‘non commissioned staf band and com- last fifteen years on the idea bere mioisters should bring panies will report to the Adjutant on the parade ground political questions into the paipit were the same papers | fifteen minutes before the hour of formation. which presumed to dictate religion to them, both as re- By order of Colonel BENJAMIN L. TRAFFORD, garded doctrinal points and private morality. He con- Commanding Seventy-trst N.G. 8. N. Y. tended that it was the right aad duty of all ministers to | 3°#* R. Livaxwone, Adjutant, deai with political questions. But the Hxnaup turns CELEBRATION AT WASHINGTON HRIGHTS. theologian now, and the ministers know nothing but the | A number of the prominent citizens of Washington Bible, and they must sit at the tect of the Hxratp to | Heights will celebrate the occasion in the eveniig by a learn their theology. Now, the first question about the | dinner ut Washington Hall, High Bridge. Shepherd on the Sub- GENERA. ORDER—NO 5. Heapquantsas, Tis? Recimewr N. G@.8.N Y, New Yorn, Feb. 9, 1864. This regiment will parade in fatigue uniform, with overcoats and white gloves, on Monday, the 22d instant, to celebrate the birthday of Washington, as it has been the custom of this regiment to parage on the recurrence of this anniversary since its organization It is hoped ‘that the parade will be a lar, one. The line wilt be formed in Bond street, right on Broadway, ball pest two o'clock P. M. precisely. ‘The fleid and staff will re- port tothe Colonel, mounted, at the armory, at two rae at the coming Metropolitan Fair was whother it did | Knapp, Haq, will preside. 'A poom, addresses, toasts, not come under the cae of bling. He then | &c., appropriate to the day, will distinguish the vccasion. alluded to the ratfies of watches, in bar-rooms, ORDER OF UNITED AMERICANS. = red the raille of the Sanitary Fair tO! rhe Order of the United Americans will somewhat oo Maerefore | armed that railing WS | from thoir usual programme thia year. Instead of be Seer of tis atgumont, the epeaker reed Trom | *ccustouted orationizing at the Institute, they have proof r road the statute book of the State of New York to show that | prranged to give a grand banquet at the City Assembly all manger of gambling was punishable by law, involving to the offender @ penalty of $2,500 and two years im- ‘isonment. It bad beeo said that ‘those clergymen were $0 ungaliant as to protest against this work which was in ‘the hands of a few ladies to help the poor soldiers in the Service of their country.” He supposed that was founded on the dogms of the Romish church, that the end justified the means. He thea alluded in sarcastic terms to the Komao Catholic doctrine, bringing the late Archbishop Hughes and his cathedral into bis remarks. He sald be underatood Archbishop fate ’ body bad not yet de- caved, aod probably would brought out on exhipition in @ buadred years from now, and they might get up col- Jectious in the meantime to build bis cathedral. If raf- fling was a justifiable manger to get money to serve the soldiers, why « barroom woul ve = fond a place as soy if it were atten y nice young al tor Bourbon, ket | OPENING OF THR rye ae xine PA And 0 would a theatre be a mice piace. He affirmed ‘again, 10 accordacce with the clorgymen’s protest, that Tho City of Churches is to have a grand celebration this faitle would tend to the dedauching of the public | well as her big sister on this side of the East river. The conscience aad the corruption of the public morals, and | ose feature of the Brooklyn celebration will be the opening of the grand fair io ald of the United States THE CHILDREN OF DEORASED PATRIOTS. An interesting feature of this year’s celebratioa will be the grand entertainment by the public schools. at \ voper Institute, for the beveft of the Institute of Reward for the Children of Deceased . Une thousand children, representing all the public schools im the city, ‘will take part in the exercises, which will consist of music, declamation, dialogues, military exercises and calistirenics. THE UNION LINCOLN ASSOCIATION will hold ‘4a grand mase meeting’ at the Church of the Messiah, in Broadway, in the evening. What will take place bas not beea announced. THE DAY IN BROOKLYN. ‘algo that it was aa opea dotiance of public law. If they Com at the Brook! jems of Mu- soon a man fishing with a paged hook, He always put — es Commision was the devil's bait to cover the sharp | entire military force of the city, passing the Academy in went to to gamble for Christ's sake they would gambic for their own sake, He supposed none of them nad ever some kind of a dai oa it to suit the Kind of fish he | SIC. Mt seven P. M. i wanted to catch Now. this business of the Sanitary Tp the afternoon there will be a grand parade of the bearded bovk of sia, and they had better let that bait review at three o'clock precisely, including, it is hoped, dono, for it was arranged to get the poor soldiers to bite | the soldiers of our regiments in the army on furlough it He oext proceeded to find fault with the Scriptural ~ ‘allusions made by the press in reference to ousting lobe, and the United States Marines from the Navy Yard. He admitted, bowever, that lots were cast (or the Land ‘Tho regiments to parade ore ae fede _ of Canaan amongst the twelve tribes. The only real in- fierce geod x.) ONG. stagce he knew, however, was the casting of lots for P ishes er pov og: 7 the Redeomer’s raiment while He hung ou the cross. The speaker coucluded by devouncing those clergymen con-¢| gecied with the Sanitary Commission and the other get- tore up of tho raitle, City Iatellige: Fias at Towst Hoox.—Betwoon eight ard aine o'clock on Saturday 6 fire broke out in the residence of Mr. Lowery, at Tubby Hook. [t originated on the first oor, caused by the hot air furnace. The flames were ex- tiogdished by the firemen and police before they extend- ed beyond the Grst floor, Damage about 900, posed to be insured. x Y. Twenty-third regiment N. Y. Fifty second regiment N.Y. 3. Fifty-sixth regiment N. Y. 8. N. PRRSENTATION TO THR TWENTY-THIRD | REGIMENT. Twenty-third regi . 3% N.G. proesrea for tne procured for ration isto take place m Pierrepont street, and the soldiers ‘will be addressed by the Rev. Dr. Vinton. ND CARNIVAL BALL OF TH® 1. CLUB. bier “interesting feature connected with the celebration in the “City of Churches” ig the annual fancy dress Pcl Sn tet Shay tes ee ok jc 0 Hall. jul we made al Fras ww Waser Tatcr-sicata Strer.—About payne pases Se have tee cae we ot on Saturday evening a Gre broke out ia the dwelling | sroothiy, and a good time je antict Sue house No. 41 West Thirty-eighih street, owned sod 00- | hers and friends of the eee ee bail pode cupied by Hiram Ostrander, The fro originated in & ay met oe SG ae Lae ae 4 closet on the basement floor, under the dumb waiter, i p gnyemt must social of . Sitead te the upper floors, bonind the furring. The rousons of the season. damage to the bulldiog am! furniture, Oy Oe at Te and Interesting from Kentecky. Sb o00 a bulisg ys tne Morebaats’ 1asurance Company, bart BA _ en ee ‘A Woman Buasen —The alarm of fire for the Second Lovisviiie, Feb. 21, 1864. diateict, at ton o'clock oo Suturday evening, Was caused | Quite amumber of delegates to the Freedinen’s Cooven- by the explosion of « keroseue ofl lamp at No. 108 West | ton at ay have arrived, and more are expected he premises of Catharine Dop. | to arrive pefore morning. ST ieee we porued jo a frighttal manner. Large numbers of ne from Christian on SS Pie wae taken 10 tho borpital by officer Wilson, of the making thelr way towards Clarksville, to enlist under ‘Twenty ninth preciact. The damago.to the premises was Uno ag. nd Cristonden ouiy alight The court martist of Generale MeCook, and ceteris will probably adjourn to-morrow. f Arrival of the Bohem| case te concluded, and General Crittenden’s will probably Portiann, Me , Feb. 21, 1864. both gene be finished to-worrow, Outsrlers say ‘The stoamsbip Bohemian, from Liverpool o1 e 4th ” be thoroughly vindicated a8 military men. a ans dionderry on the Otb inst., arrived at this port to- ‘All reports that the Louisville Journal ‘has Deen oF w » twelve o’ei00k. be sok! are utterly false s