The New York Herald Newspaper, October 30, 1870, Page 15

EUROPE. British Neutrality in War and Bern- storff’s Exposition of the Policy. Bismarck’s Diptomacy and the Prussian Cabinet Situation. Ireland, the Papacy and the French Republic. THE EASTERN QUESTION LOOMING UP. By nfail from Europe we have the following special ®xposition of the coudi‘ion of Old World affairs ag Nhey presentea on the 15th of Octoper:— ENGLAND. National Nevtrality in War and its Observ- maco—Offence to tho Conti al Powers— Positioa~Bernstorf% Menace What the Unsited States Neglected to Do— Reminisceaces of the Alnbama Fighi—Trade Iaterosts Aguivet Morality. Lonpon, Oct, 15, 1870. ‘The attitude of England in the present war be- Sween France and Prussia has been such as to give bout equul offence to both adversaries, The French cumplain—and with some show of tice—that, in the hour of their extrgmity, not nly has the British government net evinced the Bightest disposition to intervene in favor of a nation hich has been its fathrui ally for the past eighteen ears, but that the Engiish press generally, and es- edally the Times, has positively exulted over their misfortunes, ‘The Prussians, on the other hand, are equally bit- terin their complaints of the manner in which this Sountry has periorimed her duty as a neutral, | Last Monday tiere appeared im the London Times Wetter from Count Kernstorm, the Prussian Ambas- pador, to Lord Granville. The document in ques- ton, although, of course, couched in diplomatic hraseology, 13 almost menacing in its tone; while @ Inexorabie logic of some of its statemeats must have been ratuer diiicuit for Lord Granville to digest. ‘The last paragraph, as you will see, contains the Fist of the Counts whole argument, and there is no flenying that ic is at once sound sense and sound morality. But what would have been satd had the United tes, during their civil war, used such language ards ts couutryy The wrrogance of te Yankees” would have been denounced in no Measured teruis by Leth Parliament and the press, ‘All that the ted. ral government did was to call the tention of the Bugiisn Cabiuet to the flagrant rc@ies Of the law of which the buliders of the ‘Agoama and other cruisers for the service of the infederate States were guilty, and to comylaim that the powers already possessed by the law om- ears Of the Crown were not more vigilantis exer- ched., But the Unired states never for one woment Buempted to prescrive to the English govarument the line of couduct it was their duty to adopt, as ‘Pmssia bas done. 4, Yet there cau be no comparison between the tn- juries suffered trom the defects m the English law yy the two nat ous. Prussia nas only to cowplain at ‘Werst of the export of a few thousand stand of arms. The Unied state) were cumpelied to see the Dag of their mercantile marme almost driven from ibe sea by vessels built and equipped in England and manuel by Englishmen, happened myseif to be temporarily in London at he time the engsxe@ment tok place in the Channel tween the Alabatws aud the hearsarge, and was in- duced one evening, by curiosity, to visit one of the minor theatres—the Britanuia—on tha wage of which, between the pieces, several of tne sailors belonging, to the former, pickod up by the yacht Wanderer, were grouped yound a lady who sang a then popular song, entitled fhe ‘Death of Stonewall Jackson.’ The men, every ne of them—and | snould suy there were not less than twenty—were most unmistakab:y English or ‘ish. In fact, with the exception of the ofticers, I jo not believe there were half a dozen native Ameri- in the who.e crew of the Alabama, Had vessels vf a similar character been fitted out in English ports to sail under the Prussian Nag and prey. upon French commerce, the situation would ave been almost fptererd parallel to that which xisied during the American civil war. In either Instance a nation strung at sea found herself op- fe to one utrerly unable to cope with er on that element; tronger of tie two might reasonably ex- t uhat her commerce would be carried oa Imost without molestation. How these anticipa- tions were disappoiated in the one instance is now B@ matter of history, As rezards France, however, avhatever bopes sie may have entertained of security for her mercantile marie liave been justified by the vent. This bas arisen partly through the moditica- {ion effected in the English law during the last ses- wion of Parliament, as regards buildiug vessels of qwar for foreign dtates; aud partly, also, be it sald, through the higher standard of public morality affected by the Prussian government, which would ‘ot permit it to jend 11s sanction to any attempt on the part of its people to violate the law of a neutral pountry. It 18, of course, now too late for England to issue the prociamation Count Bera-stord desires; for, were she todo it, she would not only subject herseif to the imputation of having (to use a Johnsonian hrase) yielded to menace What she had denied to justice, bus she would ve guilty of the incredible aseness of depriving France, in the bour of her extremity, of un assistance which had uot been re- fused her when it was, compuratively, unneeded, it vhe exportation of every desvription of muni. fon of War wiht, at the outset of tue contest, have en prohibited and the tll will of neither elligerent incurred. In this respect ‘poor, honest” little Lelgium has set England a example. Not an ounce of powder, nota rife tg crossed her frontier to either France or Prussia; nd she has been complimented by both nations on the loyal character of her neutrality. When wiil nations | arn that in their case. as in tha; of individuals, “Honesty 13 the best policy 7? Fer the sake oi lettmyg some dozen or two manu- facturers and traders put a few thousands of pounds Qn their pockets ng and has irritated a great and owerful Lation, whose il will may, one day, va roductive of serious results to her, GERMANY. Wb Political Situation in Berlin—Bismarck About to Change His Policy--The Question of Peace—Who Usan tho Prussians Trent With @—Consequences of the War—Govern- mental Difficulties, and in such case the BERLIN, Oct, 13, 1870, Ve seem to be on the eve of an important change 4n ;he policy of Count Bismarck and the German porernments, Almost ever since his ture at Sedan the scale has turned in favor of the Emperor ajoleon, and it was considered until a few days as\ that his chances, or at least the chances of his dymsty, for a restoration *o power were very likely. “It may be worth while, therefore, to define the pre- wen situation, that your readers may have an oppor- gunty to compare it with the actual developments of the next two or Luree weeks, and decide in how farihey may have been indicated or foreshadowed byt. Ifwe were to consider Napoleon as on one side of the ecales and the republican authorities on the ‘Other, the last ten days have effected a most marked hange in the relative position of the two as to Bis- maarcl’s policy. The one side, heretofore weighed @owr by Napoleon, has been suddenly jerked up, Whil) the other, containing tne republic or any othei indefinite government, ts gaining weight and ‘allowed to come into consideration, : PROBLEM OF PEACE. “With whom can peace be made?—that must be #he question, the all-absorbing one, in the mind of he Inn Count, Neither Prussta nor Germany is ich exough to carry on this expensive and ruinous ‘war fr an indefinite length of time, and in the same propertion as France is crippled its capacity to bear the birden of future indemnification is diminished, o sw, then, th.t the position of the German armies efor Paris and in other parts of France 1s becom- tng, tom day to day, less advantageous, not to cail 4t precarious, stands to reason, and 1s the secret conviction of a large portion of the people, although hot suffered to be openly expressed in the face of ‘he official information from the seat of war, which as never changed in the least its hue—couleur de rose. With no other information than that gtyen by the semi-oMicial journals here one would be Justified ta concluding that since Sedan the work cut out fot theGerm&n armies has been only child’s play, and that, during the five weeks which have elapsed, Soarcely ® single contretemps, repulse or casualty has been suffered by them. We are still obliged to ‘ake up American or Enghsh papers to make good the old proverb, “Audtatur et altera prs.” While many may be heard sighing for the end of thts ter- rifle conflict the great majority, it must be admitted, have not ip vain been worked upon by cries of War to the knite,"’ “aisace and Lorraine’ and “Security for ail time to come.” If bismarck with hw un- donbted perspicacity could have ‘oreseen a situation such as Low actually exists, he would probably nave hesitated to arouse ‘a spirit which he is now unable bei ay BS TO BE OVERCOME. DIFFICUL: An American genticman, who has had fatr means of observation on & tour from London through Bel- gium, assures us that violent disease is raging among the German troops around Metz—not a signi dysentery, but real Asiatic cholera, disabling the men at the rate o! {rn Jou to 6.0 per day. You may have heard what insuperable obstacles lie tn the way of tne intended march on Lyons, and of that impreguabie fortress, Belfort, the key to it. Since the year 1847 if haa been materially strengthen 2d, and affords sneiter to a force of 60,000 men, 1t must be besieged belore the Germans can operate against the south of Franco and the armies in process of formation there. But it is useless to enter further upon the dis- cussion of light und shadow tn the way o: the con- tending Powers, each striv.ng to maguily the exteat of its Own resources and depreciate Luose of its op- ponent, CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR. Let it be supposed that the war were terminated anu thut peace reigned aguta on the Continent, what Denetits wiil accrue to tie people—how will Wey be improved tu their political and material conditioa? ‘There are those who iusist that tie war of 1870 was @ beceasity, €0 (ps0—a Lunierstorm to bed the Sullry atmosphere, tn its wa of needs, bring.ng a better stale of tlings—a great development in the rogress of maukind. Do those who speak thus nelude the great boons of liberty and equality ong the biessings predicted? Are they wiilkns im thatall thrones must be upset, their ec lisied in their stead? We are afraid that they are not, and that tiey will not even allow these mo- lueptous events to have been a step towards the United States of Europe. What tney imagive may be a united Germany, governed undor a very itveval constitution; but even this is a view sanguine in the extreme, That it is so we will eadeavor to prove by citing a letter written by the renowned exile of 1843, Curl Bund, the Maazini of Gerinany, now reatiing in Loniton, It is dated September sv and addressed to the democratic journal here, the Zucun/t Com- mencing wih “GERMANY’S FUTURE CONSTITUTION,” the writer says:— ‘The terrific confiict {6 still raging, hence we must yet ad- Journ ailnterual diferences and bold oi Is mely together, in Order to reap the entire frult of victory. wise fy such « Fosition to alsturb a portion of tho German people by a new Attempt at emperor making? Streams of precious Lod ed In common On buMerols battle fleids have liap- jotted out the line of the Maiue, a product of the stupid Staiesmanship of 1885, Another sau resuit of that year—the expuision of heariy one-third of the population of ihe Father. land—stands yet vividly and In ali its ubruptuess before our ‘Amid the terrors of the present dreadful war, which iay the que tion of a German coustt- munuer witich must suddenly open all of tormer disputes? More than ever the justiied in demanding liberty, tt 8 to ward of this (ore! a Tight vo the ‘D COvsthation eoujured up who have died under martial law for the aaxeof liberty, Whoever desires treedom and real, pervect unity, inust, after the ciose of tis war, insist on the Inalienab.e righ # a! the German people, on thé Convention of a natioual y of the entire Fathor= Jand, from the Alps to tho 8 1 the Vosges tothe Marcia, But if the people's independence to be wa empty word, {¢ the nation isnot hencesorth, as herctacore, to be a mere Appendix to the throne, this nw! lave, ‘elected uuuer the moat liberal law, must in its owa right create the new goverament, Thus only can the contrasts be reconciled, can We be spared the reproach of-baving overtirowa a foreign Cwsar oaly to subject ourseives to a Ciesarailp at home, Dr. Jacoby’s Speech, The following 1s @ translation of Dr. Jacoby's speech, which proved so very disagreeable to the Prussian government:— Tho chiet question, the decision of which alone has any impertance for us, 18 th Has Pruss.a or Germany the right to appropriates Alsace aud Lor- rane’ They tell us Alsace and Lorraine belonged formerly to the German emp re. France Possessed herself of these lauds by cratt and by force. Now that We have beaten the French, it 1s no more than what ig right and proper that we sould recover from them the spoil, and demand back the properiy stoien irom us. Gen*lemen | do not let yourselves be led away by well-sounding words, and, though they offer you the Sih net ef the world, be not tempted to wor- slip the idols of power. Tost this weill-sounding pasate, and you will find that it is nothing ut a discuise for the old and barbarous right of ferce. Alsgce and Lorraine, they say, were formerly German property, and must again become Cerman. How so, we inquire? Have, thea, Alsace and Lorraine no inhabitants? Or are, perchance, the inhaoitants of these provinces to be regarded a3 having no volition—as a thing that one may at once take possession of and dispose of just as one likes? Have they lost all their riciits through ihe war—have they become slaves, whose late is at the urbitrary sposalo. the conqueror? Even tne most ardent ind incarnate partisan of annexation allows that the inhabitants of Aisace and Lorraine are in heart and soul French, and wish to remain French. And however much tiey might have offended us tt wouid be contrary to all human justice snould we try to Germanize thew compulsory and incorporate them Qgainst their wil wer with Prussia cr any other German State. Gentlemen! There is an old German proverb which has been raised to ® universal moral law on ac- count of fis bemg so true—“Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.’ How should we and our ‘national liberals’? Tecl if at some future time a victor.ous Pole should demand back and seek to annex the provinces of Posen and West Russia? And yet the same grounds might-bg urged for this that are now brought for- Ward td'support an annexatioa of Aisace and Lor- raine. No, gentlemen, #f ts our duty lo oppose such tendencies as national! egotism. Let us fod fast to the principles of justice as much tn public life as in private life, Let us openly deciare 1t to be our deep and inmost conviction thit every tucorporation of foreign territory against the wishes of the iniabit- ants 13 a violation of the right of eelf-consutution common to ail people, and thereiore as objection. able as it 1s pernicious. Let us, without being led astray by the intoxication of victory, raise a protest against every violeuce oflerea to tue inhab taunts of Alsace and Lorraine. Only he who respects the liverty of others is himself worthy of liberty. IRELAND. The Pope aud ireland—An Irish Brigade for FrancesJames Stephens-Mutiny Among Soldicrs In Tipperary. 3 Doswrn, Oct. 11, 1870. Tt 1s @ noteworthy fact that tne occupation of Rome by tho Italian troops and the virtual depost- tion of the Pope have excited tittle or no surprise in Treland. Great as the event undoubtedly is, it has passed over quietly, and no one seems to regret the change. No one, so far as Iam aware, has referred to the subject in public. A few newspapers devotea to the interests of the Catholic religion have alone raised their voices in behalf of the Holy Father. Even the Fenian journais, with all their love of variety, pretend to be shocked at the indignity to which his Holiness 1s subjected; but I have neither seen nor heard anything on the subject beyond what has been said by these interested organs, NO doubt the circumstance is deeply regretted by a large proportion of the Irish people, particularly by those holding ultramontane principles, anu devoted tothe cause of the Holy See, Should it reach the ears of his Holiness that we nave ceased to take an interest eitner in his troubles or triumphs he May be tempted to say that we are becom- ing ungrateful children, Such, however, 13 not the fact. ie has, I think, ample proof of our fidelity to him in the large and frequent contribu- tions forwarded to Rome from the people of this country. If the noiseless, bloodless revolution which has just deprived him of his temporal soy- ereignty did not attract much attention here 1¢ was because a greater revolution was going on nearer home. The crackling of the Italian revolution was drowned amid the roar of the Franco-Prussian ay- ullery. Lhave no doubt that had the Italians at tempted the occupation of Rume before the break- ing out of the war a large number of Irishmen would have offered their lives in defence of the Holy See, As if it is, Irishmen form no inconsiderable number of the Papal Zouaves. An Irish Member of Parliament, John Talbot Power, of Wextord, happens to be one ofthe number. But our attention at present 1s too much turned to the proceedings around Paris to be diverted by wiat is taking place in Rome. We aro too much lost 1 wonder at the destruction of a powertul dynasty to be surprised at the ruin of a [ice ttn nas for so long a pertod been nodding to its fall. But there ts another cause which prevents us frdm. regarding the fate of Pius LX. with greater interest. Many sincere and devout Roman Catholics who, only @ few years age, would have Proteated against the Italtan occupation of Rome as «n insult and an injury to Christendom, now think that tt 1s Mkely to prove a benefit, not only to the Pope himself, but to the Catholic religion, ‘They saw that it was impossible for him, in the frst place, to hold Rome against the feelings and wishes of the Itallan people; and, sec. Oudly, they knew that there never could be peace in Italy until the Italians got possessfon of the Eternal City. Besides, too, they were convinced that it Would cost less to maintain hin in his present capa. city, though in ius ancient splendor, than 1b would to maintain regiinents of zouaves to defend him. And even surrounded by his zouaves he cuuld never be happy. ‘There would always be discontent, There would always bea bad feeling against him. ‘the Catholics of this country see tis and believe that, it his independence be respected in the Leonine cit yy he has not made so bad an exchange as some of bis friends were at first led to suppose, ‘The organization of the Irish atbulance corps, as I bave already told you, has been most successful? Thousands of young, healthy, active, hardy Insi- men will, in @ few days, leave our shores for the vurpose of olerlug themseives as attendants upoa NEW YORK HERALD ro \ pauts driven away, and democratic republics estab- the wounded soldiers of the Frencharmy. I heard fren what Lcoasider a most re.iable authority that the ones the most of these adventurers have in view is to form an Irish brigade under the leader. ship of the notorious James Stephens, Stephens ts in France, and it appears that ever since bis deposi- ton from the presidency of the Fentan brotherhood fte has resited for the most part in that couutry, He offered his services to the Emperor, but they were poiitely declined by his Majesty. He nas, [am inlormed, no occupation, and cou deasly be induced to place bimself at the heal of an Irish brigade. A consi lerable number of the Irish people have contidence not only in his fidelity to Ireaud but in his experleuce and ability, The great majority, however, of Lis former frends and co-conspirators ia this country believe hlin to be @ kuave and a pocrite, and, of course have no confidence tn hin AS an ambulance corps I beliove we w.ll be able to do very little for tie French people. Fighting 13 more to our taste, Many think that whea our Irish youths catch a glimpse of the Frenci army marching in step to the wild strains of the “Ma, seillaise’’ they will not be able to resist the tempta- tion of rendering more active service to France taan attending the sick sud wounded, ‘The ‘glorious music’ of the Prussian cannon may inspire them to emulate the dee s of that other Irish brigade, Whose ess tod Valor are Wuexammplet in mulary history atever ary the lutentions of the corps ihey are as yet uuknown, but a yory short tle will sulice to show whetnor they intend adnoring to the perfor- man eof the duty for which they were ostensibly chosen or eurolling themselves i the French arg, A mutiny among a company of the Bignty- ninth regiment, statoned in the Tipperary wor! house, toox place Guay OF two a ‘the mea aliege & the conduct of their captain, Whore name 13 ireer, lias been very severe, and, on their accoums being closed previous to their departure for india, they were told that the caprain liad retused to pay the balance coming due to ihem until they went en board the ship, lest ie might become imvoxicated, ln consequence of tiis thoy hoowed the captain, aud When passing througa the parace ground they flung knives. forks and other articles at him. A Washtub which had been flang at hun was alined With such precision that it would, were it not for ly warning he received, have failen right on . Nearly forty of tne men have been ar. » Sevenicen of whom suli remain in ct toly. During the nignt they breke al the win- dows of the apartinent in which they were confined smashed the iurniture, and did other mischi-f, On veing appealed to, however, by Lieu- tenants Gordon, who is a tavor te with the regiment, they became quict and promised to obey whatever instructions he would give then. During the night the mon stationed in apartments over Cap.ain Greer’s emptiod buckets of water on the floor, in whch there are slits, and the water penetrated through the ceiling aud compievel drenched the Captuin'’s ap is, The company staivsed in Une workhouse it is said, 106, and on being called to pat hits Moraing omy ten men obeyed theorder, ‘This conducs has created the greatest excitement in the town, and the military autuori- ties are (aking the utmost precaution to prevent its continuance, TURKEY. Tho Enstern Question Looming Up—Serious Complications Likely to Kesult trom the New Diplomacy—UVemocratic France and Central Europe=Slaverys the Varbary und ‘Tripoli irades—The King of Persia’s V CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 10, 1870, Events tn Central Europe are acquiring dally such importance that correspondence from the far Bast must have lost much of its importance. The tele- gram, however, which arrived yesterday from London, saying that France was olfering certain ter- ritorlal concessions of Turkey to Russia in exchange for material or moral support, has produced the most astounding eifect. Litherto the Turks were strong partisaus of France. Now they have all backed out, and her very name 18 an insult, Indeed, if the Tines says true, the dismemberment of the Otto- man empire has been proposed, ana we all know that Russia 1s only waiting for such an occasion. In lieu of a Western question we shail probably have the grand and complicaved Eastern question on the tapis. This will decide, once for ever, the fate of Turkey, and may be of Austria, for the material Weliare of the two empires are too {ntimately con- nected to be taken separately. AsI stated in my last, the presence of the Russian Ambassador here at St. Petersburg {sa sure indice that something Serious 1s on the eve of taking place. Here the war- like preparations, which for tho mement have been Stopped, will, no doubt, be taken up with energy. in the meanwhile the fron-ciads have, instead of going for a cruise into the Black Sea, been disarmed and taken up their positions mm the Golden Horn for the winter. The officers and sailors alone have been Invited to remain here for any emergency. ‘They are on half pay and full ratior A very use- Jess toy these fron-clais. They are brought out and ancored in front of the Sultan’ !ace on the Bos phorus every year regularly in Ma to go back to the arsenal again in September for the winter sea- son. And yet they have cost millions sterling, and requite hundreds of taousands of pounds sterling annually to scrape off the mussels, FEMALE SLAVERY. Eight white slaves were seized on board an Aus- triun steamer yesterday. They were being conveyed to Alexandria lor sale. Strange to say, the captain Wasa party to tis nefarious wade, and has been arrested and put in chains. ‘The owner of the girls, for they were all young girls, swears they were his and that they go into slavery of their own Now we all know that the harem Iie in Turkey has @ great charm to uneducated savages rom the wilds of Circassia, but that these deicate Mountaineers should preier bondage to freedom 1s beyoud my comprehension. In Turkey, itis true, a slave ceases Co be such the moment he or she is ad- mitted as 8 member of the family, and tf a good: looking girl 13 sure to become the niother of a nume: us legiumate family, but she is likely, on the least caprice of her owner to be resold to another proprie- vor. Though slavery is abolished de jure it exists .e Jacto, and human beings are sold and bougit most easily here. An old man eighty-six years of age, who happens to be known to me, informed me only a few days ago that he had just purchased @ white slave, seventeen years of age and very beautiful, for 27,000 pisstres ($1,200). Some years ago, when the exodus irom Circassia was very great, white slaves could be had for @ mere. song: $1.0 Lo $150 was a good price. Now they are sold at much higher rates. Femates are mostly prized. Boys may had cheap even now, ‘The Turkish authorities, however, keep a good, sharp lookout, and slave dealers must take great precautions, They carry about their boys and giris as their relations, and in this way elude being takenup. They seldom, however, iil treat their slaves, as they are aware Uhat there are numerous detectives about every Bleamer’s deck. Black slaves come from Tripoli, in Barbary, and are very cheap—twenty to twenty-five pounds sterling aplece. ‘They are mostly eunuchs, and suger constderably before reaching Constanti- nople. They are brought in from Central Africa, ‘Their troubles cease on coming here, and it is well known that not one out of tenis Jortunate enough to reach the capital. THE KING OF PERSIA’S VISIT, {The visit ot the King of Persia te the Mahommedan shrines of Kerbella ts to be an event in Nastern histery. Masreddin Soah comes with @ suite of 16,000 servants and 6,000 horses, The Sultan is de- termined not to remain in the packground, and has given orders that as great a disp ay of magn ficence possible should be made. An embroidered shawl vent and a silver carriage have been sent to Bagdad, The Sultan has sent gold dinner services and diamond mounted cups and saucers and decanters. ‘The f:mous meeting of the camp of the cipth of gold Will dwindle into tnsigniticance before the pageantry of the meeting of the King of Persta and the Pacha of Bagdad. 1am informed that a line of steamers Is to be des- patched regularly once a month via the caual of Suez, to run between the Persian Gulf and the capital. BAD FOR SCIENCE. The Grand Vizir has given orders that hence- forward the export of antiquities is prohibited from ‘Turkey. A national museuin ts to be formed, If, In eu of giving away all (he valuable antiquities, a col- lection had been made, what @ apiendid quantity we might have had by ths tue, whereas we only just commence in Turkey! THE BRITISH MITRAILLEUR. Experiments with the New English Made on—The Firing at Shocburyness— Shots and Effect=Improvements Suggested. (From the London Times.} At Shoeb: ryness the experiments with the mitrail- Jeur were recommenced on Wednesday, and were of considerabie interest, though the tiring of the mi- tralileur itself was confined to @ private trial of new ammunition, The committee’s work Included two distinot fe tures, First, the conclnsion of the trials with field guns at ranges of 800 yards and under; secondiy, the commencement of infantry practice at the same Tanges as had previously been set for the fleld guns aod mitrailieur. Some of the rounds with sarapnel from the breech-loading tweive-pounder service gua for fleld batteries had been very bad, but there was a yeusoun for it, The proper iuses were not at hand, avd those provided were not adapted for the purpose. On Wedues jay the service “five seconds iuses” were ‘used, and the practice was much beiter, As these experiments are of importance we will give the re- suit Of each group ol rounds, 80 that our readers may be enabled to judge for themseives as to the comparative values of the different arms, The first group was fired from the twelye-pounder breech-loading gun, with shrapnel, at v0 yarts range, for rapidity and accuracy combined, In two minutes six rounds were fired and gave 152 hits upoa the target, which would, according to the calculations of tie committee, have placed hors de combat filty-six cavalry soidiers or seventy-one in- fantry; nineteen of the hits were from fragments of Shell, not bullets, ‘The second group was also at 800 yards, but trom the bronze ludian teld gun, which fircd five rounds Geilberately. There resulted i24 hits on the target, flity-one cavaley or fity-iour infantry being dis- abled. Among the hits were fifteen fragments of shel. The third group was from the tweive-pounder, , SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1870.—Ql firing, Uke the bronze gin in tho provions group, tive rounds deliberately. The etect this time was bf great. There were 203 hits upon the target, in- cluding thirty-six fraginents of tho shet! which en- closes the bulicts, cording to the reckoning of the commuties, sixty-uine cavalry or seventy-seven tn- fantry would lave been disabled, Tue same gun, tue twelve-pouuder, was now tired for the fourth group, with shrapnel, at 60) yards, for rapidly and accu. racy. During the two ‘toutes allowed six rounds Were fred, giving 127 hits; thirty-two cavalry or thirty-c gat tniantry disabled, Among the hits wero twenty-one fragments, The fourta group was from the nine-pounder bronze gua, range 600 yards, five rounds deiiber- ately, with shrapnel. Thora were seventy-cight tits, sixteen Of ties being with fragments of the shell; foriy-stx cavalry or tuirty-nine lalautry Wore con- siilered as disayled, ‘The 8 Xt aud last group from the guns was fired by the twelve-poundor dreech-loader at 609 yards, Five rouuds were discharjed deaberately; the tocal puinber of hits was 164, counting thirty-two [rag- ments; forty-three cavalry or dity infantry disabled, It will have beeu observeu that all the practice up Vo Wits tue has Loon made at Known ranges, but both guns wod Wwitradieur Wu bereacter be tried at UNnkHOWN distances—thatis to say, distances estt- mated by the eye of the ofilcer in churge of tie pieces, bis generally supposed taat the guus will in this case have tho wdvautags, because, ln the first place, it does not matcer much Whether & shrapnel vUrsts thirty or seveniy yaras short of the target. In the BECONG place, Lie ray 4 be corr cued in the cise of the guns by observing where the burst occurs, while tia mitrall bullets produce ho effect visible by tue tiemg pary wales the target ty struck. in the third place, dhteuileur ts som-waat hugher e guus for tie same range—a proof Maat the path of ihe bullets ts more curved, and there.ore more Likely to pass over or strike short of the target without titiiag it al the rauge ts mcor- Tectly estimated, We lave sald tua previous artl- eile that te mite can hardly be put tato cou petition with tes Welping Laree tines ag uueh, requiring tree Limes as mitay horses to draw the elevation of the thau that o! thew, auc twice as many mea to work Nor can we see tat thelr peculiar value is tobe Drought out cleariy by the proposed experiusats of tue commitiee, Tie compet.ag lataatry couimenced thelr work on We smesday, pat oaly by firing queuy amt deliberately trou postions ‘chosen by Uiem- selves, the men being periectly cool, unfatigued and undisturbed by the presence Of any danger to the own persons, if We mignt venture to propose one very practt experiment tt would be tuis:—Let the mitral aud the men be placed tozetier, Ue miLraille having @ pulr of well-bred horse artillery whee, Narnessed fo Lie limber, Let the word'be given to take up a position ata distance of 1 vv0 yards and hold tb against an advancing enemy, by tiring as rapidly as possibie, We shail then discover how far the nerves of men affect their snooung When they aurve breatiless after long rua. Its of course taken for granted tiat suiiciont wen are carried on the mivrablear carviage neu its position 1s taken up. On Wednesday ive tirst class trom the Scots Pusilier Guards and their mus! Instructor, 8.X ries 1a all, Were Placed Opposite Cat a range for the first group of sLocs of ds, ‘Tho “sergeant was on the right and men were separated from him and each otwer by uutervals of = Bowe ten or jilteen yards. They all placed ui seives in tne mythe kneeling p skirmisher self comic ryeant, who sea ground. Re mute, as migat st SHOOUNZ, White the mau oa tit usj)icuuusly the Wors! S| uybear HOF C9 lave rec wens, for they ¥ on, Wit Jiike ® portuanteau ‘y SCunY Opening li oldiers seitie These %, however, on the field, whether it be battie orexperiuient, It was seen ab ouce that the mea thruse tae cartridges given them tuto Liter Leon pockets, Kaowing til tiey Would dave lit of tivmy quicsly if tuey had to Open the portu every Uine ul vd a Sresi carirh im used Were Sniders. They Were wuld tw preparediiem- selves lor tiv amd then afer a sore lt the word was given to loa We remarked the breeva apparatus of une rile worked siinly, and there was someting evidently not quie right avout the man on ine tet, Oa tue who'e, tao iriag be considered as very creditabls, thougi it wil babiy be surpassed when tne Meury-Marcial ts tried. In tne tirst group at suv yards tue sergeant tired no Jess thau ei tiicen Weill abued shots at His eat of Lis target, Counting Lroin him towards ite lett as they knelt facing tie target, No, 2 fired thivieca ronads, ju. 8, Seventeen; No. 4, thirieen; No. fourteen, ana No. 6 only eight rounds—toial, elshty-three pul the new in- old pattern ch lou! Jets sent at the larget; of these sixiy-turee siruck the mark, and gave a score of thirty-six cavalry or twenty-uine lufantiy disabied. For tie second group the wen were marciied 100 yards to the rear, 80 that their range was 40) yards, aud, curiousiy enough, ‘the better practice Was made toan at suv yards, umber of shots fired by eaca gaards} from the right, were—scrgeant, minetes men ta suc ion fourtesn, elghieea, four.e teen and tuirtcen—total, nin Were seventy-seven hits and forty-three cavalry or thircy-elghe Inianiry disabled. Group four was fired from ra of 600 yards, ‘The sergeant, sitting at bis ease and imng apparent ly with great deliberation, sent efgtiigen puis sail. ing towards the target, Then came fourteen, eighteen, sixteen, tiiteen and fourteen from the om: In their order, ‘Total seventy-seveu—with @ result of gixty-tirce hits and twenty-four cavalry or twenty-seven iniantry disabled. It 1s geuérally considered that 609 yards is range enough for good work with the Snider, but the next group showed that fair practice at least can be made at longer ranges. Group five was at 800 yaras. The sergeant fred his eighteen rounds as regularly a8 clock Work, and throughout the prac- tice his end of the target received the largest propor- Uon of bullets. The numbers fired by tie others, counting from the right, were sixteen, eighteen, seventecn, seventeen, Sixteen. Total, 102,rounds. ‘Tae score Was Jorly-eight hits—neariy half the bullets fired, and twenty-seven cavalry or séventcen Infantry disabled. Ic cannot but be observed that these men couid on NO possible emergency have tire la volley of more than ive builes at any one moment, no matter Low ugly arush were made against them, while ie mitraileur can fire thirty-seven barrels in asecoad, Themen, WU faugued or nervous, would Hot shoot so well; the mitrat.leur has go nerves, ‘Lhe inen could not be conveyed rapidly to a disputed point; the mitraiileur ts specially tit tor such work. ‘dhe inen, even guardsmen, cannot easily carry armor; @ light bulle -proof mantiet arranged on the murajeur would cover pertectiy the man laying 1t. With a very little troubie and ingenuity the limber mugat carry sh.tters so arranged as to make the horsos sitfe from the enemy's riflemen , if, a3 they ougit, the horses remained with their backs to the muwailear, Which ts ligat enough to be rua up to the limber when required to move, esides, it is easy to back a pair of horses wiih such a ligt two- Wiecled Carriage as the limber of & mitrailicar may be. MISCELLANEOUS FORE!IG ITEMS. The Frankfort Journal has been confiscated on ac- count of an article on the Lmprisonment of Dr. Jacoby. According to intelligence received from Cabul dated the zoth ef August Yakoo) Kuan was near Candahar ateempting to enter the city, Both the King of the Belgians and the Count of Flanders were present at the distribution of prizes Wou 10 the international rifle competition of 1370. A Kirrtemuir correspondent write fhe tops of the Gramptins were covered with snow on satur- day, Ociober 8 and on Suuday there were some sluglt showers in Dundee, A large proportion of the German journals express their surprise at the moderation of the conditious proposed by Count Bisimarck*to the provisional gov- ernment of Paris as the terms of an armistice. The Good Templars, an American institution, have spread ther organization to London. by mneans of lodges and private understandings they intend to spread an abhoreace of imvoxicating driuks broadcast, and to euable teciotiers to know each other wherever they met, ‘The first execution for murder in Scotland under he new act was carried out in the county jail, at i, October 4 The cu.prit, George Chalners, sentenced to death for the murder ot a toll- pec named Miller, at Bra He has throughout ke asserted his innocence of the crime, and was firm in his declaration to tat efvct to tne last moment. A meeting of the Belgian Catholics has been held at Maines to protest against the events which have recently occurred at ome. The Archbishop of Malines presided, and there was a large and enthu- silastic attendance, including, among others, tne Roman Catholic Archbishop of Calcutta and the Vicur-General of BusTalo, United States, ne London Financier says:—“There {3 reason to belLeve that the rumor of a coming Russian loan is well founded, an¢ it would not be surprised were an oficial aanouncement to be made within the next few days. It wilt probably be suftic.ent to cali atten- tion to the significant character of the sales ot Rus- sian stockSs Which have been golng on for somo weeks past.’? The fete given at the Cascine, Florence, to the Roman deputation was @ periect success, and tne atiendant ilaminat.on splendid. ‘the banquet to the deputauion at the Palace of the Cascine was magaiucent. One hyndred and fifty guesis sat down; the scene was liant and the proceedings animated. Signor Perdzzi, the Mayor ef Florence, opened the Speaking with the toast of fue King and ome, In one of four houses in the Staines road, tun slow, London, burnt on Monday morning, October 10, lived the daughter of the late Tom Sayers, cham- pion of England. The only things saved from de- struction wele Sayers’ four brass guns (cannon), and the massive siiver-mounted lion’s head cane which was presented to fim after his fight with Heenan, which, /t is sald, he prized more than all his tro: phies. The Earl of Granard has written to the Dublin Freeman to ask whether Roman Catholic Irciand will witness what is now taking piacein Rome witi-« out a protest, He trasts not, but that they will de- clare that the Independence of the Pope cannot be a matier of indifference to them. He urges them to appeal to the government to reaffirm principles laid down by the Most distinguished british statesmen, aud approved by them at the Congress of Vieana. His Highness the Rajah of Koloporo visited tie Exhivitlon for the Relief of Destitute Widows and Orphans of German Soldiers, opon. at the galery of tho New British Jostituuon, Ola Bond street, Lon- don, and his hizhness purchased a shell with deco- rative painting by her Royal Highness the Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia, ana the bast of his Royal Liguuess Prince Leopold, by hor Koyal High: JADRKRUPLE SHEET. ness Princess Louise; also § portratt of Ms Royal Higdness the Prince Consort, by Mr. Moyolt, ‘The crew of the Margaret Dosae, of Liverpool, have been landed at Ourk, Ireland. Tho vost was on @ voyage trom Bahia Ww Liverpool, ladea with sugar and cotton, @nd ou the 41h September waa burned to the water's edge. ‘Tue crew, captain and sixteen Hands, Wook to the boats and reuatued in the ue guborhvod of the burning ship, heping to be pieked up by somo passing Vessel. A ter some ime @ Prussian ship, the Kmily, bore down and Wok them ou board and landed them at Crovkhaven, whence they came on to Cork, ‘ In Ireland the great annual fatr of Ballinasloe com- Menced Uctoosr 6, aud was iavored by excellent wether, The supply was of better quality tha last year, but much smaller, attributable partly lewer sheep delng in the country aud to the in- creased tuportance of the western fairs, ‘The prices were lighcr than last year, the imerease in Wethers being about 7s. and in ewes 53, The nigh- est price for weihers, £4; ewes, £3 68, Several Leinster buyers abstained from buying in conse- quence of tie high prices, The Inspectors Generals of Prisons in Ireland, in their last report lately issued, after pointing out severak delects m the prison system of that. country, sirongly urge that "prisoners under long ‘sentences should be removed to @ central depot—one for each sex, a8 in Scot. Jand—under government managemens, ta which the sente. of the judge would be carried out under» Wict supervision aud Wita anivorm treacment: and punishinent on all offenders according to such mearnnne, Gud Will equal Opportunies for relorma- ton to all. The sittings 6t the Church Congress, at South- ampton, Eugiand, were resumed, when ‘Lhe Evi deaces of Christian Antiquity a3 to Church Kitual” Was introduced by Arcideacon breemun, who spoke amid strong mauiiestations of dissent. He Sutd the acts of the Apostles gave signilicant outline of the su stance of the Christian Ritual—possibly an Ollclatiog vestuent Was spoken of, the ultar wus ut- ed, & enc! tc prayer was allowed, aud a hight used, Altec speaking of the use of tie imysiical number of seven in the apostolic age, he condemned the wufreguent celebration of the communion in the sub apostolic age. ‘The president sata the reception of the paper gave cause for alarm as to the Lutare, if @ discussion (aii herto so peacea sie) should arise, A CHILD MURDIR Execution of Margarot Waters, a Professional Child Murderos’, in London—History of Hor Crime—Her Last Moments on Earth— Extraordinary Firmnozs—Caloratt tho Executionor—S!atement of tho Culprit-Who are the “Sinnors?’ [From the London Post, Oct. 12.] Tho last sentence of the law was carried into effect in the case of Margaret Waters yesteruay morulug at nine o'clock within te walls of Horseinongee Lue Jat, the prison for surrey, within waich county her oifence Was committed, She Was deser.bed in the jail books as a widow, thirty-lve years of age, and as having no occupation, ‘fue whole Ot the circumstances connected with the criue for which the prisoner sudercd will be Iresn in the recoilection of the public. The case wad considered of 80 much public importance, from ity Peculiar characier and great atrocity, that tue goy- erninent took up tie inquiry specially, and the Attorney General was instructed to prose cute, Sergeant Builantine appearmg in his If at the trial of tho prisoner, The prisoner was convicted of the murder of an legitimate child, about two uionius old, named Walter Charles Cowen, but there were five other in- dictnents charging her with the marder of as many other illegitimate chtidren, and the theory submitted to the Jury on behalf of the Crown wa: that the pris- ouer and Ler sister, a Woman naued Ella, bad been for @ considerable time engaged ia carcyin: en a regular syste of obtaming money by pretending to “adopt” or take the charge of childrea, mostly ill gitinate, with the deliberate intention of destr them as pvt as possible, in order that a large amount of the mouey paid with them should r maim to the benelit of the prisouer. Her sister was acquitted upon the charge of murder, on the ground that tho evidence dali not conclusively estas that soe hud taken an active part in the gu ity proceeding; bat the prisoner, after aa inquiry which lasted three days, Was Coavicled by Une jury and Left fo ‘The brothers ue prisoner, two In pumber, have y carnost endeavors, in conjunction with M. P., and Mr. Morley, to obiatn a com- mutation of the capital punishuieat, and a respite, at ali events, w: Ked for, tn order to afford an opporiuaity for satisiying the Secretary of Stave that tie prioner hat treated the children kindly, aud that (he evidence given at the trial as to their con- dition was Very much exaggerated; but the tinal re- ply that was received was. the effect that the gov- erninent, after full consideration, were unable to discover @uy grounds for granting a respite, and v that the w must take ifs course. It is always usual in cases of capital conviction for the ilome Secretary to coiamunicate with tho learned judge before whom the prisoner Was tried, ia order to ascertain ius opinion of the case, aud the Lord Chief Baron, who tried the pri- soner Margaret Waters, Was accordingly wpiled to, andthe reply sent to tie home ofice was to the efiect that the learnéd judge saw no grounds lor coming to the conclusion Uiat the jury had delivered an errongous verdict upon the evidence that Was Ja.d before them, and that he could noi see any cir- cum@tance thac would jasttly an imerfereuce with the carrying out of the seutence. Tiis was, of cvurse, conciu-ive, and & communication to the efect that no delay could be accorded was immedi- ately forwarded to those who w interesung them. selves on behalf of the culprit, Indeed, it was preity Well understood from the first that the authorities considered the olfence of such a fearial chara Unat, ia the event of a con- viction taking place, they were determined to make @ terrible exanspie, Inthe hope that it would have the effect of putting an end wo the irghi.ul system of who‘esate and deliberate marder of tavanis which they had reason, from the evidence tit was dis- closed, Lo believe € ed 12 this metropolis, RLY Lie. The prisoner appears to have been very well brougnt up and to have received an excelleat educanon. Sue is stated to be very well connected, but no ex planation ever appears to bay ven givea by her of tie cause of her being reduced to the coniition of poverty in which she undoudtediy was whea these ofiences Wore aileged to have been commitied, She appears to have conducted herself remarkabiy well ever since she has been in custody, ana the Rev. Mr. Jessopp, the chaplain of the pr.gon, who has been almost constantly with her siice she has been con- fined in Horsemonger lane Prison, describes her as & most intelligent and lady-like person, FAMILY—RELIGION, An affecting scene took place at the prison on Monday, when the two brothers of the uuhappy woman took their lasi fwrewell of her. One of te brothers and the prisoner had pre- Viously pariaken of the Holy Sacramea:, STATEMENTS. It would seem that from the moment when she Was taken inio custody, which wus originally upon the charge of neglecting to provide lor the ciildren entrusted to her, the prisoner has positively denied having any Incention to cause the death of the cnil- dren placed in her charge, and she continued to inake that denial down to the very last moment, On Monday night she expressed a desire to make a written stavewent in reference to her case, which she said slice anxiously wished co make pablic, ana shg Was engaged for a considerable time in writing out the rather extraordinary statement which will be iound below, and which she addressed to the Rev, Mr, Jessopp, and destyed him to take charge of it and it published, as she said it contained a neat of everything Connected with her conduct to the children, With reference to the statement of the prisoner-— Which we append—it may be remarked that the coroner's jury, in the case of the caildren who died after she was in custody, returned a verdict of man- slaughter only against her; the view of the caso taken by them being that she did not intend to de- Stroy their lives, but that their deaths were occa. stoned by negiect and want of proper food and attention. ‘Lhe general Impression in the court at the trial was that the prisoner would only be con. victed of manslaughter, aad the verdict ef wiltul murder occasioned some surprise, ‘The main point, however, upon which the prosecution reited in sug- port of the more serious charge was that having re- gard to the poor and impoverished condition of the prisoner, and her utter want of meaus even to pro- vide for her own support, 1 was utterly impossible that she could have entertained any idea of bringing up the children eutrusted to her upon the muisera- bie sum she received with them (generally about four pounds), and thas the only reasonabie inference titat could be drawn from the iacts Was tbat she must ave intended that the children should be removed out of the way a8 speedily ay Lace @nd that laudanum and want of proper food were the means resorted to to Insure a speedy and quiet death to the unhappy children. The jury, no doubt, took this view of the case, for the decision they came to was arrived al after 4 very short de- Uberation. PREPARING FOR THR ESD. Stnce the prisoner has been convicted she appears to have taken very little nourishment, and at times she Was in @ Most miserably desponding condition and it was found necessary to administer stimulants to her. Latterly, however, her spirits appeared to return and she was much more composed, and an- peared resigned er fate, Although she at first appeared to ente: Ina hope and expectation that the capital sentence would not be carried out, care ‘Was Laken by those about her to endeavor to im- hee her with the danger of entertaining such an dea, from the very serious nature of the charge, and as the time approached she appeared to sce the fallacy of the idea that she had entertained and be- came resigned to what she then Gunsidered as the Inevitable resuit. Oa Monday evening, when Mr. Jessopp left to re- tire to rest, sho shook hands with him and smiled, and satd, “I shall be ready for you in the morniug.” She slept very littie during the night and at haif- past seven o'clock yesterday morning she scnt for Mr. Jessopp, who has during the last few nichts stayed in the jatl, and requested that he would come to her. He did 80 immediately, and continued with the prisoner engaged in prayer unttt the ume ap- pouted for the execution—nine o’ciock. LAST MOMUNTS—AT THE SCAFFOLD. Mr. Abbott, the Under SheriiY for the county of Surrey, arrived at the jail snortly after eight o'clock, accompanied by some oi his eficors, and the arrange ments were coinmenced for the terrible occurrence that was about to take place, ‘Thescafold nad been srectea fae blank ceruer of the privoa vader tag ee mane 13 nor ‘beast wall, It is an old, cumbroas afar—the Adie shai has becn 10 use lor & wreat many years, aud wleh, before the Oassing oO: the act Of Parlliae ment Vapor public executions, to be erected on the lop of the frout wing of Jee prison, It has now bse used for ® considerable time, after it had boeo erected it was (ound that the dl Would not fail, ana yesterday morning ti waw sary to Inake some alterations in is to insure the avop falling easily, FIRMNESS, At the moment ef, and seovionnly sq her exesm tion the wretched woruan exhivited the most extra ordinary firmness. She had w considerable ae Li to Walk after sh had been pinioned, and Versed the distance and walked up thes Jog to the drop witheut the slightest 206, Afver the cap had heea partly placed upaa ner tno, she, in the most earnest aad devout manmer, along extempore prayer, the language of ‘Was tiost impressive, and convluded by am earn Appeal to the Almighty to forgive her ail ier sins, The drop then tell, and tho wretcbed womsn gp peared to be dead in an instant; hardly a convulsive sirugyle Was discernible. Just beiore she took Mr. Jessopp by the hand and seld to bun, “Gooloy, Mr. Jessop; wooddy, by," she then shook nands with Calceaft, sue exe- cutioner, aud ony of tie Waruers Who Was ou the scaifold. Although, of course, it was perfectly well known that not the sightest mater conaectet with the execution could de Visible outsile the prison walls, & cvnsiderable nuuiber of persons assembled neat the jatl,a good many women being auong then, and they were discussing the prisoner's offence. At (he moment of the execution a bliex fag was hotsted at the front of the jail, aud the usual tormem certitieate, signod by the governor, the chaplain aud the otjer omer Was posted outside tl announeing that the senteace of death executed upon the prisoney STATEMENT OF THE CONVICT—WHO ARE THE se ens? py of the written statemens argaret Waters, on the nie The following Is a made by the prison previous to ler execution HORSEMONGER LAN® Jatt, Monday, Oct, 10, 1870. Tun Rev. JouN Jesworr:—DEAw Sig Feeling ‘that i {9 only rigut before T close my eyes tn tals world to write you @ few lines to teli you, my taithful and aifection- ate spiritual aiviser, how iar L have transyresse | the law fm this awCuly solemn and degrading case, [embrace this nity of doing #0, hoplag that at least you me, especially with death und eternity ao gear, 1 plead guilty to odtainiog money under fulae preten Of @ course of deceit wad taisetio04; aiso to laying dows five bodies of cdildren Who died of convulsions or diam rhea ‘and thrush, ‘These ali died sines about the 26th of March, the beginning of which was I went one mora- gto the cra tie of a baby to1ake her out. Sis iooded ¥ Mil.” She just gasped waen I lived her up and died 0: conv slons. Fearing the exposure of an inquest 1 adopted the means of laying down the boly, kaowiag I bad im no way contributed to the death of tao infaut,or any other; and here [ solemaly deny ever having wilfuly done auythil whlch could caise a death. I: L have not givea proper Coo an error of julxment, but aa to sour (ud, 1 is fale. rin my life xave (ood in suca w state, Since being bm n the thought has frequentiy occurred thas ft fa hard to suiler for the deaths of those children who died in the works house, or yet the one of Miss Cowen, It waa on the With of June that I first spoke to Elaa Kow and aboas her mother suckling b: and when Rel Tew nan of the name whoin Thad o-talned a loan of moi It was owing to the very high rate Joterest, toxether with the fines charged, which first planged me fito'such diiticnities, and not being 9 meet my pay menis I le.t Peckham and other places secrely as 00a 9a T Kuew be had found me. ‘t erctore, sesing Keiph pass and repass, Limmediately remarked to Rowland that there waa more ‘rouble in more for me, becatse Ino feared la found me. Mrs, Rowland was engaged by me to wet nurse baby Cowen, dnd she Was with b died. I il gaworth, from on mny furniture, Lean but say T washed ali t e poor little one, aud he more than sudering #0 xevereiy trom thi . Any mother wio is troubled with & sulferiog fu this manner, especially a young 1aC ay must well know that it id "be Ju a tears ic lected for one day, much more, i such @ thing could be, if only ‘washed two or threo times ie three weeks, Avain I solemoly deny “ever hay administered ‘Inddanum or any noxiows drag to. thi OF any otier cilia; wiso that the whole of tue evidence as te the dirty state of the chidrea twnot ue, Mrs Joy, , whe that tie washing besites what wae 8 proot positive that I Kepe my litle ones cleas. Wuen writing tuis 1 eudeavor W avo! ali feelings of biuerness to those Who have sworn and as there ace amoay (hess witnesses acveral man of tou and education Tam quite sure wuen they this nigbe feel that through thelr testimony a fellow ereatare, Who no doubt feartully erred, must on the morrow suifer domthy 4 condemn them. San hae fms their cousetences mast tn deed been uamerciiui to me, but God, k trust, will not deoy howris. In this, my me His saving morey; Me knows ail Gethtemine, I pray earnestly that they may be forgiven, os I forgive then, With’ suck evidence, such revoll discluaures, the jury could not do” otherwise Tetura thie verdict they did, and the” jug Of necessity pass upon me thesentence of death. ft underaiand why thisense has been thus got up; it ts to pose a system wrong in itsell, because I: ulforte the Feady means of parents getting rit of tueir Llogith spring, What do they care what becomes of these things? They Auve oaly ohe care: to bide thelr love, if any, is atiled. Miry arethe sinnerr, and were there Be Buch sinuers, 60 unfortunate a one as myset need not be wought. Oné of the chidsen who ded in the workhouse, butwho was under Dr, Builen's care for weeks, Was only bronzht Lo my house on thed, previous to my Dein taXem by the potice on tho Vath, ao L had oaly had tiat child two ai hat Lhave denply ainued 1 conven, and wish those whom { have but tdo humbly ask sir, yours aiectivaately MARGARET WATERE LP WURRICAVES--THE STEAMSHIP MORRO CASTLE. HAVANA, Oct, 17, 1870, To THE EpIron OF Tue HERALD: We have experienced one of the most disastrous hurricanes that has ever passed over the West In ttm Islands and the Atlantic coast, causing many disas- ters ov sea and land, the losses of thousands of lives and mullions of doliars in property destroyed. Urgent business calling me hence, I took passage by the steamship Morro Castle, Captain Richard Adams, sailing from New York ou the 8th of the present month for Havana, via Nassau. I believe many ot your readers would be pleased to Know of this vessel and her manner of behavior in the hurricane of tbe 12th inst. The Morro Castle satied at three P. M., whh about one hundred passengers and a large cargo; discharged we pilot off the “Hook” and stood to sea, Experienced a very heavy sea trom the east ward that evening, the vessel rolling and toss ing about considerably, but behaving splendidiy, nevertheless, Passed Cape Hatteras early Monday morning, all things looking favorabie, the heavy eusteriy sea, With Very little wind, prevailing. ‘The Lith inst Weal more moderate, lzth Imsi., moralng, Tain cowmenced falling, accompauied bh higit winds ivoui tue eastward; at noon lt be. calmed; at two P, M. ot began to blow from the so. \theast, and at tures P.M. ibe wind merea-ed to @ hurricane; at tour P, M. the ship hove to, bea to the sea; at eight #. M, tue jturricane moderated; Wind still, however, coutinued, with heavy sea, and blowing @ heavy gale, Later in the evening tue Wind hauled out of the wesiward and the ship wag put on her course. At ten A. M., 13th inst., the Morro Castle arrived at Nassau, Passengers, cargo and mails were transierred and recetyed on board, and at one P. M. steamed away for Havana, On our course to Ha We noilced the sad edects of tie late disastvous hurricane. Many vessels were no- ticed—soime dismasted and others asvore on the Ba- hama Bank: ritrom Nassauto Havana was very pleasaut. Arriving in Havaua early on the 16th (Saturday), 1 was informed tbat the late Wurri- cane had occurred on the 7th and Sti inst, and that Matanzas, Cardenas and otner ports of the isiand had sudered feariully, causing great loss of lite and property, 1 was informed furiueray that Was the most disastrous Hurricane that had been ex- perienced in these Istands since the year isdd, I thanked Heaven that it was my good fortune to have been on that nobie ship oa that ever to be reme bered nigat. Many of the passeugers by that vessel taiked of the loss of the steamsiips Central America and Evening Star; others of the loved aud absent ones far away, wuile tae noble ship steamed up te those fearful seas a3 proudiy as she would have steained to her dock, No unusual excltement was perceptible avout her decks, Ail went smoothly, he orders were given by her commander with dra ness and obeyed to the letter. The watches were re- lieved at the stroke of the bell, "Every man was at iis station and each officer was at his post. The Morro Castle having been thres days overdue at Ha- Vana considerable apprehension Was felt by the rest- dents of Havana regarding her safety. It was eat @ source of much rejoiciug to many when the sig! Was run up from the castle indicating @ sicamer from the north, ‘Tue news was heralded throughout the city, and as the Morro Castle entered the harbor with all her colors fying and amid the boomiag of her great guns and the ring of her shrill wiustie tha wharf and shipping were crowded to weicome her. The passengers were landed shortly after dropping anchor tn the harbor, and @ feeling of thunkfuiness: was noticeably portrayed on their countenances for the safe deitvery from the storm, Inquiry wa3 made by merchants and others at the agen.s office as to tne sailing of steamer, Many supposing that she could not possibile be despatched vbetore Tuesday or Wednes- day of the following week. The captain was over- heard to remark thai she would go to. sea on Moa- day, providing the cargo was sent alongside. True to his word, at four P. M. on Monday the Morro Oastie worked her engine, and av five P. M. weighed anchor and steamed proudly away for the north. As sho passed the wharf handkerchiefs were waved and a hearty God speed wished by many for her old com- mander, Oaptatn Adams, her weil disciplined officers and crew and the quick despatch of the vessel, hat ing discharged and loaded, besides taking tn coal, im the short space of twenty-three working hours. Yours, respectfully, A PASSENGER by late trip of steamship Morro Castle to Havana. New York, Oct, 24, 1870. To THe EpItoR OF THE HERALD:— Through your valuable columns of to-day I learn with great pleasure that the passengers who arrived: yesterday from Havana in the steamship Morro Castle have made public their feelings of sincere gratitude to Captain R. Adams for his energy and skilful management during the terrible hurricane of the 2ist inst, As for myself, I have several times made trips from New York to Havana, and always tried to come by the Morro Castle, commanded by the polite and skilful veteran, Captain R. Adama. In Havana Captain Adams ia known to everybody and everywhere regarded as a distingnished gentlo- man; and, tn fact, 1 have for years been travelling on all waters, bat never found @ captain that has so imvariably gainea ail the passongors® (and of ail nations) affections and sympathy. If you will make public these Lines in regard to Captain Adams you wouid greatly oblige your most oboalent servant, ALFRED CARL Of wus house of Sala & Luis, in Havas ane; ble to make reparation to rs jjured, but it i not to ein forgiveness, I ret and repentant, THE PS