Captain Julius was taken on board, and found there Captain Harmon and crew of the late barque _Wave Crest_ from New York for Cardiff, and Captain Johnson and crew of the late brig _Dunkirk_ from New York to Lisbon, all prisoners and in irons on deck, their vessels having been burnt two days previous. The next day the prisoners were transferred to the _Tonowanda_, and Captain Julius alone remained on board the _Alabama_ as hostage. On the 11th of October they captured and burnt the ship _Manchester_ from New York for Liverpool. Her captain and crew were also put on board the _Tonowanda_. No more prizes were taken till the evening of the 13th, and, there being every appearance of thick weather, Captain Julius was put on board the _Tonowanda_ and allowed to proceed after having given a ransom bond. All the captains, officers and crews are “paroled” prisoners of war. THE WAR BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH (1863). =Source.=--_The Duke of Argyll’s Autobiography and Memoirs_, vol. ii., pp. 196, 197. (John Murray, 1906.) SPEECH BY THE DUKE OF ARGYLL AT A BANQUET TO LORD PALMERSTON IN EDINBURGH, APRIL 1ST, 1863. As my noble friend at the head of the Government told the meeting he addressed last night at Glasgow, we may all have our individual opinions as to the merits of the contest in America. I, for one, have never concealed my own. As a Government and a people, we must be what we have already been--absolutely neutral. We must take no part whatever in that contest; only, let me remind you, the peace and good will we are all desirous should be maintained between these two great countries does not depend only--nay, does not depend principally--upon the conduct of the Government. My noble friend [Lord Palmerston] has spoken of the miseries of civil war, as well he may; but no word has ever fallen from his lips which implies that anyone was entitled to cast censure on the American Government for the contest in which they are engaged.