The Express. — London, England, 1863-08-11 00:00:00

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TO COBRESPONDILVIS. aaVITUDICIeaI intee - cled - Tor •.YheliiireSe" Landow Leasing pew, must be at the °dice, 10, Bouverlewireet, by Two o'clock on the day of publication. BRITANNIA_ Tuts Eviximo, THE 41 PE APR AND PARDON. Int r,.!umng E GREAT UIION I EMT t.O ; Profrosor Pepper's adaptation of )Ir. Dimas', I nveo tion. —Nlemn Woodman and Rawka —With DlNti DoNG —And taut; IStAILD. HIGH MATTA! AT LONDON HRIDGZ. TOM DAT Morning. Oh (r. . Aftrramo. Oh. 10-goagOw—Morning, oh. Una .Atiornooo. LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11. ELEVEN years have passed away since the • Second Empire, "by the grace of GOD and the " national will," was proclaimed in France by the man who three years before had taken Goo to wit ness his sworn fidelity to the Republic, and three months before had freely, in the face of Europe, announced that it was as the defender of the Re public that he had dissolved a reactionary National Assembly and taken the law into his own hands. Eleven years are but a moment of time, but a moment long enough to let ill weeds grow apace. The seed of violence sown in France eleven years since has grown into a dark and spreading tree that overshadows half the world. Marshal Foxe; one of the heroes of his own country's subjection, , has bettered his instruction, and surpassed his fame as a domestic law-breaker by his ex ploits in Mexico. Such an instrument was not ill chosen, and it has done its work admirably. The enthusiasm with which Savoy and Nice, under the auspices of Senator Plena, an nexed themselves to France, out of pure gratitude to the Liberator who left Venice to the Austrians and Rome to the POP; is eclipsed by the sudden and rapturous unanimity with which the Mexican people have abolished the institutions they pos sessed from the date of their independence, and have declared themselves the subjects of an Austrian Archduke, or of any other person whom NAPOLEON may be gracious enough to nominate and appoint as their Emperor. Three mouths elapsed between the first and second acts of perjury by which the Empire of the NAPOLEONS was restored in Europe. Marshal FOREY manages these things much more expeditiously in Mexico. He lays siege to the in- , dependence of a nation by • series of parallels : by a proclamation to the Mexican people assuring them that he was not come to interfere in any way with their form of government, but simply ' to obtain reparation for wrongs done to French subjects ; by a proclamation that he was come to aid them in restoring material prosperity, but not to impose political changes, and that any rumours to , the contrary calumniated a Sovereign and a nation whose flag was the signal of liberty and the symbol I of civilisation wherever it appeared. After leaning these Imperial edicts, Marshal FOREY fol lowed the approved precedent of the siege of Rome in 1849, and failing to convince the Mexicana of his peaceful and harmless mission, let loose his soldiers, who, by way of re assuring what Marshal Fos' declined to call a hostile population, murdered in cold-blood every Mexican wounded in action, and spent all 'Passion-week in burn ing down a populous city, putting the inhabi tants to the sword, rioting in fire and blood, and committing atrocities not easily surpassed by Russians in Poland. So obstinate was the resis tance of this people, whose "Notables" have recently implored the EMPEROR to send them an Emperor, that Puebla was stormed street by street and house by house ; and only Marshal Fealty knows how that desperate defence of Puebla suddenly ceased. The day after the capitulation, the Marshal described his triumphal entry into the city amidst joyous acclamations and through streets strewn with flowers. His march to the capital was unmolested, for the Chief of the nativeGovernmenthad withdrawn with the archives of the State to a city in the mountains ; and while the communications of the French army with the sea coast were still harassed by guerillas, Marshal FORE; ever faithful as his master to his solemn promises, assumed the government of the Republic, nominated a Triumvirate, and se lected a Council of Notables ; the Triumvirate consisting of a military, a civil, and an ecclesiastical traitor, and the Council of Notables of some two hundred men base enough to sell their country to the highest bidder. It is this Council of Notables chosen by Marshal FOREY that, on the 10th of July last, proclaimed Mexico an Empire, and the Archduke MAXIMILIAN of Austria their Emperor; and, failing the ARCHDUKE'S acceptance, implored the EMPEROR of the FRENCH to " select a person in whom he had " full confidence." This is a marked advance on the more elaborate process adopted by the French government in Savoy and Nice, where the popula tions were actually invited to annex themselves by • plebiscite, probably because • Council of " Notables" selected for the office of selling their country was not to be found so near the French frontier. Marshal FOREY is doubtless a severe classicist, and respects the dramatic unities. Perhaps ho has observed them somewhat too strictly in enter ing the city of Mexico, assuming and resigning the government of the Republic, and obtaining from a Council of his own selection a change in the form of government, and the proclamation of an Austrian Archduke as Emperor " by the will of " the Mexican nation"—and all within one abort month. Or are we to suppose, for the sake of dramatic prob►bility, that ten years have elapsed between the first act and the second, and that the Mexican nation, duly civilised by the humane and pious Zonaves, and taught by the PORE'S darlings to dance the cancan, have dis covered the vanity of Republican institutions, and insisted on the re-establishment of " the " liberty of the Church" as in Spain, and the liberty of the subject as in France? It might inspire more confidence in the delibera tions and votes of Marshal Foney's Council of Notables if the semi-official papers in Paris were kept within at least the bounds of proba bility in their comments on this latest triumph of French arms. It is notorious that French authority in Mexico means French bayonets and French guns ; it would be an immense exag• geration to coward Marshal FOREY'S Council of Notables with the French Notables who in 18.15 welcomed the Allies to Paris as the restorers ofi 1- THE 'EXPRESS. TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1863. legitimate royal authority ; for the legislators who abandoned NAPOLEON owned at learnt some national representative character, and were not appointed by Wra.uttotott or BLuctuta. The statement of La France that fifteen Mexican provinces had demanded French intervention is quite as credible as the statement that the Archduke MAXIMILIAN is prepared to accept the government of an empire guaranteed by fifteen thousand French soldiers and by two hundred " Notables." It may be convenient for the Second Empire to give away empires and thrones is the New World as the first Empire did in the Old, and to burlesque on a reduced scale and at a safer distance the domineer ing arrogance and rapacity of its glorious proto type. But we should be greatly surprised if the amiable and liberal young Archduke MAXIMILIAN were advised by his father-in-law to accept a visionary throne of Mexico from the hand of a ruler of France whose own throne is but a sand heap which to-morrow's flood may wash away. The Archduke MAXIMILIAN will, we dare say, have the prudence to accept the compliment for what it is worth, and will leave Marshal FOBEY'S Nota bles to the tender mercies of some fitter nominee in whom the Emperor of the FRENCH has fuller confidence, and whom France may be glad to spare. To raise an Empire of the Jesuits in the New World as a counterpoise to Anglo-Saxon ideas, is no light task, even for the Eldest Son of the Church. But it is not to the Mexican people, though they are made the waahpot of the Second Em pire, that the deepest sympathy of Europe is due. Theirs is but the fate of Liberal France. It is Liberal France that deserves the pity of the civi lised world. bt Court. The Dowager Princess of Leiningen was one of the sponsors to the infant Princess christened at Osborne on Sunday, but was prevented being present. The names of Mime Byrne, and Mr. Thurston, of the Royal Yacht, should have appeared in the list of the com pany, Mr. Truscott was not present. Prince and Princess William of Baden visited the Queen at Osborne on Saturday. Mr. Oswald Brierley has had the honour of exhibiting to her Majesty the sketches made by him lately on board her Majesty's ship Racoon. WINDSOR CASTLE, AUGUST 10. The Queen, the Princess Helene., Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, left Osborne this morning, at 10 o'clock, and arrived at the Castle at half-past 1 p.m. The suite consisted of the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Lieutenant- General Hon. C. Grey, and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat. Prince Alfred travelled with her Majesty to Basioptoke, and from thence proceeded to London, attended by Major Cowell. Princess Louise will remain at Osborne, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon, Horatio, Stanford, and Lieu tenant-Colonel Cavendish. Lord Cremorne and Lieutenant-General Sir H. Bentinck have arrived as Lord and Groom in Waiting. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess de Bert:Mort!, who left the Prussian Embassy early is the put week for Germany, have arrived at Carls bad. His excellency and the countess are expected to be absent about two months. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Ludy Caroline Lennox and family left Belgrave-square on Satur day for Gordon Castle, Fochabara, N.B. The noble duke and duchess will receive a large circle of friends during the residence of the family at Gordon Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose and Lady Violet Graham have arrived at Buchanan Castle, Stirling shire, from town, where the noble duke and duchess will entertain a succession of ViSAWS during the shooting season. The Duke of Leinster has gone on a visit to Mr. George Renton, M.P., and lady Jane Ropten, at Oudell Park, near Bedford, after which his grace will proceed to hie seat in Ireland. The Earl Cowley left town last evening to resume his duties as British Ambassador at Paris, after a week's Ammo. on leave in order to attend the funeral of his cousin, the late Earl of ldorningtoo, and to be present at his son's marriage. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and Lady Victoria Ashley loft town yesterday afternoon for Spa, in Belgium. Viscount Dan,qau is determined to retire from the Coldstream Guards in consequence of his marriage. Lori and Lady Southampton passed through town yesterday from Whittlebury Lodge, Northampton shire, on their way to Cowes, Isle of Wight, in order to join his lordship'■ yacht. _ . . Lord and Lady Rokeby and Hon. Miss Montagu will leave Portman-square in the coons of the week for a tour in Wales. They intend afterwards to proceed to Swit zerlan3, and contemplate passing the winter in Italy. Lady Victoria Wellesley and the Misses Tylney Long have returned t) Bolney L xlge, Sussex, from at tending the funeral of the BAH of Moraiogton, at Draycot, Wilts. Lady Macdonald and family have left Willaco's Hotel, St. Georpe'+•place, Hyde-park-corner, for Scotland. Lady Augusta Shirley has left Brown's Hotel for Staaatou Harold. The Cuunt and Countess de KyU have left Feototes Hotel for the Continent. Lieutenant-Colouel It. W. Hamilton, Grenadier Guards, and Mrs. Hamilton have arrived in Eccleston square, from Canada. THE ARCHDUKE Maxfitrmas.—The Archduke Ferdinand William Joseph was born on the 6th July, 1832, so that he is now thirty-one years of age. He is a brother of the Emperor of Austria and son of the Archduke Francis Charles Joseph. He is a vice -admiral, a member of the admiralty council, commandant of the Austrian navy, proprietor of the Bth regiment of Austrian Lancers, and head of the:lrd Prussian regiment of the Nenmark dragoons . He married on the 27th July, 1857, the daughter of the King of the Helenas The Archduke Maximilian was go- vernor-general of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom until 1859. DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY FOR" GERMANY. —Yesterday we quoted from the Times a paragraph setting forth special regulations for securing the strictest privacy in the departure of her Majesty this afternoon from Wool wich for Germany. This morning our contemporary says —" We Sr. requested to state that the paragraph which appeared in the Times of yesterday relative to the order stated to have been Paned in regard to the embarkation of her Majesty at the Royal Arsenal pier on Tuesday was ma. terially incorrect. The only orders which have been issued on the subject by the Secretary of State for War were that the usual guard of honour and salutes, and any official attendwee, were to be dispensed with on the occasion, in accordance with her Majesty's desire, and that arrangements should be made by the police for preventing any 112C011. virulent assemblage of csus." THE LADIES OF EDINIJURGH'S PREVENT TO THE PRINCESS or WALES.—We RllcienStand that the wedding gift from the ladies of Edinburgh will be presented to her Royal Highness the Monet of Wales on her return from the north. The design of the casket is very elaborate, and every pains are being taken by Messrs. Mackay and Cunning ham to render it worthy of being • Scottish gift. The grins and pebbles of Scotland will all be represented. Some mag nificent cairngorms are being set in it, and the mosaic work in pebbles is very effectively arranged. The general design and workmanship are said to be complete, end the casket will probably be one of the mint elegant and costly that has yet been made. It will, we bear, be exhibited to the public in a suitable plaice both before and after its preset tation. Courant. SUDDEN DEATH or SLR F. SLADZ.—A heavy gloom has been thrown over the western carcuit in mine queues of a special messenger having arrived in Wells died in morning with intelligence that Si r F. Sl a d e had died in his bed. The learned counsel bad conducted a case in the Nisi Pries Court on Friday with his usual vigour and ability, and apparently in robust health. Having concluded his day's work, he retired to his country seat at Matinee]. near Bridgewater; in the evening he com plained of fatigue, and on Saturday morning ho called in a medical friend, but there was nut much the matter. He went to bed rather early on Saturday night, and about 11 o'clock Lady Slade, who was by his side, di covered that he had ceased to exist. His death is believed to have been caused by apoplexy. Sir Frederick had been ou the western Circuit between 30 and 40 years. He went through the usual gradations of the profession. and became a moat suc cessful defender of prisoners. As time rolled on he emerged from the criminal into the civil court, and then was called within the bar an a Q.C. His peculiar style was that of great honesty adop.noesk accompanied by great humour, which soon gained him a causidemblo practice. THE ROYAL VISIT TO THE NORTH. The Prince and Princess of Wales left Perth ea route for Abergeldie on Saturday foreman, at fifteen minutes past 11 o'clock. The only alterations in the arrange ments for the departure of their royal higbnesses, as cam. pared with those made for their arrival on the previous evening, were the admission by ticket to the railway elation platform of a limited number of ladies and gentle men, and the keeping of order by the city high constables and police. The barricades at the top of Leonard street and King's-place were guarded by d e t ac h. menu of the 74th Highlanders and city police. ' The Lord Provost and magistrates, Sheriff Gordon, Sheriff Barclay, Mr. if 'Lean, procurator-fiscal; several of the directors of the Scottish Central and Scottish North Eastern Railways, Mr. Greig of Glenearse, and other county gentlemen, were waiting on the platform. The Prince and Princess left the British Hotel at ten minutes past eleven in • carriage and pair, and drove slowly to the main entrance of the railway station, where they were received by the Lord Provost and magistrates, Sheriff Gordon and Sheriff Barclay. When the royal pair had taken their places in the railway saloon carriage, Mr. Greig, of Glenearae,*presented to the Princess a bouquet of bean tiful flowers, which her royal highness graciously acknowledged. The royal train left the station amid the !enthtuisstic and prolonged cheering of those assembled on the platform. It may be men tioned that when, on Fridey evening, the Prince of Wales drove out to; Scone Palace, he was accompanied by the Earl of Dunmore. Lord Stormont, it may be also stated, was not at home on Friday evening, and the Prince of Wales and the Esrl of Dunmore returned' to Perth at half-past seven o'clock. On Saturday morning one of the principal shoemakers in Perth received an order from the Princess of Wales. Before leaving the British Hotel the Prince of Wales expressed to Mr. Pople his great satisfaction with the arrangements which had been made for the accommodation and comfort of the Princess and himself. During the stay of their royal highnesses at the British Hotel the royal standard was displayed in front of the house, and the hotel itself was gaily decorated with flags and banners. Immediately after the departure of the royal train • heavy rain fell, which led to the quick dispersion of the persons assembled at the railway station. At the Perth and Conpar-Angus stations scarcely a person was to be seen. Indeed, it did not seem that many knew it was the royal train which was pawing, for here and there at siding', a little distance from a station, might be seen servants who never raised their heads when the carriages swept put. At Cooper-Angus, a short stay was made to supply the engine with water. There were only a few persona on the plat form, among them being Sheriff Ogilvy, Dundee. A very effective cheer was given when the train left. From Cooper to Forfar it appeared that more people knew of the royal progress, as the houses in the vicinity of the stations had their doors and windows filled with spectators. No halt was made at Forfar, where a large number of persons had gathered, principally excursionists, the day being • holiday. Enthusiastic cheers were given as the train steamed slowly past. At Bridge of Dun a stoppage of three minutes took place, and Captain W. H. Kent Erskine of Dun had the honour of presenting two bouquets to their royal highnesses. Provost Guthrie, of Brechin, Major Fitz:nem-ice Scott, of Comiston, and a select party of ladies and gentlemen, were assembled at the station and heartily cheered the royal cortege. No other stoppage took place till Ferryhill Junc tion was reached. The royal train drove into the Ferryhill Junction, Aber deen, at two o'clock sharp. 'Moires sample of hours earlier than had been anticipated ; and as the change in the time was not known in Aberdeen till Saturday morning, the crowd assembled at the station was not so large as it other. wise would have been. Still, the news of the alteration spreading rapidly, a very large masemblage of the inhabitant , . wan congregated within the enclosure at the Ferryhill Junction—admitted by ticket—and on every available height that could command a view even of the train itself, eager spectators had planted themselves, intent on catching a glimpse of the royal pair. The provost, magis trates, and council took up their position where the train stopped ; and beside them were Sheriff Watson, Mr. Cadenhead, Procurator-fiscal ; Mr. Irvine of Drum, con venor of the county, &c. The directors of the Scottish North-Eastern, Deeside, and Great North Railways were also present. A large body of volunteers, under Lieut.- Colonel Knight Erskine, formed a guard of honour ; and the band of the city battalion was likewise on the ground. As the train steamed into the junction, a loud and hearty cheer was raised by the multitude, and immediately and very courteously acknowledged by the Prince. The cheer ing being repeated again and again, the Prince took the Princess by the hand and lad her forward, when she also gra d ciously acknowledged the hearty reception given her. This, of course, was the signal for a renewal of the cheers in a yet more hearty way. The guard of honour presented arms on the train arriving, and the band played " God save the Queen." The Prince, who seemed in excellent health and spirits, conversed very affably with several persons in the station; but the Prim:sea, it was generally remarked, looked pale, and am if somewhat wearied. The train re mained about ten minutes at the Junction, when the Ike fide Company's engine having been attached, and the directors taken their places, the train moved out of the station amid loud cheering and the waving of hats ►nd handkerchiefs. Except two or three minutes at Banchory, there was no further stoppage until the train reached Aboyne, at about 3.15. At various places along the line there were numbers of people congregated, and flags were displayed from all sorts of places along the route. The station ►t Aboyne was very neatly decorated with heather and wild flowers —a Prince of Wales feather, with the letters A on each side forming a conspicuous object above the station door—while the platform from the royal carriage wan laid with crimson cloth. Mr. Duncan, chair man, and other directors of the Deeside Company, re ceived the Prince and Princess here, and conducted them to their carrier. A large platform had been erected in the open space in front of the station, which was well filled, though not so crowded as it would undoubt. edly have been had there been no alteration of the hour of arrival. There was also a considerable number admitted within the station, and as soon as the Prince and Princess stepped out of the saloon carriage a loud cheer saluted them, which was repeatedon their ►ppearing outside. An open travelling carriage was waiting for them, and they immedi ately took their meats in it. A detachment of the Marquis of Huntly's Volunteers, under Captain Davidson, acted as a guard of honour here. After a few minutes' delay the carriage containing the Prince and Princess drove off, loudly cheered, The next stoppage was at Ballater, where the hones were changed. A triumphal arch bad been erected here, with the motto" Welcome to Highland Hearts and Homes." A number of the Farquharson clansmen also turned out to meet the young royal couple, who were received very warmly. Abergeldie Castle—which has been recently re decorated and furnished anew; for the Prince and Princess, was reached at 5.80. The Princess wore a Victoria tartan poplin dose, a short lavender-coloured jacket, and white straw bonnet. The weather, which wits rough and somewhat rainy in the early part of the day, cleared up beautifully in the afternoon, so that the Prince and Princess saw the High lands under the best possible cireamstances.—Scefirman. INTERESTING DISCOVERY IN ARGYLFSHIRE.—A cavern, similar to those found in England and on the coati. neat, containing caucus remains of men and of lower ani mals, has lately been discovered on the property of John Malcolm, Esq., of Poltalloch. By the liberality of that ro- Bemis, the cavern has been fully explored, and its contents carefully collected by the Rev. Messrs. Mapleton end Mac bride. These contents consist of the remains of ineo, of ocher animals, and shells of edible shellfish. The only article of manufacture found in it was a small ale, • flint flake ; and the only domestic utensil was • 'canon shell, or pecan maximus—the shell used by the ancient Celts as • drinking vessel. The cavern was evidently need as a place of residence, for beneath the cave stuff, or ;kiwis, were found ashes, b ts of charred wood, and bones, a flint pebble for striking fire, and stones, which, from their form and position. seem to have paved far seats. When act discovered, the humeri remains were supposed to have been those of persons who had fled there for shelter, when the &diurnal country was laid waste by firs and sword during the ruthless raid of Mister M'CoU Citto. The absence, how ever, of metal weapons and culinary vessels—both which were of universal use in The days of this scourge of Argyle shire, end which undoubtedly would have been conveyed by the refugees to their place of concealment—and the presence of wits and scallop shells, seem to dispmve this opinion and to point to • much higher antiquity for it. inhabitants. What seem, to confirm this opinion is the fact that many of the bones, teeth, and shells are as firmly imbedded in • calcareous matrix as are the fossil remains in the lias and carboniferous limestone. Mr. Macbride is engaged in ex amining its contents, and preparing a report on the subject, which, it is to be hoped, will th row additional li g ht on th e history of this interesting cavern and of its interesting occupanta.—Glaspoic Herald. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (samrsa's sitscatema) AMERICA. (Per eats steamer the City of Limerick.) NEW YORK, Jets 30, Measure. The New York Times says that the army of the Potomac is again on the Rappahannock, at or in the vicinity of Falmouth. General Lee's forces are encamped between Culpepper and Gordonsville. He has assumed a defensive attitude. Ewell's corps is moving through the Shenandoah Valley, in the direction of Fredericksburg. The recent active movements of General Meade's anny will, it is said, be followed by its former inactivity. The Mayor of Savannah has issued a proclama tion ordering the citizens to organise for its defence. It is rumoured that Chattanooga was captured by Rosecranz on the 16th ult. The Florida was at Bermuda, coaling and repair ing machinery, and had transferred half a million of silver bars on board the blockade runner R. E. Lee, for Wilmington. Since June IS the Florida is reported to have destroyed 1i vessels, including the brig W. B. Nash. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JULY 29, EVENING. - - Money easy at 6 per cent., gold dull, 1271. Ex change firm, 140. Stocks active. New York Centrals, 1271. Erie, 102;. Illinois, 114 i. Cotton in good demand. Middling upland, 62. Flour declined 10c. Wheat also lower. Provisions unchanged. Freights dull, with moderate engage ments. _ . (Per the City of London.) NEW YORK, Jin,y3l, Evrrarra. Advices have been received from Charleston to the 26th inst. The bombardment of Fort Wagner continues. General Gilmore has erected a battery of heavy guns within 1,000 yards of Fort Wagner. . - . - Fort Sumter and Fort Johnston, upon James's Island, are keeping up a continued fire upon the Federals on Morris Island. The Federal casualties average about six daily. The Confederates refuse to exchange the captured negro troops. Federal General Strong is dead. General Meade's army is on the line of the Rap pahannock. It is rumoured General Meade will endeavour to prevent General Lee from re-occupying the Frede ricksburg Heights. The eleventh corps of General Meade's army has been broken up. Two thousand five hundred Confederates, under Generals Pegram and Scott, have crossed the Kentucky river, and attacked the Federals at Paris, but were repulsed after two hours' fighting. The Confederates have retreated to Winchester, followed by the Federal cavalry. Morgan and his officers have been confined in cells in the Ohio Penitentiary at Columbus. The Evening Post says the government has deter mined to force the draft in New York. The amount of force employed will depend solely upon the exigencies of the case. The Southern journals recommend that if the decision in the case of the Alexandra be affirmed iu England, the Confederates should promptly avail themselves of it to give a death blow to Northern commerce and strike some Northern cities. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JULY 31, Evmme. Money easy. Gold, 28/ per cent. prem. Ex change on London—Bankers' bills, 141. Stocks advancing. New York Centrals, 128/ ; Illinois, 1121 ; Erie, ling ; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 104. Cotton, good inquiry. Middling Upland, G 24 to 63. Flour heavy. Wheat in good demand for expert. Corn tending downwards. Provisions dull. Coffee quiet. Sugar very firm. Molasses quiet. Crude Petroleum, 34. The steamers James Battle and William Bagley have been captured. NEW YORK, Aucml, Mo =sc. General Burnside has issued a proclamation which says :—" Kentucky has been invaded by the rebels with the intention of overawing the judges, intimidating the voters, and forcing the election of disloyal candidates at the election of Sept. 3. Martial law is therefore proclaimed in Kentucky. Military commanders will aid the state authorities to support the laws and the purity of suffrage. The judges present at the polls will be held strictly responsible that no disloyal person be allowed to vote, and to this end military power will give them its utmost support." Au engagement is expected upon the Rappa hannock. The siege of Charleston continues. The Confederates have been defeated in Ken tucky and Tennessee. _ _ Bras'iear City has been captured by the Federala. The FederaLs are moving agaiust Mobile. NEW YORK, Aucusr 1, 1•iooN. General Lee massed his forces at Culpepper on Wednesday, and prepared to give the Federals battle on the Rappahannock. One Confederate regiment guards the Rappahannock from Frede ricksburg to Eley's Ford, on the Rapidau, which is fortified south of Culpepper. The NN York 11 - ortit says the Federals got possession of the heigilts in the rear of Fredericks burg. . . . Mosby's guerillas have made a raid into Fairfax Court-house. The Federal General Herren's division has left Vicksburg for Mobile. Grant's army has fallen back to Big Black River. Johnston is said to be reinforced by Bragg, and will make the Mobile and Ohio Railroad from Okolona on the north,to Mobile ou the south, his line of defence. General Gilmore reports his total loss in three days' fighting at 985. The Confederates in Kentucky have been driven from Winchester towards Irvine. They also occupied Stanford, but were driven out with lees, and re treated towards the Cumberland River. The Con federates who were forcing the conscription in West Tennessee have been routed by the Federals at Lexington, with the loss of several officers and two cannon. Mounted patrols have been organised along the river from Vicksburg to New Orleans. Several more vessels have arrived at New Orleans from St. Louis. _ The Ftvleral government is being strongly urged to repeal the tax upon invoices of goods sent from St Louis to New Orleans. Br►sbear city has surrendered to the Federal gunboats. 4is supposed to have been evacuated. The military authorities of Kentucky have announced that if it shall be found necessary to impress property, it will be taken first from those persons opposed to furnishing more men or money to put down the rebellion. • ' General Pemberton and his officers have not been exchanged ; the exchange of prisoners has been partially suspended. The New York Times says that the draft in Now York will recommence on Monday, the 3rd inst., and that the government is prepared for any emergency. A bitter controversy continues between the republican and the democratic press concerning the constitutionality and policy of enforcing the draft ; also between the State and Federal officials who were engaged in quelling the late riots. - _ The steamer Arabian has arrived at Nassau from Wilmington. Several vessels have returned to Nassau, being unable to enter Confederate porta. The Governor of the Bahamas has received in formation from Lord Lyons that the efforts to induce the Washington Cabinet to withdraw its prohibition to export live stock to Nassau were fruitless. The Florida was still at Bermuda on the 22nd ult., taking fuel from the Confederate steamer Harriet Pinckney, the naval authorities having refused to furuish her with fuel. Postscript.—News from Charleston, to the 29th ult., states that General Gilmore has erected a line of batteries within 250 yards of Fort Wagner. Three heavy siege guns have been mounted within a mile and a quarter of Fort Sumter, and would open on that fort on the 29th ult. QUEENSTOWN, AtlGTlffr 11. The Inman steamer City of London, from New York on the Ist instant, arrived here at 9.30 a.m. to-day, and proceeded at 10 a.m. for LiverpooL She brings mails, 60 cabin and 80 steerage passengers, and 1G2,000 dole. in specie. The extra steamer City of Limerick, from New York on the 30th ult., arrived here at five a.m. to-day, and proceeded at 5.15 a.m. for Liverpool. Sue brings 50 passengers, a full cargo, but no specie. _ _ TURKEY. OONSTANTINOPLE. Auausr 11. Russian troops are being concentrated at Gumri. The Porte demands explanations from the Russian government on this account. . The old seraglio has been totally destroyed by fire. The Inland Custom-houses have been abolished, and an octroi substituted. ARRIVAL OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. PENZANCE, AUGUST li. The Golden Fleece, from Calcutta May 7, and Madras May 28, has arrived. She brings Cape news to July 2 and a large mail, including the frontier mail that arrived at Cape Town too late to be forwarded by the last mail steamer. An indignation meeting had been held at Port Elizabeth on account of the delay of these mails, but no blame attached to the Post-office authorities. The long disputed boundary line between the Queenstown district and British Kaffraria had at last been settled. More Kaffir robberies have occurred on the fron tier. At Whittlesea they had perpetrated a daring robbery, leaving two Europeans for dead. The synod of the English church at Graham's Town had been opened by the Bishop of the diocese. Further particulars Lad arrived of the revolution in Madagascar, confirming the opinion that the assassination of the King arose from a reactionary spirit among the people, and their suspicion of his too liberal tendencies and concessions to Europeans. Queen Robodo and her supporters bad, however, not shown any symptom of reversing the King's tolerant policy. H.M.S. Gorgon left for Madagascar June 30. Pretorius resumed the Presidency at the Yolks raad on June 17. Business was still dull and prices unaltered, with the exception of wool, which was declining. The Homer had arrived on the 27th .June, from Sydney, and the Chinese war steamer Tien-tein, on June 25 from England. ROME. A letter from Rome, published by the Presse, states that Cardinal Antonelli is making every effort to induce the Pope to consent to the disband ing of the Pontifical army. The gendarmerie alone would be reorganised and made to depend exclu sively on the Mini:dry of the Interior. This pro ject, which would lead to the complete suppression of the Ministry of Arms, and consequently leave Mgr. de Mdrode without any duties to perform, is said to have been favourably received by the Pope. Pius IX. intends to discuss it at leisure with his ministers and the cardinals about his person. It is well known that this little army, now considerably reduced (for enlistments, not withstanding the bounty offered, are rare) costs as much, in proportion to its numbers, as the Swiss troops formerly kept by the King of Naples. It would therefore be not at all surprising, the letter states, if the Pontifical government should, for purely economical considerations, suppress an army which is of no real utility. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) TcR , DAY, ACGCSIII. 8 A.M. 18. N.! U.l W. 1 7. ;X. Q. L R. S. Nairn -2.1.52 4:9 1 S.W. 12i1 • 22 o 0.66 2 Aberdeen 29. • 551 2 N.N. 6 4 r o.lo' 3 Leith is, sr 70 3 W. 3 5 22 e 3 Shields Acal borough 29 92 d 3. 3 W. 12 ; 2 24 b 2 Greencastle__ °5.7 !AI 4 N.N.W. i 2,3 ! 32 c 0.12 Galway 311.59 GO 5 : 1 2 21 b 7 Queeustoins Liverpool Holyhead Pembroke Pentance Brest 30 12 64 3 N.W. 1 3 3' Is 0 3 (:Orient 3O oti 64' 2 N. • 2 3 32 I b 2 Rochefort Plymouth Weymouth Portsmouth London - Dover 10 O3 75 3 W.S.W. I I e —I 1 Yarmouth 2OOl G.' , 7 W. 1 5 13 24 C —I 3 Heligoland 29.54 02 1 , . 7 S 20 0 —; 4 PROBABLa WIDAVIDAT. ON THU TTICLaDAT. N.N.W. to N. Y.E. sml Nokru•Zatir. N.W. to NAL, and back back to W., line, fresh to W . fresh to to moderate. moderate, ahowery. N. to N.B. and to N.W., Wigif COASTS. N.W. to S.W., mods. fresh to moderate, rate, line. showery. N. to W. and S., light, SOCTIICOASTS. B.W. to N.W., light to nue. fresh. showery. N. W. to S.W., light to Sorra-EAsr. B.S. W. to W. N. W., ino moderato, showers. derate, showery. North-Eaat=l'ailliness to Norfolk. West= Donegal to Cons *AlL houtli=ehanuel and Boy Coasts. South-East=Strafg of Doter to Norfolk. ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT 9 H-PARK. —The 24th anniversary meeting of this society was held yesterday (Monday), Mr. J. Anderson in the chair. The following were added to tLe council for the year 186364 Neil Aroott, General Buckley, J. W. Freshfleld, James Hey wood, Sir K. L Murchison, Lord Alfred Hervey, and the Duke of Buckingham and Chaudoa. The Earl De Le Warr was re-elected president, and Mr. E. Marjorilanks was re elected treasurer. The report from the council stated that the affairs of the society were in a much more flourishing condition Coin last year, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and 118 new fellows basing joined the !society since the last anniversary. The receipts had been 11,0321. 84. 10d., aod the payments 2, Ilia 17s. 7d., leaving a balance in hand of 1.8711. lls. 3d. The reports from the secretary and curator congratulated the fellow■ on the great use the gardens had been to professors, medical students, and artists, in the pursuit of their respective studies, 163 having availed themselves of the privilege of gratuitous admission to the garrison and museum of the society ; and also above 22,000 apecimeos had been distri bute., to professors at the various hospitals and medical schools to illustrate their lectures. Thanks were voted to the presiusut, council, and executive officers, and also to the chairman, nod the meeting broke up, the fellows of the society present appearing highly pleased with the results of the meeting. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (I , RON 001 OWN CONIZSPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVICIING. It is given out that the acceptance of the Mexi can throne by the Archduke Maximilian it. certain. All that is positively known, however, is that in a telegram, thanking the Emperor for his congra tulations on the election, he makes his consent con tingent upon the decision of his brother, the Em peror of Austria. That is an open answer, which says nothing. I have reason to think that the question does not stand now precisely ou the same footing as it did at the time when Marshal Forey was ordered to get the archduke " spontaneously " elected by the Mexicans. Of course, if the Em peror Napoleon means to give a throne to an Austrian archduke, it is because he intends to make use of him ; and if the archduke should be recalcitrant, it will be easy for the pro tecting power to make such conditions as will be certain to be refused. I have a very strung opinion that the relations between France and Austria are not at this moment so extremely in timate and cordial as that the archduke could be advised to do such a mad thing as to expatriate himself to a pestiferous climate for the sake of the title of an Emperor and the government of a hostile people, ho being all the while a puppet iu the hands of a French garrison. The clerical journals are delighted at the " elec tion" of the Archduke Maximilian to be Emperor of Mexico. But their approbation is based upon the assumption that he is a "good catholic," and that neither he nor his brother will make any concession either as regards the rights of the Pope or of the pretensions of the de throned princes of Italy. The hope of the ultramontaue party is that the church of Rome, by obtaining under the protection of the French Emperor a solid footing on the American Conti nent, may be able to transplant there the mouldy institutions of the middle ages, which there is no hope of keeping much longer in a flourishing state in any part of Europe. The Union says; The democratic journals sea with very bad humour the establishment of a monarchy in Mexico. That circumstance would already be a considerable reason for ns to entertain an opposite opinion. The revolution excels in quarrelling with what thwarts it, and a certainty may be felt that in the majority of case@ whatever it attacks is precisely that which is beat suited for the true interests of France and the cause of civilisation and of justice. Were we not a few days since told, " After all, Juarez is the representative of liberal principles." Those who call for his over throw, and those who wish to substitute a little order, security, and liberty, for the ri4ime of spoils tion, despotism, and anarchy, are only " clericals" and " retrogrades." Those amenities appear to us to be traits of light. To those motives, however, are to be added others of a higher order. We pointed them out a few days ago, and we indicated what ought to be, in our opinion, the price of the blood shed by our soldiers. That price is no other than the establishment in Mexico of a state of society based on conservative principles, and which, uniting toge ther the Latin and catholic race, too long a prey to deem deny, should restore to it the force and the prosperity of which it is worthy, and energetically oppose the encrcach meats of the Saxon and protestant race. Are there in Mexico elements fur such a favourable reaction! I Can ' , rance find there the legitimate atiafaction of her wishes and of her aacrificie? HIS the monarchy of the Archduke Maximilian the conditions sufficient to succeed in it? We are certainly as well aware as anyone can be of the great difficulties attendant on such a task. But what is there easy is this world, and what nation can be regene rated without much trouble? What suffices for just under takiogs and for elevated minds is that the difficulties be not insurtuountabla and that the object be honourable. God will do the rest. After arguing that the Mexicans ought to be de• lighted to escape by the course proposed from the auarchy which has torn them iu pieces for so many years, the writer says in terminating : Has the Archduke Maximilian the qualities necessary to undertake so arduous a mission! Wil: be accept it ; and, if he does, will be succeed? From all we know, that prince has the most favourable chances of success. His exalted intelligence, his deep attachment to catholicism, his wall known ability, and his resolution to attempt what is not ordinary, realer him apt to incur those risks. We are certain that for no cons:deration in the world would either he or his august brother consent to purchase the throne of Mexico by any concession which might attack the respect due to the rights of another, and which might more parti cularly prejudice in Italy the interests of the dethroned legitimate sovereigns and of the most venerated of those sovereigns, Pope Pius IX. Under such conditions, stipu lating for himself alone, the archduke is equal to attempt the work, and if well seconded he has strength enough to succeed in it. The Archbishop of Paris's letter ordering prayers for Poland was made use of by the " bears " as a symptom of war. Itente was very heavy, and fell 30c. The closing price, 67fr. 15c., is the lowest since the sudden rise at the beginning of last week, and that rise is now completely effaced. Mobilise fell 16fr. 25e. I am informed that within the last mouth the French government has been largely exporting gold to Mexico. The Bank of France, to check the drain upon its cellars, refused for many days to give any gold at all to the public ; and as many people preferred taking notes to the inconvenience of carrying away heavy bags of five-franc pieces, the precaution of the Bank has met with wonderful success. This fact, which reaches me from a sure source, explains the curious phenomenon of the Bank paying nothing but silver at a moment when M. Chevalier writes a pamphlet to prove that gold is likely to become the only metallic currency. Yesterday, Sunday-, August 9, was the hottest day known in Paris for very many years. X. Barrel, a scientific luau, formerly a pupil of Arago, writes to the Opiuithi Natiiiiiafc that iu all proba bility there has nut been so great a degree of heat for the last 158 years. He does nut speak with certainty, on account of tho difficulty of accurately testing recorded observations. A thermometer which marks 39 deg. (Centigrule) in the shade will at the same moment mark 65 deg. in the sun ; and between these extreme degrees there are a great many inter mediate figures, depending upon the conditions iu which the thernioneter may be placed. However, M. Barrel consulting yesterday a very good thermo meter, quite in th ,, shade and far from any house or wall iu the garden of the Rue Notre Dame des Champs, observed ;it) deg. at half-past 2. He says it is very rare iu Paris for the thermometer to exceed 36 deg. It has not been so high as 37 deg. since Aug. 18, 1842, and Le finds uo record of its having reached 39 deg. (the present heat) since August 19, 1763. Ou August 20, 17133, the beat (always, of course, supposed to be in the shade) was 40ileg., and that is the only known instance since 1705, when thermometric observations were first systematically taken in Paris, of greater heat than in this year, 1863. To-day there is a little more air, but the heat is not sensibly diminished, and the barometer stands at set fair. "The continuance of the beat," says the Union Bourgi , ifploll.l4e, to Callse nomo uneasiness to the vtue-growers in Burgundy. The grapes up to the last two or three days had not suffered from the drought even on light grounds, but now they in many places begin to shrivel as though entire deprived of sap. This fact has before occurre d, particularly in 1861, but did not, however, prevent an excellent crop. At the first rain, those grapes would speedily recover, and the q uality would com pensate for any falling off in quantity caused by the heat."