The Express. — London, England, 1863-07-27 00:00:00

• pROTOGRAPHIE CLASSIQUE FIANCAMI, - 21 1 Irdirwor"oad. Hydopark, Landon. Manager, manioc VAIMII KR, Ist, Chef Operator to C. !Wry. TBN CARTES DS VISITS. 101. d. NOTIOR—POCKET BROMETER. NEORETTI and ZAM BRAS origin A al instrument *se of a walohl for foretelling weather, and for mountain meaaure supplied to her Majes ty ' s go vernment, to he had only :tert, as attos-gardia ; fa, I ; sad 132, Itegeotedreet. EERYBODY KNOWS Mr. MILES , V Alfred Webb Miles REMOVED FROM BONTSSTREET to 12, BROOK-S TR EET, Ranosesseetare, la WM. Thes. o n g .uated by him) la all the New Patterns, n BETTER TILIN EVER." glie enilvesii. TO OOLRESPONDANTIL Adrerthesseats Intended for " Tiehiitre;; * London Ercnbli Paper nest be at She llow. 10. bouverteatreet. by Two dulcet ea the day of publication. PRINCICIT&, Taw Z•wmat, Otwank TOY —And ROMEO AND JtLTFT. Wean. Walter Montgomery, George Vining. Iselmore, am! E. Manioc 114 Me. Malls OMNI an.l Mn H. Mantua. LYCITY. ETZISMO. • SITDDIZN ATTIC[. Moan Shore and Middle:omb ; Ylra Henrede and ttra Lee.—An l THZ DCKL S MOTTO. Mama. Yachter. Shore. Jordan, and Maywood ; Miser C. Leclerc% It. Terry. and Ms - - - BILITANNLL TRW symixo, THE MISER II S DATOTEIL-THE GREAT OHOST SCENE from 7HY WISHING GLEN, with Preform' PE1747.131rat11E.-AluleTtri CUASRIOnISOBRDIENCL-TRE men WATER AT LONDON 1111:6011. Till DAT Morntft. 106. 11012.....Allarassa 11h. res. fo•sozzow—Morntos. 11 , 45.• •• •Atlool.ooo. Oi um. LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 27. Tama of our contemporaries who, up to the end of last week, continued to assert that the sur render of Vicksburg "is at least not certain," must really learn to move a little faster, or their comments on the American war will soon be two or three mails in arrear. Before they have " recognised " the fall of Vicksburg we have the news not only that Port Hudson has uncondition ally surrendered, but that part of GRANT% vic torious army under General SHERMAN had marched against General Jourterows, defeated him in a pitched battle with heavy loss, and forced the only remaining Confederate force in the West into a precipitate retreat. The news from the East does not in the least help to counterbalance the total collapse of the Confederacy on the Mississippi. General Las, instead of remaining north of the Potomac and defeating the Federal army by means of the large reinforcements be was said to have received, has beefily crossed the river, and is in full re tr eat towards Richmond. Nor is the latest intelligence from the centre of th'e vast area of military operations at all more encouraging to the Confederate cause. General BRAGG appears not to have paused in his flight even at the en trenched camp of Chattanooga, which we have been repeatedly told was impregnable, but is said to have retreated to Atalanta, a hundred miles further south. At the same time a Federal force has suddenly appeared before Charleston, and succeeded in establishing itself on the two islands which form the south side of the harbour. There is, in fact, nothing to console the wounded feel ings, or to mitigate in any way the severe yet mort righteous disappointment of those ardent friends of the Confederacy who have cherished with des perate tenacity the humane and enlightened hope of seeing a great military power based on slavery successfully established in the New World. Not at one point only, but at every point in a line of military operations extending over more than a thousand miles, the Confederates are forced help lessly back. On the Mississippi and in the West the war is virtually over, the enemy's strongholds being captured, and his armies destroyed ; while the centre and in the East the only organized forces that still keep together are in full retreat. The disturbances at New York bad been well prepared beforehand. A Virginian was their chief leader, having several hundred agents under his orders, and their force was dis tributed with some skill over the city, so as to give the movement the appearance of • general and spontaneous uprising. For two whole days they appear to have been uncon trolled, the force at the command of the Mayor having been quite inadequate to overpower them. During this period they continued to perpetrate atrocities worse than any that are recorded of the French Revolution. The negroes were chosen for attack by the leaders of the mob, because they are proving an important arm of the free Republic in destroying slavery, and were mailed by their ignorant followers from the Wapping and Rother hithe of New York because their competition keeps wages within bounds. The intervention of Arch bishop Hymn= suggests that the IrLsh took their full share in the disturbances. Although this riot is each an one as might be got up in any seaport, it is rely disgraceful to tie City of New York. Nobody, however, at all ao quainted with the history of that city for the last ten years will feel the least surprise at what has taken place. There is no city in the world of its size in which the mob is so completely in the bands of a few unprincipled men. It was known a month ago that throughout the North the word bad been given that the last card was to be played by the Copperheads. It has been played, and lost. This New York riot is a failure and also serious blunder. The action of the Federal Govern ment will not be impeded by it for a day ; not a battalion will delay its march : respectable citizens of all opinions will be drawn closer together and nearer to the Government by the spectacle of ♦iolence, which recalls the flourishing days of New Orleans. And the riot will as little serve thepurpose of the Confederate Government out of America as nearer home. It will not even be of use to poor Lord CAXPIIIII. to-night, for it would be ridiculous to liken it to civil war, which it no more resemble, than our own Bristol riots. No political party will acknowledge these proceedings ; and it will be impossible to pretend that they were spontaneous. This is a last foul blow struck for a desperate and dying cause, and it will prove as vain as it is villanous. MR. LAIRD, of Birkenhead, sends to the Daily News some letter, without signature, in support of his statement in the House of Commons last March, that he had been asked to build war ships for the Federal Govern ment. Mr. LA►su invites the public to judge by these letters whether be had not sufficient grounds for entertaining the belief that the Navy Department, of which Mr. Waizza is chief, had approached his firm with a view of getting ships built in this country for the American Government. But Mr. Loran can hardly suppose that when a fact has been publicly affirmed and pub licly denied by the two parties most in terested, the question between them can be decided by the production of anonymous letters. We agree with the friends whom Mr. LAIRD COD milted that he had a right to use all documents, including the Washington letter of July 30, in his own vindication ; and indeed that the question having become a public one between two Govern ments, it was his duty to do so ; but then if the letters are to be worth anything as evidence, he must publish the name of his correspondent. U he cannot do this, his case breaks down for went of evidence. If Mr. Lam merely wishes to show how he came to be possessed with a certain belief, these letters may suffice, but if he wants to convict the American Government, they are worth less. The departmental memorandum which Mr. LAIRD publishes, and to which he appears to attach importance, contains no reference to him, and is just such an one as would be given to an American contractor. There must have been scores of similar memoranda issued at Washington to persons who were providing the American Government with home-built ships. We submit to Mr. LAIRD that he cannot let the matter rest where it is. There must have been appalling lying somewhere, and we hope the guilty party will be found out. In the meantime, Mr. Lama's letters prove nothing to the purpose. Cbt ecnirt. OSBORNE, JOIN 25. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess of Wales and Prisms Helena, drove out in an open carnage and four yesterday afternoon. Lord Alfred Paget attended on horseback. JOLT 26. The Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold, attended Divine service at Osborne this morning. The Rev. Dr. Stanley officiated. The ladies and gentlemen in waiting and the household were s leo present. The Right Hoo. Sir George Grey arrived at Osborne last night. Princess Helena, Priem@ Lou;se, and Princess Bestrioe attended by the Hoe. Mrs Bruce and Lieutenant-General the Hon. C. Grey, went to Freshwater yesterday. The Princess of Leiningen progresses satistsatocily, sod the Infant Princess is perfectly well. A C►binet Councg was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The !Ai/later' present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, Earl de Grey, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somer set, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat OD Saturday. An appeal from the Consular Court, Turkey, "The I.acoaia" (part beard), was concluded. The Lords present were Lord Kingsdown, Dr. Luabingtos, and Sir E. Ryan. Despatcher) were sent on Saturday from the Colonial. office to the Governors of the North American Provinces, Gibraltar, sad Malta. VISIT or Panics ARTHUR TO WaLas.—His Royal Highness PI:aCS Arthur at.:vci at the Lion Hots), Ml gelly, Malionetbsb , re, on Saturday sveniog, at 6 o'clock, being secempanied by Major Elphinstoos and two other gentlemen. The prince will nay for • few days at the Lion Hotel, and purposes today (Monday) to vroend Ceder Idris. It , s the highest monotai• in the district, sad is ale nit five miles from the town of Dolgelly. The prince will also visit some of the gold mines during Ws sojourn in Merionethshire. His royal highness will pay big respects to the lord-lisutenant of the county (Lord Mostyn), and the high sheriff (Rowel Morgan, Esq.), in the 000rse of the week. Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe•Weimar will entertain a distinguished party at if doorabe Lc Ige during the Goodwood race week. Hie Exoellency the Marquis d'Azeglio enter tained at dinner, on Saturday evening, at the Italian Legs, tion, his Enosliener Count Pasolud, 'wooer of Turin; General Delardi, a:de.de-amp to the King of Italy ; Priam Tomo, Marquis Trivulzio, Count della Sotnaglion, Marquts Vitiates:hi, Signor Prinetti, Marquis Atenolfl, Signor Besmbilla, Signor Mario, Signor Mama, Signor Pining, May. Signor Melia, Mr. T. Heath, vios-consul ; Baron de Cosa, Count Corti, Count Maffei, Marquis &lig and Signor Corioposes. Viscountess Palmerston gave her concluding amembly for the season, oil Saturday 'riming. at Cambridge House. The ,anion was attended by most of the aristo cracy at preset in London. Previously to the amembly the noble viscounts,' received at dinner the Earl of Coventry, the Countess Cowley and Ledy Feodorewna Wellesley, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and Lady Victoria Ashley, VI/OMA and Visowataes Sydoey, Viscountea Jocelyn and the Hoe. Mime Alice and Edith Jocelyn, Lord Harris, Lord Dunkellin, Lord Frederick Cavendish, Colonel the Hon. Strange Jocelyn, Hon. Spencer Cowper, Sir Malcolm Mao (razor, Mr. Wood, ho. The arrangements for the week at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garde., include the Huguenots (Mademoiselle lAcca's third appearance) to-night ; La Fighe del Reggissento (lint time with Mademoiselle Patti as Maria) to-morrow ; Fatal e Margherita Thursday and Friday ; and La Figlia on Saturday, the last night of the season. The "Farewell Nights" at Her Majesty's Theatre appear to have succeeded so well that Mr. Maginot' an nounces yet "ten" more. This evening Mamas Rioted is to appear, for the last time, In Maria Stuarda ; to-mono, and Thursday M. Goneod's Faust will be given ; Wednes day, Mozart's Figaro ; and Saturday Weber's Oberon. An event has just occurred which is announced hi the Dublin newspsper placards as "good news for ire. Lod.* Thls is the arrival at Hiogstown of the paddle steamship Adriatic, one of the steamers intended for the Galway and America Foe. She formerly belonged to the Collins Company. She is doable toasted and double fun milled, and her teenage is about 4,000. She is said to be 400 feet long and I,2oo.laree power. She will remain in the harbour for several days. THE CLOP! or THE Saslow—The ministerial whitebait dimmer, the crostornary prelude to the close of the p rliameetary soma, took plaoe on Saturday evening, at the Trafa l gar at Gresowich. The noble premier, the Duke of Argyll, Mad the majority of the company proceeded by water from Westminster-bridge in oee of the Miran steamboats, which was carpeted and gaily decorated, to the landing just past the royal larepttaL Coven were laid for thirty ; and Amcor those present were Viscount Painamtee, the Earl Granville, the Doke of Argyll. the Right Hoe. the ChaDoellor of the Exchequer, Lord Stan ley of Aiderley, the Right Hoe. Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hoe. Thomas H. Gibson, the Right Hoe. Edward Cardwell. the Right Hoe. Charles P. Villa% the Right Hoe. Robert Lowe, the Right Hon. William Hutt, the Right Hon. Frederick Peel, the Right Hoe. William F. Cowper, Hon. H. B. W. Brad, the Marquis of Herniates, Mr. Chichewa? For m cue. Mr. A. H. Layerd, Mr. T. G. Bering, the Attorney- Genera, the Solicitor-General, Sir William Mahar, GoL White. Mr. Gilpin. Mr. E. H. Knatchbull-Hogamen, Ac. The Right Hoc. Sir George Grey was usable to attend, goblin humilities calling him to Others* ; sad the Duke of Newcastle and the Earl De Grey were oleo unable to be primal owing to other engagements. CAPTAIN GRANT IN worLenn.—Captain Grant, the hero of the Nile, arrived in Elgin os Thursday night, and was the mat of Mr. Alexander Cameron, writer. Captain Grant, we understand, is on hie way to Dingwall, on a vbit to his mother, who resides there, Arrangements sn making in Nairn, his native town, for giving him a public entertainment and presenting him with the freedom of the burgh.— &Ma Courser. ELECTION SATURDAY A? DION. The same in auspicious weather which visited the proceedings at Eton oe the Nth of Jane was again experienced on Saturday. About noon the sky began to lower. and in the ensuing, at the time the crews started from the Broom en thew customary pull for "Old Burley." the rails descended in torrents, and eon tinned thus to pour down the whole of the evening, cease quietly it is scarcely aeon eery to my that the boys were wet to the skim from sheet half-pest six o'clock in the evening to eatee o'clock at night, at which time th e pleasures of th ey tenuisated. THE LATE ELECTION FOR ANTRIM.—Tbe prosecu tion of Meas. J. B. Barbour and Robert Barbour, for bri bery the late election for Lisbon, was opened at Antrim on Thursday ; but, on the applicattoo of the lira mama, ultimatAy post posed lain next mina. They alleged that they had no knowledge as to the particulars of the charges to be brought against them until the 20th inst. ; that 'they bed been Informed no less than 28 persons bad bees summoned as witnemen against them within the last five days ; that they had failed is premrieg the attendance of important witnesses in England ; and that for these and other reasons they could Dot properly coodoet their defence at the present assizes. A long discusehm ensued before th e apnoea= was granted, in the course of which the Atter. Der-Cleseral stated a most material witness for the crows, Gee whose airlift* was essential, had most minsionntably disappeared, sal. eetwithetewbog every effort, so trace of him could be dieeevered. This circumstance induced the =-011MIIII1 to easent to the adjournm en t, b a t be heavy bell foam the kerma% THE EXPRESS, MONDAY RNFENING, JULY 27,, MX LATEST INTELLIGENCE. AMERICA (zsoria's urn's.) LivEipooL, SUNDAY. The Royal Mail steamer China, Capt. Anderson, from New York on the 16th inst. (having been de tained from the 15th for despatches), arrived here about 5 o'clock this afternoon, viA Queenstown yesterday. ADDRESS OF GENERAL LEE TO THE CONFEDERATE ARMY, BEFORE HIS RETREAT. 012111:11AL canna—No. 16. Mad-quarter; Army of Nortboro July 11, 1863. After the long and trying marches endured with the fortitude that has ever characterised the sol diers of the army of Northern Virginia, you have penetrated to the country of our enemies, and m etalled to the defence of their own soil those who were engaged in the invasion of ours. You have fought a fierce and sanguinary battle, which, if not attended with the success that has hitherto crowned your efforts, was marked by the same heroic spirit that has commanded the respect of your enemies, the gratitude of your country, and the admiration of mankind. Once more you are called upon to meet the enemy from whom you have torn in so many fields a name that will never die. Once more the eyes of your countrymen are turned upon you, and again do wives and sisters, fathers and mothers, and helpless children lean for defence on your strong arms and brave heat is. Let every soldier remember that on his courage and fidelity depends all that makes life worth having—the freedom of his country, the honour of his people, and the secu rity of his home. Let each heart grow strong in the remembrance of our glories past, and in the thought of the inestimable blessings for which we contend ; and, invoking the assistance of that Heavenly Power which has so signally blessed our former efforts, let us go forth in confi dence to secure the peace and safety of our country. Soldiers, your old enemy is before you. Win from him honour worthy of your right cause, worthy of your comrades dead on so many illustrious fields. R. L. Las, General Commanding. 01117113e8 GREAT POLISH VICTORY IN THE PALA. TINATE OF LUBLIN. CRACOW, JULY 71, 9.30 A.Y. The combined detachments of Rudzki, Jan kowski, and Kryskinski gained a complete victory over the Russians commanded by General Chruszc reit, on the 24th, near Brasnystaw, in the Pala tinate of Lublin. 700 Russians and 200 Poles were killed. The Russians fled in disorder towards Lublin. SPECIE FOR THE EAST. SOUTHAMPTON, Ju' 27. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, which sailed hence to-day, took out for Bombay bar silver, 27,996/. ; bar gold, 11,000/. ; half-sovereigns, 2,15001. ; and Jewellery, 3171. THE POLISH QUESTION. The Vienna Pease says that the Russian am bassador in that city has received orders to leave, and that M. de Budberg and Baron Brunnow have instructions to hold themselves ready to leave at any moment. The Temps of to-day strongly urges France and England to recognise Poland as a belligerent power. The neutrality of Europe, which now crushes the Poles, would then, argues the Temps, become for them a protection and a force. "It belongs to France," says the Temps, "to take this generous initiative and to close the period of nego dons arrived now at their proper end by a step which, without precipitating war, would exhaust the last chances of peace and render possible, if not probable, the solution sought by the Powers." THE POLES AND THE ARMISTICE. The following declutch has been addreued by the National Government to the Prince Czar toryski : Natioo►l Government—Forsigooffios. To H. E. TIM PRINCII LADISLAB CZABTOWISEL Varsovie, July 10,1863. BL le Prince,—The National Government has received your letter of the 30th June relative to the question of the armistice. You are authorised to declare afresh that the National Government appreciates with a lively gratitude the solicitude of the mediating powers, and that it is always diaposed to accept a suspension of hestilities. You will be careful, nevertheless, to mrke knowa that the essential point to establish is the extension of the armistice to all the Polish provinces in which the national Minna:- Mon has broken out. As to the special conditions of the armistice, the National Government believes it right to insist upon the following points : 1. The ilimelans shall retain possession of certain nomin ated localities, in order to prevent any conflicts with the population. 2. All penmen under arrest shall be at once liberated ; all pursuit on political grounds shall equally come ; all exiles shall return to their country. 3. A permameat international commission shall be esta blished in the country fur the purpose of sense the armis tice rigorously put in execution. You will be good enough to keep the National Govern ment as courant of the hicidenta which a detailed discussion oil tie armistice might give rise to. The National Government is convinced that the points above indicated are indispensable to any combination whose object might be the effectual stopping of the effusion of blood. You may assure the mediating power. that the eogage msotm that may be coetrected on theme ground/ will be faithfully observed by the Poles. LB. • L. Csarteryski. _ A correct copy. • The seal is employed in place of signatures. A letter from Rome of the 20th says :—" Atter many delays the solemn funeral rites in honour of Colonel Nano were performed on Friday last, in the church of Goal Nuovo. Over the eetrases, which wee hung with mournieg, was the following inscription :—'A Francesco Noßq Berpmemo ono dei Mille Colonial° dell' Ar• mats Merldlosale, fra gli Italia•i moan' in Polooia prim, prime • morire oombsttando.' The interior wee also hung with black, and in the centre of the church was • catafalque, by the side of which was • broken colorise beariog the inecriptioo, Mer u & p e r b liberta, Vim Eters° Immortals.' The funeral Krum was preached by Padre Gabriel°, of Viareggio, and dkited great rip. plume. There were several ladies present, and most of the principal citizens and officer, of the Naticaal Guards. A pneral delegate represented General La Marmots ; the commander of the carbioeers was also present ; so, too, won the mayor and the municipality, and • grea t many forviguers and the Russian consul. The mass performed on the occasion was that of Ziagarelli, and the orchestra was composed of 400 pelmet, Mirate, De &mini, and Negrici, with many others, singing their very beet, whi c h is not • A St. Petersburg letter in the Cologne Gazette rays:—" By an odder of the day Prim* Nicholas of Olden• mug, a fellation of the Emperor Alszander, to whom he is sidiediecamp, sod colossi of a regiment of Dragoons, has been removed from sedge Berries, from inane TI Prince Is, however, in excellent health, and in now in G;rmany with his young wife. His recent secret marriage with a Remiss lady sand Boland hes greatly irritated the Im perial family of Benes. and led to the withdrawal of his eriarnsed." 1: - XPRIISS FROM PARIS. (Iscit ous OWN colaispoirDsra) PARIS, SusuAl Evimaia. Lord Napier's despatch, telegraphed from Lon- I don, is cozsidered as by far the most alarming feature of the present alarming situation. It is quite inconsistent with the pretended acceptance of the six points announced yesterday by the Memorial Dipknnatique. There are rumours that a despatch from the Duke de Montebello—certainly received by the French government, but not yet published— savours still more strongly of an immediate diplo matic rupture than that of Lord Napier's. Unless some unlooked-for reassuring news shall be made public to-morrow, we may expect a more serious panic at the Bourse than any that occurred last week. The Temps maintains that the Emperor will go to Cherbourg to review the iron-clad ships im mediately after the Pin races. All the letters from Russia continue to speak of the Czar's preparations for war. He is paying constant visits to Cron stadt, and the number of workmen employed on the fortifications there has lately been increased from 15,000 to 18,000 men. The Constitutionnel has an article by M. Paulin Limayrse, which re futes the Gortchakaff despatch paragraph by para graph, and may be described as mildly warlike. - - The Nation, which continues to advocate peace, launches the following canard: We have this day nosivcd a latter from London, which supplies us with important information touching the rea sons which induced the First Lord of the Treasury, after the reading of the Russian despatch, to show himself much more reserved than he had been before. Lord Palmerston did mean atone time to speak very firmly and haughtily, but in the come of the day he received despatches from Berlin which made a sudden change in his views. What was there in these despatches! Our correspondent has not read them, but he is enabled to state that they spoke of the Rhine frontier ea being the object of French designs. Lord Palmerston was told that his ally over the Channel was only waiting for a public declaration from England to enter upon a conflict which would end in France taking the Rhine. This is the meson why Lord Palmeraton, who was about to make -a thoroughly warlike speech, suddenly changed his mind, and used that pacific language which caused you as much sur- prise as well-founded mistreat. _• • • The Nation is prudent enough to say that it accepts this revelation of its correspondent with " some reserve," but it nevertheless draws the conclusion from it that since England is eo distrust ful of France, France should be distrustful of England, and not rush blindly into a war. The above story is probably but another version of the one according to which Prussia has offered to come forward as a mediator. The analog/ which many people see between the symptoms of the hour and those which preceded the Crimean war, is reinforced, to certain curious observers, by the fact that there are as many different ways of spelling the name Gortchakoff as there were nine years ago of spelling Mentchikoff. The Moniker it self has printed the name of the Vice- Chancellor of the Russian empire in three manners ; i.e., Gortchakoff, Gortachakoff, and Gortchakow. The Nord, which ought to be a good Russian authority on such a point, writes Goitcha k ay. Under these circumstances the Prose says that the perplexity of its correctors is only equalled by that of the diplomatists who invented the four points for Rome and the six points for Warsaw. The France says that Juarez has abandoned the idea of occupying Ban Luis Potosi, and was en deavouring to embark for New York. THE RUSSIAN REPLY TO AUSTRIA. The following is a translation of the despatch sent by the Russian Cabinet in answer to the Austrian note on the affairs of Poland. It is ad dressed to M. Balabine, Russian ambassador at Vienna St. Petersburg, July 14. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY COMMUNICATION. Sir,—From the commencement of the tiaMbleein the kingdom of Poland we comprehended the just interest which the Austrian government ought to take in act' which were pacing in its immediate neighbourhood, and which might react on the tranquillity of it. Polish provinces. Although up to the present time the insurrection bee con ' °Nitrated all its efforts within the kingdom of Poland, and although it was rather the elements of disorder found within the ,bordering provinces belonging to other powers which have flowed hack towards that oentre of conflagration and supplied it with fresh aliment, the most simple foresight suffload to indicate that those deplorable events could not receive any toluUou which would not interest in an equal logic neighboering Stake. usily we hasten to invite the Cabinet of Vienna to an interchange of ideas. We beheld with a lively satis faction that it did not misunderstand that theirs) for • (deadly understanding founded on our common Jethro its, io face of eventualities foreseen by the abettors of the Insurrection, an] who, in spite of the transparent veil with which they cover their reocisediogs, tend to consequences which might effect in the end the integrity itself of the States of his Austrian Majesty. The Count de Hochberg moor:meads to the consideration of the Russian Cabinet •011111 measures which, in his opinion, might lead to the paci fi cation of the kingdom of Poland. His Excellency is too well informed of the real state of things in that country for me to direct his attention to the fact that several of these measures exist already, and the. others involve general principles which are not contrary in their essential points to the development which our august roaster Murmured to himself to give to the present institutions of the kingdom, whenever his Majesty may deem that the proper moment baa arrived. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria besides him self admits that the greater part of those ideas enter into the plan which' the Emperor has traced out. But his Repellency will without doubt also allow that they cannot ' be applied with any theme of success until material order has been re-established. Count de Hochberg will certainly comprehend that so long as that condition, indispensable to the salutary action of the government, shell not have been fulfilled, all attempt at organisation is the kingdom will fail, on the one baud before the same obstacles which the present disorders have hitherto opposed to it, end on the other before the morel eoooungement whioh the hope of en active intervention from abroad should necessarily bring to the wildcat aspirations of the inaur rectim. It depends much on the Great Powers to dissipate those illusions, to disappoint those calculatioes, and to accelerate the termination of this situation, in taking into serious con sideration that essential side of the question which, in one opinion. makes it a danger to Europe. We shall always be disposed to exchange our ideas on this 'object with each of them in the course of our diplomatic relations, and with the sioceriedesire of arriving et an under. standing. As to deliberations at a conference in which all the Powers that signed the general treaty of Vienna on June 9, 18i1t should take part, we do not shut oar eyes to the =tercet which those Powers ought to take in the present situation of that country, inasmuch as it can dis turb the general repose and equilibrium founded by the treaty in which they took part; am do we contest their right to interpret the meaning of that act according to their own views. But we cannot admit either the opportuneneen or the practical utility of submitting to their deliberation questions connected with the most intimate details of the admiaistration of the kingdom. No great power could as cept such a direct interference in its internal affairs ; and besides it is not either io the spirit or in the letter of existing Madam sod would only have the effect of throwing back the pacification to which the wishes and the efforts of the powers are tending, by increasing the pretensions of the Polish agitator's by all the prestige which it would remove from the sovereign authority. Count de Hochberg, in making his eventual adhesion de psedeat oa such a oombinatioo, on the previous consent of the Hussies ethicist, has himself foreseen, with a sentiment of dignity which our august master has fully appreciated, the iruposeibiility of our admitting it. We are gratified to re cognise in this reserve a new proof of the friendly dispositions of the Cabinet of Vim's. sad an miasma of the justice with which Coast de Hochberg judges the situation. The course which was followed in 1815 seems to us to iodi c:ate clearly the deliberations which can be established on questions affecting, on the one hand, a genera: interest, and on the other administrative details Is the exclude* domain of the eou firmiog sovereign States. At that time a distinction via practically established between these two eategaries i intim este, The former were the object of separate modish's, on the part of the courts of Rues* Austria, and Prussia, ' between which the traditions of history, permanent contact, and immediate neighbourhood masted a close solidarity. All the arrangements destined to regulate the intorno! ad- , ministration sad =nisei relations of the Polish territories, placed ceder their respective domination niece the Cows= of Visalia, were embodied in separate treaties emicluded directly between those three courts ori the Slat April (314 jOgy), 1816. They were eneeessively completed by a serifs ' session, if necessary, a select committee should be appnOted I of special conventions whenever circumstances required.before the second reading of the bills for considenng the Th e g amma principles mentioned in those treaties which different schemes for the construction of lines of railw ay could - interest Europe were alone inserted in the act of the within the metropolitan railway district which may then b e of Vienna, signed on the 27th May ifith June) by before the house, and to report their opinion upon sock Irtfrp l owers called to take part therein. schemes with reference to the recommendations of this coin. At the present moment these general priociples Cr, not in mittee, such report to be made to the house before the question, but the administrative details ad internalarmnp- second r eading of th e ho e . manta might be beneficially &enured between the three 16. That it would be desirable that the Board of Trade I r owers , in order to pleas the respective position of their should make, soon after the coannesoement of each same Polish pomewriorts affected by the stipulations of the treaties 0( parliament, a general report relating to all propo s ,' of 1815, in harmony with present necessities and the pro- railways or works connected with railways, which affect the grass of time. The Russian cabinetyleclares itself ready to roa t rooo lit aa railway district. and t h at the rep ort so made enter at once into such an understanding with the cabinets should -ha referred to th e proposed committee s. of Vienna and Berlin. . 17. That copies of the plans and bills relating to ree h Our august master bee too much confidence in the CODOI. w h eate should be deposited w i t h the Metropolitan 13..„4 helot-, sentiments and views of the Emperor of Austria net of Works, and the Commissioners of Seem for the pity, in to be persuaded that an understandiog on thee, bans would order that three bodies may, if they think fit, present re. lead to result& equally satiefactory for the common intereste por t, to wt.., on aii y e i the nre ,,,,...,, ~,.,___ ; _ of the three courts, the prosperity of their Polish subjects, that any report se areeea C ial shattld r he f r ;;;.r t 7X . p aad ro. and the general considerations which connect these questions posed committees. r with the repose and equilibrium of Europe. houses of parliament, that all bill, proposing to sanctio n th e IS. That arrangements should be made between the two construction of railways within the metropolitan rail way F. Y re o ig u n wi A l ff l . p ra leue of A to uaria, read wi t t hia lsi le v t e te b r b to Eice th i e tencT ifintiter eopy of . Accept, dm., Goarcailion• district should originate in one bowie, and should h e grouped together, and referred to the same select CCU. mitten. And the committee bare directed the minutes of evi dence taken before them, together with an appendix, to h e laid before your lordabipe. July 16, 1863. THE DRAMATIC COLLEGE FETE. The advantage gained by selecting the Crystal Palace for the Dram►tic College f?te was never move saw rent than it was on Saturday. Though a steady drizzling rain, which began about noon, continued to fall through ont the afternoon and eveniug, more than 17,000 visitors were able to enjoy the fun of this unique fair in happy intorams of the ungeoial weather. Covered by a vast coneenatory, and surrounded by trees, flowers, statues, and founts* , the loss of the fine Italian garden outside was not felt, and the funds of the college must have been considerably in. I creamed by the concentration of attention on the indoor amumementa. We have often had to praise the energy, goodwill, sad selfeacriking spirit of the performers at these drains* fancy fairs, and such praise was never snore fairly caned than on the present wanton. With a very few mosptioca, all the actors engaged, after their hard and exhausting days work at Sydenharn, had to hurry off about sir o'clock in the evening to be at their porta in • the different metropolitan theatres. In spite of this, however, no part of the varied fancy fair programme war omitted, and the highest credit is due to the management for the perfection of all the arrangements. The moving and dishibution of the fair materials, the erection of the shows, and the planning of the performances, malt jw e involved many weeks of severe labour, and this war 6ae chiefly by that select few who give the college far mom substantial support than is represented by a MN UMW subscription. Foremost among this few is Mr. Ikejamis Webster, Unworthy master, ably insisted by Mesas. Borba Childs, Churchill, Jerwood, Reddish, Sams, and Nelson Lee—the most active of the many wardens of the college. Mr. Toole and Mr. Phillips stand prominent amongst the actors who think nothing of working night and day fee then annual entertainments ; and Meagre. Byron, Brough. E. L. Blanchard, and Halliday are the chief dramatif anthers who assist the charity with their peas. The entertainments this year differed very slightly from those of 1862, as very little room was left for improvement The exertions of all the performers were in all cases well rewarded by the public, and the repetition of the nor. tainment to-day (Monday) will doubtlese attract even a larger number of visitors. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. WORCESTER, &M CAT. The accounts of the attendant.* and receipts for admission to the showyard of the Re* Agrinkned Society up to the close of the exhibition hat night are nude up, and show the following results - . . AtAendance. From July 16 to 18 fusacb'nery) tO9 .... Cal 6 Monday, Juts 20 (lb.) Tuesday, July tl (Ss la) SAVA .... 980 1! Wodsiolos July n (b. 04.; Illunday, Joy IS (la.) hiday, Joty 24 (10) Toa. 76,74 e £5,417 10 0 Thin is above the average receipt, which, we bellwre, about 40001. The attendance at Leeds, in the !nicht el ea thinners population, was by far the highest of all the meet logs, and . the pecuniary result was shoat 9,0001. SNGLIBH, SCOTTISH. AND AUSTRALIAN BANS. (THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of the ahareholdqm was held at noon at the offices, 73, Cornhill ;fir. T. W. Warms io the chair. The following report and balance-sheet were presented : " The directors beg to refer to the accompanying rate meet of accounts, which they trust will be satiafactory Is the proprietors, an the amount available for distributiot 25,6061. 9s. 9d., exceeds that of any previous half-yea The directors have now to report that upon a tel consideration of the arrangements neoemsry in cow quence of discontinuing the office of colonic: iwpa tor, as announced at the last inseam they haw decided open adopting the plan of a periodical audit at to branches, and have appointed as auditor ldr. John Yam, formerly manager at Sydney, who continues to take ass active part in promoting the interests of the bank, and wbe is intimately acquidoted with its affairs in both colones. The increasing busiest* of the bank requiring loathe capital, the directors have resolved to room ' mend the inue of 5,000 new shame of 2W., each, to be offered at per, and pro rata, to the existing shareholders. The directors propose to apply the kenos of profit and lose account, 25,696/. 84. 9d... as follows, vu.: —To the payment of a dividend at the me of 6 per and. par annum, free of income tax, on 500,0001., the capital of the bank, 15.033/. ; towards the Morino of hr' premises and furniture accounts, 1,000. ; baring 9,693. 9s. 9d. to be added to the reserved food, which will the amount to 25,1094 18e. 9d. " Liabilities: Paid-up capital, 500,000/. • depoeit*. 733.6991. 14.. 11d. ; bills payable and othe r Debilities 141,5751. Ba. ICi ; circulation, 73,7141. ; reserved fend 15,4131. 91. ; amount carried to profit and loss account, 37,6434 13s. 6d. ; total, 1,512,0467. 6s. 3d. Melte : Berl receivable (including the estimated value of thine overdue). loans on security, cash at bankers, &c., 1,346,491/. 2s. Ad. ; specie end bullion, 115,1134 18e. 3d. ; hank premier' and furniture, 60,4411. Is. 4d. ; total, 1,622,0461. In. 3d. "Profit and loss account : To current expenses in Mel. bourne, Sydney, and sub breeches, 8,6981. lts. Bd. ; to car• rent expenses us Loudon. including directors' remuneration and iocitne tax, 3,2481. 9.. ld. together, 11, 9471.:1. 9d. ; to hdance, 25,6961. 91. 9d. t o tal, 37,6134 13e. 6d. By amount brought down, 37,643/. 13s. 6d." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, mid two years ago he had, as chairman, to speak of an unsatisfactory slate of things. He h;d *ow to congratulate the peopnstore on a decided improvement The depositeexhibitedan increase of 50.0007. over showed the pre vious half-year, which also showed an leereetie of the same amount, and the share' Disked of being at a discount were at a premium. The substitution of an auditor for an in. speotor in the colonies was a prudent saving ; an W ig:mm.lkm not being necierary where there were only tee branched". A SHAMIR/11MR complained of so large an amount ben( added to the rest as unfair to the old shareholders, mod said he should move that the divided be at the rate of 7 'instead of 6 per cent per annum. There would still he as ample sum set aside; ad if the profit of the last year were still earned , as probably would be the case, the increased dividend he proposed would be maintained. The CHAIRMAN observed, that uuder the deed the 'here. holders might diminish, but could not go beyond, t dividend approved of by the directors. He thought the new system of management bed not yet been suthiienCy tried to Justify the proposed increase. A BHABEHOLDER hoped the directors would cot thief of increasing the dividend Cll the remirve fund amounted to 100,000/. The clause in the deed preventing the dividend from beiag increased beyond the amount recommended by the directors having been read, The SHARRHOLDiI who moved the amendment withdrew it, and at the one time gave notice that at the next meet ing he should move that steps be taken for securing that the clause above referred to be modified. The report was then adopted. A resolution was passed to increase the capital by 1C3,0001., the shares to be allotted at par pro rata wood the proprietors. Hr. P. J. Vanderbyl was elected a director. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the direetora Prinoe Frederick William of Prussia, cousin to the Kieg, is seriously ill• The last bulletin published states that the prince has not slept so tranquilly u on the preenl• leg night, but otherwise there is no change in the sitnateos. The prince still pommels all his fseultiee, bot does nal speak. Hie sees, the Princes George and Alexander, ha ys arrived at Bartle. _ —...____ The responsible editors of the Diritto (Extreme Left) and the Armenia (Clerical) of Turin appeared on the 21st before the Correctional Tribunal of that city, the former to answer for certain offensive language seed &flir t the Emperor of the French, and the latter paper for twig reproduced them. The tribunal, after hearing mooed ot s both aides, annulled the proceediage, oe the Emma th % the parties had not received due notice. The ptosecuties wt. therefore ban to be renewed. REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF LORD& This morning was printed the third report from the select committee of the House of Lords on Metropolitan Railway Communication. It is as follows : THIRD REPORT By the select committee appointed to inquire whether any, and, if any, which of the schemes now before parliament for the construction of lines of railway within the limits of the metropolis can be proceeded with in the present session without the risk of interfering with the future adoption of a comprehensive plea of metropolitan rail way communication ; and to consider what provision can be made for the securing such a comprehensive system, ' with the greatest advantage to the public, and the least inconvenience to the local arrangements of the metropo lis ; and to report to the house : sad to whim leave was given to report from time to time to the house. Ordered to report,—That the committee have met, and have considered the subject matter referred to them, and have examined several of the °Moira of the Bard of Trade ; the managers or the representatives of the prirscipsl rail way companies having stations in the metropolis ; several engineers engaged is the construction of railways; the chairman and engineer of the Metropolitan Bosnia Works, and the surveyor of the Commission of Sewers of the City. The committee, having considered the evidence, are of opinion 1. That in determining the regulations which it may be expedient to apply to railways within the metropolis (here inafter ailed the metropolitan railway district), it is desi rable that the limits of the metropolis prescribed to the royal commissioners of 1846 should be extended, those limits being the Edgeware-road from Oxford-street to the intersection of the New-road ; the New-road and City-road to Finsbury square ; Bishopegatastreot ; Loudon-bridge ; High _ . _ . . . . street, Borough ;Blaclunan -street ; Borough-rood ;lanibeth road ; Vauxhall-road ; ; Vauxhall-bridge reed ; Grosvenor-plans ; and Park-lane ; sad that the sew limits should be es follows:—Commencing at the Barking road station of the North Woolwich Branch Railway ; thence along that and the Great Eastern Railway to the Lea-bridge station ; thence in a straight line to the Swam Sisters station, on the Great Northern Railway ; themes in ID straight line to the eastern end of the Hampstead tunnel o e the Hampstead and City Junction Railway ; theses slam such railway to its junction with the West London Railway; thence in • southern and eastern direction along the Writ London and West London Extension Railway, scrota the river Theme, to the junction with the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway ; thence aloe( the Leedom Chatham, and Dover Railway to the Brixton-road station ' • end thence in • straight line to the Lewisham Junction st ation of the Mid-Kent Railway; and thence in a straight line to the Iteking.road station of the North Woolwich. 2. That squares sad open spaces in the metropolis shoed not be unamismarily taken for the purposes of a railway. & That it would be objectionable to allow the consti ac tion of a great cootie' station in the metropolis. 4. That in the construction of any new lines of ra ,l way within the metropolitan railway distuct, subways, covered ways, or tunnels spew preferable, where circumstances admit of them. 5. That, with the view of giving further effect to the provisions in favour of the labouring ekuss contained in the 191st staodn;; or!er, it is desirable "th it in every bill for making any work, in the construction of which com- PlVputer is given to take 30 or more houses inhabited labooring claque in any one parish or place, a clause be insetted to enact that the company shall, not less than four weeks before taking any such how's, make known their iateotion to take the ram* either by personal notice to heeds of families inhabiting the same, at the time of giv ing such notice, or by placards, handbills, or other general notice placed in public view upon or within a reasonable dis tance from such honing, and that the company shall not take any such houses until they have obtained the certificate of a justice that it has been proved to his @stalactite' that the company have made known their intention to take the same in manner required by this provision." 6. That heavy traffic in goods, and especially in minerals, could as • general rule DO most conveniently carried from the railways lying north of the Thames to the railways lying south of the Thames, by lines not poising through the central portions of the metropolis. 7, That there should be a line of railway on the eluting aide of the metropolis connecting the railways with and south of the Thames. 8. That it is desirable that additional facilities should be afforded, endless oestrous arrangements in reference to tolls made for the pass by the railways on the western side of the metropolui of mineral and goods traffic from some of the northern railways to the railwajs and district of country meth of the Thames. 9. That additional railway communication is needed in the densely populated part of the metropolis; and it is desirable that railway communication, where it does not already exist, should be established between the various main hoes of railway. 10. That the Great Eastern Railway should be allowed to establish a more central station than it has at roust, and be placed is communication with the lines ruanoig to the western part of the metropolis. 11. That its Dot desirable to bring the main stations of any of the principal long lines of railway, except the Great Eastern, farther into London than is at preset authorised, but that one or more milieus should he mode for carrying ormengers from different parts of Leaden to the main sta tions of the long hula. Such new Haas sot to be in the hands of any one of the present great companies, but placed under such management es to ensure equal adveatsges to all. 12. That it would also be desirable to aoceplese an inner circuit of railway that should abut upon, if it did not actually joie, needy all the principal railway termini in the metropolis, oommencing with the exteesion in an easterly end southerly direction, of the Metropolitan Railway from Finibutj•zircus, at the one end, and in a westerly and southerly direction from Paddirigtoo at the other, and connecting the extremities of those lines by a line on the north side of the Thames ; such a continuous line of reolway would afford means of distributing the pameoger trellle arnviog by the maim lines of railway, and also absorb • very large portico of the omnibus and cab traffic, and thus eseeutielly relieve the crowded streets. The suggested hoes might be undertaken is mine:ion with the cortroction by the municipal authorities of the City, or the Metropolitan Board of Works, of new streets ur gently required in many of the crowded parts of the metro polis. Coder some of these new street., and under a por tion of the proposed Thames Embankment (north side), and under some of the existing wide thommaidares, new lime of railway might be aduntsgeously and amoomically mistreated ; and arrangements might be made by which railway companies might, in consideration of being allowed to construct their lines under the street• and the Thames Embankment, without charge for the land, be willing to undertake the construction of other parts of the lines required for completing the circuit of communication, which if constructed not io oounexion with such cheap liar, would be so expensive as to be unromunerative. It would be desirable that an outer circle of railway should be formed ' within the metropolitan railway district, in its course intersecting and communicating with the principal lines of railway north of the River Thames. It might be foiled convenient to bring this outer circle, at certain points, into commuoicatioe with the inner circle, 13. The committee are of opinion that every such sys tem of internal railway communication for the metropolis should be under one management, and they are of opinion that this might be secured without interfering with the existing practice of allowing free competition in plans by providing through a standing order (to be made in both house.) : "That, in the notices for say bill for constructing a railway, or any work in canoe:iota therewith, within the metropolitan railway district, it should be stated that the bill may be so altered in its coulee through parliammet se to unite the wbole, or some portion of such railway or work, with some one or mote other proposed or existing railway or work." 14. It has been suggested that a commission should be appointed to consider the whole subject of reeking railways in the metropolis; but to this there are great objections. The appointment of such a commission most, almost um avoidably, lead to much delay in the actual commencement of the works that might ultimately be decided on ; nor is it likely that any cornmissioa could be appointed, the judg e meet of which would be accepted as oxiclusive by parlia ment ; and even if aeommiesicie should succeed in proposing a plan for the 'ligation of railways in the metropolis which should meet with general aomptailos, it would still remain to be determined to whom the construction of the projected liege should be entrusted, and how the capital required for them should be raised. 15. The committee are of opinion that if the general views which they have explained should be deemed eatis foolery by the house, some means should be taken to render (stare legislation conformable with the principles which have been laid down. And, with this vies, they would nowt that is the next session, and ale in any enonendiai