The Express. — London, England, 1862-10-03 00:00:00

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Burton. —To csoucluM, wit► MAUSI oubru.--Commenoe at 61. ASTULTS. This Ervinto, MAZIPP,CLkiter which SCENRS IN THE CIRCLE. Mdlk. Menotti, Munk. Hi lop, and Young Demean. —To conclude with • condo BALLET in winch Mai Annie Cunha). • 11l appear.—Cionanneac• et 7. forco;..l except by the presence of an I Unless we are prepared for a ml crusade, and are willing it DA whole provinces of the Empne, useless, in their views, for us to attempt taking any part in the struggle. Dr. LECKIE'S testimony on this head is most emphatic. el go , . 'i.e. 1 Mr. Gearing Joms's testimony is to the MAN - afflict lie illustrates in detail by a number of striking proofs the inefficiency of the Government, and the bad feeling of the Imperialists towards ourselves. " Why," he naturally asks, " should we feel the " slightest sympathy with, or render the smallest " aid to, the Imperialists I We have nothing to " hope, but everything to fear, from them. They " are not friendly to us ; and, from what now ap- "pears, never will be. They would drive usinto " the sea to-morrow had they the ability. Their " conduct towards the foreign residents at the " ports of Hankow and Kiu-kiang prove this." Not only is there no motivefor assisting the Im perialists, but the attempt must, however succem ftil for the moment, at a particular spot, in the end prove an utter failure. Speaking of the re newed attempts of the Imperialists against Nankin, he says : That the Imperialists, single•banded, will be able to take Nankin, is out of the question. That the chief may think it fit to leave from tear of a visit from the English and French is possible enough. It is quite credible that this noble city may, within three months, cease to be the capital of the Celestial dynasty. What then! Will the rebels scatter, and Taepingdom come to nought? This is not likely. Their safety and prosperity depend upon their adopting a measure that shall put them at a safe dis tanee from our shot and shell, and where they will be able to prosecute their aggressive policy without fear of foreign interference. The probable remit of such a retirement would be the extension of their operations into the pro. village of Kiangsi, Fuhkien, and Caton. These are the views of men who have long re sided in China, and are practically acquainted with the conflicting social and political forces that dis tract the empire. The character and position of such witnesses is a sufficient guarantee not only of full knowledge, but of their thorough impar tiality and disinterestedness. Both agree that a policy of strict neutrality and non-intervention is the true course for this country to pursue. In this the great majority of their countrymen at home would be disposed also to coincide. His Excellency M. de Omuta, the Peruvian Minister, and family have arrived at Farrarwe's Betel from Brighton. The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland are about to receive company at their emit, Apthorpe, North amptooshire. The Earl Brownlow and Lady Marian Alford are passing the memo at Ellesmere, Shropshire. Lord Dynevor and the Hon. Misses Rice Trevor have arrived at their residence in Prince's Gardena from Barrington Park, Oxon. Lord and Lady Southampton will leave town in a few days for Vrhittlebury Lodge, Northamptonshire. Lord and Lady Norreya leave the Earl of Sefton's seat, Croxteth Park, to-morrow, for Townley, Lear:saint tont Vernon lias taken a house in Great Stan• bope•street, lately the residence of the late Baroness Brays. Baron Lionel de Rothschild, who has been suf. tering from iodisposition for some time peat at Folkestone, is now much better. The baron and baronies and family will shortly leave Folkestone for Clunnenhury Park. A marriage is arranged, and will shortly take place, between the Earl of Lanford and the Hon. Selina Ries Trevor, third clauAter of Lord Dynevor. A marriage is also arranged between Mr. Villiers Lister, sea of Lady Theresa Lewis, and stepson of the Right Hoe. Sir G. C. Lewis, and Him Corytou, daughter of the Countess of Morley. The winter lectures at the Royal Engineer eata- HIGH WATIR AT LONDtkP SUM% TED DAT lialsbn, 9. 665.....111wi5am 1011. left ToiloaltoV—Werdas. Ilh. 13a. ..Allinsia.llo. Ma LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3. IN the recess unfortunately no questions can be asked even of the moat spirited and communicative Government. But if it could be ascertained, it certainly would be most desirable and important for the country to know what the British forces are doing, or are going to do in China. During the last two months the news from Shanghai, the centre of operations, has been of a com paratively quiet and peaceful kind. But the note of active preparation has sounded loudly nearer home. Glowing paragraphs have announced the forward state, and heralded the speedy comple tion of what is somewhat magnificently termed an Anglo-Chinese fleet. This fleet appears from the accounts to consist chiefly of gunboats, two of which, we are informed, have been placed at the disposal of the Chinese Government by the Admi- ralty. These extensive naval prepare. tions have been conducted under the miperintendence of Captain SHIBARD OSBORNE, who has for the time entered the Imperial service. These gun boats are evidently designed for river ser vice, and will no doubt appear in due time off the mouth of the Yangtze. Meanwhile the Imperial forces before Nankin have sus pended operations, having been wholly unable to make head against the Taepings, and the rumoured period for the resumption of hostilities is the pre sent month. Supported by a British force on land, and by a fleet of gunboats on the river , . . manned by British officers, it is quite possible that I blishment, Chatham, commenced yesterday, when the first ' the Imperialists might succeed in taking the city. of the series was delivered by Captain H. Schaw , R.E., on de " Electricity livaat in f Military Operations he t lec hro tares ho w tl i t ll th be But Nankin is two hundred miles from Shanghai, for whose e protection alone the war was avowedly winter, the names re of the het rs iecludreg , as Prof es sor Abel, undertaken. If we are to engage in any such en- w.m.a, Professor Pole, F. 11,8., Sir W. Dennison, Mr. Per. terpriee as this, the worst fears of those who have poison, F.R.S., and the staff of instructors at the Royal from the first earnestly protested against our Engineer establishment. taking any part in the internal commotion, of the Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., have in the Chinese Empire will be realised. We should in- Prim a new work by the author of the " Study of the evitably be dragged into a costly and sanguinary Bible," entitled "The Destiny of the Human Rate ; A Scriptural Inquiry," which will probably be out in Decem war, where success would be almost worse than ber nal,. failure, and which could in any case only aggravate Alpine tourists will read the following obituary the evils it was professedly undertaken to cure. notice with much regret :—" On Saturday, the 27th Sept. , This can hardly happen if the real nature of a t t h e E ag l e ' s Nest, Valley of Bl es t, Rant Savoie, after a the struggle becomes generally known. All that is painful illness of five weeks, Auguste Maimat, of Chamouni, needed to effectually discourage a policy of melees is the fifty.fifth year of his ego." and wanton aggression is that the public mind It is stated that the wine harvest on the Rhine should be enlightened on the subject. Unfortu- and in the surrounding districts promises now to be excel. nately, however, this is by no means easy of ac- lent both in quality sod quantity. This circumstance complishment. The explanation of the motives and tends co n siderablyhutGe to b increa.ethe confidenceinspired the abundant charact er of the objects of the war given by the authorities at home wheat h est. y y is so obscure and confused, and the statements It appears that the exportation of arms and of observers on the spot about the character of the ammunition from this country is rapidly increasing in pro- Taepinge and the prospects of the Imperialists portion to the prolongation of the American war, and that so contradictory, that it is very difficult to get at the shipments during the first eight meths of this year the real truth. The war is said to be undertaken have amounted in value to 1,308,0001., or at the nee of about 1,750,0001. per annum. During the month of solely for the protection of our trade, and in sup shoat was especially large, amounting to port of this view the agents of the Government at ...111.211.the Shanghai and Ningpo roundly assert that the Tae- ASTIAItr FOR FEMALE ORPHANS. —A quarterly pings are • destructive horde of barbarians, whose court of the governors of the above institution wee held presence in the silk and tea districts is fatal to the yesterday at the school rooms, Westminster-road; Mr. prosperous development of our commerce. On the C h i a mi vir s g E ll:e t :Mutes of the di . ; prev i ous s Boo th, et: l ng e , tre e ; e were , other hand, a number of competent and trust- after some discussion. confirmed, subject to the addition of worthy witnesses maintain that the Taepings have :Inv of the motion tit 3f for a special bt eozmlttee to d inquire never interfered with our trade at a hers 11, which has, against the m g lon and l g also the entry ;la lette:"of pro " test in fact, largely increased since the Taepings put in by Mr. Mandsley. Mr. Burnell, M alluding to the an he tb d t isse first occupied these districts. We pub- ctbhisirgarepoTtood;l:ihtunst committee me of inquiry e tt i dt: Halted, for example, a few weeks ago, the resolution was sot strong enough ; the decision that the the diary of a mercantile man, the agent of a silk char g" v l.7; a :r.t s t las yro tistad . s' . . w b a d s di s i 3 l U t l i t . ffi tt r,.., She firm at Ningpo, who had travelled for hundreds of press the opinion of thecOmmitiee, asthechargss were looked miles through the Taeping districts just before the upon as frivolous, vexatious, aod without foundation, d outbreak of the war, and his testimony is decisive , r i s ,„ d u t h ed e by resolutioneielh " Tha t bytee te scial querteely mit t tee b g i i e n! that, until the breaking out of hostilities, there i ireetiretion of the 2nd of August, 1862, and having heard , he statement made by some guardians then pr (sent as well was no disturbance of trade whatever in these : ia at yle e n c le membe t aof m tb d a t t oortit t e h :, feel:e n s:4 m M regret y districts. Again, the Government agents at the harges Chinese porta take a comparatively favourable ' e ‘.... h , srseterised ....._ es nese . j.... _hatastia i.. ted, inasmuch as the omit view of the Imperialists, and are sanguine as to believ es " ore 7.,„, — ,:' — i` y " caj;:deatird foundati on u ,„, i ';,h f i a s e t sad nsu their projects of success. They seem to think 'Won." This resolution was carried uniminiously, sod a that, with • little help from Europeans, they Tyji:r i r l i t te t r a " t i tr e w inailm. t r P°LtAll corn' may easily vanquish the Trepings, and keep g a' ease, in order that the " o m ipoion of " counsel . might he Li% them effectually at bay. But other well-in- as to the exact relations °shaw l ; between the board sod the g p tlemen ing. A Tote of thanks to the chairman formed witnesses assert that the Imperialists cl : 4c'al the ed are quite as cruel, cowardly, and perfidious as NOTTINGHAM GREAT OCTOBER Holum AND Carrie their opponents, and have no chance whatever of FLllL—This great annual fair_, commonly known as Goose effectually resisting their progress. Under these rairthowlmenrety esterday (Thund'7 o ) ti . d a woO proclaimed circumstaaces, what we most want is further evi- for nine drys . There was large sag o e f ei c e it e t t tlt e r hxe* lam. I donee ; and the testimony of impartial witnesses prising mil& cows, barren beasts, heifer, steers. &c. Many ' well acquainted with the locality, as well as with o a f gtdapailllls ware o c t d a itarsvt-cmiaal character,varios ee pa d t r e of be t ' it the Chinese character, is peculiarly welcome. country. the trade ruled tolerably brisk, and places were in Within the last few days further evi- l a v a gr. Pen. Prime mil e t e o w l47. 4ll a l if 2 e 2t.'i tt e t '" : darY , deuce of this kind has been supplied, steers, 91. par head. Calves were &m i st 228. re e'aoh. W I. ; in the publication of two long and interesting was • fair en ppl iof bones. the _great bulk of which were . 1 V a er d iar i zalit i y ir .. d m Aro m d em br yt e Wlll rate. do , u r e in the ere mde ft:bale:. letters from Protestant missionaries of high stand ing in China, the Rev. Dr. Linos, of Hong animals. Thli morning the demand was slow, but choice Kong, and the Rev. G &Ill= Joan', of Han- 1;i::,717 maletainsd I :A t ra sa tio , .w .v hile i tt n e t t qualities . 60t could kow. These gentlemen have spent many 70i, ! cu t b ones , 2,5 c to y 4K . inf e ri or , 10/7 t o 18/. mo r . years in China, are thoroughly acquainted Met; were hl limited sappy, sad rams were held at full with different parts of the country, and know ruvft‘wpiy-tii to 71 ' iseb ' r= ll lP s ' ire "...,, 4 „... , "" liS4 l 4l ik ier :t eismai The from observation and intercourse the character of pal e s. dens was at the prises realised at tie both of the Imperialists and the Taepings. They . '"iebb: b 7rinZ 4 T" t ; filieirrwhi"66l:id at e°t to fi gs. : have at the same time the feeling of Englishmen, ---'' w A, c o jjd, p ec t,',. ' Psi "1 ....'''t4ns and are anxious that the position and honour of the Elharriaog op ye e E A SY op Loins..--yessemay country should be maintained, and its interests a large somber of men cosetneeeed extended operations, in secured. But they cannot see what passible good a. Hard of W wi ores t , the opp me te ht fteitrXHr: ' lte in e Old can come of our intervention. The Imperialists A new and weediest melted for =Trying the eireavated age too weak and too corrupt to be upheld, and material expeditiously amens the Cltvraia to Oldwireet. their opponents too powerful t o b e suppressed, read has been adopted by Means of a Monty for gm purpose . .• .• .. .. , . .... F • « : ELL14:1E11" • • The ' •tr Zeitu ye that a 11,Ion of e conservative party in the elect district .f Stolp-Butow-Lawenburg was admitted to the King's presence on the 28th of September, in order io present an address to his Majesty expressing tte hope of the district that he would persevere in lms present course of policy. The King replied : " At this sad time my heart is gladdened at rs (*lying such testimony from the country. We asp in the midst of a grave crisis, for the Chamber cf Deputies has voted resolutions incompatible with the welfare of the country. But in the face these acts I have taken a firm attitude, from which I will not recede. Men's minds are 4- tated, but I hope that cslm will soon return, sof that all loyal men will rally around my throne. I hope I shall receive many other testimonies .f this kind." ißipky COUNT ANDREW ZAMOYSKI. The following details connected with the arrival of Count Andrew Zamoyski in St. Petersburg have been received. The escort which accompanied hip retired at the last station of the railway, and two court carriages were waiting at the terminus, as though he was about to enter the metropolis of the czars as a guest, and not as a prisoner. He was offered apartments in one of the imperial palaces, but he refused both the court carriages and palace, and took up his abode in one of the hotels. A deputation of Poles waited upon him, but he deemed it prudent not tO receive them, and has determined nut to see and one at present. The arrival of the Emperor is awaited with some impatienoe, in order to know what is to be the issue of this incident, which has been created by the clumsy proceedings of the authorities. ITALY. A letter from Lucca, in the Opinion of Turin, says : We have a revolution here ; but it is neither o• account of Garibaldi nor of Maxxini : quite the contrary. It is because the Minister of Public. Instruction has ventured to appoint • proteetant lady, Mrs. Burbidge, to a professorship in the normal school for females at Loom She had bees teaching for two yeast in the normal school of Bologna, where she was held in the highest esteem. But Lucca could sot brook the idea of allowing history and geography to be taught by a proteetant. All the priest' and fanatics eet to work, and got up such as agitation, that the Prefect had to dispatch a councillor in all haste to Turin to inform the minister that he could not answer far the public peace unless Mn. Burbidge were removed ; and, to crown all, the fionf•loniere, M. Sinibaldi, who is also • deputy, bee written to the minister, threatening to resign if the ob- noxious appointment be maintained. What will the minister do' The administrative statistics of the new king dom of Italy have appeared this year at Turin for the first time. They give as the total population of the monarchy, 21,728,629 inhabitants, composed ai follows :—Piedmont and Lombardy, 7,106,696 ; Emilia, the Marches, and Umbria, 3,522,904 ; Tuscany, 1,815,243 ; and the kingdom of Naples, 9,283,686. The cities containing more than 100,04:10 inhabitants are : Naples, 417,000 ; Milan, 220,000 ; Palermo, 186,000 ; Turin, 180,000 ; Genoa, 120,000 ; and Florence, 115,000. Mes sina possesses 94,000 ; Leghorn, 80,000 ; and Bologna, 75,000. The Italian journals enumerate the principal pre sents made to the young Queen of Portugal by the various cities of the kingdom : Bologna presented, by the hands of the Marquis Pepoli, a valuable painting by Francis, representing the Virgin with the Infant Jesus in her arms, in a frame of the sixteeeth century. Florence sent an agate cup, ornamented with enamel and chasing, the work of Benvenuto Wiled ; a casket of ebony and ivory, with the arms of the city, enclosed this cup, which was presented to the princess by the Marquis de Bartolominei, mayor of Florence. Count Landerchi, mayor of Faenza, had the honour of offering, in the name of the municipality, a table Inlaid with ivory. Milan sent a painting by Professor Bisi, representing the cathedral. The monitor, Count Hippulyte Gambit promoted, in the name of the municipality of B.avenna, a model of Dante's tomb in precious metals. Otzurza's tax.rsaame.) NAPLES, OCT. 2. The Court of Justice of Lucera has condemned Monsignor Frascolla, the Bishop of Foggia, to two years' imprisonment and a fine of 4,500 francs. GREECE. ATHENS, Om. 1. A demonstration has taken place at Nauplia against M. Chryseavelghis, an offioer devoted to the government ; 30 arrests have taken place in conse quence. The senator Delifanni has died. THE EASTERN QUESTION. FIGHTING BETWEEN THE TURKS AND SERVIANS. PARIS, Oor. 3. The Paris papers of to-day publish the following telegrams : "Ragusa, Oct 2. "Numerous bodies of troops. have been sent from Constantinople and are traversing Monte negro, proceeding In the direction of Servia. "The works for the construction of the military road iu Montenegro have commenced." " AWN!. Sept 29. " The diplomatic differences between the Turkish and Hellenic governments are becoming more serious." The same journals also state that letters have been received at Marseilles from Constantinople to the 28th ult., announcing that isolated but fre quent conflicts took place between the Serviana and Turks. The result of the conferences had produced irritation on both sides. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, Ocr. 3. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Hammonia, Captain F. Schweasen, from Now York on the 20th ult., has arrived of Cowes. She brings 51 passengers and 25,000 dollars for France. The Hammonia spoke the following ships :—On the 21st the Hamburg ship Deutschhuid, in lat. 40.29, N., long. 70, W.; the American ship Nep tune., from New York, with all her masts carried away, inlet. 40.29, N., long. 69.2, W.--she refused all offers of waistlines ; the American ship John T. Boyd, in lat. 40.29, N., and long. 69.35, W. ; the Dutch schooner Emilia, in Ist. 4246, N., long. 59.30, W. On the 30th, the Bremen barque Oi ta* in lat. 49.16, N., long. 19.46, W. All bound westward. TEI NEW STATE OP Ditiniitnr.—The Mormons have orgaalssd those Fortiori of the territory of Utah shishtiny ocdary lees tiro • MAN el Dosaist,' and have appointed Ingle= Young *sir pwwww; sod have elected assisisse re& a tetweeeetielieees pegrsm. Is the mess time c omm . h as p ana d an set abolishing Morino. polygamy, and the probability Is that there will be sours trouble with Brigham roues upon this " perutiar ieditetne • of the Great Bak lake Wass he • reingshisd as the heed of • sew slain Prinidrat Liam: however, we hope sal so dad with the Merssosi is this wetter as le ~rises thorn at the error et Weir soaps, sad brie( them to a eutorwistion without flee ese sy gevi l i a soporially as it prees that in all othw Teeple& di e s 'lu a u mom ars tibiaM sepporters of the Reim—New Yea* Paper. '• "~~,, AMERICA. ,--w- DICHPATCH,CFPAM GEN. M THE GREAT BATTLE OF THE 17th ULTIMO. NEW YORK, SEPT. 24. The steamship Romania was intercepted off Cape Race, September 19. The following are the latest despatches from General. M'Clellan's head-quarters : 'CLEOI,%N. FIRST DISPATCH. Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Sept. 19, 8.30 a.m. _ _ Major-General H. W. Halleek, General-in-Chief. Bat Mile occurred yesterday, except skirmishing. last night the enemy abandoned his position, leaving his dead and wounded on the field. We are again in pursuit. Ido not yet know whether he is falling back on an interior pedalo'', or crossing the river. We may safely claim a vie• tory. Grzaor B. M'CLELLAtt, Major•Geoeral. ISKCOND DISPATCH. Head -quitters of the Army of the Potomac, Friday, Sept. 19, 101 a.m. Major-General H. W. Hillock, General-in-Chief. _ Pleasanton is driving the enemy across the river. Oar victory was complete. The enemy is driven back into Vir ginia. Maryland and Pennsylvania are now sale. Gro. B. M'Cutcas, Major-General. The latest reports from Lead-quarters are as follows : Headittarters of the Army of the Potomac, Friday Morning, Sept. 19. Yesterday was occupied in burying the dead and oaring for the wounded. The rebels meat in a flag of truce in the morning, asking permission to bury their own dead, which was granted. At first the orders were very stringent egged holding intercourse with the rebels, but during the after noon they were relaxed, and the troops of both sides freely intermingled. At daylight, this morning, it was discovered that the enemy had changed their position. Whether their whole force has crossed the river, or taken • new position nearer the river, is not at present known. Philadelphia, Friday, Sept. 19, Midnight. Porno's Press has just received highly interesting intel ligence from General M'Clellan's army up to not* to-day, which the editor kindly tarnishes to the Associated Press. The substance of its special correspondence is briefly as fol lows: Early last night the enemy commenced crossing the Shephercistown-bridge and two fords above and below it. During the night 3CClellan advanced a battery and shelled them from the surrounding hills. The dead and wounded found this morning evidence the ability of our signal officers io directing the fire of guns. On discovering the movement of the enemy, early this morning General Plessaaton was dispatched in hot pursuit with two batteries and two regnuents of infantry through a gap of high hills, and he succeeded in cutting off a large amount of their ammunition, supplies, he., besides a small portion of General Martyr Gregg's South Carolina brigade. General Pleasanton shelled the enemy with effect as they passed through the ravine. The last seen of the enemy they were flying in the direc tion of Winchester, and it is supposed they would retreat precipitately on to Richmond. Our entire army had crossed Antietam Creek this morn ing, and was massed between Antietam Creek and the Potomac, opposite Shepherdetown, and there was every evidence that ll'Clellan would cross the river. The lair of cetera and field officers in oar army is so large so to be naaooonntoble. Rebel deserters represent the lass of the enemy's officers equally severe. It was understood that General Burnside ham crossed into Virginia, vitt Harper's Fenn and is moving on the enemy. Deserter, report that the recent movement of the rebels le escaping into Virginia was entirely conducted by Stone wall Jackson, the other chief officers, Lee, Loogstreet, being either wounded or too much fatigued to be efficient They also state that it was believed in the rebel army that a force of national troops bad passed through Thorough fare Gap and intercepted their advance. The New York Tina and Tribune have a full account of the great battle of the 17th. The Federal plan of battle was generally as fol lows :—General Hooker was to cross the Antietam Creek on the right, establish himself on the enemy's left, if possible flanking his position, and to open the fight. Sumner, Franklin, and Mansfield were to send their forces also to the right, co-operating with and sustaining Hooker's attack while advancing also near the centre. The heavy work iu the centre was left mostly to the batteries. Porter, massing his infantry, was to support in the hollows. On the left Burnside was to carry a bridge across the creek, advancing then by a road which enters the Pike at Sharpsburg, turning at once the rebel flank and destroying his line of retreat. Porter and Sykes were held in reserve. The battle began with the dawn and lasted till dark. An advance of a strong line of the Federal skirmishers was met by a similar movement on the part of the enemy, who were ferried back, while the right of the Federal line (General Hooker's com mand) came into action with the enemy's left. The enemy's left was forced back for nearly three miles from the ford by nine o'clock a.m., and the Federal troops had crossed the creek, when they were re lieved by General Sedgwick's coming to the front. The division under French occupied a position to " the left of Sedgwick's, and was engaged by half-past ten o'clock. The Irish brigade, ender General Meagher, joined French's brigade at half-past 10, and the most severe and deadly musketry fighting commenced. The enemy were driven back on their second line, and after a contest of four hours this position was forced also. General Cauld well's division was next brought, into action, and General Burnside advanced from the extreme left on the flank of the enemy, and by 12 o'clock the rebel line of battle, having been forced back on the right, was crescent shaped. Towards night the Federal infantry got to work on the extreme left ; the rebel ranks gave way at all points, but in good order, and the day's fighting was brought to a close by a heavy artillery tire. Before 1 o'clock iu the day General Mansfield was mortally wounded, and Generals Hooker, Sedgwick, Dana, Richardson, and Meagher bad been more or less severely wounded. The tide of victory rolled backwards and forwards during the day. The moat desperate portion of the battle took place for the possession of corn fields and woods, which were carried and lost four times in suocession. The movement of General Burnside was the turning point of success. The fate of the day depended on him : Attacking first with one regiment, then with two, and delaying both for artillery, Burnside was not over the bridge before 2 o'clock—perhaps oat till 3. He advanced slowly up the slopes in front, his batteries in rear covering, to some extent, the movement of the infantry. A desperate fight was going on in a deep ravine on hi, , right, the rebel batteries were in full play, and apparently very annoying and destructive, while heavy column. of rebel troops were plainly visible, advancing as if careless of concealment, along the road and over the hills in the direction of Burnside's foram It was at this point ot the. that N'Clellan sent him the order to advance sad carry the batteries in his front at all hazards. Burnside obeyed it most pliaatly. Getting his troops well in hand and sending a portion of his artillery to the i front, he &dimmed them, with rapidity and the most deter ' mined vigour, 'freight np the hill in front, on the top Of which the rebels bad maintained their most daegerous battery. The movement was is plain view of irelellan's position, and as Franklin oa the other side sent his bat. Sarin into the field about) the same time, the battle seemed to open in all directions with greater activity than TIN fight in the revise was in full progress, the lotteries whit* Porter supported were firing away with saw vigour, Inraklin was blazing away on the right and 1122-lop, &teemed weeds along the whole line wenerested and veiled with white . . . . elands of make All dal had bees clear add bright eine* the early cloudy woreiogr, aid new t►h w►ole roagodloout, eaggiedied some shoal with the egiaudour of as diorama OCTOBER 3,i- 18e. . gip amber the. Fear miles of battle, its glory all visible, I ita Mirrors all bidden, the fate of the republic hanging on the hour—could any one be insensible of its grandeur ! There are two AWs on the left of the road, the furthest and lowest. The rebels have batteries on both. Burn side is ordered to awry the nearest to him, which is the furthest from the road. His guns opening first from this new position in front more entirely controlled and silenced the enemy's artillery. The infantry came on at once, moving rapidly and steadily op long, dark lanes, and broad, dark reosem, being plainly visible without a glass as they moved over this green hillside. The next moment the road in which the rebel battery was planted was caeopied with clouds of dust swiftly descending into the valley. Underneath was a tumult of waggons, guns, horses.and men flying at. speed down the road. Blue flashes of smoke burst now and then among them, • horse or • man or half a dozen went down, and then the whirlwind swept on. The bill was carried, but could it be held The rebel columns, before seen moving to the left, increased their pace. The guns on the bill above send an angry tempest of shell down among Burnside's guns and men. He had formed hie columns apparently in the near eagles of two fields bor dering the mad—high ground about them everywhere, ex cept in rear. In another moment • rebel battle line ap pears on the brow of the ridge above them, moves swiftly down in the most perfect order, and though met by theta rot discharges of musketry, of which we plainly see the Bashes, does not fire • gun. White spaces show where men ere falling, but they close up instantly, and still the line ad- TRAMS. The brigades of Burnside are in heavy column ; they will not give way before • bayonet charge in line. The rebels think twice before they dash into then, hostile MOW There is a belt, the rebel left gives way and scatters over • the field, the rest stand fast and fire. More infantry comes up ; Burnside is outnumbered, flanked, compelled to yield the bill he took so bravely. His position is no longer one of attack ; he defends himself with unfaltering armoires, but he sends to 'Mellen for help. liPaellan's glass for the last half-hour has seldom been turned away from the left. He sees clearly enough that Burn side is pressed—needs to messenger to tell him that. His face grows darker with anxious thought. Looking down into the valley where 15,000 troops are lying he tarns a half-questioning look on Fits-John Porter, who stands by his side, gravely scanning the field. They are Porter's troops below, are fresh and only impatient to share in this fight. But Porter slowly shakes his head and one may be lieve that the same thought is priming through the minds of both generals. " They are the only heroes of the army ; they cannot be spared." M'Clellan remount' his hone, and, with Porter and a dozen officers of his staff, rides away to the left, in Burnside. direction. Sykes meets them on the road—a good soldier, whom opinion is worth taking. The three general' talk briefly together. It is easy to see that the moment has come when everything may turn on one order given or withheld, when the history of the battle is only to be written in thoughte, and purposes, and words of the general. Burnside's messenger rode up. His message is—" I want troops and guns. If you do not send them, I cannot hold my position for half an hour." Mlllellan's only answer for a moment is a glance at the western sky. Then he turns and speaks very slowly :—" Tell General Burnside that this is the battle of the war. He mint hold his ground till dark at any cost. I will send him Miller's battery. 1 can do nothing more. I have no infan try." Then as the messenger was riding away he called him . back :—" Tell him if he cannot hold his ground, then the bridge, to tin last man!—always the bridge!—if the bridge. is lost, all is lost." The sun is already down ; not half an hour of daylight is left. Till Burnside's message came it had seemed plain to everyone that the battle could not be finished today. None suspected how sear was the peril of defeat, of sudden attack on exhausted forces--how vital to the safety of the army and the nation was those fifteen thousand waiting troops of Fitz-John Porter in the hollow. But the rebels halted instead of pushing on, their vindictive cannonade died away as the light faded. Before it was quite dark the battle was over. Oily a solitary gun of Burn side's thundered against the enemy, and presently this also ceased, and the field was still. The peril came very near, bat it has passed, and in spite of the peril, at the close of the day was partly a success—Da a victory, but an advantage had been gained. Hooker, Sam. ner, and Franklin held all the ground they had gained, and Burnside still held the bridge and his position beyond. Everything was favourable for a renewal of the fight in the morning. If the plan of the battle is sound, there is every reason why M'Clelbur should win it. He may choose to postpone the battle to await his reinforcements. The rebels may choose to retire while it is possible. Fatigue on both sides might delay the deciding battle, yet, if the enemy means to fight at all, he cannot afford to delay. His reinforcernsta may be coming, but where are his supplies? Hia losses are arbor mom. His troops have been massed in woods and hollows, where artillery has had its most terrific effect. Oars have best deployed and scattered. From infantry fire there is lees difference. It is hard to estimate losses on a field of such extent, bat I think ours cannot be less than 6,000 killed and wounded — it may be much greater. Prisoners have been taken from the easety—l hear of a regiment captured entire, bat I doubt it. All the prisoners whom I saw' agree in saying that the whole army is there. Hill and Longstreet are either killed or prisoners. The following despatch relates to the war on the Mississippi : . " Caro. Friday, Sept 19. "The fleet carrying the rebel prisoners to Vicks burgh was fired into at Prentice, opposite Napo leon, Ark. Several balls passed through the latan, killing a number of rebel& None of our men were hurt. The gunboat landed, and gave the inhabitanta fifteen minutes to remove the women and children, at the end of which time the town was burned." KXPRESS FROM PARIS. (mow ova ows PARIS, TEITIFIDAY Ewazo. The France asserts to-night, in • triumphant tone, that all its enemies are gradually coming round to its opinion that the French army will not evacuate Rome. lam afraid the France is right. It is remarkable that the Debate, in a long and very embrangled article, oomes to the conclusion that Turin would do well to treat upon the basis of the Emperor's propositions, and not to imitate the Pope's obstinacy. The Dgbata suggests Florence as a capital for Italy. The France has received its first communique, but it is not, I hasten to say, • very terrible ono. M. da Persigny tells the France, in the language of bitter reproof, that it was wrong to adopt the com plaints made of the refusal of the prefectoral print, the Journal de la Haute-Saone, to publish the Mar quis d'Aedelarre's speech at an agricultural meet ing. The official communication now asserts that the administration had nothing to do with the matter, but that the management of the journal had made a general rule not to insert agricultural speeches, and was so impartially strict in adhering to this resolution that it had abstained from reporting the speech of the prefect himself. All these explanations M. de Persigny sap ire made by the Journal de la Haute-Sallne I of Oct. 1, in reply to the allegation of the Union Franc Comtoise of Sept. 27. I cannot help noticing the wide space between these two dates. How ! comes it that the prefectoral journal, if acting only spontaneously, took four days to answer its independent neighbour, published in the same department T Surely it is not unjustifiable to sus pect that a good deal of correspondence must have taken place, not only with the prefecture, but with the Minister of the Interior, before the answer was concocted. However, M. de le Gueronniere, who, as the ex-director of the press, cannot in decency disapprove of the system of warnings and com invonquies, kisses the rod very gracefully, and is quite delighted, as his secretary says, to have pro- I yoked so satisfactory an explanation. The French navy hes lately been singularly un- ' lucky, and runs a risk of gaining • lubberly repu a c it. a. r. O. L 11. 1. -- - - ---- - - -- -... 9820/1. . 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N.W. to N.E., fresh to fiE. fISOLAND. N. N. W. to E.N.E. moderate. moderate to fresh, flue. W.N.W. to N.N.E., L Ooadr. W.N.W. to N.E., fresh, fresh, equally. floe. tatiou. Some very awkward collisions occurred to the fleet going out to Mexico, and now the Priuce Jerome, carrying Prince Napoleon and the Prinetas Clothilde, in the wake of the young Queen of Por tugal, managed to run foul of a Russian steamer, and instead of touching at Marseilles, as was ex pected, has been obliged to put in at Toulon iu a damaged state. Mr. Partridge, now in Paris, has written the following letter to Galignani's Messenger: Hotel du Louvre, 04. 1. I beg permiasion, through the medium of your journal, to contradict most emphatically certain absurd statements which have appeared in some of the French newspaper., to the effect that in my visit to General Garibaldi I was the bearer of political letters and mea.agle, as well as of money. The object of my journey, to which I strictly adhered, was purely profeesional—nansly, to sacettaio for the satisfaction of his Eoglish friends the actual cooditioa of the general's health sad wound, and to afford, if occasion seeded, any aseiatence or suggestions which it was ia my power to offer.— I am, Am, RICHARD PARTItI MM. Mason and Slidell have communicatod t o the French press that they have no official know ledge whatever of their recall to Richmond, which has been rumoured. The Patrie hears from a "very good source" that nothing is more likely than that the recognition of the South, on the " basis of accomplished facts," will very KM be on the tapir, England and France acting in concert. There were great fluctuations at the Bourse 'to-day. The Rente oscillated between 71fr. sc. and 70fr. floe., closing firm at 70fr. 35c. and 70fr. 86c. The highest quotation of Mobilier was 1,210 fr., and the lowest I,lBofr. ; the latest price was the highest of the day, being a rise cf Mfr. Several of the Paris journals speak of a rumour of an approaching definitive conversion of the Rents, and M. Fould, it is said, has come to an understanding on the subject with the Credit Mobilier. That report is thought by some nth cient to account for the great rise in the shares of that company. At all events it is quite understood that M. Pereire is operating largely for the rise. Railways were comparatively neglected, and left off without much change. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) FRIDAY, Ocrosis 3, 3 L. FRENCH SUICIDES. The attempted suicide at Mabille, on Sunday last, has sot yet, it re, resulted fatally. The French papers give the f account of the occurrence : An attempt at snits& was committed on Sunday night at the Jardin Habille by • young man of respectable appear ance, shoat 25 years of age. He entered the shooting- Cas it was about to close, took op • pistol as if to i e :t i the target, but instead of doing so discharged it late his mouth, inflicting • dangerous wound, which bled pro. Neely. As no papers were found on him to prove hie identity, he was removed, in a state of inseosibdity, to the Hospital Beau*. Strange to say, the Progrla of Lyons taints. • somewhat similar act, but which terminated fatally. A gentleman named D-- went two days back to the shoot. ing.gallary of Meete-Christo in oompan7 with some friends, and after firing a few shots be went away. la the course of the morning he returned alone, and aftet firing 35 shots again went away. About three is the after owe he came back and fired • few shots, but when the man in attendance presented him with • newly pistol, be begged him to close the door of the gallery , Thee moment the man turned round to do so, the gentleman blew out his brains. A letter was found on him which made known his identity, and mentioned his resolution to commit suicide. He was, it appears, to have been married on the following day, but was impressed with the idea that his marriage would not be a bapoy one. He bad come twice to the plena, but his courage failed him each time, and it wee only on the third visit that he carried his fatal intimation into Woe*. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. Early on Tuesday morning • terrible accident onewred at the station of the little village of Offord, on this line of railway. It appears that no up coal trais, cos siatiog of 30 cost tracks and a break van, was on its way towards Offord, sod had nearly reached the station who the engine came in collision with some hard subitance which threw it off the line. It moved on toms little distance, and came into collision with the wood+ platform, about twenty yards of which it destroyed, breaking it up completely. The tender got on the down line, and the engine rolled over down the embankment, when it lay reversed on WI side, or wheels upwards. Several of the trucks were broken to pieces, and toes of opals thrown on the line. The mime-driver and stoker Win lulled, tbe former instantly—his body was fearfully meagled--and the latter only lived about an hoer afterwards. The &kris blocked the tip line until about 11 o'clock. at which time the angles had sot been removed. The cause of the *rel. dent was the fly-wheel of • threshing mathioe, which machine had been conveyed on a down train, and from some cause the wheel bad, unknown to the driver and vista of the down train, come off and fallen on the up line. The accident is rather an unusual owe, std has aerated greet sensation in the neighbourhood. There doss not appear at present any blame attached to the Great Northern Ofikiliar Mr. Mellor held an inquest on the tiefortneats driver and stoker, which was adjourned for further evidence re ,' 'petting the fly-wheel. The driver was • muted man, awl has left two childree. A Court of Common Council was hold yestenlayi when Alderman Roes signified kis acceptance of the office of Lord Mayor to which be had been elected. A vote express. fag the sees mitertaised by the council of the service of Mr. Charlie Name, late City Solicitor, was unanimoutif 1 , speed to, but another motion to make some provieou far his widow woe strongly opposed, chiefly on the rowel that it was derogatory to the memory of the dowsed. as§ ultimately the mutiou fell to the ground by the joarnmeat of the court. THH ALLBOID WIFE MUILDIIR ow BISHOPst:ATS dun. —By ea unfortunate error of the press, the °moody jury* Ibis case were represented yesterday u having at. tacked blame to the medical man ; the 'edict stated that they did woe attach such blame. Toss DWILLINUR or rug Poo& —Yesterday even ing Mr. Bedford, the earoesr, held as kismet at St. Clement's Vestry-room, Stroked, touchier the death al Mix ld'Oarthy, aged let months, who died suddenly ea Toseit7 last at 7, Robin Hood.court, Pickett's-place, Strad. Os the return of the coroner mid jury if ter viewing the body. the coroner said, mush as he wished to avoid hurting at feelings of the relatives of deceased persooe, bed he boo rt what • feel pities they resided is, be cerasialy should not have felt jellied is taking the jury there. Re considered it swag% to soaks anybody ill. Elimbeth 3eCarthy thee deposed to tie fad of the child dying suddenly eo Tuotht last, shim ea/Perin feta rickets' and dismiss'. Siam° Lovett, of Clarestrest, sareses, deposed to having made the pos•morters examisatices, the result of which brought hint to the eassiesion that the Add died from dropsy and diarrhea& The fad Massediere of the plies where the child had lived was quite *diciest to muse the diarrtra• Tbefather of the Ismaili And said he meted the phoefralt Mr. Nix, sod had may bees three a moth. The ' , WY tumid • mast tad " Deceased died from decry 1 '" drambrea," bet expreamd • ahem °plaice as lathe unuhnk" •ome side of the avails' of the parents.