The Express. — London, England, 1862-06-11 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11. THE Whitsuntide holidays have sufficiently proved that, whatever it may be in a mercantile or artistic point of view, the Great Exhibition is a decided popular success. Within the last two days more than a hundred thousand working people from London and the neighbour hood—artisans, labourers, and small tradesmen, with their wives and families—have spent the greater part of their Whitsuntide holiday within the walls of the Exhibition. They come early, intent on seeing as much as possible, get through the busbies& of the day in the solid, thorough going style peculiar to Englishmen, and remain there till the hour for closing the building arrives. There are no signs of lounging or weariness amongst these peaceable crowds. On the contrary, what strikes careful observers is the unflagging interest of the holiday visitors in everything they see, as well as the method and order of their procedure. They move on from point to point, and court to court, without the slightest confusion or disorder, exploring with intelligent curiosity the marvels of art and industry col lected from every country and corner of the world. They are themselves, perhaps, the greatest and most suggestive marvel of all. As a mere picture such a crowd—so vast, so orderly, so full of life and motion, and spreading like an advancing tide, wave on wave, till every vacant space fills with moving life—is one of the most wonderful and impressive sights that could be imagined. Those who surveyed it yesterday or on Monday from the gallery at either end of the nave will not soon forget the effect. The peculiar and inspiring pleasure of such a marvellous spectacle is in itself well worth a journey to Kensington. Were it less common such a great picture of multitudinous industrial life might well rank amongst the wonders of the age. It is just the spectacle that would have fascinated and inspired the imagination of a mediaeval painter, and have so wrought with him as to be reproduced as the jubilee of the world at Rome, or in some other ideal but permanint and im pressive form. But the moral significance of such a picture is far more important and suggestive than its pic turesque effect. That a hundred thousand of the industrial classes should have at hand, and be able and willing to enjoy an intelligent re creation of this sort, is a great public gain. There can be no doubt whatever that they really enjoyed the holiday, and were thoroughly entertained with what they saw. But at the same time all associations connected with the spectacle would be of the meet stimulating and instructive kind. Those marvels of skill and ingenuity would tend not only to excite the admiration and enlarge the knowledge of the intelligent artisan, but to quicken the spirit of emulation and enterprise within him. Amongst these triumphs of industry and skill he would instinctively recognise a field of enterprise and action, of future development and new triumphs, peculiarly his own. His own progress must inevitably be identified with the progress of agricultural industry and manufacturing skill, and however defective in knowledge the working classes may still be, they are acute and intelligent enough to be fully alive to this. We need not be at all surprised, therefore, to find that the two departments of the Exhibition which specially attracted these holiday visitors were the annexes containing the machinery in motion and at rest, and the raw materials from the colonies. "The most popular part of the " Exhibition," we are told, " was decidedly " the machinery in motion, and the annexe was " thronged all the day long." " The great pree " sure," our reporter adds, "was in this depart " ment, where, as usual, the working men took " the greatest interest in everything that was " going on. There seems to be, in fact, some " mysterious affinity between an Englishman and " a steam-engine, and once they get together they " cannot be got to separate without the greatest " natural reluctance." The fact is cm Minty true, but it is not so very surprising. The machine, and especially the steam-engine, is the symbol and representative of that enormous development of our industrial life and national resources that has taken place during the present century. Inventive skill is to the mechanic of our day what the dis covery of the Indies was to the Spanish adventurer of three centuries ago--an El Dorado, a mine of inexhaustible wealth, a future of assured occu pation. If any passing shadow lowers on that future he naturally turns to emigration—the other outlet and resource of surplus or ill-requited labour. " The Colonies," says our Reporter, " attracted considerable attention, and the work " ing men seemed quite absorbed in examining the " products of such as they knew to be eligible " emigration fields." The advantages of spending a holiday in this way are at once apparent, and scarcely need to be pointed out. The working classes at the Exhi bition did not lose the special charms of a leisure day. They had their rest and recrea tion, their beer and cheese, the company of their wives, and the privilege of carrying about their babies for some hours. But combined with the usual domestic dissipation, there was a useful and stimulating element. All they saw was full of indirect instruction, and would silently convey its own lesson. The natural effect of studying these wonders in their own and other departments of activity would be to quicken retleo tion—to strengthen the force of prudent and in dustrial resolve. Contrast this result with that of a holiday spent in the too usual way at ale-houses, in wrangling and indolence, or with low companions in vulgar dissipation. The effect of such a holiday is, in fact, purely injurious. It tends directly to deaden reflection, weaken the force of the will, and foster:that love of idleness and pleasure, which is fatal in the long run to self-respect, habits of industry, and manly character. That the working men should in such large numbers chooee to spend their holiday at the Exhibition above all other places, shows how largely they possess these virtues, and e effect of the visit will naturally be to strengthen amongst them the love of honest labour as well as the spirit of independence and manly sell-control. be Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Jcxz 10. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Alice and Prince Leopold, drove out yesterday afternoon. Major- General Seymour was in attendance. Princess Alice, attended by Lady Churchill and Lieu tenant-Colonel the Hon. Dudley de Roe, went to Holland house to-day and visited Queen Marie Amalie. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial.offiee from the Governors of the North American provinces, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Despatches were sent to th e Governors of Malta, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Lahuan, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Wands. COURT 110171LNINO. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S Orrlca, Juan 10.—Orders for the court's going into mourning on Thursday next, the 12th instant, for her late Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Reese, viz.—T he ladies to wear black draws, white gloves, black or white shoes, feathers, and fans, pearls, diamonds, or plain gold or silver ornaments. The gentlemen to wear black court dress, with black swords and buckles. The court to change the mourning on Sunday, the 15th instant, viz.—The ladies to wear black dresses, with coloured ribbons, flowers, feathers, and ornaments, or grey or white dresses, with black ribbons, Bowers, feathers, and ornaments. The gen tlemen to continue the same mourning. And on Thursday, the 19th instant, the court to go out of mourning.—Gaxtte. Her Royal Highness the Duchess d'Aumale's Me, at Orleans Hone, wee erroaeonely enecinaced yester day to take plain on Friday, the 11th of July, instead of on Friday, July 4, which ia the day for which the invitations ars bawd. Lady Leigh's evening party, originally fixed for Friday, June 13, Is unavoidably postponed to Friday, Jane 311 Lady de Rothschild's dance is fixed for Thursday, the 26th lest. lakly Murchison has left the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood, for town. Lord Vernon, chairman of Section C, Class 11, at the Exhibition, entertained at dinner on Saturday, at the Trafalgar Hotel, Greenwich, most of the gentlemen be longing to that notion, as well u several of thou belong:ng to the other sections, with Dr. Lyon Mayfair and M. Ls Commandeur Brillant, Lady Franklin, the widow of the great Arctic Davigater. arrived at Calcutta lately by the steamer Fiery Cress. The Caleufta papers state that all Sir Bartle Prere's valuable library, the papers connected with his administnstion is &lade, and a great many other valuables, have been lost in the ship Twos. We take the following from a late number of the Singapore Free Prue :—" According to oar accounts there is some prospect of the Straits being visited by the Priam of Wales en long. His royal highness, it was said, intended to visit Qmetantinople, Egypt, Continental India, and eventually Australia. As he will be conveyed at this tour in men-of-war, he will probably prefer the route to Australia by the Indian Archipelago, as it will enable him to visit Java and other places of interest. The intelligeoce of this visit of the Prism to India and Aus tralis is stated to be authentic, although as yet the news papers have only mentioned a visit to Constantinople." _ . Bombay has been for some time agitated by the great "shoe question.' Alone of all ler Majesty's Indian subjects the Parses say they are prohibited by their religion from unooraing either head or fast. On serval occasion* they have sot been allowed to enter the public offices with their shoes os. As they most show some sign of respect they are rommtnended to put off the glazed cover of chintz, which heavily oppresses them, and retain on their heads only the skull eap which they wear ander it. The Bengal Surkeiru says :—" It is with much pleasure we notice that Baboo Chewier Coomar Dry, at the late university examination, obtained the degree of K.D., the first ever conferred in this country. The ex- amination was of an exceedingly rigid character, and we clogratulate this young man on the distinction he ban so honourably gained. He has punned his medical studies chiefly under the tuition of Dr. Goodeve. He is, we are told, proficient in seven Legalises, and in 1856 translated a Ger man work into English. We shall always feel pleasure in recording similar instances of ability and its rewards, afford ing, es they dq such example to the young students of India." The Sydney papers report the return of his Ex °enemy the Governor (Sir John Young) from a visit to Norfolk Island, undertaken in accordance with instructions from the Secretary of State, for the purpose of reporting upon the program" of the settlement of the descendants of the mutineers of the Bounty, who, on the breaking up of the convict establishment in Norfolk Island, were removed thither from Pitcairn Island. Ufa stated that his excellency's intercourse with the isolated islanders has given hint • favourable opinion of their character. The names of the chaplain, the chief magistrate, and the schoolmaster are mentioned in terms of high commendation. The charm, facilities of the people mentioned by Sir William Denison on returning from his visit—their uniform virtuous be haviour, and the primitive simplicity of their tastes and manners—atill appear to be retained. The total number of persons on the island at the date of his excellency's visit was 265. At the ceremony which has just taken place at Rome, the :hutch of Frame was represented by slicerdi aals, nine archbishops, forty-two bishops, and two thousand lower ecakeisatica. Mgr. do Bounechose, Archbishop of Rouen, ac °amplified by M. Barthaemv, architect of the diocese, and several mambos of the clergy, deposited three days ago in the sanctuary of the cathedral at Roues the heart of Charles V., which, it is announced, was found on the 26th ult. in ► tomb where it had kin for the last five centuries. The deipatch-boat Cuvier, which left Dieppe a few days ago, has just returned to Fecamp, bringing in four • oyster-boata, which had been raptured poaching on the French beds. The guard•boat Emmanuel bad also taken an English smack. The mete of these boat, have been seised end confiscated, and the masters will have to mr,bear before the English tribunals for an infraction of the inter national convention on oyster fishing. A singular lawsuit has just come on in Paris. The plaiotiff is a young actress of the Odeon, who demands of the director of that theatre to allow her to make her lint appeerance in tragedy. It appears that M. de la Hou ma', the defeedant, when beast by she protectors of the young lady, actually engaged to do so. After having taken lemons of a competent master, in order to perfect herself, and having devoted all her time to those &WU whence she expected to derive glory sad fortune, the young lady re• quested IL de la Hennas to keep his promise. The latter then directly refused, asserting that the young artist wee labouring under a mistake, and that it was utterly impos sible for him to have mad* each a pregame, and that she had so talent. 0011 RT or Qum:Ws Bzencu.—Tinvrr TERM, 215 re VICTORIA, JUNK 9.—This court will hold sittings on Wed ',today the 184, Thursday the 19th. Thursday the 26th. Friday the 27th, anturdey the 2Rth, and Monday the 30th days of June lenient, and co Tuesday, the lit day 01 July next, and the four following days, and will at such Attune proceed in disposing of the oases in the new trial, special, and crown papers, and any other matters thee peedift ; and will also hold • ritting on Saturd a y, the 12th day of July next, for the purpose o f gi v i ng judgments only.—By the 001111. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1862. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE PRINCE OF WALES AT MALTA. The Malta papers of the sth contain long accounts of the enthusiastic reception given to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales by the inhabitants of that island. At 6 o'clock in the morning the tower signal flag announced the approach of the squadron, consisting of the royal yacht Osborne, her Majesty's ship Doris, and her Majesty's ship Magi cienne, and at 7 the Osborne, with his royal high ness and party on board, entered the grand harbour, followed closely by the two other shipe. The yacht was immediately boarded by Captain Brett, aide-de-camp to his excellency the governor, and at 11 o'clock his royal highness landed, amid the vivas and acclamations of the thousands who fringed the bastions and swarmed along the wharves and on every point whence a view of the scene could be obtained. The quiet ship's barge in which the Prince landed was made to pass through two long lines of native gondolas, whose "gay flags and awnings and bright oolours under our southern sunshine looked novel and imposing, and reminded one strongly of those bright and fairy scenes from the history of `fair Venice' so spiritedly illustrated by the gifted pencils of Cannaletti and Turner." At the landing-place the Prince was received by a deputation of the clergy, the elected members of council, the leading merchants, and gentry, whose cordial welcome he very gracefully acknowledged. When the Prince landed, the governor introduced to him Canon Amato (as locum knew of the Roman catho lic bishop), who was at the right hand side on the jetty ; and then the elected members of the council of government, who were on the left. A handsome bouquet of artificial flowers, made by the nuns of St. Ursula, was then presented to the Prince by the children of several respectable inhabitants. He here entered one of the carriages prepared for him, accompanied by the governor in plain clothes, and proceeded along the route sketched out in the committee's programme, preceded by great crowds waving flags and cheering vehemently. The Prince and principal officers of his party were the guests of Sir Gaspard and Lady de Merchant at the palms• THE OVERLAND MAIL. CHINA. ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE REBELS. The China Mail of April 26 states that during the previous fortnight the rebels in the neighbour. hood of Shaughae had been twice attacked by the combined English and French formes, assisted by the force of drilled Chinese under Ward, who has been made a military mandarin (with a light blue button worn by imperial officers of the third class) in consequence of an order from the capital. The Pekin Gazettes continue to contain de crees announcing the high estimation in which the regency holds the friendship of the allies, and the manner in which the announcements are made shows that the services now being rendered by foreign troops to the imperial cause is very warmly appreciated by the supreme authorities. On the other hand, though the rebel forces were completely beaten in the two last, as in all former engage ments with the allied force, yet the manner in which they took up thei' position has displayed the fact that they possess a considerable amount of military skill, together with quite an equal amount of courage and determination. Twice have they occupied a position so strong as to be nearly impregnable to anything but artillery, pro tecting themselves by double stockades and ditches against the ordinary forms of attack, much in the same way, though on a smaller scale, as the Tartar troops fortified themselves in the Takn Forts. The recent engagement with the rebels has also dia cloeed the fact that they have been approaching Shanghae in the most regular and systematic man ner, " so that (says the China Mail) the tactics of Admiral Hope in proceeding at once to break up their network of stockade positions have been the best that could have been adopted, assuming, as most tesonable men here do, that he was right in moving against the rebels at all." A stray shot had wound 24 Sir J. Hope in the leg —an accident which will confine him to hie cabin for Rix weeks. Letters from Pekin of March 27 state that foreigners are visiting the capital in unusual num bers. One is an Englishman, " who passed through this yesterday, to return to his native land by Siberia and Russia. His name is Grant ; a resi dent for some time in the south. We wish him all safety and success. It is a capital adventure for a man with a wooden leg." The higher authorities had paid a visit of con dolence to the British ambassador, upon hearing of the decease of the Prince Consort. The young Emperor of China has selected another son of Prince Haul as a class-fellow. The most interesting passages to foreigners in the Pekin Gazette are notices of the co-opera tion of British and French forces with the imperial troops in the complete repulse of the rebels near Shanghae. These occur in the issues of March 17 and 23, and are given as illustrations of the unvarying friendliness and truthful sincerity of the allies, English and French. Two American; Ward and Pei-tai-wan, the one general, the other second in command, are specially complimented for their energetic assistance ; and as they have both prayed the throne for permission to cast off their foreign style of dress and assume the Chinese garb and cue, his Majesty looks upon this as proof of their attachment to his interests, and grants them their request, giving them also per mission "to wear a peacock's feather, and carry the 3rd button—clear blue button." A private letter, dated Shanghae, April 19, nap: By this mail you will receive amounts of the result of the second expedition against the rebels in this neighbourhood. The force consisted of 335 marines and blue jackets from the men-of-war, 70 men of the battery of artillery, 80 men of the 99th, and 800 Indian troops, with 7 gam The French brought into the field 150 seamen and 400 Algerian troops, with 7 guns, and 150 trained Chinese artillery. men, besides about 400 disciplined Chinese troops, making in all about 2,300 men, and 14 guns. The attack sou to be made on a fortified atrooghold about 18 miles from Shanghae. At first the rebels showed fight, and returned the fire from our Fans ; however, when the range bad been ascertained, and after about four rounds from each gun had been fired, the enemy were seen retreating by thowiaods, and the piece was soon taken, with a loss on our side of one of the 99th killed, sad one native officer of the sth wounded. The rebel force was estimated at over 8,000, and their lose above 500 killed and 300 prisoner.. This is to be followed up by a still larger attack about the Ist of May, at a place still further up the river. But whether these attacks will have the dears' effect of keeping them sway from Shanghai altogether is doubtful, node.. the Chinese have forum snongh to keep the country when our troops retire. AUSTRALIA. HELBOITANE. The latest Melbourne advisee are dated April 26. The ministerial Land Bill has passed the assem bly. As regards the immigration clauses, a oon siderable modification of the original scheme has been effected. It is still agreed that there shall be a scheme of systematic immigration maintained, and that it dull be connected with the land system. But a change has been made in the allocation of the land revenue, which will have the effect of lessening the amount available for immigration. It is provided that not more than one-fourth of such revenue shall, in any one year, be applied to that purpose. It is also pro vided that for the first nine months in every year the immigration warrants shall be issued to appli cants in due proportion to their respective na tionalities, as English, Scotch, or Irish—the calcu lation being based on the relative populations of tha 4 three countries; and that for the other three months of the year the issue shall be indiscrimi nate, or on the principle of " first come first served." The revenue for the first quarter of the year shows a decline as compared with the correspond ing quarter in 1861 of 148,6671., chiefly referable to the heads of customs and land sales. The chief secretary has brought in, and carried through the assembly, a bill for reducing the governor's salary to 7,0001., all extras included, from the lst of January next. The present amount is 15,0001., including staff allowances. Some minor measures, chiefly of a fiscal cha racter, have been carried, including one to reduce the gold export duty by sixpence an ounce after the Ist of July next, and another to impose a small tax on bank notes. A grand encampment of the volunteer forces of the colony on the banks of the Werribee, midway between Melbourne and Geelong, commenced on the 18th April. The railway between Ballarat and Geelong was opened on the 10th of April. The occlusion was celebrated by a grand banquet, at which his Ex cellency Sir Henry Barkly was present. Invita tions were also addressed to the members of both houses of legislature, the Mayor of Melbourne, the Mayor and Corporation of Geelong, and to other gentlemen specially identified with the progress of Balarst, or with colonial railway enterprise. Considerable quantities of rain have fallen throughout the colony, and miners will now be enabled to " wash up," and bring their gold to market. A long-continued drought, leading in many districts to the total stoppage of the quarts crushing machines and the puddling dams for weeks (and in some instances for months), had materially reduced the yield of gold, and of course the earnings of the miner. The total amount of gold shipped during the present year up to date has amounted to 689,868 ounces, which, at 41. an ounce, gives the value at 2,759,4521. The following are the escort returns for the last five weeks, with the corresponding periods of the pre vious year : 1862. 1861. 1860. Week audios Much 27.... 35,048 .. 43,305 .. 46,797 /9 9, April 3.... Z 3,387 .. 25,690 .. 30,639 ,P 00 10.... 31,475 .. 42,143 .. 33,180 " „ „ 17.... 26,950.. 29,941 .. 39,840 ~ „ „ 24.... 25,213 .. 26,389 .. 40,343 Total 142,073 167,468 190,799 The commercial advices say that the past month had been remarkably dull, and operations in the import market have for the most part been of a very limited character. Speculators have been very quiet, being unwilling to operate at ruling quotations ; and transactions have been almost wholly confined to the supply of the daily require ments of town and country storekeepers. SYDNEY. Sydney sdvioes of April 24 report that the escorts had that day brought down 18,216 ounces of gold, causing great excitement. It was estimated that there are 30,00 diggers on the Lachlan. Woollen goods, and boots and shoes, were in brisk demand. Dr. Lang has been successful in the Sootch church case with the Privy Council. The shock of an earthquake was felt on April 24 at Bathurst, Sofala, and Mudgee. The proposal to erect a statue in honour of the late Prince Consort had been warmly taken up, and meetings were being convened in the country dis tricts to further the exertions of the committee sit ting in Sydney. ADELAIDE. The advioes from Adelaide are to April 26. Par liament was;opened on that day. One of the chief measures proposed is a bill to amend the Constitu tion Act, so as to give additional vote to property. Amongst many other local measures, there will be proposed an iutercolonial tariff in respect of articles produced in the oclonies. Messrs. Elder, Stirling, and Co.'s commercial report, dated April 26, says : Trade remains asdull as ever, the Hester holidays and the raw, week having moreover rendered the stagnation of business even more perfect than it was before. The first rains have fallen, and farmers are beginning to be busy with their ploughs. Notice has been given by the govern ment of their intention to discontinue the branch nail service to King George's Sound, and tenders have been adver tised for, for the conveyance of mails between this place and Melbourne—en arrangement under which our inward letters will reach us at least three days later, and our outward letters will have to be dispatched three days earlier than has been necessary since the King George's Sound service ham been in use. The prospectus of the Yudenamutana Mine has attracted considerable attention. The reported indications of the mine are highly favourable, and the in• troductioo of British capital to aid in the development of our mineral resources is felt to be most desirable, but severe comments have been made upon the prospectus for the want of precision displayed in some al the statements which it contains. NEW ZEALAND. Otago continues to yield large quantities of gdld, but the severity of the winter has driven back many of the miners to the fields they left in Victoria. Others have gone to British Columbia, attracted by the glowing accounts recently sent from that quar ter. Up to the 28th March there had been ex ported from Dunedin, mainly to Melbourne, some 357,0910 z. of gold, worth about a million and a half sterling. Sir George Grey seems to be gradually winning his way to the establishment of a line of policy which will restore the Queen's supremacy in New Zealand, without recourse to war being necessary. He appears to have succeeded in creating or bring ing out a loyal feeling, and forming a strong Queen's party amongst the natives, by whom his measures for the proper administration of justice seem to be appreciated. The Southern Cross (Auckland, April 8) says The stream of immigration which has been steadily setting towards our shores during the last few years has more than turned the scale of population in favour of the Europeans, and in • short time the latter will, in all probability, al far predominate as to give • totally new aspect to the relations of the two races. Decided measures will then be easier. and • temporising policy will find fewer supporters than at present. Circamstanoss, however, are already so " ' •' shaping themselves, that in all probability the anal able event will be oonsiderably hastesed, and we may ems anticipate that in a comparatively abort time New Zealand, or rather the northern provinces of the colonies, will be fried from those trammels which have hitherto retarded her onward program. Foremost amongst the moms likely to bring about • change in this colony would be the discovery of a large sad available gold field in this grimiest», and we have :every name to believe that sack a discovery is net far at. Already have the prospectors at Coromandel reported favourably on that district, and it is likely that we shall am this winter a large inAui of diggers both from Otago and the neighbouring colonies, induced by the private information forwarded to them by their friends, to try their luck in a country the climate of which, more than that of any other part of New Zealand, is calculated to mit men accustomed to Australia. RUMOURS OF A EUROPEAN CONGRESS. The indipendance of yesterday evening revives its favourite rumour of a congress. It says : The idea of assembling a congress of the great powers of Europe to settle all the political questions which remain in suspense has been frequently put forward for some years, and at various times it hu seemed very near reali sation in the councils of the governments which alone have the privilege of sitting in such a congress. But it has always miscarried through insurmountable obstacles, be. longing both to the mutual relations of certain cabinets and the state of the questions awaiting solution. The idea is revived to-day with such persistence that we ought to men tion it among the divers repo: is and numberless political combinations which we register every day as echoes of public thought,or as man ifestations of the incessant sgitation which is going on in public opinion and among the cabinets. The allusions which au Austrian minister has recently made, in a full council of the empire, to negotiations carried on with a view to the settlement of the Italian question, have pecu liarly contributed to restore this ides, and to give it the very great consistency which it has gained during the lest few days. PRUSSIA. The Paris Prase of to-day says : Our correspondence from Berlin contains some details in reference to the reception given by the King to the depu tation on the address, in which royalty seems to have forgotten itself and the nation. The Grand Marshal, Count Puckler, having conducted the deputation to the receptioe. room, the King, after an interval of • few minutes, made hie appearance with M. Von der Merit, and saluted the deputies by • simple inclination of the head. M. de Grabow having advanced some paces in order to ask permission to reed the address of the Cham bers, the King made a sign of assent, and after the reading was over, he read in turn the reply, which has been made known, and which wee written with hie own hand on • little slip of paper. Then, after • slight bow, he retired sharply, quitting the room so hurriedly that tbs President had to follow Count Puckler in great haste !Holder to deliver to him the address. The King stopped only an instant at the door to band his reply to the Grand Marshal. These circumstance', which are known throughout the city, have monde great sensation there. (zzunz's Tarawa.) AMERICA. NEW YORE, Jon I. (Per Great Eastern, eid LivrepooL) Refugees at Chicago report that the Federal have occupied Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Little Rock, Arkansas. Refugees arrived at Norfolk report that the Con federate army at Richmond numbers 200,000 men• Nothing at all definite has been ascertained as to where the Confederates have retreated from Corinth. General Halleck officially reports that the ac counts are conflicting as to the enemy's movements, but he believes him to be in strong force on the Federal left flank, four or five miles south of Co rinth, near the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. It is confirmed that a portion of General Banks's division has advanced beyond Martinsburgb, and recaptured Fort Royal, taking upwards of 150 pri soners. General Halleck telegraphs as follows from Corinth, May 30 : " The enemy's position szd works in front of Corinth were exceedingly strong. " He cannot occupy a stronger position in his flight. This morning he destroyed an immense amount of public and private property, stores, pro visions, waggons, tents, &c. For miles out of the town the roads are filled with arms, haversacks, &c., which have been thrown away by his fleeing troops. "A large number of prisoners and deserters have been captured. Their number is estimated by General Pope at 2,000. " Beauregard evidently distrusts his army, or he would have defended so strong a position. Hie troops are generally much discouraged and demo ralised. "In all the engagements for the last few days their resistance has been slight (Signed) " H. W. HALLII4.7X, Major-General." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MAY 31, Evanta. Money abundant Gold per cent. premium. Exchange steady. Bankers' bills, 1141. Stocks buoyant. New York Centrals, 88} ; Illinois, 62} ; Erie, 371, Cotton slightly firmer. Middling Upland, 31i. Flour declining. Wheat in good demand for ex port. Corn inactive. Provisions dull. Coffee quiet. Sugar quiet. Molasses steady. LIVERPOOL, Joss U. The Great Eastern arrived here this morning. She left New York on the let inst., and brings nearly 400 passengers and 56,000 dollars in specie. BACHE POINT, Joxs 11. The City of Baltimore, from New York on the Slat, wee sighted at 12.20 p.m. MEXICO. NEW YORK, Joie 1. (Per On Postern rid Liverpool) The New York papers publish Mexican news rid Ban Francisco to the Bth May, according to which the French had commenced retreating from Puebla towards Ames& An official despatch from Ignacio Megia to Juarez, dated Puebla, Bth of May, announces the retreat of the French. THE HERZEGOVINA. PARIS, Juin 11. The Moniteur of to-day announces that the Turks, after having taken the intrenchmenta at Ostrog, advanced on Abel. ITALY. ROXE, Joss 10. The bishops, in their address to the Pope, deplore the oppression of the church, and declare that the temporal power is necessary for the inde pendence of the Pope. They approve all that the Pope has done in defenoe of the rights of the Holy See. They condemn the errors which have already been condemned by the Pope, and exhort his Holiness to continue firm in his resistance. The address is signed by 21 cardinals and 244 bishops. THE BOMBAY AND MAITRITIDB MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JODTI 11. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delta, Captain Woodgate, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived here. . She brings 101 passengers, 2,2741. in specie, end 1,078 packages of cargo. fibs left Gibraltar on the 6th, and spoke the steamers Union on the 7th, and Ripon on the Bth. Her Majesty's ship Intrepid left Gibraltar for England on the 3nl. Intelligent* received from Barbary says that the wiles that were fit revolt have submitted to the Balkan authority. The Vieeray, Priam Maley Abbas, was about to Mara to Macadam. The mossy to pay the !Merest [cribs last six months ea the loan coatraded ia loam we fast coming forward. A considerable portion had already been received in Citss:he and invested in Treasury bills for transmission to Loa 's . The Gibraltar Chronicle says :—" English Commislisne n , have been or will be appointed at all the porta of Morocco ts watch over the interests of holders of the loan in the al. 'action of the customs." Exchange and freights unaltered. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (210/1 OOR OWN 0011WIPOND1NT.) PARIS, TO/DIDAT EVTNING. The news telegraphed from London of the Frew:, army having received a check before Mexico is coil tested by the Patric in the following paragraph : _ _ _ The Timm in its number of June 9 reproduces from cu. thin New York journabi a despatch dated Orizaba, May announcing that the Mexican army, 10,000 strong, beat the French troops on May 5, at twelve kilometres from Mexico and that the latter lost 500 men. We are in a polities to affirm that the news so complacently reproduced by the Times is a pure invention. The French troops at the date of May 5 had not quitted Puebla, a town situated 110 kilw metres from Mexico, and authentic despatches from Orizaba of the 10th show that up to that date the French had beaten the Mexicans in every rencountor. Whatever false news from Mexico may oome from other quarters, it is unfortunately impossible to attach credit to any intelligence from that country reported by the French semi-official prints. The Petrie now says that on May 5 the invading force had not got beyond Puebla ; but on Saturday tat the Pays, retracting a previous assertion that they bad penetrated to within a few miles of Mexico stated, after second thoughts and upon deliber a t e advice, that on May 5 they were at Mecameca, place halfway between Puebla and Mexico, and within 50 kilometres of the latter city. M. Bismark Schonhausen has suddenly left Paris for Berlin—called thither, it is supposed, by the serious state of affairs resulting from the King's obstinacy. The Budget Committee, after an unusually long period of gestation, has presented its report. The alterations of M. Fould's original scheme ere considerable and show the growing influence of th e Corps Legislatif upon the administration. The ordinary budget for 1863 was brought forward with an increase of 71,461,10i1fr. The committee has struck off about 10 millions. The figure of the ordinary expenses now stands at the (still enormous) sum of 1,720,271,078 fr. The extra. ordinary budget has been reduced by 17 millions and is now 121,114,500 fr. Com with the budget of 1862, the rectified figures a diminution of 121,114,500 fr. The committee ha been able to reject altogether the proposed surchar on salt, which was a most unpopular conception . retains the increase in the sugar duties, notwitli standing its "natural repugnance" to revive ii part a tax so recently abolished ; but it declare itself overruled by " financial necessities." 'The augmentation of stamp duties is admitted, but the proposal to create a new stamp for receipts ad shop bills is thrown out. The tax on sock exchange sale notes is said to be remodelled in such a wonderfully successful way as to realer the impost "lees onerous in every individualisee and yet more productive on the whole." Thipro posed tax on horses and carriages is modified b as to make many exemptions in favour of agriotture, of manufacturers paying patent duty, and of small communes. The ad captandum scheme of lying five millions by relieving certain small tax-wyers is rejected, " notwithstanding the generou idea which inspired it." The committee thims the moment ill chosen to exempt any class of ociety from those sacrifices in proportion to their means which are incumbent upon all citizens in a *anti.), of equality. The report says, in conclusion, "The government, animated with the true sprit of concession without obstinacy and withmt sus ceptibility, has had, like ourselves, n+ other thought bat to seek the truth and do right. We will have no more deficits ; we desire to see a rigorous control and a serious equiklmium ; we desire, in short, to give up the system of expe dients and enter upon a business-like financial course." Yon will have seen by the Moniteur that ,the legislative session is prolonged to the 27th instant. The debate on the budget will begin, I believe, on Monday. The government speakers will do their best to cut most political questions short ; but an elaborate explanation on the ugly affair of Mexico will probably be thought necessary. The Bourse opened with very great animation, but there was a violent reaction afterwards, attri butable probably to the Mexican news. The Route, after being quoted at 69fr. sc. and 69fr.20e., dropped to 68fr. 85c. and 68fr. 95c., closing at the lowest point of the day with a fall of lbc. and 10c. Mobilier left cff with a rise of 2fr. 50c., after basing lost 7fr. from the highest quotation of the day. The Italian Loan fell 15c. In railways there was ultimately very little alteration. Caine. Mires was a shade better, closing at 91fr. 25c. A plan is said to be in contemplation to establish a piece of mechanism at the Bourse by means of which, during the continuance of business, the prices, instead of being announced to the public as at present by the crier, will appear on a transparent board visible throughout the whole building. This mechanism would prevent many errors in the nego- tiation of securities. The works on the railway from Toulon to Nice are advancing so rapidly, that the whole line will, it is said, be open to the public by the let Novem ber next. WATERS REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) WEDNIIIIDAT. JUNI 11. U LIL Z. 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Tzs FATAL BOAT ACVIDINT AT BIOGIITON.-- The inquest as the bodies of the two rentlemes drowsed by the upsetting of a pleasure boat at Brighton. co Sued'''. was bold at the Towe-ball on Monday, before the borough, coroner, D. Black, Eel. The jury, after • few minutes. consultation, returned • verdict of " Aeaidental death' The fears that have been entertaiued that there I/SA /4• otiose life last on Sunday have proved too well founded A third body was washed ashore early yesterday morning• it bee been kleatified by the sister of deemed as that al Mr. Edward Smith. r