The Express. — London, England, 1864-12-19 00:00:00

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MD !I wArtm AT LON DON.BR IDGF. TriDi D►T Mot tutt, if,, 4nn Afternoon, 6h. ?IL rt. , -Xvicrwle M..tnuug, 6h. 2216. Aftertiou4, 6h. 4261. LONDON, MU DAY, DECEMBER 19. Tux Court of Common Pleas in Dublin was en gaged during five days of last week in trying a libel case which the reporters have modestly en titled " extraordinary," and which, if there were no Divorce Court on this side of St. George's Channel, we should be disposed in this place to describe as disgusting. It is not, however, the quality of the literature of this trial that boasts an exceptional savour among the garbage of the law courts. It is rather the relative position of the parties to the action that appears "extraordinary" to those wle, have not had the advantage of being present at the triaL Those who listened to the impassioned eloquence of counsel for the plaintiff, and observed the injured lady in the witness-box, are, doubtless, better able than un- 1 sympathising readers at a distance can be, to under stand how it happened that Miss TRAVERS, afte-, according to her own evidence, issuing a set ies of handbills and placards full of doggrel insults, and em ploying men with band-bells to direct attention to them in public places, and publishing a ribald "story" against the defendant and his wife, was the plaintiff in an action for libel, while the object of all this violent publicity was the libeller. or is this the only singularity in the case. The plaintiff deliberately publishes to the world her own alle gation that the defendant " ruined " her two years ago, while the wife of the man whom she accuses of the assault, and who is also a defendant, refuses to believe the charge against her husband. If Miss TaA V Llth had not been the plaintiff in au action for libel, in which the damages were laid at 2,0i)0/., and if the had not obtained a verdict in her favour, with one farthing damages, it might occur to mere readers of this trial, that a more fearful system of persecution in the shape of "small unnoyalices - was never organised by the most vindictive woman against, we do not say the destroyer of her virtue, but against the peace and happiness of a home in which she had received nothing but kindness, and of a wife and mother who, if Miss TRAVEILS' story was the truth, was not has deeply injured than herself. Eight years had passed since Miss TRAVERS first became acquainted with Sir WILLIAM WILDE as his patient ; during eight years this acquaintance had ripened into a very intimate friendship with him and with his family, before the alleged outrage on her virtue was attetripb.d ; after the outrage the friend ship was ti.it broken off, though it assumed the very violent and disagreeable form of asking for money to go to Australia, taking a dose of poison, and publishing her own sham death. And yet Miss Taa object in destroying Sir WILLIANI 111 , E'S professiotril character and his position in society, his wife's peace of mind, and the happi ness of his home, was not the vengeance of a woman wronged against her deceiver—it was simply an act of "pique" against Lady WILDE for having treated her more ceremoniously than • "particular friend " when she walked un invited into Lady Wii.DCa bedroom. But so niu:t lAA forget that Lady WILDE was also a defeudant, and, except in form, the defendant in this action for libel in which Miss 111.tior NE TRA VMS was the plaintiff. On the 6th of last 3lsy, Lady WILDE wrote a letter to Dr.l P.AVERS, informing him of his daughter's " dis " reputable conduct" at Bray, where "she consorts "with all the low newspaper boys in the place, "employing them to disseminate offensive placards "in which my name is given, and also tracts, in "which she makes it appear that she haa had an THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1864: "intrigue with Sir Wittrem." Lady WILDE added in very strong and pointed Impels that "no threat or additional insult shall ever e4Ort " money for her from our hands," and ehithr ized the money which Miss Taerras had " treated " for and demanded "as the "wages of disgrace." This letter was, in fact, the substance of the libel ; and judged apart from the circumstances of the case, it would be hard to define in what • libel should consist, if not in imputing such motives as this letter imputed. For the de fendant it was contended that the letter, written by a woman in extreme distress and torture of mind, was not written for publication (it was taken by the plaintiff out of her father's desk), that it was written in good faith, and without malice, and in the hope of stopping the insulting pro ceedings of which the writer complained ; and that the writer believed the statements contained in it to be true. It was sought by plaintiff's counsel to affix meanings to the strong words employed in the letter, which the writer distinctly and expressly repudiated. The jury were able to compare the plaintiff's own statements with the letter. But Irish juries are proverbially impressionable, and they appear to have been more favourably impressed by Miss TRAVERS than by Lady WILDE, whose too literary temperament may have perhaps betrayed her into writing energetic prose, when she might with more prudence and propriety have abstained from letter-In:V.lg on a subject in which her feelings were so painfully agonized, and have rather re monstrated with Dr. TitevEr.s in person on his daughter's proceedings. By Sir WILLIAM WILDE'S indiscretions, as disclosed iii his little notes to Miss TRAVELS the jury were perhaps more shocked than by that young lady's mode of resent ing them. And her counsel did not fail to lay careful stress upon the conduct of Sir Wittiest W.LDE as the principal defendant, in "calling upon " the jai' to convict the plaintiff o: perjuri, with out venturing to come into the box or cmitra diet "her statement." This was clearly a very weak point of the defence ; so weak that, on the face of the libel itself, it is perhaps not surprising that the jury returned a verdict for the plaintir. Damages one farthing may be considered to rc present their estimate of her wrongs. Tire verdict will probably have satisfied neither party, but whether the plaintiff is content o it can hardly be in the interest of Sir WILLIAM WILDE to supply the public ear with another dose of such nauseating scandal. cbt Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Die. 17. The Queen, with Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, left Windsor Castle thus morning eta quarter to 11 o'clock for Osborne. The suite in attendance consisted of the Dowager Cor-i -tvss of Mount-Edgcumbe, the Lady Caroline Barringtor, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the Hon. Florence Seymour, Lieute nant•Geoeral the Hoe. C. Grey, Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat, and Mr. Buff. Countess Blucher also left the Castle for Osborne. The Right Hon. T. Milner ;I:ibeou arrived at the Castle yesterday. Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood has succeeded Major• General F. H. Seymour as Equerry in Waiting. OSBORNE, DEC. 18. The Queen, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, errived At Osborne shortly liter 2 o'clock yesterday. liar Mejesty crossed over from Gosport in the royal •ht Alberta, Captain Prince L3iningen. This morning the Rev. J. Prothero performed Div , l Szrvice at Osborne, before her Majesty, Princess Helena and Prince Leopold, and the Ladies and Gentlemen Waiting. Despatches were sent on Saturday from the Colo[l'll - to the Uovereors of Can►da and the Bahamas. THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. —The day for the meetiog of parliament is not fixed, but it will probably be either Tuesday, the ith February, or Thureday, the 9th accortliog to circommtancol, which cannot yet be funny arranged.—Olwrrcr. We (0 1, 87rer) are authorised to say that Sir R. Alcock has not been recalled, but has been ordered to come bum* on leave of absence, in order to confer with her Ma. jesty's government on the state of affairs in Japan. The council of the Social Science Association Lave unanimously resolved to bold the Association's neat autumnal congress in SheihahL Professor Goldwiu Smith was at New York on the Gth as a &neat of the Hon. George Bancroft. He was to read a paper that evening at the regular monthly meeting of the Historical Society, on the " History of the University of Oxford." Professor Smith was to sail on the 14th. Mr. Solomon Hart, R.A., ban been elected libra rian of the Hord Academy, to the place of Mr. Pickers gal. ILA., Tangoed. Mr. John CAllcott Horsley sod Mr. Thomas Feed have been elected from the associate rank to be Royal Academicians, in the place of Mr. Dyes and Sir John Watson Gordon, deceased. Yesterday- morning the Bishop of London held a general ordination in her Bajesty's Chapel Royal, White hall. of which his lordebip is dean. I'rayers were read by the Rev. J. H. Howlett. M.A., after which a sermon wan preached by the Rev. E. H. Piraeus, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. lIEPI:E , ENTATION OP HARWICH. —Mr. R. J. Bag show is announced ea a second liberal candidate for Har wich. Mr. Bagshaw pceseases coosiderable property in the neighbourhood. and was returned io December, 1857. for the borough, for which he sat until the general election in 1859. During pert of the time that Mr. 13,..-ehaw represented I lereich his tether was also member for the borough. Mr. Bare Law, who tiosuoseasfully contested Great Yarmouth in I iS47 , will have a second literal candidate by his side in Mr. M. Willa. Both the present members—Captsin Jervis and the Hon. Colonel Rowley —are cooseryatives. Colonel Rowley, who was returned in IN.I , will retire at the disso lution. but Captain Jervis will offer himself again. Tile conservatives have not definitively selected a second candi date in their interest. CAPITAL I'UNISH3IENT COMMNS!ON.-3.loetioge of the Capital Punishment Commissioners were held on Thursday sod Friday, the 15th and frith inst., at which the Duke of Richmond, Lord Stanley, !t. P. ; Gathorne Hardy, El., 31 P. ; G. W. Huot, Esq M.P. ; C. Neste, Esq., M.P . ; H. Waddington, req. ; J. Bright, F.sq., M.P. ; and W. Ewart, Esq., M.P., atteoded. The sacretary, J. H. Pattefion. Esq., was also present. THE. CHrlti'll CoPIGHEtiB. It appears that the decision come to at the Church Congress which recently tonk place at Bristol, to hold the omit meetly , : at Norwich, was to some extent prot.sicnial, aa it is subject to the con sent of the Bishop of Norwich. A p,;rtte meeting of clergymen connected with the dimes. of Norwich has been hell to consider the subject, and hu adopted a resolution to the effect that it is desirable to carry out the decision of the Bristol gathering. A provisional committee was ap pointed by the meeting for the purpose of ascertaining the opinion of the diocese on the subject, and in the event of its being favourable to the holding of the congress st pro. posed at Norwich, to request the bishop to give it his sanc tion. and to preside over it. _ MR. LA DSONE ON THE FINAL COERT or APPEAL IN ECCLESIA.TICAL StArrEss.—Some time since a memorial was got up by certain clergymen in the diocese of Exeter, in which the disadvantage+ of the present court of appeal were set forth. and in which her Majesty's ministers were petitioned to obtain an alteration ic the con , titotion of that tribunal. A letter stating the object of the memorial was sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by the Rev. R. J. Rayne, vicar of Buckland Monschorum, Devoe. The follow , ing is Mr. Gladstone's reply :—" 11, Carlton•house-terrace. Rev. Sir, —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, and I will readily present the petition which it announced. There are various propositions in the petition to which I should feel difficulty in subscribing, but I agree with you in thinking that the constitution of the tour of appeal is ecclesiutical COMM is unsetisfactory. It appears to me, however, with reference to your closing appeal, that it is to the bishops of the church, in conjunction with the Queeu'a ministers, that it principally appertains to consider in what way the constitution of that court may most properly be amended. Whether as a member of the cabinet, or as an individual, whenever I may be consulted by any of our prelates, I am ever ready to give my most careful con. sideratiou to the subject, of which I consider the wines to be very grays ones.— I remain, rev. sir, your very faithful servant, W. F.. GLADISTONE.—It••. R. J. Hayne."—Werfern Morning Nom LATEST INTELLIGENCE. AMERICA. The royal mail steam-ship Asia, from Boston on the ith instant, and Halifax on the 9th, arcked at Queenstown at 4.30 a.m. yesterday with 64-passen gers and 30,816 dole. in specie. She landed 79 sacks of mails, and two passengers, ►nd proceeded at 5 a.m. An well. The Aaia experienced &kr days' strong easterly winds during her passage. We have reoeived by the Asia a copy of the mes sage of President Lincoln to the Congress, which assembled at Washington on the sth. This im portaut document will be found unabridged on our front page. NEW YORK, DEC. 8, Evierrna. Hood has been reprised with the loss of 6 guns in attacking a blockhouse near Murlnseaboro. His headquarters are six miles from Nashville. THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. No military operations of importance are reported from the army of the Potomac. Confederate batteries maintiOn slow practice against Dutch Gap Canal. This is supposed to be for the purpose of getting effective range in antici pation of an attempt being made by monitors to pass up the river so soon as the canal is com pleted. alluding to the withdrawal of the principal part of General Gillmore's array from before Charleston, putting a stop to further serious demonstration against that city, also speaks of the services of the monitors in keeping their position off Morris Island, by which the harbour bad been substantially closed. A proposition early in the semmer of attempting the passage past Fort Sumter with the iron-clads was laid before a council of Admiral Dablgren's officers, but after a full discussion a large majority deemed it usadvisable. Coming to the North Atlantic squadron, the Secretary alludes to the sinking of obstructions in the James river in the following terms : The naval force had anticipated an encounter with the rebel fleet which had been in the course of preparation for two years, but the military commanders, out of abundant precaution, ordered obstructions to be placed in the channel by sinking vessels for the protection of the large transport Beet that was in attendance upon the army, and which it was apprehended might be disturbed and perhaps en dangered in the narrow waters, were a demonstration to be made by all or any portion of the rebel navy. The security of the transports waa justly deemed of vital importance to the army, and required to be placed beyond any coutia. gONICy. This division of the report refers also to the history of the ram Albemarle and its destruction by Lieutenant Cushing's expedition. The various river squadrons and flotillas are then mentioned in order. An account is given of the part taken by the navy in the Red River campaign, and the manner in which Admiral Porter's vessels were extricated from imminent danger by the skill of Lieut.-Col. Bailey. An account is given of the destruction of the Alabama by the Kearsarge, and the following reference is made to the escape of Capt. Semmes : The same dishonour marked his conduct on thin accession u during he whole ignoble career. Before leaving Cher bourg he deposited the chronometers and other trophies of his robberies on shore. When beaten and compelled to cur. render, he threw overbceol the sword that was no longer his own, and, abusing the generous confidence of his brave antagonist, he stole awa► in the English tender, whose owner proved himself, by his con duct, • fit companion for the dishonoured and beaten corsair. Having surrendered, he cannot relieve himself of his obligations as a prisoner of war until he shall be regu larly exchanged. He, and each of bin surviving officers and crew, whether received upon the Keassarge or the Deerhound, are, and will be, held to be prisoners of war and amenable to the laws which govurn cis :heed commis. nities. A predatory rover may set the laws of nations, as well as those of his own country, at defiance, but in doing so he must abide the consequences. Speaking of the Florida, the Secretary thus alludes to her capture : Subsequently, entering the bey of San Salvador, Brazil, she encountered the steamer Wachusett, commanded by Commander Collins, to whom she surrendered, and by whom she was brought in a leaky and dilapidated condition to Hampton Roads. Here, while at anchor, an army transport came in collision with the shattered vessel, which sunk a few days after, near the wreck of the Cumberland. There are now in the navy 262 screw steamers, 226 side-wheel steamers, 71 iron -clads, and 112 sailing vessels of all classes, making a total of 671. This includes vessels under construction. The total navy a year ago numbered 588, and the losses by shipwreck, in battle, capture, (ix., during the year have been 26, so that the actual addition to the navy since December, 1863, has been 109 vessels. The present navy mounts 4,610 guns. The list of vessels constructed for the navy since March 4, 1861, shows 141 steamers of various kinds and 62 iron-clad vessels, besides seven other vessels built within the same period and since lost. This state ment does not include picket boats, and small craft built for especial purposes. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The following vessels of the South Atlantic squadron, Admiral Dahlgren commanding, are in a position to be made available at a moment's notice for co-operative movements with General Sherman : —lron-clads, Lehigh, Nantucket, Passaic, and Sangamon. Other vessels :—Cimmerone, Wissa hickson, Flag, Winona, South Carolina, and a dozen others, besides two picket boats with torpedo attachments. General Early reports that a force of his cavalry under General Rosser surprised and captured Fort Kelly, at New Creek, ou the 28th ult. Rosser afterwards captured Piedmont, and destroyed a large amount of Federal stores, and all the govern ment buildings. The prisoners and artillery were all brought off, besides 1,015 horses and 1,000 head of cattle. Rosser's entire loos was only five men. Louisville despatches assert that Lord Lyons is preparing to leave for England, on account of his health. The steamer North Stafford has been disabled off Port Royal. Mr. Chase has been appointed Chief Justice. The steamer Bremen has returned to New York disabled. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Dec. 6, Errnwo. _ _ . - Gold, 2342. Exchange on London, 255 ; Paris, 2.81 to 2.131. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Centrals, 1201 ; Illinois , 1291 ; Erie, 94i ; 5-20 Bonds, 109. NEW YORK, Dm. 8, Evayretc. Money easy. Gold 239„. Exchange on London, 264 Exchange on Paris, 2.81 to 2.131. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Centrals, 122 ; Illinois, 1301 ; Erie, 941 ; 5-20 Bonds, 1081. Cotton steady ; middling upland, 130. Flour slightly firmer. Wheat good inquiry. Corn dull. Coffee steady. Sugar good inquiry. Molasses steady. Petroleum, crude, 49 ; refined, 71. ROME. IMPORTANT ACTION OF FRANCE. The important intelligence comes from Italy (writes our Paris correspondent) that by au agree ment between the French and Italian governments all the Italian refugees in Rome against whom there are arrest warrants are to be expelled. This determination of the Emperor no longer to pretest the brigands sheltered by the Pope is • heavy blow to the friends of Francis 11. and the enemies of Italy in general. It is positively said that the Pope will give his answer to the communication of the convention of Sept. 15 by the end of the year. (REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, Dec. IA. The official Cw.,tte publishes a decree offering interest at the rate of 8 per cent. on all sums depo sited in the government bank of deposit for fixed terms of from four to eight months, and 9 per cent. for periods of eight to twelve months. The Not;cios of to-day says :—" Many despatches have received from the provinces stating that the reinstalment of the government has been generally approved of." CADIZ, Dec. 18. The steamer Puerto Rico has arrived here from Havana. THE BRAZILS. (By Telegraph from Lisboa.) BUENOS AYREf3, Nov. 14. Exchange, 49} ; ounce% 2,915. Net salted ox hides nothing doing. Dry American, 32.33, firm. Wool, 80 to WU. Lumber, 33.40, flat. Fl , r t to 61, dull. Refined sugar, 18i to 19, dedi. Imports unchanged. BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND CHINA NIA II.: ALEXANDRIA, lir,. The Ripon and Delta left here at 5 p.m. t. The former may be expected at Mars, the 23rd, and the latter at Southampton ai., c t 30th instant. OUTWARD MAIL OF NOV. 27 AND DEC. The Behar left Suez for Bombay Q:1 12th instant. THE APPEAL OF BISHOP COLENS ). (THIS DAY.) (Before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Counc • This morning Sir Hugh Cairns resumed his behalf of the appellant. After recapittilatiu.; chief points of his argument on Friday. the •. , counsel proceeded to say that the next point I,• to bring under their lordship's notice was the ques.. jurisdiction. He must, be observed, assume eats, there was no jurisdiction, that there was e. .• jurisdiction, or that there was consensual tion ; and he visited to keep these three pokt• • ..• fectly distinct. Supposing there was no jurh.• at all, the, remedy of the appellant lay in ti.e ~t that the Bishop of Capetown having no power t prive him, the proceedings which he had taken ... re ~f t effect. The very essenes of an appeal was that the had done something wrong, against which the,. „ • remedy. If he were asked what was done when • party had suffered as the apie..l.it.: said he might do, his answer was, that he ,boss' 1 t original proceedings to obtain redress, or, in other v to have what had been done declared to be of no ::c••, As regarded the excessive jurisdiction, the letters ;.it,ct provided that the Bishop of Natal should be subject to La metropolitan in the same way that the suffragan i❑ tl.:, country were subject the Archbishop of Canterbury, to el,- consemnal juriadictionj he observed that the ;..tet.t of the Bishop of Capetown had never Lee❑ rendered or repealed. All that was done when the Bishop of Natal was created, so far a. C.^ Bishop of Capetown was concerned was, that the latt,r v . sigoed his see; the functions of the metropolitan were not ia. tottered with. It had been contended on the other 11 , 1 e tL.t the Queen had • visitorial power in this case. that, she had deputed that power to the metropolitan, it bad no application to the case. Mr. W. James, Q.C., then commenced his reply for the ;, pollard. He contended that all the arrangements with resp,:t to the Bishoprics of Capetown and Natal were Eased on ta x assumption that both weft to be subject to the laws f tb• Anglican church, under which the Queen had sot rev.e a 1. thority. Ile afterwards dwelt at some length on the lett, patent by which the colony of Natal was founiled, fur the purpose of showing that whereas tl.e tepee of deprivation end all the pro,eedings conLected with it took place in Capetown, by the letters patent establishing a colony, it was settled that no court outside of it waa to hays jurisdiction in its internal affairs. [The learned counsel was proceeding with his arguments when our report left.' GENERAL SHERMAN'S PROGRESS. Federal transports from Savannah on the 30th report that Sherman had occupied Millen ; his advanced guard was within six miles of Savannah. Southern papers do not confirm this. The RiClllllOl4 Examiner of Dec. 3 says : A l l news from Georgia is extremely encouraging. A few days ago, when the Yankees were reportcd to have reached Millen, there was reason to believe that they would reach the coast easily. But the report was ill-founded. They were whipped before Millen, and the column of relief from Port Royal has also been completely beaten. The aspect of affairs is now much changed. U Sherman gets thror.gh now, which is doubtful, he will do so with the lON of halt of his army. On the other hand, the Rtchinomd Whig of Dec. 2 lox the following : We think it probable that Sherman will reach the Atlantic is comparative safety. His next move, in our opinioa, will be by sea to Richmond. We do not believe that he can succeed in taking either Augusta or Savannah. Indeed, should he succeed in capturing the firet.named place, it will do him no good, since he will find there nothing he was seeking. At the last-named he will hive to fight, and that he , s very well aware of, and does not wish to do before securing a base upon the sea. Charleston, for the present at least, we take to be entirely out of the question. Should be de termine to Hoare himself on the sea, end thence isms during the winter to ravage the country or to carry on a regular winter campaign, he must be kept in, as we suppose he can. In the meantime he abandons an immense tract of country in the interior, over which it is impossible that his army, situated on the ocean, and closely watched, can exercise soy influence for good or evil. We do not see that Shermao's last exploits will have any effect upon the issue of the war; but, after having been told, by the highest authority in the Confederacy, that his retreat from Atlanta was to be more disastrous than the retreat of Napoleon from Moscow, it is a little vexatious to find him getting off so cheaply, burning and murdering as he goes. . . . . Other Confederate journals state their belief that Sherman, after doing as much damage as possible, will not attempt an attack on Savannah with his jaded troops, but wi'l unite them in one column, and move as rapidly as possible for the coast, perhaps to Beaufort, but more probably to Bruns wick, which latter point he could reach without crossing the Savannah river. A large Federal fleet is reported to be at Hilton Head. All the Southern journals observe a strict silence as to the move ments of the forces operating against Sherman, under Generals Taylor, Smith, Johnston, Cobb, and Wayne. Some of the Southern papers report that Wheeler had repulsed Kilpatrick's cavalry with heavy loss on the 29th ult., driving them toward Millen. On the 20th ult. the Federal cavalry were also repulsed at Sandeville, and a small force unsuccessfully attacked Macon on the 20th. The Saramiaft Reim Nienii of the 30th reports that Sherman was still on the railroad beyond Milieu. A Federal column left Port Royal on the 29th, to co-operate with him. Federal accounts repre sent that they captured Pocelaligo Bridge, between Savannah and Charleston. Southern accounts represent the Federals there as having been badly whipped at Grahamaville, South Carolina, and driven five miles, leaving their dead and wounded behind, but the Federals still threatened Coosahat chie, and another point on the railroad . The New York Tribune of the 6th, commenting upon the contradictory nature of the news of Sher man, observes :—" It is reported by transport from Savannah that Sherman is within six miles of that city. It is reported otherwise that he is at Mil'ou, and his cavalry beyond that point. It is further declared that his advance is halfway beta- Millen and Savannah, the dates for all three reports being Dec. 2. The last may be safely enough taken as true, but they all indicate that Sherman had pursued his course between the Oconee and Octuulgee, without serious hindrance from any quarter. We shall hear direct from him within a few days." The New York Tiaras of the same date says : Having gained • new boss oa the Georgia coast, repro. visions 1 his trains, renewed his ammunition, and rested his men, we may confidently expect th►t his movement will be northward. lie may even pass by Savannah and Charles ton both, make a new base at Bull's Bay, and • secondary hue at Branchville, and then easily hold both hom of the rebel railroad system—the upper and lower. From this point he could easily opiate toward North Carolina, sweeping the country before him, until he had formed a new base on the North Carolina coast, and begun his grant find m►rch into Virginia and the rear of Lea. This would be the closing act of the rebellion, sod Lee would be placed in even • worse position than was Cornwallis at Yorktown. We co,tentemps, however, might occur, which these supposed movements could not prevent. If fool should break through iota East Tennessee there woull be a new link of communication found between the eastern and western sections of the Confederacy. Les could be reinforced from the west, or he could retreat to the mountains, and transfer the war to Tennessee and K ratucky. We must hope that Gen. Thomas will put • stop to any such concentration, and that that important mountain region will still be held by our forces. NEW YORE, DEC. S. EvnaNc. General Sherman's army has passed M"lre, and it is reported that his objective point is Darien. THE WAR IN TENNESSEE. Southern papers contain a report that the Fe derail had retired from Cumberland Gap to Knox ville, Sherman having ordered East Tennessee to be devastated and abandoned. Thomas has concentrated his forces A:thin Nas-li ville. Hood has captured a blockhouse four mil, s from Nashville on the Chattanooga road, where he was erecting breastworks within half-a-mile of those of the Federals around the city. Deserters report that General Lee has published an order claiming a Confederate victory at Frankli n. Southern papers think that Hood will not attack Nashville, but penetrate Kentucky or East Teu- Lessee. The news from East Tennessee is conflicting. Federal accounts represent that General Burbridge, when he evacuated Cumberland Gap, &deafly, cl against Breckenridge, who was retiring towards Weste-n Virginia. Confederate accounts claim that Breckenridge is master of the situation, and that the Federals were retreating to Knoxville. General Stephen Lee, in an order issued to his troops, congratulates them ou their victory over the Federals at Franklin on the 30th ult., and compli ments them on their bravery and devotion. He promises them that if they tight with equal valour in future, Nashville, with its immense stores, will soon be in their possession. Later estimates of the casualties at Franklin state the Federal loss at 1,500 men, and that of the Confederates at from 3,000 to 5,000. SOUTHERN ITEMS. The Richmond Enquirer of the 3rd has an article on the late fires in New York, ridiculing the affair and concluding as follows : Of coarse it was • rebel Incendiary plot! Did not they fire on Fort Sumter where fio►ted the " Old Flag !" A morality that does not restrain violence to the emblem of the best government, ba, &c., will hardly be proof against the sin of burning hotels. Nothing can be clearer than the proof of the complicity of Mr. Davis in the burning, or attempts to burn, some half dozen houses in New York. We have never read anything more truly "Yankees!'" than this whole affair. We are very glad to see that all the Southern refugees are required to register themselves. If General Dix will hang them he will do • service to our cause. A set of cowardly sneaks who have deserted their country are not above burning hotels. We hope General Dix will hang every mother's son of them. New Orleans despatches furnish additional con firmation of the recent report that Allen, the Con federate governor of Louisiana, had organised ten regiments of negroes at Shreveport. At present they are employed in strengthening the defences of that place, but are instructed i❑ the regular mili tary drill, and Allen expects soon to receive author isation from Richmond for putting them into the rebel army. The Union General Lee, in his official report of his late successful cavalry expedition into the interior of Louisiana, says that he had a strong fight at Liberty, and captured 200 prisoners, in. eluding 25 officers ; 3 pieces of artillery, between 600 and 80 horses, and a number of negroes, and destroyed immense rebel army stores on the rail road. In the Richmond Senate resolutions relative to the seizure of the privateer Florida by the Wachusett, in Bahia Bay, were introduced and ordered to be printed. They say that the act was " a flagrant outrage on the sovereignty of Brazil" and " a wrong to every civilised maritime power ;" that it is the duty of the Brazilian government to protect property of the " CoLfed erate States" within its territory, and that it is bound to enforce the resto ration of the Florida to the Confederate authorities. These resolutions also provide for laying a state ment of the case before all the European govern ments, and for the appointment of a commissioner to confer with the Brazilian government in reference to it. THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury says that the expenses to be provided for during the current year, including the interest of the public debt, amount to 1,400,000,000 dole. The customs, internal revenue, and the missellaneons sources, are estimated to produce 780,000,000 dole. ; leav ing a balance of 620,000,000 dots. to be provided for. Further measures reduce this increase of the public debt during the current year to 482,000,000 dole. It is estimated that the public debt on Jury 1, 1863, will be 2,223,000,000 dole. The expenditure in the next fiscal year is estimated at 1,168,000,000 dole., and the receipts at 396,000,000 dole. The balance in the treasury is 330,000,000 dole., leaving 422,000,000 dole. to be provided for by loans. Mr. Fessenden is opposed to the negotiation of a foreign loan, awl will not resort to a further issue of legal tender notes as long as the people support the war by loans. The amount of interest payable in gold by the government is 56,000,000 dole. If the sum required for the expenses of the present fiscal year is raised upon gold interest bearing bonds, and the customs receipts do not exceed the estimate of the first quarter, recourse must be had for gold to seine other sources of supply. He thinks the govern ment should rely upon securities bearing interest in currency convertible into bonds with interest pay able in gold. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. The report begins by enumerating the operations of the navy during the present administration of the department which assumed control with a navy reduced to the lowest peace establishment, anl with only about 201 seamen available at all our naval stations an 1 receiving ships, and has since had to blockade a coast of over 3,500 miles in extent, besides organising immense expeditions to important points, every one of which has resulted in complete success. The Secretary alludes to Wil mington as the only port not closed by coast ex pedition; and specifies some of the difficulties of blockading it successfully, concluding with the fol lowing paragraphs : This locality possesses singular natural advantages to re sist a blockade, to which the rebels have added others in the way of earthworks, with powerful guns, to cover the blockade runners, and to open on our vessels whenever they come within range. These shore batteries were made to command the several channels and the numerous inlets in that quarter. The difficulties of clesiog this port entirely. while the rebel forts command the chancels, and which non. of our ships with heavy broadside batteries can approach, by mason of this extreme shallowness of the l i water, can be rightly appreciated by those only who are familiar with the locality, and have had ex perience on th►t station. Without a co-operating Lad force, it is not expected that we could close the port of Wilmington. There has been no time within the last two year, when the navy has not been ready and anxious to perform its part in such an expedition, for puseesaion of the entrances to Cape Fear River is a necessity to stop en tirely all ingress to or egress from that place. Running the blockade at that point hat been made a matter of buil- INNS by foreign capitalists, so well as by the rebels. Many who have failed to make themselves acquainted with the facia connected with the Wilmington blockade have been free sad severe in their censures of the manner in which it has been conducted. The intelligent officers of the naval and merchant eerviee who have laboured with untiring zeal and assiduity, and watched with sleepless vigilance through weary months of winter and summer, and in all weathers, stimulated by the hope of bsnedttiog their country sad re ceiving it. thanks, as well as by every inducement to fame and pecuniary reward, if sucoessful, do not concur in the opinion that the port of Wilminaton can be entirely closed by blockade. Convinced, as this department always bas been, that it is necessary to take plasession of the entrances, so as to permit our arms' vessels of light draught to go inside, no opportunity has been omitted to impress the ne cessity of joint naval and military operations for that pur. pose. The navy has been at all times ready to perform its part in such an expediti n ; but the army has not yet been able to unite in a conjoint movement. An account is given of the engagement in Mobile Bay, concluding as follows : The cspture of Forts Powell, Gaines, and Morgan, and the destruction of the rebel Bret, gave us possession of the bay, and closed the port to all home. or egress of blockade ruonsre. This was all that was contemplated. Possession of the city of 31 Ails could not melee the blockade more effectual, used without a safficient co-operating land force, which could sot then be spurt to take sod hold the place, further dernoostrations were not advisable. The operations of the Eider° Gulf and South Atlantic squadrons are briefly reviewed. After ATROCIOUS MURDER IN SCOTLAND. The county of Sutherland, the moat remarkable in Great Britain for the lightness of its criminal calender, has for the lint time in many years, been disgraced by the perpetration of • murder rivalling in atrocity most of those that have of late been committed. The foul deed, committed on the person of • respectable and agel female, was done at Dornoch, without the slightest pro. vocation or justification, and is almost wit. at • parallel in the history of the crimes of blood. The 101 l details, pending the official investigation, are not tire for public disclosure ; but the following are the leading fscta of the case : Between two and three o clock on Saturday morn ing, a young unmarried man. named Alex. WM., • native of Deraocb, while in • state of intoxication, went to the house in the burgh occupied by Mr. Sutherland and others, and alarmed the inmates by drawiag up the lower saah of the window in the house. In the room occupied by Mrs. Sutherland, there were two persona sleeping. Mrs. Sutherland sod a young girl.the latter of whom escapedbya back window in her nightdress on hearing the noise, and running to the next house, alarmed the inmates, who bad only recently gone to Led. While raising the alarm the girl observed a light in another house, and running there, she obtained entrance, and apprised the inmates that a man bad entered the house of Mrs. Sutherland, and was then is it. For some unexplained reason no one went to Mrs. Sutherland's assistance, nor was the girl allowed to go to the house till nearly six o'clock in the morning, the boar of the north marl's arrival, when the muter of the house to which the girl ran west and informed a relative of Mrs. Sutherland's of the girl's statement. 'Loth then went to the house, and forcing open the door, they entered the room, and found Mrs. Sutherland It nig on the floor in her night dream dead, and Ross lying and sleeping by her side. The police-coasLable's house being next door, Rorie was immediately taken in charge, and he hes since been committed to prison. He gives no ioteUigible account of himself, bat it is believed that, while under the influence of drink,and ignorant of the hour, he had gone to the house to visit the girl, with whom he had some pre vious acquaintance. The body underwent a poet.mortern examination by Drs. Ellison, of Taio, sod Souter,of Golspie, who have reported that Mrs. Sutherland, who is 72 years of age, died from violence, sod there is oo reason to doubt that • foul murder was committed. Mrs. Sutherland was mother of Mrs. Gunn, of the Dernoch Inn, and was a native of lisitboess. Roes is a slater by trade, sod has hitherto borne a good character,—Norria9hrrni Guardia ,. WEATHER REPORT. -(THIS DAY.) MONDAY. MEM:MINA 19, 8 A.N. &Si 101 1 3o 8 T., - w. ---- Nitr0....... 2917 a 9berdeen Leith ..... . 47.x1 4C OecuucuUe. ?Y. WO 341 B.E. I 2 I I BE. E.N.E. 1 . L ! - Valenti 29.73 10 E.S. E. . 1 3 I E. N. E. Cape Clear 29.74 33. N.E. 2 2 Q9.'894092 29.7922 , X.E. 4 4 N.k. Llyerpool 2:1.154 37' e. • 3 3 S. 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Wigs. and id* sour',urn=toglish Commel awl Bay of &sew %AMNIA .. 11 thlward Noirthad and North gee. The shop of Mr. Lupton, jeweller, Grey-street, Newcastle, was entered during Friday night last, sad robbed of jewellery of various kinds, witioutod to sauxtat in 'film, to 2,0001. ACCIDENTS THROUGH THE FROST.---(THIS DAT.) This morning end during yesterday six or seven accidents were attended to at the koyal Free Hospital, Gray's-Ma i road, arising from slides on the pavement. and the slippery dat e of the roads. The only one of a serious character occurred to Henry Siesta), aged Co, a clerk, residing at 45, Haverstock.street, Camden-town. The unfor tunate man was parsing along Derby street. whea he slipped and fell heavily into the road. The by standers, finding that something serious had happened, conveyed the man to the Royal Free Hospital, where he was at mos admitted to the accident ward. Mr. J. It Hill. the resident medical officer, and Mr. A. Rushy. the hones surgeon, immediately attended to him, and it warn then ascertained that the unfortunate man had @ultimd such a severe fracture of the leg that it will be some weeks ba fore be will be able to leave the hospital. FATAL RESULTS Or FURIOUS DRIVING. —On Saturday an adjourned inquest was held at (liariog•csose Hospital on the body of James Thomas Kibblo, aged ad years, whose death was the result of being run over by a heavy van and horses near Northumberland-home. William Wright, of Cliftomstreet, Finsbury, deposed that about 4 o'clock in the afternoon on the day of the occurrence he mw the waggon, which was a covered one with two hones, coming up from Parliament-street, and at the same time he observed the deceased crossing from Spricg-gardees. The deemed raised his stick as though to stop the horses. but he wee nevertheless knocked crown, and both fore and Mod wheel pawed over him. The waggon was going at not 10141 than eight to tea miles as hour. The driver was no the box, and after the occorreoce drove off at a rapid pa?s round by the National Gallery and then into St. Marcia s law, increasing his speed. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the driver of the waggoe, and the polies were instructed to take steps for Lis appreheasiam The b plied for 1 Mr. By Dry duo e had a < sirauoe o ht all. Mr. Ra His Ho •.thin th. eltor was ba okrupt IqThe bet er•vrt-rosi Lis was I ...AV. am bst he be .0e of his L..d about :ts. (A :umbrids ctioneer -,ocock a roceedioi The De or the Serve esietant retains of whom anima. ;i;oi otry. Mr. Ju Defend here it bout a ith the t WA! W u 1001. By Mr. ten. At oths in t. at at w one r be other The Ed ieces at issioem :arkably odition to called e raw al tow pro Crowe e did no poetry 1 Mr. I krestry, ook at id not u !Wee. 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