The Sun. — London, England, 1862-09-09 00:00:00

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ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Tbis Evening, Benedict's opera of THE LILY OF KILLARNEY. Commence at 8. THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. This Evening' s THE YANKEE LEGACY. After which, the first part of the Arab Entertainment at half-past 7. To be followed by THE COLLEEN BAWN. To conclude with THE ARABS OP THE DESERT. A Troupe of the Beni- Zoug••Zou;, Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. This Evening, THE WIFE'S PORTRAIT. After Which, OD R AMERICAN COUSIN. With CE1 , 0 5 Y'CALIA. An d MY HUSBAND'S:GHOST. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. This Evening, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. And THE SHILLING DAY. Commenc) at I. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. This Evenin,,o• THE LOST LETTER After which, a t a quarter to 8, Knia jEtErsTRY VIII. With THE TWO DOLTS. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. This Evening, PEEP O'DAY. Followed by KILLAR NEY. Conclude with THE COLLEEN HAWN SETTLED AT LAST. Commence at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Tb is Evening, ICAZEPPA. Brilliant Scenes in the Circle. Con eluding with a Comic Ballet. Commence at 7. MR. and MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS " AT HOME," at Her Majesty's Concert Room, Haymarket, This Evening. Commence at 8. W. S. WOODrN'S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, Polygraphic Hall, King NV illiam-street, Charing-cross. Commence at 8. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Hay. martet. Open every evening for Promenade and Dancing. CANTERBURY HALL.—EVERY EVENING.— Otet;kel, the great Trapeze performer—Grand Operatic Selec tior, as usual - Unsworth, Eugene, and Daley, the great comic tric,, am Commence at 7. THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD -STREET, EVERY EVE NlNG.—Verdi's "II Corsaro," with full band and chorus.—The comic performance of Miss Caroline Parkes— Steckel on the Flying Trapeze—The Ethiopian oddities Of Rumsey, Newcomb, &c. Commence at 7. NOTICE. All remittancea are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun r ewspaper, and the outstanding debts due in z espect thereof. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIT IS DAY.—Morning, 2h. 23 ni.—Afternoon, 2h. 40m. To-monnow.-Morning, 3h. Om.—Afternoon, 3h. 18m. 1 1 c , T .CU '(-.. '-' O. —'-' p.O I. m 44 ir 4, 5 e A , ..Y .- 1. „S.. c ''' ',\ ,•;4 477l-.. F, '' ',Vi ;T i :. itT , 'l Ft LZIA , b 'l's; U . ' ' l. • ' l9 ' ' 11-koli-"" -,k ' Z THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 9, 1862. Our conjectures of the last few days have proved correct. A great battle has been fought; and ` Stonewall" JACKSON , whose whereabouts no one knew, turned up in t..he Federals' rear. Bull's Run has become the scene of another fearful struggle, but this time the 'Federals claim the final victory. It will be remernbered that we left the two armies on each side of the Rappahannock—the Confe derates. it F, e p m . LIAZ UL4s.a ti wards a considerable distance. It will be seen that the Confederates actaally got between the Federal ar my and Washington, driving them out of the old field. of battle at Bull's Ran. If General POPE'S ac tount be correct, the Federals retained possession of the field at last; but we must confess that, at first sight, the conflicting accounts of losses and captures on each side—the Northern one furnishing the reports —seems to sb ow that the Federals, though not finally route?,, and though saved by the junction of the armies, have been very badly cut up, and have had to exert themselves to the utmost to Fiave v ;(ashington itself. We must patiently w alt sy.tveral days' latex news before the North will let us know the truth, if we even then learn it. If the Federals have really triumphed, the proof will be easily furnished. We suspect the worst for them At present. Again there is a ventilation of the Schleswig- Holstein Difficulty. Cannot something pos ibly be drine at last towards the dissipation o! that "nriver-ending, still beginning" annoyance. We are all sick of it long and long ago. _it is the Monsieur TONSON of Diplomacy. It is the ghost of a terri torial vexation, that everybody who has yet tried a hand at it has failed to lay. I, it not, however, precisely at this time coming within reach of our own diplomatists—within range of our own Great Guns of Diplomacy ? i"Tis a very petty quarrel as it stands," no doubt, in the estimation of all the Sir Lucius O'TRIGGERS of Europe. Yet, even ad mitting it to be so, we are tired of admiring it as such. The very names of those twin Duchies have become " words of fear," unpleasing to an English ear, or in effect, we may presume, to any rational man's ear throughout all Christendom. They have been dinned into the hearing of Europeans—there is no other phrase for it but the old familiar expres sion of disgust with such "damnable iteration !" Cannot we, however, hope at last to have an end of it The parties to the Quarrel from the commence ment have been the King of DENMARK on the one hand, and the King of PRIJUIA on the other. Of course, the latter has been acting throughout as the champion of the interests of the Great Germanic Confederation. But, as such, the Prussian Sove reign, the all along has been the chief spok esman one conspicuous antagonist. Recognising him as such, and beholding the Danish monarch as the principal actor and spokesman upon the other side, may we not reasonably conceive, now that the three Courts—that is to say, the Courts of Den mark, of Prussia, and of England—are being , brought together by the ties of an intimate home alliance, may we not reasonably and confidently hope that we are coming within view of a time when the Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty may be brought quietly and without bloodshed to a satis factory settlement? " Not to put too fine a point upon it," according to Mr. SNAGSBY'S phrase, Prussia has (in the in terests of Germany) looked with a covetous eye for this long , while past upon one of the most valued, and, in some respects, one of the most valuable, possessions of Denmark. Without one atom of right beyond what exists in their own covetous imaginations, the members of the Germanic Con federacy (and at the head of them, in this matter, Prussia) have laid claim to the Duchy of Holstein, and not only to that Duchy, but to the n eighboulin g Duchy also of Schleswig. It so nappens that both in Schleswig and in Holstein onsiderable numbers of the inhabitants are Ger mans. But it might be argued, of course, in the same way, that numbers of the inhabitants of the Channel Islands—Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark— are French > It is undeniable that French is spoken there quite as much as, if not even more than, English. An insufficient reason, nevertheless, in itself for any claim to be - made upon the allegiance of that population by the Imperial ruler of France. Yet such is really and truly the gist of it all, in regard to Schleswig and Holstein—if we are to look into the long-talked of right of Germany to have incorporated with it the Duchy of Holstein, and not only that, but, as we have said, the Duchy of Schleswig as well. Prussia modestly asking that Schleswig and Holstein shall be torn from Denmark (by force if necessary), and added bodily to, permanently incor porated with, the Germanic Confederation. Nuw Schleswig has never once been nominally, has never once been, directly or indirectly, connected even for a while with Germany. And as to Hol stein, the right of Denmark to it as an appanage of the Crown, has for fully the last two centuries remained undisputed—that is to say, until these im pudent claims were put forward of late years by Prus sian diplomacy, on behalf of the Confederate lust of territorial aggrandizement. The secret being, as our contemporary, the Examiner, has admirably well explained it in its impression of Saturday, that Germany aspires to assume a position as a maritime power among the nations of Europe. A laudable ambition enough in itself if honestly car ried out. But how honestly it is proposed to be realised in the present instance, all Europe knows but tco well by this time by perpetual repetition. " Austria," says our contemporary, " has something of a fleet ; Prussia is not only without a fleet, but has a coast almost useless to her for naval purposes, commanded by the navy of the Dane. This is too much for Prussian patriotism. The King of DEN MARK sitting as Duke of HOLSTEIN in the Federal Diet can, upon the subject of Holstein, have any number of quarrels picked with him. The population of Holstein is largely German, and in the north-east corner of Holstein is what Prussia wants, an excellent naval port, the port of Kiel. But if Holstein were annexed to Prus sia, Kiel would be a vain possession, unless a con siderable part also of Schleswig were annexed. For Kiel lies at the bottom of a deep bay, naviga ble by all vessels, of which the north-eastern coast is coast of Schleswig, with a little fort of Frederik sort at the sea end of it that could easily be trans formed into a fortress strong enough to command the entrance of the harbour. Again, not far to the north along the coast of Schleswig is an island, Ale, with the deep gulfs and safe ports, that affords a naval position necessary to be held by the same power that holds Kiel. Then there are the island of Femern and the gulfs of Eckernfuerde, Flensborg, and Aabenraa, all testifying to the patriotic Prussian that his country must in some way come to possess Schleswig as well as Holstein, in older that it may come to pos sess a fleet and all the possibilities therefrom accru ing. This, as we said again and again last year, is the true kernel of the German-Danish ques tion. Thorough possession of Kiel by Prussia would not only give to that would-be and might-be powerful kingdom the arm that it wants, but would shear off, or at least some what paralyse, that arm of the Dane whose strength now irritates, and in case of war could really inflict humiliation on, the German." All which is no doubt very fine, and perfectly justifiable, and everything that would be wished from a purely German or a strictly Prus sian point of view. But from every other point of view it is almost needless to say that the whole project is from first to last flagrantly nefarious and utterly unjustifiable. Now that our PRINCESS ROYAL has been married to the Heir Apparent to the Crnwn of —aria now that our Papfop of WALES is about to marry the daughter of the Heir Presumptive to the Crown of Denmark—may we not hope that good may come for Europe from these dynastic alliances : such substantial good, let us say to begin with, as the termination at last amicably of the notorious Schleswig-Holstien Diffi• culty. English diplomacy might only in rea son bethink itself that it would be hardly rational, to use the mildest word, to look on quietly and with out even a show of interference while Germany still persists in her endeavour to Rob PETER to Pay PAUL. Mr. ALEXANDER WANDREW, and Mr. ROBERT COCHRANE, the President and Secretary respectively of the Paisley Parliamentary Reform Association, have written their names in Mr. SEWARD'S diplo matic records. Future rummagers amongst the re cords of Northern Secretaries will find that there were at leaat two Britishers in whom Mr. SEWARD delights. We must plead guilty to not having seen the document to which Mr. SEWARD'S letter is a reply, and can only guess its contents from the answer. It would seem very plain, however, that it must have been an address of mingled condolence and laudation, perhaps expressive even of wishes that England would send substantial aid to the glorious cause of the great North. At all events, it was a "liberal and courteous" address, and had the honour of being submitted to the PRESIDENT of the United States, and to all the heads of the departments of the Government. Of one thing we may be quite sure. The Paisley address would contain no remonstrances against all the numerous acts o f th e United States Govern ment,and latterly o f th e Federal States, which have been most injurious to English Liberalism. For of this there can be no d oubt —that the United and Federal States have b een t h e armoury whence Toryism has drawn its most effective arguments against Parliamentary Reform. That is, reform in the sense of extending the suffrage, equali s i ng the representatio n , and giving perfe c t f reedom to the voter. The Paisley Association, if it really exist s for its prof esse d p u rpose, must have found Ameri can democracy and its d o ings the one w e t bl anket which all the prudent and safe men would throw upon all their a rgumen ts. Insist on the right o f all citizens and taxpayers to reptesentation, with the kindred demands, and instantly you are told— "In America all have a vote, and a free one, and You see what comes of it." If we ask, what harm has come o f i t, it is ten to one but the objector wou ld turn on his he e l, or perhaps whistle with con t em pt at the ignorance which sh ou ld as k suc h a q uestion. If he condescend d to a few p ar ti cu l ars, h e would remind us of th e long and disgusting pro-slavery anti-negro votin g and I Policy, of the North, as the i bullyin g, h e e . shapng uy of well as the S out h ; of incivility, the shameless r b rican diplomacy ; of the wilfulnes s of political parties, so that when one great party was beaten in 1861, what must it do but turn round and fight rather than yield. And even after the North has become separated from the South, instead of nouncing all that has been so offensive to other na tions in the character of their diplomacy, it has been as " American" as ever; while at home, their inter ference with the freedom of the press, and their imprisoning respectable citizens of views adverse to the Government by wholesale, a itbout form of trial, and with denial of the writ of habeas corpus. have disgusted even their liberal friends in this country. As to their conduct in regard to negroes THE SUN, LONDON, TUESD EVENENI, SEPTEMBER 9, 1862. —after all they have done, Mr. LINCOLN sums up by asking them to quit the country, and assuring us all that slavery or no slavery is not the question with him—that the " Union" is with him every thing ; even if like the South it must be built on slavery ! The Paisley Reform Association might urge their demands for ever, if there were no better exemplifications of their working than are to be found in the misnamed Free States of America. Mr. SEWARD'S letter itself is a curiosity in its way. It would not be easy to condense a greater number of coolly impudent misrepresentations into so short a space. Secession is a " causeless sedi tion"—a sedition of half a nation—a causeless one when all the South was taxed for New England and Pennsylvanian manufacturers—though we fully grant that no sufficient cause had been given by the North. " The political equality of the mem bers of the State" has some curious exemplifications just now, not only at Forts Lafayette and Henry, but in the treatment of the coloured people. The " peace and good will towards all States and all men" reminds one of Texas, Mexico, Cuba, and we may add England. And the pretence of European Governments wishing American ruin is not only absurd in itself, but still more so from a Govern ment which is doing its best to ruin their own country. Not content w ith other absurdities, Mr. SEWARD, actually anticipating the "manifest des tiny" of the States, thanks the Paisley people in the name of the whole " American continent." We need quote no more. The Hon. C. LENNOX would urge on the House of Commons the necessity of " a death-bed repent ance." The present session, he tells us, may" almost be regarded as the expiring one of the House of Commons," and in the present case there was a sort of repentance which might not be inapplicably termed a death-bed repentance." Mr. LENNOX was at least confident that "some kind of repent ance was necessary vs hen they were spending seventy millions a year in time of peace." He insisted on the question whence any further supplies should come from if they found themselves at actual war, and told the Herefordshire farmers what we may be sure they readily believed, that " seventy millions a year in time of peace was sufficient to make the hair of the most reckless in war expen diture stand on end. Even our not very timid Chancellor of the Exchequer was frightened; yet he did not blame the Government for this, but the House of Commons, of which he is a member. "During the past few years the House had ben lavish of supplies." Of course, like all other per sons, he did not wish to leave the country unde fended; but " the year's expenditure had been enor mous, in the army, navy, experiments with ARM STRONG guns, and coast fortifications." And though he was for keeping the army and navy in a, state of efficiency, "that was a different thing from the expensive rivalry and ruinous experiments in ships and gun building." His Tory colleague, Mr. HARDY, seemed to be of the same opinion, for while he believed that no one grudged what was neces sary for defence, he thought all were anxious, as much as possible, to reduce taxation. Such were the financial views expressed, amidst hearty approbation, at the annual meeting of the Leominster Agricultural Association. We believe they would be approved anywhere. The word " lavish," as applied to the House of Com mons, is instinctively felt to be the right one. The country has been tolerably prosperous of late years. Thanks to the GLADSTONE and COBDEN policy, co operating with the speculative energy of our manu facturers, trade has made wonderful leaps forward, and our exports and imports have reached almost fabulous amounts. Agriculture, with good average harvests, has enjoyed the full prices which, in the time of the corn-law agitation, were all that land ords asked the corn laws to give them. Schedule co grumble, and the happy un-scheduled many earned good wages, and consumed abundance of the articles which contribute to Mr. GLADSTONE'S balances. What between the Defence Panics created by go vernments and ex-governments, and the easier condition of the pockets of the community, the country, though it saw its House of Commons " lavish," put up with it good-naturedly. Such was its way. It never could be as prudent as indi viduals. The income tax was indeed an ugly, an unjust, an immoral impost, but those of us who can must indemnify ourselves by making ample allow ances for contingencies, and those who cannot— well, unlucky fellows, they must endure the thumb screw. But now both the country sustains a check and at the same time Parliament begins to feel that it has passed its climacteric. It begins to sight dis solution. Its members call to mind their financial sins. They begin to ask how it will fare with them in their 'mpending disembodied condition. What will constituents say to them when they are flitting about amongst them, seeking restoration to their former state of being. The supposition evidently is that Reduction of Taxation will be a popular cry. The cotton calamity will be felt indirectly by vast numbers besides the actual sufferers. All will see and sympathise with it. And the boundless waste on fortifications, the navy, and artillery experi ments appear as incongruous as mirth and jollity in a house whose windows present the visible indica tions of an unburied member of the family within. We only hope the demand will be universal that 1862-3 shall witness a very different scale of ex penditure from that inaugurated by the To ries at their last one or two innings, and gladly taken up by our politically crotchet-loving Premier. Unhappily the battle of Finance is fought only at long balls. " The dignity and safety of the country" are thundered forth by the political ar tillery of the one side, and the economists quail. " Our enormous expenditure and bloated armaments are thundered forth in reply, and the Departments seek for apologies and excuses. Yet the country is certain of one thing, that it has had its defence conducted at half the cost, and been quite as safe all the while, that it has an army of 150,000 Volun teers, such as it never had before, and ought to be safer than formerly —and without going into details it can be quite sure that for mere security it does not need to exhaust its resources at the rate of £70,000,000 per annum. It knows that it cannot afford thi s and hae hand it might have syheotuld Et v r e r e tahl c b om ala e. nce in We suspect the truth of the whole case t o be this. The nation desires safety, and sulictene defences. Our Rulers desire two things additional, of both of which they desire to say :19 little as possible. They like an expenditure which fi n d s ample employment for the younger SOIIB of their class, and still more does Lord PALMERSTON relish our being the strongest power in Europe. R e asks for defence, he aims at European supremacy. The country likes this too, but still he knows that it might think an income-tax in its pocket a better thing than troubling itself • about influence at the Court of Constantinople. The country too w ou ld ask, of what avail is our European influence if we meat quietly stand by and see the Emperor of the FRENCH actin g as the conqueror of Italy—insulting us , as well as Italy, by the Roman occupation, driving the noble s t man in Europe to madness, and even talking, for such is his meaning, this ury day, of Rome or Sardinia ! Let us stick to self-defence merely, and no one better knows than Lord PAL MERSTON that the income tax would then be a su- peifluous charge. So, then—:he truth is fairly plumped out at last by La France. Not, observe, by the Nation, but by the Newspaper, so called—La France, the organ of her 11.ajesty l'lmperatrice, the new politi cal platform of M. DE LA GUERRONIERE. The Unity of Italy—saith it, saith he—is impossible. And, not content with that declaration, the imperial journalist adds in reference to that dream of an United Italy, that even if it were for a while rea lised, "it wouß introduce serious perturbation in European order and the national power of France, who would be !compelled to demand compensation from Italy, and to change established territorial limits in order to guarantee herself against several powerful neightours." Precisely. That is what we have, all along, felt certain, was the " arriere pansee" of the Italian policy of the French EM PEROR. Franceis compelled to demand compen sation from Italy "—meaning the Island of bar dinia. We thank M. DE LA GUERRONNIERE for the honesty of his—nevertheless, rather inopportune— acknowledgment. It was not needed in the least among the more keen observers—but there it is in black Ind white, nevertheless. There is that revelation that we knew must come out one of these fine days—there it is branded upon the las: impression of La France so that anyone nay recognise it. The key to the Italian policy of France, under NAPOLEON 111. was giver by the Savoy and Nice Shuile ! It wis distinguishable, then, quite plainly what were the magnanimous and unselfish sympathies of the Imperial Government for Italy ! There had been a hint of this before then, through the programme of Italian liberation, put forth by the French EMPEROR before he began the triumphal march of that campaign of Solferino that ended so abruptly at Villafranca. Even then it was avowed by the EMPEROR that he had no be lief in an United Italy—that he could only realise the " idea" that he could only fight for the " idea" of Italy as a Confederation. And now the whole plain gross truth is out. If it is to be United, France is to receive " compensation" from compensa tion," in the name of all that is rational, for what ? Europe—should the opportunity ever arise—would certainly have something to say upon that point. ALARMING FIRES (THIS DAY).—About half-past 3 o'clock this morning a fire occurred at a beer house, N 0.2, Short-street, Newington-butts, which did a consi derable amount of damage, but the property was insured. Another fire took place at 5, Gibson-square, Islington, which caused some damage, but this property was also insured. FORGERY AND FLIGHT OF THE ALLEGED FOR GER.—A farmer named Jas. Robertson, tenant of the farm of North Mains of Letham, on the estate of Mr. Hay, of Letham Grange, has been wanted by the police for some time on several charges of forgery. There are four distinct charges against Robertson, and on Sunday week the procu rator-fiscal from Forfar, with a posse of officers, visited North Mains of Letham to apprehend Robertson, but found that both he and his had gone away on Friday, The bills forged are as follows :—One drawn by Robertson for £lOO, and bearing to be accepted by Jas. Smith, farmer, Drowan dub, ner Arbroath, and David Warden, farmer, Lour, near Forfar, discounted in the British Linen Company's bank, at Arbroath; one for £5O, drawn on, and bearing the forged signature of, George Simpson, corn dealer, Arbroath, dis counted by Robertson in the office of the Dundee Banking Company at Forfar; another for £BO, and a fourth for £45. Robertson sold cows at Glasterlaw market on the Wednes day previous to his flight, and he and his wife were after wards traced to Glasgow, and it is supposed he had gone thence to Liverpool, and sailed for America on the Satur day. A meeting of his creditors was held in Arbroath ion Saturday, and it was found that his debts would amount to £1,500, and his assets about £BOO. The meeting ordered sequestration of his effects to be immediately applied for. — Arbroath Guide. FRIGHTFUL DEATH.—Yesterday morning an in quiry was held at the Poplar Hospital, by Mr. H. R. Wal thew, deputy coroner for East Middlesex, respecting the death of Joseph Sargent, aged 56, who was killed on Thurs day last. Mr. William Moffatt, 3, Eagle-terrace, Victoria road, said that on the day in question the deceased and six length, down the road towards the docks. At the moment of the accident the steam from the heavy hammer of the Thames Iron Works escaped with a loud noise and fright ened a horse, which dashed along the road, and the wheel of the cart he was drawing caught the mast and ran along it, taking off a long shaving until deceased was come to, when he was crushed against the timber and the truck on which it rested. His chest was completely flattened in by the force of the collision, the ribs being broken and driven into the lungs. He was conveyed to the hospital, where death soon terminated his sufferings. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. THE GREAT EASTERN.—On Saturday a rumour was current that the steamship Great Eastern, Captain Paton, which sailed from Liverpool for New York on the 16th of August last, was on fire off Montauk, Long Island, United States. The rumour was brought by a passenger on board the Scotia, which vessel arrived at this port from New York on Fridey afternoon. He stated that just as he was leaving New York it was reported that a large steamer, surrounded by :schooners, was on fire off Montauk, on Monday and Tuesday, the 24th and 25th of August, the Scotia having sailed on the Wednesday following, Capt. Judkins, the commander of the Scotia, also states that this report was current at New York the day before he left. The mail master of the Scotia, however, reports the vessel on fire to be a large ship. A despatch from New York, dated August 27, 7 a.m., states that " Up to this hour nothing in confirmation of the burning of a steamer off Long Island yesterday." A despatch received at Boston states that a large steamship was seen on fire off Bridge: hampton on the night of the 25th. A telegram from Cape Race, Newfoundland, of Monday, the 25th, reports that at 11 o'clock p.m., on the 23d, when blowing a gale from the south, and a very heavy sea running at the time, a rocket was seen and a gun heard, supposed to have been on board the Great Eastern. We do not credit the statement that the burning vessel was the Great Eastern.—Liverpoo 1 Albion. A MAN BITTEN BY A VIPER.—On Sunday last a man named Edwin Marsden went out on a moor near Chesterfield, to gather bog-bean. While so employed he felt a sharp sting on the hand, and looking down saw a viper of considerable size fast to his thumb. He instantly brushed it off and sucked the wound, but in a short time his hand and arm swelled tremendously. He went home, but strong feverish symptoms set in, and he was removed to Chesterfield in a cab for medical assistance. On arriving there the fever raged so high that it was not thought that he could survive. Under the care of Mr. Jones, surgeon, he became somewhat better, but is still in considerable danger. Soon after sucking the ',wound his mouth and tongue became very much swollen from the irritant na • ture of the poison, and it is with difficulty he eats. The private commercial letters by the Scotia fromNewYork yesterday do not harmonise with the cheerful financial reports of the newspapers. They are more dismal than at any period of the war. Trade in its true sense is almost stagnant, and the alarm and dissatisfaction felt by the more respectable classes at the social condition and pro spects of the country have been greatly increased by the arrest of Mr. Charles Ingersoll, of Philadelphia, who has always been regarded as one of the most sound, temperate, and honourable men among the politicians of America. His offence was that he had at a public meeting stated an opinion that the Administration at Washington is corrupt, and that he had also remarked that, although they could imprison citizens at their pleasure, it was a satisfactory con sideration in these hard times that they would also have to clothe and feed them. An arrest under such circumstances was held to indicate that neither character nor position will h ence f o rth be any safeguard, and that even the pretence of any respect for public liberty is at an end. Shipments of grain continued on an active scale, but, nevertheless, bills on England were not abundant, and the quotation of ex change showed a firm tendency. The quantity during the week had been 83,500 quarters of wheat and 60,191 barrels of flour. The next steamers to depart were the Glasgow and Hansa from New York, on the 30th of August, both of which will probably bring gold, and the Anglo-Saxon, from Quebec, also on the 30th. A telegram with news by the latter may almost immediately be expected. Tile Journal de Constantinople mentions a horrible crime recently committed in the village of Bebek. The Iman of the Mosque, who had ascended to the top of the minaret to summon the people to morning prayer, saw a dense mass of smoke rising from the roof of one of the houses. He hastily descended, and, accompanied by seve ral persons whom he met, went to the house from which the flames were beginning to burst forth. A negro, servant to the proprietor, opened the door, and hastily ran off. On entering the house the Iman found the master lying dead, surrounded by a pool of blood, and in another room was the body of a negress, also in the same state. Both had been murdered by the negro, who had then eat fire to the house, in the hopes of concealing his crime. He was Afterwards sxrested and sent to prison, men. LATEST NEWS. TERRIFIC BATTLE AT BULL- RUN. NEW YORK, AUG. 30 (Morning). (Per Anglo-Saxon, via Quebec and Londonderry). The Government has continued officially silent during the week respecting the military move ments in the Virginia Valley. Last night, how ever, some official deepatehes were published. Correspondents being excluded from the Federal camp, it is difficult to ascertain accurately what is occurring in Virginia. Fighting has certainly continued all the week, which will probably end in a general engagement. Two Federal regiments are known to have been captured at Centreville. A large Confederate force is at Leesburg,.and it is reported that the Confederates intend crossing the Potomac into Maryland, at Watkinsford. The public mind is much excited, and the wildest ru- moors are current. General M'Clellan has accepted the command of the army of Virginia. The following is the clearest account that can at present be gathered of what has occurred in Vir- ginia : The Confederates attacked Rappahannock sta tion on the 23d, compelling the Federals to abandon the line of the Rappahannock, After burning the bridge across the river, the Federals retreated to Warrenton Junction, a distance of 10 miles. On the 26th the Confederate force, variously estimated at from 2,000 to 7,000 men, made a dash on Manassas Junction, in the rear of the Federal army. The Federals were driven out of Manassas, and lost a battery of nine guns. The enemy de stroyed all buildings and valuable property, cut tile telegraph, and destroyed the railroad, thus cutting off the telegraphic and railroad communica tion between Pope and Washington. The Confederates proceeded to Bull-run- bridge, and afterwards drove the Federals from that point. Their cavalry then advanced to Fair fax. It is supposed tbat the Confederates reached Pope's rear by passing through Thoroughfare Gap. Pope's official despatch, dated Manassas Junc- tion, Aug. 28, states that as soon as he discovered that large forces of the enemy were passing his right wing towards Manassas he immediately broke up camp at Warrenton and Warrenton Junction, and commenced a rapid retrograde movement in three columns upon Manassas Junction, M'Dowell and Sigel were marching upon Gains ville by the Warrenton and Alevandria turnpike. Heintzelmann was marching on Greenwich. Gen. Pope's force comprised Porter's and Hooker's divi sions. At this juncture General M'Dowell succeeded in interposing his corps between the forces of the enemy, who had passed down to Manassas through Gainsville, and their main body, which was moving down from White Plain through Thoroughfare Gap—the Confederate General Longstreet, who hed passed through the Gap being driven to the west side. Hooker's division, whilst marching towards Manassas, came upon him in the afternoon of the 27th, and Kettle-run, and after a sharp action routed him completely, killing and wouLding 300, and capturing their camp. On the 28th Pope pushed rapidly on to Manassas Junction, which he found to have been evacuated by Jackson three hours previously to his arrival. Jackson retreated via Centreville, and took the turnpike road towards Warrenton. He was met late in the afternoon of the 28th by M'Dowell and Sigel, six miles west of Centreville. A severe fight then ensued, which was terminated by darkness. The Confederates were driven back at all points. Thus matters rest at present. ill kuuvu AL (Jul Centro ville upon the enemy at daylight, and Gencrtil. Pope thinks they cannot escape without heavy loss. General Pope captured 1,000 prisoners and one piece of artillery. Semi-official Washington despatches of the 29th inst., report that Generals Burnside and Pope have successfully cut their way through the enemy towards Manassas, and have formed a junction this side of Centreville with the army of Virginia under General M'Clellan. A severe engagement has occurred between Hooker's, Summer's, and Sturges divisions and the enemy, in which the latter was routed and driven back from the vicinity of Manassas and Bull-run, through the passes of Bull-run Moun tain. War meetings continue to be held. It is reported that the Federal Government is very short of arms. Many troops arriving in Washington cannot be provided for in that respect. The Mayor of New York has requested that the stores be closed at three in the afternoon till the 15th of September, to give time for volunteer ing and drafting. Persons have been forbidden to advertise that they can procure substitutes. Several individuals have been arrested for this cause. The Federals have evacuated Baton Rouge, but the city will not be destroyed. President Jefferson Davis has issued an order that Federal officers who have armed slaves against their masters, shall, if captured, be hung. The Great Eastern has anchored in Flushing Bay. She struck a rock at Monbank Point, stoving a hole in her bottom. The accident is not con sidered to be serious, as the shock only penetrated the outer scale of the ship, the inner scale remain ing intact. The leakages are not sufficient to im pair her safety. Efforts will be made to repair her at New York, but if this be found impracticable, she will return in her present condition to England for repairs. NEW YORK, AIM. 30 (Evening). (Per Anglo-Saxon, by telegraph to Father Point, and from Londonderry.) The second battle of Ball-ran was fought Yester day. The following is General Pope's official re port:-- " Head-quarters, Field of Battle, " Grovedown, near Gainsville, Aug. 30. "To Major-General Halleck, General-in -Chief at Washington. " We fought a terrific battle here yesterday with the combined forces of the enemy, which lasted with continuous fury from daylight until after dark, by which time the enemy was driven from the field which we now occupy. .c o ur troops are too much exhausted to push matters, but 1 shall do so in the course of the morn ing as soon as Fitz-John Porter's corps comes UP from Manassas. ic The enemy is still in our front, but badly used. "We have no less than 8,000 men killed and wounded, and from the appearance of the field the enemy has lost two to our one. He stood strictly on the defensive, and every assault was made by ourselves. " Our troops behaved splendidly. The battle was fought on the indentical battle-field of Bull run, which greatly increased the enthusiasm of our " . The new s has just reached me from the front that the enemy is retreating towards the mountains. lat once pushed forward a reconnoitring party to ascertain this. " We have made great captures ; but I am not yet able to form an idea of their extent, (Signed) " JOHN POPE, " Major-General Commanding." The news of the battle of Bull-run causes intense excitement. No further details have been received. Affairs in Kentucky are in a critical condition. The position of the Federals at Cumberland Gap is considered precarious. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, AUG, 30 (Evening.) (Per Anglo-Saxon, by Telegr ph to Father Point and from Londonderry.) The Hausa and Glasgow, sailing to-day, take 484,000 dols. in specie. Money easy. Exchange steady at 1273. Stocks inactive. Cotton very firm ; middling Upland, 48c. Breadstnffs improving. Coffee good inquiry. TURIN, SEPT. 6. The official Gazette of to-day publishes the report of General Cialdini on the engagement at Aspro- monte. The report states that the instructions given to Colonel Pallavicino were to pursue Garibaldi unre mittingly it he sought to fly, to attack him if he offered battle, and to destroy his band. The official Gazette also publishes Colonel Palla vicino's report, according to which his left attacked the Volunteers in front, and after a brisk fire carried the position they occupied. The rebels were then surrounded on all sides, and ulterior resistance was useless, At this junc ture they signalled the Royal troops to stop firing, and Colonel Pallavicino sent an officer of the Stuff to summon Garibaldi to surrender. Garibaldi re• plied he would never surrender. The Staff•officer was made prisoner, as well as another envoy subsequently sent by Colonel Palla- vicino. They were, however, afterwards released. Garibaldi requested to be allowed to embark on board an English vessel. Several Volunteers, when questioned, said they knew nothing of the King's proclamation. Some believed that all had been arranged with the Government, while others said that Garibaldi had deceived them. Nicotera, Alissori, and Micelli left Garibaldi on the 28th, probably to prepare a movement in another part of the province. Colonel Pallavicino, on learning that Nicotera and Micelli were at Bagnara, ordered them to be arrested. At Aspromonte three flags were found inscribed with the words " Italy ! Emmanuel!" but not berring the cross of Savoy, nor having the blue riband attached. No documents nor money were found. THE DISIBESS IN LANCASHIRE. The Central Executive Relief Committee at Man chester held a meeting yesterday, the Earl of Elles mere in the chair. Among the noblemen and gen tlemen present were Lord Egerton of Tattoo, Lord E. Howard, Sir J. K. Shuttleworth, Col. Wilson Patten, Major E. Leigh, Mr. M'CJure, the Mayor of Manchester, Messrs. H. Mason, E. Ashworth, W. Roberts, W. Eckersley, M. Ross, F. J. Stern, G. L. Ashworth, T. R. Hutchinson, W. Rath bone, jun., H. B. Farnall, A. W. Heywood, J. Worrall, and J. R. Kay. The draught of a circular addressed by the com mittee to Boards of Guardians was discussed and approved. The draught of a letter to the various local relief committees, suggesting the best plan for efficiently working the several districts, was also read, and, after some discussion, it was resolved that it should be printed and placed in the hands of the executive committee for further consideration next week. Tne Mavn- laic on the he had received from Victoria (Australia), announcing that the sum of £5,500 had been subscribed in that colony for the relief of the distress in Lancashire. The hon. secretary was requested to write as early as the name and address of the correspondent can be ascertained to acknow ledge the communication, and to express the grate ful thanks of the committee for the liberal subscrip- tion, and their gratification at this proof of the sym pathy of one of the most promising of her Ma jesty's colonies with the distress and embarrass ments of this district. A protest from the Roman Catholic priests of Ashton was read relative to the constitution of the new local relief nommittee of that town. A letter froin the Town• clerk of Manches ter was read stating that on the 2d inst. a nume rous meeting of the officers and employes of the cor poration was held, and the following resolution passed : " That this meeting, deeply sympathising with the dis tress now prevailing, ani being of opinion that 211 persons ought, to the extent of their abilities, to assist in its allevi ation, determine to contribute weekly in aid of the fund for the relief of the distress in the manufacturing districts." The Town-clerk further said that the resolution had since been generally approved and that the members of the police force, the men in the employ of the gas committee, the sca vengers and lamplighters, and, in fact, the whole of the working men in every department of the corporation, had agreed to contribute weekly. The first weekly contribution amounts to £22 6s. The Town-clerk concluded by hoping that weekly contributions will be given by the employes in every warehouse and workshop in the city and elsewhere, as penny and halfpenny subscriptions on a large scale would amount to a considerable sum weekly, and would be missed by none. _ _ _ The hon. secretary read a letter from Mr. Gibbs, the hon. secretary of the Lord Mayor's fund, in which he called the attention of the Manchester executive to an expression used by the Mayor of Manchester to the effect that the London committee had been egregiously imposed u on. The hon. secretary stated that, in reply to the letter, he informed Mr. Gibbs that the Manchester committee could only be responsible for its resolutions, and that at meetings, where representatives of the press attended, the remarks of any gentleman might be taken down, for which the committee could not be responsible. The hon. secretary, in his letter, went on to say to Mr. Gibbs that the information on which the Mayor of Manchester's remarks were founded was ob tained from private sources, and he was not inclined to withdraw any portion of what he had said ; also that the committee were acquainted with one case where the Lord Mayor's committee had made a grant which could hardly be justified. Finally, the hon. secretary had furnished Mr. Gibbs with a list of places to which the Lord Mayor's com mittee had forwarded £3,000. up to the end of August, and to which the Manchester committee had refused aid on ae li - count of the smallness of the local subscriptions as com pared with the wealth of the district, or from there being no satisfactory means of distributing the money when for. warded. The hon. secretary read a letter from the secretary of the St. Pancras's parish relief committee, stating that an effort was about to be made there, and that the funds would be forwarded for distribution through the medium of the Manchester central commi ttee. A subscription of Z3O had been received from a benefit performance at the Queen's Theatre, Manchester. Grants were made of £lOO to Dunkinfield, £350 to Wigan, £250 to Oldham, and £3O to Heaton Mersey. The grant t o Oldh a m was accompan i e d b y an intimation that the corn mittee would desire to bring under the immediate and most serious consideration of the local relief committee the im portance of organising forms of work suited to the age, strength, sex, and capacity of the recipients of relief. In making the grant to Heaton Mersey the committee called attention to the smallness of the rate of relief given by the guardians at that place. A grant to Hurst was postponed, with an intimation that there would be a personal commu nication as to the amalgamation of the two local com mittees existing there. Grants to Ribchester, Shuttleworth, and. Rambottom were also postponed, on the ground of there being no local subscriptions. An analysis of the accounts of 24 unions, usually engaged in the cotton trade, was laid before the committee by Mr.. Farnall, in which the increase of pauperism and the in crease in out-door relief were distinctly stated. It would appear from this analysis that in those unions there was an increase of 98,111 recipients of relief as compared with the corresponding week last year, and that the amount of out relief in those unions per week now amounted to £7,92' ) Ss. ld., whereas it amounted only to £2,160 16s. Bd. in the corresponding week of last year. It was further stated that in 12 of the principal townships in the cotton districts the local relief committees were aiding close upon 100,000 perNcilib THE NEW ADELPIII THEA7RE. Last night the powerful Adelphi drama, " The Flowers of the Forest," was revived. It yet num bers in its company several of the original per formers. Mr. C. J. Smith is still the gallant Cap tain Hugh Litvroch ; Mr. Paul Bedford is still the same boisterous Kinchin ; and Mrs. Mellon is still as powerful and intense as ever in toe morbid gipsy boy Lemuel. Mrs, Billington sustains the part of Cynthia, and with effect. In all respects the piece is very well sustained, and the scenery and effects are given in an admirable manner, so that the Exhibition visitors may have an oppor tunity of seeing a real Adelphi drama on the stage that has made them so famous. STRAND 7HEATRE. A piece of absurdity. ci.lled " Sarr's Arrival," by Mr. Oxenford, was produced here wig: h success last , night. It really may be styled. a continuation of " Lord Dundreary ;" for it is the veritk. , ble idiotic lord in a new situation. He is, in fact, the hero, and the supposed arrival of his letter writing brother is the leading incident, but the genuine relative does not appear, and his rights are claimed by two rival impostors. Mr. Belford's imitation of the celebrated original was excellent. Mr. Clarke and Mr. Turner did all they could for the pretended brothers Sam ; and Mr, Poynter and Mrs. Menders capitally repre sented the wicked old sinners who had changed the babe at nurse. Miss F. Hughes was simple in a part that required no other expression. Alto gether it is a most successful trifle, and is destined for a long popularity. THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. The visitors at the International Exhibition yesterday were : By season tickets By payment Total . 51,024 A ROMANTIC HISTORY. A youthful member of an aristocratic house, whose beginning and end are alike fraught with interest, has just paid the debt of nature. We allude to Byron Noel, Viscount Ockham, whose death took place on Monday, the Ist instant, at Wimbledon Hill, by the rupture of a blood vessel, at the early age of 26 years. This young nobleman was the elder of the two sons of the Right Hon. William, eighth Lord King, who was raised to the earldom of Love lace at her Majesty's coronation in 1839, and is Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Surrey. His mother was Ada, late Countess of Love:ace, a lady of hereditary interest far beyond the narrow pale of the peerage-roll, as the only child of the poet Byron, the very Ada whom Lord Byron so feelingly apostrophises in one of the most passionate of his poems. His grand-- mother was the amiable and ill-starred wife o► the proud and haughty poet lord. The heiress of the Noels was not happy in her anion with George Gordon, Lord Byron, as all the world is aware; and perhaps the world at large, far beyond the borders of Surrey, knows that the inheritance to which the Lovelaces succeeded has been less happy than most in respect of domestic concord. At all events, those who have sojourned in tie neighbourhood of Ripley and Guildford are a ware that since the death of Ada, Countess of Love lace, the proud towers of East Horseley have not held the heir apparent to the titles of his father and of his grandmother; but that he has been living a life from hand to mouth, well contented to earn his daily bread as an artisan by the sweat of his brow in a dockyard not a hundred miles from Black wall, rather than run riot in his father's lordly halls. There seems to have been in the case of young Lord Ockham a sort of hereditary Nemesis —as classical writers would call it—which pursued him, if not from the cradle, at least froo his earliest manhood, to the grave. At an early age he entered the Royal Navy, but left it after a few months' service. The next that we hear of him is as a common sailor; for it is a fact, though the eldest son of a peer of the realm, he went out to America in a merchant vessel, working his way be fore the mast. Tired of his newly-adopted professioo, the young lord assumes a new character, and next turns up as a common workman in the shipyard of Mr. Q , ,ltt Russell, 1. tf i a T , le of Dogs, where he Luuls. hie wages week by week, along with his plebeian bre thren. It was rumoured—and we know not whether the rumour be true or false—that whilst working in the dockyard he had linked his fortunes with those of a young woman of the humbler classes, but of most resptetable character. If this be so, the lass from Blackwall, or Stepney, or Poplar, is now a peeress of England, and has a right to claim a kiss upoa her cheek from her Majesty whenever she may be "presented" at a " drawing room" at St. James's; and, possibly, Lord. Exeter himself will no longer be able to boast that he is the only son of a plebeian mother who has a right to a seat in the House of Peers. In con elusion, we should remind our reads rs that the late millwright at Blackwall was not only the eldest sou of a peer, but had been for the last two years a peer of the realm in his own right, having succeeded to the barony of Wentworth on the death of his ami able but unfortunate grandmother in the summer of 1860.—Sunday gimes. MARKETS-THIS DAY. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £1 16s to £5 Os; clover, do., £3 lOs to £6 15s ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load.. Both hay and straw were in slow request at our quotations. CUMBERLAND. -- Meagow hay, £1 16s to £5 Os ; clover, £3 108 to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 per load. Trade dull. WITITECHAPEL. — Meadow hay, £1 16s to £5 Os; clover, do., £3 10s to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. A steady demand. COLONIAL. TEA—There has been a very limited business transacted,, and prices have remained without material variation. SUGAR —.The market has' been more active, and good and fine descriptions have fully maintained previous prices. In refinsd qualities a large businests has been done. COFFEE -_A fair demand has been experienced for colo nial at fully late qualities; inferior qualities of foreign, however, have been a shade cheaper. lircE—For the better qualities .of East India there has been more inquiry, and late prices are generally well sus tained. SALTPETRE—A moderate amount cf business has been transacted, without, however, any moterial alteration in value. TALLOW—Business has been very quiet for both present and forward delivery. PYC on the spot is quoted 48s 3d; last three months, 49s 6d; and spring delivery, 49s 9d per cwt. In an article on the Polish school. at Paris the Opinion Nationale has the following passage :—" The Mi nister of War recently decided that the sows of foreigners born in France, and who would not be French, must show that they have submitted themselves elsewhere to military service. The effect of this measure has been to constrain young men, who were little desirous of going to serve in the armies of the countries of their , origin, to take their chance in the conscription of their adopted count Ty." THE CZAR NICHOLAS.—In the Prince Eugene Obolenski's "Recollections of Siberian Exiles," a modest and touching record of suffering, lately published at Leipsic, we find a very characteristic anecdote of the late Cu tr. The Prince Troubetskoi had been exiled to Siberia, and Rifts wife had by extraordinary exertions gained from the E inperor the great favour of sharing her husband's banishment. Subse quently the prince's lot was aggravated, and he wt is sent to work in the salt mines of Nertsehinsk. When the princess heard of this she and Princess Marie Volkousky boset the authorities with the prayer to be allowed to share their husbands' bard life. At last they were told they might de so if they would sign an engagement to submit to all the obligations imposed on convicts' wives. They were obliged to renounce all their right of birth, they were deprived of all communicati‘m with their relatives, they were to see their husbands only when and where it might please the authorities, and they were liable to menial dutial, such as washing floors and the like services. On these condi tions alone were these two high-spirited ladies allo wed to join their husbands. The Princess Troubetskoi was of French extraction, being the daughter of Count Laval, an emigre, who settled in Russia. She had been marrie I five years when her husbands catastrophe hap pened. Her union had been childless at Petersburg, but in Siberia she bore five children, one of whom is now Duchesse de Morny. As her children were growin g up , Princess Troubetskoi caused a petition to be submitted to the Empe ror Nicholas that she might be allowed to ,have three of them educated in some large town in Russia. The empe• ror's distinct reply to the petition was, " The offspring of eonyicto, b e ing themselves =vide, always know enough," Sc' eon the nut Con Car 18s yea dro Thl fine 'War and 55.; Cal( Mid Bab bon Vela haul *lulu cons valu and Nav 3 pe: 3 pe: New An n Di Rea D D Con Exc: Eue EgY D I tfiTi Dap? Pere POr Spa Tsar Vex Ital