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THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA• (From the Times Correspondent.) OFF YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA, JUNE 13. The news of the battle at Harrislnburg tempted ' me to postpone my trip to White-house and APClel lan's head-quarters, and to go up to Blenker's divi sion to hear all about the recent fight ; but wounded officers coming to Washington from there told me that it would be very uncertain where to find Blen ker, because Fremont, although sleeping on the battlefield, had thought it more prudent to retire in the morning. I had been told that General Fre mont's army corps had been reinforced, and num bered 42,000 men ; but such was not the Me. Be sides Blenker's very much reduced division, he had but two regiments. Except from General Fremont's report, I heard but little about the battle near Harrisonburg, the officers not knowing much. Colonel Wutschell's regiment lost half of its men, and the colonel was himself wounded. He had formerly taken part in the revolution in Vienna in 1849, and became colonel of the Bth New York Regiment on the pro motion of General Blenker. With him came to Washington the Colonel of the De Kalb Regiment, Colonel von Tilsa, who also was wounded by a Minie ball entering his left breast above the heart. He had been an officer in the Prussian army. What brought him over some years ago to New York I do not know, but I know him to be the best of all the colonels in Blenker's division, where he was very much respected and beloved by his officers and men. Should he die of his wound, it would be a serious loss. The death of Colonel Ashby has been confirmed. His death is worth a won battle, for he was a very able man and a cavalry officer of great renown among the Confederates. On Wednesday, Tune 11, I went to Baltimore, and by the steamer Adelaide to Fortress Monroe, where I found a few more vessels aground than when I left, and many more sick and wounded, who came from the battle- field of Fair Oak. The steamer going up York River left a little after 10 a.m. I met there a gentleman from Phila delphia, who had received a telegraphic despatch from the captain of the company in which his son served, informing him that his son was mortally wounded. Another son the poor father had lost already on the Potomac. The York River is a very large, beautiful stream, so wide that you can just see the low, wooded shores, and deep enough, as I was told, for the Great Eastern to go up some 70 miles. Towards Yorktown the river narrows a little, but it is yet at least one mile and a half wide. There was a whole fleet at anchor between Yorktown and Gloucester, on the other side, and I made up my mind to go on shore at Yorktown to have a look at the fortifica tions, and to proceed up stream next morning. Near Yorktown there are some wooded sand bluffs of inconsiderable height, and of the town you see only two or three houses, over one of which is waving a very large Union flag. The water bat tery, not far from the landing, and the other forti fications to be seen from the water, looked very poor and dilapidated, but I hoped to find them better on the other side of the town. On landing I gave my things to a nigger, and ordered him to take me to the best hotel, where I intended to stay the night. The black fellow looked astonished; in fact, every soldier meeting me looked astonished at the sight of a civilian. "Is it far to the town ?" I asked my ',intelligent contraband. " No," he answered, "we are there." " Where?" "At Yorktown." I opened my eyes almost as wide as the nigger, but with all that I could not see the slightest sign of a town—nothing but four or five miserable-looking houses, four or five ruins, and a great many wooden barracks, over each of which was written " Hospital," and before which were sitting or crawling wounded soldiers. At some of the corner barracks were newly written, " Lincoln avenue," " M'Clellan-avenue," "Porter-street," " Rambler-street," &c. ; but there was nothing be sides the names and some log huts, out of which were peeping black faces, and before which were rolling about heaps of black children. There was no hotel in that place. but, asking at the tent over which was written " Provost Mar shal," I heard that one of the four or five houses was a boarding-house, where I might perhaps find' accommodation. There I accordingly went, but the gruff owner of that house told me that I could have no bed, nor, in fact, anything; that he did not want me. He repeated this in a rather rude man ner to a clergyman who interfered in my behalf, and only with great difficulty I got the permission to place my things inside the inhospitable house, to look out for some shelter and food. One of the brickhouses, and the second best among the few, although of a mean and miserly appearance, had belonged to an old fellow named Anderson, who died some time ago, about 80 years of age. He owned almost all Yorktown, and seems to have been a very queer old fellow. The ruins not far from his house dated from the first siege under Washington, and Anderson would not permit them to be rebuilt. In fact, he was very much averse to any alterations and improvements, and chiefly to him it is owing that Yorktown, instead of becoming a thriving city, is nothing but a village of the meanest description. One of the wooden buildings is a church, but it looks rather like a barn. Some pious people once pro- posed to build a church if Anderson would only give the ground. The old fellow stroked his long white beard and said he was willing, if the petitioners would only allow him one condition in the agree ment, which was to be signed by the churchwardens. The pious people readily complied with this request, but were very much shocked on hearing this condi tion to be, that every clergyman, of whatever per suasion, and even the devil himself, should be per mitted to preach in that church. When that strange fellow died he left his property to his niggers, many of whom were mulattoes, and nearly related to him. Long before his death he had his coffin in his room, saying to his niggers that he was going only for a time, and that he certainly would return if they did not behave well. The most stately building of Yorktown belonged to the Nelson family. It is a substantial good old brick house, which looks yet comfortable, old as it is. On one side you still see many traces of gun shots from the first siege. One of the shots passed through the wall, and went through several rooms full of people without hurting one of them. Strolling around the wooden church, some grave stones indicated that there was a churchyard. It looked desolate and wretched. Some of the crosses were torn down, the graves lev e ll e d , and waggons and carts going over them. If y o u can find nothing else to tell you the history of a place the churchyard will give you at least some glimpses or th e past, and I began to read the inscriptions on th e f" graves which had not been demolished. The oldest I saw was that of Thomas Nelson : " Generosi filius Hugonis et Saria3 Nelson de Penrith, i n comitatu Cumbria©, natus 20mo die Feb. A.D. He died in 1745. His tombstone is headed by his ar ms, bearing a bar and three lilies. A few paces from this grave is the tomb of another Nelson : "Hon. William Nelson, Esq., late Presid ent of his Majesty's Council in this dominio n , in w hom the lore of man and the love of God se restrained and enforced each other, and so invigorated the mental power i n general, as not only to defend him from the vices and follies of his age and country, but also to render it a matter of difficult deci sion in what part of laudable conduct he most excelled, whether in tender or endearing accomplishments of domestic life, or in the more arduous duties of a wider circuit; whether as a neighbour, a gentleman, or a magistrate ; whether in the graces of hospitality or piety. Reader, if you feel the spirit of that exalted ardour which, aspiring to the felicity of conscious virtue, animated that relating . . . min admonitions, perform the task and respect the distinction of the righteous man. Ob. 19th Nov„ An. Dom. 1772, 2Etatis 61." On another gravestone I found, — "Here lieth interred the body of Mary Sansum, who departed life the 23d of Oct., 1785, aged 23 years." And on another,— " Here lieth the body of Jane Frank, the daughter of Ar r . W. Routh, o f Ki rklington i n Y or k s hi re. Sh e died on her passage at sea April 26, and was interred May 28, 1753, aged 28 years." The sun was fiercely hot, and I was both thirsty and hungry. Asking a man who passed by for a place where I might get something to eat, he said, in a strong German accent, that there was not much to eat in chat place, and that Gen. M'Clellan had forbidden antlers to follow the army, or any private supplies to be brought up the river. He, how- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1862. THE LE, ►NGBESS. A letter from Lucerne, dated the 24th ult., gives the following details respecting the Legitimist meet ing at Lucerne : " The number of Legitimists that arrive at Lu cerne is more considerable than at the last meeting. Up to the present about 4,000 have arrived, chiefly from the provinces of the South, from Britanny, and from Normandy. The Count de Chambord had engaged the salons of the Schweizer-Hof, but they were much too small. As no room large enough could be found, the chief cabin of one of the steamers anchored at the quay was hired, where daily meet ings have been held. The Prince has his table laid for 150 guests. The evening is spent in his apart ments. He converses with every guest. Each evening the invited guests are different. The prince attends mass every day. It was his wish to have at tended the Capuchin church which commands a view of the lake and town, but the crowd was so great that he was obliged to give up the idea. He has had a chapel erected in one of the out buildings of• the Schweizer-Hol, where his almoner performs mass. Those who cannot find place remain in the courtyard. I send you some curious details respecting this gathering, as also copy of a letter addressed by the Count de Chambord at the close of 1861 to many of his political adherents. It is the more interesting, as the principles therein developed are those which still serve as a guide to the conduct of the Prince and of his party. The following is the text of this curious document : " I have received, gentlemen, the memorandum which you have transmitted to me, and which con cerns the line of conduct to be followed at the elec tions. I have read it with that interest and atten tion which the gravity of the subject commands, and which will always be given by me to the communi cation of devoted friends. At the last elections you continued to follow my advice by abstaining from voting ; but you obeyed less, you say, a reasonable conviction than a sentiment of deep attachment and respectful deference. You have always, I am aware, obeyed a great, useful, and political idea of unity. lam grateful for this to you and to those of our friends who have rallied, whatever might have been their personal opinion, round a common line of action. Defenders of the most noble cause, we, whose first mission is to preserve the principles of society, and to be in some measure their living re presentatives, remain united that we may be strong —any separation, any partial action would be weakening the cause itself. This is why I deem it of the highest importance that my friends should follow a common line of conduct ; this is also why I blame differences, although they may be occasioned by conscientious appreciations, and may result from a freedom which I should not like to restrict, could I do so ; finally, it is this self-same interest, it is this necessity of unity, which determines me in grave circumstances to make known to my friends my ideas and my views when they have been ma tured by reflection, and the information and the advices which I have received. "' I thank you, gentlemen, for having expressed to me your objections. They had already been made to me, and had not escaped my own observa tion. But there ar s e circumstances under which it is advisable to submit with resignation to some slight inconveniences so as to avoid greater ones, and to sacrifice what may appear the utility of the moment for a permanent and true utility. " ' Thus, whenever I have been called upon to give counsel and direction to the Royalists, my chief care has always been to shield the sincerity and the dignity of our attitude. Revolutionary factions, who have no basis or fixed rules, are not compromised by precedents. As for us, let us put faith in our doctrines and in our traditions. The moral sentiment is our condition of existence and our strength ; let us not abdicate it; it is that which gives value in the eyes of the country, and it is that which will bring back the country towards us, when it shall have been restored to liberty and to itself. " Could there be sincerity and dignity for the Royalists to take part in public affairs under a rule which for 10 years has been imposed upon France ? Some have thought so. They were of opinion that even under the present system, with its arbitrary sway and shackles upon liberty, there was still an opening for them to render them selves usetul, and to contribute to the public welfare. A vain illusion, which experience soon dispelled. " In the Corps Legislatiff complete impotency ; in the municipal body, where the executive dele gates to the mayors a portion of its powers, abso lute dependence. The Conseils Generaux seemed to offer a better ground. But here again the spirit of the actual rule, a spirit of arbitrary administrative absolutism, is to be found. The man who has not given himself up completely will not attain any thing, not even justice, for the populations he re presents. The province will be punished for the want of compliance of the elect of the Prefecture. Hence a perpetual conflict which will not always end to the advantage of independence of character. Ido not allude to moral subserviences of another nature, of homage commanded, of addresses, &c. Moreover, are the elections free? With the aid of monstrous abuses, does not the administration dispose of them with sovereign will nearly everywhere ? Is not the defeat of a candidate who will not consent to be its tool certain beforehand ? To put these questions is to answer them. I shall not dwell upon the oath of allegiance which is exacted as the pledge of univer sal support, without arrier pensee, from all persons invested with elective functions, and even from every candidate for the Corps Legislatif. As an in dividual act, the oath concerns exclusively the con science of each. But I shall abstain from weaken ing the public conscience by declaring it a vain for mality, without any value. " ' Under the regime founded in 1830, better still under the Republic, we were able to proclaim our doctrines openly from the tribune—publicly before the electoral colleges, to which free action had been left. It was then possible to take a part in public affairs, remaining ostensibly what we are, without disguising our principles, opinions, or wishes. " Is this the case now ? Can a Royalist who maintains his proper character and colours be returned ? No. It would be necessary for him to conceal his views under some false or vague designation, and if he succeeded in being elected his secret convictions would only be for given him on the condition never to display them ; consequently, to renounce them. lie would be placed in office as a faithful adherent of the empire. You regret in your memorandum that the Royalists should have lost the position they held in 1849 at the head of what was called the party of under, and of the part allotted to them at the elec tions. The regret is natural ; but for it to become a just blame of the line of conduct followed it would be necessary for the circumstances to be the same as in 1849—that is to say, that the actual regime should not be in existence. ‘" In presence of this regime I have not found for my friends those conditions of good faith and dignity which an active participation in public affairs ought always to give them. It therefore appeared to me that abstention ought to be coun selled and practised in the interest of the future of our cause. " 'As I understand it, abstention is not a with drawal ; it is, on the contrary, an affirmation and striking protestation. It is a public protest to say to the ruling power, The Royalists will not lend themselves to your falsehoods ; they will not, by accepting too unequal a struggle, add the sem blance of a vanquished opposition to your easy triumph.' " ' I did not come to a conclusion upon a doubt which had been expressed to me, although I am, as much as my friends themselves, concerned about the legitimate influence they are called upon to exercise. Their influence has a hold upon stranettilliien gshmalolroewt and passing more b m e durablerorreewed,l . r e xample, from an appointment as may or. due to the consideration they command, totof e: esteem which o engenders,i sentiments nt ti me , abstention f r om public life, becaus e it is founded on the bases of morality and of hohonour,ac actions. to It the es b resists and my friends can but increase it b y the invariable cons tancy of their principles. You give the best proof of t his when you r no i state that in many localities the populations came spontaneously to testify to for ten R o yalists who ever, offered to bring me to a kind of antler of the ' regiment of the " lost children" (enfants perdus). My guide was a German, from Mannheim, in Baden, whence he emigrated after the revolution. These poor refugees from Baden I find scattered all over the North of America. The bluffs round York town are all intersected by rather deep ravines, through many of which you have a fine view of the river, and into which the Secessionists have built some of their log huts, which are all occupied now by negroes—or " darkies," as they are called here more generally—and numerous colonies of very big rats. One of the largest of these huts, built on a slope, was, however, occupied by a sutler. At one of the windows, serving as a bar, was standing a fine and intelligent-looking young man, acting as barkeeper, and before it were some soldiers in a &nave dress. The sutler, his barkeeper, and these soldiers were all Germans, belonging to the " lost children." Poor lost children they were indeed, most of them. I might have called them by their names, so well did I know the tongue of the class they be longed to—lost sons of noble Prussian families, who had been officers once in the army, or in some other branch of the State service. I was struck by the face of the young barkeeper, who could not 'deny that he was a Berliner, al though his accent did not betray him much. He did not attempt to conceal his name, and I heard a strange story, which was, however, confirmed by all the others. He was a Count B—, the son of a high officer of Berlin. He had studied theology, and had been induced by some missionaries to go over to America. I suppose his expectations were not fulfilled, for when Colonel Comfort, who com mended these comfortless "lost children," made up his regiment in New York, he accepted a place as chaplain, and was sworn in as such, However, he said that he had been cheated in some way, and in stead of becoming a clergyman he had to shoulder the musket, as a private. This not suiting his taste, the young clergyman became a barkeeper to the sutler. However, when anybody died he had to put on a decent coat and preach a sermon. These poor fellows complained very much. They had not received one penny of pay for seven months, and were almost starved to death, for the supplies they got—mostly salt meat and biscuits— were so exceedingly bad that they generally threw them away, and lived on beans, and very often musty biscuits. I have seen myself this salt meat lying about and smouldering in the hot sun, filling the air with a disgusting smell. They have nothing to drink but bad water, and dysentery and fever are the consequences. which might show in France or Austria without being found much fault with by the inspecting en gineer. All the edges and salients were sharp, and everywhere it was required the sand was covered with turf. The guns—rifled guns of heavy calibre, and howitzers—were all placed very well, and the magazines were convenient and suitable. Most of the guns were pivot guns, and I have no idea how a ship, if not iron-plated, could pass such batteries. The guns towards the river were the heaviest, and some conical shot placed at their side were of an enormous weight. These guns were protected by traverses against shot coming from the sides. In the middle of the fort, which was provided with a well and other necessary things, was a redoubt in preparation. The whole fort was not finished, although in a serviceable state. - • Lower down, on a place called Glocester Point, quite close to the landing of the ferry-boat, was a fortification which they call here a water -battery, although I do not see any reason why it might not stand and do good service in the middle of the land. This water-battery was quite as good as the fort above. It consisted of a polygon armed with 12 heavy rifled guns, commanding the surface of the river to the right and left. In the rear towards the fort was a little appendix to the redoubt, but in connexion with it, and containing a very heavy rifled pivot gun, whieh could fire to every point of the compass ; the land magazines here were very ingeniously arranged, serving, at the same time, as traverses, covering the low standing guns, which in this water-battery did not fire over the bank, as in the fort, but through rather wide e mbrasures. Only the solitary pivot gun fires over over the bank. In the centre of this water-battery stands a shell-proof loghouse, which is covered all over with earth and turf, and which was to have been built long ago, and previous to the fort; it served as chief magazine. At two sides of this re doubt were built more recently two other smaller ones, to shelter some part of the garrison in case of bombardment. This whole water-battery is com manded by the fort, and in case of it being taken it would be of no use to its captors. I cannot understand why the Confederates evacu ated these fortifications without even an attempt to defend them. The commander must have been either a coward or a fool. I was told that the Con federates got frightened at a very big gun of the Federals which had a longer range than their hea viest guns. The guns have all been spiked. None of them have burst or been otherwise destroyed. There are everywhere shot and shell lying about, and no sentinels to guard these things, for there are no people to steal them. The whole country seems to have been visited by pestilence. Without the "darkies" the evacuated districts would be as silent as churchyards. Having no money, the antlers give credit as long as they can bear it, furnishing them, for a bond, with tickets for 5, 10, or more cents, up to a dollar. You may imagine the prices charged by these sut lers. For a loaf costing them sc. they take 25c., and in this proportion for every article. The sale of spirits being strictly prohibited, the sutler of the " lost children" dared the less to keep such articles, as he was only tolerated. The sol diers, standing outside his wicket, were anxiously waiting for a barrel-full of water, which was to be converted into lemonade, and sold at sc. a very small glass. This lemonade, a small piece of very bad chocolate, and half a dozen of yet worse honey cakes, were all I could get, and with which I must be satisfied for dinner. . This morning at nine o'clock I went up the river in a Government steamer. It was intensely hot, and it was almost impossible to write. The river is very fine, and its wooded shores produce much fine scenery. _ . WHITE-HOUSE, JUNE 14. We arrived here yesterday about 3 o'clock p.m. The river presents a very animated scene, for it is filled with hundreds of vessels of every descrip tion, among them some 20 of the largest steamers I have seen, and resembling rather floating hotels than sea-going ships. One of the largest, generally plying between Baltimore and New York, is used as a hospital. The Pamunky river, which with the Matapony forms at West Point the York river, is at this point as wide as the Thames at London bridge, and the shores are adorned with beautiful trees. Now, I do not know whether I was more disap pointed with the town or with the fortifications of Yorktown, neither being worth the name of town or of fortifications. There are yet some traces of earthworks made by Lord Cornwallis, but they are not used now, and look very insignificant. • To give you a description of the works constructed by the Confederates would be both ridiculous and almost impossible. The works at Centerville were yet far better than anything I saw here at York town, for there the material used was clay and sand, but here it is nothing but sand, and the heavy rains have already half destroyed the works with the exception of some apparently of older date, which have been strengthened by turf. The sand ditches are dry and shallow, and of no consequence; a good horse would go through them and up the ramparts. Some of the batteries are tolerably well built, and strengthened by sandbags, which also are used in side where the declivity is too steep and the sand would crumble down without being supported. But all this is child's work, and a military man can do nothing but shrug his shoulders at such works, and wonder how it is possible that a general, command ing brave troops, could lie before such paltry forti fications so many weeks. European generals would have stormed them without any of the preparation usual in such cases, and not required more than a day or two. The whole thing I saw in Yorktown I cannot designate others ise than by saying that it is a horrible muddle, a disgrace to every art of mili tary engineering. The guns, however, were tolerably well placed, and for the greater part good. The new ones, re cently cast in Secessia, looked very rough and un- An official inspection of the Honourable Artillery finished ; the shot of all kinds, however, are very Company took place yesterday, at its headquarters, well manufactured. Everywhere are balls and shells Finsbury, by Col. Pipon, inspector general of militia. lying about ; many of the latter are yet charged, and There were about 300 of the infantry battalion, pre if not soon collected and removed much harm may sent, and adding to these the horse artillery, the ensue. Many of the better guns have been burst, foot artillery, and the light cavalry, made up a total and others have only been injured, in order to con- muster of about 400. teal the fact of evacuation, which would have been The foot battalion was under the command of betrayed if all the guns had been removed. One Lieut.-Colonel Lord Colville, Captain Brinewood C. large 100 lb. gun burst in a very singular manner. Potts (adjutant), Majors Robinson and Snell, Cap- The Yankees fired a conical shell, which struck very tains Field, Fox, Bindin, Volkenham, Riviere, and close to this gun without exploding. The Southern Welsh, Lieutenants Eglise, Bourn, and Robson. gunners thought it a very good trick to send this The foot artillery were under Captain Blockley, shell back to where it came from, and loaded it into and the horse artillery was commanded by Captain their big gun. Before firing, however, it exploded, Jay, and the light cavalry by Lieutenant Kearns. bursting the gun and killing several people. Captains Baden and Matthews officiated as quer- The works for the defence of Yorktown are all, termasters. at least those to the west, dominated by wooded Colonel Pipon having arrived on the ground, and hills. Between these and the works are other lower the necessary preliminaries having been gone eminences, which are also very useful to the attack. through, the foot battalion marched past the re- There the Southerners have, however, a work called viewing officer, first in slow and then in quick Fort Beauregard. I was not inside it, but from the time ; they subsequently formed in line, in column, outside it looks quite as wretched as all the other works. This fort was taken by M•Clellan, and in reverse line, advanced in subdivision from the centre, and formed line on two centre subdivisions. from there he could do what he liked with the enemy's File firing then commenced, which was followed by works. firing in volleys by wings, which was admirably When I went along a tolerably good rifle ditch, done. The left wing first opened fire, and running along the Lincoln •avenue, I met a soldier, retired, the same movement was performed by the walking with difficulty, and supporting himself on right, and repeated by both wings; the battalion a stick. Asking him whether he had been wounded then advanced in direct echelon companies from the at Fair Oak, he told me that he had been in that right, formed companies squares, and prepared to battle, and was fortunate enough to escape unhurt ; resist cavalry ; the order was then given to reform but that in crossing the Chickahominy he was companies, quick march, and the line was reformed. poisoned by some poisonous kind of water ivy which The battalion next marched by fours and formed grew there in great quantity. He showed me his quarter-distance column on No. 3, opened out to leg, which was swollen, and covered with a very bad wheeling distance, and formed square on No. 1, looking eruption, which must have been very pain- sections outward, the mounted officers in the centre. ful. The man told me that not less than 1,500 sick The square having prepared to receive cavalry, the and wounded as ere in the different hospitals at kneeling ranks fired a splendid volley, and the Yorktown, which was to me almost incredible. battalion then retired in square, the officers still in I longed very much for some chance steamer to the centre. Columns were reformed, a line was come up and take me to White House, but the people formed on flank company, a volley fired, when toe at the landing told me there would be none before order to advance in parade order was given. The sunset. I therefore strolled along the river, where reviewieg officer having been saluted, a hollow I met everywhere lazy soldiers stretched out in the square was formed. shadow of the bluffg ; a few reading or writing ; others fi s hi ng or b at hi ng . Th e l a tt er occupation Colonel Pipon then said—Lord Colville and gen - selected tlemen, I really feel much obliged to you for having seemed to me the most reasonable, and after having given me this opportunity of seeing the Hon. Ar agood spot I was very soon in the middle . , of the - tihery Company of London. I have heard of the beautiful salt river. to find in the supposed great town corps from the first day that I entered the army. Not bein g a b le of Yorktown a puce where to rest for the night, I credential s , &c., the captain per- I know that it dates its origin from a very early tried to get admittan ce to one of the two ferry b oats period o f our histor y , and I know that as a cor p s it ply i ng between Yorktown and Glocester. After has had great and unusual privileges conferred on bay i ng seen my it for its steady and faithful attachment to our con mitted m e to stay on board, where I found his stitution and institutions. It is very easy for me to brother-in - of a general law, the brothe r see that the same spirit that animated your fathers who h ad distinguished himself in the battl e of Fa • ir Oaks. He and grandfathers still exists unimpared in the pre had just returned from seeing his brother, and was sent generation ; but I have also looked at you to waiting for the mail 1 steamer going to Old Point. day as a regiment of soldiers with the eye of a sol - After tea the brother of the general, who was dier, and I have every reason to express myself from Philadelphia, but very well known here, from perfectly satisfied with what I have seen. It is coming down frequently for shooting, prop ose d to really surprising to see what willingness and intel show me the fortifications at Glocester, which, b e ligence will do in spite of few opportunities. said, were much better than those around Yorktown. Lord Colville said—We are very much obliged On our way we entered many of t h e loghouses built to you for the character which you have given us. by the Confederates ; I found them very spacious, His lordship then called for three cheers for the lofty, and clean as almost all which I bad seen else- reviewing officer, a call which was instantly obeyed, he shore I and was f o ll owed b a similar manifestation in re where. On an eminence gently falling off to t It ust Bard to the noble l y was built a fort consisting of six bastions. ra ord himself. have been built by an European officer, for every - The horse and foot artillery then went through gun practice thing was we ll p lace d and well executed. All the withtheir great efficiency, and a light and charge proportions and an g les were as they ought to be, cavalry another congratulatory address and it was built in a scientific b us i ness -lik e way. from the reviewing officer It was the first earthwork to these three forces I have seen in America closed the proceedings. The railroad, going to the Chickahominy, comes up close to the river, and just now they are at work to carry it over it. Near White-house extends a camp along the river, to protect the immense quantity of supplies arriving here daily for M'Clellan's army_ I have not seen yet much of this camp, but intend going up this morning to Despatch Station, some 17 miles from here, whence I may best reach M'Clellan's head quarters. For this purpose I must call on the cap tain who has the command over the railroad, and procure a pass. _ _ . - This night there was a panic among the fleet here, in consequence of a report that a party of Confe derates were close at band. They had, indeed, de stroyed higher up some schooners and killed several people. All the ships here got up steam and fled as quickly as possible, but that on board which I slept remained, the captain not being so easily frightened. It is now 8 o'clock, and most of the steamers are returning. A party of Confederates are reported to be a mile and a-half from here. Troops are sent to reconnoitre and to drive them back. HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY. years have abstained from coming forward their de -1 sire to vote for them. Believe me, when the moment shall have come, the abstention of today will be come for the Royalists an additional claim and re commendation to their fellow-citizens. • Moreover, is there nothing else except holding office ? Is there no other useful service to be ren dered, or useful patronage to exercise ? When, like many other men devoted to our doctrines, wo ca n place at the service of the population our for tune, enlightenment, and leisure, it is always pos sible thus to contribute to the public welfare in a measure which, while satisfying the conscience, as sures a deserved ascendancy and responds to the legitimate interests of policy. • Circumstances may change, consequently ap preciations also. After the decree of the 24th of November, I sought for every possible information : I consulted the most enlightened minds, and, in ac cordance with their opinion, I concluded that the position of things was not essentially changed. The modifications operated in the duties of the first two bodies of the Imperial establishment were doubt less serious, but they did not touch upon the nature of the Government—an abso lute power engrafted upon the revolution, and indissolubly bounel up with it. The little tempo rary freedom that was restored to discussion re mained limited, and swayed by the admission of the direful principle from which the regime emanates, and which it has made it its task to impose by force upon the public right of Europe. Administrative omnipotence lost nothing of its arbitrary power, of its thousand means of intimidation and fraud. The press remained shackled; the honesty of elections continued to be an empty word. " A struggle therefore in the interest of monarchi cal doctrines remained as impossible as heretofore. The decree of Nov. 24 did not, as some have asserted, inaugurate a new era; it was an act of political ex pediency. The hour of final resolutions seemed to be approaching. This time responsibility was feared. An attempt was made to make others share it. " I now come to the last communications sent in my name to my friends, and which replied to various letters addressed to me. A detestable speech had aroused the indignation of all honest men. Public opinion was strongly moved. The secondary ques tions gave place to the great question which had occupied the debates on the Address. The only question looked at was the independence of the Holy See, respect for its sovereignty, for Catholicism, and for Christian civilisation, which was endangered. " In the name of the dangers which threatened the Church I was called upon to act upon the Royalists, that the Church might might be defended at the elec tions by those who were attached to it, as all those who hated it, or with whom it simply interfered, had allied themselves for its destruction. It was added that our political and party interest would find pre cious and undoubted advantages by the union, on the same ground, of the Royalists and of men ex clusively religious, who made the appeal to them, and would be justly astonished at finding that appeal not responded to. In all these considerations my attention was turned alone to the perils and inte rests of the Church. It is not - yell imprudently to mix up religion and politics ; it is detrimental to religion and detrimental also to policy. Nothing is by nature more delicate to deal with than the concurrence of political parties it defence of the Church. The fear that Catholicism should be turned to account to further political views—a fear in its turn shamefully abused—has long existed in the country, and has for a long time made many pure and generous hearts feel hesitation and mistrust. More than any one I have admired the eloquent voices which, during the debate on the Address, so energetically upheld the rights of tie Holy See, But, in reality, what constituted the chief force of the defenders of the Church in the two tribunes is that they spoke against their political opinions, under the sole inspiration of their consciences. Thus they were above suspicion—thus fell to the ground the old thesis of a political manceeere under the mask of religion. But are prejudices for ever ex tinguished ? Have they vanished never to return ? No; they would start into life again at the very first pretext given them. " ' Consulted by my friends on the best line of policy to be followed, I replied,—" As, despite the unequal and dangerous conditions in which they have been artificially placed, men devoted like you to the interests of religion wish to attempt the struggle, do not decline taking part in such a struggle, which I think it would have been wiser to avoid. Where you think there are reasonable chances of success, there bring your votes to bear if requisite; but carefully avoid compromising the flag of your opinions ; enter in without arriere pensees and select the men devoted to the sole interest which guides you, without, however, accepting as candidates adversaries to your political principles. In the interests of religion, as well as in those of our own cause, do not produce your candidates — that is the advice I have to give you." " Reflect, gentlemen, and I think you will find that this advice which I gave you responded to the necessities of the present situation and guarded the future. It must not be said that we exclude our friends to go and seek our adversaries; we exclude our adversaries and ourselves to give our support, when we deem them worthy of such mission, to pure-minded men, representatives of the in terests which are now to be defended, and which appealed to us. Believe me that it grieves me to turn aside for a time the Royalists from elec tive functions and public service. I understand that it is often a painful sac rifice ; activity and ex pansion suit their nature. I know, moreover (and I say so with great pride), how much zeal, courage, enlightment, and self-denial the Royalists can place at the service of the country. But lam convinced that incessant protestation by abstention from taking part in politics is the true calling of the Royalists under a regime such as we now suffer under—a monstrous system which seems to counter act the wants and instincts of France at its good pleasure, which substitutes cynicism for moral sen timents, electoral intimidation and servility of vo tes for liberty, the shams of a l y in g constitu tionalism for the fruitful realities of a representa tative:government. I do not pretend to be infallible ; I may be wrong, but certainly not from a precon ceived idea or determination, or from lack of seek ing enlightment. When I have come . to a conclu sion and my friends ask me for guidances I am bound to give it, as their natural and necessary chief ; I owe it to them as the representative . and . guardian of their principles ; I owe it to them in exchange for the unshaken fidelity and indefatig able devotion of which they never cease to give .'" me " HENRI roofs. BANK RETURNS. The Bankers, Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending May 31. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 28th May (the nearest date furnished by their returns) ' w ill g ive the follow in g results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous onth rnontn : May 3, ' May 31, 1862. 1862. Increase'Decrease. ------- Ta 21 2 3 341 20 854 9Cr -------1 Bank of F iv ian,..• , , , , J - .3 3 , 0 3 0 73, 8 7 9 74 6 3,282,206 358,436 91,568 Private Bjan"ks ..... Joint-stock Banks.. . , , 2,966,608 _ 99,288 Total in England. 27,653,011 27,1T3,719) --- - - 549,292 5c0t1and............ 3,966,075 4,609,954) 643 , 879 Ire l a nd ............ 5,859,325 5,740,894 _ 118,431 Unite d Kingdom. 37,478,411 37,454,5671 ---- . - 23,844 And, as compared with the month endinethe Ist June, 1861, the above returns show an increase of £1,101,856 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £589,064 in the circulation of the United Kingdom On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve ral banks the following is the state of the circulation : The English private banks are below their fixed issue .................................... £1,065,702 The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue.. Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,401,451 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,860,683 The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... £613,600 The average stockofl3 u llion held by the Bank of Eng -- land in both d e p artments dur i n g the month endi ng th e 28th a decrease of £291 , 59 4 as May was £16,677 162, being compared with the previous month, and an increase of 4322,304 when compared with the same period l as t year. The following are the a mounts of specie held by th e S cotch and Irish b an k s d ur i n g the month ending the 31st May : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks.... .... £2,67 . 3,257 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ...... 2,159,233 4832,400 Being a increase of £33,71G as compared with the previous return, anda decrease of £58 ,038 when compare d with the correopeaulg Period of last year, LAW INTELLIGENCE.—June 30. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sitting at Nisi Prius, before the Lord Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) DAVY V. PEMBERTON-LIBEL ON A MEDICAL MAN_ This was an action to recover damages for libel; and the defendant pleaded not guilty. - Mr. Lush, Q.C., Mr. Karkslake, Q.C, and Mr. Honeyman were counsel for the plaintiff • Mr. Bovill, Q.C., and Mr. Garth for the defendant. Mr. Lush, in opening the plaintiff's case, said it was one which would require their most serious con sideration, as it most deeply affected the character of the plaintiff ; and he must say that of the defen dant also. Mr. Davy had for 14 or 15 years been in practice at Romford as a medical man, in which town he had the largest share of the business in his profession. The defendant had also for a consider able time lived near Romford, where he cultivated about 70 acres of land; and in addition to this oc cupation, he acted as agent for the management of the property of his brother, who had assumed the name of Barnes upon his accession to the estate ; and for the purpose of this business the defendant had an office at Mile-end. On the 20th of June last year ten copies of the libel now complained of were sent through the post; one of them to . Mrs. Davy, the plaintiff's wif e , and the others to inti mate friends and p a ti en t s of his, all of them being posted in London, and all of them having been written by the same hand. The envelopes, how -1 ever, appeared to have been written by a different hand. The libel was in the following terms : "A curious incident in the life of a Sawbones. ' Who soever lieth with a woman that is a maid,' &c., Leviticus six., 20. And Nathan said unto Davi(d), Thou art the man, 2 Samuel xii., 7. The abovementioned Sawbones had occasion some time ago to attend a maiden lady, living at or near Brentwood ; and this maiden lady kept only one servant, who was so curious to know what was going on in her bed-room, that she took it into her head to look through the keyhole, and behold she saw the Sawbones in bed with the maiden lady." There was not one word of tr u th i n thi s s t a t emen t, from beginning to end, and indeed it was not even true that the plaintiff had attended any maiden lady at Brentwood. Immediately the circum stances came to the plaintiff's knowledge he issued a bill, offering £5O reward for the disco very of the delinquent, and inquiries were set on foot, but no clue could be obtained until, on account of some information which the plaintiff obtained, he applied to the manager of the County Bank at Rom ford. He put one of the envelopes before that gen tleman, who at once said, " lam very sorry to tell you it is the writing of a gentleman who has been a customer of ours for a long time. It is the writing of Mr. Pemberton." There could be no possible mo tive for the defendant wishing to injure the plain tiff, except indeed that he was an intimate friend of a gentleman who was a rival of the plaintiff in busi ness, and however insufficient, such a motive was supposed to be the operative cause. The plaintiff, however, did not rest satisfied with having obtained the opinion of the manager of the bank,for he placed one of the envelopes before another gentleman,who was employed as clerk in the bank, and asked whose writing was on it, and he immediately answered, " Mr. Pemberton's." A person was employed to go into Mr. Pemberton's office, at Mile-end, and place one of the envelopes before a person whom he found there, and who, without a moment's hesitation, pronounced it to be the defendant's. At this stage of the proceedings it was thought right to communicate with the defendant, and accordingly on October 2 Mr. Clifton, the plaintiff's solici tor, wrote to the defendant, stating his regret that the result of inquiries was the conclusion that he was the offending party, and asking for the name of his solicitor. On the 25th Mr. Pemberton's solicitor replied, stating that he was instructed by his client to disclaim, in the most positive manner, any knowledge on his client's part, not only of the authorship but of the very existence of the letters themselves and of the circumstances stated in them, and he requested that the plaintiff would abstain from mentioning Mr. Pemberton's name in connec tion with the matter. There was one singular cir cumstance in connection with the denial, and that was that although the defendant denied any know ledge of the existence of the letters, it would be obvious that he had himself within a day or two after the bill offering the reward was posted, read it. The defendant applied to inspect and take pho tographs of the libels, and having inspected the documents his solicitor wrote, saying that his client, " having examined the letters and envelopes, and from circumstances that have come to his know ledge since the inspection, he has come to the im pression that the envelopes, if not the letters, are in the writing of his eldest son, Robert Pemberton, who left England for Australia in October, 1861;" and the writer, in continuation, expressed his deep regret that he should be led to the conclusion that any member of his family should have published the infamous libel of which the plaintiff so justly complained. Now, it was singular that Mr. Robert Pemberton, the son, was an undergraduate of Cam bridge; he had taken his B.A. degree, and a living had been purchased for him in the neighbourhood of Romford, which was worth £BOO a year, and yet all at once he went to Australia, without being ordained, or qualifying himself for his profession, and he went in such haste that he took with him nothing but a carpet-bag. A commissio%had b een sent over to examine him in Australia, and he stated most distinctly that neither the letter nor th e writ ing upon the envelopes was in his handwriting, and added that he never saw or heard of the . documents u ntil he got to Australia. He also denied that they we re in his father's handwriting. Witnesses were then called who produced the letters in question, and also some docuents which w ere admitted to be in t he defendant's handwri ting, and witnesses were also called who expressed their opinion that there was a great similarity be tween the defendant's handwriting and that of the libels. The case had not concluded when the Court rose. (After Term Sittings at Nisi Prins, at G u ildh a ll , b e fore Mr. Justice Keating and a Common Jury.) SOFFE V. MARTINHALE.—SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A MEDICAL ASSISTANT. This was an action for libel. The defendant pleaded first, not guilty, and secoadly, a justifica tion. Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. T. Chitty were counsel for the plaintiff. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. 1). Keane were for the defendant. Sergeant Parry, in stating the plaintiff's case, said he was a young man about 24 years of age, who had been educated for the medical profes sion, and for the last five years had acted as assistant to Mr. Prince, surgeon, of Sawston, in the Linton Union, Cambridgeshire, who was also medical officer to the union. The defendant, who is a gentleman of considerable landed property, also resides in the same parish. On the 22d Feb ruary last Mr. Prince was called on to attend a young woman named Harriet Townsend at the house of her mother, who was in poor and humble circumstances. That gentleman sent the plaintiff, and on nailing at the mother's house, he found the girl in bed suffering from measles. He went up stairs in company with the mother, an d f ound her in ' a small dark room. She was suffering, as was stated, from measles and a sore throat; and as diptheria was very prevalent he requested her to get out of bed and come to the window that he might the better be able to examine her throat. She was got out of bed, and in addition to her long night-dress her mother wrapped her up in a blanket. The plain tiff asked for a spoon with which to depress the tongue, and the mother fetched it, being absent only a few seconds. After examining the throat he desired the mother to put her to bed and keep her warm, and he left before the girl got into bed. After this the mother received an intimation that the defendant wished to see her and on her calling on hi m h e questioned her relative to the plaintiff's conduct towards her daughter. She re plied that the plaintiff's conduct was not indecent towards her daughter ; that her daughter's person was not exposed, and that the plaintiff had not used abusive and indecent language to her. All she complained of was, to use her own expression, he , 4 pulled her daughter out of bed full of the measles." The mother, it appeared, felt some annoyance to the plaintiff in having the girl in her then state taken out of bed, and his remark relative to her dirty feet. On the 4th of March the defendant wrote a letter to the Rev. Mr. Daniell, vicar of Sowston, and one of the guardians, containing the libel in question, which was in the following terms:- 4, Rev. Sir,—Mrs. Townsend has been to me to complain of the medical officer's assistant's extreme gross, indelicate, and abusive conduct to her daugh ter. I refer her to you, and request your capacity of guardian and vicar of to lay such disgusting treatment immediatelytchair the board. I shall also myself write to articulars, man of the board, and give him _thefeoreP t hem." and, if necessary, take the woman .b if replied that the To that letter the Rev. Mr. Daniel l the e T a e r fo is r h e him to an indi defendant ought not to complain vidual guardian, but to t do so ; and on the board. The defendant did the letter to the plain- Rev. Mr, Daniell handinug e _ ma ko n o is complaint to the d his legal adviser to tiff, he immediately Application was made am ple apology; but the bring the matter for a retractation_ ando comply The plaintiff after that defendant askedrefusedtthe defendant for an apology, upon to a c n a n i n s ssue. personally i atened to expose him to the clergy which he a t d l o e in i ng .p a rish. The plaintiff attributed this illfeeling on the part of the defendant to his ng at a meeting which the (plaintiff's)t had called in reference to certain cha rities, presided.To and over which he show the interfering feeling of the defendant towards the plaintiff, he wrote to the College of Surgeons to know if the, plaintiff's name was on the books, and on receiving an answer that it was not, he showed the letter about the parish with a view to furth er dama g ing • d . his stud ies. the plaintiff's character. The answer to that was that the plaintiff had not yet finished The learned counsel asked the jury to give the plaintiff exemplary damages. The Rev. Mr. Daniell was called and proved the receipt of the letter produced. Cross-examined—l had had a difference with the defendant about this time. He thought I had cist imputations on him. I explained to the de fendant and apologised conditionally. On the Ist of March the mother complained to me of M . r. Prince's not attending her daughter after hann, 6 an order from the overseer to do so. I said, i have no power over him," and I asked her it the plaintiff would not do as well. She said, "I 11 not have him. He has behaved indecently to 1 3 :1 daughter in pulling her out of bed full of the measles." She did not say it was done whilst she was I in the room, neither did she imply it. did not ask her any particulars. I referred her to the board. I did not show the libel complained of to the bo ar d, b ut I did to th e re li ev i ng officer. I afterwards handed the letter to the plaintiff. I wa s not then on good terms with the defendant. Re -examined-4 did not see any letter from the defendant to th e b oar d . I did not b e li eve the libel to be true from knowing the character of the per" son who wrote it. The mother made no particu lar charge against the plaintiff. The farther hearing of the case was adjourned. EXTRAORDINARY CREDULITY AT SHEFFIELD: At the Sheffield Town-hall on Saturday, a pro fessor of the mystic art of fortune-telling was c harged with obtaining money from a number of persons, under the pretence of telling their fortunes. Th e accused was named Henry Simmonite, and lived with a brother, who keeps a druggist's shop in Corporation-street. Visits were made by the credulous dupes, ostensibly for drugs, perfumes, &Co but the prisoner carried on his business in a private room at the back of the shop, where he kept his astrological library and instruments, wherewith to read and rule the planets. On Friday last the police laid a trap for the ruler of the planets, into which he fell with somewhat surprising precipita tion. Two women of respectable appearance were commissioned to visit the astrologer, and elemand . e , peep into the secrets of futurity. The women V ila a shilling each, and Mr. Simmonite then consulted his books, and communicated the result of his e x aminations. Mrs. Norton, one of the visitors w as gravely told that her husband had left Sheffield, with a " dozy." Mrs. Norton asked if he w ould come back, and' the astrologer, having again con suited his oracles, declared that though be " W ss ~ not like the police," if the errant husband did n ot come back, he could fetch him. A similar atoll was told to the other woman. The women had some trouble to keep a decent gravity of meanour, the fact being that both had l d ei' their husbands at home with their respec tive families. The result of the interview was the apprehension of the astrologer, Wh ° was lodged in the Town-hall. In his pocket v 7O found a letter from a young lady, evidently o ne moving in a highly respectable position, containing a number of questions respecting love and marriage, &c., which she desired the astrologer would answe r speedily. In the prisoner's room was also found a neatly kept diary, containing the names and ad dresses of his " clients," and the matters upon which they had consulted him. Many of the most respee able names in Sheffield appears in this book. Th e prisoner, who seemed to consider himself an inju red innocent, was sent to prison for one month th hard labour as a rogue and vagabond. The magis trate at the same time said that such gross impos ture could only be supported by equal gross credu.. lity on the part of the people who resorted to the prisoner.—Leeds Mercury. COUNTRY RK E 2 GLOUCESTER—JUNE 28. t'; h sold L' A small supply of wheat from the farmers, ' e ;,i r y, at last week's prices. Foreign wheat in moderat xaq and no advance in price. Barley, beans, and peas t "'— Oats very dull. COLCHESTER—JUNE 28. i- e t- To-day there was a small supply o f wneat at warn' trade slow, and late prices were barely supported. Spring corn inactive, and prices much the same as of late. Wheat, white 56s 62s Beans, Mazagan .. 35s 38a red 52s 68s middle & small.3Bs 42s Barley —s —s Peas, white 38s 42s 0at5........ —F3 —s gray 38s 42s CHELMSFOI The prices of wheat to-day dull. Spring corn at late rate Wheat, oldldwrhedit.e 44;s 7s s 4 55 s new 42s 59s f new 47s bss Barley 30s 39s Chevalier ..30s 42s Grinding 24s 32s Malt.... 61s 67s Chevalier . 64s 69s Oats 22s 29s D-JUNE 27. were rather lower, and trade )s, but a slow sale. Yeas, Partridge- 37s 410 White 39s 42s Boiling .. 41s 440 Dun 36 s 405 Ditto new —s --s Beans, Tick, old 34s 395 new 34s 390 Harrow Ticks 36s 420 new 36s 4 10 Mazagan 32s 400 KIRKCALDY GRAIN—JvNE 28. We had moderate supplies to day of wheat, two pareele, of barley, and a f ew oats. S a l es ready, at an advance of is to 2s per qr on wheat, and barley and oats 6d to is Per qr higher. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....46s Od 2Bs Od I 24s Od Second ..52s Od 31 s :Od 2 5 s Od Third ....60s Od 40 s Od 28s Od COAL Al (rioes of Coal per Ton al ARK ET. the close of the market B. d. Carway and Duffryn Making Do. Anthracite 21 0 Lambert's West Hart- Walls End. s. d. Framwellgate ........ 0 C, / Caradoc ... ..15 K elloe .. ...15 6 South Kelloe. ... .. 15 6 Hetton .... 1 6 6 . .. Trimdon Hartlepool ..15 Hedley 14 0 0 Heugh . . l5 Wharneliffe l4 0 ~ Bre.ddylPs Hetton l5 Cassop ...... 15 9 Hartlepool.. ......... 15 South Hart1ep001...... 14 , 119 ; sold, 55. ley 15 3 North Pelton Gas 12 3 ranfield Moor 13 0 Eden Main 15 0 Walker Primrose 11 6 Buddle' s West Hartley 15 3 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ....15 3 Hastings Hartley 15 3 Cowpen Hartley 15 3 Ships at markel FOR.EIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. 0. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton July via Marseilles July 13. drazil and Cape Verds, by British packet . July t• Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Aug• 01. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.JWY '' via Marseilles ... J 11 1 37 ~' ' Falkland Islands July .. Gibraltar, via Southampton July --' India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 2 ,.-, via Marseilles July lo India (Bombay), via Southampton July '''' via Marseilles July ---• Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton...... July -_-. • via Marseilles ........ July b Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo . ............ .. July 1. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet b y Can PackeatckA..July 2. • by Canadi an P ..... July 10. W.C. of Africa, Madeira and Tenerifie "• June July 3. ...... July 3. Bahamas, via New York ...................... J une 28. Mexico. ......................... .• a , June 28. California, and British C01umbia........ bla _______--------__7_---. All parts of West Indies, i nc lu ra dta.g . C .. ll . ... . l ' .. e . r . u ' 1 _____ -- 13IRTHS. EnsKINE.—On the 27th June, at Victoria-street, West thHearlWeyif-estorfeeSt: minster, the wife of Mai r the Hon. E. T. Erskine, of a son. .n ... the_ ll 2 t 7 h t h e June,29th June, n W e , o o a l t w i 2 c 9 h , , H. Moore, 9 B s q. R.N., of a daughter. Cavendish -square, Mrs. A. C. MacLarenof ) a son. MARRIAGES. MIVI:CLE:::: NKS—COCK ERELL.—On the 28 th June,'at Lower Nor wood,— Walter James, eldest son of James Franks, Esq., o f Upper Norwood, to Lavinia, second daughter of Geo. Joseph Cockerell, Esq., Sheriff of London and Middle sex, of Upper Sydenham-hill, HORNER—Max.—On the 28th June, at St. George' B 9 Bloomsbury, Charles M. Horner, to Jane, the youngest daughter of Mr. Wm. Hale, Kinburn. DEATHS. BUCKINGHAM.—O R the 28th June, at Stowe, Ma l i' Duchess of Buckin g h am and Chandos, aged 66. CARTER.—On the 28th June, at Matlock, Dr. DIA Carter, R.N., of 79, Packington-street, Islington, aged 40. DRAKE.—On the 28th June, at 3, Queen-street, Mayfa ir ' James William Drake, Esq., aged 52. HALL. —.On the 26th June, Mr. Wril. Hall, of 22, King William-street, Strand, aged 55. LEIFCHILD.—On the 29th June at his residence, the Rev' Tii street,E O e 34 p o a Rr Park a rr n , - e John Leif c hild , D .D., aged 82 ' . 62. of 106, F enc hurch-stree t. ° S Robert tthe 28 T t h h r o June ckm ratto Herefordnl, 4 l3 J art. , ag age d W;Lsoisr.—O n the 29th Juno, at 2, Haverstock-terrace, Henry J ames W ilson, Esq , _ LoNnorr : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN,' of N 0.11 2, Strand, P r i nter, at T HE S UN Office N0.11.,y, Strand, in the Precin c t o f the Savoy, in the County •1 N i ddletaex,—Tuesday i July 1, 18"