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ROTT- ' V S :,I' - ----''' able circumstances, as regarded .PAPER GI7ILDITALL, London, lst April, 1862.—A COURT of LORD MAYOR and ALDERMEN having Lett, Summoned to be holden this day, and only the Right Ylonourable Williani Cnbitt, Lord Mayor. ; William Taylor ,Copeland, Esq., Samuel Wilson, Esq., it Prancis Graham Mi.,00, Bart., Thomas Guestml l'innis, l`'.;q., John Carte!, Esq., William Lawrence Esq., `f limas Gabriel, Eso 3 - oh!' Joseph xechi, Esq.„Tames Abbias, Esq., and Ja7.ltei'elarke Lawrence, Esq., Aldermen, being pre-dent, all',l thcy not suffi cient to constitute a Court, n , o bu:.ilne d transacted ; Williani Ander ' mn :no se , Ls°. and Alderman, being in at tendance at the 4usticeroor,i,'Mansion House. WOODTTIORPE. • „1,, 4 ' .. !r" - 1 7- s =der very favour ber of horses run ►rning to midday, had reached the impossible to en .l for an enormous rammed, and that a at an increased acted. Seven races punctually to the won after 5 o'clock, good day's racing ATORII4: ICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. NOTICE. —LADY-DAY RENEWALS. Losses by lire occurring- ire ring the fifteen days of grace are rAade good to the as Aired. ' T 1; e business of Vie Company exceeds .f."( 18,000,000. tBIIA2 d)usty,Taidnto the covernmen . t for . the year !Sf,o . wa . s u amount insuring on tarrrang stock: 9,98 8,368. . A bonus of three -fifths of the profi's periodically made to Parties i nsueAr.4-, who have thus from tine to time received 51Irrrtibs ain oturtli. - r, in the aggregate to 1400,000. 'eliargeP4"tief otherpremium i,rintypealfnoicoescauvielii:orli enrotrheatnurtnhsooe their has nrers. Por pro,pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey -181.74.7: iN,,.o,,r.wich and ti. Cres ‘ cent, -New Biidge-street, Black ....____ " ' N°. 21,765. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENT\ G, APRIL 2, 1862 ning, but rain falling heavily from and commencing again before the starting post for the first race, rei joy thoroughly the excellent spor assemblage of spectators. The stfi portion of it set aside for the higl rate of payment was remarkably and a walk over came to a termi: i t Il i m h e o a p p e p s o o i n f t e finerd , a w n d e a t t h h e e r c r a o n w d d d an if on the morrow. ciBLICATIONs. PRICE..... ~ ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. LIIEI?,ITURE. I THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. is nobody to do anything with it—to keep it together, to hold it as a machine with which to effect any offensive manoeuvres beyond a straight attack in front, or with which to resist an enemy which had once broken their line. If I am asked how do the Western troops gain their successes, am botind to say that I do not know whether they are better than the regiments here, or whether the enemy are worse, a/id commanded by inferior ofkere. Last Monday morning the different divisicirts of the army of the Potetuao marched towards the enemy's position, having received information that the enemy had abandoned it the day before. At Centreville they found only abandoned buts, ruined cantonments, some 30 pieces of wooden artillery, and a strong entrenched camp, defended by earth works and redoubts. At Manassas they came upon an undefended position, weak by nature and not defended by art. The seven miles of road between Centreville and Manassas was a Slough of Despond, and it was evident the enemy had no proper trans port for the support of their army at Centreville as soon as they got beyond the reach of their railway at Manassas. They were as little capable of me nacing Washington as the Vederale were of advanc ing upon Richmond for the last two months. A .cord arag-ree4,- • “-ali:ee, ith- deed horses;' lig One of our Crimean staff officers remarked of a similar piece on the plateau of Sebastopol, was the only commu nication they had between the two positions. At Manassas were traces of ample stores ; at Centre ville there was nothing. Much indignation was expressed at the escape of the enemy. " Here is an army of 15 divisions, each at least 8,500 strong, with 46 batteries of field artil lery, and any number of cavalry, which has permitted a miserable corps of 30,000 or 40,000 men to challenge, mock, delude, and escape it.' One of the papers says,—" Our men cried when they saw the wooden guns." As there were no means of feeding the army at Centreville or at Manassas—still less further on—it was considered undesirable to pursue the enemy southwards and keep them moving towards Richmond or beyond it. The tracks were, it is said, torn up, the bridges and culverts were destroyed. But Richmond is not more than 80 miles or so, as the crow flies, from Manassas, or four ordinary marches. European armies have often to carry five days' food. The cavalry sent out under General Stoneman came upon a strong rearguard of the enemy near the Warrenton Junction, 25 miles south of the Manassas deed, according to English notions, but the Parrott guns are not so heavy as our own. The men had no pickets for the horses ; they were secured by the throat lash to one long rope, passing through the spokes of tho wheels of the gun carriages, and fastened at each etia to the outer wheel of the gun on the right and left of the line. Another battery, however, used large upright forked sticks as pieNts, the rope passing in the forks and being secured ai each end in the ground. The American horses are so quiet that heel ropes are not required, or, at all events, used. The men were cooking or trenching through the mud ; their great coats hung up to dry on the caimans and carriages, which were also covered with harness. One battery was provided with black oilshins, which they stretched, tent form, over sticks; others made an abri of about 6 feet long, 21 feet wide, and a foot and a-half high, looking like large beetles at a distance. Inside, men were supposed to be re- The Red Track. By Gustave Aimard. Ward and Lock, Fleet-street. However opinions may differ as to the truth of M. Aimard tales, there can be no doubt that with those who delight in narrative of adventure in the far West, they are highly popular. Multitudes who never killed a sparrow revel in the description of a life and death struggle with a grizzly bear, and those who would fly in the utmost terror from an excited cow can sympathise to any extent with the hero's unlimited slaughter of his fellow-crea tures. The present work is the last of the series comprising "The Tiger Slayer," "The Gold Seekers," and " The Indian Chief," all which should, of course, have been previously read. It narrates the vengeance Valentine took on General Guerrero for the murder of his friend, the Count de Prebois Crance, and give the results of the Tigrero's search for his beloved Dona Anita. The following extract will sufficiently indicate the style : A MEXICAN NODIMMAN. i t Now listen ) senores," he said, "and judge this man impartially ; but do net judge him according to prairie law, but in your hearts. General Don Sebastian Guerrero, who is standing so bold and upright before you at this moment, is one of the greatest noblemen of Mexico, a Christian vieio' of the purest blood, descended in a direct line from the Spanish Conquistadors. His fortune is im mense, incalculable, and he himself could not determine its amount. This man, by the mere strength of hie will, and the implacable egotism that forme the basis of his character, has always succeeded in evgvthing h t ha s undortATT., resolutely =mucus, no has covered with. corpses the bloody r o ad he wa3 compelled to follow in order to attain hin proposed object, an d h e h as d one so without hesitation or remorse; he has looked on with a smiling face when his dearest friends and his nearest relations fell by his side; for him nothing which men respect exists— faith and honour are with him but empty sounds. He had a daughter, who was the perfection of women, and he coldly lacerated th a t d aug ht er ' s h ear t ; he fatally drove her to suicide, and the blood of the poor girl spirted on his forehead, while he was triumphantly witnessing the legal murder of the man she loved, and whose death he resolved on, because he refused to palter with his honour, and aid this man in the infamous treachery he was meditating. This human-faced tiger, this monster with the mocking, sceptical face, you see, senores, has only one thought, one object, one desire—it is, to attain the highest rank, even if, to effect it, he were compelled to clamber over the panting corpses of his relations and friends sacrificed to his ambition ; and if he cannot carve out an in dependent kingdom in this collapsing republic, which is called Mexico, he wishes to seize, at least, on the supreme magistracy, and be elected president. If this man's life merely comprised this egotistic ambition and these infa mous schemes to satisfy it, I should content myself with de spising instead of hating him, and not being able to find an excuse for him, I should forget him. But no; this man has done more—he dared to lay hands on a man who was my friend, my brother, the Count de Prebois Crance, to whom I have already referred, senores, without mentioning his name. Unable to conquer the count loyally, despairing of winning him over to his shameful cause, he at first tried to poison him; but, not having succeeded, and wishing to come to an end, he forgot that his daughter, an angel, the sole creature who loved him, and implored divine mercy for him, was the betrothed wife of the count, and that killing him would be her condemnation t o d ea th . I n hi s horrible thirst for revenge, he ordered the judicial murder of my friend, and coldly presided at the execution, not noticing, in the joyous deliverence of his satisfied hatred, that his daughter had killed herself at his side, and that he was ' trampling her corpse beneath his horse's feet. Such is what this man has done ; look at him well, in order to re cognise him hereafter; he is General Don Sebastian Guer rero, military governor of Sonora." MR. J. E. READE'S NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vols., S ATURDAY STERNE, By JOHN EDMUND MEADE. A lso now ready, in 2 vols., CAN WRONG BE RIGHT ? By MRS. S. C, TrALL. Trial St a k es, 10 soya eac h , w ith 4-yr• olds, Bst 9lb ; 5-y r -old: aged, 9st 31b. O ne m il e . C ount de Lagrange's Arcadia, 3 Mr. Sutten'sMan-at-Arms, 5 y 1;:won Rothschild's Kin g o f Di a Lora . Uxbri4lge's General Hesse. and Waters Aurelian. The fe: l lowii . '_g also ran :—Will 100 to 15 ag s t M an -Ct-A. L .mF ) Lo y p e ca tt t i ctel, 5 A- to ur 2 ell i ::: . to and 100 to 12 agst Arcadi , - . Will- o'- the-Wisp jumped eff fell, but was immediately passaL Aurelian, the next three being Man-at-Arms, Precursor and Kin up the rear. Onrising out of the disappeared, and King of Diamv. Arms, advanced towards the front. importance took place until they cute) Arcadia joined the leaders and soon a running. At the distance she was not again caught. An exciting rack ning by a length, a head each sop-it and fourth. Aurelian, about two Lopcatcher sixth, and Will-o'-the-11 sor and Waterwitch were Rl' I Nene Handicap, of :0 t sows Eden. 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Des Vceux's Snapshot, . 3.:yr olds, 7st ; j 0-yr-olds and Hurst and Illackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 0 - hinter) • • (C;iit!tc, ner) 2 i yrs (OsbuTne) 3 (Rovrs) 4 -Wisp, PrecuNsor, THE GAS 'LIGHT and COKE COMPANY. 0111:,!e---Iforseferry-road, Westminster. ~,,11.pursuarree of the l'rovisions of the Act 50 Geo. 111. cap. 401, intitule.d "An Act for granting certain Pow , Jrs and be A to a Company to be incorporated by i Tnarter, to ;1(! called , The Gas Light and Coke ())mpany,' for making; „,-" ,, f1 „ 4,11 /r..able Air for the and of the Street's of the Metro vA"us 'And for procuring' Coke, Oil, Tar, l'.tch, Asphaltum, ,7„toTh:olliacal Liquor, and Essential Oit. from Coal, and for Z.ll-4,Q --e purposes relating•thereto," Noti's - ,e is Hereby Given, by 4 on behalf of the Directors, of the Gas Light and Coke Co that it is the intention bf thc, said Directors, at the fly ~ „ fist General Meeting next, after the expiration of twenty c)lle days from the date of this, Notice, to declare forfeited the ?toldPndernientioned Shares, standing hi the Register of Share ers of the said Compalry in the names following, in c9n .„ - Itll,.°4llaeimnc:_ uonfptahied oarll4t, .Ic, made upon suchdShmaroensttasvainna W ards ct from the dap space of three l .aat IS tO say : appointed fortheepnayarment thereof, Nos. I , F OURTH CAPITAL. Of Shares, 17DINBURGII REVIEW, No. CCXXXIV.— AD VEitTISEMENTS intended for insertion are ro. quested to be forwarded to thePublishersiinmediately. Ad. vertiseinents and Bills cannot be received later than WED. NkitipAY next. London: Longman and Co., 14, Lurlgate-hill. agst. WaterwiteE, Preparing for immediate publication, in fcp. Bvo., pSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRIES, Part II.; being a Series of Essays intended to illustrate some points In the Physical and Moral History of Man. By Sir BENJAMIN C. BRODIE, Bart., D.C.L.,V.V.U.5., Corresponding member of the Inst,tute of France, &c London : Longman, Green, Long - man, and Roberts. he moment the flag eneral Hesse and ch, Arcadia, and monds bringing the-Wisp had ring Man-at her change of .7aight, when took up the . 14 1 vance, and ..r e,%dia win• thir( l , wa s fifth, nth. grtscur asing the pest. a‘epp.te •4 5 r7A-, ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF LORD MACALLAY'S LAYS OF posing. Others had tents on the French system, eon . slating of three parts, each carried by a man, and when put together sheltering them tolerably if not de stroyed by holes for stove pipes, &c. The pieces here were all 3-inch and 31. inch Parrotts, except in a bat tery of brass Napoleon 12-pounders. Proceeding on wards through a cavalcade of sold;v, of different regiments mingled together, of F nom ;he greater part were going toward.; Alexandria, on the top of the hill we came to a brigade of M'Call's division, which was taking ground to the right of the road. They had marched about 14 miles, and it was evident that many of them were dead beat. Many fell out and sat by the roadside. Others limped slowly after, or were piled up in the covered waggons. There is no uniformity of knapsack in the United States' army, and of the great variety of pattern I have seen none which appears at all desirable. Big, shapeless, flat bags in oilskin, loaded with coats and blankets, do duty for neat, compact, well-arranged sacks, though there are exceptions in some regiments to that remark. The men suffered evidently from bad packing, but still more perhaps from their having been permitted to march in their great coats. Their trousers were worn out at the ends from the mud, their boots run down at the heel or broken, and the flapping looped hats, the most hideous " war bonnet" ever con trived, looked limp and mouldy from the rain. But there were the men inside, mostly stout, fine young fellows, capable of any service, if well led, camp. of th T e he a l r i m m y its a o s f t m h y ey le a t p tc p r ea a r re ed curtailed by circumstances, or I had much to say of the yester after a little experience. It was a trial for men so troops r o o n o g p s i n and ROME. New Edition, price 21m, cloth, or 425. in morocco by Heyday, LORD MACAULAY'S LAYS o f ANCIENT ROHE. 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It has been published, moreover, for a charitable purpose, and will doubtless meet, as it deserves, with a consider able sale. The Cornhill. That " Philip" has made a stride this month is unquestionable, but we doubt if he has advanced much in the good graces of the reader. He is now married and has a child, but quarrels with and in sult his employer, who has treated him with civility and invited him to dinner. In fact, he behaves very much like a snob—some would use a harsher term. " Brown, Jones, and Robinson" no longer bore us with their struggles," and we are thankful to be at length delivered from " Agnes of Sorrento." The tale called "A Fit of Jealousy" is well written, and has a good moral. "Fire-dump and its Vic tims" treats of that scourge of the mines. The physiological paper is, as usual, excellent. It is styled " The Brain and its Uses," and thus con cludes : The invention of towns were a pure gain to humanity, if due admixture of the country life can be secured. And to obtain this advantage for our labouring populations is one of the great tasks of our age. Our physiology teaches us that the vice and misery of our great towns can never be combated successfully in the strongholds which they have made their own, and fortified for ages—the courts and alleys where the poisonous atmosphere combines with all hateful sights and sounds at once to deaden and to irritate the ner vous sensibility. From the continued breathing of a vitiated atmosphere inevitably arises either apathy or a craving for intoxicating drinks; in all probability, each in turn. The dark blood, accumulating in the vessels, at first acts as an irritant, and then reduces the organs to a state of lowered activity ; both conditions alike exciting the taste for poison ous doses of alcohol. To deliver the brains of the industri ous poor from these oppressive demons of bad air and hate ful sights, were a task worthy of the highest ambition. Nor is it foreign to our theme. For of all work for the idle, or change for those who have been overborne by their own pressing cares, what but a genuine interest in the pains and aspirations of those who need our aid comes nearest to the true "use of the brain ?" The article called " First Beginnings" discusses the preliminary signs of insanity. That "On Growing Old" speaks of the compensations brought by :Id vancing years. In "The Inner Life of a Hospital" we have a description of the management of one of the great London establishments ; and Mr. Thacke ray, in his Roundabout Paper, " The Notch on the Axe," treats his readers to a hit of mystification. Moreover, in this number he resigns his post. His farewell address appeared last week in 2he Sll2l. Duffy's Hibernian Sixpenny Magazine. The article in the present number which claims the merit of utility, is that on " Canada and Ire land." The writer has evidently a strong feeling against this country, is deeply impressed with the wrongs of his own, advises his countrymen to escape bondage by emigrating to Canada, and looks forward with faith and hope to the time when that colonywill be a great Irish Rep u bli c, or Empire, we are not sure which. The tal es compr i se " The out. q uarters of St. Andrew's Priory," "Th e Two Lenores," and "Pains and Penalties." There is an essay "Norse, and tkelic Popul ar T a l us, " and under the on head of " An Ugly Subject" we h ave a disquisition upon ancient and modern poisons. Illustrated Dublin Journal. This, which seems a compromise between the old Penny Magazine and the cheap illustrated journals of the day, contains tales by Gerald Griffin and Blanchard Jerrold, with numerous minor articles. Prominent among them are descriptions and illus trations of Irish Ruins, and various interesting localities. EXTENSIVE FIRES. - -Yesterday morning a fire, in a comparatively brief space of time, laid in ruins the Crown and Sceptre Tavern, Woolmore- street, Poplar. The adjoin ing house, let out in tenements, has also sustained damage by fire, and the poor occupants were uninsured.—A fire also took place in the premises belonging to Mr. Gentle, a grocer and tea dealer, carrying on business in Pembrook-road, Waltham-stow. Fortunately the building and contents were ineured in the Imperial Fire-office. 'rem the Special Correspondent of the Tithes.) The enemy hating retired from Manassas and fallen back behind W wThinenyinhgadiata;onthaey "bloodlesscould t A he SHINGTON, MARCH 17. obvious that the Federals could not pursue them, in t n capable e themyfiiotefl d s . pursuit pl The ain had t a h n e g y e t h r l%l a oct: d daP i hha d tana i Confederates indignation eb a ' ktteone:: It I f i: t l h o al beaten e m am m s e se victory," but if, after e o s f p the a i N I y e rvtehxeerdn becausep a pe rs were found in the embrasuairstesu, y over were the deraapwt capture drawing re of th e wor k s b y a "Yankee reco ludicrous. innwnbh oei cthrr oflnvwg e ropeoa dpr wooden They yno probably huba guns y placed there to decei ve any es e off' their forces. They are facetious e et e i n o e u m s pedlar."Ge n. M'Clellan But, omitting w i for theitrismuee.anHy He must allusions to this matt er , l et us speculate as to the course will now pursue. fight, and that as speedily a s he can. All his army is falling back on Alexandria and Washington, for the purpose of making an attack on Richmond. It has been discovered that Manassas does not lead to Richmond. Those who at al) a remember what has been written in these columns may recollect that in 1111,1q-Aupf ur •tured to exoe press an opinion - th a t Fortress Monroe was the true base of operations against Richmond. If Norfolk falls, the Confederates cannot hold their capital; and if Richmond is taken, Norfolk is ren dered untenable. The possession of Suffolk would endanger Norfolk and the whole line of positions, of which it is in some sort the key- Burnside may be feeling his way there, but nothing is now known of his movements. He has received reinforcements, and is probably waiting to concert movements for his advance with the corps about to take the field in a new direction. The strategy now proposed, recognising the importance of a vital blow at Rich mond, will in all likelihood be this :—A feint will be made on Norfolk with that ee ; ob• t JGeneral Heintzleman, who is now embarking his corps at Alexandria, will land with a strong force under the guns of Fortress Monroe, and make every appear ance of preparing to dash upon Norfolk on the flank, cutting the line of railroad. This feint it is expected will draw from Richmond a large number of the Confederate troops. Heintzlenaan's feint will be aided by the assembling of a larger force afloat, with gunboats, steamers, tugs, & e., near Fortress Monroe. When all is ready, and the enemy have been drawn to Norfolk in sufficient numbers, Heint zleman, suddenly turning his face from Norfolk, towards the North, will march straight up the peninsula which is formed by the James River and the York River upon Richmond, while M'Clellan, with a corps of some 35,000 or 40,000 men, advances on a parallel line from the side of the York River. Some such plan will be followed, I have reason to believe, from what I have q heard. - - 1 0 me it see ms open to most serious objections of various kinds; but it has the great plea of necessity. What if the Merrimac comes out of Norfolk and smashes the whole flotilla in detail or in gross ? It is said that steps have been taken to provide against that fearful sortie. What they are no one knows except those who have taken them. But I sincerely hope they may be more effectual than the plan of firing shells filled with cayenne pepper at her, which has been • proposed to the President, in the hope of choking and sneezing off the men at the guns ! What if the Confederates destroy Burnside's farce, and then, having the rail from Norfolk to Richmond, through Suffolk and Petersburg, secure, throw themselves upon the detached expedition which has to march some 74 or 78 miles from Newport News to Rich mond, either going by Great Ilath44, rtierrrtreti:ROTßOirraNnity - l'eoafFtireli feet and gun ta.ta,-orAtsging the shore, and tn th at ease en - t•Prfig lintienge'dilTotilties from cretins. 4,, crossed, from marshes, and from such rivers as the Warwick and Chickahomaney ! However, no one can foresee what may take place. As the man who first told me that he had seen the President's own draught of a despatch refusing to give up Mason and Slidell, and approved it thoroughly, was a day afterwards in raptures with Mr. Seward's surrender of them, represents vast masses of people in the States, so has he among soldiers his type in the general who always disapproves what is done, and praises that which cannot or will not be done. Be fore this despatch leaves Boston the wires may be charged with the news that General M'Clellan has ceased to command even the army of the Potomac. The outcry of the Abolitionists is furious ; sup ported by the public disappointment, and by their increasing strength, they will make a victim of a Breckenridge pro-Slavery Democrat,, as they say the General is, if they can. Every word /le says or writes is canvassed and criticised. Even his proclamation, which need not be overloaded with eulogy, offends them, because he appears in it to de plore the war. " Sad ; not a bit of it—great and glorious war !" The most absurd intentions are attributed to him. It is whispered that he designs to make himself Dictator. With this end in view he has surrounded himself with foreign princes and nobles that he may be the nucleus of a Court. He cannot send a small cavalry escort across the river with his wife's carriage without provoking cen sure and jealousy. Much of this feeling has been caused by the odious adulation and nauseous flat tery of those who sought to gain his favour call ing him ridiculous names, and comparing him to "young Napoleon" and " old Fritz," to " Julius Caesar," " Alexander," and even " Hercules." Ge neral M'Clellan appears to me to be really a mo dest man, one to whom such slaver must be loath some in the last degree. Whatever his political principles may be, he is not likely to aim at any place higher than that he has lost—the command of the United States army, for his ambition is that of a soldier. It is positively asserted in a Washington paper that he will be deposed, and that General Sumner will succeed him. General Banks has been summoned here from Western Virginia. All is commotion in the political and military world. It is known toe wall that Mr. Secretary Stanton has formed au unfavourable opinion of General M'Clel lan, and does not hesitate to pronounce him a failure. A witty Minister here said some time ago " The Americans have two generals—one is physically dead ; the other is not yet born." When reminded of his saying lately he exclaimed " The last has been born since, but he turns out to be an abortion." All this is in the last degree unfair. I have received no courtesy—scarcely indeed ordinary civility from General M'Clellan, owing in all probability to his dread of such censure as was directed against him because he was reported to have taken Inc with him in a ride through the lines of the army last August; but in justice I must say that ho has done that which few others I have met with in the United States could have effected. His defect may bo that he regards matters with a microscopic eye through a military fleldglass. He does not consider what the political effect of this or of that movement or delay may be, nor does he act on comparisons of forces. But his difficulties have been great. To sum them up in two words, he has no military organisation ; up to a short time ago he had no army. That which he now commands is for certain purposes of war not an army, even now. General M'Clellan felt that as well as any one, but he erred perhaps in considering that the enemy were better than himself in that respect. Let us look into this matter a little more closely. The excellent material of the rank and file of the American army i 3 admitted. Recently there has been a marked improvement in their look on parade and in their brigade field•days. Dressed in line, or moving in field evolutions, ono was forced to admire their steadiness, their fine appear ance, and the change in discipline and aid which had apparently been effected in so short a time But still, from what I saw yesterday, I am led to think that for certain purposes of war this enormous force is not an army, properly so called. It has no co hesion, no internal organisation, no Generals—there Junction, and they were also met at Rappahannock, where the railroad crosses the north fork of the river of that name. While the cavalry were en gaged in making these reconnoissances, in which they encountered great impediments from the nature of the country, and had a slight skirmish with the enemy, the infantry and guns were falling back on their old positions, or moving back to Alexandria. Under ordinary circumstances it would be consi dered discreditable to any officer in Europe to have allowed his enemy to retire under such circum stances ; but when one remembers the want of ex perience of those in the Quartermaster-General's department, who should have made themselves acquainted with the enemy's position and move ments, the fact will appear less inexcusable. In deed, the Quartermaster-General's department is not charged with this duty in the United States' army, and if it be not discharged by the topographi cal engineers or the Generals it is left to itself. How many abortive attempts were made could not be counted on both hands. The utter want of dash on the part of the cavalry, and, indeed, gene rally, has been noticed on both sides. It proceeds from want of confidence in their leaders on the part of the volunteers. The regular cavalry were trea sured up like gold. They were too valuable to be risked in reconnoitring in brushwood, and so it Was LUIIL uu it - usw, •ao rat - Lib WV tau - ever gained of the force of the enemy or of their movements till they had all taken flight bag and baggage, and left even their upper batteries on the Potomac under the very eyes of the troops on the other side, and of the gunboats on the river, before they were aware of it. The same want of enter prise on the part of the South forbids the expecta tion of brilliant, sudden, and dashing movements on their part ; otherwise, what could prevent their falling upon Banks as soon as the mass of the Fede rals had moved off from Washington, overwhelming him, and then coming right down on the capital from the Maryland side, and checkmating the move against Richmond ? Nothing to be sure, but defi ciency of means and skill, perhaps of men. The secret and open dissatisfaction with M'Clellan, based on his inaction, has found a means of ex pressing itself. It was rumoured that he had only been forced to march by the orders of the President, who had deposed him from the command of the army as soon as he got him in the field, and who did not acquaint him with his intentions except through the medium of a newspaper. The Secre tary of War was reported to be displeased also. Out issues into the field the sub-committee of that terrible investigating Congressional borer which digs into the " conduct of the war." They satisfy themselves the enemy had few or no heavy guns, and less than 50,000 men at any time of their stay at Manassas. The wooden cannon distress them. They have, it is said, drawn up a report most damnatory of the military conduct of Gen. M'Clellan, and the Republican organ in this city positively announces that he will be deprived of all command. After issuing his address to the troops General M'Clellan came back to Washington. Next day, as his columns were returning to their camps, there descended such a storm of rain as only falls here and in parts of India. All Saturday and all through the night it beat on the drenched regiments and turnedithe earth beneath their feet into viscuons paste. In company with Colonel Wetherall (chief of the Staff in Canada), who has been attracted here by the desire of seeing the vast army which his neighbours have put in the field, I rode over to p h u a t v e th a em look tu a , t a t u h d e l m m en u . st I s t a N,eretest yesterday to ywatshaat,seif magnificent in material," as Gen. M'Clellan says, they are not so " admirable in discipline ;" that, if " excellently armed," they are not so well equipped. On approaching Alexandria, through very hard bits of causeway here and there cut into pools filled with mud, soldiers, armed and unarmed, were sauntering along the roads or making their way with painful efforts to join their regiments. The streets were full of them also. Mud, of course, was to be ex pected, and where it once caught, there it lay. A field battery, which had just returned, was posted round a church, the horses yet uncleaned, the guns covered with mud. The wharves and quays of Alexandria were full of life; hundreds of waggons passing to and fro with warlike stores to the river side, where a fleet of steamers is lying to receive them, and the army corps, which is embarking there. The men did not seem in good spirits; indeed, some had indulged in very bad ones, though it is just to admit that there were not more than a dozen cases of " drunk and incapable " to be seen by the roadside. Turn ing towards the Seminary, which stands very much in relation to Alexandria as the Observatory to Greenwich, though the intervening plane space is far wider in the former, every hill, every hollow, all the slopes and wood sides were covered w ith camps and bivouacs, artillery and infantry and commissariat carts all mingled togethr2r, while enormous trains of white tilted waggons crept up and down the mud tracks, and disappeared over the hill tops among the trees, or were lost in the streets of the city. Along all the roads, all over the coun try, were soldiers in blue gray overcoats, bedraggled trousers, toddling or stumbling or splashing along in single files or in groups ; no officers' staff or re gimental brigade, divisional or officious, to give auy one orders, or to get anything into shape. Turning into a field where were four batteries of artillery, we had symptoms of want of uniform system, though not of efficiency. The horses were light, in of soldiers ;" that in defence or in line it is not to be despised by any troops; that it is unmanageable and ill organised; that in matters of detail, such as the service of small ammunition in the field—de- tails of vital importance—it is miserably deficient; but that with service and experience the Americans have all the means of becoming a most formidable military Power. THE PRESTON ELECTION. As this election approaches the agitation of local politicians increases. The walls of the town are completely covered with squibs eus and encniottnaa sr p t eii l avr a nve c ia a os t r nifi d v —se. agricul tural sa The thd religious On e c ns r c e tr e hi d be e o od f t ha M se r r a . h i Melly—unitarianism—is hand, l e, object of great attack on th e p ar t o f the Comma districts, or of carrot and turnip growing coin yravaAles. Rumours of bribery are very rife, and the impression on au blava avßeav% to be that money will play an important part on the dap Oreie - atroff. - - On Sunday, it is reported, the Conservatives engaged • an immense staff of men to distribute at all the Catholic chapels in the town a small circular or handbill, addressed "To the Catholic Electors of Preston," and to the effect that Mr. Melly belonged to the Liberal and revolutionary party ; that the Liberals were the active, determined, and energetic supporters of revolution throughout Europe ; that they were at this moment engaged in a great war against the Catholic Church. When the facts were known to the priests, they protested against the circulars, and condemned in very heavy terms the distribution of them. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Liverpool, who had come specially to preach that day at St. Augustine's Catholic Church, denounced the distribution as a gross, unfair, and mean politi cal trick, and totally at variance with the legitimate rules of electioneering. On Monday night, Mr. Melly addressed a large meeting of the electors in the Theatre Royal, Mr. Aspinall, the Recorder of Liverpool, was present, and likewise addressed the assemblage.—Manchester Guardian. COLONIAL EXPENDITURE. The Estimates for the colonial, consular, and other foreign services have been issued, and show an increase to be voted this year of nearly a quarter of a million—from £689,283 to £937,400. Two new possessions make their appearance. There is a charge of £55,000 to defray expenses consequent upon the resumption of Vancouver's Island from the Hudson's Bay Company by the Crown ; but no details whatever are given, and there is no account of the probable annual charge. The other new name is Lagos, our newest possession, ceded in August by its King to the British Crown ; there is a charge of £5OO for a governor, £2,500 for contingencies, and £l,OOO for pension to the ex-King Docemo. Of old votes increased in amount the most notable is that for loss sustained in supplying the Treasury chest in China—viz., the discount on bills drawn at Hong Kong upon the Treasury, and loss on dollars remitted from this country to China; this charge, for China alone, rises from the large sum of £118,138 last year to no less than £221,611. The vote for British Caffraria, which was £27,000 in 1860, and £15,000 in 1861, falls now to £lO,OOO ; the Governor reports that the territory cannot yet support the whole cost of its administration. But there is another and more remarkable vote of £79,193 for that part of the world. Of it the sum of £57,420 is demanded for paying extraordinary expenses incurred to meet a threatened Caffre war in 1857 and subsequent years ; for three successive years a large excess of expenditure beyond the sums voted by Parliament was incurred on the responsibility of the late Governor of the Cape, and is now to be made good. The remaining sum, £21,773, is to meet advances made to the Cape from the Treasury chest, chiefly for Caffre police in 1846 and several following years. These advances were made by the Colonial authorities without the sanction of the Home Government; a pplications for repayment were at first made, but it is now years since the Treasury announced tha t they would not insist on immediate repayment , and, as not hi ng further seems ever to have been do ne, the farce of treating this as a loan and an a sset no longer to be kept up, and it becomes practically a grant made without the authority of Parliament: Of the other votes in this class of th e Estimates it will suf fi ce to 1 1 , mention that there are some reductions, am ong for Jii itp,h Columbia. (from £17,800 to £ 9,000 ) , r.nd for Lnhunn (from £8,014 to £4,374). There is charwe of y 57 50 for re pairsto residence at "'chin ; £1,500 them the chnrg cs for the inquiry into the finances of Tin hey ; £l7 for entertainment on board the Hannibal of the Rev. J. Costa, a political refugee, from Naples to Malta ; and a host of such miscellaneous items. TIIE CONTEST FOR TILE COMMON COUN CILSPIIP.- yesterday, at 4 o'clock, the poll of the ward of Coleman street, for the election of a common councilman, in the room of Mr. Deputy Davies, was declared by the Alderman of the ward to haye resulted in favour of Mr. Hobson. , Grinlshau, Mr. T. Cliff's Estrelda, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (H. Taylor) •1 Mr. P. Beresford's Titmouse, 3 yrs. Est 81b (Colo) 5 Mr. T. Stevens's Snowdrop colt, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Pearson) 6 netting-6 to 4 agst Ellerton, 2to 1 agst Snapshot, and 6 to 1 agst any other. After three failures the flag was lowered, and on rising the hill Snapshot, Estrelda, and The Priest were seen in front, with .Ellerton close up next the rails. At tho dis tance Ellerton took the lead, was not again overhauled, and won cleverly by a length. Snapshot was a bad third. The Snowdrop colt was fractious at the post, got badly off, and was last throughout. Her Majesty's Plate of 106 guineas, 3-yr-olds, 7st 91b ; 4-yr-olds, 9st 71b; ,10st ; 6-yr•olds and :aged, lOst 21b. Two miles. Count Batthyany's Loiterer, 5 yrs .0. (Wells) r Mr. Fobert's Oldminster, 4 yrs Lord St. Vincent's Necromancer, 4 yrs (Hibberd) 3 Baron Rothschild's Mahallah, 3 yrs Mr, Pilling's Moorcock, 6 yrs (j . ,, Osborne 5 Betting-5 to 4 agst Oldminster, 4to 1 agst and 7 to 1 agst Loiterer. Loiterer made the whole of the running, with Oldbinster and Moorcock lying second and third until they reaclled the turn for home, where Moorcock was beaten, and IN recro mancer supplied his phiee. A tremendous race from the half distance ended in favour of Loiterer by a neck; a neck a 12 9 separating the third from the ,second. The Pytchley Stakes of 5 sows each, with 40 sous added.' Optional selling weights and allowances. Five furlongs, stright. Baron Rothschild's Walpole, 3 yrs, sst .101 b (£3O) (Carroll) 1 Mr. E. Thomas's Castor Oil, 3 yrs, sst 71b (1:30) (S. Adams) 2 Mr. Roberts's St. Bernard, 3 yrs, Est (£6O) (Whiteley) 3 The following also ran :—Grasshopper, Disappointment, Scorpion, and Reverie. Betting--7 to 2 each agst Castor Oil and Walpole, and G to 1 agst any other. St. Bernard and Disappointment lay in front until they nearly reached distance, when Walpole and Castor Oil headed them. A slashing race then took place, which Wel- , pole won by a head, a length separating the .second and third. The winner was sold to Mr. Fuller for 211,' guineas. Castor Oil was claimed by Roberts, and Reverie by Mr. E. Thomas. The Great Northamptonshire Stakes of 100 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 25 80178 each, 15 ft. 106 subs, 50 of whom paid 5 sovs forfeit. The second received 25 so out of the stakes. Two miles. Sir W. Booth's Stampedo, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (Fordham) I Mr. Osborne's Rapparee 4 yrs, 7st (Challoner) 2 Baron Niviere' a Finlande, 4 yrs, 7st 51b Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran ;--echioza, Mc , Monk, Paul Clif ford, Plumper, Prince Plausible, West End, x.k,' Dorking, Magnum Bonum, Carisbrook, Watchfire, Dusk , Breechloader, Keane, Incitatus, Sappho, and Wild Duck. Betting-4 to I twat Prince Plausible, 9to 2 agot Dusk fi to 1 agst West End, 8 to 1 agst Rapparee, 10 to 1 agst Schism, 100 to 7 ti,v;st Stsanvecio,loo to C., azg. Moult, 20 to 1 agat ZU - ppho, 25 to - 1 each agot Finlande, Watchfire, And Carisbrook, and 1,000 to 30 agst Plump e r. Alter four times breaking away, the lot got off on pretty , good terms with each other, and Keane immediately set off' with the running at a great pace. On passing the stand ho was first by four lengths, the next four being Carisbrook, Wild Duck, Watchfire, and Prince Plausible. Then came Rapparce, Schism, and Finlande, with Stampedo at the head of the ruck, the last two being West End and Wom bat. Keane increased his lead round the top turn, but resigned it to Wild Duck at the Milepost, where Carisbrook disappeared from the front and Schism took fourth place, the tail being already much extended. On coming out of the dip Wild Duck and Watchfire were the first two ; atter going a few strides further Schism was beaten, and Stam pedo advanced towards the leading two, of whom he dis posed as they entered the Straight; Rapparee and Finlande next quitted their horses and came up the straight nearly abreast of Stampedo. An interesting race then took place,. which Stampedo won easily by a length, Rapparee beating Finlande by a head for second money. The Monk was fourth, Plumper fifth, and Watchfire sixth. The rest came straggling in, the last five being Prince Plausible, Schism, Incitatus, Paul Clifford, and Keane. Whittlebury Stakes of 15 sous each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds and 3-yr-olds. About throe-quarters of a mile, straight. Mr. Naylor's Biondolla, 3 yrs, Bst (51b allowed) (Challoner) 1 Lord Stamford's Sanita, 2 yrs, Gst bib (Grey) 2 Captain Lane's Bluemantle, 2 yrs, Gst 81b (Daley) 3 The following also ran :—Birdhill, Baliverne, Brahmin, Exchequer, Morocco, Staple Oak, and Miss Penhill. Betting-5 to 1 each agst Brahmin, Biondella, and Smits, and 6 to 1 each agst Birdhill and Morocco. A capital start took place, and all ran abreast to tho straight, when Biondella took a clear lead, Bluemantlo and Brahmin lying next. Sanita took second place at the dis tance, but was unable to reach Biondella, who won in a ran ter by four lengths, a neck sopartaing the second and third. The Stand Plato of 50 soya (Handicap). One mile. Mr. Lincoln's Nightingale, 5 yrs, Bst (Gardner) I Mr. E. Thomas's Dux, 3 yrs, Est 91b . (Midgley) 2 Mr. Saville's Vertumna, 3 yrs, Est 21b (T. French) 3 Mr. Logan's Lustre, 6 yrs, Bst (H. Taylor) 4 Nightingale Mr. Johnstone's Misty Morn, aged, B s t 81b .. (Cl ement ) 5 Baron Rothschild's Spark, 3 yrs, 7 s t' .. (D a l ey) G made strongrunning, agst withMisty and and Vertumna, toeach n Lustre next. After rounding the bend for home, DIM drew towards Nightingale, but was'never quite able to get her head in front. A fine race past the stand was won by Nightingale by a head, Vertumna being a bad third. Handicap Plate of 30 Boys, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each. 4 subs. Spencer Plate Course. Mr. Flutter's Priest, 3 yrs, 7st 61 b. ..... (W. Cotton) w.o. EARL SPENCER'S i'L r (o A ff T e ß red) n) sto 2 agst Maid of 7to 1 agst 13iondolla ( ) (take 100 to 8 agst Dictator 100 to 8 agst spicebox (taken) 100 to S agst Confidence (taken) 100 to 6 Br' t Lord of the Manor (taken) 10 0 ) agst Fravola (taken) 20 to 1 agst Rockle y ( taken ) 20 LATEST 1 agst Longshot (taken) to 25 to 1 agst Lopeatcher (taken) THE DERRY. 7to 1 agst Buckstone (taken) 30 to 1 agst Malek (tak en t o win several thousand CITY AND SUEU RBAN. 9to 1 agst S u b ur b an BETTING. 10 to 1 agst Vest colt (taken) 100 to S agst Phantoni (taken freely) TWO. THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Old Calabar (taken) sto 1 agst Marquis (taken) PUGILIShL DEPAIITURE OF J. C. IijEIAN FOR ENGLAND:—There is every probability of our having another international con test for the championship of tho world. The redoubtable " Penicia Boy," we are informed front a let ter dated Nov York, March 19, was to sail in the City of Washington on &tin! day, March 22. The object of his visit will he to tlst the prowess of Jem Mace, the present champion of England, and his right to hold the belt. We have already informed our readers that it was the " Boy's" intention to visit Eng., land to witness the Exhibition in May, and wo understand he has entered into an engagement with a circus company. Heenan is in good health, and looks well, and will be ac. companied by his brother, who is, if anything, of more gigantic proportions than the "Benicia Boy" himself.--, Sporting Life. A deputation respecting the Malt Duties had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street., .. 10,0064 ,N 0k.k fe„. r la