The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-04 00:00:00

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ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Propr i e t o r and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. This EVelaiTl?-, MAZEPPA Mr. C. Mortimer. Brilliant Scenes in the Circle by the u nrivallge d with a Comic Troupe of BBail e ritish and Foreign Equestrians. Concludint. Commence at 7. NOTICE. Ail remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. — — - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, 7h. 30m.—Afternoon, Bh. Om. To-moßßow.-Morning, Bh. 37m.—Afternoon, 9h. 20m. a - 7 % - 1 . rnA rp&leA „ c f c -4g THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY. AUGUST 4, 1862. We have long known that news from the seat, or seats of War, through Federal channels, was, what the Federal authorities wished it to be. Over the seat of war, indeed, the PRESIDENT and Mr. STAN TON are as sensitive as if it were the seat of honour, and if blows come rather hard, they veil the facts by the fig-leaves of the press for so long as that will last. But we had hardly suspected that we should not, with due allowance for exaggeration, "bun kum," and the like, have a fair account from the press of what passes in the cities of the North, where it publishes its information to those who, a few hours before, were many of them witnesses of what it describes. Yet such seems to be the truth. A most trustworthy American correspondent assures us that if be had not gone to that great mass meeting at New York, he should have thought from the chorus of the papers the next morving, that it was a " mag nifieent success ;" or a " sublime uprising of the people," or a " demonstration the moral effects of which would influence the fortunes of America and Europe for ages to come," that "at least 100,000 patriots were present," and there were what one of the speakers called for " five acres of cheers". The fact being that there wore not five acres in the park ; that eight or ten thousand were the outside of the numbers who sauntersd leisurely about to five platforms erected for the speakers, the ladies—unprotected females many of them — not finding their crinoline any inconvenience "'cm g the straggling individuals who were to have been a dense crowd. The t -rlith seems to be, as the same observer states—that the Federal reverses have been suffi cient to dem— i) and discourage, but not sufficient to arouse. Rua za , CLELLAN'S army been utterly routed or captured, th© North would have arisen as hut half beaten, half successful, the admi nistration gets the blame, confidence in it is low, recruiting goes on slowly, andpublic feeling seems to be pausing W hether it s hall lash it se lf again to fury or give 1 - 1 P an impracticable undertaking. Indeed the latest te;egram from. Newl,l; ew York via Halifax, tells us that public Public de spondency exits, and that much the public appear in clined to take more gloomY views of the positi on of affairs, than at any time since the commencement of the struggle. Of late Mr. LINCOLN himself has been acting as Commander-in Chief, and it now appea rs that he had indirectly much to do with the late disaster. The people at first called for the dismissal o f the Secretary for War , Mr. STANTON, because h e had not sent reinforcements in time. It was Mr. LIN COLN himself, however, who anxious for the safety of Washington countermanded the order for APDowELL with his forty thousand men to rein force M'CLELLAN from Fredericsburg. But for this, if the Prince DE JOINYILLE'S account of the battle be correct, the Confederates would have been utterly routed, or more probably have never ven tured the attack at all. General HALLECK has now be en appointed Commander-in -Chief of all the land fnrces of the United States; and the people seem to aPPr"e it. Why it is difficult for us in En g land to At the battle of Pittsburg landing, though his gunboats repelled the enemy, BEAUREGARD Fhowed himself the best general, and the evacua-: lion of Corinth, in the face of HALLECK, was accomplished withcmt the slightest loss, or even vithout HALLEcK's knowledge. The Americans ought to know b:st, but nothing yet has shown to others that HALLECKis raw ._ "tuY superion to 'CLELL AN. As to the actual fghtinlg• the greater part of the armies on both sidLs have gone, itwould seem, into summer quarters, Here and there a little move. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, Mg._ ment is seen. The Federals, if report be true, have destroyed parts of the railroads on which Richmond d e pended e a for supplies, and this may keep " St d e one wall" JACKSON from advancing on Harper's Ferry or Washington. In the West, however, and the Border States the Confederates show greater strength. No impression, even by the united Fede ral fleets, can be made on Vicksburg. In Kentucky and Tennessee the Confederates are active in a guerilla warfare, and if Nashville is a little more at ease, they have made a successful inroad into Missouri, and captured a place of the name Greenfield. This Border State which seemed pretty well secured, is now obliged to summon out and organise afresh its entire militia to resist the Con federate guerillas. We are not, however, to look for any decisive action for some time, at least not in Virginia; the two armies there have both sustained such losses, that with this and the state of the weather, they are not likely to resume opera tions for some weeks or months. There is, how ever, a rumour of something great to be attempted by the Confederates in the West ; and while the rivers are low is the time for them to move. We do not see while the gunboats are at a disadvantage even on the Mississippi, or while they are occupied uselessly at Vicksburg why the remains of BEAU REGARD'S Corinth army should not seize on and recapture New Orleans with General BUTLER and his 15,000 men. The dull time, however, seems to • have come to America, as well as to England. GARIBALDI'S admirers—and they count by the million—will regret the error into which he is blundering. It is comparatively a matter of indif ference whether the proclamation just put forth in his name is authentic or not—the document now coming to us via Turin, and purporting to have been issued by the Italian Hero from Bois Fieuggi, in the province of Corleone , in the island of Sicily. Already GARIBALDI has expressed his views far more plainly by word of mouth than he is now re presented to have done pen in band. A single sen tence taken almost haphazard, either from his re ported address to the Sicilians at Palermo, or from that other speech of his delivered still more recently at Marsala, might be pronounced far bolder, as a de claration of his intentious, than the whole of his Bois Fieuggi Proclamation. In the latter instance he seems to content himself with mere generalities. " Young comrades !" he cries out to the recruits now Clustering together (not in overwhelming numbers !) under his banners, " the holy cause of our country unites us again to-day, Without asking where we are going," he continues rather ambiguously, " with smiles upon your lips, you have hastened hither to fight against arrogant foreign rulers. I ask only of Providence to preserve me your confidence. I can promise nothing but toils and troubles, but confidently rely upon your self denial ; for well do I know you, oh ! mutilated remnant of glorious battles ! it is unnecessary to ask of you bravery in the fight, but I must ask you to preserve discipline, without which no army can exist." And so on—with absolutely not a word more explicit as to the meaning of this new move ment. In effect it is the very vagueness of the whole document that almost induces one to regard it as apocryphal. It is so different from the direct home thrust of that cry for " Stilletos " raised by GARIBALDI at Palermo, or from that still bolder signal for war given by him afterwards at Marsala, when he exclaimed, more than once, " Rome or Death !" Meanwhile the KING himself has spoken out, in no way ambiguously. Words could not be more explicit than those put forth in his MAJESTY'S name on the 3d instant in the form of a Royal Proclamation. Addressing himself not to any one section of the Italian multitude, but to all alike, to the 25,000,000 indiscriminately,VicToß EMMANUEL calls aloud, through this remarkable document, to the whole race of the Italians. "To my People" the proclamation is grandly headed. "At the time," says the KING, " when Europe is rendering homage to the wisdom of the nation, it is painful to see young people, carried away by illusions and forgetful of the duty of gratitude to our best allies, make of the name of Rome—that name which is the desire of all—the signal for war. When the hour for the accomplishment of the enterprise shall arrive, the voice of the KING will make itself heard. Every other summons is that of rebellion and civil war. The responsibility and the rigour of the law will fall u pon those who will not listen to my words." Than which—could language, by any pos sibility, be plainer ? The words quoted above in italics virtually pronounced GARIBALDI—of all men in the wide world, GARIBALDI !—guilty of treason! A traitor to that cause of which he has hitherto been the foremost champion ! And while the KING thus declares point blank against the present rash and in sensate designs of the Hero, the Provisional Prefect of Palermo —his MAJESTY'S representative there in Sicily—issues thence almost simultaneously a local proclamation, declaring, with an almost painful significance, that " the Government cannot renounce its mission, cannot permit any name, however dear to the country, to usurp the prerogatives of VICTOR EMMANUEL." Meanwhile, all along the Roman ' frontiers the French troops have reassumed the positions they had but so very recently evacuated. The imperial squadron hovering off the Roman coast being at the same time put upon the alert, and the officer in command of it instructed to act in any emergency that may arise with the utmost decision and promptitude. GARIBALDI, in truth, is quite manifestly—so far as we can judge of the facts—overreaching himself. A host of armed patriots at his back might doubt less enable him to accomplish what he purposes to accomplish, But—is he not "counting without his host ?" A few days will show how the great General's mind is influenced by the attitude now assumed—in direct antagonism to him and his doings—by King VICTOR EMMANUEL. The Govern ment has been against him in word and in deed for s ome time past. Ministers have spoken dead against him, m days and days ago, from the Tribune of the Turin Chambers. The civil and military instructed by Ministers, are doing their very utmost, north, south, east, and west, to put down the new ribaldian movement, to prevent t h e enrolment Of any more Garibaldian volunteers, to baulk the Hero of Marsala at every step of his towards any new o r has hithertetZtlev daring adventure. GARIBALDI • ed aside the oppo of • ly trifling im Port;gues, as a matter of compara A ti T y T e Azzi and his eoil„ .Persisting in his and proclaimi ng himself to the last still loyally de voted to the cause of VICTOR original designs, EMMANUEL, At l as t, however, the KING has been constrained to brea k with GARIBALDI, to stand , by his Mi n i s t e rs, to uphold the dignity of his cro w , and the independence r esolve — th e anxiety o f his Gov ernment. Such being at length the royal re next is, to observe how that royal r esolve affects the bearing and, we will add, th e loyalty of GARIBALDI. How profane it was .of T u ,gh AYARD to iaub when Mr. DISRAELI, on Friday night, described th e successful fight of his Holy T or y Alliance. We are sure the hon. member for Bucks looked grave enough as he rehearsed the Magtur,' at of the Tories and the Church—hOW could the hon. member for Southwark look so very differently—or was it the very gravity of him of Bucks, when talking of the Church, which forced him of Southwark to smile or something worse. Recounting the deeds of his party during the session, said Mr. DISRAELI, "I will say at least for the gentlemen who sit on this side of the House that this is a session to which we have no reason as a party to look back to with regret. We have, in the first place, this session, after long years of difficulty, and sometimes almost of despair, tri umphantly vindicated the status of the Church of England." (Hear, hear, and a laugh from Mr. LAYARD.) This was too much for him who once vindicated the crucifiers of the Lord, but who new vidicates the status of the Church—Church not of CHRIST, but of England. We hope Mr. LAYARD comported himself penitentially under the re buke which immediately followed—" An hon. gentleman opposite, who I believe I may call a minister, sneers at this assertion. There aro few great things left. Among them is the Church, and we have done this in a manner the most satisfac tory, because we have done it by Parliamentary discipline, which is of no value, however perfect, unless it is established upon the basis of sympathis ing public opinion." The y have party COBDEN see what the for in the leader of th e Opposi tion.e r b e merely, A g reat part of them are not, like Mr. COBDEN,economists represented Mr. they are politicians tolook m y liberal reforms interest them as much as lowering the income-tax, and amongst those reforms the elevation of the status of all Christian Churches is an object as important es that of ex tension of the franchise, or of saving a few mil lions a year. Not indeed that we depreciate these last. We have contended for them both through evil report and through good report, and shall con tinue to do so. Just now, however, Mr. DISRAELI sees fit to glorify himself as vindicator of the status of the Church ; and we wish the Liberal party to understand what that means. We need not say that the Church always means, in their mouths, the Church of the TUDORS and STUARTS—the Church settled by the notable Act of 1662, which turned out two thousand excellent ministers because they could not conform to a liturgy made avowedly as Popish as possible, that they as Protestants might be unable to declare their "assent and consent" to everything in the Book of Common Prayer. By "the Church," the Hon. BENJAMIN DISRAELI and Co. never mean all the Christian men of the country, but all the Chris tians who worship by the Prayer-book by which they themselves worship. TheChurch,according to the cen sus of 1851, comprised less than one-half the Christian worshippers cif this country ; all the other Churches of this country, which cost the State nothing, having been found on the Census Sunday to have a majority of worshippers. Mr. DISRAELI'S boast is, that he and his maintained the status of Oda minority Church. Now, what is the status so successfully defended by him ? Why, just a status of religious oppres sion and intolerance towards the churches of the majority—a status of civil superiority, because of their conformity to the Parliamentary creed and rubrics of 1662—a status of religious tyranny, in fact, because they have contrived to get all power into their hands. The creed of all passably liberal men, in these days, is, that no man ought to be at the slightest disadvantage, before the law, because of his religious convictions, or his religious worship, or even his no-worship. We all surely believe, now, that religion is an affair solely between a man and his Maker, and we justly regard it as a remnant of mediaeval ignorance and bigotry if any man would assert civil or social superiority over his neighbour because of his peculiar religious belief. In fact, "religious equality" is, we may say with Lord STANLEY himself, " the creed of the 19th century," and civil inequality on account of religion is, so far as it goes, persecution. It is not indeed the gallows and the stake—we may be thankful for that, but the men who would depress the status of all other Churches, to keep a supreme status for their own, are just the men who, in 1662, would have sent the Puritans to gaol, and at an earlier period have furnished the materials for LESSING'S splendid picture of Jour; Huss now exhibiting in the Egyp tian Hall. We say this advisedly. Softened and enlightened by the spirit of the age—by the hard fact, also, that their Church is in a minority in the United Kingdom—the Church status party, with the Hon. BENJAMIN DISRAELI as leader, would not burn the Dissenter —would not imprison him even, or put him in the stocks—would not even fine him for neglecting attendance at the parish church, unless now and then, if he happened to be a poacher and neglected prayers for hares ; but what of this ? Small merit this in an age which half shrinks from capital punishments altogether. The spirit of a ma❑ is shown by his going as far as he can in any direction ; and all the age will allow Mr. DISRAELI is, to fight hard for the remnants and rags of bye gone superstition and intolerance; and this he and his do with all their heart and soul and strength. This said status of the Church which, by the way, he reduces to a "thing," if it be a " great one," means, as illustrated by the Dis- RAELI exploits of last session, the power to force the members of other communities to re pair the buildings in which the members of Mr. DISRAELI'S Communion (if indeed it be his) wor ship; power to make them whitewash his church walls, play his organ, pay his sexton, wash his priest's surplice, and furnish bread and wine for the priest to consecrate and give to Mr. DISRAELI ! Our readers must excuse our stating the naked literal fact, for this, and nothing else, is what Mr. DISRAELI means when he demands that Church rates should be retained as they are, and collected with the poor-rates. He wishes—it is an undeniable fact—to eat and drink the sacrament, but for dis senters to help to pay for what he eats and drinks, as well as for what they use themselves ! This he thinks a proper " status" for such a " great thing,'' as the Church of 1662, in A.D. 1862. Other specimens of " status " relate to parish burial grounds, which, though they belong to the whole parish, he thinks should be limited to the religious use of his Church—to trusteeships in grammar schools, which though the deeds often mention only that the trustees shall be "godly and religious men," and prescribe no creed—cannot, he thinks, be in the hands of godly men, unless they be men who swear to the TUDOR and STUART Book of Common Prayer, since his Church only has the status of being "godly and religious"—to marriage laws, which, because his church has a superstitious prohibitory canon which Free Churches do not re cognise, compel all other churches to conform to his church ; finally, " status" extends even to indeli bility orders, the status of his church requiring th a t n once made priests in it, can never get rid of thei r ; wie to actual service and the civil disabilities belong ingservice in it, though they may re nounce that service, and become averse to it. Indeed his pa xty • think th b e ing interpreted i nto ante ; keeping infidels for its priests. Such, e status of their church e ' e N . English, is the meaning of the DISRAEL/ h av e vindicated the `f status of sh that he and his that great thing". the Church. THE CARRION BILL. • TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—It is to be hoped that the members who have stood forward to oppose the so-called Night Poachingeofnhbefore P ar li amen t r i ses , g ive n intention, at the earliest oppor tunity uo session, severa lly t o b r ing in tntiiety i Billttheir the will, next bills for the total repeal of the Game Laws. Some member might likewise bring in a bill to abolish all private hiring of the police. The poor fellows have quite enough to do without this de gradation. It is desirous that during the recess an Anti- Game Law Society be formed, and communication kept up with every county in England; and when mem bers again appear before their constituents the nefarious scheme lately brought forward be specially denounced, and measures be taken to upset its bad tendencies. Yours, respectfully, CROAT WELL. TICKET-OF-LEAVE MEN. LATEST NEWS• CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 2. The royal mail steam-ship Europa, from Boston on the 23d and Halifax on the 25th inst., arrived here at 4.30 p.m. She brings 103,405 dols. and 82 passengers. She landed 67 sacks of mails and five passengers, and proceeded at 5 p.m. ; all well. (Per Europa, via Boston and Roche's Point.) NEW YORK, JULY 22, EVENING. The enlistments aontinue somewhat inactive. Vigorous efforts and further inducements to volun teering continue to be made. A portion of General Pope's command has made a descent upon the Virginia Central Railroad, 35 miles from Richmond, destroyed the railroad, the telegraph line, and a quantity of Confederate stores. Great excitement prevails at Nashville. The Federal pickets have been driven in, and the Con federates are reported to be within five miles of that city. The arrival of the Confederate ram at Vicksburg is confirmed ; also that she succeeded in getting under the batteries at Vicksburg. Arrangements have been concluded for a general exchange of prisoners. President Lincoln has issued an order forbidding military commanders from exacting the oath of allegiance from foreigners. In all cases where an alien is deprived of his liberty a full account of the circumstances must be sent to the War Department for the consideration of the State Department. The Governor of Ohio has issued a proclamation to the effect that if the quota of troops demanded is not raised in 40 days he will resort to draughting. Federal military Governors have been appointed for Louisiana and Arkansas. At the request of the British Government General Butler has recognised Mr. Coppell, the British act ing Consul at New Orleans. A street riot has occurred at New Orleans in con sequence of the arrest of a woman wearing a Seces sion badge. The British steamer Adela has been captured eas' of Abaco. The New York and City of Washington have arrived out. The Asia was intercepted off Cape Race on the the 21st inst. (By Telegraph to Halifax and from Queenstown. NEW YORK, JULY 24, EVENING. Much public despondency exists, and the people appear inclined to take more gloomy views of the position of affairs than at any time since the com mencement of the struggle. The popular confidence in General M'Clellan appears shaken by the late events before Richmond, and many of his admirers now assert that he is not the man of action. All coin of any description has almost entirely disappeared as a circulating medium, and postage stamps of all denominations are generally employed for small change. The public freely accept them as currency; many articles of daily use are, how ever, advanced in price. Some anxiety exists to hear the comments in Europe upon the news of the Federal check before Richmond. General Halleck has been officially appointed as General-in-Chief to command all the land forces of the United States. The appointment has been favourably received by the public. President Lincoln has issued a proclamation au- thorising the military commanders to seize and use for the Federal army all property, real and personal, in the Confederate States which may be necessary for military purposes, but not otherwise. Property may be destroyed for military purposes, but not otherwise. The military and naval commanders shall employ as many negroes for labourers as can be advantageously used for military or naval pur poses, and pay them wages, Reinforcements for General M'Clellan continue to arrive at Fort Monroe. Interesting news has been received from General Al‘Clellan's head-quarters. A portion of General Pope's command had a successful skirmish with the Confederate cavalry beyond Fredericsburgh, burnt their camp, and ceptnred some stores. An unsuccessful attempt has been made by the Federal fleet at Vicksburg to destroy the Confede rate ram lately arrived at that place. The Mississippi has fallen so low that the Federal flotilla before Vicksburg is unable to act. The Confederates under General Morgan, in Kentucky, have retreated before the Federals, and passed throughumberland Gap into Tennessee: The Confederates are reported to have retired from before Nashville, and the fears of an attack upon that city have subsided. The Confederates after a severe fight have cap tured Greenville, Missouri. The Governor of Missouri has issued orders for the organization of the entire Militia of Missouri, to resist the Confederate guerilla incursions. It is asserted that the Confederates demand the surrender of the Federal General Butler, for the alleged murder of Mr. Mumford at New Orleans, General M'Call if and that they threaten to hang refused. The Africa has arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money abundant. Gold has declined to 17 per cent. premium. Exchange, 130, unse t t l e d an d lower. Stocks inactive. Cotton flat and lower. Breadstuffs lower. QUEENSTOWN, Auo. 3. The Royal Mail steamship Scotia arrived here at 8 a.m. to-day. She embarked mails and pas sengers, with the latest telegrams, and proceeded for New York at 4 p.m. ; all well. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The number of liberated convicts now turned loose among the public must be very great, and surprise at their renewed depredations is very small, for the evils of the system have long been apparent, and the danger arising from them most earnestly deprecated. I for one am disposed to give every credit to those who, in the first instance, made the experiment, because they deserve thanks for trying to reform the criminal by a measure of kindness ; but the plan having signally failed, it should have been given up as a bad job long ago, for it is but acting a grim farce to sentence a robber to transportation one day and set him at liberty the next; the trial is a mete mockery if thieves are put into prison at one door and let out again at another. Such dis regard of the solemn sentence of the law is a slur on the judge, a sneer on the jury, and an outrage on society.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, GEORGE ELLIS. August 3, 1862. Her Majesty will return to Windsor, from Scot land, on the 28th or 29th inst., and intends to remain at the Castle from two to six days, previous to taking her depar ture for Germany.—Court Journal. The Prince of Wales is residing at his Birkham estate, a few miles distant from Balmoral, which had been purchased by the Prince Consort and left to the Prince of Wales by his late father.—Court Journal. The departure of his Highness the Viceroy of Egypt from Greenhithe has been delayed a short time, owing to some unexpected alterations in the interior of his yacht having become necessary. His Serene Highness the Prince Henri de Reuss left the Portland Hotel, Southsea, on Friday for Brighton. His Highness Prince Radziwill and the Marquis de Beaufort have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn street, from Paris. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland have left Stafford House, St. James's, for Trentham. The Duke of Beaufort arrived in town on Satur day from Goodwood, and in the evening left for Bed minster, on his way to his seat in Wales. their Excellencies the Duke and Duchess of Fiamo have returned to Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Scotland. The Duchess of Argyll and family left Argyll Lodge, Kensington, on Saturday, for Inverary Castle, Argyllshire. The noble duke leaves for the north on the prorogation of Parliament. The Duke and Duchess de Croix have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-stroet, for Scotland. The Earl and Countess of Derby left St. James's square on Saturday for Knowsley-park, near Liverpool, for the season. The Earl returned to town from Goodwood early the same day as he departed for his country seat. The Earl of Glasgow, Lord de Lisle and Dudley and Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Cooper, have arrived at the St. George's Hotel The Countess de Grey and Ripon returned to town on Friday, from visiting the Countess Cowper, at Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. Lord and Lady Poltimore have left the St. George's Hotel. Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley and Hon. Miss Stanley, left Dover-street on Saturday for Carlsbad. The noble lord and lady intend to be absent about two months in Germany. The Hon. Mrs. Vanneck and the Countess Anna de Gersdorff have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Llandudno, Sir Augustus and Lady Webster left town on Saturday for Rose Hill, Hampshire. Gen. and Lady Sarah Lindsay and family have left town for Germany. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone left town on Saturday afternoon for Hawarden Castle, Cheater. It is understood that Sir Charles Wood will soon be relieved from his official attendance on the Queen at Balmoral as Secretary of State, and that he will be suc ceeded by Sir George Grey. The Home Secretary will most probably take his departure from town for this duty on Monday, if ho can be safely released from his attendance in Parliament.—Court Journal. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The Ministers present were—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir G. C. Lewis, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. THE SPEAKER AND THE DISTRESS IN LANCA sniu.E.—The Speaker of the House of Commons has sent the following letter to Colonel Wilson Patten, M.P., the treasurer of the Bridgewater House Subscription : " House of Commons, July 30.—My dear Mr. Wilson Patten,—l propose to go for a few weeks on the continent. I could not be satisfied to leave the country without hav ing done something towards the relief of those now suffering in Lancashire, and who are so worthy of all our sympathies . I therefore offer you a contribution of £soo.—Yours truly, J. EVELYN DENISON." We have to announce the death of Mrs. George Lamb, sister of Admiral Sir Augustus Clifford, and sister in•law of Lady Palmerston, who died on Thursday at her villa at Richmond. She married 17th of May, 1809, the Hon. George Lamb, youngest son of Peniston, first Viscount Melbourne, and brother of the last two viscounts. NUMERoUs FlRES.—During last night and this morning several fires took place, which kept the firemen actively employed for some hours. The first was at 14, High. street, Notting-hill, where two children were rescued by the fire escape, but the premises were nearly destroyed. Considerable damage was done to a cheesmonget's at 15, Battle-street, Tabernacle-square; to a rope and twine mer chant's at 202, Bethnal-green-road ; the harness room and stables of Mr. Strange, Manor-street, Chelsea, were gutted ; and the shop and fixtures at 4, Crown-street, Walworth road, were destroyed. THE ALARMING INCREASE OF GAROTTING IN TOLE METROPOLIS.—On Saturday afternoon orders were circulated round the whole of the districts of the metropoli- , tan police, by the authority of Sir It. Mayne, from GI eat Scotland-yard, giving instructions to the various superin tendents for an additional supply of constables for night duty, Owing to the extraordinary increase of highway rob beries, cases of garrotting, and daring acts of violence, several of which have terminated fatally. The constables will be considerably augmented in numbers, and will b e visited by their superior officers at frequent periods during the night, for the suppression of such daring outrages, which have become so much on the increase during the last few months. THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA AND HIS SOLDIERS.— The St. Petersburg correspondent of the independance relates the following, which he says was communicated to him by an officer who was an eyewitness :—" An officer of the regiment Israailofski, having endeavoured to excite the soldiers to revolt was seized by them. The Emperor was informed of the fact. On the eve of the festival of the regi ment he came amongst them as usual. He called-the officers around him, and in an impressive tone he expressed his astonishment that ; traitor should have been found in a regiment which he had always particularly distinguished, of which he formed a part, and which he esteemed and loved above all. Then, referring to himself, he asked what they had to reproach him with ? Had he not devoted himself entirely to the interests of the country? Was he not working night and day for its progress and prosperity ? What more did they desire ? Let them speak out. On hearing these words, all the officers gave expression to the most devoted sentiments; they said that for one wretch a whole d re g im ent Pinta not to be condemned, and kissing thehati and dress of the Emperor they renewed their oath of fidelity. The scene was truly touching." THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—Tbe prepara tions for running th e f i rst train through Paddington to from to yictoriu-greei Were nearly completed on Saturday:ll:r there the p6iinanent way will, doubtless, be .fished to enable the directors to go over the line this pre p a ratory to th e h a lf- year l y mee ti ng , whichwill take p l ac e to-morrow. Th e wa t er i s no w out of the tunnel, and down. The stations at King's-cross an d nea rly the whole of th e b a ll as t for the permanent way is Victoria - street are rapidly progressing towards completion. MEXICO. (Per Europa, by Telegraph to Halifax and from Queenstown.) NEW YORK, JULY 24, EVENING. Intelligence from Mexico, received here via Panama, says : 4i Two French steamers were at Acapulco. wil e Mexicans had erected a battery on an elevation out of range of the steamers' guns with th e intention of driving off the steamers." PARIS, AUG. 4. The Paris papers of this morning publish the following message " BELGRADE, AUG. 3. " Contrary to the decision arrived at by the Con ference upon the affairs of Servia, the Turks are constructing redoubts outside the fortress of Bel grade. "Two thou san d n i zauas (regular troops) ha ve ar rived at Belgrade by way of the Danube, having been embarked upon Austrian boats." TURIN, AUG. 3. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies discussion upon the bills for th• Neapolitan Rail- Ways was continued. The Minister of Finance, Signor Bastoggi, stated that he considered the engagement of the promoters of the scheme to undertake the Works immediately as being meant literally, and declared that he ac cepted the modifications of the bill proposed by the Committee. The Minister of Public Works spoke in defence of the Government measure. The discussion will be resumed to-morrow. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 4. The John Banks, Captain Walsh, from Sydney on the 10th April, with wool and hides, and bound for London, passed up the Channel last night. She rounded Cape Horn on May 22d, and crossed the Line June 2d. She landed here Dr. Geoghegan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Adelaide, and three other passengers. PROCLAMATION OF GARIBALDI. TURIN, AUG. 3. The following proclamation has been issued by Garibaldi, dated Bois Fienzi " Young Comrades,—The holy cause of our country unites us again to-day. Without asking where we are going, with smiles upon your lips, you have hastened hither to fight against arrogant foreign rulers. I ask only of Providence to preserve me your confidence. I can promise nothing but toils and troubles, but confidently rely upon your self-denial ; for well do I know you, oh mutilated remnant of glorious battles It is unnecessary to ask of you bravery in the fight; but I must ask you to preserve discipline, w ithout which no army can exist. The Romans by their discipline were en abled to become the masters of the world. Strive to gain the affections of the people, as you knew how to do in 1860, as well as the esteem of our valiant army, in order to bring about the unity of the country. Upon this occasion also the brave Sicilians will be the forerunners of the great desti nies to which the couutry is called. " GARIBALDI." The French have reoccupied the positions upon the Roman frontiers which they had recently evacuated. AUG. 3, ATTERNOON. The King has issued the following proclama Lion : " To my people,--At the time when Europe is rendering homage to the wisdom of the nation it is painful to see young people carried away by illusions, and, forgetful of the duty of gratitude due to our best allies, make of the name of Rome—that name which is the desire of all—the signal for war. When the hour for the accomplishment of the enter prise shall arrive, the voice of the King will make itself heard. Every other summons is that of re bellion and of civil war. The responsibility and the rigour of the law will fall upon those who will not listen to my words. I shall know how to pre serve the dignity of the Crown and of Parliament, in order to have the right of demanding from the whole of Europe justice for Italy." NAPLES, AUG. 2 (Evening). Garibaldi has left for the province of Corleone, in Sicily. The following proclamation has been issued by the provisional Prefect of Palermo : " Fermentation has agitated the public mind for some time past. A report has been spread that the Government does not disapprove the events which nave occurred. Respect for the laws has alone pre vented its opposing them by force. Now, however, that the meetings, by taking up arms, hav3 assumed a military character, they are forbidden by the laws of the Government. Citizens are warned to beware of this. Let those who have yielded to de lusion return to their homes. The Government cannot renounce its mission—cannot permit any name, however dear to their country, to usurp the prerogatives of Victor Emmanuel, the King chosen by the nation." THE BRAZILS. LISBON, AUG. 2. The Royal Mail steamer Magdalena, from Rio Janeiro, on the 11th ult., was to leave this port for Southampton, at 2 p.m., to-day, with 73 passen gers, £1,339 in specie, 2,700 packages of tobacco, 250 of tapioca, and 204 packages of sundries. BUENOS AYRES, JULY 2. Exchange, 655. 6C,. Ounces, 426 dols_ Wet salted ox hides, 42i reals ; dry hides (Ame rican), 43 to 44 reals ; wool, 85 dols. to 95 dols. ; tallow, 17 reals. Politics without change. MONTEVIDEO. The number of beasts killed at Montevideo was 485,500; at Buenos Ayres, 273,950; at Entrerios, 196,000; and 325,000 at Rio Grande. Total, 1,114,000. Exchange 40Id. Wet salted ox hides, 65 reals; dry hides (Ame rican),s6l reals; tallow, 20 reals. FRANCE. THE BOURSE, Aug. 2.—The settlement of the Rente account is nearly terminated, and has been got through without difficulty. The market has been firm, and with a slight improvement on the closing price of yesterday, Threes, for the Account, being now at 69f. sc. The settlement of the rail way account is also progressing satisfactorily. Shares are firm, but not much doing. The market closed as follows : It per Cents .. 97 70 Bank Shares 3200 Do end Credit P under llB5 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 69 10 Italian Loan 72 80 New 3 per Cents .. Roman Do, end month.... Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 841 25 Spaniz,h Threes 5O 75 Do. end month.... 845 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lOl5 .. 1013 75 Northern - New ditto — • • Lyons and Mediterranean 1102 50 .. 1108 75 Geneva 355 Southern 822 50 .. 825 Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lorr•bard 487 50 .. 486 25 620 20 .. 617 60 ST. GEORGE, HAN OVER-SQUARE.—On Thursday last, about 400 of the children belonging to the South-street schools were treated to an excursion to the Rye-house at Hoddesdon, Herts. They were conveyed from the school house in vans to the Eastern Counties Railway, Shoreditch, and from thence by an express train to the Rye-house, where they arrived about 12 o'clock, and soon began to en joy themselves in several rustic games. At 1 o'clock they partook of an excellent dinner, abundantly served in the old nail, to which they did ample justice; after grace and two hymns had been sung, they gave hearty cheers for the Queen, the Marquis of Westminster, the patron of the schools ; the rector, Mr. Knox ; and the masters and mis tresses. Open air amusements were again resumed until 5 o'clock, when tea and cake were plentifully supplied to them. The gentlemen composing the school fete com mittee dined in the conservatory ; the rector, th e and Rev .was Henry Howorth, 8.D,, presided as chairman, supported by his curates, the Rev. Mes srs. E a g s a Goode, Mr. wain ; Drs. Brewer and Aldis, M r . a pp r r h o; l iate toasts were Knox, and Mr. Englefield. Stan drunk, am' some neat speeches made, particularly one by c w h h t c e n k t i o d n . a n Christian d A ck that old and benevolent inh abitant of St. George's, Dr. Brewer, and late churchwarden, s remarks were listened to with the children were collected t o gether aot , and in after singing l the national anthem proceeded on their return journey, having with all present spent a delightful day, the pleasures of which were heightened by the fineness of the weather. GoverasMENmT:3ooaiEotnoMnelrssG, Re belongingh. k a T r T te O r d n . - toH theerm e3sls M arts a .n j I s e t . 8 0, t r 8 Brothers, : C E m i gr ation ther s, of London, to sail f rom Pl ymou th or South atap . ton, as may be hereafter d ec id ed, in the f i rs t w e e k i n Sep tember, for Adelaide, South A ustra li a, at £l3 78. pe r s t atute adult. • THE EXCITEMENT IN NETY FOREIGN LOANS. (Front the Money 21arkit Review.) IVe drew the attention of our readers last week to the probability of the introduction of a large number of new projects, and even of a sort of mania arising for new foreign loans. This anticipation is tieing realised even more rapidly than we had ex pected. The week now closing has been marked by the announcement of no less than three new foreign loans—namely, the Venezuelan, the Peru vian, and the Egyptian, all of which are at consi derable premiums ; thus indicating a decided ap petite on the part of the public for this kind of spe culation. Including the Portuguese, which is not yet allotted, there are now four foreign loans on the market tcgether. Yet the market is not strained, and the high premium on both the Egyptian issues combined with the enormous extent of the applica tions for the Portuguese, and with the fact that the Venezuelan Loan had already, up to last evening, been subscribed for seven times over, argues a very large capacity on the part of the speculative public. It must be borne in mind that the individual amount of each loan is limited. For example, the new Venezuelan stock is so small in amount that the whole will probably speedily disappear amongst the numerous connections of the great house which has brought it forward. Again, the Peruvian Loan is to consist in part of a mere fusion of the existing Peruvian stocks, which are to be taken in lieu of cash. Although we believe that there will yet be in the future a vast deal of speculation and even ex citement in the foreign stock-market, and more par ticularly in the scrip of new loans, there seems rea son to apprehend that for the moment the market will have a fit of indigestion unless it observes more moderation. THE LATE RIFLE SHOOTING AT WIMBLEDON. The itoniteur de l' Armee publishes the following remarks on the late rifle shooting at Wimbledon : " The annual shooting match has just taken place at Wimbledon, under the directio❑ of Lord Elcho. The preparations were made, at a small cost, on a common sufficiently extensive to permit. the Volunteers to fire at a distance of from 200 to 1,000 yards. Once all that was necessary was procured the agreeable was not thought of. The competitors had not a roof to shelter them, to rest themselves after the fatigue of the contest, to wait their turn, or, in plain terms, to take refuge from the wind or sun. Everything strictly neces sary for the contest was alone provided in order that the chances should be equal and the result better. The shooters place themselves under a tent which protects them from the wind while they are taking aim. The shot fired they withdraw into the open air. The Government is perfectly indifferent as to the weather. That fact proves that it knows, it may rely on British stoicism, which is not to be alarmed by torrents of rain or by storms,and which will not give up sport for any caprice of weather. It calculated correctly so far as the receipts were concerned, for there was a crowd of amateur volun teers and spectators as if it had taken place at the Crystal Palace at Sydenham. Although the baro meter, infallible on that occasion, marked rain and storm during the match, there were never less than 1,000 rifles in the arena, and frequently more. The competitors were always good-humoured, and it is to be remarked that notwithstanding the violent wind the firing vas never bad_ What proves, more over, the confidence which the English volunteer feels in himself and inspires in others is that the markers remove the marks on one target while the firing is going on against another close by. Every body admits that there can be no great deviation of the ball when fired by an English hand and from an English firearm. The greatest deviation is cal culated, and it is never exceeded. The English aris tocracy have adopted national shooting; it covers, it with its powerful protection. Several members of the House of Lords thought it not derogatory to learn the exercise from a non-commissioned officer, and they complete their instruction by the applica tion of the principles they have been taught. Be sides, it is a kind of sport, and that would be quite sufficient, exclusive of the inspirations of patriotism. Lords Elcho, Bury, Bolton, Ducie, Grosvenor, and Vernon are mentioned among the most accomplished marksmen. The rifles whica produced the best effect are those made by Whit worth, Turner, and Henry. The EnfLeld rifle was found to be middling, and even 'oad beyond 600 yards. The Volunteers arrived, at their own ex pense, and for many the exp:•nse was considerable, but nobody was stopped. by such a consideration, and the honour of being distinguished was ardently sought for. It was asserted formerly that except regular troops none of the English were acquainted with the use of firearms. That was true, perhaps, 50 years since, but things are much changed since then. It is asserted that the Wimbledon shooting produced an effect which was not expected. That mixing of the commercial classes and operatives with the nobility for a common object destroys prejudices and gives place to warm sympathy and general confraternity. Every root of Socialism has disappeared. Even the most violent Chartists have become as mild as lambs, so much so that Mr. Bright is menaced with being left the only one of his party. Thus the institution of the 'Wimbledon rifle shooting will make England stronger both against her enemies at home and abroad. One cannot im mediately understand the influence the rifle may exercise on the pacification and the fusion of par ties, but even if the anticipated result be only half obtained the English will nut have to regret either their time or their money. [ADVERTISEMENT.] (From the London Gazette of August 1, 1862.) Whitehall, July 30, 1862. The Queen has been pleased to give and to grant to Sir John Maxwell Steele, of Mickleton Manor, in the parish of Mickleton, in the county of Gloucester, Baronet (of that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland), and to Dame Elizabeth Anne, his wife, eldest daughter of John Graves, of Mickleton aforesaid, deceased, second and only son who left issue, of Richard Morgan Graves, of Mickleton Manor aforesaid, D.D., also deceased, her Majesty's royal license and authority that they and their issue may assume and take the surname of Graves in addition to and aster that of Steele. And also to command that the said Royal concession and declaration be recorded in her Majesty's College of Arms, or otherwise the license to be void and of none effect. A court of inquiry has been sitting for the last few days (says the Army and Navy Gazette) in the Royal Barracks, Dublin, to investigate important matters con nected with the commissariat department at the Curragla Camp. Several contractors have, we understand, been ex amined as witnesses. The proceedings are as yet strictly' private, but their publication ia looked forward to with gr eat interest by all who are connected with this branch of the public service. HANDSOME BEQUEST TO THE PARISH OF MARV LEBONE.—At a meeting of the Marylebone Vestry on Satur day, at the Court-house , Marylebone-lane, the Rev. C. J. Phipps Eyre, the Rector, said he had the great gratifies a t r ibute to the memory of her d eceased father, h a d tion of apprising th e vestr y tha t a benevolent l a dy, w i s hing to pay contributed, for the Boys' National School Building, the handsome sum of £4,000; and on the same day the Duke of Portla nd had g enero usly given a freeh o ld s it e i n High' Marylebone. Th e building would, therefore, be h erected to a ff or d every convenience, and would bfsoterrcetohelitan ornament to the churchyard. On the motion of Dr. Bachhoffner, it was unanimously resolve' that the best thanks of the vestry be tendered to Miss Bennett, the Duke of Portland, and the Rector, for the handsome bequest. NEW CRIMINAL ACT.—On Friday a new crimina l act was issued for the trial of certain cases of homicide by persons subject t o t h e Mutiny Act. The object of the a c is to bri ng persons charged with murder or manslaughter to trial without waiting for the assizes. It is considered exPe" dient, and that it would contribute to the more speedy punishment of p ersons gu ilt y, an d t o t h e maintenance of good order and military discipline, if, when charged with murder or manslaughter committed in England and Wa le ! and out of the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal CoUrl, such persons w ere ren d ere d liable to b e i n di c t e d and trie d at the Central Criminal Court, and if w h en c harged wi th murder or manslaughter committed in Ireland, and else' where than in Dublin, such persons were r en dered liable to n indicted and tried in Dublin. By virtue of this act a J udge can order a removal as stated, and the proceeding s 8e 1- to bo carried on in the same mann er as i n ordinary cases' ; With the view of preventing a prisoner being injured by the removal, the expenses of his witn e sses may be ordere d , bere. and facilities given for his defence. A prisoner may_ moved to and from the Central Criminal Court as often necessary. The act has immediate operation , and inseve r ral schedules the forma to be used are set forth, _,-~- tc lic 8( b E slq et at 5E Si