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At this juncture, therefore, the publication of a letter from Mr. BEN JAMIN, ex-Confederate Secretary of State, and the friend and principal adviser of President DAVIS, on the treatment of Federal prisoners, is very oppor tune. Mr. BENJAMIN writes with a moderation and self-restraint which contrast very forcibly with the reckless accusations of his adversaries, but the arguments which he brings forward in defence of his associates gain rather than lose in weight by such a course. "As a member of the Cabinet of Mr. DAVIS, from the date of his first inauguration under the Provisional Constitution to the final over throw of the Confederate Government by force of arms, as a personal friend whose relations with JEFFERSON DAVIS have been of the most intimate and confidential nature," Mr. BENJAMIN feels im pelled to vindicate the character and humanity of those who, less fortunate than himself, are now in the hands of their enemies, and unable to speak for themselves. The task which be has set before him he has discharged temperately and faithfully, and his version of the story comes very appropriately to remind the English public that a great part of the charges made against the Confederates for the treat ment of prisoners rebound on the Federals them selves. When the Southerners were so completely hemmed in, and could only obtain the very neces saries of war by stealth and blockade running, the superior force that declared medical stores contra band of war must certainly bear a good deal of the blame of defective treatment of the sick. When in besieging an enemy's city, the assaulter fires on hospital and arsenal alike, it is somewhat strange to find him vaunting his humanity. Mr. BENJAMIN, however, does not meet charge by counter charge in vituperative fashion. He simply endeavours to ex plain the difficulties under which the Confederates laboured, and the ingenious manner in which the Federals have sought to turn the effects of their own severity and cruelty to account. A material fact, says Mr. BENJAMIN, has been omitted from recent statements on the question, and that is, that the Federal authorities empowered their Commissioner of Exchange to consent to a mutual delivery of such sick and disabled persons as were incapable of per forming military service. To this class, says Mr. BENJAMIN, speaking from his personal and official knowledge, the exchange of prisoners was rigorously restricted. Rigid care was taken by the Federal authorities to exclude all cases of slight or temporary illness from an ex change, the reason being that they were fearful of the returned prisoners becoming again available in the service of the Confederacy. To their own side the service of returned prisoners was of compara tively little consequence, since, thanks to the leni ence of European Goveruments, and the high bounties which they were able to offer, they could obtain fresh recruits in plenty. The Confederates, on the other hand, had no means of recrutitiengretthuerinr diminishing forces from abroad , so that h of their prisoners would have been an advantage of great moment. Of course, this distinction m ay be excused on the ground of military necessity, but since it was made and insisted upon by the Federal authorities themselves, it is certainly most unfair for them to hold up the disabled and hopeless cases, which alone they would receive, and which must occur in every severe and protracted warfare, as samples of the effects of the Southern treatment of healthy men. Again, Mr. BENJAMIN asserts that among the more desperate cases, there were many - whom the doctors certified were quite unfit for re moval on both sides, who pleaded so piteously for leave to see their families once more, to die at home, that it was impossible to refuse them. The consequence was that many of these sufferers suc cumbed to the fatigue and exposure of the journey. " The lifeless bodies of numbers of Confederates shipped from the North under these circumstances were delivered to us at City Point, and the like result attended the delivery from our side. From the class just mentioned the most emaciated speci- miens were chose by our enem i es , and exhibited as conclusive evidence that we exercised habitual cruelty towards prisoners of war." With regard to the Interruption .ot the exchange of prisoners, Mr. BENJAMIN, by a brief resume of the negotiations, brings the blame to the door of the Federals. Every motive of humanity and of interest urged upon the Confederates the encouragement of an exchange, which not only relieved them from a costly burden and which required men to guard it, but gave them back their own soldiers, whom they could replace from no other source. With the Federals, however, in terest and humanity were at issue, and humanity was sacrificed on the plea of military necessity. By a mixture of ingenuity and effrontery, favoured by that success which is virtue in the eyes of the world, the Federals now turn round and avoid the opprobrium due to their own acts by throwing it upon their adversaries, who were the greatest losers by the system. Mr. BENJAMIN says emphatically " that the refusal to exchange prisoners was one of the most fatal blows dealt to the Confederacy during the war." " Others," he adds, " must judge of the humanity and justice of the policy which consigned hundreds and thousands of wretched men to captivity apparently hopeless ; but I can testify unhesitatingly to its sagacity and efficacy, and to the pitiless sternness with which it was executed." His testimony to the humanity and generosity of JEFFERSON DAVIS is the same as that of every one who came in contact with the Southern President. Mr. BENJAMIN'S evidence has, however, additional weight, from his long and intimate association with him under vary ing circumstances. When urged to stop the cruelties of BUTLER, M'NEILL, and others by retaliation, Mr. DAVIS was always immoveable, and declared that the innocent must not be victimised for the guilty. In support of this statement Mr. BENJAMIN mentions the case of some soldiers belonging to DAHLGREN'S expedition against Richmond. The papers found on their leader's body after his fall showed that it was the design to assassinate Mr. DAVIS and the heads of his Cabinet, and to fire the city. It was generally declared that these men had no right to be regarded as prisoners of war, but as brigands and assassins, but Mr. DAVIS stood firm, though his firmness occasioned a division in the Cabinet, declaring that whatever their offences the men had been received as claimants to mercy as prisoners, and the Confederacy would be dishonoured if harm overtook them. A somewhat striking con trast this to the very brittle nature of Federal military promises, as evidenced by Captain IV wrz himself ! Ic is not likely that the man so consistent in his sense of justice and humanity would permit the enormities with which Confederate subordinates are charged, and the Federals themselves have been forced to withdraw his name from the accusation. The humanity which has been shown in the North to white and to black is not of so tender a nature that New York should set up to judge those whom the Federals themselves encumbered and harassed. When we call to mind the feeble attitude which our Government has assumed in all matters relating to the Danish question, it is positively refreshing to find the course which France pursues so much firmer and more decided in its tone. M. DROUYN DE LHUYS has addressed a circular to the diplomatic representatives of France abroad, which is most ad mirable in its treatment of the Gastein Convention. There is no hiding of unwelcome truths, and no departure from the stern criticism which naturally suggests itself to the mind when such an act as that of the wilful seizure and monopoly of States has taken place. In this circular the writer wisely re frains from entering into details; but he seeks to understand what are the motives which have guided and influenced the German Powers in the drawing up these negotiations. It were well if more of the leading Powers of Europe had followed this example, and addressed themselves rather to the intentions I than merely confining their remarks to the results of these treaties and conventions. The world in general would be more likely to realise to its full extent the enormity of the oppression and the extent of the craft of the two great Powers. The abstract which M. DROUYN DE Lit UYS takes of the long-drawn out conventions is a capital aid, and brings before us in a masterly manner the ruling spirit which actu ated and informed all the proceedings of the chief actors in the affair. It must have proved a most unpalatable document for the conspirators them selves to peruse, and, doubtless, it will damage them still more in the estimation of others, if that indeed were possible. We are able to judge dispassionately of the matter when we survey the calm and business like manner in which the French statesman dis cusses the various points of the question. Thus he asks if the two Powers intended to consecrate the right of " ancient treaties," and replies most decid edly in the negative. The treaty of Vienna pro vided for the necessities of the case, and settled the conditions of existence of the Danish monarchy. We now see that these " conditions" are overthrown in the most reckless manner by the German despots, and no more respect is paid to the decisions of modern diplomatists than they have exhibited for the regulations of the statesmen of an older genera tion. As M. DROUYN DE LHUYS emphatically observes, the Treaty of London was another proof of the anxiety of Europe for the integ rity of Denmark, and has been " torn by two of the Powers by whom it bad been signed." The conduct of Austria and Prussia strikes us as all the lower when we thus follow the statement of their translations so ably put forward in this circular. It is then asked if Austria and Prussia have con cocted together for the defence of an unacknow ledged succession, and the answer of course is that they share the disputed inheritance between them, instead of restoring it to the most rightful claimant. A still more bitter reproof is conveyed in the re sponse to the query as to whether they have con sulted the interests of Germany, for their confede rates, as is here mentioned, only point their intentions through the public prints. It is well known what were the wishes of Germany in this respect. It desired to establish an " indivisible Schleswig-Holstein State," which should be alike separate from Denmark and from the rule of the ' leading Powers of Germany itself, ruled over by an independent Prince. The climax of the affair has been that this claimant whom Germany set forward has been put aside in the most unceremonious fashion, and the Duchies, which were to have been united, have been put under the dominion of diffe rent rulers. So much for any attention that has been paid to the oft-repeated wishes of those whose interests Austria and Prussia are bound to consider, and whose views they were pledged to forward to the utmost extent of theirability. We now come to the consideration of the claims of the Duchies them selves, and certainly they have fared no better under the ruthless treatment of the rapacious Go vernments who have arrogated to themselves the supreme authority. It was stated over and over again that it was an undisputed fact that the indis solubility of the territories was the " essential condition of their prosperity," and yet, behold when the plot had become sufficiently developed and complete severance takes place, all that has previously been done and said to the contrary is conveniently forgotten. But asks M. Daoim DE lams has this partition at any rate been con- ducted in a manner that " disintegrates two riial nationalities, and thus puts an end to their aft repeated dissensions and jealousies ?" By no means, for we find that no account is taken of the distinction of races in the recent arrange ments that have been made, and thus Danes are confounded with Germans. As to the notion that some persons more sanguine than sapient have entertained as to the wishes of the inhabitants of the Duchies being consulted or considered, that has indeed been shown to be a a vain thought and an empty dream. They were not asked for any opinion, and there is not even a question, as is here correctly stated, of convoking the Schleswig Holstein Diet. That made M. DROUYNDE LHUYS finally exclaim, " Upon what principle, then, does the Austro-Prussian treaty truly rest ?" and his answer is an admirable one :—" We regret to find in it no other foundation than force, no other justification than the reciprocal convenience of the sharers." Can anything more completely define the mode of procedure recently witnessed in Ger many than this striking remark ? And there is great justice in the next passage, which states— " Europe nowadays is quite unused to such a policy, and for precedent we must look to the saddest epochs of history." Sad, indeed, are the chronicles which must be perused to find a parallel ; and it is yet more melancholy to think that our days of enlightenment and progress have witnessed the renewal of might against right, to the sacrifice of principle and denial of just claims. We have seen in the admirable ipitome presented to us by the accomplished Minister of France how every thing has been cast aside by the two German Powers that honour, truth, and justice could in terpose to curb their unlawful ambition and check their guilty wishes. Europe has beheld a course of deliberate treachery pursued by Austria and Prussia, and nothing that craft of design and cruelty in execution could permit has been found wanting. A more complete account of the Schlewig-Holstein affair could not have been given than M. DROUYN DE LHUYS has put forward in his brief but powerful statement, and it may well be regarded as a skilfu solution of a difficult problem. Mr. J. L. Toole, the German Baron, Paddy, and the British Association. Mr. Toole, the favourite comedian, now on his provincial our from the Adelphi, has been playing at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, with most extraordinary success. At his benefit the audience, occupying the orchestra, stage entrances, and every foot of standing room, having sum moned him before the curtain, he pleaded his inability to make a speech, but a desire to do his best. . (Cheers.) At the Crystal Palace, at a fete, in which he had the pleasure of taking part annually with his friend Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Bedford and he were required by the treasurer to make speeches every five minutes, ample time, however, to instruct and excite their quickly-changing audiences, and—to take their money. (Laughter.) It being obvi ously a difficult mattter to find anything to say, the manager suggested that he (Mr. Toole) should deliver a German lecture, and for the benefit of the fete he had the audacity to attempt it. He procured a portrait of a romantic German baron by one of the Punch artists, and told his audience that what he had to relate about this extraordinary baron was one of the most interesting stories in the German language, and fearing that it would lose half its charm by translation, he would deliver it in the original tongue. He therefore commenced some gibberish which neither he himself or anybody else understood, but by look ing solemn, and pointing with due emphasis of joy and sadness frequently to the portrait, he gained credit for de livering a most learned discourse. How the romantic baron fought duels, bought castles, caught princesses, andperhaps killing everybody, became in no time the king of somewhere —all this without extra charge—was entrusted to the playful imagination of an intelligent British public. (Laughter.) Many of his friends were still under the impression that he was a good German scholar. He could not play any trick of that kind now, but he related what had taken place in order that, seeing ho A he had sometimes to make shift for a speech, they might be indulgent to him upon that occasion. (Applause.) However, he could have no difficulty in say ing plainly what he felt strongly, that his engagement had been of a very delightful character, and he regretted much that it was not possible for him to renew it. When he had the pleasure of playing in Dublin, and was leaving the theatre after his farewell performance, he was followed by two young patrons without shoes or stockings, who had been located in the gallery. One cried out, "I say Toole, arn't you goin' to gie us a copper afore you lave Dublin ?" " Arrah be asy," said the other, "and don't woarit the gin tleman ; gin it to me, Toole ; wasn't I the manes o' gettin' you the ray-ingagemint by clappin' in the gallery every night ?" (Laughter.) The audience he had the honour of addressing were in some sense like the Dublin boy, for they were " the manes of gettin' him the ray-ingagemint by nightly clappin' so heartily in the gallery, and everywhere else. (Laughter and applause.) He felt grateful for the kindness he had received at their hands. He was glad to find that a piece that had been so successful in London had been equally so in Birmingham. Indeed, the elements of success with them and himself were identical, viz., " Fire and Water." (Applause.) Their forges and mills worked wonders. Joe Bright, he believed, would always be re ceived in Birmingham, and he looked upon that name as an omen of success. (Hear, hear.) He wished he could have remained till next week, when the British Associa tion would be in the town, because they would be hunting for objects of interest. Antiquarians would be looking after all the curious spots, and he should like to show them the "Birthplace of Podgers." (Great laughter.) However, that could not be, and he had only to thank the Birmingham public heartily for their support, and he should be ungrateful to the brilliant audience assembled if he omitted publicly to thank the esteemed and worthy mayor of Birmingham (Mr. Wiggin) for his special patronage and presence that evening. (Cheers) He was grateful also to the press for their elaborate criticisms of his performance, and to Mr. Mercer Simpson, who had put his pieces on the stage in a way that was surprising, considering how long he was behind the scenes ; for quiet as everything looked, he could assure them that a " Tempest" was brewing. (Laughter, and hear.) He alluded in complimentary terms to Mr. Ores wick, who is to appear in " The Tempest." After Saturday night he should not be able to appear before them again till next year, and then he should, like Caleb Plummer, try to "unite art with labour, and go as near nature as he could for sixpence." (Laughter.) Mr. Toole then retired, being loudly cheered by the audience: YOUNG OXFORD ABROAD.—On the shores of the Lake of Lucerne, and of other Swiss waters, it was amusing to notice the " reading parties" from the English universities. There was something refreshing in the high spirits of these young men as compared with Continental youth ; in that devotion to the classics which made them so nobly indifferent to the languages of the country, and in the energy with which they cultivated that physical education so necessary to the development of perfect manhood. In the morning Jones (who had a sprained ankle) would remark, " I say, let us have a tremendous grind to-day ;" and though this proposal was never greeted with absolute enthusiasm, yet was it never lightly or hastily set aside. On the contrary, it was usually received with that respect and solemn silence with which toasts are drunk to the memory of the dead ; it was accepted as a grave possibility—as a zest to the actual employments of the day. After a decent interval Clifford would suggest that the morning was rather hot for reading, or that the air was too damp for sitting still ; another would remember that the night before he had some lines which required looking after ; while a third had engaged Carl to teach him how to row standing Occasonally one of the party separated himself from the others, and remained shut up for hours in his own room, where he might be seen seated at the window with a pipe in his mouth, diligently poring over some volume which bore a superficial resemblance to the veracious histories of modern life published by Messrs. Tauchnitz and Co., but eventually it was some passage iu Plato or Eschylus on which he had been engaged ; for, on emerging from his seclusion, the others invariably inquired whether it had been very stiff work, and if he had had had a terrible sweat over it. One innkeeper who had received a party of these youths was sorely exercised in his mind concerning them. As he was the only native in the place who understood English he was kept perpetually at their beck and call. It was Reuter this, Router that, from dawn to midnight. On the ground that they required quiet for the prosecution of their arduous studies they had engaged a large upper room in his house—a wooden house, and on the door of this room some wag had chalked up cWo Pies;" but out of that upper heaven there used to issue the most hideous and violent sounds, as if a party of demons were en gage d i n breaking up the furniture acscompanted with b umps that shook the whole fabric.— Blackwood. CRICKET IN FRANCE. —Cricket is making progress in France, but there are plenty of jokes at the expense of the player. Chain sketches one enthusiastic cricketer, who exclaims, "At first your teeth and eyes are no doubt very much in the way in cricket ; but when once the ball has knocked them out, you can give your undi vided attention to the game." Another is interrupted as he takes his place before the wicket, by a spectator, Who cries, " Stay one instant! Are you married ? Have you any children ? Is there nothing to bind you to life ? No. Very well, then, play away !" rim SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1865 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 11. The Moniteur of this morning says : " The meeting between the French and Spanish Sovereigns at San Sebastian was most cordial. " The entire population, by its enthusiasm, ap peared to take part in an event which is of a nature to draw closer the ties between the two Sovereigns and the two countries." BOURSE, Sept 9.—Two o'clock.—The attendance is very small to-day, and quotations generally lower. Threes, for the Account, are at 69fr. 35c., and Italian Fives 66fr. 40c. Credit Mobilier show a fall of 6fr. 25c., being quoted at 815 fr. The de mand continues for Old Mexican Stock, which main tains yesterday's price of 51+. New City Bonds have retrograded 2fr. 50c.—to 470 fr. Three o'clock. —The market became weaker towards the end, and left off at the following quotations : 4} per Cents 9O 56 Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 22i Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3595 Credit Foncier 1330 Italian Loan 66 27i Do. end month 66 35 Ditto Threes — Roman 74 50 Mexican Loan 5l Do. Bonds 340 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred !ANS. Cash. Acct. Orleans — ... 851 Northern — ... 1092 50 Lyons and Mediterranean — ... 877 50 Southern — ... 567 50 Western — ... 550 Eastern — ... 540 Sardinian. — ... 230 Austrian — ... 413 75 Lombard — ... 465 North of Spain — ... 222 50 Saragossa — ... 322 50 Ditto to Barcelona Roman - - 208 Z Treaty of Navigation between Great Britain and Prussia. REUTER'S EXPRESS. BERLIN, Sept. 8. The following is the text of the navigation treaty between Great Britain and Prussia, signed at Gastein by Lord Napier and Herr von Bismarck upon the 16th ult. " Art. 1. British ships and their cargoes in Prussia, and Prussian ships and their cargoes in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, no matter whence the ships sail or whither they are bound, and whence the cargoes originate or whither they are destined, shall be treated in every respect exactly in the-same manner as native ships and their cargbes. It is, however, understood that this clause shall neither apply to the exclusive fishery rights which the subjects of either of the two countries possess within the waters of the other, nor to the local advantages which certain privileged classes in Great Britain enjoy in certain ports, but not British subjects in general. Every favour or liberty which one of the contracting parties may concede in these respects to a third Power shall simultaneously and without further condition be granted to the other. " Art. 2. The arrangements made in the preced ing article apply also to the colonies and foreign possessions of her Britannic Majesty, as well as to their ships and cargoes ; nevertheless, as far as re gards_ coast navigation, hold good only in such of those colonies and foreign possessions whose coast navigation has been, or in future shall be, opened to foreign vessels in conformity with acts of Parliament referring to the subject. " Art. 3. If a war or merchant vessel of one of the contracting parties strands or shipwrecks upon the coasts of the other, the same protection and assistance shall be afforded to it as to a native ship. The owners, or their agents, or representatives; shall be charged with no other expenses than a native ship would have to pay in the corresponding case of shipwreck. Should the commander of a merchantmen be compelled to sell by auction a part of his cargo - to cover expenses, no obstacle shall be placed in his way by the authorities. He is, how ever, bound to observe the existing regulations and tariffs. Goods and wares saved from the wreck shall be free of all duty, so far as they do not pass into consumption. In the absence, or at the re quest of the owner, of the commandet of the ship, or of some other representative of the owner, the consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls, or consular agents of both parties, shall be empowered to under take the despatch of necessary assistance to those in need of it. " Art. 4. The consuls-general, consuls, vice-con suls, and consular agents of either contracting party who may be stationed in the territories and posses sions of the other shall receive every legally admis sible assistance in obtaining possession of the per sons who have deserted from the ships of their country. " Art. 5. The right of joining this present treaty is reserved to every State now belonging to the Zollverein, or which may at a later period annex itself thereto. " Art. 6. This present treaty shall be of the same duration as the Treaty of Commerce signed between the Zollverein and Great Britain upon May 30 in the current year. It shall come in force four weeks after the exchange of the ratifications. " Art. 7. The present treaty shall be ratified and the ratifications exchanged at Berlin within six months, or, if possible, earlier. In token of which the plenipotentiaries of both parties have signed the same, and appended to it the seal of their arms. " Done at Gastein this 16th August, A.D. 1865. (Signed) " Von BISMARCK. " NAPIER." ANuTHER ALPINE ACCIDENT. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) ERLANGEN, Sept. 1. Intelligence has been received here of another terrible Alpine accident. It appears that two stu dents of theology at Erlangen University, Herren Chrestin and Hinsch, accompanied byNussbaumer, a Neukirchen guide, attempted the ascent of Gross venediger, after receiving the assurance that the enterprise was quite devoid of danger. They reached the top of the mountain safely at noon. In their descent the student Hinsch followed the guide. Nussbaumer suceeeded in passing over a bridge formed by frozen snow across a crevasse, but the ice broke beneath Rinsch, who was at once precipitated, without being greatly hurt in the fall, to a depth of 100 feet down the crevasse. The unfortunate young man fell until he was jam med in by the breast and back. He shouted for help, announcing that his arms were still free. The guide, however, had not only neglected the precaution of tying the party together, but had not even brought a rope with him. He called down to the sufferer that a rope must be fetched, and that he could not be back in less than eight hours. " I can't hold out so long," was the reply ; " say good-bye for me to my parents." A plaid was thrown down in the hope of its imparting a little warmth, but the sufferer was unable to use it, pro bably soon losing all power of motion. His friend, in the meantime, had hastily descended with the guide to a herdsman's hut, but no rope was to be had, and they were obliged to go as far as Neukir chen, where they arrived at 8 p.m., seven hours after the disaster. The guide refused to reascend, but Chrestin at once returned in the night with five men as far as the hut, and reached the crevasse by eight o'clock in the morning. One of the men was let down into the crevasse about 50 feet, being un able to descend further, owing to the narrowness of the space. Some distance lower he perceived the corpse of the unfortunate youth, with the head hanging on one side. He had been frozen to death. ABD-EL-KADER, when warned to delayhis journey home on account of the cholera having broken out at Mar seilles, replied in the usual fatalist language, " Allah ! Who must die, must die !" and refused to alter his arrangements. THE LETTERS OF KING GEORGE 111. •TO LORD NORTH, edited by Mr. Donne, the Examiner of Plays in the Lord Chamberlain's Office, to be published by Murray, will soon, as we are informed, be in the hands of the printer. The Treatment of Federal Prisoners. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times find on arrival in England that public attention is directed afresh to the accusation made by the Federal authorities that prisoners of war were cruelly treated by the Confederates—not merely in exceptional cases by subordinate officials, but sys tematically, and in conformity with a policy delibe rately adopted by President Davis, General Lee, and Mr. Seddon. As a member of the Cabinet of President Davis from the date of his first inaugura tion under the Provisional Constitution to the final overthrow of the Confederate Government by force of arms, as a personal friend whose relations with Jefferson Davis have been of the most intimate and confidential nature, I feel it imperatively to be my duty to request your insertion of this letter in vin dication of honourable men, who, less fortunate than myself, are now held in close confinement by their enemies, and are unable to utter an indignant word in self-defence. A very material fact in relation to this charge of cruelty was omitted in the recent letter from your late "Richmond Correspondent," who was probably not aware of it, but which I can attest from personal knowledge. During the difficulties which prevented the exchange of prisoners of war, cases arose which appealed so strongly to humanity that it was impos sible for the most obdurate to remain insensible. The Federal authorities, therefore, empowered Col. Mul ford, their Commissioner of Exchange, to consent to a mutual delivery of such sick and disabled prisoners as were incapable of performing military service. To this class was the exchange of prisoners rigorously restricted. Colonel Ould, the Confederate Com missioner of Exchange (who has recently been honourably acquitted by the Federals themselves of the same false charge of cruelty to prisoners), made to the President, to the Secretary of War, and to myself repeated complaints that prisoners on both sides were frequently delivered in a condition so prostrate as to render death certain from exposure during the transit between James River and Wash ington or Annapolis. Efforts were made in vain to check this evil. In spite of surgeons' certificates that they were too ill for removal without imminent danger, sick men on both sides, wearied by long confinement, fearful that the exchange would again be interrupted, longing for the sight of home and friends, would either insist on their ability to endure the journey, or, professing that recovery was hope less, would piteously implore to be allowed to see their families before death. The lifeless bodies of numbers of Confederates shipped from the North under these circumstances were delivered to us at City Point, and the like results attended the de livery from our side. Rigid care was taken by the authorities of the United States to exclude from the exchange all cases of slight illness, in accordance with their avowed policy of preventing our armies from being recruited by returned prisoners, this being our only resource for filling our thinned ranks, while they were able to procure unlimited recruits from this side of the Atlantic. From the class just men tioned the most emaciated specimens were chosen by our enemies, and exhibited as conclusive evidence that we exercised habitual cruelty towards prisoners of war. The most wretched and desperate cases were even made the originals for " photographs which cannot lie," and the revolting pictures of human infirmity thus procured were affixed as embellish ments to sensational reports manipulated by Con gressional Committees and Sanitary Commissions. It is not my purpose to examine in detail the question whether on us or on the Federals rests the responsibility of interrupting the exchange of pri soners, and thus producing a mass of human misery and anguish of which few examples can be found in history. The published correspondence of the Com missioners of Exchange and certain revelations made by Federal officials in public speeches and in newspaper articles will be sufficient to satisfy on this point the few who take the pains to ascertain the truth ; but in response to the allegations imputed in the latest news from America to General Hitch cock, that " for the delays in exchanging and the consequent sufferings of ehe prisoners the fault rested entirely with the Confederates," I would recall the following facts : The first effort to establish a cartel of exchange was made by the Confederates when I was tempo rarily in charge of the War-office at Richmond, to wards the close of - the Provisional Government. Gen. Howell Cobb on our part, and Gen. Wool on the part of the United States, agreed on a cartel which was submitted to their respective Governments for approval. In my instructions to Gen. Cobb he was specially directed to propose that after exhaust ing exchanges the party having surplus prisoners in possession should allow them to go home on parole till the other belligerent should succeed in captur ing an equivalent number for exchange. When this proposal was made by us we held a larger number of prisoners than were in the hands of the enemy. It was accpted by Gen. Wool as one of the terms of the cartel, but, unfortunately, some successes of our enemies intervened before ratification by their Go vernment. They obtained, in their turn, an excess of prisoners, and at once refused to ratify the cartel. In the ensuing year, while Gen. Randolph was Sec retary of War, the Confederates were a second time in possession of an excess of prisoners, and succeeded in negotiating a cartel under which they liberated many thousands of prisoners on parole without any present equivalent, thus securing in advance the liberation of a like number of their own soldiers that might afterwards fall into the enemies' hands. This cartel remained for many months in operation. No check nor difficulty occurred as long as we made a majority of captures. In July, 1863, the fortune of war became very adverse to the Confederacy. The battle of Gettys burg checked the advance of General Lee on the Federal capital, while almost simultaneously the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson gave to our enemies a large preponderance in the number of prisoners. The authorities at Washington imme diately issued general orders refusing to receive from General Lee the prisoners held by him until they should be reduced to possession in Virginia, thus subjugating their own men to the terrible suf ferings glanced at by Colonel Fremantle in order to embarrass General Lee's movements. They fur ther refused to restore to us the excess of prisoners held by them, after having received for nearly or quite a year the benefit of the special provision of the cartel when it operated in their favour, and during the entire war they never once consented to a delivery to us of any prisoners in excess of the number for which we were prepared to return an immediate equivalent. It requires no sagacity to perceive that every mo tive of interest as well as of humanity operated to induce us to facilitate the exchange of pri- Boners, and to submit even to unjust and unequal terms in order to recover soldiers whom we could replace from no other source. On the other hand, interest and humanity were at war in their influence on the Federal officials. Others must judge of the humanity and justice of the policy which consigned hundreds of thousands of wretched men to capti- vity apparently hopeless, but I can testify unhesi tatingly to its sagacity and efficacy, and to the pitiless sternness with which it was executed. deed, this refusal to exchange was one of the moss fatal blows dealt us during the war, and contributed to our overthrow more perhaps than any other single measure. I write not to make complaint of it, but simply to protest against the attempt of the Federals so to divide the consequences of their own conduct as to throw on us the odium attached to a cruelty plainly injurious to us, obviously beneficial to themselves. The sense of duty which prompts thisletter would be but imperfectly satisfied were I to withhold at this juncture the testimony which none so well as myself can offer in relation to the charge of in humanity made against President Davis. For the four years during which I have been one of his most trusted advisers, the recipient of his confidence, the sharer to the best of my abilities in his labours and responsibilities, I have learnt to know him better perhaps than he is known by any other living man. Neither in private conversation nor in Cabinet Council have I ever heard him utter one unworthy thought, one ungenerous sentiment. On repeated occasions wll6a the savage atrocities of such raep as Butler, Turchin, M'Neill, and others were the subject of anxious consideration, and when it was urged upon Jefferson Davis, not only by friends in private letters, but by members of his Cabinet in Council, that it was his duty to the people and to the army to endeavour to repress such outrages by retaliation, he was immovable in his resistance to such counsels, insisting that it was repugnant to every sentiment of justice and humanity that the innocent should be made victims for the crimes of such monsters. Without betray ing the confidence of official intercourse, it may be permitted me to say that when the notorious expe dition of Dahlgren against the city of Richmond had been defeated, and the leader, killed in his flight, the papers found upon his body showed that he had been engaged in an attempt to assassinate the Pre sident and the heads of the Cabinet, to release the Federal prisoners confined in Richmond, to set fire to the city, and to let loose his men and the releaied prisoners, with full licence to gratify their passions on the helpless inhabitants. The instructions to his men had been elaborately prepared, and his designs communicated to them in an address ; the incendiary materials for firing the town formed part of his equipment. The proof was complete and undeniable. In the action in which Dahlgren fell, some of his men were taken prisoners. They were brought to Richmond, and public opinion was unanimous that they were not entitled to be considered as prisoners of war ; that they ought to be put on trial as brigands and assassins, and exe cuted as such if found guilty. In Cabinet Council the conviction was expressed that these men had acquired no immunity from punishment for their crimes, if guilty, by the fact of their having been admitted to surrender by their captors, before know ledge of their offences. A discussion ensued which became so heated as almost to create unfriendly feel ing, by reason of the unshaken firmness of Mr. Davis in maintaining that although these men merited a refusal to grant them quarter in the heat of battle, they had been received to mercy by their captor, as prisoners of war, and as such were sacred, and that we should be dishonoured if harm should overtake them after their surrender, the acceptance of which constituted in his judgment a pledge that they should receive the treatment of prisoners of war. To Jefferson Davis alone and to his constancy of purpose did these men owe their safety in spite of hostile public opinion, and in opposition to two thirds of the Cabinet. I forbear from further trespass on your space, although I am in possession of numerous other facts bearing on the subject that could not fail to interest all who are desirous of seeing justice done to the illustrious man of whose present condition I will not trust myself to speak.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, J. P. BENJAMIN. The Emperor of the French. A letter from Biarritz, dated Sept. 8, says : The Emperor and Empress arrived at their resi dence in this charming retreat at half-past 2 p.m. yesterday. On former occasions their Majesties used to alight at the St. Esprit station, where the imperial carriages were in waiting for them, and pass under triumphal arches, one erected at the en trance of the bridge over the Adour, which divides that suburban quarter from Bayonne Proper, and the other in the large square in front of the Maine. On the present occasion, however, they did not enter Bayonne, but continued their route for about two miles further on, to a station called the Negresse, from a wayside public-house which has long disap peared, and which is about ten minutes' drive from Biarritz. In former times, too, the Emperor arrived without any military following, whereas he was yes terday escorted by the Cent Gardes and a troop of Chasseurs. The Empress and the Prince Imperial were seated in an open carriage, in advance of which about a dozen of the former corps rode ; the rest followed, and the rear was brought up by the Chasseurs. The fine body of men who form the household guard of his Majesty is now seen for the first time in this part of the country, and I need hardly say is greatly admired. Indeed, it forms one of the principal attractions of the occasion. The Imperial Guard lined the road leading from the Negresse into Biarritz, and kept the passage clear. As the Emperor drove slowly along the cries of " Vise l'Empereur," which were but partial during the first moments, grew more fre quent and louder, and as he approached the resi dence, on which the tricolor had just been hoisted, it swelled into a prolonged shout. The day was beautiful, and multitudes, to the greater part of whom the escort was a novelty, crowded into Biarritz from all the country round. For hours before the arrival they thronged the streets and the roads leading to Biarritz, filled the balconies, and might be seen on every point from which a view could be obtained. Of the Imperial Guard, which, as well as the Cent Gardes, has been brought down in consequence of the Queen of Spain's expected visit, there are about 400 men. The Cent Gardes are lodged in the houses attached to the Palace, and the Imperial Guard, as well as the detachments of the garrison of Bayonne, are encamped in a spacious field near the small lake or reservoir which is used to irrigate the grounds, and within a short distance of the imperial abode. As for Biarritz itself, I can only say that it is, if anything, more crowded than ever. There is, I believe, hardly any country in Europe that has not its representatives —some of very high rank. No thing care be more animated, particularly in the morning and evening. Excursionists are to be met with in every direction, on their way to visit the picturesque scenes in the neighbourhood—Cambo, St. Jean de Luz, Fontarabia, San Sebastian, and other points famous in history and romance. The sun is still hot, as in midsummer, though in the morning and evening tempered by the breeze from mountains and the ocean. The autumn lingers long in this favoured country, and winter is always slow in coming. Since last year a little chapel has been built in the grounds of the Palace, at a few minutes' walk from it, so that the Court will not, as hitherto, have to leave the enclosure to attend divine service on the Sabbath. The workmen put the last hand to it only yesterday. MADAME VICTOR HUGO has recently visited Paris to arrange the preliminary formalities for the marriage of her son Charles. THE PORTSMOUTH FESTIVITIES.—We have no in tention of digging up the story of the old man, his son, and his ass. We are quite aware of the difficulties which beset the path of those who make the vain attempt to please everybody. We do not for a moment suppose that the Duke of Somerset and his colleagues condescended to a make-believe of doing any such thing on the occasion of the late banquets given to the French navy at Ports mouth, but we have heard "growls," both loud and deep, at the manner in which the Admiralty issued the tickets of invitation. We understand that all the officers of the Guards had carte blanche for the ball at the Naval College, while it will scarcely be believed lieutenants of the navy of eight and nine years' standing, actually in command of vessels, were not only excluded from feast and dance, but were not even thought of. We always were under the im pression (but it seems we were thoroughly mistaken) that the Navy of England was to be the entertainer of the Navy of France, in return for the courtesies received at Cher bourg and Brest. It must have appeared strange to the French officers to witness such a slender gathering of their hosts. We wonder what the Guards and other military bodies would say if Earl de Grey were, in the name of the British army, to give an entertainment at Aldershot to a certain number of the representatives of the legions of France, and exclude them in favour of the officers of the Royal yachts and of the Channel squadron.—Arnty and Navy Gazette. FATAL QUARREL—On Thursday, the Driffield Bench sent a young harvester, named James Allen, to York Castle, for trial on a charge of killing a companion workman named William Turpin, 39 years of age, by striking a sickle into his back. The two, with others, were working on Mr. Thornley's farm at Cattleholmes, and after allowance time on the 26th ult., the shearers had taken the mowers' scythes, and were practising that kind of reaping. A quarrel sprung up between Turpin and Allen about the speed they could mow at, and a fight en sued, during which both used rough language, and Allen got so excited that he seized a sickle and stuck it into Turpin's back, penetrating the lungs. The handle came off, the blade being left sticking in Turpin's body. Turpin died on the Ist inst., and before a coroner's jury, which adjourned its inquiry, and then found a verdict of man slaughter, Allen made a detailed statement of the quarrel, and owned he did it in a passion, and was sorry for the deed. At the adjourned magisterial inquiry on Thursday Allen was oommittecl for trial. • 'kiritAr ( J ou r + uh et dom# X alr7 -- _ HER MAJESTY• WINDSOR CASTLE, Sept. 9. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon, and again this morning. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, attended by the Hon. Horatia Stopford, also took a drive. Her Majesty held a council at a quarter before two o'clock to-day, at which were present Earl Granville, the Duke of Somerset, and the Right lion. E. Cardwell. Lord Granville had an audience of the Queen. Mr. Ilelps was clerk of the Council, and Lord Rivers and Lieut.-Colonel Kingseote the lord and groom in waiting. The Bishop of Chester arrived at the Castle to do homage on his appointment, and was introduced by the Right Hon. E. Cardwell. The Hon. and Rev. E. S. Keppel was deputy clerk of the closet. Her Majesty received the Queen of the Sandwich Islands this afternoon at Windsor Castle. The Queen arrived attended by her suite. Her Majesty was accompanied by the Princesses and Prince Leopold, and attended by the Duchess of Wellington, the Hon. Horatia Stopford, and the gentlemen in waiting. The Right Hon. E. Cardwell likewise attended. Sept. 10. The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay, chaplain to her Majesty, officiated. Her Majesty drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena. Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice also took a drive. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Nemours, Princess Marguerite, and the Duc d'Alencon, and the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier visited her Majesty to-day and remained to luncheon. The ceremony of christening the infant son of the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor and Mrs. Wellesley took place in the Private Chapel of the Castle this afternoon ; her Majesty the Queen standing in person as one of the sponsors, the others being the Duke of Wellington and Lieutenant- Colonel C. Ellison. The Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay, canon of Windsor, performed the ceremony. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Prin cess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice were present. The Duchess of Wellington and the Hon. Horatia Stopford attended her Majesty. There were also present, in addition to the Dean of Windsor and the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, Lord and Lady Rokeby and the Hon. Miss Montagu. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to arrive at Marlborough House to day from Germany. Their royal highnesses were to leave the chateau of the Duchess of Cambridge on Friday last for home. The prince and princess go in a day or two to Abergeldie, N. 8., for the remainder of the shooting season. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at Gloucester House on Saturday morning from Rumpenheim, the Duchess of Cambridge's seat near Frankfort. The royal duke came home by way of Stras burg and Paris. His royal highness attended at the Horse Guards in the afternoon. THE QUEEN OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.--On Saturday Queen Emma of Hawaii, attended by the Royal suite, left the metropolis on a visit to her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle. Queen Emma, who was in deep mourning, quitted the Paddington terminus of the Groat Western Railway in a State Saloon attached to a spe cial train, in charge of Mr. Alfred Higgins, the superinten dent of the district, at 2.15 p.m., and arrived at Windsor at 3 o'clock, the train from Slough being also accompanied by Mr. Morley. At the Windsor station two of the car riages belonging to the Royal establishment were in readi ness, and in these the Queen and suite were conveyed to the Castle. After visiting her Majesty and the Royal family, and inspecting the various objects of interest in and around the Castle, Queen Emma left the Palace, and returned at 6 o'clock by special train, in charge of Mr. Allen, superintendent, to Paddington, where the Royal party arrived shortly beforo 7 o'clock in the evening. The Marquis of Anglesey will leave town to morrow for Beaudesert, his seat near Lichfield. The Marquis of Hartington, M.P., arrived at Devonshire House on Saturday from Holkhar Hall, Lan ca shire. The Earl of Lonsdale is entertaining a succession of friends at Lowther Castle. The Earl Craven is expected to arrive in town to-day from Scarborough. The countess and Lady Emily Craven are also expected, from visiting Viscount and Vis countess Chelsea. On Wednesday the earl and countess and family go to Ashdown Park, Berks. The Earl Cowper will leave Brockett Hall to-day, after visiting Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, for Wrest Park, Beds, to stay a day or two with the Countess Cowper and family before going to Scotland. We are able to announce an approaching mar riage, which will cause great interest in the fashionable and political world. It is that of the Lord President of the Council, Earl Granville, to Miss Castalia, Campbell, sister of Mr. Walter Campbell of Islay, of Lady Mackenzie of Gairoch, and of Mrs. Davenport-Bromley. The marriage of the Countess of Jersey and Mr. Charles Brandling is to take place to-morrow at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. The Countess (Frances) Waldegrave and the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., left town on Satur day for Chewton, the countess's seat in Somersetshire. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town on Saturday afternoon for Brockett Hall, Herts. Lord Lyons is expected to go to Windsor Castle to-day to have an audience of the Queen before his depar ture to assume his duties as_ Ambassador at Constan- tinople. Lady Granville Somerset and Mr. R. Somerset have left Farrance's Hotel for Norwood. The Right Hon. W. Hutt, M.P., and Mrs. Hutt have arrived at the Alexandra Hotel, Hyde-park-corner• Sir George and Lady Julia Wombwell are enter taining at Newbugh Priory a distinguished party, includ ing the Earl Annesley, the Countess of Sefton and Lady Cecilia Molyneux, Viscount Canterbury, Mr. G. and Lady Augusta Sturt, Hon. Colonel Forester, Mr. Baldwin, Occ* The gentlemen have had excellent shooting. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILIVAY." - : A serious accident, but one which fortunately did not terminate fatally, occurred on the Great Western lin e on Saturday night. When the fast train leaving Padding ton at 3 40 for Birmingham had passed Banbury, and WAS running at express speed, one of the wheels of the engi ne came off the main axle. The train ran about 50 yards el °l2g the metals, and then suddenly departing from the rails vren". into the adjoining field. The engine became detached from the tender and fell on one side. The tender turned upsid e down and drew the guard's van along with it. Next WO a second-class carriage, which was turned on its side. first-class carriage following was also pitched into the he ld on its side, but the two remaining carriages (second class) were left on the permanent way. By some extraordinall chance the driver and stoker were uninjured. The guar"' who was very much shaken, volunteered to go to Banbal for assistance. When he arrived there, Mr. Brown, al station-master, instantly procured medical assistance, ail ' Messrs. Rye and Franey, surgeons, of B an b ur y, proceed ed an n p e th ug e i l n in e e an w d it s h o a m t e ro ca lly n , i w ag h e i s en c s hwa t from teat station, with Messrs. Wise and D oug l as, surgeon s. liar s afterwards heN nri f h ol_l w followed pily their services were not much required, as the Pas sen ; gers had escaped compar a ti ve l y un h urt. Th e mo st seriO' case was that of Mr. G. de la Perrelle, of 1, Sing-streeici South Castle-street, Li verpoo l , w h o was much shaken , a e o who remains at the White Lion Hotel, Banbury ; as ail_ does Mr. C. Pinninger, of Messrs. Allsopps', 61, King " t ham-street, London, w h o i s cu t a b ou t th e head, but 0,19 t seriously injured. A l a d y , name un k nown , was cut a b°e , the arm and wri s t, b u t was a bl e t o go on , as was Mr.W•iit of Leamington, who was slightly grazed on the nail* elle the passengers, with the exeeption of Messrs. de la P°ll :„., e nt and Pinninger, as also the driver, stoker, and gua rd, on by the express. The down-line was of course en:' 11 1 1 , a blocked up for some time, and a great detention of an trains took place. THE ATTEMPTED MILITARY ASSASSIII.IVg° I4. I - : 0 Sergeant Patrick Shurlock, of the 28th Regiment, w ho To ; shot through the right side in the barrack - room at ])° port by a private on the Ist inst., and who is now in pe spi c t t a e l d a h t e S wi tok ll e t M ha il t it i a t rY is n ex o in court. The prisoner, Michael Foy, was broughtbeni_uta , sh is ort p l r y og je es a s h i l n e g to sO g s iv at e i6 e f r ac.ott.:- ,7 ce r: the magistrates on Friday last, and was remanded Thursday next. Mr: T. R. Williams, surgeon of the 2 6 . t i;" informed the Bench that the ball passed between two 13 „f without fracturing either ; it j u st touche d the surfaco the lung, but did not injure any of the vital parts. wound is about Six inches long. I I Y e 1 1