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I t h Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. th B° ld In Bottles, 3s. 8(1., at the Retail Houses in London ; by it ° dents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale N°. 22.698. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1865. di GREAT WEgDAIILL-STRENT, LONDON, W. q bserve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and •Jork branded Xinahan's LL Whiskv." ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and Igshe d Gre D FlAl i LIFE AS Royal atronage), 17, Water:l,o- AIaEl UR R. HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents wante . . in towns not yet represented. • ESTABLISHED 1837. bRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. I.3lzpowered by special Act of Parliament 4 Viet., cap. D. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. DIRECTORS. Geor ge Bevington. Esq.. The Lodge, Dulwich. u,eorge CohEn, s eq. Shacklewell. Coventry orn Exchange bhambers. — a ellathan Duncan Dow, Esq„ 12, Pembridg,re Villas, Bays water, Drewett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. Thomas Samuel (31rdler, Esq.. 7, Tokenhouse-ysrd. .t.,4dward HalPs, Esq., North Frith, Hadlow, Kent. "'etirY Lewis Smale, Esq., Doctors' Commons. it,4yery description of Life Assurance business transacted the lowest rates of Premium consi-tent with security. , T he various Tables, some of which are pec u liar to this Com „,w,Y, have bee n s t u di ous ly a d a pt e d t o th e requ i remen t s o f - Yel class of Assurers. EQUAL RATES FOR WHOLE TERM OF LIFE. 4 ". ANNUAL PREMIUM. AGE. 20 1 12 5 85 25 1 16 0 40 0 2 0 8 45 ---....__ ANNUAL PREMIUM. 2 6 9 2 15 1 3 6 3 ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. THE SOUTH AFRICAN LAND AND FINANCE COMPANY (Limited). p_The LIST of APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this aDany will be kept OPEN till TO- iIORROW (TUBS . for London ; and till WEDNESDAY. 22d March, for "e Country. _ _ By order, T. B. EAMES, Secretary pro tem. 2 . St. Michael's House, St. Michael's-alley, London, Mnrch 20, 1t,65. THE CITY OFFICES COMPANY (Limited). Nn t h -TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, in conformity with Article of Association, the SECOND GENERA.L M EETING of the Shareholders of this Company will be held /, the London Tavern, Bishopszate=street, in the City of ~thlclon, on THURSDAY, the 30th March, 1865, Eleven e o c „, l °ek _precisely, to receive the Report of the Directors, ac bliled by an Anditen Statement of Accounts to the 31st weixtba., 186 i, and to Elect Auditors for the ensuing year. By order, G. W. BENWELL, Secretary. T eziporary Offices, 70, Cornhill, March 16, 1865. THE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND: Limited). Capital, Two Millions, in ICO,OOO shares of £2) each. T he DIRECTORS. .ight Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Governor. ''`e B Levick Esq. Merchant, King's Arms-yard, Deputy % " a a „.. Go vernor. 'iles Nugent Daniell, Esq., Chairman of the Alliance Bank Denuty-Governor. A i n les Childs, Esq., London. „Land, r Dunbar , Esq., Old Bloal-street, London. edaries Ellis, Esc.. Lloyd's. el Phe Hakim, Esq. (Messrs. Pinto, Hakim Brothers, and D on 1 . aen. T. clJn. C. Haliburton, M.P., Chairman of the egnada virA p gency Association, London. oe d iam Harrison, Esq. (Messrs. Young, Harrison, and van), Direct or of the Thames and Mer.ey Insurance k i znip an Stuart. i"rd Lane. Esq. (Messrs. Lane, Hankey, and Co.), ti 3 / 4 ondon. dntarles E. Newbon, Esq., London. Pownall. Esq., J.P., Russell-squan, London. lel)h -street,London . RA. (J. Macklin Smith and Co.). Old t,;'rett d 4,a-lard Warner, Esq , M . P., London. 'VI Westmorland, Esq. (D rector of the Royal Insurance 4ii'orpanyr, London. .ert Grant, Esq., Managing Director. BANKERS. Th e Agra and Hasterman's Bank (Limited). t h e Agra and Masterman Bank (Limlted. essr& Smith, Payne, and Smiths. 1 ,!.e National , snk, London, Dublin, and its Brano'ies in ,Lireland. ' 4 Alliance Bank (Limited), London, Liverpool, and Man chester. Messy SOLICITORS. s. Newbon. Evans, and Co, Nicholas-lane, E.C. SECRETARY. Alfred Lowe, Esq. OFFICES. 17 and 18, Cornhill, London. fIIE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND (Limited'. 1 1; 1 , 7.017CM IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HAL F lteipLY GENERAL BISISTINI of this Company will be T r „,,,,ltt the London Tavern, B shopsgate-street, London, on Ar lISDAY, the 20th A pril next, .t One o'clock p.m. itg s elY, for the purpose of rec..iving the Directors and bciors' Report and Balance-sheet, and for declaring a ZKohe Transfer Books of the Company will be Closed from thz E ir e Y, the 10th, to Thursday, the 2 th April,b)th days in . By order of the Court of Dire_tors, AL FRED LOWE, Secretary. and 18, Cornhill, London, March 16, 1865. —Just received, ex " Whinfell," excellent FAMILY TEA, offered to Families at Merchants' Viz : —3s. per lb., recommended ; also, ex " Lochin- Nrtnest Ankot Souohong, 38. Gd., ve y superior. Tea: 4 40 " ,„°7l applicatilo. Is. 10, n. 25., Price to 2s. List free 4d. Umples may be seen and AaE BROTHERS, Merchants, :1/5, London-bridge, City. ESKELL'S exclusive PATENT. 8, G The right t o thi s paten t was secured to Mr. Eske ll , o f 1 860, 1 : 03 9en0r-street, Bond-street, by a Royal seal (July 17, Ill e 4 a d can only be procurea at his residence, where spew.- r aay be seen, and every information can be obtained. kmer this patent, artificial teeth, to last a lifeime, are Til e : , and fitted in a few hours without pain or ext t ractions. ile4 l 4, Bll Poort loose teeth and protect tender gums ; their re kihkinance to nature is perfect and undetectable, and they are littbi A 4r !teed for mastication and articulation. Treatise on the littc f c ,‘ sent for seven stamps. Consultations free. Terms 'Y moderate. 8 , Grosvenor-street, Bond-street OTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and ost useful Invention of the day AMU AMA RELL A. .I.6' B !a m • JOHN GOSNELL and C 0. ,, l2, Three King-court, 1 411 110 0 d-street, London, Perfume rs t o h er M a j es ty, r espect Y Offer to the public this truly m arve ll ous fluid. which rtilktuaily restores the human hair to its pristine hue- no °p4 t er at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the thties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the ti.4." 3, and when the hair is once restored one application 4 1 1 1 " th will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per th:,Watr elfrld:ieorttles.difrse.m6ll.nlermuanns ci i i undo rnm u h a t r ed a rt ee s. likettability, may be an seen on application. Messrs. 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Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. n e ,r ) , and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three ' 4 4t , t he quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask tor Dr. kt‘, 8 %lions u ndid"ver Pills. The genuine are a square Ili Avg:acre William Lambert." engraved on the PERSONS SEEKING LAND ED to,. pt i ,,aATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES. 401„g0LD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMANTS. AND O p b eat VIES GEN ERALL Y— ro 1 HAD king d o m at the principal Railway Bookstalls :pout th, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, m i titt,.tehancery-lane, London, Messrs. Id. and H. Lumley's PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection 'ae• szl and house properties now in the market, from blernan's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the L ai tZ etli • ta it o li v i l'u few E acre i s i's wishing to Sell or Let can em 17reitle °ppm ta l 7ity " that the medium of this Register I,4tate' Offices , sending the partictears of their properties to the 414111,„`"ffices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. I,` , , i er e Wan in most cases introduce immediate customers te e ' „ th,„'e, Property is of an eligible chara ter, thereby avoid gleb,Z. disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon th'll- - -a t V B tr 1 8 No CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur qLk 8 introduced through Messrs. Lumley s Agency, \S',,NI only the usual moderate commission. r 1 ; : -:•! t Ion and Land Offices, 67. Chancery - lane . London. 11 11 RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another v,(11 .1 5 ( 5 3 n1e to Ihe 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer b,:at ~„Pnor, friendless, young females were rejected rom the UNDS and room, making a total of 3,057, who have p i opt away in five years. Here are brief details of a few ust recent cases: t a ge 4 15, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. D g ' -•:%, age d ed 13, homeless, boh parents dead. ag 17, fallen, father d e ad, deserted by her mother. '• ll' aged 15, fallen, mother dead. 8.1 B Zed, 15, fallen. mother dead, aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. a ged 14, homeless , desert ed by her parents. 11" aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. . Waged 17, fatlen, both parents dead. aged 18, fallen, father dead. '.aged 18, fallen, both parents "cad, 4 . " ‘ „,4ed 17, fallen, both parents dead. aged 17 fallen both parents dead. 01, 118. 0C' e d 15, falle p dead. hab‘,ll,,, home the Committee wish to form would be for i v elie" .lB , almost children, from the age of s to 15, who . ob tr e i n led astray from the path of virtue. 13 1 1 '; 04,11tions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, clay and aoopr, 85, Queen-street, Cheapside; or by Messrs Co. Lombard-street. A % 1/ -S' ORPHAN - GIRLS' SCHOOL and 'OAR, nampstead. Offices. 77, CornhilL C aA>PATuoN—The QUEEN. kV i le TRUSTEES. on. Francis Maude, The Rev. Canon 1-hampneys I Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. T it . 0 TREASURERS. 1 1 hi s L. Davin E sq . 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ROSS, 248 , High Holborn, London. Essay )n Hair, id. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &c 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 stlmps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, Lonaon. ALEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, is. ; sent for 14 stamps; Eye Colour, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 48., or 60 stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS. 248, High Holborn, London. THE GALE. SHIELDS, Sunday Midnight. One of the most terrific gales we have had this winter has been encountered upon our coast to-day. It has blown from S.E. for the last twenty-four hours. Several hundred ships have run for the Tyne this day. The laden brig Border Chieftain, of Hartlepool, in crossing the bar was struck by a tremendous sea, which broke her wheel, disabled the mate and a seaman named Robert Scales. The vessel was driven ashore at Tynemouth. Her bottom is out, and she will become a total wreck. The schooner Quickstep, of Exeter, in coming into harbour shifted her ballast, was thrown by the sea on to her broadside, and it was thought she would founder in this crippled state. However, she was driven by the force of the wind and sea into port, where she was safe. Her mate is droWned and his brother badly hurt. A Yarmouth schooner, name unknown, has lost her mate overboard. The most tragical scene, however, of this day's storm occurred at four o'clock this afternoon. A coal-laden brig, the Burton, of Colchester, was driven to the north ward of the harbour and struck on the foundation of the North Pier. The Lifeguard Brigade fired a line between her masts; the crew had taken to the rig ging. While a sailor lad was endeavouring to lay hold of the rocket line the vessel knocked her bottom out, fell to pieces, and drowned all hands, except the mate, in the presence of thousands of spectators who crowded the pier. The mate, George Hazen, was picked up floating upon a deck-plank by the Constance lifeboat. He was very much exhausted when landed, but he has recovered. The body of Miss Jane Ferguson, who was lost in the Stanley teamship four months ago, was picked up to-day. it has been identified by a ticket issued to her at Aberdeen. No more casualties since dark. awfully stormy. Wind easterly. Weather still MADRID has recently established an Anthropo logical Society, thus following the example of Paris and London. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY. will appear in their new entertain ment, entitled A PECULIAR FAMILY, by Hr. William Brough. New scenery by T. and H. Grieve. Every Evening, except Saturday, at 8. Saturday afternoon, at 3. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent- s treet. Unreserved seats, Is., 28. • stalls, ; stall chairs, ss. May be secured at the Gallery without fee. OPERA DI CAMERA. every Tuesday and Thursday Morning, and Saturday at 8. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEE AUX ENTERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the Song : "King of Bceotia ;" "The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, and i horns; the side-splitting "Couplets," by Minerva, Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; a: ;d final Minuet and Gmlop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and Lascelics. And Gonoud's celebrated opera FAUS/ : Faust, Mons Lavessiere, the great French Tenor ; Marguerette, Miss Russell ; assisted by a Band and Chorus of Sixty Per formers. THE PUBLIC. SCHOOLS BILL The Public Schools Bill, which is presented to Parliament by the Earl of Clarendon, has just been printed. There are few of our readers who will not be anxious to be informed of its provisions, and we hasten to satisfy their curiosity. We shall not, how ever, attempt immediately to express any judgment upon proposals of so much importance and involving such delicate considerations. In the following ob seriations we shall simply present our readers with a short summary of the provisions of the bill, and explicitly disclaim any intention of commenting upon them. The recommendations of the Royal Commission may be referred to three distinct heads—that is, to the governing bodies of the schools ; to the statutes which determine the character of the foundation and the appropriation of the school property ; and, thirdly, to the general regulations for the course of study and the management of the school. The second and third of these three subjects are by the proposed bill entirely subordinated to the first. With a few slight exceptions, and subject to the re strictions which we shall explain, the alteration of statutes and the framing of regulations are entirely committed to the governing bodies. The bill pro vides for their appointment, and 'gives them the ne cessary powers of interferekc` e, and then leaves it to them to carry out as they may think proper the other suggestions of the Commissioners. With the slight exceptions, therefore, which we shall presently name, no matters of detail as to the constitution or management of the schools are involved in the pro visions of the Bill. It is concerned almost solely with determining the nature, of the new governing bodies and the powers which shall be intrusted to them. Upon their constitution and the nature of these powers everything else will depend. In framing the constitutions of the governing bodies of the several schools the Bill seems to follow as nearly as possible the recommendations of the Commission. The new governing body is framed in each case more or less upon the basis of the existing govern ment. The present members will for the most part retain their position, but other members will be added in. a proportion which varies with the dif ferent schools. The example of Etcln will serve to indicate the nature of the changes proposed, though they appear larger there than at the other schools. In place of the present Provost, Vice-Provost, and six Fellows, the governing bxly is for the future to be composed of a Provost and fourteen Fellows, of whom nine are to be honorary and five stipendiary. All shall be members of the Established Church, but shall not necessarily have been educated at Eton. The Provost shall be nominated by the Crown, shall be a graduate of Oxford or Cambridge, of not less than 35 years of age, and not necessarily in Holy Orders. He shall be required to reside during the whole of every school term. The Provost of King's shall be ex officio one of the honorary Fellows. Of the other eight, who shall receive no emoluments and shall not be required to reside, three shall be nominated by the Crown, and shall be Graduates of Oxford or Cambridge, and the other five shall be elected by the governing body. The five stipendiary Fellows shall also be elected by the go verning body. They must all be either distinguished for literary or scientific attainments, or have done eminent service to the school as Head or Assistant masters. Three of them, at least, shall be in Holy Orders. They shall receive £7OO a year and a house, and shall be required to reside three months in every year. A similar change is proposed at Win chester, though the number of Fellows is not so largely increased. At Harrow, Charter-house, and Rugby the proposed change is simpler, consisting merely in an addition to the number of trustees or governors, with the provision that one-fourth of the whole governing body shall be persons distinguished for their literary and scientific attainments. At Westminster, Shrewsbury, and St. Paul's the change is more complicated, but is of the same character. To the governing bodies thus constituted all the property, rights, powers, privileges, and obliga tions" of the existing bodies will be transferred, subject, of course, to the provisions of the bill ; and in the case of Westminster and St. Paul's some change will be necessary in respect to the tenure of the school property. The time and places of their meeting and the management of their business are to be under the entire control of the governing bodies ; a majority of members present is to decide v a o n t y e, qu a e n s d tio t t, er the is, of hechaitlneaonuni3se, a fix to haveed quorum. acas or ti um ng . o L u ast o ly f , tmh th aet e:r teehrs wlroeoasmfouncuand willba. le n t e expenses are to be defrayed are, n t e as a f f w e e e t ihnagv the said,he foundationf of the school ; and secondly, e their provisions will be subject t w c o o mi kinds—first, un underdad—thfi rtheir constitution the o n sta tutes control Parliament and of the as to its management. With the regard to the former, re gard to the latter their authority is ei unrestricted. ;with They will have power to amend and consolidate any of the existing statutes, and to make new statutes for any of the follow' number, the conditions gofpaudrP°issseison:7aTnod the decide pn. vthe leges of boys on the foundation ; to re-arrange any tenablescholars scholarships, exhibitions, the seexhhoiboiltioorns;. those which have been creattkthde or other emoluments w ij it n h i L ers th it e y las e t x fif ee t p y t years ; as, for example, to make emoluments now l tenable at only one college tenable at any college Queen in. general n etrhael regulationscontrof in either University ; to d e t e rmine the mode and conditions of appointment to any ecclesiastical benefice in the patronage of the govern ing body, or to which those educated at the school have a preferential claim ; to fix the salaries of the masters and to abolish any other than the head-mastership, and to dispose of the surplus income of the school property. The only exception to their independent decision on these points, to which we alluded above, relates to the qualification for boys on the foundation. The bill specially pro vides that no candidate for the foundation at Eton shall be entitled to preference by reason of his place of birth or abode, and that neither illegitimacy nor bodily imperfection shall be a disqualification. In the case of Shrewsbury the rights of the burgesses are to cease in 1880, and after that date there will be 40 free scholarships absolutely open. At Harrow and Rugby the privileges of free education possessed by persons residing within the parishes or neighbour hoods shall cease, yg e e xE di t efsr in nomf th t e hos c e as s e ch o o f as the passing of the b ae o t rn . T w j i l t e hi g n ove t rnin en over, are to prepare schemes for appropriating a suitable part of their revenues to the promotion of more over, childreno r e - for example, t ed y u e c a a t t a i b o l n is in hin t g he s ir ep n a e r i a g te hb a o e u h r n h e o ls o , d7 e ; 1 3 3 .;41 being had to the local objects of their founders and to the altered circumstances of the present time. Besides this which the governing bodies s w restrictionsiallli make statutes and the conditions of their v s :—No statute m ade by the governing body of one school shall affect the in- tthe tykearethese s under foo w in terest of another in endow m ents common to the two without the consent of the governing body of the second school, and where a statute would affect any College in either of the two Universities sufficient notice is to be given to the head of such a College. A statute shall be valid after it has been approved by her Majesty in Council, and this approval shall be obtained under the following conditions :—The sta tute shall be laid before the Queen in Council and published in the London Gazette, and any persons in terested in it may within a month petition the Queen `against the whole or any part of it. Any such petition shall be referred to five members of the Privy Council, two of whom are to be of the Judi cial Committee, and the petitioners may be heard by counsel. Further, all such statutes are to be laid before Parliament at once, if it be sitting, and if not, within three weeks after its opening ; and either House may address Her Majesty within 40 days against the whole or any part of the statutes. In the absence of any such petition or address the Queen may pronounce her approval, or she may approve the parts which are not objected to. The other parts she may refer back to the governing body, who will proceed to alter them subject to the same conditions. Lastly, these statutes are to be made before the Ist January, 1867, unless the Queen shall specially grant an extension of the time, but this may not be further than to January 1,1868. When once made, statutes may be altered and cancelled from time to time in the same manner. With regard to the second head of their charge, the governing bodies are, as we have said, uncontrolled. They may make, alter, or annul as they please regulations with respect to any of the following matters :—The number of boys other than founda tion boys in the school ; their ages and the condi tions of admission ; the manner in which they are to be boarded and lodged ; the payments to be made for them, the fees and payments of all kinds, and the application of such payments ; attendance at Divine service, and the services themselves ; the times and length of the holidays ; the subjects of study and the general discipline and management of the school ; and the disposal of any surplus in come, with a view to promoting the efficiency of the education provided. With such large powers, they will obviously have in their hands the entire management and character of the school. Subject to the statutes they may make, they will appoint the Head-master and all, masters now appointed by the governing body, and all the other masters will be appointed by the Head-master and will hold office at his pleasure. It is also specially pro vided that "no candidate for any mastership shall be entitled to preference by reason of his having been educated at the school of which he desires to be master." The Head -master will be subject to the general regulations of the governing body on all the points we have enume rated, but he will be otherwise independent, and will be supreme over all the other masters. Such is a short sketch of all the provisions which concern the management and constitution of the schools. There remain only a few miscellaneous provisions. The Dean and Chapter of Westminster are, in conjunction with the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners, to vest in the governing body and their suc cessors the fee-simple of such an estate as shall be adequate to the due maintenance of the school, and also to make over to them the buildings at present in use; but these are to revert to the Dean and Chapter in case of the removal of the school else where. Power is given to the governing body of any school to prepare a scheme for raising money upon mortgage for the purpose of alter or enlarging the school buildings, in obedience to the recommen dations of the Commissioners ; and such a scheme is to be subject to the same conditions of validity as the statutes before mentioned. The parish of Eton is no longer to be under the spiritual charge of the Provost, but is to be constituted a distinct vicarage, in the gift of the Provost and Fellows, with an en dowment of £6OO a year. Further, the govern ing bodies of Westminster, Charterhouse, and St. Paul's may lay schemes before her Majesty for the removal of their schools from their present sites, providing for the sale or mortgage of the existing property, and these schemes will also be subject to the same conditions as a new statute. Lastly, there are two clauses saving all existing interests and pre- serving the rights of the existing governing bodies during the time which may elapse between the passing of the Act and their reconstitution. THE CONFEDERATE S FATES. _,.., _ (Front the Times' Special Correspondent.) RICHMOND, Feb. 16. Never in any community have I witnessed such a revolution of public feeling as has been wrought in Virginia by the contemptuous terms offered to the three Southern Commissioners who have lately re turned hither from their informal interview with President Lincoln and Mr. Seward at Fortress Mon roe. It is idle to pretend that previous to that inter view the general heart of the Confederates had not reached a lower pitch of dejection than was ever ob servable at any earlier stage of this rueful war. It is true that the Confederate army around Richmond has never participated in the despondency of the Gulf States, and has hardly realised the amount of depression prevalent in half hearted Georgia ; but, in addition to the fall of Fort Fisher and the triumphal march of Sherman to Savannah, there was much to abate the characteristic hopefulness of Richmond and Virginia. For more than 100 days the Southern House of Congress have been in ses sion in this city, and anxious spectators have awaited some exhibition of valour and vigour from Legisla tive Bodies called to deliberate upon the most mo mentous and appalling crisis that ever engaged the attention, of a representative Assembly. I know of no parallel to the feebleness and imbecility of the results attained in the Southern Congress, unless it can be found in the simultaneous deliberations of the Federal Congress, or in the war of words which Gibbon has held up to undying scorn, and which raged at Constantinople among the Greeks of the Lower Empire while the battering ram thundered at the city's gates. There is at this moment a lull, a breathing place, a new point de depart for these sorely-tried Southern ers. In the first place, Wilmington has been sealed as a port of entry, and all the sharks and Shylocks who there congregated and shirked duty in the ranks have lost their occupation. The demand for gold, now that the chief port through which it lately flowed has been closed, has already sensibly diminished, and the spirit of speculation has received in the loss of Wilmington a staggering blow, from which all who wish well to Secessia, cannot but pray that it will be slow to recover. Secondly, there is a prospect that the Southern Congress will shortly ad journ, that the action of Congress will no longer be invoked as a mysterious Abracadabra, destined to neutralise the debasing influences of disaffection and corruption, and that the finance of the country will be committed to the far more capable hands of Mr. Trenholm, while military affairs are left to the ma ture wisdom of Gen. Lee. Thirdly, the exchange of prisoners, so long delayed, so long disingenuously eluded by the North, has been resumed, under the inexorable pressure of the relatives of Northern pri soners, and will, if honestly carried out (and we have Gen. Grant's word that it will be honestly carried out), give to the Southern armies some 30,000 or 40,000 men, many of whom still breathe the spirit of 1862, and carry back to their comrades, now sadly shrunk in numbers, voices that speak of Gaines' Mill, of Chancellorsville, or of Antietam. Fourthly, the question of putting negroes into the ranks, long and vehemently debated and combated, not only within the walls of Congress, but also at the corner of every street and round every fireside in the South, is gaining manifestly in public opinion, and seems likely to lead to immediate and energetic action, with a view to opposing Mr. Lincoln's 200,000 African soldiers, when the great collision of next spring shall arrive, at least a very considerable body of their dusky brethren. Fifthly, the appointment of Gen. Breckin ridge to theimporta n t o ffi ce o f S ecretary of War, and the vigour which he has already exhibited in dis charging the onerous functions of that bureau have given elastic confidence to men's minds, since it is re cognised that perhaps the most important office of the State is now held by one who more than any other man in the South possesses simultaneously the qualifications of the soldier and the statesman, and that the Bureau of War and the Bureau of Finance are now administered by unquestionably the two fittest heads for the purpose that Secessia affords. But, lastly, and most important of all, the strong revul sion of feeling occasioned by the fruitless errand which carried Vice-President Stephensjudge Camp bell, and Mr. Hunter to Fortress Monroe, and exposed them to the indignityof listening to terms very diffe rent from those shadowed forth by Mr. Blair, has PRICE 4d. S TAMPED sd. revived, at least in Virginia, the fervid passion which glowed in every Virginian heart when Mr. Lincoln's proclamation of 1861 roused the Old Do minion to flame. Upon the 6th and 9th inst. the two greatest and most excited popular assemblies which this city has ever witnessed listened on the former day to President Davis and on the latter to Mr. Benjamin. In words weighty from the intensity of feeling with which they were uttered, and which dropped like solid shot among the listening thousands, President Davis told his audience that they might have peace if they would accept a Yankee satrap in every State, a Yankee emissary in every Southern Post-office, and if the soldiers among them would pluck off their uniforms and hand over the individual who was then speaking to them, and Gen. Lee, and a thousand other soldiers whose names are engraven on every Southern heart to the well-known clemency and liberality of President Lincoln. But it was re served for Mr. Benjamin to demonstrate upon the 9th inst. that the reputation which he has long en joyed as one of the greatest orators of this continent is not in jeopardy because for nearly four years his voice has been hushed in public. Boldly grappling with the question of negro enlistment, Mr. Benja min demanded what the South would have done had she known three years ago that at the end of 1864 Mr. Lincoln would announce that he could not carry on the war without 200,000 negro soldiers stolen froth Southern plantatiohs. You have to decide, he said, between admitting emancipated negroes to the ranks, or the evacuation of Richmond. 'He depre cated the notion - of negroes being forced to fight'as slaves, as a sure method of recruiting the ranks of the enemy. Give them, he argued, the option of volunteering and fighting as freemen for their own homes and the soil where they have been raised, or of being abducted by the Federals as the country is overrun, and fighting, according to the new fashion of Northern emancipation, whether they like it or not as freemen for the North. For 100 years and more Richmond has been renowned for her orators, but never in the history of this proud old State has the public heart so leapt up to meet a speaker, so responded to his every utterance and sentiment, as when upon the 6th and 9th of February cheer after cheer greeted President Davis and Mr. Benjamin, and hurled back in fierce renunciationthe contemptu ous overtures of Mr. Lincoln. For the moment the war spirit of 1861 has driven speculators, money grabbers, and extortioners into the shade. At no pre vious stage of the war have I felt so painfully impressed by the dark uncertainty of the future; but I never had less hesitation than at this moment in assuring the North that their work is not more than half done, and that they are counting upon a victory as already secured which it will yet cost them thousands of lives to consummate. There is little interest or profit in trying to re fasten the links of a broken chain, or in tracing step by step the progress of an abortive negotiation. But I may be permitted to say, in allusion to the opinion expressed in my letter of the 23d January (to the effect that peace, on the basis of nominal recognition of Southern independence, and offensive and defensive affiance between the two belligerents, in addition to many other concessions to the North, was not impossible), that a belief wad distinctly en couraged by Mr. Blair during his two informal visits to Richmond that such terms were not inadmissible, and that if it had been known that President Lin coln's ultimatum was reconstruction, no Southern Commissioners would have methim at Fortress Mon roe. Nevertheless, there is general satisfaction at the thought that Southern Commissioners have heard from Mr. Lincoln's own lips that peace is only pro curable by means of abject submission, that he de signs to write Vm victis from the Capes of the Chesapeake to the Gulf of Mexico, and will mete out to rebels who sue to him on their knees such mercy as Edward 111. would have extended to the burgesses of Calais when they knelt before him with halters round their necks. An answer has thus been given to those sanguine diplomatists who be lieved with Mr. Stephens that discussions about peace between authorised agents of either Govern ment could only end in an armistice. That this incident has had the eff ec t upon Virginia, con verting it again into a sea of fire, it is impossible to doubt ; nor can it be wholly without its influence even upon the timorous property-savers and slavish submissionists of half-hearted Georgia. " The popu lation is whipped," writes a lady from Georgia, " but not so the army nor the women ; and, by the blessing of God, whipped they never will be." It is my belief that the military resistance to Sherman, when he advances, will be faint and insignificant until new Generals get hold of the remains of the army of Tennessee and infuse fresh life and vigour into it. But for the present there is no way of fighting the invader half so efficiently as by burning the cotton wherever it is in danger of falling into his hands. There is little doubt that Gen. D. H. Hill will burn every bale in Augusta if Sherman threatens it ; and, if the spirit which ani mates Richmond prevails everywhere, it is possible l i that in the next 12 months President Lincoln and his armies may gain military possession of the South —but in that case he will regain nothing but forcible possession of countries of which he sways only the ground where his armies stand—of provinces im poverished, depleted, and reft of all their wealth ; of plantations to which their former prosperity cannot be restored for years ; of negroes, suddenly converted into free American citizens, from whom labour, more than sufficient for their Own support, cannot be coaxed or extorted. It is idle to talk of the movements of Sherman when writing from Richmond. Nothing has so much impressed me during my recent visit to the south as the ignorance of Richmond in regard to everything outside of the army of Northern Virginia—theig norance of Charleston save in respect to South Ca rolina—the ignorance of Augusta save in respect to Georgia. It is believed here that Sherman is threatening Columbia, that General Beauregard, with a respectable force, is facing him in that neigh bourhood, and that for the present the Federals have no design to attack Augusta. But at any mo ment this programme may be altered if Columbia, shall fall into Sherman's hands. As matters stand it is not impossible that Sherman will drive Beauregard's forces northwards into North Carolina, and that there will be a junction between the army of Beauregard, the Confederate forces at Wilmington, andthe garri son of Charleston, if, as now seems probable, that city is abandoned. The tendency of the Confederate armies seems to be to coalesce, and.it is possible that the larger the force brought under the control or in fluence of Gen. Lee, the happier will be the result in the interest of the Confederates. Such is, I know, the opinion of several excellent military heads, and the difficulty in regard to feeding such an army will be solved in a manner which I will explain in a subse quent letter. In conclusion, let what may be doubtful, I think I can promise Mr. Lincoln, that he has in Gen. Lee's army a nut to crack which will severely try the jaws not only of Gen. Grant, but also' of Gen. Sherman. It has been my fortune during the last week to be much thrown among officers of Gen. Lee's army, whom I have met either in Petersburg orßichmond. There meets me one unanimous assurance that, since the day when it was made patent to these war wearied soldiers that peace is only to be obtained upon such terms as involve infamy, a new and irresistible fire of indignation and resistance has warmed every heart. Already the fierce fighting of 1865 has commenced—the prelude to a campaign which Gen. Longstreet anticipates will be the most bloody and truculent of all that this desolated con tinent has witnessed. Upon the very night when the Southern Commissioners passed through this camp upon their road to Richmond Gen. Grant moved three-fourths of his ar m y upon Lee's right flank, and threatened the railway which connects Petersburg with the Danville Railway, This move ment, which was undertaken by three or four Fede ral corps, was promptly met by three Confederate it may, there is in the breasts of Gen. Lee and his army, of Capt. Semmes and the James River squad ron (to which command the captain of the Alabama has just been appointed), and of nine-tenths of the inhabitants of Richmond that unshrinking firm ness which will triumph over the imbecility of Congress and the cupidity of speculators, and, unless I am wholly mistaken in reading the• signs of the times, will teach President Lincoln to solicit no recurrence of interviews at Fortress Monroe unless he has terms to offer which can be accepted without shame. Naval and Military Intelligence. On Saturday the Scorpion, ironclad ram, built by Laird Brothers, of Birkenhead, and purchased from them by the Government, left the Mersey for Holy.. head and Devonport, under the command of Capt. Paynter, RN. of her Majesty's ship Donegal. Th e Scorpion's dimensions are—length, 225 ft.; breadth, 42ift.; and depth, 20f t. ; and tonnage, 1,890. Her nominal horse-power is 350. Her armour consists of 4iin. iron plate and 10in. of teak. The thickness of the plating is reduced towards the ends, so as to insure buoyancy. Her machinery, turrets, and magazines are thoroughly protected. aer decks are of iron cemented over. She has two turrets, each pierced for two 12-ton 300-pounder Armstrong guns, so that the weight of her broad side will be 1,2001 b. The turrets, which are on Captain Cowper Cole's principle, are plated with si-in. armour-plates, doubled at the portholes. In order to avoid the necessity of running back the guns by manual labour, as is the case on board the Royal Sovereign, Messrs. Laird have introduced a small winch, which enables two men to do the work. Since the vessel was bought by her Majesty's Government several alterations have been made in the arrangements for the accommodation of the officers and the crew. The officers' cabins are roomy, light, and well ventilated, and a comple ment of 165 men can be carried without the least crowding. The gun slides have been fitted in the turrets, and it was the intention of the Admiralty to have put the guns on board before the vessel left Birkenhead. Unfortunately, however, the vessel which was bringing them round was wrecked on the coast of Ireland, and it was thought better to send the vessel to DevonpOrt without them. When the Scorpion got under way on Saturday she had in her bunkers coal for six and eight days' consump.. tion, and drew 15ft. 10in. aft, and 13ft. Gin. forward. It is expected that when she has her guns, arma ment, and stores on board her draught will be about one foot more. There was a strong breeze, and after passing the rock at the mouth of the Mersey all her square canvas was set, the wind being nearly right aft. The vibration of the screw was scarcely per ceptible ; and, although a pretty heavy sea was run ning, she rolled very slightly, and that easily, ship ping a little water occasionally through her scuppers. There was no lack of steam, and she made with tile tide against her about 11 knots an hour, the engines making 59 revolutions a minute (they have been worked to nearly 70). When near Holyhead Cap tain Paynter furled the sails and put her about. She came round very easily and showed great buoyancy. The Scorpion was then put on her course again, and came to anchor in Holyhead harbour shortly after 6 o'clock. She may remain there for a day or two until the weather, which was very threatening, moderates. Capt. Paynter appeared to be very well satisfied with her behaviour. Her sister ship, the Wyvern, is expected to be ready for sea in about a mouth. Her Majesty's screw corvette Harrier, 17 guns, Commander W. H. Fenwick, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning from the Australian station, and on coming to anchor at Spithead exchanged salutes with the flagship of the Port Admiral and Naval Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, Ad miral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.B. She brought to England a few naval invalids and supernume raries, who were transferred soon after arrival to her Majesty's ship Victory, in Portsmouth harbour. The Harrier sailed from Auckland, New Zealand, on the 10th of December, 1863, calling in at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, on the 24th of January, 1865, and she sailed thence again on the 28th of January. Fine weather was experienced through.. out the voyage, which had been unusually rapid and pleasant, until reaching the Bay of Biscay, when she met with a strong gale from the north-east. On the 14th of February the ship Dauntless of Liver pool, with emigrants on board, was spoken, 46 days from the Mersey, and desired to be reported. The Harrier is ordered to be officially inspected at Spit head this morning, and afterwards to go into Ports mouth harbour to dismantle and pay out of com mission, after 4i year's service under five different commanders. The Calcutta, sailing transport, Master Young, anchored at Spithead on Saturday morning from Calcutta with military invalids on board from Cal cutta amounting to 140 men, 14 women, and 21 children, accompanied by Capt. Thomas Smith Robin, 54th, in military charge. Capt. J. W. Hughes, 54th ; Lieut. Nolan, 46th ; and other officers. The troops will be transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, this morning, by Government steamer, and the Calcutta will imme diately afterwards resume her voyage for the port of London, for which she has a general Indian cargo. Major-Gen. A. B. Stransham, Inspector-General of the corps of Royal Marines Light Infantry, cora- pleted his spring inspection of the Chatham divi sion on Saturday afternoon last with a review of the entire battalion on Chatham Great Lines. Major Gen. Stransham brought his inspection to a close by _ _ _ visiting the Royal Marine Infirmary at Melville, over which he was conducted by Deputy Inspector-Gen, C. R. Kinnear, M.D., and the staff of the establish ment, and in the afternoon quitted the garrison for the Admiralty. The following appointments and promotions have been made at the Admiralty :—G. W. L. Harrison, assist.-surg., to the Sharpshooter; John E. C. Sulli van, assist.-paymaster, to the Lion; W. Roberts, engineer, to the Saturn, for the Asp; H. Meredith, acting first-class assist-engineer, to the Asia, for Lighting; W. W. Watts, second-class asist. -engineer, to the Saturn, for the Asp ; W. IL Sedgwick, Geo. T. Allison (acting), Thos. Scott (acting), John G. Taylor, James Daly, Thomas Bramley (acting), Edmund J. Murphy, and Alex. Purvis (acting), pro moted to the rank of engineers, and Mr. Thomas F. Pullen promoted to a naval cadetship ; Lieut. C. Kent, Lieut. E. Drummond, and Lieut. A. C. Littleton to the Sutlej ; Lieut. A. C. Harris to the Duncan ; Lieut. G. G. Webber to the Rapid; Lieut. W. C. J. Blount to the Princess Royal ; Lieut. G. T. Morrell to the Espoir ; Dr. A. Armstrong to be Deputy -Inspector of Haslar Hospital, vice Leonard, promoted ; the Rev. F. E. Gutteres, chaplain and naval instructor to the RoyafAdelaide, for services in the Narcissus; the Rev. J. W. Grimes, chaplain and naval instructor to the Resistance, vice Gutteres • Gilbert L. Meason, nominat e d to a naval cadetship • E. Keen, acting engineer, addi- In T aus A ,. as W sZe k r s : tional, to the Frederick William ; n se um con er d: T lar l a y s . sis o t.:en ß gi edf ne o e r r d , to an t d he G. A. Murray, assist.-clerks, to the Edgar ; Colin C. Wilson, assist.-clerk, to the Formidable ; J. Emerson, assist.- clerk, to the Lion; D. C. Stephenson, assist.-clerk, to the Trafalgar ; and J. Hamilton, to the Royal George. divisions, and, after sharp fightins_ the Confederates. But in this op: , 1865 there fell an officer whose dea if the whole of this affectionate little city it% m uaVA grief. Gen. John Pegram, formerly of the old United States army, had served throughout this war both with the Eastern and Western Confederate armies, bad proved himself a brave soldier, and was specially dear to the people of Richmond as one of the members of a family long resident in this city, and esteemed wherever it is known. Upon the 10th of January all that is gay and bright in Rich'mond flocked to his wedding ; three weeks later many a sorrowful and anguished mourner followed his body to its honoured and glorious grave. Such scenes have, alas, been of too frequent occurrence in Richmond during the last three years for this par ticular case to merit special notice, were it not that the untimely death of General Pegram has brought the reality of this world's horrors fearfully home to many a heart, and has taught men to anticipate with unusual foreboding the carnage which seems so rapidly approaching, and which has for four suc cessive springs identified that season of the year which seems usually symbolical of vitality and hope with mourning and woe. But, be the future what