The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-18 00:00:00

R - EMEMBER, YOU WILL SEE YOUR FRIENDS at " EVANS'. " After the Opera we 2131,11 Sup there! RINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRADY. celebrated Old IRISH N WHISKY rivals the finest •KENCII BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Bold in Bottles, 3s &I t the Retail Houses in London ;by tie • •, a at s Ls m the principal towns in England; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. _ Ob serve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Ri nahan's LL Whisky." IpARIS-GRAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE.- Establishbd in 1855.--Situated in the most Central B art of Paris, Ru e d e Rivolfand Place du Palais Royal — Six 111ndreir Bed-rooms at from 3fr. to 201r.—Sixty Sitting :T at from 41r. to 2 fr.—a richly-decorated Dining Saloon It able d'Hote at six o'clock—Public Coffee and Dining d Ars —Choice Wines—Dinners served a 1 L carte both in the ng rooms and the private apartments —Reading and Cony rooms Saloons ; also Saloons for Musical, Wedding, re other Parties—all Newspapers and Serial Publications cov ed—Divans, Coffee, Smoking and Billiard Rooms— rser", Bath-rooms—Carriages on the premises —first to rriVate Equipages at command -Omnibuses running . bit the railway stations—t' st al Letter-box —Telegraph a ce day all 'anni e g ght—Photomraph Studio—a staff of servants P e aking d an uilgs. THE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBTTJER OF ENGLAND Limited). Auth orised Capital X1.000,C00, in 200,000 shares of £2O each. Capital Subscribed £2,000,x00, in ICO,OOO shares of £2) each. The R DIRECTORS. -.. 1 ght Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Governor. J ames Levick Es Merchant, a 'n Governoro-e q" King's Arms-yard, Deputy - O ee Nunt Daniell, Esq., Chairman of the A ll iance Bank ((Limited), Deputy-Governo r., u -▪ - Ine s Childs. Esq., London. theaxmandcr Dunbar. Esq., Old Broad-street, London. A es Ellis, Esq.. Lloyd's. '"lPhe Hakim Esq. - Messrs. Pinto, Hakim Brothers, and ;,,Co.), Lnon.' 'the Lion. T C. Haliburt M P Chairman of the Canada Ae n A on, . eY .... B sociation, London. " 'am Harrison Esq. (Messrs. Young, Harrison, and Bevan), Director' of the Thames and Mersey Insurance .„Pon i p any. Itic hard Stuart Lane, Esq. (Messrs. Lane, Hankey, and Co.), London.neharies E. Newbon, Esq.. London. Jos Pownall. Smith,, Russell-sqare, London. l l ePh Dlackrill EAq. (J. filackrill Smith and CO.). Old road-street, London. Edwar d Warner Esq, M.P., London. John Westmorl and, Esq. (D i rector of the Royal Ingurance bent GaranY)' t Non sci dg , n. Managing Director. The A BANKERS. gra and Masteran's Bank tiessrs. Smith, Payne a nd Smiths.(Limited). The Nation a l Bank, London, Dublin, and its Branches in _lreland. ce B• The Allianank (Limited), London, Liverpool, and Man chester. Messrs. Newbon, Evan s L and Co . , Nicholas-lane, E.C. SECRETARY. Alfred Lowe, Egg: OFFICES. 17 and 18,_Cornhill, London. T u.E CREDIT FONCIEft, AND MOBTTJER _ NOTICFI Is°.FREERNAILyANGDnr(LEimx,ited'. YEARLY GENERAL, 31EETIN of this th a C t om t p h a e ny ll ar A tli bFe tt_l_d at the London Tav n B shop ' sgate-street, London, on r'THURSDAY, the 20 th er A'pril next, at One o'clock p.m. ecisely, Re p ort Purpose f recriving the Directors and uditora' and B g ala o noe-sheet, and for declaring a Dividend. ~.The Transfer Books of the Company_ will be Closed from übive z " n claY, the 10th , to Thursday, th e 2 tia bath days in- By order of the Court of Directors, 17 and 1 8, Cornhill, LondonA, LAlrarßcEh DI6,LI°BOSW.E' Secretary. N„ BONUS YEAR, 1865. ORTH RRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. t a i i r te h e SIXTH SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of PROFITS place on 31st December next -rue Fund then to be divided will consist of the Profits W hich have A ccumulated since 1858. initthilePDartivileisiPotn. g Pollek s opened before that date will share During the six years prior to the last Divi sion the Annual Average of Sums assured „r, a mounted to 4)11 , r the last six y ears -1869 to 1861 inclu- Etve— ng the Annual Average has amounted to 701,653 0 0 Being an increase of 133 per cent. During the years 1863 an d 1861 th e C om p a ny has issued 4,3 11 NEW POLICIES, assuring very nearly TWO MILLIONS STERLING. In 1F64 alone 1,240 Policies were issued. as suring £1,034,572 0 0 NINETY PER CENT. of the whole Profits divided among the assured. FIRE RTMENT PREMIUMS for 1864, Iess DEPA Re-Insurances . £219,235 10 8 Being an INCREASH over those for 1863 of 54,042 2 5 INSURANCES granted at HOME and ABROAD on the most liberal terms. ACCUMULATED FUNDS at 31st Decem ber, 1864 £2,304,511 7 10 ANNUAL REVENUE for all Sources 663,458 16 2 Forms of Proposal. and full information may be had at the Tread-Offices. or from any of the Agents throughout the Ring dom, Colonies, &c. CHIEF OFFICES. London .... 61, Threadneedle-street. West -End Branch ; (Secretary, A. J. Russe'l,) 8, Waterloo-place, fall-Mall. By order, F. W. LANCE, Secretary, 111 e exceedingly c h o i ce and very valuab'e Stock of high-class Wines, of Messrs. Thomas Forbes, Hudson, and Co.. in Southampton their giving up their Premises' No. i l4, street, Strand, where the Wines may be n -13Pected, and from whence the same wi'l be delivered to the purchasers. IVIESSRS. TOPLIS and ROBERTS will SELL by AUCTION, at the Cellars. No. 14, Sou hampton e - Street, Strand, on Friday April 23, the exceeiingly chow_ Selection and very valuable STOCK of the above old-establishd ande %'ell-known firm, who have bestowed the g eatest care e n tlt of the whole of the WINES now offered for Sane, :w ee h s i t ch v e l u o t tn a p o r e i s s . e. v P i orts s o a f n t a h e e m fo an lo a w n infirst-class shippers and 1 dozen bottled 1816, sealed Ellis, Cas d tle,2 7 dozen Richmond); t ad Co.'s, 23 dozen 1810 ( '-ke't_ • and 14 dozen 1841, bottled 1854. Martinez, Gass o Uo.'s, 46 dozen 1844, bottled 1851 ; 46 d, zen 9 years in bottle, .lid 10 dozen 5 years in bottle. Thompson and Croft's, 4" : Tu__lvery superior. and 3 dozen 1810, bottled 1846; also 30_ scal e 18 .1, bottltd 1854, and 2 dozen Magnums 1851 (each dozen' deollecnd Bull, Castle, Richmond). Tuke, Hankey, and C.'B,_2, Yearsin bottle. Gould, Campbell, and Co.'s, 7 bottle'd rars in bottle. Hooper and Son's, 3 dozen:110 bottled 1,P6 (se tied Feltoe and Sons' ; and 6 dozen 51 6 years V 4 ; e nd Quarles Harris and ' Co.'s, 15 dozen pints, b0ni,e,,,..n. bottle. Sherries of the fol owing shippers Pale 9 4. ''' it dozen very old 17 years in bottle; 21 dozen 18 d; 3 ,„„Y e 2re in bottle • - ' - pale, 12 dozen gold, and _, -.. very superto , .and 70 . dozen h 3 years in bottle ; isiso 9 dozen vet 1. Amontillado, eac h years in bottle, y old East d m• , India, and 16 dozen A , noroso, 2 ozen bro each ma s, 17 dozen pale, 41 oze d n gold, and 36 42 dozen goad , 4 Years in bottle • also 40 dozen pale and 6 dozen njkr,;,l, l ' A 3 Years in bottle; and 23 dozen pale and e suPerior'old' --" Years in bottle. Pico's, 8 dozen ea v r 2 , 1 bottle. ii R'nld,v7 -• Years in bottle, and 15 dozen one y In bottle. nooper .....asurie and C0.'5,12 dozen old gold, 7 years _ Ol, ra) and `net Son's, 25 dozen gold (sealed Bull and 1 a vet superior"en Pale, each 3 years in bottle. Also other _ Noble Sherries of Duff Gordon and Co.'s, Garvey's, and ~a Brothers. Chateau Clarets : Devax and Borkheim s, ;X % an 1851; Cutler and Co.'s, 4 dozen; Dupre's, 2 dozen '',. 7 nd 8 dozen Latour, first growth ; Brind and Co.'s -.0.°_4611 Latour ; Clossmann and Co.'s. 9 dozen St. Julien; vooper and Son's, 20 dozen Medoc, 4 years in bottle; and tii_oursot and Co.'s, 6 dozen Medoc old in bottle. Champagnes Perrier, Jouet, and Co.'s 20 dozen 1846, and 5 dozen pints ; ri rier, Fibs. and Co.'s, 4 dozen first quality and 8 dozen P nts • and doze ' - Bollinger's, 5 dozen 1857, also dozen and 17 hi d's 4 A n pints. Moselles - Beckluirt's, 21 dozen;; Espensc e , ''"en ; and I eiden's . , 8 dozen, and 6 dozen pints. Bur yearselndies,22 dozen, and Lausseure and Co.'s, 16 dozen, each 3 In bottle. Chabtis : Hooper and Son's, 3 dozen old in Dottie. IT ,„ -.-Lockheimer, 3 dozen. Rhein Wein, 5 dozen. Stein 3 W ,'., 41, ~.4 dozen. Steinberg, 3 dozen. Scharzberg, 2 dozen -."‘• ttudesheimer, 2 dozen 1842. Johannisber 6 dozen, ( and 4 dozen pints. And Vino de Pasto, to dozen. The *liars may be inspected two days preceding the sale, by Catalogues only (Is. each, returned to purchasers), when the to Ina be tasted, or samples had by payment. Cats.- . o gues to Y y likewise be obtained at the Cellars. and at the office a b Toplis and Roberts, 2, Conduit-street ~,, aof Messrs. '''efient-stree" .South Kensington (facing the Museum'. , and -.ft._ HE Duke o f SUTHERLAND an d PER CENTAGEST to SERVANTS . —W r it e f or y our TEA direct to the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY. China, Assam, and Japan Teas in every variety, from ls. lid. per lb. upwards. List of prices sent on application.—Ware houses, A, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, City. AIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London. —ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladles' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, is. 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( - ' , VA vg • -e - . 96 ip oti 7- - sti 4 +lo. v dirtrft q„,..• C4.`•,„ i o : DROIT. " THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1865. APHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY.- With a copy of THE SUN Newspaper is presented GRATIS (with a Supplement) a MINIATURE PHOTO GRAPHED FAC-SIMILE of the FRONT PAGE of THE SUN of MONDAY, the 2d January, 1865. •** For the convenience of Subscribers wishing to pre serve the Photograph a suitable frame is provided, and may be had at" The Sun" Office, Price Is. The Photograph, on card, mounted In frame, is 6d. (IRYSTAL PALACE.-EASTER DAYS.—The REAL HOLIDAY RESORT.—The only place to spend a pleasant day —Wet or Dry. CI.RYSTAL PALACE.-EASTER HOLT -I.J DAYS. Great Success of the Holiday Amusements, under the direction of Mr. Nelson Lee ; also, of the WIZARD of the NORTH'S performancew. _ _ Open at Ten. Come early. Extra trains from London 'bridge. Victoria, Elackfriars, Kensington, and all Interme diate stations. ONE SHILLING. Children, Sixpence. 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ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, H, Regent-street. _ Unreserved seats, is., 2s. ; stalls, as. ; stall chairs, 6s. May be secured in advance, without fee, at the Gallery. OPERA DI CAIIE/CA., every Tuesday and Thursday at 3, and Saturday at 8. m H X F O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEE AUX ENFERS, FAUST, and LA CIRCAS SIENNE will be performed during this week Principal art!stes : —Mons. Lavessiere, Signor Spagnoli, M. Marini, Mr. Green, and Misses Ellison and Barrie, with full Band and Chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by Mr. George Hodson (the celebrated Comedian and Mimic), W. Randall, Little Bob, Miss Kate Balfe, Lea Freres Talliott, the Grotesque, D'Aubans, Madame Rams den, and Les Freres Stonette. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Every Evening at Half-past Seven. Admission—area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ls.; private boxes, 106. 6d. CIANTERBURY HALL. 'kJ The Oxford, and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, (According to Act of Parliament). CANTERBURY HALL—EVERY EVENING at half-past Nine o'clock. In addition to the other attractions of this Wonderful establishment. VASTER HOLIDAYS.—Mdme. TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. Established 30 yearrj, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. A. full-length Portrait model, life-size. of the late RICHARD COBDEN, M.P., taken during the period of the Great Anti-Corn Law League Agitation, may be seen in the Hall of Kings. NEW ADDITIONS.—ModeIs, life-size, of the YOUNG KING of GREECE, and MURRAY, who was Regent of Scotland in the time of Mary Queen of Soots. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS.-NOTICE.-RE- ENGAGE SIENT of J. LEVY, the Celebrated Paga nini Cornet-a-Piston, will appear EVE ttY EVENING at Nine, Ten, and Eleven o'clock, and p er f orm on Distin's Patent Light-Valve Cornet. Conductor—M. LUIGI CIISTL Manager—M. GRENET. ARMY CONTRACTS.— TENDERS will be received at this Office until 12 o'clock noon, on the 2e3th of April, from persons who may be willing to enter into CONTRACTS to supply BREAD AND MEAT in such quantities as may be required, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces stationed in the following places, from Ist June, to 30th November, 1865. LONDON DISTRICT. L Brompton House, Knightsbridge and Magazine Barracks, Hyde-park; and Kensington. 2. Regent's-park, and St. John's-wood. 3. New Barracks, Chelsea; and Ordnance Survey Office, Pimlico. 4. Wellington Barracks, Buckingham Palace and St. George's Barracks. 5. The Tower. 0. Hounslow and Kneller Hall. 7. Hampton Court. 8. Windsor. 9. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shoreham. 10. Sandhurst. Separate Tenders for Bread and for Meat must be made for each 01 the above-mentioned Stations or Barracks, as sepa rately grouped and numbered. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this Office, by letter addressed to the Senior Commissariat Officer, or in person, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. Tenders on the printed forme must be properly filled up and siened, and no Tender mill be noticed unless delivered at the uader-mentioned Office,under closed envelope (marked on the outside " Tender for Commissariat Supplies"), before 12 o'clock noon on the 28111 April. Deputy Commissary- 3-eneral's Office, 5, New-street, Spring-gardens, London, S.W., 6th April, 1865. CONSULT Mr. A. ESKELL'S popular and V reliable TREATISE on the TEETH before having recourse to the Dentist. " The expense is not great, and it will well repay perusal." Published by John Clements, Little Pulteney-street ; and may be had through any bookseller, from Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers'-hall-court. Price, 7d.; in cloth, lad. 'IL CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, (From the Times ; Correspondent•) NEW YORK, April 4. " Victory," " Victory," " Richmond is ours." " The head and backbone of the rebellion are smashed." " The iConfederacy is at an end." " Lee is flying with Grant at his heels." " The United States are one, inseparable, and in vincible." " Woe be to the nation that offends them 1" Such are but a few of the exclamations, more or less founded upon truth, which are heard on every side, and which yesterday and to-day have been re peated with every variety of emphasis and ornamen tation in all places of public resort. The North is in ecstacies. Thefirst symptoms of the coming triumph were apparent on Sunday, when extra editions of the Herald and other papers were cried through the streets announcing the series of movements on the Saturday which gave Grant possession of the South side Railroad and the line of the Appomattox, and virtually, as the event proved, of St. Petersburg and Richmond. The pape rs wer e taken into the churches, and Mr. Lincoln's t e l egrams in many instances read aloud to the people from the pulpit. In Mr. Beecher's church at Brooklyn the War-Christianity of the pas tor and the people declared itself in a mode which was considered highly pious and patriotic. Mr.. Beecher read the despatches, before commencing the services of the day, with unctuous emphasis of joy ; and the whole congregation, male and female, rose to their feet and greeted the news with reiterated rounds of applause, stamping of feet, and waving of handkerchiefs. Yesterday morning, when the evacuation of Rich mond—anticipated the evening before—was autho ritatively announced, Broadway and its tributary streets suddenly swarmed with excited multitudes— thousands of flags were flung outfrom steeple, house top, and balcony ; the bells of the churches rang merry peals, and the guns in the park and battery fired salutes. All business suspended, and public meetings were extemporised at every open space where a crowd could collect or an orator get a convenient elevation on which to stand and address the people. Wall-street presented the appearance of a fair. The Gold-room and the offices of the brokers and bankers were abandoned, and the Loyal League, or some of the more prominent members of that flourishing association, unable to restrain their exultation, took possession of the balcony of the Custom-house, and being joined by every one who felt strong within him the necessity of making a speech to his fellow citizens, speedily attracted a crowd which rendered Wall-street impassable. At one time there- could not have been fewer than 10,000--tlie sensation journals say 50,000—people present, composed of bankers, merchants, gold speculators, their clerks and employ 6, and all the multifarious population of the port and shore, composed of carters, porters, stevedores, and sailors. They roared and shouted, and swayed to and fro with delight at every allusion to the great victory or at any boast of the power and greatness of the restored Union, and what it would do if any effete old kingdom or empire of Europe presumed to cross its path, or bite a meta phorical thumb, to aggravate so great, so vigorous, and so victorious a people. Some unknown person —possibly a clergyman—on the balcony called for the Doxology, and leading off to the tune of the Old Hundredth with a powerful voice, the multitude took up the strain and sang with great effect " Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him all creatures here below." and worshipped God instead of mammon for at least once in their lives. The crowd enjoyed its own performance exceedingly, and being in the musical vein favoured itself and the on-lookers by giving " John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave," " The star-spangled banner," " The red, white, and blue," " Hail Columbia," and other popular airs with genuine delight in the sound of their own voices. When there were no more songs to be sung the speechmakers took possession of the arena and made the most of the opportunity. One emi nent Loyal Leaguer declared amid vociferous ap plause, " that this was the most glorious day the world had seen since the day of the Crucifixion." He did not, however, inform his hearers who the divine victim was on this occasion, or perhaps re flect that the South, if as irreverent as himself, might have accepted the comparison as readily as the North. There was much more to the same effect, though in varied phraseology, which seemed to be as greatly to the taste of the Puritan clergy and the staid and sober m em b ers of t h e N ew Y ork Chambers of Commerce, many of whom were on the balcony to the right and left of the speaker, as to that of the rowdy Irish carmen and porters who mingled in the crowd. The Wall-street meeting ultimately ad journed to Union-square, after dinner time, when a repetition of the morning's performance was given, with the addition of music, Chinese lanterns, and an illumination. In the evening the Loyal League opened its club-house to its friends, and as the hall porters were not over particular, everybody who applied was admitted. The champagne is de scribed, with true American hyperbole, as having " run in rivers," and as " Copperheads" and " traitors" w ere as free to par t a k e as R epu bli cans and negrophiliete, the uproariousness of the celebra tion is likely t o b e l ong remem b ere d i n N ew Y or k by scores of p eop l e who never b e f ore t as t e d li quor more refined and aristocratic than Lager beer or a " whisky skin." And while scen es suc h as this were enacted in New York, the same kind of performance went on all over the country. Mr. Lincoln being at the front with the army preparing for a triumphal entry into Richmond, the Chief Magistrate had no oppor tunity to witness or take part in the rejoicings of his people ; but his Ministers at Washington were severally drawn out, and invited to declare them selves on the great subject of the day. A general holiday having been declared in Washington, the clerks of the Post-office and the Treasury turned out in procession, and being joined by the Loyal Leaguers, the firemen, and the general population of the city, both white and black, marched with streaming banners to Mr. Seward's house, and called upon that eminent functionary to make a speech. The Secretary lost no time in responding to the call, and, knowing the temper of the crowd, made several telling innuendoes against Great Britain, which ap pear henjoyed an d apprec i a ted. “I am about r foreign despatches," he to aNe been w thoroughly ritingm y said. " What shall I tell the Emperor of China? I shall thank him in your name, fellow-citizens, for never having permitted a piratical flag to enter the harbours of his empire." This was slap the first at England, and was highly relished. " What shall I say to the Sultan of Turkey ? I shall thank him for always having surrendered rebel insurgents who have taken refuge in his kingdom." This was slap the second, aimed apparently at the Canadian autho rities, and hitting Great Britain, but indirectly. " 'What shall I say to the Emperor of the French V' A voice in the crowd called out, " Tell him to get out of Mexico." Mr. Seward was too discreet and prudent a diplomatist to heed the interruption, much more to approve it, and merely said that " he would tell the Emperor to go to Richmond and get the tobacco so long held there by the blockade, pro vided the rebels had not used it up." This fell rather flat upon the auditory, and the Secretary proceeded with a suggestive and welcome topic, and went on to declare what he would say to Earl Russell. "He would tell Earl Russell that British merc hants could now get plenty of co tt on i n t h e ordinary way cheaper than they cou ld b y runn i ng the blockade. Furthermore, he would say that the war was not for empire, as the Earl had once asserted, but for the rights of human nature ; and that if Great Britain would only be just to the United States" (he did not specify any act of injustice), " Canada would remain un disturbed by the Federal Government so long as she of the noble Q ueen t o vo l un - United States."' prom t p a r r e y fe i rr nc e( o l r t po he ra a t tth i t on o l r % i . t it y h the these excerpts it will be seen that although Mr. Seward insinuated some degree of displeasure against England, he was magnanimous enough to tolerate, and, indeed, patronise the dear old creature, provided she would be on her good behaviour and act justly to that great and tremendous Power of which he is the Grand Vizier. The speeches of the other Secretaries and of General Butler, who hap pened to be at Washington, and was called for by the crowd, were less provocative of comment than that of Mr. Seward. The best was that of Mr. ,Stanton. " Let us," he said, " humbly offer up our thanks to Divine Providence for His care over us, and beseech Him to guide us in our duties here after, as He has carried us forward to victory ; to teach us how to be humble in the midst of triumph, how to be just in the hour of victory ; and to help us to secure the foundations of the Republic, soaked as they have been in blood, so that they shall last for ever and ever." To-day the jubilation at the capture of Richmond is not quite so effervescent as it was yesterday. Wall-street has the head-ache after its debauch, and has this morning been informed, unofficially, but none the less authentically, that the victory was a good deal more theatrical in its character than the first accounts led the public to imagine. Wall street is in consequence in lower spirits, and the Bulls are sending up the price of gold again at a rate that, if persisted in for many days, will be de clared disloyal. It is asserted on high authority— though not yet mentioned in the newspapers—that the evacuation of Richniond really commenced on the 24th of March ; that the attack on that day by the Confederates upon Fort Stedman was a feint to throw General Grant off his guard and veil the real movements of the bulk of the Confederate army ; that the battles before Petersburg were consequently fought by only a third of Gen. Lee's forces ; that both Mr. Lincoln and Gen. Grant were aware by the 25th or 26th that the evacuation had com menced ; that, when Gen. Sherman visited Gen. Grant and the President, he also was made aware of what had been done, and was hurried back to his command in hot haste, lest in his absence General Joseph E. Johnstone should be so largely rein forced by Gen. Lee as to justify the Confederates in a combined attack on the long victorious columns of the hero at Atlanta. Whether the victory be substantial or illusory, it is not pleasant to describe the spirit in which it has been received. I am, how- ever, compelled to say that to the best of my judg ment—from what is to be read in the newspapers, to be heard in society, and to be studied out of the whole public opinion of all classes, rich and poor, learned and unlearned, American and semi-Ameri can—the prevalent feeling is not one of thankful ness at the prospect of peace, but of exultation at the strength which the North has exhibited. Mr. Lincoln has made no sign as yet of any conciliation, or offered any terms to the Confederate shut those of absolute submission. The Vice-President, who has recovered the power of speech, if not of reasoning, talks of hanging the Southern President " 20 times as high as Haman," and of condignly punishing all other traitors great and small. The more promi nent members of the Republican party speak in a similar spirit., though with more decency of expres sion ; though the journals of this city, with a better appreciation of the true duties of the Government, with scarcely an exception, urge upon Mr. Lincoln the expediency of offering a general amnesty. It is generally expected that a proclamation in .this spirit, though not, perhaps, to the full extent of including Mr. Jefferson Davis in the list of those whose offences are to be forgiven, will be immediately issued from Richmond, whither Mr. Lincoln has proceeded, and where Mrs. Lincoln has gone to join him. Royal General Annuity Society. A special general meeting of the subscribers to this charity was held yesterday at the London Ta vern. At the hour appointed for commencing busi ness, only two of the directors—Sir John Heron Maxwell and Mr. Moir—were in attendance, the remainder of the board, with the secretary, being absent. After waiting for some time, and no other official of the charity making his appearance, Sir John Maxwell was asked to take the chair, with which request he complied. _ _ _ The CIITAIRJIAN said he was placed in a most un pleasant position owing to the absence of his brother directors and the secretary, and no books or docu ments of the charity forthcoming. Late on Satur day afternoon he received a notice from the secre tary that the meeting called for to-day had been postponed, but not stating to what day it had been postponed. He at once wrote to the secretary to know by whose authority and for what purpose the meeting had been postponed, and also to what day. To this note he only received an evasive reply, and he therefore caused a letter to be inserted in several of the daily papers of this morning, stating he should feel it his duty to attend the meeting, and inviting the subscribers to meet him, and he felt greatly obliged to those who had responded to his request. He then went on to cha racterise the whole management of the charity as most unsatisfactory, and considered the secretary totally incapacitated for the duties of his office. (Cheers.) The charity was rapidly sinking into that objectionable condition from which, in April last, he had, with the aid of Mr. Moir and the sub scribers, rescued it. He thought it was the duty of the subscribers to take up the question, and not al low so useful a charity to be so grossly mismanaged and neglected. (Cheers.) Mr. M. Mom moved—" That the conduct of the secretary in absenting himself from the present general meeting, and of which ho was fully cogni sant, is discourteous and highly censurable, and that the mode in which the business of the secretaryship has been transacted during the last 12 months is one requiring the serious attention of the sub scribers." The whole management of the charity was a disgrace to all concerned. Mr. PALMER seconded the resolution. Dr. RAMSAY supported th 3 resolution. Ile found by the imperfect balance-sheet of the charity that while during the past year only £4OO had been paid to annuitants, the expenses had been about £9OO, £4OO of which had been taken by the secretary as salary. (Cries of " Shame.") The resolution was agreed to unanimously. Mr. DALY then moved and Mr. WARToN seconded a resolution, which was also carried, recommending that a requisition be signed by 10 subscribers and three directors, in accordance with the rules, and sent in to the secretary requesting him to call a general meeting of subscribers on the 9th of May to consider the management of tho charity since April 1864, and to devise means for placing it in a more satisfactory position. The requisition was then signed by 10 of the sub scribers present, and the meeting, during which the most extraordinary statements were made, then closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by Sir Richard Airey, Colonels Clifton, Jervoise, and tumbler, arrived at Plymouth last evening by the 610 express train from Paddington. He was re ceived at the railway station by Viscount Temple town, the Commander-in-Chief of the Western District, and his staff and the principal officers of this garrison. A salute was fired from the citadel. In the evening the Duke dined with Viscount and Viscountess Templetown and a select party, and after dinner his Royal Highness gave a reception to a large number of the elite of . the neighbourhood. To-day he will review the troops in the garrison, and afterwards inspect the new fortifications. • The Edgar, 89, screw steamship, Capt. G. T. P. Hornby, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Syd ney C. Dacres, C.B. (in command of the Channel Squadron), left Spithead yesterday afternoon for Lisbon, having on board the Earl of Sefton, Lord H. Percy, and suite, who arrived from London and embarked from the dockyard on board the Fire Queen, Master-Commander Paul. The Hector, 34, ironclad frigate, Capt. George W. Preedy, C. 8., sailed from Spithead yesterday morning to join the Channel squadron. The screw frigate Arethusa, 35, 3,141 tons, 500- horse power, Mr. V. F. Johnson, master, in charge, attached to the first division of the Chatham steam reserve, has been taken into dock for the purpose of having her bottom and valves examined. She has shipped her revised armament from the Ord nance-wharf as follows—namely, main deck, 14 8-inch and 12 64-pounders ; upper deck, 8 40- pounder Armstrongs and one 110-pounder Arm strong ; total, 35 guns. The Arethusa is the last of the 50-gun sailing frigates converted at Chatham dockyard to a screw steamer, and since her altera tions she has not been placed in commission. She will be succeeded in the first division of the steam reserve by the Bristol, 39, 3,027 tons, 600 horse power, which has been for some time under going the requisite alterations and repairs to adapt her for the pennant when required. The armament of the Bristol has been altered by the substitution of four 110 pounder Armstrongs for eight of the 40 pounders. The Medusa, 2, 312 horse power, Master-Com manding J. H. Allard, has returned to Sheerness from the western ports, where she has been em ployed for some time on special service. While in the English Channel she fell in with a derelict mer chant vessel, the salvage for which will, it is stated, amount to between £30,000 and £40,000. The Formidable, 84, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir C. Talbot, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, has sent up topmasts and topgallantmasts for the sum mer season, and has commenced painting down. The Basilisk, 6, 300 horse power, paddlewheel steamer, which has been some time under repair at Sheerness dockyard, and being prepared for the first division of the steam reserve, is nearly completed, and will shortly be ready to be turned over to the officials of the Chatham steam reserve. She has re ceived on board her armament from the Ordnance wharf, Chatham. her Majesty's iron paddlewheel sloop Trident, 850 tons and 350 horse power, is ordered to be sur veyed at Woolwich to-day, with a view to her being repaired and brought forward for recommission for service in the Mediterranean. The Urgent, 4, screw steam troopship, Captain llenderson, having embarked 12 officers, 300 men, 48 women, and 84 children Of the Royal Artillery, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday morning for the Channel Islands to relieve the same number sta tioned there. The C troop, Royal Horse Artillery, under the command of Major Greene, with six officers, 148 non-commissioned officers and men, and 146 horses, embarked on Tuesday at Liverpool for. Dublin. Major-Gen. E. C. Warde, C. 8., commandant at Woolwich, and Capt. A. 11. W. Williams, A.D.C., have returned from leave of absence and resumed their duties in the garrison. Col. A. Huyshe, com manding the C Brigade Royal Horse Artillery, re cruited and statipned hitherto at Meerut,. in Bengal, together with Lieut. and Brevet Col. C. V. Co; PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. Capt. and Adjutant C. 13. Trail, and the head quarters staff of the brigade, have arrived overland from India, in preparation for the arrival of the B and C batteries of the brigade, daily expected at Woolwich, where they are to be attached. The two batteries embarked from Bengal on board the troop transport Shannon. The 9th company Royal Engineers, Capt. Riming ton, stationed for some time past at Woolwich, in command of Capt. Ducie, are under orders to hold in readiness for the Mauritius, and will be relieved at Woolwich by the Bth or the 12th company. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Charles Johnstone and Lieut. Benjamin H. Key to the Serpent; Lord William B. Phipps, midshipman, to the Narcissus ; Thomas Roche, assist.-surg., additional, to the Victory ; Daniel O'Connor, assist.-surg., addi tional, to the Pembroke ; IV. E. Presgrave, of the Duncan, R. H. Trubshaw, of the Achilles, and R. C. Oldknow, of the Cossack, to be engineers in the fleet ; G. Simpson, of the Coquette, to be acting engineer of the fleet; R. Oliver, assist.-engineer, to the Dromedary.. The New Prussian Fleet, BERLIN, April 15. The Navy. Bill has at last appeared. It is the most voluminous and interesting State paper the Government has laid before the house this session. The entire document comprises the preamble, the bill, a plan for the increase of the Prussian navy, and a chart of the works to be constructed in the Bay of Jande. • After a few preliminary remarks, the preamble goes on to say : " The creation of a war harbour upon the Baltic Prussian coast can be dispensed with for the pre sent, as Prussia is now in possession of an excellent harbour in that sea, where she can establish an arsenal adequate to the wants of her fleet without loss of time. Inquiries show that the portion of Kiel Bay nearest Friedrichsort is especially fitted for such a purpose, as, apart from the depth of water, the buildings upon the shore can be secured against bombardment both from sea and land at compara tively small expense. This arsenal will occupy the greater part of the tolerably straight shore between Friedrichsort and the Vossbrock hills. The entire cost of the intended wharfage will be 3,800,000 thalers. To this sum must be added the amount re quired for fortifications. The objects here in view are : 1. Effi&ent defence of the entrance into Kiel Bay. 2. Perfeet security of the harbour and wharves, with all appurtenances, against bombardment from the land side. 3. Security of the arsenal against surprise of overwhelming force from the land. The first of these will be attained by the erection of a fort on each side of the entrance to the bay, the re establishment of the fortress of Friedrichsort, and the construction of a battery upon the opposite shore, all these works being armed with guns of theheaviest calibre. The second object requires the establish ment on both sides of the bay of five heavily-armed forts, thrown sufficiently forward to keep hostile batteries at a distance. For the third point a plain enclosure, - unassailable by storm, must be thrown round the arsenal, and would have to be brought into communication with the fortress at Friedrich sort by a covered way. An approximate estimate places the cost of the fortifications at 1,390,000 thalers, their armament 660,000, quarters for the garrison 300,000 ; in all, 2,350,000 thalers. " The fortifications securing the entrance to the harbour, being the most important and therefore the first to be undertaken, can be completed in from two to three years ; all the remainder, together with the navy-yard itself, may be finished in from five to six years. The total cost of the station at Kiel Bay will therefore require an outlay of 6,150,000 thalers, spread over a term of five to six years as may be thought desirable. The creation of the navy-yard must be imme diately proceeded with, because Prussia's power of defence by sea renders indispensable acceleration of the building of a few iron-plated frigates, as a germ of the war-fleet proper ; and for these the existence of dry docks and workshops where they can refit and repair damages are required, The fulfilment of these most urgent necessities, which must be pro -1 vided for within the next six years if the navy is to acquire the development desired, will therefore de mand 6,150,000 for the navy-yard atKie1,8,285,000 for the harbour and fortifications in the Bay of Jande, 4,180,000 for building two iron-clad frigates, and 1,000,000 for heavy east steel ordnance for the existing ships —in all 19,615,000 thalers. " The means required for this outlay cannot be supplied from the ordinary State resources. The Government, however, hopes it would be enabled to meet the emergency if granted an extraordinary credit of ten million thalers, to be increased if wanted. It therefore proposes to raise a sum of ten million thalers by loan, the result of which would be placed at the disposal of the marine department within the next five or six years as may be needed. The redemption would follow according to present principles, at the rate of one per cent. yearly, and would commence with the Ist January, 1872." The plan for increase of the Prussian navy con tains the following paragraphs : " Prussia has two equally important and urgent reasons for no longer hesitating to take rank with naval Powers ; first, to protect her own maritime commerce and that of Germany, and to defend the coasts and harbours in the North Sea and the Baltic; secondly, to be able in future constantly to main tain her influence in European affairs, especially when these affect such countries as are only to be reached by sea. The task which may be considered the standard for the strength and composition of a Prussion war navy can be summarised as follows :- 1. Protection and representation of the rising mari time commerce of Prussia and Germany on all seas, and extension of its rights and relations. 2. De fence of the German coasts and harbours in the North Sea and Baltic. 3. Development of her own power of offence in interrupting the enemy's mari time trade, attacking his fleets, coasts, and ports. "To carry out only one portion—the defensive part—of this programme effectually, a navy is re quired capable of assuming the offensive if advisable. But a navy able to accomplish the whole must be of such strength and so divided that part protects the trade of the mother country in distant seas, while another part covers her coasts at home, and the strongest part is yet at liberty to attack the main force of the enemy on the ocean, chase it back into its own ports, and keep it blockaded therein. Now, of course no doubt can be entertained that neither the financial resources nor the numbersof the maritime populationvsuifice to establish a navy capable of executing the above-stated er p ef rog u r l a e m firs me t in all its parts against a naval po wer rank. For this purpose she would still req tr t h ii e re pl t a h n e alliance of another another n aval p ower. below only therefore contemplates the establishment of such a force as would be able to carry out the whole task when opposed to several powers of the second and subordinate ranks. The first am ong these to be taken into consideration are those whose coasts border the same sea with our own, and whose geographical position has placed exclusive advan tages upon that sea in their hands. T o oppose these navies, even if combined, with success, the Prussian marine must take up a position com manding respect among naval powers of the second rank. A Prussian navy unable fully to effect this is not merely useless, but positively dangerous, and equally censurable with unnecessary expenditure of strength. " All European fleets are composed mainly of three classes :-1. The first consists of ships intended to keep the sea against the enemy and attack him there with success. Hitherto chiefly composed of ships of the line, this division now consists almost entirely of ironclad frigates in all navies. 2. The second claSs comprehends vessels intended both for G~~ o~ l~fG/'r~vcl /.2' '44,4( % defence of home coasts an d porter act=~o~ilnrr tion with the first class, for attacli'of hatile ast fortifications. The wooden gun and mortar boats formerly belonging to this category are being generally replaced by floating ironclad batteries and smaller plated vessels built upon different systems. 3. Consists of ships intended to protect commerce upon the high seas, to capture hostile cruisers and merchantmen, convoy native vessels, render services at the most important commercial stations, and ,vhich, through their rapidity and other good qualities, are able to support ships of the first class in action. This class still consists of wooden frigates and corvettes. The remaining species may be classed as despatch boats, used mostly in time of war to carry despatches, to watch the enemy, keep up communication with ports at home, tow damaged vessels, carry wounded to hospital, and so forth ; and as transports, conveying troops to attack hos tile coasts or protect colonies, and bring ammunition, provision, coals, and stores to the larger war-ships." The plan then enters into these various points, and discusses projects for. their gradual attainment, terminating with the following general view of the strength and composition of the new Prussian navy, and the expenditure' it will require :--Ten ironclad frigates, carrying 20 to 30 guns, averaging 3,800 tons each, costing together 20,900,000 thalers ; ten ironclad ships, two of which are ready, carrying 4' guns, averaging 1,230 tons, costing 4,992,000; eight decked wooden corvettes, four being built, to carry 28 guns, averaging 1,800 tons, costing 3,200,000 ; six plain-decked wooden corvettes, four ready, car rying 14 to 17 guns each'; averaging 1,200 tons, costing 1,036,000 ; six iron despatch boats, 2 guns each, averaging 650 tons, costing, 1,350,000 ; four transports, 4 guns each, averaging 800 tons, costi n g 1,060,000. To these amounts have to be added 4,455,500 thalers for the necessary reserve of guns, and 600,000 for the first and second supplies of am munition, where such has notbeen furnished, making a grand total of 34,593,500 thalers. Estimates are appended, showing that, afterrealisation of this plan, the ordinary expenditure of the marine department would be increased 5,000,000 thalers annually. The report closes with a statement as to the works in the Bay of Jande, for the completion of which by 1869 5,065,000 thalers are required, while up to the pre sent time 5,835,000 have been expended thereupon. SPAPER • /;•li'i<:";: 'I7IW! The Four Days' Fighting at Richmond, Four days' fighting had forerun the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond. Several bloody en gagements had taken place during that time ; and were, we have been told by Mr. Lincoln, charac terised on both sides by " unsurpassed valour." These must, therefore, have cost the Federal army heavy losses. That the despatches are all marked by either reserve, or glari ng dishonesty on the sub ject of the cost of the struggle to Grant's' army, is exceedingly suggestive of disaster. Sheridan was attacked and huddled back for some miles in disorder. The losses in casualties and cap tives in that case must, when we recollect the large ness of his force, have been very considerable. The greater part of the Fifth Corps was crushed by the flank ; and, having been driven back for two miles in utter rout, must, with its large masses of men, have suffered in killed, wounded, and prisoners very severely. The Second Corps was engaged frequently and heavily. That body must have sustained serious losses. The Twenty-fourth and the Twenty-fifth Corps repelled one or two attacks, and having in turn been repelled in an assault upon the Confederate breastworks, must have suffered very seriously. On the night of the Ist the whole front raged in furious battle. The Sixth Corps, the Ninth Corps, the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Corps, the Fifth Corps, and the cavalry, were all engaged in that bloody work. A murderous skirmish fire flashed between the lines without ceasing, save only when silenced in the clash of heavy columns. Several assaults were made upon the Confederate works during that murderous night, and hundreds of those that survived the terrible advances were stricken down bleeding or dead in the still more terrible re treats of those unsuccessful attacks. Deep and wide columns, swept thus by death going and coming, and subjected to that appalling ordeal several times, how shocking must have been the spectacle that presented itself when the sun of the 2d rose in front of the Confederate works ! How great must have been the loss of that one night among the 70,000 or 80,000 Federal troops who marched to and fro between the lines, their ranks torn to shreds by hundreds of thousands of bullets ! The 2d of April was a day of battle. Furious fighting raged, we are told, on that day, and, em bracing 100,000 combatants, must have resulted in immense losses to the army of Grant. The cost to the Confederates of the four days' engagements which had forerun the evacuation of theirposition, we have no means of estimating. On the first day, the Richmond papers declare that the losses of Lee's army were but a small fraction of those of Grant's. On the second day the disaster to Sheridan, and the rout of the Fifth Federal Corps, were the result of almost all the fighting of the day; and in these the Southern loss must clearly have been very trifling compared with that of the Federal troops. During the night of the Ist the penalties of the struggle were almost all on one side. Cold Harbour reminds us how to estimate the Federal losses in the repeated assaults of that bloody night upon the army of Northern Virginia in position. The fighting of the 2d of April was that of pursuit and retreat, and probably cost the Confederates somewhat more heavily than it did the Federalists. This review shows that in killed and wounded the army of General Grant must have sus tained during the four days' fighting a loss out of all proportion to that of Lee's. In prisoners, how ever, the Confederates must have suffered much more, for no matter how orderly a retreat may be, very many of its men will be captured by such a large and active force of cavalry as that of Sheridan. The report which sets these down at 15,000 is highly improbable. In consideration of the leisure and order of Lee's withdrawal from his works, we think that even 5,000 is nearer the truth. Lee had been long prepared to abandon his late position. He 'determined, however, that it should not be given up short of heavy price. The cold policy of crippling the Federal armies by a system of murderous defence, led him to hold his ground for one more renewal of Grant's attacks. The attack came : the work of decimation of the Federal ranks carried taim ut en o to , f and its c ß o i s c t h m i o n b n l d o , d h r n a g s pevaaid wcounaaestmedagoa!rine Lee, ins as he did at the Wilderness, has now taken up a new position : and, covered by works, as at Cold Harbor, and again at Petersburg, stands ready to renew his old policy of wasting the Federal power of attack, by cutting it, day after day, into gashes, army behind impregnable deafsehnecse, by s.— w rifl Y e o s r o k f an Daily News. RAILWAY ACC I DENT.—Yesterday afternoon, whilo the 3.25 train from Fenchchurch-street was stand ing in the Stratford Bridge railway station, it was run into by the 3.23 train(North London) from Chalk Farm, which it is stated ought to have stopped at the fog signal instead of steaming.into the station. Both trains were filled with Passengers, and many of them wore slightly bruised. Mr. Pratt, the station-master, immediately took precautionary measures against further accident, and obtained aid for the sufferers. Messrs. Kenney and son and Mr. Elliott, sur geons, were soon upon the spot, and rendered valuable assistance. The following are the persons who received tho severest injuries :—Mr. Madden, 2, Friendly-place, Mile-end-road, broken ribs and fracture of the arm ; Mr. Madden's child, much shaken ; Mr. Slaughter, Plaistow marsh, lacerated face and scalp and contused hand ; Mr. Boyer, 42, Nightingale-street, Marylebone, lacerated eye and face ; Mr. Hackshall, 18, Now-road, St. George'-in-the- East, lacerated face and eye ; Mr. George Davison, Roches ter-terrace, Rochester, lacerated face and eye ; Mr. Morgan, 1, Ely-place, Stratford, New Town, lacerated eye and con tused ankle and shoulder; Mr. Frederick Carrier, 4, Mile end-road, contused wrist and arm ; and Mr. Oakley, Angel-place, Stratford, Now Town, severely bruised. THE PRITCHARD CASE.—A few days ago we were enabled to state that the report of the medical men on the chemical analysis on the remains of Mrs. Taylor, conducted here, would be received in Glasgow at the end of the week, and would be of a tenor to show that tho de ceased lady did not die a natural death. The report was sent to Glasgow on Thursday, and we understand that it ascribes the death of Mrs. Taylor, in common with that of Mrs. Pritchard, to the effects of antimony.— Seoteman. • ola p er by gon© . re3h were :a 38° a 406 a ~,,38° j ievt Bar' 6s pl . )er 2' )t,an d 5 89 3 0 i 9 g~9 • 3 5. -0 , 0 0 S ,0 S s 3.0 i sow' is 1 1 Ice °- shol' shel• 3bel' 1.40 0 " 280 00 4 ..!-_ _ • 1 Pag e H)° '0 l it , ug -4 ,r 5 eig h l ilr tql ri tCl' 14 6 01,311 i t ; fr e ej )0 0 ocij' itio ei IC O ' 1, 1 1 f „ o I