The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-03 00:00:00

riIHE WELLINGtON, 160, 11 PICCADILLY.' —Gentlemen are respectfully informed that the SALOON DINING ROO - SIS are now OPEN for the Supply of LUNCII EONS and DINNERS, from One to Nine o'clock p.m. iet DialICTB and Dinity_r from the carte in the most varied form. Dinners from the joint, 2s. Whitebait is now served daily THOMAS PRICE, Superintendent, friIEATRT.,-RoY AL, HAYMARKET. Leasce, Mr. J. B. Backetone. TUTS EVENING, the periormanees willmm with a new and original Comedy, entitledLACK SHEEP. t t n ekstone, r. Compton, Mr. Howe, ,to. ; Mrs. Wilkins, H Mrs. Charles Young, Miss Lovell, Sze. After which, will be revived, with entirely new scenery and effects, and all the original music by the late Sir Henry Bishop, the melodrama of en THE MLER AND HIS MEN. commence I at L 7. RO YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Barris. THIS EVENING, THRICE MARRIED. Messrs. Shore, Meadows, Garden, and Ntiss C. Leclercq. Followed by HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Fechter. Sup ported by Hermann Vezin, Ryder, Meadows, ,tc. Misses Ileath, Elsworthy, and R. Leclercq. NEW T HATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI ,- NSole Proprietor and Manager , M r. B. Webster. E Reproduction of " C "Theensu Colleen awn.," The Adelphi s " THIS EVENING, sth time of a new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH - . Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford. After which (170th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Poncicault, 1). visher, Itillfirton, Falconer, Stephenson. ' C. J. Smith, Romer , Ho ward, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Wes Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE Messrs. J. L. Toole, Eburne, Romer, C. J. Smttli ; 'Mis s Kate Kelly, Miss E. Eliorne, and Mrs. Chatterla , Doors open at half past tf—Commenoc at 7. CANTERBURY -II ALL CONCERT S!! 1 Westminster road- M o rton. Proprietor.• •• • • C . A Grand Stlection won - Verdi's new Op era, IL TpltroSdAulteed In this or any other MILS opera hag never be, country, except at these Concerts). having met with that de cided amt which eharactise; the most popular works of Nvil I be performed EVERY EVENING ; this great Master, together with a Selection from LA FIGLIA DEL REGGI mENT,D by Denizet 1, Pr ell, Artistes Miss Russell, Madame Maria, Miss . . vrrell, r I-I. Ilerbert, Signor Tivoli, H. Drummond, and I: Vv, Bernard. Director, Mr. le. Jonehmans. The Comic Department comprises Messrs. E. Marshall, A. B. rlollingsworth, J. Blanchard, F. Bell, W. 11. Welland, and the Brothers Conrad. John Martin's Three celebrated Pictures will remain on view a short time longer in the Fine Arts Ga ller y of the Establishment. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIe PAL—Morning, Bh. 44m.—Afternoon, 912.28ra. TO-MORROW. - Morning, Oh. 56m.—Mternom, 10h. 28m. THE WEATHER. — SUN OFFICE, MAY 3, NM THERMOMETER, IN THE 61—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 52—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.03. WIND—W.-N.-W., inclining to North light and variable ; with cloudy weather. Rain - in the morning. eri: A . * ?.... 1- • I 1),. 4 - ~, ,: - K ;.,,, , _: - A-,..`?7#0" - :, T p6_i,-.4. --. 1:::,. - , 7•-• - , - 4 . 1 ~„ L.Z. - .44, • 1, I , 's . fj 1.1 • , 1 ''', . 4Y l ' ,ii o I - , 1, - 5... •.• t • -- - . c'' -' , :: , ,';tl T : • , r. i ce` , ,,.~,, THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1861. A most ungallant victory has Lord PALMER STON just gained. Gentlemen first, was the vote of his majority of eighteen (Query, seventeen ?) last night. All England over, tea is the Lady's offer ; all England over, the newspaper her unsocial antagonist, while she pours the tea for an absorbed reader who thinks more of Mr. GLADSTONB's or of Mr. DISRAELI'S speech than of hers. Had females votes at elections, as Austria has just ordained in that more chivalrous land, we may well doubt whether even the charms of Mr. GLADSTONE'S eloquence or the pleasantry of a septuagenarian Cupid dare have ventured on setting paper against tea. The ladies would have been against him at the next election—we were going to say; such is the force of habit—tO a man. However, the ladies must console themselves with the prospect of getting their next three-volume novel a penny, possibly one penny threefarthings, cheaper. If the mistress takes any of the penny serials for the benefit of the kitchen or servants'-hall, she will not, of course, expect to get a farthing off them. We are afraid our consolation is at least a poor one, and that her reply would still be, if lklr. GLADSTONE would have taken the ladies' advice, they would have preferred cheaper tea to cheaper paper in which to wrap it ; and as to his newspapers, they don't want the unsocial things. We suppose, however, the house, in its Wisdom, has now settled the question. There is a majority —a majority of seventeen in a house offre hundred and seventy five members—that is at least enough. True, Mr. DISRAELI intimated that it was hardly a majority, not being yet out of its teens, but he doubtless remembers well tho effect of majorities not out of their teens on the fate of a Government. In the present case it is of no use to deny that the majority was the result of a great party struggle ; and though the hon. member for Bucks wished for delay till Monday " to reflect on what had taken place," we hardly expect that the battle will be then formally renewed. We were told, indeed, at the Mansion House, that the Conservatives were admirably drilled, and therefore it is possible that they may listen to the muster call again on Monday ; but we rather anticipate that the general feeling will be that the battle has been once fairly fought on the ground and with the weapons chosen by themselves, and that it would hardly be honourable to renew it, and to fight, in appearance at least, factiously for - what had once been settled. Of course, Mr. DISRAELI is entitled to fight on the repeal of the paper duty as well as on the retention of the tea duties ; but he will come to it with the disadvantages that both he and Lord DEBBY have admitted, that the surplus is not to be questioned, that room therefore is left for the re peal of the paper duty, and that not to vote its re peal will therefore be to give the Chancellor of the Exchequer more money than he asks or wants. As to the Lords, we must suppose from the very explicit language of Lord DERBY, at the Mansion House, that they do not intend to renew the fight this year with the Commons; that what the Commons send up they will pass ; and we suppose the majority being o nly in its teens will make no difference. It may be worth while to quote again the words of his lordship. After expressing his opinion that the Government, if in a minority, would not venture to appeal to the country with se unpo pular ac ry as "Down with duty o n paper—up with duty on tea"--a remark, y the by, whic h showed regarded how much h e --galaea the decision of last night as a patty division —he remarked I have said th is is a question for the notis, I ' 4 Commons to consider, and I say emphatically for the noase of Commons, because no one can be more rea dy than myself to say, that to the House of Commons belong s exclu sively imposition of taxes and the regulation of the taxation of the country ; and that when a To had been established to the satisfactio n sur ' ." of the house, and they have Termed the judgment with respect to the best mode of dealing with that sur plus, they need not apprehend what some persons pretend to apprehend —any collision upon such a judgment between the two houses of Parliament." Again, having justified the Lords' course last year as an exceptional one, he added " There being a surplus, it is for the House of Commons to decide how that surplus should be applied, and if there should be any persons who imagine that upon such a subject there can be any collision between the two Houses of Parliament, they know little the spirit which actuates the House of Lords, or the nit-Aeration which is prescribed by the Constitu tion, and which lam sure will be exercised b y t hat branch of the Legislature. The Itoust, of Lora* are too well aware of their own dignity, they have too much respect for themselves and fer the great Consular Fasces. Let but the Liberals remember what was therein syMbolised, and act amongst themselves accordingly. The need there is for this harmonious combination is worthy of consideration here at home, moreover, as well as far and wide over the European Continent. LATE interests which are confided to them, to think for a single moment of resenting from petty pique the deliberate action of the House of Commons." We must suppose it is the fear on the part of the Commons of being supposed to look to their own class, but we certainly think of all taxes that have a claim to remission the Income Tax stands first. That is emphatically a war tax, or at best a tax for an exigency such as that with which Sir B. PEE L began his financial reforms. It has n ow, compared with all other taxes, a prior claim to abolition. It is still, as ever, the most personally offensive tax s Lich a free man, and especially a free Englishman, can pay; its a s ki n g personal secrets will ever make it odious. Its unequal pressure makes it the sum of fiscal injustice ; the provocation of its injustice, and the -possibility of evasion, make it the strongest temptation to fraud erm.anent It ta ma x it is unendurabley be borne as a n In eces sity, but as a p. w ar time we make up our minds to hardships, but in time of peace we ought to be taxed with common equity. We cannot doubt, also, that it robs most other taxes, and checks trade as much as even an Excise duty. If the tax gatherer curtails the income of the middle classes, of course they must spend so much less, and employ so much less labour. Thousands of families even give up a newspaper, and purchase less of tea, because the Income Tax absorb their hard-earned money, and deprives them of the most reasonable luxuries. Had the Income Tax been reduced this year to sevenpence, we cannot doubt that trade and commerce would have gained more by it than by either leaving the duty on tea or repealing that on paper; at the same time the revenue would have felt the advantage of in creased family expenditure. The forms of the house will permit Mr. DISRAELI to make such an amendment when the bill is brought before it, and if he does he will, we believe, have such support from outside as he has not yet experienced. Whether consumers would feel any immediate relief from lower tea duties, may be doubted—none will doubt the relief that would be instantly given by the reduction of the income tax. A letter, addressed to a weekly contemporary, is worth the attention of all who take an interest in the building trades strike, or in the Ballot, or in both. At Bolton the masters, both spinners and power-loom weavers, considered a reduction of five per cent. on the wages of their operatives to be necessary. The men struck, and had been on strike for six weeks. The leaders of the Spinners' Union advised the men to accept the reduction, and to ask for a rise when trade improved. This prudent advice was clamoured down by many of the more thoughtless, and there is no doubt that much suffer ing and privation was in consequence endured by many families, for it seems as if the younger hands were the most opposed to accepting the advice of the Union. Fortunately, however, it occurred, to what seemed to be the minority of the prudent ones to suggest that a ballot should be taken in each mill whether the negotiation with the employers should be left in the hands of the committee which had given them the wise 'counsel when a decided majority voted the affirmative. The weavers had been out for a longer period, and they voted direct on the question " Going in or stopping out." Alain the majority, protected by the Ballot, " voted for going on with , their work rather than be gg in g from the public.' Thus, in two instances, two things were plainly proved respecting working men. First, that the majority of them are men of sound common sense, open to conviction, and ready to act wisely if at liberty to do so. Secondly, teat working men, like all other men, may be intimidated by a noisy ma jority, and compelled to act in opposition to their better judgment. The shame of seeming to desert one's party, above all the fear of annoyance, have the same effect on Bolton operatives as on the Mi nisterial and Opposition benches of the House of Commons. Tyrannically minded workmen are to be found as well as tyrannically minded landlords, ' and understand as well how, in their way, to coerce their fellow men. Is the example we have quoted not worth the attention of the thousands of right minded men connected with the present strike in the building trades. Why should not they, now, demand a ballot of the whole body on the question whether to accept the last offer of the masters, to work by the hour, with a Saturday half-holiday and an advance of wages, or to stand out for nine hours a day and the old pay. From the manner in which the masters' proposal has been received we have little doubt that the vast majority of the operatives in these trades would joyfully accept the masters' offer, and that a ballot would show that the men really appreciated the conciliatory spirit in which that offer was made. Politicians, too, may certainly learn their lesson from the spinners and weavers of Bolton. They see that amongst them the Ballot gave the majority to what even the other side would confess were moderate counsels. Nor have we the smallest doubt that in this sense, what Lord DERBY calls " that skulking hole of political cowardice—vote by Ballot," would be found to be eminently Con servative. Men are never so moderate as when their action is uninfluenced by external excitement, when they are thrown upon judgment and conscience, and the calm calculations of prudence, just because they cannot be appealed- to b 7 otther I bribes or threats, or by the unreasoning clamour of agitators and their partizans. Conservatism sub sists now by bribery in many boroughs, by influence in small agricultural boroughs, and by direct exertion of landlord power in the counties. For th;s artificial, bad, and tyrannical Conservatism, the Ballot would substitute a better. There would be a great deal of Conservatism still, but it would be that of the moderate and the prudent, of those who thought safety of more consequence than travelling by the Reform Express Train. How "many a slip 'twist the cup and the lip has not the Despotic Party upon the Continent had of late! Not in one country alone, but in many countries. The Defence of Gael* was to restore FRANCIS IL safe and sound to his throne as Lord Paramount of the Two Sicilies. But—alas ! after a protracted defence—Gaeta fell, as every be leaguered fortress somehow does fall in the end. The disturbances in the Abruzzi were to do the work of re-habilitation a little later on more effec tually. A spark kindled there by an emissary of the exiled monarch was to light up a conflagration that would scare away Garibaldians and Pied montese, and reveal to astonished Europe the triumphal return of the ex-King—like the last scene of the last act of" Masaniello," with GARIBALDI, Of course, as the doomed Fisherman. Lamentable to relate, however, the fuse was damp or the gun powder itself saturated with the despairing tears of those who laid the train—the train itself would not light, it spluttered and flashed for a moment or two like a bad "squib," or, perhaps, we should call it more appropriately a bad " cracker"—and lo! there was no conflagration. In an opposite corner of the European Continent—there was a golden opportunity opening like a Fairy Future before the Czar ALEXANDER ! Autocracy was in the Ascendant ! Despotism was taking the initiative in wholesale philanthropy. The Emperor-High-Priest, the Head of the Greek Church, the irresponsible Monarch of All the Russias, by a stroke of his grand autocratic pen, manumitted 20,000,000 serfs out of the 60,000,000 of the Muscovite Population. Scarcely, however, had Western Europe awakened to a recognition of this astonishing incident in the history of modern civilisation, when—Piff ! Puff !—the streets of Warsaw were swimming with blood ; the pavements were littered with dead, wounded, and dying; the Poles, men, women, children, were being massacred by the order of Prince GORTS CLIAKOFF in the name and at the behest of his Im perial MAJESTY the Emperor-Philanthropist. " Hope," there too, as in the song, " told a flatter ing tale." The halcyon vision of Russia forsaking an Autocracy for a Constitutional form of Govern ment faded out—almost before the news had been proclaimed that the twenty million serfs had been emancipated. The jubilee caused by the " decree" died out under the wailing heard from the scene of the massacre. Reverting, however, to Italy, there was that—first of all Coolness, but after wards—fierce and stormy Quarrel between GARIBALDI on the one part, and upon either aide of him, to the right and to the left, the KING'S Minister and the KING'S General, CAYOUR and CIALDINI. What hopes must there not have been raised in the hearts of the aspirants for Reactionary Honours by the tidings of that alarm ing scene in the Italian Parliament ! Everything was pronounced then to be, on the contrary, hope less with the popular party in the Roman penin sula. GARIBALDI would never be reconciled more to Count CAYOUR —he could never again grasp the hand of the man who, in his picturesque and touch ing phrase, had rendered him him of all men ! " a Foreigner in his own country," that country, too, which his sword had guided to political independence. GARIBALDI, again, could never embrace as a " brother-in-arms" that out-spoken CIALDINI, who had reviled him—him, GARIBALDI ! so loudly and un compromisingly. Yet—somehow here again the Reactionists have proved to have been counting as usual without their host. GARIBALDI did concede in both instances—to the right and to the left—did grasp the hand of CAYOUR, did embrace his reviler, CIALDINI. The champions of Continental despotism thereby have had another lesson of magnanimity from that foremost among the great Leaders of Men now opposed to them. For the good of the cause he had at heart, for the furtherance to the uttermost of those interests for which he has been striving so heroically during a whole lifetime, GARIBALDI Could, and did, scatter to the winds all idea of any thing at all in the way of mere personal considera tion. Bitterly though he has felt, though he still feels, the yielding up of his native land (Savoy) to France —he has yet dashed aside his poignant re ,cialniadt,iofnorwthitehsake of Italy, has consented to the collections of that dread ca a la r m ec it o y n very Minister (Cavoteß) by whom the concession Aluiaeleae could not, pos sibl y , but have been upon was contrived and acc om p lished. Wrathful though re ading the haughty words of r proof or rather of direct vitu perati on in which he w as addressed by General CIALDINI, y e t has the ex - D ictator eon scnted, condescended, for the sake of Italy, to an instant reconeiliatiot), e ve n with: CIAL DINI, his flagrant reviler and - • vatip from the course purs ue d erator ! Let but the popular party take a les son in this critical emergency by the H erm it o f Caprera. Let but the other leader s selfe m u f l o a r t e g e his tf un s e e 8 1, s f a a h n n d e g theyat on h a h v . self- sacr ifi c e, his of the p opu lar party' have hi s li t tl e to fear ' even from their most formidable antageni ei t s . It was the union of the parallel rods bound around the t Praetorian aXe that constituted the strength Qf the TIM LATE MR. HERBERT COLERIDGE.--We an nounce with much regret the premature death of one whose early promise gave high hopes of future eminence. From his father, Henry Nelson Coleridge, and his mother, Sarah Coleridge, the daughter of the poet and philosopher, Her bert Coleridge seemed to have inherited all the genius of that gifted family. His career at Oxford was crowned with the highest attainable honours. He took a double first in the Easter term of 18;2. On leaving the Univer- city he was called• to the bar, but literature continued to occupy his leisure. He became secretary to the Philologi cal Society, and was associated with the Dean of Westmin ster in a project for rescuing from oblivion and restoring to the English language words used by the best writers of the 17th century, but not acknowledged by Johnson and his successors. For the last five years, we believe, his life and energies have been gradually undermined by the fatal disease which so often accompanies genius and sensibility, and which has now brought him to an early grave.— Guar•dian. It appears that, although the East Indian Rail way Company have taken power to issue new shares for £6,000,000, the sum positively required is only £3,000,000, two-thirds of which will be raised this year and one-third next. The rema'ning £3,000,000 is contemplated for the Jubbulpore and Allahabad line, the construction of which is indefinitely deferred. ROBBERY BY A LETTER-CARRIER. —Yesterday at the Guildhall Police-court John Rensch, a letter-carrier in the employ of the General Post-office, was charged with stealing two post letters, containing the corresponding halves of 16 Bank of England notes of the value of £l6O, and cheque for £l7 103. 7d., the property of the Postmaster- General, and Mary Ann Rensch, the wife of the prisoner, was charged with feloniously receiving several of the stolen notes. Both prisoners were fully committed. MARRYING A WARD IN CHANCERY. —Yesterday an application was made to 'Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, for the interference of the Court in the case of Miss Emily Keats; her guardians alleging that she had married Mr. Augustus Garland, of the Guards, without their consent. The Court took time to consider its decision. THE WAKEFIELD ELECTION.—The judges in the Common Pleas, informed Mr. Bovill yesterday, that they would take time to consider his application for a writ of habeas in the case of Jose Fernandez. THE REPORTED WRECK OF H.M.S. WASP.—It is believed that no intelligence had been received at the Admiralty down to last evening of the report stating that her Majesty's screw sloop Wasp, 13 guns, Commander Charles Stirling, had struck on a coral reef in Hango Bay on the 28th January. The crew, according to the state ment, had been landed upon a small island about a mile distant from the wreck, living in tents, hoping at the next ensuing spring tides to get the ship afloat. THE LATE MURDER AT STEPNEY.—The question of ownership of the property of the late Mrs. Linsley, who was so foully murdered by Mullins, and for which he expiLted his crime on the scaffold some months since, is likely to be prominently brought before the public. The deceased lady, as is well known, was possessed of large household property in the neighbourhood of Bethnal-green and Stepney ; and at the time of her death, she having died intestate, and without leaving any heir at law or next of kin, the Attorney-General, on the part of the Crown, claimed to be entitled to the property. A claimant, however, has started up, in the person of a gentleman named Williams, who claims to be her heir at law and next of kin through a sister of the unfortunate lady, and to establish such claim he has already, through his solicitors, commenced upwards of 200 actions of ejectment, to recover possession of the disputel property, and instituted suits in Chancery as against Mr. Rose, her late solicitor, and the Attorney-General, to esta blish his rights ; and in the suit against Mr. Rose, who claims to be a mortgagee of the greater portion of the premises for moneys advanced, he, yesterday, through Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., and Mr. Bevir, his counsel, applied to the Master of the Rolls, Sir J. Romilly, for an injunction to restrain Mr. Rose from selling or disposing of the property so mort • gaged, on the ground that the advances had been repaid. Mr, Roundell Palmer, Q.C., and Mr. Berkeley opposed the application, upon which the Master of the Rolls refused the injunction, and ordered the matter to stand over until the cause came on for hearing. Much interest and excitement are created araon the irillabitallte by the contlictin claims setup, THE SUN, LONDON,- FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 186 L E W 8. GENOA, MAY 2. The Corriere Mercantile of ta•day announces that large bodies of troops have embarked for Southern Italy. --, - Garibaldi returned to Caprera yesterday. VIENNA, MAY 2. CIVIL W. In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of the Council of the Empire a member addressed a ques tion to the Minister of State with reference to the members to be sent by Hungary to the Council of she Empire. The Upper House voted the address in reply to the speech of the Emperor. In the Lower House the address was proposed, ----.-- VIENNA, MAY 2. The Oesterreihasehe Zeitung of to-day says : " The 20 representatives whom Venetia has to send to the Council of the Empire have been elected. Amongst them are three members of the Mocanigo family, and Counts Revedin, Balmarare, Pellegrini, Citadel's, Capodilista, Freschi, and Bellatorre." AGRAM, MAY 2 The Magnates have declared that they will not send any representatives to the Hungarian Diet so long as the relation of Croatia to Hungary remains unsettled. BERLIN, MAY 2 In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies M. Von Vincke put a question to the Ministry re lative to the affair of Captain Macdonald. Baron Schleinitz, Minister for Foreign Affairs, promised to reply on Monday next. DARMSTADT, MAY 2. The Darinstadter Zeitung of to- day contains the official announcement of the betrothal of her Royal Highness Princess Alice to Prince Louis of Hesse. GENEVA, MAY 2. Prince Napoleon arrived here at 11 a.m. to-day, accompanied by a small suite on his way to the villa which he has ordered to be constructed at Ny on. This Day, between 8 and 9 a.m. Nairn Aberdeen Leith.... Berwick Ardrossan I'ortrush Shields Galway Scarborough Liverpool Valentia Queenstown Yarmouth London Dover Portsmouth Portland Plymonth l'enzance .... Jersey W.N.W. N.W. 11. N.W. EXPLA.NATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of .an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. 31. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true — not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b., blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; f., fog. ' • h., hail ; 1.,. lightning ; in., misty (hazy) ; 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain; s., snow • t., thunder. , A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., mush rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). A VOLUNTEER SUMMONED FOR NOT PAYING Ins SUBSCRIPTION.—At the Manchester Police-court yes terday, Thomas Hollingsworth, a member of the sth Com. pany of the Third Regiment of Manchester Volunteers, was summoned for the non-payment of his subscription of one guinea. The defendant admitted the debt, and offered to pay the money in Court, but he declined to pay the costs. The Clerk said in thL t case the evidence must be proceeded with. The defendant then raised an objec tion t 3 the legality of the summons, stating that it purported to be taken out by Adjutant Heaton, whereas the Adju tant knew nothing about it.—Sergeant Hunt, who had obtained the summons, explained that the Adjutant's name had been inserted at the instance of the magis• trates' clerk, who said it was necessary forappear, officers of the defendant's CompallY.A d i but the proceedings had in reality been ordered by the Adjutant Heaton was called into the witness box, and in answer to the Magistrate, said that each Company had its own dis tinct financial arrangements, with which the Adjutant of the regiment of course hod nothing to do.—Mr. Ellison said that as this summons was stated to have been taken out by the Adjutant, when in reality it was not so, the case must be dismissed. The officers of the company might take out another summons, if they chose in their own names. The defendant, however, paid the gu inea in Court and the cost of the infernal summon s was returned by the ma gistrates' clerk. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862.—Yester day the guarantee fund was reported to her Majesty's com missioners as having amounted to £303,560. A communi cation was yesterday received by the commissioners through the Belgian Minister, stating that the Belgian Government had appointed the commissioners who were to superintend the different branches of industry in that country. The forthcoming Exhibition is now being taken up with great interest throaehout the United Kingdom, the number of applications for space received at the office of the commis sioners in the Strand averaging from 500 to 600 a day. Detailed and distressing intelligence had been received at the Cape of the misfortunes of the Makololo missionaries. The Rev. Mr. Price and the Rev. Mr. M'Kenzie had returned in safety. The Rev. Mr. Helmore, Mrs. Helmore, two of their children, Mr. Price's child, Mrs. Price, and several native membe rs of the expedition perished in quick succession, there is now too great reason to fear, not from the fever of the Zambesi, but from the insidious poison of the Makoloto chief. Their treatment otherwise was also altogether barbarous. Some anxiety was felt about Dr. Livingstone, and the return of the Lyra to the Cape was looked forward to with pAell ii4t4gOtt • IERICA. Mr. Davis. Wounded—Patrick Griffin fatally, others un known. QUEENSTOWN, FRIDAY. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer Edinburgh, Capt. Brooks, from Now York on the 20th April, has arrived here. The Governor of Maryland had informed Presi dent Lincoln that he would send troops for the protection of Washington, but not for the invasion of the South. The Philadelphians, who were unequipped and unarmed, remained in the last car at the station. They were assaulted with stones and other missiles, and some were slightly wounded. The train was taken back, but quite a number escaped to the city, and, having no uniform, were unrecog nised. The reported difficulty on the road between here and Washington is incorrect. It is understood that all the troops reached Washington safely, except the Philadel phians, who were taken back. At the meeting the mayor announced that the presidents of the railroads had promised they would bring no more troops this way. As far as ascer tained only two Massachusetts soldiers were killed. They belonged to Company C. Their bodies are now at the police station. At the same station are the following wounded : Sergeant Ames, of the Lowell City Guards, wounded on the head slightly ; private Coilum, of the same place, shot in the head, not seriously ; private Michael Green, of Lawrence, wounded on the head with stones ; H. W. Danforth, com pany C, 6th Regiment, slightly wounded. As far as known seven citizens were killed, including Mr. Davis (before men tioned), and James Clark. A half dozen or so are seriously wounded, but believed not fatally. Comparative quiet now prevails. The military are under arms. The police are out in full force. The mass meeting was very large. It was addressed by the mayor. The governor was present. BALTIMORE, April 19.—A town meeting was called at 4 o'clock p.m. It is said that twelve lives were lost, and several mortally wounded. Parties were roaming the streets armed with guns and pistols. Stores closed and business suspended. Everybody in a state of dread. A party of the mob rushed into the telegraph office and cut the wires with a hatchet, but they have since been repaired. _ All the Northern regiments via have to proceed ,o Washington by sea. _ . No clearances were granted in New York to ships bound for Southern ports. We have received Boston and Portland papers to the 20th ultimo. As may be supposed from the summary of the news published yesterday, they are filled with despatches of a warlike and alarming character from various parts of the States. Re specting the seizure of the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, details are supplied in the following tele grams CARLISLE, PA,, April 19.—Lieutenant Jones, late in com mand of Harper's Ferry, arrived with his command, forty three men, at three o'clock this afternoon. The lieutenant having been advised that a force of 2,500 troops were ordered by the governor to take possession of Harper's Ferry, and finding his position untenable, under the direction of the War department, he destroyed all the munitions of war, the armoury, arsenal, and buildings. He withdrew his command under cover of night, and almost in the presence of 2,500 troops. He lost three men. Fifteen thousand stands of arms were destroyed. His command made a forced march of 30 miles last night, from Harper's Ferry to Haggerstown, Md. They look much worn and fatigued. They were en - thusiastically received by the entire population of this place. HARRISBURG, PA., April 19.—Lieutenant Jones, who is here, says, as the Federal troops at Harper's Ferry rushed across the Potomac bridge, people rushed into the arsenal, and he believes a large number perished, as repeated explo sions occurred. He saw the light of the burning building many miles. Two Ohio regiments arrived to-night. They will stay until the Pennsylvanians are ready to march. An abundance of arms for the latter will reach here tomorrow. Major Simonton, commander of the Pittsburg Arsenal, whose fidelity is suspected, is watched by the committee of safety. Governor Hicks, of Maryland, declines by tele graph to let any more armed troops pass through Balti more. Lieutenant Jones states that, hearing yesterday that 600 1' irginians were approaching by the Winchester road, they put piles of powder straw in all the buildings, and quietly awaited their approach. The picket guard gave the alarm and the garrison set fire to the outhouses, carpenters' shops, and powder-houses, and began a retreat. Cita:ens of Harper's Ferry, evidently in league with the 'vancing to seize the arsenal, were instantly in arms, andarty au p u rsue,l- and firing upon them killed two of the regu lars. Two others deserted before the troops reached Ha gerstown. They marched all night, having missed the railroad train. At Hagerstown they took omnibuses to Charnbersbury, where they arrived much exhausted with their night march. They were received with loud cheers along their route to Carlisle. The reported assault upon the Massachusetts regiment in Baltimore occasioned intense excitement among the troops. Camp Curtin swear terrible vengeance. There are 3,000 men here. The Boston Journal gives the following account of the attack on the Massachusetts regiment at Baltimore on the 18th ult. : At the President-street depot of the Philadelphia Rail road a large crowd assembled in anticipation of the arrival of a large number of troops from New York and Massa chusetts. Shortlyafter eleven the train from Philadelphia, comprising 29 cars, arrived at the depot. Without disem barking the soldiers from the train, the general cars had horses attached, and about nine were drawn along Pratt street to the Camden station, the first six without creating any marked objection. For some reason the horses attached to the seventh car became restive, and were taken from the car at the Pratt-street bridge, and the car moved without th e ir aid to within a short distance of Gay-street, between Gay and Frederick streets. A number of labourers were engaged in repairing the bei of the street, and just at the moment the car reached Gay-street, they were engaged in removing the cobble stones from the principal portion of the street. Some thirty or forty men assembled at this point, having followed the car from the depot, and with cheers for Davis and the confederacy, hurled bitter taunts at the Northern black republicans, as they termed them. This continued for several minutes, when as the horses were again attached and the car moved off it was proposed to stone it. Before the cars had gone twenty yards, almost every window therein was broken, and a portion of the crowd followed, hurling paving stones. The eighth car was treated in the same manner, but the ninth car, apparently b e i n g empty, or at least no pers o n bein g visible, esca p ed only with one stone. The crowd exulted in their work, ex claiming that black republicans should not pass through Maryland. A lapse of five minutes succeeded, a number of respectable persons meanwhile urging the crowd to tear up the track. After the first train passed, one was observed on the Pratt-street -bridge, when anchors were dragged on the track at the corner of Gay-street, and part of the track taken up. Observing this, the cars were turned back to l'resident-street depot, and the troops disembarked and prepared to march through the streets. hMead, ayor Br led the own, with a number of polic e, appeared at their and way. They came away at a brisk pace, and when they reached Center Market space, an immense concourse of people closed in behind them, and commenced stoning them. When they reached Gay-street, where the track had been takennp, a large crowd of men armed with paving stones showered them on their heads with such force that several of them were knocked down in the ranks. After lying a few minutes they crowded int. the etoroa en Pratt-street. At the corner of South and Pratt streets a man fired a pistol into the ranks of the militia, when those in the rear ranks immediately wheeled and fired upon their assailants, and several were wounded. The guns of the soldiers that had fallen wounded were seized and fired upon the ranks with fatal effect. In two or three instances after they reached Culvert-street the troops succeeded in check ing their pursuers by rapid fire, which brought down two or three, and were not much molested until the y reached Howard-street, where another large crowd was assembled, Some stones were thrown at them, but their guns were not loaded, and they passed on through a dense crowd down Howard-street towards the depot. The scene on Pratt-street was of a most startling cha racter, the wounded soldiers, three in number, were taken up carefully., and carried to places of safety by citizens. Along the street at the Camden station, where trains leave for Washington, there were assembled a large detachment of police under direction of Marshal Kane. It soon appeared that orders were given to clear the tracks near the main depot building. This was done, and soon after a large passenger car of the Ph:ladelphia Railroad came up at a rapid rate filled with soldiers. The car was soon followed by about 16 more, all occupied by troops. Upon inquiry it was ascertained they consist d e of the 6th R e giment of Massachusetts Infantry, in all 11 companies, with an aggregate of 830 men. As soon as the train arri ved some of the troops were corn s' pelled to change cars , w hen they were hooted at by the crowd, which made no overt act. Several young menhere tap ' 5 peered at one of the cars, and display:l revolvers, w -3 upon the captain of one of the companies drew his sword, 3 , and declared he would protect his men. Many expected the train would start immediately, but it did not move until 3 4 half-past twelve, a delay be'ng occasioned by the fact that President Garrett had received information that a large 2 crowd of excited men had de:-.ermined to tear up the track 2 and blow up the bridges, an d thereby prevent the passage of the train. " In a few minuted after the train left a discharge of fire -2 5 arms attracted the attention of the crowd to the corner of Pratt and Howard streets, where a body of infantry from 2 one of the Noithern States, about 150 strong, was seen ra -1 pidly approaching the depot, and no doubt anxious to reach the cars. The excitement was beyond description, and a man ells.. 1 playing a flag of the Confederate States seemed to be the rallying point for the people. Some assaulted the infantry with stones, when a number of the latter discharged their muskets. At least twenty shots were fired, but as far as learned no person was injured. There seemed to rusted little discipline among the troops, especially as they along pell-mell. Whilst they were entering the"cars a crowd of young m en gave them several volleys of bricks and stones, some of which demolished a car window, whereupon three or four muskets n ere pointed through the car windows and fired, but no one was injured. Whilst this body was pass ing near the corner of Pratt and Charles streets they got in collision with the crowd, and firing took place. One of the soldiers, named Robins, of the company from Stonington, Conn. (Stoneham), is supposed to be mortally wounded. He was wounded in new back part of the head, and fell to the ground. The tra th the second detachment left at a quarter-past 1. There are rumours of an intended attack on Fort M'ldenry. Further details may be gathered from later despatches from Baltimore. BALTIMORE, April 19.—A crowd broke into the ware house of Paterson and Walfert, on Long Dock, this even ing, and took therefrom 400 rifles and swords. Squads are parading the streets, eully armed, on the look-out for mili tary from the North, expected to-night. Have just heard that the Pennsylvania volunteers and the 7th New York regiment are coming. Fear there will be bloody work. BALTIMORE, April 19.—R. W. Davis of this city was shot dead near the Camden station. It is reported that the Philadelphians are now at the outer depot. The president of the road ordered the train back, at the urgent request of the mayor and governor. They are already off. John M'Cann, P. Griffin, and G. Needham, three citizens, are mor t a lly wounded. Four of the Massachusetts troops were killed and several wounded. It is impossible to learn their names. BALTIMORE, April 19.--The town meeting in Monu ment-square this afternoon was attended by an immense crowd. The state flag was hoisted. Mayor Brown said he was opposed to the call of the President in spirit and object, but as Maryland was still in the Union he had exerted him self to his utmost ability to protect the passage of troops through the city. He, however, felt that this should not be, and had telegraphed to the President urging that no more troops be sent through. Governor Hicks was sent for, and said he was opposed to secession, but the right of revo lution could not be disputed. It was folly to attempt to subjugate the South, and he hoped the North and the ad ministration would see the impracticability of doing so. He was still devote't to the Union, and he hoped to see a re construction of it. (Shoats, " No, never.") The gov ernor re plied that he should bow to the decision of the people. S peec hes were made by Messre. Teakle Wallis, W. Preston, and others, justifyi n g the people Of Baltimore, and declaring that no northern troops should invade their soil to subjugate and make war on their brethren of the South. The speakers counselled peace, and urged that the laws be respected and obeyed. All is quiet to-night. The military and police combined guard the city. The streets are com paratively deserted. Here and there are small knots of people discussing the events of the day. Correct list of the killed and wounded so far as known : Military--Wounded, Ssrgeant Ames, of the Lowell City Guard, slightly; Private Coilum, of the same place , shot in the head, not fatal ; Private Michael Green, o f Lawrence, slightly; S. H. Needham, skull fractured • ano ther, name un k n own at the infirmary, badly wound:d. Ames and Coilum tosnight were taken to a private house, where they will receive the beat attentions. IL Danforth and Edward Cooper were shot in the thigh. Two Massachusetts men dead, as before reported, their names not as sa certained. Citizens killed :—John M'Ghan, Sebastian Gias, Patrick Oa, 13, Thomas Miles, Ww, c, isivilouen W, owl The following are the latest despatches from Washington : WASHINGTON, April 19.—The Massachusetts arrived this evening, and are quartered at the capital. Several of them wounded in Baltimore were sent to the infirmary, while others who were injured in that city were on duty with their comrades. The President had issued a procla mation stating that an insurrection against the Government of the United States has broken out in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas ; and the laws of the United States cannot be exe cuted effectually therein, conformably to that provision of the constitution which requires duties to be uniform throughout the United States ; and further, a combination of persons engaged in such insurrections have threatened to grant pretended letters of marque to authorise the bearers thereof to commit assaults. The mayor has issued a proclamation exhorting all good citizens to so conduct themselves as neither by word nor deed to give occasion for any breach of the peace. The President has seized four Potomac steamers, on suspicion of being in the service of C. S. A. Charles Clarke has been appointed marshal of Maine. Lieutenant Jones reports that as the federal troops left the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, the seces sionists rushed in, and believes that many were killed ; re peated explosions were heard. Two regulars were killed, and two deserted. Major Simonton, in command of the Pittsburg Arsenal, is suspected, and is watched by a com mittee of safety. Governor Hicks declines to allow any more armed men to pass through Baltimore. Three thousand troops have reached Washington. The Baltimore riot commenced by some labourers en gaged in repairing Pruth-street. They hurled the loose paving-stones at the cars. A despatch from New York on the 19th contain the following:-- An attempt has been made to purchase the new steamer Mercedita for the Confederate States, but the reply was that there was not money enough in the seceded states to buy her. The Rhode Island Marine Artillery arrived to day, with six pieces of artillery, and started for Washington. A thousand Rhode Islanders under Governor Sprague will be here to-morrow. Governor Morgan has issued a requi sition for the 6th, 12th, and 71st Regiments of this city, who will start for Washington to-morrow. The gunboat Pocahontas has been ordered to sea immediately. It is reported she will sail to-night with troops for Fort Monroe. The 7th Regiment left this city for Washington by railroad this afternoon. The entire first division, 7,000 men, has offered its services to the Governor, and are ready to march at an hour's notice. There is intense excitement among our military, caused by the news from Balti more. The Chamber of Commerce resolved to-day that the Government should issue a proclamation that all persons privateering under the Jefferson Davis com mission be dealt with as pirates, and to imme diately blockade every southern port. Over 22,000 dols. were subscribed in aid of the volunteers. They appointed commissioners to take up Government stock. The members of the Corn Exchange resolved to close their places of business to-morrow, and attend the Union meeting. Dele gates from sixteen life insurance companies met to-day, and recommended to the several boards of directors to assume the risk of the assured entering upon naval or military ser vice. The Evening Post learns from a reliani source that Jeff. Davis, at the head of the Confederate army, is within twenty-four hours' march of Washington. Major Anderson was overwhelmed with congratulations to-day. The excite ment at the recruiting stations is unprecedented. The Ist New York Regiment has completed 1,000 men, and the muster roll sent to Albany. Orders are expected to-morrow to muster them into the United States service. A despatch from Wilmington, Del., to the Tribune says that a merchant captain, from Pensacola, gives information that Fort Pickens now contains 800 men, and seven vessels lying out side. A large number of Southern troops arrived on Satur day. There are still many Union men in Florida. A bloody negro insurrection is apprehended in the cotton states. A gentleman who passed through Tennessee on Wednesday says the America flag was flying everywhere. In Virginia loud threats to lynch Union men are heard everywhere. Private desp:l'. - ches from Baltimore state that the position of the loyal citizens was very critical. A despatch says : " We hope the North will stand by us, and in their forced passage through our city to the Capitol remember that there are many true men here. Our police and many of our military companies openly defy the Go vernment." The excited state of the country may be gathered by the despatches from various quarters : NORTHERN STATES. OODENSIR'RG, N.Y,, APRIL 19.—An enthusiastic meeting was held here last night, Democrats and Republicans partici pating alike. There is a volunteer company forming. The stars and stripes are floating from the shipping and throughout the town. PORTLAND, APRIL 19.—Captain Blanchard, of the steamer Daniel Webster, has offered to convey all the troops and munitions of war free. PHILADELPHIA, Arrat, 18.—The Philadelphia Volun teers have not been accepted, being without arms and equipments. PORTLAND, APRIL 19.—At the Marine Hospital Dr. S. H. Tewksbury, the retiring superintendent, hoisted the American flag and saluted it with 34 guns. The Mechanic Blues volunteered this evening for the war. The Light Infantry have voted themselves ready for service, if called upon, TRENTON, N.J., APRIL 19.—Quarters are being pro vided for the State forces, companies of which are beginning to arrive. WILMINGTON, DEL., APRIL 19.—There was a great Union meeting at Odd Fellows' Hall to-Right. Dr. Asken oresided. Addresses were made by Messrs. Patterson, Wales, and others. Resolutions were unanimously passed for immediate enrolment for the protection of home and to restore the Union by arms if necessary, also, that "we do not belong to the North or to the South, but to the Union." There was great enthusiasm. Enrolment was commenced. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 19.—1 t is supposed the troops will go to Harrisburg, and thence to Baltimore. ALBANY, N.Y., APRIL 19.—Twenty-five regiments have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness for Washington. LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, APRIL 19.—1 he recently ap pointed postmaster at Weston, Mo., has been driven out of the place. The Confederate States flag was hoisted this morning, and taken down again at the request of the citizens. ERIE, PA., APRIL 19.—Over 7,000 dollars has been sub scribed to the Volunteer Fund. Recruiting is rapidly going on. Al the military companies here have volun- teercJ. PITTSBURG, PA., APRIL 19.—The war feeling is in - creasing. New companies are forming. All parties will unite in the nomination of a Union ticket for country officers. Seventeen hundred volunteers from Ohio arrived this evening en route for Washington. Governor Dennison has telegraphed for them to remain here until further orders, in consequence of a rumoured attack in Cincinnatti by the secessionists. SACO, Mn., April 19.—The people in both Saco and Bid deford have had flag raisings to-day, and the booming of cannon and unbounded enthusiasm. In the evening an im • mense crowd gathered about the office of the Biddeford Herald, and demanded that a disunion flag which was flying from the building in the morniug should be taken down. It was given up and torn into shreds. The office was then compelled to display the stars and stripes. The crowd then marched to the Maine Democrat office, and called for the hoisting of the American flag, which was done. The crowd then dispersed with rousing cheers for our country and its flag. ELMIRA, N.Y., April 19.—Three companies have volun teered here. BINGIIAMPTON, N.Y., April 19.—There was an imposing Union demonstration here to• day. The lion. Daniel S. Dickinson was among the speakers : he speaks in New York to-morrow. AUBURN, N.Y., April 19.—At an immense meeting of citizens over 4,000 dols. was subscribed for the benefit of the volunteers and their families. SOUTHERN STATES. MONTGOMERY, ALA., April 19.—The subscriptions for the lean exceed 15 millions, and the books are closed. Smaller sums have preference over larger. President Davis has determined to issue the whole amount of the loan. AUGUSTA, GA., April 19 : —A Rhode Islander, an old citizen, is here organising a company ready to march in ten days, at his own expense. It will consist of 80 men. RALEIGH, N.C., April 19.—The executive council is in session to-day. The legislature cannot be called without their sanction. No doubt it will be given' It will meet within ten days. MONTGOMERY, April 19.—There is a prolonged cabinet session on Virginia affairs. LOUISVILLE, KY., April 19.—A reliable private despatch from Nashville states that Tennessee is almost a unit. A full regiment will b e or ganised by t o -morrow ni g ht. There aro no Union companies in Nashville. MEMPHIS TENN., April 19.—The war spirit is intense. The Governor of ArkialSaS has not received Secretary Cameron's requisition. NEw ORLEANS, April 19.—The Magnolia from Key West, 12th, has arrived. The Crusader was the only war vessel thee. There are 150 troops in Port Taylor, and 300 in the bar7r ac ks. The Magnolia was advised at Apalachicola not to enter Pensacola harbour, as she would be taken by the military authorities. The Texas authorities have fitted out the steamer Mata gorda as a war vessel, to intercept the Star of the West. The following is the President's proclamation of the blockade of the Southern Ports: — An insurrection against the Government of the United States has broken out in the States cf South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, and the laws of the United States cannot be executed effectually therein conformably to that provigion of the con stitution which requires duties to be uniform throughout the United States; and, further, a comtination of persons engaged in such insurrection have threatened to grant pre tended letters of marque, to authorise the bearers thereof to commit assaults on the lives, vessels and property of good citizens of the country, lawfully engaged in commerce on the high seas and in the waters of the United States. And whereas an executive proclamation has already been issued requiring the persons engaged in these disorderly proceed hags to desist, and therefore calling out the militia force for the purpose 91 reprogn tin oanie, Awl ccogyeuipg C 94404 BELGIUM. The Belgian papers announce that, thanks to the energetic conduct of the authorities, the disturbances at Gand have not been renewed. The strike, how ever, is not over. Tha Civic Guard had been called out and nearly all the men had responded to the call. They were served with ball cartridge, while artillery and cavalry occupied the Place de l'Hotel de Ville. The Civic Guard cleared the streets of the rioters, and two of the ringleaders have been arrested. ••••••••••••••••• FRANCE. • PARIS, THURSDAY. The Christian inhabitants have again risen in insurrection, and demand local self-government. Omar Pacha is expected here. He is the bearer of the proposals which have been deemed satisfac • tory by the ambassadors at Constantinople. After having visited Niksich, the foreign consuls will pro ceed to Piva and Coupche. The Temps of this evening says:—"England insists upon the complete evacuation of Syria by the sth of June." BOURSE, May 2.—The market still retains its firmness, and in spite of sales for realisation, prices remain within a shade of those of yesterday. Threes, which opened at 69f 30c, receded to 691 sc, but are now again at 69f 20c. itailways firm. The following were the last quotations:- 4i per per Cents 95 00 Credit Fancier ...• Do end month.... --- 1 Belgian 41 lOOl 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 15 , Roman Bank Shares 2860 — 1 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 700 Spanish Threes — Do. Account 703 75 Heine Debt . . B.AZWAYs. Cash. Account. Orleans .. 1357 50 .. 1357 50 Northern •• 980 .. 977 60 New ditto • • 900 .. 900 Lyons and Mediterranean 963 75 .. 965 Geneva • . 410 .. 412 50 Southern • • 556 25 .. 557 5 0 Western , Eastern Sardinian .. . 385 .. 385 Austrian Lombard 491 25 .. 492 50 THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. N.W. c. I L N.W. W. N.W. N.W. N. W. N. N. W. W. N.W. N . N. W. N. N.W. W. S.W. in extraordinary session to deliberate and determine thereon, the President, with a view to the same pur poses before mentioned, and to the protection of the public peace and the lives and property of its orderly citizens pursuing their lawful occupations, until Congress shall have assembled and deliberated on said unlawful proceedings, or until the same shall have ceased, has further deemed it advisable to set on foot a blockade of the ports within the States aforesaid, in pursuance of the laws of the United States and the laws of nations in such cases provided. For this purpose a competent force will be ' posted so as to prevent the entrance and exit of vessels from the ports aforesaid. If, therefore, with a view to violate such blockade any vessel shall attempt to leave any of the said ports, she will be duly warned by the commander of one of said blockading' vessels, who will endorse on her re gister the fact and date of such warning, and if the same vessel shall again attempt to enter or leave a blockaded port, she will be captured and sent to the nearest convenient port for such proceedings against her and her cargo as may be deemed advisable. An article in the Boston Journal shows the spirit that had been aroused by the attack on the Massa- chusetts regiment : It is most singular that now, as in the war of the Revo lution, and on the 19th of April, the first blood shed by the enemies of our country flows from the veins of the sons of Massachusetts. Now, as then, Providence has decreed that Massachusetts shall bring the first victims to the altar of constitutional liberty. We bow to the dispensation, and pray that now, as then, the blood of the martyrs may be permitted to seal the triumph and glory of the cause. It is true, this first blow upon us has been struck by a mob—but fittingly so, for it was done in the interest of a stupendous mob cause. Defiance of the laws is the soul of the whole movement, and the frenzied rabble at Baltimore represent it just as accurately as the malignant cabal at Montgomery. It is all a piece of satanic work, and it must be annihilated, root and branch, from the soil of America. We have no disposition to waste words on this deed. No more did our citizens yesterday, when the painful rumours flew like wildfire through our crowded streets ; but the flashing eye and the firm-set lips told sufficiently of the new-born wrath. There is " thunder in the air," and woe to those on whom the bolt falls. As we write it is uncer tain how far Maryland will be thrown into the secession maelstrom by this iniquitous deed, and we will frame no auticip - *lions either way. This outrage is charged o ver, for the present, to the general conspiracy, and can be avenged as well in one place as in another. Avenged it most cer tainly will be. The blood of our sons, shed for the whole country, cries to heaven, and not in vain. Men of Massa chusetts, remember the 19th of April I The Federal Lieutenant Jones had reported, re specting the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, that on hearing of the approach of 600 Virginians he put piles of powder and straw in all the buildings, and quietly waited their approach. The picket guard gave the alarm, and the garrison set fire to the out houses, carpenters' shop, and powder-houses, and began a retreat ; 15,000 stand of arms were de stroyed. Citizens of Harper's Ferry, evidently in league with the party advancing to seize the arsenal, were instantly in arms and pursued, and, firing upon them, killed two of the regulars. Two others deserted before the troops reached Hagers town. They marched all night, having missed the railroad train. At 14agerstown they took omni buses to Chambersburg, where they arrived much exhausted with their night march. The New York regiments of militia were mustering in considerable force. Some of them bad left for Washington. Major Anderson had been received at New York with great demonstrations of regard. The most intense excitement prevailed in that city. and journals suspected of secessionist principles were daily threatened with violence. At all the Northern ports vessels chartered for Southern har bours had been prohibited from taking provisions or stores. The gunboats Pochantas and Philadelphia had been despatched to Norfolk, Virginia. Re specting the Virginia naval yards we have the fol lowing reports Washington, April 18. The Secretary of the Navy despatched Commodore Paulding some days since to the Gosport Navy-yard, to in spect the movements in and about the yard. The Commo dore returned here this evening, direct from the scene of oper itions. He reports to the Secretary of the Navy that the vessels reported sunk across the channel at the mouth of Elizabeth River are only three light boats; that it was done yesterday, and that they will not obstruct the passage of vessels ; that the Merrimac is not outside of the sup posed obstruction, but inside, but will remove the vessels as easily as she would remove a web. One or two was vessels are moored a short distance from the dock at the Navy-yard, and their guns vc ill protect the yard. The mouth of the river is also carefully guarded. Cap tain Thornton Jenkins, who accompanied Commodore Paulding to Gosport, also arrived here this evening, direct from Norfolk. Five sloops are in harbour at Norfolk, with men and arms sufficient to protect and hold the Norfolk Navy-yard. The authorities had given notice to the com mander in charge of the yard that they intended to take it. Captain Jenkins does not believe that it is in the power of the Virginians to capture it. Should they attempt it, the vessels would blow them to atoms. The commander, as also those in charge of the vessels, understood the matter fully, and are ready for any emergency. Large bodies of troops were forwarded as rapidly as possible to Washington in order to defend the capital in case of attack. The Executive Council of North Carolina was dis cussing the propriety of convening the Legislature, to discuss the state of affairs. It was expected to meet in 10 days. The Governor (Jackson) of Mis souri had responded to the call for a contingent to the Northern forces as follows : Executive Department, Missouri, Jefferson laity, April 17. sh-,- - eroue auesputol.,...a ti. 15tra making it call on Missouri for four regiments of men, for immediate service, has been received. There can be, I apprehend, no doubt but these men are intended to form a part of the President's army, to make war upon the people of the seceded States. Your requisition, in my judgment, is illegal, unconstitu tional, and revolutionary in its objects, inhuman and dia bolical, and cannot bo complied with. Not one man will the State of Missouri furnish to carry on such an unholy crusade. C. F. JACKSON, Governor of Missouri. President Davis issued the following proclamation on the 17th : Whereas Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, has by proclamdtion announced the intention of in vading the Confederacy with an armed force, for the pur pose of capturing its fortresses, and thereby subverting its independence and subjecting the free people thereof to the dominion of a foreign Power ; and whereas it has thus be come the duty of this Government to repel the threatened invasion and defend the rights and liberties of the people by all the means which the laws of nations and usages of civilised warfare place at its disposal ; Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, do issue this, my proclama tion, inviting all those who may desire, by service in pri vate armed vessels on the high seas, to aid this Govern ment in resisting so wanton and wicked an aggression, to make application for commissions or letters of marque and relrisal, to be issued under the seal of these Confederate States; and I do further potify all persons applying for letters of marque to make a statement in writing, giving the name and suitable description of the character, tonnage, and force of the vessel, name of the place of residence of each owner concerned therein, and the in.. tended number of crews, and to si g n each statement and deliver the same to the Secretary of State or collector of the port of entry of these Confederate States, to be by bin' transmitted to the Secretary of State; and I clo further notify all applicants aforesaid, before any commission or letter of marque is issued to any vessel or the owner of the owners thereof, and the commander for the time being, they will be required to give bond to the Confederate States, with at least two responsible sureties not interested in such vessel, in the penal sum of 5,000 dols., or if such vessel be provided with more than 150 men, then in the penal sum of 10,000 dollars, with the con ditions that the owners, officers, and crew who shall be employed on board such commissioned vessel shall observe the laws of these Con federate States, and the instructions given them for the regulation of their conduct, and shall satisfy all damages done contrary to the tenour thereof by such vessel, during her commission, and deliver up the same when revoked by the President of the Confederate States. And I do further specially enjoin on all persons holding offices, civil and military, under the authority of the Confederate tatess that they be vigilant and zealous in the discharge of the duties incident thereto ; and. 1 do moreover exhort the good people of these Confederated States, as they love their country, as they prize the blessings of free government, as they feel the wrongs of the past, and those now threatened in an aggravated form by those whose enmity is more im placable because unprovoked, to exert themselves in pre serving order, in promoting concord, in maintaining the authority and efficacy of the laws, and in supporting, invi gorating all the measures which may be adopted fora gore" mon defence, and by which, under the blessing of Divine Providence, we may hope for a speedy, just, and honour able peace. " In witness thereof I have set my hand, and have cause' the seal of the Confederate States of America to be attached , this 17th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1861. " JEFFERSON DAviS. " Robert Toombs, Secretary of State." Major Anderson's official report of the surrende r of Fort Sumter was as follows Steamship Baltic, off Sacdy Hook, April 18. "HON. S. CAMERON, SECRETARY OF WAR, WASIIINa' TON, D. C. "Sir, —Having defended Fort Sumter for 34 hours, until the quarters were entirely burnt, the main gates destroy" by fire, the gorge wall seriously injured, the magazine sun rounded by flames, and its door closed from the effects of the heat, four barrels and three cartridges of powder o nly being available, and no provisions but pork remaining, accepted terms of evacuation offered by General Beauregeruo being the same offered by him on the 11th inst., prior to the commencement of hostilities, and marched out of the fort on Sunday afternoon, the 14th inst., with colours flying and drums beating, bringing- away company and private property and saluting my flag with 50 guns. "ROBERT ANDERSON, Major, Ist Artillery.' A meeting was held yesterday afternoon of the Greek firms in London interested ill the policy of the Bank of France with regard to the houses which have lately sus pendod at Marseilles. A report was submitted of the re sults of the recent deputation to Paris, but no decision wog made public, and it is belie;, , ed that the whole. question. stands over for a definitive solution to-day, and that the chances for and against a satisfactory conclusion are nearly' balanced. DESTUCTIVE FlRE.—Last night, about half-Pas t eight o'clock, a destructi ve fi re b ro k e ou t on the premisefj known as 'Wilson's timber-yard and carved wood works, situate partly in Greek-street, and partly in ROSO.Streeti Soho. The fire burned with great intensity for upwarOf, an hour, complet e ly gu tti n g the dwelling-house and wore.. shops, and destroying a largo portion of the stock of tirabei in the yard. By 10 o'clock the fire was nearly subdued, b; it was midnight before the surrounding premises ware c ° , 4 sidered saf e . Being situated in the centre of a dellsetje". populated locality, the crowd collected within ten of the fire breaking out was immense; and the police rut r!;;; considerable difficulty in clearing sufficient space for eng i nes to get to work. The parties are insure,, ' the whether to the full amount of their loss could net lu , 99144 41 94 In soccrtAined. rouni the crowd View 1 by thl of its partral that, I. busts Peal Reti leadini tuting is at den p drawit lighter effeete forme] tabood who i been j heaver as a 1 toddlc a he fief,. W , it, ~ happi (622) Land: Ar I llmisma• Pi pare eust( insp( menl Way arras