The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-05 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S TELEATRE.-- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, TRUTH AND FICTION. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews,Wlddicombe, Shore, Cathcart, Garden; Miss C. Leclercq, Miss R. Leclereq, an d M i ss M. Harris. Followed by HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Fechter. Sup ported by Hermann Vezin, Ryder, Meadows, &c. ; Misses Heath, Elsworthy, and R. Leclercq. NEW THEATRE -ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Reproduction of "The Co!leen Bawn. " The Adelphl "Census " every Evening . . THIS EVENING, the successful new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. P. Bedford. After which (198th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Boucicault, D. Wisher, 131111 m -ton, Falconer, Stephenson, 'C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS. Messrs. I. 1.. Toole, Eburne, Romer, C. J. Smith ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. Thorne, and Mrs. Chatterley. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. ASTT,EY'S ROYAL A MPHITHEATRE.- T HIS EVENING, Production of the Grand Spectacle of MAZEPPA, with new scenery, dresses, &c., supported by Mr. James Holloway and a most powerful Company. To be followed by SCENES In the CIRC LE—The Rocky Mountain Wonders. Concluding with a Comic Ballet. Reduced prices. Commence at 7. CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. EVERY EVENING. Two Grand Selections from celebrated Operas. including Verdi's new Opera, THE BAL MASQUE (first produced in England and only to be heard at this Establishment), with a Chorus of Forty Voices, and upon a scale unequalled at any other Concerts. Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Greville, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Bernard ; the popular Solos on the Cornet-a piston, by Mr. Levy (the first performer of the day); th e Brothers Conrad (in an entirely new and original entertain ment on the double rope, not to be seen elsewhere); con tinued success of Mr. Wood and h i s talented little Son. The Comic Department comprises the following favourites : —Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Blanchard, and numerous other artistes. Re-appearance at these Concerts of Mrs. Lawrence. Musical Director, Mr. JONGHMANS. T " OXFORD, 6, OXFORD- STREET. Mr. LEVY, undoubtedly the best performer of the day on the Cornet-a- Piston—Grand Selections (on the most complete scale) from Dinorah, Martha, Stradella, &c., and other vocal and instrumental music, by Miss Russell, the Misses Stuart, and Miss Ernst, Messrs. Charles Greville, Fornari, Kimber ley, Bernard, Beaumont, Bervon, Huish, Signor Tivoli, and Mr. Henry Herbert, with full band and powerful and selected chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans.—The following Comic talent, Messrs. W. Randall, J. Blanchard, W. H. Wie land, Hollingsworth, E. Marshall, Harvey, and French, and the Brothers Conrad in their latest and best entertainment, every evening. Admission, Hall, sixpence; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIN DAY.—Morning, 11h. 54m.—Afternoon, h. m To-moßitow.-Morning, 12h. 20m.—Afternoon, 12h. 42m, THE WEATHER.—Sux Ornea, JUNE 5, 1661. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 60—this day at noon. BAttomETER-30.03. Wirtn—Westerly, but variable, with dull weather. Rain in the night, and a thunderstorm this forenoon. Afternoon fine. i'N•f. -4 4 wi -:-.A L-Z.."..t * , 1I. •', ( ' ' ' , Pm r- '" - -, r• - - - -, o= o -7, . ~..... *4_,,1 THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1861. Editors are more tolerant than bishops. A little while ago we called attention to the fact of a Pro testant bishop having followed, in principle, the example of Spain, by ruthlessly ejecting from a parish churchyard a beautiful monument on which was engraved a request to pray for the departed. A religious paper published last Monday the fol lowing letter, the heading to which ought to have been— " OF YOUR CIiARITT PRAY FOR. TILE SOUL OF MR. IVRAL. LZT, MEMBER FOR PETERBOROUGH." " Sir,—On Tuesday evening next, June 4, the motion on Maynooth will be brought before the house. Mr. 'Whalley, who has nobly come forward to head the movement, will tend almost alone. Let me invite, therefore, those of your readers who love the cause of Protestantism to unite in prayer that he may be graciously strengthenad, sus tained, and taught. "Much grace, much wisdom will be required. May the Lord vouchsafe to bestow it in answer to the fervent long ings of many of his people I " If you will kindly give this note a place in your co lumns of Monday evening next, it would much oblige, sir, yonrs very faithfully, " E. K. ELLIOTT. " Worthing, Juno 1." That Mr. WHALLEY much needs " Wisdom" and " teaching ; " and that "gracious strengthening" would be a cordial balm when the Parliamentary " Balls of Bashan" had grieved his spirit by their bellowings,•or tossed him on the horns of cruel dilemmas, we do not at all doubt. Our only doubt is whether, if Mr. WHALLEY were endued with " Wisdom and Grace," we should not have heard of him at all last night. The wisdom of a young man picking up aged Mr. SPOONER'S threadbare man tle, and in an array which became his antique pre decessor, proclaiming himself the new Anti-May ndoth Prophet, is a subject on which we leave our readers to decide. The impatient house seem to have had no doubt about it. For ourselves we can not doubt that wisdom, in the meaning of sound common-sense, would keep any member from boring the House, and wasting the public time, by a motion 1 which, by no possibility, can be carried ; at least not till the State adopts the voluntary principle, and abolishes all grants to Religion. Mr. DIGBY SEY. MOUR'S amendment was, therefore, the only self consistent motion ; though he moved it, of course, only to exhibit the folly of Mr. WHALLEY'S, and the " wisdom" needed by the latter seems to have gone to Mr. SEYMOUR, for he forbore to press an amend ment which had served its object, and which he knew could not be carried. character—as it well might be ! But hardly the less imperatively does it require removal, henceforth, as a systematic grievance at our workhouses—a grievance felt very bitterly indeed by many of the unhappy occupants. We allude to the circum stance that those occupants of our workhouses who are not Protestants are altogether precluded from using their own books of devotion unless open to the inspection of the Chaplain, of the Governor, and of the Matron--« which," observed the same wit• ness, upon whose evidence we have already had oc casion to comment, " of course rendered the permis sion to use those books nugatory" Another !ament able instance of this kind of o the great nat i onal fficial violati on o f boast, nay, for the most part we may (thank heaven !) quite truth fully designate it the great national reality of Civil and Religious Liberty ! The free exercise a religion within the wall s o f an union workhouse ought, in vindication of that glorious principle, to be rendered as secure, - to be rendered as possible What " Grace" would have done for Mr. WHALLEY can hardly be questioned—for of all the ungracious things on earth what could be more so than for a Churchman to come forward to deprive Roman Catholics— eo nomine of £30,000 per annum. Mr. SEYMOUR'S motion could be maintained on the ground of equal dealing with all, but to say to our Irish neighbours, because your creed is wrong and mine right, my Church must continue to wallow in wealth conferred on it wholly by the State, while you are not even to pick up the little crumb of £3o,ooo—this seems to us to savour more of the " grace" of bigotry than of any other. If we remem ber rightly, JOHN BRIGHT, Quaker as he is, once openly declared that while prepared to vote, in i accordance with his religious belief against all State endowments of religion, he could not vote for singling out Roman Catholics, and depriving them only of endowments while other churches and as easy within as without the walls of those mournful establishments. Nay—perfect freedom continued to enjoy them. England will certainly never consent to this. of religious worship, according to the dictates of the consciences of the inmates—ought to be rendered, if that were in any way practicable, more easy to those inmates, more readily within their reach, than On looking at the telegrams from India the first impression will be, that the policy of Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN has triumphed, whatever must be thought of his mode of proclaiming it. Mr. JAMES 'WILSON'S plans seem all to be falling overboard one after another, and Sir C. TREVELYAN'S to be adopted by Mr. LAING and the Government. The obnoxious taxes, which the ex-Governor of Madras declared to be impracticable, have been found to to be so ; nor can it well be said that Sir CHARLES made them impracticable, for the chief difficulty has been not in Madras, but at Bombay and other places. The Income Tax is pronounced a failure, and is abandoned; the License Tax is also to be a andoned; and the import duty on cotton yarn to others outsido the union workhouse. And for ,his simple Jeason, that the unhappy pauper has urger need for the consolations of religion than the majority of those who are not so utterly prostrated under the heel of misfortune. Yet as things are at present, according to the same witness at the same sittin g of the Committee already specified, the general practice is not to send for a priest until the pauper applicant is seriously ill. That asser tion of the witness having reference, it will be observed from the report of the proceedings of the Committee, to St. Pancras Union. One of the lead ing members of this Committee appears to be almost incredulous as to this statement, unwilling to accept it as undeniable in its accuracy without fur- , THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. and twist, to which Manchester so strongly' Lame, Ur. J. B. Bnalratone. objected, is to be reduced from 10 to 5 per cent. THIS EVENINI4, the rerforrnanoes will commence with The Comedy of THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Chas. Mr. LAING even goes so far as to fall in with the Mathews, Buokstone, E. Villiers. Rogers, Ae. ; 11Irs. Wilkins , Mrs. C. Mathews, and Miss E. Weekes. proposal to apply to the local Governments - for Followed by THE ADVENTURES OF A LOVE LETTER. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. £500,000 which is to be raised in through them; but And THE SUN AND THE WIND. the grand point of all, that on which Sir CHARLES Commence at 7. most insisted, is conceded also. The army is to be largely reduced. It is not to exceed 200,000 men. That is instead of more than double the European army, and, costing as much to watch es to maintain it, the native army will be brought down to about half as many again as the European, and even this proportion we may expect will be lessened. An immediate reduction of expenditure seems to be the consequence, for we are told that the revenue has increased by £2,080,000, and the expenditure decreased by 3,600,000. That is, that India is at least by five millions and a half in a better position than she was before. The Indian Budget has arrived just at the time, therefore, to improve the prospects of the new loan required for the home demands, principally, of the Indian Go vernment, and of the railroads which certainly must not now be stopped. The disbanding of all the soldiers possible, on which Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN so strenuously in sisted, is specially important now. The demand for labour has so greatly increased, owing to the rail ways and other works, that the soldiers prefer the better wages of workmen and are thankful to be released. They will not be troublesome idlers, but industrious labourers who know the value of money and are ready to work for it. For the precise meaning of the information that local legislative councils are to be established, we must, of course, wait. Can it be that power is really to be more decentralised than it has been ; that the governors of what are, in fact, large kingdoms are to become something more like viceroys, and are to be permitted to improve their vast territories with out having to consult Calcutta about every rupee they spend—and even whether pencils and note paper are to be allowed to a servant ! Does the Government really contemplate fol lowing Mr. BRIGHT'S advice, and setting the different Presidencies and their Governors compet ing for the prize of first-rate management ? We may be sure our aristocracy will never forego the prize of a Governor-Generalship, so long as it is given not to merit, but to needy patricians. We may hope, however, that the announcement will be found to mean that the local Governments are to have far greater powers intrusted them ; and the Governor-General to become more and more the Viceroy of smaller confederated Viceroyalties. Many changes for the better are now being fast rendered inevitable in our system of Workhouse management. Conspicuous among these changes for the better in the future operation of that system is one recently brought to light by means of the searching inquiry now going on before the Parlia mentary Committee appointed to investigate the social , problem of Poor Relief in the Metropolis. There, before that Committee, at one of its latest sittings, the Rev. Canon MORRIS being at the time under examination—it came out that many of the workhouse inmates, not being Protestant, are re peatedly deprived of the liberty of going to attend religious service for—what ? For a breach of the workhouse rules The witness adding that, while he did not mean to say, of course, that the work house rules should not be kept, he nevertheless could not but think that any breach of them ought to be punished in a proper man ner, and consequently (it were superfluous to argue) in a manner totally different from the one we have just now particularised. " What"—the witness very reasonably asked—" would be said of a magistrate who, instead of inflicting the usual legal punishment for an offence, should sentence any one to be prevented from saying his prayers for a week or fortnight ?" Certainly, an inquiry that puts the matter quite irresistibly to any one's recognition by the sheer force of what is familiarly known among logicians as the reduciio ad absur dum. The notion of any such discretionary power being allowed to our petty workhouse officials, the notion of any such odious, any such literally profane and demoralising power of punishing in the manner instanced, must, certainly, be allowed on all sides to be utterly preposterous. To talk of imposing, as a penalty, upon any wretched pauper wbo may have broken these miserable little workhouse rules and regulations; to talk of imposing upon him, or upon her, as the case may be, a punishment incapacitating the individual from worshipping GOD according to the dictates of conscience—to talk of anything so monstrous as this, as of a sys tem to be tolerated for an instant longer than is ab solutely necessary for its destruction, is certainly to outrage all our nobler instincts, all our sense of social decency, all our reverence for religion, all our homage for our common Christianity. There must surely come an end to this among other abuses—as surely let us say as this Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry is now sitting for the pur pose of numbering up these still existing abuses with a view to their speedy and effectual dissipa tion. Another grievance of a kindred description that came out before that Committee upon the occasion of the same sitting from the re port of the proceedings at which we have already quoted. This must here also be par ticularised. It is less flagrant, we admit, in its then investigation. Hence, in answer to a supplementary query upon this point, the wit ness is reported as adding—" Unquestionably it was true that in St. Pancras Union the inmates were not allowed to enjoy the consolations of re ligion while they were in a state of health." The witness adding—" Marylebone formed an excep tion, for there no application to send for a priest was necessary." What is thus the honourable ex ception at Marylebone, ought to be rendered hence forth the rule throughout our union workhouses. And we look to the Committee now inquiring into the whole system of Poor Relief in the Metropolis, we look hopefully and confidently to that Com mittee that it shall be so rendered. The responsi bility will now rest in a great measure with this Committee how far the pauper population of the United Kingdom may participate with their more fortunate fellow citizens in the enjoyment of that twofold freedom nominally insured to every subject of the British Crown—perfect liberty both Civil and Religious ! THE r,SITN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1861.' THE GREAT EASTERN. This extraordinary specimen of naval architec ture arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning, having been enabled to cross the bar a little before 9 o'clock. A great number of the river steamers, laden with a vast concourse of people, all anxious to get a sight of the " great ship," had proceeded seawards to meet and welcome her. The enormous vessel steamed slowly but majestically up the river, accom panied by the steam flotilla referred to, till she reached her mooring ground in the Sloyne, where ' she dropped her anchors (her moorings have not yet arrived from Milford) considerably nearer the Lan cashire than the Cheshire shore. In the course of the day many river steamers were constantly em ployed in conveying numerous parties of ladies and gentlemen round the Great Eastern, and all ap peared to be much delighted and in no small de gree astonished at her enormous dimensions and the elegance of her form. She sailed from New York on Saturday, the 25th ult., at half-past 8 o'clock in the morning, and arrived off the bar at the Mersey. on Monday evening about half-past 9 o'clock, hav ing accomplished a most successful voyage. Dur ing the voyage the Great Eastern, in nautical phrase, behaved exceedingly well, being perfectly manageable under all circumstances of weather. The highest speed attained was 355 knots in the 24 hours, but it may be mentioned that the screw was the chief propelling power employed. The nature and rate of the voyage, however, will be better understood from the following extracts from her official log :—May 25.—Course, N. 88 E. ; w i n d , S.S.E.; barometer, 29 i 0; thermometer, 65. At 8.19 pilot left thel ship ; light breeze. ay 26. Distance run, 337 miles ; wind various ; lat. 40 40, long. 66 07 ; barometer, 29 66 ; thermometer, 70; consumption of fuel, 289 tons 13 cwt. ; light airs. May 27.—Course, N. 83 E. ; distance run, 300 miles ; wind, S.E. ; lat. 41 28, long. 59 52; barometer, 29 74 ; thermometer, 67; consumption of fael, 291 tons ; thick weather; standing by engines. M a y 28 . Course, N. 73 E.; distance run, 340 miles ; wind, S.S.E. ; lat. 43 07,10ng. 52 25 ; barometer, 2964; ther mometer, 61; consumption of fuel, 295 tons 2 cwt. Fresh breeze and thick weather; stopped engines 15 minutes to sound at 10 p.m. ; going slow for 45 minutes. May 29.—Course, N. 67 E. ' • distance run, 320 miles ; wind, S.S.W. ; l a t. 45 04 ; long., 45 28 ; barometer, 29 80 ; thermometer, 58 ; con sumption of fuel, 287 tons 7 cwt. Fresh breeze and fine weather. May 30.—Course, N. 71 E.; dis tance run, 350 miles ; wind, N.W. ; lat., 47 04 ; long., 7 33 ; barometer, 30 02; thermometer, 58 ; consumption of fuel, 301 tons 1 cwt. Fresh gale and gloomy weather. May 31.—Course, N. 79 E. ; distance run 348 miles; wind, W.N.W. ; lat. 48 14, long. 29 09; barometer, 29 39:; thermometer, 65 ; consumption of fuel, 300 tons 12 cwt. Light breeze and fine. June I.—Course, N. 75 E.; distance run, 355 miles ; wind, N.E. ; lat. 49 30, long. 21 11; barometer, 30 44 ; thermometer, 62 ; consumption of fuel, 301 tons 15 cwt. Light breeze and fine. June 2.—Course, N. 79 E. ; distance run, 325 miles ; wind, N.N.E.; lat. 50 28 ; long. 12 55 ; barometer, 30 35; thermometer, 62; consumption of fuel, 288 tons. Fresh breeze. June 3 .—Barometer, 30 20 ; thermometer, 59; consumption of fuel, 293 tons 9 cwt. Fresh breeze ;at 930 p.m. anchored off North-west Lightship. As to the comforts expe rienced by her numerous passengers, 212 in all, that will be easily and fully appreciated from the terms employed in the following testimonial,which was signed by the whole of the passengers, and pre sented to the captain and officers on the completion of the voyage : " We, the undersigned passengers on board the Great Eastern, from New York to Liverpool, cannot separate without giving expression to our approval of the vessel and her working, and to the general satisfaction of all on board. In this noble ship we have enjoyed a feeling of perfect confidence and security, while her ample accommo dations, elegant saloons, plentiful table, and the admirable ventilation preserved throughout, have secured our health and comfort ; and, above all, the easy motion of the vessel —to which the waves appear as playthings—in spite of, or perhaps by reason of, her gigantic but admirably propor tioned bulk, has almost precluded the possibility of sea sickness, even to the most sensitive, so as to render her par excellence, the most desirable ship for ladies and fami lies. On these grounds we confidently recommend the Great Eastern as the safest, most comfortable, and easy_ going vessel in which any one can cross the Atlantic, and we are anxious that this expression of our opinion should be made public for the public good." Besides the number of passengers stated, the Great Eastern brought upwards of 3,000 tons of flour, grain, and provisions in cargo, and had also 1,000 tons of water ballast on board. On leaving New York her draught of water was 26 feet, but this has proportionately decreased consequent on the reduction of the coal by consumption during the voyage. Her cargo will be transferred to lighters in the river, under the direction of a competent stevedore, and landed in Liverpool. On Monday afternoon considerable excitement was created in Liverpool by the receipt of a telegram announcing that the Great Ship had been off Holyhead at 4 30 p.m., on the receipt of which the fast sailin g steamtug Rover was brought into requisition and desptched as a tender. She left the north landing-stage at half past seven o'clock, and went to meet the leviathan ship in order to bring away the despatches. The Great Eastern was fallen in with near the North-west Lightship about half-past nine o'clock. The tender had on board Mr. Dixon, the agent of the company at Liverpool ; Mr. Thomas Bold, Mr. Barber, and several other gentlemen. As the Great Eastern neared the tender she was welcomed by hearty cheers from those on board the latter vessel, and these salutations and greetings were renewed yesterday morning as the stately vessel steamed majestically up the river. It is intended to exhibit the Great E astern during 12 or 15 days after her cargo has been landed, and it is expected that this will have been effected and the public admitted to view her on the Bth inst. It is further understood that she will again make the voyage to New York, starting from Liverpool in about a month from this date. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary honoured the Marquis of Lansdowne with their company at dinner, on Monday evening, at Lansdowne House. Lady Geraldine Somerset and Col. Home Purves were in attendance on their royal highnesses. The Countess of Baby has issued invitations for receptions on Saturday, the 22d inst., and on Saturday, the 6th proximo. The Countess of Fife has been confined to the house for some days by severe indisposition. The Earl and Countess of Leicester and the Ladies Coke have arrived at the London Hotel, Albemarle street, from Holkham. Viscountess Palmerston has issued cards for as semblies on Saturday next, and on Saturday, the 15th inst. Lord and Lady Hatherton have returned from Teddesley to Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews having returned to London, appeared at this theatre last night, in the still popular piece of " The Over land Route." The piece has lost none of its power of attraction. TRAMES EMBANKMENT AND RAILWAY COM -3llSSlON.—Yesterday the royal commission appointed to enquire into and report to both }louses of Parliament on this subject, re -assembled at the offices of the commission, in Victoria-street, Westminster. Present,,the Right Hon. the Lori May or i n t h e chair; Sir J. Jb tain Galton, R.E., of th e ra i lway de areti R.N., P of theme ntef the Board e lr.J. T Captaintvuraesittals,, the Chairm an o f the Metro- K.C.B. ; Cap- Thames Con servancy;Trade 3 politan Board of Works ; Mr. R. A . Hunt, Surveyor to the Government Board of Works ; M r. J. R. M'Cl an C.E., and Mr. Henry Kingscote, Hon. Secretary. The main object. of the meeting was to t a k e the evidence and to consider the interests of the numerous wharfingers and other owners of property on the route of the proposed embankment. The Inner and Middle Temple were repre sented by Mr. Nelson, and by Messrs. Chilton, Yeates Burtcn, and Hart, solicitors, with Mr. Smirke, the archi tect; the City of London Gas Company, by Mr. Grey, the chairman, Mr. Millar, secretary, Messrs. Leighton, solici tors, Mr. Hardwicke, architect, Mr. Mann, engineer, and other gentlemen representing the interests of Somerset house, the Duke of Northumberland, and other propertied rights upon the foreshore between Blackfriars-bridge and Westminster. Evidence to a considerable length having been taken, the committee adjourned. LATEST NE WS. MADRID, JUNE 4. The Queen has been delivered of a Princess. The Duke of Montpensier will embark at San tander on the 20th inst., for England. TURIN, JUNE 4. The official Gazette of to-day publishes the fol lowing bulletin on the health of Count Cavour : " At two o'clock this morning Count Cavour had an attack of fever, which was preceded by a fit of shivering. At noon all these symptoms disap peared. " His intellectual faculties are unimpaired." PESTH, JUNE 4. To-morrow the discussion in the Lower House on the Address will terminate, and the vote will be taken. It is probable that the address proposed by M. Deak will be adoptod. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 4. The Dagbladet of to-day, in its summary of news, says :—" The non-German powers are engaged in bringing about a peaceful settlement of the dis pute between Denmark and Germany. " Denmark has always followed their advice, whilst Holstein has invariably rejected all the pro posals of the Danish Government. Sweden has, however, proposed an arrangement, which the German powers are willing to accept with some modifications." MADRID, JUNE 3. The reply of Morocco to the Spanish ultimatum is daily expected. The Correspondeneia Atografa expresses hopes that the reply will be satisfactory, and that the question of indemnity will soon be decided in a satisfactory manner. GIBRALTAR, JUNE 2. According to advices received here from Morocco, Muley Soliman had been reeognised as Emperor by several tribes, and was encamped about 25 miles from Fez with rather a considerable force. He is said to be in such a position as to be able to assume the offensive, and make a serious war against his brother the Emperor, which might pro, bably result in a division of the Empire of Morocco. VIENNA, jUNE 4. According to advices received here from Ragusa, Dervioh Pasha, with the Turkish troops under his command, had been violently attacked by an over whelming body of insurgents, The result is unknown. FRANCE. BOURSE, June 4.—Business still continues limited in amount, but prices have been maintained at about the quotations of yesterday. Threes, for the Account, which had been done at 69f. 40c., are now at 69f. 30c. Railways quiet, and with slight variations. The following were the last quotations : 41 per per Cents ... 96 40 Credit Fonder 9OO Do. end month.... 96 45 Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 35 Roman Bank Shares 2895 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 698 75 Spanish Threes 5O 25 Do. Account 7OO Home Debt INDIA. By the arrival of the Bombay Mail we have re ceived our private correspondence and files of papers from Bombay to the 11th of May, and from Cal cutta to the 3d of May. We take the following from the Bombay Gazette of the 11th of May:— The past fortnight has been an eventful and me morable one —the long and anxiously looked-for general order for the amalgamation of her Majesty's Indian forces with her Majesty's general forces was published in Calcutta on the 22d of April, and re ceived in Bombay on the Ist of May. The eagerly watched-for Budget of India for the year 1861-62 was submitted to the Legislative Council by our Chancellor of the Exchequer on the 27th of A pril, and received in Bombay on the sth of May. Mr. Laing's financial statement for the year 1861- 62 is now before the public. He shows that the estimates of the late Mr. Wilson and of Sir Charles Wood have been falsified by events, but ventures on fresh anticipations himself with great confidence, fortified, however, by new facts which seem to jus tify him in the hopeful conclusions at which he has arrived. WLereas the deficit of last year was £6,500,000, that of this year is to be only £500,000. This conclusion is come to by applying the shears in all directions. On the army estimates alone the gross reductions are more than £3,000,000 sterling. The Indian Navy is abolished. Mr. Laing anti cipates an increased revenue to the extent of £2,000,000 sterling, and apparently on good grounds. The local Governments are about to have a new honour conferred on them, that of being allowed to levy additional taxes to be applied to local objects—a good idea. The Budget has given very general satisfaction. It declares that India is solvent, and that she will be a future source of strength to England. The Estimate of Revenue and Expenditure of India for the year 1861-62 is as follows : Total Revenue, Budget Estimate Against 1860-61, with deficit, including Rail ways, £5,868,718 Total Expenditure, Budget Estimate: in India 35,248,939 In England. Excluding Railways 5,005,760 Including Railways 6,305,760 f Excluding Railway s 40,254,699 Total 1 Including Railways Against 1860.61, in India _ . .. 38,104,282 In England. Excluding Railways - 5,357,993 Including Railways 7,050,167 ( Excluding Railways Total lncluding Railways Transfer to Local Budgets Total Expenditure, Budget Esti ma t e Su Excluding. Railways 1,53 9 ,896 rplus { Including Railways Memorandum of estimated cash balances in the Indian Treasuries on the 30th April, 1862 : RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1355 .. 1355 Northern New ditto B9O .. Lyons and Mediterranean 928 75 .. 927 50 Geneva 407 50 .. 407 50 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian 373 75 .. 375 Austrian Lombard 496 25 .. 496 25 PRUSSIA. All the Berlin press are occupied in speakinie of the late political duel. Among other documents published on the subject, we find the two following letters from the combatants : " Monsieur le Juge,—l thank you for the candid reply which you have given to my request this day. I now find myself in presence, not of anonymous writing, but of Judge Twesten, who has passed a public judgment on me, and held up my name to scorn. I request you to retract by a public decla ration the passages of the pamphlet in question, pages 81 and 82, which express an opinion of me personally, and of the manner in which I discharge my functions. " E. DE MANTEUFFEL." The following is the reply : " Monsieur le General,—When I received your first letter I naturally knew that you would demand from me, not explanations but satisfaction. I did not publish a pamphlet anonymously in order to avoid responsibility, but because I thought it more suitable for the effect which it was to produce. I beg you to be persuaded that I did not write it with the intention of attacking a man in high position and of honourable character, but I thought it necessary it necessary in the threatened situation of our country to call attention to institutions which I and many others think dangerous and fatal. Naturally, in criticising institutions, it is impossible to avoid judging persons. To my regret, I cannot retract anything which I have said. " C. TWESTEN." HUNGARY. " The amount of the taxes," says the Indepen dance, " which Hungary pays annually to Austria is 6 6,000,000 florins, and of that sum there is at present an arrear of 15 ,000,000 florins, which in spite of military executions cannot be got in. The sum is small for a great Empire like Austria, but so great is the distress of the Public Treasury at Vienna that the want of it causes the Minister of Finance to fear that he will not be able to pay the interest on Government stock. Already he has made known to the Hungarian Chancery that if the taxes are not paid up, he can no longer provide for the expenses of the administration of Hungary." ITALY. " Advices from Naples," says the Constitutionnel, " state that the first rigorous measures taken by M. de San-Martino for the re-establishment of order were directed against the Mazzinian parties. It has been the same in Sicily. The revolutionists are thus gradually losing the ground they had gained during the provisional Government. The fall of Mazzinianism even appears to be so rapid that its chief is reduced to the necessity of raising a clamorous discussion in his few remaining organs. The last number of the Unita Italiania contains an article by Mazzini on the subject of Sardinia. The usual recriminations directed by the revolution against the Turin Cabinet supply the staple of this article. Mazzini especially complains of the cold reception given in Italy to the last proclamations of a certain committee at Palermo." The Opinione of Turin announces that the Italian Government has placed the army on a peace-footing from motives of economy ; there being, at least, for this year, no probability of war. A CLERICAL CURIOSITY.—Our obituary, this week, records the death of the Rev. John Arundell Rad ford, better known by the sobriquet of "Parson Jack," rector of Lapford, in the North of Devon. The deceased was a member of an ancient country family, his forefathers having been, for generations, rectors of Lapford and the adjoining parish of Nymet Rowland. lie was educated for the Church, and succeeded his father in the rectories of the above parishes in 1825. Although a clergyman of the Church of England, the taste and habits of the deceased were most unclerical. Ire was in early life an accomplished pugilist, and took great delight in the ring, in wrestling, and in all the rougher sports of rural life. One one occasion, we believe, he travelled the country as a scissors grinder. N otwithstanding his dissipated habits, he officiated in his parish church, but a l ways , o f course, t o a remar k a b ly small gr con egation, whi c h genera l ly cons i ste d , i t i s said, of the clerk, the sexton, and two or three old people. It win not an uncommon occurrence to see " Parson Jack" in a supremely jolly mood in this city late on a Saturday night, but if a friendly hand piloted him to the London Inn square, he would be sure to Und his way to Lapford in time for service at his church the next morning,— Western ,limes, RECEIPTS. Revenues £41,294,595 Local Taxes to meet Transfer to Local Budgets Railway Earnings Debt Add Local Funds :500,000 551,210 10,442,099 1,793,487 Supplies from London Estimated Cash Balance on the 30th April, 1861 a 7,431,39 DISBURSEMENTS. Charges in India, less transfer to Local Budget X34,748,939 Transfer to Local Budget 600,000 35,248,939 Interest, Rail way Capital in India 35,300 35,286,239 Debt 9,593,205 Add Prize Money 950,000 Local Funds 11,049,205 Supplies to London Estimated cask balance on the 30th April, 1862 14,264,302 £67,481,391 The liberal supplies that have poured into the North-West Provinces have had a material effect in alleviating the distress and sufferings caused by the famine. We have no very recent accounts regard ing the famine, nor of the state and prospects of that part of the country. At the close of the official year, 'on the 30th of April, 1860, £26,415,056 had been expended on railway works in India. It is estimated that a further sum of £8,375,223 has been expended in the course of the official year now brought to a close, making in the whole £37,790,279—ab0ut a tenth of the paid-up capital of all the railways of the United Kingdom. It was estimated at the begin ning of the Indian official year that at its close, on the 30th ult., there would be £1,978,399 standing to the credit of the railway companies, but it is now calculated that £454,478 will have been ad vanced to them beyond the amount paid by them, making a difference of £2,432,877 to the Indian Government. Of the large expenditure of the current year about £6,000,000 will be in India. The Bombay Government Gazette Extraordinary notifies, under instructions from the Governor- General of India in Council, that on and after the 29th of April the import Custom duty on cotton twist and yarn shall be reduced to 5 per cent. Go vernment have thus repealed so much of the late Mr. 'Wilson's financial scheme as imposed an extra duty of 5 per cent. on British twists and yarns in troduced into this country. The duty is now placed at 5 per cent., as formerly, instead of 10 per cent., hitherto charged. It was found that the addi tional tax was paid by the producers in England, land the trade suffered in consequence. A great reduction has occurred in the consumption of cotton in England during the current year. The quantities taken for home spinning to the 14th of March, at Liveepool, were, in 1860, 566,990, and in 1861 only 416,930 bales, leaving a reduction of 149,660 bales; buf it must be remem bered that a panic for cotton arose in the English market in December last, and spinners may have got into unusually large stocks, which the present high rate of money idduces them to work up. At the same time a reduction in the consumption is otherwise apparent. The exportations of cotton cloths from England in January, 1860, were al the declared value £2,888,624; in January, 1861, £3,o22,B36—increase £134,212 ; which was not quite in proportion to the increase of the quan tities, although cotton itself was higher in price. Cotton yarns were exported from England in Jan., 1860, to the amount of 16,883,9051 b., at a declared value of £789,879; and in Jan. last to the extent of only 8,125,2731 b., valued at £408,339, or less than in the corresponding month of 1860 by £381,540, which, after reckoning the increase on cloth, or £134,212, leaves as a reduction in the ex portation of cotton for the month a sum of £247,338. By the casual arrival, on the evening of the 6th inst., of her Majesty's Indian naval steamer Lady Canning, from Men, we received London files to the 10th April, and the regular English mail of the 18th April arrived last night. TATS DA P'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat on sale here to-day was very limited, yet the trade for all qualities ruled heavy in the extreme, at a reduction in the quotations realised last week of 2s. per quarter. _ The show of foreign wheat was large, and all descriptions, met a dull inquiry, at, in some instance, a decline of is. per quarter. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, and prices had a drooping tendency. Barley was quite neglected, and purchases might have been effected on rather easier terms. Malt, however, maintained its value, but with a limited demand. Oats moved off heavily, and prices were with difficulty supported. Beans ruled dull, at Monday's decline of is to 2s per qr. and peas were a heavy sale, at that day's currency. The flour trade was in a most inactive state, and Ameri can barrels were freely offered at the late fall in value. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 120 i 0 1,580 5Ol 740 1ri5h............ F0reign........ 10,310 910. 8,720 1 1,230 sack 20,560 brie, IVIIITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat on sale are only - moderate, yet the demand is far from active, as follows : Beef from :'s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per Blbs, by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The Plantation accounts continue unfavourable, and the duty is now estimated at only £90,000. Our market, conse quently, is very firm, and prices have advanced quite lOs Per cwt. AMERICA. NEW YORK, MAY 25, 6 P•)S. (PER NOVA SOOVIA TO FATHER POINT AND via LONDONDERRY.) ► The advices by telegraph from Europe, by the Etna, made a favourable impression politically. The reported fight to-day, near Alexandria, has proved a hoar. The Federal forces are in quiet possesion of the Virginian bank of the Potomac . from Washington to Alexandria. Nothing of moment had occurred at Fort Munroe up to last evening, except the pushing of the reconnaissances as far as the town of Hampton and beyond. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The Great Eastern, which arrived off the bar yesterday evening, came up the river this morning. Her passage from New York to the bar occupied nine days nine hours, mean time. The Persia on one occasion made the passage to the Rock Light in nine days two hours, mean time. Her Majesty's ships Nile and St. George reached Halifax on the 22d. Prince Alfred was on board the latter vessel. It is stated in the Washington advices that Secre tary Seward, on the 24th April, sent instructions to the United States' Ministers in Europe to notify the parties to the Treaty of Paris that the United States Government accepted the first point of said treaty, and agreed to the abolition of privateering. On this the New 1 ork Times remarks : " This must prove a crushing blow to the Southern Confederacy, for it not only debars Great Britain, France, Russia, Prussia, Sardinia, and Turkey from countenancing Jefferson Davis's privateers in any way, but it obliges them, through active operations by their fleets, to sup press such privateers as pirates. This ends that dream, and leaves the Southern conspirators no means of doing us serious harm except by invading the Free States. Another point is gained by the Secretary's master stroke of last month. The United States now become entitled to all the bene fits of all the points in the Paris treaty. The fourth point, providing that blockades, to be respected, must be effectual, carries with it the corollary that if effectual, it must be respected • consequently, so long as our blockade i s made effectual against the public enemy, all the European Powers abovenamed are bound to respect it, and certainly cannot inter fere by force. This conclusion dispels that other Southern dream, that England and France will raise the blockade in order to get cotton. They are clearly bound by treaty stipulation not to do so, to say nothing of the general obligations of morality and international law." In another issue the same journal says: " There is no expectation that the notice served by Secretary Seward upon the European Powers, that this country accepts the propositions of the European Governments, will be regarded, as in time. The letter of Secretary Marcy was at that time considered conclusive and final. It was so regarded by the European Powers, and it will be remembered that the people and press of this coun try hailed with delight and universal satisfaction the conclusions stated by Secretary Marcy. The great Powers will hardly be willing to open a nego tiation which we closed with such a shout of approbation." Here is another piece of gossip from the capital : " Since the news brought by the Persia Lord Lyons has maintained a studied silence, declining to speak upon the political questions in dispute. It is evident that he does not himself know what will be the policy of his Government, and that he is surprised at the position assigned to Great Britain in accordance with the last advices. If the British Government should determine to recognise the Southern Confederacy, Lord Lyons will probably resign. His opinions that a different policy would prevail have been so freely expressed that he can not in honour represent a different course of action. Indeed, as for that matter, if England is against the United States, the dismissal of Lord Lyons will be promptly made out." On the 22d President Lincoln in person hoisted the Union flag over the Post•office buildings at Washington. Secretary Seward on the occasion said " You here have known well the statesmen and orators of some of the Southern States. We have known their courage, and the courage, the spirit, and the resolution of the people of all the Southern States. But knowing all these, we know two things which even they cannot do. One is to de stroy Hail Columbia, and the other is to destroy , the star-spangled banner. (Repeated cheers, inter mingled with exclamations of No !" Never !') They will fail to do it, only because human nature needs that the one shall continue to be so, and that the other shall float over the sea and the land, and what human nature needs, God Almighty, the father of human nature, decrees. (Cheers and re peated applause, and music from the band.)" The Government " had temporarily prohibited the passage of citizens into Virginia, but immense quantities of provisions and tools for throwing up intrenchments were sent to the troops stationed on the heights." Tenders for the supply of gunboats were about to be issued. A battery of Whitworth field guns had reached New York; each gun bears the following inscrip- on " From loyal Americans in Europe to the United States Government, 1.861." The refusal of the Cunard Company to allow the Persia on her last passage from Liverpool to carry munitions of war for the Federal Government had created some irritation. The proceedings of the British Consuls at Norfolk and Havannah were also a subject of complaint. The War Department had issued orders for the immediate withdrawal of all the regular troops from New Mexico and Utah. On the night of the 23d 10,000 men crossed the Potomac at Washington, and captured Alexandria without resistance, while a detachment pushed for ward to seize the point of junction of the Manasses Gap with the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, to cut off all communication between Richmond and the northern portion of the State. A body of Ohio troops is moving from Wheeling by way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad upon the same point. The forces were disposed at various important points—Alexandria, Arlington Heights, and Fair fax Courthouse—the movement on the last point being made for the purpose of taking possession of the junction of the Orange and Alexandria and Manasses Gap Railroads. The advance into Vir ginia was made from three points—over the Long bridge, at the mouth of the Potomac Aqueduct at Georgetown, and at Alexandria. Of the doings at Alexandria a Washington de spatch of the 24th says : "As I telegraphed last night, the Zouaves were ordered to enter Alexandria this morning. In accordance with this order, the command was em barked on the steamers Baltimore and Mount Ver non. About five o'clock they reached Alexandria. Just before reaching the wharf the commander of the Pawnee sent a flag of truce to the rebel forces, giving them one hour in which to withdraw from the town. The Baltimore and Mount Vernon then made fast to the wharf. As the steamers ap proached the rebel sentinels fired their guns in the air and retreated back upon the main body, said to have been about 500 strong. Simultaneously with the landing of the Zouaves the Ist Michi gan Regiment entered Alexandria by the road leading from Longbridge, and proceeded direct to the railway depot, of which they took pos session, capturing a troop of rebel cavalry num bering 100, with their horses and equipments. The Zouaves landed in good order in double quick time, each company forming in company order on the street facing the river, Com pany E, Capt. Leveridge, was the first to disembark. Capt. Leveridge's company was at once d e t a il ed to destroy the railroad track leading to Richmond, which service they promptly perfzmed. After de tailing Company E, Col. Ellsworth directed the ad jutant to form the regiment, and then with his aid Lieut. Winser, and a file of men, started for the Telegraph-office for the purpose of cutting the wires. Col. Ellsworth and his detachment proceeded in double quick time up the street. They had proceeded three blocks, when the attention of Col. Ellsworth was attracted by a large Secession flag flying from the Marshall-house, kept by J. W. Jackson. Col. Ellsworth entered the hotel, and meeting a man in the hall asked, ' Who put that flag up ?' The man answered, I don't know ; lam a boarder here.' Col. Ellsworth, Lieut. Winser, the chaplain of the regiment, Mr. House, a volunteer aid, and the four privates, went up to the roof, and Col. Ellsworth cut down the flag. The party were returning down the stairs, preceded byPrivate Francis E. Brownell, of Company A. As they left the attic, the man wlo had said he was a boarder, but who proved to be the landlord, Jackson, was met in the hall, having a double-barrel gun, which he levelled at Brownell. Brownell struck up the gun with his musket, When Jackson pullad both triggers of the gun. The contents lodged in the body of Col. Ellsworth, enter ing between the third and fifth ribs. Col. Ellsworth was at the time rolling up the flag. He fell forward on the floor of the hall and expired instantly, only exclaiming My God !' Private Brownell, with the quickness of lightning, levelled his musket at Jack son and fired. The ball struck Jackson on the bridge of the nose and crashed through his skull, killing him instantly. As he fell Brownell followed his shot by a thrust of his bayonet, which went through Jackson's body. The companions of Col, Ellsworth, seven in number, immediately posted themselves so as to command the halls of the hotel, and threat ened to shoot the first man who showed his head outside of a door. In this way they stood for 10 minutes. Their protracted absence alarmed Adju tant Leoser, who ordered Company A, Capt. Coyle, to search for them. The company found their com mander dead and their comrades in possession of the hotel. A surgeon was then sent for, but Col. Ellsworth was dead long before his arrival. The company made a litter of muskets, and, placing the body of the Colonel on it, returned to the boat, leaving, however, a detachment to guard the hottl, and make prisoners of all its occupants. The body was brought to the Navy-yard, and there remains, awaiting the action of the War Department. After fitting ceremonies here, his remains will be taken. to Mechanicsville, New York, for interment. His family reside at Mechanicsville. There were no other demonstrations of opposition to the occupa tion of the city. I hear from a gentleman just arrived from Alexandria that the Zouaves have commenced executing their threats of vengeance, and have already shot three violent Secessionists. The people of Alexandria who were sympathisers with Jackson have been compelled to flee for the safety of their lives. The most intense excitement exists. The remains of Colonel Ellsworth will leave Washington by the afternoon train to morrow. They will be carried from the Navy yard, and followed to the depot by the President and Cabinet, and a large body of troops. The last thing Colonel Ellsworth did last evening, before leaving Washington was to write a letter to his father, E. D. Ellsworth, of Mechanicsville, New York, and another to Miss Carrie Spafford, at Rockford, Illinois, to whom he was engaged to be married. His last act, as he left the tent to em bark on the steamer, was to look at her portrait and to place it in his bosom. Colonel Ellsworth's body was placed in the engine -house at the Navy yard this morning. The house was heavily draped with American flags, crape, and bouquets of flowers. It was guarded by the Zouaves, a company of the 71st New York, and some regulars. Thousands of people assembled there to see the remains during the day, the President's family among the number. The body of Jackson still lies on the floor of his house, where he was shot." Major-General Butler had reached Fort Monroe, and entered upon his duties as commander of the military department of Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. The number of vessels which had been detained at Old Point Comfort by the block ading fleet was so great that it was found difficult to effect a landing there. From the blockading squadron off the Chesapeake we learn that the Liverpool ship Hiawatha, laden with tobacco, had been taken possession of for attempting to run the blockade. Messrs. Miller, of Liverpool, are the owners of the vessel, and it is reported that her cargo was insured only yesterday. A large number of small coasting vessels had been captured at various ports. The Federal officer in command of the Star,which bombarded the Confederate battery at Sewall's Point, has reported officially as follows : " I expended 15 rounds of grape, 12 10 inch shot, 32 10. inch shell, 10 shell for 32 pounders, and 45 32-pound shot, making a total of 114 shots,which I think did some execution among the rebels. I only desisted for want of ammunition, having only five 8-pound charges remaining for the pivot gun. I regret that want of ammunition compelled me to retire, as I am satisfied I could have silenced the battery in a short time. The battery is masked, 13 embrasures having been ereUed behind a sand bank. The rebels had three rifled cannons, and fired seve ral volleys of Minie balls, which struck the ship. The ship was struck five times by the rifled cannon shot in the hull and upper works. The damage can be repaired by ourselves." A despatch from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, states that the number of Confederate forces sta tioned on the Potomac, between the Point of Rocks and Williamsport, was about 7,500, of whom 7,000 were Virginians, and the rest Alabamians, Missis sippians, Carolinians, and Georgians. Among the number were also 300 Cherokee Indians. Great apprehensions were entertained in the Cumberland valley that an invasion of that region was contem plated by them for the purpose of seizing cattle and horses. The Confederates were well supplied with artillery. A traveller from Harper's Ferry had made the following report respecting the Con federate forces there : ' "The number of troops actually quartered in Har per's Ferry itself has been pretty correctly stated lately in tne papers, but the actual number of troops accessible, and within striking distance of the ferry at a few hours notice, is not far from 15,000 men, well armed, well provisioned, and well paid in cur rent bank bills of the banks of Virginia. Their coffee has been sent all the way from New Orleans, at which city there was a large supply. There are some 1,000 Kentuckians there armed with the rifle, bowie-knife, and the Indian tomahawk ; also 1,000 Arkansas men, armed with rifle and bowie-knife. Both of these volunteer forces had a fight recently, in which several were killed; and the Kentuckians more especially, like the South Carolinians, are de sirous of meeting the men of Massachusetts. The Maryland heights, opposite Harper's Ferry, are strongly fortified with Columbiads, and manned by a large force of Confederate troops. The railroad bridge is mined ready for the insertion of the fuse. Provisions are abundant, reports to the contrary notwithstanding. Some threats are made of cut ting off the present coal trade from Cumberland to Baltimore. My informant, who is thoroughly reli able, saw some Enfield rifles in the hands of the troops, said to be a portion of a large importation recently arrived from New Orleans. Forward movements have already been made into Maryland, to within a few miles of the Pennsylvania line, in. that part of the State where Maryland is narrowest. A number of Baltimore gentlemen are acting as officers of the Confederate States Army at Harper's Ferry. All the way from Grafton to Monocacy bridge, save on the Cumberland section, the Vir ginians have possession of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and have mined the other bridges, as they have the one at Harper's Ferry. The rebels report the daily manufacture of 250 rifles at the rifle works near the ferry. The Southern Congress adjourned on the 22d to the 20th of July. The Tariff Bill was passed with unimportant amendments. The Mobile Mercury publishes the following copy of the letters of marque which Jefferson Davis is trying to issue : " PRESIDENT'S INSTRUCTIONS TO PRIVATE ARMED VESSELS. " 1. The tenour of your commission, under the Act of Congress entitled An Act recognising the existence of war between the United States and the Con federate States, and concern ing letters of marque, prizes, and prize goods,' a copy of which is hereto annexed, will be kept constantly in your view. The high seas referred to in your commission you will from of thteh shore s r p e ace understand generally to refer to th e l ow-water mark ; within one of countries a t peace with the United St a t es and the Confederate States. You neverthel ess execute your commission league,but wit h or three e e e x cept ion miles, within the distance of the shore of the nation at war with the United States, and even on the waters within the jurisdiction of such nation, if permitted to do so. 4( 2. You are to pay the strictest regard to the rights of neutral Powers and the usages of civilised nations ; and in all your proceedings towards neutral vessels you are to give them as little moles tation or interruption as will consist with the right of ascertaining their neutral character, and of de taining and bringing them in for regular adjudica tion in the proper cases. " You are particularly to avoid even the appear ance of using force or seduction with the view to deprive such vessels of their crews or the passengers, other than persons in the military service of the enemy. 5. Towards enemy vessels and their crews you are to proceed in exercising the rights of war, with all the justice and humanity which characterise this Government and its citizens. " 4. The master and one or more of the principal persons belonging to the captured vessels are to be sent as soon after the capture as may be to the judge or judges of the proper Court in the Confederate States to.be examined upon oath touching the inte rest or property of the captured vessel and her lading; and at the same time are to be delivered to the judge or judges all papers, charterparties, bills of lading, letters, and other documents and writiegs found on board ; and the said papers, to be proved by the affidavit of the commander of the captured vessel, or some other person present at the capture, to bq produced as they were received, with out fraud, addition, subtraction, or embezzlement. e 5. Property, even of the enemy, is exempt from seizure on neutral vessels, unless it be contraband of war. If goods contraband of War are found on any neutral vessel, and the conamander thereof shal