The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1861. EA TP-5t.310 'I AL, HAYMARKET. Lowe, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the Ballet, BACCBVS AND ARIADNE. Miss Fanny Wright, the Leclerocis, Mr. Webster, t frc. After which, a new Comedy, entitled MY LORD AND MY LADY ; or, It Might have n M be r e Worse. Mt. C. Mathews, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Buckstone, s.s Mathews, Mrs. Wilkins, &c. Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with TITRICING THE TABLES. Commence a 7. EW • THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL -11 Sole Proprietor and Mainzer, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE HOP PICKERS. Supported by Messrs. D. Fisher, J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billington, Miss woolgar, Miss Kate Kelly, arc. After which, ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Mr. Benj. Webster and Miss H. Simms. Followed by THE MIDNIGHT SPECTRE. Messrs. J. L. Toole and Paul Bedford. To cone'ude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Toole and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the new and suc cessful comedy, WOMAN ; or, Love against the World. Characters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Herman Vezin, J. Robins, Mrs. Charles Young, Mrs. Weston, Miss Murray„ and Miss Lydia Thomson. To conclude with, each evening, a new and original farce entitled THE FETCHES; or, The Onconvanience of Single Lite. Tim O'Reilly, Mr. Edmund Falconer; Mary O'Brady, Miss Lydia Thompson. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7 Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. CAN rERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Two Grand Selections from Operas, including UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, arranged and conducted by Mr. Jongh mans. Mr. Wood and his talented little Son. The extraor dinary comic duet, " The. Nerves," by Harvey and French, Mr. Marshal in " The Excursion to Brighton," " Selina Sly," and "In the Park." And Miss Harriet Coveney Every Evening. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY.—SAM COWELL, the Prince of Comic Vocalists, will make his First Appearance since his return to England on MONDAY, the 2d of September. Admission--Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. H E O X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. Open Every Evening . . Selections from "La Traviatg," " Un Ballo in Maschera," &c., by Mis% Russell, Messrs. C. Greville, fforley, Tivoli, and H. Herbert, with full band and chorus. Other vocal and instrumental music of the highest order, and varied attractive entertainments. The Comic portion by Messrs. M. P. Foster (in his " Life Sketches"), Sam Collins, Harvey, and French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Hall, sixpence; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 105. 6d. A grand selection from Verdi's new opera, " Simon Boccanegra," produced on the most complete scale, with additional principals , and aug mented band and chorus, will be presented (tor the first time in England) on MONDAY next, arranged and conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. nue DAY. —Morning, 6h. 59m.—Afternoon, 7h. 26m. To-moßßovr,Morning, 7h. 58 m. —Afternoon, Bh. 44m. THE WEATHER , .—SUN 01 7 1 , 1 CE, AUGUST 29, IS6I. THBTIMOHMTBR, IN THB SHADB. 74—highest since noon yesterday. 58--lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. Baum - mu-29.98. WIND—W.-S.-Westerly—light ; with dull weather. 4 ,1 : 1) . \ 4.4 t. , ,,, ...,,,21,1•,, 4:: ...5j i1 ,, .5 " ' o t---"---'• '•• - , , ' ~ k , '...- , ' ...: - , 44. c ~,, ~...:.., _ _ ,.. A ......___ , p47.` 14e ~ - - , ---;-, - i_fg.._:.--, \\ - 1..-'-1--7- -: 1 1/ ; t `.1,7..).,,,:i.,,,, :,,, :, ,-, --•'-' • br - e 4 , - ....., , .. ~,,,z.„,,.. ~,,t . IL , THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1861. Another Proclamation from President LINCOLN ! It is called an important one. Let us see how far this may really be the case. How far this last proelamation issued by the American Presi dent may be regarded as important, or, in other words, as formidable by those who set his autho rity altogether at defiance—that is to say, by the leaders of the Confederated States of the South. The proclamation is dated from the city of Wash ington, the 16th day of August, in the year of our Lord, 1861, and, as the document adds with a flourish, " of the Independence of the United States the eighty. sixth." It is duly signed as a matter of course, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, and is countersigned, Wm. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. It sets forth with the ordinary kind of preamble— is measured out according to rule in so many paragraphs—No. 1. beginning " Whereas ;" No. 2. " And whereas ;" No. 3. "Now, therefore, I, ABRA PIAM LINCOLN, &C. ;" N 0.4. (and last) "And I hereby en join"—the whole document being drawn to a close with, "In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand aad caused the seal of—(What ?)—the United States to be affixed." And now in a word or two, what is it all about? Well, then, in the first instance, as may be de duced from what has already been said in reference to it, the proclamation is addressed quite as much to the North as to the South—that is the tone of authority it maintains throughout it. President LINCOLN talking as authoritatively in every word to the citizens of Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee, as to those of Missouri or Ohio, of Connecticut or Massachusetts. Inas much as he does that, of course all is just as it should, just as every rational or dispassionate ob server might have expected that it would be. But while couching his proclamation thus in the language of authority, and issuing it in a tone of command intendfd to vibrate as sono ronsly, southwards down to the River Bravo del Norte and to Cape Punta Fancha, as, northwards, u p to the shores of Lake Superior and to the coast line of the Bay of Fundy—President LINCOLN sets out nnnece sa tttilY, and therefore tediously, in his "Important Proclamation" this wise. He announces, to begin with, that " Whereas, on the 15th of April" (he is writing now in the present instance, recollect, on the 16th of August), he " the Presi dent of the United States, in of ma insurrection against the laws , constitution, and the Government of the United States, which had broken out within "—he then goes on to enumerate the seven States that were first . in surgent, viz.--" the States of South Carolin a , Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas." Hereupon he reiterates his authority for acting upon the 15th of April aforesaid ; add ing, " And in pursuance of the provisions of the act eiatitled, [we all know the title so deplorably well already l] an Act to Provide for Calling Forth the Militia to Execute the Laws of the Union, Sup press Insurrections, and Repel Invasions, and to Repeal the Act now in force for that purpose, ap p,ovcd Feb. 28, 1795, did"—[that is lie, the Presi dent, did,—for we are beginning to lose the gram• matical construction of even Mr. LINCOLN's first paragraph]—" did call forth the militia to suppress such insurrection and cause the laws of the Union to he duly executed "—Here might surely come a full Atop. But Mr. LINCOLN appends in recognition of a deplorable fact, a slovenly conclusion to the sentence, thus—" and the insurgents have failed to disperse by the time directed by the President." Then follows the second series of intimations con stituting the second paragraph of this new (a nd- important) proclamation. In - which second Paragraph it is that President LINCOLN men tions th e extension of the insurrectionary move ment to four South, th at is more cf th e St a t es i n th e to the States of Virginia, North Tennessee and A r k ansas. Having " pro. Carolina, Ten claimed" Which ver y stale news in this particularly solemnly manner from W ashington, al ination lead off its third and thus does the document under emt most " important" parag raph :" No w , th ere f ore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Pre s id ent of the United States, in pursuance of an act of C ongress, passed July 13, 1861, do P.erehy declar e — tmark this !]—. the said that the inhabit; Intl of States of' [here they are, of course, all over again —every one of the eleven !] Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida. . . . . . . are in a state of insurrection (!) against the United States," and so forth. First of all, how ever, where a certain hiatus in the above quotation is marked by dots, it should be remarked that there occurs in the original Proclamation a parenthesis of a very portentous character, which we have taken the liberty to eliminate. Regard per se, it runs thus—" (except the inhabitants of that part of the State of Virginia lying west of the Alleghany Mountains, and of such other parts of that State, and the other States hereinbefore named, as may maintain a loyal adhesion to the Union and the constitution, or may be from time to time occu pied and controlled by the forces engaged in the dispersion of said insurg•ents)." Otherwise than with those moderate exceptions, the whole of the eleven Southern States, already more than once enumerated in this Proclamation by name, are thus formally proclaimed as we have seen to be in a state of insurrection ! They are, there upon particularised as States that are to be treated accordingly. President LINCOLN inti mating, for example (though everyone knew this preiiously), that " all commercial inter course between the same and the inhabitants thereof with the exceptions aforesaid, and the citizens of other States and other parts of the United States, is unlawful, and will remain unlawful until such o insurrection shall cease or has be en su p presse d . " He announces, however, that "all goods and chattels, wares and merchandise, coming from any of said States, with the exceptions afore said, into other parts of the United States, without the special license and permission of the PRESIDENT, through the Secretary of the Treasury, or proceeding to any of said States, with the exceptions aforesaid, by land or water, together with the vessel or vehicle conveying the same, or conveying persons to or from said States, with said exceptions, will be forfeited to the United States." Here, however—at last—comes the gist, the pith, the marrow of the whole of this " important" document, namely, in these words—" And that from and after fifteen days from the issuing of this proclamation all ships and vessels belonging in part to any citizen or inhabitant of any of said States, with said exceptions, found at sea or in any port of the United States, will be forfeited to the United States." We draw breath, and pause. That then is the deadly bolt that has been shot through all this long rolling crash of thunder ! And now—as to its "importance !" Well, what possibly can be said but that in one of our old•fashioned cookery-books, written by BAR DANA HILL, the Quack, under the assumed name of Mrs. GLASSE, there is that familiar little serio comic scrap of advice prefixed to the receipt for Hare Soup—" First cateh your hare !" So absolutely is it, here—after all, this "sound and fury" of the President's important Proclamation. " Sound and fury" really (in the absence of a good cause to fight for in the North) just "signifying nothing !" If but the North would see its advantage ! So visible to us all on this side of the Atlantic ! If but the North would recognise its opportunity ! Were they at length to proclaim themselves (that whole race of the Northerns) FOR FREEDOM, in Truth as well as in Word, AGAINST Negro Slavery, FOR the Emancipation of the Blacks—the New World would soon have a Republic worthy of it. A Re public One and Indivisible. A Republic the sym bolical standard of which might be a banner filled with stars, and without a stripe to dis figure it. A Republic the national air of which might be something a trifle better than Yankee Doodle. The authoress of " Uncle Tom's Cabin" is entitled, if anyone be, to a hearing on the subject of the pre sent war in America ; the more so if she thinks that the party to which she belongs is wronged by Eng lish opinion, or even if the Northerns generally are misunderstood by us. Her letter to Lord SHAFTES BURY was possibly called forth by the remarks which he made at a meeting to present a testimo nial to Dr. CHEEVER, the great Abolitionist minis ter, who has lately been travelling in this country and in Europe. His lordship then observed that there had been• very little feeling on the subject in this country, because we did not be lieve in the sincerity of either side. The North, in this struggle, never thought of putting an end to slavery ; rather, from the North the slavers went forth who defy our cruisers ; that Northern gen tlemen held mortgages on slave estates, and derived profits from them; that in the last PRESIDENT'S Message the subject of slavery was not mentioned, not even under any of those euphemisms in which American public men delight to veil their shame— indeed, his only allusion to the subject was the in direct one that, when Union was restored, he in tended to govern the States according to the old (slave) constitution ; that there could be no feeling in this country in such a state of things. This was the tenour of his lordship's remarks, and might well ba the cause of Mrs. STowE's appeal to the British public through him. We should have expected, however, if she had actually seen them, more defi nite reference to them. Mrs. STOWE hints that the impression is likely to go forth in America that our comparative indif ference is due to the " moneyed interests" of this country being affected by the war, and that hence "financial interests prevail over moral principle." Mrs. STOWE may rest well assured that this, so far as it extends, is a pure American fancy. On the contrary, with the vast majority of Englishmen, " moral" indignation against slavery renders it difficult for them to tolerate what seems to theta the 46 moral" indifference of the North to it. With insignificant exceptions, we regard g Propert y o f human beings as an act so cri minal, and a system so infernal, that we cannot l vre comprehend distinctly see t he p resent attitude of the North. two thi ngs. Ist, That the North , has not in this war the abolition of slavery for its object ; 2dly, and perhaps worse still, th a t i t covets returning to the old position of a great slavery con federation, with all the old slave - hunting l aws i n full force ! Our " moral principle, to which Mrs. STOWE app merevolts at this readiness to co m bi ne with, and to protect, slavery. We forget, in fa c t, finance for principle. Mrs. STOWE puts the best phase she can on the war, by representing it as the ultimate result of the movements begun by our CLARKSON and WIL BERFORCE, and carried on ever since with more or less energy by a noble band of philanthropists on both sides of the Atlantic. She thinks the same activities which abolished slavery and the slave trade in England have been bringing about the present crisis in America. We are not very sure of the historical truth of this representation; but, even admitting it, the character of the struggle is alto gether different from what ours was. Philanthro pists lcd in England; politicians, not very willingly, obeyed the impulse ; and the people were willing to pay twenty millions sterling rather than bear longer the national guilt and disgrace of slavery. In America politicians take the lead, and from purely political motives. Philanthropists stand by and hope the result will be the abolition of slavery; but they do not eves pretend that the politicians are aiming at that. The North said nothing whatever about slavery at first. Slavery never stirred its anger against the South. But the instant Fort Sumpter was attacked we had the "sublime," the "magnificent" uprising of all the North. Appa rently slavery might have lived on for ever, and negroes have groaned till we heard them in Europe, and the North would have taken it very complacently ; but as soon as the great ness of the Union was attacked, that Moloch to which so many hecatombs of slaves have been offered—all the North was in a blaze. We fear the broad facts of the case speak little indeed for the " moral principle" 'of the North, deficient as Mrs. STOWE pronounces England to be in it. We really yet have seen no principle in the North more respectable than that which leads Austria to seek the amalgamation of Hungary, despite of law and right. So the North " goes in " for a big Union, one big enougji to bully the world, despite all the just rights of man, and the laws of God and Christianity. We are sorry to see Mrs. STOWE imposed upon by the high-sounding nonsense of the PRESIDENT in his last speech respecting the world-wide import ance of the American struggle. She, too, writes of it as a contest for the highest political liberties of men—for civilisation—for an issue far transcend ing that of the emancipation of the negro race specifically. And what is this grand issue ? Why, in plain English, to show to the world that the device, in many respects so clumsy, of American Federalism was capable of an eternal existence ! The Americans are so foolishly proud of their Con stitution, that they think the whole world is in terested in seeing it proved to be meant for per petuity!! But really the world cares little about it. We are sorry to tell Mrs. STOWE that nothing has done more injury to the Liberal cause in England, and to liberty in Europe, than the example of America. The pro-slavery tendencies of even the Free States, their mob tyranny, their habitual exclusion of all the ablest men from high office, their compelling the better part of society to stand aloof from politics, their domination of the least informed at home, and their insufferable arro gance and rudeness in their diplomatic intercourse with other nations—all these things have made American Republicanism the quiver from which Toryism and Despotism thaw their sharpest arrows in their resistance to Liberalism in Europe. We are quite confident that, in England, the ex ample of America has done more than anything else to make the middle classes averse to the exten sion of popular liberties. We are pleased to know that not only Mrs. STOWE but WENDELL PHILLIPS are satisfied that the question of slavery is bound up with the pre sent contest. They both may be trusted, beyond most, for desiring to see the end of the abomina tion. Their hope gives us hope. But they both distinctly confess that the North is not aiming, as we feel that it ought to be, at the extinction of slavery. It seeks its , own political supremacy, which seems, to many, to necessitate the ultimate overthrow of slavery. Now we care not a straw for the political supremacy of one-half or the other half of the Union ; and hence the indiffer ence which annoys Mrs. STOWE. Let the North make their second object the first, and England would be hearty enough in the cause. THE ARREST OF MR. MIIIR.—Mr. Robert Muir, of Charleston, who was arrested on board the steamship Africa just previous to her departure from New York, is a naturalized American citizen, and in consequence can make no claim on the British Government for protection. PRESENTS FOR HER MAJESTY.—PORTSMOUTH, Wednesday.—lt will probably be remembered that some two years since her Majesty sent out a yacht named the Emperor, as a present to the Emperor of Japan. In return he has sent home, in her Majesty's ship Furious, most valuable presents to the Queen, contained in 40 packages of considerable dimensions. As a matter of course, no person knows the contents of the packages, but it is surmised they contain large quantities of very elegant articles of lacquer work, together with the general products cf art from Japan. The packages were taken out on Wednesdayzith the'greatest care. They left the dockyard in a properWnveyance, and were taken to the Portsmouth Railway station for London. DEATH OF THE MARCHIONESS OF BREADALBANE. —We regret to announce the death of the Marchioness of Breadalbane, which mournful event occurred at 10 o'clock yesterday morning at the marquis's town residence, in Park lane. The lamented marchioness had been ill during the last few weeks, and for the last fortnight no hopes have been entertained of her recovery. The deceased lady was the eldest daughter of Mr. George Baillie, of Jerviswood, N. 8., by Mary, youngest daughter of the late Sir James Pringle, Bart. She was born 29th of June, 1803, and married, 23d November, •1821, the Marquis of Breadalbane. The marchioness was sisfer of the Earl of Haddington, the _ . Countess of Aberdeen, Lady Polwarth, and the Countess of Ashburnham. By the demise of her ladyship several families of distinction are placed in mourning. THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—During the autumn re cess, which will extend from Saturday, the 31st inst., to the 7th proxim inclusive, several important alterations in the arrangements of the objects in the various departments of the national collection will be carried into effect. In the ethnological department an improved arrangement, and to some extent a new classification, has been undertaken by Professor Owen and his assistants, in order to include the additional specimens comprised in M. du Chaillu's African collection and the contributions of other recent discoverers in the study of natural history which have found place in the galleries. The mosaics from Carthage, which have hitherto been only partially displayed in one of the base ment rooms, are to be exhibited to the public ; and further alterations will be effected in the disposition of the casts and sculptures in the Athenian galleries, Increased facility is to be provided in the reading-room for reference to the volumes of the old catalogue which have not hitherto been labelled and arranged in divisions, and additional copies of the printed catalogue are to be supplied for the use of readers. The proposed changes will be carried out to the utmost extent the short period allotted for the autumn va cation will admit. EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF AN IRISH GIRL.—An Irish girl, who gave the name of Bridget Dokay, was recently examined before one of the New York justices on a charge of dressing in men's attire. The New York Herald gives the following as the story of the girl, who was apprehended while engaged in a row at a drinking saloon—" At the age of 13 years she became enamoured of a lad named Kelly, and the pair resolved to get married. The parents of the children, hearing how matters stood, re solved to separate the youthful lovers, and it was arranged that young Kelly should be sent to sea. Accordingly, he started for Liverpool, and in a few days afterwards he was on his way to New York. Bridget, after pining a week or so in sorrow, determined to follow her sweetheart. At Dublin she procured a suit of sailor's garments and crossed over to Liverpool and engaged herself as a cabin boy on board a ship bound for New York. No one on board / suspected her real character. On her arrival in this city she assumed the name of Edward Johnson, and in common with the other sailors put up at a well-known boarding-house in Cherry-street. After roaming about New York for several weeks in search of her lover, she determined to go back to Liverpool and see if she could hear anything about him there. Still she was unsuccessful in her efforts, and at last she was compelled to give up the search. .Having acquired a taste for the sea, she made several voyages to France and Holland, and finally started for New York again in the ship Resolute. All this time she was completely successful uw l w e naa s au: unusual promotedhuaa. than t remarkedh . r e alacrityto in disguising her sex, and was quite a favourite with the officers and sailors. Her quiet, modest demeanour won for thatta hn voyages.od. hpo her the respect of the captain, at whose request she made no performediOt n on the of l a a a s t oh t re r dr i i p na rfromys arduouse Liverpool irav dutiesea r n o a o shenlwd twith promptitude. Bridget had kept her secret inviolate fol• three lo ng y ears, an d w i t h out d ou b t would have received a mate's appointment before she had accomplished many more voyages. In an evil hour, she made an unfortunate sally into Water-street, where she was invited to treat the crowd. Sailor like, she complied with the request, and the bottle passed merrily round. Soon one of her companions became boisterous, and insisted th a t th ey should hay.: an other round of drinks. But Bridget was averse to drinking any more, and rose as if to leave the company, when the drunken sailor caught her around the waist and swore she should not depart. In the struggle which followed the girl unveiled her sex. The magistrate and spectators heard her story with evident sympathy, and it was resolved to be as lenient with her as possible. The pli- Boner was arrayed in a suit of women's clothes, and sent to prison for safe keeping. She seemed quite pleased at the change in her position, and says she will be contented to remain under Miss Foster's care until some suitable em ployment can be procured for her." ROEBUCK'S ORATORY.—We should say that lately there has been a trifle too much of what the Yankees would call "the spread eagle" about it.—Punch, N L S. E E PARIS, AUG. 29. The .Moniteur of to-day announces that the Emperor and the Prince Imperial left Paris at 7 o'clock yesterday evening direct for Biarritz. The Emperor presided yesterday at a Council of Ministers. PESTH, ArG. 28. Count Apponyi, Judes Curia 3, and Count Mailath, have received leave of absence for three weeks. The resignation of the latter is considered imminent. CRACOW, AUG. 28. Yesterday General Lambert, Governor of Poland, received the authorities of Warsaw. No speeches were delivered on the occasion. The gendarmes and the police have been withdrawn from the streets. All the bivouacks have also been drawn off. TURIN, AUG. 28. The Opinione of to-day again circulates the re port that General Della Rovere will take the port folio of war, and thit General Brignone will replace him in the lieutenaacy of Sicily. TURIN, AUG. 28. Several journalsannounee that fresh reactionary expeditions have :eft Rome for Naples, in conse quence of a speed pronounced by Francis 11. at the Villa Patrizi, it which he boasted of large pro mises having been nade by the Emperor Napoleon, and declared that hewas convinced of the certainty of the early triumph of his cause. VIENNA, AUG. 23. An animated discussion took place to-day in the Lower House of the Reichsrath, in reference to the address to the Emperor. Dr. Smolka, a Galician deputy, denied that the communication which had been made to the Reichsrath emanated from the Emperor, and de clared that the ministry deserved a vote of want of confidence for their policy in regard to Hungary. Count Clam proposed a counter address favour able to decentralisation: AMERICA. ~,,,, QUEEN STOWN, AuG• 29. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer Kangaroo, from New York on the 17th inst., arrived here this morning. She was boarded off Cape Race, and brings tele grams from New York to the 51st inst. Political affairs were unchanged. No further collision had taken place. The cotton market was quiet. Wheat was firm. Sterling exchange, 1071. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The United States mail steamer Fulton, Capt. S. A. Wotton, which left New York on the 17th inst., arrived off Cowes this evening, shortly after 8 o'clock, and went on to Havre, after transshipping mails, &c., for this port. She brings 31 passengers for Southampton and 84 for Havre. President Lincoln had issued the following im portant PROCL AMATION. " WASHINGTON. Aua. 16, 1861. "BY THE PRESIDENT OE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : " A PROCLAMATION. " Whereas, on the 15th day of April, the President of the United States, in view of an insurrection against the laws, constitution, and the Government of the United States, which had brokenout within the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, and in pursuance of the provisions of the Act entitled an Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections, and repel Invasions, and to repeal the Act now in force for that purpose,' ap proved Feb. 28, 1795, did call forth the militia to suppress said insurrection and cause the laws of the Union to be duly executed, and the insurgents have failed to disperse by the time directed by the President; " And whereas such insurrection has since broken out and yet exists within the States of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas; and whereas the insurgents in all the said States claim to act under authority thereof, and such claim is not disclaimed or repudiated by the person exercising the functions of Government in such State or States, or in the part or parts thereof, in which combina tions exist, nor has such insurrection been suppressed by said States; "Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, in pursuance of an act of Congress passed July 13, 1861, do hereby declare that the inhabitants of the said States of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida (except the inhabitants of that part of the State of Virginia lying west of the Alleghany Moun tains, and of such other parts of that State, and the other states hereinbefore named, as may maintain a loyal adhe sion to the Union and the Constitution, or may be from time to time occupied and controlled by the forces engaged in the dispersion of said insurgents) are in a state of insur rection against the United States, and that all commercial intercourse between the same and the inhabitants thereof, with exceptions aforesaid, and the citizens of other States and other parte of the United States, is unlawful, and will remain unlawful until such insurrection shall cease or bas been suppressed ; that all goods and chattels, wares, and merchandise, coming from any of the said States, with the exceptions aforesaid, into other parts of the United States, without the special licence and permission of the President, through the Secretary of the Treasury, or pro ceeding to any of said States, with the exceptions aforesaid, by land or water, together with the vessel or vehicle convey ing the same, or conveying persons to or from said States, with said exceptions, will be forfeited to the United States, and that from and after 15 days from the issuing of this proclamation all ships or vessels belonging in whole or in part to any citizen or inhabitant of any of said States, with said exceptions, found at sea or in any part of the United States, will be forfeited to the United States. " And I hereby enjoin upon all district attorneys, mar shals, and officers of the revenue, and of military and naval forces of the United States, to be vigilant in the execution of the said act, and in the enforcement of the penalties and forfeitures imposed or declared by it, leaving any party vho may think himself aggrieved thereby to his application to the Secretary of the Treasury for the remission of any pe nalty, or forfeiture, which the said Secretary is author:sed by law to grant, if, in his judgment, the special chem. , stances of any case shall require such remission. " In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. " Done in the city of Washington this 16th day of Au gust, in the year of our Lord 1861, and of the Independence of the United States the 86th. " ABRAHAM LINCOLN. "By the President, " W. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State." By arrivals from South American ports we learn that the Southern privateers are actively engaged in that quarter, as well as about the West India Islands. Several of them have recently been seen off Pernambuco and Rio Janeiro. The Jeff Davis ran into San Juan, Porto Rico, on the 26th ult., for provisions and water. She had been overhauling American vessels in that neighbourhood for some time previous. CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 27, EVENING. Russia has proposed to the Porte to defer its de cision on the question of the union of Moldavia and Wallachia for three years. The Syrian Commissioners held a conference on Sunday last upon the question of the indemnity to be :paid by the Porte. It was decided to send another commission to Beyrout, which would be more competent to settle the question. THE BOMBAY MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Aua. 29. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Mooltan, Captain Cooper, with the heavy portion of the above mail, has arrived here. She brings 39 passengers, £1,650 in specie, pre cious stones value 26,000 zupees, jewellery worth 1,757 rupees, 1,600 sacks of beans, and 136 packages of merchandise. On the 24th inst., eastward of Cape St. Vincent, she spoke the steamer Pera. The steamer Berwick, with telegraph cable, from London, arrived at Gibraltar on the 21st inst. The schooner Gem, of Guernsey, went ashore on the reef rocks near Tangiers on the 19th, and was expected to become a total wreck. The troopship Himalaya, from Woolwich, ar rived at Gibraltar on the 15th inst. 'ihe Moors in the neighbourhood of the Spanish African settlement E 1 Penon had prohibited the entrance of provisions into the Spanish fortress. The Emperor of Morocco had cancelled the former order which prohibited the exportation of grain from the Barbary ports, and had allowed twelve months for traders to export all kinds of grain, except wheat and barley. Vessels to load fruit were arriving at Malaga slowly. The crop of raisins was not over abundant. Prices, however, were expected to be low. Olive oil had risen three reals vellon per arroba. GIBRALTAR, AUG. 24. Exchange on London, 90 days' date, 50k q ; Paris, 529 ; Madrid, par. Freights unaltered. THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, AUG. 29. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Magdalena, from the Brazils, has arrived here, and will leave at 9 o'clock for Southampton, with 60 passengers, £157,166 in gold, £7,225 in silver, 1,015 bags of coffee, 200 rolls of tobacco, 402 packages of tapioca, and 103 of sundries. FRANCE. BOURSE, Aug. 28.—Two o'clock.—There has been a good degree of buoyancy apparent in the market, but prices generally have not improved. Threes, for the Account, are now firm at 68f. 80c. Railway Shares also firm, and with a slight ad vance on some of the lines. Three o'clock.—The following are the last quo tations :- 4t per per Cents 98 30, Do end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 85; Bank Shares 2910 -- Credit Mobilier 760 Do. Account 762 .50 Credit Fonder 1250 Belgian 4f lOl Piedmontese Fives 7l 90 Roman Austrian Spanish Threes 4B 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1417 50 .. 1420 Northern New ditto .... 905 Lyons and Mediterranean 1025 .. 1025 Geneva 350 .. 350 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 533 75 .. 535 A Turin letter of the 23d has the following : "The Diritto annuunces that MM. Bertani, Miceli, and Regnoli, have presented to the Minister of Justice, in Garibaldi's name, the duplicate of the decree granting an amnesty to the officers and soldiers who deserted from the regular army to join the expeditionary force of the South. That decree had arrived from Caprera. The three depu ties demanded that the decree should be enforced ; bat M. Minghetti alleged that he could nothing without consulting his colleagues, the decree in question being seriously at variance with the Constitution/ MINERAL WEALTH OF LOWER CANADA.—The mineral discoveries in the country south of the St. Lawrence, between Quebec and Montreal, continue to excitr , attention. The gold mines on the Chaudiere are now being examined by several companies and individuals, and no doubt they will reap a rich reward, for the gold is very coarse and the nuggets are abundant. Gold mining in America is much like other pursuits, in that it requires to be steadily and patiently pursued. The industrious labourer is sure to make good wages, if no more, and it is only the few who stumble upon Lig nuggets. It is the copper mines, how ever, which now engage the chief share of attention. Several have been discovered, apparently as rich as that at Acton, which has made a villago of 500 grow to a town of 5,000 inhabitants in three years, and companies are now being formed to work them ; while a mining agency association is being formed to introduce these mineral locations to the English market. These new mines, it must be remembered, do not, like the Harvey Hill and older mines, require deep excavation. The ore was almost on the surface, and you quarry it, as you would stone for roads, by blasting.— Canadian News. PILCHARD FisHERL—LOOE, CORNWALL, Aug. 22 1 —The pilchard drift boats average 3,000 fish per boat, COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The negotiation for 150 million dols. concluded on the 15th between the Associated Banks of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, and the Secretary of the Treasury, caused an immediate advance of 1 to lf per cent. in the present Treasury paper and Funded Stock of the United States. The former (says the New York Times) has been sold as high as 981 per cent. for the two year 6 per cent, issue, as against 96/ to 971 on Thursday, and 96 to 96k on Wednes day. The Board prices on the 16th were 98 to 97/, but as these involved a commission they were k to 4 per cent. be low the transactions made at the counters of the domestic exchange firms on the street. The fundsti 6 per cent. Stock of the Government sold at 89 to 884'per cent. for the Coupon Bonds, and 88 to 87k per cent. for the registered Certificates. The Coupon fives of 1874 rose to 81 per cent. The market closed firm for Treasury notes, after very heavy private sales through the day, including a large parcel, sold for the State of Indiana, received it, reimbursement of the army disburse ments of that State. The State and railway share lists were not so firm as on the previous afternoon. So far as the cash sales of stocks were concerned, the decline on this sort of influ ence was 4 to per cent., but on 30 to 60 days options a difference of fully 1 per cent, was made on the railways, and 2 to 3 per cent, on some of the Southern States stocks, the latter being extremely scarce for delivery. The Western railways, as well as New York Central shares, were offered down on sellers' option, causing the cash price to close com paratively weaker. The cotton•market was steady at 18c. to 184 e. for mid dling upland, with sales of 1,000 bales. The flour trade was less active, as the supplies were inadequate, and holders claimed an advance of sc. to 10c. per barrel. Wheat and corn were freely purchased, and were higher in price. Pork, beef, and lard were quiet ; mess pork, 15 dols. ; prime, 10 dols to 10 dols. 25c. Resin and spirits of tur pentine again improved, with liberal sales; also of tar, pitch, and whisky at decidedly firmer rates. The sales of sugars and tobacco were restricted. The transactions in box herring were large. Molasses was in beater demand. Coffee was inactive. Rice was very firm, but in less request. An active trade was reported in breadstuffs freights, rates on which closed higher. FURTHER DISCOVERIES OF GOLD. Further gold discoveries, more remunerative than ,hose first announced, appear to have been made n Nova Scotia. The Balifax Chronicle of the 6th inst. contains the following account of their position, which is near Luenburg, and has been designated "The Ovens":— "Considerable excitement had been caused, and difficul- ties had arisen among the adventurers who had gathered there. Some members of the Nova Scotia Government went down to restore order, but found the troubles as re ported had been greatly magnified. Regulations were pre pared for the management of the diggings,' and all parties are now working harmoniously. Mr. W. Cunard, of Hali fax, among others, visited ' The Ovens' by the Nimble, and returned with the party. The beach washings are yielding very abundantly. One man by the crudest machinery washes loz. of gold a-day out of the sand on the seaside. "Lots are laid off 33 by 30 feet. Mr. Cunard t wo under • stand, took up 70 lots, mostly in the rear, paying at the rate of £5 for each as a yearly rental. He returned home with the party on Sunday evening, bringing some beautiful spe cimens, about the size of what is commonly called duck shot, only flatter and all kinds of shapes, more resembling slugs than shot. We saw a small phial of these, heavy as so much quicksilver, in Mr. Cunard's possession, gathered by himself, though somewhat intermixed with dust and gravel. " Last evening Mr. Cunard left again with one of his own steamers fully equipped for operations, taking a house frame, 20 feet square, all fitted, a picked set of men, a dredging machine, and every imaginable appliance. About 150 men are busy at these diggings, and 200 lots have been already disposed of. From the lay of the land, it is sup posed that they extend for fully a couple of miles along the coast. " There seems to be no longer room for doubt of the value and richness of the geld deposits in Nova Scotia. The miners at Tangier, which is perhaps GO or 80 miles from `The Ovens,' are said to be doing well." EXPORT OF GOLD TO AMERICA.—The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship Company's screw steamer City of Manchester sailed from Liverpool yester day for New York. Besides the United States' mails, she took out about 60 cabin passengers. She had on board £87,423 in gold on freight. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND. KILLARNEY, A. 27. Her Majesty has at last visited the most lovely spot in all her wide dominions. The Royal party arrived here yesterday evening, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, to whom the superb scenery of the upper and lower lakes, Tore Mountain, the Eagle's Nest, and Muckross Abbey, is now a thrice told tale. Yet, the tale is one that almost improves by repetition, and as his Royal Highness is said to be very fond of this grand scenery, and was tre mendously popular among the country people while he was here, his return is now hailed with no little satisfaction, and his appearance elicited a cheer of welcome scarcely less uproarious than that which greeted his Royal parents. It is only possible just now to give a mere hurried outline of the journey and arrival here. The Queen left Dublin at 1 o'clock yesterday. All the routes to the station were thronged, and the Royal leave-taking from the Trish capital was a really warm display of popular feeling, and one such as is not often seen. The Earl of Carlisle attended her Ma jesty to the Kingsbridge station. The chairman of the Great Southern and Western Railway, Mr. Houghton, with the principal directors, and Mr•. Ilbery, the traffic manager, accompanied the party to Killarney. Every mile which the train had to traverse was, as in England, carefully timed, and a pilot engine preceded her Majesty to each station. For many miles along the route there was little of interest beyond the round towers of Kildare and the curiously broken range of hills known as the Devil's Bit. The land, where under cultivation, was rich and fertile enough, and the thick harvest was piled about the fields in bounteous disarray, each sheaf a lyric of plenty. But it was not all of this smiling aspect, for, intermixed amid the bright green meadows and tracts of well-tilled land, come long brown gaps of stagnant-looking bog, where the piles of neatly-cut turf were stacked out in rough black cones, like dilapidated beehives, to dry in the sun, and where the peasantry were busy in groups cutting down the soft black earth which was to be their winter's fuel. At all the stations there were crowds of anxious spectators cheering and waving hats as the train flew by, and at almost all, down to the very smallest in the extreme west, some rough, but not inefficient attempt had been made at deco ration. Sometimes, as at the Limer.ek Junction,the effort was of a more ambitious kind, and triumphal arches had been erected. Generaty, however, it was limited to dressing tl station with evergreens and wreathing the posts ith bunches and garlands of flowers. The train reeched Portarlington at 2 o'clock, Thurles at a quarter past 3, Kilmallock at half-past 4, Mallow at 5, and Killarney soon after 6. At Thurles the Royal party received a tremen dous welcome, but it was of course here,at Killarney, that the great reception was given. All the tenantry of Lord Castlerosse and Mr. Herbert were: Asembled, and all the farmers and peasantry for Liles and miles round had also come in to do as mach honour as they could to the occasion. Lord Castlerosse had spared nothing whatever which could be supplied by the most consummate taste or the most lavish expenditure to add eclat to the Queen's arrival and visit. The Ross-road, lead ing from the station to Killarney-house, was decked with triumphal arches, and large raised galleries were erected, especially to enable the tenantry to see her Majesty, and keep the road clear for her car riage. At Killarney -house itself all the quaintly shaped but wide and lofty rooms had been redeco rated, and their superbly moulded ceilings and cornices had been carefully tinted with pale, soft, deli sate colours, which brought them out in exqui site relief. In all the apartments, drawing rooms, dining rooms, library, and sitting rooms, there was the same care, the same elaborate richness, the same taste and skill, and careful finish. The decorations of the drawing and dining rooms especially were singularly beautiful and striking. The mantelpiece was a perfect gem. Facing the dining table in the latter was an exceedingly fine buffet of massive family plate, the heirlooms of the Earls of Kenmare, and with it was a small service of gold, specially bought for this occasion. It is quite impossible by mere hurried description to do justice to the exqui site situation of the house. The back front is cqm pletely shut in by a nnhla g rowth of trooa trio front facing towards the lower lake, commands an une qualled prospect over its lovely waters and the soft but purple range of little mountains known as the " Reeks." His lordship had evidently bestowed quite as much care on the appearance of the grounds as on the house itself, for the lawns were literally like velvet ; every parterre was crowded with sweet ' smelling flowers, while terracotta, stone, iron, and marble vases, filled with the most beautiful exotics were disposed round the various paths and turn ings. The effect of such a garden in such a scene was really indescribably beautiful. Mr. Herbert's house is further up, and close to the well-known ruins of the grand old Abbey. The same extensive and beautiful preparations have been made there also for the reception of her Majesty, but I have not yet had time to visit the place. It is now definitely arranged that her Majesty is to visit Mr. Herbert this evening, and remain at Muckross till Thursday, on which day at 12 o'clock she returns to Dublin en route to Scotland. Alto gether, then, her Majesty will have only two com plete days here. This will allow her to see very little, and, unfortunately, the programme is so ar ranged that even that little will be by no means the best that Killarney offers to the lovers of all that is beautiful in nature. lts most exquisite gems of scenery will be unvisited altogether. The Royal train, as I have said, came in here soon after 6 o'clock. Lord Castlerosse wa s in attendance on the platform , with Mr. Herbert and the Knight'of Kerry, General Bloomfield, command ing the district, Mr. William Galway, and one or two other gentlemen inside the station ; the recep tion was, as usual, private, but outside it was up roariously public, and the Queen seemed excessively pleased with the enthusiasm. Of course, every thing was so arranged that the Royal carriage should not be followed by the crowd, but it need not be told that the Irish are a very impulsive race, and that the Queen had no sooner bowed and smiled in kind recognition of her hearty welcome, than the people were at once over walls and barriers and poured along the road in a great tumultuous stream, shouting till the echoes of Killarney rung again. It was, beyond a doubt, the most hearty and genuine reception the Queen has had in Ireland. The Royal party passing along the Ross-road, and under the principal entrance to the demesne, wound round the beautiful lawns in front of the house to the foot of the terrace. Here Lady Castle rosse was in waiting to receive her Majesty, who greeted her most cordially. Both the Queen and the Prince Consort remained for a few minutes on the terrace examining the garden, lawn, the lake, and distant mountains with apparently the keenest interest and admiration. Her Majesty then ac cepted the arm of her noble host and entered Kil larney-house. After a short rest the Queen, with the members of the Royal family, again came forth and walked about the beautiful grounds for some time. In the evening a few of the most distin guished of the neighbouring gentry were invited to meet her Majesty at dinner, and, of course, Mr. Herbert and the Knight of Kerry were thus honoured. Late at night there was a very beautiful display of fireworks from the island called The O'Donog hue's Prison. The night was a perfect calm, so that the fireworks seemed to be prolonged indefi nitely by their reflection in the water, while the noise of their explosion was magnified even more by the echoes arising from the mountains. To-day, at 12 o'clock, the Queen goes upon the water in the lower lake, and will be rowed in her beautiful State barge from Ross Castle to the upp er lake and the beautiful cottage ornee built by the late Lady Kenmore. At this the Royal party will lunch, returning early to Killarney-house, wh ence they will start at once for Muckross. To-morrow there is to be a stag hunt, but it is not known whether the Queen will witness it or go boating and sketching on the lake. It is more than probable that she will do both. CIVIL SERVICE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.--The band of this regiment will perform a selection of music in the square of Somerset House this day (Thursday) at four in the afternoon. GENERAL XLAPKA AND GENERAL GARIB AL 111. General Klapka has addressed the following letter to Garibaldi, dated Geneva, Aug. 16, 1861 : General,—l have just read the eloquent appeal . which you have addressed to the Roumains, exhort , ing them to concord and unity with the Hunga rians. I trust in God that this wise advice may be followed, and that dissident parties may feel that the time is come when all should unite as one body. This is the only way to baffle the intrigues which are so skilfully woven by the reactionary party in Europe. In truth, it is no longer bayonets, prisons, or scaffolds that we have to fear, but rather that deplorable discord which the agents of reaction so well know how to keep alive in the midst of popu lations who should understand one another—those calumnies with which they are unceasingly cover ing every liberal and national movement—that in fernal art which they employ to mislead and cor rupt the political aspirations and sentiments of the masses. In Italy, religion and legitimacy are the levers with which they work upon ignorant minds and feeble characters : in Hungary they work upon national differences and susceptibilities by reviving the buried hatred of races. The great national movement of Italy, which is the admiration of all the world, is represented by them as opposed to tho Catholic religion, and subversive of so cial order. They distort the liberal and emanci pating character of the movement in Hungary, and vilify it by representing it as incompatible with the freedom and development of the other Danu bian nationalities. Deceptive voices are heard anew at Vienna. They suddenly remember there that it is their duty to protect the Sclaves and Rou mains against the would-be pretensions of the Magyars. They wish that all should participate in the benefits of the new improvised institutions. But these concessions made in a moment of weak ness deceive no one. The experience of past years has taught people to set them down at their proper value. Hungarians, Croats, Roumains, Serbs—all recollect that yoke of iron which, after 1848, marked the triumph of reaction. They do not forget the sufferings and burdens which they had to endure. The principle of equality for all nationalities so loudly proclaimed at Vienna in the constitution of the 4th of March, 1849, was in fact applied in all its rigour. All were equally deprived of their rights and liberties ; all reduced to the same misery ; all alike insulted in what men esteem most sacred ; all, in fine, had to shed their blood in order to de fend in Italy a cause the triumph of which would have only aggravated and pepetuated their own slavery. We must almost despair of the future destiny of nations, if, after such recent experience, the plots of the reactionary party are still to suc ceed. Happily these fears will not be realised. I have a firm conviction that the sentiments of fra ternity will gain the ascendant over the accursed rivalries of the past. Just as in Switzerland, the classic soil of liberty, French, Germans, and Italians animated by the same love of country, and pro tected by the same institutions, live and prosper ; so let us hope the day is approaching, when in Hun gary and Croatia, Sclave, Roumains, and Hun garians will live as brothers, enjoying the same liberties, and ready to combine their forces to defend themselves against all aggression. The principal bonds which unite different populations of Switzerland in one body are the necessity of defence egainst the foreigner—geographical situa tion and identity of interests. These bonds already exist among the Sclave, Roumain, and Hungarian populations, and it is only by knitting them closer that each of them will be able to attain its freedom and complete development ; whereas on the con trary, by remaining disunited and without the pro tection of mutual support, they will soon fall an easy prey to the powerful neighbours in the midst of whom they are placed, The Hungarian Diet, con vinced of and penetrated by these truths, have just proclaimed, on the eve of their separation, as one of the fundamental principles of the Hungarian con stitution, that " all the populations in Hungary, especially the Magyars, Sclaves, Roumains, Germans, Serbs, Ruthenes, &c., are considered as nationalities fully equal in rights, who, by means of individual liberty and the right of meeting, may realise with out any rcats iotion their national aspirations within the limit of the unity of the country." Is not this the best answer that Hungary can give to her adversaries ? These principles apply to Hungary Proper. As to Croatia, the patriots of both countries are actively engaged in reknitting the federal pact in such a manner as to satisfy the lust exigencies and requirements of all. The Diet and all Hungarian patriots are, and ever will be ready to enter into every equitable compromise, in order to satisfy the non-Magyar populations—cohabitants of Hungary ; but they will never go so far as to break the ter ritorial integrity of the country. In order that Hungary may accomplish its destiny amongst nations, all its territory, that is to say, its natural frontiers and the whole of its forces, are indispens ably necessary to it. I am convinced that, except on these conditions, there is safety for none. To muti late Hungary is to close the future and to choke all hopes of freedom, not only in Hungary, but i n all the Danubian states, for which a strong Hungary is the first condition. Receive, General, with my thanks, those of all my friends and compatriots, for having raised your powerful voice in the interest of reconciliation and concord. Your heartfelt appeal will, I, am sure, reach all to whom it has been ad dressed. It will be heard and understood on the Danube, as it has been in Italy. The day of recon cilement is near—on that day Hungary will be free —on that day the independence of Italy will be completed and for ever secured. Repeating the expression of my deep acknowledgments, I amp General, your very devoted G. KLAPICA. DREADFUL ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND SUICIDE Al LEEDS. A shocking attempt to commit murder and suicide Iva!, made on Tuesday night, by a man named Anthony Rayner, residing in Holmes's-yard, York-street, Leeds. Rayner had been in the habit of treating his wife—who bore the character of an honest industrious woman—with disgusting brutality. He accused her of infidelity, and as she lay in bed on Tuesday night, he assailed her with the foulest abuse, and then announcing his intention of murdering her, plunged a knife into her right temple. The poor woman called loudly for assistance, and struggled as well as she could with her husband, who in the mean time got hold of a razor, and attacked her with that instrument. The daughter hearing her mother's screams, ran down stairs and let in some of the neighbours, who had been aroused by the noise, and who succeeded in snatching the unfortunate woman from her husband's clutches. She was taken into an adjoining house, and shortly afterwards removed to the Infirmary, where it was found that she had received a deeply incised wc und on the right temple, a small incised wound on the right side of the nose, and a very deep gash right across the palm of the left hand. Police-officer Garforth went to Rayner's house, and found that the fellow, after his wife had been rescued, h a d locked the door. Th e o ffi cer d eman ded admission, but re ceived no answer, and was com pelled to break open the d Rayner lying on the On bed entering frinisththerohaotuscue,t. Ghefaorfoohrth took hi m i n to custody, and charged him with attempting to murder his wife, whereupon Rayner r emarked--" Is she dead F" Upon being answered in the negative, he said, " I am sorry she is not dead and myself also." He added that he had been to Goole to get a knife on purpose to do the job, but found it was too weak, and then he got a razor. The razor, he said, was under the bed, and on looking there, the officer found a razor open, and smeared with blood. He also found a bloody knife in the room, and the bed and bedclothes were saturated with blood. Another razor, ; c losed, and no t marked with blood, was found in a hat on a c h air in the room. The prisoner —who, it may be ob served, was perfectly sober—was taken to the Infirmary on his way thither he again expressed his re gret that he had not completed the deed. He stated that he had got the wrong razor, by mistake ; and that if he had got the one which he had in his hat, and which he had sharpened for the purpose, he would have done for his wife and himself too. The razor found under the bed was a very blunt cne, but the one in the bat had been recently sharpened. The knife had also been recently sharpened, but the blade was not vet! strong, and the point was rather broken. The woman is the more seriously injured; but, fortunately, neither hus band nor wife is in immediate danger. The wound which Rayner had inflicted on his own throat—done with the same razor with which he attacked his wife—is about an inch long, but not deep, and has not affected any vital part. Mr. Jessop, the house surgeon, thinks the man must have hacked at his throat with the razor five or six times. The only reason Rayner gives for his murderous deed is, that he was buffering from hunger. k: `~ 4 l=