The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-22 00:00:00

AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The .Asia, which touched at Queenstown yester day, arrived last night. From Washing ton we learn that the War Depart ment had informed the Governors of the States which had ordered out their quota of militia under the first proclamation of the President, that it was desirable and preferable that these who had not been marched forward should be mustered in for three years, under the subsequent proclamation. The Ist Regiment of Massachusetts Militia, await ing marching orders, on learning that no more three months' Volunteers would be accepted, volun teered in a body for the full term of three years. Major Anderson, with the consent of the President, had accepted the command of the Kentucky brigade. The War Department had purchased the steamship Atlantic for 350,000 dollars, to be used as a transport. Troops were moving towards Balti more from Washington, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and Annapolis. The Mayor of Washington had ordered all drinking establishments to be closed at half-past nine o'clock, p.m., in view of the fact that some of the troops were evidently becoming demo ralised by using intoxicating liquors. The Secre tary of War, in order to accommodate the travel ling public, had directed the opening of the military route between Washington and Philadelphia by the way of Annapolis. It was said at Washington that Mr. Seward's despatches to Mr. Adams on the subject of secession were very elaborate. There was every probability of a collision at Cairo, near the junction of the Ohio with the Mississippi. At the last accounts there were 4,000 Illinois and Indiana troops at Cairo, and it was supposed that they were well armed and equipped. They had direct rail road communication with Springfield, Chicago, &c., and their force could be increased to any number necessary for holding this important position. Troops from Tennessee and seceding States were reported to be on their way to dislodge this force and take command of the Mississippi at that point. The bodies of the Volunteers killed during the passage of the Massachusetts Regiment through Baltimore had been interred at Boston with great ceremony. Governor Letcher, of Virginia, had published a proclamation, saying that the sovereignty of the Commonwealth of Virginia having been denied, her territorial rights assailed, her soil threatened with invasion by the authorities at Washington, and every artifice employed which could inflame the people of the Northern States against her, it there fore became the solemn duty of every citizen of Virginia to prepare for the impending conflict. To this end and for these purposes, and with a deter mination to repel invasion, Governor Letcher authorised the commanding General of the military forces to call out and cause to be mustered into ser vice from time to time, as the public exigencies might require, such additional number of Volun teers as he might deem necessary. The utmost activity prevailed at the Tredegar works, with a large increase of employes. They were turning out three of the large size columbiads and six smaller pieces per week. Other founderies were actively engaged in casting shot and shell. It is reported that arms had been smuggled into Vir ginia in coffins, Travellers arriving in New York from Virginia asserted that there were not less than four encampments, all under the command of Gen. Lee, the ablest of the United States officers who have deserted the flag of the country. The largest of these was at Richmond, and from 6,000 to 8,000 strong. Another was at Lynchburgh ; a third, of militia, from the neighbouring counties, at Culpep per Court-house ; and the fourth at Harper's Ferry, where batteries were planted at the bridge, and on all the heights. Not less than 20,000 Vir ginians were, it is alleged, mustered into service, but not all well armed. A vessel (the Daniel Webster) had arrived at New York, from the Mis sissippi, which reported that several Northern ves sels had been seized, and it was thought the Tus carora, a tug-boat, owned at the North, would be taken. Pilots had been forbidden to bring in ves sels without permission. The Daniel Webster nar rowly escaped capture. The Wanderer, the noted slaver, then lying at Havannah, had been bought by the Southern Confederacy for 20,000 dols., and was to be fitted up immediately. The steamer Habana had also been bought, and was at New Orleans fully armed. It was reported that a stock company had been formed in New Orleans, with a capital of 6,000,000, for the purpose of privateering. Montgomery advices state that Gen. Bragg's prepa rations for attacking the Federal garrison at Fort Pickens were nearly completed, that the troops were all in good health and excellent spirits, and that the Southern railroad corporations were dis playing the utmost energy and liberality in advanc ing the interests of the Confederate States. An Act was passed recognising the existence of war with the United States, and concerning letters of marque and reprisal and prize goods. The preamble recites the acts of President Lincoln and his proclamation, asserting that it is necessary for the Confederate States to accept the war thus commenced by him. The Act authorises the granting of letters of marque and reprisal on certain conditions. A pro viso announces the doctrine that free ships make free goods. Thirty days are allowed the Federal vessels then at the ports of the Confederate States for the purpose of lawful commerce to return to their homes. The 5 per cent. prize was reserved as a fund.for the widows and orphans of those killed on private armed vessels, and support of the wounded. Virginia was admitted as a member of the Confederated States' Government in secret ses sion, and two of her members were sworn in, and they participated in discussions and voted on ques tions. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued the following notification : "To John Boston, Esq., Collector, Savannah. " Montgomery, April 29. " The Government here entirely disapprove any interference with private property before war is de clared. Let us abide by the law of nations, and pro tect peaceful commerce which has trusted to our hos pitality. Tell yourpeople to have patience. We gain more by respect for law than from the seizure of a few vessels. " C. G. MEMIINGER, Secretary of the Treasury." The blockade of Pensacola with several English ships inside the harbour, it was expected, would cause the immediate interference of England. Arkansas passed the Secession ordinance on the Gth by a majority of 61 to 1. Tennessee had taken a similar step, subject to a vote of the people on the Bth of June. The Military Bill was passed, calling for 55,000 troops and appropriating 2,000,000 dole. unconditionally and 3,000,000 dols. conditionally. The Tennessee Railroads advertise in the Nashville papers that they will transport all volunteer companies, munition, and volunteers for the Southern Confederacy over their roads, free of charge. An ordinance of Secession was read in the North Carolina Legislature on the 2d, and ordered to be printed. A resolution authorising the Governor to appoint a Commissioner to represent the State of North Carolina to the Government of the Confederate States, at Montgomery, passed both Houses. The president and directors of the Bank of North Carolina had tendered to the State a loan of 500,000 dole. for *Purposes of defence. The Commissioners from Maryland had laid the following report of their mission to President Lin_ coln before the Legislature : " To the Hon. General Assembly o f Maryland. "The undersigned Commissioners have the hon our to report to the General Assembly of Ma r yl an d that th e y wa it e d i n person on th e President of the United States on the 4th inst. and presented him a copy of the joint resolutions adopted by your hon. bodies on the 2d inst. They were received by the President with respectful courtesy, and made such representations a s were necessary to convey to him tha sense of the G eneral Assembly of :Maryland in relation to the occupation of the capital of the State by Federal troops, and the forcible seizure of pro perty of the State an d of private citizens in the Annapolis Railroad, and in the Washington branch and the Baltimore and Ohi o R a i lroad, and in this connexion his attention was called to the suspension of intercourse between Baltimore and Washington, and of all parts of the State with Annapolis, and indignantly put upon the State while still in the Federal Union, by such an interference with the private rights of its citizens, and by such an occu pation of its soil and ways of communication by the Federal Government. " Full explanations were exchanged between the undersigned and the Secretary of War and Secretary of State, who were present and parti cipated in the discussion, as to the facts and cir cumstances rendered necessary, the extraordinary incidents accompanying the passage of the Federal troops through Maryland en route to the city of Washington, and especially in reference to those acts of the authorities of the city of Balti more which arrested the progress of the troops by the railroads leading from Pennsylvania and Delaware into Maryland, and of the o pposition to the landing of the troops subsequently at An napolis by the Governor of the State ; and in conjunction with the action of the authorities of the State the hostile feeling manifested by the people to the passage of these troops through Maryland was considered and treated withentire frankness by the undersigned, who, while acknowledging all the legal obligations of the State to the Federal Go vernment, set forth fully the strength of the sym pathy felt by a large portion of our people for our Southern brethren, in the present crisis. Although many of the incidents and circumstances referred to were regarded in different lights by the under signed and Federal Government, even to the extent of a difference of opinion as to some of the facts in volved, yet in regard to the general principle at issue, a concurrence of opinion was reached. The President concurred with the undersigned in the opinion that so long as Maryland has not taken, and was not about taking, a hostile attitude to the Federal Government, the exclusive military occu pation of her ways of communication and the sei zure of the property of her citizens would be with out justification; and what has been referred to in this connection, so far as it occurred, was treated by the Government as an act of necessity and self-pre servation. The undersigned did not feel themselves authorised to enter into any amendments with the Federal Government to induce it to change its re lations to the State of Maryland, considering it proper, under the circumstances, to leave the entire discretion and responsibility of the existing state of things to that Government, making such represen tations as they deemed proper to vindicate the moral and legal aspects of the question, and espe cially insisting on its obligation to relieve the State promptly from restraint and indignity, and to ab stain from all action in the transportation of troops that can be regarded as intended for chastisement or prompted by resentment. The undersigned are not able to indicate to what extent or to what degree the Exec - dive discretion will be exercised in modifying the rAations which now exist between the State of Maryland and the Federal Govern ment, and in the particular matter of the commer cial communications between Baltimore and the other parts of the country, brought to the attention of the General Assembly by the Mayor and the City Council of Baltimore ; but they feel authorized to express the opinion that some modification may be effected. " The undersigned feel painfully confident that a war is to be waged to reduce all the seceding States to allegiance to the Federal Government, and that the whole military power of the Federal Govern ment will be exerted to accomplish that purpose, and though the expression of this opinion is not called for by the resolution of your ho - n. bodies, yet, having had the opportunity to ascertain its entire accuracy, and because it will explain much of the military preparations and movements of the troops through the State of Maryland, it is proper to bring it to your attention. " OTHO SCOTT. " ROBERT M. M'LANE. " WILLIAM S. Ross." A meeting had been held in the House of Dele gates in reference to Federal relations. The caucus was addressed for an hour and a half by the Hon. R. M'Lane, in a relation of details of the interview of the Commissioners with the President and Cabinet. He said he thought it was the intention of the Cabinet to subjugate the seceding States by gradual approaches of troops to sustain the Union men of Virginia and Tennessee, by whose aid especially the Cabinet expected the Secessionists in those States would be overcome without bloodshed. The district of Columbia and Maryland would be necessarily occupied to some extent as a rendezvous for troops and depot for munitions of war. Various inquiries were made of the Commissioners whether a regiment could not be marched through Baltimore with the assent of the State, to which the Commissioner did not feel authorized to reply affirmatively. It was remarked incidentally by Mr. M'Lane that the troops which were preven ted from reaching Baltimore by the destruction of the bridges left Philadelphia without orders, and would have been, therefore, intruders, which, the Government admitted, gave a now eibpaut, Lt eev position they occupied with respect to the Maryland authorities. Mr. M`Lane appealed to the Legislature to unite without reference to partisan associations, to devote themselves exclusively to the preservation of the peace and safety of the State in the present crisis. He said that men who desired to confederate with the Southern States may readily in this crisis unite with those who have insisted on maintaining the existing Union, because, while the State is oc cupied by Federal troops, it would be physically im possible to relieve her from political association with the Federal Government. Honourable and true hearted men will never consent to maintain the Union by shedding the blood of Southern people and subjugating the Southern States; therefore such men can never support the Administration of Mr. Lincoln, which has now abandoned the defen sive policy of maintaining the Federal capital, here tofore declared in Secretary Seward's letter to Governor Hicks. Governor Hicks himself might sustain the Government when it adhered to a defen sive policy, but now that it has avowed the policy of subjugation, he will be bound in honour to occupy himself exclusively with the protection of our own people. Mr. M‘Lane read Secretary Seward's letter to Mr. Dayton, avowing a new war policy, the Government acknowledging a radical change in it. He argued to show how widely Governor Hicks was now separated from the Administration if he remained true to his own professions ; it was, said Mr. M`Lane, a great crisis in his life, and the Go vernor ought to thank God that he had lost confi dence in the Lincoln Administration, which he cer tainly had. Mr. M'Lane said he was quite respon sible for the accuracy of this opinion, and added that Governor Hicks could not recover that confidence without loss of his own honour. He trusted the friends of Governor Hicks would ponder well upon this view of the subject, and encourage the Governor to stand by the true interests and true men of the State, leaving to the Administra tion only the ruffian and venal portion of the population. The Federal troops at the Relay House near Baltimore were actively engaged in fortifying their position on the high ground on the west:bank of the Patapsco. One battery commanded the stone viaduct connecting the Washington road with the Western road; another'commanded the turnpike and railroad on the opposite side of the river, which is here very narrow. All trains were stopped and searched at the Relay. A quantity of military cloth had been seized. The troops were uncom fortably situated, especially the Massachusetts troops, who had not received their camp equipages. The Governor of Indiana had refused to join the Governor of Kentucky in a league for mutual peace, and had called upon Kentucky to stand by the Federal e Government against re b e lli on . Advises c from Havannah to th e 30th u l t. Busi nessparalysed owing to the s t a t e o f a ff a i rs i n Sugars could be bought below quotations --No . 12 , 5l to 6 ree l s per arroba. Stocks on hand at Havann ahFreights—There was Otherno and Matanzas, 300,000 bo xes . flags disposition w e r e g etting t o charter th the American vessels. highest rates of the year, £3l to £4. Exchange on London, 60 day s , 7 to 8 per cent. premium. A letter says : " The house of Novega, Olmo, and Co, had their meeting of creditors yesterday, and it is said that their millions of debt are covered by 20 years of time more than a genera tion of business men in endurance for this City." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The New York; Commercial List says : " Inactivity:in general trade, increased buoyancy in stocks, .and the continued activity in military circles are the notice able features of the times. In commercial circles there still enters tO be a general i n di s p os iti on to em b ar k i n any new lnises or to invest in any speculation, if we may except a f ew co mmodities which h ave atta i ne d to extreme l y high in consequence of th e ac ti on o f the Governmen t in forcin g a rigid blockade of ports in the Southern States, or "" of the difficulties under which traffic with ose s ections has been prosecuted during the past few weeks! ar e'llnegnent diminishing stocks. Everywhere there Is tspo s i t i on manifested to husband available means, general merchandise are accordingly H and operations in (rated to immediate n ecessities. According to the Savan nah Nees, the shipments of rice from Georgia to Northern ports Fi nancially, there is nothi ng o f w2uaual transpiring , btoercesotntinuel. Ais v? as generally anticipated, the last weekly Bank statement shows a decrease in the loans, specie, circulation, and net deposits. "The condition of the banks May 4, as compared with the pret,'e(ling week, was as follows : May 4. April 27. ,1.24 °611108166 .. 124817 8. 154 Decrease .. 206,988 (1°18. Loans .... ' 23,054;254 .. 38,991,683 Decrease .. 937,429 9,296,399 .. 8,840,476 Increaser... 455923 9 '4,977,381 .. 96,788,759 Decrease ..1,811,378 CirculationS p eci Specie... . . . i l am i:+ies by which the shipping interest is beset 1 the coasting trade, but are gradually ex v i r It en sailed by from Captain ila v ß a e r m m Remington, o t o h n , t h o e f 2 t 6 h t h e D e , la , T o s h i t e s d . i t i t A7 t a l e e n d t g t e t , ;: h . tending.a re lO barquet 3 c o i ult., states that he had been chartered to proceed to Remo. dies. to load sugars for a port north of Hatteras, at 5 dole. 500. per hhd. The Spani:Nh merchants were afraid to ship by American vessels, owing to the existing difficulties, and were giving Frecich and English the preference. A large number of vessele at this port, now that trade with all the Southern ports is prohibited, have laid up. This is pro b.sbly the case at all the Northern ports. The Philadelphia IV( . ).ith American of Monday, in this connection, says of the New Jersey coasting vessels t hat ' the vessels of our sister State that have been employed in the Southern coasting trade are mostly laid up, and will so continue until the war is ended, Tom's River and Barnegat are the favourite places for coasting harbours. Many of the sailors, how ever, are employed in piloting ships—not unfrequently by the Government—their knowledge of the coast being per fect, from Sandy Hook to Key West.' Among the most important failures announced within the three days, is that of Mr. Joseph Hobson, the great lumber dealer, of Saco, Maine, whose liabilities are said to be large, exceeding 400,000 dols." The money market wore a very quiet aspect, and rates of discount had a downward tendency. For other than strictly prime paper, however, rates coliQnued irregular and uncer tain. Loans on call, Stock accuriges, sto 51; ditto, other good securities, n 6 to 61; prime endo ied bills, 60 to 90 days, 51 to 6 i ditto, four to six months, 6i to 7. Foreign exchange was firmer, and a good business had been done. On London, 60 days' bankers' bills, 1044 to 105 ; ditto, commercial bills, 102 to 1031; ditto, with bills of lading, 1011 to 1021 ; ditto, Southern and Canada Bank bills, 104 to 1042; dirt, short sight bankers' bills, 106 to 1061. The stock market exhibited a more buoyant feeling. The stocks of the seceded States still continued to be daily bought and sold. The latest quetatiens were as follows S—The Go vernment Fives, 761 ; Coupon Six per Cents. of IsBl, 89& ; Twelve per Cent. Treasury Notes, 1012 ; and ren-and- Three-Quarter per Cents., at 991; Virginias, 45i; Mis solaria, 40 ; New York Central, 72a ; Erie, 22 ; Illinois Cen tral, 62; Rock Island, 382. The market closed very firm, and the demand for stock was quite animated. Cotton was rather more steady under a moderate inquiry for the home trade, and prices were supported. Middling Uplands, 122. The arrivals had been— Florida South Carolina North Carolina .... 192 bales. 318 120 Total 630 bales. Total import since Ist inst. Total import since Ist September 424,967 bales. Export from Ist to 7th of May. 1861. 1860. Cotton, bales 7,064 .. 2,292 IMPORTANT INSTRUC2IONS TO THE AMERICAN lIIIUST.ER IN FRANCE. Imperfect statements of Mr. Faulkner's inter view with M. Thouvenel, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, concerning the application of the commissioners of the Southern Confederation, hav ing found their way into the press, the American Government has consented to the publication of the correspondence : (No. 119.) Legation of the United States, Paris, April 15, 1861. Sir,—l called to-day upon M. Thouvenel, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was promptly , admitted to an interview. Agreeably to your re quest, I handed to him a copy of the inaugural address of President Lincoln, and added that I was instructed by you to say to him that it embraced the views of the President of the United States, upon the difficulties which now disturbed the har mony of the American Union, and also an exposi tion of the general policy which it was the purpose of the Government to pursue, with a view to the preservation of domestic peace, and the maintenance of the Federal Union. Here M. Thouvenel asked if there was not some diversity of opinion in the Cabinet of the President as to the proper mode of meeting the difficulties which now disturbed the relations of the States and general Government. I replied upon that point I had no information ; under our system the Cabinet was an advising body ; its opinions were entitled to weight, but did not neces sarily compel the action of the President. The executive power was by the constitution vested ex clusively in the President. I said that I was further instructed to assure him that the President of the United States entertains a full confidence in the speedy restoration of harmony and unity of the Government by a firm, yet just and liberal policy, co-operating with the deliberate and loyal action of he American people. M. Thouvenel expressed his pleasure at the assurance. I further said that the President regretted the events going on in the United States might be productive of some possible inconvenience to the people and subjects of France, but he was determined those inconveniences shall be made as light and transient as possible, and so far as it may rest with him, that all strangers who may suffer any injury from them shall be indemnified, 1 said to him mar we r rebllltalL thought it not impossible an appeal would be made before long by the Confederate States to foreign powers, and amongst others to the Government of France, for the recognition of their independence. That no such appeal having yet been made, it was premature and out of place to discuss any of the points involved in that delicate and important inquiry; but the Government of the United States desired the fact to be known that whenever any such application shall be made, it will meet with opposition from the Minister who shall then repre sent that Government at this Court. I said to him that my mission at this Court would soon termi nate, and I should have no official connexion with the question whcih it was anticipated might arise on the demand of the Confederate States for recog nition of their independence; that my place would soon be supplied by a distinguished citizen of the State of New Jersey, a gentleman who possessed the confidence of the President, who fully sympa thised in his public views, and who would doubtless come fully , instructed as to the wishes and views of the United States, and that the only request which I would now make, and which would close all I had to say in the interview, was that no proposition recognising the permanent dismemberment of the American Union shall be considered by the French Government until after the arrival and reception of the new Minister accredited by the United States to this Court. M. Thou venel, in reply, said that no application had yet been made to him by the Confederated states in any form for the recognition of their inde pendence ; that the French Government was not in the habit of acting hastily upon such questions, as might be seen by its tardiness in recognising the new kingdom of Italy ; that he believed the main tenance of the Federal Union in its integrity was to be desired for the benefit of the people of the north and south, as well as for the interests of France, and the Government of the United States might rest well assured that no hasty or precipitate action would be taken on that subject by the Emperor. But whilst ;he gave utterance to these views, he was equally bound to say that the practice and usage of the present century had fully established the rights of de facto Governments to recognition when a proper case was made out for the decision of foreign powers. Here the;official interview ended. The conversation was then further protracted by an inquiry from M. Thouvenel when the new tariff would go into operation, and whether it was re garded as the settled policy of the Government ? I told him that the first day of the present month had been prescribed as the period when the new duties would take effect ; that I had not yet ex amined its provisions with such care as would jus tify me in pronouncing an opinion upon its merits ; that it was condemned by the commercial classes of the country, and that I had no doubt, from the discontent manifested in several quarters, that the subject would engage the attention of Congress at its next meeting, and probably some important modifications would be made in it. The finances of the Government were at this time temporarily embarrassed, and I had no doubt the provisions of the new tariff were adopted with a view, al though probably a mistaken one, of sustaining the credit of the treasury as much as of reviving the protective policy. He then asked me my opinion as to the course of policy that would be adopted toward the seceding states, and whether I thought force would be employed to coerce them into sub mission to the federal authority. I told him that I could only give him my individual opinion, and that I thought force would not be employed ; that ours was a Government of public opinion, and although the Union unquestionably possessed all the ordinary powers necessary for Its preservation, as had been shown in several partial insurrections which had occurred in our history, yet that the extreme power of the Government could on:v be used in accord ance with public opinion, and the .I was satisfied that the sentiment of the people was ,apposed to the employment of force against the seced 43 g states. So sincere was the deference felt in that .7 , ountrY for the great principle of self-government, an, 4 so great the respect for the action of the people whet adopted under the imposing forms of state organi sation and state sovereignty, that I did not think the employment of force would be tolerated for a mom'nt, and I thought the only solution of our dif ficulties would be found in such modifications of our const i tutional compact as - would invite the seceding stares back into the Unicn, or a peace able acquiesce in the assertion of their claims to a separate socneignty. M. Thouvenel ex pressed his opinion that the employment of force would be unwise, and would tend to a fur ther rupture of the Confederacy, by causing the remaining southern states to ;neec°llllll°4 cause with those which had already taken action on the subject.—l am, respectfully, your obedient servant, CHARLES J. FAULKNER. Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State. (No. 7.) Department of State, Washington, May 4, 1861. Sir,—The despatches of your predecessor, Nos. 117, 119, and 120, have been received. The latter, acknowledging the receipt of our letters of recall, and announcing his intended return, requires no special notice. No. 117 bears the date of .sth of April last. It contains only an exposition of Mr. Faulkner's views of the policy which the Govern ment ought to pursue in regard to the disturbed condition of affairs at home, but, at the same time, gives us no information coueerning the state of affairs in France. The instructions heretofore transmitted to you will show you the President's views on the subject Mr. Faulkner has discussed, and these will be your guide, notwithstanding any different opinions your predecessor may have expressed or left on record at Paris. No. 119 bears date of the 15th April last, and contains a report of an official conversation, and also of an unofficial one held between Mr. Faulkner and M. Thouvenel. In the former conversation M. Thouvenel:as ked Mr. Faulkner whether there is not some diversity of opinion in the cabinet of the Presi dent as to the proper mode of meeting the difficul ties which now disturb the relations of the states and the general government. Mr. Faulkner, in reply, said that he had no information on the sub ject. The matter is of no great moment, yet it is desirable that there be no misapprehension of the true state of the Government in the present eme gency. You may, therefore, recall that conversation to M. Thouvenel's memory, and then assure him explicitly that there is no difference of opinion whatever between the President and his constitu tional advisers, or among those advisers themselves, concerning the policy that has been pursued and which is now prosecuted by the administration in regard to the unhappy disturbances existing in the country. The path of executive duty has, thus far, been too plainly marked out by stern necessity to be mis taken, while the solemnity of the great emergency and the responsibility it involves, have extinguished in the public councils every emotion but those of loyalty and patriotism. It is not in the hands of this administration that this Government is to come to an end at all, much less for want of har mony in devotion to the country. M. Thouvenel's declaration that the United States may rest well assured that no hasty or precipitate action will be taken on the subject of the apprehended applica tion of the insurrectionists for a recognition of the independence of the so-called confederated States is entirely satisfactory, although it was attended by a reservation of views concerning general principles appilcable to cases that need not now be discussed. In the un.official conversation, Mr. Faulkner says that he himself expressed the opinion that force would not be resorted to to coerce the so-called seceding States into submission to the federal authority, and that the only solution of the difficulties would be found in such modifications of the constitutional compact as would invite the seceding states back into the Union, or a peaceable acquiescence in the assertion of their claim to a separate sovereignty. The time when these questions had any perti nacity or plausibility has passed away. The United States waited patiently while their authority was defied in turbulent assemblies and insidious prepa rations, willing to hope that mediation, offered on all sides, would conciliate and induce the disaffected parties to return to a better mind. But the case is now altogether changed. The insurgents have in stituted revolution with open, flagrant, deadly war, to compel the United States to acquiesce in the dis memberment of the Union. The United States have accepted this civil war as an inevitable neces sity. The constitutional remedies for all the com plaints of the insurgents are still open to them, and will remain so. But, on the other hand, the land and naval forces of the Union have been put into activity to restore the federal authority and to save the Union from danger. You cannot be too decided or too explicit in making known to the French Government that there is not now, nor has there been, nor will there be any—the least—idea existing in this government of suffering a dissolution of this union, to take place in any way whatever. There will be here only one nation and one government, and there will be the same re public and the same constitutional union that have already survived a dozen national changes and changes of government in almost every other country. These will stand hereafter, as they are now, objects of human wonder and human affection. You have seen on the eve of your departure the elasticity of the national spirit, the vigour of the national Government, and the lavish devotion of the national treasures of this great cause. Tell M. Thouvenel, then, with the highest consideration and good feeling, that the thought of a dissolution of this union, peaceably or by force, has never entered ',my 1 1 , 0•••71, OLT% ; is high time that it be dismissed by statesmen in Europe.—l am, sir, respectfully, your obedient ser vant, (Signed) Wm. H. SEWARD. To William L. Dayton, Esq., &c. 211 E CIVIL WAR IN AJIBRICA. 4fr (From the Times.) Every one will look with some interest at the Message of the President of the Confederate States. The political documents which come to ns from the other side of the Atlantic are often prolix and dull, dwelling on endless details, and troubling them selves about many things which in other countries are left to less important channels of communica tion ; but an apology for secession will command the attention of all who are watching the conflict in America with fear, or sympathy, or curiosity. It need hardly be said that Mr. Davis gives an histori cal retrospect of the relations between the States which formed the late Union, and endeavours to prove from it that the Southerners, in seceding, have only availed themselves of a right which was inherent in their respective States, and was by no means annulled by the Federal compact. Foreigners have always been struck by the legal tone which pervades the discussions of American statesmen. While the Judges of the new Republic are fonder of resorting to first principles than their brethren in- the old country, the politicians, on the other hand, discuss questions of public polity in the spirit of lawyers interpreting an act of Parliament. The two tendencies, doubtless, arise from the nature of a Confederation which, while it brings into the closest private relations men living under different and conflicting laws, yet unites their public inte rests only through the medium of a formal docu ment called a Constitution. This Constitution, every sentence of which bristles with the decisions of Federal Judges and State Judges during 70 years, has now received another and most important gloss from the pen of Mr. Jefferson Davis, the President, and in every way the master spirit, of the new Confederation. As this lengthy document will be found in another place, we shall do no more than point out that the question, so far as public law is concerned, depends on this—Did the individual States which re sisted Great Britain 80 years ago impliedly reserve the right of secession when they entered into the federation known as the United States, and framed the Constitution of 1787? Certain points are perfectly clear. In the first place, they were previous to 1787—that is, for four years after Great Britain acknowledged their independence—abso lutely sovereign and independent of each other. During the Revolutionary War they were, In fact, united only as England, Spain, and Portugal were united in the Peninsular War, when an English General was Commander-in-Chief of the army of all three kingdoms, without any prejudice to the independence of our allies. On the other hand, there can be no doubt that secession was never con templated by the parties to the Union of 1787. The States which were unwilling to ratify based their opposition on the grounds that care had not been taken to place beyond a doubt the absolute indepen dence of the individual States in all matters not ex pressly made over to Congress. Amendments were made in the Constitution expressly affirming the reservation by the States of all, their sovereign rights and powers!Lot expressly delegated to the United States by the Constitution. Thus the right of making:laws,:of contracting State debts, of alter ing State Constitutions, and, in short, of doing all that is necessary for the maintenance of civil society without the interference of the Federation, was settled before entering into the compact. But it does not follow . from this that the individual State had a right to withdraw those powers which it had ceded to the Federation. Because it retained some sovereign powers, that is no reason why it may not have effectually and permanently parted with others. South Carolina, for instance, gave to the United States the right of maintaining an army and navy, and of taxing her for their maintenance, as solemnly as she reserved the right of regulating her own banks or her own criminal courts. The right of c6!ning money and the right of establishing a Post-otiLle were 1 - ,5 legally alienated by the State as the right of dealing With slavery 7ithin her limits was reserved. In the Constitution there is iin pro vision for a dissolution of the Union, or a resump tion of the powers granted to the Federal govern ment; and this is at least an argument in favour of the opinion that the Constitution, when ratified, must be taken as binding for and that when each State adopted it it ceased to'be a nation as completely as England or Eicotland in 1707. The question, therefore, it seem to us, eau htwcpy be settled merely by an interpretation of the Con stitutiou of 1787. The point really is whether the States of the American Union were in 1860 States in a fair and reasonable sense of the words "Sove reign States," such as would, according to the laws of morality and of nations, have a right to dispose of their own destiny, and to be the supreme judges of their own welfare. A written Constitution, like any other document, must be construed with a proper regard to the circumstances of the Parties, and their probable intentions in adopting it. Mr. Davis, therefore, evidently feeling that a mere verbal criticism of the Constitution proves little either way, enters into a history of the dissensions which have long embittered the two sections of the Republic against each other, and thus labours to prove that secession was a necessary remedy for intolerable evils. We have been lately so thoroughly informed of the peculiar grievances of the South erners that we are not surprised to hear that the Abolitionist Associations and the opposition to the Fugitive Slave Law were sufficient injuries to jus tify the Slave States in withdrawing from political association with the North, and that it was a piece of knavery in the people of the Northern States to attack the " institution" after they had made money by selling their own negroes to the cotton-growers when slavery was no longer profitable at the North. The slaveholders, says Mr. Davis, bought the negroes" without harbouring a suspicion that their quiet possession was to be disturted by those who were inhibited not only by want of constitutional authority, but by good faith as vendors, from dis quieting a title emanating from themselves." These apologies for a violent political act will be esti mated at what they are worth. Mr. Davis, however, approaches nearer to the true cause of secession, when he speaks of the conflicting interests of the two sections—the one being purely agricultural, and desirous of free trade, as producing the most valuable staple in the world, while the Northerners "have endeavoured to render the common Govern. ment subservient to their own purposes, by im posing burdens on commerce as a protection to their manufacturing and shipping interests. It is indeed plain that the election of Mr. Lincoln was the oc casion more than the cause of secession. For many years all that has kept the two sections of the Re public together has been a feeling of patriotism and the possession of common historical traditions. The best apology for secession is, in truth, the fact that it has taken place. Most people in America thought that the reverence for the Union would counter. balance the diversities of interest and feeling, but they were wrong. A slaveholding community, un der an almost tropical sun, has separated itself, per haps unjustifiably, but still quite naturally, from the traders and shippers, and mechanicians and farmers, of a Northern land. Mr. Davis's view of the question is at least supported by the "inexorable logic of facts." He contends for the sovereign rights of States and the utility of a double confederacy on the continent. Now it is plain that the principle of State sovereignty is practically assumed by every State in both Federations, and the newspapers chronicle the alliance or the neutrality of this or that community just as if they were speaking of independent nations. Finally, it seems likely that the States will divide themselves according as they are free-soil or slaveholding, and thus show that the new Confederacy is at least founded on a principle which has a reality for the American people. However, the time when this kind of argument could avail has gone by. Mr. Davis, while making a studious display of moderation, and endeavouring to conciliate the good will of European nations, is perfectly aware that his theories depend for accept ance on the rifles of his fellow-citizens. The tribunal which decides questions of international law is usually a stern one. If the North prevails, it will prove that the Union was a nationality; if the South makes good its independence, it will prove that the Union was a partnership during pleasure. This is what has to be decided, and we must wait the event. For the present there is no indication of a peaceful issue. The secession of the Border States seems to have been hastened rather than delayed. by the formidable prepara tions at the North. Tennessee and Arkansas are said to have gone over. The former is a great ad dition to the resources of the Southerners ; the latter is of comparatively little weight. Virginia and North Carolina are preparing for the war which must take place on their borders, while Kentucky still remains neutral, though the Governor is said to be in correspondence with the Secessionists. On the other hand the enthusiasm of the North is as great as ever, and the first movements in the war may be shortly looked for, though they will, itis said, be limitedto the occupation of Harper's Ferry and one or two other places on the Virginian fron tier. A more important matter is, however, men tioned. We have already anticipated that the campaign could not begin in earnest for some months, and that the volunteers who marched to Washington must be replaced by regular troops. This, it is now declared, will be the case. Though there may be desultory fighting in the interval, yet the real invasion of the Confederate States is not to take place till the fall of the year, when it is to stnnain er army of 100,1100 men. THE PAPACY. The Gazette du Danube publishes the following as the text of a circular addressed by Cardinal An tonin to the diplomatic body : " The violent invasion by Peidmont of the greater part of the States of the Holy See has, on the one side, the character of a flagrant violation of the temporal sovereignty of the Pope, and, on the other, been the seal of a period which belongs to the most unfortunate and most deplorable of history by the serious prejudices experienced by the Church. The world knows to satiety the history of the different acts of hostility to which the Pontifical State has been exposed on the part of the invading Govern ment. " The decree which that Government has issued, for suppressing the convents and other religious establishments in order to lay hands on their pro perty, is a proof of its complete alliance with the spoliatory tendencies of the revolutionary spirit, and also a demonstration of the monstrous contra diction with the fundamental law which the inva der would pretend to wish to put into force in the said provinces. " After the possessions of the said convents had passed into the power of the usurping Government, the administration, under the illusory title of ' ec clesiastical fund,' proceeds on the instructions of the said Government to make known to the public that it thinks of selling the landed property which had been thus usurped. The persons who desire to purchase this property will have to take their mea sures in consequence. As the possession of the said religious establishments form a part of the patri• mony of St. Peter, the projected sale is equivalent to a spoliation of the ecclesiastical property. "If the thing be looked at in this point of view, which is the only true one, it immediately becomes clear that, according to justice and equity, no one could lend himself to such purchases, because, in so doing, he would execute deeds with the usurper of the property of another. To this may be added the consideration applicable to the present case of the well known canonical laws, which, in protec ing the integrity and inviolability of the patrimony of the Church, inflicts special reprimands and other punishments as well ou the usurpers of ecclesiasti cal property as on those who should take any part in the unjust and sacrilegious act. " The Consistorial Allocution of the Pope of the 17th December should form, by reason of its autho rity and its publicity, a document more than suffi cient to prevent any one, to whatever rank or country he may belong, from purchasing the pro perty resulting from this spoliation. Nevertheless, in order to prevent any pretexts or justifications which might arise, his Holiness has wished an offi cial communication to be made on the subject to the diplomatic corps, in obedience to which desire I send you the present note. " ANTONELLI." CADVERTISEMENT.j—The following extraordinary cures without medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, effected by Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, are not the least remarkable :—Case No. 54,816. From the Rev. James T. 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A Os bbit, 60, Gratechurch-street ; 4,* Cheapside; 63 and 1 50 , - bard-stipet ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 80, Bishop/late street • 74.+1-, IA 'Finaliiiry • rb` lu Th . and Co, , tea-deatrs ; _ 'Wood, and Co.,ifugWilliam-atreet City at 127 High Holborn; and all grocer., THE NAT/Y. A naval court-martial assembled on Monday, on board the Formidable, 84, Capt. W. G. Luard, lying in the Medway, for the trial of Lieut. C. H. Murphy, of her Majesty's screw steamer Cressy, 81, charged with being drunk on board the said ship on or about the evening of the 14th of May, 1861, he being at the time officer of the watch and behaving in an in subordinate manner to his superior officer, Comman der J. A. R. Dunlop. The Court decided that the charges were not proved, but that the prisoner had behaved in a disrespectful manner, and was guilty of an act both prejudicial to good order and naval discipline. They adjudged him to forfeit his seniority as lieutenant from the date of his sentence. The enlargement of Chatham dockyard, which the Government has determined on carrying out, will involve the expenditure of nearly £1,000,000 sterling. The proposed improvements will ne cessitate the enclosure of a considerable tract of land on the eastern side of the dockyard, and adja cent to St. Mary's-creek and island, the whole of which is now the property of the War Department, a special act of Parliament having been applied for for that purpose. On the channel side of St. Mary's Island three large steam basins , a ill be constructed, each connected with the other by locks. The largest of these basins will cover an area of 301 acres, with a length of 1,850 feet on its leastside, and a breadth of 700 feet, with a depth of 30 feet at neap tides. The basin will be connected with the river by two locks, each 600 feet in length, and will communicate with the smallest of the three basins, which will have an area of 7 acres, with a length of 700 feet, and a breadth of 430. The third basin will commu nicate with the river, the entrance lock being oppo site the powder magazines at Upnor Castle. Its area will be 22 acres, and greatest length 1,550 ft., with a depth of 30 feet at neaps. Communicating with this basin will be five large docks, each capable of docking the largest line-of-battle ship in the ser vice, three of the new docks being each 500 feet in length, and the other two somewhat smaller. The estimate for the materials to be purchased for con structing the locks, basins, and docks, including the hired labour necessarily required, is £500,000. Ad jacent to the new basins it is intended to erect a steam factory at an expense of £lBO,OOO exclusive of machinery. This factory will include fitting and erecting shops, foundries, storehouses, and a large covered area. The sum of £85,000 is also to be ex pended in completing the river wall and embank ment on the sea side of St. Mary's Island, including coffer-dams for executing the work within, free from water. The river Medway, for some distance below the dockyard, will also be deepened to form a channel 600 feet and 27 feet deep at half-tide, which will give 31 feet at neaps and 35 feet at springs, so as to enable large line-of-battle ships to ascend the river to Chatham dockyard, which they are at present unable to do without some risk, in consequence of the gradual lessening of the river's depth by a process silently going on for some years past. The probable expense of dredg ing the river below the entrance locks of the new steam basins, so as to obtain the mean depth of 27 feet at half tides, is estimated at £45,000; but, owing to the magnitude of the work proposed to be accomplished and the accumulation of soil in the ' channel-way of the river, the outlay will, doubtless, be considerably more. A sum of £82,000 will also be expended in building additional wharves, and in erecting bridges, caissons, bollards, culverts, &c. In consequence of the extensive nature of the im provements to be effected at Chatham dockyard the works are expected to be in progress several years, and when the whole are completed that establish ment will be one of the most complete as well as extensive of any of her Majesty's dockyards. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. F. T. Thompson to the Hero ; Lieut ) Alexander Buller, to the Edgar ; Richard C. Dyer, master additional to the Impreg nable, for the Avon ; Win. H. Parker, master addi tional to the Asia, for the Euryalus ; Jesse Dixon, 2d master, to the Cygnet ; William Long, 2d master to the Dasher; Philip Francis and E. J. P. Wade, naval cadets, to the Challenger; Thomas F. P. Shelley, acting 3d class assist.-engineer, to the Nep tune; William J. Grant, acting 3d class assist.- engineer, to the Cesar ; John Richardson, acting 3d class assist.-engineer, to the Liffey; John A. Cawley, acting 3d class assist-engineer, to the London ; William Bremner, acting 3d class assist.- engineer, to the Doris; John Franklin, acting 3d class assist.-engineer, to the Melpomene; Nathaniel F. Hockerston, acting 3d class assist-engineer, to the Terrible; William F. Rowe, acting 3d class assist.-engineer, to the Lapwing ; Alexandel•Reid 3d class assist.-engineer, to the Mars; Francis Dormison, 3d class assist.-engineer, to the Hawke. THE ARMY. The annual inspection by his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief took place yesterday at Woolwich. The Royal Horse Artillery, the mounted batteries of the depot, and the other field brigades, the batteries of the Military Train, &c., were paraded on Woolwich-common, together with their guns, field waggons, and marching equip ments. Extending in double line upwards of a mile, they presented a most formidable and warlike ap pearance. The Commander-in-Chief, attended by various officers, having inspected the entire force, retired to the flagstaff, when the whole of the as sembled troops marched past in slow and quick time, the Duke observing their motion, which was per formed with admirable precision. After having galloped past the gunners prepared for action, bugles sounded, the carriages and spectators re treated, and a succession of rounds of firing com menced. The batteries afterwards limbered up, retired in subdivisions, and continued firing for up wards of half an hour, when " God save the Queen" announced that the inspection was terminated: In consequence of the extremely fine weather a very large number of spectators were present. His Royal Highness next inspected the veterinary infirmary at the camp and the barrack quarters, and various other establishments. Having witnessed a course of practice with the Armstrong guns by a couple of batteries belonging to the 3d Brigade, which took place in the Arsenal marshes, his Royal *Highness left Woolwich for London under a Royal salute at half-past four. An official intimation was yesterday received at the headquarters of the Royal Engineers establish ment, Chatham, from the office of Col. Chapman, C. 8., Deputy-Adjutant-General, announcing that the Duke of Cambridge has decided on withdraw ing one of the companies of Royal Engineers now doing duty at Malta from that island, in order to be employed on the home defences. The company thus selected to return to England is the Ist. The 30th Company of Royal Engineers, under the com mand of Capt. Creyke and Lieut. Bolland, was yes terday placed under orders to embark for Corfu, instead of Malta, to relieve the 9th company whose period of foreign service has expired. The order for the embarkation of the 31st company counter manded, and th a t company will rema i n a t Ch a th am until furthe r or d ers. is The :Royal Marines who recently disembarked from the Ganges, 84, received their arrears of pay at Chatham yesterday, after which each man was granted six weeks' leave of absence to visit his friends. In consequence of the discoveries recently made at Chatham of the unwholesome character of the meat furnished on several recent occasions by the army butchers for the troops at that garrison, the most stringent regulations have been adopted under the direction of Major-Gen. Eyre, commanding the district, to prevent the recurrence of such practices on the part of the contractors. With this view the Assist.-Commissary-Gen. of the garrison, accompa nied by an officer specially selected for that duty, and one of the sergeants connected with the bar rack department, will attend at the slaughter houses of the contractor each morning, and after in , specting the animals selected to be killed, in order to ascertain from personal inspection that they are in all respects fit for food, will witness their being killed, and as soon as they are dressed will Place his seal on the carcass of each. On the arri. Val of the meat at theseveralilbl bear mraecxkasfoirnd t d e istr o ib as u: tion to the t ro ops the seals w ce T hi a th a t they kplit not been tampered 'with, after which it will be cut for the troops. By these precautions nothing but really good meat will in future be allowed to be sent to the barracks for the use of the soldiers. Assist.-Commissary-General Ibbetson has not only condemned meat at Chatham on several occasions—he has also condemned meat at Sheerness, and both bread and meat at Maidstone; Fresh supplies in those cases were purchased at the cost of the contractors. The beef thus condemned was not diseased. It was, however, of an inferior quality. Orders were yesterday issued by Major-General Eyre, commanding at Chatham, directing several hundred troops belonging to the East India depots attached to the 2d and 3d battalions, to be placed under canvass for the remainder of the summer. The tents for the troops of the 2d battalion will be pitched on the sloping ground near the Spur bat tery, and those for the 3d battalion at the rear of the Hut Barracks. The tents were yesterday taken out of the store at the Ordnance-wharf, and the camps will be at once formed. FROM TILE GAZETTE OF LAST EIGHT. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICR,MAr 7. Notice is hereby given that her Majesty's birthday will be kept on Wednesday, the 10th of July next. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 21, 1861. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Manuel. Jose Pelegrin to be Consul at Newcastle for the Argentine Republic. NOTIFICATION. QUALIFICATION OF PUBLIC VACCINATORS. Whereas it is required under the regulations set forth in the Order of the Lords of the Privy Council, dated Dec. 1, 1859, that persons to be thereafter contracted with, by the guardians and overseers of unions and parishes in England, for the performance of public vaccination, should produce a certificate of proficiency in vaccination, after due instruction and examination by some public vaccinator, whom the Privy Council authorise to act for that purpose : Notice is hereby given, that under the same conditions, as are set forth in the above-mentioned order of Ist De cember, 1859, and subject to their lordships' further orders in the matter, Mr. James George Gerrans, Public Vacci nator for the North District of the Parish of Maryle bone, now officiating at 13, Lisson-grove, is hence forth authorised to give certificates for the purposes of the aforesaid Order, t o p ersons w h om he, at his appointed station, shall have instructed in Vaccination. Privy Council Office, May 18, 1861. ' BANKRUPTCTES ANNULLED. Peter Henry Wood, brewer, Manchester.. Thomas Retaken, grocer, Swansea. BANKRUPTS. James Lynn, licensed victualler, Deptford, to surrender May 31 and June 27, at one, at the Co ur t o f B an k rup t cy . Stephen Sams Short, boot and shoe maker, Shoreditch, June 1, at one, and July 2, at half•past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Henry Black/m:4.e, plumber, Dean-street, Middlesex, May 31 and June 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Sergeant, builder, Kingston-upon-Hull, June 5 and July 3, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. John Wilson, shoemaker, Liverpool, June 3 and 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Guillaume Guillaume, watchmaker, Exeter, June 4 and July 3, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. Nicholas Tucker, cattle salesman,Moorwinstow, Cornwall, June 4 and July 3, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. John Stuart, draper, Portsmouth, June 4, at half-past two, and July 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Luke Minshull, banker, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, June 6 and 27, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Patrick M'Carthy, rag dealer, Manchester, June 6 and 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. William Foster,:eloth cap manufacturer, Manchester, June 7 and 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. William Paterson, grocer, Glasgow. Alexander Fulton, ironforger, Glasgow. James Newlands, farmer, New Elgin, Lanffshire. James Robertson Mac Iver, merchant, Stornoway, COUNTRY IiidIRERTS. NEWCAST LE - UNDER-LYNE—MAY 21. At this corn market there was a very fair show of wheat. The trade was moderate, 'and prices were stationary at the rates of last week—white making 64s to 70s, red b6s to 665. The supply of barley was small, and not much changed in value. Oats were in steady request, with a firm sale, from 26s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans met with a ready sale, from 45s to 60s per qr. LYNN-111.1. v 21. There was a moderate attendance. Ihe supply of wheat was an average one, with a fair business. Good sorts realised previous quotations inferior hardly so d ear . B a rj ley in small su ppl y, at the prices'of last week. Oats were in fair demand. Beans in short supply, and in some cases advanced is. Peas firm. Old white ........ 56s to 60s 1 Old red ..50s to 54s Barley. ..... 288 to 42 s 1 Oats.. Beans .38s to 44s Peas 48s to 540 LEEDS—May 21. - Our market to-day was fairly attended by millers, and the trade in wheat was of a less active character, at about last week's rates. Beans, barley, oats, and other az tides unaltered. CORK —MAY . The following we re the quotations this morning :—Reci wheat, 34s 3d to 34s 6d ; white, —s Od to —s Od; barley,l63 Od to 17s Od ; oats, 14s 4d to 16s Od. NORWICH CATTLE. The show of store cattle to-day was both large and good. Trade dull, and at the close more than one-fourth remained unsold. Scots, 40 Od to 4s 6d ; shorthorns, 3s 6d to 4s Irish, 30 Od to 3s 6d; Devons, 4s to 5s 6d (estimated weight when fat). Fat beasts a large show, and sales brisk, at 8s Od to 88 64 per 141 b. Sheep—There was a good supply of sheep in the perm Fat sheep, 8s Od to 8s Gd per stone ; prime, 10s Od. Pigs -- A fair supply. St ore p i gs, 18 s to 255; fat pork, 7s Gd to 8s Od per stone. THE MAIL S. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. .. . • .. June 18 Do. (via Marseilles) June 12. Brazil and Cape Verds .. • .. . . . . June 4 Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &C Cuba and Mexico .. . ... .. .. .. .. May 29. Canada, &c. (via L'derry) .. .. .. May 22. China, Penang, and Singapore •(via) S'amPt°l Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. .. .. .. June 1. Do (via Marseilles May 27. Gibraltar (via Southampton) • • May 26. India(Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton June 2. June 1. Do (via MarseillesT May 27. • India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. May 26. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. June 4. Lisbon .. .. .. .. May 21. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. May 26. Do. ( v i a Marseilles) .. June 4 Vigo, and Oporto . .. .. May 21* • • m a y 23. United States, California &c. • ' May 29. Cuba, &c. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, 'Tenerife .. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena. June 10. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine invariably ag. giavate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. 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HENDERSON—WATTS. —On the 20th inst., at Cheltenham, James Menzies Clayhills, Captain 7th Royal Fusiliers, second son of G. D. Clayhills Henderson, Esq., of Hall yards, Perthshire, to Eugenia C., eldest daughter cf the late Vice-Admiral Geo. Edward Watts, C. 13., of Alma House, Cheltenham. DEATHS. BRIGGS.—On the 18th inst., at Lewes, Sussex, Arthur R. Briggs, Esq., aged 51, youngest son of Sir John Briggs, of Brighton. DURRANT.—On the 16th inst., at his seat, Skottowe Hall, Norfolk, Sir Th omas H enry Estridge Durant, Bart,, aged a. LEEKE.—On the 18th inst., at 24, Eccleston-square, Augusta Sophia , wife of Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Leeke, K.C.8., M.P. ST. LEONARDS.—On the 19th inst., at Boyle Farm, Thames Dition, the Right Hon. Lady St. Leonards, aged 81. I VELLESLEY.—On the 18th inst., at Valetta, Malta, Rchd. Wellesley, Esq., eldest son of the late Richard Welles ley, Esq., and grandson of Richard, Marquis Wellesley, aged 37. 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