The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-26 00:00:00

Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, le. OANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY.—SAM COWELL, the Prince of Comil Vocalists, will make his First Appearance since his return to England on MONDAY, the 2d of September. Admission--Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. E F 0 IL D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. The architectural beauty, elegance of ornamentation, and brilliancy of lighting of this noble building, render it one of the ,ds,•-hts of London. Open Every Evening. The pro gramme is varied, and includes Seleetiqng from " T.a Trn viat+," "Un Ballo in Maschera," &c., (by a full company of principals, powerful band. and chorus). Solos by Miss Bryant en the Piano Forte, and by Mr. Russell on the Trombone. Old English Ballad, by Miss Green, -4cotch Duets by the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental music of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The Comic portion of the entertainment is supported 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. ed. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAL—Morning, sh. Sm.—Afternoon, :sh. 24m, To-monnovr.-Morning, sh. 40m.—Afternoon, sh. 26m, THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 25, 1661. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 65 —this day at noon. BAnomErzu-30.25. WlND — West-North-Westerly—moderate ; with fine weather, but cloudy. Ar GUST 26. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 69—highest since noon yesterday. d6—iowest tnis morning and during the night. 66—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.28. WIXD-W.-N.-W.-light, with cloudy weather, but fine, 1 . . ii ...: .., : (5k7 , ._. ::.: .*:' ';fr i' '' -'' ~ 4D . . t , -I .'•••' t:LIP'-- - THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1861. The second defeat of the Federalists turns out to ba something much more like a victory. There was no running away for one thing; for another the Federal troops destroyed the enemy's tents and bag gage, and occupied their encampment at night ; again they carried off ninety prisoners; and at last, as their force was originally but 8,000 against 23,000, they retreated in perfect good order, falling back on the terminus of the Pacific Railway. If they had to leave one gun, for what reason is not mentioned, they brought away with them many trophies, and if, in heading a charge, after one horse had been shot under him, the brave Gen. LION fell as became a soldier, the rebels also lost two of their generals, and from the accounts of their prisoners suffered severely. It shows, however, that in the great border State of the far West, the Confederates can muster very strong. The muster-roll of the Confederates was amongst the things taken from them, and by that it appeared that the army was composed of regi ments from almost all the rebel States of the West and South. By the last mail we were told that Gene ral PILLOW w..E; boasting of hip intention to attack • Cairo and St. Louis, and to expel the Northerns ; and naturally when the telegram of this battle arrived, we supposed it must have been his army which gained the victory. Singularly enough, however, we hear not a word about him now, but a tleneral M'Cunocu, who was killed, appears as the leader of the Confederates, while Colonel Fat:we:AT was at St. Louis, which was thought to be p erfectly _ sate. Unless, however, Mr. L ir coLIT can spars reinforcements, it seems likely that the Rebels will outnumber the Federalists in mi sso uri, and the result of the former being the s t ro nger there would be to o pen the Mississippi further northward to t he C onfederate s . It will be seen that the New York . H erald states t hat GARJBALD I's offer to serve in America h as been accepted, and that be is to have the rank of M probability but a ca nard; If General. It is in all vre hope Europe cannot t,pire him for long, Ran. gap'', Rome, and Venetia have a 1 1 .19 beaealt with yet. GARIBALDI may, however, be able to spare an autumn for America ; but if he went, it would surely not be to fight for restoring Fugitive Slave laws, and Northern co-partnership with slavery. By the bye why does not the New Government and Legis lature in Missouri abolish slavery ? If Congress cannot do it legally, a State can. We trust, however, that the difficulties of the struggle will soon place but one alternative before the PRESlDENT—separa tion, of North and South, or abolition of slavery. We must reverse, in reference to Hungary and Austria, the proverb that " a living dog is better than a dead lion." Two Sovereigns' festivals have just been celebrated within three days of each other, the first that of the present Emperor of AUSTRIA and hereditary King of Hungary; the second, on the 21st, that of St. STEPHEN, the great King and patron Saint of Hungary, who was crowned just one thousand years ago, and crowned with the identical crown, which, but for his illegalities, the Hungarians would by this time have placed on the head of FRANCIS JOSEPH. The contrast between the two celebrations was as marked as it could be. The birthday of FRANCIS JOSEPH was com memorated by the Austrian garrison of Buda only; the coronation of St. STEPHEN by the entire popu lation. The living Dog was treated as a dog; the dead Lion as a lion. There was the best reason for so doing ; for STEPHEN, although a semi-barbarian, did nobly for Hungary and its liberties, while FRANCIS JOSEPH has been ill-advised enough to trample on all her rights, to e withhold by doing ldthemw it,hen he can certainly only injure and thus presenting himself to the Hungarians not only as the " living dog," in comparison with the " dead lion," but as a dog in the manger, too. Besides being, as M. DEAK has so conclusively shown, so completely out of court legally and con stitutionally, the EMPEROR is equally so by his own acts, and in the eye of policy, too. Fresh from the school of Solferino, the EMPEROR, issued his edicts for the establishment of local and Imperial constitutionalism. He addressed Hungary sepa rately and based his dealings with that country on the Pragmatic Sanction. He has felt compelled to repeat that treaty as the foundation of his acts ; indeed, it seemed difficult to imagine any other ; since from that dates the accession of his line to the throne of Hungary in the person of MARIA THERESA; either, therefore, he must acknowledge the Prag matic Sanction, or acknowledge that he has no claim to the throne, but that given him by the Czar NICHOLAS. Too humiliating that. He elected therefore to claim the throne not as a conqueror by Russian arms, but in virtue of his descent from MARIA THERESA. But, this line once taken, he was bound to accept all its consequences; As a man of honour, he had no right to appeal to the Pragmatic Sanction for his throne, and then tear off the half which pre scribed the conditions on which it was given him. The Hungarians, almost too magnanimously, have agreed to admit his de facto possession of supreme power and his hereditary claim to the throne, but they have the clearest right, in return, to ask of him a legal coronation and conformity to the constitu tion in his government of the country. How can Hungarians, how can any one trust the man who will appeal to the side of a compact which is in his favour, and violently override the other which provides what is fair to the second party ? Any thing more base, anything mote entirely destroying all confidence in word or in character we can hardly conceive. The Emperor of AUSTRIA in truth says —" I know no law to bind me but my sovereign pleasure. If I convene a Diet, it is not that it may deliberate freely as an integral part of the Government, but that it may execute what for politeness sake T term my requests, but which are really my mandates, to be disobeyed, or neglected, only at the peril of dissolution." What a precious body must the Reichsrath be ! The EMPEROR formally tells them all his well known doings, and these lacqueys actually thank and praise him ! Mr. ROEBUCK, of course, has his eye on the EMPEROR and the Reichsrath—what can he think of them all now ? What can he think of his blessed Austrian Constitution, when it con venes a Diet to which the grandis et verbosa epistola is sent, and which must pay the same attention to the Imperial mandate as the Roman Senate must to one from TIBERIUS or DOMITIAN ? Is this the Con stitution which Mr. ROEBUCK so lauded as resem bling that of his own country, and as even in some points better? What will Mr. ROEBUCK say to a Sovereign who says to his Parliament, I sent you my requests, you did not obey them. Yon sent me in return demands which are inadmissible, though I cannot deny they are legal. Therefore I dismiss you. Is that the kind of Constitution which throws our own into the shade ? On the impolicy of the EMPEROR'S course, beyond the narrow circle of Germans who in this business are a part of himself, there can hardly be two opinions, The EMPEROR is now openly showing that he has no conception of the first elements of constitutionalism at the very moment when ho is endeavouring to persuade his subjects and the world that he has been arranging to give his people their share in the Government. To prove this he overthrows the first principle of constitutional Government by prescribing what his Parliament shall enact. Its fundamental idea, that of giving effect as the head of the Executive to the clearly ascertained will of his subjects, ho does not even seem to comprehend. In fact his Parliament is merely convoked to give effect to his desires. Very properly it refuses to do so. And it will be for the loan mongers to consider what is their security under a despot so ignorant or so wilful. He can not enjoy the credit of a constitutional Sovereign and the pleasures of despotic rule together. And, again, 'what can he do? He can, it may be said, make Hungary a Venetic At present he can, in part—but he will find 11,000,000pOuloaftiopnesoptloe ana 2,500,000 somewhat different 13 deal with. In fact, by his p rese nt policy he will have to collect the taxes of half his Empire by soldiers, with the certainty that on the first attack from without the whole concern goes to pieces. He, and his tools the Reichsrath, make great parade of the strength and importance of a united monarchy; but what is the union worth which requires but the touch of a foreign war, not to unite, as it would in England or France, all parties, but to prove the whole to be a House of Cards. The advancement of Ireland appears just now to be taken very generally and heartily into account. Its interests are cared for by all parties alike, whatever may be thought or said by Mr. VIN CENT SCULLY or ethers to the contrary. The story of her wrongs has been dinned into our ears until we are heartily sick of it. It is such an old story now that it won't any more bear telling. Nou: avons changee tout cela. Had Mr. O'CONNELL survived he would have found some difficulty in discovering a grievance —always excepting that one ever at hand, and ready to break out afresh at the very ear liest opportunity through a collision of the conflict ing interests of the rival creeds. Otherwise there has really been effected to a very considerable extent once more a clearance of social and political ills upon the other side St. George's Channel, only comparable to the legendary expulsion by ST. PATRICK'S crozier, of all the venomous reptiles previously infesting the land. Nobody hears now of " Repale," heaven he thanked! Its day is over. We are not very likely to hear any more about it. Again—" Castle Rackrent" is nowhere to be found. Formerly it was the type—almost one might say— of a National Institution : at any rate, of some thing very like one. Now it can only be read of as one reads about the mastadon and the mega thereum and other devouring monsters of the like genus in the books of the geologists—just in the same way one can only read now about " Castle Rackrent"and so forth in such pleasant repositories of the past as Miss MARIA EDGEWORTH'S works. Improvidence of that systematic and wholesale kind is no longer to be seen there in Ireland itself. It has vanished with the change of the proprietary ; and that change, as we all know, has been effected under the auspices of the Encumbered Estates Act. Something considerable has been done, too, for the good of the people residing there in Ireland, through the beneficent agency of the regular moving to and fro, hither and thither, throughout the length and breadth of the land (upon a wisely organised sys tem) of Mr. CHARLES BIANCONI'S cars. The ex tension of the yet more notable system of the rail ways has already done still more—promising here, as everywhere else where it has once been intro duced, to do yet more and more with the lapse of time. Nay—most lamentable and deplorable though the diminution of the population was some fifteen years ago by reason of the double scourge of famine and pestilence, that dread calamity has eventually proved in its consequence not altogether unproductive of good. Those who were swept off by the horrors of starvation and of a fatal epi demic, were precisely those who were on the lowest round of the social ladder—those who could least help themselves or be helped. Dreadful though the fate that struck them down, they left, by their very disappearance from it, a legacy of benefit to their native land. And meanwhile, before that mournful turning-point in the history of Ireland, before then and (increasingly) since then, the popu lation of the country has been sensibly and very considerably diminished by the effects of emigra tion to this colony and to that. Thousands, hun dreds of thousands, even it can be said, without any exaggeration, if we but take a range of years wide enough, one or two millions have left those (at one time it almost seemed fated) shores. As there are two sides to every question, so there were undoubtedly discoverable two in the instance before us. While it was indisputably a "heavy loss and great discouragement"at first to Ireland herself, that she should lose so many of her stalwart sons, and that too at the time apparently of her direst need —the result has proved only that they unconsciously did a benefit not only to themselves by going, but also (by their emigration from it) to the country they left, and (by their immigration into it) to the country into which they went. Their movement beyond the seas conferred a twofold boon as surely as the cardinal virtue of Charity does, according to SHAKSPERE blessing alike him who gives and him who takes. Benefitting, that is to say, alike the old country and the new. It is, how ever, by all these and by other subsidiary aids that Ireland has already become what she is. Her mercantile and agricultural enterprize has advanced for instance during the last momentous fifteen years, —that enterprize in each instance has advanced with giant strides under the beneficent influence of the great and wise, and henceforth we may rest perfectly well assured, in the world of political economy, the indestructible and irresistible principles of Free Trade. It will not be regarded as idle if we add to this the fact that the social condition of the Irish generally has during the last score of years been at once elevated and ameliorated by the benign agency of the Tempe rance Movement, and—its symbol—the Pledge. One of the truest patriots and one of the most practical philanthropists that ever breathed was, without a doubt of it, good Father MATHEW : and hence is it that his name throughout Ireland is held, and ever will be held, so dear. From the date of the commencement of the great Tempe rance Movement under the guidance of that great Apostle of Temperance, Father THEOBALD MATHEW, begins, in fact, the dawn of Ireland's happier days. Before that period she was literally to all intents and purposes sunk into the Slough of Desponewithout even the remotest prospect,any where to be seen, of her probable extrication from it. While O'CONNELL, great man as he was in other respects, was rendering himself intolerable, and, so far as such a giant could, ridiculous, by his preposterous babble about the Repeal of the Union, Father MATHEW was vigorously setting himself to work, heart and brain, body and soul, to the task of administering the pledge. He died in the cause; he crushed any selfish ambition he might ever have had for the sake of the cause ; more than once, so that his cause might not in any way be interrupted, refusing the temptation of a mitre. It would be difficult, indeed, to exaggerate in any respect the benefits that the Temperance Movement has conferred during all these years upon Ireland and her sons. Nay, the benefits it is still conferring down to this present day. For the movement still actively goes on. Though Father MATHEW has long since ended his good and useful life, the movement he began a score of years ago still goes on. What said Lord BROUGHAM in fact upon this subject only the other day ? Why, speaking of the advance yet making in the good cause throughout Ireland, `' We find," he said, "various societies in existence, and accurate persons—persons learned on the sub ject, have assured me that there is hardly a town in the great province of Ulster in which there is not an Abstinence Association. There are not so many in the other provinces, but still they are scattered abroad fully over the extent of those provinces. There is a central association situated in Dublin, and I understand that there is in Belfast a Temper ance League, the object of which is to unite by affiliation the different Temperance Associations in the various parts of the countoy, for the purpose of ultimate support and communication, and I i ti giving understand h u e o l t o ono to another—affording each other m a t er i a l ass i stance w h ere i t i s wanted. longthate i eh t t a hasl established —not ho hed a , though it is fl ourished, hed year or two ; but ,in that short time it has had a v ery considerable success. All this is most grati fying, for it shows that the cause is going on and succeeding, even at a time when there are many other things of very great and material interest to attract the attention and engage the sympathies of the community—that this great cause is not only not but is making sensible progress, and I hopeneg lected, and trust support will be given to such associations as I have just ment ioned. I strong,,ly that recommend the Belfast League to the attention of all parties in the country, because it seems to founded on a good principle, and already, as I have said, has made considerable pro gress." That is what Lord BROUGHAM says only as recently as last week, in reference to the still onward advance of the Pledge. The remarks we have here quoted fell from the venerable ex- Chancellor's lips upon the occasion of his preelding L. S. Bul©. Temple. Labuuchere. Commence a 7 ~_ (IINQUE-PORTS' E. TO WIT.—In o. s. Cinq'kent 50 N.—Sireareh'y, by AstrageOgraPh pilotage of Dover's'Pxo .• • : : off and on Diepp's- Rouen ^ to Lizard's o'er culmination. Gentlemen I A circular—for an illegal fete-meeting on the 28th, August'en A.D. 1861, as eve of " the comber n'heading day of Ihon Bapte'sr—was issued on the 13th instant, " Old Lam'mass-day," from the " Mandato office of the Grand Master (of Malta's," Downing-street, as of the 1802 Amiens Treaty-Nap :on duplex) plea-scholastic. The said illegal circular [as the proverb goes, "like G.G G.-father COWPER (1712) like G.G.G.-Child PAL MERSTON (1861), as H. J. Temple—cites the surreptitious Charter of Bristol by Charles 11., for its "warning unto six, five, or four," combar-(on's of Spanish Cabotage)- O'er the Sunk port " Add-por - curvature a Latrinity-ss. , tum" land-set's s. d. now resumed for " Carthage port like edict." The aforesaid being illegal as follows :-Ist, By Act 1 Edw. VI., cap . 2—re-enacted in 1832, Will. IV., cap. 92, sec. 4, as yet pending—entitled, The Submission of the Clergy and Restraint of Appeals, 25 Hen. VIII., cap 19— viz., Whereas divers life-titled noblemen and other spiritual persons have sent out their summons in their own names, as in the time of the usurped powers of the Bishop of Rome, contrary to the common law, touching writs in lay causes of correction, de pre patronatus, and probates of testaments —Be it enacted, that all such citations or other processes by advocates or other officers on behalf of the King's High ness, for validity. sake do bear the State endorsement, as well as the official Common-clerk's name be placed under the eitor's name, and atter the registered seal, in public TEST of its authority—" Penvensey" to wit. Thus "men of Kent," etc., as under Nature's subsyderal lathe epochs for P. L. audit accounts as well as those of the L'ond'on-wave by firencester seven hundreds (1-4 H. IV), over Wall-in-ford as of Bristol's constabulary of the Sea's fresh and salt water "Admiral's Court." 2dly. Whence, by 1 Fhilip and Mary, cap. 7, as aforesaid, "No man shall exercise the office of Justice Conservator of the Water's Silver-oar or Indian-paddle of the Pilot's E'ven-Lode-mo.- nagement Courts," etc., who shall " take upon himself" the power "to direct and serve his own precept." Therefore I this negative-letter since by Act 1832 the Church Queen's etc. have ceased to be the head of the monetary (" by civil list"), Realm of England's Lay-presbyteral estate, and at your peril disobey this law for one and all. Aug. 24, 1861 [unpaid martyr of 19 years], London. PETER BASQUET, England's Antipodal Chief Income-tax freeman of 1842, as the Criminal Law's Extradition Act, Constable of the Sea, bearing America's paddle of the Admiral's Court, late in Canterbury's settlement, for New Zealand's Probate Court, it's Stil'lord Warden. CHARLES H. ACKERLEY, * J.P. of America's England, elected 29th August, 1825 (by Ad miral G. Hamond, Stuart de Rothsay's Sec retary ; Marcus HiII—SANDYS, Presbyter, on the Holy Alliance of King's abolition, its Standard meter-bearer 1837—Lt. R.N. pay —supporter of PETER 10 yrs. To all local treasury officers and Mayors, taking prece dence by "Reform Act" at all Quarter Sessions of the Peace, &c. Vide * "Maritime Register, 17th Aug., 1861, p. 1051." r r iEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET , Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, the pertnrmanoes will oommenoe with THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Miss M. Oliver. After which, a new Comedy, entitled MY LORD AND MY LADY ; or, It Might have been Worse. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Buckstone, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wilkins, &c. Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER *Mr. Charle s Mathews. To conclude with a Ballet, BACCHUS AND ARIADNE. THE CHRISTENING. Miss Fanny Wright, the Lec'ems, Mr. Webster, Jtc. EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. 115th Night of "The Dead Heart." THIS EVENING, the great Adeiphi drama, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, Fisher, Billing ton, Eburne, Smith, Romer; Miss Wooigar and Miss Kate Kelly. To conclude with MR. GORILLA. Messrs. J. L. Toole, I'. Bedford, Billington ; Mies Kate Kelly, Miss E. Thorne. 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. Waiter Lacy, Addison, Herman Vezin, J. Robins, Mrs. Charles Young, Mrs. Weston, Miss Murray, and Miss Lydia Thomson. To conclude with, each eveninz, a new and original farce entitled THE FETCHES; or, The Onconvanience of Sin2.:le Life. 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. CA N rERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Two Grand Selections from Operas, including UN BALLO IN MASCH E RA. arranged and conducted by Mr. Jongh mans. Mr. Word and his talented little Son. The extraor dinary comic duet, " The Nerves," by Harvey and French, Mr. Marshall in " The Excursion to Brighton," "Selina Sly," and "In the Park." And Miss Harriet Coveney Every Evening. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1861 over a temperance meeting at Dublin immediately after the proceedings of the Social Science Associa tion had been brought to a close. And the facts alluded to by the noble and learned lord augur well for the yet steady advance from one improvement to another of the great mass of the Irish race. 4 GRACEFUL TRIBUTE. (From the Brighton Observer.) [Written after hearing " A Series of Discourses on the Religion of Every-day Life," delivered by the Rev. Robert Ainslie, Christ Church, New-road, Brighton.] My seeking soul could never yet incline To pompous rhetoric, nor saintly whine. I've yawned beneath the smooth and courtly rote ; I've shrunk from noise that left the ranting throat— Unfed—l've found, like starved and frozen birds; Nought but a leafless wilderness of words : And asked—are these the delegates to give The unction that shall fit to die—or live ? Are these the Shepherds of the Human flock Who fold their lambs upon a barren rock ? Are these the ones who hold the keys of heaven, Without whose sanction Sin is ne'er forgiven ? If so—l'd rather tremble and believe 'Neath thunder-tongues, that awe, but ne'er deceive ; If so, I'd rather hear the winds rejoice, For then I know I hear my Maker's voice. It is but now I've listened to the speech That gives the lessons Christ himself would teach ; Telling in plain, sincere, ungarbled tone, That " Charity" is God's crown jewel-stone; That varied creed, opinion, sect, or race, Will hide no creature from the Father's face ; If the warm spirit of immortal birth Lay claim to heaven by serving well on earth. AINSLIE has uttered, and my soul has felt Language that flowed to strengthen, and to melt. No in easured music leaves his lip nor pen, To please weak women and unthinking men. He tests " profession" by its "practice" work ; Withdraws the screen where hypocrites would lurk; Strips the grim skeleton which Cant has drest And shows the hollow bones beneath the vest ; Proving—while " Convocation" idly raves— The " Church," like " Commerce," has its mart of knaves, He holds the wine-cup which we need net fear ; Filled from Life's fountain-stream ; pure, strong, and clear. He dares to say, " Whate'er your creed may be, The Truth—the Truth alone, will make ye free." No martyr-fires may beacon where he leads ; He preaches " Faith," but Faith with goodly " deeds." He preaches Mercy, Hope, and Love for all ; Respects the Heathen-block and cloister-wall. Denounces not the blindfold sons of clay, Who, born in darkness, may have lost their way; But prays that Knowledge, like the sun, may rise, And shed, o'er every heart, meridian skies; Till battle, " in the name of God," shall cease, And holy brotherhood bring joy and peace— Till Christ's own " Sermon on the Mount" shall find A congregation, compassing mankind. Error and Frailty may to him belong— The strongest of us are not always strong ; But he to Frailty and to Error deals, The trust in "pardon," Christ himself reveals: He cheers the timid, and upholds the weak; Rebukes the bold—encourages the meek : He strives to sow the sinful, desert spot, Witb seed to bloom in " Prayer's" " Forget me not." He bids us serve at the Eternal Throne, Till something of God's nature marks our own ; He walks erect—and calmly puts aside The Prelate's power and the Pontiff's pride : He stands—defying priestly " bar and ban," A toiling, earnest, brave, lie-scorning man. May blissful health allow his honoured name To dwell with ripened years and spreading fame : May his broad tenets—grandly, simply true, Long teach us how to think, and what to do ; And when, at last, he fronts the judgment bar— Where none are what we seem, but what we are, May his Lord's voice thus greet him—drawing near— " Thou good and faithful servant, welcome here. 1 gave thee talents' of rare worth to hold, Which thou haat multiplied in Christian gold ; Sit at my right hand—there thy place will be : In teaching truth to mine thou'st worshipped Me." ELIZA COOK. Part of of the army in Algeria is about to return to France, and is to be replaced by regiments from the garrisons in the South. The Bucks Advertiser says :—" The once-famed house of Stowe is about to be again restored to the list of the great houses of England, and be rescued from its fallen state—as steps are to be taken to re-furnish suites of rooms for the Dowager Duchess of Buckingham, and the present Duke and Duchess." PAPER-DUTY DRAWBACK.—EXPORTATION AND RE -IMPORTATION OF BOOKSELLERS' STOCKS.—Mr. Btaek, M.P., lately wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in quiring if he considered it would be justifiable in publishers who hold quantities of printed stock in sheet to export it, with the view of getting the drawback on the paper, and reimporting it after the duty was repealed, and he has just received the following answer : " Liverpool, Aug. 17, 1861.1 " My dear Sir,—Being desirous to send an answer as clear and full as possible to your letter of the sth August, I referred the subject of it to the Board of Inland Revenue, and I have this day received a reply. You are aware that neither the Board nor I have any authority to interpret the law, but, while disclaiming such authonty, it is often the duty of a Minister of Finance or of a revenue department to give the best information in his or its power. On this occasion we are advised that books exported for the pur pose of claiming the drawback of excise thereon, and with a view to reimportation after the date when the paper duty ceases, are not exported as merchandise within the Act 2d and 3d Vict., c. 23, and that consequently there is no title to drawback upon them. )Ve are further advised that any person having obtained the drawback under such circum stances might he compelled, by information in the Court of Exchequer, to refund it. I have only to add that I highly appreciate the motive which prompted your letter, and that you are at full liberty to make any use of this reply which you may think proper.—l remain, my dear sir, very faithfully yours, (Signed) " W. GLADSTONE. " A. Black, Esq., M.P." THE WOOLWICH MCRDER.—Peter Masterson, the private in the Royal Artillery, who was convicted on Thursday of the murder of his sergeant, by fracturing his skull with an iron crowbar, in the guard-room of the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, was removed the same evening by the six o'clock train to Maidstone, in the charge of two warders of Newgate. During the whole time the prisoner has been in custody he has exhibited the same recklessness and indifference that he evinced at the trial, and all that he appears to have stated upon the subject of his crime appears to be, that he knows nothing about it, as he was so drunk. The evidence, however, it will be recollected, positively negatived this statement, as it was proved that he exhibited only slight indications of intoxication, and that he spoke quite rationally and civilly to all the other persons who were in the guard-room except the deceased, to whom he owed a grudge, for having proved an assault against him, for which he was sentenced to three months' hard labour. The prisoner seems to have borne a very indifferent charac ter in the regiment, and he has been several times in cus tody for different offences. The jury recommended the pri soner to mercy on the ground that he was excited by liquor at the time the act was committed, and this recom mendation will, of course, be forwarded to the Home-office, but from the serious nature of the offence it is not expected that a recommendation of such a character will be thought sufficient to justify the executive in recommending the pri soner to the merciful consideration of the Crown. The rea son for the removal of the prisoner to Maidstone is, that as the offence was committed in the county of Kent, the act of Parliament requires that the sentence shall be carried out in the same county, and the execution will probably take place on Thursday, Sept. 5. THE ROYAL FAMILY IN SCOTLAND.—On Friday, during their stay at Holyrood, the younger members of the Royal family paid a visit to several of the public exhi bitions in Edinburgh, and made purchases at some of the principal shops and bazaars. Prince Arthur, attended by the Hon. Colonel Do Ros and Major Elphinstone, visited the National Gallery in the forenoon, while Princess Louise and Prince Leopold, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, visited the Botanic Garden. In the afternoon the two Princes and Princess Louise drove out to Craigmillar Castle and to Roslin Chapel and Castle, returning to the Palace shortly before seven. The Princess Beatrice did not leave the Palace that day. On Saturday morning the young Princes and Princesses left Holyrood at half-past eight, and St. Margaret's station, Queen's-park, at a quarter before nine, by special train for Aboyne, en route to Balmoral. The Royal party were accompanied to the platform by Sheriff Gordon, the Lord Provost, Mr. Peter Blackburn, M.P., chairman of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and other railway officials. THE BARON DE VlDlL—Previous to the Revo lution of 1830 Alphonse Vidil, the father of Alfred de Vidil, carried on the business of a glove manufacturer in the Rue Richelieu, Paris, while his son fulfilled the duties of commis voyageur to the establishment. In this capacity the latter made frequent visits to England, and became known to the principals of several commercial houses in London. Having secured the patronage of Marshal Soult by soma important service rendered to a member of his family, he was appointed by that Minister Attache to the French Embassy at -Vienna. Subsequently, on the Marshal's appointment as Ambassador Extraordinary to England, on her Majesty's Coronation, Alfred Louis Pons de Vidil, having been previously ennobled by Louis Philippe, accompanied his patron as Attache, and from that period has resided alternately in London and Paris, a recognised member of the distinguished circles of both capitabh ~:i~i " E N !4• FRANCE AND SARDINIA. PARIS, AUG. 26. The Moniteur of to-day contains the following : " Mr. Roebuck has recently affirmed that he knew of the existence of a convention by which the island of Sardinia would be eventually ceded to France. "We give a formal denial to this assertion. Not only does such a convention not exist, but even the thought of entering into negotiations on this subject with the Cabinet of Turin has never occurred to the Emperor's Government." NAPLES, AUG. 24. News has been received here that Col. Loren has attacked Chiavone's band on the mountains near Sellia, in concert with the French. Advices from Sora to the 23d instant state that it was rumoured that some French troops had arrived at Castanvita, in order to prevent Chiavone from entering Roman territory. FLORENCE, Aua. 25. The Nazione of to day publishes a despatch from Rome, dated the 23d inst., stating that a band of 500 Reactionists had set out from Rome in the direction of the Tuscan frontier. VIENNA, AUG. 25. Both Houses of the Council of the Empire have voted an address, acknowledging, in loyal and grateful terms, the firmness of the Emperor in maintaining the historical rights of the Crown, and thanking him also for his intention of persevering in the constitutional path upon which he has entered, and for his policy in protecting the interests of the non Hungarian provinces, without, however, neglect ing the means of bringing about some understand ing with Hungary. PESTH, AuG. 25. Two circulars addressed by the Hungarian Chan cellery to the Oberspans of Hungary arrived here yesterday. One of the circulars contains the assurance of the Emperor's intention to maintain the Hungarian constitution intact. In the other hopes are expressed that the public mind will remain tranquil until the assembling of the New Diet, and that the attitude of the people will be such as to render a reconciliation possible. The Emperor also solemnly declares that he has no intention of incorporating the Hungarian Crown lands with the Crown lands of the Austrian empire, but that he wishes to maintain the self government and independence guaranteed to Hungary byothe imperial rescript of 1790. AMERICA. BATTLE IN MISSOURI. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The royal mail steamship Africa, Captain Shan non, which touched at Queenstown last evening to land mails and despatches, arrived in the Mersey at two o'clock this afternoon. She brings New York advices to the 14th inst. An important battle has occurred at Springfield, Missouri. The New Fork Herald of the 14th inst. gives the following details : " The most important news from the seat of the war we have to record to-day comes from Missouri, where the gallant General Lyon has been contend ing in the south-western portion of that State with an immense force of the rebels; and this news, we regret to say, tells of the death of General Lyon and the retreat of his army. " It will be remembered that on the Bth instant General Lyon had a fight with his advance guard, and that of the rebels under Gen. M'Culloch, at Day Spring, near Springfield, where he endeavoured to draw the latter out of his shelter in the woods. It appears from official intelligence received by Major- General Fremont, at St. Louis, from one of General Lyon's aids, that the fight was renewed on the 10th, at half-past six. Three columns of the Union forces, respectively commanded by General Lyon, General Siegel, and Major Sturgess, numbering in all 8,000, being engaged on one side, and a body of rebels, under General M'Culloch and General Price, numbering 23,000, on the other. The battle took place at Davis Creek, about nine miles south east of Springfield. Against this immensely supe rior force, which was composed of regiments from Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkan sas, and Texas, the troops of General Lyon were still able to maintain their ground, and pressed the enemy back to their encampment on Wilson's Creek, which General Siegel actually occupied for the night ; but fearing a flank movement of the rebels, he withdrew his small force. " General Lyon was killed while charging at the head of his column. The engagement was a severe one. Eight hundred of the Union troops are re ported killed and wounded. The loss of the rebels was very heavy, and is said to include Generals M'Culloch and Price. All the tents and waggons of the rebels were lost. " General Siegel effected a retreat to Springfield in good order, and from there fell back on Rolla, the terminus of the south west branch of the Pacific Railroad, leaving only one gun behind on the field. He captured 90 prisoners, and brought back as a trophy the horse and sword of Gen. M'Culloch, together with 25,000 in specie from the Springfield bank. " At last report there was no appearance of pur• suit on Siegel's retreating columns, and his army was considerel safe. "The report of the rebel loss has been confirmed by the statements of prisoners taken, and their numbers have been ascertained from the muster rolls on the field. " A despatch, confirming the account of the battle, and the death of General Lyon, was re ceived yesterday at the War Department from General Fremont." A telegram dated St. Louis, August 13, says In consequence of the recent special trains on the South West Branch, and the extensive prepara tions made here for sending reinforcements to General Siegel, no trains came from Rolla to night. Nothing further has been received from Springfield. The police office was taken possession of this evening by the United States autho rities, and special orders issued to place the Home Guards under arms at the various ar mouries, to be preparei for any emergency. The city is quiet now, and no apprehensions of disturb ance are felt. It is understood General Fremont will declare martial law to-morrow. A loan of 250,000 dols. was effected from our banks to-day by General Fremont. Heavy siege guns are being mounted to command the various approaches to the city. It is stated that General Siegel would have lost another gun had he not compelled the prisoners to drag it off the field." No military movement of importance had taken place at Washington. Orders had been issued from the Navy Depart ment for the construction of five out of the twelve steam gunboats authorised by Congress. Charles J Faulkner, of Virginia, lately United States Minister to France, has been arrested at Washington by the Provost Marshal on a cha ge of treason. The charge is based on acts committed at Paris, in purchasing arms for the seceded states while representing the United States Government, and endeavouring to procure the recognition of the Southern Confederacy by the Government of France. Mr. Faulkner was sent to gaol by order of the Secretary of War, and a formal examination would take place immediately. The appropriations made by the late Congress for the support of the war amounted to 259,675,990 dols. Major General Wood had been ordered to Fort Munroe to supersede Gen. Butler, in command of that post. The New York .Herald makes the following strange statement—" The offer made by Garibaldi to our Government of his services has been accepted, and he is to receive the rank of Major General in our army. His name and presence will be of im mense value to the Union cause. They will prove to the English and French Governments that it has the sympathy of the friends of human freedom throughout the world, and that any interference in favour of the South will expose them to a severe retribution at their hands." The following European consular appointments had been made :—To Glasgow, John S. Prettiman, of Deleware ; to Londonderry, Thomas M'Cunn, of New York ; to Revel, Henry B. Stacy, of Vermont ; to Paris, John Bigelow, of New York ; to Leg horn, Andrew J. Stevens; to Amsterdam, F. J. Klanzes. Information received from St. Thomas's state that the notorious privateers Sumter and Jeff. Davis were located, the former at Curacoa , and the latter at St. John's, Porto Rico. It is stated that there are 271,000 Secession troops in the state of Virginia. The Minister of the Interior was about to pay a visit to New York, in order to attend a meeting of the United States Marshals, to confer with them as to the best means of more effectually suppress ing the slave trade. DETAILS OF THE BATTLE. (From the New York Times, Aug. 14.) WASHINGTON, TUESDAY. AUG. 13. The War Department to-day received a despatch from Major-Gen. Fremont, saying, among other things, that Gen. Lyon's Aide reports an engage ment, with a severe loss on both sides, and that Gen. Lyon was killed. Gen. Siegel was in command, and retiring in good order from Springfield towards Rolla. The following is the official report received to night by Gen. Scott : Head quarters Western Department, St. Louis, Aug. 13, 1861. Colonel E. D. Townsend. General Lyon, in three columns under himself, Generals Siegel and Sturges, attacked the enemy at half-past 6 o'clock on the morning of the 10th, nine miles south-east of Springfield. The engagement was severe. Our loss was about 800 killed and wounded. General Lyon was killed in a charge at the head of his column. Our force was 8,000, including 2,000 Home Guards. The muster-roll re ported tiken from the enemy gives their forces at 23,000, including regiments from Louisiana, Ten nessee, and Missisippi, with the Texan Rangers and Cherokee half-breeds. This statement is cor roborated by prisoners. Their loss is reported as heavy, including Generals McCulloch and Price. Their tents and waggons were destroyed in the action. General Siegel left one gun on the field, and retreated to Springfield, whence, at three o'clock on the morning of the 11th, he continued his retreat on Rolla, bringing off his baggage trains and 250,000 dol. in specie from the Spring field Bank. J. C. FREMONT, Major General Commanding. ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY, AUG. 13. The following is the official report of the fight near Springfield, on Saturday last, forwarded by one of General Lyon's aids : To Major General Fremont. General Lyon, in three columns, under himself and General Siegel, and Major Sturges, of the cavalry, attacked the enemy at half-past 6 o'clock on the morning of the 10th, nine miles south-east of Springfield. The engagement was severe. Our loss is about 800 killed and wounded. General Lyon was killed in a charge at the head of his column. Our force was 8,000, including 2,000 home guards. The muster-rolls taken from the enemy give his strength at 23,000, including regi ments from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. with Texan Rangers and Cherokee half-breeds. Their loss is reported heavy, including Generals M'Culloch and Price. This statement is corrobo rated by prisoners. Their tents and waggons were destroyed in the action. _ _ General Siegel left only one gun on the field, and retreated to Springfield with a large number of pri soners, at three o'clock in the morning of the 11th. He continued his retreat upon Rolla, bringing off his baggage trains and 250,000 dole. in specie from the Springfield Bank. The following is a verbal report taken from a special messenger, who brought despatches for Ge neral Fremont : Early on Saturday morning General Lyon marched out of Springfield to give battle to the ene my. He came up to him at Davis Creek, on Green's Prairie, a few miles south-west of Springfield, where he had taken a strong position on rolling ground. At twenty minutes past six o'clock in the morn ing, General Lyon fired the first gun, when the battle immediately began. Severe cannonading was kept for two or three hours, when the fire of Captain Tatten's artillery proving too severe for the enemy, they gradually fell back towards their encampment on Wilson's Creek. General Lyon's cavalry, posted on the enemy's left flank, and General Siegel's artillery on the right, there began a terrific attack, and spread slaughter and dismay in the ranks of the enemy, pursuing them to their camp, shells from Tatten's artillery setting fire to their tents and baggage waggons, which were all destroyed. A Louisiana regiment and a Mississippi regiment seemed to have suffered most in the fight, and were almost annihilated. Some time in the afternoon, as General Lyon was leading on his column, his horse was shot from under him. He immediately mounted another, and as ho turned around to his men, waving his hat in his hand and cheering them on to victory, he was struck in the small of the back by a ball, and fell dead to the ground. The command then devolved on General Siegel. Pursuit continued till nightfall, when our little army rested for the night in the encampment of the enemy. Sunday morning General Siegel, fearing the enemy might recover and attempt to cut his command off from Springfield► fell back upon that city, where the Home Guards were stationed. On reaching Springfield, fearing the great numbers of the enemy might induce them to get between him and Rolla, General Siegel con cluded to fall back upon Rolla with his provision trains, And meet the reinforcements which were on the way to him. At the latest moment of the d parture of the messenger the enemy had not been seen, and it is probable General Siegel has not been disturbed in his march. Ninety of the rebels were captured, among whom a colonel of distinction, the messenger not remem bering his name. The sword and horse of General M'Culloch were the trophies taken. Reinforcements are on the way to Rolla, and General Siegel and his army may be considered safe. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND. DUBLIN, SATURDAY. Thousands assembled at an early hour this morn ing in the park and at all the approaches to the Great Southern and Western.lßailway, to witness the departure of her Majesty and the royal party fot the Curragh. Shortly before ten she arrived at the terminus, accompanied by the Prince Consort, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, Prince Alfred, the Lord Lieutenant, and a numerous suite. The royal party was received by the chairman of the company, Mr. William Haughton, and the train at once proceeded on its journey. Great crowds of ladies were assembled on the platform, and 'the Queen was most warmly greeted on her way from the park to the railway. CURRAGH CAMP, SATURDAY. Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and Princess Helena, arrived at the Curragh Camp at 11 this morning, and were re ceived with a royal salute of 21 guns. The, review commenced with the marching past of the troops in the centre of the plain opposite the clock tower. A sham fight then ensued, and occupied several hours. The manceuvres were on a most extensive scale. The Royal cortege was followed in its movements over the plain by a vast crowd who frequently burst forth in cheers. The weather was showery. The number of troops on the ground exceeded fifteen thousand men, and there was a vast concourse of spectators, not only from Dublin but from Kil kenny, Carlow, and the snrrounding country. The sham fight concluded at 2 o'clock, when her Ma jesty and the Prince Consort proceeded to the quar ters of the Prince of Wales, where they partook of luncheon. DUBLIN, SATURDAY EVENING. The Queen and Royal party returned from the Curragh shortly before 6 o'clock, and proceeded to the Viceregal Lodge, amid the reiterated cheering of those who lined the route. It is understood that her Majesty will not leave the Viceregal Lodge to-morrow. Divine service will be read for the Royal family in the private chapel of the Lodge by the Rev. the Dean of the Chapel Royal. (FROM THE COURT CIRCULAR.) VICEREGAL LODGE, AUG. 23. The Queen and the Prince o,nsort, accompanied by the Princess Alice, Princess Helena, and Prince Alfred, landed yesterday morning at 11 o'clock, at the new pier at Kingstown, and proceeded by train to Dublin. In attendance were Lady Churchill, the Hon. Vic toria Stuart Wortley, Earl Granville, K.G., Vis count Sydney (Lord Chamberlain), Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. C. Grey, and Major Du Plat (Equerries in Waiting), Col. the Hon. Sir C. Phipps, K.C.8., Major Cowell, and Dr. Jenner. Previous:y, at 10 o'clock, Rear-Admiral Erskine, commanding a division of the Channel Fleet, Capt. Mundy, of her Majesty's ship Edgar, Capt. Ryder, of her Majesty's ship Hero, Capt. Dickson, of her Majesty's ship Trafalgar, and Capt. Heathcote, of her Majesty's ship Ajax, were presented to her Majesty. At a quarter before 11 his Excellency the Lord- Lieutenant came on board the Royal yacht, attended by the Hon. Leopold Agar Ellis, A.D.C. in Waiting, and Captain Marshall, Master of the Horse. Sir Robert Peel and Gen. Sir George Brown, G.C.8., commanding the forces in Ireland, likewise paid their respects to her Majesty. The Chairman of the Kingstown Commissioners had the honour of presenting an address to the Queen. Upon arriving at Westland-row, her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the members of the Royal family, with the suite, entered the carriages which were in attendance, and proceeded to the Viceregal lodge, in the Phcnnix-park. The Lord-Lieutenant received her Majesty and the royal party at the door of the Viceregal-lodge. A guard of honour of the 87th Regiment was drawn up in front of the entrance-hall. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major-General the Hon. R. Bruce and Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, arrived at half-past one o'clock from the Curragh Camp, and remained to luncheon with her Majesty. His Royal Highness returned to the Curragh at five o'clock. The Queen, with the Princess Alice, Princess Helena, and Prince Alfred, attended by Lady Churchill and the Hon. Victoria Stuart Wortley, drove out in the evening, and proceeded by the banks of the Liffey, returning through the grounds of Woodlands, the seat of Colonel Henry White. Lieutenant-General the Hon. C. Grey and Capt: Marshall, Master of the Horse to the Lord-Lieu tenant, attended upon horseback. The Prince Consort, accompanied by the Lord- Lieutenant, and attended by Major Du Plat, visited the Exhibition of Fine Arts, at the house of the Dublin Royal Society, where his Royal Highness and his Excellency were received by the committee. 'The new Kildare-street Club house was also visited. The Prince and Lord-Lieutenant also visited Trinity College, and the model farm at Glasnevin. The royal dinner party in the evening included her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort, Princess Alice and Prince Alfi ed, the Lord-Lieu• tenant, Lady Churchill, Earl Granville, the Duke of Wellington, Viscount Sydney, Sir Robert and Lady Emily Peel, Lady Caroline and the Misses Lascelles, the Hon. Victoria Stuart Wortley, General Sir George and Lady Brown, Major and the Hon. Mrs. Bagot, Viscount St. Lawrence, 101. the Hon. Sir Charles Phipps, Lieutenant-General the Hon. C. Grey, Sir Thomas Larcom, K.C.8., Major Du. Plat, Majnr Cowell, Dr. Jenner, Mr. Cockerell, A.D.C., Mr. Hatchett, Captain Marshall, A.D.C., and Major the Hun. George Ellis, A.D.C. in Wait ing. AUGUST 24. The Queen received yesterday morning the Lord Mayor of Dublin at 11 o'clock, who presented a loyal and dutiful address to her Majesty from the corporation of the city. The Queen was attended by Earl Granville, K.G., Viscount Sydney (Lord Chamberlain), and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting. The Prince Con Sort, attended by Major Da Plat, went to the camp at the Curragh of Kildare. His Royal Highness lunched with the Prince of Wales, and returned to the viceregal-lodge about 4 o'clock. The Queen and the Prince Consort, with the Princesses Alice and Helena, and accompanied by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, drove out in the afternoon. The Hon. Victoria Stuart Wortley was in attendance upon her Ma j est y . Grey, Major Du Plat, the Horse to the and Major-General Ia Captain jor- G e noral Marshall,the 1 M on a . s C t . e G r r o e f Lord Lieutenant, likewise attended on horseback. The dinner party in the evening consisted of the Queen and the Prince Consort, the Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, Lady Churchill, Earl Granville, the Justice of Ap peal, the Duke of Leinster, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Headfort, the Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, the Countess of Charlemont, the Earl of Fingal], Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Viscount Sydney, Viscountess Forbes, Lady and Miss Campbell, the Hon. Victoria Stuart Wortley, Lieut.-General the lion. C. Grey, Colonel the Hon. Sir C. P. Phipps, K.C.8., Mr. and Mrs. Butler, Major Du Plat, Ma jor Cowell, •Mr. Everard, Dr. Jenner, Captain the Hon. L. Agar Ellis, Captain Marshall, A.D.C. in Waiting, and Major Bagot (controller.) The Gazette du Midi says that the prefecture of the Vaucluse had just given notice to a Pontifical zouave that he must not wear his uniform in France, .1