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NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. NOTICE. —MIDSUMMER RENEWALS. 3rercan,ile and Dock Insurances at the Reduced Rates. The business of t' e Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1861 was 83,076, and the amount insured on farming stock, £10,h:36,7C2. A bonus of three-fifths of the profi s periodically made to Parties insuring, who have thus from time to time received sums amounting in the aggregate to £440,000. The rates of pr e mium are in no case higher than those thetherged by the other principal offices making no returns to ir insurers. Por pro pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey stre fria et, Norwich and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black , E.C. NORTH BRITrSH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established ISG9. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. A ccumulated and Invested Funds Annual Revenue .£2, 199 ,828 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT, Insuran'es grant.i both at 'Home and in Foreign Countries en the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facllity offe-ed to Insurers. Ninf ty per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the particip tang p:inciple. The new Life business 'ran?acted in 1862 as follows : Am - unt Inured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £13,611 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every Infor:nation will be furnished on application at the OFFICES : LONDON 58, Threadneedle -street. 4, New Bank B uildings. Lothbury. West-end Office.. S, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. N°. 22,138 Now Ready, in post Bvo., 10s. 6d., E RE THIRD VOLUME of WASHINGTON IRVING'S LIFE AND LE TTERS. It'Pr This is Copyright, d Bookßellers are hereby can toned against any intri .gement of such Copyright. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. Now ready, royal Bvo., with Map and 50 Illustrations, TRAVELS ON HORSEBACK IN MANTCHU TA RTARY ; being A Summer's Ride b e y ond THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA. By GEORGE FLEMING. A. more interesting . book of travels has not been published for some time past than this. A new world has, in fact, been o ened up by the advt lA:irons spirit of the traveller. The descriptions given by lir. Fleming of the Great Will, of onkden, the Manichu capital, and of the habits and occu oati,ns of the people, make an exceedingly interesting and highly instructive book."—Observ, r. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, A NEW NOVEL, BY' THE REV. J. PYCROFT, Author of " Twenty Years in the Church," DR A GON'S TEETH. 2 vols., post Bvo., cloth boards, price 21s. L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. TO CHRISTIANS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.—An ADDRESS from the CHRISTIANS of ALL DENOMINATIONS in the CONFEDERATE STATES of AMERIt;A, si g ned by ne 4 . 1 y One Hundred Ministers of the Gospel, in THE INDEX of June 11.—Pub ii.hed every Thursday, at 13, Bouveiie-street, Fleet• street, E.C. Price 6d. THE CZAR'S DREAM, by " JOHN DAVIS," with Anticipations of Bibury and Stop , bridge, by " BEACON" (late of Bell's Life); and all the Sporting News of the Week—see THE SPORTING- GAZETTE (Limited) of SATURDAY, June 13, the only p per that prophecied Ma caroni and Lord Clifden first and second for the Derby, Queen Bertha for the Oaks, and the Ranger for the Grand Prix de Paris.—Price 3d. ; Stamped, 4d. Office—H. York street, Covent-garden; and to be had of all newsagents. T HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE, JUNE 39, 1P63. A Grand MELANGE DRAMATIQUE will take place in AID of the FUNDS for a NATIONAL METROPOLITAN MONUMENT to SHAKESPEARE, under the immediate Patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin cess of Wales, before wnom 60 eminent artistes will have the honour of appearing. —Hon. Sec., Mr. Adolphus Francis, 43, Cumberland-street, Hyde-park SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY. At 2s. 6d. each Person. SOUPS. Asparagus (clear). Mackerel, Maitre d'HoteI. FISH. Fried Fillets of 'Whitings. ENTREES. Calf's Liver and Bacon. Sauti of Beef ala Francaise. JOIN TS. Roast Beef. Roast Mutton. SWEETS. Albert Puddings. Strawberry Tartlets. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, DIOSELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET. Regent. 11 HE 0 X F OR D, ts, OXFORD STREET. Every Evening will be performed Selections from the following Operas Verdi's LA FlotowFOßZ ' . MARTHADEL DESTINO ; and s. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, &c. ; Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi , Huish, Kimberley, and W. Evans, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the matvelkus ARTHUR and BERTRAND. " These two Parisian clowns have carried the art of tumbling to apparently the highest pitch of perfection, and it is impossible even for the most staid of visitors to avoid being amused by their original gambols. They elicit shouts of laughter and applause."—Times, April 7, 1863. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. This Evening the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND , the Two Fren h Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH'S new Comicalities, &C, SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and G. HUTCHINSON. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, a n d CANTATAS. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, Signor Bunall, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission —Ball, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. THE ONLY OFFICE WHOSE BONDS AND POLICIES OF GUA RANTEE ARE ACCEPTED BY THE TREASURY, CUSTOMS, INLAND REVENUE GENERAL POST•OFFICE, WAR, ADMI. RALTY, HOME, COLONIAL, INDIA, AND OTHER GOVERN MENT DEPARTMENTS. THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. HENRY WICKHAM WICKHAM Esq., M.P., Chairman, John Cheetnam, Esq., Stalybridge. John Field, Esq_, Warnford Court, City. Charles Forster Esq., M P. fc,r Richard Francis Geore,.Esq , Bath. Henry H. Harrison, Esq., Hamilton-place, St. John's-wood. Thomas C. Hayward, Esq Minories and Highbury. John Hedgins, Esq.,Cavendish Club. James Edward M‘ronnell, Esq., Wolverton. C , W. Reynolds, Esq., Eaton-place, Belgravia. Richard Spooner, Esq., late her Majesty's Commissioner of Cust,-ms, Bomb4y. 11 • Wickham Wickham, Esq., M.P. for Bradford. Thomas Winkworth, Esq., Gresham Club, and Canonbury. d • P. Bro n-Westhead, Ehq., M.P. for York Security is provided in approved cases for Officers of Bank- Inv and Commercial Est&blishmmats, Public Companies, Municipal Corporations, and for other places of trust. Life Assurance may be combined with Guarantee on ad vantageous terms. _ _ _ Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every information may be ob ained from the Chief Offices, 2, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; and 39, George-street, Edinburgh. THE ADELAIDE (NORTH ARM) PORT 1_ AND RAILWAY EXTENSION AND LAND COM PANY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Limited). Capital £400,000, in 20,000 shares of £2O each. First issue 10,000 shares. Deposit, 10s. per share, and 10s. on allotment. Calls not to exceed £3, at intervals of not less than three months. A Dorton of the capital reserved for the Colony. Five per cent. per annum guaranteedtturing the construction of the works. Payments will be received in advance of calls. DIRECTORS. George Lathom Browne, Esq. (Director of the Cape Town Dock and Railway Company), Old Broad-street, London. Lord Robert Cecil, M.P., 11, Duchess-street, Portland-place, London, W. Frederick Doulton, Esq., M.P. (Director of the London and Colonial Bank), Manor Hous Dulwich. John Henry Harrison, Esq. (Messrs. J. H. Harrison and Co., Australian Merchants), Gresham-street, London. W. J. Marshall, Esq. (Messrs. Wilson, Bowles, and Co., Mer chants), 9, Mincing-lane, London, E.C. Hon. Alexander M'Arthur (Messrs. W. ani A. M'Arthur, Australian Merchants), 46, Moorgate-street, London. Georg( Peacock, Esq., Australian Merchant, 1, Lime-street square, London. Albert Peily, Esq. (Messrs. A. Peily and Co., Merchants), Pinch-lane, London, E.C, Henry Spicer, Esq (Messrs. E. and H. Spicer, Merchants), London and Adelaide. OCAL . Ron. Joh n B a k er (late L Member of OARD the Legislative Council), A delaide. Ron. George Hawker (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly), Adelaide. Captain Lipson, R.N. (late Harbour Master), Adelaide. Ron. Col. O'Halloran Member of the Legislative Council), Adelaide. Ron. 'I hos. Reynolds, M.P. (late Chief Secretgryl. Adelaide. Ron. Abraham Scott, M.L.C., Merchant, Adelaide. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, lritton, BANKEUS. and Co., Lombard-street, London. South Australian Banking Company, Adelaide. BnoxEns. Messrs. A. Scrutton and Son, 81, Old Broad-street. London. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Phillips and Son, 11, Abchurch-lane, London. SECRETARY—W. IL Payne, Esq. Offices-36, Old Broad-stre.t, London, E.C. PROSPECTUS. I. This company is formed for the purpose of affording it ore convenient accommodation for the shipping and com merce of the colony of South Australia under the following circumstances : 11. The colony of South Australia, with its mineral and agricultural products, is admittedly rich all things which can tend to create an extensive and prosperous trade with other countries, and nothing retards its elevation to the highest point of commercial prosperity so much as the want of convenient and sufficient accommodation for the shipping resorting thereto. 111. That portion of the Port of Adelaide to which the shipping at present resorts is about seven miles irom the cit of that name, and situated at the extremity of an arm of they oea, which after leaving the p o i n t k nown as t h e North Arm becomes a na.row and tortuous channel, two miles and three quarters in length, difficult to navigate without grounding, and except at flood tide and with a favourable wind inacces sible to vessels without th expense of a steam-tug ; this ter- Minates in shoal water, where vessels are crowded together, for the most part aground, subject to all the risks of broken l ibs, broken backs, and conflagration —nor can these disad vantages and risks be remedied at the present shipping pl ate, as the water is shoaling up every year, and with all the pre sent heavy and constant expense incurred in dredging can not be sufficiently deepened for vessels to lie afloat. (See Appendix.) V. The seriou s an d i m p or tant nature of this question has frequently engaged the attention of the Colonial Government and Parliament, and it may be safely affirmed that the effect of the testimony of successi,e Governors and other authori ties, colonists and shipping masters resorting to the port has down to the present day been condemnatory of the nresent S hipping place and in favour of the North Arm, as affording the requisite facilities for accommodating a large amount of ' , hipping of any class, and of becoming, as originally in tended, and still desired, the permanent port for Adelaide. (See Appendix) 'V. At the North Arm is a magnificent sheet of deep Neater land-locked, forming a natural basin of great extent, with smooth water and of easy navigation for vessels of the largest burden ; and the site selected by the Company, unlike the adjacent land, is elevated above the highest flood, has deep water in immediate proximity to the shore, and an a bundant supply of f resh water, with a frontage to the harbour of over 3,100 feet in length for wharf purposes, and of over 1,500 laterally, immediately abuttin on the site re served for Gov ernment Graving Docks. g VI. An advantageous arrangement has been made with the proprietors of toe land required for the purposes of the Company, by which nearly two-thirds of the purchase money will be taken in referred shares, to remain in the It tilde of the directors, on terms securing to the shareholders a priority of dividend to the extent of 5 per cent., till the profits yield sufficient to pay that amount of dividend on the aggregate of the paid-up capital and deferred shares. The remaining one third is to be paid in cash, at pe , iods favour able to the t , hareholders. The property secured is about 700 about acres (ex.lending from the rive r across L e f evre ' s peninsula, one mile in breadth to the Gulf Anchorage), to be con nected with the western bank by means of a steam floating bridge, and the Company has also arranged to purchase on favourable terms additional land on the we4tern bank oppo site the site already secured, with a view to bringing both sides of the harbour within the sphere of the Company's operations. VII. It is intended to construct upwards of 2,000 feet of wharf frontage at once, where vessels of the largest tonnage may lay alongside, and to erect wharves, warehouses, and other conven ences, affording ample accommodation to the shipping resorting to the port. Also an extension of two miles of railway to complete the line already laid down by the Government, from the city of Adelaide to the North Arm, and a shore line of four -and-a-half miles to the Dry-Creek Station, on the Great North and Murray River Railway, thereby effecting a saving of 12 m i les of carriage between the great producing districts and the port of the colony. VIII. As proving the opening afforded f or additional ship accommodation by the increasing prosperity of the colony, the commercial returns show that the exp-irts and imports for the year 1850 amounted to £1,416,389, that of 1860 to £3,423,307, and that of 861 to £4,063,185, the wharf dues upon which amount to upwards of £30,000 per annum. IX. The frontage of the proposed wharves, extending for upwards of half a mile, where vessels drawing upwards of 20 feet of water can come alongside at low water, offers such superior advantages as must obviously secure a large propor tion of this business, and thus a very large return to the shareholders, as by colonial law the wharf dues for all goods landed are levied according to regulated tariff. Other impor tant sources of revenue are supplied by the rental of commo dious warehouses included in the estimates, the aggregate rental of which cannot be estimated at less than £12,000 a Year ; also by the railways, land, and other rentals, which will accrue from the large population which the operations of the company will atract to their property. X. The cost of the undertaking, inclading the purchase of the land, the cons t ruction of wharves, railway communica tion, and the e - ection of warehouse s and other accommoda tion above-mentioned, has been carefully revised, and esti mated by the late t aptain elooreom, C.E., at a sum within the first issue of the company's capital It is also estimated that the whole of this amount will not be required for two years . Responsible contractors are prepared to execute the works within the estimat . Any further capital will only be raised as the increase of business and the advantage of the company requires. XI. The proprietorsers.t.oefsthelaay 5 percent. per annum on thend will place in the pos sess i on of the directors curl to p paid-up capital until the works are so far completed as to en able the directors to commencethebusinessof the th C e om im p lo Company. XII. XII. The directors desire to draw attention to taut advantat es offered by the present undertaking, and con fin refer to the map and t in the appendix, which embraces the y siteo! a t h h d e Company highly Prospectuses, propert--, y as establishing the necess re munerative chaelicter of, the Works.proposed can be obtained P rospectuses, with maps and appendixes, at th, brokers, solicitors, and of the secretary at the Com pany's offices, 36, Old Broad-street, London, E. C. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES .O To the Directors of the Adelaide (North Arm, Port end Rail way Extension an d L an d Company, South Australis (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having Bevan, and C o., the sum of £ , I hereby request th at y ou paid to your bankers, Messrs. Barc la y , will allot me Arm) Por (Limitail shares way of £2O each in the dc A u d m el p a a id h e y, (Lo u r t th h Australia assoc d); y-ension and Lan pursuant to the articles (herebyo num ber that may be ail iaagtiornee. smallertooracancyeptsuch shares, shares allotted. And I otted to me, and t o p a y the calls on the register of shareholderbr•nulest you to place my name on the servant, a o, Gentlemen, your obedient :ull u in gninaitiu: is IJ DA a s ad u mtde a re l e.s s s t .. THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 605., a new Instrument by Iscegretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Ba, orneter falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, at ; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. HET best TROUSERS for gEntlenien to wear are those made by ELSTOB, of 60, Ne w Bond-street. They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their bei ng carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy as purchasers. "In media vi a t u ti ssimus ibis.' 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ITIHE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, it_ containing 1,200 Models, Natural Preparations, Monstro sities, ,to., illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; also the Moving Anatomical Dying Zouavc, Julia Pastrami, &c. Admission, One Shilling, tor Gentlemen only), from 10 till 10. Lecture at Four. Illustrated Catalogue free for two stamps. Address the Secretary, as above. MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic hstablishcnent, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for 10s. 6d ; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. SPECTACLES. —The Patent Newly-invented - Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, includinv Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary reiief to weak, dim, and detective vision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. 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WHITE'S MOC-M AIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT xoTBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of HEENI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting , power is supplied by the floc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease• Ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and thg truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir zumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being Rent to the manufacturer, Mr. UmbilicalTE, 228, Piccadilly. A D Single Truss, 16 8 ., 21 5., 26 5. ed ., an d 31 s. 6d. Postage, ls. Truss, 425,n 4 d 2 5 s sp. a a n eyd d a. b s l 2 ei s ;toos e t d jai ne r , o iw t is s . o g t ed P ost - office Orders to be made e l r s 0 8 s d t Ance, Piccadilly. 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It is entirely devoted t t o• ti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that whi ch is ac: s ponied by sickness and disease, and is now of su ffic?e ni. nt magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting* into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice a d n medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., N i c h o l as -l a ne ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and "). ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith , Pa y ne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co.; W lliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend , Gurn e y , and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. Rl' ANWORD S. .I‘IITTI . Perretary. ..........Th,‘sii:',...::;;;;;-1111.- 1.-t...,.';,..- , , - 1 . • ri . _ ~.i „ -. .. ./z 7., ., ~ . • ..,, . ,;;, ,,- .•*o, ,-'-... , . . ..-- : • i'' ' '' t94 . . COI • *.. iy '' _ - ~- r---:odivv i * i(byw --it. •:_ _ - , 'A,.., , ,•0 4:_,- :-.4.- L. , 1 , -1.- v. . 'l-47.4- • ii.z„-... iip•, -- 07,... __ -__,,,,,,,- ~,1 4 s o+7 7, 1 ,, ,::: • „I 1: 41,. R0r 1 . ~ts '-. .. 0 - L'. -. , 4 1 ne„... : ' ~. ~.: ii ..... up ~ .. 44: -....., ,, 4. 0 , Z: ';! , :'-'.- - ' '..' • ~ ". kw- Alll- 4k? - ' ~.ag eor y , 0* - , ~,, ,„/,...„ , , •.-e. ~ ,•:4 . • DIE e s zi, 4+. b44t _ , its , ,-.,,ft - ,-•• ~ _ _,. __ ..,.._ , -i ~/ PRICE..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. climate of such States as South Carolina and Georgia, wintered there, be converted into the best cavalry corps which this continent has ever seen. Great and important service may be shortly ex pected from the command of General Stuart. A feeling of bitter irritation in consequence of the unmolested raids which recently agitated the city of Richmond, hut which were singularly unpro ductive of other results, has taken possession of the public mind ; and it is safe to predict that some offset to the achievements of Gen. Stoneman will before long be put on the file. If ever the fine and enthusiastic army of Gen. Lee, reinforced sine , : the battles of Chancellersville by the large corps of Gen. Longstreet, and strengthened by the addition to the command of Gen. Stuart of at least 10,000 sabres, might be contemplated with confidence, that confidence is assuredly not out of place at the pre sent moment. I am assured that the muskets picked up on the battlefield amount to not less than 50,000. MAY 19. The almost unbroken success which has cheered Secessia since first I took up my abode within its limits can scarcely be expected to be wholly unat tended with disaster. A casualty which at first ap peared likely to be disastrous in its consequences aroused Richmond from its slumbers at two :n the morning of the 15th inst., and for a time imperilled the very existence of the Tredegar Works, the largest and most successful ironfoundry in the Con federacy, at which most of the heavy guns, and notably the Brooke guns, have for the last two years been cast. It is true that if the Confederacy were prevented from producing any more guns, the incon venience would scarcely be great, in consequence of the immense amount of superfluous artillery which they have already taken from the enemy. But there is demandfor more of the famous Brooke guns, to be employed in a service which will hereafter become apparent, and the destruction of the TredegarWorks would in this respect have been a serious calamity. I am happy to say that the fire which burst out in an immense woollen factory, and afterwards extended to the Tredegar Works, did serious damage to the latter, but not such as, in the opinion of Captain Brooke, to interfere with the progress of the numerous guns of which he is superintending the manufacture, and which are now approaching completion. The feeling that with the sweet must also come the bitter has latterly induced a deal of anxiety in regard to the operations of Gen. Grant's army along the Big Black River, which is traversed by the railroad which connects . Vicksburg with Jackson, and runs out into the Mississippi about 30 miles south of the former town. It may be remem bered that in a former letter, while deprecating the censure of your readers for not giving them more searching revelations in regard to this country, I intimated the probability of an incautious word furnishing a hint to the Federals about Vicksburg which might be pregnant with mischief to that gal lant little city. There is now no harm in saying that it was impossible to inspect the defences of Vicksburg without coming to the conclusion that its only vulnerable point was by an approach along the Big Black River. It is true that even by this approach, infinitely more promising though it be than any attack from the direction of the Yazoo River, the difficulties are stupendous, and at the end there is, in Vicksburg itself, a nut so hard to crack that in my opinion no Federal molars will be strong enough for the job. The ,reader may remember my description of the network of lunettes, redans, re doubts, and other works which surrounds Vicks burg and protects its rear, and whichrs by far the finest system of works which I have hitherto seen in the Confederacy. Add to this the difficulty of moving such an army as Gen. Grant's through a country as tangled and infinitely more hilly than the wilderness which witnessed the recent battles in Virginia, and some conception of the arduous nature of the task which he has on hand, and which he seems to have hitherto discharged with activity and ability, may be formed by the English reader. He is assisted by a fleet scarcely less powerful than that which was recently foiled before Charleston, and commanded by two of the ablest officers in the Fede ral navy, Farragut and Porter. The great and absorbing interest of the recent operations near Fredericksburg fixed the eyes of both sections mainly upon that neighbourhood, and it was not until the smoke which overhung the val ley of the Rappahannock had cleared away that the attention of the Confederate public was attracted to the fact that, contrary to my own and the general anticipations, another formidable attack, conducted along the approach which has long been felt to offer most promise to the assailants, was threatening the little hill city of Vicksburg. For a considerable time past it has been found that it was almost im possible to check the passage of Federal transports and barges under cover of night down the Missis sippi, and accordingly a large number of vessels have successfully run the gauntlet of the Vicksburg batteries, subject only to the loss of a heavy percen tage of their numbers. As there has throughout this war been a reckless disregard of property on the Federal side—a disregard which at the present moment may be nothing but wise economy—Admi ral Farragut did not scruple to sacrifice many of his vessels in order to get a larger number than he sacrificed below the obstruction he offered at Vicks burg. His troops were marched over the tongue of land across which the attempted canal has been car ried, and were embarked upon the surviving trans ports beyond the range of the Vicksburg batteries. It appears that the defences thrown up by the Con. federates at Grand Gulf, which is situated at the mouth of the Big Black River, 30 miles below Vicksburg, were only seriously taken in hand after a large number of Federal vessels had succeeded in getting past the batteries at Port Hudson and Vicksburg. These defences were designed to ob struct the passage of vessels up the Big Black, which is navigable, though not without damage to large vessels, for a considerable distance from its mouth. A heavy bombardment of the few and light guns planted by the Confederates at Grand Gulf necessitated the abandonment of that post, and a subsequent battle at Port Gibson, which was again abandoned by the Confederates, left their enemy in, and opened a door along the Big Black to the rear of Vicksburg. The evacuation of Port Gibson was followed by that of Bayou Pierre, and General Bower fell back with his small Confederate force towards Vicksburg, bnt not until his gallant little band had done some excellent fighting. It was at this stage of the proceedings that Gen. Joseph E. Johnstone appeared on the sc ene. His first arrival was not in tim e to save the city o . f Jack son, against which the Yankees were led with John t u n, prising activity activity by Gen. Grant. Gen. whose reinforcements bad not come up, was obliged to retreat hastily from Jaokscn, whic• h was occupied, hours, by the Federals, 'who though not for many su b se quently fell b ack towards a lit• tle place called Raymond, though whether with a design of attack. l ag Vicksburg in the rear, or of retreating towards the base of their operations, their vessels on the Mississippi does not yet appear. It is obvious that there must be great difficulty in supplying such an army as Grant's—said to consist of 40,000 or 50,000 men—in such a country, 50 miles away from their base. There is also a report that his trains have been cut and interfered with by the one-armed Gen. Loting, an active and enterprising officer. Be this as it may, it is manifest that Gen. Grant has not a moment to lose, and that his only chance of taking Vicksburg will be by a coup de main, before John stone is strong enough to fall upon his rear. Within the lines of Vicksburg is Gen. Pemberton, in command of a very strong force, amply provi sioned for some weeks to come. In the neighbour hood of Jackson is Gen. Johnstone, with an army already numbering 11,000 men, which is being ra pidly increased by reinforcements flowing through Meridian, It is difficult to form accurate opinions in regard to these Western operations, concerning which our information has always been vague; but President Davis expresgeF.i hirm•olf as thoroughly NEW S .1 1 1%.PE 11 (-- . 1 _,..... \\ _ - T ref . p: C I L - Lcv, :7 , 4.___ 4 hi ilkiM r. '. ' :e.- -- 4.. ,1 , '• , quac 1: c 4r eVki'.i:;' - k f:_- Lid appear N . a S '1 confident about the issue of the struggle in State, and no one in Richmond is so well to form a correct opinion as he is. It won that it' Grant advances directly against the tre mendous works at Vicksburg he is prepared to stake his all upon that cast of the die Unless he succeeds, and succeeds at once, he will apparently have General Johnstone in his rear and General Pemberton in his front, the number of their col lective forces being fully equal to those of Grant. I'his prospect does not seem very promising for the Federals, but they have got into such a stolid atti tude. of insouciance at New York and Boston that Lothiog but some such casualty es the peril of Wash ington wi:l ever disturb them. What is likely to be tho result of the operations of the next few weeks your readers can judge as well and perhe.ps better than I; but let them rest assured that the cctivity of the Confederates is likely to be not less remarkable, and, as it seems to me, likely to be more successful than the activity of their opponents. In only one spot will a defensive attitude probably be pre,e!vecl—a!ong the line which General Bragg .nd his army arc holding in front of Generai Rose crans. Whether the latter will be able to main tain himself where he is when the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, along which his supplies are drawn, have fallen so low as to be no longer navigable seems very problematical. Anyhow, it seems scarcely possible that a great crisis, momentous as regards the future issue of this weary war, can fail to be reached before the Ides of Jane. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Mr. E. J. Reed, chief constructor of the navy, paid an official visit to Sheerness dockyard on Monday last, attended by Mr. Moody, master ship wright. He inspected the dockyard school for apprentices, while the candidates for admission were undergoing examination. He then proceeded to inspect the Scylla, 20, screw steam corvette, and thence went to the factory. He finally went on board the Arethusa, 30, screw steam frigate. While on boord this vessel a telegraphic message arrived from the Admiralty, requesting his presence imme diately, and he left for London by the 3.15 train from Sheerness. The Orlando, 46, screw steam frigate, 3,740 tons, I,ooo,horse power, Capt. George G. Randolph, having completed coaling, was removed from the coal bulk to moorings in Sheerness harbour on Mon day last, where she is now receiving her stores and ammunition, being ordered to ship 100 tons of the latter. These duties concluded, she is to be got ready for sea with all despatch, and will proceed to Devonport for the West India and North American stations. The Scylla, 21, screw steam corvette, 400-horse power, chief engineer in charge Mr. James Gillies, is being brought forward in No. 1 dock, Sheerness dockyard, for the first-class steam reserve of that port. She is expected to be ready for sea about the 20th inst. The Cossack, 30, screw steam-corvette, 1,296 tons, 250,horse power, Capt. W. Rolland, was swung for the adjustment of her compasses, yester day, in Sheerness harbour, and her crew have been transferred from the naval barracks at Sheerness to the ship. She is expected to be ready for sea by the 16th inst. The Herring, gunboat, Commander Lieut. John R. D. Cooper, tender to the Edinburgh coastguard vessel at Queensferry on the Firth of Forth, has left Sheerness to resume her duties in the north, after having been refitted and supplied with new boilers in Sheerness dockyard. Her Majesty's steam storeship Rhadamanthus, Master-Commander Raymond, has commenced re turning stores at Woolwich, in preparation to go down to Sheerness to be repaired, in consequence of the entrance of the outer basin at Woolwich being closed by a coffer dam. The officers and crew of the Rhadamanthus will be transferred to the Dee for service, with the exception of Mr. Edward R. D. Mayne, acting second master, who has been dismissed the service. The Vivid, steam tender to the Fisgard at Wool wich, went down the river on Tuesday on trial of her boilers and machinery. Mr. John Frickett, chief engineer and inspector of machinery, attended on behalf of the Admiralty. The trial was satis factory, the speed realising 13 knots 8 decimals per hour. Her boilers, manufactured in Woolwich dockyard, her engines, by Messrs. Penn and Sons, were thoroughly repaired, and the vessel com pletely renovated and made good throughout. The powerful hydraulic press for bending armour plates, manufactured by Messrs. Westwood, Baillio, and Co., of the Isle of Dogs, for her Majesty's dockyard at Pembroke, underwent an official trial on Tuesday, Mr. Patridge, inspector of machinery at Woolwich, being in attendance on behalf of the Government authorities. The press is a dupli cate of the one erected a few weeks ago in Wool wich dockyard. The plates of 41 inches and one of 3 inches in thickness were placed on the ram cold, and were subjected to a pressure of 461 cwt. per circular inch of the ram, which is equal to a pres sure of 1,823 tons, being the greatest pressure yet obtained by any machinery. All the joints of the pumps and press were perfectly tight. The plates bent were 3ft. 3ih. wide, and were curved 11 inches in the width. Two plates, one 42 inches thick and one 3 inches thick, were then turned over and placed in the press with the Ik-inch curved side downwards, and by working the press up to 24 cwt. per circular inch, or 940 tons on the ram, the plates were bent 21 inches—viz., from 11 hollow to 1k round in the width. The same firm are manufac turing three similar presses for the Russian Go vernment, and also the huge iron rudder, to weigh 13 tons, for her Majesty's 30 gun iron steam ship Achilles, 6,079 tons, building at Chatham. The rudder will be ready for delivery at the end of the present month. The following appointments were made yes erday at the Admiralty : Dr. Donald Wlver, acting assistant.surgeon, additional, o the Royal Adelaide. John Frazar, do. Dr. Joseph Whitaker, do. Alfred Wm. Whitley, to the Victory. Wm. 1). Wodsworth, do. John Ward (a) surgeon, to the Trincomalee. Edward J. Bennett, paymaster, do. D n r . . F G . e E o..V 3 so l‘ r l is , o D n o , n p o a g yra h, to the Active. to the Aboukir. --- s urgeon, C omma nder John A. Shears, THE ARMY. N o No. 2 B arrivedat 13th mr 3thooßlrwch ig i ade f ß ro o m ya Aad llArtrials. T Artillery z`Tuesday b at t er y landed on the previous day at G ravesen d from the hired troop - ship Lord Warden, 96 d a y s a t erY a sea. The Battery consisted of Capt. Tottenham, Lieut. R. P. L, Welch, Dr. Cashman, 205 non-com missioned officers and men, 13 women, and 32 chil dren. Two children belonging to a second-class passenger died and 'were buried at sea off the Cape of Good Hope, With this exception the ship was exceedingly healthy. The headquarters and first squadron of the sth Battalion Military Train to be relieved by a similar squadron of the 4th Battalion from Aldershot, left Woolwich yesterday for the former place. They consisted of Major Sella, Capts. Berry and Baby, Lieut. Bruce, Ensign Simpson, Adj t. Hesketh, Surg. Macbeth, Veterinary-Surg. Fleming, four staff ser geants, seven sergeants, two trumpeters, and 119 rank and file. EXETER HALL.—The National Choral Society will give a performance of Mendelssohn's " Hymn of Praise" and Rossini's "Stabat Mater" on Wednesday, the 24th, under the direction wh of Mr. G. W. Martin. In addition to Mr. Sims Reeves Co has transferred his ser vices from the Sacred Harmonic Society to Mr. Martin and the National Choral Society), Madame Alboni has been en gaged, and will make her first appearance in sacred music. This will be the only performance of the above works this season. Mr. H. BERKELEY'S MOTION ON VOTE BY BAL LOT.—This motion comes on for discussion in the Rouse of Commons on Tuesday, the 16th of June, when we hope all those members who profess to be advocates for freedom of election will be in their places to give it their support. The recent elections in Paris are strong proofs of the efficacy of the ballot to protect the voters from bein g intimidated by the power of one of the most despotic of Go verzin;cnt', Ta - E SUN, LONDON, THUItbDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1863 C EA.—VAC kNCIES for M IDS HIPM EN and APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping firm. Premium moderate. Al.o apprentices without premium.— Apply to SIMMONDS and Co.. 38, St. Mary-at-hill, East cheap, E.C. Third ufficers and Stewards wanted. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COM PANY.—The Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock Company hereby give notice, that the Transfer Books of the said Company will be Shut on Saturday, the 20th day of June, and Open again on Irithy, the 3d day of July, 1f63. - • By order of the Court, GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, Billitersquare, sth June, 1:563. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. -o- HAMPTON RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The first day of Hampton races never produces any very great amount of excitement, the second one being that on which the Londoners attend in such strong force. There was, nevertheless, the same variety of amusements on the course as in former years, and they apparently met with a fair amount of patronage. The stands were extremely well filled, and on the opposite side of the running ground, which was in very good order, a good number of drags and carriages were assembled. The racing, a full account of which is given below, was of such a character as to call fer no special comment. It will be seen from the account of the betting that most of the favourites won the different races for which they competed. For the Two-Year Old Stakes Birch Broom, with odds of 3 to 1 on him, literally cantered in first. Buckenham and Canary were equal favourites for the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, and passed the post first and second. The weather, which looked threatening all the morning, held up capitally, there only being one shower during the afternoon. The Stand Plate (Handicap) of Po soya ; for all ages. Winners extra. Three quarters of a mile. Mr, W. W. Baker's Bolero, 4 yrs, 7st .... (Nightingall) 1 Mr. G. Angell's Cadiz, 3 yrs, Est 51b .. (A. Woodhouse) 2 Mr. B. J. Angell's Lord Burleigh, 4 yrs, 9st (Hibberd) 3 The following also ran :—Gem of the Sea, Change, Walpole, Odine, Rosina, Zeelo, Copia, Atlas, Energetic, and Maubourquet. Betting-3 to 1 agst Atlas, 4to 1 agst Bolero, 6to 1 agst Cadiz, 7 to 1 agat Gem of the Sea, and 10 to 1 agst any other. At the first attempt they left the post in close company, Bolero having a slight lead, which he retained for the first 50 yards, when he was pulled back, and the running was taken up by Gem of the Sea, who, in company with Lord Burleigh, Cadiz, Rosina, and Bolero came on in advance into the straight, when Gem of the Sea gradually dropped back at the distance, resigned the lead to Mr. Baker's colt, who came on and won very easily by a length and a half four lengths separating the second and third; Atlas was fourth, Walpole fifth, and Maubourquet next; Gem of the Sea and Rosina were the last two. The Two-year-Old Stakes of 3 soya each, with 25 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, and fillies Bst 71b. Winners extra, with maiden allowances. Half a mile. Lord Westmorland's Birch Broom, Bst 131 b (car. 31b ex) (J. Goater) 1 Mr. Josiffe's Stonewall Jackson, Bst 71h....( W. Bolton) 2 Mr. C. Reed's Little Go, Bst 71b (Perry) 3 Stainley, Elise, Maud filly, Blight, and Land of the West also ran. Betting-3 to lon Birch Broom, 10 to 1 agst any other. Little Go was the first off, and came on with a clear lead, having Stonewall Jackson and the favourite as her imme diate followers, the others following at wide intervals. At the distance Birch Broom came out and won in a trot by half a dozen lengths. Elise was fourth, the Maud filly fifth, Blight sixth, Lord of the West and Stainley were the last two. The Innkeeper's Plate of 30 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; weight for age, with selling allowances. Three-quarters of a mile. 11 subs. Mr. Taylor's Dirt Cheap, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (£5O) (Bradford) 1 Mr. Angell's Vigil, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (£6O) Mr. Nightingall's Fitz Ruyter, 3 yrs, Oat 91b (Lshtino) (Niggall) 3 Peru, Rockley, Bedford, Good for Nothing, and Sevin ton also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Dirt Cheap, 3to 1 agst Good for Nothing, and 8 to 1 agat Vigil. Several failures were occasioned by the majority of the riders being over anxious, in the first of which Bedford and Sevington ran the course, and Good for Nothing to the dis tance, before they could be stopped. When they got away Vigil jumped away with a clear lead, waited upon by Good for Nothing, the favourite, and Fitz Ruyter to the distance, when Dirt Cheap went to the front and won in a canter by a length and a half. There were three lengths between the second and third, Rockley was fourth, Good for Nothing fifth, Sevinton next, Peru and Bedford the last two. The winner was bought by Mr. W. Robertson for 210 guineas. The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes (handicap) of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, and 2 if declared, with 100 sovs. Winners extra. The second saved bis stake. Two miles. 40 subs., 19 of whom pay 2 soya each. Mr. Saville's Buckenham, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (J. Goater) 1 Mr. J. Day's Canary, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 2 Mr. Fuller's Walpole, 4 yrs, 6st 71b (Nightingall) 3 The following also ran :—Gibraltar, Flash-in-the-Pan, Brian Boru, Gasconade, and Truant, Betting-9 to 4 each agst Buckenham and Canary, 6to 1 agst Truant, and 100 to 7 agst any other. Immediately they reached the post Mr. Marshall got them in a line, and at once despatched them. Gibraltar, after running a few strides, was indulged with the lead, followed next the rails by Flash-in-the-Pan, Brian Boru, Trhant, and Canary, in the order we have given, the latter being two or three lengths in advance of Buckenham, who brought up the rear division. Passing the stand Flash-in-the-Pan, making use of his lenient weight, went to the fore, and somewhat improved the pace, Gibraltar going on second, at whose quarto's were Mr. Bryan's eolt,Truant, Walpole,and Canary, the lot, as they ascended the hill,spreading widely. As they rounded the top turn Flash-in-the-Pan had placed several lengths between himself and followers, but as they proceeded along the far aide he appeared to come back to his immediate followers, and they ran almost abreast to the three-quarters of a mile post. Here they split, and Canary at once took the command,waited upon by Gibraltar, Truant, Brian Boru, Walpole, and Buckenham, the latter, appa rently full of running, waiting until they entered the straight,when he ran past his horses, and took his place on the inside, next the rails, at the girths of Canary, who was in trouble at the distance, when Goater brought his horse to the front and won with consummate ease by two lengths ; Canary,who ran an exceedingly game horse, defeating Wal pole by a length and a half for the second money. Gibraltar was Flash-in-the Tan fifth, and Brian Boru sixth, Gasconade and Truant were pulled up, and did not pass the post. The Claremont Stakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds; colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies, Sat 71b. Winners extra. New T.Y.C. 18 subs. Mr. E. Brayley's Black Friar, Bst 101 b (Cowley) 1 Mr. G. Bryan's Woodcraft, Sat 101 b Mr. H. Marsh's Lady Nichol, Bst 121 b (includ 51b extra) (A. Edwards) 3 Mr. Merton's Lady Warwick, Bst 71b ~... (Reeves) 4 Garotter was struck out at 10 54 a.m. Betting-6 to 4 agat Black Friar, 3to 1 each agat Lady Nichol and Lady Warwick, and 4 to 1 agst Woodcraft. Lady Nichol jumped away with a slight lead, which she held into the straight, where the favourite came out and won in a canter by ten lengths; the others beaten away. The Hurst Plate of 40 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 6 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age. Winners extra, with selling allowances. Three-quarters of a mile. 10 subs. Mr. Greville's Ossian, 3 yrs, 7st llb (Z4O) (Drew) 1 Mr. Burbridge's Baliverne, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (X4O) (Reeves) 2 Mr. Ellison's Bennett, 3 yrs, 7st llb (£40).... (Cannon) 3 The following also ran :—Atlas, Bedford, Sanita, Sevin ton, and The Idea. The betting opened at 7 to 4 agst Ossian, and closed at 6 to 4 agst Kennett, 100 to 30 agst Ossian, and 6 to 1 agst Baliverne. runningdlo de s A cesiaid f a t eni e dn r ,tli o oaan n a t e ftdheh, failure they left the post in company, but after wee followed ca s te t r r na i t d i rg e e h s ot f ytawhl Bennett,i when ee course, SanitasSanita,j o i iad obtainederdapßpp Ossian,eoa d s i v e e s b s rna i a o ane n k.d, of Ta Anh a det the distance Mr. Greville's colt got his head in front, and won, after a very fine race home, by a neck, three lengths separating the second and third. The Idea was fourth, and Sevinton ni•xt. Atlas, Bedford, and Sanita were the last ,hree, who pulled up nearly abreast. The winner was sold to Capt. Handley for 115 guineas. hags Bst 71b ; winners extra; second to save his stake. Golhorne Course. 7 subs. Mr. W. Phillips's Persuasion, 2 vrs, Bst 121 b (in. 51b ex.) (Wainwright) w.o, The Maiden Plate of 40 sovs, three-yr-olds, 7st ; four, Bst 41b ; five, Bst 91b ; six and aged, Bst 121 b ; f and g allowed 31b. One mile and a quarter. M. Barber's Cutler. 4 yr-L. Bst 41b.......... (G. Noble) 1 Mr. J. Davies's Bowman, 5 yrs, S e t 51b..(H , Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Osborne's Fanfreluche, 3 yrs, 7st . (Whiteley) 3 Mr. W. T. Parks's Gammon, 3 yrs, Ent 131 b (P. Harrison) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Cutler, 9to 4 sgst Bowman, 3to 1 agst Fanfreluche, 10 to I agat Gammon (off ) Won by ten lengths ; six lengths between second and 'third. Gammon was left at the post. country had so magnificent a prospect before him as General Jackson. Whether he desired it or not, he could not have escaped being Governor of Vir i g n i —thea, The a uu n neTi iD d cachitpit i a enttar l ces s nomit o ldni n a, panic-struck unconsidered e nteartd t uo h wt the khi opinion of competent judges, sooner or later President of the Southern Confe dsFtriehebtracylamreic,ny.tgt.ho But not for one moment did he question or murmur when struck down at the zenith of his fame. " These wounds are right ; I would not part with them." Such was substantially the language of his lest few days. consternation wfl e e ineetdse which incidents o c f h the a w aßeekit pick ; 1 , 3. n battles t lue up and collection, would fill a volume. It is impos sible llntotoefhrkescooapnf Carl lotbpshuoec burst sr t u i t f i.u n z pi s goah o nn of t h i td h a eh i ii s esr letter to such an extent as to permit mention of stream of muskets, knapsacks, oilcloths, and blan kets which mark their retrograde track, could alone be done justice to by the pen which stereo typed the " stampede" of Bull Run, and drew down upon its wielder a venomous wrath from which the recurrence of many similar stampedes will possibly shelter his humbler successors. It is singular how badly, on the whole, the Federal Ger mans have fought. Finer material, so far as the eye can judge, than many of these German regiments cannot be conceived. The chief distinction which they have gained in this war has been as proficients in the art of Blenkerism. Their flight was indig nantly witnessed by Capt. Scheibert, their country. man, who joined the Confederate army about two months ago as Commissioner, sent by the Prussian Government to report upon that army's organisa tion and efficiency, and who is attached to the staff of Gen. Stuart. An incident which befell this officer after the battle of Sunday has afforded general amusement. Anxious to procure forage for his sorry steed after the great battle at Chancellorsville, he undertook an expedition in search of a house, and, after wandering some distance, came upon a shanty, in the door of which stood a negro woman. He was proceeding to importune her in the best English which he could command for corn, when from be hind her issued no less than six Yankees, musket on shoulder. Capt. Scheibert was dressed in Confede rate uniform, and although there is good reason to think that the Yankees desired much more to be taken than to take prisoners, his fate appeared in evitable. But taking heart of grace, he drew and flourished a tremendous German sabre, exclaiming, " Surrendair ! behind me finds itself all the caval lery." The Yankees made no remonstance, and he marched them, musket still on shoulder, for a mile and a half until he rejoined General Stuart. Just before they reached the General, one of the prisoners, thinking that some protest was needed under the circumstance, exclaimed, " Captain, had we known that your cavalry was such a long way off, we'd have taken you prisoner instead." As Captain Scheibert was standing near General Lee during the battle a spent bullet rolled nearly up to the feet of the latter. Picking it up the General politely handed it to the captain as a me mento, destined, doubtless, to make its way to Prussia and adorn many a tale hereafter. Captain Scheibert expresses his enthusiastic admiration of the élan and spirit with which the Confederates skirmish and fight, While, in my anxiety to avoid that partiality which it is impossible for any Englishman who thoroughly knows both aides in this quarrel to feel, I estimated the Southern loss at 10,000 men in killed, wounded, and missing, it is now apparent from the official returns that my estimate wag ex cessive. Here is the statement just made public on high authority Killed Wounded .. 4,903 Prisoners Total 7,500 On the other hand here is the official return of the Yankee prisoners sent down to Richmond from the Rappahannock between the Ist and 12th of May : First batch Second batch Third batch Total In addition, there are now lying in the field hos pitals of the Confederates no less than 1,700 wounded Federals. My estimate, therefore, which rated the Federal prisoners at between 8,000 and 9,000, was again slightly in excess, as their actual number was 7,650—an aggregate exceeding the total amount of the Confederate killed, wounded, and prisoners by 150. Of the killed and wounded in the Federal army, your readers can form some estimate from the admitted fact that Sedgwick's corps, of which the fighting was child's play as compared with the bloody work at Chancellorsville, lost 5,000 in killed and wounded. Unquestionably, Chancel lorsville and its concomitant struggles were among the costliest, if not actually the costliest, defeats which the Federals have ever sustained. It is not likely that your readers will for a moment have been taken in by the swaggering announcement that this shattered army is again acting on the offensive, or ever likely again to cross to the Golgotha which awaits it on the southern bank of the Rappahan nock. Other destinies are in store for it, and so its leaders, however little they may like the prospect, very well know. In the meantime the condition of the long tongue of land between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers, which is called the Northern Neck, baffles belief. Over this whole district deser ters swarm in incredible numbers. What little food was left to the miserable inhabitants of this devas tated region is torn from them by swarms of famish ing deserters, who have no plan but to get down in any way to the Potomac, and set themselves adrift upon logs, or knock together rafts upan which to cross the stream. A portion of General Stoneman's cavalry is finding ample occupation in picking up these miserable waifs and strays, and forcing them back into the ranks. Out of such elements is the " finest army on the planet" now composed. Few, if any, of the Confederate officers de serve more commendation for the ability and energy with which effect was given to the orders of General Lee, after Generals Jackson and A. p Hill were wounded, than General J. E. B. Stuart. Appointed at a moment's notice, at 10 o'clock at night, to the command of a large corps belonging to an arm of the service with which he had no previous familiarity, unacquainted with most of the brigadier-generals and nearly all the colonels acting under his orders, General Stuart displayed qualities which augur well for his character as a soldier. It was not to be expected that either he or any one else could in an instant take the place of such a leader as " Stonewall" Jackson, but although it is every day more and more apparent that Jack son's wound rescued the shattered Federal army from a fate for which parallels could alone be found at the Caudine Forks or at Ulna, there were not wanting voices which, in allusion to Stuart's con duct in the battle of May the 3d, proclaimed that other men, not unworthy to wear the mantle even of " Stonewall" Jackson, woul d, if he fell, spring from the ground. General Stuart's transference from a cavalry to an infantry command was i}l under stood to be only temporary. It is probable,lt as yet not positively settled, that General P. Hill, one of the best fighters in this firm . the successor of Jackson, although it is ' be w lieved that Jack€on had, at an e arlier stage of the , war, e xpressed a wish that if any mischance befell im his place should b e taken by General Ewe . feared teat th e serious wound which Gen. Ewell re ceived at the secand battle of Manassas, and whi c h led to the amputation of his . leg above th e k nee, w ill militate against t he possibility of his taking the field. It is understood that General Stuart has already resumed command of his favourite cavalry, and that his force, which before the battle of Chan cellorsville had dwindled to inAgnificance ' will b y the addition of fresh brigades, which h ave , by rea• e on of the greater abundttuoe of forag . ear:i milder NEWT. , N MEETING—WEDxEso&y. 'rho Trial Handicap of 5 soya cacb, with 30 added. Win ners extra. One mile and a quarter. Mr. E. Buckley's Wynnstay, 5 yrs, Bst (H, Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Osborne's F ytrap, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Whiteley) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Wynnstay, who won by a length, The Makerfield Handicap of GO soya ; winners extra. Straight half a mile. Mr. Scott nd. Mountain Buck, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Noble) 1 Capt. Christie's Miss Julia, aged, 9st 121 b (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Paddy O'Rourke, 3 yrs, 7st (Whiteley) 3 The following also tan :—Curagoa, Crisis, LBlame colt, and Inheritor. Betting -2 to 1 each agst Paddy O'Rourke and ➢Ziss Julia, 6 to 1 agst Mountain Buck, 6 to 1 agst Curagoa, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by a length ; a neck between the second and third. Curagoa was fourth. The Great Newton Handicap of 200 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each ; winners extra ; second to receive 20 sovs. To start at the Golborne Course and go once round. 16 subs. Mr. Lowndes's Ratcatcher, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Richards) w.o. The Golborne Park Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 a dded. for two-yr-olds ; colts, fist 101 b ; fillies and geld- THE CONFEDERATE STATES. (F7om the Special Correspondent of the Times.) IticamoND, May 17. As every incident in relation to" Stonewall" Jack son cannot fail at this Women: . to be interesting _ _ wherever the English tongue is spoken, I will briefly add to my former letter the following gleanings, gathered in anticipation of a forthcoming " Life" which the public expects from a competent hand. Thomas Jefferson Jackson was born in Western Virginia in January, 1824. His great-grandfather and great-grandmother were both English. His father, who had been in comfortable circumstances, became involved towards the end of his life, and left four or five children,of whom our hero was the eldest, in straitened circumstances. " Stonewall" iTackson received the plain and limited English edu cation which may be supposed to be within the reach of the sparse agricultural population of West tern Virginia, and which cannot have amounted to much more than instruction in reading and writing. The great event of his life was his appointment, at the age of Dearly 19 jyears, to the United States Military Academy at West Point, through the in terest of a member of Congress representing his district. It is customary for students to enter West Point at the age of 16, so that Jackson was nearly three years senior to most of his associates. He is described to me by a classm ate as hav ing journeyed most of the way f rom Western Virginia to West Point on foot, in a suit of the coarsest homespun cloth and in the roughest of country shoes, and as having been simple and modest, but, at the same time, one of the most uncouth and ungainly boys that ever entered the academy. His restricted op portunities and lifelong residence in a remote coun try district placed him at a great disadvantage in comparison with the Eons of wealthier fathers, forced in the hotbeds of large towns, and to whom Jackson was at first an unfailing source of jest and amusement. But it was not long before his pa tient, self-denying, and indomitable perseverance extorted admiration from his compeers as well as from his masters, and it was found that he would never leave one lesson or recitation until he had thoroughly mastered it, not even feign to possess knowledge which he had not entirely acquired. Again and again, when called upon to answer ques tions in the recitation of the day, he would reply "1 have not as yet looked at it; I have been en gaged in mastering th© recitation of yesterday or the day before." The result was that he graduated 7th in a class of 70, at the head of which class graduated, I believe, General 111‘elellan. There was probably, in the whole class, not a boy to whom Jackson at the outset was not inferior in knowledge and attainments; at the end of the race he had only 16 before him, and had outstripped no less than 53. It used constantly to be laughingly said by his con temporaries that if the course had been for 10 years, instead of four, Jackson would have graduated at the head of his class. It was in speaking of a pupil of this character that Dr. Arnold once said "I would stand to that boy hat in hand. would be difficult for Mr. Smiles to find a more appropriate addition to the gallery which he has thrown open to the public by his work entitled Self-Help than the portrait of " Stonewall" Jackson. It is not necessary that I should follow him through the Mcxican war, of which the endless stories and details of American soldiers fail to inspire interest for the European. I believe that in that war he gained as many steps as any of his brother officers, and was favourably noticed as an excellent artillerist. He quitted the United States' army upon receiving the appointment of Professor of Chemistry in the Milita r y A ca demy of the State of Virginia at Lexington. To this academy he became ardently attached, and here he passed ten years of his modest and unobtrusive life, taking great interest in the pursuits of his professorship and in the natural sciences, though never becoming, in the European sense, a deeply read or scientific man. His health was not strong, and, according to the general idea, he was fanciful about himself. After the death of his first wife he visited Europe, running through it, apparently, in the hot haste which is so characteristic of Americans, and de voting to the task of sight seeing in London the same energy which he subsequently carried into the field against the Federals. He told me that it was his habit to give 16 hours a day to " doing London," commencing at 5 in the morning, and keeping it up until 9at night. But his chief delight was in the cathedrals of England, and notably in West minster Abbey and York Minster. He was never tired of talking about them, or listening to details about the chapels and cloisters of Oxford. Upon the outbreak of this gigantic war he imme diately offered his services to the State of Virginia, and received his first commission from his friend and fellow-townsman , Governor Letcher. Ther e were many other professors and magnates of Lex ington Academy from whom great things were ex pected; few people, if any, thought that the silent, shy, reserved Jackson would fill Europe no lees than America with his fame, and that while none of his Lexington rivals would gain a name which has survived for two years, his would be prominent in song and story for two centuries. This is not the place to review his military career, or to recapi tulate his brilliant campaigns in the Valley, wh e n he fought and worsted almost simultaneously three Federal armies under Generals Shields, Fremont, and Banks, each of these armies being larger and infinitely better equipped than the Confederate force under Jackson. Neither is this the place to dwell upOn his march into the Valley and his rapid descent upon the bewildered 111‘Clellan's flank, which initiated the battles around Richmond; his passage through Thoroughfare Gap, and onslaught upon General Pope's rear; and, last an d mos t t er rible of all, his operations against the flank and rear of General Hooker on the 2d of May. In none of these hazardous movements was he ever thwarted or disconcerted by his opponents ; in none did he ever fail to realize the most unhoped-for suc cess. His want of communicativeness, and his es,bl2t gaining important and not through the informationhabitof trustin g b y h i t s o o n w o n o e n y e report of an emissary, made him at times unpopu lar with some of his officers ; but as the war ad vanced he began to be their idol, as he was at all times the idol of his rank and file. It was felt that, if he called upon both men and officers to make un paralleled exertions, there was no one in the army whom he spared so little as himself. Anything happier than the relations between himself and Generals Lee and Longstreet cannot be conceived. His confidence in the admiration of General Lee amounted almost to idolatry. Upon that fital Sunday which will long be me morable as the gloomiest day which the Confederacy bast:seen since the Federal evacuation of Fort Sumter, his chaplain left him in the morning to go and per form from Romans viii. His text was suggested b f o y r m G e s n e r e v r a i c l e J b a e c f k o s r o e n t the m an d en t . 28, " We know that all things work together for pod to them that love God." It was one of the G e neral's -favourite texts, and fu rn i s h es a k e y to the character of his religious belief. An ardent predes tinarian, accepting with unquestioning f a ith the i s sues of life, equal to any and every fortune, he h ad at the same , time au. American' s _t o l e rance ,for the doctrines and Nth of ether in tm , co - man in this