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IMPERIAL ROYAL PRIVILEGED UNION BANK OF AUSTRIA (Limited). Capital, £2,000,000 Sterling. Bankers—Messrs. Masterma , Peters, and Co, Solicitors —Messrs. Crowder, .Maynard, Son, and Lawford. Brokers-1, ess s. HIP, Fawc.tt, and Hill. A. Preliminary Concession for the above Bank having been Panted to his Excellency Baron Thierry, wit whom Batts .i!cto,7 arrangements have betn made for carryin it a 4-rospectus, with an influent al Directi,n, will bepublished In due course. A. Subscription List will in the meantime be opened at the Offices of Messrs. Hill, Fawcett and Hill, 29, Threadneedle idreet, E.C. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporat, d by Royal Charter. ThP Directors of the Bank of' Briis North HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that th..• t YEARLY GENERAL 11 EETING or PROPRIE I'ORS will be hel , pursuant to the Deed of t•ettlement, on TUESDAY, the 2d June next, at the 1 Moe of the Corporal' ii, 7, st. II len's-place, Bi,hops gat, -street, at i , ne o'clock precisely, when the Election of Three Directors, in the roam of those go ng out by the pro visions of the Deed, will tare pla .e. Also the election of a Director, in the plPoe of Tomas Henry Milner, Esq., resigned. By order of the Court. C. M`NAB, Secretary. London, May 6, 1863. GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE )3IPA.NY. Established 1837. Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. 62, King William -street London. Capital, £l, , 00,000. The DIRECTORS GIV•: NOTICE 1. That the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Pro prietors will be held at Twelve o'clock precisely, on SA t UR DAY, the 3d inst, at the Office of the Company, 62, King W ill am-street, London. 2. That at such meeting the Proprietors who then hold ten or more shares which they have possessed six calendar Months may attend ant vot 3. That three , !rectors. Jacob eorge Cope, Esq., Charles J'121.8 Heath, Esq., and Edward Wilson. t sq. ; and William Hunter, Esq. one of t e Auditors, retire by rotation, all of Whom are eligible for reappointm, nt, for which they will be proposed. 4. That any proprietors duly qualified who shall be desirnos of becorningcandidates in any ot these equations, mustgive wri ten no to of their intention at the Oilioe to the Secretary, at least ten days previ.usly to the time of such me tang. By order of the Directors. THOMAS PRICE, Secretary, May fth, 18f3. L ONDON BANK OF SCOTLAND (Limited). Incorporated under "The Companies' Act, 1862," which specially limits the liability of each shareholder to the amount of his shares. Capital .£1,000,000, in 10,000 shares of £lOO each, with power to increase. Deposit on application, £1 per share ; payment on allotment, .£2 pi r share. Calls not ex ceding £5 pe' share, at inter vals of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £25 per share. DIRECTORS. W. W. CARGILL , Esq., Chairman (Director of the Oriental Bank Cornorarion) Threadneedle-etreet, E.C. Eugene ('o line, Esq., Merchant, 9, Gracechurch-street, E. P. de Colqithoun, Esq., Merchant (Consul-General for Oldenburgh), 1, Lawrence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street. John t lin, Esq. (J. B. Elfin and Co.), Merchants, Director of the London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate Bank. 34, Ab church-lane, E C. Captain Chas. W. Gordon, 26, Pall-mall, and Fyvie a.tle, Aberdeenshire. Sir J. CD. Hay, Bart., M.P., 44, St. James's-place, London, and Glenluce Wigtownshire. WJ. Marsh a ll, Eeq. (Wilson, Bowl es , an d C o., Merchants), , Minne. Bon, William Napier (vtanag'ng Director of the Land s Im provement Company\ 2, Old Pal ce-yard, Westminster. E. Oppenheim, Esq., Merchant, 150, Leadenhall-street, and Lloyd's. H. Spicer, Esq. (Spicer Brothel s, Merchants', George -yard, Lo mbard -street. Alfred Wilson, Esq., Director of the Bank of London. D avid Allardice, E AUDIT..IIB. .q Conyne rcial of Robert Fisher, Esq.,. , Auditor of the ßank Bombay lndia. and Baroda Railway Company. Henry Sherma., Esq. (Levicks and Sherman, Merchants), 9, King's Arms-yard. BKERS. The Bank of Lon o n Threa dneedle-street, E.C. LIC ITORS. Messrs. Phillips a nd Son, Abchurch-lane. E.C. Messrs. J. and W. Murdoch and Rodger, 48, West Nile street. Glasgow. BROS Rearm , . Woolley and Coates, z ER 6, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, E.C. Messrs. Taunton and Co., Liverpool. Hobert 31'Ewen, Esq., Ducie-buildings, Exchange, Man chester. btessrs. Black and Robson, Glasgow. Messrs. macallum and Sidey, 5, eitnces-street, Edinburgh. John Ferguson, Esq., Aberdeen. SECRETARY. Jame , Maurice, Esq. Temporary Ofllces-4, Royal Exch.n_!e-avenue, Royal Ex change, London. PaOSPEC ['US. More than thirty years have elapsed since any leading Bank has been established in Sco lei d ; and when the following circumstances are considered, viz., the extraordinary develop - Ment during this interval of the resource s of the country; th , extension of steam and railway communication ; the improved cultivation and value of the land ; the almost wonderful growth of some of the chief t a mscitie d towns, in pppulation. we t h , and enterprise; and thelfliat millions pass an nually between Scotland and the commercial Metropolis of the World; coupled with the universally admitted deficiency of direct banking accommodation between both countries ; it will be seen that the present is a peculiarly favourable op portunity for successfully introdu ing the London Bank of Scotland (L mated), and securing it an extensive and profit able bu-ine.s. All financial operations between Scotland and London are transacted through Agencies at considerable expense, time. and trouble, by far the largest proportion both of the Inland Bills in C rculation in the country, and alto the Foreign Bills drawn upon Great Britain beim( made p a y a bl e i n L ondon, the grant focus to whi•h the pecuniary . ransactions of the pire are ultimately brought to be adjusted. This Company will be enabled to offer very considerable advantages to the public, in the uniform and more economical charge tor the collection, transmission. and liquidation of bills, mn , ey, exchanges, and other business transactions betwr en Scotland and London. The remarkable success attendant upon banking institutions connected with this country. whether for Ireland. the Continent, o • the Orlonies, proves that an establishment in London facilitates business, Whilst laree profits are secured. N ne of the existing Scotch Barks possess this advantage; and tile Londcn Bank of Soot ind is established to meet so great a mouetary deli deratum. As corroborative of the necessity which exists for extended banking facilities, it may be also sta , ed, that during the Babove• mentioned period the external trade of the country amore than trebl e d i tself. The returns published by the rrd of Trade Chow that the exports in the year amounted to .£32,000,000, while in iB6 r they reachtd £1 5,842,8 7 ; and th t the aggregate value of the impo is in they. ar 1854 (when first ascertained) was £152,389,0 3, which in 1859 amounted to £179,'82 35 the home trade during the corresponding period developed itself to en extent which it'is almost impossible to compote Regarding these consider time, and the still rapidly expanding commercial relations between Edinburgh, Gies low, Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth. Inverness. Paisley, Stirling, and other important pla es in Scotland, with London, it has been decided io constituting thigh int to take powers to o en Branches, as Or limstances may warrant, in the above cities end towns, Commen'ing first in Edinburgh and Glasgow, With a Head Office in London. The administrat on of the London Bank of Scotland and [ts Branches will he snperint-nded by men of sound practi uti. commercial, and financial know edge, whose position tnd antecedents will be a sure guarantee of the careful and [tan ma nagement adapted throughout all th e d etails of this k. The following statement e tatting Joint-Sto^k Banks he steady and rapid growth. access which these Institut shows the present pos tion of the Seo• land ; and *crib -- of business, indi sites ions have attained, v: le prortnk ;he marked Name. Cite t C 4, Capital. NOTICE TO THE POLICY HOLDERS OF THE BRITISH NATION LIFE ASSURANCE ASS O CI ATION. T HE vhlnation is now completed. A Rever sionary Minus has een declared, aye , aging thirt er cent. ot the arrount f the b premiums paid during the period cr , mprised in the valuation, on PoHetes entitled to parti cipate. The apportionm nt of this Bonus to the individual Policies 1 . now progressing, and the usual notices to the Policy Holders will be forthwith issued. By order of the Board, HENRY LABE, Manager. Chief Offices, 316, Regent-street, May, 1863. orntn,rcial Rank of Scotland a4ndtionat Bank of Scot-' 1 • • 182 i nion Ba , ik of Scot land ...... ritieti Linen Corn (Arty 1746 tok of Scotland land a Bank of Scot- itional 1727 Provincial Bank of Engl nd 1833 ovincial Bank of Ire land. ........... - 1"' 800,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000.000 1,000,000 2,000,000 720,000 500,000 ; 217 10 ' 147 101 1 214 0114 0 179 10 79 101 227 0 127 01 ,214 0 114 0 '1 so o: so of 'l2l 0 300 () 86 0 250 0 As a productive Investment , nothing has ever equalled the pmited ital employed In Joint-sto c k B anks ; and unaer the I...ability Ant, the shar,,holder obtains at the ne a perf e ct security for the limitation of his risk the ridends up in the shares in the London Joint-at ck Banks oge up to 24 per cent., while those upon colonial Banks ry from 10 to 30 per oent per annum : tn.. iv ock in alicases Inz at a high premium, ranging from 80 to 300 per cent Dffinisl Auditors will be nominated to audit the aco until in ) rdance with the Act of Parliament, anti the i iirectors 11 publish their acoeunts of the Finances and business erations of the stank, at stated periods. O t t of the profits annually a sum will be plac e d apart to contimlencies. and it is stipuiated in the Articles of to dation that no dividend shall be paid exceeding 9 per ". Per annum, until this sum rea hes £lOO,OO ~ or such It'r sum as may b. hereafter deemed expedient ; it i also ,Pulated therein, thit no advances sh ill be made on mines, Cu ie l c erf. , ir doubtf u l or s p ecu l at i ve s ec u rities , nor upon re ass of sec ur it y not easily negotiated, or of a per i s h a bl e red;3, desci i tinn of legitimate banking business will be .6, on by tills Establisement '' Pectuses and Forms of A p'ication for '-h Tres may r b e e . twined from the Bankers, Brokers, Solicitors, or the bee y, at the klmlicatt TemPorary Offices of the Company. di -p cri b to rihare4 must be made in the Form annexed ,_, respecting no Alio. rii , n , acco,e ponied by the beerDepost of .£ I per share dit a less nublei Made. the pep sit will etu lied in full ; is will be 11,„.1 towards the payment on Allotment. Frir... - ..,,,,, op -------_. the Direct PP t.ICATIONT FOR SHARES. Directors of t he L To. ........ - wagon Bank of Scotland (Limited). rrenilem, n,—H avitnhatp , 1' reque a t cum each if) "'the °4will aid to your B nkers the sum of allot to me Shares ese or any less Condonber kof Scotland (Limited)." m der eby agree to accept, purau,4 l olaY be allotted to me I to tne Articles of Associa- I, and io pay the re neon when required so t to d of the Deposit and the Calls 0 ; and name on the Register of Shareho I request you to place ated. 'dere for the shares so Name i Addressn Fuji *********** Profession ''''''''''''''''' atu a r n e d ' 14 . n . '''''' '''' Da e ****************************** with his Form, when filled u 13 anker s on payment of the Dpeposit. IIE4V--MOORE BRoTHERs inti e iroate that ;heir New Prospectus is no A• ready. 1 10 ; :1411Y recommend their improve!! Family Tea, *educed Souchonv, reduced to Se. d. ; mixed Assam, t ° 3 8. 8d • and the fluent Assam, reduced from la. 4d. s. lid, Per 13. 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Emily Faitlifull, 83 a, Farringdon-street IN FUN Thi s W ee k—O ne Penny—James Stansfeld, Esq , M.P.--The Liverpool Spies—Honest Abe's Rudder, &c., &c. to secure a firm footing after the leap, and fioun dered up to their waists in the water. They, how superintendence of Mr. Anderson. They are to be rifled on various systems for a course of experiments by the Ordnance Sect Committee of Woolwich Arsenal, at Shoeburyness. ••• 4111 • , .• , . _ . - - t „4. 7-, P . l- - ;7V- ‘,. ..-k 4 1,11k211.1, , , 404% 154i .aru, % • s -OR Orr. = di4Sk‘;A's. ball last night in the commodious mess-room at the Marine Barracks, which was very handsomely de. corated for the occasion. The band of the division led by Herr Kappy, the conductor, was in atten dance. Among the company was Major-Genera] Stransham, the Inspector-Gan. of Royal Marines, together with the principal naval and military offi• cers of the port and garrison. The 7th brigade of Royal Garrison Artillery, sta tioned at Gosport, were officially inspected yester day, on Haslar-common, by Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulett, U. 8., the general officer in command of the south-west district. His lordship was attended during his inspection by Col. Warde, C. 8., com manding the Royal Artillery in the south-west dis • trio; Col. E. Somerset, C.B„ Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General ; Col. Thackvvell, Deputy- Assist.-Adjutant- Gen. ; and Town-major E. Breton. The annual fete at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich came off yesterday in the grounds fronting the Academy. It was calculated that no fewer than 6,000 or 8,000 persons attended. The weather was exceedingly favourable for outdoor amusements, and the select party admitted within the private enclosure completely filled the portion of the grounds allotted for the visitors. The sports commenced at half-past 10, and continued, with an interval of about an hour for dinner, until half -past six. Hurdles had been planted, ditches dug, em bankments raised, and furze bushes stuck in the ground to represent a rugged piece of country. The sports in the early part of the day consisted of throwing the cricket-ball, foot-racing in couples, running on three legs, jumping, throwing a half wfencing,single-stick playing, & c . Aft er di nner there was running wide jump, h ur dl e rac i ng , sac k racing, leaping with poles, and finally the steeple chase, which commenced at 5 o'clock. The course was 600 yards in length, over a five-foot hedge and a brook filled with four feet of water. There were 30 competitors in this race, each distinguished by a oarty-coloured sash and cap, and lightly dressed. Prince Arthur, accompanied by Major Eiphinstone, having previously inspected the Royal Marine Barracks and Infirmary, was present at the steeple chase. The spectators appeared to be highly amused as some of the less fortunate runners failed ever, soon recovered themselves and joined their companions in terminating the chose, at which they were loudly cheered. The sports concluded with a consolation race. Yesterday, for the first time, there was put in operation at the Royal gun factories at Woolwich a new description of apparatus for tempering steel tubes to form the inside of rifled cannon. From the strain and friction in the guns iron is found to fail rapidly, and hitherto it has only been em ployed on account of its non-liabilty to burst when fired. Recent improvements in the manufacture will now permit steel to be substituted. Experi ments are now being carried out to ascertain whe (her that material possesses the necessary toughness to prevent it from breaking. A number of experimental guns are now being constructed in the Royal gun factories, under the shares with the native of Huadosten and Persia. But even among the fugitive slaves at the North there is such a general consciousness of the aversion in which they are held by the white man, such suf fering from the Arctic cold of northern winters, that it is universally believed 90 per cent. of the pure unadulterated Africans in the North and Canada would transfer themselves again to the sunny South if free transportation and liberty to avail themselves of it were extended to them to-morrow. There is something saddening, I might almost say appalling, in the thought that in the British Parliament, and upon every public platform in England, a speaker has only to express gratification that, es one result of this afflicting war, 100,000 negroes have burst their bonds, in order to insure from his audience rapturous applause. If it were intimated in this country that the 900 violent deaths which annually occur in the collieries of England were at one jump increased to 90,000, and if this intimation were here received with satisfaction and applause, there would be some analogy between the two cases. It is in vain for me to seek, by the use of any language at my command, to convey to these English enthusi asts a true description of the condition of those ran somed Africans, for whom, in English eyes, the possession of freedom is meat, drink, clothing, shel ter, life, and happiness. It is to be hoped that from some impartial spectator of their condition, writing from the North, the truth, neither extenuated nor set down in malice, may reach the eye of England. Meanwhile, from hundreds of similar reports, many of them far more nervous and graphic in language, I cull the following description, emanating from a gentleman of high character and position, who has contributed it to the columns of the Rwhinond Examiner : " The destitution and suffering of the contrabands at Washington exceed belief. They are huddled together in Swampoodle,' a low and marshy situa tion off the city, and are in the most abject and squalid poverty. They are kept apart by themselves, and no one takes the least interest in them—a cha racteristic commentary on the hypocrisy of the Harriet Beecher school. There is the greatest des titution among them ; many of them are half-naked, and the poor creatures are being swept off by disease and sickness, dying at the rate of 20 or 30 a-day. Their condition is truly pitiable; hundreds of them pine to come back to their old masters. If an op portunity were offered, gladly would they return to servitude in a body, so thoroughly disgusted are they with the taste of Northern freedom. No one will give them work; all they do is to bask in the sun or loiter along the streets, their clothes in tat ters, their persons more ragged than any cornfield negro in Virginia. Their forlorn and destitute con dition is in striking contrast with their blithe and happy faces when here in their comfortable cabins, and their sorrow-stricken countenances strike pity to the stoutest heart, not warped by the prejuaice and madness of abolition." And it is into such a galere as this that England pants to see, not 100,000, but 4,000,000 helpless, dependent beings forced to enter. If to the above description I were to add the narratives which have reached me of scenes at Craney Island and Cairo—far too revolting to be printed any where, unless as a sup plement to Dante's Inferno" —some conception of the emancipated negro, as found at present in the Northern States, might be conveyed to England. But if it is imagined in England that the loudest of Exeter-hall utterances—that the universal diatribes of Europe against African slavery, will induce six million intelligent, and, upon the whole, humane Caucasians to turn four million canaries out of their cages, and set tnem adrift in such woods as Wash ington and Craney Island, then it is high time that England should be undeceived. What has England recently done to abate this sum of all villanies— , negro slavery ? This answer is Lord Mecaulaye, "She has brayed." What has she done to encourage it ? For years and years she has imported not less than £50,000,000 worth of slave.grown raw material. How will our record read when it is set down that, having introduced upon this continent the African slave, and having largely profited by him, we regis tered undying hatred against slavery when this con tinent had passed from our possession, but illus trated that hatred by subsidising the slave-owner at the rate of £50,000,000 a year ? It is a solemn thing to cry aloud for Abolition and spare not; for, disguise it as you may, the abolition of slavery means the extermination of the black race on the continent of North America. I pass from the contemplation of such a possibility as the deportation of the blacks to Africa, or else where, by reason of its manifest impossibiiity. Be tween 1820 and 1856 the American Colonisation Society sent to Liberia 9,502 persons ; in the same period the increase in the slave population of the old Union was 1,999,527 souls. In the words of Professor Cairres, " The deportation of slaves would require a new Moses and new miracles." To emancipate the negroes without deportation has always, to the must fanatical Abolitionist, ap peered such extravagance of cruelty that never, until it pleased President Lincoln to put forth his recent proclamation as a war necessity, was such an atrocity contemplated. The result of such a proclamation, could effect be universally given to it, may be studied at Cairo and Craney Island. That such results should enlist the sympathies of England, that they should be demanded in tem pestuous accents by great concourses of people, proves little else than that the English people, justly detesting the abstraction of slavery, know nothing of the disposition, temperament, or circumstances of the African slave as seen on the continent of North America. For years, and decades of years, a solution of the difficulties of this mighty question has been sought by the whole civilised world. Has any approximation to a solution been hitherto found Will any solution arise from the stormy addresses of Exeter -hall orators ? It is worse than childishness to strive to beat down by clamour what we are unable to abate by reason, judgment, or philosophy. Ought England, in her detestation of slavery, to desire the restoration of the Union or not ? Ought she to side with President Lincoln or President Davis ? Do those who so vituperate and clamour against Mr. Davis heartily desire that slavery should be abolished; r is it their wish, because Boston and New York have flattered their literary vanity, that the Union should arise from its ashes' to please Boston and New York? It seemstiotons is that the answer to the former of the 3 s f e r very clear; to the latter I leave:- ci ll ue " n d does any reply. If by any conceivable possibility ottip sse resur rection of the Union could be C prop- be eagerly of the South theghestoand security one doubt that every in a t e t t r a ch and n s p ncflaooannnhaegetouzd. imaginable p caea e gd.l s for wiwa vtoehu-iad driverviewb Emancipationists t making i n impregnable a gainst all fu e t r u e re bet could describe Uidotbnhlic beleinegighint ,sr w lhe h ev i re c er h y e enthusiastically t m h n s , t ft rhoem t restorationhe establishment lUnoe of oan Re foe l rip s et and based upon slavery ? Such is my hone d slaveholding States through which 1 havhitherto viction and belief. o f t o h st con ihn thetheaxtistthinerosayrse. passed has it ever been blemishestge r m i e grievous l a s vpbeoert been h. and E ve blemishesryw Everywhere • these grow epos th of and th e excused aseretheallo'eut defensive attitude the South which New E ng l and has forced to assume. Leave these States face to f ace. with th e i r own to peculiar instit u ti on ; a i d them modify and abate it where modification and abate meet are possible; jeers ; let there be no more taunts and let it be ascertained whether the alleged practice of breeding slaves in Virginia and else where and selling them in the South be true or false, and if true let it be frowned down by the moral sense of the world ; let the hand extended to help them in wrestling with slavery be the hand neither of Puritan nor Pharisee but of an equal and a brother, and trust the rest to Providence. In Lily recent letter of the 17th, when describing Two days later the advance, which was suffi ciently difficult upon the 17th inst., would have been 'otally impracticable. Early on the morning of the 19th snow began steadily to descend, and before night the heaviest layer of snow which I have vet seen in the South had carpeted the ground. Since then we have had warm weather and rain, and the consequent condition of the Virginian roads may be easily conceived. Operations on a large scale for either General Lee or General Hooker are simply impossible for at least three weeks, or, more pro bably, for a month to come. What are the indica tions of the movements intended when locomotion of large bodies of men in Virginia is possible ? Of course, the answer can on:y be guesswork. I do not believe that Gen. Hooker has much n ore, if any more, than 100,000 men. Of Gen. Lee's strength it is not necessary that I should say more than that ne and his army are in my opinion very formidable. A great deal is said about Hooker's intentions of advancing by Kelly's Ford, or Port Royal, or over the ground which Gen. Burnsidt's army soaked with rivers of blood little more than three months ago. My own opinion inclines to the belief that, if by constantly threatening to advance, Hooker could hold in check and neutralise for some months Gee. Lee and his fine army, the authorities at Washington would be abundantly satisfied. Passing from General Hooker's army to General Jchnston's, we have cheering reports of the health, vigour, and confidence of the army of the latter. But just as our hopes of a battleon that line (which I have described as stretching from Shelbyville to Manchester, along what are called the Normandy Hills) were becoming confident, expectation is baffled by the retreat of General Rosecrans and his army. What may be the explanation of this move —whether it is merely a feint to draw General Johnston away from his strong line; whether it indicates unexpected and unhoped-for demoralisa tion of the Yankee troops; or whether, as seems generally imagined, it points to a junction between the forces of Rosecrans and those in front of Vicks burg, it seems idle to speculate. From Vicks burg and Port Hudson the reports are still most encouraging. In the Yazoo PASS, after two y: Lnieasttvnreeol felt 17°1 feeble attacks upon Fort Pemberton, the whole Yankee squadron has been compelled to put about and make the best of its way to the rear. Some hopes are entertained of damaging the expedition by ob structions to be placed in the Coldwater or 'Talla hatchie, but I have little faith in their success. Vicksburg still stands defiantly over the river ; the canal is daily less believed in, the flooded and swollen river is wreaking its vengeance upon the trespassers on its banks; the prospects of Vicks burg's invaders, especially as the hot weather ap proaches, grow less and less encouraging. Port Hudson has already once been attacked; it is known that a large Federal frigate, the Mississippi, was sunk in the muddy waters of the river from which it takes its name; that the most glaring dis affection exists among the land forces of General Banks ; that a confidence springing out of the recent repulse of Flag-officer Farragut's attack has taken possession of Port Hudson's defenders, and taught them, if possible, to surpass the fame of Vicksburg. If the eye is lifted from the opposing hosts at Fredericksburg and carried westward along the line of the Confederate defence—a line that stretches thousands of miles over mountain, river, lake, swamp, bayou, forest, prairie, and heath, till, start ing from the pinewoods of the Rappahannock, it lands us among the palms and magnolias of Galves ton, there is no point where a firmer attitude of de fence, a more solid state of preparation, is not worn and evinced by the Confederate hosts of 1863 than t was ever by them exhibited since the first drarn tness, to arms. Still, there is a seriousness and earnestness, as to be as we tremble upon the brink of what when, in that the bloodiest campaign of the bledeaiebsltePirtmotif history, which is t ' h i e ti re is a w and wamisioibde modern h r e n n l The subjugation throughout the of tte South was never a probability . they ye betokenne ver befweraenotgboesfneer confidence.rvael dl manifested by 23 months of bitterest strife to be the l eng th and breadth of the land there is s /cry for rivers of fresh blood—when house where there is not one deLd wh of i t l t d ie es h t 6 o c af chimeras.tom bv of dead e ad But whoit lives which can never be replaced spite scarcely a en valuable every hamlet, city, and Stat e _ , have fallen i n like Major Pelham, but also wuen not only men and studious, such as Professormature men, learned Arnold, as he was Coleman (the Dr. have yielded their reputed, of this continent), that this is nos by hundreds —it is felt moment for thoughtlessness and levity. Another thought is continually finding expression —it is that the two sections do not fight on level ground. The North is flooding her armies with recruits who are three-fourths of them foreigners, many of them taken from the emigrant ships at Castle Garden ; the South is sending into the field the very lifeblood of her body politic. It may be that the civilised Powers of Europe, stand ing as they do upon a higher level than it is possible that I can occupy, may see no hope of successful moral interference. But if they could only witness the misery which is, from every acre of this"tonld favoured continent, crying aloud to Heave n, c,l l an ce of scarcely be but that they would risk t ine , b outraged failure rather than permit humanity anguish He has by a continuance of such excess of first leaped from visited no nation since the sword its scabbard, and the human heart was first sown with the bitter seed of vindictiveness and hate. [A DvEnTisEmE NT.J—Hollowny's Ointment and IPills. Indisputable remedies for old wopnds. dozes anelnlcers,--If used according to directions given with them, there is no wound or ulcerous - sore , however obstinate or long s t an d_ ing, but will yield to their healing and curative properties. Numbers of persons who have been patients in several of For glundular the largo hospitals, and under the care of eminent B urgeons, without deriving. the slightest benefit, have been thorough cured by Holloway's ointment .ind pills . swellines, tumours, scurvy, and diseases of al is no medicine that can be used with 80 good an siiil3 there seare iriatib—lee , ere tact, in the worst forms a disea:ea. i n dition of the blood these medicines dependent• upon the con= SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER MEETING, THURSDAY. The business transacted at the subscription rooms this morning was purely that of settling, which was carried on in a very satisfactory manner. The only move made on the Derby was to make Macaroni as good a favourite as Lord Clifden. It was rumoured that for the future Mr. Topham would not have the management of this meeting. Mr. Eyke's annual sale of yearlings, took place as usual at the back of the Albion Hotel. The racing was of so uninte resting a character that nothing need be mentioned con cernir.g it. Nearly an hour was wasted at the start for the Scurry Handicap, and after they had started and ran about half the distance a child was found lying in the running ground. It was with the greatest difficulty that Fordnam ar , d Grimshaw prevented their horses running over it. The weather wa, most charming throughout the day. Cheshire Welter Cup (Handicap) of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each ; winners extra ; jockeys 31b extra. Grosvenor course. 12 subs. Mr. Moore nas. Eidolon, 6 yrs, 12st 31b (in. 31b extra) Mr. E. T. B (J. Osbor ne ) 1 owers's Fontenoy, 3 yrs, lOst 111) (inc. 31b) (Cleniebt) 2 Mr. Holman nas. D ecept i on, aged, 9st 131 b (in 31b) (For - fin:Lin) 3 Mr. D. Smith's Schoolmaster, 5 yrs, 9st 71b (Mr. Hogg) 4 Mr. E. Mill's Kuutsford, 6 yrs, list 61b (La. 31b) (Within) Betting -5 to 4 agst Eid o l on, 7to 4 agst Fontenoygton . 5 Eidolon was the first away, and, with Deception and Schoolmaster in close attendance, came on with the run.• ning to the half distance, when the latter rushed to the front, and came past the stand a length in advance of the favourite, who was followed by Fontenoy, Deception, and Knutaford, in the order we have given them. In this way they ran to the halt-mile post, where , Thoolmaster dropped back, and E dolon again resumed his lead, followed by Deception and Fontenoy into the straight, where the latter joined the favourite, the pair finishing a close ana exciting race home, Eidolon winning at last very cleverly by a length and a half. Dezeption finished a good third. Scurry Handicap, of 5 soya each, with 30 added. Winners extra. Half a mile. 12 subs. Mr. H. Owen's Antipodes, 3 yrs, 65t.... (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Scott nas Motu:Lain Buck, 3 y rs , E st 91b ( Wheatley) z car. Christie 's Miss Julia, aged, 95. 10,b (Foi draw) 3 The following also ran :—Kell or Cure and Abernethy. Betting—Even on Antipodes, 2to 1 agst bliss Julia, 8 to 1 agst Abernethy, and 100 to 3 agst Kill or Cure. One hour was consumed at the post before Mr. M'tleorge got them in order, through the repeated breaking away of Antipodes. At last the flag was lowered, wuen the fa vourite, with Miss Julia at his girths, cut out the work at a good pace, followed by Abernethy and Mountain Buck to the distance, where the favourite drew away, and won in a canter by two lengths. Mountain Buck, who headed Miss Julia at the stand, obtained the second honours by a neck. Marquis of Westminster's Plate, value 100 soya, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each. Second to save his stake. Winners extra. Grosvenor Course. 20 tubs. Mr. Wilkinson's Dictator, 6 yrs, Bst 61b (Doyle) 1 Mr W. I'Anson's Caller Ou, 5 yrs, 9st .. (Withington) 2 Mr. W. Hart's Middlewateh, 3 yrs, sat 71b.... (Kenyon) 3 Mr. Johnstone's Lady Rip n, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Chalioner) 4 Mr. Payne's Merrytuaid, Est 61b (J. Grinushavv) 5 Mr. Goddi ng ' s M ountain Maid filly, 3 yrs, 6st 41b oodhouse) 6 Betting -2 to 1 ags t C a ll er Ou, and 3 (W to 1 agst Dic- tator. Lady Ripon, in company with Middlewatch and Dicta tor, made the running to the Grosvenor turn, where Lady Ripon gave way, and aas headed by Dictator, who came on with a clear lead to the turn for home, where Caller Ou at empted to come through but was disappointed, and Withington was compelled to bide his time to the dis tance, when he succeeded, but was never enabled to reach the leader, who won cleverly half a length; a bad third. The Deo Stakes, of 10 soya each, with 200 added, for 3- yr •olds ; colts, Bst 10,b; fillies, Bst 61b. Winner of the Two Th, wand Guineas Stakes 6lb extra. Second to receive 60 sovs out of the stakes. Grosvenor Course. 34 subs. Mr. T. I'Anson na. Borealis, Sat 101 b ........ (Challoner) 1 Col. Towneley's Newchurch, Bst 61b ........ (Asbmall) 2 Betting-6 to son B orea li s , an d while running 7to 4, who made all the mining, and won in a canter by six lengths, Handicap of 5 soya each, 3 ft, with 40 added. Winners extra. Five furlongs. 13 subs. Lord Coventry's Zara, 3 yrs, sst 121 b.... (J. Griroshaw) 1 Mr, C. Peck, jun.'s Bernice, 5 yrs, 7st ...... (Whitley) 2 Mr. T. Smith's Garibaldi, 4 yrs, 7st .......... (Barlow) 3 Mr. G. Angell's East Sheen, 5 yrs, 7st 41b ement) 4 Betting -6 to 4on East Sheen, 2to 1 agst Bernice, and 4 to 1 agst Zara. Garibaldi, in company with Zara and East Sheen, made the running to the distance, where Zara obtained a (le cided lead, which she held to half way up, where Bernice made her effort but failed to relish Lord Coventry's filly, who won cleverly by half a length, a length separat ing the second and third, and half a length between the third and fourth. The Dee Stand Cup of 50 sovs, given by the proprietors, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 soya each; the winner of a handicap this day 711) extra. Three to start, or added money withheld. To start opposite the viaduct. Nearly a mile. 7 subs. Mr. Payne's Bandage, 4 yrs, Est 111 b.... (J. Grimshaw) I Lord Wilton's Herdsman, 3 yrs, Est 21b (S. Adams) 2 Mr. Moore na Eidolon, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (J. o.uorne) 3 Mr. Johnstone's Oberon, 4 yrs, 7st 2113 ...... (Whiteley) 4 Lord Bateman's Peignoir, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b ....(Fordham) 5 Betting -2 to 1 ea.th agst Eidolon and Peignoir, 3to 1 agst Bandage, 5 to 1 agat Herdsman, and 6 to 1 agst Oberon. Bandage, making use of his weight, made play, having Eidolon, Herdsman, and Oberon at his quarters, Peignoir, who exhibited temper, being some distance in their rear. On reaching the distance the three leaders closed and ran a fine race home, Bandage winning cleverly by a neck, half a length between the second and third; Oberon was fourth, and Peignoir beaten off. First Year of the Sixth Biennial Produce Stakes of 10 sous each, with 50 addtd, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b. The second to receive 20 soya out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 15 sous towards expenses of the course. Three to start, or added money withheld. S x furlongs. 16 subs. Mr. T. Stevens's Fisherman's Daughter, Bst 41b (Fordha 1 Mr. Hargreave's Mary C o pp co lt , B st 101 b .. ( S Rogers) 2 Mr. Jackson's Prescription, Bet 41b The followin g a l so ran :— Cutaway , Lady . Mary, and Nimble. Butting -5 to 4on Fisherman's Daughter, 3to 1 agst the Mary Copp colt, and 100 to 8 agst N mble. The Mary Copp colt, in company with Prescription, Lady Mary, and Cutaway made the running, the favourite with Nimble lying off to the diltauce, when Fordham made an attempt to get through, but failed; but seeing an opening half-way up he drove his mare through, and won a fine race out of the fire by a neck, half a length between the second and third; Nimble a bad fourth. THE STANTON YEARLINGS. The Messrs. Tattersall offered this lot of good-looking yearlings, the property of Mr. John Eyke, to public auction at the back of the Albion Hotel, Chester, yesterday, A goodly number of gentlemen assembled to witness the sale, and, although the proceeds did not reach to Mr. Eyke's ex pectations, some of the youngsters fetched good prices. Below will be found the terms given, together with the names of the purchasers : 1. The Cro w, bl c, b y Wild Huntsman, dam Annete, Gs. by Irish Birdcatcher—Para's dam (Mr. Kellow) 33 2. Cyrnon, b c, by Backbiter, dam Honey, by Mel- Skib..urne or Cossack —Sister to Newminster (Mr. pper) .................... 33 3. The Lizard, br c, by Knight of Kars, dam Marma lade, by Sweetmeat—g d, Fravola's dam, by Sir Hercules (Mr. Cliff) .............. 4, Sir Lydston, ch c, by Gamma, jun. (by Sir Her cules—Gemma di Vergy's dam) (Mr. Melville) 20 5. Marolot, b c, by Knight of Kars, dam Whist (My CPartner's darn), by Melbourne, Revoke, by amel (Mr. Wadlow) .................... 6. The Gra , pler, br c. by Sweetmeat darn More rn sca (Baabdil's dam, winner of the Goodwood Stakes in 1862), by Don John or lago, Black Bess, by Camel (Mr. Waolow) ................. 7. Lily Lye, bl f , s i ster to Sacc . . ... 230 harometer (Lord Stamford) . ............................... 600 8. Pick-a-Back br f, by Knight of Kars, dam Perfi dious (ihe Idea's darn), by Lanercost, Treacher ous, by Pantaloon, Camel (Cavtain King).... 220 9. Curiosity, br f, by Knight of Kars, darn Mary (sister to My F ancy ) , and Stanley's darn, by Sweetmeat (Mr. Stevens) ............... 10. Isc o id, b r f, by Knight of Kars, dam,. Candy,. b . 40 y Sweetmeat, Eva by Pantaloon (Mr. Cliff).... 200 11. Sernaphor, br f, by Knight of Kars, darn Red Tail (Toka'a darn) by Cossack or Deputy, son of Priam (Mr. Pay ...................... 40 13. D e ( d e oR I e rh r a coto ( L br ,uo rsbddfa,Strathmore)by) bsywFeeat un ag . eh . II :_t . a, .. damb. 12. Nelly, br f, by Knight of Kars, dam Josephine, by Irish Birdcatcher—Old lalieritess, by the Sad -80 Abu Touchstone R • tt lla g i3 b l , a i c an C ra .o s t i l , eanor winner of theevrva by Pantaloon, Old Derby and Oaks (Lord Stamford) . ..... ...................... 150 .4. Love Lace, b f, by • Sweetmeat, darn Phcsb , by Touchstone, Collins, by (M . Hill;; . - ' Langar r .. 28J BLOCKADE RUNNER. —Intelligence wee received at Greenock on Monday that the paddle steamer nnah from Mat anzas, whore she had been Rugby had been convoyed by h er Majesty's steamer A blockaded riadne b y tgr t )ffi'v Federal men of war. She had just run the blackade with a cargo of cotton. THE NAVY. On the occasion of the Cadmus, 22, being paid off at Chatham the officers entertained Capt. J. F. Ross at a banquet at Willis's (Sun) Hotel. The Leander, 51, 400 horsepower, fitting for sea, was again taken to the Maplin Sands on Wednes day for the purpose of testing her rate of speed at the measured mile, the requisite repairs to the ma chinery having been effected and the defects in her engines made good. The trial was under the direc tion of Mr. Rumble, of the Cumberland, 70, inspec tor of machinery afloat, and Mr. Martyn, assistant master shipwright of Sheerness dockyard. Mr. Blo.eland, chief engineer of the yard, was deputed by the Admiralty to report on the result. After the vessel proceeded to the Nore, and before the official trials could be completed, the engines again broke down, and the Fearless, paddle wheel steam tender, with Mr. Ramble on board, was despatched to the dockyard to obtain assistance, the ship hav• itig dropped her anchor near the Nore light. She will be some days in making good her defects, after which she will again attempt to make her trial, for the fourth time. The engines of the Leander ap peared to be very faulty; their constant repairs and frequent breakdowns very considerably retarding the fitting cut of this frigate. The Armstrong and other guns required for the Cossack, 20, 250 horse power, fitting at the Nore for commission, has been despatched to that vessel trom the Ordnance stores, Chatham. This fine corvette is very rapidly approaohing completion, and in the course of a few weeks will be ready to be dispatched to any station where her services may be required. It is stated at Ctiathabt that she will relieve the Pearl, 21, 400 horse power, Capt. J. Curiase, C. 8., on the East India and China station. A memorial was yesterday forwarded to the Ad miralty from the inspectors employed in Chatham dockyard, requesting an extension to thorn of the same privileges in the way of payment for the extra hours during which they are employed in the dockyard as are now enjoyed by tae subordinate officers and mechanics. The workmen and officiats employed on the Achilles enter the dockyard, under the present arrangement, at a few minutes before 6 a.m., and continue working until 8 p tn., for which they receive increased pay. The inspec torte however, although employed during the same number of hours have had no addition made to their salaries, which they complain of as a very great hardship. Some of the leading men are actually placed on the same footing as themselves as regards the extra pay. As a matter of justice to a deserving class of officers it is hoped that their lordships will take steps for re moving the grievance complained of. Yesterday the 12 pounder and 9- pounder Arm strong field and boat guns for the iron cased frigate RJyai Oak, 35, 800 horse power, fitting for sea at Chatham, were despatched from the Ordnance wharf to that vessel. Some delay has taken place in the shipment of the 110-pounder and 40 -pounder Arm strongs, in consequence of it having been necessary to make some alterations in the carriages to adapt them for the decks of the Royal Oak. The Emerald, 34, screw frigate, Capt. A. Cum ming, having comp eted the fitting of her four bladed screw in the large double clock at Portsmouth, was unlocked yesterday morning, and steamed out of harbour to Spithead, where she anchored to be reedy for her exp er i menta l trial, which is app o i n t e d to take place to-day. The Enchantress, Admiralty new paddle yacht, Master-Corn. Petley, is completing the painting of her hull and spars in the old fitting basin at Ports mouth. The general outline of her hull and the tautness of her three masts with their appropriate rig will give the vessel when fully compieted a very nandsome appearance. The Megrera, screw irott troopship. Corn. Madden, has been taken into dock at Portsmouth to carry out some slight repairs connected with her machinery below the water-line. This vessel has been but a very short time out of dock ; but her bottom, which has been coated on opposite sides with rival com positions, exhibits considerable corrosion where she has run over her chain when at anchor, or where the compositions have been disturbed from other causes. There is also a considerable amount of barnacle deposit on one side. The Powerful, target-ship, has been brought down Portsmouth harbour, and it is probable will be used again for testing armour plates previous to being superseded by the Thunderer, sailing line of-battle ship, a vessel laid down on the lines of the French ship Canopus, at Woolwich in 1831. Among the lot of plates received for the next trial are three bearing the mark X.Y.Z. Two of these are 41 inches in thickness and about 15 feet in length, and 3 feet 6 inches in width. They are made up of seven layers of bars laid longitudinally, six thick nesses in each layer, and have apparently been heated just sufficiently to bind the whole together under the hammer, and afterwards finished off be tween the rolls. Care has apparently been taken not to heat them beyond a certain point, if a correct judgment may be formed upon the matter from the general imperfectness of the welding. The third plate is 51 inches in thickness, and has apparently been made from blooms tinder the hammer, and probably also finished by the rolls. Messrs. Wal ton and Sons, of London, have also sent some blooms of iron down to the dockyard to mike an armour plate from for experimental purposes. This iron is said to be so good that the plate manufactured from it will excel in quality the celebrated French plates recently tried at Portsmouth, and the best of all the English plates ever tried there, while its cost to the Government will be considerably under the price now being paid to private contractors. The source whence the iron has been procured is not known for a certainty, but report credits it as having been obtained from some hitherto almost unknowu spot on the borders of one of the German forests. A piece of the iton has been worked up under the hammer in the smithery of the dockyard with un usually good results. On the second trial of the Royal Italian despatch vessel Esploratore, built by Messrs. Wigram, and fitted with engines of 350-horse power by Messrs. Et on o t r h ah e tao f ir : e r former John Penn and Son, which took place on Wednes n day, the speed occasion. It was 17.26 knots, a gain of rather more w its greeter w ith thanleis than a quarter of a knot, or 20 statute miles per boats the hour. The engines worked up to seven times their nominal horse-power. powerat tained aefgrtehaeter Holyhe adspeed. at the Admiralty :—Capt. - T. H. Mason to the Tra falgar, vice the Hon. T. Baillie, superseded at his own request ; Commander John C. Soady, to the Warrior; Richard B. Croft. midshipman, to the Warrior; A. B. Boxer, nominated to a n ava l cadet ship; John Warr' (a), surgeon, to the Active; Ed ward J. Bennett, paymaster, to the Active; and Wm. Clay, clerk, to the Wellesley, THE ARMY. Inspec 'occupied torY- G es e t n e . rd of ay ß M oy a a j l o m r-G ar e i n n . es A , A. n ao S h t a ra db b eaemn for several days past in a searching inspection of the Chatham division of Marines Light Infantry, spent some considerable time in the gun-shed bat tery in the inspection of the non commissioned offi cers and men at gun drill with the heavy naval 110-pounder and 40-pounder Armstrongs, and the 68-pounder smooth bore guns. At its conclusion he expressed himself well satisfied at the efficient manner in which the drill had been gone through. At the close of his official inspection of the Chatham division the whole of the officers and men of the battalion were assembled in the barrack-square, where they were addressed by the Major •Gen., who expressed his thorough satisfaction at the result of his official inspection. The officers of the Chatham division of Royal Marines Light Infantry gave a grand soiree end SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER . FOR THIS DAY. At 2s. 6d. each Person. SOUPS. Mock Turtle. Cliremont. FISH. Stewed Eels. . Fried Soles. ENTREES. Sweetbreads and Mushrooms. Patties ala Beohamel. JOINTS. Roast Beef Roast Mutton. SWEETS. Semolina Puddings. Orange Fritters. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOS,. LLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET. SOCIETY OF PAINTERS Iv WATER now OPEN COLOURS --- Fifty-ninth Annual Exhibition Is at their Gallery, 6, Pal.-mall East ,c.ose to the National Gallery, from Nine till du k. Admittance, is. ; Catalogue, 6d. JOSEPH J. JENKINS, Secretary. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT LES FRERES ATHOS. From the Carignan Theatre, Turin. Master EDWIN SAUNDERS, the Chil _ 1 of Song. THE NEAPOLITAN MINSTRELS. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. G reen, and Si, nor Ti vo li . Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. The celebrated UNSWOR I IT'S NEW S'l UMP SPEECH', The only Negr o O rator of the day. EUGENE and DULEY, with new Eccentricities. ARTHUR LLOYD, Miss SAUNDERS, and Mr. HILTON, the Comic Ventriloquist and Modern Magician, EVERY EVENING. Adm,ssion—Hall, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is , H E 0X F ORD, e, OXFORD STREET. During the week will be performed Selections from the following popular Operas : Auber's MASANIELLO. GOUNOD'S FAUST. New Cantata, MAY DAY, by Mr. Sterndale Bennett. orted by Miss Russell. Miss Townley, tic.; Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, &c. with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Fiute Solos UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the marvellous A RT 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 avo d being amused by their origin I gambols. They elicit shouts of laughter and applause "—Times, April 7, 1863. ARGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, dilly. NOTICE TO TIIE MUSICAL WORLD. The Instrumental Concert_ roweled e l ate the sole direction of L. JULLIEN, son of the late M. Jullien, of Monster Concerts celebrity. from hal f - past LEVY, -past Ni gre ne at to T welv e s the Cor ne t -a-Piston, plays raganini's Solo, half-past Ten. Admission, Is. T HE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. containing the, Won of Nature and Art. shown by innumerable Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; together with a variety of Natural Preparations, Malfoi mations, vl onstrosities, ; also the Moving Ana tomical Dying Zouave, and other life-size figures. Open daily from 11 to 10, for Gentlemen only. Admission, One Entrance-44 A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, London, W. illustrated Catalogue, free by post for 12 stamps, sealed 20. Explanations throughout the day. Lecture at 4. Address tho secretary, as above. THE hest TROUSF , RS for irpntl.m.n to wPqr are those made by ELSTOB, of AO, New Bond-street. They are neither so low in price as t necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy as purchasers. "In media via tutissimus ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS PER PAIR. ISTEOO EIDON Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 660. GABRIEL'S Sell-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE UAL TEETH and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, -Fringe, or wires, and without operati on. One set lasts a itetirne, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and A ETICULATIO v even when all other s f a l l. Purest ma terials only, at half ' the usual ost. Messrs. GABRIEL, theold-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM: and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. 1101 AL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). P ATRONESS—Tier Most Gracious lil fkiesty the Queen. i RESIDEN T — Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. enAtnatAri—Thos, Raring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPuTY-CnAtamAx—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The C ommittee of Management have to state that, since iishments n thee be beßinning of the year 1860, the Royai National Lifeboat. The number Institution hasexpended 432,000 on various Lifeboat Estab of lives saved by the Life-boats of the , since its formation, is 12,800; t'16,480 in flash have beoelnd Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and paid in rewards. The Institu 'ion nag also expended xa loc:x&reesehtabeir grateful sense of Transporting-car, 'age.. and7i3°" on Life-boats, Life-boat The Committc! poo de r s t ire wb t oathouses. the generou4 Yes e s, t a support which at responceibflitz that i ritish public during the past lei, vs_ received from the iiinnitarificent fleet has enab ed them to establish their tr l r en o m, e l p 2if y Lifeboats onhowever,the s o h t o r t e h s e o g f P re ingdom 'relent res s on them to maintain their iceflet in a t horought state, and i, s Crews practised the managemenple I , :i n e Zit: boats, whi h ca , only be effected by a large and annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of th:1; countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so t full acknowledge the following con great and truly national a work. tributions : £ e. d Fier Majesty the Queen .. .. annual 5o 0 o Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. annual 5 o o Clerk. Colonel, R. A. .. • • .. .. annual 11 o ('outts and essrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 0 o Currie, Wm., Co..N:sq., 4th don.lo o o Erle, Lord Chief Justice .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G. J., Esq , cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sporting Carriage .. .. • • • • • • 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. •• •• don. 30 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. R .. don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. • • • • 3 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. annual 2 0 0 Thom s Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her Ladyship , 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Ersby, Lord .. .. annual 5 0 0 ' Donations and Annual -u' scriptions will be thankfully tre eivedercival by the Bankers o f th.• institution, Messrs. Willis, and Co., 76, Lombard—treet ; Messrs. Coutts and ift °i6 s9 4 , Strand; tesers. Herrips, Farquhar. and Co., 16, St. 'B•Street, London ; by a I .he Collectors of Customs and Ri „,_aillkers in the UniteiKlugdorn; and by the Secretary j o 'lrrci Lewis. ESQ., at the Office of the Institntion, 14, "mlitzeet, Adelphl, London, W.C. THE CONFEDERATE STATES, ;From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) RICHMOND, March 23. In the Illustrated London News of Feb. 21 the 'ollowing passage has caught my eye : " From the Cumberland River, in Tennessee, fur ther atrocities committed on unarmed negroes and mulatto men are reported. The coloured cabin-boys and cooks captured on board some Federal steamors taken at Harpeth shoals, on the Cumberland River, were taken to an open field and shot in cold blood. Two others got down by the rudder of the steamer, and held on with only their heads above water. Tney were discovered by the Confederates, and several soldiers were ordered into a skiff, who rowed close up to them and blew out their brains. The life of a chambermaid was saved with difficulty by the clerk of a steamer claiming her as his slave whom he was removing into Kentucky." As our opportunities of seeing English journals in th e Confederate States are like angels' visits, and as there are indications from the use of the term "further atrocities," that many similar stories have been con tributed to the enlightenment of the British public, let me venture to ask your readers whether it is necessary that a voice should come from this aide of the Atlantic to demonstrate to them the ludicrous improbability of fictions like this? At this moment the Confederate States, no less or scarcely less than the Federal, are floating swiftly along a current which, if this war be protracted for ten months more, will plunge both sections alike into that great ocean of repudiation which is consciously and without a shudder contemplated at Washington, but towards which there is at least great repugnance professed at Richmond. In both sections alike the result is that everything resembling property is eagerly sought for, as a safe vehicle for the conveyance of a fraction of those paper promises to pay with which every man, ragged and tattered though in some instances be may be, is heavily freighted. In the category of Property, in spite of Mr. Lincoln's Proclamation, no man can deny that the negro is still emphatically included. At the slave market in Richmond not a day passes but negroes and negresses are eagerly bought at prices varying from 2,000 to 2,500 dols.; and if an English eye could ever learn to look with indifference upon so sad a sight many a smile might be provoked to see the proud satisfaction with which a negro, who in ordinary times would have fetched 1,300 dols., and who has little conception of the meaning of such recondite terms as depreciation of the currency, finds himself knocked down at at an e.d.vance upon that figure of 1,000 dols. " I told you," said a female slave recently, impe rial in tl.e dimensions of her crinoline, and point ing proudly to her gold earrings, " that it worn't for nothing that I wore them things ;" her meaning being that the large price of 2,300 dols. which she had just fetched was attributable to her hijouterie. Under these circumstances is there any other man in England but Mt. Baptist Noel who believes that captured Africans are likely by Confederate soldiers to be taken to an open field and shot in cold blood ? Is it conceivable that (as I have read in some other extract from the English press) negroes taken from the Federals should by the Confederates be lashe o trees, cowhided, and left there to perish of star -- " Is it likely that Mr. Baptist Noel's other story, about negroes hiding arms and being shot at Charleston, should contain a grain of truth ? As• some that it were possible that in such a commu nity as Charleston negroes should have sufficient independence of character to breathe otherwise than through their masters' nostrils, is there no other way of punishing them, if insubordinate, than by instant death ? There are proprietors of coal mines in Virginia and North Carolina offering at this moment, by public advertisement, fabulous Prices for the hire of refractory or disaffected negroes. And what safer or more remunerative dispos it ion of such ticklish property as Mr. Noel's imaginary re cusants could possibly be found? It should be remarked that stories such as these, which bring down the roof of Exeter-hall, are wisely seasoned for the palate of the English public, but are seldom ventilated upon this better info rme d continent. The Southerner , cavalier though h e may be, has lived too long in affinity with the Yankee to be wholly insensible to the fascinations of the almighty dollar. It is possible that some of the miserable sufferers who are perishing with cold and hunger at Craney Island, and C a i ro, and Wash ington may be soothed i nto uncompl a i n i ng silence by such stories as these, and checked in their aspira tion for a return to the tropical savannahs of Dlxie by that dread of physical palu which the African vation PHI(_• . ..4d. STAMPED ...M. Ithe Thrner.tea death et Major Palhan...„ I atatel thai Gen. Stuart, a t t h e Lead of 2,000 of hia cavalry, heti attacked and d r i ven b ack a body of 3,000 Federal horiemen. It appears the true narrative of the in cFdents of the 17th is something like the followin g . Full and accurate information of the intended raid of the Federal cavalry had reached Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, but in the deep and miry slime of the roads he gave little heed to the Utah of the report. It hap pened that Gen. Stuart was at Culpepper Court house attendi ng a court-martial, With hi m went also M a j or P elham, neither of them expecting any collision with the eneoty. On the morning of the 17th it was repot ted that a large body of Federal estimated at trout 6,000 to 8,000 ernaevtui,l7',(l7vearii:,:;,;'illyly, advancing from /iell . 'a Poi J. fo oppose them tlicro was tingling tit the hrigade of Gen. Fi!zliugli Lee, numbering at this moment about 800 men, but likely to be much stronger hereafter. Two of the Federal regiments were dismounted and thrown out as sharpshooters, and against these dismounted men the flonfederatee thrice gallantly attempted t o c h arge, b ut were un ab le to get at them by reason of th e i naccessibility of their position. Just as the third charge was im minent, Major Pelham, who had borrowed a horse and was on the field as a volunteer, rode a little for ward, and,having been forbidden by General Stuart to join (as he eagerly desired) iu the charge, cheered the 3d Virginia Regiment forward with voice and hand. "There they are boys, there ! Give it 'ern! forward! forward !" These were his last words. He never spoke again. A shell, discharged at the regiment, burst above him, and extinguished one of the purest and bravest spirits which have yet been . ieldEd up in this desolating war. The charge was delivered without Effect, but immediately after wards, to the astonishment of their opponents, the Federals began to retreat. It is believed that intel ligence of the movement of a large body of in. fantry, designed by General 11. E. Lee to cut off the Federals from the Rappahannock, had suddenly reached them. Be this as it may, nothing could exceed the precipitate disorder of their retreat. Various designs, such as a descent upon Gordons ville or Charlottesville, or some point of the Vir ginia Central Railroad, have been imputed to them. As it is, but for the accidental and irreparable loss which the Confederates have sustained in Major Pelham, there would have been little occasion to waste ten words upon so feeble and abortive an attempt to lift the curtain of the bloody drama of 1863. £ 8 - . X a.