The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-11 00:00:00

THEATRE-110 Y AL HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY monTAL. After which, 47th time, a new and original comedy, entitled IrINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter-Spy : Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wig - an, and Wes Louisa Angel. To be followed by the new Farce, EASY SHAVING : Messrs. Compton, W. Gordon, Rogers ; Miss Louise Keeley, Misa Fanny Wright. T.o conclude with THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. Commence at 7. THE DUKE'S MOTTO. THE HU,\ DRE(N AA') FIFTIETH NIGHT, and 'Jot Week but Three of the present Season. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTEIL Last Week but Three of the present Season. TEAS EVENING, to commence with an Original iketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3iwue, entitled T EIE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feral and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brour am, H. Niddiombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson; Misses Carlotta Leclereq, Kate Terry, E. (Avenue, and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole C.nogee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining R _____ THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock, Shakespere's Play of RO NIICO AND JULIET. Romeo, Mr. Walter Montgomery; Mercutio, Mr. G. V , ninc,r ; Friar Lawrence, Mr. H. Marston; Apothecary. Mr. Belmore ; The Nurse, Mrs. H. Marston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. NEW TI-i E ATRE-RO ?AL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manse-et M?. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRI=H TIGER. After which, at Eight o'clock, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN; oR, T E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phi:lips, Stwart, Billington, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. 151( ssrs. Toole, P. Bedtord, R. Phillips, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Earl, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborou,gh. THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. Mr. Clifton. Followed by WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. Messrs W. H. Swanborough. P a rselle, Vollaire, G. Honey ; Miases Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, Branders, and E. Baton. After which. the Great Burlesque, ALI BABA ; OR, THE THIRTY-NINE THIEVES. Messrs. Honey, Turner, Danvers, Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Saunders, White, Button, and Hughes. Commence at 7. r k TIHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 11, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morain i c: This day at Two o'clock .. Si Barometer-30.28. ; light, and fine weather. HIGH W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tui s De:Y.—Morning, 10h. 29m.—Afternoon,' 11h. 3m. TO-MORROW.Morning, 11h.' 37m.—Afternoon, h. to. cs.) r:73_ THE - SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1863 LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1863. The advance of the Confederate army, if not made at the pas de charge, has been made at least en Inane into Pennsylvania. There it is, apparently, that General LEE has chosen his new battle-ground. Swiftly and surely the line of doom, seems to be drawing round the Northern capital. Southern cavalry had been seen to pass within fourteen miles of Washington. A portion, this was, it is understood, of a considerable body of the Confederate troops commanded by General FITZHTJGH LEE, then moving eastwards so close to the north of the Federal metropolis—bending its way seemingly in the direction of the Washington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railway. Both Washington and Baltimore—when these latest advices left per the Scotia—were in hourly expectation of attack, and no wonder, assuredly, under the circumstances. Knowing that incident just related, knowing it as an actual and undoubted occurrence, so very recently and within so brief a distance from the capital, it reads rather dubiously, among these new telegrams brought freshly from the seat of war—that vague and hesitating announcement, to the effect that the Federal army was supposed (!) to be on the north side of the Potomac in a position to cover the northern and western approaches to Washing ton ! If they had nothing better than that to turn to by way of a new encouragement to their fading hopes at New York at the close of June—it may be certainly counted as little more :than a hope holding on by the eyelashes. Extraordinary excitement is reported as prevailing in Philadephia, in point of fact through the whole state of Pennsylvania. Excitement amounting almost to a panic—undeniably to a manifest sense of consternation. Appeals to the citizens to arm themselves and to defend their homes by a defensive war a l'outrance had been made by the authorities. The immediate response to which appeals had already been the pressing northwards of thousands upon thousands of fugitives, young and old, men, women, and children, bearing with th em i n t h e i r flight their household goods and chattels, their cattle and their merchandise_ New York itself, meanwhile, in the midst of all these disastrous tokens of southern triumphs and successes, contrasting vividly every where with Northern defeats and discomfitures— New York, all the while, evidencing nothing more remarkable than a Yankee version of a eon of Sir CHARLES COLDSTREAM apathy, or a Lord DUN DREARY indifference. The meaning of all which is, of course, that the Federal population has by thi s time lost all real heart in the contest. The Northerns generally have no faith whatever in the capacity, or even in the honesty of their rulers. The prestige of Mr. LINCOLN'S Presidency, if it ever really and truly had any worth speaking of, has long and long ago melted into thin air, leaving not a vestige of its ghostly self anywhere recognisable. Mr. SEWARD and his colleague, while sharing in the rapid increase of their Chief's unpopularity, have, by their fatuous policy, shared also in the flagrant discredit attaching to those who have by their words, written and spoken, by their advice and by their acts, tended so wilfully and appreciably to precipitate his fall. Perfectly on a par with, if not even !materially surpassing by its magnitude and intensity, the unpopularity of the Federal ad ministrators—there is the glaring and certainly justifiable unpopularity attaching to these rapidly appointed Federal Commanders-in-Chief! Com menders-ie.-Chief, in reality, who, throughout the whole of this extraordinary war, may truly be said only to succeed —each other! General HOOKER, following in this, consistently to the last, in the wake of his unhappy predecessors, has now, in his own turn, disappeared from the command of the Northern army. As the gingerly wording of one of the telegrams has it, "he has been relieved, at his own request"—General MEADE, an entirely new man, assuming his vacated place as Leader of the Federal Army of the Potomac. So that all this increasing clamour recently raised among certain infatuated believers (still !) in that Brumtnagum BONAPARTE, the young NAPO LEON as he has been dubbed—General M'CLELLAN, has proved, when all was said and done, of no avail. Again General M'CLELLAN'S name has been passed "" -- -again the Cabinet at Washington, ur rather it should be said, of course, the PRESIDENT at the head of the Federal Government, has shrunk from the perilous responsibility of venturing at this crisis of the war upon the exceeding responsibility that could not but inevitably attach to General M'CLELLAN'S reinstalment. Rather than decide upon which act of temerity, Mr. LINCOLN has preferred to place the baton of commander within the grasp of a general wholly unknown hitherto in any superior authority whatever. An appointment, this, under the circumstances, calculated obviously in no way to rekindle the extinguished hopes of the Norther❑ population. Insomuch that we are not in the least surprised to notice evi dences of an. increase rather than of any diminution in the panic in Pennsylvania, immediately upon General MEADE'S "diffident" announement of his own nomination to the command had made its ap pearance. By the last accounts the revolution in Madagascar assumes ga o s t c as so assumes a more intelligible form, and there is much cause to cast indiscriminate bla me on the con• spirators, as it at first appeared. It seems that the King provoked his own untime l y end, and, although justify the violent conduct of nothing can excuse or palliate their actions. Far from fulfilling the his adversaries, still there is much to explain, if not pro mise which he gave at the outset of his reign, we are i n formed of King RADAMA "that his views of the duty of a ruler were exceedingly defective." He persisted in a series of actions that, separate, would have been sufficiently inimical to prosperity or credit ; but, taken collectively, were more than enough to shake the foundation of the strongest throne, and lay low in the dust all the hopes of the friends of the King. He persisted in taking into his councils a set of degenerate young men, to the exclusion of the old favourites of his father. He also put aside the measures for the suppression of crime, and constantly gave himself up to intem perance. As might have been expected from such conduct great discontent arose, and the faction that arose against such a ruler was headed by the Prime Minister, and the Commander in-chief. The mis guided parties who had obtained so pernicious an influence over the mind of the K'ng, led him into all kinds of extravagancies and fostered all sorts of delusions. They endeavoured to influence him by the revival of all the old superstitions of the coun try, and we are told in the account that they succeeded to an extent which resulted in his rain. A set of fanatics, real or pretended, sprung up, who declared that they saw visions, and in one of these the ancestors of the KING had appeared to them, and their voices from the invisible world had signified what the KING ought to do for the good of his country. A man who could be so infatuated as to be guided by such ab surdities may be said to have called down his doom on his own head. In spite of the entreaties of his teal friends, the KING persisted in giving credence to the movements of the fanatics, and declared that he recognised the voice of truth in their warnings. He gave every encouragement to the dancers, who crowded around him, and even went so far as to declare that the disease would not be checked until the " praying" was stopped. It is reported, and most probably with some foundation, that these extravagant and extraordinary proceedings were countenanced by the guardians of the idols, and that they bribed large numbers of persons to come from the country to uphold the delusion, and so carry out their projects. The proposals that then were made were so outrageous, that nothing short of a revolution could be expected. For the purpose of arresting the progress of Christianity it was sug gested that a number of Christians should be assas sinated, and also that the chief nobles who were inimical to the actions of the KING should share the same tragic end. The KING issued an order that whoever met any of the so.called sick, as the fana tics chose to designate themselves, should take off their hats, and thus renew the tokens of respect that had formerly attended the march of the nation of idols when they were taken through the city; also to shield the persons of those employed in the murderous designs proposed. The KING issued a pro clamation, that whoever wished to fight should not be prevented, and that the murderer should not be' molested. Of course such a notion alarmed the community. The Prime Minister, with a large detachment of nobles and influential parties, after a day's deliberation, went to the KING and im plored him not to fulfil his desperate threat and sanction murder. The KING remained inexorable, he was deaf to their entreaties, and bent on having his own way. The deputation returned and con sulted as to their course—they were resolved on opposition to the Royal decree. The most complete confusion then reigned paramount. The Rev. Mr. aids, the agent at Madagascar to the London Missionary Society, who communicates this infor mation, here mentions he narrowly escaped with his life from the machinations that were set afoot against him. Five of the " Mena maso," as the confidential advisers of the KING were called, had determined to take his life, in order to put some check to the progress of Christianity. Fortunately their evil designs were frustrated, and their cruel wishes unfulfilled. In consequence of having re ceived a timely warning he went to the KING, and had left eerier than usual, and on his return has tened to a place of safety. A great number of the ti Mena maso" were seized and killed, but twelve or thirteen were with the KING. These it was in sisted should be given up. The troops surrounded the palace, and the few soldiers with the KING re fused to fire on those outside. At last the KING consented to give up the Men a maso i f their lives wereonse spared, and they were co n fi ne d i n fetters for c life. But this did not all ay the fury of the sto rm that had now burst forth, and we learn that the KING, baying said in his discussion with the nobles that h e was supernaturally pro tected, and would punish all opposers to his will, the nobles resolved that he must not live, and he died by their hands the next morning withi n t h e palace. The QUEEN, who alone was with him, used every effort to the last moment of his life to save him, but in vain. His advisers, the Mena maso, were afterwards put to death. Thus all the chief actors in this strange undertaking, that was to con. vulse the country and subvert all existing forms, were victims to their own absurdity and infatua tion. Judging from the tenour of this narrative of even ts, it would seem as if the reports that gained ground concerning the KING having lost his reason were i n a great measure true. The conspirators next determined on their mode of government, and, strange ly enough, offered the throne to the QUEEN. But, warned by past experience, they insisted on making cPrtaiu conditions with her previously to assuming the reins of Government. After reading the document, the QUEEN agreed to its conditions, and the nobles then said, " We also bind ourselves by this agreement. If we break it we shall be guilty of treason, and if you break it we shall do a s we have dons now." The QUEEN and Prime Minis ter, on behalf of the heads of the people, then signed the document. From some of the items here enu merated considerable improvements are to take place in the conduct of affairs. The Sovereign will not rule with despotic sway, but the laws are to be made by the Sovereign, and the nobles, and heads of the people. All foreigners who conform to the customs of the country are to be protected and al lowed full hinny. Also freedom tr; worship is given to the native Christians, and liberty is guaran teed to those who are not Christians. It seem s the intention of those reformers to establish trial by jury, for we hear that—" No person is to be put to death for any offence by the word of the Sovereign alone, and no one is to be sentenced to death till twelve men have declared such person guilty of death." Certainly, regarding the peace ful termination of this strife it may be said that it could have led to many worse results and occa sioned much more suffering. There is no secu owillbnes i k d e e p r t a , b b l o u t o d i f v . they e r a i r t e y e t v h e a n t p t a h r e t s j e a n c y o ndi adhere tions a to will have been made by Madagascar iu the pro gress of civilisation and commerce. Indeed many more favoured States might with advantage adopt some of these rules, and endorse the opinions of this new regime. There was not the angry spirit attending this affair that so often disfigures the conduct of those conducting emeutee and presiding over revolutions. The instigators of the revolu tionary movement worked for a definite end; when this was obtained, order was restored and peace was fully maintained. So far, then, this dark epi sode in the history of Madagascar may not be with out its good effects, It may serve as a warning to future Sovereigns not to adopt pernicious sugges tions that may be made to them by timeservers, and it may also serve to establish a precedent, as it were, that in any future disturbances in the State that may arise from an untimely concur rence of events prudence and moderation can gain their end more effectually than violence and un bridled rage. The speech of Lord PALMERSTON on Thursday night was a triumphant vindication of the policy pursued by the Government with respect to our system of national defence. The noble Premhr said very justly that, in following that course, the Government had only gone in the wake of public opinion, for the mind and the heart of the country were set upon the defence of the naval arsenals and dockyards. We have had enough of panics. They are undignified, unsatisfactory, and quite out of keeping with our power and position. The question arises, " How are they to be avoided ? " Certainly not by the assertions of hon. gentlemen, who alter nately ridicule the idea of invasion as preposterous and denounce its very mention as insulting to friendly pa wers. "If hon. members," said Lord PALMERSTON, " could, by saying broadly that in vasion is impossible, render it so, why, well and good; but they are like the people of the Northern States, who have been for two years saying posi tively that the rebellion would be put down in three months, in 90 days, which were always beginning, and never ending, whereas now, instead of being at Richmond, they are anxiously expecting the possi bility of the enemy attacking them at Washington or Baltimore." Such unreasoning self-confidence is the weakest defence which a nation can have, and if we wait until the enemy are actually in sight before we begin to make our preparations for re ceiving them, we are likely to play a somewhat undignified part. Lord PALMERSTON ridiculed the notion that a man could be made into a general by patting on a cocked hat, but the task of properly fortifying a defenceless spot of great national im portance is a longer one than that of finding an efficient military leader. Lord PALMERSTON showed the House very clearly how, by constructing the proposed fortifications at Pc rtsmouth and Spithead, the dockyards instead of offering easy access to an invading force, could only be entered after a regular siege, and the invader would have no choice but to attack London. The noble Premier showed the malcontents how greatly this reduced the chances of invasion, since it would require a very different army to advance to the English capital from the force that would be requisite for running into de fenceless dockyards and destroying all before them. Such a force, said the Premier, might well be spared or surrendered when its work was done by a country who wished to rival us at sea, and called upon those gentlemen who wished to rest upon the navy as the great defence of the country to protect those dock yards, without which we cannot have a navy at all. The opinions of the most able professional men, military, naval, and scientific, are all in favour of the proposed scheme, and those gentlemen who, for the sake of the expense, would alter the plan and omit considerable portions, should remember that by so doing they will weaken the whole design. As in a skilfully played game of chess each piece sup ports the other, so every fortification depends in some degree on its fellow, and by leaving out a part the value of the real will be very much les sened. The Duke of WELLINGTON is known to have expressed his opinion that our south coast was open to invasion. He considered that Ports mouth, Dover, and Aldershott, properly equipped, formed a triangle, which would make it very diffi cult for any enemy to find his way to London. In the face of such an authority Mr. COBDEN'S pro tests deserve about as much respect as he would pay to a military critic on the factories of Lancashire. The Iron Duke was at least as capable of consi dering the national honour as the hon. member for Rochdale, and if he did not consider that it was any sign of sense or spirit for a country to remain un defended any more than for a soldier to go to battle unarmed, Mr. COBDEN may set aside his new and inconvenient scruples. Sir J. FERGIISSON com pletely answered the arguments, if such they can be called, of the member for Rochdale. He replied to his deprecation of the outlay upon these works by saying that the public felt persuaded that they were likely to effect a great saving of public money, especially in times of emergency. Sir DE LACY EVANS also expressed his warm support of the measure, and recapitulated the recommendations of the committee who considered this question. Among these was the defence of Woolwich, and the erection of a grand central arsenal is the in terior of the country. This is an excellent project, and one which we hope to see carried out before long. Such a reservoir would render us indepen dent of sudden surprises, and would, indeed, lessen the inducements to seize on our more exposed depots. Forewarned is forearmed. All these schemes do not indicate that Englishmen are grow ing weak or cowardly, or that they anticipate that their country would fall an easy prey to an invader. But the wisest men do not want to learn wisdom by experience. They foresee danger, and prepare for it, so that when the evil day comes they are equal to the emergency, instead of being overcome by it. The part which England should fake in European politics should be played without fear of consequences, and only a proper system of national defence and fully efficient services can qualify her for it. Whatever may be the opposition from the advocates of peculiar crotchets within the walls of St. Stephen's, the sense of the country is with the movement, and Lord PALMERSTON may rest assured of the national support and approval pro:- vided the works are well and wisely carried out. Mr. R. Vaughan Williams has been appointed Judge of the County Court of Circuit No. 9, in the Place of Mr. Richards. The name of this gentleman is fami liar to the readers of the law Times, as he was for some years one of its reporters in the Common Pleas. The list of judges and law officers in high places who have been taken from the ranks of our reporters and contributors will be as gratifying to our readers as it is to ourselves. Doubt less, it is because it has proved a help to honour, that this journal has been enabled to enlist so many able men in its serTios.--.Law Zimeo of to-day—just published. LATEST INTELLIGENCE, REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. DENMARK. INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE KINGS OF DENMARK AND SWEDEN. COPENHAGEN, JULY 11. The Malino Mallpost of to-day states that inter views will take place shortly between the Kings of Denmark and Sweden, first in Denmark, and sub• sequently in Sweden. The same paper says :—" It is probable that the real cause of the meeting of their Majesties is the prospect of serious differences between Germany and Denmark." PRUSSIA. VISIT OF QUEEN VICTORIA TO RO-ENAU. BERLIN, JULY 11. The National Zeitung of today announces that the English ambassador, Sir Andrew Buchanan, will receive her Majesty Queen Victoria on the Belgian frontier, and accompany her Majesty to Rosenau, where Sir Andrew will remain during the Royal visit. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. - WARSAW, JULY 7. The following is the proclamation repudiating all intention of accepting diplomatic intervention, referred to in a recent telegram as having been issued by the Revolutionary Committee:— "THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO THE TOWN ORGANISATION. 4, The silence observed by the Government until now upon the insurrection question, and the lively attention directed thereto by public opinion, as bearing upon foreign action, has confirmed the notion of weak minds that the Government had not the courage to disclose its political creed to the nation, and, relying in secret upon the hope of assistance from without, had instructed its foreign agents in that sense. Such an idea, dangerous to publia quiet, is the more disadvantageo us t o t h e popular cause; because several national officials, instead of opposing these injurious influences, have themselves succumbed to their operation. By loosening the bonds connecting them with the highest tribunals, they have shaken the moral ties between the nation and the Revolutionary Government. Prior to the ap pearance of a document which will acquaint the entire nation with the position of the home and foreign policy of the insurrection, the National Government by this present circular informs ail its officials in Warsaw, whose position permits them to pacify the public mind, that the programme of the Government, as developed in the manifesto of the 22d of January last, has not undergone the slightest change. " Acquainted with the enormous strength of the nation,the Government is convinced that, with the people's aid, it can throw off the yoke of slavery. The Government having, before God, the nation, and posterity, undertaken the sacred duty of fight ing to the last man and to the last drop of blood, it will not lay down its arms until Polish soil is no longer trodden by a Russian foot. Yes, the inde pendence of Poland alone can put an end to the present strife. "In its position as a Government the revo lutionary tribunal is unable to break off its relations with diplomacy, which it may be stated have hitherto only possessed a passive character in order to obtain means for combat. The National Government has never been deceived as to the ae• tual diplomacy which is favourable to our cause. For this reason also it has never entered into bego ciations for an armistice, having perceived that if it is ever to incur an obligation towards foreign Powers, this could only be done upon a footing of perfect mutual equality, the Government occupying the position of the representative of a free and inde pendent nation. " It is hoped that this declaration will terminate all further doubts o f the popular officials upon whom the Government calls to continue faithful to their duties. The Government, upon which all responsi bility rests, must also concentrate in itself the entire strength of the nation, and is at the same time en titled to demand e ver y possible sacrifice from the citizens, even to disposition over their lives and pro perty. The duty of the Government is further to watch that no political element is withdrawn from accom plished through its m eans , I t in addition to th e o b e di ence macy, have t t y he wi z th zeal and assistance of the officials , V; h° its guidance, and that everything done for the country is only will steadfastly energyatNational required by the i important epoch of lif e - an d-d eat h essential to the m aintenance of all p olitical su pre - fulfil display u also 's: n th this proclamation ea t a h n e d N combat with the usurper." In connectio n has d e termined to draw Government up an explana. tion, stating the reasons why it could not accede to the six points supported by the Western Powers, even in case of their acceptance by Russia. A com munication having been received from Paris that the Emperor Napoleon would refuse to take notice of any such document, the National Government has resolved upon addressing a manifesto upon the nat i o ns of Europe. This subject to the proclama tion is to be dra wn up in French, German, English, and Polish, a nd is to be issued throughout Europe upon the same day when Prince Gortschakeff's replies to the notes of the Western Powers are given to the world. SPAIN. rioters were dispersed by the arrival of the military." FRANCE. SURRENDER OF THE CITY OF MEXICO TO THE FRENCH. PARIS, JULY 11. The Government have received a telegram, dated Ist July, from the French Consul at New York, announcing that news bad been received, via San Francisco, of the surrender of the City of Mexico. The following official statement has been published to-nay :—" Certain foreign journals have published a letter purporting to have been addressed by the Emperor to the Countess Platen. This letter was not written by the Emperor." BOURSE, July 9.—The market has been heavy, and the limited amount of business doing shows rather lower prices. Threes, for the Account, are now at 68f. 50c. Mobilier Shares have been offered, and are now at 1,182 fr. 50c. Railway Shares also show a decline, but with little business. The market closed as follows It per Cents. .. 97 Italian Loan 7l 75 Do. end month.... Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 68 55 Do. end month Credit Mobilier..., 1185 Russian Do, end month ....1180 Austrian Bank Shares 3410 Spanish Threes Credit k ander 1320 Home Debt . . RA ILWAYS. The official Gazette of to-day publishes a Royal decree, according to which the Customs tariff on iron, fixed in December, 1862, is maintained . T n h , e r umours of a Ministerial crisis are unfounded. TIE WEST COAST OF ,AFRICA MATTS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 11. The royal mail steamer Athenian, from the West Coast of Africa, arrived here this morning, with 4010 z. of gold dust, and £2,320 in specie. Her dates are Benin, May 24; Fernando Po, June 1; catneroone, May 29 ; Old Calabar, June 2; Brass River, 4; Bonny, 7: Lagos, 10; Accra, 12; Cape Coast Castle, 13; Cape Palmas, 17; Sierra Leone, 21 ; Bathurst, 25 ; Teneriffe, July 1 ; and Ma deira 3. Although the steamer brings no despatches, pri vate information states that trade was in a very depressed state, in consequence of prevalent sick ness, and the unsettled relations with the King of Ash antes., OUTRAGE UPON THE ENGLISH CONSUL RESIDENT AT SCUTARI. PARIS, JULY 11. The Pgris papers of this morning publish the following telegram from Rlguss, dated the 10th inst. : Mussulman rioters at Dulcigno have forcibly entered the house of the English Consul resident at Fcutari, who had arrived at Dulcigno. The Consul's coachman was killed, and the Consul com pelled to barricade himself in his apartment, The Cash. Account. Orleans lOl6 25 .. 1012 50 Northern New. ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1022 50 .. 1023 75 Geneva 477 50 .. 477 50 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian 4lO .. 410 Austrian LOT bard North of Spain .. 570 - .. 545 - Saragossa 697 50 .. 696 25 Ditto to Barcelona AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) (Per the Scotia.) NEW YORK, JUNE 29 (Evening). General Hooker has been relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac at his own request. General Meade, a West Point graduate, and late commander of the Fifth Corps of the Potomac army, has been appointed his ouccessor. General Meade is not connected with any political faction. General Hooker has issued an order, saying that be parted from the army impressed with the belief that his usefulness as a commander was impaired. General Meade has issued an order stating that he accepted the command, which was totally unexpected and unsolicited, with great diffidence. He relieved an eminent and accomplished soldier, and relied upon the troops to assist him in dis charging his trust. The sudden change of command at the present crisis has caused general astonishment. The whole of General Meade's army is upon the north side of the Potomac. General Lee, with the last of Longetreet's and H ill's corps,passed throughHagersto wn on Saturday, and Lee's whole army is now in Pennsylvania, which it is believed he intends to make the future battle-ground. General Stuart's cavalry has followed Lee across the Potomac. Ewell's, Hill's, and Longstreet's corps are esti mated:at 75,000 men. The Confederate advance in Pennsylvania has not yet met with any organised resistance, though the inhabitants appear to be a little more roused. Business in Philadelphia is entirely suspended, and the Pennsylvanian collieries are closed. General Dana has issued a proclamation stating that the Confederate strategy was sufficiently under stood to make it certain that Philadelphia was their object, and urging the people to arm for defence. The mayor cf Philadelphia has called upon the people no longer to close their eyes to the startling danger and disgrace hanging over the State and city. The Confederates occupied Carlisle on the 27th inst., and o❑ the following day advanced to within three miles of the Federal fortifications opposite Harrisburg, where there is a large Federal force, and there resistance is expected to be offered to a further Confederate advance. The Confederates at Macconellsburg have also marched towards Harrisburg. General Early's divi sion has moved from Harriaburg to a point between York and Hanover Court-house, cut the telegraph wires, and destroyed numerous bridges, cutting the railroad communications between Harrisburg and Baltimore. There now only remains one railroad line connecting the Northern States with Wash ington. The Confederates have also occupied York, Me chanicsville, and Wrightsville, where the Federals destroyed the bridge stretching across the Susque hannah to Columbia, in order to prevent the Con federates advancing further. The bridge was one mile and a quarter long, and cost a million dollars. General Eweli has issued an order enforcing rigid discipline, and warning his troops that wandering, marauding, and plundering are forbidden. What is required for the army will be taken under regu lation established by the commanding general, according to the usages of civilised warfare. A large force of General Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry has passed within 14 miles of Washington, on the north side, and it is supposed that they are striking for the piece of trestlework on the railroad between Washington and Annapolis Junction. Another Confederate cavalry force made a dash into Annandale on Sunday, destroying stores and capturing waggons. Nine hundred Federal cavalry fell into an ambuscade near Fairfax, on Saturday. the 27th inst., and were badly cut up by Gen. Lee's cavalry. Gen. Rosecranz's army, with the exception of one division, commenced moving on the 24th inst. Gen. Banks issued an order on the 15th instant, saying that with one more advance the works of Port Hudson would be captured. He calls upon the troops to organise a volunteer storming column of 1,000 men. This last assault was to be made on the 20th inst., and if not successful it was supposed Gen. Banks would fall back to Baton Rouge. The Port Hudson works are considered impreg. MADRID, JULY 10. I liable: Heavy cannonading continued at Vicksburg on the 25th. The crew of the privateer Tacony, under Lieut. Reed, transferred themselves to the schooner Archer, which they had captured. They then took the Archer into Portland Harbour on the 26th at night,•and boarded and seized the revenue cutter Caleb Cushing, putting her crew in irons, and sail ing out of Portland with the Caleb Cushing and the Archer. Upon the 27th (morning) two steamers, with 30 regular troops and 100 armed citizens of Portland, started promptly in pursuit, and soon overhauled the Caleb Cushing and the Archer, and, after a few shots were fired by both parties, the privateer's crew abandoned the revenue cutter in small boats, and blew her up. The latter, however, together with the Archer and her crew, were afterwards captured by the steamers, and taken into Portland, where they are held prisoners. NEW YORK, JUDO 30 (Evening). General Dix, with a strong force, has occupied White Hous e , an d sen t out a cavalry expedition which destroyed the Virginia Central Railroad bridge across the South Anna River, brought in prisoners and stores, and captured Confederal* General Fitzhugh Lee, who was lying ill at a pri vate house. The same cavalry force penetrated within nine miles of Richmond. The Confederates in Tennessee retreated fighting before General Rosecranz's advance, and Rosecranz occupied Manchester and Shelbyville, the Confede rates falling back to Tullahoma, which it was sup posed Bragg would abandon and retreat to Chatty.- nooogs. News from New Orleans to the 22d states that the Confederates bad reoccupied Thibrudeau and the Attakapas country, and advanced to Lafourche Crossing, but were driven back. They also seized the Opelousas Railroad, and cut off the Federals at Brashear city. The abandonment of the siege of Port Hudson by General Banks is considered probable. Advices from Vicksburg are to the 26th inst. The Federals had blown up one of the forts on the left, and had mounted two guns in the abandoned fort. Southern journals assert that General Pemberton receives reinforcements from across the river. It is rumoured that General Johnston has moved southward to attack General Banks. Much alarm prevails in Kentucky and Ohio. Generals Pegram and Marshal], with 15,000 men, are reported to be advancing through Cumberland Gap. Preparations for defence are being made at Cin cinnati. The reported depredations by privateers at the mouth of the thy of Fundy are not credited. The steamers Hecla, City of Baltimore, and China have arrived out. The steamers Planter and Neptune have been captured off Mobile. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold, 47 premium. Exchange, Bankers' bills, 161. Stocks dull—New York Cen tral, 119 a ; Illinois, 1001; Erie, 94i; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 1011. Cotton buoyant— Middling Upland, 74c. to 75c. Flour, good in quiry ; wheat heavy ; corn dull. Provisions steady. Coffee quiet; sugar, good inquiry; molasses quiet crude petroleum buoyant, 321 c. NEW YORK, July 1, Morning. The Confederates have retired from the line of the Susquehannab, and General Lee is reported to be concentrating his army on the line of the Cum berland Valley railroad, between Shippensburg and Chambersburg, as if expecting an attack from Meade's army. Various Confederate cavalry forces who have been marauding in close vicinity of Washington, are said to have returned and joined Lee. The present position of General Lee's (Meac3e's ?) army is not known, but it is reported to be in rapid motion, and its progress thus far has relieved the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad of Confederate cavalry, and restored telegraphic cemmunicaticn with Frederick. News of a collision between the main armies of Generals Lee and Meade is hourly expected. Up to Saturday 37,000 Confederate troops, with 104 pieces of artillery, passed through Chambers burg, and on that day General Lee and staff, in company with Generals Longstreet and Hill, left Chambersburg on the Baltimore pike in the direc tion of Gettysburg and the Northern Central rail- road. General Early has levied a contribution at York of 150,000 dollars and large quantities of supplies from the inhabitants. He received 30,000 dollars, and gave the inhabitants twenty days to pay the balance. Entrenchments are being dug round Philadel phia, and the merchants of that city have forwarded large quantities of goods to New York for safety. The Governor of New Jersey has again called oat the militia to go to the aid of Pennsylvania. The public clamour for M'Clellan's re-appoint ment continues. The Confederates continue to respect private property, but the Richmond Enquirer says that Lee may purposely adopt this policy to avoid alarming the population, until General Meade's army is well cleared out his path and General Lee is enabled to throw the whole Confederate army into Pennsyl vania in one combined movement, enveloping Wash ington on one side, Harrisburg on the other side, " and so forward until the Confederate flag reflects itself in the Delaware. Then (continues the Rich mond Enquirer) the just retaliation which the Con. federates demand and the enemy expects must be deliberately organised." President Davis has called upon the Confederates for troops for home defence, to replace Lee's invad ing army. NEW YORK, July 1 (Afternoon). Martial law has been proclaimed in Baltimore and Western Maryland. It is reported that the Federal cavalry, under Gregg, has driven Stuart's whole cavalry force from Westminster, Maryland, 18 miles to Hanover, Pennsylvania. General Kilpetrick then drove Stuart out of Hanover, and was pursuing him. Part of Stuart's force is going towards Gettysburg, and part towards York. Yesterday the Confederates burned Cashtows, Pennsylvania. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, July 1 (Afternoon). Money easy. Gold, 45 per cent. prem. Stocks very firm : New York Central, 12017 Illinois, 103 ; Erie, 95 . MEXICO. OCCUPATION OF THE CITY OF MEXICO BY THE FRENCH. NEW YORK, July 1. Advices received here, via San Francisco, from Mexico, to the 6th, state that the Mexican purison, numbering 20,000 men, evacuated Mexico city on i.he 30th May, and retired to Cuernavaca Plaza. The principal leaders of the church party then sent a commission to General Forey, offering their allegiance to Napoleon. General Bazaine's division occupied Mexico city on the sth, affording protection to the church party against the excited populace. The whole French army was expected to occupy Mexico on the Bth. Three newspapers had been established in Mexico, favouring French policy. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is the account for month ending Thursday, July 9 : ASSETS. P. C. Cash and ingots .. .. .. .. 68,691,971 67 Cash at the branch-banks .. .. .. 248,216,885 Bills due to be paid to-day.. . • • • 680,101 98 Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 75,360,649 f. 73c. are from the branch- banks ' .. .. • • .. .. 331,656,051 69 Bills in the branch-banks .. .. .. 254,762,923 Advances on coin and ingots .. .. 12,803,500 Do in the branch- banks • • .. 2,110900 Do on French securities .. .. 74,871,300 Do in the branch-banks .. .. 22,987,000 Do on railway shares and bonds .. 55,500,500 Do in the branch-banks 36,163,200 Do on Credit Fonder Bonds .. .. 695,300 Do in the branch-banks .. • 598 800 . .. Do to State by treaty, 1848 .. .. 60,000,000 Rentes of the reserve-fund .. .. 12,980,750 14 Routes, disposable funds .. .. .. 33,611,266 61 Rentes immobilised (law of June, 1857).. 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank .. .. 4,000,000 Real property of branch-banks .. .. 5,863,947 Expenses of administration .. .. 82,282 98 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. 2,564,369 53 1,328,411,949 80 LIABILITIES. Capital of the Bank .. .. .. 1 82,500,000 Reserve-fund .. .. .. • • 12,980,750 14 New Reserve .. • • • • • • 9,125,000 Reserve-immobiliere • • • • • • 4,000,000 Profits to be added to Capital (Art. Bof law June 9, 1857) • . • . • • 2,316,503 57 Notes to bearer in circulation in Paris and the branch-banks 708,317,775 Do. to order (Post-bills) 4,479,115 91 Bills payable at sight . • .. • 4,452,578 Ace. cur. of Treasury Creditor .. . • 69,268,810 35 Various accounts current .. 172,205.356 51 Do. branch-banks . • .. 32,462,210 Dividends to be paid 7,799,347 75 Arrears of values deposited .. • . 10,834,948 53 Discount, interest, and expenses .. .. 1,694,143 60 Re-discounts of the last half-year .. 1,554,317 16 turplus of petit not disturbed .. 1,016,700 23 Sundries . 13,404,384 5 1,328,411,949 80 MR. C. J. PLUMPTRE'S LECTURES ON ELOCUTION. —We have very great pleasure in announcing that the Lectures on Professional Elocution, deiivered by Charles J. Plumptre, Esq., at Oxford, have been submitted to 11.R.11, the Prince of Wales, and that the Prince has graciously signified his pleasure that the forthcoming new edition of Mr, Plumptre's Lectures should be dedicated to his Royal Highness. The honour conferred on Mr. Plumptre by this mark of royal favour and approval was conveyed to him a few days since, in a letter of a very gra tifying character, from Lieutenant-General li nollys, the Comptroller of the Prince's household. We find that the following paragraph on the subject appears in the Law times of Saturday, June 27:—" His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has been pleased to give his gracious per mission that the new edition of Mr. C. J. Plumptre's Lec tures on Professmnal Elocution, delivered by him at Ox ford, maybe dedicated to his Royal Highness."—From fh4 Inse;tute and, Leceurors' Gazette for Jul,', niA,r4:# tont C Tat HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, Jnly 10. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, walked and drove yesterday afternoon. Foreign Courts, PARIS, July 8. Marshall O'Donnell, Duke de Tetuan, yesterday visited the military bread-baking establishment on the Qaai de Billy, and the principal barracks of the capital. M. Soult de Dalmatie, orderly officer to the Minister of War, accompanied the duke. " M. Billault, Minister of State," says the Union Bretonne," is expected shortly at Nantes, whence he will proceed to Purnic." Dervish Pasha, recently named Minister of Public Works at Constantinople, has arrived in Paris from Vichy, and will leave immediately for Turkey to assume the duties of his post. The Belgianllfoniteur of to-day publishes the fol lowing notification :—" Palace of Laeken. The health of the King continues to be daily more satis factory. His Majesty presided yesterday over a Council of Ministers." Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury entertained at dinner last evening the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, the Countess Cowley, Earl Granville, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of Sand wich, Lord and Lady Rendlesham, Mr. and Lady Mary Craven, Hon. Col. Macdonald, and Mr. Gerald Sturt. The Earl and Countess of Cardigan entertained at dinner yesterday evening the Countess of Glengali, the Earl and Countess of Stradbroke, Lord Earislort, Lord Loughborough, Lord and Lady E, Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. Baring, and Colonel Douglas; and on Wednesday last, Mr. and Lady Emily Kingscote, Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Curzon, Hon. Mrs. Rous, the Hon. Getrge Fitzwilhara, Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Mr. Talbot, Mr. Fleming, and Mr. Thynne. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury leave town to-day on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston at Brocket Hall. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will leave town to-day for Brocket Hall, Herts, The noble viscount and viscountess will return on Monday. Lord and Lady Egerton of Tatton entertained the following at dinner last evening Baron Bentiack (the Minister for the Netherlands), the Earl and Countess of Airlie, Lord and Lady Manners, the Hon. Mrs.Rashleigh, the Hon. Captain Grosvenor, the Hon. Col. Bourke, Col, and Miss Wilson Fatten, Sir Alexander and Lady Malet, and Mr. and Mrs. Weldon. We understand that the marriage of Lord Alex ander Gordon Lennox with Miss Townley will take place about the first week in August. His Excellency Le Comte de Boos Waldeck and Dr. Btandis have left Maurigy's Hotel for Prussia. Le Comte and Countess Nicholas Noblitz have arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from St. Petersburg. Sir Frederick, Lady, and Miss Hervey, and Miss Constance Alice Bathurst have left Maurigy's Hotel for Clarendon Park, Salisbury. The marriage of Miss Madeline Breadalbane Pringle, youngest daughter of Sir John and Lady Elisabeth Pringle, and niece of the late Marquis of Breadalbane, with Mr. Alex. Anderson, of Newstead, Australia took place on Thursday last at Christ's Church, Lancaster. gate, Hyde-park •gardens. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS (DOWAGER) of CALE DON.—The Countess (Dowager) of Caledon expired on Wednesday at her seat, Tittinhanger, in Hertfordshire atter a short illness. The late countess dowager was the second daughter of Philip, third Earl of Hardwicke, by Lady Elizabeth Lindsay, eldest daughter of James, fifth Earl of Balcarres. She was born April 18, 1786, and mar ried, on Oct. 16, 1811, Du Pre, second Earl of Caledon, by whom (who died ha April, 1839) her ladyship had an only son, James Du Pre, late earl and father of the present peer, a minor. The late countess was sister of the Countess of Mexborough, Lady Stuart de Rothesay, and the Countess (Dowager) Somers. FETE CHAMFETRE IN THE GROUNDS OF CAMPDEN HOUSE.—One of the most brilliant and interesting jetes of this season was held on the 10th inst., in the beau ful grounds of the fine old Palace of Campden House, be longing to W. F. Wolley, Esq,, and which about two years ago was entirely destroyed by fire. The ruins of a house, rich in memories of kings and queens and other great and celebrated characters wh J have lived in it, are always inte resting, but, in this instance, the great popularity and princely hospitality of the present proprietor, Mr. Wolley, who, on Thursday last, received his guests in the grounds, • because he had been burnt out of the house, lent a mos touching and even affecting peculiarity to this fete. Hudson's Bay Co.'s Monopoly and Canada. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I thank you for the insertion of my letter on the Bth, and again recur to it. By the advertisement of the International Financial Society, they claim, No. 2, " The landed territory of the company held under their charter, and which extends over an estimated area of more than 1,400,000 square miles, er upwards of 896,000,000 millions of acres." Should the Government, against the rights of the Crown and people, sanction such a claim, the knell of British supremacy in Canada will soon sound, for as sure as such an illegal and unjust monopoly would be granted, Canada, loyal as she is and desires to be, will secede. The British Minister and the British Parliament have been forewarned. In 1858 I visited all the cities of Canada on the subject, and know the feelings of all classes well. Dublin, July 10, 1863, X. Y. Z. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. SlR,—The reply of the Under-Secretary of the Colonies to Mr. Wyld will be received with grief and surprise in. Canada, as the colonists could not suppose that the Crown. or Parliament would ratify such a bargain. Canada claims a portion of the territory to the north and west of Lake Superior, the remainder belonging to the Crown, the charter of the company only extending to the shores of Hudson's Bay. The opinions of Lord Brougham and other lawyers differ in toto from that of the present advisers of the Crown. London, July 11, 1863. CANADIAN. A LADLEFUL OF PUCE A spiteful hint from Toby, we suspect, has suggested to Punch the announcement of a new work in the press, en titled "Le Gammon de Paris," by John Arthur IZoebuck, Esq., otherwise Tear'm. _Punch observes, upon the subject of education, that it is the part of a virtuous Government to give good instruction to vice. And adds, in the great metropolis we are often taught a moral lesson by the sight of a young thief being brought up by a policeman. The following is Punch's latest instance of flunkeiana : — Rousemaid—" Janes I don't you hear your libery bell a-ringing ?" James—" Bother the libery bell I I ain't going to answer no libery bells—it's my Sunday out, and I'm at church I" A cool draught of Burton is seasonably defined afresh, thus :—ln the last number of the Anthropological Review, there is an article by Captain It. Burton, called " A Day with the Fans." Very agreeable employment this I 0 course the "Fans" above alluded to belong to the race of Coolies? Another instance of the grave, odd, whimsical joking that for some weeks past have been paragraphing Punch with a new kind of dry humour, is the subjoined:— Appalling and Mysterious.—A gentleman (F) and his wife took lodgings some time since in a street not far from Picca dilly. One morning the gentleman went out, apparently alone, and did not return. On subsequently searching the room, the landlady was horrified on discovering that ber lodger had taken hie better half with him, and left his quarters. Surgical aid was called in, but too late to be of any assistance. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE WEEK.-2 ileac( y—Ethnological, at eight; Syro•Egyptian, at half-past seven. " Occupation of Egypt by the Hyksos," Rev. B. H. Cooper. We dnesday —Horticultural (prome nade). Satto'clay—liorticultural (promenade)--Atitenceune. Madame Lind - Goldschmidt is announced to sing at the benefit concert of Madame Michal, at the Hanover-square Rooms, on Wednesday morning, July 22. The esteemed artistes Madllo. Artot, Madame Trebelli, Madlle. Volpini, Signor Bettini, Signor Gassier, Mr. Sant ley, M. Auer, Mr. Charles Halle, Mr. Otto Goldschmidt, and Signor Arditi, will also give their valuable assistance to the fair beneficiare, forming a combination of attraction that can hardly fail to ensure a brilliant result. AL Bauer, an engineer, has, after long prepara tory labours, succeeded in raising the Bavarian Ludwig, which sank two years ago in the Lake of Con stance, in consequence of com in g into collision with a Swiss steamer. The engineer, in order to rai se th e vesse l , w hi c h was lying at a depth of 70 feet, made use of an apparatus of his own invention. By means of divers he attached to her one on each side, two large balloons made of water proof linen which he filled with air. When the expansion had become sufficient, a movement was observed in the wets which looked as if boiling, and the vessel gradually came to the surface, Ne , 921 Cei 10E r 9 is t alt( Pu firr aec me Fr( dit3 the not Ter tan shi Cal ral Ea Ea 13ai 3 p 3p Ne , ind