The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-23 00:00:00

AMERICA. RETREAT OF GEN. HOOKER SOUTHAMPTON, Friday:- The North German Lloyd screw steamship New York, Capt. G. Wenke, with mails of the 9th inst., has arrived off Cowes, and gone on to Bremen. She brings 58 passengers for this port and Havre, and 177 for Bremen ; on freight 66,400 dols. for Eng land, 10,000 dols. for France, and 16,600 dols. for Bremen. She has had heavy winds and swell from the east throughout the passage. The New Fork Times of the Bth says :—" Our intelligence this morning puts beyond doubt the fact that Gen. Hooker's army has again retired to the north side of the Rappahannock. From various sources we collect the following facts in regard to the movement. There was no fighting on Tuesday of any consequence, and the rumours to that effect were founded on a misapprehension. The sharp shooters were quite active, and the artillery opened occasionally ; but the results were unimportant. The enemy had evidently massed his army on our right. About five o'clock in the morning it com menced raining. The water fell in torrents over an hour, deluging the roads, tearing up the corduroys, sweeping away bridges, and threatening the de struction of the pontoons. The river rose with great rapidity, and soon overflowed the ends of the pontoons, rendering 'crossing impracticable. The upper pontoon was taken up and used in lengthen ing out the others, and, after several hours of very hard labour, the bridges were once more ready. It was soon evident that Gen. Hooker, seeing his po sition was rendered temporarily untenable by the storm, had determined to cross over again to this side of the Rappahannock. On Tuesday the order was 'given to retreat. New roads were cut, the trains and reserve artillery were sent back, and the evacuation was commenced. Pine boughs were spread upon the pontoons to prevent the noise of crossing, and at 10 o'clock on Tuesday night the troops commenced falling back. The First Corps (Coach's) was the first to cross. The Fifth (Meade's) Corps remained in the intrench ments, to cover the retreat. The Sixth Corps also recrossed the United States Ford, and are marching back to Falmouth. At 3o'clock on Wed nesday morning waggon and mule trains and the artillery had all passed, and the infantry was cross ing on two bridges at United States Ford. Couch's corps was in the advance. The retreat was covered by the Fifth (Meade's) Corps. By dark the waggons, extra caissons, pack mules, &c,, were at Falmouth. The wounded were hastily removed from the hospi tals and sent to Washington, leaving nothing on our side except our infantry and artillery. After fighting the severe battle of Sunday morning, Gen. Hooker continued to strengthen his lines, throwing up double lines of rifle pits, and constructing abattis along the entire line of his camp. The enemy con tinued to make demonstrations along the works, driving in the pickets, and delivering volleys of musketry at men most exposed. Sedgwick, at Fredericksburg, was overwhelmed by numbers,and pressed hard on the front and rear, and was hardly able to make good his escape near Bank's Ford. Fredericksburg and the heights above have been re occupied by the enemy. Sedgwick has lost in killed and wounded about 5,000 men. His artillery and trains were safely brought over on Monday night. Richmond papers of the sth state that Stoneman's cavalry had completely severed all Lee's communi cations with Richmond, and that the only reports of the fighting were received there from mounted mes sengers. These journals also state that General Peck's forces were pressing after the rebel forces, which had abandoned the siege of Suffolk, and that Keyes's corps at Yorktown was also moving. Re ports are said to have been received in Washington that, after cutting the railroad lines leading into Richmond, Stoneman deployed his forces along the road leading from Lee's army to Gordonsville. It was also said that troops were arriving at the latter point, en route to Lee's army, but that they came from Lynchburg, and not from Richmond. The most intelligent esti mates place our iUbtleb Outing this brief cam paign at not more than 15,000. The rebel army is thought to have lost at least one-third more, as they charged upon our batteries in masses and were fear fully slaughtered by our artillery." The following semi-official otatement is from the Washington National Intelligeneer of the Bth : " Official information received last evening at the War Department authorizes us to state that Gen. Flooker, after waiting in vain near Chancellorsville on Tuesday last for a renewal of the battle by the enemy, recrossed the Rappahannock on the evening of that day, influenced by prudential motives, springing, doubtless, in part, from the great and sudden rise of the Virginia rivers, in consequence of the recent heavy rains. We do not learn that Gen. Hooker was apprised, before making this retrogade movement, of the success which is alleged to have attended the operations of Gen. Stoneman in break ing the enemy's communications with Richmond. If this fact had been known to him (assuming it to be a fact), it may be doubted whether Gen. Hooker would have deemed it necessary to take a step which must tend to deprive him of some, at least, of the advantages resulting from Gen. Stoneman's co-ope rative expedition. Among events which have not transpired officially, but of which there are rumours having the appearance of truth, it may be stated that Gen. Sedgwick, in endeavouring, on Monday last, with the greater part o 1 his command, to effect a junction with Gen. Hooker's army near Chancel lorsville, encountered the enemy in force, and met with a serious reverse, the particulars of which are not yet known." Governor Curtin, at Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania had received the following despatch from the Secre. tarp of 'War 44 To THE GOVERNOR. OF PENNSYLVANIA. " Washington, May 8. " The President and the General-in-Chief have just returned from the Army of the Potomac. " The principal operations of General Hooker failed, but there has been no serious disaster to the organisation and of of the army. " It is now occupying its former position on the Rappahannock, having recrossed tt.e river without any loss in the movement. "Not more than one-third of General Hooker's fot ce was engaged. " General Stoneman's operations have been a brilliant success. Part of kis force advanced to within two miles of Richmond, and the enemy's communications have been cut in every direction. " The Army of the Potomac will speedily resume offensive operations. "EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War." The following was received at the headquarters of the army on the afternoon of the Bth— " Yorktown Virginia," " Col. K ilpatrick, w i th his r ' egiment 4 the 3 H Y a i r . ris Light Cavalry, and th e rest of just arrived at Glocester Point, theotp, 12th Illinois, has opposite this past. " They burnt the bridges over hi t e k i n he a a h t o m rear n e y r , destroyed three large trains o f provisions C ci e of Loe's army, drove in the rebel k two miles of Richmond, and have losstto within lieutenant and 30 men, having captured Only one and paroled over 300 prisoners. "Among the prisoners was an aide of Gener a l Winder, who was captured with his escort far within the intrenchments outside of Richmond. " This cavalry have marched nearly 200 mites since the 3d of May. They were inside of the for tifications of Richmond on the 4th, burnt all the stores at Aylett's Station, on the Mattapony on the sth ; destroyed all the ferries over the Pamunky and Muttapony, and a large depot of commis sary stores near and above Rappahannock, and came in here in good condition. "They deserve great credit for what they have done It is one of the finest features of the war. " RUFUS KING, " Brigadier-General Commanding this Post. " To Major-General Halleck." Some additional particulars are given in the sub joined despatches from Washington : " Washington, Thursday, May 7. " It is ascertained from the front that the army of the Potomac has arrived, with all its material, at their old camps at Falmouth. demoustrAtiCU General Hooker ha' proved no disaster, but simply a failure, owing to the impracticability of the position which the army had gained with so much skill and ener r. Less than three-eighths of the whole:force was engaged as could be engaged, the ground being b ,ng covered with forest, and being without au r practicable roads. "Our entire loss in killed, wounded, and missing does not exceed 10,000. The enemy's loss must have been double of this—honourably to the army, but lamentably for the country, the greatest pro portion of them in killed and wounded. " Our loss of prisoners does not exceed 1,700. We have received 2,450 prisoners of the enemy. " We lost eight guns, and took the same number of pieces from the enemy. "The relinquishment of the position was made simply because it afforded no field for the manceuvr icg of the army, and not from any reverse or injury sustained by it. The General and the entire army are in excellent heart, and are ready for a new movement. We shall probably not know where this is to be made till after it has been commenced. "Richmond papers show that Stoneman's corps went within two miles of Richmond, and effected many captures and a great destruction of property. At least a part of all this gallant force has reached Glocester in Keyes's command, opposite to York town, on the York River. There can now be no impropriety in saying that the President and Major General Halleck visited Gen. Hooker and the army yesterday, and returned to the city to-night. At nearly one this mo rn i ng i n f orm ation was received that Gen. Stoneman has safely arrived at Rappa hannock Station with the remainder of his force. He has cut the railroad connections of the enemy in all directions, and thus won a noble distinction." " Washington, Wednesday, May 6. "The news that Hooker and his army had re crossed the Rappahannock flashed through Wash ington about five o'clock this afternoon. The im pression produced by it was profound. Men's minds were cast down from the congratulatory cheerfulness with which all had for three days dis cussed the events which succeeded the brilliant pas sages of the Rappahannock and the Rapidan. The fact that our army had recrossed was all-sufficient. Scarcely any interest was excited by the details attempted here and there of the restoration of head quarters at Falmouth—of the intrenchments thrown up in the rain—of this measure for security, or that measure. It made men thoughtful beyond any thing I have ever seen in Washington. And yet what is the fact? The immense downfall of rain had swollen the Rappahannock so deep and so rapid as to endanger the existence of Hooker's bridges. One statement is that the water rose seven feet in 24 hours. " A council of war is said to have unanimously agreed that the army should be transferred to the other bank of the river in case of the loss of the bridges and it was accordingly transferred. The ar tillery crossed at 3 o'clock this morning. The in fantry followed. " All who have come from Fredericksburg and from the upper fords to-day unite in unstinted praise of the heroic fighting done by Sickles's and Sedg wick's corps, Birney's, Berry's, and Whipple's divi sions—particularly Birney's—covering themselves with glory. The sad losses we have sustained fell principally on these brave organisations. The large captures made were mostly made by Sickles's regi ments. Experienced witnesses of the panoramic con test at Fredericksburg agree in their estimate that Sedgwick's 15,000 fought at least twice the number of the rebels. "The losses at Chancellorsville and Fredericks bnrg are about even on each side. The number of killed and wo'snded are about even, and of prisoners captured, and of guns lost and taken, and justice requires me to say that the fighting of the two armies was equal. Each walked right up to the muzzles of the others guns." " Washington, Thursday, May 7. The Evening Star says— " Gen. Hooker, it is understood, estimates his losses in the late battles at about 10,000, all told, killed, wounded, and missing ; also that he brought all his material away safely from his late position, and that while we were so unfortunate as to lose some artillery, we have taken at least as many pieces as we have lost." The special correspondent of the Xeto York 7 lines gives the following account of the two battles fough on the 4th— " MOVEMENTS ON THE LEFT. "Falmouth, Virginia, Tuesday, May 5. " Yesterday two terrible battles were fought by he 6th corps (Gen. Sedwick), resulting in fearful carnage on both sides. Owing to the sudden appear ance of the enemy in rear, I was unable to complete my account of Sunday's operations, and will now go back and refer briefly to them. After the charge of the flying division on the Washington Artillery portions of Howe's charged up the hill further to the right, under a most galling fire, capturing four guns. They were taken by Mills's brigade and the Vermont —, which suffered the most. One brass 12-pounder was charged and taken by the 33d New York (Colonel Taylor), which afterwards, together with the 77th New York, pushed on after the fleeing rebels, who, getting under the protec tion of woods, returned a hot fire. They stood, however, but a short time, and then fled. The earthworks were stormed, 12 guns captured, and the stars and stripes planted. " The various divisions of the corps (6th, General Sedgwick's) moved rapidly forward up the Gordons ville turnpike to the distance of four miles, skir mishing all the way, where they found the enemy in force, when another battle ensued, in which Brooks's, Newton's, and the flying division were engaged—the first suffering severely. The rebels were in a wood, and as we advanced to it opened a galling fire. Russell's brigade, composed of the 95th and 117th Pennsylvania and 121st New York, made a charge, and suffered severely, the 95th being almost annihilated. While the battle was pro gressing the enemy suddenly commenced firing on our left to the rear, and Brooks's division was obliged to change front. The battle lasted till dark, with out any decisive results being obtained on either side. During the night the woods took fire, and it is feared that many of the wounded on both sides perished in the flames. Monday morning the rebels suddenly made their appearance on the hills to the left of Fredericksburg, and coming down rapidly oc cupied the city, thus getting in the rear of the corps. Your correspondent happened to be in a farm-house at the point where they descended to the plain, and you can judge of his astonishment on looking out of the window to see this large force advancing in the field in front of the house. Most of the supply trains, ambulances,rr ulcs, and soldiers :n the vicinity were taken. A fleet horse saved me from capture. A serious blunder was perpetrated in pushi ng our forces on so rapidly without ascertaining whether or not tare were any rebels on the woody heights to the left of the city. One whole corps came down, and forming in line of battle, immediately marched after the corps. The only way of retreat lay by Brooks's Ford, five miles above the city. General Sedgwick was s; g o n f a led affairs, r o this m a n d i s m i d m e e o d f t i a h t e e l y river r n o i f n t g h econ ditionabout formed a line of battle facing this way, holding the rebels i n c h ec k , an d work i ng d own t owa rd the ford. The lines of battle remained in this condition until about the middleof the day, when the rebels attacked us,and were gallantly repulsed, Howe's division cap turing aft time rgeehitt or w n l e o as n ss e s , fien w acre l e i i dt l h e 300 p r i soners. The rebel reinforcements had et ohpuarr e v troops had been fighting that thei ou s e eTuesdayrps could night. & n , hot; make For k e a communication at Banks's Ford, and that the whole of it mu s t b e captured. But by noon ' a connexion. was mtimadee,tahnedwGheunn.dSeeddginwicFkresdenertifeokrssbnuprpi supplies. Mean • w l l e r ofe bein g t h taken across the ponto ons t o th i s side g a being got aw a y on t h e sudden appearance of theem enemy on the outski r t s a b ove. The doctors, suppos ing, of course, that the enemy would come down and take them, made all the arrangements for being taken prisoners ; but for some reason, either through fear of our forces above or siege guns on this side of the river, the enemy did not advance into the town. The positions of the respective armies were then as follows :—Our main force on the north, then the main force of the enemy, the sixth corps below, corps Qi rcbcls Still lowed, !Ind eV 1107; 311.3$ on this side, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1863. 9, most extraordinary sandwiching of opposing forces together. "Skirmishing occurred along . the whole line until half -oast 5 o'clock in the evening. when the rebels attacked us from t%o ways. The Union forces were at the time arrayed in an arc, both wings rest ing on the river, the right at Banks's Ford. " We were arranged in two lines of battle, the enemy attacking, the second division of the second and Hovee's at first approaching them diagonally from Fredericksburg and the country directly be yond. General Mills's brigade, consisting of the 33d New York, 77th New York, 20th New York, 49th New York, together with the Vermont brigade and the 7th Maine, bore the brunt of the charge, repulsing the enemy handsomely. The Vermont brigade were on the left of General Mills. General Mille's and other troops made a counter charge, hut reinforcements coming up to the enemy we were not able to drive them. The 77th acted nobly, but the 20th New York behaved very disgracefully, as it did at White Oak Swamp, and falling back, brought a cross fire on the 33d. Their colonel, how ever, behaved himself most bravely. The other lines of battle were now attacked by overwhelming num bers and obliged to fall back to the river. While the battle was raging terribly our siege guns on this side of the river opened a fire on the enemy from behind, but they advanced so far in driving our forces, that the shell, after a short time, failed to reach them. Our forces were pursued back steadily, musketry and artillery fire continuing all night. Our guns made terrible havoc among the enemy, as they charged repeatedly on them in solid column. The artillery reserved their fire until the charging parties came within a few rods, and then poured the shot and canister into them at a fearful rate. Having broken the column they would fall back to a new position, and prepare to receive another column. General Hayes, of Louisiana ; Gen. Berry, of Early's divi sion, and Col. M'l)owell, of the 54th North Carolina, were killed, among many other rebels. " Gen. Brooks, on our side, was wounded. Gen. Mills is killed or wounded, and Col. Taylor has com mand of the brigade. Lieut.-Col. Corning ---, 33d New York, wounded. Lieut.-Col. Martindale, 26th New Jersey, killed, and many other valuable officers killed and wounded. The Vermont Brigade suffered very severely, as well as many other com mands. "An officer from Banks' Ford this morning in forms me that the 2d Corps, together with 20 pieces of artillery, crossed over the pontoons at Banks' Ford early this morning, and covered the retreat of the 6th Corps, as it came back over this side of the Rappahannock. But the artillery firing which is now going on in the rear of Fredericksburg inclines me to doubt the statement, and believe that the corps is still on the other side, trying to fight its way to the river. Last evening the rebels opened artillery on the bridges, and damaged one of them considerably, but it was repaired by our engineers. One bridge cannot, I think, be reached by their guns. Our artillery on this side kept up a rapid fire on the rebel guns during the night. The am bulances have been bringing in the wounded all night. It is reported that Gen. Sickles has been killed on the extreme right. " Wednesday Morning, May 6. "The 6th Army Corps succeeded in cutting its way through the enemy, reaching this side of the river yesterday morning. The rebels made hercu lean efforts to surround it, but were foiled in their endeavours. They succeeded in getting on three sides of the force, and then opened a battery on the bridge which served for a retreat. How it got sway in so good a condition is a great mystery to all of us. Yet the corps suffered severely, having been sub jected to the ordeal of four heavy battles within 36 hours, fighting the last two against overwhelming odds, and when hope of escape seemed wellnigh gone. Prior to this disaster, the 6th Corps was the finest in the Army of the Potomac. During these seven days' battles, it has done the work on the left from the very first, constructing thic e of the bridges, doing all the skirmishing, storming the Federicks burg heights, and rushing on to the support of the right. Who is reponsible for this successful flank ing of the force, lam unable to say. One thing is true, however. After taking the heights, the corps pushed rapidly on up the river, regardless of heavy firing from guns planted in the wood crest at the left of the city, and as we moved on in our rear the road from this crest was unguardedly left open, and when the overwhelming force of the enemy appeared there was not a corporal's guard, in comparison, to resist them. " Up to this time everything was working admi rably. We were both in the front and rear of the enemy, and had we been content to rest on the Fredericksburg Heights, without ',pushing on, we should have had the rebels in a tight place. All this advantage is now lost. The Heights have been recovered, and operations suspended by us on the left. The history of Sunday, Monday, and Tues day would furnish volumes of incidents. The wounded in Fredericksburg, medical stores, &c., were saved by some one organising the stragglers in the streets into a picket line facing the Heights taken possession of, thereby causing the enemy to think we had a considerable force both in the city and on this side, which was far from the case. Dr. Foot, of the 82d Pennsylvania, left a wounded man he was dressing, snatched a musket, and rallied several of the men. " These pickets, or skirmishers, kept up a fire on the rebels until all our wounded and stores were got across the river. "The remains of Captain Strong, sth Wisconsin ; Capt. Knickerbocker, 43d New York; Capt. Robin son, 61st Pennsylvania; Lieut. Cooms, 43d New York, were interred in the yard of G. H. Rowe ; and Sergeant Hinman, of the 65th New York, toge ther with several others of Newton's division, in Robert T. Hunter's division, " The bridges opposite the city were taken up at daybreak yesterday. The last soldier to leave the city was Alex. Camel, of the 23d Pennsylvania,who delaying, or being left until after the bridges were taken up, stripped off his clothes, and pushing them on a boat before him swam across. "The 16th and 21st New York have suffered very severely ; in fact, both the Ist and 2d brigades of Gen. Brook's division are badly cut up. The 62d New York has lost very heavily, both in officers and men. Had our forces not been so outnumbered by those of the enemy, we should have administered a terrible punishment to them when they attacked and drove us towards the river, since we had the ad vantage of position, being on higher ground. We had such a long line, however, to defend that the various regiments had to be shifted from point to point to resist fresh attacks of the enemy. We cap tured a large numberof prisoners, though compelled to leave most of our wounded on the field. Nearly one whole brigade, consisting of one general, 20 captains, 39 lieutenants, and 2,000 privates which charged upon us, were, I am informed, ensnared into cur lines and taken prisoners. I trust the in formation may not prove untrue. - We certainly killed the colonel, lieutenant-colonel, and major of the 7th Louisiana, and the lieutenant -colonel and major of the sth Louisiana. There is no question as to our having mowed the rebels down by whole regiments when they charged upon our batteries. They lay in hopes on the battle field. Not a gun was taken,though so manycharges upon them were made. The corps retired in good order across the river, say ing their camp equipage, mule trains, &c., with the exception of a few which were gobbled up in the mo mentary panic which ensued when the enemy made their appearance in our rear above Fredericksburg. The road was fil ed with ambulances (which 'lad been conveying the wounded all night to the city from the bat le-field of Sunday evening), pack mules, and vehicles. A part of them fled back to the city, and a part on to the force beyond. While g storming the Heights a shell from one of our siege planted 3n this side of the river exploded a rebel caisson behind the redoubts, and killed 16 horses. The shell struck the first two in line tibe hind th e caisson, after exploding it, and hurled the 14 othe rs down the steep precipice in the rear, into h chasm beneath. They presented a hideous deep yawning eons sight as they lay at the bottom, dead and dying. " Colonel Taylor, of the 33d New York, reported killed in the fight of Monday e ven i ng, i s unharmed. Lient.-Colonel Corning day wounded in the arm. Mejor Platner had both of his horses shot, Captains Cole and Root and Lieut. Porter, of the same regi ment, were wounded. Sunday morning it num bered 500 men. It is estimated that not than '2OO are left. Too much praise cannot be awarded to this regiment., the 31st, Col. Jones, and other two years' regiments, whose time is up within two weeks, for the gallant manner in which they have conducted themselves in the various fights. The brave boys were beginning to count the days which intervened between the period of their departure for home. " Yesterday considerable picket-firing took place above Falmouth, and heavy fighting on the extreme right. " About noon our heavy siege guns commenced shelling the Height above the city, and kept it up at intervals during the afternoon. A fearful rain storm set in about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, which must have caused the river to rise rapidly. A little stream which I stepped over easily at 3 o'clock I was compelled to wade three hours later on return ing, doffing my wearing apparel and carrying it in my hand. The storm continued all night, and the weather is very cold and chilly this morning, occa sioning some discomfort to the wounded. Very heavy artillery firing has been going on at the right for the last hour, and if there is a corresponding amount of musketry another fierce battle is going on." " MOVEMENTS OF TIIE RIGHT. " Headquarters in the Field, three miles from United States Ford, Monday, May 4. " There has been very little of interest transpiring to-day. A portion of the army has been engaged in constructing rifle pits and abattis in divers and vari ous places. The larger part of the army has been resting after th© severe labours of the past week. Marches and countermarches, skirmishes, combats, and battles have thoroughly wearied the men and the horses. But to-day they are comparatively at rest. Better than that, long trains of pack mules are winding their way along the crooked wood-roads and into every camp. The haversacks of the men are being freighted with three days' rations of bread meat, coffee, and sugar. The men are in excellent spirits, and confident they shall whip the rebels. "Early this morning the rebels succeeded in bringing a battery to bear upon the wooded bluffs north of the Rappahannock, near United States Ford. Their shell were meant for our waggon train, but by reason of the fact that a body of rebel pri soners had been halted for the night where they supposed the waggon train to be they troubled their friends more than they did their enemies. " Many gallant deeds were performed by the staff officers of the various generals. At the right of the Chancellor house a battery of six guns was aban doned, the men and officers being killed and wounded. Gen. Hancock directed his staff to bring them off. Through the exertions of Major G. W. Scott, Lieut. W. P. Wilson, and others of the staff, the guns were dragged off by hand and saved. " Hancock's division was under a cross fire from three directions, and was the last to leave that por- tion of the field. Gen. Hancock had his horse shot under him, as did h:s aide, Lieut. Mitchell, and his orderly, Daniel O'Rourk, 6th New York Cavalry. Two of his orderlies were wounded. " Gen. Couch had his horse shot under him, was slightly wounded, and his clothes were twice struck. " To-day all the Generals are praising the gallan try of Col. Miles, of the 61st New York, who be haved so gallantly and was wounded so severely yesterday. He is said to be one of best officers and bravest soldiers in the army. He had command of several regiments upon the lines near the Chancel lor House, and with his skirmishers repulsed seve ral strong attacks without their being able to reach his line of battle. If he should live he will certainly be promoted. Every officer whom I have heard speak of the matter has spoken with great enthu siasm of the colonel's conduct, and expressed a wish that he may live to wear the honours he has so justly earned. " I was very sorry to learn that Gen. Whipple, while sitting in his tent, was severely wounded to day by a chance ball from a rebel sharpshooter. Our Generals, with a bravery entirely unparalleled hitherto in the history of this war, have had their headquarters, day and night, in the advance, among their troops, and in every instance within reach of shot and shell. This has done much to inspire the troops with confidence, but in Gen. Whipple's case has resulted disastrously to himself. " This afternoon there was another dash upon our lines near Hooker's headquarters, but a few rounds of canister made them glad to take French leave. " Battery K, 4th United States artillery, did most excellent service at the battle. It lost 48 men, killed and wounded. Sergeant Manion had three horses shot under him in a few minutes. The bat tery having suffered so severely in men and horses has gone to the rear to recuperate. Captain F. W. Seeley, commanding, says that in three days he can be ready for service again, and is anxious to go to the front as soon as possible. " We have heard guns in the direction of Sedg wick this afernoon." CONFEDERATE ACCOUNTS. The following is General Lee's official despatch to President Davis : " Milford, May 3. " Yesterday General Jackson penetrated to the rear of the enemy, and drove him from all his positions from the Wilderness to within one mile of Chancellorsville. " He was engaged at the same time in front by two of Longstreet's divisions. " Many prisoners were taken, and the enemy's loss in killed and wounded is large. " This morning the battle was renewed. " He was dislodged from all his positions around Chancel lorsville, and driven back towards the Rappahannock, over which he is now retreating. " We have again to thank Almighty God for a great victory. " I regret to state that General Paxton was killed, General Jackson severely and Generals Meth and A. P. Hill slightly wounded. ‘, R. E. LEE, General Commanding," GENERAL STONEMAN'S GREAT RAID. (From the Richmond Dispatch of the 4th.) The city yesterday was in a high state of excite ment, which was caused by a number of reports of a Yanke e raid made on a scale which has heretofore been unapproached by them. In the afternoon seve ral thousand persons wer, congregated at the depot of the Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad, anxiously awaiting the news expected to at rive by the train. The train, however, was destined not to arrive. Yesterday the Yankees entered Co lumbia, Fluvanna county, Virginia, and destroyed the canal banks there. At 7 o'clock yesterday evening a force of Federals was within eight miles of Farmville, with the intention of destroying the high bridge on the Southside Railroad. In the morning the Federals entered Ashland with a largo force of cavalry and artillery, and, it is stated, burnt the town, which consists of an hotel end some 20 or 30 cot t ages . In the evening they were reported to be at a station on the Rich mond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad, eight miles distant from the city. This report is supposed to be correct, though nothing was heard of them afterwards. It is more likely that after the raid at Ashland they turned their atteniion to the Central Railroad, which last night, at 9 o'clock, had been torn up near Peck's, about six miles from the city, I The party performing this feat is evidently on its way down the peninsula, to secure a safe retreat within their lines. On their way they will meet General Wise's command, and may be overpowered by it and captured. When the raid on Ashland was consummated our ambulance train, with 198 sick and 69 wounded, was captured, end it is stated that the cars were burnt after the prisoners were paroled. A. gentleman who arrived here last night states that a body of Yankees, numbering 15,000 (an exagger a ti on, doubtless), were at De i tr i ck ' s Store, in Goochl an d county, yester d ay , an d were taking all th e h orses and negroes to be found in the neighbourhood. Th e city has now troops enoug h within its limits to defend it from any raid of the nature above described, and enough, we hope, to catch the raid makers. Last night, on the public square, several regiments of citizens were formed, in accordance with the general desire to have a hand in protecting Richmond against the invaders should they attempt to come to the city. (From the Richmond Whig of the sth.) We have some further accounts of the raid of the Yankee cavalry upon the Fredericksburg Railroad at Ashland. The engineer of the ambulance train which was captured discovered smoke ahead as he approached Ashland, and, suspecting something wrong, slackened the speed of the train. A shower of balls pelting against the side of the locomotive and tender soon convinced him that the enemy were near. He ensconced himself in the tender, and thus escaped the bullets aimed at him, but was in a few moments captured by several Yankees, who mounted the engine and compelled him to move the train on the village. Beside the sick and wounded soldiers who were on the train were Colonel S. Bassett French, aid to Governor Letcher ; Mr. Roy 0. Crowley, Government electrician ; and several others whose names we did not learn. There were also two or three ladies. They were all treated kindly by their captors, and concur in attributing to Col. Davis, commander of the raiders, some gen tlemanly and humane qualities Rot generally mani fested by Yankee officers. When the passengers discovered that they were at the mercy of the Yankees several of them prudently thrust several documents into the stove of the car, and applied a match to them. A package of Confederate Treasury notes, amounting to several thousand dollars, was transferred to the custody of a lady, who kindly concealed them in the folds of her skirts until the Yankees had disappeared. We have not heard that the passengers were searched. They, together with the soldiers, were all paroled by Col. Davis. Most of the former walked to the city yesterday on the railroad. The main body of the Yankees remained for some time at Ashland, while a detachment pro ceeded to Hanover Court-house, tore up the Central Railroad track at that point, cut the telegraph wire, and also, it is stated, burnt the Court-house. This was Yankee-like. The detachment afterwards united, if we are correctly informed, at Hungary station, on the Fredericksburg Railroad, and en camped during the night in that vicinity. They de stroyed several small trestle bridges across the runs and gullies this side of Ashland, and also the water tank at Hungary. Already a force is en gaged in repairing the road, and it is hoped that communication will be re-established to-day. From Hungary the raiders proceeded in squads to the Brooke turnpike, passing along unfrequented roads and bridle paths, evidently guided by some person familiar with the country. They seemed to have remained in this vicinity for some time, long enough for a resolute body of mounted men to have killed or captured the entire party ; but, so far as we are informed, no demonstration of the kind was made, though any number of armed men on horseback were galloping to and fro through the streets of the city during their stay on the Brooke-road. After the Yankees had "cavorted" around on the Brooke pike to their hearts' content, fed themselves and their horses, exchanged their most jaded animals for fresh steeds, and waited in vain for somebody to come and take them, they crossed over into the Meadow-bridge-road, and visited the scene rendered memorable by the opening of the battles around Richmond on the 26th June last year. They crossed the Chickahominy, and prevented pursuit by tear ing up the planks of the short bridges over this sluggish stream, which can be easily replaced. Un luckily they captured near this point a locomotive and tender which had been sent out on a reconnais sance in the morning. The Central Railroad bridge or trestle work crosses the Chickahominy parallel with and near the county road bridge or rather bridges. The Yankees burnt one or two sections of this trestle work and then ran the locomotive into the gap, precipitating it, of course, into the mud and water of the Chickahominy. The injury done to the railroad at this point is not so serious that it may not be repaired in a day. After leaving the shades of the Meadow bridges the marauders, full of glee, no doubt, trotted on to Me. chanicsville, and thence towards the York River Railroad. At Tunstall's station they fortunately en countered a small portion of General Wise's brigade, who gave them a volley, which emptied several saddles, and sent the rest of the party in the direc tion of the Pamunkey River. The number of men engaged in this bold raid is variously estimated at from 500 to 3,000. Colonel Sherwin M.Rae and Capt. Blackford, who made a reconnaissance yester day, close upon the trail of the enemy, report, as their opinion, that the force did not exceed 500 or 600, and from the best information they could gain, there was no artillery in the expedition. General Pryor, who reconnoitred their camp on Sunday night, reports, we understand, that the marauders numbered, as well as he could judge, about 1,000 or 1,200 men. They had evidently aimed at deception in this respect by dividing their forces into squads, and industriously circulating the lie that they were a formidable host—the advance guard of a terrible army, Since the above was in type we have learnt that the Yankees destroyed seven cartloads of Go- vernment stores at Hanover Court-house. The en. gineer of the locomotive Augusta, Mr. J. H. Crone, and Conductor John T. Phillips, who went up to the Chickahominy-bridge, had a very narrow escape. When they saw the Yankees both in front and rear they leaped from the engine, and eluded pursuit by dashing through the swamp into the woods. The Latest.—The Yankee cavalry, which came into Louisa County were 10,000 strong, under General Stoneman. The detachment sent to the canal were driven back by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. Stoneman wa, still in Louisa yesterday morning. The following official despatches report the cap ture of Grand Gulf, on the Mississippi, by Admira, Porter : " Flagship Benton, below Grand Gulf, Mississippi, April 29. " I have the honour to inform you that by an arrange ment with General Grant I attacked the batteries at Grand Gulf this morning, which were very formidable. After a fight of five hours and 30 minutes we silenced the lower batteries, but failed to silence the upper one, which was high, strongly built, had guns of very heavy calibre ; and the vessels were unmanageable in the heavy current. It fired but feebly towards the last, and the vessels all laid by and enfiladed it, while I went up a short distance to com municate with General Grant, who concluded to land the troops and march over to a point two miles below Grand Gulf. I sent the Lafayette back to engage the upper batteries, which she did, and drove the persons out of it. As it did not respond after a few fires, at 6 p.m. we attacked the batteries again, and, under cover of the fire, all the transports passed by in good condition. The Benton, the Tuscumbia, and the Pittsburg were much cut up, having 24 killed and 56 wounded, but they are all ready for service. We land the army in the morning on the other side and march on Vicksburg. " DAVID D. PORTER, Acting Rear-Admiral. "Hon. G deon Welles, Secretary of the Navy." "Flagship Benton, Grand Gulf, Misaissippi, May 3. " Sir,—l have the honour to report that I got under way this morning with the Lafayette, the Carondelet, the Mound City, and the Pittsburg, and proceeded up to the forts at Grand Gulf for the purpose of attacking them again, if they had not been abandoned. The enemy had left before we got up, blowing up their ammunition, spiking their large guns, and burying or taking away the lighter ones. The arma ment consisted of 13 guns in all. The works are of the most extensive kind, and would seem to defy the efforts of a much heavier fleet than the one which silenced them. The forts were literally torn to pieces by the accuracy of our fire. Colonel Wade, the Commandant of the batteries, was killed; also his Chief of Staff. Eleven men were killed that Ni e know of, and our informant says that many were wounded, and that no one was permitted to go inside the forts after the action except those belonging there. " We had a hard fight for these forts, and it is withgreat pleasure that I report that the navy holds the door to Vicks burg. Grand Gulf is the strongest place on the Mississippi. Had the enemy succeeded in finishing the fortifications no fleet could have taken them " I have been all over the works, and found them as fol lows :—One fort, on a point of rocks 75 high, calculated for six or seven guns, mounting two 7.inch rifles and one 8- inch and one Parrot gun on wheels, which was carried off. On the loft of this work is a triangular work, calculated to mount one heavy gun . Th ese works are connected with another fort by a covered way and double riflepits extending one quarter of a mile, constructed with much labour, and showing great skill on the part of the constructor. The third fort commands the river in all directions. It mounted one splendid Blakely 100-pounder, one 8-inch, and two 30-poun ders. The latter were lying burst or broken on the ground. " The gunboats had so covered up everything with earth that it was impossible to see at first what was there, with the exception of the guns, that were dismounted or broken. " Every gun that fell into our hands was in good condi tion, and we found a large quantity of ammunition. " These are by far the most extensively built works, with the exception of those at Vicksburg, I have yet seen, and I am happy to say that we hold them. " I am dismounting the guns and getting on board the ammunition. " Since making the above examination new forth have been passed nearly finished, They had no guns, but were complete of the kind, as regards position, and bad heavy field pieces in them. " DAVID D. PORTER, Acting Rear-Admiral, Commanding :Mississippi Squadron, " Hon, Gideon Wells, Secretary of the Navy." The following important proclamation had been issued by the President : "BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. " A PROCLAMATION. " Whereas the Congress of the United States, at its last session, enacted a law entitled An Act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes,' which was approved on the 3d day of March last; and " Whereas it is recited in the said Act that there now exists in the United States an insurrection and rebellion against the authority thereof, and it is, under the constitu tion of the United States, the duty of the Government to suppress insubordination and rebellion, to guarantee to each State a republican form of government, and to preserve the public tranquillity ; and " Whereas for these high purposes a military force is indispensable, to raise and support which all persons ought willingly to contribute; and "Whereas no service can be more praiseworthy and honourable than that which is rendered for the maintenance of the constitution and the Union, and the consequent pre servation of free government ; and " Whereas for the reason thus recited, it was enacted by the said statute that all able-bodied male citizens of the United States and parsons of foreign birth who shall have declared on oath their intentions to become citizens under and in persuance of the laws thereof, between the ages of 20 and 45 years, with certain exemptions not necessary to be here mentioned, are declared to constitute the national forces, and shall be liable to perform military duty in the service of the United States when called out by the Presi dent for that purpose; and "Whereas it is claimed for and on behalf of persons of foreign birth within the ages specified in said Act who have hitherto declared on oath their intentions to become citizens under and in pursuance of the laws of the United States, and who have not exercised the right of suffrage or any other political franchise under the laws of the United States, or of any of the States thereof, that they are not absolutely precluded by their aforesaid declaration of intention from renouncing their purpose to beeline citizens —and that, on the contrary, such persons, under treaties or the law of nations, retain a right to renounce that purpose, and to forego the privilege of citizenship and residence within the United States, under the obligations employed in the aforesaid Act of Congress ; " Now, therefore, to avoid all misapprehensions concern ing the liability of persons concerned to perform the service required by such enactment, and to give it full effect, I do hereby order and proclaim that no plea of alienage will be received or allowed to exempt from the obligations imposed by the aforesaid Act of Congress any person of foreign birth who shall have declared on oath his intention to become a citizen of the United States under the laws thereof, and who shall be found within the United States at any time during the continuance of the present insurrection and re bellion, at or after the expiration of 65 days from the date of this proclamation; nor shall any such plea of alienage be allowed in favour cf any such person who has so, as afore said, declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States, and shall have exercised at any time the right of suffrage, or any other political franchise within the United States, under the laws thereof, or under the laws of any of the several States. "In witness whereof I have hereunto set my seal, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this Bth day of May, in the year of our ,Lord, 1863, and of the Independence of the United States the 87th. "ABRAHAM LINCOLN. " By the President, " W, H. SEWARD, Secretary of State," COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. From the New York Shipping and Commercial List of May 9.) The retrograde movement of the Army of the Rappahan nock has been the all-important theme for discussion in financial and commercial circles during the past two or three days, and the total unexpectedness of such an event has entirely upset the calculations of each class. The promul gation of the news caused the utmost excitement to pre vail everywhere, as it was very generally regarded as the result of the defeat of the entire army under General Hooker. But advices subsequently received put an emi nently more favourable, or rather less unfavourable con struction upon the movements of the army, and would seem to afford conclusive proof that the retrogression was simply precautionary, and not the result of any reverse. The promulgation of this encouraging news produced a marked effect, especially in financial circles, and the market for Government securities, which had materially declined, assumed a firmer tone, while a more buoyant feeling gene rally prevailed. But while the public mind was greatly depressed by the unlooked for adverse intelligence from the immense army which had been concentrated in Virginia it was a significant fact that nothing akin to discouragement was anywhere manifest, but, on the contrary, it was the universal demand that the Union force should be aug mented to a degree commensurate with the herculean task which is required of them, and sent on their mission under circumstances which would render defeat an impossibility, And while there remains so manifest a determina tion on the part of the people to pers€vere in their endeavours, and to put down the rebellion at any and every hazard, the final issue cannot be doubtful. Mote over, the general situation is remarkably favourable, and though the movement in some ene department may not be characterised by that success which marks the whole, the country will not see in this cause for any discouragement. The complexion of the foreign news per recent arrivals is not of a reassuring character, and some people are exceedingly apprehensive of approach ing difficulties between this country and Great Britain, if not with France also. But there is little doubt that these fears will eventually prove groundless. The mercantile public regard the " unexampled" act of Minister Adams, in virtually throwing his protec tion over a cargo of munitions of war intended for the Mexicans, as somewhat extraordinary, and many con sider it a stretch of his official powers. But the great excitement in England growing out of it occasions much surprise, notwithstanding the proverbial excitability of our British cousins, as the cause for so much indignation and bluster does not manifest itself on this side of the Atlantic. The severe rain storm which has prevailed during the past three or four days has rendered the dullness previously existing in commercial circles still more conspicuous, and business in nearly all articles has been very circumscribed. This is particularly the case with foreign merchandise, which, owing in part to the violent fluctuations in gold and exchange, has been very little dealt in. Breadatuffs and provisions have moved quite freely, all things considered, and prices, with few exceptions, have been pretty well sustained. Gold, which had advanced to 1501 previous to our last, subsequently jumped up to 158 to 160 per cent. on the announcement of the defeat of Gen. Hooker's army, but afterwards fell off to 1522, at which there were some street sales, the market closing at that rate. Foreign ex change has fluctuated violently in sympathy with the move ment in gold, but business has been very light, and confined mainly to sterling bills, which have sold at an unusually wide range. The bulk of the sales yesterday were at 1674 to 1684 per cent. Under a temporary active demand for money which sprung up on Thursday the market ruled firmer,and rates were neat ly Ito 1 per cent, higher. This was the result of fears n hich were engendered by the retro grade movement of the army of the Rappahannock, rather than the increased demand for accommodation, however, and as the more timid capi, alists were reassured yesterday rates were again lower, or about as quoted in our last. DEPLORABLE SUICIDE OP A LADY. A painful inquiry was held by Mr. W. J. Payne, coroner 'or the Duchy of Lancaster, at the Cock Tavern, High street, Clapham, on Thursday, respecting the death of Mrs. Anna Hancock, aged 57. James Orme, 16, Courteney-place, Clapham-road, said that deceased lived at No. 6, Courteney-place. She was the widow of a gentleman formerly of independent property. He became reduced in circumstances, however, and had to become a clerk. Two years ago he died, leaving to his widow £5O in the funds, some valuable plate, and a well furnished house. Witness, in consequence of the intem perate habits of Mrs. Hancock, was requested to give her the money in weekly instalments, which he did. She was not sober on any Saturday during the last two years, and she fell into a state of the most extreme destitution. Wit ness latterly lent her money to the amount of £7. She had previously sold all her plate and furniture, and has been obliged to remove to a small room. On last Saturday night she called on witness, and asked him for some money. She looked in great want, but she was three parts intoxicated. He said that he had no more money, and that the best thing she could do would be to apply to the workhouse, and get herself taken as an inmate. She seemed much grieved, and said that she could never induce herself to do so. She had on a previous occasion said that she would rather feed the fishes than live in a workhouse. Witness, however, felt it was his duty to insist, as she was in such a dreadful state of want. She got an order to go before the board of guardians on Tuesday last, but she committed suicide on the Monday morning, witness had no doubt through dread of being obliged to enter the workhouse. Sbe spent the whole of the Sunday wandering about Clapham-common. Witness had done everything in his power for her. John Wood, Stammerton Cottage, Clapham-common, said that he resided near the Windmill-pond. At four o'clock on Monday morning he saw the body of the de ceased in the water. He could see through the water the marks of her footsteps along the bottom of the pond, showing where she had deliberately walked into the water until her feet had become entangled in the weeds. She had then apparently thrown herself on her side, and kept her head under the surface until she was drowned. She must have gone over an embankment and railings before reaching the pond. Nothing but a key was found on her. She ap peared to have been in great destitution. The Coroner having remarked upon the lamentable nature of the case, the jury returned a verdict of " Suicide while in a state of temporary insanity." COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—MAY 22. At this day's market there was a fair demand for good fresh wheat, and a trifle over l'ue,sday's rates were in some instances obtained. Oats were quiet. Barley and peas were unchanged. Indian corn held for 3d per qr advance. Oatmeal was fully as dear, but the bu s i ness wa s limited. Egyptian beans F d lower. A good business doing in floe at extreme quotations. WAKEFIELD-MAY 22. A fair show of wheat at market to-day, and for fresh sorts there was a good demand at fully last week's rates. Barley and beans fully as dear. STAMFORD-MAY 22. White wheat, 495.t0 50s; red, 44s to 48s per 36 stone• Barley, malting, 37s to 40s ; grinding, 30s to 32s per qr. Oats, 22s to 27s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 415,t0 _.. 13 per qr. ; new, 38s to —s. CORK-MAY 22. The following were the quotations this morning :—R , d wheat, —s Od to Os 01; white, 108 9d to —sOd , barley, 6s Od to Os Od ; oats, 8s 6d to Os Od. ; black do., 7 s 3d to 7s Bd. EXETER-MAY 22. Wheat, white 68 3d to 6s 4d Barley. ... 3 s Gd to 4s 3d I Ditto red .6s Od to 6s 3d Oats .........2s 9d to 3. Od Flour, fine, 35s to 36s ; seconds,:34s to —8 per sack. CATTLE. Fat beef, p sc., 1080 d to 11s6d Ewes, per lb &id to 61 4 Pork carcases, 7s Od to 8s Od I Wethers, d 0.... _ 7d t o —d Lamb, p to d Fat calves, d0...61d to7J. Rough fat, 3/d per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—MAY 22. The languid tone which characterised the market at the close of last week still, continues to mark its operations, and buyers come forward sparingly, the sales having been very limited. Refined goods are a slow sale, and prices expected to be lower. Sales in rum moderate, at full prices. COAL MARKET. Prfees of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. s. d. Lambert's West Hart- I _. ley l5 0 Haswell l6 9 North Pelton Ga 5..... 13 0 ' Hartlepool.. l6 6 Wylam l6 0 Trimdon Hartlepool...l4 6 Carway and Duffryn East Hartlepool 16 6 Malting , 19 6 South Hart1ep001......15 3 Eden Main 15 0 I Hetton l6 9 Buddle'sWest Hartley 15 0 : Tunstall Davison's West Hart- I Heugh Hall 15 0 ley 15 0 South Kelloe. l5 3 Hastings Hartley ....15 0 , Russel's Hetton 15 6 Holywell l5 6 South Hetton 16 9 Byass's Bebside West I Braddyll's Hetton 15 9 Hartley .. 15 0 Stewart's 16 6 Tanfield Moor l3 6 Kelloe Fanfield Moor Butes ..13 6 Riddell ...... 14 6 West Wylam.. ..15 6 Wharncliffe . ...14 9 West Hartley 15 0 Harlon 14 9 Trimdon Hartlepool 16 6 Ships at market, 204; sold, 158. Walls End. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. 8. d. Railways. Miles Opened. Receipts. 1863. 1862. Belfast and N, Counties 136 136 Belfast and County Down 49 49 Blyth and Tyne . 28 28 Bristol and Exeter 1214 1214 Caledonian 230 230 Cockermouth & Workington B4 Si Cork and Bandon 2O 20 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 1 6 1 Cork and Youghal 32 324 Cornwall 531 531 Deeside l7 17 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and World 4Bl 481 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 1691 Forth & Clyde Junction 3O 30 Furness, &c 5O 5) Glasgow & South-Western Gt. E astern,Nrik.,&E. Union 663 614 Great Northern 330 330 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 (4t. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 454 51t.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 329 329 Great Western 992 9641 Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 864 734 Irish North-Western 145 145 Irish South-Eastern 254 25 Lancashire & Yorkshire 3954 395 Limerick and Ennis.. 2U 2 Limerick and Foynes 2664 2 Llanelly 4 4 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 5 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2501 2414 London, Chatham, & Dover 766 724 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham 9l 91 Ilaryport and Carlisle 2B 28 Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 Midland Gt. Westn. of Irind 2591 Monkland 7li Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and New. & Car 894 North London 9 North Staffordshire 254 Oswestry and Newton.... l2 Rhymney 194 St. Helen's Canal & Railway. 52 Scottish Central Scottish North-iastern Somerset and Dorset 396 South Devon South-Eastern 306 Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale 55 Ulster 641 Vale of Clwyd.. Vale of Neath 251 Waterford and Kilkenny 3 ll Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 274 W.HartlepoolHarbr.&Rall 4B W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 Whitehaven Junction. , ... Whitehaven & Furness :Tun.. 1863. 1862. Z £ 2,134 2,112 70 678 2,233 2,112 6,331 6,548 16,234 14,96/ 262 203 333 389 160 224 420 403 1,433 1,433 317 292 1,430 1,476 1,711 1,694 164 1,877 1,81 6 1,090 1,003 7,862 7,44 2 301 235 3,039 2,415 8,408 8,143 26,827 26,618 20,131 24,83 1 2,019 2,006 471 355 8,201 8.407 57,874 66,852 1,174 950 1,803 1.856 X 355 296 32,943 31,119 231 230 140 127 6144 1921 71i 44 3451 867* 9 252 132 i 39i 754 306 161 623 550 93,127 91,677 1,709 1,624 21,047 20,698 16,t 08 17,135 4,811 3,213 1 358 1,214 14,681 13,499 1,203 1,384 1,118 953 1,9 i 8 - 88,884 37,4 76 4,872 4,127 1,632 1,832 2,331 2,289 12,370 10,999 44,368 39,660 3,251 2,968 8,291 7,7.0 1,003 802 _ . 929 622 1,904 2,034 3,776 3,252 5,120 4,795 373 296 3.511 8,726 19,522 20,178 10,428 9,403 5,364 5,205 1,849 1,968 214 198 2,012 2,089 321 312 1,087 1,212 772 902 4,752 3,998 84 757 394 604 895 606 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,356 1,133 Austrian 828 828 30,359 35,476 Belgian Eastern Junction 2l 264 278 25 9 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 182 132 e 2,208 1,115 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l 164 2,146 1, 637 . Detroit and Milwaukie Eastern of Frame. East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1090 - - Great Indian Peninsula 495 4371 7,440 5,990 Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,250 5,210 Great Western of Canada 345 345 11,152 0,703 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 429 435 15,759 14,923 Northern of Canada ... ..... Northern of France Norwegian Trunk Ottoman . .... .. - . Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 1354 125,261 125,277 Paris and Orleans 1340 1204 61,020 51,720 Pernambuco 774 - 1,059 - Royal Danish., Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,470 1,416 South Austrian Southern of France ... 777 777 23,116 26,185 Welland West Flanders W. and N.W. of France 758 758 46,510 45,218 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. May 19. via Marseilles June 12. Lirazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. June 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena., May 29. china, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. May 19. Falkland Island s via Marseilles May 28. June Gibraltar, via South ampton .....Ma —. India (Calcutt a ), an d Ceylon, via Southampton May l9. India (Bombs via Marseilles M a y 28. y), via Southampton May 26. via Mars e ill es Portugal.... June b. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May --• Newfoundland via Marseilles Oporto and Vi go U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... May 27. by U.S. packet.... b Cana 22. W.C. of Afri ca , M a d e i ra, and Ty eneriffe dian packet. June lO. Bahamas, via New York .... June 4. Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, }May 29. California, and B r iti s h Columbia.. LADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment.— Eruptive Favers—Smallpox.—When these diseases are epi demic, as they are at present, everyone should be doubly regardful of the health, and at once set right any departure therefrom, than which no other medicine is more purifying, regulating, and strengthening. By taking Holloway's pills the watchful and careful will most probably escape this disfiguring disease, or, at any rate, will h ave i t i n a milder form. Sh ou ld the eruption come out, the skin should be kept constantly anointed with this soothing oint ment, which will prevent the excessive irritation while the postules are filling, and preserve against " the pitting" afterwards. Holloway's remedies will ward off the most serious and imminent perils of smallpox. Births. BROUGHTON.—On the 20th inst , the wife of Vernon D. Broughton, Eeq., of a son. CHANCELLOR.—On the 20th inst„ at Richmond, Surrey, Mrs. Edwin Chancellor, of a son. WEBSTER.—On the 21st inst., at 52, Rutland gate, Mrs. Charles Webster, of a son. Marriages. MAXWELL—TAYLOR. —On the 21st inst., at St. Leonard's on-Sea, Captain George Shirley Maxwell, to Adelaide Frances, youngest daughter of the late Major Wm. S. Taylor and the Lady Sarah Taylor. WILLIAMS—DODSHON.—On the 21st inst., at Sunderland, Frederick Williams, Esq., of Stockton-on-Tees, to Frances, daughter of Edward Dodshon, Esq., of Sun thrland. Deaths. EINGHAM..—On the 21st inst., at Derby, John Bingham Esq , aged 88. EARDLEY.—On the 21st inst at his seat, Beclwell-park, Hatfield, Si r Culling E. Eardley, Bart., aged 58. LEONARD. —On the 21st inst., at Clifton, Robert Leonard, Esq., aged 75. PEARSE.—At his residence, Snaresbrook, Geddie Pearse, Esq., ag e d 67 . PIJCKLE —On the 21st inst., at Clapham-common, Thos. Puckle, Esq. WESTROP.—.On the 21st inst., at 27, Euston-road, Mr. T. Westrop, aged 63. - London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TAE Surf Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of AtichileSex.—SaturdaY. May 23. 1863. - , ,