The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-27 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1863. The extraordinary intelligence brought to us this morning by the Persia, and still dropping in upon us as the day advances, in more or less fragmentary telegrams, almost looks like the beginning of the end of that dreadful civil war in North America. Never among the Americans, with all their odyllic force, their spirit rappings, and their wondrous feats with gymnastic upholstery, never yet, we may safely aver, have they had brought so vividly, and undeniably, before them such an astound ing instance of a complete turning of the tables. The biter is there, in truth, bitten, and bitten too most severely. Diamond has there assuredly cut diamond. The pursued has fairly turned at bay, mid become himself at last the pursuer. The Yankee ACT.XON is meeting far worse than the fete of his but partial prctotype. Instead of being devoured by his own dogs (of war)—he has been turned upon and is no w. being fast followed up (to the death ?) by the Southern game he had so very confidently set his cruel heart upon bringing down in a veritable battu, The Confederate Commander-in-Chief, having at length fully matured his plans for a new and more daring development of his already bril liantly successful scheme of a campaign, has boldly crossed the Rappahannock, it seems, in three places, and carried the war into the enemy's territory. At the head of an army of 100,000, including among them 30,000 cavalry, the valiant and hitherto victorious military chief of the Southerns, has commenced offensive operations, in earnest, against the Northern States. Already the foremost among these stages of advance have been clearly marked out even in this first mo ment, as it were, of the announcement. Foremost among the foremost, STONEWALL JACKSON'S old corps, commanded now by General EwELL, is noted down as advancing, 18,000 strong, through Cul pepper, en route for the Shenandoah Valley. The bare thought of " STONEWALL " JACKSON'S death, we may be sure, giving a firmer grip to every sword hilt, and a steadier aim to every rifle-bearing right hand, in all that dauntless band. Penetrating reso lutely beyond Culpepper, EWELL, it seems, without one instant's unnecessary delay, had attacked MIL ROY at Winchester—carrying Winchester by storm, and compelling MILROY, after spiking his guns, to retreat in hot haste upon Harpers' Ferry. Not however, until after MILROY had been intercepted by the Southerners on the path thither, upon the Martinsburg Road, from which point he eventually broke his way through EWELL'S men—reaching his destination, that is Harper's Ferry, with 2,000 of his men put hors de combat. Subsequently the on ward movements of the Confederates appear to have been rapid and almost uninterrupted—now to Hagerstown, in Maryland, now to Greencastle and Chambersburg, in Pennsylvania. Thence they may advance either to Harrisburg, to Pittsburg, or to Baltimore. As a matter of course, the northward movement beyond the Rappahannock by the whole sou thern army under G enera l LEE has necessitated aretrograde movement of a very decided kind on the part of the Federals under General HOOKER. Leavi ng Falmouth and proceeding with all speed, taa Dumfries in the direction of Fairfax, the Fede ral Commana er ei u . chier (notable mainly of late in Retreats, though not quite, so notable hitherto, ev en in that particular a s , l et üß say bi . either MOREAU or X EN OPHON), General nooictlt causedas . his army and A to abandon both Belle Plaine num Creek, selecting Alexandria as the n ew base of his no w purely defensive operations. By an omi nous gein - eidence, the Federals have thus got back a ga i n to the fatal old Bull Run battle -ground. There the main army, under HOOKER, was, accord _ advises, encampedi ing to cur last RAY having had his men driven back by EWELL'S corps as far as Harper's Ferry. At that point, namely at Harper's Ferry, it was that that very corps, under their beloved and glorious chief, General STONEWALL JACKSON, took 10,000 of the Federals prisoners, after subjecting them to a crushing defeat. While, how fatal to the Northern cause the old battle-ground of Bull Run, was, all the old world as well as all the new world knows full well, long since. No wonder that so astounding a turning of the tables as all this would clearly indicate should have created, as we hear it evidently had created, before our last advises left, per the Persia, an extraordinary excitement a'roughout the whole of the Northern States ! President LINCOLN, in evidence of this prevailing e xcitement, calling out 120,000 militia, for six month's service, from New York, Ohio, Maryland, Western Virginia, and Pennsylvania. A word in that lantern-jawed PRESIDENT'S ear, however, there anent—" You may call spirits from the vasty deep, but—will they come ?" As additional evidence of the all but panic excited by these last marchings and counter-marchings on the part of the main axmies of the belligerents, we observe that there were rumours flying about just before the Persia left, that by an adroit flank movement General LEE had succeeded in cutting off and capturing the whole of the sixth corps of General HOOKER'S army. Even if this particular rumour should in the end tarn out to have been altogether without foundation, the fact of its being bruited about at all is sufficient testimony in itself of the peril ions plight, or, as they would term it themselves, " fix" into which the Federals had by that time been driven by the Confederates. LEE pushing onward thus formidably to the possible threatening of Washington—JOHNSTONE, it now appears, bad at that other extremity of the seat of war, namely, in direction of Vicksburg, already cut his way clean through GRANT'S army to the relief of the beleagured city, or was at the very least advanc ing against GRANT to raise the seige, empowered so to do by the accumulation under his banners of immense reinforcements. The Lancashire Relief Bill yesterday passed though committee in spite of the renewed opposi tion of Mr. FERRAND and the disparaging com ments of Mr. BENTINCK. The lengthened addresses of these gentlemen, and the ingenious logic with which they endeavoured to prove that the origin of the present distress was to be found in the Free- Trade agitation, occasioned se much delay in the discussion of the clauses that some fears were en tertained of the ultimate fate of the bill. The Pre sident of the Poor-law Board expressed himself with some warmth at the conclusion of the sitting, and certainly he had some excuse for doing so from the general opposition he had met with, although the particular exception at which he took offence was, no doubt, well founded. Colonel WILSON PATTEN expressed his regret that it had not been found possible to separate the bill from the Poor-law Board, on account of the preju dice it had met with from its connection with that not very popular office. Mr. VILLIERS, upon this, expressed some vexation that all the trouble and responsibility had been allowed to fall to his share under such circumstances. But instead of all delays, demurs, and objections the bill is now fairly through committee, and will, we hope, be productive of much good. Some hon. members appear to quarrel with it because its action will be only partial and limited, but this objection seems very unreasonable. No single measure, except the raising of the blockade, could give immediate wholesale relief to the dis tressed districts. The large army of unemployed men and women must be dealt with in detach ments, and we expect it would puzzle any of the opposers of this measure to devise any scheme which would give practical assistance to 400,000 persons. Allowing this Bill to give employment to comparatively a small portion of this aggre gate, it will take three or four times that number off the parish, and as the works on which they are to be employed are of practical and permanent benefit, we see no reason for so much cavil and disparagement. Mr. FERRAND and others are warm advocates of emigration, but that is no reason why they should not pass this bill as well. The hon, member for Devonport said, after speaking strongly on this subject, that of course he did not advocate the wholesale departure of unem ployed operatives, but that he thought 50,000 or 100,000 might safely be supplied with the means of emigration at the present time. As on his showing one great fault in the measure just passed is its limited character, there will unhappily remain many thousands to make the colonial experiment if they so will. As Mr. VILLIERS justly observed, it is unwise and unne cessary to mix the two questions together, especially as Mr. CHILDERS, the member for Pontefract, has given notice of a motion on the subject of emigra tion. ColonelWasoN-ParrEN, whose name is so well known in connection with the Central Relief Fund, has had an extended experience of the distress in its worst forms, and an opportunity of becoming fully acquainted with the wishes and capacities of the operatives. He cordially supported the measure, and gave but a qualified approval to an extensive emigration scheme, while Mr. VILLIERS said with truth that the Government would assume a great responsibility with regard to those emigrants to whom it granted a free passage. We must not accept the expressed wishes of the men as alto gether conclusive. They know tittle of the country they are to go to, even by report, or of the kind of work they will have to do when they get there. The piciures drawn by enthusiastic theorists fill them with hope, and when after the prolonged wret chedness of the last eighteen months, the strong man, who can find no work for his wiling hands to do, looks round on his bare home, his anxious wife and hungry children, no wonder he exclaims, in the pathetic words quoted by Dean CLOSE, " Send us anywhere out of this." But we must not, in our anxiety to get the distress oat of our sight, rest satisfied with merely carrying it across the seas. The subject of emigration requires careful thought and anxious inquiry, and we must ascertain that there is work to be done, and that we can guarantee food and employment before transporting any large body of emigrants to a strange land. It would be advisable to establish agents in the localities to which they are sent, to make arrangements for their reception, and to take steps for finding them work and wags. Bat, while all these schemes are being discussed a better solution to the difficulty may be at hand. The signs of a possible termination of the American war are visible in the horizon. The capture of Washington, the relief of Vicksburg, will answer the appeal of our helpless operatives a thousand times more satisfactorily than Poor-law Boards or emigration agents can do, and, even if this hope is deferred, we have every reason for supposing that in all human probability the cotton trade not only niay, but must revive. The gentlemen who take so mournful a view of the case appear to forget the supplies we may confidently expect to receive from our colonies next year. The struggle has been long and bitter, but let not patience or charity fail just when the end is in sight. 1 Colonel CRAWLEY'S case again occupied the at tention of the House for a short ti me on Th ursday. m Several h oe , members made a few remar k s, and asked various questions concerning the compli• cated affair. The Marquis in parrying the iIARTINGTON showed great dexterity many endeavo urs that were made to wrest some in formation fr o m hi s u n w illing statements. It i s t o be question e d how- I ne ever, if this mode of procedure is wise, natural that the greatest excitement sh oul t d i n s r l " lY o n this subject, and that every possible - desire - should be ninced to becoma acquainted with all the details relating to it. Mr. BENTINCK'S fears appear quite groundless regarding the court-martial taking place in England. It is a most proper decision to have come to, and, indeed, were it otherwise arranged it is most probable that great disappoint ment would have arisen and great dissatisfaction have been expressed. Colonel DUNNE made some attempt to clear the reputation of CoIoneICRAWLEY from a part of the charges adduced against him, but he was not very successful. Mr. FORTESCUE explained that it was in the single room that the sentry was posted when Sergeant LILLEY was ordered to be placed under confinement. Sir F. SMITH more truly represented the general feeling which exists on this subject when he declared that " the trial ought to take place in this country, otherwise public opinion would not be satisfied." There was some force in the suggestion which was made by Sir DE LACY EVANS, that it might be advisable to recall the regiment. It would be most likely that in that case the truth would be arrived at more effectually than if the trial took place in India, or than if the evidence were not fully and fairly delivered. Colonel DuNNE explained how the difficulty in the way of expense might be obviated by the Government changing the rota, and thus ordering home the Inniskillings instead of the Sth. It is not likely that any of these suggestions will be carried out strictly in accordance with the mode in which they are made, but still they may be of good service in the cause. It is an incontrovertible fact that all the attention to routine, and exclusive adherence to forms have lamentably failed in the instance here mentioned to carry out the rules of justice. It is always the fashion in official quarters to decry the attempts made by lookers-on, to get at the unvarnished truth, and arrive at the real solu tion of the difficulty, but the question is " what would become of the case, if there were none of these self-prompted stirrers in the cause ?" It is by the due admixture of the various influences that sway the motives that a modified opinion is at last arrived at, and often a very correct one. It is by no means evident that if all the members were as tranquil as the Marquis of HARTINGTON desired upon this subject, that the result would be as satis factory as it now promises to be after all the various influences have been brought to bear upon it from so many different directions. The facts now elicited in regard to the treatment of this painful case are very different from those at first men tioned, and this is because the real opinion of the public had been unmistakeably manifested, and their indignation expressed in terms that could not be mistaken. Hence it may result that this now approaching investigation of Colonel CRAWLEY'S conduct will be far more com prehensive and searching in its style than if the subject had been left to die out of remembrance, instead of being thus constantly recalled to mind so perseveringly. It must have been with very amiable feelings that Mr. DISRAELI last evening addressed the company at the Conservative Banquet. The unity that reigns among the councils of the Conservatives is strangely opposed to the eonstant bickerings that disturb the ranks of the Liberal party. Mr. DISRAELI reviewed the condition of the party in whose honour they had that day assembled, and skilfully contrasted their present position with their former discomfiture. Some years ago, he said, " There is no record in the history of England of a political connection so utterly forlorn, so hopeless and so pros trate, as was then the Tory party. There was no one who believed we would ever rally," truly observed the right hon. gentleman, " and it was a question which of the political sections should obtain the greatest portion of our plunder ; we were like a vessel stranded on the beach, and it was a question who should rifle our stores." With laudable pride Mr. DISRAELI pointed out the great difference that now existed in either House of Par liament ; they confronted the Minister with at least an equal power. He then adverted to the opinions some expressed as to the incapacity of the party to retain power, and observed that the won der was not that they should not have retained their places, but that they should ever have ac quired them. He gave a brief but impressive account of the difficulties that Lord DERBY'S Ad ministration had to contend with on both occasions when it was formed, and forcibly exposed the in sidiousness and subtle machinations of coalitions. " We fell before the most peculiar coalition that eve: existed, and that probably ever can exist in Eng land; the Liberal party defeated us in 1862, because they coalesced with the pupils of Sir R. PEEL, the Liberal party defeated us in 1859 because they coalesced with the pupils of Mr. BRIGHT." The moral of this, Mr. DISRAELI proceeded to explain, was that the powers of coalition were exhausted. "In the purgatory in which the Liberal party found themselves they first applied to the celestial archangels, and then descended into the lowest abyss of Hades." There is great truth in this state ment, fanciful and figurative as it may appear. The last condition of the Coalition is certainly more unstable than the first one, and it does not need a very great share of the spirit of divination to fore tell its ultimate downfall. It is through circum stances out of the control of those who direct public affairs that so long an immunity has been enjoyed by the powers that be. When a re action comes there will be seen a change. The Conservative party has in all human probability a great future before them, and it behoves them to profit by the experience of their past days of defeat and despondency, that when they pass from the cold shade of opposition to 'the more genial atmosphere of the Treasury benches they may improve the opportunity allowed them for the benefit of their country. Their present position is a striking warning to those who despair at difficulties. How would Mr. COBDEN and Mr. BRIGHT have ridiculed the idea some years ago of Mr. DISRAELI addressing such a circle of his followers. They would have considered the idea as a delusion, but no one can judge of future events who narrows his mind to the immediate contemplation of the events before him, without taking a more extended and a more lofty view. The leaders of the Conservative party are eminently deserving of the enthusiasm with which their names were received last night. No men could merit more appreciation from a party. It is in the day of doubt and the time of trouble that the great qualities of a leader are fully displayed and conspicuously brought to light, and in these important features Lord DERBY and Mr. DISRAELI have not been found wanting. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.— Wednesday—Horticultural, at 1, Great Exhibition. Friday—Archeological Institute, at 4. Sa turday—Horticultural, Promenade.-4thenawn. THREATENED DETENTION OF ANOTHER SHIP AT LlVERPOOL.—lntimation having been given that it is intended to export two of Blakeley's large guns on board the steamship Gibraltar, bound for Callao, notice, we be lieve, has been served on the owners of the vessel by the Custom .house authorities at Liverpool to the effect that if the guns are put on board the ship will be detained on the suspicion that they are destined for a Southern Confederate American port. This proceeding is deemed extraordinary, as the guns from their vast size, each weighing about 21 tons, and being capable of carrying 700 lb. shot, it is consi dered perfectly clear that they cannot be used in the arma ment of ships. It is further deemed singular from the fact that arms are shipped, and the ships cleared almost daily for Northern Federal States ports. It is allegel that the interference, in the case o f th e Gib ra l tar and Capt. Blake- Y'' guns has b een ma d e in consequence of the represen tationse of the United States Milaifiter is Londou% THEATRE -ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. After which, 35th time, a new and original comedy, entitled FINESSE; or, Spy and Counter -Spy Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, a nd Miss Louisa Angel. Followed by (15th time), a new Farce, EASY SHAVING : Messrs. Compton, W. Gordon, Rogers ; Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Fanny Wright. To conclude with THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. Commence at 7. • THE DUKE'S MOTTO. HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHTH NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTE EL THIS EVENING, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, B. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. - " After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Prologue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, sunported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, H. vl iddbpmbe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson; Misses Sophy flenrade, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting:Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining. THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock, Shakespere's Play of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Mr. Walter Montgomery; Mercutio, Mr. G. Vining; 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 THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.-. Sole Proprietor and Manager. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH 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 adaptat!on of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phi:lips, Stuart, Billing,ton, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. Mt ssrs. Toole. P. Bedford, R. Phillips, 14,:linrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanbofough. THIS EVENING, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Messrs. Parsell, Belford, Turner, Mesdames Bufton, Hughes, and Thorne. After which. the Great Burlesque, ALI BABA ; OR, THE THIRTY-NINE THIEVES. Messrs. Honey, Turner, Danvers, Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Saunders, White, Button, and Hughes. To conclude with MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. Mr. Honey and Miss Josephs. Commence at 7. THE 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, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, June 27, 1863. THERMOM E TER. This morning This day at Two o'clock .. 64 Barometer-29.9,5. Wind—S.-Westerly; moderate, and fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAL—Morning, 9h. 56m.—Afternoon, 10h. 32m. TO.4fOnliow.-3lonaing, 11h. sm.—Afternooa, 11h. 40m. - 4 -4147D3-'' TIIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1863. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. DEBORAH, Madame Ristori appeared in a new character last evening—the heroine of a German drama, which has been rendered into Italian by Signor Cerri, and into English by Mr. Charles Kenney. The scene of the story is laid in Styria, in the middle of the past century, when the Jews were expelled from Hungary, and a groupe of them happening to halt in the neighbourhood of a Styrian village, Deborah, a Jewish maiden, engages and returns the affections of a young farmer named Alberto, who, though be trothed to the daughter of his pastor, persuades her to desert both her people and her faith, and accom pany him to America. The sudden illness, however, of his father restores the young man to a sense of duty, and, crushing his infatuation, he marries his betrothed. The poor Jewess, ignorant of his false hoed, steals into the village that she may meet him ; and there seeing him leave the church a bridegroom, a terrible revulsion ensues in her heart ; all her affection turns to fury, and launching on him her malediction, she leaves him with the promise that in five years she will return and obtain in some shape her revenge. This interval is supposed to have ensued at the opening of the last act, and Deborah, true to her word, again confronts the farmer, who is now a father ab well as a husband—when, on learning that he had been instrumental in obtaining an edict from the Emperor for the protection of her people, as an offset to his wrong to her—a second revulsion restores her heart to all its tenderness and kindness, and, blessing him and his family, she bids adieu to him for ever. Though not without some merit in its pictures o, Styrian manners, this drama, on the whole, i very meagre and diffuse, and owes all its vitality to the character of the young Jewess, to whom it assigns but one great scene—that of her parting from her lover. This scene, however, is one that affords no little scope to the unequalled powers of Madame Ristori; and, whether in its pathos or in its fury, stands out as one of the finest instances of her genius which she has yet exhibited. Poor as we are compelled to think this drama the surprising gran deur of the scene, must be accepted we are quite sure as a sufficient reason for the plays production. It is needless, we presume to add, that the audience thoroughly recognised the claims of the perform ance, and summoned Mdme. Ristori before them with more than their usual ardour. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean's Readings for the Shakspere Fund. Last evening's Farewell Readings, by Mr. and and Mrs. Charles Kean, in St. James's-hall, in aid of the Shakspere Fund, if judged merely by the enthusiasm of the applause accorded to those two distinguished artistes, must be pronounced at once and with all emphasis, and without one par ticle of reservation, a brilliant and even tr:umphant success. It was unfortunate that the very night selected for these Readings should also, as it fell out, be the night chosen by the Guards for their grand complimentary Ball and Banquet to their Royal Highnesses. Otherwise, the occasional stall seats, and even here and there an entire row of stall. seats, observable last evening in St. James's Hall as vacant, would, we may rest assured, have bee❑ occupied, like the rest of the vast area, with atten tive and appreciative witnesses of the ovation received by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean. An ovation all the more earnest, of course, for the two paramount reasons—that those eminent performers were there upon the platform at the head of the hall in their individual characters, to afford fresh evidence of their remark able powers, in homage especially to the genius of our glorious Shakspere—and that they were there also, for, in very truth, positively their last public appearance here in England, prior to their depar ture for Australia and their sojourn at the antipodes for the chief part of a twelvemonth, After their reci tations, now in dialogue, now in soliloque, of various scenes from " King John"—scenes referring exclu sively to the pathetic history of Prince Arthur—the second part of the evening's entertainment, after the customary pause of ten minutes had elapsed, enabled the audience to listen to the recitation by Mrs. Charles Kean of Hood's exquisite poem of " The Bridge of Sighs," and by Mr. Charles Kean, first of Professor Aytoun's nervous and heart-mov ing Ballad descriptive of " The Execution of Mon trose," and lastly of Lord Macaulay's soul-stirring Lay of Ancient Rome—" Rcratius Cocles"—the latter being the very climax and glory of the whole evening's performance. (From the Times.) The readings and recitations by which Mr. and Mrs, Charles Kean took leave of the London public last night at tracted a numerous and brilliant audience, who were most enthusiastic in their applause. (From the Daily .hews.) The hall, in spite of many counter attractions, including the Guards' ball, was well filled wit a distinguished audi ence, and these two popular actors were received with well deserved applause. It is not the custom to criticise a per formance given for a public or benevolent object, and we therefore do little more than record the pieces read or re cited. There were selections frorc Shakspere's play of "King John ;" Professor Aytoutesspirited ballad, " The Execution of Montrose ;" Hood's " Bridge of Sighs," and the best of Lord Macaulay's rather rhetorical Roman bal lads, " Horatius Codes." The pla7 was almost equally divided between Mr. and Mrs. Kean, while the two ballads were recited with great dramatic effe:st by Mr. Kean, and Hood's poem was given by Mrs. Kean with taste and feeling. (From the Era.) The earnest welcome accorded to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean on their appearance was followed frequently through out the evening by sudden bursts of spontaneous applause, and at the conclusion a round of acilamations, again and again renewed, demonstrated in the rrost emphatic manner the public sense of the great treat tha; they had that night enjoyed. Remembering that these cistinguished artistes would in the course of a few more days be on their way to Melbourne, the audience lingered yet to bestow another affectionate expression of their good wishes and a more triumphant proof of the high position which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean have gained for therusehes in the estimation of society could not have been manifested. (From the Herald.) That the final performance previous to Mr. and Mrs. Kean's departure for Australia should have been so signal a triumph was gratifying. Such a triumph, indeed, will involve a repetition of the " Readings and Recitations" on the retura of the accomplished pair from Australia, since whoever was present last night must needs desire to see again such another matchless exhibition of skill and inspi ration. Mr. and Mrs. Kean ware recalled after each per formance, and at the end made their appearance to a voci ferous and universal summons, and were received with the utmost enthusiasm. (From the Morning Advertiser.) It would not be easy to overpraise the skill displayed in these recitations, which were all characterised by the perfection of the descriptive art, and drew from the audience the most enthusiastic plaudits. Had not the programme been too full to admit of repetitions, everything must have been given in duplicate, Matters were, however, well managed as to quantum as well as quality, and a highly gratified audience retired at an early and decent hour. THE PRECEDENCE OF EDINBURGH OVER DUBLIN. —The correspondence between Sir George Grey and the ♦arious parties concerned in the decision of this question was published yesterday morning. The report of Sir Bernard Burke, the Ulster King at Arms, to the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland, together with the correspondence of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, has been forwarded to Sir Charles Young, Garter King at Arms, for his remarks. These are given as the last document produced in the case, and the opinion of the Garter King at Arms appears to be most decidedly in favour of Edinburgh. ANOTHER, NEW METAL.—SIDERIUM.—In the development of his invention for the production, on a commercial scale, of the metal magnesium, which we hope at no distant period to see extensively introduced as a substitute for silver, Mr. E. Sonstadt, of Loughborough, has discovered a new metal in the "carcase" remaining when the chloride of magnesium is obtained by evaporating and igniting the chlorides of magnesium and sodium. In many of its reactions this new metal corresponds almost precisely with iron, for which metal it has probably hitherto been mistaken. The blue, as in the case of iron, is obtained with the prussiates of potash, but, unlike iron, this bue is unchanged, or only turned purple, by the addition of am monia, whatever the excess. When the precipitate by an alkali is ignited, it is reduced to a dark spongy mass before the blow- pipe or charcoal with great ;difficulty ; this mass does not fuse, and is not in the least magnetic. The new metal appears, at present, to occur invariably in connection with magnesium, which cannot be entirely freed from it. Mr. Sonstadt has separated the oxide of the metal, but the process is so tedious that a grain in three weeks is about the present rate of production. We shall shortly be en abled to publish more complete details with reference to the new metal,—aming Journal. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per the Persia.) NEW YORK, JUNE L 7, 1 p.m. The Indiana enrollment excitement continues. A general disinclination to submit to the draft is ap parent all over the country. A military board has been appointed to settle the claims of Generals Butler, Fremont, Al'Clellan) Banks, and Dix for military precedence of rank. Mr. Vatlandigham has arrived at Wilmington en route for Nassau. Senator Cameron has made a speech at Harris burg, declaring that the neglect of Pennsylvania by the Administration was reckless and disgraceful, and urging the appointment of Gen. M.Clellan or Franklin to command the militia for the protection of the State. The latest advices from Gen. Lee state that he has pushed a very large force up the Shenandoah Valley, and there is no doubt that he is throwing 'ais whole army towards Maryland and the interior of Pennsylvania, and not moving to give battle on Bull Run. General Hill's corps has been seen in the neigh bourhood of Point of Rocks, and the Confederates have invested Harper's Ferry on the Virginia side. The Baltimore correspondent of the New York Herald says :—" General Ewell with 18,000 men has the advance of General Lee's army, and Lee, with Hill and Longstreet, is moving northward, and keeping between Ewell and Hooker. General Hooker is moving to follow Lee wherever he goes," General Fitzhugh Lee is reported to have been severely wounded, The Confederates under General Jenkins, 3,500 strong, are encamped around Chambersburg. News is awaited of their future movements. The steamer Norwegian was wrecked on the 4th on St. Paul's Island, in a dense fog. All the pas sengers, crew, mails, and baggage were saved. Official advices from Vicksburg to the 12th inst. report that the siege was progressing favourably. The Confederates occupy Canton and Yazoo city in force. Richmond papers of the 13th inst. assert that General Johnstone has cut his way through Grant's lines with his whole army, by which it was expected he could raise the siege. This news is not generally credited, but there is no doubt that Johnstone, largely reinforced, is ad vancing against Grant. President Lincoln has sent a reply to the com mittee, who forwarded him the resolutions passed at the Albany Vallaudigham meeting. The Presi dent says that the ordinary law courts are inade quate to the emergency. He continues military arrests, and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act are constitutional whenever public safety demands it. "Mr. Vallandigbam was arrested by the military because he was warring against the military, by labouring to prevent the raising of troops and en couraging desertion." President Lincoln states that he does not know whether in his own discre tion he would have arrested Mr. Vallandigham, but he thinks commanders in the field better judges of particular cases. He will discharge Mr. Vallan digham as soon as he can by any means believe that public safety will not suffer by it. The privateer Clarence, the tender of the Florida, has captured seven brigs and schooners off Virginia Cape. The captain of the Clarence transferred his guns to the barque Sacony, which he captured, and burned the Clarence. Twenty-five Federal vessels have left Northern ports to capture the Sacony and the Coquette. The privateer Japan captured the ship Dictator. It is rumoured that the privateer was seen fifteen miles north-west of Cape Room. The Spanish steamer Soler, from Havanna to Mobile, was wrecked on the 26th ult. The cargo was worth five hundred thousand dollars. NEW YORK, JUNE 17 (Morning). General Lee, with an army estimated at 100,000 men, including 30,000 cavalry, has commenced an offensive campaign against the Northern States, the plans of which are not yet fully developed. The following are the operations up to the pre sent time : General Jackson's old corps, commanded byEwell, supposed to number 18,000 strong, passed through Culpepper last week, en route for the Shenandoah Valley. On Saturday last Ewell attacked Milroy at Winchester, and on Sunday night carried the outer works of Winchester by storm. Milroy then spiked his guns, and retreated towards Harper's Ferry, but was interrupted on the Martinsburg Road, and compelled to cut his way through, reach ing Harper's Ferry with the loss of 2,000 men. On Saturday night the Confederates captured Perry ville and the small Federal forts at that point, and on Sunday night they attacked Martinsburg, com pelling the Federals there to retreat to Harper's Ferry. On Monday morning the Confederates occupied Hagerstown, Maryland, advancing northward from there in three columns, each column said to consist of 5,000 cavalry, with infantry and artillery. On Monday night the Confederates occupied Greencastle and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania They were reported to be still at Chambersburg at midnight yesterday, and it is not known whether they propose to march from Chambersburg to Harrisburg, Pittsburg, or Baltimore. In conse quence of General Lee's movements, General Hooker's whole army including the forces on the south side of the Rappahannock, left Falmouth on Sunday morning, marching to Fairfax station, via Dumfries, and arriving at Fairfax on Monday night. Belle Plaine end Acquia Creek were bandoned, and Hooker's base of supplies trans ferred to Alexandria. General Hooker's army at present occupies the old Bull Run battle ground, and the line of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. General Lee's main army is said to have crossed the river at Rappahannock station, and to have moved off towards Warrington, and General Lee is now supposed to be on the westerly side of Bull Run Mountains, somewhere about White Plains or Front Royal. A. battle on the old Bull Run battle ground is expected. It was rumoured yesterday that General Lee, by a flank movement, had cut off and captured the entire sixth corps of General Hooker's army. General Lee's invasion has created an immense sensation throughout the Northern States. Presi dent Lincoln has called out 120,000 militia from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Western Virginia, Ohio, and New York, for six months service. The Go vernors of the different States responded promptly, and the New York seventh regiment and several others leave for Harrisburg to-day. The Governor of Pennsylvania has called upon the Governor of New Jersey for the services of the nine months soldiers just returned. Several regiments volun teered. The Governor of New Jersey also issued a stirring appeal to the people of Pennaylvania, not to stand quibbling about 6 months service, but to close their business and go to Harrisburg. The Mayor of Philadelphia yesterday ordered all business places to be closed, and the men to join the military organization. Troops are hurrying to Harrisburg and prepara tions are making for defence. The Governors of all the Northern States are organising to send all th e m ili t i a th ey can . General M'Clellan Went to Albany to assist The Governor in organising and forwarding troops. A cry for his reappointment is again raised. It is reported that the Confederates are burning and destroying along their route, bat this is not confirmed. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JUNE 17, 1 P.M. Money easy. Gold 451,- premium. Stocks quiet. New York Centrals, 1181 ; Illinois, 1041 ; Erie, 94. The Scotia's advises have depressed breadstuffs, and the advance quoted was not maintained at the close. Gold sold at 50 per cent. prem. this morning. QUEENSTOWN, JUNE 27. The Royal mail steamship Persia arrived here at 2 a.m. to-day with 200 passengers. She landed the mails, telegrams, and 10 passengers, and proceeded at 2.15 a.m. All well. JAPAN. NEW YORK, JUNE 17. Advices received here from Japan to the 11th May, announce that the British Admiral had demanded a large indemnity, and the surrender of Mr. Richard son, failing which, before the 26th May, England and France would declare war. 13 war vessels were at Ganagwa, The natives had all left. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, JUNE 27. The Polish leader Andrnszkiewicz has occupied Lomza, Styczn, and Grajewo in the Government of Augustowo. A sanguinary engagement occurred at Serolk on the 22d. Executions continue to take place by order of the Russian Government. Micewiez, Ancypa, and Korsak were shot at Mohilew upon the 18th, and Zietinski was executed at Kiew. Czarnecki, Micewicz, and Bakiewicz have been hung at Siedlce and Piotrkow. Two sanguinary conflicts have occurred at Iiro• lowymost and Luebrieski, in Lithuania, POSEN, JUNE 27. A private letter from Warsaw, on the 25th inst., states that the revolutionary National Government has appointed Government Commissioners to be attached to every military command. It has been further decreed that all Poles remain ing in the service of the Russian army within the frontiers of Poland, as existing in 1772, after the Ist of August next, shall be exiled, shall be deprived of their civil and political rights, and be declared to have forfeited their honour as citizens. POSEN, JUNE 24. The Posener Zeitung of to-day, says : 7 " The audacity of the Polish ltevolutionary Government is really astonishing. Up to the present time its terrible effect has appeared to be confined to Russian Poland. Now it seems about to extend its terrorism also to the province of Posen. A Prussian patrol found three persons hanging nearly close together in the forest of Powitz, district Wreschen, on the 21st instant. The bodies have not yet been identified, but it may be assumed with tolerable certainty that they are the remains of Prussian subjects who have probably refused obedience to the decrees of the Central Committee. The clothing of the murdered men showed them to have belonged to a respectable class. BRUSSELS, JUNE 26. News received here from Cracow gives the de taills of a sanguinary engagement which took place upon the 20th, near Komorow, in the palatinate of Cracow. Count Jules Tarnowski was mortally wounded by a ball in the forehead, while gallantly leading on a body of volunteers to storm the im portant position of Komorow. Upon the following day the Russians committed frightful excesses, murdering the wounded and shooting the pri- saners. A despatch received from Madrid states that the Minister of the interior will return from Vichy on the sth July, The report of dissensions having arisen among the Ministers upon the subject of home policy is contradicted. SPAIN, THE SPANISH ELECTIONS. MADRID, JUNE 26, Evening. The electoral circular, issued by the Marquis Miraflores, has met with a favourable reception throughout the country. FRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 27. Vales° has received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. The Prefects of the departments of Loiret ann Upper Saone have been dismissed. A decree of the Emperor has been published to day appointing two Prefects, 15 Sub-Prefects, ano 12 Councillors of Prefecture. The Paris papers of to-day publish a message, dated Constantinople the 26th inst., asserting that Sir Henry Bulwer had addressed, in the name of his colleagues of the diplomatic corps, a protest to the Porte, referring to the indemnity due by the Turkish Government for the persons killed i❑ Syria. The same telegrams states that eleven engage ments of a sanguinary character had cuccessively taken place in the Caucasus. BOURSE, June 26.—The market continues heavy hut without any material decline. Threes, for the Account, which yesterday closed at 681. 35c. and not at 68f. 15c. as given by mistake, are now at 68f. 30c. The Railway Share Market has been also heavy, and in the limited business done, prices have been generally rather lower. Mobilier also show a further decline. The market slightly im proved towards the close, and left off as follows : it per Cents. 96 80 Do. end month.... - 3 per Cents Do. end month 63 40 Credit Alobilier.. Do. end m0nth....1167 50 Bank Shares 3400 Credit Fonder 1325 Italian Loan 73 05 Do. end month 72 95 New ditto Do. end month.... 74 Russian Austrian Spanish Rome Debt RA IL rAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 995 .. 992 50 Northern New ditto - • • ---'' -- Lyons and Mediterranean 1017 50 .. 1020 Geneva.. 450 .. 457 50 Southern 692 50 .. 693 75 Western Eastern .. ~ Sardinian Austrian LOlPbald North of Spain Saragossa 707 50 • • F, 1 , - - 7 5 ~) Ditto to Barcelona - • • "' " The marriage of Mies Cqckburn, daughter of the Lord Chief Justice of England, with Mr. Charles Caver. dish, :3on of General the Hon, Henry Cavendish, was solem nised on Thursday at St, Mary's Catholic church, in Cade gan-squaro.: „ w p,l t mut ono . Avo HER MAJESTY WINDSOR CASTLE, June 26. Her 11Iajesty, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Beatrice, drove in the grounds this morning. The Queen 'f Prussia, her Royal Highness Princess Helena, attended by the Countess Schwerin, Dr. Brandis, and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. D. De Ros, went to London this morning. Prince Adward of Saxe-Weimar arrived at the Castle yesterday, and returned to London this morning, with her Majesty the Queen of Prussia. The Hon. Beatrice Byng has succeeded the Hon. Victoria Wortley as Maid of Honour in Waiting. The Queen of Prussia. Her Majesty the Queen of Prussia proceeded from the Paddington terminus yesterday morning to the Horticultural Gardens, and afterwards visited the South Kensington Museum. Her Ma jesty went to Marlborough House and partook of a dcjeuner with their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Her Majesty was accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, and was attended by the Countess Schulenbourg, Countess Schwerin, Count de Boos, Dr. Brandis, and also by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. H. de Roe, Equerry to the Queen. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar accompanied her Majesty. The Queen of Prussia took a drive an an open carriage in the afternoon, in company with the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Princess Helena. Her Majesty returned to Windsor Castle in the evening. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales honoured Mr. Heath with a sitting for their photographs. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of . Wiles went last night to the ball given by the officers of the Brigade of Guards at the Interna tional Exhibition Building. 'Their royal high nesses and suite left Marlborough House in three carriages. In the first carriage were the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness; Hon. Robert H. Meade, Groom in Waiting ; Lieutenant-General Knollys, Comptroller and Treasurer; and Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, Equerry in Waiting. In the second carriage were the Countess de Grey, Lady in Waiting to her Royal Highness ; Earl Spencer, Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness ; and Lord Harris, K.S-I-• Chamberlain to her Royal Highness. The Prince mid Princess of Wales occupied the third car riage. Presents to the Princess of Wales. The Lady Mayoress of York and the Hon. Mrs. Smyth had an interview with the Princess of Wales yesterday, at Marlborough House, and pre sented to her Royal Highness the gift of the ladies of the City of York. The present is a silver-gilt inkstand, the design being small models of Clifford's Tower, the Mickle gate Bar, and Monk Bar, in the City of York, with the barbicans. The tower and bars rest on a deep carved moulding, in the centre of which, on a bur nished plate, is the following inscription : " To her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales : Presented by the Lady Mayoress and other Ladies of the City of York and its vicinity," On either side of the inscription is a row of the White Roses of York, in dead silver, on a silver gilt ground. At the back of the inkstand is an inscription— "In time of the Right Hon. William Fox Clarke, Lord Mayor of the City of York, A.D. 1862 and 1863." The base, which is also silver gilt, is ornamented at each of the four angles by the coat of arms of the Princess surmounted by the Prince's plume. In the front are the arms of the city of York, with the mace, sword, and cap of maintenance, the civic in signia being wrought in solid gold ; and at the back are the arms of the Archbishop of York, with the mitre and cross, modelled in gold. The arms of the minister St. Peter adorn each end of the base. fhe inkstand is placed on a plinth of oak taken out of the ruins of York Minster after the fire on the 20th May, 1840. The Marchioness of Winchester had an interview with the Princess of Wales, and presented to her Royal Highness a bracelet of diamonds and rubies from the ladies of Hampshire. The Princess of Wales was attended at the re ception by the Countess de Grey, Lady in Waiting, and Lord Harris, Chamberlain to her Royal Highnets. Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess Driabynska and suite have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel Jertnyn-street, from Paris. The Marquis Camden's ball, for the 3d of July', will not take place, in consequence of the death of a near relative. The Marchioness Dowager of Queensberry has left Wallace's Hotel for Leamington. "The journals, in relating the death of Archduke Maximilian of Este," says the Frog, es of Lyons, " confined themselves to saying, without entering into any details, that he had instituted his niece, the Countess de Chambord, his universal legatee, The statement is not exactly correct, as the will contains several parti cular legacies. These, however, being deducted, the share which will fall to the countess may still be estimated at nearly 75,000,000 fr. This fortune, which is already con siderable, is likely to be eventually greatly increased from the following circumstances :—As neither the Count do Chambord nor the Duke of Modena has any children, all the wealth of the first will descend to the sons of the Duchess of Parma, and all the property of the second to the young Archduchess Theresa, the only daughter of the late Prince Ferdinand of Este, younger brother of the pre sent Duke of Modena. There is at the present moment s proposal to marry tais young princess to the eldest son of the Duchess, and to thus unite the two colossal fortunes of the house of Este and the elder branch of the Bourbons. It would form a fortune of about 200,000,000 fr. MR. PHELPS AND MR. FECHTER,—According to t!.e Queen of to-day, it would seem that, although. Mr. Phelps has been engaged at the Lyceum since January last, the successful run of " The Duke's Motto" has ren dered it impossible for him to appear up to the present time, and he has consequently been in, what to a man of estab lished reputation must have been the not disagreeable posi tion of receiving forty pounds per week without being 05- pected to do any work for it. Mr. Fechter now cont era plates producing " Hamlet," and Mr, Phelps being i nv ited to select the part woich he would play in that piece , is stated to have replied that ho would play Hamlet. Ors it being demurred to this that Mr. Fechter would proba bl y like to play Hamlet himself, it is further alleged that M r. Phelps remarked with but scanty courtesy, that he wo uld "not play the Ghost to any [expletive] Frenchman ," a statement which, as Mr. Phelps is said to have never been asked to play the Ghost under any circumstances, wa s, t° say the least of it, superfluous. This, as we understand, i 8 the seal gist of the quarrel, and, from what we hear, it re flects very little credit upon the English artist. A WHIMSICAL MISPRINT.—By an odd typogra" phical error, to-day, observable in one of our morning con temporaries, the Chairman at the Great Tory Banque t last night proposed, as the toast of the evening, " The Ladies of the Conservative party, and Success to the Conservative Cause," in doing so speaking in terms highly eulogistic both of the Earl of Derby and Mr. Disraeli. And this toast it is that Mr. Disraeli is represented as responding co so eloquently and so much at length—as the right hon. gentleman will be seen to have done in our report elsewhere of the proceed ings of yesterday. The case of the Alexandra has ended, says the Law Times of today, as every lawyer who read the evidence must have a nticipated, in a verdict for the defen dants. We do not remember any great case where there was so entire an absence of proof of the allegations. -Whatever may be the facts, there was not a shadow of legal evidence as to the destination of the ship ; and the Chief Baron ex plained the law so clearly, that even the most thin-skinne d of the Northerners must admit that no other verdict was possible. The contrast between the partial judgments of the American prize courts in the recent cases of seizures of our ships, and our dealing with the Alexandra, must be apparent to all Europe. RETIVAL OF THE ISLE OF THANET RAcEs.--011 Thursday last, at the meeting of the committee formed to promote the revival of these races, held at the York Hotel, Margate, the secretary, Mr. Boys, placed in the hands of the chairman a letter which had been received from Lord Palmerston, in whica the noble viscount inti nsted that he would with pleasure allow his name to a ppear as a patron of the Isle of Thanet races. Another meetiug of the committee is to take place on Tuesday next.