The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-24 00:00:00

T 7 IE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, (From the Correspondent of the Times) NEW YORK, Oct. 9. lie position of Gen. Rosencranz at Chattanooga be. gins to excite alarm. Though a thousand ti mes de ,ceived by tha reassuring announcements of an A .dministration which will never admit a failure to ae national arms until the dead officers are brought hr Mme for burial and the facts are as patent as the ai in at noonday, the public was contented to believe t hat Rosencranz had not been seriously beaten, and that, all things considered, the Confederates had got the worst of the Battle of Chicamauga. But all this is now admitted to be false, even by the shoddy contractors and the Republican journals; and it is feared that, if Rosencranz cannot imitate Bragg so lar as to make a skilful and successful retreat, the capture of his whale army is not only possible but extremely probable. No reinforcements have reached him from any quarter, and Gen. Bragg has commenced to shell his camp in Chattanooga from the heights of Lookout Mountain, which commands the position. The total defeat of the Army of the Potomac would scarcely cause a greater flutter in Washington than the retreat or capture of Rosen- cranz, for in either event the campaign in Tennessee I will be at an end for this year, and the chances of Southern recognition by the Powers of Europe very greatly increased. It also begins to be admitted, though very reluc tantly, that the siege of Charleston must end in failure. The army under Gen. Gilmore has done its best arid accomplished nothing. The ironclads and monit ors, under Admiral Dahlgven, have tried no thin g and consequently don e nothing, and both offio ers are understood to have fallen under the dis pier .sure of the Government for being in the condi riot i of the friend of S e mpronius—deserving of sue cea s, bat without being able to command it. The pro•ltussiau furors continues to range una bated. The m unicipality - , in unison with the s Noddy " aristocracy, are determined that all pos sible honours in their power to bestow shall be showered upon the heads of the Russian officers. Processions, dinners, balls, serenades—everything that ca n administer to the curiosity of the crowd or the joviality of the male and the friv o lit y o f the f ema le sex—are to be or have been arranged, to show how delightful it would be to the Americans to have a friend in Europe, esp ec i a ll y if that friend were Russia. The study of the Abolitionist, Re publican, and Ministerial party, in which all the worshippers of shoddy are delighted to enrol them selves, is how to make the glorification of Russia as offensive and insulting as may be to the British and French admirals and officers in the harbour. But in this design they are likely to be frustrated. The British and French officers will stand upon their dignity, and will not consent to play "second fiddle" in any celebrations that appear to be fes tive, but are in reality political. The Russian sailors swarm up Broadway, their broad Calmuck features radiant with satisfaction at the pleasure to be o'atained by a stroll on shore ; but not a British or French sailor is to be seen, although there are about 5,000 of them cooped up in the narrow limits of their respective war ships. The journals in ac counting for the fact explain to the credulous Yan kees—who are delighted to believe that Europe is one immense hotbed of antagonistic Kings and Em perors—that the remembrances of the war in the Crimea are so bitter that Russians could not meet British and French sailors in the street without an immediate outbreak of angry passion and violent hostility. The true state of the case is simply this —the Federal Government is so desperately in want of seamen whom America itself c tnnot supply, and who if found in the persons of Irishmen and Ger- mans are not worth having, that a British or a French sailor cannot show himself in public with out being inveigled to the nearest rum-shop by some amiable Federal " shark." who after having made him drunk will offer him the handsome bounty of 700 dols. if he will. desert his ship and take service in the Federal navy. The temptation of -so large a sum of ready money is too strong for British or French virtue, and the men of both fleets are con sequently kept to their ships with such extra in dulgences in their captivity as may help to reconcile them to their isolation. Ai it is the object of the Federal Government to stand well with Russia and give that Power no cause of offence, the "sharks" are instructed to leave the Russian sailors alone. So jealous is the Administration on this point that a Finlander who was persuaded by a relative in this city to desert and join the Federal navy was handed back by the Federal authorities to his captain, to be dealt with aceordiug to Russian justice. Had he been Englishman or a Frenchman nothing would have been said, and all the efforts of the British and French authorities would have been employed in vain to discover his whereabouts. In their intense hatred of England, and their equally intense jealousy of France, the Americans forget that the Russian Government is as anxious for peace between North and South and as much opposed to the epirit and policy of the war as any other Po Ner of Europe. They forget that Baron s toeckl, the Russian Minister in this country, was instructed a year ago by Prince Gortschakoff to read to the President and to Mr. Seward a despatch in Which occurs the following significant passage : " The s t rugg l e w hi c h, unhal:pily, has arisen can neithe r be indefinitely prolonged, nor lead to the total destruction of one of the parties. Sooner or l ater it will be necessary to come to some settlement, Whatever it may be, which may cause the divergent interest smcr no w actually in conflict to coexist. The Political wisdom .would, then, give a proof of high tiement, befcrenlain seeking in common such a set oi strength effusion of blood, a barren squandering acts of violence and d neth and of political riches, and reciprocal reprisals shall have come to deepe n an abyss betw een th e t wo p ar ti es of the Confederation, th i end definitel y in their mutual exhau s ti on , and the rui n , p er h a p s irre parable, of their commercial Our august master cannot resign and political power. himself to admit l su ch deplorable anticipations;' to believe that the Russian Government ' T here is no ground has changed its opinions on the American conflict since this paragraph was penned ; but it suits purpose of th e Administration for the momentts the to r e p resent Russia as its only friend, and even to find a bond of sympathy in the fact that both the Cz ar P res ident are engaged in combating a Y ula th e nation, or a people, in rebellion against their autho • ray. That su ch a reason for a Russian alliance s hould favour with any portion of the Americans is not the least singular of the many anomalies of thi s e miser. able and unnatural conflict. The war in the Cabinet, so long known t o ex i st and so freely sp oken of, b e gins to assume sh ape. It has long been kn own that two antagonistic forces ' were at work in the Councils of the President, the one Conservative, the other Destructive; the one led by Mr. Seward, which desired union above all things; the other lea by Mr. Chase, which desired nothing but the abolition of negro slavery, and ;via determined to accomplish it though " the heavens should crack." The President has swayed to one or the other, not as circumst ances might dic tate, but as the superior pressure brought to bear :Pon him might compel. Unable to c ontrol either section, he was equally unable to dispen se with the s' ea of either leader. Th e cunning and t he ca suistry of ~ Ju .. r. Seward—so like his own in substance, but to h B i o na ra in uc v h superior in form—were indispensable the solid bu n! management of foreign affairs, while _ nsainess capacity of Mr. Chase and his dex terous equally w il ft eee r a m t ent of the rational finances were collave which ,? ,ar to j prevent the great commercial but which would cer tainly Lincoln knows to be inevitable, th at of be expedited if any less skilful hand than management. Mr. Chase were just now to assume the As Mr. Lincoln's turn of mind is naturally co nservative, atiye, to has clung mere to Mr. Seward than Chase, and would have d on e so even if ho had found no I‘otsuch additional rea son for his liking as the fact Ir. S ewar d h as no hopes of an d does no t labour for strives to while Mr. Chase openly and „, tori l o , Pr " i `lencY , that end. While Mr. Lincoln and NI r. Seward be glad to restore the Union without be a a r t a ' Nc g ou h l d e South too comp without exterminatingnt reducing the people, without effacing State lines or States to mere provinces and counties, and even with out the abolition of negro slavery, Mr. Chase and his party do not Value such a vvion as that would be, were it possible to restore it. Upwards of 40 years ago Chief Justice Marshall, of the Supreme Court, one of the most able and eminent lawyers that America ever produced, declared no political dreamer ever had been wild enough to think of breaking down State lines and compounding the American people into one mass. But that was in an antediluvian age. The Sumners, the Wendell Phillipses, the Garrisons,' the Beechers, the Greeleys, and the Chases were some of them in the nursery and some at school, and knew nothing of that Constitution of the Union which they have since learnt to despise or to trample upon. Mr. Chase is of the new school, one of the men who would make men temperate and religious by Act of Parliament, and who think it as wicked in the men of the North as in the men of the South to hold slaves. To compound the American people into one mass is the dearest object of the ambition of these dreamy philosophers, To accomplish that end they would first abolish slavery, and nest they would abolish the negro. After that they would abolish the Constitution, State lines, local Parliaments, and all the liberties of the people, and construct a great homogeneous despotism, with an elective Sovereign or President for life, who should be in everything but named an Emperor. Into that groove they are sliding. Welded, cemented, and held together by the strong hand, they imagine that America would become the first Power in Christendom, the virtual ruler of the world, able to reduce Great Britain to the rank of a third-rate kingdom and to dictate to the whole of Europe. That is their wild dream, and they are diligently labouring to realize it. When President Lincoln said that for him to de cree the abolition of slavery was about as absurd as for the Pope to issue a bull against the comet, Mr. Seward had possession of him. When he after wards proclaimed that all the slaves in the United States were to be "henceforward and for ever free," Mr. Chase had him in keeping. When he maintained General M.Clelian in command, the mind of Mr. Seward contolled him. When he dismissed M'Clel- lan with undeserved ignominy and gross ingrati tude, Mr. Chase's principles assumed the mastery. When he spoke and wrote of the oath he had taken to ❑phold the Constitution, the thought of Seward guided his tongue and his pen; but when he assumed the power, which Congress had no right to delegate to him, to suspend the operation of the writ of habeas corpus throughout States which were neither in insurrection nor in rebellion, the spirit of Chase was in the ascendant. Of late the influence of Mr. Seward has so much diminished, and that of Mr. Chase so much increased in the Cabinet, that the Conservative members of the Administration have taken alarm, and one of them, Mr. Blair, the Post master-General, has publicly denounced the Radi cal, or destructive policy which Mr. Chase repre sents, and declared that it must end in the ruin of the nation if it be longer persisted in. His brother, General Blair, a member of Congress, not being trammelled by office, or by the personal decorum which prohibits one member of the Government from publicly speaking ill of another, has expressed himself upon the subject, with a shadow of reserve, and at a public meeting in the city of St. Louis has declared that under no circumstances whatever can the Radical party be allowed to override the rights of the individual States. "If," he says, " the Go vernment of a State can be displaced at the will of a set of politicans, or otherwise than by the forms of law, we shall sacrifice our Republican institu tions and run down int/ a sort of Mexican Republic, where Presidents, Judges, &c., are made by pro nunciamentos. The people of this State (Missouri) are not prepared to degrade themselves to this stan dard of Government. We are a people who desire that there shall be stability and dignity in our Go vernment. We are a race of people who fight it out rather than submit. All the men who are en deavouring to make our great contest for our national existence degenerate into a Revolution like that which afflicted France in the last century,—these men, who are following in the footsteps of the Jaco bins of the French Revolution, who are demanding the guillotine, who constitute themselves witnesses, judges, and executioners alike, I tell them to beware. They will not find a submissive people. They will find Girondists of a different stamp. Robespierre will never be allowed to live. Neither Robespierre nor Denton shall exercise the authority they covet, to immolate a people who differ from them in opinions." Some one having hissed the General when he declared that Mr. Chase was in his heart as great an enemy of the Union as Mr. Jefferson D ivis, he said that the hiss was " a good deal like Mr. Chase himself, a piece of rowdyism and black guardism." It is evident from the whole tenour of the speech that in General Blair's estimation Mr. Chase is the would-be Robespierre of the hour, and that the Girondists who now rule will die harder than their French predecessors. A. few days will show whether at the present moment Mr. Lincoln oscillates to the Girondists or to the Terrorists. The auestion which will test the fact, and possibly by its solution inaugurate a new civil war in the remote States of Missouri and Kansas has been broadly placed before the President for his immediate decision by a delegation of lawless patriots and border ruffians from both of those States, who, finding the usual process of law too slow for dealing with disturbers of the public peace, propose to carry on a private war of their own under the President's sanction. Discontented with the action of Mr. Gamble, the legally elected Governor of the State, who aspires to keep the peace between both sets of ruffians in Missouri by the agency of the Missouri militia, and with General Schofield, the Federal officer, appointed by Mr. Lincoln to that department of the Union, who is impartial enough to be hated by both factions, they have invaded Washington, nearly 100 strong, every one ready with a speech to fire off at the Presidential head. They have demanded that General Butler should be appointed to succeed General Schofield, and that a declaration of martial law in Missouri should consign Governor Gamble to the retirement of private life. The President, under the influence of Mr. Seward, has given the deputation " the cold shoulder," but promised to write to them as soon as he shall have made up his mind on the subject. In the meantime the deputation has waited upon Mr. Chase, with the certainty of a favourable re ception. If Mr. Chase is ever to be President, it will be by the Western vote, and for that reason Mr. Chase is particularly solicitous to keep all his Western friends in good humour. The anticipa tions of the deputation were consequently realised. Re was as cordial as Mr. Lincoln was cool ; and if Mr. Lincoln do not send General Butler to end the anarchy of Missouri and Kansas by the establishment of a despotism, it will be be cause he he just now oscillates more closely towards e lan political rival , of Seward than to that of Chase, and that b e • office with is not disinclined to thwart by one and the s ame act of laissez faire the dangerous ambition o . f public danger, personal comfort, he can neither retain in Ql e a r n aa trell eard comfort, nor dismiss without The world h as h de e s d s s o u o r f i , a good deal of the recent comm ) . the pro• Slavery scoundrel of behalf of the lts who unauthorised massacres on Confederate cause, but has not heard quite so much of th e 11 11 1 1i -slave r y scoun d re l s i n Kansas, as bloodthirsty 11 wo y od , s b a e s h fiendish as he, who act with equal atrocity en o f dr t a h wh e an F g e:le g ril s is . One of them, the notorious General or back woodsman —who or Senator Jem Lane—an illiterate and savage a in i w t a e a ll a te — o r n w o t h u h o e t slew a neighbour for presuming civiliselidisregion of his well, and nevertheless escaped one of the deputation that has recentl person ,cowmhpearerastuiveehlya President and Mr. Chase. But duringtem poraryo must be f theFaebdseerna7:anpti htael eg-ro oes , q • was left to a kindred • • as mush out of place as a hyena in a drawl spirit in the savage dialect of the named JerllliSoll, known the work and a "jayhawker,” border as a "bushwhacker" of murdt, . but having the a rk of a Brigad ier -General in the Federal army. Having, as he says, been commis sioned by the President to raise a regiment of Kansas cavalry—though there is much reason to doubt the truth of the assertion—this fre ebooter has just made a speech to the people of Paoli on the Kansas border for the purpose of enlisting brigands in his company (the 15th), in which he uEed the following lan guage:— "Do you suppose I will march into Missouri and ask them to take the oath ? No, not by a -- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1863. sight ! If they have protection papers I willihang' them, for real Union men need no written proof of their loyalty. In my next proclamation I will say to every physically ablebodied man in the State of Missouri,—' You must fight for your homes or, be put to death.' And the head of your column will make the road so clear that no Copperhead shall see the tail end of the command. I put the negro on the top and the traitor underneath. Everything disloyal, from a Shanghai chicken up to a Durham cow, must be cleaned out. Adopt this policy and there will be no more Copperheads in Kansas. The 15th will be filled three weeks from to-day. Its whole duty will be to kill rebels. [A Voice— ' Have you got the horses ?'] Jennison--I never had any trouble in getting all the horses I wanted. All the trouble I ever had was in preventing the boys from leading off six or seven. But my men musn't take anything that will not further the in terests of their own regiment. Every men must, of course, be his own judge. This regiment will march with the revolver in one hand and the torch in the other. It will be organised on a military and patriotic, and not political basis. We carry the flag, kill with the sabre, and hang with the gallows." _ It is clearly the duty of the Federals, if the local Governments of Kansas and Missouri be powerless, to keep the peace between their contending factions, to assert its superior authority, even though so rough and so formidable an instrument as General Butler be necessary for the purpose. The war be tween Kansas and Missouri, which are both in the Union, is a disgraceful, but it may not be the last or the only proof of the disintegrating forces that are at work in the bosom of the republic. For if Kansas has its General Jennison and Senator Lane, has not Massachusetts its Senator Wilson, who openly advocates the increase of the Federal army, not only to subdue the Secessionists of the South, but to put bullets through the brains of the 4 , Cop perheads" of the North—Copperheads whose offence is that they love peace better than war, and think with the illustrious Patrick Henry, that liberty 1$ the first thing to be desired, and Union only the second? THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. (From the Gazette of last evening.) WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 22. The Secretary of State for War has received three despatches with their enclosures, addressed to him by Lieut.-General Cameron, C. 8., commanding the troops in New Zealand, of which the following are copies : "Headquarters, Queen's Redoubt, Auckland, New Zealand, July 20, 1863. "My Lord,—On the 17th inst., at 10 a.m., a large num ber of natives were observed entrenching themselves on the heights of Koheroa, in front of the camp of the 2d Batta lion 14th Regiment, apparent:y with the intention of ob structing our further advance up the Waikato. "Lieut.-Colonel Austen, who was commanding on the spot, immediately called in all his working parties, got his battalion under arms, and moved in skirmishing order against the enemy, followed by the detachments of the 12th and 70th, which were at the time arriving at the camp as a reinforcement. The strength and composition of the force are shown in the margin.* " Lieut.-Colonel Gamble,Deputy Quartermaster- General, who happened to be on the Koheroa superintending the en campment of the 12th and 70th, having sent me a report of what was going on, I once hastened across the Mungata" whiri, and overtook the troops during their advance. "When we came within musket shot of the enemy he opened a sharp fire upon us, to which our skirmishers re replied with such effect that he was soon compelled to retire. This he did slowly and without any precipitation. "The ground over which he retired was most favourable for defence, as the only road by which we could advance against him led for about five miles over very narrow and tortuous fern ridges, the sides of which were too precipitous to admit of us turning his position by a flank movement, and at several well selected points completely commauding the narrow necks over which we were compelled to move to the attack he had constructed lines of rift) pits. " These he defended with great obstinacy, and as we had no artillery in the field, we could only dislodge him from them with the bayonet, which was done with great gallantry by the young soldiers of the 14th, led by their commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Austen, who, I regret to say, re ceived a wound in the arm during the action. A fter we had driven them from the second line of rifle -pits , w here they made their most determined stand, a large num ber of them left the ridge, and, turning to right, retreated d own a nar row and steep gully, where they were exposed for a long time to a close and destructive fire from our men on tee heights above, by which many of them were killed. The rest were driven before us until they reached the Maramana (a small tributary of the Waikato), which they crossed pre cipitately, some in canoes, and others by swimming. " Having no means of effecting the passage of the river , we were obliged to discontinue the pursuit, and I accord ingly ordered the troops back to camp. " I inclose a list of our casualties, which were few consi dering the time the engagement lasted (from 11 a.m. to 1 p m.) and the strength of some of the enemy's positions. " I cannot speak too highly of the condu ct of all the offi cers and men engaged, or of the able man ner in which the troops were led by their commanding offic ers, viz., Lieuten ant Colonel Austen, 14th; Major Ryan, 70th; and Major Miller, 12th. " Among the officers who had the good fortune to have the opportunity of distinguishing themselves by conspicuous forwardness in the attack were Captain Strange, 14th, who did good service with the advanced skirmishers; Captain Phelps, who led his company to the charge ; Lieutenants Armstrong and Glancy, and Ensign Green, 14th. "Surgeon-Major Carte, M. 8., 2d battalion 14th, the senior medical officer in the field, rendered prompt assistance to the wounded, many of whom he attended under fire. "Colonel Mould, C. 8., commanding Royal Engineers, was also present, and ready to afford his valuable assistance if required. " Lieutenant-Colonel Gamble, the deputy-quartermaster, General, Major M‘Neill, Aide-de -Camp, and my extra Aide de-Camp, Lieutenant St. Hill, the only o fficers of the staff who had an opportunity of taking part in the engagement, were most active during its progress) and gave me th e greatest assistance throughout. " The enemy had from 300 to 400 men in the field, the whole belonging to the tribes of the Waikato. His lose must have been considerable. " Immediately after the action we counted 21 killed, more on the following day, and others have since be en found. Several chiefs fell, among them one of the uncles of the Maori King. The enemy himself acknowledged to have had a great many wounded. "I enclose a sketch of the ground, made by Lieutenant- Colonel Gamble after the action.--4 have, 86 ea " D. A. CAMERON, Lieutenant-General. " The Right Hon the Secretary of State for War, War-office, London." " 2D BATTALION 14TH REGIMENT.--NOMINAL RETURN OF KILLED AND WOUNDED AT KOHIROA ON THE 17TH JULY, 1863, " Lieutenant-Colonel C. W. Austen, gunshot wound of left forearm. " Private Moses Burton, gunshot wound through muscles of left side of back, ball extracted ; slight. John Ingram, gunshot wound fracturing lower jaw, also graze of right shoulder ; severe. James Gilligan, perforating wound of abdomen, lacerating intestines, caused by a musket ball ; proved fatal 22 hours after receipt of injury. Patrick bl.'Kay, gunshot wound of left thigh, fracturing femur ; very severe. James Tancred, gunshot wounds of forehead, depressing outer tables, also left leg, passing through head of tibia, ball lodged ; very severe. William Murphy, gunshot wound of left leg, ball buried in head of tibia, extracted on the 20th of July ; very severe. William Kavanagh, gunshot wound through right shoulder, a little below articulation, also slight wound of chin and throat ; severe. Henry Clark, gunshot wound of right arm and forearm ; severe. Robert Williamson, gunshot wound of right thumb ; slight. Alfred Picton, gunshot wound of back of left hand ; slight. William Smith, gun shot wound of left thigh, femoral artery wounded ; did not recover from shock of wound, and died on the field. " J. MOUAT, Deputy-Inspector-General, P.M.O. " The Assistant-Military Seeretary, Head-quarters, Queen's Redoubt." "Head-quarters, Queen's Redoubt, July 31 "My Lord,—l have the honour to forward copy of a report (17th of July), from Captain Ring, 2d battalion 18th Regiment, of an attack upon a convoy under his charge by an ambuscade of natives oa the 17th instant, on the road between the Queen's Redoubt and Drury. " 1 have since ascertained that the ambuscade consisted of not less than 140 natives, and, considering the very superior numbers by which Captain Ring's small detach meat was attacked, I feel sure that your lordship will con cur with me that no troops could have acquitted themselves better under such trying circumstances.—l have, &c., . " D:A.CAMERON, Lieutenant-General, " The Right lion, the Secretary of State for War, War-office, London." ic C am p D ru ry, July 17. "Sir,—l have the honour to report, for your informa tion, that on my march from the Queen's Redoubt to Drury * Detachment Ist battalion 12th Foot, 2 captains, 2 sub alterns, 8 seargeauts, 3 dr ummers, 135 rank and file ; 2d battalion 14th Regimen —I field officer, 3 captains, 8 sub and file. T otal -2 field officers, 5 cap tains,l field o ffi cer, 1 captain, 6 sergeants, sergeants, 7 dru mmers, 266 rank an d f i le; 11 subalterns, 2 staff, 25 serg eants, 13 drummers, 494 rank and file, da3ledtteailulmsm'Tn2eensitts:7lo9,t3hiriFanokot his day, my escort, &c., as per margin,* were fired upon by the natives at Stone Depot, nep.r Baird's Farm, The fire was opened on my advance guard on both flanks; and my right flank and rear were immediately fired upon. The fire took effect upon the centre of the convoys, one driver and two horses of his cart fell, which, dividing the convoy, &c., was taken advantage of by the natives, who, rushing in force across the road, opened fire in the left flank, thus exposing my rear-guard, consisting of prisoner and escort, to a severe fire from the bush on each flank and sight rear. I immediately retired with as many men as I could con centrate, and, firing, kept the enemy from surrounding my very small party, though in skirmishing order. During the contest the fire of the enemy was well returned, and I personally saw five or six natives fall. They came out in the open, but a charge quickly drove them into the bush. Finally, their attempting to surround my party ob liged me to retire to Mr. Martin's house, which I occupied until reinforced. I beg to annex the following list of killed mad wounded:— "Killed—Privates A. Jamieson, F.M'Grath,and T.Scott. " Wounded—Sergeant Lawson, Corporals Glinn and Kee, Lance Corporal Kavanagh, Privates Keene, Gibbons, H. Hurst, H. Ryan, A. M. Cague, T. Conners. " Missing—F. Byrnes, supposed to have returned to Queen's Redoubt. This man was a prisoner and unarmed at the time.—l have, &c., JA3IES B,ING, Capt. 2d battalion 18th Regt. cg p.S.—I beg to state that the conduct of my subaltern, Ensign Bicknell, and the men was admirable, and particu larly that of Ensign " J. RING, Captain, R. I." " Head-quarters, Queen's Redoubt, July 31. "My Lord,--I have the honour to forward copies of re ports (July 23d) from Capt. Ring, 2d battalion 18th, and Col. Wyatt, 65th Regiment, of a skirmish which took place between detachments under their command, and a body of rebels in the bush near Drury. " Both Col. Wyatt and Capt. Ring appear to have acted with great judgment on this occasion, and the officers and men under their command deserve great credit for their con duct; those under Capt. Ring for the firmness with which they held their ground a long time against superior numbers, and those of Col. Wyatt's detachment (including a small detachment of volunteers, who were for the first time under fire), for their prompt support of the former, and the gal. lantry with which they attacked and beat off the enemy.— I have, &c., " D. A. CAMERON, Lieut.-Gen. " The Right Hon. the Secretary of State for War, War-office, London." " Camp, near Ken Keri, Wairoa-road, July 23. " Sir,—l have the honour to state for your information that at noon, the 22d inst., I received information that two two settlers had been fired upon by a body of natives, and that one of the settlers was killed, and, hearing firing in the vicinity of Pukekewereke, about two miles from my camp, I immediately proceeded with 100 men of the detachment under my command, and close to the above named place I fell in with natives, who were engaged with 16 Volunteers. I opened fire and the natives retreated to my former en trenchment above the where, at Keri Keri ; the firing of the skirmishers drove them down the side of the hill into the brushwood ; the leading skirmishers on the right under Lieutenant Wray, took possession of the hill and kept up fire on them; I, with another body of skirmishers, pro ceeded to take that on the right flank, but found that the natives, who mustered a strong force, nearly surround me. Here I lost o ne man kil led, w h ose r ifl e an d b ayonet were taken possessio n o f b y the natives, though not without serious loss to them. I then concentrated my men on the entrenchment, and having heard from an Artillery officer who rode up to my position that the 65th Regiment was in toy immediate vicinity, I requested that he would inform the officer commanding the 65th Regiment that there was a track in the enemy's rear, and if an attack were made in that direction it would be of great service. As it was quite im possible for me to follow so strong a force of the enemy into the bush with my so small a force, I remained in the entrenched position, until close on sunset, keeping a steady fire on the enemy,who were endeavouring to obtain the body and ammunition of the private who was killed, and who I would not leave. I repeatedly tried to obtain possession of the body by sending out volunteers of the man's company, but desisted, finding that it would entail greater loss. I was about retiring, leaving a rear guard in the entrenchment, when the Mounted Artillery arrived. Immediately after I saw the 65th appear. The natives then drew off their right flanking movement, and retreating into the bush enabled me to obtain the body of the man of my detachment. This accomplished, the whole force withdrew. I beg to annex the following list of casualties :—No. 1 Company, No. 925, Private John Ewins, killed ; No. 1 Company, No. 805, Private John Hamilton, wounded severely; No. 7 Company, No. 324, Private Thomas Dunbar, wounded slightly ; No, 7 Company, Conway, wounded slightly. "The officers engaged on this occasion were Lieutenant Wray, Ensign J. B. J ackson, and Ensign Butts, whose assistance, coupled with the steadiness of my men, merits unqualified approbation.—l have, &c., " JAMES RING, Captain Royal Irish, Commanding Detachment. " The officer commanding troops, Drury." "SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT. " I beg to enclose the enclosed list just received from Captain Clear of the Auckland Militia, who at first was en gaged with the enemy, and these joined my force, and ren dered every possible assistance, and behaved in a most creditable manner.--.I have, ix., " J. RING, Captain." " Camp Drury, July 23, 1863. " eu S t r—n,anlt .h G a e v n e e r t a h honour ie that yes t t e o request yues forenoon,t you wil inform h l avin g the been informed by a mounted volunteer that a man had been shot by the n a ti ves on Mr. Hayes's grounds, and that his house was threatened, I immediately got my available force under arms (as per margiLt) and proceeded in that direction, di recting as I went along the detachment of Militia to crown a small knoll, and thus protect the approaches to Drury, and also ordering Lieutenant Raitt, R A., and his troopers, to proceed in the direction of the Wairoa Valley, for the . Mr, Hayes's, his son, purpose of calling off any marauding parties. On arriving at Ensign James B. Hayes, of the Militia, volunteered to act as guide to my party, and I scoured all tho bush in that vicinity with 30 men, having previously directed Lieutenant and Adjutant Lewis, with 40 men, to remain outside, and thus cut off any natives at tempting to escape. On reaching the native settlement of Ken Keri, I heard some desultory firing on my left, and was led to understand by some militiamen that they had fired at some natives towards the 'Wairoa escaping into the bush. "Being satisfied with this explanation, I returned to wards Drury, having previously picked up the body of the murdered man, and sent it there, "When within 11 mile of that settlement, I was over taken by Veterinary Surgeon Anderson, R. A.., who informed me that a detachment of the 2d battalion 18th Regiment was in a very precarious position near Wairoa, and required a reinforcement, as they could not do more than hold their position. " Oa this I retraced my steps towards Keri Keri, and just before sunset entered the main bush under the guidance of Ensign Hayes. "As my party advanced firing and shouting were more distinctly heard, and after proceeding about half a mile, a turn of the road brought me suddenly upon the combatants, the 2d battalion 18th Regiment, upon an entrenched knoll, and the natives on the lower ground, but pressing them hard on three sides, when the detachment, 65 t h Re g iment, cut off in their turn the immediate rear of two of them. Lieutenant Pennefather, who commanded the rear-guard, finding himself exposed to a cross-fire from both the 2d bat talion 18th Regiment and natives, directed the bugler to sound the regimental ' call' and the 'fire,' and with a loud cheer, which was answered by the 2d battalion 18th Regi ment, a rapid and continuous fusillade was opened on the natives erfeconced in the gullies, and sheltered by trees from the fire of the 2d battalion 18th Regiment, " Being completely taken by surprise, they, after a smart action of about 10 minutes, fled towards the denser bush, but the darkness which had now begun to set in rendered all attempts at searching for their dead and wounded per fectly futile. " The enemy's fire being now completely silenced, I di rected both parties to move off to their respective camps, and while so doing a few desultory shots were fired high over their heads. "I must bring to the Lieut.-General's notice the cool and intrepid gallantry evinced on this occasion by Lieut. Raitt, Royal Artillery—Captain GreSSOll, Lieut. and Adjutant Lewis (who commanded No. 1 company, the officers being both sick), and Lieut. Pennefather, who commanded th e advanced guard—and I trust you will recommend Ensign James B. Hayes, of the Militia, to the favourable considera tion of his Excellency the Governor, for his coolness and cleverness in guiding the party under my command so rapidly into the scene of this brief but smart action. " With a proud heart I must bring to the Lieut.-General's notice the cool and quiet order and gallantry displayed by all ranks of the force under my command,and the unflinch ing patience with which the men bore the harassing and toilsome march to and from the scene of action. " I am happy to say that the casualties of my party were limited to one private killed. si I have, &c., "ALFRED F. W. WYATT, Colonel and Li e utenant -Colonel Commanding 65th Regiment and troops at Drury, "The Military Secretary, Headquarters, Drury." "NOMINAL RETURN OF Ii:LLED AND WOUNDED AT KERI IiERI ON TI LE 2D OF JULY, 1863. "Privates J. Evans, shot through the chest; fatal. Thomas Made, shot through the head : fatal. J. natan ton, severe gunshA wound through upper part of right thigh. W. Conroy, slight graze of right temple. J. Fitz patrick, slight graze of left shoulder. T. Dunbar, slight contusion. "J. MouAT, Deputy Inspector-General, P.M.G. "The Assistant Military Secretary, Headquarters, Queen's Redoubt." , 31drsubaltenummersi 72 , 1 * 1 subaltern,:2 sergean ts, 47 rank and file. t Royal Artillery--1 subaltern , 1 . staff, 1 serge an t , 1 eirummer, 26 rank and file ; 65th Regiment-1 field o ffi cer, r l a c n a k p tai and n , file , e s ; u 1); l o t l e u r n n e l r staff, mt i 6 a _ s e g c e a a p n t a t s i n , sergeant, 33 rank and file. Total, 1 field officer, 2 captains 5 subalterns, 2 staff, 8 sergeants, 4 drummers, 131 rank and file. The Rev, W. H. Beecher. Yesterday morning a numerous company, con sisting principally of ministers of different Dissent ing bodies, assembled at breakfast at Radley's Hotel, upon the invitation of the " Committee of Correspondence on American Affairs," to meet the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher previous to his departure for America. The Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel oc cupied the chair. The Rev. H. Ward Beecher, who was received with much cheering, after some pre- liminary remarks, said he felt he could speak with perfect freedom in that assembly as to what he be lieved to be the interposition of Providence on his behalf since he had been in this country. When he came from the continent he had been for more than 20 weeks without speaking, and was quite out of training; and after speaking in Manchester, Edin burgh, Glasgow, and Liverpool, his voice completely failed him. He was afraid he would not be able to spear: in Exeter Hall. When, however, on Tuesday morning he spoke to himself, he found his voice as clear as a whistle. Some might say that his re covery was owing to the remedies he adopted, but he was disposed to think that in their use he had the the direct interposition of the Almighty. Only last night he received by the mail some very important documents from America which threw considerable light on the state of public feeling in New York in regard to the negro. The late riots were really the work of the Irish population. Mr. Beecher then read numerous extracts from the report of the com mittee appointed to relieve the coloured people, showing the sufferings which the negroes had en dured at the hands of the mob, and the energy with which the merchants and religious congregations were setting themselves to work to compensate them, as far as possible, for their sufferings. The reply to this report, a document admirable for ex cellent composition and noble sentiments, was signed by 12 or 15 coloured men, who were gentle men, scholars, and Christians, It was said that the coloured man was worse off in New York than in South Carolina ; but, having been in the latter State, he could bear testimony to the con trary being the fact. Hundreds and thousands of emancipated negroes were being educated by white people, who asked for no other return but board and lodging. The Christian Church of the North was fully conscious of his duty in regard to the black man. He read other extracts from reports and other documents to show that in 1861 and subse quently nearly all the Chtistian churches in Ame• riee had declared against slavery. In the North and West all the most intelligent laymen and ministers of religion had, as a body, settled down in the im movable conviction that the war must go on until the rebellion was crushed and slavery destroyed. Let Eng and give them credit for having sufficient reason for that;determination, and for differing from those who urged peace. So far as the influence of England was felt on the other side of the Atlantic ) it had been all against liberty and for slavery, though he did not mean to say that was what she meant. He hoped, therefore, they would not con eider it an unreasonable request if he esked them to revise their opinions on the subject, and in doing so not to all )w themselves to be iuffueraced by com mercial interests nor by unprincipled newspapers. Mr. George Thompson moved a resolution testify ing the respect and admiration of the meeting for Mr. Beecher, thanking him for his able service in the cause, and wishing him God speed on his return to America. It was seconded by the Rev. John Graham, and carried unanimously. Mr. Beecher expressed a hope that the tesolutio❑ might be trans mitted to his congregation in New York, who had generously maintained him while abroad. This re quest was acceded to, and after a vote of thanks to tue chairman the proceedifigs terminated. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS TIMES.—The friends of Sir James Hudson, with I a natural anxiety that the services of so eminent a public man, though lost to us in the position in which he could render the greatest advantage to us and the greatest honour to himself, should not be wholly withdrawn from the public, have, we are told, entertained the idea of bringing him forward as a candidate for a seat in the House of Commons. We are not sanguine as to the success of Sir James Hudson in such a career. A life spent in the toils of the Chancellery is but a bad preparation for the conflicts of a popular Assembly, and few men have attained success in the House of Commons who have entered it in the decline of life. The very idea, however, of such a thing reminds us that it is time our countrymen should know what manner of man Sir James Hudson is, and what are the circumstances which have occasioned his loss to England and to Italy. We are not in the habit of looking to our diplomatic service as one of those institutions of which Englishmen have any parti cular reason to be proud. It often happens that when an unseen emergency arises at a foreign Court our diplomatic representative proves him self unfit to meet it, and we 'have not un frequently invited comparisons between our own State papers and those of foreign countries by no means to the advantage of England. It is only the barest justice to Sir James Hudson to say that during a service extending now over a period of nearly 30 years he has acted in different diplomatic capacities with great energy, ability, and success, and in a manner exceedingly conducive to the interests of this country. We will confine our attention to the last two missions which he has filled. In Brazil he succeeded in patting an end to the slave trade, and thus not only greatly promoted the cause of humanity, for which England has made so many sacrifices, but, by shutting up one of the principal marts for human flesh, reduced the blockade of the African coast and the labours of our squadron within much more manageable dimen sions. If another diplomatist were to arise who wculd do us the same good office at the Court of Spain, he would occasion a considerable relief to our finances and a very grateful diminu tion of the moat unhealthy and distasteful duty which the English navy is called upon to perform. In 1851 Sir James Hudson was sent to the Court of Turin, and the object of his mission was communi cated to him by Lord Palmerston in these memorable words :—" You have been so successful in liberating black bodies that 1 send you now to liberate white minds." The task which devolved on Sir James Hudson was in all respects a most important one. Shortly before his arrival at Turin the liberties of France were overwhelmed by a sudden blow, from which they have never since recovered. The reaction against the excesses of 1848 was general and de cisive all over Europe, The Emperor Nicholas was at the very summit of his grandeur and in fluence, and freedom of speech, printing, and action was tolerated nowhere in Europe be yond the limits of the British Isles, the Repub lic of Switzerland, and the little monarchy of Belgium. The duty which Sir James Hudson undertook was to watch over the movement which was destined to rescue Italy from the crimes and miseries of nearly 400 years, and to restore her to her legitimate place in the first ranks of European civilisation. Sir James Hudson had the sagacity to see the real importance of the small kingdom of Piedmont. He established a personal friendship with the King which, free from servility on the one side or undue assumption on the other, has been highly honourable to both, and of the greatest ad vantage to Piedmont, to Italy, and to England. He recognised in Count Cavour the man whose talents and energies —nay, perhaps, whose very faults— eminently fitted him to work out the regeneration of Italy ; and, having found his man, Sir James Hudson gave him all the assistance which his posi tion as the representative, and his experience as the citizen, of a tree country enabled him to give, and which his hearty goodwill to the cause of Italian independence prompted him to give to the utmost. It is the nature of services rendered by persons act ing in a diplomatic capacity to the nation at the Court of which they reside never to be fully known or completely understood. But the instinct of Italy has truly divined that Sir James Hutson has been one of the most efficient causes of that " good estate," as Rienzi would have called it, which she has at present attained. Since the premature death of Count Cavour the presence at the Court of Turin of a person notoriously the partner of his plans and the depositary of his secrets has been of inestimable value. We know not why we should confine our selves to the past tense. Unhappily the state of Italy is not yet so sure or so tranquil that she can dispense with any of that guidance under which she has succeeded so far beyond her hopes. The lancet of the learned surgeons of Turin has cut short the inestimable life of Count Cavour, but France isst still in Rome, Austria in Venice, and murder is still in rife under the pretence of political partisanship Southern Italy. Cavour is gone , but Hudsonstill remained, all the more valuable from statesman with whom he so heartily the l o ss of the co -operated. with no more Supposing him to exercise his office than avenge ability—which is which as h Sir James Hudson y n o means the case --the presence of such a man would be at this moment of inestimable value to Italy. Whoever his successor might be, he must labour for many years before he could attain the same position of " influence and authority as Sir James Hudson enjoyed. He may counsel as wisely, he may mean as honsstly, but he cannot all at once invest himself with that influence and authority in the Councils of a foreign State which long time and signal success can alone bestow. The withdrawal of Sir James Hudson from Turin is the taking away of that which we cannot replace—the sacrifice of a vast amount of personal influence highly beneficial to Italy, and exceedingly valuable to England. Why, then, in the fulness of his usefulness, at the very height of that public consideration which his eminent services and his unshaken fidelity have earned for him, is Sir James Hudson withdrawn from the Mission of Turin ? As far as form goes, the act appears to be his own ; but we are assured that he resigns his mission unwillingly. and this assertion is confirmed by the fact that he does not intend to return to England, but to end his days amid the scenes which have been the witnesses of his . anxieties and success. We are told that the thing is all a mistake, and that if we lose prema turely the services of the man who is above all others able to promote our interests and policy in Italy, it is entirely due to the inevitable consequences of an unhappy misunderstanding. We hope we shall not be thought to express ourselves too bluntly if we say that we do not find any reason for supposing that there was any misunderstanding at all. The facts are these—Nearly three years ago there existed an intention at the Foreign-office of translating Sir James Hudson from Turin to a higher post. The announcement gave great dissatisfaction in this country, some communications passed between the Italian and English Governments, and the: idea was for the time dropped. In March, 1862, Sir James Hudson was informed that he would be ap pointed to an Embassy, and would have to vacate his Mission in Turin in July. He answered that his health was too much shattered to undertake a new Mission, and that he was too much bound up with Italy to wish for any other. He proposed, however, to meet Lord Russell's views by re tiring from Turin in August of this year, at which time he would have served long enough to entitle him to a diplomatic pension. Pur suant to this proposal Sir James sent in his resignation in April of this year, and it was accepted by the Foreign-office, as it is said, under a mistake, the mistake being that the resignation was offered voluntarily, and not merely in pursuance of an en gagement almost forced upon the Minister by the pressure of the Foreign-office in the preceding year. Of course, the notion of a mistake is quite out of the question. The Foreign-office authorities could not have forgotten in April, 1863, their own pro posal to Sir James Hudson in August, 1862. They must have known that twice in two years they had attempted to remove him from his position, and could not be ignorant that the pressure they had put upon their Minister left him little option but to offer his resignation, if he did not wish to be removed by a formal act of his superiors. HERALD.--The letter of " Historicus," which was published in the Times of yesterday, in justification of the seizure of the steam rams in Messrs. Laird's yard at Birkenhead, is deserving of comment, not from the intrinsic weight of its arguments, but from the factitious authority which it receives by means of the prominence assigned to it in the colums of our contemporary. It is a subject of regret that the sound and unpretentious letters of " Phocion" should have been allowed to cede their place to the flimsy and arrogant productions of "Historicus," whose supreme dogmatism and authoritative air may induce the public to attach greater importance to his conclusions than they justly merit. It was stated as a profound truth in a letter of Mr. Vernon Lushington's, upon which we have before com mented, that international law is not fixed but pro gressive. We should, perhaps, be more . inclined to designate this statement as a truism, wnich it was unnecessary to parade with all the circumstances of a great discovery. We should certainly be the last to deny that there must be such a growth in all human laws which cannot be made for all time, but which must be adapted to the advanc ing civilisation of mankind. Nor should we for a moment dispute the proposition, that inter national law, controlled by certain fixed and established principles, must grow with our growth in mechanical appliances and in the science of mutual destruction. But we have yet to learn that that growth is so rapid, so fitful, and so sudden, as the growth manifested in the letters of " Historicus." Is the growth of international law to be taken to be coincident with the growth of the opinions of "His toricus ?" For if so, the international law of to-day must be taken to be directly contradictory to the international law of six months back. The oracular utterances of "Historicus" of the spring are strangely discordant with those of the autumn. His inconsistencies of argument and conclusion have been brought into vivid contrast by our able corre sponent " Vigilans." The varying course of his opinions may be regulated by some law of deviation of which we are ignorant. It is only remarkable that it has been in accordance with the action of the Government. " Historicus," in pity for the ignorance of mankind, has set himself to illuminate it with a modicum of that light of which, up to the present time, he is conscious that he has had a mo nopoly, Not insensible to his own condescension in so doing he has come down from the airy heights of legal science in which he must be taken usually to dwell in order to justify the seizure of the steam rams by order of the Government. In the first place, he lays down the indisputable proposition that the Foreign Enlistment Act, as being the law of England, must be enforced. But he goes rather too far when he says (after stating it to be the better opinion that that act is merely a municipal law and not an embodiment of international law) that it must be enforced against all persons who seek to violate or evade it, whether they be within or without the realm. However, that may pass as a mere trifling inaccuracy. He then calls attention to an intercepted correspondence which was com municated by Mr. Adams to the English Govern ment, and which undoubtedly points to the fact that a special mission had been organised, and that a special fund had been provided by the Confederate Government for the purpose of obtain ing iron-clad steam vessels from this c o u n try. But he omits to give us any evidence which will connect the rams building in Messrs. Laird's yard with the iron-clad steamers which have apparently been contracted for by the Confede rates. He seems to think that such evidence may be dispensed with. He asks, with an air of triumph, " if these ships are not intended for the Confederate Government, for whom were they intended ?" He says that if it is no longer a matter of inference but a matter of certainty, that certain iron-clad vessels have been ordered by the Confederate Government, we must conclude that the two rams at Birkenhead are being built in execution of that order ; for if these particular ships were intended for some other and pacific Government, " their destination should be avowed, and their purchasers vouched:" Pre sumptions of criminality are new to the jurispru dence of this country. Are we to assume guilt until innocence is proved, or are we to fabricate evidence where the necessary link in the chain is wanting ? But even supposing it can be proved that these vessels are being built for the Confederate Government by such evidence as will satisfy the just requirements of E n g lish law, it is exceedingly questionable whether such a result would be an infringement of the Foreign Enlistment Act. Historicus tells us that it is so ; but we prefer to take the opinion of the Chief Baron, in the case of the Alexandra. It has been without reason assumed that because a vessel is clad in iron and has an iron beak, it is necessarily within the terms of this act, which was expressly framed for the purpose of pre venting filibustering expeditions being made from this country against countries with which it was at peace. It is a much more reasonable construction of this act, keeping its origin in view, that it was only meant to prevent vessels being sent forth from this country as completely prepared as one of our own men of war for hostile operations, in point of men, guns, and equipment. " Historicus" quotes the case of the Irresistible as in point, and as analogous to the case of these rams. The Irre sistible was purchased by a belligerent power, and sailed out of the port of Baltimore, armed and manned as a vessel of war, fo r the pu_rpose of being emplayed as a cruiser against a nation Th w e ithshalhlo the United States was at peace. we w m device which was adopted for the purpose of eluding the Foreign En listment Act was this — the arms and ammunition were cleared out as cargo, and the men were enlisted in form, as for a common me rcantile voyage. The C hief Justice of the Supreme Court of th e United States decided that to permit such a contrivance as this to prevent the operation of the act would make their neutrality "a fraudulent one, and on e which was disgraceful to their Government, and of wh ich no nation would be the dupe." This decision i s incontrovertible, but it has no bearing upon the present case, except in so far as it may be taken t o show that this act is in tended to prevent ves sels of war which are com pletely fitted for mili tar y operations leaving the ports of a neutral power for the purpose of carryin g on war against a ‘ friendly belligerent under th e flimsy pretext of commercial ent er p r i se. T o class the case of the Irresistible with that of these rams ar g uesanamo e u x n iin tstotgobbetutwsietyentothbersoe cases daud m arked distinctions expected ecnofnoc f ru r c o er m d7i a bt hwigreatm that at hardlylawyer.ththe law m: wh We n av e entirely b initernational which his desirew are confident that this country will not permit i t to be strained in craven compliance with the demands of a foreign power. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur- chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3g 4d. and 4 s , t , High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. The Agapemone, or " Abode of Love." The following particulars respecting this estab lishment have been received from an authentic source :—Three more of the servants, two brothers and a young woman, have escaped out of Prince's hands. The family of the former were at one time all inmates of the Agapemone, but only the father now remains. The mother left some years since, and afterwards succeeded in rescuing her children from the power of the arch-enemy of families and. human nature, with the exception of the two sons now restored to her. It appears a great change has come over the establishment. Prince's purse, cellar, and larder are woefully reduced ; his own fine s:ud of horses has disappeared ; his former sumptuous and extravagant mode of living has produced its usual consequences; and no small difficulty is ex perienced in meeting current expenses—a terrible calamity to any one fond of luxury, pomp, and grand parade. It appears that many events and. circumstances have occurred which have created. considerable uneasiness amongst Prince's adherents, but the latest appears to be connected with the death of Miss Sarah Croad, a member of the con nection. She seems to have been ill about a twelve month, and it is alleged that her illness was brought on by mental depression, owing to the breaking off of an attachment which had sprung up between her and a young man of the same persuasion. This brought on epileptic fits, which at length terminated. her life. The event has produced considerable sen sation amongst Prince's followers. Some have left as already stated. We also hear that a Miss Maber, an inmate of the Agapemone, died a short time since, but the event, as usual, was kept a great secret, lest it should affect Prince's late pretensions to deliver the body from disease and death. Mrs. —, a married woman, who as well as her hus band is an inmate of the Agapemone, has been de graded and excommunicated from the society of her husband and other members, and condemned to live with the servants, because she refuses to discard her husband and to enter into another alliance after his own example. It is intended by this treatment to reduce her to obedience. This is the work now going on at the Agapemone—a work which the chief doubtless would be glad to conceal, as mystery is a fundamental principle, which he carries to such an extent that the majority of the inmates of his own establishment have no knowledge of much that is done within its walls ; and the cause of Mrs. —'s humiliation has only oozed out through a private though authentic source. Another very serious effect of the religious system is the insanity of Mrs. —. She seems never to have shown any symptoms of mental derangement until of late. It is now found necessary to watch her, lest she should do herself any injury. Her husband was some time since similarly afflicted from the same cause, and it became necessary to place him is a lunatic asylum, ,but he appears to be now recovered. It will be re collected that these are not the only victims. A gentleman and lady,both inmates of the Agapemone, committed su 4 cide, the former by hanging, the latter by drowning. It seems several other instances of insanity have occurred. Two women made attempts on their lives, and a lady died from the effects of mental derangement. Prince has been of late con stantly ill, suffering, it is said, from disappointment and mortification, produced by the failure of his religious scheme of ambition and self-aggrandise ment ; and from the late serious legal defeats, which condemned him to restore large sums of money belonging to parties once connected with him.— Sherburne Journal. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY. At this day's market there was a fair attendance both of millers and dealers, but the demand for wheat only mo• derate at the full prices current on Tuesday. Oats rather more saleable. Barley, beans, and peas firm. Flour at Tuesday's rates. Indian corn firm. WAKEFIELD-FRIDAY. Wheat trade quiet. Fine white and yellow descriptions met a fair demand at last Friday's rates. Barley unaltered. Spring corn slow. Averages for the week : Wheat 1,594 qrs., at 43s 9d Rye Oats — —B Od Beans Peas .... , 65 " 8ar1ey......... 758 STAMFORD-FRIDAY. White wheat, 41s to 43s ; red, 37s to 40s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, 35s to 38s; ;grinding, 32s to 34s per qr. Oats, 20s to 15stper 24 stone. Beans, old, 42s to —s per qr. ; new, 385.t0 —s. CORK-FRIDAY. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 8s 4d to 8s 81; white, 8s 2d to 9s Ed , barley, 55 4d to 8s Od ; oats, 5s 4d to Gs 4d ; black do., 4s 10d to 5s 51; bere, 6s. DUBLIN-FRIDAY. A small supply again of wheat, but large of barley and oats ; prices same as last Tuesday. Nothing doing in In dian corn. m. d. s. d. Wheat, white 23 0 to 25 6 Do., red 2O 0 to 23,0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black — 0 to 0 s.d. s.d. Beans.. ..... 0 to 0 l3ere Rapeseed Oatmeal ll 6 to 13 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn BRISTOL SUGAR-FRIDAY. The market this week has been doing an activo busi ness, and the latest sales show an advance of 2s 6d to 3s on the week. Refined goods met with a better demand, and 2s 6d higher in price. Rum in good request at the prices of last week. COAL M Prima of Coal per Ton at s. d. IARKET. the close of the market. Byass's Bebside West Hartley . ... 16 3 Cowpen Hartley 16 3 Davison's West Hart ' ley 16 6 Lambert's West Hart- Walls End. i. d. ley l6 0 Faufield Moor Butes l4 0 North Pelton Gas 14 0 West Hartley 16 3 Walker Primrose 13 0 Wylam 17 3 West Wylam... Eden Main ...18 0 llolywell ..17 6 ..... __ .., ~.. Byron .. .. 18 0 Hetton 20 0 Tunstall Heugh Hall .......... 19 0 Thorpe 17 9 South Kelloe l9 6 Riddell .... 17 6 Whitworth l5 6 East Hartlepool 20 0 Framwellgate.. l7 0 Eden 18 0 Stewart's 19 6 Cassop lB 6 Hartlepool ..19 6 Kel loe Belmont ..17 6 Russel's Hetton 19 0 Caradoc l9 6 Acorn Close .. ;, 212;; sold, 147. Walls Encl. Haswell 2O 0 Trimdon Hartlepool 19 6 South Hetton 21 0 Ships at market, [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.—Timely Pre caution.—Who can with certainty predict the ultimate issue of a disordered stomach if it be neglected ? Fever, diarrhoea, and even cholera, are too often the penalties of such neglect. It should be everywhere known that Hollo way's pills effectually prevent these disastrous consequences. This purifying medicine should be taken at once to stew. the formidable symptoms, or the opportunity of doing se may be lost for ever, and a few days delay even may be fatal. Each succeeding dose gradually regulates the stomach, liver, and bowels. When the weather is sultry the system is weakened, and malaria abundant, the diges tion of its organs should be kept in ord er b y treatmen t so s i m ple, yet so productive of comfort, security, and strength. Births. ASKEW. — On tho 21st inst., at Yeiteh's Hotel, Edinburgh, the wife of Watson Askew, Esq., of Pallinsburn, of a son and heir. CoeKuunti.—On the 22d inst., at 33, Talbot-terrace, the wife of Wm. A. Cockburn, Esq., of a son. GREY.—On the 20th inst., at Bath, the wife of Captain Alfred Grey, of a son. WARD.—On the 22d inst., at Maidenhead, the wife of J• A. Ward, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. GREATHED .—CLIVE.-0a the 22d inst., at Worn:abridge Church, Lieut.,Colonel Wilberforce Greathed, C. 8., to Alice, only daughter of the Rev. Archer Clive, of Whit field, Herefordshire. BELL—HOCKLEY.-0a the 22d inst., at Milton-nest - Gravesend, Edward S, Bell, Esq., of 102. Leadenhall street, London, and Bedfo r d Vill ai , South Norwood, t° Airolia, youngest daughter of Edward Hockley, Esq., 0.1 Dectors'-conamons. Deaths. DARBY.—On the 20th inst., at Rowley Regis, Thoma s Darby, Esq., aged 60. JEFFItIES.—On the 21st inst.. at Malvern, Lieut.-Colone l Edward Jeffreys , late H,E.I,C.'s Bengal A.lrcy, - aged 7 4 ' KINGSTON.—On the 19th inst., at his residence, Bittotii near Bath, William Wykeham Kingston, Esq., age ( ' 62. MOULSEY.--On the 21st inst., at the Vicarage, Ety 3ll ' Derbyshire, the Rev. William Eaton Moulsey, aged 46. SMITH —On the 22d inst., at Hull, John Lee Smith, 6(l'' J.P., aged 66. STIRLING.—On the 22d Gell-street, Sheffield° Thomas Stirling, Esq., aged 71. WALLEY.—On the 22d inst,, at Morden College, Bla ck:- heath, Joseph Walley, aged 86. London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM AND R.- Ve , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TILE SUN 01110 IA 7 Strand, in the Precinct 01 the savoy, the CottntY Q . Middlesex—Saturday, October 24, 1863. I I