The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-30 00:00:00

RIGHTthe canto of Federalism, are certain metric a l u tt er - MANNERS, Shot his Dog 7—Diplomacy antes w hi c h h ave b u t thi s very d ay reached us HON. LORD JOHN JAMES .uono—in FUN this week, One Penny. from me among that conspicuous minority—(as we are glad to know for certain that they unquestion ably are) these sympathisers in England with the cause od the North, with the cause of Federalism —from one, among that conspicuous minority, him self endtowed with the Gift of Song. The name of this particular sympathiser, of this metrical sympathiser with the North we, here (in his own interests) abstain from mentioning. Suffice it to say that it is one among the. Young Poets of to-day, one who is, in truth, not un worthy of assuming a recognised place among that restricted band of living contributors to our poetic literature—but one who has struch the chords of his lyre now, for once, with a hand so agitated by angry passions that the sounu emitted by it is nothing less than so much jangling dissonance. Whether it really is so or not, however, shall not here be allowed to rest simply upon our individual assertion. The writer, whose name we shall still continue, out of regard to his reputation, to suppress, shall himself pronounce whether it is or is not. Addressing himself, evi dently in great wrath, to CHARLES MACKAY under the title of " New Voices from the Crowd," and addressing himself thus to Dr, MACKAY, as to one " Late Progress Poet, now Times Correspondent from America," cur pro-Federal poet here in Eng land, thus hesitates not, in terms that ring in mea sure, though some there are (those for example that will be found below italicised) that must certainly be pronounced unmeasured terms, thus hesitates not to give unchristian utterance to his ungovernable animosities : H E DUKE'S MOTTO. THE HU.NDREi` A 1.1) SIXTY-SIXTH NIGHT, and Last Week but One of the present Season. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. Last Week but One of the present Season. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Original sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr)logue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, imported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, Widdi,ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson; Misses Carlotta Leclereq, Hate Terry, E. Cayenne, and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole I,egsee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock, HAMLET: Hamlet, Mr. Walter Montgomery ; King, Mr. C. Verner; Laertes, Mr. G. Murray ; Horatio, Mr. Wdrde • P Mr. Fitzjames ; Ghost, Mr. H. Marston ; First draveligger, Mr. G. Belmore ; Queen, Miss Murray ; Ophelia, Miss M. Jones. _ To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. NEW THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL - Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. After which, at Eight o'cloek, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN; OR, T E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Sefton C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss El. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. Misers. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. " / praise your Jackson and your South I No, I've no taste at all that way ; Those words are not sweet in my mouth, Though dear they are to some, you say ; . . • In fact, if I the truth must tell, I think your Jackson and his crew, Accurst of God, are fit for hell, Though they may fight and conquer, top." Later on, as if just nearly beside himself with fury, he ventures to howl forth his maledictions thus unstintingly : " Curse those who sell their blood to lust, Their very flesh to stripes and toil; I spit at such—the thought I trust, Of such should make my blood to boil." Again, still addressing himself to CHARLES MACKAY, to true-hearted gentle-hearted CHARLES MACKAY, thus bawls forth this foaming partizan— "Clasp you the hands that wield the whip I Press you the palms that rivet chains! My curse will through my clenched teeth slip, I'd brand your heroes all as Caine." Enough, however, of all this—though we are fain (in an aside to the writer of these angry words) to say, with 808 RAFTER in the farce, when Monsieur FuMEz is bowing, with a flourish, to the ladies, aux dames ! " Don't stand damning and swearing, there !" Enough at least, if we add, that the furious lines addressed thus to CHARLES MACKAY are ac companied by other " New Voices from the Crowd" —Ye Gods! " the crowd !" say, rather, the mob! One of these " New Voices" being a specimen of the forcible feeble, in the shape of a travestie of " Scots wha hae"—in the name of DAVIS ! One stanza in it beginning— " Who for hell, our rights and law I" Another of these bawling " Voices" being a parody upon " Rule Britannia," setting forth thus— " When Davis first, at hell's commands I" &c. Closing our remarks—again,we would ask, however, Which side has all along been proving itself, is still persistently and quite consistently, proving itself, under the test of our two axioms, to be clearly in the Wrong? Oa which side is the Anger ? On which side has been the Cruelty P All England, we believe, if polled to-morrow, would_ answer by an overwhelming majority—That of the Federals! that of the thick and thin sympathisers with Federalism ! The QUEEN has come forward with her usual good sense and kind feeling, and uttered a protest against the disgraceful practice of Female Blondins. The Mayor of Birmingham, Mr. CHARLES STURGE, received a letter from Sir CHARLES PHIPPS, written by command of the QUEEN, relating to the catas trophe. The QUEEN expresses the pain with which she has read the account of the fatal accident which has occurred during a fete at Aston Park, Birming ham. In the next paragraph especial mention is made of the revolting practice. " Her MAJESTY cannot refrain from making known through you her personal feelings of horror that one of her subjects, a female, should have been sacrificed to the gratifi cation of the demoralising taste, unfortunately pre valent, for exhibitions attended with the greatest danger to the performers." Nothing could have been said in more appropriate language than the foregoing, and in the next sentence the reproof is made still more pointed by allusion to the effect produced on the spectators. " Were any proof wanting that such exhibitions were demoralising, I am commanded to remark that it would be at once found in the decision arrived at to continue the fes tivities, the hilarity, and the sports of the occasion, after an event so melancholy." This censure is r i c hly deserved, since seldom if ever has such a dis graceful circumstance been recorded. In fact, the managers are more to be reprehended for the con tinuance of the performances after the accident than for the accident itself; far in the first instance they were so far sanctioned by precedent, and perhaps hardened by the immunity that the performers had long enjoyed in practising such d angerous feats. But no reason on record can possibly be found for the shameful act of ignoring the fact that a corpse hai been carried away from before their eyes, and yet that they persisted in cateringforthe amusement on of the public, and swelling the sum of their own profits. A rebuke from the highest personage effect rsonage on the realm may d ou btl e ss produce more l their minds th an many l ong sermons from oth er y quarters, and it i s i n d ee d to b e t rus ted thatnoton will they feel ash ame d o f t h e i r con d uc t and eschew at once and f or ever a ll suc h pract i ces f or t h e future, but that this affair may be the means of putting a summary stoppage to all such feats, and also to the callous indifference and cold-hearted actions that stigmatised the file at Aston Park. The closing passag e in the letter of her MAJESTY is worthy of attentive consideration. "Her MAJESTY trusts that I you, i n common with the rest of the townspeople of , Birmingham, will use future the your infl uence to prevent in your to such exhibitions of the Park which was gladly op ene d b y her MAJESTY and the beloved PRIN CE CONSORT, in the hop e that it w ou ld be made servi ceable for th e h ea l t h y exercise and rational re creation o f the people. " Doubtless this reproach will be felt by those con y mortifying Y e r e e i c al l ; l e r a n j e E d s . T I t t o m p e u r s u t s e b e e s uesp o r d sh to her of the demoralise tion of the tast es o f t h ose she had hop e d w ould ira. prove and refine by the innocent sphere of recrea tion provided for them. When the QUEEN and PRINCE CONSORT opened this place they most likely returned from their expedition satisfied that nothing but good and happiness would accrue to those who visited it. It is time that the most earnest endeavours should be used that the future may realise the hopes of the past more than the present has done, and to gall, that desirable end, and reach that auspicious con• summation, nothing could be more . ppropriate or Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. TO-NIGHT WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. Messrs. W. H. Swanborough, Parselle, Vollaire, G. Honey Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thome, F. Hughes, Manders, and E. Bufton. Followed by (12th time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria Bimpson, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with LOVE IN LIVERY. 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, July 30, 1863, THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock _ _ 70 Barometer-30.15. Wind—N.-Easterly ; light, with fine weather, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Cass DAY.—Morning, lb. 2532.—Afternoon, lh. 52m. To-Koßatow.-Morning, 2h. 1133.—Afternoon, :2h. 43m. 11.11 't'v CV,, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1863, Whenever a Victor gives way to cruelty in the completion of his triumph —rest assured that at one time in the fight he was very nearly beaten. When ever one of two men quarrelling grows particularly angry, be quite certain of this, that he is the one more in the wrong—if he be not, indeed, wholly and solely in the wrong, in the matter under dis pute. Eich of these sayings, no matter in what particular words expressed, has long since come to be recognised by the generality as an axiom drawn from experience. And each is, without doubt, right in the main, though not, of course, invariably. Exceptions there are, occasionally, to both ; but these, we believe, may be set aside very readily at once as exceptions. And certainly, if we come at this moment to apply either of these popularly and almost universally recognised truths to the war in America, or to those who are discuss ing (apart from that war), say in our own country, the relative merits of the belligerents, of the South and of the North, of the Federals or of the Confede rates, of President DAVIS or of President LINCOLN, We do most confidently leave it to the common sense and to the right reason of all dispassionate ob servers to pronounce qaite decisively and quite unhesitatingly Which of the two sides has shown itself, from beginning to end, to be in the Wrong. The cruelty, the barbarity, the brutality, has been all on one side : that is, on the side of the Northerns, of the Federalists. We appeal—not to the past, to History —not to the future, to Posterity : we appeal to the present recollection of all, to boldly, honestly, and truly say whether it has not been so. The Confederate Army has given to view many a conspicuous General—but it never presented to the world's scorn a General BUTLER. The infamy of doing that belongs exclusively, as we all know, to the Federals. The Southern President has never issued, under the authority of his own name, signed with his own hand, promulgated as the deliberate utterance of his own Government, a document such as the Northern PRESIDENT has issued, signed, and promulgated, declaring a contingent penal abolition of slavery, and, in the act of so doing, unfurling, as an atrocious signal or incentive to the negroes in the South, the black banner of a Servile War! Richmond has never yet been the arena for execrable riots, during which, for several days in succession, Murder has stalked scatheless through the streets, as it has re cently been doing through the streets of New York, in the form of a lawless rabble, armed with fire and Sword, bent upon outrage and destruction, and hunting to the death those very negroes whose freedom the leaders of this Northern mob affect, for their own semah ends, to hav e so muc h at h eart. Turning f rom this momentary contemplation of the reallystartling contrast presented to view throughout this dreadful conflict by the belligerents themselves —we would now apply the second of the two popular axioms quoted at the outset of thes e p resent remarks of ours, not to the combatants, but simply to their critics, t o the co Bo far mrnentators upon the Records of the w ar ecord s as it has yet gone, to the commentators upon those r ecords here, in this country, to the speakers 7r:lions platforms, and to the writers upon th who have watched either various public news papers. Referring to those have watched or, still better, to those who both, we ask upon which aid® the anger, the ill blood, the p ass i on has be en , th e • +Airy, we ask confidently which of the two, between these dis. putants, has argued the more equably in tone and in temper the vindicator of the North or of the South, of the Federals ur of the Confederates t Wh y, at the nosiest and most nu:nerously attended meeting that has anywhere as yet been convened in this country since first this lamentable war commenced, at the great assembly which took place last autumn (of all plaees in London, at Exeter H a ll! the champions, that is to say, the oratorica champions of the North, of tie Federals, of Pus' dent LINCOLN, and General BUTLER, and the like had it, in a manner, all to themselves. Yet, such was their passionate and infuriated condition, that some one, rashly venturing to utter a few sentences in vindication of the Confederates, was first of a brutally hustled out of Exeter-hall, and then sti more brutally hounded along the Strand, as though he had been a mad dog, until the unfortunate Wight found shelter, as he did eventually, in a shop not far from our office. Quite consonantly with the wrath evidenced more than once by the acts of [the Northern army, or its leaders, out in the actual seat of war, and with the words, whether spoken or written, which have already emanated in this country from the lips or from the pens of the impassioned sympathisers with THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1863. support of their influence to this class of entertain- ments, without first instituting minute inquiries as to the character of the proceedings. Doubtless, for the future morecare and caution will be adopted, and it will, be most advisable if such should become the case. At any rate this sad transaction was one of too much moment to be passed by as an accident; it concerned too deeply a grave and solemn subjeci Human life must not be wantonly trifled with in this flippant and frivolous style. Death through in such sports is too awful an event for it to be totally ignored, and almost more important still to guard against is the effect of such conduct on the minds and morals of the people. Now that the affair has been so properly and promptly noticed by the QUEEN, it is not a fallacious hope that inspires well-wishers to believe that its recurrence will never again disgrace the exhibitions of this country and defeat the projects of those who seek to benefit ;he lower orders by the encouragement of pastimes ,hat rightly employed would prove a blessing, but signalised by such proceedings as those at Aston Park on a late occasion would result in nothing good, but rather conduce to evil impressions and the spread of a heartless indifference and demo- ralised taste. It is no doubt a responsible and difficult task to legislate on matters effecting the national educa tion. There is so much to be considered, so much that is perplexing and complicated, and so many contradictory interests to be considered, that it is not surprising if the Committee of Council have failed to give entire satisfaction. The endeavour to reconcile the desire to afford every member of the State facilities for acquiring at least the plain rudi ments of knowledge, whatever his means or posi tion, with the wish to retain that sturdy indepen dence which is so valuable in itself and so much more conducive to the purposes of education, is no easy matter. There is no question that the work ing classes, particularly those of the better sort, think much more of the " schooling . ' which their children receive if it is paid for out of their hard won weekly earnings than if it is a matter of free gift. The mother is not so likely to keep the child at home to help her in her household work if she re-a lines the fact that by so doing she is wasting the time they pay for, and the father is not likely to tolerate a truant. Stijl as there are great numbers of parents who either can not or will not pay for their children's learning, it will not do to trust this feeling too far. Again, in matters of religion it is unquestionably very difficult to combine that tolera tion which befits establishments of a national cha racter with due regard to the religious instruction of the children. The difficulties which have been lately more under discussion, however, are on matters of trivial detail, and do not affect the prin ciples on which the grants are founded. At one of the last meetings of the Upper House Lord REDESDALE called the attention of their lordships to a recent minute of the Committee of Council on Education, which he said would have the effect of reducing the grant made to endcwed schools, The number of those schools was, in 1847, 4,678, and consequently the change would affect a large area. These schools must either make up the difference by increased subscriptions or else suffer their efficiency to be diminished. They might pass the examinations most satisfactorily, and yet the amount of public aid which they received would be reduced in proportion to the endowment. Lord REDESDALE deprecated the alteration, which was, he said, in fact, an attempt to apply the chari ties of the country to the aid of the public revenue, and remarked that it was strange such a prospect should be made in a year when the endeavour to impose objections bejres ca tlo n a taxs opposition.of L o o n r charities t o Lord d DERBY,had met . o such g u t n h i e - REDES DALE, gave as an i nstance su of the hardship caused by the new minut e , the case of some schools built by himself whi c h had an endowment of £4B a year i n land. H e h ad recently heard that the maximum amount which this school w ould receive under the Governm ent grant Was £42, or six pounds less than the endowment, so that in no case could the schools benefit by Parliamentary actrejudicially by wi t h drawing P aid, which would the stirr ulus now received. The E ar l of powis observed that although the Commissioners of Cha, rities had enabled trustees to change the manner in which tlley employed such funds, and to devote them to educational purposes, they would probably be very slow to avail themselves of that permission if any amount so contributed were to diminish the grant. In fact it is scarcely fair to call upon private charity for a matter which, if it be right. O n t h e other hand, the Duke of SOMERSET given tree at all, s h ou ld b e grante d as a na ti ona l Said that the cost of education was on the average 30s, for each scholar, and that the Committee Sim p l y Propos e d t h at when the school already re ceived that a mount from en d owments the State subsidies should not be given, as it was intended to apply them to distrio's where there were no such facilities for education already existing• This sounds fair enough ; b ut a little help might. enable well-timed than this letter of our Gracious SOVE REIGN. The QUEEN has always shown a care and consideration for the welfare of her subjects, that has attracted their admiration, and gained their affections more effectually than anything else could have done. No grandeur of a monarch's surround. ings, no great qualities exercised in camp or council, can influence the mind so much as the humane feeling manifested in the sympathy for the sor rows, and concern for the sufferings of others. At seasonable times just indignation ezpressed for acts that all right-minded persons must condemn and abhor manifests the interest taken in her people by their QUEEN. She is unwilling that they should deteriorate in taste, or be wanting in pro. priety in the season of festive enjoyment, and well has sh., performed her duty as monitor o f their actions and guardian of their welfare, by her quiet, yet forcible, admonition on this dis dtroestshinegir p oc a c r a t, sio a n n . d im lt pro n v o e w t r h e e ma o i p n p s r fo tu r n t i h ty em tha to t so melancholy an occurrence has af f orded to them. Mr. STITRGE wrote a very proper reply to Sir C. PHIPPS. He states that no one more deeply deplores the casualty than himself, but the depraved taste referred to has become everywhere prevalent. Recently he prevented an exhibition of the class taking place within the borough, and in this case his name ap peared in conjunction with those of the Lord Lieute• nant and members of Parliament and magistrates as patrons of the fete, which was for a aharitabie purpose ; but he did not believe that any of these gentlemen had a notion that a dangerous exhibition would be attempted. Ho hoped that for the future the influence of the authorities at Birmingham would, in conjunction with their fellow-townsmen, prevent the recurrence of such performances, so that the gracious intentions of her MAJESTY and revered Consort might be realised and not frustrated; and in the meantime, he trusted that exhibitions of so dan gerous and demoralising a character might be inter dicted by parliamentary (abutment. Nothing could be more satisfactory than this letter, and the concluding passage is a very judicious piece of advice, which cannot be two speedily followed with respect to individual safety and general credit. I would be well if gentlemen in high position did no so readily lend the sanction of their wants and such schools to extend their influence, and it is always %ell to take advantage of establishments already in working order. Another argument in favour of the continuation of the grants is that, in most cares, they had been applied in raising the salaries of the masters and mistresses, an ill-paid class, to whom the existence of better paid appoint ments here and there offers an encouragement which is very desirable. It is useless to expect children to be properly taught or trained unless their in structors are capable for their office. There is far too much cheap education going on nowadays. We can not take up a paper without seeing amazing advertise ments telling us how all the comforts of home and a first-rate classical and mathematical education can be secured for sixteen guineas a year inclusive, or reading a catalogue of the varied acquirements and accomplishments to be imparted by some ad venturous lady, who is a finished musician and excellent linguist, for sixpence an hour. This is the sort of thing we should watch fully guard against in our national schools—super ficiality without substance. If we attempt too much we shall fail utterly. The vast area over which knowledge is at present extended offers great temptations to the instructor who wishes to attain distinction through his pupils, and varied and ab struse lessons puzzle the brains of children of very ordinary ability, to whom they are likely to be of no practical ben e fit in after life. F or sc h oo l s o f this character, at which the attendance of the chil dren is often very brief, it is idle to fill their heads and load their memories with strings of dates and knowledge equally useless. A fair idea of the history of their own country, a thorough acquaintance with the rudiments of a plain education, and a know ledge of the general outlines of geography, are quite es much as children belonging generally to an uncultivated elhss, and only at school for a few short months, perhaps, need to learn. If there is time or opportunity for more, the rudiments of natural science and mechanics would be more advantageous to them than forgotten names and dates, which serve only for display. We want in our teachers persons of character and discriminative judgment, not mere walking catechisms ; and an improvement in the rate of salary will probably encourage or en able such persons to come forward. DEATH OF SIR C. CRESSWELL. The public will learn with deep regret the death of the Right Hon. Sir C. Cresswell, Judge of the Court of Probate and Divorce, who expired last evening at his residence, Prince's-gate, Hyde-park. RISE OF THE NOBLE sorsE OF PHIPPS, The recent demise of the lamented first Marquis of Normanby has recalled to mind the extraordi nary rapidity of the rise of the illustrious family, of which his eldest son, late by courtesy Earl of Mulgrave, is now, as third marquis, the chief. Ac cording to the received account, the founder of the family was Sir William Phipps, Knt., who, in the reign of James IL, acquired a considerable fortune by discovering among the rocks near the bank of Bahama, on the north side of Hispaniola, a Spanish plate ship which had been under water forty-four years. Out of this, by the help of the diving bell, which he invented, he took in gold and silver to the amount of £300,000 sterling, and with a fidelity equal to his enterprise, brought it all to London and divided it between himself and the rest of the adventurers. THE PIG-FACED LADY !—As described in Captain Gronow's Recollectio ns .—Among the many absurd reports and ridiculous stories current in former days, I know of none more absurd or more ridiculous than the general belief of every body in London, during the wint r of 1814, in the existence of a lady with a pig's face. This interesting specimen of porcine physiognomy was said to be the daughter of a great lady residing in Grosvenor square, It was tun-loured that during the illuminations which took place to celebrate the peace, when a great crowd had assembled in Piccadilly and St. James's-street, and when c arr i ages cou ld n ot move on very rapidly, horresco referen s ! an enormous pig's snout had been seen protrud ma mob cried out, "The pig -fac e d i w n h g ie fr h om we a re fa p s a h e i s o i n n a g. fashionable bonnet in one of the landaus lady I—the pig-faced lady I Stop the carriage —stop th e carriage I" The coachman, wishing to save his b acon, whipped his horses, and drove through the crowd at a tre mendous pace ; but it was said that the coach had been seen to set down its monstrous load in Grosvenor square. Another report was also current. Sir Wil liam Elliot, a youthful baronet, calling one day to pay hie respects to the great lady in Gros venor-square, was ushered into a drawing - room, where he found a pe rs on fashionably dressed, who, on turning to wards him, displayed a hideous pig's face. Sir William, a timid young gentleman, could not refrain from uttering a shout of horror, and rush ed t o the door in a manner th e reverse of polite; when the infuri ated lady or animal utter ing a series of grunts, rushed at the unfortunate bar one t as he was retreating, and indicted a severe w oun d on the bask a7ashamed t o repeat this absurd the surgeon, i n S t. Audiey r of fhisne''kWilliam's This highly probable story co nc l u d ed by stating that Sir wound was a sever e one, and had sa b tt e o e re n ye dressed b ulat nam really abnyy ki persons awlraons now alive c an remember the emnciendofatthepig-fa ce d l a d y which the time o f w hi c h I sprevaile d trong belief in i n t n t e h the n e b x l i i s e t speak. The shops were full of caricat urea of the pig -faced lady, in a poke bonnet and large veil, with A pig in a poke' written underneath the print. Another sketch re presented Sir William Elliot's tnisadventuro, and was en titled, "Beware the pig - stye !'" A CURIOUS WOUND.—Dr. Champeanx, a surgeon in the French nav y, was consulted in 1827 by a cavalry officer, M. Elophe, about a small sore which he had had in the nape of the neck since June, 1815. This sore would sometimes heal, and remain closed for about a week or so; but at the end of that tare it would again be come painful, then open and suppurate as before, and so on. M. Elophe had belonged to the Old Guard, and at the battle of Waterloo charged the British cuirassiers, but v as hit on the breast by a fragment of a howitzer shell, and fell ins,amible from his horse. He was just coming to himself again, when the grenadiers, driven back by the lancers, passed over him; and the latter, seeing ho was not dead, wounded him in several places with their lances; one of these wounds was inflicted on his neck. Repulsed in their turn, the lancers passed over him again, and the grena diers, seeing him attempting to get up, carried him to the rear, where his wounds were dressed. Since then he had always been afflicted with this fistulous sore. On probing it, Dr. Champeaux felt something hard at the bottom, and soon discovered from the sound that it must be a metallic fragment, most probably of a lance. The extraction was resolved upon and succeeded; the extraneous body extracted was found to be one of the thin brass scales which cover the straps of a helmet or grenadier's cap, and which had been violently forced into the wound by the lance, 'phis inconvenient guest had remained in for 11 years; the wound got well, and M. Elophe only died this year, and therefore survived the battle 48 years, and the operation 36. THE FRENCH PEOPLE.—In character and genius the French show the evidences of the three powerful races who have constituted the nation—traits which some times seem contradictory, and which only those closely familiar with the French people can understand. In their brilliant martial character, their love of display and effect • . - their sudden enthusiasm and as easy discouragement, their readiness to be ruled by military leaders, their fondness for ornament and art, their gaiety, fl..klen ess, and amorousness, they are thorough Felts such as their ancestors have been in all ages : bu•. in the sober devoutness of a large mass of the people, in their seriousness, in their personal sensitive- nese and personal independence, in their spirit of sceptical inquiry and the thoroughness of their scientific research, they are Teutons, while their wonderful talent for organsa tion and their tendency to centralisation are Roman. Still, with all this, and much more which might ingeniously be worked out of inherited qu_tl ties, one feels we no more de scribe the great French nation than a man of genius is de scribed by picturing his forefathers. The French race with its genius, its science, its grandeur, its faults which are the scorn of mankind, its misfortunes which afflict the world, its magnificent past, its uncertain present; and mys terious future—is a unity —a new and living force entering into the life of mankind, and henceforth as distinct as any of the great races of antiquity. Bruce's Races of the Old World. A DELICIOUS BUT PERNICIOUS ICE.—It is de scribed by Mr. Sala, in the n ew n um b er o f t h e Temple .Bar magazine for August, as compound e d b y putting a lump of frigid cream into a cup, sweetening it ci volontJ with the syrup, used here in lieu of loaf sugar, and then pouf ing some cold coffee into the ice. In a few minutes, he says, the coffee and the cream amalgamate. The flavour of the syrup is inexpressibly toothsome, and you fall int o a trance of beatitude, to wake up and find yourself wofully bilious. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE POLISH INSURRECTION , LEMBERG, JULY 30. The official Lemberger Zeitung announces that fresh detachments of insurgents have entered Volhynia, and that there are several small bands in the government of Sandomir CRACOW, JULY 30. The insurgent leader Chmielinski had a success ful engagement with eight companies of Russian troops on the 28th inst. at Seaemin, in the Pala ►inate of Cracow. The Russians suffered a defeat on the 24th inst. near Pionfek. The reinforcements they had de manded from Skierniewice arrived too late to take part in the engagement. HAMBURG, JULY 28, News received from the frontiers of Lithuania state that two priests named Tasiewicz and Sareders have been condemned to 6 years' hard labour in the mines of Siberia. A sanguinay engagement has taken place near Krakinow, in which the Russians lost one cannon In the Government of Kowno two detachments of Lithuanian cavalry have been formed, which scour the country, and inflict considerable loss on the Russians. THE KING OF GREECE, COPENHAGEN, JULY 29. King George I. of Greece will leave Copenhagen immediately after the question of the lonian Islands has been arranged. His Majesty will pass through Brussels, London, and Paris. He will slay six days at the latter city, and will embark at 'Toulon in a steam frigate. He will travel incognito until after his embarkation for Greece. SPAIN AND THE RECOGNITION OF THE SOUTH. MADRID, JULY 30. It is officially stated that the Spanish Govern ment has taken no diplomatic steps in reference to the recognition of the Southern States of North America. Spain will await the course of events. GERMANY. A meeting of the Congress of German Deputies will be held at Frankfort on the 21st and 22d of August. All who have been members of any German Chamber will be allowed to take part in the Congress, as well as the present Deputies. The Nord states that the questions to be brought under discussion are the following :—The position of Schleswig - Holstein ; the interests of Germany in relation to the Polish question; the importance of the constitutional crisis in Prussia for the whole of Germany ; a further development of the Congress of Deputies. Motions to be submitted must be forwarded to the Committees eight days before the meeting. RUSSIA. The Journal de St. Petersbourg and the Invalide Busse continue to publish lists of addresses from the provincial towns to the Emperor, promising their support to the Government in its cor.flict with the Polish insurrection. FRANCE. THE BOURSE, July 29.—The Erigliah funds show a further advance of a l, but no further effect has been produced here except to impart firmness to the market. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. Railway Shares firm, but with little variation in prices up to the present time. The market closed as follows : li per Cents ..95 25 Italian Loan 7l 30 Do. end month.... Do. end month 7l 20 3 per Cents . 67 15 Sew ditto Do. end month.... 67 10 Do. end month 7l 60 Credit Mobilier....loso Russian Do. end m0nth....1052 50 Austrian .. B5 Bank Shares 3375 Spanish Threes 52 50 Credit k oncier ....1245 Home Debt RA IL WAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 9OO .. 980 New. ditto • • -- Lyons and Mediterr anean 1010 .. lOOB 75 Geneva.. 4BB 75 .. 487 50 Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian 420 • . 420 Austrian - Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 670 .. 670 Ditto to Barcelona THE CATASTROPHE AT BIRMINGHAM. The following are copies of a letter received by Mr. Charles Sturge, mayor of Birmingham, written by command of the Queen, in reference to the late catastrophe at Aston-park, and of his worship's re ply thereto:— Osborne, July 25, 1863, Sir,—The Queen has commanded me to express to you the pain with which her Majesty has read the account of a fatal accident which has occurred during a fete at Aston park, at Birmingham. Her Majesty cannot refrain from making known through you her personal feelings of horror that one of ner subjects —a female—should have been sacrificed to the gratification of the demoralising taste, unfortunately prevalent, for exhi• bitions attended with the greatest danger to the performers, Were any proof wanting that such exhibitions are demo ralising, I am commanded to remark that it would be at once found in the decision arrived at to continue the festivities, the hilarity, and the sports of the occasion after an event so melancholy. The Queen trusts that you, in common with the rest of the townspeople of Birmingham, will use your influence to prevent in future the degradation to such exhibitions of the park which was gladly opened by her Majesty and the be loved Prince Consort, in the hope that it would be made serviceable for the healthy exercise and rational recreation of the people.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obe dient humble servant, C, B. PHIPPS. The Mayor of Birmingham. Borough of Birmingham, Mayor's office, July 28, 1863. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th inst., written by command of her Majesty the Queen. In the first place, I beg you will convey to her Majesty my humble assurance that there is not in the kingdom an individual who laments more sincerely than niyselt not only the melancholy accident to which you refer, but the de praved taste for a barbarous species of amusement which unhappily has become popular not only in the metropolis but in all parts of her Majesty's home dominions. It is only a short time since, and during my mayoralty, that it was proposed to exhibit a similar performance within the borough ; but, though I was not empowered by law to in terfere, I ventured so far to interpose my authority as to prevent it. In this unfortunate instants my name appeared, in conjunction with those of the Lord-Lieutenant and seve ral magistrates and members of Parliament, as patrons of the fits, which was for a charitable purpose ; but I believe not a single gentleman whose name so appeared had any idea that a dangerous exiaibition would be attempted. For the future, I have every reason to hope that, notwith • standing Aston-park is beyond the jurisdiction of the authorities of Birmingh am , th e i r i n fl uence an d t h a t o f their fellow-town,men will henceforth limit its use exclusively to the healthy exercise and rational recreation of the people, so that the gracious intentions of her Majesty and her re versed Consort may not be frustrated but realised. In the meantime I trust exhibitions of so dangerous and demoralising a charact er may b e i n t er dicted by Parliamen tary enactment.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedi ent servant, CHARLES STTJRGE, Mayor. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Tuly 29 Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar are entertaining, during the race week at Goodwood, a select and distinguished company at Molcomb Lodge. The circle includes his Serene Highness Prince Herman of Saxe Weimar, the Uuke and Ductless of Manchester, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Coventry, Lord Dunkellin and Sir Henry and Lady Sophia des Vcaux. Theze was a dance last night at the lodge, to which the visitors of the Duke and Duchess of Richmond at Goodwood House and a brilliant circle received invitations. The Duke of Hamilton and Lord Charles Douglas left town yesterday to join the Duchess of Hamilton (nee Princess Marie of Baden), and Lady Mary Hamilton, at Baden Baden. The Marquis of Exeter has been detained in town by indi,position, otherwise the noble marquis would have joined the company visiting the Duke and Duchess of Richmond at Goodwood during the race week. The Eart of St. Germans leaves town to-day for his seat, Port Eliot, in Cornwall. The Countess of Dunmore and Ladies Murray have left town for the family scat in Scotland. Viscount and Viscountess de Vesci and Hon. Misses Vesey left Carlton-house-terrace, on Tuesday, for their seat in Ireland. Lord Stanley, M.P., has returned to town from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at Hat field House, Herts. The Marchioness of Salisbury and family intend to leave Hatfield Ilaise, Herte, to-morrow, to pass a few weeks at Bournemouth, The Elrl and Countess of Yarborough have le, ,own for Brocklesbury Park, Lincolnshire, The American Iliad in a Nutshell. -.--- BY THOMAS CARLYLB. (New Number of Macmillan for August.) PETER of the North (to PAUL of the South)—" Paul, you unaccountable F coundrel, I find you hire your servants for life, not by the month or year as Ido ! You are going straight to Hell, you —1" PALL---" Good words, Peter! The risk is my own; I am willing to take the risk. Hire you your servants by the month or the day, and get straight to Heaven, leave me to my own method." PETER—" No, I won't. I will beat your brains out first 1" (And is trying dreadfully ever since, but cannot yet manage it.) CRYSTAL PALACE.-FIVE SHILLING DAY.- WEDNESDAY, July 29.—Admissions on payment, 2,532, ditto by season tickets, 4,237 ; total, 6,819. DEATH OF LORD MACDONALD. —After a pro tracted illness, Lord M•.cdonaid died on Saturday last at Bessingby Hall, Yorkshire. From his impaired health, the mournful e'eent has been no surprise to his friends. The late Right Hon, Godfrey Win. Wentworth Macdonald, Lord Macdonald, Baron of Slate, county An trim, in the peerage of Ireland, and a baronet of Nova Scotia, was the eldest of the two sons of Godfrey, third lord, by Louise Maria, daughter of Mr. Farley Eclair. He was born March 7, 1809, consequently he was in the 55th year of his ago. SUICIDE WITH CYANIDE OF POTASSIUM.-A determined suicide was found to have been com mitted by a young married woman, named !Alen Harris, this morning, at No. 11, Circus-road-east, Kentish-town. From what could be gathered by our reporter, it appears that the husband of the deceased had bought a photographic apparatus and some chemicals, including the cyanide of potassium, intending to commence business as a photo- graphic artist. The wife last evenng had been out drink ing and returned home about one o'clock this morning and laid down on the bed. About three o'clock she got up, and, without disturbing her husband, went to the cupboard, took out the bottle containing the cyanide, and drank a large portion—so large a portion, indGed, that it made her very sick. This amused her husband, who, finding what she had done, called for his sister, who was sleeping in an adjoining room. The) at once gave her copious draughts of water, which made her vomit still more, and seemed somewhat to allay her suffe , ings. The sister then made her up a bed, and placing her therein, requested her husband no, to disturb her. Both of them then left her, without having called in any medical assistance, and went to rest again, On toe husband, about seven o'clock this morning, going to where his wife lay, he was s,artled at finiing her quite dead and very much discoloured. He knocked vio lently at the street door, arousing the whole neighbourhood, at the same time shouting " She's dead I she's dead I" Medical assistance was at once called in, but of course of no avail. Information has been forwarded to Dr. Lankester, the coroner, of the occurrence, THE MEMBERS FOR MARYLEBONE.—Lord Fer moy and Mr. Hai vey Lewis, the members for Mary. kbone, attended the vestry meeting at St. Prancras yester• day, and gave an account of their conduct dui ing the ses sion that has just come to a close. Both gentlemen dealt principally on local topics ; but Lord Fermoy, glancing for a moment at general politics, deprecated the idea of our going to war on behalf of Poland. The meeting, by reso lution, expressed their approbation of the conduct of the members. SUICIDE BY PHOSPHORUS. -- An inquest was held on Tuesday evening at the London Hospital, before Mr. John Humphreys, upon the body of Eleanor L,igh, aged 27 years. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that the deceased had been in domestic service up to the previous Friday, but that she had given way to drinking. On that day she became so mad that her mistress discharged her, giving her 10s., five or six of which she spent in drink. She then went to the house of a relative, and said, " I have done for myself. I am poisoned." Assistance was procured, and she was conveyed to tne hospital, where she died. Mr. N. Hickford, resident medical officer, said that deceased had swallowed a quantity of liquid phosphorus. Every remedy was administered, but without avail. It was stated that inquiries had been made with the view of ascertaining how the deceased had possessed herself of the phosphorus, but without success, No bottle was found with her. The coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of " Suicide while of unsound mind." THE ARCHDUKE MAXIMILIAN of Austria is again talked of as a probable candidate for the throne of Mexico. What will be said to this, however, by the Prince Napoleon ? bEA MCiSTERS. The Sentinelle 7oulonnaisse states that the fishermen of the Isies of Hyeres have been astonished during the last two or three weeks by the disappearance of fish from their usual haunts off the coasts, and attributed the fact to the presence of sharks, which fre quently visit those waters in summer. The teal cause, how. ever, was accidentally discovered by a vine-grower o f P ort Cr s, who, h a vi ng o bs e rved tat his vines in a field oh the coast had been ravaged during the night determined to keep watch. He accordingly went about 2 the following morn ing, and was astonished to see a number of marine monsters wallowing in the vineyard. Panic struck at the sight, he threw down his gun, and ran away as fast as he could. The next night sevetsl persons watched, and they st,on asc‘r tamed that the monsters were a herd of seals which appear to have taken up their abode in the Day of Hyeres. ---- ' , __„-, ~,,m, 1 - , - - ~-. r,-, / 4.11-v Court -k*- owiLtr '' ' ' " AP- -(innl,ll.r. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena and Prince Leiningen, drove out yesterday. The Hon. Mrs. Bruce and Colonel the Hon. A. Fitzhardinge were in attendance. The Prince and Princess of Wales cruised yester day in Lord Alfred Paget's yacht, and sailed to the Needles. Viscountess Jocelyn has succeeded the Dowager Countess of Mount -Edgcumbe as Lady in Waiting. A deputation from the Fisheries Preservation Society, consisting of Mr. P. L. Simmorlds (secretary of Sanitary Committee, Society of Arts), Henry E Bicknell, Lord Sdl toun, Mr. Martin T, Smith, M.P., Dr. Waller Lewis, Dr. Peter Hood, Chevalier de Caphn, M.D., Lord Llanover, the Hon. Colunel Keane, R.E., and Francis Francis, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday. The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson left town yesterday. The Right Hon. W. Hutt and Mrs. Hutt left town yes.. terday for Gibside, near Gateshead, Durham, The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester. day. Lord Kingsdown gave judgment in an appeal from Bengal, " Khajah Gour Ali v. Ashruffoonissa and others,' and in an appeal, " the same parties v. Ahmed Khan." An appeal from the Admiralry Court—the Corinthian (part heard), was concluded, and judgment given by Lcrd Chelmsford. An appeal from the Admiral Court—the Falkland and Navigator, was heard. The lords present were—Lord Chelmsford, Lord Kingsdown, and Lord Wensleydale. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office "rom the Governors of the West India Islands. PRINCE ARTHUR AT DOLGELLY.—His Royal Highness ascended the lorry Caner Idris, and the view from the top was all that could be desired. On Mon day the Royal party visited the Cambrian and Clogau gold mines, and were saown the process of crushing and amal gamating, and some beautiful specimens of gold in quartz were presented to him. After extending their journey to the little seaport town of Barmouth, they strolled to the Precipice •walk and Nannau park. On Tuesday the High Sheriff of the county, Mr. H. Morgan, called on his Royal Highness. The High Sheriff was attended by his splendid retinue of javelin men. The Cader Idris Rifla Volunteers mustered on the green in front of the Lion Hotel, and were inspected by hie Royal Highness. The Royal party de parted in the High Sheriff's carriage for Carnarvonshire, via Bala and Festiniog. Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles B. Phipps, &0., Osborne. DEATH BY FALLING DOWN A PRECIPICE.—A frightful accident hhs just occurred near Rattws y Coed, North Wales. A party were on their way to the lake to fish. One of the number, Mr. John Coracle, of Tawrallt, being lame, was driven in a car. When approaching the Ship Hotel, the horse took fright at an artist's tent close to the road ; the animal turned suddenly back and upset the car down a steep precipice. It appeared that concussion of the brain and fracture of the spine resulted, and the de ceased was killed on the spot. ~'~ _.-"'- ~, The Confederate Mission to Washington, " Your attention is also called to the unheard-of conduct of Federal officers in driving from their homes entire communities . of women and children, as well as of men, whoa] they find in districts occu pied by their troops, for no other reason than be cause these unfortunates are faithful to the alle giance due to their States, and refuse to take an oath of fidelity to their enemies. The putting to death of unarmed prisoners has been a ground of just complaint in more than one instance, and the recent execution of our officers in Kentucky, for the sole cause that they were engaged in recruiting service in a btate which is claimed as still one of the United States, but is also claimed by us as one of the Confederate States, must be re pressed by retaliation if not unconditionally aban doned, because it would justify the like execution in every State of the Confederacy, and the practice is barbarous, uselessly crud, and can only lead to the slaughter of prisoners on both sides, a result too horrible to contemplate without making every effort to avoid it. Oa thece and all kindred subjects you will consider your authority full and ample to make such arrangements as will temper the present cruel character of the contest, and full confidence is placed i❑ your judgment, patriotism, and discretion, that, while carrying out the objects of your mission, you will take care that the equal rights of the Confede racy be always preserved.—Very respectfully, (Signed) "JEFFERSON DAVIS." _ _ _ Mr. Stepheus concludes his report by stating: —"Tae effort, for the very many and cogent reasons set forth in your letter of instructions to me, to see if these differences could not be removed, and if a clearer understanding between the parties as to the general conduct of the war could not be arrived at before this extreme measure should be resorted to by either party, was no less in accordance with the dictates of humanity than in strict conformity with the usuages of belli— gerents in modern times. Deeply impressed as I was with these views and feelings, in undertaking the mission and asking the conference, I can but express my profound regret at the result of the effort wade to obtain it, and I can but entertain the be- lief that if the conference sought had been granted, mutual good could have been effected by it ; and if this war, so unnatural, so unjust, so unchristian, and so inconsistent with every fundamental prin ciple of American constitutional liberty, must ❑eeds' continue to be waged against us, that at least some of its severer horrors, which now so rminently threaten, might have been avoided." Postage on Letters, &c., for India and China, by French Packet, The following arrangements have been made with the French Post-office by which, after the Ist August next, tetters and printed papers may be forwarded to India and China by the French line of mail packets, at the same rates of postage as are chargeable on letters and printed papers sent via Marseilles for conveyance by British packet : Letters addressed to Aden, Ceylon, Madras, Calcutta, and Pondicherry—Not exceeding f oz., 10d ; above f oz. and not exceeding 1 oz., Is 8d ; above 1 oz. and not exceeding -2 ozs., 3s 4d ; aoove 2 ozs. and not exceeding 3 ozs., 5a ; each additional ounce, is Bd. Letters addressed to Cochin China, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore —Not ex ceeding i oz., is 4d; above oz, and not exceeding 1 oz., 2s 8d; above 1 oz and not exceeding 2 ozs., Os 4d; above, 2 ozs. and not exceeding 3 ozs 8s; each additional ounce, 2s Bd. Newspapers 3d each, not exceeding 4 oz. Other printed papers not exceeding 4 oz., 64; above 4 ozs. and not ex ceeding ilb, ls ; above jib and not exceeding 11b, 2s ; every additional ilia, ls. Letters, &c., intended to be forwarded by these packets must be specially addressed--" By French Mail Packet for Marseilles." Upon letters for Ceylon the postage must be prepaid, but upon those for the British poseessions in India and Hong Kong, the postage may either be paid in advance, or left to be paid on delivery, at the option of the sender. In all cases, however, where the postage is not prepaid, an additional rate will be charged on delivery. The prepay meat of postage on letters for Pondicherry, Saigon (Cochin China), and Shanghai (at which places France has Post-office agents) is optional, without any fine for those sent unpaid. The postage on newspapers, book, and other printed papers must in all cases be prepaid according to the regula tion in force with respect to similar articles sent by the British packets. The French packets leave Marseilles on the 19th of each month for Alexandria, in correspondence with a line from Suez proceeding to Aden, Point-de-Galle, Madras, Cal cutta, Singapore, Cochin Calm., Hong Kong, and Shang hai. Letters, &c., intended to be forwarded by them must be posted in, or reach London, at the latest in time for the day mail to France of the 18th. PRO POSED MAIN TRUNK UNDERGROUND RAIL WAY.--4 company of highly influential gentlemen is now in course of formation, for the purpose of carrying out the scheme of Mr. Charles Baylis, for a perfect system of metropolitan railway communication. The proposed main trunk underground line of railway is to commence at Strat ford, in the county of Essex, to be carried down the Bow, Mile. end, and Whitechapel roads, through the City, down Holborn, Oxford-street, arid Bayswater-road, and terminate at Shepherd's-bush, in the county of Middlesex. In con nection with the construction of this line of railway, it is also suggested that four lines of rails at the least should be made, and chambers should also be constructed for deposit ing gas and water pipes, telegraph wires, &c., and for any other purposes that nay be co ns id ered advisable. The result of such a system of communication being carried into effect would be not only to relieve the overcrowded street traffic of the metropolis, but to confer immense ad vantage on the colamunity at large, and the only regret is that the realisation of the grand idea of Mr. Baylis has been so long delayed. As a commercial speculation there cannot be a doubt of its proving remunerative, and Mr. Baylis has our best wishes for 611CCeSS in his great enterprise. The correspondence between President Davis and the Hon. A. H. Stephens, relating to the Confede rate mission to Washington, has been published. It is evident from these letters that the object was nit a political one, but referred exclusively to the exchange of prisoners. The blowing is the letter of President Davis:— " Richmond, July 2. " Hon. A. H. Stephens, Richmond, Va. "Sir,—Having accepted your patriotic offer to proceed as a military commissioner under a flag of truce to Washington, you will receive herewith your letter of authority to the commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. " This letter is signed by me as commander-in chief of the Confederate land and naval forces. , 4 You will perceive, from the terms of the letter, that it is eo worded as to avoid any political diffi culties in its reception. Intended exclusively as one of those communications between belligerents which public law recognises as necessary and proper be wcen hostile forces, care has been taken to give no pretext for refusing to receive it on the ground that it would involve a tacit recognition of the indepen dence of the Confederacy. " Your mission is simply one of humanity, and has no political aspect. If objection is made to re ceiving your letter on the ground that it is not ad essed to Abraham Lincoln as President, instead of commander-in-chief, &c., then you will present the duplicate letter, which is addressed to him as President, and signed by me as President. To this letter objection may be made on the ground that I am not recognised to be President of the Confederacy. In this event you will decline any further attempt to confer on the subject of your mission, as such conference is admissible only on the footing of per fect equality. " My recent interviews with you have put you so tally in possession of my views that it is scarcely necessary to give you any detailed instructions, even were I at this moment well enough to at tempt it. "My whole process is, in one word, to place this war 9n the footing of such as are waged by civilised people in modern times, and to divest it of the savage character which has been impressed on it by our enemies, in spite of all our efforts and protests. War is full enough of unavoidable horrors, under all its aspects, to justify and even to demand, of any Christian ruler who may be unhappily engaged in carrying it on, to seek torestrict itacalamities, and to divest it of ail unnecessary severities. You will endeavour to establish the cartel for the exchange of prisoners on such a basis as to avoid the constant difficulties and complaints which arise, and to pre vent for the future what we deem the unfair con duct of our enemies in evading the delivery of the prisoners who fall into their hands; in retarding it by sending them on circuitous routes, and by de- Paining them, sometimes for months, in camps and prisons, and in persisting in taking captive non combatants. P.l