The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-11 00:00:00

NEW TB EATRE-RO YELL, ADTELPHI.-• Sole Proprietor and Manager, nr. B. Webster. TVIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. Alter which, at Eight Weloek, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED 31AN ; OR, T E GHOST'S 3ARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Took, R. Phillips, Sefton. C. J. Smith; Mrs. Melt Altred an Miss 1-1. Simms. Followed by a new BurlesqlL ue, elled d ILL-TREATED TROVATORE. ssrs. Took. I'. Bedtord, R. Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and ear.i, and Miss K. Kelly. 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, VoHaire, G. Honey; 3lisses Ada Swanboroug - h, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, _handers, and E. Button. Followed by (21st time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria bimp , aon, Wallace, ana Jenny White. To conclude with KEEP YOUR TEMPER. Commence at 7. T" THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,' Containin7 the Litt est SPORTING INTELLIGENt:I3, can be had Every Evening of G. IL GLLNIE, NEws AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-part:. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. 'j DAY.—Morning, —h. —m.—Afternoon, 12b. 18m, To-xoanow.-Morning, 12h. 44m, Afternoon, lh. 10m, The Weather—Sun Office, Aug."_ll, 1863. THERMOMETER. This mornine This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.05. Wind—S.-W. ; light, and fine. fT.. Sun. ~~a~ LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1863. Later news from America, intelligence bringing the narrative of the war down to the beginning of this current month of August, shows the main army of the Confederates, under LEE, to be situ ated between Culpepper and Gordonsville. There the attitude assumed by him is said to be purely defensive. But —simultaneously with the receipt of this fragmentary intimation as to the Confede rate Commander-in -Chief—we learn in other words that the Federal C o mmander-in-Chief is begin ning to evidence anything lent the confidence of a conqueror. The recent movements of his army, it is said, under data August 1, New York, will be followed by its former inactivity ! An account certainly not without its significance. More par ticularly when togither with it comes the intima tion that Kentucky has been invaded by the Southerns! General BURNSIDE, in making these latest warlike tidings known, through a proclama tion that, as a matter of course, speaks of the Con federates as " the rebels," General BURNSIDE we say in making public this new and daring invasion of Kentucky by the rebels pronounces the enterprise to have been undertaken with the intention of overawing the judges, intimidating the -voters, and forcing the election of disloyal candi dates at the election of the ensuing 3d of Septem ber. As the instant consequence of this same in vasion of Kentucky martial law had been declared throughout that State. " Military commanders," said the General, " will aid the State autho rities to support the laws and the purity of suffrage. The judges present at the polls will be held strictly responsible that no disloyal person be allowed to vote, and to this end military power will give them its utmost support." Summing up the relative positions of the confronting main armies in a single announcoment, one of the New York papers says, sententiously,that the Army of the Potomac is again upon the Rappahanock, MEADE is there somewhere in the immediate vici nity of Falmouth. LEa confronting him, upon the defensive, but prepared for any emergency, we may be certain of that, if only by reason of his admirably planned and deliberately conducted retreat—LEE confronting his old antagonist at a point situated at a mutually respectful distance,and already indicated with sufficient distinctness as one midway between Culpepper and Gordonsville. So situated, the armies, it was expected on the Ist instant at New York, could not in reasonable probability but very soon indeed come again into collision. An engagement —it would be difficult to sly a decisive engagement and even if we could say it, by whom wouid such an intimation as that be credited ?—an engagement of some kind, decisive or indecisive, was, when these last advices left, per the City of London, pretty confidently expected to take place soon :no longer, of course, upon the Potomac, but once more upon the Rappahannock. While such was the situation of affairs still between Washing ton and Richmond, between the main armies of the Federals and Confederates, the siege of Charleston was yet persisted in. The Northerns were said to be moving upon Mobile, to have recently captured Brasbear City, to have begun a series of successes over the Confederates both in Kentucky and in Tennessee ! How veraciously said to have done and to be doing all this, we shall learn through our next jumble of fragmentary intelligence. The weekly meeting of the Central Executive Relief Committee which took place at Manchester yesterday already testifies the truth of the warnings that have been lately uttered respecting the condi tion of the distressed districts. From Mr. FAR 14ALL's report it appears that the tide has again turned, and that in the 27 unions receiving paro chial relief there has been an increase of 1,299 ap- PLiyicZ Oldham, The principal i ncrease i s at Ashton•under -Ihlla , Rochdale, and Blackburn, besides many smaller places. mall diminution Still there are other districts all diminution is perceptible, and the total decrease highly satis4et a o inee December is 126,048. It is signs of the sup ; to find th a t th ere are as yet no or indiffere nce Plies bei ng stopped by the frugality of he t dred pounds h a v public, nearly fourteen h un - After the usu a l ' n2 " b een re ce i ve d d ur i ng the week. grants h ad been men who had assembl e made the gentle of Lord DERBY had a d Eder th e able presidency e . • Works Bill, just passed,a b - 'inon on the Public ment, and the probable efteY thee Houses of Parlia on the employment o f of some faco of its clauses Lord EGEETON expressed son % TY operatives. know whether in grantin g maneacziety to of guardians, the Government would to hoard s `" mak e any c ondition respecting the rate of wages.' whether the rule would be to give "a fai r d ap ', fora fair day's work," or only such a Bora age as would keep body and soul together. Mr. F AR _ NALL, in answer to the noble lord's observations, r eeaarieed that the bill was throughout p er ,i s . si,e, and not compulsory. P. did not compel the locai authorities t o em p lo y factor y operatives at all, nor did it stipulate that any particular rate of wages should be kept to. Mr. FAnNALL proceeded to say, from his ow n extensive experi. once in the matter, that be believed payment would be made upon measaretnent of the wore done, so that each man would receive the same rate of wages as an independent labourer would do. According to Mr. FARNALL'S statetuent there ii every prospect of the bill being of great prac tical utility, for it se ems probable that, all the districts will cvail themselves of the powers it confers, and that a very largo sum of money will be raised in order to set the unenialtyed factory hands to work. Tha cturdiar.s bare 1119 r..;Dd sense to see- that r, s they are bound to support a great prop(' rtion of these persons in ono form or another,. it is better by the expenditure of a larger F rum to secure a permanent good, to carry cut works 'which will be highly conducive to the health, (sorafort, and convenience of the inhabi tants of their towns, and which will remain when the troubles of the present time have long been numbered with the past. The deplorable effects of long-continued idleness are too well known not to enter into their consideration. On the one hand, the men employed will have the honest satisfaction that they are doing fair work for the money they get, and feel themselves once more on their old in dependent footing ; on the other, they and their families arc left at the pauper level, to suffer all its depressing effects on the mind and body, and its demoralising influence morally. It was observed by several of the members of the committee yester day that it was most important that the distinction should be preserved between the men employed on public works and the recipients of parish relief. There is likely to be some confusion on the subject unless this is plainly understood and impressed upon the men at the outset. Mr. FARNALL.tn admitted saidittd the necessity of preserving the distinction, that he had everywhere stated that necessary that the men employed enpuitblwieouwlderkbee should be struck off the list of the relief committees, and be treated guardi ans ' solely hsnadned. earseu g r l f a a d ee th b a e t fo t r h e is t q he ue l s v t o i r o l n begins, as half its g pendent labOurers. a would e charitable r l i o t s a t b if e has been brought toVit-he th e employment wereootdakeenffecatss pretence. One very satisfactory fact was elicited in Course o f the discussion. It will be remembe re d that, when the matter was debated in Parliament, the proposed employment of factory hands on out door works was objected to on the ground that the change in their mode of working would be most prejudicial to their health. It was argued, with some show of reason, that men accustomed to the hot, dry air of factories would suffer greatly from the sudden transmission to cald, damp out-door work and exposure to the weather, and that rheu matism and a host of kindred evils would ensue. It seems, however, from Lord EGERTON'S testimony, that such is not the case. He had re cently, he told the meeting, visited a number of the Stockport operatives whom i.e had employed in out-door work during the whole winter, and he was quite astonished at the improvement in their looks. They appeared to be better and stronger in every way, and they assured him that they were up to any kind' of work. It is surely better to supply the healthy and able-bodied men with out-door work here, to fill up the vacuum, than to deport them across the seas to lands where they will probably have to undertake still rougher and more laborious tasks, and will grieve for the old home scenes while England is missing their labour. The struggle cannot be of much longer duration. Fortunately we are not dependent on the fluctuations of the American war. The numerous sources which are open to us in our own dominions, and which we have so long neglected, will very shortly come to our aid. By refusing to avail ourselves of the means which Providence has placed in our hands, we have, in a measure, brought this burden upon our people, but they have borne it nobly and well; and, with the hopes gathering round the opening of another year, who would despair, even though we learn that the time of trial is not yet past P Mr. GILBERT, the Secretary of the Society for the Relief of Distress, has published a very interesting pamphlet on the " Condition of the Wives and Families of Married Convicts, with Suggestions for its Amelioration." There is no class of society mort to be pitied than these unfortunate persons, whose means of subsistence are taken from them, and who are exposed alternately to cruel privations and sad temptations. Mr. GILBERT is in a position to know accurately the circumstances of the case as regards many of these hapless individuals, and the details he puts before us tend to prove that it is necessary speedily to adopt some remedial measure. The troubles, the crimes, and the expenses attending the present plans all call for a speedy remedy. Mr. GILBERT prefaces his remarks by stating that he has seen, while acting as secretary to the society, " such abject misery" among the families of the convicts that he is emboldened to make the effort to be of service to them, although so much has already been written and said on the subject of our convict system. Ho states that it must be con sidered that, however great the crime of the married convict, he has still been the support of his family, and, to a certain extent, provided for them, and when he is taken away his family have to endure a punishment as severe as his own, and often as dis honourable. His wife and children must then work for themselves, but who will employ the wife and child of a convicted thief. If the woman applies to the parish, they get rid of her by telling her to come to the House. Not wishing to be separated from her children, she refuses, and attempts to sup port herself and them. In this painful position great sufferings await them. It has been found that the mortality among the children of married convicts is greater than among the poorest of the honest poor, even under the most unfavourable cir cumstances. If driven to despair, the wife at last enters the House with her children, they remain fixtures, for no one will employ them, and they are " a contin ue d expense to the ratepayers and a misery to themselves.', The number of wives and children obtaining parish relief is very considerable. A few instances are given of the different parishes in London. At St. George, Southwark, there are 57 women and 134 children; at St. Mary, Islington, 98 women and 201 children. It is truly said that the cost of the married convict is enormous on the public purse. Each above the value of his labour is, on the average, twenty-nine pounds a-year, and while the whole or part of the expense of maintaining his family i s cast on the poor-rate, it is forcibly urged that, "on the score of economy alone, some vast reformation manage rmatio nis required in our present s y s t em of convict ment." Still sadder are the details concerning those children whose parents have brought them up in crime. In some cases where the mother is a de praved woman, she has been kuown to pursue her children from place to pl ace , un til s h e a t l as t has . got the m t urne d out i nto the streets and driven as t were to crim e . It i s h ere mentioned that t h e childr en of the marri e d conv i c t s i n t h e A ustra li an colo n i es are rarely thieves. The chief cause is said to be that they can more readily obtain work. Sir WILLIA:NI Ait gave late Supre me Judge of V i n c cvt e orria, kne w convict turn cut 0 : e t as his o pi n i on t h at h e a thi;f n er i o n f Australia all boys a transported hapndd.the primary tempta may obtain employm„., tion to the child's becona is wanting. The plan propgoe:d by Mr. GILBERT dishonest—privation.-- is in the way is a good one so far as it there would be found many • ' though doubtless of carrying it out. He advises the estabr h a community, where, to us© hi s 0 „,„ 18-me nt °I words, " the means of employment should be abund r a _.... - , and in. dustry compulsive during the whole period of his sentence ; where idleness should be i unished as a crime ; where it shall be imp)ssif•Jle to purchase in. toviatiDg drink i. 3, and vincre cid a!, , socia:es, =lca reformed, shall be difficult to find." Of course this must be done abroad, and Mr. GILBERT mentions the Australian colonies as a suitable place for a reformatory settlement for married convicts. The northern portion of Western Australia is a very suitable place, it is mentioned ; and, as up to ti e present time there is not an acre of ground inhabited by a white man, it cannot be likely to offend the Australian settlers by making a penal settlement among them. From the inhabitants of Sydney, for instance, the settlement would be at the dis tance from London to Constantinople. There are carrying oat of this or any sure to be plenty of obstacles interposed similar plan, butin the carrying the facts here adduced speak for themselves, and call aloud for redress. The present system is unfair and cruel to the women and children, while it really imposes a heavy burden on the State. It is not in accordance with the principles of poli tical economy, and neither does it seem right or fitting that so many children should perish miser ably from want, and disease occasioned by want, or grow up to become thieves or dissolute characters. Those who do not agree with Mr. GILBERT'S sug tgheestnioencewssiiltlyneefv some ertmheelmesesaancs he accord deviseddtheir recognition tore m remedy this evil, and to ameliorate the condition of those whose noin emseets van apart by T y the rules k ru t l a es e th ofso e c s i e eu etyt t o e b a e s c ts ome thieves at home to a country where employment is certain, old associations removed, and a new life put before them, is surely a safe means of remedy, and one that, though not certain to succeed, may in all human probability do so. Mr. GILBERT has a right to speak, for he has seen the miserable results and pernicious consequences of the present system, and therefore he has essayed to find a remedy for the glaring evils that are so constantly brought under his notice. It is highly requisite that the Legisla ture should do something about this anomalous condition of so many women and children. At present the seeds of vice are sown broadcast among the community, and nothing but evil consequences ensue therefrom. It cannot be impossible to pre vent all this misery, crime, and death, end no diffi culties that arc in the way should be allowed to be insuperable. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, MR. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS. Two evils Mr. Mellon has had to contend with in renewing his excellent annual entertainment—the hot weather and the month of August —the one of which drives people from theatres, and the other drives them from town. The various merit, how ever, he he.s assembled, and the force and skill with which he directs it, enabled him last evening to encounter these objections in a manner that gave the best assurance of the entire success of his experiment. Not a slight element in this result is his being able to secure again the superb arena of the Italian Opera as the scene of his exertions, where the requisite space is not more pre-eminent, and its attendant coolness and convenience, than the adaptation of the building to sound, and the agreeable influence of its noble proportions. The stall and pit portions as bolero having been raised to a level with the stage—the orchestra, capable of containing one hundred performers, rises on the latter with its old aspect of a huge citadel of harmony, thronged with executants, who proclaim its influence over the crowds that swarm about it. All the other arrangtnents for the comfort of the public have been as carefully attended to—such as the ease of access to the promenade by a variety of entrances, the rows of seats placed before the orchestra for the accommodation of the weary, and the superior refreshments supplied by Mr. Brunetti on the stage, at the bides of the orchestra. The musical attractions of the night, however, were of course the chief consideration-- and these it will be seen were not to be regarded as either inferior or few. Mr. Mellon presented us, in the first place, with such a vocalist as Carlotta Patti. The great sensa tion which this lady created on her debut at this theatre in April last, as one of the most gifted and surprising singers of her time has been extended to every concert room in which she has since appeared, and to none more than the arena which so warmly confirmed her claims last night. INladlle. Carlotta Patti sung four times, and in evidence of her variety, in four different schools, Swiss, Italian, French, and English, in each of which she raised the audience to the highest point of enthusiasm. Her delivery of the Swiss Echo Song by Eckert, with its extra ordinary vocal resources—of the Rondo Finale of the Sonnambnla, "Ah non Giunge," with its profusion of embellishment—of the Laughing song from the " Manon Lescaut," with its wonder ful high note ; and last not least, of the simple British ballad, " Coming through the Rye," which she gave in lieu of a repeat of the " Laughing Song" --and which had nothing striking about it but its perfectly simple and pure expression— had each its characteristic that found a warm response in the audience. The instrumental star of the evening was not less extraor dinary than the vocal, though scarcely to be classed with it, whether in respect to dignity or agreeableness. This was a Signor Gianni Vailati, who gave a performance on the mandolin, an old rustic Italian instrument, the precursor of the guitar, to which, however, it is as inferior as an ancient tabor to a modern drum. In handling this very limited and imperfect instrument, Signor Vailati certainly exhibited a very striking amount of facility, and in the execution of comic and fan tastic music we can conceive his capability of producing eoc.e good effects ; but in the attempt he made last night of giving expression to the " Miserere,' from the " Trovatore," one of the most pathetic compositions to be found in modern opera—and which only the prolonged notes of a cornet or a violin can give any adequate idea of— the rapid thrumming of Signor Vailati was not merely an incompetence, but what appeared to our selves and others as a something approaching to I burlesque. For the remainder of the entertainment we have nothing but the highest praise. We had, among the other solo features, the " Fandango" of Herr Molique, admirably performed by Mr. Carrodus, who is rapidly taking his place as one of the first violinists of the day. We had a solo on the flageo let by M. Bonnissoan, which was equally striking and agreeable, and a selection from the " Puritani," which gave scope to the several powers of Mr. Levy on the cornet, Mr. Hauser onthe bassoon, Mr. Bar ret on the oboe Sidney Pratte!: on Mr.t L he cz a s n o d n th iur e . H cl u a g riet h o e n so , n A t l h r e . ophecleide—the greatest masters of their respective instruments that are probably tobe found in Europe. Of the band , containing such solo talent, selected from that of the Italia n O pera and the Musical So ciety, and amounting to more than 80 performe rs , all praise would be superfluous. T heir execution ' of each of the substantial attractions of the night__ the adagio and Eellen:o of Beethoven's Choral Sym phony, the Laternetional Ai arch of Auber, the Ex hibition Overture of Neyerbcer, the overture to Fra March)," and Mellou's spirited Dramatic College Quadrillt —Wrs distinguished by a fire and precision, a mingled force and colour, that could ❑ot poi•iiibly be exceeded. Lastly - , l et as not forget t'2.3 acknowledgments due :3 Mr. Alfred, MeErm himud.f, to whose vigour, taste, and judgment so much of the Band's success was owing, as well as the general arrange ments and impressions of the night. He has rarely sustained with more distinctness his claim to the position he has gained —as the very first of E nglish conductors, and sole succ essor t o Mr. C ost a . We must add that th e programme of the wee k i s suffi cieutly attractive. On Thursday we are to have a .I°2"Art night — on F r i day, the "Creation''--and on ‘lSaturday,viun a night f or every one's heroes--the leers. Before the W44 erowd, : d to the roofeio . ht, was over the ~ hou e ° I - Cal=maw THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, ISG3 The Late Marshal Oudinot. Almost immediately after the death of the late Marshal Oudinot, Duc de Reggio, was announced in the journals of Europe, our chief contemporary put forth a very extraordinary statement in regard to that illustrious soldier. According to this re markable statement of the limes, it was asserted quite confidently that the Duc de Reggio deplored up to the moment of his death, as (it was said also) he had in point fact for some years previously, the work of restoration accomplished by him at Rothe in 1849. The announcement of these as the dying opinions of Marshal Oudinot, was accompanied, however, by a point blank declaration that the deceased had breathed his last after having refused all the consolations of religion. In distinct and positive contradiction to each and all of these most singular, and (as will b e immedi ately apparent) these wholly unjustifiable state ments, s ' w e are pronounce the bythe Family of Marshal Oudinot e t n t o assertions thus set forth by the limes in respect to that di st i ngu i shed sol dier, to be utterly without one particl e o f f oun d at i on . m This emphatic contradiction we hasten, therefore, to publish in the plainest terms possible, and, in the interests of truth, we are desirous that it should be at once frankly accepted as a contradiction com plete and unreserved. As we write this, there is now lying open before us an affecting communication, penned as recently as the 9th of this present month of August, by the nearest surviving relative of the deceased Marshal, namely, his own eldest son, the present Due de Reggio. And it is upon no less an authority than this, that we herewith declare to be utterly groundless the declaration that Marshal Oudinot either re gretted his feat of arms in 1849, or that he expired but a little more than a month since, after having refused to receive the consolations of religion. While enabling us to give this explicit denial to each of those statements, the present Duke de Reggio, in the course of the letter already referred to, as lying before us while we are writing, remarks in regard to the deceased, that there is not one of those who have approached him since 1849, who will not revolt from assertions so entirely contrary to truth. "My excellent father," says the now Duo de Reggio, " was happy and proud of the services he bad rendered to the church. This he avowed every day. Every successive year he wrote to the Sovereign Pontiff. He associated himself in heart, in spirit, in words, with the vivacity one might almost say of youth, with the efforts adventured upon in France and elsewhere for the defence of the rights and of the authority of the apostolic see"— and so forth. [Mon excellent pore etait heureux et fier des services qu'il avait rendus a l'Eglise ; et it le disait chaque jour; it l'eerivait chaque annee au Souverain Pontife : it s'associait de ecear, d'esprit, de paroles,avec une vivacite toute juvenile, aux efforts tent& en France et ailleurs pour la defense des droits et de l'autorit6 du Siege Apostolique, &C.] In signal corroboration, however, of these all sufficient assertions of Marshal Oudinot's son, the present Due de Reggio, there come to us simultane ously with the letter from which the above passage is transcribed, documentary evidences, of themselves quite unanswerable. An interesting report in the weekly journal, the Correspondence de _Rome, under date,_ Saturday, the 29th of July, gives, in all i ts d eta il s, a descr i p ti o n of the funeral ceremonies perform e d, b y or der of the Sov erei g n Pontiff, on the previous day—that is, the 18th ult. —in the Church of Santa Andre della Valle, for the repose of the soul of the deceased Marshal Victor Oudinot, Dec d o R egg i o . According to the narrative in the Correspondence de Rome, this solemn funeral service was performed with all imaginable pomp and ceremony. It commenced at 10 o'clock in the morning. His Holiness was represented by his Excellency Monsignor Paces, seated upon the right hand of the choir, together with Mgr. de Merode, Mgr. Talbot, and Mgr. N e . grotto, Cammerieri Segretti, and o fficials of the Pontiff's anti.chamber. Near these prelates was placed the Prince do Viano, Commandant of the Noble Guard, as well as the superior officers of the said guard, and those also of the picturesque Swiss Guard. To the left was his Excellency the Senator of Rome, surrounded by a crowd of official; there assembled together to pay the last tribute of respect to the departed noble—who, it should be remarked, by the way, was not only a French peer and a marshal of the empire, but a Roman Patrician as well. Oudinot's name having been formally incribed, as a mark of peculiar honour, upon the Golden Book, sacred to the names of the patricians of the Eternal City. Near the fore going also were his Excellency the Commander in-Chief of the Army of Occupation, together with a brilliant staff—besides the General of Brigade Miehel e r, th e Pontifical Ge nerals Kalbermatte u, Brasehi, Z A ppi, and m any other officers of both armies. Monsignor Marinelli, Bishop of Porphyre and Sacristan of his Holiness, cfficiated pontifically at the high mass, and at th e close of it g ave the so lemn asperging at the ca t a falque. Other particul ars, indicative of the unusua l character of t h e solemni ties,tb seolemponpite)ie. l e ngthen out the descriptions, be it re me mber ed , ordered by therefore, reluct an tl y, con giving here but one addi t i onal beyond the limits here afforded by our col umns, this afternoon, for quo tation. We pass by the rest of these particulars , tenting ourselves with piece of documentary e vidence, one, h owever, that must be accepted as, of itself, perfectly conclusive in reference to the opinion s an d sentiments cherished Mar shal's up to the last momen t of his existence by Vict or Marshal Oudinot, Duo d e R eggio. The docum en t herewith publishes. being no ilttobe the than deceased the r sub joinedasreceanfftely as lish publishes. the 2 2 9 th alt., affecting letter, address e d b y his Holiness, son and successor, the present Due de Reggio:— _ _ ( c plus P.P. Ix, "Dilecte fili nobilis vir salutem et Apostolicum Benedic tionem. Maximo Nobis dolori kit allatum Tuis Merits nuncium mortis egrcgii genitoris tai, cujus fidem, pietatem et ccnstantiam perspectam habuimus multis prooclarisque argumentis. Qum vir fortissimas strenue gess it, u t u r b ern hanc principem carholici orbis e manibus perditoruca homi num eriperet, et Apostolicw Sedi restitueret talibus cunt historim consignata monurnentis, ut nulls possint oblivion() deleri. Curavimus plane, ut testiraonio publico memoria Ducis religiosissiroi honestaretur, simulque illius anima piis juvaretur suffragiis ; veruna tanturn Nos illi debere existimamus, quantum persolvere difficile sit. Sic enim in arduis rebus gerendis mandatum sibi creditum est exe quntus, ut vim vi repellere coactus sanctitati recuperandos urbis, et innocentium incolumitati consuleret. Confidimus iteque fore ut arnplissima laborum merces ilium in ccolis nee cioleas (ut Hieronyrai vocibus utamur ) quod talem maneat; a2iscris ; q B uo c a d g d u u a m de c m oiag, s g gt ut to tororera temper e s hortamur, talem babueris. Eadem porro charitate, qua virura del«ctissimum prosequnti sumus, et familiam ejus amplectimur ; cujus reit signum indubium Apostolicaru Benedictionem Tibi, parenti optima), Tuisque omnibus peramanter impertimur. Datum [toms spud S. Petrum die 29 Julii, 1863. rontificatus Nostri Armco. xviii. Pius P.P. IX. " WEBER'S LAST WALTZ," AND " PEsTAL."—The real authorship !—How long was a tune by Reis siger isEued, edition after edition, as " Weber's last waltz P" There was a melody called "Pester' published some years ago as the music of a condemned amateur, written on the eve of his execution, but afterwards claimed by a living composer. CHARLES DICKENS' LETTERS TO WASHINGTON InviNG,—Amon,g the many interesting notices given by the editor of I rv i ng an d hi s con t em poraries. says the London Reviewer, those relating to Dickens ought not to be passed over. Ho has preserved some very characteristic letters from our own familiar " Boz" which gives us some idea of the rich treat that must be enjoyed by those who may read his correspondence. In them, as in all his writ ings, humour and pathos go hand in hand, and prove that if no cne ever laughed at men more than he, few a lso felt towards them s o ki n dl y, THE YANKEE S ' " C OMIC H IS TORY OF 8.C.'7,7.1 NOT A'BECKETT's........Ie any one wants t o en j o y a really good h onest laugh, let bins read the New York Ifcrold's "cl ass i cal " art i cles on the s i m il ar ity between the histery of R ome and that of the United S ta t es . Th e p re . sent war it appears is like that in which the " Spolians" and " Sam/rites" were engaged with the Romans under Sulk in whom there is a distinct resemblance traced to poor harmless General Scott I And the resemblance will be made complete when the United ones turn on France and England as the Roma ns di d on " Mithridates," and punish ing these two miserabl e powers ver y much as the P ont i ne pOl en tate was served, s t an d s fort h es the mistress of th e world. .R,'lston tenoatis amid : 2 And yet there are thou sorts of New York,rs who read such trash over inflauana torj: euck tails, and fancy th,y are Roman citizens of a supe rior kind, and that BuneoraLeaom is to be the cupita.l of the nat.La ox" cartl,-427Ry ciO e hqvy Garrity, (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per the City of London.) NEW YORK, AUG. 1 (Morning). General Burnside has issued a proclamation which says : " Martial law is therefore proclaimed in Ken tucky. "Military commanders will aid the State authorities to support the laws and the purity of suffrage. The judges present at the polls will be held strictly responsible that no disloyal person be allowed to vote, and to this end military power will give them its utmost support." An engagement is expected upon the Rappahan nock. The siege of Charleston continues. The Confederates have been defeated in Kentucky and Tennessee. Brashear City has been captured by the Federals, The Federals are moving against Mobile. (Per extra steamer, the City of Limerick,) NEW YORK, JULY 30 (Morning). The New York limes says that the army of the Potomac is again on the Rappahannock, at or in the vicinity of Falmouth. General Lee's forces are encamped between Culpepper and Gordonsville. Ho has assumed a defensive attitude. Ewell's corps is moving through the Shenandoah Valley in the direction of Fredericksburg. The recent active movements of General Meade's army will, it is said, be fcllowed by its former inactivity. The Mayor of Savannah has issued a proclama tion, ordering the citizens to organise for its defence. It is rumoured that Chattanooga was captured on the 16th ult. The Florida was at Bermuda, coaling and re pairing machinery, and had transferred half a mil lion of silver bars on board the blockade runner R. E. Lee, for Wilmington. Since June 18th the Florida is reported to have destroyed 12 vessels, including the brig W. B. Nash. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JULY 29 (Evening). Money easy at 6 per cent. Gold dull, 1274. Exchange firm, 140. Stocks active. New York Centrals, 1271 ; Erie, 102; ; Illinois, 1141. Cotton in good demand —middling Upland, 62. Flour de clined 10c. IVheat also lower. Provisions un changed. Freights dull, with moderate engage ments. (Per the City of London.) NEW YORK, JULY 31 (Evening). Advices have been received from Charleston to the 26th inst. The bombardment of Fort Wag ner continues. General Gilmore has erected a bat tery of heavy guns within 1,000 yards of Fort Wag ner. Fort Sumter and Fort Johnston upon James's Island are keeping up a continued fire upon the Federals on Morris Island. The Federal casualties average about six daily. The Confederates refuse to exchange captured negro troops. Federal General Strong is dead. General Meade's army is on the line of the Rappahannock. ft is rumoured General Meade will endeavour to prevent General Lee from re-occupying the Frede ricksburg Heights. The eleventh corps of General Meade's army has been broken up. 2,500 Confederates under Generals Pegram and Scott have crossed the Kentucky river, and attacked the Federals at Paris, but were repulsed after two hours' fighting. The Confederates have retreated to Winchester, followed by the Federal cavalry. Morgan and his officers have been corfined in cells in the Ohio Penitentiary at Columbus. The Evening Post says the Government has de termined to force the draft in New York. The amount of force employed will depend solely upon the exigencies of the case. The Southern journals recommend that if the decision in the case of the Alexandra be affirmed in England, the Confederates should promptly avail themselves of it to give a death-blow to the North ern Commerce, and strike some Northern cities. The steamers James Battle and William Bagley have been captured. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YOIIK, JULY 31, Evening. Money easy. Gold 282 per cent. premium. Ex change on London Bankers' Bills, 141. Stocks advancing. New York Centrals, 1282 ; Illinois, 112/; Erie, 1037,-. Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 101. Cotton, good enquiry. Middling Upland G2l to C 3. Flour heavy; wheat in good command for ex port ; corn tending downwards. Provisions dull. Coffee quiet. Sugar very firm. Molasses quiet. Crude Petroleum 311. NEW YORK, AUG. 1 (Noon). General Lee massed his forces at Culpepper on Wednesday, and prepared to give the Federals battle on the Rappahannock. One Confederate regiment guards the Rappahannock from Frede ricksburg to Eley's Ford, on the Rapidan, which is fortified south of Culpepper. The New York World says the Federals got possession of the heights in the rear of Fredericks burg. _ Mosby's guerillas have made a raid into Fair. fag Court House. The Federal General Herron's division has left Vicksburg for Mobile. Grant's army has fallen b ac k to Big Black River. Johnston is said to be reinforced by Bragg, and will make the Mobile and Ohio railroad from Okolonaon the North to Mobile on the South, his line of defence. General Gilmore reports his total loss in three days' fighting at 285. The Confederates in Kentucky have:been driven f ro m Winchester towards Irvine. They also occu pied Stanford but were driven out with less, and retreated towards the Cumberland River. The Confederates who were forcing the conscription in West Tennessee has been routed by the Federals at Lexington, with the loss of several officers and two cannon. - Mounted patrols have been organised along the river from Vicksburg to New Orleans. Several more vessels have arrived at New Orleans from St . Louis. The Federal Government is being strongly urged to repeal the tax upon invoices of goods sent from St. Louis to New Orleans. Brashear City has surrendered to the Federal gunboats. It is supposed to have been Evacuated. The military authorities of Kentucky bays announc2d that, if it shall be found necessary to imprm property, ii; will be. falai fiat from thot,et LATEST INTELLIGENCE. ts Kentucky has been invaded by the rebels with the intention of overawing the judges, in timidating the voters, and forcing the election of disloyal candidates at the election of Septem ber 3. persons opposed to furnishing more men or money to pat down the rebellion. General Pemberton and his officers have not been exchanged. The exchange of prisoners has been partly suspended. The New York Times says that the draught in New York will commence on Monday, the 3d inst., and that the Government is prepared for any emergency. A bitter controversy continues between the Re. publican and the Democratic press concerning the constitutionality and policy of enforcing the draught; also between the State and Federal cfacials who were engaged in quelling the late riots. The steamer Arabian has arrived ai Nassau from Wilmington. Several vessels have returned to Nassau, being unable to enter Confederate ports. The Governor of the Bahamas has received in formation from Lord Lyons that the efforts to in duce tho Washington Cabinet to withdraw prohibi tion to export live stock to Nassau were fruitless. The Florida was still at Bermuda on the 22d ult. taking fuel from the Confederate steamer Harriet Pinckney, the naval authorities having re fused to furnish her with fuel. News from Charleston to the 29th ult. states that General Gilmore has crected a line of batteries within 260 yards of Fort Wagner. Three heavy siege guns have been mounted within a mile and a quarter of Fort Sumter, and would open on that fort on the 29th ult. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 11. Russian troops are being concentrated at Gumri. The Porte demands explanations from the Russian Government on this account. The old seraglio has been totally destroyed by fire. The Inland Custom Houses have been abolished and an Octroi substituted. FRANCE. BOURSE, Aug. 10.—The market still continues heavy, and Stock having been offered prices have receded—Threes, for the Account, being now at 67f. 15c. Railway Share Market dull, with a fall in some of the lines. The market closed as fol- OWS :--• It per Cents .. 96 20 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 15 Credit Mobilier 1062 50 Do. end month 1053 75 Bank Shares 3365 Credit ender 1235 Italian Loan . 71 90 Do. end month.... 71 85 New ditto 72 Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes.„.„ Home Debt .. 49 25 RAIL WAYS. Canh. Account. Orleans lOl7 50 .. 1015 Northern New. ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1017 50 .. 1016 25 Geneva 493 75 .. 490 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lou.hard North of Spain Saragossa 6Bl 25 .. 6SO Ditto to Barcelona THE FORCED LOAN IN POLAND, WARSAW, August 4. The following is the text of the decree of the National Government upon the regulations respect ing the first portion of the forced loan of 21 mil lion florins : " Taking into consideration that as the insurrec tion increases so do its wants; that it is right and proper that the expenses of this conflict with our etch enemy for independence should be borne by future generations, since our independence will be the basis of their welfare, and that the state of the insurrection offers sufficient guarantees that the National Government will be in a position to repay the funds entrusted to it as a loan, the National Government, on the recommendation of its financial department, decrees as follow : " Art. 1. The National Government borrows from the most wealthy capitalists of the country, for the purposes of the insurrection, a 5 per cent. forced loan to the amount of 21 million florins. " Art. 2. This loan will be effected in issues of 7,600,000 florins each, which will be set in course of exchange, according as they are required, by special decrees of the National Government. " Art. 3. A national debt commission of three persons is appointed, composed of Prince Ladislaus Czartoryski, Joseph Ordega, and Dr. Severin Ga• Lezowski. The business of this commission will be -1. To keep a great book of the national debt; 2. To prepare the obligations and enter them in the great book ; 3. To control the obligations issued. " Art. 4. The financial department of the National Government is empowered by virtue of the present decree to negotiate the distributed obligations and to place them in the National Treasury. A corre sponding control will be maintained, and the re demption of the debt, or the incorporation of it with the permanent debts of the country, will follow at the proper time. " Art: 5. Each issue will consist of obligations of the National Government of 500, 1,000, 5,000, and 20,000 florins, payable to the bearer, and will bear the signatures of the above -named members of the national debt commission and the seal of the Na tional Government. " Art. 6. Each obligation will contain the condi tions on which the loan is based, and the half -yearly coupons falling due on the let October and let April will be appended. " Art. 7. The Treasury Department of the Na tional Government is empowered by the present decree to emit obligations for the first issue to the amount of 7,000,000 florins, and to receive the amounts in the course of 14 days from the date of the aviso in exchange for receipts. " Art. 8. The Treasury Department has the right of issuing the obligations by instalments according to their judgment, but they must, nevertheless, be limited to the period mentioned in Art. 7. " Art, 9. The receipts given by the Treasury De partment will be subsequently exchanged for the original obligations through the medium of the na tional organisation. " Art.lo. The persons taking up the first issue will not be called upon at succeeding issues. "Art. 11. The carrying cut of this decree is en trusted to the respective national authorities. " L. S. Warsaw, July 5, 1863." THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE MAIL. PENZANCE, Aug. 11. The Golden Fleece, from Calcutta, May 7, and Madras, May 28, has arrived. She brings Cape news to July 2, and a large mail, including the frontier, mail, that arrived at Cape Town too late to be forwarded by the last mail steamer. An indignation meeting had been held at Port Elizabeth on account of the delay of these m a il s , but no blame attached to the Post•office authorities. The bong disputed boundary lino between the Queenstown district and British Kaffraria bad at last been settled. More Kaffir robberies have occurred on the fron tier, At Whittlesea they had perpetrated a daring robbery, leaving two Faropeans for deed. The Synod of the English church at Graham's Town had been opened by the Bishop of the dinose. Furtler particulars had arrivA of the revolution in .rdadagasear, confirming , the opinion that the assassination of the King arose from a reactionary spirit among the people, and their suspicion of his too liberal tendencies and conceesions to Europeans. Queen Robodo and her supporters had, however, not shown any symptom of reversing the King's tolerant policy. 11 . 2,1 .5. Gorgon left for Madagascar June 30. Pretorius resumed the Presidency of the Volks. rand on June :7. Business w as still dull, and prices una l tered, with the exc e ption o f wool, which wa s d ec li ning. The Homer had arrived on the 27th Jane, from Sydney, and rile Chinese war g etu p" Tiea _ i6in, on Jutio 25, irom England. k: 5•. , "7-• IW:4-A4,10 = JA - 147 01,1 ‘ffini Ortgat HER MAJESTY, The Dowager Princess of Leiningen was one of the sponsors to the infant Princess christened at Osborne on Sunday, but was prevented being ?re sent. The names of Miss Byrne and Mr. Thurston, of the 11,yal yacht, should have appeared in the listof the company. Mr. Truscott was not present. Prince and Princess William of Baden visited the Queen at Osborne on Saturday. Mr. Oswald Brierly has had the honour of eNlai biting to her Majesty the sli. - ctchcs made by him lately on board Her Majesty's ship Racoon. WINDSOR, CASTLE, Aug. 10. The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice left Osborne this morning at 10 o'clock, and arrived at the Castle at half-past 1 p.m. The suite consisted of the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Lieutenant• General the Hon. C. Grey, and Lieu tenant-Colonel Du Plat. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred travelled with Her Majesty to Basingstoke, and thence proceeded to London, attended by Major Cowell. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise will remain at Osborne, attended by Lady Caroline Barrin ton, the Hon. Horatia Stopford, and Lieutenant-Colonel Cavendish. Lord Crcmorne and Lieutenant-General Sir E. Bentinek have arrived as Lord and Groom in Waiting. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colobial-office from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Gibraltar, Malta, Mauritius, Canada, and British Columbia. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Ceylon, Hongkong, and Labuan. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales left Perth en route for Abergeldie on Saturday forenoon, at 15 minutes past eleven o'clock. When the royal pair had taken their places in the railway saloon car riage, Mr. Greig, of Glencarse, presented to the Princess a bouquet of beautiful flowers, which her Royal Highness graciously acknowledged. The royal train loft the station amid the enthusiastic and prolonged cheering of those assembled on the platform. At the Perth and Coupar-Angus stations, scarcely a person was to be seen. Indeed, it did not seem that many knew it was the royal train which was passing, for here and there at sidings, a little distance from a station, might be seen servants Who never raised their heads when the carriages swept past. The royal train drove into the Ferryhill Junc tion, Aberdeen, at two o'clock sharp. As the train steamed into the junction a loud and hearty cheer was raised by the multitude, and immediately and very courteously acknowledged by the Prince. The cheering being repeated again and again, the Prince took the Priacess by the hand and led her for ward, when she also graciously acknowledged the hearty reception given her. The Prince, who seemed in excellent health and spirits, conversed very affably with several persons in the station, but the Princess, it was generally remarked, looked pale, and as if somewhat wearied. The train re mained about ten minutes at thejunction, when the Deeside Company's engine having been attached, and the directors taken their places, the train moved out of the station amid loud cheering and the waving of hats and handkerchiefs. Except two or three minutes at Banchory, there was no further stoppage until the train reached Aboyne, at about 3.15. There was also a considerable number admitted within the station, and as soon as the Prince and Princess stepped out of the saloon carriage a loud cheer saluted them, which was repeated on their appearing outside. An open travelling carriage was waiting for them, and they immediately took their seats in it. A detachment of the Marquis of Huntly's Volunteers, under Captain Davidson, acted as a guard of honour here. Atter a few minutes' delay, the carriage containing the Prince and Prin cess drove off, loudly cheered. The next stoppage was at Eallater, where the horses were changed. A triumphal arch had been erected here, with the motto, " Welcome to High land Hearts and Homes." A number of the Far quharson clansmen also turned out to meet the young Royal couple, who were received very warmly. Abergeldie Castle —which has been re cently re-decorated and furnished anew for the Prince and Princess —was reached at 5.30. The Princess wore a Victoria tartan poplin dress, a short lavender-coloured jacket, and white straw bonnet. The weather, which was rough and somewhat rainy in the early part of the day, cleared up beau tifully in the afternoon, BO that the Prince and Princess saw the Highlands under the best possible circumstances. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE will possibly soon carry out her long-cherished intention of visiting Rome. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON, we are informed, will, e,ntrary to his usual habit, spend the lath of August, (Saturday next, at once the Feast of the Assumption and the Teta Acipoljon, at Paris, where it is expected that his Majesty will receive the Corps Diplomatique. The rumour recently whispered about to the effect that the Emperor Napoleon and the King of Italy were to have an interview at the camp of Sonoma, towards the middle of next month, is, we are given to understand totally devoid of foundation. there is little probability of the Emperor being present at Cherbourg for the naval review (postponed till the Ist of September)—the proceedings at which review will include experiments on a grand new cannon breech-loader of great magnitude, the invention of his Majesty. TIIE KING OF HOLLAND has just now narrowly escaped an accident in crossing the line of the Utrecht and Amsterdam Railway. where the horses of his carriage and part of the vehicle were swept off by an express train ! When the King of the Belgians and his family arrived the other day at Ostend, the approach of the Royal train was announced by a salute of twenty-ono guns from the battery near the terminus, and in ten minutes after his Majesty, dressed in the uniform of a lieutenant-general, reached the Place, where he was hailed by a deafening shout of " Vive le Roil" THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA. will arrive on Saturday the 15th inst., at Tallemburg, to stay some time with the Queen of England. THE DIJC DE Nk'MOURS and Princess Clementine are at Interlaken. THE PRINCE DE CONDE has passed a very bril liant examination at the school of under officers at Soleure, in Switzerland. The Dix D'Avm.4.l.n was there with the Prince during his examination. THE COMTE DE PARIS IS travelling in Germany. -- ----- THE Duc AND DUCH ESS DE CHARTnEs, since their return from their wedd in g tour in Scotland, have been staying with QUEEN MARIE ANELIE at Tunb r id ge probably,wiltlheßussianotes.i it is said, Wells. senPdßalrNeCplEy to St. TpoeßteltrsSbtrlg on His EAcellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess de Bernstorff, who left the Prussian Embassy early in the past week for Germany, have arriv e d at Carls bad. His excellency and the countess are expected to be absent about two months. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Lady Caroline Lennox and family left Beig - rave-square on Satur day for Gordon Castle, Fochabers, N.B. The noble duke and duchess will receive a large circle of friends during the residence of the family at Gordon Cattle. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose and Lady Violet Graham have arrived at Buchan.in Castle, Stirling shire, from town, where the noble duke and duchess will entertain a ElleefsSion of visitors (lining the shooting heason. Park,Gerolrill ee nearrlPi):kt° Bedford, f'.lE.Yee; has gone on a visit to Mr. , and L a dy J ane e,.0 mi tor, at °en after which his grace will proceed to his seat in Ireland. The Earl Cowley left town last evening to re sume his duties as British Ambassador at Paris, after a week's absence 04 leave in order to attend the funeral of his cousin, the late Earl of Mornington, and to be present at his son's marriage. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury- and Lady Victoria Ashley left town yesterday afternoon for Spa, in Belgium. - Viscount D ingan has determined to retire from the Coldstream Guards in consequence of his marriage. Lord end L:.dy passed through Southampton Pas town ye3:erci.ay front Whittlebury Lodge, Northampton shim, on their way to Cowes, Lie of \N't6il, joie iii 19rijOip'::, yexht, in order to I