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G-nEAT 'WESTERN RAILWAY.-- CEIESTER RACES—CUP DAY. CBE AP DAY EXCURRTON to CIiESTER and BACK from PADDINGTON STATION, OR WEDNESDAY, May 6, a FAST EXCURSION TRAIN will. leave Paddington at 6.50 a.m., and Reading at 7.25 a.m., for CRESTER ; returning . the SAME DAY at 7.0 p.m.— / arts, there and back, 18s. 6d. and 115. INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM - , Wanstead. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. Tu c Alsequence of the immediate Extension of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway across Ludgate-hill, the Com mittee have been compelled to REMOVE their OFFICES to 100, FLEET-STREET, where, from this date, all cOmmum- Cations are to be addressed. May 5, 18G3. By order of the Committee, lIENR.Y W. GREEN, Secretary. L ONDON FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION (Limited). NoTIDE IS HEREBY GIVI N, That no FURTHER A PPLICAT lON S for ;;HAR EN; 1 ill be received after Twelve o'clock TO-MORROW (WEDNESDAY), May the 6th. By order of the Board, JOHN H. KOCH, Secretary, pro tem. 1, Threadneedle-street, London, E.C., May 5, 1863. T HE SKARA (NORWEGIAN) SILVER MINING COMPANY (Limited`. Grant direct from the King of Sweden and Norway. Incorporated under " The Joint-stock Companies Act, 1062," by which the liability of shareholders is strictly limited to the amount of their respect.ve subscriptions. Capital £50,000, in 25,000 shares of L 2 each. Deposit, ss. per share on application, and 15s. per share on allotment. No further call to be made within 12 months, and then not exceeding 55. per share. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Lord Carvagh, Carlton Club, S.W. Sir Robert J. Cllfto , Bart., M.P., Clifton Hall, Nottingham. G. Lettsom Elliot, Esq., 7, Hyde -park-gate, South, W. Benjamin Collett, Esq., 2, Royal Exchange-buildings, and 25, Belgrave-road, S.W. J. H. Lundt, Esq. (Danish Counsellor of Commerce\ Copen hagen, and Winchester-street. C. F. sell, Esq., Kongsberg, Director of the Norwegian Go vernment Mines. W. J. Vian, Esq., 60, Cornhill, and The Woodlands, Lewis ham, S.E. AUDITOR. W. Barton Ford, Esq, public accountant, 28, King-street, Cheapside, E.C. Bnoxtuel. Messrs. Sims and Hill, 3, Bartholomew-lane, E.C. Messrs. Wilkinson and Ingleby, HuIL BANKERS. London and County Bank, Lombard-street, E.C. SOLICITORS, Messrs. R. and S. Mullens, 7, Poultry, E.C. Offices-2, Royal Exchange-buildings, E.C. PROSPECTUS. This Comrany is formed for the purchase and working of the celebrated native silver mines of Norway, known as the "Skara Mines," which are 17 in number, and comprise an area of nt wards of 75,000 acres lying about .eren miles north-east of the City of Kougsberg, the seat of the Government Mining Direction, about 40 miles from ( hris tiana, the capital of Norway, and about 20 mil es f rom the seaport of Drammen, from wl.ence there is steam communi cation to within seven miles of Skara, leaving only that dis tance of land carria!e to and from the mines. The exclusive rights over all the precious metals in the entire district are held by the present proprietors in perpe tuity, under a grant direct from the King of Sweden and Norway, at a merely nominal rent of 60 specie thal rs (about £l6) per annum, and they will be conveyed to the company on most advantageous terms, the vendors agreeing to acceil .£15,00 for their entire interest therein, £10,500 thereof pay able in fully paid-up shares, which are only to be entitled to dividends oo the amount called up on the other shares, and the remaining £5,000, which will include all their outlay up to the present time (which has been very considerable), by instalments extending over several years ; thus testifying their confidence in the project and making their benefit con tingent on the success of the enterprise. A full statement will be supplied on application. contain ing detailed particulars as to the works already in t.ctive operation in the district, its great resources, and the general state of mining prospects in Norway for native silver. Ithas been drawn up from the returns made by the authority of the Norwegian Government, and is completely corroborated the ne by recent reports from practical s urve y ors, and supersede 4 necessity of dwelling particularly in this prospectus on points usually made conspicuous where there is an rtbence tt such reliable information, and demonstrates conclusively that no enterprise could afford more as sur i ng prospects of large and speedy returns. The well ascertained existence of silver veins of great richness throughout the property does away with the uncertainty usually attendant on mining operations. The statistics given show that the Norwegian Government mines during 25 years ending 1858, working on exactly simi lar ground in an adjoining district, yielded on an average £55,110 per annum, which, after allowing £10,910 yearly for expenses, left an annual average net profit of £44400 yearly, while the returns just published for 1859 give a net profit of £67,325. The Christiania Vinoran. or No wegian Mining l.ompany, in the same locality, which has only been at work for two years, has already made large returns, and commands a ready sale for the shares, on which 60 dollars have been paid, at 150 to 156 dollars. By special permission the official director of the Norwegian Government Mines has joined the board of the " Skara," and will render active superintendence and assistance in develop ing the property of the Company. No payment of any kind will be chargeable aga i nst t he Company for promotion, and the preliminary expenses will be confined solely to actual necessary outlay. ProQpectuses in full, with the Government reports and statistics mentioned above, the reports of Mr. .1. 11. Clements, c.E., F.G.S. whose experience i n s il ver mining operations in Mexico and South America embraces a period of 27 years, of Mr. Th. Hordam, late Superintendent of the Norwegian Gov ernment Mines, and forms of applications for shares, can be obtained at the Brokers, Solicitors. or Offices of the Com pany, from any of whom they will be forwarded post free if regluested. R OYAL NATIONAL LIFE-B OAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). P ATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. lin t:a/DENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN --Thos. Baring, Fsq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN —Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since the beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments nn the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, dand other means, since its formation, is 12,800 for which service s 82 G o ld Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and .£16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,t 00 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-can iages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi h can only be effected by a large and pc. manent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following Con tributions:— d Her Majesty th e Q ueen annual 50 o s. 0 Campbell, the Hon. M rs. G . .. • .. annual 5 0 0 Bankers Clerk, Colon e l, R .A. .. annual 1 1 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., .. • .. annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm., Esq., • • .. 4th don.lo 0 0 Erie, Lord Chief Justice .. •• .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice -Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sporting Carriage .. .• Harvey, Re v . G. G . and Mrs. •• 2 5 0 0 0 . • .. d on . 3 0 0 Martin, Sir H enr y , B art. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. .. •• • . . • • . don. Smith, Mrs. Geor ge , Greenwich .. •• . . • . 15 3 15 0 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anth ony, K .C.B. .. annual 2 0 0 Thom s, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her Ladyship • • • • • • • • • 16 16 0 • Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. .• .. annual 50 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfu_lly re ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard -street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; Messrs. Herries, Farouhar, and Co., 18, St. Jame.t's-street, London ; by a 1 the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the United Kingdom; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adolph', London, W.C. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at Ring's-cross. Patr on — The QUEEN. President —The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of zovernors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable for It that which is accom pznied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Orion it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The 'Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to supper EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued , to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herriea and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and C o. ; S m i th, Payne, and Co. ; G;yn a and Co.o. Jones Loyd and C o. ; B arclay and Co. ; Denison nd C ; Matas, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Earned and Co., Liverpool and at the IlospitaL _ STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. I IVERPOOL JULY MEET 41 S ECOND DAY.—TUESDAY, JULY 11.—The1) NI,PvC-u -poor, CUP, in specie, value 2';o soya. given by added to a handicap sweep takes of 25 soya ezytchil,e Lite,srned 5 only if declared on a day hereafter to be named, to IS M Weatherby, London ; or to AU-. W. Topharn, Clerk oefmatrhse Course, Chester; the winner of any sweepstakes, cup, cup stakes, or plate, of the clear value of 500 sov. alter the weights appear 51b, two of such races 101 b extra, but this in any case to be the extreme penalty; the winner of the Manchester Union or Trades Cup, Ascot Stakes, Northumberland Plate, or Cumberland Plate, 101 b extra ; or of any other handicap race of the value of 200 soya clear 51b, of 400 71b, or of any two of such last mentioned handicaps 81b extra ; the winner to nay 30 soya to the judc.re, and 20 soya towards expenses of the course ; second to save his stake; be publi shed in due time. two miles. Weights to PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS. toorr3 d A c nne SleY 1 Mr. J. Bennett Mr. Jackson Lord ..nterburyßignell Mr. W. Lynn Lord Aieatrtington Mr. W. G. Craven Mr. J. Merry 1 8 . ; orrdt\.‘1: ° in n Mr. W. Owen 1 Mr. D4w,on oreland Mr. Dicas Mr. Payne r at e r Col. p:'"vman Mr. W. Ralnh ,o_l. C.l Leal' Mr. Frail Mr. P'. Hall Mr. R. Riddell "Pt. Chrt t lO Mr. Hargreaves Mr. R. Riddell Ca pt. w hi s t le Mr. Hart Mr. Saxon Mr. G. A nv Mr. Barber'l -ii - Mr. tiodzmall Mr. J. Scott Mr. T. Hughes Mr. F. Swinjell If the hio ie . t r. T. Hughes itailan,d the otheis jinn proportioa. raise,i to that heat accent beund Sat 121 b, it will be The ME added, for tw o ''' P AOKES of ° lds ; colts second to say, gear sous each, 5 ft, with 50 sovs ; winn s Bst 101 b, and fillies Fst 71b ; stak e more 81b extra, b B ii race • , T.Y.C. t not to be ers of 100 sous clear 51b, 200 or THIRD DAY.—Nv-E D , cumulative; 8 subs or no STARES of 15 soya each, 6PDAY. JULY 15.—Th s w ...e 0 TANLEY three year olds • two year eid ith 50 move added, for tw' and geldings allowed ' 21b ; w i nner s s Tat 41b, three gat , fillies o and the present extra,ing- to 100 Plates or sweepstakes in or more 81b handicap s ' , civet clear t -' o carry 51b, 200 soya to the fund; T.Y.C. excepted ; the winner to pay 10 PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS, Lord Annesley, l Mr. W. G. 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FISHER, C. 8., Royal Engineers. "We have been much gratified in reading this volume. A r leasant vein of humour runs and sparkles throughout the whole work."—Athenwum. Richard Bent!ey, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. about half an hour's exposure he complained of the cold, and asked for a shawl to wrap round his neck, Some one immediately handed him a Federal flag, and it was wrapped around his chest and shoulders, amid the vociferous applause of the spectators. Either from inability to withstand further exposure to the north-east wind, or from a tense of the ridi culous, the poor old gentleman determined to retire, which he did about 5 o'clock. The proceedings lasted until past 7, the principal speakers being Mr. Bancroft the historian, Mr. John Van Buren, Mr. Raymond of the New York Times, and other gen tlemen whose names figure constantly at these meet ings, and without whose presence the programme would be considered incomplete. Nothing of any note was said by anybody. It was the old story ; the old "Buncombe," the old determination never to listen to peace while there was a rebel in arms (or a dollar to be made out of the war), and the old boast of the immense resources of the Northern people which would ultimately overpower all oppo sition, and defeat not only the South, but the world in arms. The only novelty was the declaration of Mr.lJohn Van Buren—received, however, without a cheer—that a foreign war would be very inexpe dient. "We must," said he, " have no trouble with any foreign Power. We must make this our sole controversy until it is ended. We must keep friends with Great Britain, with France, and with Russia, so that there will be no interference from abroad. I have no doubt we can do so." The sensation headings in the newspapers proclaim that at this meeting there were " Music, cannon, flags, and cheers." They do not add, however, that there was little else beside a crowd of idle people, not one of whom will, in all probability, be induced to volunteer into the fast diminishing armies of the Republic in consequence of anything he may have heard or seen, or any patriotic sentiment that may have been instilled into his mind by the speakers. The Herald, which is not slow in discovering the current of public opinion, has declared against the useless folly of such gatherings. " Those who take part in them," it says this morning, " are only losing their time and getting themselves laughed at." Add to this the widespread feeling that it was an act of heartless cruelty on the part of these republican Barnums to make a show of Gen. Scott, an octogenarian in very delicate health, and the verdict of the public on this last Loyal League meeting will be complete. It is estimated that from 12,000 to 15,000 persons were present. Two noted Irishmen, Judge Daly and Mr. J. T. Brady, he of " the silver tongue," were advertised to be present, and the town wan largely placarded with invitations to their countrymen to gather around them, but neither of them appeared. Mr. Brady sent a letter of apology, and Judge Daly if present made no sign. The murder of Col. Kimball by Gen. Corcoran has excited so much ill feeling in the army, and led to eo much unfavourable comment everywhere ex cept in the columns of the newspapers, that the General has deemed it advisable to explain the cir cumstances under which the tragedy occurred. He says he was on d ut y a t 3 o ' c l oc k on a d ar k morn i ng, bearing an order to the front for the Major-General in command, when he was stopped by a man whom he did not know, but whom ha judged by his sword to be an officer, and asked in a dictatorial manner and with a profane oath for the countersign. He declined to give it until his questioner informed him who he was and by what authority he acted. An altercation ensued, much foul language passed, Col. Kimball would not give his name, rank, or autho rity, and persisted in blocking the way. " Bran dishing his sword in one hand, and having a pistol in his other, as I then supposed," says the General, " he made a movement towards me with the evident design of using them, and at the same time said,' I will be God —if you shall pass,' It was at this point I used my weapon. Nothing but the conside ration that my life was in danger—which I had reason to fear—and the duty incumbent on me al that particular time, when an attack was appre hended, would have justified me in my own mind in taking the measure I then did. It was not until after the occurrence that I learned who he was; but had he been my best friend I Jannot see how it could have AN OFFERING TO LANCASHIRE. Just published, 309 pp., price Os., SOMETHING NEW; or, TALES FOR THE TIMES Edited by EUSTACE W. JACOB, late Capt. 99th Regt. 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Colonel Kimball is in his grave, and in default of his explanations it is probable that the Court of In quirt' before which General Corcoran expresses his readiness to appear may acquit him of all but rasb- ness. But no real judgment can be passed until the fact be ascertained whether the deceased was or was not on duty. If he was, he was murdered ; if he was not, he was cruelly slain ; and as this point can be cleared up by the evidence of the superior officers of the regiment to which the dead man belonged, it is to be hoped that an official inquiry will be im mediately instituted. As long as a doubt remains, even the Irish Brigade will not fight willingly under Corcoran, and more than ordinary discredit will hang upon the name of every political general, without education or experience, who, like him, was promoted for other than military reasons. The civil war has either greatly demoralised a large portion of the Northern clergy, or too many of the persons who exercise in this country the sacred functions of ministers of the Gospel are un fitted for their calling by want of education, man ners, and Christian charity. Foremost among the abettors of strife, loudest and most relentless in their denunciations of all who disagree from their political and social dogmas, fiercest and most perti nacious in preaching a policy of vengeance and ex termination, such men as the Beechers and Cheevers v have vhi n which the ee meek themselves s a e n l v d e s relht c sie o zoK .00nevs gentlei isitettwnpaerhgtidiocettdtueboaoeemu teachers Woe frnoofs world, lecdefvtehr.ey religion quality of love should not exhibit. Hitherto such utter ance have been individual rather than collective, and have sprung in a greater degree from the idio action of the Churches. But now it would appear syncr a c i e s of the sthusetge:hbieiefsorterhelebva rebellion le f . r t 000 m Conference th e corporate as if the evil example of the few had corrupted the many; that the worst passions engendered by the war had communicated, their contagion to b th ee e em pu e lp a it s ; whose mad ness ness and violence it ought to be their duty privilege to restrain. No less insensate and a t s h e th c e l clergy crowd,a a body ad_ clergy menand, o i f n the t h a Methodist presence oof Episcopal ae:s nvtilb.anr nusehiotenet :opt ttem C otthh t sn h h h hiete a hosgp r a n pecan c nreaat h ariduusvatt:srih. a ineto d elb s oakbena s utegjs y e :htuae rn efoasva l fw a b otevW:t e i l niferh e if t hvaydt ryo d aei ; eshtl in annual conference in this cit t y e n umber of ladies, 8 unparal ettaoidtshaoauhtenonuohrenithe uttered dllcbmeseepymudbsqnarryatmoeueeeiinissfstmlnaieetdieuetnngtl bntthivi document inteeeoa s .rortsmufna u ai eesotstdicrtrri intimately n h eceples: siheiypoealabstdeernoy f esedtm e rsibtrh r oditbgtotuab o hfeeyeost i findhi_en i dtogni kt o carheiehit u itatfi u wickedness; that the nationalvlai un h co r n ia d t i ; tio th n a a t l loyalty to the Government ; that although the Con ference did not deny the right of the people to dis cuss recommended greae t m c a a n u a t g io e n m a e n n d t of public in affairs, its exercise ; that the conduct of those " who influenced by political affinities or Southern sympathies," im peded the prosecution of the war, was a "covert treason, which had the malignity without the man liness of the rebels in arms ;" that it heartily con curred in the President's proclamation, which el " guaranteed" the boon of freedom to millions of slave ; that it rejoiced in the change of public opinion abroad, especially in England ; and that it prayed the Great Ruler of nations " to look on our army and navy mercifully, and give success to our arms so that this infamous rebellion might be speedily crushed." The reading of the document was received with the wildest enthusiasm. The reverend politicians rose en masse, and marked their approval of the most violent passages, especially that .”. Eft ••• - . ... --/ .- c/2 -..— G-Z--- - o' * . ~ iii/ : -- . ie BB :rn;in:; . ---- ...... . . ', 4 1.k i = •if 7 , j 1, 4) , 1, 1/ . , - f \ c: • 4.07.44. V tlijk . At4 t Mk i r miik .t I?= 7 ay.. P i j Ilap nr ~ , ...... ..tt_, , r",..4 , ap t. . 4 ,1: ,.... 5 , - ,.. r ...,..„, , , . . .. _ _.. • ~...-,75.i. it „... ii„,.. -........- ., k i ,"'*lN • , o f. oa , 4 , e . ~.„.., , ki- 47 -ti — TTA. 4,1 , i .. , ~41 . _ :4(,..,,,, , ,:1at... ) • - 1.-.. 7 1, 1 .: •,„. I .----.;---,. - ...'' l''' l''''‘ \'''',.' ~. :', -:-:4).'- illW r:r" -- .. 510 -.>. 0 ...,..? 1:‘,.....-4.,..- ..._ , - . 1, - ------- 77 1 1,746. IV •., #'' .....................................„ Etv s I , tit ,14-4V,\2 which denouneed the fret 7 .. 41 re VOOl friends of p eace , b y cheers, c, bids, • ese ee, st: Isanit • stamping o f f eet. Bi shop was scandali se d a t the uns _ ef tgis -pre Si de bi; haviour, and i n f orme d the members that such manifestations were not appropriate either to themselves or to the occasion. The Rev. Mr. Foster asked if the Bishop alluded to the clap ping of hands ? The Bishop replied in the affirmati ve . M r. Foster seemed to think the bishop . %v ,es wir k an for he decl are d th at " on the great event i his life-Mon the day when he was converted to Jesus ho arose - lend:sieved his hands unto the Lord." The Conference applauded as loudly as before ; some one cried out " Glory teeeGod," and Mr. Foster sat down, having, to all appearance, discomfited the bishop, and carried off the honours of the discussion. The Rev. Dr. Osborne, of White liking, said that during the last year his mind had been in a constant state of anxiety about his beloved country. e had to contend against a great deal in his district, for the infamous Copperheads were as thick as blackberries, and he often felt as if he would like thrashing a man to be a Christian virtue, that ho might have the privilege of digging into such fel lows." Here was loud laughter from the reverend auditory as well as a fluttering of fans in the galle ries. Encouraged by this, Dr. Osborne went on to say, " that if he were President Lincoln, instead of suspending the writ of Habeas Corpus he would suspend the Copperheads." The delight of the Con ference at this burst of wit, patriotism, liberality, and mercy, having once again manifested itself by clapping, stamping, and shouting, the presiding bishop ventured to make a second remonstrance. "He approved," he said, " of the resolutions, but not of the clapping of hands and the stamping of feet. The ministers ought not to forget their own sacred character or the proprieties of the occasion. If they wished to express their approval, let them say, Amen ! till they raised the very roof above them; but let them remember above all things that they were clergymen." The Rev. Mr. Foster, the same who had " clapped his hands unto the Lord," said that the South hated the Yankees, despised, scorned, and held them in ridicule, and he for one hoped that the war would go on until such hellish, devilish ideas were whipped out of the people of the Southern States. To accomplish that object he did not care if the war went on for one, two, or ten years." A second Mr. Foster, recently from New Orleans, where he had acted as chaplain to a regi ment, complained of the ladies of that city, who insulted every Yankee they met in the streets, sometimes crossing on the other side to show their contempt. The common cry among them was, " Take care of your pockets, here's a Yankee coming." "He wonted that feeling whipped out of the Southern people by shot and shell." The Rev. J. R. Wakeley informed the Conference that " the proper way to treat a Copperhead was to stamp your heels on him." Suiting the action to the word he stamped his foot violently on the floor, amid im mense applause of clapping, but not of Amens, sic ceeded by peals of laughter and a titter from the galleries, when the Rev. Mr. Fox, apostrophising the pantomimist, said, " Brother Wakeley, you almost made a hole in the floor that time !" Up to this point there had been perfect unanimity in the meeting, with the slight exception of the Bishop's mild remonstrances in favour of clerical propriety ; but as soon as the votes were taken by yeas and nays on the several reaolutions appended to the report a difference of opinion began to display itself. Two gentlemen of New York, the Rev. Messrs. Cattell and Setlek, objected to endorse or approve the Pre sident's Proclamation of Emancipation and the pro vocation to a war of races involved in it, and ex pressed their dissent with such a loud and emphatic " No!" that the Conference was startled. Cries were raised that Mr. Cattell should explain himself and prove his loyalty. Amid much interruption, hisses, and cries of " Sit down," " You're not loyal," he pro ceeded to explain that he loved the Union that he was a Puritan of the old Massachusetts stock, and that he was as loyal as any of them, but that "he would not swallow their resolution on slavery, or ever give up the right of free speech." By this time the hour of adjournment had arrived, the reso lutions were carried, and the clerical brawlers dis persed. If the ideas they expressed be the Gospel of the North, and they its recognised teachers, the North may have a religion, but it is not Christianity or anything like it. ICANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT LES FRERES ATHOS. From the Carignan Theatre, Turin. Master EDWIN SAUNDERS, the Child of Song. THE NEAPOLITAN MINSTRELS. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CAN TATAS. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, and Sianor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. The celebrated UNSWORTH'S NEW STUMP SPEECH, The only Negro Orator of the day. EUGENE and DULEY, with new Eccentricities. ARTHUR LLOYD, Miss SAUNDERS, and Mr. HILTON, the Comic Ventriloquist and Modern Magician, EVERY EVENING. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. T H 0 X F OR D , 6, OXFORD STREET. THIS EVENING, Auber's Grand Opera, MASANIELLO. GOUNOD'S FAUST, And the New Cantata, by Herr Meyer Lutz, " HERNE THE TINTER," Su ported by Miss Russell. Miss Oesten, Miss Townley, &e.; Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Finish, Kimberley, &c. with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. 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TENDERS will be receive Neon on the sth of MAY, this Office until willing to enter into Contracts to s r up — piy P BREAD AND MEAT , in such quantities as may be required r the Majesty's Land Force, stationed in the ° use of Her from tat Jti le to 30th November, 1863 : 1. Brompton House, Hyde-park, and Kensint,•ton. 2. Regent's-park, St. John's-wood, and Portia,. 4. reet Barracks. 3. Wellington Barracks, Buckingham Palace, and St. George's Barracks. 4. The Tower. 5. Hounslow and Kneller Hall. 6. Hampton Court. 7. Windsor. 8. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shoreham. 9. Croydon. 10. Sandhurst. Sep )rate Tenders for Bread and for Meat must be made for each of the above-mentioned Stations or Barracks as sepa rately grouped and numbered. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this Office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clo. k. Tenders on the printed forms mu•t be propel ly filled up and signed, and no Tender will he noticed unless delivered at the undermentioned Office, und« r closed envelope (marked on the outside, "Tender for Commissariat Supplies"), before Noon on the sth MAY next. W. H. MATURIN, Deputy Commissary-General. Deputy Commissary-General's Moe, 5 , New -street, Spring-gardens, London, S.W., 10th April, 1863, THE MURDER IN LIVERPOOL. Yesterday, the Liverpool borough coroner re sumed the inquest on the body of the young woman, Eliza Jones, who was murdered by a young man named Pennington, a sailor, who had been keeping company with the deceased for about four years. The facts of the case are these :—On Thursday evening last the murderer, Pennington, went to the residence of deceased's mother, in Earl-street, off Great Homer-street, and after staying some t)me he, in company with his sweetheart, left for the pur pose of going to a singing saloon, in Williamson square, kept by a man named Goodburn. It appears that deceased and Pennington reached Goodburn's at about ten o'clock at night, and entered the sing ing saloon, where Pennington had something to drink. Whilst there Pennington had occasion to go to the bar, and when there he complained to Good burn that " she (meaning the deceased) was making it up with some other chap." The barkeeper states that Pennington appeared greatly excited at the time, and Goodburn swears that he saw a dagger washwmeaaa srr ardalgood knife—one produced before the coroner—sticking in a belt underneath Pennington's coat. Immediately after the deceased and her murderer left the house, and about half an hour afterwards a report was raised that a woman had been murdered in St. John's lane, and that the police bad taken her to the Royal Infirmary. Goodburn hearing of this went at once to the infirmary, and there identified deceased as the woman who had been with Pennington at the stated that on Thursday evening last Pennington singing house. The mother of the murdered girl came to her house and asked for Eliza. He forstayed th the some time, and then left with her daughter n t. On purpose of going to some place of a m k u i s s e se in d e witness, leshoi mv ebsraoyuy to Eliza,saying, Aint Eliza knew that Pennington. pfnt g ohai o ncen i ed n yd g :e:fifo o er u ita nah t s eea o d f d, aa t hn Witnessedo rhttho deceased;nwue knew os children, ve. years,t hsitlbhdhyoe,waedbt Penningt o nnnip, and d lPennington ee:ricut nee gykt your en ) washave ebyceer nera been ) else." Herur throat if jealous four of Eliza, and she (witness) h d in Atho daughter girl, and 27 years of a e. J , a k r i e n s g i d to o n g an ' y ' s t ss r pe e re et, knew Pennington o Hal n ofih F wua r adi i rr d ydd a ro- y eus night i g .stree o t h , n o l er Ve G a r v e e a r t , not reply, and Pennington walked :round towards himself in the left breast, for 13 years, and said, "Did you hear an th. came t(:„Nvitness's shop, and I did it b with his hand as if to stab ing . He (witness) did witness, makin g a motion and then said, "I did it. " I was acting Macbeth, I am sorry said, added," Did you know tha o t w li i t s tl i e t , u , t H it was done in a bit of a lark." Witness said, p ?' i ' ece l P l , e then lvi t s n a e i s d s , as I was drunk." He then " - What little piece?" Pennington re ie p h f lie o d, ``Joey J ones ' s s i ster. " Witness asked which them, when Pennington said, " Eliza, the eldest. I bought a knife ; they wanted a dollar for it ; but I gave them 35." Pennington then left witness's shop. Several other witnesses having been exa mined the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful mur der against John Pennington," and a warrant Was at once issued for his apprehension. Sir George r Grey, we understand, is about to g rant a rewar d for the apprehension of the murderer. -- -- - Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chbsing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d.. and 4s. ~ Hi g h Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4a. Sd.), i s the strongest and most d elicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in p ackets. Dr. IlaEsall Orders have been given by the French Emperor perfect britiihes hitherto for the restoration in the most comprehensive manner of the Cathedial Church of St. .Donis, near Paris. ma d e , as respects their mechanical construction The French duty on steel goods was almost prohibitory, but they long since removed every possible obstacle to the They are the introduction of Herring's magnetic brushes„te. reports, " I regard them as the most made. Offices, 32, Basinghal and their • , • ---( Counterfeits are being magnetical action." neuralgia, rheumatism, & o. N . 1 , l ' e medY for grey hair. l ' S treet, Loudon. THE SUN, 'LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1863 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. HERALD.—Mr. Gladstone was taught a severe lesson last night—that he should not outrage the feelings and the judgment of the country. Of course, every sensible man both in the House of Commons and out of it was prepared to admit new taxes to stop the inconvenient gaps caused by the remissions of the Budget. But who dreamed of a tax on our public charities ? What man or god could invent so bold and so rash a design ? The Chancellor of the Ex chequer here must have been stricken with a strange furor. Original in eccentricity, in this instance he entirely outstripped any of his former sallies. To stop short at £lOO a-year, to spare the mechanic in full work, and yet tax him when sfilicted with disease or the recipientof relief if out of employment, was the most extraordinary fiscal rhapsody ever conceived or spoken. Ireland is a poor country, and Ireland's poverty was considered on the impo sition of the first income tax. But Ireland is now poorer than ever. She is not only to pay the im post, but by the novel creation of our Finance Minister her numerous dependents on charity were to relieve a flourishing British commerce from a few petty restrictions. The proposal was not only ab surd ; it was enormously cruel, and it fled in the face of all our preconceived notions of benevolence in this country. The universal desire was to en courage the spirit of chafity ; but here was a scheme to render it unpopular, to treat it as a luxury, to tax it, and thus to render it scarce and dear. No won• der "that men of all orders should have protested against so singular an innovation. Churchmen, Dis senters, and Catholics were united here. The funds at the disposal of the wealthiest of our charities are not too large for their pressing calls. Many of the poorer and struggling institutions from year to year require continual aid by subscriptions to enable them to live at all. It has been abundantly shown in the House of Commons and in the columns of this jour nal, and elsewhere, that the real sufferers by the tax would have been either the very poor and suffering or those persons glad to avail themselves of the aid of our benevolent foundations for themselves or children. It was preposterous to assert that the tax was a general one, and would not affect indivi dual interests. As to what may be termed the argument of symmetry—the imposition of the tax all around—that stands in the teeth of the known exceptions made in the incidence of this impost. It was never designed to tax all alike. Policy as well as necessity counsels the removal of direct taxes from the ;shoulders of the poor man. He could ill bear to hand over hard cash at so much in the pound on his dole of wages to a rigorous collector. Being by far the largest con sumer he pays most in indirect taxation. He there fore merits exemption and favour. How can we use the symmetrical plea here, in the midst of a whole some exception ? But the entire proposal was forced, unjust, and oppressive, and struck at every prin. ciple of an income tax, which pre supposes distinc tions. Happily vee,bave got rid of this. anomaly. The House of Commons, in this instance as in other of late, has done its duty to.the public. But what can the Government urge now in defence of a scheme thus formally condemned and reprobated by so many of its regular supporters ? To continue to hold office in the face of so many defeats, and these concerning questions of magnitude and moment, is to perpetuate administration on sufferance. The tenure of the Government may depend on the popu larity of one man—but when this involves the re jection of paramount measures like that of last night and the motion of Sir J. Trelawny on church rates—questions, in one instance supported by the Prime Minister and most of his colleagues, and in the other by the entire Cabinet—it may fairly be held that the Ministry stands condemned by the voice of the House of Commons, and ought not to take refuge in the known public sentiments of fa vour entertained towards the venerable Premier. Mr. Gladstone, at all events, has had his full share of defeat. If he is indispensable to the Cabinet this only shows of what unsound elements the Govern ment is composed. The discredit reflected on the Chancellor of the Exchequer affects the entire Ad ministration. Nor should it be speedily forgotten that whatever signs of economy the Government has recently displayed are advantages borrowed from • the pertinacious counsels and plans of the Opposition. To Mr. Disraeli and his friends the merit of retrenchment, and a consequent remission of taxation, is unquestionably due. Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues in office have tamely imitated the vigorous programme chalked out by the right hon. member f or B uc ki nghamshire. The blow of last night, therefore, descends the more heavily, because it is not lightened by reductions emanating in truth and spirit from the Ministry. POST.—There can be little doubt of the fact which was admitted in the House of Commons the other night that the British people were, at the beginning of the struggle in America, for the most part in favour of the success of the Federal Government, Writers like Be Toqueville and the Hon. A. C. Murray and others had, it is true, predicted the dis ruption of the Union, and the formation of several confederacies out of the disjecta nzembra of the ex ploded central power. But Europe in general, and England in particular, had noticed with wonder, and, we believe, also with real satisfaction, the growth of a power on the North American Conti nent, which, though sometimes inclined to be trou • blesome to its neighbours, nevertheless fulfilled all the main purposes for which Governments exist-- developing the resources of a country of vast extent washed by two oceans; penetrated also by rivers, compared with which the Rhine and the Thames are mere rivulets, and where an enterprising race combining the characteristics of most of the nation alities of the Old World had collected around them most of the material comforts of life, if they failed in reaching the highest standards of cEuropean civilisation and refinement. The Irish peasant and the political refugee, and hosts of others, fled from the crowded countries of the Continent to this land of promise, where all men were free and equal at least in theory, and where no despots or tyrannical aristocracies were permitted to blight the prospects or mar the happiness of the people. Whether they all realised their dreams of liberty and of success is best known to themselves. European Govern ments and peoples could certainly have no object in desiring the downfall of a State with which they were all more or less intimately connected by the ties of race, religion, and commerce. Statesmen trained under the old monarchies of Europe may have noted from time to time a gradual but certain deterio ration in the quality of American rulers and diploma tists as compared with that which they exhibited when Geo. 111. was Ring—when Franklin received the acknowledgment of the independence of his country from his former Sovereign while wearing that famous snuff-coloured coat in which he had borne the fierce invectives of Wedderburn, as well as subsequently helped to instruct the salons of Paris in the doctrine of human equality, thereby paving the way for the first French Revolution ; but most undoubtedly the prevailing feeling in this country when hostilities began was in favour of the integrity of the Federal Government, for few people at that time could see clearly behind the veil which had partially concealed the growing in compatibility for union between North and South, and the terrible wrath which the Southerners had for years been nursing against the New England States. All these things are now pretty well known here. England had the deepest interests in desiring a continuance of Fedei al rule over the whole country, for the great cotton trade of the North, and the welfare —perhaps the existence—of half a million of operatives in Laecashire were bound up with this question, not even to allude to the subjects of our revenue being injuriously affected by our ceasing to receive Southern cotton, or the contingency of a war arising between our selves and the Washington Government. As the contest proceeded, it was observed that the advo cates of the Union as it was shifted their grounds for coercing the South ac cor di ng to their geogra phical position ; and amid much antagonism of opinion between President Lincoln and his Minis ters on the one hand, and the supporters of the Union east, west, and north on the other, it be came patent to all impartial observers that the Federals were fighting for power, empire, and for the exclusive management of Southern commerce, and Americans themselves saw that if the South succeeded in gaining its independence, the West eyespatriotic oo ft ce F ahnanddCsaahtfosrininiailamr igwhotrka,lsoanbde tethmepnt,edatooutrayhttheailri Europe va s a t n and andof the powerful,wor so o deraist we shall be degraded in the ld her fairest and most fertile i provinces. the shorn ofshall no w ° Hundreds of thousands of men were summoned to field in hot haste; the expenditure was as wasteful as the corru io resources of itnrae P rise n was barefaced,. and the haps for centuries at a rate y anticipated per nished Napoleon I. or even Ich would have asto great pat. The sudden exigencies of war req the • turing an immediate supply of officers, these in many instances were summoned rs fr , om the workshop of the artisan, from g reengroce and from desks of co - country at The stone fleet sunk at the entrance of Charleston harbour was no do u bt i ntended to seal up that rebellious city for ever from all access to the sea, and transform it in time into another lyre or Carthage ; an d t hi s exper i ment, wort h y of the freest and m os t i nte l ligent people on the, face of the earth, would no d ou b t have b een tr i e d on other Southern harbours had not the great Powers of Eunpe remonstrated against such practices. Gen. Butler's conduct at New Orleans to men, women, and children, and his arbitrary manner of dealing with property, will be remembered both there and throughout the South and the world for many a long year to come, and his name transmitted as synony mous with deeds unmanly and infamous. General MiNiell's cold-blooded massacre of ten Confederate citizens of Palmyra, in Missouri, for the supposed crime, of murdering, or causing to disappear, an old man called All sman, b ut who st ill li ves and reigns in his former home, will survive in the recollections of mankind as long as the murder of the Duke D'Enghien shall be recorded in history. During , and munitions of war the progress of th e war, the Federa l s, t h oug h sup plied with men, money without stint, h ave not 'hitherto been able either to scotch or kill this snake of rebellion ; and it still continues to rear its head aloft in a menacing manner towards its foes. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Charles Eden, C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, arrived on Sa turday, from Torquay, at aronport, and inspected the training ship Impregnable, 78, Commander Francis S. Tremlett ; the Canopus, 8, Commander Charles F. F. Boughey; the training ship Implac able, 24, Commander Samuel B. Dolling ; and the guardship of the steam reserve the Indus, Captain Astley C. Key, C. 8., in Hamoaze. His lordship dined at Mount Wise on Sunday with Port-Admi ral Sir Houston Stewart,K.C.B., and yesterday left Plymouth by the morning express. The paddle. wheel steam sloop Argus, 6, Commander J. Lewis Moore, with his lo r d s hip' s secretary, which arrived yesterdayat D evonp afternoon f r t t e r o n n o Saturday,on for uth p or t s w ma o.s p repar i ng to leave The water having been pumped out of No. 3 dock at Chatham, in which the screw frigate Orlando, 46, 1,000 horse power, Capt. G. G. Randolph, was docked on Saturday, a minute inspection of the fri gate was instituted yesterday afternoon by the master shipwright's staff, under the immediate direc tion of Mr. Lang, the master shipbuilder of the establishment, in order to discover the nature of the injuries which the vessel has sustained. During the afternoon nearly the whole of the copper' was stripped off her bottom, and her mahogany plank ing cleared. S ) far as can be at present ascertained the leakage appears to be close to her keel, where her timbers are believed to be strained. There is also a defect perceptible in her stern-post, caused, it is believed, by the workin g of her powerful screw machinery. There are one or two other minor defects, but none which are of great impor tance. No exertions are to be spared by the dock yard department to have her completed. From the nature of the repairs required, however, it is not probable that they will be completed in less than three weeks. In accordance with orders received from the Ad miralty the works required to be executed upon the Terrible, 22, 800 horsepower, fitting for the Chatham steam reserve squadron, have been suspended, and nearly the whole of the hands removed to the other ships building and under repair. The war department steamer Balaklava, from Woolwich Arsenal, laden 500 tons of machinery and war stores for Portsmouth, yesterday went down to Purfleet to complete her cargo, 66 tons of powder. She also took a 68-pounder gun and carriage, equipped for experimental service in Capt. Coles's cupola battery, now under construction at Ports mouth. The old method of pointing the gun with the elevating screw worked with handspikes, &c., has been replaced by the lever, which works with considerably less labour. The hired transports Ranger, for Halifax, Orient for Bermuda, and the Adelaide for Gibraltar, yes terday arrived at Woolwich, for the purpose ofship ping ammunition and war materials for the above • named places. Tonnage is also engaged in ships under sailing orders for Bombay, Simon's Town, Auckland, New Zealand, Cape Town, Malta, &c. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. F. G. Gambier, to the Archer; Lieut. G. D. Bushe, to the Rattlesnake; Lord A. C. G. Lennox, naval cadet, to the Meeanee ; A. M'lnnes, chief engineer, to the Geyser; J. Ross, engineer, to the Indus, for hospital treatment ; J. Wyllie and A. Moreton, assist.-engineers, to the Valorous ; C. 0. Salmon, assist.•paymaster in the Revenge, to be secretary's clerk ; D, T. Waugh, assist -paymaster, to the Dauntless ; and IL G. Stembridge, clerk to the Orontes. an an d d K th b e at 6 t THE ARMY. Royal Artillery, e he4 brigad e R oyal th t e h r i e b s r brigade d t Artillery ih e I un der the command of Col. Ward, C. 8., were officially inspected on Southsea-common yesterday by Major- Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., commanding the south west district, who was attended by a numerous Staff. The J and li batteries of the 4th brigade were under the command of Lieut.-Col. Anderson, C. 8., and the 6th brigade under the command of Col. Longden. Several manceuvres were gone through, and several rounds fired from the batteries. The General at the conclusion complimented both officers and men on their appearance and efficiency in drill. The following officers have joined the depots of their respe c ti ve reg i ments at Ch a th am garrison : Capt. J. 0. Vand e l eur, 35t h Regiment; E ns i gn E J. Lugard, Ist battalion 4th King's Own ; Ensign H. L. Ricard, Ist battalion 20th Regiment; E ns i gn W. S, Mills, 91st Regiment; Ensign 13. Alt and Assist.-Barg. J. M. Waters, 3d depot battalion. Lieut. E. Bramhead, Ist battalion 4th King's Own, has been ordered to join the service companies of his regiment in India. Major W. 13. Gossett, ad jutant, Royal Engineers, has proceeded from Chat ham garrison to Hythe, for the purpose of going through a course of instruction at the school of musketry. 2 corporal s; 1 drum meLr,jeauntd. K lo e o n p n r e i d v y a; e l s R se o r y g a e l ai' Marine Light Infantry, stationed for some time past at Deptford, have been recalled to Woolwich, and will occupy the barrack rooms become vacant at headquarters by the depar ture of draughts for the Royal Oak and other de tachments on service. The number of the division now at Woolwich is 1,762 of all rank s . Major - Gen- A. B. Stransham, Inspcc torY- Light Infantry, corn- G es e t o e . rd o a f y the m..nced his summer inspection. At 2 o'clock 10 Royal Marine s com panies of the Chatham, or first division, each 60 strong, were paraded in front of the men's quarters, in heavy marching order, and afterwards marched to the Great Lines, where the battalion, which had purposely been reduced to 600 men, exclusive of officers, awaited the:arrival of the Inspector-General. Each of the companies was furnished with 15 rounds of blank cartridge, and tne L. —inn companies with 20 rounds each. Shortly after 3 o'clock Major -General Stransham arrived on the ground, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, CaPt.l. C. Trav ers, and a nume rous staff, and was received by the battalion with the customary salute and lowering of colours. After a brief inspection of the column s m o ., jor•Gen. Strans ham took up.his position at the flagstaff, when the battalion, which was under the command of Col, T. Lemon, C. 8., the commandant of the division, marched past by.".c om panies in a d m i ra b le style. This completed, a brilliant series of battalion and light infantry manceuvres, from the programme laid down by the Ins pector-G enera l , were exe cuted by the battalion, under the direction of Col. Lemon, in a manner which reflected the highest credit on the officers of the battalion for the very high state of discipline to which they had brought the division. The movements were pro longed until an advanced hour in the afternoon, when the battalion was marched off the ground to its quarters. The inspection, which will oc cupy some days, will be resumed this morning. Last night Alajor-Gen. Stransham was entertained at dinner ia the mes J-room at the Royal Marine barracks by the officers of the division. The sailing transport Louisa, Capt, Tillman, ar rived at Spithead yesterday from Ceylon and the Cape of Good Hope with invalids. The Louisa left Columbo Jan. 3d, and arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on Feb. 25. She left on the 28111, bringing also as passengers Mrs. Colonel Hadden and Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer. The ship experienced mode rate weather. She left the Adamant with troops on board at the Cape of Good Hope, bound to Spithead. The invalids will be removed to the new hospital at Netley in the Pigmy to-day. The gentlemen cadets of the Royal Military Aca demy at Woolwich yesterday went through some excellent shell practice, over a range of 800 yards, with the 8, 10, and 13 inch mortars in the Green-, hill battery, it being the commencement of the mortar drill season. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, A; n r e i s l ) 21. (From the Special Correspondent o o f R i K h T It begins to be whispered that the attack on Charleston was peremptorily ordered by the War Department; that Admiral Dupont disapproved it, unless he could be efficiently supported by General Hunter; that General Hunter, not having more than halt the men requisite, declined the re sponsibility ; that their joint remonstrances were unavailing; and that finally the Admiral was ordered, nolens volens, to force the passage with his iron-clads. The officials at Washington appear to have taken a sudden fancy for the celebration of anniversaries; and they calculated that if they could but recapture Fort Sumter, and announce the fact to the people of New York assembled in Union-square on the 11th, they would perform a grand coup de theatre, perpetrate a highly dramatic and agreeable act of vengeance, fire the Northern heart with new enthusiasm, and administer a heavy blow to the South. But the President, though he issued positive orders to the Admiral, is reported to have taken counsel with his second thoughts, and to have come to the conclusion that the War Department was wrong in disregarding the remonstrances of its officers, and to have despatched his private secretary on a special mission to Port Royal, countermanding all previous instructions, . ordering that the attack should be abandoned, a n d th a t th e M on it ors s h ou ld all proceed to N e w O r l eans t o co - operate w i t h G en. endedßanks ev era r before arrived fv a oe new rde thoeo Mississippi at Port a rle t at e ee n : h p ea t u Hudson.tphoeo for attack tTn c a e heo key t h am e t passagemessenger, ne begun eggmeura ,nn o hy f oa t wn h o d e ; the iron-clads engaged in the unavailing struggle had been so seriously damaged as to be unable to proceed to the Mississippi without repairs. This is the story which has been brought from Port Royal by persons who profess to speak on authority, and which is in ell probability correct in its main particulars. It will not tend to increase the public confidence in the wisdom of the Administration, though it may help to prove that Mr. Lincoln him self has more practical common sense than the people who surround him. General Banks is undoubtedly in peril in New Orleans. He was sent to that city against his will, with the malicious hope that he would so damage his military and political reputation by his adminis tration of that difficult department as to fall out of the list of candidates for the Presidency. This question of the Presidency is the stumbling-block in the way of every Northern man who aspires to serve his country; and, lest Banks should become too popular and powerful, it was graciously deter mined to give him a chance of ruining himself. But the military authorities of Washington overshot their mark. In sending him to Louisiana with a force wholly insufficient to hold that State, and to co-operate for the reduction of Port Hudson and the clearance of the Mississippi, they incurred the risk not only of ruining Gen. Banks, but the still more imminent risk of losing New Orleans and the whole of Louisiana. Hence it has been found abso lutely necessary to strengthen his hands; and hence the iron clad fleet, as soon as it has been repaired in its weak and damaged places and mounted with guns of greater calibre, will make its way:to the mouth of the Mississippi. It is the wisest act of the Administration, The possession of Charleston and all the cities of the Atlantic seaboard would have been of no real value to the North. As long as they are blockaded, wholly or partially, the South must suffer; but the capture of Vicksburg and Port Hudson and the possession of the entire course of the Mississippi from New Orleans to St. Louis would do more than defeat the South, where it can not afford to be defeated. It would sooth the su fering and discontented North- Western States, re store some portion of their trade, and sensibly dimi nish the chances of a new secession. Unfortunately, however, for the North, it is not alone Gen. Banks who is in danger. Gen. Rosencrans is believed to be in a most critical position. The Cumberland River, which runs its long, tortuous course through the heart of Tennessee, and floats the gunboats and he steamers that supply his armies, ie only nay gable in the winter months. Its waters have already fallen four feet, and are sinking so rapidly as to make it a question of a few days whether he can continue to maintain himself without making a for- ward movement against the enemy. The Confede. rates under Gen. Joseph Johnson, their best, most popular, and most trusted commander, are full of confidence that, whether Rosencrans offers or ac. cepts battle, he will be defeated. Thus it looks, as the Americans say, " as if it would soon thunder ail around." The indications certainly are that within the next three or four weeks stirring news may be expected both from Tennessee and Louisiana. The Loyal League meetings, or, as they are now popularly and appropriately named, " the Contra - "tors' Meetings," are becoming a farce. They are held in a succession far too rapid, and addressed by speakers far too well-known and " used up" to offer any attractions to a public so enamoured of novelty as that of New York. The anniversary meeting of the capture of Fort Sumter by the Confederates having been a failure, not only in number, but as regards the gratifying announcement of the recap ture which its originators expected to make, it was determined to summon another Loyal League meet ing, to celebrate the anniversary of what is called " the great uprising of the people" two years ago after Fort Sumter had been taken, and the Massa- churetts Volunteers had been killed in the streets of Baltimore. The venerable General Scott, who very recently notified by advertisement that the state of his health and his daily increasing infirmities would not again permit him to address or be present at a public meeting, was persuaded to reconsider his determination. It was arranged that he should not attend to speak, but that he should preside from the balcony of the Fifth-avenue Hotel, where he resides, and that the meeting should be held in the street below. It was expected by the originators of the display that curiosity would draw together a con siderable crowd—and it did so. Madison-square was tastefully decorated with flags; cannon were fired ; at intervals bands of music were stationed at the street corners and at the stands where the speakers were to hold forth ; a procession of sailors from the Navy-yard at Brooklyn was marched to the scene; and the "Express Companies," which do the carrying and forwarding business of this country, sent a long cavalcade of waggons, so me drawn by six and most of them by four horses,— gray, bay, black, and brown — to add to the excite ment and attraction of the day, and plelse themot of small boys that congregated to see the show, The day was bitterly cold, and a cutting north-east wind was blowing. But General Scott was true to his word, and took his place on the balcony at four o'clock, closely rn nflL'd up in a large g rea t- coat, w i t h a high collar, which allowed only a portion of his He w face to be seen.as attended by his physician, lest there should be any danger to his health. After