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

ti EAT It 2:-R,O A HAI MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Btekstone. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. After which, 43d time, a new and original com ed y , entitled FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter-Spy Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Angel. To be followed by the nily Farce, EASY SHAVING : Messrs. Compton, W. Gordon, Rogers ; Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Fanny Wright. 'lO conclude with THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. Commence at 7. THE DUKE'S MOTTO HUNDRED' THE RED ALL FORTY-STXTH NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Manatzement of Mr. FECHTE R. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A ;sIIDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter -past EtTht, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr310,, , ue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Feohter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, H. Widdl3embe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq , Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. lop OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. XI) Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining. 'PM.. 'EVENING, the grand new Drama, entitled COURT AND CAMP : Messrs. G. Vining. C. Verner, E. Marston, G. Belmore, G. Murray, and Warde ; Miss Murray, Miss L. Laidlaw, and Miss Lydia Thompson. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. And followed by A CHARMING PAIR. Mr. Roxby, Mrs Mar ston, and Miss Jones. NEW TEE ATRE-R 0 Y AL, ADELPHI.-• Sole Propri.tor P. 12 d Marteer, M. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. After which, at Eight o'clock, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN; OR, T E GHOST'S tiARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pei.oer's adaptation of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phi:lips, Stxart, Billfngton, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Allred Mellon and Miss 11. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. Messrs. Toole, P. Bedtord, R. Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. Mr. Clifton. Followed by (the fourth time) WHILE THERE'S LIFE THE ttE'S HOPE. Messrs. W. H. Swanborough. Parsell?, Vollaire, G. Honey ; Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, Manders, and E. Bufton. After which. the Great Burlesque, ALI BABA ; OR, THE THIRTY-NINE THIEVES. Messrs. Honey, Turner , a Mesdames Ad a Swanborough, Saunders, White , Button, and Hughes. Commence at 7. r VHF. THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,' Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather--Sun Office, July 7, 1863. THERMOVETPR. This morning. This day at Two otc!ock Barometer-30.06. ; light, and warm sunshiny weather. EIGH 'WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Fins DA'7.--Morning•, Gh. 20m.—Aftarnoon, 6h. 56m. To-aoP.r.ow.-Morning, 7n. 21m.—Afternoon, 7h. 45m. -.., :L,, , , . ,t-,,„„.:, • Su., LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1863. Foremost among the most liberal of our weekly contemporaries, the Examiner has, during the chief part of its existence, been also very conspicu ous indeed for its shrewdness, its wit, and its general ability, alike in the world of politics and in the world of literature. Who amongst our elders is there, who does not bear in more or less agreeable remembrance the days of its once youthful viva city, when the Examiner's volatile humour rose almost at times to a sort of arch impertinence ? Those were the days when LEIGH HUNT wielded the editorial pen, there, with so sprightly a turn to each sentence that its every movement one might say was inevitably suggestive of a wag. Those were the times, in fact, when the blithe young poet-journalist could quote with a grave face, but the sliest twinkle in his eyes, the preposterous phrase of adulation applied to King GEORGE the Fourth upon his Majesty's coronation by the inane Curt Newsman—LElGH HUNT capping the compliment of the Court News man with a cruelly matter of fact addi tion, to the effect that, in his coronation robes, King GEORGE TLIE FOURTH " looked like an ADONIS—of Sixty !'' An innocent jest enough, dvserving only to be laughed at, but one that in those bewildering days had actually to be expiated, as we all know, by LEIGH HUNT'S endurance, for several months consecutively, of incarceration. A later, but it may even be added a yet more brilliant epoch for the Examiner was that during which ALBANY FOWBLANQUE penned, currente calamo, Contomperary history, as it opened up be fore his shrewd glance, week by week, both at home and abroad. As caustic, as witty, as sarcastic, as all the Saturday Reviewers rolled into one, ALBANY FONBLANQUE) session after ses sion, reflected in the pages of the Examiner the fluctuations, the changes, and the transformations of several successive Governments. His congenial coadjutor—eventually, and for several consecutive years afterwards his vigorous and gifted succes sor —was, as the town well knew during his regime, as it still remembers not ungrate fully now that his connection with the Examiner has for some time ceased, that able man of letters, barrister at law, scholar and gentle man, who has securely associated his name from this time forth at once with our political history and with our literary history—as the annalist of many of the most remarkable scenes and worthies of the Commonwealth, and as the Biographer par excellence of OLIVER GOLDSMITH. True to the liberality of its principles to the last, true to its re putation also for ability, and for vivacity, and for vigour, the Examiner, however, does occasionally of late—as HOMER sometimes nodded—stumble into errors both of manner and of matter. In its very latest number, the number, that is, published only last Saturday, it has floundered thus, and floundered, as it appears to us, very notably—both in regard to a mere matter of style and in regard to a mere matter of fact. Referring to that certainly very remark able speech recently delivered by the Right Honourable Gentleman the leader of the Op pcsition, the speech delivered by him to what is called the National Conservative Associa tion, the Examiner quotes, among other things, from that harangue of Mr. DISRAELI, or, as our contemporary is so very fond of printing his name, with spiteful pertinacity, D'IsRAELI, as a tediously iterated reminder, usque ad nauseant, of Mr. DB RAELI'S Jewish origin ! The _Examiner, we say, quotes among other passoges from the recent speech addressed by the leader of the Opposition to the Conservatives, the following► surely suffi- cien tiy comprehensible passage : " I would on this occasion recll your memory to he state of the Tory party only some few years cgc. Why, only twelve years ago there was no record in the history of England of a political connection so utterly forlorn, so hopeless, so prostrate, as was then tho Tory party. That eminent man whose great sagacity and great heart had rallied us round him at a moment so unforeseen and unprecedented had just met an untimely end. I will never men tion his name or recall his memory without ex pressing the sentiments of admiration and affection which I feel. At that moment V7B did not literally count in the House of Commons by any means one fourth of its members." The italics noticeable in the above, we would here "Pee - Lally remark, are the Examiner's own and not OUTS. And the words thus signally emphasised by ----- the Examiner are the very words inregard to which, as we will now show, the Examiner, itself has so egregiously blundered. Among political observers of every party, or section of a party, nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thousand could hardly fail, we feel perfectly well assured of this, to recog nise, in those particular words of Mr. DISRAELI'S another of his already numerous allusions, graceful and generous allusions always, to his friend, his colleague, in one sense even his prede cessor, as the Leader of the Conservatives— the noble son of a noble house, Lord GEORGE BENTINCK. Yet, with its eyes wide open, but blinded by one of its most doggedly-cherished antipathies, its antipathy of Mr. DISRAELI, we beg our contemporary's pardon, of Mr. D'ISRAELI, the Examiner—how shall we express it?—runs its head against the stone wall of a mis apprehension the most obvious, takes a deliberate header into a very quagmire, or Slough-of-Despond, of a mistake ! The leader of the Opposition, in the above passage from his recent speech, refers—as we have already said, to the apprehension, we should sup pose, of almost anybody else but his implacable foe the Examiner—to the late Lord GEORGE BENTINCK. For the life of it, however, the Examiner can't in any way perceive this,but absolutely makes a totally different app li ca ti o n of the words it quotes and italicises —thereupon plunging a t once i n to the following obtusely sarcastic commentaries; "'We remember one occa sion," it says, " upon which Mr. DISRAELI con gratulated the eminent man to whom he has here referred with such high praise, on his ' most courageous conscience;' and a most courageous conscience the utterance of this eulogy re quired, considering that up to to the time of the great man's untimely end he had been incessantly the object of Mr. DISRAELI'S most biting sarcasms and unsparing onslaughts. He may have corrected his opinion, it is never too late to do that ; but in such case surely the grace of some expression of penitence for past injustice was due. And when Mr. DISRAELI speaks of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S great sagacity and great heart, which had rallied " us round him," is there not an error in his Parliamentary history ? for as well might it be 'said that BRUTUS was rallied to CIASAR in the Senate House. There was an ancient superstition, that if the assassin touched the body it would bleed afresh. Is it in defiance, or in challenge of this ordeal that Mr. DISRAELI touches the fame of PEEL." The Examiner forgets, it is ob servable, in the midst of all this taunting bitterness, that another besides Sir ROBERT PEEL came to "an untimely end !" That while Sir ROBERT was picked up speechless on Constitution-hill upon the stumbling of his horse, Lord GEORGE was found dead in the water-meadow, near his old ancestral home. It is an error—it is a misappre hension. But, the recognition of it, might at length induce our contemporary to recognise that it is actuated by over bitterness of feeling whenever it undertakes to comment upon the words or upon the acts of the right lion. gentleman, the leader of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. We say this as advocates no less earnest than our contemporary of those Liberal principles, and of those still unrealised reforms which the Examiner has for years past so consistently and so energetically championed. As to the mere matters of taste referred to as having been dragged under notice by a certain curi ous manner of late adopted by the once refined as well as scholarly Examiner. What shall we say to its remarking in the very article to which we have, here, been making reference 9—" Instead of referring to past greatness, he has to refer to past littleness, and the burden of half his speech is the cry we hear every hour in the streets from the hawkers of plants ' a-growing.' The Tory party is all a-growing, &c." Or referring to the article which immediately follows this bungling onslaught on " Mr. DISRAELI"—What shall we say when we find that next article beginning its first paragraph thus—" In Swift's Polite Conversa tion some one runs a dozen miles to suck a bull." And when we find it beginning its second para graph thus—" Mr. ROEBUCK returned in something like a state of pregnancy. He was big with Imperialism." What.'--is it asked ? Why, simply that vulgarity is not vigour. We are glad to see that the second reading of the Anchor and Chain Cables Bill is fixed for to-mor row. We have for a lengthened period urged upon the Legislature the necessity that existed for a mea sure of ti is description. It is needed not only on account of the loss of life occasioned by the penu riousness of the small shipowners in providing their vessels with cheap and inefficient anchors and cables, but also in the interests of the consignees of cargoes and the insurers. A short time since a large number of cables were tested at Liverpool -80 per cent, of which were found wanting—i. e., not capable of holding a ship to her anchors in a gale. A few years back an American trader rode out a hurricane at San Francisco, in a most exposed situation, at single anc h or , w i t h h er t op :gallant yards crossed, while the majority of the vessels under comparative shelter drove ashore, notwith standing every precaution that seamanship could sugge st. The Yankee knew that his cable was sound and that his anchor would hold. A similar instance of justifiable reliance was shown not long a go on the N.E. coast, when a brig being observed life boat nocrthreon a shore in a h eavy t i deway, the station put off to her assistance, calcu lating doubtless from previous experience that she could not hold her own and must drag ashore. On coming alongside and tendering assistance, the gallant boatmen were thanked f or th e i r trou b le, but the mate observed cooll y th at he had two good anchors and plenty of cable, and could r id e i t out comfortably where be was. So much for good ground tackle. But turn the page; consult the wreck chart, or the statistics of the National Life boat Institution, and it will be found that in nine cases out of ten, when the lifeboat has been unable to rescue life from shipwreck, it bas been either from the dragging of anchors or parting of cables. The Bill now before the House has been introduced at the suggestion of the Peninsular and Oriental and other leading companies, who soli cited Government intervention in this matter. They know by experience the value of sound tackle, and as from the number of vessels forming their fleets they are their own insurers, it stands to reason that it is their interest to take the best possible care of their ships. Nut so the small shipowner. It is too often to his advantage to lose an old worn out vessel end buy a new one out of the insurance money. The lives of the craw are of no value to him—there are plenty more men in the market. Such selfish reek lessness deserves the severest re probation, but there is no doubt that it exists to a great extent. We have row made a step in the right direction, but more is required. We do not call upon the Legislature to enact too stringent laws regarding cur mercantile navy, nor do we wish for a moment to embarrass honest and up right shipowners with a surveillance which is un necessary; but w hil e th ere are thousan d s o f money grasping adventurers who speculate, not on the profit of the voyage, but on the profit of the insur ance, we are sure that honest men will gladly sub- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1863. mit to some inconvenience to rid themselves of such despicable associates, No shipowner of respecta bility can object to this measure—it is only those who, careass of the crews of their vessels, send them forth at a minimum cost, and trust for a return for the venture to a lucky escape or a fortunate ship wreck. The framer of this bill deserves all credit for bringing the matter forward, and we should be sorry to hamper it with an amendment. " Well is our country's work begun, But more, far more, must yet be done." It is when a vessel drives on a lee-shore or sand bank that her anchors and cables are called into play. Stress of weather or some unavoidable acci dent may bring this about, but we are sorry to say that in the majority, nay, in almost all cases on our coasts these disasters occur from the unservice able state of the sails and gear. Let anyone who has had the misfortune to be on board a coaster in a heavy gale when it was necessary to beat to windward, say how much canvas she dared show. We do not wish to interfere with the measure by suggesting any addenda, but if it is carried, as we confidently trust it may be, we shall look forward next session to a sup lementary bill to place some restrictions on the owners of vessels and compel them to provide serviceable and secure rigging and sails to their ships before they get their clearance. Moreover, no ship whatsoever should leave a home port unprovided with lifeboat accommodation for the hutaan beings who are on board of her. We have continual proof of the unseaworthiness of many of our colliers and small traders. In a late gale, four colliers went down at sea—the crews being saved in their boats. What must have been the condition of these vessels when their boats could live in a sea in which they foun dered ! Should men be permitted to go sea in coffins ? An interesting account is given of the visit of the Prince of WALES to Wimbledon. His Royal Highness could not have done a better thing than thus to encourage by his presence the noble insti tution that has of late years sprung into life and assumed a position of such vast importance. Con trary to what has generally occurred when the Prince bas appeared at day exhibitions the weather was fine—indeed too fine to be altogether favour able, the great glare of the sun militating against the effective performance of the rifle shooters. The Prince made several essays, which were nearly all successful, and his Highland experience proved of great service to him in his firing at the "running deer." His Royal Highness intimated that he hoped to be present with the Princess on the 13th inst. to witness the match between the Lords and Commons, and the contest for the Alexandra Prize given by the Association. The preparations are being made on an extensive scale for the great dis plays, and a programme is given of the several arrangements. The Prince could not better wind up his career of gaities during his first season than by thus enrolling himself as it were among the Volunteers. Additional interest will be imparted to the proceedings by the fact that he came the first day to watch the conduct of affairs, and to try his hand and test his skill, thus manifesting a desire to take part in some measure with the per formers, and to invest the affair with a personal interest. No better institution has been made of late years than this of the Volunteers, and it is therefore most satisfactory to find them encouraged in high places. There can be no doubt that there will be great expectations afloat concerning the 13th, and it is to be hoped that the weather will prove more propitious than it has hitherto done for the Princess, so that no untoward event will pre vent her full view of the proceedings, or deprive the spectators of the sunshine of her presence. Un fortunately there seem to have been of 'ate many disputes and discussions concerning various arrange ments made for the ordering of the Volunteers, but on this auspicious occasion all feuds and angry feelings are likely to be forgotten, or at all events laid aside for the time. This is the special advan tage of one removed from the sphere of " angry bickering and debate" taking part in such exhibi tions ; and the Wimbledon Prize Meeting of this year promises to boast of so many and such unri valled attractions, that it bids fair to eclipse its predecessors, and afterwards to rank high in the estimation of all who take part in it, and to be remembered among the brightest and most success ful of their endeavours. The star of Mr. GLADSTONE is not in the ascen dant this session. He meets with one contt etemps after another. In his famous budget he was obliged to withdraw several schemes of his pet fancy for "mulcting charities," and he afterwards had to re linquish the notion of taxing the clubs. Last week his suggestion of purchasing the Exhibition Build ing was ignominiously rejected. Some years ego it would have seemed incredible, and indeed im possible, that such a Chancellor of the Exchequer should be denied anything he desired. Yesterday a case was decided in the Court of Exchequer, in which Mr. GLADSTONE was condemned. An at tempt was made to compel Lord SEFTON to pay an enormous sum for a piece of waste land, on the supposition that it might be built upon, and then would assume a considerable value. The Board of Inland Revenue charged the Earl with succession duty for this ground, among the possessions he came into at his father's death. By a majority the Court of Exchequer rejected the claim of the Go vernment. This is a very desirable consummation, for a more manifest piece of injustice could hardly have been perpetrated, and a more unfair means of extracting large sums could scarcely have been claimed even by the subtle and sagacious Chancellor who rules over the Exchequer, and seeks to fill its coffers with an unsparing haad,regardless of the corn. ' fort and convenience of many. Happily he has met with his match. Oppression is never put down till it attempts to tyrannise over one wealthy enough to de fend himself. It is quite true that some stop should be put to these wholesale extortions, and the result of yesterday's deliberations in the Court of Ex chequer is a most satisfactory one. The Govern ment do not come off with flying colours from their legal contests this session, any more than they can exhibit many trophies in their parliamentary skirmishes. They were defeated in their case of the Alexandra, and though they profess to be will ing to appeal against that decision, it does not at all follow that a second venture will be more suc cessful. It must be a great relief to them that the period of discussion is nearly over. It can hardly be said that their holidays are drawing near because they have had no work to do, and there is very little exertion to rest from ; but still it will be satis factory, no doubt, not to have to encounter oppo nents of all kinds without the requisite skill to meet their attacks and to overcome them. This affair of Lord SEFTON will, of course, be established as a precedent, and it is to be trusted that it will have the effect of deterring many similar attempts at extortion on the part of any future officials, who are inclined t o take peop l e ' s money nb l ens vo l a ns, and who appear to think that the chief duty of those coming into estates is to give away as much as possible for the benefit of the Exchequer. It is not to be tolerated that such a system should prevail' d the decision of yesterday is most satisfactory in every way, not only as regards that particular claim, but as relates to a general rule and practice for all similar cases under dispute. LATEST DITELLIGENCE. (REUTE,R . S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per the City of New York.) NEW YORK, JUNE 26. The Confederates under General Lee, with cavalry and artillery, have, after a severe skirmish, driven the Federals under Milroy out of Maccon nellsburg, and occupied that place. The Federals have evacuated Carlisle, and fallen back to Harrisburg. The Confederate advance in Pennsylvania is said to be 10,000 strong. The Baltimore correspondent of the New York Herald furnishes the following particulars concern ing the development of General Lee's plans : O❑ crossing tho Rappahannock to move north ward General Lee took with him a very large pon toon train said to come from Richmond. These pontoons could not be necessary to cross the Upper Potomac, as that is easily fordable ; neither to cross the Susquehannah, as there are no indications of large Confederate forces being in that direction. O❑ leaving Warrenton and Thoroughfare Gap, General Lee detached one whole corps, at least 30,000 strong, who are now on their way to Bain fries, vui Brentsville. It is stated that this column is accompanied by 40 pieces of artillery and a pon toon train. If this is the pontoon train mentioned above, there can be but one explanation of the movement. General Lee designs this corps to cross the Poto mack at Budd's Ferry, which is only 15 miles be low Washington, and to advance on the capital by way of Bladensburg. It is possible, also, that General Lee expects the Federal forces now in the peninsula to be sent up the Potomac to Washington, and he will seek to re-establish the old batteries on the Potomac, in order to sink the transports conveying troops from the peninsula. The Confederate infantry which defeated General Milroy at Winchester, M . Reynolds at Berrysville, and Tyler at Martinsburg, did not cross the Poto mac at all. After occupying Martinsburg, they proceeded along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as far west as Cumberland and as far east as Point of Rocks. The railroad between these two points, a distance of 90 miles, is in the complete possession of the Confederates, and, in a military point of view, they have rendered this road entirely useless to the Federal Government. The railroad comma • nication between Washington and the West, so far as that road is concerned, has been completely cut off. General Lee, instead of moving on Centreville, is reported to be advancing with his main body to wards Gum Spring, Drainsville, and Coons Ford. If this be true, there can be no longer any doubt as to the direction General Lee's plans will take. From Coons Ford to Rockville and thence to the Baltimore Railroad will be but a short march. This railroad once cut, whether by this column or by the one advancing from Budd's Ferry, or by both co operating, Washington will be as completely iso lated from the North and East as it is now from the W(st. The capture of Washington will then be reduced to a question of strength between the armies of Lee and Hooker. If the forces under Gens. Dix, Peck, and Foster could be hurried no to Washington, they would swell Gen. Hooker's numbers to a very high figure ; but this will only be done by the Government when it is too late. As far as Gen. Lee is concerned, having sent 30,000 men towards Budd's Ferry, and having 10,000 to 15,000 men near Harper's Ferry, he iP probably only waiting for certain reinforcements which were on the way some time ago to join him. During the last two weeks 40,000 Confederate troops have passed through Lynchburg, bound for Richmond and the North. They were Gen. Lee's old troops he had sent to Chattanooga some weeks ago, and 20,000 others from Gen. Bragg's army. This, with 10,000 troops sent him by Beauregard at Charleston, will make his force amount to 150,000 men. CQueral Hooker can no longer choose hie ground, or, as he boasted, give battle or abstain. He will be compelled to fight at the moment General Lee thinks proper to attack him, and he cannot post pone a fight when that day comes. The reason of this is that Huoker possesses none of the strategic resources which would have enabled him to choose his time and place of fighting, and have prevented Lee from crossing the Rappahannock at all. The statement made by the Rzchmond Despatch that Richmond is now uncovered, is a blind to con ceal the fact that Richmond is well defended, and to allure the Federal forces on to the peninsula, to what would be a disastrous defeat. So imminent is the peril that is supposed to me nace Baltimore that the most urgent appeals are made to the people by the Government, the mayor of the city, the councils of the military authorities, and the newspapers, to turn out to work on the en trenchments, which are being hastily erected for the defence of the city, and to enlist in the various military organisations. Late reconnoissances develop the fact that the Confederate army of the Potomac does not occupy any portion of territory extending from Culpepper to Warrenton, New Baltimore, White Plains, and Salem on the west, to Fredericksburg on the east, and to a distance several miles south of the Rappahannock. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald writes as follows : General Lee, for a week previous to moving from Culpepper in the last mysterious movement, gave orders which were stringently enforced, that no person, soldier, or citizen, should be allowed to have his lines. It is said that his army commenced to move on Saturday, end continued to pass through Culpepper during all the intervening period, up to Thursday of the succeeding week. His force is said to have consisted of Ewell's corps of 35,000 men, who marched out first, Longstreet's corps of 42,000 men, and Hill's corps of 28,000 men, who brought up the rear. General Stuart's cavalry, 18,000 strong, protected the flank and rear, while Jenkins, with 3,000 men, accompanied Ewell into Maryland, the desiination of the main portion of the army. The artillery is said to be in superb condition, and very numerous. " Richmond is defended by the corps of D. H. Hill, 21,000 strong, on the south side, by I ‘ l9 .l°r" General French on the north, or near the city, with about 17,00() men, while the heavy brigade under General Wise is on the York River Railroad. General Corse, with two brigades, occupies Han over Junction, assisted by 3,500 mounted Texans, taken prisoners at Arkansas port and exchanged. This force is to be drawn close around and concen- trated near the capital in case our army should advance. General Jackson commands the department of East Tennessee, and has under him Gen. Pegram, with 8,000 to 10,000 men, which, together with the force in the Cumberland Gap region, is expected to move into Kentucky. General ?Stuart's command is belie, to consist of six divisions of two brigades each, three regiments to a brigade, and 500 men, the average maximum num. ber to a regiment. The 4th Virginia, the largest of all, on a recent review, numbered 714, but every man that could be obtained was present on this occasion. The New York herald says that Gen. Lee, by bold and rapid movements, has transferred the war from Virginia north eastward from the Rappahan nock to the Potomac, and even to the Susquehannah and has successfully achieved the most difficult and dangerous operations in the war—viz., a flank movement in presence of the enemy. General Lee, without any considerable loss, has succeeded in making a circuit around the right flank of the Union army and getting in the rear of Washington, while Hooker is still in front of that city. Admiral Dahlgren will succeed Admiral Dupont in the command of the South Atlantic squadron. The legality of the prorogation of the Illinois Legislature by the Governor is to be tried in the Supreme Court. The Governor refuses to acknow ledge the legal existence of the present Legislature. NEW YORK, June 26 (Evening. (Per the City of New York.) It is reported General Lee and his Staff crossed the Potomac into Maryland on Wednesday. The Governor of Pennsylvania has called for 50,000 militia, for defence for three months. The Governor of Illinois has offered 10,000 men to resist the invasion. The New York. World says that Generals Hooker and Halleck appear to have adopted the hypothesis that Gen. Lee will not throw a large force into the Northern States whilst Hooker remains on the south side of the Potomac, or if he does that Hooker can get into his rear. The World thinks, however, that if, notwith standing Lee's formidable menace in crossing the Potomac, Hooker persists in remaining on the south side of that river, it will be in Lee's power to seize the railroads and isolate Washington. "If this be accomplished," says the same journal, " Hooker can no Linger avoid a battle in a positio❑ of Lee's choos ing, for the Government cannot afford to have a Confederate army encamped between Washington and the Northern States. If Washington is assaulted on the Northern side, the TT'orld think?, a great mistake will have been made in not transferring hooker's army into Mary land to meet Lee at the threshold. The universal indifference of the people of Pennsylvania regarding the invasion is the subject of much comment. Tne New York Herald says that the inhabitants seems to have lost all spirit, and either retreat rapidly at the approach of the Confederates or ex hibit a strange apathy. Even the troops from Rew York and New Jersey are not received with cordiality or enthusiasm, but the inhabitants endeavour only to profit pecuniarily by their pre- sence. A side-wheel steamer of 700 tons burden is reported to have been seen burning off Nantucket. Heavy firing was heard off Cape Cod ; it was supposed to proceed from a Federal gunboat. The steamers Baltic, Atlantic, and many others are leaving to capture privateers. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JUNE 26, Evening. Money easy. Gold 441 per cent. premium. Exchange on London, Bankers' Bills, 158. Stocks, large speculative sates. New York Centrals 1201; Illinois, 102; Erie, 9574 Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 104. Cotton very firm. Middling Up land 65c. Flour dull. Wheat and corn declining. Pro visions, good enquiry. Coffeelquiet ; sugar, good enquiry. Molasses steady. Petroleum very firm. The City of New York takes out 60,119d015. in specie, 200 passengers, and 16 sacks of mails. NEW YORK, JUNE 27, Morning. (Per City of New York.) There are indications that General Lee purposes operating with his whole army on the North side of the Potomac. O❑ Thursday night Hill's and Longstreet's corps are both said to have crossed the river. General Ewell entered Chambersburg on Wed nesday, and issued an order forbidding the inhabi tants to sell liquor to the soldiers, also admonishing persons not in military service to abstain from acts of hostility, stating that acquiescence in the demands of the military authorities would less the rigours of war. General Ewell's main force is believed to have halted in the rear of Chambersburg, holding all the roads and passes in the vicinity, and awaiting rein forcements. General Early's division of Longstreet's corps, consisting of ten regiments of infantry with cavalry and artillery, occupied Gettysburg yesterday. It is supposed that General Early will strike the Northern Central Railroad at Hanover Junction or York, thirty miles distant. The Confederates hold all the passes of South Mountain. They are also in close proximity to Carlisle, but have not yet occupied the place. The Federal General Smith commands the de fences of the Susquehannah. Colonel Pierce super sedes General Milroy at Bloody Run. General Dana commands the defences of Philadelphia. The New York Herald says that two days ago half of General Lee's army was in Maryland and Pennsylvania; the other half, immediately under the eye of Lee, was 30 miles south of the Potomac in the Shenandoah Valley. General Lee's whole army may be described, in a military sense, as being in the same valley, extending 30 miles from Winchester to the Potomac, and thence 50 miles northward from Chambersburg. The New Fork Herald does not anticipate a collision between Generals Lee and Hooker for several days, and says it is probable that the first serious hostilities will take place at Harper's Ferry, for that point, with Lee's advance beyond the Po tomac, is essential to Lee's communication with the Shenandoah Valley, and Richmond. Lee's siege trains will therefore probably be first used against the Maryland Heights, in conjunction with an assault by the reserved column of General Lou gstreet. The Baltimore correspondent of the New York,' Herald says Thursday, 25th inst. Lee , was in strong force at Frederick City, and from there will either march on - Washington or Baltimore, or move to the railroad between Washington and Bal- timore. Gen. Hooker is reported to have been. moving on the 25th instant, the right wing of his army is stated to be in the vicinily of Hagerstown. Intelligence from Vicksburg, to the 23d inst., an nounces that preparations aro making for another assault upon that place. Gen. Johnstone telegraphed to President Jeffer son Davis, upon the 22d inst., that Kirby Smith has got possession of Milliken's Bend, above Vicks burg. A body of 1,000 Texans have been repulsed at Lake Providence by negro troops. General Banks assaulted Port Hudson at day light on. the 14th, and at 11 o'clock on the same morning retreated to his entrenchments, having been disastrously repulsed at all points, with the loss cf 700 to 1,000 men, It was supposed that another assault would be made on the 19th inst., Col. Dudley having volun teered to lead a storming column of 4,000 picked men. The Confederates were reported to be concentrat ing in General Banks' rear to prevent his retreat to Baton Bouge. General Burnside officially reports that Col. Saunders' cavalry expedition into East Tennessee struck the railroad at Lenoir, destroyed the line up to Knoxville, and made a demonstration against that place. Re burnt bridges, destroyed stores, and captured three pieces of artillery, 500 prisoners, and 1,000 stand of arms. The Confederates were found in greater strength than was expected, and followed in Colonel Saunders' rear. General Fosters troops have been sent from Newbern to reinforce General Dix at Fort Monroe. General Franklin has been orderad to New ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA; last evening, performed a for n r h t i h g h t l i y m s e u c a c t e s t s h f i u s l t n h o e v a e t l r t e y FAUST E MARGHERITA. the T f h o i u s d more than confirmed the brilliant impression of its first production in the past week. A house crowded in every portion, and by an audience as elegant as it was numerous, testified to its merits in a manner that must now be thought decisive. Another great and enduring favourite is thus added to the yearly extending repertoire of this theatre, which in a few seasons will have a fullness that would enable the house, if necessary, almost to live upon "revivals." This success has been achieved as usual by the marvellous completensss of the production. As a mere spectacle the opera has had but one rival—" Le Prophete." No other work has given us its great variety and animation. The scene of the "Kermessie," which carries us away so entirely to the medieval life of a German city, and the interior of the cathedral, are special examples of grouping and of movement, in which this house has had no equal. The apo theosis also of Margaret, at the conclusion, in realisation of Mucke's well-known painting, " The Flight of St. Catharine," is an instance of magical illusion it would be vain to seek elsewhere. Here the superb dimensions of the stage s o su pp o rt th e art and taste employed on it that the effect becomes as unique as it is in every way delightful. The musical claims of this production are almost on a level with its scenic. The Margaret of Mdlle. Miolan, if somewhat wantingin the intensity proper to the remorse and grief of the last act, displays a most poetic sense of the opening of her passion in the second, where, throughout the garden scene, the singular delicacy with which Mdlle. Miolan marks the growth of an emotion that, in its entire faith in its object, never for a moment loses its purity, is a chef d'ceuvre that cannot possibly be eulogised too highly. M. Faure, also, in Mephis topheles, has added another to the substantial list of his many admirable impersonations. The satanic irony with which ho infuses it—especially i n the serenade—is of,: it se lf a distinctive feature, that is as faithful as it is effective. The Faust of Signor Tamberlik is not exactly what we should have had in the Faust of Signor Mario, but though affording no scope whatever to the energy of our great " Tenors robusto"—in the " Salve dimora"— it permitt e d him to give a due instance of his tenderness. Ths Valentin of Signor Graziani, and the Siebel of Madlle. Nantee were also most adequate performances. We refrain all comment on the music, which the public arc already beginning to appreciate, as among the most spirited, tender, and at times original, that has teen heard in this country for many years, merely remarking that the instrumentation, which is so marked a feature of its excellence, received the amplest justice at the hands of Mr. Costa and his associates. Mdlle. Miolan, we have only to add, obtained, together with her companions, the usual and in this case very welt deserved honours of the night. [QUEEN'S CONCERT ROOMS, MISS ELIZABETH PHILP'S CONCERT. A very brilliant ;;:i delightful entertainment was given by this young lady, at the above rooms in Hanover-square, last evening, and which had the effect of attracting, as it deserved to do, a very refined and numerous audience. Miss Philp, who, we need scarcely say, is well known in musical circles as one of our most finished f emale musicia ts , as well as a most pleasing singe r, w as a ho st in herself on this occasion, which her singing through. out the evening abundantly attested. She was sus tained, however, by the talents of Madlle. Artot, from Her Majesty's Theatre, one of the most de lightful acquisitions that our lyric stage has made Il ex quisite " Valse" from f G o i r ur m am an en y to 7ar a s n , dantdbe w h o se aria from the " Gounod's Faust, were sufficient evidence of the great range as well as merit of her powers. Miss Eleanor Wilkinson and Madame Linas Martorelle were also very successful, whilst Mr. Wilbye Cooper and Mr. Weiss sustained their usual reputation. A young pianist, Miss Alice Mang old, made a ver y favour able impression, especi all y in some s tud i es from Stensett and Bach, which were very properly encored. Among the best features of the ni g ht w as Miss Phiip's delivery of her own ballad, " Sitting which so well attested her to be on a level with those as claims as as ev a er co l in o p n o el s y e , r '' a singer, It was a very graceful and tender effusion, very perfectly delivered. PAGLT.—The noble lord, in a letter to aLA to contemporary , says,--Some little time since it was stated tha t I was about to hoist my flag in her Majesty's ship FriDee B9 Ro y al, and to take command 'of the North American s t a tion. My successor at the Admiralty has been named by o ther news p a p ers, who have g one so far as to indicate the gentleman who is to b ecome th e represen tative of the boroug h of Sandwich in m y room . I t may CENCE save him from the trouble of a bootless journey, and will necessity of answering a considerable if you will be good enough to state the communications which have been made to me a pure invention from beginning to spare me from number of after hearing the opposition for PUBLIC COMPANIES D AND IN ... ARLIA RAILWAY on the h . t e h e above whole i e n e g t , is a Y r ' ch, giving the Great Eastern running and l‘larquis of Exeter, the committee of were those of Worcester, Dean, and the Great the House of Lords passed the bill of the Great Northern, (alterations), Glasgow and South powers over it. The clauses are to be considered to-day. from Spald YE in ea g ss Monmouth, Scottish Central, Great Northern (Cheshire Ayr and Idaybole Railway; North Western, and Wexford Free • Eastern, Frierston Reclamation, . Bridge, Newhaven PARLIA MENT.—Yesterday, Navigation, and Thames Embankment, Harbour, Ouse I T in h e e s o ), th s er ou b t i b lls y p o a r s k se fih d iro south side. MASTERS A ND SERVANTS.--The b as i s of reform must consist i n a gradual e manc i pation from the idea that servitude is derogatory. Let this be fully appre ciated. and the difficulties of the question are more than met. When in truth we consider how servants are degraded we cannot won d er that they are as th ey are, and that edu cation has been powerles s to make them either worse or better. Take for one example the dress of servants. Why in this enlighten ed age should a man be transformed into a jac k ana pes and buffoo n ? Wh y s hould the days of th e f eu d al times be retained, and the human form, the highest repre sentative on earth of the God above, be enve l oped in the disgusting badges indicating that the wearer of it is the ser vant of another human form, perhaps if cultivated better than its master, i n soul and in heart. If the philanthropists who met together on Monday and talked of reform, had each gone home and ordered the stuffing out of the calves of the removal of his flaring plush, and the ' Jeames, washing of his whitewashed head, they would have effected, we ima gine, a far greater advancement, than by any amount of talk on the pub lic p latfo rra , —Social Scienc e R ev i ew. A TIGER STORY.--A correspondent of the Times of I n di a writes as follows:—" I regret to have to record another frightful tiger accident. It appears that Captain Curtis, 6th Dragoons, Captain Bradford, Sillidar Cavalry, and another gentleman were out on a shooting excursion in the vicinity of Sehore, where they fell in with a tiger, which had been previously wounded by some other sportsmen, and was in a state of furious madness. Captain Bradford raised his gun, but it unfortunately would not go o ff. At the same moment the brute caught sight of the party, and, giving a hideous roar, charged down upon them with the utmost ferocity, singling out Captain Bradford, w h o was in the act of scrambling up a tree ; the tiger made a dash at him with a tremendous hound, and caught and dragged him to the ground. Poor Bradford having raised his hand to protect his head, the brute seized his arm, crunching it between his terrible jaws as if it had been so m uch rotten wood, breaking and splintering the bone, and lacerating the flesh in a frightful manner. Meantime his companions were not idle; but, as they were afraid of hit ting their friend if they fired at any distance,they advanced boldly up to the brute and poured shot after shot into him, till last he was rolled over by the eleventh bullet. Fero cious to the last, the brute never relinquished his hold, and fell dead in the act of aiming a blow with his enormous paw at the head of his victim. Poor Captain Bradford was ' carried into Sehore in a pitiable condition, mauled all over, and it was found necessary to amputate his arm at the s houlder -joint. By last accounts he was in a very preca rious state. The tiger was of monstrous size, and said to be the largest ever seen in these parts. A STUMP ORATOR.—An Ohio stomper while making a speech paused in the midst of it, and exclaimed, "Now, gentlemen, what do you think 2" In stantly a man rose in the assembly, and with one eye par tially closed, modestly repli e d, it I think, Sir, I do, indeed, Sir, I think if you and Iwere to stump the country together we would tell more lies than any other two men in the coun try, Sir, and I'd not say a word during the whole time, air,''—iiincrigan paper. Orleans. Three privateers, a steamer, a barque, and a schooner are committing depredations at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy. Forty vessels are reported to have been destroyed this week by a privateer steamer off Cape Sable. The Federal revenue cutter Calebeushing, heavily armed and provisioned for two months, sailed last night from Portland, without orders or officers. It is supposed that the crew will use her for piracy. Armed steamers have been sent in pursuit. The steamer Hattie has been captured. The steamer Banshee has been burnt at Cape Fear River. Admiral Foote is dead. THE POLISH QUESTION. -.-THE REPLY OF RUSSIA. BERLIN, SIILY 7. Private letters received here from St. Petersburg assert that Prince Gortscliakoff laid the replies to the three Powers before the Emperor on Saturday last. The replies are said to be of a ccnciliatory and peaceful character, and will probably be submitted to the Council of Ministers at the commencement of the present week. It was not expected, however, that the replies would be despatched from St. Petersburg before the middle of July. MADAGASCAR. REPORT OF THE FRENCH CONSUL. PARIS, JULY 7. The official report of the French Consul at Tama tave, dated May 15, has been published to-day. This report explains that the cause of the politi cal revolution in Madagascar was the rivalry be tween the nobles and Nenamaso. The young men who, at the accession of King Radama, took power and monopolised all favours, suggested to the King measures disapproved of by the people. They were accused of injustice, of being open to corruption, and great immorality. Under their influence the King published a law authorising duels, and even combats of tribe against tribe, and village against village, without any other formality than the con sent of the two parties, thus proclaiming civil war, and furnishing a pretext for hostilities. The offi cers and principal inhabitants begged of the King to recall this law, who, however, refused, and the preparations for the conflict then began. The French Consul assembled all his fellow countrymen, and the English Consul wished the Methodist missionaries to take a similar course, but they did not respond to his invitation. The King, having again refused to revoke the law, the people, slaves, and soldiers assembled in the public places to search for the 33 :ndividuais belonging to the King's court, who had been pro scribed by the conspirators-11 were killed by the multitude. While this was going on negotiations were entered into with the King, who asked mercy for the unfortunate men remaining, who, he promised, should be exiled for lite. This wa refused by the conspirators, who demanded that the guilty should undergo perpetual imprisonment in chains. The King would not at first comply with this demand, but after much parleying ended by accepting it. The following day the King was assassinated, and the Council proclaimed Queen Robodo, an nouncing that the King, disconsolate at the loss of his friends, had committed suicide. The Queen accepted the Constitutior, which stipulates, among other things, that she shall not drink strong liquors, and that the right over life and death belongs to the Council. It also abolishes the Tan gum, and maintains religious liberty. The Prime Minister informed M. Laborde that he had sent orders to the Governors on the coast to protect the whites. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 6.—The market continues firm, but without any improvement up to to this time on the closing rates of Saturday. Threes, for the Account , are now unvaried at 68f. 65c. Little doing in Railway Shares. The market improved towards the close, and left off as follows : It per Cent s .. 96 90 It a li an L oan 72 20 Do, end m on th.... Do. end month 72 35 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 68 75 Do. end month 72 65 Credit M0bi1ier....1205 Russian - -- Do, end m0nth....1207 50 Austrian Bank Shares 3410 Spanish Threes .„ .. 63 50 Credit k oncier — Home Debt HAIL - vrATS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto * .. -- -- Lyons and Mediterranean 1035 1037 50 Geneva 465 .. 466 25 Southern 677 50 .. 675 Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian LOW bard . 572 50 ~ 573 75 North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona .... 545 - .. 547 50 690 - 695 - 370 - 372 50 VOLTAIRE'S Mot ON ROME.—A greater proof of the fatal and invincible destiny by which the Supreme Being chains together the events of the universe is that Constantine built Constantinople for the Turks, as Romulus founded the Capitol for the Pontiffs of the Catholic Church, —Easel sur les lifeeurs AN ARCH COMPLIMENT TO AN ARCHBISIIOPESS. —Tho young and pretty wife of one of the Archbishops (whether of the English or Irish establishment is not stated), making her appearance at a ball the other night, with her hair dressed in a verypeculiar fashiop gave rise to a good snot on the part of a lady standing by— 'ye s I" sa id the latter, looking at the hair—" yes 1 almost the thing— quite arch, but not episcopal." A PROMISING PUPIL. —A lady, teaching in a ragged school one Sunday evening, was trying to impress on her class of young city Arabs the duty of thank fulness to Providence; and, to begin at the lowest and most tangible proposition, asked them to mention the pleasures which in the course of the year they enjoyed the most ; holidays on some fine neighbouring downs being in her unsophiscated mind the probable reply to her question, or at the worst the good Christmas dinner provided by the guar dians of the schools. The class, composed of ten or a dozen lads between sixteen and eighteen, all sat very still for a moment in profound cogitation. Then the leader lifted his hood, looked the lady straight in the face, and answered, " Cock-fightin', ma'am." A SIIAKESPERIAN MECHANIC.—In the preface to Messrs. Macmillan and Co.'s "Cambridge Shakespeare" the editors acknowledge their obligations to Mr. John Bul lock, who is, we believe, a mechanic—a brass-finisher in Aberdeen—and who has devoted his leisure to the study of English literature, fcr which, though still following his manual labour, he has obtained in his own locality a con siderable reputation, 1 4