The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-03 00:00:00

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION BUILDING, South Kensington.—A GRAND MILI TARY CONCERT, in AID of H.R.H. the PRINCESS MARY FUND, for Providing Nurses for the Inmates of the CAMBRIDGE ASYLUM, will be g,ven in ate International Sou'th Kensington (by permission', on SATUR DAY, the 13th June — Under the Immediate Patronage of Hie Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of CAMBRIDGE His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, and Her Royal Highness Princess MARY A IJELAIDE. The BANDS of the HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE, consisting 01-- The First Life Guards, The S.cond Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards (blue), The Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, and the Scots Fusilier la uards, will perform on this occasion. Admission, ss. ; reserved seats, 75. 6d.—Tickets to be ob table 1 at Mr. Sams' Royal Library, St. James's street ; Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Viresterton's Library, St. George's-place, Knightsbridge ; Messrs. Keith and Prowse's, 4S, Cheapside ; and at Austin's Ticket-office, 2S, Piccadilly. rIIFIE SETTLING DAY—Adam Black. Esq., M.P.—Ko-Too at Court, dm FUN, Thia Week. One Penny. THEATRE -ROYAL, RE-ROY AL, HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buctstone. THIS EVENING, THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. After which,lsth time, a new and original comedy. entitled FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter -Spy : Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Alfred Wigan, and Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Ur. and Yrs. Miss Louisa Followed by Angel. an apropos Dramatic , intro Sketch intoducing a Panorama of the Tour Commencece of W ales h East. at 7. DuRE , S M OTTO T" THE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENrH NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the SohoanagFECHTE R. THIS EVElNG,ommence with an Original sketch, entitled & SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdlcomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter-past Eip.;ht, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Prplogue, entitled THE DU KE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, maß.npor ted by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Broug ham, g.Widdimmbe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson; Misses Carlotta Leclercq. Kate Terry, E. I,avenue, and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ItOVAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining THI;; EVENING, will be presented (7th time), COURT AND CAMP : Messrs. G. Vining, C. Verner, 11..Marsck, ton, G. Belmore, G. Murray, Warde ; 3 l i ss Amy SedgwiMiss L. Laidlaw, and Miss Lydia Thompson. To be preceded by PERFECTION. And followed by A CHARMING PAIR. NENV TEE AT-RE-ROYAL, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Billington, and Miss K. K e lly . Alter which (19th time), a new Drama, in one act, entitled THE WOODEN SPOON MAKER. Messrs. B. Webster, Stuart, Stephenson, Sefton ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Bil lington. Followed by a new Burlesque, ent'fled ILL-TREATED IL TROvATORE. Messrs. Toole. P. Bedford, R. Phillips, li.lenrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sar t, and Miss K. Kelly. To conclude with HOW TO PAY THE RENT. Mr. C. Stephenson, Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather--Sun Office, June 3, 1863, THERMOMETER. ----- This morning This day at Two o'clock BO Barometer-30.0 0 . ind—S ; light breeze, and fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIT'S Der.—Morning, 2h. 40m.—Afternoon, 3h. sm. To-MORROW.-Moraing, 3h. 30m.—Afternoon, 3h. 55m. -4:044 °- LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1863. A lengthened discussion on the various questions brought before the Committee of Supply on Mon- day evening gives evidence that members are anxious to redeem the invariable pledge given on the hustings by advocating some retrenchment in the expenditure of public money. The votes for the public buildings, for the palaces, for the parks, for the Kensington Museum, were all severely cri ticised in turn. The amount asked on each head certainly appears to be large, and the most unsatis factory part of it is that the sums are annually in creasing. On some points, such as the parks, the expenditure certainly results in public benefit, for the advantages of these open spaces in the neigh bourhood of the metropolis are certainly very great. It must be remembered by the objectors that very great improvements have recently been carried out in many of the parks, which have, of course, added temporarily to the expense. Colonel SYKES gave his testimony as to the changes for the better made in Hyde Park, and as his experience as a resident extends over a period of thirty years, he must be well qualified to form an opinion. Battersea Park has been transformed from a mere grass common into a really beautiful park, whose pleasant walks and varied trees and shrubs delight thousands of visitors during the summer months. It is of course desirable to keep a prudent check on the expenditure of the public money, but honourable gentlemen on Monday night were disposed to be a little hypercritical. With regard to the public buildings, there was more ground for complaint. Largo sums are annually given for this purpose, and yet no satisfactory re sult is ever attained. The few works which enable us to claim any sort of architectural excellence for our modern Babylon are scattered far and wide. There is no chance of obtaining a really fine view in London, such as can be seen from the Place de la Madeleine. Even the fine block of public offices at Whitehall lose half their effect from taking a wrong slant. Standing at Charing cross and looking down towards Parliament-street, only part of the first house can be seen, Had they been placed in the right position, and had the work been carried on as it might have been, the gazer would have looked down a fine architectural avenue to the magnificent old abbey. There is certainly a great want of unity in our present method, but it is doubtful whether the defects complained of would be altogether remedied by the adoption of Mr. CHILDERS'S suggestion of placing the whole of the Public Buildings under the control of one Govern ment official. It wculd be necessary to stipulate in the interests of public taste that the Minister in question should be selected with more care and cir cumspection than is usually shown in the filling up of vacant posts. Unless some new genius rose up among the GREYS, RUSSELLS, Or ELLIOTS things would probably not be much mended. Fancy Sir CHARLES WOOD at the head of such an office. According to his principles of Indian legislation he would probably favour the scheme that left most money in the hands of the Government, and we should see our public offices and museums appearing with square brick fronts and slated roofs ! There is no doubt,however, some truth in the complaint made by Mr. CHILDERS that the unnecessary subdivision of authority created a kind of anarchy. The Chief Commissioner of Works had not, he said, the gene ral control. " The superintendence of the public works and buildings connected with the Govern ment was so scattered about that it was difficult to know wham to apply to. Some were under the control of the Treasury, such as harbours and piers; railways, which required so much care in their supervision, were placed under the control of the President of the Board of Trade, who had functions to discharge of a totally different character, and other works were under the control of the Home Secretary. There was such anarchy in the dis charge of their functions that it was impossible to have an efficient and economical control over them. He hoped before long some hon. member would take the subject up, and ask Parliament to consider whether some change in the present plan of super vision of our public works and buildings ought not to be made. He considered they ought to be con centrated under the supetintendenca of one depart ment, which would be more economical than now, and tend to an improved style of architecture." If such a suggestion were adopted it would be very necessary that a man of architectural taste and knowledge should be put at the head of it. There is room for such a department among us, for public taste has been too long neglected. The Go vernment, so readily lavish on some points, are unduly cautious in others, as some extrava gant persons endeavour to atone for their general thriftlessness by pefty and inconsistent savings. The same gentleman who talked very indifferently annual ks t a h o o o o u a s a n n t e d d s e f expended u n o fi n n i t s h h e e d m s e t t a r o t e par p o o f li t t h a e n in undertkin of the conservato r y at Kew by saying that the G overnme nt did not feel lustifie oo a further expenditur e of £l4, were unnecessarily extravagant it t s h l o f u t l h e de not t t iam havee been entered into, but if it t o a f k ing the I b t e ion no o al f • more e e t u h n an der is suitable for the proper c om p - thhoenopuurbalbiclowimllesmcbarecrselywbheogorub objected cted to the it. Some estimates based their opposition on a wrong foot icg. It is not because the country has not suffi cient means to pay, that extravagant expenditure is objected to. It is not because " Ireland is starv ing, and Lancashire being kept up at the public a r )n, and unreasonable e e:a o g n g a ezt edde estimates an ds expense" (which has not hitherto much affected the redoce Exchequer), are d to n b ex tent. If our northern friends were de • mendin g help and the Government refused it in order to lay out the money on the parks and museums, there would, indeed, be cause for ou t cry . B ut while the best friends of Lancashire have been hitherto deprecat ing grants of the public money, and the late humane and sensible proposal of the President of the Poor-law Board has originated with the Govern ment, not with the distressed districts, there is scarcely room for such a remark, even supposing the national exchequer were shallow ou i sh to give it foundation. We fully agree wi;l2 the noble There are some men who are apparently always eager for the opportunity of making themselves ridiculous. Mr. WHALLEY is one of these, and, as fate would have it, several years back he found his opportunity. It is an opportunity, moreover, that, once seized, comes back to him periodically. Every successive session it returns within his reach, and he grasps at it. And every successive session the hon. gentleman makes himself thereby, if that be really in any way possible,moreand more ridiculous. What Mr. WHALLEY'S opportunity was--who is there, having the slightest knowledge of the House of Commons as it is, that does not know by this time ? To say that it arose—this priceless opportunity for the member for Peterborough—to say that it arose from the fact of Mr. SPOONER'S cloak (metaphorically speaking) having fluttered down upon his shoulders during the actual lifetime, during the actual con tinuance in the House of Commons, of that venerable and respected gentleman the member for North Warwickshire—is to say, in this matter, scarcely anything. And for this simple and very matter of fact reason that—there is a difference in the manner of wearing a cloak ! For example we may naturally presume that JULIUS C.ESAR, that man of men, who was eudowedwith about the grandest intellect among ail the great Conquerors of the classic pagan age—we may naturally pre sume that CESAR, when stabbed to death at the base of POMPEY'S Pillar, must, in falling, have gathered his raiment about him with an awful and affecting dignity. SHAKSPERE in fact is the one to suggest this, as in the highest degree probable, where, referring to the anguish with which the Dictator saw the hand of BRUTUS raised against him among the group of assassins, the Poet writes—`‘ Then burst his mighty heart, and, in his garment muffling up his face, great C_ESAR fell." Yet, robe a TUERSITES with that same identical garment—upon any occa sion, under any imaginable circumstances— and it becomes upon the instant some thing absolutely ludicrous. We don't suppose that Mr. R OBERT KEELEY, if he were to return to the stage of the Haymarket some even ing, for this express purpose, could possibly walk across that stage, swathed about in a toga, without provoking roars of laughter. Mr. ToOLE, of the Adelphi, might move the most saturnine to merri ment, we believe, by the same easy means And all this not because the raiment it self i s in any respect intrinsically ridiculous, but s i mply because in either of these in stances, the wearer of it has essentially the gifts and endowments requisite to constitute the genuine low comedian. Those gifts and endowments the honourable member for Peterborough evidently possesses in a very high degree. Placed across his shoulders, a grave an d respectable raiment—old Mr. sp oNER'S metaphorical cloak aforesaid—imme diately becomes ridiculous. The laughter provoked every session by his manner of wearing it, Mr. WHALLEY has never yet been able for the life of him to comprehend. tinder the irritation of that laughter, he becomes every session more and mi,re goaded into a display of petulance that tends, by exciting him into greater activity, to induce him, as one may say, to wrap it tighter about him, in his indignation at being laughed at, until the comic folds of the mantle so worn become almost unendurable to look at it. JOHN BULL, in regard to Mr. WHALLEY, the member for Peterborough, is fast ap proaching that stage of exhaustion from laughter, reached —one evening (as the story runs) in the pit of a theatre when LISTON was acting— by another stout old gentleman who, while wiping his eyes, was overheard gasping out in a scarcely audible l ible voice, " F or C OD ' S sa k e take him away, or he'lbe the death of me." Nov that Colonel tna l Itc "iP has d Passe away ,n o w leal mem ber that the he late - for West Surrey can no more convulse the House with his dry humour, Premier as to the public enjoyment derived from the parks, whil e the advantages conferred by th e even Mr. WHALLEY'S absurdities come almo st as a relief to the dull decorum of the House of Corn- public museums are seldom questioned. Still a due mons' debates, when they happen to be unenlivened regard to economy should be had, and there is pro by the constitutional facetiousness of the aged bably room for a good deal of retrenchment s pirit farceur at the head of t he Government. detail. It is difficult for members to do this; much It is only to be regrette d, however, that must be left to the discretion and public of Religion, so called, should be the theme selected by the Minister. At least if such large sums are to be Mr. WHALLEY for the display—not of his powers annually demanded, let us have publi c b u ildi ngs of being witty himse lf, but of causing wit in others, an d o ffi ces wor thy of the name, and not hear of the or at any rate we may say not of laughing himself inconsistency of England pa3Niug rent for her public but of illiciting repeated, or as we may actually o ffic es , w hile sums that would cer t a i n l y startle c all them from thei r periodicity, sessional many a continental state are yearly obtained from bursts of laughter from others The sequel to Parliament is the Committee of Suppl y . the annual debate and division caused every successive session by Mr. WHALLEY'S inevitable motion in regard to Maynooth College, only varies in respect to the numerals set down as the re sult of that division. Otherwise that sequel may be said to be stereotyped. This year the re sult runs simply thus : Ayes 100, Noes 198 — majority against Mr. WHALLEY'S motion, 98—the announcement being received with cheers and laughter. Oa Monday night Lord PALMERSTON moved the second reading of the "AfricantihtSeedleauvsbetiarefterete,saottbyoseßdrrivlalew.d" t The hat it noble w a s lord,oo only nj just t t r o theo eci n u g e attentionthethat for many y oftheHouseeetroethethis A bill.frieaHo He then explained Slave Trade was protected by the United States flag. Last year, however, the Government of the United t S r t e a e t t e y s , b i the m yn which eh o ehta protection r do o s te me e ti on manner, w e was n o l longer g agreed er t t a oo be afforded. Lord PALMERSTON truly said that he thought it due to their liberality that he should point out this fact to the attention of hon. members. The chief point worthy of notice was the supplementary article extending to the neigh bourhood of Madagascar the right of search. The noble lord concluded by observing that last year this measure was passed as a matter of form, but he now considered that it was only doing justice to the American Government, who behaved in the most honourable and liberal manner in regard to this matter, which was of great interest to this country, that the second read ing of the bill should be marked by some attention being paid to it. This speech was highly credit able to the noble lord, and he showed great dis cernment in appreciating the conduct of the United States, whose Government deserved the high en• comiums he passed on it. It is satisfactory to note someth:ng worthy of approval in their arrangements, and the Anglo-Saxon race in different hemispheres can find no nobler meeting ground than the association for putting down the traffic of slavery. Mr. CAVE made a speech of some length on this subject. He said that it was satisfactory that so large an addition had been made to this treaty. The hon. member did not seem much impressed with what Lord PALMERSTON had stated, for he said that he would not pay compli ments to " the American Government for having thus done simply what was just and right," but he acknowledged that they had now entered upon a more satisfactory course. He wiehed to call attention to the 6th clause, under which the crew were to be sent home for trial, and he further added that the recent execution of a slave captain in New York proved it to he no mere form. In pursuance of this topic, ho observed that a Spaniard, who had made many successful slaving voyages, and whom he casually met in the Gulf of Mexico, said to him, " We don't care much about capture, that is simply a matter for insurance ; but if you wish to stop the slave trade, which (he did the English the honour to say) I don't believe, hang the captain, or one of the crew if you can't identify the cap tain, and you will stop the trade in six months ; we cannot insure against hanging." This was certainly exemplifying the case and illustrating the fact, and if such a happy result is likely to ensue from the process, it is to be re gretted that the plan was not tried earlier and the practise made more general. Mr. CAVE mentioned an important circumstance, which was, that in con sequence of this treaty certain proprietors had resolved that their slaves in Cuba should not be worked so extremely hard, because they were aware that if supply was stopped, slaves would be worth too much to be worked to death in eight y ears, which was the period that the test management gave. After referring to some difficulties that had occurred with French vessels, the lion. member wound up his remarks by stating that if some Wi se precautions ware adopted "it might be hoped that this was indeed the beginning of the end, and that this abominable traffic might become a matter of history, even In the days of those whom he was addressing. After a short discussion, the bill was read a second time, Sir G . GREY explaining that the bill merely confirm e d the treaty which had been laid on the table of the House. So far this brief debate was most satiefae. tory, sinc e it p rove d that some decisive steps had been taken in the right direction. While the American Government can lay claim to aPProba. tion, that of Spain can only provoke censure. I t is guilty of the wrongs perpetrated at Cuba, and hence a great stumbling block is cast i n the way of progress. Had the Spanish Govern. meat been sincere from the outset there wo u l d have been no occasion for so much anxiety, and the late stringent arrangements would have been rendered unnecessary by their care a n d caution. As it is there is great matter for rejoic. ing that the bill has been happily disposed of, that one step has been taken in the right direction by the United States. That it may speedily be f e d. lowed by others of a similar nature will be the e ar . nest prayer and heartfelt wish of all who are int,. rested in the question. It is incumbent on all Governments to band together and make a stron g defence against the encroachments of this iniquito us traffic, and the smallest success is of great moment in so important and influential a cause. It is of no use to sit at home at ease and inveigh against Bill disgraceful the practice unless energy i s em pl o y e d t o circum vent the that manceuvoressee. T s are ceaselessly African eas Slaveelesslyatw or kin this Trade Treaty worthy a o d auxiliary ehold b e i n appreciated this nob noble work of business. i suppression, s a accordingly. Elsewhere in our paper of this evening will be found a remarkable letter recently forwarded to us from France by the Visc om t e d e LUPE. In giving it there, exactly as it comes to us in the very words o f the writer, we have been careful to appendtoit a literal translation from the or i g i na l , so that the precise purport of it should not ran the hazard of remaining caviare to even a section of the readers under whose glance our impression of this evening shall pass. While respecting, as we do very ear nestly, the generous indignation with which the Viscomte de LUPE repels the merest hint of an accusation against his brother-in law, the Chevalier CARACCIOLO, now a prisoner in the fortress of Alexandria, we cannot but cherish a belief that he is under a misapprehension in sup posing that that gallant but unfortunate officer was actually the person alluded to in the passage to which the Viscomte DE LUPE refers—the passage in which the Turin Correspondent of the chief of our morning contemporaries recently alluded to the Comte DE CHRISTEN as manacled by the same chain raeraent t o wa s P en ned hastily in a moment of irritation, with mon ou t any direct reference in the writer's mind at the t r o e w s a h p 00 1 nn o d n remark,ou t malefactorp we e or o g u u l 1 e prefery s l a v e , the brave but unhappy gentleman to to The believe, cr sume stiil is, Ieashed UHRISTEN was, and we pre by those iron The only colourable evidence that it might THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1863. be so, that the Turin Correspondent had the actual fellow-prisoner in view, is discernible in the circumstance poignantly alluded to by the Viscomte DE T UPE, namely, that the Count DE CHRISTEN and his companion had before their incarceration been associated in the same warlike enterprise, had fought side by aide upon the same battlefield, had, in the odious word applied to them by their assistant, in this instance most unjustifiably, been " accomplices." Whatever may be thought at any rate of the incident out of which this repudiation by the Viscomte DE LUPE of a horrible accusation directed against his brother-in-law, the Chevalier CARACCIOLO, and by implication also against his friend, the Count DE CHRISTEN, arises, it is impos sible to read the burning words of mingled protest and Viscomte, ex p os y t m ul p a a t t ic i n, i p ng en w n e it d h b t y he th n e o y b o l u e n e g motions o; without sis which those burning words of his are so eloquent an expression. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. PARIS, JUNE 3. The following official announcement has been made today : " The results now received of the elections throughout the country are almost definitive. " The scrutiny has shown that in all districts the voting was carried out. " Order and quiet have been nowhere disturbed, and the increase of voters upon the present occasion has been large. " The returns from 268 districts already sent in show that in 152 cases the Government candidates have been returned." BOURSE, June 2.—The market has been again heavy and prices show a slight decline—Threes, for the Account, being now at 69f. 50c. The Railway Share Market has been also heavy, with a decline on some of the lines. The rates for carrying over railway accounts are rather high. The market, prior to the close, recovered chat it had lost, and left off as follow s 44 per Cents. . . .... 96 90 Italian Loan 72 46 Do. end month.... —. I Do. end month 72 45 3 per Cents ..... 69 30 New ditto Do. end month.. 69 55 Do. end month.... Credit Mobilier..., 1400 Russian Do. end m0nth....1395 Austrian Bank Shares ...... 3450 Spanish Threes 53 60 Credit Foncier ....1415 Rome Debt . . — - RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans... ............... . 997 50 • • 997 50 Northern .......... 1033 75 New ditto ...... : ........ : . • • -- GLyons and Medithrranean 1046 25 .. 1045 eneva ............ .... 437 50 .. 435 SousSthe ............ 760 .. 760 -- Eetern ............ 520 . astern .............. 5 03 76 •• • .. 1035 Sardinian .............. 415 .. 407 50 Austrian ............. 460 457 50 torpbard ............. 56.5 .. 563 75 North of Spain .. 563 75 .. 567 50 Saragossa . • ..... . 720 -- .. 718 Ditto to Barcelona 75 .... 382 50 .. 380 - Tli :E PRUSSIAN PRESS. BERL The offici a l Staats Anzager of to-daIN, JUNE 2. y publishes a Royal decree, dated tha Ist inst., based upon Article 63 of the Constitution, and countersigned by the entire Ministry. The decree empowers the Administrative autho rities to prohibit, temporarily or altogether, after two warnings, the publication of newspapers the attitude of which is upon the whole dangerous to the public Welfare. The Ministry is also authorised to forbid the introduction of foreign newspapers into Prussia upon similar grounds, when thought ad visable. EVENING. It is reported that during the absence of the King for the benefit of his health at Carlsbad his Majesty will be represented by a Viceroy (Statthalter). The Crown Prince haring dezlined, Prince Carl, the brother of the King, will, it is said, fill that post. AMERICA. (RETrEtt'sExp ßEss.) LIV ERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The Liverpool, New Y ork, and Philadelphia Company's screw stea mer City of New York, Cap tain Kennedy, which sailed from New York on the 23d ult., arrived in the Mersey shortly after mid night, bringing 158,500 dols. in specie. A full telegraphic summary of the advices by this arrival appeared in our second edition of yesterday. The New York 7 imes o f th e 23d ult., says— " The news from General Grant this morning, both from our own and from rebel sources of informa tion, is of the highest importance. After the cap ture of Jackson, his army being provided with eight days' rations, he ceased communication with Grand Gulf, on account of the large escorts' required for that service. From Jackson, it was understood to be his intention to force his way through to Haine's Bluff, on the Yazoo, and to secure the enemy's trans- Ports. He held the bridge across the Big Black River with 5,000 men, and had de stroyed several miles of the Vicksburg and Jack son Railroad near the latter place. Here informa tion from our side leaves. Rebel despatches state that our forees occupied Jackson at two o'clock on the 17th, and proceeded towards Vicksburg. On the 18th there was a heavy battle near Edward's station on the Vicksburg Railroad between Gen. Grant Bald the rebels from Vicksburg under Gen. Pemberton, in which the latter were driven back to their entrenchments, one account states, with the loss of 16 pieces of artillery. Barker's Creek is stated as the exact locality of the battle. Gen. Jo e Johnston, in an official despatch to the rebel War Department, does not attempt to disguise the fact that Gen. Pemberton was defeated. His de sPatch is dated at a point between Livingston and Brownsville, whi c h would make his location west ward of Jackson, the direction in which he re treated when driv e n out of that place by Gen. Grant. Johns t on says the battle lasted nine hours, when Pemberton was compelled to fall back behind the Big Black River. The rebel General Pilchman was killed, and the losses are reported to be heavy on both sides." By the arrival at this port of the steamship Matanzas We the 13th i nst. She brings no later news from Gen. u , Banks,receive advices from New Orleans to but - 0 have by her an account of another bombard ment of the Port Hudson batteries by Admiral 1' irragut, in which considerable damage was inflict e d upon that rebel stronghold, with no loss on ou r s i de. The bombardment commenced at midnight of th e Bth, and continued, with intermix. u sions, for two A aYs. The object of the demonstra tion was p ro b ably to prevent rebel reinforcements from m arc h ing from Port Hudson to Vicksburg. Repo r t s reach us via Cairo from tho Red River. Our gunboats have proceeded above Alexandria, and succeed ed in breaking the rebel raft. At Har risonburg a had not b een Ca battery was shelled two hours, but it ptured at last accounts. A desp a t ch from Cincinnati confirms our Wash ington correspondent's statement that Vallandig ham's sent ence has been changed by the President into transp ortation beyond our lines. Gen. Rose crans is int rusted with the duty of sending him within Bragg,,3 lines. The New Y or k Tribu ne says :—" Rebel despatches moan over the d estruction of property in Jackson, Milo ii giPPi f by the 'Union forcic They BAY that before leaving they burned the Confederate house, the depots, the penitentiary, Green and Phillips's factory, Stevens's foundry, and a block of buildings in State-street, including the Medical Purveyor's and other Government Offices; also both bridges over the Pearl River, and destroyed several miles of the railroad track." Another account says " the Catholic church was destroyed, and the Mississip pian office gutted, the presses broken, and the type thrown into the street. The furniture in the Capitol was badly abused, and the Governor's man sion demolished. All the stores were sacked, and their contents destroyed, and iron safes broken open. Ladies were robbed of jewellery and money. The railroad was badly torn up for several miles, and the telegraphic wires torn down. About 300 negroes from Hinds county joined the Yankees. The country was plundered generally. Farmers estimate the damage at from five to ten millions. Much destruction and suffering prevail" The official statement of losses in the late battle at Chancellorsville is as follows :—Killed, 1,989 ; wounded, 7,867. The number reported killed will be slightly varied when the list is collated with the list of exchanged prisoners received from Rich mond. Between 1,700 and 1,800 of the wounded were but slightly wounded, and were not disabled nor off duty for a single day. The United States barque Roebuck captured on the 2d inst., while attempt:ng to run the blockade, at St. A.ndrew's Bay, Florida, the British schooner Emma Amelia, of 85 tons, loaded with wine, flour, &c. A letter from Nassau, dated May 2, states that since the 11th of March the following steamers have made, or attempted to make, voyages to the blockaded ports :—Wave Queen, Granite City, Stonewall Jackson, Victory, Flora, Havelock, Emma, Ruby, Hero, St. John's, Margaret, Jesse, Mina, Eagle, Calypso, Nicholas 1., Duoro, Anto niac, Giraffe, Thistle, Gertrude, Georgians, Bri tannia, Pet, Ella, Annie, Charleston, Dolphin, and others, 26 in all. Of these the following have been captured : Granite City, St. John's, Nicholas 1., Gertrude, Thistle, Daoro, and Dolphin. The Wave Queen, Stonewall Jackson, and Georgiana were driven ashore, and the Mina has been long absent, and is supposed to have been lost at sea—thus disposing of the eleven., The names of these vessels are often changed, which conveys the impression that the number engaged in the trade is larger than it really is. Thus, the Stonewall Jackson was the Leopard, the Victory was the Wayne, and, before that, the Annie Childs; the Thistle was called the Cherokee, &C. ; while the Havelock is now called the Beauregard. The same letter states that blockade-running is not so active as formerly, the prices of freights having become greatly exchanged within the last two months. The following are the latest despatches from Vicksburg in full:— CINCINNATI, May 22. Information received here from General Grant's head-quarters at Raymond, Miss., shows that it was his intention to destroy all the bridges in his vi. cinity. After the capture of Jackson he ceased communication with Grand Gulf, in consequence of heavy escorts of troops being necessary for such service. The army was provided with rations for eight days. From Jackson General Grant was to proceed to Raines' Bluff and secure a number of transports belonging to the rebels, and prevent their escape up the Yazoo river. General Pemberton is thought to be in front of General Grant, and General Joe Johnston is sup posed to have brought out five thousand troops with him. It is generally supposed that a great battle would be fought before Vicksburg surrendered; but of its final capture no one expressed a doubt. The bridge over the Big Black river has not been destroyed, but is guarded by 5,000 men, with iustructions to destroy it if they should be com pelled to leave. Three miles of the railroad near Jackson were torn up when our forces entered that city. The Gazette's Murfreesboro despatch has contra dictory reports from the Mississippi. One report is that General Grant has been driven back from Jackson and Port Gibson, and that General Joe Johnston's forces have possession of the Jackson and Vicksburg Railroad. Another report is that General Grant has beaten General Johnston and taken possession of the rail. road bridge over the Big Black river, which is a most important movement in that section of coun try, as it entirely cuts off rebel communication with Vicksburg. Advice; via Cairo say that our loss at Raymond was 71 killed and 300 wounded, and that 65 cars, laded with bacon and corn meal, were cap tured between Raymond and Jackson. It appears to be General Grant's intention to march in the rear of Vicksburg to Haines' Bluff. Rebel papers state that forces from all parts of the South are to march to reinforce General John. ston. CAIRO, May 22, 1863. The City of Alton from below has arrived. . __. Accounts of the operations of Grant's army to the 17th do not differ materially from the rebel reports already published. The impression is gaining ground that General Grant is a perfect master of the situation. Warrenton is iu our possession. Teams are con tinually employed in hauling stores from that point. Greenville, Mississippi, a town of some 400 in habitants, has been entirely destroyed. Our gunboats ascended the Red River from Alex andria. The Price succeeded in breaking the rebel raft loose, which floated out of the way while our boats proceeded up the river to Harrisonburg, where they shelled a rebel battery two hours without taking it. It was reported at Helena that Price and Marma duke have a force 10,000 strong at Wittsburg. MURFREESBORO, TENN., May 22. Surgeon Appleby, of the First Alabama, who was taken prisoner, but released, says that Vicksburg had been evacuated, and that Gen. Pemberten had marched out to attack Gen. Grant in the rear, while Gen. Johnston pushed him from the direction of Jackson. He says only two brigades have been sent from Gen. Bragg's army to Mississippi. Bragg has his battle field marked out about three miles from Shelbyville, his line in intrenchments and his troops in fighting condition. WASHINGTON, May 22. Up to a late hour this evening no additional in formation has been received from General Grant. All the news of his operations since the occupation of Jackson, Miss., has come through rebel aources, and is regarded by the President and War Depart ment, as well as the public generally, as very favourable, and indicative of speedy and complete triumph. The rebel papers received here are filled with desponding and gloomy articles upon the position of affairs at and near Veksburg. They evidently anticipate the worst in that quarter. The Rich mond Whig is very severe upon the rebel Government for placing General Pemberton in command at that important point. It says : " The public were never able to account for the sudden promotion by which Colonel Pemberton, Confederate States army, ex-lieutenant United States army, became, without trial or experience, and without the possession of unusual abilities that were ever heard of, a lieutenant-general command ing the Department of the Mississippi, His man agement of affairs in that quarter, and especially the failure to keep the enemy out of the capital of Mississippi, has not elucidated the mystery. When the pinch came another general of tried and known ability was sent there ; but it was too late. If P,:na berton was not competent for the duties assigned him, why Was he sent there ? And if it was in. tended to relieve him when the crisis came, why was the relief withheld until it could not avail ? The telegraph tells us that the plundering and de struction at Jackson amounted to from five to ten millions of dollars. Was it worth PO much to any body that General Pemberton should have been promoted over so many officers of experience and ability ? The Government may feel very easy on the subject, but the ignorant public must be per mitted to have its doubts." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MAY 23, Evening. Money easy. Gold, 49 per cent. prem. Exchange on London, bankers' bills, 165. Stocks steady ; New York Centrals, 1251 ; Illi nois, 114 ; Erie, 991. The Bohemian takes out 27,000 dols, in specie. (Per the Bohemian.) NEW YORK, MAY 23, Evening. Official reports received in Washington from General Grant's army, up to the 20th in3t., say—_ " General Grant has captued Haines Bluff and the entire works of Vicksburg, also a large number of prisoners and 57 guns. The battle was still raging, with the prospect of capturing the entire Confederate force in Vicksburg. " General Grant holds Jackson, tho Black River bridge, and Haines Bluff." The news is generally considered highly favour able to the Federals. MEXICO. (Per the Bohemian.) NEW YORK, MAY 23, Evening. Mexican accounts from Puebla to the 30th of April, received here via San Francisco, and pub lished by the New York journals, say— " The French had two further conflicts with the Mexicans, in the first of which the Mexicans held their ground, and in the second remained masters of the field, capturing 150 Zouaves. " Juarez has left for Comonfort's army, to urge offensive operations." THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUfHANIPTON, JUNE 3. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ceylon, Capt. Evans, with the heavy Calcutta and China mails, has arrived. She brings 165 passengers, 5 packages of specie, 1 package of jewellery, 14 packages of valuables, and 1,046 pack ages of general cargo, including 676 bales of raw silk, value £60,000 sterling. Her Majesty's ship Procris was at Gibraltar; the Meanee, Icarus, Trafalgar, Revenge, and Magi cienne at Malta ; and at Alexandria the Perdrisc, Sardinian frigate Victor Emmanuel, and French frigate Jerome Napoleon. The Spanish steam transport San Quintin, with 707 officers and men, arrived at Cadiz, from Ceuta, on the 22d. GIBRALTAR, MAY 28. The following British ships have arrived here since the 20th inst. :—Steamer, British Queen, 5 days 17 hours from Liverpool ; steamer Danube, 5 i days from Liverpool ; steamer Admiral Canarier, 91 days from Liverpool ; steamer Pera, 4 days 5 hours from Southampton ; steamer Isis, 61 days from Liverpool ; steamer Atlas,;sl days from Liver pool ; and schooner Laura, 16 days from Cardiff. The American steam•sloop Kearsago arrived here on the 26th from Madeira. Exchanges are quoted on London 93 days' date, 50; to ; Paris, sf. 30c.; Marseilles, 5f 31c,; Genoa, sf. 32c.; Madrid, 8 days' sight, pm. ; Cadiz, I, dis. ; Seville, a dis.; Malaga, dis. ; Barcelona, prem. ; Almeira, dis. ; Valencia, prem. ; Alicant, dis. Premium on Five Franc Pieces, 1 p.c.—dull. Freights unaltered. Stoppage of the Steamers between England and Matamoras. It appears that the owners of the steam line be tween this country and the Mexican port of Meta mores have discontinued the service pending the decision of the British Government respecting the late seizures by the United States cruisers. In this way a large trade is left open to be monopolised by adventurers at New York and Boston, who are known to be active in its prosecution, and the com mercial interests of the country are damaged at a time when it is more than ever important that every legal outlet should be made available in order to compensate for the circumstances by which the in dustry of Lancashire is affected. If the doctrine is to be admitted that British vessels trading between neutral ports are liable not merely to a fair exami nation, but to seizure, of course no one in England will wish to eee the rule infringed ; but this ques tion seems up to the present moment to have been evaded, and the belief is that whenever it shall be brought forward in a direct manner it will be re jected not only by Great Britain, but by the United States. The argument that it will be to the future advantage of England as a maritime Power to get such a doctrine established is untenable, because it never can be to the ben( fit of any country or indivi dual to rest their proceedings on principles that are inherently wrong or irrational ; while it is also cer tain that, however we might acquiesce in them now, other Powers, when it was their turn to suffer, would turn round and disavow them, either by some quibble or by the more correct plea that civi lisation and knowledge had advanced, and that no force of custom could render it incumbent on a nation to continue to recognise a system of folly and injustice. The matter is one that demands immediate action, and there is less excuse for delay since Mr. Evarts, who is regarded in New York as the most sound and accomplished authority on international law, is now in this country, commissioned by Pre sident Lincoln to facilitate, in conjunction with Mr. Adan 4, the attainment of a clear and permanent understanding on all such points.— 7imes. NEWSPAPER STEREOTYPING. Few persons would suppose (says the Critic), remembering the rapidity with which a daily paper is composed and printed, that the "formes" could be stereotyped. Yet, so it is, and for the sake of that very rapidity. The Engineer gives some particulars of the mode pursued in respect of the Times. The pages are set up with types in the ordinary manner, and from these a paper matrix is obtained by pres sure. The paper intended to receive the indentation or in taglio of these formes is prepared as follows :—Beginning with a sheet of very thin and fine but strong paper, known variously as bank-post or silver tissue, a sheet of brown paper and two or more sheets of blotting paper are succes sively pasted one over the other upon one side of the tissue The opposite or face side of the tissue is dusted w ith powdered French chalk. The form of type is first warmed in a steam oven ; and then, when taken out and laid flat, the plastic paper web, prepared for impression, and s till d amp with paste, is placed upon it, and the whole passed b eneath a weighted roller. The impression is as perfect as if it had been made in the finest wax. The paper comes from the types without the least wrinkle, and without cutting or tearing the edges of any one of the thou , sands of impressions with which it is covered. The sheet, too, is nearly d r i e d and is ready for the moulding frame. As i t is not so stiff but that it may be readily bent, the paper is now made to assume the curve corresponding to the cylinders, 64 inches in diameter, of the Applegarth presses and those made upon Hoe's plan by Mr. Whit worth. The paper mould is held between an iron back and a block of fire-clay, curved upon its face, and in this position the type metal may be poured, and a stereo type plate p ro d uce d i n a f ew sec o n ds, and perfect, with the exception of trimming the edges and planing the back, which operations are accomplished in a few minutes mere, The paper mould is not burned by the contact of the melted type metal, which fuses at a comparatively low temperature. A slight discolouratlon and the least smell of burning are the extent of the injury to the mould, which, indeed, is good for a dozen or more casts, and may then be filled, if required, and preserved for years, to be again cast from at any time. The sixteen pages of the Times, includinagidtsfidnoiushbliensgupepalceh ment, are thus stereotyped between 4 o'clock and 4.40 ev ery morning, the average time of making n plate being two minutes and a half. Instead of printing off a whole edition from a single form of typ., as many li ke impressions may be obtained at one and the same time as there are presses for the work, (bra Viginllllllr. HER MAJESTY. The Queen's Return from Scotland. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by Prince Alfred and the younger members of the Royal Family, and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the court, will leave Balmoral en route for the south on Friday next at half-past one o'clock. Mr. Cawkweil, general manager of the London and North-Western Railway, leaves London this evening in charge of the royal train, which will be made up precisely as it was for the journey to Scot land. Her Majesty will leave the Aboyne station of the Deeside Railway at half-past two o'clock, and arrive at Aberdeen, a distance of 33 miles, at half-past three. From Aberdeen the Scottish North-Eastern Railway will be traversed to Perth, a distance of: 90 miles, with only one intermediate stoppage to take water at the Bridge of Dun. Her Majesty will dine at the Perth station hotel, and, leaving that city at seven o'clock, will travel over the Scottish Central Railway to Greenhill, a distance of 45 miles. From Greenhill, where the engine will take water, the royal party will proceed over the Caledonian Railway to the border city of Carlisle, a distance of 106 miles, stopping only once to take water at Summer station. At Carlisle, where the train is timed to arrive at half-past 11 o'clock, the , Queen will partake of refreshments, proceeding thence, after ten minutes delay, over the London and North-Western Railway, by Kendal, Preston, and Whitmore, at each of which stations the engine will take water, to the Bushbury Junction of the Great Western, which will be reached at five o'clock on Saturday morning. From Bushbury the train will run over the Great Western, by Leamington and Oxford, to Windsor, where her Majesty will arrive at 8.45 a.m. Mr. Cawkwell will have charge of the royal train from Aboyne to Windsor, and the journey through out will be made with the utmost privacy. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by Prince Leiningen, and attended by the Countess de Grey and Lieutenant- Colonel Keppel, left Marlborough House at 25 minutes past 11 o'clock yesterday morning, for the private station at Vauxhall, and travelled by the London and South-Western Railway to Ascot. Their Royal Highnesses afterwards proceeded to Frogmore. titre are requested to state that the Pricce of Wales has signified his gracious intention to receive the address of the Convocation of the prelates and clergy of the province of Canterbury, at Marlborough House, on Tuesday, the 9th day of June, at half past two o'clock. The bishops will assemble at Queen Anne's Bounty Board-room, and the prolo cutor and clergy at the Jerusalem Chamber, at a quarter before two o'clock. The Prince of Wales has felt himself compelled to decline laying the foundation-stone of the Surrey County Hospital, on the Hog's Back, near Guild ford, which institution is designed us a memorial of the many virtues of the Prince Consort. Major- General Knollys, in announcing this decision to the Rev. T. G. Hatchard, states that his Royal High ness has been compelled, from the many applications made to him from all parts of the country, to decline all those which are not locally connected with his property. The Duchess Dowager of Sutherland left CO" wick on Monday for Cliefden, whore Lord and Lady Blatt' tyre, the Hon. Charles Howard, and a large party have eaet for the Ascot race meeting. The Duke of Cleveland has quite recovered from his recent illness, and is now able to take daily equestrian exercise. The Duchess of Argyll and family have left Campden Hill, Kensington, to remain a week with the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland at Cliefden. Tho duke will return home with the Queen at the end of the week. The Earl of Derby has left town on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, at Sunning Hill, for the Ascot race meeting. The Earl and Countess Cathcart have left Afau iigy's Hotel for Thornton-le-street, Thirsk. The Countess of Dunraven's next dance will tak e place on the 18th inst., and not on the 15th, as first itt tv mated. Lord Stanley, M.P. , returned t o town on Moll' day from visiting Sir Edward and Lady Caroline lierrisollt at their seat in Norfolk, and the Marquis and MarchioDe sli of Salisbury at Hatfield House, Herts. Latest Literary Intelligence. The Edition of the British Poets, published by Messrs. Little, Brown, and Co., of Boston, has now reached 12 5 volumes, the works of Burns in three volumes, being the last addition. This edition for extent, uniformity, and cheapness, has never been equalled ; it embraces all the best poets from Spenser to Wordsworth, with Lives, Notes, Portraits, &c. Johnson's celebrated collection contained only 75 volumes, and Mr. Pickering's "Aldine Poets" only reached 53 volumes. Of this edition Messrs. Little, Brown, and Co. ha\ e sold 500,000 ♦olumes. Mr. Tennyson's new volume, we hear, is likely to appear before Christmas. Mr. Tupper's "Proverbial Philosophy" will be published in a cheap people's edition by Messrs. Hatchard and Co., this month. The Pay thenon expired on Saturday last. " A Tonr in Tartanland," by Cuthbert Bede, is air nounced by Mr. Bentley. Miss Yonge's "History and Derivation of Christian Names," which has been steadily advertised for more than a year past, will make its appearance in two volumes this month or next. A Life of William 11. Prescott, the historian, by his life long friend, Mr. George Ticknor, is now in the press, and will be published by Messrs. Ticknor and Fields, of Boston• One edition will be in largo quarto and finely illustrated. Mr. Charles Swain has a new volume of poems nearly ready. _ The Right Hon, Wm. Keogh, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland, is engaged on a history' of Ireland from the Union. Mrs. Howitt has a new juvenile work nearly ready, entitled " The Poet's Children," which Mr. A. w. Bennta will publish. MESSRS. LONGMAN AND MESSRS. BLACKWOOD. —These eminent publishers will, (according to the Critic for June, just published) in a few days take posses sion of the handsome block of buildings which they have erected in Paternoster-row, on the site of their old premises, partially destroyed by are two years ago. From the c orner of Warwick-lane the whole frontage can be seen at a glance, and we cannot but regret that so much beauty is lost in so confined a situation. The style is the Renais . sauce, and the façade is executed in Portland stone. 01 1 the keystone of the arch of the central entrance to Messrs. Longman's premises is an allegorical group, representing Literature supported by the Arts, Sciences, and Educa' lion; on the spandrels are the Ship and the Swan, which have been trade signs of these premises since the great fire of London. Above and below these are carved the emblems of Wisdom, Wit, and Eloquence; the lower tympanum contains the monogram of Messrs. Long' man's firm, surrounded by emblematical foliage. The central entrance is ornamented with dwar f columns of polished granite. The thistle is introduce d in the capitals on the premises of the publishers of Btaok wood's .Magazine. The floors of Messrs. Longmans' pre mises throughout are carried upon wrought-iron girder s and cast-iron columns, the caps of the columns on the ground and the one-pair stories being enriched Nvi' b ; foliage executed in hammered iron. The entrance hall er' inner hall are to be paved with encaustic tiles, and the deco' rative parts of the walls executed in polished Scaglio/ef with polished oak for the doors and other joiner's wor k ' The principal staircase is of stone. In the lavatories the floors are paved with encaustic tiles, and the walls lined with glazed tiles to reflect light and prevent absorption' Lifts are provided for ready transfer of goods between ria l a several . stories. The grea t er part o f the stories are warol e ' by hot water, and are ventilated by the syphon ventilatorei The architects are Messrs. Griffith and Henry Dawson, Finsbury-plane South; the builders, Messrs. Ashby an Homer. THE MURDER OF A WIFE IN TEE CITY-ROAP• _ Yesterd a y morn i ng M r . Humphreys resumed .f 1,7: is at the Durham Arms Tavern, Murray-street, Cqt road, on the body of Mrs. Hannah Webb, aged 40,. whet 0 , is all t ,'ged, met her death in consequence of the violence her hu t ;band, James Webb. The husband wasdco.mmous for trial on Monday on the capital charge. and in e brought u p at the inquest, much queues o f his having been c om t m u it t t h ed e deuce, which mereli the coroner. At the close of thenevithe jury returned 6 repeated the 1, lets already ,know s—vin ' st James Webb, upon Il Ls c a o tisfact notc i on his a' warrant for the detention. verdict of made out which the coronet of tha accused in ei Wil . tul murder