The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-01 00:00:00

SIR FITZROY KELLY. M.P.—A Lay of Ox.tord.—A Bill at which to take at Sight—in ITN THIS WEEK. One Penny. T riEATE.E-IV) t . A AitK Lessee Mr. B. Buctstone. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. After which, 38th time, a new and , riginal comedy. entitled FINXSSE ; or, Spy and Counter-Spy ; Mr. Bu kstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Arms Louisa Ange Fol owe.' by (18th time), a new Farce, EASY SHAVING: Mess , s Compton, W. Gurdon, Bogen; Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Fanny Wright. L To conclude with THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. Commence at 7. T" DUKE'S MOTTO. THE HU:SDRES L FORTY-FIRST NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. TTI TS EVENING, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A :SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Mss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter -past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3logue, entitled THE DUKE'S NIOTTO, by Paul leeval and John Brougham. The principal character will be snatained by Mr. Pechter, 'imported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G Jordan, J. Broug am, g. iddi vmbe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Damson ; Misses Sophy ilenrade, Kate Terry, E. ~ avenue, and Eleworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole r.essee and Mana , er, Mr. G. Vining. THIS EVENING, at Elzht o'clock, Shakespere'. Play of RONIF,O AND JULIET. Romeo, Mr. Walter ►iont,gomery; Mercutio, Mr. G. Vning ; Friar Lawrence Mr. H. Marston Apothecary. Mr. Belmore ; The Nurse, Mrs. H. Marston; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. NEIVTi ENTRE-P.O Si AL, ADELPHI.- snip Prorriotor snd Mnnsofer. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRI H TIGER. After which, at Eight . 'clock, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN; ,R, T E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in which wl,l be exhibited Professor Per per's adaptat!on of' the Great spectra, Illusion. Messrs. J. Toole, It. Phi lips, Stmart, Killington C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alt red Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Follow , d by a new Burlesque, ent fled ILL-TREATED IL TRO vATOBE ssrs. Toole. P. Bedford, It Phillips, ]tbnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the bisters 'Nelson, Carry and Sart, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, COURT FAVOUR. Messrs. W. H. Swanborough, Parselie, and Miss Ada : , wanlanrough. Atter which the Great Burb , Fque, ALI BABA; OR, I HE THIRTY-NINE TH I EVES. Messrs. Honey, Turner, Danvers, Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Saunders, White, Button, an° Hughes. o conclude with MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. Mr. Jl(..ney and Miss Josephs. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN." Containing the Ditest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLk.NIE, NEwB AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, Juyl 1, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock 74 Barometer-30.20. Wind—E. ; light, and very fine weather. HIGH W ATEE. AT LONDON BRIDGE. rHis DAY.—Morning, lh. 34m.—Afternoou, lh. 59m. To-moßßow.-Morning, 2h. 29,n.—Afiertcon. 2h. 54m. Ith 01, - ILL LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1863. An adjournment of the debate upon Mr. ROE BUCK'S motion was a matter of course. That ad journment, it will be seen, has been set apart for Thursday. Yesterday's discussion, however, of the important problem now submitted to the House of Commons for solution (thanks to the impetuosity, or the indiscretion, or whatever else may be the motive power actuating the hon. and learned mem ber for Sheffield)—last evening's discussion, we say, was sufficiently protracted not merely to admit of Mr. ROEBUCK himself relieving his mind of the whole argument prepared by him upon either side of the Channel in favour of the recognition of the Southern States of America, but to allow of that argument being followed up by the more or less re markable speeches, delivered, among others, by the hon., right bore, and noble representatives respectively of Birmingham, of Oxford University, of Stamford, and of Huntingdonshire. Mr. ROE MUCK—all things conskered—perhaps never before addressed the House of Commons at such enormous disadvantage to himself. Every one who listened to him last evening must have bad almost pain fully in remembrance the thought that Tear'em had been over very recently, at his own free will and pleasure, to Fontainbleau, there to be very de licately and adroitly muzzled by the astute ruler of the French nation. 'fast very potentate, at " the bright particular star" of whose good fortune, this same Tear'em has hitherto been baying as the mad dog bays the moon. Hearkening to Mr. ROE BUCK', speech last evening, the effect of his words at times was almost ridiculous. " I know certain things about the state of mind of the Great French Ruler which I am authorised (by his MAJESTY) to lay before this House." Toe House being--th e B r i t i s h House of Commons ! The speaker of these courtly words about, and at the instance of, the Great French Ruler being —s a t all men in the three kingdoms--Mr. ROEBUCK ! Again Mr. COBDEN might have asked, as he once asked on the title page of a famous pamphlet, ‘; What next —and next." Perhaps Next we shall be having a panegyric pronounced by Mr. KIN GLARE upon the valour of NAPOLEON III.! (Jr by Mr. WHALLEY upon the system of education carried out at the College of Maynooth. Or of open voting in contradistinction to the ballot by Mr. BERKELEY! At any rate here was the member for Sheffield, the synical, stiffaseked, cantankerous member for Sheffield, talking by the hour , in words the most honeyed, in phrases the most courteous, wi t h epithets the most courtier-like and complimentary, about that same identical man of men, the Emperor of FRANCE, against whom he has heretofore alone employed language of the utmost possible scurri lity. No wonder the opportunity, presented to him by the recognition of this astound ing transformation, was altogether irresisti ble when contemplated by the member for Birmingham ! N Acme of the foul terms flung forth, in the most reckless of his vituperations of the Em peror NAPOLEON M., by the hon. and learned mem• ber for Sheffield, but what Mr. BRIGLIT found them clinging tenaciously to his own remembrance — thereupon following up the immediate instinct of bib constitutional pugnacity by hurling them back upon —the Reviler turned Panegyrist! "I have no faith in the Emperor of the FRENCH !"—"Nothing but e nmity and bad faith can be looked for from the F re nch ENTERoIt ! "_" His perjured lips touching that hallowed cheek!" —every scu rr il ous p h rase of Mr. ROEBUCK'S was faithfully echoed back to him last night by Mr. BRIGHT. Ail those brutal vitu • perations indulged in by the member for Sheffield, whenever he had occasion to make any reference di rec tly to the potentate whom he now mentions, forsooth, only w ith such overwhelmingly profour4cl respect, all those rhetorical bludgeonings, as we may mill them, ware yesterday showeaed dowu upon the bludo.Poner hirceelf vicariously, by the uncompro mising and pitiless member for Birmingham. Amidst the loud laughter of the House of Commons Mr, ROEBUCK not only had, as patiently as might be, to hear himself denounc ed by Mr. BRIGHT as a " co-conspirator" with the Emperor NAPOLEON 111., but, worse than that, as a touch of poignant ridicule, to hear himself and his associate, Mr. LINDSAY, spoken of by the member for Birmingham still more sneeringly as the envoy Extraordinary from 7cataiabloau,zal, t hcciwcy3"tcost extraordinary Viewing the whi.-la athe • taliy • irapurtant questioz in dispute as to the recognition or nonrecognition of the Southern States of America—apart from this puraly personal matter affecting the dignity and independence of a popular member of the . English Parliament—it is impossible not to recognise already, through the haze of the first night's discus sion of that oue paramount question in dispute, that the Muse of Commons has the opportunity now clearly before it of guiding to the one only wise and humane course of a temporising, a hesitating, and, an all but bewildered Cabinat. The Budgets of the current year have been espe cially fortunate for India. Sir CHARLES TRETE• LYAN'S able statement met;as it deserved to do, un qualified approval in Calcutta, and has given every encouragement to the well-wishers of India. Our English financier has, however, been equally for tunate or praiseworthy in affording a stimulus to the energies alike of capitalists, settlers, and natives. The cultivation of tea promises to open a new field in which success is not even doubtful. Attention has recently been especially turned in this direction, and by a fortunate coincidence at the very time when 1,500 miles at the foot of the Himalayas are being covered with the tea plant, the joyful news arrives that the English Chancellor of the Exche quer has greatly reduced the ti ity on tea. This has of course redoubled the energies of the specula tors, and the prospect of profiting by the increased home consumption has raised their hopes and ex peltations to the highest pitch. Tea has, of course, been long cultivated in India, and the Assam tea plant in that country is well known among us. It is the spirit and extent of the present culti vation that renders it remarkable, and wee n we learn that the resources of neglected and misgo verned India are expected to excel Japan and com pete with China, so long the undisputed sovereign of the tea trade, we may reasonably hope that better days have dawned for our Eastern Empire. The usual export of tea from India has been about two million pounds and a half, while Japan has doubled the amount. The resources of Japan are not yet half developed, notwithstanding the indus try and sagacity ot the people, and possibly the rapid advance of her competitor in the tea market may arouse her energies to make further progress. But even then there are n 3 fears for India, where European capital and intelligence take the lead, and where such a vast expanse of land lies waiting for cultivation. The home trade and the protection of England give also immense advantages to the Indian cultivators, which the peculiarities of the Japanese will prevent them from sharing. So little doubt is entertained of the rapid development of the trade that there seems to be an absolute tea mania ; and certainly there is some excuse for the most prosaic mortal being carried away by excite. meat when he sees comparatively new and unre markable companies declaring dividends of four, six, and even ten per cent. The great point on which the success or failure of the company chiefly depends is the possession of an able, experienced, and thoroughly trustworthy manager, who is on the scene of action. It is to be hoped that as soon as this want is more widely known there will be no lack of intelligent and capable Europeans to supply such offices. The tea districts and many other parts of India open a field to a class of men for whom there is not too much room at home, men who are no longer young enough for a subordinate position, but who, from various causes, are compelled to seek a new employment in middle life. The management cf the tea districts would, of course, require some experience in that special line; but there are other branches of trade and commerce now opening in the country in which ready employment might be found for capable, honest, and intelligent Englishmen. Tne lessons taught by the indigo and silk trades which languished under native control,hut flourished with sudden energy under the management ot Euro peans, are not forgotten, though, thanks to the re strictive wi-dom of our legislators, they have not hitherto been profited by to their full extent. Ten years sufficed to render the drooping Indian indigo a dangerous rival for the African market. Ten years from this time, if Providence spares us wars. n d disasters, will probably see India transformed. The one condition is that she should have enlight ened and liberal government, and not be ruled in that perverse and prejudiced fashion which refuses to learn from the positive facts before its eyes. Atter all the experience of the past the Madras Presi dency still clings to the old restrictions. One would think the effects produced by the nine months of Lord CANNING's regulations would have convinced the most prejudiced of the mischievous course they were pursuin g. During those few months aonsands of acres of land were purchased, which are now being cleared for tea cultivation. But if those rules had not been in force the land would still be lying waste, and we should hear no more of the promising trade. Assam, in which the plant is indigenous, is for the most part uncultivated, though larger than the little kingdom that rules the vast domains of India. We may fancy wh a t th e tra d e w ill b e when ' tea drinking is as popular throughout Asia as it is in Europe, and it is a beverage peculiarly suited to the temperate Hindoo. It has hitherto been an ,;most unattainable luxury for the lower classes, but the day is fast approaching when they may drink their own native produce at trifling cost The admixture of Europeans, who, - NO may hope, will remeni be r the moral responsibility attaching to them, must have a beneficial effect on the nations,while the pecific employment is already, we learn, regular and transforming rude and bloodthirsty tribes into orderly and qu i e t labourers. A better future is dawning for India , and we trust that our statesmen and legislators will feel it their duty to encourage it by every means in their power. The redaction of the tea duties has been a most welcome boon, and the sooner the sugar duties follow their example the better for India, as well as for England. Public works are greatly needed, but the regligt ace of years is not atoned for in a day, and the large sum s set aside for road s , cana l s, & c ., by our able Indian financier, ought to produce great results by next year. Lord SHAFTESBURY is not a man to let a su bject drop. It once he has ascertained its importance to the welfare of auy class of the com mun ity, he is sure to use unremitting efforts towards accomplish ing the desired end. Last night, in the House of Lords, he rose to move an address to her MAJESTY, " praying that an inquiry into the physical and moral condition of the dressmakers and milliners be made by the Royal Commission now sitting, and the state of children and young persons in trades and manufactures not regulated by law." His lord. ship added that he had no doubt that the commission would find means to arrange some system that would lead to a discontinuance of the abominations of which they had lately heard so much. Earl GRA:tiTILLE said that the Government had already referred the subject to this Commission, and that, therefore, there was no necessity for the address. It is to be trusted that no efforts will bo spared to make this inquiry as full and fair as possible, and t hat if the reports communicated are unsatisfactory, as they are sure to be, some alterations will be speedily devised to check the deleteri us influences of the unhappy piers rnory being employed, wbicb all sides arc so caatlEmned as a,..ke militating against the health and often tha rarza i s o f this THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1363, working community. The habit that prevails in some establishments, and was referred to in a letter recently published on the subject, of supposing that all the young persons employed must have friends to receive them on Sundays, is a most objectionable one. Mr. ISAACSON, in his letter the other day, re marked that the young ladies could not go out in the evening because it was not proper for them, but this rule applies with much greater force to the practice referred to. It is putting them wilfully into temptation of all kinds, and no reprobation can be too strong for those who, instigated by the idea of a paltry saving, allow young persons who are in their charge to be exposed to evil. The whole mode of procedure is bad in the extreme, whether we con consider the insufficient ventilation, the over work in the bad atmosphere, the want of exercise in the open air, and, lastly, the custom of turning them out in the world when their fingers cannot be employed, the system adopted in these establishments is objectionable from first to last. It is a melancholy retrospection to calcu late the condition of so many young persons, whose whole lives have been rendered a burden to themselves by the ills that have followed in the train of these numerous hardships. What numbers have been forced to give up their employment altogether, and how large a portion fill untimely graves, it would startle some indifferent and igno rant parties concerned in the transaction to be told. The present is not rendered the easier to these sufferers, because of all the excitement that has re cently prevailed on the subject. While the world has commented o❑ the system, and bewailed its vic tims, the busy toil and traffic has gone on the same. There has been no diminution of labour, and no improvement in comfort to this unhappy tribe of workers. It remains, then, for those who have the means to use them, for those who are able and efficient, to relax in no effort, and to heed no discouragement, until they can rest assured that something has been clone in the right way, and that the good cause is at least advanced in some degree, It is too much the practice with well intentioned persons to lament over a calamity at the time of its occurrence, without afterwards concern ing themselves any more about it. When the horror has passed away, they go on unheeding until the next miafortune occurs. But this sad case of the dressmakers' assis tants has been too often the subject of comment, and the object of scoemes and investigations, not to have now attained a degree of importance, and to have been invested with an interest that will not easily allow it to be forgotten. It cannot be that, when the season is over for the busy and the gay, these unhappy creatures are to know that their relaxation is never to come. There must be some individuals too just to allow this hardship to be definitely prolonged, and some kind hearts who will not readily remain in inaction while these cruel sufferings continue. No improvement was ever easily made, and no real good ever obtained for the industrial classes, without opposition having to be encountered. There are necessary evils to be endured, but none who earnestly take up this cause will deny that the success will be worth the struggle. The end that will crown their work will be a noble one, and it is only surprising that more has not been done in this quarter, considering the claims of its sufferers and the long time it has been before the public in various forms. However, there is now sufficient evidence to suit the most sceptical, and sufficient reason to rouse the most inert to take up the cause with energy, and to continue it with zeal, secure that they can never find a better object for their cares, or effect more substantial benefits by their success. battle, and the scenes connected with it, Lord Wil liam, although wounded at the time, was through out a prominent spectator. Lord William's mother, it should be remembered, was the Duchess of Richmond, who gave that ever memorable ball on the eve of the battle—" when Belgium's capital had gathered there her Beauty and her Chivalry." The second volume finds Lord William an officer in the Horse Guards, and a page at the coronation of George IV. Then as we T.ur❑ over the succeeding chapters what a be wildering variety of scenes and characters pass before us. The leading stars of the Theatrical and musical worlds, Kean and Kembie, Vestris and Malibran—the wits and humorists of the past generation—Theodore Hook and Charles Matthews the elder, and among others Count D'Orsay and the men of fashion! The marriage of King George IV., the death of the Princess Charlotte, the publi cation of the Waverley novels—such are a few among the remarkable incidents and events with which these two volumes superabound. It is true the work, as a whole, is (almost inevitably, per haps), somewhat superficial in its style, and ephe meral in its character; but it is written throughout in a kindly, genial tone, and cannot fail to afford pleasure to those who read it. It will amuse all, and will certainly interest the majority of those who may happen to make its acquaintance. Recent - Campaigns in Virginia and Maryland. By Captain C. C. Chesney, R.E. One vol., pp. 230. Smith, Elder, and Co. The author of this exceedingly clever, and in some parts very brilliant summary of General Pope's and General M'Clellan's operations during 1862 in Virginia and Mary land, has regarded those hapless Federal campaigns from a purely military point of view. In this precisely consists the dis tinctive value and interest of the volume here sub mitted to our consideration. Brief though it is, extending as the work does to no more then ten rapidly-written chapters and a postscript, the book we cannot but pronounce, at once, a highly creditable performance on the part of Captain Chesney, whether regarding him as an Author or as a Soldier. To the student of the science of stra tegy, it holds out very conspicuous attractions. By them especially its pages are secure of being scanned with eager eyes of interest. How far the writer is qualified to descant thus currente calm° upon themes of such manifest complication, and of such instantly recognisable importance, the very title page of the volume indicates to the reader, immediately upon his openingit, and be fore commencing its perusal, there being attached to Captain Chesney's name, the reminder to us of his being already installed at Sandhurst Colleg, as the Professor of Military History. To his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in- Chiet, the book is, as a parenthesis informs us q s with H.R.H.'s gracious permission)" respectfully dedicated, as to one "under whose direction the stud . y of military history has first been in t ro duced [ sur ely it ought to have been said s ystematically and not altogether!] into the education of tbeßritisla officer!" After giving a very lucid, and yet at the sometime a very comprehensive description of the seat of war— that is to say, in Virginia and Maryland—Captain Chesney describes in this rapid survey the opposing armies and their respective Leade rs. He tnen re lates the circumstances of MiClellan's advance upon Richmond, followed, soon enoug h, b y his re treat from Richmond. Pope's campaign in Vir ginia is then sketched with a few switt, but some of them masterly touches. The invasion of Maryland, the fall of Harper's Ferry, the battle of Antietam, Lee's retreat into Virginia, and the fourth invasion of that ravaged State, lead the reader on, at last, to the superseding of M'Clellan by Burnside, when the base of the Federal ope rations was altogether changed. The narrative closes, so to speak, as w e pause before Fredericks. burg. Ceptain Chesney in it has contrived to t , row much light upon the course of r, cent military events in the melancholy war still raging between Federals and Confederates. And he does this simply, if one may say so, without appearing thereby to depreciate the merit of his labours as a military historian, by systemising, within the compass of a little more than 200 very readable pages, our hitherto somewhat confused recollections of the war as it began in Virginia and Maryland. Old New Zealand. By A Pakeha Maori. One vol. Pp. 216. Smith, Eider, and Co. Several books relating to New Zealand, and the recent wars in New Zealand , have latterly, one after another, made their appearance. Among th ese more than twice-told tali s, however, this new volume upon the self-same occurrences, will hold its own without difficulty. And this mainly, we would say, by reason of its vivacity. Past and Present— New Zealand and the New Zealande rs s t an d b e f or e us vividly, here, in lively cont ras t. Th e M ar i ner , as the voyageur to our antipodes, who writes the fifteen amusing chapters, here under notice, needs must be us such—we ourselves " needa must hear," as inevitably as the wedding guest was con strained to listen to the Ancient Mariner in Cole ridge's eltrich ballad. That is, we needs must hear, or rather read, the Pakeha Maori who here discourses to ns, if we but once fairly begin turning over his psges and reading them with an attentive eye. Scenery and dress, mermaids and melons, sham fighting and real fighting, fii'ham and jetsom, these and countl ess ot h er matters are sketched in by the Pakeha Maori with a pen in its way almost as vivid in its picturesque touches as though it were a pencil, and that pencil, too, a coloured crayon ! Ur.adorned by a single engraving, or even woodcut illustration, the volume so far resembles one of the famous storybooks of Hans Christian Andersen, inasmuch as it is to a certain extent also a picture-book without pictures. By the mere vivacity of his style the writer is his own illustrator. A KNOUT AND KNOUT SCOUNDREL.—GeneraI Mouravieff —Fun. EUGENE SUE, writes Captain Gronow, in his re cently published volume of small-talk, entitled "Recollections and Anecdotes," was the very reverse of Balzac, both in appearance and manner. Nothing could have been more correct and scrupulously neat than hip dress, which was rather dandified, but in good taste, ac cording to the notions of 20 or 30 years ago. He wore always a very broad-brimmed hat, of glossy newness, and remarkably tight, light-coloured trousers ; which, by-the by, were not particularly becoming to a man built in a stout mould ; but a Frenchman who cannot diminish the rotundity of bis abdomen, generally revenges himself upon his legs, which be circumscribes in the smallest possible compass, givmg himself very much the appearance of what we Englishmen are taught to believe to be his national characteristic and prototype—a frog. . . . He was remarkable for the beauty of his horses; his cab was one one of the best appointed in Paris; his house in the Rue de la Pepiniere (cow an asylum) was a perfect " bonbon niere," and his dinners were renowned for their excellence. He was supposed (and to my knowledge with considerable reason) to lead a very Sardanapalian life. Strange stories are told of his castle in Sologne, whore he was waited on by a number of beautiful women, of all countries, and of all shades of colour. DEERFOOT CONTESTING A RACE ON BOARD TPe GREAT EASTERN.—Daring the passage of the monster vessel there was a continual succession of sports, games, and diversions among the thousand passengers and the crew. Running snatches, purses for walking, jumping in sacks, steeplechases on all fours, and—name it not to the police—" cock-fighting" prevailed. The whole was con cluded, while the ship was going up the Sound, with a race for a purse between Deerfoot and Mr. Rafferty (engi neer's steward.) Tho distance was three times round the dock—about three-quacters of a mile. At ten o'clock on Wednesday, May 27th, the pedestrians appeared at the starting-place. Deerfoot was the favourite, although un used to the sea and running on planks, where Rafferty, who is accounted a capital pedestrian, was quite at home. Deer foot, however, won easily by ten yards. THE QUEEN OF SPAIN A 1 - 1011ICEOPATUIST.—F or years past the honiceepathists have had a royal patron in the Queen of Spain. Latterly her Majesty has entirely broken with the allopathists and all other ists, and trusted herself entirely to homoeopathy. As a consequence, most writers of homeelpathic books now send a book to Madrid, and in return mostly receive a Spanish decoration of some kind or ether. Thus the order of Charles 111. has just been bestowed j s alird p sei.. upon ero t u w s oFreneh pupils of Hahnemann, Messrs. It is proposed to erect in Westminster Abbey a bust and tablet in honour of the lase Sir George Cornewall Lewis. Their Hovel Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary of Cambridge will honour Ledv Howard with their company at npr morning party at Cravat Qottsge, Fulham, to-morrow (Thureday), '.110,2d IDA LITERATURE. Fifty Fears' Biographical Rentimseences, By Lord WiHium Pitt Lennox. 2 vols., imp. Bvo. Hurst and Blackett. Lord William Lennox has given us, in these two very charming volumes, a pleasant glimpse of the glittering surface of society, and the different celebrities of every various kind and character who, meteor-like, have '• come" and " gone " in rapid succession during the last half century. Lord Wil liam very modtstly tells us that his book is "sent forth entirely without literary pretension. It is given," he adds, "as the lightest possible gossip, put together without art; a mere collection of memo randa of the remarkable characters I have known." And certainly during his fifty years' experience his acquaintance has been singularly varied and re markable. Born in 1'799, the same year in which his father, then Colonel Lennox, fought his duel with the Duke of York, the author of thesememoiks had for his godfather no less a personage than Wil liam Pitt. Reminiscences of Dublin Society during his boyhood (when his father was Lord Lieutenant). and cf Westminster School, 9nd his painful e/peri ence at " fagging '' fill up the first chapters of the first volume. In 1814 Lord William accompanies the Duke of Wellington to Paris, being appointed attache to the British Embassy in the capital. As an illusti ation of the easy, gossipping style in which these memoires are written, and the pleasant anec dotes with which they abound, let us quote the fol lowing passage : " I knew almost every body in Paris, who might be consi dered worth knowing; celebrities of almost every variety. Talma I saw as often es I could ; but there was another theatrical star of whom I saw a good deal more. " Madame Grassini has since paid the debt of nature at Milan. She was about seventy•eight years old, but looked scarcely fifty, so wonderfully well had she pre serv.d her attractions as a beautiful and accomplished vocalist. " This admirable lady possessed in the highest degree the art of touching the feelings. Talma used to say of her that he had never seen any other actress—not even Mare, Duval, or Duchesnois—endowed with a physiognomy so expressive end so mutable. " Her profile, with its Grecian outline, her fine marble brow, and dark hair, which formed a frame of ebony about it—her incomparable eye brows, her black g pay eyes, now flashing with the fiery passi, ns of tragedy, then languish ing with the tender emotions of love—and that astonish ing ensemble of perfection which nature he d collected in her, as if to review all her gifts in one woman, tier cis. d on the spectator a charm he found it impossible to resist. '• tine evening in IEIO, Grassini and Crescentini were singir g Romeo and Juliet, at the 'I uileries. Atter the ad mirable scene in the third act, Napoleon, transported, and torizett ng the rules of etiquette, clapped and shouted like a schoolboy. " Telma was weeping, seated on a bench near the orches tra. The great trageoian confessed that he bad never felt anything so deeply in his lite before as what he now felt after listening to the syren. " As soon as the pertot mance was over, the Emperor sent Crescentini the order of the Iron Crown. Not bang able to decorate C nesini in the same way, he enclosed to her a slip o f paper, on which he had written with his own hand " ' Bon pour vingt mille livres..--NA.POLEON: " C r escentini, who was frantic with j o y at the unexpected favour confe rred u p on himsell, could not help peeping at the lady's note. " Twenty thousand francs cried he, that's a large sum.' " ' It is the marriage portion of one of my nieces,'replied Grassini. " Indeed no artist could be more generous or more indul gent than she was to her family. "Long after the Empire had been swept away, as the great actress chanced to be at Bologna, they presented an other niece to her, who was also to be provided for. The girl was eztremsly pretty, but she lacked spirit and tone of voice, they said, to take to the stage. She is a spoilt con tralto,' they added. 6 , ' Let me hear her,' said Gressini. "No sooner had the girl emitted her first note, than the threw her arms about her neck, and said— "' Dear child, you require none cif my assistance to get you on in your vocation. Your voice is not a contralto; it is the finest soprano in the world, and far stronger than mine. Labour well, my little darling, there is a rich bank in your throat.' 4, The young girl to whom Madame Grassiti predicted so Liilliant a de3tity wee Giulia Grisi." Immediatelyfullowing these festive remembrances, cvna tha ramorabia opisolla of Watalco, of vy.4-41a LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per the American.) NEW YORK, JUNE 19 (Afternoon), The excitement throughout Pennsylvania has materially abated. The report of the invasion was e xaggerated, the only Confederate force in Penn sylvania being 3,500 men under Generals Jenkins and Rhodes at Harrisburg and Greencastle, and they retreated upon the afternoon of the 17th inst., it is supposed to Hagerstown. The Confederates have respected all private property, and paid for all goods in Confederate scrip. Harrisburg and Pittsburg are being strongly fortified, as it is still believed that it may enter into Gen. Lee's plans to attack these places, although it is now generally thought that the capture of Wash ington is the object of Gen. Lee's campaign. Upon Tuesday the 16th inst., the Federals at Harper's Ferry were attacked by the Confederates and compelled to retreat to Maryland Heights, from where they shelled the Confederates, who, after damaging the railroad and the canal, retreated towards Williamsport, the Federals reoccupying Harper's Ferry. At Wiecliester Gen. Milroy abandoned his guns and everything during his retreat, and his forces became scattered; 1,600 of them arrived at Han cock, Maryland, but learning that the Confederates were approaching in force, and being demoralised and without officers, they dispersed over the country. General Hooker's army is supposed to be in the neighbourhood of Bull's Run, his head-quarters being at Fairfax, but General Hooker's movements being dependent upon the development of General Lee's plans, it is impossible to tell Hooker's exact position, The Baltimore correspondent of the New York Herald asserts that General Lee's object is the cap ture of Washington. The Confederates who at tacked Martinsburg and Winchester, and who in vested Harper's Ferry, and invaded Pennsylvania, numbered 12,000 men, and consisted of three squad rons of Ashley's cavalry and the rest of mounted guerillas under Jenkins, Jones, and Imboden, with two regiments of infantry. General Ewell did not command them, and they were not drawn from his corps. General Lee's plan is to move his whole army to wards Centreville, and launch them either directly on the works at Arlington Heights, by way of Vienna, and cross the Potomac at Coon's Ford, 12 miles above Washington then move directly east to Bladensburg, tear up the railway there, so as to tut off communication with the North and East, and then• attack Washington from that direction. General Lee's main army was on Tuesday (the 16th) at Thoroughfare Gap, 40 miles west of Wash ington. _ _ On Wednesday an engagement occurred at Aldie, in the Bull Run mountains, between a detachment of Federal cavalry, and Fitzhugh Lee's brigade, in which the Federals drove the Confederates from several positions for five miles, and captured seventy prisoners. The Governors of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania are very active in raising and for warding militia to the points threatened. Numerous regiments have left New York and Philadelphia, and others are organising. The New York 7th Regiment is stationed at Baltimore. The popular clamour for the appointment of General Al'Clellan continues. The Philadelphia and New York municipalities have also proposed resolutions urging the President to reinstate M•Clellan. The New York German Committee has requested Mr. Liueoln to permit Generals Fremont and Sigel to issue a call for volunteers for the defence of Pennsylvania. The President replied that the Governor of New York was sending troops, and it would cause confusion for the Administration to set to work independently of him. (Per the American.) NEW YORK, JUNE 19 (Eveniug). There is no material change in the state of things at Vicksburg. The Federals still hold the Black River Bridge, and there are no Confederates within 30 miles of Gen. Grant's rear. Reinforcements and supplies for Gen. Pemberton in Vicksburg are said to be sent across the Missis sippi from De Soto during night. The reported capture of Pocataligo Bridge between Savannah and Charleston by negro troops was untrue. Several Federal expeditions have been made from Port Royal into defenceless portions of the country, and private residences and property have been destroyed and plundered. General Hunter, who is replaced by General Gilmore in South Carolina, has arrived in Wash ington. The Ohio Republican convention nominated John Brougb, a war democrat, for Governor. A Democratic meeting held at Springfield, Illinois, has passed resolutions opposing the war, favouring peace upon the restoration of the Union, and proposing a national convention to secure the Constitutional State rights. A public meeting held at Montgomery, County Indiana, has appointed a committee to inform the enrolment commissioners that they would enrol at their peril. Measures have been taken to arrest the parties implicated in the meeting. The Florida has Burnt the ship Crown Point. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JUNE 19 (Evening). Money tighter ; gold 431 per cent. premium ; Exchange on London bankers' bills, 1561 ; Stocks dull, New York Centrals, 1171; Illinois Central, 1004 ; Erie 93 ; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 104. Cotton steady ; Midland Upland, 58; Flour dull, and prices 10c. lower; wheat dull, et a decline of 3c.; corn heavy, and 2c. lower; provisions in good inquiry ; coffee quiet ; sugar dull ; molasses steady ; crude petroleum, 28 to 29. THE ATTACK UPON GENERAL MILROY, (From the Baltimore American.) Major-General Milroy reached Baltimore at one o'clock this morning from Harper's Ferry, and returned again at 11 o'clock on a special train with his staff. He came down to have a personal inter view with Major• Gen. Schenck, and to waive all claims of rank in interfering with the command at that point, which will remain under Brigadier-Gen. Tyler. He, however, desired to return to his men, and volunteered to act in a - ay position that he might be deemed moat serviceable in. We had the pleasure of a brief conversation with him, and were pleased to learn that his forces have not suffered to so great an extent as was supposed. At the time he left the Ferry, forty-two members of Alexander's Maryland Battery had arrived, and it was believed a considerable rumber had made their escape in the direction of Romney and Curabizland. They mostly secured their horses end have probably accompanied the cavalry. The only Maryland regiment that suffered severely was the Oth Regiment, known a$ Cob sohloy'o,lriFirat absent in Baltimore. The enemy turned the guns of the Maryland Battery on this regiment, and for a time they were- in a very hot position. The number killed and wounded is not known, though but few of them escaped either casualties or capture. They fought bravely, and it is hoped that a good number of them are prisoners of war. The Sixth Maryland Regiment. which was report( d to have been cut up and almos. destroyed, to the astonishment of every one, came marching into Harper's Ferry yesterday afternoon, with their flags flying, arms at rest, and singing " Hail Columbia," with the gallant Colonel Howe at their head. It seemed as if they had risen from 'he dead, and their return caused great astonish ment. It appears that at the commencement of the assault on Winchester they were entirely cut off and being surrounded by an immense force surren dered, and were taken to the back of the works. In the confusion of the assault made by the rebels they were neither disarmed nor placed under guard, end Colonel Howe, knowing the country Niel!, and see ing an opportunity to escape by side road, formed his men in line, and in the darkness of the evening moved quietly off. They were compelled to take a circuitous road to reach the Ferry, but went on their way rejoicing, with neither an enemy i❑ front nor pursuant in the rear. The cavalry force of Gen. Milroy, consisted of the First New York, Thir lath Pennsylvannia, and two companies of the Third Virginia. Gal. Milroy ordered them to re treat to Romney and Cumberland, and be yester day received a despatch announcing their safe arrival at that place. The outer works at Winchester were carried by the rebels by storm at six o'clock on Sunday evening. and the v‘ hole fortifications strongly invested by a force of not less than 15,000, men under General Ewell. It became at once a question of ultimate surrender or to make a bold dash to force their way through the enemy's lines; and a council of war, held on Sunday night, unanimously advised an evacuation. The large guns and his artillery were all spiked at once, and at one o'clock on Monday morning he abandoned everything except his horses, and struck boldly through the enemy's lines. The movement was so rapid that the enemy was taken by surprise, and, the night being dark, the movement, so far as the troops immediately investing the works were concerned, was accom plished with but little loss. They were followed by cavalry, and a great many stragglers taken pri soners ; but when four miles this side of Winches ter, at the junction of the road leading from Berry. ville to Bunker Hill and Martinsburg, they were intercepted by a strong rebel force with artillery, and strongly pcsted in the woods on the roadsides. General Milroy rallied his men and made several attempts to storm and capture their batteries, but was driven back. Daylight was now rapidly approaching, and it \Nets deemed prudent to endeavour again to cut their way through the enemy's lines, which was successfully accomplished, and being without artillery, they suffered conside rably, especially in prisoners captured, before the enemy gave up the pursuit. About 12 o'clock on Monday they reached Halltown, and the enemy. having abandoned the pursuit, they, after a short rest, marched into .Harper'e Ferry during the of er noon, The gallant fellows were in a sad condition, after so severe a march and fight, but were full of spirit and gratification that they had escaped the clutches of the enemy. All the stores, ammunition, and waggons at Winchester, fell into the hands of the enemy, together with all the artillery, not a gun having been saved. THE WRECK. OF THE STEAM-SHIP NORWEGIAN. ASPY BAY, CAPE BRETON, June 14, 1863. The steamship Norwegian, of the Canadian steam ship line, which left Liverpool at half-past twelve o'clock noon, of the 4th, and Londonderi y on the sth instant, for Quebec, was wrecked on St. Paul's Isknd this (Sunday) morning, 14th instant, during a thick fog. All her passengers and crew, together with mails and baggage, were saved. The nevhpaper despatches were saved by Purser Wallace. (Despatch to the Agents in Montreal.) MONTREAL, June, 17, 1863. The following despatch has been received by the agents of the steamer Norwegian : " AsPY BAY, C. 8., June 14, 1863. " Allan Rae end Co., Quebec. " The Norwegian was wrecked this morning, at seven o'clock, in a thick fog, on Sr. Paul's Island, a mile and a quarter east of the North-east Light. She had on board fifty-eight cabin and two hundred and seventy-one steerage passengers—all, together with the crew and mails, saved. A large portion of the boggige has also been landed. "The steamer, when I left at one o'clock, was all but on her beam ends, well on the rocks. Her fore peak and forward compartment have several feet of water in them. The main and after ones are quite dry. "Captain M'Master was not certain whether she could be got of Ha rt quests that a eteamei be sent down immediately to the wreck. " The passengers have been conveyed to the Government Humane Society's House. " Mr. Campbell, Governor of the Island, is lend ing all his assistance. "JOHN WALLACE, Purser." NEW YORK, JUNE 20, Morning, General Sherman's corps Lave pushed tbeir ap proaches to within 20 yards of the bastions at Vicksburg. The _Richmond Inquirer says that the Federal gunboats have ascended the Chickahowiny to within 50 miles of Richmond, a land force of 15,00 e co-operating. Preparations were being made to repel any attack. General Bragg has been reinforced, and there are indications of his uniting with General &Airier to invade Kentucky. The British Consul has arrived from Richmond at Fortress Monroe. The Confederate Secretary of State has written to Mr. Mason cfficially that the President's deci sion to revoke the British Consul's exequatur was mainly influenced by the Consul denouncing unoffi cially the Confederate Government as indifferent to cases of great and atrocious cruelty. These re marks referred to the enlistment by conscription of two British subjects who, by their acts, had ac quired de facto citizenship. Protection and respect will be continued towards foreign consuls who pos sessed the Federal exequatur prior to the secession, as long as they do not seek to evade the legitimate authority of the Confederate Government. But Lord Ly ons assumes the power to issue instraetions and exercise authority over British consuls residing in the Confederate States, thus ignorieg the exis tence of the Confederate Government, and implying the continuance or relations between that Ministry and British Consuls residing in Confederate States which existed prior to secession. This is also the assertion of a right by Lord Lyons to exercise the authority of a Minister accredited to and officially received at Richmond.,. The -President therefore forbids further direct commtnication between neu kral consuls in the Confederate States and function• aries of neutral nations residing in the enemy's country. In future all communications between the British Consul and foreign countries, neutra hostile, must be restricted to vessels arriving from or despatches to neutral ports. Serious resistaoce has teen offered to the enrol ment in Ohio. A collision has occurred between the military and 500 armed insurgents. Another enrolment officer has been shot in It is considered certain that General Lee is ad vancing upon Hooker a army in three columns, his right under Hill, by Kay of Occ( quan and Wolf - Run shoals ; his centre under Ewell, by way of Thoroughfare Gap; and his left under Longstreet, ' - .)y way of L-esburg. This information was obtained by a reconnaissance of Colonel Duffi-, who, after the engagement at Aldie on Wednesday, proceeded to Middlesburg, but was driven out by the Confederates, and retreated across the mountains at Hope G.p, reaching the Federal outposts by tortuous routes. Several of his officers are missing. General Hooker's forced march from Falmouth to Fairfax was attended with great hards`iip, all the streams being dried up. The woods were full of stragglers, who could not be kept in the ranks, and numbers fell upon the road through exhaustion. An attack was apprehended in Baltimore on Wednesday, the 17th inst., and north and north western roads leading to the city were barricaded with tobacco hogsheads. Upon Wednesday night the Confederates crossed the Potomac at two points, and drove the Federals from Point of hocks and Catoclin station, after wards capturing a military train running between Harper's Ferry and Baltimore. The Confederates have not entirely abandoned Pennsylvania. Upon Friday morning, the 19th inst., they entered Maconnelsburg end carried off large quantities of boots, shoes, cattle, and horses. They still occupy Greencastle, and troops have been sent from Harrisburg to Chambersburg by rail, and will march from Chambersburg against the Con federates at Greencastle. Yesterday (19th inst.) 12 Confederate regiments were encamped about Hagerstown and Williams port, Maryland, and more were crtssing at Wil liamsport. They have visited Hancock, Maryland, but were driven off. The Federal General Milroy is said to be advanc ing towards Rast, with 4,000 mounted infantry and 5,000 mounted riflemen. The militia arriving at Harrisburg are to be sworn in for 30 day F. Tte Governor of Pennsylvania assures the troops they would be discharged immediately upon the prisent emergency being over. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 1. The North German Lloyd's steamsh , p America, from Nt w York 00 the 20th, has arrived here with 17t► passengers, 8 200 doll. in spe-cie for Yigland, 101,400 doll. for France, and 500 dots. for BrEnien. On the 24th ult., in long. 47 58 W., lat. 46 32 N., during a dense fog, the America came in con tact with the English bark Eliza Ann, of Ply mouth, with timber, from Quebec. The Eliza Ann was cut down to her waterline, water-logged, and abandoned at 9 p.m. All hands were saved. AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, JULY 1. The Lincolnshire, from Melb)urne, April 18, passed here this morning. She brings 10,805 oz. gold. The Lincolnshire landed eight passengers at this port. Mr. Laulie, one of her passengers, an auctioneer of Geelong, was washed overboard and drowned on the 26th May. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JULY 1. The chief of the Provincial Government of Prus sla has published a letter of the Crown Prince, dated the 26th ultimo, expressing the thanks of the Prince and Princess for the many proofs of sincere affection and devotedness shown to their Royal Highnesses during their recent journey. THE BRAZILS. LISBON, JULY 1. The Royal Mail Ccmpany's ship Parana, with the BrEizil mail, has arrived here, and will leave at 2 p.m. to-day for Southampton with 191 passengers, £7,168 i❑ gold, £7,545 in silver, 250 rolls of to bacco, and 203 packages of sundries. FRANCE. PARIS, JULY 1. MM. Schneider and Vernier have been appointed Vice-Presidents of the new Corps Legislatif, and MM. Hebert and Romeuf questors. An Imperial decree has bee❑ publiebed for a Universal Exhibition of Agricultural and Indus trial Products, which shall open at Paris in May, 1867. Productions of these descriptions will be admitted from all nations. BOURSE, June 30.—The market remains quiet, but with prices maintained. Threes, for the Ac count, are unvaried at 68t. 50c.. Little doing in Railway Shares, end but slight change i❑ quota tions. Stock became offered before the close by speculators who had been before two extensive purchasers, and prices receded to leave eff as fol lows : q per Cents. . . 96 95 Italian Loan 73 30 Do end month.... Do. end month — i per Cents Do. end month..., 68 35! Do. end month.... ...;redit INI obilier.... 1185 I Russian in. end m0nth....1176 50 Austrian ..._ Bank Shares 3410 Credit k ;incur 1370 I,Ltui , ll 'rbreeb., 54 home Debt .. AYE. Cash. Account. Orieuxe ... Northern New ditto — Lyons and 111editmanean 1017 50 1015 RA IL Geneva.. 447 50 .. 417 50 Southern W extern Eastern .... Sardinian .. Austrian Lon.bard • North of Spain Saragossa 720 720 Ditto to Barcelona EXTRAORDINARY ANTIQUAsaAN DISCOVERIES IN ROME; as described by a German sculptor living in the Eternal City.—The villa of Livia, the wife of Augustus, called "Ad Gallinas," has been excavated near Prima Porta, seven rui Ale fr, en Rome, on the Via Fiaminia ; and at the very beginning of the excavations the completely preserved figure of Augustus, besides three very beautiful busts and reliefs, were brought to light. This figure, eight feet in height, is the most beautiful imperial statue in exist ence, and altogether a work of first rank. A specie. , interest is found in the excellently preserved traces of painting on the mantle, under-garments, and arm ,ur. The mantle was red; but on the head and the nude legs no trace of painting is to be found. The people who had made the discovery were naturally vary happy, and flattered themselves with the hope of receiving no less than half a million of scudi for it; but we considerably damped their enthusiasm, and. brought them down to 20,000 seudi. I wonder whether our valuation was correct. The excavations of the im perial palaces, instituted by Napoleon, have likewise yielded important results already, chiefly of architectural interest. The sculptures found yet are not of much consequence. It is a colossal undertaking, and will take about ten years more, at least before it is completed. In order to assist the Emperor's plans the Pope has given orders teat the other side of the Palatine, where the walls of Romulus were found, shall likewise be examined ; and excavations have been set on foot on that spot. 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