The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-23 00:00:00

ITIHE JUDGE and the JOURNALS—John Orrell Lever, Esq., ALP.—England on Chinese PlAtes, j n iirTJZT this week, One Penny. HE DUKE'S MOTTO. THE EEL D RED A,N SIXTIETH NIGHT, 3t.nd Last Week but Two, of the present. Season. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. Last Week but Two of the present Season. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, Wideticomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter -past Eight, the Romantio Drama, in Three Acts, and Prologue, entitled THE DUE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The K principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, ff. Widdi.lombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; )Hisses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and .Isworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole 4:,..asee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining. THIS EVENING, the grand new Drama, entitled COURT AND CAMP Messrs. G. Vining, C. Verner, H. Marston, G. Belmore, G. Murray. and Warde; Miss Murray, Alias L. Laidlaw, and Miss Lydia Thompson. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. - And followed by A CHARMING PAIR. Mr. Roxby, Mrs Marston, and Miss Jones. NEW TEEATRE-RO VAL, ADELPHL— soIe Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. After which, at Eight o'cloek, a new drama, entitled THE JIAIINTED MAN; OR, T E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Sefton. C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss EL Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. &If ssrs. Toole, P. Bedtord, R. Phillips, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. TO-NIGHT WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. Messrs. W. H. Swanborough, Parselle, Voltaire, G. Honey ; Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, Maudera, and E. Bufton. Followed by (7th time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria Simpson, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with LOVE IN LIVERY. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, CAn be had Every Evening of G. R. GLF.NIE, NEWS AGE/CT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 23, 1863. THERMOMETER. __ This morning _ 69 This day at Two o'clock Barometer-29.70. Wind—S.-W ; moderate, with fine weather, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. ruts Dom;.—Morning, 6h. 30rn.—Afternoon, 6h. 50m. To-frfounow.-Morning, 7h. 15m.—Afternoon, 7h. 39m. 7•Z' oXeleln ritt LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1863. As usual the previous news from America turns out to require very considerable revision. Instead of the immediate future of the Federals being, as we were told by themselves, 80 very couleur de rose, they prove, on the contrary, to be exceedingly blood-coloured, General LEE'S army, so far from being in full retreat, is now, we learn, in stronger force than ever in the invaded territory, and in a far stronger position than that occupied at the last encounter between the belligerents at Gettysburg. His rumoured retreat across the Potomac into Vir ginia is found to have been no retreat whatever from the soil of Maryland. All that he has done in that way he has done manifestly with the utmost prudence and deliberation. Getting his sick and wounded out of further harm's way, he has certainly had them quietly conveyed across the river in the direc tion of Martinsburg, sending thither, together with his invalids, very large supplies, end vest quantities of booty, the fruits of his daring raid into Penn sylvania! Otherwise, true to his fame for consum mate generalal.ip and for heroic determination, he has kept his whole army well together, and having coolly selected the strongest position he could very well have chosen anywhere in those parts, he has there, upon a line almost parallel with the sweep of the South Mountains, though upon the opposite side of the Antietam river, drawn up his forces in the utmost state of preparedness for his antagonist. His front, extending altogether over a distance of some half a dozen miles, stretches almost due North along the western bank of the Antietam from Bakersville to—(O name of dreadful omen)—Fanks town ! Five miles in the rear of this position, he holds, completely at his command, an easy passage, to and fro, across the Potomac at Williamsport. At any moment, upon any emergency, under any circumstances he can retreat with his whole army, not hurriedly, or precipitately in a disastrous panic, but quite calmly and deliberately, into Virginia. Thither, already, as we have said, having prudently passed over the whole of his unneeded supplies, and all the enormous booty he has contrived to carry away from Maryland and Pennsylvania. Meantime, what, it may be asked, is the actual situation of things with the Federals ? And, as easily as it can be asked, it can be answered. The enemy at the gates, to begin with 1 And that enemy in greater strength than ever—LEE having been reinforced not only by BRAGG, but by BEAU REGARD. New York the scene of a formidable riot! Confusion at the Council Board, where Mr. SEWARD is stated to have abruptly evidenced an inch nhation to transform the whole policy of te Government suggesting, among other sensation" changes, the proclamation of a general amne sty, the suspension of the Confiscation Act, and the revocation, by the PRESIDENT, of his notable act in respect to emancipation. So that, in that case, the whole braggadociose talk about the " ninety days" would have at once to "cease and de termine!" The Confidence of the South would have to be directly appealed to I The utter and ignominious failure of the entire series of military arrangem en t s entered upon b y the North, since first the war com menced, would virtually have to be acknowledged Governm en t. ty the Feder a l t T o h p e oor B lit tn tl e e nauseating "humble pie" recommended JOHNNY by Doctor BELGlUM,thecurrent number of er a wr aceording to th e u whimsical cartoon in of Punch would have to be consumed, with as face, we might be certain, by that unfortunate Old ABE ! Yet actually, while such are the propositions seriously talked of, over the coun cil board at Washington, a popular newspaper at New York can evidence the extraordinary effrontery, extraordinary even fur a Federal, discern able in so consummate a specimen of tautological bounce, as where it is actually observed " in view of the fact that the work of putting down, the rebellion may be said to be substantially accomplished, the question arises what policy should be pursued to accomplish the speedy and harmonious restoration of the Union !'rhis, with General LEE, strengthened by the reinforcements recently sent to him by BRAGG and BEALTREGARD, awaiting the perillous advance of MEADE in a position of the Confederate General's own choosing With the confidently reported capture of Vicksburg, still, even by these last accounts, in no one particular borne out ! With a Federal General and ' his staff captured outside the lines of the Northern force at New Orleans, and New Orleans itself in some jeopardy ! With the position of the besieging force under General BANES, in front of Port Hudson ; becomieg every succeeding day more and more precarious! With ail Indiana startled into an alarm almost amounting to a panic, by a sudden and daring invasion of it, by some six thou sand adventurous Confederates ; an invasion so unlooked for, that the Governor of the State (MoRToN) was clamouring, when the last accounts left, for 50,000 men to repel the invaders ! While all these things are going on flagrantly, undeniably, disastrously all around them,and in the very midst of them, the above quoted braggart organ of the more infatuated believers in the cause of Federalism, can coolly babble about the completion by the North of the triumph now already (according to its absolutely ludicrous phrase, under the circumstances) "sub stantially accomplished !" How substantially, may, perhaps, be a trifle better understood, when the next advices from America acquaint us more distinctly with the actual propositions recently sub mitted by Mr. SEWARD to the Cabinet Council at Washington with the result of the late formidable riot at New York —with the response vouchsafed to Governor MORTON by the alarmed citizens of Indiana—with the precise situation of General B A NRS'S besieging force, last heard of as rather critically placed in front of Port Hudson—with the determination of the uncertainty as to the capture, or not, by the imminent o Federate, of Vicksburg — a bove all, with the upshot of the great battle , k nown to be onthe 13th instant, betwee n the arm y of the North under MEADE, and the army of the South under LEE, somewhere between Williamsport, and Boones h. boroug If any hope lingered in the minds of some that Russia would finally listen to the voice of mediation and conform to the wishes of the Three Powers, so far as to moderate the course of policy that she has adopted, that hope will be dispelled on perusing the Russian reply to the French despatch. Prince GORTSCHAKOFF appears to have cast to the winds all idea of conciliation in his remarks, and to have studied only to give vent to the just expression of his own indignation concerning the wrongs of Russia. He even turns round and accuses France of being one of the causes of this revolution that now engages so much attention. Thus he expresses himself :—" The Polish emigration, taking advan tage of its social relations, has there organised a vast conspiracy destined in one direction to mislead public opinion in France by a system of defamation and calumnies without example ; in another to foment the disorders of the kingdom, either by the tenor of a secret committee, or by inspiring a belief in an active external intervention in favour of the most violent ideas of the insurrection." This paragraph exhibits a tolerable amount of assurance even for the Russians. In the first place, if the re presentations that are made and the reports circu lated are calumnies, why do not the Cabinet of St. Petersburg contradict them openly and disprove them effectually ? It is patent to the world that these sad details of suffering, these scandalous accounts of persecution, are all unfortunately too true. Why has no official despatch appeared contradicting the man ner in which the conscription for the army was taken ? Because the circumstances were as they were recorded. The terror of a secret committee referred to so emphatically can hardly equal the terror of Russian rule, and no forfeiture can be more severe than the penalty exacted by the indig nant conquerors of Poland in case of offences com mitted. The allusion to an " active external inter vention" is simply impertinent, and will no doubt be received as such by the French EMPEROR and his Ministers. It is quite enough for the Emperor of all the Russias to exercise unlimited sway over his own dominions without attempting to extend that arbitrary rule over foreign nations. He is now issuing his imperial decree, and sending forth his august mandate to France. From henceforth her cities are not to afford a refuge for the Poles who are driven from their own land, ner are her rulers to take any interest or exercise any interference with the political prospects of Poland. This would seem to be the gist of the voluminous dispatch that has been forwarded to the Cabinet of the Tuileries. What effect it will have there remains to be seen, but the spirit of the French nation will not be faithfully represented by its rulers, if a tame reply be given to so arrogant and unwarranted a corn munication. The temperate tone in which M. DROUYN DE LHUYS made his remarks has been totally ignored in the dispatch, and he is distinctly told to look at home for the cause of the conflicts of which he affects to deplore the consequences. Prince GORTSCHAKOFF says that the French in fluence is the "moral cause that tends to prolong the painful state of things of which the French Government expresses a wish for an early cessation in the name of peace and humanity. We are strongly disposed to believe that it will not permit its name to be abused to the advantage of revolu tion in Holland and Europe." These are strong terms in which to address a friendly state; they are disrespectful ones to a country like France, and the style in which the dispatch is written is un worthy of a great Power like Russia. It would seem as if she gloried in retrograde movements, in going back to the days of barbarity and savage in tolerance, from which PETER the GREAT did so much to rescue her. It seems to make Prince GORTSCHAKOFF indignant that it should be sup posed that Russian policy can be judged by the stan dard of other countries, French, English, and Aus trian. Russia is to go on unmolested in her course, conquering and to conquer, the terror of all who oppose her sway, and the exterminator of all who impede her progress. There seems no hope of any good being effected by mediation, when we find such sentiments as these expressed in the despatch. Alluding to the measures adopted with regard to the improvement of the social condition of Poland, it is said, " Experience has proved to demonstration how illusory it would be to rely on the efficacy of these combinations for the moral pacification of Poland, before material order and respect for authority have been re-established." This is quite conclusive as to the mode in which the Russian Government intend to proceed. It means that they will tread down the country beneath their feet with the iron heel of conquest, they will crush all aspiring hopes of inde pendence, and then will amuse themselves by talk ing of remedial measures for the people of Poland. We hear that the Emperor of RUSSIA has reserved hisde;ciaesihcl means,o7otnlater n developments of these mea suresplainer terms, that they are put aside for consideration sine die. The "provi sional pacification" is wholly rejected, even in idea, and Prince GORTSCHAKOFF altogether repudiates the notion of it. He says the French Government themselves could not define the character of such a negotiation between " a legally constituted Govern ment, supp rted by a regular army, and a secret committee, based on terrorism, proceeding by crimes, and served by bands of rebels dispersed in the forests." There is no argument in thi s ; be cause all natio ns , from h to the most savage, can understtaned mostperf civilised perfectly what is meant by a cessa ti on of hostilities,and itis strange tl:at, in this i ns t ance, the difficulty would seem to rest with the " legal" and " regular" deci sion of the combatants. We are told that the necessity of order, the dignity of the EMPEROR, and the sentiments of the Russian people, can allow only one course—that is, " the submission of the insurgents." It is most deplorable that so unwise and unfitting a reply should be given to a request that was made in good part, it Dd merited a better THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1863 reception. Such a despatch as this referred to is far more likely to " prolong and envenom" the course of affairs than any plan proposed by the three Powers, which Prince GORTSCHALOFF has so per emptorily refused to entertain. There is an im patience and an irritability manifested in the tone of this reply that is only too lipparent throughout, and which argues the worst for the cause of justice and the hopes of peace. The fact is, that the Rus sians will not own themselves in the wrong; they will persist in maintaining their predetermined course; they will stop their ears like the deaf adder, and refuse the suggestions of wisdom and the warnings of well-meaning advocates. Experience may teach them a sterner lesson in the time to come, and, when too late to retract, they may regret the day when, in the plenitude of pride and the intolerance of tyranny, they so ill appreciated the friendly counsels and earnest appeals of the Powers of Europe. The feats of ropewaikers have ceased in our day to be anything extraordinary. Since the marvel lous performances of BLONDIN were celebrated across the Atlantic, and were even said to be ficti tious from their daring, we have had such crowds of aerial acrobats and flying men that it would be difficult for any of them to renew the excitement which was at first called forth by the American adventurer. Our eyes are greeted at every turn by announcements of the wonderful performances of male and female BLONDINS, of ropewalking at fabulous heights, and kindred exploits whose dis tinctive feature is their extreme likelihood of break ing the performer's neck. In their eagerness to court popular favour and to obtain profit these un fortunate performers seem to be running a race for danger, and trying who can go nearest to death without actually coming within his grasp. The familiarity of the scene and the risk render them indifferent; each thinks the chances are in his or her favour, each tries to secure the favour of the manager and the applause of the public by some venture more startling and perilous than his rivals, and so the game goes on. It was not difficult to foretell, as many did foretell, the conse quence of such a state of things. The old proverb about the pitcher and the well is too often verified in the case of the performers of extraordinary feats. The keepers of wild beasts have too often paid the penalty of their temerity with their lives, and the rope or the ropewalker's nerves are no less treacherous than the lion or tiger's half-subdued ferocity. It is melancholy to read, as we often do read, in the narrative of some fatal disaster, that the sufferer had expressed a disinclination to go on the rope, or a doubt as to its security, and we not unfrequently find that he or she has previously ex pressed a belief that an accident would sooner or later occur. This conviction may be founded on observation as well as on conviction, for the risk to the most accomplished of 'the fraternity is terribly great. BLONDIN himself, though looked upon as nearly as safe at his familiar attitude as other per sons are on terra firma, is by no means out of the category, and the hosts of imitators whom his suc cess has called forth a ere certain to furnish their tithe of sacrifices. Seldom, however, has the pub lic mind been startled by a more painful and melancholy case than that occuring at Birmingham a few days ago. It is not very long since the most famous of the female BLONDINS fell from her rope, and, after weeks of dreary suffering, was discharged a helpless cripple from one of our metropolitan hos pitals, to be a burden on the family she was pre viously supporting. A few subscriptions were raised for her benefit, and she passed out of sight among the crowds of poor and struggling sufferers in the heart of this great city. No matter, the public must be amused, and plenty more are ready to take her place. But increased numbers bring also increased danger. All cannot equal BLONDIN in their cool ness, skill, and caution, though all who please may run the same foolhardy risks. Accordingly, but a short time since came another disaster, the news of which probably served to add great zest to the ex citement of looking on such sport. Another tra gedy occurs at a shorter interval, and a woman, the mother of a young family, the contributor to the sup port of her aged father, falls dead at the feet of her husband. A speechless protest against that ruthless love of sport and excitement which is willing to sacrifice everything to the gratifcaton of the moment. As a proof of the recklessness encouraged by these dangerous performances, we learn that the rope upon which the poor creature had to walk was so old and worn that her husband was compelled to splice it at one part. The very point on which life and limb depended was thus neglected, with fatal consequences, for it was the snapping of the rope which led to the catastrophe. But the public are getting used to these things now, and it was not considered worth while to stop the fete because an accident bad happened to an acrobat. The lifeless body was carried away, and the amusements of the day went on. They had already cost a life, so it was as well to have them to the full. But the callousness inspired by such scenes does not extend to those who hear of it at a distance, who think with horror of the wife falling dead at her husband's feet, of the little motherless children vainly waiting her return. The question remains—Are such things to be allowed to continue? Is no restric tion to be placed on these senseless exhibitions, which imperil life and limb for no possible end but the gratification of a morbid love of excitement. So far as the display of skill goes, it is evident that all the feats could be gone through at a few feet from the ground ; that BLONDIN might carry his stove and cook his omelet, and the host of his imi tators might wrap their heads in sacks, tie their hands and feet, and go through any other variations of their irrational programme at a height which should exhibit their agility without running the risk of breaking their necks. But the excitement would be gone, and pleasure -seekers of the present day cannot be satisfied without a large introduction of the "sensation" element in life as well as in fiction. Crimes, disasters, and accidents must flavour real life as well as give a pungency to novels and dramas, and to see a performance with out " hairbreadth 'scopes and snares" would be no amusement. This taste affords a curious contrast to the professing humanity of our age, which can scarcely endure that felons should undergo their just punishment, and has a helping hand for every form of human misery. How is the prevalence of such a degrading and cruel taste consonant with this ? Let us boast no more of our humanity while such things are tolerated. Let us talk no more of the Roman and the gladiator butchered to make his holiday, while we can find pleasure in such spectacles. It is time for legisla tive interference. It is evident that it is vain to trust to the caution of the unhappy performers, to the discretion of the managers of such fetes, and above all to the taste and humanity of the sight seers. The catastrophe at Birmingham teaches us a striking lesson as to the effect that such spectacles have up on p u bli c t as t e an d f ee ling. Their ten dency i s i n every way ev il , an d as no di sas ter, how ever app a lli ng, seems likely to effect a reform, let it be henceforth stipulated in the licences of owners of public place s that they shall allow no sport directly dangerous to human life. " A human life having succumbed," says CHARLES READE, satirically, in his "I‘Tiever too Late to Mend," something will pro bably be done. Our English justice generally waits for a catastrophe before it takes active steps. In the present case there has been more than one, and we are glad to see that the Home Secretary will be questioned on the subject. We had better decide what coarse to pursue, as if we are to go back to the tastes of the middle ages for cruel sports and recklessness of life and limb, we had better not talk, henceforth, quite so much about our humanity, refinement, and civilisation. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. WORCESTER, Wednesday. The " vanward clouds" of gloomy days did not quite exhaust themselves in yesterday's rain, for this morning opened dark and gloomy, and por tended another wet afternoon. Fortunately for the success of the show on yesterday and to-day the forenoon wore only a bad prospect, and as those who are bent on excursions of pleasure generally assume the sunny side o the future, this san guine class of persons argued that the day would hold up—that the clouds would break, and the evening turn out fine, Thousands who came to see the show under the uncertainty of the weather would undoubtedly have postponed their visit, if the mornings of Tuesday and Wednesday were anything like what the afternoons turned out to be. The success of the show, so far as the number of visitors was concerned, though imperilled, was not spoiled, and when it is stated that 7,683 persons paid their half-crowns yesterday, and pro bably as many more to-day, it will be recognised that, in spite of adverse circumstances, the Worces ter show is a great fact. The total receipts up to Tues day evening amounted to about £1,450, of which £960 was taken yesterday (the first half-crown day), £403 on Monday (the half-guinea day), and £9O last week. The receipts of to-day cannot fall far short of those of yesterday. The steam cultivators were again at work this morning on Mr. Coney's farm, but they seem to excite little attention, except on the part of those who are immediately interested in the result. I do not know whether any of our agricultural " Excel siors" devote much of their spare moments to the reading of the archives or the Lags do University, but they will find there that Switt reports as one of the ingenious contrivances proposed for the plough ing of land that acorns and chesnuts should be 8 by 5 inches apart, and that a drove of swine should be then turned into the fields to be rooted up. By this ingenious process three results would be accom plished at once—the fields would be turned over, they would be manured, and the pigs would be fed. Last night a public meeting was held in the Guild hall on this important subject—not the pig plough ing system—but the steam cultivating system ; Mr. J. C. Morton, of Streatly, Reading, in the chair. The meeting was very well attended, and was ad dressed by lir. J. A. Clarke, of Long Sutton, Lin colnshire ; Mr. Sewel head, of Plumstead, Norfolk ; Mr. Dring, of Cloxby, Lincolnshire; Mr. Williams, of Bay don, Wiltshire ; Mr. Williams, of Abingdon ; Mr. Duckham; Mr. Denton, of Stevenage, Herts ; Mr. Hatfield, of Stamford; Mr. Smith, and Mr. Howard Reed, all of them having had more or less experience of cultivation by steam. That practice was recommended to farmers for general adoption ; and,as the expense of steam cultivators was admitted to be generally beyond the reach of individual farmers, it was suggested that a company should be formed for the purpose of enabling farmers to buy the cultivators by instalments, or to hire them. The horse•ring was the principal attraction of the show to-day. There were some thousands of per sons surrounding the parallelogram which fenced the ground, and the action and bearing of the ani ma's were the theme of general admiration, It was mentioned that Lord Coventry was a purchaser of two or three of the principal prize horses. A considerable number of the principal visitors, however, went to Malvern in the early part of the day, in order to be present at the laying of the foundation stone of a proprietary college in that beautiful and healthy locality. The Bishop of Worcester presided at the ceremony of laying the first stone. In addition to the other ,ttractions at Worces ter a horticultural exhibition was opened at the Arboretum, the grounds being gaily decorated for the occasion. The entrance gates were sur • mounted by banners, and down either side of the central walk poles entwined with evergreens had been erected, from top to top of which festoons were led, and these, ornamented with banners, had an exceedingly pretty effect. The flower and shrub show was held in a spacious marquee, pitched on the lawn before the restaurant, white those of vegetables and fruit were exhibited in smaller tents adjoining_ A covered platform had been erected for the band of the Coldstream Guards, which, under the able conduct of Mr. Godfrey, played a choice selection of music through the day. The exhibition was a very good one ; the collection of stove and greenhouse plants being particularly noticeable. On enterin4 the tent, a fine collection of fuchsias on the left attracted the attention of the visitor, as did also a magnificent vase of plants, shown by T. Chalk, , but not for competition. Lord Coventry, Miss Savage, H. All sopp, A. H. Royds, T. R. Hill, and H. Walker, Esqs., were among the principal exhibitors. It was generally stated and believed that the Duke of Cambridge would pay a visit to Worcester, and make his appearance at the Agricultural Show to-morrow. It is also expected that, in consequence of there being so many persons congregated at present in Worcester from all parts of the kingdom, a conference will be held on the subject of the pre servation of salmon fisheries. Although the show will not be open to the general public till to-morrow, the symptoms of its decay are visibly placarded over the town in the shape of bills, addressed " to builders," who are invited to tender and bid forthwith for the materials—timber, iron, &c.—with which the sheds are constructed. On to-morrow and Friday excursion trains are adver tised to run from " all the country round," and if the weather be propitious there can be little doubt that tens of thousands will visit the Agricultural Show on those days. Sir Morton Peto, on Monday, will ask her Ma jesty's Government whether they have heard of the re-marriage of a Mr. and Mrs. Hulin by the Rev. Horatio Walmesley, vicar of St. Briavels, Gloucestershire, after they had been previously married in a dissenting chapel, an on which re-marriage the vicar entered the parties in his re gister-book as bachelor and spinster, knowing of the pre vious marriage; and, whether her Majesty's Government will prosecute the vicar for making such false entries under the statute 76th Geo. IV., sec. 29. PIRACY AND MURDER.—Sentence has been pro nounced on a charge of piracy and murder on board the British ship Beatrice, 470 tons register, brought before the Supreme Court at Hongkong. Four English seamen, named Timothy Driscles, George Bailey, Charles Atkins, and William Hardy, were charged with the wilful mur der of Mr. John Adams, the chief officer of the ship. It appears that very bad discipline was kept on board, and that the crew were in the habit of getting into the hold and drinking spirits and wine, which formed part of the cargo. On the night of the 10th of June the deceased, having charge of the watch on deck, was sitting on a hen coop on the poop when one of the prisoners came behind him and knocked him down by a heavy blow on the head. Almost imme diately afterwards Atkins picked him up and threw him overboard. The poor fellow screamed murder several times and cried out " Help, help!" but no effort or alarm was made to save him. The prisoners had endeavoured to pre vail on most of the crew to join them to take the ship. After disposing of the mate they went to the cabin to secure the captain and the rest of the officers. The second mate, hear ing the scuffle on deck,was coming up the companion ladder to ascertain the cause when he was met by Atkins, armed with a harpoon or boarding pike, and h thrust was made at him which luckily missed. He then returned to the cabin, and the captain and he armed themselves, as also the car penter, who was with them. One of the gang named Baynes went to the skylight of the cabin with the inten tion, it was supposed, of doing mischief. The captain see ing him from the cabin, and hearing that the mate had been thrown overboard, called upon the second mate to shoot him. Howard, the cfficer obeyed, and shot the man dead on the spot. This act had the effect of overawing the prisoners, who all went forward, when they were seized and placed in irons. The jury found three of the prisoners (Driseles, Hardy, and Bailey) guilty of piracy, and Atkins guilty of wilful murder. The verdict was accompanied with a statement to the effect that to the gross mismanage- ment and neglect of their duties by the captain end officers was to be attributed, in a great measure, if not entirely, all that had hapt,ened on board. The prisoner Atkins was or dered for execution, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. AUSTRIA. THE RUSSIAN REPLY TO AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JULY 22 (Evening.) The reply of Russia, dated the 13th inst., for mally invites Austria to an exchange of ideas upon their common interests. The reply suggests that the matter in question only affects details of international administration, and that the three Powers concerned in the parti tion should consequently, as in 1815, deliberate at present together. The reply makes no allusion to the proposal of an armistice. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. POSEN, JULY 23. The Posener Zeitung, of the 22d, states that it considers the establishment of a state of siege neces sary in the frontier districts of the Duchy of Posen, and in the districts of Kuhn, Thorn, Grandenz, and Strasburg in Prussia Proper. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, JULY 22. The Journal de St. Petersburg of today publishe s the replies of Russia to the notes of the three Powers upcn the Polish question, despatched upon the 13th HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, July 22. The Queen and royal family walked and drove in the grounds this morming. Foreign Courts. PARIS, July 21. A Council of Ministers was held yesterday at St. Cloud, the Empress presiding. The Count de Morny, who has been at Trouvilie for a week past, arrived in Paris yesterday morn ing, and went to St. Cloud in the course of the day. Count de Kisseleff, Russian Ambassador at Rome, arrived at Marseilles the day before yesterday by the Vesuvio steamer from Civita Vecchia. Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar will entertain a distinguished circle at the Duke of Richmond's late residence, near Good wood, during the ensuing week, for the races. The Prince Serge Obolensky has arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Germany. The Prince and Princess Bandini have left Claridge's Hotel for Paris. The Duchess of Manchester had a select evening party yesterday, at her residence in Stanhope -street. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne and family are at present staying at Spa, in Belgium. The noble marquis, who repaired there for the benefit of the waters, has derived great advantage from them. In all probability the noble marquis and marchioness will return home early in the ensuing month. The Earl de Grey, Secretary of State for War, left Carlton-gardens yesterday for Osborne, on a visit to her Majesty. The Earl and Countess of Yarborough leave town early next week for Brocklesby Hall, Lincolnshire. The Countess (Dowager) of Morton and Lady Alice Douglas leave town at the close of the week to visit the Hon. Mr. and Lady Gertrude Rolle in Devonshire, before leaving for Scotland for the autumn. The Count de Giorgi has arrived at Fenton's hotel from Verona. Lord George and Lady Adeliza Manners intend to leave Cheverley Park, Newmarket, at the end of the month for Windsor, where his lordship's regiment is sta tioned on duty. Lady Charles Wellesley and family left town on Tuesday for Conholt Park, Hants, fer the autumn, Lord Londesborough has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, to attend the regatta at Hull. The Count and Countess Nostelz have left Mau rigy's Hotel for St. Petersburg. Lord and Lady :flermont have arrived at Cla ridge's Hotel for Ireland. The Hon. Mrs. Vanneok and the Countess Anna de Gersdorff have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for the Isle of Wight. Lady Macdonald Lockhart and the Misses Mac donald Lockhart have left Farrance's Hotel for Lee Castle, Lanarkshire, N,B. The Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Emily Peel entertained a select circle at dinner last evening, at their house in Whitehall-gardens. The young Marquis of Hastings, whose coming of age at Donington Park, next week, is to be celebrated with the greatest magnificence, directed his steward to invite all the labourers employed in his mines to the interesting ceremony. "At a rough calculation," remarked the man of business," it will cost LlO,OOO to bring them up." "If it costs double," responded the youthful heir, " they shall come." Well-informed persons (says the Court Journal) pretend to know that Lord Derby has the intention of proposing Lord Grey as his successor in the leadership of the Conservative party. May the day be far distant, say we, when the country loses the services of Lord Derby 1 And so say all true and loyal Englishmen. Horace 'Walpole, who loved mischief, never did a more mischievous act (says the Saturday Review) than when he recorded, for the torment of posterity, the alleged remark of his quondam friend Gray, " that if any man were to form a book of what he had seen and heard himself, it must, in whatever hands, prove a useful and entertaining one," The Dramatic College Fancy Fair at the Crystal Palace, on the 25th and 27th of July, promises to be a great success. Among the novelties of the occasion, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul have had presented to them a slice of the Prince of Wales's wedding cake. This is to be divided into small portions, and sold as souvenirs of the fete at the stall over which Mrs. Paul will preside. NAVAL FORCES OF RUSSIA.—The Europe of Frankfort gives the following as the naval forces of Russia : —She has in the Baltic, Anioor River, White, Caspian, and Black Seas and Lake Aral, 122 vessels, nine being ships of the line and 13 frigates; the whole mounting 2,246 guns, and are manned by 355 officers, 453 sub-officers, and 20,485 seamen. THE KITCHEN AND REFRESHMENT-ROOMS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—The select committee have just agreed to a fourth report, in which they say they have agreed that the wines and spirits shall be provided by wine merchants approved of by the committee, and in com pensation for the consequent loss to the keeper of the re freshment-rooms, they have applied for an increased allow ance from the commissioners of the fee fund. To facilitate and improve the attendance they propose to increase the width of the room, and recommend that smaller dining.. tables should be introduced into the room. With respect to the future management of the rooms, it is proposed that the following charge for dinners shall be charged next ses sion; Cold meat, including table, &c., 2s. 6d. each; and hot mews, including table, &c., 3s. each, For dinners with fish, entrees, &c., a written notice of at least half an hour must be given, the price for which will be regulated by a printed tariff. This, they hope, will obviate the confusion and discontent which the present system necessarily in volves. Mr. Barry states that the proposed alterations in the rooms can be completed before February next, pro vided that the necessary orders are given at once. THE ASSISTANT MESSENGERS IN THE BANK RUPTCY COURT. —A petition to Parliament is in the hands of an hon. member, praying that the assistant messengers of the Court of Bankruptcy may be placed on a similar footing with the service officers of the Insolvency Court, who were deprived of their situations by the aboli tion of that court. The assistants in the Bankruptcy Court having no provision made for them by the new Bankruptcy Act, although their duties were very onerous, having the charge of a vast amount of property and fre quently managing large estates for months for the benefit of the creditors, and also recovering a considerable amount of property which had been concealed, they pray that, as sow they will be but casually employed, they should be allowed £4O a year each, with the usual allowance when on duty ; and taking into consideration the 20 per cent, deducted formerly, charged by the messengers for "risk" in employing assistants, but now not charged, as the messengers, whose salaries are now fixed, scarcely ever take posession, wou d only entail a charge of about £l,OOO a year on the funds of the court, the equivalent being a much greater benefit by avoiding forced sales. ALLEGED MURDER OF A MAN IN LEATHER LANE.—Yeaterday morning a man was found lying in Leather -lane by Police-constable Smith, 209 G, and was taken by him at once to the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's inn -road, where the house surgeon pronounced him dead. From what has come to the knowledge of the police there can be no doubt but that the unfortunate man was knocked down by one or two men, who at once decamped. Inquiries were instituted by Inspector Allen, of the G division, and it was ascertained that the unfortunate man is named Wil liam Housdon, aged 40, a working man, residing at 33, College-street, Camden-town. It would appear that the men suspected were seen to attack the deceased, and to knock him down, and although he lay on the pavement in sensible, no one attempted to assist him, nor were the police informed of the facts until after they had returned from conveying the man to the workh,nse. Information hasbeen forwarded to the different police-stations, with the descrip tion of the supposed murderers ; but, up to the time we write, they have managed to evade being apprehended. The deceased is represented as having been a vary steady man, and has left a wife and family to deplore his untimely loss. THE SEWING MACHINE AND THE DRESS MAKERS' TRUE FRIEND.—Tbe merest mention of the meney.saving to any country by the sewing machine suffices to show the absurdity of any resistance to its use. In the United States, five pulls since, the annual money value of the necessary sewing which could be done by the machine was estimated at £58,000,000. On the clothing of men and boys the saving at that time made in the city of New York alone was a million and a half (not dollars, but pounds sterling) annually—and Massachusetts saved as much on her great manufacture of shoes and boots. Be sides creating new branches of manufacture, the machine had revolutionised forty already existing. This is not an invention which can be opposed or neglected. One of the industrial branches which it is clearly destined to revolu tionise is that of making ladies' dresses; and it seeing to me that Mary Ann Walkley's dying bequest to society, and to eve r y one o f us i n i t, i s th e d u ty of seeing the con dition of the dressmaker ameliorated by the due application of this most effectual means.—Once a Week. NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITITTION.—A gentle man under the initials of A. 8., residing in Cheltenham, has presented £3OO to this institution, to enable it to establish a lifeboat on the coast in memory of his deceased wife, after whom the boat is to be named. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Alacrity, 6, screw despatch vessel, Comman der J. K. E. Baird, arrived at Spithead on Tues day from the Mediterranean, having left Gibraltar on the evening of the Bth inst. Sne received orders soon after arrival to proceed round to Sheerness to pay out cf commission. The floating batteries iEtna, 200-horse power, and Thunderbolt, 16, 200-horse power, ;which have been stationed in the Thames for sever..\l months past to protect the passage of the river during the dismantling of the batteries at Shornmead and Coal house Point, have been withdrawn from the posi tion they have hitherto occupied, and are now stationed at the entrance to Chatham harbour where they are to be kept fully manned and equipped, with all their armament, shot, shell, 3cc., on board, to assist in the protection of the entrances to the Thames and Medway. The reconstruction of the two forts on the Kent and Essex shores of the Thames is to be immediately proceeded with. Her Majesty's steam storeship Dee, Master Commander Raymond, recently commissioned, after thorough repairs, was yesterday inspected by the Commodore Superintendent, Sir Frederick Nichol son, C. 8., at Woolwich, when the crew were mustered, and put through the usual course of exer cise. The Commodore expressed his approval of their aptitude and clean appearance. Two hundred tons of armour-plates are now be ing delivered at Portsmouth Dockyard by vessels from France, the manufacturers being Messrs. Petin, Gaudet, and Co., the makers of the armour plates for the frigate La Gloire, and other iron•clads in the French Imperial Marine. 100 tons are of 41in., and have been purchased by our Admiralty at £45 per ton. The remaining 100 tons are of 51in., the price being £5O per ton. Like all other French plates which have been supplied to the English Government, these from Petin, Gaudet, and Cu. have a very rough, blistered, and un finished appearance ; but this may not detract at all from their cohesiveness or shot-resisting power. They are, however, such plates as the Admiralty would not receive on any terms from English manu facturers. The latter, indeed, are loud in their com plaints, and have been now for some time past, of the restrictions the Admiralty place upon them in compelling them to give their plates such a perfectly even surface, and to bestow upon them such an im mense amount of " trimming and polishing. They say that the plate is ruined in its defensive quality as ships' armour, and that they therefore do not compete with the French makers on equal terms. In the previous trials of plates at Portsmouth, fur nished by Messrs. Petin, Gaudet, and Co., and M. Cchencking, of Toulon, the plates themselves, although roughly manufactured, showed an extra ordinary degree of resisting power to the 681 b solid shot at 200 yards range, and the metal of which they were composed was evidently of a very sup rior quality. instant. FRANCE. THE BOURSE, July 22.—The market continues in the same depressed state. At the opening, Threes, for the Account, were offered at 67f. 60c., but are mow at 67r. 70c. Mobilier have again declined, and are now at 1,0921. The Railway Share Mar ket is tolerably firm. The market has been exces sively agitated towards the close, and prices have fallen. The following are the last quotations : It per Cents. .. 96 50 Italian Loan 7l 10 110. end month.... Do. end month 7l 05 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 20 Do. end month.... 71 50 Credit Mobilier 1060 Russian Do. end m0nth....1060 Austrian .. B5 Bank Shares 3415 Spanish Threes.„ .. 53 50 Credit Fonder 1262 50 Home Debt .. — - RA IL rAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lOlO .. 1000 ...- Northern .... Neva ditto Lyons and Mediter anea n 1005 .. 1007 60 r Geneva.. Sout h ern Western Eastern ... , Sardinian .. Austrian Low bard North of Spain Saragossa 682 50 .. 667 50 Ditto to Barcelona SPAIN. , MADRID, JULY 22. The Ministerial journals express sympathy with the Confederate States of America. POLAND. The Jrord publishes the following special tele gram from Warsaw, dated 20 t h of Jul y :—" The Revolutionary Committee of Warsaw, having found its orders relating to the Kovno and Warsaw line of railroad disobeyed, or not executed, has no tified to the superintendent of the line, a French man, that, as he bad done all in his power to pre vent the execution of the measures enjoined, he had been tried by the Committee and sentenced to death. But, being a foreigner, he bad been allowed four days' respite, at the end of which, if he had not resigned his functions, the sentence would be inflicted. As the threats of the committee are never made in vain, the Superintendent has re signed, and is replaced by another—also a French man—who applied for his post on account of the advantages connected with it; but it is feared he will meet the same fate as his predecessor.' Rome M . The Journal de of the E 18th states that on that day a solemn service had been celebrated, by order of the Pope, in the Church of S. Andrea della Valle, for the soul o f Victor Oudinot, Duke of Reggio, " who, as General-in -Chief of the French army, conquered the revolutionary hordes banded together at Rome against religion and civilization,'' regained peace and liberty to the citizens, and restored the eternal city to the bands of the Sove reign Pontiff, Pius IX. His Holiness was repre sented at the service by Cardinal Pacca, his Grand Chamberlain, accompan ied by Cardinal Merode, Monsignor Talbot, and other dignitaries. Hudson's Bay Monopo l y and its Propose Renewal. By the extinction of the East India Company all monopolies, sovereignties, and exclusive privileges have been withdrawn from private companies, ex cept that of the Hudson's Bay, which the present Government is about renewing, unless prevented by Parliament, the public , a nd Canada. The Govern,. ment of Lord Derby, w hen in power, wou ld not renew the company's lease in the Pacific, but esta blished there the flourishing colony of British Colum bia, and intended withdrawing from the company the vast and fertile districts between Canada and it, forming them into new colonies. It was reserved for a Liberal Administration, professing the principles of Adam Smith, to propose to renew what, according to the IJudson's Bay Company's prospectus, will give them territories exceed ing in extent more than h a lf of Europe, with the most fertile lands,double the size of France. Mr. Fortescue, in reply to Mr. Wyld, stating they did so, agreeing with the opinion of the law officers of the crown (the opposite of that of Lord Brougham and their pedecessors), and that Canada didsale not com - plain. Now, Canada was scarcely awara of the Hudson's Bay Company national stock to the Inter national Financial Society—a branch of the Credit Mobilier Company of Paris, Lord Taunton in the Lords opposing the sale as transferring these vast powers to Americans and f ov oreigners. wou ld consent Canada did think that any British Gernment to barter away the rights of the crown, the people, and her own claims to the country in ques tion, while Mr. Fortescue knew very well that, in 1 1858,Canada deputed Chief Justice Draper to come to England, and declare her opinions against the rights and exclusive privileges of the Hudson's Bay Com pany demanding a portion of this territory as her own, and the opening of the rest as new colonies, with equal rights to all, and exclusive privileges to none. Sir Edward Bulwar Lytton, the Colonial Secretary, being of the same opinion, which the Liberal Duke of Newcastle, o ne of the free trade school of the late Sir Robert Peel, does not approve of by attempting t o renew the lease—or make a grant of, the greates t and most baneful monopoly that ever existed —that has proved an incubus to the improvement of British America. On behalf of the crown, the people, and Canada, we have raised our voice against any such renewal or grant, knowing that it is illegal, unjust, and unconstitutional —knowing that it may cause great commotion and trouble in Canada, and probably lead to severance of those districts from British connexion as the Red River inhabitants, to ge t clear of the reign of the company, wished to be annexed to the United States, if not joined to Canada, or formed into a new colony. We implore the Colonial Office to pause before they renew this gigantic monopoly, the granting of which will be the only strain on Lord Palmerston's Government, differing so much from the principles of free trade, professed and hitherto carried out by the Premier. Our Chambers of Commerce, Boards of Trade, and the public should at once petition against so gross an injustice. — Cork Reporter. ROYAL COLOSSEUM, REGENT'S - PARK. Mr. David Fisher, with his most amusing entertainment, entitled " Facts and Fancies," causes the theatre at this establishment to be crowded nightly; and amongst the many other attractions of this favourite place of amusement the characteristic chansonettes of Madllo, Johanna Clau.ssen are reeeived with great favours Court z vj'—Atti n I lit THE ARMY. The Newcastle, Indiaman, one of Messrs. Green's vessels, yesterday embarked at Portsmouth Dock yard the following troops for Calcutta, under the superintendence of Capt. Loch, the embarkation officer to the Hon. Council for India-sth Lancers. —Major W. Massey ; Capts. Cbaffey and Thank well ; Lieuts. St. Aubin, Fox, and Blake ; Cornets Carmichael, Han bury, and Foster ; Assist. .Surgeon Atkinson, Riding-master Rant and Mrs. Rant; 17 sergeants, 14 corporals, 217 privates, 34 women, and 35 children. In the afternoon, Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., the general officer commanding the district, accompanied by Cols. Somerset, C. 8., and Thackwell, Deputy Assist.-Quartermaster and Adjt.-Gens., paid a visit to the ship. The Newcastle is expected to sail for Calcutta this morning. The non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers selected from the depot companies at headquarters, Chatham, to augment the 22d com pany, which embarks to-morrow for China, left Brompton Barracks yesterday morning for Ports mouth, the detachment having been previously in spected by Col. Browne, C.B. The 22d company will embark in the Louisa, and will relieve the Bth company, which latter returns from China to Chatham. The entire establishments of Woolwich Arsenal and Dockyard, including the contractor's and builder's departments, will be closed the whole of to-day, for the purpose of allowing the men so dis posed to attend the volunteers' review to be held at Chatham. The reception of stores, both by land and water, will be totally suspended. The time has been made up by the men working over hours. The following detachments of troops were em barked on board the St. Lawrence, Indiaman, at Spithead, on Monday and Tuesday for passage to Calcutta, under the inspection of Captain Loch, embarkation officer to the Hon. Council of India -2d battalion, 20th Regiment—Captain W. L. D. Meares, Lieutenant C. H. Webster, Ensign H. E. Beecher, Assistant-Surgeon R. A. Hyde, 4 ser geants, 3 drummers, 4 corporals, 79 privates, 11 women and 11 children. 2d battalion, Rifle Bri gade-9 men, 1 woman, and 1 child. 3d battalion, Rifle Brigade—Ensign Kerr and 10 men. Inspection of the Victoria Rifle Brigade. Yesterday evening the Victoria Rifle Brigade were inspected on their parade•ground at Kilburn by Colonel M'Murdo, C.B. Lieutenant-Colonel his Grace th e D u k e of Wellington was unable to be present owing to severe illness, and the corps mus tered under the command of Capt. Greenhill. The number on the ground was about 250 men, com manded by the following officers :—Captains Green hill (commanding), Lollins, and Dickenson; Lieute nants Ewings, Haworth, Wilmott, Keeson, and Saunders; and Ensigns Mitchell, Hay, and Robert son. The adjutant, Capt. Trew, was at his post, as were the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Hawker, and the doctors, Croft and Stewart, whose posts have been perfect sinecures, owing to the care exercised by the men of this corps to guard against accidents, The ground was kept by a Lumber of the hurrey Light Horse, under Captain Meller, assisted by some of the Metropolitan Light Cavalry. On the arrival of Colonel M.Murdo the corps formed into line three deep, and received him with a general salute, after which the gallant colonel rode along the line, minutely inspecting the rifles. The corps were then put through the platoon manual exercises, in the performance of which they were frequently commanded by the Colonel. At the conclusion of the inspection the corps formed a tgnare, and Colonel M'Murdo addressed them in a short speech, in which he said that his being there on this occasion was an accident, but he esteemed it a fortunate accident, as it had given him the pleasure to inspect the Victoria Rifles. They had greatly improved since he had last done so (two years since). Every movement they had performed had been done extremely well. He could not wish to see a better or more efficient Volunteer corps, and would have been satisfied with one less so. Their arms were also in a good, serviceable state ; and, from the excellence of their drill, which did Capt. Greenhill extraordinary credit, he was led to look upon each man of them as an officer to be employed in training Volunteers, should a war ever give occasion for their services. He would have the greatest pleasure in reporting them most favour ably to the Secretary of State. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR.-The Commons' select committee on the state of this harbour report that the wooden jetty does not give sufficient accommodation for landing either mails or passengers. In strong northerly winds there is considerable difficulty and delay in bringing vessels of the length of the mail packets alongside; and in bad weather the discomfort to passengers landing on so ex posed a situation as this jetty is severely felt. The Govern ment engineer has hesitated to erect a shed on so frail structure. When the contract was made for the conveyance of the mails between Kingston and Euston-square in 11 hours, the Government had determined to erect piers at A cost of £125,000, but the cost led to the abandonment of the scheme, and the penalties for being after time have never boen enforced. Two causes have been suggested to the committee—the one to construct a breakwater, at a cost of about £50,000, protecting the head of the jetty, and enabling it, when strengthened to Lear a shed ; the other to deepen the water and put a shed on the stone pier, at a cost (with some other works) of £33,000. The committee state that the ditty of the Government to facilitate the passenger traffic, as well as the postal service, has always been recog nised, and the Government are entitled under their con tract to half of any sum over £35,000 received from passen gers. Th e commit/ft consider that additional accommoda tion should be afforded with as little delay as possible, an d that the penalties should then be enforced for being after time unnecessarily, ~,