The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-27 00:00:00

Inspec tiou ?of the First Surrey Rifles. On Satn rda: evening the annual inspection of the First Surrey Rifles took place at the head quarters of the reeiment, Hanover Park, Peckham, by Col. M‘Murda, Inspector• General of Volunteers. The regiment, was under the command of Lieut.- Col. M'Donald., assisted by Major Irvine, Captains Rogers, Stratton, Phare, Robotham, Bristowe, and Clipperton. 'The muster, considering the character of the weather, was exceedingly good, there being six compans,es of eighteen files, or something like from 250 to 300 men of all ranks. On Colonel M'Murdo reaching the ground, the men presented arms in line, the bands playing. The gallant colonel called some of the men oat of the ranks and examined their rifles, in reference to which he ex pressed his approbation. The regiment then formed into companies at quarter distance and marched past in that order, and subsequently in close column at the table. Having again formed line, and performed all the most difficult battalion movements at the double in the most precise manner, Colonel M‘MoaDo addressed the corps. He ob served that he hod kept the battalion moving at a rapid rate, because he thought their blood might be chilled by their being het, an 4 another reason was that he was desirous of seeing whether the batta lions were as handy under arms, considering the rapidity of the movements, nearly every one being done at the double. He (the gallant colonel) must say that he was muchgratified with what he had seen. It was some time since he had had the opportunity of inspecting the First Surrey, and he remembered that on the first occasion their evolutions were very well performed, but he saw by the movements of that day that they had acquired the habits of old sol diers. Although he had taken them somewhatby sur prise by the rapidity with which he ordered themove ments, they had performed them, from the very first to the last, without the slightest hesitation or check, which proved to him that they were thoroughly wall drilled. Indeed, they had done more than any soldiers would be likely to be called upon to do on the field of battle, and he must repeat, both to Lieut.•. Colonel M'Donald and to them, that he was highly satisfied with what he had witnessed thst day. The proceedings of the inspection then concluded by the regiment giving three cheers for Colonel M'Murdo and three for Lieut.-Colonel M'Donald. A large number of ladies graced the covered gal lery during the inspection. Shortly atter the conclusion of the day's evolu tions a banquet was served in the spacious drill shed, which was decorated with flags for the occa sion, and at which some hundreds of the members attended. Lieut.-Colonel M'Donald presided, and was sup ported by Colonel M'Murdo, the Rev. Daniel Moore (the hon. chaplain), several officers of the corps, rend honorary members. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " The health of her Majesty," said he was disposed to look upon Queen Victoria as the only real Queen in existence, and that toast, as well as " The Prince and Princess of Wales," and "The Duke of Cambridge," as the friend of the volunteers,were responded to with great cheering. A similar demonstration of approbation was accorded to the toast of " The Army, Navy, and Volunteers." The CHAIRMAN said he had not proposed the health of their gallant guest, the Inspector-General of Volunteers, in connexion with the previous toast, because he felt that the eminent services he had rendered to the volunteers of this country, and to the First Surrey Rifles in particular, demanded that they should make the gallant colonel's health a special matter. (Cheers.) He believed that most of the great success which had attended the volun teer movement was mainly attributable to the ad mirable manner in which Colonel 7tleMurdo filled the post of Inspector-General. It was an office that could not be filled by every military man ; but there was no doubt whatever that, so far as the volunteers were concerned, they had the right man in the right place. (Cheers, amidst which "The Health of Colonel M'Murdo" was enthusiastically drunk.) Colonel 111‘Munno, in rising to return thanks, was again enthusiastically cheered, He observed that he believed that no person could fill the posi tion he did in relation to the volunteers without working with all the heart and will which he did in their behalf. (Cheers.) He had had all the advantages of a military education by the side of one of England'sgreatest captains in the field, and if he had not paid attention and learnt something as a staff officer to one of the greatest soldiers and patriots that ever led the armies of this country, Sir Charles Napier, he must have been a dolt indeed. He had gone—but, thank God, all those principles of a soldier which he learnt under that good man still remained with him (Colonel M'Murdo), and re taining those principles, he could not, as an English man, hesitate to go heart and soul with the volun teers of this country. (Cheers.) After some plea sant allusions to the remark of the chairman, that his idea was that there was only one queen of the universe, and that Queen Victoria, he said he would carry out the simile, and say that there was only one army and navy, and in the whole world but :one volunteer force, and_ that iorce the volunteers of England. (Cheers.) Whilst the Ist Surrey were drilling that day before him a gentleman apolo gised that the ground was so rough. In reference to that, he must say that he would rather that vo lunteers should go through their evolutions on ground they were likely to meet with if ever they came into action, than on that which they were never likely to meet with. Did they ever hear of battle being fought on parade ground? (Hear. He never - a id. When engaged in the cauipeign of Seind e t h ey had a fiat d e sert, and sixty miles be yond rose a range of mountains,to reach. which they had `The y genera l l y recolieciec and h© marched in the dark, district by th e Bide whilst riding over that rough iae of the gallant 22d, hearing one man say to his comrad e, they were ma rchin g niut s ove r, in allusion to the ground the earth b e " Well, when God made have shot all the rubbish thi wa y." (Laughter,) they were likely to So it wa s a b sur d t o su ppose ing battle s . (Rear.) have smooth ground for Withfightl regard to the effect of the new act Upon th e volunteer service, the gallant said h e Was able to tell the m th a t t h e vo lunteer force was increa s ing bars and efficiency—(cheers rap i dly both in num in the metropoli tan erhaps not so muc h ) Yorkshire, esp ec i al , c o or Ps a s in the co un t ry , an d i n iy, where i days he expecctcehdeetorsr:)evieuw the course of a few of from 7,000 to 8,000 men. a b u ody he had read in one of thelslee r f efer . red to a statement in g the fortificationsrand Sta°t•Wight papers,attack they useless, but that it woulding that not only were ' the standing army to man the quire an increase bf ' crease the taxation. seldom, and t also largely in- He tical questions, but he emphaticall y ouched upon pc4i- said that the volunteers would man this, denied this, a d Instead of six battalions of - n them. Cheer .) artillery, wh ich Hardinge found was all the force of that L d fend the United h. ingdone—(laughteilann' to 4e now possessed the finest artillery i -II th® gland world, and at that moment they had no fe w er6 whole than 370 battalions of volunteer artillery, and 30 goo ar tillerymen. (Loud cheers.) Aft er a • •' ' gain h ig h ly complimenting the Ist Surrey for the way in which they had performed their evolutions that day, and for their kindness and hospitality to wards him, Colonel M'Murdo, in eulogistic terms, proposed "The health of Lieut.-Colonel M'Donald," which was also most enthuaiastically received. 1 Lieut.-Colonel M‘DoNALD feelingly returned thanks; and "The health of the Chaplain," "The " " Lieut. Puckle," " The Press," lion. Secretary , " The Ladies," and other toasts, concluded a most p l easan t evenin g , g r eatly enlivened by the spirted music discoursed by the excellent ban d of the regiment. 1 VOLUNTEER RETURNS. The following circular has been issued from the War Office:— " War Office, July 24, 1863. " Sir,—The Act 7 Geo. 4, cap. 58, under the provisions of which returns were required to be sent by you to the Sacretary of State, lord lieutenant i and general officer Com manding in the district, on the Ist of August in each ,•ear, having been repealed (so far as it relates to volunteer corps) by the Volunteer Act, 1863, I am directed by the Earl de Grey and Ripon to inform you that the transmission of the above returns will not be necessary. `• I am to add that, in future, annual returns v 11 be re quired to be made up on the Ist December Ia cad of the Ist August ; and that instructions in regard t ihe mode of preparing and rendering them will be con; din the re vised edition of the Volunteer Regulation.; v .ch is about to be published,—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, " HARTINGTON. " To Officers Commanding Volunteer Corps." The Federal Government and Mr. Laird. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—ln your paper of yesterday you publish a letter Mr. Cobden was, on a point of form, prevented from reading to the House of Commons on Thursday. It is addressed by Mr. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the United States Navy, to the Hon. Charles Sumner, and dated April 19, 1863, In this letter Mr. Gideon Welles says that " he has an indistinct remembrance that his department was impor tuned by more than one person on behalf of Messrs. Laird." As the matter has never left the memory of Mr. Welles, I shall feel obliged if he will give me the names of any one of the persons who have so importuned him on my behalf, and I shall, no doubt, be able to show him that they did so, if at all, without any authority from me or my firm. In the meantime I accept the admission that the depart ment over which Mr. Gideon Welles presides allowed itself to be importuned by foreigners to build ships on behalf of the Federal Government. Mr. Welles also states that " it is not true that his de partment ever approached my firm with a view of getting vessels built in this country for the American. Govern ment." I can oLly say that I balieved it to be true, and I leave the public to judge whether I had not sufficient grounds for entertaining this belief, having in my possession the letters copies of which I forward to you for insertion. The contents of these letters clearly show that my friend was well known to and in the confidence of the Federal Naval Department, and I have no doubt his name is very familiar to Mr. Gideon Welles. I also enclose a copy of a letter to my correspondent on the 11th April last, to which I have not yet any reply. _ _ Before deciding to publish the letter of the 30th of July, marked " Confidential," and the important memorandum it contained, I consulted some of the leading men on both sides of the House of Commons, and gave them, in confi dence, the original correspondence to read. They are of opinion that the course taken by Mr. Cobden in publishing Mr. Gideon Welles's letter gives me a clear right to use all the documents in my possession for my own vindication—but that I am not justified in making public the name of my correspondent. I will only add, in conclusion that I believed at the time, and believe now, that my correspondent had the authority of his Government for writing the letters, copies of which I enclose. Requesting the favour of your inserting this correspon. dents, I am, sir, your obedient servant, 10, Park-place, St. Jam es ' s . Street, JOHN LAIRD. London, July 25, 1863. (Copy.) TO MESSRS, JOHN LAIRD, SOPS, AND CO., BIRKENHEAD. Confidential, " Washington, July 30,11861. " Dear Sizs,—Since my arrival here I have had frequent interviews with our "Department of Naval Affairs," and am happy to say that the Minister of the Navy is inclined to have an iron-plated ship built out of the country. This ship is designed for a specific purpose, to accomplish a de finite object. I send you herewith a memorandum, handed me last evening from the department, with the request that I would send it to you by steamer's mail of to-morrow, and to ask your immediate reply, stating if you will agree to build such a ship as desired, how soon, and for how much, with such plans and specifications as you may deem it beat to send me. I feel very sure that the building of this proposed shot proof steamer will lead to other _business of much value. Our own builders would be very jealous if they were aware of this application to you, but in the present condi tion of affairs it is important to act secretly and cautiously, and I have assured my government that you will keep this matter entirely and strictly to yourselves, and by no means let it be known what you are building, or for whom. You will notice that the largest liberty is given for the construction of the ship, one requisite only being important, that she is bomb and shot proof. How this is to be accom plished it is for you to judge and determine, as the depart ment gives no specifications. I can state to you in confi deuce that the object is to enable the government to make the attempt to take repossession of its forts in one specific Southern port. I have assured our Minister of the Navy that if such a vessel can be built you can do it, and he has great confi dence in my judgment. In addition to this shot and shell proof vessel he also wants a side-wheel gun boat, of not over five or six feet draft ; rudder at both ends ; speed not less than 13 knots ; to carry a single gun at each end, weighing 6,0001b5., ex clusive of carriage; the boat to be built of iron. Please give all due examination and thought for both of the objects desired, especially the battery, and write me as soon as possible, directed as usual at New York, for which I leave here this evening. —Waiting your advices, I am, dear Sirs, very truly yours, (Signed) You can judge what angles to give if decks must be iron plated, and the beat form for glancing off balls. We are desirous of having constructed a floating battery planned with the specific object of going into ports guarded with batteries and forts, which are within from 300 yards to half a mile from the channel. The floating battery or iron-plated ship to be so constructed as to be able to pass the forts comparatively unharmed by the fire of the batteries, both horizontal and plunging. She is wanted for no other purpose. She is not required to have a speed exceeding six knots. She must not draw over 14 (fourteen) feet. She must have no masts. Her rudder must not be exposed so as to be liable to be disabled in passing a fort : this is most important. There should be a rudder at each end to avoid turning. She must carry eight guns (rifled), weighing each about 16.000 lb. Two on each side, Two on bow, and Two to fire from stern, The ship to be finished complete, with guns and every. thing appertaining. (Copy.) " City of New York." TO MESSRS. J. LAIRD, SONS, AND CO., BIRKENHEAD. New York, Sept. 20, 1861. Dear Sirs,—You r va l ue d favours of 3d, 28th, and 31st ult. with the accompanying drawings were received during my absence in Vat) Far West with General Fremont's divi- sion of the army, where 1 have been delayed far beyond my expectations. Immediately on my return I went to Washington with your tracings, and laid them before the Secretary of the Navy, and I trust that before long I shall be able to send you an order for the construction of one or more gunboats. The Secretary was rather disappointed that you have not sent any response to the memorandum in reference to a shell and shot proof battery for use in our Southern harbours. I may say to you in confidence, intended to force an en trance into Charleston Harbour, defended by Forts Sumter and Moultrie. I hope that you may be able to send me a plan for such a battery, and the terms on which you will construct such a ship. I a m glad to learn that you are so busy, and so well and rightly appreci!ted. ?'rusting to hear from you soon, I am, dear Sirs, yours faithfully, (Copy.) TO MESSRS. JOHN LAIRD, SONS, AND CO., BIRKENHEAD. New York, Oct. 25, 1861. My dear have your valued favour, also the slips containing very interesting accounts of your new works, all of which give me much pleasure. _ i f n e a g t e o d f a byn i your Government in entrusting d y im o ensions, as well as th e trans port a b u a i n l d i I congratulate you on the c u on wi fi t d h en th ce e plated ships of such large port ship, and I have no doubt butth e a e t n y t o ir u e swfisetiotfuarntnhem out, as y ou a l ways h ave done, to th of the the A ot d h m er i s ral th ty oy . p l ro t p r o us se. tthat you may get the contract f or Navy _ I cannot b u t regre t th a t you did not Department, estimat as e for the floating b a tt er i es required by our it would h ave b een a step in the right direction, have and on g iaad o y f o a u r laws s ucceeded, as I k now you would, it would tow ards relaxin g th e str i ngency of our navigation in reference to the buying of foreign-built ships. I sent your last letter received yesterday to the Secretary of the navy, who was very desirous to have you build the iron-p l ated and bomb -proof batteries, and I t rus t th a t h e boats. may yet decide t o have you build one or more of the gun It is my present in to visit Engl a nd aga i n f or a hurried I ho pe to h av© the trip; leav ing here i n the Africa 6:h No vem b er , an d 1 if so, pleasure of seei ng y ou a b out t h e 18 th proximo,--W ith kind regards to all, I am, &c ., (Signed) . ......_....-_ ........ (Copy:) y ad t , h A e April newspapersll, 1863. My dear Sir,--You Will havi3Orskeeeushbe the report of the discussion in the Rouse of C Alabama case, on the 27th of March last, aneammons on the that I named in part of my speech the fact, that my late firm had had application from the Secretary of the Navy of the Federal Government, through a friend of mine, to build vessels of war for them. I do not wish to bring your name before the imbu e, or to publish the correspondence, except in the event of the Federal Government denying the statement I mad e, in which case I shall have in self-defence to do so, which I shall regret. I think ii they do deny the negotiation it will be treating you unfairly, more especially as your letter to me and its enclosures handed to you by them show that they entered very fully with you into the class of vessels required, and the object these vessels were intended to accomplish. The American Government, as you also informed me per sonally and by letter, May, 1861, had employed Captain C. to endeavour to purchase suitable vessels for blockading purposes, and that you were in communication with him on this subject. I did not name the negotiation I had with the Federal Government through you, until forced to do so by their friends in the House of Commons, notwithstanding the re peated attacks made on myself and toy sons in the Ameri can and English press, and by the partisans of the North at public meetings and elsewhere. To have remained longer silent would have been con strued into an admission that the charges made against me were correct, and, therefore, I felt the time had arrived when I must make some statement on the subject. I hope your family are all well, and remain, my dear sir, yours very truly, (Signed) JOHN LAIRD, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, SATURDAY REVIEW.—The reported capture of Vicksburg, with the repulse of General Lee's army, hes, in the case of the leading Federal statesmen, revealed the inherent vulgarity and insolence of coarse and ungentle natures. In conformity with a usage which it is difficult for the European imagi nation to realise, President Lincoln ane his AL:lis tens were, it seems, "serenaded," when the news of the recent Northern victories reached 'Washington, by a mob with a brass band, and had to open their syespeeches Query r i u t is eari s n nv o teo which m h u c h c h i s t o m s o a s y t windows and ma k e speeches in honour of the occa sionjutnhnatwth ot ; e rh and ctehryiys osff o f f eotn t fhs h iei o tvsr s ee e dl of gl o a r g i o r u e s a t b c o o a u s n t i t n ry g is the keynote of them all; while profanity, cant, flippancy, levity, party spirit, and personal self seeking distinguish, in different wave and degrees, the variations which each particular speaker per formed on the common theme. Not one of the orators from the President cownward, is reported to have uttered a word of regret over the hecatombs of human slaughter which constitute the price of the late dear-bought successes. Not a syllable was breathed of sorrowing tribute to the bravery of the thousands of dead and wounded who had been struck down during a series of battles lasting through three days. Not the faintest aspiration for peace is recorded to have passed the lips of any one of those shepherds of the people. One and all, they are full Qty their own small selves—their own official achieve ments and their own party triumphs. The President, with characteristic dignity and propriety, insults the defeated enemy, and tells a gratified auditory how the Southern army, which only he and his like would venture to brand with cowardice—" turned tail and ran away." Mr. Secretary Stanton has the satisfaction of thinking that all is over now with the Northern advocates of peace, and that the same vic tcry which has all but " crushed out the rebellion" aid annihilated the " rebels," has been equally fatal to the " Copperheads." General Halleck does not forget to make a little political capital for himself at the expense of his own colleagues, As he delicately hints, it was all his doiug that Gen. Grant was retained in command when others would have removed him, and consequently he may credit himself personally with that commander's achieve- Ments. Mr. Seward's first thought is to improve the occasion by furbishing up his unfulfilled pro phecies, and explaining how it was other people's fault that the " ninety days" have so frequently ex- Pired without witnessing the predicted " crushing out ;" and his second is to say an unpleasant word tb " foreign nations." Altogether, it is a pitiful ex hibition of mental poverty and moral pettiness. Here are men who, for two years and more, have been wielding the powers of a mighty State, direct ing the movements of colossal armies, and struggling with the forces of a vast revolution, who yet have learned nothing of the sobriety, the reserve, the de corous self-possession and self-respect which the world expects from the actors in great events, and have forgotten nothing of the small vanities and vul garities which they brought with them into office. An average Marylebone vestryman would probably have acquired in the time something of that dignity of demeanour, if not of charaeter, which responsible conduct of war and policy on the largest scale has wholly failed to impart to Federal statesmen. Mr. Lincoln's address to the serenaders, apart from the grotesqueoddity'of a style in which civility is carried to the last extreme of homeliness, is chiefly remark able for a rather clumsy piece of effrontery. He has the assurance to pretend that the war of North against South is, and all along has been, a war on behalf of the immortal and "self-evident" Fourth of July doctrine that "all men are created equal." To bear him, it is a war of abolitionism against slavery, and never was anything else. Considering Mr. Lincoln's personal antecedents, as well as the notorious facts of contemporaneous history which he so audaciously travesties, that is, to say the least, cool. Not thr ee y ears ago, he was elected President of a slave-owning Confederation. A little more than two years ago he swore fidelity to a Constitution which recognised and protected slavery, and which recognises and protects slavery still. It is only within the last few months that he has shown the slightest inclination to call in question the domestic institution which he is bound by oath to maintain; and his illegal .and futile Emancipation proclama tion was avowedly resorted to with extreme reluc tance, and may as a military expedient, It is all very well - to step out on a balcony in dressing-gown and slippers and tell the gentlemen with the trom bones that the Northern war for empire is a great moral crusade for universal human equality; but a more shameless fiction was never broached by the humblest village politician that ever went on the stump. "This is a glorious theme, gentlemen, and the occasion for a speech ;" and it is only to be regretted that the glorious theme has not a word of truth in it. For the rest, we have little to say of President Lincoln and his speech, except that, as usual, the characteristic grzces of his diction defy and disarm criticism. His concluding sentence, in particular, may be confidently pronounced un matched for simple dignity in ancient and modern oratory. " Having said thi s muc h, gent l emen, I will now take the music. It is always interest iug and instructive to note how great speakers perorate on great occasions. The chiet magistrate of the model Republic, in a speech delivered at one of the most solemn and exciting moments of his life, with thousands of his country men lying unburied on the battle fields, winds up with telling the band to play " Yankee Doodle." The only serious word which it is possible to say about this unseemly and degrading exhibition of American statesmanship is that the North is emi nently unfortunate in its public men. Not one among them has a head to stand success—even a success bought at so terrible a cost, and so dubious in its remoter issues, as that which was achieved in the first three daya of July. At a crisis of the na tional fortunes which, it might have been thought, would sober the most frivolous of politicians and impose a decent self-restrainte on the v a i nes t an d emptiest, the President and his Ministers break out into a perfect Saturnalia of vulgar rodomontade. SPECTATOR.—We trust Earl Russell is satisfied with his diplomatic success. The result of his labour of months, of a combination including half Europe, of warlike whispers to Baron Brunow and peaceful speeches made in the Lords, of a formal appeal to the faith of treaties, and a still more for mal repudiation of the means by which treaties are supposed to be ultimately enforced, has been to elicit from Russia a despatch full of a calm and polished disdain. So loud has been the talk of the clemency of the Czar, so carefully has excitement been cooled by rumours of conciliatory counsels et St. Petersburg, that the public scarcely yet un derstands the import of the reply. From end to end there is not in it one trace of conciliation, or compromise, or moderation, or fear, nothing but sovereign pride —a determination to refuse all con cession, which ;is only the more immutable because it can permit itself officially to appear to discuss. Even that discussion, however, has its carefully defined limit. if the Powers should begin talking of promises made by Alexander I.—promises which Prince Gortschakoff defines as a "passing inclina tion of the Emperor which he did not accomplish" —and ask anything not confined to Congress Poland, discussion is at an end. " This question," says the Foreign Minister of Russia, " must be excluded, even in an interchange of ideas made within the limits of the treaties of 1815," though those treaties were notoriously drawn up by the light of the Emperor's avowed designs. " We must exclude," he says, still more definitively, in the re ply to France, "even from an exchange of friendly ideas, every allusion to portions of the Russian empire to which no special stipulation of any inter national act applies." It is Congress-Poland alone of which Russia will even speak; and let us see what she concedes to the demand on Congress-Po land. Simply land. Simply this, that if Poland submits at dis cretion, the Czar will accept her submission. The armistice is blankly rejected. " Desirable as it may be speedily to place a term to the effusion of blood, this object can only ba attained by the insurgents throwing down their arms and surrendering them selves to the clemency of the Emperor." Negotia tions are to terminate before they can begin, and the Poles, whose whole case is that by treaty they are not subjects of Russia, are to acknowledge sub jection, and then see what interpretation the Czar treaty rights they will have themselves s urrendered. Till then not only is armistice impos sible, impose but' his Majesty owes it to his faithful army, which struggles for the maintenance of order, to the P eac eful majority of the Poles, who suffer from these painagtuitations and to Russia, on whom they to terminate sacrifices, to take energetic measures Mouravieff, as the Steele has a a r c e e n t t h l y e said, is the avowed as well as the intended reply to demands for conciliation. Even when " energetic measures" have produced a peace or a desert, Russia iu d n o n eqdseurne question," ey i n n E, t , e , u n ir d eu.p, t o eaap p up l designs, ,. whioerleconstitution of Poland c " o B n u fe ffi r ec sufficient would result a direct "have already been decreed" are _in atnheiumteorsftereguarantee.the emperor's the measures gracious ee f ould th b e e without object," if not, " there iinterference te pacification rfere nne ofn foreignthe . e r a s The conferenedee,ttahlelareofte'rtehennArdmeliannidstriastironn. intimatence that no . great Power could ac cept."fused ; but Prince Gortschakoff w , ill not appear to close the door finally on every mode of discussion. With an adroitness which it is hard for simple men to distinguish from impudence, he declares that general principles alone can concern the parties who signed the treaties of Vienna, that " at present it is not a questi o n o f t h ese genera l principles but of ad ministrative details and ulterior arrangements," and that these latter have always been settled bet wean " the Courts of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, among which the traditions of history, a permanent con tact, and an immediate neighbourhood created a strict solidarite." The appeal of the robbed man not to be murdered is to be discussed by a tribunal com posed of the robbers ! Nay, even that is hardly the truth, for the police are bidden to stand aside till the robbers have settled the espediency of such details as the mode of murder to be adopted. Even the thieves must not, however, be consulted too soon. There are thieves and thieves—thieves who are troubled with remorse, and thieves who have in their hearts a fear lest retribution should arrive at last, and it is dangerous to wake up those lurking sentimentalities. Russia prefers to complete the murder first, and confine the discussion to the tex ture of the victim's shroud. LONDON REVIEW-0 n ; Monday the inhabitanes of Birmingham enjoyed the rich treat of seeing a woman killed before thousands of spectators who had assembled at Aston Park for a day's holiday. The occasion was the fete in aid of the funds of the Order of Foresters; and, as in the present en lightened state of the public taste there is no attrac tion so sure of " drawing" as the chance of seeing a fellow-creature break his or her neck, the pur veyors of the day's entertainments were fortunate enough to find a Madame Geneive, who, since the collapse of the Female Blondin at High bury Barn, had picked up the title which that unfortunate woman had dropped, and an nounced herself as "the only real and legitimate performer of Blondin's great feats, walking the rope shackled in chains, feet in baskets, blindfolded, en veloped in a sack, &c." To make the matter more shocking, and therefore more attractive, Madame Geneive was far advanced in pregnancy ; and an additional touch of domestic horror was imparted into the performance by the fact that the prepara tions were under the superintendence of her hus band, and that it was his loving hands which were to place the shackles on her feet. But great as was the fascination of all this, there was something even more delightfully terrible in the exhibition. The rope was unsafe • it had been recently spli ced ; it was so worn and attenuated that one of the officials declared it was one " on which he would not allow a dog to go ;" and it appears that the woman her self had a presentiment that it was not to be trusted. We fear this was not publicly announced. At 7 o'clock Madame Geneive made her appearance at the landing place, amid the cheers of the crowd; and, her husband having handed her the pole and "chalked her boots," the band struck up a lively air as " the only real legitimate performer" stepped cautiously and with hesitation upon the rope. "This frail cord," the papers tell us, " was about 30 yards in length, was suspended between two trees at the altitude described (ninety feet!), and fastened round the trunk of each tree. One extremity of the rope was carried over a trestle, on which was a resting place for the performer; midway between this and the tree to which the other end of the rope was attached, another trestle was placed. Both ends of the rope (which seemed to be about an inch and a half in diameter) were secured by others fixed to stakes driven firmly into the ground." Madame Ge neive's first exploit was to walk half the length of the rope, kneel down, stand on one leg, and then return to her resting place. This she did successfully, and no doubt to the rapturous delight of the ancient order of Foresters, their wives and children. Then came the second stage of the performance. The lady's husband stepped gallantly forward and attached a couple of steel chains to his wife's ancles and wrists, and again she set out "evidently in no spirit of confi dence," and walked slowly along the entire length of the rope, reaching the opposite landing pace safe. Hero an attendant removed the shackles, blind folded her, and placed a bag over her head. Once more she cautiously " put out her feet to feel her way." She took one step—two—three !--and all was over! The rope snapped and down she came with a smash, which brought her and her exploits to an end. She never stirred or breathed after wards. Oar readers would naturally imagine that when a fellow-creature had been killed in the midst of a scene of festivity, the thousands who witnessed her death would have felt that the day's amusement had come to a terrible end, and that they would have departed to their homes saddened by the dreadful occurrence of which they had just been spectators. They did nothing of the kind. We talk of the moral improvement of the working classes, of their progress in enlightenment, humanity, and civilisation. What was the proof of it on this occa sion ? The entertainments went on. Within sight and hearing of the room where the dead woman was lying there was (sic) drinking and dancing, music, feasting, and revelry. This disgraceful scene was carried on till midnight, when the day's fun was wound up with a grand display of fireworks. It appears, indeed, to have been for a moment a question with the committee who got up the fete whether it should be continued. But this only makes the matter worse. They consulted, and de termined to go on with the programme omitting the dangerous parts. Their brutality was therefore deliberate. With their eyes open to the impropriety of proceeding further in their rejoic ings after such an event, they gave full swing to the general appetite for pleasure with a confidence in the heartless elasticity of their friends' spirits which was not misplaced. Here, then, is another death ; another victim to the appetite for these horrifying spec' acles. Where are we to stop ? By and by, accidents of this kind will have no more effect upon us than " another death from cr i no li ne ." What is worse, the "people' will begin to expect them, and perhaps become dissatisfied with art acrobat who escapes without a startling casualty. lii morals there is no standing still. We must advance or rt trogade. And surely with the details of this Foresters' fete before us, there can be no doubt in which direction we are progressing. But if the popular appetite is to be held so sacred that we dare not meddle with it even though it were to cost us the life of an acrobat every week, is it not passible to place these electrifying amusements under some sort of regulation? Might we not, for instance, require that the soundness of the rope on which the acrobat is to perform should be tested before an ap pointed authority ? Would the public be very angry if we forbade women who are near their con finement from risking a life which is not their own P Would it be a tyrannical interference with their liberties if we stipulated that when they have been thoroughly electrified by a sudden death, they should let well alone, and refrain from draining the cup of pleasure to the dregs ? EXAMINER.—Austria, seldom prompt and vigor ous in resolve, has this time risen superior to her traditions, and has taken a step without waiting for solicitation or suggestion from London or Paris, which will no doubt equally surprise and disappoint the crel cunning of St. Petersburg. Count Rechberg is said to have lost no time in sending a preliminary answer to Prince Gort schakoff, absolutely refusing to entertain the sug gestion of a triple Conference between the three partitioning Powers, and declaring the fixed determination of Austria to adhere to the under standing and concert subsisting between her, Eng land, and France. If this news prove true there is a break in the clouds. Let us pray that it be widened. What reply will be sent to the insolent message of Prince Gortschakoff, who laughs in the face of our diplomacy, and tells it that it does not really understand what it would be at ? It is to be hoped that henceforth our language will not merely be intelligible but unmistakeable, The proposal to reconstruct a semi-dependent Government for Po land, identical with that which failed before, ought now to be laid aside. Grapes we are warned will not grow from thorns, nor can the attempt ever succeed to cultivate the fruits of freedom by a clumsy graft on the barren stock of barbarism and oppres sion. As the compromise of 1815 has been broken, and every remonstrance of Christendom a gainst that breach has been set at nought, let us henceforth wash our hands of innocent blood, declaring that Poland is by the law of nature and of uations en titled to be free, and that we can no longer recog nise_ her lawless detention in bondage. This does not necessarily imply a resort to arms. Or. the con trary, there is good reason to believe that it is the surest mode by which a continenta l war may be averted. Her title to free nationality having been acknowledged by Western and Sou thern Christen dam, Poland could never again be subdued. The decree of public opinion in favour of her restoration would be irreversible, and Russia would not dare to provoke a war. Now is the time emphati cally. Prussia and the Unit ed States, the onl y two allies on which she could otherwise de p end, are neither of them in a condition to lend her hely or aid. Now, therefore, is the time for peaceful but positive and plain recognition of Polish rights. It is not necessary to ask our Go- vernment to send a fleet to the Baitic or the Black Sea; it is not necessary to bid a French army cross the Rhine. They are unwise counsellors who would call for expressions of popular opinion in this country in favour of war. We do not want to go io war for Poland ; but we do not want to clear the conscience and the character of the country from ail further complicity in her unjust bondage. Rash speeches and random resolutions, urging our Go vernment to attack Russia, will inevitably tend to call forth a spirit of reaction in favour of peace, and to stir np a feeling of jealousy with respect to France. Let the Friends of Poland in this country be warned. The present is a golden opportunity, but it may be thrown away. - - THE ROUPELL FORGERIES. We gave on Saturday by electric telegraph the ultimate result of the protracted trial of this ex traordinary case, that result being the discharge of the jury by consent of tho parties at half-past 10 o'clock at night, after having been in deliberation ever since half-past two; but as our report of the case necessarily stopped at the time at which the last train left Chelmsford--which was nine o'clock —we have still to detail what took place after that hour. It will be remembered that the learned judge, at the close of his Bumming up, propounded to the jury certain questions in writing, which were as follow : "1. Was the deed executed by the testator in the presence of two witnesses ? "2. Was it executed at all by the testator R. P. Roupell ? " 3. Was the will of the 2d of September, 1856, his will ? "4. If not, was the estate by the will of 1850, confirmed by the codicil of the 30th of August, 1856, devised to the plaintiff, Richard Roupei ?" And it will also be remembered that shortly before six o'clock they came into court to state that they thought there was not sufficient evidence to enable them to answer the last question, and could not agree as to the second, which, of course, was the main point in the case. But owing to their having left the written paper behind them, the learned Judge, not recollecting the precia order in which he had written the questions, supposed that the one on which they could not agree was the first—viz., whether the deed was executed by the testator in the presence of two witnesses,—which was not ma terial to the main question, because attesting wit nesses were not necessary to make the execution valid at all, though, as there was also a necessity for an execution of a power of appointment in order to give the deed a full effect as to same estate, the attestation might not be wholly immaterial, and it was therefore to the first, not the second, qnestion his remark applied, that possibly it might be waived by the parties. However, of course the parties would not waive the second or main question, on which it will be remembered the jury could not agree; and although they were at this time—when they first came into court, at 6 o'clock—agreed that the will of the 2d September, 1856, was not the testator's, it will be remembered, and it is important to bear in mind, that the defen dants did not claim under nor set up either of the wills, and had no interest in supporting the latter will, and indeed objected to the introduction of any evidence about it as being irrelevant, and the plain tiff's counsel only contended that it was relevant as bearing on the main question as to the genuineness of the deed of gift. As the jury could not agree as to that, they were sent back, and were out of court three hours longer. During this long interval, however, they were, by consent of the parties, sup plied with "reasonable refreshment." About 9 o'clock the jury returned into court, and submitted to the learned Judge a written paper, upon which, looking at it, The learned Judge said it appeared that they at; could not agree as to the all-important question as to whether the deed of gift was executed by the testator. His lordship handed the paper to the counsel on both sides, and it transpired that they answered the question as to the deed of gift to the effect that they could not agree upon it ; and they added there was no hope of their agreeing upon this. Here ensued a discussion between the counsel on both sides, in which it was understood that the counsel contended that the onus of proof on the main question was upon the other, and that there fore, as the jury were n o t satisfied, the party on whom the onus of proof lay was not entitled to a ver dict. It appeared that the counsel for the plaintiff contended that as his heirship was admitted, and the father died in the receipt of the rents of the estate, and so died seised, the plaintiff was entitled to the verdict if the defendants failed to satisfy the jury that the deed was genuine. On the other hand, the counsel for the defendants contended that, as prima facie proof had been g iven of the deed, and the plaintiff undertook to prove that it was a forgery, they were entitled to the verdict if the failed to satisfy the jury of t he forgery. In result, it will be seen, the learned Judge adopted the former view, or that of the plaintiff, and in effect directed the jury that if they were in doubt they ought to find for the plaintiff, though there is some reason to suppose that they did not understand this. Ulti mately, after great consideration, The learned Judge said he should now withdraw the written questions, and direct the jury for a general verdict for the plaintiff or the defendants. He explained to them that his object in propound ing to them these particular questions was to avoid, if possible, the enormous expense to which the par ties would be put by a new trial, in the event of any dispute as to the law ; and to enable the court to determine any such question of law upon the specific finding of the jury, without sending the parties down to a new trial, which might be the result in the case of a general verdict. As, however, they were unable to agree as to the specific question, which was, in fact, the main question in the cause, he must now tell them that, in point of law, they were not bound to answer any specific questions, and were at liberty to give a general verdict either for the plaintiff or the defendants, as the case might b e . In order to enable them, however, to do so, he was bound to directs hem as to the law, and he now proposed t o do so ; dhe need not tell them that though they were judges of the facts they were bound to take the law from him, and if he were wrong in the direction he gave them the court could set it right. It is admitted (said the learned Baron) that the plaintif f is heir-at-law ; and I am of opi nion that, on the assumption that his father died seised of the estate, he would be entitled to recover, unless his title as heir is displaced either by deed or w ill. Now, it is displaced if the deed of gift of the 9th of January, 1856, was good and valid—that is, a genuine deed. But lam further of opinion that, the plaintiff's title as heir at law being admitted, the onus of establishing that deed of gift so as to dis place the plaintiff's title as heir at law is on the de fendants. Therefore, prima facie, you must take the case for the plaintiff as heir at law as establish ed, and you must then see whether the defendants h av e sustained the onus of proof which rests upon them to establish the validity of the deed, But if they have done so, and have made out that the deed was signed, sealed, and delivered by Richard P. Roupell, then I am of opinion that they have dis placed the title of the plaintiff as heir at law ; because then Richard Palmer Roupell had parted with the estate by means of the deed of gift so executed in his lifetime, and so did not die " seised" of the estate, and so the plaintiff would not be entitled to recover as heir. Then the question arises whether, although there may be no displace ment of the title of the plaintiff as heir at law, by reason of the deed of gift, on the ground that it was a forgery, and so nut a good and valid deed, it may be that the plaintiff's title as heir is displaced upon the ground that there has been a devise of the estate to some other person than the plaintiff • and, if you are of opini on t h a t th ere w as a devise of the estate by the will of 1859 to any one else than the plaintiff; then his title as heir is displaced, unless that will also was destroyed by the will of the 2d of September, 1856; and if you are of opinion that the latter will of the 2d of September, 1856, was a forgery, then you will have to consider whether you are satisfied that the will of 1850, confirmed as it was by the codicil of the 30th of August, 1856, devised this estate to the plaintiff, or to any other person. But if the deed is not established, then his title as heir will arise, unless there is a devise to some one else. Consider, therefore, whether the deed was a good and valid deed or not, by which, of course, I mean, whether it was signed, sealed, and delivered by Richard Palmer Roupell ; and next consider whether or not there was any devise of this estate to any one else than the plaintiff ; and hav ing considered those points, then find your verdict aecording to the law as I have thus explained it to you, either for the plaintiff or for the defendants. The Foreman of the jury said they had very carefully considered these questions already, and with the utmost anxiety to save the parties, if pos. sible, the expense of a new trial ; and he might as well at once say that they were unanimously of opinion that the deed never was intendedtobe of them were of made by the testator, though some opinion that his signature to it had, in fact, been obtained by the fraud of William Roupell. The learned Judge said the question was, whether it was signed, sealed, and delivered by Richard Palmer Roupell as his act and deed. The Foreman—We all agree that it was a fraud, though some of us think that it was no even his signature, and others of us think that it was. The learned Judge said he could only repeat that the onus of establishing that the deed was signed, sealed, and delivered by Richard Palmer Roupell as his deed was upon the defendants, and unless the jury were satisfied, upon the whole of the evidence, that the deed was so signed, sealed, and delivered by Richard Palmer Roupell, they should find their verdict for the plaintiff, because then, if the onus of proof rests upon the defendants, they have not sus tained that burden of proof, and if they left it iu the mind of the jury uncertain, then they ought to find their verdict for the plaintiff—that is, that the deed was not signed, sealed, and delivered by old Roupell. The Foreman again observed that they were not likely to agree. The learned Judge—Do you understand me ? The question is, whether you find that the deed was signed, sealed, and delivered by Richard Palmer Roupell; and I tell you that the burden of proving that it was so rests upon the defendants, and that, if the defendants have not made out that it was so signed, sealed, and delivered by him, then your verdict must be for the plaintiff. The Foreman—Then, my lord, I can tell you that if we sat here till Doomsday we should never agree. We all agree that the deed was obtained by fraud, but we differ as to whether the testator ever actu ally signed it or not. The learned Judge—Do I make myself under stood ? It is most important that I should do so in order to avoid the necessity for coming down to a new trial. The Foreman—Which we are most anxious to do. The learned Judge—With that view I put to you specific questions; but as you could not agree, I now tell you to find a general verdict either for the plaintiff or defendant. The Foreman--Which we are most ready to do if we can, but I think we shall never agree. The learned Judge—Never agree upon the bare question for the plaintiff or the defendants ! The Foreman —How can we, my lord, when we cannot agree upon the vital question on which it all depends ? We all agree that the deed was a fraud ; but some of us think it was a genuine signature by the testator, and others that it was not so. The learned Judge—But I don't think you understand what I said, and I will state it to you again. It is admitted that the plaintiff is heir-at law, and so is entitled to recover the estate if his father died seized of it. If his father disposed of his property in his lifetime he did not die seised of it, and so he did not die seised of it if the deed was signed, sealed, and delivered by him; and you must understand that the defendants, as the burden of proof rests upon them, are bound to establish that the deed was signed, sealed, and delivered by him, and if, though there is evidence on the one side or the other, they have not established that to your satisfaction they have failed to show that there was a deed which would take the property out of old Roupell and vest it in his son William. If you are satisfied the deed was signed, sealed, and delivered by old Roupell, then you need not trouble yonrselt about the will, but if it was not, or if that fact was is not made out to your satisfaction, then consider whether there was any devise which took the estate from the heir, and if not, find for the plaintiff, be cause to displace the heit's title you must be satisfied that there was either a deed or a will which took the estate away from him and gave it to some one else. After the jury had conferred together in the box a little time longer, The Foreman said—Am Ito understand, my lord, that we have to give a verdict for the plaintiff or the defendants, one way or the other ? The learned Judge—l should have preferred your answering the specific questions I have put to you, but I have no power to compel you to do so. And, after having explained the law to you, I must now ask you to take the law from me, and to give a ver dict for the plaintiff or the defendant, without an swering those specific questions. The Foreman—My lord, our sympathy has been throughout with the defendants,— Several of the jurors here seemed eager to inter pose to disavow that this feeling had at all influ enced them, and one of them said, "The foreman speaks for himself." The Foreman explained that what he meant was that, whatever their feelings might be, one way or the other, they would never be able to agree to a verdict either for the plaintiff or the defendants. Mr. Sergeant Shee submitted that after the an swers which the jury had already given to the ques tions, the plaintiff was entitled to the verdict; but Mr. Bovill warmly contended to the contrary, and The learned Judge said he could not allow the discussion to proceed, nor could he, as the matter now stood, direct a verdict either for the plaintiff' or the defendants. The jury must consider their verdict. The Foreman—We are not satisfied that Richard Palmer Roupell ever executed any deed of gift to his son William. Mr. Sergeant Shee—That is a verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. Bovill—No, no. Some of the jury, as I understand, are of opinion that the old man did actually sign the deed. Several of the Jury—Yes, yes. The learned Judge repeated that he could not allow this discussion to proceed. I must (said the learned Baron) require the jury to consider their verdict. I have no power by law to compel them to answer specific questions; and as they are unable to agree on the one essential question I cannot direct a verdict to be entered one way or the other. I can only require the jury to consider their verdict, and find for the plaintiff or the defendant. And now, gentlemen (said tae learned Judge, rising up, and preparing to leave the court), I must leave you to your own resources, and desire you again to retire and consider your verdict. (Great laughter, amid which the jury, with blank looks, it being now nearly 10 o'clock at night, and expressions that they should never agree, left the court, and were once more " locked up.") During all this time the court continued crowded by parties interested directly or indirectly in the result of the suit. The convict William Rougell also had remained in court during all these long and weary hours of waiting, and had now sat for nearly eight hours awaiting the verdict. While this long discussion was going forward he came forward to the part of the barrier separating the back part of the court, where he had sat, and seemed to watch all that was going on with the most intense anxiety. The parties whose money had been invested on the security of this estate, and the representatives of those who had a similar interest in other of his transactions, evinced, as may be supposed, an anxiety equally keen, and the aspect of the court during this interval of suspense was somewhat exciting, and such as is not often witnessed in a merely civil suit. About half-past 10 o'clock, the learned Judge, having conferred with counsel on both sides, Wh o were satisfied that the jury would never agree, di rected them to b e sent for, and o n th e i r coming into court, said t o th em , d Gentlemen, are y ou agreed ?" The Foreman—No, my lord, nor are we likely to be so. The learned Judge—ls it likely th at any longer time for consideration will lead; you to an agree- ment ? The Foretnan— No, my lord, 'it is not. The learned Judg,`—Then, gentlemen, by the con sent of the parties I n :iseharge you. The jury heard this with evident satisfaotion, and quickly departed. St,' ended this extraordinary case. COUNTRY MA.REIITS. YORK-- SATURDAY. There was a limited ,how of wheat'.to-day, and the demand was fair, prices being is per qr. higher. Barley trade was dull, at about the same rates as last week. Oats scarce, and beans made extra prices. Wheat, red • 44s to 47s oats.... ........22s to 24s White do .48s to 52s Leans 40s to 42s Barley .29a to 30s Pkas to —s Malt, 62s to 64s per qr. • rye. 03s per qr ; flour, 343 to 35s per sack. GRANTHAM-SATURDAY. To-day wheat came slowly to hand, and sales were steady. —New white wheat, 49s to 53s ; red, 45s to 47s per 36st. ; malting barley, —s to —s per qr ; grinding, 28s to 30s; oats, 24s to 268 ; beans, 38s io 40s ; peas, 36s to 38s. NOTTINGITAM-,S . ATURDAY. Our market was sparingly supplitA with wheat, and the demand was firm, at is per qr more money. Barley very scarce. Oat s the same as last week, Beans were scarce. —White wheat, from 48s to 545; red wi2eat, 42s to 495. Barley —malting, 35s to 39s ; grinding, 271 4 to 295. Oats old, at 258 to 318 Od ; new, 22s to 295. Beals sold at 413 to 45s per qr, ; new, 378 to 425. NORTHAMPTON-SATURDAY. A scanty supply of wheat to-day, with a firm business. —White wheat, 44s to 488; red, 43s to 468; fine, 48s to —s per qr. Barley, 368,t0 49s—grinding, 298 to 38s; Oats, 24s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans, 37s to 40, Peas, 36s to 40s per qr. LEICESTER—SATURDAY. Our market was fairly supplied with wheat, and the de mand was good at is over late terms. Barley scarce, and prices as bets re. Oats in good request. Beans a good sale. —Old white wheat, 46s to 51. ; new, 45s to 52s per 36 stone. Old red, 428 to 48s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, new, 348 to 38s per qr.; grinding, 27s to 29s ; old oats, —s to --a; new oats, 25s to 29s per 24 stone. Beans, new, 388 to 42s per 38 stone ; flour, 30s to 36s per 20 stone. NORWICH —SATURDAY. There was a limited supply of wheat at market to-day, but there was little business doing. White wheat. 46s to 49a 1 Red wheat 43s to 48s Malting barley ...38s to 40s 1 Chevalier baria 368 to 37s Distilling do 33s to 35s Oats. Flour, 32s 6d to 33s Od per sack from the puller. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railwa: 12230 18,002 10" 2815 1863. 1862. " 1863. 1862. 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Belgian Eastern Junction 265 265 304 299 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 1855 1321 3,178 962 Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukfe GGEE D rrraa u eeass t Dutch ; li d" riLnldu, Rhenishinaf IndianenmkFrance, ,,..,.. bpooofeu r . nc . i na . 4.11 8 . a, du ji : . . .. aa .. . . . .. . . ... . . ... . . • ... . . 1194100 1 339907 08 2845 4 :416060 1 3393 0: 003 i 511 6 6 91 :: 007 350563 4 87 41 2 : 1 ::4 4 3t, r : o 60 9 41 1 4 1 :5 %0 4 7 :' 5 ; Ottoman to r th e r Northern ea S r nu ° u o t th Canadae r n o f ln . . d ia . . 79 79 54 8 t 2l Great Western of Canada..,, 345 8,202 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant -49 435 19,830 16,86 0 Northern of France .......... 63. 94 6 691 94 5 1 4, 9 4 28 18 52823534 Norwegian....... 4 44 4 44 0 927 1146 Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn.... 1491 348 279 n 3 1354 128,150 119, 1 ; 8 Paris and Orleans 1340 1204 58,609 54 . 2 _,% Pernambuco 774 -- 648 -r i Southern of France Royal Danish Victorian. .. 69 69 720 6 " Sambre and Meuse Welland .... ...... ..................E.:: South Austrian 52 5 528 West Flanders 1 1 1 8 27 0 1 7 3i 8 1 :7 5 2 4 93 9 1 ; 1 0 2 3i 257013;,65822872:11 3,062 2,426 10,178 8,857 31,819 32,200 29,023 31,785 1,984 2,29 4 405 391 8,668 8,358 65.512 67.797 1,681 1,501 1,889 1,814 5,272 5,610 1,925 2,018 25¢ 217 2,210 1,971 280 369 1,374 1,413 807 762 4,177 4,152 696 493 837 676 816 705 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. hustralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. . .Aug. 18. drazil and C a p e Verds, by via B Marseilles ritish packet. A ug ug. 4. Cape of G ood Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. July 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Aug. 2. via Marseilles ...July 27. Falkland Islands ............... Jul 6 Gibraltar, vi a S outhampton .. Au gndia (Calcutt a ) , and Ceylon, via Southampton y . b., 22 ... India (Bombay), via Southampton .. July 2 6 . via Mar se ill es Aug. !' Portugal.. • . and Aden, Aug. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July 26. via Marseilles July 2 7' ONewfoundland ............................. "Aug. 5. porto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, b'y Brit. • packet July 30 ' by U.S. packet by Canadian packet July 24. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Aug. 1 0 M - labamas, via New York July 3C. exico .. ..................... . Ail parts of W es t I n di es, including Chili, Peru, July 29. Californi a , an d B r i tish Columbia... ... }July 29. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills." Bad bre as t s , ulcers, abscesses, wounds, and sores of all kinds may be thoroughly healed by the application of this ointment to the parts affected after they have been duly fomented with warm water. The discharge should nct be checked at once, but rather encouraged, for such sudden ck must of course be always dangerous. Nature is the noblest of physicians, and must not be opposed, but seconded. All sores are for a time the safety valves ..f the constitution, and should not be closed or healed until the/ assume a healthier character. Under the action of this powerful ointment, together with the pills, the depraved humours of the b o d y w i ll be quickly removed. Births. BUTT. —On the 23d inst., at the Vicarage, Chesterfield, the wile of the Rev. George Butt, of a daughter. GIBBS.—On the 23d inst., at Down-street, PiccadillYl Mrs. Thomas Gibbs, of a son. RENNY.—On the 18th inst., at Ash Lodge, Surrey ) th e wife of Major Renny, of a daughter. WOODHOUSE.—On the 24th inst., at The Cedars, HWY' ton-wick, the wife of Lionel L. Woodhouse, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. NORRIS—BURRARD.—On the 23d inst., at Ly n dhurst, William Norris Captain Rifl e Brigade, to Frederica, the younges' daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Bnrrard, Poi" , of Lyndhurst, Hants. Woon—SLEE.—On the 23d inst., at Bradford, Yorkshire, John Julien Wood, Esq., of Clifton Villa, Blessingtor road, Lee, Kent, aid 22, Watli ng - s t ree t, London,,!° Emily, youngest daughter of Henry Slee, Esq., of RiC JI Leona-terrace, Bradford, Yorkshire. CARTER, Deaths. On the 2lst inst:, at S o uth re pp s , N or f o lk, John , Carter, aged 50. EIRE. —On the 23d inst., 26, Princes-square, Soph ia Le Once Er u ily, w if e of G. L. P. Eyre, Esq., aged 42. L AwsoN.—On the 22d inst., at Berwood House, Avcntle road, Robert Lawson, Esq,, aged 85. LA NGDALE.—On the 23d inst., at 38. Gower-street, Bed ford-square, L ou i sa , re li c t o f th e l a t e Marmaduke Rebt' Langdale, Esq., aged 71. SCURLOCK.—On the 21st inst., at Langharne, Carmarthen, John Trevor Scurlock, Esq., of Doctors'-commons. WORLLEDGE.—On the 24th inst., at Hill House, I psw ich, Mary, wile of John Worlleege, E sq ., J u d ge of Count) ! Courts, aged 48. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS* of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Sux Office, No. 11-. Strand, in the Precinct of the savoy, in the County of Middlesex.—ldondal, July 27,1863. },` THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1863,