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~~ ( ZZ-1-2:-L ~~~ ~ ~L z J'--- ~L%IiL )r.' ARM" CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Bth April, 1863:7 SEALED TENDERS will be received at this office, until noon on WEDNESDAY, the Gth May, 1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to supply FLOLTR AND MEAT in such quantities as may be required, from the Ist June to 30th November, 1863, for the use of her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. Separate Tenders are required for Fir ur and f,r Meat. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person be tween the hours of ten and four o'clock. Tenders CM the printed forms must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside " Tender for Commissariat Supplies"), and no tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Bth April, 1863. 'SEALED TENDERS will be received et this kTI office, until noon on WEDNESDAY, the 6th May,1863, Irom persons who may be wining to enter into Contract to supply FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD in such quantities as may be required, from the lst June to 30th November, 1F63, for the use of her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp. and within the command. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, be tween the hours of ten and four o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled and signed, and elivered at this office (under close envelop up e, marked on tiledoutside "Tender for Flour or d Hospital Bread"), and no tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour ap pointed. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, & GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 13, St. James's-square. London, S.W. Established 1824. 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One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Conanßations free. T.IVERPOL SUL -------------- MEETING.- .....4 SECOND DAY.— TITESD Y .0 Sous. JULY It.—The LlVER :ocyrsgiven by the Lessee. root CUP, in specie, value 2 , 15 ft, and added to a Handicap SWeepgake petiOerk of the 5 only if declared on a day hereafter . to be each Westherby, London ;or to Mr. W. Toph l at 'ecl. t° Me "rs• Course, Chester; the winner of any swee stakes, or plate, of theclear value of 500 soy. ait,:ri i col), cup appear 51b, two of such races 10Ib extra, but this ineavrvights to be the extreme penalty; the winner of the and Union or Trades Cup, Ascot Stakes, Northumberland Plate, or Cumberland Plate, 101 b extra ; or of any other handic a p race of the value of 200 sovs clear 51b, of 400 71b, or of any two of such last mentioned handicaps 81b extra ; the winner to Pay 30 BOYS to the judLre, and 20 sovs towards expenses of the course ; second to save his stake; two miles. Weights to be published in due time. PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS, Lord Annesley Mr. J. Bennett Lord Canterbury Mr. R. Bignell Lord Harlington Mr. W. G. Craven Lord Sefton Mr. D , wson Lor dWestmoreland Mr. Dims Sir L. Newman Mr. Frail Col. Forester M Col. C. P. L eslie C apt. Christie Mr.r li'. H a ll Hargreaves Mr. Hart C apt. White Mr. it odgman Mr. G. Angell Mr. T. Hughes Mr. B ar b er Mr. T. Hufzhes If the highest weigh' accepting be under Sat 121 b, it will be raised to that, and the others in proportio 1. The ME —SsEY STAKES of '5 soya each, 5 ft. with 50 ROTS added, for two yer Brakes; colts Sat 101 b, and fillies .8' 71b ; second to Na." his ; winners of 100 sous clear 51b, 200 or more Sib extra, but not to be accumulative ; 8 subs or no race ; T.Y.C. THIRD DA.y.-- EDNESAY, JULY 15.—The STANLEY STAKES of 15 NO h. 5 ft, with 50 sovs added, for two and three year olds tea; I Year olds 7et 41b , three Oat ; fillies and gelding's allowed 21b ; winners of plates or sweepstakes in the present year amounting to 100 soya clear to carry 51b, 200 or more 81b extra, handicaps excepted ; the winner to pay 10 soya to the fund; T Ye. Lord Annesley, PRE I SE MNT SUBSCRIBERS. NT. W. G C raven, I M r. G . P ayne. In all races, at Liverpool, where fewer than three horses start, the added money will be withheld. The Stanley Stakes closes on Tuesday the 17th of March, and names the evening preceding the rare; and the Cup and Mersey Stakes also close and name on Tuesday, the 17th of March, being the Tuesday following the Liverpool Spring Meeting. Nominations received by Messrs.Vireatherby, London ; Mr. R. Johnson, St, Mary's, York ; and Mr. E. IV. Topham, Chester. Mr. Jackson Mr. W. Lynn Mr. J. Merry Mr. W. Owen Mr. Payne Mr. W. RAnli Mr. R. Riddell Mr. R. Riddell Mr. Saxon Mr..J.'Scott Mr. F. Swindell N°. 22,084, NEW NOVEL BY THE AHTHOR OF " MARGARET MAITLAND." Next week, in 1 vol., HEART AND CROSS. By the Author of " Margaret Maitland." Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., SECOND EDITION of LIVE IT DOWN. By J. C. JEAFFRE' ON. From the Athenmum.—" This story will satisfy most readers ; it is lull, well cons:dered, ,nd well worked out. The plot is broad, and the interest goes on increasing to the last page. It is by far the best work of fiction Mr. Jeaffreson has yet written. The episode tf • Little Fan,' the physician's daughter, may take its place beside little Dombey for its pathos." L/ \ 1-., - WS Pi, I'ER ‘„). .:_ ~cIA e* . wz;% -7. -- xiL .4, u , % . 742 7 tion. In leaving the house I tho 00,1 *. :t ir-.•- .-' ' l l 4 ?, ~.:,,,; - t . -- •. I \e: -, ;-2w-- I • Louisianian, I should be cape o:e_Fitriiliri . ..3)-7 - %49,e, s ''"‘a% = .., Pagr,R.&_,_,(7---,,,„. **""e,- - -,,. 4 )i ,s ~ againEt the man who caused such iiVjtc akiiki;,,,..i itc -•g - /, A, At: .A Z --'—'— ' - -. ) -- I . — ' l . ;'-- '• , - j '''*.— A% ...,..._ , ..... \y/ ~.,. , , $ ,,,,. 7 , . , , ~..4.....,_.._. ,,,,. the Government which sanctioned him, ale thakso - '" 4l I Itt -- - --15 --- •,/ 3 - - H " long as the soil of my country was disgrieed by the •--- .7 .•:141pb .: 4.,k/s.__,til .":7, ,i .- f , ),,e7,, . 0 .- - , ql.!w_- 2 , % ~ , \ , -- ?B,.ga „-- F i 1 1 il s_, , , ..„ .7 , / 1 /04 i ll t ' .......5.c, 1-.!' D R () IT' ' *.‘ - N4 , --.. ( I°''''''''.... \ ) lalll l 4 presence of one of the soldiers of which this mis creant was the -eneral, so long as a drop of blood -..4d. STAMPED ATROCITIES OF GENERAL BUTLER, An officer of the French Imperial Navy, M. A. Leport, second in command of the steam corvette l C e a t t t e l li r a describing e s p e u r b i b l publishes s in whatt h e h P e re s s a s w e a a v t er N y e r w em o ar r k x a a b n le s during the stay of his ship in the Mississipp i. He was there during the governorship of the monster Butler. The following are some of the more salient points : "Once more master of New Orleans, Mr. Butler, after establishing his troops in positions commitnd ing the town, set to work as governor. His first care was to secure supplies of food—no very hard duty, as it was sufficient to allow the river steamers to bring down, under flags of truce, the stores they could not but be anxious to find purchasers for. The necessity for feeding his soldiers, moreover, actuates Mr. Butler quite as much as humanity in this circumstance. He found in the act, however, an opportunity for self-glorification which he did not neglect to avail himself of, and on the 9th of May, in a pompous order of the day, he expatiated with self-complacency on the blessings he had con ferred even on the rebellious inhabitants of New Orleans, and, comparing his conduct with that of the Confederate Government, beeped upon his pre decessors epithets which no officer, no gentleman would have disgraced his pen by writing. Of course, insults from a man like Butler produced not the least impression apparently, and he fancied his Pell: tion safer than he had at first imagined. On the 21st of the same month he again sounded public opinion. It had come to the knowledge of the com mander-in-chief,' he said in a fresh order of the day, that a pretended proclamation from a so-called Pre sident Davis, ordered that Friday, 16th instant, be observed as a day of prayer and fasting. The pre sent order prohibits that proclamation being at tended to.' The town still remained calm. Mr. Butler grew bolder, and launched forth his famous order, No. 28, according to the terms of which ' every woman (calling herself a lady of New Or leans) who insulted an officer or soldier in the ser vice of the United States, or evinced her contempt by word, gesture, or movement, should be treated as a woman of the town plying her trade.' Such an order, infamous everywhere, was especially so in America, where the respect for woman is so great. I know that an attempt has been made to equivoca tion on the word ' woman.' lam aware that the Northern Press, after having denied the existence of la proclamation repugnant to every American feel ing, has made an attempt to allege that the measure ' Mr. Butler was called to take' was only applicable to women of low condition. Pettifogging excuses ! gross falsehoods ! The apology deceived nobody. The Federals brought gold, and the women of a cer tain class opened their doors to Mr. Butler's officers with a cordiality which made still more evident the eagerness of the ladies to shut theirs. Mr. Butler knew very well those to whom his order applied ; moreover, he never denied it—the ladies themselves knew it. It was in reality the ladies of the best families whom this man placed at the mercy of any ruffian among his officers or soldiers who chose to say that one of them had expressed contempt of them by a movement or gesture. A few days later it was a real lady who was em braced by a Federal officer in the public cars, and conveyed into the shop of a neighbour ing chemist. The officer had, however, only acted on the order No. 28, and had, it must be admitted, not gone so far as Mr. Butler's proclamation sanc tioned." The following is the only other extract regarding this Federal miscreant for which we can find room : " After all, Mr. Butler had won a great victory —that population which he had first insulted, then disarmed, he had subjected finally to a crowning humiliation, by compelling it by sheer terror to take an oath which was perjury for all that took it. Nevertheless, all had not submitted to pass beneath his Candine forks—there remained laurels' for him to cull : above all, there remained revenge. Those ladies, lately so proud, who turned aside their head with such disdain at the aspect of a Federal uniform or a Federal flag—those ladies who refused to re ceive Mrs. Butler—those ladies whom the barbarous treatment of one of themselves, Mrs. Phillips, had not intimidated, had so often exasperated him by the display of delicacy and refinement, which to him were outrages, he was about to be revenged upon at last. On Sept. 24 there appeared an order, of which the following is the substance : " ' From this date to Oct. 1, all individuals, of both sexes, above 18 years of age, who have not up to this time taken the oath of allegiance to the Government of the Union, are hereby required to report themselves to one of the provost mar shals, and have themselves registered as enemies of the United States, under pain of fine and impri sonment, or hard labour, or the two penalties com bined. Those who prefer renouncing their error, and take the oath of allegiance before the Ist of October, shall be recommended to the indulgence of the President.' Thus, with one stroke of the pen, and by a piece of unheard of extravagance, this man transferred into citizens every woman and youth from 18 to 21. The official journal has said, indeed, that the generous heart of the chivalrous general would condescend to' draw out the venomous fangs of women.' The insults and threats of that print were resumed. Eight days more, and these proud ladies would be turned out of their luxurious homes; they would become acquainted with hunger and distress; they would be allowed to take nothing with them—neither linen, furniture, nor money.' g o remained in my body, I should never lay down my arms. "Mr. Butler triumphed after all—the ladies of New Orleans were humbled—his amour proyre was revenged. Henceforth he resumed his favourite occupation; he sought out the wealthy and tho timid, and levied black mail upon them on various pretexts. What became of the wealth he thus accumulated ? " I have said all I meant to ray about New Orleacs. I have omitted many facts—a volume would not suffice to enumerate all the several tAro cities that marked Mr. Butkr's proconsulship."; THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND. -- -4- A Prussian journal contains the following account of the sanguinary fight between the Rufsisns and Poles at Przgtullen and Bialiczewen on the 30th ult..— " On the morning of March 30 a courier came to Stuczyn to announce to the Russian n ilitary detachment stationed there that 1,700 insurgents were assembled about a mile and a half from the place, and that they intended to make an attack on them. The Russians, amounting to 800 men, immediately marched to meet the Poles at Przgtullen, and attacked them there. The struggle was most severe, and lasted till noon, up to which time the Russians had been driven back to the Bialiczewen farm. Here the fighting ceased. Tho leader of the insurgents, the son of a captain formerly in the Russian service, rode to the owner of the farm to obtain some food. The owner of the place and his wife and daughter were there. Suddenly the daughter called the attention of the Polish leader to three Cossacks who were approaching. At the moment when the Cossacks passed the dwelling-house the Pole opened the window and shot down one of them and severely wounded another. The leader believed himself to be secure against more troops. Suddenly, however, a swarm of Cossacks surrounded the house, and shot the owner and his wife and daughter, whilst the insurgent leader mado his escape by the back door. The rage of the Cossacks was excessive, and they now began to plunder and murder all who could not escape. The foreman of a brewery (a Prussian) and four men were stabbed. In the meantime the insurgents and Russians reassembled, and the fighting recommenced and continued till the evening. The Russians and Foles between them carried off 34 horses and all the cattle, and the farm buildings were burned. The insurgents obtained the victory, and in the evening withdrew to the woods." LEMBERG, April 6. . _ From private information from Kiew we hear that three Russian officers have been shot there. We are further informed that in parts of Russia proper a great outbreak has taken place, and that General Rzewuski's division is proceeding, by forced marohes, from Vol hynia to the interior of Russia. WARSAW, April 5. The Grand Duke addressed the Grenadier divi sion, which arrived here from St. Petersburg by rail, in the following words :—" You have been called here before to suppress the Polish revolution (the first time in 1831), but I hope this will be the last time you come here for that purpase, as I now charge you, my children (rabzata), to - exterminate the insurrection, CRACOW, April 6. Radom has been taken by the insurgents. About 20 Polish prisoners have been liberated by them, and a detachment of gendarmes stationed in the town was disarmed ; the Poles have also taken pos session of the Government treasury-chest. The garrison, under the command of General Uszakow, evacuated the town, and proceeded to Kielce. A battle has taken place near Olkusz, the parti culars of which are not known ; it is said that a body of Cossacks was completely destroyed in this battle. ^ T The news of the dispersion of the insurgents, under Prasmyl and Lelewel, is not correct; they are still harassing the Russians in the palatinate of Lublin. There are about 5,000 of the latter in this district. " This time the mothers felt what fear was. The stout-hearted women, who did not shrink from the horrors of a bombardment, felt their courage give way at the idea of seeing children perishing with want. They would have borne everything them selves, but did not consider they had the right of entailing such sufferings on the feeble creatures whose lives were entrusted to their care. Never theless they did not all yield—far from it. Cruel scenes took place. More than one man had taken the oath, at which his conscience revolted, to avert the ruin impending over those dearer to him than himself. They had devoted themselves for the good of their families, in many cases, in spite of the ener getic remonstrance of their wives and daughters. " You can understand, Sir, what was the cons3tferr. nation of these unfortunate men on re a d di da g uo. Butler's last order. Would these wives were taking the oath, take it now that ters, who had done all they could tttohepyrearent se d, would their sum moned to do so ? And if they reef! For eight days having taken the oath be o o f:o p their lace in every family. ne to witness several, I myself have had the i the most horrible scenes misfortune haunt me to my dying and one, in partieuladr, by Pusillanimous friends, day. Over-persuade f • of the fu ture h i s younger children, apprehensive counselled other band the other way by those on the stfoortu of his children old enough to have an opinion, the o f a large family h e ad had, after long and painful hesitation, taken the oath before the 24th of Sep tember. The order of that day struck him with stupor—the threats of the Delia overwhelmed him, His wife, both mother and grandmother,had yielded with tears to his supplications, but he knew his daughters would never submit. For eight days he supplicated without being able to obtain anything from them. When at length he invoked his authority as a father, it was disregarded. He told them ' tha they would be thrown into the workhouse pell•mel The insurrection in the government of Augustow is increasing. A strong body of Poles near Mary ampol has destroyed the railway between Kowno and Eydkunce. Russian troops have been de spatched after them to Marusz from Wierzbolowa. It is announced that the distinguished insurgent leader, Roginski, who had several times defeated General Nostitz in Bialystock, and occupied the town of Pruzany, has been captured by the Russians and imprisoned in the citadel of Brzese Litewski. Whilst telegraphic despatches received here from Breslau and Rintzie report the disbanding of several bodies of insurgents, hundreds of young men have left Cracow today and yesterday, in tending to reach the seat of war through Krzes zowice. Nothing definite has reached us respecting the movements of the insurgents, who have found, it would appear, a safe stronghold in the moun tains of Swenty Krzyz. The Russian troops who have taken up a position on the frontier of Szyce and Michalowice were withdrawn from the detach ments stationed at Michow, Olkusz, Wolbrun, and Vrielce ; and, from the reports of the country people who have bad communication with the Russian military, it would appear that by this disposition, of the troops the Russians are able to prevent the arrival of reinforcements for the insurgents, and to hinder their flight into Austrian territory. Recent arrivals here from Siomniki mention that the Rus sians keep up large camp fires, especially at night time, which can be seen at great distances. There has been more fighting in the northern part of the kingdom, as appears from the following bulletin of Cieszkowski " CAMP NEAR KAMIJK, March 29. " On the 27th, at ltadoszewice, a village to the east of Wielun, on the right bank of the Warthe, I offered battle to 311jor Pisanko, who had under his command two companies of infantry and a Botta& of Cossacks. The engagement lasted three hours and a half. I first dislodged the Russians from Kielezylowy, and afterwards drove them from Kzasnia, a village east of Radoszewice, on the road to Pajerczno, through Szczerzow, into the marshes. Tbey left 28 dead or, the field, with three anibu-. lances filled with woL, nded. Our riflemen, led by Captaid Skulski, decided the victory. The heroine of the day is Madame Niconojowslia, for she saved our standard by snatchiug it from a fsllen scythe.. man. with public women and dishonoured." To avoid that dishonour, replied one of them, we must corn (Signed) " Colonel CIEZKOWSKI:' some What and Cheshire Union of e what stormy meeting of the Mechanics storm Was the ee• °Lettitates, at Blackburn, on Wednesday. The a sioned by a charge beingpreferred against occ of . of c ativo the union mismanagement and unbusi neas.like conduct ; and on the proposition for adopting the report, all a delTeghaeterse ,washao amendment demanding investigation was pro-. pose d, and carried by a large majority. THE ADULTERATION OF COTTON IN INDIA.—We pointed out some time ago that one of the largest contractors for cotton had been compelled to give up almost entirely the system of advances, because the honesty of the people did not afford a sufficient guarantee for the faithful performance of their contracts, and there was no law to compel them to do so. Now we have to record the results which are being produced by the system of cheating and fraud carried out in the adulteration of cotton. We find the great merchants all telling the same tale of efforts made and sad disappointments, owing to the rascality of the dealers. They are obli ge d t o ma ke the same confession one after another that " We have now been obliged to abandon in a g rea t measure o ur up-country business. Arrangements for this are now in progress, and simply mit perjury —that would be dishonour self-afflicted It is better to trust to God.' Perjury—dishonour self-inflicted,' replied the wretched father, burying his face in his hands, perhaps you are right'—and he burst into tears. I, sir, a witness of this scene, was completely overcome, Five months have passed since these events, and the resistance of these brave hearted girls, and the agony of their broken hearted father, still makes me:throb with indigna because we find it impossible to make head against the growing evil of adulteration of cotton." This is lamentable in the extreme, and the ruin of this important trade is sure, unless some measures be adopted by the Government to make the fraudulent adulteration of cotton a penal offence. That a goal cotton can be produced here has been shown in the course of the present debate, and had that cotton been sent for sale in an unadulterated form, it would have met with a ready acceptance in the English market. It a i s s us o e t ; less to say to merchants, " You can buy o r rot ces made what they can get, in consideration of the r none, please ;" it has been proved that they are o sd% ) ,an b n ' or stand by them. No doubt they must take th e a nt o iroy or in part. the alternative of losing their e o c t i , to take fact of the expen, would be sufficient, simply fr7 no : whic h would have to be _ooefnveni:e;chants in general s N i v o e amount nature 0 o f f t h c e a care superintendence e n ri o thet :a r t in t ennaure that no adulteration had n icipated, without a object of mak' mg cotton. been resortedconstitutecl,wittho, it a market would thus be defeated. cheap enough to s ecure that oanpossibly be a t" • the dealers,is or without honesty the cessation of , l h aw e trade, and imm ense loss mutually both to cultivator@ and dealers.—lito•kar;t, The ouly result , p in oss aanvdiewthto° maine Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Immediately, Bvo., with Illustrations, PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THREE YEARS' SERVICE IN CHINA. Including Journeys to various parts of China hitherto unexplored. By Lieut.-Col. FISHER, C. 8., Royal Engineers. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 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TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER ?ILLS. pre- Jared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of' Dr. , cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who -uffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual , ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the amp. THE StTN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 10, 1863 Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. About half of the shield plates for protecting from the effects of shot and shell the elliptical recon noitring tower erected on the fighting deck of the Royal Oak have been fixed in their places, and the tower itself would have been completed during the present week had not an order been received at Chatham Dockyard a few days since from the Ad miralty directing that the turret is to be finished off with the simple teak planking, and that no more armour plates are to be affixed to its exterior. The reason for this order appears to be that the Admi ralty have only now arrived at the conclusion that it is perfectly possible the present position of the tower, as pointed out in he Sun some time since, is not the best which could be selected, even suppos ing it indispensable that the upper deck should be encumbered with a tower of this description at all. It hastherefore been decided that no more plates are to be affixed to the tower until the Royal Oak and the other vessels of her class have been tried at sea, by which means the best position for the turrets will be ascertained. Prior to the order being received from the Admiralty the whole of the semicircular and elliptical plates required for the exterior of the reconnoitring tower had been bent at the dockyard, the operation being attended with more or less favourable results. Notwithstanding the asser P tions put forth that it is possible to bend the armour-plates cold with as much ease and safety as those which are heated, the experience of the last few weeks entirely negatives that theory. To obviate the present unsatisfactory plan of bending the slabs of iron to fit the sections of the ship's side they are intended to protect, it is the opinion of some of the most emi nent manufacturers engaged in the preparation of armour-plates that the wisest, and certainly the most economical plan would be to allow the manu facturers themselves to bend the plates during the process of manufacture, the moulds for the required shape of each plate being supplied from the dockyard. From a letter received from the Meeanee, 60, 400 horse power, Capt. G. Wodehouse, dated Malta, April 2, it appears that there is no foundation for the rumours which have been in circulation for the past few days of a serious mutiny having broken out on board that vessel, and that the ship had been ordered home. The letter does not make any allu sion to a mutiny having taken place on board, but, on the contrary, states that the officers and crew are exceeding comfortable. The Meeanee, at the departure of the mail, had just arrived from Naples, where she had been relieved by the line-of-battle screw steamer St. George, 84, 500 horse power, Capt. the Hon. Francis Egerton. She was to fill up with provisions and stores and proceed to the coast of Syria. This statement may tend to relieve the anxiety of the friends of the officers and crew on board, the more especially as rumours had been circulated that two of the officers had been danger ously wounded, that the master-at-arms had been thrown overboard, and that 70 of the crew were in irons. Mr. Chas. Rose, a commercial agent of the Rus sian War Department and an officer belonging to the Imperial Engineers of that country, accompa nied by Mr. S. H. Louttit, secretary to Bray's Traction Engine Company, yesterday visited the dockyard at Woolwich, and inspected the perform ances of the traction engine employed in the yard, with the intention of intronucing it in the service of the Russian Government. troops in quarters at Gosport and the adj :cent forts on Haslar-common. The force was composed of the 7th Brigade of Royal Garrison Artillery, under Col. Doraville ; the Royal Marine Light Infantry, under Col. Ayles, and the 6th Regiment of Foot—in all about 1,500 of all ranks. On Wednesday, evening his Royal Highness and Staff visited the fortifica tions between Southsea Castle and Fort Cumber land. This morning' he is expected to commence his inspection of the outer line of defences, includ ing Hilsea and Portsdown. The Alegmra screw troopship arrived at Ports mouth yesterday with theheadquaitersof a regiment of Infantry from Dublin for Aldershot. mechanics. They came out of the Confederacy under foreign protection. " In Richmond oranges and lemons recently sold at auction for 75 dols. per box. " An order has been issued from the Rebel Adju tant General's Office, placing all officers who resign, or may be dropped from the rolls, and those who are cashiered by courts-martial, back in the ranks as privates." The Maine State Legislature has adopted con current resolutions fully endorsing President Lin coln's proclamation, giving freedom to the slaves, approving of compensated emancipation and the use of negroes in the military E. ervicc of the United States, and opposing all suggestions of compromise. The Washington correspondent of the New York ribune says— " We have unquestionable authority for saying that the paragraph of Cow ier des Etats Unis, pur porting to give the substance of a despatch from M. Drouyn de Lhuys to M. Mercier, in rejoinder to Secretary Seward's reply to Napoleon's proposal to mediate, is utterly without foundation. No dispatch whatever on the subject has been received from Drouyn de Lhuys or is known to be on its way. All statements as to the financial plane or purposes of the Secretary of the Treasury are pure speculation. There is the highest authority for saying that the Secretary has not yet determined what course to pursue. The daily expenditure of the Government from this time till the close of the financial year will it is computed average more than two millions. " Foreign Ministers are greatly excited with re gard to the apprehended issue of letters of marque and reprisal. One of them, who questioned the Secretary of State, was informed the report that the Government had determined not to grant letters of marque was unfounded." A Halifax dispatch of March 26 says— " The steamer Delta, from Sr. Thomas on the 17th, via Bermuda, on the 23d inst., arrived here to-day. The Federal steamship Vanderbilt arrived at St. Thomas from Barbadoes on the 15th instant. The governor of Barbadoes invited Admiral Wilkes to dine with him, but the latter declined, giving as a reason that the governor had entertained Captain Maffitt, of the Florida, a few days previously. Ad miral Wilkes had traneferred his flag to the Van derbilt. The Massachusetts was at St. Thomas on the 16th, also the British steam frigate Phae ton ; also two British steamers the Aries and another unknown blockade runner. Admiral Wilkes threatened to seize the two blockade runners if they attempted to leave the port. The Aries started on the 16th, but, observing the pre parations of Admiral Wilkes to pursue, she turned back and anchored. The captain of the Aries then applied to the British steamer Phaeton for protec tion, which was afforded. The Vanderbilt left the same day (16th), it was said for Havannah. On the morning of the 17th the Phaeton convoyed the two blockade runners out. The Wanhusetts did not follow them. The commander of the Phaeton had communicated with Wilkes regarding the seizure of the Peterhoff." The New York World claims that a return to a " Union platform" was re-awakening the volunteer ing spirit of the country. The following Southern accounts of affairs at Port Hudson are published in the New York journals : " The Appeal learns of no new movement at Port Hudson. General Banks had fallen back to his fortified camp, and manifested no disposition to ad vance. Deserters continue to come in and report disaffection in their camps. The fleet continues out of sight. The two vessels above mentioned have been slowly steaming up the river. They landed and cut down a few poles and telegraph wires." The Chatanooga Rebel of the 24th has the follow ing letter from Port Hudson, dated March 21 : "Reports of the sinking of the sloop of war Rich mond, from injuries received on the 15ih, prevails, nothing definite being known. The mortar fleet still occupies the old position below, out of range. Yesterday the enemy fired at our transports with long range guns without effect. A party landed from the transports and burned the residence of Capt. Horn, formerly that of Col. S. Robertson, on the opposite shore. Some activity has prevailed among the enemy's transports for the last two days, but there have been na indications of another at tempt to pass the batteries. Twenty deserters have arrived in the last two days, and they are continu ally coming in. They confirm the previous reports of the demoralisation of Bank's army. Our batteries sustained no injury in the late engagement, and are ready at all times to give the enemy a warm recep tion." From Vicksburg, March 21 :—" The gun-boats Hartford and Monongahela passed Warrenton about six o'clock this evening, after a heavy cannonade of an hour, which was distinctly heard at this city, arrived safely, and are now anchored below this city at S wede's Point." And from Fort Pemberton, March 20 :—General Loring has whipped the enemy back from this point. They are now in full retreat to Yazoo Pass. A de spatch to the Appeal, dated Panola, March 19, says the Federals engaged in the raid upon Hernando have been defeated. The old troops of the enemy have been replaced by new ones, and old garrisons taken to Memphis. It is reported that the Memphis and Charleston railroad has been abandoned, and also that the Mobile and Ohio road has been aban doned from Jackson to Columbus. Five hundred cavalry crossed the Cold Water, 60 miles south-east of here, and moved towards Holly Springs. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, General Commanding in-Chief of the Army, yesterday morning commenced his annual official nspection at Portsmouth, by reviewing the troops stationed in the town and in the outlying barracks and fortifications on the west side of the harbour. The parade was ordered for 11 a.m. on Southsea common. A little before that time the following force was drawn up at quarter-distance column, the Royal and Marine Artillery being respectively on the right and left of the line of infantry, and a battery of Field Artillery being on either flank ; I and K batteries of Field Artillery, under Col. Anderson, C. 8., 182 officers and men, 184 horses, 10 12-pounder Armstrong guns, and 19 carriages; 6th Brigade Royal Artillery, under Col. Warbeck, 385 officers and men, the whole of the Artillery being under the command of Col. Warde, C.B. ; 2d Battalion 20th Regiment, under Col. Radcliffe, 666 officers and men ; 53d Regiment, under Col. English, C. 8., 301 officers and men; 55th Regiment, under Col. Hume, 537 officers and men; 2d Battalion 60th Rifles, under Col. Palmer, C. 8., 543 officers and men ; Royal Marine Artillery, under Col. Tate, 532 officers and men ; total, 3,045 officers and men, 184 horses, 10 guns, and 19 carriages. The whole formed an imposing little army of infantry and artillery, but was necessarily destitute of cavalry. At 11 o'clock precisely the Duke of Cambridge ar rived on the ground, accompanied by Quarter master-Gen. Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8., Col. Bingham, Deputy Adjt.-Gen. Royal Artillery ; Col. Clifton, A.D.C., and other officers, and was received by Major-Gen. Lcrd W. Paulet, C. 8., attended by bis staff, in the centre and front of the line, the troops presenting a general salute, with colours lowered. After riding slowly along the front of the line the Duke took up a position with his staff at the saluting point, and the force prepared for marching past in review order. Each regiment seemed put upon their mettle to do their best, and the result was such a display of marching past, especially in grand divi sions, as is seldom witnessed on Southsea-common. The field batteries going by in mathematical order at a smart trot finished i the ceremony of marching past. and preparations were immediately made for the more important movements of the day, by reform ing column on the original alignment with field batteries on either flank. The first move was made with the right in front into an echellon line of co lumns, the field batteries galloping to the front and left, and unlimbering and opening a rapid fire con siderably in advance of the force. The 60th Rifles at the same time moved out in advance, and threw out a strong line of skirmishers across the common, the main body having changed their echellon for mation into two lines of contiguous columns. The batteries now retired behind the line of skirmishers, and reformed on the right and left of the advanced line, composed of the garrison artillery, 20th and 55th Regiments, and the 60th by this time having completed the discomfiture of the enemy, already partially accomplished by the artillery previous to their giving place to the 60th, a general advance was ordered, the Rifles feeling the way. In this man ner the further end of the common was nearly ieaehed. There the Rifles received a check. They had apparently come upon the enemy in superior numbers, for they were speedily driven in, and the main body, which had been moving up in two long lines, commenced a retrograde echellon movement, left in front, the ten 12-pounder guns covering the retreat by unlimbering on every commanding posi tion of the ground they were retiring over, and blazing away fiercely in the direction of the sup posed enemy. Foiled in this quarter, the enemy made a feint in another direction; and Lord Paulet changing his front to the right, again sent out the 60th in skirmishing order. The latter, however, soon closed in to their supports, and retired upon the main body, but the enemy must have been re pulsed by some means or other, for Lord Paulet had o a n lup t le leisure to ref orm hi s f orce at quarter distance giiinneal a a l d ialignment, e n d: , aa b g a e t a te e r r y al of aa fi l e a l t d e artil lery b e i ng, as the before, on eith er fl an k . This doneh ir original , h given, colours lowered to the gr ound, and the Highness com mandin inspection w as over. B • • y direction of his R oya l ge officers were n ow ca ll e d to the front and addressd h s ortly by him i n terms g enerally eulogisti c of mo vements had bee n t he manner i n w hi ch the pfor ance of the men under t h eir med and of the appear command. At 3 p.m, his Royal Highness inspected the COMMERCIAL. The New York Herald of the 28th says : " The general indications to-day were that the storm has nearly blown over. Gold was rather better than yesterday ; it fluctuated between 139 and 142, closing at 1411 bid. A very exaggerated idea prevails in some quarters with regard to alleged trouble among merchants, growing out of the decline in gold. We have taken some pains to inform ourselves on the subject, and cannot find that any single house is in trouble, that any goods are being forced on the market, or that any losses have been incurred by houses which cannot afford to pay them. The decline in goods is small in com parison with the previous advance. If merchants were disposed to sell—which they are not, almost everyone being determined to hold, they would lose, at present prices, but a small percentage of what they have made in the last two years. It is very encouraging to see the improvement in public confi dence. But certain indications which we notice render it well that people should should be re minded that the war is not yet over : that the first indication of a disposition to make peace has not yet been manifested at the South ; that we have won no victories since gold was selling at 173, and that though the people are lending the Govern ment 2,000,000 dole. a day, the necessities of the Treasury and the falling due of debt certificates compel Mr. Chase to use not only all this money, but about £1,000,000 of new paper money besides, which the bank-note companies are daily pro ducing. " Exchange sold this morning at 153, :54, 165 1 and closed about 155. 4‘ Money is easy to good borrowers, t hough some what active among the specula tive jo bbers and the disturbance of brokers, in consfquence of the margins. The leading houses are supplied at five to six per cent. There is no change in debt cer tificates. "The stock market this morning continued very feverish and irregular. At the morning board the principal decline was in Guaranteed, whi c h f e ll f i ve per cent. ; N ew York C en t ra l , wh i ch fell 21 ; and Erie Preferred, which fell 21. The cheaper shares were steadier. Erie declined only Importing Tea t colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Hornitnan's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, always good alike. Sold in packets by 2.280 agents, AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER. LIVERPOOL, Thursday. The Inman screw steamer City of Manchester, Captain Gill, from New York direct on the 28th ult., arrived here about 6 o'clock this morning. She brings 175,554 dols. in specie, but no passengers. The City of Manchester was despatched from New York as an extra vessel of this line, and brings a very large cargo. The New York Herald of the 28th gives the follow ing as the " situation of affairs" at that date : "The latest news from the Vicksburg and Yazoo expeditions reaches us from Cairo last night. It appears that on last Saturday night another barge containing 1,000 bushels of coal floated past the batteries at Vicksburg safely, for the use of Admiral Farragnt's fleet. We have it on the authority of the Memphis Bul letin of Wednesday that three of Admiral Porter's gunboats have reached the Yazoo River by the Sunflower route, and reached Greenwood. " The same journal says that our forces above Greenwood had abandoned the undertaking to force a passage, and were returning when they met Gen. Quimbey's division en route to reinforce them. A conference was had, the result of which is unknown, but it is thought that in consequence of the success of the new route the whole force would return. " The rebel accounts of affairs in the South-west conflict somewhat with ours. Richmond papers of the 26th say, that the Hartford and Monongahela were allowed to approach within 400 yards of the rebel batteries at Grand Gulf, when they opened fire ee upon r them, A the dozen vessels with broadsides v t n r g uck the vessels. times. ly struck Parties were seen carrying the wo un d e d b e l ow. T he s shots replying Natchez Courier says the Hartford, with Admiral Farragut on board, anchored in front of that city on Tuesday afternoon, the 16th, and sent a small boat with a flag of truce ashore with a no t e ad dressed to the mayor, stating that if the United States gunboats were fired upon by the people of Natchez or by guerillas he would bombard the city. The Hartford remained all night, and left with the Monongahela in the morning. " The Richmond Sentinel of the 24th, in giving their account of the situation in the South-west, says :- 1 The last papers from the United States are jubilant over false reports of the success of the Yazoo expedition. Our own reports are several days later than theirs, and represent the expedition as tho roughly whipped and in full retreat by the way they came. Thus far the enemy has utterly failed in every one of his late movements. Farragut was whipped at Port Hudson; Banks broke down before he got there, and fell back without a fight. The Yazoo Pass expedition ends in chastisement and flight. At Vicksburg they are drowned out.' " The Examiner of the same date has an impres sive article on the interests and duties of the North west. Of course it conceives them to be entirely with the Southern Con. ederacy, and suggests that all inducements to gain the cooperation of that section ' as alluring as possible' should be held oat. " The rebel papers state that General Longstreet is rapidly advancing into Kentucky. The rebel force now in the State under General Peagram is believed to be about 6,000. Clarke's guerillas still hover around Mount Sterling, over 200 of his men have been captured since Sunday. The Union waggon trains, stores. and camp equipage from Dan ville and Richmond have reached Lexington i n safety. Among the prisoners taken are two majors, ore a paymaster with 16,000 dols. in Confederate money. The rebels were reported to have retreated from Danville, as the news received in Louisville yesterday would indicate ; but in the absence of . _ telegraphic news some doubt was thrown on the rumour, and the arrival of later intelligence proves ;he report untrue. A deserter from th e 71®t Indiana Volunte ers , " who returned from the ene my's lines as a spy, was shot at Indianopolis yest er day bY sentence of court martial. Two gentlemen, ones legislator of Indiana, and the other the deputy auditor, were arrested there for cheering for Jeff. Davis. " Another prize h as f a ll en into our hands. Th e British steamer Nicholas I. arrived at Beaufort on Master Everson, cap the 24th, in ch arge o f P r i ze tured off Wilmington, N.C., by the United States very entere blockade. r y valu able gunboat Victoria, while trying to run the Charleston, Sh cu nsuccessful. She has a partly of 16 tons of gunpowder and 170 cases of rifles. eargbhou:tdcownaPs si r s e t v in io g usly attempted to " We publish today an interesting narrative of affairs in Texas, more particularly with regard to the important region of that state bordering the Rio Grande. An account is given of the forts along its banks, the loyal character of a large portion of the people, the collision that had taken place between them and the rebel troops and rangers, and the efforts that are being made to raise a sufficient force of loyal Texans to drive the rebels from their present position on the Rio Grande. Full par ticulars are given of the immense trade carried on by the rebel Government, through Mexico, with European states, the manner in which this trade is carried on, and the importance of it to the rebel Government. In the same connection is pointed out the necessity which exists for the re occupation of the region bordered by the Rio Grande by our government ; the cost of effecting which by any of the points of attack recommended, would be defrayed by the cotton that is stored for shipment, and which, by a well concerted and rapid movement, must fall into the hands of the Union troops." From the army of the Potomac the special cor respondent of the New York Tribune writes as fol lows : March 26. `' Reports em p ‘ S or t t ° s n cam a e ll's in S t t h a i t c i k on a ' n V d i f r a g s i t a y ia esterday to the effect that the enemy were in force on our right flank, but investigation proved that there was no cause for alarm in that direction, only a few prow ling scouts having been discovered. The real cause of the excitement was the appeara nces o f h eavy bodies of the enemy's infantry on th e sout h s id e of the Rappahannock, at Banks an d U n i ted States Fords, with an evident purpose of preventing our crossing the river at those points. " Your furloughs po e stated, continued a day a s or two since, that permanent regulation, I now learn that they will b e tempora corres would correspondent b t tempora rily suspended at certain times whenever the exi gency of the service requires it. A circular issued yesterday suggests that the presence of ladies in camp is no longer necessary or profitabl e , an d an immediate hegira of crinoline will ensue. The weather is again stormy and unpleasant." A Fortress Monroe telegram of the 25th March says : "Four German families arrived this morning at soo opinion in Rich mondn evacuate that city, Fortress Monroe, from Richmond, v i a Yorktown. They is s ep th o a rt t t t h h a e t r t e h b e els prevailingwill and probably most of Virginia. Freedom of speech is much less restricted there than formerly. They bring no news from Charleston, but say the rebels were expecting an attack upon wages co rrespondingly high for that ß c io it h y m d o a n il d y , . and Provisians were exceedingly high in