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Denmark. Their reply is decisive. It declines the Prussian proposal, which is supported by the Pleni potentiary of the Germanic Confederation alone. The result of this deliberation proves that the manner of solution indicated by the Court of Prus• Ilia has not secured the united suffrages of the Con feren ce." The Conference assembled on Jane 22 to hear the decisions which the belligerent Powers had taken upon the proposal made by the Government of her Britannic Majesty with the view of calling on a friendly. Power to settle the question of boundary, which was now the principle difficulty that delayed the pacific solution of the dispute. The reply of the belligerent Powers did not re spond to the wishes of the Government of her Britannic Majesty. Austria and Prussia, " while showing themselves disposed to accept the media tion of a neutral Power not represented in the Con ference, were willing to engage beforehand to con sider themselves definitively bound by the opinion which might be expressed by the mediating Power, as circumstances did not allow them to accept an arbitrative decision. The Danish Government expressed a refusal even more decided. They declared that, to their great regret, it was impossible for them to give their consent to the proposal of the English Cabinet. The Plenipotentiary of Denmark explained this refusal by the necessity which obliged him to re gard the boundary proposed on the 28th of May as final, so as not to allow hire to agree to an arbi trary decision which might modify that line. Lord Clarendon combated the opinion. While representing facts in their real light, he showed that the line indicated on the 28th of May had been proposed in the interest of Denmark and of peace, and not with the intention of laying down a prin ciple from which there could be no departure. The Plenipotentiary of Russia concurred in the opinion of Lord Clarendon. He affirmed that Lord Russell never intended to propose that as an ulti matum, nor to impose it as such on the belligerent Powers. • The Ambassador of France and the Minister of Sweden expressed themselves in the same sense. All the combinations brought forward to arrive at an agreement on the line of the frontier having unfortunately been rejected, the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne thought fit to lay beta() the Conference a new proposal. He said-- "When the Government of the Emperor gave their adhesion to the plan of arrangement proposed by her Britannic Mojesty's Principal Secretary of State, in the sitting of the 28th of Alay, they l".oped that the united efforts of the Plenipotentiaries of the neutral Powers, seconded by the conciliatory disposition of the Plenipotentiaries of the bellige rent Powers, would succeed in bringing about between the interested parties an understanding as to the tracing of the line of frontier. " These hopes have unfortunately not been realised. All the arrangements propcsed have been rejected, and no compromise seems as yet to have any chance of being accepted. In this position of affairs, the Government of the Emperor consider it their duty to make in the interests of peaoe a final suggestion. It is in virtue of their nationality that the northern districts of Schleswig are to be assigned to Denmark, and those of the south to Germany. It has not beeli thought expedient to make an appeal to the wishes of the population where those wishes seem to be manifest ; but they might be consulted where they are doubtful, and where no other means exist for establishing an agreement. While admitting the impossibiiity of taking nation ality as an absolute rule in the division of the mixed districts of Schleswig, the Government of the Em peror are, however, of opinion that it would be right to obtain, by means of a vote of the com munes, the elements of appreciation on which it should be agreed to base a decision. This vote by communes would allow the most exact account to be taken of each nationality in the definitive trac ing of the frontier. " In order that it might offer in other respects the guarantees desired, it would be well to stipulate that all military forces should previously be with drawn, and that the votes should be given free from all pressure. Each Power might, moreover, send delegates to the spot in order to insure the perfect impartiality of the scrutiny." Lord Russell, in asking the opinion of the Danish plenipotentiaries, said that as regarded the Eng lish plenipotentiaries, they would be disposed to concur if the Danish Government thought proper to give their adhesion. M. de Quaade replied that he was, of course, without instructions on the subject, and that he could not even consent to accept it ad referendum. He alluded to his declaration of the 2d of June, in which he said his Government would make great sacrifices in order to obtain the restoration of peace, but that there were limits beyond which they could not go, and his instructions forbade him to consent to any other line than that proposed by the English plenipotentiaries in the sitting of the 28th of May, and accepted by Denmark. This declaration ended the debate. It showed at the same tame the obstacle which the most per severing efforts of the neutral Powers have not been able to overcome. It is before this insurmountable difficulty that the labours of the Conference have come to an end. The Engagement between the Alabama and the Kearsage, SOUTHAMPTON, June 28. The followin g is a correct list of the killed, drowned, and wounded belonging to the Alabama in her engagement with the Kearsargo : Billed. —John Roberts, John Adams, James Hart, . r men and James King, sea ; Christian Past, Peter Dancan, and James TS eir, firem en . Drowned.— F. M. ic,tins, purser' s s t eward ; A. Norhook, ship's cook ; F. M ay ers , carpenter ' s mate ; A. G. Bartelli, captains steward ; Henry Fisher, George Appleby, Walter V s uldes, John Williams, John Wilhaw, John Buckley, Charles Colson, Thomas White, and David Henry, seamen ; Andrew Shilling, fireman ; D. H. Llewellyn, assistant surgeon ; William Robinson, carpenter ; William Robertson, third assistant engineer. Wounded—Robert Wright, captain, main top; Peter Hughes, boatswain's mate; William M‘Gin ley, captain's coxswain ; John Neil, seamen; John Carew, Robert Divine, Jacob Verbor, David Williams, seamen ; Thomas Winter, Samuel Wil. liams, Martin King, firemen; Williaal Morgan, captain fore-top. Threatened Arrest of "Manhattan." NEW YORK, June 14. My last letter informed you of an appointment at eleven o'clock with Major-General Dix, the com mander on this station. He was punctual to the appointment. He is a fine, gentlemanly old man of 70 and odd years. He remembered me as Mr. Calhoun's old private secretary. I cannot narrate all that took place ; but the general laboured under the impression that I was the incarnation of alt that wa s bad in the Southern Confederacy. It was of no use my telling him that I was for the Union . He did not seem to believe it. He honoured me b y saying that both ambassadors (Dayton and Adams) thought I did more injury to the cause of Ameriaa than any other man could do. He said he was in favour of arbitrary arrest in my case—that he would stop these letters in. f u ture—th a t t h e past he would leave to the Pres i dent , _that h e wou ld Standards) t o t h e Presi dent,send those papers (fife of and await his decision—whether to s en d me to Fort Lafayette or Richmond. We shall know the President's decision by Wed nesday, June 15. If he agrees with General Dix, this is the laat letter you will get from me, unless I am sent to Richmond, It will probably make both Mr. Mason and Mr. Slidell laugh at the idea of sending me to Richmond. If the President does this, I will continue my letters. I believe at Fort Lafayette there is no writing paper. 1 THE MURDER AT PENGE.—At the Lambeth Police-court yesterday, Edward Turner, aged 19, and John William Clark, 23, were again placed at the bar befor e Mr Elliott, for further examination, for the wilful murder of Louisa Dyer, at Penge. Some further evidence, net vary conclusive in its natuxe, was taken, and the pri soners were again remanded, LONDON, TUEStiAY, JUNE 28, 1864. The collapse of the Forei gn Policy of Ministers is nothing less than a catastroph e. All their delays have ended in failure. All their solemn mystifi cation has closed with a ridiculous am en , e W e i r —and you shall see! wait—and you shall k now everything ! Wait—and you shall hear w h at is we have been about during this lorg interval of reiterated procrastinations ! Have patience only have patience!" That has been their one incessa nt response to all inquiries a response acting like the most effectual of Parliamentary gags upon oven the most eager of independent Liberals below the gangway—nay, upon even the most restive among the rank and file of the Oppo sition. Well—the house has waited, the Opposi tion has preserved silence, in compliance with these demands from the Treasury bench for patience and taciturnity. The seif-command exercised by the House generally as well as by the Opposition in par ticular, has from first to last—who shall gainsay it ? —been exemplary. Ministers have no reason whatever to complain of the House as a body, or of the Opposition as a party. For whatever has come cf it all they, (Ministers) have only to thank them , 321VeS. And, what has come of it—we know now at last and perfectly. What has come of it—is failure the most complete and comprehensive. The written negotiations have resulted only in the printing of a blue book. In nothing mere ! The Conference lies risen, after all its preposterous sit tings, leaving matters exactly where they were b e f ore h an d, Thl Plenipotentiaries have , aseem• RuYA.I., ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. The nobility, sentry, subscribers, and the public are ree peet fyly informed that the Season will close on Saturday, July 30. There will in week bs five opera nights, viz.. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), June 28, will be performed, for the third time on the Italian stage in England, Flotow's opera, STRADELLA. Leonora, Mdlle. Marie Batty ; Bar berino, Signor Ronconi ; Malvolio, Signor Ciampi ; Bassi, Signor Capponi ; and Stradella, Signor Naudin, his 2d ap pearance in that character in England. • Conductor, Mr. Costa. After which the Divertissement, L'lle Enchantee. Sup ported by Mdllc. Salvioni, Mdfle. Carmine, 3ialle. Navarre, Mdlle. Assunta, M. ')esplaces, and Mr. W. H. Payne. - - Commence at half past Eight. 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Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. _F. Robinson. Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Johnstone; Miss Herbert, Mrs. Flank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, Mrs. Stirling, aim Mrs. Chas. Mathews. EVERY EVENING, - at 7, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CL.)THING. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. Clarke, and Mr. F. Robinson. At 8, the Comic Dram of USED UP, Messrs. C. Mathews, Ashley, J. Johnstone, Montagne, W Chamberlaine ; Miss Patti Josephs, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. At 10, LITTLE TODDLEKINS, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matnews, Mr. Ash ey, Miss Wentworth. In Rehearsal, FAUST AND MARGUERITE. An Im morality, by P. C. Burnand, Esq., in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles aathews will appear. 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Tuts DA , T.—Morning, Bh. 43m.—Afternoon, 9h. 18m. ra-Itcat aaw.-Morning, 9h. 51m.—Afternoon, 10h. 28m. , , _, - , 4 4 4 ,,, , lilt ,cv, wn - 130 • •4hi p c..,;,,, ~ ~n,„, ik-i• Niptc._ eig fßii!i4tN." 'AM . ..,, 4 _ ,i;-;.t.c.te..,.... ~. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1864, bled here in London only for the express purpose of wrangling over a big table in Downing-street, and then (after the lapse of a certain number of weeks) of going "bock again," like the deliberate Scotchman in the jest. book—of marching down the hill of difficulty after they had marched up it et) ceremoniously and even ostentatiously like the King of FRANCE with his 40,000 men in the ludicrous couplet. Beholding the exact fulfilment of one's often expressed antici pations as to what that result must be, with Earl RUSSELL at the Foreign- office— one is almost tempted for once to emulate poor simple-minded. Mrs. NICKLERY, with her self-complacent anticipation of the realisation of her little prophecies—" And when I say I said so—don't you say I didn't !" That a melancholy failure such as this of the foreign policy of Ministers, should have befallen that policy of the Government, under the Secretaryship at the Foreign-office of Earl RUSSELL, frightful though it is for the nation to realise, thus painfully, under the gaze of all Christendom, cannot in reason by matter for very much astonishment. The marvel is, simply, that it should have been allowed by the Prime Minister to wind out its whole tangled reel of ignominy, uninterruptedly— that Prime Minister being no other than Lord PALMERSTON 1 . It is when we come to realise it all—that is, the whole of this lamentable and really ignoble situation of England as she stands now, isolated and derided, among the nations of Europe—it is when we come to realise all this, through our undimmed remembrance of Lord PAL.. MERSTON'S long-protracted and resplendent career, that we regard the position of his Ministry at this moment with a pang of profound grief. Otherwise than for our wondering (almost incredulous) recognition of the fact that it is no other than Lord PALMERSTON, who is the Chief of the Administration that hes come thus deplorably to grief under the scorns fal gaze of Europe, our feeling in the matter must have been purely, and simply, and solely one of intense and unmitigated indignation. But— remembering the extended and illustrious career of this great statesman— " Who would not mourn if such a man there be p" — such a one, so pre-eminently distinguished, fallen thus at the close of his career into a plight so de. plorable— " Who would not weep if Atticus were he ?" If among all the great statesmen of this country now living there was one identifiel more conepi cuously than any other with all that is proudest, haughtiest, most chivalric in the typical character of Englishmen, es a race, that man was this last de scendant of a great Saxon Earl who flourished anterior to the Conquest—that man was HENRY JOHN TEMPLE,third VISCOUnt PALMERSTON. He who, as about the knightliest chief among the knightly chiefs of his age, was described so finely but a very few years since by one of the mcst eminent leaders in the formidable array of the Conservative Opposi tion now confronting him, as "Riding to War no vizor to hishelm !" Riding to War, forsooth! We can but think now with a pang, while watching the strange and wholly unwonted course thus taken by him—Riding to War ! Say rather, with a pang almost of vicarious shame while saying it—say rather than " Riding to War"—Sneaking to Peace! "No vizor to his helm?" Instead of that with the golden spur half shorn from his heel, with the hitherto unamirched plume upon his battle-dinted hel met broken and draggled ! Yet this is the same world-famous English Statesman before the terror of whose name remote enemies of our country and of our Government hesitated when they were merely meditating a slight to the name or the honour of England ! It is the same great English Statesman of whom the late Sir ROBERT PEEL —the great Sir ROBERT PEEL—cnce, upon a me morable occasion, encleimed in the House of Commons, in the midst of a general sense of caul. tation among those who actually heard the words uttered, as afterwards among those who read them as reported in the public newspapers—" We are all proud of him !" Our one only consolation, in his regard, now is to think of what he has been for more than half a century ! One of those statesmen the nation has been proud of! And this during more than half a century ! For, it was in 1809, during the height of the mighty power of NAPOLEON, when that last and greatest of the World's Conquerors was not so much Emperor of France merely, 'And King of Italy, and Mediator of Switzerland ; and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, as he was Master and Lord Paramount of Continental Europe—it was at a period so remote as that from this present hour, it was as far back as in 1809 that Lord PALMERSTON first assumed a distinguished position in the House of Commons, and in England, as an Administrator. Then— five-and-fifty years ago—he was appointed Sec. retary at War upon the resignation of Viscount CASTLEREAGH. Previously, in they ear immediately preceding it, namely, in 1808, he had made his first notable speech in Parliament, when opposing Mr. PON BONDI'S motion for the production of papers relative to Lord CATHCART'S expedition to — Copenhagen ! During the previous twelvemonth, that is, in 1807, he had already been, although at the time but in his twenty-fifth year, as one of the Junior Lords of the Treasury, a member of the Tory administration of the Duke of PORTLAND and Mr. PONSONBY. It was in 1809, however—as many as fifty-five years ago—that he assumed, as we have said, a conspicuous position among the statesman and administrators of England by becoming Secretary of War in the room of Lord CASTLE RRAGE, during the height of the Great Na. poleonian wars. Since then he has been, as the world fall well knows, almost continually in office, now as Secretary at War, now as Foreign Secretary, finally twice as Prime Minister of England—to end his great historical career at last with an anticlimax as deplorably incomprehensible and humiliating as that now revealed to the bewil dered apprehension of the country (hitherto so " proud of him,") through his astounding Ministerial statement last evening in the House of Commons. As frightfully demon strative of the depth of humiliation to which his proud spirit has at length can. descended, under the guidance apparently of Earl RUSSELL'S saturnine and sinister influence as a Foreign Minister, it will be sufficient to excerpt but one single passage from the close of Lord PALMERSTON'S speech last evening, when making this perfectly astonishing, and still to this moment utterly incomprehensible statement—the passage, namely, in which the Veteran Prime Minis ter last evening remarked :—"I do not mean to say— and I think it right to put in that reservation—l do not mean to say that if the war should assume a d i ff n r e as t n character, the existence of Den mark independent if Power in Europe sho u ld e a be at stake—l do not mean to say that if we had reason to expect we should see at Co penhagen the horrors of a town taken by assault— the destruction of property, the sacrce of the lives not only of its defenders but of it s p eace f u l in habitants, the confiscation which would arise, the capture of the Sovereign as a prisoner of war, OR EVEN TS OF THAT KIND—(' 01, oh')—l AO not mean to say that if any of these events were likely to happen, the position of this country anty , ii,l net posibly be a fit Subject for re conkidera- tion—(' oh, oh')—or that other counsel might not properly be taken." IF this, that, and the other should occur ! And what are those hypothetical de velopments of the war now (through the blundering of our Ministers) allowed to recsmmence in the north of Europe—what are those hypothetical develop. meats of the war thus hinted at by Lord PALMER. ETON ? " The horrors of a town taken by assault —the destruction of property—the sacrifice of the lives not only of its defenders but of its peaceful in habitants—the confiscation which would arise—the capture of the Sovereign as a prisoner ofwar, or EVENTS OF THAT, KIND Well—Yec, if all these " kind" of events should come to pass—what, then, would be the course pursued by Her MAJESTY'S present Ministers? Why—even then —all that Lord PAL • MERSTON can venture to predicate is this, that if any of these events should chance to happen, the position of the country, nught—possibly— be a subject—for reconsideration! Whatever may be the name of the political party entrusted with power—Whig, Tory, Liberal, Conservative— this, at least, we are quite certain of, that a policy such as Lord PALMERSTON yesterday ttus explained and set forth deliberately in the House of Commcns, while the like was being done in the Haase of Peers by Earl RUSSELL as Foreign Secre ary, is not a policy in any way befittin g the fair fang, the honour, or the integrity of the British Government. It would really appear at the present moment as if the civilised countries were attempting to go back to the days of barbarism in mart' of their acts and in the spirit of their policy. A letter in the Times of yesterday is enough to rOtIS3 the indignaa tien of all who reverence honour old justice. It concerns the doom of Count STANISLAUS TAR NOWSKI, who has been sentenced to a cruel fate by the Austrian Government. It is from one who knows him well, and wishes his numerous friends in England to be informed of his fearful fate. " Twelve years' confinement in chains in a solitary cell" is a sentence which must appear almost in comprehensible to English readers. It recalls the old feudal times of oppression —it awakens thoughts of distant lands where tyrants hold ruthless sway ; but it certainly does not seem to bear affinity to the progression of this enlightened age, and to be a thing likely to take place in a cotntry of Europe. It may be very well for the heartless men who de vise such atrocities and inflict such barbarities to attempt to call their deeds by offic al names, and to explain their conduct by declaring that it 'is neces sitated by the pressure of circumstances, This is a false view of the matter ; it rests on the broad principle of right and wrong, sad all efforts at palliation only make the matter ten times worse. It is said that this rigorous sentence was given in accordance with the requirements of the state of siege introduced into Gallicia last February. It seems almost incomprehensible that Ministers and Statesmen should demean themselves by such conduct. It would have been a fur more merciful doom to have executed him at once, and not have devised torments nits worthy of men to perpetrate, and impossible for human beings to endure. The absurdity of the affair is that it is for treason against the Prussian Government that the unfortunate Count is thus doomed to this imprisonment —as if they had not enough to do with their own country they must take up the quarrels of others, and fling themselves into the melee of the despotism and tyranny of the North. The only charge against the Count was " patriotism ;"he had endeavoured to serve his unhappy land, and has thus received this barbarous treatment. How such a sentence can be carried out in a country that calls itself a Christian one may well puzzle anyone to make out. Really the conduct of the States in the queAion of Poland is a lasting disgrace to them. In their attempts to put down liberty at any msk they may be successful, but the victory has cost them dear; it has sullied their reputation, injared their good faith, and darkened the annals of their history. No nation, however prosperous and powerful, can escape when t sanctions such atrocities, a day and no retribution on regret ebuctain tle doom that has been provoked by the perpetratiot of base and cruel acts. It is to be trusted that shag° will induce his captors to mitigate this sentence, it that death may bring him a merciful release from the torments of his enemies, who seem to forget tint there is a day of judgment to come. Mr. CARDWELL showed great discrimination in his remarks the other day to thedeputation which came before him on the eubjcct "Transportation to Western Australia." This it one of those did_ cult matters to deal with that especially call for consideration and the exercise of tact in no ordi nary degree, but at the same tme reason must be borne in mind, and while no thinking statesman would willingly offend Preindbes, he cannot alto gether subscribe to the mistake] notions that gain ground. The gentlemen who composed the depu tation were very earnest on 'he question of the transmission of convicts, and wished to have a period fixed for the cessation o' the practice. Mr. CARDWELL very properly decliied to accord to this proposition, and pointedly alleged that " after what the Government had done th y ought not to be threatened with agitation," It is astonishing how unreasonable people may becoem if they work them selves up to imagine evils and exaggerate difficul ties. Many have been disappcinted that the Go vernment has gone so far as it has in deference to the claims of the colonists, but it is pushing things to an extremity to demand thtt a cessation shall take place altogether in the practice. It shows a great want of consideration, to say the least of it , for these colonists to make such objections when they must know that the departure of these un happy outcasts is a great relief to our community, while landing them on the shores of a new world affords them a good opportunity f'or bettering their lives and changing their habits. Notwithstanding the assertions of the members of the deputation they did not make out a good case ; end it is to be trusted that their arguments will not deter the powers that be from their previous determination to carry on the practice on a minor scale. It stands to reason that in every community there must be some who outrage the laws, but that is no excuse why an effort should not be made to take advantage of opportunities to lessen temptation and ameliorate the condition of misguided members of society. A selfish policy is the last which will render any State flourishing, and those who tdopt it so stren uously are doing themselves no credit, and confer ring no benefit on their country. RENAN has a pamphlet in hand entitled " Ma Situation," in which, it is said, he will oiler himself as a candidate for the Opposition at the next election. PELISSIER'S memoirs will, after being officially cleansed from all disagreeable matter, appear under the title " Memoires et Souvenirs par un Marechal de France." The Duchess is said to receive a pension of 25,000 franca. REMINTSCENCES OF TUE OPERA.. By Benjamin Lumley, 20 years director of Her Majesty's Theatre.—" In this interesting volume Mr Lumley reveals the secret of his prison house. He takes his readers thoroughly behind the scenes. There was never more attractive apocalypse. The season has produced no book equil to Mr Lumley's in point of interest. He brings back the days when Jenny Lind and Piccolomini sang, when Taglioni and Disler danced, when the long Thursday was an institution, and the ballet a triumph of art. His Reminiscences' will be found thoroughly readable. The truth is, that the volume is full of pleasant points, and the best thing we can do is to recommend our readers to read it,"-1"h? Press, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTF.R'S TELEGRAMS.] RECOMMENCEMENT OP HOSTILITIES, BOMBARDMENT OF ALBEIT, COPENHAGEN, JUNE 26, 11,32 P.M. Hostilities were recommenced at six o'clock this morning. The enemy opened fire on the Island of Alsen from Itavenskobbel and several other batteries. EXPECTED NAVAL ENGAGEMENT BE TWEEN TilE GERMAN AND DANISH FLEETS, HELIGOLAND, JUNE 27 (Evening). According to intelligence received here cn en , gagement between the German and banish fleets will probably take place in, these waters within a few days. The English frigate Wolverine end some despatch boats are stationed here. FRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 28. Tho fo-liowing nominations have been announced : Commirga Guitant is appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of France at the Court of the King of the Belgians; Count Reon lot at the Court of the King of Portugal; Viscount Meloizes-Freenoy to the Court of Munich ; and the Marquis of Cadore at the Court of the Grand Duke of Baden. BOURSE, June 27.—The market had rather a downward tendency at first, but rallied a little on the arrival of the English funds with a slight im provement. Threes, for the Account, after having receded to 65fr 60c, are now at 65fr 70c. Mobilier, after having been done at 1,017 fr 50c, advanced to 1,030 fr. Railway Shares quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows : 4t per Cents . . 93 75 Italian Loan 69 65 Do. end month.... Do. end month 69 80 3 per Cents Do. end month 65 80 New Mexican .... 55 25 Credit Blobilier 1047 50 Russian Do. end month ....1045 Austrian Bank Shares 3263 Spanish Threes.... 51i Credit F =dor 1225 Home Debt Roman It.i IL rAY3. Cash. Account. 865 .. 862 50 982 50 .. 990 876 25 .. 880 Orleano 3 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto . • Southern 645 645 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Len. b ard .. 520 520 North of Spain Saragossa 662 60 .. 662 60 Ditto to Barcelona The Defences of Richmond, A correspondent of the New Fork Tribune, who states that he has derived his information from an ex-Confederate officer, gives the following account of the defences of Richmond :--`‘ There are hun dreds and even thousands of people who suppose that General Grant intends to carry the defences around Richmond by a grand assault, and that in a few days the city will be captured. But these parties will be disappointed. The day for carrying the defences and reaching the city by storm is past. In the latter part of dune, and the fore part of July, 1862, when M'Clellan Was frightened to his gunboats for protection, the defences of the city were in the nat are of common field fortificetions, which any skilful or even fighting general with his army could have carried with little difficulty and loss. The Union army then outnumbered the rebel host by one third, and I believe one half. Since then, however, the rebels have placed under arms every citizen capable of military duty, so that to day Lee's army is numerically nearly equal to Grant's. The rebel authorities have not only placed every man capable of bearing arms in the field, but they have done everything that military shill and engineering could do to render their city impreg nable. Richmond is to-day as well fortified, per haps, as any city cn the globe. It is as complete a fortress (so the rebels boast) as the city of Posen in Prussia, which is said by military writers and engineers to be the most skilfully fortified inland city in Europe, not excepting even Paris. The public must, therefore, await the operations of our Lieutenant-General with patience. The defences of Richmond consist of a large number of forts of various dimensions, so situated that mutual protection exists between them, while an interior circumscribing system of defence has been adopted as an additional security, should a single outwork fall. 'To name and describe all the forte would be quite a tedious task, and I shall therefore only refer to a few of the most im portant ones. Looking to the south-east, we find Fort Jackson, near Fair Oaks, about 3i miles from the city, between the New Bridge-road and York River Railroad. Then comes Fort Johnson, just below the Chickahominy, in the neighbourhood of a mi!o from the Mechanicsville Pike. This fort commands the Mechanicsville-bridge, and, in fact, all the bridges and fords between it and New Bridge. Trio miles and a half from the city, and about midway between the Virginia Cen tral Railroad and Mechanicsville Pike, is the " Ma lakoff," bearing on the Mechanicsville Bridge and Wilkinson's or Railroad Bridge, and will, in fact, sweep that part of the Chickahominy between the points named. About two and three quarter miles from the city, nearly midway of the Meadow Bridge Road and Brook Run Pike, situate on a high hill, is Fort Beauregard, commanding the Brook Pike and Meadow Bridge Road. A mile and a half in advance of it is a great redoubt, bearing on the Meadow Bridge and the bridge over Brook Run and all inter mediate points on the stream. Three and a half miles from the city, between the Brook Run Pike and the Richmond and Fredericksburg R iiirg , ad, on an eminence stands Fort Lee, commanding both those thoroughfares for a long distance, and com manding as well Brook Run Bridge and two fords on the Deep Run. Within and without and be tween these forts are others on a smaller scale; and in addition to this, the intervals are enclosed by heavy curtains and ramparts from $0 to 90 feet in thickness. In front of the forts and ramparts are ditches 28 feet in width and 22 feet deep, i❑ which are constructed Gamut walla of the most ingenious character, A NEW ALABAMA,—The Paris correspondent of the Daily Newt says ;—" It is not true, as reported by the Temps, that Captain Semmes is in Paris, but it is said that he has sent for most of his officers to give them instructions for the armament of a new Alabama, of which he proposes shortly to take the command. The Fiance, which 'Seems to have received special information about this new ship, says that she is a small beautifully formed corvette, iron-plated inside, and provided with powerful artillery. Captain Semmes has ordered three pivot guns capable of throwing hollow projectiles of 170, and solid projectiles of 220 English pounds. Her crew, which in the old Alabama consisted of 142 men, is to be augmented to 172. The France says that these details are positive.' It does not know in what port the now ship will be armed, but it believes that no surveillance can prevent it from putting to sea." --- THE LATE MR. GEORGE LANCE.—This celebrated flower and fruit painter, whore death is just an nounced as having occurred at New Brighton, Cheshire, was born at Little Easton, E. , ses, in 1802. In 1828 he first began to exhibit his productions at the Royal Academy, but it is only since 183,5 that he has regularly been a con tributor. Every one who is in the habit of visiting the Royal Academy must be familiar with Mr Lance's beautiful imitations of fruit and flowers. He has three pictures in the Vernon Gallery, the most celebrated of which per haps LS " Redcap." Mr Lance, howevar, has gained some reputation in otl-er departments of art. " Melancthon" gained the prize at Liverpool. Much controversy has taken place about Mr Lance's share in restoring Velaequea' "Boar Hunt," in the National Gallery, some 20 years ago, Mr Lance insisting that whole groups of figures are in reality his work. Mr. Lance never was a Royal Academi cian, great as was his popularity in his own line ; but those who are familiar with the " laws of thought" which govern the august 40 will be at no loss to understand the reason. FATAL BARGE ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.-- Yesterday morning, off Chelsea, a young man named Christopher Price, a bargeman, fell from the gunwale of his barge, and was drowned before aeoistance could reach SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, LONDON, June 28.—Wind this day at noon—North- West; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. COWES, June 27.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Cassia, from Callao—Annie, from Bahia. FALMOUTH, June 27.—Wind S.W.—Artived—Linder farne, from Bahia for Bremen. NIMPORT, June 26.—Wind W.—Arrived—Florence, from Waterford for Ascension. Sailed—Tre Bredres, for Buenos Ayres. CLYDE, Juno 27.—Wind N.Wo—Arrived—Canada, from Quebec. DuNpEm, June 27. Wind X.W.—Arrived—Summer Cloud, from Calcutta. (ET MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH=) GRA,TESEND, Tuesday Morning; Arrived, June 27—Grwinde Karen Wedel Jasborg, from Dram—Morning Star, frim Jamaica—Olaf Karre. from Havannah—Malabar, from Calcutta. Arrived, June 28—Hebe, from Holnastadt—Foraens Kiold, from Havannah—lbfieman and Waltar Hood, from Sydney—Minniger, from Quebec —Anna, from Holber Counttss from Dantsic. 11 um Syd ney, E, Ek r„ Tueeday Mornin g , June 27 ltifleman, Arrived and Passed, for London. Passed, in tow—Virginia Dare, from Calcutta, for London—Sarah Scott, from Sunderland, for Alexandria— Jessie, from London., for Demerara—Victoria, from Sunder land, for Alexandria —Maggie Lauder, from Sunderland, for Calcutta —Jane Harman, from the north, for the neat _Di o n°, from London, for Algoa Bay. THE ALLEGED CRUELTY TO SEAMEN ON BOARD THE AMERICAN SHIP ALBATROSS.—A paragraph appeared in the Times of the 11th inst. in reference to pro ceedings before the Newport magistrates against the two mates of the American ship Albatross for several acts of alleged cruelty to the seamen on board. The charges against the mates were then dismissed, the alleged offences having been committed on the Atlantic, and, consequently the cases did not come within the jurisdiction of the magis trates. The latter, however, expressed a hope that the American Consul would inquire into the matter. In com pliance with this request, an investigation has since been held before Mr Knapp, the Consul. After hearing the witnesses on both sides, the Consul reports that the charges were entirely unfounded, and that the crew were induced by designing persons to make complaints of cruelty in order, if pcgsible, to cxtost icaotteYl -4 . N 1 rtn Tar HER MAJESTY, WINDSOR CASTLE, June 27. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High nen the Princess Louis of Hesse, walked and drove iu the grounds this morning. _ _ . Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin. cess of Wat. , :s, Princess Helena, and Princess Louis of Hesse, rode on horseback, attend.d by the Hon. Horatia Stopford. Their Loyal Highnesses Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Victoria of Hose, have Laken their usual carriage airing this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Prince Albert Victor, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen and Lieut.-Colone l left the Castle this afternoon for Muriborogh House. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH STREET. A ETRINGE DELUSlON.—Elizabeth Williamson, an old Scotchwoman, described as a monthly nurse, and who has been charged at this and other courts with drunkenness, ice., about 200 times, was brought before Mr Tyrwhitt, charged with disorderly conduct and drunkenness, Police-constable 81 C having proved the case against the defendant, Inspector Walker said the defendant was labour ing under the delusion that she was being kept out of an annuity of £l5O by the Prince of Wales. The defendant said she had been appointed to the situa tion of laundrymaid to his Royal Highness, the salary being £l2O a year. Last night she went to sec his !loyal Highness's Secretary,when the police came up and took her into custody. Mr Tyrwhitt—Drunk, marl, and bad. Long drinking and bad habits have brought you to your present condition. The defendant has an annuity, I believe. Inspector Walker said that was the case, The defendant said she had a piece of paper showing that the Prince of Wales had given her £3O. Mr Tyrwhitt said he would send the defendant to prison for a week, and her mind could theta be inqqired into. THROWING A. WIFE DOWN A. FLIGHT OP Z - UMW. — Joseph Cooper, a shoemaker, living in Smith's-court, Windmill-street, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting his wife, Eliza Cooper. The complainant, whose head was bandaged, said about 6 o'clock this morning —her husband having come home about half-past one, drunk—she called him to breakfast, when he struck her with a piece of wood he used in his busi ness. She, however, did nat wish to press the charge, as he was not quite sober. Sho afterwards went to the Charing-cross Hospital and had her head dressed. Nr Tyrwhitt said it was very kind of the complainant not to press the charge, but women must be protected. Tho complainant said it was lor her children's sake she did not wish to press the charge. A female said that hearing screams she went to the prisoner's room, and found that he had thrown a looking glass at his wife, and there were handfuls of hair lying about the place. The prisoner then threw his wife down a flight of stairs, and beat her with a piece of wood. Police - constable Reeves, 44 C, said that hearing cries from a female he went up to the prisoner's room, and having persuaded the prisoner to keep quiet, left, Shortly after he again heard screams, and on returning to the place found the complainant lying in the passage bleeding from a wound on the head, and she said that her husband had thrown her down stairs, Mr Tyrwhitt inquired the height of the stairs, and the constable said about 20 feet, and that on taking the pri soner to the station he admitted striking his wife with the piece of wood spoken of. He took the complainant to the hospital, and she had a scalp wound an inch in length. The prisoner said his wife Was a drunken woman, and that she fell down stairs. Mr Tyrwhitt said he could not tell what might be the consequence of the injury the complainant had received, as erysipelas might take place. He should therefore remand the prisoaer for a week, but would take two sureties of £lO each for his then appearing. THAM ES. GROSS OUTRAGE—Mathew Campbell, a ballast getter, in the employ of the Trinity House Corporation, was brought before Mr Partridge, charged with assaulting Mrs Under wood, the landlady of the White Bear public-house, Rat cliff cross. The prisoner, a rough blackguard, had been in the prac tice of going into the White Bear, making disturbances there, and drinking beer which ho did not pay for. On Saturday week the prisoner and another man succeeded in passing a count rfeit half crown on Mrs Underwood. Yesterday evening the prisoner and another man entered the White Bear and called for a pot of porter. The prisoner's companion put down a shilling and took it up again. The beer was drunk by the Iwo fellows and not paid for, The prisoner made a disturbance and grossly insulted Mrs Underwood. He then had the impudence to go behind the counter and draw some beer from the engine into a pewter pot, and on Mrs Underwood remonstrating with him he threw the beer he had drawn over her and ran out of the house. A policeman was called, and he Soon found the prisoner. Mr Partridge said the prisoner had committed a gross and cowardly outrage on a respectable woman, and fined him 40s. The penalty was ptlicl. Extraordinary Suicide ilania in Cheltenham, The extraordinary mania for committing suicide, which has prevailed in Cheltenham for some weeks was last illustrated on Thursday by a young man named Charles Taylor,l9 years of age, on whose body an inquest was held on Saturday. From the evid.nce it appears that on the former day he called several times at the residence of a young woman named Elizabeth Hobbs, to whom be had for some years been paying his addresses, and seemed an noyed to find she wee at the Circus with some friends. He called again in the evening, rather the wove for liquor, and found her in; but he con ducted himself in such a rough manner that she had to request him to leave, which he refused to do. Subsequently, while she was in the act of drinking some water, he tipped up the glass, and spilled the water over her, which so enraged her that she threw the residue over him, and slapped his face. After a time he went into the backyard, and ES he did not return she went in search of him, and found him in a sitting position on the ground, his neck resting on a cord clothes line which hung across the yard. She lifted the cord from under his chin, and with the other hand raised his head, and placed him backwards upon a box close by. She spoke to him, but he made no answer. His eyes rolled about for a moment, and then all appeared over. It was conjectured that he might have fallen with his neck on the line while in a fit, or in consequence of being intoxicated, and thus been suffocated; but the medical testimony showed that it was quite possible for him to have designedly deprived himself of life by pressing his neck on the line, and taking this in connection with several threats he had uttered during the evening, the coroner summed up in favour of lelo de se. The jury, how ever, returned a verdict of .‘ Suicide while in a state of temporary insanity." While the jury were de liberating some consternation was caused by a re port that a young man named Elliott, a companion of the deceased, had stabbed himself in the breast, and was dying. Oa this coming to the coroner's ears in the jury room he remarked, "I shall not be surprised if half Cheltenham com mits suicide, particularly while juries returns ver dicts which the evidence does not support." It is right, however, to state that Elliott was seized with a fit, end that a wound on his breast, which he strenuously refuses to account for, had been opened in the fail. The whole fair has produced consi derable consternation in Cheltenham, this being the eighth case of suicide which has occurred there within the past seven weeks. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princ:AB of Wales, with erincs Albert Victor of Wales, returned to Marlborough House yesterday afternoon from visiting the Queen at Windsor Cc , ,stle. The Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords. The Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Princess of Leiningen, took a carriage drive. The Prince and Princess of Wales went to the Philharmonic Concert at the Hanover-square Rooms in the evening, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Lord Harris, and Lieut.-Colonel Kep pel• The Prince and Princess of Leiningen have arrived on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House. His Royal Highness the Duke de Montpensier is much batter, and according to the telegram received in town yesterday from the Duke d'Auroale's seat in Worces tershire, is now in a fair way of recovery. The Archbishop of Canterbury and Miss Longley had an evening party yesterday at Lambeth Palace. The Doweger Duchess of Beaufort and Lady Geraldine Somerset's name appeared by mistake in the list of company at the Duke of Devonshire's on Friday night. They were prevented by a family affliction from attending. The Marquis end Marchioness Cholmondeley leaue Carlton-house-terrace to-day for Cholmondeleyeastle, Cheshire, for the season. The Earl of Denbigh and the Ladies Mary and Ida Foilding have just returned to Newnham Paddos, after a long absence in Italy. The Earl and Countess of Breadalban© and family arrived at Auchmore Home, Killin, by Callander and Loch Earn Head, a few days since, from Glasgow and London. On their arrival at Killin they were received by the Breadalbane Volunteers, and a large body of the tenantry from all quarters of the property, with the warmest congratulations and rejoicings. A triumphal arch was erected at the entrance to the Auchmore grounds, and at night immense bonfires blazed on the surrounding hills. Many flowing bumpers were pledged in celebration of the arrival of the noble lord and lady at Auchmore House, an old residence of the Breadalbane family. Field Marshal Viscount and Viscountess Comm bermere have Warred their departure from town until Tuesday next. HEALTH OF MR. SPOONER, M.P.—From inqui ries made last night we learn that Mr Spooner continues in a very weak and precarious condition.-13irmingham rose. TUE PROTOCOLS OF CONFERENCES—heId in London relative to the effiirs of Ihninark—that is, the papers, so entitled, which were laid on the tables of the Lords and Commons last evening, respectively by Viscuunt Palmerston and Earl Rus sell—have come to hand immediately before ourgoing to press. Tney extend to the number of 156 pages, altogether. Thirteen Protocols in all, with four Annexes. Thirteen, that is, counting as one of them the preliminary Protocol of Conference held April 20th, 186-I—signed G. Quaade, Bille, Krieger, La Tour d'Auvergne, Russell, Clarendon, Brunnow, and Le Comte Wt.chtmeietor. The signatures of others of the plenipotentiaries drop in later such as those of Apponyi, Biegeleben, Benet, Bernstorff, and Bllan. The closing annex, with which this batch of parliamentary papers is brought to an end, consists of a very lucid, but tor that precise reason a very pitiable And humiliating summary of the deliberations of the Conference of London, from the 25th of April to the 22d of June, when the said Conference collapsed. At an extraordinary general meeting of shares holders of the Indian Tramway Company, held to-day, the report recommended that the proposi+ tion of the chairman be received, who had had per sonal consultations with the Governors of the several Presidencies in India, for constructing the Barsee line of 20 miles to Bombay, an important feeder to the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, and the Hajeepore, Lalgunge, and Mozufferpore line of 35 miles in Bengal, a tributary of the East Indian Railway, both of which offer very great advantages, and will, no doubt, prove highly remunerative. To enable the board to avail themselves of the additional concessions above mentioned, and to complete the two short lines in the Bengal and Bombay Presidencies, it now becomes necessary to issue the remaining 33,000 shares which make np the eum of £250,000. This addi tional capital will be received upon the same terms as the previous capital, under which authority has been given by special resolution, constituting one of the regulations of the company, to pay interest during construction at 5 per cent. until the lines are opened for public traffic. ACCORDING to La France, Prince Napoleon it preparing an account of the lives and writings of the mem• bers of the family of Bonaparte. LOLD BROUGHAM'S NEW BILL ON BRIBERY.— Lord Brougham's new bill for the more effectual prevention of bribery has just been issued. It is to be made a mis demeanour, after the Ist of August, to commit bribery in respect to the election of members of Parliament, and the punishment to be one year's imprisonment, with or without hard labour. A trial is not to take place at quarter or general sessions. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR WASHINGTON WILKS. —Yesterday evening at a public meeting, on the subject of reform, was held at the St. Pancras Vestry Room, when the borough members, Lord Fermoy, M.P., and Mr Harvey Lewis, M.P., as well as several well-known speakers and advocates of reform, were present. In the course of the proceedings, after the first two resolutions had been carried, Mr Washington Wilks rose to second the third motion for the appointment of a committee to carry forward the pro posals of the meeting. During his observations Mr Wilke, to the consternation of those present, suddenly fell back in. a fit and was removed from the platform to a c hamber near, i where several medical gentlemen attended him. the Meantime the business of the meeting went forward, and Lord Fermoy having concluded an address, Mr Harve y Lewis was proceeding to speak, when the chairman an nounced that Mr Wilke, wh o had but just addres sed the meeting, was dead. Th e intelligence created an extraordi naryfsr and painful ex citement, and the mee ting was at once emoved w dissolved. Eve r y effort to restore t he unfortunate gentle man had failed , and he ex p ir ed in about fifteen nail:lutes from he o p f la t t h fo e rni b . ulb is of i m portance. Spheri ca l b u lb s are best adapted to r esist the varyin g : pressure of the atmosphere; while cylin drical bulbs expose larger surfaces of mercury, and are therefore preferred for more delicate instruments. Various plans have been suggested in order to obtain thermometers of extreme sensitiveness for delicate experiments. Some have been made with very small thin bulbs to contain a very small quantity of mercury; but in these the indicating column is generally so fine, that it can only be read by the aid of a powerful lens. Instruments have beim. contrived with spiral or coiled tubular bulbs; but the ithickness of glass required to keep these in shape nullifies the effect sought to be obtained—namely, instantaneous action. Messrs. Negretti and Zambra, the well-know a meteoro logical instrument makers, have recently etecceeded in constructing a thermometer which combine& sensitive ness and quickness of action, and which presents a good visible column. The bulb of this thermometer is of a grid iron form. The reservoir is made of glass, so thin that it cannot be blown ; it can only be formed by means of a spirit-lamp; yet its shape gives it such rigidity that its indications are not affected by altering its position or by standing it on its bulb. The reservoirs of the most delicate of these instruments contain about nine inches of excessively thin cylindrical glass, the outer diameter of which is not more than the twentieth of an inch, and, owing to the large surface thus presented to the air, the indications are positively instanta neous. This form of thermemeter was constructed expressly to meet the requirements of scientific balloon ascents, to enable the observer to take thermometric readings at precise elevations. It was contemplated to procure a metallic ther mometer; but on the production of this perfect instrument, the idea was abandoned,—Chambers's sTouing4