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Calls not exceeding £2 per Share, at inter vals of not less than three months. DIRECTORS. Sir Charles Tilston Bright, Chairman, 12, Upper Hyde Park garden s. Philip Vanderbyl, Esq., Director of the National Bank, 51, l'orchester-terrace. P. H. Berndes, Esq. (Mess r s. D a vid Satow and Co.), 6, Idol lane, Great Tower-street. John 0' At eara, Esq., Director of the National Bank, Green ford Lodge, Sutton, Surrey. Hon. Howe Browne, Cl.Ouc:i Oak, Chertsey. RANKERS. The National Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Hargrove, Fowler, and Blunt, 3, Victoria-street, Westminster. AUDITORS. Messrs. Johnstone, Cooper, Winne, and Co., SA, Luthbury. CONSULTING ENGINEER• E. H. Bloke, Esq., '25, Poultry. BROKER. Francis Burnand, Esq , County Chambers, Cornhill. SECRETARY. M. Wilkin, Esq. `Temporary Offices-2, Royal Exchange-buildings. PROSPECTUS. he Directors of this Company have secured, by agreement, the *rant of the Mathilde Mines , situate at the toot of the north-western spurs of the Harz Mountains, close to Neuen krwr, and distant about two miles and a half in a northern direction trom the town of Seesen, and forty miles from the city of B unswica- The area cf the grant is about twelve hundred statute acres. The surface of the property from east to west is free from break or interruption, whilst in a transverse direction it is depressed into a slight curve, having its greatest depth near the line of the main toad. The geological position of the property included in this grant is precisely identical with that of the celebrated Mans field Mine, and there can be no doubt but that the cupreous bed so long and profitably worked by the Mansfeld Company also exists in the present grant. The thickness of the copper-bearing, schist, at the points where it has been examined, is very uniform, and the en gineer reports it to exist, with little variation in this re spect, throughout the greater part o f the lands included in the concess on. The strata overlying the Kupferschiefer offer no difficulty to tile operations of the miner. The cost of piercing them must necessarily vary with the dimensions of the shafts. Labour can be freely drafted from the Ober Harz, and the scale of wages payable for an eight hours' shift is one third less than is paid in England. Materials of every kind are readily procurable in the vari ous markets of Prussia, Saxony, and Westphalia, and c in be transported to the mines by means of the railway which passes directly through the property. The Royalty payable to the Ducal Government is 1-20th of the value of all Ores raised, sold or smelted. No mini mum rent is imposed, neither is there any State supervision calculated to prevent the free and unrestricted development of the property. The copper schist deposit is only known to exist in the Mansfeld district, at the foot of the Harz Mountains and New Brunswick, British America, but it has alone been worked at Mansfeld. The value of this property and the rcgularity of the pro duce of the cupreons beds may be best estimated by reference to the following statistics of the Mansfeld Mines, the weekly yield of which at present is upwards of £B,OOO worth of sil ver, and £16,000 worth of copper. STATISTICS. Showing the accuracy obtainable by the Yearly Estimates of the hiansteld Copper Company as compared with actual results. For five years, from 1855 to 1859 inclusive. Estimate. Result'. Copper, Slate, and Silicious Ore tons 264,117 .. 268,968 Quantity of Mineral to be Smelted ~, 249,657 .. 234,999 Refined and other Copper „ 6,690 .. 6,345 Fine Silver , marks 115,018 .. 155,209 The following are also the results of the Mansfeld working : Amount of Dividends paid on 24 years, ending 1854—£494,712 17 ft 5 ~ 1869.. 289,285 Total £783,097 Average price of each share, 1830-5.... £72 1, 1845 .... 418 If ‘, 1855 .... BZS 1859 II II 18631 "••1,3C0 If f 1 The property in the Mathilde Mines has been obtained upon the following reasonable terms :—£15,000 in casn and 425,000 in shares. A large portion of the capital has already been subscribed, and the remaining shares are offered to the public as a sound and profitable investment. Abstracts of Reports of Mr. E. 11. Blake, C.E., 25, Poultry, and Mr. Hausmann, Head Government Engineer, of Bruns wick and Hanover, are appended. The Reports, in eLdenso, as also the Analysis by Messrs. Johnson and Son, of Basin hall-street, and Messrs. Johnson and Matthey, o: Hatton-garden, and samples of the ore, can be seen at the Temporary Offices of the Company. ABSTRACT OF MR. BLAKE'S REPORT. MATHILDE MINES, NEAR BEESEN, HAHAUSEN FOREST-REVIEIt HAHAUSEN, GERMANY. , This property, consisting of 1,200 acres of land, held under grant *from the Government on liberal terms, is situated about three miles north-east of the town of Seesen, and is inter sected by the railroad from Brunswick, and also by the public load from Seesen to °osier ; it consists of a basin of sedi mentary rocks, underlying N.W. at au angle of 12 deg. from the south boundary of :he property, and extending from W. to E. through its whole length until cut off at the eastern boundary by an upthrow fault, on the east side of which are the clay, slate, and porphoretic rocks, harming the northern portion of the ti arz Mountains. The peculiar value of this property is the existence of a bed of bituminous shale of the same character as the cele brated Mansfeld Mines. The shale is here eight inches thick, with four inches of copper sandstone, while in Mansfeld it as only four inches, and the sandstone ore is absent, but it is found at Sangerhausen, and is more productive of copper than the shale. The contents of which average in Mansfeld la per cent of copper. The identity of the bed is also proved by the fossil fish which are found between the lamina of the shale, and all in one position doubled up, having been all dead before being enclosed in the rock. The existence of this bed, under the whole property, has been proved by the shafts marked on map S.. K., H., in the eastern portion, and two in the western, markek L„ in all of which the shale maintains the same character and strength. The depth from surface is, on the south aide, about 30 feet ; and, in the deepest portion, where the main shafts should be placed, marked M., will not exceed 100 feet, while the depth of the Mansfeld Mine is 303 to 400 feet. There is also an ab sence of water, which offers great advantages in the cheap ness of working. Thisproperty being of quite an exceptional character, I considered it right to visit Mansfeld, to ascertain for myself the method of treatment of the ores, and also the cost of working and extracting the copper and silver ores, which have rendered these mines so famous. The weekly yield being at present £B,OOO worth of silver and £16,000 worth of copper from eight mines, The natut e of this ore is such that it is treated at a mere nominalcost, and without any ex- ' pensive chemical or patent process, and the ores at Mathilde Mines can be all treated in the same way. I now give you a statement of the expenses required, and the results which may be depended upon as being correct, the prices having been carefully ascertained from Mr. Asses sor Hausmann, of Brunswick, the head Government engi neer, and carefully checked by personal observations and m 'guides at Mansfeld, wages being here one-third less than in England. I have, therefore, no hesitation in recommending you at once to complete the purchase of this most valuable property, whi± contains over 4,000,0,0 tons of ore ; 1,200 acres .4ives 5 4,140,000 feet, which, at 14 cent per foot, will yield a gross value of over £5,C00,000 of copper, and allowing one hal t for expenses, will yield £2,500,01,0 profit, without includ ing the value of the silver. ABSTRACT OF REPORT OF ASSESSOR HAUSMANN, GOVERNMENT MIN MG ENGINEER, BRUN S WIC K. The new shafts down to the copper schists are from 30 to 100 feet deep, and become deeper as you go farther north. In a westerly direction, through the length of the property, the depth may vary from 30 to 100 feet, but in all other parts it is uniform. The extraction of the schist and sand ores is contracted for at about Us. per ton. The Railway crosses the property in its length from east to west ; th ere i s a railway station close to the newly estab lished experimental shafts, and this is the place adapted tor the erection of works for smelting the ores. There is a direct communication by rail to Harburgh, distance 80 miles ; freight, Os. per ton. According to experiments, up to this date, the copper schist and the sand ores have, on the average, produced two per cent. of copper ; and, in each hundredweight of copper, four oz. of silver—there being a considerable portion of gold in the silver. The copper schist layer has everywhere, as in the county of lifansfeld, the same strength, 14 inches, whereof 7i inches is malleable ore, and 24 inches sand ore. The whole strength of the malleable bed, 10 inches. These items are given in minimum. In conclusion, I beg to say that in these flatbeds where the copper schist layer is equally diffused, the profits from these 2 per cent. ores have a great advantage over copper ores of a richer per centage, whi c h i n England and other countries are firm, mixed with gangues. I must not omit to mention that the whole of the copper, schist layer has a considerable and equally diffused amount of bitumen, photogene, and salarial oil, &c., which is strong that a heap of it once ignited by a little wood for roasting purposes, continues to burn without further trouble. Applications for shares must be made in the form annexed to the Prospectus, accompanied by the deposit of £1 10s. per Share. If no allotment be made, the deposits will be returned in full; and it a less number be allotted than is applied for, the surplus will be used towards the payment on allotment. Prospectuses and Forms of Application: for Shares may be obtained at the Temporary Offices, and of the Bankers, Brokers, and Solicitors of the Company. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. ~,,Gaentleraen To the Directors of the New Mansfield Copper and Silver Mining Company (Limited). •I hereby request that you will allot me M a res ot n , IO each in the New Mansfeld Copper and Silver authorise you to Shares, C ompany,„ Limited, and I hereby agree to accept such and r r - r any smaller number that may be allotted to me, Shareholders for the shares so allotted. place my name upon the Register of I am, Gentlemen, Name in full •. Residence Profession or business . • —____________ Date FIST °LORAAIS of BABIES (Guinea Jewellery Portraits), with album enlargements therefrom, daily at SICAUPE'S Pistol g a h Depot, 32 Sussex-place, Re gen es -park, whPre arclPa silication 'ot children's like nesses from the day of birth ma l y now be seen. 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It is euti r 4' , Without the 1 or tution in its most pitiable form—ylz., that pcnied by sickness and disease, and It which is accom oreover, magnitude that, with adequate support,r of sufficient capable of admitting into its wards a very lar ray be rendered the casual sick of this great metropolis. it ,% e ,,Pr,oportion of funds in order to have 500 beds available for thr_lres but the these the most wretched of our fellow - creatur e iC'vePtion of it gratuitously affords medical advice and rnedirdoella on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week, t o more, The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make EARNEST APPEAL to the public f or continued a tt a n to enable them to admit and relieve the distressin g oaa pa that Plport, daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, E dward Masterman, Esq. Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. 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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1863 . sword of one out of the two contending armies—no patriot, no statesman,no far-seeing philosopher who can grapple with great principles, and make his countrymen understand and adopt them. The only philosophers have been the abolitionists of the stamp of Mr. Wendell Phillips and Mr. Horace Greely— men whose philosophy brought on the war, but which has been utterly unable to control or shape it. The mass of the people, impulsive for a short and sharp campaign, have long since cooled down to the ordinary temperature of the sordid atmos phere in which they have their moral being, end are beginning to find consolation for the degrada tion of the conquest that appears inevitable in the fact that, at all events, their conquerors are Ameri cans, and that both parties to the family quarrel were so high and so mighty that Europe was afraid to intervene in a struggle so tremendous. A false step, however, on the part of General Lee may divert the feeling into a new channel. An unex pected victory to the Northern arms may set them frantic with the old patriotism, or something else that masquerades under that name. It is despair of Mr. Lincoln, his Cabinet, and his generals, and dis like to revolutionary violence to dispossess them or set them right, that makes the Northern public sympathise with such gallant Americans as General Lee and Mr. Jefferson Davis; but if Mr. Lincoln, his Cabinet, and his generals should, by what bil liard players would call a " fluke," achieve a great success and drive the Southern invaders back into Virginia, the whole aspect of Northern feeling would be changed, and the people would clamour for war and subjugation as obstreperously as ever. The action of the Federal Administration hasnot been of a nature to show that it had any foresight a month ago, or that it has any now. General Hooker, knowing that his army was demoralised by its want of confidence in him—a fact on which he ought to have acted long before General Lee had foiled and outwitted him—desired in the 'very face of the foe to be relieved of his command. The President granted the request— unaware, apparently, of the immensity of the peril involved in such a change at such a moment — and appointed as his successor General G. B. Meade, of whom few had ever heard, who has gained no laurels in the battlefield, but who is known to the Army of the Potomac as an excellent topographical engineer, and a painstaking, hardworking General of Division. It is in favour of General Meade that he is not, like his predecessor, a " rowdy," a profane swearer, and what is called in America a " blower" or boaster ; but a quiet, unassuming man , with the language, manners, and reputation of a gentleman. This is a great though unappreciated advantage. The democratic soldiers of America may consider themselves the political, or even social equals of their officers, but they like to see a gentleman in com mand—if rowdies themselves they detest rowdyism in their officers. And this was one of the secrets of M'Clellan. He was just to his men, careful of their health and comfort, never indulged in the language temper e er b o a r r- h ro is om g o o g r g fo e r r g y o ,; never lost his of te what was due to; his own dignity or that of the [humblest per son with whom he was brought into contact. In these respects General Meade is said to be his equal. oo an d d m t a h n e ne ' r g s r , A few days will show what other qualities he has to fit him for his peri'ous station. If he be not as good a soldier as General Lee—which few venture to hope —it will fare ill with the luckless Army of the Po tomac, which now serves under its seventh com mander, and never put any confidence in one of them. Had Mr. Lincoln seen fit to appoint that one —the unfounded rumour of whose recall sent gold down one and a half per cent. yesterday, and stocks up in a still greater proportion ; had he sent to him the instant that General Hooker desired to be re lieved, he would have inspired it with new life and hope, and deprived the coming battle of much of its inequality. He has not done 80, and the cense• quence is that the great majority of people look upon General Meade's defeat as all but certain, and resign themselves to it with a kind of b e wildered curiosity, like that of children at a play , asking with their eyes rather than with their tongues, "What next ?" Mr. Lincoln and his advisers do not show to any to only advantage in their persistent host Hit y wrong y, the their man in whom, rightfully or Wr • principal army, and that on which the safety of the Republic depends, has any confid e nce. It is as serted by some who are in a position to be well in formed that Mr. Lincoln, i n v i e w of the . pressing 'day night last to danger, proposed so lately as Fri eral M'Clellan; waive his personal objections to Gen ember of the an ; that he was supported by one m all the rest; binet, Mr. Seward, and opposed by and that he yielded to the major it y against judgment. Mr. Jefferson Davi s has awi his own ll of his own in such matters. Being an excellent soldier himself, no inferior soldier can be pa l m ed upon him as a military genius. Political trickery is not allowed either to place a man at the head of an him if he army if he be incompetent, or to displace be efficient. Had lir. Lincoln been equally wise in this respect, it is likely t h a t he, too, m i g ht have had, not merely one, but hall a dozen good Generals in his service, a n d th a t a t this mome nt the war would not have bee n t rans f erre d wit.` all its attend anti horrors from So u th ern t o Northern territory. One reason given for the violent opposition of the Cabinet to General M'Clellan, and for Mr. LinColn's easy acquiescence in their decision, is that he is a formidable candidate for the Presidency. Mr. Seward alone has renounced the vain ambition of filling that dangerous chair ; and to him, therefore, M'Clellan is a soldier only, atd not a politician. To all the rest, and to Mr. Lincoln himself, who dreams of re-election, he is a politician, and there fore a dangerous and hated rival. General Meade is in a happier position. He was not born in America, and, according to the Constitution, is ineligible to the Presidency. When, 48 years ago, he came into this troublous world his father was Consul of the United States at Cadiz, and husband aof Spanish lady, so that Gen. Meade, though he may fill any other office in the State, can never become President, unless he carve his way to the office by the sword, and set the law and the Constitution at defiance. All the Fe deral officers who happen to have been born of American parents in Europe or elsewhere are con sequently, in mercantile phrase, " looking up." Their chances of promotion are presumed to have greatly improved, since Mr. Lincoln's principle of action in this important matter became generally understood. In its urgent want of soldiers the Cabinet has spread its net to catch the returning veteranswhose time has expired—a body, it is supposed, of between 50,000 and 60,000 tried and hardy men. Were M'Clellan re-appointed, a large proportion of them would willingly re-enlist. They have been some what unfitted for peaceable pursuits by their long service in the camp, and having tasted the fierce excitement of battle are unhappy for want of it. But they do not care to serve under " rowdies" and " blowers," unless upon much stronger inducement than has hitherto been held out to them. The mere danger of the country is not a sufficient stimulus to their patriotism ; and the Adjutant-General, under the instruction of the War Department, has offered bounties to the amount of 402 dole. a head to such of them as will return to service for three years or the war. It is too easy to ascertain the effect the docu • ment has had, or will have, on the minds of this class ; but the indications are that the Federal Go vernment will not be able to purchase another army of 50,000 in this manner, though willing to pay up wards of 20,000,000 of greenbacks, in addition to the regular charges for the maintenance and equip ment of such a host. And the fact that at such a time such a bribe should have been offered shows that the Government, though empowered by Cop grass to raise what armies it please s b y 9 forced conscription, is afraid to resort to so unpop ular measure. If there were any pa triotism left he tln country to be acted up o n , now is t a the timer the have world will think, when Mr. Lincoln should appealed to it boldly and called out half a million of men to save the endangered nation. Nothing has so greatly shown the weakness of the Northern cause as Mr. Lincoln's disinclination to use his weapon in the extremity of his need. The conscription is a dead letter, and Mr. Beecher's assertion that "God and the negro must save the republic," if it is to be saved at all, receives an unexpected commentary in the stern resolve of the working classes, rural as well as urban, from whose ranks alone the army can be efficiently rcpleted, to take no part in a salva tion of which they either despair, or have ceased to take any interest. Under all aspects, the present seems the darkest hour of Northern fortune. While Gen. Lee is threat ening the national existence at one paint, the clash of arms resounds at a hundred others. Gen. Dix, with 10,000 men, is marching towards Richmond, with the fond hope that the Confederates may not have left sufficient force to protect it—a hope that may prove illusory. Vicksburg, which has been re. provisioned and reinforced, and all Gen. Grant's bravery and strategy have been up to this time em ployed in vain. Port Hudson makes equally stub born defence ; and as Gen. Magruder has advanced through Texas to the country of the Bayou Teche, and occupied all the rich district conquered but two months ago by Gen. Banks, and has arrived by that route with 17,000 men to the relief of Port Hudson, it is feared not only that Gen. Banks' little army will be compelled to surrender, butthat New Orleans itself will pass into the hands of its rightful owners. The army of Rosecrans is on the - move to crush Bragg at Tullahoma, but Bragg, whose forces have been greatly diminished to augment the invading hosts of Lee, has slipped through his fingers in full march to Chattanooga, the key to the central rail road system of the Mid-South, where he can defy an army thrice as strong as that of Rosecrans. Upon this position the Confederates have for more than a twelvemonth expended all their available resources, as well as all skill and science, so as to make it in every respect the most formidable on the continent. WIMBLEDON PRIZE MEETING. The shooting for the first stage :of the Queen's Prize was brought to a conclusion on Saturday. The silver medal and a Whitworth rifle, value £2O, was won by Private Wisker, 2d Essex. The other winners were as follow : Whitworth Rifles, £5 each, and the Association Badge Sergt. Millard, St. George's; Private Miller, Ist Gloucester ; Sergt. Winser, 3d Kent ; Capt. Henderson, 12th Cornwall; Private Ridler, hat Gloucester; Private Pace, 26th Kent; Private Phillips, Ist Shropshire; Sergt. Allen, 25th Somer set; Corporal Worth, Bth Warwick; Private March, 12th Norfolk ; Sergt. Bingham, Ist Gloucester ; Private Adamson, 47th Lancashire ; Corporal Marshall, 6th Lincoln ; Ensign Bland, Bth Lanca shire ; Colour Sergt. Gale, 10th Surrey ; Private Richardson, 10th Norfolk ; Private Crauford, 16th Renfrew; Private Fidler, sth Isle of Wight; Sergt. Graham, 2d Wilts ; Sergeant Benning, 2d Bedford ; Capt. Coldcleugb, 7th Durham ; Private Wyatt, let City of London ; Lieut. Mariner, 9th Middlesex; Private Mackenzie, London Scottish ; Sergt. Smith, 15th Derby; Sergt. Curtis, 15th Glamorgan; Cor poral Whitehouse, se Private , 3d Leicester; n h ead, 1 2 1 e h r gt Gloucester. Brookes, 12th m £5 each and the Asso ciation Bad g e— Ser g t. e e s hou Darley, 9th Leicester; Corporal Clitheroe, 9th Lincoln ; Private Ellis, Bth Surrey ; Corporal Allen, 14th Wilts; Corporal Russell, 29th Kent; Corporal Taylor, 21st Middlesex ; Private Richard son, sth Lincoln; Lieut. Brougham, 15th Stafford ; Private Trotter, 4th North York ; Private Birkley, 2d Tower Hamlets; Lieutenant Beavan, 17th Gla morgan; Sergeant Haynes, 16th Surrey; Pri vate Murray, Ist Midlothian ; Major Pipon, 13th Sussex ; Private Bazeley, 3d Cambridge ; Private Cree, London Scottish ; Private Avis, let Devon ; Captain Brookes, 10th Leicester; Private Chuter, 25th Surrey; Private Coles, let Notts; Lieut. Wat son, Ist Newcastle ; Private Haughton, sth Nor folk ; Private Garwood, 15th Norfolk ; Corporal Kettle, 16th Stafford ; Private Betts, Ist Warwick; Private Roberts, 12th Shropshire; Corporal White, 39th Middlesex ; Private Kersey, 20th Middlesex ; Private Walters, Ist Edinburgh ; Private Read, 14th Soffolk. Each of the foregoing are entitled to compete in the second stage for the Queen's prize, value £250, with gold medal. The Prince of Wales's prize, value £lOO, was won by Private A. Rumball, 3d Herts, who made a total score of 58 marks in seven shots at the 200, 500, and 600 yards ranges. The St. George's Challenge Cup, value £250, pre sented for annual competition to the volunteer bat talions of Great Britain by Lieut. Col. the Hon. C. H. Lindsay, on behalf of the members of the St. George's Rifles, was shot for at 200 and 500 yards ranges, and, as might be expected, created a great deal of excitement. The vase was won by Private Jopling, of the South Middlesex Corps, who was the winner of the Queen's Prize the year before last. In addition to the honour of holding the Vase on behalf of his corps for the term of one year he is entitled to £5 and the gold jewel of St. George. The following are the scores of those who tried for the silver jewel, bronze cross, and photograph of the vase :- 200 500 Total yards. yards. marks. Private Jopling, South Middlesex 14 .... 18 .... 32 Sergt. Robinson, 7th Middlesex 12 .... 19 .... 31 Corporal Croucher, 6th Tower Hamlets l6 .... 15 31 Private Marsh, Ist Norfolk Private Johnson, 2d Stafford l5 .... 16 .... 31 Gunner J. Hyde, let Gloucester Artillery l5 16 31 The highest scores made for the other prizes were as follows : Enfield, All Comers.-200 yards.—Mackenzie, London Scottish, 24 ; Capt. Brookes, Leicester, 23 ; Private Miller, Bristol, 24. Enfield, All Corners. 500 yards. Private Haward, Ist Suffolk, 22 ; Capt. Wyon, 38th Mid dlesex, 23 ; Ensign Berridge, let Leicester 22 ; Lieut. Wright, 25th Devon, 23. All Corners, Small Bore.-200 yards.—Private Beasley, Ist Warwick, 23; Lord Bury, Civil Ser vice, 23. All Comers.-500 yards.—Lieut.-Colonel Hume, 55th Regiment, 24; Evans, Derby, 27; Sergeant Smith, Victories, 28; Capt. Jessop, 12th Derby, 24. All Corners.-600 yards.—Private Blanch, Ist Lancashire, 24 ; Ensign Powlett, 4th North York, 22; Sergeant Smith, Victories, 24; Wilkin, 6th Aberdeen, 24; Penny, Ist Gloucester Artillery, 24; Ensign Sprott, Liverpool Rifle Brigade, 23; Lord Bury, Civil Service, 23; Sergeant Barber, 9th Middlesex, 23 ; Ensign Poterkin, Cambridge, 24; Wood, Berks, 23; Canwell, let London, 22; Capt . Webb, Hereford, 22 ; Captain Ross, incsr dine, 25. 800 yards. Extra Prize, first series small bores-- -Captain Gregg, 27th Cheshire, 24.ards.—Easign All Comers, Small .Bore— (-13bancashire, 25; Derby, 25 ; Capt. Fenton , 2 26 t Macrae, Ist Newcastle, 22 ; 6° PI j l 6e s ts l h l PlC o ' Capt. Evanr, 12th Derby,:o Rowe, Ist Devon, re 2d Derby, 24 ; Private H 14th Middlesex, 24a;wS Brli Lancashire, 23 ; C o l our 23 ; Sergeant Miller, 10th york, 23; Capt. Gibbon, Sergeant Cook, 3d Private Willies, er2gesynatrde.—Ensign Lloyd, letf Man, 23 ; Ca pt. • gwood, 23; Lieut. '7tb.Surrey, Brid Sergeant Holmes, Ist Man hester, 23 ; sergeant Enfield,ECdoirn prAragllhlK,C2eirne:lei Palmer, 36th Staffordshire ob '2toth Middlesex, 23 ; Capt. Ro w, Berke, 24 ; Capt. Ewen, 2d West York Militia, 2 3 ; Lieut. Colqnhoun, 4th Dragoon Guards, 23. Enfield All Comers.-500 yards.—Lieutenant Gibbs, Bristol, 22; Private Meakins, 2d Derby, 23 ; Sergeant Hunt, 16th land, 55th Regiment, 22 ; : 2 2so cl 3enr; S ,g s t ep a tar ff hni o vt recital:el Cambridge, rreaei,amdk2gBj3e:: THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the limes' Correspondent.) NEw Your, July 1. Whatever may be the alarm or panic that may prevail in those portions of the hitherto safe and peaceful North which have experienced for the first time within the last few days the actual presence of that grim and gaunt fiend of war whose aid the Northern people have invoked for the subjugation of their Southern brethren, New York takes the invasion of Gen. Lee with almost as much coolness as if Pennsylvania were as remote as Japan. The Confederate commander, at the head of at least 100,000 men, occupies large districts of Pennsyl vania and Maryland, threatening at one and the same time the great cities of Pittsburg, Wheeling, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and 50 minor towns. His hosts seem to be übiquitous. They are heard of at one moment within five miles south of Washington, carrying off stores, provisions, horses, and cattle. At another they are discovered 14 miles to the north of it, tearing up the railroad that con nects Washington withßaltimore. They are within sight of Harrisburg, the State capital of Pennsyl vania, which can offer no effectual resistance—a place more than 100 miles in another direction ; and it seems as if they had only to decide which of the rich cities of the North they first desired to capture, in order to be able to pounce upon it before aid could arrive from ady quarter. Philadelphia is in a state of absolute terror, for it is believed to be the inten- tion of Gen. Lee to make the wealthy storehouses and overflowing granaries of that thriving commu nity the first prize of his bold invasion. The bankers are packing up their gold and securities and sending them to New York for safer custody. The ladies are making the same disposition of their plate and jewelry. The timid of both sexes are disappearing from their homes, as fast as steam can carry them, to New York, New England, and Canada. Those who cannot get away are making the best of circum stances, and the clergy are volunteering, a hundred at a time,to dig in the trenches that are being hastily constructed for the protection of the city. But, not even in Philadelphia does there seem to be a real patriotic ardour. Whatever is done is done out of fear. The slow Germans and the slower Quakers are either as stupid as sheep, or they have so little heart in the war as to hail the victories of the Southern hosts as substantial blessings which will speedily bring peace in their train. War when it raged on the Mississippi or the Rappahannock was all very well in their estimation, but war on the Delaware and the Susquehanna is an abomination on which. they did not calculate. If the Confede rates will but spare their city and pay their way honestly for the provisions and dry goods they may need they will be tolerably satisfied. At Baltimore the only alarm that exists is on the part of General Schenck and the Federal troops. The streets continue barricaded, the guns of Fort Mackenzie are pointed towards the city ready to lay it in ashes should its people attempt an insur rectionary movement in favour of the Confederates; while General Schenck finds time amid the multi plicity of his duties to close the Maryland club, an association of gentlemen which would not admit him to the honours of membership, and take military possessica of its saloons, its reading rooms, its kitchen, and its wine-cellar. At night, when the air in that Southern clime is cool, balmy, and re freshing, and the moonlight so clear and beautiful FS to tempt everybody into the streets and gardens, the ladies sit upon their doorsteps in their silks and satins, talking what General Schenck considers foul treason, but what the ladies themselves consider patriotic devotion to the rightful cause. Sometimes they join in chorus as a Federal soldier passes by to taunt him with the melancholy music, or the bold defiant words of " Maryland, my Maryland." At others, if the sound of a bugle or the crack of mus ketry is heard in the distance, they rise from their seats to listen more attentively, and to pray for the speedy arrival of that " dear Southern army" upon whose coming to deliver them they have never ceased to speculate since the war began. In New York the apathy is incredible. No public meetings are held. The redoubtable Mayor, so great at Loyal League meetings, is unaccountably silent. The war contractors make no sign. The fiery orators of extermination are mute. The youth of the city, in stead of rushing to the relief of Pennsylvania, attend to their work and business as if nothing was the matter. An invasion, greater in its objects and more formidable in its numbers than that of Eng land under William the Norman, has commenced, and cities less than 150 miles from New York have opened their gates to the conqueror, and yet New York gambles in gold and stocks as fervently as o f old, and talks with contempt of the suggestion of a few newspapers for a levy en masse to confront the audacious foe. In fact, it seems—so complete is the change in the public sentiment—that if Gen. Lee would only be good enough, having captured Wash ington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, and left Gene. Hill, Longstreet, and Ewell in charge of them, to march to New York, everybody would be well pleased. People who six months ago were almost rabid in their passionate assertions that under no circumstances would the North consent to a separa tion aro resigned to the catastrophe, while many who still believe that the Union can be restored consider that Gen. Lee is far more likely to achieve the object than Mr. Lincoln. " Let Gen. Lee come to New York," they say, "and declare the South is the legitimate representative of the Government founded by Geo. Washington —that it is the North which is in rebellion, and which has destroyed the Constitution ; and let him at the same time invite the separate States to return to their allegiance, and decide to which party they will adhere, and the Union will be restored. New York, New Jer sey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennes see, Missouri, and the Great West will all cast their fortunes with the South. The only dissentients will be the six little States of New England, and we will either hold them as a conquered depen dency, and lay them waste with fire and sword, as a punishment for having brought this war upon us, or we wilt exclude them from the Union—to join Canada if they see fit—or to govern themselves in their own way, as a free, though a despicable little nation." This is the substance of the opinions that are openly and earnestly expressed, and if it enter ed into the calculations of the Southern leaders to restore the Union in the mode proposed, it is scarcely a question that Gen. Lee, after his first great vic tory—whenever he may choose to win it—would be supported in such a project by three-fourths of the Northern people, except those of New England; and that be and Mr. Jefferson Davis might ride in triumph up Broadway, amid the acclamations of a more enthusiastic multitude than ever assembled on the continent of America. It is possible, however, that a different state of feeling may exist to-morrow. The Americans are a people not easily to be under stood. They do not affect even to understand them selves. They are impulsive, and yet cautious. They love liberty, but they love money much more. They respect the Constitution, but they allow it to be trampled under foot. They despise such men as Pope, Burnside, and Hooker, who have been fight ing their battles ; but they respect the memory of Stonewall Jackson, and consider Ger.. Leo the bravest gentleman, the gallantest soldier, and the most consummate general in America, if not in the world. If they have any feeling except that of con the civilians and milit ar y men whom be summons tempt for their constitu tional chief magistrate, and to his aid and admits into his confidence, it is chill cult to discover it ; and, if they are not at the pre sent time heartily disgusted with the war, and utterly hopeless of bringing it to an honourable issue, it is quite impossible to account on any other supposition for their remarkable apathy an d un concern and the astounding pr o g ress of Gen. Lee. Bat short hours may bring great changes. The North has no great men, not one who has, risen to the height of the might argument that has 1W be solved by the PRICE-- —..4d. STAMPED ....sd. Middlesex, 22 ; Private Watson, Ist Wilts, 22 ; Private Biddex, 23d Middlesex, 22 ; Sergeant Pal mer, 36th Stafford, 22; Corporal Coulson, Bth Dur ham, 23 ; Private Baker, Bristol, 23 ; Private Howard,lst Suffolk, 22 ; Corporal S 3 tler, Ist Aber deen, 24 ; Private Yeatrnan, 9th Middlesex, 22 ; Corporal Rodgers, sth Forfar, 22 ; Corporal Socock, Inns of Court, 22 ; Corporal Waterman, Ist Surrey, 22 ; Corporal Turner, 23 ; Private Ist Devon, 23. All Comcrs.—Salall bore, 500 yards.—Captain Brooks, 10th Leicester, 25 ; Sergeant Salmon, 18t Chester, 26; Ammiom, Caterham, 26; Lord Feild iug, Flint, 27 ; Lord Bury, Civil Service, 25 ; Capt. Cotesworth, 2d Essex, 25 ; Capt. Webb, Hereford, 25; Col. Brown, 26 ; Ensign Macrae, Ist Newcastle, 25; Ross, civilian, 25; Sergeant Instructor Rose, School of Musketry, 26 ; Private Allport, Ist War - wick, 25 ; Captain Ross, Cambridge, 25 ; Corporal Ferguson, Ist Inverness, 27 ; Lieut. Penny, let Gloucester Artillery, 26 ; Private Ashton, Liver pool Rifle Brigade, 27 ; Private Henry, Edinburgh, 25 ; Private Fisher, let Wilts, 26 ; Lieut.-Colonel Raiford, Leicester, 25; Colour Sergeant Curtis,llth Sussex, 26 ; Private Miller, Bristol, 26. First Series, Extra Prizes.—Private Hyde, 12th Surrey, 23; Capt. Anneson, Rifle Club, 26; Serg. Windser, 3d Kent, 25; Sergeant Clutterbuck, 6th Gloucester, 24; Ensign Panting, St. George's, 26; Sergeant Cunliffe, 26th Cheshire, 27; Serg. Flet cher, Ist Warwick, 27 ; Private Holloway, sth Gloucester, 23 ; Private Golden, 3d West York, 22 ; Sergeant Pixley, Victoria, 22 ; Private Payna, Westminster, 22. Second Series, 577 bore.-600 yards.—Private Dawson, 4th West York, 19 ; Sergeant Kinnear, Ist Edinburgh, 20; Lieut. Gould, 6th Devon, 20; Corporal Thomas, 4th West York, 21; Lieutenant Lamb, 21st Lancashire, 21 ; Private Hibbs, 6th Dorset, 22; Private Mortlock, Victorias, 19; Pri vate Riley, Hon. Artillery Company, 20. All Comers.—Small bore, 200 yards.—Captain Ross, Cambridge, 23 ; Quartermaster Serg. Wil son, School of Musketry, 23 ; Robert Gregg, civi lian, 23 ; Robert Hern, 17th Devon, 21; Ensign Few, 6th Surrey, 23; Broderick, 24; Captain Landon, Ist Northampton, 23 ; Cooper, 23. Up to Saturday evening, Serg. Hardcastie, of the Royal Horse Artillery, Woolwich, who has charge of the ammunition tent, had sold nearly 80,000 rounds. The ammunition used at the meeting was made at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and taken to the magazine in Hyde Park. There is now in store at that place 260,000 rounds, and only suffi cient is brought down to Wimbledon each day for consumption. On Wednesday there were strong apprehensions that the store would not last out the meeting, and therefore the telegram was sent to Woolwich, ordering 100,000 more rounds to be got ready. The charge to volunteers is 6d. for every ten rounds. Each day during the 'past week about 500 per sons have breakfasted, dined, and had tea in the refreshment tent, As a matter of course the con sumption of food has been very large, and as it may be interesting to some we give a few of the items in the consumption list for one day ;—Meat, 12001bs. —salmon, 1001bs.—potatoes,800 1 bs. — gree n peas,9.oo quarts—bread (baked in their own ovens), 200 41b. loaves—cobs or dinner rolls, 1,000-50 hams. Ale (home brewed), 1,000 quarts—Guiness's draught stout, 1,000 quarts—Bass's pale ale, 100 dozen—Guinness's bottled stout, 100 dozen—lemo nade, 150 dozen—sodawater, 100 dozen—tea and coffee, 501bs. each—milk, 200 quarts. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The screw steam corvette Brisk,',l6, Capt John r. Luce, sailed from the 'West Coast of Africa, is ex pected daily at Plymouth. The United States sailing training ship Mace donian, Capt. Luce, sailed from Spithead on Friday morning, at daylight, for Cherbourg. On Thursday evening Capt. Luce and a portion of his officers, with the American Vice-Consul, Mr. James Garratt, were entertained at the Admiralty-house, Ports mouth, by Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G,C.B. The greatest possible good feeling has existed between Capt. Luce and his officers and the English Naval officers and authorities. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Rich. Shcapshanks to the Excellent, additional, for service in the Stork ; Lieut. Edward Poulden to the Excellent; H. F. Strugnell, assistant-engineer to the Asia, as super numerary ; and J. M. Brankston, of the Osprey, promoted to acting first-class assistant-engineer. The following appointment has been made in the Royal Naval Reserve :—To be Hon. Lieut., Henry Morris. THE ARMY. His Royul Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, had a levee on Saturday afternoon at the Horse Guards. Above '7O officers attended the levee. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, ac companied by Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Y. Scarlett, K.C.B . Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of Cardigan, and Lieut.-Co] Clifton, Aide-de-Camp, visited Aldershott on Mon day, and again on Friday. On Monday the divi sion was formed up on Cove Common in five lines of brigades, with Brigadier. Gen. Dalrymple's bri gade (the 4th) in advance, and the others in sne cession, the cavalry forming the sth line, and the artillery being formed on the flanks of their respec tive tive brigades. The troops presented a splendid ap pearance, there being on the ground three tsr batte ries of Royal Horse Artillery, seven regim t e he ° Ist cavalry (the Royal Horse Guards Blue, the Lancers, Royal Dragoons, Gth Dragoon Guards, 12th Lancers, 13th Hussars, and 18th Hu of Royal batteries of Royal Artillery, two treorospsl2 batta- Engineers, two companies of Eugineef sissars), four t h e 11ilitary lions of infantry, and two bat talionhsot, Train. The day was excessivelynly troo ps ordered and the dust flew in clouds. On Friday the s e ry, which formed out were the artillery and c , a B v c am p in three lines, on the plateau beyond Cxsairrig the first line, th e the Royal Artillery for , r arid the Light Brigade Heavy Brigade the second, were under the com the third line. The It is understood th at mand of Major - GeeliC Hodge. iusij tions and mimic fights whi c h the frequent f late are p re p ar atory to a review h ave taken place o the Prince and P • before Princess of on a grand scalerrival is almost daily expected. Wales, w hose a 1 n ing to the sth Th e horses v b° ° to g other re • Lancers having bee n g iven °. erfrom giments, the troops to m"e thAldershott on Thursday to began Chichester and o er places, their ultimate destina tionbeing India. As we anticipated last week, a 4th Brigade has now been formed at Aldershott, consisting of the Ist battalion of Scots Fusiliers, the Ist battalion of the 6th Regiment, and the 73d Regiment, the whole under the command of Brigadier Dalrymple of the Scots Fusilier Guards. The 921 Regiment (Gordon Highlanders), under the comm A 'ln of Lieut.-Col. Archibald Inglis Lack hart, C. 11., Fridqv embarked at Portsmouth on ) . i .. ) morning, on board her Majesty's screw tit:Cll:(lshini- Orontes, Capt. H. N. Hire, for conveyance burgh. A few days ego a portion of the 3.1 Middlesex Ai•tillery Proceeded to the Woolwich long range, from London, and went through a course of target practice, w hen one of the privates nnmed IN1.1)ou gall met with a severe accident, which ultimately proved fatal. It appears that the unfortunate man was knocked down by the recoil of his gun, which passed over the lower part of his left leg, and seriously shattered the banes of the limb. His leg wa s promptly amputated on the spot by Dr. Rice, Mr goon of the corps, and the sufferer appeared in a fair way of recovery. On Saturday morning it was announced by the garrison authorities of Woolwich that the poor fellow 1214 d died on the previous day A telegraphic despatch on Friday announced the death, at Coburg, in his 71th year, of Bnron mar, the earliest and most devoted friend of her Majesty, Baron Stcckmar had been a faithful attendant and companion of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, even before the marriage of his Royal Highnesa with the Princess Charlotte; and when his estab lishment was formed in England Barcn Stockrcar was appointed Controller of the Household. He continued the friend of Prince Leopold after ho accepted the throne of Belgium, though he was no longer in attendance on him, and at intervals he passed much of his time in England, where ho en- ;eyed the confidence of the Duchess of Krtit to tin unlimited extent. In these days of her early child hood the Queen's friendship for, and confieence in, Baron St oc k mar b egan, and cont i nued withoutin terruption to the present moment. Before the mar riage of Prince Albert with the Queen his Royal Highness employed the autumn of 183§-39 in a tour in Italy, and Baron Stockmar was requested by the King of the Belgians to accompany his Royal High ness upon this journey, and for no one did the lamented Prince entertain greater regard and esteem throughout his life. Having thus lived upon intimate terms both with the Queen and with the Prince, it was not extraor dinary that he was always received at the Palace as the dearest and most devoted friend of the Royal couple. Those who had the privilege of knowing well this extraorr li eorr man could appreciate s r. the charm of 1 Vith an intell ec t seldom su passed, and a fund of general information rarely equalled, Baron Stcckmar combined a ..)layfuth eFs and gentleness in conversation manner which made him a companion such as is seldom mot with in society, but it was in the chivalrous honour and in flexible justice with which be applied his mind to any question submitted for his opinion and advice, end in his kindness and goodness of hear!, that his chief value was felt. No personal feeling, no advocacy of particular principles, could divert his judgment from the real substantial justice of the case before him, and long experience taught those who knew him well that the Baron's opinion was not only the re sult of most acute examination of the subject, but was founded upon morality and truth. Well known to most of the great men of all ranks in Europe, the Baron was esteemed and consulted by most of those whose good opinion was valuable. Of naturally a weakly constitution, and fre quently an invalid, the energy of his mind had con stantly conquered the feebleness of his body, and he had been able to serve with a labour of love ail those to whose service he had devoted himself up to a shoat time since, when his increasing infirmities and failing health obliged him to confine himself to his residence at Coburg. For many years be passed a very large portion of his time in England, living at the Palace, as the dearly valued friend of the Queen and Prince, and even when last at Coburg he paid daily visits to the Queen, and it may be supposed her Majesty derived much consolation from these conversations with one who had so intimately known her beloved husband. An attack of paralysis upon the 6th warned his friends that the separation, for which his rapidly increasing weakness had prepared them, was at hand, and at 3 o'clock in the morning of the 9th inst. he sank to rest. His loss will bo deeply mourned by the Queen, and will, we fear, add to her sorrow and affliction. Her Majesty had, doubtless, looked forward with satisfaction to seeing him again on her approaching visit to Coburg. Death of General Sir Thomas Erskine Napier, K.C.B. The coloneley of the 71st (Highland Light In fantry) Regiment of Foot has become vacant by the death, on the sth inst., at his seat in Scotland, of General Sir Thomas Erskine Napier, K.C.B. He was second and youngest son of the Hon. Charles Napier, second son of the sixth Lord Napier of Merchiston, and brother of the late Admiral Sir Charles Napier, and was born May 10, 1790. The late general entered upon his military career just after he had attained his 15th year, in the 52d Regiment, and served with that regiment at the siege of Copenhagen and battle of Kicgo in 1807, and in the following year acted as aide•de camp to General Sir John Hope in the expedition to Sweden. Sir Thomas served subsequently in General Sir John Moore's campaign in Spain, in cluding the retreat to and battle of Coranna. He served in Sicily with the 52d until the autumn of 1510, and afterwards served on the staff in the Peninsula, including the defence of Cadiz, battle of Fuentes d'Onor, second siege of Badajoz, battles o f Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, and the Nivc, &c., slightly wounded on the 10th December and se verely on the 11th, when he lost his left arm. In IS3S he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and in May, 1860, a knight Com mander of that " most honouraole Order" of knighthood. In January, 1854, he Was ap pointed colonel of the 15th Regiment of was the Foot ;, and on the death, in the,summer of 1859, of eral in Gen. Sir James Macdoneli, Ci.C , : 8., h e was trans ferredsli'liaratiJutiain7 2:tee General n to t y h e e a i rs lst a July 3, 1805 ; lieut., May 1 fnoorrtshoeluren district of Ireland,. and had held several ' 27, 1808 ; brevet-major, Dec. ' other ataffappoint.ments. His commissions bore date 21a86s0, f 6 , 1 1 8; 1 10c3 7 1; s p : t ..— a : , n o si c g .t n . -general Nov. 9, ' 1846; brevet . lieut.-colonel, June 21 1817 ' . t colo- J..agne.n t r i Bj3e7e;e major -general, r 854 ; a d general, S 1 861. For his distinguished Spainservicesin e t. and2o, p o rtugal he received th e silver war medal with 7 clasps. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. OSWESTRY AND NEWTOWN. A special meeting of this company was held 011 Friday at the office, Bridge-street, Westminster, Mr. H. Whalley, M.P., in the chair. It was stated that the property of the company was in a most satisfactory position. The whole system of railways, uniting a large portion of Wales, was now completed, and the traffic was largely in creasing. They had not been able to carry through Parliament a bill for amalgamation, although they had accomplished all that the bill would have con ferred upon them, by their own perfect understand ing with each other. A formal resolution, authorising the director was st a o s raise £230,000 on 5 per cent. pre feren ce shares, ma d to the agreed to, and the meeting was adjourned day of holding the nest half-yearly meeting.- S * This linersrAtoNbSeEA A o pened l f . o N r E t r A a ffi to-morrow, rr and, when the narrow gauge swan t s s ea completed W e e n st t e h r n e Vale of Neath railway, counties of South W ales will have direct eounnuni cation with the Midland and Northern lines. The Great Western, West Midland, S:.c., have undertaken to run at least three passenger trains daily between Hereford and Swansea. A public breakfast is to be given by the Mayor and Corporaticn of Swansea to celebrate the event. ROYAL SWEDISII. The Indic receipts on thiß company's line for three months ending the 31st of Nay hist amonnted to £3,869, against £3,736 for the corresponding period of last year, showing an increase of £1.32. VIC I'OItIAN. The lei urn ef (Irian GOvernment railways, 196 miles in length. shows that £6,648 v;as received for passengers, &C., and £4,779 for merchandise, minerals, and cattle for the week end» ing the 9th of April last ; making the total for the week £11,427, ugainst £2,891, on 92 miles, for the corresponding week of last year, showing an increase of £8,536. The aggregate receipts from the Ist of January to the above date amounted to £125,552, against £57,770 in the same period of 1862, sho w . ing an increase in tne receipts of £67,792, or 117.5 per cent., and in the Biting° of 104 miles, or 113.1 per cecz. :.~