The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-05 00:00:00

T" DUKE'S MOTTO. HL N DRED AND SEVENTY-FIRST NIGHT, an d Last Four Nights o f the present Season. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- v_t, Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. Last Four Nights of the present Season. VHS EVENING, to commence with an Orizinal Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, NVlddicornb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter -past Eight, the Romantic Dvaina . in Three Acts, and Pnlogue, entitled THE DuF,E'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougnam, E. ,v iddi)ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Lecicre Kate Terry, E. Lanue, and X'Asworthy. Doors open a q, t 7, commence at half-p ve ast. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. EIV THEATRE-HO YAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Promgator and Manag_rer, IN:. B. Webster. TIIIS EVENING, THE IRISII TIGER. After which, at Eight o'clock, a new drama, entitled THE VAUNTED MAN ; OR, T E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in 'mi.-Itch will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptat:on of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole. R. Phillips, Sefton, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed by a ne w Burlesque, entitled I LL - TR EAT ED IL TROVATORE. Messrs. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss IL Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. TO-NIGHT WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. Messrs. W. H. Swanborough. Parselle, Vollaire, G. Honey ; Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, Manders, and E. Bufton. Followed by (17th time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria imp on, Wallace, and Jenny Whit,e. To conclude with BEEP YOUR TEMPER. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE , can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. ~..---- The Weather—Sun Office, Aug. 5, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock .................... 79 :Barometer- 30 . 05 . Wind—S.-W. ; with fin e but cloudy weather. HIGH WATER AT LOND ON BRIDGE. Txis DAY. —Morning, sh. 59m.—Afternoon, 6h. 19m TO.itoanow.-Morning, 6h. 42m.—Afternoon, 7h. 10m, , LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1863, The Federals, after all, appear to think that they have really not by any means, as yet, had enough of ir. Their Debt was calculated to amount, cn the Ist ultimo, to no less an aggregate amount than 197,000,000 dollars ; that is to say, only 3,000,000 dollars less than a round total of 200,000,000. Mean while, as the last phase of the sanguinary and costly war upon which they have entered with such insen- E t3te fury, this last bran new Commander-in-Chief of their principal forces, the army especially appointed to protect the capital from the hazard of the daring attack recently threatened to it by the mai❑ body of the Confederates under General LEE—this boasted conqueror of LEE, this vaunted victor over his Confederate troops, this last great Discovery of President LIN COLN as a Strategist, General MEADE, has been adroitly lured across the Potomac by General LEE, under the mistaken idea that the latter with his whole armament wasin full retreat upon Culpepper, Acting upon this erroneous impression, General .MEADE, as we know, recently conveyed the whole of his army across the River Potomac, close by Harper's Ferry, thence moving confidently along the south-east incline of tae Blue Ridge Mountain Range, bent upon intercepting General LSE's supposed flight down the Shenandoah Valley, and upon thus actually cuttin him off fromitichmond ! A " strategic movement " admirably well thought of in itself. Only—that in the very act of effecting it, in the most brilliant manner imaginable, General UEADE awakens to the recognition suddenly, at I:st, of the unwel come truth that his wily antagonist is in no way disposed to retreat at all ! That, in point of fact, his recent delay since crossing the river boundary line from Maryland into Virginia, is at tributable simply to his fizeit determination to carry away not only the whole of the vast amount of plunder gathered together by him both in Maryland and Pennsylvania, but, with that plunder, the whole of the new crops reaped and collected in the Shenandoah Valley. Nay, General MEADE not oaly has opened his ey es at length to the discovery of this, as the actual secret of his arch foe's recent and (until now) most illusory course of proceedings, but, in common with many of the best informed, both in the Governmental capital and at his own headquarters, he begins to have serious doubts whether it may not really prove to be ultimately the case, as it is now confidently stated to be—viz., that General LEE, so far from meditating any retreat, is seriously preparing fur a new and more audacious invasion of the North, for a new raid into Maryland, for a bold descent upon Washington! The statement that such is the in tention of the Confederate Commander-in-Chief , moreover, is now being not thus merely and vaguely generalised, but is resolving itself into the specific announcement that LEE proposes forthwith to cross the Blue Ridge in an advance upon his intending pursuers (!) somewhere about either Chester or Thornton Gap.. However this may be in respect to the next Possible transformation in the aspect of the cam p, % 11 , the situation distiactly occasioned already by the belligerents was, when our last advices left the opposite shores of the Atlantic, per the Jura, precisely Such as we have described it 1 The biter was threatened with being bitten. The assailant was gathering up his resources with a view to act a little more Prudently --upon the defensive ! And, mean while, on the other side o f th e P o t oma c, to the north east of th a t riv, the draft was being resolutely resisted by th e citizens of Maryland. Wher ever an en ro lli ng quarters for the u ti ia na eer had established his bein g , his tempo racy habitat had been furiously f attacked by the people, and in several instes had been actually burnt to the ground by th e i Yet, with all this upon their hands, with assailants, rife amongst th e m, with killing, at any rater It the killing m u rde r ofi negroes, come to be looked upon as f acc omplished during the progress :: the street l riot, w ith their debt approximating n o less fearful an aggregate than 2uo' ost nnit.o(t)(;, dollars, wit h the Confederate arm y notB3 i n hot haste do wn the Shenan doah Valley, ng b u t coolly biding its time ill the U pper Pete for a fresh invasion of Maryland—the Pederals, in spite of all this, as we began by intimating, would really and seriously appear to think that they have not by any means as yet had enough of it. They are striving to have still more upon their hands, to thrust additional irons into the fire, to light the old metaphorical candle at both ends! The candle here not inaptly typify in g that late ,F shining light" the Republic of the United States ! To light the candle at both ends—besides continuing industriously to melt it quite Effectually in twain in the middle ! What in effect was still the persistent clamour of the redoubtable New York , Herald just prior to the Jura leaving Quebec upon the 25th ultimo? Why, nothing less than that President LIN COLN should at length be urged mist strew: - 0171 y to secure the sympathetic cc-operation of the men, not only in the North but also even in Ole now, for the time being, rebellious South, by decl toting war simultaneously with France andwith Eneland! By announcing the determination of the sup eme Government at Washington, at one and the same ! time, to drive the British out of Canada, and , the : French out of Mexico ! Such, seriously, is ay., i• lit tle game" propounded by that most sage advir ier of t 1 ie Federal Government, as a diversion to the war , as a most effectual means for putting - an end to this/ dreadful internecine strife ! Never., surely, wa a the strictly literal meaning of the o'id axiom aborit those quern Deus vult perclere more fl raptly illustrated than in this instance. On. e consideration, however, visible to everybody else I but themselves, would appear, even for one ins taut to cross the imagination of these insensate anti utterly infatuated Federals—to wit, the extreme improbability, to speak of it in the very mildest phrase, the exceeding improbability, that the South could so very readily, after all that has hitherto come to pass in this conflict, drop into this opor . tune compromise with their Federal antagonists. The one mood alone in which the South is now dis ?osed to look onward into the Future, may be readily 4 enough recognised by the drift of the intelligence just brought to hand. For that intelligence, if we can discover anything whatever in it of absolute cer tainty as to the authenticity of the information, it is most assuredly this—that the Confederates are, at this crisis, now girding up their loins for the continuance of the contest with a more fixed deter mination than ever. While the tactics of the North change and fluctuate as fitfully as the winds that blow, or, to the variationlow , those f o f e t T h e e n S t s o , u t t h r u r e e m a a s i n t , h t e h rnoeuegdhl needle out u tt ,‘ . . . As the dial to the sun, Although it be not shown upon." —by victory I Whilst the Federals can babble about this mad, idle, evil-dream of a war proclaimed on the Canadian borders against England, and on the Mexican borders against France, the Confederates think alone, speak or write alone, act alone, from first to last, in refe rence to the dreadful war already upon their hands —war forced upon them by the North—as a war a 1 outrance ! The official report of the loss of the Anglo-Saxon is a subject that demands attention ; and it is one whose importance cannot be overrated, alike from the serious casualty itself, and from the necessity that exists of avoiding the possibility of such acci dents in future. In this instance especially should the past serve as a warning to the future, since had the fog-signal been erected on Cape Race this lamentable disaster might have been avoided. This , want of due precaution is the more reprehensible because it is some time since recommendations on the subject have been made. At one time the Americans proposed to place one there, but this was not allowed. The reasons that were alleged might have been valid, but then the work should have been done by ourselves. There was some talk about the matter in the House this Session, but Mr. MILNER GIBSON repudiated the idea of attaching blame to the Government, and endeavoured to explain the delay that had been made, in consequence of the cost of the affair. The sum mentioned was not so very considerable after all; and if it had been, to what better purpose could money be applied than in preserving human life ; and in a mercantile point of view it was worth while to spend an enor mous sum in preserving property. The fact is, that great blame attaches itself to the Board of Trade, and no sophistry can make the worse appear the better cause. It is always idle to make such excuses, and to endeavour to shift the responsi bility to others, but the evil becomes more serious when such vital issues aro at stake. Thousands are annually wasted in various depart ments through negligence and mismanagement, and for a paltry saving or absurd notion of economy, vessels run the risk of being wrecked, and crew and cargo lost. It is quite time that the mat ter should be taken up by some one determined to carry it out to the full extent, and not lose valuable time in delay and controversy. All who have had any authority in the affair ought to be ashamed of the part they have played, and the mistaken views by which they have been hitherto guided. It is quite certain that had they followed the advice of those who were well-informed on the subject, this deplorable calamity would not have occurred. In the report it is stated that " the frightful magni tude of the disaster naturally excited an unusual amount of interest." The details here given prove the captain of the Anglo-Saxon was greatly in fault for proceeding in the fog, and especially at so rapid a pace. More care and caution would very pro bably have averted the danger, but that circum stance does not exonerate the laxity of energy and want of consideration on the part of those who re fused to allow the signals to be p'aced on Cape Race. Carelessness and mistakes are some of the dangers that require especially to be guarded against, and it is wrong to leave all to the discretion of one man at a time of confusion that may prevent his perceptions being so clear as usual, or his mind so well fitted to act in an emergency. It was fortu nate that some boats were saved, but that was merely a chance, and those who were rescued bad a very narrow escape. It is said that it is extremely difficult to determine the circumstances attending this catastrophe, but it appears that too much speed was used. "Had the lead been occasionally used, as without doubt in such weather, and approaching land, it should have been, Captain BURGESS might have had timely warning of his danger. Nor can I omit to notice, although I feel most painfully the necessity under which I am laid to comment upon the acts of a man who, when the fatal accident happened, nobly did his duty, and perished in its performance, that the speed at which the vessel was driven during a thick fog, and in the vicinity of land, was highly imprudent." After thi s t h e conclusion arrived at is stated in the following im pressive manner :—" I teel bound, therefore, acting under the advice of my nautical assessors, to pro nounce that the Anglo-Saxon was lost owing to a wrong estimate of the distance run ; that there was a culpable omission to use the lead after 8 a.m.; and that it was a mast reprehensible act on the part of the commander to continue his course in a thick fog even at half speed, in such an uncertain position." It is to be hoped that the sad in such p er il ous results of this mistake will impress upon other captain s th e i mportance o f more care b e i ng t a k e n when i t i places. The real lesson to be learned is mention e d l o w er d own i n th e re p or t, s said that considerable controvert-y" had tak en place in reference to the expediency of afog si g n al on Cape Race in consequence of this disaster. have not thought it right t o c l ose my rep ort without an allusi are the w or d s employed, Tti on to thi s sugges ti on, " those ob s ti na t e an d in the light o f a r e proval 'sought to b e r egar d e d ret p:r s i st i n keeping to y d prejudiced individuals who of their own noti ons , and teh not care to e who advise measur es th at to listen to th ose adopt. Doubtless no one regre's more than they do, but reg re t will notmisfortune r the mischief, or call back to life tho se who haveetiPr gonedown in the deep waters. surely after this report no ono can hesitate as to the necessity for action ; and if they do, the indifference that b - ,1- fore was questionable conduct on the part of men in high places will become w ilful negligence, and culpable adherence to prejudice. It is always wrong to allow any preconceived notions to interfere with the straight line of action that duty demands, but to follow such ideas in a matter where human life is at stake, and where valuab'e property is to be sacrificed, becomes a line of action almost incomprehensible to conceive. If the authorities shelter themselves behind the blame cast upon Captain BURGESS they will be acting a very false part, and the country will not be slow to see through their subterfuge, and give the blame where it is due, to those whose tardy conduct has has been the mainspring of the disaster. The long-talked-of visit of the Prince of 'WALES to the North has been attended with some disap pointment. The absence of the PRINCESS, who has been for the last few months the " bright par ticular star" of all royal ceremonials, was a grievous blank in the programme, and the loyal 'Yorkshire folks, who had been preparing for many weeks to give her a reception whose heartiness should assure her of her popularity in the North, were forced to content themselves with the sight of the PRINCE alone. It was, of course, a great disappointment, although, considering the number of ceremonials, receptions, and entertainments which her Royal Highness has been called upon to take part in since March, it is only surprising that she has hitherto been able to fulfil all 'her engagements. Royalty wears no amulet against fatigue, and, although there is certainly a " royal road" for distinguished travellers, the best arrangements will not make seven or eight hours' journey by rail anything but tiring. When we add to this the receptions, the taking part in the day's pageant, the sight-seeing, and the necessity of being continually affable and gracious, we shall admit that the expedition was a fatiguing one. Still, very general sympathy will be felt with the Yorkshire disappointment, and it would have been well, it circumstances would have permitted, had the ceremony been postponed until the PRINCESS could take part in it. Another unfavourable incident waa the in opportune rain, which appears to regard the Prince with especial favour. His Royal mother's pro verbial good luck is certainly not hereditary, a circumstance much to be deplored by sight-seers, as the difference between a sunshiny day and a wet one in our treacherous climate is a matter of serious moment on occasions like these. Never theless the PRINCE'S welcome was hearty enough to do justice to the loyalty of the Ridings, and there were several considerations that rendered his visit especially interesting. The evidences which met him everywhere in the busy York shire city of the wealth, the industry, and the public spirit of the north must have impressed him strongly. Soon after his first arrival his Royal Highness visited some of the principal manufactories of the town ; the carpet manufac tory of the well-known firm of Messrs. Crossley, where 4,500 hands are busily at work ; the worsted mills of Messrs. AKROYD, another name well-known and honoured in Halifax ; and the factory of Mr. WHITELEY, where the PRINCE in spected the triumphs of mechanical skill in the process of wool combing. The vast substratum of commercial capital and spirit which forms so important an element in our national life was thus fitly represented, and the Prince had very soon an opportunity of seeing that the heads of the several firms were no mere traders, whose thoughts never soared above bargains and contracts, but men of rare taste, liberality, and public spirit. The exqui site Gothic church, erected by Mr. AKROYD, near his works, whose beauty induced the Prince to linger in its interior beyond the mere formal visit prescribed, gave him evidence of this; he could see it too in the fine chapel built by Sir FRANCIS CROSSLEY for the members of his denomination ; and still more in the People's Park, the gift of the same munificent donor to the town of Halifax ; and the splendid pile of buildings which the firm of which Sir FRANCIS is the head are now rearing on Shircoal Moor as an orphanage. It is not every city that can boast of such monuments of the generosity as well as the taste of its leading men, and Halifax is justly proud of them. The Town Hall just opened by the Prince adds another to the list of stately edifices. It is in the Italian style of archi tecture, and was especially designed for the posi tion it occupies. It does not contain any large hail or assembly room, its destination being simply business. The people of Halifax seem to pride them selves on conducting their business with a style aloe magnificence that reminds us of the Italian cities of the middle ages. The immediate neighbourhood of the Hall itself will bear considerable improvement, the effect being marred, as is so often the case in the metropolis, by the want of a suitable approach. Halifax, growing so rapidly in wealth and impor tance, and led by men so well fitted to minister to the architectural needs of the town, will probably look to the condition of her quaint, narrow streets before long, and supply her fine Town-hall with a worthy approach and harmonious surroundings. Curiously enough, by a melancholy coincidence, the designer of the building, Sir CHARLES BARRY, and the architectural sculptor who undertook the beauti ful and elaborate windows, Mr. THOMAS, both died before their work was complete. 'We may observe, in con nectien with the architecture of Halifax, that the chancel and the Founder's Chapel in Mr. AKROYD'S Church are considered to be among the most beautiful in England. The PRINCE will have carried away with him pleasant artistic recollections, as well as the convic tion of the hearty affection of his northern subjects; and he will have gained, we doubt not, a further appreciation of the spirit and character of our great commercial and manufacturing men, so ably repre sented by the public-spirited leaders of Halifax. MR. BUCKLE'S LAST DELIRIUM.—On the divan behind he was having brought to him what food he could eat. Suddenly I heard a cry from him, and springing up, saw him wild and delirious-looking ; and %hen I went up to him, he said—" Oh, I am going mad I" I half carried hi m upsta i rs to t h e li tt l e open ga ll er y before his room d oor, and there set him on a chair. In b r i ngi ng him upstair s I h ad ordered one of our servants to go imme diately for the French doctor Mr. Buckler had seen in the Morning. His incoherent utterances were most painful to listen to ; at one moment saying " How nice, very nice I" was the iced orangeade I had brought him, and thanking me, then telling me to o awa in the midst of all ex claiming "0 my book, my book I I shall never finish my gy ; book I " and after running on quite incoherently, crying " I know I am talking nonsens e , but I cannot help it I" and bursting into tears. Front his Fellow- gr aveller , s Paper in the last number of Fraser's Magazine, MR. BISHOP AND Ills Dpi.-__A case w as tried yesterday at the Westminst er C ounty C ourt , i n which Mr. Bishop, of Bond-street, was the plaintiff, and Miss Hicks the defendant. The action was brought to recover the sum of £5 for merely nominal damages sustained by the plaintiff from the loss of his favourite dog, which was killed by the order of the defendant under the circum stances recently detailed in our pollee report. A verdict for the full amount claimed, and costs, Was returned. --- We have reason to believe that there is every prospect of a pacific solution of the Polish difficulty. The Governments of England and Austria are completely of accord as to The next representations to be made to Rus sia; and these are not of a nature to provoke a defiant or unconciliatory answer. The intervening powers will de mand for Poland simply those treaty rights which Russia has in substance acknowledged, and everyth;ng tends to Y t to the belief that Russia is disposed to concede them within the limits of the Treaty of 1815. The answer of the F rench Government to the English proposals has probably by this time iikei been received. Whatever it may be, France is m ore make common cause with England end Austria than o take any isolated action,—Heraki. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, AUG. 5. Official reports have been received here from New York which state that the Government appears to definitively renounce the conscription which had been declared unconstitutional by the sentence of a New York Municipal Judge. " This fact is to be attributed to the progress of pacific ideas in the North." Official correspondence has been received here from Madagascar announcing' that the Prime Minister was desirous not to augment interior difficulties by complications with foreign powers. He had not yet ordered the re-establishment of the customs duties decided upon in accession of the Queen. principle at the It is asserted that the Hova Government im patiently expect Commander Dup r e, i n or d er t o with him on the appli• come cation measures toofanallunthdeerstand ing concerning strangers. --- FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. PARIS, Wednesday, Aug. 5. The inauguration of the statue of Napoleon the Great, in the costume of CEesar, upon the Column of Austerlitz, or, as it is called, of Vendome, is re• ported to have bee❑ Postponed to the 15th of this next October. The statue now incongruously crowning the structure, and certainly in no way harmonising with the architecture of the Column which is its lofty pedestal, will be removed thence at the time stated to the quay a: Courbevoie, the exact point at which the mortal remains of the Exile of St. Helena first reached the banks of the beloved Seine l L' Union pointedly directs attention, in its num ber for to-day, to the fact that the arch conspirator, M azz i n i, has just now made, under date the 2d of August, in the Unita Italiana, anew appeal to arms—to" the holy bayonets" of the young men of Italy ! It is cer tainly a sinister incident, well calculated to put every anti-anarchist in Europe upon the alert. Le Constitutionnel of this morning mentions the fact of a visit paid on Thursday, the 30th ult., by H. I. H. the Prince Napoleon to the works now progressing in connection with the tunnel through Mount Cenis, his Imperial Highness going thither, for that visit of inspection, from his lovely property of Prangins on the banks of the Lake of Geneva. The warlike attitude now being assumed by Russia, L' ipinion Nationale regards and de nounces as an outrage to all Europe. This is the moment, according to Le Siecle, in which at length to drive Russia back to her last entrenchments by the simple but irresistible force of a general alliance, or, in other words, a compre hensive coalition. St. Cloud, will The Emperor Le Pays) , recen tl y arrived at pass the Fete Nap oleon, the Isth August, or F east o f the Assumption, at Paris, taking his departure immediately afterwards for the camp at Chalons, where, during his Majesty's sojourn, divers grand manoeuvres and reviews are to take place. The camp at Ch a l ons contains now , at this mo ment, about 45,0 00 men of all arms. THE BoußsE, A ug , 4.—The m arke t has been rather more b uoyant as regards the amount of busi ness, but with on l y a slight improvement in prices Threes, for the Account, are now at 67fr, 151. Railway Share Market firm, with an advance on some of the lines. The market closed as follows It per Cents..., 95 80 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents ...... 67 10 Do. end month..., 67 20 Credit M0bi1ier...,1055 Do, end m0nth....1060 Bank Shares ...... 3360 -- Credit I.oneier 1230 -- SA tr, Italian Loan 7l 75 Do. end month 7l 75 New ditto Do. end mouth 72 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes., florae Debt .. v.AY,3. Cash. Account. 1018 75 1030 980 .. 980 Orleans ...... ......... Norttern New .......... s • • -- Lyons an d Medite rrane an 1017 50 1020 Geneva ............... . 490 487 50 South ern 665 667 60 estern ...... Eastern ..„ ....... Sardinian ............. Austria.n ...... Lon.h,rd ....... North of Spain . • Saragossa .8.... arc 677 50 .. 677 60 Ditto to elona 353 75 357 50 SPAIN, INISTERIAL CHANGES. MADRID, AUG. 4. The resignation of the Minister of Finance has been accepted. He will be replaced by the Minister of Public Works, whose post will be filled by Senor Alonso Martinez. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Aug. 2. The day before yesterday the Crown Prince came to town to atte nd the funeral of the late Prince Frederick, his ag ed relative. After the ceremony al Hi g hness returned to Ru gen , to cont i nue court will be r e m ove d to R osenau, a t the seaside until the middle o f th e h h i i s s I s t t o s y y inm o t n h t e h , whend uchy his of Coburg. It is doubttul whether the proffered p rotectorat e of the International Statistical Cong ress wil l be accepted by his Hig h n ehu ta painful sensati on wou ld ensue if t h e Congressss; did not assemble at a ll, or were exp l o d e d on the eve of meeting, by the un willingness of the members to speak what may not appear in the papers. Beyondthis alternative, a third does not seem to exist.of his protest cost the Prince the services of an able and attached adviser. Of the two Pr iv y Councillors attached to his per son,Thepublication twas Herrsto guide B an, a gentleman whose office i Highness in matters adminis trative, has been dismissed summarily and removed t o a nother post in the co un try. atrunem his The army reform is now being carried out in this particular province, two additional regiments of cavalry, one battery of artillery, awl a troop of Jager being in course of formation at Berlin. THE LATE SIR CRESSWELL CRESSWELL.—The funeral and interment of the mortal remains of this late estimable Judge of the Probate and Divorce Court took place to-day, at the Kensal.'green Cemetery, The funeral was strictly private, and confined to the immediate rela tives and friends of the deceased. TUE SISTER OF SIR SIDNEY SMITH.—We read in the Army and Navy Gazette:—" There is, we are told, now living in abject penury, a woman aged 80 years, who is described as the sister and only surviving relative of a man whose name and whose deeds were on every one's lips in the etaly part of this century. The woman is a lady ; she is in beggary, subsisting on casual charity, and so saved from dying in the pauper's ward of the workhouse. There are doubtless many poor ladies living in indigence, but the sister and sole surviving relative of Sidney Smith, the hero of Acre '—a British admiral, a Grand Cross ,of the Bath—has surely some special claims on the consideration of those who are able to spare her the last degradation from which the Government and the country are apparently un able to rescue the few remaining hours of life. General and Lady Mary Fox, Captain Kitchen, R.N., Commander Wright, R.N., vouch for the truth of the lady's condition and claims. The charitable and generous may send in sub scriptioni to General Fox, at Coutts's ; all the navy agents will receive any aid from the public for the same purpose ; and we shall be happy to take charge of any sum intended for the relief of the lady, addressed to Mr. Merchant, Army and .Navy Ga.2tte office, Sidney Smith.' " ACCIDENT TO THE GOVERNOR OF MALTA.—We regret to say that owing to the filthy state of that part of Strada Teatro between Strada San Paolo and Strada St. Ursola, Sir Gaspard Le Merchant, one day last week, fell on the steps, but fortunately suffered no hurt, We have on several occasions called the attention of the police to the necessity of seeing that the scavengers perform their duty better in this locality, and although there has been some improvement of late there is ample room for more, and we trust that this accident to his excellency will be the means of the issue of a stringent order on the subject. It may be well here also to call the notice of the police to the lowness of the awnings over shop-doors, and of the projecting iron gratings in some of the principal thoroughfares, below the ordinary stature of a man. It was only a few days ago that his Excellency lost his hat by coming into collision with ono of those awnings. The police should order the re moval of such nuisances,—Mata Times, July 30. AMERICA. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. (Arrival of the Jura.) LONDONDERRY, Ang. 5 (Morning). The Montreal Ocean steamship, Jura, from Quebec on the 25th ult., arrived here at 1 a.m. to day. She brings 6,000 dole. in specie. NEW YORK, July 24. Washington despatches assert that Gen. Meade's movements will prevent Lee getting back to Rich mond, or even as far as the upper end of the She nandoah Valley. It is reported that Gen, Lee has been reinforced by Gen. D. H. Hill with 10,000 men from Lower Virginia. The North Carolina Federal cavalry expedition from Newbern has burned the railroad bridge over the Tar River and 5,000 bales of cotton. The Richmond Enquirer says there are mole than 100,000 men in the Confederacy who have hired substitutes for military service, and if they are not going to do more than this a levy en masse must be made, and they must all be taken. The Enquirer observes that immense crowds of foreigners tbrong the provost marshal's office for passes to proceed north. Their numbers would form a corps d'armee. The .Enquirer urges the strengthening of the military organisation, and the application of martial law to the whole country, as in a state of siege the abolition of substitution, exemption, and foreign: protection; and a material enlargement of President Davis's powers, to revise the election of officers, and get rid of the incompetent. Tne Enquirer says that the required stock for ,he Virginia Navy Company has been subscribed. It approves of the scheme, as all captured goOds can be brought into the Confederacy as well as purchased goods, and there are other ways of dis posing of them, The company will send ships to sea, which will wound the enemy in his vitals, with out loss of mac to the South. Though the great Southern armies must be disintegrated, and the South compelled to carry on a guerilla warfare— which she is determined upon—if the worst comes to the worst, so long as a spot can be held for the Government to rest on, or even if it live as an itinerant, a guerilla warfare on the ocean can be waged, thus ensuring final triumph. The sea is the best element for the South, as she has no com merce to harm, with the prospect of years of war. Ships must be put to sea to the utmost of Southern ability. A meeting has been held at Montgomery, Ala bama, to organise the whole population for home defence. General Manry at Mobile has called all the able bodied men of the city and county to report for duty in the defence against an attack from Grant's army. The mayor of Charleston has impressed all the free and slave coloured population, between 18 and 60, to work on the defences at Morris island. The people of Georgia are arming to resist Rosen cranz, and Rome in being fortified. . The citizens o f L ync hb urg , Vi rg i n ia, are organic. log for defence. The Montgomery Advertiser says that Bragg's re treat from Tullahoma to Tennessee River is to be regretted. It will cause much desertion, and open the northern counties of Alabama and Georgia to the incursions of the enemy. This may not occur immediately, as Rosencranz may intend to fight Bragg, but Bragg's position south of Tennessee River will check Rosencranz's opera tions, and may hold him at bay for another six months. Should Rosencranz's object be to avoid a decisive engagement, he will certainly send his cavalry to destroy the crops and create desola tion. Vicksburg having fallen, and Grant having an army of 80,000 men, it will be impossible for Johnston to oppose this army with any hope of suc cess, and as Johnston retires toward the Big Bee — as it is supposed he will—Grant will close on John ston, and unite his forces with Rosencranz. There will then be an army of 160,000 men on the soil of Alabama. In face of these facts every man should gird up his loins for fight, as it will be a struggle for existence. All will be well if ♦igilance and promptness are maintained, Alabama demands the people's services, and they must rally and drive back the invaders. The Mobile Advertiser says that the fall of Vicksburg has saved Johnston's army from being cut to pieces, as during the night of the 4th Johnston bivouacked on Big Black River, with orders to move on Grant's entrenchments the following morning. Before the morning news of Pemberton's surrender was received. From what has since been learned of Grant's position, it is now known that if Johnstone's force had not been doubled and trebled it could never have marched through Grant's works. The country for miles was covered with felled timber. Every gorge and ravine was a fortified work bristling with cannon, d would have been converted into a slaughter pen. It took the parolled officers at Vicksburg 15 hours to ride 15 miles through the felled timber and around the excavations and embankments made by the enemy. Johnstone was for unate in not attack ing, thus saving his army. The Advertiser says that the Southern cause does not look dark enough yet to justify those who are ready to submit, and anxious for peace. The South has made too many sacrifices for freedom to falter in the last hour. It is stated that coloured Corps d'Afrique, raised in New Orleans, will garrison Port Hudson. Admiral Farragut's squadron in the Mississippi is preparing for an important expedition. Previous to surrendering Port Hudson, General Gardner issued an order, dated July Bth, to the troops, telling them they had nobly performed their duty of defence from May 21st to the time of sur render. Their cheerfulness, bravery, and zeal dur ing the hardships and sufferings of the long siege never were surpassed, and every man could feel a proud satisfaction that he had done his part in the heroic defence of Port Hudson. The place is sur rendered at the last moment that it is proper to hold it, and after a most gallant defence to several severe attacks, in all of which the enemy had been signally repulsed. It is officially announced that the Federal debt amounted, on the Ist July, to 197,000,000 dots. It is rumoured that the major generalship vacant in the United States army by the retirement of Gen. Wood, will be tendered to Gen. Grant. An extensive Federal expedition, which left Newbern on the 18th, penetrated into North Caro lina, destroying bridges and railway communica- tions. Three hundred Confederates, who had planned an attack upon a Federal fort six miles south of Corinth, have been surprised and captured. The United States District Court has confirmed a decree of the Lower Court condemning the steamer Ella Warley and cargo, and the brig Delta and cargo ; the court has also confirmed the deci sion condemning the barque General Greene, and restoring the cargo. The decision of the Lower Court, condemning the barque Empress and cargo has been reversed, NEW YORK, July 24, Evening. A spirited resistance to the draft is manifested in Maryland. The barns of the enrolling officers have been burned and their residences attacked. The New York Herald still urges President Lincoln to enlist the sympathy of all men Nortu and South, by declaring an intention to drive the English from Canada, and the French from Mexico. The ship George Griswold has been captured and bonded by the Georgia for £lOO,OOO. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Money easy. Gold, 24 1 - per cent. premium, Exchange on London—Bankers' bills, 139. Stocks buoyant. New York and Centrals, 124 k. Illinois, 110-1. Erie, 100. Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 1051. NEW YORK, July 25 (Morning). The New York World says :—" General Meade's army has Cr'4l3ed the Potomac near Harper's Ferry, and has moved down the last side of Blue Ridge, upon the theory that Gen. Lee was rapidly retreat ing out of the Shenandoah Valley, on the west side of the mountains. But Gen. Meade found Lee hugging the line of the Upper Potomac, and was threatening Maryland and Washington. Gen, Lee's defiant attitude stopped Gen. Meade's advance, and it is now a question o f the possibility of a battle." Despatches received in Newbern on the 20th inst., from Beaufort, state that the Federals have obtained entire possession of Morris Island. The report is not generally credited. A steamer has arrived at New Orleans from Natchez. Her arrival is considered as a proof of the reopening of the Mississippi to navigation, and has caused much enthusiasm. The steamer has left on a return trip to St. Louis. The Federal movement for the occupation of the Teche country continues. Gen. Morgan's forces are now reported to number 10,000, and to be still marauding in Ohio. Their progress has been several times checked, but they made good their escape. The reports of Gen. Rosencranz's movements on Chattanooga and Rome are unfounded. He is still on the northern slope of the Cumberland mountains preparing to move into East Tennessee. The _Richmond Whig says:—" The evacuation of Jackson lett in the enemy's bands the rolling stock of the Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Mis sissippi Central, and Mississippi Tennessee Rail road. Over 40 engines were lost. " The loss," continues the Richmond Whig, "is incalculable, important, and wholly irreparable. The Newbern cavalry expedition has destroyed two miles of the Wilmington and Weldon railroad, and burnt a bridge 1,000 feet long over the new river. Another Federal cavalry expedition, after severe fighting, captured and destroyed Wythville, South-Eastern Virginia, taking 100 prisoners and two pieces of artillery. They cut the Virginia and Tennessee railroad at Wytheville. The Republicans attribute to Governor Seymour treasonable views, and an intention to get the State military power into his own hands. The Democratic press assert Governor Seymour's right to control the State militia., and attribute to the Republican party a plot to consolidate the mili tary power in the hands of the Federal Govern ment. The arrest of rioters continue. The authorities are still taking precautions against the renewal of the outbreak, A privateer steamer is again reported off the coast of Maine ; firing at another vessel. NEW YORK, July 25 (Evening). The Confederates were yesterday in force near Front Royal. Their cavalry was driven from Manassas Gap by tt.e Federals. It is believed that General Lee intends to cross the Blue Ridge at Chester or Thornton Gap. He is reported to have been delayed on the Upper Po• tomac, in order to carry away the plunder gathered in Pennsylvania and Maryland and the new crop of the Shenandoah Valley. The opinion still prevails in some quarters that General Lee proposes another invasion of the North. The steamer Lizzie has been captured off Abaco, and the steamer Kate Dale off Portugal, with 800 bales of cotton. The City of New York has arrived out. The Scotia has been intercepted. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold 27 per cent. premium. Ex change on London, bankers' bills, 140. Stocks ad vancing, New York Centrals, 124 : 1; Illinois, Il2i ; Erie, 1011; Cotton quiet ; Middling Upland, 63. Flour tending downwards. Wheat and corn good inquiry. Provisions dull. Coffee quiet. Sugar and molasses steady. The Eainburgh and Borussia take out 1,000,600. The large export of specie has caused the rise in gold. (Per the Edinburgh.) NEW YORK, JULY 25, Morning. The United States District Court has affirmed the decision of the Lower Court condemning the steamers Quachita and Elizabeth, the schooner J. S. Toone, the brig Sarah Star, and the cargo be longing to Mr. D. Evans, but has reversed the de cision condemning the cargo belonging to Monroe. Warlike Utterances of the Russian Press (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) ST. PETERSBURG, July 31. The Invalide Russe contains the following : " The replies of Prince Gortschakoff to the notes of the three Powers have produced a profound impression upon all classes of society at Moscow. The general satisfaction evoked by this act of the Government has been displayed by a banquet at which enthusiastic toasts were drunk to the health of the Emperor and Prince Gortschakoff. During the banquet a despatch was sent to the Prince thanking him for the admirable manner in which he had interpreted the wishes and thoughts of the Russian nation, taking up an attitude conformable to the honour and dignity of Russia. Prince Gortschakoff in reply warmly thanked the senders, saying he was happy to have been the faithful interpreter of the sentiments of the Emperor, so greatly conducing to the glory and dignity of the country." The same paper says that— " If the three Powers persist in maintaiLing their untoward intervention in the affairs of Poland ;hey will be responsible for divesting the question of any other issue than that of war." The official organ of the Minister of War declares that the Russian Government is disposed to make every liberal concession to Poland in the way of autonomy, but upon condition that the country shall be aware these concessions proceed from the Emperor, and th a t s h e renounces h er pretensions to the western provinces. The Invalide adds:— " The Poles will obtain nothing so long as the Western Powers arrogate to themselves the right of meddling in our affairs. Every Russian trembles with wrath and indigna tion at the bare idea of foreign intervention, which insults and deeply wounds our national dignity. Our Government will not recoil from any sacrifice, and will be arrested by no obstacle, in repelling these pretensions." The Invalide concludes : "Russia will never consent to any combination giving the Western Powers the right of intervention in an affair touching the internal adminit tration of the country. We are aware that the principal cause of the obstinacy of the insurgents—an obstinacy which has ruined the country for many years--is to be found in their hope of support by the Western Powers. If they did not entertain this hope vie should have long since reduced the revolt. It follows that the intervention of foreign Powers in the Polish question creates a dangerous precedent, for it opens to Europe a plea for constantly meddling in the affairs of Poland. Prudence, therefore, requires that our Government should repress these pretensions with the greatest energy—pretensions wounding to our honour and fatal to the country whose interests they seem intended to support." LITERARY GOSSIP. July has begun, as usual, the dull mson in Literature; nevertheless, we are enabled to make the following announcements ;-- A NEW ATTEMPT Will be made in October to establish a penny daily newspaper in London. THE WORKS OF THE LATE SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE are soon to appear in two volumes, edited by Mr. Charles Hawkins. THE PENNY CRITICAL PAPER, the Literary Vines, has recently been sold by Mr. Boosey, the music publisher, to Mr. Maclean, the proprietor of Fun. Mr. LAWRENCE, author of "Guy Livingstone," is about to publish his American experiences, in a volume entitled " Border and Bastile." " A NEW LIFE OF CICERO" will soon appear, by Mr. William Forsyth, author of " Hoftensius." A LIFE OF MULREADT, compiled by Mr. Cole, from papers contributed by those who knew 133 m, is now in pre paratiun. Mr. MARK LEMON is collecting the materials for a Jest Book for Macmillan's series of the Golden Treasury, Mr. BLANCHARD JERROLD haa, seasonably en oug h , nearly completed "A Book for the Beach." Mr. M URRAY will shortly publish " A Hattd-book for Ireland." Mr. ALEXANDER SMITS is preparing a new edition of Burns's Poems, carefully edited throughout by himself, and having preixed to it a criticism and a biography. CLARE ELECTION. —The nomination took place on Monday in Ennis Court-house, and Sir Colman O'Loghlan was returned without opposition. The assem blage received the declaration of the election with loud cheers. Sir Colman O'Loghlen in returning thanks alluded to foreign and home politics, and also to the course he in tended to pursue" in Parliament. He declared himself in favuur of the Liberals, but promised to sustain no party in measures unfavourable to Ireland. reffivu - • tufa I. i - Mkr I .o' • HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, August 4. The Queen drove out yesterday, accompanied by Princess Helena and Princess Beatrice. The Hon. Mrs. Bruce and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Platt were in attendance. Departure of her Majesty for Germany Informatio❑ was yesterday received by the authorities at Woolwich to tho tffect that her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by Prince Alfred and the junior members of the Royal family, will embark at the Royal Arsenal Pier for Antwerp next Tuesday afternoon, at five o'clock. In ac cordance with her M jesty's express desire the embarkation will be conducted in a strictly private manner, and the arrangements will be carried out nnuer the superintendence of Commodore Sir F. W. E. Nicholson, as flag officer of the port, The Fairy, steam vessel, on board which her Majesty and suite will embark, is ordered to arrive off the dockyard on Saturday, to coal, &c.; and after the embarkation she will proceed direct to Greenhithe, where the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert will be moored for the reception of her Majesty and the Royal family, who will remain on board the vessel during the night. A number of workmen are now employed fitting up the Royal Arsenal Pier, the entire length of which will be covered on the sides with canvas and bunt ing, and the floor laid with scarlet cloth. The Prince of Wales. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at tended by Lieut. General Knollys and Major Teesdale, arrived at Marlborough House, at ten minutes to ten o'clock, last evening, from Halifax. Health of the Princess of Wales. From inquiries instituted yesterday, it appears that the Princess is going on extremely well, that she was enabled to take a carriage drive on Monday afternoon, and was enabled to go into the Park for an hour or two yesterday. The Princess has not been at any time seriously unwell, but the rapidity of the movement of the Royal pair about the coun try during the last few weeks led much to depres sion, consequent upon fatigue, and it was feared that the elaborate programme of the proceedings prepared at Halifax, together with the other visits which were to be paid in the course of the tour of the Royal party to Scotland, would be too great a strain upon the exertions of her Royal Highness in her present delicate state. MR. BARNETT'S BENEFIT—LYCEUM THEATRE.' The patrons of this popular resort will be gratified. to learn that the performances for the benefit of Mr. 11. Barnett, the acting manager and treasurer, will come off on Saturday next, when we hope the worthy beneficiaire will be honoured with a bumper. Irrespective of Mr. Barnett's claims, the last representation of " The Duke's Motto" will certainly attract a crowded house. We have good authority for contradicting th statement, contained in the circuit* correspondence from Rio Janeiro by the recent Brazilian mail, that a pro mise had been given by Earl Russell to the Commat. deur Carvalho Moreira, the late Brazilian Minister in London, to the effect that Mr. Christie should never return to Rio. The declarations of her Majesty's Ministers in Parliament and the refusal of M. Moreira's demands, which led to his retirement from his Court, show the entire approval of Mr. Christie's conduct with the Government of Brazil.—Post. A FLAG OF TRUCE ON A NOVEL SUBJECT.—A. flag of truce came to our lineb a day or two ago on the following subject :—lt represented that an Engl:sh lady, resident of Vicksburg, in one of those critical conditions from which neither rank nor wealth exempt Eve's daughters in a state of matrimony, desired to enter our lines that the " interesting event" might take place at some pint not so exclusively under the sway of the war god, A request appea ing so directly to the sympathies of our na ure was readily granted. The prospective mother was permitted to enter our lines and proceed to Memphis.—Cincinnati Como tnercial. We understand that the directors of the Alex andra Park Company have arranged with Messrs. Kelk and Lucas for the reconstruction, on an improved design,. of the Exhibition Building of 1862, on the heights of Muswell hill. MR. W. HOWITT'S MARY JANE!—In a letter re plying to his reviewers in the Quarterly and Blackwood's Magazine, in the matter of Spiritualism, Mr. W. Howitt an nounces the publication of a curious book, entitled " Mary Jane." " And now, sir," he says, " I come to a most ex traordinary fact. A gentleman of high scientific and chemical knowledge living at this moment in London, a pro fessed and out-and-out materialist ; a man who does not believe in any soul or spirit ; that he has gut any soul or spirit himself ; who believes only in matter and its proper ties, has sat down and practically searched into the alleged spiritual phenomena, and has just printed, though not yet , published, a book under the odd title of Mary Jane,' in which he announces that every one of the so-called spiritua Phenomena is real ; that he and his wife have obtained them all, and more than all. That this intelligence, which he cello Mary Jane, but which he imagines only an emanation of matter, has given safe and most intelligent messages through them ; has played a mirably on a guitar, time after time, simply laid on his wife's knee, who is wholly ignorant of music; has moved taoles, lifted about a sheet of zinc three or tour feet in diameter, folded up an oil cloth table cover and carried it away into another room, and, most wondertul of all, has given them a number of coloured drawings by Merely laying sheets of paper on the floor, and after that, by shutting up blank sheets in a box, closing it, and pasting paper over the opening ; and gentlemen present, to test the fact, then writing their names all over the paper so pasted on to preveat any possibility of the box being opened without detection. Yet, out of this box six coloured drawings at once have been produced in the presence of these gentlemen; and still further, that Mary Jane promises to give them others in an iron chest locked with a Chubb's lock. I shall go no further into detail, be cause the book is already printed and must soon see the light," GROSS OUTRAGE IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—At the Ashford Petty Sessions, on Saturday, Edgar Hicks, grocer, of Rye, Sussex, a married man with a family, was charged with committing an indecent assault on Julia Burgess, daughter of a farmer living at Winchilsea, the 21st of July. Mr. Delasaux, of Canterbury, appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Sleigh, barrister, instructed by Mr. Butler, of Rye, for the defendant. It appeared that, on the evening of the 21st of July, the complainant was returning from Wye to Winchilsea, and had to change carriages at Ashford. While waiting at the Ashford sta tion she had some conversation with the defendant, whom she knew before, and whom she believed to be a respect able man, When they lett Ashford they got into a first c.ass carriage, in which there were no other passengers. Shortly after the train started the defendant attempted to kiss the complainant, but she resisted and struck him on the mouth. After that he committed a gross outrage upon her. She then threatened to give him into custody at the Ham-street station, but he expressed regret for what he had done, and, in consideration of his wife and family, she did not give him in charge. Ai ter the train left Hem street Hicks again committed an indecent assault upon the cow plainant. Mr. Sleigh, for the defence, called several wit nesses, who gave Hicks a good character, but the bench fined him £5 and costs,—Kentish, Gazette. EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY.—The Hampshire papers record the death of Jane Hoskins, at Romsey, who was 109 years old. She was twice married—first to a hawker, and secondly to a woodcutter, She enjoyed throughout life good health, and her death resulted simply from decay. She was a smoker of tobacco. STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES. —The Act to enable cities, towns, and borougt:s of 25,0u0 inhabitants to appoint stipendiary magistrates has just been printed' The local board of a city or place may resolve to have a magistrate, and fix the sala-y. The Crown is appointed a barrister of not less than five years' standing. A pullet) office is to be provided, and a clerk appointed by the magic." trate. The expenses are to be defrayed out of the local rates, LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN FRANCE.—Girarditt is, we hear, busy correcting the sheets of a book entitled " Question de Presse," in which he has collected all the materials for the defence of his famous " new , of the liberty of the press. Another more important volume will appear somewhat later, under the tile " Liberte de la Presse"—a collection of edicts, ordonnances, decreer, lasvS, arretes, reports, exposes, Stc., and verdicts givai in the matter of the press, printing offices and libraries in general, with a chronological list and an analytical register of all condemnations pronounced up to 1863 for crimes and traventioas of " printed thought," • CONFEDERAT E KIN DNESS.-- A corresponde nt with the army of the Potomac says Wbi l° lying in line on the evening of the 'NI, I saw two rebels come from the fight with a wounded Union solder leaning on their shoulders, and they each had an arm supporting his back. As they Were helping him to our hospital, another squad of eight rebels came into our lines with a stretcher and a wounded Union officer on it," THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, Auaust 5, 1863. i