The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-11 00:00:00

••••••••• NE' THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and 14/ram:ter. M. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE TRIBE TIGER. After which, at Eight o'clock, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN ; oR, T E GHOST'S iURGAIN, in twhich will be exhibited J. L. ProfessOr Pepper T's adaptaCo Ph n of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. ole, R. illips Sefton C. J. Smith; Alfred Mellon e and Miss -TREAT shamED s : F o llowed by a new Burlesqueed ILL IL TROVATORE. Alf ssrs. Toole. P. Bedford, It. Phillips, Fbnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and ears, and Miss li. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. anner, 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, 3landers, and E. Baton. Followed by (21st time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL THE fi.E." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; :Mesdames Ada Swanboroug - h, F. Josephs, Maria bimpson, Wallace, aim Jenny White. To conclude with KEEP YOUR T EMPER. Commence at 7. rrifiE ilium EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing. the LHtest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, —h. —m.—Afternoon, 12h. 18m. To-moßnow.-Morning, 12h. 44m.—Afternoon, lh. 10m. The Weather—Sun Office, Aug.ill, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.06. Wind—S.-W. ; light, and fine. ~~~ Suit LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1863. Later news from America, intelligence bringing the narrative of the war down to the beginning of this current month of August, shows the main army of the Confederates, under LEE, to be situ ated between Culpepper and Gordonsville. There the attitude assumed by him is said to be purely defensive. But—simultaneously with the receipt of this fragmentary intimation as to the Confede rate Commander-in -Chief—we learn in other words that the Federal C o mmander-in-Chief is begin ning to evidenco anything but the confidence of a conqueror. The recent movements of his army, it is said, under date August 1, New York, will be followed by its former inactivity ! An account certainly not without, its significance. More par ticularly when together with it comes the intima tion that Kentucky has been invaded by the Southerns! General BURNSIDE, in making these latest warlike tidings known, through a prcclama tion that, as a matter of course, speaks of the Con federates as " the rebels," General BURNSIDE we say in making public this new and daring invasion of Kentucky by the rebels pronounces the enterprise to have been undertaken with the intention of overawing the judges, intimidating the voters, and forcing the election of disloyal candi dates at the election of the ensuing 3d of Septem ber. As the instant consequence of this same in vasion of Kentucky martial law had been declared throughout that State. " Military commanders," said the General, " will aid the State autho rities to support the laws and the purity of suffrage. The judges present at the polls will be held strictly responsible that no disloyal person bo allowed to vote, and to this end military power will give them its utmost support." Summing up the relative positions of the confronting main armies in a single announcement, one of the NeW York papers says, sententiously,that the Army of the Potomac is again upon the Rappahanock, -MADE is there somewhere in the immediate vici nity of Falmouth. LEE confronting him, upon the defensive, but prepared for any emergency, we may be certain of that, if only by reason of his admirably planned and deliberately conducted retreat—LEE confronting his old antagonist at a point situated at a mutually respectful distance,and already indicated with sufficient distinctness as one midway between Culpepper and Gordonsville. So situated, the armies, it was expected on the Ist instant at New York, could not in reasonable probability but very soon indeed come again into collision. An engagement —it would be difficult to say a decisive engagement and even if we could say it, by whom would such an intimation as that be credited ?—an engagement of some kind, decisive or indecisive, was, when these last advices left, per the City of London, pretty confidently expected to take place soon :no longer, of course, upon the Potomac, but once more upon the Rappahannock. While such was the situation of affairs still between Washing ton and Richmond, between the main armies of the Federals and Confederates, the siege of Charleston was yet persisted in. The Northerns were said to be moving upon Mobile, to have recently captured Brasbear City, to have begun a series of successes over the Confederates both in Kentucky and in Tennessee! How veraciously sail to have done and to be doing all this, we shall learn through our next jumble of fragmentary intelligence. The weekly meeting of the Central Executive Relief Committee which took place at Manchester yesterday already testifies the truth of the warnings that have been lately uttered respecting the condi tion of the distressed districts. From Mr. FAR NALL's report it appears that the tide has again turned, and that in the 27 unions receiving paro chial relief there has been an increase of 1,299 ap plicants. The principal increase is at Ashton•under 1411e, Oldham, Rochdale, and Blackburn, besides many smaller places. Still there are other districts in which a mall diminution is perceptible, and the total decrease since December is 126,048. It is highly satisfactory to find that there are as yet no signs of the supplies being stopped by the frugality or indifference of the public, nearly fourteen hun dred pounds having been received during the week. After the usual grant s bad boon made the gentle men who had assembled nnd er the able presidency of Lord DERBY had a diseu ß c o on the Public Works Bill, just passed by th e Houses of Parlia- Ment, and the probable effect of som e o f i ts clauses on the employment of factory operatives. Lord EGERTON expressed some anxiety to know whether in granting mone y to boards of guardians, the Government wo u ld make any condition respecting the rate of wages; whether the rule would be to give "a fair d a y+, wage for a fair day's work," or only such a sum as would keep body and soul together. "Ur. F AR . NALL, in answer to the noble lord's observations, real eased that the bill was throughout pertne s s &Ise, and not compulsory. It did not compel the local authorities to employ factory operatives at all, nor did it stipulate that any particular rate of wages should be kept to. Mr. FARNALL proceeded to say, from his own extensive experi ence in the matter, that he believed payment would be made upon measurement of th© work done, so that es.ch man would receive the same rate of wages as au independent labourer would do. According to Mr. FARNALL'S statement there le every prospect of the bill being of gr eat prac tical utility, for it seems probable that ail the districts will avail themselves of the powers it confers, and that a very large earn of money will be raised in order to sat the unsenplo3 LeZory hands to work. The guardian.: 1.. e the geed sense t e see that as they are bound to support a great proportion of these persons in one form or are ether, it is better by the expenditure of a la rger sum to secure a permanent good, to carry out w eeks which will be highly conducive to the health, comfort, and convenience of the inhabi tants e f their towns, and which will remain when the troubles of the present time have long been numbered with the past. The deplorable effects of long-c =tinned idleness are too well known not to enter into their consideration. On the one hand, the noun employed will have the honest satisfaction that they are doing fair work for the money they get, and feel themselves once more on their old in dependent footing ; on the other, they and their families are left at the pauper level, to suffer all its depressing effects on the mind and body, and its demoralising influence morally. It was observed by several of the members of the committee yester day that it was most important that the distinction should be preserved between the men employed public works and the recipients of parish 'relief. There is likely to be some confusion on the on subject unless this is plainly understood and i m p t res a s d ed m u it p te o d n the men at the outset. Mr. FARN AL the necessity of presereing the clistitnhcattioitn,waenudldsahide that he had everywhere stated -. necessary that the men em ployed on gu onp a u r b d l i i a c n w e o a r n k d s should be struck off the l ist of the relief committees, an l d e be aretreated glad this as question in de pendent labourers. v has been brought to the surface before the work begins, as half its good effects would be lost if the employment were taken as a mere charitable pretence. One very satisfactory fact was elicited in course of the discussion. It will be remembered that, when the matter was debated in Parliament, the proposed employment of factory hands on out door works was objected to on the ground that the change in their mode of working would be most prejudicial to their health. It was argued, with some show of reason, that men accustomed to the hot, dry air of factories would suffer greatly from the sudden transmission to cold, damp out-door work and exposure to the weather, and that rheu matism and a host of kindred evils would ensue. It seems, however, from Lord EGERTON'S testimony, that such is not the case. He had re cently, he told the meeting, visited a number of the Stockport operatives whom he had employed in out-door work during the whole winter, and he was quite astonished at the improvement in their looks. They appeared to be better and stronger in every way, and they assured him that they were up to any kind of work. It is surely better to supply the healthy aE d able-bodied men with out-door work here, to fill up the vacuum, than to depart them across the seas to lands where they will probably have to undertake still rougher and more laborious tasks, and will grieve for the old home scenes while England is missing their labour. The struggle cannot be of much longer duration. Fortunately we are not dependent on the fluctuations of the American war. The numerous sources which are open to us in our own dominions, and which we have so long neglected, will very shortly come to our aid. By refusing to avail ourselves of the means which Providence has placed in our hands, we have, in a measure, brought this burden upon our people, but they have borne it nobly and well; and, with the hopes gathering round the opening of another year, who would despair, even though we learn that the time of trial is not yet past ? Mr. GILBERT, the Secretary of the Society for the Relief of Distress, has published a very interesting parouhlet on the " Condition of the Wives and Families of Married Convicts, with Suggestions for its Amelioration." There is no class of society more to be pitied than these unfortunate persons, whose means of subsistence are taken from them, and who are exposed alternately to cruel privations and sad temptations. Mr. GILBERT is in a position to know accurately the circumstances of the case as regards many of these hapless individuals, and the details he puts before us tend to prove that it is necessary speedily to adopt some remedial measure. The troubles, the crimes, and the expenses attending the present plans all call for a speedy remedy. Mr. GILBERT prefaces his remarks by stating that he has seen, while acting as secretary to the society, "such abject misery" among the families of the convicts that he is emboldened to make the effort to be of service to them, although so much has already been written and said on the subject of our convict system. He states that it must be con sidered that, however great the crime of the married convict, he has still been the support of his family, and, to a certain extent, provided for them, and when he is taken away his family have to endure a punishment as severe as his own, and often as dis honourable. His wife and children must then work for themselves, but who will employ the wife and child of a convicted thif f. If the woman applies to the parish, they get rid of her by telling her to come to the House. Not wishing to be separated from her children, she refuses, and attempts to sup port herself and them. In this painful position great sufferi ngs await them. It has been found that the m or t a li ty among the children of married convicts is greater than among the poorest of the honest poor, even under the most unfavourable cir cumstances. If driven to despair, the wife at last enters the House with her children, they remain fixtures, for no one will employ them, and they are " a continued expense to the ratepayers and a misery to themselves.' The number of wives and children obtaining parish relief is very considerable. A few instances are given of the different parishes in London. At St. George, Southwark, there are 57 women and 134 children; at St. Mary, Islington, 98 women and 201 children. It is truly said that the cost of the married convict is enormous on the public purse. Each above the value of his labour is, on the average, twenty-nine pounds a-year, and while the whole or part of the expense of maintaining his family is cast on the poor-rate, it is forcibly urged that, "on the score of economy alone, some vast reformation is required in our present system of convict manage ment." Still sadder are the details concerning those children whose parents have brought them up in crime. In some cases where the mother is a de praved woman, she has been known to pursue her children from place to place, until she at last has got them turned out into the streets and driven as it were to crime. It is here mentioned that the children of the married convicts in the Australian colonies are rarely thieves. The chief cause is said to be that they can more readily obtain work. Sir NVILLIAm A'BECKLTT, late S u p reme J u d ge o f Victoria, gav e i t as his opinion that he never kne w the convict tu rn out a thief, may obtain empl oyment, and Eon of a transported for in Australia a ll b oys tioa to the child' s b the pri mary tempta dishonest—privation— is wanti ecoming ng. The plan Pr o p osed by Mr. GILBERT is a good one so fa r as it goes, thou g h d oubtless there would be found many difficultie s i n the way of carrying it out. He advises the establishment of a community, where, to use his own word s , ,4 the means of employment should be abundant, and in dustry compulsive during the whole period of his s-nteece ; where idleness should be eunished as a c h •izne; viLlere it still t. purchase in. tlxicatieg think; and whcle aid alic;il4 - 7L ,-f,: reformed, shall be difficult to find." Of course this must be done abroad, and Mr. GILBERT mentions the Australian colonies as a suitable place for a reformatory settlement for married convicts. The northern portion of Western Australia is a very suitable place, it is mentioned ; and, as up to tt e present time there is not an acre of gro und inhabited by a white man, it cannot be likely to offend the a penal settlement t n h w a o b u i l t d a n b t s e o a f t t l y e d di ne s y . , Australian settlers by making among tf oarn c Constantinople. Ther e are i e n f s r t o a t m n h c e e L m , sure to be plenty of o bstacles inter posed in the 0 . t n h d F e o u r s o e m t t t o l e t m h e en '. carrying oat of this or any similar plan, but the facts here adduced speak for themselves, and call aloud for redress. The present system is unfair and cruel to the women and children, while it really imposes a heavy burden on the State. It is not in accordance with the principles of poli fitaibtctlaiylugfer c ot o mb n a o tw m sa y on , want, many : a a n n d d n de iebsi children a n ds e re r do e no occasioned it iuol seem nd e perish byright y wa: want, et : o or :- grow up to become thieves or dissolute characters. Those who do not agree with Mr. GILBERT'S sug gestion will nevertheless accord their recognition of the necessity of some means being devised to remedy this evil, and to ameliorate the condition of those who seem set apart by the rules of society to become thieves nolens volens. To take these outcasts at home to a country where employment is certain, I old associati ons remove d , an d a new lif e put b e f ore them, is surely a safe means of remedy, and one that, though not certain to succeed, may in all human probability do so. Mr. GILBERT has a right to speak, for he has seen the miserable results and pernicious consequences of the present system, and therefore he has essayed to find a remedy for the glaring evils that are so constantly brought under his notice. It is highly requisite that the Legisla ture should do something about this anomalous condition of so many women and children. At present the seeds of vice are sown broadcast among the community, and nothing but evil consequences ensue therefrom. It cannot be impossible to pre vent all this misery, crime, and death, end no diffi.- cultios that are in the way should be allowed to be insuperable. The Late Marshal Oudinot. Almost immediately after the death of the late Marshal Oudinot, Duc de Reggio, was announced in the journals of Europe, our chief contemporary put forth a very extraordinary statement in regard to that illustrious soldier. According to this re markable statement of the 2imes, it was asserted quite confidently that the Dec de Reggio deplored up to the moment of his death, as (it was said also) he had in point fact for some years previously, the work of restoration accomplished by him at. Rome in 1849. The announcement of these as the dying opinions of Marshal Oudinot, was acnmpanied, however, by a point blank declaration that the deceased had breathed his last after having refused all the consolations of religion. In distinct and positive contradiction to each and all of these most singular, and (as will be immedi ately apparent) these wholly unjustifi a bl e state ments, we are authorised by the Family of Marshal Oudinot to pronounce the assertions thus set forth by the limes in respect to that distinguished sol dier, to be utterly without one particle of foundation. This emphatic contradiction we hasten, therefore, to publish in the plainest terms possible, and, in the interests of truth, we are desirous that it should be at once frankly accepted as a contradiction com plete and unreserved. As we write this, there is now lying open before us an affecting communication, penned as recently as the 9th of this present month of August, by the nearest surviving relative of the deceased Marshal, namely, his own eldest son, the present Duo de Reggio. And it is upon no less an authority than this, that we herewith declare to be utterly groundless the declaration that Marshal Oudinot either re gretted his feat of arms in 1849, or that he expired but a little more than a month since, after having refused to receive the consolations o f reli g ion. While enabling us to g ive this explicit denial to each of those stat e ments, the present Duke de Reggio, in the course of the letter already referred to, as lying before us while we are writing, remarks in regard to the deceased, that there is not one of those who have approached him since 1849, who will not revolt from assertions so entirely contrary to truth. " My excellent father," says the n3w Duc de Reggio, " was happy and proud of the services he had rendered to the church. This he avowed every day. Every successive year he wrote to the Sovereign Pontiff, H e associated himself in heart, in spirit, in wo r d s , with the vivacity on e mi g ht almost say of youth, w i t h the efforts adventur e d upon in Franc e an d e l sew h ere far the defence of the rights and of the authority of the apostolic see" — and so forth. [Mon excellent pa re et a it h e ureux et fier des serv ices qu'il avail rendus i l'Eglise ; et it le disait chaque jour; it l'ecrivait chaque annee au Souverrin Pontife s'associait de cosur, d'esprit, de paroles,avec ute vivacite toute juvenile, aux efforts tenter en France et an cure pour la defense des droits et de l'autorite du Siege Appstolique, Sc.] In signal corroboration, however, of these all sufficient assertions of Marshal Oudinot's son, the present Due de Reggio, therecome tons simultane ously with the letter froti which the above passage is transcribed, documentary evidences, of themselves quite unanawerible. An interesting report in the weekly journal, the Correspondence de Home, under date,.Saturlay, the 29th of July, gives, in all its details, a description of the funeral ceremonies performed, by order of the Sovereign Pontiff', on the previous day—that is, the 18th ult. —in th e Ch urc h of Santa An d re della Valle, for the repose of th e sou l of the d ec eased Marshal Victor Oudinot, Due de Reggio. Acc ordin g to the narrative in the C orres pondence de Borne, this solemn funer a l serv i ce was performed with all imaginable pomp and ceremony It commenced at 10 o'clock in the morning' His Holiness was represented by his Excellency Monsignor Pam, seated upon the right hand of the choir, together with Mgr. de Merode, Mgr. Talbot, and Mgr. Ne grotto, Cammerteri Segratti, and officials of the Pontiff's anti-chamber. Near these prelates was plac©d the Prince do Viano, Commandant of the Noble Guard, as well as the superior officers of the said guard, and those also of the picturesque Swiss Guard. To the left was his Excellency the Senator of Rome, surrounded by a crowd of officials, there assembled together to pay the last tribute of respect to the departed noble—who, it should be remarked, by the way, was not only a French peer and a marshal of the empire, but a Roman Patrician as well. Oudinot's name having been formally incribed, as a mark of peculiar honour, upon the Golden Book, sacred to the names of the patricians of the Eternal City. Near the fore going also were his E xcellenc y the Commander in-Chief of the Army of Occupation, together with a brilliant staff —besides the General of Brigade Micheler, the Pontifical Generals Kalbermatteu, Braschi, Zappi, and many other officers of both armies. Monsignor Marinelli, Bishop of Porphyre and Sacristan of his Holiness, officiated pontifically at the high mass, and at the close of it gave the solemn asperging at the c atafalque. Other particulars, indicative of the unus ual character of t he solemni ties, solemnities, be it remembered, ordered lengthen out the description by the Pope), beyond the limits her e afforded b y our columns, this afternoon, for quotation. We pass by th e rest of these particular s, ther efore , reluctantly, con tenting ourselves with g ivin g here but one additional piece of documentary eviden ce , one, however, that must be accepted as, of itself, perfectly conclusive in reference to the opinions and sentiments cherished up to the last mom ent o f his existence by Victor g sh letter, te being no by his Holiness, other than the sub joined addressed Marshal Oudinot, Du e de Reggio. The document herewith i at ff h e p e u t i b n li as recently as the 29 th ult., to the deceased Mar ahal's : sol and successor , the pres en t D uo d e Reggio 1 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1803. Cf plus P.P. ix, " Dilecte fili nobilis vir salutem etApostolicum Benedic tionem. Maximo Nobis dolori fuit allatum Tuis literis nuncium mortis egrr gii genitoris tui, cujus fidcm, pietatem et constantiam perspectam . habuimus multi s p rcec l ar i sque argumentis. Qus fortissimos strenue gessit, ut urbem hanc principem catholici orbis e man ib us per di torum homi num eriperet, et Apostolicaa Sedi restitueret talibus aunt historian consignata monumentis, ut nulla possint oblivione phloannee ut testimonio publico memoria staretur, simulque illius anima verum tantum Nos illi debere p d pi e ju l s e c r i i i s . urvea C i irg u e i r tou a s v ri i s m : in u mi s fir a g is ; existimamus, quantum persolvere difficile sit. Sic enim in arduis rebus gerendis mandatum sibi creditum est exe quntus, ut vim vi repellere coactus sAnctitati recuperandsa urbis, et innocentium incolumitati eonsuleret. Confidimus itaque fore ut amplissiraa laborum merces ilium in crelis maneat ; elute dum cogitas, ut roserorem temperes hortamur, nec doleas (ut Hieronymi vocibus utamur) quod talem amiseris ; sed guadeas quod talent habueris. Eaderit porro charitate, qua virum dehctissimum prosequnti sumus, et familiam ejus amplectimur ; cujus rei signum indubium Apostolicam Benedictienem Tibi, parenti optima), Tuisque omnibus peramanter impertimur. Datum Romm apud S. Petrum die 29 Julii, 1863. Pontificatus Nostri Anno. xviii. Pius P.P. IX. " WEBER'S LAST WALTZ," AND " PEsTAL."—The real authorship !—How long was a tune by Bela" siger issued, edition after edition, as " Weber's laet waltz ?" There was a melody called "Festal" published some years ago as the music of a condemned amateur, written on the eve of his execution, but a fterw ar d s c l a i me d by a livi n g composer. CHARLES DICIrENS' LETTERS To WASHINGTON IRVING,—Among th e many i nteresting not i ce s given by the editor of Irvi ng an d h i s contemporar i es . gap, the London Revie wer , t h ose relating to Dickens oug ht not to be passed over. He has pre serve d keine very charac teristic letters from our own familiar " Boa " which gives us some idea of the rich t reat that must be enjoye d by those who may read hi s c orrespondence. In them, as in all his writ ings, humour and p at h os go han d i n band, and prove that if no one ever l aughed at men mo re than he, few also felt towards th em so k indly. " THE YANKEES' " COMIC HISTOR Y OF RO;411! NOT ATECKETT'S . —If any one want s to en j o y a really good honest laugh l e t him read the "few Fork Il6r all's "classical" articles on the sim ilarit y betwe en the hisNry of Rom e an d that of the Unite d States. T he pre , cent war it appears is like that in which the " Spolians" and " San:mites" were engaged with the Romans under ' Sung, in whom there is a distinct resemblance traced to poor harmless General Scott I And the resemblance will b e made complete when the United ones turn on France and England as the Romans did on " Alithridates," aud punish ing these two miserable powers very much as the Pontine potent a t e was served ; atanos forth as the mistress of the world. 12isu;;z tencat;s amici? And yet there tire thou sands of Nev , York. rs who read such trash over inflamma tory c o cktails, and fahey th-y are Roman enizAas of a supe rior kind, anal Buti,:iiiobasloin is to he the cal ii;.ll of the IlAtiOnS a the ce.xth,--4;71,y aal 414 vii Quete. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. MR. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS. Two evils Mr. Mellon has had to contend with in renewing his excellent annual entertainment—the hot weather and the month of August—the one of which drives people from theatres, and the other drives them from town. The various merit, how ever, he has assembled, and the force and skill with which he directs it, enabled him last evening to encounter these objections in a manner that gave the best assurance of the entire success of his experiment. Not a slight element in this result is his being able to secure again the superb arena of the Italian Opera as the scene of his exertions, where the requisite space is not more pre-eminent, and its attendant coolness and convenience, than the adaptation of the building to sound, and the agreeable influence of its noble proportions. The stall and pit portions as before having been raised to a level with the stage—the orchestra, capable of containing one hundred performers, rises on the latter with its old aspect of a huge citadel of harmony, thronged with executants, who proclaim its influence over the crowds that swarm about it. -All the other arrangments for the comfort of the public have been as carefully attended to—such as the ease of access to the promenade by a variety of entrances, the rows of seats placed before the orchestra for the accommodation of the weary, and the superior refreshments supplied by Mr. Brunetti on the stage, at the bides of the orchestra. The musical attractions of the night, however, were of course the chief consideration— and these it will be seen were not to be regarded as either inferior or few. Mr. Mellon presented us, in the first place, with such a vocalist as Carlotta Patti. The great sensa tion which this lady created on her debut at this theatre in April last, as one of the most gifted and surprising singers of her time has been extended to every concert room in which she has since appeared, and to none more than the arena which so warmly confirmed her claims last night. Madlle. Carlotta Patti sung four times, and in evidence of her variety, in four different schools, Swiss, Italian, French, and English, in each of which she raised the audience to the highest point of enthusiasm. Her delivery of the Swiss Echo Song by Eckert, with its extra ordinary vocal resources—of the Rondo Finale of the Sonnambula, "Ah non Giunge," with its profusion of embellishment—of the Laughing song from the " Manon Lescaut," with its wonder. ful high note; and last not least, of the simple British ballad, " Coming through the Rye," which she gave in lieu of a repeat of the " Laughing Song" --and which had nothing striking about it but its perfectly simple and pure expression— had each its characteristic that found a warm response in the audience. The instrumental star of the evening was not less extraor dinary than the vocal, though scarcely to be classed with it, whether in respect to dignity or agreeableness. This was a Signor Gianni Vailati, who gave a performance on the mandolin, an old rustic Italian instrument, the precursor of the guitar, to which, however, it is as interior as an ancient tabor to a modern drum. In handling this very limited and imperfect instrument, Signor Vailati certainly exhibited a very striking amount of facility, and in the execution of comic and fan tastic music we can conceive his capability of producing sorre good effects ; but in the attempt he made last night of giving expression to the " Miserere," from the " Trovatore," one of the most pathetic compositions to be found in modern opera—and which only the prolonged notes of a cornet or a violin can give any adequate idea of— the rapid thrumming of Signor Vailati was not merely an incompetence, but what appeared to our selves and others as a something approaching to burlesque. For the remainder of the entertainment we have nothing but the highest praise. We had, among the other solo features, the " Fandango" of Herr Molique, admirably performed by Mr. Carrodus, who is rapidly taking his place as one of the first violinists of the day. We had a solo on the flageo let by M. Bonniseeau, which was equally striking and agreeable, and a selection from the " Puritani," which gave scope to the several powers of Mr. Levy on the cornet, Mr. Hauser on the bassoon, Mr. Bar ret on the oboe, Mr. Lazarus on the clarionet, Mr. oSpidhneecyleiPLa_tttehneah t e e fi s t a m t sa, masters d r N o l f r. . theirH g r h e e s s p o u n t the v e on gre t instruments that are probably to be found in Europe. Of the band , containing such solo talent, selected from that of the Italian Opera and the Musical So• cioty, and amounting to more than 80 performers, all praise would be superfluous. Their execution of each of the substantial attractions of the night— the adagio and scherzo of Beethoven's Choral Sym phony, the International March of Auber, the Ex hibition Overture of Meyerbecr, the overture to " Fra Diavolo," and Mr. 'Mellon's spirited Dramatic College Quadrille—was distinguished by a fire and precision, a mingled force and colour, that could not possibly be exceeded. Lastly, let us not forget the acknowledgments due to Mr. Alfred Mellon himself, to whose vigour, taste, and judgment EO much of the Band's success was owing, as well as the general arrange ments and impressions of the night. He has rarely sustained with more distinctness his claim to the position he has gained—as the very first of English conductors, and tole successor to Mr. Costa. We must add that the programme of the week is suffi ciently attractive. On Thursday we areto Mozart eight —on Friday, the "Creation''---and on Saturday, a night for every one's neicee—the Volunteers. Be tore the night was over the house cio%cLd to the roof, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per the City of London.) NEW YORK, AUG. 1 (Morning). General Burnside has issued a proclamation which says "Kentucky has been invaded by the rebels with the intention of overawing the judges, in timidating the voters, and forcing the election of disloyal candidates at the election of Septem ber 3. " Martial iaw is therefore proclaimed in Ken tucky. " Military commanders will aid the State authorities to support the laws and the purity of suffrage. The judges present at the polls will be held strictly responsible that no disloyal person be allowed to vote, and to this end military power will give them its utmost support." An engagement is expected upon the Rappahan nock. The siege of Charleston continues. The Confederates have been defeated in Kentucky and Tennessee. Brashear City has been captured by the Federals The Federals are moving against Mobile. (Per extra steamer, the City of Limerick,) NEW YORK, JULY 30 (Morning). The New York Times says that the army of the Potomac is again on the Rappahannock, at or in the vicinity of Falmouth. General Lee's forces are encamped between Culpepper and Gordonsville. He has assumed a defensive attitude. Ewell's corps is moving through the Shenandoah Valley in the direction of Fredericksburg. The recent active movements of General Meade's army will, it is said, be fcllowed by its former inactivity. The Mayor of Savannah has issued a proclama tion, ordering the citizens to organise for its defence. It is rumoured that Chattanooga was captured on the 16th ult. The Florida was at Bermuda, coaling and re pairing machinery, and had transferred half a mil lion of silver bars on board the blockade runner R. E. Lee, for Wilmington. Since June 18th the Florida is reported to have destroyed 12 vessels, including the brig W. B. Nash. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JULY 29 (Evening). Money easy at 6 per cent. Gold dull, 1271. Exchange firm, 140. Stocks active. New York Centrals, 127.4 ; Erie, 102 i ; Illinois, 1141. Cotton in good demand —middling Upland, 62. Flour de clined 10c. "Wheat also lower. Provisions un changed. Freights dull, with moderate engage ments. (Per the City of London.) NEW YORK, JULY 31 (Evening). . _. Advices have been received from Charleston to the 26th inst. The bombardment of Fort Wag ner continues. General Gilmore has erected a bat tery of heavy guns within 1,000 yards of Fort Wag ner. Fort Sumter and Fort Johnston upon James's Island are keeping up a continued fire upon the Federals on Morris Island. The Federal casualties average about six daily. The Confederates refuse to exchange captured negro troops. Federal General Strong is dead. General Meade's army is on the line of the Rappahannock. It is rumoured General Meade will endeavour to prevent General Lee from re•occupying the Frede ricksburg Heights. The eleventh corps of General Meado's army has been broken up. 2,500 Confederates under Generals Pegram and Scott have crossed the Kentucky river, and attacked the Federals at Paris, but were repulsed after two • hours' fighting. The Confederates have retreated to Winchester, followed by the Federal cavalry. Morgan and his officers have been coifined in cells in the Ohio Penitentiary at Columbus. The Evening Post says the Government has de termined to force the draft in New York. The amount of force employed will depend solely upon the exigencies of the case. _ _ _ The Southern journals recommend that if the decision in the case of the Alexandra be affirmed in England, the Confederates should promptly avail themselves of it to give a death-blow to the North. ern Commerce, and strike some Northern cities. The steamers James Battle and William Bagley have been captured. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW Yoll.s, JULY 31, Evening. Money easy. Gold 28i per cent. premium. Ex change on London Bankers' Bills, 141. Stocks advancing. New York Centrals, 1281 ; Illinois, 1121; Erie, 1037 i. Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 104. Cotton, good enquiry. Middling Upland 62-1 to 63. Flour heavy ; wheat in good command for ex port ; corn tending downwards. Provisions dull. Coffee quiet: Sugar very firm. Molasses quiet. Crude Petroleum 311. NEW YORK, AUG. 1 (Noon). General Lee massed his forces at Culpepper on Wednesday, and prepared to give the Federals battle on the Rappahannock. One Confederate regiment guards the Rappahannock from Frede ricksburg to Eley's Ford, on the Rapidan, which is fortified south of Culpepper. The New Fork World says the Federals got possession of the heights in the rear of Fredericks burg- Mosby's guerillas have made a raid into Fair fax Court House. _ _ The Federal General Herron's division has left Vicksburg for Mobile. Grant's army has fallen back to Big Black River. Johnston is said to be reinforced by Bragg, and will make the Mobile and Ohio railroad from Okolonaon the North to Mobile on the South, his line of defence. General Gilmore reports his total loss in three d fi p,' fighting at 985. The Confederates in Kentucky have:been driven from Winchester towards Irvine. They also occu pied Stanford but were driven out with loss, and retreated towards the Cumberland River. The Confederates who were forcing the conscription in West Tennessee has been routed by the Federate at Lexington, with the loss of several officers and two cannon. Mounted patrols have been organised along the river from Vicksburg to New Orleans. Several more vessels have arrived at New Orleans from St. Louis. The Federal Government is being strongly urged to repeal the tax upon invoices of goods sent from St. Louis to New Orleans. Brashear City has surrendered to the Federal gunboats. It is supposed to have been evacuated. The military authorities of Kentucky have announced that, if it shall be found necessary to ienpress property, it Will be taken fir froa tho,se f persons opposed to furnishing more men or money to pat down the rebellion. General Pemberton and his officers have not been exchanged. The exchange of prisoners has been partly suspended. The New York Times says that the draught in New York will commence on Monday, the 3d inst., and that the Government is prepared for any emergency. A bitter controversy continues between the Re- publican and the Democratic press concerning the constitutionality and policy of enforcing the draught; also between the State and Federal officials who were engaged in quelling the Into riots. The steamer Arabian has arrived at Nassau from Wilmington. Several vessels have returned to Nassau, being unable to enter Confederate ports. The Governor of the Bahamas has received in formation from Lord Lyons that the efforts to in duce the Washington Cabinet to withdraw prohibi tion to export live stock to Nassau were fruitless. The Florida was still at Bermuda on the 22d ult, taking fuel from the Confederate steamer Harriet Pinckney, the naval authorities having re fused to furnish her with fuel. News from Charleston to the 29th ult. states that General Gilmore has erected a line of batteries within 250 yards of Fort Wagner. Three heavy siege guns have been mounted within a mile and a quarter of Fort Sumter, and would open on that fort on the 29th ult. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 11. Russian troops are being concentrated at Gumri. The Porte demands explanations from the Russian Government on this account. The old seraglio has been totally destroyed by fire. The Inland Custom Houses have been abolished and an Octroi substituted. PRANCE. BOURSE, Aug. 10.—The market still continues heavy, and Sto,:k having been offered prices have receded—Threes, for the Account, being now at 671. 15c. Railway Share Market dull, with a fall in some of the lines. The market closed as fol lows : 4 per Cents. 96 20 Do, end 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 15 Credit Mobilier... , 1062 50 Do, end month...JOS 75 Bank Shares 3365 • Credit 1 oncier 1235 Italian Loan 7l 90 Do. end month 7l 85 New ditto Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes.,, Home Debt rArs. RA IL Cash. Account. Orleans lOl7 50 .. 1015 Northern New ditto — .. -- -- Lyons and Mediterranean 1017 50 .. 1016 25 Geneva 493 75 .. 490 Southern 685 .. 685 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian . . Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona .... 350 .. 355 THE FORCED LOAN IN POLAND, WARSAW, August 4. The following is the text of the decree of the National Government upon the regulations respect ing the,first portion of the forced loan of 21 mil lion florins : " Taking into consideration that as the insurrec tion increases so do its wants; that it is right and proper that the expens es of this con fli ct w i t h our arch enemy for independence should be borne by future generations, since our independence will be the basis of their welfare, and that the state of the insurrection effers sufficient guarantees that the National Government will be in a position to repay tho funds entrusted to it as a loan, the National Government, on the recommendation of its financial department, decrees as follow : " Art. 1. The National Government borrows from the most wealthy capitalists of the country, for the purposes of the insurrection, a 5 per cent. forced loan to the amount of 21 million florins. " Art. 2. This loan will be effected in issues of 7,600,000 florins each, which will b 3 set in course of exchange, according as they are required, by special decrees of the National Government. " Art. 3. A national debt commission of three persons is appointed, composed of Prince Ladislaus Czartoryski, Joseph Ordega, and Dr. Severin Ga lezowski. Tne business of this commission will be —l. To keep a great book of th e nat i onal debt; 2. To prepare the obligations and enter them in the great book; 3. '['o control the obligations issued. " Art. 4. The financial department of the National Government is empowered by virtue of the present decree to negotiate the distributed obligations and to place them in the National Treasury. A corre sponding control will be maintained, and the re demption of the debt, or the incorporation of it with the permanent debts of the country, will follow at the proper time. " Art. 5. Each issue will consist of obligations of the National GovErnment of 500, 1,000, 5,000, and 20,000 florins, payable to the bearer, and will bear the signatures of the above -named members of the national debt commission and the seal of the Na tional Government. " Art. 6. Each obligation will contain the condi tions on which the loan is based. and the half-yearly coupons falling due on the Ist October and Ist April will be appended. " Art. 7. The Treasury Department of the Na• tional Government is empowered by the present decree to emit obligations for the first issue to the amount of 7,000,000 florins, and to receive the amounts in the course of 14 days from the date of the aviso in exchange for receipts, " Art. S. The Treasury Department has the right of issuing the obligations by instalments according to their judgment, but they must, nevertheless, be limited to the period mentioned in Art. 7. " Art. 9. The receipts given by the Treasury De partment will be subsequently exchanged for the original obligations through the medium of the na tional organisation. " Art.lo. The persons taking up the first issue will not be called upon at succeeding issues. "Art. 11. The carrying out of this decree is en trusted to the respective national authorities. " Warsaw, July 5, 1863." "L.S. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE MAIL. PENZANCE, Aug. 11. The Golden Fleece, from Calcutta, May 7, and Madras, May 28, has arrived. She brings Cape news to July 2, and a large mail, including the frontier mail, that arrived at Cape Town too late to be forwarded by the last mail steamer. An indignation meeting had been held at Port Elizabeth on account of the delay of these mails, but no blame attached to the Post. office authorities. The long disputed boundary line between the Queenstown district and British Kaffraria had at last been settled. More Kaffir robberies have occurred on the fron tier. At Whittlesea they had perpetrated a daring robbery, leaving two Europeans for dead. The Synod of the English church at Graham's Town Town had b een opened by the Bi s hop of the diocese. in Further particulars firzilir h eon liadajritveed of the rev olution opinion that the assassination of- the King arose from a reactionary spirit among the people, and their suspicion of his too liberal tendencies and concessions to Europeans. Queen Rubodo and her supporters had, however, not shown any s ymptom of reversing the King's tolerant policy. H.M.S. Gorgon left for Madagascar June 30. • p retur i us resume d the Presidency of the Yolks raad on June Business was still dull, and prices unaltered, with the exception of woo], which was declininfr The Homer ha d arrived on the 27 th Jane, from Sydney, and the Chinese War iitearcer Tieret.ie, en June 25, from EnglAnd. 91,57 , 7‘ grOllrt wn oieN 'irm Tat HER MAJESTY. _ The Dowager Princess of Leiningen was one of the sponsors to the infant Princess christened at Osborne on Sunday, but was prevented being ?re sent. The names of Miss Byrne and Mr. Thurston, of the Royal yacht, should have appeared in the list of the company. Mr. Truscott was not present. Prince and Princees William of Baden visited the Queen et Osborne on Saturday. Mr. Oswald Brierly has had the honour of exhi biting► to her 'Majesty the sketches made by b) lately on board Her Majesty'e ship Racoon. WINDSOR CASTLE, Aug. 10 . The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice left Osborne this morning at 10 o'clock, and arrived at the Castle at half-past 1 p.m. The suite consisted of the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Lieutenant• General the Hon. C. Grey, and Lieu tenant• Colonel Du Piat. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred travelled with Her Majesty to Basingstoke, and thence proceeded to London, attended by Major Cowell. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise will remain at Osborne, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Horatia Stopford, and Lieutenant-Colonel Cavendish. Lord Cremorne and Lieutenant-General Sir H. Bentinck have arrived as Lord and Grooni in Waiting. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Gibraltar, Malta, Mauritius, Canada, and British Columbia. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Ceylon, Hongkong, and 14buan. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales left Perth en route for Abergeldie on Saturday forenoon, at 15 minutes past eleven o'clock. When the royal pair had taken their places in the railway saloon car riage; Mr. Greig, of Glencarse, presented to the Princess a bouquet of beautiful flowers, which her Royal Highness graciously acknowledged. The royal train left the station amid the enthusiastic and prolonged cheering of those assembled on the platform. At the Perth and Coupar-Angus stations, scareeiY a person was to be seen. Indeed, it did not seem that many knew it was the royal train which was passing, for here and there at sidings, a little distance from a station, might be seen servants who never raised their heads when the carriages svvePt past. The royal train drove into the Ferryhill June" tion, Aberdeen, at two o'clock sharp. As the train steamed into the junction a loud and hearty cheer was raised by the multitude, and immediately and very courteously acknowledged by the Prince. The cheering being repeated again and again, the Prince took the Princess by the hand and led her for ward, when she also graciously acknowledged the hearty reception given her. The Prince, Wh o seemed in excellent health and spirits, conversed very affably with several persons in the statien, bu t the Princess, it was generally remarked, looked pale, and as if somewhat wearied. The train re• mained about ten minutes at thejunction, w hen the Deeside Company's engine having been attached, 50 1 the directors taken their places, the train move" out of the station amid loud cheering and the waving of hats and handkerchiefs. Except two or three minutes at Banchory, there was no further stoppag e until the train reached Aboyne, at about 3 . 10 ' There was also a considerable number admitted within the station, and as soon as the Prince and Princess stepped out of the saloon carriage a loud cheer saluted them, which was repeated on their appearing outside. An open travelling carriage was waiting for them, and they immediately took their seats in it. A detachment of the Marquis . of Huntly'a V o l unteers, under C apta i n Davidson, ac,ed , as a guard o f honour h ere . Atter a few minutes delay, the car r i age con t a ining the Prince and Prin cess drove off, loudly cheered. The next stoppage was at Ballater, where the horses were changed. A triumphal , e lc o m arch e t had o bn e been erected here, with the motto, v v High land Hearts and Homes." numberAeoruev t received o e iftehd meete veryFar quharson clansmen also turn ed young warmly. Royal l gbe r couple, edlie wore a Victoria who w Castle—which tar h as been tan poplin dr ess , re cently re-decorated a nd furnished anew for t h e Prince and Princess —was reac hed at 5.30. The lavender-coloured jacket , and white st raw bona short s Th e weather, which was r oug h and somew hat ra iny in the early part of the day, cleared up beau tifully in the afternoon, so that the Pr i nce and Princess saw the Highlands u n d er the b es t possible et d . circumstances. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE will possibly soon carry out her long-cherished intention of visiting Rome. THE EMPEROR, NAPOLEON we are informed, will, c ntrary to his usual habit, spend the 15th of August, (Saturday next, at once the Feast of the Assumption 30d the i Fete AVapole'on, at Pa r i s , w h ere i t i s expecte d that ills A ajesty will r ece i ve the Corps Diplematique. The rumour recently whispered about to th e effect that the Emperor Napoleon and the King o f Italy were to have an i nterv i ew at the camp of Somme, towards the middle of next month, is, we aro given to understand totally devoid of foundation. There is little probability of the Emperor being present at Cherbo urg f or the naval review (postponed till the Ist of S , :ptember)—the proceedings at which review will include experiments on a grand new cannon breech-loader of great magnitude, the invention of his Majesty. THE KING OF HOLLAND has just now narrowly escaped an accid e nt in crossing the line of the Utre cht and Amsterdam Railway. where the horses of his carriage I and part of the vehicle were swept off by an express tra in When the King of the Belgians and his family: arrived the other day at Ostend, the approach of the Royal train was announced by a salute of twe nty-one guns from the battery near the terminus, and in ten minutes after his Majesty, dressed in the uniform Ol f a li eu t enan t-general, reached the Place, where he was bailed by a deafening shout of " Vivo le Roi !" Tl will alrErivConOonWSNaPtußrdlaNyCEthe ANDlsthPßinlNstC.,EaStSTOaFaePintSrg stay some time with the Queen of England. S are ' e d a very bril- THE PRINCE DE CONDE has Pasosfacers at Soleure, r a l t lLD ter U l C ak D en E . N.EMOURS and Princess Clementine liant examination at the school of u Prince in during Switzerland. h s T e h x e a a c t a ' a A .s u i travelling in Germany. THE COMTE DE PARIS - s D s E ~HARTRES, since THE Duc AND D i/CU L - jug tour in Scotland, have their return from their,rm jot ADIELIE at Tunbridge been staying with QtrE' . Avidlwas there with the be :dup. IniteisN:ics PRINCE :::::: 1 :II seTtyo:raffl:hv:ethihs ose wloeiffltl countessth probably, Prussianßichmond i t i s said, Wells. send a reply to St. Petersburg- on the Russian notes. His EAcellency the Prussian Ambassador and the the past week for Ge l r e in ft an & y r h , ave arrived at Carla ecPted to be exp an — d m L b al s y y ci,r_cl..Bovie -squar friends eon during S at t u h r: early in dai absent Caroline ile' f ul o lt Gordon 1)b:ull enitwoxflo C nma a dn s o t d : D e ft , hauth F sc.i o l c y habe rs residence of the family at Gordon Castle. an d T d h u e z.h D e u ss k w e il a l n re d ce D ive uc a h l e a s r s ge of 11 , 1 o a tr i o ' s violet Graham have arrived the at Buchanan Castle,n ando S b t l ieLrldianudgkye ehntilerlatilnuluat°vsjunc'eNes-hseiorne of nviosbitleorsdudkuerianngd theduchess 1 season. George Repton, ALP ., The Duke o f LeinEter has gone on a v i s it t o Mr. and Lady Jane Repten, at Oudell Fink, near Bedfo r d, a f ter wh i ch h i s grace w ill proceed to his seat in Ireland. The E• 3 1 .1 Cowley left town last evening to re sume his duties as British Ambassador at Paris, after a week's absence on leave in order to attend the funeral of his cousin, the late Earl of Mornington, and to be present at his son's marriage. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and Lady Victoria Ashley left town yesterday afternoon for Spa, in Belgium. Viscount Ding= has determined to retire from the Coldstream Guards in consequence of his marriage. Lord and Lady Southampton pissed through town yesterday- from Whittlebary Lodge, Northampton shiro, on their way to Cowes, Isla of Wi&lt, in order to joie hia iiadialip's yacht. I