The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-10 00:00:00

"nited —and e in- s over to me go to rhaps 0 our 'lanai- pri other riend, rslie.' over, If his COM ed in ikely )man 3 was i her a the imed ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Bth April, 1803.' 7 7 SEALED TENIVRS aid he received at this office, until noon on WEDNESDAY, the 6th May, 180, from persons who may be willing to enter Into Contracts to supply FLOUR AND MEAT in such quantities as may be required, from the Ist Tune to 30th November, 1803, for the use of her Maje,ty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. Separate Tenders are required for Flc ur and fir Meat. Forms or Tender awl Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this olEc: , , b r letter or in pet son be tween the hours of ten and four o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, mark-d on the outside " Tender for Commissariat Supplies"), and no tender will be nc•ticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Bth April, 1863. EALED TENDERS will b e rece i ve d et t bi s - K7 office, until noon on WEDNESDAY, the 6th May,1863, from persons who may be ,N i•ling to enter into Contract to supply ___ FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD in such quantities as may be required, from the Ist June to 30th November, 1. 63, for the use of her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, be tween the hours of ten and four o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up and sicmed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, !narked on the outside "Tender for Flour for Hospital Bread''), and no tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtiined from this office, and delivered by the hour ap pointed. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, & GENERAL LIFE lJ ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 13, St. James's-square. London, S.W. Established 1824. FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE SOCIETY'S OPERATIONS. The Annual Income exceeds £200,000 The Insurance Fund safely inv sted is over £1,330,000 New Annual Premiums for the last year....... £10,017 Bonus added to Policies at the last Division .£275,077 Total Claims by death paid £1,731,779 The following are among th e di s ti nc ti ve features of the Society : Credit System.—On Policies for the whole of life, one-half of the Annual Premiums during the first five years may re main on credit, and may either continue as a debt on the Policy, or be paid off at any time. Low Rates of Premium for Young Lives, a ith early parti cipation in Profits. Invalid Lives may be assured at Premiums proportioned to the increased risk Prompt Settlement of Claims.—Claims paid THIRTY days after proof of death. The Accounts and Balance Sheets are at all times open to the inspection of the Assured, or of persons proposing to assure. Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained from any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. The Reversionery Bonus at the Quinquennial Division i n 186' averaged 48 per Cent., and the Cash Bonus 28 per Cent.. on the Premiums paid in the five years. he next Division of Profits will take place in January, 1867. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY. At 2s. 6d, each Person. SOUPS. Ala Chasseur. Jardiniere. Soles, Hollandaise Fried Brill. ENT R EES. Mutton Cutlets ala Reforms. Chicken Rissoles. JOINTS. Boiled Beef. Roast Mutton. SWEETS. Albert Puddings. Rianc-mange. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOSli LLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET -STREET. M R. AND MRS. GERMAN REED, with MR. JOHN PARRY—TO-NIGHT, at Eight, in an RNTIRELY NEW ENTERTAINMENT. ROYAL GALLERY OP ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street,— Unreserved Seats, is., 2s. ; Stalls, 35.; Stall (hairs, ss. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.- ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT LES FRERES . From the Cari anan heatre ATHOS , Turin. Master EDWIN SAUNDERS, the Child of Song. THE NEAPOLITAN MINSTRELS. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, and Sie nor Ti vo li . Conductor, Mr. Jonghrnaus. The celebrated UNSWORTH'S NEW S I UMP SPEECH, The only Negro Orator of the day. EUGENE and DULEY, with new Eccentricities. ARTHUR LLOYD, Miss SAUNDERS, and Mr. HILTON, the Comic Ventriloquist and Modern Magician, EVERY EVENING. Adm'ssion—Hall, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, Is. T H 0 X F O R D, 6, OXFORD STREE T. THIS EVENING. Auber's Grand Opera, MASANIELLO. (First time at this Establishment). Also, the New Cantata, by Herr Meyer Lutz, "HERNE THE 'HINTER," Supeorted by Miss Russell, Miss Oesten, Miss Townley, &c.; Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, &c. with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonglim^ns. Drew Dean's Flute Solos Ballads by Master Edwin Sanders, aged ? years. UNSWORTII, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the mat vellous ARTH R and BERTRAND Hall, 6 d.--Balcony and Stalls, Is.—private Boxes, lOs. ed. ltr JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. • At the ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Coctinued success of J. LEVY, the celebrated cornet_ a - Piston Plays Nightly, at Nin e and Ten o'clock, on of hadmired Solos, also at Eleven, V ar i at i ons, " The Carnival de Venise. e " Revival of the Scotch Fantasia and Irish Quadrille, by M. Jullien. Solos by Tyler, King, Hort on, M' Ele'ey, &c. Cavatina, `Di Nabuco , " on the kuphonium..hy L. Mosca. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Admission, is. Manager, Mons. GRENET. T HE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, containing the Wonders of Nature and Art. shown by i nnumerable Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; together with a variety of Natural Prepara'inns, Malformations, ‘'' onstrosities, &c.; also the Moving Ana tomical Dying Zonave, and other life-size figures. Open daily from 11 to 10, for Gentlemen only. Admission, One Shilling. Entrance-44 A, Maddox-street, Regent-street. London, W. Illustrated Catalogue, free by post for 12 stamps, sealed 20. Explanations throughout the day. Lecture at 4. Address the Secretary, as above. T HE hest TROUSERS for eentlpmen to wear are those made by ELSTOB, of CO, New Bond street. They are neither so low in price as t necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy as purchasers. "In media via tutissimus ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS PER PAIR. PARKER'S PATENT TWO-WHEELED CARRIAGES. The Ex hibition " CAMBRIDGE CART," 45 guineas. The Sporting .. CAMBRIDGE CART," 38 guineas. The T radesman's "CAMBRIDGE CA RT," 30 guineas. The Lady's "CAMBRIDGE ( ART," 25 guineas. These vehicles, caistructed on an entirely new principle, surpass all other two-wheeled carriages, for ease and freedom from knee motion, combined with lightness. Prospectus, with drawings anthe`opinions of the press," post, oapplication to lnventor and Patentee, free by Frederick Parker, Carriage Builder, Cambridge. 0 S " O EID 0 N Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. GABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEEM and FLEXIBLE GUMS without palates, pings, or wires, and without operation. , One set lasts a lifetime. and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ARTICULATION,even when all others fail. Purest ma terials only, at half the usual -ost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, lIARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON; 85, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. One visit Practical Treatise grautis only reqired from country patients, Gabriel's Consultations free. ______ LIVERPOOL JULY ME gin ll SECOND DAY.—TUESD AY, JULY ve --The LivEß_ ETING.— rood CUP, in specie, value 2':o sovs. added to a Handicap Sweep - takes of 25 Bova ea the Lessee, 5 only if declared on a day hereafter to be na h,,ls It, and Weatherby, London ; or to Mr. W. Topham, eir ric iVf:sers. Course, Chester; the winner of any sweepstakes, en f the stake=, or plate, of the clear value of 500 soy- after the gi a c h u t l f ) appear 51b, two of such races 10th extra, but this in any ease to be the extreme penalty; the winner of the Manchester Union or Trades Cup, Ascot Stakes, Northumberland Plate, or Cumberland Plate, 101 b extra ; or of any other handicap race of the value of 200 soya clear 51b. of 400 71b, or of any two of such last mentioned handicaps Slb extra ; the winner to pay 30 sovs to the judffe, and 20 sovs towards expenses of the course ; second to save his stake; two miles. Weights to be published in due time. PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS, Lord Annesley Mr. J. Bennett Lord Canterbury Mr. E. Bignell Lord Hartington Mr. W. G. Craven Lord Sefton Mr. D'wson LordWestmoreland Mr. Dicas Sir L. Newman Mr. Frail Col. Forester Mr. F. Hall Col. C. P. Leslie Mr. Hargreaves Capt. Christie Mr. Hart Capt, White Mr. Hodgman Mr. G. Angell Mr. T. Hughes Mr. Barbe r Mr. T. Hughei If the highest weigh' acceptirw he under Bst 121 b, it will be raiset to that, and the others in proportio 1. The M-Eusty STAxEs of 5 sovs each, 5 ft., with 50 sovs added, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, and fillie ,, . vs' 71b ; second to tare his stake : •winners of ion soya clear 51b, 200 or more 81b ext ra, but not to be accumulative; 8 subs or no rac e ; T.Y.C. TIM? I) DAY.--WRDNESDAY, JULY 15.—The STANLEY STARES of 15 ROVS each, 5 ft, with 50 soya added, for two and three yrar olds ; two year olds 7st 41b. three 9st ; fillies and geldings allowed 21b; winners of plates or sweepstakes in the present year amou n ti ng to 100 sovs clear to carry 51b, 200 or more 81b extra, handicaps excepted ; the winner to pay 10 Boys to the fund; T.Y.C. PRESENT SITTISCRIPERS, Lord Annesleyt Liv , 1 Mr. W. G. Craven, I M r , G . P ayne. start, the added money wil In all races, a erpol be withheld. 01, where f ewer than three hors e s The Stanley Stakes closes on Tuesday, the 17th of March, and names the evening preceding the race ; and the Cup and Mersey Stakes also close and name on Tuesday, the 17th of March, being the Tuesday following the Liverpool Spring Meeting. Nominations received by Messrs. Weatherby, Lond on; Mr. R. J ohnsen, St. Mary' s , Y or k ; an d Mr. E. W. Topham, Qb.ester. 31r. Jackson Mr. W. Lynn Mr. J. Merry Mr. W. Owen 3!r. Payne Mr. W. Rnlnh Mr. R. Riddell Mr. R. Riddell Mr. Saxon Mr. .T. Scott Mr. F. Swiniell ~~ Gr `- ~/ `'- N". 22,084 TRE SIML, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1863. NEW NOVEL BY TILE AUTHOR, OF " MA LIGAILET MAITLAND." Next week, in 1 vol., HEART AND CROSS. By the Author of " Margaret Maitland." Hurst and Blackat, 13, West Marlborough-street. Naval and Military Intelligence. troops in quarters at Gosport and the adj cent forts on Haslar- common. The force was composes of the 7th Brigade of Royal Garrison Artillery, under Col. Doraville ; the Itlyal Marino Light. Infantry, under Col. Ayles, and the 6th Regiment of Foot—in all about 1,500 of all ranks. On Wednesday evening his Royal Highness and Staff visited the fortifica tions between South Sea Castle and Fort Cumber land. This morning he is expected to commence his inspection of the outer line of defences, includ ing Hilsea end Portsduwn. mechanics. They came out of the Confederacy under foreign protection. " In Richmond oranges and lemons recently sold at auction for 75 dols. per box. " An order has been issued from the Rebel Adju tant General's Office, placing all officers who resign, or may be dropped from the rolls, and those who are cashiered by courts-martial, back in the ranks as privates." The Maine State Legislature has adopted con current resolutions fully endorsing President Lin coln's proclamation, giving freedom to the slaves, approving of compensated emancipation and the use of negroes in the military service of the United States, and opposing all suggestions of compromise. The Washington correspondent of the New York ribune says— " We have unquestionable authority for saying that the paragraph of Gout ier des Etats Unis, pur porting to give the substance of a despatch from M. Drouyn de Lhuys to M. Mercier, in rejoinder to Secretary Seward's reply to Napoleon's proposal to THE NAVY. About half of the shield plates for protecting from the effects of shot and shell the elliptical recon noitring tower erected on the fighting deck of the Royal Oak have been fixed in their places, and the tower itself would have been completed during the present week had not an order been received at Chatham Dockyard a few days since from the Ad miralty directing that the turret is to be finished off with the simple teak planking, and that no more armour plates are to be affixed to its exterior. The reason for this order appears to be that the Admi ralty have only now arrived at the conclusion that it is perfectly possible the present position of the tower, as pointed out in Z he Sun some time since, is not the best which could be selected, even suppos ing it indispensable that the upper deck should be encumbered with a tower of this description at all. It has till refore been decided that no more plates are to be affixed to the tower until the Royal Oak and the other vessels of her class have been tried at sea, by which means the best position for the turrets will be ascertained. Prior to the order being received from the Admiralty the whole of the semicircular and elliptical plates required for the exterior of the reconnoitring tower had been bent at the dockyard, the operation being attended with more or less favourable results. Notwithstanding the assertions put forth that it is possible to bend the armour-plates cold with as much ease and safety as those which are heated, the experience of the last few weeks entirely negatives that theory. To obviate the present unsatisfactory plan of bending the slabs of iron to fit the sections of the ship's side they are intended to protect, it is the opinion of some of the most emi nent manufacturers engaged in the preparation of armour-plates that the wisest, and certainly the most economical plan would be to allow the manu facturers themselves to bend the plates during the process of manufacture, the moulds for the required shape of each plate being supplied from the dockyard. From a letter received from the Meeanee, 60, 400 horse power, Capt. G. Wodehouse, dated Malta, April 2, it appears that there is no foundation for the rumours which have been in circulation for the past few days of a serious mutiny having broken out on board that vessel, and that the ship had been ordered home. The letter does not make any allu sion to a mutiny having taken place on board, but, on the contrary, states that the officers and crew are exceeding comfortable. The Meeanee, at the departure of the mail, had just arrived from Naples, where she had been relieved by the line-of-battle screw steamer St. George, 84, 500 horse power, Capt. the Hon. Francis Egerton. She was to fill up with provisions and stores and proceed to the coast of Syria. This statement may tend to relieve the anxiety of the fiiends of the officers and crew on board, the more especially as rumours had been circulated that two of the officers had been danger ously wounded, that the master-at-arms had been thrown overboard, and that 70 of the crew were in irons. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., SECOND EDITION of LIVE IT DOWN. By J. C. JEAFFRE‘ ON. From the Atheumum.—" This story will satisfy most readers ; it is lull, well cons dered, toad well worked out. The pot is broad, and the interest goes on increasing to the last page. It is by far the best work of fiction Mr. Jeaffreson has yet written. The e; isode c.f 'Little Fan,' the physician's daughter, may take its place beside little Dombey for its pathos." Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlb9rough-street. The Megrera screw troopship arrived at Ports. mouth yesterday with the headquarters of a regimcni of Infantry from Dublin for Aldershot. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER. LIVERPOOL, Thursday. The Inman screw steamer City of Manchester, Captain Gill, from New York direct on the 28th ult., arrived here about 6 o'clock this morning. She brings 175,554 dols. in specie, but no passengers. The City of Manchester was despatched from New York as an extra vessel of this line, and brings a very large cargo. The New York Herald of the 28th gives the follow ing as the " situation of affairs" at that date : " The latest news from the Vicksburg and Yazoo expeditions reaches us from Cairo last night. It appears that on last Saturday night another barge containing 1,000 bushels of coal floated past the batteries at Vicksburg safely, for the use of Admiral Farragut's fleet. We have it on the authority of the Memphis Bal kan of Wednesday that three of Admiral Porter's gunboats have reached the Yazoo River by the Sunflower route, and reached Greenwood. " The same journal says that our forces above Greenwood had abandoned the undertaking to force when they met Gen. g to reinforce them. A a Q u p j a m s sbaegye,,s adiv i s i on r e e r n e t r u o r u n t i e n conference was had, the result of which is unknown, but it is thought that in consequence of the success of the new route the whole force would return. " The rebel accounts of affairs in the South-west conflict somewhat with ours. Richmond papers of the 26th say, that the Hartford and Monongahela were allowed to approach within 400 yards of the rebel batteries at Grand Gull - , when they opened fire upon them, the vessels replyin g with broadsides several times. A dozen shots struck the vessels. Parties were seen carrying the wounded below. The Natchez Courier says the Hartford, with Admiral Farragut on board, anchored in front of that city on Tuesday afternoon, the 16th, and sent a small boat with a flag of truce ashore with a note ad dressed to the mayor, stating that if the United States gunboats were fired upon by the people of Natchez or by guerillas he would bombard the city. The Hartford remained all night, and left with the Monongahela in the morning. " The .Richmond Sentinel of the 24th, in giving their account of the situation in the South-west, says The last papers from the United States are jubilant over false reports of the success of the Yazoo expedition. Our own reports are several days later than theirs, and represent the expedition as tho roughly whipped and in full retreat by the way they came. Thus far the enemyhas utterly failed in every one of his late movements. Farragut was whipped at Port Hudson ; Banks broke down before he got there, and fell back without a fight. The Yazoo Pass expedition ends in chastisement and flight. At Vicksburg they are drowned out.' mediate, is utterly without foundation. No dispatch whatever on the subject has been received from Drouyn de Lhuys or is known to be on its way. All statements as to the financial plans or purposes of the Secretary of the Treasury are pure speculation. There is the highest authority for saying that the Secretary has not yet determined what course to pursue. The daily expenditure of the Government from this time till the close of the financial year will it is computed average more than two millions. " Foreign Ministers are greatly excited with re gard to the apprehended issue of letters of marque and reprisal. One of them, who questioned the Secretary of State, was informed the report that the Government had determined not to grant letters of marque was unfounded." A Halifax dispatch of March 26 says— "The steamer Delta, from St. Thomas on the 17th, via Bermuda, on the 23d inst., arrived here today. The Federal steamship Vanderbilt arrived at St. Thomas from Barbadoes on the 15th instant. The governor of Barbadoes invited Admiral Wilkes to dine with him, but the latter declined, giving as a reason that the governor had entertained Captain Maffitt, of the Florida, a few days previously. Ad miral Wilkes had transferred his flag to the Van derbilt. The Massachusetts was at St. Thomas on the 16th, also the British steam frigate Phae ton ; also two British steamers the Aries and another unknown blockade runner. Admiral Wilkes threatened to seize the two blockade runners if they attempted to leave the port. The Aries started on the 16th, but, observing the pre parations of Admiral Wilkes to pursue, she turned back and anchored. The captain of the Aries then applied to the British steamer Phaeton for protec tion, which was afforded. The Vanderbilt left the same day (16th), it was said for Havannah. On the morning of the 17th the Phaeton convoyed the two blockade runners out. The Wanhusetts did not follow them. The commander of the Phaeton had communicated with Wilkes tegarding the seizure of the Peterhoff." The New York World claims that a return to a " Union platform" was re-awakening the volunteer ing spirit of the country. The following Southern accounts of affairs at Port Hudson are published in the New York journals : Mr. Chas. Rose, a commercial agent of the Rus sian War Department and an officer belonging to the Imperial Engineers of that country, accompa nied by Mr. S. H. Louttit, secretary to Bray's Traction Engine Company, yesterday visited the dockyard at Woolwich, and inspected the perform ances of the traction engine employed in the yard, with the intention of introducing it in the service of the Russian Government. " The Appeal learns of no new movement at Port Hudson. General Banks had fallen back to his fortified camp, and manifested no disposition to ad vance. Deserters continue to come in and report disaffection in their camps. The fleet continues out of sight. The two vessels above mentioned have been slowly steaming up the river. They landed and cut down a few poles and telegraph wires." The Chatanova _Rebel of the 24th has the follow ing letter from Port Hudson, dated March 21:— "The Examiner of the same date has an impres sive article on the interests and duties of the North. west. Of course it conceives them to be entirely with the Southern Cow ederacy, and suggests that all inducements to gain the cooperation of that section as alluring as possible' should be held out. " The rebel papers state that General Longstreet "Reports of the sinking of the sloop of war Rich mond, from injuries received on the 15th, prevails, nothing definite being known. The mortar fleet still occupies the old position below, out of range. Yesterday the enemy fired at our transports with long range guns without effect. A party landed from the transports and burned the residence of Capt. Horn, formerly that of Col. S. Robertson, on the opposite shore. Some activity has prevailed among the enemy's transports for the last two days, but there have been no indications of another at is rapidly advancing into Kentucky. The rebel force now in the State under General Peagram is believed to be about 6,000. Clarke's guerillas still hover around Mount Sterling, over 200 of his men have been captured since Sunday. The Union waggon trains, stores, anJ camp equipage from Dan ville and Richmond have reached Lexington in safety. Among the prisoners taken are two majors, one a paymaster with 15,000 dols. in Confederate money. The rebels were reported to have retreated from Danville, as the news received in Louisville yesterday would indicate ; but in the absence of telegraphic news some doubt was thrown on the rumour, and the arrival of later intelligence proves tempt to pass the batteries. Twenty deserters have arrived in the last two days, and they are continu ally coming in. They confirm the previous reports of the demoralisation of Bank's army. Our batteries sustained no injury in the late engagement, and are ready at all times to give the enemy a warm recep tion." the report untrue. A deserter from the 71st Indiana Volunteers, legislator of Indi ana , and the other the deputy auditor, were ar res t e d who returned from the enemy's lines as a spy, w as shot at Indianopolis ye s t er day I/ sentence of cou r t. martial. Two gentlemen, one a From Vicksburg, March 21 :—" The gun-boats Hartford and Monongahela passed Warrenton about six o'clock this evening, after a heavy cannonade of an hour, which was distinctly heard at this city, arrived safely, and are now anchored below this city at S wede's Point." there for cheering for Jeff. Davis. " Anotber.prize has fallen into our hands. The British steamer Nicholas I. arrived at Beaufort on Master Everson, cap the 24th, in charge of Prize tured off Wilmington, N.C., by the United States gunboat Victoria, while trying to run the blockade. She had previously attempted to enter Charleston, but was unsuccessful. She has a very valuable cargo, consisting partly of 16 tons of gunpowder and 170 cases of rifles. And from Fort Pemberton, March 20 :—Genera . Loring has whipped the enemy back from thi s p o i n t .. .. They are now in full retreat to Yazoo Pass. A de spatch to the Appeal, dated Panola, March 19, says the Federals engaged in the raid upon Hernando have been defeated. The old troops of the enemy have been replaced by new ones, and old garrisons taken to Memphis. It is reported that the Memphis and Charleston railroad has been abandoned, and also that the Mobile and Ohio road has been aban doned from Jackson to Columbus. Five hundred cavalry crossed the Cold Water, 60 miles south-east of here, and moved towards Holly Springs. " We publish to•day an interesting narrative of affairs in Texas, more particularly with regard to the important region of that state bordering the Rio Grande, An account is g iven of the forts along it s banks, the loyal character of a large portion o f th e people, the collision th a t had taken place betw een them and the rebel troops and rangers, a n d th e efforts that are being made to raise a sufficient force of loyal Texans to drive the rebels from their present position on the Rio Grande. Full par ticulars are given of the immense trade carried on by the rebel Government, through Mexico, with European states, the manner in which this trade is carried on, and the importance of it to the rebel Government. In the same connection is pointed out the necessity which exists for the re occupation of the region bordered by the Rio Grande by our government ; the cost of effecting which by any of the points of attack recommended, would be defrayed by the cotton that is stored for shipment, and which, by a well concerted and rapid movement, must fall into the hands of the Union troops." From the army of the Potomac the special cor respondent of the New York Tribune writes as fol lows : " Stoneman's Station, Virginia, March 26. " Reports came in thick and fast yesterday to the effect that the enemy were in force on our right flank, but investigation proved that there was no cause for alarm in that direction, only a few prow ling scouts having been discovered. The real cause of the excitement was the appearances of heavy bodies of the enemy's infantry on the south side of the Rappahannock, at Banks and United States Fords, with an evident purpose of preventing our crossing the river at those points. " Your correspondent stated, a day or two since, that furloughs would be continued as a permanent regulation, I now learn that they will be tempora whenever the exi- A circular issued g r i e l n y e s y u o s p f e n t h d e e e r a v t i c c e e r r t e a q i u n i r t e i s m i ets yesterday suggests that the presence of ladies in camp is no longer necessary or profitable, and an immediate hegira of crinoline will ensue. The weather is again stormy and unpleasant." of the 25th Mar c h say : A B ll . ortress Monroe telegram "Four German families arrived this morning at Fortress Monroe, from Richmond, via Yorktown. They report that the prevailing opinion in Rich mond is that the rebels will soon evacuate that city, and probably most of Virginia. Freedom of speech is much less restricted there than formerly. They bring no news from Char:eston, but say the rebels were expecting an attack upon that city daily. Provisions were exceedingly high in Richmond, and wages correspondingly high for - - i - r•Qa ' , • • , - - cr 1 % , • „.: PEICE ..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. ATROCITIES OF GENERAL BUTLER, An officer of the French Imperial Navy, M• A• Leport, second in command of the steam corvette Catinat, publishes in the Presse a very remarkable letter describing what he saw at New Orleans during the stay of his ship in the Mississippi. He was there during the governorship of the monster Butler. The following are some of the more salient points : _ _ " Once more master of New Orleans, Mr. Butler, after establishing his troops in positions command ing the town, set to work as governor. His first care was to secure supplies of food—no very hard duty, as it was sufficient to allow the river steamers to bring down, under flags of truce, the stores they could not but be anxious to find purchasers for. The necessity for feeding his soldiers, moreover, actuates Mr. Butler quite as much as humanity in this circumstance. He found iu the act, however, an opportunity for self-glorification which he did not neglect to avail himself of, and on the 9th of May, in a pompous order of the day, he expatiated with self-complacency on the blessings he had con ferred even on the rebellious inhabitants of New Orleans, and, comparing his conduct with that of the Confederate Government, heaped upon his pre decessors epithets which no officer, no gentleman would have disgraced his pen by writing. Of course, insults from a man like Butler produced not the least impression apparently, and he fancied his posi tion safer than he had at first imagined. On the 21st of the same month he again sounded public opinion. It had come to the knowledge of the com mander-in-chief,' he said in a fresh order of the day, that a pretended proclamation from a so- called Pre sident Davis, ordered that Friday, 16th instant, be observed as a day of prayer and fasting. The pre sent order prohibits that proclamation being at tended to.' The town still remained calm. Mr. Butler grew bolder, and launched forth his famous order, No. 28, according to the terms of which every woman (calling herself a lady of New Or leans) who insulted an officer or soldier in the ser vice of the United States, or evinced her contempt by word, gesture, or movement, should be treated as a woman of the town plying her trade.' Such an order, infamous everywhere, was especially so in America, where the respect for woman is so great. I know that an attempt has been made to equivoca tion on the word woman.' lam aware that the Northern Press, after having denied the existence of a proclamation repugnant to every American feel ing, has made an attempt to allege that the measure ' Mr. Butler was called to take' was only applicable to women of low condition. Pettifogging excuses ! gross falsehoods ! The apology deceived nobody. The Federals brought gold, and the women of a cer tain class opened their doors to Mr. Butler's officers with a cordiality which made still more evident the eagerness of the ladies to shut theirs. Mr. Butler knew very well those to whom his order applied ; moreover, he never denied it—the ladies themselves knew it. It was in reality the ladies of the best families whom this man placed at the mercy of any ruffian among his officers or soldiers who chose to say that one of them had expressed contempt of them by a movement or gesture. A few days later it was a real lady who was em braced by a Federal officer in the public cars, and conveyed into the shop of a neighbour ing chemist. The officer had, however, only acted on the order No. 28, and had, it must be admitted, not gone so far as Mr. Butler's proclamation sanc tioned." The following is the only other extract regarding this Federal miscreant for which we can find room :-- " After all, Mr. Butler had won a great victory —that population which he had first insulted, then disarmed, he had subjected finally to a crowning humiliation, by compelling it by sheer terror to take an oath which was perjury for all that took it. Nevertheless, all had not submitted to pass beneath his Candine forks—there remained laurels' for him to cull : above all, there remained revenge. Those ladies, lately so proud, who turned aside their bead with such disdain at the aspect of a Federal uniform or a Federal flag—those ladies who refused to re ceive Mrs. Butler—those ladies whom the barbarous treatment of one of themselves, Mrs. Phillips, had not intimidated, had so often exasperated him by the display of delicacy and refinement, which to him were outrages, he was about to be revenged upon at last. On Sept. 24 there appeared an order, of which the following is the substance : "' From this date to Oct. 1, all individuals, of both sexes, above 18 years of age, who have not up to this time taken the oath of allegiance to the Government of the Union, are hereby required to report themselves to one of the provost mar shals, and have themselves registered as enemies of the United States, un'ler pain of fine and impri sonment, or hard labour, or the two penalties com bined. Those who prefer renouncing their error, and take the oath of allegiance before the Ist of October, shall be recommended to the indulgence of the President.' Thus, with one stroke of the pen, and by a piece of unheard of extravagance, this man transferred into citizens every woman and youth from 18 to 21. The official journal has said, indeed, that the generous heart of the chivalrous general would condescend to draw out the venomous fangs of women.' The insults and threats of that print were resumed. Eight days more, and these proud ladies would be turned out of their luxurious homes; they would become acquainted with hunger and distress; they would be allowed to take nothing with them—neither linen, furniture, nor money.' " This time the mothers felt what fear was. The stout-hearted women, who did not shrink from the horrors of a bombardment, felt their courage give way at the idea of seeing children perishing with want. They would have borne everything them selves, but did not consider they had the right of entailing such sufferings on the feeble creatures whose lives were entrusted to their care. Never- theless they did not all yield—far from it. Cruel scenes took place. More than one man had taken the oath, at which his conscience revolted, to avert the ruin impendin g over those dearer to him than himself. They had devoted themselves fo f r t t h h e ener getic of their families, in many cases, in remonstrance of their wives andspitedaought erE. nation of these unfortunate men iv o es and a' 6 daugh " You can understand, Sir, what wansrtehse.c.or ittrerr: Butler's last order. Would thes i e d t hey were sum prevent their refused, would their mooed to do so? And if sum taking h t o lt h e a o d a d th on , of no use. For eight days having taken the oath be etaaklleti.htfettylheciuthatwo took place in every family. the most horrible s ce nes om isfortune to witness several, particular, will haunt me to my dying in Aver-persuaded by pusill • aramous friends, d a y, . fur his ~ „,,i vt ,‘ of the future his younger children, havehal a i t na ld s o s n el e f , a pprehensiv e the o ther hand counselled th e other way by those of children old enough to have an opinion, the head of a large family had, after long and painful hesitation, taken the oath before the 24th of Sep tember. The order of that day struck him with stupor—the threats of the Delta overwhelmed him. His wife, both mother and grandtnother,had yielded with tears to his supplications, but he knew his daughters would never submit. For eight days he supplicated without being able to obtain anything from them, When at length he invoked his authority as a father, it was disregarded. 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His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, General Commanding in-Chief of the Army, yesterday morning commenced his annual official inspection at Portsmouth, by reviewing the troops stationed in the town and in the outlying barracks and fortifications on the west side of the harbour. The parade was ordered for 11 a.m. on Southsea common. A little before that time the following force was drawn up at quarter-distance column, the Royal and Marine Artillery being respectively on the right and left of the line of infantry, and a battery of Field Artillery being on either flank ; I and K batteries of Field Artillery, under Col. Anderson, C. 8., 182 officers and men, 184 horses, 10 12-pounder Armstrong guns, and 19 carriages; 6th Brigade Royal Artillery, under Col. Warbeck, 385 officers and men, the whole of the Artillery being under the command of Col. Warde, C.B. ; 2d Battalion 20th Regiment, under Col. Radcliffe, 566 officers and men ; 53d Regiment, under Col. English, C. 8., 301 officers and men; 55th Regiment, under Col. Hume, 537 officers and men ; 2d Battalion 60th Rifles, under Col. Palmer, C. 8,, 543 officers and men; Royal Marine Artillery, under Col. Tate, 532 officers and men ; total, 3,045 officers and men, 184 horses, 10 gune, and 19 carriages. The whole formed an imposing little army of infantry and artillery, but was necessarily destitute of cavalry. At 11 o'clock precisely the Duke of Cambridge ar rived on the ground, accompanied by Quarter master-Gen. Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8., Col. Bingham, Deputy Adjt.-Gen. Royal Artillery ; Clifton, A.D.C., and other officers, and was received by Major-Gen. Lcrd W. Paulet, C. 8., attended by his staff, in the centre and front of the line, the troops presenting a general salute, with colours lowered. After riding slowly along the front of the line the Duke took up a position with his staff at the saluting point, and the force prepared for marching past in review order. Each regiment seemed put upon their mettle to do their best, and the result was such a display of marching past, especially in grand divi sions, as is seldom witnessed on Southsea-common. The field batteries going by in mathematical order at a smart trot finiahed . the ceremony of marching past. and preparations were immediately made for the more important movements of the day, by reform ing column on the original alignment with field batteries on either flank. The first move was made with the right in front into an echellon line of co lumns, the field batteries galloping to the front and left, and unlimbering and opening a rapid fire con siderably in advance of the force. The 60th Rifles at the same time moved out in advance, and threw out a strong line of skirmishers across the common, the main body having changed their echellon for mation into two lines of contiguous columns. The batteries now retired behind the line of skirmishers, and reformed on the right and left of the advanced line, composed of the garrison artil'ery, 20th and 55th Regiments, and the 60th by this time having completed the discomfiture of the enemy, already partially accomplished by the artillery previous to their giving place to the 60th, a general advance was ordered, the Rifles feeling the way. In this man ner the further end of the common was nearly reached. There the Rifles received a check. They had apparently come upon the enemy in superior numbers, for they were speedily driven in, and the main body, which had been moving up in two long lines, commenced a retrograde echellon movement, left in front, the ten 12-pounder guns covering the retreat by unlimbering on every commanding posi tion of the ground they were retiring over, and blazing away fiercely in the direction of the sup posed enemy. Foiled in this quarter, the enemy made a feint in another direction ; and Lord Paulet changing his front to the right, again sent out the s 3 e , ed leisure b y toe mean s the m his forc e orother, atforquarter Lord Paulet hacl idistance on their ' • origami alignment , a battery of field artil y bein g , as before, on either flank. This done, the line advanced, a general salute was given, colours lowered to the ground, and the inspection was over. - By direction of his Royal Highness commanding officers were no . NV called to the front and addressed shortl generally eulogistic of th e him in terms manner in which the niovements had been performed and of the pp ance of the men under their command. ear- At 3 p.m. his Royal Highness inspected the COMMERCIAL. The New York Herald of the 28th says:— « The general indications to-day were that the storm has nearly blown over. Gold was rather better than yesterday ; it fluctuated between 139 and 142, closing at 1411 bid. A very exaggerated idea prevails in some quarters with regard to alleged trouble among merchants, growing out of the decline in gold. We have taken some pains to inform ourselves on the subject, and cannot find that any single house is in trouble, that any goods are being forced on the market, or that any losses have been incurred by houses which cannot afford to pay them. The decline in goods is small in com parison with the previous advance. If merchants were disposed to sell—which they are not, almost everyone being determined to hold, they would lose, at present prices, but a small percentage of what they have made in the last two years. It is very encouraging to see the improvement in public confi dence. But certain indications which we notice render it well that people should should be re minded that the war is not yet over : that the first indication of a disposition to make peace has not yet been manifested at the South ; that we have won no victories since gold was selling at 173, and that though the people are lending the Govern ment 2,000,000 dols. a day, the necessities of the Treasury and the falling due of debt certificates compel Mr. Chase to use not only all this money,. e but about £1,000,000 of new paper money besides, which the bank-note companies are daily pro ducing. 4. E xc h ange so ld thi s m orning at 153, 154, 165, and closed about 155. " Money is easy to good borrowers, though some what active among the speculative - jobbers and the brokers, in consequence of the disturban ce o f margins. The leading houses are suppli e d a t fi ve to six per cent. There sno change in debt eer, tificates. .4 Th e stock market this morning continued very feverish and irregular. At the morning board the principal decline was in Guaranteed, which fell five per cent. ; New York Central, which fell 2 1 • and Erie Preferred, which fell 2+. The cheaper shares were steadier. Erie declined only 7,1. Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Hornituan's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, always good dike, Sold in packets by 2.250 agents. I% ' I ,~~ ~ ~-~ 1 . - WS ), "ER 1 Tl -77 . __.___,._..............m.0,.,. . ~:~ p, i4bc - 4 . 5/ tion. In leaving the house I thoUgUrtii - Louisianian, I should he capable 4\tve hint against the man who caused such misery, against the Government, which sanctioned him, and that so long as the soil of my country was disgraced by the presence of one of the soldiers of which this mis creant was the general, so long as a drop of blood temained in my hotly, I should never lay down my arms. "Mr. Butler triumphed after all—the ladies of New Orleans were humbled—his amour propre was revenged. Henceforth _he resumed his favourite occupation ; he sought out. the wealthy and the timid, and levied black utgl upon them o❑ viirious pretexts. What became r3f the wealth he thus accumulated ? " I have said all I meant to Fay about New Orleans. I have omitted many facts—a volume would not suffice to enumerate all the several r.tro cities that marked Mr. Butler's proconsulship.",,; THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND. A Prussian journal contains the following accoun t of the sanguinary fight between the Russians and Poles at Przgtullen and Bialiczewen on the 30th ult..— " On the morning of March 30 a courier came to Stuczyn to announce to the Russian military detachment stationed there that 1,700 insurgents were assembled about a mile and a half from the place, and that they intended to make an attack on them. The Russians, amounting to 800 men, immediately marched to meet the Poles at Przgtullen, and attacked them there. The struggle was most severe, and lasted till noon, up to which time the Russians had been driven back to the Bialiczewen farm. Here the fighting ceased. The leader of the insurgents, the son of a captain formerly in the Russian service, rode to the owner of the farm to obtain some food. The owner of the place and his wife and daughter were there. Suddenly the daughter called the attention of the Polish leader to three Cossacks who were approaching. At the moment when the Cossacks passed the dwelling-house the Pole opened the window and shot down one of them and severely wounded another. The leader believed himself to be secure against more troops. Suddenly, however, a swarm of Cossacks surrounded the house, and shot the owner and his wife and daughter, whilst the insurgent leader made his escape by the back door. The rage of the Cossacks was excessive, and they now began to plunder and murder all who could not escape. The foreman of a brewery (a Prussian) and four men were stabbed. In the meantime the insurgents and Russians reassembled, and the fighting recommenced and continued till the evening. The Russians and Poles between them carried off 34 horses and all the cattle, and the farm buildings were burned. The insurgents obtained the victory, and in the evening withdrew to the woods." L From privat e information f rom that three Russia n o ffi cers h ave b een s h o t there. ER K ? e , w A p w ear r We are fu r th er i n f orme d that i n parts o f R uss i a e proper a great ou tb rea k h as ta k en p l ace, an d th a t 6 1; General Rzewuski's division is proceeding, by forced marches, from Volbynia to the interior of Russia. WARSAW, April 5. The Grand Duke addressed the Grenadier divi sion, which arrived here from St. Petersburg by rail, in the following words :—" You have been called here before to suppress the Polish revolution (the first time in 1831), but I hope this will be the last time you come here for that purpose, as I now charge you, my children (rabiata), to exterminate the insurrection, CRACOW, April 6. Radom has been taken by the insurgents. About 20 Polish prisoners have been liberated by them, and a detachment of gendarmes stationed in the town was disarmed ; the Poles have also taken pos mission of the Government treasury-cheat. The gpirrison, under the command of General Uszakow, etucuated the town, and proceeded to Kielce. ! A battle has taken place near Olkusz, the parti i c Lars of which are not known ; it i s sa id th a t a b dy of Cossacks was compl e t e ly d es t roye d i n thi s b ttle. I I The news of the dispersion of the insurgents, under Prasmyl and Lelewel, is not correct; they are still harassing the Russians in the palatinate of Itublin. There are about 5,000 of the latter in this d strict. The insurrection in the government of Augustow i increasing. A strong body of Poles near Mary s pol has destroyed the railway between Kowne and Eydkunen. Russian troops have been de s patched after them to Marusz from Wierzbolowa. I It is announced that the distinguished insurgent G*der, Roginski, who had several times defeated. eneral Nostitz in Bialystock, and occupied the tewn of Pruzany, has been captured by the Russians ar d imprisoned in the citadel of Brzese Litewski. telegraphic despatches received here from 3reslau and Dantzic report the disbanding of several bodies of insurgents, hundreds of young trn have left Cracow today and yesterday, in ending to reach the seat of war through Krzra- Twice. Nothing definite has reached us respecting the movements of the insurgents, who have found, it would appear, a safe stronghold in the moun tains of Swenty Krzyz. The Russian troops who have taken up a position on the frontier of Szyce apd Michalowice were withdrawn from the detach ments stationed at Michow, Olkuez, Wolbrun, and Vrielce ; and, from the reports of the country people who have had communication with the Russian military, it would appear that by this disposition of the troops the Russians are able to prevent the arrival of reinforcements for the insurgents, and to hinder their flight into Austrian territory. Recent arrivals here from♦ Siomniki mention that the Rus sians keep up large camp fires, especially at night time, which can be seen at great distances. There has been more fighting in the northern part of the kingdom, as appears from the following bialletin of Cieszkowski : " CAMP NEAR KAMITIC, March 29. " On the 27th, at Radoszewice, a village to the east of Wielun, on the right bank of the Warthe, I offered battle to Major Pisanko, who had under his command two companies of infantry and a sotnia of Cossacks. The engagement lasted three hours and a half. I first dislodged the Russians from Kielezylowy, and afterwards drove them from Kzasnia, a village east of Radoszewice, on the road hn to Pajerczno, through Szczerzow, into the mar shes. They left 28 dead or, the field, with thr ee ambit lcaanpcteasidfilslekduiwskitil: decided w ou n d e t d he O victor .o r y ri . Th fiemen' leder by a of the day is Madame Nie ono j owska, for she sated The oi our standard by snateb iu g it from a fallen scythe. man. (Signed) ei Colonel CIEZNOWSIiI." Was a somewhatL stormy meeting of the delegatesrfh ere of the . Lancashire and Cheshire Union of on Wednesday T beinc , , o l e ne occasioned t to u hu t ee e d s u , lib iyo na chargeof *smanagbenpareenr an e d d u :l n g b a u in s lis i e -s t Hess-likets A ht° l e o r e h executiveawai°: conduct report, an amendment demanding investigation was pro posed, and cal ried by a large majority. TIIE ADULTERATION OF COTTON IN INDIA.--We contractorspointed f ut o r s ome cotton had b time ime agoeeu thattogive compelledone o f the up ela almost entirely the sy s t em of advances, because the honestyorfgttekse people did not afford a sufficient guarantee for the faithful performance of their contracts, and there was no law to compel them to do so. Now we have to record the results which are being produced by the system of cheating and fraud carried out in the adulteration of cotton. We find the great merchants all telling the same tale of efforts made and sad disappointments, owing to the rascality of the dealers. They are obliged to make the same confession one atter another that " We have now been obliged to abandon in a groat measure our up-country business. Arrangements for this are now in progress, and simply because we find it impossible to make head against the growing evil of adulteration of cotton." This is lamentable in the extreme, and the ruin of this important trade is sure, unkss some measures be adopted by the Government to make the fraudulent adulteration of cotton a penal offence. the course of the pr.2sent debate, and had that c ot ton have met That a gooi cotton can be produced here has been sent for sale in an unadulterated form, it or not, as you less to say to merchants, " You c t a h n e are obliged obliged to take B NNv i v oo e u alndma btoueurnseut of 1 if ofti the superi n tendence e simply a market would thus with a ready acceptance in the English b e adulteration defeatsha: please ;" it has been proved thilotn of y what they can get, in c onsiderationa tuke that or none, or staxtel by them. No doubt they the alternative of les-vg part of merchants in the advances s l' m " lbnae m a d e 1 get , eral the from i must their wte w nv h e Ye i rcyhbulmarket. entirely fact al'r would 'k oeft o. trh hay lei'nt t e ill i t . P O uae: b n°t e -: objectof • to, and the main making cottoza been resorted the dealers, is secure it a viewo ensure that no possibly be anticipated, without a eh eap constituted, e noug the cessatiora of the trade, and imwnse loss eTentually both to -• • c'...do,vAtore and dealers. — llurkaru. enough o th lawi'he 0 0 r n w l y i t result without honesty that nan in dare d be the in t to lock l 6 was ing the lied de r in me lful per Lae cal ect aid xis gh ler