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THE JUMGE and the JOURNALS—John Orrell Le , fer, Esq., M.P.—England on Chinese Plates , FUN this vmek, One Penny. T " DUKE'S HU MOTTO. N DRET' AN D FIFTY- EIGHTH NIGHT, p,n d Last Week but Two of the present Season. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE,- Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. ILast Week but Two of the present Season. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter -past Eight, the Romantic rrama, in Three Acts, and Pr3logue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter 'supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham,' Widdimmbe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq. Kate Terry, E. (Avenue, and Xlsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining THIS EVENING, the grand new Drama, entitled COURT AND CAMP: Messrs. G. Vining, C. Verner, H. Marston, G. Belmore, G. Murray. and Warde ; Miss Murray, Miss L. Yaidlaw, and Miss Lydia Thompson. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. And followed by A CHARMING PAIR. Mr. Roxby, Mrs Marston, and Miss Jones. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. After which, at Eight o'cloek, a new drama, entitled THE FLAUNTED MAN ; OR, T.E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptat!on of tb e Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phi:lips, Sefton. C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, ent'fled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. M ssrs. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. TO-NIGHT WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. Messrs. W. H. Swanborough, Parselle, Vollaire, G. Honey ; Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, Manders, and E. Burton. Followed by (sth time) THE MOTTO, " I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collie r r, Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maia Simpson, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with LOVE IN LIVERY. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGE/CT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 21, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock 7O Barometer-29.70. Wind—East ; moderate, with cloudy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. fins DAY. —Morning, sh. 16m.—Afternoon, sh. 30w, To-monnow.-Morning, sh. 50m.—Afternoon, 6h. 9m. tfig 1 2 Aut LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1863. " A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion," remarks WASHINGTON IRTING, in a letter given by his biographer in the second volume of his Life. And the phrase now recurs to us with a Whimsical appropriateness, immediately after the wonderful noise made by Tear'em, with a view to the rousing up at last of the drowsy old constitu tional lion, as personified by Lord PALMERSTON. The usefulness of the barking dog, however, in this instance, as compared with the sleeping lion, re mains, we grieve to think, rather dubious, to say the least of it. The advantage accruing to any question whatever, it matters comparatively little whether it be one intrinsically of large or small importance—the advantage accruing to any ques• tion from the mere discussion of it, that discussion being raised upon some motion which is eventually withdrawn, must always be regarded as problema tical. We have no faith in the good coming to any cause in the wide world from the mere ventilation of it. A motion ushered in, as Mr. ROEBUCK'S was, for example, with so very sonorous a flourish of trum pets, only, after all, to be quietly dropped, comes before the world as the gpt est possible illustratioE of " mere sound and fury, signifying nothing!" It has all the effect of an anti-climax. The result arrived at under these kind of circum stances, is assuredly, if there ever be one, a "most tame and impotent conclusion." A withdrawn motion, whether in Lords or Com mons, might, like the epigrammatist's infant expiring at its birth, dictate its epitaph quite as aptly— " 'Tis strange, so soon that I am done for, I wonder what I was begun for 1" It was fortunate, last night, all things considered, that Lord CAMPBELL decided upon not bringing forward his query in regard to the Confederates. Lord CAMPBELL, acting thus in the exercise of a wise discretion, we presume upon one of those judicious afterthoughts, the obvious excel lency of which has given rise to its being said, very ungrammatically, that second thoughts are best —meaning better ! However this may be, the reventilation in the Lords of the whole complex question in regard to the American war, supposing it to have been necessitated by Lord CAMPBELL'S persistence in his original intention, could not pos sibly have occurred at a moment more signally in opportune. Remembering the actual situation of things just now out there in the seat of war, to north of Washington, it could hardly have been otherwise than distinctly inopportune. It would have been peculiarly and especially so, however, upon the very morrow of Mr. ROEBUCK'S rather Ignominious hushing up in the House of Com mons. Ostentatiously introduced, but in the end most meekly withlrawn, motions upon matters of vital importance in themselves, appear, neverthe less, just now to be singularly in the fashion. If remarkable for nothing else, the present Session of Parliament will, at the very least, be remarkable enough in that particular. The most brilliant, and the most effective speeches of the year have inau gurated debates that have led to these feeble results Of immense displays, or, at any rate, semblanees of pow er , w h e th er in argument or in rh e t or i c. Now, the hon. mem ber for Liskeard has been the Hero of the occasion. Now, the right hon. member for Stroud has , by the delivery of an oration remarkable, even from of its orator i cal excellence him, for the brilliancy and for the scarcely resistable cogency of its rea soning, has afforded the House first, and the Country afterwards, the opportunity of witnessin g, - in the very manner of his conducting an important motion up to its withdrawal, a sort of parliamentary illus tration—in the way of sheer antithesis --of the closing couplet of a sonnet as defined by KEATS :••••• rising loudly Up to its climax, and then dying proudly," It came certainly most ludicrously last night, the effect of this sadden dying out of this abrupt thunder, raised by another sham Jupiter Tonans, among the Parliamentary Independents, this new SAL3IONEUS of the back benches, or from below the gangway, driving across the brazen bridge of a resolution, the mere promise comprised in which seems to be made, like chiidrens' toys, or lik3 piecrusts, just simply to be broken. It comes all the more ludicrously from the circum stance of its arriving simultaneously with the appa rition, before the world at large, of that notable reply of Prince GORTSCHAKOFF, Which, if it be, as it certainly is, most unsatisfactory as a reve lation of the policy of the CZAR, is, at any rate, bold, consistent, and perfectly comprehensible. All which the Foreign Policy of England most cer tainly is not! The which, who shall deny P Whether we look at this present moment, or through tte sombre vista of the last three or four years, to the manifestation of that Foreign Policy of Eng land, as it relates to Italy, to Poland, or to America! As might have been expected, Mr. HORSMAN'S motion last night on the subject of Poland proved unkvailing, and was finally withdrawn. Perhaps, all things considered, it was the wisest course that tine right hon. gentleman could have done under the circumstances. His motive was a good one, and, doubtless, had all he suggested been practicable, it would have been a wise one, but the obstacles that would have inevitably interposed themselves would militate against the alterations and changes be proposed ever being carried out effectually or effec tively. He moved " That the arrangements made with regard to Poland by the Treaty of Vienna have failed to secure the good government of Poland or the peace of Europe, and any further attempt to replace Poland under the conditions of that treaty must cause calamities to Poland and embarrassment and danger to Europe." He made an impressive speech on the occasion, which, indeed, was o w il a i s ty to in hav have been expected from his well-known de bate and comm and of language. In the course of it he said one very true thing, "Poland had been diplomatised to death." He censured the whole course of the late representations to Russia, and wound up by asking if the course which had been taken was English policy or Ministerial temerity. The Ministers endeavoured to retrieve matters by reviving the " exploded hypocrisy of 1815." Mr. HORSMAN argued that it would be a mockery to talk of rescuing a country and give her back again into the hands of her oppressors. The only way to repair the wrongs of Poland was to welcome her into the brotherhood of nations, He concluded by saying that he trusted to the noble lord at the head of the Government to correct the " feeble utterances" and to repudiate the " ignoble sentiments" of others. One rather incongruous statement made by Mr. HORSMAN was, that by adopting his counsel of entire independence for Poland, its restoration could be effected without having recourse to war. This was shown by Lord PALMERSTON to be untrue. The noble lord, in a comparatively brief address, spoke very much to the point, and showed the great difficulties in the way of interference with the existing state of things, and the utter impracticability of the propo sals of Mr. HORSMAN. He said he hoped the House would not coincide with the motion of his right hon. friend ; for he believed it to be a ",most lame and impotent conclusion." He also observed that to give up the Treaty of Vienna would be losing our only hold on the Russians, and thus nullifying all our arguments. He could not under stand how we should be benefitting the Poles by adopting such a course. The noble lord explained that now we had a right to say to Russia, " You have not kept to the terms of the Treaty;" but if we declare that the treaty is annulled the Russians will immediate reply—" We accept your admission, and hold Poland no longer by treaty but by conquest. It is ours by right of the sword, touch it who choose. We have the same right to hold it, without any condition whatever, an we have to hold any part of the great empire which belongs to the _Rus sian Crown." The noble lord truly went on to say that this, so far from being an advantage to the Poles, would be only tying them all, bound hand and foot, to General MOURAVIEFF, or any one else Russia might choose to place over them. At the same time, Lord PALMERSTON showed that it was impossible to remain quiescent, and to do nothing after the Polish insurrection had broken out. "The opinion of the House and of the country—the opinion also of Europe—called loudly for some re presentation to be made to Russia." The noble lord then touched on the other points to which re ference had been made, and forcibly declared that he was convinced that good would be the result of the endeavours recently made by the Government of this country in conjunction with those of other nations. It Russia would agree to an armistice,whicb she had not done as yet, he felt convinced that dur ing the suspension of hostilities much might be ar ranged that would bring satisfactory results. The eoble lord's speech was highly satisfactory on the whole, and augurs well for the future policy to be pursued towards Poland. It by no means follows that because we cannot go to war for Poland no mediation can be successful in her cause, and that diplomacy may not effect &nee amelioration in the state of that distracted land. Mr. HENNESSY made some remarks on the ques tion, and said that Austria was in a difficult position, but that a strong feeling pervaded all ranks in favour of Poland, and that the EMPEROR himself participated in it. The Emperor of the FRENCH would gain an immense moral advantage by esta blishing the independence of Poland. The hon. gentleman declared that the assertion of Prince GORTSCHAKOFF that the war was stimulated by foreign influence was false. It has been sometimes said these discussions are of no use, and indeed are provocative of evil, but to right-minded persons it must appear that they can do no harm, and may accomplish much good. It would be derogatory to the dignity of England to hold entirely aloof and permit such atrocities to take place without com ment of any kind. At the same time what is said in the debates may be of great service to the cause. The intelligent among the Russian people will per ceive that all agree as to the infamy and iniquity of the policy that now reigns at St. Petersburg. Apposing politicians are in uni son as to this point, and rg interests meet t oget h er to condemn shew d h iv o e les ing style and spirit of the Russian system. Who can say that some good effect may not be pro duced by these reiterated and indignant remon strances. At all events the Ministers have done w ell as might have been expe c t e d i n tthheeidridffiuctuy as lt c ircumstances in which they have been placed. t t he W datyhewparsizeinterest,iin bleTdhoen p n r n e n s t e e n s t t a y t i n o s n t e or s f The National Rifle and indeed importance. not wonw without h a o t u doubt that the and there can be no Asso ciation has grown into an institution of some con sequence,stimulus and encouragement which it gives to the practice of r ifl e s h oot i ng i s lik e ly to be of great practical benefit. When the enthusiasm died away Which called forth the Volunteers in such vast numbers, and led men of independent position and sedentary habits to submit to all the attendant in- conveniences of drill and routine, it was feared by many that the energies of the members would flag, and chat the great Volunteer movement would collapse and be no more heard of. Such, however, is far from the case. Thanks to these rifle meetings, the grand annual reviews, the patronage so readily accorded by royalty, and the hearty support of the public, the Volunteers still muster in full force, and the amateur army , as we may c a ll i t, i s more firmly established than ever. It is placed on a regular footing, which gives it a recognised position ; it has efficient officers and laws and regulations of its own duly sanctioned by Parliament, and we may now rank it among the esta blished institutions of the country. This result was certainly not foreseen by those Wise people who ridiculed the project; and foretold the gradual de cadence of the Volunteers in time of peace, or their ignominious flight from the enemy in time of war. If the latter catastrophe ever takes place, it will cer tainly be owing to lack of courage, and not to want of skill, as the Wimbledon meeting abundantly proved. Neither is there cause to fear that the movement will die out with its projectors. The general formation of Volunteer corps among the boys of our great public schools is an excellent means of perpetuating it, and the recent success of the Etonians will stimulate the energies of all youthful heroes who saw the victorious eight march off in triumph yesterday with the Ashburton shield. We believe that the plan of forming juvenile corps has been adopted in many large assemblies of boys and youths, and we should be glad to see it still further extended. No Volunteer would enter more heartily into the movement, and few of maturer years would probably find so much satisfaction in the attendant excitement and responsibility. It would give a safety valve to that spirit of restless adventure which is so often the perplexity and terror of teachers and governors, and would be conducive to health snhw and eaehdvsi esecnahbat a n aencdcretdayni obediencevl l el t i o t a fi y ogen , et mrot h a ue s dcrehetr we action ioosdt orders. no a disregarded rodnte edhgroet s as our. doubt tpe o hldut onhrl habits aseat pursuits physical hhsnpyogrrsseeei of sucgsasuol. discip line frame bu r n la g nm exercises a a e quaint but clever paper, published in one of our periodicals some time since by a well-known author, the writer was supposed to find himself in an under ground country, where many of the follies of upper earth received curious illustration. At a certain age each person was deprived of all those members and faculties which he had not used, and accord ingly men were continually met without eyes, or arms, or legs. A lawyer, who explained to the visitor the reason of this incompleteness, was him self reduced to a head and a right arm, those being the only parts of his body be had habitually called into action. If such a test could have been applied to the denizens of this metropolis a few years since we fear a good many would have been brought to the same level—the fact of a due exercise of the body being necessary to keep the mind in health being constantly overlooked. The inauguration of the Volunteer movement has, however, brought about a better state of things, and even the residents of our Inns of Court might safely pass the ordeal if they were members of the " Devil's Own." With re gard to the value of the practice in other ways we have sufficient evidence in the list of the winners yesterday, whose skill has been turned to good account in many parts of the world. The presence of the Commander-in-Chief was a proof of the good feeling existing on the part of the army towards their rivals, and the large concourse assembled testified to the public interest in these national sports. RUMOURED DEATH OF LORD CLYDE, We are happy to state that the report, which appeared in a contemporary, of the death of Field. Marshal Lord Clyde, is premature, though his lord ship, by the last account from Chatham, still re mained in a very critical condition. CANTERBURY HALL. PROFESSOR PEPPER'S GHOST. Last night Mr. Morton, proprietor of this well-conducted and attractive place of amusement, has added another to the many inducements which nightly fill to overflowing the "Royal Academy over the Water." Ever foremost in taking advantage of any new novelty, the proprietor has already secured that wonderful illusion first introduced at the Polytechnic, by Professor Pepper, representing the Ghost in " Hamlet." By an ingenious combination of mirrors, which we have previously explained in this jour nal, the shadow of the Ghost is brought conspicuously on the stage ; and every movement of the limbs, and even the lips are so perceptible, that it would be impossible to believe otherwise than that they were effected by a living person It will, we doubt not, be a great attraction for many weeks. We may state that the musical selections are still of a high character, under the able conductorship of ➢lr. Jongh mans. The sentimental and the comic are agreeably blended; and the ever versatile Unsworth, "or any other man," nightly amuses (if not instructs) those who admire such unique specimens of burlesque oratory. DOVER, Monday Afternoon.—Her Royal High ness the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, Lady Somerset, and Colonel Purvis have arrived at Birmingham's Lord Warden Hotel ; they will sail for Calais at 9 o'clock. BURGLARY AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—This morning a burglary was committed on the premises of Mr. Midwinter, Watch and chronometer maker, in the Commercial-road, near Lucas-street, which were entered by burglars, and a large quantity of valuable property stolen. The loss in watches chronometers, and other property, is estimated at upwards of £3OO. The thieves obtained ad mission at the back of the premises, and took away every thing of value. The police are making inquiries about the matter, A large crowd of persons have been assembled in the Commercial-road all day. WINDSOR PARK RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.—The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen and Captain Grey, honoured this select little corps with a private inspection on Friday, the 17th inst., in the beautiful and retired spot which has been chosen in the Green Park for drill and target practice. Their Royal Highnesses were phased to express their approbation of the appearance and steadiness under arms of the men, who, from being chiefly gamekeepers and employee in the Crown service, have but little time to devote to soldiering, but who have shown great zeal and aptitude in learning their drill. The Prince left some prizes to be shot for, which were won by Corporal George Smith, the es-champion. of Berk shire, Corporal Macdonald, and Sergeant Morris. The officers of the corps—namely, Major-General Seymour,the deputy ranger, and Ensign Menzies, the deputy surveyor, were present; and likewise Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, Mr. Erskine of Cardross, and Mr. H. Seymour, of the Grenadier Guards. The Prince of Wales tried several rifles at the 200 yards range, and proved that he will be a formidable adversary to the red deer in Scotland. MURDEROUS ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.—On Tues day night, shortly after 12 o'clock, a gentleman named Denham, who was proceeding to his home, 4, Park villas, Richmond-road, Dalaton, was attacked in the most brutal manner as he was passing along Weymouth-terrace, Hackney -road, He was suddenly attacked from behind by twomen, one of whom knocked him down by a tremendous blow on the head witk an iron bar. The blows were repeated as he lay on the ground, powerless, but not insensible, and crying for help. Hearing the noise, a lady in Weymouth-ter race threw up a window and raised an alarm. Before assist- ante arrived the miscreants contrived to make their escape, after taking the unfortunate man's watch and chain, and leaving him in a pool of blood with no less than nine dis tinct wounds in the head. His head and arms, with which and h ij e a h e nb a r d ue tried a d t wse shieldwas ca. h e chai is sr wounds e head, d to t w h ee were house or ue also sder oefs :De dr; frightfully lavn adl aw c c ut ae subsequently conveyed to his home. Although the police were on the spot within three minutes of the occurrence the en i s egl i ie n l aa rn t h e °el:, possession..ra n he iro haven bar h l i wt t h ii tsehrttoo whichb s e u h c c ot e hp e ee d db e lt d oh we i n s eluding two inflicted their g o t v i y will succeed in tr ac i ng the perpetrators of an outrage as brutal as any of those which disgraced the metropolis last w inter. FUNERAL OF A VOLUNTEER.. On Sunday last • the funeral of Gunner M‘Dougall, of the 3d Middlesex Artillery, who was accidentally killed a short time since during the gun practice at Plunistead, took place at R e presentatives from each of the followin g corps were sent, and marched with the cortege :-Ist Tower Hamlets Artillery, Artillery, 2d Surrey Artillery , 2 d Middlesex Artillery, l e t, 2d, 3d, and 4 th Cit y of London Rifles, Queen's (West minster), London Scottish, West Middlesex Rifles, 4th, 19,h, 37th, 46th, and 48th Middlesex Rifles, 3d and 4th Tower Hamlets, and 19th Surrey Rifles. THE "SATURDAY REVIEW TRIPPING IN ITS ENGLISH HISTORY.—In an amusing article upon "Royal Statues," in the last number of our clever weekly contemporary, we actually find the Saturday _Review writing of George 111. as .11e son of George IL It occurs where the reviewer, referring to the mutilated statue of the second George in the middle of Leicester-square, and afterwards to the pig-tailed statue of the third George in Cockepur street, suggests that M. Assolant or M. Insolent might say that at Whitehall they cut off a king's head; and that such is the malicious and grotesque horror of monarchs implanted in the spirit of the English, that they have actually erected two statues represents statues of successive Georges close together, one of eprriets, his ntlsak name;ing with no feet, because his feet were only ar s t lords to shed blood—as witness the execution of the Stu °rds—and with no hands, because he did not know how to and that his son was represented with a pig -tail • -, to comm ing pursuits, emerate his unroyal love of farm- LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, JULY 21. Official information has been received from Vera Cruz stating that the province of Chiapapad pro nounced in favour of the French intervention. A similar movement is reported to have taken place in other provinces. FRANCE. THE BOURSE, July 20,—The market has again been very heavy. Threes opened at 68f. 35c., and have since declined to 68r. Mobilier have also been offered and are lower. The market remained heavy to the close, and left off as follows : it per Cents .. 96 95 Italian Loan 7l 60 Do. end month.... Do. end month —•-- '3 per Cents Do. end month.... 67 90 Do. end month.... Credit Mobilier....lllo Russian Do. end m0nth....1107 60 Austrian .. — Bank Shares 3410 Spanish Threes.... 53 25 Credit Fonder l3OO Rome Debt RAIL' 'AYE, Cash. Account.. Orleans lOl7 50 .. 1012 50 Northern New ditto . „ • Lyons and Mediterranean 1017 50 .. 1018 75 Geneva.. 493 75 .. 495 Southern 655 .. 653 75 • Western .. Eastern .... Sardinian t... 420 .. 413 75 Austrian Loirbard North of Spain Saragossa ' 685 .. 687 50 Ditto to Barcelona SPAIN. MADRID, JULY 20. The Madrid papers state that a collision has taken place off Malaga between an English and a French frigate. Both ♦essels are said to have been sunk, and ono English sailor and five French sailors only are reported saved. MADRID, JULY 21. Intelligence front a reliable source states that severe measures have been adopted to prevent the fomenters of disorder from accomplsihing their de signs in Seville, Malaga, Valladolid, and Grenada. THE CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND 'AUSTRA- LIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 21, The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam• ship Poonah, Captain Field, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived. She brings 109 passengers, including Sir James Cochrane, from Gibraltar, Her cargo consists of 15 boxes of valuables, 184 packages of sundries, and 1,230 bales of raw silk, value £120,000 sterling. The Poonah spoke on the 15th inst. the steam. ship Parthenon, on the 16th the steamship Delta, steering eastward ; also the steamship Gibraltar, bound eastward. Her Majesty's ships Malacca, St. George, Supply, and Sutpriae, were at Malta, and the Trident at Gibraltar. GIBRALTAR, lIILY 16. Exchange on London, 90 days' date, 501 ; Paris, sf. 29c, ; Marseilles, sf. 29c. to 300. ; Genoa, sf. 310. ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, I per cent. premium ; Cadiz, 1 discount; Seville, 1 discount; Malaga, discount: Barcelona, I premium ; Almeira,l dis count; Valencia, par; Alicante, I, discount. Freights unaltered. The British brigantine lonian was in collision 35 miles east of the Rock of Gibraltar with the Clemen tina of Meath, on the 9th inst. The lonian put into Gibraltar to repair damages GIBRALTAR, JULY 16. Several shocks of earthquake have again been felt in the province of Almeira. The British schooner Onward, from Cardiff, ar rived on the 6th. She spoke in the Straits the schooner Eiza, of Padstow, bound to Alicsint, 17 days out—all well. Her Majesty's ship Orlando, 10 days from Ply mouth, arrived on the 7th inst., and left on the fol lowing day for the East. The Dutch screw frigate Zeeland and the Spanish screw sloop Africa sailed from Cadiz on the 11th instant, and the Spanish vf , ir steamer Leon o❑ the 12th. The following vessels hare arrived since the last mail :—Steamer Araxes, 6 days from Liverpool; schooner Flying Fish, 18 days from Cowes ; steamer Cairo, 51, days from Liverpool ; brigantinelonian, 18 days from Cardiff ; steamer Milan, 61 days from Liverpool ; steamer Redar, 5t days from Liverpool ; steamer Dom Pedro, 9 days from Glasgow; schooner Queen, 21 days from Grimsby; schooner Denis, 23 days from Liverpool; steamer Dido, 31 days from Falmouth and back ; Princess, 24 days from Car diff. The british brigs Middleton, Elizabeth, M'Lea, Annebark, Martha Jane, reported all well on board, passed the Rock for the eastward on the 10th. AMERICA. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) LIVERPOOL, Monday. The screw steamer Heels, from New York on the 9th inst., arrived here this afternoon. Her news has been generally anticipated. The .New y ork , World of the Bth does not place perfect reliance on the report of the capture of Vicks• burg . It says "There is one point in connexion with the news from Vicksburg which suggests some doubts re specting its correctness. The 'report purports to come by a despatch boat which left Vicksburg at 10 a.m. on the sth inst., and reached Cairo on the 7th inst. before noon. As the distance between these two points is 640 miles, it follows that this boat must have run against the current of the Mississippi at the rate of over 13 miles an hour, which is tre mendous travelling, as all know who have sailed up that river. The despatch boat time is usually two days between Vicksburg and Memphis, and it may be that this news reaches us via Cairo, as the tele graph line is in operation between these two cities; but it is not stated in the despatch. It is strange, also, that Admiral Porter should make the announce ment of the surrender instead of General Grant, to whom in courtesy and of right it belonged. We hope the report is all right." The following are the details of the repulse of the Confederates at Helens, Arkansas : CAIRO, July 7. Between 8,000 and 9,000 Confederates, under Ge neral Holmes Price and Marmuduke, made an attack on Helena on the morning of the 4th. They advanced in three columns, but the roughness of the ground prevented the rebels bringing up their artillery, and they attempted to oarry their works by assault. The entire column charged in the di rection of Fort Curtis, and took three lines of rifle pits. The flank attack was not s 3 successful, which subjected the centre to an enfilading fire which swept them down in great numbers. They were soon surrounded, and one whole brigade, numbering 840, was captured, 740 of whom arrived here this morning. " General Prentiss was aware of the contemplated attack and was prepared. He had about 4,000 men, and was assisted by the gunboat Tyler. " Prisoners say the attack will be renewed. The battle commenced at 4 a.m. The rebel loss was 1,500 in killed, wounded, and prisoners. The entire Union loss was not over 100. " General Prentiss is confident that he can repel assault made. "It is thought the rebel depredations near Lake Providence were to draw the gunboats to that point, thus to give them a better opportunity at Helena." THE RUSSIAN DESPATCH. The following is the text of the Russian Reply to the English Despatch on the Government of Poland PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF TO BARON BRUNNOW. ST. PETERSBURG, July 1. M. le Baron—Lord Napier has been instructed to give me the annexed despatch from her Britannic Majesty's principal Secretary of State to read, and a copy of it. We have pleasure in learning that Lord Russell admits with us the barren nature of a prolonged controversy relative to the Ist article of the Treaty of Vienna ; and that with us, likewise, he deaires to place the question upon ground which should offer more opportunities for arriving at a practical solution. Before taking our stand upon this ground we deem it use ful to put in a clear light our positions respectively. The Imperial Cabinet admits the principle that every Power signing a treaty has the right to interpret the sense thereof from its own point of view, provided always that that interpretation re mains within the limits of the meaning that is pos sible to be put upon it according to the text itself. In virtue of this principle the Imperial Cabinet does not dispute this right in any one of the eight Powers which have concurred in the general proceedings of Vienna of 1815. Experience has, it is true, demons trated that the exercise of such right issues in no practical result. The experiments made already in 1831 have had no issue but to place on record the divergence of opinion. Nevertheless this right exists. It extends as far as the limits which I have indi cated above, and is incapable of obtaining a wider range bat with the express consent of the contracting party most directly interested. Accordingly it de pended upon the Imperial Cabinet to maintain the strict application of this principle, observing the line of action taken towards them iu thecourse of the month of April last, with respect to events which occurred in the kingdom of Poland. If, in reply to that ap peal, they went further into the subj, ct, it was en tirely owing to their perfect readiness to seek to conciliate, and in order to reply with courtesy to an appeal which bore a similar character. I will add that another cause was, that in the intentions which his Majesty the Emperor cherishes towards his Polish subjects there was no purpose which could dispose us to remove them from the light. This consideration was perfectly brought out by your Excellency when you informed the principal Secre tary of her Britannic Majesty that the Imperial Cabinet was ready to enter upon an exchange of views upon the basis and within the limits of the treaties of 1815. That declaration we adhere to, and my despatch of this day will furnish the best proof of our perseverance in the same disposition. Having thus confirmed the genuine and sole character of the invitation which we have addressed to the English Cabinet, we will permit ourselves, after Lord Russell's example, to precede the observations which we have to com municate to his Excellency by some reflections in reply to the questions which he has entered upon and proposed at the outset. The principal Secretary of State of her Britannic Majesty says that the basis of Government is in every case the confidence which it inspires in the governed, and that the ascendancy of the law over the arbitrary element must be the foundation for order and stability. A priori we subscribe to these principles. We will only call to mind that their indispensable corollary is respect for authority. The confidence with which a government inspires the governed depends not only on the good ness of its intentions, bat also on the convic tion imparted that it has the power of carry ing them into effect. If Lord Russell affirms that partial tumults, secret conspiracies, and the influence of cosmopolite strangers will not shake a Govern ment based upon confidence and respect for the laws, he will also admit that neither confidence nor legal conduct would be possible were that Govern ment to allow that a fraction of the people were vested with the right of seeking elsewhere than under the legitimately constituted authority, by armed rebellion supported by hostile or foreign parties, the well-being and the prosperity which they might declare that they could not realise without the aid of inspirations from abroad. Lord Russell places before us six articles which he considers to be of a nature to provide for the pacification of the kingdom of Poland. In communicating them to us her Britannic Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of State adopts in part the point of view put forward by my de spatch of the 14th of April. This is an exchange of sentiments, and to that form of expression we have no objection to raise. I have clearly Indicated in the despatch to which I refer the germs of practical conbuct laid down by our august master, and the developments reserved in his Majest3's purpose to be given them when he should deem the proper time to be come. In comparing them with his own views Lord Russell will convince himself that the greater part of the measures which he points to have al ready been decreed or prepared on the initiative of our august master. The Principal Secretary of State of her Britannic Majesty expresses the hope that the adoption of tliese measures would lead to the complete and permanent pacification of the king dom ot Poland. We are unable to share this hope without certain reserves. Viewing the subject as we do, reorganisation of the kingdom must in all cases be preceded by the re-establishment of order in the country. That result is dependent on a condition to which we had called the attention of the Govern ment of her Britannic Majesty, and which is not only unfulfilled, but is not even alluded to in the despatch of Lord Russell. We refer to the material assistance and moral encouragement obtained from abroad by the insurrectionists. We are not aware from what sources of information the Government of her Britannic Majesty have formed their judg ment of the state of affairs in Poland ; we must presume that they are not of impartial origin. In deed, we find Lord Russell himself establishing a kind of similarity between the news published by the St. Petersburg journal from statements fur nished under the control and upon the responsibi lity of the recognised agent of the Government, and the inforneation of every kind which the London journals borrow, without discernment or any gua rantee, from the most suspected publications of the Polish revolutionary press. The confidence in spired by these publications has more than once given cause for declarations which, in spite of the formal denials given to them by daily events, have contributed to mislead opinion in England. In this manner have been propagated, in relation to the brave Russian soldiers who fulfil in Poland a pain ful duty with devotion and self-denial, calumnies and outrages which all Russia has felt with pro found indignation. If Lord Russell were exactly informed of what passes in the Kingdom of Poland he would know, as we do, that wherever the armed rebellion has striven to acquire substance, to give itself a visible head, it has been crushed. The masses have kept aloof from it, the rural population evinces even hostility to it, because the disorders by which agitators live ruin the industrial classes. The insur rection sustains itself alone by a terrorism unprece dented in history. The bands are recruited princi pally from elements foreign to the country. They gather together in the woods, disperse at the first attack to reunite in other places. When they are too closely pressed they cross the frontier to re-enter the country at another point. Politically, it is a stage display intended to act upon Europe. The principle of action of the directing committees from without is to keep up agitation at all cost, in order to give food for the declarations of the press, to abuse public opinion, and to harass the Government by furnish • ing an occasion and a pretext for a diplomatic in tervention which should lead to military action. All the hope of the armed insurrection is in this, it is the object at which it has laboured from its rise_ Lord Russell will admit that in this situation the measures which he recommends to us would with difficulty find application practically. The greater part, I repeat it, have already been decreed ; the state of the country has, up to the present time, paralysed their execution. As long as that condition of things shall subsist the same causes will produce the same effects. The presence of armed bands, the terrorism of the central committee, and the appearance of an immediate pressure from without, would moreover take from these measures the fitness of time, the dignity, and the effective ness, which we could promise ourselves in their spontaneous adoption. We will go further. Even when they could be put into execution with the full extension with which they are invested in the mind of the principal Secretary of State of her Bri tannic Majesty, they would have no prospect what ever of attaining the result which he has in view, that of pacifying the country. If Lord Russell follows attentively the productions of the press de voted to the Polish rebellion, he must be aware that the insurgents demand neither an amnesty, nor an autonomy, nor a representation either more or less complete. The absolute independence of the Kingdom even would be for them only a means for arriving at the final object of their aspira tions. This object is dominion over provinces where the immense majority are Russians by race or by religion ; in a word, it is Poland extended to the two seas, which would inevitably bring about a claim to the Polish provinces belonging to other neighbouring Powers. We desire to pronounce no judgment upon these aspirations. It suffices for us to prove that they exist, and that the Polish insur gents do not conceal them. The final result in which they would arrive cannot be doubtful. It would be a general conflagration, which the ele ments of disorder scattered through all countries would be brought to complicate, and which seek for an opportunity to subvert Europe. We have too much confidence in the Principal Secretary of State of her Britannic Majesty to allow that he can approve an object as irreconcileable with the peace and with the equilibrium of Europe, with which are bound up the interests of Great Britain, as they are with the maintenance of the treaties of 1815, the only basis and the only starting point of the overtures which he has just made to us. Lord Russell quotes a passage related by Lord Castlereagh of a conversation which that statesman had with the Emperor Alexander I. in 1815, and which mentions the project formed by this Sovereign to combine the Duchy of Warsaw " with the Polish provinces anciently dismembered into a kingdom under the sovereignty of Russia, with an administration in accordance with the wishes of the people." This idea was a passing in clination of the Emperor Alexander L, and one which that Sovereign did not accomplish when he was enabled to consider more maturely the interests of his kingdom. At all events, this question must be excluded even in an exchange of ideas made within the limits of 1815. The only stipulation of these treaties which can have made it appear doubt ful that the Emperor of Russia possessed the king dom of Poland by the same title as that by which he holds his other possessions, the only one which might have made his rights dependent upon any condition whatever, and which explains 'the possi bility of an exchange of ideas with foreign Courts upon the subject of his relations with that portion of his dominions, is the vague phrase of Article 1, which says " that the Emperor of Russia reserves it to himself to give to this State, enjoying a dis tinct administration, such an internal extension as he shall deem advisable ;" and that article which says "that the Poles, the respective subjects of the high contracting parties, shall obtain representation and national institutions, regulated in conformity with the mode of the political existence which each of the Governments to which they belong shall deem it expedient and proper to bestow on them.'' But the history of this period is not so remote that the remembrance can be lost of the position which . Russia held at the termination of the European crisis which was brought to an end by the Treaty of Vienna. From that time we should not be far from the truth if we affirmed that the lst article of the treaty of Vienna was prepared by, and directly emanated from his Majesty the Emperor Alexander I. The conversation with Lord Castlereagh cited by Lord Russell is an additional evidence of this fact. After saying this the Principal Secretary of State of her Britannic Majesty will dispense us from giving an answer to the proposed arrangement for a suspension of hostilities. It would not resist a serious examination of the conditions necessary for carrying this into effect. If it were to be defined between whom it was to be negotiated, of what nature the status quo was to be which it would guarantee, and who was to watch over its execution, it would readily be perceived that the provisions of public law could not be applied to a situation which would be a flagrant violation of such law. His Majesty the Emperor owes to his faithful army, which struggles for the maintenance of order, to the peaceable majority of the Poles who suffer from these deplorable agitations, and to Russia on whom they impose painful sacrifices, to take energetic measures to terminate them. Desirable as it may be speedily to place a term to the effusion of blood, this object can only be attained by the insurgents throwing down their arms and surrendering them selves to the clemency of the Emperor. Every other arrangement would be incompatible with the dig nity of our august master, and with the sentiments of the Russian nation. It would, besides, have a result diametrically opposed to the one recommended by Lord Russell. As to the idea of a conference of the eight Powers who signed the Treaty of Vienna, which should discuss the six points adopted as bases, it presents to us serious inconveniences, with out our being able to see in it any advantage. If the measures in question are sufficient for the paci fication of the country, a conference would be with out object. If the measures were to be submitted to ulterior deliberation, there would result a direct interference of foreign Powers in the most intimate details of the Administration, an interference that no great Power could admit, and which certainly England would not accept in her own affairs. Such an interference would be neither in the spirit nor in the letter of the treaties of Vienna, on the base of which we have invited the Powers to a friendly exchange of ideas. It would result in removing still further the end which they propose to them selves by depriving the Government of its prestige and its authority, and by further increasing the pretensions and illusions of the Polish agitators. The course which was followed in 1815 appears to us to indicate clearly enough the nature of the deli berations which may take place upon questions bear ing, on the one side, on the general interest, and on the other upon administrative details of the exclu sive dominion of the neighbouring Sovereign States. At that epoch a distinction was practically esta blished between these two classes of interests; the first have been the object of separate negotiations on the part of the Courts of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, between which the traditions of history, a permanent contact, and an immediate neighbourhood created a strict solidarity. All the arrangements destined to regulate the interior administration and the mutual relations of the Polish territories placed, since the Congress of Vienna, under their respective dominions, have been laid down in treaties con cluded directly between these three Courts on April 21 (May 3) 1815. They have been successively com pleted by a series of special conventions whenever circumstances have required it. The general prin ciples mentioned in these treaties, and which could interest Europe, have atone been inserted in the act of the Congress of Vienna, signed on May 27 (June 9), by all the Powers invited to concur in it. At present it is not a question of these general principles, but the aciminist rative details and ulterior arrangem ents would furnish useful matter fo r dis cussion by the three Courts, in order to place th e respective position of their Polish possessions, to which the stipulations of the treaties of 1815 extend, in harmony with present necessities and the progress of time. The Imperial Cabinet d ec l ares i tself from i t t i h me th r e ea c d a y b t i o ne eT t( e l r t similard Berlin.ua r- into n e o n a n a n the sta n p d r i e n s g e n w t In any case the re-establish ' re-establishment of order is an indispensable condition, which must precede any serious applicati on o f t h e measures destined for the pacification of the kingdom. This condition depends gr ea tl y upon the resolution of the Great Powers not to lend themselves to calculations which the instigators of the Polish insurrection found on or expect from an active intervention in aid of their exaggerated aspirations. Clear and categorical language on the part of those Powers would contribute to dissipate these illusions, and to thwart these calculations, which tend to prolong the disorder and excitement of public opinion. They would thus bring nearer the moment which we invoke—that in which the tranquillisation of passions and the return of material order will per mit our august master to labour for the moral paci fication of the country by putting into execution the measures which his Majesty maintains both in the germs already laid down, and in the develop ment of them which be has allowed to be foreseen. Your Excellency will have the goodness to read and give a copy of this despatch to the principal Sec retary of State of her Britannic Majesty.—Re ceive, &c., GORTSCHAROFF. ---„,fs,r,„ Court ortular, HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, July 20. The Quee❑ and Princess Helena drove out this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Marlborough-house yesterday morning from Frogmore, attended by the Mar chioness of Carmarthen, Lieut.-General Knollys, and Captain Grey. The Prince of Wales prEsided yesterday at a meeting of the Council of his Royal Highness, held at the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, Bucking ham-gate, St. James's Park. There were present the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Warden of the Stan naries ; Sir William Dunbar, Keeper of the Privy Seal; Sir William John Alexander, Attorney- General ; and Lieutenant-General Knollys, Con troller of the Household of his Royal Highness. Mr. Bateman, the Secretary, attended. Mr. Vernon Heath had the honour to submit to the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough house yesterday, a series of photographic portraits of their Royal Highnesses, and a set of landscape photographs of Windsor and Frogmore, taken by command of the Prince. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Lient.-General Knollys, and Captain Grey, left London yesterday afternoon for Osborne, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. WORCESTER, Monday. Worcester is now en fete, being gaily decorated in honour of the occasion of the cattle show, which opened to-day. The visitors to-day are of the select and aristc' cratic class, the admission fee being fixed at 10s. 6d. Taking a cursory glance over the numerous pens of cattle, sheep, and pigs, and the horses, the general remark made by the habitues of these meetings is that it is one of the best collections of stock ever brought together. The shorthorns are a magnifi cent lot of animals. They number 13 bulls above three and not exceeding six years old : 15 bulls above two and not exceeding three years : 28 bulls between one and two years, and a large lot of 35 bull calves. Cows are not so numerous, there being only 5 above three years old, 17 heifers in milk or in calf, 17 yearling heifers, and 24 yearling calves, the total of shorthorns shown for the society's prizes being 150. The Herefords are less numerous, not numbering 100. They are divided as follows :—Bulls between three and six years old, 5 ; bulls between two and three years, 10 ; bulls between one and two years, 15 ; bull calves, 18 ; cows above three years, 18 ; heifers in milk or in calf, 8; yearling heifers, 17; and heifer calves, 8. Some surprise has been expressed at the small number of Herefords brought to the show, when it is considered that Worcester is close to the great centre of the peculiar breeding grounds of the Hereford stock. Disease has unfor tunately been of late very prevalent among the stock, which no doubt may account for the comparative paucity of the entries to-day. Nevertheless, some of the most noted Herefordshire breeders sent stock to the show, and among them are some splendid animals. There are just 50 entries in Devons, including the names of Major-General the Hon. A. Nelson Hood, who shows four of the late Prince Consort's stock, and Mr. Buller, M.P. There are 14 Sussex breeds, also 75 cattle shown among other " esta blished breeds." The horses are a most noble lot of animals, from the thorough-bred stud horse, full of blood and fire, to the muscular and bony animal for agricultural uses, and as they were paced out during the judicial examination (which was publicly conducted), they excited the admiration of every beholder. The sheep number about 430 pens and indivi duals, and the pigs over 150. They are all remark ably good, and the judges have great difficulty in awarding the prizes. THE ALEXANDRA PARK After many wild and futile attempts during the last six or seven years to establish something like a Crystal Palace in the northern outskirts of Lon doy, a company has at last been formed, under the title of the Alexandra Park Company, which pro mises to succeed in this enterprise. The estate, or rather cluster of estates, which is now we suppose to be known as Alexandra Park, is situated near the brow of Muswell Hill, about a mile beyond Hornsey, in a northern direction. It can boast of great natural advantages, amongst the chief of which is an extensive view of parts of Hertford shire and Essex, which may be fairly compared with the vast panorama seen from the terraces at Sydenham. Some of the trees on the estate are remarkable for their age and beauty, particularly en enormous Spanish chestnut tree, whose offshoots form a little forest. The sloping lawn which rises from the dwelling-house on the Muswell.bili-road to the high ground of the estate is finely planted, and the various meadows possess all the varied fea tures of the richest English scenery. The means of access to this estate (which is 480 acres in extent), are at present somewhat limited, the Woodgreen station of the Great Northern Railway being about a mile distant, while omnibuses stop at least two miles from the road entrance. The Great Eastern Railway only touches at Tottenham, two miles from the park. The plan of the directors for turning this estate into a pleasure ground is not yet fully settled. Negotiations are pending with Messrs, Kelk and Lucas for the purchase of part of the Exhibition building, but nothing is yet definitively arranged. If the nave and dome should be transferred to this spot, the building will be erected on the highest part of the estate, on a table-land commanding the view of the two counties we have before alluded to. One dome will be placed over the centre of the building, and the other will be fixed in the grounds, to be used as a pinery. Though the company is hardly launched, it seems ready to begin business, and it advertises a couple of opening fetes, for Thnrsday and Friday next. As a pleasant preliminary to these fetes, the chairman and directors gave a" lawn party" yes terday on the estate, which Ns as attended by a large and distinguished company. Amongst the visitors were :—Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Mr. Gilpin, M.P,, Mr. Falter, Mr. Scott Russell, Mr. Shirley Brooks, Mr. W. H. Russell, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Grant, Mr. Lucas, and a host of ladies and children, who were hoPpltably received by Lord Fermoy and the directors. The amusements were chiefly croquet and dancing, varied with popular performances, and the music was supplied by an excellent mili tary band. BISHOPS WALTHAM RAlLWAY.—Yesterday en extraordinary meeting of the shareholders was held at the offices of the company, 23, Parliament-street, Mr. W. H. Stone in the chair, when after some discussion it viae resolved to cancel, with the assent of the hulders thereof, certain shares in the capital of the company, pursuant to the B.shops Waltham Railway Act, 1863 ; to authorise the creation and issue of additional capital and the creation an d issue of new shares in lieu of the shares cancelled to the extent of £B,OOO, in such shares and with such preference dividend attacked thereto as authorised by the before-men' tioned act, and confirming the agreement entered into be tween the Bishops Waltham Railway and the London and South Western Railway for the working of the former. FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—Two men, Joseph. Edwards and Wstki n Th omas, were killed by all explosion of fire damp, at midnight on Thursday, at the Wytulstay Colliery, Ruabon. They had gone to their work as usual, about 7CO yards from the pit's mouth, and before their descent their safety lamps were carefully locked by the man appointed. About 40 persons were at work in other parts of the pit. An explosion was heard, when the managers descended and found the unfortunate victims to their own recklessness dead, an accumulation of fire damP having taken place, and it being manifest that they both had broken open their lamps. M. 'Tiers is said to have wittily expressed his opinion on the Polish question the other day at Vienna, by by . observing, "It is very difficult , and very dangero us, to I_, terfere in the affairs of a nation whose frontiers are ag THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1863