The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-04 00:00:00

QIR FITZROY KELLY, M.P.—A Lay of Oxford.—A Bill at which to take at Sight—in FUN THIS WEEK. One Penny. tiEAT E-R , V. AL, HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY MOUTAL. After which, 41st time, a new and original comedy, entitled FINESSE; or, Spy and Counter-Spy : Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and-Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Angel. Followed by (15th time), a new Farce, EASY SHAVING : Messrs. Compton, W. Gordon, Rogers ; Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Fanny Wright. • To conclude with THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. Commence at 7. THE DUKE'S MOTTO. THE 11U2 , DREi.' aL.L FORTY-FOURTH NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Orizinal iketch, entitled A SUDDI,IN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, B. Widdicomb, Miss Ilenrade, and Mrs. Lee. Alter which, at a Quarter -past Eight, the Romantic Drama. in Three Acts, and Pr)loo - ue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Peva' and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, A. .l'iddi3ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Sophy Henrade, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. 13. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining. THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock, Shakespere's Play of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Mr. Walter . Montgomery; 3lercutio, Mr. G. Vining ; Friar Lawrence, Mr. H. Marston; Apothecary, Mr. Belmore ; The Nurse, Mrs. H. Marston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. NEW THEATRE-RID YAL, ADELPIII. — Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. TIIIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. After which, at Eight o'cloek, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN; oR, T E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. r. Toole, R. Philips, Stsart, Billington, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Altred Mellon and Miss 11. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, enttfled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. Messrs. Toole. P. Bedford, R. Phillips, I4,bnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. M a nager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. Mr. Clifton. Followed by (the third time) WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. Messrs. W. H. Swanborough, Parselle, Vullaire, G. Honey; Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, Manden, and E. Bufton. Alter which. the Great Burlesque, ALI BABA ; OR, THE T H IRTY-NINE THIEVES. Messrs. Honey, Turner, Danvers, Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Saunders, White, Button, and Hughes Commence at 7. T HE THTRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, Juyl 4, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock 72 Barometer-30.26. Wind—W. ; moderate, and fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. tins DAY.—Morning, 4h. 10m.—Afternoon, 4h. 31m To-moußow.-Morning, 4h. 56m.—Afternoon, ,sh. 20m -ce. rt . d (W O Ca*Ha"k \4 LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1863. 'Tis a very pretty quarrel as it stands—this one resulting from the astounding discrepancies between the statements made by Mr. ROEBUCK on the part of his Majesty the Emperor of the FRENCH, and by Mr. LAYARD on the part of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. Even Sir LUCIUS O'TRIGGER, in this age of nou-dueiling, might have been disposed to repeat himself thus, by echoing his famous ejaculation, could he but have had his hot Irish blood stirred anew by conning the particulars of the rise, development, and bewildering complication of the misunderstanding which has suddenly sprung up between the member for bheffield and the leaders of Lord PALMERSTON'S Administra- tion. One way or another, there must somewhere be enormous—we will use no stronger phrase than —misrepresentation. Mr. ROEBUCK and Mr. LINDSAY, with the recollection of their very recent visit to the Emperor NAPOLEON in his palace at Fontainebleau, both relate identically the same story—both report his Majesty to have said so-and so, the very words uttered by the Emperor have been reported (zpsissima verbs) in the British House of Commons—those words having re ference to his Majesty's diplomatic communications in respect to the American war and the recognition of the Confederates ! The EMPEROR'S diplomatic communications upon that head, that is to say, direct, now indirect, with her Britannic MAJESTY'S Govern ment. Lord COWLEY has not yet had an opportu nity of coinciding with the opinions, or rather, it should be said, w ith the recollections, o f an y one among the high disputants. Neither, for that matter, has the imperial foreign Minister of France, IVE. DROUYN DE L'HUYS. But saving and except ing those two responsible personages, th e EMPEROR'S foreign Minister and the QUEEN'S am bassador at the Court of the Tuileries—every individual almost in any way interested in the question at issue, has already n ow pronounced himself either by word of mouth, or W. writing, for one or the other of the two diametrically contra dictory statements put forth. Nothing, it cannot but be already remarked, could b y poss ibility be more positive, or more distinct, than the de clarations made by word of mouth the other evening by Mr. ROEBUCK—in writing only this very morn ing by Mr. LINDSAY. Here are two most honour able gentlemen who vouch for the perfect accuracy of their very recent recollections as to what occur red the other day at Fontainebleau. Mr.LINDSAY'S objections to anything in the way of comment, or we presume he means, by comment, contradiction— as yet—are resolvable obviously enough to one, viz., that they are premature. He asks that all comment, meaning of course, we repeat, contradic tion, shall be reserved yet awhile. " The debate," ho reminds the general public, " is yet pending, and comments can only prejudge. In the mean tune," he adds quite distinctly, " I think it due to Mr. ROEBUCK to say that what he has stated is true, and shall be coz!firmed by me in Parliament, with time, place, and circumstance, when the debate is resumed." Observing, with not unreasonable vexation—" I have to regret that it [the debate] is postponed for a time even so long as the 13th instant." Opposed to these blunt words—preceded by words if possible yet more plain and blunt in their way, that is the equally positive and explicit words conveying the original statement to the knowledge of the House of Commons from the lips of Mr. ROEBUCK—opposed to all these delibe rate declarations, uttered by the member for Shef field, written by the member for Sunderland, we have , as yet nothing more than the rather confused a nd hesitating, and upon one or two points slightly' s ev esive, denials of the Under-Secretary of Sate for Foreign Affairs the hon. member for South wark. Those denials, howe ver, it is but ri g ht to re mark at once, however vnguei hey may e understood be,and how ever uncertain in sev eral partculars, are to be backed - op by the coincident contradiction, so to speak, of the noble earl the Secretary of State, Mr. LAYARD'S chief, and of Baron GROS himself, the French EMPEROR'S Ambassador at the Court of St. James's. The " facts" vary EO much in colour and in hue at every turn, that the quarrel " as it stands" reminds on e simply of the old fabulist's dispute about the C hameleon. As in that i nstance , actual elf elltO,StAticeg May prove to be totally different frOal any inference we have formed of them hitherto, All we can do, now, is to wait as patiently as may be, and to watch vigilantly every fresh fluctuation in the statements put forth by the various dis- putants. The associations of this day are not without their lesson. They preach to us of the unstable nature of the most flourishing fortunes, the uncertain ends of the loftiest and most patriotic ambition. The " Glorious Fourth" has been for years a day of high festival in New York. Memories of the early struggle of their countrymen for freedom, and of the disinterested patriot who was their leader, mingled with pride in the greatness of their pre sent position, and the unexampled rapidity of their national progress. What will be the common feel ing to-day ? A sense of mortification, of failure, must press upon the most credulous and self-satisfied —a dark foreboding of the future must shadow the spirits of the most confident Northerner. Two years of desperate and merciless war, two years of lavish expenditure of life and money, have left the struggle undecided, the sovereignty of the North unrecognised, the independence of the South yet unaccomplished. The fair and fertile Southern States have been trodden under the foot of invading armies, none the less ruthless and terrible that they were of kindred blood. Their ports are blockaded, their commerce suspended, their homes made desolate. The North has poured forth vast armies to see them perish miserably from incompetent generalship. She has incurred responsibilities that will weigh upon her for years to come ; she has sacrificed in her eagerness for con quest all those civil and individual rights which were the boast of her citizens, and the result of her efforts, her self-confidence, and her sacrifices is, that repulsed in every assault by her foe, she now waits to hear that the very city which bears the name of her great PRESIDENT has passed out of her hands Even while m e write the blow may have been struck, and General LEE may hold Washington. Truly, it is a grievous change of days. Could the good and great " CINCINNATI'S of the West" look up from his neglected grave he would, indeed, be amazed at the work of the years he has been absent from the Presidency and the Council Chamber. The rise and progress of the United States was the most rapid and remarkable in history. A protracted war at the outset of their career on a question of national right called forth a'l those noble feelings of courage, self-reliance, and independence so inherent in the Anglo-Saxon race. Their triumph in that contest with one of the first European Powers gave them, perhaps, too much confidente in their own resources. They forgot that thb war was but half-hearted on the part of their great antagonist; that the foremost of her statesmen de nounced it in Parliament, that the body of the people were at most indifferent, and that the soldiers were reluctant to fight their own brethren on a question of finance. Since that day, however, the Americans have pleased themselves with the thought that they were fully oar equal, and the national self-com placeucy has been fostered by the marvellous de velopment of their country. Their vessels have crowded the seas, their wares are in every mart, their cities are streets of palaces, their literature, though young, is no insignificant rival to the pride of older States; their science, their ingenuity, their skill in handicraft, have been worthy of their race ; the foremost branch of English manufactures has rested solely on their supply. The ostensible principles of their government have been freedom, independence, and toleration. Every noble thought, every lofty aspiration, every struggle of the op pressed nations of the Old World against their oppressors has been greeted across the Atlantic with words of sympathy and encouragement. The position of the United States of America was one which might well intoxicate with its bril liancy and success a humbler and less daring people. England herself has looked on approvingly in spite of the frequent disrespect and ungraciousness of her wayward child. She has passed over affront and neglect with the feeling that— " Rome may bear the pride of one Of whom herself is proud." The change that has come over the scene, the darkened prospects, the bitter memories which this unhappy dispute have given to the young and hope ful people are things that England laments and grieves over. She has gone through civil wars at earlier stages of her history, and she knows their bitter peril. But a struggle contested like the pre sent, in which every element that can inflame the passions and irritate the minds of men has been purposely introduced, the wanton destruction of property, the ruthless bloodshed, the insults to the helpless—can hardly pass away and leave peace behind it. The memories of New Orleans will stand in the breach between the wasted lands round Vicksburg and forbid the oblivion of the past. The total absence of all chivalrous spirit on the part of the North has been very remarkable all through the war, and it bears its warning with it. A rock of veneration, an entire deficiency of the humility and reverence with which the young should regard the old, has always been a boast of the Northern States, and we see the results of their too material train of thought in some of the darkest passages of the as is the p resent state of things, Ne ar. But gloomy t h e ordering of events rests in the hands of one w ho can bring good out of evil. The struggle, if it teach the North the lessons of moderation and humil i ty , if it lead the South to forsak e th e evils of slavery—"will ill bear its blessing along with it. Yea and go before the maycome when the great people of the United Stat es w il l again join in the ce lebration of the annive rsary of their national indepe ndence, though no longer as one nation. Meanwhil e let the North remember that the South are but endeavouring to do what they did themselves, and it ill becomes the descen dants of WASHINGTON to imitate the statesmanship of GEORGE 111. Lord SHAFTESBURY has been at some pains to correct the mistak es t h at were ma de in the state ment of one of the speakers at the meeting of the governors of Bethlehem Hospital. It was then said by Mr. HAMILTON that some years ago two of the commissioners in lunacy proceeded to Lincoln for the purpose of visiting the asylum and deciding on the state of its management, but that they did not get further than their inn, where some One waited upon them, and gave them " a garbled, unfair, and untrue account" of affairs ; also that this person was ‘• under a cloud" at the time with regard to his honesty. The commissioners, however, acted on his representations ; and when their report reached Lincoln the delinquent officer was expiating in the gaol the misdeeds of which he had been guilty. Lord SHAFTESBURY, as chairman of the Commis. sioners in Lunacy, gives quite a different account of the proceedings, and feels justly hurt at the sweep ing condemnation which Mr. HAMILTON has made, he having declared." that he for one received any communication from the Commissioners in Lunacy with a grain of salt." Even had this case been exactly similar in its details to what was alleged, it would have_ been most unfair in consequence of one error in judgment, or laxii y in duty, to pro nounce such a verdict against all the commissioners, because two of their body had failed in one instance. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1863. The reverse, however, appears to be the case, for Lord SHAFTESBURY has already explained all the circumstances of the case. The commissioners were visiting Lincoln when they received information from a person who waited upon them at their hotel. They did not, however, as stated, make any report on his statements, but they simply suggested an inquiry. In consequence of that, in the next visit made in their ordinary circuit two other commissioners visited the asylum, and spent two days there, and carefully inquired into the particulars they had heard, and also into serious statements that had been made by one of the visiting physicians, and upon this personal evidence they founded their report to the Board, which was in due time sent to the Governors. This version of the occurrence is certainly in strik ing contrast to Mr. HAMILTON'S observation that he Commissioners based their inquiry " on the information of concealed authority, and clandes tinely investigated." Likewise, there is a great difference between the second visit of the Commis sioners taking place in the ordinary routine of their duties, and not, as was declared, in consequence of ,he " careless and indiscreet conduct of their col- leagues." Lord SHAFTESBURY was right in stating that a very grave question is involved in this comparison of the degree in which public officers have discharged their duties. Too much care and caution cannot be exercised in making charges against those engaged in the performance of their duty. Lord SHAFTESBURY declares that, as Chairman of the Commissioners of Lunacy, he is naturally anxious for their good repute, " on which, indeed, their public utility entirely depends." This is true ; and it must be very satisfactory to the noble lord that he has been able to make so clear a statement, and exculpate so completely the Commissioners, who were charged with a dereliction of their duty. It is a well known fact that from disputes and misunderstandings at public insti tutions many Valuable hints are often given, and in the end important benefits are derived by those who are in most need of them. It does not appear that anything very seriously wrong was discovered, bul neither dues it appear that all was right in the management of the affairs in the asylum alluded to at the period under discussion. The conclusion ar rived at, then, is that, in consequence of some state ment, advantages accrued to the institution as re garded its internal arrangements. Was not this result a desirable one, and did not the agents em ployed fulfil the purpose for which their body was organised. It is an evident fact that all these in quiries are more or less inconvenient and unpala table, under the most flattering and favourable cir cumstances, but they were not organi s ed with a view to convenience, but for the general good of the sufferers. It is known that the Lunacy Commis sioners have been the means of conferring many great and good services on the most afflicted por tion of the community, and therefore it is not in accordance with the opinion that is generally en tertained of their services that these strictures are made, and there is no doubt that public opinion will ratify the declaration so emhatically put forth by their respected Chairman. Mr. Disraeli seems to have induced several of the Conservative members to follow him in the vote for the Exhibition building. We find among them—Mr. Ad derley, Mr. Antrobus, Mr. H. Baring, Mr. Bathurst, Col. Cole, Mr. Corrie, the Earl of Dalkeith, Yisct. Emley, Mr. Hope, Mr. Kennard, Lord H. Lennox, Mr. Lygon, Mr. Mainwaring, Sir S. Northcote, Sir F. Smith, Col. Sturt, Mr. H. Shirt, Col. Taylor, Col. Vandeleur, Mr. Walter, Mr. Whiteside, and Mr. Whitmore. Thus 22 out of the minority of 121 were membsrs of the Opposition. The only liberals of what is called the " advanced party" who voted for the purchase of the building were—Mt% Baines, Mr. Clay. Mr. J. R. Mills, Mr. E. Paget, Sir S. Peto, Mr. Roebuck, Baron M. Rothschild, Mr. Seely, and Mr. Warner. In opposition to the motion the great bulk of the Liberal party were joined by such Conservatives as Mr. Bentinck, Mr. Bramley-Moore, Mr. Butler-Johnstone, Lord R. Cecil, Mr. Baillie Cochrane, Sir J. Elphinstone, Mr. Ferrand, Sir E. Grogan, Sir W. Heathcote, Mr. Henley, M. Horsfall, Lord Hotham, Mr. Laird, Lora G. Lennox, Mr. Macaulay, Lord J. Manners, Lord Naas, Sir J. Pakington, Col. Patten, Mi. Spooner, Lord Sianley, Mr. Stirling, Mr. Wapole, &c. Mr. Bright voted against the purchase. Mr. Cobden appears to have been absent. THE EXHIBITION BUILDING.—We (Times) are requested by Messrs. Kelk and Lucas to correct the im pression unfortunately created by the statements made in the House of Commons on Thursday night, and which led to the belief that they desired to take advantage of the terms of their contract, and to refuse to remove the building from the ground it occupies. They state that they eheerfully and respectfully bow to the deci-ion of the house, and have already made arrangements for beginning to pull down the building on Monday next. We have already stated that a bust of the late Sir George Cornewall Lewis is to be placed in West minster Abbey. It is also intended to erect a more conspi cuous monument to his memory in his native county of madnor. A considerable local subscription has been raised for the purpose, and some of Sir G. Lewis's friends and ad mirers who are unconnected with the county have answered the invitation of the committee by contributing to the Mnd. The form and character of the monument will neeesasarily depend on the amount of the subscrip tion, but it is determined that it is to be a suitable structure in the open air, and in the immediate neighbour hood of Sir George Lewis's residence at Harpton. Local associations fix and strengthen the memories which monu ments are designed to perpetuate. The record of Sir George Lewis's merits and services, which might be almost lost in a crowd of effigies and inscriptions, will be secure from confusion and forgetfulness in the little Welsh county where his family has resided for centuries. Subscriptions are received at Messrs. Roberts and Lubbock's, and the honorary secretary is Mr. R.l). Green Price, of 20, White hall-place. CHARLES ALBERT FECHTER, the popular actor, and now Lessee of the Lyceum, was born, says the Lady's Newspaper of this morning, on October 23, 1824, in a third floor of that curious little thoroughfare, inhabited by jewellers and milliners, called Hanway-street, connect ing, in a crescent, Oxford -street and Tottenham-court-road. His father, a Germ,an, was in the employ of a firm of jewellers, and through change of work had to remove to Paris, when little Charles Albert was only five or six years old. Early in life he evinced a decided taste for painting and the sister arts, which induced his father to apprentice him to a sculptor. He, however, got soon tired of the shop, and, attracted by the apparently ideal life of the stage, resolved to become an actor. At the age of eighteen he made his debut at the small theatre of the Salle Moliere, in the Mari de la Veuve. From thence ho passed for a short time to the Conservatoire, and subsequently engaged in a travelling troupe, bent on a tour through Italy. The speculation turned out not very lucrative; and, somewhat disgusted with his theatrical career, Mr. Feehter, at the end of a year, returned to Paris, and took once more to sculpture. An offer to play subordinate roles at the Theatre Franeais, brought him again on the stage, and after a six months' engagement at the leading French establishment, he went, in 1846, to Berlin. Here he met his first genuine success, The journals of the Prussian metropolis got into a high pitch of enthusiasm on his behalf, applying to him the title of the philosophical actor. Returning to Paris, he appeared, in 1847, at the Vaudeville ; then went for a season to London—the revolution showing animosity to the drama as well as to royalty--and coming back with Order and Imperialism, played alternately at the Ambigu- Comique, the Vari4tes, the Theatre Historique, and the Theatre de la Porte St. Martin. From the latter he re moved again to the Vaudeville, and here achieved a bril liant success as Duval in the "Dame aux Caniiilias." Afterwards came his brilliant succcssinL on d on as Hamlet, f o llowed by lesser triumphs in Othello and lago, preceded by BtlY Bias , a nd succeeded by Capt a i n D e l agar d e i n ,4 The Duke' s blotto." HALL.—The following are the men who passed their examine names of the gentl e tion in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, July 2, 1863 :—George Harrap, Charing Crossilospital; Alfred Bread, Middlesex g gentlemen A POT HECAIti t Hospital. Th e Following also on the same day passed their first examination Spencer Henry Edward Jeffery, King's . Colle ge Simpso n, St, Bartholomew's. It „ VGB Y SCHOOL.—The University honours gained li by u gbeians during the last year are as follows; —Oxfo rd, first class i n m oderation classics, three first class , one ibitioner at Merton, two scholar in moderation. mathematics, one first class in final classics, three first cl ass in final mathematics, one first class in law and m odern history Johnson scholar , one senior mathematical s cholar, ships at Wadha re • — ,!,,two at Corpus, scholarships at Balliol , first claSs cl ass i cs Oriel. and New ...oil members' ege. Camb r id g e—Wranglers, one ; exh senior Chancellor's medal, senior Bell scholar, senior me Prise, gold medal for legal studies, one Fellow of Trinity, three schol ars o f Trinity. Since the speechee, oze Fellow of trigy ert i ty College, Oxford, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per the Africa.) NEW YORK, JUNE 22, Evening. The Confederate ironclad steamer Atlanta, for merly the Finlay, steamed out of Savannah, and was captured by two Federal ironclads after 30 minutes' fighting. The blockading squadron has sunk the steamer Herald of Charleston; The fate of the crew is un known. Broadsides were fired at the vessel till she sunk. It is stated that in future the fleet will not wait to capture, but will fire at blockade runners till they sink or surrender. A steamer, supposed to be the Isaac Smith, has been sunk while endea vouring to get out of Charleston, A steamer, supposed to be the Beauregard or Britannia, was sunk on the 11th inst. while endea vouring to enter Charleston. A schooner privateer is cruising off Nantucket, and a burning vessel has been seen in that vicinity. The privateer Tacony captured the Liverpool packet Isaac Webb on the 20th, in long. 68, and lat. 40.35, and bonded her for 40,000 dole. The Tacony has also burnt the brig Umpire. Admiral Foote is dying. The reported fighting at Centreville is not con firmed, and it is denied that there is any Confederate infantry force on this side of the Bull Run moun- Ains. Gen. Lee does not occupy Thoroughfare Gap, and his army is not nearer Washington than the She nandoah Valley, although there is a Confederate cavalry force at Middleburg, in the centre of Lon don Valley. General Pleasanton attacked General Stuart',, cavalry at Middleburg on the 21st, and reports that he drove them all day capturing two pieces of artil lery and 60 prisoners. The estimates of the Con federate for ces messed William's Port, on the Upper Potomac at Hagers town, Sbarpsburg, and arou nd Antietam, a nd Fre derick, vary from 40, 00 0 to 80,000 men. Gee. Ewell is said to be fortifying Hag erstown. The Confede rates have erected a substan tial brid g e acr oss the Potomac at Williamsport, an d a pontoon brid ge at Shepherdstown. They have destroyed all the Baltimore and Ohio railroad bridges from Harper' s Ferry to Cumberland. The apprehensions of an att ack on Baltimor e have not abated. Earthworks a re erected aroun d the west and north sides of the city and barricades in the streets. Federal militia continue to be sent there. General Lee officially re ports on the 15th i ns t. that General Ewell's division successfully stormed the entrenchments of Winchester. Milroy's defeat appears to have been disastrous, since he abandoned three batteries of field artillery, siege gunk, 28 waggons, and 1,200 horses. Five thousand of his troops are missin g , but the y con tinue to come in from vario us p arts of the coun t r y. The Federal General Keyes, with a force fr om the peninsula, was within 17 miles of Richmond on the 15th. A small force of Confederate cavalry has crossed the Ohio River into Indiana, but the greater portion were captured. The Governor of Indiana has called out 20,000 militia for six months. NEW YORK, JUNE 23, Evening. The Confederates have re-occupied Chambers burg, and apprehensions of their advancing on Harrisburg are renewed. In consequence of the slau g hter of ne g ro troo p s at Milliken's Bend, General Grant has threatened to retaliate if coloured troops are executed when captured. General Johnstone is fortifying the east bank of Big Black River. The Confederates estimate their loss during Gen. Grant's different attacks on Vicksburg at 6,000 men, and the Federal losses at 40,000. They think that Grant's present force, with the reinforcements which he has received, does not exceed 60,000 • men. No fears are expressed of a want of provisions at Vicksburg. Advices from New Orleans to the 14th, repre sent the siege at Port Hudson to be progressing favourably. Southern journals as se rt that the Federal steamer Essex had been captured at P or t H u d son , an d several gu n -boats disabled, and th a t a battle g a u d n . b b e a oc curred at Port Hudson on the 12th, during which the Confederates left their entrenchments, drove General Banks from his fortifications, and spiked his guns. Sixteen Mobile adventurers have captured the Federal steamer Boston at the mouth of the Missis sippi, afterwards burning two barks, and taking the steamer into Mobile. A Confederate cavalry force, numbering 900, has invaded Indiana, in order to burn the bridges of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. The Federal General Carter's cavalry is making a raid in East Tennessee. The Confederates are reported to be moving on the whole Federal line from Memphis to Corinth, and cutting the railroads and telegraph wires. The Federal expedition from Port Royal has entirely destroyed the town of Darien, Georgia. Nothing was known at Newbern of the forces reported to have concentrated in North Carolina, for resistance to the Confederate Goveinment. The Confederate iron-clad Chata'noocha has been destroyed by an explosion, while making a raid on the Federal fleet at Palachicola. The British brig Isabella Thompson has been captured. The Peterhoff trial has been postponed. ferred his command from the Alabama to the steamer Georgia. NEW YORK. JUNE 25, Evening. (By telegraph to Halifax.) The panic and apprehension caused by the Con federate invasion continue throughout Maryland and Pennsylvania. The citizens from the border are harrying to Harrisburg, and thousands of men are working on entrenchments in Baltimore and Pittsburg. General Halleck has visited Baltimore and in spected the defences. This morning the Confederates were within 16 miles of Harrisburg, and were reported to have 10 regiments with artillery and cavalry in South Mountain, beyond Gettysburg. Lee's object in threatening various points in Pennsylvania is still supposed to be to draw Hooker's army from Washington. Generals Lee and Longstree►, with 100,000 men, were reported to have been at Winchester on Friday last, and it is reported that Lee's whole army has crossed into Maryland at Antietam, Shepherdstown, and Williamsport. On Sunday large Confederate trains were moving north through Hagerstown, Martinsburg, and Boonesboro'. Rhode's Confederate division, 12,000 strong, with 13 pieces of artillery, crossed at Shepherds town on Sunday. Half of them moved northward on Tuesday, and the other half went to Williams port. The Baltimore American says General Ewell.,is advancing in the direction of Frederick. General Hooker's army occupies the whole Virginia side of the Potomac up to Harper's Ferry, and it is supposed that General Hooker will cross the river at the same fords where Lee entered Maryland last year, and place himself between Lee and Washington and Baltimore. The garrison at Maryland heights now form the right wing of Hooker's army. Ewell's advance towards Frederick is supposed to be to prevent the junction of Hooker with Har per's Ferry, but this junction is said to have been accomplished. The New Fork Herald thinks that General Lee's forces will cut the different railroad lines and isolate Maryland and Washington from communication with the north and west, and that Lee, with his main army, will occupy some central point between Baltimore and Washington, and compel Hooker to come out and fight, under pain of being isolated from the east, north, and west. 20,000 of General Bragg's troops are reported to have reinforced Richmond. The Governor of New Jersey has recalled the troops of that State from Pennsylvania. A dispute with the Governor of Pennsylvania, and the fact that the Jersey troops were abused as copperheads, caused him to this step. General Milroy is reported to be superseded. The Federals were to commence firing . shot into Vicksburg on the 20th. Southern journals report that a heavy engage ment was progressing on the 21st between the Con- federate cavalry and the Federals at Big Black Bridge. General Banks officially reports on the 14th that he had established batteries within 350 yards of Port Hudson. After a vigorous cannonade he summoned the garrison to surrender. The Con federates having refused, an assault was made, and General Banks gained and held a position within 50 to 100 yards of the enemy's works. Gen. Banks is confident of success. The reported capture of the steamer Essex is denied. Advices from Havanna state that it was rumoured there that an engagement occurred on the 3d be• tween the Alabama and the Vanderbilt, off Santa Cruz. The privateer Tacony continues her depredations off Nantucket. Since the 12th she has burned 17 vessels, among which were the ship Byzantium, from London for New York, and the barque Good speed, from Londonderry for New York. Despatches just received from Baltimore assert that General Lee's programme is to march rapidly to Harrisburg and on to Philadelphia. There are rumours that Lee, after crossing the Potomac, recrossed it at a point below so as to bring a portion of his forces between Hooker and Washington. MEXICO. NEW YORK, JUNE 23. Ad vices received here from Mexico via San Fran cisco to the 24th, state that Juarez had taken the command of the army. It was supposed that Juarez would flood the valley on the approach of the French. JUNE 25. Advices from Vera Cruz to the 2d inst. state that Marqut z with 7,000 men, and Gen. Bazaine with 9,000 men, were marching on Mexico by dif ferent routes. Ortega and the other generals cap. tured at Puebla had escaped from Orizba. The French had arrived at San Martin Loa Mulican. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JUNE 25, Evening. Money easy. Gold 46 per cent. premium. Ex change on London—bankers bills, 1581. Stocks flat. On Tuesday and Wednesday stock took an upward turn, but a downward reaction set in this morning, though the market closes stronger. New York Centrals, 1201. Illinois, 102 i. Erie, 951. Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 104. Cotton buoyant. Middling Upland, 64c. to 65c. Flour dull. Wheat firm and advancing. Corn, good inquiry. Provisions in good demand. Coffee steady. Sugar quiet. Molasses advanc ing. Crude petrolum, 30c. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JULY 3. The Berliner Boreenzeitung of this evening says : " The Prussian Government has been informed by Russia that the reply to the notes of the three Powers will in its essential points assent to their proposals, especially with reference to the assembly of a congress. The wishes of Austria will be espe cially regarded, while those of England, which are of a more advanced character, will not be conceded." The Neue Preussische (Kreuz) Zeitung of to-day says—" The King will leave Carlsbad upon the 18th inst. for Garstein. His Majesty's state of health is satisfactory. Herr Von Bismark Schon hausen has left Carlsbad." THE POLISH INSURRECTION, ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 28. Another address from General Mouravieff to the peasantry has been pub.ished. He points out to them that they are no longer bound to the nobility, and that they should cease to perform services which the law no longer requires. He calls to their mind that the Emperor alone gave them their freedom, that the nobility were opposed to it. Again, one of General Mouravieff's subordinate generals, the military governor of Volhynia, having heard that the Polish language was much spoken, and even written in some of the public offices, issued an order with instructions to the officials never to give a reply or accept a petition in the Polish language, in order not to " support certain Polish claims on the country." BROMBERG, JULY 4. The Bromberger Zatung of to-day publishes the following news from Warsaw, to the 2d inst.:— "The National Government has sent a declara- ion to the Cabinets of Paris and London, stating hat it agrees to a conference being held on condi- tion of the conclusion of an armistice and the ad mittance to the Conference of a representative of the National Government. "The National Government farther stipulates that a Diet be convoked for Congress Poland and the Western provinces, under the guarantee of Europe and the protection of a Polish national army." BRODY, JULY 3. Horodinski's detachment has been cut up inside Radziwilow. He was repulsed before Wysocki appeared. Horodinski fell in the market-place. Wysocki is in Galicia, and Minniewski has not crossed the frontier. A third battle is expected. Radziwilow has been deserted by the officials, who are at Brody. FRANCE. PARIS, JULY 3. The Pays publishes an article, signed by the secretary of the paper, whic'h says—" We are already authorised to consider the acceptance of the propositions of the three Powers by Russia as cer tain. The project of a conference and the six points will serve as the bases of the arrangement which the three Powers have submitted." The Pays states that the Emperor will preside at a cabinet council on Tuesday next, and proceed the following day to Vichy. PARIS, JULY 4. A report to the Emperor by M. Rouher, the President of the Council of State, and the approval of its object by his Majesty, have been published to-day. The report dwells upon the necessity of develop ing professional instruction, and recommends the establishment of a commission to discuss the most effectual means of attaining this result. Le Pays announces that the Emperor will return on Monday to Paris, thence to proceed onward at once to Vichy. THE BOURSE, July 3.—The market has been rather animated, and prices show a slight improve ment, Threes, for the Account, being now firm at 68f 60c. Mobilier in demand, with higher quota tions. Railway Share Market buoyant, with an im provement on most of the lines. The market closed as follows : it per Cents .. 96 80 Italian Loan 74 Do. end month.... Do. end month 73 85 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 68 50 Do. end month 74 95 Credit Mobilier..., 1175 Russian Do. end m0nth....1170 Austrian Bank Shares 3415 Spanish Threes.,, .. 54 50 Credit konoier 1360 Home Debt .. — RAIL rAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 997 50 997 50 Northern .... ,. 1025 1028 75 New. ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1013 75 .. 1017 50 Geneva 465 .. 465 Southern 690 .. 695 Western Eastern .... 497 50 .. 500 Sardinian 425 .. 425 Austrian Loirbard North of Spain Saragossa 7lB 75 .. 720 Ditto to Barcelona POLAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) CRACOW, June 28. I send you a translation of an order issued by the War-office at Warsaw, which strikingly illus trates the unpopularity of the Russian Government in Poland, even among its own employes:— "WARSAW, June 3 (15), 1863. " The President of the Commission for Home Affairs has already twice been informed, by order of the Grand Duke Constantine, that the local authorities, in their reports to the civil governors describing events which have occurred in thei► districts, purposely conceal abuses perpetrated by the insurgent bands, or give them names opposed to official custom, and entitle them parties of in surgents. They also eedeavour to display in the most unfavourable light the smallest disorders which our Russian troops sometimes commit, and which they cannot avoid on a territory in rebellion. " These hostile reports appear in foreign rebel lions newspapers before they come to the know ledge of his Highness, and undoubtedly serve to pro mote agitation. Thus they even describe such trifling facts as the beating or abusing of a peasant by a soldier, and give the details of every act of military violence, which is rendered *necessary while rebels are being driven from villages and estates; they count the wounds of slain rebels, and add that they were robbed and stripped. At the same time, and involuntarily, as it were, they add that certain unknown persons were found hanged, thus insinuat ing that they had been hanged by the troops!' Meanwhile various atrocities committed by the bands are reported by the military authorities. Thus in one place they cut a living Cossack to pieces. In another they buried a colonist with his bead downwards, and although the troops imme diately dug him out again, the unfortunate man was choked. In a third a dismissed soldier was long tortured, and then, atter nailing his passport to his chest with four nails, they hanged him. Many were slowly strangled with ropes, or cut down from the gallows before they died, in order to prolong their tortures. Often they hanged whole families, not excepting old men, women, and children. •It is difficult to quote all the examples of this kind. And yet, notwithstanding the circulars addressed to them, the civil authorities do not report to the governors any of the above-named outrages, whereby they openly show favour to the insurrection, and a disposition hostile to the Government. In informing you of this I entrust you with the duty of taking the necessary steps for preventing these evils in future. All the civil and military employ es should be informed that if they conceal the outrages of the rebels, or act in any other way in a spirit hostile to the Government, they shall be dis missed the service, and brought before court• mar tial. The meaning of the above order is obviously to threaten employ es with dismiesal and arrest if they do not in future invent atrocities on the part of the insurgents (for which purpose a list of outrages that no one ever before heard of, is given without date, place, or authority) and suppress newsof real crimes committed by the Russian troops, which rest on the authority of numerous witnesses, and have never yet been categorically denied. Prince Christian, now Heir to the Crown o Denmark. The Dagbladet of the Ist inst.—just now come to hand—while regretting the death of H.R.H. the late Hereditary Prince Frederick Ferdinand of Denmark, refers with very evident satisfaction to the fact that by his death H.R.H. the Prince Chris tian of Denmark, the Father of H.R.H. the Prin cess (Alexandra) of Wales, and of his Majesty George 1., King of Greece, has become the next heir to the throne of Denmark. AWKWARD SOUVENIRS !--Apropos to Mr. Roe buck's recent complimentary allusions to the French Emperor, a cruelly faithful remembrancer, in a weekly con temporary, observes—" I recollect the kind of screech he gave when, after the return of the House of Commons from the opening of Cherbourg, he cried, speaking of the salu tations of the Emperor of the French to the Queen of Eng land, When I saw his perjured lips touch her hallowed cheek ;' and afterwards I' heard him make another speech in the House of Commons upon the subject—that is, the Emperor of the French and his character, and he concluded it by exclaiming, We once had a Napoleon le Grand, we have now got a Napoleon le Petit ;' but he had scarcely resumed his seat, amidst an indignant cry from the House, when) jumping up again as though alarmed 'at the noise that e'en himself had made,' he exclaimed, 'Ni, I with draw that expression.' " (insular HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, July 3. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Quee❑ of Prussia and their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday after noon in a carriage and four, attended by Col. Hon. A. Hardinge on horseback. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, returned to London. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold took a short walk to-day. The Queen of Prussia, attended by the Countess Schlenbourg, Countess Schwerin, Count de Boos Waldeck, and Dr. Brandis, left the Castle at 20 minutes past 3 o'clock for London. Lord Camoys and Col. Hon. A. Hardinge also attended her Majesty. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easier. Gold 431 per cent. premium. Exchange on London, bankers' bills 1561. Stocks very firm. New York Centrals 1191. Illinois 1031. Erie 951. Six per Cent. United States bonds 104. NEW YORK, JUNE 241 orning. (By Telegraph to Halifax.) General Ewell is reported to be in Boonesboro Valley, Maryland, with from 30,000 to 40,000 men. He crossed at Antietam Ford and Shepherdetown. The Federals have re-occupied Frederick. General Hooker was in Washington yesterday where a Council of War was held. Mr. Vallandigham ran the blockade at Wilming. ton in a vessel bound to Nassau. One thousand citizens are said to be encamped at Bloomington, Indiana, with pickets extending eight miles around, for the purpose of resisting the draft. An enrolling officer has been shot dead in Pen sylvania, while arresting deserters. Two men have been shot dead in Maine while arresting two deserters, who afterwards committed suicide. General Schenck has forbidden the Baltimore papers to publish extraets from the New York World and Express. The privateer Tacony burned six schooners and three ships off Nantucket, on Monday last. The steamer Ruby has been driven ashore off Charleston. It is reported that Captain Semmes has trans, The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, attended by Capt. Grey, went to the Crystal Palace yesterday morning, and witnessed the trial of the steam fire engines. The Princess of Wales, attended by the Mar chioness of Carmarthen, took a carriage drive. Her Majesty the Queen of Prussia and their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales took a drive in an open carriage in the afternoon. Her Majesty the Queen of Prussia and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales honoured the per formances at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent garden, last evening with their presence. In at tendance were the Countess Schnlenbourg, Countess Schwerin, Count de Boos Waldeck, Dr. Brandis, Col. the Hon. A. Hardinge, and Capt. Grey. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to leave Marlborough House about the middle of next week for Frogmore, and will afterwards go to Osborne to stay a short time with the Queen. The Duchess of Buccleuch's ball will take place on the 13th instead of the 14th of this month, as was announced a few days ago. Tue names of the Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox, the Duchess of Roxburghe and Miss Dalton, the Marchioness of Westmin ster and Lady Octavia Shaw Stewart, the Countess of Cork, Lady Stanley of Alderley and the Hon. Misses Stanley, Lord and Lady Raglan, Lord and Lady Churchill, Lord and Lady Belhaven, Lady Hermione Graham, Sir Hamil ton and Lady Seymour and the Misses Seymour, were acci dentally omitted from the list of the company present at Lady Howard's afternoon party at Craven Cottage, Ful ham, on Thursday. Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury entertained at dinner last evening the Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Earl of Listowel, the Coun tess of Ulengall, the Earl of St. Germans, Viscount and Viscountess Castlerosse, Lord and Lady Proby, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham, Lord and Lady Forester and Miss Anson, Lord and Lady Skel meredale, Lady Amelia Blackwood, Lord Henry Lennox, and Mr. Swinton. The Earl and Countess of Macclesfield gave an entertainment last evening to their Royal High nesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary at their residence in Eaton-square. There were present to meet their royal highnesses—His Excellency the Saxon Minister, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, the Mar chioness of Londonderry, the Earl and Countess of West moreland, Viscount and Viscountess Ingestre, Lord Lough borough, Lord Richard Grosvenor, Lord Parker, Sir Alex ander and Lady Arabella Bannerman, the Bishop of Ox ford, &c. The Earl of Yarborough entertained at dinner last evening the Prince of Orange, the Duchess of St, Albans, Viscount Falkland and Lady Diana Beauclerk, the Earl of Sefton, the Countess of Listowel and Lady Adele Hare, the Countess of Bective, Lord and Lady Rendlesham, Lord and Lady Egerton of Tatton, the Hon. H. Bourke, Sir Montague and Lady Georgiana Cholmeley, Major Alison, Captain de Kock, and Mr. Chaplin. Lady Truro had a dance last night at her man sion in Eaton-square. It was originally expected that the Prince and Princess of Wales would have been present, but in consequence of the death of the Hereditary Prince of Denmark, their royal highnesses were obliged to decline the invitation. The Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary, attended by Lieutenant• Colonel Home Purves and Lady Augusta Cadegan, arrived at a quarter past 11 o'clock. A select party had the honour to meet their royal highnesses. Lady Georgiana Fane had a soiree musicale last night at her house in Upper Brook street. A rather Rums roue and fashionable company responded to her ladyship's invitation. The vocal performances were chiefly glees, sung by Mr. Leslie's corps. The Count and Countess di Fronco, of Serracap riola, have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris, en route for Italy. The Count de Boos Waldeck, grand master of the Courtof the Queen of Prussia, accompanied by Dr. Brandis, her Majesty's cabinet secretary, has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Windsor Castle. His Excellency M. Dubsmer and family have left Maurigy's Hotel for Paris. We have to record an afflicting loss to the family of her Excellency the Baroness Brunnow, by the demise of Mr. de Bruce, Chamberlain to his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, and father to the baroness. Mr. de Bruce was descended from the old family of Bruce. His great-grandfather emigrated from this cuuntry with his two younger brothers at the time of the Revolution, in consequence of the persecution by Cromwell of every person devoted to the King and Royal family. Of the two younger brothers, one went to Russia and the other to Holland, where they were well received and named counts. Mr. de Bruce was highly attached to his family traditions. GHOST AT THE CANTERBURY HALL —On Mon day, the 13th inst., Mr. A. Siivester will (by per mission of Professor Pepper) exhibit at the Picture Gallery of the above Hall his great Ghost effects, which we believe will be produced in a very superior manner. Mr. Alfred Silvester is well known as the artiste who produced the stereoscopic slides of " Hamlet," "Dream of the Wedding," " Hero's Wife," &c., with ghost effects, and most of the popular slides of the day. We feel certain, therefore, that any undertaking of his will be successfully carried out, and have no doubt but the Ghost will reappear for many a night and astonish the patrons of Mr. Morton's well con ducted establishment. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEBS.—Monday—Asiatic, 3; Entomological, 7; Royal Institution, 2 ; General Monthly Meeting. Wednesday—Horticultural, promenade. Saturday—Hor ticultural, promenade.—Atheneezon. STEAMERS FROM AMERICA.—The steamship Glasgow, from New York on the 20th nit., ar rived at Queenstown yesterday afternoon with mails, 48 cabin, and 113 steerage passengers. She transferred mails and passengers, and proceeded at 3.15 p.m. The City of Limerick, also from New York on the 20th ult., passed Queenstown Harbour at 215 p.m. yesterday. The news by both these steamers has been anticipated. HEY ! FOR FRESH FIELDS AND PASTURES NEW ! IN THESE BROILING HOT DOG-DAYS.—A lively reporter of a charitable dinner, over the proceedings at which Mr. Charles Dickens presided the other evening as Chairman, writes to-day in the Court Chronicle, in re ference to that occasion that—The creator of " Pickwick" and " Little Nelly" drove us almost frantic for fresh air and the fields when he rose and began to propose " the toast of the evening," in the following tantalising manner. He said, as nearly as we can remember:—" I assure you, gentlemen, that I have a very painful consaiousnessupon me that it is weary work listening to speeches in this close summer weather, when I, for one, earnestly confess, that I would much rather hear a bee than a member of Parlia meut—(laughtel)—and when I declare to you candidly, I have greater pleasure in the commonest hedge-flower that ever was seen than in the grandest flowers of oratory ever heard of." (Hear, and laughter.) THE ROSICRUCIAN.—Under this attractive title, a new work, in two volumes, is announced to be published, giving some insight into the mystical system of the "Rosicrucians," or "Illuminati," or "Invisible Bre thren," ur " Magicians" ; for such are among their titles. The author of the forthcoming work is, we believe, Mr. Hargrave Jennings, already known by his book on the " Indian Religions ; or the Results of the Mysterious Bhuddism." Mr. Jennings will be assisted, we understand, in the compilation of his new work by two other writers, fellow-labourers in thefie occult studies, but who are desir ous of remaining anonymous. STRANGE DISCOVERY.—A Berne journal states that the corpse of a young girl, about eight years of age, has been found behind the town promenade of Neufchatel, and the particulars given of the dress and other accessories have suggested her being a native of England. 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