The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-08 00:00:00

THE DUNARURG aria WITEPSK RAIL WAY COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated With Limited Liability under the Joint-Stock rnranies Act, 1862. The Line to b e constructed under a concession granted by his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, dated 10th Jiarch, 0.8., 1863 Nominal Capital, fixed by the concession, £2,600,000. On which the Capital, Government guarantees an annual interest of £5 per cent., amounting to £130,000 in sterling 'money, for 85 years, and an ad,itional 1-12th per cent. to redeem the capital at par in 85 years, by annual drawings, Commencing the first year after the completion of the line. The above capital will be issued in 26,000 shares of 'OO each, bearing a minimum interest of £5 per share, which, on an outlay of £B3 prr share, amounts to a fraction above 6 per cent, Inter , st on the calls, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, will also be paid during construction. Deposit, £3 per sh'are on applicat on, and £5 on allotment. One-third of the capital has been taken by the Concession aires. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. A. L. Bischoffsheim, Esq. (Messrs. Bischoffsheim and G old achmidt). Geo.J. Goschen, Esq., M.P. (Messrs FruhlinEr and Goschen). Wiliam Miller, Esq., M.P. (Messrs. William Miller and Co., St. Petenburz.). T. A. Mitchell,'Esq., ALP. (Ilessrs. Mitchell, Yeames, and Co). Jervoise Smith, Fsq, (Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths). DIRECTORS IN RUSSIA. His Excellency de Cube, Vice-Governor of the Province of LivoLia. James Armitstead, Esq. (Messrs. Mitchell and Co., Riga). James Henry Hill, Esg, (He- srs. Hill P.rothers, Riga). ISANKEES. Messrs. Smith. Payne, and Smith. SOLICIT !RS. Messrs. Freshfields and 'Newman. CONSULTING ENGINEER. John it awksh ,w, Esq. RESIDENT KNGINEER. Morgan Williams, Esq. AUDITORS. Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, and Co, SECRETARY, pro tern. Mr. W. H. Trumpler. OFFICES. 21, Thro g mort on - street, E.C. Applications for Stares to be made in the annexe. addressed to the Directors • but no application will be d enteformr tain,,d unless accompanied with the receipt of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, for £5 per Share on the number of Shares applied for. This sum will be returned in the event of the application not being granted, and if an allotment is made it will be applied towards the paymait LlO per Share then to be made. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. No .............. To be forwarded to 211. Thromorton-street, after payment of the Preliminary Deposit to the Bankers. To the Directors of the Dunaburg and Witepsk Railway Gentlemen, Company (Limited). "avirg paid to your credit, with Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths the sum of I hereby request that you Will allot 31V -- Shares 'in' the Dunaberg and Wirepsk Railway Company (Limi ed), and I hereby accept such Shares or any sma ler number that may be allotted to me, and agree to s gn the Articles of Association of the Company when re quired.—l am, Gentlemen, Name in full Address in full Date THE DUNABURG and WITEPSK RAIL WAY COMPANY (Limited). The LISTS of APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be CLOSED on TUESDAY, the 9th June, at Four o'clock. W. 11. TRUMPLER, Secretary pro tem. Offices, 21, Throgmorton-s:ree', E.C., June 4th, 1863. THE ONLY OFFICE - WHOSE BONDS AND POLICIES OF GUA RANTEE ARE ACCEPTED BY THE TREASURY, CUSTOMS, INLAND REVENUE. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, "WAR, ADMI. RALTY, HOME, COLONIAL, INDIA, AND OTHER GOVERN MENT DEPARTMENTS. THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. HENRY WICKHAM WICKHAM, Esq., M.P., Chairman, John Cheetham, Esq., Stalybridge. John Field, Esq., Warnford Court, City. Charles Forster, Esq., M.P. for Walsall. Ric',lard Francis George, Esq , Bath. lienry H. Harrison, Esq., Hamilton-place, St. John's -wood. Thomas C. Hayward, Esq., Minories and Highbury. John Hedgins, Esq., Cavendish Club. James Edward M‘Connell, Esq., Wolverton. C, W. Reynold s , Esq., Eaton-place, Belgravia. Richard Spooner, Esq., late her Majesty's Commissi oner o f Customs, Bomlay. H. Wickham Wickham, Esq., M.P. for Bradford. Thomas Winkworth, Esq., Gresham Club, and Canonbnry. J. P. Brown-Westhead, EN., M.P. for York. Security is provided in approved cases for Officers of Bank ing and Commercial Establishments, Public Companies, Municipal Corporations, and for other places of trust. Life Assurance may be combined with Guarantee on ad vantageous terms. Prospectuses Forms of Proposal, and every infor ma tion mall_ be obtained from the Chief Offices, 2, W a t er l oo - p l ace, P all - mall, London; and 39, George-street, Edinburgh. WESTERN MANCHESTER and LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY SOCIETY. Established 1842. Chief Offices-3, Parliament-street, London, and 77, King-street, Manchester. AcTuAuy—Arthur Scratchley, Esq., M.A. SPECIMENS OF BONUS ALLOTTED. —E. G. has paid £lB3 lls. 3d. in Premiums towards his Policy for £1,500; £lO6 12s. Id. Bonus has already (1860) been allotted to him. R. S. has paid £7 6s. in Premiums towards his Policy for £5O ; £6 2s. 11d. Bonus has already (1860) been allotted to him. ANNUITIES AND ENDOWMENTS GRANTED. Full Prospectuses, Proposals, and every information may be obtained from the Actuary in London, the Local Secretary in Manchester, or any of the Society's Agents. AGENCY DEPARTMENT. This Society, alway s desirous of xtendin, Its operations and connections, offers to influe n ti a l res id en t s i n the towns and villages of the United Kingdom liberal allowances on business which they may be able to introduce. The services of So:i eitors, Medical Men, Surveyors, Auctioneers, or Tradesmen of good local standing, are invited in the capacity of Pri• vate or Public Agents. All applications to the Offices are treated as confidential. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, Almanacks, &u, forwarded post free. ARGYLL RO 0 M S.-JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTlCE.—Daring the Week the Selections will be—" Il Trovatore "—" r Huguenots "—" La Forza del Destino," &c., at Eleven o'clock. Jullien's Grand Descriptive Galop, THE DERBY, To be dedicated to the Ow,er of the Winning Horse. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Inturance buildings, Liverpoel. Total Annual Revenue exceeds .C500,0 0. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,00,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT. The Receipt of FIRE PREMIUMS has been as follows :- 1854 £128,459 I IFSB £196,148 1856 While for 1862 they exceeded £310, 1 00. The Fire Revenue has been enhanced, in four years, by the enormous sum of more than £lOO,OOO, and during the last six years it has been dcubled. oreover, the latest Parliamentary Return of Insurance Tax paid to the Inland Revenue Office (ordered to be pr , nted ny the House of Commons, Sth July, 1862) exhibits the ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, as respects increase of business, at the HEAD OF ALL the Insurance Offices. LIFE DEPARTMENT. The rapid progress and position of this branch will be best shown by the following statement of the New Life business effected for the Year. Sum Assured. New Premiums. 1855 £206,514 .. £5,90) 18 7 1857 329,380 .. 10.270 8 6 1859 434,470 .. 13,086 8 5 1861 521,101 .. 16,627 18 0 While the sum assured by New Polices in the year 1862 amounts to more than Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds 6 terllng. Large Bonuses declared 1855 and 1 8 1 : 0 —X2 per Cent. per annum. The greatest Bonus ever continuously declared by any Company. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. I Wm. Geo. Prescott, E sq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Lif- Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is .. £51,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 2 0, , 00 It has paid in Claims 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made' when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies Dec. 31, 1847 1 1 8 85 52 7 • • • : : £),400 11,500 •• ~ 1882 ..• • • .. 23.200 •• • • making the total bonus additions, £96,600. • • 56,500 Bonuses may be received in otsh or applied to the reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the i ol,cy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid up policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of a po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., May 1, 1863. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, _ in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce sie tte principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely isto desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which panied by sickness and disease, and i s nonwlen.aecom ot sufficient maffnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting' into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. ,The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an f , ARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, ' 4 ' enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. 31 C s ontrib u tions are received b y the Treasurer, Edward , sq., Nicholas-lane • also by Messrs. Coutts and „ Co.• ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co,o• ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and , ; NV lliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Ov erend, Gurne y , and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool slid at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, secretary. RITPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER, TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TAE w G ar il d E s:: T e I NH IR ITION Fi OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by Two Hundred medical Gentleme n to tie the most effec t _ . invention in th e curative treatment of upwards HERNIA The use of a steel sprin.• tio often hurtful in its effects, Is here avoided—a soft Vandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Bloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, fo rwarded by post, on the cir sent to the manufscture cumferen otbody, r , two inches b e l ow the hips, being Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. 425., and 525. Bd. Postage, is Bd. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d.. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. ed. Postage, ls. led. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post ofnce, riceadilly. NEW PATENT LAST IC STOCKI NGS, KNEE-CA PS, &e., for Varicose Veins and a l l cases o f Weakness and Swelling oi (ne Legs, Sprains, & c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on life an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 78. 6d., 10s., to 16a. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufaoturer, 225, Pioadilly. N°. 22,135 DR. MOUAT'S ADVENTURES. Now ready, SN., with Illustrations, 165., ADVENI UR ES AND RESEARCHES AMONG THE ANDAMAN ISLANDERS. By Dr. MOTIAT, P.2Z.G. S., &a strHeeutr.st and Blackett, Publi s h ers , 13, Great Marlborough THE HON. AIRS. NORTON'S NEW NO VEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vol s., T HIRD • its EDITION of " LOST AND SAVED." HM By the on. RS. NORTON. " ' Lost and S ave d' i s a novel of ra e excellence ; fresh I n thought, artistic in its grouping, shrewd and .übtle in its character-painting, and IN ith a brave soul speaking throu g h it . It is Mrs. Norton's best prose work; and, dis tinctively original, as every work of true genius must be , its place is beside the best cont(mporar. fiction."—Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 'This day, Demy oclavo, price 183., TREATISE ON THE CONTINUED FEVERS OF GREAT BRITA IN. Illustrated by Coloured Plates, Diagrams, tc. By CHARLES MURCHI SON, M.D., F.R.C.P., Senior Physician to the London Fever Hospital and Assistant Physician to Middlesex hospital. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. This day is published, A NEW VOLUME OF CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD. Containing— THE RECTOR; and THE DOC TOR'S FAMILY. Originally published in "Blackwood's Magazine." In Post Octavo. W. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. T " 0 XFOIt D, e, OXFORD STREET. Every Evening will be performed Selections from the following Operas : Verdi's LA FORZA DEL DESTINO ; and Flotow's MARTHA. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, &e.; Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, and W. Evans, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the mat venous ARTHUR and BERTRAND. "These two Parisian clowns have carried the art of tumbling to apparently the highest pitch of perfection, audit is impossible even for the most staid of visitors to avoid being amused by their original gambols. They elicit shouts of laughter and applause."—Times, April 7, 1863. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. This Evening the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the Two Fren h Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH'S new Comicalities, &c, SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTII, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and G. HUTCHINSON. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, Signor Bunali, and Sianor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Th e RISARELIS, in addition to their other performances will give during the week a NEW ENTERTAINMENT , entitled LA MAR ABELLOS A PERCHA SELLAS. T OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—The g rea t .1‘) Spanish Gymnasts, RISARELIS and BALAGER, in Three separate Entertainments. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—The grace ful Madame ADAMS and the amusing CONRADE Clowns. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—varied MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, by Messrs. Parkin son, Vernon, Riay, Bartleman ; Misses M`Gregor, Mrs. Brian ; Messrs. Brian and Conley, Weiland, &c. Admission, Is. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, (Private Entrance, 44A, Maddox-street, Regent-street), containing upwards of 1,200 Models, Natural Preparations, monstrosities, &c., illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; also the Moving Anatomical Dying Zouave, Julia Pastrana, and other life-size figures. Admission, One hhilling ,tor Gentlemen only), from 11 till 10. Lecture at Four. MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic It stablishtnent, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in lull operation. - - Cartes de Visite, 10 for les. 6d; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. THE best, TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are those made by ELSTOB, of en, New Bond-street. They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy as purchasers. "In media via tutissimus ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS PER PAIR. 0S TE 0 EID ON. Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. GABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEETH and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, springs, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a lifetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ARTICULATIOg, even when all others fail. Purest ma terials only, at half the usual oast. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old - established Dentists, 27, lIARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; 66, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. - - One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. ANEVER FAILING REMEDY.-- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre ?area without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe ot'Dr. -cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appeite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the qaautity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. T" FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrument, by Negretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimulative properties of which are unfailing in their operation. Thomas Elliott invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con vinced of its infallible power. Price is. 6d., is. 6d., 10s. 6d., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hairgrower (first floor), 51, Fenchurch- street. T. E.'s wigs, Ll 10s. R OYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATnotiEss--Der Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. ESIDENT —Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. . Cn AIRMAY—Thos Baring, Faq., M•P •t F•R •S • V.P. DEr UTY- CllAMMAN—Thornas Chapman, APPEAL. Esq., F.R .S., V .P. The Committee of Management have to state that, since he beginning of the year 1860, the Roya l National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of Eng'and, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the society snd other m eans, since its formation, is 12,800; tor which services 82 Gold MPdals, 718 Silver Medals, and 4:18,480 in cash h ave been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,f Oa on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting -cart lages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enab l ed them to establish their present magnificent fleet or 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the ma nagement of their boats, whi h ca they t, only be effected by a l arge and permanent annualincome, earnestly appeal to all c l asses of their grt earnestly counteat an rym d truly nations en 'to aid em a w ork n upholding and pe r p e t uating so The Committee gratefully acknowledge the foll ow i ng con tributions Her Majesty the Queen .. .. .. annual 5o 0 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. • • annual 50 o Clerk, Colonel, B.A. • • • . • • .. annual 11 0 Co.,megcrs .. Bank . e . rs .... ...... 4 a t ima n l . l l o o 0 0 0 0 Coutts and , • „ ~ don. 10 10 0 Currie, Wm., Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral ,ir , K..e.8. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 ' lit sfq•lustice w . A . Fenwic o k 7 , dl :4 e . J., 250 0 0 sporting Carriage • • .• .• •• •• Esq., cost of a:Lifeboat and Tran- Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. •• •• don . 30 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. • • • • •• Martin, Sir llenry, Bart. .. .. ..... 7dtohnd.on. 15 150 00 3 0 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich • • •••• annual 2 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony , K.C. B. .. ThLoamd;ssilipLady, 'W es ton-super-Mare, collected by her 16 15 0 Willoughby d'F,re . ;by, Lord annual 5 0 0 .... Donations and Annual Sscr iptions will be , th an kfully re .... .... e eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59 , Strand Messrs. Berries, Farquhar , and Co ., 16, St. James's-street, London ; by a , l the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary 4ich ard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C. • NEWS 1—).1,1 ) E R • d, • , . a spirits, and confident of more brilliant results. supposed vicksr :eze h art: rAli, fifteen u thousand rebel troop . Q.-,TE • \--t• , t 4, 446 4 4 ,:: . , z dou btless be made risen sWC .E9 t , . , . in the event of the capture of the town. • miuM--; 4 1 1% ► The despatch further says that the mortar and 750.4 "A": gunboats were in front of Vicksburg, hard at work. Ci 4 vd Olt DIE ; ntigazzitp,p„m."s" PRICE..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. MURFREESBORO, TENN., May 25. The rebels assert Gen. Grant has been beaten, but give no particulars, incompetent commanders. A great victory would have proved, apparently, the sagacity of the appointment which has brought us so great troubles. A great defeat should silence the clamour which cannot at all undo an event of the past. The un wisdom of our rulers must be borne as manfully as the evils inflicted by the tnemy. The bitterness of our heart, which breeds despondency and disaffection, wins no triumphs, repairs no disasters, sustains no cause. Greatness of soul accepts all the calamities of war in the spirit of defiance, and rises superior to every misfortune. lowingG eTnheTeraHl from Maryland ee t , CAPTUßE h G e r D a rMississippi saGirs Department pf F :pn t ALEXANDRIA.has receivedthe h e f l - (official,Dispatch A i d si m scis i .u r ,a a d l r P o o n r , te F r i .: WASHINGTON, May 23. g-ship May 12 : Sir,—l have the honour to inform you, from Alexandria, of the capture of that place, and the forts defending the approaciaes to the city, by the n.i.ve.l force under my command. Twenty-four hours atter we arrived the advoncz.d guard of the United States troops came into the city. General Banks g t i h n e ni largest., rg t e o fall, v e trriving soon after, I fumed the place ov e r t o hi s ; vessels deem to ed t the p mouth of the Red River. I dropped down to Fort De Russy, in the Benton , a n d un dertook to destroy those works. I only succeeded , however, in effec tually destroying the three heavy casemates i ; eP de i n tl n g t - to the. return w at w er it b li e com manding the channel, and a small water battery for two guns. About 600 yards below it I also de stroyed, by bursting one heavy 32 pounder, and some gua carria ges l e ft, in their hurry, by the enemy. Th e ma i n f or t, on a hill, some 900 yards from the water, I was unable to attend to. It is quite an extensive work, quite new and incomplete, but built with much labour and pains. It will take two or three vessels to pull it to pieces; I have not the powder to spare to blow it up. The vessels will be ordered to work at it occasionally, and it will be soon destroyed. In this last mentioned fort was mounted the 11-inch gun, which, I am led to believe, lies in the middle of the river, near the fort, the rebels throw ing it over-board in their panic at the approach of our gunboats. The raft which closed th e entrance I have blown up, sawed in two, and presented to the poor of the neighbourhood. I sent Commander Woodworth, in the Price, with the Switzerland, Pittsburg, and Arigona, up Black River to make a reconnaissance, and he destroyed a large amount of stores, valued at 300,000 dols., consisting of salt, sugar, rum, rrolasses, tobacco, and bacon. if we cannot bear defeat es well as the Yankee we are unworthy to be free. Until some one of our large armies has been beaten as often and as severely as the Yankee army of the Potomac we cannot say our courage has been fully tested, or our ability to conquer peace and independence has been established. Should Pemberton and his whole army be captured there will still be left in the south-west materials for a very large army under Johnston. Pemberton's men will soon be returned to duty by exchange, the balance being now greatly in our favour. Besides Johnston's army there will be others as large, or larger, under Lee, Beauregard, and Bra gg . The combined forces of Kirby Smith, Magruder, and Price make an army nearly equal to either of the above. So long as even one of them remains un crushed, the cause is safe. Serious disasters have heretofore heralded impor tant reforms, decided improvement in the organise taifo a n t r o e f n o g u t r h in all forces, t a h r e e v m i v a a t e l r o i f a e o n f e w r g a y, r, a f n a laccession by D a o s n u e c i c a e o s n s , i o m n a m o f p h b i i n a d n t New victor or i l e e s a . n a The fallof preluded a summer of heroic achievements, in which the enemy was nearly everywhere pushed beck to his own soil. Scorning to imitate the Yankees by underrating the consequences of the fall of Vicksburg, we may yet with reason count upon compensation in the approaching campaign. The loss of Vicksburg, if it have no other good effect, will secure us in the future against the appointment of entirely inex perienced generals. Of this we may be perfectly sure. Moreover, it will add to the strength of our armies. This is a necessity. The North, stimulated by success, will hurl its myriads upon us, and we must meet them with every available man. Within two years we have withstood fourteen hundred thousand of the Vandals. What shall hinder us from withstanding as many more during the year to come ? Nothing but a want of manhood, which the South has never failed to show. We have veterans commanded by great generals, the enemy have recruits commanded by generals inferior to our own. Let them come on ; we will see whose heart is stoutest, let the war last as long as it may. (Signed) DAVID D. PORTER, Acting Rear-Admiral Commanding Mississippi Squadron. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. CAIRO, May 25, 10 p.m. No boats from below had arrived at Memphis up to 9 o'clock to-night. All the boats at Milliken's Bend have been sent up the Yazoo for the purpose, doubtless, of meeting any possible contingency. It may, therefore, be 24 hours before we have any thing definite. The last positive despatches come to-day by the Polar Star, which left the mouth of the Yazoo at 1 o'clock on Thursday. Tire battle was still raging with the land forces in the rear; Porter's mortar boats below and mortar boats above engaged. It is believed that a large number of women and children still remain in Vicksburg. CHICAGO, May 25, 1863. A special despatch from Cairo says : Dates from below to the morning of the 22d are received. The bombardment of the enemy's upper works was continued by the mortar fleet. Persons who saw the operations through a glass say they are satisfied that Grant has captured a battery on Walnut Hill. A furious cannonading is going on all around. THE LATEST NEWS VIA WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, May 25, 1863. Although no positive and direct official informa tian has been received here of the final reduction of the stronghold of Vicksburg, all the news received from every source indicates its capture by General Grant on Saturday last, and no doubt is enter tained that with Vicksburg all that was left of the army of General Pemberton has been compelled to surrender. A despatch was received to-night from Gen. Dix, stating that a deserter had arrived to-day at Suf folk from Franklin, who said that Vicksburg had been taken. Gen. Dix adds that if this is so we shall have the information authentically to morrow. Another despatch received to-day from General Hurlbut, at Memphis, states that by a steamer just arrived from Chickasaw Bayou a letter was received from an ordnance officer of General Grant, dated 9 p.m., Friday night, confirming the previous state ments of successes, and stating that 6,000 prisoners and 74 cannon had been captured. At the hour when the letter was dated General M'Phereon's force, in the centre, was within one mile of the court house at Vicksburg, while General Sherman on the right, and. General M'Clernand on the left, were each within a mile and a half of the town, and the gunboats were shelling the city in front. He concludes by saying that Vicksburg must cer tainly he taken by to-morrow (Saturday). This is the latest intelligence the Government has received ; but no doubt is entertained that the capture of Vicksburg will be announced officially by the next arrival from that point. From the various despatches up to to-night, and the most accurate information in the possession of the Government, it is believed that Gen. Grant has nothing to fear from the concentration of any con siderable rebel force in his rear. The only force available to them for this purpose are the 6,000 under Gen. Johnston, the small number driven away from Pemberton under Gen. Loring, and one or at most two brigades from Port Hudson—in all making, at the very outside, not more than 15,000 men. The destruction of the bridges across the Big Black river will prevent the speedy arrival of this small force, and it would only add to the glory of the triumph of Gen. Grant for such force to inter fere with him during the last hours of his attack upon Vicksburg. The very significant editorial of the Richmond Whig of Saturday, upon Vicksburg, is evidently intended to prepare the public mind for the int end lli gence, certainly expected there, of its capture the surrender of the whole of General Pemberton's army on Saturday. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. WASEINGTON, May 25, 1863. General Dix telegraphed from Fortress Monroe to-night tha t a flag of truce boat is expected to morrow, and that a deserter who came into Suffolk to-day from Franklin said that Vicksburg had been taken. "If so," the General added, "we shall know to-morrow with certainty. It may be mere rumour." The following, procured from ahih d offi a c t i e e d l sour ce, is the very latest from Vi cksburg M e mphis, 10 . 30 this morning, and which re ceived here to-night : was The telegram is from Gen, Hurlbut. He encloses a statement from an ordnance, showing the condi tion of affairs at 9 o'clock on Friday night. The city was not at that time taken. Great advantages, however, had been gained, the enemy making a firm resistance. The impression prevailed that we would take ( icksburg the next time. We at that time com pletely commanded the town. Our men had their colours planted on the enemy's works and were lying on the extreme slope. Our captures were about six thousand prisoners and seventy-four pieces of artiilery,some of which had been destroyed. The position of our troops was, some within a mile and others a mile and a half of the Court House. General Grant is represented to be in good THE SUN, LONDON, MOMDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1863. SEA. —FELLOWS and CO., Shipbrokers, 127. Fenchurch-street, E.C., require MIDSHIPMEN and FOUR First-class APPRENTICES in an A 1 clipper India man. 1,50) tons. Premium moderate, returned in wages. Also stout Lads, without premium, for other ships. Wages £35. SEA. —MIDSHIPMEN required for splendid ships for Australia and India. Premium, 50 to 60 guineas, may be paid in two instalments. 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On the Ist of May we fought the battle of Port Gibson, and defeated the rebels, under Gen. Bowen, whose loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners was at least fifteen hundred, and loss in artillery five pieces. On the 12th of May, at the battle of Raymond, the rebels were defeated with a loss of eight hundred. On the 14th of May we defeated Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, and captured Jackson, with a loss to the enemy of four hundred, besides immense stores and manufactures, and seventeen pieces of artillery. On the 16th of May we fought the bloody and decisive battle of Baker's Creek, in which the entire force of Vicksburg, under General Pemberton, was defeated, with the loss of twenty-nine pieces of artillery and four thousand men. On the 17th of May we defeated the same force at the Big Black River Bridge, with the loss of two thousand six hundred men and seventeen pieces of artillery. On the 18th of May we invested Vicksburg closely. To-day General Steele carried the rifle pits on the north of the city. The right of the army rests on the Mississippi above Vicksburg. JOHN. A. RAWLINS, Assistant Adjutant-General. Postscript.-1 learn further that there are from fifteen to twenty thousani men in Vicksburg, and that Pemberton has lost nearly all his field artillery, and that the cannonading at Vicksburg closed at about three o'clock p.m. on the 20th of May. General Grant has probably captured nearly all. S. A. HURLBUT, Major• General. Despatch from W. G. Fuller, Assistant Manager of Telegraph. Communicated to the Press by President Lincoln. MEMPHIS, TENN,, May 23. Col. Anson Stager, Washington, D.C. Official information from below to Wednesday states that General Grant has captured Haines' Bluff and the outer works of Vicksburg, a large number of prisoners, and fifty-seven pieces of artil lery. The battle is still raging, with every pros pect of capturing the entire force in Vicksburg. We have Jackson, Black River Bridge, and Haines' Bluff. A report is making up for Washington. W. G. FULLER, Assistant Manager of Telegraph. THE GREAT BATTLE AT BAKER'S CREEK AND BLACK RIVER BRIDGE. The following despatch was received by the War Department yesterday :-- MEMPHIS, TENN., May 23 (11k a.m.). Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. The following despatch has been received at these headquarters, and is forwarded as requested : S. A. HURLBUT, Major-General. REAR Or VICKSBURG, May 20 (6 a.m.). Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War. General Grant won a great and momentous vic tory. over the rebels, under Pemberton, on the Jackson and Vicksburg road, at Baker's Creek, on the 16th inst. Pemberton had a most formidable position on the crest of a wooded hill, over which the road passes longitudinally. He had about 25,000 men. The battle begun at 11 a.m., and was gained at 4 p.m. Its brunt was borne by Horey's division of M'Ler nand's corps, and by Logan's and Crooker's divisions of M‘Pherson's corps. Hovey attacked the hill, and held the greater part of it till 2 o'clock p.m. When, having lost 1,600 men, he was succeeded by Boomer's and Holmes's brigades of Crooker's division, by which the conflict was ended; in that part of the field Broomer lost 500 men. Logan operated on the right, and cut off the ene my's direct retreat, so that he was compelled to escape by his right flank through the woods. Logan lost 400 killed and wounded. We took about 2,000 prisoners. On the 17th, advancing to the Big Black, we fought Pemberton again at the bridge there, and captured 300 more prisoners. He fought in rifle pits, protected by difficult bayous full of abattis. Lawle's brigade of M'Lernand's corps charged the rifle pits magnificently, and took more prisoners than their own numbers. Pemberton burned his bridges and returned to Vicksburg with only three cannon out of 60 that he had taken out. Building four bridges over the Big Black, Gene ral Grant arrived before the town on the evening of the 18th, and now holds it closely invested. He had open a line of supplies, via Chickasaw Bayou, having cut the town off from Haines' Bluff, which is abandoned by the enemy, and which General Grant will occupy. There was sharp fighting through the day yes terday, Steele won and holds the upper bluffs, and the enemy's upper water batteries, and gets water from the Mississippi. Sherman'scorps lost yesterday 500 killed and wounded. M'Pherson, who holds the centre, lost little, as did M'Lernand, who holds the left. The gunboats kept the enemy alert during the night, and probably the town will be carried to-day. There are from 15,000 to 20,000 men in it. NEW YORK, May 26, 1863. The steamers Hansa and City of Baltimore arrived at New York, and the Asia at Halifai, May 25. The following is the "situation" from the New York, Herald of May 26 : The battles of General Grant in the vicinity of Vicksburg, and the brilliant victories of Admiral Porter on the Yazoo, have to be numbered amongst the most successful operations of the war. Admiral Porter, in his official despatch, dated from the Yazoo river on the 20th inst., details the capture of Haines' Bluff by Lieut. Walker, of the gunboat De Kalb,who not only drove out the enemy,but secured all their guns, ammunition, camps and equipage. The defences consisted of 14 forts, and took the enemy 12 months to construct. Admiral Porter destroyed the gun earriages,bl ew up the magazines, and destroyed the works generally, Which he de scribes as a network of defences such as he never saw before. Admiral Porter, in his official despatch, also describes the close investment of Vicksburg by Gen. Grant's army, upon which city, he sa y s , he hopes to be able to announce a general assault very soon, and the capture thereof. He says, further, that there has never been a case during the war where the rebels have been so successfully beaten at all points, and that the patience and endurance shown by our army and navy for so many months are about being rewarded. _ The news received in Washington yesterday, although it does not embody any official account of the capture of Vicksburg, all tends to the belief that Gen. Grant hes by this time become master of the place. The latest intelligence the Government ap penrs to have received was up to Friday test, at 9 p.m., when it was supposed that the city must fall on the next day. At that time Gen.. MiPherson's force, in the centre, was within one mile of the Court House at Vicksburg, while Gen. Sherman on the right, and Gen. M`Glernand on the left, were each within a mile and a half of the town, and the gunboats were shelling it in front. Despatches from Cairo last night state that up to 9 o'clock no boats from below had arrived at Mem phis, and that some days may elapse before they have positive information, as all the boats were sent up the Yazoo river on special service. The Southern journals, as will be seen by the extracts which we give to .day, speak despondingly of the state of affairs at Vicksburg. Without having any more official informati .n evidently than that which we possess relative to the capture of that place, they predicate their arguments upon the as. sumption that it has fallen, that Port Hudson is abandoned, and even that the whole Mississippi is in possession of the Federal troops, and argue from these standpoints that the rebellion can still main tain itself. The Richmond Whig says :—" If we cannot bear defeat as welt as the Yankees we are unworthy to be free. Until some one of our large armies has been beaten as often and as severely as the Yankee Army of the Potomac, we cannot say onr courage has been fully tested, or our ability to conquer peace and independence has been estab lished." Our correspondence from Gen. Dix's department to-day will be found very interesting, giving in detail the description of Col. Kilpatrick's brilliant cavalry raid into Matthews and Gloucester counties. The news from the Army of the Potomac is that all is " painfully quiet along the lines," and that is rather old news now. A despatch from St. Louis, dated yesterday, says that a band of rebel guerillas captured the town of Richmond, Clay county, Mo., on Tuesday night, together with the Union force which occupied it. Two officers of the Twenty-fifth Missouri were killed in the fight, and another lieutenant was shot after the Union troops surrendered. It was feared that the whole force would be treated in the same manner. The guerillas made a clean sweep of the whole town. The same band also plundered the town of Plattsburg, Clinton county, on Thursday night, and took 11,000 dole. from the Court-house belonging to the State. Our advices from St. Thomas via Colon state that the Alabama is at the Moule (Guadaloupe), block aded by the United steamers Oneida and Alabama. Admiral Wilkes reached St. Thomas on the 30th ult. from Havana via Ponce, Porto Rico, and after communicating with Mr. Edgar, the United States Consul, proceeded to,Guadaloupe in,the Vanderbilt, in search of the pirate. Should she be met at that place by the brave old Admiral, there will be no chance of her committing fresh depredations on the merchant vessels of the United States. MURFREESBORO, May 25, 1863. Vallandigham arrived here on a special train, under a strong escort, at ten o'clock last evening. having left Louisville this morning, and passed through Nashville without stopping, His arrival was expected by the military and public, but the time not being known no demon stration of any kind took place. He was quietly taken in a carriage to the quar ters of Major Wiles, Provost Marshal General, where he was received by General Rosecrans, and a number of other officers. He appeared to be fully composed, and abstained from the expression of any disagreeable sentiments. At two p.m. his southward journey commenced. Major Miles, with a mounted escort, started down to take him below cur lines in Shelbyville. The pri soner was very cheerful, and discussed his situation indifferently : but on approaching the nearest rebel picket, commanded by Colonel Webb, of the Eighth Alabama, some eight miles out, he became percep tibly affected. Upon taking leave of his companions, he eaid in substance—" I am a citizen of the United States, and loyal to them. I want you to understand that you have been a prisoner to the Confederate autho rities." To Colonel Webb he made similar remarks. The former received him with a remark that he had read his speeches but did not like him ; that he could not receive him within the Confederate lines, but he would permit him to remain at his post until he had ascertained the pleasure of the authorities, The flag of truce party then left Vallandigham and returned. Vallandigham's speech was a very ingenious stratagem, by which he expected to prevent his reception by the Confederate authori ties, and secure himself the credit of martyrdom as a persecuted loyalist. I deem it more than probable that in the face of the antagonism to the South he assumed the enemy will refuse to receive him. He was given to under stand by General Rosecrans that, should he arrange to return to our lines in the same way, th e President's orders to carry his original sentence into effect would be executed . M URFREES BORO, May 25 , 1 863. C. I. Vallandigham was rece ived here on an extra train from Nashville between ten and eleven o'clock night. After some hours conversation with General Rosencrans and others, he was p ut in an o p en spring wagon and escorted by a squadron of cav alry to the ou tposts, and at nine a.m. to - day was delivered into the hands of the authoriti es . A s ingle private soldier received him, to whom he made the follow ing declaration :—" I am a citizen of the State of Ohio and of the United States. lam here by force and against my will I therefore surrender myself to you as a prisoner of war." WASHINGTON, MAY 25, 1863. Washington at ten CAIRO, 111., May 25, 163. mi T nu h t e e f s ol p l a o s w t i e n i g ev w en aa th r i e s c e m iv o e r d ni i n n g Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary to the Navy : The following despatch has just been received from Admiral Porter. A. M. PENNOCK, Fleet Captain of the Mississippi squadron Flagship Blackhawk, Haines' Bluff, Yazoo River, May 20, 1863. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy : On the morning of the 15th I came over to the Yazoo to be ready to co-operate with General Grant. Leaving two of the iron-clads at Red river, one at Grand Gulf, one at Carthage, three at War renton, and two in the Yazoo, left me a small force Still I disposed of them to the best advantage. On the 18th, at meridian, firing was heard in the. rear of Vicksburg, which assured me that General Grant was approaching the city. The cannonading was kept up furiously for some time, when, by the aid of glasses, I discerned a company of our artil lery advancing, taking position, and driving the rebels before them. I immediately saw that Gene ral Sherman's division had come en to the left of Snyder's Bluff, and that the rebels at that place had been cut off from joining the forces in :he city. I despatched the De Kalb, Lientenant•Cot,.''ma nder Walker ; Choctaw, Lieutenant-Commander -Ram say ; Romeo, Petrel, and Forest Rose, all unal' r command of Lieutenant-Commander Breese, up the Yazoo to open communication in that way with Generals Grant and Sherman. This I succeeded in doing, and in three h ours received letters from Generals Grant, Sherma n, and Steele, informing me of this vast success, and asking me to send up provisions, which was at once done. In the meantime Lieutenant-Commander Walker, in the De Kalb, pushed on to Hai-les' Bluff, which the enemy had commenced evacuating the day be fore, and a party remained behind in the hopes of destroying or taking away a large amount of am munition on hand. When they saw the gunboats they ran out and left everything in good order—guns, forts, tents, and t quipage of ali kinds, which fell into our hands. As soon as the capture of Hain46'l3;o and four teen forts was reported to me I shoved up the gun• boats from below Vicksburg to fire at the hill bat teries, which fire was kept up for two or three hours • At midnight they moved up to the town and opened on it for about an hour, and continued at intervals during the night to annoy the garrison. On - the 19th I placed six mortars in position, with orders to fire night and day as rapidly as they could. The works at Haines' Bluff are very formidable. There are fourteen of the heaviest kind of mounted eight and ten inch and seven and a half inch rifled guns, with ammunition enough to last a long siege. As the gun carriages might again fall into the hands of the enemy, I had them burned, blew up the maga zine and destroyed the works generally. I also burned up the encampmente, which were perma nently and remarkably well constructed, looking as if the rebels intended to stay for some time. These works and encampments covered many acres of ground, and the fortifications and the rifle pits proper of Haines' Bluff extend about a mile and a_quarter. Such a network of defences I never saw. The rebels were a year constructing them, and all were rendered useless in an hours. As soon as I got through with the destruction of the magazines and other works I started Lieutenant Commander Walker up the Yazoo river with sufficient force to destroy all the enemy's pro perty in that direction, with orders to return with all despatch, and only to proceed as far as Yazoo City, where the rebels have a navy yard and store houses. In the meantime Gen. Grant has closely invested Vicksburg, and has possession of the best commanding points. In a very short time a general assault will take place, when I hope to announce that Vicksburg has fallen, after a series of the most brilliant successes that ever attended an army. There has never been a case during the war where the rebels have been so successfully beaten at all points, and the patience and endurance shown by our army and navy for so many months are about being rewarded. It is a mere question of a few hours, and then with the exception of Port Hudson, which will fol low Vicksburg, the Mississippi will be open its entire length. D. D. PORTER, Rear-Admiral commanding Mississippi squadron. The Jackson Mississippian of May 13 says : " Our forces engaged the enemy at Fordien's-place, which is at the junction of the Utica and Cayuga roads, leading into Raymond, and two miles and a half south ' •west from that place. The engagement commenced between 11 and 12 o'cock, and lasted four hours. It is supposed, from the firing, to have been a stoutly contested one. Despatches to the Governor report that the enemy with overwhelming numbers had driven our forces hack to Raymond. At four o'clock yesterday evening the enemy were still advancing, and our gallant veterans were com pelled to fall back before a vastly superior force. We just learn from a gentleman who was engaged in the fight that the Yankees have driven our forces out of Raymond, and were advancing on us still, near Sundown. Our reinforcements had not arriv€d. We had decided advantages at one time, but their large numbers overpowered our forces and com pelled them to fall back." THE CAPTURE OF JACKSON, MISS. (From the Columbus Sun, May 25.) A gentleman of this city, just returned from Jack son, gives us eome interesting particulars relative to the late capture of that city by the Yankees. It seems that on Tuesday a sharp contest was had with the advance force of Grant's army at Ray mond, six or eight miles south-west of Jackson, The enemy outnumbered us at least five to one, Our forces were compelled to fall back upon Jack son, which they did in good order late at night. Oa Wednesday evening, just at dark, the train on which General Johnstone and staff had taken passage for Vicksburg arrived in Jackson, and the General remained over superintending the move ments of the troops. On Thursday morning, at about nine o'clock, the enemy appeared in force a few miles south of Jack son, and attacked and drove in our pickets. Our force did not exceed eight thousand, and so rapid had been the movements of the enemy that several of our regiments had not yet been arranged for ac tion. The force of the enemy was estimated at thirty thousand. It seems to be the purpose of General Johnstone merely to delay the enemy's arrival in the city as long as possible, in order to allow our forces time to withdraw our commissary and quartermaster's stores. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Our informant left Jackson at 3 o'clock p.m., on Thursday. He states that three or four build ings had been burned before he left—set on fire by the shells of the enemy. The train which left Jack son on Thursday evening came near being over taken and captured by a battalion of Yankee cavalry. A few miles west of Brandon the cavalry were seen a short distance from the road, but the speed of the locomotive having been increased to nearly thirty miles an hour, the train escaped. We have since learned that Brandon is in posses sion of the enemy, and that the road between that place and Jackson has been destroyed. The people of Jackson and vicinity, including the millitary as well as the civilians, are greatly in censed at General Pemberton, and openly accuse him of bad faith. Our informant states that the feeling is strongest among the commissaries and quartermasters, who state that they might have saved everything had Pemberton given them orders to move a few hours sooner. There appears to have been no fighting but with artillery, and this was at very long taw. The majority of the public stores were removed. Still a great quantity was destroyed by our men to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy. All the railroad rolling stock, &c., was removed. (From the Richmond Whig, May 23.) Suppose Vicksburg has fallen, the army inside of the fortifications captured or destroyed, Port Hud son reduced or abandoned, the Mississippi in its whole length controlled by the enemy, and the con federacy temporarily or even for the remainder of the war cut in twain ; suppose, further, that this really great success to the foe and cruel disaster to ourselves is attended with consequences as certain as they are deplorable—it creased enthusiasm at the North, the triumphant vindication of the tyranny at Washington, conscription enforced even in the North-west without opposit ion, p erhaps a revival of the spirit of volunteering , p eace parties crushed for ever, men and money to an endless sum ob tained, and Europe, busy with its own troubles, awed into permanent silence —suppose all this,. for it becomes us now to consider the worst possible aspect of the news, what then ? Our duty w ilt then be precisely what it has always been—to main tain the cause unflinchingly, and to exhibit a spirit more indomitable and persistent than that of the e nemy. Nothing is;to be g ained b y despondency. All that has bee n lost ma y be re g ained b y fortitude and perseverance. It will be worse than useless to reproach the Go:ernment, however guilty i t may be, for the appoi n :Ule , ll , t of inexperienced generals, or to re precious blood that has been wasted pine over I:le by the misruan gement of the for c e s en t rus t e d to :' MEXICO. The follo wing c onews San has Franciscobeen Havana. nNew York from SAN FRANCISCO, M ay 19 . The steamer Golden Age brings ad v i ces f rom t h e city of Mexico, to the 2 d of May, and from Pe u bl a to the 30th of April. General Ortega's despatches to General Comon fort, states that on the night of the 24th of April the French exploded a mine on the block called " Stenino," occupied by Mexican troops. A number of the Mexicans were buried in the ruins, but the balance resisted the French all night, fighting desperately. On the morning of the 25th both parties were re inforced, and continued the battle with the greatest determination and ferocity, the Mexicans at its close holding their original positien. During the contest the French exploded another mine in the Santa Jesu, and another fight ensued here, lasting seven hours, the Mexicans remaining masters of the field and capturing 130 prisoners from the Ist Regiment of French Zouaves. The French left 400 dead on the field. Since these fights the French have kept up the bombardment of the city, though less vigorously than before. On the Ist of May, President Juares left the city of Mexico for General Comonfort's camp, near Peubla, for the purpose of urging im mediate offensive operations against the French. SAN FRANCISCO, May 20. General Ortega's despatch to General Comon fort, dated Peubla, the 29th of April, thus sums up the military situation during the last month and a half : The French have made eight assaults, succeeding only in two. We have lost nothing save our aban doned forts, and one line of defences. For the last thirty one days we have not lost a foot of ground. The French continue to throw their bombs into the city, and are cutting ditches and covered ways for an attack on Santa Austa. (News via Havana.) (Correspondent of the Associated Press.) HAVANA, May 19, 1863. On the 16th the French steamer of war L'Eure arrived from Vera Cruz, which port she left on the 11th. She reports that no news had been received from the army later than the 27th ult. ; that the siege of Puebla has been raised, or suspended, till the arrival of reinforcements and heavier gunnery, as it bad been impossible to penetrate the city of Puebla with the artillery they had, it being only twelve pound calibre, though rifled. The guns from the vessels of war in port have been sent ashore and are to go to Puebla. Two guns have arrived within two days' journey, and others were on the road. The impossibility of entering Puebla consisted in the barricades eighteen feet thick with earth and stones, and in the fact that the Mexicans had filled the houses of the first line of parapets with earth. The Mexicans again occupy the Fort of San Xavier, which they are repairing. The Euro reports that light skirmishing took place daily with parties who came out to attack from the city; that on the 24th a large convoy of meal was captured by the French, which the Mexi cans were trying to introduce into the city. A French officer passed through this port in the mail steamer Clyde en route for France, whenc e e Cruz letter to send out a heavy siege train ; and a Vera letter says nothing will be done till which cannot be earlier than the first p to get the art of Octo ber. Mexican We are very anxious these guns arrive and until reinforcements reach Orizaba, account, as we place no reliance on those received through French sourc es. Th e English frigate Immortalite brought the new s that the French had been defeated, and ob ligedeighteen miles towards Orizab a , t o to retire wt.ich place G eneral Fore y and staff have g o ne. A letter from a pers on in hi g h standin g in Vera Cruz t o one of the same category here says, "the Fr enc h h a ve been obliged to raise the sieg e an d to retreat nts and hea v y gun s at tine Orizabam iles. and d await understand r e in f t o h r e c y e m w e ii go into quar t ers from I wrote y ou o f as carrying 1,000,000 dollars from Ve ra C ruz, I The Feroannyceo y. am at tacked by the g uer ill as, and the informed, money was stolen. gave you an ac count of the counter guerillas, who were three times driven back in their dislodge the guerillas, who it was supposed would attack the convoy. This, I am told, is the reason that the transport L'Eure is to return to Vera Cruz with 1,000,000 dols., which has been produced here by the sale of drafts on the French GGvernment. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 38 4d. and 4s. " High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly O. Sd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. THE MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. —The Marquis of Salisbury, as Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, gave his aunual entertainment to the officers of the several regi ments of the county militia anchmagistrates on Saturday evening at his mansion in Arlington-street, Piccadilly. FRANCE AND THE LEVANT.—The Emperor of the French has been pleased to affix his signature to the following decree, founded on a report to his Majesty from M. Drollyll do Lhuys, dated June 1:—" Art. 1. A. m i s instituted for the purpose of ascertaining th i e s r s i o n o t h e o rganisation of consular tribunals in the ports of the L e vant and Barbary should be modified, and to pr e . g c ommission pare , if necessary a scheme , for any modifications required. Art. 2. This co mmissio n is com p osed as follo ws :—Presi de:nt—FlUre.siDderonut—lt. yn de d L e hu r y Lhuys, Minister Slice-Presidentoreili Afffair the iri c e. of Foreign -Council of State." Here follow the names of the members of the commission,