The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-22 00:00:00

Commence at 7.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the
Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Crowded with rank and fashion.
Re.engagement of those ce ebraced and popular artistes, Mr.
an , Mrs. Charles Mathews.
Production of an entirely new or igin al Travestie of a very
powilar subject, by F. C. Burnam', Esq., entitled FAUST
ArlY) MARGUERITE, in which Mr. and Mrs Charles
Mathews will appear.
so The new scenery by the celebrated
artist 4, Messrs. Dann and Sons ; the incidental Baaet by
Osear Byrne.
Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular
names or Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr.
Frank M atthews, Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Piul
Bedterd, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Asilley. Mr. J. Johnstone;
Miss Ihrbert,Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss
A. Cottreii, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss
Wentworta,;Mrs. Stirdng, anu Mrs. Chas. Mathews.
EVERY EVENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S
CLOTHING. Mrs. Sairhng, Mr. J. Clarke, and Mr. F.
Robinson.
At a quarter-Past 8, a new Travestie, entitled FAUST
itaD MAEGUERITE CMhs. Mathews, Mr. J. Clarke,
Ashley, Mr. Montague, r. W. H. Eburne, Mr. W.
Chamberiaine, and Mrs, C. Mathews.
At 10, LITTLE TODDLEKINS, Mr. Charles Mathews,
Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews.
To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Mathews, Mr. Ash ey, Miss Wentworth.

GOODWOOD —RACE GLASSES, the best at
CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner
t Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna.

OPERA and RACE GLASSES, Field and Yacht
Glasses, in every variety off size, form, and mounting,
machless for their great magnying power and sharpness
of definition. Price, from 30s. each, at CALLAGHAN'S,
23.4, New Bond-street, IV., corner of Conduit-street. Sole
agent for the celebrated race and field glasses and photo-
graphic lenees made Dy Veigtlander, Vienna. Field glasses
mate excressly for India. warranted to withstand the greatest
tropical heat. The new aluminium mounted glasses (as re-
cently made for IL 11.11. the Prince of Wales,', though of the
largest size, weigh but a few ounces.

COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES.
Messrs. JAY, of Bezent-street, have now in stock a
variety of WASHING SILK DRESSES, suitable for the
country and seaside, and at the c,earing-out puke of only
lls. 6d. the dress.

J AY' S,
247, 242, and 251, Regent-street.

BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw
material has already f sen 15 per cent., and it will soon
reach a far Greater per-centage. Messrs. JAY, therefore,
ilvite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock
they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour-
able terms ; but the same qualities will naturally ba more
co_tly ai the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average

JAY'S,
217, 249, and 251, Regent-street.

COALS.—The lALLESHAL L COMPANY'S
COALS.
Direct from their own Collieries.
Marquis'. 235. per ton. I Double.. 20s. per ton.
Top 225. „ I Decp 2ls. „
Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De-
pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., :Lad 17, South Wharf,
Paddington, W., and 3laiden-lane, N.
Best Coke
Terms cash.
JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent.

rfliTE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,"
Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
otui be had Every Evening of
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The Weather—Sun Office, July 22, 1864.

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THER3IO3LETER.
This day at Two o'clock 7O

Barometer-29.84.
WIND —S.W. ; light, and cloudy.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
DiT.—Morning, 4h. Bm.—Afternoon, 4h. 2803.
To-moßßow.-51orning, 41. I;3o:6—Afternoon, sd. 12m.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1864.

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The manifesto of the Confederate States comes
very appropriate at this juneturo, and from its tone
and sentiment it appears to be free from that jealous
disposition and vehement expression which so often
mar the effect of the American declarations. So
much calumny has been uttered relative to the
Southern States by those who should have known
better, and their garbled statements have so often
bewildered and taken in the ignorant and mis-
informed, that it seems to be a right and fitting
thing for them to come forward and declare their
purpose, explain their meaning, and give expression
to their feelings. It is styled " Joint resolutions
declarir.g the disposition of principles and purposes
of the Confederate States in relation to the existing
war with the United States,"and through the whole
tenour of its course it keeps to the text and fulfils
its promise. It sets out by stating that it is due'
to the great sacrifices which have been made that
the public opinion of the world be enlightened as
to the nature and character of the struggle in which
they are engaged, and there can be no doubt that
there is ample justification for the adoption of such
a course, and that many will be glad to meet with
such a document, comprising as it does a summary
ut the chief objects and the great aim which
those belligerents have had in view from the
commencement of the struggle which has occupied
the attention and riveted the notice of the world.
It would manifesto to
have been impossible for this
have been drawn up in a better manner—its style
is vigorous
and its language statesmanlike. It
reflects great credit 1 ou JEFFERSON DAVIS, and is
in keeping with all
e have seen of his conduct
from the outset of this memorable contest. The
opinions herein rut forth do not belong to any
State or appertain to a particular people; they are
part of tho great principles which are the heritage
and property of all the nations of
the world, and
more especially those which can claim, like the Con-
federate States of America, to have had ft free
existence which their fathers fought for and gained
at so much cost and sacrifice. Whether we regard
its broad outline of principles, its determined advo-
cacy of freedom, or its calm review of the events
that have occurred during the war, it must appear
that this enunciation is alike fair and honourable.
It does not require a very great scope of fancy to
picture to ourselves what terms the Federal States
would have made use of had they been issuing a
statement of this class or character. We should
have been treated to the most extravagant
assertions, the bitterest rancour, and the
most vehement indignatioa relating to their

opponents. On the contrary, in this manifiesto
there is particular care lest offensive t erms
be employed. A writer of history, w riling
impartially of past transactions, could not dibcourse
more quietly and, collectedly than do thesis expo-
nents of the obieds for which they are !struggling.
In the first place it is laid down that nothing but
necessity would have induced them to take up
arms, and that; whenever their enemy ceases from
its persecution they .will willingly accede to
the proposals. for peace. This is as much as could
be expected from the Congress of States that have
exhibited such zeal, ardour, and patriotism in the
prosecution of their purpose. " Hereditary rights
and cherished institutions," are worthy of
being preserved, and much as the beholding
world may deplore the sad havoc and disastrous
consequences of the war, all must admit that the
efforts are not fruitless nor the object unworthy of
the strife. Pro aris et focis is an axiom of univer-
sal renown, and the world as it grows old can give
us no better watchword to send forth with our
armies into the field, and inspire our community at
home with zeal and vigilance. Every one of fore-
sight must be aware that the Confederates are fight-
ing for their existence, for their status in the world,
as free citizens of independent cities, and the good
wishes of all haters of tyranny and oppression
go with them to their arduous encounters,
and trust that the day is not far distant when
a termination will be put to this fearful struggle in
the only satisfactory manner that can possibly
issue, and the end will crown the work which has
been so assiduously performed. This Manifesto is
another proof that the Confederates have displayed
of their partaking far more than their rivals of the
genuine Anglo-Saxon sentiments. Not alone have
these been exhibited by their dauntless bravery,
but by their indomitable spirit, which reverses
could not quell nor disparity of numbers affect. It
is also in their moderation in writing and speaking
that we recognise the germs of that calmness and
reticence which, as much as our arms, have made
us mighty, and given strength to our councils, and
effect to our representations. The truth put for-
ward in this declaration cannot be gainsaid, and
years of fighting have attested to the veracity of
the assertion, that the world must see that eight
millions of people in so large a territory, with so
many and such varied resources, and animated with
such a spirit of resistance, cannot be conquered.
This is so evident that it is alike distressing and
irritating to find the fact wilfully ignored by the
Federals, the sharpest among whom must have re-
cognised the utter fallaciousness of their task long
before this. Perhaps the most effective passage
here met with:is the one which denounces the attempt
made by the invaders to transfer states and indepen-
dent citizens as though they were rebellious subjects.
This is emphatically designated as a "solecism in
terms, as well as an outrage on the principles of
public law." It is something to say that, after these
years of strife, these unequal struggles, and the
constant temptation to violence, the Confede-
rates have earned the right to call themselves
honourable claimants for independence and worthy
champions of a just cause. Their opponents have
failed utterly and completely in winning respect
for their motives or their actions. Their conduct
has been distinguished by traits unbecoming savage
communities and utterly unbearable among civilised
States. It is to the lasting honour of the Confede-
rates that their course has been marked by no such
unworthy events, and there is no reason to gainsay
the justice of their appeal when they, in confidence
and faith, "commit their cause"to the enlightened
judgment of the world, to the sober reflections of
their adversaries themselves, and to the solemn and
righteous arbitrament of HEAVEN."

The project of embanking the Thames is one of
the most important of the various schemes for
improving and adorning the metropolis. It has
been talked of so long that it has come to be looked
on in many quarters as almost a Utopian vision,
and the public were fain to content themselves with
the prospect of still retaining our noble river as an
insalubrious and unsavoury highway for traffic,
instead of being, as it might be, the source of health
and comfort to the passer-by. The air blowing
across pure running water is as fresh and healthful
as the vapours arising from foul water is injurious
and obnoxious. We had some years ago so strong
a lesson on this point that it startled even our
apathetic Legislature, and sent the members hurry-
ing from their committee rooms. Of what avail
was it that they should carry on their delibera-
tions in Mr. BARRY'S gorgeous and costly structure,
when all the ingenuity of the architect could not
render its ornamented walls impervious to the
noxious vapours arising from Old Father Thames ?
The consequences of the unwholesome effluvia to
those employed daily on its banks or in its naviga-
tion were more .serious, and had the evil reached
its height in a cholera year the results might have
been frightful. As it was, the question of what
was to be done with the Thames rose into imme-
diate prominence, and every one had some scheme
or device for ameliorating its condition. Happily
the great main drainage scheme has done good
service since that time, by diverting the sewage of
the metropolis. It is this scheme that has directly
hastened the carrying out of the long talked of em.
bankment, for the inconvenience of constructing a
low level sewer under the busy and crowded high-
ways north of the Thames was so great and so
obvious that the idea of an embankment at once
suggested itself to the Board of Works. They saw
that by this plan they would not only carry
out a great public want and provide a much
needed thoroughfare, but they would have the
opportunity of completing their drainage scheme
without causing any inconvenience or interfering
in any way with the vast traffic of the metropolis.
They therefore submitted their views on the matter
to Mr. Cowpen, who brought the necessary Bill
before Parliament, and the great work was set in
hand. It is, in fact, only marvellous how a wealthy
and energetic reople like ourselves, possessed, too,
of such engineering skill, can so long have de..
lured such a necessary reform, Whether we con-
sider the value of purifying the river—the
importance of relieving the traffic—or the orna-
ment which the Embankment will be to the
Metropolis, we must feel some surprise that it
was not set about before. The unhealthy
vapours, the dismal mud-banks, the wretched
little piers which supply our vast steamer traffic,
and the mighty stream of life and business daily
rushing and chafing along Fleetastreet and Cheap-
side have all been borne with the constitutional
patience of Englishmen under evils of gradual
growth and venerable antiquity. If we could
obtain an accurate history of the loss of time and
temper, the injury to business, the annoyance and
inconvenience occasioned by one week's stoppages
and delays in the Poultry during the busy time of
the year, we should probably stand aghast at the
aggregate of mischief during the last twenty years,
There Ina no valid or actual reason why the
work should not have been done long
ago. Certainly we were not waiting for
money or means, for financial credit or for
engineering skill. The covetousness of proprietors
has had something to do with the delay, but the
active spirit with which the metropolitan railways
are being carried forward leaves no loom for enCil

impediments. If a private speculation can be car-
ried on in face of opposition, surely a great national
undertaking for the benefit of the many need not
stand still to suit the whims or wishes of a few. For
the Embankment will undoubtedly be a public advan.
cage. It will profit both poor and rich ; both alike
will gain a pleasant highway for recreation, and will
have the immense advantage of purer air and water,
besides the relief to the over-crowded streets. Ac=
cordingly, after so many delays and difficulties, the
great work is now begun in earnest, and on Wed-
nesday afternoon the foundation stone was laid at
Westminster, opposite the Board of Control, and
the Thames Embankment fairly inaugurated.
There wore present at the interesting ceremony the
First Commissioner of Works, the late Commis•
sioner, the Chairman of the Metropolitan Board,
the engineers and contractors engaged, and many
others. The scene was a striking one; and when Mr.
TUWAITES declared the first stone duly laid, and the
answering cheer rose up from the surrounding spec-
tators, to be caught up by the workmen and navvies,
in the yard, it was no wonder that more than one
artist strove to catch its prominent features. For
the work is no mere ephemeral triumph of the
day, no building which, however grand or costly,
is merely a matter of speculative profit, but it is
to be one of those creations of art and science which
is to carry down the fame of a nation from one
generation to another. Even as the old water
gate, which is to form part of it, has survived all
the other traces of the splendour of Buckingham
House, and has outworn dynasties, so the Thames
Embankment may present its noble frontage to
the river when the present boundaries of Europe
and America are matters of the past. Stretching
from the old City Cathedral to the grand Gothic
Abbey at Westminster, it links the past and the
present, and if no skill of modern times can rival
those venerable structures, the magnificent high-
way which is to unite the two will at least testify
to all succeeding time that the present generation
of Englishmen have inherited something of the
genius, the daring, and the energy of their fathers.

BANK OF FRANCE.

(REITTER'S EXPRESS.)
PARIS, July 21.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous accounts :

JULY 21. JULY H.
DR. f. c. f. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000
Profits in addition toCapital
(Art. 8 law June 9,1857) 5,069,532 49 5,050,668 93
Reserve in tho Bank and

its branches
Reserve in landed property 4,000,000 4,000,003
Notes in circulation 788,378,725 792,819,275
Bank notes to order and re-

ceipts payable at sight 5,909,290 56 5,376,404 44
Treasury ace. cur. creditor 60,496,245 97 58,430,429 98
Current accounts—Paris 113,792,771 18 131,889 202 73
Do. branch-banks 21,489,49 20,352,280
Dividends payable
Discounts and sundry
interests 4,417,058 59 3,583,344 57
Re-discounts of the last

six months 2,588,735 17 2,588,735 17
Sundries

1,234,491,432 40 1,258,418,650 63

CR.
Cash in hand and branch-
banks 269,810,253 27 266,890,961 30
Commercial bills overdue 3,225,228 27 473,531 44
Commercial bills discouLted

not yet due ,...333,432,249 11 354,078,822 86
Do. branch-bank5....307,867,104 313,108,624
Advances on deposits of
bullion .
Do. branch-banks 3,338,100 3,4;4,800
Advances on Frenchpublic
securities ..
Do, branch-banks 9,678,650 9,571,0
Advance on railway shares
and debentures .. 28,538,600 29,439,700
Do. branch-banks.... 18,853,200 19,088,500
Advances on Credit Fon-
cier Bonds 350.600 362,000
Do.branch-banks.... 365,900 382,700
Advances to the State

(Conven. June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000
Govt. Stock Reserve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
Rentes inamobilisees (Law
June 9, 1857) . .
Hotel and furniture of the
Bank
Landed property, branches
Expenses of management 505,311 03 113,418 26
Sundries 3,821,572 67 2,504,902 17

1,234,494,432 40 1,258,418,650 63
Certified by the Honorary Vice-President of the Council
of State, Governor of the Bank, _

AD. VrITRIC.

ETON COLLEGE.—The examination of candidates
for the foundation commenced yesterday morning at
7 o'clock, the posers having arrived at the college on the
previeus day. Tne following was the order of examination :
—From 7 till 9 o'clock Latin translation; half past 10 till
half past 12, Latin composition; and from 3 till half past 4
arithmetic paper. To-day (Friday) the examination will
proceed as follows :—From 7 till 9 Greek translation, and
from 11 till half past 12 recond mathematical paper for boys
of 13 years old and upwards. The candidates, numbering
it is understood upwards of 70, are allowed to use a dic-
tionary, gradus, Greek lexicon, and grammars for every
paper but the first. At the election of 2.860 it was agreed
that a certain amount of mathematical knowledge should
be required from all candidates in proportion to their ages,
For this purpose a general paper is now set, which includes
ordinary arithmetic, algebra up to quadratic equations, and
the first three books of Euclid. The examination concludes
to-day, and the result will probably be made known on Mon-
day. The election regatta takes place to-morrow.
THE NEW HOTEL AT BRIGHTON.—The Grand
Hotel at Brighton is now completed, and tomor-
row the doors of tt.e splendid establishment will be thrown
open for the reception of visitors. The new building is
situate in the King's-road, and commands one of the best
views of the sea to be found in this very popular watering
place. It is in the Italian style of architecture, admirably
finished both within and without. The struc'ure is nine
stories in height, and has elegantly shaped balconies along
the entire front of the windows. The interior of the build-
ing is remarkable for the abundant amount of apace which
has been devoted to every department; and all the new
principles of ventilation seem to have been skilfully followed.
All the usual requisites of coffee room, library, reading
room, biliard and smoking rooms, are well arranged; and
on the ground door there are two tastefully decorated con-
servatories, together with a ladies' coffee room, which latter
has all the character of a drawing room in a private man-
sion. The coffee room is without doubt one of the most
elegantly decorated apartments ever seen, and although
gilding enters largely into the ornamentation, yet
the other colours are so relatively blended, that
the effect is everything that could be wished.
The hotel contains 260 rooms, and on each floor both hot
and cold baths have been provided, a " lift" also renders
the ascending of the stairs by a visitor needless, and he has
only to take his seat in a very pretty little room on the
ground floor and forthwith he is raised to the storey upon
which his room is situate. The charges are extremely
moderate—so moderate, indeed, that any person can avail
himself of the advantages of the Grand Hotel, as the
charge for bedrooms ranges from 2s 6d to 21s. The direc-
tors have determined to leave nothing undone that can
conduce to the comfort of the public, and it is to be hoped
that their exertions will meet with that success which their
spirit, enterprise, and large outlay entitles them to.
EXTRAORDINARY DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY.
—The Elgin Courant records the death, under
very melancholy circumstances, of Miss Margaret Walker,
resieing with her brother, who is schoolmaster at Tulloch,
in Strathtay, in the parish of Logierait, Perthshire. "Mr
Walker, on Sunday week, went to church as usual, a dis-
tance of about three miles, and on returning he found that
his sister had left home without leaving any message as to
where she had gone. He took no particular notice of this,
as Miss Walker was in the habit of occasionally visiting a
friend that resided a few miles distant, with whom she once
stayed all night. Little was thought about her absence un-
til Monday night, when David M'Naughton, gamekeeper,
Pitnacree, found her clothes about two miles from the
schoolhouse, folded and laid up in a most regular manner.
It appears she was seen by two men on Sabbath night,
about an hour after she left her brother's house, in a state
of nudity ; yet, strange to say, these men gave no alarm.
On Monday night the friends of the young woman
commenced an active search, which was continued in vain
until Wednesday night, when tho body was found among
the hills, 10 miles from the house, lifeless and still naked.
By postmortem examination, inflammation of long
examination
m s t a nce sw
standing was discovered in the back portion of the brain,
waBh:i_chDireedsuflrtoemd in her
rem, ewlahnilcehwol
circumstances
there is no doubt, had led to the extraordinary
verdict of the medical men who made the post-mortem
in a state of ' • wandering
dd eeraitnhg.
insanity ; but we believe they were of opinion
that she had recovered her senses before death—a circum-
stance which makes the case still more lamentable. Miss
Walker was a most intelligent, quiet, inoffensive, and kind-
hearted young woman, in her twenty-third year, and was a
geueral favourite with all who knew her,..'