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THI4, SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1864.

and artificial difficulties should be put in their way LATEST IIiTELLIGENCE
by official prejudice and the paralysing spirit of
LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]
routine,

The Despatch of Additional Troops to

Japan,

Yesterday morning were issued the follc,wing
despatches relative to the transport of additional
troops to Japan :
Head. quarters, Hong Kong, May 30, 1361,

My Lord,—l have the honour to enclose a copy of a de-
spatch from Sir Rutherford Alcock, requesting the re-
mainder of her Majesty's 20th Regiment, now at Hong
Kong, to be sent on to Yokohama, with as little delay as
possible, for service in Japan; and, as soon as transport
can be provided by the navy, the troops will be despatched.
I have to add, I shall for the present detain the women and
children at Hong Kong. I beg also to forward a copy of
Colonel Gordon's proceedings up to the latest date.—l
have, &c.

(Signed W, G. BitowN,
Major-General Commending her Britannic
Majesty's troops in China.
The Right Eon, the Secretary of State for War,
War-office, London S.W.
'ler Majesty's Legation, Yokuhama,
Slay 14, 18G4.

Sir,—The present aspect of affairs in this country
renders it expedient, in my opinion, that the remainder of
the 20th Regiment, now at Hong-Tong, should be sent here.
I have therefore requested Vice-Admiral Sir A. Kuper, to
place the means of transport at your disposal, and have now
to beg that advantage may now las taken of it to send the
remaining portion with as little delay as possible. I have
called upon the Japanese Government to provide the neces-
sary barrack accommodation, and I trust that it may be
ready for them on their arrival. Barrack furniture, how,
ever, will be found, and if, as I understand, it has been
already supplied to the regiment, I think it would be de-
sirable that they should bring what they may require with
them. As regards tent equipage, nay present object is to
have the regiment quartered here for the protection of this
settlement, in the event of the squadron being required to
undertake operations at a distance. But is impossible to
say, in view of future contingencies and the unsettled state
of the country, whether the regiment, or a portion of it,
may not also be required to en er into active operations
from this place.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) RUTHERFORD ALCOCK,
Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan.
Major-General Brown, C. 8., commanding lI,M.
troops in China, Hong Kong."
(True copy.) H. B. SAVORY, A.M,S,

The lavasion of Maryland,

(From the Inlex.)
ThrLie is good reason to believe that General Lee
lifts for sometime past contemplated this movement.
Weeks have elapsed since we heard that Ewell's
corps had suddenly disappeared from the front of
Grant's lines cn the Chickahominy. In all proba-
bility, the advance was decided upon so soon as
Grant's direct line of communication with Wash-
ington was interrupted, and the pursuit of Hunter's
corps was merely an accident. The intention,
doubtless, was to sweep away every Federal soldier
from the Shenandoah, and crush any army that '
ventured to oppose the march. Hunter's partial
success may have impeded—it certainly did not
hurry on—Ewell'ernoacmcnt. But nobody could
have played the Confederate game better
than the General who, advancing with his
base in the air down the Shenandoah valley upon
Lynchburg, retreated when attacked in exactly the
opposite direction to that in which alone his army
might have been available for the defence cf the
Northern frontier. It is possible that Hunter had
no other alternative, and that only his rapid march
to Gauley, Western Virginia, saved his force from
destruction. But under any circumstances he
has succeeded in neutralising an army of veterans
which at the present time would be of immense
service to the North, and but for his glaring bad
generalship the invasion of the North would
have been a far more critical undertaking. It
would. seem that the defence of Lynchburg was
entirely the work of the small body of Confede-
rates who fought at Stanton under General
Jones ; and that Ewell, leaving Lynchburg to its
fate, marched directly upon the Shenandoah valley,
with a view of cutting off Hunter from his commu-
nications, and occupying the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. In both objects he has succeeded. Hunter
is isolated and powerless to strike a blow ; and long
More he c'.n be in a position to make any serious
demonstration in E well's rear, the mischief will
have been done. Moreover, there can be no rein-
forcements from the -Western States, and 13 eltimore
and Washington must depend for their safety on
their undrilled militia. The question is, whether
this movement is a mere raiding expedition, or a
counterstroke against Grant's plan of campaign ;
although in neither case does it leave any doubt as
to the issue of the struggle before Richmond. The
gathering up of the rich harvest of the Shenandoah,
of the great depots along the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, and of the large stores in Maryland, would
be no slight gain to Lee; but we are inclined to
think that something more than a mere rai I is in-
tended, and that the object is to compel Grant's
withdrawal
of his army for the protection of the
menaced cities of Maryland and Pennsylvania. The
moment is singularly propitious for such a coup.
There are not now any reel soldiers north of Mason's
and Dizon's line. Every man fit to march with a
regiment has long ago been drafted off to Grant.
There is nothing but a badly trained, illsarmed, and
badly officered mob of militia regiments to arrest the
progress of the Confederates; and if Ewell has 50,000
te
araicns under his conemand, then Baltimore and
Washington are in danger. The accounts are of course
conflicting. n
A t one
moment the Northern news-
papersevoec
describe
muster
tl
of
foray ; the next day they are full of terror at the
formidable
the invaders, and picture two
or three whale corps marching
upon the capital. A
le invasion as a mere border
fewsent it seems to 113 that General Lee is on the eve of
am odvacymsewn'tilwl
will
all uncertainty. For the pre-
surpass in importance, and
in its results, any previous operation of the war.
Grant's inactivity is in itself. ominous. We
hear of siege guns being mounted, and of pre-
parations for a fresh assault; but the truth
is, that the Federal General is nonplussed.
There are no more flank movements to be
made. There is little prospect of a successful
assault. The only th;
"all'" left is to shell the town
and amuso the Northern people by a repetition of
the siege of Charleston. This in all probability
will be the end of the operations before Petersburg.
How much longer the Federal army will remain in
its present position depends much more on the issue
of the expedition
under Ewell than the plans of
Gen. Grant. For the time the interests of the war
centres in the movements of the Confederate
troops north of the Potomac. The position of
Sherman's and even of Grant's army is a matter
of secondary
importance. If it shall turn out
that the fears of
the Northerners have
. not mag-
nified the strength of the invading armies, Presi-
dent Lincoln's Administration may yet go out
amidst the execrations of the Northern people.
Already there are symptoms of defiance to the con•
tral authority. Governor Seyrnour's refusal to
permit the departure of the New York troops at the
call of the President may be the first act in another
independence drama. There is conspiracy in lien-
tucky and martial law. There is Mr Vallandigham
in Ohio. It is hardly passible not to connect some
of these political facts with the strategy of General
Lee, and to conclude that
some other purpose be-
tides that of obtaining
supplies on Northern soil,
has dictated the renewed invasion of the Northern
States by the Confederate armies.

A deputation 0f managers and masters of art
schools waited on Lord Granville, at the Privy
Counci on Friday afternoon, It was headed by
Mr Beresford Hope, who very ably dwelt upon the points
which the schools desire the committee of Council on Edu-
cation to take into consideration before any new minutes
founded on the recommendations of the late select com-
mittee of enquiry Were issued. These were mainly that
there should be an extension of the term " artizan," so as
to include small tradespeople, clerks, apprentices, &e., and
that the schools throughout the country might be cheaply
and efficiently worked, with an amount of direct i3tate aid
equal to all the fees and subscriptions raised by the rchools
themselves, viz.
£20,000, as against .C 16,635 claimed by the
department of science and art, to have been spent upon the
schools during the past year.
PREACHING AGAINST SIITTLERS.—A coloured
preacher within our lines recently felt constrained to preach
against the extcrtion of the Battlers from which his flock
had suffered. After much deliberation he announced his
text as follows :—"Now do serpent WAS more sutler than
any beast ob flail which de 1.../rd God 1148 made."—Xew
York !Sun,

AMERICA.
SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 23,

The Hamburg and American Company's steam-
ship Bavaria, from New York on the 9th inst.,
arrived oft Cowes this morning with 19 passengers
for this port, and 63 for Havre and Hamburg. She
brings 1,061 dole. for England and 43,856 dole, for
France.

WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE THREAT.
ENED BY THE CONFEDERATES.
(Per the Bavaria, by Telegraph to Cape Race.)
NEW YORK, JULY 11 (Evening).
The Confederates threaten Washington and
Baltimore. Their force is estimated at from 20,000
to 40,000 men. •
The telegraphic and railroad communication
between Baltimore and Philadelphia has been cut.
The Northern Central Railroad has been badly
damaged, and the Governor's residence has been
burnt within four miles of Baltimore.
The Federal army corps are reported to have
arrived in Baltimore,
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GREECE.
ATHENS, JULY 22.

The National Assembly in its sitting of to.day
has censured the conduct of the Minister of War
as unconstitutional, he having incurred expenses
not authorised by the Budget, and without
previously asking the Assembly to vote the nem,
nary credit.
A Ministerial crisis is imminent.

ALGERIA.

PARIS, JULY 23.

A report of the Minister of War has been pub-
lished to-day, followed by an Imperial decree modi-
fying the administration of Algeria.
The report says the insurrection was not only
caused by the fanaticism, but still more by an un•
founded hope of surprising the vigilance of the
authorities, who were believed to be disarmed be•
cause divided in their action.

The report, therefore, proposes to increase the
power and responsibility of the generals command-
ing divisions, making the prefects subordinate to
them, and entrusting them with the administration
of the natives established beyond the limits of the
communal districts.