The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDOY, SATURDAY EVENING JUNE 11, 1864.

FUNERAL OF MARSHAL PELISSIER,

The funeral of Marshal Pelissier, Duke of Mala-
koff, took place on Thursday in the Church of the
Invalides. Military honours were paid to his re-
mains by the veterans of the Hospital in the inte-
rior of the hotel, and one on the outside by a brigade
of infantry of the Imperial Guard, two squadrons
of cavalry, a battalion of the Garde de Paris, half a
mounted squadron of the same Guard, a division of
nine battalions of the Ist Corps d'Arreee, and two
squadrons and two batteries of artillery. These
troops were commanded by Marshal Magnan, and
were fekmed in close column on the esplanade facing
the grand entrance. Two salutes of 13 guns were
fired by a half battery placed on the quay of the
Invalides—one salute at the commencement of the
funeral ceremony, and the other at the conclusion
when the troops defiled. Tho Church of the lava-
fides was entirely hung with black cloth, orna-
mented with the Marshal's arms. A rich catafalque
was raised in the middle of the nave; twelve non-
commissioned officers, four of the Guard and eight
of the Line, stood round the coffin. After the reli-
gious service the coffin was placed in a hearse drawn
by six horses, whiob, according to custom, walked
across the large courtyard to the outer gate of the
Hotel des Invalides. The corners of the pall were
held by Marshal Vaille.nt, General Marquis d'Haut-
poul, Count Wale wski, and M. Mercier Lacombe,
Director of the Interior in Algeria. When the
cortege arrived at the external gate all the troaps
detied before the ecfnu. The funeral cortege then
returned to the church, and the coffin was lifted
from the hearse and carried by twelve non-commis-
sioned officers to the vault prepared for it. All the
Ministers, all the Marshals, Admirals, and General
officers present in Paris, all the Emperor's military
household, the Algerian deputation, and deputations
from the great bodies of the State assisted at the I
ceremony.

Colonel M'Murdo on the Volunteers,

On Thursday the Ist Suffolk Administrative Bat-
talion of Volunteers, which has been encamped at
Great Barton, about three miles from Bury St.
Edmund's, was reviewed by Colonel INPMurde,
inspector-General of Volunteers. The camp equi-
page, consisting of 90 tents, three large marquees,
1,126 blankets, 80 leather buckets, &c., was supplied
from the Government stores at Harwich. The task
of pitching the tents
was performed by thirty or
forty members of the Bury and other corps, under
the direction of Adjutant Barnardiston. The tents
were arranged in two wings, with a broad way up
the centre I the privatee'ten is being in front, and those
of the officers behind
While the tents and two mar-
quees appropriated to the use of the staff formed a
line from flank to flank in rear of the whole. At the
reeiew on Thursday about 400 Volunteers were as•
sembled, and the troops were under the general com-
mand of Colonel Anstruther. A variety of move-
ments of the usual character having been executed,
Colonel M'Murdo said he had come down expecting
much, and had not been disappointed. He hoped
befare the battalion left the camp every man would
know how to pitch and strike his tent. He was pleased
to see that the arms of the Suffolk Volunteers were
in good order; he was satisfied alsO with their ap-
pearance physically as men fit to bear arms, and he
hoped that when he next reviewed them he should
see the e fact of the capitation grant upon their uni-
forms. Their pouches should be larger, End should
carry at least 60 rounds of ball cartridge,
for the
day might come in which they would look about
them to see where they could get more ammu-
nition. Great precision of movement was
all fudge in battle, although it was all
right on the parade-ground of regular-troops,
To his mind the Volunteer should be a sober-minded,
God-fearing man, earnest, and determined to help
his country at the pinch, to
learn as much of mili-
tary drill as was necessary for absolute warfare,
to be obedient to., his officers, and to trust to
those officers placing him ia a position where his
qualities as a brave steady man mi
ght make him
useful in the day of battle. precision of movementmight be thrown to the winds, although the main
points should be accurately taken up, and all move-
ments should be so well known that they could be
executed "at the double," Now that Volunteers
took a large sum yearly from the public purse they
had imposed upon themselves a grave responsibility,
and he hoped that they would work up to what
was expected of them, not only by the country and
the Government, but also by their sweethearts and
wives.

shot without trial." Surely, we have come to a
pretty pass, if our countrymen and the subjects of
our Sovereign, are to be inveigled by false pre-
tences, taken far away from the protection of their
own laws, and then murdered in reality, because it
is all a sham about martial law when they were
only mock soldiers, having been dupes and victims
from the outset. The noble marquis made some
earnest observations in conclusion as to the necessity
of doing something to controvert these mat ceuvres.
He very truly said that he did not want war, but
if he was asked did he propose to go to war if remon-
strances failed, he would reply, What were we
ever to go to war for if not for maintaining the
honour and dignity of the country. This sentence
should be stereotyped in the minds of our vacillat-
ing Government and timid politicians. " Way did
we pay thirty millions a year for our army and
navy if these forces were not to be employed in
maintaining the honour of the country, and afford-
ing protection to our fellow-countrymen." This
is the only right way of putting the question, and
until
honour
w e
andave the Ministers who will consider national
rights
ss
of our subjects to be the
h
primary object of their efforts and the legitimate
goal of their exertions, we shall always be an-
noyed by these casualties. Every State in tarn
will use our advantages, and take care to
abase in pretty strong terms if we do not concede
to them every iota of their requests. It is strange
that a more general erpressioa of indignation is
not manifested by the House concerning the con-
duct of the Government. The session is wearing
away, and speeches, however brilliant, will not
remedy matters if once the recess arrives without
anything decided or definite being done. It is the
same in America, the same in Prussia. We are at
a discount, and the old notion that an Englishman
need only proclaim his birth-place to be treated
with respect, is now quite out of date. The men
now in office cannot much longer carry on the affairs
of the country; but they will leave a legacy behind
them that for many years may not be altogether
got rid of. When once the prestige of a country is
injured, it is long before it can be restored ; it is
more difficult to rehabilitate a reputation thin to
make one sometimes.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

AMERICA.
(Per the Pereie.)

Grant's depot is at White House. Te!egra

ginia, and Central Railroad.

Breckenridge has reinforced Lee.

Money easy. Gold advanced yesterday to 95,
but has since receded to 881. Exchange on Lon-
don 206; on Paris, 2.70. Stocks dull. New York
Centrals, 132; Illinois, 1261 ; Erie, 112; U. S.
Bonds, 5.20 1051. Cotton advancing—Middling
Uplpad, 107. Flour and corn very firm. Wheat

quiet. Provisions advancing. Coffee inactive,

Sugar quiet. Molassses steady. Crude petroleum,
40; refined 64.

NEW YORK, JUNE 1 (Morning

Finding Lee's position on the South Anna very
strong, General Grant made another flanking
movement on Thursday night. He withdrew across
North Anna, marched to Hanover Town, and
crossed the Pamunkoy, at that point occupying on
Sunday a front three miles South of the Pamunkey.
Lee withdrew from the South Anna on the night
of Grant's movement, and took up a position north
of the Chickahominy, o❑ the Mechanicsville road,
south of Totopatamoy Creek, his right resting on
Shady Grove.

The latest advices state that on Monday evening
Lee attacked Werrcn, near Shady Grove, on Grant's
left, but was repulsed with severe slaughter. To
relieve Warren, Meade then ordered a general
attack. Hancock alone received the order in time
to attack before dark; he drove the Confederates
from their entrenched line, and still holds it.

Burnside's whole corps has crossed the Totopata
moy Creek, and made a junction with Warren.

The Confederates were repulsed on Monday and
Tuesday in an attack upon Butler's lines and on his
works at Spring Hill, easb+of the Appatomax.
The latest from Sherman states that the ConfcclL•
rates attacked him on Tuesday, but were repulsed.
Sherman's left reaching the railroad near Marotta,
the object of his .movement.

Money easy. Gold, 88 2-8 premium. Exchange
on London 20 dole. 6c. ; en Paris, 2 dols. 70c.
Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 1324;
128/ ; Erie, 111.

[FROM THE "TIMES" CORRESPONDENT.]

NE W YORK, MAY 31.
Oa Thursday morning Grant, discovering Lee's
position between the North and South Anna rivers
to be too formidable for assault, recrossed the
North Anna, and, during the night, moved by the
laft to the Pamunky, which he crossed on Friday
and Saturday at Hanover Town, 12 miles from
Richmond. His official despatches from that place,
to 2 p.m. on the 19th inst., report his army to be
three miles south of the river.
Lee is reported, upon the discovery of Grant's
movement, to have swung round his left into a
position confronting the Federale, and completely
still holds Hanover Court House, and is under the
command of General Breckenridge.
Secretary Stanton announces that Butler is now
acting only on the defensive, and that Gen. Baldy
Smith, with the 18th Army Corps, has been trans-
ferred, via Fortress Monroe, to the Potomac Army.
Whitehouse, on the York River, is now Grant's
base of supplies.
Sherman reports an engagement between Mac-
pherson and the Confederates, near Dallas, on the
28th inst., in which the Confederates lost 250 men
in killed and wounded, and 300 prisoners. The
Federal loss is stated at 500.
It is believed that General Johnston will continue
to retire, and defer a general engagement until he
reaches Atlanta, where he expects to be reinforced
by General Polk's army.
Confederates Forrest and Buford have returned
to Western Kentucky.
Fears are entertained of another attack upon
Paducah.

The Federal ganboats Granite City and Nyanga
were captured in the Caledsian River by the Con-
federates on the 6th.

Secretary Stanton states that Generals Banks,
Steele, and Rosencranz will remain in command of
their respective departments, subject to the orders
of General Canley, who has been placed in com-
mand of all the territory west of the Mississippi.
JUNE 1, 11 A.M.
Despatches from Grant, to 6 a.m. yesterday.
report that Leo made a reconnaissance of the
Federal left on the previous afternoon, resulting
in a sharp conflict, in which General Crawford, who
had advanced nearly to audygrove Church, at
Mechanicsville, was driven baz.,k. The Confederates

then retired. At the same time Grant ordered an
attack by his centre and left, which was not
executed, owing to tie order failing to reach
General Wright. Hancock, on the right, alone ad-
vanced, and took possession of the Confederate
skirmishing line.

Warren, on the Federal left, is uported to hold
a position within seven miles of Richmond.

Lee's right rests on the Ceickahominy, below
Mechanicsvilie.

It is unofficially reported from Kingston, Georgia,
that the Confederates attacked Sherman yesterday
mornirg,
and were repuised at the end of two and
a half hours' fighting.
Reinforcements for Sherman were arriving, and
he is stated to have subsequently reached the rail-
way near Marrietta.

At the Cleveland Convention, yesterday, General
Fremont Was unanimously nominated for President,
and General Cochrane for Vice President.
The platform declared for the auppression of the

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The royal mail steamship Persia arrived at
Queenstown at 6.30 a.m., on the 11th June, with
212 passengers, and 49,850 dols, in specie. She
landed 105 sacks of mails and 26 passengers, and
proceeded immediately. All well.
NEW YORK, MAY 31 (Evening).

communication with his army is not yet established.
General Grant has ordered Wilson's division to
destroy the bridges on the Fredericksburg, Vir-

Smith's corps, from Butler's command, has
reached Newcastle, on the Pumunkey River, to
reinforce Grant.

A despatch from General Sherman states that the
Confederates, discovering his intention to burn
Altona, met him near Dallas, where an engagement
occurred on Saturday, in which Macpherson drove
the Confederates back with the loss of 2,500 killed
and wounded and 300 prisoners. The Federal loss
was 300.

A committee of the House of Representatives have
considered Mr. Seward's Mexican correspondence.
The committee incline to the opinion that Congress
has a right to indicate the policy the Government
should pursue regarding the French in Mexico.
The Cleveland Convention has nominated Fre-
mont for President, and Cochrane for Vice. Pres-
ident, on the platform of universal freedom, the
maintenance of a free press, free speech, the habeas
corpus and the Monroe doctrine.

It is reported that Secretary Chase will shortly
offer seventy-five millions of bonds of the loan of
81 to the highest bidder.
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rebellion, the Constitutional abolition of slavery
the political equality of the negro, and the main-
tenanee of the Monroe doctrine.

DENIIAEK.
COPENHAGEN, JUNE 10, 8.48 P.M.
The _Dagbl(!clet of to-day says:--" It is asserted
that Baron von Plessen, the Danish Minister et
St. Petersburg, has loft for Copenhagen. He is the
bearer of a proposal on the part of Russia to re-
establish Schleswig and Holstein within the Danish
Monarchy, thereby preserving the integrity of the
kingdom.

SPAIN.
MADRID, JUNE 10.

The irpoca of to clty announces that the 0.1an2-
hers will not be closed until after the vote on the
Budget and the Prees law.

The same paper also says :—" The differences
existing between Peru and Spain will be settled by
direct negotiation between the two Powers."

RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 11.

The Deutsche Petersburger Zeitung of to-day, in
announcing the transfer by Russia to the Grand
Duke of Oldenburg of her claims upon Holstein,
says :—" By this step of Russia the succession ques-
tion between the houses of Oldenburg and Augus-
tenburg is made an essentially internal question of
Federal right to be settled by the Diet.
Prince Gortschakoff left yesterday for Berlin and
Kissengen.