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THE SUN, LONDON,':_' SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1863

The reverse, however, appears to be the case, for
Lord SHAFTESBURY has already explained all the

circumstances of the case. The commissioners were

visiting Lincoln when they received information
from a person who waited upon them at their
hotel. They did not, however, as stated, make any
report on his statements, but they simply suggested
an inquiry. In consequence of that, in the newt
visit made in their ordinary circuit two
other commissioners visited the asylum, and

spent two days there, and carefully inquired
into the particulars they had heard, and also into
serious statements that had been made by ore of
the visiting physicians, and upon this personal
evidence they founded their report to the Board,

which was in due time sent to the Governors.
This version of the occurrence is certainly in strik-

.ng contrast to Mr. HAMILTON'S observation that
the Commissioners based their inquiry "on the
information of concealed authority, and clandes-

finely investigated." Likewise, there is a great
difference between the second visit of the Commis•

sioners taking place in the ordinary routine of their
duties, and not, as was declared, in consequence of

the "careless and indiscreet conduct of their col
leagues." Lord SHAFTESBURY was right in stating
that a very grave question is involved in this
comparison of the degree in which public officers
have discharged their duties. Too much care and
caution cannot be exercised in making charges
against those engaged in the performance of their
duty. Lord SHAFTESBURY declares that, as Chairman
of the Commissioners of Lunacy, he is naturally
anxious for their good repute, " on which, indeed,
their public utility entirely depends." This is true ;
and it must be very satisfactory to the noble lord
that he has been able to make so clear a statement,
and exculpate so completely the Commissioners,
who were charged with a dereliction of their
duty. It is a well known fact that from
disputes and misunderstandings at public insti-
tutions many valuable hints are often given, and in
the end important benefits are derived by those
who are in most need of them. It does not appear
that anything very seriously wrong was discovered,
bul, neither dues it appear that all was right in the
management of the affairs in the asylum alluded to
at the period under discussion. The conclusion ar-
rived at, then, is that, in consequence of some state-
ment, advantages accrued to the institution as re-
garded its internal arrangements. Was not this
result a desirable one, and did not the agents em-
ployed fulfil the purpose for which their body was
organised. It is an evident fact that all these in-
quiries are more or less inconvenient and unpala-
table, under tl.e most flattering and favourable cir-
cumstances, but they were not organised with a
view to convenience, but for the general good of the
sufferers. It is known that the Lunacy Commis-
sioners have been the means of conferring many
great and good services on the most afflicted por-
tion of the community, and therefore it is not in
accordance with the opinion that is generally en-
tertained of their services that these strictures are
made, and there is no doubt that public opinion will
ratify the declaration so emhatically put forth by
,heir respected Chairman.

Mr. Disraeli seems to have induced several of the
Conservative members to follow him in the vote for
the Exhibition building. We find among them—Mr. Ad-
derley, Mr. Antrobus, Mr. H. Baring, Mr. Bathurst, Col.
Cole, Mr. Corrie, the Earl of Dalkeith, Viset. Emley, Mr,
Hope, Mr. Kennard, Lord H Lennox, Mr. Lygon, Mr.
Mainwaring, Sir S. Northcote, Sir F. Smith, Col. Sturt, Mr.
H. Sturt, Col. Taylor, Col. Vandeleur, Mr. Walter, Mr.
Whiteside, and Mr. Whitmore. Thus 22 out of the minority
of 121 were members of the Opposition. The only liberals
of what is called the "advanced party" who voted for the
purchase of the building were—Mr Baines, Mr Clay. Mr.
J. R. Mills, Mr. E. Paget, Sir S. Pete, Mr. Roebuck,
Baron M. Rothschild, Mr. Seely, and Mr. Warner. In
opposition to the motion the great bulk of the Liberal party
were joined by such Conservatives as Mr. Bentinok, Mr.
Bramley- Moore, Mr. Butler-Johnstone, Lord It. Lecil, Mr.
Baillie Cochrane, Sir J. Elphinstone, Mr. Ferrand, Sir E.
Grogan, Sit W. Heathcote, Mr. Henley, Mr. Horsfall, Lord
Hotham, Mr. Laird, Lora G. Lennox, Mr. Macaulay, Lord
J. Manners, Lord Naas, Sir J. Pakington, Col. Patten, Mt.
Spooner, Lord Stanley, Mr. Stirling, Mr. Wa pole, &c. Mr.
Bright voted against the purchase. Mr. Cobden appears to
have been absent.

THE EXHIBITION BUILDING.—We (Tones) are
requested by Messrs. Kelk and Lucas to correct the im-
pression unfortunately created by the statements made in
the House of Commons on Thursday night, and which led
to the belief that they desired to take advantage of the
terms of their contract, and to refuse to remove the building
from the ground it occupies. They state that they cheerfully
and respectfully bow to the deci-ion of the house, and have
already made arrangements for beginning to pull down the
building on Monday next.
We have already stated that a bust of the late
Sir George Corne w all Lewis is to be placed in West-
minster Abbey. It is also intended to erect a more conspi-
cuous monument to his memory in his native county of
itadnor. A considerable local subscription has been raised
for the purpose, and some of Sir G. Lewis's friends and ad-
mirers who are unconnected with the county have answered
the invitation of the committee by contributing to the
fund. The form and character of the monument will
necesssarily depend on the amount of the subscrip-
tion, but it is determined that it is to be a suitable
structure in the open air, and in the immediate neighbour-
hood of Sir George Lewis's residence at Harpton. Local
associations fix and strengthen the memories which monu-
ments are designed to perpetuate. The record of Sir
George Lewis's merits and services, which might be almost
lost in a crowd of effigies and inscriptions, will be secure
from confusion and forgetfulness in the little Welsh county
where his family has resided for centuries. Subscriptions
are received at Messrs. Roberts and Lubbock's, and the
honorary secretary is Mr. R.l). Green Price, of 20, White-

tains

men.

hall-place.
CHARLES ALBERT FECHTER, the popular actor,
and now Lessee of the Lyceum, was born, says the
Lady's Newspaper of this morning, on October 2 1824,
in a third floor of that curious little thoroughfare, inhabited
by jewellers and milliners, called Hanway-street, connect-
ing, in a crescent, Oxford 'street and Tottenham-court-road.
His father, a German, was in the employ of a firm of
jewellers, and through change of work had to remove to
Paris, when little Charles Albert was only five or six years
old. Early in life he evinced a decided taste for painting
and the sister arts, which induced his father to apprentice
him to a sculptor. He, however, got soon tired of the shop,
and, attracted by the apparently ideal life of the stage,
resolved to become an actor. At the age of eighteen he
made his abut at the small theatre of the Salle Moliere, in
the Mari de la Veuve. From thence he passed for a short
time to the Conservatoire, and subsequently engaged in a
travelling troupe, bent on a tour through Laly. The
speculation turned ow. not very lucrative ; and, somewhat
disgusted with his theatrical career, Mr. Fe. liter, at the
end i)f a year, returned to Paris, and took once more to
sculpture. An effer to play subordinate roles at the Theatre
Frangais, brought him again on the stage, and alter a six
months' engagement at the leading French establishment,
ha went, in 1846, to Berlin. Here he met his first genuine
success, The journals of the Prussian metropolis got into
a high pitch of enthusiasm on his behalf, applying to him
the title ef the philosophical actor. lteturning to Paris, he
appeared, in 1847, at the Vaudeville ; then went for a
season to London—the revolution showing animosity to the
drama as well as to royalty--and coming back with Order
and Imperiali.m, played alternately at the Ambigu-
Comique, the Vatilites, the Theatre Historique, and the
Thatre de la Porte St. Martin. From the latter he re-
moved again to the Vaudeville, and here achieved a bril-
liant success as Duval in the "Dame aux Camellias."
Afterwards came his brilliant successin London as Hamlet,
followed by lesser triumphs in Othello and lago, preceded
by Huy Bias, and succeeded by Captain Delagarde in
" The Duke's Motto."
AFOTHECAILIES HALL.—The following are the
names of the gentlemen who passed their examina-
tion in the science and practice of medicine, and received
certificates to practise, on Thursday, July 2,1863 :--George
Harrap, Charing Cross Hospital ; Alfred Brend, Middlesex
Hospital. The following gentlemen also on the same day
passed their first examination :—Edward Jeffery, King's
College Spencer Henry Simpson, St, Bartholomew's,
RUGBY SCHOOL.—The University honours gained
by Rugbeians during the last year are as follows;
—Oxford, first class in moderation classics, three first class
in moderation mathematics, one first class in final classics,
three first class in final mathematics, one first class in law
and modern history, one senior mathematical scholar,
Johnson scholar, one exhibitioner at Merton, two scholar-
ships at Wadhatn, two at Corpus, scholarships at B3lliol,
Oriel, and New
scholar, senior members. prise, gold medal for legal studies,
College. Cambridge—Wranglers, one ;
first class clan-lea; senior Chancellor's medal, senior Bell
olar,
one Fellow of Trinity, %tee scholars of Trinity. Since the
speeches, one Fellow of 'University College, Oxford.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
(Per the Africa.)
NEW YORK, JUNE 22, Evening.
The Confederate ironclad steamer Atlanta, for-
merly the Finlay, steamed out of Savannah, and
was captured by two Federal ironclads after 30
minutes' fighting.
The blockading squadron has sunk the steamer
Herald of Charleston. The fate of the crew is un-
known. Broadsides were fired at the vessel till she
sunk. It is stated that in future the fleet will not
wait to capture, but will fire at blockade runners
till they sink or surrender. A steamer, supposed
to be the Isaac Smith, has been sunk while endea-
vouring to get out of Charleston.
A steamer, supposed to be the Beauregard or
Britannia, was sunk on the 11th inst. while endea-
vouring to enter Charleston.
A schooner privateer is cruising off Nantucket,
and a burning vessel has been seen in that vicinity.
The privateer Tacony captured the Liverpool packet
Isaac Webb on the 20th, in long. 68, and lat. 40.35,
and bonded her for 40,000 dole. The Tacony has
also burnt the brig Umpire.
Admiral Foote is dying.
The reported fighting at Centreville is not con
firmed, and it is denied that there is any Confederate
infantry force on this side of the Bull Run moun-

Gen. Lee does not occupy Thoroughfare Gap, and
his army is not nearer Washington than the She-
nandoah Valley, although there is a Confederate
cavalry force at Middleburg, in the centre of Lon-
don Valley.
General Pleasanton attacked General Stuart's
cavalry at Middleburg on the 21st, and reports that
he drove them all day capturing two pieces of artil-
lery and 60 prisoners.
The estimates of the Confederate forces massed
on the Upper Potomac at William's Port, Hagers-
town, Sharpsbnrg, and around Antietam, and Fre-
derick, vary from 40,000 to 80,000 men. Gen. Ewell
is said to be fortifying Hagerstown. The Confede-
rates have erected a substantial bridge across the
Potomac at Williamsport, and a pontoon bridge at
Shepherdstown. They have destroyed all the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad bridges from Harper's
Ferry to Cumberland.
The apprehensions of an attack on Baltimore have
not abated. Earthworks are erected around the
west and north sides of the city and barricades in

the streets.
Federal militia continue to be sent there.
General Lee officially reports on the 15th inst.
that General Ewell's division successfully stormed
the entrenchments of Winchester.
Milroy's defeat appears to have been disastrous,
since he abandoned three batteries of field artillery,
siege guns, 28 waggons, and 1,200 horses. Five
thousand of his troops are missing, but they con-
tinue to come in from various parts of the country.
The Federal General Keyes, with a force from
the peninsula, was within 17 miles of Richmond on
the 15th. A small force of Confederate cavalry has
crossed the Ohio River into Indiana, but the greater
portion were captured. The Governor of Indiana
has called out 20,000 militia for six months.
NEW YORK, JUNE 23, Evening.
The Confederates have re-occupied Chambers-
burg, and apprehensions of their advancing on
Harrisburg are renewed-
In consEquence of the slaughter of negro troops
at Milliken's Bend, General Grant has threatened
to retaliate if coloured troops are executed when

captured.
General Johnstone is fortifying the cast bank of
Big Black River.
The Confederates estimate their loss during Gen.
Grant's different attaclis on Vicksburg al 6,000 men,
and tLe Federal losses at 40,000. They think that
Grant's present force, with the reinforcements
which he has received, does not exceed 60,000

No fears ara expressed of a want of provisions at
Vicksburg.
A
New Orleans to the 14th, repre-
sent Port Hudson to be progressing
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vic es
siege froin
at
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favourably.
Southern journals assert that the Federal steamer
Essex had been captured at Port Hudson, and
several gun-boats disabled, and that a battle oc-
curred Hudson on the 12th, during which
left their entrenchments, drove
thecoantfePdoerrtates
General Banks from his fortifications, and spiked

his guns.
Sixteen Mobile adventurers have captured the
Federal steamer Boston at the month of tbe
sippi, afterwards burning two barks, and taking
the steamer into Mobile.
A Confederate cavalry force, numbering 900, has
invaded Indiana, in order to burn the bridges of
the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad.
The Federal General Carter's cavalry is making
a raid in East Tennessee.
The Confederates are reported to be moving on the
whole Federal line from Memphis to Corinth, and
cutting the railroads and telegraph wires.
The Federal expedition from Port Royal has
entirely destroyed the town of Darien, Georgia.
Nothing was Known at Newbern of the forces
reported to have concentrated in North Carolina,
for resistance to the Confederate Government.
The Confederate iron-clad Chatahoocha has been
destroyed by an explosion, while making a raid on
the Federal fleet at Palachicol.a. The British brig
Isabella Thompson has been captured.
The Peterhoff trial has been postponed.

ferred his command from the Alabama to the

steamer Georgia

NEW YORK, JUNE 25, Evening.
(By telegraph to Halifax.)
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The panic and apprehension caused by the Con-
federate invasion continue throughout Maryland
and Pennsylvania. The citizens from the border
are harrying to Harrisburg, and thousands of men
are working on entrenchments in Baltimore and

Pittsburg.
General HaHeck has visited Baltimore and in-
spected the defences.
This morning the Confederates were within 16
miles of Harrisburg, and were reported to have 10
regiments with artillery and cavalry in South
Mountain, beyond Gettysburg.
Lee's object in threatening various points in
Pennsylvania is still supposed to be to draw
Hooker's army from Washington.
Generals Lee and Longstrec, with 100,000 men,
were reported to have been at Winchester on Friday
last, and it is reported that Lee's whole army has
crossed into Maryland at Antietam, Shepherdstown,
and Williamsport.
On Sunday large Confederate trains were moving
north through Hagerstown, Martinsburg, and
Boonesboro'.

Rhode's Confederate division, 12,000 strong

with 13 pieces of artillery, crossed at Shepherds-
town on Sunday. Half of them moved northward
on Tuesday, and the other half went to Williams.

por
The Baltimore American says General Ewell is
advancing in the direction of Frederick.
General Hooker's army occupies the whole
Virginia side of the Potomac up to Harper's Ferry,
and it is supposed that General Hooker will cross
the river at the same fords where Lee entered
Maryland last year, and place himself between Lee
and Washington and Baltimore. The garrison at
Maryland heights now form the right wing of
Hooker's army.
Ewell's advance towards Frederick is supposed
to be to prevent the junction of Hooker with Har-
per's Ferry, but this junction is said to have been
accomplished.
The New lork, Herald thinks that General Lee's
forces will cut the different railroad lines and isolate
Maryland and Washington from communication
with the north and west, and that Lee, with his
main army, will occupy some central point between
Baltimore and Washington, and compel Hooker to
come out and fight, under pain of being isolated
from the east, north, and west.
20,000 of General Bragg's troops are reported to
have reinforced Richmond.
The Governor of New Jersey has recalled the
troops of that State from Pennsylvania. A dispute
with the Governor of Pennsylvania, and the fact
that the Jersey troops were abused as copperheads,
caused him to this step.
General Milroy is reported to be superseded.
The Federals were to commence firing shot into
Vicksburg on the 20th.
Southern journals report that a heavy engage-
ment was progressing on the 21st between the Con.
'ederate cavalry and the Federals at Big Black

Bridge.
General Banks officially reports on the 14th that
be had established batteries within 350 yards of
Port Hudson. After a vigorous cannonade he
summoned the garrison to surrender. The Con-
federates having refused, an assault was made,
and General Banks gained and held a position
within 50 to 100 yards of the enemy's works. Gen.
Banks is confident of success.
The reported capture of the steamer Essex is
denied.

Advices irom Havanna state that it was rumoured
there that an engagement occurred on the 3d be•
tween the Alabama and the Vanderbilt, off Santa
uz.

The privateer Tacony continues her depredations
off Nantucket. Since the 12th she has burned 17
vessels, among which were the ship Byzantium,
from London for New York, and the barque Good-
speed, from Londonderry for New York.
Despatches just received from Baltimore assert
that General Lee's programme is to march rapidly
to Harrisburg and on to Philadelphia. There are
rumours that Lee, after crossing the Potomac,
recrossed it at a point below so as to bring a portion
of his forces between Hooker and Washington.

MEXICO.

NEW YORK, JUNE 23,

Adoices received here from Mexico via San Fran-
cisco to the 24th, state that Juarez had taken the
command of the army. It was supposed that
Juarez would flood the valley on the approach o
the French.

TUNE 25,

Advices from Vera Cruz to the 2d inst. state
that Marquez with 7,000 men, and Gen. Bazaine
with 9,000 men, were marching on Mexico by dif-

terent routes. Ortega and the other generals cap-
tured at Puebla had escaped from Orizba.
The French had arrived at San Martin Los

Mulican.