The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-15 00:00:00

THE OXFORD MUSIC HALL.

Without closing the doors for a single night Mr.
Morton has succeeded in effecting the entire re-
decoration
of this noble hall, which now presents
an appearance of unparalleled splendour. The
gold and colours used in the embellishments have
been most artistically blended, and although in
many instances the use of these materials is rather
too free, the remark does not apply to the
Oxford, which is now certainly one of the most
splendid salons in the metropolis, or out of it,
as far as we know. The ceiling is a perfect marvel
of the decorative art, the quaint monogram
of the spirited proprietor being introduced with the
happiest effect. With respect to the entertain-
ments, we have only to repeat what we have
often said before, viz., that they are of first-rate
excellence. Unsworth, the great stump orator, is
as sarcastic and telling as ever, and Eugene is as
coquettish and bewitching. We have to thank Mr.
Morton for introducing to us a genuine and legiti-
mate comic singer, in the person of Mr. A. Lloyd,
for certainly his efftLions, more especially his
" Song of Songs," are trio most witty and humorous
that have been heard for years. The operatic se-
lections, with Miss Russell as the prima donna,
nightly give unbounded satisfaction to a most nu-
merous audience, whose comfort seems to be the
great aim and object of the enterprising and untir-
ing proprietor.

Course of the Exchange.--This Day.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam
Antwerp ..........
Brussels
Hamburot
Paris
.. a Short. 25 25 25 35
Ditto ..........
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine — 119/ 119}
3

Vienna ............ 11 j 2 11 38
Trieste .. 11 32 11 40
Petersburgh

Berlin —

Madrid •• • . 481

Cadiz -

Leghorn — 25 65 25 70
Milan — 25 65 25 70
Genoa — 25 65 25 70
Naples - 25 65 25 70
Palermo — 25 671 25 721

25 72i Messina
- - •

Lisbon _ _

Oporto

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz l7 9
Mexican Dollars SG .. 0 5 91
Silver in Bars (Standard)
South American Doublons

THE BLIND, DEAF, AND DIII/B.—When the
census was taken there were in England and Wales 19,352
blind persons, and 12,239 deaf and dumb persons.
GOVERNORSHIP OF JAMAICA,—It was reported
at Kingston, Jamaica, at the date of the last acccunts, that
the government of the land had been offered to the Duke of
Buckingham, but that he made known his unwillingness to
accept it unless the salary attached to the office were in-
creased to £7,000 or £B,OOO per annum.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PONTOONS.—At Strasbourg
a bridge was, a few days ago, thrown across the
Rhine, at a spot 800 feet wide, and completed in 12 minutes
from the placing of the first pontoon; when General
Lebosuf, the Inspector of Artillery, rode over with his
staff, and exchanged compliments with the commander of
the garriecn of Kehl, o 4 the opposite side.

AMERICA.

REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
(Per the City of London.)
QUBENSTOWN, Sept 15.

The Inman steamship City of London, from New
York on the sth inst., arrived here at 1.30 p.m.
She brings 281,400 doll. in specie, and 159 pas-
sengers. She proceeded for Liverpool at 1.40 p.m.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5, "otiorning.
Admiral Dahlgren in reported well.
The confirmation has been received of Stuart's
raid into Maryland.

General Grant has left Vicksburg for New
Orleans.

Senator Jun Lane has made a speech at Leavens-
worth Kansas of a most bloodthirsty character. Ho
believed in a war of extermination of the frontier
counties in Missouri. If that could not secure
safety for Kansas people, all counties should then
be exterminated until they were secure.
The Governor of Kentucky's inaugural address
takes up the ground that the Southern States by
rebelling did not change their status. They can-
not be remitted to a territorial condition. All they
have to do is to return to their fealty. He objects
arming negroes. Kentucky desired to preserve
the Union upon a constitutional basis.

The Missouri Republican State Convention has
denounced the military State organisation as pro-
slavery.
The Union ticket has been elected in Vermont
and California.
A. mass meeting of conscripts has been held at
Brooklyn, calling on the citizens to subscribe to the
municipal loan to aid conscripts. It is estimated
the conscrips will cost Government nearly 4,000
dole. per man.
The steamer Warrior has been captured north of
Sortugas.

LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO CAPE RAC E

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NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (Evening).
Advices from Charleston are to the 3d inst. A
general engagement occurred on the Ist between
the iron-clads and Forts Sumter, Wagner, and
Moultrie. The forts were much damaged.
A renewed attack was to be made on Fcrt
Sumter. _

The advance of Gen. Steele's army has driven the
Confederates, 7,000 strong, across the Bayou
Melorie bridge in livasas, killing and wounding
100 and capturing 200. The Confederates burnt
the bridge. According to information received at
Washington from General Burnside, part of his
cavalry had arrived at Knoxville; others were on
the line of the East Tennessee and Virginia rail-
roads, north-west and south-west of Knoxville.

JAPAN.

NEW YORK, SEPT. 7.

Intelligence received here from Japan to the
24th July, states that the Japanese had fired into
the British ship Medusia, and the American ship
Pemberton, between Ningaradi and: Kanagawa
—killing several.
The American steamer Wyoming and the British
steamer Layend%le proceeded to the scene
,of the