The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-21 00:00:00

The Late Field-Marshal Lord Clyde.

We have great pleasure in announcing that, by
desire of her Majesty's Government, the remains of
the late Field-Marshal Lord Clyde are to be buried,
in the most private manner, in Westminster Abbey,
instead of at Kensal-green ; and that they will
leave Berkeley• square by 11 o'clock on Saturday.
All the other arrangements already made remain
undisturbed.-7inzes.

MR, ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS,

THE MENDELSSOHN NIGHT.

Another great contribution to the musical enjoy-
ment of the public was tendered last night by Mr.
Mellon in a selection from the productions of almost
the greatest of modern composers. The pieces con-
sisted of the wonderfully dramatic overture to
" Ruy Blas"—a work which reflects in a manner
that is wholly unrivalled one of the most passionate
of modern dramas; the spirited " War
March " of the Priests from " Athalie; "
one of the great concertos for the violin;
the graphic dancing song from the " Son and Stran-
ger ;" the well-known ballad of" The First Vintet ;'
and, above all, the magnificent " Symphony in A
Minor," which Mendelssohn wrote after his visit to
Scotland, and dedicated to her 'Majesty, and which,
as a piece of musical painting, both of nature and
of history, has only its equal in the works of
Beethoven.
The execution of this selection was quite on a
level with its merits. The admirable band, under
Mr. Mellon's direction, never gave superior evidence
of its great qualities than on this occasion, and in
the treatment of each of the masterly specimens
allotted to it. Madlle. Georgi and Mr. Weiss were
equally happy in their rendering of the vocal por-
tion of the entertainment, and which so favourably
exemplified the great variety of Mendelssohn ; and
a M. Richard, from the Musard concerts of Paris
played the concerto with a grace and delicacy that
made the very best impression.
The second part consisted of the usual pleasant
miscellany, and
was particularly distinguished by
the efforts of Madlle. Carlotta Patti, whose bolero
from the " Vepres siciliennes," and polacca from
the Puritani-..." Soa Vergin
Vezzosa"—were ap-
plauded to the echo. The theatre was crowded in
every part.

The French Emperor and the French Church.

The Moniteur publishes the following decree
signed by the Emperor and countersigned by M.
Baroche, Keeper of the Seals and Minister of Justice
and of Public Worship :
A pamphlet having been published, having for
its title, Reply of various Bishops to Consultations
addressed to them relative to the forthcoming
2lections, the said pamphlet being signed by the
Archbishops of Cambrai, of Tours, of Rennes, and
by the Bishops of Metz, Nantes, Orleans, and
Chartres, we have decreed and decree as follows :
" Considering that it is an established principle
that, at all times by the canonical law and con-
firmed by the bull and decree which fixed the new
circumscription of the dioceses, that the powers of
bishops are limited within the bounds of that cir-
cumscription, and cannot be exercised except within

their respective dioceses—
" Considering that the archbishops and bishops
have no right to deliberate together or adopt reso-
lutions in common without the express permission
of the Government—
" Considering that, according to the terms of the
declaration of 1862, it is a fundamental maxim of
the public law of France that the Head of tha
Church and the Church itself have not received any
power except upon spiritual matters, and not upon
temporal things ; that consequently, the pastoral
letters which bishops may address to the faithful of
their diocess only must be confined to instructing
them in their religious duties—
" Considering that the pamphlet in question has
been addressed by the archbishops ani bishops who
hava put their names to it, not only to the faithful
and clergy of their respective dioceses, but to the
daily newspapers
and clergy of the French Empire, by the
commonand re
by Et pamphlet distributed
in the departments :
of d
ag the
eetn saidn pamphlet is evidently
result tand joint resolution :
" Considering that its object is by no means to
instruct the faithful in their l •
re igtous duties; that
it is in fact a political programme :

~ Relative to the letter of the Archbishop of
Tours :

" Considering that that letter challenges the right
of the Government to in force the respect due by the
bishops to the laws imposed upon by the Empire :
" Considering that it contains a censure upon
certain acts attributed to the Government and con-
cerning its foreign policy :
" flat, under this double head, it constitutes a
violation of the laws of the Empire and an abuse of
power

"Having consulted our Council of State, we have
decreed as follows :

" Art. 1. There is abuse of power in the pamphlet
entitled Reply of certain Bishops to the Consulta-
tions addressed to them relative to the forthcoming
Elections, signed and published by the Archbishops
of Cambrai, Tours, and Rennes, and by the Bishops
of Metz, Nantes, Orleans, and Chartres.
" The said pamphlet is suppressed.
" Art. 2. There is abuse of power in the letter
addressed to our Minister of Public Instruction and
Worship by the Archbishop of Tours on the 4th of
June last.

" The said letter is suppressed.
"Art. 3. Our Minister of State, and our Keeper
of the Seals, Ministers of Justice and Public Worship,
are charged, each as far as he is concerned, with
the execution of the present decree, which will be
inserted in the Boulletin des Lois,
"Approved, Aug. 16,1863.
" Countersigned.

" NAPOLEON.
"BAROCHE."

JOHN LEECH is in full force this week in Punch.
Witness this his wonderfully funny commencement
of a new series in the shape of

THINGS THAT WE WANT TO KNOW.—No. 1 —We want
to know why a couple of conceited fanatics should be
allowed to dizturb the 1:-.pose of a Sunday afternoon by the
sea sine ?

Or his droll veep into the well-known pastrycook's at
Brighton—

Georgiana— "Do you know, dear, I'am so unhappy
now dear Charles has gone to town!" Gertrude--
And I miss dear Percy dreadfully—l do hope they'll
get home safely !" (We wonder what dear Charles and
near Percy would say, it they saw you eating turtle at
Mutton's, you little humbugs.)
Or, funniest of all, his after-dinner illustration of
Testy Old Geut (to Butler)—" Claret I Yes, yes; put
it down; and pray, Simpson, don't blow upon my head
so !"

Some of the journals state that Madlle. Patti has
been epgazed to play nosina in the "Barbiere" and other
characters, at Frankfort, before the assembled princes, at
the plodeEt remuneration of LAO a nigh"

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 21.

The royal mail steamer Scotia, from New York
on the 12th inst., arrived hero at 7 a.m, She
brings 116 passengers, and 696,000 dollars in specie.
She landed all mails and 17 passengers, and pro-
ceeded immediately, all well. She made the pas-
sage in 8 days 16 hours.
NEW YORK, AUG, 10, Evening.
(Per the Scotia.)

It is reported that Genoral Meade has twice
tendered his resignation, and now insists upon its
acceptance. General Grant is spoken of as his sue-

cessor.

The Army of the Potomac is to be reorganized.
drafted men and substitutes are now reinforcing it.

The Federals have arrested all the inhabi-
tants North of the Rappahannock as far n s
Belle Plaine. They have occupied Beverley Ford.
Mosby's guerillas are still committing depreda-
tions between Alexandria and Fairfax.

It was reported that the land and naval forces
would attack Fort Sumter on the Bth inst.
A Federal force has marched down the centre of
Arkansas. Other forces are preparing to clear the
territory west of the Mississippi of the organized
Confederate forces.

General Foster has made a reconnaisance with
three gunboats up James River.
The Secretary-of-War has ordered three Confede-
rate prisoners to be confined and held as hostages
for three negroes captured on board the steamer
Isaac Smith whom the Confederates refuse to ex-
change.
The Governor of New York has written to Presi-
dent Lincoln, complaining of the injustice done to
the State by the mode of enrolment, and asking for
a suspension of the draft until the errors arc cor-
rected. He urges volunteering to be substituted
for the draft, and claims that by the Constitution
the Conscription Act should be tested in the
State Courts. President Lincoln replied that
the draft must be enforced, but that the
districts where there is an irregularity could be re-
enrolled. The President does not object to submit
the constitutionality of the Conscription Act to the
deck :ion of the Courts, but cannot consent to lose
time while obtaining judgment ;—" As the enemy
is driving every man into his ranks, very much as a
butcher drives bullocks into his slaughter-pen, thus
Producing an army which will soon turn upon the
victorious Federals, if not sustained by recruits, the
volunteer system is so far exhausted as to be
inadequate.,'

The Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald asserts that reports had reached Washing-
ton that Mr. Cassius M. Clay had entered into an
offensive and defensive treaty with Russia, assuring
to that Power that, in the event of the Western
Powers declaring war against her, the United States
would declare war against France and England.
Blockade running at Wilmington is said to be
carried on to an enormous extent at present.
The steamer Georgia, from New York to Liver-
pool, ran ashore on the 4th inst. in a fog, on the
north-east bar, Sable Island. It is supposed that
she will be a total wreck. The passengers and
luggage were saved.

The mail steamer China was interrupted off Cape
Race on the Bth inst.

NEW YORK, AUG. 12 (Morning).
The news generally is unimportant.
Military affairs are quiet.
The steamer Georgia has been wrecked.
General Lee's head-quarters are at Gordons-
ville, and. his main body is on the line of the
Rapidan.
The New York Herald asserts that a convention
of prominent Republicans will be held at Wash-
ington next week. The object of the meeting is
not known, but the Herald asserts that informa-
tion has reached Washington that the Confede-
rates were willing to return to the Union if
terms were offered them, and that the Republican
party is desirous to stop the war, and to avoid
the unpopularity of the conscription; hence a
meeting has been called.

President Lincoln has written a second letter to
Governor Seymour confirming his determination to
enforce the draft.

It is reported that Confederate General Richard-
son is conscripting all light-coloured negroes in
West Tennessee to serve as soldiers for three years,
at the expiration of which they will receive their
freedom, but no pay.

Mr. C. B. Sedgewich, late chairman of the Con-
gressional Naval Committee, has written a letter,
stating that Mr. Howard, of New York, came to him
in July, 1860, saying that he came at the instance
of klessrs. Laird to make proposals to the Navy
Department. Mr. Sedge wick referred him to the
Secretary of the Navy, who declined entering into
negotiations. Mr. Howard was either Mr. Laird's
agent, or a volunteer expecting a commission, but
was not an agent of the Navy Department.
The New York Herald states that several Cabinet
meetings have been held at Washington at Which
the Mexican question was discussed.
It was decided to demand from France the entire
abandonment of the monarchical scheme.
The China, sncenla, and the Glasgow have
arrived out.
The Confederate pickets extend along the
South
bank of the Rappahannock, though the Federal
cavalry occasionally scour the country as far as the
lower fords of the Rapidan. Stafford Court House
and Acquia Creek are within the Federal lines.
It is reported that 8,000 Federal reinforcements
arrived at Charleston on the Ist inst., and would
land on the south end of Folly Island.
General Bragg is at Chattanooga. Part of his
army is at Rome, Georgia.
It is rumoured that Bishop Polk has superseded
General Bragg.

During General Foster's reconnaissance up the
James River his vessels were fired at by artillery
and sharpshooters stationed along the banks. A
torpedo exploded under one of the vessels, doing
considerable damage.

Admiral Farragut has arrived at New York in
the steamer Hartford.

A battle is imminent at Fort Blunt, Indian ter-

ritory.

Governor Seymour has addressed another letter
to President Lincoln, reasserting that there was in-
justice and fraud in the enrolment, and furnishing
statistics proving that more persons were enrolled
in the Democratic than in the Itupublican districts.
Governor Seymour says he is sure that the Presi-
dent cannot fail to right these gross wrongs.
The I.entucky Democratic press asserts that the
election in Kentucky was carried by military au-
thority.
President Davis has rescinded the furlough
granted to the prisoners captured and paroled at
Vicksburg.

The Governor of Alabama has called a special
seEsion of the Legislature. _ _

The licAn2ond Enquirer announces the military
appointments made by President D.svis, and says:
" The spirit of resistance to the North is as strong
Re ever, but the Southern people are weary of the

flagrant mismanagement of the Government by
President Davis's Administration."

There is a large increase in the mortality of New
York. There were 070 deaths last week, being 400
more than in the same period last year.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, AUG. 11.

Money abundant, Gold 261 per cent. premium.
Exchange on London—Bankers' bills, 1391. Stocks
dull. New York Centrals, 127:, ; Illinois, 1202- ;
Erie, 105; 6 per cent. United States Bonds, 1051.
Cotton dull. Middling Upland, 68c. Flour heavy,
at a decline of 10c. Wheat and corn lower. Pro-
visions, good inquiry. Coffee heavy. Sugar steady.
Molasses quiet. Crude petroleum, 341 c. to 35c.

SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 21,

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Ham monis, from New York on the Bth inst., has
arrived off Cowes. She brings 114 passengers,
15,125 dollars in specie for England, and 1,300
dollars for Hamburg.

On the 12th she spoke the English bark Reuben,
bound for Glasgow; on the 16th, the English bark
Crimea, bound from Cardiff to New York ; and on
the 20th, off Cape Lizard, the steamer Scotia.

The news by the Hammonia has been anticipated