The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-10 00:00:00

TIM SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, 00110 BER 10, 1863.

the game of Statesmanship, and who are versed in
every
"Pass and ward,
To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard,"

We know and recognise the magnitude of
the affair, how necessary it is for a check
to he put upon the arrogant and absurd pre-
tensions of the German Federation, and hence it
is with admiring approbation that we peruse the
following emphatic notice—" Her MAJESTY would
not look with indifference on a military occupation
of Holstein, and her MAJESTY'S Government would
not recognise this military occupation as a legiti-
mate exercise of the power of the German Fede-
ration, nor admit that it could be imposed in the
name of a proper Federal execution." If this lan-
guage does not convince those to whom it is ad-
dressed it must be utterly useless to make any at-
tempt to put an end to the altercation by verbal
or written communications. "He who runs may
read" the interpretation of this address; while the
statesmen to whom it is sent may find enough in its
eirnest phrases to afford them subjects for the con-
templation of their leisure, and topics for discussion
in their official transactions for some time to come.
It is often idle to predict, but it may not be a super-
fluous effort at prophecy to declare that the tone
and temper of this despatch will surprise and
startle the equanimity of the pompous Federation
to whom it is addressed. They cannot shut their
eyes to the fact, they cannot close their ears to the
sound of the unwelcome prospect and the unplea-
sant tidings that they may mar their fortunes in
this rash and precipitate venture that was to make
them so much the stronger and the better. Many
nations take advantage of our dislike to war, and
the inconvenience to which it may subject us is a
potent auxiliary on the side of the offender in seve-
ral cases; it was so in the late interposition of the
three Pewees with Russia. Many States presume
on the divided opinions that exist in regard to
the disputed question among ourselves, and the
pattial views taken upon it by influential parties.
rhis feeling is now working the cause of the North
in the American contest at present. But as regards
the future of this vexed Schleswig-Holstein affair
there is neither the one excuse nor the other for the
interested parties to take, because our Minister for
Foreign Affairs has spoken out as strongly as he
could do, and shown no sign nor symptom of
wavering in his attempts to do justice to a right
cause, and his assertions to vindicate an injured
nation. In this bold and straightforward address
Earl RUSSELL has done his best to retrieve his past
blunder, and to rectify the evil effects that may have
ensued from his former mistakes. So far as it goes
this communication must be considered conclusive
as to the ideas and intentions of her MAJESTY'S Go-
vernment, and it could hardly go further
without
greatly extending the present confines of the die
cussion, and exchanging the area of the dispute,
until it passes the limit that divides theory from
practice, and separates peace from war. There is
yet time for a wise and happier course to be taken
by the German Federation. They may still recog-
nise the validity of a maxim that as the
world
grows old in knowledge still retains the force of
its first freshness—" Prudence is the better part of
valour." If they take the advice that is tendered
to them in the close of Earl RUSSELL'S admirable
Note, and "pause" before they commit themselves
irretrievably to a fatal policy, they will do well and
wisely; but if they persist in running out the reck-
less course they have projected, all the consequences
will be
of their mistaken and mischievous policy
upon their own heads, and they will incite the
stigma of having provoked by their extravagant
pretensions a catastrophe that their combined wis-
dom and bravery may be unable to avert, and of
raising a storm that they have no power to stem
nor to survive.

STRAND THEATRE.

" MIRIAM'S CRIME."

Last night a new serio-comic drama, entitled
" Miriam's Crime,'k was produced at this theatre
with unbounded success. The author of the piece
is Mr. H. T. Craven, and much as .‘ The
Postboy"
heightened his reputation as a dramatist, his latest,
and, certainly to our thinking his best, effort will
add considerably to his celebrity. Macy of the
situations are novel and striking; the
serious and
comic scenes are very judiciously blended, and
the audience cannot fail to be interested in the ,
de-
velopment of the story. The plot of " Miriam's
Crime" turns upon an act of self-sacrifice which one
Miriam
West, a poor dependent, commits to do
what she considers justice to another, and upon a
" crime" which she afterwards
commits to free
herself from unjust suspicions. Being
left the sole
heiress of an aged lady of property with whom she
has lived as a companion, she destroys the will, that
one Bernard Reynolds, whom she loves (nephew of
the old lady), may not be deprived of his inheri-
tance. A will made prior to this, however, having
been lost by the lawyer who drew it 1113, this is tLe
document that Miriam is supposed to
have destroyed,
and she has no evidence to pp
clear herself from the
accusation. To make matters worse,
claimed by a returned convict, the property
is
who appears to
be the heir-at-law, and who is assisted by an
eccentric and not over-scrupulous lawyer's clerk
in taking
possession. Fortunately this clerk
was concerned for his master in making the second
will, which gave Miriam the property, and he
has the original, which he saved from a fire at his
master's office. This original,
however, is in his
boxes, Which are detained for rent at a lodging-
house,
she is turned out of her home, searches these boxes,
and Miriam, who goes to these rooms after
and takes the will, with which she is able to estab •
lish her innocence and defeat the plans of the
returned convict and his accomplice. The part of
Miriam was alloted to Miss Kate Saville, a niece
of Miss Helen Fancies, to whom she has
imparted all that womanly grace and pathos
which has rendered her one of the most
charming actresses of her day. In the second and
third acts she more
particularly distinguished her-
self by the intense fervour of her acting, and won
the most enthusiastic applause. The two scamps of
the piece, comic ones by the bye, were capitally hit
off by Mr. Belford and Mr. George Honey, whilst
Mr. Parselle, by his :
quiet and gentlemanly acting,
made the part of
Miriam's lover, Bernard Rey-
nolds, stand forward very prominently.
We have great pleasure in recording the success
of this drama, because it is an attempt at rather
larger things than is generally produced at this
elegant little theatre, which has now by the
liberality, taste, and good management, become one
of the most fashionable resorts of the metropolis.

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DEATH OF GENERAL J. D. JOHNSTONE.—Wo
have to report the death, at a comparatively early
age, of General J. Douglas Johnstone, late colonel of the
33c1 Regiment (the Duke of Wellington's). Re went out to
the Crimea with his regiment, from whence he was sent
home to England, so seriously invalided that he was consi-
dered to be in a dying state. On his partial recovery he
again joined his regiment at the seat of war, and, with his
son, Captain Johnstone, was the first in the assault on the
Redan, where he lost an arm. Re never fully recovered
this shock to a highly nervous and sensitive system. Gen.
Johnstone remained in the Crimea till the end of the war,
and six months afterwards be went out to India in broken
health,. having in this brief interval formed a regiment,
only 60 of the trained soldiers of the 33d who went out to
the Crimea having returned home again. On
his return
from India he retired from the service, but never recovered
hie health. He died in Dublin, whither he had gone for
medical advice, aged 55,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

AMERICA.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

QUEENSTOWN, OCT. 10.

The royal mail steamship Arabia, from Boston, on
the 30th ult., and Halifax on the 2d inst., arrived
here at 5.30 a.m. She brings 87 passengers and
50,200 dole. in specie. She landed the mails, con-
sisting of 117 sacks, and 8 passengers, and pro-
ceeded at 6.10 a.m. All well.

NEW YORK, SEPT. 29 (Evening).

No fighting has taken place in Tennessee since
the 21st inst. Unauthenticated rumours, unfavou-
able to Rosencranz and Burnside, are current at
Washington.
Burnside was still at Knoxville on the 24th inst.
It is reported that his resignation has been accepted
and that Hooker supersedes him.
News from Charleston to the 25th inst. states
that preparations for the bombardment were pro-
gressing. Meade's and Lee's armies were quiet.
On the 24th ult. salutes were fired by all the
Confederate batteries in the city, and by Forts
Moultrie and Sumter, in celebration of Bragg's vic-
tory over Rosencrans. Fort Sumter fired 13 guns.

10,000 Confederates are reported to have concen-
trated at Mount Jackson, for a raid into the Shen-
andoah Valley.

The Albany Court appears decided that green-
backs are legal tenders.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, SEPT. 29 ;Evening).

Money easy. Gold 431 per cent. premium. Ex-
change on London, 1561. Stocks steady—New
York Centrals, 136 ; Illinois, 1261; 6 per Cent.
United States Bonds, 107.
A large advance has taken place in cotton. It is
still firm and advancing. Middling Upland is
quoted 83z. to 850.

NEW YORK, OCT. 1 (Evening),

(By Telegraph to Halifax.)

No movement has taken place on the Rapidan.
General Rosencranz remained on the 30Th ult. in
a defensive position, the Confederates confronting
him.

In the battle of the 20th General Bragg claims to
have captured 7,000 prisoners, 36 cannon, 25 colours
and 5,000 small arms. General Hood was not
killed, as reported.

A plot has been discovered in St. Louis to destroy
all the Federal vessels on the western waters.
The Republican ratification meeting held at New
York was largely attended. conciliation policy
was announced ( ? denounced), Vice-President
Hamlin said he did not believe that peace worth
having laid in any other direction than through
force of arms. Some want the contribution as it is,
and union as it was, but this they can never have.
A public reception and a congratulatory address
was given to the Russians to-day. One Division
of the National Guard escorted the precession
up Broadway, which was lined by enthusiastic
crowds. Admiral Lestgski rode in a carriage drawn
by six horses, and was accompanied by Alderman
Fremont.

Yesterday the Russians visited the Forts in New
York harbour.
At a banquet on board the steamer Admiral
Paulding made a speech in which he expressed a
hope that whenever it became neceseary for
America to fight foreign enemies, Russia would be
found shoulder to shoulder with America.
The British frigates Nile and Irnmortalite, and
the French frigates Guerrie and Belone have ar-
rived at New York. Admiral Milne offigially
visited Mayor Opdyke.
The Morning Post alludes enthusiastically to the
Admiral's visit to the Mayor, and observes that the
reception given to the Russians will not be extended
to the officers of any other nation.
The Russian war sloop Nowiteh has been wrecked
at the entrance of San Francisco. The officers report
that the Japanese batteries at Vagoizinia had re-
pulsed the British fleet.

Mobile despatches of the 26th state that the
New Orleans Era mentions a Federal disaster in
Louisiana, confirming the rumour current in Mo-
bile that General Weitzel was defeated and killed
at Napoleon, Louisiana.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, Om 1 (Evening).

Gold has fluctuated during the week between 39
and 44, influencing exchange and general markets
accordingly. Closing quotations to-day are: Gold
424,
Exchange, 1561. Stocks dull. New York
Central, 1333; Illinois, 1264.; Erie, 106 fr;
Six per
Cents. United States Bonds, 107. Cotton very
firm. Middling Upland, 82c. to 83c. Flour heavy.
%Vbeat dull. Corn steady. Provisions, good in-
quiry. Coffee and molasses firm. Sugar, good
demand. Petroleum declining. Crude, 34c. Re-
fined, 55c. to 570.

(By Telegraph to Cape Race.)
NEW YORK, OCT. 2 (Morning).
It is reported that there is no difficulty in rein-
forcing Gen. Rosencranz, the communication be-
tween Washington and Chattanooga being perfect.
The Southern journals assert Gen. Lee had infor-
mation that two corps from Gen. Meade's army
have reinforced Rosencranz.
Conflicting rumours concerning the position of
the latter are still current.
A considerable Confederate force is moving north-
wards, near the Blue Ridge, supposed to form part
of the force now being
concentrated in the Shenan-
doah Valley.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Money lighter. Gold 421 per cent. premium.
Stocks steady.
New York Centrals, 134 Illinois
Central, 126; Erie, 107 ; 6 per Cents. United States
Bonds, 106. Middling Upland,
} ;
Cotton buoyant'
84c.

The Federal gunboat
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(By Telegraph to Cape Race.)
have captured the British
NEW YORK, OCT. 3.
abip Sir Robert Peel in
secaim (?) is reported to
Mexican waters off Metacoorae' She was supposed
to be fitted out as a privateer'
NEW YORK, SEPT. 29 (Evening).
The correspondent of the New York Herald
asosseerntscrtat fromti
t is
hisim ppoosssiibtiloen at Chattanooga, by
Bragg to dislodge
n
direct advances.

be dislodged by a
his communications.
General Rosen cranz could only
campaign in force against
General Grunt is unable through sickness to resume
active duty.
The Federal troops repulsed at Sabine Pass are
proceeding to Texas as rapidly as possible overland.
The Confederates have been defeated in two en-
gagements in the Indian territory.
Fema:e bread riots are reported to have occurred
at Mobile. The women threatened to burn the
city unless relieved, and were eventually pacified.
A considerable amount of Government cotton is
arriving at Vicksburg.
Great popular sympathy is evinced towards the
officers and men of the Russian fleet, whieb, it is
reported, will remain at New York many montlls.
A dinner has been given to the Russian Admiral

at the Metropolitan Hotel. The Admiral made a
speech, in which, referring to Russia, he expressed
a hope that preseqt circumstances would end peace-
fully ; the Russians, however, were ready for any
sacrifice, and as Moscow was burned, so they would
not shrink from burning St. Petersburg if neces-

If foreign nations were for peace, the Russians
would receive it on honourable terms, and bless
God for peace. _

The Admiral's speech produced a great sensation.
A speaker named Walbridge observed that
Russia, in sending a fleet to New York, wished to
have it where, at a given signal, it could sweep
English and French commerce from the seas.
Preparations are being made for a ball and public
reception.

The New York weekly Bank statement shows a
decrease of 1,000,000 dols. in gold.
The blockade runners, Alice, Vivian, Fox, Ala-
bama, and Montgomery, have been captured in the
Gulf of Mexico.