The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-23 00:00:00

AMERICA.

(Per the Anglo Saxon via Londonderry.)
NEW YORK, JAN. 9.
The Confederate army withdrew from Murfreesboro' in
good order to Tulle Orne, and was at Shelbyville on the
sth inst.

A Richmond despatch of the 6th says that, by this move-
ment, General Bragg has thrown East Tennessee entirely
over to the Yankees, and that if Rosecranz once gets pos-
session there 200,000 men will not be able to dislodge
him.

A week of desperate fighting at Vicksburg has termi-
nated in the defeat of the Federals. The attack was most

determined, and the resistance obstinate in the extreme.
The Federals fought to within two miles of the city
at one time, but wore driven back by a superior force,
under General Joseph Johnston ; whole regiments and
brigades fought hand to hand, and batteries and forti-

fications were taken and retaken several times. The
fortifications extend for six miles in the rear of the
city, and were defended by upwards of 60,000 men, a large
portion of whom were suddenly concentrated upon the
point.
The latest accounts represent that the Federal forces re-
turned to their transports in no condition to renew the at-
tack. The Federal loss is upwards of 5,000. Among the
officers slain are Generals Morgan and Smith.
One thousand five hundred Federals under General
Horey, sent to execute a special order, are supposed to have
been captured.
The Confederate loss is not known.
Six thousand Confederates under Generals Banbridge
and Marmaduke, with six pieces of artillery, are reported
to be advancing upon Springfield, Missouri.
Confederate accounts state that Trenton, Union City,

and Humboldt, Mississippi, had been captured by the Con-
federates, with 2,000 prisoners and two cannon, and that
the railroad from Jackson to Columbia had been de-

stroyed.

It is again positively asserted that General Burnside has
finally resigned tho command of the army of the Potomac,

and that he is succeeded by General Hooker.
President Davis addressed the Mississippi Legislature a
Jackson on the 26th, He had predicted from the beginning
a fierce war, though it had assumed more gigantic pro-
portions than he had calculated upon. He was emphatic
in his declaration that under no circumstances would
he consent to reunion with the most depraved, intolerant,
tyrannical, hated people on the earth. He alluded briefly
to the transfer of the war to Northern soil, but stated the
failure to do this proceeded not from a want of inclination,
but of power. He insisted that both Port Hudson and
Vicksburg should be defended to the last extremity, and
that neither would fall into the power of the enemy if the
people were true to themselves. Though the extent and
duration of the war had exceeded his expectations, he be-
lieved final success was absolutely certain. He asserted
that the South had a right to recognition, but it had not
come, and his advice was, " Put not your trust in princes,
nor rest your hopes upon foreign nations."
The Richmond Examinerunhesitatingly declines the parti-
cipation of the Seceded States in a national convention, as
suggested at the meeting of the Democratic Association of
New York, in Dec, and asserts that peace can only be re-
stored upon a bas's of an acknowledgment of the independ-
ence of the Confederacy. Governor Seymour's message, de-
livered on the 7th inst., gives general satisfaction. It strongly
denounces the recent arbitrary arrests and the general policy
of the Administration—admonishes the sheriff and district
attorneys, and threatens to punish any violation of the States'
statutes. In regard to Mr. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclama-
tion, ho argues that since the President had already signed
an Act of Congress, confiscating the slaves of rebels—its
sole effect is to declare the emancipation of the slaves of
loyal citizens. He condemns both acts as impolitic, un-
just, and unconstitutional, and calculated to prevent the
restoration of the Union. In conclusion he declares that
the interests of the country are indivisible, and that the
Union must be restored, but doubts whether war alone
can accomplish that end without conciliation of the
Southern people and every guarantee of the constitutional
rights. The Committee of Ways and Means had reported
a bill authorising Secretary Chase to issue 100,000,000 of
United States Bonds for the support o: the Government.
General Butler has de lined a public dinner proposed to
be given to him by his admirers in New York.
The premium on gold is 371, 1 per cent. lower than this
morning.

JANUARY 1()

P.S. There was great excitement in Wall-street yester-
day. All stocks advanced considerably. Pacific Mail in-
creased 8 per cent. over sales of day before. Gold reached
as high as 1391—exchange, 151—in consequence of a
rumour that Mr. Chase had caused a meeting of the
principal bankers. Prices afterwards fell off from 1 to
per cent.

The Seizure of " Haunted Houses" in the

Blackfriars-road.

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JAN. 20.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Arthur
Penrhyn Stanley, D.D., to be one of the Deputy Clerks of
the Closet to her Majesty, in the room of the Rev. John
Vane, resigned.
FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 16.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Edward
Robert Lytton, Esq., no w a Second Secretary in her Ma-
jesty's Diplomatic Service employed in her Majesty's Em-
bassy at Vienna, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation
at Copenhagen.
CROWN-OFFICE, JAN. 21.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
Borough of Totnes—Alfred Seymour, of Knoyle House,
in the county of Wilts, Esq., in the room of George Hay
(commonly called Earl of Gifford), deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 23.
let Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Henry Mitchell
Jones from the 16th Lancers, to be Cornet, vice Arthur
Octavius Hughes, transferred to the 18th Hussars.
7th Dragoon Guards—Captain Arthur Gonne Bell Martin,
from the 92d Foot, to be Captain, vice Jacob Camac
Murphy, who exchanges, receiving the former difference
between Cavalry and Infantry.
3d Hussars—Lieutenant Frederick Grant Forsyth Grant to
be Captain, by purchase, vice John Ormsby Phibbs, who
retires ; Cornet William Perceval Maxwell to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Grant.
sth Lancers—Major William Hicks Slade to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Robert Portal, who retires ;
Captain William Godfrey Dunham Massy to be Major,
by purchase, vice Slade ; Lieutenant Boyle Vandeleur to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Massy , Cornet Francis
Henry Hamilton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Vandeleur. e
14th Hussars—Cornet John Mather to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice George John Brudenell Bruce, whoretires.
18th Hussars—Cornet Arthur Octavius Hughes, from the
let Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Edward Bacon,
who has resigned.
Royal Engineers—Captain Edward II emery to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, vice William Henry Horsley, who retires
upon full pay; Second Captain Theodore Emilius Gaha •
gan to be Captain, vice Hemery ; Lieutenant Hector
Tulloch to be Second Captain, vice Gahagan.
Military Train—Ensign Charles Stuart Campbell has been
permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his
Commission.
let Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Edward Willoughby
Pardee, from the 87th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Na-
thaniel Stevenson, who exchanges; Arthur Julian Bur-
nett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Frank Rut-
ley, who retires.
Bth Foot—Major Thomas de C. Hamilton, fro half pay.
Unattached, to be Major, vice Edwin Gremam Daniell,
who retires upon half pay.
9th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Disney Ellis, from a
Depot Battalion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-
Colonel Will Inglis, who exchanges.
11th Foot—Captain Richard Rorke, from the 4th West
India Regiment, to be Captain, vice David Baker Gabb,
who exchanges.
12th Foot—Ensign Chas. Henry Gardner to be Instructor
of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Gilbert De Lacy Lacy,
posted to the Ist Battalion.
SOUTHWARK POLICE COURT.
17th Foot—Gentleman-Cadet Frederick Fenton Parkinson,
This afternoon Ann Cornich attended to answer a sum- from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
mona which had been obtained against her by Miss Reed, chase, vice William Thomas M'Laughlin, transferred to
to show by what authority she entered and kept possession the eBth Foot.
of certain premises situate in the Blackfriars-road. 48th Foot—Ensign St. John Bally to be Lieutenant, with
out purehase vice Henry J. William Wilkinson, de-
Mr. Russell, barrister, said he appeared on the part of ceased; Ensign William Richard Vandeleur to be Lieu-
the complainant, to support a summons which had been tenant, by purchase, vice Pembroke O'Mord'ha H. Mar-
obtained by Miss Cordelia Angelica Reed, charging the shall, who retires; Ensign Walter Treslove Ellis, from
defendant with having, by force and strong hand, the Ist Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bally ; Ensign illiam
taken possession of certain premises in the Black- vice
eourtaens fromlsdle`iLeuaru.gh,irne,deri tleerle7thßFLont,dto(l3oea Ensign,te,z,
friars-road. On Monday last the defendant, with a Ensign, without purchase, vice Percy
Augustus *Wind-
party of others took forcible possession of the premises No. sor, deceased.
1, Stamford-street, Blackfriara-road, affixing a bill on to 49th Foot—Ensign Ferdinand Russell to be Lieutenant,
the door to the following effect :—" If any one has a better by purchase, vice Charles Ca3sar Welman, who retires;
claim to this house than Mts. Cornich, let them call at 41, Gentleman Cadet George Charlet! Cockburn, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Hatfield-street." Miss Reed's solicitor went to the place Russell.
and remonstrated with defendant, and told her she had 60th Foot—Lieutenant Cromer Ashburnham to be Captain,
acted very improperly, even if she had a claim, and that by purchase, vice Francis Charteris Fletcher, who re-
Miss Reed could not allow the premises, which had been 11,reL;ieEutneeniffinutG, ergeuEretaasred
,olresehaAmehysuornst7ireinPi.golet to
in the possession of her father for about 20 years and her- Walker BernhardyPparish, Gent., to be Ensign, 11.,y pur-
self about 14 years, to be wrested fromher in such a manner, chase, vice Pigott.
Later on the same day another razzia was made, and Miss 87th Foot—Lieutenant Nathaniel Stevenson. front the
t alre-t
Reed being in the house, had to escape over the Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Edward Willough y F
roof of another to get from the fury of the
92ddeFowothe exchanges. from Camac Murphy, from the 7th
crowd who attended to support Mrs. Cornich. He con- Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Arthut Gonne Bell
tended that the proper way to establish the plea of title Martin, who exchanges.
was by action, and the law did not allow a forcible seizure 1862,9401F:ere following promotions to bear date 30th
instead of Ist November, as stated in the
to be returned as an answer to the summons. He hoped u
" Gazette" of the 30th December last :—Brevet-Major
that some steps would be taken to compel Mrs. Cornich to E. S. F. G. Dawson, as Major; Lieutenant A. 0. Tabu-
return possession of the houses which she had illegally teau, as Captain; Ensign W. Forbes, as Lieutenant.
seised. By the 15th of Richard 11., chap. 2, and Bth of 96:h Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Henry Stawell Sea-
Henry VI., chap. 9, the magistrate had the:power of pro- gram, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by
ceeding to the spot where the illegal act was committed, purchase vice A. G. H. Church, promoted.
100th Foot-Captain Henry Elliott Bayly, from the Royal
and if the premises were not delivered up on being de- Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, vice John
mended he could by the acts he had quoted inflict a fine on Clarke, who exchange 4.
the defendant, and also send her to prison. 102 d Foot—Lieutenant
nt JohCharlesn Duncan to be
ck Adjutan at.
to be
Mr. Combs—Did you ever know that done? 105th Foot—Lieutena Frederi Bo
Adjutant.
Mr. Russell—No, but then I never knew such a despe- 109th Foot—The surname of the Lieutenant appointed in
rate aft as that committed by the defendant to have taken the Gazette of the 30th September, 1862, is Hemsted,
place before. and not Hempstead, as then stated.
Mr. Combo—l've never known it done, but I've known let Wetset India ißegiment—Ensign Harry Golding to be
udeceased;nn t,sewrigtehaonutt IlierncthyaseiirveniceeisAriesettueest Tietne,
it refused. I don't feel disposed to act as a constable. I L
can't go down to the houses. It is the duty of the police from the St. Helena Regiment, to be Ensign, without
to prevent a breach of the peace, and if more is required, the purchase, vice Golding.
Commissioners of Police are the proper persons to apply to. 4th West India Regiment—Captain David Baker Gabb,
The magistrates have no power. I don't think it would be from the 11th Foot, to be Captain, vice Richard Rorke,
judicious, in the present day, to act upon such old law as Royal
le exchanges.t..,enaan
Canadian Rifle Regiment—Captain John Clarke,
atautes passed some 470 years ago. That of Henry was fromy the 100th Foot, to be Captain,
passed in the year 1429. Bayly, who exchanges. nd Brevet Colo-
Mr. Russell—lt is very true the law is old, but it is still DEPOT BATTALION.-Lieutenant Colonel a
to be Lieutenant-
the law. If you object to go and view the premises, the 3d eel William Inglis, from the 9th e
Ellis,
exchameesitob i
vice Henry Elliott
section gave the justices the power to compel the Sheriff to m
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Do 11 OE nA ell
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v bet-
:taff"Aussistanertt-
tllo orsley, of the
summon a jury, who would determine whether the illegal ,DzicPelHuTeeenriaap. ienSetydr Assistant
Will am Jackson, from half-Ps- '.eta°zdowski, M. 8., ap.
possession still continued. Surgeon, vice Bronislasr Tames
Mr. Combe—Very well; but I also see, by another gee- pointed to the 93d FIR.
EvsT.
Brookes, tion of the very act you era quoting, that the justice may
do just as he pleases—(laughter)—the words being "the have the limo-
) 75th Foot,
justices may in their discretion refuse altogether to inter- rary rank of
iCtorneveet.
Captain an
fere, and the Court of King's Bench will not compel them
to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
to proceed." (Loud laughter.) RoLyitlleuEtenAganintee-Crool,ornletlirmera
julopllroianlinv:Hiapemnray
By,
Captain Ernest Le Pellet', sth Foot, to be Major.
session of aptain Charles F
Mr. Russell—Our object is only to regain posses Second C yshe Roberts, Royal Artillery,
to be Major.
the premises.
is you want. The following promotions to take place t on
Mr. Combe—Well, let me know what it .
whether the death of General Sir Philip B • " conacquen
certain - milk' e colonel
Mr. Russell—To go to the premises and as of the 26th Foot, on the 20th December,gg ' K.C.8.,
1862 :
the illegal possession continues.
to do that, and I think
78theutenant-General Roderick Macneil, Colonel of the
Mr. Combo--Well, I shall refuse
to alter my deter- I\Foot to be General.
to induce me
it is a waste of time to try lajor-General William Crokat, on a special rate of Un-
attached Pay, to have the rank of Lieutenant-General.
urination.
well' Then I will call my wit- Major. General Robert Marta Leake, Major, half-pay,
Mr. Russell—Very we
the ournmons from you, sir, was to Unattached, to have the rankifkLieutenant-General.
nesses. The
gettingtunder the statutes quoted. 1 Major General Sir Abraham Josias Cloete, K.C.8.,
induce you to exit
had known that, I would not have 1 Colonel of the 19th Foot, to be Lieut,-General..
Mr. Combehalf
Brevet Colonel Thomas Charlton Smith, Major on
summons on such grounds; let us hear , Brev
the sumner what pay, Unattached, to have the rank of Major-General.
granted
es have to say. Brevet Colonel William Sutton, C. 8., from Lieutenant-
your witness
Russell then called Colonel, half pay, late of the 31st Foot, serving on the Staff
Mr,
Miss Cordelia Angelics.Reed,anelderly female, who said— as Brigadier-General, in command of a Brigade at Shorn-
cliffe, to be Major-General.
I reside at 22, Stamford-street. Nos. 1,2, 3,5, 19, and 23 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Adolphus Frederick Bond,
in the same street are in my possession. I have held the Captain, half-pay, Royal Staff Corps, and Staff officer of
houses for about 18 years, and my father for 40 years be- Pensioners, to be Colonel.
Unattached, to be
fore me. In No. I I have some furniture. I am in the Major Duncan Campbell, half-pay,
Lieutenant-Colonel. Artillery, to be
habit of visiting the house to do what repairs I think Captain George Roy
necessary. Chandler, oy
al
necessary. (Loud laughter.) Within the last three months Major.
+ Ed-
I have laid out a large sum of money on the roofs of the MEMORANDA,—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John