The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-02 00:00:00

THE BRITISH CONSUL AT RICIIMOIT

the page of history in so many divisions. " Cardinal
Fleury," is the title of Sir Nathaniel's descriptions this
month. " Three Cardinals have reigned in France, Riche-
lieu, Mazarin, and Fleury. With least genius, Fleury had
the art of proving sufficient unto the day and the demands
thereof, without resorting to the axe, like Richelieu, or to
intrigue, like ilazarin —he continued their work
of isolating the Crown by lowering the no-
blesse." This paper is a very entertaining and
instructive one. " The japanese Flowery Land" re-
fers to a narrative of a journey to that place, and gives
a flourishing account of the " joys of Japan," inter-
spersed with more serious matter for consideration.
" Strathmore" is a life romance, by the author of " Gran-
ville de Vigne." It is to be hoped that this new work
will contain sentiments more congenial to the tastes of
English readers than its predecessors. "An Artist's
Study in the Quartier Latin" is an amusing modern
exemplification of the tale of Bluebeard. The story is
agreeably told, and the description of holidays given at
the commencement of it will carry many readers back in
thought to the days of their long past youth. "Red-
ding's Literary and Political Recollections" are ably de-
scanted upon ; and " A Fast Pilgrim" is a brilliant sketch
of an amusing work of- travels. " The Queen and the
Dying Soldier," by Nicholas Michel, is the title of some
verses, which contain a graceful allusion to an affecting
incident which took place on the occasion of the Queen's
late visit to the hospital at Netley. These verses record
the circumstance in a touching manner.
Now stood she by a couch where, ghastly pale,
A veteran languished ;—brightly shone the day,
But ah I like night upon a darkening vale,
On him death's shadow lay.

His soul was flitting to that unknown land,
Where he, she loved, his crown of glory wore,
Looking, perchance, down on her, smiling bland
On deeds he shared of yore,

The sinking hero heard that gentle voice ;
Light o'er his features broke--revived his heart,
His spirit seemed a moment to rejoice,
While Death held back his dart

To see the kind, the mighty Sovereign here—
Queen of the realms where never sets the sun—
Beside his lowly bed, a sorrowing tear
For him whose course was run

'Twas honour, joy, sweet consolation given;
Oh, to have stemmed the battle's fearful scene,
And die like this—he poured warm thanks to Heaven,
He bless'd that pitying Queen.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
We give below, from the Richmond Sentinel of the
12th inst., a despatch of the Secretary of State of
the Confederate States to Mr. Mason, their com-
missioner in England, which makes known the
causes of the late revocation of the exequatur of the
British Consul at the port of Richmond, in doing
which Mr. Benjamin takes occasion to explain the
grounds of Jeff Davis's action and the views which
govern the policy which he is pursuing. This
despatch is numbered 24 :
Confederate States of America,
Department of State, Richmond, June 6th.
Sir,—Herewith you will receive copies of the
following papers :
A. Letter of George Moore, Esq., her Britannic
Majesty's Consul in Richmond, to this Depart-
ment, dated 16th of February, 1863.
B. Letter from the Secretary of State to Consul
Moore, 20th of February, 1863.
C. Letters patent by the President, revoking the
resignation of Consul Moore, sth of June, 1863.
D. Letter inclosing to Consul Moore a copy of the
letters patent revoking his resignation.
It is deemed proper to inform you that this action
of the President was influenced in no small degree
by the communication to him of an unofficial letter
of Consul Moore, to which I shall presently refer.
It appears that two persona named Malony and
Farrell, who were enrolled as conscripts in our ser-
vice, claimed exemption on the ground that they
were British subjects, and Consul Moore, in order
to avoid the difficulty which prevented his corre-
sponding with this Department, as set forth in
the paper B, addressed himself directly to
the Secretary of War, who was ignorant
of the request made by this department for the pro-
duction of the consul's commission. The Secretary
of War ordered an investigation of the facts, when
it became apparent the two men had exercised the
right of suffrage in this State,thus debarring them-
selves of all pretexts for denying their citizenship ;
that both had resided here for eight years, and had
settled on and were cultivating farms owned by
themselves. You will find annexed the report of
Lieut.-Col. Edgar, marked E, and it is difficult to
conceive a case presenting stronger proofs of the re-
nunciation of native allegiance and of the acquisi-
tion of de facto citizenship, than are found in that
report. It is in relation to such a case that it has
seemed proper to Consul Moore to denounce
the Government of the Confederate States to one
of its own citizens as being indifferent "to
cases of the most atrocious cruelty." A copy of his
letter to the counsel of the two men is annexed,
marked F.
The earnest desire of this Government is to enter-
tain amicable relations with all nations, and with
none do its interests invite the formation of closer
ties than with Great Britain. Although feeling
aggrieved that the Government of her Majesty has
pursued a policy which, according to the confessions
of Earl Russell himself, has increased the disparity
of strength which he considers to exist between the
belligerents, and has conferred signal advantage on
our enemies, in a war in which Great Britain
announces herself to be really and not nominally
neutral, the President has not deemed it necessary
to interpose any obstacle to the continued residence
of British consuls within the Confederacy by virtue
of exequaturs granted by the former Government.
His course has been consistently guided by the
principles which underlie the whole structure of our
Government. The State of Virginia having dele-
gated to the Government of the United States, by
the Constitution of 1787, the power of controlling
its foreign relations, became bound by the action of
that Government in its grant of an exequatur to
Consul Moore. When Virginia seceded, withdrew
the powers delegated to the Government of the
United States and conferred them on this
Government, the exequatur granted to Con-
sul Moore was not thereby invalidated.
An act done by an agent while duly autho-
rised, continues to bind the principal after the
revocation of the agent's authority. On these
grounds the President has hitherto steadily resisted
all influences which have been exerted to induce
him to exact of Foreign Consuls that they should
ask for an exequator from this Government as a
condition of the continued exercise of their func-
tions. It was not deemed compatible with the
dignity of the Government to extort, by enforcing
the withdrawal or national protection from neutral
residents, such inferential recognition of its
independence as might be supposed to
.be im-
plied in the request of an exequatur. The
Consuls of foreign nations, therefore, established
within the Confederacy, who were in the possession
of an exequatur issued by the Government of the
United States prior to the formation of the Confe-
deracy, have been maintained and respected in the
exercise of their legitimate functions, and the same
protection and respect will be accorded to them in
future, so long as they confine themselves to the
sphere of their duties, and seek neither to evade or
defy the legitimate authority of this Government
within its own jurisdiction.
There has grown up an abuse, however, the re-
sult of this tolerance on the part of the President,
which is too serious to be longer allowed. Great
Britain has deemed it for her interest to refuse
acknowledging the patent fact of the existence of
this Confederacy as an independent nation. It can
scarcely be expected that we should, by our own
conduct, imply assent to the justice or propriety
of that refusal, now that the British Minister
accredited to the Government of our enemies, as-
sumes the power to exercise authority over the
consuls of Great Britain residing within this coun-
try, nay, even of appointing agents to supervise
British interests in the Confederate States. This
course of conduct plainly ignores the exist-
ence of this Government, and implies the
continuance of relations between that Minis-
try and the consuls of her Majesty resident
within the Confederacy prior to the withdrawal of
these States from the Union. It is further the
assertion of a right, on the part of Lord Lyons, by
virtue of his credentials as her Majesty's Minister
at Washington, to exercise the power and autho-
rity of a Minister accredited to Richmond, and offi-
cially received as such by the President. Under
these circumstances, and because of similar action
by other Ministers, the President has felt it his
duty to order that no direct comm unication be per-
mitted between the consuls of neutral nation;
in the Confederacy and the functionaries o
those nations residing within the enemy's coun_tT
All communication, therefore, between her Al
jesty's consuls or consular agents in the
whether neutral or hos-
racy and foreign countries,
tile, will hereafter be restricted to
corres-
sse
he:
e:lh3riifsre dei
sze.
from or despatched for neutral porytse.
e.
dent has the less reluctance in
facilities fgo r
striction because of the ample fel:Pi
pondence which are now afforded by the fleets of
the Confederate and neutral steamships engaged in
en neutral countries and the
regular trade between
This trade is dail '
er
r blockade, which ?;slunpheealtadin
Confederate ports.bg;
in spite of the pape
en in disregard, as the Pre-
her Majesty's Governor
t
sident conceives, of the rights of this Confederacy,
of the dictates of public law, and of the duties of
impartial neutrals.
You are instructed by the President to furnish a
copy of this dispatch, with a copy
of the papers ap-
pended, to her Najestyfei
Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
(Signed) " • P BENJAMIN,
Secretary of State.

Hon. James. M. Mason, Commissioner, &C.,
London,

I Yesterday Major-Gen. Bloomfield, Inspector-
General of Royal Artillery, accompanied by his
aide-de-camp, Major Teesdale, visited Sheerness for
the purpose of inspecting No. 1 Depot Brigade,
Royal Artillery, stationed at Sheerness Barracks.
The gallant General was received by the Col.-Com-
mandant, W. R. Nedham, R.A., Col. Freeth, R.E.,
commanding Royal Engineers, Col. Talbot, R.A.,
commanding the Depot Brigade, and the principal
officers of the garrison. He first proceeded to in-
spect the troops, which were formed in line, and
after a salute broke into open column, and marched
past in slow and quick time. He then went through
the columns and inspected the accoutrements. The
men next broke off for light and heavy ordnance
exercise with 110-pounder Armstrong, 68-pounder,
32-pounder, and light field guns, &c., performing
the various evolutions in a manner which gave ex-
treme satisfaction.
The deaths of the following officers have been
officially reported at the War-office since the Ist of
June :—Gen. Sir J. Hanbury, K.C.8., K.C.H., Col,
of the 99th Regiment; Lieut.-Gene. R. Jones, Col.-
Commandant, Royal Artillery, and T. Wearing, Col.
of the Plymouth division of Royal Marines ; Major-
Gen. Sir J. Jebb, K.C.8., Royal Engineers. Lieut.-
Cols.—H. L. Gibbard, Royal Artillery; A. Munro,
16th Regiment ; and P. Aubin, 57th Regiment ;
Capts. L. S. P. Gowan, 6th Dragoons (killed by a
tiger near Mhow) ; C. D. Beavan, Royal Artillery;
W. Wynne, Coldstream Guards; W. G. Hawkins,
15th Kegiment ; F. A. Macreight, 17th Regiment;
A. J. Lane, 50th Queen's Own; E. A. Stotherd,
60th Rifles (wrecked in the Anglo Saxon) ; M. W.
Heath, Royal Engineers ; R. Warner, sth Fusi-
leers ; R. Hart, 66th Regiment ; J. Maclean, 103 d
Regiment ; and A. H. Ormsby. Lients.-0. F.
Layton, Royal Artillery; H. Clarke, Military
Train (wrecked in the . Anglo-Saxon) ; H.
A. Ellis, 82d Regiment ; C. J. Holbrook, 95th Regi-
ment ; D. F. Murray, 3d West India Regiment ; J.
Garstin, 15th Regiment ; J. Winckworth, 75th
Regiment; J. C. Peach, Royal African Corps; R.
H. Fitzgerald ; and Baron E. Heimburg, King's
German Legion. Ensign A. Autran, King's Ger-
man Legion ; Deputy-Commissary-Gen. S. Hop-
kins; and Surgs. F. 0. Brien, 69th Regiment, and
P. yV hite, 72d Highlanders.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER.
Yesterday this company opened the portion of their
Metropolitan Extension from Herne-hill to Beckenham.
The importance of the completion of this link of the com-
pany's extension will be understood from the following
facts :—Until yesterday persons going from the Victoria
station to the continent had to proceed by way of Balham,
Streatham, Norwood, and Crystal Palace—a very cir-
cuitous route, over bad gradients and not very desirable
curves; whereas, by the opening of yesterday, passengers
proceed direct from the Victoria terminus via Herne-hill
to Beckenham, not only saving three miles in distance,
but having the advantage of excellent gradient and an almost
direct line. The length of railway opened yesterday is about
4i miles. Leaving Herne• hill station we proceed over a
viaduct of 30 arches, 1,000 feet in extent, which has been
most substantially completed, and from a distance has a
very picturesque appearance. Beyond this is an embank-
ment of a mile and a quarter, with an average height of 20
feet with a slope of 3to 1. Midway in this embankment
is the Dulwich station, This portion of the works has
been of an expensive character, but the outlay has been
a wise one, inasmuch as almost perfect security has been
obtained for the traffic, and all practical railway men
know that in works of this character the first expense is
the cheapest mode of execution. This policy of structure
has (much to the credit of the company, and no doubt also
to the judgment of the contractors) been carried out over
the whole of the works. Following the embankment is a
cutting of one-third of a mile in extent, with slopes of 4 to
1. This brings us, when at the depth of 60 feet,
to to
tunnel under Sydenham-hill, and at the face of
Which
there is now being erected a station for the aceoraTo ~,s
tion of the neighbourhood. In the construction toZ.
tunnel no fewer than 32,000,000 bricks have beef. .
some
The work consists of eight layers of brick,oallr and
hill doire blue
parts of twelve, of which 4,000,000 are Stuabffstantial cha-
bricks. This work is of the most
hsere
is no railway
ratter, and it may be truly said thaet teeuutry
surpassing
structure of a similar character in th
tion. Immediately
it in solidity and excellence of exuedcuer
nine lines of rail-
beyond the tunnel the line passesteurn
and Brighton Cora-
way belonging to the South-Ea:
contractors in contending
panics, panies, The difficulties of
with this portion of thegreat, but they
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as from ltnhge
surmounted,
have been more than satisfactorilyeiv and that,
as we understand,
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t and Brighton officials.
South-Eastern or the
over these lines we come to a small
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... to the renge station
cutting which brings ... and an em
character to
bankment—similar in
ekenha the one already men
tioned—brinpangto Demi In. The London, Chat'
and Dover coo .y congratulate themselves upon
having got rid--for the through traffic—of the recent cir-
cuitou route. The portion of the line opened yesterday
will
be sofa great service to them for the continental traffic,
and when the works shall have been completed to the Far-
ringdon-street station they may fairly look for a very con-
siderable increase of their through passengers. We per-
ceive from the time-bill of the company'sVictoriastation
and ..
and Elephant and Castle traffic that they run 36 trains daily
between those points at very moderate rates. •

LICE -----
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ner of the licensed victuallers' schools was held yes-
terday in the Ashburnham Pavilion at Cremorna-gardens,
and was attended by nearly 2,000 persons. Captain Towns-
hend, of the firm of Samuel Allsopp and Co., was in the
chair. After the usual toasts were drunk, the toast of the
evening, " Success to the Schools," was proposed, and Mr.
Smalley, the secretary, read the list of subscriptions,
Messrs. Allsopp heading it with a donation of £l,OOO. In
proposing the healths of the officers of the institution, the
chairman announced that the secretary, Mr. Smalley, had
just handed in a cheque for the munificent sum of 1,000
guineas. The announcement was received with prolonged
cheering. Nearly £4,000 was subscribed during the even-
ing towards the funds of this excellent charity. After the
dinner a ball took place in the gardens, which was kept up
to a very late hour.
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