The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-03 00:00:00

TITE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1863.

Windsor, and saw a new
invitation I went down to
building raised entirety by the people who supported
who is also a teacher at the school at Eton. At his
were singing, not ballads, not
Within the children
and not, if I may use the phrase, black-
the school. The school was after this fashion.
wild songs,
guard but they played the whole of the
i Messiah" e
Handel, and sang the great parts of
that great wso; rk. I went down afterwards and saw
a band of volunteers out of the school, who marched
into a building underneath, for it happened to be
bad weather, and a finer set of young fellows I never
saw. They were all working men's children, the
‘ tun
of
sons of railway porters, the sons of farm labourers,
the sons of servants—they wereall the sons of Work-
ing men, and these boys were as thoroughly gentle-
manly in their manners as any of the young gentle-
men at Eton. I never enjoyed a day of more happi.
ness than the day I beheld that school. Mr. Ottery
told me that one of our consuls at a port in the
Mediterranean wanted a servant, and he sent him
one of the boys out of his school. No sooner had the
gentleman got him over, than he said, " This boy
can do a great many things; I will make him my
secretary." Soon afterwards the secretary wrote to
Mr. Ottery to send him another boy out for his ser-
vant, and, accordingly, another boy was sent out,
and thus became the servant of his fellow-scholar.
(Applause.) Now, this is a proof that education does
not simply mean the education of the intelligence,
but the boy's manner, his whole character, to make
him so that his master, like the consul, could
trust him in any real difficulty. or in anything of a
serious character—trust him, in fact, sufficiently to
make him his secretary. But, Sir, I do not adduce
this as a thing that may happen to a great number
of people, but I adduce it to show that the kind of
teaching at that school made the man in all his
thoughts, his feelings, his way of dealing, a gentle-
man, although he was bat a labourer's son. Now,
Sir, I have here a report which contains a series of
evidence which I wish you to read, and if you will
permit me I will place it in your hands, as I think
it will be of great use to you in your important
undertaking, which I am now endeavouring to aid.
I have made a great number of extracts, but I will
not trouble you with them. There are, however,
one or two which I should like to read. It is the
evidence of persons who are really engaged in the
werk of education. One extract is the evidence of
the schoolmaster of a district workhouse in North
Surrey, and to this statement I wish particularly to
eall your attention and the attention of my young
hearers present. The question put to him is, ". What
has your experience of military drill been in mental
and bodily drill ?" The answer is, " The effect of
military drill will best show itself by its discontinu-
ance. In 1857 the drill master's services were dis-
pensed with by the guardians. The consequence
was to make the school altogether another place.
In six months we lost £2OO in wear and tear of
clothing, breaking of utensils, breaking of windows,
pulling up grating, spoiling the walls; in fact, a
spirit of insubordination pervaded the house. In the
workshop they were insubordinate, and the master
shoemaker rand master tailor called upon me to
coerce these boys. This state of things induced
the guardians to reinstitute the drill, and the
school then changed back again, the ordinary
behaviour was resumed, and they were all kindly
and well disposed." Now, Sir, I ask you
to look
at that fact; I think it will give much important
and useful information. Well, what conclusion
do I draw from these observations ? It is this,
—that there is no man among us so poor but
that he is able to send his child to school, and
to send him fora sufficient time to learn that
which by his system can be gained.
When you
come to read that report you will find that man
after man, schoolmaster after schoolmaster say—
take a child to a well instituted infant schools teach
it to read, teach it to write, and give it all other
elementary instruction; well, suppose the
child is
in the school till he is seven years of age, which is
a long period for an infant school, at the age of ten
he will have received an indelible education ; he
will have received the means of enjoyment through
life; his whole frame of life will be so fashioned
that he will be industrious and civilised. This, sir,
seems to me a most encouraging and cheering thing;
it shows that we have driven away a mass of igno-
rance and folly which before obstructed
us in our
work of education. (Rear, hear.) Now, sir, I will
address myself to the gentry around me ; but I fear
but it it
my voice will not reach many of them,
should, I hope they will listen to my voice when I
say they may be among the great teachers
of the
people. It is not sufficient to instruct
a man in
reading, writing, and arithmetic. If Sou
leave him
there, you merely put the instruments into his
hands that may make him more mischievous
than he was before. 1A hat you have
to do when
you give them these instruments is to fashion them
properly, and especially his manners, and then,
after you have given him these instruments' you
launch him upon the stream of life,
and he is
sure to find a safe and happy harbour. Now, sir'
one of those teachers says he always
persuades
ladies to visit his school. Their
manners, their
behaviour are looked upon by the children—and
what so observant as a child ? They look on what
passes around them and see the great beauty of
good manners. If you compare the
manners of au
educated man—and I use the word largely—and
those of an uneducated man,
is not the one gentle,
kind, and good natured—is he not the life and plea-
sure of the society ill
which he lives ? Is not the
other cruel, morose, selfish 2 There is no greater
difference between the uneducated man and
a man like Newton. What a difference we
can make in this respect ! It is within our hands,
we have the means within our
grasp, and it lies
more with the gentry of this country to per-
vade with their kindness of manner and tenderness
of feeling the working classes around them. It be-
hoves them to do this ;
it is their duty to do this.
New, sir, I dare say this may be called very I
believe it to be
radical
talking ; if so I cannot help it ;
true, I believe it to be wise. (Cheers.) I can say,
sir, in conclusion—for I fear I have spoken too long
—(cries of "Go on'')---that it is not simply
that they
have the greater means because they are wealthy,
but they have great (means by means of their ex-
ample. If they were to mix more with the labour-
ingp classes—and where better than in the school .
—if they wore to mix
snore with and take more
interest in the existence of their fellow men who
live around them, their presence would be as the
sun shining upon the cold earth, bringing up and
vivifying the seed that is within it. Now, sir, I
fear that what I may say may appear wild and ex-
travagant and fanciful---that I anticipate the things
that may never occur; but I am sure the time will
come—though I shall not live to see it—the time
will come when England will be that place which I
bin my imagination can see, when all the people will
instructed, when all the people will be well man-
nered, when we shall be really a band of brothers,
when England will exhibit a spectacle to the world
that the world will admire, and while admiring
emulate. (Loud cheers.)
A vote of thanks Was then awarded to Mr. Roe-
buck.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER. MEETING.
FRIDAY.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds

and upwards, T.Y.C. 1,..3 subs.

Mr. Jackson's Lady Louisa, 5 yrs, 9st 51b.... (Alderoft) 1
Mr. Payne's Merry Mai 3, 4 yrs, sst 121 b (J. Grhnshaw) 2
Mr. Fleming's Cadiz, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b.... (A. Woodhouse) 3
The following also ran :—Lizzie, "Etna , Farce, Creole,
Canzonette, Vindictive, and Wild Duck.

Betting-4 to 1 agst Merry Maid, 100 to 15 each agst
Cadiz, Creole, and Lady Louisa, and 8 to 1 agst Wild
Duck.

Vindictive, on the extreme right, made play, closely
attended by the favourite, Cadiz, Will Duck, and Canzo-
nette to the cords, when Merry Maid quitted her horses and
came on with a decided lead, which she retained to within
a few strides of the chair. Aldcroft then came on with a
rush, and won in the last stride by a head ; there were
three lengths between the second and third; Wild Duck
was fourth, and Canzonette next.

Sweepstakes of 30 sovs each, It ft. for 2-yr•.old fillies, Sat
71b each. Winners extra. T.Y.C. 14 subs.
_._

Count F. de Lagrange's File do l'Air, 9st Gib (in 71b ex.)
(A. Watkins) 1
Mr. G. Bryan's Woodcraft, 9st (in, 71b extra) .. (Lynch) 2
Mr. Watt's Gondola, Bst 71b (Challoner) 3
Mr. Bowes'sTheobalda, Sst 71b (car. 8$ 81b) (Aldcroft) 4
Mr. G. Bryan's Lady Hylda. 9A (in. 71b ex.) (Custance) 5
Baron Nivitlre's Jeanne d'Albret, Bst 71b .... (Hunter) 6
Betting-6 to son Fille de l'Air, 4to 1 agst Gondola,
and 5 to 1 agst Lady Hylda.

After three failures they left the post in a line, and ran
thus for a short distance, when Lady Hylda went to the
front and made the running for the first 200 yards, where
she was headed by Jeanne d'Albret, who carried it on to
the cords, where the favourite Caine out, and won in a
canter by three lengths ; three-quarters of a length between
second and third ; a bad fourth,

Sweepstakes of 30 sovs each, 20 ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst
101 b ; fillies, Bst 81b ; maidens allowed 41b. First half of

Ab. M. Ten subs.
Count Batthyany's Midnight Mass, Bst 10Ib (Custance) 1
Lord Stamford's Brindisi, Bst 6lb (Edwards) 2
Baton Rothschild's Lady Hawthorn filly, Bat 41b

(J. Daly) 3
Mr. Naylor's Audaeieuse, Bst 41b
Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's Queen Fastrada, Bss 41b

(F. Adams) 3

Antinous also ran.

Betting-7 to 4 agst Midnight Mass, 2to 1 agst Brindisi,
and 5 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorn filly.

Midnight Mass, with Brindisi and the Lady Hawthorn
filly on his left and Audacious° on the upper ground, lay
in front throughout, the favourite winning very cleverly
by a length ; a like distance separated the second and third ;
a bad fourth. Antinous, who jumped round at the moment
the flag was lowered, was left the post.
The Newmarket October Handicap of 15 soya each, 5 ft,
with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; the second
received 25 soya out of the stake. A.F. 84 subs.
Mr. Saxon's The Monk, 6 yrs, 7st 41b (J Grimshaw) 1
Mr. R. Sutton's Man-at-Arms. 6 yrs, Bst 101 b (Wells) 2
Lord W. Powlett's Eleanor, 3 yrs, 6st (slordan) 3
The following also ran :—Croagh Patrick, Aurelian,
Waterwitch, General Hess, Balham, Prince Plausible,
Jackal, National Guard, Gamecock, Bertha, Dunkeld,
Donnybrook, The Principal, Fitz Eva, Benjamin, Sea
King, Muezzin, and Lucretia.

Betting-6 to 1 agst Benjamin, 100 to 12 agst Prince
Plausible, 10 to 1 each agst Monk, Muezzin, and Water-
witch, 100 to 8 agst Croagh Patrick, 100 to 7 each agst
General Hess, Balham, Aurelian, and Sea King, 100 to 6
each agst Eleanor and Fitz-Eva, and 20 to 1 agst Man•at-
Arms.

Upwards of a quarter of an hour was consumed at the
post through the restiveness of General Hess, who con-
tinually refused to face the starter. At last Mr. M'George,
seeing a favourable opportunity,lowered his flag to one of the
best starts of the meeting, the lot getting away as nearly in
a line as possible. On settling in their places as they
breasted the hill they somewhat spread. Man-at-Arms,
despite his heavy impost, appearing in command on the
extreme right, having in his wake The Monk, Croagh Pa-
trick, General Hess, Eleanor, Dunkeld, Aurelian, and
Muezzin ; then followed in the centre of the course Balham,
Gamecock, Prince Plausible, Donnybrook, and The Princi-
pal, Benjamin, Fitz-Eva, and Bertha taking a line to them •
selves on the lower ground. With little or no variation
they retained these positions until they reached the Bushes,
where they split. The Monk at the same time getting upon
closer terms with Lord Uxbridge's colt, followed by Elea-
nor, and in a few strides further by Muezzin, the four
drawing away from the ruck as they descended into the
Abingdon Mile Bottom, entering which Jemmy Grimshaw
headed Man-at-Arms, who compounded to the weight, and
was beaten after a game struggle by half a length ; Eleanor
was third, three lengths in their rear; Muezzin was a good
fourth, and close up with him came Balham fifth, Benja-
min sixth, Bertha seventh, Fitz-Eva eighth, with Dm.-
keld and Croagh Patrick next, the ruck being brought up
by General Hess,Waterwitch,National Guard, and Lucretia.
Jackal, shortly after starting, split his pastern so badly that
he was at once destroyed.
The Maiden Plate of 50 sovs, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b,
fillies Bst 71b. Bretby Stakes Course.
Mr. H. C. Naylor's Concordia, Bst 71b (Challoner) 1
Lord Westmoreland's Anningion, Bst 101 h (J. Goater) 2
Mr. H. oavile's Figaro, Bst 101 b (Aldcroft) 3
The following also ran :—Oakapple, Sister to Knave of
Trumps, Templar, Bigotry, Suspicion, Drosera's dam colt,
and Alca.

Betting-2 to 1 apt Concordia, 4to 1 each agst Oak-
apple and the Drosera colt, 6 to 1 agst Annington, and 7 to
1 agst Figaro.

After several failures they left the post in close cam-
pany, the lead being taken, after the first quarter of a mile,
by Suspicion, who was followed by the favourite, Anning-
ton, Figaro, and Sister to Knave of Trumps; half-way
down the hill Concordia assumed the lead, and, with Lord
Westmoreland's colt on his whip hand and Figaro next
the rails, finished a fine race home, the favourite win-
ning in the last stride by a head; three-quarters of a
length separated the second and third; Suspicion was a
bad fourth, Oakapplc fifth, the Drosera colt sixth, and
Alca next.

Sweepstakes of 300 sovs each, 100 ft, for 2-yr-olds. T.Y.C.
3 subs.
Lord Annesley's Irish Queen filly rec. ft.

BETTING AT CAMBRIDGE (en route).

THE EESAREWITcH.
12 to 1 agst Lioness (taken)
20 to 1 agst Jack of Hearts (taken)
20 to 1 agst Myrtle (taken)
20 to 1 agst Limosina (taken freely)
25 to 1 agst !Enfield (offered)
25 to 1 agst Drummer Boy (taken)
25 to 1 agat nomatioff (taken)
25 to 1 agst Fantail (taken)
33 to 1 agst Chere Arnie (taken)
40 to 1 agst Faultless (taken)
cAmBRIDGEsninE.
12 to 1 agst Catch= ern Alive (taken)
100 to 6 agst Birdhill (taken)
20 to 1 agat Borealis (taken)
20 to 1 agat Summerside (taken)
40 to 1 agst Cantonnade (taken)

The King of Prussia's Reply
to the Collec-
tive Letter of the German Princes.

The following is the translation of the King of
Prussia's reply to the collective note of the German
Princes who attended the Frankfort Congress :

The projects of Federal reform concerned at Frankfort-
on-the Maine have been brought to my cognizance by the
letter that you, in concert with other German princes and
the representatives of the Free Towns, addressed to me
under date of the Ist of this month. I have subjected these
propositions to the most conscientious examination, as I
promised in my letter of the 20th of last month, addressed
to his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, at Frankfort-on-
the-Maine. This examination has not convinced me that
the proposed reform in its
present form is of a kind to crown
the efforts ave have made for a number of years in order to
ameliorate the Federal Constitution. I have not found in
the project the true expression of the situation and of the
wants which ought to be taken into account, if the vitality
and duration of such a work are to be assured.
I do not hesitate to declare, although with great fregret,
that my duty as
King of Prussia, and as a German Prince,
does not permit me to adopt the project communicated to
me as the basis of a new Federal constitution.
I
cannot consent to aR extension of Federallobjects such
as have been determined by treaties and by the competency
of the central Federal authority, unless account is taken,
as it ought to be
federation, and of the common interests of the German
nation. In this sense I cansider, as a primary condition of
I of the influence of Prussia in the Con-
my adhesion to a radical reform of the existing Federal
treaties, the understanding on three
points, which I have
charged my Minister of Foreign Affairs to explain to you at
length. These three points concern :-
1. The veto of Prussia and of Austria relative to a Fe-
deral war, the object of which would not be to repel an
attack against the territory of the Confederation.
2. Perfect equality of rights between Prussia and Austria
in the presidency and direction of Federal affairs.
3. A national representation, based not upon delegation,
but upon direct election according to the population of the
various States, and the attributes of which in regard to de-
cisions resrec,ing F.dprat affairs should be the subject of
discussion, and under all eirc,urnstanceA should be more ex-
tended than thoso formulated in the plan of reform in
question. _ . _

been communicated to me would,
Before an understanding is established upon this basis
no discussion of the other details of the proposal which has
in my opinion, lead to a
satisfactory result. I have accordingly charged my Minister
of Foreign Affairs to negotiate, in the first instance, with
the Imperial Austrimi Government on the subject of this
basis, in the hope th at
you, as soon as the necessary under-
standing is established, will, in concert with me, assist in
convoking Ministerial conferences, to prepare the plans
which the German
sanction. (Signed)
.. WILLIsm
Berlin, Sept, 23, Sovereigns will ultimately have to
(C'euntereigned) BismAnx,

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

TIMES.--With the exception of the siege of Vicks-
burg, the incidents of the Civil War that have
marked the conflict in the West and the legion
verging on the great Valley of the Mississippi have
hitherto excited less attention than they deserved.
Even in America the distance of the scene of opera-
tions from the great cities of the East seems to have
lessened the interest with which the military move-
ments in Tennessee were followed. The campaigns
in Virginia, the successive adeanoes on Richmond,
and the betties on the Rapidan and the Potomac
have appeared to constitute almost the whole of the
war. But since the Confederate army retreated
from Illaryland to its old line of defence, holding it
in strength sufficient to reduce General Meade and
the Federal force to inaction, indications have not
been wanting that the next blow would be struck
in the West. In the State of Tennessee General
Rosecrans, with the Army of the Cumberland, has
been gradually approaching the Confederate force
commanded by General Bragg in the direction of
Chattanooga. Here a position described as capable
of being easily held against a strong attack was
abandoned by the Confederates, and the point thus
gained was considered in the North not only as a
decided advantage, but a proof of growing weakness
on the part of the Confederates in that quarter.
The occupation of Chattanooga, in fact, was sup-
posed to be nearly equivalent to a victory, as the
position would have been worth a battle to force.
If there were good reasons why the Confederates
should have held it so long, it appears there were
better for abandoning it. The retreat of General
Bragg must have dra Rosecrans on to less ad-
vantageous ground, or enabled the Confederate
General to effect a junction with expected reinforce-
ments. His movement on Lafayette was suddenly
changed into an advance and attack, and another
great battle, fought through two days, has resulted
in the defeat of the Federal army, with a loss at
present estimated at 12,000 men. The battle has
not yet received a name, but the field of the
engagements was on one of the numerous small
streams that abound in the northern part of the
State of Tennessee, called Chicamanga Creek. The
whole region is mountainous, thickly wooded, and
intersected by rivers. The Cumberland unites with
the Tennessee, and the waters of both combined
form one of the tributaries that fall into the Mis-
sissippi on its eastern bank. The details of the ac-
tion are very imperfect, their brevity not being com-
pensated by clearness of description. But as all the
particulars given appear to be derived from de-
spatches received from the head-quarters of the
Federal army, and must have passed through the
War-office at Washington to New York, we may
safely assume they do not exaggerate the disaster
Gen. Rosecrans has sustained. We may rather
anticipate that his defeat has been more decided and
his loss greater than these first accounts describe.
In New York the intelligence was received with a
feeling of despondency, increased by the hopes
founded on the recent gleams of success. The ex-
planations by which the Ministerial journals are
endeavouring to put " the best possible colour" on
the result of the battle have not had much effect.
The official assurances that Rosecrans will soon be
sufficiently reinforced to resume the offensive
" bring no comfort to the minds of the people."
They cannot but remember that the greater army of
Gen. Meade, after a success, is checked and held in-
active on the north bank of the Rapidan by Gen.
Lee. In such cases the very necessity of explana-
tion is ominous. Decided advantages soon explain
themselves, but the full extent of a defeat is brought
out more slowly. The nature of bad news affects
the teller, and the official party in the North can-
not boldly encounter the political discredit with
which its military failures are always visited. Tak-
ing into consideration the movements of the Confe-
derates, known or surmised, which preceded this
battle in Tennessee, we infer that the Federal com-
mander has been defeated by superior strategy
rather than by mere fighting. It is evident that
the Federal troops contested the field obstinately.
They rallied when broken, formed again, and re-
newed the engagement repeatedly. They seem to
have done all that bravery and determination
could effect. But the greater skill of the Confede-
rate generals in combining the force which made
the attack insured them the victory. While Burn-
side was still on his march to join Rosecrans
General Bragg had received reinforcements both
from the East, the West, and the South. Gen. Lee
had skilfully kept the " Army of the Potomac" in
check on the Rapidan, white he detached Longstree
into Tennessee. Gen. Meade and the other Federal
commanders either did not suspect the movement
or could not prevent it. From several different points
and from great distances the Confederate Army of
the West was reinforced, all the combinations were
made with rapidity, and completed soon enough to
enable them to attack with advantage. The battle
was over, and the troops of Rosecrans broken and
driven back, with the heavy loss announced, while
Burnside was still on the road to the field with a
force of 30,000 men. The action began on the 19th,
and he had not effected his junction with Rosecrans
on the evening of the 21st. We expect to hear that
the Federals on the 19th found themselves in tho
preseuce of superior numbers, and that the chances
were against them from the beginning of the en-
gagement. But to bring a greater force to bear on
the point of attack is exactly the object to be
attained if possible. To secure such an advantage is
the best proof of the Skill of a commander. Account-
ing for a defeat by pleading that the enemy brought
the greatest numbers into the field is only a mode of
acknowledging that the beaten General has been
out-manoeuvred. In the tactics which strengthened
Bragg's force sufficiently to enable him to take the
offensive against an army to which he had aban-
doned a strong position we may recognise the ability
of Gen. Lee. The movement of the necessary bodies
of troops over such an immense extent of country
must have been conducted with great skill. The
delay or loss of a few days would evidently have
given time for Burnside to join the main army of
the Federals. But the time was exactly hit, and the
Confederates defeated the troops of one General
while the force of another was at a useless distance.
It is not yet certain that the army of Burnside him-
self is safe from attack, es considerable anxiety was
felt at New York on the 23d lest he should be in-
tercepted. It is already stated that the Government
at Washington is more responsible for this defeat
than the military commanders. The Cabinet is said
to have directed the operations, and that the Gene-
rals were fettered by its orders. A " searching
investigation" into the causes of the failure is de-
manded that the responsibility may be thrown on
the real authors of the disaster.
POST.—The military operations which the Fede-
rals have been hitherto conducting in the West
with much apparent success have at length received
a decided check. It would seem to be one of the
peculiarities of the great civil war that neither of
the belligerents should be permitted for any pro-
tracted period to follow the path of victory. One
month the Northern armies are engaged in the work
of invasion, and the following one their energies are
exclusively devoted to resisting the aggression of
their adversaries. Victory alternates with defeat,
and the fruits of one campaign are lost in that
which immediately succeeds it. It is our duty now
to chronicle another of those battles, so frequent in
this disastrous war, in which the slain are numbered
by many thousands ; and on this occasion, as on so
many others, Fortune has smiled on the Confede-
rate arms. A pitched battle has been fought on
the borders of Tennessee and Georgia; and, so far
as we can judge from the accounts which have
reached us, the Federal army has sustained a sig-
nal defeat. Our information is derived exclusively
from Northern sources, and when we find the press
of New York unreservedly admitting that a disas-
ter has been sustained which has neutralised the
effects of a campaign hitherto spoken of as pre-emi-
nently successful, it is reasonable to conclude that
the reverse which has fallen on the Northern arms
is of no trifling kind. It is not a little curious
that on so many of the occasions on which the
armies of the rival Confederation have come in
collision on the battle-field, that those of the
Southern should have almost invariably proved
victorious. The South has sustained many serious
reverses, but they have consisted chiefly in the loss
of towns and fortified places. Military engineers
maintain, and with truth, that it is a mere ques-
tion of time when the strongest fortress, if closely
besieged, will fall ; and although in the capture of
Vicksburg and Port Hudson the Confederacy suf-
fered two of the heaviest blows yet inflicted on
it, it did not on that account lose any of the
prestige which the valour of its troops, oven
more than their victories, had done so much to
acquire. Near Chattagootia, in Tennessee, on the
19th and 20th of September, the Confederate army
under the command of Bragg, by the pertinacity
with which it fought, as well as by the success
which rewarded its efforts, sustained in every re-
spect the reputation so dearly purchased on so many
battle-fields by their brothers-in-arms in Virginia,
I%latryland, and Permsylvenie. With the meagre
details at present at our command it is not easy to
form a clear idea of the engagement, whose result
alone is unequivocally recorded. The Northern
forces appear to have been posted on the south side
of a creek named Chickamanga, which flows in a
westerly direction into the Tennessee river ; and to
the rear of the Federal army, and to the south of its
position, lay the village of Chattanooga, to which
finally General Rosecrans found it expedient to re-
treat. The army of Burnside was, at the time the
battle was fought, reported to be in the neighbor-
hood of Knoxville, a town about a hundred miles
distant from Chattanooga, but connected with it by
the Eastern and Virginia Railway. The engage-
ment commenced on the 19th, and on that day at-
tended with no decisive result, Wa9 resumed at a

late hour on the morning of the 20th September by
a concentrated attack of the Confederate forces on
the left wing of the Federal army. Gen. Thomas,
who commanded the Federal left, finding it impos-
sible to withstand the Confederate attack, gave way,
and about the same time the divisions constituting
the right wing of the Federal army and the reserve
were withdrawn from their original position and
despatched to the relief of the shattered left. This
manoeuvre had, however, scarcely been effected
when the Confederates shifted their line of attack
and fell upon the centre of the Federal army, now
deprived of its supports on the right, and, as it would
also appear, weakened by the withdrawal of one of
its divisions, which had been despatched to the relief
of General Thomas. After endeavouring in vain to
hold its ground the centre at length gave way, and
fell back on the rear of the left wing, which, with the
reinforcements it had received, was enabled—not to
regain its previous position—but to make a stand
against the advancing Confederates. At this junc-
' tun, two of the divisions of the Federal army, com-
manded respectively by Generals Davis and Sher-
ridan, seemed to have been seized with a panic,
for " they broke up in disorder and were born down
by Bishop Polk's corps." The troops composing
these divisions literally fled from the battle-field,
for it was not until late in the day that their gene-
rals succeeded in rallying some 8,000 of them and
rejoining General Thomas. This officer, completely
cut off from the main body of the army, had taken
up " an independent position," and, after maintain-
ing "a stubborn fight till after dark," zetired to a
placed called Rossville, where he received orders to
rejoin the main army at Chattanooga, at which
place General Rosecruns was engaged in " concen-
trating " the shattered remnant of his army.
Whether General Thomas succeeded in obeying
these orders is extremely doubtful, as by the latest
advices the Confederates are reported to have
attacked him on the following day, in which event
his troops had probably no alternative but to lay
down their arms. In this battle there is no ques-
tion that the Federals were " out-generalled," and
that their defeat is mainly attributable to the in-
capacity of their leader.

Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments

in the Civil Service.

(From the Civil Service Gazette.)
THE PosT OFFICE. Mr. Allen, surveyor's clerk, has
been promoted to be inspector of mails in Ireland. Mr.
Bradford has been promoted to be Ist clerk at Derby. Mr.
Brassington has been promoted from the 2d to the Ist class,
and Mr. Meginley, from the 3d to the 2d class, of the ma-
jor establishment at Derby. Mr. Mathews has been pro-
moted from the 3d to the 2d class of the major establish-
ment at Belfast. Mr. Gascoyne has been promoted to be Ist
clerk at Nottingham. Mr. Dickisson has been promoted
from the 2d to the Ist class of clerks, Nottingham.
GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE,—Mr. W, Henry Walter
Titheridge, superintendent of the 3d class, has been pro-
moted fo be superintendent of the 2d class, in the room of
Mr. C. H. Anderson, retired. Mr. Thomas Oakes, senior
clerk, has been promoted to be superintendent of the 3d
class, in succession to Mr. Titheridge. Mr. George White,
assistant clerk, has been promoted to be senior clerk, vice
Mr. Oakes. Mr. N. A. Humphreys, junior clerk, has been
promoted to be assistant clerk, vice Mr. White.
CUSTOMS.—Mr. G. Gregory has been appointed an out-
door officer at Stockton. Mr. John Orr has been appointed
at out-door officer at Greenock. Messrs. W. Vine, J. Win-
ter, and J. Attwooll have been promoted to be out-door
officers of the Ist class at Weymouth.
INLAND REVENUE,—Excise Branch.—Mr. L. Peaks,
supervisor, Dover district, Canterbury collection, has been
appointed supervisor of Worcester, 2d district, Worcester
collection. Mr. Jos. Brown, supervisor, Ashford district,
Canterbury collection, has been appointed supervisor of
Dover district, Canterbury collection. Mr. G. Scarborough,
examiner, has been appointed supervisor of Ashford dis-
trict, Canterbury collection. Mr. Robert Bell, supervisor,
Ballygawley, districi, Newry collection, has been appointed
supervisor of Carlisle district, Cumberland collection. Mr,
Robert Peers, officer, Dundalk, Ist division, Drogheda col-
lection, has been appointed 3d clerk, Middlesex collection.
Mr. D. Gough. officer, Dundalk, 2d division, Drogheda col-
lection, has been appointed officer of Dundalk, Ist division,
Drogheda collection. Mr. Patrick Quinn, Middleton divi-
sion, Cork collection, has been appointed officer of Dun-
dalk, 2d division, Drogheda collection. Mr. Wm. Stock-
ings,dropped officer, Wexford, sth division, Wexford col-
lection, has been appointed officer of Middleton division,
Cork collection. Mr. Adam Nisbet, officer, Greenock, Ist
division, Ayr collection, has been appointed officer of
Wakefield, 12th division, Leeds collection. Mr. J. Clemens,
officer, Ilkeston ride, Nottingham collection, has been ap-
pointed officer of Greenock, Ist division, Ayr collection.
THE EAST INDIES.—Mr, F. Macnaghten, assistant com-
missioner of Chindwarra, has been appointed to act as judge
of the Small Cause Court at Jubbulpore. Lieutenant-Col.
R. Macpherson, resident councillor of Singapore, has been
appointed to officiate as resident councillor of Prince of
Wales's Island. Captain J. Burn, resident councillor at
Malacca, has been appointed to officiate as resident coun-
cillor at Singapore. Capt. F. L. Playfair, assistant resident
councillor, has been appointed to officiate as resident coun-
cillor, Malacca. Mr. W. Palmer, assistant accountant Ist
elass, Public Works Department, N. W. Provinces, has been
brauarerred temporarily to do duty in the office of the secre-
tary to the Government of India in the Public Works De-
partment.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE,—The office of deputy surveyor-
general has become vacant by the death of Mr, George Mon-
tague.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK.
Miles Opened. Receipts,.

Railways.

1863. 1862.

Belfast and N, Counties .....• 136 136
Belfast and County Down, • - 49 49
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28
Bristol and Exeter 1215 1215
Caledonian 2311 £344
Cockermouth & Workington • • 84 84
Cork and Bandon . ,
Cork, Blackrock, &Passage*** 1 61
Cork and Youghal .• . 32 325
Cornwall ................... • 665 634
Deeside l7 17
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63
Dublin and Drogheda 75 63
Dublin and Meath
Dub. &Wicklow and Wextd 514 485
Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 1691
Forth & Clyde Junction 3O 39
Furness, &c
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union
Great Northern 351 351
Great North of Scotland 5B 513
ot. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7l NI
qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 354 329
Great Western 10564 10324
Inverness & Aberdeen June 864 865
Irish North-Western 145 145
Lancashire & Yorkshire 3951 3954
Limerick and Ennis..• 24t 2
Limerick and Foynes 261 26
Llanelly 461 46f
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 64
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2512 211
London, Chatham, & Dover 72i 724
Do. Metropolitan Extension 105 24
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
rdan.,Sheffield,&Lincolnsh
Blanch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 94 91
Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28
Metropolitan
Midland (incL N.-Western) 641
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2594
Monkland 7l
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1095
North London 9
North Staffordshire 254
Oswestry and Newton... 5O
Rhymney
St. Helen's Canal & Railway.. 52
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern l3B
Somerset and Dorset 395
South Devon . ... .........• 754
South-Eastern —. .. 306
Ulster ... 645
Vale of Clwyd. . ..... lO
Vale of Neath 321
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
West Cornwall 274
W.Hartlepoolllarbr.&Rail 4B
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt 7
Whitehaven Junction l2
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52
Austrian B2B
Mr
Belgian Eastern Junction 265
Bombay, Baroda, & Cm. India 1851
Buffalo and Lake Huron 1614
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9
Dutch Rhenish lOBl
Eastern of France.•••-•-• lO7B
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O
Great Indian Peninsula 5384
Great Luxembourg 234
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 499
Northern of Canada ..
Northern of France 697
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491
Paris and Orleans 1340
Pernambuco 775
Royal Danish 69
Sambre and Meuse 6B
South Austrian
Southern of France i,.. . 777
Victorian IV6
Welland ......, 25
West VPanders 75
W. and N. W. of France,' 758

1863. 1862
2,061 2.350
629 6:)4
1,987 2,2,0
7,059 7,669
17,722 17.075
296 270
372 316
204 207
432 400
1,802 1,401
3 330
11:i1926091 1:401239098
2,333 2.K6
8,373 8.019
234 282
2,954 2,727
8,481 8,3
33,616 32,763
34,565 32.725
1,669 2,2 3
724 628
10,382 9,415
65,061 66.086
1,599 1,540
1,644 1,755
36,780 35,274
253 149
203 139
639 694
104,759 100,572
1,905 1,889
23,073 25,461
20,141 24,819
5,954 5.704
1.330 60
2 006 2,201
16,711 15.000
1,425 1,262
1,359 1,297
1,713 -
46,729 43,921
4,829 4,557
1,660 1,19 k
2,762 2,461

614
192
71}
44

4101
10771
9
252

13,340 12.471
58,710 55,341
3,252 3,146
8,372 8,514
1,266 1,134

924 857
2,000 2,096
5,308 4,920
5,450 5,416

132 i
39i
756
306

750 398
3.953 3,822
29,388 29,292
5,992 .5,393
1,957 1.851

222 253
2,409 2,N8

442 4,59
1,456 1,162

828
26
132}
161}
189
108 t
1060
639
1090
4371
134

910 883
4,887 3.663
652 472
919 705
801 66)

1364
r 2 0 1

1,667 1,666
30,180 40,010
36t 320
1,665 860
1,684 1,331
4,202 4,181
6,932 5.613
60,257 60,574

17,266 12,951
4,410 3,909
4,942 4,630

1315
777
151

-519 -331
12,595 11,437
20,976 17,507
1,262 1,590
61,460 83,479
3,174 1,659

761 5.,0
146,681 142,949
72,433 68,393

886 885
1,353 1,626
58,011 56,021
33,373 3e,012
8,56* 5,716

452 4t5
1,124 1,099
57,891 51,151

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