The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1863.

MARKETS—This Day.

MARK LANE.
Owing to the probability of an early harvest, very little
business was transacted in wheat in the leading country
markets held on Saturday; and prices, in some instances
favoured buyers to the extent of ls. per qr. Spring corn
sold heavily, at drooping currencies, and flour commanded
very little attention.
We learn trom New York that there was a fair export
demand for flour, but wheat and maize met a dull inquiry.
On the Continent, the corn trade is devoid of animation.
The arrivals of English grain up to our market, last
week, were small. The imports from abroad amounted to
8,102 quarters of wheat ; 4,232 barley ; 59,389 oats ; 662
beans; 1,760 peas; 13,793 linseed; 3,552 oilseeds; 2,719
maize; 830 sacks and 4,330 barrels of flour.
The supply of English wheat received fresh up to this
morning's market, was very small. The transactions were
chiefly confined to a few forced sales, at ls. per quarter
beneath last Monday's currency; but some miller's operated
to a limited extent to meet immediate wants, and where
such transactions were effected previous quotations were
fairly supported.
There was a good supply of foreign wheat on the stands
All descriptions were in limited request, and prices had a
downward tendency.
Floating cargoes of wheat and other grain moved off
slowly at late rates,

The supply of home-grown barley on sale was very small,
and the show of foreign qualities but moderate. However,
all descriptions met a slow sale, but without leading to any
change in the rates current last week.
We have to report a dull trade for malt, on former terms.
With foreign oats the market was extensively supplied.
No change took place in the value of good and fine corn,
although the demand ruled inactive. Interior produce was
very dull, and sales were frequently effected at low rates.
Beans, the supply of which was only moderate, changed
hands Elowly, at last Monday's currency.
Peas were in moderate supply and slow request, at late
rates.

Both in English and foreign flour sales progressed slowly.
.n some instances prices ruled slightly in favour of buyers.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE,
Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1862
Ditto, old 4Bs 548
Ditto, white, 1862 43s 538
Ditto, old sos 57s
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s • s
Ditto, 1862
Talavera,
Rye_
Barley—Grinding 2ss 26s
Malting oos 00s
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6os 68s
Brown
Kingstown and Ware 6os 68s
Chevalier 66s 68s
Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 195 23s
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black l6s 22s
Cork, white
Scotch, Feeding 2os 24s
Beans—Tick
Pigeons,
Peas—Grey...... . 338 35s
Maple
White 36s 38s
Boilers 36s 38s
Flour—Town-made
Suffolk 3os 328
Stockton and Norfolk.. . 29s 31s

from Antwerp, 400 do. from Jersey, 183 New Guernsey,
and 23 bales from Rotterdam.
Mid and East Rents 6os to 140 s per cwt.
Weald of gents
Sussex .
Olds

wits that have been filed by the other side shortl Sne
has a right to be heard.

The *ice-Chancellor—A perfect right, but immediately
anything occurs to affect the children then I shall object to
its being heard in public. There was nothing in the order
to injure the poor lady. .

Mr. Malins—lf the charges made against here are un-
founded, the lady ought to be restored to her position. I
ask that she may receive the £7OO she had an undoubted
right to, instead of the sum of £4OO. I also suggest that an
investigation might be made into the charges made against
her. That she might be appointed guardian to her chil-
dren, but that all questions relating to that subject should
be decided when the case came on for hearing. That posi-
tive direction be given to enable the countess to see her
dying daughter ; also that leave be given to file interroga-
tions, and that trustees be restrained from dealing with the
£l,OOO otherwise than laid down on the deed.

The Vice-Chancellor—lt was arranged that countess
should have the month, viz., £66 13s. 4d., in advance, and
the order touching the selection of guardians should be
issued in the meantime.

Mr. Malins—The order was to be issued after I had read
and digested the affidavits that were put in.

The Vice-Chancellor—Well ; have you done so ?
Mr. Malins—l have read them, but they have been hard
to digest. If I had been annihilated by those affidavits the
whole thing would have been over on Saturday last.
The Vice Chanceller—You were revived by them instead
of annihilated.

The lea' ned gentleman was then about making some fur-
ther reference to the children, when
The Vice Chancellor said he would not allow it. But so
far as the matter between 'he Countess and Lord Vernon
was concerned, he would have nothing private.
Mr. Bacon, for Lord Vernon, said the Countess was
altogether unfit to have the guardahip of the three
daughter?, the eldest of whom was 20 and the
youngestl6. They were left by the mother in a totally
unprotected state by their mother at Cairo. Immediately
that circumstance became known to Lord Vernon he de-
spatched a trustworthy person to Cairo t, supply the im-
mediate wants of the young ladies, and to take them

to a place of safety. He provided them with clothes, and
ultimately they were taken to Turin, where they were at

present.
[The case was proceeding when we went to press.]

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREE r.

DISORDERLY CoNDUCT IN REQENT•STREET.—M r.
Hugh Brodie, 24, Princes-street, cavendish-square, gentle
man, and Mr. James Goodhall, 77, Albany-street, architect,
were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt by Inspector Bowles, of
the U division, with being drunk and behaving in a dis-
orderly manner in Regent-street, at an early hour on Sun-
day morning.
Sergeant Stephens, 11 C, and Inspector Bowles deposed
to seeing the defendants going along Regent-street about
two o'clock on Sunday morning scraping and knocking
with a stick and umbrella at the ship shutters, and making
such a noise that it could be heard half a mile off. Seeing
the police coming they made off, but ran into the arms of
the inspector, who, with the sergeant, took them into cus-
tody.
Both defendants denied being drunk, and Sergeant Glass,
the acting inspector who took the charge, was called, and
he said they were both drunk.
The defendants were fined 20s. or a month each.
DARING- STREET ROBBERY, —James Smith, a fellow
who gave the address 9, Bedfordbury, was charged before
Mr. Tyrwhitt with robbing Mrs. Elizabeth Metzler, wife
of Mr. Metzler, pianoforte maker and music publisher, of
Great Marlborough-street, of a purse containing money.
Mrs. Metzler was crossing Regent-street on Saturday
afternoon, when the prisoner made a snatch at her purse,
which she was carrying in her hand, and made off with it,
but an alarm being given the prisoner was pursued by
Joseph Barker, a timekeeper, and secured and given into
custody.
The prisoner was remanded.

WESTMINSTER.
REFORMATORY INSTITIITIONS.—A respectable looking
working man from the sister isle, solicited the magistrate's
assistance.
Applicant said he wished to procure the release of a
female child from a convent where she was at present de-
tained, and had thought it best to see a magistrate on the
subject.
Mr. Selfe—Whereabout is the place at which you say she
is detained ?
Applicant—ln Bloomsbury.
Mr. Selfe—lt is one of the reformatory or industrial
schools for females.
Applicant—Yes, your worship.
Mr. Selfe—l have no power to interfere—a magistrate
has no control in such matters. Persons are sent to these
institutions in the ordinary way, and there have to remain
for the appointed time.
Applicant—But may not they be taken cut if they are ill?
Mr. Selfe—That is a matter for the consideration of the
Secretary of State, to whom alone you can apply for any
remission of the original order.
Applicant—The little girl is my child, and I very much
wish to get her cut. At the time she was got in there I
had no power to assist her, but things are altered now, and
I wish to take her out.

Mr. Selfe—Why ?
Applicant—She is labouring under very bad health, and
I don't see if I am able to take care of her and maintain
her why she should be kept there a prisoner, and I wish to
have her. _ _

Mr. Selfe—l must refer you to the Secretary of State,
who alone can order the liberation of the girl.

THAI‘IES.

THE SHIPWRIGHT IN SEARCH OF HIS WlFE.—James
Black, a shipwright, about 30 years of age, who was not
quite sober, was the first of 40 night charges which the
magistrate commenced hearing at 12 o'clock, atter disposing
of the applications. The prisoner held on to the dock, and
looked as indignant as possible.
Police-sergeant Bridgland, No. 39 K, said that he was in
attendance at the Eastern Music-hall, Limehouse, on
Saturday night, when the prisoner, who was intoxicated and
very noisy, presented himself, and wanted to go upstairs to
the concert-room. He told the prisoner he could not be
allowed to enter the concert-room, and must leave. The
prisoner said his wife was in the concert-room, and
wherever his wife was he had a right to be, and
added, if you try and prevent me going up-stairs I'll knock
your b--- head off. At the same time the prisoner made
a blow at his face and missed him, but struck his hat, which
fell off. He seized '..he prisoner, and quietly removed him
from the building. The prisoner again put himself in a
fighting attitude, and said " I'll smash you up unless you
let me pass, and again knocked his hat off. He then took
the prisoner into custody an I locked him up.
The prisoner said ha was in search of his wife, and hear-
ing that she was in the Eastern-hall he went there after
her.

Mr. Woolrych—Why did you not go there sober?
The prisoner—l was vexed—very much vexed, and got
drinking. The police sergeant seized me by the neck and
nearly strangled me.
Bridgland was recalled, and said he seized the prisoner
by the arm and not by the neck.
The prisoner—l went after my wife.

Mr. Woolrych--You should keep your wife at home. I
believe you have acted very badly to the officer, who has
done his duty very properly in keeping a drunken man out
of a house of public entertainment, and particularly out of
a concert room. People who go to a place of amusement to
enjoy themselves must be protected from the intrusion of
drunkards and noisy characters. You are fined 10s., and in
default of payment one week's imprisonment.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday a shocking
accident occurred at No. 19, Broad-street-buildings, Broad-
street, City, by which a man named Thomas Freeman lost
his life. It appears that the premises were being pulled
down to make room for the works of the North London
Railway. Deceased was standing on the top of a wall,
when la 3 some means he fell headlong down, and was within
a few inches of crushing p lice-constable 121, of the City
police, in his tall. As it was he came on his head on the
pavement, his brains were dashed out, and his ribs broken.
He was removed to the hospital, when life was, of course,
found to be extinct. The escape of the police constable
was most miraculous, the body of deceased almost grazing
him in the descent.

UNPRECEDENTED OCCURREN CE.—A scene of
great confusion occurred two days back at the cattle fair of
Pizany (Charente). A sudden panic, the cause of which is
unexplained, suddenly seized upon the whole of the horned
cattle at the fair, and nearly 300 bullocks and cows, bellow-
ing with fury, rushed about, trampling under foot, men,
women, and children. Twenty-eight persons were more or
less seriously injured, one woman having her face badly
torn and an eye forced out by a bullock's horn.
SUICIDE BY AN ARTILLERY SERGEANT.---
on Fri-
day morning, at an early hour, Sergeant
clerk t
Black, of the Royal Artillery, and employed as
held-road,
throat
the clothing stores, committed suicide by cuttial
geld-road,
with a razor, at his residence No.
27
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with affection on a man, should he go to the uttermost ends
of the eaith, the recollection of that look will bring him
back,"

Total Destruction of the Portland Bazaar
and German Fair by Fire.

The most extensive conflagration that has oc-
curred for a considerable time past at the west-end
part of London commenced about ten o'clock yester-
day (Sunday) forenoon, and was entirely extin-
guished at five o'clock.

The building in which the fire commenced was
termed the Portland Bazaar and German Fair. It
stood in Langham•place, Regent-street, and had
another entrance in Great Portland-street, St.
Marylebone. The building covered a space of
ground nearly 1,000 feet square. L was only two
floors high, but the property contained in the place
was more than an ordinary ot-server would imagine.
For instance, the Titian and other large pictures, to
which so much praise has been awarded, were in one
portion of the bazaar. The front entrance in Lang-
ham-place was rented by Mr. H. M. Whitaker, the
well-known importer and exhibitor of foreign birds,
insects, and reptiles, whose collection formed a
great attraction of this favourite and Libhionable
lounge. . _

The Baaar, as most public places of amuse-
ment are, was built in a manner to afford the great-
est space. Rows of massive iron columns rose
from the base, and upon the top of these, stretched
along the immense width of the building, were
cast-iron girders. Extending towards the top,
and which formed the beautiful roof, were
placed vertically another row of iron pillars,
and upon them rested an equal number of
iron girders, as in the floor below. Each available
space in this large rage of premises was fitted
up at great expense with fancy shops and stalls,
which had been presided over by 40 or 50 young
females, all of whom have been thrown out of em-
ployment, and those who merely rented the counters
or shops have been bereft of ail their property; and
as far as at present can be ascertained not a single

stall•keeper or exhibitor was insured for a penny.
The front entrance, as before stated, was in the
enure of Mr. Whitaker, and in this compartment

—toe grand entry—were birds valued at over
£20"; the foreign cabinets, insects rare in this
country, &c., his own property, are roughly esti-
mated in value by that naturalist at over £6OO.
Besides, he had left in his charge a celebrated talk-
ing cockatoo belonging to Lady Glentworth, which
was over £lOO in value. Upon entering this part
of the building the birds from all parts of the world
were found either upon their perches or lying on
their sides at the bottom of their cages dead, clearly
indicating that they bed died from suffocation. A
number of lizards, which Mr. Whitaker stated were
of great value, had upon the smoke entering their
cages crawled under some hay, and by rolling them-
selves up in it managed to escape suffocation, and as
the fire was being got under they appeared as
lively as if nothing had happened.
The discovery of this fearful fire appears to have
been made at ten o'clock in the forenoon. This
bazaar being surrounded by the houses in Mortimer-
street, Great Portland, and Little Itidinghouse-
street, it was feared that every house near would
have been speedily levelled with the ground. In a
very brief period the Marylebone parish engine at'.
tended, as well as numerous others of the Landon
Brigade, one from Hodges's distillery at Lambeth,
and the two land steam engines, by Shand, Mason,
and Co., that carried off the only double prize at the
Crystal Palace last week.
The fire-plugs of the West Middlesex Company
having been drawn, a bountiful supply of water was
obtained, and the land steam-engines being
fully up at 100 lb. pressure to the square inch, they,
as well as nearly a dozen manual-power machines,
were called into operation. By this time the back
portions of several houses in the surrounding streets
were in flames. Mr. Inspector Coombes, of the D
division of police, and Mr. Inspector Spencer, of
the Rayal Society for the Protection of Life from
Fire, came up, and seeing the formidable aspect of
the conflagration sent off for the assistance of the
police from most parts of London, and fortunate
it was that they did so, for thousands after thou-
sands of persons, some of that high class little used
to bear the pressure of a London mob, instead of
driving to church, lined the roadways in order to
witness the progress of the flames.
The two land steamers by Shand, Mason, and
Co., and the hand-working engines had the hose
from each so stretched round as to enable the fire-
men to attack the mass of flames at each point, for
it should be stated that the fire had by that period
penetrated the extensive premises of Mr. Green, in
Langham-place, as well as the ladies' reading. rooms,
and also those of Mr. Maurice in the same thorough
fare, and at the same time the extensive show
rooms of Mr. Greene, dealer in antique furniture,
buhl, and looking-glasses —No. 24 in Mortimer-
street—were likewise burning with the greatest
impetuosity—looking-glasses, and mirrors, some as
high as ordinary rooms, were flying asunder, pic-
tures were blazing, and cabinets of great cost were
falling a prey to the fury of the fire. The water-
colour studio, which contaited a most extensive
collection of paintings, was also at the same time
wrapped in flames, as well as a photographic gal-
lery at the top of the same establishment.
After the lapse of about six hours the fire might
be said to have done its work of desolation, but
although no further mischief' was apprehended there
still remained a vast body of fire smouldering in

the ruins. Of the grand bazaar all that can now
be seen are the tottering external walls and a few of
the iron pillars and girders which supported the
galk,ry.

SECOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK.

SPAIN.

Advices frcm Madrid of the Sth state that
the Minister of War is engaged in drawing
up a series of reforms to be made in the mi-
litary tribunals in Spain and at Havana. The Ga-
zette states that the Duke d'Osuna received the
Queen and royal family at his property of
Alameda. The fete is described as of extra-
ordinary magnificence. The gardens were
illuminated at night by 9,000 lights, and a supper
of a most splendid description was given at two in
the morning, everything at tha royal table being
served on gold.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.

The royal mail steamship Scotia, Captain Jud-
kins, from New York on the Ist inst., arrived in the
Mersey yesterday morning, bringing 200 passengers
and 160,000 dols. in specie.
The following, from the correspondent of the
.New fork 7inzes, is the " very latest " from the
army of the Potumac, previous to the departure of
the Scotia:—

" Head•quarters, Army of the Potomac,
June 30 (Evening), 8 p.m.

" I am just in from the front, and send by a mes-
senger to Frederick a brief despatch of the occur;
rences of yesterday and to-day. The rebel force
which made the raid on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad consisted of Stuart's whole force, with eight
pieces of artillery. On Monday night they arrived
at Westminster, and interrupted the Western Mary-
land railroad, and threw out strong pickets, and
shot two citizens who attempted to eseape and give
us information. Early this morning General Gregg
attacked Stuart, and drove him all the way from
Westminster to Hanover, Pennsylvania, a distance
of eighteen milet. During the forenoon Generals
Kilpatrick and Caster drove Stuart out of Hanover
after a splendid fight, and they are still pursuing
him ; part of his force going toward Gettysburg
and part toward York. During the day General
Burford drove a regiment of rebel infantry out of
Gettysburg, who also retired in a north-easterly
direction. You may expect to hear of brilliant
news. The whole army is in splendid spiritb. The
rebels are reported to have burned Cashtown, Penn.,
yesterday. It is between Gettysburg and Cham-
bersburg."

On the 28th of June Colonel Hardie arrived at
the head-quarters of the army of the Potomac by
special train from Washington, bearing despatches
relieving General Hooker from the command of the
army of the Potomac, and appointing Major-Gene-
rai Meade, commanding the sth corps, his successor.
Soon after the reception of the orders at head-quar-
ters, General Hooker issued the following farewell
address:
" Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Frede-
ricksburg, Maryland, June 28.
" In conformity with the orders of the War De-
partment, dated June 27, I re!inquished the com-
mand of the army of the Potomac. It is transferred
to Major-General George G, Meade, a brave and
accomplished officer, who has nobly earned the con-
fidence and esteem of the army on many a well-
fought field. Impressed with the belief that my
usefulness as the commander of the army of the
Potomac is impaired, I part from it, yet not without
the deepest emotion. The sorrow of parting with
the army of so many battles is relieved by the con-
viction that the courage and devotion of this army
will not cease nor fail ; that it will yield to my suc-
cessor, as it has to me, a willing and hearty support.
With the earnest prayer that the triumph of its
arms may bring successes worthy of it and the
nation, I bid it farewell.

" JOSEPH HOOKER, Major-General.
" s. F. Barstow, Acting Adjutant-General."

The following is the address of General Meade on
taking command of the army of the Potomac:—

" Headquarters, Army of the Potomac,
June 28.

" By direction of the President of the United
States, I hereby assume the command of the army
of the Potomac. As a soldier, in obeying this order
—an order totally unexpected and unsolicited—l
have no promises or pledges to make. The country
looks to this army to relieve it from the devastation
and disgrace of a hostile invasion. Whatever
fatigues and sacrifices we may be called upon to
undergo, let us have in view constantly the magni-
tude of the interests involved, and let each man
determine to do his duty, leaving to an all•con-
trolling Providence the decision of the contest. It
is with just diffidence that I relieve in the command
of this army an eminent and accomplished soldier,
whose name must ever appear conspicuous in the
history of his achievements, but I rely upon the
hearty support of my companions in arms to assist
me in the discharge of the duties of the important
trust which has been confided to me.

" GEORGE G. MEADE, Major-General
Commanding.
"S. F. Barstow, Assistant Adjutant-General."
The New York Herald, of the Ist of July, ex-
plains the cause of General Hooker's removal :
" Maryland Heights, June 28.

"We were visited here yesterday by Major-
General Hooker, accompanied by Brigadier-General
Warren. The object of the Commanding-General's
ride from Poolesville, Monocacy, Frederick, or
somewhere thereabouts, was to inquire into the
propriety of evacuating the heights. He sent for
Colonel Reynolds, our able engineer, and asked him
what the object was in holding the heights ? The
colonel replied that he had often asked the same
question, and never got a satisfactory answer.
General Hooker then issued an order that the place
should be evacuated by seven o'clock next morning.
That such guns as could not be taken away should
be destroyed, and the stores removed. Immediately
after he informed General Halleck of what he had
done, whereupon he received a despatch in reply,
countermanding the order, and saying that the for-
tifications had cost too much to be given up, unless
under the most urgent necessity. He considered
Harper's Ferry to be the key to the present and
future operations of the army of the Potomac.
General Hooker's comment upon this was natural
enough, " What is the use of holding on to the key
after the door is smashed ?" Another order of
General Hooker's was treated with the same want
of respect by General Halleck. General Hooker
felt terribly mortified. While on his way back from
here, atter a visit of a couple of hours, he received
an order from Washington removing him from the
command, and placing Major-General Meade in his
stead."

The New York Times of the Ist inst. says :
" The rebels no longer menace Harrisburg. The
army of the Potomac, under its new commander,
General Meade, was in rapid motion on Monday
and yesterday. Its progress on Monday was such
as to relieve the line of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road from rebel cavalry, and to restore telegraphic
communication with Frederick. What its progress
yesterday was will be best indicated by the charac-
ter
of the advises to be received today, which will
probably be of the most important character. A
despatch from Harrisburg expresses the belief
entertained by the authorities there that Lee
was yesterday engaged in concentrating his forces
on the line of the Cumberland Valley Rail-
road, between Shippensburg and Chambersburg,
in anticipation of an attack by the army
of the Potomac. Ewell's corps, however, was
still in front of Harrisburg until last evening, when
it retreated, and is known to have gone beyond
Carlisle, A rebel infantry force was seen yesterday
morning about 14 miles from Harrisburg moving
towards the city, but nothing was subsequently
heard from it.

The following proclamation has been issued by
the Mayor of Philadelphia :
" Citizens of Philadelphia—One more appeal is
made to you in the name of duty and of manhood.
You can close your eyes no longer to the startling
danger and disgrace which hangs over your State
and city. The foot of the rebel is already at your
capital, and unless you arouse to instant action it
may in a few days hence cross your own thres-
holds. There is yet time to prepare for defence.
You number more than fifty thousand able-bodied
men ; the means to arm and equip yourselves are at
hand. Close your many factories, workshops, and
stores before the stern necessity of common safety
makes it obligatory. Assemble yourselves forthwith
for organisation and drill. Come z eady co devote
yourselves to the protection of your homes until
your services shall be no longer needed. Spurn
from you those who would delude you to inactivity
or disaffection. Their tongues and hearts are more
false and hateful than even ihe invaders of your
soil. Let no one refuse to arm who will not be able
to justify himself before man and God, in sight of a
desolated hearth, or a dishonoured family.
" ALEXANDER HENRY, Mayor of Philadelphia."

Gen. Ewell has issued an order to his troops at
Chambersburg, prohibiting all irregularities, any
stating that all the supplicz which may be acces-

nary will be taken in the usual regular manner.
The following is the order :
" Head-quarters, 2d Corps, Army o Northern
Virginia, June 22.

"In moving in the enemy's country ho utmost
circumspection and vigilance are nec ry ; and the
'safety of the army, and the success of he great ob-
ject it has to accomplish, depend upon the observ-
ance of the most rigid discipline.

" The lieutenant-general commanding, therefore,
must earnestly appeal to the gallant officers and men
of his command, who have attested their bravery
and devotion to the cause of their country on so
many fields, to yield a ready acquiescence in the
rules required by the exigencies of the case. All
straggling and wandering from the ranks, and all
marauding and plundering by individuals, are pro-
hibited upon pain of the severest penalties known
to the service. What is required for the use of the
army will bo taken under regulations to be estab-
lished by the commanding general, according to the
usages of civilised warfare.—By command of Lieu-
tenant • General B. S. Ewell,
" A. S. PENDLETON, A.A.G."
General Ewell has also published the following
general order :
" Headquarters, 2d corps, June 13.
" The Lieutenant-General Commanding asks the
men and officers of the corps to unite with him in
returning thanks to our Heavenly Father for the
signal success with which he has crowned the valour
of this command. In acknowledgment of divine
favour, chaplains will hold religious services in their
at such times as may be most
croesnpveecntiievne regiments, eWitehnwtOnderfully small loss—less than
300 killed, wounded, and missing—we have carried
strong works, defended by an abundance of supe-
rior artillery, capturing over 3,000 prisoners, and
large quantities of military stores and supplies.
Such a result should strengthen the reliance in the
righteousness of our cause, which has inspired every
effort of our troops.—By command of Lieutenant-
General R. S. Ewell,

" A. S. PENDLETON, A.A.G."

A despatch from Columbia, Pennsylvania, states
that the rebel forces had ail left York, and were
supposed to be moving towards Harrisburg; but it
is probable that they were only obeying Lee's call
for concentration to meet the army of the Potomac.
It was reported that General Pleasanton's outer
cavalry pickets had been seen within four miles of
York, and this may have had something to do with
the hurried rebel movement. The force at York is
now said to have numbered but 8,000, with 18 pieces
of artillery.

The following is the proclamation of Ger.eral
Earley to the people of York:--

" York, June 30.
"To the Citizens of York—l have abstained from burn-
ing the railroad buildings and car shop in your town, be-
cause, after examination, I am satisfied the safety of the
town would be endangered ; and acting in the spirit of
humanity which has ever characterised my Government
and its military authorities, I do not desire to involve the
innocent in the same punishment with the guilty. Had I
applied the torch without regard to consequences, I would
then have pursued a course that would have been fully vin-
dicated as an act of just retaliation for the authorised acts of
barbarity perpetrated by your own army on our soil; but
we do not war upon women and children, and I trust the
treatment you have met with at the hands of my soldiers
will open your eyes to the odious tyranny under which it is
apparent to all you are yourselves groaning.
"J. A. EARLEY, Major-General C.S.A."

The special correspondent of the New York Tri-
bune describes the intense excitement and alarm
prevailing in Baltimore consequent on a reported
advance of Gen. Stuart's forces on that city :

" Baltimore, June 30.

"At about the hour of ten last night a report reached
Gen. Schenck's head quarters to the effect that the whole of
the rebel Gen. Stuart's cavalry were advancing on the city
from the direction of Westminster. Having seen a lieute-
nant early in the evening whose detachment of 150 men had
been attacked on the road to that place by about 300 of the
enemy, 15 only of our men escaping, I judge the report to
be wildly exaggerated, and attribute the rumour to the
nearer approach of this band, probably bound on a recon-
naissance. Immediately the news spread as if by electri-
city through the city. Orders were at once issued for the
citiacns to hold themselves in readiness to defend the
barricades. Large crowds gathered at the hotels, and at
the Eutaw House word was passed round among them
where they could find arms with which to resist the in-
vaders. At Barnum's, the Maltby House, and other
places where Union sentiment is below par, less excitement
prevailed, and the countenances observable in the groups
who lingered around those delectable resorts were for the
most part wreathed in smiles of pleasant anticipation, At
five minutes before eleven the alarm bells commenced to
ring. The firemen of the city, mistaking this for an alarm
of fire, and misled by the continued ringing, ran in all di
rections in search of the burning building, adding to the
general excitement by their haste and loud cries of "Fire ?"
In addition to this, orderlies galloped here and there through
the street, bearing messages from one part of the city to
another; the residents, men, women, and children began
to throng and block up the thoroughfares; the cars were
obliged to stop running; rockets were sent into the air from
different signal stations; Union men rushed to the places
where muskets were kept, and the work of arming com-
menced. Each man loaded his piece the moment he took it
in hand, and what with the snapping of caps and the occa-
sional discharge of a gun from some one of the windows, by
way of guiding the members of the different leagues to the
spot, the noise and tumult increased momentarily.

Falling into the ranks of one of the many squares going
to the defence of the barricades, I marched with them as far
as Eutaw and Madison-streets, and then discovered the 21st
New York Militia drawn up in line. All this time the
alarm bells continued ringing, and the firemen, discovering
their mistake, shouldered the musket, and swelled the num-
ber of armed men, already large. The excitement continued
unabated up to about 10 o'clock, when a fine rain commenced
—and at the present writing I look from my window upon
a deserted street, where only now and then the clatter of
horses' hoofs breaks the profound stillness of night. Thus
ends for the present a very considerable scare.
Martial law was proclaimed in Baltimore on
June 30. The city is now considered in a perfect
state of defence, the fortifications all having been
completed.

The Baltimore Amerzcan contains the following :
" Headquarters, Middle Department, Eighth Army
Corps, Baltimore, June 30.
" The immediate presence of a rebel army within this
department, and in the State of Maryland, requires, as a
military necessity, a resort to all the proper and usual means
of defence and security. This security is to be provided
against known hostilities and opposition to the lawful and
national Government from every quarter and in every form.
Traitors and disaffected persons within must be restrained,
and made to contribute to the common safety, while the
enemy in front is to be met and punished for his bold in-
vasion. Martial law is therefore declared, and hereby estab-
lished, in the city and county of Baltimore, and in all the
counties of the western shore of Maryland. The command-
ing general gives assurances that this suspension of the
civil government within the limits defined shall not extend
beyond the necessities of the occasion. All the civil courts,
tribunals, and political functionaries of state, county, or
city authority are to continue in the discharge of their
duties interfering with
h
onplyowinernao way
and exerted by
to exercise
as in timeo predominant
of peace,
the military authority. All peaceful citizens are requested
to remain quietly at their homes and in the pursuit of their
ordinary avocations, except as they may be possibly subject
to calls for personal services or other necessary requisitions
for military purposes or uses hereafter. All seditious lan-
guage or mischievous practices tending to the encourage-
ment of rebellion are especially prohibited, and will promptly
be made the subject of observation and treatment. Traitor-
ous and dangerous persons must expect to be dealt with as
tho public safety may seem to require. To save the country
When is paramount to other considerations.
for this proclamation passes by, no one will be the occasion
more rejoiced
than the commanding general that he can revoke his order
and return to the normal condition of a country at peace and
a Government sustained by a united and loyal people.

"ROBERT C. SCHENCK,
"Major-General Commanding."
Martial law having been declared in Baltimore,
the following orders have been issued by General
Shenck

Until further orders, no arms or ammunition shall be
sold by any dealer or other persons within the city and
county of Baltimore without a permit from the general
commanding the military department. Until further
orders, no person will be permitted to leave the city of Bal-
timore without a pass properly signed by the provost-mar-
shal, and any one attempting to violate this order shall be
promptly arrested, and brought before the provost marshal
for examination. Until further orders, no ono will be per-
mitted to pass the barricades, or into or out of the city, be-
tween the hours of 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. without giving a
proper countersign to the guard in charge. Until further
orders, no club-house or other place of like resort shall re-
main open without permission given by the general-com,
manding. All bars, coffee-houses, drinking saloons, and
other places of like resort, shall be closed between the hours
of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. Until further orders, the general
commanding directs that the stores, shops, manufactories,
and other places of business, other than apothecaries' shops
and printing offices of daily journals. be closed at 5 p.m.
for tha purpose of giving the patriotic citizens an opportu-
nity to drill and raake themselves expert in the use of arms.
The Baltimore Club House was on Monday, July