The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-28 00:00:00

WELLAND.

The general meeting of this company was held yesterday
at the offices, Tokenhouse-yard—Major Kitsonin the chair.
Mr. H. B. R, Barker, the secretary, read the minutes of
the last meeting, which were confirmed.
The report stated that, notwithstanding the exceptional
state of affairs which had prevailed on the American conti-
nent, and the heavy losses incurred by the depreciation of
the American currency, a sum of nearly £4,000 net profit
had been earned in the year 1862. The two main difficulties
in the undertaking, and to which the directors desired to
draw the earnest attention of the proprietors were—first,
the amount of debt still owing for the construction and
oiniprnent of the lino ; secondly, the want of steam vessels
to carry off the produce, which was merely waiting for the
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£16,000, and the directors had reason to fear that any
longer delay in liquidating their claims might occasion se-
rious detriment to the undertaking. There were now re-
maining about 2,100 shares unissued, representing a nomi-
nal capital of £43,155, and £4,100 second mortgage bonds.
If upon the security of those two amounts £20,000 could be
.
raised, the whole of the debts might be paid off, additional
power of discharging vessels provided, the line placed in a
thorough state of repair, and in a condition to carry twice
the amount of traffic which had ever yet passed over it, and
from thenceforth the net earnings of the road might be ap-
propriated towards the payment of interest. The directors
were assured from all quarters that the want of steam ves-
sels in connection with the railway was the sole reason
why a much larger amount of traffic was not now forwarded
by the line. The directors were of opinion that
the company should become owners of four steam
vessels, a course which was strongly recommended by Mr.
Bidder in his report in 1858. This would entail a further
outlay upon the company of about £30,000, making, to-
gether
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of £200,000, bearing interest. From a statement of the
general manager it appeared that, with steamers of their
own, the net profits for 1862 would have been at least
£24,000, being at the rate of 6 per cent. upon £400,000.
The directors believed that by a judicious outlay on steam
vessels and the liquidation of debts the line might be placed
by the commencement of the navigation season in 1864 in
such a state as would insure a good return to all who had
embarked in the undertaking. The construction account
showed that £325,715 had been expended.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
expressed his regret that they had not a more prosperous
state of things to submit. The traffic receipts for the year
1862 amounted to about £20,000, and for 1860 to £12,431,
showing an increase of about £8,600. The expenditure
amounted in 1862 to £16,085, and in 1860 to £10,535,
showing an increase of £5,550. With an increase of re-
ceipts the percentage of working expenses would become
less. He then explained the great disadvantage to the
company of not having steamers to convey the traffic away
from the terminus of the line on the lower lake as rapidly
as it was brought over the railway from the upper lake.
62,000,000 bushels of grain were shipped from Chicago in
1862, but for the want of steam vessels or propellers the
Welland Company was unable to take more than 4,500,000
bushels last year, which, however, contrasted favourably
with 3,000,000 bushels conveyed over it in 1860. They
could now carry over the railway double the quantity of
grain they had ever carried before if they only had vessels
enough to convey it to its destination with safety, rapidity,
and punctuality. The want of steamers on the lower lakes
was the great drawback to the traffic of the railway. In
order to obtain the requisite capital the directors proposed
to ask the first and second bondholders to allow the issue of
a preferential stock of £50,000, to take precedence of the
first and second mortgages, which would enab:e the com-
pany to raise the money on favourable terms. Many of
the large bondholders had already signed the document for
authorising the new capital to become a first charge on the
revenue of the company. The great object was to pay their
debts and have the boats ready early next year.
Sir S. CUNARD said he held £20,000 of the first and
second bonds, and would not only sign the document, but
take his share of the new stock, as he felt convineed it was
the only course they could adopt to increase the traffic and
make the outlay remunerative.
Mr. BRASSEY said he quite agreed in that view. He held
£20,000 of the bonds, and would not only sign the neces-
sary document authorising the new stock, but would sub-
scribe one •fturth of it, or a larger amount if necessary.
Unless they provided propellers to work the traffic in con-
nection with the railway there would be nothing for either
the shareholders or bondholders, but if they all worked to-
gether, and provided what was necessary to develops the
traffic, he had every confidence in the result.

The CHAIRMAN announced that they had now a large
amount of new stock subscribed.

Mr. BOSANQUET seconded the motion for the adoption of
the report, which was carried unanimously.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. BRAS-
SEY, a formal resolution was unanimously carried authoris-
ing the directors to raise £50,000 as a preferential stock on
the best terms they could, and to apply to the Legislature,
iderto f nocessary, for power to make it a first charge on the un-
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The mortgage bondholders present then signed the docu-
ment authorising the new stock, and the proceedings ter-
minated.

NEST RIDING AND GRIMSBY.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester-
day at 'Wakefield, Mr. R. Wynn in the chair.
The reFrt stated that the contract for the works, ex-
cepting the Oakenshaw branch and the stations, had been
let by D3nder to Messrs. Smith and Knight, and the works
were to be compl3ted by the end of 1864. The purchase of
the laud was being proceeded with, aild considerable por-

On the 13th of May the " Central Committee of
Warsaw, acting as the Provisional Government for
Poland," instead of surrendering its power and call-
ing upon the insurgents to lay down their arms, and
profit while there was yet time by the Imperial am-
nesty, adopted formally the style and title of the
" Polish National Government." It has been gene-
rally known by that name for some weeks past, and
may be said to have accepted rather than to have
assumed it. All the mandates, all the passports, all
the receipts issued by the ruling body at Warsaw
bear the stamp of a government which really
governs, and which, enjoying as it does the confi-
dence of the nation, has a right to employ the
national insignia. Those who have not had the op-
portunity of witnessing the action of this Govern-
ment in the country itself can scarcely have a
notion of the exactness with which it is obeyed, or
of the wide range over which its functions extend.
I do not know whether it has virtually the direction
of the railway and telegraph lines, but its letters
are punctually delivered, and its orders have more
than once been known at Cracow only a few hours
after publication in the capital. This secret Govern-
ment is represented by no less than six secret jour-
nals, all secretly printed and almost publicly distri-
buted in Warsaw, and from Warsaw transmitted to
every part of the ancient republic. The Movement
(Ruch) is the national official organ, and the edicts
and laws which it publishes are binding upon the
whole country. The Truth, Progress, &c.,
are either semi-official publications to which
the orders of the Government are from time to
time " communicated," or independent prints sup-
porting the Government, and containing news of
the insurrection and of the general position of
the Polish question at home and abroad. In the
meanwhile the Polish journals recognised by the
Rusiian authorities at Warsaw occupy themselves
exclusively with foreign intelligence, and, with the
exception of the official aion of the rvlssian Go-
vernment, avoid all mention of Polish affairs. In-
deed, the very name of Poland would seem to be
studiously avoided ; and in the Gazette Polska of
the 11th inst., I find a publication concerning that
country spoken of as " a work devoted to a portion
of central Europe particularly interesting to our
readers."

The National Government also issues proclama-
tions which are posted on the walls of Warsaw at
night, and remain there until they are torn off the
next morning by soldiers, the ordinary police being
afraid to touch them.

As for its passports, they may, or may not, be
found necessary. A few days ago a friend of mine
was travelling to Warsaw, when the train was
stopped by insurgents. A retired Russian officer
who was among the passengers was not allowed to
proceed until he exhibited a pass from the National
Government. Had he not been provided with this
document (which he did his best to avoid showing
and only produced at the very last moment) he
would have been arrested as an intending combatant
on the wrong side.

Poles who wish to leave their estates must now
have passports, above all if they are going abroad.
Those who are already absent from their usual
places of residence ought
to be able to prove their
right to be away. A severe edict has been pub-
lished against absenteeism, and though it will
i
pro-
bably be impossible to enforce its general observance,
most persons seem to think it just as well not to fly
in the face of it, and to obtain, if possible, a formal
h i whose
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permission to disobey it. The Government has
agents everywhere, and there isscarcely
Europe in which a Pole may not be called upon to
give an account of himself and
toexplain
on city
what
he
nbowhich
y cannot help
ground he sets at nought the orders of a
authority is acknowledged by the nation at large.
I do not know whether a Pole living abroad need
fear the National Government ; but
fearing the
Government
heopinionof
ihisagaining every
countrymen, n
day a
stronger hold.
The National Government has not only commit-
tees in correspondence with it and executing its
orders in all the districts and towns of ancient Po-
land; it has, also, its duly appointed civil and mili-
tary officers, its gendarmerie and police, and its
secret agents of various kinds. If a number of ex-
peditions are sent against the enemy on such an ill-
adrlty Sure to be beaten
o inquire into the
real cause of the disaster, and to prescribe means
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for preventing their recurrence. If, by mistake, a
proprietor has received rent from his peasants, an
to point out the error he has
thoinltake back the money. If any
i'acuaapnlocdnulated his income, and paid the re-
quired 10 per cent. for the expenses of the war on
too small a sun+, he, also, is likely to be visited by

an agent.
The national police act, of course, in the districts
where the insurgents have established themselves;
but marauders are not safe from their interference
anywhere,
e thexeep Russianstintheimmediate vicinity of the
towns
wherehave now, for the most
part, concentrated their forces. Of the performances
of the military officers—the Jaczanowskis, Chacow-
skis, and Jezioranskis, of the insurrection—nothing
need here be said. The principal civil officers are
the directors of the finances, and of the arms and
commissariat departments for the whole of Poland,
and the general governors, prefects of police, &e.,
in Warsaw, and a few other towns.
The most remarkable thing is not that the offices
I have mentioned exist, but that the men who fill
them are able to perform their duties so satisfacto-
rily that the whole civil government of the country
is now really in the hands of the Poles. The Russian
Government cannot get its taxes paid. The Polish
Government, as a rule, gets them paid almost be
fore it asks for them. One letter of remonstrance
from the Polish Government suffices to bring a
tardy, and, perhaps, really needy ratepayer to book.
The Russian Government, on the other hand,
threaten as it may, cannot get its money in at all.
Its officials in th 3 kingdom, Poles almost to a Man,
receive on the same day orders from the Russian
Polish
Government to collect the taxes, and from the

"Art. 1. The contract relating to waterworks
for the city of Warsaw, concluded on the 20th of
April of the present year between the President of
the city of Warsaw and the foreign contractors, Sir
Samuel Morton Peto, member of Parliament, Ed-
ward Ladd Betts, and the house of John Aird and
Co., is hereby broken, and must be regarded as null

and void.
" Art. 2. We entrust the carrying out of this de-
cree to the civil and military authorites."

I do not suppose it is from any contempt of water
(of which a regular supply is much needed in many
of the houses of Warsaw), that the above edict is
issued. Nevertheless, the moderate tax at present
levied by way of water rate is generally looked upon
as a very tyrannical impost, probably for no other
reason than because it goes towards the maintenance
of public works established by the Russians. The
contract entered into between Sir Samuel Morton
Peto and the President of the city of Warsaw may
be objected to, however, first on legal grounds,
because it has not received the sanction of the
Municipal Council; and secondly, on personal
grounds, because the President of the city is Count
Sigismund Wielopolski. In any case the contrac-
tors may rest satisfied that they will not be able to
execute the works.

MAY 22.

The dead are coming to life again. Frankowski,
entombed long ago by the daily journals, and en-
graved in the weekly illustrated ones as a murdered
man, walked out of Warsaw citadel the other day
in the disguise of a Russian soldier. As the report
was immediately afterwards spread that Lewan-
dowski, and not Frankowski, had escaped, it is quite
possible that no search may have been instituted for
the latter until it was already too late to look for
him. The Krakaner Zeitung declares, now for the
second time, that Cieszkowski, fired upon by the
Russians as he lay wounded in his bed, and pierced
through and through with a dozen balls, is never-
theless alive. Count Zsluski, supposed to have been
mortally wounded near Olkusz, is not only alive,
but is recovering. The request of his sister, the
Countess Zelinska, that he might be delivered up
to his friends was ultimately not disregarded, for he
is at this moment in Count Potocki's hospital at
Krzeszowice. In reply to the statement that when
Prince Schachowsky telegraphed to Warsaw for
permission to surrender the wounded man the an-
swer came back in these words,—" Zaluski's body
not to be given up,"—the Russo-German papers
now observe that in the first place he was given up;
and, in the second, that the Countess Zelinska asked
for her brother in what appears to them to have
been an unbecoming tone. Thus when she reached
the outposts before the camp at Olkusz, and was
requested to describe the prisoner for whom she was
inquiring, her response is said to have been, " He
hasieight bayonet wounds, two of which are of a
frightful character; and no wonder when he fell into
the hands of such savages as you."
Not only is all attention directed just now
towards Volhynia and Podolia, but all the prin-
cipal bands formed in Galicia and in the south of
the Kingdom are said to be under orders for those
provinces. Contradictory accounts are received from
Brody, the frontier town between Galicia and
Volbynia, and all that can be said for certain about
the insurrection is that it exists, and that the
peasants have not yet risen against the insurgents.
Russian telegrams, while denying that tranquillity
has been in any way distured in Volhynia and Po-
dolia, say, nevertheless that a few malcontented re-
volationists have been seized by the country people
and delivered over to the authorities. Whether the
peasantry can be employed generally iu this manner
against the proprietors remains to be seen. I do not
think the proprietors themselves are by any means
convinced that such an arrangement would be im-
possible, but the attitude of the peasants in Lithu-
ania has been infinitely better than had ever been
anticipated ; and who knows that the same will not
be the case in the Ruthenian country ? Still, con-
sidering that the peasants in the kingdom of Poland,
who speak the same language and profess the same
religion as their proprietors, are, on the whole, op-
posed to them, and not above selling them to the
enemy on very moderate terms, it is difficult to be-
lieve that in Volbynia, Podolia, and the Ukraine,
where the peasants belong to a religion which the
proprietors hate and despise, and speak a language
which, however much it may resemble Polish, is not
Polish nevertheless, it is difficult to believe that in
these provinces the peasant, influenced by priests who
call themselves " orthodox," but whom the insur-
gents term "schismatic," and under the guidance of
Russian functionaries, will not show himself some-
thing more than indifferent to the Polish movement.
Nevertheless, there is just a chance that the peasant
may remain neutral. He may consider that his
interests are not at stake one way or the other ;
but he will certainly not fight for the Poles, and it
is to be feared that he may be induced to attack
them, if not with any political motive, at least for
the sake of plunder. The land which these Ruthe-
nian peasants cultivated as serfs until the edict of
emancipation came into force has now been given to
them in freehold by the national Government ; bon
it may be doubted whether this present, madet o.n
the very day of battle, will have much effeclittre
gaining their support. If we could on Yal get
nad the
authentic news from Volbynia, Podoliain.
Ukraine these speculations would behcoratr
the
tbhuet.:
as it is, it is impossible to forget t
_nians openly oppose the Poles in
Galicia,
where t
er he e
y
belong nominally to the same Churchi, and, th
fore, difficult to believe that they will unite with
them in the contiguous provinces, whole they have
for the most part belonged to a Church which the
Poles detest above all others, ever since the end of
the last century.
The Czas was seized this morning on account of a
letter from Olmutz, which is said to give a very
true account of the hard position of the Polish pri-
soners confined in the fortress. The edition had
been partly distributed when the police resolved to
prevent its further circulation. The consequence of
this step will be that all the newspapers in Europe
will hear of the Czas being seized, and for what

A correspondent, writing from Valetta, May 22,
says—Vice-Admiral Robert Smart, K.H., has now
assumed the command of the Mediterranean squad-
ron, in place of Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin,
K C. 8.; the latter, with his retinue and family,
embarked on Friday evening last in her Majesty's
paddle frigate Magicienne, 16, Captain W. Army-
tage, and left at 10 o'clock the same night for Mar-
seilles, by way of Sicily and Italy. Major-Gen.
Wood, who has been suffering from ill health, and
Mrs. Wood also took passage by the Magicieene,with
the intention of returning in her from Marseilles. The
Governor (Sir Gaspard Le Merchant) and all the
principal civil, naval, and military officers, went on
board to take leave of Admiral Martin. On the return
of the Magicienne from Marseilles about the end of
the month, with Rear-Admiral IL R. Yelverton,C.B.,
this officer will transfer his flag from her to the Re-
venge, 73. It is understood that Capt. Fellows, now
commanding the Revenge will then take the com-
mand of the Marlborough, 131 (flagship of the Com-
mander-in-Chief), in the place of Captain W. H.
Stewart, C. 8., who goes home, and that Capt. the Hon.
F. A Foley, lately in command of the Edgar, will re-
turn to the Mediterranean, as flag-capt. to Rear-
Admiral Yelverton, whose flag-lieut., Lieut de Ro-
beck, and retinue, were to leave Southampton by the
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer of the
20th inst. On the arrival of Admiral Yelverton, the
Commander-in-Chief will proceed on a cruise, and
probably visit Athens and the lonian Islands. The
Governor paid a visit to the Commander-in-Chief
on board the Marlborough on Saturday last. On
the 20th inst. the Bishop of Malta paid a return visit
to the admiral on board his flagship. There has been
no instance of a visit afloat from the local head of
the Roman Catholic Church since 1830. The hon-
ours paid to him cannot but prove satisfactory to
the native population. Soon after the arrival of her
Majesty's gunboat Alacrity, 4, Commander J.K. E.
Baird, from Beyrout, a court of inquiry was held to
investigate the circumstances of her getting ashore
on Ras-Ibnhani, near Latakia, on the night of lltb
Feb. last. On the report of this investigation being
submitted to the then commander-in-Chief, Vice-
Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8., he passed cen-
sure on Commander Baird. Not satisfied with the
justness of this censure, Com. Baird requested that
he might be tried by court-martial. Accordingly,
on the 18th inst., a court assembled on hOaree the
receiving ship Hibernia (bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral H. T. Austin, C. 8.), Commander It. B.
Harvey, in Malta harbour. The court was composed
of Capt. the Hon. T. Baillie, commanding H.M.S.
Trafalgar, president ; Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8.,
Marlborough; Capt. G. Wodehouse, Meeanee ; and
Capt. C. Fellowes, Revenge ; Mr. H. Jones, secre-
tary to Vice-Admiral R. Smart, K.H., Commander-
in-Chief, officiatingjudge-advocate. The court found
that Commander Baird and Acting-Master Cava-
naugh were much to blame for having placed too
much reliance on the dead reckoning, and for not
having given closer personal supervision while pass-
ing the dangerous point of Ras-Ibnhani. Lieut.
Lloyd was found greatly to blame for having ne-
glected to call the commander when a light and land
were reported; for having removed the leadsman from
the chains when close to land ; and for having twice
left the deck during his watch. The commander
and acting-master were sentenced to be severely
reprimanded, and Lieut. Lloyd to be severely repri-
manded and dismissed his ship. Her Majesty's pad
dlewheel despatch vessel Caradoc, 2, Lieut.-Com. E.
Wilkinson, returned yesterday afternoon form
Corfu, whither she had proceeded from Malta, to
take the Lord High Commissioner, Sir H. Storks,
on his usual visit to the Southern Islands. The
Caradoc left her Majesty's screw frigate Liffey, 39,
Capt. G. Parker, at Corfu, on the 19th inst. The
Surprise, screw gunboat, 4, Commander W. H.
Whyte, was at Patras on the 14th. Her Majesty's
ships at the Piraeus on the 16th were the Queen,
76, Capt. C. F. Hillyar; Pelican, 17, Commander
P. Brock; and the Foxhound, 4, Commander W.
H. Anderson. Acts of brigandage continue to
occur in different parts of Greece. One took place
lately near Pentelicus, where two English officers,
on leave from Corfu, were attacked by the brigands,
who contemplated taking them to the mountains
and demanding a ransom for them, but, finding that
they were English officers, they contented them-
selves with robbing them of their money, watches,
&c., and letting them go. Her Majesty's screw
sloop Icarus, 11, Commander N. Salmon, V.C., now
in Malta harbour, is under orders to leave to-mor-
row for the Piraeus, to relieve the Pelican, which
will then return to this island. Her Majesty's screw
corvette Malacca, 17, Capt. G. J. Napier, left Bey-
rout on the 13th inst., having been relieved by the
Pbecbe, 35, Capt. T. D. A. Fortescue, from Corfu.
The Malacca will call at the different islands of
ithe
Archipelago and the Piraeus on her way to "ate.
Her Majesty's screw gunboat Cockatrice, 2, Lieufor
Commander Gillson, left Malta on Saturday last. .
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garrison and fleet have left this island during tLe
week on different terms of leave of absence :—Lieut.
Col. Yates, R.A., and family ; Capt. Orde, 15th
Regiment, and family ; Lieut. Colquhoun, 15th Re-
giment; Lieut. K. H. Savage, 15th Regiment;
Lieut. R. Cartwright, 15th Regiment ; Ensign C.
J. Burnett, 15th Regiment ; Lieut. Luxford, and
Lieut. H. C. Willis, 23d Regiment; Mr. Brady,
RN., and wife ; Mr. Ramsey, R.N. ; Mr. Clever-
ton, R.N. ; Mr. Warren, R.N. ; Mr. Hill, R-N-
Capt. Blane, 23d Regiment, leaves to-day for Eng-

THE ARMY.
The 2d battalion 60th Rifles, under the command
of Col. Palmer, C. 8., left Portsmouth garrison yes-
terday morning, by special train to Farnborough,
en route to Aldershot.
The military invalids, who arrived at Spithead in
the Agamemnon sailing transport on Tuesday, as
noticed in The Sun of yesterday, were disembarked
in the steam-tug Lucifer and conveyed to the
Military Hospital at Netley.
The works in connexion with the erection of the
batteries and forts near Garrison-point at the en-
trance to the Medway, for the better protection of
Chatham dockyard and arsenal, will now be carried
on to their completion, no further delays being per-
mitted in the progress of the work.. the Government
being desirous of having the first Ible, or outer de-
fences, completed before any consider able progress
has been made in the Chatham dockya:d extension
works. The foundations of the massive casemated
fort to be placed at the extreme limit of garrison-
point have been laid upwards of 12 months, since
which operations have been entirely suspended in
order to allow the foundations to solidify and be-
come settled before the battery is erected. The
substructure having had sufficient time to settle,
the first section of the superstructure will be pro-
ceeded with this portion of the fort embracing the
main tier of casemates, which are intended to mount
guns of the very heaviest metal. The form of the
fort is semi-circular, with its front facing the main
channel approach to Chatham harbour. It will
consist of two storeys or tiers, and will be con-
structed of a strength far surpassing any modern
erection of that kind, so as to be able to mount the
heaviest known kind of ordnance. The position of
the first, or outer fort, will effectually cat off any
attempt of a hostile vessel entering the Medway
from the eastward, while that of the guns placed en
barbette will command the entire channel by which
vessels ascend the estuary of the river to Chatham
harbour. In order to allow for the sinking of the
foundations and the settlement of the fort, the
work will be proceeded with under separate con-
tracts, which, although prolonging the time for the
completion of the undertaking, will add materially to
the strength and security of the structure. The
western face of the fort will command a portion of
the channel about 1,000 yards in width, through
which all vessels proceeding up to Chatham have to
pass; the guns from the battery on Garrison-point,
i in conjunction with those mounted on the Martell°
Tower on the opposite side of the channel; thus-cut-
ting off any hostile squadron attempting to enter
the channel from the Nore.
Yesterday a review' of the troops comprising the
garrison of Chatham was held on the Lines by
Major-General H. Eyre, commanding the district.
The force on the ground consisted of the mounted
field D battery of the 9th Brigade, Royal Artillery,
with their 12-pounder field Armstrong guns, am-
munition, and ambulance waggons; the corps of
local pensioners of the Chatham district, under the
command of Col. Jenkins; the three battalions of
infantry of the line, including the depot companies
of the Ist and 2d battalions of the 4th King's 0 wn,
the Ist and 2cl battalions of the 12th Regiment, the
Ist and 2d battalion of the 19th Regiment, the Ist
and 2d battalions of the 20th Regiment, 31st, 35th,
43d Light Infantry, 51st King's Own Light Infant
try, 52d Light Infantry, 75th, 77th, 81st, 83d, 91st,
94th, 101st (Royal Bengal Fusiliers), and the 102 d
(Royal Madras Fusiliers) Regiment, and the Chat-
ham division of Royal Marines, upwards of 1,100
strong. The troops were formed on the ground
shortly after 10 a.m., in contiguous quarter distance
columns, and on Major-General Eyre arriving on
the ground he 'was received with a general salute.
After riding along the front and rear of the divi-
sions the general took up his position at the flag-
staff, when the entire force defiled past in open
columns of companies in quick time, led by the
Royal Artillery. This completed, the troops were
put through the usual manceuv res incidental to a
field day, all of which were executed with steadi-
ness and precision. After this they were dismissed
to their quarters.

Frightful and Fatal Accident.

GREAT YARMOUTH, May 27.—An accident of a
dreadful character occurred upon the South Denes,
near this town, yesterday afternoon. For some
past there has been a party of itinerant musicians
and vocalists connected with a dancing saloon at
Half Moon public house, Market-place' and in
consequence of the Whitsun holidays, two of these,
namely Charles Marsh and Henry Wharton, pro-
ceeded to the Monument-house tavern, South Denes,
where a large number of holiday folk had assem-
bled for the purpose of enjoying theseaview and
witnessing the practice of the NiaorefNoleki Artillery
Militia with the heavy guns at the south battery,
the target being placed in the roadstead. Not find-
ing
et
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proposed
pt the
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tbhl public-house,
cheohuds et
the inhabitants monument erected by olumonf
Norfolk about 44 years since to the memory of the
who was a native of the county.
gallantThis—rinagta hmfie
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admiral,monument
steps, andsurmitshutnottainl Marsh, whowas
feet. ascended in the interior by 217
feet
Leight from th© ground is 144
persons availedhigh.the monument The. -
Britannia, 14 f is a figure of
of the colutnn is
mitvery
splendid, and numerous
to ascend the platform.
holidays of thethemselves during the Whitsun
On . . opportunity
arriving at the monument
a telescope a gentleman lent
to Marshand
after vainly Wharton, but the former,
ende •
avouring to find the right focus,
handed the 1 g ass to Wharton. The latter soon
obtained the requisite accuracy for riewiug objects,
and after looking through the telescope for some
time
he turned round for the purpose of speaking to
his cmPariion, but found that he had disappeared.
In the meantime, with great foolhardiness, Marsh
had climbed from the platform on to the f4;ure
sere-
of
Britannia, upon which he seated himself,
and
cal times saluted the spectators beneath. Attem
tion,pt-
ing, however, to dery to become from his gi
aware of his
ddy pobi
he appeared suddenly to h
peril,
and, losing his presence of mind, lost hold of
the figure and fell head foremost upon the south
corner of the granite basement, and from thence on
the ground, striking his skull and body with ter-
rific force. Of course death was instantaneous.
gis skull was frightfully fractured, and numerous
bones in his body were broken. The deceased's
i ds•
figured remains were subsequently removed to the
workhouse. He has left a wife, who was,
at the time of the dreadful occurrence however,
at Bradford.

u:iholds the views of his last message. Nothing
could be more ill-judged than the tone adopted by
the KING throughout. He assumes, in the most
arrogant manner, that he is to be the sole judge of
all that is meet and right for the country. Really,
after reading this passage, one may ask, where is
the good of having a Chamber of Representatives
at all, since it is their function to do nothing but
follow the lead of their Sovereign, and submit im-
plicitly to the dictates of his Ministers, " The
position of the country is known to the KING. The
Chamber by its Address has cut away all hope of
community of action. The attitude of the House
in foreign questions has grieved the KING deeply.
Prussia is not more isolated owing to her foreign
policy than other Powers. Some members of the
House have threatened to refuse the supplies in the
contingency of a war ; but the KING will seriously
oppose such unjustifiable endeavours to enlarge the
constitutional rights of the Chamber. The KING
will maintain the power of the Crown undiminished,
and will not allow the foundation upon which it
rests to be removed."
If these assertions are true, what is the Chamber
to do ? They are not to pronounce an opinion
upon foreign subjects, nor express their wishes in
home concerns, neither are they to interfere in any
way with the finances. As if this was not enough,
the KING adds, " the Ministers possess my confi •
dente, and their actions have my assent.' Surely
nothing can more determinedly express the resolu-
tion to carry out the pre. determined views of abso-
lutism than this sentence. It leaves no room for
hope, but gives ample hope for fear as to the result.
Count EULENBEEG read the reply of the KING, and
also gave notice that the Parliamentary session
would be closed in the afternoon. Herr VON Bis-
MARK read a speech from the Throne afterwards, in
which the most indignant terms are employed to
express censure on the conduct of the deputies. It
is stated that the Chamber by ics address to the
KING has placed itself in direct opposition to
the Government, and throws upon them all the onus

arid opprobrium of the misunderstanding, by
stating that they are adverse to any understanding.
It is a universally acknowledged fact that to effect
anything like a reconciliation both sides must con-
sent to forego something, and meet half way on the
road of concession. In this case, however, there can
be no mistake; the deputies are told their duties,
which are, to yield in everything to the Will of
their masters, and to acknowledge not alone the
divine right of the KING, but also to confess the in-
fallibility of the Ministers of the Crown. It is not
very surprising that the representatives of a free
people should not be slow to learn so hard a lesson
or take some time in the solution of so mysterious
a problem. It would appear to a stranger reading
this speech that Herr VON BISMARK was ad-
dressing some rebels, instead of a mighty
power in the state. In his excitement and indig-
nation he tells us pretty plainly what are his real
opinions, and discloses his arbitrary designs most
fully and complete:y. As regards Poland, for in-
stance, we find that a great crime has been com-
mitted by the Deputies. "By its debates upon
foreign politics the Chamber has endeavoured to
paralyse the influence of the Government, and has
thereby increased the excitement prevalent in the
provinces bordering upon Poland." Such lan-
guage as this surely emanates from St. Peters-
burg, and we may naturally expect as an addenda
that the guilty parties are to be subjected to for-
feiture or exile. If anything could be wanting to
excuse or explain the resistance of the Chambers to
the Ministerial measures, it is amply afforded in
this reply of the KING and this speech at the close
of the Chambers. More mistaken conduct could
not have been imagined. The King of PRUSSIA and
his too subservient Ministers are now exemplifying

LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1863.

The Norwegian has just brought us two or three
deeply-interesting particulars in reference to the
death of the heroic and renowned " Stonewall"
JACKSON. One of his dying requests appears to
have been that General EWELL should be appointed
his successor. His funeral at Richmond, on the
12th, is described as having been marked by extra-
ordinary demonstrations of popular grief and vene-
ration. According to a local journal, regarded by
many as the principal organ of that Southern me-
tropolis :—" Since the death of WASHINGTON no
similar event has so profoundly and sorrowfully
Impressed the people of Virginia." Immediately on
receiving intellgence of the serious wound from
which the Lieutenant-General was suffering after
the great battle at Fredericksburg, the Confederate
Commander-in- Chief, it seems, spontaneously has-
tened to address to h:s illustrious Lieutenant a
letter, in which he (General LEE) thus emphatically
expressed his grief at the intelligence :—" I can
not," he said, " express my grief at the occurrence.
If I could have thrected events:l should have chosen,
jor the good of the country, to have been disabled
in you, stead." Adding to this extraordinary evi-
dence of his full appreciation of General " Stone-
wall" JACKSON—" I congratulate you upon the
victory, which is due to your skill and energy."
When the direful event, then but little, if at
all, anticipated, actually came to pass—within,
alas ! how few hours afterwards—General LEE, the
Commander-in.-Chief of the victorious army of the
Confederates thus, upon the 11th inst., announced
the bitter tidings to that army in a General Order,
of which the subjoined are the most important para-
graphs—" With deep grief," says this noble and
affecting Order, " the Commanding General an-
nounces to the army the death of Lieut.-General
JACKSON, who expired on the 9th, at 3.15 p.m. The
daring, skill, and energy of this great and good
soldier, by a decree of an all-wise Providence,
are now lost to us. But while we mourn his death
we feel that his spirit lives, and will inspire the
whole army with his indomitable courage and un •
shaken confidence in GOD as our hope and
strength." And then—in identically then same
spirit in which Sir WILLIAM HOSTE signalled
to his fleet on going into action, at the
Battle of Lima, " Remember NELSON !''—in pre-
cisely the same spirit General LEE adds, in
this mournful but inspiriting Order to his troops,
in reference to the glorious Soldier just departed.
" Let his name be a watchword for his corps, who
lave followed him to victory on so many fields.
let officers and soldiers imitate his invincible de-
termination to do everything in the defence of our
beloved country." And the mere utterance of the
name of " Stonewall" JACKSON, throughout the
rest of this dreadful war, we may rest assured, will
be as infuriating almost against their Northern
antagonists, to the Confederate troopers on going
intiabattle, as the beating of the pas de charge upon
Zrrexes drum could ever have been to
the followers of ZITZKA ! The greatness of
the
loss experienced by the South through
this (as it seems to us mortals) premature death of
at stonewall" JACKSON has hardly yet been in any
way, or to any moderate extent, adequately
realised. It will be a consolation to all those who
sympathise with the Southerners to find, now, in
this latest news just brought to us across the ocean
by the Norwegian, that the next best name in the list
of Confederate Lieutenant-Generals, the next best
cone to JACKSON'S upon that gallant roll of the
ralladins of LEE, the name of BEAUREGARD crops
up again opportunely in the very midst of the bitter
grief felt at the sudden disappearance from the
scene of STONEWALL JACKSON—the ablest of them
all ! For some time past General BEAUREGARD has
in a manner disappeared from view--.l3oW—as we
have said, most opportunely to reappear at the very
l -uncture when his advent would be the most heartily
welcomed. " Rumours," says the telegram, flashed
from New York on the evening of the 16th inst.,
to catch the Norwegian, then upon the eve of
taking her departure eastwards, " rumours are cur-
rent that General BEAUREGARD has arrived in
Richmond with reinforcements."

the adage of antiquity, 7uen Deus vuit perdere
prius dementat. When the KING says that "he
will maintain the power of the Crown undiminished,
and will not allow the foundation upon which it
rests to be removed," he is taking upon himself a
responsibility that is beyond human power. No
man can ensure to himself an undisturbed inheri-
tance, or be certain that his throne will last his life.
He can take the wisest precautions to gain the de-
sired end, but the Sovereign of PRUSSIA is not
adopting such a course. He is determined to rule
in terror, or to crush down all who stand in
his way. He is nearly related to the Royal
family of this country by the new ties
that have been formed. The eldest daughter
of England has found her home in his
dominions; can no friend or adviser exhort him to
seek here for a model of a strong Government, and
a well-established monarchy ? The witnesses of its
security are many; he may learn that it has stood
the test of revolutions and disturbances unmoved
and unshaken ; and why ? Because it has its foun-
dations in the trust and goodwill of the people.
Until foreign nations can learn this lesson, there
will be no stable forms of Government, and the
Monarch who rules with tyrannic sway to-day,
exulting over his superiority in judgment, and re-
velling in the plenitude of his power, may to- morrow
find that power crumble beneath his touch, because
it had no strength in its pride and glory. All well-
wishers of Prussia, on whichever side they may be
ranged, will deeply deplore this untoward state of
things, and earnestly trust that ere long some be.

nigner influences may intervene, and these unhappy
Deputies and the Ministers be terminated once and
for ever. It is certain that this last transaction has
made the effort of an adjustment of differences more
perplexing, but it is not yet too late to avert the
mischief and misery that will inevitably ensue if
such counsels are to be the law of the land. The

Deputies have shown a spirit worthy of their

country, and their patriot zeal has been exercised

under most trying circumstances. They have done
what they could, and no future evil that results

'rorn thibi fracas can rest with them. White they

had the opportunity they upheid the rights of their

position, and those who have watched the progress
of this discussion can only look back on their career
with regret to think that theirs was not the success
they so richly deserved ; but their merit is the same,
victorious or vanquished, and we must regard them
henceforth as representatives who have provad
worthy of their trust, and as champions of consti-
tutional privileges, whom their country should be
proud to rank among her sons.

and the
descanting on the evils of overcrowding,
It is strange that while people are continually
dangers to public health of the close atmosphere of
our pent-up cities, the few open spots which yet
linger in the vicinity of the metropolis are
with such difficulty preserved from encroachment.
It is almost impossible to overestimate the advan-
tages conferred on large masses of
people—men,
women, and, above all, children—by our parks and
commons. The parks have been called, not inaptly,
"the lungs of London," and the commons, though
not so close at hand, ate c f cqual value. They show
the fresh sights of country life to the wearied eyes
of the toiling thousands who spend day after day in
the monotonous routine of their trades, and who,
from press of business, or lack of means, can
seldom escape from its busy whirl to a greater
distance. Indeed there are thousands who are never
likely to take a pleasure trip of any kind. How
melancholy it is to learn from a full town-bred child
that it has never seen the country, and can with

The news from Prussia is most unsatisfactory.
The Chambers have been closed, and hence matters
are pushed to an extremity. It is said that the ICING
refused to reeeive the deputation appointed by the
House to deliver the address, therefore it Was
g ‘ven by the Ministers. The answer of the BIND

LATEST INTELLIGENCR
difficulty form any idea at green grass, fields, trees,
•
and hedges. Yet if this be too common now among
(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
the families of our struggling poor, how much more
frequent will such ignorance be if the invaders of
popular rights succeed in their designs on the
heaths and commons round London It is difficult
gentlemen. Surely there is goanci enough
to understand. the motive that actuates these
and to spare in the stiburbs of the metropolis for
building purposes. Why should they not avail
themselves of some of the waste spaces to be found
in most of the outskirts of London, and busy them-
selves in extending still further some of those new
half-finished localities which offer employment to
the energies and capital of a whole tribe of such
active "improvers." With regard to their territo-
rial rights, it is difficult to see what induced them
to purchase property in the neighbourhood of a
heath or a common if they dislike the sight of it.
If they wish to see the hedges cut down, the turf
taken up, the gorse uprooted, and the blue sky shut
out by bricks and mortar, it is some what perplexing
to know "a gulls allaient faire dans cette galore."
Why do they not take up their abode in the Poultry
or some adjacent part? Why should they thrust
themselves into the pleasures of their fellows of
different tastes from themselves, and endeavour to
prevent others from enjoying a breath of fresh air,
that common blessing so sadly uncommon in close
city streets and lanes? The latest offender in this
respect is Mr. THOMPSON, who, unhappily for the
metropolis at large, if he succeed in his object,
has recently purchased some property in the
vicinity of Tooting-common, and who pro-
poses to exercise his manorial rights by enclosing
a considerable portion of one of our most extensive
commons. The attractions of this part are well
known from the throngs who visit it in these sum-
mer days. Though within seven miles from St.
Paul's it is as rural and as pretty as many genuine
country scenes. Pleasant walks abound, and the
view is enriched by the woods of the neighbour-
ing domains, one of which once belonged to the
THRALES, famous from their associations with
SAMUEL JOHNSON. We can fancy what would be
the pithy expression of the Doctor's indignation if
he had foreseen such an attack on his favourite
neighbourhood. It is fortunate for the public that
the inhabitants of the district have taken up the
cause in a firm and temperate manner, showing all
due deference to the rights of Mr. THOMPSON, yet
manifesting no inclination to surrender those in-
tangible rights of the public which that gentleman
is so slow to recognise. It is el, ident that he does
not in the least understand what an act of cruelty
he is contemplating. He considers the com-
mon in its present state to be " a nuisance
instead of a benefit," and on being pressed
for an explanation of the object of the
proposed enclosure, his lawyer made the startling
reply that it was " To render the land productive
by levelling the hillocks, and filling in the swamps,
and possibly for building purposes." After con-
siderable discussion the matter was adjourned for a
month ; and, as Mr. THOMPSON declares, he is will-
ing to meet his opponents in a friendly spirit, and
they, on their part, are ready to subscribe any
reasonable sum he may require for the surrender of
his rights, there are good grounds for anticipating
a satisfactory settlement of the matter. If the
same plan were followed with all our open spaces,
the rights of proprietors brought oat, and the
ground declared to be public property for ever, a
grand boon would be conferred, not only on our own
generation, but on all future generations of our
busy and crowded London. The lines of streets
and squares have surely room enough to extend ;
the moat practical and enterprising will admit that
some spaces can be spared. Let the workers in
the busy hive have the benefit of them, that when
they "leave their weary wailing," they may be
able to lose sight for a while of workshops, and
courts, and alleys, and rejoice for a while in the pre-
sence of that nature which leads the most callous
insensibility to Nature's GOD

THE BRAZIL MAIL,
RIO JANIERO, MAT 9,
(Per the Oneida by Telegraph from Lisbon.)

Exchange on London, 271 to 27j. Coffee, good
first, 7,100
0
ipme4to since the de-
parture
steamer,s:B,Boo bags, including
tt hto 7
last,3o O rei s
9,405 for the Channel. Stock, 70,000 bags.
Freight to the Channel, 40s. to 475. 6d,
Exchange on London at Bahia, 271.
PERNAMBUCO, MAY 17.
Exchange on London, 27i. Sugar, 1,600 to 1,650.
Cotton, 19,000 reis.
The Guienne arrivcd here on the 11th instant.
LISBON, MAY 28.

the Royal Mail Steampacket Company's ship
Oneida, from the Brazils,arrived here this morning,
and will leave for Southampton at 3 p.m., with
115 passengers, £1,498 in specie, 985 packages of
tobacco, 181 packages of coffee, and 250 packages
of sundries.

THE CAPE MAILS.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 28,

The Union Company's steamer Cambrian, with
the above mail, arrived here this morning. Her
dates are—Table Bay, April 20; Helena, 29; and
Ascension, May 3.

She brings 60 passengers, about £1,900 in specie,
and a cargo consisting of 446 bales of wool, 400
bags of copper, and 150 casks of wine.

The Cape Parliament was opened on April 16.
The state of the Colonial finances was the prin-
cipal topic of the Governor's speech on the occasion.
He proposed additional revenue to the extent of
£150,000 per annum to be raised by me i as of stamp
and succession duties, increased transfer and auction
dues and land tax.

The policy of annexation and the union of the
colonies in South Africa was still strongly urged by
the Government, but any measures on the subject
would be postponed for another year. The Gover-
nor announced that the Port Elizabeth and
Graham's Town Railway, and the Mallesburg
branch, and the Worcester extension of the Cape
Town Railway bills would be reintroduced with
additional clauses for the preparation of surveys,
plans, and estimates by the Government surveyors,
and to authorise contracts for the construction of
the lines on account of the Government.

His Excellency also recommended that before the
adoption of new arrangements for the western lines,
endeavours should be made to effect a transfer of
the Cape Town line as soon as completed, with the
view of its being worked for the benefit of the
colony. He declined to recommend the extension
of the guarantee of the colonial revenues to the
works undertaken by the Irrigation and Investment
Company, but he i romised to introduce a bill to
empower the Government to grant assistance to
landowners wishing to improve their farms by
irrigation ; the sums to be then advanced would be
raised by colonial debentures.

Abundant rain had fallen during the month, and
agricultural prospects were good. Trade was im-
proving.

Bishop Tosez and party were to embark for
Zambezi on the 20th April in the Orestes, which
would convey to Dr. Livingstone the intelligence
of the recall of his expedition.
The screw steamer Albatross, and the Dutch
barque William de Zwyger, had been wrecked on
the coast,

The relations 'with the natives continued peace-
able. A portion of the armed mounted police had
been withdrawn from Transkeian territory.

THE INTERNATIONAL DOG SHOW.—Yesterday
was the third day of exhibition and first shilling day of tilt,
dog show at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, and it is stated
chat up to 7 o'clock last evening upwards of 20,000 persons
had passed through the turnstiles. _ _

-
EXETER HALL.—To-morrow (Friday) evening
the Sacred Harmonic Society will perform Haydn's
"Creation."

The Straits (Singapore) Times says that the
island is more infested with tigers than ever, and that large
numbers of Chinese wood-cutters, who work in the jungle,
are killed by those beasts. Although tha island is only 15
miles square, and 100,00 persons live on it, it is not cleared
of jungle. 100 dollars is paid for every tiger killed. The
tigers swim over to Singapore from the Malay Peninsula,
which is only a quarter of a mile distant.
THE COCKCHAFERS.—The Unzon Bretonne has
the following :—" The municipal council of Coulans (Sarth)
lately voted the sum of 600 f. for the encouragement of the
destruction of cockchafers. The amount to be paid is five
centimes the pound, and as the cockchafers weigh on an
average about 500 to the pound, the 600 f, voted will serve
for the destruction of 6,000,000 of those insects. Within a
few days from the voting of the measure 1,8561 b. weight of
cockchafers were brought in."

ARMY LIST OF 1642.—Very shortly there will
be published by Mr. Rotten, of Piccadilly, " The Army
Lists of the Roundheads and Cavaliers," containing the
names of the officers in the Royal and Parliamentary
Armies of 1642, reprinted from the comparatively unknown
originals, and edited, with notes, by Mr. Edward Peacock.
A WORD ON TREASURE TROVE.—It is difficult to
make the peasantry comprehend manorial rights.
A man who finds a treasure on his own ground, and that
treasure one which can have no living owner, naturally
looks on himself as its rightful possess( r. He has pro-
bably never heard of King Edward's law of treasure trove,
and a natural sense of justice does not guide hint rightly
in the matter. If a liberal reward were given—nearly the
metal value of the trouvaille—it is quite possible that we
might have become possessed of many precious relics
which are now broken up and consigned to the melting
pot.—Once a IT eek.

THE LAST DAYS OF A BEAUTY.—Of the early
part of George the Third's reign there were not
two beauties who painted, patched, and powdered more, or
who needed it less, than Mrs. Hobart and Lady Coventry ;
the former, all in gauze and spangles, "like a spangled pud-
ding," as a Rue gentleman remarked ; the latter, in a light
blue dress, covered with round spots of silver, which made
her look, according to George Selwyn, like "change
for a guinea." Poor Lady Coventry 1 As long as paint
could deceive her, she was slow to believe in
consumption; but when the terrible truth forced itself
upon her, she lay, all unpainted and unpowdered, gazing
into a pocket-glass till she could bear no longer to contem-
plate the breaking-up of the wreck of herself. Nor would
she offer that melancholy spectacle to the sympathy or in-
difference of others. She passed from couch and pocket-
mirror to bed and olPsed curtains; and with no other light
than that of a spirit-lamp beneath a kettle in her room, she
received visitors and the ministration of her servants, never
doing more than passing her small hand between the cur-
tains which hid for ever the living pale face of the once
supreme beauty.— Cornhill Magazine for June, just pub-
lished.

SUICIDE GE MR, SWANBOROUGH, OF THE STRAND
THEATRE.—A melancholy report was current yes-
terday to the effect that Mr. Swanborough, sen., the lessee
and manager of the Strand Theatre, had committed suicide.
Since the marriage of his daughter, Miss Swanborough, the
deceased hal been residing on Haverstoek-hill, and although
suffering suffering from indisposition has attended to the business of
the theatre. Yesterday morning his wife went to the
theatre, and had not been long absent when Miss Ada
Swanborough had her attention drawn to her father's bed-
room, and upon entering it she found her father in a re-
cumbent position against the edge of the bedstead. upon
attempting to raise him she discovered that blood was ism.
ing from a wound in the neck of the deceased. Dr. Christie
s icsta.lled in, but the tin_
f( ow et
un wereate deceasedgv e n
to
usoon rcsetaldd) tow ea:

daughter of the famous French Admiral Jean Bart,
a great gra/la-
dled in Paris a few days ago at a very advanced age. She
Madame Tacheron de Ligny,
was in the enjoymet t of a pension from the Ministry of
Marine, to which the Emperor has latt_rly made many
ad-
ditions from his
private purse. This lady leaves a daughter
_
(the wife of M. Urban Devaus, son of a general of the.
first empire), who is
now the sole living representative of
the most famoua sailor in the annals of French history,
the manith a l who, in 1691, ran the English blockade of:Dun-
a famine, irk, warge fleet laden with grain, and thus relieved

RAILIVAYI3.

AMERICA.

(Per the Norwegian.)
NEW YORK, May 15, Morning.
The truth of the reported engagement with Gen.
Grant near Jackson is doubted. Alt last accounts
General Grant was encamped near Block River, 18
miles from Grand Gulf, awaiting reinforcements,
1 The Government has forbidden the exportation
of horses, mules, or war material.
General M'Clelian denies that he has tendered
his resignation.
The correspondent of the New York World says:
There are indications that General Lee's army is
taking up a line of defence that shortens its rear
and affords protection to both railroads running out
of Richmond. The army is believed to be swinging
round its left on the Gordonsville and Richmond
road to Frederick's Hull station, with its right
resting on the Fredericksburg and Richmond Ril-
road at Bowling Green, thus protecting the upper
end of the angle formed by those two roads at
Hanover Junction, 16 miles from Richmond. The
position thus assumed places the Confederate army
half-way between Fredericksburg and Richmond,
and gives them two railroads from Richmond to
their army. Tne two bridges of any length on
the Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad are
across the North Anna and South Anna rivers,
which form the Pamunky river, several miles
south of the railroad. It was supposed
General Stoneman had destroyed these bridges,
bat this was not the case. A bridge 1
across the Pamunky was burned, but that was
crossed by no railway. The bridges across the Anna
rivers, on account of some mismanagement, were
not destroyed. Trains are now running upon the
Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad with such
facility as to bring the Richmond papers to Frede-
ricksburg on the day of their publication.
General Lee, hearing of General " Stonewall"
Jackson's wound, addressed him a letter, dated
Chancellorsville, in which he says—" I cannot es-
press my regret at the occurrence. If I could have
directed events, I should have chosen, for the good
of the country, to have been disabled in your steal.
I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to
your skill and energy."
General Lee issued the following general order

upon the 11th inst, :—" With deep grief the Com-
manding-General announces to the army the death
of Lieutenant-General Jackson, who expired upon
the 9th, at 3.15 p.m. The daring, skill, and energy
of this gnat and good soldier, by a decree of an all-
wise Providence, are now lost to us. But while we
mourn his death, we feel that his spirit lives and
will inspire the whole army with his indomitable
courage and unshaken confidence in God as our hope
and strength. Let his name be a watchword for

his corps, who have followed him to victory on so
many fields. Let officers and soldiers imitate his
invincible determination to do everything in the
defence of our beloved country.
(Signed) " R. E. LEE."
General Thomas Francis Meagher has resigned
the command of the Irish brigade. Ha says that
the brigade no longer exists. The assault against
Fredericksburg in December last reduced it to some-

thing less than a minimum regiment of infantry.
General Meagher states that he has in vain memo,

rialised the War Department that the brigade
should be temporarily relieved from duty to give it
time and opportunity to renew itself. That memo-
rial was never acknowledged. General Meagher
ammpanied his brigade through the late operations
at Chancelloreville, though be felt it was to a sacri-
fice rather than to a victory that he was going. His
command, which was a mere handful, did its duty.