The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-24 00:00:00

fl rsuN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1862.

sively. One of au 3 foremost among the advocates
cipation, he was in his time the
ofChampion
i ciLme7,a23
.:cellenee of the great and sacred in-
terests ,nal Education. His work upon that
"high a
gualr,e en may still be turned back to with
of t Ntir
profit, as one of the earliest and one of the
imost reliable and authoritative text books upon
the whole of tOie complex theme of popular edu-
cation. His His tory of the "Catholic Association"
again, a work if -we remember rightly, in two large
octave volumes, wi2l always rank among the more
authentic annals of that intersting period of transi-
tion for Ireland, but for Catholic Ireland particu-
larly. Among his lighter contributions to literature
honourable mention will still be made for some
time to come of his " Walks in Rome," and his
"Oriental Sketches." The stages of his political
' advancement though few in number, and there-
fore easily enumerated, were marked and
eminent in themselves. Mr. WYSE was for
a year or two one of the Lords of the
Treasury. From 1846 to 1849 he was Joint
Secretary to the Board of Control. And it was in
1849, as we have already taken occasion to remark
that the hon. gentleman became a right hon. gen-
tleman upon his appointment as her MAJESTY'S
Minister at Athens, when he was, immediately
prior to his departure for Greece, sworn in a Privy
Councillor. Five years ago, that is 1857, he
was created a Civil Knight Commander of
the Order of the Bath. In reference to his do•
mastic life enough will have been said, when it has
beezi remarked that the late Ambassador at Athens
was married in 1821 to one of the daughters (still
living) of his Imperial Highness Prince LUCIEN
BONAPALVIE—Sir THOMAS having separated seven
years afterwards from the mother of his two sons
(and his only children) ALFRED NAPOLEON and
WILLIAM BONA,I'ARTE WYSE. Pcaoo and honour
to the memory vt this eminent servant of the
Crown, this loyal: subject, liberal-minded citizen,
and accomplished gentleman.

Successive accounts do not better those which
first arrived, as to the great battle at Pittsburg
Landing. The Cincinnati Time," is, of course, a
Northern paper, and though three or four hundred
miles from the field of battle, is the nearest great
capital to it. Its account of the conclusion of the
second day's fight is altogether different from that
of former Federal statements. Instead of General
GRANT charging the wavering Confederates with
five regiments, and the cavalry following the
routed Southerners, we are presented with a
kind of Homeric picture of the lion retiring
slowly from the fold before the clamorous shepherds,
but not condescending to flee. They fell back, we
are told, keeping up a fire of artillery as they
retreated. The next sentence in the telegram we
must suppose to be taken from another source, for
it merely repeats the old account. That of the
Cincinnati ?Imes, however, certainly agrees best
with the Northern confession to a loss of seven
thousand, two thousand of these being taken pri-
soners. We are yet in the dark, however, as to
whether these prisoners were sent back to Corinth
during the night after the first day's battle, which
seems most likely, or whether they were still with
the Confederate army in its final retreat on Corinth.
It seems pretty certain that altogether the Federals
had much the worst of it; though their losses would
be much more easily replaced than those of the
Con federates.

The work before M'CLELLAN at Yorktown, and
onwards to Richmond, seems to be more difficult
than he had expected. The defences of the place,
so well known in the revolutionary war, are very
strong. We have a description of them from the
pen of an Englishman who was over them repeatedly
in October last, and he thus writes—
" The fortifications at Yorktown, although hastily
constructed, are of a formidable character. The
town is protected from assault on its western and
along a portion of its southern front by an impass-
able marsh, and a stream called Wormley's Creek,
which runs into York River, east of the town, and
a mile or two below it, rendering the approach of
artillery on that side difficult, if not impossible.
The Confederate army, however, has not relied ex-
clusively upon these natural defences, but has, in
addition, constructed a double line of strong earth-
works around the town, upon which numerous
heavy guns are mounted." It is remarkable that
the lines are in great part identical with those con-
structed by Lord CORNWALLIS, and that in digging
a magazine, three workmen came on an old one of
his containing loaded shells, the powder of which
still burnt on being dried, after lying there eighty
years.

The works are represented as well planned, the
country cleared of trees to give full range to the
heavy guns, the marshes flooded, the roads ob-
structed, and the distances accurately measured.
Heavy water batteries make it difficult for a fleet
to approach, and they enfilade a considerable portion
of the lines. Gloucester Point on the opposite side
of the river is also strongly fortified, and the
whole system of works commanding both the
water and the land is reported, from the writer's
personal observation, to be of the most formidable
character.

But our informant shows that M'CLELLAN'S
difficulties will not stop there. " The fortifications
of Yorktown and Gloucester Point," he adds, " are,
however, but a fractional part of the vast system of
works built for the defence of the peninsula. Should
the Federal troops succeed in capturing Yorktown
—an impossibility in my opinion—and make an ad-
vance upon Richmond, they would encounter a suc-
cession of fortified lines, stretching across from one
river to the other, each requiring time and labour,
besides a very large force and a heavy siege train to
take it. Should the Confederates defend these
lines with but ordinary courage, it will be impossible
for General M'CLELLAN to advance up the peninsula
without a far greater force than can be spared for
this purpose." We shall wait, therefore, with no
small solicitude to hear how M'CLELLAN has suc-
ceeded against what does appear to be an almost
inexpugnable series of works.

Better even in its way than the magnificent dis-
play of Monday last upon the Downs, near Brighton,
was the speech delivered last evening at Willis's
Rooms by the Inspector-General of Volunteers. It
was, in point of fact, a Review of the Review ! It
was a comment upon that memorable day's proceed-
ings in every respect worthy of Col. M.Mußpo. It
collected together, as it were, into a focus the more
conspicuous and the more important of the salient
facts brought to light by Easter Monday's demon-
stration. First and foremost among those facts—a
fact in itself in every way memorable was the
circumstance of a force of 20,000 men having, as
Colonel M'MuRDo expressed it, been thrown
down upon the coast fifty miles from their
starting point by breakfast time. An incident
of itself marking out a new era in the art of war.
As distinctly marking out a new era, in this way,
by land, as the Merrimac and the Monitor mark
one out in regard to sea fighting. The punctuality
noticeable throughout the whole of this extraordi-
nary and hitherto unexampled operation, more-
over, the Inspector-General of the Volunteers would
not for an instant recognise as the result merely of
A certain amount of clever arrangement. "Arrang-

ment had nothing whatever to do with it," said
Colonel M‘Mußpo ; " the whole thing was carried
out by the will of the Volunteers." An acknow-
ledgment of course received with resounding plaudits
last night by the Volunteers who listened to it.
Of those Volunteers now becoming daily more
andmore skilled in the use of the rifle, there
are already 160,000
at least. Out of these
led
160,000 returns have very recently been ob-
tained of as many as 102,000 in corps
z9tually formed into consolidated or administrative
battalions, corps consequently having adjutants
duly appointed to them. What is certainly remark-
able in regard to these 102,000 of whom we have
now received these well authenticated and perfectly
reliable returns, is the fact that there is only a
falling off of 480—of less than 500 out of corps
numbering in all 102,000 riflemen. Proof positive
that the spirit of the whole movement is still admir-
ably well kept up. No wonder that, in recollection
of facts like those, and in remembrance of what he
himself had witnessed on Monday last in his official
capacity as Inspector-General at the Review near
Brighton—no wonder that Colonel M'Mußpo could
declare as he did last evening at Willis's Rooms,
that he felt more pride than ever in returning
thanks for the Volunteers.

7IIE OPENING OF THE INTERNA-

TIONAL EXHIBITION.

The following are the words (by the Poet Lau-
reate) to be sung to Professor Bennett's music at
the opening of the International Exhibition
Uplift a thousand voices full and sweet,
In this wide hall with earth's inventions stored,
And praise th' invisible universal Lord,
Who lets once more in peace the nations meet,
Where Science, Art, and Labour have outpour'd
Their myriad horns of plenty at our feet.
0, silent father of our Kings to be,
Mourn' d in this golden hour of jubilee,
For this, for all, we weep our thanks to thee!
The world-compelling plan was thine,
And, to I the long laborious miles
Of Palace ; lo 1 the giant aisles,
Rich in model and design ;
Harvest.tool and husbandry,
Loom and wheel and engin'ry,
Secrets of the sullen mine,
Steel and gold, and corn and wine,
Fabric rough, or Fairy fine,
Sunny tokens of the Line,
Polar marvels, and a feast
Of wonder, out of West and East,
And shapes and hues of Part divine!
All of beauty, all of use,
That one fair planet can produce,
Brought from under every star,
Blown from over every main,
And mixt, as life is mixt with pain,
The works of peace with works of war.
0 ye, the wise who think, the wise who reign,
From growing commerce loose her latest chain
And let the fair white-winged peacemaker fly
To happy havens under all the sky,
And mix the seasons and the golden hours,
Till each man find his own in all men's good,
And all men work in noble brotherhood,
Breaking their mailed fleets and armed towers,
And ruling by obeying nature's powers,
And gathering all the fruits of peace and crown'd with
all her flowers.

AMERICAN MAILS.—The Liverpool, New York,
and Philadelphia Steamship Company's steamer Edinburgh
sailed yesterday from Liverpool for New York, with the
mails, about 30 cabin passenge.s, and a large cargo. The
Canadian mail steamer Nova Scotian will be despatched to
day (Thursday) for Quebec and Montreal, with the Cana-
dian and United States mails.

JOHN BROWN'S SON.—The rebellion in our land
is being conducted in the most barbarous spirit. The devil
of slavery presides over it. When our soldiers entered
Winchester, Va., they found in the Medical College the
body of John Brown's son, killed at Harper's Ferry, first
skinned, and only the frame and muscles retained. It
stands at full length in one corner of the museum, labelled
" John Brown's son—thus always with Abolitionists."
There it stood, a monument of Southern barbarity, the in-
tegument taken off, and the muscles, veins, and arteries all
preserved, the top of the cranium sawn off, and the lips pur-
posely distorted in disrespect.--American letter.

PLYMOUTH, Wednesday.—The full-rigged ship
La Hogue, 1,331 tons, Captain John Williams, belonging
to Messrs. Dunbar and Sons, from Sydney January 16, has
arrived in the Thames. She brings 105 passengers and a
cargo, including 2,284 bales of wool, 109 casks of tallow, and
25 tons of copper ore. La Hogue does not appear to have
encountered so much ice in the South Pacific as other ships
recently arrived. On Feb. 3, in lat 51 S, long 136 W, she
passed three icebergs; on the 6th, lat 52 S, long 1 17 W,
one ; and on the 11th, let 55 8, long 92 W, another; this
was the last observed on the passage. She rounded Cape
Horn Feb. 18, and crossed the Line March 22. The wind
throughout the voyage was exceedingly light, with many
calms ; during 23 days only 60 miles per day was made on
an average. La Hogue spoke, March 20, the schooner Wild
Wave, from London for the Cape of Good Hope ; 23d, the
bark Chilena, from Liverpool for Callao ; 26th, the bark
Chelydia, from London for Coquimbo ; April 1, the bark
Eden, from Coloalbo for London ; 4th, the American ship
Garnet, bound south; sth, an Austrian bark, 7,183, from
Matanzas for Montevideo ; 16th, the ship Kalos, from
Antwerp for Quebec ; and 19th, the American ship Victoria,
with loss of masts ; the master wished her to be reported,
but declined to say where he was from or whither he was
bound.

CAPTAIN WILSON, OF THE EMILY ST. PIERRE.—
At the annual meeting of the Liverpool Mercantile Marine
Association yesterday, there was present Captain Wilson,
of the ship Emily St. Pierre, whose gallant recapture from
a Federal prize crew we noticed yesterday. During a tem-
porary absence of Captain Wilson from the meeting, Cap-
tain Inglefield, R.N., alluded in highly eulogistic tetras
to his coolness, daring, and gallantry, saying that he did
tot care. whether he were Confederate or Federal, The
conduct of Captain Wilson, he said, proved most satisfac-
torily that the mercantile marine contained men who, in
times of difficulty and danger, were in every way qualified
to stand side by side with the officers cf the navy. The
remarks of the gallant commander were received with loud
applause.
THE MURDERER CLARK.—It Will be remem-
bered that George Clark, a joiner, was convicted at the
Newcastle-on-Iyiee Spring Assizes of the murder of Mr.
Mark Frater, a tax collector, in the street of that town, and
that he was sentenced to death by Mr. JusticeWilles ; but,
in consequence of the eccentric conduct of the prisoner
on his trial, and subsequent examinations made by medi-
cal gentlemen, it will also be recollected the sentence of
death was subsequently respited by the Home-office.
There has since been considerable difficulty with regard to
the disposal of the convict, through the Newcastle borough
justices refusing to sign a certificate that Clark was
insane, though the two medical men appointed by them to
examine the convict made a report to them to that
effect. The difficulty has been got over, however, by a
private inemation which has been sent to the governor of
Newcastle Gaol, to the effect that the Queen has com-
muted the sentence on Clark to that of penal servitude
for life.

ILL-TIMED HOLIDAYS.—The holiday on Good
Friday at the Exhibition building was practically extended
to Saturday, and there is little prospect of more work being
done to-day than was done_yesterday. Easter is always a
period of enjoyment with the British artisan, and this year
fine weather comes to justify his idleness. The clatter of
2,000 hammers in and about the building will probably not
be heard again in full vigour until Thursday, and the Ex-
hibition managers are getting nervous about their prepara-
tions. The hundreds of half-built cases which choke up
every gallery and passage, the piles of shavings, the un-
finished trophies, the quarrels about space between exhibi-
tors and superintendents, and the disputes about free tickets
between the exhibitors and the commissioners; the im-
mense mass of divided labour which no central authority
can control or measure, with a hundred other disturbing
influences, make Mr. Sandford's managership anything but
a bed of roses. Not more than seven clear working days
now remain before tho curtain will be drawn up upon the
industrial drama; and upon the character of the show, and
the enthusiasm excited by the opening, will largely depend
the financial success cif the undertaking.

ROSLIN CHAPEL.—The ancient chapel of Roslin,
near Edinburgh, which is vi-ited by almost every Scottish
tourist, was on Tuesday last opened for the service of the
Scottish Episcopal Church. The chapel, which is one of
the finest remains of Gothic architecture in Scotland, was
founded in 1446 by William St. Clair, Earl of Caithness,
and is the property of his representative, the Earl of Rosa-
lyn. It has been restored with the utmost care by its noble
proprietor, and has now been opened for stated worship for
the benefit of the Episcopalian residents in the district. The
service on Tuesday was conducted by the Bishops of Edin-
burgh and Brechin, aided by Mr. Cole, the incumbent, and
other clergymen. The sermon was preached from Psalm
xxvi., 8, by the Bishop of Brechin, whose discourse was
mainly a defence of the appli3at on of high art to the uses
of religious worship. The restoration, which was rather a
cleaning and repair than a rebuilding (the edifice having
escaped Reformation zeal, and suffered little spoliation but
from the band of time), has brought out many beautiful
carvings long crusted with the dust of ages, and shown the
enrichments of its interior in almost their original freshness.
The chapel, which will be still open to visitors as hitherto,
will, no doubt, in its restored state, prove doubly attrac-
tive.

LATEST NEWS.

PARIS, APRIL 24.

The Moniteur of this morning states that the
delay granted in Europe and Algeria for the con-
version of the Four•and-a-Half .per Cent. Rentes
expired on the 15th inst.
The amount of the Four-and-a-Half per Cent.
Rentes converted amounts to 1321 millions of
francs, and the number of Obligations Trentenaires
to 604,439 f.

There still remain 401 million francs of Uncon-
verted Four-and a-Half per Cent. Rentes, and
70,721 Obligations Trentenaires.

TURIN, APRIL 24.
Negotiations are in progress for the modification
of the Bank statutes.

It is intended to increase the capital of the Bank
to 100,000,000 lire, and to entrust it with the
issuing of the coinage,