The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-05 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL, AUG. 3.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, and at-
tended by Viscountess Jocelyn, drove out yesterday.
The Prince of wales left the Castle yesterday for Birk-
ha 11.
Mrs. Farquharson, of Invercauld, called yesterday, and
had the honour of an interview with her Majesty.

His Excellency the Ambassador of France and
the Countess de Flahault will leave Albert Gate House in
a few days for their seat in Scotland.

His Royal Highness the Prince de Carignan,
after a lengthened stay in London, left the Clarendon
Hotel, last evening, for Paris, en route for Turin. }Us
royal highness was accompanied to the London-bridge
Station by his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, Italian
Minister, and by all the members of the Italian Legation.
His Excellency the Belgian Minister and
Madame Van de Weyer and family have left town for the
season, and have been receiving company at New Lodge,
Windsor Forest, during the week of the Volunteer Camp
at Ascot. The party comprised the Earl and Lady Con-
stance Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Overstone, Lord and
Lady Elcho, Major the Hon. A. Anson, Colonel and the
Hon. Mrs. Loyd Lindsay, Sir Paul and Ludy Hunter, Mr.
Willis, &c.

The Duchess of St. Albans and Lady Diana
B6auclerk and Viscount Falkland left Princes-gate yester-
day on a continental tour,

The Marquis of Sligo leaves town to-day for
Westport House, county Mayo.
The Marquis of Tullibardine will leave town to-
morrow for the family seat, Blair Atholl House, Perthshire.
The Earl and Lady Constance,Grovenor left town
yesterday for their seat, Calverley Park, Cheshire.
Frances Countess of Albemarle and Colonel the
Hon. Peregrine Cust leave town on Thursday on a visit to
Lady Marion Alford at Ashridge Park.
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Sir George Grey left town on Sunday evening
for Falloden, en route for Balmoral.
The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson left town on
Saturday after the Cabinet Council. _ _

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Sir Robert and Miss Hamilton have left Park-
street, Grosvenor-square, for Avon Cliffe, Warwickshire.
THE REY. H. S. FLETCHER, OF BILSTON.—
The living of St. Leonard's is a perpetual curacy, worth
£BOO a-year, and is in the gift of the whole body of the
parishioners. The Bishop of Lichfield has been written to,
and the following is a copy of the legal opinion which his
Lordship has taken to ascertain how the conviction of the
incumbent affects the holding of the living :—" 27, Parlia-
ment-street,
July 10, 1862.—My Lord,—'We have ascer-
tained that the offence of which the Rev. H. S. Fletcher
has been convicted is a misdemeanour, under the Act 24th
and 25th Viet., c. 96 ;
but he has not yet been brought up
fur sentence, Had the offence been felony, a sentence of
deprivation would be pronounced by the Ecclesiastical
Court on proceedings taken for the purpose. A misde-
meanour is not in itself a cause of deprivation or suspen-
sion ; and, as the offence of which Mr. Fletcher has been
found guilty is not an offence against the laws ecclesiastical,
we do not see that your Lordship can take any proceeding
under the Church Discipline Act.—We are, my Lord, your
Lot dship's very faithful servant, BURDER and DUNNING.
-.-1 he Lord Bishop of Lichfield."

DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.--Mrs. Murray, a
respectable old lady, who had nearly completed the 101st
year of her age, died at Crail on Friday afternoon. She
might have lived much longer, so far as general good
health and spirits and the retention of all her faculties were
concerned; but about 10 diya since, on rising from her
chair, she accidentally fell and either broke or disjointed
ono of her thigh bones. Medical ek.ill failea to remedy the
injury, and from the effects of this accident she gradually
lank, and maintained her cheerfulness and sound reason to
the last.—Scotsman.

FORTIFICATIONS. A return issued yesterday
gives the amount expended to the 30th of June, 1862, out of
The sum expended for fortifications of land was £388,736
dates that purchases of land have been made,
fund, far the expense of fortifications.
furtherreturn
liabilities to the estimated amount of about
he
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The expenditure on works was £702,203, but
tilbt °otbeihivisnrosgef:ot luri work done in June last under this head have
not yet been received,

1862.

_LATEST NEWS.

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA

(Per Norwegian, via Quebec and Londonderry.)
NEW YORK, JuLY 25, EVENING.

Several Committees, composed of the mayor and
all the leading men of wealth and influence in the
commercial and legal community of New York,
have passed numerous strong resolutions declaring
the present time to be the crisis of the rebellion—
that no qualified Unionisms should longer be per-
mitted, and that it is far better that every rebel
should perish than that one more loyal man should
die. The Committee, therefore, earnestly call upon
Pr2sident Lincoln immediately to issue an Eman-
cipation proclamation. " This," they say, " will
diminish the rebel army by calling many rebel
officers and men to the defence of their homes. The
Free States and the whole civilised world will
applaud the Emancipation proclamation."
It has been ascertained, with very little doubt
that the Confederates, under Generals (Stonewall)
Jackson and Ewell, are in the vicinity of Gordons-
ville with about 30,000 troops, intending to attack
General Pope.
Affairs are unchanged at Vicksburg.
General Halleck has gone to Fort Monroe, to
consult with General M'Clellan.

The New York World and Evening Post allege
that General Lane has authority to raise reinforce-
ments in Kansas, without regard to colour.
The Richmond Enquirer thinks that one more
Confederate victory will end the war.

The same paper says that the agreement for the
exchange of prisoners is made upon the basis of a
similar agreement between the United States and
England in 1812.

The Philadelphia Municipality has appropriated
500,000 dols. for volunteer bounty.
The Danish Government has agreed to take as
apprentices all negroes captured on board slave
vessels by the Federal cruisers.

The British schooner Star of the East has been
seized by the Customhouse officials in New York,
and the case referred to the Secretary of the Trea-
sury. She took out a clearance for Long Cay, in
the Bahamas, and it was asserted her cargo con-
sisted of goods well adapted to the use of the Con-
federates ; hence her seizure.

Mr. Kennedy Johnson is employed at New Or-
leans taking testimony for the Federal Government
in the case of seizure by Gen. Butler of the money
deposited at the Dutch Consulate. Mr. Johnson is
said to have effected several modifications in Gen.
Butler's policy.
It is reported from Panama that Mosquera was
everywhere triumphant. The Governor of Panama
had fled from that State.

The Etna was intercepted off Cape Race on the
24th inst.

(By Telegraph to Father Point.)

NEW YORK, JULY 26, Afternoon.

Considerable excitement has prevailed in the
British Consul's office at Saint Louis through a num-
ber of persons claiming the protection of the Bri-
tish flag to exempt them from military enrolment.
Many persons who were attempting to get protec-
tion papers were severely handled by the mob. A
detachment of the provost guard was ordered out,
who, by timely exertion, suppressed the outbreak.
It is reported from Chattanoga that the Confede-
rates have crossed the Tennessee Rivei in force,
under the command of three generals.

The Confederate cavalry in East Tennessee are
reported to be 5,000 strong.
President Lincoln has issued a Proclamation
directing all persons now in rebellion to cease
participating further, under penalty of forfeiture
and seizure under the Confications Act passed by
Congress.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Borussia, City of New York, and Great
Eastern take to•day 1,400,000 dols. in specie on
freight.

The Stock Exchange has passed a resolution for-
bidding the sale of gold on time.
Money easy. Gold 17+, premium.
Exchange, 128. Exchange and gold are very
unsettled, over 1,000,000 dols of gold was sold yes-
terday at 15 premium, but the market afterwards
recovered.

Stocks declining. New York Centrals, 924 ;
Illinois, NI,

Cotton inactive. Middling upland, 48c. Flour
good demand for export, and 10c. higher. Wheat
improving, advanced 2c. Corn advancing, prices
le. higher. Provisions quiet. Coffee very firm.
Sugar advancing. Molasses very film.
JULY 26 (Evening).
Money easy. Gold 171 premium. Stocks steady
but inactive. New York
,Centrals, 92t. Illinois,
561. Erie, 32§.

(By Telegraph to Cape Ra2e.)
NEW YORK, JULY 28.
It is reported that the Confederates, numbering
60,000, under Jackson, are concentrating their lines
upon the James River. It is supposed that they are
bringing all, the forces they can spare to this point.
They are also preparing to attack Suffolk.
The above report is believed correct, notwith-
standing the rumour of Jackson being in the Vir-
ginia Valley.

Commander Porter has arrived at Washington.
Porter's mortar fleet is supposed to be in Hamp-
ton Roads.

The British steamer Tubal Cain has been cap-
tured off Charleston.

Money easy. Gold lower, 16,1 premium. Ex-
change, 1293, inactive. Stocks tending downwards.
Cotton fiat and lower. Breadstuffs quiet, declining.