The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON; TiIURSDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1866.

MR. W. S. WOODIN'S BADEN-BADEN
and UP IN THE AIR, an entirely New Entertain-
ment, EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday);
Saturday Mornings at Three. I'OLYGRAPHIC HALL,
King William-street, Charing-cross
Luxurious sofa Walls, 5s ; balcony stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ;
amphitheatre, la. —A plan of stalls may be seen and scats
secured at the Hall from Eleven to Five.

WESTO N' S GRAND MUSIC HALL,
HOLBORN..

Open at Half-past Seven. under New Management.
Proprietors—Messrs. Sweasey and Holland.
"A hit—a most palpable hit 1"

Crowded Houses nightly to hear Locke's celebrated music
to MACBETH, ty the Operatic Company, consisting of 50
vocalists and a magnificent band of 30 performers. ARTHUR
LLOYD'S new Songs continue to elicit rounds of genuine
applause. HARRIET COVENEY, the Gem Serio-Comic
and Danseuse HARRY MACARTHY, the Arkansas
Comedian and Actor —MARATORIO and LE BRONG, their
first appearance at this HaII—SAILOR WILLIAMS, the
true type of a British tar -RIKIERY, the Wonder, in his
extraordinary Pedastal Feats and Fiery Seances—and PAL-
MY RE and DONALDSON, from, George Christy's 3lmstrels,
New York.

• —P. CORRI, Musical Director.
GEORGE HODSON, the renowned Irish Comedian, will
appear on MONDAY, July the 9th.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
BAKER-STREET.

NEW ADDITIONS.—SeveraI life-size Portrait Models
of tho most distinguished Personages of the day (including
those of the late LORD PALMERSTON and GUS-
TAVUS V. BROOKE) have been added since the last
Holidays ; and in the Chamber of Horrors are Effigies,
take.' from life, of SOUTHEY alias FORWOOD, and the
notorious CHARLOTTE WINS OR.

Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.

Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, half price ; Extra
Rooms, 6d.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.
Open every evening with the celebrated ARGYLL BAND.
The Programme this week will include Selections and Ar-
rangements from the works of the following masters :
Mozart, Rossini, Meyerbeer.
Musical Director, Signor LUIGI CURTL
Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock.
Admission, is.

DEAFNESS.—The ORGANIC VIBRATOR.—
It fits into the ear, not perceptable, removes singing
noimes in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear at public
assemblies.—S. and It SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle•atreet,
Piccadilly.

POPULAR DWELLINGS in POPULOUS
and SUBURBAN DISTRICTS.

Mr. JAMES MORTIMER invites attention to his patented
Plans for Improved Separate Dwellings for all classes, which
embrace an increase of street paving for each storey, public
staircases, promenades, gardens, schools, reading, lecture,
dining, and warerooms, baths, Scc. ; also workshops, with or
without steam power, and perfect separation of tenants, to
realise upwards of 12 per cent.—Further information of Mr.
J. Mortimer, 5,1, Queen's-road, Dalston, N.E.; or of Mr. J.
Dunbar, 4, Westminster-chambers. Victoria-street, West-
minster, S.W.
11YAM & CO.

HYAM & CO., 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London.

HYAM & CO.'S Tweed Over Coats.

HYAM & CO.'S Silk-faced Over Coats.

HYAM & CO.'S Suits.

JJYAM & Co.'s Morning Coats.

HYAINI & CO.'S Sandringham Surtouts.

HYAM & CO.'S Trousers.

HYAM & CO.'S Fancy and Washing Vests.

}JYAM & CO.'S Hosiery, Hats, Caps, &c.

HYAM & CO.'S Ladies' Riding Habits.

HYAM & CO.'S Servants' Liveries.

11YAM & Co's ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN,
66 and 67, Oxford Street, London.
Hyam and Co's Spring Overcoats
Hyam and Co's Spring Suits
Hyam and Co's Spring Silk-faced Capes 255. to 455.
Hyam and Co's Spring Jackets
Hyam and Co's Spring Dress Coats 3os. to 635.
Hymn and Co's Spring Frock Coats 3os. to 70s.
Hyam and Co's Spring Vests 6s. to 14s.
Hyam and Co's Spring Trousers

HYAM & Co.'s BOYS' SPRING CLOTHING,
66 and 67, Oxford Stroet, London.
The First Establishment in the Kingdom for Juvenile
_ .

Clothing.
Boys' Knickerbocker Suits lss. to 355.
Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 355.
Boys' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits 2ss. to 425.
Boys' Light Cape Overcoats
Boys' Jackets for the season
Boys' Serviceable Vests
Boys' Serviceable Trousers Bs. to 14s.
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HYAM and Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS.
No. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear.
„ 2. Bespoke or Order Department.
„ 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department.
„ 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department.

HYAM AND CO.'S ESTABLISHMENTS.
LONDON-66 and 67, Oxford-street;
BIRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23, New-street;
LEEDS-42, Briggate ;
DEWSBURY—Westgato.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING
SHIP. £2,000 required.
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON-
TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing
the COUNTRY HOME. £l,OOO required.
WM, WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The
Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys.
One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual
expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at
£4,000, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends
have promised to pay for one boy each year.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West-
minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs.
Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

SUBSCRIPTION TESTIMONIAL
TO
GEORGE CRIIIKSHANK.
PRESIDENT.
JOHN RUSKIN, Esq., M.A.
VICE-PRESIDENT.
Sir W. C. TREVELYAN, Bart.
TREASURER.
Louis Huth, Esq,
BANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co-, 67, Lombard-street, F.(3.

" Before the century was actually in its teens we believe
that George Cruikshank was amusing the rublic. Is there
no way in which the country could acknowledge the long
services and brave career of such a friend and benefactor 7"—
TIIACKERAY.

The public in general is invited to co-operate in this move-
ment. Subscriptions receivable as above, or by the under-
signed as honorary secretary,
CHARLES A. HOWELL.
3, York-villas, Brixton, S.

pROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE,
FO
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that
tl.ey are homeless and starving. The Manager &c.,
receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, children, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, and have
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least £l,OO more will be required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor ramifies
in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give
shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
be offered in your behalf!'
SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT D.D., No. 22,
Finsbury-circus, 8.0.

H J. AND D. NICOLL'
• TAILOR:S to the QUEEN, ROYAL FAMILY,
and the COURTS of EUROPE.

FOR GENTLEMEN, Nicoll's Fashionable- Dress
and Morning Suits, Cheviot Suits for Tourists and the
Sea. side; Nicoll's Guinea Waterproof Tweed Overcoats aro
patronized by Travellers all over the world.

FOR BOYS,—Nicoll's fashionable Knickerbocker Suits
at 215., 255., 31s. 6d., &c., &c. ; also, Jacket, Vest, and
Trousers Suits, 255., 31s. 6d., &c.

.
FOR LADlES,—Nicoll's Now Jackets " The Patrol,"
ecc. Waterproof Tweed Cloaks, Coats, and Cheviot
Jackets, at One Guinea each; Riding Habits, from Three
to Six Guineas; Now Serge and other specialities in
Travelling and• Sea-side dresses.
In each department Garments are kept ready for immo-
diato use, or made to order at a few hours' notice.

IL J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-
strept, W. ; 22, Cornhill, E.C. ; 10, Mosley-stroet, Man-
chester; and 50, Bold-street, Liverpool.

EtROPOLITAN FREE DRINKING
FOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION, 1, Shorter's-court,
Throgmorton-street, E.C.—The Committee earnestly so-
licit CONTRIBUTIONS, to enable them to sustain and
extend the operations of the society.
JOHN LEE, Secretary.
Bankers—Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co., 1 Pall
Mall East, S.W. ; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54,
Lombard-street, E.O.

THE SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING of the
METROPOLITAN FREE DRINKING FOUN-
TAINS ASSOCIATION will be held at St. James's Hall,
Piccadilly, on Friday next, July 6th.

The Chair will be taken by the Right Hon. Earl
GROSVENOR, at 3 o'clock.
The Right Hon. Lord Ebury, the Hon. Dudley F. For-
tescue, M.P., the Right Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., the Hon.
F. Byng, C. Buxton, Esq., M.P., R. C. Hanbury, Esq., M.P.,
E. Lankester, M.D., Coroner for Central Middlesex, C. J.
B. Aldis, Esq., M.D., Medical Officer of Health for St.
George's, Hanover-square, and H. Jeaffreson, Esq., M. 8.,
Medical Officer for the London Fever Hospital, will take
part in the proceedings.
All persons interested in the important question of Free
Supplies of water for drinking purposes in the streets of
London are invited to attend.

JOHN LEE, Secretary.
Offices of the Association, 1, Shorter's-court,
Throgmorton-street,

CIRYSTAL PALACE.—GREAT FETES and
V REVELS of ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.—
SATURDAY NEXT. _

Half-crown Admission Tickets and the July Guinea
Season Tickets are now on sale at the Palace, Exeter
Hall, and the agents.
Tickets admitting to Richardson's Show, J. L. Toole,
Paul Bedford, and Billingtos's Chinese Pay Goda, Na-
tional Dog Show, Hall of Momus, Temple of Magic, Wax-
work Exhibition, if purchased before the day, 3s. 6d.; if
purchased on the day,lss.-These tickets, and admission
tickets for the Saturday, may be had at Sams's Royal
Library, 1, St. James's-street; Mr. Mitchell's Royal
Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Bubb's Library., 167,
New Bond-street ; at the offices of the College, 20, Tavis-
tock-street, Strand, and of the following agents :-
Messrs. Addison, 210, Regent-street; Austin, St. James's
llall ; Barker, Lower Norwood; Chappell, 50, New Bond-
street ; Cock and Addison, 62, New Bond-street ; Dearle,
52, New- Bond-street; R. Daly, 89, High-street, Wands-
worth; Duff, 20, Oxford-street; Good, 60, Moorgate-street ;
Griffith, Camberwell-green ; Hammond, 5, Vigo-street ;
Hopwood and Crewe, 42, New Bond-street ' • Kensington
Railway Station ; King and Seamer, 86, Upper-street,
Islington; Key, 18, Westbourne-place, W.; Lacon and
Oilier, 168, New Bond-street ; Layton, 150, Fleet-street ;
Letts, 8, Royal Exchange ; Marratt and Short., 62, King
William-street; Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street; Mitchell,
39, Charing-cross ; Mead and Powell, 73; Cheapside • Mac-
michael, 207, King's-road, Chelsea • Milliship and Harriss,
37, Westbourne-grove ; Moutrie, 55, Baker-street ; Nimmo,
55, Wigmore-street ; 011ivier, 19, Old Bond-street ; Pearce,
2, Brixton-place, Brixton ; Prowse, 48, Cheapside ; Sams,
1, St. James's-street ; Stansfield, Migh-street, Peckham ;
Todhunter 22, Gresham-street ; Warren High-street,
Croydon;_ "tiVesterton's Library, Knightsbridge ; Wester-
ton, 12, Newland-terrace, Kensington ; at the Crystal Pa-
lace ; or at 2, Exeter- hall.
NoTE.-The first TEN THOUSAND tickets are now
distributed among the above agents, but as no guarantee
can be given that the issue of these tickets will be un-
limited, they should be applied for without delay. The
price of admission on Saturday to those unprovided with
tickets FIVE SHILLINGS.

JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOOTH PASTI6 is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street, London.

THE KAMES GUNPOWDER COMPANY'S
CRYSTAL Gunpowder. packed in Red Japanned
Canisters ; No. 1, Fine; No. 2, Medium', No. 3, Large Grain.

TILE K A.M ES GUN POW DE R Co M PANY. Contractors
to H.M. War Department, solicit a trial of their CRY.STA L
and other sporting Gunpowder, of this year's manufacture.
For strength, cleanliness, and prompt ignition they will be
found unequaled. --Sold by most respectable dealers through-
out the Country, and'wholesale at the Offices, 45, Lime-street,
London, E.C.

PARTNERSHIPS.—Mr. B. C. JONES, of 3,
Westminster-chambers, Victoria-str, et, has clients
who have well-established Businesses, and ara willing to
take Partners with the following sums respectively :—Pub-
lishers, £1,500, £l,OOO, and £i00; Shipbroker, £2 000; Coal
Merchant, £1,500; Cattle Food, £5 0 io £1,000; Brewers,
£6,000, £3,060, £2.500 • Wholesale First-class Manulacturing
Business, £3,000, net' profits £1,800; Wire Working, £ [OO or
£5Ol ; Auctioneer, £7OO ; rhotographers, £1,5 .0 and £5OO ;
Paper Manufacturer, £5OO to £i3O'.)o ; Hop Merchant, £l,OOO
to £2,000; Carriage Builder, £1,t00; Gas Fitters, £5 0 and
.£OO ; Plate Glass Silverer,£l.ooo ; Underwriter at Lloyd's,
£3,000; Sharebroker, £2,00 ; Accountants, £l,, 00 and £1,50 • ;
Furniture Manufacturer, £2,000 to £3,000 ; Wine M •rchants,
£l,f 00, £3,0.0, and £5,000 ; Pr..ctical Engineer, £2,000 to
£3,000 ; Hosiery Manufacturing, £3,000 to £1,003 ; Cloth
Manufacturing, £2,000 to £6,000 ; Sheffield and Birmingham
Goods, £2,000 to £3 000. A Brewery for Sale about £lO,OOO ;
do. do., £3,000. A' Goldsmith's Business in a fashionable
watering place, old established, profits £6 p• to £6OO per
annum, purchase E 2,( 00 to £3,000. A client has £lO,OOO cash,
and wants a gentleman to join him with a like sum in a first.
class undertaking under favourable ciramistances, profits of
which will be £20,00 to £30,0J0 per annum, no risk—the
gentleman has no objection to advance more mo .ey if the
partyjoining him will do the same. Mr. JON ES has also
clients with the followings sums ready for businesses that
will bear investigation :—£lo,o, 0 and £15,000 for Breweries,
£ „000 for Iron Foundry or similar business, £l,OOO for Flour
mill, £3,000 for Mechanical Engineering, £1,04 and £2,000 for
Surveying and Architecture, £l.OOO for Retail Drapery, and
sums from £5OO to £16,0 Po for other matters worth look ng
into. Mr JONES sees clients personally Tuesdays, Wednes-
days, and Fridays, Parties requiring sums of money on free-
hold or leasehold property can have any amount through
MT. Jones' agency, at from 44 to 6 per cent., from a first-class
Life Office without delay; and loans are gran ed upon per-
sonal
cases
suretiessecurityand
ocliecni
policies
will b from £5OO
r)slOeciirtu .
oet2, ,00, in which

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY.—
The fear of pain and dread of operation inherent to all
deter very many to whom ARTIFICIAL TEKTH. are of
vital importance from availing themselves of the services of
a dentist. In a practice founded in 1830, and now ex, ending
over greater part of the kingdom, an experience unequalled
has been obtained, enabling us to offer even the mos* sensi-
tive sufferer a system of dentistry perfect in its absolute
freedom from pain, a specialit6 pertaining only to our prac-
tice, and for which her Majesty has granted her royal letters
patent. This system embraces the non-interference with all
stumps, however decayed, the supporting instead of extrac-
tion of loose teeth until they become firm and useful In mas-
tication, and the utter absence of all and every operation, so
that the most nervous person can be supplied without fear of
pain or inconvenience. These teeth are cheaper, more dur-
able, natural, and comfortable than any yet produced.
Consultation free. Teeth from ss. acts from 5 to 25 gs.,
warranted.

For the efficacy, utility, and success of this system, vide
"Lancet."
Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and SONS,
30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand,
Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station.
Daily attendance at 15, Whitefriargate, Hull; 10, Norfolk-
street, Sheffield ; 4, East-parade, Leeds ; 14, St. Nicholas-
street, Scarbro' ; and 33, Coney-street, York.
Established 1830. No connection with any one of the same
name.

TIIE MACCLESFIELD SILK TRADE.--The dispute
between the masters and weavers, on the wages
question; has assumed a more threatening aspect. It was
expected that the unanimous decision of tho masters to
resist the advance; would have deterred the workmen
from persisting in their demand; but this does not seem
likely to be the case. An aggregate meeting of delegates
was hold at the weavers' committee-room, on Monday
night, at which the speakers denied the allegations made
at the mooting of masters, and passed a resolution to
abide by tho original demand. They spoke in favour of
a lock out rather than of a strike, but how they can sup-
port either alternative is not very plain, as they are in a
very distressed condition, and, as a body, have no funds
in hand. They argue that some of the masters will be
only too glad to give in, owing to having a number of
contracts, which are subject to a penalty for non-fulfil-
ment within the specified time. Wednesday being the
day when many Arms " take in" their work, the men re-
solved that the first master who refused the advance
should bo struck against. The dispute awaits this issue.
Many weavers and their families have left the town
within the past few months, and now many more are
preparing to go, in the hope of obtaining employment in
Lancashire. Some time ago (before the French Treaty),
there wore between 4,000 and 5,000 weavers in the town;
there aro now not more than 2,000. There aro more than
1,000 empty houses in the borough, and cottage property
has boon depreciated 50 per cent. Yesterday the weavers
in three firms struck work upon the masters (Messrs.
Critchley, Drinsley, and Co., Mr. Birchenough, and Mr.
David Reddish) refusing to pay the advanced prices. At
night the masters met to decide upon what course of
action they should adopt. They agreed that, if the
weavers would withdraw their proposed list, the masters
would meet them again, and try whether, by some mutual
concessions, they could not settle the existing dispute.
AN OWL'S REVENGE.—The Avranchin states that
in a commune near Avranches an owl has taken terrible
vengeance for the loss of her young, which bad been killed
by a farmer's lad. For four days the owl was on the watch
for the destroyer, and on the fifth, upon the boy leaving
the farmhouse, the injured bird, which had been perched
upon a tree, pounced down upon him, and with ono stroke
of its claws torn out his loft eye, the sight of which is per-
, manently destroyed.

The French Occupation of Mexico.

The following despatch from the American
Minister at Paris has been sent by President John-
son to the Senate House of Representatives, in
answer to their resolutions, requesting information
in regard to the employment of European troops
in Mexico :

Legation of the United States, Paris, Juno 4.
Sir,—l waited upon his Excellency the Minister of
Foreign Affairs on Saturday last, in pursuance of a pre-
vious appointment to confer with him upon the subject
matter of your instructions, No. 459, marked " Confidential.''
As he bad already been apprised of the contents of that
despatch, through the French Minister residing at Wash- i
ington, I was spared the necessity of restating them. Ho
said that the Imperial Government proclaimed its intention
to retire from Mexico because it suited its convenience
and interests to retire, and for no other reason. When,
therefore, it announced formally not merely to the United
States, but to all the world, that the army would be with-
drawn from Mexico within a specified time, he thought it
should be deemed sufficient. The Government made its
declaration in good faith, and means to keep it. It means
to withdraw its army within the term prescribed, and it
does not intend to take one or two hundred in the first
detachment, and one or two hundred more in the second,
leaving the great body of them to the ISst, though it had
not deemed it necessary to specify with minuteness details
of this kind, which depend upon hygienic and climateric
considerations, of which it was the best and the only com-
petent judge. This, his excellency said, he wished I would
say to our Government. I asked his excellency if I had ever
intimated to him whether, in writing ororally, any suspicion
existed of the Emperor's intention to withdraw his army
from Mexico in unequal portions. He replied that I had
not. I then asked him if any other person authorised to
speak in the name of my Government bad done so. He
said no. But he had read imputations of that kind in one
of our papers. 1 replied in substance that the press was a
law ut to itself, and that we had better not accept it as a
law unto us ; and as he asked me to communicate to my
Government a formal answer to what sounded like an accu-
sation of insincerity and bad faith on the part of the Em-
peror, I wanted his authority for stating that no such ac-
cusation had reached him through any official channel. He
replied that he only had read it in a newspaper. I then
went on to say that the purpose of your instruction, as I
understood it, was simply to obtain an explanation, which
was sure to be required of you, of the shipment in France
of large bodies of troops to Mexico after the purpose to
withdraw her whole army had been officially proclaimed.
To this his Excellency replied, that since seeing me had
gotten from his colleagues of the Marine and War Depart-
ments information to the purport that no-stroops belonging
to the Corps Expeditionaire had been sent to .Mexico this
year, unless for the sake of partly replacing soldiers miss-
ing, but at any rate without augmentation of the number
of standing troops ; that the shipment of troops referred
to in the public prints and in your despatch was most likely
that made in the transport Rhone about the beginning of
the year ; that this Rhone touched at Martinique, but not
at St. Thomas, as was stated ; that she carried 916, and not
1,200, soldiers ; that they belonged to the Foreign Legion,
and not to the Expeditionary Corps ; that they consisted of
troops which had been waiting transportation a long time
in France and in Algeria to join their regiments; that no
new troops had been enrolled for the Foreign Legion since
the Emperor proclaimed his purpose .to withdraw his flag
from Mexico; and that no more, for what he knew, were
intended to be enrolled. In regard to the shipment of
troops from Austria, he said that that was an affair
entirely between that Government and the Mexican, with
which France had nothing to do ; that since I had spoken
to him on the subject he had verified his own convictions
by a reference to the Ministers of War and Marine, and
had ascertained that no engagements of any sort had been
entered into by either for the enrolment or transportation ,
of troops from Austria to Mexico. He went on further to
say that it was the intention of the Government to with-
draw the army entirely from Mexico within the time spe-
cified in his despatch to you at the very latest—sooner if
climate and other controlling considerations permitted;
and it was not its intention to replace them with other
troops from any quarter. At the conclusion of a long con-
versation, of which I have given the important results, I
expressed my satisfaction with his excellency's explana-
tion, and the pleasure I should have in communicating
them to my Government. This despatch has been sub-
mitted to M. Drouyn de l!Huys, and the foregoing version
of the results of our conversation has boon approved by
him.—l am, sir, with very great respect, your obedient
servant, JOHN 4IGELOW.

Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Department of State,
Washington, D. C.

Battle Between the Russians and Bokhariaus

The lnualide Russe published an account of the
great battle which the Russians fought in Central
Asia on the 20th of May, of which a telegraphic
report was received a few weeks ago. To under-
stand the narrative we ought to mention that be-
fore the action the Russians were encamped at
Tchinaz, on the left bank of the Syr-Daria, while
the Bokharians were at Irdjar, on the same bank,
but several miles higher up the river. The follow-
ing is the Invalide's report :
" The frequent appearance of the enemy's partisans in
greater or less number in our rear, as well as on our lines
of communication, and the presence of the principal army
of tho Etnir at the place named Irdjar, absolutely necessi-
tated an offensive movement on our part, so much the
more that on the 17th and 18th May positive information
was received that the Emir, having returned from a two
days' excursion to Samarcand, was disposed to attack us.
With that view he had despatched part of his troops to the
right bank of the Syr-Daria, upon our territory situated
beyond the Tchirtchik (an affluent of tho Syr-Daria, which
flows past Taschkent and joins the Syr at Tchinaz). The
army of the Emir was said to bo very numerous, consisting
of sarbazes, mounted riflemen, artillery, contingents of
various local governors, and of Kirghiz roaming over
Bokharian territory. The number of the sarbazes and of
the artillery, all regularly armed, was 5,000. The artil-
lery numbered 21 pieces, among which were some superior
to ours. As for the Kirghiz their number was not less
than 35,000.
" On the 19th of May, at daybreak, the force at Tchinaz,
consisting of 41 companies of infantry, 5 sotnias of Cos-
sacks,with 20 pieces of artillery and rockets, quitted its po-
sition to move on Irdjar. This detachment consisted of
Lieut.-Col. Pistohlkors, with 5 sotnias of Cossacks, a rocket
detachment, and 6 pieces of artillery; Capt. Abramof, with 6
companies and 8 pieces ; and Lieut.-Col. Fovitsky, with 8
companies and 6 pieces. Tho detachment carried provi-
sions for 12 days,.and had besides 10 days' provisions on
board the Pdrovsky. Simultaneously :with this detach-
ment, another from Kirioutchi, on the right bank opposite
Tchinaz, under the command of Colonel Kraievsky, set
out on its march for Irdjar, by the right bank of the Syr.
" The first day the troops accomplished a stage of more
than 20 miles with the thermometer at 40 deg. Reaumur,
the enemy's cavalry contenting themselves with skirmish-
ing. There remained only 14 miles from Mourza Rabat,
where the troops bivouacked for the first time, to the posi-
tion of the Emir at Irdjar. On the 20th of May at daybreak
stray parties of the Bokharians began to show themselves
in view of our camp. At nine o'clock our Cossacks had
their first encounter with the Bokharian cavalry, which had
some men killed ; on our side one Cossack was wounded.
At midday it became indispensable to advance the artillery
and commence firing, which lasted without interruption
till the end of the battle. After a short halt the troops ad-
vanced in the following order:—The column of Captain
Abramof in advance, by the direct road leading to Irdjar ;
on the right and on the same level the column of Lieut.-
Colonel Pistohlkors ; behind these two columns came, as a
general reserve, three companies of a battalion of riflemen
and a section of artillery, under the command of Major
Pistchemouka ; the baggage was covered by four com-
panies and two pieces, under the command of Lieut.-
Colonel Fovitsky.
" Hardly had our troops resumed their march when
masses of the enemy's cavalry appeared and surrounded
the detachment. The march of the baggage became espe-
cially very arduous, and could only be facilitated, thanks
to the extraordinary merit of Lieut.- Colonel Fivotsky, who
was obliged at the same time to watch the movements of
the train and repulse the incessant attacks to which it
was exposed. The following fact may give an idea of tho
difficulties our troops had to surmount before reaching the
enemy. When after the battle the tent of the Emir
was seized there was found among other, things a report
of the Governor of Samarcand,, who commanded the ad-
vanced position of the Bokharians, in which ho announced
that the Russians had been surrounded before attaining
that position, and that he would not delay making them
all prisoners.
" Towards 5 o'clock, about a mile from the enemy's posi-
tion, our troops were received by a strong cannonade from
his entrenchments, and masses of cavalry surrounded them
completely, with the exception of their left wing. Tho re-
serve was then directed towards the left, and all ourartiforya
put in position. The enemy having allowed %%to
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and sangfroid in that heated atmosphere. Not a shot missed
its aim. Towards 6 o'clock the attacks of the cavalry grow
feebler; on the command of General Romanovsky, Captain
Abramof commenced the assault at the headof the infantry,

and Lieut.-Colonel Pistohlkors led the Cossacks to the
charge. Captain Abramof executed the order with great
coolness. Neither the redoubled activity of the cannonade
and fusilade nor the entrenchments checked the column of
assault. All advanced as on the parade-ground. At the
end of half an hour our infantrymen had already bayoneted
the Bokhariun artillerymen at their guns, and our artillery,
now placed in position on the inner sido of the entrench-
ments, destroyed with its grapeshot the now masses who
attempted to stop the assailants. Simultaneously with the
column of Captain Abramof, Lieut.-Colonel Pistohlkors
went forward with his cavalry. At the same time ho can-
nonaded vigorously with his six pieces, on tho one hand
the forces endeavouring to stop Captain Abramof, and
whom ho took in flank, and on the other hand nowmasses
of cavalry and infantry assembling in front of him.
dare to e
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Moving rapidly from one position to another, ho hemmed
in the enemy more and more closely, and, after hav-
ing overthrown them, put thorn to flight in the
greatest disorder. All the ground between the first entrench-
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feeble column was sent out to occupy the second Bokharian
camp, which the Emir had evacuated in the evening, leav-
ing also almost all the baggage. Ills own tent had remained
in the condition in which it had been occupied by the Sove-
reign of Bokhara, the Chief of Islamism in Central Asia.
There were found there a quantity of carpets, divans,
kitchen utensils, and a multitude of objects of Asiatic luxury.
"During these operations Colonel Kraievsky's detach-
ment from Kirioutchi arrived on the 20th at 5 p.m. on the
rightbank of the Syr-Daria ,opposito Irdjar. Although this
detachment had taken no part in the action its appearance
and some shots of rifled cannon ably directed sufficed to
exercise a certain influence on the progress of the battle,
and hinder the flying enemy from resorting to the territory
beyond the Tchirtchik, where their presence would have
been troublesome to us.
" In this brilliant affair our loss was 12 soldiers Wounded
(sic). The enemy left mora than 1,000 dead on the field.
Our trophies consisted of six pieces of artillery, taken in
the assault on the position, and four pieces abandoned by
the enemy in his flight. In continuing to advance our
columns would probably find other guns, for the prisoners
report that in his flight the Emir only took away two
pieces. They even say that he was not slow to abandon
them on the road to Oratepe, and that he only brought
back 2,000 horsemen to Djouzak. Besides the baggage
there were found in the camps immense stores of powder,
and all the artillery train. Without counting the car-
tridges with which the roads were strewn which the enemy
followed in his flight, we found about 670 pouds (24,1201 b.)
of powder, 220,000 cartridges, as well as a mass of bullets,
shells, and other artillery ammunition.
"After this victory Major-Gen. Romanovsky advanced
and occupied the fortress of Nau, and by the capture of
Khodjent has separated Bokhara from Khokan."