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from want of food . The news has been happily confirmed by a despatch from General Cameron , transmitted by telegraph from Cairo , and received at the War-office . In this despatch , which is dated at Tauranga , General Cameron states that on the ofch and Oth of August there was a meeting between the Governor of New Zealand and the natives of Tauranga , who submitted

unconditionally to the Queen's authority , and placed their lands at the Governor's disposal . They were permitted to return to their lands , of which only a small portion will be confiscated . AMEEICA . — New York telegrams of tbe 1 st instant have been brought by the Arabia . They announce that General Grant ' s army had undertaken important operations both on the north and the south banks of the James river , though their precise scope and result are not yet very clear . It appears from Gen . Graut ' s reports that on the morning of the 29 th ult . General

Ord ' s corps advanced and carried the " strong fortifications of Chepin ' s Farm , " in which he took 15 guns and 200 prisoners . At the same time aviothev Federal division moved from Deep Bottom , and carried tbe entrenchments which defended the Newmarket Road , " scattering tbe enemy and taking a few prisoners . " This division afterwards advanced towards Rich

mond , and arrived at a place called Junction Hill . In a sub - sequent report , apparently furwarded on the evening of tho 30 th ultimo , General Grant stated that " the operations on the north side of the James river were successful . " He further added , as to his movements on the south bank , that on the 30 th ultimo General Warren's corps " carried the enemy ' s line on the right ,

and was following up its successes , " and that General Meade had " moved , from the left , and carried tbe enemy ' s lines near Poplar Grove , " while General Butler had " repulsed an attack on his line . " General Sheridan , whose victory at Fisher's Hill had given him 20 guns and 1 , 100 prisoners , had pushed his

pursuit of the Confederates up to the Shenandoah Valley ; and had reported that "he thought there never was an army so badly ¦ routed as that of General Early . " For several days no further despatches bad been received from General Sheridan , as guerillas in his rear bad captured his couriers ; hut the Southern papers stated that his cavalry had reached Staunton and Waynesborough , on tbe line of the Charlottesville Railway .

There was no fresh news from General Sherman ' s army , though there was a revival of a rumour , altogether unfounded , that the Government of Georgia had tendered General Sherman propositions of peace , and that Federal commissioners bad been sent to treat with the Georgian state authorities . The Confederate cavalry and light troops " were very actively employed

in harassing General Sherman's railway communications . A brigade under General Martin had torn up the railway track between Dalton and Atlanta , while General Forrest had taken the Federal garrison at Athens , had destroyed tbe railroad between Decatur and Athens , had captured two trains on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad , and had done more

or less damage on various parts of the railway . The Confederate General Price , who was aided by Generals Kirby . Smith and Shelby , had invaded the state of Missouri at the head of forces estimated at 30 , 000 men , and had advanced at least as far as Potosi . The invasion had caused great alarm at St . Louis , where the Federal authorities were preparing for the

defence of the city ; and General Rosecrans had issued a proclamation calling the Union people to arms , and had actually succeeded in raising 12 , 000 Missourian militia . The report of the capture of Mobile had been revived , but was disbelieved in New York , and was no doubt unfounded . It was announced by the Southern journals that General Beauregard had been appointed to tho chief command of the Confederate army in Georgia . Secretary Stanton had issued a circular , urging the

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people to promote enlistments , in order that General Sherman might be enabled to hold Atlanta and to advance further south . There had been immense and frequent fluctuations in the prices of gold and stocks at New York . New York telegrams of the 1 st inst . have also been brought b y the Hibernian . They contain some additional intelligence ,

though they only repeat tbe accounts already given by General Grant of his operations on both banks of the James riveradding , it is true , an unofficial statement that on the 29 fch ult . the Federal forces on the north side of the James river were within five miles of Richmond . General Sheridan had reported , apparently on the 23 rd ult . that he had pursued the defeated

Confederates to Port Republic ; that his cavalry bad " destroyed much property" at Staunton and Waynesborough , on the Charlottesville Railway ; and that General Early's army was said to be " demolished . " No official accounts had been received from him ; but tbe Richmond journals asserted that on the 2 Gth ult . General Sheridan unsuccessfully attacked General

Early at Broom ' s Gap , and thab General Early then re-assumed offensive , and drove the Federals back six miles to Port Republic , and it was believed across the Shenandoah river . Ifc bad been rumoured in New York that General Hood ' s army was in General Sherman ' s rear , and was interposed between him and

Chattanooga ; hut it was added that the Federal Government felt no apprehension concerning Sherman ' s communications . President Davis , in a speech made by him at Salisbury , in North Carolina , declared that although reverses had been ex perienced by the Confederates , the spirit of the Confederacy was unbroken , and it would yet wring peace and independence from a

bated foe . He vehemently urged all Southern men to join tbe array , and all Southern women "to marry no man who has shirked the duties of a soldier . " Captain Semmes , who commanded the Alabama during her eventful career , left Liverpool on Sunday in a ship called the Laurel , which cleared for Nassau , Havana , and Matamoras . The Laurel ' s cargo is said

to consist of munitions of war , and Captain Semmes is accompanied by eight officers and 100 men , most of whom , it is alleged , served under him in the Alabama . It is not pretended that the Laurel could act as a cruiser , but the report goes that she will meet at some convenient point a new and powerful steamer , called the Banger , to which she will transfer

Captain Semmes and his companions , as well as the , stores which she takes out with her . The Governor General' of Canada has summoned the Governors of the British American provinces to meet at Quebec during the present month , for the purpose of considering arrangements for a federation of the North American colonies .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

THE BAEOX BE COMIN . —We have received 7 * . on behalf of the Baron—whilst , at tbe same time , we have received communications relative to his past career which it will he necessary for us to inquire into . P . S . —Wo have no recollection of the question . B . B . —We believe not .

ADAW . —You may forward us the particulars of the case to which you allude , and we will make the proper inquiries . S . S . —We have no doubt on the subject . H . T . B . ( Suez ) . —The money order alluded to in our issue of September 17 th has come to hand , P . M . 's communication and the report of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire arrived too late for this week ' s issue , hut shall appear in our next .

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CLASSICAL THEOLOGY.—LXXIX. Article 1
Untitled Article 2
THE GOLD, SILVER, AND BRONZE COINAGE OF 1863. Article 2
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 3
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 7
NEATH CHURCH. Article 7
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 8
METROPOLITAN. Article 8
PROVINCIAL. Article 8
ROYAL ARCH. Article 11
MARK MASONRY. Article 11
IRELAND. Article 12
INDIA. Article 12
Untitled Article 14
COLONIAL. Article 14
Obituary. Article 15
LITERARY EXTRACTS. Article 15
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 16
THE WEEK. Article 17
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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The Week.

from want of food . The news has been happily confirmed by a despatch from General Cameron , transmitted by telegraph from Cairo , and received at the War-office . In this despatch , which is dated at Tauranga , General Cameron states that on the ofch and Oth of August there was a meeting between the Governor of New Zealand and the natives of Tauranga , who submitted

unconditionally to the Queen's authority , and placed their lands at the Governor's disposal . They were permitted to return to their lands , of which only a small portion will be confiscated . AMEEICA . — New York telegrams of tbe 1 st instant have been brought by the Arabia . They announce that General Grant ' s army had undertaken important operations both on the north and the south banks of the James river , though their precise scope and result are not yet very clear . It appears from Gen . Graut ' s reports that on the morning of the 29 th ult . General

Ord ' s corps advanced and carried the " strong fortifications of Chepin ' s Farm , " in which he took 15 guns and 200 prisoners . At the same time aviothev Federal division moved from Deep Bottom , and carried tbe entrenchments which defended the Newmarket Road , " scattering tbe enemy and taking a few prisoners . " This division afterwards advanced towards Rich

mond , and arrived at a place called Junction Hill . In a sub - sequent report , apparently furwarded on the evening of tho 30 th ultimo , General Grant stated that " the operations on the north side of the James river were successful . " He further added , as to his movements on the south bank , that on the 30 th ultimo General Warren's corps " carried the enemy ' s line on the right ,

and was following up its successes , " and that General Meade had " moved , from the left , and carried tbe enemy ' s lines near Poplar Grove , " while General Butler had " repulsed an attack on his line . " General Sheridan , whose victory at Fisher's Hill had given him 20 guns and 1 , 100 prisoners , had pushed his

pursuit of the Confederates up to the Shenandoah Valley ; and had reported that "he thought there never was an army so badly ¦ routed as that of General Early . " For several days no further despatches bad been received from General Sheridan , as guerillas in his rear bad captured his couriers ; hut the Southern papers stated that his cavalry had reached Staunton and Waynesborough , on tbe line of the Charlottesville Railway .

There was no fresh news from General Sherman ' s army , though there was a revival of a rumour , altogether unfounded , that the Government of Georgia had tendered General Sherman propositions of peace , and that Federal commissioners bad been sent to treat with the Georgian state authorities . The Confederate cavalry and light troops " were very actively employed

in harassing General Sherman's railway communications . A brigade under General Martin had torn up the railway track between Dalton and Atlanta , while General Forrest had taken the Federal garrison at Athens , had destroyed tbe railroad between Decatur and Athens , had captured two trains on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad , and had done more

or less damage on various parts of the railway . The Confederate General Price , who was aided by Generals Kirby . Smith and Shelby , had invaded the state of Missouri at the head of forces estimated at 30 , 000 men , and had advanced at least as far as Potosi . The invasion had caused great alarm at St . Louis , where the Federal authorities were preparing for the

defence of the city ; and General Rosecrans had issued a proclamation calling the Union people to arms , and had actually succeeded in raising 12 , 000 Missourian militia . The report of the capture of Mobile had been revived , but was disbelieved in New York , and was no doubt unfounded . It was announced by the Southern journals that General Beauregard had been appointed to tho chief command of the Confederate army in Georgia . Secretary Stanton had issued a circular , urging the

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people to promote enlistments , in order that General Sherman might be enabled to hold Atlanta and to advance further south . There had been immense and frequent fluctuations in the prices of gold and stocks at New York . New York telegrams of the 1 st inst . have also been brought b y the Hibernian . They contain some additional intelligence ,

though they only repeat tbe accounts already given by General Grant of his operations on both banks of the James riveradding , it is true , an unofficial statement that on the 29 fch ult . the Federal forces on the north side of the James river were within five miles of Richmond . General Sheridan had reported , apparently on the 23 rd ult . that he had pursued the defeated

Confederates to Port Republic ; that his cavalry bad " destroyed much property" at Staunton and Waynesborough , on the Charlottesville Railway ; and that General Early's army was said to be " demolished . " No official accounts had been received from him ; but tbe Richmond journals asserted that on the 2 Gth ult . General Sheridan unsuccessfully attacked General

Early at Broom ' s Gap , and thab General Early then re-assumed offensive , and drove the Federals back six miles to Port Republic , and it was believed across the Shenandoah river . Ifc bad been rumoured in New York that General Hood ' s army was in General Sherman ' s rear , and was interposed between him and

Chattanooga ; hut it was added that the Federal Government felt no apprehension concerning Sherman ' s communications . President Davis , in a speech made by him at Salisbury , in North Carolina , declared that although reverses had been ex perienced by the Confederates , the spirit of the Confederacy was unbroken , and it would yet wring peace and independence from a

bated foe . He vehemently urged all Southern men to join tbe array , and all Southern women "to marry no man who has shirked the duties of a soldier . " Captain Semmes , who commanded the Alabama during her eventful career , left Liverpool on Sunday in a ship called the Laurel , which cleared for Nassau , Havana , and Matamoras . The Laurel ' s cargo is said

to consist of munitions of war , and Captain Semmes is accompanied by eight officers and 100 men , most of whom , it is alleged , served under him in the Alabama . It is not pretended that the Laurel could act as a cruiser , but the report goes that she will meet at some convenient point a new and powerful steamer , called the Banger , to which she will transfer

Captain Semmes and his companions , as well as the , stores which she takes out with her . The Governor General' of Canada has summoned the Governors of the British American provinces to meet at Quebec during the present month , for the purpose of considering arrangements for a federation of the North American colonies .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

THE BAEOX BE COMIN . —We have received 7 * . on behalf of the Baron—whilst , at tbe same time , we have received communications relative to his past career which it will he necessary for us to inquire into . P . S . —Wo have no recollection of the question . B . B . —We believe not .

ADAW . —You may forward us the particulars of the case to which you allude , and we will make the proper inquiries . S . S . —We have no doubt on the subject . H . T . B . ( Suez ) . —The money order alluded to in our issue of September 17 th has come to hand , P . M . 's communication and the report of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire arrived too late for this week ' s issue , hut shall appear in our next .

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