The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-23 00:00:00

THE EXHIBITION of ALUMINIUM and I miralty. All very well, certainly, in its way, ALUMINIUM BRONZE. lif it lead to anything—this infusion of 29000* SPECIMENS, illustrating the appli cation (Ornamental and Useful) of these in- net' blood, as it is called, into our en . -estlnn - Metals, ARE NOW ON VIEW feebled Administration. Only, unfortunately, it 22, REGENT never does ! So that the consolation brought to the advanced liberals, to the practical reformers, to the political independents, in and out of the House of Commons, ends precisely where it begins—is simply summed up in the bare announcement of the not very interesting fact, intrinsically, that Mr. JAMES STANSFELD, M.P. for the borough of Hali fax, will take the post of Junior Lord of the Admi ralty, lately vacated by the Marquess of HAR- MA PM N BROTHERS' NEW ROOMS, SPREE &Omission Iv Card. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. 1' I/ IS EVENING (Thursday), April 23 Subscription Night), Debut of Madame Therese Ehinger, as MaffeoOrsini. LITCREZIA BORGIA. cters by Nidile. Titlens, Madame Therese Signori Gassier, Sold', ['hal,ll, Bossi, Bertacchi, Principal Ch Eli Ca a b'oni Conductor, Shmor ARDITI. ri,h the New Ball,t, L FARFALETTA. Saturday Next, LUCIA DI L A 3IME RMOOR. New Ballet. Doors open at half-past Seven. The Opera will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. T c 7.ncluct TIN GTON. . , Priced :—Stails, One Guinea ; Reserved Box seats, Ha7f-a- Guinea ; Pit Ticket. , , Bs. rd.; Gallery tails, 53. and 7s. ; G. ilery, 28. 6 : 1. ; Private Boxes, in the Gallery Cis die, to The intelligence brought by the City of Cork leaves the fate of war still undecided and the belli gerents in much the same relative position, neither Iside having gained a decided advantage. It is re : parted, as it has been reported many times before, 1 that the bombardment of Fort Sumter, by the I Federal fleet has commenced. On Monday, the 61h Einst., the attack is said to have begun, and the Southern journals of the Bth state, in confir oration of this intelligence, that the Federal gun boats and transports had crossed Charleston Bar and had anchored ; while the Confederate iron•clads lay between the forts waiting the attack. The Federal land forces, meanwhile, were waiting to see how their naval brethren fared before they lent their aid. Possibly they share the very doubtful views of Federal success which are current in this country, especially where "Greek meets Greek" on the waters. NEPTUNE is decidedly unpropitious to the Federals, and in spite of the vast advantages with which they started, they have seen a formid able fleet spring up against them, and many of their own vessels have been captured ; while the exploits of the daring Sculiern privateers have been the terror of their commerce. And all this has occurred while they profess to maintain a blockade! three per: • Notice. it will ht. necessary for Mos . , partio s who intend visiting the Reserved B x Seats (at lcs. ed. each), to attend in Evenin , Costume. ---- ----- Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be had at the Box-office of the Theatre (und-r the Colonnade in the Haymar , et', which is open daily, under the superintendenceof Mr. Nugent. from Ten till Sis ; and at all the principal Libraries and Music sellers. 11 HE AT R E-R YAL, I) itURY- LANE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fdrnund Falconer. I4'. r the Benefit of Miss Lydia Thompson TUTS EVENING, April 23, for the 36 . 2 d t a me in London, PEEP O'DAY. 3ie4 - re. Henry Lorraine, Welter Lacy, C. Verner, Addiso3, J. Graham. G. Spencer, &c.; Misses Cleveland, tiara Weston, M. Hudson, &c. • - • • --- To conclude rith MAGIC TOYS. Valentine, Miss Lydia Thompson. COTlllnell at AT ft HAI MARKET. We learn by the City of York that the Confede rates have succeeded in capturing another war steamer, the Diana, which started on a reconnoiter ing expedition in the Atchafalaeza River, was stopyed by some Confederate masked batteries at Petersonville, and surrendered after a sharp en gagement. The position of General Foster, in Washington, North Carolina, appears to be very precarious. The Confederates under General Hill have surrounded the town, mustering 10,000 strong, while General Foster's forces are only from 2,000 to 4,000. The Confederates have cut off his communications with Newburn,by erecting a battery five miles below Washington, which commands the channel which separates it from Newbern. The besieged General sent for reinforcements, and several gunboats started from Newbern, bat were unable to pass the batteries. A steamer from Beaufort also attempted to come to his relief, but the guns of the opposing battery compelled her to retreat. General HILL has notified his intention of shelling the city, and the next mail will probably bring us tidings that the town is in the hands of the Confederates. Meanwhile hostilities are threaten ing in another quarter, according to Southern despatches, which tell us that the Federals, 15,000 strong, are advancing on Columbia, Ten nessee, where a battle is imminent. If the report of the attack on Charleston be correct, all other intelligence is comparatively without interest, for it has long been recognised on both sides of the Atlantic that Vicksburg and Charleston are the key-stones of the arch of victory, and that on their fate rests mainly the fate of the Northern cause. Should they fall, the South might pos sibly recover from the blow—nay, might even gather strength from fury, but the pretensions of the Northerners must hopelessly collapse should they prove incapable bf reducing these strongholds. The wavering adhesion of the North-west provinces to the Federal cause depends on the navigation of the Mississippi. Strong symptoms of an inclination to join the Confederate side have already shown them selves, and as, in spite of the canal device : which the Federals are again in desperation resorting to, the hopelessness of the attack is becoming more and more evident, President LINCOLN may soon cease to reckon these important provinces among his sup porters. That the Federals fully realise the impor tance of gaining possession of Vicksburg, is shown by the desperate expedients they have resorted to. The failure of the canal has not prevented them from making another attempt beyond the range of the Confederate batteries, probably with similar re sults. Admiral PORTER has entirely failed in his attempt to reach the Yazoo by way of the creeks which it was conjectured led into it. His official report tells us how, during eight days, he worked his way up 70 miles and back again, receiving his final check within 800 yards of the point he desired to reach. It certainly appears surprising that he should have taken a whole fleet of gunboats up the river without first ascertaining whether it was navigable up to the necessary point. He may think himself fortunate that he succeeded in safely accomplishing the latter half of the old woman's journey. He tells us that "many planters mani fested affection for the Federal flag, and the negroes were unanimous in devotion to it." It is to be hoped that Admiral PORTER considers the value of these two striking pieces of information sufficient to com pensate him for the failure of his expedition. But while the eagerness of the Federals to obtain the navigation of the Mississippi is unquestionable, their anxiety to reduce Charleston is probably even greater, and of the strength and bitterness of that feeling none are more cognisant than the Southerners themselves. The capture of Fort Sumter by the Confederates has never been forgiven, and its con tinued occupation by the armies of the South has been a standing reproach to Federal arms. The disaffection to the supremacy of the North long held its headquarters in that city before it became the scene of the Second Declaration of Independence. The famous " stone fleet" by which. Federal animosity sought to block up the finest harbour of the South has not prevented the issue of the Confederate vessels that swept awa y the blockading squadron for a time at [net. The Sarah know well ;what they have to expect from Northern mercy. The scenes of New Orleans will never be re-enacted with their consent Gen. BUTLER has proved more strength to his foes than to his friends, not only in the universal feel ing of Europe, but in the sense be has given them that they are fighting to the death. It has often been remarked as a curious circumstance in the longest and most disastrous civil war on record, that it began and ended on the same spot. What if the coincidence should recur, and Fort Sumter should prove to be alike the opening of the drama and the last scene before the falling of the curtain ? PRINCESS'S . _ cgs s. Linda_ and Vining Mr. GLADSTONE seems to think it incumbent on him, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, to do his utmost to render his office as opprobrious as possible to the people of this country. For many years has he strenuously upheld those portions of the Income Tax which pressed most heavily on those least able to bear them. In vain, however, were the claims of those who had precarious in comes set forth ; nothing could move the iron will of the skilled financier. Also, Re have had to bear the burden of an augmented tax for so long, that the day of deliverance seemed not likely to coma at all. Now, when at last some important red:lc:Lion is made, and the politicians of both Ti" Lessee_ Mr.. - 1 B. Ruckstone. TFIIS EVENING, STILL. WATERS RUN DEEP. Mr, awl Mrs. Allterl Wigan. Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Chippen dale, end Mips Louisa Ange'. Atter which, an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing' a Panorama of the To :r of the Prince of Wales in the East. To conclude with BORROWIN(4 A HUSBAND. Pamela 3Uss 5! aria :Tarr's. Commerce at 7. T . ' EAT a E ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, un d er the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTEK. TII TS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Ortainsl %ketch, entitled A :s UDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, It. Whidicomb, Mss Hcnrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, fu Three "sets, and Prlio. , zue, entitled THE DUKE'S ITOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by air. Fechter, snopotted by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brouvatn, H. ‘ - 4 iddixmbe, Charles. Garden, Raymond, Dawson; Misses Carlotta Leeiercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elaworthy, Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett THEATRE ROY. I,egsci THIS EVENING the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Miss Amy Serigwick, Miss II end,rFou, and Mrs. Simpson ; Messrs. K. ikaxby, G. Melville, G. Be;more, C. Seyton, and Cathcart. After which, 'KILLING 'II3IE. Mr. Gee. Vining, Mr. C Seyton, and miss Amy Sedgwiek. To conclude with a new 14 himsical Extravaganza, entitled BEAUTIFUL HAI DE or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee Rovers. MisFes M. Oiiver, Helen Howard, Hudspeth, Hen rs n, and Murray ; Mesgs. C. Seyton, G. Belmore, Fitz - More land , and Ccelterill JaXaCP, N"\ HRA fitE-R0 lAL, ADELPHI.- ol Prorrlator arid MAnszer, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss A. Seaman. and Miss Stogy After which, at Eitzht o'clock, AURORA FLOYD. Miss Avonia Jones, Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Billington ; Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billiog,ton, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. Bower, Mr. C. J. Smith. Commence at 7, PRE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the I.ttest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, April 23, 1863, THERMOSIETEIL, kterday. . Highest since Noon yes Lowest during the night This day at Noon . Wind—Northerly ; fresh, with fine weather. ITIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRI9 DAT.—Morning, sh. Bm.—Afternoon, sh. 27m. To-Morrow.-Morning, sh. 4503.—Afternoon, 6h. 502. • `• • LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1863. It is a very doubtful policy, indeed, on the part of Lord PALMERSTON, as it appears to us—his attempting just now to conciliate those half estranged ultra-Liberals below the gangway, by inducing, perhaps, the most rising man amongst them all to stultify himself by the acceptance of a junior lordship of the Admiralty. One reasonable proepect of anything like even a moderate and pArtial referrn, would be better than the induction of half-a-dozen Mr. STANSFELDS into subordinate posts at as many governmental departments. The arrangement, or we aro much mistaken, will neither strengthen a debilitated Administration, nor yet again very appreciably advance the repute of an hon. member 'whose career was beginning to be looked to with some little hope by many, and by a few 'with a very great deal of interest. One cannot but bear rather vividly in mind the part taken by the hon. member for Halifax upon the occasion of a memorable little episode last session in the otherwise dull and tedious sittings of the House of Commons. For a while Mr. STANS FELD might almost have been represented by any pasquineding caricaturist who cared to symbolise his Parliamentary frolics by a timely touch or two from a comic pencil—as bearing aloft fora time a banner emblazoned on one side, like the standard of the young aspirant, sung of in Pro fessor LONGFELLOW'S ballad, Excelsior ! and upon , let us say, Miching Malecho ! Ap parently, Mr. STANSFELD "meant mischief," or he mean; a:change for the better in Lord PALMERSTON'S administration. ways had alresd the other A c nge for the better in two on e s'', before 1 ast session, nay, it has (in spite of Mr. STANSFELD and his followers), ever since last session, up to this preSent moment, still continued flagrantly to be what the quack advertisement or the puff preliminary, is fond of calling, as Captain WRAOG would ray, in the lan guage of the classics, a desideratum. A negative change for the better—in the way of a rational and A. positive change for the better—fn the way of openin g up to the nation some, at least, among those very reforms, for the carrying of which, more effectually through the Legislature, Lord PALMERSTON and his col leagues took office nearly four years ago, namely, just before the midsutnmer of '59. Nothing whatever to the good in either direction has, to this moment, been accornplishc.d, either through any persistent pertinacity of demand on the part of the member for Halifax, or through. any tardy display of com punction on the part of Some member of the Admi nistration. Reformers there are, save the mark so-called still seated in that Cabinet, leaven ing it, or as one may say, in some slight degree flavouring it, with the si " c y aroma o f an almost wholly evaporated perfume of liberalism. In this manner there comes to us in deed occasionally a feeble and vapid sense o f consolation, in the mere recognition, among the Ministers who have attended the last Cabinet Council in Downing-street, of the names o f practical reformers and advanced liberals such as the tight hon. gentlemen the member for Wolverhampton and Ashton under-Lyne. Only— at the best, this is but a ghostly solace, in its way, after all. For—nothing cornea of it. Nothing ? Well, yes, perhaps we ought now, in some measure to moderate the fervour of our complaint. No thing P Why, truely,there is another advanced,very advanced Liber,d—anot her practical, energetic, and scrupulously conscientious reformer—in a word there is Mr. • ST tNSFE LD rubbing elbows in a new capa city with his right hon. colleague in the represen tation o f H a lif a x There is even Mr. STANS- comprehensive economy. P '" L E ) , that rising, seilng politician, if not " t "IlY stepping within the inner circle of the elbiatt —aext to it: ! Takic3 a subordinate or 6 ""aktly tat,a am , .. , Lg the ranks of our adminio !rat:.::, 7z, "'"illEs junior Lord of the Ad- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1863. , sides are willing to accord their meed of approval, it seems an invidious arrangement on the part of Mr. GLADSTONE to adopt so unsuitable a proceed : ing as to tax charities. It is as unwise, in a public sense, as it is ungracious in a private one, since the free institutions of England are among her noblest efforts, and redound to her fame, more than victories abroad or splendours at home. This new plan of Mr. GLADSTONE'S is one devoid of political faith or public rectitude. He proposes to take away from the poorest of the poor the sums that kindly disposed individuals have amassed for their benefit. Had these sums been separately bestowed in small portions on the destitute throughout the kingdom, no Chancellor of the Exchequer could have touched them. They have been directed to purposes of lasting utility and a considerable sum has, in each instance, been de voted to the erection of edifices that will remain to benefit the sufferers of far distant years, when those who reared them and those who now derive ad vantage from them have alike passed away from this earthly scene. The sum abstracted from these institutions is to be £lOO,OOO yearly. This is a very trifling amount to men tion in the year's expenditure, and to form part of a surplus, can be of little use. Taken from these places, however, it will work incalculable evil, and produce results the most sad and sorrowful. It is a well known fact that our charities are not rich; there are endless applications constantly made for increased funds; and with every effort that can be used, with all the generous contributions that are constantly bestowed, how many unhappy chil dren of mortality, suffering from the " thousand ills that flesh is heir to," are refused admittance into the hospitals in consequence of want of accom modation. How will these evils be augmented tenfold by the arbitrary decis'on of the ruler of our, finances. It is a scandal on the wealthiest country in the world that her Chancellor of the Exchequer his to draw part of his means from the abodes erected for the succour and support of the houseless poor, when suffering under those sad dispensations which all the comforts and appliances of wealth cannot render otherwise than afflicting to those in affluent circumstances. Mr. GLADSTONE has always been most censorious and severe on those who advocate a sentimental line of policy. He thinks feeling should be eschewed in all matters of finance. In this case it is justice that speaks against him. What right has he to appropriate that portion of the money which a community has set apart for the most sacred cause that can adorn humanity. If this disgraceful pro posal is carried out, it will be as a sledge-hammer blow upon the future prospects of these institutions. Wno will care to bestow from their abundance to swell the sums of an extravagant Exchequer Ali oister—who will be likely to give from their mode ' rate means to support a society which must pay the tax-gatherer whether it succours the objects of distress or not. Who will spare anything from the means of their bare subsistence to aid an institu tion that is shorn of its privilege of immunity, and left to he the prey of unscrupulous experimen talists in finance. What security have we that next year there may not be war with some foreign Power ? and then the Income-tax will be consider ably increased; and the next year perhaps it may be doubled, as in the Crimean War. Once the prin ciple has been admitted of taxing charities ;—of course, they must undergo the ordeal of paying the increased ratio. What, then, is to become of the sick, the blind, the lams, the bedridden ?—they must perish miserably in our streets while the noble in- stitutions that were to be a refuge for their hour of need, the means of restoring them again to health and usefulness, or the blessed instruments that were to smooth their passage to the grave are rendered comparatively useless, and perverted from their purpose by the freaks and fancies of an unsympathising Minister. The sum is contemptible as regards its benefit to the Exchequer, but were it increased a hundredfold it is not by such means that the State will ever be properly served, and the in terests of the community protected. It is earnestly to be trusted that the House will not sanction the passing of this proposal. It will be a blot on tht fair fame of the legislature if it allow the project to become law, In a Christian country let them not forget the precepts of its Founder, " For as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." If Mr. GLAD STONE can reconcile it to his conscience to employ his extraordinary powers of calculation to no batter purpose than to devise means of extracting money from the penniless, and be satisfied in employing his remarkable eloiuence in per- suading the House that his ideas are correct, let not other members follow his example They will be degrading their high position and abusing the powers entrusted to them by their countrymen if they seek to stultify our charitable institutions. It is of no use to say that enough will remain to supply needful assistance. There never can be enough done to aid the distressed in any country. Those best informed on the subject have presented ample evidence of the appalling want, the sad privations, and the cruel deaths that daily occur around us. This hitherto unknown interfer- ence with these beneficent institutions will be like the small edge of the wedge inserted to sap their foundations and assail their stronghold. We have all enough, and too much to do with the harsh and unpleasant details of business, the cold and cruel assumption of those dressed in a little brief autho- rity, but if one spot more than another should be rendered safe and sacred from their intrusion, it should be that where mercy has founded a refuge for misery. Another argument that may be cited is that in no other country could this act of aggression be perpetrated. England alone contains institutions that are supported by voluntary con tributions. In other lands the burden of providing for these sufferers falls upon the State. Not con- tent with being relieved from this grave responsi• bility, the Government now wish to seize upon the produce of a people's munificence, and to mulct the treasure house of the poor to add a mite to the millions that are annually wasted or misapplied to suit party views and carry out political intrigue. Before it is too late let the wrong be averted, and in refusing to allow its being carried into law the Legislature will confer a special service on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, since nothing can profit him so little as to allow him to follow his mischievous course. If the man whose friends call him a " heaven-born financier," and who considers him self the "rhetorician of the age," is to distinguish himself in this way, it is indeed lamentable. We have been taught that those w h o speak with the tongues of men and of angels, an d have not charity, become as sounding brass, or as tinkling cymbal, and our experience of human nature confirms its truth. Great gifts of head are valueless for the benefit of mankind if the heart cannot feel in accordance with the inspirations of the intellect. One thing is certain, the English people admire talent, but they love honour more ; and if their liberty of donation is to be ques tioned, a day of reckoning will be called for, If a mistaken Cabinet succumb to the dic tation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's arbitrary demands, and an infatuated House of Conanaon3 are too spell boufidiq his eloquence to re- sist his special pleading, Mr. GLADSTONE will hereafter regret the day when he numbered the afflicted poor on GoD'S earth among his taxpayers. Divine and human laws alike call for their exemp tion, but if he triumphs in his wish that when the muster roll is cited they must obey its mandates, and cast their offerings at his feet, he may yet have cause to exclaim with PYRRHUS, " One more such victory and I shall be undone." PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 22. BOROUGH RESIDENCE UNIFORM MEASURE MENT BILL Order for second reading read. Motion made and question proposed, ° That the bill be now read a second time." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word now,' and at the end of the question to add the words upon this day six months.' " Question put, " That the word 'now' stand part of the question." The house divided--Ayes, 171; Noes, 135. AYES -171. Addington, Hon.W. Getty, S. G. Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J. Annesley, Col. H. Goddard, A. L. Naas, Lord Arbuthnott, Gen.H. Gore, J. R. 0. Nicol, William Archdall, Capt.3l E. Gore, W. R. 0. Noei, G. J. Astell, J. H. Graham, Lord Wm. North, Col. Baillie, H. J. Greenall, G. Northcote, Sir S. H. Baring ' A. H. Greene, J. Onslow, G u ildf or d Barttelot, Col. Gray, Capt Packe, C. Bathurst, A. A. Grogan, Sir E. Paget, C. Bathurst, F. H. Hamilton, Major Pakenham, Col. Beach, W. W. Hamilton, Viscount Palk, sir L. Beecroft, G. S. Hanmer, Sir J. Palmer, R. W. Bentinck, G. W. P. Hardy, Gathorne Parker, Major W. Bentinck, G. C. Hardy, J. Peacocke, G. M. Berest..rd. Denis Hassard, M. D. Pevensey, Viscount Bernard, Cul. Hay, Sir J Phillip., G. L. Blackburn, P. Heygate, Sir F. Potts, George Bond, J. W. Heygate, W. U Powys, L. P. Booth, Sir R. G. Holford, R. S. Pritchard, John Bramley-Moore, J. Hohnesdale, Lord Pugh, D. Bramston, T. W. Hope, G. W. Quinn, Peter Bridges, Sir B. Hornby, W. H. Ridley, Sir M. W. Brooks, R. Howes, E. Roebuck, J. A. Bruce, C. L. C. Huut, G. W. Rogers, John J. Bruce, Sir H. Jervis, Captain Rowley, Hon. R. T. Bruen, Henry Johnstone, J. J. 11. Sclater-Booth, U. Cartwright, Col. Kekewich, S. Scott, Lord H. Cave, S. Kelly, Sir F. Seymer, H. K. Cecil, Lord R. Kendall, N. Siduey, Thomas Ch..pmaii, J. Kennard, R. Smith, M. Clifton, Sir R. Kerrison, Sir E. Smith, S. G. Close, 31. C. King, J. K. Smyth, Col. Cochrane, A. D. Knightley, R. Smollett, P. Ccdrington, Sir W Knox, Major W. S. Somes, Joseph Cox, W. Laird, J. Spooner, R. Cubitt, George Leader, N. Stanhope, J. B. Cubitt, Ald. Leiroy, A. Stirling, Wm. Dawson, R. P. Legh, W. Stracey, Sir H. Du Cane, C. Lennox, Lord G. G. Talbot, Hon. W. C. Duncombe, W. E. Lennox, Lord H. G. Thynne, Lord H. Dunne, Col. Liddell, Hon. H. G. Tollemache, J. H. Du Pre, C. Lindsay, General Torrens, R. East, Sir J. B. Long, R. P. Trelusis, Hon. C. H. Edwards, Major H. Lom. - ,dield, Robert Turner, C. Egerton, Sir P. Lowther, Col. H. C. Vance, John Egerton, E. C. Lyall, G. Vansittart, Wm. Egerton, W. Lyon, Hon. F. Watkins, Ccl. L. Pane, Col. M'Cormick, W. Watling - ton, J. Farquhar, Sir M. Macdonog,h, F. Way, Arthur E. Farrer, J. Malcolm, J. W. WelbY, W. E. Fellowes, Edward Manners, Lord J. Whiteside, J. Fergusson, Sir J. Maxwell, Col. Wyndham, Hon. P. Forster, Sir G. Mitford, W. T. Wynn, C. Franklyn, G. W. MontgomerY, Sir G. Wynne, W. W. Ii;. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Mordaunt, Sir C. Yorke, Hon. E. Gard, R. S. Morgan, C. 0. S. TELLERS. Garnett, W. J. Morris, D. Collins, T. George, John Morritt, W. Bowyer, Sir G. NOES —135. Adam,W. P. Dunkellin L o rd Mildmay, H. Adeane, H. J. Dunlop,A. Mills, J. R. Agar-Ellis, Hon. L. Dunn e M. Moncreiff, J. Angerstein, W. Enfield, Viscount Monsell, Rt. lin. W. Antrobus, E. Evans, T. W. Morrison, W. Aytoun, R. S. Ewart J. C. O'B rien, Sir P . Bagwell, J. Fenwick, Henry Ogilvy, Sir J. Baines, E. Foley, Hon. H. W. Padmore, R. Baring, Sir F. Gavin, Major Paget, Lord C. E. Bass, M. T. Gibson. T. M. Pease, H. Beaumont, W. B. Gilpin, C. Peel, Sir R. Beaumont,Somerset Gly n , G. C. render, J. Berkeley, H. Glyn, G. G. Pilk in g ton, Ja mes Biddulph,',Col. R.M. Goldsmid, Sir F. Pinney, Col. Black, Adam Gower F. L. Por tman, W. H. B. Brand, H. B. Go wer , G. W. L. Potter, E. Briscoe, J. I. Greenwood, J. Powell, J. Brown, J. Gregory, W. If. Proby, Lord. G. L. Browne, Lord J. T. Grenfeil H. R. Pryse, Capt. E. L. Bruce, H. A. Grey, Rt. Hn. Sir G. Puller, C. W. Buchanan, W. Gurdon, B. Robertson, D. Buckley, Maj. -Gen. Gurney, Samuel Robertson, H. Butler, C. S. Hadfield, Geo. Russell, Hastings Butt, Isaac Headlam, Thus. E. Russell, A. J. B. Caird, James Henley, Lord Salomonq,Alderman Carnegie,Hn. C. Herbert, H. A. Scho lefie, d , W. Cavencash, Hon. W. Hibb er t J. Seymour, A Clay, James Hodgkinson, G. Sheridan, H. B. Clifford, C. C. Holl an d, E. Smith, M. T. Clifford, Col. Howard, Lion. C. Smith, Abel Cogan, W. H. Howard, Lord E. G. Taylor, P. A. Coke, Col. Butt, W. Thornhill, W. P. Cowper, Hon. W.F. Kinglake, Serj. J. Vane , Lord H. G. Western,vian, .H. S. Craufurd, E. H. J. Kingscote, Col. Villiers, Rt. lion. C. Crossley, Sir F. Knatchbull-Hugess Vi Dalglish, Robert Layard, A. H. Vyner, Reginald Davey, R. Denman, G. Dent, John Dent Lewis, Harvey White , Jas. Lawson, n, :".. H. G. westhead, J. Dodson, John G. Locke, John White, L. Douglas, Sir C. biocide J. Williams, W. Doulton, F. Mackin'non,W. A. Wood, W. Duff, M. E. Mainwaring, T. Wrightson, W. Duke, Sir James Marjoribanxs, D. C. TELLERS. Dunbar. Sir Wrn. Martin,J. Bouverie, E. P. Dundas, Frederick Merry, James Pigott, Sergeant Lord and Lady ItenuieBnam have left the Claren don Hotel for Rendlesham Hall. Lord Ronald Leveson Gower has left Paris for Geneva. The noble lord intends to pass several weeks in Switzerland. Lord Hotham, M.P., received a select party at darner last evening at his residence in Grosvenor-street. Lord Edward Percy Sr. Maur has been suffcring severely from gastric fever since his re.urn from Greece. -ionn improvement has, however, taken place in his lord. ship's condition. A marriage is arranged between Mr. Welby. Gregory, M P., eldest son of Sir Glynne Earle Welby. Gregory and the Hon. Victozia Stuart Wortley, maid o. honour to her Majesty. _ . Mr. Stansfeld has accepted the post of Junior Lord of the Admiralty, vacated by the Marquis of Harting ton, who takes the place of Earl de Grey and Ripon 5 8 Under-Secretary of State for War. By his acceptance al office, Mr. Stansfeld's seat fur Halifax becomes vacant; but the hon. gentleman's personal and political popularity in that borough makes his re-election a certainty. a nd the fascination of his inex haustible bea A u N ty 7L h O is TE gr o ac r e, CIIIIISTIAN OF DENMARK.—Hie the good nature produced the wildest admiration, and " exclaiming, a Jurors which we can fully understand just at present I One day, as the King's coach drove up to St. James's, a handsome girl burst through the line of attendants, caught Danishcarriage, a sovereign nd kis s he alighted from his as she re leased the astonished stranger, "Now, kill me, if you please! I have kissed the prettiest fellow in the world, and I shall die cDntented." The Ring laughed heartily, e dh i i n ni h h e e r a a rt rin ily s , assured the girl he quite forgave her, shook her hand, into which he slipped a golden keepsake, and sprang upstairs, intensely amused by the adventure. —Once a Week. TRE REPRESENTATION OF DUBLIN. —DUBLIN, Wednesday. —Mr. John Hamilton was proposed by Mr. John Thompson, D.L., seconded by Mr. Alexander Par ker, J.P., and elected unanimously. Mr. Henry Hoare, banker, London, was proposed by the Rev. Tiesham Gregg; but there was no seconder. CAPTURE OF ANOTHER CLYDE STEAMER.—NEW YORK, April B.—On March 28, the fine English screw steamer Aries (arrived here) was captured near the entrance to Bull's Bay, which she was making by mistake, her intention being to run into Charleston harbour. She is one of the finest prizes yet taken by the blockaders. She is not quite a year old, and upon her first transatlantic voyage. Her capacity is about 600 tons. She came from the %Vest Indies with a cargo of coffee, salt, lead, liquor, &c. The captain of the Aries, while at Port Royal, feigned illness, and deceived the surgeons ; but being suspected of treachery, and search being made, it was found that he had secreted no less than 16 revolvers, loaded and capped, ready to make an attempt to retake the vessel. Previous to this exposure he denied the presence of firearms on board. The Aries is a beautiful Clyde-built vessel, with hinged masts, which can be lowered at pleasure. The engineers of the vessel brought her to this port, deporting themselves in a very becoming manner. The Aries, when she left St. Thomas, was convoyed by H.M.S. Phaeton, in company with the steamer Pet.---Aceetsman. THE ALEXANDRA.---This vessel has been ap• praised at X 9,500. The following is the cause of s inn e stated in the appraisement filed in the Court of Ex chequer :—" No. 1. Date, 1863. Seized by officer Edward Morgan. Cause of seizure : —For being equipped, furnished, and fitted out with intent to be employed in the service of persons exercising, or assuming to exercise, the powers of .elf-government in and over a foreign State, colony, pro vinc,e, or people, the ship or vessel Alexandra, of Liverpool with her tackle, apparel, and turnilure, as she now lies.— Signed, Samuel Price Edwards, John King, C. W. Kellock, a. B. Watson." -- DEATH FROM DROWNING.—INTREPID CONDUCT °FA MOTHER.—Yesterday Mr. H . It ffie,t Walthew, rye coroner for Middlesex, held an inquest at the Trinity House Tavern, Orchard-place, Poplar, ro,pecting the death of Thomas Morgan, aged three years. Ann Morgan said that she resided at No. 2, Chcbard-place, Poplar, and was the wife of a printer. She resided near Bow-creek, at the entrance of the East India Decks. On Friday last, between 12 and 1 o'clock, the deceased was playing in front of the house while she was at work, when a little boy ran to the do r and said, " Tommy is in the water " She ran out to the Canal and found the deceased's pinafore floating in the water. She then jumped into the water and dived to the bottom, calling upon the neighbours to assist her. She struggled at the bottom of the canal for a few seconds, but could not find her child. She then rose to the surface, but sank again. She could not recollect any more, and when she became sensible she found that she had been got out by two neighbours. The deceased was found in a quarter of an hour, and a surgeon was called, but life was pro nounced extinct. She believed that the deceased had fallen into the water while in the act of throwing stones. Verdict, accidental death. THE CONDEMNED CONVICTS, MTHAIL AND WooDs.—Sir G. Grey has replied to memorials forwarded to the Home-office on b e h a lf of t h ese t w o criminals, t o th e effect that he can see n o groun d to j us tify him in advising her Majesty to interfere with the due course of law; their execution will therefore take place on Saturday nest, at noon, in front of Eirliciale gaol. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) DENMARK. OPENING OF THE RIGSRAAD. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 22, The Rigsraad (Legislative Assembly for Den mark-Schleswig) was opened in this capital to-day by the President of the Council reading the Speech from the Throne. The Speech adverted to the marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra, and the marks of attachment and joy which that auspicious event had called forth among loyal subjects. His Majesty expected that the Rigsraad would vote her Royal Highness a dowry. The Speech next stated that the Royal proclama tion from the 30th of March had encountered oppo sition from the Great Powers of Germany, but that the Government of the King would not allow it self to be led astray by that circumstance from the intentions it had expressed. The bills about to be laid before the Rigsraad concerned D -mark- Schleswig, and not Holstein, except in cases where the contrary was distinctly stated. The Speech further notified that a new Customs Bill was about to be submitted to the Rigsraad, and in case of its passing would also be laid before the Holstein Diet. SPAIN. MADRID, APRIL 22, Evening. The debate on the bill authorising the Govern ment to collect the taxes was continued in the Congress to-day. PRANCE. PARIS, APRIL 23 The Moniteu? of this morning says:— "Some journals style the candidates for the Legis►ative body put forward by the Opposition as Independent candidates. " This designation is an electoral zranceuvre and an insult to those candidates who enjoy the sympathies of the country and the confidence of the Government. The Administration will re press manoeuvres of this kind with severity." The reception of his Majesty yesterday is de scribed by the Constitutionnelof this morning as hav ing been more than usually cordial both on the part of the troops and on that of the multitude—the lat ter greeting his Majesty both on his way to Long champs and on his return to the Tuileries (upon both occasions on horseback, followed by a brilliant staff) with reiterated acclamations. A Berlin correspondent of Le Pays pronounces es totally without foundation the rumours afloat during the last few days in reference to a pro jected interview between the King of Prussia and the Autocrat. The correspondent regards, at the same time, as certain, the fact that Colonel Reuter, who has recently taken his departure for St. Peters burg, is the bearer of an autograph letter from King William to the Czar. BOURSE, April 22.—The market has not been very animated, and prices show a slight decline, Threes, for the Account, being now at 69f. 40c, The Railway Share Market has been firmer than the Rente, and some of the lines have slightly improved. The market closed as follows : It per Cents .. 96 60 Italian Loan 7l 60 Do. end month.... Do. end month 7l 65 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 69 60 Do. end month.... 72 7a Credit Mobilier.... 1420 Russian ... Do. end m0nth....1120 Austrian .. Bank Shares .3'Bo panirla 52 50 Credit jucier ....1490 Dom.. Debt ,AlLwnyr, Orleans... Northern .... - New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1172 50 .. 1173 75 Geneva 445 .. 447 50 Southern Western .. Eastern .... ,.. 532 60 .. 532 50 Sardinian Austrian I,owhard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 457 50 .. 458 75 4 , 5 .. 500 - 600 - .. 603 75 567 50 .. 568 75 750 - 755 - 370 - 370 -- PRUSSIA. BERLIN, APRIL 22. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, during the debate upon the bill respecting Minis terial responsibility, Herr von Bismark declared that the present was not a fitting time for the con sideration of this measure. The preliminary condi- tion requisite for such a bill would be that the con stitution should offer a clear and complete basis The Government did not consider that such a pre. liminary condition now existed, at a time when there were material differences of opinion between the Crown and the Chamber upon the bearing of important portions of the Constitution. The Go vernment was, therefore, unable to sanction the bill. Notwithstanding the declaration of the President of the Council, there is no doubt that the Chamber will pass the bill. Punch has a capital political cartoon this week, from the pencil of John Tenniel. The Russian Bear (with a very sore head I)—writhing and howling under a storm of blows from the butt-end of a musket in the hands of the outraged Goddess of Poland, is holding out THE AMNESTY, while saying " Though I have burned your house and murdered your children, leave off hitting me, and I'll forgive you . 1 " Britannia, the Kiser, and his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon stand togother in a cluster in the background looking on— Napoleon evidently restraining himself by an effort from rushing in to the aid of Poland in punishing the Muscovite Bruin. Hard by the wriggling boots of which said Bruin, there sneaks out of harm's way, from the blows of the infu riated Goddess, a wretched little cur, with its tail between its legs (an excellent likeness, by the way, particularly in regard to the semblance of a heavy moustache), with its collar labelled " Prussia." STRANGE BUT TRUE.—The earliest intelligence is got by the latest telegram.—Fun. Mr. Charles Dickens will preside at the thirty fifth anniversary festival in aid of the funds of the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, which will be held at the Freemasons'•hall, on Wednesday, tne 6th of May nest. POLAND.—A grand concert von take pl ice at ti Hanover-square RoomP, on Saturday nest, in aid of the Polish fund. The Duchess of Sutherlar d, the Earl of ll chester, and Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare, Bart., kindly patro nise the concert. THE FEDERAL LOAN.—Among the passengers by the homeward boned Cunard steamer Asia was the Hon. ..!assius M. Clay, who is on his way to Russia to resume his post of Ambassador at St. Petersburg Among those who landed at Queenstown was the Hon. Mr. Walker, formerly a Secretary of the United States Treasury. It was stated on board that his mission is to negotiate a Federal loan in Great Britain and France. Mr. Walker proceeded by special train via Holybe.d.—Cork Examiner. THE ROYAL WEDDING PRESENTS.—We under stand that it will be necessary that the jewels now exhi bited should be removed shortly for the Princess of Wales' personal use, but that her Royal Highness has graciously consented :hat the most important. of them shall, if possib:e, De returned from time to time when not required. The Prince and Princess vizited the Exhibition yesterday after noon. IHAMES EMBANKMENT (NORTH SlDE).—Yester day the select committee of the House of Commons on the proposed new street from Blaektriars bridge to he Man sion -house, in connection with the Thames Einbankmsnr, resumed inquiry, the Hon. Mr. Cowper in the chair. The committee are now engaged in taking evidence relative to the value of the property to be taken, which will close the case for the promoters. The rare case of a feminine candidate presenting herself for the degree of sciences at the Sorbonne was wit nessed three days back. Ndlle. Emma Chenu underwent a brilliant examination, and was admitted with groat distinction. THE GRESHAM PROFESSORSHIP OF RHETORIC, —This morning the Rev. Charlton Lane, M.A., Incumbent of St. Murk's, Kennington, was elected by the Mercer's Company to the Professorship of Rhetoric in Gresham College. There were 12 candidates. ITHE COURT JOURNAL.—lndependent of the fullest Court and aristocratic news, the Court Journal always contains the most amusing and complete resume of the week's events, and a vast amount of original news and information interesting to the upper classes of society in general. sd. ; stamped, 6d. W. Thomas, 26, Brydges street) Covent-gaiden; and all news-agenta.—.444. . *_,__,,,,,,,_:---.. ;Ist ur t ~.1.3 vt-4- r . oltf , ~.------- titultat ~,.------ -4..„ - HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 22. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Princess of Wales and Prin cess Beatrice, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely and Major• General the Hon. A. Hood, visited the Windsor Royal Infirmary yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor and Captain Grey, went to London, and returned in the evening. Presentation of Addresses to the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales. attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor and Captain Grey, arrived at Marlborough House, Pall-mall, at 20 minutes p , ,st 31 o'clock yesterday morning, from Windsor Castle. Their Royal Highnesses received addres , es of congratu lation upon their marriage in the afternoon. The Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London arrived at cne o'clock, and having assembled in the grand hall, were co, ducted to the saloon, where the .Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of their household, received the address. The Lord Mayor was accompanied by the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, the Recorier, Aldermen Sir Francis G Moon, Batt., Carter, Lawrence, and Gibbons, the Town Clerk, the Comptroller, Mr Kearns, the mover, and Mr. Deputy Fuller, the seconder, of the address to the Prince; Mr. H. L. Taylor, the mover, and Mr. F. W Truscoet, the seconder, of the address to the Princess; and a very nume rous party of common councillors. The Recorder read the address of congratulation from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of Lon don to the Prince of Wales. His Royal highness returned a gracious answer. The Recorder read the address of congratulation to the Princess of Wales. Her Roy& Highness gave a gracious reply. The mover and seconder of the address in each case were presented by the Lord Mayer. Tha address from the University of Oxford was received at three o'clock. The Earl of Derby arrived in his gold erulzoitlered robe a. Chancellor, and wore the ensigns of the mos noble Order of the Garter. The noble earl and the tnernbers of the university were ushered to the'presenee of the Prince of Wales in the saloon. The address to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was read by the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, Chancellor of the Unive, sity. The Vice-Chancellor, Rev. Dr. Lightfoot, rector of Exeter College ; and the Proctors, Rev. W. Chambers, M.A., fellow of Worcester; and Rev. G. W. Kitchiu, M.A., of Christ Church, had the honour of being presented to his royal highness. The following composed the delegates Dr. Wynter, president of St. John's ; Dr. Plumptre, master of University ; Dr. Cotton, provost of Worcester; Dr. Scott, master of Balliol ; Dr. Liddell, dean of Christ Church; Dr. Williams, principal of Jesus; Dr Marsham, warden of Merton; Dr. Jeune, master of Pembroke; Dr. Jackson, New College ; Dr. Acland, Christ Church ; B. Price, M.A., Pembroke; Max Muller, M.A., Al; Souls ; G. C. Adams, M.A., Worcester ; T. V. Bayne, M.A , Christ Church; D. M. Owen, M,A„ Balliol ; and T. Fowler, M.A., Lincoln. The address was attended by the Right Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone and Sir William Heathcote, Bart.. members for the university, and by the Right Hon. J. W. Henley and divers other distinguished members of the university. The Public Orator, the Rev. R, Michell (Lincoln), and the Registrar, Edward Rowden, D,C.L., attended in their official capacity. The Prince of Wales returned a gracious answer to the address. A numerous deputation from Cambridge University, in academical dress, were conducted to the Prince and Princess of Wales. Dr. Atkinson, master of Clare College, vice chancellor of the university, was accompanied by the regis trary, the Rev. H. R. Luard ; and also by the Right Hun. Spencer Walpole, member for the university; Mr. C. J. Selwyn, member for the university and came is,ary ; Dr. Whewell, master of Trinity; Dr. Ok s, provost in King's; Dr. Cartmell, master of Christ's ; Dr. Corrie, maste 01 Jesus; Dr. Worsley, master of Downiug ; Hon. and Rev. Latimer Neville, master of Magdalen ; the Rev. W. G Clark, public orator ; the Rev. John Power, Pembroke College, senior proctor; the Rev. E. J. Beck, Clare College, junior proctor. The Esquire Bedells, Dr. Leapingwell, Mr. Hopkins, and Mr. Godfrey, attended the Vice-chancellor. The Rev. Dr. Dodsworth, St. Catharine's College, and the other mem bers of the university followed in procession. The Vice-Chancelior read the address to the Prince. His Royal Highness returned a gracious answer. The Vice-Chancellor read the address of congratulation from the university to the Princess of Wales. Her Royal Ilizhness gave her reply. A Bible and Prayer-book, elabouitely and beautifully bound, were presented to the Prince (alter the address), and were brought by Mr. C. J. Clay, M.A., of Trinity College, the university printer. A deputation from Edinburgh was introduced, consisting of the Right Hon. the Lo d Provost of Edidatirgh; Mr. Robert Johnston, Mr. George E. Russell, Mr. Alexander Auchie, Mr. Joan Boyd, and Mr. Adam Mosaman, magis trates of Edinburgh ; Mr. John Cox, t °flyer, er of the Trades of Edinburgh ; Messrs. Alexander Hill, George Rubert-ou, and Wm. Skinner, Councillors of Edinburgh; Mr. James D, Marwick, City Clerk of Edinburgh; arm Mr. H. Graham Lawson. The Ciiy Clerk read the congratulatory addresses to their Roya. Highnesses. The Prince of Wales returned a gracious answer. The Princess of Wales gave a gracious reply. The deputation from the Corporation of the City of Dub lin was conducted to the Prince. It was composed of the Lord Mayor, the Hon. John Prendergast Vereker, Alder man John Campbell, Councillor John Martin, Coup ciller Dr. John Gray, the Town Clerk, the City Marshal, the Sword-bearer, the Mace-bearer, the High Constable, and the City Engineer. The Lord Mayor read the congratulatory address (which was illuminated on vellum) to the Prince of Wales, and then presented it to his Royal Highness. The Prince returned a gracious answer. A deputation from the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland was introduced to their Royal Highnesses. The deputation was headed by Lord Belhaven, and consisted cf Dr. Bisset, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ; the Rev. Dr. Cook, Sir George Grant Suttie, Bart, ; Sir Jamos Dalrymple Elphinstone, Bart., M.P. ; Mr. John Tait, and Mr. Campbell Swinton, elders. The address of congratulation was read to their royal highnesses, and a gracious answer returned. A deputation of the body of Presbyterian ministers in and near the cities of London and Westminster was ushered to the saloon. The address of congratulation to the Prince of Wales was read by the Rev. J. Martineau. The con gratulatory address to the Princess of Waits was read by the Rev. Thomas Madge. Dr. Sadler and the Rev. R. Brook Aspland were pre sented. The deputation also comprised Rev. Dr, Cromwell, Rev. T. L. Marshall, Rev. Robert Spears, Rev. Henry Squire, Rev. Jeffery 'Worthington, Rev. William James, Rev. H, Enfield Dowson, Rev. J. Penton Ham, Rev. Joh,. James Tayler, Rev. William Forster, Rev. Henry Jerson, Rev. L. Lewis, and the Rev. Robert C. Jones. Gracious replies were re urned by their royal highnesses. The Prince of Wales was attended by the Earl or Mount- Edgcumbe, Lord in Waiting; Lieut.-G, neral Knollys, Comptroller and Treasurer; the Hon. Robert H. Meade, Groom in Waiting; Captain Grey, Equerry in Waiting ; and Mr. Herbert Fisher, Private Secretary. The Princess of Wales was attended at the reception by Lord Harris, Chamberlain; Countess de Grey, Lady in Waiting; and the Hon. Mrs. Stoner, Bedchamber Woman in Waiting. Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief the Duke of Cambridge held tt levee yesterday, at the Horse Guards. The ll uke of Si. Albans nas arrived at the Claren don Hotel for the season. The Duke de Castillieo has left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn•street, for Paris. Toe EArl and Countess of Malmesbury were honoured by the company of their Royal HighnesseP , the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary at dinner last evening, at their residence in Stratford-place. The royal duchess and princess, attended by Colonel Purvesano Lady Geraldine Somerset, arrived at eight o'clock. There were present to meet their royal highuesse© the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess of Haidwi ke, the Rirl Granville, the Earl of Carf.arvon, Lord Dunkellin, Lord Courtenay, Count WurnpffeJ, Lord and L..dy Robert Cecil, and Mr. and Lady LiizAteth Aaeane. Thfi Ears and Countess of Da.rniey arrived in town on Tuesday last from Cobham Hall, .lieLt for the season. The Earl and Countess of Balmore have arrived at Brown's Hotel, 24, Dover-street, for the season. The Dowager Countess of Essex and Miss Juhr stone have arrived in Belgrave-square from the Continent. The Earl of Powis has arrived in town from Powis Castle, \Velshpool. The Countess and Ladies Her bert are expected to arrive in a few days. The Earl of Munster has arrived at Brighton. The Earl of Lisburne is shottly expected at Brighton. His lordship has taken a house in Brunswick terrace. Viscountess Palmerston has issued cards for an assembly on Saturday evening next, and alsl for the fol lowing Saturday evening. Lord Londesborough has arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Paris. THE STEAMSHIP SEA QUEEN. The following correspondence has passed bet weer the owners of the steamship Sea Queen, now wait' ing to sail for Matamoras, and Mr. Adams, th( United States Minister in London. It appears teal as Mr, Adams, in his certificate granted to the NO York contractor, Mr. Howell, and the Mexican offi cer, Gen. Zirman, had stated that he had pleasure in giving a certificate to any parties engaged in at honest neutral trade, the owners of the Sea Queen considered themselves entitled to apply for a similar protection, provided they could satisfy Mr. Adams that that vessel is honestly destined for a neutral port with a cargo totally free from a single package that could be liable to the shadow of an objection that it is not a fair article of honest commerce. In reply, however, they have been informed by Mr. Adams that they are under a misconception as to the course he has heretofore tkken, and that he hag no authority to exercise any discretion in regard either to the vessels or voyages of her Alsj,sty's subjects. But his Excellency does not, state that the certificate to Messrs. Howell and Zirman was a forgery, and it is then fore diffi - talt to under stand wherein consists the misconception to which he alludes. Messrs. Howell and Zirman tat- not British subjects, but Mr. Adams can hardly intend to intimate that he is anxious by means of his car• tificates to secure a monopoly of the trade be tween Mexico and this country for Americans tnd Mexicans, or for British shipowners who will employ Americans or Mexicans to make interest for them. In the certificate which has been quoted he made no allusion to questions of nationality, but simply announced the cheerfulness with which he was prepared to assist honest parties. Under these circumstances, there can be little doubt that although the Sea Queen 1. 5 not engaged for such. a purpose as that which Mr. Adams has pronounced to be especially" credit able"—namely, the transport of arms and ammunl" tion to enable the Mexicans to resist the attempt° of the French Government to obtain redress for long series of outrages—the public will consider that ht r owners were not seeking any undue favour in puttng forward their present solicitation. It 1 ° true that Mr. Adams seeks to console them with the assurance that they are certain to obtain pro tection from their own Government, but indicatione that have transpired during the past few days leave room to doubt whether on that point he is not dulging in a little irony : " 2, Cowper's-court, Cornhill, E.C., April 21, 18 1 3. " Sir,—Reterrin g to your letter to Mr. Gourley, in which you state it is not the wish of the United States Govern ment to subject honest traders to any inconvenience, and to the fact that you have recently granted a cerficate to the naval dicer in command of the United States squadron , in favour of a vessel proceeding to Matamoras, I would re• spectfully ask you to give me a similar certificate in favour of the steamship Sea Queen, which vessel is about proceed• ing to Matamoras with a cargo of merchandise. " To satisfy you that the venture is perfectly legitimate I am prepared to submit to you the manifest of the cargo, all the documents embodying the arrangements under which the ship proceeds on the voyage to ;Matamoros and back, and to wait upon you for the purpose of affording you any further information or explanations you may desire. " Not wishing to withhold anything, I think it is as wen to mention that the Sea Queen was formerly called the Lloyd's, and that, when sailing under that name, she sue" cessfully ran the blockade into and out of Charleston ; bat this circumstance cannot, of course, affect the present voyage or the present owners, she having changed ownership since that occasion. "To satisfy you that the vessel is intended bona Fide, t 0 proceed to and return from Matamoras, I should be quite willing that any person you may think proper to a ppoint should proceed to Matamoras, in the vessel, at ray expelle e : "In making this application, I trust you witl res" assured that I am influenced by no other consideration tball a desire to afford you the opportunity of averting a repeti • tion of the ptoceeoings with the l'eterhoff. " As the steamer is lying at Falm,,uth ready to Bail I beg the favour of an early reply. " I have the honour to bt-, Sir, your most obedient, " JOSEPH SPENCE, of Pi e p Spence, and Co. " To the Hon. Chaves F. Adams, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary tram the United Stat s of A merica." "Legation of the United States, London, April 22, 186 3 ' " Sir,—l have to acknowledge the reception of your note dated yesterda . I regret to perceive that you labour t inder a misc, nception of the course taken by me heretofore. 1/ must be obvious to you th a t I h ave no authcrily to exerciEe any discrimination in regard eithtr to the vesseis or th e voyages of her Majesty's subjects. When they are engage ° in legal undtrtakin, s, they have a right to rely upon th e protecti .n o her G , ,vernment, and th. y will undoubted', obtain is from her, or ask it trom a representative of th e United States.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, , " CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.' THE YAZOO EXPEDITION: The correspondent of the New Yurk Tinzes w rites as follows horn Deer Creek on the 24th ultimo:" •l Thus far the enemy has been enabled at alrO st every important move on our side to put us in cheep' Another move has just been completed, with result the bearings of which on the whole gam e yield very little our favour. A half-dozen poets and several thoustUd troops have, at the el l ; reuse of nearly two wee.ts' l a b our, some life, ar) considerable fatigue, ascertained the fact that 11 , serious of small, tortuou s b a y ous are not navigable ' or, in other words, that one of the leading aventge of approach to the rebel works has not been J ett entirely free from obstruction. The repels h ie much smarter than we supposed. Here is a water' course, deep and wide enough to float a ILO' of-battle ship, which terminates exactly at fl point in the enemy's fortifications. As the water' course runs mainly through the forest, the elleul would not be apt to noti ce it, an d, o f cours e, ee suspecting its exi s t ence , th ey wou ld b e unpre pared for any hostile demonstration from this direction' All, then, that remained for us to do was to eeed few of those swift-moving machines called iron-old gunboats up these bayous, which, moving regatta and noiselessly through the woods, would suddeell gain a position in front of the enemy's works, t° the great astonishment of the chagrined reticle' And so the iron turtles started, went the immen se distance of nearly 50 miles i n th e surprisingly 'l3°l.t time of 10 days, and, when little more than b e ' , way to the destined p o i nt, f ound, to their intense iiB tonishment, that the woods swarmed with rebel tided men, the shores with cotton defended batteries, t i° 4 the banks wi's.hconntless negros, axe in band, EuPg e „. in felling tr ees an d otherw i se o b structing t h e gresa of the expedition. Notwithstaiadingoui sec", and celerity, the enemy were apprised of our rat es tions, and were prepared f or our approac h ; end it al this after having o nly t e n d a y s i u wh i ch tolure"' g the intelligence a distanc e of 51) mites! Find ° , the way irremediably ob s t ruc t e d i n front---ir ee to batteries, and sharpshooters being too thiek- -- t os expedition determined to return, but at this pc ° i it was found that the activ e enemy had been bil°lB engaged in felling trees in their rear, renderOg e retreat equally difficult as an advance. Right bet a we came very near losing some more gunboats , 6 or , we should hav e fo un d thi s resu l t h a d not t h e op .00 tune arrival of national i n f antr y g i ven the turd relief by driving off the r e b e l wor k men . EsO r ib e by these troops the fleet mana g ed to over come 00 obstructions, and succeeded in getting thus fa is its way back to the Mississippi. Such in bet a the the beginning and the end of another & Lei the tr y move for the capture of Vicksburg. The C 0211 3 0,10 between here and the point re ac h ed b y t h e glO b t o ni , is cleared, and us Admiral Porter said in a deep is the 'granary of th e world. ' Every plariu'rbes• was stocked to r e pl e ti on ; cows, b eef cattle , I'°; mules, sheep, f ow l s , cotton, coin, end oot every kind were twine in eudies6 quantitate' up of troops started with out h oists or t_urtodu ll po s avy kind; they came buck elmust ever, z , of mounted on a good s t ee d, an d ltacling ;Or -erviceahie mules by the halter. When ° T idy ° they filled their haversacks wi,h two d.)" 11' , re' of hard tack' and greasy bacon ; whet , I h ' ig ger turned each man bud grown fat ou 1.)1( 10 11, 011 got mutton, veal, and other delicacies, and they an d with them for future use turkeys, geese. cats e n ' t est sheep without numb er . The bales of eotte of th e constituted at once th e wea l th an d deleeccf3d are the country through whi c h our troo ps P' s t_ t ile oat' now heaps of smo u ld er i ng ru i ns ; many of r ditie li. houses and dwellings are in the sam e e()_:e beet~ At this place a thousand or more bales h e t he fired, while m an y more were tumbled In_t.ted tt? bayou, and fl oa t e d d own un til they were Pleearipg ny the tran s p or t s b e l ow . To-day are 4 " up thinGa preparatory to going back.