The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-08 00:00:00

BONNET'S SILKS a LYON.—Every Artici.e of commerce takes its title either from the invel ttor or -nanufacturer, and the more perfect the producti. m the greater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of id 2ntifica lion in England ; but the fallacy of such an asserticin is ex pos :d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibit , ad by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., Lyon eta fujurieux." Near guaranteed. IE6I. E LOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. 1861. BACHELOR'S B 0 X. 'ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, 3ISTITANA. Miss Louisa Pync and I r. W. Harrison. Atter which, ANCIIETTE : 1.1153 S e ta= Pyre, Thirlwall, Mr. Conic, Mr. Rouse. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence with THE FOUtt MOWBRAYS. Master Percy Roselle. After which, MANFRED. Manfred, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with a new farce. THE ALABAMA. Mr. G. Belmore and Miss Lydia Thompson. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL "II AY M ARKET.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Enckstone. THIS EVENING THE LITTLE DAISY. Miss Maria Barris. Followed by BUNKUM MULLER. Mr. Sothern. After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone. Chippendale, C O Gordon, Rogers, Clark, cullentord, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Harris, Lindley, Hill, &c And SHOCKING EVENTS. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DEIIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitledGarden H , F. TE LOST CHILD: Messrs. H. Widdicombe, Shore , Charles Collett, 111 , ,reland; Misses Percy, Pauline Le4lercl, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. A Ater which, at Eight o'clock, the 104th Night of BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twe:ve Tableaux, taken from Stcndhal's "Italian Chronicle 4," by Mr. John Brougoam. Principal character by Mr, Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss Rate Terry, Miss E. Layouts, Mrs. Lee,and *lles Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is ;bade to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and teat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEA'T'RE.-- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN. After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brother; Webb. And JACK'S ARRIVAL FROM CANTON. NEW THE ATRE-RO ICAL, ADELPI3I -- Sole Proorlotor and Manaeor. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. THE PRETTY HORSEBRE&KER. Mr. J. L. Toole and Hiss Woolgar. &t Eight, LEAH Hiss Bate man, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling. R. Phillips, Bilington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and Hrs. Billington. To conclude with. 2d time, THE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J, L. Toole, P. Bedford, Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Commence at 7. LEAII.-EVERY MISS BATEMAN. NIGHT. 3ifISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—Tras EVENING, the 135th appearance of the great Trap - ,icActress, Miss GATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the pritcipal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed E VEItY EVENING until further notice. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. Belford, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS EURYOICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &o. Concluding with MARGATE SANDS. Commence at'. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Cro..•ded with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE SILVER LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, toll's. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are enraged:- Benjamin Webster. Mr..r. L. Toole, Mr. Paul BAtord, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth. Mrs. Howard Paul, Mr. J. Clark, and Mrs. Charles 3lat:news. THIS EVENING. and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, UNDER THE ROSE. Mr. Ashley, Miss A. Cottrell, and Miss Patti Josephs. At a quarter before 8, the new Comedy, by L. Ducking ham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LIN I : Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John s:one. Mr. Montague; Mrs. t harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Mr, Charles Mathews just translated from the French)in his characteristic character ot Un Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Several novelties are in preparation. THE LAST SIX NIGHTS. GRACE EGERTON (Mrs, George Case), at the POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William street (her THIRD SEASON in London), in her New and highly successful Characteristic and Musical Entertainment entitled " A DRAWING ROOM TO LET." EVERY EVENING, at Eight. SPECIAL MORNING PERFORMANCE—Wednesday, March 9, at 3. Saturday Evening, at 8, and positively the last night. Stalls, 3s. ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; area, ls. Last performance March 12. TIRE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containincr the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Dan he had Every Evening of G. It GLLNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. C OALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COAL 3. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 265. per ton. I Double.. 21s. per ton. Top 255. „ Nut 5........ l9s. „ Deep •228. Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Core Terms cash. • JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DA7.—Morning, lh.s9m.—Afternoon, 2h. 22ra. ro-Nourtow.-Morning, 2h. 45m.—Afternoon, 311. Bm. The Weather—Sun Office, March 8, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 5O Barometer-28.98. Wind—Variable ; moderate breeze, and cloudy. tit*4 x- ,LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1864. It almost invariably SC) happ en s, when a great Parliamentary battle is coini ng off, that there quietly appears some day a perfectly unobtrusive little paragraph among the notices o f motion, upon the result of which th e fate of an A dministration - is de pendent. An outsider almost always claims the paternity of this same little paragraph. An out sider, as a matter of course —nearly, one es a matter of neces s it y — upon the side of the say. sition. Not the occ u p ant o f t h e front be pp, nch. N ot ore of the ex-Ministers of the Crown, aspiring ag a i n to bold his own against all comers in Downing_ street. Not one of the leading debaters. Gene rally, however, some m an o f a thoroughly in way of thi n ki ng, one rather given dependent to bo crotchetty than otherwise, at any rate unaccustomed to run in the rigid grooves of the old track kept to by the vast majority of his own Party—a man who can not only think and speak for himself, but act for himself even upon occasion. At this somewhat critical juncture in Party History, when the contest for power so long impending has become at length very imminent, one is apt to turn with iLalous regard to our examination from day to day and from week to week of the various little notices of motion, out of the discussion of which a certain momentous Divi sion might arise, 0 00 o f those Divisions upon the announcement of the issue of which the going out and the coming in of a Government would depend. Last evening, in the House of Commons, precisely one of these indications of a coming tciamest was resort nisable, as it appears to US, just dimly emerging, above the political horizon—a portent, as the phrase is, no bigger than a man's hand—but one that, like so many a storm-cloud, may possibly, before we have become well aware of the change, completely overshadow us. Yesterday, then, almost immediately after the meeting of the House, as the' first among the notices of motion appeared the following : " DENMARK. "Lord ROBERT CECIL—I 1;i to give notice that on Friday next I intend to call attention to some of the papers recently laid on the table of the house with reference to the Danish question, and to move for certain papers and parts of despatches omitted therefrom. ' Apparently a trivial motion—that is to a superfi cial observer. A mere intimation of an intention to move for certain papers and parts of despatches omitted from the Danish correspondence already laid upon the table of the Hode. A small matter, surely, some one think ; yet one upon which the whole question, as to the Foreign policy of the Government as at present constituted, is really dependent. Unless something or other in the chapter of accidents should arise to lead to an additional postponement of a discussion that must, sooner or later, be commenced in genuine earnest—out of that notice of motion by the noble lord, the member for Stamford, the whole matter of debate ought to come. A new tarn in the diplomatic negotiations still dawdling and maundering on—an unlooked-for despatch from the seat of war in the north of Europe—the mere proximity just now of the Easter holidays threaten ing either to shorten inconveniently any discussion now adventured upon, or to interrupt the debate by the unseemly hiatus of the recess—any one out of a variety of such circumstances or . of such considera tions may, it is quite true, pluck the sting out of that notice of motion yesterday brought under the ob servation of the House by Lord ROBERT CECIL, second son of the woad Marquis of SALISBURY, M.P. for the borough of Stamford, and possibly— it might perhaps be said, but that he has his crotchets, and don't in the least line leading strings, probably—_ - nember without a seat in the Cabinet of the next Conservative Administration. For such as it is, there is the motion. And out of that motion there might readily enough come the Debate and the Division. Whether these will come from it, is another question altogether. There, at any rate, is the opportunity. if Ministers, for example, upon the plea of the urgent necessity yet awhile for some reticence upon diplomatic matters, in re gard to a subject of European import still actually, if not actively, in negotiation—if Ministers, we say, upon this plea, a plea that unquestionably does admit, to a very considerable extent ; of justification, were distinctly to oppose the motion, while the Opposition, perhaps, as distinctly determined to support it—out would came the whole long pent-up tornado, the whole furious hurricane of debate from opposite directions ! Then, indeed, would come the Tug of War and, in the end—after the discussion had fairly exhausted itself—then would come the supreme turning point upon whose extreme edge would rest, in momentary oscil lation, the balance .of the Division. Would ? Will !—if Ministers, that is to say, do not con trive to evade the difficulty by again blinking it through the dodging device of a yet further and further postponement. Lord ROBERT CECIL'S motion is down for Friday evening. Unless it is shirked by Ministers or set aside by some unexpected casualty, something ought to come of it. It ought at least to open up for the House of Commons the long delayed opportunity by which an end might at length be put to this obscuring atd muddling up of the whole policy, both borne and foreign, but more particularly of the foreign policy, by the pseudo-Liberal Government. A Go vernment that—it should now be remembered—came i❑ upon one dodge, and may yet (consistent with itself to the last) endeavour to evade destruction by another. A Government that rose to power upon Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Resolutions, and that threatens now to sink from it because Earl RUSSELL has no resolution whatever. There are few questions more irritatireg than the manner in which the prize-money ',(3 distributed to the army and navy, Lord CLIF:OISFORD very pro perly called attention to th e e Kertch and Yenikale prizeemoney, which certainly bids fair to be long cited as a specimen of unfair proceeding even amidst so much that is faulty and unsatisfactory. There seems a fate about this Kertch distribution. For solnci reason ur another the Government have sat their faces from the beginning against this well-merited claim, and inch by inch they have fought every step of the way in the struggles that have been made to recover for the captors their well-earned, hard fought-for possession. For some time objections were raised against the recognition of the claim ; and as Lord CHELMSFORD explained last night, great wrong was done in rot permitting the injured parties to vindicate their cause in the Admiralty Court. Some absurd legal technicality was put forward, and thus the only chance of re dress was shut out from them. However, in this instance, as in many similar ones, the voice of pub lic opinion, and the debates in both Houses of the Legislature, obtained that justice which a recusant Government refused to grant the soldiers of the country. The sum granted was thus voted, " for the officers and men employed in the expedition to Kertch and Yenikale." Hera another anomaly took place, and the Admiralty hastened to undo as much as possible what good had been effected. They had permission to decide upon any doubtful ques tion as to the distribution, whereupon they founded the right and arrogated to themselves the power to settle the whole of the distribution. As might be expected in consequence of this, more injustice was perpetrated, and many deserving individuals de prived of their just remuneration. Lord CHELMS FORD Ras at great pains to explain the exact nature of the injuries inflicted, and the losses sustained, in consequence of the interference of the Admiralty. Lord LYONS, instead of receiving two-thirds, only got half, and thus lost £437, while the remaining moiety was divided away. Sir H. STEWART, who should have received oue•third, and three other admirals—who were never in the expedition at all —for Admiral BOXER was at Balaclava, Admiral SToppORD at Malta, and Sir FREDERIC GREY at Constantinople. Was ever anything more prepos terous or inimical to the best interests of the ser vice? This was a parliamentary grant accorded to the men who took part in a special expedition, and the Board of Admiralty took upon themselves the task of distribution as if it had been an ordinary affair of prize mo ney . Such gross injustice and extreme inconsistency ought not to pass over with out notice, and the country i s i n debted to Lord CHELM'i FORD for thus taking up the case, and making it clear to the comprehension by stating the chief circumstances in ambiguities and o fh e i al l3ilin m ysti t fi e :e m tion l . e' ll id proposed legaloposecl that the question should be decided by an im partial tribunal. The Duke course declared th a t all of S OMERSET o f h right and fitting manner,b a i d ie been ' done in a üb q agreed to consult th e law officeresose°ue n ly h o the Crown. g This is, at all events, something • i hoped th a t th e resu l t of the inv ntion o atn isd inquiries now about to be set on foot will be that :he just claims of the captors will be taken into consideration, and the proper rewuneratien awarded to them. Nothing can be more deirimeefei a_ Le _ . Asa.. i p n u b theseli c ser ve i a c s e e s t h of f n t p h r z e m o m d o e n o e y f . p r o T c h e d e : e t e is a a d o w p a t y ed s some mismanagement prevailing with regard to them, and eternally the voice of complaint isancs from the ranks of those who have fought hard, and deserve better treatment from their country, than to have their requital, due to the spoils of many a bloody day, begrudged by the unwilling and cap. tious officials who mismanage affairs at home. If the Government keep the claimants so long out of their prize money, they ought to give interest for it according to all the rules and regulations of monetary transactions. The secret is that the dice tribution is purposely delayed until the latest possible period, in hopes that some may die off, and the relations be too timid or ignorant to assert their rights. If this dilatory course is persisted in much longer, the effict will be that parties engaged in these expeditions will cease to preserve property at all; soldiers and sailors will be tempted to plunder, and thus possess themselves by private means of the booty which honour, truth, and justice cannot obtain for them in a public form. Amid all the abuses and corruptions of the service this evil arrangement of prize-money stands forth most prominent. It is a disastrous state of affairs, which militates against the spirit of confidence that should prevail among all employed in the service of the country, and more especially those who are engaged in the active branches of it. It is high time that Parliament took up this question in all its details, and settled definitively the rules and regulations to be observed in apportioning the various sums of prize -money, and also should fix a period within which they must be handed over to their recipients. In the event of the non.fulfilment of this under taking, the claimants should have the power of ap pealing against the authorities, without having to wait for their sanction to do so. Until some such stringent measures be adopted, it is idle to expect that any satisfactory solution will be arrived at, or justice rendered to those who so specially require it. The due recognition of the claims of those who fight for their country by sea and land has at all times engaged the attention of those who rightly appreciate the necessity of the case. It is not to be tolerated that in these days a country like England should be unmindful of the services or indifferent to the claims of those who sacrifice themselves for the interests of the community. As might have been anticipated, the report of the joint committee was accepted without a dissentient voice last evening in the House of Lords. Lord GRANVILLE, in his brief address on the subject, very clearly and succinctly summed up the prin cipal features of the report, and the grounds upon which the committee based their opinions. Of the twenty-seven bills which threatened to invade the metropolis no less than one-third are set aside, leaving, however, eighteen still upon the list. But though even the lesser number appears somewhat formidable, supposing them all to obtain the sanc tion of the Lower House, there is no longer cause for anxiety and alarm on the subject. The schemes still suffered to go forward are of a comparatively harmless nature, many of them being merely exten sions of lines already in active existence, and others having the principal part of their operations i❑ those suburban districts, where there is more room and thinner population, and consequently altera tions and demolitions create less disturbance and do less mischief. Oa the other hand the rejected schemes were all for traversing the busy centres of London life. They were to make the vast highway from Oxford••atreet to the City, and from Pimlico eastwards, the subjects of an extensive experiment, to concentrate their forces amid the bustle and business of Charing-cross, and to bring Father Thames himself into subjection by flinging over him no leg than four bridges. The committee, accordie j g to Lard Greets vILLE, divided the railways in t ,: three classes, the first being the schemes which are only improvements of existing undertakings ; the second those which contribute to the formation of the Inner Circuit, recommended last year; and the third, including those plans which should not be pursued at all, at least this year. With regard to the rejection of those schemes which would have formed part of the Outer Circuit, Lord GRANYILLE observed that the committee were still of opinion that such a circuit was desirable ; but, from the evidence brought before them during their investi gation, they are inclined to think that such an object can be obtained more easily and less objec tionably than by their means. By connecting the existing railways on the eastern side of the metros polis with one another the circle will be virtually complete, without additional lines, and this end would be easily attained by using the long unem ployed Thames Tunnel as a means of communication between the Great Eastern and Blackwell lines on the Middlesex side, and the South-Eastern on the Surrey side of the Thames. We should hope that these Companies might come to some satisfac tory arrangement among themselves, by which such a plan could be carried into effect without delay, thus obviating the necessity of adding to the number of metropolitan railways-- addition no more advantageous to them than to the public. To the two lines suffered to proceed in their endeavours to cut through the metropolis, there will be little opposition. They are both northward; and while the one deals with an open and quiet neigh bourhood, the ether promises to atone for disturb ing a busy part of London by providing a new street in a locality where a good and direct thoroughfare is very much needed. It will be some compensation for the inevitable:interference with the Hampstead and Tottenham-Court Roads if, by it, we gain a clean, respectable highroad through St. Giles's. A new road from Oxford -street to Charing - Cross in the direction of St. Martin's-lane will be a boon which may make the residents north east of Oxford-circus forgive a good deal of annoy ance, and the company have done well in combining the two proposals. This scheme was one among many for uniting the Northern lines with Charing cross station, so that by its means a good deal will be :done for uniting the traffic north and south. What more requires to be done for this purpose can be easily done another year. At ell events it is better and wiser to leave the matter in abeyance' until the practical working of the new schemes has been fully and fairly tried, and experience comes in to assist the judg ment. Ia projects of this nature so many conflict ing interests have to be weighed, and so many rival claims considered, that caution and prudence are the most necessary constituents of any extensive alteration. Oa the whole, the report of the com mittee is highly satisfactory, and though subsequent inquiry and criticism may see cause to modify some of the details, one great object of its appointment is attained—the public uneasiness has been allayed, at the same time that a due regard has been had to the interests of railway communication. E is now definitely arranged that the Easter Monday Volunteer Review will take place on Farley-heath. Colonel M'Murdo went down to Guildford yesterday morning, accompanied by Lord Truro and Colonel Buxton, and examined the ground for several hours; and we believe expressed himself hiolily satisfied with the capa bilities of the heath itself for a review, and with the pro. posed arrangements of the two railway companies. Therc is every reason to expect that abundant provision will bo made for the refreshment of the volunteers and of the epee- LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] HOLSTEIN, ALTONA, MARCH (Evening). Two officers and 20 Danish soldiers landed yes terday at the village of Hciligenhafen in Holstein, it is supposed for the purpose of reconnoitring. GALICIA AND ITALY, VIENNA, MARCH 6. Advices from Galicia report the prevalence of agitation in that province. Notwithstanding the proclamation of the seine, the placards of the National Polish Government have been affixed i❑ the streets of Lemberg, Puime Slpieba has fled to Galat z. The Government formally denies the reports attributing to it aggressive intentions againstltaly. Large numbers of troops are being concentrated in the Tyrol and the provinces of Austria adjacent to Italy, it is declared, for defensive purposes. Arch duke Leopold will inspect the fortifications of the Tyrol, and the Quadrilateral at an early date. Orders have been sent to Trieste to fit out the frigate Novara, which will be placed at the dis position of the Archduke Maximilian. 11 - 1 E SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVRNING, MARCH 8, 1864 THE SUEZ CANAL COMPANY. PARIS, MARCH 8. The Emperor has consented to arbitrate in cer tain questions pending with the Suez Canal Com pany, referred to him for battlement by the Viceroy of Egypt. His Majesty has appointed a committee of five members to examine the gnestions at issue. FRANCE. The Constitutitnnel of to-day, in an article signed by M. Limayrac, considers the assertions of the English journals respecting. the re-establishment of the Holy Alliance to be at least exaggerated. The writer dwells upon the diversity of interests between Austria, Prussia, and Russia, and con tinues :—" We do not say that this alliance does not or will not exist; but we refuse to believe in its existence on the terms and conditions denounced by the English press." Before' judging of the triple alliance, M. Limayrac wishes to know if it really exists, and upon what conditions. BOURSE, M,rch 7.—The market has been heavy owing in some measure to the arrival of the Eng lish funds with lower quotations, and Threes, for the Account, are now at 66fe. 15c. Mobilier, which had declined at the cpaning to 1,025 fr., are now at 1,031 fr. 25c. Railway market quiet, but Saturday's prices generally well maintained up to the present time. The market again rallied towards the close, and left off as follows : 41 per Cents. 93 25 Do. end Italian Loan Do. end month 67 25 New ditto Do. end month - Russian Austrian Spanish Threes M Rome Debt Deferred 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 25 Credit Mobilier.... 1030 Do end na0nth....1031 2.5 _ _ Bank Shares 3315 Credit Fancier ....1230 Roman .. .. -- .... RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lOO5 .. 1001 25 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 920 • .. 925 N ew ditto Southern — .. 650 Western Eastern Sardinian 372 50 372 50 Austrian Lon , bard North of Spain Saragossa 677 50 .. 532 Ditto to Barcelona .. AMERICA. (REUTER'S EMPRESS.) (Per the China.) NEW YORK, Feb. 24. No important events are reported from the army of the Potomac. General Meade had left for the front. He has had long consultations with the President and military authorities at Washington. He will proceed at once, it is said, to reorganise his army. Rebel genrillas are becoming more daring and numerous, and keep the outposts on the alert. It is rumoured that General Lee is preparing to advance against General Meade, with a view of driving him back to the defences of Washington, or forcing a battle upon the old Bull Run ground. It is said that the Richmond authorities demand this movement to be made, in order to relieve the despondency existing at the rebel capital. Rebel deserters state that so great is the scarcity of forage within Genera Lee's lines that Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry has been disbanded until grass time, in the middle of March. A Knoxville despatch of Feb. 21 states that Longstreet has broken up winter quarters, and that his army has appeared in force upon Strawberry Plains. They have completed a pontoon bridge, over which two brigades had already crossed. It with artillery by General Buckn or . is said that Longstreet has been h eav il y reinforced A despatch from Chattanooga, Feb. 21, states that the rebels are now blockading the Tennessee river against steamers for Chattanooga. General John Morgan's force is reported to have crossed the Tennessee. The situation of Johnston's army was unknown. Official information from General Dodge states that the rebels, supposed to be Roddy's force, had attempted to cross the Tennessee river at three different points, bu . :, were driven back. The Nashville correspondent of the New York World states positively that the rebels had cut off communication between Knoxville and Cumberland Gap. Southern papers furnish information concerning the progress of General Sherman's expedition. An official despatch to the Confederate War Depart ment states that General Sherman's forces arrived on the 18th inst. at Quitman, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, one hundred and forty miles from from Vicksburg, without opposition. The _Richmond Examiner says that Mobile will not be taken with out a desperate battle. Sherman's force is estimated at from 25,000 to 35,000 men , an d hie advance is pronounced to b e t h e boldest o f t h e war . H e destroys the railr oa d and bridges i n hi s rear , an d evidently meditates no step backwards. A Cairo despatch states that when General Sher manrebels fled so precipitatel y J a ckson ,that a passed throughthe the Federals. General Sherman's pon toons and two pieces of artillery were captured by n M um iss biesrsipo pfi' progress was at the rate of fourteen miles per day for ten days ; his troops moving entirely upon th e country they passe d th roug h f or supplies. in light marc hing order, and relying • It was bolieved that he w ould appear before the defences of Mobil e b y the 25th of February, one, as he had no siege Mobile pap ers state that the he would att ac k the city s i alt iltanCOUSly with a naval attack by F arragut. guns with him, it is thought that a plociamati on , exhorting non-com b a t an t s t o l eave the city, as a n attack from the Mayor had issued Federals was daily expected. Ad m i ral Farragoes fleet was lying in the Sound on the 19th, riding out heavy weather. Richmond papers contain the following:— M O BILE, Feb. 15th, Meridian wa s evacuated yesterday. The Go. vernment property w as save d. Sherman's forces, about 35,000 strong, ar e a d va ncing in close order, with General S. D . L ee ' s cava l r y harassing th e i r flanks and picki ng up stragglers . C a ptain Ad a i r , o General Forre s t' s :tatf, Las arr i ve d, and reports that General Forrest was at Oxford on the 9th. Ile was confrontin g a column o f Federal infantry of 6,000 advancing f rom M emph i s vta Hunando, an d twelve regiment s o f cavalry a d van cing via Collins villa. The reported battle near Dranion, and Sher man's capture of 12,(00 prisoners, proves to be a canard. Federals were making successful raids in the neighbourhood of Newburn, capturing guerillas, horses, cattle, &c., and destroying rebel property. Confederate accounts from Charleston to the 13th state that the Federals had withdrawn from John son's Island, and were engaged on Morris Island in repairing the damage done by the Confederate fire to their batteries. There had been no further shelling of the city. It is believed that Gen, Beauregard has detached a large portion of his command to oppose the advance of the Federals in Florida. A battle in the neighbourhood of Tellahasen, Florida, is ex pected—the opposing armies being about equal in strength. Thus far 57 out of the 109 Union officers who escaped from Richmond have reached the Federal lines in safety ; 25 are reported to have been recap tured by the rebels, leaving 27 yet to be heard from. The new Italian iron .clad frigate Re d'ltalia returned yesterday from a very successful trial trip. She made 13 knots per hour, and be have' very well in a heavy sea. She is pronounced seaworthy in every respect. The proceedings in Congress for the past three days have been unimportant. The rumour of a meditated naval demonstration by the rebels against San Francisco, as announced by Senator Conness, of California, is believed to be without founda tion. The liichnzona Examiner of the 20th February says—The following despatch was received at the War Department last night : " MOBILE, Feb. 19, 2 p.m. " Farragut has not renewed his attack on Grant's Pass. His fleet lies off the pass in the Sound. The weather is too bad for action. Sher man's corps is not advancing down the Mobile and Ohio road. No landing has yet been reported in the direction of Pascagould. "D. H. MAITRY, Major-General. "General S. Cooper, &c." An official de3patch was also received in the course of the day, which reduces the enemy's demonstra tion at Qiitman to a very important affair. Former despatches overrated the enemy's force. General Mawry reported yesterday that he had made a close reconnais Ince of .the enemy's force at that point (which is about 100 mitre from Mobile), and that it did not number more than a thousand men. The whole was probably some raid on some trestle.. work of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. THE SOHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN WAR. (From the Times Special Correspondent with the Allied Armies.) PRUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS, HADERSLEBEN, MARCH 3. South Schleswig has a good deal changed its ap pearance since I last wrote you thence towards the middle of February. The snow is gone, the railway is open, the troops who then crowded its towns and villages have moved northwards. The difference is great to the traveller both as regards locomotion and accommodation. The passage of troops from Germany into the Duchies seems almost to have ceased except in comparatively small bodies, chiefly detachments going to join their regiments. Of stores for the supply of the very large Austro-Prus sia❑ army now in Schleswig vast quantities conti nually pass,' filling trains of prodigious length. Judging from appearances, little or nothing in the way of food is now to be found upon the spot, and everything has to be sent from the south, even.hay for the horses. One has been accustomed to hear of Holstein and Schleswig as rich and productive pro vinces, but the latter at least has soon been drained, to all appearance, of its provisions both for man and beast. Flensburg, a fortnight ago so thronged, is now but slenderly garrisoned ; bat still the hotels are full, the war bringing thither persons of various descriptions, some connected with the supply of the army, others more curious travellers from other parts of the duchy. Here you are reduced to horse carriages, and make but moderate way along heavy roads. The snow, which at Hamburg and in Hol stein had totally disappeared on Monday and Tues day, and in South Schleswig lay only in streaks and patches o❑ the north side of banks and in places sheltered from the sun, increased in quantity as I approached Apenrade, a poor town, situated in the innermost corner of one of those deep bays or inlets frequent on the coast of this peninsula. The night was so dark that it was with difficulty we had avoided collisions with the numerous vehicles met or passed on the road, and as an arrival at Ha dersleben in the middle of the night would have been tantamount to passing the remainder of it in the carriage, I resolved to put up at Apenrade—at the Stadt Hamburg, of course, the prosperous city on the Elbe enjoying the distinction of giving its name to the principal hotel in every Schleswig and Holstein town I as yet have visited. I had been for tunate enough to become acquainted in the railway carriage with an amiable Austrian officer, who, having left the service, is making the campaign en amateur, in company with his former regiment, and who had gone back to Hamburg for a day or two, chiefly, as it appeared to me, to obtain a fe w thousand cigars for the solace of his comrades. Besides his pleasant companionship Lie uniform was the best possible passport, and his acquaintance with the road and the ways of the country most valuable. The inn keepers in 'Schleswig have been so spoilt of late by unusual custom that the first sign they make when a traveller enters their gates is a doubtful shake of the head, as if there were little hope of accom modation. In the morning came an early start from Apenrade over a hard-frozen road, our driver in the Danish livery—a red cloak with yellow collar. There was plenty of snow now; not in large quanti ties on the level surfaces, but filling the ditches, and in large drifts against the banks and in the hollows, and soon flakes began to fall. " At Hadersleben it always snows," remarked my fellow traveller ; and since my arrival it certainly always has snowed, although but slightly. It does not look as if the end of winter was at hand in this bleak region, but fortunately the troops are now all under roofs, except some of those on outpost duty. Hadersleben is crowded. I know not how meny men are here, but the number must be very considerable, and all the villages and hamlets and farmhouses around the town seem thronged with them. This being pre sent the head-quarters both of the Commander-in- Chief, Marshal Wrangel, and of General Gablenz, who commands the Austrian corps d'armee, there are, of course, a great many officers here, and the difficulty of procuring even the humblest accommo dation amounts almost to an impossibility. The Austrian and Prussian head-quarters are nearly op posite to each other at the two principal inns, and I first sought hospitality at the house where a black and yellow banner waves over the door, and which is known by the signs of the Raven. But the Raven, in the person of an obliging landlady, who spoke English (it is surprising what numbers of persons in Schleswig, even not in the seaport towns or of the higher classes, are acquainted with our lan guage) could only croak its regrets that not even a ❑ook, a cupboard, a cellar, or a bed under a table, was at my disposal. At every inn and publiehouse, and at many private houses where I made inquiries, the answer was the same. One or two other travellers, who had also arrived that morning, de termined to return to Apenrado, and I was thinking of hiring the carriage that had brought me, with the view of using it as a dormitory and dwelling place during my stay at Hadersleben, when the kindness of a countryman relieved me from my em , barrassraent and procured me comfortable quarters. As regards the military operations of the cam paign, they seem to be, for the moment, somewhat at a standstill. Probably, the proposed Conference has something to do with this, but other causes may also be assigned. It is agreed on all hands that the D nish fortified position at Duppel and Alsen can be taken only by a heavy sacrifice of life or by regu lar and tedious siege operations. It can hardly be deemed surprising if Governments and Generals he sitate to adopt the former plan, and to lose thousands of good soldiers for the satisfaction of driving the Danes from their earthworks and getting possession of a petty island. Oa the other hand, if trenches are to be opened and a bombardment proceeded to, the necessary mataeials are not yet at hand in suffi this is unquestionably a worse place than Berlin for obtaining information ; one hears 50 different opinions, and " shaves" in abundance fly about,; but if anything positive as to what will next be done be really known, it is only to the chiefs, and they of course keep their counsel. Viewing the state of affairs by the light of common reason, it appears certain that, if the Conference be not decidedly ac cepted by all parties invited, and accepted speedily, the war must go on. If the Danes will not give up Duppel and Alsen it is manifest that the Austro Prussian army cannot remain here doing nothing bat eating its rations and amusing itself with out post skirmishes while a❑ enemy is firmly posted on its flank. The war, now virtually suspended, will be resumed, and probably prolonged notil a season when it will be more likely to extend itself to ether countries than it is at the present moment. The conflict, now localised, may become European in spring. It is difficult to believe that Denmark has any thing to gain by obstinately refusing the Conference. By this time she must surely be convinced that nobody is disposed to take up arms to reinstate her in Schleswig upon the old footing—even with the withdrawal of the 18th November Constitution. She can no longer hope for the terms she might easily have obtained before the war commenced. A personal union is the best she can now expect, and if she were wise she would at once accept it as the basis of en arrangement, and proceed to a Con ference on that understanding. A glance at the map of North Schleswig shows that the present headquarters of the allies are at a greet distance from the only place where there is any ,present likelihood of fighting taking place. From here to Gravenstein, where Prince Frederick Charles has his quarters, it is fully 30 miles, and thence to Duppel it is four or five miles more. Hadersleben, however, is a central and natural po sition, considering that the Danes are in Jutland, and the Prussians es far north as Kolding, where they have been fortifying themselves, and imme diately outside of which their advanced posts are. It has been reported here these last two or three days that the head-quarters would soon go b :ck to Flensburg, and this seems not unlikely especially if Duppel is to be attacked, as they would there be much nearer to the scene of operations. Their re moval would not necessarily imply considerable charges in the present distribution of the army. Hadersleben is about 16 miles from Kolding. Some small outpost affairs have lately occurred in front of the latter place, and there is a report of a detach mert of Prussian Hussars having been taken prisoners by the Danish Dragoons—whom the people here tell me are very good cavalry ; but in the absence of great events numerous ruraours of small ones circulate, many of them with little or no foundation. The capture of 260 Danish prisoners in the affair of the 22d of February is stated to have been the consequence of an imprudent sortie. Prince Charles of Prussia is at present at his son's headquarters at Gravenetein. It was reported that he was coming to take the command of the army, from which Marshal Wrangel was said to be about to withdraw, but this report is hitherto unconfirmed. It excites general surprise that the Marshal, who is nearly, if not quite, eighty years of age, has borne the fatigues of the campaign, the exposure and severe cold, so well as he has done. He is never in a carriage, but goes through the whole of it on horseback. The troops, both Prussian and Austrian, so far as I have as yet had opportunity of observing, are in excellent spirits and good condition, and I am assured that, with the exception of some cases of skin diseases—the consequence, probably, in great measure, of the total impossibility there has been for the soldiers to keep themselves clean in bivouacs, and in a season when every drop of water is con verted into ice—the army is extremely healthy. The severity of the cold may have caused a good deal of discomfort, and even of pain and cases of frost-bite, especially among the unfortunate wounded at Oversee, but it cannot be said to have been in salubrious. At about the same season of the year the Spaniards in Morocco had little cold but much rain, and the cholera raged among them. Deci dedly Scandinavia is in some respects more favour able than Africa to winter campaigning. The subjoined comm'inications have passed be tween the Commander•in• Chief ef the Austro- Prussian and Danish armies with respect to the occupation of Kolding Heaquarters of the Royal Danish Army, Camp in Jutland, Feb. 29. Yonr Excellency,—By direction of my Government I have the honour to call your Excellency's attention to the fact that Kolding, now occupied and burdened with re quisitions by the Prussian and Austrian troops, as well as villages and country districts to the north of that town, lie within the frontiers of Jutland. I request your Excellency to be so good as to honour me with an answer, in proof that, in conformity with my instructions, I have made this com munication to you. I seize this opportunity of assuring your Excellency of the high consideration, &c., VON HEGERMANN-LINDENCRON, Lieutenant- Genet al, To his Excellency Field-Marshal Baron Von Wrangel, commanding the Royal Prussian and Imperial Austrian troops, &c. Reply. Headquarters, Hadersleben, March 2. In reply to your Excellency's honoured letter of the 29th of February, I beg to say that the town of Kolding, and some neighlßouring villages south of the Kolding-Au, have been occupied for the present by the advanced posts of this army to cover the troops now in occupation of North Schleswig. _ For the supply of rations, in conformity with regulations, to the troops quartered on Jutland territory, requisitions are sent to the Hardesvoigt of Voiding, to whom it is left at liberty to decide on the manner in which ho shall impose the requisitions among the parishes of Jutland. Should your Excellency desire to see the inhabitants of Jutland relieved from these burdens, which also is my wish, the capture of German merchant vessels on the open sea must immediately be discontinued on the side of Denmark. While leaving it to you to make a report to this effect to the Danish Government, I have the honour, &c,, VON WRANGEL, General Field-Marshal. To his Excellency Lieutenant-General Von Hegermann Lindencron, &o. I am confirmed in my belief that the attempted Conference has had to do with the slackening of preparations for prosecuting the campaign by an attack on Duppel ; bat I think you will find that if in a very few days something has not been arranged by the diplomatists the cannon will again begin to speak. The field-batteries, rifled on the Prussian system, have been found so efficient that some persons think it possible they might be em ployed against the Danish works in preference to siege artillery. Without bombarding the place, a heavy fire might be opened, so as to knock about the earthworks a little, and the assault then risked. It must cost many lives, but omelettes are not made without egg breaking, and whatever may be the opinion as to the necessity of beginning this war in the first instance, the Austro-Prussians cannot be expected to discontinue it at the point to which it has come it Danmark persists in rejecting the paci ficatory attempts of the other great Powers. Count de Clermont Tonnerre, who was Aide-de- Camp to Marshal St. Arnaud at the Alma, and who is now military attaché to the French Embassy at Berlin, has arrived in Ilidersleben, and has gone over to Kolding to-day with Gen. von Falkenstein, Chief of the Prussian Staff. It is understood that he will remain at the Prussian headquarters. DECORATIONS FOR THE SULTAN'S NEW PALACE. A Paris letter in the Independance of Brussels sa ys—" The Sultan is now having executed in Paris, by the most eminent sculptors, 24 animals—lions, tigers, elks, horses, and bulls—destined to ornament the gardens of the splendid palace which is being built at the Sweet Waters One of the most highly esteemed French merchants at Con. stantinople has been charged with this delicate mission. I yesterday visited the sculpture studios and saw four lions and two tigers complete. The artists engaged arc MM. Rouillard, Esler, Labruyere, Daumas, and Isidore Bon hour. M. Rouillard is charged with the direction of the whole order; M. Daumas executes two horses, and N. Bon hour two bulls. All the animals will be of natural size ;14 of them will be cast in bronze and afterwards undergo a bath of gilding, and 10 will be in Carara marble. There is a particularity attached to the production of the elk. Only one animal of the kind exists in Franca; it belongs to Baron de Rothschild, and it has been therefore necessary to apply to the illustrious banker for permission to visit it. That was graciously granted, and MM. Rouillard and Esler art about to proceed to the Chateau of Ferrieres, where the elk is kept in an enclosed park." TDB RAIL IN CEYLON.—The first locomotive en gine was landed last mouth at Ceylon from the ship Pal merston. It was landed on a bamboo raft. and was to be drawn to the railway station by a team 9f three elPphante. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 7. The Queen drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena. Her Majesty received the Countess Wachtmeister (wife of the Swedish and Norwegian Minister), Madame Cornyn (wife of the Spanish Minister), and Baroness de Biome (wife of the Hanoverian Chargé de AU:es) to day at Windsor Castle. Th e y were severally presented to her Majesty by Countess Russell. His Royal Highness Prices Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, left the Castle for Greenwich park. Lord Granville also left the Castle for London. The Prince and Princess of Wales, Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary visited the Prince and Prin cess of - Wales at Marlborough House yesterday morning. Their Royal Hignesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess de Grey and Lieut,-Col. Keppel, left Marlborough House at a quarter before five o'clock in the afternoon, and went to Windsor by the Great Western Railway on a visit to the Queen. Prince John of Glucksburg, younger brother of the King of Denmark, will arrive to-day in London, to re present King Christian I X., at the christening of the infant prince. The prince is attended by Baron Guldencrone. - The Marquis of Normanby has left town for Mulgrave Castle, his seat near Whitby, Yorkshire. The 'Marchioness (Maria) of Ailesbury is expected in town to•morrow, from spending a few days with the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, at Savernake Park, Wilts, The Earl and Countess of Clarendon will pass the Easter holidays at the Grove, near Watford, Herts, after which they will come to town for the season. The Earl and Countess Spencer, by the last ac counts, had arrived at Alexandria, and fully intended to return to England by the early part of May. They were both in good health. The Earl and Countess of ZAle.nd left their resi dence in Arlington-street, Piccadilly, yesterday for Aeke Hall, Yorkshire. The Countess (Dowager) Cowper and Ladies Cowper, who have been on a tour in Italy since early in the past autumn, have lately been resident in Rome and Naples, and are expected home in the course of the ensuing month or early in May. Lord and Lady Saltoun hays left town. Lord Lianover has left town for South Wales, and will not return till after the Easter holidays. General the Right Hon. C. W. Forester and the lion. Mrs. Forester have left the Clarendon Hotel for Meaford Hall. Sir George Forster, M.P., and Lady Forster have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Admiral Walcott, M.P., and the Misses Walcott have left the St. George's Hotel. We have to announce the demise of filo Hon. Tnomas Hatton George Fermor, who died on Friday last suddenly. The gallant gentleman, who was the second son of Thomas William, fourth Earl of Pomfret, Ly Annabel Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Richard Borough, Bart., was born 9th October, 1532, and was for some years in the 2d Life Guards. He was heir presumptive to his brother, the Earl of Pomfret. ,1- i f fini trtmliat DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Lord Byron's magnificent choral tragedy of " Manfred" was revived last night to the intense gratification of a very crowded audience. Mr. Phelps, of course, resumed his impersonation of the Count, and, as it appeared to us, with more than his usual effect. His feeling seemed deeper, his pathetic touches more tender, and his declamation as fine as ever, The whole play, indeed, was ad mirably executed. The singing witches were charm ingly enunciated by Miss Poole, Miss Cicely Nott, and Mr. Swift. Miss Atkinson's fine recitation and statuesque personation of Clotho added much to the effect, as did Mr. itayner's judicious performance of the Chamois Hunter. Previous to the tragedy we had another revival, that of a farce originally writ ten for Miss Poole, while she was very young, and during the time she was a pupil of the late gifted musician who had the direction of the lyric de partment at the two national theatres in the days of the lamented Madame Malibrau, Mr. J. T. Harris. In those days the piece was called " o.d and Young," and many an old playgoer must remember the spirited representation Miss Poole gave the drummer boy, Hector Mowbray, one of the four characters assumed, as he stormed the citadel is his uncle's drawing-room. In the present instance the characters have been slightly altered, and 'iv 0 have now four characters—a spoiled boy, a glutton, a fop, and a model boy, who dances and sings—all very cleverly impersonated by Master Percy Roselle, the little actor who made so great a part of the Old Man of the Sea in the pantomime of " Sinbad the Sailor." The concluding farce, entitled " The Alabama," was also a reproduction, with certain alterations to suit the present time, of a farce originally written for Mr. Compton, and performed at the Lyceum Theatre, under the title of "The Spitfire.' The chief source of can consists in the terrors of an old ship-chandler who goes to look after a ward who has run away and a creditor, and who, finding a captain's uniform, puts it on, and log hurried on board the Alabama and mistaken for the captain. The extravagance of nis terror create much laughter, and there is a bustle in the preps ration for action which gives animation to the piece, which though very exaggerated, is perfectly successful. Mr. Belmore is the chief comedian, and ,Miss Lydia Thompson dances a hornpipe. ADELPHI THEATRE, A new farce by Messrs. W. Brough and Halliday , entitled " The Area Belle," was produced last night , and created the most uproarious merriment' although it is of a description which no one can defend, it has the merit of making everybody laugh. The contrast presented by Messrs. Paul Bedford and Mr. Toole—the former dressed up as a grenadie r and the latter as a policeman—is of itself alwal° sufficiently amusing to excite a hearty laugh ; naturally it is much more so when these ivy° worthies are placed in the position of heir% rivals in the affections of the neatahande d Penelope (Miss Woolgar), whose charms juatiy win for her the title of the Arei Belle." That cold mutton, surreptitiously enjoyed' should form part of this domestic drama, and that poor Mrs. Croaker, the mistress of the fair incon' smut, and the legal owner of the cold mutte°: should appear at inopportune periods to interreP; the felicity of this triad of lovers, is nothing h u natural, and some uproarious, if not outrageous fail! is extracted from boiling Mr. Toole in a copper as shutting up Mr. Bedford among the black- beetleol To convert a policeman into sou 4 (or, as our dr a d : matists put it, into " a broth of a boy") may acco rd with the rules of good taste neither in gastronomy nor the drama. What of that ? The acting 18 excellent, the incidents funny, thckdialogue smar t ' and Mr. Blanchard's song (as rendered by Tdole) admirable. So people go home laughing t° bed, and Messrs. Brough and Halliday have achle/ e4 a decided success. - 0 THE ROYAL BABY'S TITL E .—Th e foreign Pr": W persist in calling the infant son o f th e P r ince of - ales t ' e l Duke of Cornwall. This is an utter mistake. His n °3 : o Highness's father, the P r i nce , s it s i n th e H o use of Lor ds Duke of Cornwall—the Princedom of Wales being i ll 4 ,r shape a Parliamentary titl e . Th e i n f an t Prince, after P-0 christening, will be called by his Christian name, with th b prefix of Prince, until it may please the Crown to ca lf°• peerage upon him, to ARMY EXAMINATIONS.- - We are IT date that the examination for admission to the Royal M i l o tary College, Sandhurst, will take piaco on Thursday' 0 1. Mb. of June; that for the Royal Military AcademYt NAr c ° o o with, on Monday, the 4th of July; and that for the ' - ' 3r ,t college on Monday, the 25th of July. No day has a ! 0• been fixed for the next examination for direct conarai s° ,, l° ,, e o The Chancellor of the Exchequer ecknoWleutot the receipt of Bank notes to the amount of £l9O on se c° oo . of income tax. The Board of Inland Revenue als° queste d knowiedges the receipt of £lO from "X., A.,' ipr 1113