The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-16 00:00:00

TiIEAT RE-ROT AL, HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, BORROWING A HUSBAND. Pa mela, Miss Maria Harris. After which, first time, a new and original comedy, entitled FINESSE; or, Spy and Counter-Spy Mr. Bucketone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Angel. Followed by an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducinr* Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East: . To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Commence at 7. THE DUKE'S MOTTO THE HUNDREDTH AND SECOND NIGHT. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Mss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr)logue, entitled THE DUKE'S 'LOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougnarn, H. IS iddi,ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. NTUE ATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. - Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, the Second and Third Ac ts of THE GREEN BUSHES. Messrs. J. L. Toole , . Bdford, lington, and Miss Avonia Jones. After which (4th time), a new Drama, in one act, entitled THE WOODEN SPOON MAKER. Messrs. B. Webster, Stuart, Stephenson, Sefton ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. 111- lington. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Tool; &c. Commence at 7. rffIFIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE surN , ,, 1 Containing, the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde -park. The Weather—Sun Office, May 16, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morninP*. This day at Two o'clock . 61 Barometer-29.71. Wind—S.W. ; light breeze, with showers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ting DAL—Morning, 12h. 59m.—Afternoon, lh. 25m. To-mowlow.-Morning, lh. 43m.—Afternoon, 2h. Bm. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. C.8.A..—1f paid quarterly, a quarter's notice; if half. yearly, a half-year's. -4 - ^ ". " LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1863. " STONEWALL" JACKSON, if not quite realising the Yankee dream, in the U-nited State's regard, of whipping all creation, has again most unmistakably defeated and even routed yet once more those un happy Federals. The Third Bull's Run—for the incident now related is really but little else—has this time to be branded on the North American map a t d point close to Chancellorsville. There the great Confederate Roundhead and his lrcnsides on Saturday, the second of May, it appears, made a vigoro - as attack upon the Federal Right Wing, breaking up effectually at the first rush General Soettme's division of German auxi liaries—driving them back at the point of the sword and bayonet —turning their retreat into an utter ro=t at last, until the very arms of the Teutonic mercenaries were thrown away as incum brances to them in their flight—until, in point of fact, the whole division was swept before its conquerors in another genuine and unmistakable skedaddle. Not only, however, was it Gene ral SoEttreee's division that fled in complete rout before General " STONEWALL" JACKSON and his Confederates upon the morning of the 2d of May, immediately upon this dashing descent upon the right wing of the Federals, near Chan cellorsville. The contagion of Federal cowar dice spread not only from regiment to regiment, but from division to division—the division of General DEVEN also breaking under the shock of battle, flinging down their arms and running like hares, before the victorious Corfe.- derates. " Two brigades," we read, " of General HOWARD'S division alone retired in order, to the support of whom General HOOKER sent his own division commanded by General BERRY." The next sentence of the telegram adding, " the united and desperate exertions of these troops, after a most sanguinary struggle, succeeded in checking the Confederate advance, and pre vented General JACKSON from completing his victory." This is the news brought to us by the Persia, via New York, with advices from that city down to the sth inst. And the wording of the last sentence, precisely as it comes to us from this source of information, we cannot but think has about it an especial significance. It was only, observe, by their united and desperate exertions, that after a most sanguinary struggle the Federals succeeded in checking the advance of the Confederates, and thus, only did they prevent General JACKSON, the redoubtable and still irresistible " STONEWALL" JACKSON, from com pleting his Victory ! So that from the mouths of the Federals themselves we obtain the acknowledg ment that it Was a Victory. All this, remember, occurring on the Saturday. Daybreak, how ever, upon the following morning, that is upon the Sunday morning, 3d May, brought the tn.; of war, For then it was that the opposing forces appear to have recommenced the struggle in veritable earnest. The contest lasted for fully three hours and a half—with what result it is rapidly becoming almost unnecessary to answer—the Federals failing hack —the Confederates pursuing ! Four hours longer the fight then seems to have been persisted in w ith a sort of wild and vague desperati o n. What it is, that is precisely meant by the announcement of the result of this seven and a half hours hard fighting must remain until further particulars can be received in explanation of the enigmatic sentence, matter of dim an d bewildering conjecture. The Federals having (after the first three hours and a half of the Sunday morning battle) fallen back, with the enemy, that is the Confederates, in close pursuit—fighting having, as we have said, continued even then for four hours longer —it reads rather bewildering that, then," the Fede rals having succeeded in getti ng th e C on l e d era t es their front, the conflict was suspended." In their front ?—they can hardly all those four hours have been fighting dos-eedes ! Why, having re treated re treated before the advan ce o f the Federals a e e nd of the first three hours and a h a lf fiehtingt and having all those next four hours conti nue d the c n. filet, in order to fight for those four hours longer, the Federals must therefore have turned at b ay consequently with the Confederates, sword in hand, " before them' all the while. We are so accustomed to exaggeration in re spect to the frightful bloodshed incidental to these American battles that we read almost calmly—because of our hope that here again the statement may prove to be, as usual, an exaggera tion,—we read, because of this arriere pensee of nope that " the carnage on both sides is described es being awful "—the precise numbers of their killed and wounded not being ( also as usual) any where mentioned in these first telegrams. Ali kinds of sinister rumours we hear, more over, were afloat both at New York and at Washington rumours not unnaturally all the more sinister of their kind, because of the suspicious reticence in regard to the actual facts as they were known to the superior authorities at the . Capitol, the reticence singularly and glar ingly ominous of disaster manifested at this juncture by the Federal Government. General HOOKER'S entire force, it was even beginning to be whispered about at Washington, had been simply cut to pieces by the victorious troops of " STONBIVALL " JACKSON. Among the numerous triumphs won by the Confederates, this rout of the Federals at Chan cellofsville appears to be as unmistakeable as any yet related in the annals of the war. The debate in the Upper House last night on the vexed question of Schleswig-Holstein is full of interest, and not without importance. It was opened by the Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, who re minded the House that more than two years since he had called the attention of their Lordships to the critical position of Denmark. He warned them that although the state of affairs in Poland diverted men's minds from the present danger, it was still as great, though not as imminent. The two years that have elapsed since February, 1861, have been spent in fruitless negotiation, which, as Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, has produced increased exasperation instead of reconciling differences. But it would be wonderful if an agreement were arrived at when the one side will not be satisfied without the total renunciation of the rights of the other. Lord ELLENBOROUGH, in his very clear and able discourse last evening, pointed out the reason for German designs upon Schleswig. The Diet, he said, were desirous of getting possession of that Duchy, because they thought it necessary that Ger many should have a navy, and the noble earl very justly added that he did not know of any State to which a navy would be of less use. She has little commerce to protect, and if she had a fleet, it would be of no great benefit to her. Germany, however, more especially Prussia, is never very scrupulous as to her neighbour's goods, if they happen to suit her ambitious views, as two at least of her neigh bours could tell to her sorrow. The conduct of Germany is therefore not so surprising as the course adopted by our own Ministers, who appear sud denly to have changed their tactics and to be will ing to throw the weight of their influence into the scale against Denmark. Earl RUSSELL in his speech last night still maintains the principles of that extraordinary despatch, which was read with astonishment and indignation by his own country. men, and, as Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, "struck the people of Denmark with the greatest surprise and disappointment." It is of course diffi cult, if not impossible, for foreign statesmen of any opinions to regulate the complicated machinery of another State; to enter fully into the grievances of the people or the perplexities of the rulers, and all advice, reproof, and comment must, therefore, in a great measure, deal in generalities. But while re gretting that the people of Schleswig do not share all the advantages to which they consider them selves entitled under a free Government, is Lord RUSSELL going the way to assist the Danish KING in the difficult and critical task of giving increased liberty to the inhabitants of a province where dis content and disaffection are being industriously fanned by a foreign agency, The whole tone and tenour of Earl RUSSELL'S words and speeches are ill calculated to reassure Denmark, and they are probably read with satisfaction in Ger many. It is remarkable that while the noble earl speaks loftily of the rights of treaties, and the duty of Denmark to abide by its engagements towards Holstein, when he comes to the ques tion of Schleswig, he declares it to be an interna tional question, although Lord ELLENBOROUGH's speech might have reminded him of the declaration made by a Prussian Plenipotentiary to the Diet at Frankfort in 1823, that the Duchy of Schleswig lay altogether beyond the influence of the Confede ration. Earl RussELL's speech of last night will be read with surprise and disappointment. It is evident that, in case of an emergency, the Danes must look for little help from him, for his inclina tions lean too strongly to the side of Gerinan ag gression to permit him even to raise his voice in their favour. The powerful eloquence of Lord DERBY was never raised in a worthier cause. Setting aside the questions as to the dates of trea ties and terms of negotiations, the noble earl, in his usual clear and straightforward manner, ex pressed the simple state of the case, and ended by a declaration that it was the policy, as well as the duty, of this country to interfere for the protec tion of Denmark against her German aggres sors. With regard to the much-talked of griev ances of Schleswig, Lord DERBY asked what they were. The KING, he said, had broken no engage ment. The two chief pledges were that Schleswig should not be incorporated with the kingdom of Denmark, and that the Danish and German sub jects should be treated equally. The Earl of DERBY, with that openness and decision which are the dread of his opponents, said : "My Lords, it is not to be denied that Schleswig has been made a stalking horse for the ambition of Germany. It is not to be denied that there has been a considerable immigra tion into Schleswig; that a considerable number of German settlers, amounting to nearly one-half of the population, have settled themselves there; and they demand equal laws and equal justice. The points involved are really comparatively trifling when you look at the enormous and important con sequences that may result from any serious misun derstanding in regard to them. They amount to this—that in one village there are a certain num ber of Germans, in another a certain number of Danes, and in a third a mixed population —one where the German element prevails, another in which the Garman and Danish elements are equal ; and, up to the present time, the King of DENMARK has not been able to arrive at a solution of the difficulty as regards education in the schools or service in the churches with respect to the lan guage of Germany. There is no other charge against the King of DENMARK than that he has not d n i n a e b s lse too t a s o ol h v is e that s d t i ffitcou solve t o y l v , e e xi it. r e s A s r i expressing y o h u i been s then, to compel him to enter into an engage ment which, in his opinion and in the opinion of his subjects, amounts to a violation of the integrity and dissolution of the monarchy." To demand that on these trivial grounds an ancient monarchy should be weakened and dismembered is truly, as Lord DEBBY observed, an act of singular injustice as well as impolicy. The integrity of Denmark is, as the noble earl well said, a matter of vital importance to us. Free in her constitution, tolerant in her laws, sympathising with ourselves in her aspirations and sentiments, possessing a brave, daring, and resolute population, willing to enter into the terms of closest alliance with us —such an ally is not to be disregarded by Eng land herself. The language of the noble earl, in c i t o s n c t l r u o si th on o , n i d s wfoelrleew, but t h f y of only n it o s ti i c n e d , i n c o a t fromtionofthe policy which, we may hope, he will support in case of future complications :—"lt is, then, an act of policy as well as justice, when ambitious Powers are pressing Denmark, to protect her from aggression ; and though GOD forbid the last extremity should be forced upon us, yet on a question whether the Danish monarchy should be destroyed and it s in tegrity frittered away, and, still more, be placed by collateral means and indirect influences as a de pendency of the German Federation, there is no al ternative not preferable on the part of England, on the ground of policy as well as justice, to each a consequence as the dissolution of the monarchy or its dependence on the German Confederation. On that ground I do deeply lament that the noble earl THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY has departed from his original proposition. I feel certain that with a firm attitude held by us in con currence with Russia, and as I believe with France, we should have shown the German Powers that, though not disposed to withholding anything from their just rights, we are not content to allow with impunity any unauthorised or uncalled for aggres sion on the liberties of Denmark." What's in a name ? A ROSE, representative of the Lord Mayor, would supply the City want. The debate on the new street turned on a name; and Mr. CRAWFORD, full of City celebrities, wished to christen it by the famous one of Mansion House, so redolent of roast beef and turtle-soup of immortal memories. But Sir JOHN SHELLEY would have preferred the name of the hon. City member him self, Crawfish—no, CRAWFORD—but the House only received the proposal with laughter. Then Mr. AYRTON had a very fatal objection to Mansion House-street—that it would require a long course of education before the citizens would be able to pronounce such a name, however suggestive of good things for the body; but the mind would require an expenditure of more money than Parliament would grant, seeing how much was paid away already without anything to show for it. The Mansion House would be only suggestive of that one faculty of the Corporation, enormous eating. The hon. member for the Tower Hamlets was very amusing in his allusions to the City virtues, for he said that the oldest writer in reference to the City remarked that he had seen many curious things there—but the most curious by far was the extra ordinary quantity of provisions in the City, and the extraordinary power of the citizens in eating them. This very naturally produced shouts of laughter in the House. - .Mr. AYRTON was also entertaining in his remarks concering the mem ber for Stafford, a town whose electors rejoiced in making shoes, and the prosperity of which SHERI DAN, in giving a toast, delighted his constituents in proposing in these terms that the ware of Staf ford might be trodden under foot all over the world, hinting thereby that there's nothing like leather, and leather suggested stirrup and stirrup cup, and cup, again, was so familiar to the citizens, that their guests were honoured by passing round the loving cup, in token of good fellowship. But Alderman SIDNEY was so full of historic lore that he could tell them how the citizens, in the good old times, had behaved in their cups, and therefore he ought to suggest a fitting name for the way that led so many good men to their cups. For instance, there was WHITTINGTON and his Cat, why not call it Cat-street ? The hon. member might have gone a little further on the way, and added Cat-eat-on, as a glorious City predilection, which would have been quite in keepiag with corporation feasting. But here another objection arises—there is a street now rejoicing in the name of Cateaton-street. As the Brahmin said, the world was sustained on the back of an elephant, and the elephant wishing to have a soft resting-place for his feet, placed them on a turtle, Mr. AYRTON said that the conclusion of all corporate proceedings reminded him of this theory. His own notion was that if other names failed they should adopt that of the noble lord at the head of the Government, by way of compliment to his intellect, as contradistinguished from that of citizen predilections. However, the noble lord who, though no City alderman, in his varied tastes, has yet had good experience of late in his country ram bles, even to the Land of Cakes, modestly declined the new street to be honoured with the name of PALMERSTON, and proposed that its baptism should be left to the sponsorship of the Board of Works, who have certainly shown great ability in mis naming a number of disconsolate localities much to the perplexity of the Post-office authorities. Now, as to the name of the new street, why not select one that would, in the language of necessity, make both ends meet—call it Bank Street—starting at the Bank of the Thames and finishing at the Bank of Money ; thus combining the want of the thirsty as well as that of the hungry, for water and money are of the first necessity all over the world. LATEST AitATTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. MADAME PUZZI'S CONCERT. Madame Puzzi, who is always prominent among the concert givers of the season, gave her annual entertainment yesterday at the Hanover -square Rooms. The programme was long, and consisted principally of Italian pieces, in which the buffo element was perhaps too conspicuous. Among the artistes were many popular favourites, whose ap pearance was warmly welcomed. Madame Lein mens Sherrington sang a new styrienne with her usual ease and brilliancy, and took part in a charm ing trio, Una festa ella campagna," composed by Giuglini, and sung for the first time. It was loudly applauded, as it deserved to be. Signor and Madame Ferranti were also among the singers, it being the lady's first appearance in England. She possesses a good soprano voice, and sings with care and cor rectness. Signor Ferranti adopts the comic style, which he carries to an extreme for the concert room. Miss Lascelles sang a very tasteful and ex pressive new song by Francesco Berger, entitled " Fallen Leaves." She has a good voice, but a somewhat unfinished style, possibly owing to ner vousness. Another novelty was a ballad by Blu menthal, graafully given by Mdlle. Parepa. It has no very striking features, but is smooth and flowing, and likely to become a drawing-room favourite. Signor Giuglini sang a romar Z 3, " Colli nativi," with such effect and expression that it was unanimously redemanded, and the singer complied with the request to the general satisfaction. Another of the best pieces was an air from Doni zetti's " Maria Padilla," admirably sung by Signor Della Sedie. There was but little instrumental music, but it was of a high order. Signor Andreoli played two pieces of his own composition, in which he delighted the audience. In the second part a youthful aspirant to musical honours, Master Willie Pape, played an andante and rondo by Mendels sohn with a correctness and brilliancy that shows a very high order of talent, and promises future cele brity. The concert was, as usual, fully and fashion ably attended, and appeared to give great satis faction. Herr Adolph Schloesser's Evening Concert. • On Thusday evening this distinguished artist gave a concert at the Queen's Concert Rooms, Hano ver.square. It was a most brilliant affair, and some of the performers were of world-wide reputation, such as Alboni and Piatti. Herr Schloesser dis tinguished himself greatly, and the performance of a trio that was composed by himself gave universal satisfaction. The executants were Herr Schloesser on the piano, Signor Piatti on the violoncello, and Mr. Blagrove on the violin. Herr Schloesser also performed a solo of his own on the pianoforte. Madame Alboni sang th ree t i mes, and elicited that always a ccompan i es her perform ardt also sa ng several times a a n p c p e l s a . o s e H w e h r i r e hitei Reichardt with his usual spirit, and the other performers in their various styles contributed to the general en tertainment of the evening. The concert was most fashionably attended, and altogether proved a great success. PARIS TO BE LIT BY ELECTRICITY.--The light ing of Paris, it is stated, is to be entrusted to M. J. Van Malderan, who has invented a new electric light, one jet of which is equal to 2,200 jets of gas. The Place Saint Sulpice is destined to be the first where the essay is to be tried —Bulkier . A duel has been fought near Strasbourg between Count S c h leinitz, formerly Minister for Foreign Affairs, and at present Minister of the Royal Household at . Berlin, and C o l onel de Loen, military envoy at the court of the Tuileries. The colonel was wounded in the chest by a ball, and it is feared he will not survive. The incident has caused considerable excitement in Berlin. DEFEAT OF THE FEDERALS BY STONEWALL JACKSON. (From the Correspondent of the hints.) [Per Persia, via Roche's Point, May 16, 3.55 a.m NEW YORK, MAY 3. The news from General Hooker's army is up to six o'clock on Sunday evening. On the after noon of Saturday General Stonewall Jackson, by a flank movement, made a vigorous attack upon the right wing of the Federals near Chancellorsville. General Schurz's division, composed principally of Germans, was the first to feel the shock, and immediately gave way. No efforts of the officers to rally their men were of any avail, and the retreat became a rout ; Ni hole regiments threw down their arms and fled towards head -quarters. The panic soon extended to General Deven's division, which also broke and ran. Two brigades of General How ard's division alone retired in order, to the support of whom General Hooker sent his own division, commanded by General Berry. The united and desperate exertions of these troops, after a most sanguinary struggle, succeeded in checking the Confederate advance, and prevented General Jack son from completing his victory. At daybreak on Sunday the Confederates again advanced, this time being met upon the extreme right by General Berry. The battle raged for three hours and a half, during which General Berry was killed. The Federals then fell back, the enemy pursuing. The fighting continued four hours longer, when, the Federale having succeeded in getting the Confederates in their front, the con flict wa3 suspended. The carnage on both sides is described as being awful, but no numbers are given. It was expected that the battle would be renewed on Monday; but, if it were, the Federal Govern ment his not, up to this hour (6 o'clock), allowed the fact to be made public. All sorts of rumours are in circulation—some to the effect that Hooker's entire force has been cut to pieces; others, that it has entered into Richmond without a struggle. Great dissatisfaction is everywhere expressed against the authorities at Washington for with holding the information, good or bad, which the public has a right to expect. The Confederate force which recently occupied Morgantown, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, captured four companies of Militia belonging to the town ; it then proceeded to Fairmount, and en gaged the Federals under Colonel Mulligan, who were defending the railroad-bridge which si ans the Monongahela near that place. After a short con flict the Federals were beaten, and the bridge, the finest on the road, was totally destroyed. The Confederates took 250 of Colonel Mulligan's men prisoners, but the loss in killed and wounded on either side is not known. Parkersburg and Wheeling are believed to be the next points threatened. It is reported, via Memphis on the 30th, that a body of Confederate cavalry had made a raid into Central Mississippi . and destroyed 20 miles of the Mississippi Central Railroad and a large quantity of arms and stores. On the 21st ult. General Banks occupied Opelousas and Washington, in Louisiana. General Banks's intention is to proceed northward, to form a junc tion with the forces under Admirals Farragut and Porter and General Grant, designing thereby the complete severance of the Confederate line of com munication for supplies from Texas to Port Hudson. The Jackson Mississippi Appeal of the 24th ult. states that the Confederate force in Arkansas under Generals Stirling Price and Kirby Smith is rapidly augmenting in numbers, and will soon resume opera tions in Missouri. Despatches from Cairo of today (the sth) deny the report that the Federals had occupied Grand Guif, and state that, on the contrary, they were signally repulsed. Gencral Marttaduke has returned to Arkansas from his late successful raid into Missouri. The ship Punjaub, from Boston, is reported to have been captured by the Alabama, and subse quently released upon giving bonds, The date and locality of the capture are not stated. The Hon. C. L. Vallandigham was arrested by a military force at his residence at Dayton, Ohio, this morning, by the order of General Burnside, and carried to Cincinnati. An attempt made by his friends in Dayton to rescue him from the soldiers was unsuccessful. In the case of the Peterhoff on Saturday a motio❑ made on behalf of the owners of the vessel to admit the testimony of Captain Jarman was opposed by the diitrict attorney and the counsel for the captors. Upon this motion the Court took the papers, and reserved its decision. An order to allow Mr. Red gate, one of the owners of the cargo, to testify in his own behalf was then applied for. Mr. Redgate's counsel stated that his client was born a British subject ; that he was an enemy of the Confederate Government; that his portion of the cargo had been legitimately consigned to his partner at Mata moras, and that he desired to be and remain a citizen of the United States, provided he could thereby receive the restitution of his property and damages for unlawful capture and detention; but, if he were to be treated as an alien enemy, he de manded that he be regarded as 2. British subject, and as such he should claim protection from the British Government. The Court decided that, as Mr. Bedgate was a resident of a rebellious State, he was to be conbi &red an alien enemy, COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. In consequence of various conflicting rumours ;'rom the army, gold has fluctuated. considerably. [t opened at 14%, advanced to 151, declined to 1491, and closed at 1501. Exchange is nominally 164. United States Sixes, 1881, 107. Treasury 7-30 Notes, 1061. New York Central Railway, Erie, 861. Illinois Central, 91. Cotton unchanged. Breatistuffs quiet; provisions inactive. Sugar Oc. to 101 c. THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, MAY 16. The Moniteur of this morning publishes the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results, as compared with the March return : INCREASE. Francs. Cash in hand Treasury balance Current accounts . 17 i millions. . • .. 191 millions. 102 millions. 10k millions. Advances DECREASE. Bills discounted, not yet due • • 61 millions. Bank notes • • millions. • . M. Vintry, President of ono of the seetionta of the ei? • 64 1 Council 12 ^ t. the Bank o 1r ice. 863. lien appointed Governor of THE POLISH INSURRECTION, CRACOW, MAY 15 (Evening). Between the Bth and 10th inst. an insurrection broke out at five different points of Volhymnia. The insurgents confined (internirt) in Gallicia have all refused to avail themselves of the amnesty, in spite of the solicitations of the Russian agents. BERLIN, MAY 16. Letters received here from Warsaw state that on the 10th inst. the Revolutionary Town Captain, in order to prevent the emigration of despondent citizens, issued a proclamation forbidding any per son to leave Poland without a passport from the National Government. DANTZIG, MAY 15. The Ostsee Zettung of to-day says :—" The pro vincial revolutionary committee for Lithuania has published a reply to the Imperial Ukase granting an amnesty, which says :—‘ As the object of the insurrection is not to obtain concessions from the Emperor, but to establish the independerce of the whole of Poland within the frontiers, which existed before its partition, the national struggle shall con tinue until the last Muscovite soldier has been driven from these Polish provinces, or till the last Polish army has ceased to fight.'" CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY Li„ M. de Moustier, the French Ambassador, has invited the Porte to co-operate with the other powers in diplomatic action at St. Petersburg in favour of Poland. The Porte has, however, refused on the ground that Turkey was not a party to the treaties of 1815. SPAIN. NEW MINISTRY FOR THE COLONIES. AIADRID, MAY 15. A Royal decree has been issued, creating a new Ministry for the Colonies. ITALY. TURIN, MAY 16. The Opinione of to-day says :—" Tie Italian Government recently received information that a Bourbon expedition, under the command of Bourbon ex-officers sent from Rome, was being organised on the Albanian coast, for the purpose of conducting a number of Albaniau brigands into the province of Puglia. In consequence of this information, the Italian Government, after having despatched several men of-war to cruise off the Albanian coast, requested the Porte to arrest the conspirators. Upon a domiciliary visit being made at the house of the Austrian Consul at Valona, a quantity of arms and ammunition was discovered and seized. Three individuals at the Austrian Consulate were arrested. PRUSSIA. Subjoined is the text of the letter addressed to the President of the Prussian Chamber by all the members of the cabinet on the subject of the late dispute : " BERLIN, May 11. "In the sitting of this day the Minister of War found himself obliged to repel personally offensive expressions from several deputies, because the Pre sident had not reprehended them, and was inter rupted when doing so by the President. The hon. minister invoked the constitutional right of the ministers, but his representations were not attended to, and he was even ordered by the President to be silent. The ministry think it necessary to examine the conduct of the President, on account of the importance of the principle involved. According to Art. 60 of the constitution, the ministers have a right to be heard in the cfbamber as often as they express the wish, and likewise each of the chambers can call on any minister to appear before it, According to Arts. 78 and 84, each chamber regulates its discussions and discipline, and the members cannot be held responsible elsewhere for opinions expressed by them in their places, Those articles of the constitution—and they are the sole ones effecting the matter—subjects only the cham bers to the discipline established by the regulations, but suppose the strict enforcement cf such discipline, by excluding in view of the regulations the appli cation of the usual penal laws against any illegal assertions that a deputy may utter. The ministers aro not protected by the same privilege, and for that reason are not subject to the discipline of the chamber. The course the President has fol lowed in this day's sitting is in contradiction with the principles of the constitution. The President, in voking the pretended disciplinary attributions which belong to his office, has interrupted a minister and imposed silence on him. If Art. 60 of the con stitution gives the chamber the right to demand the presence of the ministers, the correlative right re sulting for the ministers is that they shall be always heard. But this right becomes illusory if the Pre sident arrogates the faculty of limiting the minis ter's liberty of speech. So long as this pretension shall be maintained, the ministers will not be able to fulfil the obligation of being present at the delibe rations of the chambers when the latter may desire it, as the obligation is only imposed on the supposi tion that their duties will be completely respected. The ministry will therefore abstain from all par ticipaticn in the deliberations of the Chamber of Deputies until it sh .11 have received from the Pre sident the declaration demanded by the present document, that the illegal course followed to-day against 8 member of the ministry shall not be re newed. (Here follow the signatures of all the ministers.) THE OVERLAND MAIL, By the arrival of the Calcutta mail we have re ceived our private correspondence and files of papers from Calcutta to the Bth of April ; Hongkong, Ist of April ; Melbourne, 25th of March ; and Sydney, 21st of March. INDIA. We take the following from the Calcutta Eng lishman of the Bth of April :—" The first train has pissed over the Bhore Ghaut incline of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. On the 30th of March Colonel Rivers, Government Consulting Engineer for Railways ; Mr. Graham, Chief Engineer of the Great Ildian Peninsular Railway Company; and Mr. Cortazzi, Locomotive Superintendent, ascended the incline in a train consisting of two locomotives and three carriage, the train being driven by Mr. Cortazzi, while the two engineers inspected the line. The engineers who have accomplished this great work are Mesas. Adamson and Cloude. CHINA. The following is the letter of the limes Hong kong correspondent : HONGKONG, April 1. Time, in its onward march, seems to be correct ing some preconceived ideas touching the rebels and their doings, and to be weakening the convic. tion of many that the maintenance of the Imperial power is possible, even if expedient. The belief that wherever the rebels are industry and agricul ture universally disappear, and give place to misery and desolation, is passing away, if the accounts of high cultivation and abundance in rebel districts, now kraished by Shanghai newspapers of opposite opinions, are to be relied on. Debateable ground, held alternately by Imperialists and Taepings, where the unhappy population is exposed to all the horrors of Chinese civil war, necessarily becomes a wilderness ; but where the rebels have been long in undisturbed possession it seems to be now ad mitted that the condition of the country is much the same as in other peaceful districts. Other subjects of more immediate interest to the foreigners are rapidly becoming of urgent import ;ince, and one of them is the irresponsible powers conceded to the foreign Customs' establishment. Public attention is now directed to the attitude assumed by that body in relation to the restitu tion of duties illegally levied on silk at Nawning by the Chinese authorities. Mr. Consul Meadows represented the case last June to her Majesty', Ministers at Pekin, and his Excellency decided that the exaction was illegal, and authorised the Consul to obtain a deduction of the amount from the first duties payable by the claim ants. The Superintendent of Customs refused to recognise the arrangement, and the Consul, being powerless to enforce it, again referred the matter in August to Mr. Bruce, who has ever since allowed it to sleep. The right of uncontrolled confiscation of property for breaches of the revenue law is claimed also by these officials; and it is vain to apply to the consuls to investigate any such case, for they, acting, no doubt, under instructions from Pekin, refuse to entertain these applications. The Supreme Court here has no power to intervene, and it is felt that, in cases of oppression, the sole remedy lies in an appeal to the Privy Council. om Nir.gpo the evacuation of Shaou-shing by the rebels is confirmed ; and, under date of the 26th ult., it is announced that they have also aban doned Shaou-shan, and have retired across Hang chow Bay, thus leaving the country on its Ningpo side quite free of them. At Shanghai the protected territory is peaceful and recovering itself; but beyond, at Foo-shen and Changshoo, the Imperialists are striving to oust the Taepings, apparently with indifferent success. Gen. Burgowine has gone to Pekin to seek redress ; and Major Gordon, of the Royal Engineers, has relieved Captain Holland in the command of Ward's force. Under the peculiar manipulation of Chinese Mandarins, thal body of men is being fast disorganised, and will soon become more dangerous to its employers than to their enemies. One of the Chinese lieutenants is now awaiting trial for endeavouring to induce two companies to desert to the rebels. No intelligence of much interest comes from Japan. The arrival of Admiral Kuper there is not yet announced ; but the Japanese continue to bring steamers from foreigners, and from documents now published, if authentic, it would appear that the Mikado was wull informed of the treaty negotiations with foreign nations, when in progress, and was not insensible to th 3 possible necessity of concluding these conventions. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Last night Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean termi nated their farewell engagement with a benefit, which was honoured by a crowded and brilliant audience. They played the Cardinal and the Queen in the second and third acts of " Henry VIII.," and Mr. and Mrs. Oakley in the "Jealous Wife,"—a comedy which they sometimes select for occasions of the sort, and which serves admirably to display the versatility of their genius. Between the pieces Mr. Kean delivered with genuine eloquence the following speech, which was heard with acclama- t ion : " Ladies and Gentlemen,—Were I not on the eve of a voyage to a far distant land, I would not ven ture to intrude upon you any words of mine ; but I cannot leave without expressing, in Mrs. Kean's name and my own, the profound gratification we feel at the manifestation of your good opinion and generous sympathy, as evinced by the crowded audiences that have assembled within this theatre during our engagement. The remembrance of your kindly feeling will be a solace and a comfort to us both throughout our wanderings. The very flatter ing and encouraging invitations we have received induce us to visit a young and rising country, where we shall meet a kindred race, possessing the same love and reverence for Shakspeare as we feel at home. Did I suppose that thisis our last appear ance on the London stage it would, indeed, be to us a most painful separation ; but I trust that, with the blessing of Providence, we may be back in about 12 months, and close our theatrical c.areer among our friends in England. In the hope, therefore, thaT this will be but a temporary absence, I now respectfully and gratefully bid you farewell." Mr. and Mrs. Kean will visit the Australian colo nies as the representatives of that higher class of drama which once remained among us as a per manent inheritance derived from the great master of English poetry, but which seems fast slipping away irom the boards of our theatresto find its only abodes on the tables—we do not say the shelves— of our libraries. It is, therefore, satisfactory to report that they take their leave in excel lent condition, and that they will not bring to their new public the mere shadow of a name, to which a living substance is no longer attached. Though their farewell engagement has only lasted for 11 nights, the characters they have represented have been various as well as great, and every one of them has been marked as much by freshness and vigour as by the finish which long experience can alone attain. Every play called to remembrance some new quality, and the last piece we had occasion to notice, the " Merchant of Ve nice." remarkable as much for the quick irritabi lity, strong rage, and deep pathos of Sbylock, as for the graciousness and dtgnity blended in the nature of Portia, was a fitting pendant to the more complicated expression of thought and feeling pro per to " Hamlet." The necessity of fulfilling a provincial engagement has shortened the stay of Mr. and Mrs. Kean in the capital, but there is no doubt if it lasted much—very much longer it would have proved highly advantageous to the admirable artists themselves, and greatly increased the grati ficatio❑ of the Landon public. It is universally felt that by their departure the stage is deprived of the support of its chief artists, at a time when they can be ill spared, and that, unless some unforeseen con tingency arises, the poetical drama, the drama in which the highest histrionic eminence is alone attainable, Ns ill for at least a twelvemonth be in abeyance. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.—Monday—Asiatic, at 8, anniver sary ; Architects, at 8, Tuesday—Ethnological, at 4, anni versary, Royal Institution, at 3, " Sound," Professor Tyndall; Statistical, at 8, " Pay of the Soldier compared with Wages of the Labourer," Major-General Tulloch ; Engineers, at 8, " Communication between London and Dalin," Mr. Watson; " Manufacture of Duplicate Ma chines," Mr. Fernie. Wednesday—Horticultural, at 4, promenade; Society of Literature, at 4f ; Society of Arts, at 8, " Destructive Distillation," Dr. Paul ; Geological, at 8, " Devonian Plants of Maine, Gaspe, 8c0.," New Species of Deadrerpetou, &c.," Dr. Dawson ; " Upper Old Red Sandstone Rocks," Mr. Salter ; " Relations of Sandstone of Cromarty with Reptilian Footprints," Dr Gordon and Rev. J. Joass. Thursday—Numismatics,- at 7 Chemical, at 8, " Effect of Intense Heat on Fluid," Mr. Grove ; Antiquaries, at 8, election of fellows; Royal Insti• tution, at 3, " Geology," Professor Ana - ed ; Royal, at 81, "Sun's Magnetic Action on the Earth," Dr. Chambers; " Numeric Elements of Indian Meteorology," Mr. Her•. mann de' Schlagintweit ;" " Structure of the so-called Apolur, Unipolar, and Bipolar Nerve-Cells of the Frog," Dr. Beale. Friday—Royal Institution, at 8, " Sun's Chemical Action," Professor Roscoe, Saturday—Horti cultural, at 2, election of fellows; at 4, promenade; Royal Institution, at 3, "Language," Professor Max Muller,— Athenwum, THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY POLICE.--There are no fewer than 12 candidates for the post rendered vacant by the death of Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey. They are—Captain William Congreve— Captain Wm. Fred. Portlock Dodson, late R.M.L.I.— Colonel Wright Westcote Davidson, hon. major-general-- Captain Charles Cramond Duck, deputy chief constable of the county of Devon—Lieut. Charles Bidwell Edwardes, deputy chief constable of the liberty of Peterborough— Major Ed ward Hamilton Finney, 4th Middlesex Militia— Colonel James Frazer, chief constable of Berkshire—Capt. Charles George Hodgson, the present acting commissioner of the City Police--Colonel Wm. Adam Orr, C. 8., Royal Artillery—Captain Henry Segrave, chief constable of Wol verhampton—Major Frederick Rice Stack—and Colonel Wm. Henry Charles Weller ley. A special Court of Com. mon Council is called for Thursday next, to select a "fit and proper person" for the office from the above list. Mean while an active canvass is being carried on. ARMAGH CATHEDRAL.—The clergy of the (lioness, in conjunction with some of the laity, are about to fill the windows in the south transept of this cathedral with stained glass, in the highest style of art, in memorial of the late diocesan. The execution of the work has been entrusted to Messrs. Livers and Barraud, of Endell-street, Blooms bury, in accordance with a very beautiful and appropriate design prepared by those artists, II„ Tt *ll4 \ l R; 4- ttarLll: HER MAJESTY. ---,- WINDSOR CASTLE, May 1 5 . The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, walked in the grounds this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended bi Major Elphinstone, left the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales (attended by the Countess of Macclesfield, Lieutenant-General Knollys, and Major Teesdale and his Roy a l Hi g h ness P r i nce Alf re d (atten ded by Major Cowell) arrived at the Castle at a quarter before one o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin ces of Wales took leave of her Majesty and returned t°' London. The Earl Beauchamp had an audience of ib e i Queen, and ki sse d h an d s on rece i v i n g the G o A hh btick as Colonel o f th e 2d R eg i ment o f Life Guar i fi Viscount Syd ne y an d Si r G eorge Grey m" audiences of the Queen. DEPARTURE OF THE QUEEN FOR SCOl ll5 ' lll The Queen, Prince Alfred, Princess He Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and F rii : c t , Leopold left Wi n d sor C ast l e th i s even ing u' qUarter before seven o'clock for Balmoral. ay . The suite in att en d ance cons i ste d o f the - 1-4 : Augusta Bruce, Lieutenant-General Hon, C. Grey/ Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Major Cowell. The Duchess of Ath o l e meets h er Maie9l $ Perth, and s uccee d s th e D owager C o untess ° Mount-Edgcumbe as Lady in waiting. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales presided yesterdaY at 6 meeting of the council of his Royal Highness , 13eld , at the office of th e D uc h y o f C ornwa ll, Bankirlgt ham-gate, St. James's-park. There were Pr es % ll , the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Warden of the 5°1 4 - naries ; Sir William Dunbar, Keeper of the F ri .„ Seal; Sir William John Alexander, AttoreeJt General; Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Bealialli Phipps, Receiver -General ; Lieraenant - oe . n ner o l Knollys, Comptroller of the Household of his Highness ; and Lord Portman. Mr. Bateman' secretary, attended. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Fr l " oea ;, of of Wales a n d th e P r i nce and Princess Pu'cifil Hesse visit e d th e D uchess of Inverness, Yeste-r -afternoon, at her r es id ence at Kensington Ptl' aa „ - ;(1 The Duke of C am b r id ge v i sited the Pr ises - Princess Louis of Hesse at Marlborough 11011Se. i s st The Prince of Wales had a dinner Pa rt l.,.oo evening at M ar lb oroug h H ouse. The coml . :A° i g e, eluded his Royal Highness the Prince of orarj t l l e his Royal Highness the Duke of CambridCl tile Baron Mi n i s t er an d M a d ame Van de Ivejtil; Baron Bentinck, the Netherlands Minister, I A Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Marqg is v o Marchioness of Abercorn, the Earl and Cous o f Stanhope, the E ar l o f M acc l es fi eld, Lor d and 14513(i Alfred Paget, the Right Hon. Sir Chile ° l i ti fgr Lady M ary W oo d , Lieutenant-General 111°.-ii); Baron de Poliandt, and Colonel Bosch, is svtilVic' on the Prin ce o f O range; the Hon. James ,the donald, in waiting on the Duke of Cambridg„ e; a ge lady in waiting t o th e P r i ncess Louis of P Captain Westerweller, and Mr. Becker. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and P r l fi o Lumley /Tri of Wales have graciously accor d e d their 'patronage on the occasion o f hi s b ene fi t performan ces' Jel Her Highness the Princess Galitzin l Claridge's Hotel for Paris. a nthe T e The Prince Witzengo r ff, C ount E keel 9- g I f Baron Von Lindon h ave l e f t the B r iu nswiel; Jermyn-street, for Paris, on their way to Berlin. The Duke and Duchess of Grafton have B" - at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. The Marchioness Louisa of Waterford has a•-1 at Claridge's Hotel f, r the season. The Earl and Countess of Abg aveo n ' Lady Caroline Nevin have arrived for theer s eason -t Portland• place. r•Peci The Earl and C oun t ess of Aylesford haven at Claridge's Hotel, from Pakington Hall, CoventrP, The Earl of D a lh ous i e an d L a d y Ch r i s tina 1° have The left Claridge's Hotel for Germany. Countess of Dysart has arrived in Grote° square from St. Leonards-on-Sea. r ife 4 The Hon. Robert and Mrs. Lawley have fl-r at Claridge's Hotel, from Great Malvern. 0 31 Lady Mary Nisbe* Hamilton gave dancing party for the s eason l ast n i ght, a t her lac 151) residence, in Chesham Place. dgd° General Bentinek h as arr i ve d a t vxar l Hotel, from Germany. eat° THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—We are autum..-- i3.ot, state that the Queen h a s b een p l ease d to signifYhervistleila tion to confer the honour o f k n i g hth oo d upo n Mr' 1; 4. Sandford, Secretary to h er M a j es t y ' s C omm i s sioner s ° Exhibition of 1862. 0 1° BEQUEST TO THE NATIONAL GALLO'cifOr will of James Tulloch, Esq., F.R.S , F.S.A.. e n ' io 011 at t h a n g ed u sc e uhr p av l rialvceiesn, surviving ievd executorsf n o g rd to - n s Bedford-square, , has toruf ; b t: e ne e cs n : proved u . nracur o : aii ge : rel y io. 0000 ; personalty was sworn under £90,000. His pictures on the decease of his relict, in the ev ellt 2 ge f , t" of his sons being alive at the time of her de c 7.," ititt:l queathed to the trustees of the National Goner'', e' te are to bear this inscription :—" Presented by th e la Tulloch, and his brother, James Tulloch, PENNY ROMANClSTS.—Resembling Mr' 0 014 who when dining with footmen protested h e o ed i never satisfy his matrimonial appetite with anit hil L,Plo 6 s a "female marki s ," th e wr it ers i n penu lti ma te j oip- 0 0 dow their heroes and her o i nes w ith a ll th e adve , e clo reo . birth and fortune. The h e ro of our pre sen t tale, 40 11 Augustus Howard Fitz-Plantagenet, eighteenth ;$ ot of —, was on his mother's side related to the g f 004 wicked Duke of ---. Through his v e i ns ro lled the ea . or blood," &o. Mary Jane, poor thing I whose roe hardened from washing the kit c h en sta i rs, a nd Al 107,4 swelled hands are coaxed on S un d ay i n t o cottollotar with what delight she sp e ll s ou t t h e fashionable editorek of C. A. H. Fitz -Pl an t agenet, M arqu i s of A Ora all about his Richmond tete-a-tete, and his colts — DI tv,, when she gets a s t ray h a lf - h our to herse lf down te ll* r dismal dungeon where from wee k t o w eek Ol e grimy lowliness.—Social Science Review. „ to The Messrs. Longman have b e en addie e ie!° / 4 attraction of the City by the ere c tion of a Sjytotr...o range of warehouses and counting-houses, fornif e° t OS, less than a palace, in the narrow mean little tre : re ot r - 0 , frum time out of mind has bee n occu pi e d by the e-roli°ll,o4l lishing firms, and w hi c h i s h a ll owe d t o L o udon e ie is A gists by the name of P a t ernos t er - row. Th e edige e o renaissance style, with a lof t y roo f fined by t : 11 4 bi A ? at the extremities, and is to be partly occUPw he Ono owners and partly by Messrs. Bl ac k woo d. Frome u rce, tent's description we find that the fagade is °t O e al.) fe e ' Portland stone. On the k e y s t one o f th e a rch e` W ; tral entrance is an allegorical group repreeel lti ltioitgo, ture, supported by the Arts, Sciences, and E de— e pee / 0 the spandrils are the ship and th e swan , which h av e yolt el oo , trade-signs of these premises since the great fire eiwisiltile Above and below these are carved the emblems te ioo Wit, and Eloquence; the lower tympanum c° ,: l e d monogram of Messrs. Longnian's firm, surro t m u ro ais e t os blematical foliage. The central entrance is ° tile &F i v e with dwarf columns of polished granite. 1 11 ,1 8 ie on the premises of Messrs. Blaekwood the thiew t i et io t' e j duced. The pavements in the halls are of ene e . p 011 01 ; 0 0 and the decorative parts of the walls are to be I re are te r scagliola, with polished oak for the doors. T he t aroltfe more imposing evidences of our improved etr ec ool an ture than these buildings, and the Messrs. L ee° tr set a praiseworthy example to their neiglibc' er t t, o at e ig o f SYMPATHY WITH POLAND.—Last nig" da t j, o'clock, a numerously attended publ ic te ary Ira t e the inhabitants of Deptford was held at the Lite le of ,A tution to express sympathy with the present stvire:occaror. Poles fox freedom and na ti ona lity. The chai r o f the P e r , by Mr. Le Lubeg, and a t th e commencement vii...Atto ceedings the following letter was read from g r ' nge geto 8. stein, M.P. :—" I regret that my very m an ythil' eT or* will not allow me to be present at your we ett7 eragi , !I to ing. I, with the res t o f my coun trymen g e lid lop e I heirpatse sincerely with the suffering pele t4 ./ s ucee e66 eo i' present struggle will be crowne d one % g it' have already in public given utterance to rtn:'osooog melts which I shall alw a ys maintain." Al c i the fono;to the course of a lengthened address, the oge e f or resolutton—" That this meeting call upou lt,_lodte 001 for the immediate recognition of the right of Pt 0 oo onded of dow and nationality." Mr, Harris sec ein ote3 which was unanimously adopted. Russell, seconded by Mr. Coffin, urging upon the Government to demand th e girl zascieoi collection w... 00, the Russian troops from Poland. A h collect behalf of the funds of the London Polish the meeting separated. a r°eleotluhtion