The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-13 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1863. As plain a question as man could well ask was asked last evening in the House of Commons by Mr, HENNESSY. To this plain question, however, the hon. and learned member found it utterly impossible to obtain anything at all bearing the faintest resemblance to a plain answer from her Majesty's Government. Mr. HENNESSY'S inquiry related to what is called Brigandage in Italy. Certain glaring discrepancies, in regard to that same ♦exed question of Italian Brigandage—dis crepancies observable in the correspondence re lating to it carried on some few months back by Mr. ODO RUSSELL and General MONTEBELLO— have long been matter of notoriety, Yet, notorious though these discrepancies were from the moment when that correspondence closed, they had come to be almost as much forgotten as the exposure of Some miserable little political canard, or still more of the all-believing gobemouche who had been so over zealous in endeavouring to promul gate it —when, a few nights back, the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs recalled the whole affair to the recollection of Parliament by referring to a despatch, by quoting from a de spatch, received at the Foreign Office from that same Mr. ODO RUSSELL. Now it was simply in relation to this despatch, so quoted, so referred to Mr. LAYARD, the Under Secretary of State, only the other evening—it was purely in regard to that despatch that Mr. HENNESSY last night put his exceedingly plain question to the noble lord at the head of the Government. Whether—this is the pith and marrow of the query, put with all courtesy, and yet at the same time with all possible distinctness, by the hon. and learned gentleman to the Prime Minister, overnight, in the House of Commons—Whether has that despatch, so referred to, been communicated to the French Government ? Certainly the inquiry thus put by Mr. HENNESSY to Lord PALMER STON, was legitimate enough and was compre hensible enough. Here was an official despatch received at the Foreign-office—referred to, quoted in the House of Commons by the representative there of that department, that is by the Under-Se cretary of State ! It was a despatch going directly counter to the statements put forth, distinctly and categorically, by the French Commander-in-Chief at Rome in an earlier and very well-known corre spondence—a correspondence the end of which was to leave Mr. ODO RUSSELL entirely in the wrong, and General DE MONTEBELLO entirely in the right. Had this recent despatch—all of a sudden telling quite another story—been communicated to the French Imperial Government by her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government ? It was a de epatch of sufficient importance to be referred to by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the British House of Commons. Having been so referred to, by Mr. LAYARD, in that great assem bly, had it been previously, or simultaneously, or subsequently communicated to the French Imperial Government ? Such—l o put it as plainly as possibly can be—was the inquiry addressed last evening in the House of Commons to Lord PALMERSTON by Mr. HENNESSY. Now, what is the tone, what is the mood, in which this manly Statesman, this bold and popu ar Minister that we are all so proud of, rose to reply ? Why, to begin with, Lord PALMERSTON actually rises, immediately upon the putting to him of this very simple inquiry, Lord PALMERSTON actually r:,-;es in a spirit of petulance. "I cannot see any object," he says quite fretfully, and really more in the tone of Punch's Mr. NAGGLETON than of England's Lord PALMERSTON, " I cannot see any object in brin g i ng i n t o di scuss i on w h a t Mr. ODO RUSSELL said and what General NIONTEI3ELLO said, except it Is to establish bad relations between Mr. ODO RUSSELL and the F:ench officers at Home," Was ever objection more glaringly out of place, or more simply ridiculous? " What Mr. ODO RUSSELL said and what General MONTEBELLO said"—Mr. LAYARD has brought into discussion, ' 'lamely, by referring, only the oth er evening, to the former gentleman's despatch. Upon T AYARD, and not upon Mr. HENNESSY, let Lord PALMER. sToN turn with this unwonted petulance. What was sufficiently important to be quoted in the House of Commons—must surely have been suM. ciently important also to lay upon the table of that House, as thought Lord JOHN MANNERS !--ad to transmit in courtesy to the French Imperial Government, as thought Mr. HENNESSY! Namely, this mysterious despatch recently received at the Foreign office from Mr. ODO RUSSELL. In his former despatch Mr. ODO RUSSELL was declared afterwards to have been avowedly in the wrong— he himself acknowledged as much. Now he declares himself—in this quoted but otherwise unrevealed despatch—to be as distinctly in the right. May he not here again turn out to have been mistaken ? The doubt that it may he so, rises to mind nil the more naturally, almost inevitably, from the faot of this mystical de spatch being only referred to, instead of being at once frankly printed, laid upon the table of the House of Commons and manfully communicated t o the „ E Mperor NAPOLEON'S Government. Far from doing anything of which kind, however, Lord PALMERSTON actually condescends to hint and in sinuate statements k imilar to those previously put forth by Mr. ODo RUSSELL, and afterwards re tracted by him. It is hardly conceivable how a great States• man like Lord PALMERSTON could permit himself (he the Prime Minister of England !) to utter words of mere shadowy hint and insinua tion like those we have italicised in the following fragment excerpted from his speech last evening in answer to Mr.HENNESSY. "If anything of the kind has passed since [h e is referring to these supposititious red-legged Brigand:.]—and 1 am afraid it has— [not a word of proof does he utter !]—it only shows that the agents whom General -MONTEBELLO has employed have not been as watchful as he had ex pected they would be. But this I say, that at the present time Rome being governed by a French gar rison, and the POPE being only a puppet in their hands, it rests with the French garrison to prevent these transactions, to prevent the committee which I believe is sitting—iJ I am asked on what autho rity I make that statement, I can say that from in formation I believe it [! ! !]—to prevent that com mittee from continuing the organised system of sending bands, either armed before they set oat, or armed after they get there, to commit outrages in the Italian territory. We have been told [!]—on information which I hope is not correct [! ! !]—that a great expedition is contem plated to take place during this month of May." Was there ever before an indictment so raised against a Foreign Government by a Prime Minister of England ! 44 If" so and so has passed !—" And I am afraid it has !"—" If I am asked upon what authority I make this statement, I can only say that from information I believe it I "—" We have been told" this, that, and the other !—Upon whose authority ? —Well, "on information " that, for the sake of the credit of the Go vernment we are thus darkly aspersing by these kind of stabs in the back, in the way of sinister im putation upon imputation--" on information" that, for the sake of the credit of the Government we are thus stabbing in the back and in the dark, we hope is not correct ! Blows like these are unworthy of falling from the hand of Lord PALMERSTON. So administered, they are discreditable to the reputa tion of the English Government. In the House of Commons last evening Mr. SEYMOUR brought forward a motion of some im portance, which, although producing no immedi ately practical effect, is yet likely to be useful by opening a discussion on matters too little regarded. It is not surprising that the debate should have arrived at no decided conclusion, when we remem ber that the,head of the department attacked has always been famous for his obstructive qualities, from the days when our witty friend Punch repre sented the state coach at a standstill from the im pediments offered to its progress by the wood pave ments. According to the Indian Secretary's own showing, however, we have been doing him grevous injustice, and it will doubtless be highly satisfac tory to all concerned in the development of Indian resources and the resuscitation of our cotton trade, to learn that Sir CHARLES WOOD has always given every encouragement to British settlers in that country, and has endeavoured by every means in his power to promote the cultivation of cotton. Those who remember his speech at Halifax in the recess will hear these declarations with some astonishment, but the right hon. baronet is not the first orator who has found that the same discourses will not do for the platform, and the green benches. Mr. SETmouß's motion was to the effect that " the occupation of waste lands in India by Battlers, and the redemption of a portion of the land tax of India, were desirable objects especially with a view to the present state of the cotton industry in this country ; and that it was ex pedient that her MAJESTY'S Government shou d take further steps to carry it out." In support of it, the hon. gentleman made an able speech setting forward clearly the evils of the land tax, and show ing the wide tracts of fertile land which are wait ing the hand of the cultivator. After commenting on the prominent position assumed by this tax ;n the finances of India, a position wLich it could only have acquired in a primitive and uncultivated country, Mr. SEYMOUR declared that it now ex ceeded the limit allowed by Hindoo laws; it dried up the other sources of revenue, checked improve. ments, and necessitated an enormous expenditure upon public works. He further showed that the revenue would not he likely to suffer by a change citing results of a comparison between Madras and Bengal, which proved that in proportion to the decrease in the land tax was the produce of other taxes. The hon. member also enlarged upon the beneficial effects of enabling the people to buy their own land—a plan which has long since been sug• gested by men of ability and experience as the means best qualified to secure their contentment and prospe rity. The property now hidden or buried would be cheerfully brought forward, the prospect of ccmpa relive independence for their families would check the terrible crime of infanticide now so common, and would open the way to civilisation and national progress. With regard to the second branch of his subject, one which at this moment concerns England as nearly as India, Mr. SEYMOUR had much to say . After paying that testimony to the able statesman ship of Lord STANLEY which all friends of India are so willing to accord, he quoted the opinions of many eminent authorities in support of his views, "The Secretary of State," he said, "would perhaps, tell him there were no waste lands in India. A glance at the map of India, with its vast unsurveyed and unexplored regions, would prove the contrary. Mr. Temple, the Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces, and his subordi nate officers, bore testimony that such lands existed in abundance. Much of this land was most suitable for the European settler, because it gradually rose in height as i t receded from the coast, until it came upon a vast plateau, edged by the Godavery, which had its source in Bombay, and flowed across to the Gulf of Bengal. Mr. TEMPLE spoke of one district alone of this country as extending over 25,000 square miles, Mr. LAING was of opinion that one-third of India was waste. Besides the 25,000 square miles above alluded to, there were other tracts of surpassing fertility, the cultivation of which had been neglected. In the Terai, at the foot of the Himalayas, there were 400 or 500 miles of the richest land in all India, and bearing trac e s of ancient cultivation. No doubt it was insalubrious, but its fertility was very remediable. A gentleman who applied to the India Board on the subject of irrigation works in Scinde, and who went to the country to make his calcu lations, estimated that 20,000,000 acres in Scinde might be irrigated at is. per acre if proper works were erected. In the Punjaub, also, he calculated that there were 47,000,000 acres, only 14,000,000 of which were assessed. He thought he had said enough to show that there was quite a sufficient extent of waste land in India to afford a field to any num bermofrE. settlersursoEp.eyamnoua placedw ho v go e r t y o that etr c o o n u g n t r y e . o " n treat the system followed at the India Office by its late head and by its present chief. Lord STANLEY had given every facility to the purchase of land by Europeans, and had sp ec i a ll y declared it was moat important that the question of price should be so regulated that a person in London might know how much he should have to pay for his land on his arrival. We do not wonder that Mr. SEYMOUR expressed a doubt as to whether such information were readily given at the India Office to intending settlers. Another very serious evil in the present method is, that every piece of land moat be set up to auction, whereas Lord CANNING provided very sensibly that there should only be an auction when there were several applicants. According to the system pursued, a man may select a piece of land after much labour and consideration, and then see it taken from him by a speculator who has been waiting to profit by his superior knowledge or en terprise. It is not surprising that whereas, under Lord CANNING'S rule, thousands of acres' were ap plied for, under Sir :C. ,WOOD'S improvements there has not been a single application. Lord STANLEY spoke on this point with his usual fair ness and good sense. He said that one great objet t ion to the auction system was the necessary survey, which practically limited the sales, and postponed the sale of waste lands almost indefinitely. " It," said the noble lord, " in a cet tain district there were European settlers, and water communication or railway communication opened or in process o. being opened, the auction principle might be faint) worked; but this would not apply to one-tenth of these lands; and with regard to the other nine tenths, notwithstanding the disadvantages which certainly attended such a plan, he thought it would, ou the whole, be better that tLe first bidder should have them at a fixed low price. No doubt the first comer would then have an advantage; but, after all, he was the pioneer, he was the discoverer, and this advantage should hardly be grudged him." It is a very great mistake to suppose that the only profit the Government gains from industrious and enterprising settlers is the money they pay for their land. Such a narrow and shortsighted policy brings i!s own punishment—it cramps the energies of our capitalists and workers, it retards the cul tivation of the country and lets trade stagnate for want of free development. The fetters with which we have weighted India are heavy enough to make us wonder that the country is in no worse condition. Mr. SEYMOUR referred to a case where a tract of land of 16,000 acres was lying idle, but was refused to some gentlemen of commercial stand ing in this country, owing to the express inter- ference of the Indian Goveinment, A gentleman having pointed out the vast tracts of country lying idle and ownerless in the valleys of the Godavery and other rivers, proposed certain rules and an up set price, which would, he thought, bring over British settlers. According to Mr. SEYMOUR these rules were disallowed, and higher prices and more restrictive conditions enforced. Had these wide and fertile lands been opened to English en terprise and capital a few years back, we might now see a thriving population occupied in their cul tivation, and our idle mills and silent machinery might not be witnessing the desolation of Lanca shire. We refer the reader to the Indian Secretary's own speech for the arguments by which he endea voured to prove himself in the right. But the im portance he evidently attaches to the price received for the land forbids us to hope for much extension of his views. An enlightened and liberal policy is certainly not to be expected from him, and until we see some more competent statesman put at the head of affairs, the fortunes of our finest colony must languish and suffer. Nothing could be more inopportune than the con• duct of M. BISMARK at present. For some time past he has conducted himself in the most extra ordinary manner, and violated all the principles of the constitution, but his last exploit is enough to astonish any one. For some reason best known to himself he has taken dire offence against the Chamber, and now threatens to withhold the light of his countenance altogether from the deputies. We are informed that at the sitting of the Cham ber of Deputies the other day the President read a letter signed by the Ministers, stating that so long as the House supports the assumption made by the President of a right to limit the Ministers' freedom of speech, the members of the Cabinet should no longer be present at the sittings of the Chamber. This is almost as strange a proceeding as ever took place in a constitutional country, and the Ministers are quite determined to carry out their threat to the fullest extent. Hence we hear that when the committee which is appointed to decide the rights of the disputed point summoned before them the Ministers, Herr von BISMARK de clined for himself and his colleagues to appear before the Assembly. It might not have been convenient to answer some of the queries that would have been but, but at the same time what an affront to put on a body of representatives, and what an insult to the principles of constitutional representation. The demand of the Ministers is simply this, that they require a declaration " that the House has no dis ciplinary authority over the members of their body." Allowing for the• sake of argument that this conces sion is mate, what becomes of free discussion, and where is the benefit of the Chambers sitting at all ? The chief advantage that is gained from a fair field and free discussion is that the general enunciation of popular views should control and direct the par ticular aims and contracted tendencies that any class of men are apt to fall into, and especially those who are exposed to the temptations of power, and placed in the dangerous position of authority. Now if the members of the Assembly must speak with bated breath, and refrain from making any re marks that may prove unwelcome to the Mini sters, whose actions they are there to criticise, and whose measures they must analyse and dis cuss to decide and discover if they are likely to prove beneficial or detrimental to the interests of the country. What avail is it that they came there at all ; it would be a mockery and a de lusion, it would be a farce to call it legislation, they would be stultifying themselves and feeling the mortifying conviction that they were dishonouring their country and disappointing the hopes and ex pectations of those who sent them to that high tri bunal to do their best in the light of day and before the face of men, without fear or reproach, to watch over the interests, and vindicate the rights, of that country among whose eons they were proud to en rol themselves. It would appear, indeed, that the divine right claimed by the Sovereign has been im parted to his Ministers, who seem resolved hence forth to give no man an account of their steward ship, but to follow the dictates of their own con venience, and suit the caprices of their mistaken master. We have all heard of the admirable de scription of the dangers of coming too much in contact with " vice"— " That seen too oft, familiar with its face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." This will apply to the close alliance and constant communications that have of late taken place be tween Russia and Prussia. M. BISMARK has bright for the convention that doomed unhappy Polish exiles to dEstruction with a zeal and energy worthy of a better cause, and n ow he seems determined to mould the constitution and enforce the habits of his own country, according to the similitude of the land, whose worst features and most revolting attributes he has so laboured to foster and encou rage. This last intelligence will fall like a thunder bolt on all true friends of Prussia. Whether it be the nature of the country, who blush for their own lawgivers, or the neighbouring States, or thosh who look from afar on a struggle whose issue is near to their hearts, since it concerns the glorious and uni versaltoirs sadld kin,qu d e e stion of liberty, which makes the .:'hole caLallle decadence, and aalike will concuraisre agree in i a m t o h u e t; r ning oI- burning;er , i u n ia d w i g Q n r t a h t iy c 0 o la at i user But th tyranneical sympathyasumpt f o no other .. States will not remedy the evil that is engendered at home, and such an affront as this calls for instant redress. If M. BISMARK persists in his extraordi nary demand, let the Chambers reply with a firm refusal ; let them be bold and firm, and while they abstain from spreading more confusion where dis order is already rife, let the cause of their coun try's independence be the paramount object of their exertions, and to raise up again their trampled rights the aim of their unflagging efforts. The present emergency calls for action ; and if the KING and his Ministers see a determined line of action they may be persuaded to withdraw from the false position that they have taken up, and be wise in time, as many of their predecessors before them lave had to immulate their own peculiar ideas be -ore the shrive of a intion's liberties. This crisis in the affairs of Prussia will be eagerly watched and minutely criticised; its issue must soon be known. Let it not be said that the members of the Chamber were wavereis at their post, or de serters from their standard ; they are put there to maintain the rights cf their fellow-subjects, and they must do so with spirit, energy, and unflinching fortitude, if they wish to have any longer a country that is worth defending, or compatriots who possess any liberties that deserve the name. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per Jura.) NEW YORK, MAY 1, (Morning). General Hooker's whole army is moving. A por don of the army crossed the Rappahannock at Kelly's Ford, above Fredericksburg, on Monday last, and captured the Confederate pickets. Gen. Hooker sent out skirmishers, but found no enemy. Since that time the remainder of the army has been crossing at three other fords above and below Fredericksburg, and it is supposed that the whole army is now across the Rappahannock. The Con federates are reported to have been everywhere surprised, and to have offered no serious resistance to the passage of the army at any point. The Federals have captured from 300 to 500 prisoners. Prisoners state that Stonewall Jackson commands the right wing of the Confederate army. General Banks has seized the Opelousas Railroad and communicated with Admiral Farragut above Port Hudson. During his expedition to Opelousas General Banks is reported to have captured large amounts of stores, cotton, and ammunition, with numerous prisoners, who are said to be arriving at New Orleans at the rate of 500 a day. The Confederates in Tennessee have advanced to Beech Grove, nine hours' march from Murfrees boro', but it is not supposed they will risk an attack on Murfreesboro', which is strongly for tified. No confirmation of the shooting of General Bragg by Breckenridge has been received. After a severe engagement, in which they lost 100 men, the Federals have driven the Confederates out of Tuscumbia, Alabama, whence the latter had been making troublesome raids in the vicinity of of the Tennessee River. One regiment of Confederate General Manna duke's forces in Missouri is reported to have been surprised by the Federals three miles west of Jack son, and the entire regiment, with horses and camp equipage, captured. The Federals were still pursuing the main body of General Marmaduke's army, which had attacked Cape Girardeau, and was retreating with consider able captured booty. General Marmaduke's object in dividing his fcrces appears to have been mainly to obtain supplies. General Price is said to be at Little Rock, Ar kansas, with 8,000 troops, preparing for the cam paign in Missouri. The Confederate Secretary of War has visited Charleston, and expressed himself satisfied with the arrangements. The New York Herald says that General Hooker's declarations before the War Committee attributing the failures of Burnside and M . Clellan to incapacity, place him in an extraordinary position of respon sibility, and he has now no alternative before him but death or victory—death in the field or death to his military reputation. He has voluntarily set himself up as superior to M'Clellan and Burnside, and he must make good his pretensions or sink into irretrievable disgrace. The New York Times hopes that if General Hooker fails the nation has acquired sense enough to dismiss him to obscurity without wrangling for half a year. The story that a telegraphic cable had been dis covered by which information was conveyed across the Rappahannock from the Federal to the Confe derate camp has proved a canard. The Richmond Inquirer of the 20th, says there is some reason to believe that General Hooker is changing his base of operations from Fredericks burg to the peninsula, and would not be surprised if the Federals were found ascending York River. Skirmishing along the Upper Rappahannock will not alter his purpose, as this may be undertaken to ascertain the presence of the Confederate army, as well as to make General Lee believe that a real ad vance from Fredericksburg is intended, but the Inquirer thinks General Hooker cherishes an idea that by leaving a strong corps well fortified at Fredericksburg, and moving his army to White House, he will compel Lee to fall back to Rich mond. The Mobile .Register says that Fort Pemberton is now the key of the Mississippi Valley, and should be held at all hazards. It is said to be a line of breastworks composed of cotton bales and mull, running across from the Yazoo to the Talla hatchie rivers. The right rests upon the Talla hatchie and the left upon the Yazoo, the distance across in a straight line not exceeding 250 yards. General Loring, a very skilful officer, commands at Fort Pemberton. The San Francisco corespondent of the New York Herald says :-- "Much is spoken about conspiracies to take Cali fornia out of the Union. The natives of Southern States are spoken of as active parties in this affair ; but Northern men, feeling the weight of heavy taxation, are the men who secretly harbour the project of a Pacific Republic. It California ever throws off the Federal control, it will be the work of Northern men, who will refuse to pay crushing taxation or to regard the conscription laws. A significant fact is, that the Federal War Depart ment assumes the duty of defending California, thus postponing the bill before the California Le gislature, which, if passed, would have put into the hands of the people arms and other munitions of war. "The Federal Givernment has purchased a large fleet of steamships at San Francisco for the coast ar.d harbour service, which are to be immediately fitted out for activs service. "The authorities have witrned large dealers in arms and ammunition not to Eel' cannon without first informing them." Secretary Chase has left New York for Boston, and will afterwards visit the Western eitits, It is stated he will not offer a foreign loan, and that the alleged departure of agents for Europe for this pur pose is unfounded. The Polish Committee of New York has issued an appeal to the American people for aid. The New York Herald urges the people not to contribute, as Russia is the only country showing sympathy with the North, and such proceedings would be certain to destroy the cordial relations existing bttween the two countries. The property of Doctor Boyle in Washington, valued at 50,000 dollars, is to be sold under the Confiscation Act. Doctor Boyle is Provost-Mar shal in the Southern States. The Mexican Minister has left Washington for Mexico. The legation will be closed during his absence. Judge Connor, of Toronto, is dead. Several regiments from the seat of war have ar rived at New York, and have received an enthu siastic welcome from the populace. The steamers Alice and Nita arrived from Mobile on the 19th April, and several other small craft have arrived from the South, all with cotton. Four Confederate schooners left Havana for Ma tamoras on the 20th April. The barque Lysander, which has arrived at Bos ton, reports that on the 10th, while standing in towards Colorado Reef, she saw a burning vessel, supposed to be a privateer. Upon the 12th she was overhauled by a privateer schooner, and ordered to send a boat alongside, but the captain of the Lysander refused, and ordered the crew to arm themselves. The privateer, seeing an armed crew, tacked the ship and left. This was in long. 83 45 deg., lat 23 18 deg. NEW YORK, MAY 1, Evening. The Federal army at Millikens Bend, above Vicks burg, received orders on the 24th ult. to march with six days' rations. Four Federal transports which attempted to pass Vicksburg on the 23d were sunk, and two others badly damaged. Some Confederate rams were expected to come down the Lszoo to attack General Grant's position at Carthals, above Vicksburg. A man in Ohio has been sentenced to four months' hard labour for expressing publicly his sympathy with the Secessionists. The Richmond Despatch says that there is a sys tem of communication between tha blockading fleet off Charleston and the blockaded runners, which bring in American goods or carry out cotton. This is certain, from the fact that the only vessels cap tured are those freighted with stores for the Confe derate Government. The City of Manchester has arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE NEW YORK, MAY 1 (Evening). Money abundant. Gold SOI prem. Exchange 166 to 1662. Stocks buoyant. New York Cen trals, 116 8; Illinois, 914 ; Erie, 84k ; Five per Cant, United States Bonds, 96; Six per Cent. do., 1051. Cotton dull. Flour 10c. lower. Wheat inactive. Corn quiet. Provisions quiet. Coffee dull. Sugar and molasses good inquiry. NEW YORK, MAY 2, Afternoon. There is a large Confederate force at Morgantown, Western Virginia, on the Pennsylvania State line of railway. They have repulsed Colonel Mulligan at Fairmount, and destroyed the Baltimore and Ohio bridges at Fairmount and Cheat River. General Carter, with 5,000 men, crossed the Cumberland River below Somerset, Kentucky, and after a severe fight drove the Confederates out of Ur) town. Thz, Federals are making an active movement on the Mobile Ohio Railroad, to break up Southern railroad communication in Mississippi. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MAY 2, AFTERNOON. Money easy. Gold, 49i premium. Exchange, 166. Stccks dull. New York Central, 116 i; Illinois, 948 ; Erie, 84`; Six per Ceut. United States Bonds, 106. The Jura takes out 9,000 dole. in specie. MEXICO. NEW YORK, MAY 2 (Mornitig.) The New York journals state that Mexlcan news received via Sin Francisco, says that the French were driven out of Puebla on the 7th April. These advices, however, are not credited. _ Intelligence received here from Vera Cruz, April 16, by way of Havanna, states that, at that date, the taking of Puebla was not known in Vera Cruz. The battle was said to be becoming bloody, and losses of consequence had occurred to Loth parties. PRUSSIA. THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBER. BERLIN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13. The Committee for the Regulation of Business has proposed to the House not to consent to the demand expressed in the Ministerial letter of the 11th instant. The party of progress has brought in the former address of Herr Virchow respecting the political situation of the country. The Centre, upon the other hand, wishes to await the settlement of the dispute upon the question of competence. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MAY 13. An Imperial decree has been published to-day stating that in order to throw into oblivion the re membrance of the events which took place in Transylvania in 1844, 1848, 1849, 1851, and 1853, his Imperial Majesty is pleased to relieve those who have passed their term of imprisonment for high treason from any legal consequences of such im prisonment. TitiEAT RE-ROI Al„ HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckatone. THIS EVENING, BORROWING A HUSBA.ND. Pa mela, Miss Maria Harris. After which, at halt-past 7, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Mr. and Mrs. Ad red Wigan, Mr. W. Farrcn, Mr. Chippen dale, and Miss Louisa Angel. FoLowed by an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducinn• a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of W ales in the East. To conclude with A Commence DAUGHTER . TO MARRY. at 7 ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE HUNDREDTH Nr(airr of THE DUKE'S MO rTO. TII.I3IDAY, May 14. Mr. FECHTER Every Evening. T HEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Orizinal Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, M:ss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3locrue, entitled THE DUKE'S ifOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Bron2ham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, sw)ported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G Jordan, J. Broug . am, 11. ti iddi xmibe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Aliases Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. NE" - sole Propristor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, the Second and Third Acts of THE GREEN BUSHES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Bil lington, and Miss Avonia Jones. After which (first time), a new Drama, in one act, entitled THE WOODEN SPOON MAKER. Messrs. B. Webster, Stuart, Stephenson, Sett_n ; Miss 11. Simms, and Mrs. B - lington. 'co conclude with ICI ON PAULE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole, &c. Commence at 7. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining THIS EVENING, PERFECTION: Mr. R. Roxby, Mr. Belmore, Mr. leitzjames, Miss Murray, and Miss Oliver. After which, at Eight, OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Charles Kean ; Emilia, Mrs. Charles Kean. TrHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," it_ Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLkNIE, NEWS A GENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, May 13, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday Lowest during the night •••.. 39 This day at Noon.. ~. Wind—S.W.; fresh breeze, and cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 10h. 36m.—Afternoon, 11h. 14m. To-moßuow.-Morning, 11h. 41m.—Afternoon, h. m, g..,... i .- ,:, t o ),....'4;irm',:.4 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNEiDXY EVENLYG, MAY 13, 1363. SPAIN. MADRID, MAY 12 (Evening). A Cabinet Council was held to-day at Aranjuez under the Presidency of the Queen. Her Majesty expressed to the Ministers the happi ness it would afford her to see them continue at the head of affairs. King Ferdinand of Portugal has arrived at Madrid. PORTUGAL. The ex Regent Dum Fernando has gone to Spain , on a visit to the Duke end Duchess de Montpensier, The Bishop of Faro is dead, and the see of that place is consequently vacant. The Cortes are engaged in discussing the budget. Senor Casal Ribeiro has spoken very eloquently on the subject. The Anglo-Portuguese Banking Company is about to commence operations in Lisbon. The Eastern Railway has been opened from Abrantes to Crato, a distance of about 80 leagues. Some three hundred guests were invited by Senor Salamanca, who went over the new portion of the line in i special train. The iron bridge over the Tagus, which is now open for traffic, was very much aami red. The New Water Company of Lisbon has nearly completed its labours and the pipes are now laid in all the principal streets of the city: The patent slip on the opposite bank of the Tagus is nearly ready to receive vessels. The corvette Sada Bandeira has returned from Tungiers, whither she had been sent to protect Por tuguese subjects. The weather continues fine, but in consequence of the absence of rain, the harvest is expected to he scanty. There have been large arrivals of cereals, which have hitherto met a good market. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 12.—A decline in the English funds has had a depressing effect on this market, and prices have receded. Threes are now at 69f. 65e. Railway Shares have been rather offered, and quotations have in some instances retrograded. Italian Loan firm. The market improved towards the close, and left off as follows: it per Cents .. 97 Do end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 75 Credit Mohilier 1425 Do. end month 1420 Bank Shares 3400 Credit Foneier 1455 Italian Loan 72 25 Do. end month 72 40 New ditto — Do. end mouth — Rm , sion Austrian - Spani,h Threes , 522 florae Debt AYS. Cash. Orleans lOlO Northern New ditto . 820 Lyons and Mediterranean 1080 Geneva.. Southern .. 770 Western Eastern .... IIA IL Account. Sardinian _ _ Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 7c3 75 .. Ditto to Barcelona WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 13th. The Royal Mail Packet Company's steamship La Plata, with the above mails, has arrived. She bring 124 passengers 1,150,565 cols. in specie, and 2,645 packages of general merchandise. The La Plata left St. Thomas on the 29th ult, and experienced fine weather till the 11th inst. Afterwards strong south-westerly gales and rain. She spoke the English barque Wizard on the 9th instant. News from Carthagena says that the bill making Panama the capital of the republic had pasted the second reading, and it was expected would become law. The steamer Isabel was snagged coming down the river, and 3,000 bales of tobacco were lost, but two cargoes of silver were saved. The interior was quiet. According to the latest intelligence from Guate mala the President Carrera was about to leave for the frontier with 4,000 troops for the purpose of again invading San Salvador. General Jerez with his army was in Nicaragua. It was feartd he would take possession of Realijo, General Guerrero had advanced to meet him. General Martinez was fortifying Leon to resist the advance of General Jerez. The anticipated rising against the Government of Granada was prevented by the arrest of the leaders It was reported that a revolutionary party was on the way to seize Grey Town. The proceedings of the Government of Chili in reference to the guano deposits of Mexillonts, and the question of reclamation made by the British representatives against the Chili Government for injuries sustained during the last revolution, occu pied consiierable attention. The claim of 50,000 dol'ars, the British represen tatives in Chili are instructed to enforce, had ez• cited the greatest indignation throughout the Re. public. Regular activity ruled in Valparaiso marketF both in imports and exportation. Exchange, 44d d to 44d. The President of Peru, General San Roman, died on the 3d April. His death was looked upon as a national calamity. The funeral was attended by the entire population of the capital, and by thousands of the principal citizens of Callao. on the 10th the ministry resigned en mane, and their places were filled by a new cabinet. Trade continued very dull at Demerara with no prospect of improvement. The weather at Barbadoes was favourable, and the reaping of numbers of crops proceeded vigor ously. The health of the island was good. Trade unaltered at Trinidad. The weather fine and crop operations proceeding. The yield was expected to realise anticipations. Tae political stoi m at Jamaica had passed over, and the business legislation was progressing with tolerable smoothness. A new line of steamers was about being established between Cuba and Jamaica. Business at Jamaica was without improvement. The sugar crops were expected to realise the esti. mates formed. The island continued healthy. MARKETS—This Day. MARK LANE. The fresh arrivals of English wheat to this morning's market were but moderate. Most samples, however, came to hand in good condition. Fur selected wheats, there was a steady demand, at full quotations, otherwise, the trade ruled heavy, at barely previous prices. With foreign wheat, the market was well supplied, both in granary and ex-ship. Millers almost generally pur chased retail parcels, and the transactions were chiefly made at Monday's currency. Floating cargoes of grain were firm, and prices were supported. The supply of barley was small. The trade, both for grinding and distilling qualities, continued firm, and prices were steadily maintained. The malt trade was steady, at quite previous rates. Good and fine oats met a tolerably free sale, at full cur rencies. Inferior parcels were in slow request, yet no change took place in their value, compared with Monday. The supply on offer was tolerably good. Beans and peas—the supplies of which were small— changed hands at Lull quotations. Fine barrel flour ruled firm, at extreme rates ; otherwise, the flour trade was quiet, on tormer terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English.— 670 — . 750 i b2O lristi 0 °reign.-- 1,660 1,810 I I 9,b--6.) I 140 - aks. 960 bras. HER MAJESTY. NE MAY 12. The Queen and Princess Lo°usisßo°fßlle'sse, attended by Lady A. Bruce and Lord C. Fitzßoy, drove to Newport yesterday. Prince and Princess Leiningen dined with her Mwjesty. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, attended by M % LA' T ee" dale, rode on horseback yesterday morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and PrincesS of Wiles, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield and Major Teesdale, honoured the Royal I talian Opera, Covent-garden, with their presence last evening. THE QUEEN'S JOURNEY TO BALMORAL - -- -- ' rhe Queen will return from ()Aortic to - Win ds°. Castle to-morrow, and on the following day h e ! M4-sty will take her depa r ture for Bjm orEut accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Helena, Louisa, and Beatrice. The Royal train conveying her Majesty will con list of the Q teen's saloon carriage, two ordinal saloons, one family carriage, five first-class car riages, three carriage trucks, and two luggage van e belonging to the London and N or th-Westerd R ail ° way Company, under whose direction the journey will be made over the several lines in connection with their system. Her Majesty will be attended by Lady Angu s" Bruce, the Duke of Argyll, General the L or d Charles Grey and Mrs. Grey and Miss Grey. 11° 7 Chatles Fitzroy, Dr. Jenner, and Mr. Itc 180 i : Major Cowell will be in attendance on Alfred, and Mr. Buff on the young Prince Le o o', The Royal train will leave Windsor at tei minutes before seven o'clock on Friday eveginpag.o proceeding over the Great Western Railways reach Oxford at twelve minutes after eight. 'Deny; after a delay cf five minutes, the train will run Leamington, where, during a ten minutes' interval' the Royal party will partake of refreshmen ts, pi ll ceeding onwards at 9.35 p.m. Her Majesty w i t leave the Great Western railway at the Blish blir i l t, junction, where the train is timed to arri ve 'i t 10.42 p.m. Here th e li ce of th e L on don and I °4 Western proper is entered upon, and the 11 1 g b journey will b e con ti nue d t o Whitmore, n' ; o place will be r eac h e d at 11.34 p . m . The train /I' s run through th e i m p ortant sta ti on of Cre° l3ll l , midnight without stoppi ng , th e nex t h a lt being - rn i the preston junction at 12.51 a. m . on the out °:. of the 16th inst. The Kendal junction wi ll reached at 239 a.m., and the border e ' i f, of Carlisle will be reached at seven °j i g nutes after four. Thenceforward the train li r run over the Caledonian Railway to the G ree a, hill Junction, making only one internied la .' o 4 stoppage at Summit. From Greenhill the Sc etti t b Central line will be traversed to the city of r' f 'g where her Majesty will arrive at 40 minutes efterbt on Saturday morning. The royal party wil l tai i i cto here and partake of refreshments at the 5t 6.1 f . 1 ,1 Hotel, one hour and a quarter being allowe d be f that purpose. The Duchess of Athole will ini ° t o Majesty at this place and travel onwards wi t° to ' Queen to Balmoral. Starting again at 1 116 a e t o . the train will run over the Scottish Nolll2 - . 8° , 1 ' 0 line to Forfar, which station will be reache:tor 10.53 a.m. From Forfar to Aberdeen an ° ln o' rupted tun of 58 miles will be run without ei.56 ping, the train arriving at the latter city at of pm. After a delay of 5 minutes the roya l P 8 to, will proceed northwards over the Deesid e liee v Aboyne, the furthest extremity of the rail,ooll, tem, her Majesty posting thenceforwar nof moral by a couple of easy stages, the wholeintir.tto of nearly 600 miles being accomplished in 11 more than 20 bouts. the The usual instructions have been issued t° e various railway officials, and it has been crddet that on this occasion none of the public are, ti° str acy circumstances, to be admitted within the i lo lions, the object being that her Majesty perfectly undisturbed during the jeurneY• a pa Cawkwell, general manager of the London North-Western Railway, will have the exclol%, direction of the royal train from Windsor to Abor iS ETON COLLEGE.—We are informed tha t `'old the intention of their Royal Highnesses the Pri lle ' 3 ,, Oa hi Princess of Wales to honour Eton with thei r p reser the sth of June. The annual ceremonies, therefore/ of usually take place on the 4th will on this occasion be P to Friday, the sth of June. hid The Earl and Countess of Wintertou arrived at 37, Portland-place. B - a r Viscount and Viscountess Galway ha ve „il r ot at Lillyman's Hotel, Brook-street, from SerlbY gall, Lord and Lady Middleton and the 110 T Willoughby have arrived at the St. George's gete",isre Count M. G. de Wczele has left E aten -15' for Norfolk. fat oilf The Baron and Baroness Rottermond an d Fa' have arrived at the Brunswick, Jermyn-street) frog gium. „ot a ! A saying of Sir George Cornewal I Levlia ,ll ' s 'a Di r° in an in Memoriam notice in _Fraser' s would be very tolerable except for its pleasures . - says the Reader, he meant evening par ties. th el so OPERA-HOUSE SuciETY.—The mas s -f to who attend come to flirt, to talk, to see, oi l- a r e; seen. The atmosphere is redolent of Lord I " il ei pin Here is his favourite lounge. Here he vents hi Sera inanities as he passes from one box to another• spread the mesh e s in which the fortunes of eldest 7, entangled. Add to the ordinary assemblage of 6° ,01 dowagers, eligible young men, and marketable youo°o for the influx of country visitors who coma up to bond ° 0 01 few weeks in June, and are determined , of course' tc e d ' of m sll opera coitte qui coUe, and some notion may be Pi tt m g" few who come for music, and the many who e e° for a fashionable recreation. n W. HUNT'S FRUIT, EGGS, AND FLOW i° truth seems to be, says an enthusiastic art' erll/ the Saturday Review, that this consummate art ist Dv, improves upon nature. Appl es so r ipely coloure'doolo so transparent, strawberries so melting, plum bs still are sc.rcely to be found except in the ideal• beautiful are this p a int e r' s bird's-nests and &were' og Ws AN OVERLOADED CAB.—Yesterday ino -- 00 •d - - g Humphreys held an inquiry at DAIStOn reoPoolo4 the deaths of Mr. John Robert Davis, aged 4 0 , l ' il . cl o istiolt Sylvester, aged 24. Mr. George Hyson, a o u ' sl syl/ 6s ol Mr. Davis was a gentleman living on his means se P I itt was a cab proprietor. On Wednesday evening lest,, boe,oo Mr. Birchett, and Mr. Skidmore came to witness -doit° a Hansom cab, driven by 'ylvester. Mr. Davis itsi‘ea.briti. to come with them, with his cornopean, t° 1) 8 ;10 ;$0 where they would take a boat to Totte haw. 01:1 00 n a o n. ss went upstairs to get his hat they put his 1d 0. the cab and drove rout d the corner. Witness f°"-o,o:is they told him to get on the top of the cab. lie 01 of o il have done so, but he was apprehensive of the wet ° son if be did not accompany the party. TbeYloct-ruipe sober. While going along a portion of the gingB ogin where there were repairs, and the atones were r . ° 4 O S .0d cab jolted in a peculiar manner, and Sylvester t oe d, 1- 0) . springs had become straight. Witness was al ; d 0 tos they drove along to Hackney, where he got 00 _ 4 ,1, hide, and Mr. Davis and Mr. Birchett eat otitsly !_titavr, his lieti top of the cab. Witness played a tune on t be through Hackney-town. While going rie vgl b t, fror il e atO bridge-road they noticed a strange noise , ned°,° Ana olt giving way of the springs. The horse sudde ot,oo, the left hand side, Mr. Skidmore tried to 13 0 1 witness pulled him back, and so saved his li fe : j l edg ° suddenly plunged to the other side against t ' e e gang 0 0 an embankment. The cab and the horse we r a Do rso vo , leutly on their sides into the roadway. 1 ,. 11 vi 5)1 , 1 , tlie stunned. When witness collected his senses '-`1,e,3-:Off t o 10 ter and Davis on the ground. They were ta ju ijuo O boo eg German Hospital, where they died- Dries of the de. said that both the deceased died flora fracttl r , e T ' lo t tb ° o l/1 of the skull. The jury returned a verdict, certain Af of a ror ceased were killed through the o versetting i v g ifOP f Stewart,lailaid b ef or e and that the eaic: cab wasoverset through b e ever loaded." Commons b c o T c b Dr s S ir .— M A . bills the P.° to scot' land only, provides that the owner of ev er) : bee p or c r ot liable in damages for injury done by it and it shalt not ba necessary to prove neglt et s pro pe: ol l ,ot such owner, or a previous known misch ievci al u e dog 1 : 0 011 0 the dug. The occupier of premises w here 0 _er, Jog ,4,780 or "permitted to live" is to be deemed its the p ca e n nn p i r t o te v d e ttehartehmeeiweasthneorte t‘hveithoweenterb.,:i 1; ti t s, d :ro th cl a t i:o ei n a : d. r i; ledge. A bill was passed last session J oe° hi D 5 seems to be thought desirable to take the one by one, BOROUGH HOP. Both English and foreign hops are in steady request, and the late advance in prices ii well supported. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderately large, and the trade rules inactive at the au! joined currency : Beef, trom 25 6d to 3e 10d ; mutton, 3s 2d, to 45 2d; lamb, 58 6d to 6s 4d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81b8 by the carcase. THE LATE A. L. EGG, R A., AT SASS'S —QUERY, GANDISH'S P—On one occasion Mr. Sass, who had quite a romantic notion of the dignity of the profession, and did justice to this view by his solemn department, suddenly discovering a pewter quart-pot in a little cup board in the pedestal of the Apollo Belvedere, held it out in great indignation, inquiring to whom it belonged, Mr. Augustus Leopold advanced politely, with the naive assur ance that he believed it belonged to the publican round the corner, whose name was engraved on its face. "My ques tion, sir, applies to the person who is responsible for its introduction he, e." "It was I, sir, who had the beer for my lunch brought in ir," replied the student. " Then I have to declare, Mr. Egg," said the scandalised Mr. Sass, gesticulating with the pot still in his hand, " that your conduct makes it easy to prophesy you will never succeed in your pursuit of art; and it seems he held this view to the last, altho gh the student drew and progressed steadily, and exhibited no degrading taste but in the instance given of love of beer out of the pewter. Like Clive Neweome, under similar circumstances, the young gentleman had his horse brought to the door by the groom when he left at three or four in the afternoon ; and in all things, it would appear, he conducted his studies in a more luxurious way than his fellows. _ THE RUSSIAN ARMY.—Tbe 7 ygodnik, states, on the authority of official documents, that the active Russian army now comprises, after the reductions which have been made, 335,000 infantry, 61,0u0 cavalry, 55,000 of the reserve, 60,000 artillerymen with 2,000 cannon—making a total of 510,000 men on paper. The real effective force, however, is considerably lees, and does not exceed 300,000 men. t eittnTar.