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

r -TEAT RE-ROY AL, HAY MARIIET. 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. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Angel. Followed by an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducinc , a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of W ales in the East.' To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Commence at-7. TDUKE'S MOTTO, THE HUNDREDTH AND SECOND NIGHT. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. PECHTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Orizinal sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Mass Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pri'Logue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Broug am, H. iombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. NEW TE EATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. - Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, the Second and Third Acts of THE GREEN BU' HES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Bil 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, Seft.n ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. BA lington. To conclude with ICI ON FABLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole, &c. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, AGENT, The Weather —Sun Office, May 16, 1863, THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock Barometer-29.71. Wind—S.W. , • light breeze, with showers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, 12h. 59m.—Afternoon, lh. 25m. To-monnow.-Morning, lh. 43m.—Afternoon, 2h. Bm. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. C.B.A.—If paid quarterly, a quarter's notice; if ha] yearly, a half-year's. - 44.44•:***• 0 1. lilt LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1863. U 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 at a point close to Chancellorsville. There the great Confederate Roundhead and his Ironsides on Saturday, the second of May, it appears, made a vigorous attack upon the Federal Right Wing, breaking up effectually at the first rush General SCHITRZ'S division of German auxi liaries—driving them back at the point of the sword and bayonet —turning their retreat into an utter rout 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 Soettlaz'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 Confe 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 i 3 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 months 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 tug 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 falling hack .—the Confederates pursuing ! Four hours longer the fight then seems to have been persisted in with a sort of wild and vague desperation. 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 and bewildering conjecture. The Federals having (after the first three hours and a half of the Sunday morning battle) fallen back, with the enetny, that is the Confederates, in close Ise ei elit_fi ghting having, as we have said, continued even then for four hours longer —it reads rather bewildering that, then," the Fede rals having succeeded i n getting the Confed e rates in their front, the conflict was sn , spended." In thei r front ?—they can h ar dl y all those four hours have been fighting dos-5. dos ! y having retreated before the ad vance of the Feder a ls ' a end of the first three hours and a half fight i n g, t and e having all those next four hours continued the Con. filet, in order to fight for those four hours long e r , the Federals must therefore have t urne d at bay consequently with the Confederates, sword in hand, "before theta" alt the while. We nre so accustomed to exaggeration in re spect to the frightful bloodshed inoidental to these American battles that we read almost calmly—because of our hope that here again the statement may prove to 113, as usual, an exaggera tion—we read, because of this arriere penile of tope that " the carnage on both sides is described as 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 heaorr, k more- Y and over, were afloat both at New 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 ooxiza's entire force, it was even beginning to be whispered about at Washington, had been simply cut to pieces by the victorious troops of " STONEWALL" JACKSON. Among the numerous triumphs won by the Confederates, this rout of the Federals at Chan cellorsville 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 German 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 o 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- gnage of Germany. There is no other charge against the King of DENMARK than that he has not been able to solve that difficulty, expressing his readiness to do his utmost to solve it. Are you, then, to compel him to enter iuto 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 a ll y is not to be disregarded by Eng land herself. The language of the noble earl, in conclusion, is well worthy of notice, not only from its truth and force, but from its indication of the 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 its 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 such a consequence as the dissolution of the monarchy or its dependence on the German Confederation. On ;hat ground I do deeply lament that thu noble earl THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1863. 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 bow 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 bad 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 keeping 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 aeiopt 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. MADAME PIIZZI'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 Lem mens Sherrington sang a new styrienne with her usual ease and brilliancy, and took part in a charm ing trio, "Una festa alla 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, gracefully 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 za, " Celli 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 ►Villie 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, fnlly 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 three times, and elicited that applause which always accompanies her perform ances. Herr Reichardt also sang several times 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 e f u as c hio s zably attended, and altogether proved a great ee PARIS TO BE LIT BY ELECTRICITY.—The light ing of Paris, it is stated, is to be entrusted toA M. J. Van M a ld eran, who has i nvente d a new e l ec t ric light, on jet o f w hi ch 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. —Builder. A duel has been fought near Strasbourg between Count Sehleinitz, formerly Minister for Foreign Affairs, and at present Minister of the Roy.:: Household at Berlin, and Colonel de Loan, military envoy at the court of the Tuileries. The colonel was wounded in the chest by a bail, and it is feared he will not survive. The incident has caused considerable excitement in Berlin. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. DEFEAT OF THE FEDERALS BY STONEWALL JACKSON. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) [Per Persia, via Roche's Point, May 16, 3.55 a.m NEW YORK, MAY 5. The news from General Hooker's army is up to six o'clock on Sunday evening. On the after noo❑ 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 ; w 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 Federals having succeeded in getting the Confederates in their front, the con flict was 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 hoar (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 belor,ging to the town; it then proceeded to Fairmount, and en gaged the Federals under Colonel Mulligan, who were defending the railroad-bridge which s, 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 b 9 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 Conftderate 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 Federal had occupied Grand Gulf, and state that, on the contrary, they were signally repulsed. General Marmaduke 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 giving b on d s . Th e d a t e an d quently r e l e a se d upon 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 fr3m the soldiers was unsuccessful. In the case of the Peterhoff on Saturday a motion made on behalf of the owners of the vessel to admit the testimony of Captain Jarman was opposed by the district 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 h - ,s 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 (lc- manded that he be regarded as British subject, and as such he should claim protection from the British Government. The Court decided that, as Mr. Redgate was a resident of a rebellious State, he was to be consi- dered an alien enemy. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. In consequence of various conflicting rumours 'rom the army, gold has fluctuated considerably. [t opened at 1471, advanced to 151, declined to 1491, and closed at 1502. Exchange is nominally 164. United States Sixes, 1881, 107. Treasury 7-30 Notes, 1061. New York Central Railway, 1194. Erie, 86. Illinois Central, 941. Cotton unchanged. BreadstufA quiet ; provisions inactive. Sugar Oc. to 101 e. 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. Cash in hand Treasury balance Current accounts Francs. 171 millions. 191 millions. 104 millions. 10k millions. Advances Bills discounted, DECREASE. 61 millions. .. Bank notes not yet due • • .. 11 millions. • . AI, Vintry, President of one of the sections of the Council of State, has been appointed Governor of the B tnk of France. 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 Zeitung 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 independence of the whole of Poland within the frontiers, which existed before its partition, the national struggle shall con tinue until the lust Muscovite soldier has been driven from these Polish provinces, or till the last Polish army has ceased to fight." CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 15. 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, MADRID, MAY 15, A Royal decree has been issued, creating a new Ministry for the Colonies. ITALY. TURIN, MAY 16, The Oyinione of to-day says :—" The 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 atValona, a quantity of arms and ammunition was discovered and seized. Three individuals at the Austrian Consulate were arrested. PRUSSIA. Subjoined is the text of tho 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 chamber 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 of 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 are 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 as the obligation is only imposed on the suppos tion that their duties will be completely respected. The ministry will therefore abstain from all par. ticipation in the deliberations of the Chamber of Deputies until it shell have received from the Pre sident the declaration demanded by the present document, that the illegal course followed to-day against a 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, ht of April ; Melbourne, 25th of March ; and Sydney, 21st of March. INDIA. We take the following from the Calcutta Eng lislinan of the Bth of April :—" The first train has pissed over the More 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 Indian 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. Cortt. zzi, while the two engineers inspected the line. The engineers who have accomplished this great work are Messrs. Adamson and Cloude. CHINA. The following is the letter of the ?Imes Hong kong correspondent : HONGKONG, April 1. Time, in its onward march, seems to be correct ing some preconceived ideas touching the rebels and their doingß, and to be weakening the convic• Lion of many that the maintenance of the Imperial power is possible, even if expedient. The belief that wherever the rebels are industry and agrical 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 furnished 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 sterns to be now ad mitted that the condition of the country i s much the same as in other peaceful districts. Other subjects of more immediate interest to the foreigners tare rapidly becoming of urgent import ante, and one of them is the irresiponsible poweis 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's 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. Fiom 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 Changbhoo, 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, that 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 well informed of the trea.y negotiations with foreign nations, when in progress, and was not insensible to tin., 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 tion : " 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 enconiag i ng i nv i tat i ons we h ave rece i ved 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 career 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 Ligher 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 from the boards of our theatrest o 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 bung 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 dignity blended in the nature of Portia, Ras 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 fication of the Lfindon 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, will 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 ana Dutlin," Mr. Watson; " Manufacture of Duplicate Ma chines," Mr. Fernie. Wednesday—Horticultural, at 4, promenade ; Society of Literature, at 41; Society of Arts, at 8, " Destructive Distillation," Dr. Paul ; Geological, at 8, " Devonian Plants of Maine, Gaspe, &c.," New Species of Deadrerpeton, &c.," Dr. Dawson ; " 'Upper Old Red Sandstone Rocks," Mr. Salter ; " Relations of Sauthdune 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 Ans ed ; Royal, at Bi, Sun's Magnetic Action on the Earth," Dr. Chambers; " Numeric Elements of Indian Meteorology," Mr, Her mann de Schlagintweit ;" " Structure of the so-called Apolar, 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. Athenoeunz. THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY POLICE.—There are no fewer than 12 candidates for the post ren d ered vacant by the death of Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey. They are--Captain William Congreve— Captain Wm. Fred. Purtlock Dodson, late Colonel Wright Westcote Davidson, hon. major-general-- Captain Charles Cramond Duck, deputy chief constable of the county of Dewn—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 Wellek 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 canvas is being carried on. ARMAGH CATHEDRAL.—The clergy of the diocess, 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, 674 e ,, to v t o ti t ular 611111, HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, May 1 6 ' The Queen, accompanied by her Royal HighnO i the Princess Helens, walked in the grounds this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, left the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin ce : of Wales (attended by the Countess of Maccleafiew: Lieutenant-General Knollys, and M a j o r Teesdal e) and his Royal Highness Prince Alfred (attende d by Major Cowell) arrived at the Castle at a quart er before one o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prince s° of Wales took leave of her Majesty and returned te` London. The Earl Beauchamp had an audience of the Queen, and kissed hands on receiving the 61°14 Stick as Colonel of the 2d Regiment of Life Gea rdf :i Viscount Syd ne y an d Si r G eorge G re y had audiences of the Queen. DEPARTURE OF THE QUEEN FOR SCOTLAND' The Queen, Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Pri nce Leopold left Windsor Castle this evening at a quarter before seven o'clock for Balmoral. The suite in attendance consisted of the Da Augusta Bruce, Lieutenant-General Hon, C. Gr e /' Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Major Cowell. t The Duchess of Ath o l e mee t s h er M a jestY Perth, and succeeds the Dowager Countess of Mount-Edgcumbo as Lady in waiting. The Prince and Princess of Wales• The Prince of Wales presided yesterday at meeting of the council of his Royal Highness, be ll ' at the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, Bucking : ham-gate, St. James's-park. There were presen t the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Warden of the Stan , naries; Sir William D un b ar , K eeper o f th e privy Seal; ; Sir William John Alexander, Attorney" General; Colonel th e H on . Si r C har l es Beaumon t Phipps, Receiver-General ; Li eu t enant -Genera l Knollys, Comptroller of the Household of his El' the Highness; and Lord Portman. M r . B atem an, secretary, attended. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Pri lV i regg f of Wales an d t h e P r i nce and Princess Lou i e ° Hesse visited the Duchess of Inverness, yesterday afternoon, at her residence at Kensington Palaee' a The Duke of Cambridge visited the Prince an Princess Louis of Hesse at Marlborough House. I The Prince of W a l es h a d a di nner party D.° evening at Marlb oroug h H ouse. T he compan y in eluded his Royal Hi g h ness t h e P r i nce of Orange' his Royal Hi g h ness th e D u k e o f Cambridge, r Belgian Mi n i s t er an d M a d ame V an de Wey er' A Baron Bentinek , th e N et h er l an d s M i n i s t e r, d Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Marquis an Marchioness of Abercorn, the Earl and Collet e i Stanhope, the Earl of Macclesfield, Lord and 101 l Alfred Paget, the Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, Lieutenant-General R. t iol l 7; Baron de Pollandt, and Colonel Bosch, in we. r itill e , on the Prince of Orange; the Hon. James 0 1 0 donald, in waiting on the Duke of Cambridge ; the lady in waiting to the Princess Louis of Se ge ' Captain Westerweller, and Mr. Becker. Their Royal Highne sses th e P r i nce and Pr lTl neBo :g r of Wales have graciously accorded their patronage t° Lumley on the occasion of his benefit performances. ft Her Highness the Prin cess G a lit z i n has ' e Claridge's Hotel for Paris. til e The Prince Witzengorff, Count Erekert, ay . ; 03 4 Baron Von Lindon hava l e ft th e B runsw iek P' ° Jermyn-street, for Paris, on their way to Berlin. e j The Duke and Duchess of Grafton have aril' at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. -Tea The Marchioness Louisa of Waterford has aryl at Claridge's Hotel for the season. 11 3 The Earl and Countess of AbergavennY Lady Caroline Nevill have arrived for the season at Portland- place. The Earl and Countess of Aylesford have arrifea at Claridge's Hotel, from Pakington Hall, Coventry. The Earl of Dalhousie and Lady Christina g ut/ have left Claridge's Hotel for Germany. The Countess of Dysart has arrived in Groave n°' square from St. Leonards-on-Sea. /c l • e The Hon. Robert and M rs . L aw l ey h av e aril at Claridge's Hotel, from Great Malvern. Lady Mary Nisbei. H am il ton gave her firiA , 0 dancing party for the season last night, at her lady ship residence, in Chesham Place. General Bentinck has arrived at Clarlub" Hotel, from Germany. THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—W e are Butuor ; .a ed to state that the Queen has been pleased to signify her e e p, tion to confer the hon our o f k n i g h t h oo d upon Mr. Er'lo. Sandford, Secretary to h er M a j esty ' s C omm i ss i on ers f orth . Exhibition of 1862. BEQUEST TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY.-:. 111 : will of James Tulloch, E sq., F .R.S., F.S.A., o f /vi o tague place, Bedfo r d- square, has been proved in London ""l"; the surviving executors and trustees —namely, the reVt; and Charles Rivington, Es q , of Fenchurch-buildings. Thf personalty was sworn under £90,000. His collectioo. 4 " pictures on the d ecease o f hi s relict, in the event of n e le of his sons being alive at the time of her decease, i s i di queathed to the trustees o f th e N a ti ona l G a ll er y, and Wh .,70 are to bear this inscription :—" Presented by the late a° Tulloch, and his brother, James Tullech, F.R.S.” PENNY ROMANClSTS.—Resembling Mr. W e t o who when di n i ng w i t h f ootmen proteste d be v“ldor never satisfy his matrimonial appetite with anything h i " ei r• a " fem a l e mar ki s, " the writers in penultimate journal of dow their he roes an d h ero i nes w i th all the adva ntne-Bc. birth and fort une . Th e h ero o f our present tale, u..Clerfoia ~ Augustus Howard Fit z -Pl an t agene t , eighteenth ALattlool of was on his mother' s s id e re l ated to t h e grea,:bleo wicked Duke of —. Through hi s ve i ns rol l e d then— 00 blood," &c. Mary Jane, poor thing I whose kn ees at hardened from washing the kitchen stairs, and wi l°B e,,:eit swelled hand s are coaxed on Sunday into cotton g ure ir with what deli g ht s h e spells out the f as hi ona bl e adven t . 0 g of C. A. H. Fit z- Pl antagenet, Marquis of L enr13 „ 1 1 01, all about hi s Ri c h mond tete-a-tete, and his coulisse t hat when sbe gets a stray half-hour to herself down in 01 dismal dun geon w h ere f rom wee k to week s he t°' grimy lowliness.—Social Science Review. f tb e The Messrs. Longman have been a dding - 4) d ij attraction of the City by the ere c ti on o f a *leo range of warehouses and counti ng h ouses, f or ming n°t . ~jo b • less than a palace, in the n arrow mean li tt l e street ic" b , from time out of mi n d h as b een occup i e d b y the great P o l o ., lishing firms, and w hi c h i s h a ll owe d to L on d on arcbs 3 the gists by the name of Paternoster-row. The edifice is il L e ro renaissance style, with a l o f t y roof flanked by tVro t° "o,o at the extremities, and is to be partly occupied by owners and partly by Messrs. Blackwood. F r om the a re tent's description we fi n d t h at the fagade is exec uted Portland stone. O n the keystone of the arch of the co tral entrance is an a ll egor i ca l group represent i ng Lice col ture, supported by the Arts, Sciences, and Education ; t be the spandrils are the ship and the swan, which have b eell o a. trade signs of these premises since the great fire of II to, Above and below these are carved th e em bl em s of °t/A Wit, and Eloquence; the lower tympanum costa" - e or monogram of Messrs. Longman's firm, surrounded bYnted blematical foliage. The central en t rance i s orne we iti l9 with dwarf columns of polished granite. In the c lue on the premises of Messrs. Blackwood the thistle is duced. The pavements in the h a ll s are o f encaustio:`4o,l and the decorative parts of th e wa ll s are to be Pelol fed scagliola, with polish e d oa k f or th e d oors. There erh-iteo" more imposing evidences of our improved street are lov e ture than these buildings, and the Messrs. Long inell set a praiseworthy example to their neighbours a ight SYMPATHY WITH POLAND.—Last - t e o+ , o'clock, a numerously attended public meetitti, the inhabitants o f D e ptf or d was h e ld at t h e Literary I f tbe tution to expre ss s) m p a th y w ith t h e presen t s t r uggl° l e d Poles for freedom and nationality. The chair was c'ee'lp`ro by Mr. Le Lub eg , an d at t h e commencemen t of tilAenger ceedings the following letter was read from Mr. I V . ' stein, M.P. :—" I regret that my very many e n g, ag ;g e e veir . will not allow me to be present at your meeting th is Ei yar ing. I, with the rest of my countrymen gen erallY. ', that pathise sincerely with the suffering Poles, and hP ss. I their present struggle will be crowned with sue ° so ti' have already in public given utterance to the sa°' e ugb , in iner.ts which I shall always maintain." Mr. Bra d , le no wing the course of a lengthened address, moved the ornineat resolution—" That this meeting call upon the Gjve te free for the immediate recognition of the right of Poland _awn? dom and nationality." Mr. Harris seconded th e ",:f gr• which was unanimously adopted. On the m otion s ; opte d Russell, seconded by Mr. Coffin, a resolution wa draw al cif • urgingthe Russianu pon the tro o ps fGovernmentrom Poland to .A demand c ocollection ja wa s " I " a w t 11 .. L e l a behalf of the funds of the London Polish comirao''' ' the meeting separated.