The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-17 00:00:00

TAI,' A TRE-R nYA L, DRURY-LANE.— Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING (for the Benefit of Mr. Walter Lacy). LONDON ASSURANCE : J. L. Toole, Com' ton, Walter Mlsq Cleveland, &c. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul will sing. To conclude with MAGIC TOYS. Valentine, Miss Lydia Thompson. Commence at 7. T tIEAT RE-RON Al, HAY MARKET. Lessee, Bnekstone, THIS EVENING, SHE STOOPS TO CINQUER. Tony. Mr. Buekstone ; Wes Hardcastle, Miss Louisa Angel ; Mrs. Hardeastle, Mrs. Wilkins. After which, an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East. To conclude with BORROWING A HUSBAND. Pamela Miss Maria Harris. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTE R. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Oridnal Sketch, entitled A 6UDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Mss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3logue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, sun ported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougham, H. Widd_t: combe, W. M'lntyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, 14 Butler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vining. Actin g _m a nager, Mr. H. Barnett. R OYAL PRINCESS'S '1 41 4 - IEATRE Lessees, Messrs. Lindns and Vining THIS EVENING the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Miss Amy Sedgwlck. bliss Henderson, and Mrs. Simpson ; Messrs. it. Roxby, G. Melville, G. Belmore, C. Seyton, Wallace, and Cathcart. After which, KILLING TIME. Mr. Gee. Vining, Mr. C Seyton, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. To conclude with a new whimsical Extravaganza, entitled BEAUTIFUL HAIDER: ; or The Sea N y m p h and the Sallee Rovers. Misses M. Oliver. H elen Howard, Hudspeth, Hen derscn, and Murray -, Messr. C. Seyton, G. Belmore, Fitz- James, Moreland, and Cockersill. New Tar ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPIII.-- Bole P r oprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE TRIAL OF TOMPKINS. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, Sefton, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss A. Seaman. After which, at Mat o'clock, AURORA FLOYD. Miss Avonia Jones, Miss R Simms, Mrs. Billington ; Mr. Benj. Webster. Mr. Panl Bedford, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billington, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. Romer, Mr. C. J. Smith. Commence at 7. TITHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE. Nzws AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weatt,r—Sun Office, April 17, 1863. THERMO& WIT:R. Highest since Noon yesterday. GO Lowest during the night This day at N00n.... • Wind—N.-W. ; moderate, with fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Twma DAY. —Morning, lh. 28m.—Afternoon, Ih. 50m. To-ssous.ovr.-14orning, 2h. 1013:I.—Afternoon, 2h. 28m. tint 004 :- 4(0,419k St3.ilt . • - - _ --- - LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1863. Twopence off the Income-tax and Fivepence from the Tea Duty well render last night's Budget wel come to every homestead in the land. The gist of Mr. GLADSTONE'S new Financial Statement may be regarded as given in those two most important announcements. The rest of his nearly three hours' oration was little more in fact than so much rheto rical: garniture to the intimation of those same remissions. An estimated excess of income over expenditure to the extent of but a trifle short of £4,000,000 has afforded the Chancellor of the Exchetine, it will now be seen, the op portunity of which he has for once happily been not so slow in availing himself. Even with our enormous disbursements, the right hon. gen tleman showed .that the prospective surplus for the ensuing Thiantial•year wonld•not, According to any reasonable caleulatiOri, be *short Of, at the very least, £3,741,000. Hence the possibility not merely of a choice between an appreciable diminution of the income tax and a perceptible reduction of the war duty upon tea, but—we . hardly yet seem to have fully realised the fall scope of the beneficence of this double boon—for a dropping of a fraction of those two heavy burdens simultaneously ! More ame liorations, even then, are vouchsafed to the coun try by our great financier in addition to the two most important ones here specified at the very outset of our remarks. But, valuable and deeply interesting though several of these would infallibly have been under ordinary circumstances— they dwindle into comparative insignificance when coupled with the announcement made last night, alaiost in one and the same breath, by Mr. GLAD • STONE, that the Income-tax will be henceforth 7d. inq,ead of 9d. in the pound sterling ; and that the duty upon tea will henceforth be at the one uniform rate of one shilling ! When it is remembered that the remis sion of 2d. in the pound on the Income Tax means nothing less than the foregoing by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of £1,000,000 per annum under that head—and that the dropping of sd. upon tea is Equivalent to the abandonment of £1,300,000 under that head—it will be perceived at a glance that very nearly three millions sterling, that exactly £2,900,000 sterling, are allowed to slip out of the estimated surplus of £3,741,000. Mr. GLADSTONE has undertaken, with the best grace possible, to yield up all this, too, not ,as it were upon compulsion, but quite voluntarily and at once. Moreover, in addition to this—his scheme for the new Financial Year, as elaborately explained by him last evening to the House of Commons in Committee of Ways and Means, involves in it a lesser, but still far from inconsiderable boon in the shape of a distinct abolition of certain small charges upon consumers, equivalent altogether annually to a sum of £143,000. Beyond which and to complete the whole catalogue of the new remissions resolved - upon by our Financier there is his ingenious and somewhat complex system of abatement in the mode of levying the income tax upon minor incomes—a system of abatement, resulting in the remission under the head of those minor incomes, of a yearly sum of mot less than £300,000 altogether. So that, com bining together in one total, the twopenny remission 'of the Income-tax, yielding £1,600,000, the five• penny reduction of the tea duty sweeping off an other L 1,300,000, the abatement of the income-tax o n various incomes to the estimated extent of £300,000, and the abolition of small charges on commerce to the tune of £143,000, we have a loss to the revenue for the ensu ing year of precisely £3,343,000. Recollect however, that the estimated revenue for the finan cial year before us has aready been set down by , Mr. GrADSTONE at £71,490,000, whereas the esti mated expenditure he puts at £1,553,000 less than that of last year, or in round numbers at £67,749,000, substracting which total of expenditure from the i• carkethately preceding total of revenue, we have, as the very welcome quotient, the prospective surplus • before specified, the surplus namely of £3,741,000. Nor is even thi3all. By placing all charities and chari . table corporations henceforth within the operation of the Income Tax, as Mr. GLADSTONE distinctly pro poses to place them, and by one or two other minor imposts, he furthermore enhances that excess of in eome over expenditure by an additional £133,000! Derivin n 0. 7 as be calculates he shall, from the exten sion of the Income Tax to the charities and chari table corporation £75,000 out of that supplemen tary £133,000, the remaining £58,00 0 h e ,draws from his already announced modifications in ;•regant to tobieco. From an equalisation of the duty • -on chicory, makic g it equivalent to that on coffee- From the imposition of the same license on clubs selling strong liquors that have now to be taken, out by hotels and coffeehouses. From , raising the duty paid by beer dealers, who having ..obtained a beer license through a spirit license, had afterwards dropped the spirit license and continued to sell beer at the reduced license! From granting a guinea license to beer dealers for selling any I smaller quantity than two dozen bottles or 41 gallons! From subjecting carriers, travelling under four miles an hour and conveying passengers, to one-half the , duty now paid by stage carriages : and from abolishing henceforth the exemption from 1 duty of excursion trains, commuting the pre sent payment upon railway trains of 6 per cent. with exemptions into a payment of 31 per cent. without exemptions ! Not taking into account his parenthetical proposition, as one may call it, for abolishing the exemptions from duty in favour of charitable legacies in Ireland, with certain reserva tions, and for assimilating the law in Ireland in that respect to the law in this country, Mr. GLAD STONE estimates, as we have said, the dropping in of some £58,000 additional into the Exchequer from the working of these ♦arious sources of income. So that adding that to the £75,000 drawn from the application of the income tax to charities and charitable corporations, as Chancellor of the Exchequer he finds himself agreeably empowered to deal with a surplus not of £3,741,000, but with a surplus enhanced by an additional £133,000 to a total of £3,874,000. Diminishing this by the abolition of the small charges on commerce to the tune of £143,000; by the abatement of the income tax on minor incomes to the extent of £300,000; by the reduction of the tea duty by no less an amount than £1,300,000; and by the reduction of 2d. in the pound on the general rate of income tax, involving a loss of fully £1,600,000. Mr. GLADSTONE, through the operation of his present Budget, proposes to remit £3,343,006 out of his estimated surplus, in the aggregate, of £3,874,000. Showing still an undisturlel little balance, even then, to the extent of £531,000. By that residue he holds, however, with exemplary tenacity. A million and a half from the beloved income tax he is ready to forego. He consents to yield up more than a , million 'and_ a quirter in the shape of tea duties. Concessions of a minor kind he is prepared to make in sundry other directions with out any apparent qualm. But when all thus has been said and done, eloquently said and magnanimously done by Mr. GLADSTONE, there is an odd half million still remaining in the " right' , balance, and to that he clings to the last pertina ciously. Nor will the nation begrudge that super fluous £631,000 to the calculations of its Financier —associated as the thought of it will be with the grateful reflection that henceforth the Income-tax will be sevenpence instead of ninepence in the pound sterling, and the tea duty one shilling instead of one shilling and fivepence. An important deputation waited on Earl RUSSELL yesterday, consisting of the shippers and merchants concerned in the Mexican trade, and the owner, ship-broker, and underwriter interested in the steamships Peterhoff and Sea Queen. The im portance of the interview was greatly increased by the announcement of a singular fact. It appears that Mr. ADAMS, the Minister of the United States at this Court, has been granting permission for a ship to proceed to Matamoras. This vessel, which has received a special license to proceed safe from interruption by American cruisers, is to carry sup plies of arms and ammunition to the Mexicans to assist them in their war against France. The depu tation declared that in consequence of an attempt to effect a policy of assurance that day at LLOYD'S the certificate from Mr. ADAMS to Admiral DUPONT had come to their knowledge. In the course of the letter, Mr. ADAMS states that he most cheerfully grants the request of those who ask for his permission. He avers that "it is not the intention of the United States to interfere in any way with an honest neutral trade, and it is deeply to be regretted that the frauds which have been practised so extensively in this country have contributed so much to throw it under suspicion." Such language is a disgrace to a man holding such a responsible position as Mr. ADAMS. He does not deem it necessary to explain why it is so much more honest to faJilitate the transit of arms that are to to employed against a country that is considered in friendly relations with his own, than to import supplies to the Confe derates. When he goes farther and attempts to invalidate the conduct and transactions of English shipowners, he forgets that to apply such strong epithets to others may induce some to retort the charge upon himself. It is not consistent with straight forward conduct, nor in accordance with the rules of fair play, to make one set of instructions for public notice, and then covertly follow on a very different track. Because the Federal Government, at any cost, are resolved to exterminate the Confe derates, all nations that do not follow in their wake and carry out their views are to be considered false and faithless, and their subjects liable to every kind of annoyance, insult, and spoliation. On the other hand, as they wish to carry out a particular line of action in Mexico, all things are changed in that locality —a new code is to be drawn up, and a different policy brought to bear on all engaged in traffic for that .country: Mr, CRAWFORD called attention to this circumstance in the strongest meaner, and it is to be hoped that Lord RUSSELL will pay due attention to this serious state ment, and act with something of his old energy in dealing with this complicated question. Mr. CRAWFORD also called Lord RUSSELL'S atten tion to the wrongs sustained by the captain and officers of the Peterhoff, who are detained in New York and not allowed to communicate with the British Consul or the agents of the owners and merchants. Lord RUSSELL expressed his surprise at this inti mat i on, remarking that they were not criminals, or subject to criminal law. The imme diate object of the deputation was to secure an assurance of protection from her MAJESTY'S Go vernment for the steamship Sea Queen, which is now lying at Falmouth det a i ned by the owners, who ggeated as extr eme ly o u a n l d a send a wait this decision. It was Sugge s t e d probable that the F c e o d m e p ra r l om ag is e e nt t e he he a r h e ip w , fictitious letters to there would be a repetition of the same arbitrary conduct which had taken place on hoard of the Adela. Lord RUSSELL said he did not anticipate the renewal of such acts, since Mr. SEWARD Ind issued fresh instructions to the Federal officers, through the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. HARDING, on behalf of the shippers, explained the awkward position in which they were placed ; their engage ments were binding, their goods were on board, but the owners refused to allow the ship to proceed while everything was so uncertain, and she was subject to seizure. Lord RUSSELL promised to consider the question, and while he is contemplating the difficulties of the case he may have leisure and op portunity to reflect upon the inconsistency of the conduct of his friends the Federals. At the outset of this protracted struggle he gave them every ad vantage, and allowed them every opportunity of saying that the English Government was on their side. Naw they. have adopted every means of displaying ill-will and exercising their poWer in an illegal manner over our vessels, thereby dishonourio g the subjects of our SOVEREIGN and violating the laws of nations in the most flagrant manner. It can be but for a very little while longer that such things can be calmly borne. Unless a total change is made in the entire course of action pursued by Federal officers of the Navy, they may rest assured that they will have to render an account of their conduct in a manner that they will not relish. The day for deputations will be over, and the time for issuing instructions will have gone by and give place to that decided and definite line of action which our country can always adopt when her in terests have been trifled with, and her honour assailed. Lord RUSSELL'S faith in the good inten tions of his American allies must cease, or he him self will have to retire from office, so that at any cost we may establish our position and assert our rights. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MADLLE. FERRARIS. Mr. Mapleson commenced with great success last evening, one of those distinctions of his season which formed a feature of his programme. He pro duced a ballet—an entertainment which most of our readers must remember, as forming, for so many years, one of the attractions of Her Msjesty's Theatre, and which, in his desire to restore the house to its old rank and prosperity, he very natu rally, and wisely, has been prompted to have recourse to. At the same time he has seen the necessity of sustaining it with the highest talent, and accordingly has inaugurated his experiment with that of Mdl]e. Ferraris, who, we presume, upon all grounds, must now be regarded as the premiere danseuse of the day. "La Farfatella"—as the new ballet is entitled— is so obviously intended as a mere vehicle to display her claims, that the highest praise we can bestow upon it is, that it completely fulfils its end, La Farfatella is a sportive wood nymph—a sort of matured and developed Puck, whose solitude being invaded by a silly nobleman whilst hunting, revenges herself by puni3bing him with all manner of pretty persecutions, and winds up, though really how— •only the genius of ballet can explain, by making her appearance at a carnival ball at the Grand Opera at Naples, where she partakes in the festivi ties by dancing La Napelitaine. This subject, however, wanting in deafness or in incident, has the merit of at least supplying her with three good opportunities sufficiently distinct to show her variety as well as positive power. The first is a Grand Pas in her woods, assisted by her sister nymphs and an attendant genius—the second a fancy dance and polka at the house of her noble victim, entitled "La Bonquetiere"—arid the third the national dance—at the Opera ball, with which the subject comes to a conclusion. In the first of these she manifests that to the great vigour and exactness with which she won her early fame she has added a refinement that vastly enhances her old merits. In the second she displays a certain piquant vivacity that is equally striking and de lightful; whilst into the third, she plunges with a gay abandon—a wild and true enjoyment—that attest her sense of character to be quite equal to her other merits, In each of these exertions Mdlle Ferraris won a triumph, and was rewarded with the loudest demonstrations and a liberal floral shower. Her summons also at the close was more than usually emphatic, and, it is but right to add, that her delighted looks and repeated acknowledg ments showed how entirely she shared the gratifi cation she had given. The scenery of the piece was pleasing, and the music very agreeable. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, MADLLE. CARLOTTA PATTI. Last evening might be called in a more general sense than usual, "a grand sensation night" at this favourite establishment. A sister of Madlle. Patti was announced to appear in a concert, to whom rumour had lately assigned even higher vocal gifts and culture than distinguish our young idol. At the same time our sympathies were awakened, whilst our expectations were defined, by the news that she was labouring under a physical impediment which would prevent her appearing on the stage, and so contesting the dramatic triumphs of her remarkable pre cursor. Rumour usually exaggerates, being mostly so much sound that is emitted by ex cited crowds, and which spreads, therefore, upon principles that are more atmospheric than critical. In this case, however, it has mingled no little truth with vehemence, and we the more readily confess the merit, seeing it comes to us from a quarter so un expected as America. Though Mdlle. Carlotte Patti laboured under the disadvantage of not appearing until half-past 11 o'clock, when the audience were wearied if not ex hausted by the performance of a serious opera—in reversal of the prior and judicious arrangement, by which she would have commenced the evening—her first aria was quite sufficient to attest her extraor dinary powers—the " 0 Ince di quest' anima," made so popular by Persiani—in which her vocalisation proved to be as finished as that of her brilliant pre decessor, whilst her voice itself had qualities of a far more unusual character. The latter fact, how ever, was more clearly attested in her succeeding air from the" Z luberflote," the " Gli anqui d'inferno in which she reached the famous F in alt, the nighest.note,that has yet been .written—and delivered all the staccato passages with an ease, a force, a brightness, and a perfect truth of tune, that affirmed all that had been uttered of her wonderful range and pliancy. The duet " Quanto Amore" which she shared with Signor Ronconi, scarcely presented similar tests—but in the echo song by Eckert— which her sister always selects for the singing lesson in the Barbiere, She reached the most exciting point of her trial by challeng ing a direct comparison with the great favouite of the day—a venture which, it will suf lice to say, whilst producing a strong impression, did not tend to shake the verdict that had already been pronounced. In cnclusion, we have only to say that she has a very extensive and pliant voice, com bined with a remarkable amount of culture ; but it is a question yet to be solved whether her power is equal to her range, or she possesses the still higher merit of awaking sympathy as well as wonder. The opera that preceded her exertions was that of "Norma," in which Madlle. Fricci made her first appearance for the season, and also in its heroine; and, thanks to her fresh and melodious voice, produced a favourable impression. It is right to acknowledge that her vocalisation has greatly improved since she was last heard, which is an additional explanation of the success that she achieved, but it is equally right to remark that she has by no means yet attained to the possession of that art and passion that would qualify her to do justice to such a cha racter as the Druid Priestess. WEDDING PRESENTS TO THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.—Yesterday the numbers visiting the South Kensington Museum to inspect the wedding pre sents were 5,930, and, it being a students' day, the re ceipts from sixpenny fees amounted to £145 13s. About 700 persons per hour inspected the presents, while the proces of reaching them occupied at least an h ,ur and a half. It is expected that the exhibition will continue opei‘nif\or some weeks. Persigny and Billault have been examined by the commission sent from London in the affair of the Morning Chronicle. They positively deny all complicity or engagement with that paper. The Emperor Napoleon, attended by Lieutenant Duperre, of his Staff, drove on Monday in a plain carriage to the Western Railway, in the Rue St. Lazard, and there paid for two tickets like any other traveller, and took his seat in the carriage appropriated to smokers. He passed unnoticed through the crowd and left the train at Rueil, where he visited the tomb of Queen Hortense, in the church of that village. He returned to Paris in the same simple way. I n i , consequence l o S f i r tPh H eL o T: r us ci t e° o i ri ptitT S °ll t f e :' sv a Stewart c h ug a rr s sad d ma e: f. p rEo a ni t v c despatched rn : s t m e . paddlewheel steam vessel Prospero to assist:the Australian mail ship, which is off Start Foint with her propeller broken. The Frospero measures 244 tons, and has engines of 144-horse power. CONSECRATION OF A NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, —The Roman Catholic Church recent!) erected in Hatton 'wall, dedicated to St. Peter, was yesterday morning opened and consecrated by Cardinal 'Wiseman. Pontifical high mass was celebrated by Dr. Morris, Bishop of Troy," th e sermon being preached by Dr. D Ch i l v i i i s e io ' n " o E f is S h c o o p tle o n f d lr tt l s eat :\ • ,O.3 Apostolic ,vasp o e f r f t o hremedwith Eastern full orchestral accompaniments. After the service a collec tion was made in aid of the funds for carrying out the church's work in the di s t r i c t . In the evening there were vespers and benediction, with a sermon by the Rev. Canon Oakley, IV,A, April. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, - APRIL 17, 1863, LATEST INTELLIGENCE, (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per Bohemia.) NEW YORK, APRIL 4, EVENING. Gen. Grant has placed a battery of 84-pounders beyond the levee in a poeition to reach Vicksburg easily, and is about to open the bombardment. Fitzburgh Lee's cavalry, 2,500 strong, are reported to be at Culpepper, Virginia. Governor Todd, of Ohio, has been arrested by order of the grand jury of Fairfield, County Ohio , on a charge of kidnapping Dr. Olds, who was arbi trarily arrested, and imprisoned in Fort Lafayette. The Governor was admitted to bail. The draft is expected to be enforced at the end of COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold 551 per cent. premium. Ex change on London bankers' bills 168 to 170. Stocks steady. New York Centrals,ll3k. Illinois, 90. Erie, 771. The Calcutta, China, and Australian Mails, SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 17. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ellora, Capt. Rogers, with the above mails, has arrived. She brings 133 passengers, 3 pack ages of specie, value not stated, gold watches and jewellry value 3,800 rupees, 2 boxes of bar gold, 223 packages of sundries, and 830 bales of raw silk value £BO,OOO sterling. Amongst the passengers are Lieut. Hill, Lieut. Yonge, Paymaster Pamphlett, and Messrs. Hunt, Fielding, and Barkley, midshipmen (officers of of H.M. ship Orpheus); also their Serene High nesses the Prince and Princess of Leiningen from Malta. The Ellora sailed from Alexandria on the 3d; Malta, 7th; and Gibraltar, 13th inst., at 2.30; . and on the 16th she lost her screw off the Start Light. She made the remainder of her passage under can vass, arriving in the Solent at 10 p.m. on the same day. ' The French f r i ga t e P e id r ix, and the Egyptian fleet were in the harbour of Alexandria ; H.M. ships Queen, Magicienne,, and St.. George, were at Malta; and at Gibraltar the gunboat Procrie. H.M.S. Trident left Gibraltar. on the Bth for Casablanca, for the purpose of protecting the town from the lawless violence of the Kabyles ; and the French and Spanish Consuls had applied to their respective Governments, asking for the protection of vessels of war. The Italian steam frigate Fulminante left Casa blanca on the Bth for the Canary Islands and Montevideo. The following British ships had arrived out at Gibraltar since last advices :—Steamer Calpe, 64 days from Livirpool ; schooner Clara, 47 days from Newcastle; schooner William and Martha , 20 days from Savannah ; b r i g F a ith, 21 days from New castle; schooner Catherine and Ann, 14 days from Cardiff ; steamer Demetrius, 7 days from Liverpool; brig Eurus, 32 days from Newcastle; barque Queen of the Netherlands, 15 days from Cardiff; steamer Hecla, 51 days from Liverpool, and steamer Ripon, 5 days from Southampton. Gibraltar exchanges and freights were without alteration. THE BRAZILS. BUENOS AYRES, MARCH 15. (Per Navarre.) Exchange, 68;. to 68s. 6d.; ounces, 419; wet salted ox hides, 38, firmer ; dry American, 33 to 36, quiet; wool, tending downward; tallow, 131, firmer; lumber, 35; flour unchanged; refined sugar, 17 to 171. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. OSTROWO, APRIL 16, AFTERNOON. The Prussian troops who were ordered to seize the waggons with arms and provisions intended for Poland, encountered a body of insurgents in the district of Pleschen, who had crossed the frontier to receive the waggons. An engagement ensued, 30 insurgents were taken prisoners and brought into Pleschen, where they are now confined. DENMARK. THE GREEK CROWN. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 16 (Evening). The Fadrelandet of to-day states that the diffi culties which have hitherto opposed the acceptation of the Greek Crown by Prince William were re moved in the last sitting of the Privy Council. GREECE. ATHENS, APRIL 14. The National Assembly have appointed a new Ministry composed as follows President Foreign Affairs ........ M. Delyani. 'War Marine Justice Finance 1nteri0r.......... THE POLISH QUESTION. The following is the full text of the semi-official article in the Constitutionnel on the Polish question, a telegraphic summary of which has already ap peared in our columns : " We have refrained from expressing any hasty opinion upon the last two measures adopted by the Russian Government. We have thought it advis able first to place before our readers the various appreciations of the European press, waiting our turn to express our own views on the decree of sequestration and on the decree of the amnesty. It must be admitted that these two measures imply a contradiction. Yet, as we have but very imperfect information on the bearing of the first ukase, we may be allowed to entertain the hope that the first decree does not annul the second beforehand,-and that the Russian Govern ment does not withdraw with one hand ghat it offers with the other. " The amnesty may, therefore, be considered by itself —not, it is true, with absolute certainty, but at le r ait with seriouiprestomptions. Everything leads to the belief that the Act of the 12th April is not an empty promise, 'but that it is a, sincere idea and a generous inspiration. "After the :deteat, of Ltngiewicz we were the first to pronounce the word ' amnesty.' We were the first to say that brute force could only put down resistance, and that the Emperor Alexander 11. ought to have a nobler ambition—that of quieting the public mind and of disarming resentment. " But, while applauding the Act of the 12th April, and sincerely congratulating the Russian Government at having given this proof of generosity and of power, we put the question to ourselves— What will be the consequences of this amnesty ? And we put that question with some anxiety, as blood still continues to flow in Poland, and Europe is still disturbed. " The Russian Government promises an amnesty to all those who will down their arms. This is well. But, will the amnesty be extended to those who have been the victims of that law of recruitment against which the public in dignation of all Europe has been aroused, and which has been branded with the name of trans portation !—to those who have been torn away from their homes and transported to the extremities of the Empire ? " Will the amnesty obviate that state of things which was the chief cause of the present insurrec tion, or does it provide a remedy ? If the institu tions which are promised are the same which existed on the eve of the rising which has already cost so much blood to Poland and to Russia, and which caused that rising, what change will have been made ? What reforms will have been accomplished ? Where are the guarantees which Europe expects for preventing the return of nether sanguinary and lamentable crisis ? "Let us not, however, come to a hasty conclusion that the decree of the 12th April is a useless act and a dead letter. The amnesty testifies to the noble and enlightened sentiments of the Emperor Alexander 11. We would fain believe that it is the first step in the path advised to him by the great Powers, who jointly advocate a friendly policy which will permanently insure the internal tran quillity of Russia and the peace of Europe. " The amnesty is not a solution ; it is the Lope of a solution." The ireuz Zeitung hears that a ship has left Cadiz laden with arms for the Poles, and that a re lation of Queen Christina has an intereA in the venture. The Dowager Queen is generally con sidered too good a judge of the merits of a specula tion for it to be conceivable that she herself has em btu ked in ono so hazardous. She can hardly think she sees her way to a Polish crown for one of the young Munozes. THE RIVAL THEATRES. Yesterday Mr. William Smith, an advertising agent, and acting manager of the New Adelphi Theatre, applied to Mr. Norton, at the Lambeth Police -court, to make a few remarks on what had already gone forth to the public, in reference to the statement made on a former day by Mr. Boucicault, the manager of the New Westminster Theatre. He begged to state that at the time Mr. Boucicault made his statement in that court he was well aware and cognisant of the fact that he (Mr. Smith) was an advertising agent, kind had in that capacity advertised the "Colleen Bawn" all over this coun try and abroad, even to Australia, by means of which success bad followed the performances of that drama. It was known now to the public that it was proposed to erect three new theatres in the metropolis, and statements had Leen put forth which he (Mr. Smith) wished to repu diate and deny. He was prepared to show that the St. James's Theatre had never been let at the ren tal of £4,500 per annum, as had been alleged. The Princess's Theatre, when let for £1,200 per annum, was an untried theatre, without scenery, dresses, properties, and the other requirements for such an stablishment, but now he had reason to believe the whole was actually insured against risk from fire for no less a sum than £3,000. The bills and pla cards of which Mr. Boucicault had complained had been published with a view to warn the public against entering into imprudent speculations, and in those no' ices, unless Mr. Boucicault represented the three newly proposed theatres, he was not, in the bills complained of alluded to, more than any °ther of the promoters of the projects. Mr. Smith added that he now came forward, as an humble servant of the public, to state thus much in his own justifica tion, and to dispel misrepresentation of facts which might d , mage his character. Mr. Norton said that he was sure the applicant would not justify the pub lication of a placard - without the printer's name being appended to it as required by law. He bad heard the explanation, which no doubt would gain the same publicity Ps the complaint. Mr. Smith expressed himself obliged for the courteous attention he had received, and retired from the court. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.•—Mr. Walter Liey will take a benefit at this theatre this evening (17th), when will be represented the comedy of " London Assur ance," in which Mr. Compton and Mr. J. L. Toole will perform. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul will appear in a musical vaudeville, and Mis; Lydia Thompson in " The Hungarian Czardez." HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, who have been residing at Nice for emit time past, have returned to London, and will commence a brief engagement at the Haymarket Theatre on Mon day next. The piece in which they will make their re appearance will be Mr. Tom Taylor's well-known drama of "Still Waters Run deep ;" but a new comedy by the Countess of Gifford, and another by Leicester Bucking ham, will soon afford fresh and interesting occasions for the display of their brilliant abilities. CRYSTAL PALACE. —One Shilling Day, Thursday, April 1 6.—Admissions on payment, 1,287; ditto by season tickets, 700; total Visitors, 1,987, TIT TAT Ltinal HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 16. The Queen walked in the grounds yesterday after noon, attended by the Hon. Horatia Stopford. The Duke of Newcastle arrived at the Castle and had an audience of her Majesty. Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, arrived in town yesterday. Prince Louis of Hesse, at tended by Captain Alrestcrweller, arrived in the afternoon at Buckingham Palace from Windsor Castle. Their Royal Highnesses were present last evening in the House of Commons during the finan• cial statement. The Countess (Dowager) of Ranfurly and the Ladies Knox have arrived at their new residence in Great Cumberland-place. _ _ _ Lord and Lady Rendlesham have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Paris. Lady Harry Vane has issued cards for a dancing party on Monday, April 27, and on Monday, May 4. Lady Dinorben and the Hon. Miss Hughes have arrived at Bute House, from Italy. _ _ Sir Charles Grey has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Tunbridge Wells. Sir Augustus Clifford is still confined to his room from the effects of his late accident, but is progressing favourably. Colonel Clifford will superintend the admis sion of strangers below the Bar of the House of Lords until Sir Augustus's recovery. Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer appeared for the first time last night in the House of Commons since the commencement of the session. The right hon. baronet looked well, and was warmly greeted by Mr. Disraeli and his other colleagues on the Opposition benches. The Chan cellor of the Exchequer, whose reception by the house was truly flattering, rose at 20 minutes to five and concluded at 20 minutes to eight o'clock. His statement accordingly occupied exactly three hours. M. Paleologos. M. Kumundurus. M, Petmetzas. M. Kalopbronos. Public Instruction The National Assembly has voted an address of thanks to England for the proposed annexation of the lonian Islands to Greece. DRESDEN, APRIL 16. The Vienna correspondent of the Dresden Jour nal of to-day states that Bavaria has lodged a spe cial protest against the occupation of the throne of Greece by any King not belonging to the Bavarian dynasty. FRANCE. THE POLISH QUESTION. PARIS, APRIL 17. The Con sizeutionnel of to -day, publishes an article aigned by its editor, M. Paulin Limayrac, explain ing that the steps taken by the Powers at St. Peters.burg were in conformity with diplomatic tradition. The Constituttonnel adds, that the despatches have been drawn up in the same spirit, aim at the same object, and are based upon the same ideas, the intention of which is to prevent the repetition of political convulsions, liable to endanger tho peace of Europe. The English note refers in addition to the treaties of 1815. The despatches will be com municated to-day or to-morrow- _ _ The writer concludes : Europe has done her duty. Let us hop e th at R us sia will not fail to sympathy h as b een so arden tly noble cause o f P o l and will app laud ac complish hers. I n th at case those nations whose displayed in the laud the powerful Sovereign who will have accomplished a liberal task by fu,filling the desires of conservative Europe. Le Steele des cr ib es the vege t a tion as advancing with wonderful rapidity now throughout Paris and its environs. Le Pays speaks of the ball at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a s a very gay assembly. Le Constitutionnel lam e nts over a rumour which has just reached it f rom Copenhagen, to the eff et English Government do not recall that, though the t. their proposal t o d e li ver o p the lonian Islands to Greece, they are said to intimate their determina tion to wait a year longer More abandoning the Protectorate. This rear being intended, it is said, as a probationary time for the Government at Athens of the young King George, late Prince Wil liam of Denmark. BOURSE, April 15.—The market remains with out animation, but with prices w ell maintained. Threes, for the Account, are now 70f. Railway Share Market quiet, with little or no change in quotations up to the present time. The market slightly receded towards the close, and left off es follows :- 41 per Cents. 97 10 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 90 Credit Mobilier 1455 Do. end month 1450 Bank Shares 3:50 Credit koncier 1515 Italian Loan 72 35 Do. end month..., 72 15 New ditto Do. end month 73 30 Russian .. 95 66 Austrian Spanish Threes 52 50 Home Debt AA ILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans. • . _ lO3O .. 1028 75 Northern New ditto .. . .. Lyons and Mediterranean 1192 50 .. 1192 50 Geneva.. Southern .. 7BO .. 780 Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lon•mbard North of Spain Saragossa .. .. 755 Ditto to Barcelona .... 370 .. -- DEPUTATION TO EARL RUSSELL. A deputation of shippers and merchants inte rested in the Mexican trade, together with the owner, sbipbroker, and underwriter interested in the steamships Peterhoff and Sea Queen, waited yes terdayon Earl Russell. They were introduced by Mr. Crawford, member for London, and the impoy ranee of the interview was considerably enhanced by the fact of an announcement being made during its progress which is likely to produce a singular im pression, to the effect that while the United States Government have been seizing our vessels bound to Matamoras without a single article of cuntfaband on board, Mr. Adams, heir Alinister at this Court, has been giving sp2cial licence for a ship to proceed from England to Matamoras, free from interference by American cruisers, to carry supplies (which are stated to consist of arms and ammunition) for the ser vice of the Mexicans in their war against France. On behalf of the deputation, Mr. Crawford first called attention to the position of the captain, offi cers, and supercargoes of the Peterhoff, now in New York, who are stated by the latest advises to have been detained on board and not allowed to commu. nicate with either the agents of the owners and merchants or with the Britioh Consul. Allusion was then made to the interference of the American cruisers with our Mexican trade, and it was men tioned that a brisk and c)ntinuous trade is carried on betwsen the United States and Mexico, and that ships are daily advertised to sail from New York to Matamoras; so that the effect of tolerating the proceedings of the cruisers would be to enable the Americans to establish a monopoly. The next cir cumstance pointed out was that the Federal Go vernment appear to assume the right to dictate what trade shall or shall not be carried on by British subjects ; and on this head the exposure was theta made that a policy of insurance was at tempted to be effected in Lloyd's room today, ac companied by the following certificate from Mr. Adams, the United States Minister in London, ad dressed to Admiral Dupont, commanding the Fede ral fleet : " Legation of the United States, London, April 9, 1863, "Amid the multitude of fraudulent and dishonest enter prises from this kingdom to furnish supplies to the rebels in the United States, through the pretence of a destination to some port in Mexico, it gives me pleasure to distinguish one which has a different and creditable purpose. Messrs. Howell and Zirman have furnished me with evidence, which is perfectly satisfactory to me, that they are really bound to Matamoras with a cargo intended for the Mexi cans. I therefore very cherfully give them this certificate at their request. It is not the disposition of the Govern ment of the United States to interfere in any way with an honest neutral trade, and it is deeply to be regretted that the frauds which have been so extensively practised in this country have contributed so much to throw it under sus picion. " CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. _ _ Admiral Dupont, &c." As Matamoras is no blockaded, the only pretext of the Federals for seizing cargoes bound to that port consists in the suspicion that they may be intended to be diverted to Confederate purposes ; yet it thus appears that the United States Go vernment are eager to step out of their way to give official eanction and encouragement to the ship ment of stores from a foreign country for direct use against France, which they profess to regard not merely as a fri e ndl y b ut almost es a protect i ng nation. After a strong expression of opinion with regard to this letter, Mr. Crawford continued b 3 stating that the immediate object the deputation had in view was to elicit from her Majesty's Government some assurance of protection for the steamship Sea Queen, now detained by the owners at Falmouth awaiting a decision. He explained that this vessel has received on board her Majesty's mails, the owner being bound by the Mer cantile Marine Act to carry them under a penalty ; but that as the seals in the mail of the Adela were broken and the letters read, and as it had been stated by the judge in that case that a similar course would be adopted in any future vessels captured, it was not inly possible but probable the Federal agents here would send through the Post-office fictitious letters with the view of compromising the ship Messrs. Pile, Spence, and Co., the owners, would be incurring a risk which they did not conceive they should be subjected to, and against which they thought they were entitled to some protection from her Majesty's Government. Earl Russell said that, whatever might have been the case with the Adela, Mr. Seward had in consequence of the representa .tions made by the British Government issue,' fresh instructions tothe Federal officersthrough the Secre tary of the Navy, and that therefore he did not an ticipate any repetition of that attack. Mr. G. P. Harding, on behalf of the shippers, observed that while their goods were on board, and their engage. ments binding, the vessel was detained, the owner s refusing to allow her to proceed, and alleging that they cannot be compelled to send their vessel on a voyage for which they have not the protection of the law; that all interested are desirous of fulfilling legal formalities, but that, notwithstanding their readiness to prove the legitimate nature of the voyage, the vessel is still subject to seizure. If a suggestion might be ventured, the only practical one he could offer would be for the Government to send a mail agent in the ship, who would represent an official guarantee that she was bound to the port for which she was cleared. As the only pretence given for seizure was a suspicion that she would run the b ockade, it was considered that this wight be a satisfactory solution of the difficulty, and the owners and the merchants would b, content to send the vessels on such conditions, bearing all the expenses consequent on the arrangement. His lordship said he would con sider the propriety of acting on this suggestion, ano expressed his surprise at Mr. Crawford's informa tion respecting the detention of the persons on hoard the Peterheff, they not being criminals or subject to criminal law. Mr. Wake, on behalf of :he brokers, offered for his lordship's inspection tht manifest of the vessel, and declared the readiness of the merchants to guarantee that there was no con traband of war on board. It was also stated that insurances have increased at Lloyd's, and that whilt liiey have doubled here there has been no alteration in tLe rates on French vessels, owing to the free dom with which these are allowed to pass the Fede- i ral cruisers. DEATH OF MR. JAMES ROGERS. The public will learn with rtgrct the death of Mr. James Rvers, the comedian. For some time he had been suffering from ill health, and it was thought by his medical attendant that the change of air and scene might be attended with beneficial results. Accordingly Mr. Rogers took up his residence at the Isle of Wight, and such was the improvement in his heath, that he accepted an engagement from Mr. Frank Matthews to join the company at the St. James's Theatre. Accordingly he made his first appearance there on Easter Monday in the laughable burlesque of " The Sensation Trial of Effie Deans." The hopes of restored health proved groundless, for, after appearing two nights, Mr. Rogers was again taken seriously ill and confined to his bed. From this attack he never recovered, and he died on Wed nesday evening last at his residence, Shaftesbury crescent, Vauxhall. Burlesque has lost one of her most talented pupils, and those who had the good fortune to witness the burlesque of " Kenilworth," in which the deceased gentleman sustained the part of the " Virgin Queen," and that of the "Lady of Lyons," in which he appeared as the Widow Melnotte, will be of that opinion. Mr. Rogers was quite a young man. We believe the cause of death was disease of the lungs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. INHUMAN PARENTS,---A little fellow named James Sharman, about eight years of age, was charged before Mr. Knox, by Mr. George Wm. Martin, musical conductor, residing at the Westminster Palace Hotel, with begging. On the case being called, Mr. Martin was not in attend ance, and the child was discharged. Subsequently Mr. Martin attended, and Sergeant Harri• son said that although the child had been discharged, be had not left the court. Mr. Martin said that at 10 the previous night he saw the boy with a baby in his arms about seven months old. lie spoke to the boy, and was told by him that he had been out since 12 o'clock, and had only got 11d., and that he must not return home without Is. 6d., or he would get severely beaten by his mother. Returning home frequently at late hours from his professional duties, he (Mr. Martin) often saw babies made use of for a similar purpose at all hours of night, and in all weathers. Mr. Knox said the boy had been before him and dis charged, and he could not break through the usual rule and have him again taken into custody. At the same tine every one must be thankful for the trouble Mr. Martin had taken in the matter. ' •t MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. A "aioderate supply of wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market from Essex and Kent, in tolerably good condition. Tho trade for all qualities was devoid of animation, yet prices were without quotable change from Monday last. The market was well Supplied with foreign wheat. Tha best descriptions changed hands - to a moderate extent, at late rates ; otherwise, the trade was dull, at previous cur- rencies. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, at late rates. Barley—the supply of which was very moderate—moved off slowly, at late quotations. The business transacted in malt was very moderate, yet prices ruled firm. An increased supply of foreign oats was on the stands• Sales progressed Elowlyih all descriptions, sad, in some in stances, the quotations had a drooping tendency. Beans--the supply of which was moderate—sold heavily at former rates. Peas, being in short supply, maintained previous cur' rencies. The flour trade was rather quiet, yet prices were Bur ported. ARRIVALS THIS VEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English...—. 1,250 440 2160 2O ll6O 1ri5h....,,,,,, Foreign ......10,270 6,410 35,920 70 00 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. - - The supply o f meat on sale i s moderately large, and the demand for all descriptions continues heavy, at our quota tions, s d s Middling mutton 3 8 4 C A P Prime do . . ..... 4 2 4 ' Veal. .. 4 0 4 lu Small pork . 40 4 t Lamb .... Per 81b. by the carcase. sd s d Inferior beef .. 2 6 2 10 Middling do. .. 3 0 3 4 Frime large do. 3 6 3 8 Do. small d 0... 3 10 4 0 Large pork 3 4 3 10 Inferior mutton, 3 0 3 6 BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine English hops command a steady sale, And prices are well supported. The best descriptions of foreign produce move off steadily, at full currencies • otherwise, the trade is quiet, but tolerably firm as regards values. Mid and East Kents 7OB to 1808 per cwt. Weald of Kents Sussex 70s to- 1.26*- 19 Belgian Bavarian American .. 76s to 86i COLONIAL. TEA. —The market has been very quiet,•the dealers de'' ferring their operations until the public) sales,' whrch' take place to-day. SuctAa.—Business has been moderately active, 0114 vrices generally have shown an upward tendency, panticli: early for West Inaia descripti ons. In the refined market° fair amount of business has been done at fully late rates. COFFEE —ln both plantation and native Ceylon the oPe: rations have been to a f a i r extent at full prices, while oth er descriptions have be en i n limited demand, without ail change in values. lticE.—Business has been rather dull, the few bargall entered into havin g b een c hi e fl y for exportation, at abo ll previous quotations. SALTPETRE —Only limited dealings have taken P lo6' holders, however. demand fully previous prices. TALLow.—The market has Continued dull, and Floc° have, tended downwards for present and past delivery' P.Y C on ih e s p ot b e i ng quoted 42s 9d to 435; and 18 0 three months', 45s 61.1 to 45s 9el per cwt. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) A good steady demand throughout the Wa i f from both tr a d e an d exporters, and prices of 111` descriptions_ are id. per lb. higher, the market ell; ing with an act i ve d eman d . W eeks sales, 64, 24 bales, including 14 , 190 on spec. and 19,520 expoll' Quotations fair—Orleans, 25; Mobile, 24 } ; land, 24. Stock, 350,600. Week's import; 28,6 60 ' To-day a good business doing; Sales probAb l i 10,000 bales. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, April 17.—Wi n d thi s d a y a t noon--North' Westerly; calm, with fine weather. CLYDE, April 16.--Sailed—Runnymede, for Newfou nd, laud, QUEENSTOWN, April 16.—Arrived—Peerless, from Bob' bay for Liverpool. PORTSMOUTH, April 16,—Wind variable.—Arrived - ' . Newcastle, from Calcutta. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Friday Mornia n ' o g Arrived—Selina, from Swartzick ; Petro Beys, ° Stettin. Sailed, April 16—Earl of Hardwicke, steamer, for )via;dras ; Bal a kl ava ai d Asia, for Trinidad ; Great Britain? fo Montreal. vet Sailed, Ap r il 17 —David Malcolm, for Kurrachee; 13- y for i‘foiradPraarsap Adis, for S Paraarahß . lack, for East London ; Clive? DEAL, Friday Mornil 3 l: o . Passed—Match'ess, for Anti gua; S nareb b roo k and Yell gress, for New York ; Earl of Hardwicke, for MadrateL o , from London ; Harkaway, barque, from New York ; ,nor paidh from Antigua—both for London; Der Norat Batavia; Ironsidis, ship, for New York—both honl Nord n , don ; New Express, brig, from north, for west ; Dorao o Exeter, from west, for north ; Earl of Peterhead, fr o( north, for west ; Rapid of Dartm ou th, an d F oy l e raciLe Dartmouth—both from west, for north. PENZANCE, April 16.—The City of Purls, Cl i c; Roberts, fr o m C a l cu t ta, h as arrived off here, and proce e-e d for London. Sh e l anded two passengers—Mr. Tho mas Mr. J. Perceval. The last expl a n a ti on g i ven by th e R uss i a ns ( 3 .• f . 0 0 sacking and b urn i ng o f bli ec h ow i s simply t h a t it air s sacked and burnt by the i nsurg e n t s . Th e i n h a bitants „,' O , O even been asked to si g n a s t a t emen t t o th at e ff ec t, but '- hitherto declined. A 00 The affairs of th e S c h e ldt d ues a d vance s, 0 2, - , arrangement is on the poi n t o f b e i ng conc l u d e d N vithrl ti- :e0 v,r, which State is to pay 800,000 tinders towards te afl d demption, and also enters into treaties of navigati° literary copyright with Belgium. s rif f COUNTY OF DUBLIN ELLCT ION. —Th e ; be sol: of :he county attend e d at t h e Court-house, RilraaJAstis' o n Wednesday, at one o'clock, and having made the otirn proclamation, posted his notice, declaring teat the el - w ill tor a member in the room of James 11. Hat pilau)/ take place on Wednesday next, the 22d iTAst. DO: CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE AND GREEN.--A meetirg will be held at to tl.e Bells, P utney, this (Fliclay) eveuinp , at 8 o'c it ' e o th e the purpos e o f thscushing prelinlin,ries, and 1 0 srrctl'. ber e „ ' next match for the championship. w ill be rope pow that Green came all the way from Ail .stralia with tile object of contesting it,