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fraEAT REROY Al, HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, BORROWING A HUSBAND. Pa mela, Miss Maria Harris. After which, at half -past 7, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred 'Wigan, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Chippen dale, and Miss Louisa Angel. Fol;owed by an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of NV ales in the East. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE TETTNDREDTFI NIGHT of THE DUKE'S MOTTO. THURSDAY, May 14. Mr. FECHTER Every Evening. HEATRE•ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Orlzinal Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, M:ss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. • • After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3logne, 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. Brougham, IL Widdi;ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, N. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. /NTEW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.-- Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, the Second and c Third Ata of T Bi HE GItEEN BUSHES. Messrs. J. L. Toole , . Bedford, l lington, and Miss Avonia Jones. After which (first time), a new Drama, in one act, entitled THE WOODEN srooN MAKER. Messrs. B. Webster, Stuart, Stephenson, Seft‘n ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. 8.1- lington. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS ' S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining PERFECTION: Mr. R. Roxby, Mr. THIS EVENING, Belmore, Mr. leitzjames, Miss Murray, and Miss Oliver. After which, at Eight, OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Charles Kean ; Emilia, Mrs. Charles Kean. fnHE 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, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, May 13, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday Lowest during the night 39 This day at Noon 6 98 Wind—S.W. ; fresh breeze, and cloudy. s MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DA.T.—Morning, 10'a. 36m.—Afternoon, 11h. 14m, To-artoßßow.-Morning, 11h. 44m.—Afternoon, h. in. If IR .4 4144. .44444 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1863. As plain a question as man could well ask was asked last evening in the House of Commons by Mr, HENNESSY. To this plain question, however, the hon. and learned member found it utterly impossible to obtain anything at all bearing the faintest resemblance to a plain answer from her Majesty's Government. Mr. HENNESSY'S inquiry related to what is called Brigandage in Italy. Certain glaring discrepancies, in regard to that same vexed question of Italian Brigandage—dis crepancies observable in the correspondence re lating to it carried on some few months back by Mr. ODo RUSSELL and General MONTEBELLO— have long been matter of notoriety. Yet, notorious though these discrepancies were from the moment when that correspondence closed, they had come to be almost as much forgotten as the exposure of some miserable little political canard, or still more of the all-believing gobemouche who had been so over zealous in endeavouring to promul gate it —when, a few nights back, the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs recalled the whole affair to the recollection of Parliament by referring to a despatch, by quoting from a de spatch, received at the Foreign Office from that same Mr. ODo RUSSELL. Now it was simply in relation to this despatch, so quoted, so referred to Mr. LAYARD, the Under Secretary of State, only the other evening—it was purely in regard to that despatch that Mr. HENNESSY last night put his exceedingly plain question to the noble lord at the head of the Government. Whether—this is the pith and marrow of the query, put with all courtesy, and yet at the same time with all possible distinctness, by the hon. and learned gentleman to the Prime Minister, overnight, in the House of Commons—Whether has that despatch, so referred to, been communicated to the French Government ? Certainly the inquiry thus put by Mr. HENNESSY to Lord PALMER STON, was legitimate enough and was compre hensible enough. Here was an official despatch received at the Foreign-office—referred to, quoted in the House of Commons by the representative there of that department, that is by the Under-Se cretary of State ! It was a despatch going directly counter to the statements put forth, distinctly and categorically, by the French Commander-in-Chief at Rome in an earlier and very well-known corre spondence—a correspondence the end of which was to leave Mr. ODo RUSSELL entirely in the wrong, and General DE MONTEBELLO entirely in the right. Had this recent despatch—all of a sudden telling quite another story—been communicated to the French Imperial Government by her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government ? It was a de spatch of sufficient importance to be referred to by the Under -Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the British House of Commons. Having been so referred to, by Mr. LAYARD, in that great assem bly, had it been previously, or simultaneously, or subsequently communicated to the French Imperial Government ? Such—to put it as plainly as possibly can be—was the inquiry addressed last evening in the House of Commons to Lord PALMERSTON by Mr. HENNESSY. Now, what is the tone, what is the mood, in which this manly Statesman, this bold and poptear Minister that we are all so proud of, rose to reply ? Why, to begin with, Lord PALMERSTON actually rises, immediately upon the putting to him of this very simple inquiry, Lord PALMERSTON actually rises in a spirit of petulance. " I cannot see any object," he says quite fretfully, and really more in the tone of Punch's Mr. NAGGLETON than of England' s Lord PALMERSTON, "I cannot see any object in bringing into discussion what Mr. ODO RUSSELL said and what General MONTEBELLO said, except it is to establish bad relations between Mr. ODo RUSSELL and the French officers at Rome." Was ever objection more glaringly out of place, or more simply ridiculous ? "What Mr. ODo RUSSELL said and what General MONTEBELLO said"—Mr. LAYARD has brought into discussion, namely, by referring, only the other evening, t o th e former gentleman's despatch. Upon Mr. LA-YARD, and not upon Mr. HENNESSY, let Lord PALMER STON turn with this unwonted petulance. What was sufficiently important to be quoted in the House of Commons—must surely have been suffi ciently important also to lay upon the table of that House, as thought Lord JOHN MANNERS! —and to transmit in courtesy to the French Imperial Government, as thought Mr. HENNESSY! Namely, this mysterious despatch recenry received at the Foreign office from Mr. ODO RUSSELL. In his former despatch Mr. ODO RUSSELL was declared afterwards to have been avowedly in the wrong— he himself acknowledged as much. Now he declares himself—in this quoted but otherwise unrevealed despatch—to be as distinctly in the right. May he not here again turn out to have been mistaken ? The doubt that it may be so, rises to mind all the more naturally, almost inevitably, from the feet of this mystical de -5P ata being only referred to, instead of being at once frankly printed, laid upon the table of the and House of Commons manfully communicated to the Emper or NAPOLE ON' S Government. Far from doing anything of which kind, however, Lord PALMERSTON actually condescends to hint and in sinuate statements similar to those previously put forth by Mr. ODo RUSSELL, and afterwards re tracted by him. It is hardly conceivable how a great States man like Lord PALMERSTON could permit himself (he the Prime Minister of England !) to utter words of mere shadowy hint and insinua tion like those we have italicised in the following fragment excerpted from his speech last evening in answer to Mr.HENNESSY. "If anything of the kind has passed since [he is referring to these supposititious red-legged Brigands]—and 1 am afraid it has — [not a word of proof does he utter !]—it only shows that the agents whom General MONTEBELLO has employed have not been as watchful as he had ex pected they would be. But this I say, that at the present time Rome being governed by a French gar rison, and the POPE being only a puppet in their hands, it rests with the French garrison to prevent these transactions, to prevent the committee which I believe is sitting—if lam asked on what autho rity I make that statement, I can say that from in formation I believe it [! ! !]—to prevent that com mittee from continuing the organised system of sending bands, either armed before they set out, or armed after they get there, to commit outrages in the Italian territory. We have been told [!]—on information which I hope is not correct [!!!]—that a great expedition is contem plated to take place during this month of May." Was there ever before an indictment so raised against a Foreign Government by a Prime Minister of England ! " If" so and so has passed !—" And I am afraid it has I "—" If I am asked upon what authority I make this statement, I can only say that from information I believe it "—" We have been told" this, that, and the other !—Upon whose authority ? —Well, "on information " that, for the sake of the credit of the Go vernment we are thus darkly aspersing by these kind of stabs in the back, in the way of sinister im putation upon imputation—" on information" that, for the sake of the credit of the Government we are thus stabbing in the back and in the dark, we hope is not correct ! Blows like these are unworthy of falling from the hand of Lord PALMERSTON. So administered, they are discreditable to the reputa tion of the English Government. In the House of Commons last evening Mr. SEYMOUR brought forward a motion of some im portance, which, although producing no immedi ately practical effect, is yet likely to be useful by opening a discussion on matters too little regarded. It is not surprising that the debate should have arrived at no decided conclusion, when we remem ber that the' head of the department attacked has always been famous for his obstructive qualities, from the days when our witty friend Punch repre sented the state coach at a standstill from the im pediments offered to its progress by the wood pave ments. According to the Indian Secretary's own showing, however, we have been doing him grevons injustice, and it will doubtless be highly satisfac tory to all concerned in the development of Indian resources and the resuscitation of our cotton trade, to learn that Sir CHARLES WOOD has always given every encouragement to British settlers in that country, and has endeavoured by every means in his power to promote the cultivation of cotton. Those who remember his speech at Halifax in the recess will hear these declarations with some astonishment, but the right hon. baronet is not the first orator who has found that the same discourses will not do for the platform, and the green benches. Mr. SE'YMOITR'S motion was to the effect that " the occupation of waste lands in India by settlers, and the redemption of a portion of the land tax of India, were desirable objects especially with a view to the present state of the cotton industry in this country ; and that it was ex pedient that her MAJESTY'S Government show d take further steps to carry it out." In support of it, the hon, gentleman made an able speech setting forward clearly the evils of the land tax, and show ing the wide tracts of fertile land which are wait ing the hand of the cultivator. After commenting on the prominent position assumed by this tax in the finances of India, a position wi.icn it could only have acquired in a primitive and uncultivated country, Mr. SEYMOUR declared that it now ex ceeded the limit allowed by Hindoo laws; it dried up the other sources of revenue, checked improve. ments, and necessitated an enormous expenditure upon public works. He further showed that the revenue would not he likely to suffer by a change. citing results of a comparison between Madras and Bengal, which proved that in proportion to the decrease in the land tax was the produce of other taxes. The hon. member also enlarged upon the beneficial effects of enabling the people to buy their own land—a plan which has long since been sug gested by men of ability and experience as the means best qualified to secure their contentment and prospe rity. The property now hidden or buried would be cheerfully brought forward, the prospect of compa rative independence for their families would check the terrible crime of infanticide now so common, and would open the way to civilisation and national progress. With regnrd to the second branch of his subject, one which at this moment concerns England as nearly as India, Mr. SEYMOUR had much to say . After paying that testimony to the able statesman ship of Lord STANLEY which all friends of India are so willing to accord, he quoted the opinions of many eminent authorities in support of his views. "The Secretary of State," he said, "would perhaps, tell him there were no waste lands in India. A glance at the map of India, with its vast unsurveyed and unexplored regions, would prove the contrary. Mr. Temple, the Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces, and his subordi nate officers, bore testimony that such lands existed in abundance. Much of this land was most suitable for the European settler, because it gradually rose in height as i t receded from the coast, until it came upon a vast plateau, edged by the Godavery, which had its source in Bombay, and flowed across to the Gulf of Bengal. Mr. TEMPLE spoke of one district alone of this country as extending 25,000 square miles, Mr. LAING was of o pi n i on t h at over one-third of India was waste. Besides the 25,000 square miles above alluded to, there were other tracts of surpassing fertility, the cultivation of which had been neglected. In the Terai, at the foot of the Himalayas, there were 400 or 500 miles of the richest land in all India, and bearing trac e s of ancient cultivation. No doubt it was insalubrious, but its fertility was very remarkable. A gentleman who applied to the India Board on the subject of i rrig ation works in Scinde, and who went to the country to make his calcu lations, estimated that 20,000,000 acres in Scinde might be irrigated at ls. per acre if proper works were erected. In the Punjaub, also, he calculated that there were 47,000,000 acres, only 14,000 , 00 0 of which were assessed. He t h oug ht he had said en ug h to show that there was quite a sufficient extent of waste land in India to afford a field to any num ber of Europe a n se ttl ers who might go to that country. " Mr. SEYMOUR p l aced in very strong con trast the system followed at the India Office i by its late head an d by its pres en t c hi ef. Lord STANLEY had given every facility to the purchase of land by Europeans, and had specially declared it was most important that the question of price should be so regulated that a person in London might know how much he should have to pay for his land on his arrival. We do not wonder that Mr. SEYMOUR expressed a doubt as to whether such information were readily given at the India Office to intending settlers. Another very serious evil in the present method is, that every piece of land must be set up to auction, whereas Lord C ANNING provided very sensibly that there should only be an auction when there were several applicants. According to the system pursued, a man may select a piece of land after much labour and consideration, and then see it taken from him by a speculator who has been waiting to profit by his superior knowledge or en terprise. It is not surprising that whereas, under Lord CANNING'S rule, thousands of acres were ap plied for, under Sir :C. k . WOOD'S improvements there has not been a single application. Lord STANLEY spoke on this point with his usual fair ness and good sense. He said that one great objec tion to the auction system was the necessary survey, which practically limited the sales, and postponed the sale of waste lands almost indefinitely. " It," said the noble lord, "in a certain district there were European settlers, and water communication or railway communication opened or in process of being opened, the auction principle might be fairly worked ; but this would not apply to one-tenth of these lands; and with regard to the other nine tenths, notwithstanding the disadvantages which certainly attended such a plan, he thought it would, on the whole, be better that the first bidder should have them at a fixed low price. No doubt the first comer would then have an advantage ; but, after all, he was the pioneer, he was the discoverer, and this advantage should hardly be grudged him." It is a very great mistake to suppose that the only profit the Government gains from industrious and enterprising settlers is the money they pay for their land. Such a narrow and shortsighted policy brings its own punishment—it cramps the energies of our capitalists and workers, it retards the cul tivation of the couatry and lets trade stagnate for want of free development. The fetters with which we have weighted India are heavy enough to make us wonder that the country is in no worse condition. Mr. SEYMOUR referred to a case where a tract of land of 16,000 acres was lying idle, but was refused to some gentlemen of commercial stand ing in this country, owing to the express inter ference of the Indian Government, A gentleman Laving pointed out the vast tracts of country lying idle and ownErless in the valleys of the Godavery and other rivers, proposed certain rules and an up set price, which would, he thought, bring over British settlers. According to Mr. SEYMOUR these rules were disallowed, and higher prices and more restrictive conditions enforced. Had these wide and fertile lands been opened to English en terprise and capital a few years back, we might now see a thriving population occupied in their cul tivation, and our idle mills and silent machinery might not be witnessing the desolation of Lanca • shire. We refer the reader to the Indian Secretary's own speech for the arguments by which he endea voured to prove himself in the right. But the im portance he evidently attaches to the price received for the land forbids us to hope for much extension of his views. An enlightened and liberal policy is certainly not to be expected from him, and until we see some more competent statesman put at the head of affairs, the fortunes of our finest colony must languish and suffer. Nothing could be more inopportune than the con• duct of M. BISMARK at present. For some time past he has conducted himself in the most extra ordinary manner, and violated all the principles of the constitution, but his last exploit is enough to astonish any one. For some reason best known to himself he has taken dire offence against the Chamber, and now threatens to withhold the light of his countenance altogether from the deputies. We are informed that at the sitting of the Cham ber of Deputies the other day the President read letter signed by the Ministers, stating that so long as the House supports the assumption made by the President of a right to limit the Ministers' freedom of speech, the members of the Cabinet should no longer be present at the sittings of the Chamber. This is almost as strange a proceeding as ever took place in a constitutional country, and the Ministers are quite determined to carry out their threat to the fullest extent. Hence we hear that when the committee which is appointed to decide the rights of the disputed point summoned before them the Ministers, Herr von BISMARK de dined for himself and his colleagues to appear before the Assembly. It might not have been convenient to answer some of the queries that would have been but, bat at the same time what an affront to put on a body of representatives, and what an insult to the principles of constitutional representation. The demand of the Ministers is simply this, that they require a declaration " that the House has no dis ciplinary authority over the members of their body." Allowing for the sake of argument that this conces sion is mace, what becomes of free discussion, and where is the benefit of the Chambers sitting at all ? The chief advantage that is gained from a fair field and free discussion is that the general enunciation of popular views should control and direct the par ticular aims and contracted tendencies that any class of men are apt to fall into, and especially those who are exposed to the temptations of power, and placed in the dangerous position of authority. Now if the members of the Assembly must speak with bated breath, and refrain from making any re. marks that may prove unwelcome to the Mini sters, whose actions they are there to criticise, and whose measures they must analyse sad dis cuss to decide and discover if they are likely to prove beneficial or detrimental to the interests of the country. What avail is it that they came there at all ; it would be a mockery and a de lusion, it would be a farce to call it legislation, they would be stultifying themselves and feeling the mortifying conviction that they were dishonouring their country and disappointing the hopes and ex pectations of those who sent them to that high tri bunal to do their best in the light of day and before the face of men, without fear or reproach, to watch over the interests, and vindicate the rights, of that country among whose sons they were proud to en rol themselves. It would appear, indeed, that the divine right claimed by the Sovereign has been im parted to his Ministers, who seem resolved hence forth to give no man an account of their steward ship, but to follow the dictates of their own con venience, and snit the caprices of their mistaken master. We have all heard of the admirable de scription of the dangers of coming too much in contact with "vice"-- " That seen too oft, familiar with its face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." This will apply to the close alliance and constant communications that have of late taken place be tween Russia and Prussia. M. BISMARK has fought for the convention that doomed unhappy Polish exiles to destruction with a zeal and energy worthy of a better cause, and now he seems determined to mould the constitution and enforce the habits of his own country, according to the similitude of the land, whose worst features and most revolting attributes he has so laboured to foster and encou rage. This last intelligence will fall like a thunder bolt on all true friends of Prussia. Whether it be the nature of the country, who blush for their own lawgivers, or the neighbouring States, or those who look from afar on a struggle whose issue is near to this sad d their h earts, s i nce it concerns the glor i ous an d uni versal questio n o f lib erty, w hi c h ma k es the whole world kin, decadence, allmen aalike wiltd co agree ncur in i r mourningtheir r burning indignation at such tyrannical assumption and unworthy conduct. But the sympathy of other States will not remedy the evil that is engendered at home, and such an affront as this calls for instant redress. If M. BIsMARK persists in his extraordi nary demand, let the Chambers reply with a firm refusal; let them be bold and firm, and while they abstain from spreading more confusion where dis order is already rife, let the cause of their coun try's independence be the paramount object of their exertions, and to raise up again their trampled rights the aim of their unflagging efforts. The present emergency calls for action ; and if the KING and his Ministers see a determined line of action they may be persuaded to withdraw from the false position that they have taken up, and be wise in time, as many of their predecessors before them have had to immolate their own peculiar ideas be fore the shrine of a nation's liberties. This crisis in the affairs of Prussia will be eagerly watched and minutely criticised; its issue must soon be known. Let it not be said that the members of the Chamber were waverers at their post, or de serters from their standard; they are put there to maintain the rights of their fellow-subjects, and they must do so with spirit, energy, and unflinching fortitude, if they wish to have any longer Et country that is worth defending, or compatriots who possess any liberties that deserve the name. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (RETJTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per Jura.) NEW YORK, MAY 1, (Morning). General Hooker's whole army is moving. A por tion of the army crossed the Rappahannock at Kelly's Ford, above Fredericksburg, on Monday last, and captured the Confederate pickets. Gen. Hooker sent out skirmishers, but found no enemy. Since that time the remainder of the army has bet n crossing at three other fords above and below Fredericksburg, and it is supposed that the whole army is now across the Rappahannock. The Con federates are reported to have been everywhere surprised, and to have offered no serious resistance to the passage of the army at any point. The Federals have captured from 300 to 500 prisoners. Prisoners state that Stonewall Jackson commands the right wing of the Confederate army. General Banks has seized the Opelousas Railroad and communicated with Admit al Farragut above Port Hudson. During his expedition to Opelousas General Banks is reported to have captured large amounts of stores, cotton, and ammunition, with numerous prisoners, who are said to be arriving at New Orleans at the rate of 500 a day. The Confederates in Tennessee have advanced to Beech Grove, nine hours' march from Murfrees boro', but it is not supposed they will risk an attack on Murfreesboro', which is strongly for tified. No confirmation of the shooting of General Bragg by Breckenridge has been received. After a severe engagement, in which they lost 100 men, the Federals have driven the Confederates out of Tuscumbia, Alabama, whence the latter had been making troublesome raids iu the vicinity of of the Tennessee River. One regiment of Confederate General Marma. duke's forces in Missouri is reported to have been surprised by the Federals three miles west of Jack son, and the entire regiment, with horses and camp equipage, captured. The Federals were still pursuing the main body of General Marmaduke's army, which had attacked Cape Girardegu, and was retreating with consider able captured booty. General Marmaduke's object in dividing his forces appears to have been mainly to obtain supplies. General Price is said to be at Little Rock, Ar kansas, with 8,000 troops, preparing for the cam paign in Missouri. The Confederate Secretary of War has visited Charleston, and expressed himself satisfied with the arrangements. The New York Herald says that General Hooker's declarations befcre the War Committee attributing the failures of Burnside and M'Clellan to incapacity, place him in an extraordinary position of respon sibility, and he has now no alternative before him but death or victory—death in the field or death to his military reputation. He has voluntarily set himself up as superior to IVl'Clellan and Burnside, and he must make good his pretensions or sink into irretrievable disgrace. The New York Times hopes that if General Hooker fails the nation has acquired sense enough to dismiss him to obscurity without wrangling for half a year. The story that a telegraphic cable had been dis covered by which information was conveyed across the Rappahannock from the Federal to the Confe derate camp has proved a canard. The Richmond Inquirer of the 20th, says there is some reason to believe that General Hooker is changing his base of operations from Fredericks burg to the peninsula, and would not be surprised if the Federals were found ascending York River. Skirmishing along the Upper Rappahannock will not alter his purpose, as this may be undertaken to ascertain the presence of the Confederate army, as well as to make General Lee believe that a real ad vance from Fredericksburg is intended, but the Inquirer thinks General Hooker cherishes an idea that by leaving a strong corps well fortified at Fredericksburg, and moving his army to White House, he will compel Lee to fall back to Rich mond. The Mobile Register says that Fort Pemberton is now the key of the MiEsissippi Valley, and should be held at all hszards. It is said to be a line of breastworks composed of cotton bales and mud, running across from the Yazoo to the Talla hatchie rivers. The light rests upon the Talla hatchie and the left upon the Yazoo, the distance across in a straight line not exceeding 250 yards. General Loring, a very skilful officer, commands at Fort Pemberton. The San Francisco correspondent of the New York Herald says " Much is spoken about conspiracies to take Cali fornia out of the Union. The natives of Southern States are spoken of as active parties in this affair ; but Northern men, feeling the weight of heavy taxation, are the men who secretly harbour the project of a Pacific Republic. It California ever throws off the Federal control, it will be the work of Northern men, who will refuse to pay crushing taxation or to regard the conscription laws. A significant fact is, that the Federal War Depart. ment assumes the duty of defending California, thus postponing the bill before the California 141 gisldture, which, if passed, would have put into the hands of the people arms and olaer munitions of war. "The Federal Government has purchased a large fleet of steamships at San Francisco for the coast and harbour service, which are to be immediately fitted out for active service. " The authorities have warned large dealers in arms and ammunition not to sell cannon without first informing them." Secretary Chase has left New York for Boston, and will afterwards visit the Western cities. It is stated he will not of f er a foreign loan, and that the alleged departure of agents for Europe for this pur pose is unfounded. The Polish Committee of New York has issued an appeal to the American people for aid. The New York _Herald urges the people not to contribute, as Russia is the only country showing sympathy with the North, and such proceedings would be certain to destroy the cordial relations existing between the two countries. The property of Doctor Boyle in Washington, valued at 50,000 dollars, is to be sold under the Confiscation Act. Doctor Boyle is Provost-Mar shal in the Southern States. The Mexican Minister has left Washington for Mexico. The legation will be closed during his absence. Judge Connor, of Toronto, is dead. Several regiments from the seat of war have ar. rived at New Yolk, and have received an enthu siastic welcome from the populace. The steamers Alice and Nita arrived from Mobile on the 19th April, and several other small craft have arrived from the South, all with cotton. Four Confederate schooners left Havana for Ma tamoras on the 20th April. The barque Lysander, which has arrived at Bos ton, reports that on the 10th, while standing in towards Colorado Reef, she saw a burning vessel, supposed to be a privateer. Upon the 12th she was overhauled by a privateer schooner, and ordered to send a boat alongside, but the captain of the Lysander refused, and ordered the crew to arm themselves. The privateer, seeing an armed crew, tacked the ship and left. This was in long. 83 45 deg., lat 23 18 deg. NEW YORK, MAY 1, Evening. The Federal army at Millikens Bend, above Vicks burg, received orders on the 24th ult. to march with six days' rations. Four Federal transports which attempted to pass Vicksburg on the 23d were sunk, and two others badly damaged. Some Confederate rams were expected to come down the L3ZOO to attack General Grant's position at Carthals, above Vicksburg. A man in Ohio has been sentenced to four months' hard labour for expressing publicly his sympathy with the Secessionists. The Richmond Despatch says that there is a sys tem of communication between tha blockading fleet off Charleston and the blockaded runners, which bring in American goods or carry out cotton. This is certain, from the fact that the only vessels cap tured are those freighted with stores for the Confe derate Government. The City of Manchester has arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE NEW YORK, MAY 1 (Evening). Money abundant. Gold 501 prem. Exchange 166 to 166/. Stocks buoyant. New York Cen trals, 116: ; Illinois, 911 ; Erie, 845; Five per CAA. United States Bonds, 96 ; Six per Cent. do., 1051. Cotton dull. Flour 10c. lower. Wheat inactive. Corn quiet. Provisions quiet. Coffee dull. Sugar and molasses good inquiry. NEW YORK, MAY 2, Afternoon. There is a large Confederate force at Morgantown, Western Virginia, on the Pennsylvania State line of railway. They have repulsed Colonel Mulligan at Fairmount, and destroyed the Baltimore and Ohio bridges at Fairmount and Cheat River. General CArter, with 5,000 men, crossed the Cumberland River below Somerset, Kentucky, and after a severe fight drove the Confederates out of the town. Th 3 Federals are making an active movement on the Mubile Ohio Railroad, to break up Southern railroad communication in Mississippi. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MAY 2, AFTERNOON. Money easy. Gold, 498 premium. Exchange, 166. Stocks dull. New York Central, 116-i ; Illinois, 941 ; Erie, 84i ; Six per Ceut. United States Bonds, 106. The Jura takes out 9,000 dols. in specie. MEXICO. NEW YORK, MAY 2 (Morning.) The New York journals state that Mexican news received via San Francisco, says that the French were driven out of Puebla on the 7th April. These advises, however, are not credited. Intelligence reeeived here from Vera Cruz, April 16, by way of H tvanna, states that, at that date, the taking of Puebla was not known in Vera Cruz. The battle was said to be becoming bloody, and losses of consequence had occurred to Loth parties. PRUSSIA. THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBER. BERLIN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13. Ttie Committee for the Regulation of Business has proposed to the House not to consent to the demand expressed in the Ministerial letter of the 11th instant. The party of progress has brought in the former address of Htrr Virchow respecting the political situation of the country. The Centre, upon the other hand, wishes to await the settlement of the dispute upon the question of competence. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MAY 13. An Imperial decree has been published to-diy stating that in order to throw into oblivion the re menihrance of the events which took place in Transylvania in 1844, 1848, 1849, 1851, and 1853, his Imperial Majesty is pleased to relieve those who have passed their term of imprisonment for high treason from any legal consequences of such im prisonment. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1863, SPAIN. MADRID, MAY 12 (Evening). A Cabinet Council was held to-day at Aranjuez under the Presidency of the Queen. Her Majtsty expressed to the Ministers the happi ness it would afford her to see them continue at the head of affairs. King Ferdinand of Portugal has arrived at Madrid. PORTUGAL. The ex Regent Dum Fernando has gone to Spain on a visit to the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier, The Bishop of Faro is dead, and the see of that place is conbequently vacant. The Cortes are engaged in discussing the budget. Senor Cdsal Ribeito has spoken very eloquently on the subject. The Anglo-Portuguese Banking Company is about to commence operations in Lisbon. The Eastern Railway has been opened from Abrantes to Crato, a distance of about 80 leagues. Some three hundred guests were invited by Senor Salamanca, who went over the new portion of the line in a special train. Tile iron bridge over the Tagus, which is now open for traffic, was very much admired. The New Water Company of Lisbon has nearly completed its labours and the pipes are now laid in all the principal streets of the city. The patent blip on the opposite bank of the Tagus is nearly ready to receive vessels. The corvette Sada Bandeira has returned from Tangiers, whither she had been sent to protect Pox• tuguese subjects. The weather Continues fine, but in consequence of the absence of rain, the harvest is expected to be scanty. There have been large arrivals of cereals, which have hitherto met a good market. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 12.—A decline in the English funds has had a depressing effect on this mar/tat, and prices have receded. Threes are now at 69f. 65c. Railway Shares have been rather offered, and quot Ations have in some instances retrograded. Italian Loan firm. The market improved towards the close, and left off as follows: It per Cents. . . 97 Do. ead month 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 75 credit. Nlobiher 1425 Do. end mom h 1420 Bank Shares 3400 Credit lioncier 1455 Italian Loan 72 2:5 Do. end month 72 40 New ditto — Do. end month -- Russian ...... 91' Austrian - Spanish Threes 62i Rome Debt 51 50 RA IL 'AYE. Cash. Orlean lOlO N orthern Account. New ditto . 820 ---- Lyons and Mediterranean 1080 Geneva.... Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian I ,cm. ha rcl North of Spain Saragossa 7 3 75 .. Ditto to Barcelona WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAM.P I ON, MAY 13th. The Royal Mail Packet Company's steamship La Plata, with the above mails, has arrived. She bring 124 passengers 1,150,565 dols. in specie, and 2,645 packages of general merchandise. The La Plata left St. Thomas on the 29th ult, and experienced fine weather till the 11th inst. Afterwards strong south-westerly gales and rain. She spoke the English barque Wizard on the 9th instant. News from Carthagena says that the bill making Panama the capital of the republic had passed the second reading, and it was expected would become law. The steamer Isabel was snagged coming down the river, and 3,000 bales of tobacco were lost, but two cargoes of silver were saved. The interior was quiet. According to the latest intelligence from Guate mala the President Carrera was about to leave for the frontier with 4,000 troops for the purpose of again invading San Salvador. General Jerez with his army was in Nicaragua. It was feared he would take possession of Realijo. General Guerrero had advanced to meet him. General Martinez was fortifying Leon to reels the advance of General Jerez. The anticipated rising against the Government of Granada was prevented by the arrest of the leaders It was reported that a revolutionary party was on the way to seize Grey Town. The proceedings of the Government of Chili in reference to the guano depesirs of Mexillones, and the question of reclamation made by the British representatives against the Chili Government for injuries sustained during the last revolution, occu pied considerable attention. The claim of 50,000 doltars, the British represen. to.tivea in Chili are instructed to enforce, had ea• cited the greatest indignation throughout the Re• public. Regular activity ruled in Valparaiso market both iu imports and exportation. Exchange, 441 d to 44d. The President of Peru, General San Roman, died on the 3d April. His death was looked upon as a national calamity. The funeral was attended by the entire population of the capital, and by thousands of the principal citizens of Callao. On the 10th the ministry resigned en mane, and their places were filled by a new cabinet. Trade continued very dull at Demerara with no prospect of improvement. The weather at Barbadoes was favourable, and the reaping of numbers of crops proceeded vigor• ously. The health of the island was good. Trade unaltered at Trinidad. The weather fine and crop operations proceeding. The yield was expected to realise anticipations. The political storm at Jamaica bad passed over, and the business legislation was progressing with tolerable smoothness. A new line of steamers was about being established between Cuba and Jamaica. Business at Jamaica was without improvement. The sugar crops were expected to realise the esti mates formed. The island continued healthy. MARKETS—This Day. MARK LANE. The fresh arrivals of English wheat to this morning's market were but moderate. Most samples, however, came to hand in good condition. For selected wheats, there was a steady demand, at full quotations, otherwise, the trade ruled heavy, at barely previous prices. With foreign wheat, the market was well supplied, both in granary and ex-ship. Millers almost generally pur chased retail parcels, and the transactions were chiefly made at Monday's currency. Floating cargoes a grain were firm, and prices were supported. _ _ The supply of barley was str,all. The trade, both for grinding and distilling qualities, continued firm, and prices were steadily maintained. The malt trade was steady, at quite previous rates. Good and fine oats met a tolerably tree sale, at full cur rencies. Interior parcels were in slow request, yet no change took place in their value, compared with Monday. The supply on offer was tolerably good. Beans and peas—the supplies of which were small-- changed bends at full quotations. Fine barrel flour ruled fl , m, at extreme rates ; otherwise, the tlJur trade was quiet, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. blalt. Oats. Flout. English.— 67u — ' 760 1 I b2O Irish.— ..... 55) ) - oritign..•... 1,660 1,810 1 O,E6J 140 sks. 060 bras, BOROUGH HOP. Both English and foreign hops are in steady request, and the late advance in prices well supported. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderately large, and the trade rules inactive at the sut joined currency : Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 2d; lamb, 58 6d to 6s 4d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. THE LATE A. L. EGG, R.A., AT SASS'S —QUERY, GANDISH'S ?—On one occasion Mr. Sass, who had quite a romantic notion of the dignity of the profession, and did justice to this view by his solemn deportment, suddenly discovering a pewter quart-pot in a little cup board in the pedestal of the Apollo Belvedere, held it out in great indignation, inquiring to whom it belonged, Mr. Augustus Leopold advanced politely, with the naive assur ance that he believed it belonged to the publican round the corner, whose name was engraved on its face. "My ques tion, sir, applies to the person who is responsible for its introduction here." "It was I, sir, who had the beer for my lunch brought in it," replied the student. " Then I have to declare, Mr. Egg," said the scandalised Mr. Sass, gesticulating with the pot still in his hand, " that your conduct makes it easy to prophesy you will never succeed in your pursuit of art; and it seems he hela this view to the last, altho gh ti he student drew and progressed steadily, ana exhibited no degrading taste but in the instai.ce given of love of beer out of the pewter. Like Clive Newsome, under similar circumstanc* a, the young gentleman had his horse brought to the door by the groom when he left at three or four in the aftetnoon ; and in all things, it would appeal, he conducted his studies in a more luxurious way than his fellows. THE itIiSSIAN ARMY.—The 7ygodnilc states, on the authority of official documents, that the active Russian army now comprises, after the reductions which have been made, 335,000 infantry, 61,0,0 cavalry, 55,000 of the reserve, 60,000 artillerymen with 2,000 caun , n—making a total of 510,000 men on paper. The real effective force, however, is considerably less, and does not excet.d W 0,00) men, v v .. andal HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, MAT 12. The Queen and Princess Louis of Hesse, attend ( by Lady A. Bruco and Lord C. Fitzßoy, drove 1 Newport yesterdiy. Prince and Princess Leiningen dined with hi IVlajesty. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Teel dale, rode on horseback yesterday morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prince: of Wales, attended by the Countess of Macclesfiel and Major Teesdale, honoured the Royal Itali a Opera, Covent-garden, with their presence la! evening. THE QUEEN'S JOURNEY TO BALMORAI The Queen will return from Osborne to Winds° Castle to-morrow, and on the following day be Maj..sty will take her departure for Bain: l ° l. , l accompanied by th e i r R oya l Hi g h nes ses tu Princesses Helena, Louisa, and Beatrice. The Royal train conveying her Majesty will cog sist of the Queen's saloon carriage, two ordinal . : saloons, one family carriage, five first-class Or riages, three carriage trucks, and two luggage °II3 , belonging to the London an d N or th-W es t e rd Rau way Company, under whose direction the jourae: will be made over the several lines in connectiel with their system. Her Majesty will be attended by Lady August Bruce, the Duke of Argyll, General the N° El Charles Grey and Mrs. Grey and Miss Grey, Lor i Charles Fitzroy, Dr. Jenner, and Mr. itula vd Major Cowell will be in attendance on ?rine' Alfred, and Mr. Buff on the young Prince Leopold The Royal train will leave Windsor at VI minutes before seven o'clock on Friday evening , an l i proceeding over the Great W e st ern R a ilway, v vi reach Oxford at twelve minutes after eight. Thence after a delay nf five minutes, the train will run Leamington, where, during a ten minutes' intoro the Royal party will partake of refreshments, pre ceeding onwards at 9.35 p.m. H er Majesty 1 leave the Great Western railway at the Bush'ull junction, wh ere th e t ra i n i s ti me d t o arrive e, 10.42 p.m. Here the line of the London and S Ort Western proper is entered upon, and the MI journey will be continued to Whitmore, ob a l' place will be reached at 11.34 p.m. Tho trairl run through the important station of Col% midnight without stoppin g , th e next halt b e ing P i , the preston junction at 12.51 a.m. on the m° i°° of the 16th inst. The Kendal junction v4 111)11 reached at 239 a.m., an d t h e b or d e r °i ,l of Carlisle w ill b e reac h e d at seven lt nutes after four. Thenc e f orwar d t h e train 1/0, run over the Caledonian Railway to the eif e te hill Junction, making only one law:V (111/ .4 stoppage at Summit. From Greenhill the Seci tti tb , Central line will be traversed to the city of F , er- f where her Majesty will arrive at 40 minutes ait'" o on Saturday morning. The royal party will 8 1 0 11 here and partake of refreshments at the S t i s ' i f o i Hotel, one hour and a quarter being allowe d that purpose. The Duchess of Athole will jol t ' t' Majesty at this place and travel onwards W ith 64 Queen to Balmoral. Starting again at 10 11 : 8 - 6 1 The train will run over the Scottish North-E as i i - 0 line to Forfar, which station will be reache d 10.53 a.m. From Forfar to Aberdeen an uli ' ll to r rupted Inn of 58 miles will be run without s oil ping, the train arriving at the latter city at / p.m. After a delay of 5 minutes the royal 1) : to will proceed northward s over t h e D ees ide l iP te Aboyne, the furthest e xt rem ity o f th e ra ilvlaY oi o fr tem, her Majesty posting thenceforward t ° moral by a couple of easy stages, the wholeP tl i r itt la of nearly 600 miles being accomp li s hed io more than 20 bouts. tb . The usual instructions hav e b een issued to various railway officials, and it has been o r " - det that on this occasion none of the public are, un it y sty circumstances, to be admitted within W l ' s , tions, the object b e i ng th at h er M a jesty sha l g t , perfectly undisturbed during the journey o pti Cawkwell, general manager of the Lond on,„o North-Western Railway, will h a ve the ex c "; 0 0 , direction of the royal train from Windsor to Ab°l ETON COLLEGE.—We are informed that lietitt the intention of their Royal Highnesses the Fr il ' ej oo f Princess of Wales to honour Eton with their p resea lli o the sth of June. The annual cerem on i es , thereforet tit sir usually take place on the 4th will on this occasion be P to Friday, the sth of June. The Earl and Countess of Wintert ou arrived at 37, Portland-place. r id Viscount and Viscountess Galway have :plow, at LiHyman' s Hotel, Brook-street, from Serlby Lord and Lady Middleton and the Willoughby have arrived at the St. George's 1 1 ° fr '' a 011 7 Count M. G. de Wczele has l e ft Est°l/43- for Norfolk. A fstl! ilf The Baron and Baroness Rott erm ond 110 ; n or j have arrived at the Brunswick, J ermyn - s treet, 0 1 A saying of Sir George Cornewall LeNvis , ° , 'loP:, in an in Memoriam notice in ,Eraser's Afagaz in would be very tolerable except for its pleasures. " says the Reader, he meant evening parties. th OPERA-HOUSE SOCIETY.—The mass ° A i to A , who at tend come to flirt, to talk, to see, ° 13 . :01,4 seen. The atmosphere is redol en t o f Lord 91- o lgtigt Here is his favourite lounge. Here he vents li° o o re , ot t inanities as h 1 passes from one box to another. 0 004 spread the meshes in which th e fo r t unes o f eldet e hel v io, l'; ow entangled. Add to the ordinary assemblage 'alr At i dowagers, eligible young men, and marketable yiollot the influx of country visitors who come up to M il o teed few weeks in June, and are determined, of eorille , 8 0 1 4 opera colite qui cozite, and some notion may be tr ill , few who come for music, and the m an y who c° l33- / for a fashionable recreation. s q:A - W. HUNT'S FRUIT, EGGS, A ND FLO „ " - truth seems to be, says an en th us i as tic sr, r t - ooO r d the Saturday Review, th a t thi s consumma te ar us e d, 82, improves upon n a t ure . A pp l es so r i pe ly coloU r so transparent, strawberries so melting, plum bs are sc-rcely to be found except in the idaal• beautiful are this painter's bird's-nests and fi° l7ore jo g 7 0/ AN OVERLOADED CAP.—Yesterday' tO rp o pec ei po Humphreys held an inquiry at Dalston re d Chid the deaths of Mr. John Robert Davis, aged 40, ali o ise e t, Sylvester, aged 24. Mr. George Hyson, a raB g/ 11 , Mr. Davis was a gentleman living on his mea r ' e ildr 9 , o o o was a cab proprietor. On Wednesd a y evening It's b°6l l Mr. Birchett, and Mr. Skidmore came to witu e- ,, e d o ,A, • a Hsnsom cab, driven by Sylvester. Mr. Davis asP vs . b rr 01' to come with them, with his cornopean, t° 8 00 ii pe where they would take a boat to Tottenharo• . lOW ag) : 01( „ I t n es went upstairs to get his hat they put hts l 9 6o,iir the cab and drove routAl the corner. Witneso iir ' ° o ow l 0 . , they told him to get on the top of the cab. '1 30 04 00 ° IP have done so, but he was apprehensive of t i: ; r e jj. y 11 A OA son if be did not accompany the party..,;!„: 9 10 9 1; th e sober. While going along a portion of the . o ' l 7o l s if); where there were repairs, and the stones wer e a id ter 1 : 0 0, 0 ai d cab jolted in a peculiar manner, and Sylves springs had become straight. Witness was aide they drove along to Hackney, where he got nL icte , 0; 0 04 hide, and Mr. Davis and Mr. Birchett sat 01 .0 1 100 1,0 0 ; top of the cab. Witness played a tuna ou tbe 0 0 0 through Hackney-town. While going d do ubt i lge( l 4 bridge-road they noticed a strange noise, 11,u, pls D giving way of the springs. The horse su d i t icaP e e ites the left hand side. Mr. Skidmore tried t°. f s e• a 84 witness pulled him back, and so saved bis t il tio he t ; fl ito u suddenly plunged to the other side aga ins w ere fl oe l os e an embankment. The cab and the hor s° b ° s ilf , 6 lently on their sides into the roadway' be sacy, to the stunned. When witness collected his 01 ' 8 1 ,00 °/1 130 0 ,0 ter and Davis on the ground. They wer.,;c.Judas 0, German Hospital, where they died. - u ottires of l'os dO, said that both the deceased died from 6. shat is Ca of the skull. The jury returned a verdict, _ f 9 c an c er ceasf d were killed through the oversettingfeja flur se and that the cab was overset throug h u ver loaaed." Commons bc o Tc u byD OGS . —A bill laid t relati n g ells tie, befor e th to 6e i 1/ 6 Sir M. S. Stewart, e verY d o t r o a t of land only, provides that the owner °f to to s ileeP ale liable in damages for injury done by ou „. 0 0 0 1 and it shall not be necessary to prove; i 7 voto pr u P sy se I such owner, or a previous known othredog. "permittedT he t o o c occupier s o ft to p c e an rm p i r t ,; e v d e t t o h that remain he was there not thewrbei: h o di w o : u ee n msm t e ivi r se il dh i a s lirt i s or t u ::: 7; r i e de j a :l s l e 1 :i 6P 0 :1 11 11: l led. one n,eeu g biesy to on A eb .0 1) ill thoughtas p d a e s i e r d last a ble t L s a s i T e i l the woe