The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-29 00:00:00

THE PRINCIPALITIES.

BUCHAREST, APRIL 28.
An important public manifestation was com-
menced here yesterday evening.
The corporations and professors together, with a
large concourse of people, assembled with a view of
thanking the Prince for the new electoral law.
The assembly dispersed, however, at the invita-
tion of the authorities.

MEXICO.

PARIS, APRIL 29.

The illoniteur of this morning says :—Advices
received here from Mexico to the 29th March, state
the reconciliatory mission of the French army was
becoming better understood.

The number of adhesions was continually increas-
ing, and the guerillas had disappeared,

FRANCE.

BOURSE, April 28.—The arrival of the English
funds with a decline has had a rather depressing
effect on the market. Threes, for the Account,
receded to 66f. 80c., but they have since recovered,
and are now at 60f. 95e. Mobilier. after having
gone down to 1,205 f., are now at 1,220 f. Railway
Market heavy, but up to the present time with
little variation in prices. The market again de-
clined towards the close, at d. left off as follows :

4t per Cents .. 94
Do. end month....
3 per Cents
Do. end month 66 75
Credit Mobilior 1197 50
Do. end month 1195
Bank Shares 3350
Credit Fonder l2BO
Roman
BAIL

Italian Loan 6B 70
Do. end month 6B 75
New ditto ......
Do. end month —
Russian

Austrian
Spanish Threes..., 51 75
Elome Debt
Deferred -
FAY%
Cash. Account.
885 887 50
980 975
940 .. 945
887 50 ..
632 50 .. 660
500 .. 500
478 75 .. 480
370 367 50
415 415
558 75 .. 557 50
491 25 .. 49J
570 .. 570
270 275

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
New ditto
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian ..
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa ..
Ditto to Barcelona

AMERICA.

REUTER'S EXPRESS.
(Per the City of London.)
NEW YORK, April 16.

Despatches from the Army of the Potomac
announce that the roads in its vicinity are now in
excellent condition, presenting no obstacle to an
immediate advance. The Orange and Alexandria
Railroad is again in running order, and uninter-
rupted railroad and telegraphic communication
exists between the army and Washington. It is
expected that active operations will commence
at once.

The rebel guerillas are becoming active, On the
14th Mosby, with about five hundred rebel cavalry,
appeared suddenly near Bristoe station, and cap-
tured 25 Federal soldiers. He moved off in the
direction of Fredericksburg,
It is reported that Longstreet had reached Rich-
mond on the 11th with the greater portion of his
army, and that General Lee had been heavily rein-
forced from other points, and also by a great num-
ber of conscripts.
The Army of the Potomac is believed to exceed
that of General Lee in numbers, and is represented
to be in excellent condition.
There is no further news from Knoxville or
Chattanooga. East Tennessee is said to have been
entirely abandoned by the rebels.
Fort Pillow, on the Mississippi River, 70 miles
above Memphis, was captured on the 12th inst. by
the rebel forces under Gen. Forrest, who demanded
first a surrender cf the fort—declaring that, if he
had to take it by storm, no quarter would be given
to the coloured troops, of which the garrison mostly
consisted. Major Booth, the Federal commander,
refused to surrender,and the rebels at once stormed
the fort, overpowering the garrison by numbers.
The negro troops became panic-stricken, and fled
to the rear. It is alleged that the rebels massacred
nearly all the negro and many of the white .troops
after the surrender of the fort, and that less than 200
out of the garrison of 600 were spared. Major Booth
was killed. The rebel General Chalmers is said to
have endeavoured to stop the carnage. An account
received, via Cairo, states that only 56 negroes were
spared, and that not one officer who commanded
them survived. The rebels are said to have lost
heavily in the assault. Several of the guns
were spiked previous to their falling into the
hands of the rebels. The guns of the fort
were turned upon the Federal gunboat No. 7, which
was compelled to withdraw. It is said that the
rebels intended to evacuate the place and attack
Memphis. One despatch, however, states that they
will garrison and bold the fort. No boats are
allowed to go below Columbus, Kentucky.

The Government is said to have received no con-
firmation of the reported massacre of the garrison,
although the accounts received are generally be-
lieved to be but little exaggerated.
The rebel General Buford, commanding a division
of Forrest's forces, drove in the Federal pickets at
Columbus, Kentucky, on the 13th, and demanded
the surrender of Port Halleck. The Federal com-
mander refused to surrender, and Buford's forces
withdrew, and a portion of them subsequently
attacked and occupied Paducah, being finally
driven out by the Federal gunboats. They moved
off towards Mayfield, taking with them a large
amount of plunder,
There is a prevailing apprehension that the ope-
rations of Forrest and Buford, although important
in themselves, are merely intended to effect a diver-
sion in favour of more formidable operations else-
where under General John Morgan. Under whom,
at last accounts, a very heavy force was being con-
centrated at Abingdon, in South. Western Virginia.
Rebel guerillas are quite active in Kentucky,
opposite Cairo.
Advices from Louisiana to the sth inst. state
that General Banks and staff had reached Grand
Ecore. Alexandria has been put in condition for
defence against a threatened rebel attack. Tile
heavy ironclads had dropped down the Red River
to Fort De Bossy. There was nothing further from
the column moving against Shreveport, under
General Smith.
Latest advices from Arkansas state that General
Steele's army, on the 7th inst., had reached a point
on the Little Missouri river, 25 miles from Cam•
den, and expected next day to effect a junction with
the force under General Thayer, advancing from
Fort Smith. General Steele.,has been several times
attacked by the rebels under Marmaduke and
Shelby with cavalry, the rebels being repulsed in
each case.

Texas advices announce the occupation of Eagle
Pass, on the Rio Grande, by heavy Federal
cavalry force. Eagle Pass has been the great point
at which the rebels have sent cotton over into
Mexico. Corpus Christi has been re-occupied by
the Federals, and a number of rebel prisoners
taken.

A cavalry fight between the 14th New York and
a portion of the Seventh Alabama regiments is re-
ported to have occurred near Barrancas, Florida,
in which the rebels lost heavily and retreated.
The rebel conscription is rigidly enforced in
Southern Alabama, and terrible persecutions an
said to be inflic!ed on those who try to evade it.
Admiral Porter has furnished the navy depart-
mot evidence of the existence of a regularly orga-

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, April 28.

His Royal Highness Prince Augustus of Saxe-
Coburg, Prince Philip, and Princess Amelie arrived
yesterday on a visit to her Majesty, and left
Osborne at ten o'clock this morning on their return
to Claremont,

Princess Ltinit3gen dined with her Majesty and
the royal family.

The Prince and Princess of Wales,
SANDRINGHAM, April 28.

His Royal. Highness the Prince of Wales, at'
tended by Captain Grey, arrived at Sandringham
on Tuesday evening from Newmarket, having
travelled to Wolferton by special train.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, at-
tended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey, walked in the
grounds, end drove out.
Oa Wednesday the Prince of Wales walked over
the estate, and, with Lieutenant-General Knollys
and Captain Grey, inspected the various improve-
ments that are being made to the royal estate.
Baron de Bertoueh arrived at Sandringham on
Wednesday afternoon from Denmark.
Their royal highnesses, according to present ar-
rangements, will leave Sandringham for town to-
day by special train, and in the interval of their
absence from Norfolk the Prince of Wales's new
residence will be commenced. The plans, which
have been prepared by Mr. Humbert, have been laid
before his royal highness, and it is understood that
a mansion suited to the dignity of the heir to the
Throne will be provided in the place of the present
hall, the pretensions of which are of a very humble
character.

The erection of residences for the comptroller
of equerries, the extension of the royal stables,
providing of new cottages for the labourers replete
with every accommodation, the planting of trees,
laying out of gardens, &0., which are being carried
out extensively, sufficiently indicate the interest
felt by their royal highnesses in the estate and the
great improvements contemplated.

THE VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE.-UNIVERSITY
ARRANGEMENTS.

The council of the senate have reported to the
senate that the grace which was approved by them,
and subsequently sanctioned by the senate on the
21st inst., for the purpose of fixing the 16th of
June as the day for conferring the honorary des
green and reciting the prize exercises, was so ap-
proved with special reference to the intended visit
to the university of their Royal Highnesses the
Prince and Princess of Wales.

They have since understood that it would be
more agreeable to their royal highnesses to fix an
earlier period for their visit, viz., from the 2d to
the 4th of June, so that they may be present in the
university before the members have separated for
the long vacation.

The council therefore recommend that the hono-
rary degrees be conferred on June 3, and that the
Vice-Chancellor be authorised to fix the day and
time for reciting the prize exercises.
As the examination for the ordinary degree of
B.A. cannot take place in the Senate-house at the
time fixed by grace of Oct, 28, 1858, viz., May 26,
the council recommend that the syndicate which
was appointed on the 21st inst. to make prepara-
tions for the visit of their royal highnesses be em-
powered to sign a place in which the examination
shall be held.

A grace to authorise the carrying into affect the
foregoing recommendations will be offered to the
senate at the next ensuing congregation.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
honoured the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury by
his company at dinner, yesterday evening, at their residence
in Stratford-place. Among the guests invited to meet his
royal higiLness were—Her Serene Highness Princess
Edward of Saxe-Weimar, his Excellency the Count
Apponyi (the Austrian Ambassador), the Marquis and
Marchioness Cadore, the Marchioness of Ely, the Earl and
Countess of Tankerville, the Earl of Clanwilliam, Lord and
Lady Colville, Lord Edward St, Maur, Colonel the Hon.
James and Mrs. Macdonald, Sir Augustus and Lady Paget
and Miss Dashwood.

TZTE PREMIER.—Lord Palmerston has been con 4
fined to .tis residence during the week by an attack of gout,
which will account for his absence from the House of Com-
mons. Owing to his illness, Lady Palmerston's party,
which was fixed i,or to-morrow night, is put off to the 7th
of May.

The Earl and Countess of Conrtown leave their
temporary residence on Carlton-house-terrace to 'morrow,
for their seat in Ireland.

The Countess of Vernlam's dance for May 11 is
unavoidably postponed until the 12th.
___

His Royal Highness Prince Philip of Wurtem-
berg, attended by Baron Guttenberg and M. Mesnard, has
left the Clarendon Hotel for the continent,

The Marquis and Marchioness
,Cholriondeley
entertained a select party at dinner yesterday evening, at
their mansion on Carlton-house-terrace.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford are
expected to arrive at their mansion in Charles-5,1-.11304 St.
James's, from Curraghmore, County Waterford.
The Earl and Countess of Bessborough received
a select party at dinner yesterday evening at their hc►use in
Charles-street, Berkeley.square.
The Earl Cadogan—not the Earl of Cardigan,
as announced yesterday—is seriously indispoimd. A. typo-
graphical error was the cause of the misstatement.

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LETTERS FOR CONSTANTINOPLE TIA VIENNA
AND KUSTENDJIE.—The postal communication has
been re-established between *Vienna and Constantinople by
way of Tchernavoda and Kustendjie. Mails for conveyance
by this route are despatched from Vienna twice a week,
viz., on Mondays and Fridays; aad letters from the United
fr
from
f 1
Kingdom intended to be forwarded by such mails will, in
h
be in time for the mail of Mon-
dayt e ordinary
i fdespatched course
m post,Lodon via Ootend on the morning
of the previous Saturday, and for the mail of Friday if de-
spatched from London on the morning of the previous
Wednesday. Letters for Constantinople, which the senders
may desire to forward by this route, must be specially ad-
dressed "Via Kustencijie." The postage chargeab)e upon
letters will be the same as via Trieste, viz., lld for a
letter not exceeding half-an-ounce in weight, when pre-
paid, and is id if sent unpaid.
THE IRONMASTERS' MEETING.—At a meeting of
the iron trrde of the United Kingdom, held in
London on the 25th inst., attended by its most influential
members, resolutions to the following effect were unani-
mously adopted :—That this meeting, without any desire to
interfere with the right of the workmen to combine for any
fair and legitimate object, is resolved to resist, by every
means in its power, all attempts on the part of any combi-
nation of workmen to dictate to their employers the mode
in v.,hicla their work shall be conducted, and what workmen
they shall employ; and, with a view to maintain this prin-
ciple, a committee be formed representing every iron making
district.
Ancthor dividend under the bankruptcy of
Strahan, Paul, and Bates is promised at no distant date
the bankruptcy court officials having at present in
between 415,000 and £16,000,