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

FRANCE.

13ounsE, 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 661. 80c., but they have since recovered,
and are now at 66f. 95c. Mobilier. after having
gone down to 1,2051., 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, and left off as follows :

11 per Cents. . . 94 Italian Loan 6B 70
Do. end month.... Do. end month 6B 75
3 per Cents
Do. end month 66 75 Do. end month....
Credit Mobilier 1197 50 Russian
Do. end month.. ~1196 Austrian -
Bank Shares 3350 Spanish Threes.... 51 75
Credit Foncier l2BO florae Debt .. 49 25
Roman

RA IL WAYS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans BB5 „. 887 50
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean 940 .. 945
New ditto BB7 50 ..
S3u.thern
Western .. .
Eastern ....... „„, 478 75 .. 480
Sardinian
Austrian
Lorrbard
North of Spain
Saragoss,
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 Webbington. 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 Bristol station, and cap-
tured 25 Federal soldiers. He moved off in the
direction of Fredericksburg,
It is reported that Longstreet bad reached Rich-
mond on the 11th with the greater portion of his
army, and that General Leo 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 tied
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 pravious 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 hold 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 Fort 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
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. The
heavy ironclads had dropped down the Red River
to Fort Do Russr. 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 'ith inst., had reached a point
on the Little Missouri river, 25 miles from Cam
den, and expected next day to effoct 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 rebols being repulsed in
each case.

Texas advices announce the occupation of Eagle
Pass, on the Rio Grande, by :a heavy Federal
cavalry fore. 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 Barrencas, Florida,
in which the rebels lost heavily and retreated.
The rebel conscription is rigidly enforced in
Southern Alabama, and terrible persecutions are
said to be inflicted on those who try to evade it.

Admiral Porter has furnished the navy depart•
meat evidence of the existence of a regularly orga-

nized rebel torpedo corps, whose object is to destroy'
Federal vessels by every possible device.
The Alexandria Virginia Union Convention have
adopted an amendment to the state constitution
abolishing slavery.
In the Federal Senate, the committee on foreign
affairs have refused to report the resolution adopted
in the House of Representatives, reasserting the
Munroe doctrine and denouncing the French eectl'
pation of Mexico.
The Metropolitan Sanitary Fair in New York'
continues to be well attended, and receipts thus for
amount to 60Q,000 dols.
The votes for the presentation of a sword by the
Fair are so far largely in favour of General M'Clel6
lan. Each visitor paying 1 dol. can vote. Altb"gh
upparently an unimportant affair, the result Ag
anxiously awaited, inasmuch as it is thought to
indicate the relative popularity of the two Generals'

SOUTHAMPTON, April 29.
The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Teutonia from New York on the 16th inst. has
arrived off Cowes. She brings 134 passengers for
this port, Havre, and Hamburg, 118,200 dole. 1°
specie for France, and 500 dole, for Hamburg.
On the 17th inst. she spoke the Saxonia bound
for New York.

The Teutonia is waiting for orders before pro-
ceeding for Hamburg.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, April 28'

His Royal Highness Prince Augustus of Sage
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 retail
to Claremont.
Princess Leiningen dined with her Majesty and
the royal family.