The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH_ 2, 1863.

in which the possessions of various countries
are clearly defined, as in Mr. STANFORD'S
colonial office list, just published, and they will see
that the extent of England, compared with that of
her colonies, is but as a drop in the ocean; or, again,
take into account those States which have thrown
off their allegiance, and near:y one half of the
habitable globe is, or has been, under British rule.
And now, because it suits the whim of certain
political dreamers, is the common sense
of Englishmen to be insulted by the de-
mand that they shall forego all the ad-
vantages that the courage of their forefathers
has bequeathed to them as a heritage ? To what
end ? To reduce expenditure which the misma-
nagement of her finances has rendered excessive ;
or, as in the case of Gibraltar, which Mr. BRIGHT
boldly, nay insolently, declared should be restored
to Spain, because humiliating to the feelings of the
Spaniards for a foreign Power to hold a fortress
on their shores. The honourable gentleman
quite overlooked the fact that Spain herself, in
holding possession of Ceuta and other places on the
African coast, was inflicting the like indignity on
the Moors. Oh, no, that did not suit his purpose ;
his object, and that of all who support this suicidal
policy, is to degrade England, and bring her down
to the standard which NAPOLEON in his
ignorance once rated her at—viz., a nation of
sh opkeepers.
Thank GOD, Englishmen are made of sterner
stuff, and can afford to laugh to scorn the petti-
fogging intrigues of mob orators or daluded
Uni-
versity professors. When any of our colonies feels
itself strong enough to take care of itself, Eng-
land will not object to its setting up in life on
its own account, so long as it does not put itself
under the protection of any other European
state. This is what she now proposes to do with the
lonian Isles—but to cast off her dependencies nolens
volens would be a crime which, if perpetrated by a
woman to her offspring instead of by a state to her
dependencies, would cause her to be committed to
prison on the charge of unnatural desertion. The
expenses of some of our colonies has been exces-
sive, this, however, is owing not so much
to necessity as to mismanagement and peculation.
If a saving is to be made in the expenditure of
the country let reformers begin at the right end,
and„lop the tainted branches, and not, as•in the case
of the relinquishment of our colonies strike, at the
root of the wealth and greatness of the nation.

A FLOATING HOTEL.—The Dictator, a steamboat
now building at New York to ply between that city and
Albany next summer, will contain 350 staterooms. She
will be the largest river steamboat afloat.
NUPTIAL ODE BY PROFESSOR AYTOUN.
Amongst other particulars of the preparations for the mar-
riage of the Prince of Wales may be mentioned the publi-
cation of a nuptial ode by Professor Aytoun.

Mr. Carlyle has completed the fourth, and half
of the fifth and concluding volume of the "History of
Frederick the Great." He dwells with less amplitude
upon the latter part of his hero's career than he did upon
its commencement.

A meeting, at which upwards of 100 of the ma-
nufacturers of Prague were present, was lately held
in that city, to discuss a project for founding a museum on
the model of that at Kensington. A certain sum was sub-
scribed for the first expenses, and several articles of the
statutes were adopted before the meeting separated.
STATUE TO THE PRINCE CONSORT AT GUERNSEY.
—The committee appointed by the inhabitants of
Guernsey to consider the best means of expressing their
feelings of respect and esteem for the late Prince Consort
have just decided upon erecting a statue of the prince
similar to the one which in May next will be placed as the
memorial of the Exhibition of 1851 in the Horticultural
Gardens at Kensington. A statue of the Queen was in-
tended originally to have been placed as this memorial,
but at her Majesty's desire a statue of the late prince, to
be presented by the Prince of Wales, was substituted for
it. The work is now considerably advanced, and Mr.
Durham will have it completed in time for its public inau-
guration in the first week of May. The statue for Guern-
sey wilt be after the same model, and this, as well as the
one for the memorial,will be cast in pure copper by Messrs.
Elkington and Co.

A HARD CASE.—We avoid, as a general rule, all
comments upon courts-martial, except when, in the
interests of individuals and the service, we feel bound to
express au upluitAL. On Monday last an unlucky boatswain,
11.1 r. A. Wilson, was tried at Portsmouth, on board the Vic-
tory, before a formidable assemblage of captains. The un-
fortunate man, after an arduous service of 19 years, during
which he had behaved himself well, and distinguished him-
self before the enemy, was absent without leave from his
ship five days, and although he asserted he suffered from
the effects of sunstroke and had been greatly agitated by
some family affairs, and produced a reliable witness to prove
he was an abstainer from all spirituous liquors, he was not-
withstanding dismissed the service and mulcted in 26 days'
pay. We do trust the Lords of the Admiralty will reconsi-
der this case, and not allow the poor fellow to be thrown
adrift with old age creeping on hire.—Army and Navy
Gazette.

THE GALWAY SUBSIDY.—It has been announced
by Lord Palmerston that her Majesty's Government
have agreed to renew the subsidy for the line of Atlanti
steamers from Galway, and the directors have consented to
send their ships to such ports as the Government may de-
termine. In consequence of this announcement, a number
of gentlemen connected with, or interested in Canada, are
taking active measures to induce the Government to fix
upon a Canadian port on the other side of the Atlantic, in
preference to New York or Boston, and will submit to the
noble lord a very strong case in favour of this selection,
mainly on the ground of the injurious competition which,
supported by imperial subsidy, will be set up against lines
of steamers established between England and Canada, and
the British North American provinces.—Observer.

ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, NEW CROSS.—In cele-
bration of the marriage of his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales (who is a life governor of this school), the
Duke of Somerset has given an extra naval cadetship for
competition among the pupils, and the Board of Admiralty
have granted nominations for one master's assistant and
one clerk's assistant, Royal Navy. These nominations are
in addition to the naval and marine cadetships annually
placed at the disposal of the Council. Although this school
has been established little more than a quarter of a century
upwards of 600 of its former scholars have entered her
Majesty's naval and military services.
THE FLORIDA AT NASSAU.—The Florida arrived
at Nassau on the 30th of January. She became at
once an object of interest. The Secession sympathisers
were jubilant, while the Union men went about in a de-
pressed mood. Capt. Maffit immediately went to visit the
Governor of the city ; he was received very cordially and
dined with his Excellency. The Florida presented a man-
of-war like appearance, her masts being well set, yards neatly
squared, and the brass-work well polished. The next morn-
ing the Florida's decks were alive with a gang of labourers
from the town, who immediately set to work making sundry
alterations to her interior arrangements, while lighters from
shore brought on board provision of all kinds, a chain
cable, and rigging. The Confederate officers, in the mean-
time, were on shore, and succeeded in picking up some 10
or 15 recruits, all seamen, and hailing from every country
in the world. The officers stated openly that there was
no Yankee vessel yet built which could come near, much
less catch the Florida, for it was an easy matter to drive
her 17 miles an hour. They ridicule the idea that the Van-
derbi►t could be a match for her, and wish for a trial.
They stated that they would go down to the track of the
homeward-bound East India vessels. The Nashville was
expected every hour at Nassau, it being rumoured that she
had discharged her cotton and was fully iron-clad, ready to
Irun the blockade. There were also supplies ready for two
Confederate vessels expected from Mobile. The Florida
left Nassau on the evening of the 31st, fully supplied for a
three months' cruise. She is reported to have made seven
prizes off the coast of Cuba and one on the Bahama Banks.
All purchases by the Confederate officers were paid for in
Southern money, which is taken at par everywhere in
Nassau.—. New York Paper.

FATAL DUEL NEAR VIENNA.—A fatal duel has
just taken place in the Brigettenan, near Vienna,
the principals in it being M. Muragna y Nildosola, Spanish
secretary of legation, and the Count de Rechten de Mosard,
holding a similar post at the Dutch embassy. The comba-
tants, who fought with pistols, were placed ac a distance of
fifty paces, with the liberty of each advancing ten, so that
the exchange of shots took place at 30 paces. Count do
Rechtern fired the first, but without effect ; and the next
moment the Spaniard's ball passed through his lungs and
killed him on the spot. The body was left on the ground
and was afterwards found by a forest keeper, and a paper
had been put into the pocket to induce a belief that the
death had been the result of suicide. The Spaniard has
already quitted Austria, and up to the present time the
seconds have not been discovered. Count de Rechternwas
the only son and heir of one of the most wealthy men in
Holland. The cause of the tragical event is said to be a

handsome married lady, in whose salons the two young
diplomatists were received—a fact which excited the jealousy
of the Spaniard,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)

SPAIN.
THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

MADRID, MARCH 1 (Evening).

Up to the present time the efforts of the Marquis
Duero to form a new Ministry have not been at-
tended with success.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.
CRACOW, FEE. 28.

The Czas of to-day announces that the Russians
have been beaten by Langiewicz near Malagoszec,
after an engagement which lasted five hours.
Malagoszec is in ruins.

BERLIN, FEB, 28.

In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies
the debate upon the affairs of Poland was con-
tinued.

Herr Simson violently attacked the policy of
the Government, asking if the re-establishment
of Poland would be a misfortune for Prussia. What
more ill-advised step could be taken by the Govern-
ment than to supply the Western Powers with a
pretence for getting up an European question.
Herr von Sybel said it appeared that Count
Bernstorff, the Prussian Ambassador in London,
had not been made fully acquainted with the con-
tents of the convention between Prussia and Russia.
This circumstance had given rise to a dangerous de•
ception of Europe. Never before had a more un-
justifiable game been played with the interests of
the country.
Herr von Sybel concluded :—" We desire to pre-
serve the country to our King, and our King to the

country."
The motion of Herren Hoverbeck and Carlowitz,
recommending neutrality in the Polish question,
and asking that both Russian soldiers and Polish
insurgents should be disarmed upon entering Prus-
sian territory, was then put and adopted, with a
slight modification of the wording, by 246 to 57
votes.

BERLIN, MARCH 1.

Private letters received here from Warsaw state
that the Government is publishing a journal for
private circulation exclusively amongst military
men.

The reports from the theatre of war, contained
in this journal, admit the Russian losses to be
constantly augmenting, and state that the insur-
rection is daily upon the increase.

WARSAW, MARCH 1.

A supplement to the official Dziennzck, published
to-day, announces that the band of insurgents com-
manded by Langiewicz and Ijezirraniki have been
totally defeated near WoloEzezow.
The insurgents are stated to have lost 70 baggage
waggons and 150 horses. Langiewicz was wounded,
and fled.

The peasants are said to be seizing the fugitive
insurgents, and to have already given up 200 to the
Russians.

LEMBERG, MARCH 1.
Langiewicz is reported to be wounded, and his
forces dispersed.
It is stated that the insurgent leader Bogdano-
wicz has been captured.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, FEB. 26.

This being the anniversary of the day on which
the Austrian Constitution was granted, a Te Deum
has been sung in the Cathedral. The Anstro-
Germans are grateful to the Emperor for the boon,
but everybody seems to think that the Government
has done very little towards the development of
the Constitution.

The Lower Austrian Diet yesterday declared that
the introduction of trial by jury was highly desir-
able, "as jurymen are independeut of the Govern-
ment, and judges are not."

At last it has been resolved that the Modenese
corps shall be dissolved. The reduction of the
army in Italy amounts to 28,000, and not to 18,000
men. More troops have recently been sent to
Galicia, as the Russians are in considerable farce on
the frontier.

The Galician Diet will again be prorogued from
the 2d to the 15th March.

FRANCE.
PARIS, MARCH 2.

The bulletin of this morning's Mon ite ur says :

" It is difficult to form a correct idea of the actual
condition of affairs in Poland. Every successive
despatch presents events under a different aspect,
varying according to the source from which the in-
telligence is received."
Le Pays remarks that what is known of the third
sitting of the Prussian Chambers, through the tele-
graph, does not modify in any degree the original
character and spirit of the discussion. The great
error of the Berlin Cabinet has, says Le Pays, con-
verted the Polish insureection into a European
question, in the concluding the unhappy convention
of February 8. The same journal warmly applauds
the spirited harangue of M. Simson, one of the
deputies who closed the discussion, and whcse
address was immediately succeeded by the vote
adverse to the Ministry. The excuse afforded by the
treaty to England, France, and Austria for com-
bining against Prussia is a great political mistake,
and as such the Parisian journals no less than the
Prussian deputies regard it.

Le Constitutionnel remarks that the large ma-
jority by which the Prussian Chambers have passed
the resolution referring to Poland, was only which
might have been anticipated. According to a cor-
respondence received by the Constitutionnel, the
French Ambassador at Berlin, in obedience to in-
structions, advised Prussia to maintain a strict
neutrality. M. de Bismark replied that the mean-
ing of the treaty had been misinterpreted, that it
was purely a question of military precau-
tion, and he added that the couree of events
in Prussia led him to hope that the convention
need not be put in practice. It is further reported
that on M. de Bismark being informed of the pro-
posed diplomatic intervention at St. Peters-
burgh, he had said that such being a
moral support to the insurgents, Prus-
sia could not take part in it. The Eng-
lish Ambassador supported the same views as
the French, and especially insisted on the evil con-
sequences to Prussia herself of supporting a policy
so generally reprobated. The explanations of the
Bisinack being thought satisfactory by the Ca-
binet of Paris, no further remonstrance was made
to the Prussian Government on its behalf.

THE BRAZIL MAIL.

LISBON, MARCH 2.

The Royal Mail steamer Oneida, from the Brazils,
has arrived, and will leave today at 1 p.m., for South-
ampton, with 81 passengers, 250 packages of to-
bacco, 194 packages of sundries, and £2,561 in
specie.

RIO JANEIRO, FEB. 8

Exchange on London 27k, Coffee, good first,
7,300 reis. Shipments since the departure of last
steame 42,550 bags of which 24,450 are for the
Channel.white,2.
Stocks,soo browns,
80, 010,9b0a0g.s. Freights4ss. to 50s.
Exchange on London at Bahia was quoted 27:1-to
to 28. Cottons '19,000 to 21,000 reis. Sugars,
18
at A2t7Piertnoam27blu.co,sEugxeahrsa,ngwehointeL. on don was quoted
browns, 2,000 to:2,100. Cottons, 127',820000 toto 7 3,000;,09.
The Messaregie Imperiales steamer Beam left
Pernambuco on the 11th ult. for Bahia,

ITLA.,

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 1.
The Queen and their Royal Highnesses the Prince
of Wales, the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess
Royal), Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Prin-
cess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and
Prince Leopold, and the ladies and gentlemen of
the Court attended Divine service this morning in
the private chapel.
The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Conrtenay preached
the sermon.

Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High-
flees Princess Louis of Hesse, attended by the
Baroness Von Schenck, drove out in a carriage and
four yesterday afternoon. Lieutenant-Colonel Du
Plat attended on horseback.

Their Royal Highnesses Princess Beatrice and
Prince William of Prussia, attended by Lady
Augusta Bruce, took a carriage airing.

The Duke of Nemours arrived at the Castle on
Friday on a visit to the Queen, and left yesterday.
His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by
Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Crown Princess of Prussia (Princessßoyal) and Prince
Louis of Hesse honoured the performance at the
Lyceum Theatre with their presence last night, and
returned to Windsor afterwards.
The Duke of Newcastle arrived at the Castle
yesterday, and had an audience of the Queen.
Major-General F. Seymour and Lieut.-Colonel
Hon. D. de Ros have succeeded Lord Alfred Paget
and Lieut.-Colonel Da Plat as Equerries in Waiting.

Progress of the Princess Alexandra.

BERLIN, Feb. 28, Evening.

Prince Albert of Prussia, nephew of the King,
will leave this evening for Minden, to receive her
Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra.
Sir Andrew Buchanan, the British Ambassador
at Berlin, and Lady Buchanan, will likewise pro-
ceed to Minden, and will accompany her Royal
Highness to the Belgian frontiers.
HANOVER, Feb. 28.
Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra arrived
here at 2.45 p.m. to-day. _ _

Her Royal Highness was acccompanied by her
parents, the Prince Christian and Princess Louise
of Denmark; her brothers, the Princes Frederick,
William, and Waldemar; and her sisters, the
Princesses Dagma and Thyra. Prince Frederick
of Hesse, and Duke Charles of Schleswig-Holstein
Sonderburg and Glucksburg were also of the
party, as well as the British Minister at Copen-
hagen, Mr. Paget.

Her Royal Highness was received by the British
Envoy at Hanover, Mr. Howard.
The Princess Alexandra and suite have alighted
at the Royal Hotel, where they were attended by
the servants of the Royal family.
A banquet will be given to the august party at
the Royal Castle of HPrrenhausen at five o'clock
this evening.
Her Royal Highness will take her departure from
Hanover at 1 p.m. to-morrow..
COLOGNE, March 1.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra and
her august relatives arrived here by special train
at 9.15 this evening.
The Royal party have alighted at the Hotel Bel-
levue in Deutz, where they will pass the night.

The Princess will leave at 10 to-morrow morn-
ing by special train for Brussels.
The Crown Prince of Prussia and the Prince of
Hesse arrived here at 10 p.m., and proceeded at
10.30 upon their way to London.
BRUSSELS, March 1.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra,
with the Princes and Princesses of her family, and
a numerous suite, will arrive here at two p.m. to-

morrow.

The august party will be received at the railway
station by the Duchess of Brabant and the Count
of Flanders.

The English and Danish Ministers, and the
Grand Marshal of the King of the Belgians, will
leave to-dry for Verviers to await the arrival of
the Princess Alexandra.

The Independance Beige of to-day announces that
the Crown Prince of Prussia will reach Brussels
to-morrow morning on his way to London.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra,
with the members of her family by whom she is
accompanied, will embark at Antwerp for England
on Thursday next.

COLOGNE, MARCH 2, 11.26 a.m.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra
left here at 10 o'clock this morning.

The British Consul and numbers of English re-
sident in the towns of the Rhine provinces were
present at the station.
Her Royal Highness was greeted with repeated
hurrahs, and was presented with a bouquet by an
English lady.