The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-25 00:00:00

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LATEST INTELLIG

.ENCE.

foci&
Since writing the above we have received a tele-
gram that conveys the intelligence of a victory for
the Poles, Prince WITTGENSTEIN was taken prisoner
by the insurgents, having been wounded. The
loss by the Russians appears to have been
very great. This intelligence must renew the
hopes of all doubting and wavering spirits, and let
us trust that it may be a happy augury for the
future as regards this heroic and persecuted people.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
(Per City of New York.) _

NEW YORK, MARCH 14.

The steamships City of New York and Kangaroo
arrived at New York early on the morning of
March 12. The Anglo-Saxon arrived at Portland
on the afternoon of March 12.

Since CAVOUR'S death, matters has fared ill
with the Italian Government. The greatness of
the dead statesman has ben increasingly demon-
strated since then by the failure one after another
of his surviving successors. RICASOLI, the last
amongst them, gave way, after he had been but a
comparatively brief while in power, before the in-
trigues of RATTAZZI. The latter himself succumbed,
as we know, to the force of events—dragging
down GARIBALDI from the fatal height of Aspro-
monte,' but being himself dragged down in the
very act, as it were, of effecting the great Condot-
tieri's overthrow by means of the Bersaglieri, under
PALLAVICINO. It was then, when Fortune failed
to sustain RATTAZZI in power at Turin, that the re-
sponsibility of the Presidency over the affairs of the
embarrassed Government of Italy devolved, for
another interval, upon FARINI. That passing in-
terval has now abruptly closed in its turn. MIN -
GHETTT, in obedience to the will of VICTOR EM-
MANUEL, has assumed his place as President of the
Ministerial Council, still retaining, however, as a
trust of especial importance, the Portfolio of Finance.
Rumours were flying about Turin, only yesterday,
to the effect that it was not FARINI who had ten-
dered his resignation, and what is more, had had that
resignation of his accepted. PASOLINI alto was
not only reported to have intimated his desire to be
allowed to withdraw from the administration ; his
resignation was formally announced in the Chamber
of Deputies yesterday by the new premier, Signor
MTNGHETTI. The ministry of Marine, moreover,
was said to have been placed within reach of the
acceptance of Signor SELLA. The Secretary-General,
namely the VISCONTI VENOM, was likewise an-
nounced by the Premier MINGHETTI from his place
in the Chamber of Deputies, as the newly
appointed minister for Foreign Affairs. It
is consequently a more or less radical change
in the arrangement of the principal offices of the
Administration that has recently taken place.
It is not the incident, simply, of one Minister, but
of several Ministers resigning, and being replaced
by outsiders, if not members of the Opposition. At
the same time, it is next to impossible to believe,
for an instant, that there is being effected,
or that there is about to be effected, any
appreciable change whatever in the policy
of the Italian Government. We take the
occurrences we are alluding to, on the contrary, to
mean—if they mean anything whatever in the way
of real significance—that it is precisely because
there is to be no change at all in that policy, that
FARINI and PASOLINI had tendered their resigna-
tions, giving way in turn—the latter to VENOSA,
the former to MINGHETTI.

The following general summary is from the New
York Herald of March 14 :
THE SITUATION.

There are symptoms of a coming movement in Ge-
neral Hooker's army. The transportation resources
are being cut down, and officers have been notified
that all superfluous baggage must be sent home.
The officers of the line are to be allowed nothing in
shape of camp equipage, except shelter tents, which
they can carry on their backs. This means an ac-
tive, and probably arduous, campaign. The roads
have dried up in that vicinity considerably within
the past few days, and everything now looks favour-
able for a forward movement.
On the rebel side equally active preparations ap-
pear to be going on. Charleston is awaiting calmly
for an attack, and General Beauregard has revoked
palolstfs.urloughs, and recalled all absentees to their

_
A despatch from Memphis reports a fight on the
Irtgoo River, in which seven thousand prisoners
and eight transports are said to have been cap-
tured. It was known at Washington that such a
movement by our gunboats was in contemplation,
with the intention of cutting off the supplies of the
rebels, and therefore it is quite probable that a
battle has taken place, although the particulars
have not yet reached us.
There is nothing later from Vicksburg.
Rumours were rife in Cairo yesterday, and reached

this city by telegraph, that Fort Donelson and Fort
Henry had been captured by the rebels, but the re-
ports are not credited. A gentleman, who arrived
in Cincinnati on Thursday from Savannah, says

that immense armies are massed in Tennessee—one
to hold General Rosencranz in check, while the
other finks him, enters _Kentucky, and moves,direct
on Louisville and Cincinnati. They are only wait-
ing for the rivers to fall and the roads to dry to
commence operations.

General Granger's force, who went in pursuit of
Van Dorn, returned to Franklin on Wednesday.
The rebels fled beyond Duck River, as we before re-
ported. There were several cavalry skirmishes,
and some 300 ragged fellows were picked up in the
pursuit.

Colonel Richardson and some 400 of his rebe'
guerillas were surrounded and captured at Coving•
ton, Tenn,,by a body of Union troops on Monday last

Great excitement arose on the 12th at Cairo, on
account of the capture of Forts Henry and Donelsou.
A special despatch from Cincinnati, 13th March,
gives the following:—
" The Commercial has a rumour, via Cairo, that
the rebels have repossessed Forts Donelson and
Henry, though it is not credited. Troops were
ordered there for an emergency.

A do-nothing policy, there, lends no charm,
in fact, to the retention of office by an ener-
getic, much more, be it said, by an ardently
patriotic statesman. Months flit by with the whole
powers of the State in comparative inaction— 1862
merges into 1863—winter gives place to spring—
and still the southern provinces of the new
Italian Kingdom are held in allegiance solely under
the pressure of a military occupation! S'All the
nominally coalesced principalities straggling down
the length of the Peninsula, skirting round the
Papal States, linking together the once Kingdom
of the Two Sicilies with the some time Austrian
province of Lombardy, and with the now expanded
and dominant Sovereignty of Piedmont—still all
these heterogeneous portions of the newly
defined Kingdom of Italy fail to combine
and blend together harmoniously ! Still, above
all, the fortresses of the Quadrilateral are
occupied by their German garrisons. Venetia is
still held by Austria as an integral part of her
dominions. For two years consecutively not an
inch of ground in advance has been gained by the
Italian Government. Ever since CATOUR'S death,
to reiterate for a moment the remark with which
we commenced—ever since the death of Count
CAVOUR, the Liberator of Lombardy, the Obtainer of
Savoy and Nice, has had " his will" as completely as
the "Ancient Mariner" in the ballad of COLERIDGE.
CANUTE has placed his curule chair adroitly upon
the verge of the line of high water mark, and there
with a very grandoiss affectation of supreme power
has said to the waves of the Italian Revolution,
" Advance no further !" Those waves have ever
since then been boiling and surging in vain against
the rocky barrier of the formidable and all but im-
pregnable fortifications of the Quadrilateral. They
have chafed and foamed as vainly around
the central Ararat, And all the while
the impression produced upon the mind
of the superficial spectator has been, nay, still is—
that the CANUTE of France, who sits there upon his
throne of State to the west—high and dry, as we
have said, above high water mark—is " monarch of
all he surveys," is lord even and master of that
stormy sea of the Italian Nationality ! " Thus far
shalt thou go, and no further ! " Aud the tide—as
if in obedience to the Imperial mandate—goes no
further. It lashes vainly at the bare of the Quadri-
lateral. It rages innocuously around the Ararat. A
change, if change there is to come in all this, must
come perforce from an authority superior in puis-
sance even to his Imperial Majesty of France,
NAPOLEON 111. It must be the result of the rising
of some new hurricane of events. It must be pro-
nounced—that new and more potent mandate than
any affected to be uttered by the French Sovereign
—it must, on the contrary, b 3 articulated by the
Vox Populi, said awfully by the proverb to
be the Vox Da. If uttered at all—this
final mandate for which Italy, for which Europe,
has so long been waiting and listening in eager
expectation—it must so be uttered ! Yes—thus
and thus only will it be uttered—if at all !

"A gentleman who left Savannah on the 20th
ult., arrived at Cincinnati yesterday. He is a
planter and a member of the South Carolina legis-
lature. He reports that immense armies are massed
in Tennessee—one to hold Rosencranz in check,
while the other flanks him, enters Kentucky, and
moves direct on Louisville and Cincinnati. They
are only waiting for the rivers to fall and the roads
to dry. He says it is the general talk in Dixie,
that a fleet of ten iron-clads will be ready in foreign
ports this month, with which the rebels propose to
clear the Mississippi, and co-operate with the move-
ment in Kentucky."
According to the same despatch the Union party
in Ohio has called a State Convention, to be held in
Columbus on the 17th June. Granger's force, sent
in pursuit of Van Dorn, returned to Franklin on
Wednesday. The rebels fled beyond Duck river.
There were several cavalry skirmishes, and some
300 ragged fellows were picked up in the pursuit.
Rebel advices show that the Northern Alabama
loyalists are giving the rebels a deal of trouble.
Surprises, skirmishes, and all the horrors incidental
to a neighbourhood of war are witnessed there.
The Memphis papers contain the statement that
Colonel Richardson, the noted guerilla chief, and
400 of his men were captured at Covington, Ten-
nessee, on the 9th March. The Unionists surrounded
them.

A despatch from Salt Lake City, dated MaToll 10,
announces the arrest of Brigham Young, under the
Polygamy Act of Congress. United States Marshal
Gibbs served the writ issued on the 10th by Judge
Kimsey upon President Young. The writ was im •
mediately responded to, and the defendant, who
appeared personally in court, was admitted to bail
in the sum of 2,000 dols., which was promptly given.
The civil authority can be maintained in Utah
without the aid of troops.

The following despatch of Col. Connei is pub-
lished by the New York papers:—
" Salt Lake City, March 11.
" The despatch in the New York Herald of the
10th, published in the California papers this morn-
ing, so far as regards my acts and intentions, is
false.

(Signed) "P. EDWARD CONNOR, Colonel,
Third Infantry, C.N."
The following is the despatch of which the Colonel

complains :--

" Salt Lake City, March 9.

" A collision between the military and the citizens
is imminent. Governor Harding and Associate
Justices Waite and Drake, it is understood, have
called upon Col. Connor to arrest Brigham Young,
and Councillors Kimball and Wells.

"The judge of the district can serve any civil
process; but the citizsns are in arms, and deter.
mined to prevent the arrest of their leaders by
military force.
"Other Federal officers, and now Mormon citi-
zens, have telegraphed to Gen. Wright to restrain
Connor till an investigation can be hud.
"A colonel of tht. United States army, who left
for 'Washington this morning, has been arrested by
Connor, and brought back. It is presumed his in-
tentions were unfavourable to CJrinor's military
interfererlee."

The Europe of Frankfort gives an analysis of
the despatch upon the Polish question addressed
by Earl Russell, on the sth March, to the Russian Govern-
ment and the other Powers who signed the Treaty of
Vienna. The suggestions contained in this document are
stated to be as follows :-Ist. An immediate amnesty in
favour of the insurgent Poles ; 2d. The realisation of the
promises made by the Emperor Alexander I. to the Poles
in his celebrated proclamation of the month of November,
1815 ; 3d. The immediate convocation of the Polish Diet.
The departure from St. Petersburg of Count
Thun, the Austrian Minister at the Court of Russia,
is an event which had Leen anticipated for some time, and
has no peculiar significance at the present moment. Count
Thun will no doubt be speedily replaced by another diplo-
matist. Although the relations between Austria and
Russn are not just now of the most cordial character, the
present arrangement cannot in any way be considered as
indicating increased coolness.
EMIGRATION MEMORIAL TO THE LORD MAYOR
AND THE MANSION HOUSE COMMITTEE..—Last even-
ing a meeting of the Lancashire Relief Committee of the
parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, was held in the vestry,
the Rev. S. M. Mayhew presiding. A long memorial was
prepared and agreed to, urging upon the Mansion-house
Committee that a portion of the funds now in hand should
should w
be applied for the purpose of assisting some of the distressed
emigrateto British
poisuhcn the Lord
deputationothpaertaatives to
orditwiaaysorretsoo pre-1 d
sent the memorial,

The Richmond Dispatch, in a leader, speaks dis•
couragingly of the prosp,2ets of food, and says im-
pressment of flour and grain by the Government

discourages production.
The Richmond Examiner contains the announce-
ment that General Beauregard has revoked all fur-
loughs, and recalled the absentees to their post.
The following is from thel?ichmond Examiner:—
BOMBARDMENT OF FORT M'ALLISTER.

" Up to last night nothing later had been received
at the War Department from Fort M.Allister. The
latest accounts we have say that a Yankee fleet,
after a terrific bombardment, had retired, and it is
thought that the enemy has been again repulsed;
at least he has shown no further disposition to renew
the attack.

" The bombardment is represented to have been
terrific. The fire of three iron-clads and three
mortar boats was concentrated on the fort at the
same time, and shell and solid shot literally rained
on the garrison. The fire commenced about 9 a.m.,
and continued up to a late hour in the evening and
through the night; but when morning came the
Yankee fleet had disappeared.
" This is the enemy's fourth attßok on Fort

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1863.

PER H IBERNIAN.)

PRUSSIA.

FRANCE.

M'Allister, and he has failed. Strange to say, and
unequal as the contest was, the fort is said to have
sustained but little damage, and our loss to hAve
been but two wounded and none killed.

" It shows that Yankee gunboats and mortars are
a humbug. In fact, we are told, that so accustomed
have become the people of Vicksburg to them, and
so little is the fear manifested at their shelling, that
when the fire commences the people go out to wit-
ness it as a kind of amusement."
THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG.

On the 27th of February Admiral Porter des-
patched what was called a paddy boat or dummy
Monitor, to view the Vicksburg batteries, in
order to ascertain their exact location. This con-
trivance was an old flat boat, with flour barrels for
smoke stacks, and a couple of large hogs-
heads to represent the Monitor turrets. It
ran the fortifications in a gallant style,
and drew the fire of the rebel guns, but as far as
could be ascertained received no damage.
The paddy-boat, it seems, frightened the rebels,
who were at work trying to raise the Indianola
below Vicksburg, and caused them to skedaddle on
the double quick. When they got safe away from
what they supposed to be a turreted, or " a cheese-
box on a raft," they reportei the fact to their
friends, and stated that they had blown up the
Indianola to prevent her from again falling Into the
hands of Yankees. This was the source from which

the story come that the captured gunboat had been
destroyed. In reference to this, the Jackson
Mississippian had the following :

" The destruction of the Indianola was a most
unnecessary and unfortunate affair. The turreted
monster proved to be a flatboat, with Anndry fix-
tures to create deception. She passed Vicksburg
on Tuesday night, and the officers, believing she
was really a turreted monster,blew up the Indianola,
but the guns fell into the hands of the enemy."
The statement of those who ran away from the
sunken prize at the approach of the paddy-boat was
subsequently ascertained to be false, and the
Indianola by this time has, no doubt, been raised.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

FRIDAY, March 13, 6 p.m.

Money continues to be very abundant, and the
banks are embarrassed to find employment for their
means. On call the brokers pay 5 and 6 per cent.;
but the demand for money on the Stock Exchange
is quite light. There is no change in debt certifi-
cates or mercantile paper. Gold was rather active

to-day, partly on the news from the West, and

partly on reports of legislation in Albany. It opened
at 161, roso to 1611, declined steadily to 1581,
rallied 160, sold at 169 and 160 in the afternoon,
and closed at 1593 bid. At Albany, this morning,
the bill to check speculation in gold (of which a
synopsis was given a day or two since in our Albany
correspondence) was reported, and unanimously
referred to the Committee of the whole. We cannot
see that this bill will achiave the end desired, or
will put down the price of gold.

NEW YORK, MARCH 14, Evening.

It is currently reported in Wall-street that the
Secretary of the Treasury has received an offer
from Europe for 100,000,000 dole. Six per Cent.
Bonds at a higher figure than par.
Mr. Chase is endeavouring to negotiate a loan of
100,000,000 dole. ; 50,000,000 dols. in 20 year bonds,
and the other 50,C00,000 dole. in short bonds.

It is reported from Memphis that the Federal
expedition up the Yozoo has captured Yazoo city,
and all the Confederate transports above it.
An attack by the Federals upon Haines Bluff e
few miles above the mouth of the Yazoo river was
hourly expected. No official accounts of the affair
have yet been received.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Money easy, gold 571,- premium. Exct ange—
Bankers' bills, 175 ; Stocks, quiet ; New York
Central, 116,1 ; Illinois, 91 ; Erie, 771.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION,
DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS, AND CAP-
TURE OF A RUSSIAN PRINCE.
SKALMIESZYCE, MARCH 23.

News received here from Kalish announces that a
severe engagement took place the day before yester-
day, near Konin. The Russians sustained serious
losses, four of their officers and 60 privates being
killed.

Prince Wittgenstein was also wounded and taken
prisoner by the insurgents.
Reinforcements, under the command of General
Brunner, iwere sent to
,the Russians to-day from
Kalisch.
BRESZOW, MARCH 24.

The insurgents, under the command of Czechow-
ski, were beaten and dispersed the day before yes-
terday in the vicinity of Lazansk.
Bodies of insurgents ar© making their way to
Galicia.

Engagements have taken place during the last
two days at Krzeazkow and at Potok.
The insurgents have been beaten near the forest
of Panslow.

Three hundred insurgents are encamped on Rus-
sian territory.

POSEN, MARCH 24.

Two engagements have taken place in the palati-
nate of Kaliseb, at Apatuova, in both of which the
Poles were completely victuiouP.

Eighty waggons filled with the Russian wounded
have been tken to Konin.
A further \•ngagement has occurred at Makorowo,
the result of Which has not yet transpired.

It is only known that the number of killed and
wounded on both sides is large. Two French lieute-
nants, MM. Deodat and Collier, are among the
wounded.

BERLIN, MARCH 25.

Letters received here from Kiew state that on
account of information having been received that a
Polish Legion, consisting of two regiments, wee on
its way through Bessarabia to Poland, General
Annenkopff has sent a considerable military force
to the frontier.

PORTUGAL.
LISBON, MARCH 24.

To-day, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Mar-
quis de Loule saii , in reply to a question, that
Portugal had acceded to the proposal of England
to make joint representations to Russia in favour
of Poland.

The Chamber then unanimously passed a vote of
confidence in the Ministry.

PARIS, MARCH 25.

The Moniteur of this morning says :—"lht
Prussian and Russian Ambassadors have communi-
cated to the Government precise information from
which it results that the news, lately published b.,
all the journals, of the passage of a ILssian columc
on Prussian territory, is devoid of foundation.
MARCH 24 (Evening).
In to-day's sitting of the Senate a debate took
place upon the Bill granting extraordinary credith
to the Government.
The Marquis d'Audiffret demanded that the stricT
regulations with respect to public accounts fixed b.)
the Senatus-eonsultum should be maintained.

M. Fould stated that the Senatus-consultum suf-
ficed for all exigencies, and offered sufficient guaran-
tees to the country. lie called to mind the circum-
stances under which the present financial system
had been arranged. At that plied the public mine
was discrtieted by all kinds of apprehensions. People
spoke of the necessity of a new loan. Novel financial
regulations bad been applied, and, notwitbatandius