The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-04 00:00:00

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Brecon 2l
Richmond 22
Monmouth 24
Manchester Autumn. 25
Newmarket Ist Oct. 29
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Lincoln Antumn 20
Newmarket Houghton 26
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Shrewsbury Autumn.... 7

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Curragh

Curragh

Tramore . .

SHIPPING—This Day,

LONDON, May 4.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly; light breeze, with fine weather, but a little
cloudy.

DOVER, May 3.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—Gleaner, for
Huelva, after repairing.

COWES, May 3.—Wind variable.—Sailed—Argo, for Ri•
Janeiro.

PILL, May 3.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Devonshire, for
Melbourne.

FALMOUTH, May 3.—'Wind N,—Sailed—lntegrity, for
Quebec.

SUNDERLAND, May 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Anne
Jane, for Demerara.

BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND, Monday Morniag.
Arrived—Normandie, from Dunkirk; Christienne, from
Konigsberg.

DEAL, Monday Morning.
Passed—Flora Angra, from London, for Cardiff ;
Marianne, from London, for Quebec.
Sailed—Raymond, for Berwick.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. May 19.
via Marseilles .. May 14.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet May 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 3.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton MaY 2.
1
via Marseilles ...May4
Falkland Islands
May 2
Gibraltar, via Southampton .... •_. ...... 2
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton..MaY
via Marseilles..
India (Bombay), via Southampton ............ May 6.
.. , MayM '
11 14.
via Marseilles ....................
may
4.
Portugal.... ................. . • • • •
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southern . ton • May 2.
via Marseilles .... May 5.
Newfoundland ............................... May 13
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British Isi..A..m.e.ri"Ca,..b.y.itrit. packet.... May 7.
_ . by U.S. packet...,
by Canadian packet. May 1,
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ......... May 10.
Bahamas, via New York ........ May 7,
Mexico
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 ..„.
California, and British Columbia.. .......... i may 14,

Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur-
cliuing Horniman's pure Tea ; very choice at 3s. 4d. and
4s. 4( High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the
strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every
town supply it in packets.

THE FRENCH IN MEXICO.

The chief who commanded the fcrtress which was attacked
was the valiant and honourable youth, B. Smith, to whom
was entrusted its defence a few hours before the attack, and
in the moment that I foresaw the attack would be made.

In the fire of the bombardment sustained during the day,
and during the brilliant action of the night, the most espe-
cial and honorable mention is due to the artillery.
At about six o'clock in the evening, I foresaw the attack,
and:ordered that four batteries of the general reserve, three
being at Zacatecas and one of Vera Cruz, should be so situ-
ated as to be able to march promptly to the open field, and
envelop the two flanks of the enemy. This order was so
well executed by Gene. Paz and Garcia, that at the same
time the fire of small arms opened, the enemy was involved
in the fire of our artillery, which supported also the fort-
resses commanded by General Gillardi, and Colonel Auza.
The two batteries of Zacatecas, which had taken their
position to the right of the fortification, were placed in
charge of the gallant General Negrete, whose desires were
satisfactorily fulfilled by the chief, his son, Joaquin
Santeli3es. In this, as well as in all the works which were
usder my charge, the knowledge of the localities, and in-

I atruction and valour displayed by the Quartertermaster-
General, J. M. G. Mendora, and Commanding-General of
Artillery, T. Paz, have been of great service to me.
Will you be pleased to make known these facts to the
President of the Republic, and felicitate his Excellency in
the name of the army of the East upo this signal triumph
of our arms.

The enemy caused much suffering to the innocent fami-
lies of the city by their bombardment, their destructive
shells reaching to the centre of any place.
I have to congratulate you upon the happy circumstance
that our total loss in killed and wounded during the entire
action was 60 men.

Thus much for the letter of Gon. Ortega. I return im
mediately to the camp.
(Signed)

COMONPORT,

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK.

Railways.

Miles Opened. Receipts.

1863. 1862.
£ £
De11)115 L and N. CottlatleS l3O I,so 2,U39 2,14.1
Belfast and County Down 49 49 054 734
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 2,317 1,908
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1 211 6,562 6,3,6
Caledonian 230 £3o_ 16,053 15,024

1863.

1862.

, _._
Cockermouth & Workington 84 84 29.1 216
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 344 85tt
Cork, Blackrock, &Passage 6# 61 164 177
Cork and Youghal 324 324 412 378
Cornwall 534 534 1,562 1,349
Deeside l7 17 305 279
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,3,6 1,421
Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 1,511 1,867
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 484 484 1,e84 1,986
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,067 9;2
Edinburgh and Glasgow 1694 1694 7,719 6.973
Forth & Clyde Junction 3O 30 266 249
Furness, &a 5O 5) 2,867 2,285
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union
Great Northern 330 330 28,345 37,362
Great North of Scotland 6B 58 2,051 1,973
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 454 574 423
rit.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 329 9,280 9,256
Great Western 992 9641 56,473 55.436
Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 864 734 1,495 1,019
Irish North-Western 145 130 1,853 1.754
Irish South-Eastern 26: 25 273 253
Lancashire & Yorkshire 395. 395 i 2,080 31,939
Limerick and Ennis 24!, 24 152 246
Limerick and Foynes 26 26 159 203
Llanelly 461 46 601 574
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 54 51 1,741 1,690
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2504 2114 17,39.5 22,467
London, Chatham, & Dover 724 724 3,498 2,342
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh
Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 95 94 1,208 1,161
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan 34 - 1,941 -
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 614 i 41,203 37,410
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 257i 192 i 6,412 4,967
Monkland 7li 714 1,460 1,674
Monmouthsh. RaiL & Canal 44 44 2,718 2,485
North British, Edin., Perth..
and Dundee
N-Eastern and New. Sr Car 8944
North London 9
North Staffordshire 254
Oswestry and Newton 42
Rhymney 194
St. Helen's Cana
Railway 52
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern 1324
Somerset and Dorset 394
South Devon
South-Eastern

345
867
9
252

12,220 10.8?6
43,194 36,365
3,263 3,174
8,003 7,661
1,097 733

874 798
2,0J1 1,968
3,493 3,196
5,043 4,700

132}
39
754
306
161

369 —no
3,636 3,492
18,567 20,231
9,585 8,405
5,552 5,281
2,054 2,229
179 176
1,981 2,020
356 398
1,225 1,637
907 744
4,007 3,958
733 393
900 552
850 561

Stockton and Darlington 165
Taff Vale 55

Ulster Bl

Vale of Clwyd
Vale of Neath___ 251

Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
West Cornwall 274
W.Hartlepool Harbr.&RaiL
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7
Whitehaven Junction l2
Pirhitehaven & Furness Jun 35

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52
Austrian B2B 828
Belgian Eastern Junction 268 26i
Bombay, Baroda, & C'en. India 1821 1321
Buffalo and Lake Huron l6li 161 t 1,E,24 1,406
Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 3,536 2,836
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of France
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O Ic9o 16,433 17,470
Great Indian Peninsula 495 4371 8,657 6,543
Great Luxembourg' 134 134 5,011 5,031
Great Western of Canada 345 345 13,559 1(4614
Madrid, Saragossa AzAlicant 439
435 17,730 14.709
Northern of Canada
Northern of France 693 698 50,504 49,841
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterm 1491 1354 128.282 1.2.1:Q44271
Paris and Orleans 1340 120* 06,162 " -.....
1,130
Pernambuco 771 702 530
Royal Danish
Sambre and Meuse 69 69 1451 1.210
68 ~.,21 -
South Austrian
777
Southern of France ...... ...• 777 25
Welland.... 75
25 "
985 1,014
...
West Flanders ... • • 758 42,022 37,015
W. and N.W. of France...... 768

1,161 1,194
27,492 35,534
26 249

Half-a-crown Day.—Satur-
day, on paym
May 29.--A mtal 3 445.
daY, 2 376; '
season tickets, ,__
Annou"lir ent, 1,069 ; ditto by
STEAMERS DUE THIS WEEK.---The
steamers are due from the United States
CRYSTAL PALACE.--
folloVl7--.., :I:Z.—The Inman steamship City of Baltimore, from
with similar dates from Portland,
with dates to the 25th ult. ; and the steamer
fliNtohrieibwssetwrYnc
le ioajua ne
ens t o w eat
maybeonlooked
l v ed.
nesday morning . The next Cunar vessel the
Arabia, which would leave Boston on the the 29thdue
ult.,is and
Halifax on the morning of the lst inst. : she will, there-
fore, be due at Queenstown on Saturday morning next.
The outward-going steamers will be the City of New York,
which will sail for New York on Wednesday next; the
North American, for Quebec, on Thursday next; and the
China, for New York, on Saturday next. The Bombay
and Brazil mails are due in Liverpool to-morrow.
The workmen are not thoroughly and entirely
expelled from Marlborough House. though the Prince and
Princess of Wales have taken possession, but retain their
hold in the more remote portion of the mansion, where they
are not likely to inflict much inconvenience on the Royal
occupants.—Court Journal.
ff et that
e
appeared in some of our contemporaries, to the e
been flied in the
THE ALEXANDRA.—The statement which has
the information against the vessel has
Court of Exchequer, is incorreot. We believe that the
Aloton.
form of procedure has not yet been decided on.—Liverpool

(From the Aew Orleans Era, April 14).
By way of Matamoras, we have received news from the
City of Mexico to the 27th March, conveying intelligence
of a grand battle between the French forces, advancing on
Puebla, and the Mexicans, defending that place. We
translate from an extra of the National Guard, of Mata-
moras, of April 6, as follows:
By letters from San Luis de Potosi, dated the 26th, we
learn that the invaders commenced their advance upon our
works and made a general attack ; that they were repulsed
to beyond Choluca; that the victory of this day was com-
plete ; that the enemy has been rendered unable to continue
his operations; that we have sent 4,000 men to occupy
Orizaba.
This news is confirmed by private letters from Monterey,
which add that the French lost in the battle of the 27th 60
pieces of artillery, and 8,000 men. The person who writes
is worthy of all confidence. We have obtained a complete
triumph. What will they say to this who have considered
our country to be weak and cowardly? That they will
make the best soldiers in the world ! They eclipsed the
star of Liberty. Look out, Napoleon the Third I Look
out for your throne I France, awake !
People of Matamoras, congratulate your country with
me once more; congratulate the Army of the East; con-
gratulate your victorious brothers !
Heroic City of Matamoras, April 6, 1863,
jOAQUEVI DE BARANDA.
The Extra also publishes in full the official report by
telegraph from General Ortega to General Comonfort,
which has just been published in Mexico by order of the
Secretary of War, giving some details of the battle. It is
as follows :
The enemy has just suffered a terrible defeat at the hands
of the valiant army which I have the honour to command.
Daring the day by his bombs and hot shot he succeeded
in destroying part of the Fortress of Hidalgo, or rather
San Javier, and, between 8 and 9 o'clock at night, he sent
forth from his parallels several columns of attack, and as-

saulted this fortress, which columns were routed and de

stroyed in less than one hour by our valiant soldiers ; in
order to obtain this triumph I did not have to call into
action a single one of the seven strong brigades of infantry
which I had in reserve.

In the morning I will give you some details of this im-
portant feat of arms, limiting myself to-day to say that the
...isault was resisted by the gallant battalions, commanded
by their worthy chiefs, Second and Sixth of Guana-
jualo, assisted by the right flank, and outside of
the wall by a battalion of riflemen, and on the left flank by
the battalions 3d, 4th, and sth of Zacatecas, commanded by
the gallant citizen Miguel Auza.

The attacking line was commanded by those intrepid
Generals, Florencio Antillon, and his second in command,
Francisco Lamadrid, and assisted by the no less valiant
Gen. Alatorre.