The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-10 00:00:00

THE VISIT OF THE SULTAN TO EGYPT.
ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 9.

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"I feel great satisfaction in seeing around me
the honourable agents of Powers with whom I have
relations as a friend or as an ally. I have come to
Egypt with the sole purpose of giving the Viceroy
a fresh proof of my goodwill and most particular
affection, and to see this most important portion of
Empire. All my efforts are directed to the de-
velopment of the welfare and the happiness of all
classes of my subjects throughout the Empire, and
to strengthening the ties which unite us with
Europe. lam convinced that the Viceroy will also
continue upon this course, and that, following in
the steps of his celebrated father, one of the most
illustrious men of our nation, he will understand
how to preserve and carry to completion the work
which that great Prince commenced."

THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND.

CRACOW, APRIL 9.

M. Bentkowski, a member of the Prussian
Parliament, late chief of Langiewicz's Staff, was
arrested here this afternoon.

SPAIN.
MADRID, APRIL 9 (Evening).
The Marquis de Miraflores made the following
declaration to the Cortes to-day, relative to the
programme of the Cabinet :
"The Ministry will follow a Liberal-Conservative
policy, always observing constitutional legality in
its acts. The Ministry
will not solicit the support
of anyone, but the friendship of all. It will ask for
the authorisation to collect the taxes without preju-
dice to ulterior discussion on that subject in the
Cortes. The Ministry will withdraw the bills of a
political character which they have introduced, in
order to modify them, and will shortly propose to
the Legislature a definitive solution of the ques-
tion of constitutional reforms. The foreign policy
of the Government will be neutrality, although
maintaining the name and rank of Spain."
The Marquis de Miraflores concuded by making
an appeal for the reconciliation of parties.
One hundred and twenty-eight members of the
Chamber of Deputies held a meeting last night to
discuss their future conduct. They resolved to re-
main faithful to their former political organisation,
called the Liberal Union.

FRANCE.

PARIS, APRIL 10.

Lord Cowley has remitted to the Emperor a
letter from Queen Victoria, thanking his Imperial
Majesty for the Grand Cross of the Legion of
Honour, sent to his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales,

With an eye to the coming elections, L' Opinion
Nationale says to-day, very sententiously :--Parties
(that is, political parties), can transform themselves,
but they cannot abdicate, and they can never die.
This persistence is their right, and it is also their
birth title of nobility.
Le Pays notifies the fact that Rochebrun, the
intrepid commander of the Zouaves of the Polish
insurrection, after having sojourned at Paris for a
few days at the Hotel des Italiens, has just now
taken his departure for London.
BOURSE, April 9.—The firmness in the market
continues, and the rather large amount of business
transacted has been at
an improvement on the
closing rates of yesterday. For the Account, Threes
are now at 70f. 10c. The Railway Share Market
nits been also buoyant, and several of the lines are
at this time higher. The market closed as follows :
ti per Cents. .. 96 90 Bank Shares 3375
Do. end month.... _ Credit 1 oncier 1515
per Cents
Do. end month.... 70 10 Do. end month 72 70
New 3 per Cents .. Russian
95 75
Do. end month.... Austrian .. B5 50
3redit Mobilier.... 1475 Spanish Threes 52 25
Do, end m0nth....1495 Home Debt ..
.._
RA IL WAYS.

LOyrloenans 102
s an,s Cash.4o .. 1050
New ditto
Account.
1207 50 .. 1212 50
.. 10)0
Northern ....
10
.. - • —'— .. .-- --•
Geneva 440 .. 435
....
d Mediterranean..
Southern 760 .. 770
Western ........ 530 .. 532 50
Eastern
..... ,•3 • •
Sardinian ........ 467 50 ~ 470
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa 760 .. 765
Ditto to Barcelona .• • • 390 .. 390

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MEXICO.

A letter, written by an officer in the African
(Mexico), of Feb. 14, in the Journal de liouen,
(Masseurs, from San-Juan-Batista, near Nopaluca
says—" Since I last wrote I have gone over a good
deal of ground. We first went to Sin-Andres, from
that place to Algeres, and thence to Nopaluca. The
last march was made in the night, for we had been
:ent for in haste, from the idea that our co operation
would be required at Nopa!uca. We arrived near
this village in the morning, but the enemy had left.
After halting two days we were sent to meet a con-
voy coming from Perota—that is to say, on our
right. We marched the first day about ten
leagues without falling in with it, and we returned
half the distance, and halted for the night. The
I following day we took a road a little more to the left,
and load marched about seven leagues when we heard
the report of a cannon, and on entering a plain we
saw a strong body of infantry drawn up in line.
We were saying to ourselves that they must be the
51st Regiment of the Line when our skirmiehere
were received with a volley of musketry. We were
preparing for a charge
when we recuguised the
French uniform. The affair was this :—The 51st
were engaged on the opposite side with the Mexi-
cans, and had received information that a diversion
would be attempted by another body of the enemy
on the side from which we approached, and the 51st
mistook us for Mexicans. Fortunately none of onr
men were hurt by the fire. We were immediately
ordered forward,
and after going about two leagues
at trot and gallop,
the village of Las Lhanos, a strong line of the
enemy cavalry,enemwe perceived on our left, near
who were waiting for our ap-
proach. We dashed fors: aid, but before reach •
ing them we found ourselves in a field of cut
maize, which impeded our advance. At length we
we over this impediment, but before arriving within
reach of the enemy We saw in front of us a very
deep ravine, which stopped our progress. A few
of the Mexicans still remained on our side of the
hollow. Those we charged, killing some, and mak-
ing prisoners of the others, We afterwards dis-
covered a passage which enabled us to cross, and we
pursued the Mexicans on the other side. On our
reaching the mountain at a short distance from
them they commenced firing, but from too great a
ry distanceen
backt o d
intoo us much injury. The enemy were
d
the village of Las Lhano:. If we
had not been delayed by the bad ground, I think
that out of the 400 or 500 MeAican horsemen not
many would have remained to tell the tale. We
only lost ono man killed and three horses. The
enemy had twelve or fourteen men killed and five
taken prisoners:'