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

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Money easy, gold 57i premium. Exct ange—
Bankers' bills, 175 ; Stocks, quiet ; New York
Central, 1161; Illinois, 91; Erie, 77t.

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, (were sent to .the Russians to-day from
Kaliech.

BRESZOW, MARCH 24.

The insurgents, under the command of Czechow-
ski, were beaten and dispersed the day before yes-
terday in the vicinity of Lezansk.
Bodies of insurgents arc 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 Kalisch, at Apatuova, in both of which the
Poles were complfbtely victorious.

Eighty wagons filled with the Russian wounded
have been taken to Konin.

A further engagement 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.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, MAncll 25.

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

PORTUGAL.
LISBON, INlArtcn 24.

To-day, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Mar-
quis do Loup 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.

FRANCE.
PARIS, MARCH 25.
_

The llioniteur of this morning says:—"The
Prussian and Russian Ambassadors have communi-
cated to the Government precise information from
which it results th.t, the news, lately published by
all th journals, of the passage of n R...asian column
on Prussian territory, is devoid of foundation.

MARCII 24 (Evening).
In to-day's sitting of the Senate a debate took
place upon the Bill granting extraordinary credits
to the Government.

The Marquis d'Audiffret demanded that the strict
regulations with respect to public accounts fixed by
the Scnatus-consultum should be maintained.
M. Fould stated that the Senatus-eonsultum 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 period the public mind
was disquieted by all kinds of apprehensions. People
spoke of the necessity of a new loan. Novel financial
regulations had been applied, uud, notwithstanding

the requirements of a distant war, the first year of
the new system demonstrated its advai, tages. The
expenses not foreseen by the regular Budget had
been diminished, and the Budget for 1862 had been
regulated under comparatively favourable circum-
stances. According to the experience of the first
two months the Budget for 1863 would afford a
surplus of 70 millions.
M. Fould continued—.

" The reserve of our finances is in process of for-
mation. In presence of this position of affairs, it is
sufficient to be prudent. The sound condition of
our exchequer will provide us with the means of
attaining a reduction of the public expenses by pure
force of economy.
" This will add a fresh glory to those rt ith which
the Emperor has already endowed France."
The Bill then passed by the Senate,

BOURSE, March 24.—Stock has been again
offered by persons desirous of realising previous
profits; Threes, for the Account, have not, how-
ever, declined materially, but are with difficulty
maintained at 69f. 25c. The Railway Share Market
quiet, and some few of the lines have slightly re-
ceded. Stock again became in demand towards the
close, and prices improved. The market left oft as
follows :
it per Cents. 96 25 Bank Shares 3365 -
Do. end month.... Credit ',ander 1497 50
3 per Cents .. 69 40 Italian Loan 7O 95
Do. end month.... 69 45 Do. end month 7O 95
:cow 3 per Cents Russian
Do. end month.... Austrian
Credit M0bi1ier....1290 Spanish Threes 52 50
Do. end m0nth....1290 Home Debt
BAIL'

AYS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans lll6 25 1117 50
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1215 .. 1220
Geneva .. 415 .. 422 50
Southern 760 758 75
Western
Eastern ....
Sardinian 392 50 .. 393 75
Austrian

1•017. hard
North of Spain
Saragossa 727 60 732 50
Ditto to Barcelona

NAPOLEON'S LETTER TO M. BILLAULT.

(From the Paris Correspondent of the Times.)

The Emperor's letter to M. Billault in the Mont.-
tour, assuring the Minister that his speech in the
Senate on Poland was " in every point conformable
with his thoughts," and repudiating any other in-
terpretation of his sentiments, is meant to remove
the painful feeling that may have been caused by
the Prince's taant that M. Billault voted for General
Cavaignac, and not for Prince Louis Napoleon, as
President of the Republic. It is also meant to re-
move the general impression that the Prince's
speech, and not M. Billault's, was the truest inter-
pretation of his Majesty's secret policy. The pub-
lic did not come to that conclusion without some
show of reason, for it is remembered that after the
Italian campaign his Majesty declared, in a speech
from the throne, and to the great applause of the
auditory, that the support of France would not
be wanting in every quarter where the weak
were oppressed by the powerful, where injus-
tice was to be put down, and where wrongs
were to be redressed. That Poland is, and has long
been, in that condition, not even M. de Lareche-
jaquelein would deny ; and that the great majority
of Frenchmen sympathise, not now for the first
time, with the Poles, naturally led the unreflecting
to believe that the former assurances in the Imperial
harangues would now be carried out. If error ex-
isted on that score, the public are not to blame. M.
Walewski, even after the speech from the Throne
immed;ately preceding the opening of the campaign
in Lombardy, did not believe in war,—at least he
took some pains to prove that he did not ; and every
one knows that if he expressed his real opinion, he,
though Minister of Foreign Affairs, could not have
been in the secrets of his Sovereign, and could not
have known what passed in the private conferences
with M. Cavour. The present letter may also
put a stop to such "manifestations" as those which
have taken place in favour of Poland under the
windows of the Senate while Prince Napoleon was
speaking and M. Billault replying. The Prince has
certainly gained in popularity among the students
and working classes by his speech. On Saturday
afternoon large groups collected round the gates of
the Palais Royal,where an open carriage, with posti-
lions in the Imperial livery, was standing waiting for
the Prince. They remained there for more than an
hour. No impediment was offered to their gather-
ing, and no atttempt made to disperse them, though
the sergens de ville attached to the palace were on
the spot. On any other occasion groups of people
would not be allowed to block up the sideways.
Still it is probable that the letter to M. Billault
very faithfully expresses his Majesty's opinion. In
previous expeditions the Emperor was not alone.
Not to speak of Russia and the Crimean war, he
had in Italy the Piedmontese ; in China the English ;
in Cochin- China the Spaniards ; in Mexico, at first,
English and Spaniards; but it is not certain that if
war were now declared against Russia to redress the
wrongs of Poland, he could count on Austria or
England. The moral intervention described by M.
llillault is therefore all that will be exercised so far
as France is concerned, and that course has already
met with the full approbation of the Chambers,
though not of Prince Napoleon.
The affairs of Poland have taken away fora while
the thoughts of the public from the distress in the
manufacturing districts; yet there is reason to be-
lieve it has not only not diminished, but rather
extended. From places where the workmen con-
tinued to be employed up to the last appeals now
come for relief. A circular from the relief committee
of Mulihouse shows that the evil is spreading
throughout Alsace, and 16,000 working men swell
the list of those who have no wages to depend upon.
A lottery for their benefit has been started in
Paris by a number of benevolent ladies.

Review of Volunteers at Brighton on Easter
Monday.

We are authorised to announce that the Secre-
tary of State for War has approved of a review of
volunteers taking place at Brighton on Easter
Monday.
Applications from corps desirous of attending
must be transmitted on the form prescribed in
Volunteer Circular No. 27 of the 27th August, 1862,
for the sanction of the Secretary of State, and de-
livered at the War-office on or before the Ist
proximo, after which no further applications will
be received.

Officers commanding metropolitan corps should
state in their applications--

let. The number of volunteers who will proceed
by rail to Brighton o❑ Easier Monday.
2d. The number who will join their corps at
their rendezvous at Brighton.
3d. The number who will return by rail on the
evening of Easter Monday.
Under regulations which will be published by
the railway authorities, tickets will bo issued by
them up to noon on Thursday, the 2d proximo, and
up to 8 p.m. the same day tickete unappropriated
by the corps may be returned to the secretary of
the railway.

THE ALABAMA.—Captain S. Cooper, master of
the ship John A. Park, of Halliwell, who arrived
yesterday by the ship Miss Nightingale, thus reports the
destruction of his vessel by the Confederate steamer Ala-
bama. He sailed from New York for Montevideo on the
13th of February with a cargo of lumber. On the 2d inst.,
being in lat. 29 15 N., long. 38 20 \V., at daylight the
second officer reported a steamer a-head, bark rigged, which
proved to be the Alabama. A boat came alongside with an
armed crew and boarded and took charge of the ship.
Captain Ccoper was taken before Captain Semmes, who
asked him if he knew to whom the cargo belonged ; and he
answered he could not say, but referred for information to
the bills of lading, which specified, by certificates of the
British Consul at New York, that the cargo was British
property. After examination of the papers,CaptainSernmes
expressed his opinion that the cargo was not British pi o.
perty. Captain Cooper was then ordered on board his own
ship, and told to bring his clothes and those of his crew on
board the Alabama. When the work of transferring the
stores had been completed the crew of the Alabama set fire
to the ship. The English barqua the Miss Nightingale,
bound for Lyndon, wag in sight, and Captain Cuchrane
kindly consented to take home to England Captain Cooper,
his wife, and two young men. The remainder of the ship's
company, consisting of three mates, a cal prder and 1G
seamen, were left on board the Alabama. The captain and
the two young men were compelled to sign a parole of
honour not to serve against the Confederate States during
the war.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 24.

The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness
the Princess Louis of Hesse, drove in the grounds
this morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
arrived from London soon after two o'clock this
afternoon, attended by the Countess of Morton, the
Hon. Mrs. Bruce, and Lieut.•Coi. Keppel.
The Dowager Countess of Mount-E :gcumbe has
succeeded Lady Churchill as Lady in 'Waiting to
her Majesty.
The Lady Fanny Howard arrived at the Castle
o❑ Saturday and left to-day.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Walee, attended by the Countess of Morton, the
Hon. Mrs, Bruce, and Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, left
Buckingham Palace at a quarter before one o'clock
yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle, Their
royal highnesses proceeded to the Paddington ter-
minus, and travelled by the Great Western Railway
to Windsor.