The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-19 00:00:00

the Federal Govetnraent for the immediate capture
of Charleston.

The attack on Savannah and Charleetort is said to

have commenced.

General Banks's expediti(Ya against Port Hudson
is reported to be dele.yed owing to an insufficiency
of force and the want of medical supplies.

The Confederates have weakened their force in
the rear of Fredericksburg.
The Confederates have attacked the Federal gun-
boats off Island No. 10, but were repulsed.
The Confederates claim a victory off Corcoran, on
the Blackwater River.

The military commanders of Georgia and the
Governors of North Carolina and Alabama have
issued appeals to the people not to flinch from their
duty to the South in her hour of peril, and caution-
ing them that attempts to evade the conscription
will be punished with rigour.
The New York Legislature has passed a resolu-
tion declaring President Lincoln's emancipation
proclamation to be justifiable as a war measure.
The New York Chamber of Commerce has passed
resolutions expressing confidence in the Govern-
ment, and pledging its co-operation in quelling the
rebellion.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, FEB. 6 (Evening).

Money easy. Gold, 571 per cent. premium.
Exchange on London bankers' bills, 173 to 1731.
Stocks firm, and advancing. New York Centrals,
1197 ; Illinois Centrals, 92 ; Erie, 75t. Cotton
flat. Middling Upland, 851 to 860. Flour steady.
Wheat, good demand for export. Corn, good in-
quiry. Provisions and coffee steady. Sugar and
molasses very firm.

NEW YORK, FEB. 7, MORNING.
A company has been started to grow cotton on
the peninsula of Lower California.
The Washington National Republican states that
her Majesty's frigate Vesuvius has arrived at Ha-
vannah from Mobile with a million and a half dols.
in specie, and thinks that Mr. Seward will ask
explanations from Lord Lyons of this suspicions
circumstance.

A bill has been introduced in the Confederate
Senate to enroll as conscripts all males between 18
and 45, in Government employ, who do not belong
to the army or navy ; their place to be supplied by
persons not liable to military duty.
Two proposals for holding a peace convention are
before the Indiana Legislature. One proposes that
if Congress call a national convention, Indiana
shall invite all the Federal and Confederate States
to meet delegates from Indiana at Nashville in

June next.
Confederate Commander Watkins, commanding

the naval expedition from Galveston, officially re-
ports, on the 21st ult., from Sabine Pass, Texas,
that he engaged and defeated the enemy in the
Gulf, capturir., a Federal ship and schooner of 12
guns and 100 prisoners, and brought everything to
Sabine Pass.

General Magruder officially announces, on the
4th inst., that Galveston was open to trade, but
Federal Commodore Bell has issued a counter pro-
clamation declaring Galveston, Sabine Pass, and

he whole of the Texas coast blockaded, and warn-
ing vessels from trading under penalty of capture.
The new Merrimac is lying eight miles below

Richmond.

The Confederates are throwing up earthworks in
every direction for the defence of Richmond.

NEW YORK, FEB. 7, NooN.

Latest despatches from Vicksburg state that the
Federal ram Queen of the West ran the blockade
at Vicksburg on the 2d inst. Ore hundred Con-
feuerate guns opened fire upon her as she steamed
past. A Confederate steamer also opened fire on
her, but the Queen of the West crippled her. The
ram was under fire three-quarters of an hour.
A rumour is current that General Butler will re-
place General Halleck.
120 Federal vessels have sailed from Newbern,
bound South.

It is rumoured that the Confederate guerilla
General Morgan contemplates an attack on Lexing-
ton, Kentucky.
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The Federals are said to have occupied Shelby.

yille.

The reported capture of the Confederate steamer
Oreto is not confirmed.
A bill has been introduced in the New York
Legislature prohibiting the Banks from selling or
loaning on gold at a rate above par during their
suspension of specie payments.
It is reported that Congress will recommend a
tax of one-eighth per cent. on speculative trans-
actions in gold.

ARRIVAL OF THE SAXONIA.
SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 19.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Saxonia, Captain Frantman, from New York, on
the 7th inst., has arrived off Cowes with 85 passen-
gers, 17,000 dols. for England, 211,700 dollars for
France, and 1,700 dole. for Hamburg.

From the 10th to the 16th she experienced a suc-
cession of heavy gales.

MEXICO.

NEW YORK, FEB. 7.
Intelligence received here from Vera Cruz to the
28th ult., says :

It is reported that General Mejia had suppressed
and defeated General Dobtado, and captured
400,000 dole.

There is no confirmation of the reported defeat
of the French by the garrison of Puebla.
General Forey was at Orizaba on the Bth ult.

The Mexicans are hanging people at Tampico
and Jalapa who had aided the French.

SPAIN.
MADRID, FEB. 18 (Evening).
The possibility of a Ministerial crisis is no longer
spoken of.
Nothing definite is yet known concerning the
period of the reopening of the Congress.
Marshal Narvaez and his partisans are agitating
very much in favour of the formation of a separate
party, but meet with little sympathy.

ITALY•
NAPLES, FEB. 18.
The St. George left last night for Malta, with
Prince Alfred on board. The Prince is suffering

from fever.
The Magicienne and the Meeanee are still at Cas
tellatnare.

TURIN, FEB. 18, 3 p.m

M. Pasolini, the Minister for Foraign Affairs, is
affected by intermittent fever, and has been com-
pelled to go for his health to his villa in Tuscany.

THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND.
PARIS, FEB. 18

The Patrie of this evening says the insurrection
ie spreading through all parts of the kingdom of
Poland.

The military commanders of the provinces of
Lithuania and Volhynia have refused to send the
reinforcements demanded from them by the autho-
rities in Poland, as they consider it impossible to