The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-06 00:00:00

MEXICO.

The following absurd circular has been addressed
by Mr. Walsham to Mr. Glennie, her Majesty's
Consul for the city of Mexico, upon his being left
in charge of her Majesty's Legation :
" Mexico, Jan. 20, 1863.

" Sir,—l beg to inform you that I have taken charge of
her Majesty's Legation, Sir C. Wyke having determined to
avail himself of the leave of ab ence which was granted to
him some months ago by her Majesty's Government.
"Yon will understand that, except as regards my own
Government and officers in her Majesty's service, I have no
official duties to perform in this country; unofficially, how-
ever, I shall be most happy at all times to assist British
subjects to the best of my ability ; but I hope that they will
recollect that we are now witnesses of what is far frcm a
normal state of things, and will not, therefore, consider that
I am acting in opposition to their wishes if, from force of
circumstances, I am unable at once to aid them as they may
desire in any particular case brought to my notice.
"While upon this point I am sure they will not take it
amiss if I venture to remark that I cannot look upon their
conduct towtrds Sir C. Wyke as having been either cour-
teous or generous. I refer, I need not say, solely to those
who, especially of late, have adopted a hostile attitude in
regard to her Majesty's Minister, and not to the English
in the country generally.
" Sir C. Wyke has, I can assure them, on many occasions
gone out of his way to do them a service, and I may ad
that but for his presence here during the past few months
Englishmen would have suffered far more than they really
have done. His conduct, it should also be remarked, has
been entirely approved by hot. Majesty's Government, and
consequently when calling in question that conduct they
should not lose sight of this fact,
" I trust, therefore, that during Sir C. Wyk3's absence
I may net have any more of complaint on this head, and
I think if I state that both on public and private grounds
I at all events, have the highest respect for her Majesty's
Minister, my countrymen will not let me make this request
in vain.

" I have no wish of course to interfere with their free right
to hold whatever opinion they may consider proper. All I
ask is, that when expressing their opinions they will do so
in such terms as the high position of Sir C. AVyke both de-
mands and merits.

" On their own account, I should imagine they would be
cautious in their :anguage and conduct at the present mo-
ment; still, I may inform them that her Majesty's Govern-
ment are desirous of maintaining a strict neutrality in the
war between France and Mexico, and would view with dis-
pleasure any infringement of such neutrality on the part of
English residents here.
" I have only, then, to repeat what I have said above,
that, should any of her Majesty's subjects have occasion to
apply to me for assistance, I will do whatever I can for them
c,,nsistently with the unofficial position which I now oc-
cupy in Mexico."

VERDICT OF JURIES.—A case was heard yeater
lay at t he Secondaries Courtin which a suggestion
was made before the jury
retired to take the verdict of the
majority, instead of keeping them locked up until all
agreed. The action was brought in trover to recover some
articles, and judgment was allowed to go in default. Mr.
Lawton for the plaintiff called witnesses, as did Mr. Shep-
herd,
who appeared as counsel for the defendant, and de-
signated the action which bad been brought in one of the
superior courts as a trumpery affair. The jury being about
to retire, Mr. Lawton said he was willing to take a verdict
of the majority. Mr. Shepherd said he was quite willing
to act on the suggestion to save the jury any further trouble.
The jury wished to retire, saying that they did not know
on which side the opinion of the majority was inclined.
After being absent some time the Foreman, on their return,
said the opinion of the majority was for one farthing on one
count, and half-a-crown on the second count. An applica•
tion was made for a certificate on the part of the plaintiff
for costs, which was refused. The fees of the trial were
£l9e, by the plaintiff, ad 68. by the defendant.

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Cart " ttrtular
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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 5.

The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness
the Princess Louis of Hesse, drove out yesterday
afternoon, attended by Lieut.• Colonel Hon. D. de
Ros.

Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia,
walked in the grounds this morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Louis of Hesse drove.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia returned
from London last night.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
visited the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia.
The Right Hon. Sir G. Grey arrived at the Castle
last night and had an audience of the Queen.

Arrival of the Princess Alexandra off
Margate.
(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
MARGATE, FRIDAY MORNING.

The Roy al squadron, with the Princess Alexandra
on board, which anchored off Margate last night at
11 o'clock, will remain here until about 3 p.m. this
day (Friday).
It will then proceed to the Nore and remain there
all night. Ail well.

Marriage of the Prince of Wales.
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday M.rning.

Official information hss been received this morn-
ing that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and
Princess of Wales will pass through this town to
Osborne on the afternoon of their marriage. They
are to leave Windsor at half-past 3, and will reach
this place about half-past 5 o'clock.

The Health of Prince Alfred.
(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,)
MALTA, 5,h 1114rch, 10.20 a.m.
The health of his Royal Highness Prince
Alfred is steadily improving. The fever has en-
tirely left him, and he is allowed to take substantial
meals.
His Royal Highness is expected to rise today.

We have authority to state that Lieutenant-
General the Hen. Charles Grey and Colonel Francis
Seymour, C. 8., have been despatched to Brussels by the
Queen to conduct her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra
of Denmark to England. They have been selected for this
duty as being the senior members of the Household of her
Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and
as having attended his Royal Highness upon his arrival in
England.

The Earl and Countess of Yarborough have ar-
rived at their residence in Arlington-street for a few days.

The Earl and Countess of Verulam and family
are remaining at the Queen's Hotel, Hastings.

The Earl and Countess Delawarr and family stilt
remain at St. Leonards on account of her ladyship's health.

The Earl and Countess of Arran and family have
arrived in London from Brighton.

The Countess Spencer's party, which was an-
nounced for Tuesday, March 10, is postponed.
The Earl and Countess Russell entertained at
dinner on Wednesday the Russian Ambassador and
Baroness Brunnow, the Spanish Minister, Earl Grosvenor
and Lady Constance Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Wodehouse,
Baron Marochetti, Capt. Fitzclarence, Mr. Meade, and M.
Tricoupi.

The Countess '(Dowager) of Yarborough has
returned to Portman-square.

The Marquis of Bristol, the Countess of Scar-
borough, Lord and Lady Sondes, and Mrs. Lane Fos left
Brighton on Friday, in order to attend her Majesty's Draw-
ing Room, and to remain in town for a few days.

Lord Polwarth has left Thomas's Hotel, Berke-
ley-square, for Scotland.

Viscount Falkland, the Duchess of St. Albans,
and Lady Diana Beauclerk have arrived at their residence,
4, Prince's-gate, from Rome.

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Lord and Lady Huntingfield and Miss Vanneck
have arrived at the St. George's Hotel.

The Right Hon. Sir G. Grey returned to town
yesterday morning from Windsor Castle.
Tte Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Mulles have arrived at
the St. George's Hotel.

Hon. Frederic and Lady Elizabeth Villiers have
left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Sulby Hall,
Welford.

Sir Francis Shnckburgh has arrived at the
Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood.

General Buckley, M.P., and Lady Catherine
Buckley and family have arrived at their house in South
.Audley-street from their seat in Wiltshire.

Lieutenant the Hon. Albert Denison has re-
:urnad to Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Portsea.

THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.—
Two NEW ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—Yesterday two
Acts of Parliament connected with the approaching royal
marriage—the first of the session—were printed. The
first act is in reference to the annuities granted to the
Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra of £40,000 and
£lo,ooo—to commence from the day of the wedding. The
Queen is empowered to grant an annuity of £30,000 to the
Princess Alexandra in the event of her royal highness sur-
viving the Prince of Wales. The annuities are charged on
the consolidated fund. The second new statute is appli-
cable to bills of exchange and promissory notes payable in
the metropolis to-morrow, the 7th inst. The preamble
recites, "It is intended that H.R.H. the Princess Alexan•
dra of Denmark shall pass through the metropolis on her
arrival in England on the 7th March, and it is apprehended
that on this occasion there will be so great a concourse of
people as to materially interfere with the transaction of
business." It is enacted that the provisions of the 7thand
Bth Geo. IV., c. Ib, and 6th and 7th Wm. IV., c. 58, with
respect to bills of exchange and promissory notes payable in
the metropolison fast-days, &c., are to extend to bills and
notes payable on the 7th March. The metropolis, for the
purpose of this act, is to be the same as defined by the sta-
tute for the better management of the metropolis.
The Sheriff's Court and Secondaries court will
be closed on Saturday (to-morrow), and on Tuesday (the
day of the wedding) the former Court certainly, and the
latter, so far as is compatible with the interests of the Law
Courts. The legal profession in the City will have a general
holiday on both days,

We understand that it is in contemplation to
open the theatres gratis to the public on the night of the
marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales.

THE ORETO CHASED.--A letter dated Key West,
Feb. 11, says—" The gunboat Sonoma, Commander
Stevens, arrived at this port on Saturday night from a cruise
in the Gulf in search of the Florida. She left this harbour a
fortnight ago, and on the Ist inst., while passing over the
Bahama Banks, on her way to Nassau, discovered at 7
o'clock in the morning, while entering the Queen's Channel,
a strange sail, which upon nearing hoisted English colours.
Immediately (suspecting her character) Captain Stevens
ordered a full head of steam, and, with all sail set, started
in pursuit, supposing her to be the Oreto. Scarcely had the
stranger hoisted her colours when she altered her course,
to the north ward and westward, made all possible sail, and
commenced firing up rapidly, The Sonoma boat to quar-
ters, anticipating she would soon be in range of her guns,
and followed her, with varying success, for 24 hours,
through the Queen's Channel, the tongue of the ocean, and
north-east Providence Channel, 125 miles to sea, losing sight
of her on Monday night, Hole in-the -Wall then nearing
west, south-west. There is no doubt that the speed of the
Oreto under steam is exaggerated, for while the wind was
light and the sea smooth the Sonoma gained gradually but
surd) upon her. Upon getting, however, into the open sea,
and the wind freshing and the waves increasing, the Oreto
rapidly drew away, until, night coming on, she was lost
sight of. For 24 hours the crew were at quarters,
anxiously awaiting the order to open fire; but three
times, while the Oreto's capture teemed almost a certainty,
some derangement in the Sonoma's machinery interfered
in her favour, until, after chasing her for 34 hours, a
distance of over 300 miles, she succeeded in making
her escape. When lase seen she was steering to
the eastward, possibly with the intention of making one of
the windward passages. Had the Sonoma possessed the
necessary qualifications of a sea-going vessel, the capture of
the Oreto would have bean an accomplished fact, and her
destruction inevitable. As some solace to their disappoint
went, next morning they captured the barque Springbok,
with a valuable cargo of contraband goods, from Fal-
mouth, England, bound into Nassau. This prize Cap
rain Stevens sent to New York for adjudication. Her
Britannic Majesty's ship, Galatea, Captain M‘Gu.re, from
Havannah, arrived in our harbour on the 6th inst., and
remained until yesterday, when she sailed for Nassau. The
usual salutes were exchanged between the
ship, the fort,
and the admiral's flagship. Another prize has been added
to our long list by the arrival of the schooner Margaret,
with a miscellaneous cargo of contraband goods. She was
captured by Admiral Bailey's last improvised man-of-war
the Two Sisters, herself a late prize, and nowr doing good
service in. watching the Quioksaud Passage.

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Dr. Colenso's Reply to ...
he Acicirt 3ss of the

Bishops.

Subjoined is the answer which the Bishop of
Natal has made to the address the frt.
-ma
arch-
bishops and bishops of the Church of itingland and
Ireland, inviting him to terminate the difficulty
experienced by the prelates in reference to hie
published volume on the Pentateuch by irotiVing
from the Episcopate :
" To HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF
CANTERBURY.

"My Lord Archbishop ,—I have seriously con-
sidered the address which
.ts been forwarded to
me by your grace, signed by
a b-reat number of the
archbishops and bishops of the Chn:ch of England.
"Ia reply, I feel obliged to say that t am unable
to comply with the suggestion therein conveyed to

me, that I should resign my episcopal charge.
"I trust that I yield to none of your lordships
in a heartfelt reverence for the Holy Scriptures ;
but certainly I do not believe, as the words; of the
address seem to imply that your lordships' do be-
lieve, that all our hopes for eternity rest' on the
literal historical truth of such a narrative as the
scriptural account of the Noachian Deluge.
" But I must refer to my books for a statement or
the reasons which justify to my own mind the course'
which lam taking. To resign my office would be
to admit that my conduct has beenlegally or mortal,'
wrong, which 1 am very far from feeling.
" Rather I am persuaded that my duty to Goa
and the National Church, through which I hays
received, in the same manner as your lordships,
that episcopal commission which we have no power
of abdicating, requires ma to persevere in the
task which I have undertaken namely, to set
before the English Church the real facts of the
case in regard to the composition of the Penta-
teuch, in accordance with the most trustworthy
results of recent criticism.

"I venture to add that the progresss of true reli•
gion appears to me to be grievously impeded in thin
country by the contradictions which undeniably'
exist between the traditional notion of the histori-
cal truth of all the narratives contained in the Pen'
Wench, and the conclusions of science, as novi
brought within the comprehension even of the
youth of both sexes by the general extension of
education.

" And it is my firm conviction that this subject
deserves more than any other at this time our most
serious consideration, and, if possible, our united
action as bishops of the National Church.—l am, my
Lord Archbishop, your Grace's very faithful and
obedient servant, " J. W. NATAL.
"London, March 5, 1863."

Police Regulations for the Royal Procession.

The regulations to be-observed to prevent otr
strucl ions in the thoroughfares on the arrival in
Loudon of her Royal Highness the Princess Alex-
andra, on March 7, from the Bricklayers' Armo
Station to Paddington, will be as follows :

ROUTE OF THE PROCESSION.
Bricklayers' Arms, Old Kent-road, Borough, London'
bridge, King William-street, Mansion-house, Cheapsidef
St. Paul's. churchyard, Temple Bar, Strand, Trafalgar-
square (by National Gallery), Pall-mall, St. James's-streets
Piccadilly, Hyde-park-corner, through the Park to the
Marble Arch, Edgware-road, Grand Junction-road, Lon'
don-street, past the Great Western Hotel to Paddington
Station.

The Royal Procession is expected to arrive at the Brink'
layers' Arms station about half-past one o'clock in the dal.

BRICKLAYERS' ARMS STATION.
Persons with a ticket for admission to the Bricklayers'
Arms railway station, if in a carriage, are to arrive there
not later than one o'clock. The carriages are to wait s$
directed by the police, and remain there until called to take
up.

The carriages of those who are authorised to precede the
procession to London Bridge will be placed by the police ,
near the gates where the parties must reach them in time
before the Royal procession is ready to move. Should ellY I
not be ready in due time they will be required to wait until
the Royal procession has passed.
On reaching the foot of London Bridge, Surrey side, the
carriages in front of the Royal procession are to draw up lit
the side of the street, and wait as directed by the police.
STREETS ON THE ROUTE BETWEEN BRISKLATZRe
ARMS AND LONDON BRIDGE.
Carriages will be allowed to set down company on ani
part of the route between the Bricklayers' Arms and Lon'
don Bridge until half-past 12 o'clock, and the roads for
general traffic will be kept open, as far as practicable, until
that time; but, as by the City Police Regulations!,
the line of streets commencing at London Bridge is to be
closed at 10 a,m. for general traffic, and at l 1 a.m. for all
traffic, no carriage or person on horseback going to the
City can be allowed to pass in that direction after half-
past 10 o'clock.

TEMPLE BAR.
The City of London procession does not proceed beyond
Temple Bar.
Sufficient space will be kept for those persons of the oitY
of Westminster, of the county of Middlesex, and of the
adjacent parishes, who are authorised to precede the Royal
procession.
They are to assemble there at 2 o'clock, wait until the
arrival of the procession, and move when directed by the
police.
STREETS ON THE ROUTE BETWEEN TEMPLE-BAR A 1449

HYDE-PARK CORNER.
Carriages will be allowed to pass to set down company sfl
the following hours :
Between Temple-bar and Pall-mall East nearest Pall'
mall, until half-past '2 o'clock.

In Pall-mall and St. James's-street until 3 o'clock.

In Piccadilly until half-past 3 o'clock.
The general traffic will also be allowed to pass, if praoti.
cable, through the several streets until the ab,ve hours.
All carriages and persons on horseback, authorised W
precede the procession from Temple bar, en arriving a;
Hyde-park-corner, are to draw to the side of Piccadilly and
wait as directed by the police.

The Royal carriages oaly enter the park.
MARBLE ARCS.

The carriages of those persons who are authorised to
precede the procession from this point are to assemble at 3
o'clock, wait until the arrival of the procession, and WO"
when directed by the police.

Carriages will be allowed to pass to set down Company
between the Marble Arch and Great Western Railway
until half past 3 o'clock.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY STATION, PADDINGTON..
Persons with cards for admission to the Great Western
station are, if in carriages, to arrive at the station, not
later than three o'clock.
The carriages are to wait as directed by the police until
called to take up their company.
The ordinary traffic to or from the Paddington Railway
station must after half-past three o'clock p.m., enter or
leave the station by the arrival platform.
No carriages or persons on horseback can be allowed to
remain in any part of the streets along the route, nor near
the entrances of the streets adjoining the route, until after
the procession has passed.
By the permission, of H.R.H. the Ranger, private car'
riages and persons on horseback will be admitted into
Hyde-park through the Grosvenor and Stanhope
Gates,
and allowed to remain on the road between the :barriers
near Apsley Gate and the Marble Arch, as directed by the
police, so as not to cause an obstruction of the road.
The gates at Hyde-park-corner and the Marble Arc.,
will be closed during the day until the procession has pees"
except for the admission of the corps ordered on duty in
the pat k.
No one ou horseback, except the mounted officers on
duty, will be allowed to go upon the grass in the Park.

RICHARD MAYNE,
The Commissioner of the Police of the MetropoliBl
Metropolitan Police-office,
4, Whitehall-place. 4th March, 1863.