The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1863.

LONDON, 'TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1863.

In the House of Lords, last night, Lord STRATHE
DEN delivered his ofter-postponed speech in favour
of recognising the Southern Confederacy. Earl
RUSSELL, in reply to the noble lord, reiterated the
arguments which he had previously employed in
support of the present policy of her Majesty's Go
vernment. He submitted that there was no parallel
between the position of the insurgent South Ameri-
can colonies of Spain when their independence was
recognised by England, and the present situation of
affairs in the Southern States. The Spanish republics
were not admitted into the family of nations until
they were perfectly free of European troops, and had
proved clearly for a number of years that they bad
established their independence. It was not so on
the North American continent at the present mo
ment. The war was still being carried on with
vigour on both aides, and the North held a consider.
able expanse of territory which was claimed by the
Government of Richmond. With regard to media-
tion, he could only repeat what he had urged be
fore. There was not the slightest prospect that an
offer of the kind would be favourably received; on
the contrary, be believed that such interference
would only tend to postpone what they all se
strongly desired—the termination of this war, with
all its attendant horrors.-- Their lordships adjourned
at half-past seven o'clock.
In the House of Commons last evening, Lord
PALMERSTON, in reply to a question from Mr. S.
Fitzgerald, said that communications had passed
between her Majesty's Government and the Go-
vernment of the United States, in reference to the
establishment of a convention between the two
countries, fur the examination and adjustment of
complaints of the violation of neutral rights. Her
Majesty's Government had no objection to the
principle of such an arrangement. The difficulties,
however, in regard to its details had not yet been
removed ; but he hopes they would not be fo'ind
of an insuperable character. The CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER gave notice that he would make
his annual financial statement on Thursday, the
16th of April. He wished also to state, that he
hoped to be able to move the third reading of the
Tobacco Duties Bill at half-past four o'clock to.
morrow (this day). On the motion for the House
resolving itself into a committee of supply, Mr.
HENNESSY put a question to the noble lord et
the head of the Government as to the nature
of the obligations with respect to Poland in-
volved in the Treaty of Vienna. Lord PAL-
MERSTON stated in reply that he still adhered
to the doctrine he had maintained the other
evening, that Great Britain had incurred, under
the Treaty of Vienna, no absolute obligation
to declare war upon Russia for the purpose of en-
forcing the stipulations of that treaty in reference to
the government of Poland. But he readily admitted
that it was only fitting that her Majesty's Ministers
should address the most earnest representations in
their power to the Russian Government, with a
view to obtain an amelioration of the condition of

the unhappy Polish nation ; and he believed that,
when the time came for publishing the communica-
tioEs into which they had entered, it would be found
that they had not neglected their duty. The house
soon after resolved itself into a committee of supply,
and resumed the consideration of the army estimates.

A very important and interesting question was
last night brought under the notice of the Upper
House by Lord STRATREDEN. The noble lord, in
moving for the production of the despatches of Mr.
MASON, took the opportunity of speaking at some
length on our relations with the rival American
powers. He remarked that it was generally un-
derstood that at the close of last session the English
and French Governments were acting in unison,
but that since that time their views were no longer
in perfect accordance. He considered himself that
all hopes of a successful mediation were barred by
Mr. SEIVARD'S reply to the French Minister, and he
therefore proceeded to consider the expediency of re-
cognising the South. The recognition he proposed
implied the sending of diplomatic representatives.
In support of his views he cited several instances
where recognition had preceded the termination
of war. So far from finding that the acknowledg-
ment of insurgents had followed the cessation of
hostilities, the cessation of hostilities had followed
the acknowledgment by neutrals. " The United
States acknowledged Nicaragua under General
WALKER before hostilities had ceased. The United
States acknowledged the revolted colonies of Spain
before the efforts of the mother country to re-
duce them to subjection were extinguished. The
American Government sent out a distinguished
person in 1848 or 1849, with large discre-
tionary powers, to Hungary, but conquest prevented
him from recognising the independence of that
country. Passing to the old world, he found that
France acknowledged the British North American
possessions rebelling against Britain long before the
efforts of this country to suppress the rebellion
were exhausted. And, altheugh the acknowledg-
ment by Great Britain of the Spanish republics was
somewhat tardy, it must be remembered that she had
to avoid giving umbrage to the three Powers with
whom she had acted up to and beyond 1815. The
last example he should give was one which made
him independent of all the rest, and which tallied
nearly in every point with the question now before
the world, and which surpassed all the others in
magnitude ; it was that of Portugal, acknowledged
as it was in 1641, by France, Great Britain, Hol-
land, and Sweden, within 12 months after the Duke
and Duchess of BRAGANZA. declared Portugal an in-
dependent State, and a quarter of a century before
Spain itself acknowledged that conclusion; and the
importance of this case was that it was the voice of
Europe, and not of one State, on the question of
precedent."

Lord RUSSELL, however, met all these precedents
with objection, disapproval, or explanation. His
lordship spoke at some length in reply to Lord
STRATHEDEN, and maintained that it was the un-
questionable duty of the Government to preserve ail
attitude of strict neutrality between the belligerents,
and wait until mutual exhaustion and the convic-

tion of the hopelessness of the struggle had
ended this miserable and fruitless war. "Depend
upon it," said the noble lord, "it will be far better
that the war should cease by the conviction of
both North and South that they can never
again live happily as one community and one
republic, than that the termination of hostilities
should be brought about either by the advice, or
the mediation, or the interfererence of any Euro-
pean Power." With all respect to tte wis-
dom of our Foreign Secretary, we consider
that this point has been reached long since

that the conviction he speaks of has
been present to the minds of both parties fez
many sad and weary months, The tyranny of
General BUTLER, the cruelties that produced cruel
reprisals, the bloodshed on both sides, the loss, the
imprisonment, the confiscation, and, above all, the
celebrated Emancipation Proclamation, which gave
the signal for murder and revolt throughout the
Southern States—these things will stand as barriers
between re-union and reconciliation, which neither
conquest nor conciliation can overcome. The ques-
tion, therefore, remains whether in preserving its
present attitude our Government is doing real service
to the Federal cause. The European Governments,
by persisting in the non-recognition of the Southern
Confederacy, encourage the North to prolong a
struggle which is evidently hopeless, but which
their pride will not suffer them to abandon without
a reason. There are, probably, many, even in tht
Cabinet of Mr. LINCOLN himself, who would bi
glad of an excuse to commence negotiation, and
suspend for a time at least this exhausting and
ruinous war. As Lord STRATHEDEN forcibly
asked, " How is re-conquest to be effected? It
would require a General of the genius of
a CASAR, a CHARLEMAGNE, or NAPOLEON,
and would such a man be likely to give up

his power to Mr. LINCOLN P" But even CESAR

and NAPOLEON required men and money to sup-
port:their genius ; they needed, too, the obedience
of a n ation accustomed to a firm and united rule; not
the hesitating support of a people long accustomed
to dictate the policy of their administrators. Ir
Lord RUSSELL'S speech he endeavoured to shov

that the fortunes of war were about fairly balanced,
since Louisiana and New Orleans were occupied bj
Federal forces, and Federal fleets menaced Charles

ton and Savannah. Does the noble lord seri-
ously consider the chances to be even equal ?

With regard to the formidable fleet menacing tht
Confederate coasts, it does not seem at any rate to
be very impatient for the glory of reducing
Charleston. Its situation reminds us in some mea-
sure of the famous old story about JACK'S triumph-
ant capture of a Tartar, which he could neither
leave nor bring away. A renunciation of the
attempt would be a virtual defeat, which Federal
credit is in no condition to stand; an attack, in spite
of the loftiness of Northern pretensions,might product-
very awkward results. Lord RUSSELL says that,looa-
ing at the present state of affairs and our obligation,
towards a great country with which we have long
maintained amicable relations, it would not be a
friendly act -towards the United States if at
this moment of contest we were to in-
terfere and recognise the Southern States.
In other words, out of regard for the duties of
friendship our two friends are to fight to the death
unaided or unchecked. When the conflict has
been decided by that military and financial exhaus-
tion of the North which, in spite of their confident
assertions, must shortly settle the matter, we are
to step in and claim credit for our forbearance. It
the people of the North were to see that their pre-
tensions no longer deceived Europe, but that the
subjection of the South was considered hopeless, it
might induce them to pause. In the sufferings of
our Lancashire operatives we have paid a dear price
for this phantom
of
neutrality--a
t rali ty--a
eut
has brought ussuch r a
acknowledgmentslit y which
fromt
the
n
other side of the Atlantic, in the stopping of a British
mail steamer by the Federals, and
the accusation of
wishing to see America ruined for our own ends by
the Confederates. There is one question which
we should like our Foreign Secretary to put to
himself and to the Cabinet before he again
dilates on our political duty. Has a great and free
nation, foremost among the European Powers, no

other duty but inaction, alike in the face of the up-
rising of oppressed nationalities, and the protracted
and hopeless struggle between the divided members
of a kindred race ?

The ruinous consequences resulting to our Lan.
cashire people from the unhappy quarrels between
our cousins on the other side of the Atlantic had
been long foreseen by reflecting politicians, but were
little, if at all, provided for. While fortune
favoured, all promised a lorg continuance of
success with those who prospered. " Make hay
while the sun shines" was the light-hearted talk of
the day, and all went well. Employers realised, and
their workmen were cheerful in having plenty to
do. Thus neither master nor man seemed to ap-
prehend any serious change of circumstances ; and
no wonder, for people naturally look .on the better
side of things. But the sudden disruption between
the Americans, North and South, soon threw a
gloom ever the scene. The fate of Lancashire
seemed to have been bound up with the orderly
supply of cotton from their one great customer, and
any misfortune to him was sure to communicate to
them. Then their shortsighted policy was felt in
having trusted too much to one source of supply.
India had formerly furnished cotton, but its culti-
vation was not encouraged, and people will not
grow what they cannot sell, to the exclusion of
other articles which find a ready market at a fair
remuneration. Hence the double difficulty. The
supply was daily decreasing from America, and the
prospect of getting enough from other quarters at
such short notice was hopeless. Still the necessity
urged them to exertion, and India—too long
neglected—was now looked to as the chief resource.
The climate was favourable, and labour was cheap;
so to work they went with the earnestness of
people eager to retrieve their fortune. But their
progress was interrupted by those whose duty it
was to have afforded every assistance which a wise
Government could have done. But Governments
are not always wise nor well disposed, and unhap-
pily, in the present case, the Secretary of State for
India, Sir CHARLES WOOD, took a different view of
what was best to be done from those who had the
greatest interest in the business. His policy with
regard to India has been at variance with that of
most public men, for reasons incomprehensible to
others even if clear to himself. Witness his oppo-
sition to Lord CANNING'S administration, and to
Mr. LAING'S clear-sighted views into the true
policy to be pursued in respect to India. We im•
pute no motives to Sir CHARLES WOOD, but we
cannot help lamenting his obstinate persistency in
a wrong course. Nor are we singular in that view,
as the men of Manchester can testify. But there
is another authority who brings chapter and verse
in support of his argument in a letter to Lord
STANLEY on the policy of the Secretary for India.
It is by Mr. JOUN DICKINSON, chairman of the
India Reform Society, and is published by P. S.
KING, of Parliament-street.
Mr. DICKINSON takes a masterly view of the
state of India and the natural remedy for its im•
provement. He begins by a covert hint to Sir
CHARLES WOOD, that great as his present power
may be, yet public opinion still looks with an
eye of welcome to his successor. In feet they con-
sider his great political rival as an authority next
to himself. And, no wonder, from their reliance on
the habits of business, and the independence of mind
displayed by Lord STANLEY, whether in office or
out of it. On this principle Mr. DICKINSON appeals
to his Lordship, as one to whom the public look for
keeping watch over the Indian Administration with
a sagacity to detect errors, and a courage to note
them in their true light, without shrinking from the
responsibility involved by the public confidence in
a statesman so universally respected for his owr

Iprevious administration of Indian affairs.
Nor is Mr. DICKINSON unknown to fame from
his long experience of India, and his unabated
efforts for its amelioration. lie says that the most
urgent question of the day, considered either with
regard to the material and moral progress of
India, or the pressure of a cotton famine in Eng•
land, is the question of " Public Works," and hf
proceeds to state the objections made to the
administration of Sir CHARLES WOOD in this
department of the Government. That opposition
to his system of Public Works is based on these
arguments :

Ist. That it has not provided the country witl
hose works of internal improvement which i

most wants.
2d. That it gives no security for doing so hi

he future.

3d. That it involves a frightful outlay of money

and

4th. That it drains the resources of the people
nfairly and improvidently to supply its western

expenditure.

Now, these are grave charges, and Mr. DITKIN

SON proceeds to explain them, by saying that, in
the first place, the Government did not providf
the country with those improvements which it

most wants, because the fact was admitted 1))
the Government's suddenly changing from

grudging to a lavish disbursement on such "Workf
of internal improvement ;" Sir CHARLES WOOD
even instructing the local authorities to spend
three millions more on such works this financial
year out of the eurplus balances than they had
contemplated spending, which, they replied,
they were unable to do, for want of the requisite
establishments.

Nov this is a very grave charge against Sir
CHARLES WOOD'S competency for administering
the affairs of India. He fiat starves the people,
ind then suddenly overwhelms them with far more
than can do them any good, from the fact

of their utter inability to take advan-
tage of a benefit which, if administered in time,
would have been a boon and relieved their neces-

Nor is the Secretary of State for India
alone in his manifest incapacity for conducting tht
affairs of such a vastness of public concerns. His
precious Council are equally at fault with their chief,
And either blindly submit to his orders or, if they
dissent from his views, the public are none the wiser
for any suggestions they may have made to his

3itiep.

absolute dictatorship. Surely many of these gentle-
men, having spent a long time in the East, must
nave been familiar with the necessities of th(

natives, and ought to have pointed out to the Secre-
tary the error of his ways. Else why have consti-
tuted a public board of gentlemen, supposed, and
indeed presumed, from long residence and local

knowledge, to be conversant with the wants ane

❑atural habits of the people, if they would not em

ploy such knowledge in the management of thei,
trust ? Sir CHARLES WOOD quarrelled with Mr.

LAING for having proved his knowledge of India tc
be superior to his own, and accordingly dismissed

a most useful public servant, or made him resign

'rout the harsh treatment he received at the hand:

of one to whom he had rendered the greatest public

service, for which not only India, but England als(
cannot be too grateful. Mr. LAING during his brie;
time in India restored public credit and effected an
e4uilibrium of the finances by his wise and resolutt
administration. This was too much for Sir CHARLES

WooD, who had the temerity to assert in the Hous(
of Commons that Mr. LAING'S figures were al,
wrong ! The House half believed him in their

ignorance, but have since repented of their acquies-

cence, for scarcely had they done so when Sir C.
WOOD stultified their decision, by ordering the local
Government to spend three millions extra out of
the Cash Balances on Public Works ? And this,
too, when he had made no preparation for the im-
mensely increased scale of expenditure by provid-
ing or devising new machinery to adapt the old to
he new and complete change of circumstances. He
must have known that the local authorities were
already suffering from an insufficiency of engineers
and skilled labour to meet the demand, while the
Audit and Account Branch of the Public Works
Department was defective ! But it is all of a piece.
Sir CHARLES OOD is as positive as he is ignorant,
and India will never prosper as it ought while he
continues to misconduct its affairs. Indeed, so con-
fident was Lord PALMERSTON of the great good
Lord STANLEY had conferred on India during his
father's brief Government, that the Secretaryship
of State for India:was offered to Lord STANLEY by
Lord DERBY'S rival and successor in office—a fact
that does honour to the chivalry of Lord PALMER-
STON, while it redounds to the honour of the worthy
son of a worthy and patriotic:sire.

Arrangements for the Funeral of Sir James
Outram.

The mortal remains of the late Sir James Outram
were conveyed on Saturday -last from the London
terminus of the South-Eastern station—whither the
coffin containing the body of the deceased general
had been transmitted from Pau, in France—to the
private residence, 10, Queen's Gate-gardens. In
accordance with the arrangements already made, the
funeral procession will start from Queen's Gate-
gardens at 11 o'clock to-morrow. The procession
will consist of a hearse containing the body of the
deceased officer, inclosed in an inner leaden shell,
the outer coffin being of oak covered with black
cloth, and ornamented with ormolu fittings. The
plate on this coffin bears the following inscription :
"Lieut.-General Sir James Outram, Bart., G.C.B.
Died 11th March, 1863, aged 60 years." The rest
of the funeral cortege will consist of eight or ten
mourning coaches, provided specially for the near
relatives and most intimate friends of the deceased.
The list of mourners comprise the names of many
veteran officers and military associates of the de-
ceased General, including Lord Clyde, Commander-
in-Chief of the Indian Army; General Sir George
Pollock, G.C.8., Sir John Lawrence, G.C.8., Lord
Keane, Sir H. Havelock, Sir J. Lowe, C. 8., Colonel
Holland, Colonel Sykes, General Hancock, General
Malcolm, Sir G. B. Clerk, R.C.8., Sir H.
Rawlin-
son, General Farquharson, Colonel Mowatt, Colonel
Whitelock, R. Mangles, Esq., W. J. liastwick,
Esq., &c. The procession will reach Westminster
Abbey shortly before one o'clock, the time appointed
for the performance of the mournful ceremony. The
stone slab adjoining the burial-place of Wilberforce,
and near that of L it'd Canning, was removed yester-
day, and the ground examined ; but on inspection
it was found that there was no room at this spot for
another interment. A further examination will
take place this day, when a suitable resting-place
for the remains of the gallant deceased will doubt-
less be selected. The applications for places to view
the funeral have been extremely numerous.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA,

(Per City of New York.)

NEW YORK, MARCH 12 (Evening).
Reports have reached Memphis that an engage-
ment was progressing at Port Hudson, but this is
considered doubtful.
General Hooker has held a conference with the
Cabinet at Washington, and afterwards returned
to the army of the Potomac.
Expeditions from this army have visited all the
terries on the Rappahannock, 80 miles below the
Federal lines, broken up numerous smuggling nests,
and captured a quantity of contraband stores.
It is again asserted that largo numbers of Confe-
derate troops are being withdrawn from Frede-
ricksburg.

Two hundred Federals, with two pieces of artil-
lery, have been captured by the Confederates in
Tennessee. General Van Dorn has succeeded in
getting away to Shelleyville with the provisions he
lately captured.
No attack on Charleston had occurred up to the
Bth inst., but Gen. Hunter had issued preliminary
orders, showing that an attack would soon com-

mence.

Three Federal Monitors have bombarded Fort
Macallister during 20 hours. They were struck
several times, but not injured. They could not get
near enough to the fort to dismantle it, on account
of the obstructions in the river. The attack will
not be renewed.

A Confederate lieutenant captured near Charles-
ton states that peace negotiations have been pro-
gressing at Richmond for three weeks, but the
papers there are not allowed to allude to them.
The difficulties between General Hunter and the
officers of General Foster's command at Port Royal
are unsettled. The chief of General Foster's Staff
has been ordered North. Before leaving he issued a
farewell address, saying that truth was mighty and
would prevail.
It is again asserted that the Confederates have
several rams at Mobile preparing for attack on the
blockading squadron.
The reported appointment of General Butler as
Provost Marshal is denied.

The Government is said to be opposed to appoint-
ing military men as Provost Marshals under the
Conscription Act.
The Federal (Jovernment is advised of move-
ments by the Confederates for placing privateers on
the Pacific.

The wreck seen off Havana was not that of the
Florida as supposed.
The steamer Douro, with 400 bales of cotton from
Wilmington, has been captured off Cape Fear.

The British steamer Queen of the Wave has run
ashore at Charleston. Admiral Dupont was making
efforts to save her.

The steamer Peterhoff, from London for Mata.
mores, has been captured off St. Thomas, and sell
to Key West.

President Lincoln is expected to call for more
troops within 10 days.
A large meeting will be held at New York next
Saturday to inaugurate the Union League.

NEW YORK, MARCH 14, Morning.
(Per CITY OF NEW YORK.)

Mr. Seymour, the Democratic candidate for the
Governorship of Connecticut, has made a speech in
which he said peace would restore the Union, but
war never would. The contest could only end in
despotism. The Union must be restored by force
)f reason, not by force of arms.

Richmond despatches speak discouragingly of
the prospect of supplies of food, and says the im-
pressment of grain by the Government discourages

production.

Senator Sumner strongly urges the President not
o issue letters of marque.

(Per City of New York.)

NEW YORK, MARCH 13, Evening.

Despatches received from the Rappahannock as-
sert that the Confederates have armed and uni-
formed negroes doing picket duty on the Rappa-

tiannock.

The Provost Marshal of Baltimore has forbidden
he sale of photographic portraits of distinguished
Confederates and of secession music, and has ordered
their seizure wherever found.

The Federal debt, up to March 1, 1863, is esti•
mated at 868,000,000 dole. This estimate is con-
iidered accurate.

The City of Baltimore, Australasian, Kangaroo,
and Anglo• Saxon have arrived out. The City of
Baltimore experienced a terrific storm when four
days out. The first mate was lost overboard, and
the second mate severely injured. The steamer
Kedar sailed to-day for Liverpool with 275,000 in
specie.

NEW YORK, MARcit 14, Morning.

A report has reached Memphis that a battle has
occurred on the Yazoo river, in which the Federals
captured 7,000 Confederates and eight transports.
The New York press generally credit this report,
as it was known that the Federal gunboats were
prepared to ascend the Yazoo River.

Rumours are current in Cairo, but not generally
credited here, that the Confederates have captured
Forts Henry and Donelson.
Large Confederate forces are said to be massed
in Tennessee. One to hold General Rosencranz in
check, while the others flank him, and enter Ken-
tucky, moving direct on Louisville and Cincinatti.
General Longstreet did not go to Tennessee as re-
ported, but has hie head quarters at Petersburg,
Virginis, and has 18,000 men below that city.
Au early movement of the army of the Potomac
is again expected.
General Beauregard has revoked all furloughs,
•end recalled all absentees to Charleston.

Col. Richardson with 400 guerillas has been cap-
tured by the Federals at Corington, Tennessee.
The Mobile papers state that the Confederates
have much trouble with the Union men in Northern
Alabama. One county is said to be full of them,
and deserters are joining them.

The Uncap Tribune says there are 500 clubs of
the Union League in the West, and the organisa-
tion is rapidly extending.
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Mr.
Cassius M. Clay, as Minifiter to Russia. This cou
firmation was specially pressed by Mr. Seward and
the President,

The New York Times considers Mr. Clay's ap-
pointment as a blunder, and urges him not to
accept it.

The Secretary of the Treasury has arrived at New
York. It is reported that he will endeavour to raise
a loan of 100,000,000 dols., i.e. 50,000,000 dols. on
20 years' bonds, and 50,000,000 in short bonds.

The bill to regulate transactions in gold has been
favourably reported in the New York Legislature.
Brigham Young has been arrested in Utah under
the Polygamy Act, He was released on giving
bonds to appear for trial.
Two Republican and one Democratic member

have been elected to Congress in New Hampshire.
No Governor has yet been chosen.

The Senate at Washington will adjourn to-day,
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, MARCH 13 (Evening).
Money easy. Gold, 591 per cent. premium.
Exchange on London, Bankers' Bills, 177 i. Stocks
quiet. New York Centrals, 1171. Illinois, 92.
Erie, 771.

Cotton dull. Middling Upland, 8.51 c. Flour
steady. Wheat and corn improving. Provisions
dull. Coffee quiet. Sugar steady. Molasses

good inquiry.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.
CRACOW, MARCH 23, Evening.
Since this morning there have been indecisive
engagements between the Russian troops and the
insurgents near Lazy, Miechow, and Igolomia.
The chiefs Wisocki, Bentkowski, Schmiechowaki,
and Rochebrune are in the insurgent camp.
The Cossacks have stopped and plundered an
Austrian patrol, killing one of the soldiers.

ITALY.
RESIGNATION OF SIGNOR FARINI.
TURIN, MARCH 24,

Signor Farini has tendered his resignation, and
has left Turin for his country seat.
Signor Minghetti assumes the Presidency of the
Council, and retains the portfolio of Finance.
A report is current that the Minister of M irine
will be replaced by Signor Sella, the former
Minister.

Signor Pasolini is said to have again tendered
his resignation.

DENMARK.

COPENHAGEN, MARCH 24.

Fifty-five of the principal inhabitants of this city,
belonging to all classes of society, have invited the
inhabitants to a public meeting, to be held on Satur-
day next, at the Casino, in order to discuss the po-
litical affairs of the country, and to adopt resolu-
tions.

In the course of an hour after this invitation had
been published, the whole of the 2,200 seats in the
hall where the meeting is to be held were engaged.

BRESLAU, MARCH 24.

The Sehlesische Zeitung of to-day publishes a
telegram from Cracow, stating that Langiewicz is
not treated as a prisoner in the citadel of that town,

FRANCE.
BOURSE, March 23.—The upward movement et

continues, and a fair amount of business has been
done. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69f. 45c.
Railway Share Market quiet, but firm. Prices re-
ceded towards the close in consequence of consider
able sales for realisation, and the market left off as
follows :

1 per Cents. 96 70
Do end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 69 30
New 3 per Cents
Do. end month, —
Credit Mailier..., 1290
Do. end m0nth...J.291 25
RA IL,

Bank Shares 3380 ---
Credit 1. oneier l5OO
Italian Loan 7O 70
Do. end month 7O 65
Rw,sian
Austrian .. —

Spanish Threes 52 25
Home Debt
rAYB.

Cash. Account..
Orleans lll5 1117 60
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1202 50 .. 1205
Geneva 412 50 415
Southern 770 767 50
Western
Eastern .....
Sardinian
Austrian
Lon.hard
North of Spain
Saragossa 728 76 .. 727 50
Ditto to Barcelona

tort, (insular

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 23.

The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness
the Princess Louis of Hesse, drove out in an open
carriage this morning, attended by Lieutenant-
Colonel Hon. D. de Ros. His Royal Highness
Prince Louis of Hesse accompanied her Majesty on
horseback.

His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by
iZsjor Elphinstone, left the Castle this morning for
Greenwich Park.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, attended by the Countess of Morton and
Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, visited the Prince and
Princess Christian of Denmark at the Palace Hotel,
Buckingham.gate, and partook of a dejeuner with
their royal highnesses.

The Duke of Cambridge visited the Prince and
Princess of Wales at Buckingham Palace.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied
by the Princess Dagmar and Prince William of
Denmark, took a drive in an open carriage in the
afternoon.

We are authorised to state that, after the return
of the Prince of Wales from Sandringham in April,
arrangements will be made, of which due notice
will be given, for the presentation to his Royal
Highness of addresses from corporations and other
public bodies.

The presentation of the addresses will be subject
to regulations similar to those which are observed
on the presentation of addresses to her Majesty at
a levee.