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

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EyENING, MARCEI 25, 1863,

they take up arms in the sacred cause of pro arcs et

foci's.
Since writing the above we have received a tele-
gram that conveys the intelligence of a victory for
the Poles, Prince WITTGENSTEIN was taken prisoner
by the insurgents, having been wounded. The
loss by the Russians appears to have been
very great. This intelligence must renew the
hopes of all doubting and wavering spirits, and let
us trust that it may be a happy augury for the
future as regards this heroic and persecuted people.

Since Cavouß's death, matters have fared ill
with the Italian Government. The greatness of
the dead statesman has been increasingly demon- I
strated since then by the failure one after another
of his surviving successors. Ricasou, the last
amongst them, gave way, after he had been but a
comparatively brief while in power, before the in-
trigues of RATTAZZI. The latter himself succumbed,
as we know, to the force of events—dragging
down GARIBALDI from the fatal height of Aspro-
monte, but being himself dragged down in the
very act, as it were, of effecting the great Condot-
tieri's overthrow by means of the Berseglieri, under
PALLAVICINO. It was then, when Fortune failed
to sustain RATTAZZI in power at Turin, that the re-
sponsibility of the Presidency over the affairs of the
embarrassed Government of Italy devolved, for
another interval, upon FARINI. Ti at passing in-
terval has now abruptly closed in its turn. MIN -
CHETTT, in obedience to the will of VICTOR EM-
MANUEL, has assumed his place as President of the
Ministerial Council, still retaining, however, as a
trust of especial importance, the Portfolio of Finance.
Rumours were flying about Turin, only yesterday,
to the effect that it was not FARINI who had ten-
dered his resignation,and what is more, had had that
resignation of his accepted. PASOLINI alEo was
not only reported to have intimated his desire to be
allowed to withdraw from the administration ; his
resignation was formally announced in the Chamber
of Deputies yesterday by the new premier, Signor
MINGHETTI. The ministry of Marine, moreover,
was said to have been placed within reach of the
acceptance of Signor SELLA. The Secretary-General,
namely the VISCONTI VENOSA, was likewise an-
nounced by the Premier MINGHETTI from his place
in the Chamber of Deputies, as the newly
appointed minister for Foreign Affairs. It
is consequently a more or less radical change
in the arrangement of the principal offices of the
Administration that has recently taken place.
It is not the incident, simply, of one Minister, but
of several Ministers resigning, and being replaced
by outsiders, if not members of the Opposition. At
the same time, it is next to impossible to believe,
for an instant, that there is being effected,
or that there is about to be effected, any
appreciable change whatever in the policy
of the Italian Government. We take the
occurrences we are alluding to, on the contrary, to
mean—if they mean anything whatever in the way
of real significance—that it is precisely because
there is to be no change at all in that policy, that
FARINI and PAsoLINI had tendered their resigna-
tions, giving way in turn—the latter to YEN OSA,
the former to MINGHETTI.

A do-nothing policy, there, lends no charm,
in fact, to the retention of office by an ener-
getic, much more, be it said, by an ardently
patriotic statesman, Months flit by with the whole
powers of the State in comparative inaction— 1862
merges into 1863—winter gives place to spring—
and still the southern provinces of the new
Italian Kingdom are held in allegiance solely under
the pressure of a military occupation ! S;i11 the
nominally coalesced principalities straggling down

the length of the Peninsula, skirting round the
Papal States, linking together the once Kingdom
of the Two Sicilies with the some time Austrian
province of Lombardy, and with the now expanded
and dominant Sovereignty of Piedmont—still all
these heterogeneous portions of the newly
defined Kingdom of Italy fail to combine
and blend together harmoniously ! Still, above
all, the fortresses of the Quadrilateral are
occupied by their German garrisons. Venetia is
still held by Austria as an integral part of her
dominions. For two years consecutively not an
inch of ground in advance has been gained by the
Italian Government. Ever since CATOUR'S death,
to reiterate for a moment the remark with which
we commenced=-ever since the death of Count
CAVOUR, the Liberator of Lombardy, the Obtainer of
Savoy and Nice, has had " his will" as completely as
the " Ancient Mariner" in the ballad of COLERIDGE.
CANUTE has placed his curule chair adroitly upon
the verge of the line of high water mark, and there
with a very grandoise affectation of supreme power
has said to the waves of the Italian Revolution,
" Advance no further !" Those waves have ever
since then been boiling and surging in vain against
the rocky barrier of the formidable and all but im-
pregnable fortifications of the Qaadrilateral. They
have chafed and foamed as vainly around
the central Ararat, And all the while
the impression produced upon the mind
of the superficial spectator has been, nay, still is—
that the CANUTE of France, who sits there upon his
throne of State to the west—high and dry, as we
have said, above high water mark—is " monarch of
all he surveys," is lord even and master of that
stormy sea of the Italian Nationality ! " Thus far
shalt thou go, and no further !" Arid the tide—as
if in obedience to the Imperial mandate—goes no
further. It lashes vainly at the bare of the Quadri-
lateral. It rages innocuously around the Ararat. A
change, if change there is to come in all this, must
come perforce from an authority superior in puis-
sance even to his Imperial Majesty of France,
NAPOLEON 111. It must be the result of the rising
of some new hurricane of events. It must be pro-
nounced—that new and more potent mandate than
any affected to be uttered by the French Sovereign
—it must, on the contrary, b 3 articulated by the
Vox Populi, said awfully by the proverb to
be the Vox Del. If uttered at all—this
final mandate for which Italy, for which Europe,
has so long been waiting and listening in eager
expectation—it must so be uttered ! Yes—thus
and thus only will it be uttered—if at all !

the despatch upon the Polish
The Europe of Frankfort gives an anal.) xis of
question addressed
by Earl Russell, on the sth March, to the Russian Govern-
ment and the other Powers who signed the Treaty of
Vienna. The suggestions contained in this document are
stated to be as follows :—lst. An immediate amnesty in
favour of the insurgent Poles ; 2d. The realisation of the
promises made by the Emperor Alexander I. to the Poles
in his celebrated proclamation of tho month of November,
1515; 3d. The immediate convocation of the Polish Diet.
The departure from St. Petersburg of Count
Thun, the Austrian Minister at the Court of Russia,
is an event which hart teen anticipated for some time, and
has no peculiar significance at the present moment. Count
Thun will no doubt be speedily replaced by another diplo-
matist. Although the relations between Austria and
Russ'a are not just now of the most cordial character, the
present arrangement cannot in any way La considered as
indicating increased coolness.
EMIGRATION' MEMORIAL TO THE LORD MAYOR
AND THE MANSION HOUSE COMMITTEE.'—Last even-
ing a meeting of the Lancashire Relief Committee of th-
parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, was held in the vestry,
the Rev. S. M. Mayhew presiding. A long memorial was
prepared and agreed to, urging upon the Mansion-house
Committee that a portion of the funds now in hand should
' be applied for the purpose of assisting sonic of the distressed
operatives to emigrate to British colonies. It was resolved
that a deputation should wait upon the Lord Mayor to pr.-
, ,sent the memorial.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA,

(Per City of New York.)

NEW YORK, MARCH 14.

The steamships City of New York and Kangaroo
arrived at New York early o❑ the morning of
March 12. The Anglo-Saxon arrived at Portland
on the afternoon of March 12.

The following general summary ie from the New
rork, Herald of March 14 :
THE SITUATION.

There are symptoms of a coming movement in Ge-
neral Hooker's army. The transportation resources
Rre being cut down, and officers have been notified
that all superfluous baggage must be sent home.
The officers of the line are to be allowed nothing in
shape of camp equipage, except shelter tents, which
thoy can carry on their backs. This means an ac-
tive, and probably arduous, campaign. The roads
have dried up in that vicinity considerably within
he past few days, and everything now looks favour-
able for a forward movement.

On the rebel side equally active preparations ap-
pear to be going on. Charleston is awaiting calmly
for an attack, and General Beauregard has revoked
all furloughs, and recalled all absentees to their
posts.

A despatch from Memphis reports a fight on the
Yazoo River, in which seven thousand prisoners
and eight transports are said to have been cap-
tured. It was known at Washington that such a
movement by our gunboats was in contemplation,
with the intentio❑ of cutting off the supplies of the
rebels, and therefore it is quite probable that a
battle has taken place, although the particulars
have not yet reached us.
There is nothing later from Vicksburg.

Rumours were rife in Cairo yesterday, and reached
this city by telegraph, that Fort Donelson and Fort
Henry had been captured by the rebels, but the re •
ports are not credited. A gentleman, who arrived
in Cincinnati on Thursday from Savannah, says
that immense armies are massed in Tennessee—one
to hold General Rosencranz in check, while the
other flAuks him, enters Kentucky, and moves direct
on Louisville and Cincinnati. They are only wait-
ing for the rivers to fall and the roads to dry to
commence operations.

General Granger's force, who went in pursuit of

Van Dorn, returned to Franklin on Wednesday.
The rebels fled beyond Duck River, as we before re-
ported. There were several cavalry skirmishes,
and some 300 ragged fellows were picked up in the
pursuit.

Colonel Richardson and some 400 of his rebel
guerillas were surrounded and captured at Coving-
ton, Tenn.,by abody of Union troops onMonday last.
Great excitement arose on the 12th at Cairo, on
account of the capture of Forts Henry and Donelsou.
A special despatch from Cincinnati, 13th March,
gives the following :
" The Commercial has a rumour, via Cairo, that
the rebe's have repossessed Forts Donelson and
Henry, though it is not credited. Troops were
ordered there for an emergency.
" A gentleman who left Savannah on the 20th
ult., arrived at Cincinnati yesterday. He is a
planter and a member of the South Carolina legis-
lature. He reports that immense armies are massed
in Tennessee—one to hold Rosencranz in check,
while the other flanks him, enters Kentucky, and

moves direct on Louisville and Cincinnati. They
are only waiting for the rivers to fall and the roads
to dry. He says it is the general talk in Dixie,
that a fleet of ten iron-clads will be ready in foreign
ports this month, with which the rebels propose to

clear the Mississippi, and co-operate with the move-
ment in Kentucky."
According to the same despatch the Union party
in Ohio has called a Statf Convention, to be held in

Columbus on the 17th June. Granger's force, sent

in pursuit of Van Dorn, returned to Franklin on
Wednesday. The rebels fled beyond Duck river.
There were several cavalry skirmishes, and some
:300 ragged fellows were picked up in the pursuit.
Rebel advices show that the Northern Alabama

loyalists are giving the rebels a deal of trouble.
Surprises, skirmishes, and all the horrors incidental
to a neighbourhood of War are witnessed there.
The Memphis papers contain the statement that
Colonel Richardson, the noted guerilla chief, and
400 of his me❑ were captured at Covington, Ten-
nessee, on the 9th March. The Unionists surrounded
them.

A despatch from Salt Lake City, dated Match 10,
announces the arrest of Brigham Young, under the
Polygamy Act of Congress. United States Marshal
Gibbs served the writ issued on the 10th by Judge
Kimsey upon Presichnt Young. The writ was im •
mediately responded to, and the defendant, who
appeared personally in cour, was admitted to bail
in the sam of 2,000 dols., which was promptly given.
rho civil authority can be maintained in Utah
without the aid of troops.
Tho following despatch of Col. Connor is pub-
lished by the New York papers :
" Salt Lake City, March 11.
" The despatch in the New York Herald of the
10th, published in the California papers this morn-
ing, so far as regards my acts and intentions, is
false.

(Signed) "P. EDWARD CONNOR, Colnnel,
Third Infantry, C.N."
The following is the despatch of which the Colonel

complains :

" Salt Lake City, March 9.

"A collision between the military and the citizens
is imminent. Governor Harding and Associate
Justices Waite and Drake, it is understood, have
called upon Col. Connor to arrest Brigham Young,
and Ccuccillors Kimball and Wells.

The judge of the district can serve auy civil
process; but the citizens arc in arms, and deter•
mined to prevent the arrest of their leaders by
military force,

" Other Federal officers, and now Mormon citi-
zens, have telegraphed to Gen. Wright to restrain
Connor till an investigation can be had.
_ _

"A colonel of tht, United States army, who left
for Washington this morning, has been arrested by
Connor, and brought back. It is presumed his in-
tentions were unfavourable to Cmnor's military
interferer.ce."

The _Richmond Dispatch, in a leader, speaks dis-
couragingly of the prospects of food, and says im-
pressment of flour and grain by the Government

discourages production.
The Richmond Examiner contains tho announce•
ment that General Beauregard has revoked all fur-
loughs, and recalled the absentees to their post.
The following is from the Richmond Examiner:—
BOMBARDMENT OF FORT APALLISTER,

" Up to last night nothing later had been received
at the War Department from Fort M'Allister. The
latest accounts we have say that a Yankee fleet,
after a terrific bombitclinent, had retired, and it is
thought that the enemy has been again repulsed;
at least he has shown no further disposition to renew
the attack.

" The bombardment is represented to have been
terrific. The fire of three iron-clads and three
mortar boats was concentrated on the fort at the
~ame time, and shell and solid shot literally rained
on the garrison. The fire commenced about 9 a.m•,
and continued up to a late hour in the evening and
through the night; but when morning came the•
Yankee fleet had disappeared.
" This is the enemy's fourth attack on Fo:o.

M'Allister, and he has failed. Strange to say, and
unequal as the contest was, the fort is said to have
sustained but little damage, and our loss to h.sve
been but two wounded and none killed.

" It shows that Yankee gunboats and mortars are
a humbug. In fact, we are told, that so accustomed
have become the people of Vicksburg to them, and
so little is the fear manifested at their shelling, that
when the fire commences the people go out to wit-
ness it as a kind of amusement."
THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG.

On the 27th of February Admiral Porter des-
patched what was called a paddy boat or dummy
Monitor, to view the Vicksburg batteries, in
order to ascertain their exact location. This con-
trivance was an old flat boat, with flour barrels for
smoke stacks, and a couple of large hogs-
heads to represent the Monitor turrets. It
ran the fortifications in a galant style,
and drew the fire of the rebel guns, but as far as
could be ascertained received no damage.
The paddy-boat, it seems, frightened the rebels,
who were at work trying to raise the Indianola
below Vicksburg, and caused them to skedaddle on
the double quick. When they got sate away from
what they supposed to be a turreted, or " a cheese-
box on a raft," they reported the fact to their
friends, and stated that they had blown up the
Indianola to prevent her from again falling into the
hands of Yankees. This was the source from which
the stery c.me that the captured gunboat had been
destroyed. In reference to this, the Jackson
11lisstssippian had the following :

" The destruction of the Indianola was a most
unnecessary and unfortunate affair. The turreted
monster proved to be a flat boat, with sundry fix-
tures to create deception. She passed Vicksburg
on Tuesday night, and the officers, believing she
was really a turreted monster,blew up the Indianola,
but the guns fell into the hands of the enemy."
The statement of those who ran away from the
sunken prize at the approach of the paddy-boat was
subsequently ascertained to be false, and the
Indianola by this time has, no doubt, been raised.

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

FRIDAY, March 13, 6 p.m.

Money continues to be Very abundant, and the
banks are embarrassed to find employment for their
means. Oa call the brokers pay 5 and 6 per cent.;
but the demand for money on the Stock Exchange
is quite light. There is no change in debt certifi-
cates or mercantile paper. Gold was rather active
to-day, partly on the news from the West, and
partly on reports of legislation in Albany. It opened
at 161, rose to 1611, declined steadily to 1581,
rallied 160, sold at 159 and 160 in the afternoon,
and closed at 1591 bid. At Albany, this morning,
the bill to check speculation in gold (of which a
synopsis was given a day or two since in our Albany
correspondence) was reported, and unanimously
referred to the Committee of the whole. We cannot
see that this bill will achieve the end desired, or
will put down the price of gold.

(PEP. HIBERNIAN.)

NEW YORK, MARCH 14, Evening.

It is currently reported in Wall-street that the
Secretary of the Treasury has received an offer
from Europe for 100,000,000 dole. Six per Cent.
Bonds at a higher figure than par.
Mr. Chase is endeavouring to negotiate a loan of
100,000,000 dols. ; 50,000,000 dole. in 20 year bonds,
and the other 60,000,000 dole. in short bonds.
It is reported from Memphis that the Federal
expedition up the Yazoo has captured Yazoo city,
and all the Confederate transports above it.
An attack by the Federals upon Haines Bluff a
few miles above the mouth of the Yazoo river was
hourly expected. No official accounts of the affair
have yet been received.