The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-30 00:00:00

Amnesty to Saxon Political Refugees.

King John of Saxony has addressed the following,
letter to Dr. von Behr, the Saxon Minister of Jus-
tice :

" Dear Minister von Behr,—When the bounty of the
Most High blesses us with benefits, man feels himself
doubly bound to do good to his fellows to the extent of his
ability, and to exercise clemency towards them. This
feeling determines me to celebrate the great boon God has
recently conferred upon me, my house, and country, by an
extensive act of mercy. Although I have already granted
forgiveness in many individual cases to persons involved
in the insurrectionary movements of May, 1849, I will yet
now further extend this pardon to all therein concerned,
and will permit the return, without punishment, of all
still living as refugees in foreign parts, and reinstate in
their civil rights those persons who have forfeited
them on account of penalties to which they have been
subjected or proceedings that may still be pending. I
request you, therefore, in conjunction with the Minister
of the Interior, to have the requisite documents prepared
to be laid before me for approbation, and to bring this let-
ter to the public knowledge.—Your well affected
"Dresden, May 27, 1865." "JOHN."
In accordance with this letter the official Dresdner
Journal publishes the following :
" Orderrespecting a general amnesty for all political offences
committed in the month of May of the year 1849.

"In consequence of the resolution of his Majesty the
King, it is hereby ordered-1. No further prosecutions
shall take place within the kingdom of Saxony on account
of all political offences committed in the month of May of
the year 1849, punishable according to the existing crimi-
nal laws. 2. Punishments already adjudged for such
offences, but not yet fully expiated, -shall be no further
carried out. Costs of every kind already adjudged but not
yet paid shall be remitted, and respectively discharged by
the State Treasury. 3. All persons who have forfeited
their civil rights for participation in the abovenamed oc-
currence shall be reinstated therein.

" FREIHERR VON BEUST, Minister of the Interior.
" DR. VON BEHR, Minister of Justice.
" Dresden, May 27, 1865."

Stranding of the Nemesis Mail Steamer.

A telegraph message from Lloyd's agent at Calcutta,
dated from that port, 10.10 a.m., 27th inst. (last Saturday),
was received yesterday at Lloyd's, reporting the stranding
of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's mail steamer
Nemesis, and that she was in great peril. The following
is a copy of the telegram :—" Tho Nemesis, Capt. Castles,
from Calcutta to Suez, went ashore at Eugpallas Strand,
on the 25th inst. (May), and up to the 26th remained in
great peril. She was homeward bound."
The spot where the steamer is reported ashore is near the
Hooghly (the Calcutta river). The Nemesis' departure
from Calcutta took place, it is believed, on the previous
day, the 24th. She is one of the company's fleet trading
between Suez and Calcutta, and is described as 2,018 tons
register and engines of 600 horse power.
Her commander, Captain Castles, stands in a high posi-
tion in the company's service as a most experienced sailor.
His courageous conduct on the occasion of the, burning
of the Sarah Sands, steamship, with 600 troops on board,
in safely taking the ship into the Mauritius after the after
part of the vessel had been blown away by fire and explo-
sion, elicited not only the commendation of the Board of
Trade, but was brought before the House of Commons as
a case deserving of the highest praise.

ABOLITION OF SURREY TURNPIKES.—A legisla-
tive measure has recently been obtained whereby
the turnpikes in the districts south of the Thames will be
abolished on the 12th of November next, in like manner as
those in the districts north of the river were removed some
months since. The gates at Kennington, Wandsworth,-
Walworth, and all between Reigate and London and Dart-
ford (New- cross) will come down. On the occasion of the
Derby next year the road will be free at the points named,
and the long vexatious stoppages to which the procession
of carriages has been subject will be experienced for the
last time on a Derby day to-morrow.
ALEC FORBES OF HOWGLEN. By George Mac-
Donald, M.A., author of " David Elginbrod," &c.—" Mr.
George Mac Donald looks in his stories more to the souls
of men and women than to their social outside. He reads
life and nature like a true poet. His pages are therefore
alive with subtle thought, to which he gives felicitous ex-
pression. Throughout his story one feels to be not spend-
ing one's time in the shop of a confectioner of novels, but
abroad Under sunny heavens in a poet's company, observ-
ing nature and the souls of men. The book is full of good
thought and good writing." —Examine n

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(=TER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIAN.
(Via Greencastle.)

The following are the heads of the news brought
by the Hibernian :
NEW YORK, MAY 20 (Evening).

Messrs. Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens,
and others have arrived as prisoners at Fort Monroe,
and are confined in the casemates of the fort.

No positive evidence implicating Davis has yet
been brought forward in the conspiracy trial.

Mr. Stanton has announced that persons found
in arms east of the Mississippi will be treated as
guerillas and punished with death.
Magruder has announced his intention of con-

inuing the war.

The emigration excitement has subsided.
The ram Stonewall remained at Hai annals on
he 13th inst.

Gold, 130.1.

NEW YORK, MAY 19 (Evening.)

Mr. Jefferson Davis arrived at Macon on Mon-
day, and was sent to Augusta under a strong
guard en route for Fort Monroe via Savannah.
Governor Brown, of Georgia, has been confined
in the old Capitol Prison.
It is understood that the Government will use
him as a witness to prove the complicity of Mr.
Davis in Mr. Lincoln's assassination.

Halleck has offered $25,000 for the arrest of
Governor Smith, of Virginia.

Cavalry are pursuing Governor Magrath in
South Carolina,

Further evidence was produced at the conspiracy
trial on Wednesday and Thursday, implicating the
prisoner. The Rev. Mr. Ryder testified that he
had found in the Capitol at Richmond, since the
Federal occupation, a letter addressed to Davis,
signed Old Ham, dated February, 1865, informing
him the Northern shipping towns were overcome.
The letter was endorsed :—" Secretary of State
will see General Harris, and learn his plan for
overcoming difficulties heretofore experienced.—
J. D., February 17, 1865."
Witnesses familiar with Davis recognised the