The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-18 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

AMERICA.

(PER NIAGARA via BOSTON AND QUEENSTOWN.)
NEW YORK, MARCH 4, EVENING.

The Southern press is strongly urging the Con-
federate Government to assume an aggressive policy.
The Federal mails now run to Nashville.
The Confederates have evacuated Murfrees-
borough, and have moved further South.
Andy Johnson has been appointed Provisional
Governor of Tennessee. He will repair to Nash-
ville to organise a State Government, and to arm
and protect loyal citizens.
It is reported from Norfolk that the Confederate
steamer Nashville has arrived at Wilmington, North
Carolina.

The Confederates have completely laid Columbus
in ashes, and retired to Port Randolph, carrying
away guns and everything available.
The House of Representatives has passed a reso-
lution, asking for correspondence or other informa-
tion regarding Mexican affairs, and the alleged
European design of establishing a monarchy in
Mexico.

The Committee of Ways and Means have reported
on a tax bill for levy ing the following taxes
Spirituous liquors, 15e. per gallon; printing paper,
3 mells per pound ; flour, 10c. per barrel ; 3 per
cent. on incomes above 600 dolls ; tobacco, 3c. per
pound. A legacy duty is also proposed. Gas, lsat,
leather, railroad and steamboat passengers, adver-
tisements, carriages, matches, plate, and cattle are
all taxed. Licences will be , required for carrying
on any business.

President Lincoln, on receiving the Peruvian
Minister, said—" The prosperity of America is
sought not only through peace on her part, but
through peace among all nations.
" The United States, though friendly to all other
nations, do not conceal the fact that they cherish
special sentiments of friendship for those who, like
themselves, have founded their institutions on the
principle of the equal rights of men; such nations
being more prominently the neighbours of America,
as co-operating with them in establishing civiliza-
tion on the American continent. Such being
American principles, Peru will be liberally dealt
with."

PARIS, MARCH 18.

Yesterday, in the Corps Legislatif, M. Lemercier
spoke in favour of the Society of St. Vincent de
Paul.

M. Billault, in reply, defended the right of the
Government to appoint its President.
Paragraph 10 of the address was then adopted.
M. Brame proposed an amendment in reference
to the treaty of commerce, and asked for an in-
quiry into the working of this treaty.
The discussion will be continued to-day.

MADRID, MARCH 17.
The Iberia of to day publishes an article de-
manding a settlement of the Passive Debt.
The .Epoca says, on the same subject :—" We
believe that the Government will satisfy the legi-
timate claims of the bondholders after the ques-
tion has been seriously taken into consideration."

TURIN, MARCH 17.

To-day, in the Chamber of Deputies, Signor
Gallenga put the question to the Ministry on the
present state of political affairs which he had pre-
viously announced. He said, " The Ministry is in
an equivocal position. It is necessary that it
should either complete itself or resign."
Signor Ordes then proposed that the Chamber, in
reply to the propositions of Signor Gallenga, should
pass to the order of the day without assigning any
motive.

Signor Rattazzi said he should have wished the
discussion to take place, and continued, "I am
not opposed to the previous question if it is to be
the means of deciding whether the Chamber sup.
ports the programme of the Ministry." Signor
Rattazzi stated that he had not yet been able
to complete his Cabinet, because he was not yet
sure whether he had a majority, the Chamber not
having made known its intentions. Re said also,
" I shall carry out the law on the national arma-
ment, which was voted by a very. large majority ;
but 1 do not admit that any association should have
the right of arming and of making the dangers
which the Government incur a pretext for arma
ments. The Government has alone the right of
making armaments."

The simple order of the day, as proposed by
Signor Ordes, accompanied by a declaration that
its adoption would signify that the Chamber sup-
ported the Ministry, was then put to the vote.
All the members voting were called by name.
The order of the day, with its accompanying
declaration, was passed by 210 against 80 votes.
Three members abstained from voting.

TURIN, MARCH 17.

A letter from Garibaldi has been published today
exhorting the Italians to subscribe towards the
relief of the sufferers by the late inundations in
Austria.

The letter says in conclusion :—" It is necessary
to put an end to the fratricidal struggle between
nations."

ROME, MARCH 17.
Report designates Monsignor Berardi for the post
of Apostolic Nuncio at St. Petersburg.
The health of the Pope continues to improve.

COPENHAGEN, MARCH 17.

The Dagbladet of to-day contains a more detailed
analysis of the Danish note which was despatched
to the German Governments on the 12th inst.

Tha note declines to enter into any discussion
with regard to Schleswig, or to the competency of
the Rigsraad. It states that Denmark is unable to
prevent Prussia from again putting forward the in-
terpretation that Power has already given to the
negotiations of 1861, nor would Denmark shrink
from renewed discussion of the subject, because she
fulfils all she has undertaken.

The note goes on to observe, however, that the
present negotiations must leave the question of
Schleswig untouched, as matters which are unques-
tionably international and without the province of
the German Federation would otherwise be mixed
up with a question which Europe regards as exclu-
sively German.

The note concludes by observing that, should
Germany confound the Schleswig with the Holstein
question, Denmark would be forced, in the event
of Federal execution being applied to Schleswig,
to regard such execution as a easusbelli, even if the
territory of Holstein alone were occupied,

ATHENS, MARCH 14.
All the exterior fortifications of Nauplia were
taken yesterday by the Royal troops.
FRANCE.

The Prince Imperial entered his seventh year,
and it is universally admitted.that he is exceedingly
advanced for his age. He speaks four languages,
excels in all bodilyexercises, rides particularly well,
is of a gay, lively disposition, and remarkable for
his general intelligence. He is most popular among
his young comrades of the Imperial Guard, has a