The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-19 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

kTEA.—Business has been very dull, without any change
to report in values. Good shipping congou is quoted lld
to 12d per lb.

StiGill.—The market has remained rather quiet, al-
though full rates are current for West India. Refined
goods are scarce and command high prices.
COFFEE.— Superior descriptions of colonial have boon
more inquired for at enhanced prices ; other qualities have
remained at about former rates.

RICE.—A fair amount of business has been done in soft
grain descriptions at full prices.

TALLOW.—The market has continued rather quiet, al-
though quotations for both present and forward delivery
are steadily maintained.

Prince Napoleon at Ajaccio.

The Paris papers publish the following :
AJACCIO, May 15.
" The inauguration of the monument erected to the
memory of Napoleon I. and of his brothers has just taken
place, amid the greatest enthusiasm, and in presence of an
immense multitude. All the authorities of the depart-
ment, all the land troops, and sailors from the ships were
present. The Montebello, ship of the line, the frigate La
Gloire, and the corvette Jerome Napoleon, at anchor in
front of the spot selected for the inauguration, fired salvoes
of artillery. Prince Napoleon made a long speech, often
interrupted by loud applause. He drew an eloquent bio-
graphical sketch of the Bonaparte family. He passed an
eulogistic review upon the life and the acts of Napoleon 1.,
and finally traced a programme of liberal policy. After the
troops had marched past, and the deputations from the
communal districts had been received, the Prince distributed
a certain number of decorations. The Prefect, the Procu-
rour-General, M. Charles Abbatucci, and the Mayor of
Ajaccio have been appointed Officers of the Legion of
Honour ; M. Gavini, Deputy, and some others have been
appointed Knights of the same Order.

" The agricultural and industrial display has been most
successful. The prizes will be awarded to-morrow. On
the 17th there will be races and a grand banquet. Prince
Napoleon will then leave for Bastia."

Prince Napoleon's speech fills thirteen columns of
La Presse. He concluded as follows :
"France has never been ungrateful towards her hero; she
proclaimed him, and the rights of the Napoleons have always
had their source in the votes of the French people ; no
other name has been hailed for 50 years when the people
were called upon unanimously to choose a chief. Those
are our title-deeds, and I own it with legitimate pride.
The great shadow of Napoleon hovers over France ; it pro-
tects his successors. The organisation of Democracy is the
problem of the future ; on all sides aristocracies are falling—
the good ones as well as the bad ones—in Poland as in the
United States; it is reserved to France, to the great nation,
to resolve that necessity of the future, because she is always
the initiative nation on account of her past acts as well as
of her genius. Have I allowed myself to be carried too
far by my deep emotion ? Could it be otherwise, speaking
of Napoleon and of his brothers in this spot under such
circumstances ? For many years my mind has been tor-
mented by those false interpretations of Napoleon which
some draw, who can only see in him the agent of a reaction
of frightened interests, of petty passions to be satisfied,
while he is the initiator of all grand ideas and of progress.
That is his true tradition.
" Corsicans ! we must understand each other. We enter-
tain the same hope, the same faith in the triumph of those
inseparable principles—the nationalities, the greatness of
our country—liberty ! My task,is done, if, like me, you
are convinced that the mission of Napoleon was to achieve
emancipation through the dictatorship."

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This day.

~P~_~

LONDON, May 19.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderato breeze and fine weather.
CLYDE, May 17.—Wind S.W._Arrived—Melma, from
Rio Grande ; Albert Fraseer, from St. Jago de Cuba
Gluokunf, from Bahia. Sailed—James Stewart, for Ha-
vannah,

PLYMOUTH, May 17.—Wind S
QUEENSTOWN, May 18,—Sailed--City of Cork, screw
steamer, for Liverpool.
jesty's ship Defence. S.W. —Arrived—Her Ma-

SOUTHAMPTON, May 19.—Wind W.—Arrived—Poonah,
screw steamer, from Alexandria.
BRISTOL, May 18.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Dauntless,
from Jamaica.

from Jersey for Ilavannah ; Albina,
NEWPORT, May 17.—Wind W.—Arrived.—Alexander,
Per-
nambuco; Bilboa, from Bilboa. Sailed—Scutari, for Vera
Cruz. from Jersey for

DARTMOUTH, May 18.—Wind N.E.
for Labrador. —Sailed—Escort,

CARDIFF, May 18.—Wind W.S.W.
from St. Nazarro. —Arrived—Estella,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

SALISBURY RACES-THIS DAY.
(By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
HANDICAP PLATE.

Cry theia,
Petras darn colt 2

Fiv© ran.

American Ships of War.

The annexed important correspondence from the
Treasury has just been issued with regard to the
revocation of the orders issued by Earl Russell, in
his letter of the 31st of January, 1862, in connexion
with the belligerent Powers in America :
" Treasury Chambers, May 12, 1865.

_ .
" Gentlemen,—With reference to previous correspon-
dence, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of
her Majesty's Treasury to transmit to you herewith, for
your information and guidance, a copy of a letter from the
Foreign-office, dated 11th instant, in regard to a modifica-
tion of the regulations for the treatment of war vessels
belonging to the belligerent States in North America,
which may arrive at ports in her Majesty's dominions.
(Signed) " G. A. HAMILTON.
"The Commissioners of Customs."
(Copy of Letter referred to.)
"Foreign-office, May 11, 1865.
"My Lords,—l have the honour to acquaint your lord-
ships that, in the existing state of the civil war in America,
and the uncertainty which may be felt as to its continuance,
it appears to her Majesty's Government that the time has
arrived for ceasing to enforce so much of the orders which,
in pursuance of my letter of the 31st January, 1862, were
issued by the several departments of her Majesty's Govern-
ment, as empowered the authorities of any port belonging
to her Majesty, either in the United Kingdom, or in the
Channel Islands, or in any of her Majesty's colonies, or
foreign posEessions or dependencies, to require any ship of
war or privateer of either belligerent which might enter any
port, roadstead, or waters belonging to her Majesty, in order
to obtain provisions or things necessary for the subsistence
of her crew, or to effect repairs, to put to sea as soon as pos-
sible after the expiration of a period of 24 hours, without
permitting her to take in supplies beyond what might be
necessary for her immediate use, and not to suffer any such
vessel as might have been allowed to remain within British
waters for the purpose of repair, to continue in any port,
roadstead, or waters, belonging to her Majesty for a longer
period than 24 hours after the necessary repairs should have
been completed, and also so much of the same orders as
limited the quantity of coal, and the period within which
it might be obtained, to be embarked on board such ship of
war or privateer of either belligerent.

" I have addressed a similar letter to the Secretaries of
State for the Home, Colonial, War, and Indian Departments,
and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

"I have, &e.,
(Signed) " RUSSELL.
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury."
" Custom Rouse, London, May 13, 1865.

" The aforegoing copy of a letter from Mr. Hamilton,
one of the secretaries to the Lords of the Treasury, dated
11th inst., together with copy of the letter from the Foreign-
office therein referred to, is transmitted to the collector
at for his Government.
"By order of the Commissioners,
(Signed) " J. B. HALE."

President Johnson's Proclamation.

MONTREAL, May 5.

A profound sensation was created here yesterday
by the publication of President Johnson's proclama-
tion, asserting that, from evidence in the Bureau of
Military Justice, it appeared the recent tragic events
which took place in Washington were incited and
concerted by Jefferson Davis, Jacob Thompson, C.
C. Clay, Beverley Tucker, Georgh N. Sanders, &c.,
for the apprehension of whom large rewards were
offered.

Sanders and Tucker departed for Quebec last
evening, for the purpose, it is stated, of having an
interview with the Governor-General. Tucker has
addressed the following letter to the people of
Canada :

" Montreal, May 4.

" I have this moment seen the proclamation of Andrew
Johnson, acting President of the United States, stating
that 'it appears from evidence in the Bureau of Military
Justice that the atrocious murder of the late President
Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of the
Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of State, was incited con-
certed, and procured by and between Jefferson Davis, late
of Richmond, Va., and Jacob Thompson, Clement C. Clay,
Beverly Tucker, George N. Sanders, W. C. Cleary, and
other rebel traitors against the Government of the United
States harboured in Canada,' and offering rewards for the
apprehension of the accused, $25,000 boing the sum offered
for my arrest. It is scarcely possible that such proclamation
would have been issued unless some such evidence has been
adduced. What such evidence is I am totally at aloes to con-
jecture. lam compelled, therefore, to content myself with
the declaration, that whosoever hath sworn to anything
authorising in the slightest degree suspicion of my having
incited, concerted, or procured, or of any knowledge what-
ever by me of the attacks made on the President and Mr.
Seward, or any acts or projects of a kindred character,
or of any plan to kidnap or capture either of them or
any of the Federal authorities, hath blackened his soul
with diabolical perjury. Until information reached here
of the attack on President Lincoln by Mr. J. Wilkes
Booth, and that on Mr. Seward by some other person, I
did not know that any such person as J. Wilkes Booth
existed. I had never heard of him before. Ido not know
any of the persons in arrest at Washington, and never heard
of them till I read the notices in the United States news-
papers of their apprehension. I have within a day or
two past made inquiry, and ascertained that Mr. Booth
left St. Lawrence Hall, Montreal, on the 27th of October
last. The officers of the Ontario Bank state that on that
day he purchased of the bank a bill on England for £6l
12s. ld., for which he paid in American gold, and at the
same time made a deposit of $355 Canada money, which
yet remains to his credit, and that he stated he intended to
run the blockade. Whether he made such attempt or went
into the United States by railroad I have not ascertained.
"The clerks in the St. Lawrence Hall inform me thathe
arrived at the house on the 18th of October, being there
nine days. I was not in Montreal during that time. My
association with the other gentlemen named in this atrocious
proclamation has been intimate for years, and I admit it
would be strange, if they had any knowledge of Mr. Booth's
purposes i that I should be in utter ignorance of it.
'• The whole business is, in my deliberate judgment, an
attempt to get up a pretext for a difficulty with the British
Provinces, and the consideration that since I have been
here I have received nothing but hospitality, and kindness
from you impels me to make this brief address, to aid in
the dissipation of such pretext.
"I have to-day appealed to President Johnson and Secre-
tary Stanton to allow me copies of the alleged evidence with
respect to myself, to give me a chance to disprove it.
"I will add, that I will go before any magistrate here and
verify the above by my solemn oath, and that I will agree
that the United States Consul, or any respectable counsel he
may designate, shall cross-examine me in relation to the
alleged evidence,'or any other and all acts of my life.
(Signed) "BEVERLY TUCKER."