The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-12 00:00:00

THE CUBAN INSURRECTION.

A curious incident, says the Pall 11fall Gazette, has come
to light in connection with the insurrection in Cuba. It
has always been suspected that tha rebellion was
fed from Washington. We are now told that
in December 1867 several Cubans met Generals
Garfield and Butler, Senators Morton and Nye,
and other Congressmen, by appointment. The
Cubans explained that a revolutionary society existed in
the island, and that with proper support from the
leading public men in America a blow would be
struck for freedom at the first favourable
opportunity. General Butler promised his assistance in
Congress to any project designed for the furtherance of
the rebellion. " Nearly all the other gentlemen made
like declarations, in a strain of fervid eloquence." A
little earlier in the day one or other of these legislators
had doubtless been declaiming against England in Con-
gress for " eympathing " with the South.

The Evening Standard affirms that in the opinion
of eminent counsel, Mr. Guest, who has just been returned
for Youghal, is disqualified.
Another cotton mill has been burnt down. On
Sunday morning a fire was discovered at the mill of Messrs.
Smith and Son, Heywood, and the result was the destruc-
tion of property to the atnouut of £15,000.
The Archdeaconry of Canterbury, which has be-
come vacant by the death of the Venerable J. Croft, M.A.,
is the first valuable piece of preferment which has fallen to
the gift of the present Archbishop. Annexed to it is a
Canonry, worth £l,OOO a year. Archdeacon Croft was one
of the oldest clergyn.en in England. He was educated at
St. John's College, Cambridge, where he took his 13. A.
degree in 1807.
The North German Correspondent says that the
property of the ea-King of Hanover is not absolutely con-
fiscated. " Lot him give guarantees for his future good be-
haviour; let him frankly acknowledge a state of things which
ho is powerless to change, and the law decreeing the seques-
tration of his property will be immediately repealed. Itis even
stipulated in the financial convention that the capital shall
be placed entirely under his own control so socn as he shall
have formally renounced his fruitless pretensions to the
throne of Hanover."

Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their
Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, Prince
Arthur, and Prince Leopold, loft Windsor Castle on Tues.
day, and proceeded by train to Paddington, where they were
received by a guard of honour, and escorted to Buckingham
Palace. Her Majesty held the second Drawing-room of this
season atßuckinghain Palace on Tuesday. Their royal high.
nesses the Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Princes,
Beatrice, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, the Prince ani
Princess Teck, the Duke of Cambridge, and other member,
of the Royal family, were present. In attendance on her Ma.
iesty were the Duchess of Argyll, Mistress of the Robes ; th,
Marchioness of Ely, Lord Camoys, Lord Frederick Kerr
the Hon. Flora Macdonald, the lion. Florence Seymour,
and the great officers of state of the Royal Household
The foreign Ambassadors and Ministers having been in
troduced, upwards of a hundred presentations were mad,
A large concourse of persons assembled to view the arrive
of the company.

Great activity has been exhibited at Devonport
in forwarding Coastguard ships for the intended
cruise. The Trafalgar and the Mersey left the
Sound yesterday evening for Portland. The Black
Prince and Valiant, which were placed in dock at
Keyham on Monday, were removed last evening
and placed in Plymouth Sound. The Royal George,
which arrived in the Sound at 6 on Monday even-
ing, was placed in No. 1 dock, Devonport. At 5
a.m. yesterday morning she had her copper repaired,
was coaled, stored, and removed at 5.30 p.m. into
the Sound.

The Donegal, from Ireland, arrived in Plymouth
Sound last eveuing.