The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-30 00:00:00

10 a.m.

ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 26.
The Madras steamer reached Suez, from Bom-
bay, on the 25th instant.
On the 24th March, the bulk of the army
before Lucknow was proceeding northward to
Bareilly, commanded by Brigadier Walpole.
A heavy column, under Sir E. Lugard, started
on the 27" th for Azinighur, and the remainder
continued at Lucknow, [qy. under] Sir Hope
Grant.

Sir Hugh Rose reached Jhansi on the 22d, and
invested the place. The bombardment commenced
on the 25th.

On the Ist of April, 25,000 rebels, with 18
guns, called the army of Pashawa, endeavoured
to raise the siege, and were defeated, with the
slaughter of 1,500 men.
On the 2d of April the town fortifications were
captured. On the sth the garrison escaped from
the fortress during the night, and, by last account,
were being cut to pieces in their flight ; about
3,000 having fallen. Six British officers killed.

The Rajpootana field force, under General
Roberts, reached Khotah on the 20th ; the town
and fortress was captured on the 30th, with very
little loss on our side.

Near Agimgseur (?) on the south-east frontier
of Oude, a detachment of the 37th, under Colonel
Milman, had been compelled to retire with loss of
baggage, and on the 24th March was cut up at
A aimghur.
Strong detachments for its relief were on their
way from Lucknow.

Allahabad and Benares.—The country opposite
Benares, and to the north-eastward, continued
much disturbed.

The Northern Provinces being disarmed with.

out resistance.

J. GREEN.

This telegraph arrived at Malta from Alex.
andria, by th© contract steam-packet Valetta, al

10 p.m. on the 29th April.
M. STOPFORD, Rear-Admiral,

TURIN, THURSDAY.
The Deforesta Bill has passed into law by a
majority of 110 against 48.

BERLIN, APRIL 29.

In spite of all the doubts expressed, it is stil
reported confidently that Queen Victoria will visi
Berlin in the course of next September.

FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY.

At the meeting of the Credit Mobilier Associa-
tion to-day no dividend was declared, although the
shares are at 7 per cent. premium.
_ _ _

It is proposed that M. Morse should receive a
bonus of from 500,000 f., subscribed by several
European Powers, for his discoveries in electric
communication.

The following telegraphic despatches have been
received here :

MARSEILLES, 28TH.—Accounts from Constantinople
to the 21st have arrived. Much snow had lately fallen,
and gales of wind had occurred, cauQinv much damage
to shipping i❑ the Black Sea. The Ferdinand 4 steamer,
belonging to the Austrian Lloyd's Company, had gone
on shore at Varna. The Presse d' Orient expresses a hope
that the rights of the Porte with regard to the Nand of
Perim will be maintained in the CoLference of Paris. In
Greece, the journals reply to the note of Turkey threat-
ening a commercial rupture, by saying that Greece is
ready to accept a political one, and that in taking up
the gauntlet sbe will remember 1824."
" BERNE, 29TH.—The Federal Guinea has accorded
an exequatur to the Vioe-Consul of France at La Chaux-
de-F ‘nds."

" KONIGSBERG, April 28.—A despatch received from
St. Petersburg states that the Minister of Foreign
Affairs has addressed to the foreign legations a circular
directing them not to wise• passports of foreigners.
Although the Russian legations abroad have never wised
passports of foreigners for any other state than Russia,
the Imperial Government has made this recommenda-
tion through courtesy for the French Government."
BOURSE, April 29.—The following were the
closing quotations
4,i per Cents 93 25
Do. end month 93 15
3 per Cent. ..... 69 60
Do. end month 69 55
Bank Shares ...•••.•- 3131
Credit Mobilier 700 j—
ai). Account

Credit Fonder

Belgian 4
Piedmontese (5)
Roman B9.
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt . -
FOR CASH.

RAILWAYS.-
Orleans
Northern ............ 950
New Ditto ............... 775
Lyon and Mediteran. 82 Li
New Ditto 7621

Midi
Western
Strasburg
Grand Central . .

Sardinian
Austrian

Geneva .................

CRYSTAL PALACE.

THE GREAT GOLD NUGGET.

We were favoured to day with a private view of this
splendid specimen of Australian gold at the Crystal
Palace, where it is to be exhibited to the public to-
morrow. Nothing could exceed the magnificence of it
as it lay glittering in the sun. The nugget is two feet
four inches in length, and 10 inches in its widest part,
and weighs 1,743 ozs., or nearly 146 lbs. The dross in
this immense mass is estimated by the gold brokers to
be about 6 ozs., all the rest being pura golf. Such a
rare production cannot fail to attract thousands to the
Palace.

The finders of the nugget were a party of four, two of
which, Robert and James Ambrose, natives of Grave-
send, had been upwards of eleven years in the colony.
The other two, Charles and Samuel H. Napier, also
brothers an i orphan boys, natives of Bathurst, New
Brunswick, had been out in Australia, the former five
years, the latter only two months, when he treasure
was cificovered at Kingower Diggings, upwards of 120
miles from Melbourne, Having sifted their ground
from where they had been working upwards of four
years, they commenced sinking, and on reaching
thirteen feet belcw the surface, one of the party
found it, partly embedded in pipe clay. Having
cleared away about eighteen inches of it, aed seeing no
end, he had an idea he had struck a reef of gold. He
managed, however to clear away the soil from it, and
with the help of his mates got it lifted and placed in
another part of the hole in an mid sugar bag. The next
consideration was how they were to take care of it.
They consulted. After waiting till the time when the
neighbouring diggers were at dinner, one of the party
was dispatched to their tent, distant about a quarter of
a mile, and brought a wheelbarrow. They then got the
nugget to the surface, placed it in the wheelbarrow, and
in order not to create suspicion, placed a tub on it and
wheeled it to their tent, and returned to their "hole," and
on getting home at night, after weighing it with a pair
of common steelyards to find out it, value, they sunk a
hole six feet deep immediately below their dining table,
and buried it there until they had worked their claim
out (about three months longer), during which time they
got a fiw pounds more gold, the largest piece, which
they still have, weighing upwards of ten ounces. Having
disposed of their tent and other fixtures, the party (in-
cluding a daughter of one of the Atnbroses, who had been.
out with her father upwards of eleven years in
the colony), set out in their own conveyance
for Melbourne. The journey occupied four days
and nights. They were well armed, and one
of them always went ahead as a scout with a double-
barrel gun, charged. At night two kept watch
while the others slept under cover of the cart. Having
got it to Melbourne, an i into a piece cf security, the
news spread abroad, when a rush of several thousauds
made for Kingower, and who first carried the news to
the astonished neighbouring diggers. The nugget was
afterwards Exhibited in Melbourne with great success,
and amongst others his Exce,lencv the Governor of
Victoria and daughter visited it, and with kind permis-
sion of his Excellency the nugget was named after his
daughter, the "Blanche BarkJy Nugget."
Mr. S. H. Napier, of Liverpool, has had the honour
f submitting the euaget for the inspection of her Ma-
jesty the Queen ancrli.R.ll, the Prince Consort, and
other members of the Royal Family, at Buckingham
Palace.