The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-23 00:00:00

LONDON GAZET2E—This Evening.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, FEB. 21.
Notion is hereby given, that the Queen will hold Courts
at Buckingham Palace on the following days:— Friday,
March 9 ; Friday, March 16 ; Saturday, March 24 ; Mon-
day, May 14—at three o'clock ; and Tuesday, Juno 19, at
four o'clock.

Notice is hereby given that his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold
levees at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on
Wednesday, the 7th of March next, and on Monday, the
19th of March next, at two o'clock.
It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to his Royal
Highness at these levees shall be considered as equivalent
to presentations to her Majesty.

_
ADMIRALTY, FEB. 23.
Lieutenant his Royal Highness Prince Alfred Ernest
Albert, K.G., has been this day promoted to the rank of
Captain in her Majesty's Fleet.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 23.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Henry
Philip Fenton, Esq., now a Second Secretary in her Ma-
jesty's Diplomatic Service, to be Secretary to her Ma-
jest's Legation at Athens.
THE PRINCE OF WALES' CORNCIL CHAMBER,

AMERICA.

- ARRIVAL OF TIIE NEW YORK.
SOtTIII9tPTON7 Thursday.

The North German Lloyd screw steamship New York,
Captain K. von Oterendorp, from New York on the 10th
inst.,7arrived off GoweS this evening, and went on to Bre-
men after transnipping mails, &c., for this port. She
brings 30 passengers for Southampton and Havre, and 107
for Bremen; 8246,952 in specie (of which $183,500 is bar
silver and. $63,452 gold) for England, $2,000 for Bre-
men, .41 bags of mails for London and 98 for Bremen,
and a large cargo of general merchandise. The New York
pilot, Mr. John N. Dale, could not be landed at Sandy
hcl:;1(1 to he l2rowy,l,t or-r to Southampton. On
the 2tg, at 2 p m., in long. 7 15 W., the New York 6volie
the hark Julien, bound west.
On the 9th inst. the President transmitted to the Ifouse
of Representatives at Washington communications from
the Secretary at War anti the Attorney-General, in reply
to a recolution requestinghim,ic net incompatible with the
public interests, to furnish any report or reports made by
the Judge-Advocate-General, or any other officer of the
Government, as to the grounds, facts, or accusations upon
which Jefferson Davis, Clement C. Clay, jun., Stephen R.
Mallory, and David L. Yule, or either of them, are held in
confinement. The Attorney-General says to the Presi-
dent : _ _ _

--
Sundry reports of the facts which go to show that Jef-
ferson Davis and other rebels have been guilty of high
crimes have been made to you, as the chief executive officer
of the Government. Most of the evidence on which they
are based was obtained ex parte, without notice to the ac-
cused ; and while they were in custody in military prisons
their publication might wrong the Government, or the ac-
cused; or both. While I see that much wrong may flow
from the publication, I cannot see that any good would
come from it. In my opinion public and private justice
alike demand that they should not be made public."
The Secretary of War says to the President :

"These reports were made for your own information,
and contain abstracts of evidence and ex parte proof in pos-
session of the Bureau of Military Justice. Pending any
action in respect to the parties accused, the publication of
the report is, in my opinion, incompatible with the public
interest."

The President concurs in these opinions.
Despatches from Washington give the following relative
to the Canadian Commission and the Reciprocity Treaty :

" The Con:erence between the Canadian Commission that
havJ been here a few weeks endeavouring to arrange for re-
ciprocal trade with that province and the House Committee
ou Ways and Means was broken off on the 6th inst., and
the delegation left for home on the Bth. In one sense they
have accomplished nothing, but in another their mission
will probably not be fruitless. But little was allowed to
transpire concerning their power to act for their Govern-
ment, the nature of the propositions submitted, or the spirit
in which the latter were received by our officials and the
committee with which they directly negotiated. Their
meetings with the committee were at first purposely info:, ma],
so that the official or semi-official correspondence is very
brief indeed, and gives no information concerning details.
"The following memoranda, marked A, B, and C, show
the propositions and co rater-propositions referred to, and
substantially cover all the correspondence between the
ptrtis

MEMORANDA.

"'Washington, D. C., Feb. 2, 1866.

" ' The trade between the United States and the British
provinces should, it is believed, under ordinary circum-
stances, be free in reference to their natural productions;
but as internal taxes exceptionally exist in the United
States, it is now proposed that the articles embraced in the
free list of the Reciprocity Treaty should continue to be
exchanged, subject only to such duties as may be equivalent
to that internal taxation. It is suggested that both parties
may add certain articles to those now in the said list. With
reference to the fisheries and the navigation of the in-
ternal-waters of the continent, the British provinces are
willing that the existing regulations should continue in
effect ; but Canada is willing to enter into engagements
with the view of improving the means of access to the
ocean, provided the assurance be given that the trade of
the Western States will not be diverted from its natural
channel by legislation ; and if the United States are
not prepared at present to consider the general opening
of their coasting trade it would appear desirable that as
regards the internal waters of the continent no distinction
should be made between the vessels of the two countries.
if the foregoing points be satisfactorily arranged, Canada
is willing to adjust her excise duties upon spirits, beer, sad
tobacco on the best revenue standard whicli'may be mutu-
ally adopted after full consideration of the subject, and if it
be desired to treat any other articles in the same way the
disposition of the Canadian government is to give every fa-
cility in their power to prevent illicit trade. With regard
to the transit trade it is Suggested that the same regulations
should exist on both sides and be defined by law. Canada
is also prepared to make her patent laws similar to those of
the United States.