The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH. 25, 1861.

G
REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—CHEAP
Excußsh?
N TO THE WEST OF ENGLAND.
On SATURDAY, the 30th of March, an EXCURSION
TRAIN will leave tli.' Paddington Station at 8 a.m., for
Veston-super-mare, Hie2bridge, Bridgewater, and Taunton
and Exeter (228. 6d. and 165.),
(FaiTs 20s. and 145.), TivertOd
Torquay, Paig,nton,
Barnstaple and Bideford (30s. aid 205.), Starcross, Dawlish,
and Tekmmouth (255. and 175.), .i.:'wt°ll,
:.he sth April, from
and Totnes: (275. and 18s.), KingsbrZe Road and Plymouth
(30s. and 205.) ; returning on FRIDAY,
Plymouth at 6 a.m., and intermediate Station. as per bills.
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ector.
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"FRENCH EXHIBITION. —The EIGHTH
ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PICTURES, tie contri-
butions of artists of the French and Flemish Schools, is NOW
OPEN, at the Gallery, No. 120, Pall-mall, opposite the Opera
Colonnade. Admission, Is. Catalogues, 6d. Open from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

MR. W. S. WOODIN'S NEW ENTERTAIN-
MENT, the CABINET of CURIOSITIES. POLY-
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TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVEN,ZYG (except Saturday), at
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al,?a, 28. •, amphitheatre, ls. —A: plan a the stalls may be
seen, and seats secured (without extra cii,rge), at the Box-
office, from 10 till 4. Morning Performa2ce, Saturday,
March 2.

A RGYLL ROOMS. GRAND MUSICAL
ENTERTAINMENT,
with the Celebrated BAND, Forty in number (established
eleven years), chosen from the Philharmonic Concerts, Royal
Italian Operas, and the Household Troops. Conducted by
Mons. Lamotte. Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt.—Dancing
at Nine o'clock.-Is. admission.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
High Holborn.—This popular and magnificently ap-
pointed Ball Room, decidedly the most fashionable and best
conducted entertainment in the world. The very excellent
band, under the able direction of Mr. Packer, is constantly
introducing the choicest and latest music of the day—a qua-
drille and polka from Balfe's new opera, Bianca; Colleen
Bawn Waltz, Garibaldi's Triumphal Galop, &c., among others,
now nightly receive the plaudits of the company. The wines
supplied are of the very choicest quality. The refreshment
rooms are elegant in the extreme, and replete with every
comfort. Admission throughout, ls.
In consequence of the Funeral of her late Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, the above Establishment will be
CLOSED THIS EVENING.

CLARET ONE SHILLING PER BOTTLE.
Twelve Shillings per dozen. BENRY BRETT & CO.,
mporters, Holborn 3ars.

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ported to the Senate when practicable. No cap-
tious removals are tolerated.
" Other States are to be admitted to the Con-
federacy by a vote of two-thirds of both houses.

" The Confederacy may acquire territory, and
slavery shall be acknowledged and protected by
Congress and the Territorial Government.
" When five States shall ratify the permanent
Constitution it shall be established for said States.
Until ratified, the provisional Constitution shall
tiontinue in force, not extending beyond one year."
The Congress at Montgomery had also adopted
a report of the special committee appointed to de-
vise a flag for the new republic. " The design,"
says the New York Herald,—
"Is striking, and the flag has the merit of ori-
ginality as well as durability, The upper and
lower sections, composing the 'fly' part are red,
the middle section white, while a blue union, con-
taining seven stars in a circle, reaches from the
top to the lower red. The flag possesses an heraldic
significance probably not comprehended by the un-
initiated. The blue union signifies firmness, con-
stancy, faithfulness a the white, purity and peace a
and red is emblematic of war. pith the seven stars
in the blue this flag can be read as follows :—'Blue
—Seven States have entered into a covenant of
good faith. White—To promote the general wel-
fare in time of peace. Red—To provide a common
defence in times of war. To assist the reader to
interpret the flag more fully, we would state that
in engraving heraldic devices it is rulable to make
the portions delineating blue in horizontal lines, and
rec: in perpendicular ones."
The foilDwing is from the New J'ork. herald of
the 11th :
" Advices from the South inform us that the
Confederacy is making rapid strides towards form-
ing a substantial and permanent Government. A
letter from a member of President Davis's Cabinet
to a friend in Washington, says that in less than a
month they will be in the full tide of success ;
that they have inaugurated an elaborate war policy,
and before the Ist of April will have an army of
50,000 troops in the field, commanded by experienced
officers. As to the question of money, he says that
a plan has been matured which will produce ample
revenue to carry on the Government even in time of
war. Mr. Lincoln's inaugural was regarded as a
declaration of war, and every preparation was
being made to meet the emergency."
It was reported, both in Brooklyn and in New
York, that orders had been received at the Navy-
yard for the immediate equipment of two or three
vessels for sea.

Several appointments had been sent to the Senate
by the President, among the latest of which were
those of Mr. Cassius M. Clay, of Kentucky, as
Minister to Spain ; Mr. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio,
Minister to Mexico; Mr. T. C. Littlejohn, present
Speaker of the New York State Assembly, as Con-
sulat, Liverpool ; and Mr. W. H. Vesey, as Con-
sulat, Aix-la-Chapelle. The New York appoint-
ments were believed to have been nearly all deter-
mined upon, and include Hiram Barney for the
Collectorship, James Watson Webb for Naval Offi-
cer, Abram Wakeman for Surveyor of the Port,
Joseph Hoxie for Postmaster, and General Nye for
United States' Marshal.

The New Hampshire election, for State officers
and Congressmen, took place on the 12th, and re-
sulted in the complete triumph of the Republicans.
Returns were received from 102 towns, which in-
dicated that their majority in the State would be
from 3,500 to. 4,000. All the Republican candi-
dates for Congress were elected, four of the five
councillors, eight or niie of the twelve State
Senators, and an overwhelming majority of the
State Representativeo.

From Texas It is stated that on the 4th inst. the
Convention declared that State out of the Union,
and Governor Houston issued a proclamation to
that effect. Vessels sent by the Federal Govern-
ment to Texas are not to be seized. Governor
Houston, it was stated, would neither take the
oath of allegiance to the State nor resign. The
returns of the election were incomplete, but, as far
.as ascertained, they showed a heavy majority in
favour of secession. Much of the Government pro-
perty seized by the State authorities had been
carried off by various parties. The troops were
without adequate supplies. Captain Hill was still
at Fort Brown, and a collision was anticipated.
Later advices, received at New Orleans, state that
the steamer Daniel Webster had arrived outside
the harbour of Brazos, and was waiting to trans-
port the Federal troops to New York. The Brazos
collector had resigned and resumed his duties
under the patronage of the State of Texas.

In the Missouri Convention on the 9th the Com-
mittee on Federal Relations presented its report,
setting forth the relative position of Missouri and
the evils of which the South complains, without
threatening either the North or the South, pointing
out what are deemed the errors of both sections,
and concluding with a series of resolutions declaring
for the Union, urging the adoption of the Crittenden
Compromise, favouring a Convention to propose
amendments to the United States' Constitution,
deprecating all action by the Federal Government
or seceded States calculated to bring on a conflict,
and providing for the re-assembling of the Conven-
tion of Jefferson City on the third Monday in De-
cember, or earlier if necessary, On the 11th a com-
mittee was appointed' to investigate the truth of the
statement contained in the. Missouri Republican,
that a secret conspiracy existed to force Missouri
out of the Union. A minority report on fede-
ral affairs was presented, opposing a National
Convention, and proposing a Convention of the
Border States to be held at Nashville ; it recom-
mended the Crittenden Compromise, and advised
the appointment of commissioners to the Border
States to secure their co-operation in the movement.
The majority report was debited, but no action had
been taken when the Convention adjourned.

Four reports from the Committee on Federal Re-
lations in the Virginia Convention were submitted
on the 9th. The majority report recommended in i
part a conference of the Border States, and opposed
coercion. One minority report gave a list of the
demands of the South, and requested the States to
give answer by October next, and meantime pre-
serve the peace. Another recommended the passage
of an Act of Secession, and the last declared that
the Government must immediately give the South-
ern people a full constitutional assurance of their
safety in the Union, and was in favour of the ap-
pointment of commissioners to proceed to Mont-
gomery. On the 11th the Convention voted
thanks to Senator Crittenden for his efforts in
behalf of the Union. Further minority reports
were presented, favouring the propositions of the
Peace Conference, and recommending a Conven-
tion of the Border States. The Convention was
engaged most of the day on the 12th in listening to
a speech by Mr. Summers, advocating the adoption
of the propositions adopted by the Peace Confer-
ence as a basis for the settlement of the' national
difficulties. He was fully confident that the Union
would eventually be restored. Ex-President Tyler
was to speak next day in opposition to the course
advocate.d by Mr. Summers.
A despatch from Washington says that Secretary
Cameron was understood to favour the policy of
collecting the revenues outside the ports after
Secretary Chase shall have drawn requisitions upon
the officers of the seceding States, and they have
refused to comply. As the Southern Confederacy
have no navy to attack vessels laying outside their
ports, the revenue, in his opinion, can thus be col-
lected, and the rebellious States reduced to alle-
giance by actual necessity consequent upon trade.

badly. Other and ruca.7;;;;77:.:77;:777Z:ndit
larger cash aid from the creditors than was first asked for,
to prevent an actual stoppage of payments. Such embar-
rassments were not confined to the trade of any par-
ticular section of the country, though the heaviest difficul-
ties were, perhaps, encountered in the absence of the usual
Southern sales and collections at this season of the year.
The demand for foreign exchange by this mail was light,
and bankers' 60-day sterling bills were sold at 104 to 106,
and prime commercial bills at 1051 to 105 k. On Paris, 5.40
to 5.311 ; Bremen, 751 to 761 ; Hamburg, 351 to 35/ ; and
Amsterdam, 391 to 401.
The demand for cotton was more active at full prices, with
sales of 4,000 bales on a basis of 111 c. to 12c., mostly for
114 c. to llic. for middling uplands. The inquiry for flour
was brisker, but prices were a trifle lower. Wheat was held
with more firmness, but was less active, as was also sound
corn.

NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 12.
Cotton firm; sales to-day 8,500 ba es; middling, llic. to
12c.; sales of three days, 25,500 bales; receipts same time
13,500 bales, against 37,00 G bales same time last year ; re-
ceipts less than last year, 251,500 bales ; ditto at all
Southern ports, 684,000 bales. Coffee.—Rio, 12c. to 13c.
Freights.—Cotton to Havre, lac. ; to Liverpool, id.

MOBILE, MARCH 11.
Cotton sales of 2,200 bales. Desirable cotton is scarce,
and the market very firm.
HAVANNAH, MARCH 7.
Sugar was firm, at 6 reale. The stock in port amounted
to 195,000 boxes, against 118,000 boxes at the same time
last year. Molasses dull; clayed quoted at lb to 2 teals.
Freights were improving.