The Express. — London, England, 1863-03-17 00:00:00

TRJ EXIMESS, TUESDAY EV: pews FIRST CLASS cad LONDON PRI= AM& WATHINSTON and BIOODIN, OOLDBMITNB sod JNIVILLIIB. kaandsctary. 10. ileanstta•agrok COvistiardsa. W.C. !Abodes. N.B MB establishment le deed MI la the moles, sad as Idardays at 1 o'clock. of Portugal and to the Duke of Saxe Mitelin the British Government, no doubt, went at of its way to do a service, naturally and got Ito thanks foal, its pains. But if the Greek Crown gum a-begging , the fault is to be found in the statistics of the kingdom and the conditions of the sovereignty, ' not in the blundering good intentions of the Bri tish Government. Mr. ELLIOT was instructed to leave the Greek nation absolutely free in its elec tion of a Sovereign. The Greeks were at no loss to perceive the advantage of the situation. Know ing full well that Prince ALIIIIRD of England could not be their King, they nevertheless chose him almost with one voice. Never was enthusiasm more judiciously thrown ►way. For what is the result? The Creeks, it is true, are still without a King, and we shall, for our own part, not be brokenhearted if they do without one ; but they have gained thereputation of an ill-used people, who have " thrown themselves upon the protection of " England," and have been " cast adrift." This is something in days when political sentimentality is " discounted" on every Bourse of Europe. From Greece the debate travelled away on Mr. LAYARD'B wings into a geographical, ethnological, and historical discourse on the Ottoman Empire and the mixed races of European Turkey. The UNDBIL SZCIRTARY of FORRIGN Amiss is a tho rough-going believer in the supremacy of the Turk, and speaks out of the abundance of his heart ; but he has a dangerous faculty for enlarging a debate. He should be content to leave Servia and the Danubian Principalities to Mr. DARBY Gawrrrit, whose eloquence seems to act upon a debate like a powerful manure, and to raise an unexpected crop of speakers from an exhausted sub ject. The cession of the lonian Islands, which, by the bye, was treated by more than one mem ber sa an accomplished fact, drew from Mr. DARBY Gairrrrit a aeries of important dicta on the pre rogative of the Crown ■nd on constitutional fic tions in general. The eminent legislator might perhaps have produced his censures and his doc trines with better effect upon the fulfilment by the Greeks of the arrangements which are to precede the cession of the Islands, and which all English men who care for English principles and English honour will rejoice to see fulfilled. As soon as Greece shall show that she has a settled Govern ment, that of England will certainly be ready to fulfil its promise. SPECIAL xanci —TO GENTLEMEN. I‘lll. BULBS (Alfred Webb Miles), 73, Brook maporerequem, la prepared to submit for palello approval Jl Me lt ,__, T GOMM ?At - FERNS for sorizg Mid Summer wear, 'Web will be food In greater variety and better than ever. The continual remark of rustle . ep =Semis la, Why pay more than 1t for your mamma t IT SATIODIC KNOWS Mr. MLLES removed tram Bre& street in 1/16. HARMONIUMS. - NSW MODICL. mix= UAL; sal WOOD, SO. Lteratalswit. Eke entreoo. 70 . Op*IJIIPONDWI& ulverlieweesie latelidei ler fiareie;l7o Lamle* by pe we be M Gee elk% lb, Betwerle4erese. Two o ea See 457 et pabilaiiim COVENT 6A1D1121. TM. " 311 . 0 . Tal v aIiOTJEKR of NANTSS. Mama Wel" amine". CaniZ i Hseelses ; Mama L ['nomad And i.a allegorical as coaled PILITAIS atm mus Lades Plaa—Casanatar. Mr. *dim - Omar= at T. TILLEINT. Till DOOM OEM HA AMIULICAN 00U8IN. Mum Warm mod Bambinos ; Kra A TitsuriMese. —MAMMAS PILMCR Of ABYSMNLIL Mr. Omplar and 3Mam L. Les q. OEM MARI ANN& Mr. Clark sag Alms Marfa= PRINCEIW . E. Taw Denning LAW w:10+1.—A111051A FLOYD. lleeeni. Hanby. Toole, and Delmore ; Mos A. lodged& and Henderson. —lnd ILL THAT OLdTTLZS 15 NOT GOLD. Hews. H. Vain, Deleon. Seyton Mee C. ATlneer and Mrs. H. Manton. LYCII7y4. Tan Emma. A SUDISii — ATTACI. Mama. Shore aid Widdicarb lON Heim% sad Elm Los —And THE DUXES NI TO. Marc Wachter, O. Vlaha inwir lkolgham. and Ramnood ; lihoos C. Lodges& K. Tory, ad Taus Ermine. THE SP/FTIiiOF THE SEA. Names Degitolth, Crautord. Durwood. DRIMIIIOII4I ; Drs. L Yarnold and Miss Swede ' , fIea—JEANNIE DEANS. Um 8. UAL— Aag ELMS AND SUSAN. 0.12•10011 M half-past & HIGH WATES AT WNW* BILLDOI. Tan DAT —Morals.. Ins. ..Altentook Ott Ma. TOatosttow—Mistali lh. Ms. LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 17. UST night the House of Commons furnished a most semplete refutation of a favourite theory of French journalists, the far-sighted perfidy of Bri tish polity in the Levant. On a simple motion— no bigger than a grain of mustard seed—for fur- they - jorrespondence relating to the affairs of Greeley a debate grew up which in the course of five hours had covered the whole Eastern (location with its branches. Our neighboun over the water are rover so much at ease, never so united, never so bold and trenchant in assertion aa in dealing with Is leek politirw. There are no two opinions among them about the Eastern question. It is purely one of French " influence." France is the hope and strength of the Christian populations, England is the bulwark of Turkish tyranny. All Frenchmen of all creeds or of none are agreed in denouncing the rival of French "influence" as the foe to Christianity and civilisation. One would suppose that this jealousy of French influence, this moral support of the Turk, this resistance to the progress of the Christian populations, was an article of faith of universal ao- ceptance in the British Parliament. The feet is that the collective wisdom of the British Par. hament has no theory on the &stern question; nothing can be more aimless, desultory, and . . . _ chaotic than the talk about it on either iiide of Ebe Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, liAaci 16. The Queen, scampanied by the Prince*. Louise, sad attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, walked is the Rounds this waning. The Biehopoir Loadou and the Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis left the Outle to-day. The Priem and Princess Christian of Denmark visited the British Maas= yeiterday. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary visited the Prince's' Christian of Danmark, at tee Palace Hotel, The Doke of Cambridge vilited the Prince and Prince's Christian. Priam Frederkk of Hasps Owl and the Duke of Hol stein Olucksburg, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel du Plat, were conducted yesterday through the Palace et Westmin ster and sites wards visited Westminster Abbey. The Prince and Panama Citriskiass, with the Prisms Fre derick and Wiliam of Densamir, kirmoussd Y. Thorbis de Bilk, the Danish Minister, with their onnpasy at dinner yesterday. at his szeaUeney's residence is Great I.Xcabor. land-street. the House. An Assembly accustomed to deal au thoritatively with home politics has no tuts for Her Majesty the Queen forwarded yesterday her theorizing on the destinies of distant races, or ex- usesl annual costribution of 501. to the Royal National paining in the realms of the Unforeseen. Greco., lasbeat Lietetuttte• it is true, oomes home to the business and bosoms Prince Christian of Denmark, accompanied by of Englishmen in more ways than one. There is the the Duke of Cambridge, and attended by a numerous nits It. time ia the gallery of the Howe of sentimental interest which fl ashed out forty years via P r.n t et IR ago in the crusade of the Philhellene.; there is The Earl of Derby ii better. The noble earl was the financial interest is the guaranteed and the su m nsiedy recovered yesterday to leave his b e d room f or nnguaranteed debt ; there is the commercial into- men, h our; en d th en i s ever y prospect of his early awe net in a race of traders, and brokers, and ship- Leesece. It is doubtfrl whether be will be able to resume owners ; and there is the political interest which hie active duties In parliament balers the Pester holidays. forbids the trustees of the lonian 'elands to be The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton intend to indifferent to the prosperity and power of the land wakes than residence at Nice till the end of sent month. which the Wanders call their mother country. The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland arrived at Since the Greek revolution of Lot October, Bog- Staffor d Hoer yesterday, hum Chia "' her g ram ' s mat. land has become, not altogether of her own free 61 ", meidastrus and March i on ess of Westminster will, but by a sort of gentle compulsion, more bars left Groevestor Hoare, for Motoombe Rouse, Dorset mately re•Ponaibk for the Peace and Prosperity of sire, when they purpose to remain until after Easter. Greece. Last night every speaker was pitying The Marchioness of Downshire will hold her the helpless and forlorn position of a people seek- mood soiree damage on Monday nest, at her residence in ing • King and finding none, denied one Balareve-genre. Prince and forbidden another, but no one paid The Earl sad Countess of Malmesbury received a compliment to the subtle inspiration of at dinner an Saturday evening, at their residence in Strut- Attie genius, which by the offer of a Crown ford-plate, the Marquis and Marebionese of Salisbury, the to an English boy who could not possibly scoop& IcrebUleue at Ely, Lard sad Lady C " lslar ' Lord and Lord Lady Colville. Lord Remy and Lady Chios Voyage, it, made debtor and credit o r c h ange pl aces , mi d Manley, Mr. and Lady Belies Bidwell, Hon. Julien Fans, placed the Government and people of England dm , wit He.. Benjamin pi m a , kit and M rs m use % under an obligation to the Government and people m t . sa d Mrs. William gem, Mr. p ea t; he. of Greece. The High Bailiff of Southwark yesterday re in nothing was the simplemindedness of English caved the following communities', dated Osborne, March policy more conspicuous than in this (and we beg 14 :—" Lientment-Oseerel loony' Is commanded by the the attention of our foreign censors to the point), Trim of Walls to =ems to the High Bailiff of Beath. that in the House of Common" last night, while "Atha Pedilkatesa . _ _ his s re rs i hi g h " . als Z a t ualuusdin there were many speakers who expressed sympathy raul for Greece, there was not one w h o did h omage to aUg a d d a nd convoy his very a..... „ .i . thanks for the congratulations it contains upon has royal molasses • . this masterstroke of Greek subtlety end adroitness. Kr. Peabody, t h e em i nent A mer i can merc h an t, Mere is the British Parliament condoling with poor wk . a im h im at Ni p , f or some t u ne f or the benefit o f hi s Greece's if ahe were abandoned Amines-like by the testa, gave • magnificent banquet there on the Prince of Trimmers of Downing-street, deceived by false vows, Wales's marriage day—sod to this he invited not only all and left in an '". hrteeisSlag" situation by the the liditeiPar English Ticitores but also a large cumber of F ore i gn Minister o f E ng l an d , wh o wou ld not declare Preach and other foreigner . Mr. Peabody was supported his it intentions" to her toe confiding ear and tan on his right by the Duke of Hainiltos, Lord Rokeby, and yielding heart This was the burden of Mr. B Lord Marks Clinton, sod co his left by the prefect of the . . department, Lord Brougham, Lord Ef i edfort. and Gem .' Comtism 's complaint in moving for further coy- ck evem d, commanding the troops of the district. The respondence. Lord JOHN MAJOIZIIIZ followed on speeches of these noblemen and of Mr. Peabody are lepeted the same aide, and, on the principle that " three In Geliposani. " lines in writing will hang any man," picked out The Professorship of Music in Gresham College a portion of a despatch of Lord Rumana's here, has liesiere vacant by the death of Mr. Edward Taylor. and a telegram from Athens there, and an extract The appa.tnsst a isaluidad sham CauuLatuK of a letter from Mr. ELLIOT a few pa g e s on , an d Tiu m ____wa_ an Mr . wH. n the .n kn ated L°tmer ' ows pieced thembit by bit togeth e r w ith a ll th e zest Tna Paunineroic Inirram.ariow Fawr—We and skill of a counsel in a breech of promise ossa walirstand that the College authorities of °know have Mr. LATARD, in a speech whichM. DZ TALIXTILLND rfoolved tbst the Installat" et lA"' Peleneretee•ss Lad would certainly not have admired for its excess of paristiß"UreDiurcti, tak e p~leas in St John's " seal," had insisted on dates, and had shown in that purpose by the magistrates tad buildinge minis ter sad pretty conclesively that while, on the one hand, kirk session. That the church will be granted for this int- Lord Ruesaix had as early as possible given the Et a : ireasily no remony one nn e t n hr " in Collenaey doubt. nuads, sad Greek. to understand that Prince ALTZZD could will areoneloodes twine as ms•Y Pim= se L.. t . lte COOM°O . not in any ease accept the Crown, he had, on the Wl ' tbe te u r al „I: of 1184ali t aL e %no m , e The coo nib: Lad eves other hand, carefully instructed Mr. ELLIOT to I iog of the s a m e day (Mon&y. March 30) Promises to be one abstain from exercising any in fl uence on th e i r of the most brilliant ever held is the West of Sootland. By eventual choice of • Sovereign. By confounding NrPriamtitoDg the odatad ia t li f i cl e rnser, al ego though public ma he - separate and distinct instructions , and mixing them ; ammuncement of the banquet was only iseued in the midd le not unskilfully with subsequent transactions, Lord of week, a nU i n knahana ' mew The promo ters for nearly 700 JOHN MAXIMS 11111alged to prOduce an impression carded all p alread y arty feeling the occasion , o mid " , assrlionly, that Lord EIJIBILL had tri fl ed with the affections men of every shade of political sentiment will most a. of the Greeks in a most heartless and cruel man- mu d analagruud ose w h a e n at„ / " °°°°r e e r i n the " tar " atniann timoted acceptance li nor. The correspondence with the French and Ras- • Invitations are the Duke as y Artril, Lord Bleat n, .1 . 44 Lord shin Governments as to theexclusion of a candidate 1 17, f eri t ta•g ea Les i l s trees. Edward Vele.Advbceekit._ belonging to either of the reigning houses of the mad itear-Admir:si Jam.. Hope , M.P. ird .c.a. Th e striMi protecting Powers, and the abortive negotiations ties for tickets to the receptia by the working clarets, Lh y itt i er S ir sti plr e se is the i. City-haeathe esenieg of Taw with King EXDDLNAND of Portugal and the Duke of Saxe Cosuao, were in no sense calculated to • Ti. lixecrvolanr El:Ol v WY 078 T. Pararox.— delude the Greek people. The exclusion of can- The iciest. sed•eyrocties of th is ...w e t sw i s s, w ill w t.. didates of the sovereign houses of the Protecting e "Z aq " a de p ues ses t a l=,erearY .aan. t u tt at ( t Parish's) t i ty Powers wall a piece of that providential wisdom Earl of Danis,, who will be by the leading which diplomacy affected forty years ago, sad, it ..".71r21_°1 Ir tation th fogiateargerwakt Martyr,in Loads& the South seems, affects even in these enlightened days. Lord with.—"Y‘'wewewes from a H. Anse. an.. Basior, Mr. firearm did no more than his official duty in main- Ohurshwastes asoadna, Mss Cbareimaardes Mr. taining the strictness of a mutual obligation. In (lute Clisrah. "‘" 1 " 1 " 1 ". sh e Mr. Nola Bit. Elliot t,Testi? by Mr. Jahn Lasko, bed so Is. offering the Crown of Greece to King FZIDISAID tervise with com a s pah aere s ea „ewe,. 1144 FA" LAy i lljr 1t11111.1410111111,41. (kervna's ratiewaY . THE PAPAL STATIE. WYK MOM 16. The following sacerdotal appointments have , taken place to-day : Monsignor Falcinelli, to be Papal Nancio agile Court of Vienna ; _ _ . Monsignor Banguigns, to be internuncio for the Brune ; • Monsignor Orelia, to be internuncio for Holland. The present internuncio of his Holiness at the Hague, Monsignor Vecchiotti, is appointed Coun cillor of State. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAIL& SOUTHAIIPTON, Kum= 11. The Royal Mail steamship La Plata has arrived here with the above mail, 87 passengers, 1,808,535 dollars in specie, and 2,390 packages of general cargo. She left St. Thomas on the 2nd, and experienced strong head winds throughout the Waage. The news from Chili is unimportant. Business was quiet, and mining prospects were favourable. Railways were rapidly progressing, and a commu nication between Valparaiso and Santiago would be shortly opened. At Valparaiso exchange on London was quoted 441 to 45. On the 30th January the Peruvian Congress was convoked in extraordinary session for the sth February, to receive the ministerial budget and rote the supplies. Intelligence from San Salvador to the 10th inst. states that the misunderstanding which has occurred between Carrera and Barrios is coming to a crisis. Carrera had left Guatemala with the intention of invading Salvador. It was reported at La Union that Carrera had intercepted the despatches of Mr. Matthews, the British Minister, on the road to the United States' Minister at Salvador. The election at Jamaica commenced on the 9th. Up to the sailing of the packet there had been few changes in the representation. Business continued dulL The weather wax fine at Barbadoes The canes were looking well, and the reaping proceeds ; the augers made were generally of good quality. Provision dull. The Confederate steamer Florida put into Barbados harbour on the 24th. Exchange on London 90 days, 12th inst., 487} dollars Trade at Demerara was excessively doll, without prospect of improvement. Produce arrived at market slowly. Tonnage was abundant, and freights ocarce. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (ploy 001 OW PARIS, limoAy Ensure. The SU& publishes a bold, practical, and oom pendious programme for the liberal party at the cowing elections. The electors are recommended to scrutinise very carefully the professions of can didates for their suffrages, and to see especially that they hold sound doctrines so far as regards the fol lowing articles : Fair play at the elections. Abolition of official candidaturee, which are now un called for, even in a governmental point of view, since all candidatures whatsoever are necessarily, end by virtue of tits law, within the circle of the constitution. Liberty of the press, and a revision of the laws which restrict this liberty. Liberty of public meetings and private societies, and for these very elections free electoral meetings. Substantial guarantees for individual liberty, reform of the penitentiary system, and of the rules of preventive imprisonment. Abolition of the immunities of public functionaries for their illegal acts. _ _ Whosoever, says the &Sok, does not declare categorically in favour of the above reforms is no candidate for the democracy. In addition to the above formula the Siete advocates strict economy, reform in the mode of taxation, and in the system of keeping the public accounts, and it condemns as a failure the eirements (transfers of credits) from which Fould anticipated so much benefit. Gratuitous and obligatory instruction, an augmentation of schoolmasters' salaries, completion of cross roads as well as of railways, and legislation to prevent recurring instances of that manufacturing distress which has been lately relieved in such an exemplary manner by "public fraternity" complete the &We's programme as to home affairs. It only occurs to me to make two objections to this programme. I mistrust the legislation which M. Ravin would propose to prevent the COll4B - at the scarcity of a particular article of commerce, and I protest altogether against obligatory instruction. I agree with the Notion (with which I very seldom agree) that government has no more right to force a ploughman to send his son to school, than the rope had to take away the boy Mortars from his Jewish parents to make bins learn the Roman catholic catechism. As to foreign policy, the principal points in sisted upon by the Side are the evacuation of Rome, assistance to Poland if she shall not have achieved her freedom before the elections oome on, and the withdrawal of the invading army from Mexico at the earliest moment that the hononr of the flag will admit of. About the war in America the democratic pro gramme aaya not a word. _ There was a panic at the Bonne, for which no cause was positively assigned. Bente fell 40c., and Mobilier nearly 20fr. A letter from Marseilles states that a second manifestation in favour of the Poles has taken place on the Plaine St. Michel, bet the crowd immediately dispersed on the appearance of the polka, with cries of " Vivo rEmpereur !" " Vire le Pologne !" A Paris letter of Sunday says :—" The sporting mama was te•day imaged with great Mat al La Yezeits. The diaplay of splendidly appointed equipages was greater lima I have sees them ou former occasions. I counted Masa carriages drawn molt by four hones, caparisoised as are these which draw the Penperor's travelling carriages. Their tails were tied up like the tails of omnibus bones, and the harness covered with bells whioh jingled so loudly se to be almost heard from ore end of the Arum de rlniperstrice to the other. In addition to the postilions wens two footmen on the balm of these equipoises, w►ic► were all wide enough to metals three gentlemen on seek mat, se probably a pair of vary fashionable ladies, without being squeal& This mister of "state embalm" mid tandems was aim of as pure blood and high mettle as say that maid be ems during the aftergoon of a May day in Hyde Park. The mayor of the town of Chatellerault having attempted to prevent the actors of the theatre from play ing the Pik de GtheireP, the prefect interfered, and both°. rimed the performance. It took place before a crowded au dience, and with great applause. The mayor has sent in his resignation. Theltalie of Turin annnunoes that the men con demned to death at Palermo for having atilettosd several pationa Ms straits of that city. were amootados tholOth. _ A letter from Stattgarcit of the 11th says : "M. de Gunther, tutor to the heir premmptive to the throne, and chaplain to the coact, has left to-day for Paris oo an invitatios from the Evangelical Alliance of Loam- Hs will be met in the Preach capital by the other members ot a deputation, composed of Ifinglidassi, Ditellassa, and timeless, whe will prosesd to Madrid to Make mmessata ikon le that emit la foresa il the Amalie Prolailsata elso him boa esodeased to the galleys for &WWII( 11141 s." i s MARCH 17, POLAND -.- tram out owe cosaasroarsarr.) BERLIN, Mauro 12. In my last I gave you an account of a victory gained by the WO olee who crossed the frontier, ne ar Posen, over the same number of Russians. I am sorry to say that Prussian t•-eashery caused this victory in • few hours afterwards to be suc ceeded by a terrible defeat, which, resulted in the complete dispersion of this gallant and well equipped Polish band. Scan:eV bad it crossed the frontier, than the Prussian police, who are acting in concert with, and even under the orders of, Colonel Weymarn, an emissary of the Russian government lately seat to Posen, despatched a mes senger to Bonin, the headquarters of the Russian army in that part of Poland, to inform the com mandant of the arrival of a body of insurgents in his district. Immediately, the whole of the Russian troops then quartered at Bonin, numbering three thousand men, set forth in pursuit of the Pawners, and came up with them near the lake of Poividz. A desperate contest ensued, which, notwithstanding the disproportion of numbers, there being ten Russians to one Pole, lasted nearly the whole day, and was only sus pended by the approach of night. Mieleneki's Polish detachment of 1,000 men now came up, and the battle was renewed the next morning ; but the odds were still too great, and the new arrivals were badly armed. The insurgents dispersed in different directions, most of them, however, escaping into the interior of Poland. The rest, numbering about fifty, fled back into Posen. A few miles on the other side of the frontier they met with a detach ment of Prussian troops which had gone in pursuit of them, and a brief encounter ensued, in which Captain Hostas, a Prussian officer, was wounded. Thus ended this unfortunate expedition, which. had it not been for the base espionage and reachery of the Prussian pollee, would have been a most important support to the Poles, for the 900 men who were thus destroyed and dispersed were the i flower of the Polish youth in Prussian Poland, well provided with money, and completely equipped and armed. Whether the convention is or is not a fact, there can now be no doubt that Prussia is at this moment doing her utmost in helping Russia to subdue the Poles. Her Polish province is swarming with Rumen officers in full uniform, who are con stantly employing the Prussian police in watching and otherwise persecuting the Polish inhabitants. The system of terrorism which has of late marked the conduct of the government in the Grand Duchy of Posen is only too evident • mark of the influence of these Russian agents ; indeed there is very little difference between the treatment of the Poles in the kingdom and that of the Poles in Posen, except that the latter are fi ned and imprisoned under the sem blance of a judicial trial. They abstain carefully, however, from any open demonstration against Prussia, which might give her a pretext for treating their patriotic efforta in aid of their fellow-country men as an insurrection, and thus establishing a soli darity of interests between herself and Russia in opposition to the Poles. These efforts of the Poseners, though sometimes failures, are in general successful, and arms—the great want of the insur gents—are frequently smuggled across the frontier. Since the great battles of Skala and Pieakowa Skala, Langiewicz has remained at Goazcze, where be is busily drilling his small but well-disciplined band. The brilliant 11111110AMIS of this gallant leader at Malagoer.cze, Skala, and Pieskows Skala, appear to have struck a sort of panic into the Rus sian troops, who do not venture to stir out of their headquarters at Czenstochowa, Olkusz, and Mie ahow. In fact, in the whole of Poland the Russian troops—who are not accustomed to the rapid and constant marching and counter-marching necessary In this guerilla war—are very discontented, fight unwillingly, and even sometimes refuse to obey the commands of their officers, when they are ordered to make • long and rapid march, or when there is no prospect of plunder in the dis trict which they are directed to occupy. There cannot be the smallest doubt as to the overwhelm ing superiority of the Poles, animated as they are by military ardour and the oousciowineea of a glori ous cause, to the discouraged and discontented Russians. Even with their extremely inadequate supply of arms the Poles have defeated the Rus sians in almost every encounter, often against eon aiderably superior numbers ; but the want of arms always prevents them from reaping any solid advantage from their victories. With sufficient arms and a base of operations in a friendly country free from Russian troops, the success of the Poles and the ultimate recovery of the whole of their country would be certain. Such a friendly country, wealthy, patriotic, and full of resources, is to be found in Galicia, whose frontier is moreover the chief seat of war. But will Austria at length forego her temporising policy, and by taking a de cisive step in favour of Poland establish an impe netrable barrier between herself and Russia ? It is on the answer to this question that hangs the fate of Poland. The small bands scattered over the country are now nearly all under the command of reoognised leaders. In Podhide these commandants are named Lslevel and Lewandowski ; in Plock, Pad lewski ; in Kalisz, Mielencki ; and in Pinsk, Rae zynaki. An attempt has been made in Warsaw by the government to get up another address, similar to that which resulted six months ago in the exile of Count Andrew Zamoyaki, asking the Emperor to give Poland the institutions sanctioned by the treaties of 1815. The attempt failed, as might have been expected. Six months ago. if the Emperor had given Poland her rights as defined in the treaty of Vienna, she would have gladly ac cepted them ; bnt the blood since shed of thousands of Poles, and the position she now occupies with regard to Russia, give her a right to claim nothing lessthan her complete independence. That nothing short of this will make Poland lay down the sword is certain. GREECE• (ROM mrr.) ATHENS, NAlog 6. The most important event that I have to commu nicate to you this day, is the discovery of a con spiracy, whose aim was to effect the restoration of the Bavarian dynasty. This conspiracy appears to have had ramifications in several provinces, es eecially in the Pelop . onnesus, and more particularly in Messenia and in Maine. The disclosure of this plot has caused much surprise, owing to the fact that Otho had no friends or adherents at all in this country. But by means of gold, which seems to have been need rather profusely, and by the common action of some tools of the last regime, who, under the present state of things, had lost all consideration and all hope of recovering their former position, everything had been organised for a reactionary movement of no small importance. The govern ment would not at first take the matter se riously, but their investigations led them at last to take the step of ordering the consul of Bavaria to leave this country without delay. Subsequently, further disclosures and discoveries having been made, the Bavarian consul was recalled from the Piteous, where he had been sent to embark for Trieste, and was brought back to Athens, when he admitted that be had really worked for the recall of the Bavarian dynasty, but that he had put a stop to all proceedings for effecting this as soon as the National Assembly had promulgated the decree a b o lishing for ever that dynasty. Re moreover is said to have given the names of such persons as bad spoken and worked with him. These persons were at once arrested. It appears that the 20th instant was the day appointed for the simultaneous outbreak of a reactionary counter-revolution 'in as many points of the country as they could reach by their intrigues. It is indeed extremely fortunate that all this should have been discovered in time ' • for it would have been a great midortune sh ould snob an outbreak occur at a time when the country is in so critical a situation kavin jest witnessed the overthrow of the Provisional Government, and before the conso- lidation of the new form of government which has l bowies:o)l4M by the National Assembly. Any ' 1883. 'k-. hew the peril is peak and it seems that this is owing to the friendly advice of the British Lega tion. At the first news of these events we had • kind of panto, as is always the case when the swot dimensions of a peril just passed through are not yet realised ; some members di the Assembly have even gone to the extent of proposing the formation of committees for the special investigation of such plots and the pu nishment of the offenders ; but the Assembly have rejected all extra-legai measures, leafing the established tribunals to dispense justice. Our new ministry go on very well up to this day. Tranquillity and order are prevailing in the:capital. and in the provinces ; the condition of the army Is not so bad as it was, and measures are in contem plation for making some radical improvnients in its organisation. What has mostly occupied the attention of the new ministry is the financial ques tion. The Assembly has ratified the national loan of 6,000,000 drachmas , of which the National Bank has already taken 5011,000 drachmas and it is I hoped that the whole amount will now soon'be taken. It is, moreover, hoped that the taxes will now begin to be collected with some regularity ; and all this will give some relief to the exchequer, which haabeen in great stress of late. Measures of eco nomy and retrenchment have also been adopted, such as to effect a yearly saving of some millions of drachmas. Among other items of economy I may point out the suppression of all embassies abroad except the lNation in Constantinople. It is pro posed to send a diplomatic agent to Brussels, and to accredit him to all the Western governments. There is also some talk of placing Greek interests abroad under the protection of the Bel gian embassies. But the great question and the most serious difficulty is the discovery of • King, as without the presence of such a centre we may always run the risk of seeing unforeseen complications darken our pro spects ; Greece will be in a state of revolution as long as she is without a king at her head. But where is she to find one i After the election of Prince Alfred, this question becomes more difficult than ever. The Greeks cannot elect another king, and run the chance of having another refusal ; nor can they find out the right man among the possible candidates for their vacant throne. It is only the great powers that can and ought to do this for Greece. It is to England especially that people look for the solution of this difficulty ; and it is to be hoped that the country may not be allowed to remain much longer in this state of suspense. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) TIIIIISAY. 1111011 I?. • AN. IL IL Nabs tO - 33 31 Aberdeen —10.36 37 Leith 110.1:9'40 Ardreseia 30.34 SS Oehray YelenUa —.10.11115 gneenstown.3ll.ll4 nokrbeed ... NAM ill Liverpool ...so.wilw Pembroke ...110.341' trassass Reebatort 0.2141 74=tli Pandunoutk. 10.2114 1 . Kew. 30.29 n Looks 0.14 Tansostb 0.12 4 &sari:mm*o 80. Sabi& - 11411010* li Oor mr nhaiss ...... - PSOPAILI. silos ( , (mum 70 - x.x.w., MUDD. ittOng to moderato. Ai next above. W.Corrnat, freeb N.R.Faxxca THUISDLT. N.N.W7t;I - 11.1:,fresa to moderate. x.w. to NAG, mode rate to light. As next above. N. to L, troth, tine. to moderate — . N.E. to ILL,treeh, Ins. aw.iatarxD. Lto N. and to 8.5 trash to moderate, doe. _ _ _ Al next shove. && INWARD. As neM above. 8 & to N.& and N.W., Z. Maze. N. W. toN.L, fresh to strong to fres& moderate, floe. A correspondent of the Church Review writes : "It will be a satisfaction to all those churchmen who faith fully maiotained their principles to know that the primate says, in a letter now before me, ' I here never claimed to myself the power of dispensing with the general observance of Lent on the 10th of March.' " The editor of the same paper states that the archbishop, in reply to inquiries from some of the clergy of his province, has declared, " that not only did he grant no dispensation for setting aside the Lenten fast on the occasion of the royal marriage, but that be has so power whatever to do so. It rests with the Bishop of Orford, therefore, to justify the communication to the contrary which was made to his archdeacons." The Chorine ri the other day represented some Greeks in ambush behind a wall, and put into their mouths these words :—" So mach the worse for him !—the first who parses we will make king !" The Nationalittli states that an amnesty will shortly be published in favour of those =Beers and men of the Italian army who were found among the Garibahlisas at Aspromonte. RIPIIIMILNTATION 07 NORTE LANCABEIIII. —Lord Hartington having accepted the office of one of the Lords of the Admiralty, his seat for North Laneuhire becomes vacant. His lordship offers himself for re-else- Mon to an oddness, in which he says :—" Whde I have had a seat in the Hon= of Commons, I have given • general support to her Majesty's government, whose policy, both domestic and foreign, has, I believe, deserved and obtained your approval, and that of the country. I trust, there fore, that in accepting office, I shall not luse any portion of the confidence which you have hitherto placed to me. I deeply regret to fiad, after a somewhat loft absence from home, that the dlatrese is the manufatt turing districts has assumed even larger proportions than was anticipated. The liberality of Lancashire and of the country generally has done much to mitigate the suffering of the people • and their 000 duct under those sufferings has bees such ' as to suite universal sympathy. I cordially assisted last session in the promotion of mea surer for the mitigation of the distress, and I shall eon tiotte, if you do me the =sear to reulect me, to give wity bent atteution to any proposal which may be brought for ward having for its object the alleviation of present suf fering, or the ultimate restoration of prosperity to Lanca shire. With referenoe to the unfortunate condition of affairs in America, I warmly support the policy of the government in msioteining the strictest neutrality while I hope the time may come when they may be able to use their good offices is bringing about a termination of the war. On subject' of domestic policy I have se= no reason to change the opinions which I have formerly expressed, and I believe that they are so well known to you that I need not now enter into an explanation of them.' Tea CHAPIL ROYAL, Wil/TZHALL.—The three o'clock aftersoon service ou Sunday lut was densely crowded, the Lord Privy Seal, the Duke of Argyll, Lord Carlisle, the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and many other illustrious persons being present. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Professor Stanley, D.D., canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and chaplain to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wake who selected for his text the 2nd of St. John's Gospel, bit verse, " And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee ;" and in his eloquent discourse, referred spe cially to the joyful celebrations of the put week. The most marked attention was paid to the sermon of the rev. professor, at the conclusion of which the National An was sung by the choir. The chorus of each verse was taken up by the whole of the vast congregation, the effect of which was singularly grand and effective, an ad ditional verse being a dd ed for the occarion. hr. Massey presided at the orlaa. The Chapel Royal, Whitehall, is free to the public stream though the fact animus sot to be generally known; ad preachers of eminence ars in variably appolated by the Bishop of Load= 'for the three o'clock afternoou Sunday service. BRZACH oP Ploll.lBll.—Ati action for breach of prowl's of marriage which, from the position of the parties, has *seised much interest in Ireland, was con cluded on Saturday at the Galway 1114411244. The plaintiff, Kiss Lucy Evans, is the daughter of a patio:lan residisg sear Team. and defendant, the Rev. Harlem Plamiesc h t I rector of Ballymaciward, u the musty Galway. 4480 on behalf of the plaistiff wee stated by Mr. Blake, Q.C., who read several letters which had reseed betwees a. parties, on which he relied as showing that the defendant had promised to marry the plaintiff. The father, sister, and node of the lady were examiaed, sad prov e d that the defendant had admitted bevies' mode the manias, bat that he alleged that eireamalanoss prereeted kiss hoes fulfilling his engagement and also that the plaintiff had Messed him from it. After an aide sissecilitry Mr. Robin. son, Q.C., es behalf of the defesilast, lie lordship shorted t and he jury oath. found for the plaintiff, whit 1,0001. damages. 6d. CRUEL MURDER BY ♦ STEPMOTHER. On Sunday morning last a child, aged a little over five years, living with his father. a collier, named Evan Ellis EMI" on Mammon Ones, in Wolverhampton, ran into a neighbouring public-home, sad said that his mother had thrown to the pound a younger brother aged between three and four years, and had killed him. Information was conveyed to the police, and the child was found in the house laid out io bed a corpse. There woe an incised wound on the forehead near the left temple, and one on the lip, aid there were bruises upon other pule of the body. It up. pears that the deceased is the youngest of three children, whose mother is dead ; that they are now in the are of • stepmother who, when she was married to their father, was a widow, and had hare& three children ; and that sioce her second marriage she he bad ether three children. About &year ego sbe was eosvkMed al as aggravated assault upon the child, and sentenced totwo months r'm pn Since that date frequent complaint' have been lodged with the police alleging a continuance of the cruelty for which the stepmother had been convicted. Upon en investigation by the police, the child was found to be suffering from extreme hunger sod thint, so much so that it ate mamas', when 'applied with food; and neighbours alleged that whilst suffering from thirst, the child had drunk dirty water that bad collected in frost of the house. Whilst the child was so occupied, the stepmother is alleged to have lifted it from the ground, and throwing it back spin, broke its arm, for which injuries the child had to be treated by the surgeons of the South Staffordshire Hospital. These statements haying been communicated to the coroner, he has ordeted a jury to be summoned, and an ioquest to be held to-day. rhe stormother alleges that the child died in bed during Saturday night. SHOCKING GUNPOWDER ACCIDENT TO THREE LITTLE BUYS. On Saturday afternoon three little boys from Lewes met with • frightful accident at Divide, through tie incautious use of a large bag of gunpowder. Two of them are twine, between ten and eleven yews of aige, and their father, Warden Ware, works es forensan to Messrs. Rick man and Co., lime merchants, at (Dyads. The gird, William Sprinks, is seven yews of age, and is the sou of Mr. Robert Spanks, warder at the Lewes Howse of Cor rection. From the stateniente of the poor little fellows themselves it appears that, having a holiday at school on Saturday, they walked over the hill to Ware's father, who was at work at the Mount Odium chalk pit, to gather some violets. At the Mount taburn pit, it seems that there is a small outhouse or hovel, in which the workmen take their refreshments. It is built of brick and is slated, and in one part is a rude sort of fire place made with bricks and won bars on the ground. During the dinner hour ou Saturday the moo made up a fire with some wood, and left the embers smouldering when they resumed their work. About half-past 3 o'clock the boys repaired to this hovel, which was generally kept locked, and seated themselves around the ire-place. On a shelf in one corner was a bag, containing nearly a gain of gunpowder, used by the workmen in blasting the chalk. This soon attracted their attention, and they decided to pt acme of the powder and make a " burning mountain." By the aid of a stool one of the twins got the bag down and sat with it in his lap in front of the fire. A small quantity of the cr l d es er was towed upon the smouldering wood, and the immediately communicated with the bath cawing a most terrific explosion. The place was turned almost loads oat, the roof nearly blown off, and the children driven with great violence woes the building, and most frightfully burnt. Henry Ware was the arse to get out of the - hovel. and he tried most biturly far his father. The other two goon afterwards groped their way out ; they ell pnwented a most horrid spectacle. The clothes upon their becks were buret in holes and literally blown to ribbons, their hair was scorched up, while their faces, hands, and pasta of their bodies were almost black with bums. Canada, tag the immense quantity of powder, and the nature of the explosion, it certainly is a matter of grog astonishment that the little fellows were not blown from limb, and their sufferings thus terminated upon the spot. Assistanoe, however, was soon at band, and they ' were warmly wrapped up aed conveyed to their friends at Lewes. The Wares have since been under the medical treatment of Mr. Merrell, while Dr. Smythe has attended to the requireenenla of Sprinkle They all three will lay in • very p dotal state, but Sprinks doss not seem to be so smionsly burnt LI his companions, his injuries being pried. pally confined to caw side of the fees and neck. The poor Wares are a sad sight to witness. Willis.., who sat with the powder is his lap, moot no at all, owing to his hes being so much swollen and accused. One of his loos is also very much injured. Hi brother Bony coa no on of one eye, but he is likewise very me:Mealy buret. They still lie in a precarious state.—thissez Advertiser. SINGULAR RAMP-ACCUSATION OP WIPE - iftiliblit: At the Deal borough police court, yesterday, Robert Webster was brought up under the following singe. lar circumstances. Thomas Parker, superintendent of police, deposed :—Yesterday the defendant surrendered himself to me, as having murdered his wife. He was brought to iso by °apron' Goy from a ship from Newcastle, end bound to Catherine. I have written to the superintendent of polka at Edinburgh, and I apply for a remand until Thursday. I produce the prisoner's first letter, which is sa follow, : "Ship Trenton, March 9. " troubled mind makes me inform you of • deed I committed some few yews back, for which my coeseienee will not allow me to rest. I murdered my wife in 8 at Edinburgh, end I have escaped justice up to this time. ern miserable, and have no wish to live. W hat I have suffered shut God osly knows. I call upon yon, therefore, to give me over • primmer to the authorities, or to some of bee Majesty's ships of war. I give myself over to you, Clapham Kay, as • prisoner, and eo more one of your crew, for you to hand me over to justice. I have ao wish to live. but for the sake of my poor children. My right name ie Webster, not Guthrie. Forgive the trouble I give you.—l am, he, "Roman 1 , /isern. "Sunday, 15th —My wife's nave was Apes Webster. I lived at No. I, Danubeetreet, Stock Bridge, Edinburgh. I believe my two children, whose names are Jane and 11111. belle, are living with my wife's mother, named Jane Sluff, in the same place that I left them about three years ago." The following letter, addressed "To Resident Magi& tote," was written by the prisoner yesterday morning: " Honoured Sir,—l am the unfortunate wretch who was brought ashore from the ship Trenton on aecouat of my &dressing a letter to the captors what I was labouring under delirisies tremens from exixesive drink. I received a sun stroke in the ieterier of Afries,while lion hunting, and whim under the influence of drink my mind wanders. I left my wife, Ague Webster, a few years beck, through • family quarrel, and have been in Africa ever dorm I came home to London about two mouths ago. I had written numberless letters home, but never re. coved any reply. My wife used to threaten to matilrs with herself if I left her, and co my arrival in I heard she was goes. I was Dearly out of my wad as bearing this. I made up my naiad to put an end to my *riotous, as I cemedered myself her murderer; hut from the state of mind I was labouring under, I had neither the fortitude to put an end to my life nor to go to Scotland, and I gave myself up to the authorities. I have no wish to live if my wife is dead. If the law will not acknowle dp me sus bar murderer, the Almighty will. If she lives, I wit be 100 happy to return to the bosom of my family. Bak my conscience tells me she is dead, all through me. Be kind enough to communicate with the authorities in Folia• bargh that my mind may be at rest—Roarer WIIIBIIII.. The bench remanded the prisoner until Thursday, in order that the superintendent may receive • reply to the commis nication be bas addressed to the police authorities at Eduiburgh. CARRYING THI Mine IN ?RR HEBRIDES. accident of a very alarming nature took place at Ices last Saturday morning, about 1 o'clock a.m., which threw the inhabitants of the village into a state of the utmost caustem nation. While the lettereerrier was creasing the Sound d lona to Mull in has boat it was upset by a heavy breaker on the banks. It wee a calm morning, bat the swell wee to.. mentions, and the boat was only abort half way moron wham the accident occurred. The postmaster, who was watokinglt all the time in case of an accident, pre the alarm, sad got a boat launched and manned. The boatmen pulled nobly over the large breakers in good style, until they reached the boat, which was bottom upwards, and the letterearrier and his comrade, its occupants, were holding on by the keel, which must have been bard work, owing to the heavy swell washing over them. About 30 minutes elapsed from the time the boat upset until the other boat retched the m, sad brought them ashore in a very exhausted state ; but after being properly attended to they soon recovered. The postmaster saved the life of the letter-carrie , under similar circumstances, on the same banks, some 2/0 years ago, before the poetoffice was established on the island ; and we understand it is the fourth time the letter-carrier has had • hairbreadth escape from drowning. TAHITI IiNDRIL Till FLYNCH PROTICTORATE.-.. Tabiti has bees regarded by the imperial government merely as a military and naval station. In sgrmulture, as in commerce, the effect of the protectorate has been to slacken the rate of progress. The Dative population is dwia. ding with appalling rapidity, owing to the daily lemma* prevalence of drunkeenees and debauchery. Theaters openly countenanced by the Freuch officials. Nowhere can more utter ahameleeemes be witoeseed they at the Pre Catalan--• lawn-like meadow which *anode in front of the governor's palace, end r , in fact, moot its dependencies. Here, in the presence of the Preach gentoreses and soldiers, under the very eyes of the Protectorate authorities, and in utter de. limos of the native laws, dances of the most obscene kind are executed by half•drunken Tahitian girls. One must ham seen nays Dr. Schemer) the Upa-Ltpa &Deed by these lascivious Tahitians, with all the impassioned vehemence of • sexual nature, in order to comprehend the mingled shame and indignities with which it fills any but a French bystander. Amidst a popolatioe so diesolute, it is not wonderful that even catholicism should make little pro. Bras. What is much much more deplorable is, that the succenful efforts of Protestant missionaries should have been arrested, that Protestant schools should be closed. sad a large proportion, consequently, of the native chili dna be growing up in utter ignorance, although by far the greater number of the inhabitaate, with the queen at their head, profess proteatantinn. It would be difficult to find a more revolting pietar• of a government for selfish ends alone, rsgardle altogether of the good of libe governed. than that exhibited by the Pronek Protectorate in Tahiti. Saturday &tier. N.W. N.N.W. 6.L N.IL &L N. B.&W. N.N.I. N.W. N. W. W.N.W. NIL N. N.N.W. -I 4 7 2 2 II 212 2 1 4 i 3 S I I IS ..._ nia4 bath then In 18 of bn befor Dot o tar et 77u it 21, elmk, sum i Jamp low. MOM 1 01 De mom 2 sot DI the cc the ei for wl The wish 1 Mt. 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