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Furs Evarse, BOCK BC NEIL Kamm irmaolda, Drum mond, Htforood Mr.. E. Yarnold.—THE POLO. MEILS. Mr. Biroood.—And THE RE - FORM OF THE MANDE:IOE. Mr. Cranford Mesdames Mlles and raofotd. MGR RATIN AT LONDON DEMON TM DAT —Womb& Ob. 9ta.....Afisrbeou. OR 325. Toooasow—Moraug, Oh. 5402.....Atiern00a. 10. 13m. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL L LORD PALMERSTON'S speeches at Glasgow may be very fairly described as intensely commonplace and intensely respectable. His address to the stu dents of the University was an easy-going compen dium of the ordinary and almost outworn common places on the subject of education ; while his after dinner address at the City-hall was an equally loose stringing together of the most ordinary after-dinner common-places on the subject of politics. In dis cussing the method and objects of study the noble lord showed himself as great a master and as skilful en expounder of the maxims of proverbial philosophy as Mr. Meanie TUPPER. Amongst other important slips of copybook wisdom, he solemnly impressed on the minds of the Glasgow students the momentous truths that observation in creases information, that procrastination is the thief of time, and that practice in any department of art or science makes perfect. Kindling with the subject as he advanced in his tritical essay, the noble lord caught sight of the maxim " All work " and no play makes Jack a dull boy," and pro ceeded to enlarge on the necessity and advantages of relaxation and pleasure, as helps rather than hindrances to the pursuit of knowledge. Leaving the method, the noble lord went on to discuss the objects of study, and here his exposition was equally luminous, original, and profound. With the true instinct of a respectable, a respected, and truly conservative statesman, the noble lord praised the branches of knowledge sanctioned by tradition and authority, and in general eulogised the scholastic powers that be. He recommended the students to study the classics of Greece and Rome, and to pay proper attention to mathema tics pure and applied. But with the modest assurance of one who felt himself to be an institution of the country, if not a law of nature, while thus according his meed of praise to the works of man, he reserved his choicest eulogy for the ordinances of Heaven. Unlike Airttowso X., the wise King of Castile, who is reported to have said that, "had be been pre " sent at the creation, he could have given the " Cas•roa some useful hints as to the better " ordering of the universe," Lord Psuiettsrox evidently holds the solar system to be a veryrespect able institution. Excepting the occasional rush of a revolutionary comet it has worked in a re gular and orderly manner for many ages, and is, therefore, eminently deserving the support of every sound conservative. He accordingly recom mends it to the serious attention of the Glasgow students, but in doing so he cannot resist the temptation of enforcing the poetical apothegm that "an undevout astronomer is mad." The " crust of the earth," again, as consisting largely of the precious metals, well deserves every gen• tleman's attention, and will amply repay a careful study. It may perhaps be objected by the captions that there is no great novelty in these statements. The noble lord's flatterers, however, destroy the force of this objection at the outset by insisting on this obvious feature as a special merit. They eagerly assert the Pametaa's oracular declarations to be not only absolutely true, but absolute truisms, and eulogise his wisdom and courage in venturing to utter them. After all, however, the substance of the noble lord's addresses is not the main ground of their admiration and delight. What fills them with a rapture amounting almost to ex tasy is the fad, that at his advanced age, and after the fatigues of an arduous Parliamentarycampaign, Lord PALMERSTON should have gone four hundred miles to utter these common-places. This, of course, is intelligible enough. The journey to Glasgow is long and tedious, and after the excit ing and prolonged Parliamentary contests of the last few weeks it is no doubt surprising that the Head of the Government should be in a condition to undertake such an amount of distant duty. We cheerfully accord to the Patty= all the prase that may be due to the performance of such a feat. After all, in talking to students, safe common places from the lips of • public man not distin guished for scholarship or science are no doubt far better than questionable novelties or any attempt at pretentious originality. But in ad- dressing the merchants of Glasgow at the City hall, Lord PALMERSTON spoke not as Rector of the University but as PRIME Miner= of England, and it was natural to suppose that he would abandon for a time the poco cerante tone, and say something in harmony with the serious responsibi lity of his position, as weU as with the deeper sympathies, anxieties, and hopes of the country. The two great subjects in which the national mind is specially interested at the present moment are Poland and America. But the noble lord said not one word, good, bad, or indifferent, about either. Instead of stating in a few quiet, dignified sentences the sympathies and policy of the Govern ment on the questions in which the heart and in tellect of the country are really interested, Lord, Peutrasroir indulged in the usual bunkum about the British nation and the British Lion, assuring the world once more that the noble animal will " brook no insult', and ia ever ready to repel TRE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1863. " aggression." No doubt in this the noble lord evinced the kind of tact for which he is celebrated. He has studied the weaknesses of certain classes of his countrymen to good purpose. There are multitudes of harmless, peace-loving people who intensely relish and always loudly applaud this kind of inflated, defiant talk. They enjoy belligerent language, and don't care how fierce and boastful it I is so long as it is language only. But as traders and merchants they have a thoroughly well-founded aversion to a turbulent and belligerent policy. When they are certain that it means nothing, and can thus gratify their favourite taste at a cheap rate, they cheer to the echo any public man who condescends to indulge in the " Noli me " tangere," " Nemo me impute lescessit" style of declamation. It is a weakness altogether unworthy of 'a great, self-reliant, and powerful nation, but, unfortunately, it is a weakness which Lord PAL untsTozr loves to gratify. That sentence about the British nation not brooking insults, and being ever ready to repel aggression, has beenrepeated, if were member aright, six times within twice as many months. Of course the British nation is ever ready to maintain its dignity, as it is to pay its debts and keep its engagements. But it does not add much to our dignity or strength for our leading public men to go about the country asserting this as though it were a thing that needed to be in sisted on. Lord' Psurasarow condescends to do this, but it in none the less a national humiliation which instinctively recalls the conduct of other Premiers in similar circumstances. Mr. CANNING or Sir RUHKET PEEL would as soon have thought of delivering the national flag into the hands of an enemy, as of going about the country to declare that the English nation would defend it. This undignified and unworthy proceeding is, we may hope, only a fashion of the hour, like the sensation novel and the sensation drama. But all who care for the higher cha racter and reputation of the English name will wish that it may speedily go out, and that English Statesmen may return to the simple, dignified, and manly tone for which they have in times past been so justly celebrated. THE Revenue Returns for the quarter which closed yesterday differ in some notable points from those published three months ago. On the quarter end ing the 31st December last there was a net increase of revenue to the amount of 1,310,0001. as com pared with the corresponding period of the previous year, every item except Assessed Taxes having con ' tributed to the improvement. In this quarter a similar comparison shows a net decrease of 392,000/. Last quarter there was an increase of 572,0001. under the head of Property Tax ; this quarter the same tax shows a decrease of 537,0001. The Excise, too, instead of an increase like that of 104,0001. received last quarter, shows • decrease of 379,000/. The Customs also show a decrease. Thus all the great sources of revenue are suffering together. The result is, that the net increase on the financial year just ended, and of which previous returns had encouraged high expectations, is re duced to 929,082!. So court. - --..-- WINDSOR CASTLE, Yaws 31.1 The Queen and Princess Louise, attended by lady Augusta Bruce and the Hon. Horatia Stopford, walked in the ground' yesterday afternoon. The Princess Helena and Princess Beatrice took a carriage drive. -- Tae Fill and Countess tot Derby arrived at the Castle yesterday. Earl Rummell arrived at the Castle thin afternoon, and bad an audience of the Queen. The Senator Antonio Gonzalez, Spanish Minister; Count Wachtmeister, Minister Plenipotentiary from Sweden and Norway ; Mahmoud-Khan-Nasserolmolk ( Conseiller Prieto), Persian Minister; M. J. Saw, Peruvian Minister; and Mr. F. E. Dubois, Minister Raident &Haiti, was severally presented to her Majesty, at audiences, by Farl Bona ARRIVAL OF PRINCE ALFRED. DOVER, TUIBDAT. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at Dover this afternoon at three o'clock by the Royal Mail Packet Prime Frederick William, Captain Wertar Clark, specially retained for this service • his royal highness being warmly welcomed on landing by a large concourse of citizens, who had assembled on the pier. Prince Alfred was sees standing near the commander of the ship, ou the bridge between the paddle•bores, as the Prince Fre derick William deemed round the angle of the pier, his bronzed oowitensioce sad free careless bearing betoken * a fair restoration to health. Perhaps the most flattering compliment that could have been paid his royal highness waa ereveyed in the remark of a rough old salt, wedged into the crowd immediately in front of the landing pier, who remarked to a brother tar, " He don't look much like a invalid, do he, 'Arry l'' To the hearty cheers of the crowd Prises Alfred rained his bat, which be kept off till he had mewed the colours of the 59th Regiment, unfurled in the centre of the guard of honour furnished by that regiment, which lined the pier. Captain Sir Luke Sarathett was in attendance on his royal highness from Caleb, and on the steamer reaching her moorings, Colonel Coppags, R.A. Captain Triscett, R.N., and other officers, proceeded on board. After lar.oing his royal bighorn partook of liaa. cheat at the Lord Wardell Hotel, end proceeded for Wind sor by the 3.45 p.m. train of the South Eastern Railway. Royal salutes were fired from the Drop battery, both ma the arrival and departure of the Priem. WINDSOR, TOCSIDAT. At ten minutes peat seven o'clock this evening the Prince with his suite arrived by special train under the charge of Mr. Godson, traffic =sager, and were received by W. Hanson, Esq. (mayor). Mr. C. Phillips (alderman), and Mr. Mandy, and as his royal highness stepped from the carriage. her Majesty, who had emus to the station, accom panied by the Prince of Hew, the Princess Helena, and other members of the royal family, came on to the platform to remiss likn. A number of the most respectable tuba hitanta were kindly admitted to the station by the South Western authorities, to welcome the Prince's arrival. The Prince, although he appears thin, was in excellent spirits. and is much better health than could have been expected after his recent Ulnas; sad he appears to have grown nearly as tall as the Prince of Wales. Hia Royal Higbee= the Duke of Cambridge had a large circle to dinner as Monday evening at Gloucester House, Ark-lane. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge aad Prisons May left their residence at St. Jaime's Palace yesterday for Cambridge Cottage, Kew, to pass the Wein!. . _ -.- The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Misses Langley have left Lambeth Pales. for Addington Pork, Dear Croydon, for the E.etar rem% The Marquis of Lan&lowue, although still coo- Goad to his residleaes M Berkeley-Num, is much better. The Marquis of Salisbury has gone to visit his estates in Lancashire. The marchioness and daughters left yesterday for Buckhuret Park, Sussex, so a visit to the Furl as•l Counts"; Delawarr. The Marquis of Bristol and Ladies Hervey in tend to proloog their miles°. at Brighton until the 14th instant. The Berl of Ellanborough has left town for Soothers Bowie, Cheltenham. The Earl and Countess of Leicester have taken a maosion is Upper Gromesor-etreet for a term. The Earl and Countess Fitzwilliani and Ladies Fitzwillime come to town on the 14th inst., from Watt. worth Rowe, Yorkshire. Field Manhal Lord Clyde has taken the late Mr. dt. Leger's residence in Berkeley -squaw* for a term of years. The Right floe. Sir George Coroewall Lewis, ILP., and Lady Theresa Lewis, left %eat noose yeeteeday oo a visit to the Earl sod C 04114111111 of Clarsodoo, at The Grove, mar Watford, for the meas. [CA. (manses QIIKENEITOWN, Arm 1. The Inman steamer City of Baltimore, which arrived here this morning from New York on the 21st ult., brings 466,000 dollars in specie, 37 cabin and 87 steerage passengers. NEW YORK, Mawr 20, Moarmro. (Per City of Bahumors.) The Southern journals report that St. Helena, 25 miles in the rear of Port Hudson, was attacked on the 9th, by the Federate, and that heavy firing was heard on the 13th inst. This attack in the rear of Port Hudson is supposed to have been simultaneous with an attack in front from the Mississippi. The Confederates have erected formidable bat teries at Galveston, mounted with guns captured from the Federal steamers Harriet Lane and West field. Three batteries are erected on the island where the City is located, and Pelican Island is fortified with equal strength. The Federal fleet off Galveston, consists of the steam frigate Brooklyn and four gun-boats. The fleet approaches to within a mile and a-half of the town, where the vessels anchor, and occasionally throw shells into the town and forts ; but they can not bring their broadsides to bear, and have to operate exclusively with their rifled pivot guns. The Brooklyn sent a few shells into the town, set ting it on fire in three different places, but the fire was soon extirguished. The Brooklyn was com pelled to withdraw, as the forts began to send shot from their 15-inch rifled guns, one of which cut the rigging. The Harriet Lane is up the river some 70 miles, where she is being iron clad. The Confederates are said to be constructing five gunboats at Selma, on the Alabama river. Two of them are on their way to Mobile to receive their guns, and all are to be ready by the Ist April. Two are built for rams, and three for sea steamers. Deserters from Savannah report that the Con federates have three iron-clad floating batteries at Savannah, two of which are completed, and the third is nearly ready. Large numbers of troops have left Savannah for Charleston, and large camps are organised at Grahamville ? Hardenville, Coosawitchie, and Poca taligo, to resist any advance in those directions, and to have the troops so that they can easily be thrown towards Savannah or Charleston, as one or other of these cities is attacked. - The peace resolutions passed by the New Jersey Legislature protest against war waged for uncon stitutional or partisan purposes, or for the subjuga tion of States with a view to their reduction to a territorial condition ; against military law and the domination of military over civil law in States not in insurrection • against arbitrary arrests and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act; against the admission of new States into the Union by the division of existing ones ; against the emancipation proclamation and the expenditure of public money. The New Jersey legislature believes that the appointment of Federal Commissioners to meet Commissioners from the insurgent States to con sider if any plan may be adopted, consistent with the honour and dignity of the national govern ment, by which the present civil war may be brought to a close, is not inconsistent with the integrity, honour, and dignity of the Federal go vernment ; but as an indication of the spirit which ' animates the adhering states, which would iu any event tend to strengthen America in the opinion of other nations. Hoping that the Southern States would recipro cate the peaceful indications thus evinced, and believing that great benefits would arise from such conference, the New Jersey legislature recommends 1 the subject to the Federal government, and requests 1 its co-operation thereon. The resolutions will be forwarded to the Federal government, and to the governors and legislatures of other States, requesting them to give the subject immediate attention. A steamer arrived at Port Royal from Fer naudiva, Florida, reports that the force of 1,000 negroes which amended St. Mary's River on March 9, has met with a moat severe reverse, and probably been captured. This negro foroe carried with it several thousand muskets to supply all slaves who could be incited to insurrection. If the report of their capture proves true it is supposed that Colonel Higginson and all the white officers who camraanded them have been shot in accordance with Jefferson Davis's proclamation. The New York World says it is understood that the New York shipbuilders decline taking contracts to build eight thousand ton iron-clad vessels wanted by government for fear of loss from the depreciation of the currency. The contractors require thegovern meet to build by day-work, to which the Navy Department will not consent. The vessels required are designed to surpass the largest class of English and French iron-clads. Mr. Seward has given a state dinner to the Hay ti= Minister at Washington, at which the British, Russian, French, and Prussian Ministers were present. The New York Tribune learns from Havana that private advice" were received there that arrange ments had been made for the steamers Harriet Lane, Alabama, and Florida meeting at a desig nated point, with a view to an attack upon the California steamer from Aspinwall. General Burnside has received his final instruc tions, and will leave for his new department imme diately. It is not publicly announced where he will proceed to. The appointment of Colonel Fry as provost marshal is said to be the prelude to the appoint ment of various provost-marshals throughout the country, preparatory to enrolment under the Con scription Act, which it is supposed will commence April 1. Colonel Fry is understood to be a man of I character and discretion. It is stated that government will sustain Federal justice in Utah. The arrest of Brigham Young by Judge Kinney is said to have been an arrangement agreed upon between the two to test the constitu tionality of the antipolygarey law, and to create the impression that there is no resis tance to judicial process in Utah. In South Carolina, General Hunter, nine days after his proclamation announcing the commence ment of the advance, had made no movement. On the contrary, one of his positions has been threat ened by a dash from the Confederate lines. It is stated that the Confederates have cut the levees, and compelled one considerable corps of General Grant's army before Vicksburg to re embark and retreat up the river, and a report is also current that the whole expedition is on the point of abandoning Vicksburg. This, if confirmed, would point directly to a serious movement of General Johnston's whole Confederate force against General Roeencranz in Middle Tennessee, and lend some colour to the fears of a Confederate invaaiou in Keutncky. Mr. Chane's financial trip to New York has not yet borne visible fruits. His confidential adviser, Mr. Walker, returned to Washington yesterday, confident that the policy of a domestic or foreign loan would very soon be publicly adopted. Mr. Cyrus Field has addressed a large meeting at the New York Produce and Stook Exchange, upon the subject of the Atlantic cable. Resolu tions, declaring confidence in the success of the undertaking, and appointing committees' to raise the remaining capital necessary, were unanimously pane. The d news which arrived this morning by way of Fort Monroe, from the South, of the entry of the French into Mexico, is not considered improbable by those best informed of the previous progress of affairs. The Mexican forces at Puebla were the only real defence of the capital. The dissensions known to exist between Generals Comonfort and Ortega may well have resulted in breaking up the Mexican army at that point. Late previous intelligence from Vera Cruz had indicated General Forey's intention of turning Puebla and pushing directly for the capital. Zither of these contingencies may have deter mined the fall of the city. The afoot of the French successes upon the Emperor Napoleon's American policy, it is here supposed, will be to strengthen the Emperor in his intention of amicable interference. The reserve of the French press, in regard to Mr. Seward's reply to IL Drouyn de Lhuys, is unfavourably interpreted. - NEW YORK, )Mason 20, Arrimwoon. The Federal army still ()maples its old quarters at Murfreesboro. Several Federal waggons have been captured within six miles of Nashville, and a railroad train which left Louisville bad been cap- I turgid at Woodburn. All was quiet at Charleston on the 16th March. Another iron-clad Monitor arrived there on the 14th. The Confederates have made a raid upon Draines villa, Virginia, and captured 25 cavalry. A Union democratic convention of all parties has been held at Louisville, Kentucky. Reso lutions were adopted to devote all the State re sources to crush the rebellion, and requesting the government and State authorities to take steps to defend Kentucky against invasion. It is reported that the rumour of a foreign loan of 100,000,000 having been offered to the Secretary of the Treasury was not true. The Richmond papers of the 18th assert that a despatch from Port Hudson was read in the Con federate Senate, which caused a livtly sensation ; and the iiichmond Whig, of the same date, mourns over reverses in the South-west. The New York press consider these circumstances indicative of the Confederates having received news unfavourable to their cause. NEW YORK, M aaca 20, EVICNING. Rumours are circulating that the bombardment of Charleston commenced on Tuesday last. These rumours are,. however, perfectly unreliable. Southern journals state that the Federal expedi tion on the Yazoo River consist,' of two formidable gunboate, two rams with cotton defences, three small gunboats, three batteries, 300 cavalry, and 10,000 men. Snow has fallen on the Rappahannock, and the weather is very cold. The Richmond journals speculate upon an immediate advance by General Hooker and say that a decisive battle or retreat by General Lee must be the consequence. If Lee's force is not sufficient to check Hooker, Lee will fall back to a point nearer Riohniond, and give battle to the enemy further from his base. Later advice. from Hilton Head assert that the Negro Brigade, which was marching into Florida, had captured several important points, and large quantities of supplies. Another army corps, sup posed to be General Burnside's, was expected at Hilton Head. A Federal expedition with gunboats has pene trated into North Alabama as far as Tuscumbier, which place they occupied. The Federal' after wards penetrated into the interior, capturing some supplies. A large Confederate force is concentrated at Knoxville, Tenneesee and a number of the Confe derates have crossed. the Cumberland river at Rowena, Kentucky, supposed to be an advance force for the invasion of K.entucky. Skirmishing continues in the neighbourhood of Murfreesboro. Van Dorn is said to be reinforced, and a portion of his cavalry to have crossed the Duck river and advanced towards Franklin, but were driven back. The Mobile papers describe the Charleston de fences as impregnable, and say that no floating thing can pass the batt eries unharmed. The attack will conclusively test tho power of iron-clads against batteries. Gold at Richmond is said to be at 400 per cent. premium. Another largo meeting has been held at New York to ratify the Union league. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE NEW YORK, MARCH 20, Eveznro. Money easy, gold 54i ; Exchange on London, Bankers' Bills, 171. Stocks inactive. New York Central, 118 i • Illinois, 92 ; Erie, 79i. Cotton inactive ; M land Upland, 78. Flour and Wheat dulL Corn and Provisions steady. Coffee, good inquiry. Sugar and Molasses quiet. Crude Petro-1 lawn Market quiet, and prices unchanged. NEW YORK, NAecn 21, Moaarteo. It has been found necessary to send a military expedition into one of the counties of Ohio to arrest deserters. It was supposed that there would. be organised resistance on the part of the inhabitants, and that bloodshed would ensue. • Refugees from Richmond report that theContede rate authorities recognise the possibility of a transfer of the seat of war below Virginia. ..(TillEl DAY.) 1. • ..s TB CUD AY. 8.5. W. to W. N. W., mo- 'conk's% den* showers. W.S.W. to N.N.W., Datum ash. sho a ° to M. sad wery. W.Corram. motlersto to trash. 8.8. W. to W.N.W., W./Pia:mt fresh, squally. && W. to W., fresh to B.W.EAGIAND. LATEST INTELLIGENO& (tzurnee Taanuma.) PRINCE WILLIAM OF DENMARK PRO CLAIMED KING OF GRIMM ATHENS, HAAm 30. The National Assembly to-day unanimously proclaimed Prince William of Denmark King of Greece, under the title of George L The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reute?e office from the Greek Consul- General this day : " M. Mavrocordato, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Consulate General of Greece, London. " Byre, March 31. " The National Assembly, by • decree agreed to to-day, has unanimously proclaimed constitutional King of the Greeks, Princo William George, second son of Prince Christian of Denmark, under the title of George 1., King of the Greeks. "His successors will profess the orthodox reli- gion. "A committee of three members, chosen by the ministry, will proceed to Copenhagen to offer him the crown in the name of the Greek nation. "A Te Deum was celebrated to-day, and was fol lowed by public festivities, illuminations, and gene ral rejoicings." FRANCE. PARIS, Aram L M. Magne has tendered his resignation, which has been accepted by the Emperor, who has, how ever, appointed him a member of the Privy Council. The following is the text of the Emperor's letter to M. Magne . "My dear M. Magne,—An incident, the respon sibility of which does not rest with you, has ren dered more apparent the difierenoe of opinion which exists between M. Fould and yourself on several financial questions. Under these circumstances you have considered yourself bound to tender your resignation. "In temporarily relinquishing your services, I wish it to be known that I have never had but to congratulate myself on your veal and devotion. I have, therefore, resolved to give you a striking proof of my confidence by creating you a member of the Privy Council. I hope that you will never entertain any doubt of my sentiments of sincere friendship. (Signed) " Naronsom." SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 31. An official denial hu been given to the rumour that General Concha intends to resign. The statement that the government disapproves the conduct of General Duke has also been denied. A difference of opinion on political questions is said to exist between Marshal Nirvana and M. Mon. POLAND. The Si&le of to-day says : • - The despatches received to-day from the theatre of war 1 in Poland prove that the insurrection is pining ground every day. This is • season which will soon give it new strength. The woods, having become green and bushy, will serve for asylums and natural citadels. The insurgents will profit by them ; for the war seems to us destined for • 1614 time fet to be • guerilla war. To carry on war upon • grand scale, to stake the fortune of Poland on a regular battle, is • temptation which must be resisted. It would also be great imprudence to provoke in the towns insurrec tions which could have no other result then that of causing them to be burnt by the forts which command thew. The Breslau Gazette of the 26th ult, gives the following details of the movements of the Polish insurgents: Lelewel and Lewendowski, after having obtained a success over the Russia= near Hanak, separated their corps, re maining, however, near enough to be able to support each other in cane of need. On the 14th Lewendowski was at Lukas', when the ROBBADO sent against him a force con sisting of two companies of infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, and two pieces of artillery. The insurgent chief retired to Orsensoweka, where in the night of the 15th • combat of advanced poets took place. A detachment of Cossacks made a attack on the amp, but were repulsed with • lees of nine men. Lewendowski retired to &main, having with him 800 men, and Lelewel was at &boat • quarter of • league distant with 600. Lewendowski was attacked on the 16th, but inten tionally made a very weak defence, and retired into the village. The Rowans pursued him, bat no sooner had they entered the pleas than they were received with such a warm fire from riflemen stationed at all the windows th►t they were obliged to retreat with the loss of 60 men. They were pursued by Lewendowski, and at the same time were attacked in their rear by LeleweL The pelmets at the earns time destroyed • small bridge over which the Russians were to peas. Thus assailed in their rear and attacked with energy by the scythemen, the RUBIDIUM lost wavers] in killed and wounded, and left a certain number of prisoners in the hands of the insurgents, among them an officer. The Poles gained possession of the }lumina artillery and about 100 muskets. Csechowelei has bad several combats in the south of the government of Lublin, among others one on the 20th near Potokdobog against two companies of infantry, half • squadron of cavalry, and two pieces of artillery. According to the Polish accounta the insurgents were the victors, but they nevertheless re tired to Goads- On the 21st a fresh engagement took place, in which the attack of the Russians was repulsed, hut the insurgents afterwards retired and passed the night in the forest. On the following day they fell into an ambush at Janow, where the Russians had assembled in some force. The Poles, however, cut a pelage through, bat with considerable loss, and a part of the band (about 130 in number) were afterwards driven on to the Austrian territory near Mallow, in the district of Itzesgow. The Wampum in this last ►ffair were about 700 strong, and the Etonian; according to some aceounta, were 1,000, and according to others 2,000. Letters from Madrid speak of an incident which has caused some agitation in the higher circles of the Spanish capital :—" The Dachau de Fermin-Nimes invited, with the cosiest of the Queen, to the bell which she is about to give, Whim. de Lagrange, at present singing at the Opera at Madrid, and who to her great talent adds the merit of irreproachable character. The invitation bas, how ever, excited a complete tempest in the fashionable world, and one-half of the persona invited, and particularly some ladies of the diplomatic body, have declared that their dignity would not allow them to be in the s►me salon aa Mdrne. de Lagrange. There the matter rests for the pro mpt." ----- A letter from Weimar states that a valuable dis covery has just boo) made there in the archives of the Er Destine branch of the house of Saxony. It consists of • great number of letters, hitherto unknown, some written by Luther, and others addressed to ban. M. Burckhardt, the keeper of the archives, is occupied with the publication of those documents, which principally relate to religious subjects. The decease of Baron Pierre Meyendorff, at the age of 73, one of the most eminent diplomatists of Rasetia, is announced. After being Russian ambassador at several European courts, he withdrew from public, life about Mee years took. Acoonnts from the island of Labuan, dated the 7th of February, state that the governor, who h a d j a g left far England, had previous to his departure paid • visit to the coal mines, and expressed eatisfaction at the great progress made since the arrival of Mr. Sinclair, the present manager. The stock on the 31st of January was 2,867 tone, and some small quantities had since been supplied to her Majesty's ships Leven and Retard. The commanding odioer of the latter had furnished • report that "their quality for generating steam is good, and that it is well adapted for the service." Sufficient coal headings had been opened to produce 200 tons per day, with • proper supply of labour, of which there was now a better pros peek 147 Kay Chinese coolies having just been engaged at &avows. WEATHER REPORT. WIDIRSDAT. Al _i B. Il . ! . W. LI .31. 1 , Q.I LK.K. 1 11. --- I — ' Nairn - Aberdeen .104 46 2 8.8. W. :16 • - Leith .0660 4 W. 111 o - Ardroseen t.04,45 I &W, 10 o - Portraits 19.971 8. 2 S. ,16 b - Galway 18.9150' 0 S.S.W. 'ls o - Valentin 24.92,50 1 1. : 4 0 1 6.17 Queenstown 10.9•;1 1 R. Xl6 o I ilelyhead 50.07 51 3 &B.f. 16 b Liverpool 20.16 41' 3 E. 8.4. 14 m Pembroke .1 1110.11 45 2 8.8 : 8 b panrauos p.1044 1 && 16 0 Jersey — - Brest 6.086 0, 4 8.8 1 1' s 0 L'Orient 20.06 . 60. 4 KN.& 2 2. 4 e 1 Rochefort Plymouth Weymouth 80.1147 4 KN.& 4 11 10 1 b I 3 Portsmouth .1146 4 82.2. 3 6 111 e —I 2 Rev. .18 34 3 K. 6.! 1 -, la . - London 10.15117 2 LB& 2 4 .12 m Dover 30.2t 47 3 ILL 1 1 6 0 2 Yernmeth — 1 3014 44 4 && 4 3 ' ln b I $ BearborouBh.2o.l9 40 It P.O.W. I 810 b 1 ft Sillolds 30.1741 4 88. W. 8 881 b 1 —, 3 Ilellsoland L 8 b , —II Helder - : ._ : I —,_ I : St rong. &S.& to W.S.W.,tresh, ENOUJID, & 1.0 S.W. and w.. Z. Cosa. fresh, squally. A marriage is arranged to take place between Southampton next week. Intelligence bra been received Lady Jane Hay, daughter of the Marunie and Merchionese that the company's steamer Woollen arrived out at Calcutta of Tweeddsle, and sister of the Duchess of Wellington and in id days. Lady Emily Peel, and Colonel Richard C. H. Taylor, C.B. THE MODERN MISANTHROPE.—The misanthrope (late of the 79th Highlandenl, assistant adjutant-general at of Shakespeare and !il oliirre is a passionate t savage ; the Shorucliffe, brother of the hoe. and gallant member of the agaantar° O. B Via o j us tki ku La n d von is a Po lished gentleman. No disgust of humanity will ever yaks county Dublin. Aim fly the world. From his cluh.wiodow in St. James's The present from the ladies of Wales to their his smile falls on all tamers -by with equal suavity sod egad Princess is likely to take the form of a brooch of diamonds scorn. It may be said by verbal critics that I employ the word misanthrope incorrectly—that, &candle; to strict and emeralds in the shape of • leek, the national emblem interpretation, a misanthrope means not a despiser but a of the country. I hater of men, acid that this elegant gentleman is not, by Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition my own showing, warm-blooded enough for hate. True, but of 1862 have recently received costly gifts from their I hats — the intellectualse estuimmr.tvilbineofiamil." philosophy of . hero would have listened with approving nod to that y Majesties the Emperor of the French and the Emperor of Austria, as souvenirs of the Exhibition. These royal pre- Moon or Althea could hare thundered forth in detestation nests consist of many exquisite specimens of modern, one- of his kind, sod blandly rejoined, " Your truisms, moo cher, mental, and fine arts. At the opening of the Exhibition. He as evident as that two and two make four. But pm late on the principle that two and two make font bin Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Frussia, President ofof tre fitßosyjesaltPy'rus compueeeian Commission , e beautiful specimen. of the without cu shouting forth, as it you proclaimed a notable also Presented to each °every, what everyone you meet knows as well as your. self. Men are scoundrels—two and two make four—reckon manufacture of the royal porcelain establishment at Berlin. accordingly, and don't lose your temper in keeping your A pier and harbour are about to be formed at I • ° • xmls • MY °••••thr ° 1" ala mode ne v ir. rails at eke ha takes it for granted as the elementary principle in the Venteor, at the beak of the Isle of Wight. commerce of life. An for virtue. he regards it as a professor Tan BRAZTUAN DITTICULTY.—The Gazette of last lof science regards witchcraft. No doubt there are many avec* contains a despatch received by Earl Russell from plausible stories, very creditably attested, that vouch for its Mr. Christie, her Majesty's minister in Brazil, containing existence, but the thing is Dot in nature. Feeler to believe an address to him from e. number of British merchants and in a cunning imposture than an impossible fact. It is the residents in Rio, "in favour of Lis recent action in the depth and completeness of his contempt for this world that questions of the Prince of Wales sod the Forte, because it makes bim take the world so pleasantly. He i s d eeme d th e has been represented th a t th e English were generally op- man of the world par excellence, and the world WOMB sod posed to the late proceedings ;" together with Mr. Christie's admires its E. B. Lytton, in Btackvoulra Maya reply, expressing his gratification that so many of his :inc for April. c ouotrymeo, interested in peaceful relations with Brazil, A very large boulder-stone has been uncovered thought that his conduct was prudent and moderate. He at Martyr Worthy, in Hampshire. In ploughing the field in also says he had been high pleased by the attitude which it lies something was encountered which offered mote generally taken by British subjects' during the late pro. resistance than the unite Hampshire "rags;" sod it was endings, thought desirable to dig down and remove it. After an ex- WEST LONDON EXTENSION RAILWAY.—To-clay ' °arsenic' of four or live feet the noise still seemed to be the West London Exteasioe of the Greet 'A eaten Railway, spreading, and its size as already developed re n d er s removal between Southall and the Visions. Station, Pimlico. wil t hopeless. It is • sandstone, one of several which may Ims be opened for public traffic, othrecting the Great Western seen in the parish, though by far the largest of them eIL sod North Western Railways with the lines on the mouth of Score parte of the surface me as smooth as glano evidently London. the result of friction In its transmission to its present bed. FRIDAY. W.S.W. to N.N.W. freak 'byway. Westerly, unsettled, B.W. to N.W., frith, squally. N.Y.W. to N.N.W., trap to strong B.W. to N. W., tuirettled. ft. to W. fresh, onset. tied. B.W. to S.W., strong, showery. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nor Gus OWN PARIS, TO DL! Eywrasa. The Prance contains the following paragraphs: We announced yesterday that the comntuniluisent to the Patric and Journal des Debate had accredited the rumour of the resignation of IL Foul& That rumour, which caused great emotion in public opinion, was well founded. Yesterday the retirement of that minister was considered very probable. This morning at eleven o'clock the Emperor had an inter. view with Y. Ewald. We are assured that this interview, the definitive result of which is not yet known, lasted more than an hour. There is something derisive in this last paragraph of the France. To the public, which is burning to know whether M. Fould has withdrawn his re signation or not, it matters very little how long his audience of the Emperor lasted. I have not much confidence in M. Fould's firmness. If he were a man who sets a high value upon his poli tical character he would have persisted in the re signation which he offered last autumn, when the Emperor changed his mind upon the Roman ques tion, and would not have allowed M. Thouvenel to retire alone. I think it very probable that he will accept some poor apology for the cots muniqui which offended him, and which, be it ob served, not only offended him, but was the proof— and understood as such by Lim—that the Emperor leans to other financial principles than those of which he is the representative. But whatever may ultimately happen I do not believe that the interview at eleven o'clock this nioniing cleared up the difficulty. If it had been certain so early in the day that M. Fould is to remain in office, the Bourse would have known the fact, and the reac tion from yesterday's heavy fall would have been more decided. Moreover, some positive denial of yesterday's rumour would have appeared in the evening papers ; whereas the Pays, which is semi. official, makes no allusion whatever to the 'abject which, above all others, is in all men's minds. The France says that among the candidates who have been seriously spoken of to succeed M. Fonld are MM. Ronher, Hague, and de Vuitry. Since writing the above I learn that after busi ness hours the Rente was done at 20c. higher than the closing official price, on the strength of a re port that M. Fould positively remains in office. Baier's Correspondence says that the negotiations on the subject lasted tall half-past 2 o'clock, and that at that hour the minister finally agreed to remain. There are various reports as to the man to be sa crificed to propitiate M. Fould. One is that M. Maple will be evicted from the post of talking mi nister and provided with another place. According to another story, Count Treilbard, the director of the press„ who was the conduit-pipe through which the obnoxious communique was sent to the jour nals, will be the scapegoat. The news which I sent you on Saturday of M. Mooquard's retirement from the office of private secretary to the Emperor is creeping out in various departmental journals. He will, as a matter of course, retire upon a senatorship. The name of his successor is not Drury, but Duroy. It is stated that the Emperor and Empress will positively go to the second Vincennes steeplechase, which is fixed for Monday next. The committee held a meeting to-day, in which they devised measures for clearing the course more rapidly than was done last Sunday. On that occasion the million of the Faubourg St. Antoine, attracted by curiosity to see a sight of some kind, had never witnessed a race before, and did not know what they had "come out for to see." When driven with great difficulty from the course many of them, in the ' most innocent way in the world, took refuge on the banks which the horses were to leap over, and an insufficient force of gendatares had the greatest trou ble in the world to make ellpm understand that they were there more in the way than ever. No people, however, are so quick at learning everything that pertains to social amusement as the French, and there is no doubt that the multitude for whose amusement the Vincennes race-course was specially designed will soon understand that a " clear course" is the first element of racing. Prince Alfred arrived in Paris from Malta yes terday evening, and slept at the Hotel Mirabeau in the Rue de Rivoli. Last week as I was walking in the Rue de la Pompe at Passy, near the Bois de la Boulogne, I saw about a quarter of a mile before me a pack of hounds conducted by three or four huntsmen on horseback. The sight being rare in France, I ran after them, but just as I got near, the leading huntsman broke into a trot, and my curiosity was baffled. I find now that these hounds belong to the Duke of Beaufort, and that they are on their way to Poitiers, not, as was rumoured a short time ago, to form a permanent establishment there, but to astonish the natives during the Easter week by hunting up in their lairs a number of old wolves which are the terror of neighbouring folds. The Duke of Beaufort himaelf has arrived at the Hotel Bristol, in the Place Vendome, on his way to Poitiers, to open the campaign. It is announced that Lord Cowley will give a grand dinner on Wednesday in Easter week in honour of the Prince of Wales's marriage. Colonel Rochebrun (lately known as de Rochebrune) has arrived in Paris, and I hear that the Polish refugees are giving him a grand dinner this evening. The Carnatic, a new steamer belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, is expaetied to arrive at u JOlll An SI THZ 11 Joni amptot with at Mr. J Serve and tit prison one of places. mein Mr. Pat were I Eauotti MR. MUD , 441,2" of N of th