The Express. — London, England, 1863-02-23 00:00:00

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Four-fifths of the profits allotted to the sawed The Bonuses added to the pakiesat the five divisions a profit which have hitherto been made ssacaust to 13,690.000. The nett Division of Profits will, be made CO to the fist of December. Ina. The Society lies paid in elams seared. £4,671,410: Bonuses, 1.1,200.1110 together. d/Wkele. For proepectuaes sad isms ter dteethig assurances, apply to the Actuary, at the lisatatreet. Loadou,LC. WIMIAM fIAIWIL DOWN A Actuary. /salary. MIL Ire in POLAND.—Arrangements J. are In for convening a PUBLIC MEETING on the subject of I7D at an early day. Gentlemen willing to co operate In the movement ere requested to communicate with the fecrelary of the Lttaery Association of the Friends of Poland, 10, Duke-street, Pt. Judea THE PRINCE of WALES'S MARRIAGE will be celebrated as the LONDON PAVILION tar a MONSTER lINTERTAINRENT, en the EVENING of TUESDAY, the 10th o Naze& Leh visitor will be presented with • HANDRONE SOUVENIR. lit commemoration of the anspieleas event ; end so expense or exertion will be spared to characterise the proosedinge with that Mi t? due to the masks the nuptials of laslaties future The LONDON PAVILION. Tichborneotreet ►URE LONDON GRAND RID3TAIIRANT. .A. LUNCHBOXII end WOW ALA CL&Ti es be bed wke 00/1:110111: and Draykrli, _ amiiriuticiPAmotTs LONDON DONNE. read: tram ! US 8 la the Grand Saloon, at 11. IL each Spezia dhaing-roome kr WY siolliara. USNON Specious sad SUNSe nDestlitis AYS SZA•Mand TILL Wises. &ALWYN& Trearleaer, 191. ILISIMEITIL .1: IT. 001tNIR al CHANCERY-WM FURNITURE CARRIAGE FREE, to say Port at the itageloat. 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Comfort guaranteed. Mr. Retell's TreaUse, which fully explains Ids Inveigles, poet tree seven amps. Conan/tenons tree. Terms atrldty inedereee.-6. Gras rotor-street, Boodetreet, and le, Biesslell4l4 Blends °-- 9 UININE.—The MEDICAL PROFESSION —The LANCET— Dr. Raman mod oaten isommitead " Men' Wolin Wine' as an suallsat and maple stimulant Manufactured only by MB= WATERS, 2, Martin slum, l'=non street, Loudon, LC. bold by Chosen, Italian Ware- Downcast), and others, at /Oa *dawn. Wholesale Agent, L Lamle and es.. Worcester. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.—LAMBERTB ABIKMATIC BALVY , without ecalkebe ts bowels or ateeNte head, truly silicseicus and Wasiak Is admitted to he the medicine toe inintedlstely relieving coughs, colds, confirm cases of asthma, and Incipient consumption. It fre quently cores persons whom the faculty pronounce inearable, airawably allays the tickling which provokes fiwitnelßt= In approaching consumption Ito tweets are truly Persons derrol d of aleet i or in ewso l lying i down for fear of undoes -144= re only an n d o s n old by W. tit 711rAt n T u . ebemist i ..B. Xing wll - Channg cross. and by all druggists, in bottles, laid., and three quantities In one, es. fld. Be particular and rah for laini arra Asthmatic Balsam. the nerve and address is engraved on the stamp. JoZakrfil COPARTNE MEWS, successfully lead la Um Porn and rondos Hospitals, ander u.can of V etl/1. Csllerlar, Ilserk . 11•141. Poland. sad Lagos Clark Lanai. do Nov., laic am= a taire la an MIS. 4 six dam ether in nom& or dnaele —la. MI. par bettle t twil .1 2.. C. Joann% lime Israielcal/ Tae POPZIS LINT= ADDIJOIS. —The Ansonia el Tartish's' the fellow* analysis of the address delivered by the Pope at the earemismemsat of the Lent prenthing The draggles simiest the church have tested for four YOU,, and DO sire of • tame levielble. It ie neosseary to be sePared for every smergusey. and to prepare the faithful combatio prevailing errors, by reassuring it t W who ten alarm unasermarily, and by wing the wicked se much as pliable from their evil ways. There unfortunate Italy • samible return to good on the part of the men who combated against her, and already disen chantment is succeeding to error. This is not, however, the ems everyirbm, sod it is assessary to Pray to God that the return may be univernaL In gsnenl, the Italian clergy have shown an admirable constancy in the midst of con usual perils ; bat unfortunately there exists • stall group priests who follow another p a th and eases the greatest Pun both to the h ear t o f th e Chief Pontiff and to Abe church. Prayers must be also offered up to the Almighty to recall those miginided then to the ditty al their tarred atairtry,! TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (aztrria's nislown.) THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, Fn. 21. Langiewics is stated to have cut off the retreat of the Russians near Stobnica, and to be pressing them towards the Austrian frontier. CRACOW, Fn. 72. The mail from Warsaw has not yet arrived, the railway oomniunication between that place and Cracow having been interrupted. This circum stance appears to confirm the rumours of engage ments having taken place near Petrikan and Radousk. BERLIN, F. 22. Several Berlin papers of to-day announce that the Russian frontier town of Dobrzn, opposite the Prussian frontier town of Goflub, was occupied by the Prussian military for eight hours during the night between Wednesday and Thursday last, on account of a rumour that the insurgents would arrive there. THE GO' OF GREECE. ATHENS, FEB. =. M. Canaria tendered his resignation the day before yesterday. A new Ministry was thereupon formed by MM. Bulgaria and Ruphos and was sanctioned by the National Assembly. It was composed as follows :—Foreign Affairs, M. Calligas ; Interior, M. Loudos ; Finance, Chaya ; War, M. Artemis ; Justice, M. Valbia. Popular demonstrations having, however, been made yesterday against the provisional government of M.lllj. Bulgaria and Ruphos and their cabinet, both the former and the latter resigned. There will in future be no provisional government, and the ministry will be formed by the National Assembly itself. SPAIN. MADRID, Pea 21, EVINING. Freah resignations continue to be tendered among the officers of the Marine. It is said that the government will create a Spanish consulate at Warsaw. The Bank of Spain has raised its rate of discount to 7 per cent. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The East India and London Steam Shipping Company's screw steamer Mauritius 2,200 tons, Captain J. Smith, passed up channel off Plymouth on Saturday. She is from Calcutta Nov. 22 ; Madras, 29 ; and the Cape, Jan. 12. She brings a mail (from the Cape) and a full general cargo. At the Cape collections were still being made in aid of the distressed Lancashire operatives. The railway goods traffic had increased so much lately that the system of running goods trains had been adopted. The railway company's engineers were preparing to erect an iron lattice girder bridge over the Berg river. Some parts of the colony were still in a wretched state from the long-continued drought ; sad the tannery, as well as the residents in the district towm, were o ff ering to give every support in their power to any measure which would prevent a recurrence of the evils from which they were suffering. Various schemes for future irrigation were under consideration. Several postal robberies of money lettere had mem* occurred. On the frontier, in many parts of the Tranakeian territory, sufficient rain had fallen to restore the fertility of that district, and the latelyatarving docks of the Tambao kiss were beginning to thrive agsis. Kaffir news was un important, matters being quiet among their tribes. There had, however, been some sharp police work on the Um(- ' wall, and local disturbance, occasioned through the rising of some wise man (prophet) near Windocgelberg. General Wynyard and staff, with head-quarters, had gone to the frontier, but only for inspection purposes. Business was improving in tbs colony. The barque Kestrel, from London for Shanghai, put into Simon's Bay January 7, with damaged rudder. The South African Loan Company, with a capital of 2,000,0001., had at Let been started. A man had been brutally murdered in a quarrel, in one of the rough districts of Cape Town; andgreat complaints are being made by the local preen of the increase of crime in the colony. Robberies and crimes of violence frequeetly occurring where a few years before they bad bean unknown. FRANCE. (noN 001 OWN PARIS. &markt: EVENDIG. The Moniteur announces that the Opinion Na tionale is to be prosecuted for an article of Feb. 20, on the cotton trade, which article is incul pated as containing false news, and exciting citizens to hatred and contempt of each other. A new work by Proudhon , which has been for some time talked of, has just' appeared at Dentu's. It is entitled, "Of the Federative Principle , and the Necessity of Reconstructing the Party of the Revolution." The reputation of the author ensures a certain amount of success to everything he writes, but it is a recces de curioeite. There are too many practical questions of capital interest now stirring in the world for anybody to give a serious thought to a plan for making France a federation. Although M. Proudhon passes for an advanced liberal and republican, his sophisms and paradoxes, and his personal attacks on all the leading democratic writers, make him in reality an auxiliary of ultra montaniam and the temporal power. The Theatre Francais has been waging unequal war with Count Walewaki, Minister of State, and as a matter of course finds itself disarmed and vanquished. This clasaieal theatre is in theory a republic and in practice the actors in it are a self-elected body. Lately M. Lafontaine, an actor of considerable ability, well known on the boards of the Vaudeville and other theatres, but whose claims to belong to the Francais are, to say the least of them, very contestable, married Mdlle. Victoria. Count Walewaki took it into his head, by way of a wedding present, to make the couple members of the Theatre Francais. The actors and actresses of that theatre, duly assembled in solemn conclave, voted that M. Lafontaine was not admis sible at all and they only consented to receive his wit. as a pupil (pensionaire), and not as a fellow (societaire), which they were expected to do. Count Walewski has now by a stretch of the Im perial prerogative, made M. Lafontaine and his wife both fellows (societaires) of the Theatre Francais. Several of the old actors swore lustily that they would resign, but the probability is they will think better of it. A Berlin letter in the Cologne oa✓ tie say:—"The Polish emigrants us said to have tho intention of choosing diplomatic representatives in the capitals of the great powers ; those would be, at Paris, Prinoe Czartoryski ; at London, Count Zsmoyski ; at Vienna, Prince Sapioha ; ►nd at Berlin, Count Csinikowoki." The Prussian government has restored to vigour an ordinance of 1853, according to which refuge and pro tection are refused to disturbers of public order in Austria or in Russia. Extradition may take place, if demanded, by the government aggrieved. No Pole coming from abroad can enter Prussia unless provided with a passport boorisir the via of a Prussian Legation. 011TWAILD AMERICAN MAIL—The Royal man rlauaskip Arabia arrived at Quessateva at 1 p.m. yesierdiw. SIN embarked tee wads, permagen. sad telegram, aid Fevoteded for Bab: and Bates at 4 p.m. All well. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1863. THE INSURItEeI'IOX IN POOL*UN) ~ (nom °us owit oammosmins4 IMBLDr. The head of the national Polish ssinernuinek which is as strongly, though not as visibly, installed as that of the Grand Duke Oonstantine, in now issuing flying printed sheets, giving . authentic in formation of the movements of the insesgenta, and thus by comparing these with the Russian reports, one is able tooonvey a correct ides of what passes on the field of battle. It appears that on the 15th the Russian corps, about 4,000 strong, marched from Kielce and Miechow to attack Ojcow. On reaching Michalovric, where they stopped for the night, close .to the Galician frontier, the soldier& pillaged the 'houses of the Custom-house officials ; some of the officers and privates also crossed the frontier to spend some time in a public-house at Bolen and Bilick. The next morning the column in question proceeded by Owesary and Brzozowke to its destination, Ojoow. Whilst the Russians were executing this manceuvre, a Polish detachment, having by forced marches reached Miechow at five o'clock in the morning, attacked the remaining Russian forces there, about 1,500 strong, and caused great loss, the conflict lasting four hours. From the despatch addressed by the Russian Major Nepedi to Colonel Poegratien, which was intercepted by the insurgents, it seems that the Russians were in a bad plight. It ran thus :—" At 5 o'clock a.m. the insurrectionary band rushed on wan three separate columns. Though repulsed, yet it threatens ns with another attack. 1 therefore request that reinforce ments should at once be sent to my relief." Further information says that the insurgents renewed the attack and expelled their enemies from Miechow. Doubtless a battle will be fought at Ojoow. In the government of Sandomer Langiewicz routed the Russians on the 13th inst, captured two guns, and marched to Stakowa. In the go vernmentof Kalik the insurrection is extending, and Konin, a very considerable town, is in their possession, and a numerous detachment of the in surgents occupied Wiergbolov i in the government of Augustow. The exploits of Langiewicz attract the largest share of attention. He has shown himself an accomplished tactician, and is waging his war on the guerilla principles so clearly developed in a work written by the late distinguished General Chrzanowski. This work has been read and studied by many young Poles, and its fruit is now visible. Langiewicz was again attacked at Swiento Krzyce, but defended himself bravely, though obliged to yield to the increased for of the enemy by taking refuge in the hills and the forests. General Ramsay (whose name I mentioned before) has again issued an order that military discipline shall be still more rigorously enforced ; and the murders and barbarities already perpetrated, there fore, redouble. In Warsaw the terror of the government is very great, as any one in whose house arms or insurgents may be found will be tried by a drumhead court-martial and executed at once and the house is to be destroyed by cannon. Heart rending as were a few details respecting the mas sacres by the Russians at Tomasoo on the sth inst, I cannot help recording some fresh ones, furnished from a credible source. The brother of Colonel Dombrowski was barbarously murdered ; a lad, 15 years old, having run out of the house at the roar of the cannons, exclaimed that it was the intervention of Providence that kept the Rus sian bullets from the Poles. An infuriated Cossack hearing this, seized the boy, and saying, " Let Providence now keep the bullets from you," killed him on the spot. One of the murdered Poles had a spoon in his pocket, with which the Russian soldier took some blood out of the Pole's wounds, and, placing it to the lips of the corpse, shouted out, " Drink some of this punch." Nothing can describe the degree of atrocity which marks this Russian campaign. The whole of the offices of the immense property of Count Zamoyaki at Zwierryniec, con taining papers, deeda, accounts, dui., have been destroyed, and the beautiful country palace Klemen soy, and another estate, Badaczov, have been made a heap of ruins. The tow; of Krzeszov was on the 14th instant occupied by the Russians and levelled to the ground, the greater part of the inhabitants imprisoned, among them the curate Lukaszwicz, who, more over, was beaten with sticks unmercifully. The insurgents having been met near that town, offered a gallant resistance, and ' had several wounded, among whom was &priest. They then retreated into the forests of KaiezopoL How long this sangui nary war will last, and where it will end, is known to heaven alone. The Poles on hearing that the Prussian troops will come to the assistance of the Russians, are more than ever determined to shed the last drop of their blood, and already signs of the peasants being favourable to the movement are numerous. They not only, as in Lithuania, join the ranks of the insurgents, but everywhere give them kelp, shelter, and information about the movements of the enemy. The nobles, likewise, fight, and spare no means to sup port the insurgents. As things look at present Poland may be subdued, if the Prussian alliance is to be effective—but Russia will not conquer, for it will be only the conquest of a grave hallowed by the sympathies of all civilized nations and the public opinion of Europe. Russia's character, if she had any, and her real power will be buried in the same grave. The Emperor Alexander must, indeed, be as bad as his father to pursue such &suicidal policy. His own empire is a volcano—there are conspiracies in the Russian army, and in other classes of society. soldiers begin to rea son ; Russian officers have fought in the ranks of the insurgents and been shot, others made prisoners—they ask what they are fighting for. Peasants are no longer serfs. The dissenters, a numerous body, perhaps one third of the popula tion of Russia, are daily more hostile and more persecuted. The Cossacks have old grievances to redress, and the Ukraine still remembers and regrets the time when the people were Cossacks. The Baltic provinces, though apparently quiet and loyal, have not forgotten their ancient privileges, and are silently watching for a fair opportunity to re oover them. All these considerations should have due weight in the Council of Alexander 11., and might, perhaps, wore he surrounded bydifferent men. For as to himself, be cannot divest himself of his inborn Asiatic propensities, however they may be covered with a civilised polish ; but he ought, if mindful of his throne and his heterogeneous em pire, to call to his aid Poles of honour and integrity, mid possessing popular confidence. Let him man fully declare that the system hitherto pursued in Poland is wrong, restore the constitution of 1815, and reunite to the kingdom other provinces of ancient Poland. So much and nothing short of it is due to the Poles, to Russia, and to Europe. Let I him remember that to continue the system of his ; father iu 1830 is impossible in 1863. Another &taint was raised at Warsaw on the night of the 14th instant. The whole garrison I turned out, as if either to frighten the inhabi tants, or really Ito show that the Russians are afraid of a rising in Warsaw. Eager as are the inhabitants to share in the glorious deeds of their brethren in the held, they are too wise to give the Russians a pretext for bombarding the town, and they are resolved to bide their time. FRENCH RIDDLE FOB LORD DUNDILLARY.—Tbe following riddle is circulating in Paris :—What is the dif ference between a tiger, M. Fould, and the French Govern. went Answer (which cannot be treoslted)—lla tigre est t ac h a ti p ar agars ; Fould est acheti par le gonvernement ; le gonvernetnent est Ikter par k teshre. in the sitting of the Prussian Chamber of Depu tise as the 18th, a bill, declaring the Ministers civilly re sponsible for the expends which they have 11000011iiill timay incurred, ma adopted by 271 votes to dro. AMERICA. of the fallowing appeared in the greater part et eer BVadey'e impresios..] The Royal Mail steamship Australasian, from New York on the 11th inst., arrived at Liverpool yesterday. She brings 23 passengers and 388,117 dela. in specie. The Norwegian has also arrived at LiverpooL She did not leave Portland until Monday, the 9th, instead of the 7th inst., owing to the non-arrival of the Canadian mails. It is stated that the railroad between Portland and Canada was covered for miles by water on the 6th, and it froze so hard that large gunge of men were employed to dig the ice out. At one time there were nine engines off the track, so solid was the ice, but no damage occurred. Nothing but manual labour could re move the obstruction. The follbwing summary of news is from the New York papers of the 10th inst. : Rear-Admiral Dupont officially reports from Port Royal on the 2nd, that during a thick haze on the morning of the 31st ult., two Confederate iron-clads came out of Charleston and made a raid upon the blockading squadron. They attacked the steamer Mercedita, rendering her motive power useless. The captain of the Mer oedita than surrendered. A Federal officer went on board the Confederate vessels to make arrange ments. The officers and crew of the Mercedita were paroled, but nothing was said about the ship. The Confederate vessels next attacked the steamer Keystone State, damaging her seriously. Three Federal vessels came to her assistant*, and she was towed off. Some other Federal vessels were also damaged. The Confederate vessels afterward, passed to the northward, receiving the fire of the Federal fleet, and took refuge in Swash ChanneL The Merce dita and Keystone State were afterwards towed to Port Royal. The Federal casualties amounted to 24 killed and 23 wounded. General Foster's expedition has arrived at Port Royal. It ted wassz e reed that it would leave for Charleston immediately . A federal regiment of coloured volunteers has made sevaal expeditions from Beaufort into Georgia, Florida, and up Bt. Mary's River. They bad several encounters with the Confederates and are reported to have been always suocessful. General Bunter has informed the Confederate authorities of Georgia that he should hold all prisoners in close confinement and answerable with their lives for the safety of the Federal officers captured by the Confederates until President Davis's totaliation proclamation is withdrawn. The following summary of news is from the New York papers of the 17th : A successful reconnaissance has been made upon the right wing of the army of the Potomac. Preparations are progressing at New Orleans fur the attack on Port Hudson. A bark-rigged steamer, supposed to be the Ala bama, was off South-west Wass on the 23rd ult. Several pilots have been arrested for communicat ing with her. Charleston despatches of the Srd inst. say that a formidable land and naval expedition was about to attack Charleston. The British steamer Cadmus has brought orders for the British consul at Charleston to go on board and leave for Havanna. The Federal ram Queen of the West has sailed down the Mississippi doing considerable damage. The capture of Babine Pass by the Confederates is confirmed. They burned the Feneral gunboat Morning Light. An Illinois regiment has been placed under arrest ter refusing to fight under the emancipation proclamation. . . _ It is reported that an expedition against Texas will shortly be fitted out, General Butler taking the chief command. The Fadersls have entered Lebanon (Tennessee), capturing 800 prisoners. The Federal reconnaissance from Yorktown fell into an ambuscade, losing 30 men. The news of the arrival of the Alabama at Kingston (Jamaica) bad reached New York. The Alabama was damaged in her encounter with the Hatteras, requiring immediate repairs. The Senate has called for the correspondence between the Federal cabinet and the French go vernment concerning mediation, arbitration, or other means of ending the war, and also concerning the mission of the French minister to Richmond. Mr. Sumner has introduced a bill in the Senate to enrol 300,000 negro soldiers. A bill to enlarge the Illinois and New York canals has been defeated in the House of Represen tatives. The impression gains ground that Congress will accept Mr. Chase's banking scheme. The Hansa, Europa, and City of Manchester have arrived out. The steamer Ella Warley has been sunk by colli sion off Sandy Hook. The following is the official account of the capture of the steamer Princess Royal by the Federals, addressed to the Secretary of the Navy : Pl.pbip W►bub, Port Royal, 8. C., JIM. 31,1863. Sir,-1 have the honour to report the capture, on the morning of the 29th inst., of the screw steamer Princes' Royal, while attempting to run the blockade into Charleston. The following are the circumstances connected with her cap ture :—After standing in a mile and • half, Lieut.-Com mender Quackenbush observed • steamer standing along the land in the direction of Charleston. He fired two shots toward her, when her course was altered toward the beach, and she was run ashore. Two officers and an armed boat's crew were immediately sent to take possession. She proved to be the iron steam propeller Princess Royal, last from Bermuda, four days out, and laden, as far as he could learn, with rifled guns, arms, ammunition, steam engines for the iron -clads, and an as sorted cargo. On taking possession, it was ascertained that the captain, supercargo, pilot, and Dorne of the petty officers and • passenger, had left the ship, when she struck, and escaped to the shore, which fact wee substantiated by the chief mate, under supercargo, and chief engineer, as well as by seeing the two missing bats lying on the beach de serted. By the active exertions of Acting Muter E. Van Size, and acting ensign R. W. Cornell, of the Vaseline, assisted by a boat's crew from the United States steamers Housatonic and Augusta, and schooners Blunt and America, aided by two of the engineers of the prize, she was got off without sustaining any injury. There not being sufficient coal on board the Prince.. Royal to send her North, she was ordered by the senior officer to this port to obtain a supply. No papers pertaining to the ship or cargo were found on board of her at the time, except the shipping articles and • log-book ; but after her arrival here Acting Master Van 81144 of the Cuddle, the officer in charge of the prize, discovered accidentally, in looking over the aide, certain papers which had lodged in the fender in the attempt to throw them overboard. These re fer principally to the cargo, and with the paper before mentioned (which were all that were found on board) will be forwarded to the United States District Judge at Philadelphia. The under supercargo, Hozley ; the chief mate, Shaw ; the captain's clerk, • young m►n named Berkeley, whose father is said to be interested in the cargo; two of the engineers, and several of the firemen, go North in the prize. The reel of the crew will be sent by the find opportunity. 1 desire to call the attention of the depart ment to the fact that in this prise are two complete engines, said to be of great power, and intended for iron-clads.— Very respectfully, your obedient servant, El F. Darorr, Rear-Admiral Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Hon. Gideon Wallas, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C. We read in the New York Herald of the 10th : The amount which we publish to-day from our corre spondent on the °peahen river, detailing the eventa of the late contest between the iron-clad Montauk end the inhel [Stamped. Id. Additional.] battery. proves satidactorily the invulnerability of the gun boat. See came out unecatbed from a terrific fire, notwith standing the rebel boast that she had suffered severely. She dismounted two of the gone on the battery, and although the range wee short and the aim perfect, the heavy shots from the enemy failed to damage her. The battery opened on our wooden vessels at long range ; but their aim was had and they did no harm. Upon same subject the New York Times says : We receive from our correspondent at Port Royal an account of the second engagement of the Ericsson Monitor Montauk with the rebel batteries at the mouth of the Ogee thee River. She fired in the aggregate about 80 rounds, but was unable to breach the work in consequence of the thickness of the embankment. She was struck fortyaix times, but received no other drmage than the starting of a few bolts in her pilot-house by a rifle shot, and the shatter ing of her smoke stack. It is considered probable that no further attempt will be made on Fort M'Alltster until other important work is done by the Montauk. Advices from Galveston, Texas, rid Havannab, says : Commander Bell sent the following proclamation to the foreign consuls :—" United States sloop of war Brooklyn, off Galveston Bar, January 21, 1863.—Whereas the city of Galveston is occupied and garrisoned by the troops of the Confederate States, end the said troops are diligently em. ploy's' in erecting defences in and around the rid city in defiance of the laws of the United States, the foreign eon sub and foreign subjects, and all other persons concerned, are hereby warned that the city of Galveston and its de fenoes are liable to be attacked at any day by the forces of the United States under my command. Twenty-four hours will be given from 5 p.m. of this date for innocent and helpless persons to withdraw from the city of Galveston end its vicinity. Piped/ " Commander BELL, Commanding U.& forces off Galveston." 00100IECIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Fza 10, Evznza. Money easy. Gold 531 per teat. painaum. Exchange on London, 170. Stocks tending downward. New York Central, 1181 ; Illinois, 901; Erie, 741. Cotton buoyant. Middling Upland, 91c. Sales today 2,000 hales. Flour depreeesd, and prior have declined 15c. Wheat tending downwards at • decline of 3c. Corn declining. Provisions heavy. Coffee and sugar quiet. Molasses steady. MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. THE RECEPTION OF THE PELNCEM ALEXANDRA. The committee appointed by the corporation of the City to arrange for the reception of the Princess Alexandra continue to devote much time and attention to the details of the oaremoniaL At the meeting held on Saturday it was understood that arrangements would be made which would enable the Princess Alexandra to arrive ' off °messed on Friday night, and not at noon on Satur day, as ham been stated. It is probable, therefore, that 1 the Princess will land at Gravesend at about ten o'clock in the morning of. Warder., and thus ample time will be I afforded for mach*, Windsor by daylight, and much un seoeseary fatigue will be spared to the illustrious visitor. It has been arranged that the Prince of Wales and the Princess shall, oo their arrival at the Bricklayers' Arms Station, be received by the Lord Mayor sod Sheriffs sod members of the reception committee, aldermen, and com mon councilmen, as a deputation, and that the remainder of the corporation who may take part in the procession shall fall in ►t the entrance to the City on London-bridge. The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs will wear their civic robes, and the state carriages of the Lord Mayor will be brought into requisition to emery his lordship and his usual atten dant officers. The time-bmoured custom of presenting • long and prosy address will be dispensed with on this occa sion. At • special meeting of the Court of Limteoancy of the City of London, the sommittee appointed to make suit able szranmeneats for the romptioa of the Princess Alexandra rsoommended that the gmeral body of the oomminioners should be invited to attend in full dress uniform on the south end of London-bridge to join in the procession, and that &depu tation, consisting of as many conambnioaers as could be accommodated, in full dream uniform, should be selected to attend in open carriages, with the Lord Mayor and City authorities, at the Bricklayers' Arms railway terminus, to receive the Princess on her arrival there ; and that the oom misnomers, as lords lieutenant of a county, should take rank in the procession next below the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs. This decision was on Saturday communicated to the reception committee, and was acceded to, with the exception of that part of it in which the commisaioners claimed precedence over the off ners of the corporation. A triumphal arch is to be erected, by the authority of the corporation, over the dry arch of London-bridge on the north side, and London-bridge will be decorated throughout its entire length with Hap and trophies. In front of the Mansion-house a gallery for 400 people will be constructed, and the portico of the building appro priately ornamented. The whole of the open space within the enclosure on the seat, south, and west sides of St. Paul's Cathedral will be occupied by seats, rising tier over tier, and with canopies for the accomodation of about 10,000 peo ple, including the Dean and Chapter, the governing bodies of the whole of the livery companies, nearly 80 in number, with their friends, and about 700 boys from the City of London School and the Orphan School. Refreshmentiand retiring rooms will be provided. The expense will be borne jointly by the corporation and the livery companies. Temple-bar is to be elaborately decorated, and on the even. jog of the nuptial day that and the Mansion-house, Guild ball, the Monument, and London-bridge will be illuminated. The triumphal arch at London-bridge will remain until the marriage, and will be available for illumination at night. The twelve great City companies will provide that number of carriages for the procession ; some of the minor companies will also join. The banners of the comps. nies will be borne in the procession. There will be no display of military force in the whole procession, and it is even stated that, in order not to detract in any way from the popular and spontaneous character of the movement, theme will not be even an escort of the household brigade. At a meeting of the vestry of St. James's parish, the Hon. F. Byrig stated that be believed it was the intn Mon of the City authorities to accompany the Pnacess Alexandra not only through the city of London, but through the city of Westminster; but he considered that the latter city ought to receive the Princess at Temple-bar, and thus relieve the corporation of the duty they proposed to take upon themselves. After some discassioo, it was re solved, " That the High Bailiff be communicated with, and that a committee be appointed to solicit a co-operation of the various vestries and distrkt boards ; also to make the necessary arrangements for carrying out the wishes of the vestry, so that the Princess may be met at Temple-bar by the authorities of the city of Westminster." In &mord ems with this resolution a deputation mated upon the re ception committee on Saturday, and stated that the iniuthi- Meta of St. James's were anxious to co-operate in every way with the City, in order to give a worthy reception to the Princess ~ . .korsodra ; and it was arranged that West minster should be duly represented at Temple-bar by the High Bailiff and burgesses of the city of Westmieeter, and probably elm by the Duke of Buocleuch, who holds the office of Lord High Steward. Along Pall-mall the win_ down and balconies of the clubs will be draped, aed the tine thoroughfare will on this occasion present a really magnifi cent appearance. . . In Southwark every preparation is making to give a cor• dial welcome to the princess. It fortunately happens that at the present time, in consequence of the cutting up of the district by the Londoo, Chatham, and Dover and the Charing•cross Railway Companies, there are a great many empty spaces along the route of the procession. These have been taken full advantage of. Prominent amongst them is the empty apace where St. Thomson Hospital once stood. It is proposed to erect on that space a platform capable of containing 40,000 persons, a large portion to be appropriated to the accommodation of the children attending the pariah schooL A little further on, in the High-street, Borough, on the site when once stood the old Town-hall, and upon what was celled St. Margaret's-hill, the churchwardens and managers of St. Saviour's parish has• resolved on erecting upon the vacant site platforms and mats for the accommodation of the charity school children - • ' ' " of the parish. It baa also been decided by the Southey; committee that a triumphal arch shell be erected at the [TWOPENCE junction of the Old and New Kent roads, sod another opposite St. George's Church. It is likewise in contem plation to convert the arch which crosses Wellington-street to useful purposes by decking it in holiday attire. At Gravesend, the decoration of the town and piers will be placed entirely in the hands of a Mr. Spelling. The Terrace-pier will be magnificently decorated, and, when filled with an elegantly-drained company, will hay* a most brilliant effect. Sixty young ladies, between the ages of 14 and IS, dressed in white, red, and blue drams, have been chosen to act the part of flower girls, and will matter abundance of flowers before the young bri dal couple. It was first proposed, in addition to fitting up the Terrace-pier, that the sweep directly in front of it should be partly covered over and seats erected, bat this idea bas been abandonei, as it might interfere with the car riages. The pavement, however, on each side to the bottom of Harmer-street will be fitted up with seats. Along Harmer-street, at every 40 feet on each side of the road,will be placed high poles, richly decorated with flags and streamers emblematical of the occasion, which will be hung from pole to pole across the street, so as to give the appearance of one continued gaily decorated arch. At the top of Harmer-street, where the Milton-road and the Grove meet, there will be a grand arch, with its four ribs meeting in the centre, over the intersection of the road. At the end of the Grove, facing Harmer-street, as elegont stand will be erected, to which those who are fortu nate enough to obtain tickets from the corporation will have acmes. The route will then be along King-street, the New London-road, to St. Jame's-church, where the pro cession will turn off to the railway. The whole of the houses in the streets through which the royal party is to pus will be decorated, and efforts are being made to induce the occupiers to adopt one uniform plan, so u to improve the general effect. The railway station will be magnificently decorated, the directors of the South Eastern Railway Com pany having wisely resolved to spare no expense. The Kentish volunteers will take a prominent part in the pro ceedings, and will form one continued guard of honour along the entire route. On landing, the Princess will be presented by Mrs. Barns, the lady of the mayor of Graves end, with a magnificent bouquet, placed in an elegant silver gilt holder, in the form of a cornucopia, decorated with pearls and corals. The bouquet holder is a present from the ladies of Gravesend, and will be a coldly and Madill gift. As some doubts appear to be entertained whether any other than Metropolitan Volunteer Corps will be allowed to take part in the general assembly in Hyde-park on the occasion of her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra's entry into London on this 7th proximo ' we are authorized to state that per mission will also be given to all country corps Who may apply for it to the Secretary of State for War, through the lord-lieutenant of the county. Tax Qum; AND THE COVENTRY RIBZONS. —The Queen has been pleasedto patronise the ribbon favour mann facture at Coventry on the °comics of the marriage of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Colonel Phipps hag, by command of her Majesty, ordered several hundreds of these favours to be supplied to the court by a firm at Windsor, who bad the honour of submitting specimens to her Majesty a few days ago. With the unction of the War department the fireworks which have remained in store at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, since the peace rejoicings at the termi nation of the Crimean war, will be used for a grand pyrotechnic display which will take place on Woolwich common on the evening of the wedding-day of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. During several nights of the put week a number of these fireworks have been tested, and notwithstanding the time they have been ma nufactured, they are found to be in excellent condition. Other fireworks of a magnificent description are now being prepared at the Laboratory department, and it is stated that a considerable number will be forwarded for a display in Hyde-park, and also at Windsor. On the morning of the wedding-day royal maletes will be fired by batteries of artillery and from the Fiagard flag-ship, and a review of the troops in garrison will take place on Woolwich-common. All the available flap, banners, &c., belonging to govern. aant will be lent to the corporation of Gravesend, to be used for decorating the streets of that town on the disem barkation of her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra ; and it is stated that arrangements are being carried oat which will enable the artisans at the Royal Arsenal to observe a holiday from the night of Friday; the Gth, to the morning of Wednesday, the llth of Yard. The ladies of Edinburgh are raising s subscription fora handsome bridal giftto the princes{ and the ladies of Dub lin are called upon by Lady Rachel Butler to subscribe for a like Woos& In her letter to • local piper her ladyship says :—" One of the titles borne by his Royal Highness the Prises of Wales is that of the Had of Dublin, and I think that we may hope that her Royal Highness the Princess of Weis and Countess of Dublin would appreciate • specimen of Irish induatry,end be gratified at receiving from th e ladies of Ireland—in the shape of a complete set of the moat beautiful late our island can produce —a pleasing proof of the taste and skill of our manufacturers, and with it our cordial wishes for her Royal Highness's long continued pros perity and happiness is her new career." - The following letter, dated the 19th inst., has been received by Mr. Dement, of Cowes :—" Lieutenant- Generalilys presents his compliments to Mr. Dement, sad in reply to Lis letter, inquiring whether the Priam sad Princess of Wales will laud at East Cowes or at Osborne landing place on the day of their marruge, begs to inform him that as at present arranged their I :coy id Highnesses will land at Past Cowes." THE COLLIERY ACCfDINT NW WEDNES- • We learn from a correspondent that, excepting only the boy Job Jones, all these pour fellows have by this wildcat lost their lives. From the account given by this youth, who was recovered at about half-past six on Saturday morning, after having been in the pit thirty-six home, during thirty three of which all hope of escape seemed to have been cut off, he and his companions were all steadily at work, neap prehenaive of immediate danger, when between eight and nine o'clock Getting., hearing the noise occasioned by the destruction of the dam, the falling in of one side of the workiugs, and the on-rushing of the water, gave the alarm, and himself, with Pitt, immediately made their way to a higher level. In his terror Edward Jonas ran towards the shaft by which he had descended and thus to an instant death, for the water was now pouring in between the spot upon which he bad been en gaged and the bottom of the shaft. The three others re mained at the highest point of the workings until the water had risen so high as to touch the breast of the lad, whose waist, that he might maintain his footing, was firmly clasped by Gettings. As i:. was clear that the water was rapidly rising, and would loom submerge them if they c ould not gain a higher spot, the youth, after they had re mained together about as hour, spending the time princi pally in prayer, suggested that probably he might be able to climb the almost precipitous side of a reeky eminence in the workings, upon the summit of which, if they could gain it, they would all be safe. By a desperate spring the boy succeeded in clutching a protuberance of the rock above hint, sad by a continued effort, gained the desired spot. Pitt and Getting* essayed to follow their youthful leader, but being less agile, and of greater weight. failed in every attempt. This fearful struggle for life lasted about an hour, when, in the darkness, the boy heard the last splash and plunge. There he remained until rescued oo Saturday about 3 o'clock. He was received on the stir face by the hearty shouts of the assembled multitude, and, attended by a surgeon who was in waiting, he is now gradually recovering. The corpses of Pitt and Getting* ware afterwards brought up, and on Saturday night the miners were still prosecuting their unwearied efforts to re cover the remaining corpse, which is supposed to be buried beneath the debris of the falteu dem asd offside of the working. The fames continued to belch from the mouth of the burning mine. Pitt leaves nips children, and his eldest daughter was soon to he married to the deceased Jones. Gettings was the stay of his widowed mother. - - - The Captain and officers of the George Griswold were entertained at &oiler on Saturday by Captain Geld, of ber Majesty's Alp Majestic, stationed at LieerpooL Some of the leading gentlemen of the town were at the dinner. The proceedings were altogether of la enthusiastic chancier.