The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-31 00:00:00

THE POLISH INSURRECTION. (F> oar, the Szkela4: Correspondent of the Timm) LEMBEKCT, JULY 23. There still seems to be some doubt in England as to whether the concessions proposed by the Western Powers to Russia on behalf of the Poles will, if Russia consents to make them, be accepted by the Poles, Not only the insurgents, but the men who direct the insurrection, the men who look on and approve the insurrection, and even the very few who look on and disapprove it, and who have whis pered from the beginning that no good could come of such a movement,—all agree in saying that no measures based on the Six Points will ever satisfy or even tranquillise Poland. The Poles may, and in the absence of an intervention doubtless will, be shot and sabred into submission; but the Six Points wi 1 not, cannot, and ought not to have any effect whatever upon their resolutions; for they possessed quite as much as is now asked for them before the insurrection began, and they know that they could have it all again, with a great deal more added, if they would only lay down their arms of their own accord, and for once admit the right of Russia to govern them. Ttie Poles of the Kingdom had re presentative institutions, a Polish administration, and entire rel gious freedom before the insurrection broke out. Tney had, moreover, just received an educational system immeasurably superior to any that had ever been known before in Poland, except during the period of fifteen years that elapsed be tween the formation of the Kingdom and the rising which led to the withdrawal of its constitution ; and there was even some probability—at least the project was entertained—of establishing a Polish University at Wilna, the capital of Lithuania. If the Russian Government were to abolish once more the University of Warsaw, close the eight new gymnasiums, and abandon, with the rest of the Marquis Wielopolski's scheme, his plan for founding village schools, it might then grant all the English, French, and Austrian demands, and, turning round to the Poies, say to them, " See what a position your friends have placed you in. There was some hope for you before, but there is none now ; and you have brought all this on your selves b y looking for sympathy and assistance to the west of Europe." The importance of the M ar q uis Wielopolski, s re• forms was called attention to in the Times when they were first introduced, but they had no effect in checking the progress of the insurrectionary move ment, and when once this movement had taken the form of open resistance it was out of the question to think of appeasing it by reforms of precisely the same character as these which had been already tried without success. The immediate cause of the insurrection was, as every one knows, the conscrip tion, or " proscription but as since 1831 the conscription in Poland has never been anything but a " proscription," they alone would not have pro voked the rising, which had been long in prepara tion, and was not a protest against any particular act or acts of tyranny, but rather against repeated attempts at conciliation made by a foreign and generally tyrannical Government. As long as the Poles suffer in pace no one cares w h a t happens to them. It is only when they rise in arms that Europe begins to ask what ails them ; and Europe has been informed this time that their great grievance is bad government, and, in par ticular, an unjust system of recruitment. The Poles, however, wanted, and want now, to shake off the Russian rule, which they hove never sub mitted to, except from compulsion, and which would be hateful to them even if it were very mace milder than it has ever been or is likely to be. The government of Alexander 11. may hive been very bad, but until the commence ment of the Warsaw demonstrations, and for some time afterwards, it was incomparably less severe than that of Nicholas, under whom, as was well understood on both sides, the slightest attempt at a " demonstration" would at once have been checked by artil.ery. Moreover, whatever the absolute value of the reforms introduced by the Russian Government may have been, it is quite certain that reforms as important as those now recommended by the. Western Powers were introduced, and that they did riot cause the demonstrations to cease for a day. Indeed, the Government was told fairly and openly by Count Andrew Z imeyski, the representative of the moderate party, that nothing less than the full execution of the promises made by Alexander I. in 1815 could give peace to Poland, while the extreme party announced with equal candour, through the publications of the Central Committee, that it would mike no terms whatever with Russia, and that its sole object was to liberate Poland from foreign op pression. Lord Russell's reference to the Emperor Alex ander's project for uniting the Russo-Polish pro vinces to the Duchy of Warsaw has caused many persons here to entertain a hope that the " Poland" on whose behalf the three Westerns Powers are writing Notes may, after all, be something more than the kingdom. Indeed, if Lord Russell thinks only of the kingdom, it is impossible to understand what he meant the other night in the House of Lords by saying that Russia had "attacked the religion and language of the Poles," and that the Poles might be induced to lay down their arms by the pro spect of obtaining an amnesty, free institutions, and " the use of their own language in their courts of ,justice." A formal law establishing "a legal and regular system of recruitment" already exists in the Kingdom of Poland, though, like other laws, it is not observed; but in the courts of justice the Poles of the kingdom not only have a right to use their own language, but, as a matter of fact, never use any other. In the newly established University, in the gymnasinoas, and schools and in all the public offices, Polish is the official medium of communica tion. Even during the reign of the Emperor Nicholas the national tongue was never seriously interfered with in the Kingdom, and since the ac cession of the present Emperor its use in all public affairs has been legalised and rendered obligatory. IS for th e C a holic religion it is no more " at tackedlan in the Kingdom of Poland than in Eng land. The ministers of that religion have recently been subjected übjcted to shameful persecutions for political but no attempt has ever been made to force the Poles of the Kingdom to abandon their faith. Even, the Greek Uniates in the Ruthenian districts o f the lngdom are suffered to remain Greek Um ate , still, of their religion ; provinces and enjoy the free exercise wher eas , i n Lith uan i a a n d in the Ru henian they have all been driven Russian into the fold of the tan Caurch. In short, to ask the Russians to sei3 e ett the national religion and language of the Pol es in b kingdom of Polani is to make a superfluou s and reallyunmeaning request ; but it would be a request o f the made in connection highest moment it Lithuania and the pro vinces of tL the e South. Th ere language and reli • atta cked, ; ion of the Poles are really diontatic notes a re t o :d, but t h ere (if ie to be m a d e to Lord Russell's speeches a n d b e ready literally) no attempt defend them. Unless the English, French, and Austrian —, addressed tn be ragarded as only the p relu des to furth r an o ` as es t h e most important of the comunications t o the Russian Governme nt on b ehalf of Poland is ot the letter from the Pop e, which reco mmends quite d a new state of thi n g s in the p rovinces incor porated with the Russian empire ; whereas the diplom a ti c Notes seem only to recommend the adoption in the Ki n gdom of what, in principle, has been already adopted. The religious question in the Russo-Polish provinces is of the highest importance, for there every member of the Latin Church is a Pole, and every member of the Greek Church a Russian. Pro fessor Salavieff, of the University of Moscow, lays it down as a principle in his " History of Russia," that Russia and P oland are separated only by re ligious frontiers—that as far as the Russian re ligion extends Russia extends, and that where the Catholic religion ceases to be in the ascendant there Poland ceases. Accordingly Russia advances her frontier towards the west whenever she compels Greek Uniates to abandon the union with Rome and to embrace " orthodoxy," and it is with a view to a rectification of frontiers that the Pope wishes to see full religious liberty introduced into all - the pro vinces of ancient Poland. The Pope declares that all the evils from which the Poles suffer arise from the persecution of the Catholic Church by the Russian Government; and a__ ;;.~ it is at least certain that this persecution has in jured and weakened Poland as a nation to a con siderable extent. Thus, since the first rtition, Poland has lost some eight or nine m Poles through forced conversions, and it sti. oses a cer tain number every year, for ix here a marriage takes place between a Catholic an • a Russo- Greek the children have to be brought up as Russo- Greeks. Perhaps Protestants are not aware that this rule applies also to the issue of marriages be tween Protestants and members of the Russian Church. The fact that such is the case induces the Poles to hope that the first time Russia can be got into a Conference she may be requested by the European Powers to introduce religious liberty into the Russian Empire in general. In this question ether nations are interested as well as the Poles ; but it is nevertheless in the Russo-Polish provinces alone, where members of the Western and Eastern churches live side by side, that it possesses any very great practical importance. In the kingdom of Poland, where the immense majority of the popu lation are Catholics, the unjust law on the subject of mixed marriages also exists, but it can scarcely be said that in this part of the ancient Polish Re public the Catholic religion is persecuted. Since the publication of the Russian reply to the English note, the Poles seem to have come to the conclusion that this note really means much more than appears on the surface, or th at otherwiseits very moderate demands (with the exception, per haps, of the armistice) would at once have been granted. Accordingly it is hoped, more than ever, that the diplomatic intervention may lead to a series of misunderstandings and complications which will at last leave the i n t er vening Powers no choice but to declare war against Russia. " Suppose," wrote the Czas, a few days age— " Russia should accept the six points and reject the armistice and the conference : would not the Powers be obliged to press these two propositions upon her in order to bring the question t o an i ssue ? But suppose she should agree to all the propositions, and that the Conference should meet ? In this care it will either busk up without any conclusion being arrived at—and we cannot possibly admit that this could be regarded as a reason for abandoning the cause of Poland—or it will come to some understand- ing, and then Poland will not accept the arrange ment based on the six points, but will go on fighting. Would the Powers, exasperated against Poland, abandon her altogether ? No; for they are not act ing on behalf of Poland, but on behalf of their own interests, as set forth in this formula : " The re-estab __— lishment of Poland in permanent conditions of peace." In the case supposed by us peace would be less easy to secure than ever, and the Powers would be obliged to propose other measures in order to attain their desired end." The new journal of the National Government en- titled Independance also contains an article on " the six points," in which the following passage occurs: —" For us there is no question of reforms, no ques tion of a greater or lesser amount of suffering—and greater there can scarcely be; what we are fightirg for is our life." hcleed, Poland is in the position of an injured wife, who will make any sacrifices to get free from the power of a husband whom she has always hattd and has endeavoured more than once to kill. She knows that she is now risking her existence against his, that he is ten times as strong as she is, and that in his heart, whatever he may say, he will never forgive her for seeking his destruction just when, for the first time in his lite, he waseng,iged in doing a good work, which seemed to absorb the whole of his energies. Tat chances of arranging this quarrel by prevailing upon the husband to make a small separate allowance to the wife, which the wife has declared she does not want, are certainly not very encouraging, and if we only attempt this we shall he attacked before long by wife and husband to gether, and shall be asked by the former what busi • ness we had to interfere in her quarrels and increase the wrath of her husband against her, if we had no intention of setting her fcee. JULY 24. In reference to some recent remarks of mine on the conduct of the Polish National Government in sentencing persons to death without trial I am now assured that at least no one has been condemned without being formally accused, nor without having had an opportunity afforded him of c'efending him self. A trial has always been offered under un favourable circumstances no doubt ; but neverthless, the offer has been made. My informant also requests me to observe that the Polish National Go vernment, being at war with Russia, has a right to take such measures as the General of a Polish army in campaign against the Russians would, by the or dinary military law, have a right to adopt. The commander of a regiment marching against the enemy if he found a traitor in his ranks would, in the first place, shoot the traitor, and in the second place would present himself before a court-martial to account for having in an arbitrary manner caused him to be shot. The Polish National Government will I am told, but cannot believe, be prepared at a fitting time to maintain and prove the justice of all its sanguinary and eminently revolutionary pro ceedings, which are the more remarkable from the fact that the best men in Poland are most anxious that their cause should not be confounded with that of revolution in genera l. But if even the right of private assassination be conceded to the Poles (and to deny it would be to give prove of a sadly illiberal and unsympathetic nature) they ought at least to be careful not to kill the wrong man. After the arrest of Grunt Severin Borkowski, at Lemberg, a photographer was sur rounded in the street and murdered on suspicion of having " denounced" the Count to the police. lam assured now, by persons who are well acquainted with all the circumstances under which Count Bor kowski was arr es t e d , t h at the sa i d photographer had nothing to do with the matter ; and moreover, that when the "revision" took place at Count Borkow ski's house nothing of a compromising character was found. The fact is, no denunciations are neces sary, for it is well known that almost every edu cated man in Galicia has taken some active part in helping the insurrection, and that every one, without exception, who is in the receipt of an income has contributed towards its expenses. The Austrian Government would soon count its prisoners by tens of thousands if it under took to confine all parsons whom it had a r i g ht t o suspect of having given aid to the national move ment. As it is, the police arrest from time to time some man of distinction, and keep him in prison by of example to the others. They have, gene rally speakin , s, no proofs that these selected victims have broken the law, but they feel that it is quite impossible that men like the Sapiehas and the Borkowskis should not be doing their utmost to promote the liberation of their country. It has been said that Prince Adam Sapieha had /something to do with the departure of the Volhynian expedi tion. As at least 5,000 men were connected with it one way or another, it Is quite possible that the Prince may have been one of the number. Nevertheless, after his house had been thoroughly searched from top to bottom, neither arms, nor ammunition, nor even a scrap of paper could be discovered on which to base an accusation. Re is at this moment, like many others, confined B i 4l Ply on suspicion. As he is in bad health, it is hoped that in a few d a y s h o ma y b e lib er ated on bail,the andallowed t o go to some watering place in Austrian dominions, but this is by no means certain. l t ' h wiheb.kazgriar viioGiaotveedrnimts own tm a may fairly in a y tbhee matter charged of thes e arrests ; but afyercincenunwsai tons of quite another character have l ately b ma r which e a v e a r r , e a c s u s a e a n b t a i a r e r l d a friend by th e P o l es an d a ' number of p retended s th of P o l an d agains t it, out r, fo t u h n a d t, at h io a n d , t a h n ey d not at last found their w into tability, I should thi n k it useless t narnals o a r n r y e t s h p i n n ; ve been • about them. I have se en some (ac;stheseyadha canards i started, have watched their flight, an astonished to find hospitality afforded tothem places where they ought never to h ave been aldn mitted. It is such an advantage fo r P oland to- - „ey h have one of the partitioning Powers on its side that, if the wisest men in the country have any influence over the most foolish, they ought certainly to exer cise it in order to prevent the circulation of calum nies against their newly made friend. It is quite THE SON, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1863, The Murder of a Girrat Islington. William Henry Clarke, the young man who stands charged with feloniously killing and slaying Elizabeth Hunter, at Greenman's-lane, Islington, on the night of the 30th of March in last year, was again placed at the bar of the Clerkenwell Police Court, before Mr. Barker, for re-exa mination, ..iN Ir . h that Clarke,at as h tea case addressing s ew n the o Court, stoo d a saidndhwe with d r theefer honourreference to to be instructed by the solicitor to th e T reasury. He had tostate the evidence of the little girl, sister of the deceased, it was not the intention of the Crown to proceed further against the prisoner upon the charge of murder. The evidence at present given was not sufficient to entitle them to ask for a committal. The police had no further evidence to justify them in asking for a remand, nor did there appear to be any prospect of obtaining further evidence to substantiate the charge. But, in withdrawing this charge he had to submit to them other charges shoe in;; that on three occasions the prisoner had been guilty of indecent conduct towards chil dren of a youthful age. One of these cases was th a t o f hi s co nduct towards a girl named Mary An n B axter, towards w hom he behaved indecently in the greenhouse. Na com plaint was made by the mother to bring the prisoner to jus tice, but upon Re we, the prisoner's master, having a com munication with the prisoner, the latter made te confession, and nothing further was done , That was one of the ch a rg e s he had been directed to bring under the magistrate's consi deration. Another charge he had to press, but he sh o uld not be in a position to proceed with it that clay. It was that of a girl named Lambert, residing at 9, Oxford-street, New North-road. He mentioned this circumstance that it might be known that this chat ge would also be included in the indictment which would be preferred against the prisoner. It was a charge similar to the previous one, with the excep tion that he asked this child to take a letter for him, and took her to a nursery-giouad in Marlborough-road (in stead of William-street) which was also in the occupa tion of Rowe, and the prisoner on that occasion endea voured to commit an indecent assault. He was taken into custody, but the charge was not pressed, as the father of the child had a reluctance to do so. The third charge was ene of more recent date. lie was instructed that in May of the present year the prisoner took a child named Sophia Quin to a shop, put her upon his knee, and was guilty of some indecency towards her. She screamed and ran away. This case would depend upon the girl identifying the pri soner. These were the charges which he brought under toe notice of the magistrate, in order that the prisoner might be committed for trial. Mary Ann Baxter said—l am 12 years of age. Igo to school on a .-unclay. I reside at 3, Concord-bui:dings, Lower-road, and have done so fur some years. One night, at about a quarter to 10, I was going with a little girl to get some beer at the George IV. publichuuse,when the prisoner said to me, " Little girl, will you take a letter to 19, William saeet ?.' I said I would. I etas then in George-street, which is the first turning on the left from William-streer. He did not give me a letter. He took hold of my hand, and walked by my side. He took me into the nursery gardens. The nursery gardens open into William-street. When there ho took me into a room and locked the door. I think the door was unlocked when he went there, He then made use of a bad expression, and I screamed and halloaed, and he said if I was not quiet he would cut my -- throat. I still continued calling out, and he took me into another room, which was all glass. He got a handkerchief with black and white spots, but I do not know what ha was going to do with it He put it over my face, and I pushed it away. I still continued caldng out, and he said if I made less noise he would let me cut. At first he said would give me ld. He c fiend it to me when he got into the first room, but I would not take it. After that he offered me a 4d. bit, which I threw on the floor. (The witness explained that he wanted to take improper liberties with her, as he had done in the first room.) It was then (she addea) that he offered me the -Id. piece. I screamed, and hall aed for him to let me out, He unlocked the door, and 1 went out. I went up the gar den, and lie came up the garden and let me into the street. 1 went home and told my mother what had occurred. Louisa, the other girl, went home when I went into the garden. Cress -examined by Mr. Dicleie—He did not put his hand above my knee. Ho did not hurt me. Ido not remembe r the dress he had on. I next saw him about six weeks after wards. I remembered hue because of his face. I then told my sister of what had occurred. Mrs. Caroline Ann Baxter said—l am a widow and a charwoman. The previous witness lives with me. I recol lect she made a complaint to me sometime in October, 1861. She told me where she had been, and said :hat a young man had behaved indecently towards her. Mr. Alexander (second clerk) --I cannot take that. It is not evidence. . . . Mr. Cmrke, as counsel for the Crown —I think it Witness cominut d—ln consequence of that I went to the house in William .street. Some days after I saw Mr. Rowe in the nursery gardens. I made a complaint to him. I taw the prisoner close against Mr. Rowe in the garden. He was near enough to hear the complaint I made; I asked how it was that that young man took the child down the garden, and what he wanted to do with her. Mr. Rowe said, " I don't think he is guilty." H e asked the prisoner some ques tions, and said to him, ~ Have you done such a thing ?" and the defendant said, No." I had asked Mr. Rowe in the prisoner's presence how he dared to take the liberty of tak ing my daughter down the garden and using her in that shameful manner. I did not charge the prisoner with any thing, as he had not hurt the child. The child was at my elbow, Mr. Rowe wrote down what my daughter said, and what he said, but 1 do not recollect what it was. I went away and left the prisoner with Mr. Rowe in the garden. Cross-examined —lt was five or six days after my daugh ter complained to me that I saw the prisoner. A witness named Curzon proved that he went with the last witness to the nursery-ground, Mr. George Rowe, of *,;B, Sherborne street, Downhatn road, said—ln October, 1851, I occupied a nursery ground in William-street. The defendant was then in my service. I recollect Mrs. Baxter and Mr. Curzon coming to my garden on the 9th of October. The defendant was there when they came. He was there when complaint was made to me of his conduct towards the child. The following statement I wrote in the presence of the prisoner :—" Wed nesday, 9th of October. —William took the child into the seed shop and locked the door and opened the greenhouse door, and took her in there, and put his handkerchief against her month. She called out. Then he opened the door and took her up to the street door, let her out, and she ran away. William saw her first at the corner of George -street and asked her to take a letter to 19, William-street, to the nursery. Louisa Paterwood was with her, and saw him and told her mother of it, who lives at 23, Rotherfield-street: I went on after him, and he said Come along.' He did not give me a letter. On reachin g the garden he opened the door, and I went awa y down after h im." That was not the that he had b een charged with taking l e 'i g ra reenhouse, but he mos t so l emn l y d en i e d t o witness th a t h e was innocent. On the first I heard of the transaction, for Mr. Curzon t o ld me o f it the following day. I have repeatedly s p o k en to the prisoner na f r shouldthe teke motherh tim u h p e t o little the girl motherhad fbe theen g i rl mem tioned in the paper, an d if h e was id ent i f i e d ia a t b , at u nt at de i tc. girllll e s id a n i tG d o o t t d o h little 9 t h e r o e , f l Oc told I should hand h im over to the police. I also told him the mother of the ch ild had said that if he confessed she would be h r i , not press the charge. After that he did confess. Cross-examined —l have understood that all he did was to put his handkerchief over her mouth. Mr. Clarke said that was the case for the prosecution on this charge. Mr. Dickie said that a great deal of extraneous matter had been imported into this case, through the inquiry at this Coroner's Court. He felt certain that the jury would acquit the prisoner of a criminal assault, and he asked the magistrate t f grant a discharge. Mr. Barker said it was a case he should not think of withdrawing from a jury, Sophia Allen, aged 8, said—A short time ago I was in Bishopsgate-street. It was in last May, on a Saturday, just when the lamps were lit at night. I was going home from following the chimney sweepers, who were dressed up at the time. In Bishopsgate-street a man spoke to me. I saw the prisoner, and picked him out from among a number of other men as the man that spike to me. He asked me if that was Bishopsgate-street, and I said, "Yes." He asked m e other questions, and theu took me to a iced cream shop. He held my hand, and walked with me to the shop. He had an ice, and gave me a spoonful of it. He put mo on his knee, and I was sitting there when he gave me the ice. [The witness then described the indecent and improper liberties taken by the prisoner.] She added—l kicked and screamed, and ran away, leaving him in the shop. He did not hurt me. In cross-examination the witness said—There were no other persons in the shop but ourselves and the men that served. I complained to my mother when I went home. I had never seen him before that night. Police -sergeant Robert Adams, 63 City Police, said— I know the ice shop spoken of. I heard of this affair on the 2d of May, a complaint being made by the father at the station. On the 24th July the prisoner was placed among several others at the Islington Police-station. The prisone r was not pointed out to the witness. Inspector Wiseman said, "Do you see anybody here that you know ?" At that time she had her eye en the prisoner, and she said "No." She afterwards said that the prisoner was the man, and pointed him out. Cross-examinee'—The master of the shop did not recog nise the prisoner. The prisoner said he thought it was very hard that he should be committed on this charge, as he could prove that ott the day named he was at another place from 10 o'clock iu the morning until 10 o'clock at night. Mr. Dicke said that under those circumstances he should ask for an adjournment. He thought that every leniency sbi uld be shown to the prisoner, who had been charged with the commission of a most dreadful crime, and that without the slightest tittle of evidence to support the alle gation. Mr. Barker said that, whatever evidence might be ad duced, he should feel it his duty to send the case for the consideration of a jury. Mr. Dickie said that as the prosecution which was taken up by the Government had failed, he hoped that the magis trate would take bail. No jury would convict, for it must be evident to every one that, had not the prisoner been true that the Austrian police has arrested in an arbitrary and illegal manner numerous persons sus pected of having aided the insurrection, and it seizes arms wherever they are to be found, and systemati Bally imprisons insurgents taken with arms in their hands. In short, Austria does more than Russia has a right to expect from her, though, at the same time, far less than she might do were she disposed to exercise all possible means for helping her former a:ly. Bat that the Governor of Galicia connived with Russia to let Wysocki's expedition go into Volhynia to its destruction can be shown to be false ; and that Colonel Kunsti, who commands at Brody, informed General Kreuter, who com mands at Radziwillow, when and where the expedi tion was to cross cannot be shown to be true. These are the two great charges now made against the Austrian Government or against its agents, and of course neither Count Mensdorff nor Col. Kunsti can well come forward to disprove them. It has been stated by the Cracow correspondent of a Breslau paper that Count Mensdorff, alter consult ing the Russian Government as to what he should do with the two thousand insurgents destined for Volhynia, was requested to let them enter, and than thereupon he allowed them to form in the woods, to remain there three weeks un molested, and only a t th e l ast moment made show of wishing to prevent their passage on to Rus sian territory. Falling into the lowest depths of the :ridiculous, the Cracow corespondent adds that Count Mensdorff, Governor of a province, ex-Am bassador, a General in the Austrian service, went himself to Brody, and " placing himself at the head of a patrol," pursued the insurgents in the 'etoods, and captured from them a quantity of old clothes. A French paper, after citing this non sense, remarks with much naivete, " Ceci n'a pas besoin de commentaire." hdeed, the only part of the statement worth commenting upon is that in which it is asserted that the insurgents had time given to them to form in the woods, whereas I can testify that they had to take the greatest precaution to get to the woods at all; that they were obliged to start for the frontier the moment they received their arms, and that the Austrians did not evk, u give them time to learn how to load their rifles, If the Austrians are thought to have made great efforts to prevent the departure of an expedition they are accused of undue severity ; if they are sus pected (however unreasonably) of having favoured its departure they are charged with having played into the hands of Russia. As for Colonel Knnsti's letter to the Russian General at Radziwillow the Gazeta Narodowa of Lemberg, after declaring that this pretended letter was in its pcssession, has abstained from publishing it, though challenged to do so by the efficial journals of Lemberg and Cracow, which affirm positively that no such document exists, or has ever existed. The Gazeta Narowdowa promised to send the epistle in question for publication to a French newspaper ; and now the Opinion Nationale affirms gravely that it has received it, and yet does not print one word of it, though it can find space for a long letter from the Russian Consul at Brody to General Kreuter, in which nerning at all rerre.rklble occurs. It is not for Colonel Kunsti to show that he has not been in corresponds nee with the Russians. It is fur those who luzard such an accusation against him to show that they have Lot done so without any sort of pro:f. AFTER THE BATTLE. The correspondent of the New York limes writes from Gettysburg on Thursday, the 9th of July " Most of the army surge ins moved on with the troops, and the few remaining here are working night and dey, but there are hundreds of wounded men not yet reached, especially among the wounded rebels. It has been impossible to even cover some hundreds of the latter, for they yet lie, drenched with rain, on the ground where they were deposited by the ambulances. Their broken limbs and torn bodies are swelled and festering, The benevolent associations are to-day doing all they can for them, which is little more than administering stimulants and a little food. An army of nurses and immense quantities of spirits, brandy, whisky, wine, ex tract of ginger, &c., are wanted at once. Fresh bread and other food are greatly needed. The country around is nearly cleaned out, Despicable men are coining money from those who fell wounded while fighting to defend them, charging 2 dole, per gallon for milk, 50c. for small loaves of fresh bread, 2 dole. and 10 dole. for carry ing to the village those able to be moved and to pay for it. But the worst is to be told. The Surgeon General telegraphed to Governor Curton that there are regular army surgeons enough, and stopped volunteer surgeons. There is room for a hundred ! I protested against this, and it was replied that the volunteer surgeons on such occasions came as gentle. men, were unwilling to do the drudgery of dressing wounds, but must stand at the table and attend to capital operations.' Shame upon this feeling. Here are hundreds, if not thousands, of undressed wounds, five days old, many of them of the severest kind. The department or somebody is responsible for the suffering endured, the lives and limbs lost for want of early care. The poor suffering Confederates, while they moaned piteously, and begged for some care as soon as it could be given, were yet quite patient at the cruel delay, for they readily acknowledge that they took care of their men first. But,' said a noble-looking North Carolinian to me, it ain't my fault ; I didn't want to go out, but was forced into the army.' Both his legs were shattered by a Minie ball, and he has lain in the same position since Saturday, with nothing but a little soup, and had not a dry thread on him. I doubt if to this hour his wounds have been dressed. There are not nurses, wound dressers, &c,, enough to go round. The surgeons say the wounds far exceed in number and in severity any previous battle of the war. The rebel wounded are yet being found and brought in from many miles around, as their armies occupied the country to the west and south-west for a good distance. Many of the wounded are left by the wayside, in the houses, in the woods, and not a few crowded into the bushes, and are only found by hearing their moanings. The contest was waged over a space one and a half to two miles wide and five to six miles long, almost every one of which gives evidence of the sanguinary conflict. Few trees escaped the marks of bullets, shells, or cannon balls. The rain, falling literally in torrents, had washed down many of the rifle pit embankments that stretch for miles, and the cut-up ground is much levelled, but the tens of thousands of arms, broken and unbroken, of equipments, clothing, &c., are scattered everywhere. Heaps of clothing and battle accoutrements are washed into the lower end of the gullies. The graves, now singly, now in groups of two, five, 10, and in one case 50, are to be seen along a space of five miles. You cannot get out of the sight and smell of dead horses in the fields, in the roads, on the hills, and in the gullies —go where you will, from a mile or more east of the village to three or four miles south-west, and on a space averaging over two miles wide. The horses, bloated to twice the and e c o o v v e e r re o d r to rid o ow whiteness it.counted ss with a vorms, natural ll be siz hard e, to 50 within a space of half an acre near Gen. Meade's headquarters. The relic gatherers by hundreds are at work, and thousands of mementoes are already carried of. Full benefit of reduced duty obtain e d by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea ; very ch o i ce at 3s 4 d . an d 4s. "High Standard" at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Sd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. [ADVERTISEMENT 3 —Consumption, all nervous, bilious, liver, and stomach complaints, in every stage, are only ag gravate i and accelerated by drugs of every description, but 1 erfec,ly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 82,914. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had abandoned all hope of her recovery from the last stage of pulmonary consumption, with Parini cough, expectoration, exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cheeks, emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, blooming, fleshy girl.—N. Lange, Commissaire de Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Fernley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 4 7, 121 . Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, Tttherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, No. 64,918• The Rev. James T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, c 4 Indigestio n an d t orp idi ty of the liver, which had resisted all medical indigestion , s; 51b,ton, l it i eget treebs, 22s;t 241 b, 40s. Barry treatment . In tins, 11b, 2s 9d; 21b, du Barry and CJ., No. 77, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and chests in every town of the United Kingdom. charged with the serious crime of murder, he would not had these cases brought against him. He could put in re spectable securities for the prisoner's appearance at the trial. Mr. Barker said he expected such an application would be made, he would take bail, the prisoner himseli in the sum of 100 ; and, a- there were two charges, he should require four sureties in the sum of £25 each. Mr. Dickie said that the charges were slight and the prisoner poor, and therefore he hoped that the magistrate would reduce the amount of bail. Mr. Barker declined to accede to the application. The prisoner again protested his innocence, and was re moved. Tribute to George Cruikshank, The following beautiful and nobly well-deserved tribute is offered to the genius of George Cruikshank, in the newly published (August) number of Blackwood : " George Cruikshank is still among us. The same hand which, before the commencement of this century, had twined its infant fingers round the ebony shaft of the etch ing-needle, claiming as its own, with the sure instinct of genius, the sceptre of its future away, the rod which was to bend spirits to its command, is now busily plying its skill to reproduce on copper the greatest protest wherein its owner has recorded his undying declaration of war against the demon " Drink." If the title of a man to the gratitude of his race, to rank as a philanthropist and a benefactor, de pends on the amount of happiness and innocent pleasure which he has bestowed upon others, the name of George Cruikshank is entitled to a high place amongst the worthies of the nineteenth century. Of the millions who, since his labours began, have been horn into the world, fretted their hour, and passed away, or who, like the writer of these pages, still remain when their sun has far passed its meri dian—of those who, day by day, are rising into manhood, and of the numbers greater yet who will arise when that active brain is at rest and that busy hand is still--how many have reason to bless the name of George Cruikshank How many peals of infant laughter must ring their sweet music in his ears—how many beds of pain find sickness has he cheered—hop many hearths has he brightened I Well do we remember, in the days of our own boyhood, how one gentle spirit, which has, long, long years ago, taken its flight to heaven, would liagar with delight which made it forgetful of pain over the creations of his fancy, and trace, with hands almost transparent in their whiteness and their slenderness, the frolics of the elves and imps of German fairy story. Long may George Cruikshank enjoy the well earned pride of looking back over half a century gladdened by his genius, and the satisfaction which he may honestly teal from the conviction that no thought which the sternest moralist could condemn has ever been awakened by his pencil I A RAILWAY ADVENTURE. Some time ago a lady, while on her way from Scotland to Dresden with her two daughters and their governess, met with the following curious adventure :—A few hours before reaching their destinadon, the train stopped to allow passengers to partake of refreshments. At this time the ladies, not intending to move, were politely in vited by a gentleman from another compartment to alight, but declining to do so he offered to bring them something from the refreshment .room. The lady not wishing to be indebted to a stranger, and, besides, not liking his appear ance, preferred that she and her party should, like the other travellers, go by themselves. Having ordered an extra cup of coffee, in case any of her party should wish it, she was a little annoyed by the stranger coming to their table and requesting to be allowed to take the dis engaged cup. Of course the lady could not refuse. The stranger walked away and drank the coffee at an other table. In the meantime the lady, forgetting all about him, paid for what she had ordered. A few minutes afterwards he again came forward, and, thanking her, laid down the price of his coffee. As they had still some little time to wait ere the train started, the ladies, accompanied by this officious gentleman, walked up and down the plat. form till the bell should ring. The ladies, returning to their seats, and being the sole occupants of a first class compart ment, did not well know how to get rid of their companion without appearing rude, especially as he seemed desirous of being invited to take his seat beside them. Fortunately the wind solved the difficulty by slamming the door imme diately on their being seated, and they flattered them selves that they were now freed from his attentions. At the next station, however, he again turned up, and ear• nestly begged to be allowed to take his seat beside them, as it was now getting dark, and he felt so lonely. Mrs courteously consented to his wish, knowing, of course, that she had no power to prevent his getting in. The train had no sooner moved off than the stranger pre sented his card, and immediately began rattling away at a complete history ,f himself and his travels, mentioning that he had his eyes on the ladies' party for a considerable time. We may mention that the guard had been very attentive to Mrs. and her daughters during the fore part of the journey, and had frequently inquired after their comfort, but since being joined by the stranger they had not again seen him. To their dismay, the man told them that the cause of the guard's non. appearance for a length of time was his having drugged him freely with strong liquor to keep him out of the way. Mrs. --'s suspicions were now thoroughly aroused, whilst her daughters and their companion sat trembling, and fervently wish ing they were at their journey's end. Still talking inces santly, and the darkness increasing, he struck a light, and, stooping down, took from his portmanteau a six-barrelled revolver, which he informed the ladies was his only luggage. They were horrified; but Mrs. with admirable pre sence of mind, feigned a curiosity to examine the dangerous weapon, blandly saying that she took a great interest in the mechanism of fire-arms, and would like to look at it more closely. Unsuspectingly he handed it to her, when she, finding it loaded, immediately thrust it out of the window, still holding it firmly in her right hand, indignantly telling the fellow that he was a villain to terrify the ladies in such a manner, and that he deserved the most severe punish ment. Astonished at the unexpected intrepidity of the lady his former rattling loquacity completely forsook him, and he sat mute till they reached the terminus, which they were now rapidly approaching. Unfortunately their meagre ac quaintance with the language of the country prevented them doing more than simply making known to the railway officials the imminent danger they had escaped. The culprit had meanwhile vanished in the crowd; but faithful pro mises were given that immediate steps should be taken to discover and apprehend him. The reader will not be surprised that the terrified ladies on reaching their hotel burst into tears, and fervently thanked God for their providential escape. it will probably be recollected that, about two years ago, a great sensation was caused throughout Europe by a French nobleman having been shot and robbed in a railway carriage. These facts, which have only recently been made known to us, occurring shortly before, lead us to suspect that there is a close connection between the two events.—Caledonian Mercury. THE INDIA CIVIL SERVICE, The following is a list of the successful competi tors in the recent open competition for the India Civil Service: — George Smeaton 3200 Benjamin Purser Edward Keats Lidderdale John William Neill Charles Montgomery Rivaz .. 2310 Frederick d'Olbert Bullock 2244 Francis P. Beachcroft Richard Wylme Trafford 2064 Abraham William Stogdon .. 2011 John William Gardiner John Revsns Hallet Robert Fulton Rampini George Jasper Nichols Frederick Yenning Frederic William Richards Fryer Thomas Creswick Huddlestone Thomas Edward Ellison .... William Frederic Murray 1779 William Fitzpatrick Meres George James Spence Hodgkinson Alexander Manson 1747 Henry Hicks Hocking 1738 Hamilton, Winkup Gordon.. James Maurice Pears Thomas Francis Flynn O'Donnell l7ll Septimus Smet Thorburn 1707 M ontagu Bernard Baker Edward Cordeaux William Bushe Power John Sturrock Reginald Digby Starkey Robert Rice.. . ........... Lorne Augustus Campbell Henry Gribble Turner Henry Bidewell Grigg Gustavus Julius Charles Hare Charles George Blathwayt William Alexander Happell 1625 Thomas Von Donop Hardinge George Ayerst .... John Jardine.. John Persse Lambert .. Satyendra Nath. Fagcre .............. 1574 Edward Wolfenden Colons 1572 George Francis Mytton Grant............ 1566 Charles Augustus Bird .................. 1663 Andrew Lyon ..... 1557 Edward Gibson John Lee Warner 1544 Henry William Wellesley Francis Edward Hall Edward Parry Eardley Wilmot 1516 John Nugent .. 1516 Edward Turner .. Edward Noel Overbury David Buick Kenneth Mackenzie Pughe 1494 Arthur Johnston Breeks Atkinson 1491 George Kennaway Chamberlain 1461 Herbert Frederick Clogstown 1456 The Archwological Institute of Great Bri- taro and Ireland, On Wednesday evening a special meeting of the Section of History was held in the County-hall, Rochester, um ier the preciden+•y of the Very Rev. the Dean of Chichester, when there was again a numerous attendance. The first paper was read by Mr.W. B. Rye,assistant keeper of printed books at the British Museum, on " Visits to Rochester and Chatham by Royal and Distinguished Personages,English and Foreign, between the years 1300 and 1783." In the description of the Royal and other visits paid to Rochester, Mr. Rye gave interesting details of the visits of Edward, Henry V., Henry VIII., Queen Elizabeth, James I.,King Christian IV., Prince Henry, the King of Bohemia,Charles I. and 11, Peter the Great, Hogarth, and Dr. Johnson, the last-mentioned of whom spent some time in the city a short period before his death. After an interesting discussi non the subject of the paper, in which the names of other Royal and illustrious personages were given as having visited the city prior to the period not included in Mr. Rye's paper,the Rev. J. L. Warner read a paper on " Some hitherto unpub lished passages in the life of John Warner, Bishop of Rochester." This estimable prel ►te lived in the early por tion of the 17th century, and was chiefly distinguished for his uncompromising fidelity to the Royal cause, and remarkable as being almost the only bishop who held his see both before and after the Commonwealth. Yesterday the members of the Institute proceeded by special train from Rochester to Sevenoaks, and the day was occupied in visiting the Mote, at Ightham, the residence of Luard ; St. Leonard's Tower, the ruins of Mailing Abbey, and Leybourne Castle and Church. By special invitation of the Marquis Camden, president of the Institute, the members partook of luncheon at Wilderness-park, the hospitable mansion of the noble marquis. Last evening a conversazione was held at the museum of the Institute. Corn Exchange, which was attended by the principal archsealogists of the country, and most of the members of the Institute. The programme for to-day (Friday) in cludes meetings of sections of history, antiquities, and architecture at the Guildhall, at 10 o'clock; after which Prof. Willis will deliver a discourse on Rochester Cathedral, at the termination of which he will accompany the visitors in an examination of the structure, explaining its remark able features, conventual arrangements, &c. In the even ing the meeting of sections will be held in the County Court Hall. To-morrow (Saturday) is set apart for a visit to Leeds Castle, the hospitable Mansion of Mr. C. Wykeham Martin, after which the Institute will visit Maidstone, and inspect the fine old church—the architectural features of which will be explained by Mr. Beresford -Hope--together with the ancient college, Chillington House, the Charles Museum,and the museum of the Kent Archeological Society. FASHIONS FOR AUGUST. (From Le Follet.) In the same degree as the season advances, so the Telma establishes itself with undoubted authority, and we expect that in another month it will reign almost exclusively. It must of admitted that its form is equally convenient and graceful. The talma if often made of the same material as the dress, or in white or black woollen lace, black taffetas, and even tulle. The -black lace talma must be trimmed with a gar niture of guipure. The tulle talma, so suitable for very warm days, is covered with several rows of caduated laces, each headed with a narrow ruche or passementorie. Care should be taken not make these frills to full. Before writing about gauze dresses, which constitue, wore less, a visiting toilette, it is well to enter into some particu lars relative to la mode of the present time, the distinguish lag style of which is in some years the classical, in others the picturesque. The fashionables of this day have adopted the Louis XV. style—the raised skirt over a coloured petticoat. The long trains no longer sweep the dust or mud from our streets : shoes, boots, and stockings, must, therefore, form an essen tial part of our toilette. Some ladies have been seen in Rus sian leather boots, laced up the front with leather tassels, and high heels. The petticoats, also, should suit in colour the dresses with which they are worn. The most useful petticoat is of white English wool, with a band of bright plaid. _ _ Pardessus are made to fit the back, and open in front, trimmed on the shoulder with floating ribbons, jockeys of passementerie, black lace, or guipure. Robe of taffetas, of the new shade of brown, trimmed with insertions placed zigzag, and in each hollow a chou of nar row brown velvet. Corsage a basque postilion, edged with insertion, Sleeves with elbow. Bows of velvet on the front of the body, and others up the seam of the sleeve, between rows of insertion. Bonnet of crinoline, with crape curtain covered with blace lace, Wheat-ears and corn, tied with black velvet ribbon, and long floating ends of the same, ornament one side of the crown. Robe of corn-flower blue taffetas, trimmed with pink flounces, separated by broad chicorees. The body is trimmed with narrow chicorees. Robe of taffetas, in checks of black and white, trimmed over the hem with a broad guipure insertion over white rib bon. The body is trimmed to match. Belgian straw bon net, with a fanchon of spotted black tulle, forming a Marie Stuart point in front, trimmed with small rosebuds. Robe of white takou, with a broad band of violet taffetas, trimmed with a wide braid placed above the hem. Collet to match. Crir oline bonnet, with curtain to match the trimmings on the robe; tufts of violets,anemones, and green grass, placed on the summit, Robe of mohair,of the gera'da shade, crossed with threads of black. A goffered flounce, about 6 inches wide, with e band of blue taffetas edged with black braid ; above this is a row of pattes of taffetas, about 3 inches apart. The body has a basque behind, and waistcoat front trimmed to imitate an open jacket with ruches of the same material as the dress, surmounted by an ornament of taffetas much narrower than that on the skirt. Straw bonnet, trimmed with blue bells. This last dress is suitable for a very young lady. Another, of the same description, is of grey takou, trimmed with five rows of black velvet above the hem. The body trimmed to match, forming a postilion jacket. The sleeves are cut with an elbow and drawn in at the bot tom. Tho collet is trimmed to match the dress. An exceedingly pretty dress is of pale drab or lemon coloured mohair, trimmed with graduated velvets on the bottom of the skirt and collet. Narrow stripes and checks are not much used for young ladies' dresses. Ihe bodies are cut low and square in front, with bouffant sleeves, and worn over a chetnisette of tucked muslin with puffed sleeves. White dresses are much worn. Plain mashies are made with three goffered flounces, or one broader with a bouil lonne above, or, still more fashionably, with ornaments of black guipure. Muslin dresses over blue, lilac, or pink taffetas, are be coming quite in demand. These robes are made high, and the camail, or scarf, is lined with the same colour as the skirt. The bottom of the skirt is trimmed in various styles, sometimes with fluted flounces with a heading, or with a simple hem, an insertion of Valenciennes, or guipure mixed with narrow frills of muslin. These robes of organdi, lined with colours, are worn for carriage drives, wedding visits, or evening dress. A broad sash of taff.tas, fringed at the ends, is now worn with this toilette. White alpacas, or foulard Shanghai, are trimmed with coloured flounces, or braided in colours. Plaid taffetas is also used as trimmings on white alpaca. The burnous, the camail, and the paletot are made of the same material as the dress. These should be accompanied by the postilion hat of grey straw, with coloured feathers. The organdi dresses over coloured silk are always worn with rice-straw, crinoline, chip, tulle, crape, or Italian straw bonnets, lightly and elegantly trimmed. We have noticed a very elegant sea-side dress of leather coloured taffetas, trimmed with a band of real leather, with steel edgings, below which was a deep fringe of thick silk, nearly reaching the bottom of the skirt. The body, which was ornamented with leather bands to match the skirt, was opened over a waistcoat of plaited cambric, with a jabot of lace placed on the edge of a rich insertion. Flat sleeves, open to the elbow, trimmed to match. A leather purse, or namented with steel studs, was suspended to the leather belt. A Coligny hat, of Italian straw, with the edge covered with velvet of the same shade as the dress. A feather to match, turned round one side, was attached to the crown by a band of leather, fastened with steel clasps in front. The following is very elegant and suitable for full dress. A robe of mauve taffetas, trimmed on the skirt with bou quets of mauve and white feathers, mixed with chenille These bouquets appear to be fastened on the skirt by an in sertion of Chantilly lace, tied like a ribbon bow, a Louis XV., at the bottom of each bouquet. The insertion is edged with white taffetas. Corsage Senorita, open over a plain body, buttoned up the front. A splendid burnous of Chantilly lace is worn over this toilette. which Is completed by a mauve crape bonnet, trimmed with white and mauve feathers and black lace. Grenadines are much admired both for their excellence and lightness. A simple and elegant dress is composed of pearl-grey taffetas, with long train, ar.d the indispensable goffered frill at bottom; plain high body, and scarf of the same material, with the plaits at the neck fastened down with ribbon bows, and edged round with guipure ; a deep frill of viral" ) a ll round the scarf. A second robe, of maize-coloured tussu Mexicaitt. The bottom of the skirt is trimm.d above the hem with a broad insertion of antique guipure, placed over white taffetas. A burnous of the same material, with an insertion all round ; the hood composed of guipure, Hued with white taffetas. The tassels of floss silk are placed at distances up the coif, so as to fall over the back of the head when raised. Shaded feathers are much used as ornaments on bonnets. Flowers are generally adopted. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— In diseases of the skin and its glands the functions of the body become gradually depressed through the blood be coming tsinted and the nerves being irritated, h ence ar i ses the nece ss ity of using Holloway's remedies in the earliest stages of these affections before they have inn ocu l ate d t h e system. M -fly scrofulous patients. who hav e b een com pletely cu ed of their revolting sections heartily recom mend Holloway's ointment and pills to th e cons i derat i on of all fellow-sufferers. Atter fomentation the ointment should be rubbed twice a day on the affected p arts. Th e p ill s should be taken while the unguent is a p p l ie d —t h ey ass i st in the work of purification, and facilitate the removal of all poisonous and obnoxious matters from the body. THE BALLOT SOCIETY. The weekly meeting of the committee was held on Tueeday last. TLe following aubseriptions were r(Torled :—T. Stein Fr, ;W. H. Roberts, £2 10s. ; Robertson Gladstone, £1 ls.; P. Cullin, £1 18., and several smaller sums. The following letter was read from M. Emile 011ivier, one of the recently elected representatives for the City of Paris, in reply to one which had been sent to him from the committee :—" No one in France doubts that the ballot is a security of liberty and independence, and that it constitutes an indepensable condition to the true expression of universal suffrage. Since 1852 the Liberals have not ceased to employ all their efforts to secure egainst the tricks of, the agents of the Govern ment the genuineness of the secret vote. The feeling on this point amongst us is so unanimous and so strong, that after the coup cietat the present Emperor, who i❑ the first instance established an open vote upon the adoption of , his constitution, was compelled by the general uprising of public opinion, even amongst those who supported him, to revoke his first decree and go back from open to secret voting. Certainly, in point of abstract theory it would be desirable that everyone should come boldly and express in face of all his opinion on public affairs; the vote would gain in point of morality, because it would gain in responsibility and courage; but when institutions are organised it must not be forgotten that they are intended for the mass of ordinary men, dependent by character, or ren dered timid by position, for this mass the secrecy of a vote is rendered necessary to secure its indepen dence. Ido not, then, hesitate to answer your first question, Yes ; the election of the non-official candi dates was much facilitated by the secret vote by ballot. lam less positive on your second question. It is not impossible that the non-official candidates might have been elected in some towns by open voting; or rather, to speak more exactly, it is not impossible tnat they might have been elected in this noble and courageous city of Paris ; every where else such a state of things is not supposable. To conclude, whoever is favourable to free institutions must be in favour of secret voting, for open voting by common consent is an instrument of government, favourab.e only to despotisms.—Accept, sir, my eordial greetings, and my sincere wishes for your success." The following resolution on this letter was adopted by the committee : " The committee begs leave to call the attention of the public to the very clear and convincing tes timony of Mons. Emile 011ivier in favour of the vote by ballot, entirely corroborating the evidence of his distinguished colleagues, Mons. Thiers and Mons. Jules Simon. The committee trust that after the strong and unanimous testimony of these three distinguished Frenchmen, the enemies of the ballot in this country will cease to point to its exis tence under the present constitution of France as a proof of its being an institution hostile to public iiber,'f•'' The clmmittee then adjourned for the usual re cess and appointed the treasurers and secretary to act until the next meeting. COUNTRY MARKETS. ~ ~'\ MANCHESTER,-JULY 30. At our market this morning there waq a moderate at tendance of buyers, and there was only a limitE d demand, with no change in prices from this day aa'unight. BIRMINGHAM-JULY 30. English wheat was sold at 48s to 56s for white, and 40s to 50s per 36 stone for red. Barley, new malting, 32s to 42s per qr ; grinding, 24s to 28s Oats, old, 24s to 30a per 30 stone; Irish, 22s to 255. Beans, 38s to 44s . per qr. Peas, 36s to 44s per 36 btotte. EDINBURGH GRAIN-JULY 29. A fair supply of farmers' wheat to-day, which met a slow sale at about the prices of last week. Wheat on the top is Od up average Os Id down. Barley on the top 2s 6d down average Os 7d down. Oats on the top is Od down average Os Id down. Beans on the top is 6d down average Os 9d down. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ...129 I. qrs Sold 947 qrs 8ar1ey........ 169 qrs Sold 102 qrs Oats Beans 6l qrs Sold 42 qrs Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 42s Od; extras, 40s Od ; superfine, 36s Od ; fine, 36s Od. CORK-Jun 28. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 8s Od to —8 0;1; white, 108 3d to —Bod , barley, 6s Od to Os Od ; oats, 7s 6d to Os Od. ; black do., 7s 2d to Os Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD-JULY 28. An average supply of fat beasts to-day, without altera tion in price The number of sheep a,d lambs in the pens was large, and a few pens of the latter remained un sold. Fat calves were pleutitul. Fat pigs were a good show, but sales heavy. Beet Mutton .... 6d to 7d Pork . 5d to sta Lamb .. f 3, dto 9d Rough fat, 3s 9d per stone Rides, 3d to 4td; calf skins. 5d to 6d. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Aug. 18. via Marseilles Aug. 13. brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Aug. 4. Uape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena July 29. Galina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Aug. 2. via Marseilles Aug —. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. 2 _ _ --- via Marseilles.... Aug. —. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Aug. 10. via Marseilles Aug. 4. P0rtuga1.......... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. 2. via Marseilles Aug. —. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Aug. 6, by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Aug. 7. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. Aug. 10. Bahamas, via New York Mexico.. Al) parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, j Aug,3 California. and British Coluinbia.. g. 13. An old four-horse st ge coach will ere long be less a novelty than premature grey hair, which is fast disappearing under the effects of Herring's magnetic brushes and combs, which recent improvements have rendered almost infallible in restoring the colour to grey hair, and also in removing the agony of tie dolureux and nervous headache N. B.—Counter feits are being made. Offices, 32, Basinghall-street, London. THE DRAUGHT.—Among the citizens of Boston whom the wheel of fortune has summoned to the service of their country are six policemen, the incumbent of a church, a postmaster, and a poet. In Rhoda Island several coloured men were drawn, also a Catholic priest, and the editor of the Providence Journal is "in for it." The latter writes in his paper—" We thought we had some friends, but we had no idea they were so many as called to congratulate us yesterday afternoon. And how delightful it was to find such a surplus of editorial talent in the visitors and such kindness of heart as to offer to fill our place dur ing our temperary absence of three years in the army I In 15 minutes we were so fortunate as to have come into our office two or three gentlemen ready to take the heavy leaders,' one witty paragraphist, one reliable gentleman, one intelligent contraband, one deserter, who had always been a Union man, and one veracious lady who had escaped from rebeldore. It. Y/4.€1 cheering to think that so much help was so promptly at hand in the emergency," r R' x Birth& BARTTELOT.—On the 28th bast , at Hilliers, Petwo"th, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Barttelot, M.P., prematurely, of a daughter, stillborn. COLES.—On the 29th inst., at 13 Eutern Parade, Southsea, the wife of Captain Cowper Coles, R,N., of a (laugh ter. OUTRAN —On the 27th inst., at Banchoty, N. 8., the wife of Sir Francis Outram, Bart., of a daughter. Marriages. BRUCE-11 IITCHINSON.—On the 30th inst., at St James's, Piccadilly, James R. Bruce, Esq., of R-gent's-park terrace, Gloucester-gate, to Mary Anne, daughter of the late General Sir W,iliam Hutchinson, K.C.H. C LEMENT—CASSELL.— On the 25th inst., at St. Mathew's, Brixton, Frederick John, third son of the late Willi4ra Clem -nt, Esq., of Dulwich, to Maria Matilda, the second daughter of George Caasell, Esq., Brixton. Deaths. BARTTELOT.—On the 29th inst., at Hi(Here, Petworth, Harriet, wife of Lieut.-Colonel Barttelot, M.P., fou r th daughter of the late Sir Christopher Musgrave, Bart., of Eden Hall, Cumberland. CRESSWELL —oa the 29th inst., at 21, Princes-gate, Hyde park, Sir Cresswell Cresswell, aged 70. GOLDSMID.—On the 24th inst., at the Hague, Henry Goldsmid, Esq., aged 73. GASKELL —On the 23d inst., at St. Nicholas, Isle of Tha n, t, John Gaskell, Esq., aged 69. STREATFEILD.—On the 27th inst., at Uckfield, Sussex, the Bev. John Streatfeili , M .A. , aged 67. TUCKER.—On the 27th inst., in Dover -street Urania, wife of Admiral Sir Edward Tucker, G C.B. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tim SUN Office, No. 11 2 , Strand, in the Precinct of the 3avoy, in the County of Middlesex.— Friday, July 31, 1863. F 0