The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-10 00:00:00

' , WS. LINDSAY, M.P.—The Rising Genera • tion—Our Prize Essays —Mrs. Grundy's Gossiping, 40., in FUN this weir. Onc Penny. Oi all New,,men, (Y AL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, the Opera of MARITANA. Miss A. Hiles, Mrs. Aynsley Cooke, and Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. W. H. Weiss, Patey, J. Rouse, Aynsley Cooke, E. Dussek, and W. Harrison. Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. After which, the Grand Comic Curistmas Pantomime, en titled HARLEQUIN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Doors open at halt-past l Commence at 7. THE ATR E-R OYA 1. DRURY-LANE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, DON CiESAII DE BAZIN. Mews. Henry Lorraine, Sinclair, Chas, Selby; Mrs. Bowers, Mrs. Edmund Falconer, 3liss H. Howard, &c. After which, the Grand Pantomime of LITTLE GO DDY TWO SHOES. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL. HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckatone. THIS EVENING. at Seven o'clock, will be performed OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. After which, a new and original Extravazanza, entitled RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA ; or, The Happy Valley. Rasselas, Miss Louise Keeley. Concluding with OUR MARY ANNE. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, Feb. 10, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts and Pr3locrue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by 'Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fech . ter, supported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougham, H. \, iddi combe, W. M'lntyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, H. Butler, Dawson; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Mr. Phelps and Mr. W. Montgomery are engaged, and will shortly appear. Doors open at half-past Six, performance to commence at 1:1o/en. Private Boxes, £2 12s. dd., and £2 2s. Places regiaered. Stalls, 6s. 6d. ; Dress Circle, 55. 6d. ; Upp e r Circle, 4s. Gd. Prices at doors—Stalls, Bs. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Circle, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. No half-price. Sox &lice open daily from 11 till 5. The public are entreated to take notice that no charge is made to the occupants of boxes, box places, or stalls, either for play billoor for the safe keep ing of hats and cloaks : and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vining. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. . I OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. )‘ ,E) Lessee and Manner, Mr Lindu THIS EVENING, LAW v. LOVE : Miss M. Oliver. Followed by ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES AN OTHER. Mr. R. Roxby and Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, the New Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, " RIQUET WITH THE TUFT ; or, Harlequin and Mother Shipton." Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. Scyton, Misses Gray and Hudspeth, Mr. Milano, Mr. R. Power, Miss A. Collinson, and Mr. Halford. NEW THRATRE-R0 VAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE LI I TLE THE A SURE. Mr. Billimfton, Mr. R. Phillips, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A TICKET OF LEAVE : Messrs. J. L.Toole, P Bedford, and Mrs. Killington. To be followed by "GEORGE DE BARNWELL : or, Harlequin Folly in the Realms of Fancy." Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Seaman ; Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bed ford, Slephenson, C. J. Smith. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams; Clown, Mr. W. Hildyard ; ntaloon, Mr. J. Paulo. The celebrated Arthur and Le rtrand. Commence at 7. The Weather.—Sun Office, Feb. 8, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday 5O Lowest during the night This day at N00n..... Barometer-29.97. Wind—Northerly; light, with fine weather. Rain in the night and morning. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, sh. 59m.—Afternoon, Oh. 20m. To-monnow.-Morning, 6h. 38m.—Afternoon, llh. 2m. _ A. tAt * e " a;U Pit _ n LONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. 10, 1863. In the House of Lords, yesterday, Lord WROT TESLEY askEd whether the Government proposed to introduce any measure for carrying out the re commendations of the Education Commissioners as to Charitable Endowments. Lord GRANVILLE replied that, with regard to the rec3mmendation of the commission, and especial'y the principal one for transferring the business of the Charity Commissioners to the Educational De partment of the Privy Council, he doubted whether Parliament would consent to the principle involved. The whole was under the consideration of the Go vernment. Their Lordships adjourned at a quarter to six. In the Commons Mr. LAYARD said, in answer to Colcnel SYKES, that no permission had been given to British offieers or subjects to accept commissions in the service of the Taeping Emperor, similar to the permission which had been granted to accept service ander the Emperor of China. In answer to Mr. GREGORY, Lord PALMERSTON said that a communication had been made to the Galway Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, to the effect that if the Admi ralty should give a favourable report of the compe tence of the company the Government would recommend the renewal of the contract. The noble lord also observed in answer to Mr. Seymour, that the official communication concerning the election of Prince Alfred to the throne of Greece had only been communicated to Earl Russell on Saturday. The Prince of Saxe-Coburg had been sounded privately, but had declined to be put in nomination. Mr. HENNESSY gave notice that he would here after call attention to the violation by Russia of the treaty engagements with the European Powers in respect to Poland, and to move an address to the Crown on the subject. Sir G. GREY moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to corrupt practices at elections. After a short discussion leave was granted. Sir R. PEEL obtained leave to bring in a bill to register births and deaths in Ireland, according to the English system. The house adjourned at a quarter to eight. If ever a nation of freemen could be deemed jus tified in constituting themselves into a Republic it must certainly be allowed that the Greeks are that community. Prince after Prince has shrunk from the allurement of their vueant:throne. The Royal Crown of Greece would really seem to be a cap that fits nobody. Whether it is that OTIIo has so associated the 'dignity of BASILEUS with the idea of failure that the two have came in a man ner to be identified in the estimation of the Euro pean dynasties—whatever the secret source of the reluctance manifested by royal highness after royal highness may be—quite certain is it that no owd as yet has manifested the smallest inclina tion to assume that diadem. It must be allowed, of course, that the Greeks themselves have from th e very commencement until now looked solely, and consistently in one only direction. Solicitous above all things to secure the blessings of a tr ul y constitutional Government , as the one grand result of their last Resolution — spontaneously—unprompted, save by their own finer instincts as vigilant and most discerning ob servers of all the various Powers -that-Be through out Christendom—the Greeks Pron ounced, Es we know, with enthusiasm, and we might really almost venture to say, with unanimity in f avour of his Royal Highness the Prince ALFRED as their o wn chosen Sovereign. It was not, remember, a mo mentary outburst of enthusiasm, or in any way a questionable display of unanimity. The enthu siasm of the Greeks was maintained through very many weeks. Their unanimity was intimated on every possible opportunity. It assumed to itself at last, as the world will well recol lect, all requisite substance and consistency—this predilection of the Greek people in favour of H.R. H. the Prince ALFRED—when, by the plebiscite autho rised by the Provisional Government, a a million of the mal e population of the kingdom, or at any rate of the would-be kingdom, voted for ALFRED the First, King of Greece. Nay, the pre ferules of the Greek multitude has survived the re peated rejections of their more than complimentary offer of a crown to the QUEEN, to the Prince, to the Nation, to the Government. For this unsoli cited, this wholly uudrecmt-of tribute of homage from the:Hellenic people is really and truly of this quadruple character. It is a tribute of respect and admiration for Her Majesty Queen VICTORIA as the most beloved and the most purely constitutional of all living sovereigns. It is a tribute of respect and admi ration also in another way for the fair and stainless, and auspicious dawning of the reputa tion of the young Prince, Her Majesty's second son, whom the more conspicuous among the Greek people remember themselves to have seen and welcomed at the Piraeus and in Athens a very few years since, when H.R.H• was feted at the British Legation there as the Royal guest of his Excellency the late Right Hon. Sir THOMAS WYSE, for so many years Her Britannic MAJ VITT'S Ambassador to the Court of Greece. A tribute, also, of its kind quite unparalleled—this offer of the Crown of Greece to li.R.H. Prince ALFRED—has been in an especial manner to the English people and to the English Government. Never did a foreign nation more signally evidence their appreciation of all the nobler attributes of a remote community, than the Greeks have in this way manifested towards the freeborn population of these islands. Never has any race, with quite diffe rent antecedents, speaking a different language, members of a different religion, shown forth in so re markable a manner their sense of the grandeur and beneficence of the principles upon which have been based for centuries (more an I more broadly and securely with the advance of time) the vast and solid foundations of a far off Government. And all this while the nation that was preparing this spontaneous tribute to our institutions has been growing up, as it were, under the immediate shadow of the upas of the great Russian Autocracy ! It speaks well for the capa bilities of the Greeks for better things politically, that with so many baneful proclivities—here towards Russia, hero to wards that particular por tion of Central Germany known as Bavaria—the people, uninfluenced by the insidious tendencies of the ex-Queen AMELIA especially, and of her Germano•Muscovite entourage, should have all the while been cherishing in their hearts a secret fond ness for the free institutions of England, a respect ful homage fox the character of our reigning SOVE REIGN, a lively personal interest in the second of her MAJESTY'S youthful sons, an implicit confidence in the integrity and goodwill of our constitutional Government—a Government, moreover, which the Greek people have thus glaringly manifested their inclination if possible to imitate, if not to emulate. Beyond all which, is it not quite apparent, from the very nature of this instant declaration of the Greeks in favour of England and of our English institutions —is it not quite apparent, from this extraordinary manifestation of public feeling in Greece so seen as the Greek population could once more really speak out upon the clearing of the political atmosphere around them by the storm of another Revolution— is it not strangely and startlingly manifested through their declaration in favour of Prince ALFRED, how admirably well the late Sir THOMAS NYSE had, for many years past, up to the very date of his recent death, represented therelat Athens her Britannic Majesty and her Britannic Majesty's Government, So well, in truth, had his Excellency presided over the affairs of the British Legation there at Athens, that scarcely had death removed him from the scene when the Greek People at their earliest opportunity proffered to England this noble tribute of sympathy and admiration. In one instance alone since Onto was de / throned have the Greeks declared themselves in favour of any Prince as their future Sovereign. H.R.H. Prince ALFRED is the only Prince that Grease has in this way selected and demanded as her ruler. Three other Princes have been spoken of as the possible Monarch, in lieu of H.R.H. ; but those three have been proposed by others than the Greeks themselves. Each of them in turn has respectfully declined the honour suggested for his acceptance—it may be from . the very circum stance of its not having been one directly proposed to them by the Greek population. The ex-King Con sort of Portugal, Dom FERDINAND, the widower of Queen MARIA DE GLORIA—the Prince of LEINEN GEN, half nephew of Queen VICTORIA—the reigning Duke of SAYE-COBURG, elder brother of his late Royal Highness ALBERT, Prince Consort of Eng land! The last of these distinct and deliberate re fusals of the Crown of Greece may in some respects be said to have been reiterated. For the offer had been suggested to the consideration of the Duke of SAXE-COBURG at some earlier stage of these nego tiations, and had been passed on by his Serene Highness to the consideration of the young Prince of LEININGEN. It was only very recently, on its reverting to the Duke of SASE-COBURG, that his Highness definitively decided upon declining it. IHardly, however, upon reflection, can these refusals of the throne of Greece be in any way wondered at. The acceptance of that throne, under the circumstances, could scarcely be regarded as other than an indiscretion. For among all the Princes who have been asked to ascend it, none of them, with the solitary exception of 11.R.H. Prince A LFRED, have been besought to do so by the Greek nation, by the National Assembly, or even by the Provisional Government. The suggestion has come to their Royal or Serene Highnesses indirectly, and therefore not very per suasively. Probably, now that Greece has been made aware by the second paragraph of the Speech from the Throne inaugurating the present session of our Parliament that the occupation of the Crown of Greece by his Royal Highness Prince ALFRED is deemed impracticable by the British SOVEREIGN and the British Go vernment—probably now that the Greeks have been made distinctly and unmistakably aware of this fact thus authori tatively, they, the Greeks, will upon a calm recon sideration of the situation, resolve upon a new selection for themselves. As we anticipated at the outset, the suppression of the Polish insurrection has not proved so easy a matter as the Russian authorities would have led us to suppose. It was easy to treat the affair lightly, to announce fresh conquests over the insurgents in every successive telegram, lo repeat continually that Warsaw was quiet, and that the disaffection was confined to the lower orders. The fact remains that notwithstanding the reported victories of the Rus sian troops, the insurgents are not discouraged ; that instead of their forces dispersed, they are in creasing; that, far from the outbreak being re stricted to the ignorant peasantry, the great landed proprietors are assisting the movement with horses and provisions. The wide-spread and secret orga nision which is revealed by this simultaneous rising in so many part s of the country is a sufficient proof of the insurmountable difficulty which the Russians will experience in subjugatinc , such a determined and unanimous people. That part of Poland which fell to the share of Prussia, in that disgraceful partition which is a blot upon modern statesmanship, is beginning to feel the influence ii :VILLIAM, o 8 of troops, of th Prussia e , which, learnod the other day, he Wag lag frontier, for the stone haS, o t o l u o p n v . il h e a i l --------71213 7:e u e r cl ug for "trahuel a►nd who can tell how far the sr• d• The Nord been forward troubledri a d into t ot circlesh the I NNat e/ a 7 e a Deutsche Zeitung, of last evating, tells us that news of an alarming character has been received from the Polish provinces —that the agitation, which had not hitherto crossed the frontier, now prevails in several districts, chiefly in that of Kultn, among the Polish landed proprietors. It adds that it is believed that serious interven tion on the part of the Government will be necessary. So that there will be in Prussian Poland a repetition of the miserable scenes further north—a renewal of the old attempt to crush out nationalities with the iron heel of despotism. FRANCIS JOSEPII evidently feels himself in an awkward position between his two allies and neigh bours. It is supposed that the order for the pro. rogation of the Galician Diet, which was published yesterday, was owing to the intention of Prince SAPIEHA to propose that the Diet should vote an address to the Emperor of AUSTRIA, requesting his diplomatic intercession with the CZAR in favour of Poland. FRANCIS JOSEPH is not perhaps the best qualified mediator. The ruler who tyrannised over Italy and trampled on the brave Magyars, might possibly meet with the old retort of to quoque if he attempted remonstrance in favour of oppressed na tionalities. The great Western Powers, however, are differently situated. There is no reason why England and France should not try the effect of diplomatic intervention if they shrink from taking arms. With all tact and courtesy, the message might be worded, but it might convey to the CZAR in sufficiently distinct language the feeling of Western Europe with regard to the treatment of the Poles, and impress upon him the hopelessness of his father's system of ruling their unhappy country. We are glad to see that Mr. HENNESSY gave notice last night in the Commons of his intention to call attention to the violation by Russia of her treaty engagements with respect to Poland, and to move an address to the Crown on the subject. If no practi cal results follow from this motion, it will at least enable the British Parliament to express the feel ings of the nation, and as ALEXANDER 11. has not always shown himself indifferent to the opinion of Europe, or regardless of the claims of humanity, we may hope that it may even produce its influence in the Cabinet of the CZAR. While we write fresh intelligence has just arrived from Warsaw, which is unfavourable to the insurgents. The band which occupied the forest of Skiernewic has been dispersed, with the loss of 50 killed and 40 captured. Another telegram from Wilna tells of a still greater disaster near Somiatiezy, where General MATJRIAICINE has completely defeated an insurrec tionary band, the village being burnt. The loss of the insurgents is said to be 1000, while that of the Russians was only 12 killed, of whom six were officers. These numbers, we apprehend, are by no means to be depended on. A band of such considerable numbers must have apparently stood still to be slaughtered, if they could give no better account of their foes, while the discrepancy between the numbers of the officers and men must strike even the most casual observer. Either the men must have left the fighting to their leaders, or the official journal of Warsaw has found it convenient to mistake the figures. But the struggle is not yet over, and we can hardly hope that either the extension of the insurrectionary movement to Prussian Poland, or this defeat at Sennatiezy will bring the antagonists to terms. We can, indeed, hardly wish that the Poles would too readily lay down their arms without some substantial guarantee, knowing as they must do that the knout and Siberia are the too probable rewards of their valiant chiefs. Still it is impossible to do other wise than lament the wasting of the best blood of an heroic people in this incessant striving against the chain. It is impossible not to feel for the fate of the prisoners who have probably said their last farewell to their countrymen and fellow-soldiers. Surely the voice of civilised Europa has some power even in the autocratic chambers of the CZAR, surely the indignant protest of the nations who have ap• plauded the emancipation of the serfs, and given the EMPEROR the moral support of Europe in his self imposed and perilous assault upon the old estab lished customs and privileges of his haughty no nobility, should have some weight in his councils. Russia will never emerge from her state of semi-barbarism so long as he energies of her rulers and the swords of her army are turned against a valiant and united people. The amelioration of the condition of Poland would react upon Russia, by leaving arms and government and finances free to protect her own interests, and not engrossed in pursuing a cruel and purposeless war, which the generous and enlightened of all nations combine to reprobate—in which eventual failure is certain, and in which a temporary triumph is less honourable than de feat. Dr. BRADY is entitled to the thanks of the com munity for his praiseworthy efforts of last night, with a view to the better regulation of street con veyances. He asked the Home Secretary " whether his attention had been directed to the evils result ing from persons labouring under infectious diseases being carried to hospitals in public conveyances; and also, if it was his intention to introduce any measure this session with a view to remedy the same." Surely there can be but one opinion on the merits of such a case. Nothing can be more detri mental to the health of a metropolis than to have the same vehicles employed for the transit of those afflicted with the most deadly diseases flesh is heir to, and also for the conveyance of those in health who are pursuing their customary avocations, or engaged in pleasure excursions. The plan that is now so presalent is sowing the seeds of disease broadcast over tho population at large, and doing all that man can do to further the spread of conta gious disorders. Of what avail is it ths f .4 persons shrink from incurring unnecessary risk n going to the houses of those who are known to suffer from a deadly disease, and taking all due precautions when compelled to visit the sick, if at any time they may be placed in a position which almost ensures their incurring the evil they have sought so assiduously to avoid. It is a great point in guard ing the health of a large city to stop at once the spread of disease ; but how can that be done if the very buildings that are erected fur the benefit of the distressed sons of humanity in their hour of sickness are the indirect means of propagating the evil it is their object to stay. Sir GEORGE GREY'S reply to the hon. member was not very satisfactory on tke whole, as it amounted to nothing in the end ; although perforce he was obliged to agree to the validity of Dr. BRADY'S remarks in theory, he did not suggest of the evil. He said he any practical rectifying admitted the importance of the question, but it was a very difficult matter to legislate upon. Really the soundness of this argument may be questioned: Of what use are Secretaries of State if they cannot meet difficulties and overcome obstacles. All that the right hon. baronet allowed was, that parochial held that the,: authorities had s ome ti mes ass i gne d conve y an ces specially for this p ur p ose , an d ho THE UN, LONDON, fUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1 0, 1863. S driver of a public conveyance would be i LATEST justified , under the'" particular circumstances, NCE. in re fusieg to take a fare. Tb is last AliornEktive would be a broken recd to lean upon, since, in the first place, in such cases there is generally a large sum paid to the driver, and like wise it is not likely that in common humanity he would refuse to convey the sick anti injured pereons to a place of refuge. In street accidents, also, the common cab is not a desirable mode of conveyance, since its very circumscribed limits prevent tho pos sibility of placing the injured person in a safe or convenient posture. It was report( d some time ago that fractures would be much more generally cured if the wounded parts had not been shaken and other wise injured by the rude and rough transit in cabs in place of more appropriate methods of conveyance. It was also stated in the report of the Islington Fever Hospital some years since that nearly all the patients sent to them with infectious disorders were brought in cabs. It is satisfactory to notice that Dr, BRADY has announced his intention of bringing in a bill to rectify this obnoxious system, and Sir GEORGE GREY has had the good sense and the right feeling to promise him his support on the introduction of such a remedial measure. This is all very well, but the system of leaving private members to do all the working part of the session may be carried too far. Why do not those entrusted with power seek out these evils for themselves, and interpose with the strong hand of authority to remedy the evils and redress the wrongs under which the com munity labours. Be the ills complained of smallor, great they should be regarded in a right spirit, and rectified as soon as possible. Many persons push off the evil work of consideration till a more con venient time, but in most cases they should bear in mind the poet's hint " Be wise to day, 'tis madness to defer." We wish Dr. BRADY every success in his praiseworthy undertaking, and he will have at tained an important point in social reforms if he succeed in putting down this abuse, which should long ago have engaged the attention of those who are competent to interfere in such matters. [RETJTER'S ELEGRAMS.] TIIE INSURRECTION IN POLAND. WARSAW, FEB. 9. The Ogicial Journal of to-day announces that the revolutionary band which occupied the forest of Skierniewic has been dispersed, with the loss of 50 killed and 40 taken prisoners. The same paper publishes the following telegram, dated Wilnag Feb. 9:— " General Maninkene has completely defeated the insurrectionary band near Semiatiezy. The loss of the insurgents was 1,000, while that of the Russians was only 12 killed, among whom were six officers." The village of Semiatiezy was burnt. PRANCE. DEBATE ON ITALY IN THE CORPS LEGISLATIF. PARIS, FEB. 10. The paragraph of the address relative to America was adopted yesterday in the Corps Legislatif. The paragraph in the draft of the address of the committee relative to Italy was then discussed. The committee thought that France does not owe Rome to the Italians. An amendment had, how ever, been brought forward by M. Jules Favre, demanding that the occupation of Rome should cease. M. Favre said that since Garibaldi's expedition France had changed her policy. He did not think a new solution of the Roman question possible. Victor Emmanuel would not abandon Italian unity, and the Pope will not renounce his ancient provinces. M. Favre spoke ironically of the Pontifical re forms, and opposed the French policy, which he said was either equivocal or powerless. PARIS, MONDAY. To-day, in the Corps Legislatif, M. Picard, speak ing of the note of the Monzteur relative to the pub lication of the report of the debates in the Chamber, asked if the journals were really forbidden to comment upon the speeches of the Deputies. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. M. Baroche stated that the note of the Moniteur could not form the subject of any explanation to the Chamber, as it would raise a question affecting the interpretation of the constitution. "At present,' concluded M. Baroche, " I have nothing whatever to reply to this question." La France of this evening says :—" The French found in the fort of Acapulco arms which came from American sources." A new candidate for popular favour appeared on the stage of Drury-lane, last night, in the drama of " Don Cresar de Bazan." Mr. H. Loraine, the new actor, sustained the part of Don Caesar with spirit and humour. He possesses the advantages of a good voice and easy manner, and none of the nervousness that might be supposed to attend a first appearance on the London stage was perceptible in his manner. The part of Don Cm3ar is one which affords a wide scope for the powers of the actor, in the reckless daring of the spendthrift cavalier, and the awakened resentment of the injured man of honour. The sudden change from jesting flippancy to manly indignation, when he detects the fraud which Don Joke is trying to pass off upon him in the second act, was ad. mirably rendered by Mr. Loraine, and drew down warm plaudits. He did not, however, in the other portions of the play sufficiently represent the ruined nobleman as well as the witty soldier of fortune Those who have been fortunate enough to see the Fralch actor Lemaitra in this part will remember how happily he combined the two sides of the cha ratter. Mr. Loraine, however, is a very effective actor, and possibly an experience of the metropoli tan boards will tone down his manner. He met with a very cordial reception, being called on after both the second and third acts. Miss Bowers played the part of Maritana carefully. Mr. Sin c;air was an able Don Joke, and Mr. Spencer filled the ungracious part of the King with great adroit ness. The minor characters were well supported, and the piece in its present form is likely to be a success. The pantomime was as charming as ever, and the beautiful tableaux were as usual loudly ap plauded. The house was crowded. The vexed questisn of the note in the llioniteur, relative to the right to discuss the debates in the Chambers, is mentioned in most of the Paris jour nals to-day. Le Constituttonnel is indignant with those of its contemporaries, who regard it as an interdict of all observations on the acts of the Chambers or the'speeches of the orators, and declares that the public must be perfectly aware from M. Troplong's luminous report, and by the warnings given last year to several journals, and by the judicial condemnations on the subject, that it is by no means the consideration of the debates which is forbidden, but the publication of reports which have for their object the misrepre sentation of the character of the sittings. It is to be hoped that the Constitutionnel fully understands this very enigmatical prohibition, which sounds rather perplexing to the uninitiated. Le Siecle sums up the opinions of most of its contemporaries, and expresses its wish to know the exact state of the case. The explanations of M. Billault were, in its estimation, very unsatisfactory. Is it an infringement of the law to express that opinion ? After being allowed to comment on the speech of the head of the State must all that the Ministers say pass unquestioned ? Le Pays has some remarks on the recent transac tion between Mr. Russell and the Pope, and thinks it impossible that his Holiness should ever have anticipated that France could abandon him. BOURSE, Feb. 9.—The market has been buoyant, and a rather large amount of business done at Ca n improvement on the closing rates of Saturday. Threes, for the Account, are now firm at 70t. 60c. Credit Mobilier Show a slight advance. The Railway Shares Market has not been very eni• mated, but previous prices np to the present time pretty well maintained. The market closed as follows ; if per Cents. 9B 90 Bank Shares 3360 --- • Credit koncier 1520 Piedmontese Fives Italian Loan 7l 35 Russian • Austrian • Spanitila Threes — • Home Debt •WAYS. , o. eia moni 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 65 New 3 per Cents .. Do. end month.... — Credit M0bi1i0r...,1195 Do. end month.... Cash. Account. 1115 .. 1115 _ __ Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1186 25 .. 1190 Geneva 4lO .. 415 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian — .. 375 Austrian - LOW bard North of Spain Saragossa 695 75 .. 69> Ditto to Barcelona TURIN, MONDAY. To-day, in the Chamber of Deputies, Signor Petrucelli put a question to the Ministry in refer ence to the present state of things in Poland. The Minister for Foreign Affairs begged the Chamber not to engage in a debate on that ques tion, as the Government was not in possession of the information necessary to enable it to judge of the events now passing in Poland. Instructions would, he said, be given to the Italian representa tive at St. Petersburg of a nature favourable to the interests of the friendship existing between the two states, but upholding liberal principles. Signor Petrucelli thought it would be a shame to Italy to avoid discussing the Polish question, when the English, French, and Swedish Parlia ments had testified their sympathy with Poland. Signor Crispi and Brofferio supported the views of Signor Petrucelli. Signor Miceli complained of the Ministry pre venting manifestations of the popular sympathies with Poland. Signor Farini reminded the Chamber that pru dence was necessary in dealing with questions of foreign policy, and considered the discussion of the question dangerous. Signori Giorgini and Lanza stated that the majority and minority entertained the same senti ments with regard to Poland. But the majority avoided the discussion of the question, believing it unsuited to the dignity of Parliament to give a barren vote. The following vote was then adopted :—" The Chamber, considering tl.e present moment inop portune for the discussion of the question put by Signor Petrucelli, passes to the order of the day." TURIN, MONDAY EVENING. In the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon, Signor Musolino questioned the Ministry with regard to a rumour of the cession of the island of Elba to France. The Minister of Foreign Affairs replied, ab solutely denying the truth of the rumour. POLAND. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WARSAW, FEB. 2. The lawless conduct of the Russian Government, so cruelly exemplified in the conscription effected in Warsaw and in the provinces, has driven the people STRAND THEATRE. Another novelty was produced here last night in the shape of a petite comedietta by J. P. Wooler, entitled, " A Faint Heart which did win a Fair Lady." The fun turns upon the stratagems of a young lady to discover which of the two of her pro fessed ardent admirers is the most sincere. She thus discovers that her timid lover is ardent and devoted,whilst her more outwardly attractive swain is faithless and interested. Miss Eleanor Baton played the pretty Rosa with great taste and effect, whilst the couple of lovers were well represented by Messrs. Parselle and Belford. The piece was put on the stage with all that taste and minuteness which is the distinguishing feature of the manage ment of this theatre. SURREY THEATRE. The Surrey version of the Heart of Mid-Lothian has turned out a success beyond all expectation. On each of the evenings it has been represented the house has been crowded to suffocation. We con gratulate Mr. Shepherd on his success, for certainly since the theatre has been under his sole control he has kept up a succession of novelties, each succeed ing one outvieing the other in magnificence and interest. The acting, scenery, and appointments of his latest production rival anything of the kind ever produced at this theatre; and those who wish to witness a real sensation drama have now an op portunity of seeing one that will stand comp ar i son with any of those startling prod uc ti ons w hi c h h ave created such extraordinary success in the metro polis during the last year or two. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Mr. Sothern will ter minate his present engagement with Mr. Buckstone in the early part f April, when he will proceed to the pro vinces for the purpose of giving a still wider popularity to his famous impersonation of Lord Dundreary. On his temporary retirement from the Haymarket stage, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan w 11 commence a short season, extend ing from the 20th of April to the 4th or 11th of June, and will go through a series of their most admired perform. antes. 1 THE REV. Mn. M`LAUGHLIN'S DEFENCE FUND. —" Our readers," says the North British Daily Mail, "are already award that a con , iderable amount of sympathy with the Rev. Patrick M'Laughlin was created by the severity of the sentence passed upon him in the late trial before the Justice of Peace Court, which resulted in a large sum being contributed for the defence of the principle involved in this matter. After paying all expenses, the committee found themselves in possession of upwards of £5O surplus, which, we observe from their report, published in the Free Press of Saturday, has been distributed as fol lows :—Lr5 to the Lord Provost for the Unemployed Relief Fund, £5 to St. Vincent de Paul Society, £5 to the Little Sisters of the Poor, £5 to the Catholic Reformatory, to the starving poor of Duntocher, £lO to the Catholio Orphans, and £5 to the Royal Infirmary. This manner of disposing of the surplus will doubtless give very general satisfaction. Mr. M'Laughlin writes to us as follow, dated Eastenuir, Feb. 7, 1863 :—Sir,--Having seen in to-day's _free Press an announcement of a meeting to be held on Tuesday first, "for the purpose of taking into consideration the presentation of a testimonial to me," I have respect fully to request all friends and sympathisers not to proceed any further in the matter, as a testimonial of any kind I will not accept. I beg to return them my most sincere thanks. In effecting restitution I only discharged a duty, without any eye to temporal gain, and the consciousness of having performed a duty is a sufficient reward to me, apart from all earthly considerations. I would take it as a great favour if you would insert this letter in Monday's Mail.— I am, &c., P. 2 , PLAuGnimr." SPECIMENS OF THE NONSENSE VERSES CALLED MACARONIC —One, apparently very learned one, " done " in Greek, is as follows : Kvi.yere, petOoter. µOmer, Kvµ,ue're 7rXatetv Mcovq toyarOperas Ori4cpec roira vovva Sofa— Dr. King thus expresses in our homely vernacular— " Boys, boys, come out to play, The moon doth shine as bright as day." Here, however, is a ludicrous Macaronic in dog- Latin : " Tres fratres cooli navigabant round about Eli ; Omnes drownderunt, qui swi m awa y non potuerunt. „ The last-mentioned specimen is cited and spoken of as a Macaronic yet popular to this schoolboys, by M. D e l ep i erre , i n his amusing volume of Macero neana; day Among RAIL' to an act of despair, and caused the present insur rection, which has extended through all parts of the country. Which ever place the insurgents st•ize they isainediaely proclaim the National Govern went, in virtue of a decree of the Central National Committee, who now take the name of the National Provisional Goveinment. The peasants are by no means opposed to this outbreak, and in some places, like the districts of Podlachia and Auguatow, they joined the insurgents. But owing to the un settled state in which they are kept by the Govern ment with regard to their property, they seem to be waiting, and sometimes say that if they had arms they would willingly fight. In no place, however, have they yielded, in spite of the insinuations of the Cossacks, t o any communistic movements, which the insurgents would soon put down • on the contrary, they have afforded to the defenders of the national cause every assis tance in their power. The insurrection appear ing to be an active opposition of, the conscripts against the tyrannical measure which compels them to end their lives in the Russian army, is not yet fully developed, and chiefly limited to the two populations, who took refuge in the forests and organised themselves in something like military order. They form compact bodies, with comman ders whose names are purposely assumed, and are terribly worrying the Russian soldiers, having even several times worsted them. Among other serious conflicts is the one near Lachow, where half of a battalion of the Russian troops was posted to guard the bridge on the river Linsic, and which, on the 27th, was dispersed, some of the wounded soldiers having been brought here. The troops sent out of Wyszogrod came in contact with the insurgents at Cinckow, and, after a fire, which lasted two hours, they returned, bringing with them two insurgents as prisoners. In the early part of the outbreak, and before the railway had been broken up, two Rus sian officers, coming from St. Petersburg, had been disarmed by the insurgents, among whom was Gen. Tajchner. After having been offered some tea by the insurgents and conversed with them, he was permitted to proceed. If then the conduct of the insurgents has been so civil to the distinguished officers, how could it have been otherwise to wards the soldiers who are represented as hav ing been treacherously murdered in their beds. This fully nisproves the story invented of the massacre of the Russian soldiers, which is also contradicted by the official organs. That the insurgents returned fire whenever they have been attacked is true enough, but they never showed themselves guilty of the crimes of murder brought against them by the Journal de St. Peterebourg, crimes which the jour nal itself had to deny afterwards. Unarmed, aad with scythes only in their hands, they rushed on the Russians—having previously received the benedic tion of the priests—and singing the National Hymn as they approached the enemy. Thus they continue now, and the numbers of the insurgents increase every day. It appears the Grand Duke Constantine—who has sent for more troops to Si. Petersburg—is determined to put down the insur rection, and has ordered the forces at his disposal to attack the insurgents at all points. The railway station at Warsaw is occupied by a battalion of the Guards, and two battalions have been despatehed across the Vistula. The Russians take care of their wives and children, whom they bring from the country and lodge safely in Warsaw. Of those who have been seized and confined in the citadel, to be sent to the Russian regiments, some, by a sort of unaccountable mistake, have been released from the citadel, but the proscription (branka) con tinues still at Warsaw, but in the provinces it was carried out unsuccessfully during the nights of the 26th and 27th, for not one of those designated in the list were found at home when the police and the military appeared to claim them. In the town of Waski the proscribed offered resistance to the soldiers, by dispersing them. Near the town of Skierniewice, a detachment of the proscribed num bering 60, conducted by the Cossacks, has been at tacked by the insurgents and released, to swell the ranks of their country men. General Ramsay, commanding the Russian forces, has published an order by which the con scripts taken in the provinces are to be set free, but nobody will trust such a Government, and the re venge of the Poles will be the same. The insurgents seem to lack no funds, they dischar ge their liabilities wherever they b .y anything—how long, however, this will last God only knows. Hemmed in as the Poles are by the three despotic powers, all inte rested in keeping her partitioned—it is impossible for them to obtain any material aid, or even to procure arms Prussia is watching closely the frontier, and it is rumoured that her authorities in tercepted a transport of arms near Thorne, destined for the insurgents. It is even surprising how the insurgents possessed themselves of the present arms and weapons, knowing that hardly any one was euffered to keep a gun. Warsaw is filled with 50,000 troops, ready at one moment's notice, and now and then called to arms during the night, as if to alarm and frighten the inhabitants. Great fermentation reigns in the minds of the people, and such is the feeling of all, that if there were any chance even of moral sup port from France and England, you would see the whole country rise at once, And, yet, it should be the duty of those powers to, at least, remonstrate with the Emperor of Russia for his barbarous con duct towards the Poles, in defiance of the treaties by which he is bound to govern as a constitutional monarch. The acts of atrocity daily performed by his Government are only; worthy of an Asiatic tyrant, and a scandal to the age we live in. At the moment I write, martial law is the only one in existence here,and the military governors,who are empowered to shoot the insurgents without refer ring to the Grand Duke Constantine, exercise those powers to their heart's content. Mr. Wiliam Howitt on the Emancipation Society. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SIR, —In a letter cn the above subject from Mr. Howitt, which appeared in your paper, and reprinted in the Western Daily Press, of 6 h inst., published in Bristol, there is the following clause : " I do not feel bound to reply to anonymous correspon dents. Whenever I have anything to address to the pub lic I put my name to it, and I have no hesitation in saying that I entertain a very poor opinion of any man who fears to adopt that example. Truth, with her open face,' has no alliance with men who hide behind masks and initials. As this is the case, I do not intend in future to notice any communications which come in this questionable shape. Whoever, therefore, has anything to say to me let him come out openly, unless he thinks his cause is a disgrace to him or he a disgrace to the cause." As the editor of the Western Daily Press alluded to Mr. Hewitt in the following highly complimentary terms, namely,—" We direct the attention of those people among us who are clamouring for the restoration of the American Union to a letter in another column, by one of the most thoughtful of living Englishmen, Mr. William Howitt, ' may I be permitted the liberty of asking that gentleman, through your columns, not for myself, but on behalf of those to whom such a question applies, what is to become of the thoughts on public questions (if the anonymous sys tem were to be put aside as bad and contemptible) of many newspaper correspondents who are rot in the position of having their own choice, however much they may like to, or however manly they may otherwise wish to be, on ac count of some overruling or controlling power (it may be even to the deprivation of their liveliLood), and who are therefore hindered, against their own will, from allowing their names to appear to what they publicly write? The opinion of Mr. Hewitt on this point would be most valuable, if he would kindly give it. R. D. ROBJENT. Stuart Villa, Lydeard-plhee, Durdham Down, Bristol, 7th Feb,, 1863. AMERICAN STEAMERS DUE THIS WEEK.—Thu following steamers are due in Liverpool this week : —The Hibernian, from Portland on the 31st ult , is duo at Londonderry to -day (Tuesday); the Kangaroo (st.), from New York on the 31st ult., in Queenstown on Wednesday; and the Arabia, from Boston on the 4th and Halifax on the 6th, due at Queenstown on Saturday. LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE AT SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.- - Just before the close of the putomilne last night at Sadier's Wells Theatre, Miss Fenton, on© of the corps de ballet, while standing near afire-pan placed at the side of the stage, entangled her gauze skirt in the ma chinery, and in an instant was enveloped in flames. The poor girl rushed screaming for help across the stage, and was received by one of the scene-shifters, who after some difficulty extinguished the Lire, but not before the unfortu nate creature was watch burned. She was conveyed to the hospital, where she remains in an almost hopeless condi. tion. The excitement on the stage and in the theatre was intense. &nal IT! •' • natal+ 1 A . THE PRINCE OF WALES. The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieutenant- General Kuollys and Major Teesdale, visited Marl borough House yesterday, and afterwards hon oured the studio of Mr. Walton with a visit. The Duke of Cambridge paid a visit to his Royal Highness. The Prince of Wales, attended by Colonel the Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps and Major Teesdale, went at a quarter before 3 o'clock in the afternoon from Buckingham Palace to the Waterloo terminus of the London and South-Western Railway, and left for Osborne, Isle of Wight. SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales embarked on board the Royal yacht Fairy, Master-Commander Welch, at half-past 6 this afternoon, en route from London to Osborne. Major Teesdale, C.B. (Equerry in waiting to the Prince), Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Beaufort Phipps, K.C.B. (Receiver- General of the Duchy of Cornwall), and Captain George Henry Seymour, C. 8., were in attendance on the Prince. His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat (Equerry to her Majesty), Captain von Westerweller (Equerry to the Prince), Dr. Becker and Commander Christian, R.N., landed in the docks at half-past 8 this morning from the Fairy, en route from Osborne to Birmingham, to pay a visit to the princi pal manufactories of that town. Their Royal Highnesses were respectively received by Messrs. P. Hedger and J. Levy, principal officer of the Dock Company, and by Mr. Richard Beach, of the South-Western Railway Company. Her Majesty and the Royal family will leave Osborne for Windsor on Wednesday afternoon. CITY OF LONDON. Yesterday the subjoined official communication was re. ceived by the Lord Mayor from Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department, in anticipation of the arrival of the Princess Alexandra, and indicating the route of the Royal pageant from Gravesend to Windsor Castle : " Whitehall, Feb. 7. "My Lord,—l have the honour to inform your lordship that it is intended that the Princess Alexandra of Denmark shall arrive in England on the 7th of March. Her Royal Highness will land at Gravesend, where she will be met by the Prince of Wales. Her Royal Highness, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and by her Royal parents,the Prince and Princess of Denmark, will proceed from Gravesend by the railway to the Bricklayers' Arms station of the South- Eastern Railway, and thence their Royal Highnesses will pass along London bridge and through the city, on their way to the station of the Great Western Railway at Pad dington, on their route to Windsor Castle. " I have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's obe dient servant, " G. GREY. " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London." As respects the city, the course which the Royal proces sion will take will no doubt be from London-bridge by King William-street and the Mansion-house, thence along Cheapside, round St. Paul's Church-yard, and onward by Ludgate-hill and Fleet-street to Temple-bar. The Lord Mayor has summoned a special meeting of the Court of Lieutenancy of London, at Guildhall, for Fri day next, to invite their co-operation with the Corporation in offering a suitable welcome to the august lady and the Prince of Wales on the entry of their Royal Highnesses into the city on the auspicious occasion. The governing bodies of the 12 principal civic companies will likewise take part in the reception, as will also the old Volunteer Artil lery Company, and some, if not all, of the city Volunteer Corps. As yet, however, the arrangements are incomplete. The committee to whom they are confided, composed of members of the Court of Aldermen and Common Council, and upwards of 40 in number, headed by the Lord Mayor, will hold another meeting to-day at Guildhall for the pur pose of forwarding the preparations. Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury has left town on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury at Savernake Forest, Marlborough. The Countess Dowager of Yarborough arrived at her residence in Portman-square, yesterday. The Lord Chancellor received a distinguished party at dinner at his residence in Hyde-park gardens, West, on Saturday last. Among the company pre sent were--the Bishop of Oxford, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Lord Stanley, M.P., the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, his excellency the American Minister, his Excellency the Danish Minister, Sir Charles Eastlake, Mr. Walpole, M.P., Mr. Montague Smith, M.P., &c. Lord Netherton has been confined to his resi.• dance at Teddesley Park, Staffordshire, for some time past by serious indisposition. Lord and Lady Frederick Hallyburton are er' peeted at Kensington Palace on or about the 28th bast: - from their seat in Scotland. Colonel and tha Baroness North arrived at their residen3e in Arlington-street yesterday from Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire. Sir Charles E. Grey has ari ived at the Clarendon Hotel from Tunbridge-wells. The marriage of Miss Ellen Gorges, niece of the late Earl of Tankerville, with Mr. Henry Webster, son of Lady Vassal Webster, took place today at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. The marriage of Colonel Alexander, Grenadier Guards, with Miss Speirs, only daughter of the late Mr. Alexander Speirs, is fixed to take place on Thursday next. THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 10. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Valetta, Capt. Rogers, with the heavy por tion of the above mails, has arrived. She brings 42 passengers, amongst whom are Lieuts. Mac kenzie, Rennie, and Don, from Bombay, Hon. Col. Curzon, from Malta, and Lieut. Waller from Gib raltar. The Valetta bas on freight 6 packages of specie value £1,500; also 219 boxes of oranges, 23 pack ages of samples, 120 packages of general merchan dise, and 662 bales of raw silk, value £69,000 sterling. The Valetta experienced fine weather through out her passage. On the 3d inst., in lat. 374 N. lon. 20 E., spoke th e s t eamer J uno, steer i ng east ward. On the 4th she passed the following ships in the Straits of Gibraltar, all steering to the westward :—Ship Borneo, brig Ursula, barque Margaret Milne, of Aberdeen, barque Logan, of South Shields, barque Princess Royal, and schooner Peter and James. On the 6th, off Cape St. Vincent, passed the Royal Yacht Squadron, ship Sylphide, steering north-west, and steamer Pactolus, bound east. Her Majesty's ships Marlborough, Meeaneel Hibernia, Firefly, and Phcebe were at Malta; at Gibraltar, the Firebrand, Procris, and Redpole. Her Majesty's transport Megtera from the lonian Islands and Malta with troops and invalids, left Gibraltar on the 4th inst. for England. The Hamburgh Brazil packet from Rio arrived at Gibraltar on the Ist. She reports having spoken during the passage the following vessels :—Dee• 10, French ship Carrioca from Rio, 10 days out ; same day, Hamburg barque Mercedes, bound for Valparaiso, 36 days out ;15th, Swedish barque Trio for Bombay, 45 days out; Jan. 6, British barque Atjama, from Vatican, for Liverpool, 82 days out► with loss of topmastheads and topgallantmasts; 19th, British barque Union, steering south ; and on the 20th, Hamburg brig Ingeborg, steering same course. News from Melilla says :—The Moors of the fron' tier remain quiet, and on the best footing with the fortress. Thirty-seven of them have declared away' selves subjects of the Queen of Spain. The foitowing British ships had arrived out at Gibraltar:—Steamer Hecla, 7 days, from Liver" pool ; ship Rock, 36 days, from Swansea ; brigau ° tine Bloumer, 60 days, from Liverpool ; steamer Europa, 14 days, fro a London and from Portland:; brigantine Richmond, 26 Lys, from Liverpool: barque Mysore, 22 d ys, from :Milford; schooner Dunbar, 19 da3s, from Ramsgate; schooner Doris, 17 days, from Swansea ; steamer Delta, 5 daS F ' from Southampton; steamer Crimean, 8 days, from Liverpool ; steamer 13ritanni i, B,A days, from Londo n ' steamer Ecetia, 10 days, fretn Liverpool ; steame r Lucerne, 12 days from London ; steamer Volunteer, 17 days from London and six irom Falmouth' steamer Palermo, 20 days from Glasgow ; and the steamer Calpe, Bi , days from Liverpool. GIBRALTAR, 4th. Exchange on L on d on , 90 d a y s ' d a te, 501; Paris, sf. 28e. ; M arse ill es, sf, 29 c.; G enoa , sf. 30c.; 13rh sels, sf, 30 c . ; M a d r id , 8 d ays ' s i g ht, pm.; to dis.; Seville, •-7, dis.; Malaga, par ; Bareelon, ; par; Valencia, 7 1,- pm, ; Aticant,o:, dis. Premium on five-franc pieces, f i to p• c. pm Freights without alteration. Cadiz' .1116k1 ___ _-~ El tinuf Lifes the e first pant hav e Di little nial out a at fu ceipt the T 1 has telq MOT] of al tran how the resp tin t Bat Aug Ras, BUIE Bat 3 p( 3 pt Net %11]