The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-16 00:00:00

F!!rig ooe s A ~•• _ 7 - L - le ? Tit ~~-- -.-,_.~.~.c--..~,.. i Q er_ end stern, in continuation of the midshi —4l-1 rigJ armour, as carried by our four iron sh; commission.- The Hector is under jury • Jei; she now lies at Spithead, with her tum, stem and heavy looking elliptical quarters I , she has a most graceful appearance. The etiitNal 11 S return of the Hector's cost is £172,000. The Formidable, 84, Capt. Luard, flagship of Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir W. J. H. Johnston, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at the Nore ; the Cumberland, 70, Capt. Thompson, guardship of the Chatham Steam Reserve; the Leander, 51, 500 horse power; together with the whole of tile gunboats which took part in the naval display at the Norn on the arrival of the Royal squadron con veying the Princess of Wales, have returned to the Medway and taken up their former positions. The Chinese despatch boat Pekin, Commander H. T. I3urgoyne, V.C., arrived at Spithead yesternuy from the Thanws, en route for China, as one of At. miral 8, (bborn's Anglo-Chinese, fleet. Conamandcr Bu:goyne is a distinguished officer, and the eldest .ion of Gen. Sir J. F. Burgoyne, G.C.B. The following appointments wcre mi:de on Sot day at the Admiralty :—Sub. Lieut. D. T. J. n!et narnara, Sub-Lieu. C. S. Shuckburgh, Sub-Lir qt. C. Alder, and Sub-Lieut. R. C. Smith to the Rat tlesnake; G. W. Osmond and G. S. La Costa, mid shipmen to the Nile; F. rj. E. M'Clintock, mid shipman, to the Pylades. Edward J. Murdock is nominated to a naval cadetship, and Geo. Lynch, supernumerary in the Fisgard, promoted to engi; neer. '11:11 .4111111. I. • - •'• • ' , 4 .- oVt.7,* • . ' • • L., .1 f : 1 Co. c 4 oo‘ • ~_ _ .44 .Nl' , V c' _C‘v PA PER p .1 b a PO LAN D.—A PUBLIC MEETING in F VOUT of POLAND will be held at Gull ',hall, on Tt SF) T n-lktor• OW I'th lTare' , , 1 61. Two o'clock, eR .: II u. he 4 11 D MAY ) Ni P., in the 4 1144 it, Supp rt 4 d by he \ta• qu F 4 Town4.hend. the of Shaftes bury. E.G., the ::art of Harr44wby, the !"arl of fiches er, Vise4 , unt Haynham, M.P., Lot cl Permoy, 4.P., Sir Harr! , 'erney, Bart., M.P., Sir Francis Goldamid, Bart., M.P., Sir - Henry Ainslie Hoare, Bart, Hon. Ueorge Denman, M.P., Colonel Pinny, Harvey Lewis, Esq., M.P., John Abel M.P., W. Scho!efield, Esq., M.P,, and others. PRICE..... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. SUN; LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1803 POLAND. —A COMMITTEE has been formed of the iThdersizned for the purpose of RAISING FUNDS in AID of PO .AND at the present crisis : N°. 22,062, THE F .e Marquis Toxvn,hend. colonel Pi-ney. M.P. The Earl of ile'•ester, I John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. The L rd Kinn4bd, K.T. Edmund Beales, Eq., M.P. The V . scount Haynham, M.P. Wm. Lloyd Birkbeek, Esq. Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare, Bt. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. Cencit,y, and despatchingJezioranski in the opposite direction, towards Wloszczowa and the west. The Russians, once again disappointed in their hopes, re- 1 Naval and Military Intelligence. PARIS, Saturday. The Moniteur of this morning, after alluding in its bulletin to the contradictory despatches respect ing the resignations of the Polish Councillors of State, says : THE NAVY. The Duke of Somerset, Sir Fredk. Gray, Admi ral Eden, Capt. the Hon. James R. Drummond, 0.13., Lord C. Paget, and other officials connected with the Admiralty, leave town to-morrow for Subscriptions will be received at the Bankers, Messrs. Millbury and Lloyd's. 60, Lembarri-street, KC.; and at the Office of •he Literary Association of the Friend of Poland, 1 0, Duke-street, James's, •z.W. The names of other Bankers will shortly be announced. tired from the battlefield towards the east, appa rently desirous of placing themselves undo“ the pro tection of the Kielce guns, On this occasion the destruction of the "band" was " a)zetted" for the second time in the Warsaw papers. The insurgents, it was added, were roving the country in scores, and the peasantry were delighted that the game was up. As for Langiewiez, he was wounded, and had fled from the country. Twenty-four hours later (25th) Llngicwiez ar rived at Slupii, 20 miles to the south of Maio goszez. Neither had the Russians pursued him from the battlefield, nor were the forces disposed on purpose at Zirnowice and Pilica (a few miles south of Slupia) brought up to renew the attack. Nor did anything extraordinary happen to him, although on the 27th he took up his quarters at Wodzislaw, a place still n.-arer to Zarnowice, Pilica, and Miechow. While staying there Colonel Cingieri, one of the Russian commanders atWloszczowa found ATLANTIC 911 a GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION). Immediately, in post Bvo., TWO MONTHS' RESIDENCI4; in the CON FE t)ERATE STATES, ine'uding a visit to New Orleans under the administration of General Butler. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. "Positive information permits us to state, that the Archbishop of Warsaw is amongst the number of the members who have tendered their resigna- R a ;say zed me, le is COUPONS due Aprii Ist next. will be P 1D in London at the bankinz house of Messrs. HEYWOOD, KENNARDS, and CO., the rate of 4s. to the dollar. The coupons will be required to be lodzed two days fur examination. London, 2, Old Broad-street, March 10, 1863. ions." BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." In to-day's sitting of the Senate, M. Larabit read the report of the committee upon the petition in favour of Poland. The committee has arrived at the following conclusions. In view of the present position of affairs, and of the negotiations which have been entered upon, the committee, convinced by the communications which it has received, feels persuaded that the Govern ment of the Emperor has done, and will continue to do, all that is just, and possible, and politic, in favour of Poland. The committee is, therefore, of opinion that it would be neither necessary nor jus tifiable to recommend the Ministry to take the petitions into consideration, and for this reason proposes to the Senate by a large majority to leave the matter to the decision of the wisdom of the Emperor, and to pass to the order of the day. Just published, ABOOK OF BEAUTY. By Madame RACIIEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. 11Ite TLANTICI and GREAT WESTERN . L 111„. RAILWAY (PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION). -1 Sine She lot; The LAS I' INSTALMEN r of 20 per cent. on the Scrip C rtificates of this issue is .PAYABLE on the 16th March, When the same can be exchanged for the Bonds of the Com pany, by application at their offices, 2, Old Broad-street, London, E.C. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY, At 25. ea. each Person. SOUPS. Chesterfield. Jardiniere. FISH Soles, Hollandaise. E Fried E Fillets of Brill. ENTRS. Chioicen a.la Marengo. Galantines ala Royale. JOINTS. Rout Sirloins of Beef. Ro S.ast Saddles of Mutton. SWEET Orange Puddings. Compote of Bans. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOS ELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for The London Dinner. THE LONDON, 19', FLEET-STREET. and NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. for erty NOTICE. -LAD Y-DAY RENEWALS. Mercantile and Dock Insurances at the Reducedßates. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1861 was £83,076, and the amount insured on farming stock, £10,036,762. A bonus of three-fifths of the proflis periodically made to Parties insuring, who have thus from time to time received Sums amounting in the aggregate to £440,000. The rates of premium are in no case higher-than those c harged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. For prospectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey- Street, Norwich, and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. it possible, however, to molest the van of the Poles, and, if a Russian bulletin is to be credited, conquered part of the camp. All this time, it ought to be repeated, the 2,000 Russians at Miechow, Pilice, and Zarnowice stirred neither hand nor foot. The 28th found General Langiewicz at Zarki, 30 miles to the west of Wodzislaw, and in the imme diate vicinity of the railway line. He had now placed himself on the very road between Czensto chow and the south,—a line on which the troops of the enemy passed up and down day after day. It appears he had been preceded in this direction by some of his captains, and so when he arrived upon the spot the game was opened at the same time on several points. The chief encounter toek place at Mrzyglod (variously given as the fight of Zombko wice, Miszkow, or Mrzyglod), which, it is almost superfinous to remark, once more resulted in moon shine. There was the customary volley of the Rus sian infantry, the canister shot of the guns, and the aimless galloping about of the Cossack riders. There was the same dread of the Polish sithes among the Russians and the same eagerness to come to close quarters among the Poles. But if the hill cannot go THE ARMY. Igoe The depot of the 74th Highlanders, at present stationed at Aberdeen, and forming a portiun of the 23d depot battalion, is to be transferred at the end of the month to Perth. The reason for this step is the paucity of officers' and married soldiers' quarters in the Aberdeen barracks. In consequence of this want of accommodation, Government are, when all are present, paying about £2OO z month lodging allowance. 'Jur rter of the place The Senate will discuss the conclusions of the report on Tuesday next. FREE EXHIBITION OF BEDFORD'S PHOTOGRAP ii S OF THE EAST, taken during the Tour in which, by command, he accompanied H.R.H. the i'rince of WALES in Egypt, the Holy Land , and Syria , fenopLe„ the „Mediterranean, Athens, Ac .. fly, at mitr.,,,_4ALL.,,, 168, New Bond-street, from 10 till dusk Admittance by presentation of address Card. PARIS, Sunday. La France of this evening asserts that the Dic tator; Langiewicz, has accredited official agents to all foreign Governments to protect the interests of the insurrectionary Government of Poland. Messages received here from Vienna announce that Prince Metternich arrived to-day in that capital, and was to be received immediately in private audience by the Emperor. ,y for pro the tred. ,gct The 7th Company of Royal Engineers, which recently arrived at Chatham from Nova Scotia, has been placed under orders to proceed to Dover to morrow morning, to be employed on the fortifica tions in progress at that part of the coast. The Megeera, screw troopship, Commander S. H. Henderson, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday from Woolwich with batteries of the 7th brigade Royal Artillery on board, under the command of Col. A. P. S. Green. The batteries were landed the same day, and took up temporary quarters in Fort Moncton. Brookhurst Fort, one of the new and extensive works in advance of Gosport, on the Faretiam road, is ordered to be fitted for the per manent head •quarters of the 7th brigade. 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. London, 27th February, 1863. THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, That the ANNUAL GENERAL. COURT, and also that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL COURT, will be held at the Society's House, No. 6, New Bridsze-street, Blackfriars, on SATURDAY, the 21 st day of March, at Two o'clock precisely, for the following Purposes:— GERMAN GALLERY.—Marringe of H.R.H. the PRINCE of WALES.—Subscribers' Names are being received for the PICTURE of the MARRIAGE by Mr. G. H. THOMAS, for the purpose of painting which he was, by her Majesty's command, present on the occasion. GERMAN GALLERY, 168, New Bond-street, Daily, from 10 till dusk. ;i~.^r mot • +' ntir's and eVt PARIS, Sunday Evening. Diplomatic documents relating to Poland were laid before the Senate to-day. Amongst them is a despatch of M. Drouyn de Lhuys, dated 26th March, 1855, addressed to Count Walewski, at that time ambassador of France in London. The despatch calls to mind that in 1831 the Emperor Nicholas released him self from the obligations towards Europe imposed upon him by the treaties of 1815 with regard to Poland. The Great Powers fully understood the danger which might arise by the aggrandisement of Russia, and the advantages to be derived from returning to the treaties prohibiting Russia to pos sess the kingdom of Poland otherwise than as a dis tinct State. The despatch then continues:—" The et in n the ed in ISiSt- ORDINARY GENERAL COURT. To receive the Auditors' Report of the Receipts and Dis bursements of the Society during the year 1864 and to e ect Auditors for the present year. EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL COURT. GERMAN GALLERY.-Mr. W. H. RUSSELL'S NEW WORK.—subscribers' Names received Datly, from 10 tilt dusk, for " THE HISTORY of the WEDDING AT WINDSOR," by W. H. RUSSELL, Itsq., LL.D. (late Special Correspondent to the Times). GERMAN GALLERY, 168, New Bond-street, To consider a proposed amendment of the Article 82* of the Deed of qe tlement, by which the Director , will be em powered to 2rant Assurances to the extent of £l O ,OOO, and, if approved of, to pas- a Resolution to that effect. AS the Resolutions of the Extraordinary General Court twill require confirmation, so Saturday, the 28th 'March, is ap pointed for that purpose, 2, t Two o'clock precisely. I was nined CANTERBURY HA L L.- GRAND SELECLIONS from popular OPERAS, con ducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Principq I Arti , te - Miss Russell. The Comic by Unsworth, the modern Demosthene;, in his Laura renowd stumn speech ; u2ene's bur:ese songs and dances n ; e Frank Hall, ArthurE Lloyd, and Miss Laura Sanders, and a variety of other attractions. `ound cy on By order of the Board of Di , ectors, ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. to the man, neither can the wood to the field. With the Poles skulking among the trees and the Russians keeping in the open, the fight, passing through the various stages of a skirmish, was prematurely closed on either side. The Russians, in accord ance 'with their old idiosyncracy, declined to charge the Polish steel ; the Poles, who would be glad enough to come to blows, had a na tural aversion to traverse the distance between the forest and the hostile lines, So, after blazing away for an hour and sending a few companies to the front, the contending parties with drew in opposite directions. Once upon the spot, Langiewicz availed himself of the opportunity to demolish the railway bridge at Miszkow and tear up the line for some distance. It is said, but lam ignorant on what authority, that the Poles captured four cannons in this fight. Ae a matter of course the Russians set fire to Mrzyglod. This occurred on March 1. On the 2d the Russian corps proceeded in the direction of Olkusz (to the south), Laugiewicz following close on their heels, and on the 4th taking up a position in the ravines between Skala and Ojkow, eight miles distant from e pri- * Art'ele R?.—That nn Assurance shall be granted by the Roeiety, on the game Life or Li 'es, for more than the sum of l' , ye Thousand Pound.. Private 'esters received at Portsmouth from her Majesty's screw troopship Adventure, Commander Lethbridge, dated at Sierra Leone February 20th, announce the arrival of the ship at that place on th 18th, in 24 days from Barbadoes, with the head quarters of the 3d West India Regiment, who were landed there. During the passage the Adventure called in at the Gambia, and landed two companies of the 3d there, relieving a like number of the 2d West India Regiment. After coaling at Sierra Leone,the Adventure was to proceed to Lagos, where, it was reported, some disturbance had taken place among the native troops. This duty performed, the Adventure's further orders were to proceed along the coast, relieving other portions of the 2d West India Regiment, with whom she would return to the West Indies. Two companies of the 3d still remained to be brought over to the coast from the West Indies, and it was considered not at all improbable that the Adventure would be detained on her arrival at Bar badoes to convey them to their several destinations there, returning to the West Indies with the reliefs, and thence home to England. The Narcissus screw frigate, Capt. J. G. Bickford, flagship of Rear- Admiral Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.8., was lying at Sierra Leone on the Adventure's arrival, and sailed the following day for the Cape of Good Hope. Hearty cheers were exchanged on the Narcissus leaving, between her crew and that of the Adven ture, and also with the o:ew of the Rattlesnake, Commodore A. P. E. Wilmot, C. 8., which bad just dropped her anchor on arrival from the leewardcoa6t. ❑r for FirlllEE -1;3. MR. ESKELL'S INVENTION (Royal Seal granted 17th July, 1S60), Sets or partial "'eta of Teeth, exquisitely enamelled to nature, are made and lifted in a few hours by means of his patented soft elastic and i mperishable base of the colour of the gum, to which it ad heres with wonderful tenacity. dispensing with springs or "sightly fastenings , and defying detection by tne clm . est observer. The peculiar attribute of Mr. Eskell's invention Is, the re , diners with which these teeth can be re-adapted to any change of the mouth (even by the wearer); and as they act independently of all disturbing causes which affect teeth of ordinary construction, they ate guaranteed tt, last a life time, as w.ll as for mastication and articulation. Mr. ELL': TREATISE, which fully explains hisinvention, Post free for seven stamps.—lnspectif , n of specimens and Con sultations free. Terms strictly moderate. , -8, Grosvenor- St , eet, Bond-street, London ; and 39, Bennett's-hill, T H OXF O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET. "THC ROSE OF DENMARK," Sung every Evening by Miss Ru• sell and the entire Company, also The New Cantata, by Herr Meyer Lutz, "HERNE THE iIUNTER," Gluck's ALCEST 14), and other Operatic Selections, Supi orted by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Mr. Green, Mr. Bernardi, Mr. J. B. Huish, and Mr. Albert, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Junghm .ns. Drew Dean's Flute Solos. Ballads by Master Edwin Sanders, the juvenile vocalist, aged years. George Hodson's Irish, Miscellaeous, and Ventriloquial Entertainm n ent. Unsworth's great Stump Speech, "Or any other man." Eugene's burlesque Seene ,, and I .ances. W Randall's New Comicalities. Miss Caroline Parkes' Vocal and Terpsichorean Sketches, and other varied attractions. Hall, 61—Bakony and Stalls, la.—Private Boxes, tOs. 6d time appears to have arrived for reminding Russia of the obligations she has contracted towards Europe in reference to Poland " >f both met a of last tend or per qr. per qr is Were M. Drouyn de Lhuys concludes by requesting Count Walewski to ascertain the opinion of Lord Clarendon upon the subject. Another despatch, addressed by Count Walewski to Count Persigny on the 15th October, 1855, states that Lord Clarendon entertained similar views upon the expediency of taking advantage of passing events to bring about, as far as possible, some change in favour of Poland. s were Dre Wee OS T E 0 EI D ON: Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. GABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEE CFI and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, !prings or wires, and without operation. O ne set lasts a 'Yetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATIO N and A RTICULATION, even when all others fail. Purest ma terials only, at half the usual ost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Deutists, 2 7, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUE -STREET, LIVERPOOL. Crmplete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. ) ne visit only required from country p atients, Gabriel's ~ raetical Treatise gratis. consultations free. His lordship, however, did not think it necessary I to impose such an arrangement as an absolute con dition for the re-establishment of peace with Russia. Another despatch communicated is from M. Drouyn de Lhuys to M. Talleyrand, dated. 17th February, 1863. M. Drouyn de Lhuys regrets that Prussia had departed from her neutrality, and enumerates as inconveniences likely to result from this resolution—that the Polish question has thereby acquired European importance, that the idea of unity between the different populations of the ancient kingdom of Poland had been revived, that a really national insurrection had been brought about, that the Prussian Government had by this means cast itself into serious embarrassments, urtd JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. At the ARGYLL ROOMS. Conductor —Mons. JULLIEV. T HIS EVENING, and during the week, THE CARNIVAL DE VENISE, as originally written for the Violin by NlColo Paga lint, will be performed on the Cornet-a- Piston, by the celebratedLEVY, at Jullien Promenade Concerts — (the first tim r. e these variations have ever been attempted on the Cornet). Also will be introduced, for the first time, a NEW DANCE, " L'ALEXANDRA." Promenade, is.—Reserved seats, 2s. Doors open at Eight o'clock Manager, Mons. GRENET. to 4s 6d to 3 O ,ack. the city of Cracow. Another attaok being probable, he left Jezioranski to ward off the enemy, retreat- ing himself some little way to the east. You are aware of what happened on the 4th. Jezioranski having diverted the attention of the enemy, Langie wicz, owing to the peculiar adroitness of his man oeuvres, returned at the very nick of time, to take the Russians by surprise. Skala. was burnt, but the charge of the Kossiniaires (sithemen) mowed the Russians in swaths. Prince Bragation fled to Slom niki, and such was the terror among the ltussians that, Wolbrom, Olkusz, and Pelica being instantly evacuated, his only hope of escape consists in a re treat to Miechow. Once more the Cracow frontier is in the hands of the insurgents, and the P lish Eagle planted up in face of the Austrian coat of arms. d to 60 d to 7d I to 7 TRULY r RUIN EFFICACIOUS AND MILD. _ Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre red. without any mercurial ing redient, from the recipe of Dr. etitt, of Bromley, Kent, will be foun d invaluable to all who ftffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind. ' 4 l 3 astris, giddiness, nizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual e cpitiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier ; ) 1 ( the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera -2tl and grateful to the stomach, they create appete, pro mote divestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold IT W. Lambert, 8, King, William-street, Charing-cross. _endon, and by most druggists, in boxes,lB. lid., and three Limes the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the ,6 atone• ; pei qr. —8 per THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, containing the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by innumerable Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame, together with a variety of Natural Preparations, Malformations, Monstrosities, ; also the Moving Anato mical Dying Zonave, and other life-size figures. Open daily from 11 to 10, for Gentlemen only. Admission, One shilling. Entrances--' , 9. George-street, Hanover-square, and CA, Maddox-street, Regent-street. London, W. Illustrated Catalogue, free by post, 12 stamps, sealed 20. Explanations throughout the day. Address the Secretary, as above. Public Conveyances in the Metropolis and that it had created a political situation alreSdy a cause of grave uneasiness, and likely to prove the source of future complication for the Cabinet. Another despatch is from M. Drouyn de Lhuys to the Due de Montebello, dated 18th February. This document states that the Polish question possesses above any other the privilege of ex citing in France the sympathy of all classes. M. Drouyn de Lhuys recapitulates a conversation with Baron de Budberg, from whom he says he had not concealed that even " despite of us events may grow embarrassing, and the pressure of public opinion become greater as the gravity of circumstances in creased." Ififeetious Diseases. io &übt has Lee! , I Ruth LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimulative properties of which are unfailing in their operation. Thomas Elliott invites a trial from them ost sceptical, that they may be con vinced of its infallible wer. Price 38. 6d., 65. 6d., 10s. 6d., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt s of postage st -s amps.—T T. homE.'as s Elliott, hairgrower ( irst floor), 1, Fenchurchtreet. wigs, £1 10s. Since then Langiewicz remains unmolested in his camp near Olkusz, and, according to the latest in telligence, has been appointed Dictator. The total of his forces in the triangle between Kielce, Czens tochow, and Cracow is estimated at more than 12,000 men,—an army hardly inferior in point of numbers to the Russians opposed to him. STRATFORD-ON-AVON STEEPLE CHASES will take pace over the Borden Hill Ground, on Wed `'`VaY, April 8, 18'3. d; The STRATFORD-ON-AVON ()PEN STEEPLE CRAKE (Han- T e l a .. l)) of 10 sovs each, 5 it, and 2 only if declared on or before udr6day, April 2, 186 1 , with AO sovs added, over about four . 34 of fair hunting country ; the winner of any handican ,e . Ple chase, after the weights are declared, to carry lb 4 . ; r a ; the winner to pay 10 s. vs towards expenses, and the horse t save his stake. To close and name to Capt. Hamilton, Shottery, Stratford - on - A y( n, on or before Mon day, March 23, 1-63; weights to appear in " Bell' s Life," on the 29th day of Varch ; the 5 soya ft, name of horse, and c olours of rider to be enclosed together, or the nominat ion Lv,Tllhne H ot received; u b N e TEßs, money will . - tot be added. -TAKES of 5 sovs each, 3 forfeit, with 30 rtf added, over about four mile s of fair hunting. country, for horses that have been regularly hunted with any established tack of 'foxhounds in the season 1862-63 ; tour years 12st, „ u ,. v e, Years 1 . 71b, six and ag,- d 13et ; winners 71h extra ; Vies , onal riders 71b extra ; t he winner to pay 5 cove to ,,,aros expense.. To close and nam e to Capt. Hamilton, nflottely. S:ratford-on-Avon. on or before March 23 1863; t he 3 sovs ft name of horse, d colours of ride , ' to be en , ,o, d ••' • together, or th. ,tion will not be received ; three horses to start, or the pnbli • money will not be added. , T lie WELTER CUP; ad dto a Swee stakes of 1 0 S O VS esca ; 1 .st 71b ; about three m ter ; a winner , f 100 sovs to carry 71b e xtra, and of 2 0 sovs 14 Ib ext ra ; g entlemen riders : omi u4,4tion, with entr glee - m oney. name of horse , an d colours of ,4 " - ; °r, to be sent t. , Hp , . Hamilton. on or before Wednesday, A 1 1863 he FARMER , ' AND TRADESMEN'S STARES of 2 cove each, ii;tll ' 5 soyq added, for horse- b on e fide si and uneonelition fifteen elly .1 Pro-Tr , of f irmers or tradesmen e g within ""` of Ktra y t fo , d-on- A von, and tha h ave net be 'n in a train „ sable for -ix months f om date of entry : 12st each ; to be rid en by farmers, tradesmen , or their sons ; To close and winners of t a nY steep echase or hurdle ace 10lb e‘c ra. erlle (with entrance money) to Ca p t. Hamilton, Shottery, atford-on- A von. on.or before Wedne sda y , A p ril 1 ; about ithree miles • three horses to start.. r !he public money will UOt be added. Sir < FIABLES MORDAITNT, Bart., M.P., Sir R' BERT HA IL CON, Bart., Z.C.8., FF. Stewards. Capt. PEA Hon. W. 11. NORTH, Lor CONYERS, F. W. HA %1 ILTON, Shottery, Stratford-on-Avon, Hon. Secretary and T , easurer. THTE ScOTTISH CHAMPION OPEN dn„,l,-EE rING, under the auspices of the Biggar and Cale h-lan Coursing Clubs, by the kind permission of the Right , 0 . the Far of Home &c. will be held at Douglas, m I „ne; , day, March 24, 1861, and followin , day , when the fol vuvill g st lees will be un for :- 1 . Th cALEDONIAN CHAMPION CUP for 32 all aged greyhounds, at CIO its entrance; to be divided in the fo lowi g manner:— Win , r ............................. ... .£l6 O Runner-up ............................ 50 Third and fourth, each ....... .. ....... 20 Fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth, each 10 ----- .11-c -ed weyhoundg, at £5 ....... £BO I. The DOIiGLAS . CUP, for 32 all-ageu le. entiance ; divide i as follows : Wnner .................................. EUnn. r-up .... . ..... . ................ Thid an fourth, ea h. . .... . .......... 1 0 Fitt , sixth. seventh, and eight . h, each .. 5 16 Ipies of 1861, at Di [he CLYDE STAKES. for Pu-PP— ' Os. entranc , ; divided a s follovvs : Winner 1' unner.. , p .............................. 12 IV Tnird and fourth, each .................. 5 • Th e FORT i 1 STAKES for 16 vrevhounds, pupped on or after Ist June, 1• 61, he age of which has 'been ub - -t - Ate." " Bell's Life," or lisped in --n —" The 'Sporting ' Ga roved , e zet, . --- "The Field," dorieg the s.,ason 1862-3, or pto the , satista - Aion of the stewards and committees ; divided as follows: Winner. ................................. DIO • . 12 Runner-up ....... . ................... . Ti ird and fourth eac h .•••••••••.."' hotinds, ... 5 The SE i LING STA.KI4.;S, for 1 6 all-aged d'r'y 'v. at £2 10s. ; any roc. - cut , red in this stake may be claimed for £lO, except the winner and runner-up, which may be claimed for £l5 each ; the owner of the runner-up to have first c aim for the winner, but all claims must be lodg e d with the secretary within fifteen minutes after the stake is won ; divided as fo,lows : Winner ............................... X2O Runner-up .............................. 6 The Third and fourth, each ................. 2 All meeting to begoverned by the National Club rules. d ." winners of £2O and inwards to pay 5 per cent. to the Place fund. The drawings for Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4, will take 'h ' i ce at 6 P.m , in the Douolas Arms Hotel, Douglas, shire, on on m on . lay, the 23d March, 1863, previous to whieh all paid. Di.ner imme eries must be made and entry MoneYs hltely after the dra'wina• All nominators in Nos. 1 and 2 Inn ~. t must take a dinner ticket, price 3s. 6d. The entry and draw d'inß' for the Selling Stakes will tae place after the second "Y's running Single nominations sccured in the order of RPlication to . E. J. Lindsay, Esq., lion. Secre . ary, llallcraig by Ouse, c m -j u ke, Lanarkshire, N.B. If the stakes do not fill ti, t he 14th March, double nominations will then be given in , 4 „, order of application. A. lour-horse omnibus will be in m aiti nv , at Carstairs Junction station, on Monday, the 23d th a e rch, which will start for DOll,lflS direct at F, 2. p.m., for 111.3(e'usive accommodation of gentlemen attending the e,,'''llf.C. The express train from Carlisle at 120 p.m., the firesaos h. :m Glasgow at 4 p.m., and from Edinburgh at 0 - P.m, will cktch the omnibus, the arriv,l of which at Dou be't,': will he waited for for dinner. Private conveyances can beforehand at an y time at Carstairs or Lanark by ordering them urirehand of Mr. Irving, the Cl d , sale Hotel, Lanark. The a ' o f each morning will be within a few yards of the Lanark am n o otn,ria‘ turnpike-roads at 930 a. Q .arters for men e a ; d sts can be secured by applying to Mr. Amos, Douglas tle, T •.annt , :sh:re. J• Gordon,IIII;GAR CLUB. CALEDONIAN CLUB. . Esq., it Aikeolie,d PRESIDENT. 1 1 : '*-G.ralmm, Esq., of Capellie Hewnce the Duke of Buc ni-. Ewing, 't:sq ,of Calder- eh STEWARDS FOR 1862-3. ix n.r n '. i W . A rvintr, Esq., of Milbank Earl of' t-laddincrton E. Jardine. Evi l. Gilmour, Esq..o` Glas- John Gibson, Esq. ~...!- . ;3• y v Lord Binning : I ' . • , ...Cr. Ilorron ,Esq.,of G lase-ow Major Boothby ITLindsay hike lcrai g .ot Arklet3n John Gordon, Esq. Esq., Hon. Sec., A. Graham, Esq. iouse, near Car- G. Blanshard, Esq., Hon. Bee. , Lanarkshire Mr, WARWICK, Judge. Mr. nArNa, Slipper ~17 ~.17 0 15 6 • 15 6 ..15 u„ .16 0 • 16 9 ..14 9 Mar. 21. Mar 15• Apr. 6 kpr. I. Mar. 21. Nlar. 15. Apr. 6 llar. 13. Mar. 2 1 M ar. 15. Mar. 13 Mar. 22. Apr. 6 Mar. 13. Mar. 15. Mar. 18• Mar. IS, Mar. 13. Mar. --, Apr. 9• Mar. 31• M ar . 16, Lshion ig niter thug pa y for husband; ry ; adore Lnd go to y Health. of tention ling pill', ily expe l ained 31' ° Noway table sto to diges t correctiv e at domes emporia,' the con:, rength,l, ............._, ..-----..-- le wift) 3rbyskir e ' tare, Mrs' e, Bel; er m, Bath, to Clara e Tyruno t TrinitY rd, of Uxbri , `ge , :sq., of Briftlit° ll Bright°Dt Elaught°' of Turn• , Admiral x EdW d. n ore, Eaq•' TDRE/ C '' :e, No. 1 12 ; c o uritY ° L, BERWICKSHIRE STEEPLE CHASES, at Kimmerehame-Mains, within thee miles of ynnbe and twelve of Berwick, on Wednesday, A i prl mile of I. THE SCOTTISH GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE of 100 sovs, added to a Free Handicap of 5 sovs each (in case of acne tance); the winner of any handicap at- eple chase of the value of 50 FOS'S after the weights are published to carry 71b extra; the winner to pay 20 sovs towtvds expense and the second to save his stake ; five horses to start, or the added money will not bgi e ven witi out thonsent of the Stewards about three mil s and half over a e c ood hunting country 2 soya entrance, to go to the fund , wh i c h must be remitted with the entries, otherwise they will not be received. To close and name with the Clerk of the Course, Dunse, on or before 31st of arc • 18s3. Top weight, 12st 71b. _Handicapper, Mr. R. Johnson, York. ll.—The HUNT STEEPLE CHASE of 50 sovs., to added a Sweepst-tkea of 5 soya each, 1 forfeit to the fund, open to all ' orsea that have been regularly hunted in Scotland, and with the Earl of Wemyss's Hounds in Northumberland ; second hot , e to save his stokes ; four yr oldslist 41h, five yr olds 12st 21' , , six and A ed 12,st 71b ; previous winners of any steeple chase or hurdle race value 50 sovs 71b extr rec, ; the Winner to pay ,Ovs towards expenses about th mites and a half ; gentlemen riders : professionals, trainers, grooms, or any one who has ridden for I ay 7lb extra. lll.—The TALLYHO HUNT STEEPLE CHASE of 25 SOVS., a., ded to a weepstakes of 2 sovs each, 1 forfeit to the fund, for horses that have never won an , steeple 1863 ; chase or allhurdl e race, nor paid rac e horse duty previous to open to horses that have been regularly hunted in Scotland, or with the Erl f Wemvs's Hounds in Northumberland ; second horse a to o save his s stake; about three miles and a half; weights and riders same No. 2. HUNTER.O SELLING STEEPLE CHASE of 2 soya each, 1 forfeit to the fund, with 20 sovs added; the second to save his stake ; four year oldtshelwlisntn4elbl4ofihveeayokldarfoorld6os.aolv2sat: 21b ; six and wzed, 71b; it entered ta be sold for 50 sovs allowed 71b, if for 40 soya 141 b, if for 30 soya 211 b, and it for 20 sovs 281 b ; the rto the be sold immediately after the race, and the surplu w i se to race fund; three horses to start, or the added money will not be given : about three mile. and a half. f a r n o o m 3 yta b li e eau i r n .rte g it intended nsepdge t for e b r o s n o a t f 1 h d o e hunters mo s O t n h l only, c r e o r : N c o at s e . f ot r required iddeoto th h a o t oo th d e a y , haanvde mustnot onlynot b d e u e e n ed re b gu ef l o a r r e l have been in a public training stable in Entries for Nos. 2 and 3 to be made to the Clerk of the Course, Dunse, on or before the 21st April, and objections to qualifl 'talon of horses to be made to him in writing not later than Monday, 27th April. Colours to be declared at time of entry for each race. Sir G. H. BOSWALL, Bart, Sir DAVID BAIRD, Bart, Major INNES, Stewards. Major L' AMY, J. B. KELLIE, Clerk of the Course. THE ISLE OF WIGHT STEEPLE CHASES will take place at Gatcombe, ner Neort, on Tues day, 24th • , f March. 1863, at 1 o'clock praecisely.wp The GATCOMBE MANOR STAKES, an Open Steeple Chase, of 5 sovs each, 2 soya ft, with 50 sovs added ; llst each ; thorough bred horses 71b extra; winners of any steeplechase or hurdle race once 71b, twice or more, 101 b extra; three horses the p operty of different owners to start or the pub lic money will not be given ; the second horse to save his stake. The ISLE Or WIGHT HUNT STEEPLE CriAsz, 3 sovs each, 1 soy ft, with 35 sovs addeo, for horses fairly hunted in the island, season, '62-'63, list 71b each; thorough bred horses 711) extra ; winners of any steeple chase or hurdle race once 71b, twice or more 101 b extra; three horses the property of different owners to start or the public money will not be given ; gentlemen riders ; professionals 71b extra ; the second horse to save his stake ; a certificate from the master of hounds must be produced at the time of entry. A GARRISON STEEPLE CHASE, for officers of the Army, Navy, Militia, Volunteers, of 3 sovs each, 2 sovs ft, with 20 sovs added, for horses bona fide the property of Officers of the Army, Navy, Militia, or Volunteers, in the South Western District, and to be ridden by officers in either services ; weights, 12st each ; winners of any steeple chase or hurdle race 101 b extra ; three horses the property of different owners to start or the public money will not be given; the second horse to save his stake. The FARMERS' STARES, for horses bred in or having been in the Isle of Wight tor six months immediafely preceding the day of starting, and for beaten horses during the meet ing, 2 sovs each, with 15 added ; post entry ; 12st each ; the winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race for 60 sovs, the surplus, if any, to go to the fund ' • if entered to be sold for 50 sovs allow ed 71b, if for 40 sovs 141 h, 30 soya 211 b, 20 sovs 2slb ; three horses the property of different owners to start or the public money will not be given the second horse to save his stake. The above races to be over about three miles of fair hunt ing country. The SCURRY STAKES, for horses that have been in the island three months immediately preceding the day of start ing, 1 sou each, with 10 soya added : post entry ; llst each ; once round ; three horses the prop y ert of Jiff rent owners to s tart or the public money will not be given. Entries to be made at the Bugle Inn,pn Saturday, the 21st day of March li s , between the hours of 4 and 6 . and the cards will be pubhed immediately afterwards. p.m. Colours to be de clared at the time of entry, and any jockey riding in different colours to forfeit 1 soy. No nomination will be received un ss the forfeit is sent at the sam 4 time. The riders will he shown over the course at 11 o'clock on the morning of the meeting, The horses to be saddled in front of the stand. The new . steeple ch ., se rules will be strictly observed, and all the disputes stewards or whom they may appo int. Any pa d ec ided by n l a rs may be known on application to Mr . E. Watts, the Hon. Suretary. Sir J. SIMEON, Bart. General Sir ,T. CLIP:APE, K.C.B. Capta i n CAMPBELL, 3 0 th Regt. ' G. RED DALT,' Esq. ?: Stewards H. D. C&LDECOTT, Esq. 1-0 ' lat, Jan, 21, , Newport, In. ELS Wig sleWofll-THORNTON, E s q. j M. Drouyn de Lhuys comments upon the hopes aroused upon the accession of the Emperor Alexan der to the throne, and considers that if they should not be realised Russia would create embarrassment for herself, and place France in a disagreeable posi tion. M. Drouyn de Lhuys, in conclusion, requests the Due de Montebello to lay the question in this shape before Prince Gortschakoff. The diplomatic documents communicated to the Senate also include a circular of M. Drouyn de Lnuys, dated March 1, addressed to the agents of France abroad, in reference to the Russo-Prussian convention, and stating the steps taken by France in the matter. WARSAW, March 13. According to reliable information, the insurgents under Lewandapski defeated the Russians on the sth inst., near Bresnuka, and captured two guns. Another body of insurgents, under Lelewel, were also victorious near Wladowa, on the Bug, on the 7th inst., on which day the Russians sustained a further defeat near Rataji, although in considerable force at that place. CRACOW, March 14. General Langiewicz's vanguard is within a short distance of Miechow. _ _ Skirmishes with the Russians took plaoe yester day in the immediate neighbourhood. The Russian troops near Olkusz, Wolbrom, and Miechow have received reinforcements. Considerable bodies of insurgents are posted at Konin, under the command of Mielecki, who has been appointed colonel by Gen. Langiewicz. March 15. Twelve only of the 36 members belonging to the Council of State at Warsaw are independent of the Government, having neither official posts nor salaries. MM. Wenglinski, Kurtz, Garoki, Count Kolet zello, General Lewinski, and Michel Lewinski have tendered they resignations. Six other councillors are abroad. The members of the municipality have resolved upon sending in their resignations, but have not yet carried out their intention. LEMBERG, March 14. The greater part of the forces of Langiewicz are posted near Miechow, where engagements between the Russian and Polish vanguards took place yes terday. The insurrection is gaining ground in the Govern ment of Kalisch. It is asserted that the insurrection has broken out in Podolia, and that several thousand insurgents are posted near Bar. THORN, March 15. A Mate of siege has been proclaimed in the cities and districts of Pinsk, Stuck, and Novogrudek, in the Government of Minsk. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) POSEN, March 12. Fights abound and extending eineevnedring a every direction, time ectio ron,anlis n. and orebellion isThis is hardly a favourable moment for casting a retro spective glance at the events of the past; but if the Polish tactics have been so far successful a survey of their achievements may be interesting as a key to the probabilities of the future. I have selected for this purpose the m:litary career of General Lan giewicz, as being the most prominent instance of guerilla warfare under the peculiar circumstances of the case. The first reunion of the detached bands in the south was brought about at Wonchock, a little I town 40 miles to the south of Radom, situate in the midst of wooded hills, and possessed of mines and ironworks. The place afforded a favourable oppor tunity for the organisation of the corps, both in point of equipment and drill. The General at that time could hardly muster 1,000 muskets in his camp. As for the rest of his force, consisting of about 5,000 men, they had to be armed with scythes and swords, the greater parr of the production of their own hands in the furnaces of Wonchock. But there is an end even to Russian sluggishness. On the Ist of February the General found himself at tacked by a column, which had been advanced from Kielce, about 20 miles to the south-west of Won chock, and, although he had the best of the fight, the attack of another column on the day after caused him to remove his quarters to a safer and less accessible locality. The second Russian force had been despatched from Radom, and the two columns were intended to charge the General simultaneously ; but, as we shall have occasion to notice in the progress of events, the Russian commanders find it impossible, as a rule, to keep their appointments and effect their moves with the promptness which forms the indispensable re quisite of a guerilla war. Slow marching is not pe culiar to Russian troops, but, hampered by the bad roads of a Polish spring, the timid neutrality or the violent hatred of the inhabitants, they never reach their destination in time to catch the bird before it has flown. The battle of Wonchock was announced in the official paper as the first destruction of Gene ral Langiewicz. Leaving his old haunt on the 3d of February, the General moved on to the lion's very den. In a day's march he reached the Lysa Gora hills, pitched tents at Slupia and Sventi krzyz, took up a favourable position 25 miles south of Wonchock, and a little less to the east of Kielce. He was now protected by the cliffs and precipices of a limestone ridge, but finding himself in the immediate vicinity of Kielce, a centre of Russian operations, his quarters exposed him to the inconvenience of constant sorties and skirmishes with the enemy. Again, however, he was allowed nine days' respite before the Musco vites could be brought up to the charge. It was only on the 11th that the Russians, approaching in two columns from Kielce and Radom, first as saulted the Monastery of Sventi-Krzyz (Holy Cross), and a few hours later the Camp of Slupia. Langiewicz, now in possession of eight guns and 1,000 rifles more, all of which bad been forwarded to him from Austria in the interval, repulsed the attack with considerable success, and thrust ing the snemy out of his way, hastened in a day and night to Staszow, 40 miles to the south of Slupia and 12 miles' distance f rom t h e Austr i an in frontier. His object this precipitate march was to keep his communication open with Austria—the storehouse and great arsenal of insurrection in the earlier stages of the movement. Hitherto the Gali cian frontier between Cracow and the Vistula had been entirely evacuated by the Russian troops. but as the columns which charged him at Slupia retired towards the south the probability of being shut off from Austria became as imminent as it would have been perilous. He had not been mistaken in his guess. Hardly had he arrived at Staszow when the enemy, advancing his columns on the east and west of his position, endeavoured to occupy the Vistula line, surrounding the gallant general at the same time with a whole cordon of detachments. His friends were getting anxious for his safety, and the Cracow papers calculated the consequences of a defeat. Whatever his talents, Russian indolence, however, materially contributed to his escape. Arriving at Staszow on the 13th, the Russian generals did not grudge him a leisure of several days before return ing to the charge. Again the interval was turned i to account by the General for procuring arms and shoes, and increasing faiEsca.valry to a fine force of more than 1,000. I have also reasons for believing his infantry to have reached the figure of 10,000 or so while at Staszow, but the fact baffles inves tigation, as the force, if it ever existed as a whole has been immediately broken up into a number of separate corps. On the night of the 17th Russian preparations were so far advanced as to allow of the despatch of a reconnoitring party to Staszow. Of 3,000 men who entered the place, 150 were left upon the spot. Unless protected by their artillery, the retreat must have degenerated into a flight and the loss of the corps, But, with more sithes than rifles, and in many cases more rifles than cartridges, the Poles find it hard work to kill the enemy after beating him. On the following day the Polish camp was again broken up. Finding the Russians gathering round him, the General retraced his steps towards the north, and suddenly turning to the west, approached Kielce at a distance of seven miles or thereabouts. The tactics of the General, as the reader will have perceived by this time, may be reduced to a simple formula. In a secure position, he calmly awaits the arrival of Russian troops advancing from all points of the compass. The inert masses being at length drawn up in sufficient numbers to venture an attack, the Poles, after an indecisive conflict of an hour or two, march off in perfect order, and, hastening over 40 miles with the utmost rapidity, take up another position, where the old game begins afresh. In this wise a week or half a week's rest is always gained for the prey, the hunter dragging slowly along his wearied limbs and spending all his time in marching after the game he cannot over take. The Poles, on the other hand, persist in avoiding pitched battles, Not only would the danger of de feat be immense, but their victories must be always complete, and result in the death or capture of a number of enemies. How else would it be possible to procure arms with equal convenience and economy ? Passing by Kielce, at a distance of a few miles the General, on the 18th, intercepted a party of Rus sians returning from Miechow with 130 prisoners, the proceeds of a raid among the notables of the dis • trict. The surprise took place at Xionz, about 70 miles to the west of Staszow, and 24 hours after the fight of the preceding morning. For the next six days the nimble guerilla disappears from the scene. Dividing his force into half a dozen corps, his manoeuvres must have infested the entire distance between Kielce and Cracow on the one, and Kielce and Czenstochow on the other side. In the mean time :he Russians, who had vainly sought him at Staszow, were pushing on from the East, while Czenstochow, the most westerly stronghold of the Czar, poured forth its thousands to Olkusz, on the Galician frontier, and Wobrom, Pilica, and Zar nowice, in the region between Cracow and the southern highway. Once more the net was being closed in upon General Langiewicz. From the south the four towns abovenamed had been occupied by the Russians ; from the east his Staszow friends were approaching as fast as nature permitted; in the west frowned the Russian frontier, the north being blocked up by the garrisons of Czenstochow and Kielce, which, it was to be feared, might suc ceed in restoring communication between each other. To prevent this disaster Jczioranski, one of his captains, had been stationed at Wloszezowa, mid way between the two points d'appui of the Russian force; and, before he could be overpowered by the enemy, who was now forcing his way on to the north, General Langiewicz, on the 23d, succeeded in effecting a junction with his trusty follower be tween Wloszczowa and Malsgoszez. The day before another transport of Polish prisoners had been recaptured by him at Cenciny, about eight miles distance from Malagoszcz. Twenty-four hours after his reunion with Jezi oratiski the R uss i ans drew near from Kielce (east), Cenciny (south-east), and Brzezy (south), either party consisting on this occasion of 6,000 men or more. As usual Langie wicz, retiring to the shelter of the hills and the woods, fought a part only of the Russians at a time. After a bloody skirmish of several hours, the drawn fight having yielded 110 decisi ve result, he di v id e d his troops into two bo di es , marching himself towards Metropolitan and Suburban Railways. We recently directed attention to the ravages the Railway Companies proposed to make in London, and pointed out how the majority of the Extensions 1 and Junctions owed their origin, not to benevolent plans for the convenience of the public, but either to the mischievous rivalries of the companies them selves or to the reckless energy of contractors, en gineers, or Parliamentary solicitors, the most lucra tive portion of whose business often consists in getting up these schemes. Since then the House of Commons has, on its second reading, thrown out a bill for bringing a railway from the Great Northern in a cutting to the top of Regent-street, and it ap pears more than probable that the Great Eastern Station will either remain where it is, or when it does spring into the metropolis, must select some other spot than Finsbury-square in which to alight. So far, therefore, so good. But in the meantime we I would invite attention to the fact that it is by no means the Metroplitan Extensions only which re quire looking after, and that some bills which bear the most harmless of suburban titles are likely, if passed, to do a lasting injury to the metropolis itself. Such are the bills promoted by the London and Brighton Company, and the London, Chatham, and Dover Company, both of whom actually pro pose to take their lines through Greenwich Park, the most ancient, and by far the most beautiful, of all the parks round London. The promoters of these schemes say that they "intend to studiously avoid injuring the Park," and only mean to " take the line through the Park by a tunnel about half a mile long." This tunnel, however, must be con structed, we believe, on what engineers call the " cut and cover" system ; that is to say, a broad and deep cutting is first made, the tunnel then built, and the earth then filled in again. A disfigurement of this kind for some twelve months or so while the works are progressing ought itself to be a sufficient reason for the rejection of the bill, but this will not be the least of the evil, for the formation of any tunnel through the Park will drain the moisture from the trees and kill all the noble elms and ches nuts in its neighbourhood. In the matter of rail way extension the Legislature has taken special care of the north side of the metropolis, while the south side has been left to the mercy of every angry company or hungry projector. It is most earnestly to be hoped that they will not permit this last yet of desecration, and that this old, historic playground of the south of London will be left in its natural beauty. It required a great effort, some years ago, to prevent the present Woolwich line from doing what two now wish to do, and the public will, in deed, have passed from King Log to King Stork if all their exertions to keep one railway from touch ing the Park end in two rivals and antagonists passing through its centre. Members of both Houses have struggled to prevent the violation of the St. Pancras-road and to preserve the dtist rurality of Finsbury-square—is there none who say a word for Greenwich Park, and the thousands who daily derive pleasure in the contemplation of its quiet beauties P—Times. THE FORTIFICATIONS.—A return printed on Sa turday states that the total amount raised under the Fortifications Loan Act is 12,070,000, for which ter minable annuities amounting to £133,827 have been created. The sum raised in 1861 was £950,000 ; in 1162, £970,000 ; and the remainder, £150,000, was raised on the 9th January last, The rate of interest at which the annuities were cal culated is 31 per cent. Shoeburyness for the purpose of witnessing some experiments with heavy artillery. VALETTA, March 10.—Her Majesty's screw line of-battle ship Queen, 74, Capt. C. F. Hillyar, ar rived from Corfu on the 4th inst., which ;sland she left on the 28th ult. She was inspected by Rear- Admiral Dacres, C. 8., on the 25th ult., and has come here to be caulked. She has brought the fol lowing supernumeraries :—Lieut. Royd, of her Ma jesty's ship Marlborough ; 3 seamen for Malta hos pital; 8 seamen and 1 marine, invalided; 9 seamen en route to Eugland, and 1 marine ditto. The Aus trian frigate Frederick, 22, arrived at Corfu on the 23d ult. from Calamata, and left on the 26th for Patras and Missolonghi. The Turkish screw tran sport Funa touched at Corfu on the 23d, and left on the following day for Antivari, having on board Gen. Abdi Kerim Pasha and suite, to assume the command of the Turkish troops in that district. Her Majesty's paddlewheel frigate Magicienne, 16, Lieut. E. White, returned from Corfu on the 9th inst., whither she had conveyed supernumeraries for the ships at that station. She left Corfu on the 7th inst., leaving at anchor there her Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship Edgar, 89, Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres, C. 8.), and the screw line-of-battle ship Tra falgar, '7O, Capt. the Hon. T. Bailie. The Magici enne brought down Commander R. Reid, of the Trafalgar, sick, for Naval Hospital, and Lieut. Brady, 6th Regiment. The Magicienne is to be held in readiness to convey Prince Alfred to Marseilles, as soon as the deputy-inspector considers his Royal Highness is well enough to leave the hospital. Dr. Armstrong will accompany the Prince to Eng land. Her Serene Highness the Princess of Leiningen visited his Royal Highness yesterday. We learn from Corfu that the screw frigate Shan non, 35, Capt. 0. J.Jones, left that island on the 3d inst. for Patras, to relieve the screw sloop Chanti cleer, Commander C. Stirling. Her Majesty's pad dlewheel frigate Firebrand, 6, Commander S. B. Piers, left Malta on the 6th inst. for England, to be paid off. She has on board as passengers Captain Richardson, Lieut. Steworth, Major Saul, Mr. R. Matthew, Mr. A. Arthur, and 29 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery, and re turned stores. The screw sloop Icarus, 11, Com mander N. Salmon, V.C., left on the following day for Naples with supernumeraries for the screw line of-battle ship Meeanee, 60, Capt. G. Wodehouse. The St. George, 84, screw line-of-battle ship, Capt. the Hon, F. Egerton, now in Malta harbour, will return to Naples shortly, when the Meeanee will re turn to Malta. The screw frigate Liffey, 39, Capt. G. Parker, left Malta harbour on the morning of the 9th inst. for the Piraeus. She conveys orders for the screw frigate Phoebe, 35, Capt. T. D. A. Fortescuo, to leave the Pirseas for Corfu. The Trident, 6, iron paddlewheel sloop, Commander C. J. Balfour, is to proceed to Gibraltar, to remain for the present on that station in place of the Firebrand, gone on. The Supply, 2, iron screw storeship, Master-Commander W. H. Balliston, will leave this week for Corfu, and on return proceed to England. The Marlborough, 131, screw line-of-battle ship, Capt. W. A. Stewart, C.B. (bearing the flag of the Vice-Admiral Commander in Chief), is to sail in a few days for a cruise, and will visit some of the lonian Islands. In her absence Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin's flag will probably be transferred to the Queen, which on her return will be sent back to the Piraeus. The remainder of the Mediterranean fleet are distributed as follows ;—Malacca, 17, screw sloop, Cap•. G. N. Napier; Alacrity, 4, screw gun boat, Commander J. Baird ; and the Wanderer, 4, screw gunboat, Commander M. C. Seymour, coast of Syria. The last mentioned vessel has been ordered to Malta. The Weser, 6, iron paddle vessel, Commander A. H. Johnstone, and the Cockatrice, 2, screw gunboat, Lieut.. Commander R. M. Wilson, at the mouth of the Danube. The Psyche, 2, paddlewheel despatch vessel,Lieut.-Commander Sterne, at Constantinople the Caradoc, 2, despatch vessel, on her way to the Mediterranean from England ; the Pelican, 17, screw sloop, Commander P. Brock, and the Fox hound, 4, screw gunboat, Commander the Hon. A. Hobart, to the Levant. The Hibernia, receiving ship Commander R. B. Harvey (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 11. J. Codrington, C. 8.), with her tenders, Boxer and Growler; the Medina, 4, sur veying vessel,Capt. T. A. B. Spratt, C.B. ; the Fire fly, 5, surveying vessel, Commander A. Mansell; and the Surprise, 4, screw gunboat, Commander W. H. White, at Malta. Brigadier-Gen. Bates, who commands the 2d Brigade at Malta, has pro ceeded home, to take the command, it is understood, of the 2d Brigade of Infantry at Aldershott. Col. Atherly, of the 92d Highlanders, will,it is reported, succeed Gen. Bates in the command of the 2d Brigade in this garrison. The screw steamship Warrior, 40, Capt. the Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane, and the Defence, 18, Capt. A. Cowell, C. 8., both from the eastward, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday morning. The War Department steam transport Lord Panmure, H. T. Moore commanding, has left the arsenal at Woolwich, and has been docked in Messrs Simpson's yard at Millwall. Her engines and boilers have been removed, and a complete survey has been made of every compartment with a view to a thorough renovation. The woodwork was found to be decayed and the boilers corroded by bilge water. After being repaired the boilers will be re placed in a thick coating of Day's impermeable cement, now used in all iron ships of the service with good effect, and from the bilge upwards she will receive a double coating of Peacock's composi- tion. The repairs are expected to be completed about the end of April. Her Majesty's sloop Spiteful, Commander Wil son, was on Saturday put out of commission and paid off at Woolwich for repairs. The steam storeship Industry, Master Comman der Youel, sailed yesterday from Greenhithe, after the adjustment of compasses, laden with a cargo of victualling and dockyard stores from Deptford and Woolwich, for Ascension, calling at Madeira and St. Vincent. The whole of the Finch plates received at Wool wich dockyard, and intended for casing the inner face of the 4-gun sloop Enterprise, building at Deptford, have been returned to the contractors, having been found unfit for use. The defects con sisted of blisters, puffed patches, and imperfect manufacture, detected in numerous spots on each plate. The interior fittings of the Enterprise are now nearly complete. The iron upper works are progressing rapidly and well under the united efforts of the shipwrights and smiths, who vie with each other in the efficiency of their labour. The moulds for the armour-plates were last week despatched to the Atlas works, Sheffield. The Favourite, 8-gun iron-cased corvette, building on the adjoining slip at Deptford, has had her frame completed, and is nearly ready to receive the planking. A 9-incti muzzle-loading gun, on Mr. Lynal Thomas's system, and of the largest dithensions yet manufactured in Woolwich Arsenal, will be proved at Shoeburyness to-morrow. The weight of the gun is 16 tons. It is built up on the coil principle, solid-sided—namely, having a solid piece of metal at each end of the chase. The Hector, 32, iron frigate, of 4,063 tons and 800 horse power, arrived et Spithead yesterday morning from the Clyde, where she has been built for the Admiralty by Messrs. Napier and Sons, Glasgow. She is an iron built ship of intermediate size, be tween the Warrior and Resistance class, and is the first ship afloat carrying armour round her bows The following is a copy of the Bill to Regulate the Removal in hired or public Corricges of Persons labouring under Infectious Diseases in the Metro polis, brought into the House of Commons by Dr. Brady and Sir Fitzroy Kelly : Whereas an act was passed in the 24th year of the reign of her most gracious Majesty, chapter 77, intituled "Act to amend Acts for the Removal of Nuisances and the Preven tion of Diseases," whereby it was, among other things, en acted, that it should be lawful for the local authority for the executing the Diseases Prevention Act to procure and main tain a carriage or carriages suitable for the conveyance of persons suffering from any infectious or contagious disease as in the said recited act more particularly mentioned ; and the provisions of the said act have been found insufficient within the metropolis to prevent the conveyance of persons so suffering in public vehicles plying for hire, and such per sons are conveyed in the said vehicles, to the great danger and peril of her Majesty's subjects thereafter using such vehicles ; and it is expedient to make other and better pro vision for preventing such practices : be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the ad vice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : 1. Every local authority executing the Diseases Preven tion Act within any part of the city of London or the me tropolitan police district shall, within one month after the passing of this act, provide and for ever thereafter maintain such and so many carriages suitable in all respects for the purpose of being used for the conveyance of persons suffer ing under infectious or contagious diseases, so that the same shall be ready and available at all reasonable times for the use of those who may require the same, and shall at all times hereafter provide suitable and necessary appliances to enable such conveyances to be used; and such carriages shall be kept in such convenient place or places as the said local authorities may appoint, so as to be conveniently ac - cessible to all the inhabitants of the district for which such authority acts. 2. It shall be lawful for such local authority, if they shall so think fit, to fix for the conveyance of any person in one of such carriages such charges as they may deem right, not exceeding the amount now allowed by law to be charged by the owner of a vehicle licensed to ply for hire within the said districts. 3. From and after the passing of this act if any person shall hire, use, or employ, or cause to be hired, used, or em ployed, any hackney carriage plying within the metropoli tan district for the removal of any person whom he shall know or have reasonable cause to believe to be suffering from any infectious or contagious disease whatsoever, or shall personally aid, assist, or abet any other person in hiring, using, or employing any such hackney carriage. every such person, on summary conviction thtreof, shall forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding £lO. 4. It shall not be necessary upon the hearing of any chargdef such offence having been committed, in any such conviction or record of such conviction, to state or prove the disease under which such person was suffering, but it shall be sufficient to allege and show that such person was suf fering from disease, and the p ers on using or employ i n g the hackney carriage knew or had reason to behave that such disease was infectious or contagious. 5. The half of the penalty imposed upon conviction of any offence against this act shall be paid to the person giv ing information of the same. 6. All proceedings against any person for an offence un der this act shall be taken in accordance with the provi sions of an act passed in the 10th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George IV., intitled " An Act for improving the Police in and near the Metropolis," and the several acts amending the same; and all the provisions of the said acts relating to summary convictions shall be applicable to con victions under this act, so far as the same may be reason ably capable of being applied thereto. 7. In this act, and in any conviction or proceeding under it, the word " i nfectious " shall include "contagious," and , every contagious di sease shall be deemed to be infectious for the purpose of this act. 8. This act may be intituled "The Diseases Prevention Act, 1863." 9. This act and the said recited act of the 24th year of her Majesty's reign, chap. 77, shall be read together as one act. Such a measure is most urgently needed, and tho metropolitan public are deeply indebted to D r . Brady, the member for Leitrim, for having thus brought the subject to which it relates before tho Legislature MANUFACTORIES OF THE WARD EPARTMENT.— In the financial year 1861.62 there Were employed in these manufactories 12,118 officers, foremen, artificers, and labourers; and in 1862.63, 11,146. It is proposed to employ only 7,929 in the year 1863-64. The 3,627 persons employed in the gun factories in the currant year 1862-63 are to be reduced to 1,688, MR, J'EAVPRESON'S NEW NOVEL. On Friday next, in 3 vole, LI V E I 'l' D 0 W N. By J. C. JEAF?•'RESON, Author of " Olive Blake's Good Work," dm Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street.