The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-05 00:00:00

ONE - Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Commercial Union Assurance Company's report, to be presented at the ensuing annual meet ing, congratulates the proprietary on the satisfac tory position which the office has already attained, and states that after paying the shareholders a dividend of 5 per cent., the le ga l an d ot h er preli minary expenses have been fully discharged. The premiums received for the fire department up to Dec. 31 last amounted to £56,495 158. 11d., almost wholly derived from home insurances. In the life department for the eight months ending December lest the receipts were £9,298 2s. 11d., of which £5,245 Bs. sd. was the amount of premiums re ceived on 18) policies assuring £171,300. With reference to the operations of the Company the business of the fire branch is stated to be satisfac torily progressing ; the premiums received so far amounted to £22,000, exhibiting a large increase over those taken in the corresponding period of 1862, while the losses estimated do nor, exceed £6,800. The first year of the life breech ie now completed, and the directors state that the pre miums received (exclusive of annuity consideration money) have amounted to £13,869. The marine branch was opened last January, and the premiums under this head taken since that time have ex seeded £29,000, whilst the claims only represent £1,700. The whole of the capital celled up, amounting to £225,000, has been fully paid up. The report also states that upon the allo meat of shares the directors considered it desirable in antici pation of an early formation of local and colonial boards, to reserve 5,000 shares for future distribu tion, but as it is not at present contemplated to establish such offices, it has been determined to offer them at par, rateably, to the present shareholders. The Skara (Norwegian) Silver Mining Company is the title of a new undertaking just introduced, under very favourable auspices, to the notice of the investing public. The object is the purchase and working of seventeen silver mines comprising an area of more than 75,000 acres in the district of Skara, which place lies a few miles to the westward of Chris tiana, the capital of Norway. The history of these mines abundantly testifies to their metallic richness and to the large revenues they have at various times brought to the Government exchequer. It appears that on the separation of Norway from Denmark in 1814, the Parliament of Norway took these mines under its special care, and worked them with varied success up to the year 1856, when it was resolved to divide them into districts and call in the aid of pri vate enterprise. The average annual produce of the mines worked by the Government during the past 25 years has amounted to £55,110, while the expenses for the same term have only represented £10,910. The company will possess an exclusive right in perpetuity over all the precious Metals found in the district of Skara for a n om i na l rent of about £l6 r annum per , and the arrangements for the trans• fer of the property appears to be highly advan tageous, as the larger part of the purchase money is to be paid by shares, which are only to be entitled to dividends on the amount called up on the other shares. The capital is to be limited to £50,000, which it is proposed to raise by shares of £2 each, and as the company, as already stated, succeeds to the right of the original grant from the King of Sweden and Norway, there is every likeli hood of its being early and fully subscribed. A firmer tone is apparent in the general discount market, owing to a slight increase of business. Two O'. Rather le ss act i vity has prevailed to-day in CLOCK the market for the English Funds, attention being so much directed to the foreign department, where busi ness is exceedingly animated. The high range of quotations now current in the English market tends to check speculation for a rise s but rumerous purchases are nevertheless effected, and buoyancy is consFqucntly experienced. Soon after business commenced this morning there was a rise in Consols of 8 per cent, namely, to 939 94 for money and the 7th instant, and to 94 9 for the ac bunt. This adv ance, however, has been followed Y sales in r ea l; .sation of profits, and a reaction has oceurredt-, 931 and to 934 94 respectively. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities remain fitm at 92t-; 1 , ; a tew transactions have taken place in the New 2i per Cent. Annuities at 771, and in the 30 years ditto at 14 13-16ths, 15-16ths. Indian descriptions also continue at steady quotations, the 5 per Cents. Loan being quoted at 1091 1109 ; and the Bonds at 17s. prem.; Exchequer Bills are with out alteration at ss. to Bs. prem. The Foreign Department again presented a very animated appearance, and quotation s have continued to fluctuate to some extent. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, hav e i mprove d to 701 ; do., 1862, to 71 7 1 , ; ~ Consolides, to 5314 ; Greek, to 329 7, ; do., Coupons, to 15 9 ; Mexican, to 361 a ; New Grenada are 164 171 ; do. Deferred, 9 a 10 t; Peruvian, 89 90; Portuguese Scrip, 54 prem. ; Russian, 931 1 ; Spat.-iish Passive have receded to 361 ; do., Certi tificates, to 11; 4 ; and Italian are 72 4. The Con federate Loan is 111 prem. Increased firmness has prevailed in the Railway Share Market. Caledonians and Great Westerns have improved 10s.; Bristol and Exeter, 155.; Midland 11 ; Great Northern £1 55.; and London and Brighton, £2. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have continued in fair request at steady prints. Dutch Rhenish realised 17; Recife and San Francisco 17 ; Great Western of Canada, 111 lla ; East Indian, 1091 110 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1101 2 ; and Punjaub, 108. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are in some instances at slightly higher prices, City Bank realised 100 ; Bank of Egypt, 301; London Chartered of Australia, 284 ; Penin su l ar and Orient a l S team, 77; and Van Diemen's Land, 161. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock,,,, 3 per Cent. R educed 233 Annuities per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per C ent . Annuities .... 93 4 3 New 21 per Cent. A nnu i ties.. . Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6 th Jan.BBo IDitto for 30 yrs, expi re sth .A.pril, l 1885. 14 13-16 15-16 ndia Stock .............. Ditto 5 per Cent .................... -- .... 1104 9 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent, ..... Ditto 5 per Cent .......... 1071 Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1 863 lOok D f bonds tl.iltlU Ditto under £l,OOO .... 17 pm Consols for A ccount , M ay 7 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent.,., 8 5 4 Ditto £5OO Ditto Small .. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Ditto Scrip, £65 paid. ..• 17; Egyptian 7 pet Cent Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., /824-5, ex - Coup)ns — DittDitto Ameount.. o Coupons ............ ... . Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 771 Mexican 3 per Cent ...... Ditto Account.. 14 i 161 New Granada .. 37 61 7+ 61 34 Ditto 2 per Cent 3 1 / Ditto Deferrod lO 9 I 10 Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) 7} Peruvian 41 p er C en t. Ditto 4iper Cent, 1862 — Ditto Account Hi 90 Portugues e 3 p er C en t ., 1853 Ditto Accou n t 49i t iiiii Ditto S Ditto 1862 crip, £3O aid..... Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, L St 9ll ? ) !tto 4i per Cent. 1850 Ott: , 41 per Cent ~ 1860 .... s . :!'t? 5 Per Cent., 1862 4,,, inia ti 5 , Ditto 4 per Cent. . ....... spotit,h 3 ecount 1.4 per Cent ..... Ditto Deferred ........ — DDlitttt: pA:enc:ount 34671 6815 i 6 4 , 3 6 ly e Spanish Cert. F .......... Turkish 6 of not funded .... 111 12i 111 il2 11; 1854 Ditto Accountant'. Ditto 6 per cei:ip; .... DittO ACCOUTIL . s"'" Ditto, ;ClOO Bond; Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 - Ditto Account, .......... de 7 ii, 1 Ditto Guaracteed, 4, ..... at. Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 2 - 41 4 Dividends on the above pa;, a );i:i 56 1 1 5 i In London. Dutch 23 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil .... Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 fra . n . c . ; ... 21 1 Ditto Account ...... E7E2I4ILOCIi. Consol s , M oney 931 k k 4)itto account - -- a iiatikay9. Paid. Closing Price. 13.14. Bir., and Str. Val. 25 fi!ythe and Tyne. 10 IBost.,Sleat.,andslid.Co st Bristol and Exeter t Caledonian 50 !Cork and Bandon 20 Cornwall 10 Do A A rts "o di ' 10 IDo B till fip e.p an. hs, " been paid to 11. Dublin & Belfast June. I Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. !Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. anti S. Western ! Great Eastern, Ord, stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st! !GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do 11 do Gt. S. en i W. 01 Ireland !Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Laneashae & Yorkshire London and Blackwal Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast! bon., Chat., and Dover ! Lon. & Nor' h Western ILon. & So'.th Western man., Shef., & Lincoln.! Taryport and Carlisle. 1 Do ...... ; Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby 'did. Gt. W. of Ireland 1 Do. y shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N. E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle... North London Do New !!North Staffordshire 'N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union ,South Devon !South Eastern South Wales , S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok !Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 186 G Taff Vale. Do B Do C ............... • Ulster D................ Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall %V. Hartlepool Ilar.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 8 8i 7 8 83 t 5 114 H 5 CI 6.1 40 42 13 14 92 93 117 109 53 54 47 49 24} 254 1251 Q6ll 1281 1291 131 136 102 so 4 671 (7/ ICBI 1(0 78 19j 118 20 41 42 (10i 091 10,s lu4, 41. loi 121 128 i2Bi V 6 e 8 54 614 24# 254 100) 101 671 57f £8 68i 115 117 1 1 16 164 114 12 us 120 45 15 98 100 49 50 32 33 92i 0 c 8 70 08 100 7 8 37 38 9 10 p 7 i n o 153 186 5 8J 31 3g p 54 100 100 100 100 100 - - 100 I 45 46 100 S 8 4) 100 as 100 BRITISH PDS SHARE MARKETS.---This day. ORDINARY sTIARE , AND STOu'- S `}hare 19.18.4' ESSIONS, Railways Ps .‘t :antic ct St Lawrent., 41 iom.,Barodatt.Cent Int. ~ Gu. 5 per Do. New . . Do. E. Shares.. Bullalo and Lake Iluron at Do. Pret(Tence tiutlalo,BrantotGodricl lu 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187:: Do." do. .July 1, 1873 to , do. Jul, 1, ir:i 101 ; lot "ape Town h Dock Serti lot Rastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 10 , h:ast ind.an, gu. 5 p. e. Do. do. B Ext. Do. do. H do. 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Ja.ct.lul :; 10( Do. h 10( 19 1( 6 1()7 10 103 1( G )0 103 116 )0 (6 7 )0 94 (6 )0 110 112 )0 11l 113 )0 111 113 114 116 00 - )0 1(18 )() 115 >0 lO2 )0 102 10 110 ))) 1(6 107 )0 •;1 113 (U M. 1)3 10 1109 111 10 11101 111 i 111?1'11S1 2 iCambrian Consol. Gold I laioru Amalgamated.. I Devon G. Conn. eravlst , Nastt.:ast Ilaseett loan, Clogau(Gold Ltd. blest Caradon ..... it:ast Carn Brea... K 4%"1 [ Wesel (Tavisth.. ,Gsm4 tSLAuhyn(Gwen.jj IO reat South Tolgus , Ili. Wheal Vor (LielstoW IGrenville lierod's-Foot ....... I ingelon Downs..... Lady Bertha .... - .111rgaret (tiny Lelant darke Valley.. 4 I tyndy Iron Ore (Lim 'New Setun .. North Dow - ue Basset(Illoot, - , "orth Wheal Crotty 4"ar Consols (st. Blazey 10 I 'rovidence(Uny Lelnt. South Caradou(St.peer, - Carnea _ , rlVhea Fran. (IfroOn !Stray Park • 5 raniarSilv...t Lead lin. .0 I rin Croft Nest Barret %V CATZ4IOD I.Liskeard West Setort Wheal itasSet (Mogan ; Buller(liedruth), W heal Kitty ( ts.Lelani W heal Lud ott heal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton heal Trediwney IWheal Union. ad 20 22 610 620 104 108 id p A 41 61 34 4 11 13 5 56 64 7 5 1 5 1 47 19 2i 3 1 1 30 32 74 8 1 4d 120 130 21 2/ 44 it 44 6i 11 43 2 1 ° ,5, ”1 4 35 37 20}214 12 13 - ;29 3L 60 260 (5 70 50 65 5 1 5 1 8 I 184 68i /260 X7O 7 3.17 4i 6 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. C. 6 per cent. pref., 130 1 Great Eastern, E. Anglian B, 6 per cent. pf., 1271 Ditto, C, 7 per colt., 485 Great Northern, 5 per cent., 117 Great orthern, 5 per cent., red, at JO per cent. pm., 111 k Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prf., 104 Midland 4) per cent. pt. stk. rd., 104 Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 33i C 6 per cent., 331 PR.Eb'EftENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great lialtern, 5 per cent., pf., 106 f 6 Ditto, 4 per cent. prf., 9,i 5} Londtm, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 101 Ditto, a per cent., U, 8$ London and S.-Western per cent., 104 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 95 East Lin oln, gua. 6 per cent., 136 5i Great Eastern, Woo bridge Ex , 4 per cent., 67 Preston and Wyre, 46 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8f f Belgian Eastern Junction, If Dutch Rhenish, 17 amur and Liuge gua. 14f. per annum, 9 N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., 101 Recite and San Francisco (Rm.), gua. 7 per cent., 17 161 Sambre and Meuse, 101 West lelanders, 71 FOREIGN MINES. Gold Min. Scottish u s t, i. Capul. Silver Cob, c r4# Co. (lird.), 24 Mont. Alf b r i: e . r : 19 1 liraz. United Eleal& L a i ; f a L l ' a l 7 . a i Yudanamutana oi l . -- ,K h . 4 4 2 i str h a ( li mo, 4 JOINT-STOCK {A I V I, &Mance Bank of London ----4"3* Australasia, 72 and Liver*. ' -,cio. (limo, 314 30 Bank of Egypt, 301 a British and America. Exchange (!!m Chartered Bank of India, Austrati ), 10i City, it 04 li 0 a, and chi na, 24 1 English and Irish (lim.), 54 Engiish, o ch, and Australian Chartered Hindustan, China, and Japan (limo, 121 - ' --- 4 i Imperial Ottoman, 23 24 i y 3 London and Brazilian lim.), 41 4 3 I London, B. Ayres. and It. Plate (lim.), 22 4 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 28f London and County, 43. London and South African, 28 74 National of Liverpool, limited, 64 4 National Provincial of England, -- Ditto, new, 24i Oriental Bank corporation, ma 4 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi Wm. ) , 21 Standard of British South Africa (urn ),19i 181 Union of Australia, 53 Union of England and France (Um), 3} Union of London, 34} MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 34i Joint stock Discount, 41 National Discount Company (lira.), 9i North British Austraiasiau, Oriental Inland Steam (lim.), 51 Peninsula and 0 iental Steaw, 77 Ditto, new, 46 7 S. African IrrLation Investment (lim.), 21 a Trust and Loan Co. of Upper Canada, 51 Van Diemen's Land, 151 'tHU itk 1 20 stock {lock g!ock dock Stock stock stools stock 20 stock stock all I u 0 10 ,- ) all 154 156 28 30 tiuniness don• 1084 110 9! 1101 i 10 1071 14 2i 7i xn 10 101 1051 gi Hi 6 114 110 1(7 102} 1024 IG3 112 101 3 102 i toDi tto it 10a 108 4 40i f i 3.4.0 8.1.6 :174 4. 7.0 2.0 4.3.0 !A 7.0 2.4.9 10.6.7 3.1 - 5 its.] Al pzi ~' ~ ~ 1 2.0.8 2.10.8 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENErNG, 'MAY 5, 1363. THE INSUR: - (From the 7imes Correspondent.) POLAND, CRACOW, April 27. The report circulated the last day or two as to Padlewski, one of the best of the insurgent leaders, having fallen into the hands of the Russians, after being contradicted, is now unfortunately confirmed. Padlewski, who was formerly on officer in the Russian army, which be quitted two years ago, is at present a prisoner in the citadel at Warsaw, This is the sixth military chief of distinction that the Poles have lost since the beginning of the in. surrection, the others being Frankowski, Langie wicz, Bentknowski, Mielencki, and theszkowski. There is said, it is true, to be some chance now of Mieleneki recovering, but he is so badly wounded that it is not likley he will be able to take part again in the present insurrection. Bentkowski is still at liborty under parole, and it is supposed that neither he nor Langiewicz will be brought to trial for some time to come. Frankowski was one of the first leaden; who fell. As for the ill. fated Ciesz• kowski, he may be said to have died a double dsatb, for he had already received a mortal wound whtn the Russians broke into the house where he was lying, and murdered the dying man in his bed. I: is said that a Russian officer shot him with his own hand, after which the inmates of the house that for a time had sheltered the fugitive were murdered in the usual manner. A mass for poor Cieszkowski, six officers and all who fell with him at Cieszkowki's last battle, was celebrated a few days since at the Church of the Carmelites here in Cracow. In the public announce ment of his death and of the service to be perfot med for the repose of his eoul the insurgent chief was formally entitled "colonel in the national army," and his loss was evidently felt as a national calamity. Nut only was the church crowded, but the large open space in front was also filled by persons in black, or in black edged with white, the deepest mourning in Poland that can be worn. The seven coffins were covered with significant red cloth. Tt e ceremony was a very painful one, and had more of a private than a public character, from the fact that numbersof those present had evidently lost relatives of their own. The congregation was composed of persons of all classes, including a great many peasants: Immediately after the disaster which befel Lan, giewicz's army, there was for some time but very Tittle fighting on the other side of the frontier, near Cracow. But during the last three weeks we have heard of collisions, great or small, every two or three days, and since the funeral of the young Ostrowski (A cousin, by the way, of the Marchioness Wielo polska) the doors of the churches have been placarded every day with the names of the insurgents who have fallen. The chaplain of Gregowiz's detachment (mortally wounded at Szklarj), was buried this afternoon, and we have to day received news of the surprise and partial destruction of one of the com panies of Mossakowski's li:tle corps, which entered the kingdom by way of Kobelane about ten days ago. It was supposed at first that as many as 50 mer had been killed, but 35 of the missing number have since appeared in the fish on this side of the fron tier. Among the fallen is a young Hungarian, for merly in the service of Garibaldi, who is said by ar eyewitness to have fought like a tiger, and to have despatched a great number of Rtissians with his own hand before he received his death-blow. Tht Polish habit of regarding every one whose positior, is not at first sight generally intelligible as a spy, caused this young man to be looked upon as suck when he was in Cracow, whore he was publicly in sulted by a mob only a few days before he joiner his regiment. Further in the interior, in the district of Plock, a battle of no great importance in itself has jus been fought, in which young Siemienski, the son o: Lucian Siemienski, the poet, was killed. When Siemienaki heard of his son's death, he fell on his knees and thanked God for baying allowed him to die in such a just cause. The young man (he was 19) was unti! last February librarian of the Polish academy established at Les Batig nolles. As soon as he heard of the insurrection breaking out he lett Paris, and, his means falling short before he reached Cracow, performed the lase 50 miles of his journey on foot, so as not to lose time by writing to his family and having to wait for a remittance. In his first battle he was shot through the lunge, and for some days had been lying wounded, with three of his comrades, at a country house, when the Russians suddenly appeared before the place, brought there for money by a German colonist, who it is not unreasonable tosuppose must have been of Prussian origin. Siemienaki and his friends, exhausted as they were, met them on the threshold and defended themselves With revol vers for a few minutes, when Siemienaki, who was an excellent shot, brought down three or four of his opponents. It is almost superflaous to add that ultimately the Poles were overpowered arm massacred, the house plundered, and the grounds laid waste. Looking at the photographs of the most distin guished of the insurgents who have been killed is battle, it is astonishing how many of them are very young men, and lamentable to reflect that in a war in which personal heroism plays so large a part, and in which, as a rule, every man acts for himself, those who think more of attacking the enemy than of sheltering themselves are sure to fall the first. Segur says of the Poles who served in the army o: 1812, that they engaged very lightly to do exceed iug difficult things, but that they kept their words ; and so in the present day you may hear insurgents ,of 18 and 19 boast that they will be the first of their detachment to touch the Russians; and, indeed, when the time comes they throw themselves upot, them at any odds. In Mossakowski's detachment, the last that passed the frontier near Cracow, ayoutt. ho had vowed that he would strike the first blow, was himself struck down before be could aim a second. I❑ the same way ten of the Lancers were so eager to attack that they rushed upon a band of Cossacks 50 strong, and though they sold their lives dearly were killed to a man. As regards the officers, I am told that it is abso lutely necessary they should distinguish themselves in some brilliant manner in order to justify their appointment and cause their authority to be fully recognised by the rank and file, who in most cases know as much and as little about the art of war as their leaders. General Rechebrune owes entirely his reputation and his present high position to his almost unexampled personal daring. His former pupil, the son of Count Moszynski, a Siberian exile of the year 1825, who since that time has suffered personally and through his family by every calamity which has fallen upon Poland, had laid the founda tion of a similar renown when he was mortally wounded at the head of his company inside Miechow. It was strange that he should be there fighting under the orders of a French gentlemen who had come to Cracow for no other purpose than that of directing his studies, and it would appear strange in the extreme to English parents—not accustomed like the Poles to look forward to a violent death as the probable end of any one of the children—to hear the father speak with admiration of the pre ceptor, and refer with more pride than pain to the fate of his young son. Another chief of insurgents, whose portrait is in every shop window is Boreisza, was killed in battle at an age when in England he might have been just thinking of entering a military school. He looks, in his picturesque Polish costume, more as it he were going to a fancy dress ball than to a war against savages, and has rather the face of a timid, or at least a gentle young girl, tha❑ of the intreplo warrior which he prosed himself to be in presence of the enemy. The hospital surgeons say that the young men who are lying wounded are so eager to get back to their detachment that their minds are never at peace, and that their restoration to health is de layed in consequence. I can understand this from the almost painful anxiety with which many of them ask for news either of the insurrection or of the proceedings of the intervening Powers. A Polish proprietor, in the kingdom, was sum moned net long since before a Russian General. charged with having rendered assistance to the in surgents, and solemnly cautioned against doing so again. The proprietor explained his position. " If," he said, " the insurgents come to my place and ask April 28. We hear to-day from Warsaw that Archbishop Felinski is confined to his palace, and that 14 canons have been arrested. An Archbishop has also been arrested in Samogitia, a part of Lithuania which is said, since its comparatively recent conversion to Christianity, at ways has been Catho lic. This unceremonious treatment of the high I cannot sa y t h at t h e r C e a p t i h y o t l i o c c t h l e e rg A y u s i n t r i P a o n l a N n o d t e i . s pe r h aps i ntended as a news has produced an unusually b4cl effect. It has excited more natural indignation; but the last mea sures of the Russian Government are also locked upon as signs of a kind of madness which may lead to a catastrophe. The cause or pretext for the ar rest was the refusal of the clergy either to forbid or to abstain from assisting in the procession in honour of St. Mark (26th inst.). The Archbishop was not present at the ceremony, but wrote to the Govern ment to say that he held himself responsible for its aaving taken place. When the news of the arrest of the canons and of the detention of the Arch bishop in his palace reached St. Petersburg orders were sent back to liberate them at once; but it has been proved that the Russian Government at Warsaw does not see any impropriety in subject ing the clergy of the country to the orders of the police, and that fact of itself is important. The Archbishop of Warsaw, from being one of the most unpopular, is fast becoming one of the most popular men of the day, so thoroughly does the Russian Government understand the act of turning even its fancied supporters into its open and declared enemies. There is a general expectation here that some sort of Constitution will be proclaimed for the king dom of Poland, and it is even said for the Russian Empire, including, of course, the Polish provinces, on the 3d of May, the anniversary of the adoption of the celebrated Polish Constitution of 1791. It is not hoped, it is rather feared, that this step will be taken. I do not say that the fear is altogether reasonable, tut it exists, and has its origin in a very natural conviction that such a seem ing proof of an intention to govern Poland on equi table principles would at once put an end to all chance of foreign intervention. It 'would undoubt edly conciliate the Polish nobility, who until the Polish insurrection broke out were nearly unani mous in their pressing demands for a reformed go vernment, in which not only they, but all classes,in proportion to their importance, should have a voice. If it did not conciliat e the Poles it would at least deprive them of a great amount of sympathy, and would weaken considerably the moral basis of-their insurrection. The object of this insurrection is, in the words of one of the manifestoes issued by the National Government, " not to obtain this or that concession," but to free the country from the foreign yoke" —a noble end, but one which the Poles un aided are by no means certain to attain. Neverthe less, in their present spirit they are not likely to accept any offers which are not equally extended to Lithuania and the Ruthenian provinces; that is to say, Volhynia, Podolia, and the Ukraine. They ask for the i n d ependence of the Poland of 1 772 as their maximum, and the union of the Russo-Polish provinces to the kingd o m of Poland under the Russian C rown , w i th a national Diet, a national administr a ti on , and, above all, a national army as hei minimum, s l3 n s o t tvvveeenry much differ ence, and minimum and the maximum ther there is, of course, no chance of Russia granting either unless compelled to do so by force of arms. The Poles are quite aware of this, but seem resolved to let their fate be decided by war, reserving to tnemsetves the right, if the result should be against them, of endeavouring to resume it in another 15 years, or whenever the opportunity may present Whatever becom es o f t h e i nsurrec ti on , i t is said that thb N a ti ona l G overnment, w h ic h is now stronger than ever , ow i ng to the new and i n fl uential members that have recent l y j o i ned it, is determined t o render the Russian rule impossible in Poland. The National Government, which for some time past has been obeyed by all classes, including the large landed proprietors, who in the first instance were opposed to the present movement on the ground that it w as premature, the country having neither arms nor am. munition, has now all classes represented in its working committee, and if on a given day it orders all the civil functionaries in the kingdom to quit the service, the civil functionaries will certainly give up their places. It would i be cu r i ous to see how the Russians would get on f all th e posts in the ei and tx ed. 'l ow Poland Russia would no d Ad ministration, central and local, Were sudd en l y thrcwn on their hands. The country would be re duced doubt ub t be a t o a good state deal o f anarchy, ppl would be benefitted, however, is not quite so clear. On the other hand, a sort of counterpart of the above project is said to be actually un d er consideration, an y pers ons w h o are ge. plans of the R uss i an Government to have been already a d opted. The ner a a great scheme is to establish military government throughout " Congress Poland ;" to divide the kingdom into 200 districts, and in each district to Place the minor Polish officials under the direct control of Russian officers. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRA LIA.—T wo projects are i In the field f or connecting Australia with Java. It s proposed to l ay the cable on the north-west of Australia, on th e s h ores of the Gulf of Carpentaria, or to take it round to Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. At this poi . t the cable would be in communica tion with the existing intercolonial lines, and New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia would thus be brought into connection with the countries of the old world. The cost of laying the line from Java to Queensland is estimated at £1,100,000; but from Java to the n orth - west a cabl e or u ld be laid for £243,000. Considering the many risks to which the submarine cables are exposed, and the uncertainty of cable, but the shorter line could be their action, there can scarcely be a doubt as to the policy at so much less cost than the longer of selecting the cheaper route. Au accident might impair like a wanton risk of money to select the or the enpett, e i r ho d( that t e o n irt c ra y eph o pe f ewa t re h sd e estimated more expensive scheme. If the c a bl e i s laid on the north west coast land lines will, of co urse, be nec essary t o b r i ng it into connection with the e xisting syst em. Thecost of such a ndli ne has been the nh. a w to Adelaide a sum at Xl2O £ l2 O per mil e , or f o r the whole d istance of Z i 77,000, which would make to get h er a sum of £420,000 as the cost of the complete system f rom Java to Adelaide. wla from —iluetralknt and Neto Zealand Gazette. . for horses, carts, and corn, I must give them what they want, or they willThang me. If, on the other hand, I let them have inyt Ging more than I am ac tudly forced to give, you will hang me. However ii they hang me my son will never find a wife in Poland nor my daughter a husband, and 50 years after my death peop!e will turn their backs upon, my children ; whereas if you hang me I shall have monuments erected to my memory. On the whole, then, as mere matter of calculation, I cannot refuse assistance to the insurgents." I believe that in this particular instance the Ge neral was satisfied with the explanation given by the proprietor, who perhaps, might have added that before long all his class will be drawn into active co - operation with the national movement. Hitherto they, the actual owners of the estates, have left persons to represent them on the field, though they have supported the insurrection indirectly in a variety of ways, and d:rectly by means of money contributions. E is notorious that, the spirit of the Polish women is more Polish even than that of the men. Occa sionally a man who for upwards of 30 years has been conspiring and fighting for his country—now in Poland, now in Hungary, now in Turkey, now in Italy—and reflects that it is still quite as much at the mercy of the partitioning Powers as ever, will have moments of despondency and count the cost of the in surrect i on, thinking how many villages will have be en b urnt, how many inoffensive per sons massacred, and, above all, how many of the best young men in Poland will have given their lives for the lives of an equal number of the most savage ruffians that the Russian empire can pre duce. All such reflections are looked upon by the Polish ladies not as uncalled for and out of place but simply as disgraceful in a moral point of view; and any one who talks in such a strain is avoided as though he had spoken against the Christian religion or attempted to defend the Marquis Wielopolski. It is not strange that they should not dance now, and that they should all be in mourning, inasmuch as there is rot a family here which has not lost a relative, either in a battle or in a massacre or by exile, for as many as 2,000 Poles have already been sent into the interior of Russia. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL PARLLUE HOUSE OF LORDS---This Evening The Lord Chancellor took his seat at the usual hour. The Earl of POWIS presented a petition from the clergy of Poole against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Rumsey and Brecon and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Railway—Banff, Macduff, and Turriff Extension Railway —Brecon and Merthyr Tydvil Railway—Peterborough Cattle—Caledonian R ,, ilway (Granton Branches)—New town—Mackynlleth Railway (Capital)—and Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny Bills were read a third time and passed. VICE-ADMIRALTY COURTS BILL. This bill was reported with amendments. THE MAIL PACKET SERVICE, Lord CHELMSFORD asked the Postmaster-Genera, whether her Majesty's Government had accepted a tenier trom the Belgian Government for the conveyance of the English ma Is between Dover and Ostend, and whetherthey contemplated any alt,ratiLn in the mail packet service be tween Dover and Calais; also, whether any failure in the performance of the existing contract between her Majesty's Government and Mr. Joseph Georee Churchward for the mail service between Calais and Dover respectively had occurred to render any change necessary The noble and learned lord gave an outline of the arrange ments between her Majesty's Government and Mr. Churchward, and said one of the contracts entered into expired in the month of June next; but in 1859 an exten ion of the contract had been given up to the year 1870, with an increased subsidy of £lB,OOO per annum. Into the validity of that contract he would not enter; but having heard that certain alterations were to take place in the mail service, he wished for information on the subject. Lord STANLEY of AL DERLEY said he would not touch upon the preliminary observations of the noble lord, as the matter would no doubt come before one of the courts of law. With respect to the packet service between Dover and Ostend, the English Government had entered into a conditional arrangement with the Belgian Govern ment for conveying the mails at a considerably reduced rate. If Parliament voted the money for the continuance of the contract with Mr, Churchward, then that contract would be carried on, but in the event of that not being the case, then the arrangement with the Belgian Government would come into operation. 'With respect to the loss that would fall upon the Belgian Government by the low rate at which they had agreed to perform tha work, the Government had nothing to do with. All they had to see to was that the service was efficiently per. formed. 'With respect to the mail service between Dover atd Calais, a proposal had been made to convey the mails at a considerably reduced rate, and negotiations for that purpose were in progress. The arrangement to stand in precisely the same position as in the former, viz., Par liament not finding the money to carry on the contract with M'. Churchward. Ihe Government had no fault to find with the manner in which the work had hitherto been performed, and it was not on that account that notice had been given to Mr. Churchward of the termination of the engagement. The discontinuance of it arose solely in con sequence of the vote of the other house of Parliament. CHARN WOOD FOREST REFORMATORY, Lord BERNEhS enquired whether her Majesty's Go vernment had already, or would institu'e inquiries into the circumstances of the late mutinous outbreak in the Roman Catholic Reformatory in Charnwood Forest; and also into the c,nstitution of the appointment and pay of officers of that institution, and ihe discipline exercised therein. Earl GRANVILLE said he could not give a reply at present. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.---This Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock, NEW MEMBER—NEW RADNOR. Mr. R. G. PRICE took the oaths and his seat, in the room of the late Sir G. C). Lewis. The Skipton Gas Bill was read a third time. The following bills wei o ordered to be read a third time : ----Dublin Corporation Water; Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway; and North Staffjrdshire Railway (additional powers). MAYNOOTH. Mr. WHALLEY postponed his motirn for the 19th of May to the 2d of June. SEA FISHERIES. Mr. FENWICK gave notice that on this day month he should move that an enquiry be instituted into the present state of the sea fisheries and the laws and regulations afficting them, with the view of increasing the supply of wholesome and nutritious food. (Hear, hear.) ARMY PRIZE MONEY. Col. NORTH gave notice that on the 2d of June he sbould move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty to appoint a commission to inquire into the distri bution of priz3 money in the army. THE ATTACK ON SHON-RING. Col. SYKES asked tne Secretary to the Admiralty if any and what measures were to be adopted consequent upon Captain R. Dew, of her Majesty's ship Encounter, employ ing part of the naval force under his command in an unsuc cessful attack upon the city of Shon-hiug, in which Lieu tenant Tinling, of the Encounter, was killed, Shon-hing being many miles beyond the 30 mile radius from a treaty port ? Lord C. PAGET replied that as yet no official account of the disaster had reached the Admiralty. Instructions, however, had been sent out ordering that no Government ships should go beyond the 30 mile radius referred to. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. Mr. CON IN G HA M asked the Secretary of the Admiralty whether it was the intention of the Government to take im mediate steps to remedy the abuses alleged to exist in the administration of the funds of Greenwich Hos pital, and at once gig e practical effect to the Regis tered Seam n's Act, which gave the seamen's six pences monthly to the hospital, and also declared that the widows and orphans of seamen, sla'n, killed, or drowned in the sea service, and not of ability to maintain or provide comfortably for themselves, should be received into the said hospital, or in some reasonable manner be provided for and educated ? Lord C. PAGET replied that as an hon. member (Mr. Liddell) had given notice of a similar motion for Friday, he would rather prefer deterring his reply until that evening.® POOR LAW (SCOTLAND). Mr. DALGLISH asked the Lord Advocate whether he intended to bring in any bill to explain the existing poor law of Scotland in regard to the occasional re.iel of able bodied poor ? The LORD ADVOCATE intimated that as some doubt had arisen in the law courts of Scotland in regard to the administration of the poor law, a short act to interpret the old act would most probably be introduced during the present session. DRAWBACK ON REFINED SUGAR. Mr. MOFFATT asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the interim inquiry as to the drawback on exporta tion of refined sugar was complete, and when it was pro bable the report would be laid upon the table. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he should lose no time in making the house partakers of any information that might reach him on the subject. He un derstood the report had been completed, —it had not yet reached his hands, but he anticipated it would bo in a few days PERU—CRUELTIES COMMITTED ON CAPTAIN WHITE .\ UTVILLE. Col. DUNNE asked the Under secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what step. had been taken to obtain redress for the cruelties inflicted by the Peruvian Government on Captain White Nutville, a Btith.b. subject. Mr. LAYARD replied that the C. 1130 at Captain White Nutville was one of the worst he ever remembered. It appeared he was arrested on an unfounded charge. He was put into prison, and treated with the greatest barbarity; indeed the punishment inflicted upon him was a disgrac..; to that county. Atter being in prison he was liberated on the representation of the British Consul. No reason was given for the conduct to which Captain utville was sub jected. The matter was referred to the law officers of the Crown, and they reported that he was :en titled to compensation, and £1,500 was suggested and that sum was received from the Peruvian Government and paid to him. (Hear, hear.) It appeared, however, that Captain Nutville was dissatisfied with this sum, and actually demanded £292,174. (Much laughter.) H e would mention a few of the items. " Three blows on the head with a musket £3,200." (Laughter.) "A knock down blow by a soldier, £1,000." " Several bayonet prods and kicks on my aching sides, £2,000." (Laughter.) " Five., days bad food, £5,000. (Laugh ter.) " Loss of health £20,000." (Roars of laughter.) The Government had not deemed it right to make any ad ditional demand upon the Peruvian Government (Hear.) Both sides had agreed to refer the matter to arbitration, and no doubt a satisfactory decision would be arrived at. IRISH POOR LAW. In reply to an Hox. MEMBER, Sir R. PEEL said that he expected the report of the commissioners would be presented this evening. THE PE TE'RHOFF. Lord R. CECIL called attention to a fresh statement in the newspapers to the effect that Admiral Wilkes had de clined to permit the mail bags of the Peterhoff from being sent on. Had the Foreign-office received any intelligence upon the matter ? Mr. LAYARD replied that his former answer was strictly correct. Mr. Seward had informed Lord Lyons that the mail bags should at once be forwarded to their destination without being opened. A gentleman had come to this country to settle the matters with respect to mail bags, as no case of the kind had formerly occurred. No further information than that he had alrehdy communicated to the house had been rmeived at the Home-office. UCATION ED. Mr. WATTER then rose to move the following resolu tions :-1. That it is the opinion of this house that the sums nnually voted by Parliament for educational purposes ought o be made applicable to all the poorer schools throughout the country (not being private schools, or carded on or profit), in which the attendance and examination of the hildren exhibit the results required, under the revised code, by her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. 2. That to equire the employm e nt o f cer tifi ca ted t eac h ers , o r of pupil teachers by school managers, as an indispensable condi!ion of their participation in the capitation grant, is inexpedient and unjust to the managers of such schools. (LEFT SITTING.) LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. WHITEHALL, MAT 2. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing th e Most Noble Edward Adolphus, Duke of Somerset, K.G.; Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, K.C.B. ; Rear admiral Charles Eden, C. B.; Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick; Captain the Hon. James Robert Drum, mond, C.B. ; and Jan es Stansfeld, the younger, EFet , to be her Majesty's Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , and the domini ons, islands, and terri tories thereunto belonging. WHITEHALL, MAy 4, The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. Robert Montgom ery, L ord Belhaven, K.T., to be her Majesty's High Commi ssioner - A ss embly of the Church of Sep Hand. to the General FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 4. The Queen has been pl eas , d to approve of ilr. Alexander Robertson as Comul at Peterhead for his Majesty the King of Hanover. Busines. done 85 4 1142 - 15 14 92& 1 3 i 1251 6 5i 130 24,9 67 1 i I i Irl ; 78i 8 9 I Its 10 181 411 i 992 00 991 1034 4 45i & 5 121 I 11; 12 Izsi s 1001 , i 571 88 i I I i 93} 69i 8i WAR-OFFICE, PALL-OFFICE, MAY 5. t 0. o be . B Colonel,transe transferred 32d Regiment of Foot—G eneral the Right Hon. Sir George L B i r e a ut. G wn : G en .C e;, B ii" V tt i o s En cou lt u i t ile Melville,Brigade, K to the 6011 et. 33d Regiment of Ford — Major-General William Nelson Hutchinson to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General Sir Charles Yorke, G.C.8., appointed Colonel-Commandant Rifle Brigade. Rifle Brigade—General the Right Hon. Sir George Brown, G.C.8., to be Colonel-in-Chief, vice Field-Marshal Lord Seaton, G.C.8., G.C.M.G., deceased; Lieutenant-Gene ra Sir Charles Yorke, G.C.8., from the 33d Foot, to be Colonel-Commandant, vice General Sir George Brown, G.C.8., transferred to the 32d Foot. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet William John Brooke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robert James Wright, who retires; Thomas Edwards, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase vice Shaw-Hellier, promoted; Pay master, with the honorary rank of Captain, John Akin Dyer, from the sth Lancers, to be paymaster vice Biggs, who exchanges. 7th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Joseph Thomas Cammilleri to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edward Goldsmith, who retires. Ist Dragoons—Cornet the Honourable Montague Remy Mostyn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice rsalph Wil liam Caldwell, who retires. 4th Hussers—Captain Charles Augustus Gunter Browne to be Major, by purchase, vie.. Fiennes Cornwallis, who retires; Lieutenant Arthur Watson De Capell Brooke to be Captain, by purchase, vice Browne ; Cornet Harry Youl to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Brooke; Pay master, with the honor ar y ran k of Major, Stephen Blake, from the 93d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice George Thorne George who retires upon half-pay. sth Lancers—Lieutenant Francis John Roche Thackwell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edward Boyd, who re tires; Cornet Charles Edward Harenc to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thackwell ; Sidney Wilson Smith Schreiber, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase,vice Harenc ; Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, John Biggs, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Paymaster, vice Dyer, who exchanges. 9th Lancers—Lieutenant Thomas Stanton Starkey to be Captain, by purchase, vice Frederick Ellis, who retires ; Cornet Thomas Albin Saunders, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Starkey. 18th Hussars—Francis Alfred Baines, Gent., to be Cornet, by put chase, vice John Groves, promoted ; Staff Assist • ant Surgeon Frederick. Beaufort Scott, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice William Robert Wall, appointed to the 81st hoot. Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieut. George Swetenham, from the Seconded List, to be Lieutenant to complete Establishment, Grenadier Guards—Lieut. and Capt. Arthur Philip Vis count Mahon to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. and Capt. Hon. Frederick Arthur Stanley, appointed Adjutant. 7th Regiment of Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon David Mackie, M.D , to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Michael Quinlan, appointed to the Staff. Bth Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon William George Ross, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Jay, ap pointed to the Staff. 16th Foot—The commission of Paymaster Mark Tever sham has been antedated to April 10. 19th Foot—Ensign Herbert Charles Boulcott, from the 86th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Griffith. who exchanges. 21st Foot—Lieutenant Edward Thomas Bainbridge to bo Captain, by purchase. vice Stanilas Graham Bower S t . Clair, who retires; Biddulph Lee Warner, Gent., to be Ensign, ha purchase, vice Anderson, promoted. 35th Foot—Staff-Surgeon Major James Carroll Dempster, M.D., to be Surgeon, v;ce James Walker Chambers, M.D , promoted on the Staff. 50th Foot—Captain William Minister, from half-pay, late 77th Foot, to be Captain, vice John Purcell, who retires upon temporary half pay. 59th Foot —Lieutenant Robert Miming to be Captain, by purchase, vice Herbert Edward George Crosse, who retires; Ensign Henry Turner Herchmer to be Lieute• nant, by purchase, vice Cuming. Frederick Charles Rowan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Herch mer. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Daniel Moodie, whose exchange from the 2,i Dragoons was notified in the Gazette of 31st March, 1863, has been permitted to receive the former difference bk tween Cavalry and Infantry. 64th Foot—Staff Surgeon Major George Williamson, M,D., to be Surgeon, vice James Gord n Inglis, M.D., C. 8., promoted on Sniff. 76th Foot —Staff Assistant-Surgeon Richard Jonh William Orton to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Duncan Alexande Campbell Fraser, M.D., promoted on the Staff. 86th Foot—Ensign John Griffith Wynn Griffith, from the 19th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Boulcott, who exchanges. 97th Foot—Staff Assistant Surgeon John Livingston Power to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thomas Sharkey appointed to the Staff. 105th Foot--The notification with regard to Ensign Henry William Aylmer Willins ' which appeared in the "Gazette" of 21st April, 1863, has been cancelled, his appointment to the Regiment remaining as gazetted on 30th September, 1862. Cape M unted Rifles—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet- Colonel Thomas Donovan has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. GARRISONS.—Garrison Quartermaster, with local rank, Henry al , cdonald, to be Quartermaster, under the provi sions of the R o y a l W arrant of 9 th March, 1863. DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain George Champagne C'ose, 45th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain dohn Pennock Campbell, 30th Foot, who has completed the period for holding that appointment. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals George Stewart Beateon, M.D., to be Inspect r-General of Hospitals, vice William Linton, M D., C. 8., who retires upon half pay, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Joseph Samuel Prendergast, M.D., who retires upon half pay, to have the honorary rank of Itrspector-General of Hospitals, Surgeon-Major James Walker Chambers, M.D., from 35 h Foot, to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice J. S. Prendergast, M.D., who retires upon half pay. Surgeon Major James Gordon Inglis, M.D., C B from 61th Foot, to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice B , atson, Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Alexander White, M.D, to be Staff burgeon, vice W. Dick, M.D., promoted. Assistant-Surgeon Duncan Alexander Campbell Fraser, M.D., from 76th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon, vice R. K. Prendergast, promoted. Staff Assistant-Surgeon Frederick William Moore, to be Staff-Surgeon, vice James Carroll Dempster, M.D., ap pointed to 35th Foot. TO BE STAFF• ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. Assistant• Surgeon Thomas Sharkey, from 97th Foot, vice Frederick Beaufort Scott, M.D., appointed to 18th Hussars. _ Assistant-Surgeon Michael Quinlan, from 7th Foot, N ice John Livingston Power, appointed to 97th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon William Jay, from Bth Foot, vice David Mackie, M.D., appointed to 7th Foot. Assistant• Surgeon Patrick Barrett Kearney, from Ist West India Regiment, vice William George Ross, appointed to the Bth Foot. Assistant-Surgecn James Thompson, from 4th West India Regiment, vice William A lexander White, M.D., promoted on Staff. Assistant-Surgeon Andrew Thomas Carbery, from 11th F ,, ot, vice Richard John William Orton, appointed to 76th Foot. _ The promotion of Slaff Assistant-Surgeon James Wil liam Cr.)w to be Staff Surgeon, as notified in the Gazette of 13th February, 1863, has been cancelled. BREVET. Captain and Brevet-Colonel George Mnnro, retired full• pay, late half-pay Unattached, and Staff-Officer of Pensioners, to have the honorary rank of Major-General. Lieutenant Colonel George Hossack, on retired full-pay, Royal Artillery, to have the honorary rank of Colonel. Captain and Brevet-Li utenant-Colonel William Chris topher Parkin Elliott, retired full-pay, Royal Marines, to have the honorary rank of Colonel, under her Majesty's Order in Council of Nov. 13, 1858. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, George Thorne George, retired upon halt-pay, late 4th Hussars, to have th- , honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, George Bodle, of a Depot Battalion, to have the honorary rank of Major. The undermentioned officers having completed five years' qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 14, 1858, to be Colonels : Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Gordon, C. 8., Depot Battalion. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Westby Donovan. 33d Foot. _ Lieutenant-Colonel William John Chawberlanyne, 3rd West India Regiment._ MutoßANDi—The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve of John Craven Mansergh, Esq., late Major, 15th Foot, being reinstated in his fozmer rank in her Ma jesty's Service, and placed upon the Half-pay List, such restoration not to carry hack pay. Major John Craven Mansergh, half-pay, late 15th Foot, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, under the conditions of the Horse Guards Circular Memorandum of Feb. 15, 1861. NOTICE. The vacancies in Line Regiments caused by the transfer of officers to the Staff Corps will be filled up by officers of the Indian Service. The delay that has occurred in completing these appoint ments results from the necessity of frequent references to India, and not from to y change in the arrangement origi nally decided on. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Achille Louis Leriche, commission agent, City BANKRUPTS. The following are which appear in the Gazette : Isle of Wight James Jolliffe, grocer, Ventnor, s the only bankrupts of any William Cockell, builder, Batterse outharn pton William Charles Elcock, baker Southampton Bevis-marks aßerroomlseY Abraham Benjamin, Benjamin Roffey, bricklayer, ant, h Dunsta Teckham importanoe Robert J. Jones, coal merc n ill-streer ' erb F. E. Blyth, genera l agent,er D y chenille m Darlington watchm, k Robert Stokes, butcher,a ' rig , ticens John W. Pie (7n— r , BacuP „ Lee, K Milo es, grocel ion merchant, Lee, wmt ed victualler, Blackburn isb commission Old Brantford Neil Macn , dealer, C T h h a o r m le a s s Soplett, Henry Thick, toy jaw , pUblioan, Crooked-lane, City Henry G• 13 - - Croslan d, a innkeeper, Wakefield Charles ~ na nd, innkeeper, Tavistock Alfred Jamess hn I‘ R Br e c Yo ukcl Crouch, f, omnibusabr bailiff, e m erhou s e proprietor,e S e H p l e e h r , u 3N lct i o f ; d ' t heS n .u i s a a e i m i l , Suffolk T la h m om es as ß H ali a ' r ' rison, butcher, Isle of Ely William Pollard, bookbinder, Hastings Thomas Ramsey, wheelwright, Peasenhall, Suffolk John Roberts, fishmonger, Billingsgate -market STC H BANKRUPTS. Robert A. Pak gCOers, BANKRUPTS. Brechi n John Bradford, chinarocer, merc Hamilthanton, St, Andr ews Wm. Nisb e t, Alex, Wo o d, grocer, Dunbar John Payne, farmer, Townhead, Dumfriesshire John Davids on Wm 111‘ ,drape r , F orfar . Lennar, boot manufcturer, Frederi c k Potts, cattle dealer, a Stanwix Glasgow Copland and Mollison, quarriers, Turin, near Forfar Alexander Mackenzie, draper, Dingwall Thomas King, draper, Hamilton Course of the Exchange.—This Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 171 11 171 Antwerp — 25 40 25 471 Brussels — 25 40 25 47f Hamburgh — 13 71 13 7i Paris Ditto .. 3 Months, 25 421 26 471 FOURTH .EDIIOIV, SUN OFFICE, HALF •PAS SEVEN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Da CHESTER. RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GROSVENOR STARES. Fontenoy w o CHES TERFIELD STARES. Marigold - Stockman..... ..... , ............ 2 East Lancashire ........... 3 Eight ran. PALATINE STAKES. Fontenoy W . C . 1110STYN STAKES. Loafer Persuasion Redcap ..................... WYNNSTAY HANDICAP. Queen of Trumps .................................. Bernice 1.... ................... Flash in the Pan ....... Nino ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Miss Julia beat Dermot , t Asthore. SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SON'S. _ 1 Herdsman 1 Vigil ..... Three ran. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 85 to 40 agst Stradella (taken) sto 1 agst Caller Ou (taken) 7to 1 agat Asteroid (taken) 100 to 8 agst ILiddington (taken) 100 to 8 agst Plover (taken) 100 to 6 agst Dunkeld (taken) 33 to 1 agst M. Phillippe (taken) THE DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Lord Clifden (taken freely) 6to 1 agst Macaroni (taken) 11 to 1 agat Saccharometer (taken) 100 to 8 agst Ghillie (taken) 20 to 1 agst Tom Fool (taken) 40 to 1 agst Avenger (taken) 40 to 1 agst King of the Vale (taken) 66 to 1 agat Carnival (offered) 1000 to 12 agst Fantastic (taken) POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. NIGHT MARAUDERS IN PALL-MALL.—fames Fitz gerald, Wm. Martin, Wm. Holloway, and Ann Holloway,, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with loitering in Mall, near the club-houses, and also in the Haymarket, near Her 11Iajes%y's Theatre, for the purpose of committing a felony. Wm. Gordon, '323 A, said that at eleven the previous night, he saw Martin and the man Holloway together in Pall-Mall. He watched them into Haymarket, where they atFs s hh e gi e p ot enz a rngt r llt a ce: r t ef aetrndlatdafha,t afterwards d mvwwh e eaho n nrod t w e as b r en e rrdro d eekwt eu a ern c an r twe owd at the waiting doany and joined Opera-house. p e r t a- h 0 h ou woman e . Theyand down i f a r o P m a Pall-Malllher.lA Il s ' h She andhthe then stopped t on with Fitzgerald in her rear, and the others lurking on the other side of the way. The woman then stopped another gentleman, and Martin and Holloway crossed over to the woman, and Fitzgerald entered a public-house. Thu woman stopped another person who stood talking to her, and on his leaving all the prisoners joined and went into the Star and Garter public-house, where they stayed about ten minutes. The woman then went along, the three men following at a little distance. Near George•court the woman stopped another person, but seeing him (Gordon) she returned and joined the others. He (Gordon) then stopped them with the assistance of Cook, 106 C, and took them into custody. While at the station the woman put her hand into Holloway's pocket and took out a handker chief, and on his (Gordon) taking the handkerchief and asking Holloway whether it was his own, he said it was, and that it was marked with initial " H.," but instead of that it bore the name of G. Gunter." In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the officer said he knew the woman as a prostitute and to belong to a gang of notorious thieves. Martin worked at a photograph Mop by day, but was a thief by a night. Mr. Tyrwhitt said there was no doubt all the prisoner were in Pall-mall for the purpose of picking somebody up, and if the woman could not do it, then the men were there ready to go up and knock a person down. It was quite clear that the female was cruising about to rob some one with the assistance of the others. The prisoners mere remanded for a week. James Fulcher, a lad, was fined 40s. for assaulting a tle gill named Mary Ann Addis, living at 62, Piccadilly. The case was proved by Mr. F. Crane, hosier, of Regent street, and the little girl herself, the only provocation given the prisoner being the accidentally touching him with a basket. THAMES. ROBBERY IN A LODGIIZ:1301.-Samuel Fit zherbert, a ship's carpenter, was brought before Mr, Woolrych, w eh a a tc rg h e v el ai li e t d h t s e t n ea g li u n i g n e t s l , l i i n n t g h o e l d in d 2 g ss i n . g i n . h s n i l u v s e e r, o f and a r. g .w o ld . Smith, Broad-street, Rateliff, It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Eli za S m ith, w if e of the prosecutor, that five weeks ago the prisoner lodged in her house for two days and three nights only, and at that time there was £ll in gold in a purse, 255. in silver loose, and a gold watch in a drawer in her bed-room. The money consisted of the hard earnings of herself and hus— band, and was put by to pay the rent, rates, and taxes of the house. The gold watch was an heirloom. It had been in her possession twenty years. The prisoner came down stairs early on the morning of the third day he was in the house and :eft it unperceived by Mrs. Smith, while she was in the yard in the rear of the house filling a tea kettle with water. His disappearance created no surprise until the middle of the day, when Mrs. Smith went to the drawer in her bedroom to obtain some money to satisfy the demand of a tax-collector. On opening the drawer she discovered that all her gold and silver and her gold watch were gone. She ran down stairs much agitated and scream ing, and as soon as she recovered herself made her loss known to the police. The prisoner was not apprehended until yesterday afternoon. He was taken into custody by John Fry, a police constable, No. 320 K, who asked him what he had done with the money he had stolen, to which ha made a statement in reply that he had squandered it in drink and dissipation, and that money illgotten was never saved. Mary Ann Seymour, described as an unfortunate girl, dwelling in Richard-street, Commercial-road East, said the prisoner "took up" with her five weeks ago, and gave her a gold watch. On Friday last he told her to get £2 on it. She obtained £2 los upon it, and sold the duplicate after wards. Alfred Gard, assistant to Mr. Lewis Laumberg, pawn broker in Broad-street, Ratcliff, near the prosecutors house, produced a gold watch, which the last witness pawned at his master's establishment. Yesterday the woman Seymour came to the shop and paid the interest on the watch. At the same time she changed the name and address on the duplicate relating to the watch, and she said she had sold the duplicate. Mrs. Smith identified the watch as her property. It was the one stolen. In answer to a question, Mrs. Smith said—The money was all we had—our hard earnings, sir. It has distressed us very much. the magistrate wh e th er t the p Fry said when he me t unfortunate, indeed. I ani Mr. Woolrych—lt is ver y sorry for you. prisoner yesterday ho ran a he would have th e case dispose d o f here or tiled a t t h e Bee miTlehebepfroirseonheercZdthcaentchashtiemd. b y 1 81 ju Th r. o pr V oo lrych—Are you guilty or not guilt y ? Th r. e prisoner—Not guilty, woo mo i n ry e e r—h_SeVery h w er e e ll a , t once, your a y l o l u r r e w m o a r n s a hi 13 3:0u for a week, and then commit you for trial. I cannot dispose of i t myself if you plead not guilty. THE MURDER NE AR BERNE BAY. Alfred Algar was placed C a AN t T t E h ß e ß b il a lt r Y o ' f l‘ th io e n Cu d o ay n . ty Police court, Canterb ury , charged with the wilful murder of Richard Steed, at Maypole, a short dis tance from Herne Bay, on Saturday evening last. Mr, William Delmar presided, and Captain Starke and Messrs. Plummer and Neame were also on the bench. t e . r, H w a h h o a i s s of The N or tphrKi prisoner, is a native s 3 e 2 rv y t e ct ar l s 2 'lf age, first in the 92d and afterwards y in ea t r h s in the army, the 52d Regi ment, and has been discharged without a character. He is married and h as one child, and t rabout four months has resided at Maypole, having been en gaged as a labourer on the rail way works in pro gress in that neighbourhood. The prisoner bears a very indifferent character. He did not display much concern at his position, though he watched the evi dence with interest, and occasionally cross-examined the witnesses. The particulars of the murder have already sp eared At the terminat ion of the examination of p . the witnesses, the chairman said—lt is our duty to commit you to a jury to decide whether you are guilty or not. Prisoner —I do hope that something will be found out to clear me of the c h a r g e of murder, or at all even ts to lighten my crime. I have not seen the deceased since we parted after leaving Herne- s t reet. He was then removed and conveyed tine's to St. Au guu Gaol.