The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-18 00:00:00

WVS. LINDSAY, M.P.—The Rising Genera • u on —O u r Prize Essays—Mrs. Grundy's Gossiping FUN this week. One Penny. Of all Newsmen. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. L'nder the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. TO-MORROW EVENING, Balfe's New Opera of HE R3IOURER OF NANTES Miss Louisa Pyne, Mrs. A. Cooke, and Miss Anna Hiles ; Messrs. W. H. Weiss, Santley, U. Corti, C. Lyall, Aynsley Cooke, and W. ilarrison. Conductor —Mr. A. Mellon. After which, the Grand Comic Curistmas Pantomime, en titled HARLEQUIN BEAUTY AN D'THE BEAST. Doors open at half-past . ommence at 7. THEATRE -R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. To-morrow Evening, DON CiESAR DE BAZIN. Messrs. Henry Lorraine, Sinclair, Chas. Selby; Mrs. Bowers, Mrs. Edmund Falconer, Miss H. Howard, &c. After which, the Grand Pantomime of LITTLE GODDY TWO SHOES. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. To-morrow Night, at Seven o'clock, will be performed CUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Alter which, a new and original Extravartanza, entitled RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA; or, The Happy Valley. Rasselas, Miss Louise Keeley. Concluding with MRS. WHITE. TEIEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTE R. TO-MORROW EVENING, to commence with an Orizinal sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and PrAcigue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brgham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. ou Fechter, supported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougham, If. Widdi combe, W. M`lntyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, H. Butler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Mr. Phelps and Mr. W. Montgomery are engaged, and will shortly appear. floors open at half-past Six, performance to commence at Eleven. Private Boxes, £2 Ns. 0., and £2 2s. Places registered. Stalls, Os. 6d. ; Dress Circle, is. 6d. ; Upper Circle, 4s. Gd. Prices_at doors—Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, 55.; Upper Circle, 4..; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls. No half-price. Box office open daily from 11 till 5. The public are entreated to :•.kike notice that no charge is made to the occupants of boxes, DOX places, or stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keep ing of hats and cloaks : and that fhe attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vining. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lessee and Manager, Mr Lindus. To-morrow Night, an entirely new and original romantic drama, in four acts, by Lewis Fi!more, Esq., entitled THE WINNING SUIT. Messrs. Marston, Vezin, Stephens, Fitz- James, dtc. ; Miss Amy Sedgwick, Miss Murray, and Mrs. H. 3larston. A fter which, the New Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, " R TUFT WITH THE TUFT ; or, Harlequin and Mothe , Shipton." Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. Seyton, Misses Gray and Hudspeth, Mr. Milano, Mr. R. Power, Miss A. Colllnson, and Mr. Milord. INTEVIT THRATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.--- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TO-MORROW EVENING, a new comedietta, entitled A GREY MARE. Mr. J. L. Toole and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A VALENTINE Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss Seaman. To be followed by "GEORGE DE BARNWELL : or, Harlequin Folly in the Realms of Fancy." Miss Woolzar, Miss K. 'Kelly, Miss Seaman ; Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bed ford, Stephenson, C. J. Smith. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri; Uolunibine, Miss Caroline Adams ; Ciown, Mr. W. Hildyard ; ntaloon, Mr. J. P!lulo. The celebrated Arthur and Lertrand. Commence at 7. The Weather.--Sun Office, Feb. 18, 1863, THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday Lowest during tho night This day at Noon . Barometer-30.46. Wind—N.•Weeterly ; light, fine and cold. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THix DAT.—Morning, 2h. 6m.—Afternoon, 2h. 30m, To-moßno - v7.-Morning, 2h.52m. —Afternoon, 3h. 16m, att LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18, 1863. In the House of Lords yesterday, Earl RUSSELL replied to some questions addressed to him by Lord Derby on the preceeding evening. He defended the policy of the Government in reference to the Brazilian affairs. He contended that it was impos sible for them to have adopted a different line of conduct, and they had waited until diplomacy had failed before resorting to extremities. Lord DERBY said that be had founded his remarks upon what the Brazilian Government had stated. He considered that the English Government had adopted rather strong measures, even after taking into account the explainations of the noble earl. The LORD CHANCELLOR read a message from the Queen, concerning the approaching marriage of the Prince of Wales, and requesting their lordships to concur in measures that might be necessary for the establishment suitable to the Prince and Princess. Earl GRANVILLE moved the adoption of an address to the Queen, assuring her Majesty that their lord ships would be ready to accede to her request. The Earl of DERBY seconded the address, remarking thereupon that in his opinion the reasonableness of the proposition was su3h that in neither House, on financial or other grounds, could the slightest ob jection be made to it. The Marquis of NORMANBY referred to the despatches relating to Rome, and charged the Government with having encouraged th• occupation of Rome by Franch troops. Earl RUSSELL said he found it difficult to understand the exact purport of his noble friend's address. He justified the course adopted by Government in regard to Italy, Lord NORMANBY replied, and their lordships adjourned at half-past seven. In the House of Commons Mr. "W. B. FERRAND took the oaths and his seat for Devonport. The hon. member was received with. loud cheers from the Opposition benches. Lord PALMERSTON replied to Mr. Bentinck on the Charleston question that the Government had no other information than what the telegraphs had afforded, and as regarded the law of nations they could give no opinion until the occurrences were more definitively explained. Lord Palmerston moved en address to her Majesty about the provision to be made for the Prince of Wales and his household, assuring her Majesty that the House would consider the provision with due reference to the royal dignity, Mr, DISRAELI seconded the address, and said that he was sure that the House would agree with unan mity, not only of voice, but of heart. The country took a deep interest in the happiness of the Prince of Wales, and would support every reasonable pro position brought forward by Her Majesty's Minis ters which would realise that result. Mr. FITS- GERALD called the attention of the House to the subject of commercial treaties, and especially to that between this country and the kingdom of Italy. The hon. member attacked the conduct of the Sec retary for Foreign Affairs. Mr. DISRAELI remarked that commercial treaties to be of any value must be produced by political influence by England, and not by commercial con siderations, and it was to be regretted that hon. gentlemen opposite should come forward and agitate the country with the absolute necessity of making arrangements for stimulating the commerce of the country. Mr. GmsoN thought that there was every reason to be satisfied with the commercial policy pursued by this country, and he thought it would have the effect of diffusing free trade generally among foreign nations. Sir G. GREY obtained leave to bring in a bill to allow Catholic pritionera to receive religious instruc tion from the clergy of their own denominations. Mr. GIBSON nominated a select committee to inquiry into the present system of private bill legislation. The House adjourned at half-past twelve. The Prussians have fresh cause to oppose the proceedings of their King and his Ministers, and we shall be surprised and disappointed if there is not some manifestation of popular feeling with re. gird to the treatment of the unhappy Poles. It has been rumoured for some time that the constitutional monarch of Prussia has entered into a league to support the tyrannical acts of the Russian Autocrat. The substance of the convention, according to the latest news, is that Russian troops when driven across the frontier are to retain their arms and to be at full liberty to pursue any insurgents who might also enter Prussian territory, and farther, that Prussian forces are to be ready to act, either con jointly with the Russians or separately, against the insurgents. Surely the Prussians, so tenacious of their own constitutional rights, will not submit to being thus made the tools of despots. They will hardly be the willing assistants of tyran nical oppression in its endeavour to rivet the chains on a suffering people, or they must be prepared to forfeit the sympathy and approval of Europe in their own resistance to the undue encroachments of the Crown. Arbitrary and unjust as the con duct of the Prussian King has too often been, it is almost with surprise that we see WILLIAM I. tak ing so despicable a part, and one so directly op posed to the general feelings of Europe. It was certainly not to be expected that Prussia should relax her hold on the Polish provinces unjustly added to her:dominions. It would prove a dangerous precedent as well as a heavy loss, for the surrender of the States not justly belonging to her would reduce the haughty monarchy to its limits in the days when ALBERT of Brandenburg held the Dukedom of Prussia as a fief of Poland. Austria herself would in that case regain the fair province of Silesia, which, as MACAULAY has it, all Europe in arms could not wrest from the iron grasp of FREDERICK the Great. But without anticipating such Quixotic generosity on the part of the very matter-of-fact people of Prussia, as the accordance of independence to Posen, it is surely not too much to expect that they will regard the inhabi tants of those districts as fellow-countrymen, and not as enemies to be kept down with the strong hand of military law. Yet this will infallibly be the result of the line of conduct adopted by King WILLIAM, unless all national spirit and memory has died out of the dwellers in Prussian-Poland. We cannot suppose that they will look calmly on, while Russians and Prussians combine to hunt down Polish fugitives. Even Austria, by no means a model of lenient administration, has set a better example, by refusing to enter into any compact with the Government of the CZAR, while the open expression of the sentiments of England and France, however supine the acts of their Cabinets, might have some influence in Germany, if not in Russia. French sympathy has been warmly expressed both in the Chambers and in the Press, and it would appear from a recent article in the organ which is supposed to represent the opinions of Prince NAPOLEON, that some influential parties in the State attribute the particular meaning of a phrase in the Imperial reply to the address from the Cham bers to the condition of affairs in Poland. We trust it may be so, and that the Cz to may not be left to pursue his reckless and cruel course unopposed. We should be glad to feel certain that at least he would receive au energetic and indignant protest from the English Government, but it is reported with regard to the arrangement between Russsia and Prussia, that our Foreign Secretary has ex pressed himself with such caution as to commit himself to neither side. On some occasions it would have been well if Earl RUSSELL had followed this di plomatic course, but in the present instance no reason s of statecraft would outweigh in the minds of Englishmen the desire of flinging the vast moral influence exercised by their country into the scale of humanity and justice. Surely the least that our Foreign Secretary could do, would be to try the weight of words with bath the despotic sovereigns, and to protest as strongly as might be against such an alliance. The doctrine of non-intervention is always applauded when it bids us stand by and see nations torn to pieces by superior numbers or internal factions, why then should it not interfere to restrict the compacts of despots? The next step will be that a Prussian force will probably be despatched accross the frontier to aid the noble warfare, from which some of the Russians are said themselves to shrink, and it is very possible that all these proceedings are taken with a view of not only keeping Posen in subjec tion, but of invoking Russian aid in case of matters coming to extremities between King and Parlia ment. As yet the Prussian people have no share of the blame attached to this disgrace ful compact, but the deputies, who, so boldly and so forcibly defended their own rights can surely find words to redeem their nation in the eyes of Europe from the charge of having sanctioned it, If they do not do this, they will be unworthy of their task as the champions of the constitution which is (happily for their coun try) still preserved to her, while the very nationality and language of the Poles has been sought to be wrested from them. Meanwhile, the duty of the Cabi nets of Western Europe is clear,and let our Parliament sec that, on the part of England, it is fulfilled. Let it not be said that in the hour of their desperate need a brave and noble people, looking round Europe for help, found only freemen too timorous to say a a word of reproach or warning to tyranny, and constitutional Governments, whose resources were freely placed at the service of the oppressor. Last Monday, at a meeting held of the Royal United Service Institution, Captain J. W. SELWYN, R.N., read an interesting paper on the question of " Future Naval Attack and Defence." This was followed by a general discussion on the subject by the various members of the Institution present. Opinions varied on most points, but upon two all seemed to agree—viz., that speed was the first and most important requisite, and, after that, invulnerability, if that by any means could be ob tained. As regards the thickness of iron necessary to protect a ship from the fire of heavy ordnance who shall deeide when engineers disagree—for, if possible, these gentlemen differ in opinion even more than doctors. Experience alone can decide the question, and our friends on the other I side of the Atlantic are obligingly carrying out some interesting experiments. Already the Merrimac has shown us what can be done with railway iron in the defence of a wooden ship, and how formidable the appli cation made her, the destruction of two fine fri gates proved. It is not to be expected that, pressed for time as the Americans are—and, as regards the Confederates, ill provided with the proper means of plating vessels—that they turn out their iron plated gunboats in the finished manner, or of equal strength, to vessels like the Warrior or Black Prince, but they nevertheless seem to resist the impact of heavy shot pretty well. Bat setting these matters on one side, it is perfectly obvious the future of naval attack or defence must be entirely of a different character from that of fifty years ago. Never again will be seen two hostile fleets meeting in close column, each admiral endeavouring, by seamanship and manoeuvring, to get the weather guage of his adversary. Never will a future NELSON, HOWE, or COLLINGWOOD glory in having broken the enemy's lme. St eam h as settled the question, and VULCAN has supersed e d covered f rom the shock 2EOLUS N of a v t a h l m overthrowe n had har d o l y f re - all their old theories, when the Emperor of the FRENCH steps in, and paves the way for new difficulties, by the introduction of floating shot-proof batteries. These machines, it is true, were no great shakes, and required to be towed into and out of ac tion, like so many blind men ; but the man who fights for an i d ea gave one to our engineers which they have carried out to an : extent little expected :n 1854. If SCO TT Rus- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1865. SELL and other s hipbuilders and lecturers have armour-plates, ARMSTRONG, been busy' with their arm o WHITWORTM and many more, hale been equally diligent in preparin g guns to pierce them, find a nt t i e u d a i l n has been going on between the g parties. One of the last results of c c o on n n c ontest which is, that just as the Thames Iron Works Companyimp had constructed what they deemed an HITWORTH comes for ward, and, with a eat - headed bol t , d ri ves a ho le impregnable target, Mr. W clean through it. The principal requisites of a ship of war, as stated above, are speed and invulnerability—but if invulnerability is to be purchased only by carrying a coating of some five or six inches of iron, it will be perfectly impossible to construct vessels which shall combine great speed, and yet be impervious to shot, without giving them a tonnage of at least some 6,000 tons. The cost of such vessels is, of course, enormous ; but they would give a fair account of any enemy they might meet in the Channel or elsewhere, although from their great draught of water they would be useless in following enemy's vessels into shallow water, and merchantmen, privateers, and hostile frigates would only have to hug the shore to be safe. Another class of ships is therefore re quired. It is idle for people to say that the ships of the navy should be of equal strength and speed to enable them to act together. In any future war there will be no general action unless it be in the attack of a port or the landing of an army. Each vessel will more or less fight "on her own hook.'' Now as speed is the first desideratum, and it is obvious that small vessels cannot carry heavy plates and attain it, a modification must take place and a compromise be made. What the Alabama has done with her speed and heavy armament, shows plainly what should be the construction of our navy. We consider that vessels like the Alabama should con stitute the lowest class, and that as the tonnage of the ships increases so should the thickness or com pleteness of their armour progress. It does not follow that because at a short range a carefully laid gun can send a ball through a fixed target that the same result should follow in an encounter at sea when distance, direction, and the motion of the ship are all uncertain, and naturally tend to diminish the chances of a point blank impact necessary to cause the missile to penetrate. Again, no great harm need result from a few shots passing into, or even through a large ship; of course one unlucky shot may sink her, but such an occurrence is the exception, not the rule, for, if not, how used ships in olden times to lay yardarm to yardarm, and pour broadsides into each other for an indefinite time without going to the bottom. We may be answered that, now-a-days, the calibre of the guns is much heavier, their service better, and the shells more destructive. Granted—but this is no reason why a low fast vessel, with but partial and light armour, may not, if _provided with a few heavy guns, contend success fully with an enemy of superior tonnage, but which from the extent of her protection is unable to steam up to her lighter and swifter anta gonist, which can take up any position she pleases, and if she find the fire too hot can "sheer off," and keep out of harm's way. We have at present so many new plans of construction for our ships that it is impossible to come to any definite con clusion as to which will prove the most serviceable. Whether the Minotaur or the Agin court, of 6,621 tons, will combine the required conditions, and yet be able to carry coal enough for a reasonable length of time or not it is obvious that vessels such as the Favourite, of 2,186, now building at Deptford, or the Research, of 1,253, at Pembroke, cannot, and the law of mechanics which declares in relation to the wheel and axle, that what is gained in power is lost in speed, applies to armour plating, and as light draft and speed are requisite to small vessels they must forego the protection of heavy plating, and only have a light coating on their most vulnerable ':parts. After all, " playing at long bowls" was never popular in uur navy. The sooner his ship was laid aboard the enemy, and it was " Boarders away," the better JACK liked it. The daring of our seamen has not degenerated, and neither armour plates nor rifled ordnance will daunt them. " The spirit of their fathers will start from every wave," and the memory of the deeds of BLAKE and NEL SON will stimulate them to emulate on a new field the deeds of their ancestors. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, FEB. 18. The National Assembly has determined to vote that official legations should be appointed at the principal courts of Europe. The Prince replied to the Chamber that notwith standing his personal wishes in the matter, he felt obliged to dissent from the resolution, as its adop tion would necessarily create diplomatic difficulties. No. of I , p ol i c i„ Sums Assured. Premiums. £ s. d. £ s. d. Assur nces in force. } 2,873 1,634,754 18 0 52,522 10 3 Dec. 31, 861 Policies written oft] 105 63,825 0 0 2,277 17 0 in 1862 2,703 1,570,929 18 0 50,244 13 3 New Assurances in 1862, extra Pre miums and altera- 241 124,850 0 0 4,530 210 tions in Premiums for errors in Ages. Increase on Policies for assuring in- 9510 0 creasing sums 3.012 1,695,875 8 0 54,774 18 1 3,012 1,605,875 8 0 "Your directors regret the retirement from the board of John Mollett, Esq., a gentleman whose name is never mentioned but with respect. On lhursday, the 2d of Aptil next, you will have to supply the vacancy thus caused in the direction. Due notice by advertisement has been given, and further notice will bo sent to you by a circular from the office. "The directors consider your society to be in an emi nent state of prosperity; and although, fr .m its choice and selected character, the new business may he less than the new business of some similar institutions, it appears to them that the advantages already given, and which in all probability will continue to be given, by the society, are surpassed by none. You will find this asser tion verified by the large bonuses appropriated for the year 1862, which are quite equal to those of former years. The letters announcing them will be sent out early in the coming month. A large progressive increase of new business is of course desirable; and for such an increase they ask the co-operation of their fellow-members, who will be imme diately supplied with all necessary papers to facilitate_ their efforts by an application to the office." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the meeting on the success of the past year, and urged all present to use their best exertions to further the interests of the society. After a short discussion, the motion was carried. The proceedings terminated with the usual Tote of thanks to the officers. THE ROYAL NATV.—By a return yesterday issued it appears that on the Ist inst. there were 669 effec tive ships in the R oya l Navy, 06 steam, and 103 sa ilin g. The number _afteatwas 622. THE POLISH INSURRECTION, (From the 1 2 tenna forrespondent of the Times.) VIENNA, Feb. 14. In my letter of the 12th inst. it was stated that a convention for the purpose of suppressing insurrec tion in the kingdom of Poland had been concluded between Prussia and Russia, and I am now able to give some farther information on the subject. The engagements entered into by the Prussian Govern ment are in substance as follows : " If Russian troops are forced by the insurgents to cross the frontier into Prussia they shall not be obliged to lay down their arms. Should revolutionary bands be driven across the Prussian frontier the Russian troops shall be at liberty to pursue them. On the demand of the St. Peters. burg Government Prussian troor s will act, either separately or in conjuncticn with the Russian forces, against the in. surgents." In diplomatic circles it is stated that Austria was requested to become a party to the convention, and that Count Rechberg refused to have anything to do with proceedings which cannot fail to excite the indignation of the civilised world. Prince Gortschakoff still asserts that the Austrian Government affords clandestine support to the insurgents in the kingdom of Poland, but the charge is so absurb that it hardly merits refuta tion. The Emperor prorogued the Galician Diet in order that the sufferings of the Poles and the abominable tyranny of the Russian Government might not be trumpeted forth to the world, and his Ministers of War and Police do all in their power to keep the Galician Poles from rendering as sistance to their distressed fellow-countrymen- Hitherto the conduct of this Government has been strictly correct, and there is no reason to doubt that it will continue to be so. A few days ago the Duke de Gramont and the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs exchanged opinions in regard to Poland, and Count Rechberg is reported to have said that Aus tria desired to see that country in a position which should be in accordance with the wishes expressed by the Powers in 1815. A few days ago I forwarded to you some striking passages from a circular which Lord Castlereagh in 1815 addressed to the Vienna Congress, and you must now permit me to return to the subject. Russia, Austria, and Prussia replied at length to the British statesman's note, and on the 21st of February, 1815, the Prince de Talley rand declared in Congress " that his Mjesty the King of Franca approved the principles upheld by the Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty." In their reply to Lord Castlereagh's circular, the Rus sian Plenipotentiaries said " that the justice and liberality of the principles contained in the Eng lish note had caused the most lively satisfaction to his Majesty the Emperor, who will do all in his power to ameliorate the position of the Poles, and to protect their nationality." The Russian Plenipo tentiaries laid great stress on the " political loyalty" of Russia, and observed that Europe need not feel any alarm if a part of the Polish nation should be attached to the Russian empire " by means of con stitutional ties (par des liens constitutionnels)." The Austrian Plenipotentiaries declared that their Sovereign the Emperor would not have ohjecled to the re-establishment of a kingdom of Poland, "under an independent and national Polish Go vernment," as Austria had never considered a free and independent Poland a rival and hostile Power; but that he had made his wishes subservient (subor donne sea vceux) to those of the other Powers. In the last paragraph of the Austrian note it is said that the Emperor entirely approves the remarks made by Lord Castlereagh " in regard to the future fate of the Polish people." The Prussian reply is in the same sense as the Austrian, but the language used by M. von Hardenberg appears to me to be vague and unsatisfactory. According to a diplo ua itic on dit, England, France, and Austria were not satisfied with the way in which the Polish question was settled by the Congress, and in as far as Austria was concerned there is reason to believe that the report is correct. All the Austrian papers condemn the policy of the Prussian Government toward the Poles, and some of the leading organs of the Vienna press ask what the Western Powers will say to the gross violation of the principle of non-intervention. The Presse expresses its satis faction that Austria will not follow the example of Prussia, " who is degrading herself by playing catcbpoll for Russia." The Austrian Cabinet has prohibited the export of arms, sithes, and ammuni tion from Galicia and the Bukowina to Russia and Russian Poland. The TViener Zeitung contains a telegram from Lemberg, in which it is said that the Russian re ports relative to the loss sustained by the insurgent corps under Langiewitz are greatly exaggerated. A certain Moreau, who purposely took a detach ment of Polish " sithemen" under the fire of a Russian battery, was tried by a court-martial and hanged by order of Langiewitz, who is now in to mountains near St. Kizyz (not far front Weugrow) with 5,000 tolerably well-armed men. Both official and private anvices confirm the statements made by the Polish insurgents relative to the barbarous cruelty of the Russians. In the neighbourhood of Tomaszow, which is nut far from Z _anon, a Colonel Bedraga has committed terrible atrocities. He had three persons " gradually" (allnzalig) put to death, and Captain Zowadski and Lieutenant Wasilewski acted as executioners. The fear of the insurgents to fall alive into the hands of their enemies makes them fight like demons, and the cruelty of the Rus sians has greatly contributed to the spread of the insurrection. The Ministerial General Correspond ence learns from Lemberg that Langiewitz has in formed the Russian officer who commands the troops opposed to him that he, " by way of reprisal," has had a certain number of his prisoners shot. The orga nisation of the insurgent bands is progressing tepidly, and the commanders of the different corps have given strict orders to their inferiors to avoid regular battles with the Russians. Four detachments of insurgents have managed to get from Poland into Lithuania, where they are engaged in insurrec tronisieg the rural districts. Two of the detach ments crossed the Boug at no great distance from Brzesc-Litewski, and it mast be concluded that the gurribou of that fortress is very weak, as it made no attempt to molest the insurgents, A few days ago the Russian regiment Ismailoff crossed the Boug at Terespol, and it is supposed that it is now quartered in the above-mentioned stronghold. The Warsaw authorities deny that the insurrection has spread to Lithuania, Volnynia, Podolia, and the Ukraine, but the proclamation of the state of siege in those pro vinces must be considered proof positive that the Grand Duke Constantine and his ruthless Adlatus say the thing which is not. By letters taken from a Russian Cabinet messenger, the insurgents learn , that the Staritholder of Poland hated Austria more than ever, and that Prussia "offered" to assile Russia in quelling the insurrection. Same letters written by the Grand Duchess were sent back to ner by the President of the National Committee, who had previously affixed to them the revolutionary seal. Kurowski, " the military chief in the Voi voile of Cracow," has announced to his fellow-couu try men that the results of his victory at Sosnovice, on the Prusso-Polish frontier, were 100,000 silver roubles, 100 cwt. of powder, and 80 guns and sabres. " The hero of the day," says Kurowski, " was Cieszkowski, the commander of the s ithemen, who had his horse killed under him, and w as twice wounded." The reinforcements sent from St. Peters burg to Poland ore two Guard cavalry regiment., mobile divisions of the Guard Cossack and Alauitin regiments, his Majesty's regiment of Guard Lee cers, the Grodno regiment of Guard Hussars, and a Guard battery. Reliable information has been given me that the petty n obles in Russian Poland are at the head of the insurrection, which is not approved of by the great landed proprietors, "as the movement is a democratic one." METROPOLITAN CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY.-01‘ Monday evening a meeting of chrysanthemum growers was held at the Angel Inn, Islington, when Mr. Shirley Ribber. i , editor of the Gardeners' Magazine, occupied the chair. The object was to inaugurate a society for promoting the culture of this favourite flower and to establish a monster exhibi tion. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed, and a committee, consisting of equal numbers of nurserymen; gentlemen, gar deners, and amateurs, was formed to carry the project into e ff ec t. Sir S. M. Peto, M.P., Mr. (_'ox, M.P., and Mr. Shirley Hibberd, F.R.R.S., were elected patrons. Mr Alfred Sinee, F.R.S., of the Bank of England, war elected president; and various other preliminaries having been diis posed of, the p rocee di ngs terminates with a vow o f thar; Al 4 to the ch a i rman. It is understood that the monster exhi- LIU()); is to take place at the Agricultural-hall. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 17. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Louis of Hesse, walked and drove in the Home Park this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse, at tended by Lieut.-Colonel do Plat and Captain Wes terweller, went to Woolwich. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at tended by Lieut.• General Knollys and Major Tees dale, arrived at the Castle last evening from Saver nake Forest. Lord Methuen and Colonel the Hon. G. A. Lid dell h ave succeeded Lord Rivers and Lieut.-General Sir H. Bentinck as Lord and Groom in waiting. THE PRINCE OF WALES WITH HIS HARRIERS.-- Yesterday his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ho noured the farmers of Buckinghamshire with his presence in the hunting-field. The Prince was accompanied by Major-General the Hon, A. N. Hood, the master of tho Royal pack, and Captain Hood. His Royal Highness was also joined by Lord Besborough, the noble master of her Majesty's buckhounds, and Lord Camoys, and other gentle men in scarlet, who were returning from the meet, at Mile end-house, the stag not being turned out in consequence of the frost. These gentlemen contributed much to the bril liancy of one of the largest fields of the season. Several hares were started, and afforded a good days sport. His Royal Highness was well mounted on a new chestnut. He rode remarkably well, and thoroughly enjoyed the sport. The country, notwithstanding the frost, was remarkably heavy. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is confined to Gloucester House by an attack of gout. A medallion memorial of the late Prince Consort by Marochetti will shortly be e:ected in St. Thomas's Church at Newport, in the Isle of Wight. The Duke and Duchess of Modena have arrived at Venice. The marri age of Prince William of Baden with the Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg was celebrated on the 11th inst. at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. Lard Palmerston has been elected a governor c the Charterhonse. LAdy Dukinfield has lett town for her residence in Berkshire. Sir Robert Clifton has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from his seat, Clifton Hall, Notting ham. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Their Royal High nesses the Princess Helena and the Princess Louise honoured this theatre last night with their presence, to see " Our American Cousin," performed for the 359th time, and " Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia." Tne Prince of Hesse, Baron Westerweller, and Colonel Du Plat honoured the performances at the Adelphi Theatre last evening with their presence. The bouquet-holder in which the bouquet will be presented to the Princess Alexandra, on her landing in England, by the lady of the Mayor of Gravesend, in form will resemble a cornucopia, and is so arranged that by touching a spring ingeniously contrived it may be rested in an upright position. 'l'he ornamentation will consist of the arms of England and Denmark, surmounted by Prince of Wales feathers issuing from a gold crown set with sapphires. On the reverse will be represented the motto of the corpo ration of Gravesend. The gold work of the cornucopia will be enriched with pink coral and pearls, being the national olours of Denmark. RECEPTION OF THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA IN THE CITY.—The Princess Alexandra is to be re ceived in the City by a bevy of blooming belles—the brightest, gracefullest, and most fascinating of the beauties of the City ; and the mode of the reception and all the pretty details belonging to it, will be immediately arranged under the auspices of a committee of ladies —City Press. King Otho, who since his return to Munich had continued to wear the Greek national costume, has now exchanged it for an ordinary European dress. The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and the Archduchess Charlotte will leave Vienna on the 2d March for London, to be present at the marriage of the Prince of Wales. The Italian journals publish the following letter addressed by the Empress of the French to Chevalier Nigra, Italian ambassador to the Court of France :—" Tuileries, Feb. 9.—Sir,--I accept with pleasure the marble group which you have delivered to me in the name of the Indies of Milan. I prize it as a testimony of the sentiments with which they are animated, and a rernem • brance of a common glory. The thuught they kive had of offering it to me affects me deeply, and the talent of the artist whose remarkable work realises their intention so well, gives it additional value. I request you, sir, to ex press my sincere thanks to those ladies, and accept my kindest wishes. " EUGENIE." MR. MORRISON, M.P.—Alarming rumours have prevailed during the last day or two respecting the health of Mr. Walter Morrison, M.P. for Plymouth. It was even reported in the borough on Sunday that the gentleman was dead. We are enabled to state that the latter report is quite unfounded. Mr. Morrison was seized with fever during a journey through Egypt, and was for some time xceedingly ill. He is now, we are happy to state, better, though by no means convalescent. The latest accounts received by his friends are that he was re covering, and that he was returning to England by slow stages. The hon. gentleman has youth and more than the average physical strength on his side, and we may there fore hope that he will soon completely recover from his late attack, and be able to resume his parliamentary duties. -- Western Morning News. CURIOUS SHROVE.TUESDAY CUSTOM AT WEST MINSTER SCHOOL.—Yesterday being Shrove Tues day, a quaint ceremony took place in the schoolroom of St, Peter's College, Westminster. About 11 o'clock, while the boys were presumably asleep in Homer and Virgil, under the vigilant eyes of Mr. Scott, Mr. Ingram, and their as sistant masters, the Verger of the Abbey opened the door, and ushered in the cook of the college, attired in full kitchen dress. There was a dead silence of either awe or curiosity among the boys as the Ude of Dean's yard poised what is conventionally considered a pancake (but which was suspi ciously like a stiff old crumpet) on a fork, and after a few prelimininary twirls, tossed it artistically over the bar which separates the upper from the lower school. Thereupon all was confusion—the boys rushed from their seats to catch the farinaceous compound, well understanding that he who should, in spite of the scuffling and hustling, keep it unin• jured would be entitled to carry it to the deanery, and de mand the sum of one guinea there and then from Deal., Trench. The kicking and noise reminded one of a football game at the wall" at Eton, with its attendant bullies and shinings." This curious ceremony entitles the cook to a guinea or two guineas from the dean and chapter, and is a relict of olden times, when. on Shrove Tuesday all sorts 01 games were common in England—football, cock fighting, &c. At Eton School, till very recently, might be seen in the unrestored college halls pegs on the wainscoting, upon which were hung long scrolls of verses called " Bacchuses," from the fact that originally they were written in honour of Bacchus. EXPORT OF COTTON FROM LIVERPOOL TO AME RICA.—The high rice to which cotton has ad vanced in New York has again induced the holders in this country to export. Accordingly three screw steamers, almost entirely cotton laden, have been despatche'l trom Liverpool during the present week. These were the Kedar, the Plantagenet, and the Damascus, which among them carried out considerably upwards of 4,000 bales. The Inman steamship City of New York, which sails to-day, and the same company's steamer Kangaroo, to sail on Sa turday, also take out a considerable quantity; and the Ca nadian mail steamer Hibernian, to-morrow, from Liverpool for Portland, will take a quantity. In all, the export of the week from Liverpool to New York will not fall short of, but may exceed 6,000 bales. The mercantile letters from New York state that the shipments of gold to England are likely to con tinue at the rate of at least 200,000 per week, irrespective of the sums that will reach us on New York account, via Panama, from California, in consequence of the dread in spired by the Alabama and th Florida. The Government, greatlyalartned at the recent advance of the premium on gold to 59, had dras+n back from their contemplated issues of additional paper, and gold had consequently experience] a partial reaction. This, however, had in turn alarmed the speculators in the S ock-niarket, who are aware that means must be raised either by fresh note issues or fresh creations of stock, and that it is only a question as to which are to be the victims of any fresh movement—the existing currency hollers or the existing stockholders. The prevalent opi nion was that, however the Government may shrink and vacillate, Congress before its adjournment on March 4 will have to pass a bill fur a large additional flood of paper money. As tho flue' net:ens in the rate of exchange are , low sometimes 6 or 7 per cent. in the course of a day or Iwo, the operations of regular business are found to be im• practicable, except by making contracts to be regulated by the price of specie. In this way some of the leading marine insurance companies, to prevent the entire transference of their business to this and other foreign countries, are now receiving their premiums in gold and making their losses payable in gold at the option of the merchant. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have rescinded the order recently issued by ttte (Jon troller of th e navy, that the b oats o f a ll ships in commission • bould be fitted with Captain linusi on's detaching hooks, and have dir ec t e d t h a t Clifford's system of lowering is to be need instead, when applied for by officers in command. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. On Monday, at the British Embassy, at Paris, Lord Royston, eldest son of the Earl of Hardwicke, was married to Lady Sophia Georgiana Wellesley, the daughter of Lord and Lady Cowley. Lord Cowley's brother, the Dean of Windsor, with the British chaplain, and a third divine, officiated. The Ladies Yorke were the bridesmaids, and the young members of the two families were all at the altar, his Excellency Lord Cowley, giving away his daughter, a most charmin g specimen of British beauty and amiability, and universally liked in society. The wedding was an event which will be remembered as one of the features of the Ambassador's residence in Paris. The Emperor and Empress honoured the ceremony with their presence—a very unusual cir cumstance, doubtless intended to express their per sonal regard for the Ambassador and Lady Cowley, and at the same time we may regard the honour as not altogether foreign to en intended compliment paid to the Sovereign and country which Lord Cowley represents. A bright sunny day streamed through the flower-screened windows of the ambas sadorial hotel when the Emperor and Empress en tered. Before their arrival his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon was in the reception rooms with the Princess Clotilde and her Imperial Highness the Princess Mathilde. There were also present all the Ministers of State and their ladies, the more known to the English being Count Walewski and the Countess Walewski, M. and Madame Drouyn de Lhuys, M. Fould, and M. Rouher. The foreign ambassadors were also there in great numbers, with their ladies ; the Duke and Duchess de Morny—in fact, all the more intimate members of the im perial circle. The gentlemen of the Embassy, and a few immediate friends of Lord and Lady Cowley, were also favoured with invitations. But the guests by no means overcrowded the rooms. The presence of the Emperor and Empress no doubt in some measure restricted the number of invitations. When the marriage ceremony had been performed, the bride and bridegroom left the Embassy chapel with the Emperor and Empress, Lord Hardwicke, and Lord and Lady Cowley, and, in the presence of the Rev. Mr. Swaile, put their signatures t weren to the ac t o f marr i age. Th e E mperor and Empress bridesmaids he rec a e l i s v o ed pre L s o e r nd dtestooysttohne.ir The M ajesties, and with all of whom their Majesties conversed in the most kind and familiar manner, the Ministers of State and foreign ambassadors, with gaily-toiletted ladies, mingling in a little crowd which might be said to contain all the notabilities of Paris, Rosettes of silver oak leaves were distri buted to all the invited, and a wedding cake of the traditional English compound was at the disposi tion of those who respect the old English custom of tasting such things on such occasions, or carry ing away a sweet atom or two for amiable supersti tious reasons. The Emperor and Empress re mained long after the ceremony; in fact, till half-past four o'clock; The bride and bride groom proceed this evening to Fontainebleau on their way to Italy, with the blessing and love of their parents, and the good wishes of many, many friends, - General Totlabel), the defender of Sebastopol, has been named deputy to the Inspector-Gteneral of Engl. neon, THE BOMBAY MAIL. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Company : MARSEILLES, Fn. 18. The Elaine, with the above mails, arrived here at 8 a.m. this day. The mail leaves for London at 11.30 a.m. FRANCE. BOURNE. Feb. 17.—The market has assumed rather a better tone, but without producing any improvement in prices, Threes, for the Account, being now unvaried at 70f. 50c. The Railway Share Market has been more btoyant, and the business done has been for the most part with the turn in favour of sellers. The market left off as follows :- 4t per Cents. 99 Do. end 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 25 New 3 per Cents Do. end month — Credit Mobilier 1245 Do. end m0nth...4241 25 Bank Shares 3385 - Credit }ander 1515 Piedmontese Fives Italian Loan 69 55 Russian .. Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt RAIL' Cash. Orkants lll2 50 ‘. Northern Account. 1111 25 1035 Nev. , ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1185 .. 1183 75 Geneva 405 Southern BOO .. 802 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian ...... - Lon bard ~ North of Spain Saragossa 698 75 .. 697 50 Ditto to Barcelona MR. POPE HENNESSY, M,P. Mr. Pope Hennessy, M.P. for King's County, has been presented by the ladies of Poland with a very handsome screen of heavy black velvet, framed ,in oak, richly carved, and on which the arms of Poland are exquisitely wrought in needlework of silk and gold, with the initials of the honourable member surmounted by a Polish coronet. This splendid gift was accompanied by the following letter from the venerable and illustrious Prince Czartoryski Paris, Jan. 10, 1863 " My dear Mr. Hennessy,---When you first came forward in the House of Commons, on the 3d July, 1861, as the champion of Poland, the wrongs of my country had been for several years left unnoticed in that assembly. Your motion, connected with that of the Earl of Harrowby in the House of Lords, elicited front her Majesty's Ministers the production of most valuable diplomatic correspondence on the subject. "Thirty years had passed since that correspondence had taken place, and yet its production still carries weight, cot as an historical document only, but as one calculated to bear on present and future decisions. "In the following year, on the 4th of April, the Hon. G. Denman moved for further correspondence of more re cent date, and you seconded his motion. The value of those debates, and the production, however incomplete, of documents showing how Great Britain had remonstrated and protested against the violation of solemn treaties, the warm feeling, the depth of argument, which you so elo quently displayed on those occasions, have excited in every part of Poland a wish to testify their g ratitude. The ladies have undertaken for you the arms of Poland sup ported by the British lion, which I am now commissioned to offer for your acceptance. " May the sight of this memorial further arouse your sentiments as to what Europe, and Great Britain in Par ticular, suffer from the violation in Poland of all those con• ditions without which there can be no peace and no secu rity among nations. May we soon see the day when liberated Poland will inscribe you among the friends and statesmen who never despaired of the aid of Divine Pro vidence in the triumph of a just cause. " I am, dear Mr. Hennessy, yours most truly, L. CZARTORYSKI2' The Mutual Life Assurance Society. ANNUAL MEETING.-(THES DAY.) The annual general meeting of the policy holders was held this day, at the oEces of the company. 39, King-street, Cheapside. Aldermin DAKIN occupied the chair. The Actuary (C. INGALL, Lq.) read the report, which was as follows : " Your directors have the pleasure of presenting their 29th annual report upon the progress and business of the society. _ _ " The cash account for the year 1862, and the balance sheet to the 31st December last, have already been for warded to each member. " The new business of the past year consists of 244 policies assuring £124,850 at annual premiums of £4,434 18s. id. " The claims for the year 1862 have been on 33 policies assuring 31 lives for .. • • • • .. £21,980 The bonuses on these policies are .. 6,020 Making the claims and bonuses together .. .. £28,000 The expected claims without bonuses were 44 lives assuring .. • • • • £29,788 Taking one policy with another, £127 Bs. has been paid for every £lOO assured. " On the average of the last 8 years, where 100 lives were expected to fail, the number has been but 79, and the ex pected claim of £lOO has been met by £Bl. les. These facts denote the care with which the business is conducted, and are evidence that the very large bonuses awarded have been fairly earned. "The accumulated fund is now £139,174 Bs. sd. The increase for the year is £36,009 4s. Ild., or more than half of the year's income saved and invested; all claims, paid and unpaid, and all expenses, being allowed for. "The surrendered p dicies in the year 1862 were 28, and those lapsed and expired were 45 ; the accumulated amounts received on those were .. • • .. £4,090 14 0 Cash paid for surrenders .. 867 14 0 In favour of the society .. £3,223 0 0 "The folhwiug table shows the state of the assurances on the Ist January, 1863 : -7 D 61111 eirtribr. THE ROYAL MARRIAGE. CITY OF LONDON. Yesterday a meeting of the Royal Reception Com mittee of the Corporation of London was held at Guildhall under the presidency of the Lord Mayor, which was vPry numerously attended. Among others present were Alderman Sir F. G. Moon, Bart., Alderman Salomons, M.P., Alderman Sir S. Musgrove, Alderman Humphery, Alderman Allen Alderman Besley,&e._ Mr: Deputy FARRAR (Under-Sheriff) explained to the committee that, in accordance with previous arrangement, a deputation, consisting of Mr. Alder man Dakin, Mr. J. Anderton, and himself, accom panied by the City architect, Mr. J. Bunning, waited on Saturday last upon the Dean of St. Paul's, re questing that the space within the railings of St. Paul's-churchyard should be given up to the cor- . poration for the accommodati on o f the m e mb ers of the civic body and their ladies, and the members of the livery companies and their ladies, upon the occa sion of the Princess Alexandra and the Prince of Wales passing through the City of London on the 7th March next. The Dean of St. Paul's expressed his willingness, and he believed also the willingness of the Chapter, to consent to the application, so far as their authority extended, desiring only to retain so much of the space as th e y th emse l ves m i g ht re quire. The Dean also stated that he would direct Mr. Pearson, the architect of the Cathedral, to pat himself in communication with the City architect on the subject. Mr. Deputy Farrar further ex plained that the authority of the Dean and Chapter would extend to that portion of the churchyard terminating ti t the south door of the Cathedral. The remaining portion, as far as the end of Cheapside, was in the parishes of St. Gregory and St. Faith. He had put himself in communication with the rec tors and churchwardens of those parishes, and they also agreed to place the space at the disposal of the Corporation, reserving however certain space for the accommodation of their parishioners. The committee have decided that seats should be provided for the children of the City of London School and the Free man's Orphan School to view the procession, it being left to a future day to be stated what space should be occupied by them. The number of children so accommodated is to be 700. The committee directed that communications should be made with the whole of the livery companies of the City, as to the accom modation they would probably require for them selves and ladies to view the procession. Of course, each of the companies so provided for will have to hear a proportion of the necessary expenses incurred. Deputations were received from the Court of Lieu tenancy, represented by Mr. H. L. Taylor and other gentlemen ; and from the borough of Southwark, on whose behalf Mr. Wm. Gresham, High Bailie of Southwark, Dr. Hugh Allen, Mr. Vickers, Dr. Challice, and ether gentlemen attendee. After a conference with the deputations, as to the part proposed to be taken upon the occasion of the arrival of the Princess Alexandra, the committee requested that they would put their propositions into writing, in order that they might be properly considered at a future meeting. THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE ROYAL DIS EMBARKATION AT GRAVESEND. About a week since Col. Thorold, commandant of the Ist Battalion of Kent Rifle Volunteers, received from Viscount Sydney, the Lord-Lieutenant, the following reply to an application made by the bat talion to be allowed to proceed to Gravesend for the purpose of forming a guard of honour to the Princess Alexandra on her disembarkation : " The Lord-Lieutenant expresses his regret tbat he can not accede to the wi'h of the battalion, as there is a rule that no guards of honour are ever formed by volunteers to the Roya Family." Since the receipt of this reply it appears, however, that her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the proposal made by the Kentish Volunteers to assem ble in force at Gravesend on the 7th of March, and yesterday Col. Thorold communicated to the com manding officers of the several corps at Woolwich, Charlton, Greenwich, Blackheath, Deptford, Lee, Lewisham, Eltham, Sydenham, &c., that he had received from Viscount Sydney an intimation to the Effect that no objection existed to the proposal made by the battalion. In consequence of this con cession the town of Gravesend will be fully occupied by Kentish Volunteers on the occa sion of the Royal disumbirkation, as in addition to the two brigades of Gravesend Artillery, w h o take precedence, an d t h e I st B attalion of Kent Rifles ! numbering ab ou t 760 ran k and fi le, the corps Maidstone, Dartford, Rochester, and other towns will attend, and the entire force will, it is expected' under the direction of the Corporation Committee, form a line along the route through which the Royal cortege will pass from the Terrace-pier to the North Kent Railway Station. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. The executive committee of the Conservative Land Society have resolved to cl use the offices both on Saturday, the 7th of March (the day of the pub lic entry of the Princess), and on Tuesday, the 10th (the wedding day); ',rid on tue night of the 10th the Norfolk-street premises will be illuminated. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday, the magistrates of the city of London held a meeting at Guildhall for the tran_action of business. The Lord Mayor presided, and there was a large attendance of members, all of whom wore their scarlet robes in conformity with a custom 00 the introduction of a new Alderman. Mr. Orton, the attorney in waiting from the Lord Mayor's Court, reported that Mr. Sidney Hedley Waterlow had been elected Alderman for the Ward of Langbourne, in the place of Mr. William Cubitt, M.P., who had resigned the office. Mr. Waterlow, the Aldermen elect, was thereupon summoned to attend the Court, and in a few minutes he presented himself at the bar, accompanied by Mr. Josiah Wilkinson, his proposer at the election, Mr. Han bury, one of the eminent banking firm, and many more of the prin. ciptal citizens of the ward. Mr. Wilkinson, ad dressing the Court, said he had the honour to present for admission and confirmation Mr. Sid ney Waterlow, who had been elected by a large majority of the freemen and inhabitant householders of theW4rd of Langbourne, as a mein: ber of their hon. Court. Langbourne, he said, bad been justly proud of its aldermen, seeing that the last two who had represented it had been both twice elected by their fellow-citizens to fill the civic c hair. It was unnecessary for him to refer to the antece dents of Mr. Waterlow, because he was well known to them as an active and useful member of the Court of Common Council, by whom he was held in high respect, and his honourable and amiable character tied won for him the consideration and esteem of all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. When the vacancy occurred the inhabitants naturally looked about for a man worthy to succeed those who had filled the office to the satisfaction of the consti tuency and reflected credit upon the ward, and they now presented upon a N i l m r. o W st a sp te o r il lo ta w n . " H u e st ( y M a r i : unanimously Wilkinson) trim, confident that he would be au honour to the lkinson) fixed Ward of Langbourne, a useful member of their au eient and honourable Court, and perform the public duties which would devolve upola him with e ntire satisfaction to the citizens, at large. Alderman Wa terlow then took and subscribed the oaths a ppere raining to the office, which were subscribed by the Town Clerk, and having been invested with the violet robe of an alderman he received the cougra ulations of the Lord Mayor and each of his brethren and took his seat. With that the ceremony tet 'vi ewed. Alderman and Shet iff Lawrence reported bat there were than 151 prisoners in the gaol of Sewgate; 97 in the Debtors' Prison in Whitecross ° ' , reef, and 380 in the gaol at. Holloway. Of these, comparatively few were inmates of the infirmaries , ,nd the return in each case was accompanied by certificate of the surgeon as to the fir condition o the prison. A few persons were then admitted and sworn as brokers; and after transacting some busi ness of little or no public interest, the Court ad journed. In the evening the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress entertained Alderman Waterlow and the rest of the members of the Court at dinner at the Mansion-house. HASTINGS.—About seven o'clock on Sunda,' morning there t t a h k . e .r n e pl o a c ce cu in rr i dthe most alarming fire w Hastings or ita neighbourhood for nearly a quarter of a century. Three of the large first-elnse lodging. h.uses at the western end -Et' Marina, St. Leonard's on-Sea, were completely gutted in a little more than two hours atter the outbreak of the flames. The fire originated in No. 131, probably from some of the infernal woodwork havint been connected with the flues, and after smouldering all night burst out on the house being opened in the morn ing. Notwithstanding the efforts of the Volunteer Fire Bridade, who were ably commanded by Mr Superintenden t Glenister, of the Hastings police force, the flames obtained such a mastery that Nos. 130 and than 132 caught, end were burnt out. No. 129 was als. on fire, but the combined labour of the firemen, police, an coastguard prevented the e i : o further uses a n d s pread usniw.enealadrniNes o :du f ocl vTrza t conflagration.rahutis.ienEssnegdßeo Leonard'stiotoni aymjtiiuAhadrteLyd a l o ' h o e and value a £ l7 , 00 0 0 f the bled on the beach it N P t h o e i A a n be l consternation F b c may r o oo t Tr‘ h v HudbHnseEaa Fortunately assembled imagined, g sm g tu i vu iT e f eil e f y ni r a o gh . o r n a tdi immunity nju the nii tre h ,37e vast te _ r yomwebs.t watere a ay companion retuzn to the one issued last week r n flogging in the army was printed respecting the navY• 1831 there were 1,676 corporal punishments. As wanY as 36,463 lashes • inflicted. . to 01.0° - w. ere The number liable punishment was 53,591. By sentence of court.roarri!! 2,690 l us h es were inflicted. The highest number of 11,01°'' giVeli was 48, and the lowest 9. in bE 92 51 to be be ari an Or So ce( Be 3 3 p x Nei Ne , Ind It* the coe l 17 8 , near By and S tat 8-10