The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-25 00:00:00

THE NAVY. Tae trial of the Black Prince, 40, ircea screw fri- Capt. Wainwright, took place at Portsmouth on Friday, and was concluded at a late hour. Capt. Broadhead superintended the trial with his staff— Mr. J, Ward, assist.-engineer of the dockyard ; Mr. Eames, acting inspector of machinery afloat, &c. Mr. Matthews and Mr. Holliday represented the makers of the engines, Messrs. Penn and Son. Six runs were made with full boiler power at the mea sured mile, the mean speed of the six runs being 13.501 knots. The revolutions of the engines were, maximum, 541, and the mean 53i. The load on the safety valve was2slb, and the indicated horse power 5,309, The draught of water was 26ft forward and 27ft aft. The propeller was a Griffith's of 24ft 6in diameter, 28ft 6in pitch, and 4ft 10in length. Two runs were next made at half boiler power —six boilers, the mean speed of which was 12-221 knots, the revolutions of the engines being 47. The trials of speed having been concluded the ship was next tried in making circles under full steam. With a starboard helm the full circle was made in 10min 3sec, the half circle in smin 20sec, the angle of the rudder being 18 degrees, with two terns of the wheel, and the revolutions of the engines 48, having been 54 previously to commencing the circle. With a port helm the full circle was made in 10min 25sec, the half in smin 32sec ; the angle of the rudder was 221 degrees, the turns of the wheel 24, and the re volutions of the engines 48. There were in both instances 12 men at the wheel. The speed attained by the ship was about one-tenth of a knot less than on her last trial. The time occupied in making the , circles exceeds the average of our ships of war; but the Black Prince is a long ship, and the steering power she possesses is not at all in proportion to her length. She is steered by a screw over her rudder head, but the lever arms of the screw are so confined in to the rudder head that the greater the angle is made with the rudder the less the power of the steering screw becomes. It will be seen by what we have said that, in consequence of this defective power of steering, the Black Prince could not, however urgent the case might be, turn quickly in narrow wat-rs. _ _ The bottom of the iron screw yacht Fairy, in dock, at Portsmouth, has been surveyed and re ported upon. The vessel has been coated with the _Winne!) protective and anti-fouling compositions, and men are now engaged in scraping the plates. The iron is in good condition, perfectly sound in every part, and without corrosion. This is one of the most successful results that have attended the application of copper compositions to the bottoms of iron ships at Portsmouth. Mr. James Stansfeld, the Junior Lord of the Admiralty, did not return to London with his colleagues on Friday evening. He remained at Portsmouth and was actively employed on Satur day in continuing his visit of inspection of the va rious departments of the dockyard connected with the Admiralty, accompanied by the Commander-in- Chief, Sir M. Seymour, and Rear-Admiral G. Elliott, Admiral Superintendent. The screw steam frigate Emerald, 35, Capt. A. Cumming, steamed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead on Saturday, and will be placed in No. 10 dock to-day to ship another screw propeller for farther experimental trials. The Megsera, screw troopship, Commander Mad den, will sail from Portsmouth for Jamaica this morning, and will take out only 15 men to join their regiment. She will, on arrival there, be employed in removing troops from and to different stations in the West Indies and the West Coast of Africa, and will probably be absent about 12 or 18 months from England. The Caragco, screw steam frigate, Capt. Sir Wm. Wiseman, will also sail from Spithead to-day for the Australian station, where Sir William will as sume the position of Commodore. The Curagoa will take out with her a mail for Madeira, the Cape of Good Hope, and Australia. The Albacore, screw gun vessel, made an official trial of her machinery at Plymouth on Saturday, under the superintendence of Commander Miller and Mr.Eames, acting inspector of machinery afloat The trial gave very satisfactory results. By the Cape Argus of the 28th March we learn that the screw steam transport Himalaya, Captain Edward Lacy, left Simon's Bay on the 28th March, with the 96th Regiment, for East London, to re lieve the 13th Light Infantry, then at Bing Wil liam's Town. The 13th was under orders to go in the Himalaya to the Mauritius. She would then convey the sth Fusileers to Natal, and return to England with the 85th, their term of foreign service having expired. The 2d battalion of the 11th will continue in garrison at Cape Town. Assistant Com missary -General Eichbaum, acting at the Cape as military accountant to the War Department, is under orders to proceed to China, having been re lieved byAssistant Commissary-General M'Clin tack, who went out in the Himalaya. The screw steamship Sanspareil, 70, Capt. George Le G. Bowyear, from the East Indies and China, bringing supernumeraries and in validsfrom the fleets there, is expected in Plymouth in about ten days. The screw steam storeship Supply, 2, Master Commander W. H. Balliston, from the eastward, will touch at Plymouth to receive stores, before pro- ceeding to the Mediterranean. The screw steam frigate Leander, 39, Capt. Har vey, from Spitbead, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday. There is some defect below, and divers have been down to discover the extent of it. The Leander may be placed in dock after the report of the divers has been received. The Cossack, 20, 250-horse power, Capt. W. R. Rolland, got up the steam at the Nore on Saturday to test her engines, which were found to work very satisfactorily. It was announced at Chatham yes= terday that she will join the squadron in the Me- diterranean. The paddlewheel steamer Otter, tender to the Chatram steam reserve, has been found on examine- tion to be so defective, both in her hull and machi nery, that it is expected she will be broken up. A report is to be made by the dockyard officials to the Admiralty whether an iron ship for a tender to the steam reserve is to be preferred over a wooden steamer to replace the Otter. THE ARMY. The Ist battalion of the 6th Regiment (Royal let a_ r frAickshi re ), un d er th e com m a nd of Lieut. - Col. -I.‘,()nNN*: D. Low e , C. 8., arr i ve d at Aldershott on Monday and Tuesday in two divisions. The bat talion is at present ]roes, in the I and . K lines, North Camp, mi d y prutcd shortly to South Camp. but is ex go un in deic d avas. Its strength is 29 officers, 36 sergeants and file. C apt . Haws troop ru f mmers, and 655 rank the Ist Royal Dra goon Guards arrived at o d b er e s a n d ott on Thursday from Birmingham ; and the - arters, under Robert Wardlaw, the command of Lieut.-Col. marched in on the following day,an s an of the 6th being d met at Farnborough and played in by theb Lancers, and Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), 12th L 13th Hussars. Tne 59th Regiment (2d hamshire), under the command of Lieut.-Col. W.W.nl - is appointed to arrive at Aldershott on on Wednesday, the 26 th inst., from Dover. It will he attacrled to the Ist Brigade, and will be quar tered in A, B, and E iines, South Camp. The 2d battalion of the 60th Rfies, under Lieut.-Col. F. R. Palmer, C. 8., is expected at Aldershott in the course of the present week from Gosport. The Ist battalion of the sth (Northumberland) Fusiliers, under Lieutenant-Colonel Master, C. 8., is to leave Aldershott for Shorncliffe to-morrow, the 261:11 inst; and on the next day, the 26th Cameronians, under Lieut.-Col. Carey, also take their departure. The head-quarters and five com panies are under orders for Gosport ; three com panies go to Portland, one to Weymouth, and one to Marcbwood. Mr. Coxwell's balloon ascent, which was to have taken place on Monday last, with the view of experimenting and taking observations of the movements of troops, to have been disposed for that Purpose, did not come off, the aneroid indicat ing that stormy weather was at hand. In the mean time the ascent has been indefinitely postponed. THE F: TIONS. (FromGalignana's Messenger.) The letter of Count de Persigny to the Prefect of the Seine on the subject of M. Thier election is the object of very sharp attacks on the part of the non-official journals, and of un r eserved eulogium from those which support the Government. The following taken from the Constitutionnel will give an idea of the tone adopted by these last-mentioned organs of public opinion : " The veil is at length torn away, and we congra tulate the Government upon the fact. The intrigues of both the clever and the simple are shown to the world. The dream of certain adversaries of the Empire was to obtain the acceptation of M. Theirs by the Government, partly from its own accord and partly by force, to quietly introduce him into the Legislative Body, under some ill-defined colours which would permit even the friends of the Go vernment to receive him upon the benches of the Chamber, and to group around him as admirers of his oratorical talent. Personally M. Thiers would not be an obstacle to any Government. He pos sesses more intelligence than character. If on the one hand he has shown how little dynasties weigh in the balance of his self-love, on the other his want of firmness causes him to be little feared as an adversary. M. Thiers must therefore be only looked upon as an instrument in hostile hands—an instru ment, however, which the passions of those who influence him have but very unskilfully handled. When they induced M. Thiers, in spite of his un willingness, to go to the Broglie meeting, their only object was to show that he was in their hands; in that, they rendered a service to the Government whose generosity would probably have been taken by surprise, if M. Thiers had presented him self alone without the significant cortege im posed upon him. At present what does it matter to ne? Universal suf f rage will cer tainly defeat its own enemies. But even should M. Thiers, by an impossibility, obtain success, he would have little to boast of. Isolated in the midst of the new Assembly —a general without soldiers— confronting a resolute Government—he would be reduced to share with M. Jules Favre, on certain days and at certain moments, the command of the Five, and he would soon regret that the position resulting from his weakness should not have been spared to his merit. He would have done better to continue to write excellent works for future gene rations, for with talent books may be written, but a man cannot govern without resolution." On the other hand, the Prase, the Temps, the Gazette de France, and the Debats strongly disap prove of the hon. Minister's letter, and seem to im ply that the fact of M. Thiers appearing before the electors did not call for any such intervention. We select from among the journals just named the fol lowing observations from the Debats : " The letter is not only, in fact, a manifesto against a candidate, but a declaration of principles which, if the words of the Minister had the force of law, would engage not the present alone, but also the future of the Imperial Government. The Mi nister of the Interior does not indeed accuse M. Thiers of making too little account of the electoral oath, and of entering the Chamber with the pre conceived design of overthrowing the present system of Government. More equitable than those jour nals which people imagine, erroneously no doubt, to receive official inspiration, Count de Persigny does not go so far as to make such an insinuation. What, then, is the reproach he brings against M. Thiers ? Nothing less than that he wishes to re establish a system of Government which removes authority from its natural basis to throw it as food for the passions of the Tribune,' that is to say, if the naked truth may be told, a mode of government more completely constitutional. M. Thiers is simply ace cussed of wishing to introduce into the Imperial Constitution, without the least intention of destroy ing it, institutions which, if not absolutely the same, are at least analogous to those which France possessed, under different names and in various de grees, from 1815 to 1854. If we were disposed to indulge in the easy pleasure of proving the Minister of the Interior to be in contradiction with himself, we might perhaps inquire what that liberty is which he so much admires in England and inces santly offers to us as the future reward of our good behaviour; we might ask what is to be understood by that favourite expression English liberty,' so frequently employed by the Minister of the Interior. Bat we will content ourselves with observing that, notwithstanding all the powers with which he is invested, the Minister of the Interior has no legal right to engage the future of the Government in so absolute a manner; our Constitution is eminently perfectible ; it has already undergone useful amelio rations, and no one has a right to fix beforehand an impassable limit to these salutary modifications. To the Emperor and the Senate is left the care of pro posing or accomplishing these improvements." The same journal remarks in these terms on the Address to the King of Prussia before the Chamber of Deputies at Berlin : "It is respectful to the Crown, firm with regard to the privileges of the Chamber, worthy of a great assembly, and deserving the approbation of all honest men. Taken as a whole, this manifesto can be displeasing to none but the Bismark Ministers. King William 1., if he were wise and have a just idea of the duties of a patriotic, liberal, and Christian King ,(the true definition of a modern Sovereign), will not considerit as offensive to him. However, with the Prussian Chamber there is always some reserve to be made. The Address reproaches the Ministry with not having promoted the progress of Ger man unity. This introduction of the question of German unity into the address has a threefold in convenience. In the first place it was imprudent to complicate an internal question, sufficiently grave of itself, with an external question of no less gra vity ; secondly, the progress of German unity does not absolutely depend on any Prussian Ministry, whatever it may be; and, in third place, if the Bis mark Ministry be unassailable on any matter in a Prussian point of view, it is with regard to the efforts it has made to secure the extension of the Prussian influence and policy in Germany. This is proved by its conduct in the affair of Hesse. The fault does not altogether lie with M. de Bismark if Prussia, after long being the exclusive depository of German civilisation, suddenly finds herself in the presence of an Austria regenerated by liberty." The Siecle has received the following" communi cated note" from the Ministry of the Interior:— " The Steele has formed objections on two different occasions to the form in which the Prefect of the Seine has introduced to the electors of each of the nine electoral circumscriptions of this department the candidate recommended by the Emperor's Go vernment,and lias also asked by w h at r i ght that functionary had placed the expenses of that publi city at the charge of the public mon e y. Th e o ffi c i al designation of candidates in view of legislative or other elections is not only the legitimate exercise of du t t y h . e It o v vi e r a n s l Gm, o c o n k t e d b o u n t of as such i n 1 848 by M. Jules Favre, the present of the department of the Opposition candidate in the fift h circumscription Seine, ription w was Under-Secretary of State with M. Ledru-Rollin at the Ministry of the Interior, and by M. Emilie 011ivier, Opposition candidate in the third, when he was extraordinary commissioner in the depart ments of the Bouches-du-Rhone and the Var to the same Ledru-Rollin, and not, as was lately stated by mistake, to General Cavaignac, who had put an end to M. 011ivier's revolutionary office after the events of June, and in consequence of thr disorders at Mar seilles, so firmly repressed by General Parchappe. The designation of the candidates supported by the Government is therefore en act of Governmental authority, effected in the public interest, and n o t i n e s s n e l oi vt: sec. an . That i bn e js twho yh e ys i n ti ht t e ea r s e ss s au t n im o ee f si t mt h hm e e u c fn a o n irt d re i d s a .O t i e Bs offici al ethsied m not id that the administrative ex'penselsnisn each department are derived f rom an annual allowance agreed upon as a compositi on , and for that reason the public treasury is completely disinterested in the question of expenses, raised by the Siecle. Consequently, if the Prefect of the Seine rightly thinks that he should support alone the expense of his public acts, that manner of viewing the dignity of his functions will not affect in any way the State Budget. As to the circulars of the candidates re commended by the Government, they are printed upon coloured paper, and distributed at their own expense." Naval relligence. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1863. CR' .CE. One of the most brilliant flower-shows of the season, both as regards the display of plants and the number and rank of visitors, was held at Norwood on Saturday. Every care had been bestowed in the choice and arrangement of the exotics to make this the moat successful display of the year, and the interest with which it was looked forward to was considerably heightened when it transpired, as, of course, it soon did, that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales had signified their intention of visiting the collection during the early part of the day. Great preparations were accordingly made at the Palace to celebrate the honour of this visit with becoming ceremony and display. The superb suite of rooms at the north end of the building, fitted up exclu sively for the use of Royalty on such occasions, and which have unfortunately been for so long a time unvisited, were put in thorough order, and in the dining-room a magnificent defeuner was laid, the table ornamented with the finest small specimens of rare exotics from the show, and the beautiful porce lain service made for the use of the Queen brought out on this occasion. Unfortunately, beyond evincingthe honouran xietyloyalto of the management to do every possible their illustrious visitors, all these preparations were thrown away. On Saturday morning a letter was received from Gen. Knollys, expressing the Prince's regret that the unavoidable postponement of the departure of the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse till three in the afternoon would prevent either himself or the Prin cess of Wales having the pleasure of seeing the show. The letter also expressed the thanks of their Royal Highnesses for the trouble which they knew had been taken to receive them, and their intention of availing themselves of the first opportunity of visiting the Palace. It is, perhaps, on the whole not to be regretted that the Princess of Wales did not for the first time see the building on a flower-show day; when the whole length of the nave, from end to end, is dwarfed and hidden by a very useful, bat most unornamental screen of canvass hung at a short height from the floor to protect the flowers. This screen of course utterly hides the glass roof above, and makes the unequalled view down the centre as un imposing as it is possible to make any view in such a building. When her Royal Highness does pay a visit we hope the screens may be removed from end to end, that she may see at once the whole interior of a structure, the like of which for height, extent, and singular beauty is not to be found in any other part of the world. Though it was known in the Palace that their Royal Highnesses could not pay their intended visit, the news of the disappointment did not transpire outside the building, where down the hill and pretty roads the belles of Norwood and Dulwich mustered in considerable numbers waiting to see their Royal Highnesses pass. Their patience lasted them late enough to see most of the long cavalcade of carriages passing to the show,—a sight which, though well enough in its way, was not ex actly calculated to console them for the disappoint ment of that which they came forth to see. The flower show was arranged as it always is at the Crystal Palace, which is saying a great deal in a few words, for it means the very perfection of artistic display. While the arrangement of classes was scrupulously adhered to, the position of every individual plant was chosen as much as possible with reference to its form and colour, and all were so skilfully ranked, so artistically intermixed with vases and statues, that the whole length of the nave presented on either side such a varied yet continu ous array of beautiful grouping as we have seldom seen even at Norwood. In front of the orchestra, surmounting a magnificent group of flowers, was shown, for the first time, Mr. Marshall Wood's bust of the Prince, which has just been completed from sittings given by his Royal Highness; and facing this was one of the finest and most beautifully grouped banks of ferns and statues that it is possible to imagine. The show was especially strong in azaleas, which were exhibited in all their rare and beautiful varieties—masses of white bloom, like piles of newly fallen snow, white and red—red purple, and one magnificent plant of the richest mauve. Of orchids there was one of the finest collections ever shown—rare in their colours, wild and eccentric in their shapes, an extraordinary thoughblendi plants n blending appearance werepear banaceoouft to animal and vegetable, as change themselves to moths and May flies. There was a small, but most rare, show of plants of variegated foliage, with leaves and stalks pencilled in such colours as put most other groups to shame. The air was heavy with the fragrance of the roses, and the rich green of the heaths seemed absolutely to sparkl e w i t h bl ooms o f every hue. -There was a fine bank of hot, thi rsty we i r d-l ooking cacti, so sugges tive of th e w i ld, ar d ent luxuriance of the tropics; .sms g a i r r oo e i d arow a ler n i t ye o e as m f a wpf e n ; yn i t u tshe m soaa s us mog o nph f t lowte the sa v eesf e ergo r osf y rmwag p h erseee u tgap e at . naommowTkeoarehryi looked all the c hi e f pr i zes at t h e H orticultural. Where all ft r e a erh l : Y uri i s cia e o th: masses eoo e rfet mh i tap d ehare e gpiei sani o neri fgfiae accustomed the srocl nave was occupied with distinguished themselves with such success it would be almost invidious to mention names of growers ; and we are fortunately relieved of this responsibility by the prize list, which distinguishes the best where all were so good that the judges had more than their usual difficulty in making the awards. The following contains the names of the chief prize takers in the most important classes-- FLOWERS. Class 1-15 s t ov e and greenhous e pl ants, in flower—firs' prize, MCI, M r, B , Peed, gardener to Mrs. Treadwell, Nor. wood. Class 2-12 stove and greenhouse plants, in flower—first prize, £l2, Mr. H. Chilman, gardener to Mrs. Smith, Ash stead•house, Epsom. Class 3-8 stove and greenhouse plants, in flower—first prize £lO, Mr. B. Peed, gardener to Mrs. Treadwell, Nor wood. Cla.s 4-6 stove and greenhouse plants, in flower—first prize £7, Mr. T. Page, gardener to Mr. W. Leaf, Streatham, Class 5-12 fine foliaged and variegated plants—first prize, £7, Messrs. J. and 0. Lee, Hammersmith. Class 6 l 6 orchids, of exotic species, in flower—first prizes, £2O each, Mr. R. Bullen, gardener to Mr. A. Turner, B ow - bridge-house, Leicester; Mr. G Baker, gardener to Mr. S. Bassett, Stamford-bill. Miss 7-10 orchids of exotic species, in flower—first prize, £l2, Mr. C. Benny, gardener to Mr. H. H. Gibbs, Regent's -park. Class B—Six orchids of exotic species, in flower—first prize, £7, Mr. J. Wiggins, gardener to Mr. W, Beck, Isle worth. Class 9—Ten greenhouse azaleas—first prize £l4, Mr. C, Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough. Class 10—Six greenhouse azaleas—first prize £7, Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough. Class 11—Eight greenhouse azaleas, new kinds—first prize £5, Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough. Class 12—Six Cape heaths—first prize £B, Messrs. T. Jackson and Son, nurserymen, Kingston. Class 13—Six tall cacti, species or varieties of, in flower, large plants—lst prize £4, Mr. J. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus. Lower Cheam. Class 14—Ten roses, distinct kinds, in pots—first prizes £lO each, Mr. W. Paul, Waltham-cross; Messrs. Land and Son, Great Berkhampstead. Class 15—Ten roses, distinct kinds, in pots not exceeding eight inches in diameter—first prize, Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough. Class 16—Ten pelargoniums, distinct varieties, in pots not exceeding eight inches in diameter—first prize, £lO, Mr. T. Bailey, gardener to Mr. T. D. Drake. Class 17—Six pelargoniums, distinct varieties, in pots not exceeding eight inches in diameter —first prize, £5, Mr. J. Shrimpton, gardener to Mr. A. J. Doxat, Putney-heath. Class 18—Six fancy pelargoniums, distinct varieties, in pots not exceeding eight inches in diameter—first prize, £5; Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough. Class 19 —Seedling pelargoniums, 1862—first prize, £1; Mr. G. W. Hoyle, Sidney-villas, Keading, " Diadem." Class 20—Single specimen of newly-introduced extremely to o rar m e orr. b j e . a n ut u if n u t l , p s l y an d t e s n , h in am or . :u:f flower, hardy or exotic— firstClass 22-6 t r isc l e V lia P ne . prize, £5, Mr. R. Parker, Exotic Nursery, Tooting. Class 21-6 plants of cinerarias, in pots not exceeding 11 inches in diameter —third prize, LI, Mr. W. Reid, gardener ga c rd la en ss er 23_ to 11 inches in diameter —first prize. £2 10s., Mr. J. James, plants of calceolarias, in pots not exceeding o W u s aLs o. o is prize, ew r x t h Mr. H. Lavey gardener to Mr. E . A. Grave, Fetcham (ferns). . . CuT FLOWERS. Class 24-24 Tulips, dissimilar—first prize, £2, Mr. J. Hunt, High Wycombe, Bucks. Class 25-24 Verbenas, three trusses of each variety— first prize, £2, Mr. W. R. Treen, Victoria Nursery, Rugby. FRUIT. Class A—Pineapples, single fruit of any kind—first prize, THE BATTL IRICKSBURG. The following is an extract from a private letter, dated Washington, May 8 : "You are no doubt anxious to hear in regard to the great battle that has just been fought. I can only say, the same practice heretofore observed by the Govern ment in all such cases is done in this, only to a much greater extent, and that much more to their shame. We have it announced this morning that the movement towards a new base is ' only a failure, not a disaster.' " It is known in Washington, and publicly admitted by all parties connected with the army, that this is the most terrible disaster which has yet happened to the Government. The fact is, that not one-half of the army will ever get back, and the loss of artillery and stores is enormous. It will all come out in due time, but the Government wants to break the blow by putting out such a despatch as that published in the morning papers. Never before have such efforts been made to keep the public from learning the true state of affairs. Telegraphic offices have been seized, and even cor respondents of papers have been detained, when en route, to carry in person despatches that were refused even in the mails. The estimated loss of Hooker's army is not less than 25,000 killed and wounded, besides thousands of prisoners and innumerable pieces of artillery. He was shelled by the whole Confederate artillery at every point from the time he started until he reached the other side, and the only artil lery saved was that sent over before he crossed. All that left to protect his crossing and his rear fell into the bands of the enemy. Whether er not he is being pursued, of course no one here knows. For anything like particulars we must await the letters of correspondents. When the different advocates of the different generals get quarrelling among themselves, then we will have it all brought out. You may rest assured of one thing, there will be no further spring campaign in the east. We are expecting hourly to hear that Lee is either threatening Washington or has sent his army to Tennessee to crush Rosecranz, and thus get possession of Tennessee and Kentucky. The near approach of the end of the term of enlistment of some 250,000 men is now the great drawback of Government, and this battle was fought in hopes of winning it with these very troops before their term of enlistment expired." The following is an extract of a letter from an officer in the Army of the Potomac : " Dear Brother,—Here we are back again to our old camp at Falmouth after a raid with 150,000 men across the Rappahannock —at least what are left of that number we started with, for the reports this morning are that some 30,000 are missing from all the various corps d'armee. Well, after six months' careful preparation, General Hooker came to the conclusion that he had repaired all the damages of the last defeat at Fredericksburg, re-inspected the troops, and had, as he said, now got the finest army on the planet,' and was determined to place it in Rich mond within a week at the latest, You are aware that the term of some 40,000 men of this army expires in May, and, of course, they could only be made use of by an early attack upon the enemy. In last week the whole force was suddenly and quietly put in motion to surprise the rebels, who, it was said, had only some 30,000 troops atFredericks burg. To effect this, and doubly outflank them, our whole army crossed in two places, one about twenty miles above and one about eight miles below that town. The latter seems to have, in fact, found but a small force of the enemy at Fredericksburg (by some it is said not over 10,000 men), because the heights so strongly and successfully defended last time were carried without any very serious resistance. It is probable that General Lee had due notice of the por tion of our army that crossed above, but not that below. This we cannot know, but it is certain that he at once massed an equal or greater force than ours at Chancellors vine; besides outflanking us by sending General Jackson to our rear. A fierce and general battle ensued. General Sigel's German division at the firstshock brokeand scattered at once. The rebels rushed in with fury, and our army was gradually forced back to the bank of the river. As soon as we began to give way General Lee seems to have trans ferred a heavy force to Fredericksburg, which at once retook the heights, and completely defeated that portion of our army. So passed that eventful Sunday. Monday but little fighting was done. Tuesday the same, but it was evident that the enemy were receiving large reinforcements. So about noon General Hooker issued orders to recross the river to our old posi tion, and here we are after a complete defeat, which shows General Lee to be the first General of the age if he was surprised, and no mean one if he was not, and proves that his troops are as fierce and brave in attack as resolute in defence. The immediate results of this battle are diffi cult to learn. We have left the whole of our dead and wounded in possession of the enemy. At the early part of the first day we took about 2,020 prisoners. The rebels boast to have taken 5,000. As both sides were at times the attacking party the loss in killed and wounded may be abou equal —say, 10,000 to 15,000 each; but, as the rebels w: naturally take care of their wounded at first, we may expect to lose a vast number who might have been saved. It is said that about 30 guns are missing, while we have captured five or six of the enemy's. As it is probable that many of the troops whose time is so nearly out will desert, it is not at all unlikely that the army of the Potomac will have lost some 30,000 men by this stupendous raid across the Rappa hannock. The loss of prestige, both in this country and Europe, by the defeat of an army drilled and prepared with so much care no one can well estimate. Will France and England now say that there must be no more of this awful Fratricidal strife ? It will be galling to our pride, yet, per. haps, may best satisfy both sides." Horrible Tragedy in New Zealand. The Wellington Independent reports a terrible tragedy in the Canterbury provinces :—" On Friday last some rumours ' of a series of murders at Amuri, near Kai Boras, were bruited abroad, but we were unable to obtain full and re , liable particulars until Saturday morning, when Captain Davidson, of the schooner Randolph, who had recently ar rived from the Kai Boras, furnished us with full details of the horrible occurrence. The following are the particulars, as prepared from the captain's statement. The schooner Randolph left Kai Koras about 10 days ago, and just before her departure the tragedy took place. About 70 persons in all were collected at Amuri, in expectation of the arrival of a steamer from Lyttelton, which was to take away 500 bales of wool. Some of the party were Europeans, and the rest were mainly Maories belonging to the neighbourhood. The first news of the event was brought to Mr. Fyffs' station on Friday morning, the 27th of February, by a chief named Saul, who had galloped from Amuri, a distance of 18 miles, without drawing bridle. From his statement it would appear that seven of the natives slept in a hut together, and on that morning about two o'clock, when all were hushed in sleep, a Maori, named Duff, arose softly from beside his companions, and creeping stealthily in the darkness, emerged from the hut, reached the cook's fire place and possessed himself of a spade. Armed with this weapon, which was worn sharp at the edges by use, he crept cautiously back to where his unconscious countrymen lay, and, fearful to relate, contrived, before they could defend themselves, to kill two of them. It is almost incredible, but nevertheless perfectly true, that he literally severed the heads from the bodies of his victims. The spade was sharp, the objects of his attack lay prostrate—and the foal deed was accomplished in a style which would have done credit to an English headsman of the olden time, or a modern Chinese executioner in constant practice. The next victim was partially awake ere attacked, and instinctively, blanket in hand, uplifed his arms to ward off the blow I Crash I it came down on his temple, inflicting a fearful cut, and driving the blanket deep into the wound. Stunned and bleeding, the unfortunate man fell, so seriously injured, that he is not expected to recover. This triple immolation seemed but to add fresh fury to the human butcher. Like a Malay running a-muck, the blood of his victims only seemed to whet his appetite for more. The previous events had occurred amidst perfect silence. The murderer never spoke—the night was pitch dark, and, beyond the dull, crunching sounds of the blows, each of which may almost be said sent a human being into eternity, nought had oc curred to break the stillness of the night or arouse the sleepers to a sense of their impending danger. But as he attacked a fourth of their number the noise roused the others; bur, ere the assassin was secured, he had inflicted some ghastly wounds on the man's shoulder and thigh. A rpe a n s hasty council of w ar was h e ld ; Duff was lashed to a tree, and the chief, Kai K ora , d ec id ed to inflict summary punish ment,byspearin effectghim but at for once. the This Eu decision o , would have been carried into who by this time had assembled, and insisted that the prisoner should be given up to the nearest magistrate. A message was ac cordingly despatched for G. Keane, Esq., J.P., who shortly afterwards arrived, and th e l a t est i ntelligence at the time of the Randolph's departure was, that Duff was kept in custody." WILLS —The will of the late Lord Henry Sey mour was only proved in the London Court on the 29th ult. It contains many peculiarities. The will, bearing date June 19th, has accompanying it no less than 19 other testamentary documents, the whole written in the French language. There are executors appointed separately for England and for France, those for England being Richard Wallace and Edgar Disney. The personalty in England was sworn under £BO,OOO. After making bequests of several legacies and annuities, he leaves a certain reversionary inte rest to the London Lunatic Asylum. The residue of his per sow, l estate he bequeaths to the hospitals of Paris and London --and such part of his succession as may fall to the hospitals at Paris is to be untransferatle. The testator directs that his favourite horses are to be kept free from work and well fed. His chief groom, he states, will be able to carry out his intentions ; and ample funds are provided for that purpose. The will and codicil of Sir Tatton Sykes were a i th i n de s d y a ke c s od . proved in London by the Rev. Sir Henry Foulis, Bart., and the testator's son, C. Sykes, the executors. The personalty Tatton sues was sworn under £120,000. The testator died on the 218 t of in 1823. March last, having executed his will on the 6th July, 1847, ie l il h o e n p th er e so a nal Othe 4 f October, 1861. The late Sir the title and ed es e t d at t e o s th by e t b i a s r e o l n d e e t s e t y so an n : th th e e p S re l s e e d n ra t e s re ir e T sta at th - Re attained the age of 91, and is succeeded in has made h eirloo — m ex e c , e a P nd some complimentary le e h ga e te ci s e t s a a to n r d a sum of £lO,OOO Sykes--he has bet certain parts which among hla younger children.— to the present Sir Tatton Illustrated News. 15, Mr. J. B. Cox, gardener to Mr. A. R. Royds, Crown East Court, Worcestershire. shire. Class B--Grapes (black), single dish—lst prize, £3, Mr W. Hill, gardener to Mr. H. Sneyd, Keele Hall, Stafford- Class C--Grapes (white), single dish—first prize, £3, Mr. J. Horwood, gardener to Mr. G. H. Turnbull, Downe, near Bromley; Mr. D. Clement, Chaseside, East Barnet. Class D —Grapes, 10Ib weight—first prizes, £3 each— Mr. J. Horwood, gardener to Mr. G. H. Turnbull, Downe, near Bromley. Class E—Peaches, single dish of one kind only—first prize, £3, Mr. S. Evans, gardener to Mr. C. N, Newdegate, M.P. Class F—Nectarines, single dish of one kind only—first prize, £3, Mr. A. Henderson, Trentham. _ _ Class G—Melonm, green fleshed, single fruit—first prize, £2, Mr. G. Meredith, The Vineyard, Garston. Class 11—Melons, scarlet fleshed, single fruit—first prize, £2, Mr. J. Enston, gardener to Sir J. Duckworth, Exeter. Class I—Figs, single dish, 10 fruits—first prize, £2, Mr J. Cross, gardener to Lord Ashburton, the Grange, Alres. ford. Class J—Cherries, single dish—first prize, £3, Mr. A Henderson, Trentham. Class K—Strawberries, single dish, in fifties —first prize ; £3, Mr. R. Smith, Richmond-road, Twickenham. Class L—Strawbcrries, three kinds, 25 of each—first prize, X 2, Mr. IL Smith, Richmond- roa d, Twickenham. Class M—Strawberries in pots, six plants —first prize, £2 Mr. C. Turner, Royal nurseries, Slough. SATURDAY R EVlEW.—Aeeording to the practice of the constitution, tae Queen's servants are selected from among the members of both Houses, in order that in both th e y may b e able to explain the ' policy of the Government. It has been the habit. hitherto, to distribute the offices between the two Houses, in such a manner that each should have its fair pro portion of Cabinet Ministers. Speaking somewhat roughly, the present aspect of the Ministerial ar rangements is, however, that the heads of depart ments are in the House of Lords, and the subalterns in the House of Commons. The sensibilities of that assembly are naturally wounded. It is humiliating to be told that, in dividing the right to enjoy the presence of the Queen's servants, the Lords are to have the stewara's room, while the Commons are to put up with the servants' hall, Considering the claims to omnipotence in the State which the Com mons have advanced in recent years, it is annoying to be obliged to receive the decisions of the Ministry, not from their own lips, but from subordinates. And there is another humiliation in the present state of things. The members of the Government not only represent the Executive in Pariiament, but they also represent what is supposed to be the highest administrative capacity among its members. To fill none of the more important offices in the Cabinet from the House of Commons is an insult to the whole body of members from among whom the se lection might be made. It is telling them that Secretaryships of State are all very well for dukes and earls, but that the capacity of mere plebians is not equal to such a charge. The present distribu tion of offices seriously compromises that mysterious constitutional principle which is called the respon sibility of Ministers. Now, the responsibility of Ministers resolves itself into little more than a lia bility to be badgered by the representatives of the people. Clearly, this corrective process cannot be applied unless Ministers are there to undergo it. It is of no use to abuse Mr. Layard for what Lord Russell has done, or to badger Lord H art i ngton f or the misdeed of Lord De Grey. There is a limit at which constitutional fictions cease to be effective. The representation of the great departments by Under-Secretaries is one of those that go consider ably beyond the line. The communication between these departments and the House of Commons under the existing state of things is carried on by a system of speaking trumpets and whipping boys. It is assumed that when Mr. Layard speaks it is Lord Russell who addresses the house in his tones • and when Mr. Layard sits s till and is attacked it isLord Russell that is receiving chastisement in his person. But no one really believes that Lord Russell cares a straw when his Under-Secretary is severely handled, or that Mr. Layard has any independent belief in the policy which he is advocating, but of which he probably never heard until he received it as the final decision of the Cabinet. For all practical purposes, Mr. Layard, Lord Hartington, Lord Clarence Paget, and Mr. Fortescue are merely so many counsel re tained to defend the proceedings of Lord Russell, Lord De Grey, the Duke of Somerset, and the Duke of Newcastle. The communication between the House of Commons and the Government would be just as complete if four parliamentary lawyers were formally instructed for the purpose in their stead. It is not to be wondered at that the House of Com mons should be beginning to feel a little nervous at the change which is taking place. We are drifting to a state of things not unlike that which has re duced the House of Representatives in America to insignificance. EXAMINER.—Instead of attack and vituperation, the Admiralty deserves all support and praise for its endeavour to establish and enforce the principle that captains and commanders are responsible for any damage or disaster befalling their ships, pre ventable by skill or care. Two cases which had come under nautical tribunals with opposite results re quired the application of this salutary rule. Captain Sotheby, of the Conqueror, had permitted his ship to hold a very dangerous course without any of the common and necessary precautions. She was conse quently wholly lost. He was tried by court-martial, threw the blame on his master, and, on that ground, acquitted with honour. The Admiralty very pro perly objected to this verdict, and censured the cap tain for not having controlled the error of his mas ter, laying down the proper rule that as the captain's is the supreme authority so it is the sole responsibi lity. With what consistency the Admiralty after wards appointed Captain Sotheby to a ship we shall not now stop to inquire. Lord Elphinstone's case, different in circumstances and result, involved the same principle. With a pilot on board he was com ing up into the river from the north-east, through the Swin in blowing weather, but broad day. A seaman has about as much excuse for getting ashore in the Swin as a passenger has for breaking bis head against the walls of Regent -street. It is, as we have before remarked, the most frequented and the best marked channel in the world. Trusting to his pilot, Lord Elphinstone sought an anchorage for his ship where he found a shoal. From the peril into which he had thus thrust the Vigilant he rescued her by very gallant and seaman-like conduct. But this makes no amends for a fault endangering lives and rational property. A Court of Inquiry, con sisting of three captains, was appointed. They heard what Lord Elphinstone had to say, then de sired him to withdraw, heard other witnesses, whom he had no opportunity of cross-examining, and pro ceeded to the report upon which the Admiralty founded its censure of the Commander. It is ad mitted by the Admiralty that the court committed a grave error in not admitting Lord Elphinstone to hear the evidence, or in not recalling him to see the depositions, and say what he might have to say in self-justification. And this error seems to us to viti ate all that was done, and the steps taken after so unfair an inquiry. The whole proceeding should have been cancelled, and Lord Elphinstone left where he was.or put upon his trial by Court-Martial. LONDON REVIEW.—After a long interval of silence and disdain, the Liberals of France have be come conscious of the necessity of general action ; and through the dim political twilight that reigns over the Empire and the Press the shades of well known warriors are seen descending swiftly to the battle. /n the feeble popular excitement that is permitted to accompany the Imperial appeal to the country, we seem to catch a far-off echo of the stir of the oid electorial constituencies. Ancient armour is dug up again and donned by the veterans of other days. The ring of familiar voices strikes upon the ear—a Casimir Perier, a Mon talembert, a 'Tiers, a Berryer are names once more on France's tongue —and we seem to have gone back fifteen years to a fresh atmospheric political freedom and strife. The notable resolution at which the leaders of the old French Liberals have arrived not to isolate them selves any longer, but boldly to accept the Empire as a fait accompli, is the most important event of French politics since 1852. It tells a striking tale. For the present the French elections seem to sound the knell of those old parties of which the French Gos ernment has spoken so frequently and so bitterly. This is undoubtedly a triumph for the French Emperor. In accepting the oath of fidelity, the new candidates at least adjourn an hopes of combating the reigning dynasty, and tacitly ac knowledge that the best thing France can do is to take and enjoy the liberty and the institutions that are doled out to her. The Empire will both gain strength and incur danger by the change. That the representatives of French intellect and French liber ties should be brought at last to lower their fasces before the elected of December, and to take issue upon points of administrative detail, is a concession and a step. On the other hand it must be remarked that it is very probably the beginning of an era of agita tion and excitement in the Imperial Legislative body. The honour of those who swear is a pledge that the Electoral oath will be kept, and that no direct attack upon the Imperial family will be made. Yet the history of France during the century snows that the moat constitutional tempests in that most unconstitutional of countries have a way of shaking the dynastic edifices of years. A sea of political conflict in the Corps Legislatif may roll its waves to the very foot of the throne itself;te effect an d i t is upon timpos siblehe to predict with certainty the French nation of the noise of free Parliamentary discussion once more revived and reverberating through the land. The Emperor, however, is a bold political thinker, and it has always been his dream, if possible, to rally statesmen of all parties around him. More than once he has directly appealed to such men to return to political life, and though the sudden acceptance of the offer seems to have taken aback the Emperor's immediate satellites, his Im perial Majesty is known to be satisfied at heart with the event. For more than ten years the Go vernment of France has been in the hands of a coterie of personal friends who are of average ability at the most---and, putting aside such names as those of Fould, Tlaouvenel, and Drouyn de l'Huys, we may admit, without demur, that the successive Imperial ministries have only been kept straight before the eyes of the world by the tact and temper of their Imperial master. It will be a gain to the country, and no loss to the Emperor himself, if abler discussion is brought to bear upon the taxation, the administration, and the foreign policy of France. A semblance of self-go vernment and independence on the part of the Assembly can but lighten the Emperor's shoulders of so much anxiety. He is enabled thereby to get rid of part of his responsibility without dividing his power. The voice that gives can always take away, and the master of a hundred legions who is on th e whole popular with his subjects can always lay a heavy iron hand upon a noisy or destructive Legis.. lature. But the chiefs of the old school who this week consent to acknowledge Caesar as the virtual master of Rome, have come to this conclusion from the wise reflection that there is no alternative but Imperialism at present possible for France. The nation hes expressed its unequivocal resolve not have another Logitimist or Orleanist epoch. Atu butent republic is the only form of Government th can rise on the ruins of Isiapoteonistn until the pi sent generation of Bourbons and of Orleanists a Extinct, and sane men know that any republic nit be at best a short-lived reaction that would on more lead surely and swiftly to another period empire end absolutism. There was then nothing he done but what they have done, unless they we prepLaad to die in some obscure corner at a distant , from the political stage, and without making at sign. THE FlELD.—There are some persons to who the year would be as a lost one if they did not go the Derby. It is true that these are not very de( or very enthusiastic sporting men, but they hold to be " the thing" to be regular in their attendant and perhaps oven they thereby satisfy the lurkin notion that every Englishman ought to be somi thing of a sportsman, by concentrating all their it terest upon this one race. Such men do not bt touch, but they bet upon the Derby. They have ha " hints" and "information," and have risked thei " tenners," or even their hundred," upon the " goo and safe thing." They do not repine over much they lose, but they are jubilant beyond bounds it the, win, because (you see) the result is so favourable ti their discernment in matters of sport, and to the ex eellence of their information. We have a young gentleman of this kidney who was so elated wit, winning twenty pounds at a Derby, that he treater his friends next week to thirty pounds' worth o whitebait, et cetera, at Greenwich. These gentle men wag their heads knowingly when the Derby spoken of, and with them the name of the winne: takes the place of chronology. From the date o the establishment of the Derby to the present time they banish all numerals (Roman or Arabic) froze the denomination of the year, and they talk o, Diomed's" year and " Caractacus's" year insteai of 1780 and 1862. With them, Waterloo was fought in " Whisker's" year, and the Reform Bill passed in "St. Giles's" ye ar . Th ese can no more be absent from the Det by than they can from their own mar riages —a privilege which is accorded to emperors and kings only. THE WEEKLY REGISTER.—The Prison Ministers Bill has passed a third reading, after a short discus sion, in which Mr. Bright spoke ably and manfully in its favour. As far as the House of Commons is concerned, it is thus the law of the land, and in this particular case we hope that the other stages it has to pass through before it attains that position are little more than formal. The royal consent we may of course take to be so; and as the bill has received the support of the Government, of the great bulk of the Liberal party, and of the leaders of the Conservative party and Nonconformists, it is scarcely likely, we trust, to meet any serious opposition in the House of Lords. We may thus already, we trust, congratulate not only ourselves but, the Legislature on this instalment of justice. SPECTATOR.—The drawing-room held on Satur day by the Princess of Wales, as representative of the Queen, was attended by nearly 2,000 ladies, the carriages stretching in one direction from Harley street to St. James's. The reception occupied nearly four hours ; many ladies were cooped up in their carriages for six hours, and many more wasted three in the effort to get away after the presenta tion. The same complaint is heard after every drawing-room, and all the arrangements seem out of keeping with the age. The number of persons desiring to be presented has increased with the na tional wealth, white the habits of the Court have become more and more secluded. The Stuarts re ceived always, and even the present family, though their etiquette has always been more rigorous, once received every week. Could not the number of drawing-rooms to be held in the season be fixed, and a reception suite erected of something like adequate size ? To recommend the adoption of the dress of the century, instead of the preposterous footman's livery now called a Court dress, would, we suppose, be heresy. LAW TIMES.—The Master of the Rolls is adding another to his many claims to honour for services rendered to the History of England. Under his auspices the records are being rapidly exhumed, and the treasures so long hidden in them given to the world in an accessible form, with results that already have thrown so much light upon the past as to change the aspect of many of the most impor tant events in our annals. To this service another is about to be added. The Master of the Rolls has directed a reading-room to be provided in the new buildings for the Record-office, with a library to be devoted wholly to our national historical literature. It is hoped that here will be found, after a few years, a complete collection of all books and docu ments relating to the history of England. The mere announcement of the scheme has brought promises of contributions from all quarters, and many valuable private collections of papers of historical value will doubtless be gladly transferred to such a place of safe custody, where good use will be made of them. For the lawyers, whose science is so intimately con nected with the history of their native land, this announcement has an especial interest. COUNTRY MAX GRANTHAM—SATunDAY % The show of wheat was good to-day, and sales were ra ther active, at prices a shade higher. Barley nominal. —New white wheat, 48s to 51s ; red, 458 to 48s per 36st. ; malting barley, 35s to 398 per qr ; grinding, 30s to 325; old oats, 24s to26s; beans, 38s to 40s; peas, 36s to 38s. NOTTINGHAM —SATURDAY. White wheat, from 43s to 54s ; red wheat, 42s to 495. Barley—malting, 31s:to 41s ; ndin 27s to 295. Oats old, at 25s t o 31 s O d; new, 22 g s ri to 295. g. , Beans sold at 41s to 45s per qr. Flour, 31s to 40s. YORK—SATURDAY. Wheat, red 42s to 46s 1 Oats.... 2 os t o 2 4s White do .48 8 t o 62s Beans 368 to 44s Barley .29s to 36s Peas ....--f4 tO -51 Malt, 62s to 640 per q r . ; rye, 32s per qr ; flour, 34s to 36s per sack. LE I CE STEIL—SAD:Jai:OAT. Old white wheat, —s to —8; new, 44s to 50e per 36 stone. Old red, 43s to 528 per 36 stone. Barley, malting, new, 348 to 398 per qr.; grinding, 27s to 30e; old oats, 278 to 30s; new oats, 22s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans new, 358 to 39s ;.old, 428 to 448 per 38 stone. NORWICH—SATURDAY. White wheat. 46s to 488 I Red wheat....... 42s to 460 Malting barley ...38s to 408 I Chevalier barley...36s to 370 Distilling d 0..... 33s to 35s I Oats.. ........... 24s to 280 Flour, 6d to 33s Od per sack from the miller. THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND "6. Ostasiewo, belonging to M. Klankowski, was the ,heatre of a terrible drama. Six young men, surrounded on all sides by the Russians, resolved to sell their lives as dearly as possible. They first defended themselves with pistols, the only arm which they had ; then, as ammunition began to fail them, they hurled bricks up Ai their assailants. The latter, enraged at the resistance they met with, set fire to the house. Four of the young men, being completely exhausted, now gave themselves up; the remaining two lay down on the roof, preferring to perish in the flames. The latter were burnt to death ; the former were put in chains and delivered up to the authorities. They were all students. "7. Dagda, " 8. Wilanow. "9. Zabory, belonging to the Bujnicki family. The carnage here was dreadful; M. B. Bujnicki was so illtreated by the Raskolniks that he is unrecognisable. He is not ex pected to live. M.S. Bujnicki and several of his companions, among whom was an engineer officer, were seized in the woods, dreadfully beaten, and given up to the authorities A priest named Pluza met with the same fate. " 10. Zubry, belonging to Count Eugenius Plater. " 11. Staromysl, belonging to M. Kibort. " 12. Ludwiampol, belonging to Count Casimar Plater, who, with his servants, was grievously wounded. " April 28 (16). " 13. lionstantynow, belonging to M. Ewertz, a German. He was so illtreated that he is not expected to live. His son's fingers were badly crashed by the Raskolniks in tear ing his rings off. " 14. Baduny, belonging to M. R. Fiezenholt, a German He was put in chains and delivered up to the authorities. " 15. Akra, belonging to M. A. Fiezenholt. " 16. Birzy, belonging to Mr. Schroders. " 17. Diebniaki, belonging to Mr. Petrzycki. " 18. Hieronimowo, belonging to Mdme. Oskierka. This lady was severely beaten and then attached to the trunk of a tree, in which position she passed the night. Her two guests, a priest named Groholski and a local officer named Bohemolec, met with the same fate. The next morning the Raskolniks took them to the station of Kuszany. " 19. Kamieniec, belonging to M. Rent, completely plun dered and destroyed. " 20. Gorne Wyszki, belonging to M. J. Moll, also com , pletely destroyed. " At Solowyszki a female servant, who was defending the property of her mistress, Countess Moll, was wounded. The pillage was so complete that the wives of the Raskol niks accompanied them with carts, in which the corn and other things taken by their husbands were put. Cattle, horses, domestic ornaments and furniture, and even pianos were taken away, and the rest burnt. The quietest gentle men, though far advanced in age, such as Counts Moll and Plater, were beaten unmercifully and loaded with chains. " Besides the above, several were dragged from their houses; among them were two priests named Olczykiewicz and Narkiewicz. They were beaten and chained up with 29 other persons, awl on the 30th ult. dragged through the muddiest streets of Dynaburg. Many of them were so covered with blood is to be unrecognisable, and some who fell through weakness were brutally beaten by the soldiers with the butts of their muskets. There are 120 persons, all of whom had been captured by the Raskolniks, imprisoned in the fortress of Dynaburg, besides some who are confined at Kraslaw. Every one, however innocent, who is brought before the authorities by a Raskolnik is slant up in the for tress, generally half-dead and bleeding from the inhuman treatment he has received. " Many other estates have been attacked, but have been saved from destruction by the efforts of • the peasantry. When the nobles complained to Ogolin, the Governor, he answered that the Government is obliged to call the pea sants to its assistance, as it has not enough troops.' The Raskolniks are every where proclaiming that they are acting under the orders of the Czar and the Commandant of the fortress, by whom they have been distinctly directed to plunder, burn, and destroy the estates, and seize the nobles, only to kill them. At length, when the evil was spreading and threatening the Government of Oskow and Russia itself, General Szuwalow was sent down to put a stop to it. The only result of his mission has hitherto been his attempting to throw the fault on the Catholic peasantry. Meanwhile he pays three silver roubles to each Reskolnik, and encou rages them to look for arms and give up every one connected with the insurrection. In the district of Rzezyck the Ras kolniks accordingly seized J. Strabrowski and A. Wejssen hof, the latter en old man of 70, and after beating them, as usual, gave them up to the authorities. In binding Wejssenhof's hands the Raskolniks broke both his arms. Many other persons have also been captured by them, and afterwards sent by railway to Dynaburg, whence they are marched through a sea of mud to the fortress. Heavy leaden weights are hung on these unfortunate people to in crease their tortures during this painful march." ELOPEMENT.—An elopement took place a few days since from the parish of Kilmichael, near Macroom, the parties to which were Timothy Sullivan and Honoria Cotter, aged respectively 19 and 20. It appears that on the day named, tht father of Miss Cotter missed her from her usual place in the family circle, and immediately made a search for her. Not discovering her he became alarmed, which alarm was considerably increased when he found himself minus a sum of £l2O. The father of Sullivan also missed his son, and conjecture was set at rest by the almost certainty that they had gone off together. Ac-f cordingly, the two fathers set out for Cork, in search o the juvenile lovers. The head -constable proceeded to Queenstown, and on Thursday succeeded in finding the ' pair in a lodging house, where they had been living as husband and wife since Monday, waiting for a passage to America. A sum of £24 was got on them by the head con stable, and clothes to the value of about £l5. On being brought before the magistrates, Mr. Cotter said that there had been such manifestations of affection on both sides that he was satisfied to have his daughter married to the man of her choice, and he agreed to defray their expenses to Ame rica. The latter part of the programme Mr. Cronnin,l3..M, did not see the wisdom of, and warned the compliant father of the danger of sending his daughter to America, where a horrible civil war is raging. Mr. Sullivan, sen,, concurred in this view of the case, and said that, although he was not as rich a man as Mr. Cotter, yet as the young pair had taken such a liking to each other, he would not only give his con sent to their marriage, but would also give his son such a portion as he was able to afford. The parties then left the court.—Cork Constitution. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 48. " High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. The following is an official report of the Polish National Government : " Department of Lithuania, April 28 (16). "The Russian Government has been unceasing in its efforts to mislead and excite against the Poles the Raskol niks (old religionists). Its agents constantly travelled over various parts of the country, everywhere announcing that the first step taken by the Polish insurgents would be to massacre the old religionists, after having burnt and de stroyed their villages. They encouraged and even ordered them in the name of the Czar to march against the nobles. These shameful manoeuvres have borne their fruit; at a given signal whole populations, young and old, men and women, rushed on the defenceless country houses, sacking, pillaging, and burning everything. In three days the whole of a flourishing district was turned into a desert. "The following is a nominal list of the estates which have fallen a prey to these fanatics : " April 26 (14). " 1. Wyszki, belonging to Count Moll. " 2. Solowyszki, belonging to Countess Moll. "3. Wasilowo, ditto. Here the local priest, M. Kesmin, was torn from the altar, where he was saying mass, flogged, bound with ropes, taken, amid the jeers and groans of the Raskolniks, to the town of Dynaburg, and finally, together with his curate, M. Sandro, a mneh respected old man, and other political prisoners, imprisoned in the cells of the fortress. "4. Dubno, belonging to M. U. Bsnislawski. The devas tation of this estate is indescribable. Its proprietor was bound with ropes, neatly beaten to death, and brought to Dynaburg. His daughters, Louisa, Helen, and Mary, only succeeded in rejoining him by paying a heavy ransom to the Raskolniks, and escaping through the woods under the protection of the gamekeeper. "5. Abelmuzja, belonging to Count Stanislas Zyber- Plater. Everything in this estate, including the floors and ceilings, was pillaged and destroyed. Not a morsel of bread is now to be had in the neighbourhood. " April 27 (15). SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS UE. Australia and Mauritius, via Sou Dths.mpton. May 19. via Marseilles June 12. Brazil and C a p e V er d s, b y British packet. June 4. Cape of G oo d H ope, Ascension, and St. Helen a M ay 29 . china, Penang, an d Singapore, via Southampton May 19. via Marseilles May 28. Falkland Islands June 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton May —. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 19. India (Bomb, via Marseilles May 28. y), via So u th ampton May 26 via Marseilles ........ May 21 . . Portugal.... June b. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May —. via Marseilles May 28. New fotuidland Oporto and Vi go .. ..May 27. (T. S. and B r i t i s h N. America, by Brit. packet.... . . 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Holloway's Ointment may be applied with the best results in many diseases to which the sufferer silently submits, because the task of investigating them would be both difficult and delicate. --- BRADEY.—On the 21st inst., at Harrow, the wife of the Rev. E. H. Bradby, of a son. CO of x. Arthur ZZ. 2 Cox, Es—On the Ist inst., at Heron gate, Brentwood, th e w ife q., of a son. lintK ir w wan, of a daughter.Arr.—On the 22d inst., at n a l cary, the Lady Victoria Marriages. COOPER—EDWARDEL—On the 23d inst.,_at s t. George's, Bloomsbury, William Cooper, E s q., of o‘ington.square, Brompton, to Marianna Elizabeth. eldest daughter of the late John Edwards, Esq., of Little Imakenhemp Suffolk. MARSIIALL---MURPH/—On tho 21st inst., at Rathtriland, co, Down, Edwin Marshall, Esq., of Birmingham, t: . Alice, daughter o f t h e late Samuel Murphy, Esq., I Rathfriland. Deaths. ANSTRUTHER.—OR the 22d inst., at 17, Norfolk-street, Park-lane, Philip Anstruther, Esq., aged 60. I D o iepT p aher n ankr . — ,lcemos O cri thena Hannah Dodd,ins t., at age 3 d 9, Bl o . xford terr a ce, Hyde- , i r oh O o n oo t k h , e EB 2 ,l 2 . d inst., at Hor nse y, Middlesex, MOORS —On the 21st inst., Joseph Mocre, Esq., of T he Close, Lincoln, aged 72. Nicol, —On the 22d inst., at St. John's.wood, Janet, wife of Erskine Nicol, R.S.A., aged 38. WYNNE.—On the 22d inst., at Portman-square, IVilliain Wynne, Captain Coldstream Guards, aged 32. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREVirS. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Atiddleitex.74lndah Kai 26 1663.