The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-04 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tais DAY.—Morning, 3h. 30m.—Afternoon, 3h. 55m, To-moßnow.-Morning, 4h. 13m.—Afternoon, 4h. 1491 .4.1 4 t - - HERR SPRENGER'S MORNING CONCERT will take place at HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS, TUESDAY, the 16th inst. Artistes—Mesdames Lemmons- Sherrington, Louisa Vining, Elvira Behrens ; Shepherd Ley, Herr Reic` ardt, Mr. Allan I rvinu . , Signor Recfoncti, Messrs. Ottn and FFrdinandßooth. Conductor, Herr Gan z. —Tickets, 10s. 6d. and is., to be had of Herr Sprenger, 35, Clarendon road, Notting-hill THEATRE-ROY AL, HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. After which,l6th time, a new and original comedy. entitled FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter-Spy : Mr. Bu-ketone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Angel. Followed by an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of W ales in the East. Commence at 7. THE DUKE'S MOTTO. THE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEENTH NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. PECHTER. T FITS EVENING, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3loame, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, suoported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G Jordan, J. Brougn am, H. Widdi:ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Rajmond, Dawson; Misses Carlotta Leclercq. Kate Terry, i4F. r.avenue, d Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining. TFIIi EVENING, will be present ed (Bth time), COURT CAMP: Messrs. G. Vining, C. Verner, H. Marston, G. Belmore, G. Mnrra.y, W a rde ; Mss Amy Sedgwick, Miss L. Laidlaw, and Miss Lydia Thompson. To be preceded by PERFECTION. And followed by A CHARMING PAIR. NEW TBEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI,- Sole Propriotor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Billington, and Miss K. Kelly. After which (20th time), a new Drama, in one act, entitled TIME WOODEN SPOON MAKER. Messrs. B. Webster, Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Bd. Stuart, Stephenson, Sefton ; lington. Followed by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. Messrs. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smitb, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. To conclude with HOIV TO PAY THE RENT. Mr. C. Stephenson, Miss K. Kelly. . _ Coiamence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT• No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. ri The Weather—Sun Office, June 4, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock 79 Barometer-30. Wind—N.W. ; light breeze, and fine weather. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1863. LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1863. M. DE PERSIGNY'S withdrawal from his presen position, we should imagine, might almost any day now be looked for. His retention of the Minis- terial portfolio much longer is hardly practicable. And this, for the very simple reason that the French Imperial Minister of the Interior has virtually, ray. practically, shown himself to be not only power. less, but more than that, an object of ridicule. The latter being a point that, when once reached by an Administrator on the opposite side of the Channel, is fatal to him, and fatal summarily. That point has never once been attained by the reigning Sove reign of France. He has been during these four. teen years and a half of his power over France the object certainly of the most violent passions. He has been regarded all this while, by friend and by foe, alternately, often simultane ously, with terror and admiration, with fear and respect, with suspicion and confidence. but never with ridicule. Mr. KlNGLAKE—degrad- ing his character, in so doing, at once as member o: Parliament, as man of letters, and as gentleman— has talked of the Emperor NAPOLEON 111., as looking stupefied, as stammering like a craven, as turning green zn the face in moments of great danger, and so forth. The French have never once whispered any such miserable and contemptible mensonges as these. They know their ruler better than does this spiteful burlesquer of history. They have had him in the midst of them under their close scrutiny now for very nearly five consecutive lustres. —and they know for an absolute certainty that, whatever else he may be charged with, he cannot certainly be charged with that. Un like his predecessor upon the throne of France, the Citizen King, with his gingham um brella and his pear-shaped head, the Emperor NA FOLIO N 111, has never once, during these fourteen years and a half of his power—nearly four years as President, upwards of ten years as Emperor—his MAJESTY has never once during all this interval been an object of ridicule to France, even to Paris, has never once rendered himself by his words or by his acts ridiculous, in the estimation of those quick witted, laughing satirists the Parisians. Not so is it now with the Emperor's Minister of the Interior. M. DE PERSIGNY is now flagrantly, in the sight of all Europe, the laughing-stock of every one of the Paris arrondissements. Because of his absurd policy, in every one of those arrondissements the Opposition candidate has triumphed over the Government candidate. Be cause of his nothing less than impertinent dicta tion to the electors, what they should do, how they should act, whom they should select, in e very instance, in every separate constituency, the majority o f those electors h ave decided upon doing, acting, selecting, precisely the reverse ! M. theby been the chief personage reprobated distituiailea er of the Interior, among all the more salon, "Nl•'r niz'cult.7lag these candidates of the Oppo of the second _ uma a . a been chosen by the electors say, as a matter ißtaetaente, almost, as one might didate, that i s t o ss of eenr,se• His opponent, ia it hPnent, the can .; oi no against him be fore that c onst i tuency by th rior as th e recognised eaa e • , d , ester of th e I n t e . Government, though a man " behalf of the tyi highest merit in hi s way, a kin % a leally of the man amongst the middl e c l ass of the° p f arP4ittern the electors of that second arro ndissement, either i%-ana-- s upported very feebly indeed, or s e t aside resolutely altcgethm M. DEVINCK being this Government c andidate for the sec ond arrondiss ement , and bein g t previously well known to all Paris as the great chocolate m anufacture —having chocolate asso ciated as intimately with his name among our neighbours, as amongst ourselves , here in London, tea is asso ciated with the name of Mr. DAMN, of Number One St. Paul's Churchyard ! What said the witty Parisians in answer to M. DE PERSIGNY'S blundering cir cular The mot deserves to be remembered —be yond the time of this contest betweeen those two most conspicuous among the candidates of the Op position and of the Government. The bon mot be ing this—(so good in its way as to be almost a bon- 1 bon OfWittiCiFilf..... " M.THIERS'naMe is stamped upon IIistory,M.D EYNICK ' S only upon chocolate,!" Wi th l &us h, down went the chateau en Egpagne, built up in his lively imagination by M. DE PERSIGNY, chile dreaming over his circular—down went the linisterial policy with a laugh, not only in that 2cond arrondissement, but in all the other arron d issements into the bargain. M. DE PERSIGNY'S position is no longer tenable, because he himself i aas come to be ridiculous. The EMPEROR, how , :ref reluctantly, must awaken now to the fact. His Minister of the Interior is an object of ridicule, and s s such he must be removed. The affairs of Prussia proceed from bad to worse, '.'• Che official paper published a royal decree, based tpon Article 63 of the Constitution, and counter s igned by the Ministry. The decree is decisive as .egards any amelioration of affairs. "It empowers the administrative authorities to prohibit tempora rily or altogether, after two warnings, the publica tion of newspapers the attitude of which is upon the whole dangerous to the public welfare." 0 course this means virtually any journal that dares to criticise the new regime, or to animadvert upon its proceedings with any force. This rule is not sufficiently stringent, however, but we are also informed that " the Ministry is authorised to forbid the introduction of foreign news papers into Prussia upon similar grounds when thought advisable." By this arrangement it is hoped that the people will be cut off from all opportunity of gaining intelligence that is adverse to the existing authorities both at home and abroad. Really it seems difficult to account for such strange proceedings on the part of the KING and his Ministers. It would have been bad enough for them to have dissolved the Chamber; but to refuse to sanction the election of another is a gross violation of the principles of constitutional Govern ment. This last act of the CROWN and Ministers condemns the former one in the strongest manner, for it is evident that it is fear of the result that has greatly conduced to bring about this startling procedure. They know that the country will not ratify the abrupt and arbitrary policy that has of late obtained in high quarters. It is insulting common sense to talk about this scheme being based upon an article of the Constitution, because the fact is quite other wise. The terms of the article especially referred to prove that this expedient resorted to is to be an exceptional case. It is, provided extreme necessity calls it forth, "in the case where the maintenance of public safety or circumstances of unusual urgency pressingly demand it, there can be decreed, when the Chambers are not assembled, and under the responsibility of the whole of the Ministers, ordi nances, not in oppositiott to the Constitution, which shall have the force of law." Ministers who can advise their Sovereign to conduct affairs after this fashion, and who do not protest against such perversion of all justice, are unfit to bold their high position and dis grace the office they fill. Nor can they stand forward in the light of day and declare to the world that anything has called forth their latestringent course. Where are the circumstances of unusual urgency that pressingly demand this enactment P Besides it is a contradiction in terms, since the confusion did not arise during the time the Chambers were not assembled, and hence all analogy mast cease be t ween the difficulty of M. BISMARK and the danger contemplated in the foregoing paragraph. To as sume that they are acting fairly, and to alter the rules of the constitution to suit their purpose was bad enough already in the Prussian Government, but to declare that they are only acting in strict conformity with the Constitution is dishonourable to them as men as much as it is disgraceful to them as Ministers. It is impossible to conceive a more disastrous or a more deplorable state of things than has occurred in Prussia, and the worst of it is, that there is now no chance of improvement or hope of amelioration. It is useless to expect that any retrograde movement will be made by men who are determined to go their own way, and the whole of their conduct in this affair tends to show that it was premeditated. It is no sudden idea, no new plan, but a matured scheme and a developed plot that has subverted the rights of a great country, and thrown back the progress of its people in a manner equally cruel and shortsighted. It is of course impossible to foresee the future, but it is certain that the late arrange ments will entail great annoyance on all concerned. But whatever vexation and irritation may be felt by the injured deputies and insulted people, in the long run those who will have to pay the heaviest penalty for all this untimely fracas and wanton interference with popular privileges and constitu tional rights, will be those who occasioned the evil, and with whom originated the whole angry litiga tion. King WaLIAm seems resolved to try if there is any real regard for justice and respect for liberty throughout his dominions, but the result of the attempt may hereafter prove dangerous, if not de structive, to the experimentalist. The treatment of our convicts, and the manage ment of our convict prisons has of late been one of the prominent subjects of public discussion. It is probable that, owing to the alarm created by the garotters, and the general impression that ruffians of that class have hitherto been too easily dealt with, the regulations will be henceforth enforced with more stringency, even if no alteration is made in the general system. It has been often, and justly, said that to remove the terrors of punishment is to transform the judge's sentence on the culprit into a guarantee for board, lodging, and clothing for a certain time, thus adding to the many temptations which beset the impoverish( d 1 honest man. There is another point, however, which is not so much thought of, but which is likely to excite angry feelings in the minds of the poor who are struggling for an honest living, while it un questionably inflicts upon them considerable damage. IVe allude to the 83 stem of allowing large firms to employ the prisoners in working for them, thereby taking so much work from the honest labourer or workman, when the labour mar ket is already overstocked. The reason of the authori ties in countenancing such proceedings is of course a praiseworthy desire to keep down the expenses of the prison establishment, but we should think a little reflection would show them that the evils far outweigh this very trifling good. A few hundreds a year more or less in the sum required for a prison ls not so great an o bj ec t as the encouragement of habits of i n d ustry and honest li v i ng among the very We poor._ doubt, ind ee d, whether the saving be more tha n nominal, since' the amount which one ure. The hon est loan or 1,10 cslculated to reach a com munity has been calculated turned thief costs the corn aft:l legislation, a a it andis dangerous c 1 Eti, transitionse startling ' the uncertain , b ut often hunger and honesty to to fatal. It considerable, gains of " the should be the o bj ect punishment, to deter °f from joining this arnd discourage free all already more than sufficient whose irregular forecruits fort, cr safety. it is nt t . h for our Peae e , s e are magistrates and gaol "RPecial „i n , 131 - authoriti es to re °t but surely gentlemen in such press cri me ; positions know enough of political econ omy should to see two very important objections to their favourit e scheme. The first is, that a very large amour of work e l ; taken out of the hands of the poor needlewomen, matmakers, and others, by the employment of con viets by the large firm, who must (therwite fin( honest labourers. The second is, that the work being done at a very much lower rate inside the prison walls than out, the rate of payment is natu rally cut down, and the unconvicted working man or woman has to enter into a hopeless competi tion with the labour of the prisoner. The able authoress of "Female Life in Prison" speaks very strongly on this subject, which, of course, chiefly concerns the female prisoners. After enumerating the immense quantity of shirt and trouser-making accomplished in one year, and going through the liat of the large firms who supply the employ ment, she says that the sum given for the work 18 so small that no woman who had to pay her rent could possibly get a living out of it ! What is this but driving the lower classes of needle women into r hose ways of vice and crime that cost the country so very dear_ When HOOD wrote his memorable " Song of the Shirt" there was a universal outcry at the miserable pittance which rewardesdcatrheeellyabsouuffirctihenatt " never flsgged," and which was co obtain " A bed of straw, A crust of bread, and rags." Yet, according to this pernicious system, low prices are encouraged by official authority, while large quantities of work are taken from the hands of the needy and put into the hands of those who need it ❑ot. The sewing machine is already a terrible rival to these poor women, but convict labour is a more dangerous competition. It is not only women who have to complain. An advertisement has recently appeared stating that the Gaol Committee of Aldermen will meet at Guild hall on the 20th of June "to receive tenders in writing, for the hire of the labour of the prisoners at the City Prison, Holloway, in making mats, oakum picking, &e., for the term of three years." It is of course necessary to find employment for the prisoners, and so long as they can be employed upon public work the money saved may be a consi deration, as well as the work. But the plan of allowing private firms to engage the prison labour at an amount which tends to reduce the rate of wages, besides depriving the honest poor of that employment, which is often so hard to get, is most mischievous and undesirable. There are few greater hardships than the search for work which cannot be found. This is especially hard to bear in the case of the father or mother of a family who have to support their children from their earnings. Yet this cry for labour, for the means of gaining an honest livelihood, is painfully common among us. Enforced idleness and pauperism is, as the friends of Lancashire have often told most pernicious in i(s effects, and to send a man or woman to obtain assistance from the parish, because the work that might have given them a living is engrossed by underpaid convict labour, is to begin a dangerous course of training. We hope the wise and en lightened among our social reformers will speedily suggest some better means of occupying the idle hours of the prison, and thereby put a stop to a system which is contrary to the principles of justice and humanity. The Price of Frith's " Railway Station." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—An editorial remark in your number of the 29(h of May expresses a doubt about the correctness of the passage in my pamphlet "On Piracy of Artistic Copyrights," where I state that £5,500 paid to Mr. H. Hunt for the "Saviour in the Temple" is " the largest sum ever paid for a modern picture !" And you inquire whether I have read a statement which appeared in the public papers of Mr. Flatou having paid Mr. Frith 8,760 guineas for the " Rail way Station" picture, and further paragraphs pub lished about two months ago, stating that the same picture has been resold by Mr. Flatou for £20,000. In corroboration of the correctness of my pam phlet, I can only say that the statement of 8,760 guineas, purporting to have been paid by Mr. Flatou to Mr. Frith for " The Railway Station" is a romance, and the story of the £20,000 since paid for the same picture a fictiun.—l remain, yours truly, ERNEST GAMBART. SOCIETY OF ARTS. At the weekly meeting of this society last nigh his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge in the chair, the paper read was by Mr. William Hawes, "On the Results of the International Exhibition." The author, after alluding to two former papers which he had read upon this Exhibition—the first in 1851, when the lamented president of the society, the Prince Consort, presided, and a second in 1862, when Earl Granville, chairman of the commission, presided—said that his present object was to endea• your to point out the results it has produced, and which it will probably produce, as well on future exhibitions as upon the future progress of industry and art. He mentioned that there had been an increase of more than 150 per cent. in the number of (~reign exhibitors in 1862 over those in 1851—a remarkable proof of the effect of the former 7,xnibi tions in promoting intercourse between nations. He quoted from M. Michel Chevalier and others to show how much more cordial was the feeling of foreign exhibitors and visitors now than it had been in 1851. One important effect of the three great International Exhibitions had been to promote the abolition of restrictive commercial laws, which seemed now to have almost received their death-blow in Europe. The author referred at considerable length to the Fine Art Department of the Exhibition, pointing out its deficiencies, as well as indicating its merits. He then briefly reviewed the jury reports, pointing out in what classes most remarkable prcgress had been made, and drawing attention to the countries from which it seemed reasonable to expect much in future. He especially alluded to the wonderful pro. gress which the interval between our two great Ex hibitions hied produced in our colonies, many of which were almost unrepresented in 1851, while in 1862 they displayed most valuable collections. He thtn brit fly discussed the constitution of the Com mission of 1862,its expenditure and receipts, the ques tions as to the appoir tment ofjuries and the system of awards of prizes, and the ciroumstances which mast guide us in determining when another exhibition shall be held. In reference to the award of prizes, he gave a brief resume: of the nature of the replies given by exhibitors, jurors, and others to the queries issued by the Society of Arts on the subject, the majority being decidedly in favour of prizes being awarded in future exhibitions. He pointed out the importance of not attempting to hold Inter national Exhibitions at too short intervals, for that if we expect foreigners to contribute, as they have hitherto done, to the magnificence and usefulness of our exhibitions, we must be prepared, as we did in 1851, to take a proportionate interest in theirs, and this not only on the ground of the reoiprocal inter change of civilities between nations, but on natiotial and interested grounds. In conclusion, the author said he hoped that the views t e had laid before the society would convince them that the International Exhibition of 1862 has most thoroughly fulfilled the duty assigned to it. By th.. mark eet in 1851 it had become possible to note accurately our indus trial progress in England, in our colonies, and in Europe of a magnitude before unknown in a similar period. A discussion ensued, in which the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Ebury, Messrs. Nelson, Cole, C. 8., Murchison, and others took part. meet CITY SEWERS COMM yesterday, Sewers held ing of the Commissioners of residing, Dr. Letheby at guildhall, Mr. Deputy de Jersey p sanitary condition of presented hie quarterly report on the expired the num- Qity. In the quarter which has just the deaths and ber of births registered in the City was 800, f ISSION.—At the weekly 803. , 'whereas in the corresponding 841. The years the average numbers have been 9 U I and last the , mortality, therefore, of the City population during quarter has been rather excessive the chief increase having been in the poor localitie f the Western Union, where 41 death rate has risen from . 1,000 to 34 - 2. - tvneral average or g quarter o IJ_, . 30 in the o tha last 10 and persons who have been in the habit of seeing him do not fled him looking any worse than he diu a year ago; but some who were ❑ear him during his recent attacks,report his sifferings to have been severe. Mentally, be must have endured muck dur ing the last few months, for he cannot be blind to his loss of popularity, and, indeed, it is quite certain that he feels he is running counter to the wishes of the great majority of his subjects, and to those of many of his old friends and even of his rela tions, although he suffers himself to be confirmed by a clique in the obstinate delusion that the course he pursues is the only one that can ensure the future of Prussia. An objection to Carlsbad is said to be found in the irritated and excited moral state of his Majesty. Those waters are very potent and may work for evil as well as for good. It was sug gested that be might drink Carlsbad waters at Baden, a place which he likes, and where he would have found the Queen, and have enjoyed the society of his daughter, to whom he is fondly attached. But the doctors are said to prefer for him the greater quiet of Carlsbad. These pro fessional gentlemen, the King's physicians in ordi nary, Messrs. Grimm, Boger, and Lauer, have rather a delicate part to play. On good authority I hear that their reputation places them above sus picion of corruption, but, at the same time, if they find it necessary to recommend to the King to avoid, for a term, the harass of State affairs, and to pass the summer in foreign travel or at some distant bathing place, they most assuredly will be suspected by many of playing into the hands of th , plotters who cherish the idea of the Stellvertretung. and desire to see the reins of power pass for a time —with prohibition of any change in the present Ministers and policy—into the nands of the Prince Royal, or better still perhaps, to see them by him refused and by Prince Charles ef Prussia accepted, 6 r M. Since the above was written the Gazette has ap peared, containing a long decree, with a yet lunge' preamble, completely doing away with what re mained of the liberty of the press in Prussia, ano thus disappointing the expectations of those who were sanguine enough to believe that a Bismark Government could show even a ✓semblance of mode ration, and could refrain from arbitrary and oppres sive measures, even whe❑ there was no present occasion for them. Having got rid of the Chamber, they could have no rest till they had crushed the press, cancelling a constitutionally enacted law, that of December, 1860, by an act of tyranny for which Art. 63, by which they claim to be authorised, affords, in realty, not the slightest justification. The decree, which is dated yesterday, and counter signed by al! the Ministers, authoris , s the suppres sion of newspapers which persistently exhibit ten dencies dangerous to the welfare of the State. The prohibition must be preceded by two warnings, given by the president of the Bezirk or district. In Berlin the President of Police is the chief of the district council of Government, and it is he who will issue warnings and suspend journals, the only appeal from his acts being to the Council of Minis ters. The proceedings with respect to the prohibi tion itself need not necessarily be terminated, whe❑ the case is considered urgent, before the suspension takes place. `‘ Foreign journals," says Art. 9 of the decree or royal order, " may be prohibited by the Ministry on account of a persistent tendency dangerous to the welfare of the Prussian State." the decree came into force yesterday. The Celebrities of the House of Commons. As Painted by Mr. Philllip, R.A., and Described by a London Reviewer. LORD PALMERSTON'. His is perhaps the least successful likeness in the paint ing, approaching indeed so near to the comic and to carica ture, that the first impulse of his fi iends is to laugh, and the next to be angry. The Palmerston in the picture is a funny and humorous old gentleman, entirely wanting in dignity, which is certainly not the appearance of the original when he is addressing the House of Commons. An attempt has teen made to indicate an arch twinkle of the eye, but the satiric sparkle which so often gleams there, and which heralds the ready retort and happy witticism, will be looked for in vain. The noble lord's nose is small, but regular. In the picture it is a small, pinched, and red organ, entirely deficient in dignity, and giving a mean expression to the features. 'We do not envy the Prime Minister his feelings when he discovered at the Royal Academy dinner, the " counterfeit present ment " under which he, the " Cupid" of the War and Foreign•ofHce, was to go down to posterity. A friend en deavoured to ascertain what he thought of his likeness. He fought off the question by saying, with a good• humoured laugh, " Ah I it's very difficult to look one's beat in a picture." He has ►mall reason to eongratulate himself upon his portraits in the Exhibiticn. There are two likenesses of him; one painted for the Cinque Ports, and the other for his Tiverton constituents. Neither is very successful ; but assuming that they are good in the points in which they resemble each other, their dissimi larity Mr. Phillip's portrait may be taken as the measure of the failure of that artist. MR. DISRAELI. It seems good for Mr. Disraeli in the House of Commons to put on a mask, and to veil his thoughts under a heavy, impassive, not to say wooden look. It does not do for a party leader to "wear his heart upon his sleeve for dews to peck at." An orator upon the other side, whose glance fell upon a kindling eye or a meaning smile, would anticipate the com'ng retort, and ward off the shaft, So the Conser vative leader in the Commons bee cultivated a slow aid and solemn look with so much success, that he might be taken for a country gentleman whose soul is in his beeves, and who has no higher earthly wiph than a little more rain for his turnips. This is the mock, factitious Disraeli. The real Disraeli was painted years ago for the title-page of his love-novels, when he was " The wondrous boy Who wrote Alroy." He was then a dreamy, impulsive, poetical enthusiast. Afterwards came a later stage of development, when he adopted a political career, and made a late first Minister writhe under his brilliant lampoons. Mr. Phillip has with consummate skill combined these two phasesof Mr. Disraeli's career. The eyes and upper part of the face indicate the poetry and pathos appertaining to the imaginative faculty, while the mocking smile on the lips betrays a Voltairean faculty of satire and sarcasm. Just such a smile was seen on his face one night before the Whitsuntide recess, when the Premier, alarmed at some defections behind him on the Churchward contract, summoned his Chancellor of the Exchequer and Frederick Peel to his Bids, and seemed to be hintiag his doubts that their position was untenable, and had better be abandoned to avoid defeat. Disraeli, with curling lip and Mephiatophilean expression, watched by turns the astute Premier and his earnest but indiscreet Chancellor of the Exchequer, who loves conflict, and ap peared to argue against surrender. Such a face as Mr. Phillip has painted will illustrate many a biting and scathing passage in " Hansard," while it will give the political bio• grapher a key to a certain excess of imagination which has been the cause of many of Mr, Disraeli's party failures, but which may yet be schooled down to success by the bitter practical lessons of experience. SIR BULWER-LYTTON. Sir E. Bulwer•Lytton here appears with a face as hand some and picturesque as a Spanish portrait by Velasquez, and as intellectual as any man of ancient family ought to look. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE AMERICAN NOTE ON THE POLISH QUESTION. ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 4. Mr, Seward's reply to the French noto inviting the American Cabinet to join diplomatic action with the Great Powers in favour of Poland has been published here to-day, The Washington Cabinet refuses its cooperation o❑ the ground that America can never deviate from her traditional policy of non-intervention except in cases of evident necessity. SPAIN, MADRID, JUNE 3. The official Gazette publishes a Royal decree relative to the sale of spirituous liquors. Another decree orders a modification of the existing regulations relative to the tobacco crop in Manilla. Senor En riquez has been appointed Under-Secre tary of State for the Colonies. FRANCE. BOURSE, June 3.—The market has shown rather more firmness, and a fair amount of business has been done at the turn in favour of sellers. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69f. 60c. Railway Shares have in general maintained yesterday's quotations. Mobilier Shares , both French and Spanish, have been in demand; and are quoted rather higher. The market continued improving to the close, and left off as follows: ►+t per Cents. 96 95 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents ...... 69 45 Do. end month.... 69 75 Credit Mobilier..., 1415 Do. end month.... 1425 Bank Shares....., 3440 Credit 1 , oncier ....1445 iltalian L0an.,,,, 73 Do, end m0nth...... 73 30 New ditto ..... . 74 Do. end month.. .. 74 15 Russian ........ Austrian ........ Spenizh Threes.... 53 76 Home Debt ...... RAILWAYS. Cash. A ccount. Orleans ............... 1005 .. 1 002 50 Northern .............. 1040 • • 1035 New ditto ............ ~ GLyons and Mediterranean 1053 75 .. 106 C Seneva ................ '' 442 Wouthern .............. 76.5 " 76 Eestern. .............. 52,2 50 .. Sastern .... ........ .. 597 50 .. 507 50 ardinian .............. 425 .. 430 LAustrian ........... 471 25 .. 473 7 5 orPhard .............. 572 .50 .• 573 75 North of Spain ........ 575 ..._ .. 576 25 Saragossa ............ 726 25 .. 730 Ditto to Barcelon a .. .. , , 380 .. 386 25 PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, dated June 2, says von Bismark arid his friends and agents point with exultation to the present tranquillity of Prussia as proof how contented the nation is with its Govern ment, how indifferent to the resultless nature of ndto The e e epxriesmtinagturcealmis dismissalavaileodf itstil Session, representatives, of to invite foreign diplomatists and govern ments to believe that the recent crisis concerned tensive i n fl u merely a r est l ess faction, having no root or ex once in the country, and consisting in reality only of a handful of demagogues and adventurers —of a very limited revolutionary party —and of a degraded and mischievous portion of the press. Since the majority of the nation has not risen or caused disturbances, it is clear that the majority approves the present system and supports the present men ; since there have been no barri cades, it is plain that there is no discontent. In order, as far as possible, to give am air of truth to these false assumptions, it is supposed by some that Government may yet for a while abstain from mea sures that would seem to imply the existence of a restless or dissatisfied spirit in the country, and may keep in reserve the much talked of ordinances, even though they may have succeeded in obtaining to them the Royal signature. Such abstinence, now ever, will deceive nobody. It were waste of time to confute the assertions above alluded to, and which are expected to impose only upon foreigners —certainly not upon any who have been able and willing to form a correct idea of the state of effiirs in Prussia during the last 12 months, It is unnecete nary to retrace the events of that deplorable period to show the temper and desire of the Prussian na tion ; we have but to look at matters as they have presented themselves during the last four weeks, and we then must wonder at the brazen audacity which can turn to Europe and say-4 Behold a contented people, devoted to its king, and well satisfied with his Revisers!" It is true that those advisers are supported, in the Legislative Assembly, only b 3, a minority of 11 ; that not one of them—although there vase general election a year ego, and although there have been numerous seats since vacated--het been able to get returned to Parliament ; that the Kreuz Zeitung alone (which belongs to the feudal party) and an insignificant number of the meanest Journals uphold, in the press, their policy and acts As regards the Sovereign himself, one would gladly attribut e on l y to a pass i ng irritation the terms in which on e h ears h i m spo k en of by persons who a year or two ago—before all this wretched work had come to pass, bef ore a V on de r —T - Teyd t was i n fli cte d upon Prussia, t o b e f o ll owe d b y the yet worse iefliction of a B iaraark— never named hi m b ut in terms of the most loyal respect. One has but to mix with any class of the people, one has but to observe his recep tion on his daily drives, to bear and see the sad ch ange that has taken place. One who fain would be deluded into a contrary belief, needs but to fre quent certain military and, courtier-like circles, where rose-coloured g l asses are used, and the most u nbounded contem pt is di s pl aye d f or a ll t h at d oes not in some way pertain to or depend on the palace and the army. There you s h all hear the proper de gree o f contempt expressed for the Chamber and the press, and for modern and pernicious ideas of political progress and constitutionalism. There you shall find fossil old officers and politicians ready to boa st of their imperturbable attachment to the instituions of the past, and to declare that, in res pect of newspapers, t h e K reuz Z ettung i s the o nly one th ey have ever read ; while pert aide-de camps and loud- vo i ce d j un k ere w ill t e ll y ou th a t it is essent ial to the salvation of Prussia not stop meetin only to muzzle the v il e d emocra tic p re ss and to gs and assoc i at i ons f or t h e a d vance m en t of so-c a ll ed Liberal (but de facto revolutionary) principl es , b ut also to gag the Chamber of Deputies, and put an end to its want of reverence for the ministers o f the Crown. What these gentry would have is a L ower Rouse s uc h as Kladderadatsch lately sketched — rows of docile Deputies voting all the taxes propo se d , and bowing to the ground before M. von Bi smark --, Who stands erect before them and taps the Mi n i sterial table with the mien of a drill sergeant and t h e energy of an auctioneer, while the President w ears a Cap, in order that he may not again, like Bockum-Doiffs, offend in the matter of his hat. Meanwhil e , the xi„ ) ,,. has resumed his usual ro utine, interrup ted by his recent indisposition. He i nspects recruit s and detachments, and receives re ports from command ers of regiments, and even, so the pape rs announce, from captains of companies. Yesterday h e presided at a council of Ministers, and the suppo s i t i on is that there was discussion of the measures to b e taken with respect to the press, Sac. This belief i s confirmed by the language of the semi official j ournals, Which speak plainly enough of coming o c t roy f rungen, and declare that the country will if-11.1111y greet every step ten di ng to s h ow th a t the auth or i ty of fully opposed toth© Royal regimen" is success revolutionary pressure, and that the Ring's Gov ernment once more in reality will and does govern. That Government is resolved, the o Journal of the Cross believes, to avail of Art. 63 of the Constitution to curb and eventually put an end to the excesses of the press. The visit to Carlsbad, said to have been urged by the King's Ph Ya i cians, is not yet known to be decided upon and, at an y rate, i t i s no t believed t hat his Ai aissty will pro c e e d t hi t h er , as it was re ported he would d o, within a week from this date. arance canno t be said to indicate ill-health, , MR. CARDWELL. Yonder is Mr. Cardwell, blue•ey7d and of red whiskers —who, composed, sedate, but not too courageous, lectures the house with the gravity and sententiousness of a pro fessor, who never made a joke, and rarely seems to enjoy one. MR. GLADSTONE. Yonder, too, is the thoughttul and eloquent ,features of the great orator of his time—the Achilles of the Ministerial bench—the n ble advocate of Poerio and of Italian indepen dence—the exponent of Homer and the Homeric age—the scholar, statesman, financier, and political philosopter— Mr. Gladstone. At Eton he was known as "the handsome Gladstone," but time, study, perpetual conflict, and the incessant activity of a mind that wears out its scabbard, have cut deep lines of thought and care upon the earnest features, so that in broad daylight he seems like one of those grim atone faces which look down upon you from arch and buttress as you pace the aisles of some old Gothic cathedral. M. HENLEY. Here, finally, is Mr. Henley, in his high coloured buff waistcoat. The face is radiant with shrewd sense. It is eminently English—the incarnation of practice as op posed to theory—the embodiment of the right honour able gentleman's favourite exclamation, "That is all very well, but how will this bill work ?" Mr. Henley is looking at a bill, and if, when he rises, he is heard to say, . 6 Wh at do I find in this bill ?" the author of the measure, if as in dependent member, may as well withdraw it at once. No living speaker excels Mr. Henley in homely, nervous, idio matic English. In committee on a bill nothing escapes hi s microscopic eye, and he is evid-ntly scrutinising the clauses of the measure before him with wolfish and eviscerating iatentions. UNITED STATES MAIL—The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship Company's screw steamer City' of .Manchester, Captain lialcrovv, sailed yes today from Liverpool for New York, with the United States mail. .tiesides the mail she also took out amu cargo, sad had 2t5 CabiM paseeagers, Cr ar t • *I it I kaltil HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, June 2. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday morning, and in the afternoon Walked and drove, accompa nied by Princess Helena. Princess Helena went out riding in the morning. Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Arthur went to Invercauld. Dr. Caird left the Castl3 yesterday morning. The Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Cam bridge, and the Princess Mary leave town this morning for Ascot, to meet their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princcss of Wales at the Royal Stand. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland left Staf ford House, St. James's, on Tuesday, to pass the Ascot race week with the Duchess (Dow.) of Sutherland, at Cliefden House, near Maidenhead. The Prince and Princess Bandini have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Rome. _ _ _ The Earl and Countess Warwick and family come to town on Friday, from Warwick Castle, for the season. The Earl and Countess Spencer returned yester day from Clifton, near Bristol, and for the present are staying at Viscount Clifden's villa at Roehampton, The Earl of Westmoreland has arrived at the Bedford Hotel, Brighton. The Earl or Ebsex was married yesterday at Trinity Church, Chelsea. to Lady Louisa Boyle, the eldest daughter of the Viscountess Dungarvan. The earl had been previcu-ly married, having espoused, in 1825, Lady Caro • line Capel, daughter of the eighth duke of St. Albans, but was left a widower in 1862. The Countess Apponyi will have a ball at Chan dos House on Tuesday nest, the 9th inst. Viscount Marshatn, the eldest son of the Earl o Romney, is about to be mar-ied to Lady Constance Ha.lt ings, the youngest daughter of the late Marquis of Hash ings, and of Barbara, Baroness Grey de Ruthyn. Lady Eiith Abney Hastings has arrived in town from the Lord Warden Hotel, Dover. Lady Bailey has left her Mansion in Belgra.ve square for her country seat in South Wales. Lady Catherine Alien's ball is fixed for the 23d of June. The Count and Countess Coudenhove have ar rived at Claridge's Hotel, from Pari,4. ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. The society's second grand fete and flower show, or what may be termed the first summer exhibition, was held yesterday in their picturesque gardens i❑ the Regent's-park, and was truly a glorious summer display of Flora's favourites. In the vast amphi theatrical marquee, arranged on grassy banks, were splendid roses, dazzling azaleas, curious and beauti ful orchids, gorgeous pelargoniums and cinerarias, and many beautiful and rare plants too numerous to mention. The roses were very fine and well grown. Among them were some varieties called Auguste Mu, Paul Perras, and Lm:i?., all delicate coloured and very fine ; a pretty little white noisette called Miss Gleg ; and among the tea-scented, Ma dame Villennor and The President. There were also some very beautifully variegated petunias, some fine large flowered gloxinias, and curiously marked mimulus, bizarre pansies, very fine verbenas, a dwarf peach tree, full of fruit, a fine specimen of the lattire plant with leaves like skeletons or lattice work; splendid grapes, good cherries, strawberries, &c., and many more beauties and curiosities. The American plants exhibited by Mr. Waterer are now in full bloom, and form quite an exhibition of themselves, rivaling the general display. The bands of the Ist and 2d Life and the Royal Horse Guards(Blue) were in attendance, and played numerous selections. The Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary of Cambridge honoured the garden with their presence. Subjoined is the list of prizes : EXTRA GOLD MEDAL— 16 Stove and Greenhouse Plants : Mr R. Peed, gardener to Mrs Treadwell, St. John's Lodge, Norwood. 30 Exotic Orchids 7 Mr G. Baker, gardener to E. Bassett, Esq., Stamford-hill. LARGE GOLD MEaA.L —l6 Stove and Greenhouse Plants : Mr J. Green, gardener to Liir E. Antrobus, Bart., Lower Cheam, Surrey. 20 Exotic Orchids : Mr W. Mitford, gardener to E. M. Morland, Esq. MEDIUM GOLD MEDAL-16 Stove and Greenhouse Plants : Mr R Baxendine, gardener to 11. Smallpiere, Esq., Guildford, Surrey. 10 Stove and Greenhouse Plants : Messrs Fraser, nurserymen, L'-yton, Essex. 10 Stove and Greenhouse Plants : Mr H. Chilman, gardener to Mrs Smith, Ashtead, Ep om. 10 Roses, in pots: Mr W. Paul, Waltham-cross. 20 Exotic Orchids : Mr E Peed. 12 Exotic Orchids : Mr C. Penny, gardener to H. H. Gibbs, Esq., Regent's-park. GOLD MEDAL —lO Stove and Greenhouse Plants : Mr 0. Rhodes, Sydenhara, Kent 10 Stove and Greenhouse Plants : Mr Wheeler, gardener to J. Philpot, Esq , Stam ford-hill. 10 Cape Heaths : Messrs Jackson and Son, Kingston. 8 Cape Heaths : Mr B. Peed. 10 Roses, in pots: Messrs Lane and Son, Boikhampsteed. 8 Exotic Orchids: Mr S. Mosley, Cheshunt, Herts. 12 Exotic Or chids : Mr T. Page. 12 Pelargoniums : Mr C. Turner. 12 Pelargoniums : Mr T. Bailey, gardener to T. Drake, Esq., Amersham. LARGE SILVER-GILT MEDAL-10 Stove and Greenhouse Plants Mr W. Cutbush, B , rnet, Herts. 10 Stove and Greenhouse Plants : Mr Wm. Kailo, gardener to Earl Lovelace, Ripley, Surrey. 6 Steve and Greenhouse Rants: Mr T. Page, gardener to W, Leaf, Esq. 10 Cape Heaths . Mr 0. Rhodes. S Cape Heaths : Mr T. Page. 6 Roses, in pots : Mr T. Terry, gardener to C. W. Puller, Esq. 6 Azaleas: Mr C. Penny, gardener to H. H Gibbs, Esq 6 Azaleas : Mr C. Turner, nurseryman. 12 Exotic Orchids : Mr Green, gardener to Sir E, Autrobus. 6 Exotic Or chids : Mr J. Wiggins, gardener to W. Beck, Eeq., Morton Cottage, Oak Lodge, Clapham -park, Isleworth. 6 Fuchsias: Mr Gardner, gardener to J. Stoller, Esq. 12 Pelargonium, : Messrs J. and J. Fraser. 10 Pelargoniums: Mr J. Shrimpton, gardener to A. T. Doxath, Esq., Putney heath. LARGE SILVER MEDAL-- 6 Stove and Greenhouse Plants : Mr Tegg, gardener to Baron Hambro, Roehamp ton, Surrey. 6 Cape Heaths : Mr H. Chilman. 6 Exotic Orchids : Mr G. Smith, gardener to the Duke of Northum berland, Sion House. 6 Fancy Pelargoniums : Mr C. Turner. 6 Fancy Pelargoniums : Mr T. Bailey. Above 15,000 tickets were sold. THE SOTTRCE OF THE NILE. Discovered at last by Captain Speke and Captain Grant. Both Mr. Punch and Mr. Wyld are " up to time" nearly as soon as Sir Roderick Murchison himself. Scarcely is the extraordinary announcement made public in this country—that at last the fountain head, or heads (for the old river god turns out to be somewhat Hydra-like or Cerberus-ian in that parti cular at least): scarcely do we learn here in Eng land that the sources of the Nile have at length been brought to light, when Mr. Punch's artist, ready pencil in kind, is there instanter upon the spot cracking hie itpropos joke upon the discovery ! While the member for Boomin has issued from the press with all that marvellous rapidity to which he was so long accustomed us, one of those happily timed maps, that make clear, at a glan ce , t h e obscurest intricacies of the travelling geographer. Here, in Mr. Wyld's new map of Africa, is exactly a case in point, In it we follow out with the utmost possible ease, The routes taken by Captains Speke and Grant, in 1861 and 1863 the one from the coast of Z sEzibar, in a north easterly direction to the shorts of Lake Victoria Nyanza, hence!orth to be known as the headwater of the Nile! The other, from its emptying itself into the Mediterranean, due south, up the Bahr el Abiad, orWhite Nile, to the same point—the object of search now for 3,0 :)0 years,and at length reached by British determination. The routes taken by former explorers are here also carefully traced out, viz., those of It-bmann and Krapf, 1847 ' 49 ; of Livingstone, Oswell, and Murry, 1849-50 ; An derson and Galton, 1850-51 ; Anderson, 1853; Livingstone, 1853-56; Moffatt, 1856 ; Burton and Speke, 1857-59; Du Chaillu, 1856-59; and finally , in bright red, those of the succeessful discoverers For this wonderfully well-timed map we have especial cause to thank her Majesty's geographer. THE CROPS IN THE NORTII.—The month of May has been generally dry and rather culd, but, upon the whole, not unfavourable to the growing crops. The dry weather, moreover, has enabled farmers to get the turnip land prepared in first-me condition, although the hay crops ma) have euffetcd a little from the absenc e of rain. Oats and barley are said to be looking well, and the early-planted potatoes in many places are coming up healthy and etrong.—Gletsgoto LITERATURE The New _Review. No. 2. Tnis new competitor for popular favour, whose initial number we have already favourably noticed, continues its endeavour to fill a vacuum in our serial literature. It is in fact, if one may ven ture on the Bull, a monthly quarterly review whose political sympathies are, too, enlisted on the same side as those of its veteran prototype. Its subjects range over a wide sphere—political literary, and philosophical. Thus we have in the number before us topics the most various in close approximation. An article on American Politics, grvine that support to the Confederate side which might be anticipated from the tone of the Conser vative daily organs, is followed by a paper on the late Sir James Graham, which certainly renders full justice to the faults of its subject, if not to his merits. But in the concluding passages the writer suddenly expresses himself more favourably. An essay on " The Light of the Earth" treats of the peculiar characteristics of phosphorescence, while a paper on Sleep and Dreams will interest the psychological student. The morality of Modern Novels comes in for a severe and not altogether un deserved censure at the hands of an unsparing critic. " A Woman's Thoughts on Men," does not fulfil the reader's expectations, but as the fair authoress claims her feminine right to forbearance, we will not be harsh in our judgment. The Par liamentary and Literary reviews summarise the chief events of the month in the world of politics and letters. Dublin University Magazine. A new story is commenced in this number by the author of " The House by the Church-yard." It promises well, and will doubtless obtain many ad mirers. " Wilder's Hand" is the name of this new serial tale, and some of the characters, even at this early stage, are well sketched. The plot of the narrative wilt be most. complicated, as already there appear looming in the distance several schemers, and the events are in themselves very suggestive of exciting incident. Threas Brandon is a very peculiar kind of heroine, and has nothing attrac tive about her, but she is ably delineated. " The Cross before the Name" is continued, and this instalment is very momentous, for we find in it the event that gives the name to the narrative recorded. The cross is put before the name, and Jenny becomes quite resolute in her determination to wreak ven geance on her fees, real or imaginary. Fre derick Maxwell, Q.C., is well sketched as a man of one idea, and that his vocation. To him all was valueless that did not concern his peculiar profes sion. Wheu Jenny entered his house she was no boey—" She was not on a parliamentary commit tee. He had six House of Lords cases filled up before him on the toast rack, and was taking in Lord Wenleysdale and Mr. Justice Willes with Lis dry crust." " Cat ullus" is a readable paper on that remarkable man ; it is the second part here met with, It is interesting to dwell on the long past days to which the writer refers, and he has brought con siderable classic knowledge to bear upon the essay, which is very entertainieg and instructive. The immediate interests of a local nature, are represented in the paper entitled " The Position and Claims of the Irish Church." " Le galia—the Judicial Oath," contains some notice able suggestions. The concluding remarks on false oaths are worthy of consideration.— " By mitigating the punishment of perjury, the popular estimation of its criminality is lessened, and men not un naturally conclude that it is a venial offence, which they can commit with impunity. But the moral sanction of the oath we would retain. It is well to remind men that there is a Judge above from whom we have reason to expect jus tice unperverted by the conventional rules, and the imper fections of mankind." " Sterne and his Day" is continued, and is im portant in this portion. " Milirington, the Bar rister" is reviewed at length, and the favourable criticism that is bestowed upon it is well deserved, for the ability is unquestionable that appear in its pages, and it presents a very brilliant deliniation of society. " Theatricl Representation, Mechanism, and Decoration' is a paper that wia please the lovers of the histrionic art, and is well i❑troduced to notice by the lines of Campbell on the subject-- "The Youngest of the sister arts, Where all their beauty blends." " The Science and Traditions of the Supernatural" treats of magic, sorcery, and witchcraft, and will be a source of entertainment to the admirers of the mystical who abound in these days, and who delight to study the several disquisitions on the subject constantly appear in various qu uters. POLAND. The following report has been addressed by the military chief of the district of Kielce to the rniti tary chief of Radom, dated the Ist of May, 186 3 ' There is too much reason to fear that it is but a too truthful description of the sufferings to which the peaceful portion of the Polish population issubjected. What with the hordes on the one side, and the un disciplined and often famished insurgents on t 13e other, the Polish peasantry must be in constant peril. The most stringent orders have been given to Russian officers to repress and punish every bEir barity. It is to be hoped that the insurgent leadars will, so far as in them lies, adopt a sigolar course: "Bands of insurgents send small detachments in all directions, which enter the villages and rob an d kill the inhabitants. These acts, become lrequt nt of late, are committed chiefly by the band Of Czit chowski, which, eagerly pursued by our troops, :is scarcely allowed time to complete its crimes. " A peasant has been hanged in the village of Stanowiski, in the district of Kluckoy-Wulki. Seven peasants and a woman, of the village of Lysowa, in the same district, have suffered a siniL ar fate, in the most barbarous manner. "On the estate of Wolk-Kiuoka, the insurgents fell upon the house of the proprietor, and took away 450 roubles and a number of horses. The villages of Lips and Szkucia have been pillaged and entirely burnt by the insurgents. " In the town of Radomicy they took by force from the Jew Szag Montel the sum of 150 roubles, and would have levied a contribution on the other Jews of the same place, but were prevented by our troops, who deleated them the same day in the forest of Czkucine. "In the village of Lopuszno, in the district of Kielce, the insurgents shot two peasants. On the 10th (22d) of April, in the village of Borczowice, district of Malkowicy, they fell upon the sheepfold, grievously wounded the shepherd, violently beat his wife, and took away his money and everything he possessed. " On the 11th (23d) April they fell upon some pig dealers who were returning from the town of Pinezowo, and took from them 225 roubles. " On the 13th (25th) April, at Brzenice, a town belonging to the commune of utkowice, they tor tured to death the Jew Meniaz. The unfortunate man was three times hanged ; each time, wnen. he lost consciousness, he was taken down; at last, before going away, they shot at and wounded him. Meniaz was taken to the town of Pinczuwo, where be ex pired after six hmirs of suffering. Their object in torturing him was to obtain his money, which amounted to the sum of 57 roubles. " In consequence of these and similar acts com mitted by the insurgents, the peasants, on seeing the approach of a band, fly with their wives and children to the forests, and there conceal themselves until the departure of the insurgents. " Many peasants now come to me and ask permis sion to co-operate with the troops to clear the forests of the insurgents. A similar disposition is found among the Jews; for instance, the Jew who is with me has already taken part in three expeditions; in the forest of Czkucine he threw himself, with the Cossacks, upon the insurgents and wounded two of them. " One of our detacbmen!s, in passing from lkineW to Neklany, found in the village of kraesna a num ber of dead b o di es o f peasants hanging t o th e trees, in twos and fours, turned towards and embracing each other. " This ferocious act had been committed by order of the chief of the band, Czachowaki. The hideous p spectacle made a profound impression upo n the troo s; heard throughout the ranks, and the d esire of yen murmurs of indignation and avers ion were gk,alica w:As vLiblo in their cflunteuances, aua the ezciarnution, There t'nall be no more prisoners!' ran through the ranks of' the detachment. (Signed) General CHEN GIRL"