The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-18 00:00:00

FITILACT 01 ♦ LIMA MON WILIA.

The arrival of General Mouravieff in our town as military
governor has been marked by the unlimited powers con-
ferred upon him, which, in order to stifle the insurrection, he
is allowed to exercise without any ref arenas being made to
the authorities at St. Petersburg. More than one thousand
of the landed proprietors have been imprisoned in the case-
mate*, and preparations are being made for those arrested
Grodno, for which puma, the sequestered convent' in
Wane have been assigned. The general refuses to see
anyone, and is so afraid of being poisoned that be
has engaged a confidential cook, who sate his dinner
with him. The priest hot has been shot in
the market-place for having read from the pulpit the
manifesto of the national government to his parishioners.
Considering that at the time there were no more than fif-
teen persons in the church, this cruel sentence on an eccle-
siastic causes the greatest possible indignation. Another
priest, of the name of Ztemecki, and a lauded proprietor,
Laskiewis, suffered the same fate.
General Mouravieff bas decided that, for the sake of ex-
ample, there should be three execution, weekly on the
market days, and says that he has plenty of candidates-
Those days are selected with a view to making a deep im•
premien, on the country people. Two executioners have
been sent from St. Petersburg, and the gallows are erected
permanently. To the troops that have been despatched in
search of the insurgents it is particularly enjoined that they
should make no prisoners, but finish them either with
bayonets or the butte of their muskets.
Such unheard-of tyranny has even disgusted some of
the Russians, and consequently General Adjutant Frotw,
General of the Corps of Gendarmes, Hildebrand, and
General Maninkin, have applied for a prolonged leave of
absence, being all unwilling to serve under such a com-
mandant. General &Amami!, of the Guards, has gone to
St. Petersburg, where he declared that be is prepared to
fight, but neither he nor those under his command will act
the part of executioners.
Count Victor Starzynaki, at whose house the strictest
search had been made and nothing found, has been lodged
in the citadel of Wilma, and all WAN to him forbidden.
A sort of peasants guard was attempted to be organised
in the government of Groan° ; but in the parish of Roche-
pow 56 who had been inscribed joined the insurrection at

Ina word, the terror now introduced by General Mourn-
Mei is such as to produce despair in the heart of every one,
and the wont is expected.
The insurrectionary bands are being multiplied and vie.
torions. The peasants are favourable to the movement,
except partly in the government of Mobilew. They my in
their blunt language that ma soon as the French make
their appearance they will all aide with the insurgents, and
not leave alive a single Muscovite in Poland.

WEATHER RZPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

tirnItSDAY, Joao 11 a Lx.

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Nairn 29.89 j 1767 —l-1 4 c; 3 0.4 1
Aberdeen 99.411631 F. 8.1. 8 m 7 0.26; 3
Leith re. 11,0 671 L 14 0 4 0.11 1
Ard roman -1988168 N. 20 b - - 1
Greencastle. 29.86. && 1 6c 2 0.08 1
Hallway 99.96 50 Z. , 24 c-- 11
Vuleutia 29.81 67 Z. , 60 o - -1 1
Queenstown 29.82 W W. 1 II e - -1 1
Shields 19.92 6.11 W.A. W. 1 12 f 1 0.10 2
Scarborough 49.80 66 N.N.& 24 flO 970! 1
Liverpool W.9O 50 I 8.0.& 26 c - -I 1
Holyhead -19.83 69 I S.S. W. 18 b - -; 2
Pembroke 29.89 67, &S.& 24 f 9 -. 1
Penzance 49.86 56 SAL 28 0. 8 0.15; 4
i Hama .. - 129.80 all &Z. 20 l 1,- 1 3
L'Orient 29.80 60' I 15 0 - 2
itachefort -.29.00 W & 24 b ' - 8
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Plymouth 29.87 66 1 ESA. 2 24 0 ' - 1
Weymouth -29.89 671 2 8.1. 2 12 0 - 1
Portsmouth. 29.89 68 3 I &S.W. 2 24 e .- 2
Loodon 59.91 Gil 4 W. 1 26 IA , - -
Dover 29.91 611 3 W. 22 c I -
Yarmouth 29.8860' 2 N. 1 8 b ' - 1
Heligoland 29.866710 Z. 20 Z. r 6 0.27; 3
Lopenbagen
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PROII.III

TRIDAT. ........___
SATURDAY.
N.E. to N.W., mode- SCOTLAND. N.N.W. to W.S.W.,
rate, doe. moderate.
W.0.W.t0 N.N.W., litattAtio N. to W., fresh.
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moderate to fresh.
As next above. W CMITRAL As next above.
B.E. to B.W. and W., *.leaAttell. S.W. to N.W., fresh,
moderate, showery. showery.
As next above. S.W.EIIOI.AIM. As next above.
E.B E. to 8.8. W., fresh, S.B. ENGLAND. B.E. to S.W., moderate
showery. to fresh.
B.N.E. to N.E.W., mo. E. COAST. N. to W., moderate,
derate, fine. Doe.

The first day's hunting at Fontainebleau went oft
very successfully, in spite of the weather. The Emperor
was out and got drenched to the skin, but many of his sub-
jects "refused," sad went home early. After a ran of two
hours, the deer was taken is the water, and received the
coup de mort from the (outwit-de-edam of Prince de la
lacecowa, who was first up. At night the curie took plans
in the court of the Prince Imperial.
The commissioners of National Education in Ire-
, land have appointed Mr. William M'Cready one of the
joint secretanee of the board, in the room of Mr. Maurice
Cram, who fin retired from age ask infirmity, having filled
the office almost sins the system was established. There
are two secretariee—s, protestant and a Roman catholic. Mr.
M'Cready is a presbyterian, and an objection was made to
his appointment on that score by some of the episcopal
members of the board.

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The second
show of this society took place yesterday at their gardens
at South Kensington, and was most successful. The im-
mense collection of brilliant plants brought for competition
was displayed in the Exhibition budding, and completely
filled up both aides of the nave. The show of fruit and
vegetables was also excellent, and some very fine peaches,
nectarines, grapes, and strawberries, were displayed on •
lung table in whet was once a diningealoon of the Exhibition.
In this department were some well-grown specimens of
fruits grown in pots, comprising apples, peen, cherries,
omega, ; but the department of the show which ex-
cited most admiration was that in which were arranged an
infinite variety of floral adornments for the dinner-table.
For these special prizes bad been offered by Sir C. Went-
worth Dilke, • vine-president of the society.
Amongst the novelties at the show were some specimens
of the ceramic art exhibited by Messrs. Goode in South
Audley-street, who are agents for fdinton's works. These
specimens included some piecee of a new majolica, called
celadon-majolica, the superiority of which over that
hitherto made consists in the perfect meaner in which the
celedon colour is made to harmonise with the colours of
the flowers and plants with which it comes in contact.
The idea of this new manufacture originated, we believe,
with Mr. William Goode, • member of the firm to whose
experience and inventive genius is due many of the novel-
ties in the ceramic art produced within the last few years.
To this gentleman is also due the credit of introducing the
" Minton 's white china," which has now attained such
reputation. The first prize in this competition was awarded
to Lady M. Rokeby, the second to Mrs. Rhea, and the third
to Mrs. Fawcett, while another group sent by Mr. A. Salter
was highly commended. A group by Viscountess Holmes-
dds, and one by Lady Gimbal Kerrison, were considered
of equal merit, and the jurors placed the word " cora-
lmended" opposite to them. The gardens were crowded
throughout the afternoon—the total number of visitors being
about 7,000. Prince Leopold sad Prince Lucien Bonaparte
were present during the early part of the afternoon ; and
amongst the other distinguished visitors were Lady Gren.
Mlle, Lord Egerton, Lord and Lady Gardiner, Lord Gordon,
! Lord H. Lennox, Lord Fitaltov, Lord Bingham, the Mar.
ohioness of Ailesbury, Lady Overstoee, the Countess of
• Hess ugh, the Marchioness of Waterford, Lord and Lady
:Rokeby, Baron Brunnow, Lady Burgoyne, Lady
' bull, the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland, the Baroness de
Rothschild, the Duke of Portland, the Duchess of Welber-
ton, the Duchess of Somerset, the Countess Spencer, Lord
John Manners, the Caritas' of Chesterfield, the Marquis of
Winchester, the Swedish Minister, &c.
THE Now ZRALAND CHIEFS. —The New Zealand
chiefs, secompanied by Mr. Jenkins, government inter-
preter yesterday visited the departments of the Royal
Arsenal at Woolwich by special order from the War De-
' pat tment. What chiefly interested them appeared to be
the royal gun factories, where, notwithstanding the mesa-
tion of gunmaking pending the parliamentary decision, ex-
tensive works are still carried on for the repair of guns,
in use. The island chiefs were much interested in wit-
! Deming the welding and preparing slabs of iron for the
maeufacture of new trunnions, and the preparation end
testing of tubes.