The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-01 00:00:00

An Execution in Lithuania.

The est Deutsch Zeitug publishes the following
letter from Kowno, dated Nov. 17 :
The hopes of an amnesty for the Polish insurgents seem
to be in no way likely to be fulfilled. Only within the
last few days an execution took place here; the military
commission had sentenced the culprit to be shot, but Mou-
ravieff ordered him to be hanged. The unfortunate Pole
was Dr Micewicz, a man of about 20, who had just passed
his examination at St Petersburg when the insurrection
broke out. lle is said to have been one of the chief orga-
nisers of the revolution in the government of Kowno : it is
certain that he eked no blood, and was not an insurgent
leader. He denied the charge against him to the last. It
may not be without interest to make public some of the
details of the execution. Early in the morning it was
proclaimed by beat of drum that at 0 o'clock ono of the
insurgents would be hanged. It was a dark, cold, cloudy
day, and the melancholy procession slowly made its way
through the narrow and muddy streets to the scaffold. In
the midst was the young Pole, dressed in black, and accom-
panied by a Roman Catholic priest in full canonicals. Close
behind were some 20 foot soldiers with their bayonets turned
towards him; in front was a detachment of infantry, and a
body of mounted Cossacks, with their long lances, sure
rounded the whole procession, their tanned and bearded
faces and long brown cloaks giving an Asiatic appearance
to the scene. The scaffold, 15 feet high, was guarded by a
body of infantry and U Wales. Below it were the executioner
(who in Russia is:usually a convicted murderer) and six sol-
diers to assist him. When the prisoner approached the
scaffold he knelt down and received extreme unction from
the priest, after which he looked round as if he were seek-
ing someone. It was thought that he was looking for his
sister, who however was lying ill. The sentence was then
read, and the prisoner advanced with quick decided steps
to the gallows, threw off his coat, and put on a long white
shirt, while the executioner drew over his head and face a
white cap, which he tied tightly over his eyes, and tied his
hands behind him. In another second the halter was round
his throat and his body swang in the air. Death came
slowly, and appeared to cause him great pain, his convul-
sions lasting more than two minutes. When he was quite
dead the cap was removed from his face. In the afternoon
two ladies who were seen at ired in deep mourning on the
place of execution were arrested. The body was removed
the same night by the police and buried in lime:

glifur i.H LIEN t tut itit

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 30.
Their 11,-.;yal Highnesses Princess Helena and
Prince Leopold, attended by Lady Caroline Bat'
rington, the Hon. Mrs Wellesley, Captain Sir W.
lioste, and Mr Buff, went to London last evenings
and honoured the performance at the Princess a
Theatre with their presence, The royal party
returned to Windsor castle at twelve o'clock.
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness
Princess Helena and her Royal Highness Princess
Louise, attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart,
walked and drove in the grcuuds of the Castle this

morning.
Her Majesty held a Council today, which 05
attended by Earl Granville, Earl Russell, Lord
Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. Sir George

Grey,
Earl Russell had an audience of the Queen, and
presented M. Barreda, Minister of Peru.

Earl Granville had an audience.
Mr Henry, chief magistrate at Bow-street, Wit 6
presented to her Majesty by Sir George Grey and
received the honour of knighthood.

•
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left
town yesterday, attended by Colonel the Hon. James Mae"
donald, on a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and
Princess of Wales at Sandringham.
The Duke and Duchess of 'Wellington are enter*
taining a select party at Strathfieldssye, Hants.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury ha"
left their house in Pall-mall, for Savernake Lodge, near
Marlborough, Wilts.
The Eirl and Countess of Chesterfield have been
receiving a succession ct friends at Bretby Park, Berle

shire.
Viscount and Viscountess Amberley, after leaf'
ing Woburn Abbey, intend to pay a few visits and will then
go to Earl Russell's seat, near Stroud, Gloucestershire.
La Baronne de Molembrix hes left Brown's Hotel'
The Earl of Caithness and Captain Sir W. Hosts
were the Lord and Groom in Waiting.
Mr Helps, the clerk of the Council, Was i°
attendance.
The Countess of Gainsborough has succeeded the
Countess of Caledon as Lady in Waiting to her
Majesty.
Lord Mahon and Captain Hayter, of the Grel33;
dier Guards, arrived in England by the Persia, from a °II.,
through North America, and a visit to the headquarters °'
the armies operating in front of Richmond.
Lady Herbert of Lea, with the Earl of Pembreh:
and her family, have arrived at Palermo,where they inter'
passing the winter,
The funeral of Lord Eliot is appointed to tail
place on Saturday next. The Earl of St. Germans
an
other members of the family will attend.
The marriage of the Hon. George Fitzwilliate
and Miss Anson, only unmarried daughter of the
General Anson and sister of the Marchioness of Bristol, 1:
to take place next month. The precise day is not Ye

fixed.
The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, M.P., c")!
Mrs Cardwell are about to visit Mr Baring, at his seat 1-

Hampshire.
The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel is expceted
arrive at his residence in 'Whitehall-Gardens to-day froll/2
Ireland.

THE NEW CANON OF WESTMINSTER.—The Dettl
of Westminster has appointed Monday next, the 6th in 9t.,
for the installation of the Rev. Ernest Hawkins, 11
secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Goss
in Foreign Parts, to the Canonry lately vacant by the
signation of the Ven. Archdeacon Bentinck. Mr 1-1014 ilia f
has tendered his resignation as secretary of the social, s'6

the post will forthwith be declared vacant.
Mit. LINCOLN'S ME SS AG E,—The Presidenit,
wishes that those desiring to call upon him personally 'Il
postpone their visits for a time, as he is-ergaged in Prel)°,ll.:
ing his annual Message to Congress. As this docon'efl;
will contain a comprehensive resume of all civil and Ow";
tary matters for the past eventful year, it will be swaite,s,
with anxious interest by the country.-11 etc, reek
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Father
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whof imhe
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sdtligie
Theresa Longworth Yelverton, in the little vi'lage„
Kilbroney, R,ostrevor,
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jetted to avee, in ryciposueblienx,amanind it
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saidat "
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Yelverton case,
himself since."
DEATH OF A COMPANION OF SIR WALTER SCI,
—Mr James Skene, of Rubislaw, Aberdeensbit'
died at Frewen Hall, Oxford, on Sunday last, in his
year. He was one of the earliest and most intimate iris"; .
of Sir Walter Scott, whose acquaintance he made 01)0i0
1796, after his return from Saxony, whither he had g00,8,(1
study German. Mr Skene was called to the bar of Sc°l`,ll.,--st,
in 1797, and his was the oldest name but one in that ,al"6-0,
Ithat of Lord Brougham, who was called to the bar in
standing next, In 1797 also Mr Skene was appointed c.,•..a
net of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, a regiment rigii;rs
mainly by the exertions of Sir Walter Scott, who filleu,:,r
office of quartermaster in it. Mr Skene married a datlP,,
of Sir William Forbes, of Pitsligo, the benevolent aodLll#
triotic Sir Willie, so celebrated in the history of Sc d'
banking. Mr Skene had several children ; one of his gir-fi
daughters is married to the Archbishop of York. Thelc)jjei,
canto of " Marmion" is dedicated to Mr Skene. end 113- AS
touching reference to the death of Sir "William Forblot
happening immediately after the birth of Mr Skene s wog
child, thus mingling sorrow with rejoicing. Mr Ste°. for
held the office of secretary to the Board of Irustees
Manufactures in Scotland. „al
A STOWAWAY EXTRAORDINARY.—A ship -
the Brothers' Pride, belonging to Messrs. rerilv
Brothers, and commanded by Captain Paynter, arrio'leo
Queenstown on Saturday, from Callao, which place l'ho:l
early in September. Among the crew shipped at 'Aboef
was a man named Coleman, a native of Passage•
two days after the Brothers' Pride had sailed frcl'ie`for
Coleman mysteriously disappeared. Ho was searebs'ice
in every part of the vessel, even to where the cargo' 16.,'":00
was composed of guano, was stowed, but nowhere conwera
be found. Repeated quests for the missing Ins%ll4tlis
made but with the like result. It was then thought tmior
had fallen overboard, and he was entered in theffeco
book as dead, and his clothes and other
pyd
were set up to auction, and knocked down t°
highest bidder. The vessel made a fair passage'.o
sighted Cork Harbour on Saturday morning, ej;ers
days after she had left Callao. Whilst preparations co'
were being made to cast anchor, a human face, to 14°, tilg
sternation of the sailors, appeared above the hold, the-tocet
entire body, and the apparition advanced towards sll,°. 000,
and said, " I may as well give you a pull, boys." .1")""
as the sailors recovered from their momentary alarl/loolo#
recognised in the apparition their long-lost corarscle,o
man. looking very dirty, no daubt, but not other°lo ate?
worse for his long incarceration. He had been 8 0010/1
concealed in the hold of the vessel amongst bags °f!t, l
how ho managed to subsist, or on what he did subs,:.:t tfr
matter of mystery, rendered greater by the fact tR-nisge:
crew were rather short of provisions for part of they",,t
He was brought on shore and given into the custe-rost
police, to await whatever proceedings Captain FAY°
bring against him: Court Examiner. cie°
MAGNESIUM.—It is well known that by ;et
discovery magnesium can 139 used as an WO; Or
ing agent. Its properties in this respect are so gfe°l,os.;
photography, as applied to portraiture, can, wittlegiol,
dispense with the light of the sun. The only estab"if $Ol
for the manufacture of the metal is in the borong/3 tieeeSc
ford, near Manchester. It is now manufactured /300 °
fully by Mr Edward Sonstadt, an English gelitleof
Swedish descent, who, after much study end 1%-0410,
periments, recently discovered a comparatively 1 otio
sive mode of making magnesium in large c1,°051,
The basis of the manufacture is the olosteo
which dolomite mountains are composed. It
lt-er4o
the north-east of England in combination with ffier
sl
stituting magnesian limestone, from which 11°:°/1„-pets
metal is not su readily extracted as from the a eslijil
magnesium imported from Greece. There i 9 818:00'of
of hills in India consisting of carbonate of wog° that
tr
the ocean magnesium exists in such qualltitie°
Sonstadt estimates, if it could be brougilt oet°l,l
it fes
would make a mountain of magnesiuro e
more than fifty-four miles in height, sncia fro°oo4
miles square. The metal, after being extracteo, fore
carbonate of magnesium by a chemical Pro 1r00,.,°00
into solid blocks, which are taken to the Salf°r„.-beon'',llo'
in order to be converted into wire and ribbon. -Leo for t tO
to which the wire has been yet applied has b the of
ululation, Mr Brothers, of Manchester, Ws° iotlf
adopt it for taking portraits by night---and wire gi 090;
weather the burning of a small portion of tinii,porfees:
assists the action of the sunlight for photogr7 Frofefooje
We learn that on the 23d inst. Mr C, P. 51:0311, 1,00, oje,
4010, ;
Practical Astronomy at the University
of L
ueittesy 001
from Liverpool forEgypt,supplied with Tut the inic,oo
and every other requisite for photographioghe inter' VP
t raP
the Pyramids. By the ail of max botog ear
and P t
caves end mines may be distinctly seen f gees ot,,
For signals it is ;hoped that it will prove 2/3
since its light has been seen at a distance clario,lo solit
Its applicability is now bring tested ins round
Government authorities and by chew ere to ti`
world, and we may confidently expect th,t_oo,lteilA
adaptations to use evil,be found of this
modern eiiiiieatien,