The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-20 00:00:00

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AT a GENERAL COURT held at the Bank of
England, on Thursday, the 19th of March, 1863,
Resolved—
That the thanks of this Court be given to the Governor,
Deputy Governor, and Court of Directors of the Bank of
England, for their able management of the affairs of this Cor-
poration during the last half year.
It was further resolved—
That the special thanks of this Court be given to Alfred
Latham, Esq., the retiring Governor, for the mode iu which
he has performed the arduous duties of Isis office at the cult of
much anxiety, time, and self-denial.
Ordered—
That the sail Resolutions be advertised in all the daily
morning and evening papers.
JAMES STEW A RT, Secretary.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 19.
TOBACCO DUTIES BILL.
Order for committee read. Motion made and question pro-
posed, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the chair."
Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That"
to the end of the question, in order to add the words "the
bill he committed to a select committee," instead thereof.
Question put, "That the words proposed to be lett out
stand part of the question." The house divided—Ayes,
170; Noes, 87.

GLAND.-A COMM
of the Undersigned fol
FUNDS in AID of POLAND

lIT rEE has been form,,d
)r the purpose of RAISING
at the present crisis :

AYES —l7O.
Adam,W. P. Ewing- 11. E. C. Morris, D.
,
Agnew, Sir A. Fellowes, Edward Murray, William
Annesley, Col. li. Finlay, A. S. North, F.
Atherton, Sir W. Forester, Gen. Packe, Col.
Aytoun, It. S. Forster, w. E. Padmore, It.
Baines, E. Fortescue, Hon. F. Paget, C.
Barbour, J. D. Galiwey, Sir W. P. Paget, Lord A.
Baring, 11. B. Gavin, Major Paget, Lord C. E.
Baring, Sir F. Gibson, T. M. Palmer, Sir R.
Bar ttelot, Col. Gilpin, C. Palmerston, Visct.
Baxter, W. E. Gladstone, W. E. Patten, Col. W.
Bazley, Thomas Glyn, G. G. Peacocke, G. M.
Beale, Samuel Goldsmid, Sir F. Peel, Sir R.
Bellew, R. M. Gordon, C. W Peel, F.
Bernard, Thos. T. Gower F. L. Pilkington, James
Blackburn, P. Gower, G. W. L. Portman, W. H. B.
Bonham-Carter, J. Graham, Lord Wm. Potter, E.
Botfield, Beriah Greenall, G. Powell, J.
Bouverie, E. P. Greenwood, J. Puller, C. W.
Bouverie, P. P. Gregory, w, H. Rowley, Hon. R. T.
Bovill, Wm. Gregson, S. Russell, Hastings
Brady, Dr Gurdon, B. Russell, A. J. E.
Bramley-Moore, J. Hadfield, Geo. bcott, Sir W.
Bramston, T. W. Hankey, Thomson Scourfield, J. H.
Browne, Lord J. T. Hassard, M. D. Seymour, A,
Bruce, H. A. . Hayter, Sir Wm. Shelley, Sir J. V.
Buchanan, W. Headlam Thos. E. Smith, J. B.
J
Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Henley, J. Smith, Sir F.
"Butt, Isaac Henley, Lord ' Smollett, P.
Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Hod,gkinson, G. Stansfeld, J.
Castlerosse, Viet. Horstall, T. B. Steel, John
Cave, S. Howard, Hon. C. Stuart, Col.
Childers, H. C. E. Howes, E. Stuart, Col. W.
Cholmeley, Sir M. Hutt, W. Talbot, C. R. M.
Clay, James Ingham, It. Thompson, H. S.
Clifford, C. C. Jackson, W. Tite, Wm.
Clifford, Col. Johnstone., Sir J. Tollemache, J. H.
Coke, Col. Kendall, N. Trelawny, Sir J. S.
Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Kennard, It. Vernon, H.
Crawford, It, W. Ker, D. S. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C.
Cubitt, Ald. King, Hon. P. Walpole, S. H.
Dalglish, Robert King, J. K. Walter, John
Davey, U. Kingscote, Lt.-Col. Watlington, J.
Denman, G. Knatchbull-Hugess Weguelin, T.
Dent, John Dent Layard, AH. Wemyss, J.
Bering, Sir E. Lawson, W. Westhead, J.
Dillwyn, Lewis L. Lefroy, A. Whalley, G. H.
Dodson, John G. Lennox, L)rd H. G. White, Jas.
Douglas, Sir C. Lewis, Sir X. C. White, L.
Doulton, F. Lewis, Hovey Wickham, H. W.
Duff, M. E. Liddell,.Hoi. H. G. Winnington, Sir T.
Duff, R. Lysley, W. Woods, Henry
Dundee, Sir David Mackie, J. Wynn, C.
Egerton, A. F. Mackinnon,W. A. Wyvill, hi.
Egerton, E. C. Marjoribankt, D. C.
Enfield, Viscount Marsh, M. IL TELLERS.
Ewart, William Martin, J. Brand, H. B.
Ewart, J. C. Montgomery, Sir G. Dunbar, Sir Wm.

The Marquis Towndiend. Colonel Pinney, M.P.
I
The Earl of Ilchester, John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
The L.,rd Kinnaird, K.T. Edmund Beales, Esq., M.P.
The Viscount Itaynham, ALP. I Wm. Lloyd Birkbeck, Esq.
Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare, Bt.
Subscriptions will be received at the Bankers, Messrs.
Hanbury and Lloyd's, 60, Lombard-street, E.C. ; and at the
Office of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland,
10, Duke-street, St. James's, S.W. The names of other
Bankers will shortly be announced.

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Pauli, H.
Bagwell, J.
Beecroft, G. S. ii ay, Sir J Powys, L. P.
Bentinck, G. C. Henniker, Lord Ridley, Sir M. W.
Bowyer, Sir G. Hubbard, J. G. Rolt, J.
Bridges, Sir B. Jervis, Captaii Sclater-Booth, G.
Bruce, Sir H. Jolliffe, H. Scott, Lord H.
Burrell, Sir P. Kekewich, S. Selwyn, C. J.
Cartwright, Col. Kelly, Sir F. Sidney, Thomas
Cochrane, A. D. Knatchbull, W Smith, S. G.
Codrington, Sir W Knox, Lt. -Col. 3. W. Spooner, R.
Cole, Hon. H. Lacon, Sir E. Staniland, M.
Collins, T. Langton, W. G. Stirling, Wm.
Cox, W. Leader, N. Stunt, Col.
Cubitt, George Leatham, E. Sullivan, M.
Dickson, Col. Lennox, Lord G. G. Sykes, Col. W. H.
Duncombe, A. Leslie, W. Tempest, Lord A.V.
Dunne, Col. Long R. P. Thynne, Lord E.
Elphinstone, Sir J. Longfield, Robert Thynne, Lord H.
Fergusson. Sir J. Lyall, G. Torrens, R.
Ferrand, W. Macdonogh, F. Trevor, Lord A.
Fitzgerald, W. S. Malins, R. Vandeleur, Col.
French, Col. Manners, LordJ. Whiteside, J.
Gard, R. S. Montagu, Lord R. Whitmore, H.
Garnett, W. J. Newdegate, C. Williams, W.
George, John Northcote, Sir S. H. Wood, W.
Gore, W. R. 0. O'Hara, C. W. TELLERS.
Greene, J. Packe, C. Ayrton, A. S.
Gray, Capt. Pakington, Sir J. S. Hennessy, J. P.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.

LEMBERG, March 19.

A telegram received hera from ram ow announces
that Langiewicz defeated the Russians under the
command of General Schachowsky both yesterday
and the day before, and captured considerable
quantities of war material.

PARIS, March 19.
The bulletin of the Ilioniteur to-days contains the
following :
" The whole of the news from Poland, which
attracts so large a Orlre of publin int,q.est, appears
to demonstrate that the insurrection is becoming
general."
DEBATE ON POLAND IN THE FRENCH
SENATE.

PARIS, March 19.

To-day in the Senate, M. de. Tourangis explained
why the committee proposed to pass to the order of
the day on the petitions in favour of Poland.

M. Billault expressed his regret that words had
been spoken likely to compromise the cause of
Poland, and rendering more difficult the course of
the Government. M. Billault said :—" The sym-
pathies of France for Poland are not new, and are
founded upon glorious recollections and the senti-
ments inspired by the sufferings of a heroic people
which have lasted nearly a century." The Minister
then stated that he had nothing to retract from the
words which he had uttered in another assembly,
and continued—' The Polish question is not forgot-
ten ; but a fresh insurrection can only bring fresh
misfortunes, and it is neither good, useful, nor hu-
mane to encourage it.' The French Government
persists in this language. M. Billault recalled that
the policy followed by preceding Governments con-
sisted in many words and little action—" A policy
dangerous for Poland, irritating for sovereigns, and
without result for anybody." "It is necessary,"
he said, "to mistrust popular impulses." M. Bil-
lault observed that aspirations for liberty were
manifesting themselves everywhere, and made the
Powers more accessible to the voice which has been
rained in favour of Poland. " For this reason," he
continued, " Russia has replied to the communica-
tions of France by benevolent words, promising
concession and amnesty." " The old distrust of
Europe towards France exists no longer." " The
policy and conduct of the Emperor has destroyed it
for ever." Foreign Powers understand that this
pacific and liberal policy
responds to the wants and
necessities of all parties. If it should happen that
the destiny of Poland must be settled by a Congress,
there is no doubt that the voice of France would be
listened to. M. Billault mentioned the precedents of
the Senate on similar occasions, and asked that the
order of the day be adopted. He remarked, in conclu-
sion, that after the speech which the Senate heard
yesterday, it could not hesitate between referring the
petitions to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, accom-
panied by its reasons for so doing—a course which
perhaps implied the risk of war—and passing to
the order of the day, thereby expressing confidence
in the wisdom and firmness of the Emperor.
Much cheering followed the conclusion of M.
Billault's speech, and the Senate passed to the order
of the day by
109 against 17 votes.

DEMONSTRATION IN PARIS IN FAVOUR
OF POLAND.

PARIS, March 19.
The Patrie of this evening says ;
" To-day, at the conclusion of the lecture deli-
vered by Professor St. Marc de Girardin, a large
number of students set out for the Palace of the
a manifestation
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"On arriving at the Place Odeon they were,
however, dispersed by several brigades of police.
"During the sitting of the Senate the police
patrolled the Place Odeon, and the Rue de Vau-
girard, in order to prevent the people from collect-
ing together."
The Temps of this evening adds—
" Some arrests were made in consequence of the
demonstration which took place to-day."

The latest news from the Polish camp is con-
tained in a letter from Cracow of the 15th inst.,
which says—

Wheti the dictator, M. Langiewicz, left Cosyca
heproceeded on the road
evening of the same
toon
i‘tliiieeolhlotwh
,wiatohdhiosocortphse
day he established his headquarters at Sosnowka,
a few miles from Miechow. On the 14th inst.
an outpost fight took place near the village of
Sczepanowice, in the vicinity of the camp. A party
of soldiers, including some frontier guards, advanced
stealthily to the Polish lines, and despatched one of
the guards; but the Poles who were on duty at the
place assembled so quickly, and received the enemy

ME SUN, (MINIM )N, FRIDAY EVENING. MARCH 20, 1863.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

with so lively a fire, that nine Russians, including
one officer, were killed and others were wounded.
The Cossacks took to flight, but very soon two coal•
panies of infantry, who had also been sent from
Mieckow, arrived on the scene. The Poles, how-
ever, showed so good a front, and seemed so ready to
fight, that the Russians retired without waiting for
an attack. So far as the position of the Russians
in that neighbourhood is concerned, it is known that
General Szachowski, who was beaten at Skala, was
at Welbrom, two miles from Sosnowka, pnd that ho
had received reinforcements by railway. Reinforce-
ments had also been sent from Kielce to Miechow
and Strzemieszyce, but on account of the repeated
interruption to the communication by rail vt-ay the
progress of the troops was slow and irregular."

The Dziennik, of the 15th inst. contains a series
of victories over the Poles, and of remarkable im-
muoity on the part of the Russians, but little reii-
ance is placed on these accounts, although it is
acknowledged that the Poles have suffered serious
losses. This has been, however, at the expense of
the Russian troops, as is shown by the crowded
condition of the hospitals at Warsaw. A report
has been in circulation for some time that the
Poles torture the Russians who may be at their
mercy; and as proofs of this, it has been affirmed
that the hands of the captured soldiers have been
cut off, or sometimes only the fingers ; but the
truth appears to be that the wounds from which
the Russians suffer were in many cases inflicted
with scythes, which, when wielded by men so
skilled in their use as are the Poles, are likely to
inflict just the kind of injury mentioned.
Au account from Thorn of the 16th inst. says—
"'Whilst the Russian reports describe the revolution
as nearly extinguished, persons who have arrived
from Warsaw report that this is by no means the
case. If the revolt does not gain ground, which is
allowed by the leaders, it becomes more concentrated,
and receives an access of various elements of
strength ; and the opinion is generally entertained
that towards the end of the month some important
events will take place. Young people belonging to
the substantial classes of the inhabitants are drawn
into the revolt in great numbers, and this gives rise
to a system of terrorism from which German sub-
jects living in Poland, and even those provided
with passports from German Governments, are not
exempt. Various trustworthy persons who have
left Warsaw within a few days state that a printed
bill from the revolutionary Government was in cir-
culation, commanding persons to appear on a cer-
tain day at a specified place in Warsaw, to take the
oath, and then to immediately proceed to join the
revolutionary army. To this notice the threat is
added that, in case of non-compliance with this de-
mand, the dagger or the rope awaits them, As
neither the Russian Government nor the respective
consuls can protect anyone against such a condition
of terrorism, foreigners consider it most advisable
to absent themselves; and this so many of them have
done, that some workshops and places of business
are nearly deserted. It is confirmed, however, that
but few of the traders and mercantile people, or the
well disposed nobles or the peasants of this district,
have joined the insurgents. The clergy have also
hitherto held aloof from them. The chief contingent
for the revolutionary army has been furnished by
the smaller nobility and their dependents. Trade is
nearly extinct, and foreign credit is almost reduced
to a minimum. Some English and French houses
have entirely withdrawn from business, and it is
greatly feared that the crisis will prove most
ruinous to the Polish trade."

The Duke of Somerset, as First Lord of the
Admiralty, held a levee yesterday at the Admiralty,
Whitehall. The following officers attended :—Rear-
Admiral Sir George Sartorius, Rear-Admiral Chas.
Elliot, Capt .T. P. Thompson, Capt. J. C. Bing,
Capt. G. 0. Willes, Capt. T. H. A. Brener), R. 111.,
Capt. J. C. Prevost, Capt. G. T. P. Hornby, Capt.
N. B. Bedingfeld, Capt. J. Edye, Capt. G. A. C.
Brooker, Capt. W. Armytage, Capt. J. J. B. E.
Frere, Capt. S. H. Derriman, Commander W. E.
Gordon, Commander W. F. Wilson, Commander J.
B. Grove, Commander James Simpson, Commander
the Hon. J. Carnegie, Commander J. E. Bingham,
Commander E. Hardy, Commander R. Dawkins,
Commander H. B. King, Commander E. R. Fre-
mantle, Lieut. John Nott, Lieut. H. J. Challis, and
Lieut. H. T. Boger.
The frigate Ocean, 32, an account of which has
appeared in The Sun, was safely launched yester-
day afternoon at Devonport by her builder, Mr.
Peake, in the presence of a large concourse of per-
sons, including the Admiral-Superintendent, Admi
ral Tucker, Major-General Hutchinson, Colonel
Owen, C.E., &c.
The Royal Oak, 34, the first of the squadron of
armour.plated steamers yet completed, was floated
out of dock at Chatham yesterday afternoon, and
immediately after got up steam and proceeded to
moorings at Folly Point, some few miles from the
harbour, where she will be completed for sea,
the depth of water in Chatham harbour being
insufficient to allow of her floating without often
touching the ground, and thereby straining her.
On the water being admitted into the dock
yesterday the Royal Oak was found to draw
21ft. 6in. forward, and 22ft. aft, or, in other
words, she was on a nearly even keel, to which she
had been trimmed by the stowage of her shot, cables,
&c., to admit of her passing over the sill of the
dock. As it was, however, her keel slightly dragged
the bottom of the dock as she floated out. On the
occasion of her launch her draught of water was
18ft. aft., and 13ft. bin. forward; since which, how-
ever, she has had upwards of 1,000 tons of armour-
plating bolted to her sides, and most of her heavy
stores put on board. The Royal Oak was accom-
panied to Folly Point by the Adder and other
steamers, and was navigated by Mr. Blakey, Queen's
pilot at Chatham. The engines worked smoothly,
and with remarkable ease and regularity, consider-
ing that steam had only been admitted into the
cylinders for the first time- With only two boilers
at work, and the screw making but 30 revolutions
per minute, a speed of six knots was obtained.
After taking up her moorings at Folly Point yester-
day afternoon two hours were spent in working her
engines, under the direction of Mr. Warriner, who
represented the firm of Messrs. Maudslay and Co.
Capt. Campbell, who has been appointed to the
Royal Oak; Mr. Lang, master shipbuilder at
Chatham; Mr. Pope, master-attendant; Mr. Baker,
engineer, and other officials, accompanied the frigate
to Folly Point yesterday. The Royal Oak will to-
day proceed alongside the coal depot to fill up with
coal before commencing a series of trials at the
Maplin with a light and heavy draught.

viously arrived at Falmouth, proceeded to Ply-
mouth on the same day in consequence of two cases
of smallpox among the crew. .

The third dock at Chatham, vacated by the Royal
Oak, is being prepared for the reception of the sail-
ing frigate Active, 40, which is being fitted as a
training ship for the Naval Cadet Volunteers at
Hartlepool.

The Hector iron frigate, in No. 10 dock, at
Portsmouth, was officially inspected yesterday by
the dockyard officials, prior to her being accepted
from the hands of the builders, Messrs. Napier,
of Glasgow. There is a considerable body of
water in the ship, but only one sign of a " weep"
can be seen throughout the entire extent. of the
ship's bottom, and it is exceedingly unimpor-
tant. No iron ship, in fact, has yet been deli-
vered that represents strength and good workman-
ship in a higher degree than the Hector. The Go-
vernment people, nevertheless, seem bound to find
some fault, however trifling, and to enable them to
fill up the usual schedule have marked some six or
seven rivets in the bottom plates for renewal. No
fault whatever is apparent in these rivets, and it is
doubtful whether they can be disturbed and renewed
in as sound a condition as they are at present. The
Hector has been six months in the water, and on
being docked yesterday her bottom was found to
be surprisingly clean. It has been free of all patent
compositions and merely coated with ordinary paint
and red lead.

The screw frigate Leander, 51, 500 horse power,
attached to the Chatham steam reserve, is to be
docked as soon as the Cossack, 20, 1,296 tons, 250
horse power, now preparing for commission, is out
of the hands of the dockyard officials. The ship-
wrights and mechanics employed on the latter
vessel are working extra hours, in order that the
Cossack may be ready for undocking early in June.
The line-of-battle screw steamer Mors, 81, 400
horse power, recently paid off from the Mediter-
ranean into the Chatham steam reserve, is to be
docked as soon as opportunity occurs, to have her
defects made good. She is not to be fitted for the
first division of the steam reserve, as previously
ordered.

The Chinese despatch boat Pekin, Captain Bur-
goyne, N.C., put into Falmouth on Tuesday after-
noon from Spithead, bound to China, in order to be
supplied with fuel. The China, of the same class,
in command of Admiral Osborn, which had pre-

A screw steamer, supposed to be the Wyse, Mas-
ter-Commander Valentine Roberts, anchored at
Spithead last evening from the West Coast of
Africa.

Some important firing at armour plates of French
manufacture will take place at Portsmouth to-day,
under the supervision of Captain R. S. Hewlett,
C.B.

It having been in contemplation for some time
past to establish a naval police in Woolwich, on the
principle of the military police, commanded by
Brigade Major Milward, a number of non•commis-
sioned officers and privates belonging to the local
division of Royal Marines were yesterday discharged
from the service, and were enrolled in the new force
to be commanded by the senior officer of the dock-
yard.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam sloop Hydra,
paid off at Woolwich in August last, from North
America and West Indies, has been taken up by the
shipwright department, and is progressing rapidly
for service. She will be entirely stripped to the
framework, and will be rendered equal to new.
The Kite, which it is expected will be ordered to
be broken up, will be paid off at Woolwich to-mor-
row.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—W. C. Beck, engineer, to the
Indus, as supernumerary ; A. Smart, assist.-engi-
neer, to the Cumberland, for the Snipe; Peter
Thompson, atsist.• engineer, to the Pembroke; J.
Edwards, second master, to the Pandora; F. Seaton,
second master, to the Sparrow ; J. D. Wiltshire,
second master, to the Megoera ; R. F. Bellis, mas-
ter's assistant, to the Pandora; and Pownal Aplin,
master's assistant, to the Sparrow.

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