The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-22 00:00:00

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning.
Arrived--Violet, and Britannia, from Cardiff.
Sailed—Mermaid, for Torquay.

DEAL, Monday Morning.
Passed, June 21—I. C. R. J. Commercial Code, Jenny,
and Emily, of Teignmouth, from West, for North ; Mary
Hugherson, from New York ; Jaue Lake, barque, from
Jamaica ; Investigation, barque, from West—all for Lon-
don; Clitmere, from London, for Liverpool; Anne Mary,
from Leghorn, for Chatham.
Passed, June 22—Eilen of Guernsey, from the north, for
west ;;Queen of Avon, from London, for Rangoon; H.M.S.
Reynard, from the west.
Anchored—The Levant, from London, for Cardiff, hav-
ing been in collision off Beachy Head, damaged, has put in,
here.

The Opposition in the new French Chamber will
number 35.

Mr. W. Chambers calculates that the monthly
issue of cheap periodicals in the United Kingdom of a
strictly improving tendency is 8,043,600; of works of an
exciting nature, but not positively immoral, 1,500,000; and
of works of an immoral tendency, under 80,000.

_ .
111 r. Rarey has been varying his attendance on the
sick horses of the Federals with a trip in a reconnoitering
balloon. The sensation was, for "purely strategic reasons,"
not long indulged in, as a rifle-ball through the edge of the
car gave him sharp notice to quit cloudland.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON, CHATHAM,
AND DOVER RAILWAY.—On Saturday last an acci-
dent happened to a guard in the service of this company
named Henry Maidment, which resulted in immediate
death. The deceased was a guard on the goods train which
arrived at Canterbury on Saturday morning, and was stand-
ing on one of the trucks holding on by a piece of iron whilst
some shunting was going on, when by some means he was
jolted off and fell on the rails, and before the carriages could
be stopped, they passed over him, completely smashing his
head and chest.

A BASE SUBTERFUGE OF THE ENEMY—ABOUT
THE BALLOT.—A correspondent of the Examiner
signing himself "A Member of tho Reform Club," writes
—" When Lord Palmerston, with that adroitness which
marks him so great a master of the art of debate, seized
upon the point, I can hardly say fact, that the Reform Club
had abolished the vote by ballot, of course he was glad to
catch up any stone to throw at the strong array of argu-
ments which had demolished his usual line of battle. But
what are the facts? The Reform Club took umbrage at
the tyranny of the minority, and stopped the practice of
one black ball out-voting nine. They now have placed the
elections in the hands of a select committee. That is the
simple fact, nor did objection to the Ballot-box as a mode
of election guide the decision of the Club."

THE ROBBERY AT THE STALYBRIDGE RELIEF
OFFICES.—On Thursday afternoon, Mr. James Kirk, the
treasurer to the Stalybridge Relief Committee, discovered
that John Sargent, the confidential clerk to that body,
had absconded with £324. It seems that the delinquent
had been leading an irregular life in the borough for at
least a week, and had received notice of discharge for
absenting himself from his duties without leave. He
had drawn the necessary funds from the Bank to pay
the shopkeepers about three o'clock on Thursday, and
about four o'clock the Committee were considering
his case when he was suddenly missed, and holding the
key of the safe he was enabled to walk off with the money
without any warning. It is stated that he was seen
walking up Mottram-road, and he may have taken a train
for Yorkshire. All the numbers of the notes have been
advertised, and a reward of £3O is offered for his apprehen-
sion and the recovery of the money. We are happy to add
that Mr. John Leech will make good the loss, so that the
poor will not suffer from this disgraceful robbery.

THE CASE OF THE ALEXANDRA.—The case of the
Queen against the owners of the Alexandra, the
vessel seized a short time since at Liverpool on the ground
of being a Confederate cruiser, is to be tried in the Court
of Queen's Bench on Monday week before a special
jury, A very strong Bar is retained et either side, the
Solicitor-General " leading" for the Crown, and Sir
Hugh Cairns for the defence. The Solicitor-General,
who has already an enormous equity business (and is
said to be dreadfully overworked) brought down his
brief in the Alexandra case to the House of Commons on
Thursday evening, and, retiring to a snug bench in
the Ministerial gallery, lay down at full length to study
it. The brief was either very heavy reading or the
debate was very dull, but in either or both events the
effect upon her Majesty's Solicitor-General was the
same. The brief gradually fell frone, his hand, and the
great legal luminary surrendered himself to the arms
of Morpheus. The hon. and learned gentleman slept
serenely for some hours, during which one or two divi-
sions took place without his knowledge. The Speaker
either did not detect him, or, sympathising with a fellow..
sufferer, affected not to see him,—Cer. of Belfast Aelos-
Letter. E
'PILE POLISH INCIIEASING INFLUENCE
NA-
TIONAL GOVERNMENT.—The Temps of yesterday
says :—"Poland is decidedly slipping away from Russia.
I The most striking fact is not the incapacity, now completely
demonstrated, of the Russians in the open field, but the
power of the occult national government sitting at Warsaw
in the very midst of the Russian bayonets. That Govern-
ment works regularly ; it has its newspapers, it imposes its
taxes, and, what is more significant, it sends its summonses
even to the Russians residing in Poland, and those persons
consider it unsafe not to bow to them. One of these Rus-
sians could think of no better plan of avoiding payment of
the tax levied upon him than that of quitting the country.
These significant facts are admitted by the Russian Inraticl.
The same journal, under the pretence of giving a lesson
to parents and teachers, ackn.ow:edgea that young people,
almost children,' it says, are leaving their colleges to join
the insurgents. Nor is this all; the national Government
has ordered all the Polish officers in the Russian army to
quit the army, and to act as becomes true patriots. Acting
upon these orders several very distinguished officers of the
garrison, and amongst them General Berg's own nephew,
at once disappeared. Such symptoms speak for themselves,
and need no comment."
KILLED BY A FLY.—A young officer of the 27th
Regiment of the Line, named Pondevaux, aged 23,
in garrison at Evreux, has just died under effileting
eir-
cuuistances. Being at Paris on a few days' leave, he visited
the Jardin des Plantes, where he was stung on the upper
lip by a fly while standing near the wild beasts' cages. On
. returning to Evreux he suffered some pain in the part
i wounded, but in spite of the counsels of his friends refused
to obtain surgical advice. The symptoms became aggra-
. vete& and the poison spreading rapidly, the young man
, expired two days back in great agony. It is supposed that
. the insect had previously been feeding on putrid meat in
the dens of one of the carnivorous animals.