The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-11 00:00:00

THE FORCED LOAN IN POLAND,

WARSAW, August 4.
The following is the text of the decree of the
National Government upon the regulations respect-
ing the first portion of the forced loan of 21 mil-
lion florins :
" Taking into consideration that as the insurrec-
tion increases so do its wants; that it is right and
proper that the expenses of this conflict with our
etch enemy for independence should be borne by
future generations, since our independence will be
the basis of their welfare, and that the state of the
insurrection offers sufficient guarantees that the
National Government will be in a position to repay
the funds entrusted to it as a loan, the National
Government, on the recommendation of its financial
department, decrees as follow :
" Art. 1. The National Government borrows from
the most wealthy capitalists of the country, for the
purposes of the insurrection, a 5 per cent. forced

loan to the amount of 21 million florins.
" Art. 2. This loan will be effected in issues of
7,600,000 florins each, which will be set in course
of exchange, according as they are required, by
special decrees of the National Government.
" Art. 3. A national debt commission of three
persons is appointed, composed of Prince Ladislaus
Czartoryski, Joseph Ordega, and Dr. Severin Ga•

Lezowski. The business of this commission will be

-1. To keep a great book of the national debt;
2. To prepare the obligations and enter them in the
great book ; 3. To control the obligations issued.
" Art. 4. The financial department of the National
Government is empowered by virtue of the present
decree to negotiate the distributed obligations and
to place them in the National Treasury. A corre-
sponding control will be maintained, and the re-
demption of the debt, or the incorporation of it with
the permanent debts of the country, will follow at
the proper time.

" Art: 5. Each issue will consist of obligations of
the National Government of 500, 1,000, 5,000, and
20,000 florins, payable to the bearer, and will bear
the signatures of the above-named members of the
national debt commission and the seal of the Na-
tional Government.
" Art. 6. Each obligation will contain the condi-
tions on which the loan is based, and the half-yearly
coupons falling due on the let October and let April
will be appended.

" Art. 7. The Treasury Department of the Na-
tional Government is empowered by the present
decree to emit obligations for the first issue to the
amount of 7,000,000 florins, and to receive the
amounts in the course of 14 days from the date of
the aviso in exchange for receipts.
" Art. 8. The Treasury Department has the right
of issuing the obligations by instalments according
to their judgment, but they must, nevertheless, be
limited to the period mentioned in Art. 7.
" Art, 9. The receipts given by the Treasury De-
partment will be subsequently exchanged for the
original obligations through the medium of the na-
tional organisation.

" Art.lo. The persons taking up the first issue
will not be called upon at succeeding issues.
"Art. 11. The carrying cut of this decree is en-
trusted to the respective national authorities.

" L. S.

Warsaw, July 5, 1863."

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE MAIL.

PENZANCE, Aug. 11.
The Golden Fleece, from Calcutta, May 7, and
Madras, May 28, has arrived. She brings Cape
news to July 2, and a large mail, including the
frontier, mail, that arrived at Cape Town too late to
be forwarded by the last mail steamer.
An indignation meeting had been held at Port
Elizabeth on account of the delay of these mails,
but no blame attached to the Post•office authorities.

The bong disputed boundary lino between the
Queenstown district and British Kaffraria bad at
last been settled.

More Kaffir robberies have occurred on the fron-
tier, At Whittlesea they had perpetrated a daring
robbery, leaving two Faropeans for deed.
The Synod of the English church at Graham's
Town had been opened by the Bishop of the
dinose.

Furtler particulars had arrivA of the revolution
in .rdadagasear, confirming, the opinion that the
assassination of the King arose from a reactionary
spirit among the people, and their suspicion of his
too liberal tendencies and conceesions to Europeans.
Queen Robodo and her supporters had, however,
not shown any symptom of reversing the King's
tolerant policy.
11.2,1.5. Gorgon left for Madagascar June 30.
Pretorius resumed the Presidency of the Volks.
rand on June :7.

Business was still dull, and prices unaltered,
with the exception of wool, which was declining.
The Homer had arrived on the 27th Jane, from
Sydney, and rile Chinese war getup" Tiea_i6in,
on
Jutio 25, irom England.