The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. MA.RCH. 30, 1863

your ancient sy ropt hies for which never would have
ceased, had it not been for the conduct of your pre-
sent Government. In regard to myself, if I ask
Heaven to bless our arms, it is not 6`.) much for the
sake of a vain ambition of personal glory as for the
prosperity of your beautiful country, to which we
have come to bring, at the cost of our blood, those
two precious boons without which society cannot
exist—liberty and order. Farewell, then, inhabi-
tants of Orizaba, or rather until next time, because
I hope we shall return to see you. God alone knows
the future ; but, be what may reserved for me, I
shall never forget the hospitality we have received
here, and shall preserve throughout my life the most
delightful recollection of your city.
" FOREY, General of Mission, Senator,
and Commander-in-Cnief of the
Expeditionary Corps in Mexico."

Baron de Wagner, the Prussian Minister, was
compelled to leave the country, owing to the bad
relations existing between him and the Juartz Go-
vernment. Previous to his departure he requested
Mr. Corwin to accept the charge of Prussian sub-
jects, as well as those of France and Spain, left to
his protection by the withdrawal of the Count de
Saligny in December, 1861. The American Minister
declined the responsibility on the ground that it
would endanger his relations with the Mexican Go-
vernment.

From Domingo we learn that General Lucas de
la Pena had gathered together quite an army of the
people discontented with the Spanish protectorate,
and taken possession of Montechristi and Guaynbin,
surprising the garrison of the former and taking
them all prisoners. The reports of the number of
malcontents vary from 8,000 to 13,000 men. A
battalion had been sent from Puerto Rico, another
from Santiago de Cuba, and two go from Cuba.
Several vessels of war have been ordered from Cuba
to St. Domingo.

From Puerto Rico we have dates to the 3d inst.
Commodore Wilkes and two of his fleet had been at
the capital, and on the 22d celebrated Washington's
birthday by salutes, which were returned by the
Spanish vessels.
From Port Royal our advices are to the 12th.
Genei al Hunter had issued an order saying that,
after long and wearying delays, due to causes over
which no one in his department had control, his
command had at length the cheering prospect of
active and very important service. General Hunter
had relieved Brigadier General Naglee of his com-
mand, and ordered him off to New York.
On the 15th a serious riot occurred at Oil Springs,
Canada West, between the whites and negroes.
The whites organized a force, marched to the negro
quarters, ordered the blacks away, destroyed their
property, t.nd burnt their houses. The negroes
fled to the woods. Three of the rioters have been
captured. Several were wounded.

lockiec,,, up the house and betaking themselves to
church. constable meanwhile pays his visit,
very bad, for the constable's soul, as he is thertby
pursuing his ordinary occupation on the Sabbath—
but there is no one to let him in. Here would be
an offence, and a penalty would be imposed upon
some person or persons who did not admit such
constable. But who is the person, or who are the

persons, bound to admit the coLstable on the Lord's-
day, and therefore bound not to be at church, or
any place of worship ? This clause would compel
every publican, or keeper of any place for the sale
of fermented or distilled liquors, to have some one
staying in the house, end away from church or
chapel, to await the possible visit of the constaLle,
in default of which neglect of public worship a fine
of 15 would be incurred. And such is Puritanical
legislation, quite worthy of the house which passed

the first reading of so preposterous an attempt
against !he comforts of the poor.
SPECTATOR.—The ill feeling existing almost
everywhere between the operatives and the relief
committees has been exasperated in Staleybridge by
the immense proportion of the inhabitants who are
out of work, by the presence of a number of Irish,
and by the " indiscreet" language of a member of
the committee. In obedience, it would seem, to
actual necessity, the committee recently agreed to
reduce their dole by 4d. a day, and anxious that the
remainder should all reach the women and children,

tried to give it away in tickets. A section of the
operatives, highly exasperated, broke open the
schools, paraded the town, and finally attacked the
stores of the relief committee. Quantities of clothes
and food were distributed, unpopular members of
the committee had their windows broken, publicans
and bakers were plundered, and al: the usual inci-
dents of a food riot occurred. When the police
attempted to restore order, the rioters, as usual,
stoned them ; and when the Hussars were turned
out, the rioters, as usual, fled. Had foot solders been
employed, there would have been, in all human pro-
bability, a massacre ; but a mob in England, except
at Bristol, is hugely afraid of cavalry, and there was
no need to fire. So far, the occurrences were of the
ordinary kind, and have been witnessed a hundred
times in our great manufacturieg towns. The rioters,
however, excited by scenes so different from the
weary monotony of suffering in which their days are
now passed, ceased altogether to plead their own
grievances, and marched to the neighbouring towns
to induce or compel quieter or more reasonable peo-
ple to rise and plead theirs. They were met and
dispersed in every instance; but a shudder of fear
and excitement has passed through the Northern
towns—everywhere the magistrates are on the alert,
and every where there is a disposition to summon
the troops to the rescue. Writers from most of the
threatened towns plead the exceeding good conduct
of their own townsmen ; but there is uneasiness,
nevertheless,—a lurking belief that in almost all
places there is discontent which might, on small
provocation, culminate in scenes like those enacted
at Staleybridge. No impartial politician will, we
think, in view of these facts, hesitate as to his judg,-
ment of the course to be pursued. Order must, in
the first instance, be maintained, even if it is neces-
sary to resort to the soldiery in order to maintain
it. No State which ever existed could endure, if
the people, under any distress, however severe, were
permitted to plunder, within limits however re-
strained. The police, moreover, unless armed, are
never fair matches for a crowd, and when armed
they create more irritation and shed more blood
than twice their number of soldiers. The resort to

the suldiere—to P;oM1)t and visible repression by
force—is, therefore, not only justifiable, but expe-
dient. We cannot have an English city given up
to plunder, even for a half hour, in order that the
civil power may try experiments on its own unas-
sisted strength. But, at the same time, while order
is sternly maintained, the Committees must be taught
that public opinion holds them strictly responsible
for any provocations to riot. They are expected to
display judgment, as well as benevolence, and the
Committee at Staleybridge were undoubtedly want-
ing in the former. We have no doubt their inten-
tions were excellent. They had probably been
wearied with the appeals of families left half-
starving, while their head disposed of the money
granted for the relief of all. But they must have
known perfectly well that this evil is one which exists
at all times, and which it was no more their duty to
remedy than it is the duty of an employer to appor-
tion his labourer's wages between him and the wife
and babes. Why disturb the household order which
exists when men are obtaining wages instead of
alms ? Above all, why disturb it by a recurrence
to a scheme which is associatel in the minds of the
people with the " truck system," which in the neces-
sity of things produces jobbery and corruption, and
which forces what remains of trade out of its natural
channels ?

LONDON RENIEW.--M. Billault's speech upon
the Polish question deserves the appreciation of
Europe ; for it is one of the most masterly exposi-
tions of the Imperial policy yet given to the world.
The line of conduct sketched out by the minister for
his Imperial master is a sound and stable one.
Prince Napoleon had represented with great ora
torical ability the sentiments and wishes of demo-
cratic France. The Emperor stands in a peculiar
relation to democratic France. The triumph of
France and of her opinions shall be assured, but not
by the hasty and feverish expedient of a desperate
war from which all Europe, except France, is to
stand aloof. For a single day Prince Napoleon
took Paris by storm, and confounded the bench of
ministers themselves. In the morning M. Billault
returned with confidence to the charge, reinspired
with courage by the reflections of the intervening
night, and perhaps by direct communications held
with his Sovereign. The Emperor of France shares
all the sympathy which is felt by the French people
for Poland. But are we, he asks, not unnaturally,
by the mouth of M. Billault, to fling ourselves singly
upon Russia, and by a one-handed enterprise to ex-
cite the envy, the jealousy, and the suspicion of the
united continent ? Not such is the lesson which the
Imperial student of the Tuileries has learnt from
the history of the First Empire or even from the
experience of the last ten years. At the head of
Europe, and supported by the public opinion of
Europe, France is all-powerful. But single-handed
wars in the teeth of European opinion brought
France to Waterloo. As the apostle of a great
movement a Napoleon is irres'stible. As a solitary
and suspected missionary no Napoleon is secure.
Such is the view of the monarch who holds in his
hand the destinies of the French Empire and the
peace of Europe. He is ready to act with Europe in
favour of the Poles. But if England and Austria
decide upon inaction, nothing is left for the French
nation but inaction too. It will be for those who
steer the helm of empire to watch and bide their
time, to neglect no opportunities, to make the most
of chances, and to endeavour to secure by moral
power and iefluence those salutary changes in the
state of Europe which at present cannot safely be
brought about by French bayonets. There can be
no reasonable doubt that it is the English Foreign
office which has prevented active interposition in
favour of the Poles. It would have been a piece of
political Den Qaixotism if the Cabinet of the Tui-
leries had broken with Russia only to awaken on
this side of the Channel the same murmurs of dis-
satisfaction and suspicion that made themselves
heard at the beginning of the Lombardy campaign.
Not much Liberal sympathy could have been ex-
pected to grow upon the borders of the Austrian
Dead Sea. Prussia has already pronounced for des-
potism—and Napoleon 111. might have suddenly,
found himself face to face with an armed reac-
tionary coalition. There is enough in the prospect
to bid the most revolutionary dreamer pause. The
Emperor has paused accordingly, and he has very
fairly published his reasons to the Continent. It
was his clear duty to France to engage in nothing
singly. England, it seems, on the other band, was
determind to venture nothing—not even diplomatic
remonstrance—in common. It will be for the Ca-
binet of Lord Palmereon to explain their reasons
for the policy they have chosen to adopt. Once
more the line this country has been compelled by
her Government to take seems prima facie to jus
tify the ill-natured criticisms of the Liberals of
other countries. A considerable crisis has occurred
at which an unhappy and miserably-oppressed race
is found struggling for existence against a semi-
barbarous and despotic power. Proposals are made
to the English Foreign-office for a joint action in
the matter, in concert with the other leading
Powers. These proposals Lord Russell has declined.
THE QUEEN.—Langiewiez, tried by the analyti-
cal force of circumstances, has proved, it is to be
feared, anything but a genuine hero. According
to the most reliable information, there was no rout
of the Poles by a body of Russian troops at the
time when Langiewicz quitted his post ; that was
simply a falsehood of the newsmakers. The cause
os the Dictator's deft ction was simply, as well as
we car] ascertain, a huff. Offended at the insistence
with which older soldiers than himself offered their
advice, he took sudden umbrage, threw up his com-
mand and abandoned his cause. If this was really
his conduct (and we have little reason to doubt that
it was so) the verdict of the world must be that it
was not the conduct of a hero. As fir the l'olish
revolution, Ott ough we cannot persuade ourselves
into being by any means sanguine of its ultimate
success (unless, indeed, Turkey can be roused to a
proper sense of her duty) we do not think that its
chance is in any manner made worse by the defec-
tion of Langiewicz. That event has, indeed, thrown
the reins of power into older and more experienced
hands : and from tho news which has come from
Poland within the last few days, the spirit of the
insurgents, instead of being broken by the depar-
ture of their temporary leader, seems to flame all the
higher and more ardently. Fresh risings and levies
are spoken of everywhere ; whilst the Russians, em-
barrassed with the war in the Caucasus, which is

now being waged by the Circassians more fiercely
than ever, and by the other military necessities of
their vast, nevi ieldy dominion, aro totally unable to
march fresh troop into Poland.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—March 28.
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COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. ConnoiBsioner Fano.)

IN RE ELLISON-THE LADY WHO COULD SING AND
WOULDN'T.

This bankrupt was recently engaged as a singer
at the Oxford and Canterbury Music-halls, She
came to the court on her own petition, owing £227,
and recently applied for her order of discharge.
His Honour now gave judgment. He said—
Maria Ellison having prayed that adjudication of
bankruptcy might be made against herself, was ad-
judged bankrupt, and surrendered herself to
e court. Mr. Charles Morton, of the Ox
ford and Canterbury Music Halls, was ap-
pointed creditors' assignee. The bankrupt has
filed accounts showing that she owes to unsecured
creditors £227 ls. 10d., but she produces no assets.
It appears by the proceedings that the bankrupt
passed her last examination unopposed ; but when
she applied for her discharge it was insisted that the
discharge should not be granted because she was
a public singer, who could earn an ample livelihood
by the exercise of her talents for singing, which
talents she would not use to meet her debts. Under
such circumstances of contumacy it is impossible
that this court can assist her. I should be very
glad to hear that she had put herself into the
hands of some judicious adviser out of court, and
under his advice made satisfactory arrangements
with those to whom she was indebted. I should
also be glad to hear that those who were entitled
to the use of her talents had met any advances she
had made in a spirit of conciliation. If she does
not meet her creditors in a spirit of conciliation
the only course I can adopt will be to refuse her
discharge and withhold protection.
Mr. E. Reed, who appeared for the bankrupt,
asked that the deposit to be made towards the costs
of appeal might be fixed at £lO.
Tire Commissioner—Well, take it so. I think if
the lady had less obstinacy she would have more
money. (Laughter.)
Mr. Reed asked for protection for a month, to
enable the bankrupt to appeal, which was granted.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF FRAUD.

A matter which has created a considerable sensa-
tion upon the Stock Exchange, and in commercial
circles generally, during the last week or ten days,
became on Saturday the subject of comment from
the magisterial bench in Guildhall Police-court ;
and although the details of what is stigmatised as
a gross fraud upon the public did not transpire in
the ordinary course, there is every probability that
a full investigation of the facts, and some extraor-
dinary disclosures in consequence, will shortly be
made in reference to the manner iu which a variety
of transient schemes and bubble companies have
lately been foisted upon the public as bona fide in-
vestments.

The manager, the solicitor, and four of the direc-
tors of a recently-launched insurance company with
limited liability, were summoned to appear before
Alderman Humphery, on Tuesday last, to answer a
charge of fraud, and the hearing of the case was ad-
journed, with the consent of all parties, until Sa-
turday; but when Alderman Humphery took his
seat on the bench, Alderman Wilson, Alderman
Mechi, Alderman Hale, Alderman Finnis, and Al-
derman Dakin being also present, none of the par-
ties were forthcoming, and a written consent to
another adjournment, signed by the solicitors on
both sides, was handed in in explanation. The soli •
citors for the prosecution (Messrs. Harrison and
Lewis, of 24, Old Jewry) were communicated with
immediately, and Mr. Lewis attended and stated
that his client and the defendants were not present
in consequence of an arrangement which had been
suggested, and which required further time to be
properly carried out, and for which purpose an
adjournment was applied for. He did not wish
to make any public statement affecting the cha-
racters of a number of highly respectable
gentlemen, who had been drawn into an equi-
vocal position inadvertently ; but he was in the
hands of the Court, as his client had taken the
matter up on public grounds, and without any de-
sire for his own personal benefit, he was prepared
to go on with the case if the arrangement proposed
were not carried out, or if it did not meet with the
sanction of the bench. His client had expressly
stated that he would not listen to any arrangement
that did not protect every person interested in
the company, and that, unless the company were
dissolved, and the whole of the deposit money re-
turned to the shareholders, he would not accede to
any proposal to abandon the present proceedings.
He was bound to admit that the directors
had in the most bona fide spirit accepted those
conditions, and he believed that they had
already passed a resolution of the board that the
company should forthwith be dissolved ; but as it
would be necessary to give the shareholders seven
and fourteen days' notice of the requisite meetings
to complete those arrangements, it was asked that
the summonses should stand adjourned until April
22. He had every confidence in the bona fide inten-
tion of the directors to dissolve the company, and
that the shareholders would not suffer in the slight-
est, as all the expenses would be defrayed by the
directors. Although he had consented to an arrange-
ment which he considered would meet the ends of
justice, he had expressly stated that he would be
no party to any arrangement that was not sanc-
tioned by the bench. The directors were
all gentlemen of good private position, but
by no means jobbers or speculators of that
class, and as they had met the complainant in a very
handsome and straightforward manner, he did not
desire to subject them to the unpleasantness of a
public exposure.
Alderman Humphery asked Mr. Lewis what he
proposed doing in the event of the directors not car-
rying out that arrangement.
Mr. Lewis said in that case his intention was to
allow the matter to take:its course.
Alderman Hale inquired what was to become of
those persons who had had shares alloted to them
and had since sold them.

Mr. Lewis said if the company were dissolved it
would be impossible for the Stock Exchange to ap-
point a settlement day, and that would have the
effect of cutting the ground from under all those
transactions, so that no loss would accrue to any of
the shareholders.
Alderman Hale said those parties who had sold
the shares might still be proceeded against for the
amount they had sold them for.
Alderman Humphery said an action at law would
lie, no doubt, against the company if after allotting
shares they could not deliver them.
Alderman Wilson said that was so, but he wished
to know what was the complainant's object in com-
ing to this court for summonses.
Mr. Lewis said it was to prevent the consumma-
tion of a gross fraud which, but for these summonses,
would have been accomplished; and with the view
also, if the magistrates were convinced that a fraud
had been committed, of letting the case take its own
course.
Alderman Wilson thought it looked very like
asking the magistrates to compound a felony. The
adjournment was required to enable the complain-
ant to get all he wanted•
Mr. Lewis said that was not so. His client only
wished to put an end to those transactions which
were fraudulent by dissolving the company.
Alderman Wilson said Mr. Lewis acknowledged
it was a fraud.
Mr. Lewis said it certainly was if carried out.
Alderman Mechi said he hoped these proceedings
would tend to check a system so mischievous.
Mr. Lewis said, if he did not think that the gen-
tlemen he had to with would carry out the arrange-
ment suggested fairly and honourably, he would
not be a party to it under any circumstances.
Alderman Wilson said it was trifling with the
ends of justice, after obtaining summonses against
gentlemen for such a serious offence, to come here
and say it was all settled, without anyone knowing
what had been done. If such an information as the
one he had read had been sworn Fefore him, he
should not have listened to any arrangement for
one instant.

Alderman Mechi said, on looking at the names
of the gentlemen, he could hardly think they could
have been aware of the position they were being
placed in, or they would never have allowed them-
selves to be mixed up in such an undertaking.
Mr. Lewis said he was quite prepared to go on
with the case if the court thought it his duty to do
so, but he did not wish unnecessarily to expose gen-
tlemen and ride them to death. He did not seek
to make use of the criminal law improperly, and
whatever course the court thought right he was
prepared to take.
Alderman Humphery intimated that, as an ad-
journment was all that was applied for at present,
it was not altogether unreasonable.
Alderman Wilson said it was merely an under-
hand means to get the magistrate to allow the cri-
minal law to be made use of for the purposes of the
parties complaining.
Mr. Lewis said his only object was not to place
gentlemen whose intention was to do all that was
right in a painful position.
Alderman Mechi asked if the directors were the
the only persons that would suffer.
Mr. Lewis said they were ; no one else would lose
a penny.

.
Alderman Humphery said, everyone knew that
it was the City of London and General Fire and
Life Insurance Company, as there were plenty of
their prospectuses about. They issued prospec-
tuses, and got the shares up to 5 premium in almost
no time, which, if it had been a legitimate company
they could not have done. That was the whole
gist of the matter.
Mr. Lewis wished to impress it upon the magi-
strates' minds that his client did not seek any com-
pensation or profit. He only wished to protect the
public to the fullest extent.
Alderman Wilson maintained that the criminal
law had been resorted to for the attainment of

private views, for if the contents of the information
alone had been made public, it would have been
the means of knocking up at least half a dozen
other schemes of a similar character.

Mr. Lewis did not hesitate to say that he had
used the engine of the criminal law for the public
benefit, and without the aid of the magistrate he
could not have succeeded in procuring the with-
drawal of this scheme from public notice.
Alderman Hale said, up to a certain point Mr.
Lewis and his client had conferred a benefit on the
public; but in stopping short as they were now
doing, they were withholding a much greater bene-
fit from the public.
Mr. Lewis said he only wished he could reach

the half-dozen schemes alluded to by Alderman
Wilson. In the pre3ent instance he believed his
client had adopted a course that would be best for
every one concerned.
Alderman Finnis did not think that any of the
gentlemen whose names appeared in the proceed-
ings were so innocent of such matters of business as
had been represented, and he thought the magis-
trates ought to insist upon a thorough public inves-
tigation, He was surprised that the persons whose
names appeared in the prospectuses did not come
forward and face the matter.
Alderman Wilson said he would not have allowed
his name to have been made use of in a criminal
court and then have the charge settled secretly.
Alderman Humphery said, as the parties were
not in attendance, he would adjourn the case to the
day named, but he should expect them to corne pre-
pared to go fully into it.
The following is the list of directors, brokers,
&e., of the company above referred to :—Directors :
Messrs. R. J. Blyth (C. Blyth and Co.), 4, Cripple-
gate-buildings • W. P. Baker, (W. Baker and Son),
Bristol ; W. W. Cutts (Linley, Cutts, and Co.), 233,
Gresham-street ; J. Fennings, Fennings -wharf,
London-bridge; S. H. Hadley, City Mills, Black-
friars ; S. B. Hodge (Bryant and Hodge), London;

R. Hunt (Hunt and Gammon), Stanstead, Herts ;
Cyrus Legg, Bermondsey; Paul Margetson (P.
Margetson and Co.), London ; Francis Nash (Nast.,
Hicks, and Nish), Pickle Herring-wharf ; N. Rey-
ner, Lancaster-buildings, Liverpool. Solicitors :
Messrs. Howard and Co., 66, Paternoster-row, Lon-
don ; Duncan, Squarey, and Blackmore, Liverpool.
Bankers: Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 75,
Cornhill. Brokers : Sir R. W. Carden and Son,
Royal Exchauge ; Messrs. WQolley and Coates,
Tokenhouse-yard ; IL Byrne, Liverpool ; P. W.
Diyon, Glasgow ; Macallum and Sidey, Edinburgh ;
J. Jamieson, 56, Marischal-street, Aberdeen.
The gentlemen summoned were Messrs. W. Cutts,
S. H. Hadley, S. B. Hodge, P. Margetson, Edwin
Howard, and A. Gunn, the manager.

Langiewicz and his Female Aide-de-camp.

~__-T_.

On the arrival of General Langiewicz and his
young aide-de-camp at Cracow they were confined
in a room at the police•office, but the latter was al-
lowed to receive visitors, who had the authority of
the junior military officer, and the special police
official, to present themselves. A Pole who visited
the young lady, on the Monday after her arrival,
and before she had exchanged her military costume
for female apparel, thus describes his visit :
" The police officer went to the next room to an-
nounce us. He returned in a few moments, and
by tha motion of his hand towards the door we
saw that we were admitted. At our entrance, a
short, thin figure rose to salute us. She still wore
the national Polish costume in which she had
fought at the side of the Dictator, and which im-
parted a particular charm to her interesting ap-
pearance. Her black hair, though cut short, sur-
rounded her pretty face on both sides in profuse
curls. A short Polish coat, a military cap sur-
rounded by cords, and richly adorned with fur,
formed her headdress, and she a:so wore boots turned
over at the top, and reaching to the knee, grey
trowsers, and a red shirt confined to her slender
waist by a band. If it were possible to doubt whe-
ther this masculine costume was indeed worn by a
maidenly form, the elegance and amiability with
which she requested us to be seated, and the wo-
manly voice, completely removed all misapprehen-
sions. The apartment in which she was contained
only a cupboard, a table (bearing various kinds of
refreshments), two stools, and the other necessary
articles of furniture, and was not devoid of comfort,
but it was situated so low that Miss Henriette Pus-
towojtow, who smoked her paper cigarette all day
long, and who was continually obliged to allow her
window (which looked on the street) to be open, or
at least for a great portion of the day, on account
of the mild weather, was exposed to the curiosity
or sympathy of the crowd. On Sunday, and on the
next day, hundreds of ladies and gentlemen passed
before the window, but they were prevented from
looking into the room in some measure by a few
blooming plants, which some friendly hands had
placed there, and which formed a strong contrast
to the rusty iron bars by which the window was
made secure. The conversation turned upon poli-
tics, and was then carried on in French, because
the police attendant was present ; but she also spoke
of other matters in German, but with a pointed ac-
cent. In the course of the visit, which did not-last
more than 10 minutes, we had an opportuity to ob-
serve her youthful countenance more closely. In
her pale features the unmistakable stamp of much
past fatigue was visible. The cheeks had become
thin, and only the black fiery eyes retained their
former brilliance, but as soon as the name of Lan-
giewiez was mentioned, they seemed to be animated
with redoubled ardour. A high forehead,small pointed
nose, and a fine ovally •formed chin, only contributed
to increase the charm of her appearance, even in
her original costume. We showed her a photo-
graphic portrait of herself, which we had bought
at a shop after a long search, and which was
perhaps the only one in Cracow. She regarded it
mournfully, for it represented her in the bloom
of her health, perhaps a year previously, and she
said, with an accent of melancholy which well
became her, Ce nest plus moi.' Thereupon she
returned it to us, and remarking a portrait of
Langiewicz in the same envelope, she exclaimed
with enthusiasm, 'Ah ! c'est mon general.' She
then began to speak of him, enthusiasm causing
her to utter her words quicker, and she com-
plained of the uncertainty of her fate and his
As we prepared to depart, she asked for our
cards, and as a token of remembrance, but with-
out being requested, she wrote her name in full
with pencil on a sheet of paper, saying in a half-
laughing manner, and partly turning to the police
officer, that visiting cards were not the fashion in
such a saloon. She dismissed us with a hearty shake
of the hand. By accident, as we left the building,
the general stood at an open window of his room
in the castle, enjoying the fresh air. He was im-
mediately recognised, as he still wore his blue uni-
form, and repeatedly bowed, in acknowledgment.
of lively marks of sympathy. As he perceived us
he leaned out of the window, and by motions of
' his hand and head returned our salutes. As well
as we could see at the distance, he also seemed
very pale, but was visibly pleased at the marks
of sympathy shown for him."

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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YORK-SATURDAY.
There was an average supply of wheat to-day at our
market, and the demand was steady, at about late rates.
Wheat, red 40s to 44s I Oats.... 2os to 24s
White do .45s to 50s Beans 40: to 42.9
Barley .28s to 35s Peas ....—s to --a
Malt, 62s to 64s per qr. ; rye, 34s per qr.; flour, 34s
to 36s per sack.

LE I CE STE R—SATURDAY.
Old whito wheat, 66s to 60$ ; new, 47s to 50s per 36
stone. Old red, 48s to 68s per 36 stone. Barley, malting,
new, 35s to 39s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 308 ; old oats,
278 to 32s ; new oats, 22s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans,
new, 33s to 37s ; old, 42s to 44s per 38 stone.