The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-21 00:00:00

THE POLISH INSURRECTION,

VIENNA, AUG. 21.

The latest intelligence from Lithuania announces
that the detachment commanded by Mackiewicz
has gained a victory over a superior Russian force
near Kiesdany.

The Presse states that an engagement unfavour-
able to the Russians has taken place at Obiechow,
in the palatinate of Cracow.

THE FRANKFORT CONGRESS
FRANKFORT ON MAINE, AUG. 21.

The permanent committee of the populsr dele-
gates of the German Diets held a sitting yesterday.
The following questions were upon the order of the
day :—The German question ; the more enlarged
organisation of the Congress; the Schleswig Rol-
stein question.

Meetings of the Congress will take place to-day
and on Saturday.

Herren, Schultze-Delitsch, Bennigsen, Metz
S-c., are among the deputies wbo have already ar,
rived.

The King of Holland was yesterday at the gala
performance iu the theatre. Thirty-two Sovereign
Princes, with their Ministers and the corps diplo-
matique, were present upon the occasion.

EGYPT.
ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 19.
The Annamite Ambassadors have arrived a'

Suez.

THE SUEZ CANAL.
CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 20.
The statements published by some journals
relative to the Suez Canal settlement are erro-
neous. Forced labour is absolutely abolished, the
company having six months allowed them to
make other labour arrangements.
SPAIN,
MADRID, AUG. 21.
The Correspondcncia of this morning states it is
asserted in well-informed quarters that the Ministry
will not enter upon the consideration of the Mexican
question until after the Archduke Maximilian has
accepted the Crown.
The electoral meetings in the various districts
have been authorised by the Government.

FRANCE.

PARIS, AUG. 21.

Advices received hero state that some disturb.
ances have taken place in the vicinity of
Damascus. The Bedouins under Djibel attacked
a detachment of gendarmes, of whom five were
killed. Other similar attacks took place at
Kesrout.

These attacks cause some uneasiness, but ener-
getic measures on the part of the Ottoman Govern-
ment wili soon put a stop to them.
BOURSE, Aug. 20.—The market has been rather
animated, but without any further improvement in
prices, Threes, for the Account, being unvaried at
65f. 85c. Railway Share Market quiet, but firm
The market closed as follows :-
41 per Cents. 96 90
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 90
Credit Mobilier 1130
Do. end month 1127 50
Bank Shares 3385
Credit koncier 1275 --
RAIL`

Italian L0an...... 72 80
Do. end month.... 72 70
New ditto ........ 72 85
Do. end month.... 73
Russian ........ Austrian ......
Spanish Threes.... 52 60
home Debt . .....

-A.YB.

Cash. Account.
Orleans 1022 50 .. 1022 50
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1030 .. 1031 25
Geneva ............ 493 75 .. 402 50
Southern .............. 720 717 50 Western. .............. 530 —.. 530
Eastern ........... 497 50 .. 493 75
Sardinian .............. 416 25 .. 417 50
Austrian .............. 431 25 .. 430 Lombard .............. 556 25 655 --
North of Spain ........ 552 50 .. 551 25
Saragossa .............. 685 • • 685
Ditto to Barcelona .... 352 50 .. 355 -
THE

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company have received the follow:ng telegram

FRIDAY, AUG. 21.

" The Massilia left Alexandria with the Mar-
seilles portion of the above mails at 3 p.m. on the
19th inst.

" The Poonah, with the heavy portion of the
mails, sailed at 4 p.m., and may be expected at
Southampton about the Ist September.

The Bengal brought the mails to Suez, arriving
there on the 18th inst.

The Poonah has 2,790, and the Mtssilia 210
packages of cargo.

THE TIMES CORRESPONDENT AND LORD CLYDE.
—The
first interview of the correspondent with the
veteran, as told by himself, was, says a daily con-
temporary, eminently characteristic. Mr. Russell,
being favoured with introductions to him, waited on
him at head-quarters and presented them. Sir Colin
gave him a hearty welcome to the camp, fully entered
into his views, and promised to assist him to the uttermost.
" You shall know," he said, " all my plans ; you shall be
made acquainted with all ray movements; I will conceal
nothing whatever from you, on one sole condition, that
you do not speak of them in the camp, but confine your-
self to sending the information to your constituents at
home, where they will do no harm, because long before
they can appear in print they will have been executed."
It is needless to say that Mr. Russell cheerfully accepted
and honourably observed these conditions ; and he indirectly
observes that any other persons equally well recom-
mended would have enjoyed the same facilities. We
venture humbly to differ from Mr. Russell," says the
writer, " the attentions were offered more to the news-
paper correspondent than the personal visitor. Sir
Colin knew the advantages of securing a favour-
able critic at head-quarters, who could, through the
columns of a newspaper, command the ear of Europe, the
advantage of what his Highland ancestors would have
called a bard to chant his praises. That condition was, of
course, not. expressed, but it followed in the inevit-
able order of things. Sir Colin will always be reckoned a
great general, but he never made a finer show of general-
ship than when ho welcomed the correspondent of the
Times to his tent, his table, and his council board.
A RURAL JOCKEY:--The Journal de Chateau.
briant says that at the late races at Nozay (Loire-
Inf6rieure) a steeplechase presented unusual interest from
the fact that a young peasant of the environs, mounted on
a horse of the Britanny breed, ventured to enter the lists
against some of the best racers of the country. Re rode
barebacked with a halter instead of a bridle. On leaping
the first fence the halter broke, and the rider fell, but he
instantly mounted again and cleared all the obstacles till he
reached the last, which the horse refused. The young
peasant, however, managed to force him over, and vase jd
he wiwaiDg‘post first sraid loud anlause,

gin It
!h.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales (says the Dundee Advertiser), accompanied
by the Court of Flanders, drove through Braemar
on Friday evening last, on a visit to the Earl and
Countess of Fife, at Mar Lodge. As the visit was
strictly private, there was no public demonstration ;
yet, on their return from Mar Lodge, a large num-
ber of visitors and people of the village had assem-
bled, who kindly hailed them. A man of the name
of Farquharson, a pearl-fisher, having called at the
Castle a faw days before, his box of pearls were pre-
sented to the prince and princess for inspection, and
they selected two from the lot, and greatly admired
the whole. These pearls have all been taken out of
the Strathmore River. One, for which the owner
has been offered £3O, is indeed a " perfect pearl."
On Saturday the royal party drove by Clachinturn
and Lochnagar Distillery, on their way to Loch
Muick, upon a fishing excursion. The weather,
however, hav;.ng proved rough, and the rain falling
very frequently, the enjoyment of the party was not
such as it would have been had the day been fine.
The Edinburgh Courant says:—Since the 12th his
roys,l highness has been grouse shooting every day
with great success. Her royal highness devotes a
good deal of time to angling—a sport of which she
seems to have a thorough appreciation—and has
met, we believe, with much success, considering the
advanced period of the year. As usual on Sunday
their royal highnesses and suite attended service at
Crathie Church. The Rev. A. Anderson preached
an excellent practical sermon from James,lst chap-
ter and 25th verse. The church was well filled, and
the parts from which a good view of the royal party
could be obtained were crowded to excess.
The Prince and Princess of Wales are to be pre-
sent at the Braemar Gathering, which is to be held
on the 27th inst. at Mar Lodge; and we learn that
the prince and princess intend to honcur the Earl
and Countess of Fife by remaining at Mar Lodge
from the 27th (the day of the gathering) till Satur-
day, the 29th. The Count of Flanders will accom-
pany the prince and princess.

The Duke of Athole is, we are informed, suffering
from very severe illness, and the conditisn of his grace oc •
casims much anxiety to his family. The noble duke is
residing at Dunkeld, Perthshire, with his duchess. The
Marquis of Tullibardine is at present serving with his regi-
ment, the Scots Fusilier Guards, in Canada.
The Duchess (Emily) of Beaufort and Lady
Edith Somerset are about to leave town for Yorkshire, and
will visit for a few days Lord Londesborough, at Grimston
Park, near Tadcaster.

The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Sir
Henry and Lady Sophia des Vcenx, and the select party
who have been staying with Captain and the Hon. Mrs.
Egerton at Gritnston Park, near Tadcaster (Lord Londes-
borough's seat), during the week, for the York races, sepa-
rate to-day.

The Earl and Countess Somers arrived in town
yesterday from a protracted sojourn in Spain, and will
shortly go to Eastnor Castle for the autumn.
Lord Louth has arrived at Cherbourg in his
yacht from Ityde, Isle of Wight.
Lord Londesborough is expected to leave town
to-morrow, for his seat in Yorkshire, for the season.
Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick Grey,
K.C.8., and Lady Grcy left Spring-gardens yesterday for
a tour of visits.

Colonel Peers Williams, M.P., and Mrs. and the
Misses Williams have left Berkeley-square for their seat in
Berkshire.

A NOBLE ACTRESS—a rival to Prince Gal izin
among musicians !—A great sensation has been
created at Paris, we learn, by the news that the Countess
Bathyanyi, adopted daughter of Prince Esterhazy, is
shortly to make her appearance on the stage—first of the
Ecole de Jeunes Artistes, and then of the ThEitre Frangais.
The lady has already written three novels, published by
Amyot, novels which have earned for her the distinction

of being made a Member of the Soei6:6 des Gens de
Lettres.

THE AR CILEOLOGISTS AT ROCHESTER.—Our
immortal Boz—author, among other wonderful
things, of "Bill Stumps His Mark," in Pickwick—appears
to be making the amends at last down in his own neigh-
bourhood to those very tempting gentlemen whom ho has
so often poked fun at, before now, the archmologistsl
The year 1563 will be a red-lettered one in the annals of
the Archteilogical Institute, writes one of the reporters of
the late proceedings of that body, for the meeting at
Rochester, the later proceedings of which we are about to
chronicle, must be reckoned among the most successful that
have taken place since, twenty years ago, these charming
annual reunions were inaugurated at Canterbury. Nor must
we omit to call attention to the fact, that, although at the
time Mr. Pickwick's idea of an archteologist was not far
from the mark, Mr, Dickens, in the present year of grace,
is content to be a committeeman, and as such to work with
the host of worthies, thanks to whose exertions such pro-
gress in the science has been made, To this the writer
adds :—We may remark that the paper by the learned
master of Gonville and Caius College on the Wednesday,
on the landing of Julius Cresar in Britain, a subject of such
interest to the author of the " Vie de Caesar," should have
been listened to by a French :archtcologist, M. A. Maury,
who was specially sent over by the Emperor to hear it. He
unfortunately came too late; but Dr. Guest had not left
and was enabled to go over the subject a second time with
the distinguished visitor.

" CAPTAIN SWING " appears to be abroad again,
if we may judge from the following paragraph from
The Age We Live In:—

"WILFUL ATTEMPT TO FIRE GODALMING CHURCH.--
On Sunday night last some evilly disposed persons delibe-
rately broke several panes of glass in one of the large win-
dows on the South side of Godalming Church, and having
ignited a large bundle of papers they endeavoured to throw
it into one of the pews, but happily the aisle was too broad
to allow of their mischievous design taking effect, and the
mass of flame fell harmlessly on the stone floor. Had they
succeeded, this noble old structure, built principally of wood,
must have been destroyed, as the pews are of the old
fashioned style, and would, frem the very dry material
of which they are built, have been speedily on fire.
The miscreants having been foiled in this diabolical object,
went to a retired part of the village, to a yard where a car-
rier's van was kept, into which they thrust a quantity of
straw, and set it on fire, thereby destroying the poor man's
harness, whips, &c., although the van itself was fortunately
saved. What makes this case more distressing is the fact
that the van and harness were the property of a young man
who supported his little brothers, all of them orphans, by
the business of a carrier between Godalming and Guildford.
As yet no clue has been obtained wherewith to fix the guilt
on such heartless reprobates, although the police are on the
alert to detect them."

A WORD ON PETS.--The choice of pets is gene-
rally an index to character. The farmer entertains
a dull affection for some gentle heifer, with mild Juno-like
eyes and aromatic breath. His man Giles lounges at leisure
moments round the sty, and fondly scratches the fat backs
of the lethargic tenants with, a clownish smile evoked by
visions of future flitches. Community of tastes and pur.
suits leads the huntsman to seek an object of affection in
his stables; and the soldier, whose life may depend on the
fleetness and endurance of his charger, will share his last
accounted
wtietdh
thoirmb.y Athbe drowsy placidity of rural life. Thencolic
partiality for sheep can only be
0 f
nimble, llt
t thel
love of birds is almost peculiar to women ; and there is a
young girls
appropriatenessfgorracceanfulariesandotherecreatures,
i
sweet-
tongued, and sensitive as themselves. Matrons have a
relishtho ug h
thet tu
spitefulness
p itefpreferenceulness a
nf odr l poultry,oqua e i
ty of parrots, and admire Venerable spinstera
a gaudiness of plumage according with their own wsthetio
tastes. Some mental perversity may be inferred in a 3
oung
lady who pets a parrot; and the Roman lady who, accord-
ing to Martial, fondled a snake, must have been a sour old
maid.—Once a Week,

A WORD OF SOLACE FOR ROBERT BROWNING
AND HENRY TAYLOR.--A genial critic in the Satur-
day Review, referring to those two eminent but scantily-
appreciated playwrights, reminds them thus, that these are
evil days for those who write " Philip Van Arteveldes" or
"Blots on the 'Scutcheon." For, he asks, has not a stam-
mering lop Monopolised ono of our principal theatres for
more than two hundred evenings ? has not a plunge into a
painted lake been popular as long ? and does not now a
magic-lantern prove the sole attraction of a fitth.rato
melodrama ? Should there ever be a renaissance of the
acting drama in Britain, a restoration of the audiences to
their senses (the actors will soon recover theirs), Robert
Browning may then, for some two or three of his tragedies)
be summoned to make his bow to an applauding pit.
,Mean-
while, in Sancho's phrase, " patience and snuff the candle ;

it needs it sorely, for it burns very dimly before our pros-
ceniums. Whether, however, that good time be near or
remote, whether it will for ever be a promise lacking per-
formance, these 2ragedies and other Pays will live in the
remembrance of all who study dramatic compositions, not
as the recreation of an idle hour, but as ranking among
the purest and noblest recreations of the human mind. To
this fit but few audience they need not our recommenda-
tion; fur they have already taken their place among the
volumes that have in them the promise of long, at 'rite) if
not perpetual, life,