The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-30 00:00:00

POLAND.

driving.

The Breslau Gazette publishes the following
letter from Warsaw, dated the 24th :—" The insur-
rectional movement has manifested itself simultane-
ously through the whole extent of the southern pro-
vinces, and every district has supplied a contingent
more or less numerous, with the exception of the
territory lying to the west of Podolia and two cir-
cles of the Ukraine. The principal corps of insur-
gents have established their camp on the marshy
banks of the Slucz and the Teterow. Others are
stationed in the environs of Poryck, Luch, Owrucz,
and Zytomir in Volhynia,near Vinnica, in Podolia,
round Berdytschew, and Machnowka, in the
Ukraine. The war-cry of the Ruthenians, Slasva
Bohn!' (Glory to God!) before which the Russians
fled in 1831, has been raised in the Steppes of the
Ukraine, and the impenetrable savannahs of Polesia.
The flags of the insurgents bear the white eagle of
Poland, and by its side is the Archangel Michael of
Ruthenia, shelteiing under his wings the brave sol-
diers of independence."
The Augsburg Gazette of the 25th says :—" The
statement that the officers of the Russian army pass
over to the insurgents, applies only to those of
Polish origin ; the Russian officers remain faithful
to their colours. About a fortnight since, Siera-
kowski, an officer of the staff in the Imperial Guard,
left St. Petersburg, and before his departure he was
invited to dine with the general officers. No one
would ever have suspected him of an intention to
join the insurgents, but he did. The colonel of the
regiment of Oloneck, a Po'e by birth, also went
over to the Polish camp, and a few days later, at the
ead of a Polish detachment, he met some of his
old
companies, and was summoned to surrender if he
did not wish to be massacred. He refused, and soon
afterwards fell, pierced with ten bayonet wounds.
Three other young officers of Polish origin have met
with a similar fate; and a fourth, who was taken
prisoner, has been condemned to be shot."

From the Dagbladet of. Wednesday (just re-
ceived) we perceive that M. Mourier, one of the
Conservative representatives, had won loud applause
from his fellow members at Copenhagen by the de-
livery of a patriotic speech' in the course of the late
debates on Lord RUSSELL'S despatch,—M. Mourier
remarking at the close of this speech that any con-
cession made in regard to Slesvig would be
nothing less than treason to the most sacredin-
terests of Denmark
.

SCIIILLER AND GOETHE—AND CONTEMPORARY
EVENTS.—WhiIst the storm raged convulsively in
France, and the flood rolled its waves more wildly every
year over Germany, the eyes and hearts of all men of in-
tellect were fixed on a little Principality in the middle of
Germany, where, amidst the deepest tranquillity, the great
poet of the nation, by
in prose and verse, the wonderful creations of his mind
dispelled all dark forebodings. King
and Queen 14u were guillotined, and " Reineke Fuchs" made
into a poem ; there came, together with Robespierre and
the reign of terror, letters on the abstheCe training of men ;
with the battles of Lodi and Arcole, " Wilhelm Meister,"
" Horen," and " Xenien ;" with the French acquisition of
Belgium, "Hermann and Dorothea;'' with the conquest of
Switzerland and the States of the Pope, " Wallenatekr;"
with the French seizure of the left bank of the Rhine, the
" Bastard of Orleans ;" with the occupation of Hanover by
Napoleon, the "Bride of Messina;" with Napoleon Em-
peror,aNv
" • • Hata Tell." The ten years in which Schiller
and Goethe lived in close friendship—the ten great years of
German poetry, on which the German will look back in
diitant centuries with emotion and sentimental tenderness
—are the same years in which a loud cry of woe was
heard through the air ; in which the demons of destruction
drew together from all side's,
and scorpion ace with clothes dipped in blood,
Urges in their hands, in order to make an
end of the unnatural life of a nation without a State. Only
60 years have since
fathers passed, yet the period in which our
grew up is as strange to us in many respects as the
period in which, according to tradition, Archimedes cal-
culated geometrical problems, whilst the Romans were
storming hiscity,'F'reytsg'$ "'wive of German Life.

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, ivhy 28.

The Queen drove out yesterday, accompanied by
Princess Helena, and attended by Lady A. Bruce.
Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice went out

Saturday, the 24th, being the anniversary of her
Majesty's birthday, the Queen remained in strict
retirement ; and in the afternoon, accompanied by
all the Royal family, proceeded to Craig Laurichati,
where a pyramid has been erected by her Majesty
in memory of his Royal Highness the Prince
Consort.

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The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince of Wales, attended by his Equerry in
Waiting, rcde on horseback yesterday morning.
The Princess of Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs.
Bruce, honoured Mr. Faith with a visit at his
studio at Pembridge Villas.

Tee Prince and Princess of Wales took a drive in
an open carriage in the afternoon.
The Prince of Wales paid a visit to Prince
Edward of Saxe-Weimar, at his residence in Port-
land-place.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield
and Ml.jor Teesdale, honoured the performance at
Drury-lane Theatre last evening with their pre-
sence.

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The Princess of Servia was present yesterday
evening in the ladies' gallery of the House of Commons
during the debate on the condition of Turkey.
The Archbishop of York will entertain the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury and the whole of the bishops on the
Queen's birthday.
Prince Boris Galitzin has arrived at Long's
Rotel,

The Duke of Hamilton, who came to town early
in the week from Hamilton Palace, N. 8,, left on Thursday
For Paris, to join the duchess.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter and
Lady Adelaide Cecil are on their way home from Italy,
where they passed the winter. It is the intention of the
marquis and marchioness to make a short stay in Swit-
zerland.

The Marchioness of Sligo's ball, announced to
take place on Monday, Juno 1, is unavoidably postponed.
Lord and Lady Taunton have entertained the
Duchess Dowager of Sutherland, the Right Hon. the
Speaker and Lady Charlote Denison, Lady Blantyre and
the Misses Stuart (2), the Chancellor of the Exchequer and
Mrs. and Miss Gladstone, and a select party, at Quantoch
Lodge, their seat, near Bridgewater.
Lady Herbert of Lea and family arrived in town
a few days ago, from a protracted residence in Italy.
The Right Hon. Sir George Grey returned to
town yesterday from his seat, Fallodon, Northumberland.

The Count de Lapinard has left the Brunswick,
Jermyn-street, for Paris.

The Baroness Kelberg and family have left the
Brunswick, Jermyn-street, for Switzerland.
THE CALEDONIAN BALL.—We are enabled to
announce that this ball, which will take place on Wednes-
day, June 10, will be under the immediate patronage of the
Prince and Princess of Wales.

Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments.

Colonial-office.—Mr. H. L. Warde has been ap-
pointed private secretary to his Excellency Sir C.
Darling, K.C.8., Governor of Victoria. The Ad-
miralty.—Mr. R. W. Carter, clerk in the Store-
keeper's. office, Devonport-dockyard, has been trans-
ferred to Sheerness, vice Groves and Stewart, to
Woolwich and Portsmouth yards ; Mr. J. Morrison,
superintendent senior clerk at Woolwich dockyard,
has been established at Deptford yard, vice Walker,
deceased ; Mr. Maclaurin has been appointed clerk,
Somerset-house. Post.office.—Mr. G. Molyneux,
first-class clerk, Accountant's-office, Dublin, has
been appointed Postmaster of Londonderry ; Mr,
H. Headland, a temporary clerk, London ; Mr. R.
Rogers, a temporary clerk, Dublin; and Mr. Bee-
croft, a clerk at Hull. The British Museum.—Mr.
R. Wilson has been appointed a transcriber, Lon-
don. Customs.—Mr. W. H. Jones has been ap-
pointed examining officer, Glasgow; Mr. T. Lead-
ley, an out-door officer, Liverpool ; and Mr. R.
Clark, out-door officer, Peterhead. Inland Revenue.

—Mr. J. Fisher, clerk, fifth class, secretary's office,
has been appointed clerk, fourth class, secretary's
office. Excise Branch.—Mr. J. Clarkson, officer,
Leighton division, Bedford collection, to Reading,
second division ; Mr. W. M. Dew, officer, Croydon
division, to Leighton division ; Mr. G. Falkner,
officer, Norwich, 7th division, to Croydon division ;
and Mr. W. Fisher, officer, Burntisland, Ist divi-
sion, Stirling collection, to Norwich 7th division.
The East Indies.—Mr. A. A. Roberts, C. 8,, Bengal
Civil Service, has been appointed to officiate as Judge
of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William
in Bengal, vice G. Lock, absent on leave ; Cap t. D.
W. Wise, Bengal Staff Corps, to officiate as assist-
ant to the agent to the Governor-General for the
States of Itnjpootana ; Mr. J. Graham, standing
counsel to the Government of India, to officiate as
Advocate-General. Mr. W. C. Plowden, officiating
joint magistrate and deputy collector of Ghazepore,
to be a joint magistrate and deputy collector of the
first grade; Mr. J. W. Reid to be head assistant to
the cAlector and magistrate of Malabar, Madras
Presidency; Mr. C. G. Plumer to be head assist-
ant to the collector and magistrate of Madura ;
Mr. R. J. Melville to be head assistant to the
collector and magistrate of Godavery ; Mr. J. Ches-
son to be a subordinate magistrate of the second
class in the district of Sattara, Bombay Presidency ;
Mr. F. Thelwall, assistant to the collector and magi-
strata of Sattara, to be subordinate magistrate of
the first class in the district of Sattara; Lieut.
H. T. Herbert to act as second assistant to politi-
cal agent in Kattywar during the absence of
Captain Leathes. Mr. C. H. Brown, a member of
the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal
for making laws and regulations ; Mr. E. Jennings,
a member of the Council of the Lieutenant-
Governor of Bengal for making lawa and regula-
tions; Mr. C. Bonin ois, to officiate as secretary to the
Government of Bengal in the Legislative depart-
ment ; Mr. F. Lushington, Deputy Auditor and
Accountant-General, Bengal, to be Deputy Auditor
and Accountant-General, Madras ; and Mr. J.
Lushington, Deputy Auditor and Accountant-Gene-
ral, N. W. P., to be Deputy Auditor and Accoun-
tant-General, Bengal, and to officiate as Auditor-
General and Accountant-General to the Government
of India, Ceylon.—Mr. Hallilay, landing and tide
surveyor at Galle, has been appointed collector of
Customs, Galle, vice Mr. D. J. Ronayne, retired;
and Mr. R. C. Poole, landing and tide surveyor,
Galle.— Civil Service Gazette.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—Morton's popular farce of
" Box and Cox," the characters by Mr, Buckstone, Mr,
Compton, and Mrs. Griffiths, of the Theatre Royal, Hay-
market, will be performed for the first time at the Crystal
Palace this day. A complete stage, with scenery and all
necessary appliances, is fitted up in the concert room,
CRYSTAL PALA CE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—
Friday, May 29.—Admission on payment, 2,488; ditto
by season tickets, 1,03 3 ; total visitors, 3,521.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH FROM DROWNING.--Yester-
day evening Mr. Bedford, the coroner for West-
minster, held an inquiry at the Prince of Orange, Brewer's-
green, touching the death of Henry Fry, aged 37, whose
body was found floating in the Thames opposite Millbank
Prison on Monday morning last. Fanny Ellem, widow, 9,
Mile-street, South Lambeth, said she had seen the body,
but she c,uld not swear to it, as tho features were almost
destroyed by the action of the water. She could, however,
swear positively to the clothes, which were produced in
court, and which were the same as deceased wore when he
went out on the morning of the 12th May. He had lodged
with her fur four or five years. She believed he was a
labourer, but ho was a very eccentric and reserved man,
and she never had much conversation with him, Evidence
was taken as to the finding of the body, on which was
found one half-sovereign and 11d. Medical evidence
showed that death was caused by drowning, Other evi-
dence was taken which left no reasonable doubt that the
body found was that of henry Fry, who had not been
seen by any of the witnesses since the 12th instant. No
evidence, however, could be obtained as to how he got into
the water, and the jury returned an open verdict of" Found
drowned."

A disastrous pond freshet occurred at Oil Creek.
Pittsburg, United States, on the 7th inst., causing a 10" °I
from 7,000 to 10,000 barrels of oil.