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

SPORTING

IE.--This Day.

CHESTER RACES—THIS DAY.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
LATEST BETTING.
CHESTER CUP.
2to 1 agst Stradalla (taken)
6to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken)
10 to 1 agst Plover (taken)
11 to 1 agst Asteroid (taken)
No other change.
Arrivala—Filly by Sweetmeat, Brilliant, Persuasion,
Plover, and Fitz• Avon.

TATTERSALLS—YESTERDAY.
CRESTED. CUP.
9to 4 aget Stradalla (taken and offered)
6to 1 agat Caller Ou (taken)
10 to 1 agst Plover (taken)
12 to 1 agst Asteroid (taken)
100 to 6 agst Dunkeld (taken)
20 to 1 agat Haddington (taken)

THE DERBY.
9 to 2 agat Lord Clifden (taken)
6to 1 agat Macaroni (taken)
12 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken)
14 to 1 agst Ghillie (taken)
22 to 1 agst Tom Fool (taken)
40 to 1 agat Avondale (take 50 to 1)
50 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken)
1000 to 10 agat Tambour Major (taken)
1000 to 5 agat Fantastic (taken)
40 to 1 agst Bro. to Morocco and King of the Vale
coupled (taken)
CITY BETTING--YESTERDAY.
CHESTER CUP.
2 to 1 agat Stradella (taken)
7to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken)
10 to 1 apt Plover (taken)
12 to 1 agat Asteroid (taken)
15 to 1 agst Haddington (taken)
20 to 1 agst Dunkeld (taken)
33 to 1 agst Camerino (taken)
33 to 1 agat M. Phillippe (taken)
33 to 1 agat The Knave (taken)
100 to 1 agat Ben Webster (offered)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY.
For the Chester Cup, Stradella, Caller Ou, The Plover
and Asteroid were very firm ; and Haddington from his 30
to 1 of Saturday had friends at 10 to 1, but at the close a
little more was offered. The supporters of Dunkeld refused
less than 25 to 1, but took that very freely. During the
early part of the day 30 to 1 was taken and asked against
Camerino, but later on 40 to 1 was laid and offered. A re-
port was current that neither Buckstone nor The Knave
would see the Starter, and they were added to the friend-
less division. From our proximity to the scene of action at
Chester, there will not be any betting to report as being
done here until the conclusion of the Chester events.
Closing prices :

CHESTER CUP.
sto 2 agst Stradella (taken)
13 to 2 agst Caller Ou (taken)
Bto 1 agst Plover (offered)
10 to 1 agst Haddington (taken and offered)
13 to 1 agat Asteroid (taken)
20 to 1 agst Gardener (offered)
25 to 1 agat Dnnkeld (taken and offered)
33 to 1 agat M. Philippe (taken)
40 to 1 agst Camerino (taken)
50 to 1 agst Cowley (offered)
50 to 1 agst Buckatone and The Knave coupled (off)
100 to 1 agst Ben Webster (taken and offered)
100 to 1 agst Port Royal (offered)
THE DERBY.
25 to 1 agst Tom Fool (taken)
50 to 1 agst King of Utopia (taken)
2000 to 15 agst Flibustier (taken)
1000 to 3 agst Fantastic (taken and offered)

For several weeks past the Roman Catholic chapel in
Union-road, Cambridge, has been the scene of the most die-
! graceful disturbances. It appears that a number of under-
graduate members of the university, evidently acting in
concert, have been in the habit of attending the evening
services, and interrupting the priest by laughing derisively,
smoking long clay pipes, and other unseemly conduct. The
Rev. Thos. Quinlivan, the officiating priest, has remon-
strated with them upon several occasions, but being anxi-
ous to spare them the disgrace and humiliation of a public
exposure, he abstained from taking legal proceedings
against them. This forbearance on the part of the rev.
gentleman, however., instead of having the desired effect of
quelling the disturbances, made the undergraduates more
bold and insolent, and last Sunday evening they conducted
themselves in so outrageous a manner that the police con-
stables who were in attendance for the purpose of preserving
order foiled it necessary to take the ringleaders into custody.
The proctors subsequently went to the police-station and
bailed out the offenders.
Yesterday morning the Borough Police .court was densely
crowded in every part, a large number of university men
being present, who manifested the greatest interest in the
proceedings. The magistrates in attendance were—The
Worshipful the Mayor, Mr. Swann Hurrell, Mr. Charles
Balls, Mr. H. Marshall, Mr. C. F. Foster, and the Rev.
Dr. Cartniell, Master of Christ's College. The Rev. Mr,
Quinlivan and many of the university authorities were ac-
commodated with seats on the bench.
Mr. Fetch, solicitor, appeared for all the defendants.
Mr. ;Howard Simon Watson and Mr. Thomas Springett
Watson, undergraduates of Pembroke College, were placed
in the dock, charged with having assaulted Police-constables
Larkin and Kirbyshire.
Elijah Larkin, police-constable, said—Yesterday even-
ing I was on duty in plain clothes at the Catholio chapel
in Union-road. A university man was given into custody
by Mr. Quinlivan, the priest of the chapel, on a charge of
disorderly conduct. With the assistance of Police-constable
Kirbyshire I took the person into custody. Several univer-
sity men were there, and one of them said, "Now for the
rescue." Several of them then tried to take him away from
us. As we were going out of the chapel into the porch the
defendant Howard Watson struck me on the forehead. In
the chapel yard the defendant Thos. Watson endeavoured
to pull me away from my prisoner, and in the struggle we
fell. Somebody then kicked me, and the prisoner I had in
custody got away. I sent to the police-station for assistance,
and when it arrived the defendant Howard Watson was
taken into custody. Another struggle ensued immediately,
and just as we got on the Hill's-road I saw Thomas Watson
take hold of the collar of the policeman who had Howard
Watson in custody. I pushed Thomas Watson back, and
he struck me twice on the head. With great difficulty we
managed to get the defenlant Howard Watson into the
police-station. The defendant Thomas 'Watson came in
afterwards with one of the proctors. Ho was at once iden-
tified, and charged.
In reply to Dr. Cartmell, witness said—The struggle took
place inside the chapel, and the cry for the rescue was
raised in the chapel while divine service was being per-
formed. There were between 15 and 20 university men
there. I was in plain clothes, but I told them I was an officer.
By Mr. Fetch, who appeared for the defendapts—Thos.
Watson misconducted himself in the early part of the ser-
vice by laughing loudly, and Mr. Quinlivan left off his
sermon on that account. I was sent to the chapel on ac-
count of there having been disturbances on previous occa-
sions. I saw the person who was given into custody by Mr
Quinlivan for misbehaving himself. Ido not know who
that person was.
Police-constable Kirbyshire corroborated the evidence of
the preceding witness, and deposed that he was himsell
struck in the chapel, and again while going to the police-
station, by the defendant Howard Watson.
Police-constable Badcock saw the defendant Thomas
Watson assault constable Phillips on the Hills •road,
Phillips then had the defendant Howard Watson in custody
John Clarke, coachmaker, was at the chapel on the even-
ing in question. He could swear the defendants took part
in the rescue. Saw Howard Watson strike Kirbyshire.
Police-constable Phillips corroborated some of the fore-
going statements.
Mr. Fetch then addressed the bench for the defendants,
who had instructed him that this was a case of mistaken
identity. In support of this defence he called
Mr. Robert Glenn, student of Magdalen College, who
said he did not see the defendant Howard Watson strike any
one, but could not say he did not. Witness's back was
turned towards him during a great part of the time.
(Laughter.)
Mr. Wm. F. Smith, of St. John's College, deposed that
he saw Howard Watson in the chapel. Larkins stood near
the door to prevent the university men from going out.
They then forced their way out. Witness picked up Mr.
Thomas Watson's gown in the chapel yard.
Mr. Chas. Rawlins, of Pembroke College, said that Mr.
Howard Watson laughed once at something the priest said.
The verger went up to him and told him that a policeman
was present, and he had better look out. In the yard all
the university men joined in rescuing the man from custody,
but witness did not see the defendants do more than the
others. He did not see Larkin struck at all.
The magistrates then retired for the purpose of consult-
ing together on the case. On their return into court,
The Mayor said the offence with which the defendants
were charged was a very serious one. It was a grievous
thing that these disturbances of a congregation should have
been going on for a considerable time. It was impossible
to overlook this matter, or to punish it merely by the in-
fliction of a fine. The defendants would be sent to prison
for seven days, without hard labour. On account of various
circumstances the magistrates had determined to omit the
hard labour, but they felt they should not be doing their
duty if they merely inflicted a pecuniary fine.
The undergraduate portion of the audience raised a per-
fect storm of hisses as soon as the sentence was pronounced,
but order was soon restored. The prisoners, who were evi-
dently much surprised at the decision, and appeared to feel
their position acutely, were then removed.
Richard Ramsden, undergraduate of Trinity College, was
next charged with assaulting police-constables Ayres and
Kirbyshire in the execution of their duty.
The evidence proved that the prisoner was taking a pro-
minent part in the disturbance, and that when some of the
other undergraduates charged were actually in custody he
cried out repeatedly, "To the rescue 1" At the police sta-
tion he struck Kirbyshire with his fist, whereupon Kirby-
shire struck him again, as the officer said (amid groans
from the undergraduates), "in self. defence."
On the fact that hirbyshire had struck the defendant ap-
pearing, the Bench recommended that this charge should
be withdrawn, and it was withdrawn accordingly. This as
regarded the assault charged upon Kirbyshire.
The defendant was then further charged with assaulting
A 3 res. It appears that assistance having been sent for
from the police station, Ayres proceeded thence to aid his
brother constables, and met them, the mob, and parties in
custody on the Hills-road. The defendant, according to
Ayres's evidence, pushed all he could, and incited others to
rescue Ward. He was expostulated with, and told that if
he pursued such a course of conduct he " would have to go
himself," whereupon he replied " that he did not care about
that,,, struck Ayres several times, and endeavoured to
throw him down. He was seen by another constable to
kick Ayres's legs.
The defence raised by Mr. Fetch in this case was that if
the police had used greater forbearance these occurrences
would not have taken place. Mr. Fetch dwelt, too, upon the
excitement which necessarily prevailed, and the probability
under such circumstances of the officers being mistaken in
the identity of the party committing the offences.
The Mayor said that the magistrates considered the ease
proved. They had the optics of sending the defendant to
prison or inflicting a pecuniary fine. There was, however,
some difference between this and the previous case. The
defendant had committed no assault within the precincts
of a place of worship, and there were some other mitigating
circumstances. The bench adjudged the defendant to pay
a fine of 14 and expenses, or to be imprisoned seven days.
The fine was immediately paid
George Ward, student of Trinity College, was then
charged by Police-constable Maltby with assaulting him in
the execution of his duty. Maltby was one of the reserve
despatched from the police station, and met the police, the
mob, and the undergraduates in custody in St. Andrew-
street, proceeding towards the station. He was, he said,
struck three sharp blows on the back of the head, and
turning sharply round, saw the defendant as though with-
drawing his hand after striking a blow. Thereupon he
took him into custody.

In cross-examination Maltby admitted that then) was a
great many persons pushing and driving both witness and
the defendant, but he said he aid not think the position of
the defendant's hand was the result of pushing.
For the defence, Mr. Thomas James Homes Culverwell,
undergraduate of Emmanuel College, was called. He said
that he saw another man in the crowd strike Maltby once
from behind, and ho could swear that the defendant never
struck him at all. Had ho done so witness must have seen
him. The defendant put up his hand when the policeman
turned round to pounce upon him, and about the same time.
There was another witness for the defendant, hut the
Mayor said that there appeared some doubt whether the
defendant was the party who struck the officer, and the
bench would give him the benefit of it. The case was dis-
missed. Something had been said in the court inetnuat.
nh
that the police had used more force than was necessary, but
it must be recollected that the police on such occasions as
that which had just been the subject of investigation were
compelled to use force or the ends of justice would not be
achieved. So, it would be the better way for young men
to avoid such squabbles, and then their character would be
far better preserved than by their appearance in a court of
justice.
Igc eecdo sheet,llwegiteh
There were other charges entered upon the
acnpoaleri
against Robert Glenn, of Magdalen College,m charged
attempt at rescue; Wm. Woodgate, ofm
and Wm. Francis Smith, of St. John's College, char
with inciting to rescue and obstructing the police, but
charges were withdrawn. ef these
The defendants Watson were removed from the Town
Hall to
their exi t thfrom the e borough
Town gaol, on
Hall Parker's Pi ece'} grilleeategyw.itholtt
the
stentorian sympathetic cheer from their ebireother undergra-
duates, but at the entrance to thoo gaol a different audience
awaited them. The cpuipsoauetnts this also cheered lustily,
but it was because they w wof
goWilstnen going to priuon,
It need hardly be said that the constituents of the two bodies
were very different.

CRACOW, April 27.
The report circulated the last day or two as to
Padlewski, one of the best of the insurgent leaders,
having fallen into the hands of the Russians, after
being contradicted, is now unfortunately confirmed.
Padlewski, who was formerly on officer in the
Russian army, which he quitted two years ago, is
at present a prisoner in the citadel at Warsaw.
This is the sixth military chief of distinction that
the Poles have lost since the beginning of the in-
surrection, the others being Frankowski, Langie-
wicz, Bentknowski, Mielencki, and Cieszkowski.
There is said, it is true, to be some chance now of
Mielencki recovering, but he is so badly wounded
that it is not likley he will be able to take part
again in the present insurrection. Bentkowski is
still at liberty under parole, and it is supposed that
neither he nor Langiewicz will be brought to trial
for some time to come. Frankowski was one of the
first leaders who fell. As for the ill-fated Ciesz•
kowski, he may be said to have died a double death,
for he had already received a mortal wound when
the Russians broke into the house where he was
lying, and murdered the dying man in his bed. It
is said that a Russian officer shot him with his own
hand, after which the inmates of the house that for
a time had sheltered the fugitive were murdered in
the usual manner.
A mass for poor Cieszkowski, six officers and all
who fell with him at Cieszkowki's last battle, was
celebrated a few days since at the Church of the
Carmelites here in Cracow. In the public announce-
ment of his death and of the service to be pedal med
for the repose of his soul the insurgent chief was
formally entitled "colonel in the national army,"
and his loss was evidently felt as a national
calamity. Not only was the church crowded, but
the large open space in front was also filled by
persons in black, or in black edged with white,
the deepest mourning in Poland that can be worn.
The seven coffins were covered with significant red
cloth. Ti e ceremony was a very painful one, and
had more of a private than a public character, from
the fact that numbers of those present had evidently
lost relatives of their own. The congregation was
composed of persons of all classes, including a great
many peasants.
Immediately after the disaster which befel Lan-
giewicz's army, there was for some time but very
little fighting on the other side of the frontier, near
Cracow. But during the last three weeks we have
heard of collisions, great or small, every two or three
days, and since the funeral of the young Ostrowski
(a cousin, by the way, of the Marchioness Wielo-
polska) the doors of the churches have been placarded
every day with the names of the insurgents who
have fallen. The chaplain of Gregowiz's detachment
(mortally wounded at Szklary), was buried this
afternoon, and we have to-day received news of the
surprise and partial destruction of one of the com-
panies of Mossakowski's little corps, which entered
the kingdom by way of Kobelane about ten days ego.
It was supposed at first that as many as 50 men
had been killed, but 35 of the missing number have
since appeared in the flesh on this side of the fron-
tier. Among the fallen is a young Hungarian, for-
merly in the service of Garibaldi, who is said by an
eyewitness to have fought like a tiger, and to have
despatched a great number of Russians with his
own hand before he received his death-blow. The
Polish habit of regarding every one whose position
is not at first sight generally intelligible as a spy,
caused this young man to be looked upon as such
when he was in Cracow, where he was publicly in-
sulted by a mob only a few days before he joined
his regiment.
Further in the interior, in the district of Plock,
a battle of no great importance in itself has just
been fought, in which young Siemienski, the son of
Lucian Siemienski, the poet, was killed. When
Siemienski heard of his son's death, he fell on his
knees and thanked God for having allowed him to
die in such a just cause. The young man (he
was 19) was untP last February librarian of
the Polish academy established at Les Batig
nolles. As soon as he heard of the insurrection
breaking out he lett Paris, and, his means falling
short before he reached Cracow, performed the last
60 miles of his journey on foot, so as not to lose time
by writing to his family and having to wait for a
remittance. In his first battle he was shot through
the lungs, and for some days had been lying
wounded, with three of his comrades, at a country
house, when the Russians suddenly appeared before
the place, brought there for money by a German
colonist, who it is not unreasonable tosuppose must
have been of Prussian origin. Siemienski and his
friends, exhausted as they were, met them on
the threshold and defended themselves with revol-
vers for a few minutes, when Siemienski, who was
an excellent shot, brought down three or four of
his opponents. It is almost superfluous to add that
ultimately the Poles were overpowered and
massacred, the house plundered, and the grounds
laid waste.
Looking at the photographs of the most distin-
guished of the insurgents who have been killed in
battle, it is astonishing how many of them are very
young men, and lamentable to reflect that in a war
in which personal heroism plays so large a part,
and in which, as a rule, every man acts for himself,
those who think more of attacking the enemy than
of sheltering themselves are sure to fall the first.
Segur says of the Poles who served in the army of
1812, that they engaged very lightly to do exceed-
ing difficult things, but that they kept their words ;
and so in the present day you may hear insurgents
of 18 and 19 boast that they will be the first of their
detachment to touch the Russians; and, indeed,
when the time comes they throw themselves upon
them at any odds. In Mossakowski's detachment,
the last that passed the frontier near Cracow, ayouth
who had vowed that he would strike the first blow,
was himself struck down before he could aim a
second. In the same way ten of the Lancers were
so eager to attack that they rushed upon a band of
Cossacks 50 strong, and though they sold their lives
dearly were killed to a man.
As regards the officers, I am told that it is abso-
lutely necessary they should distinguish themselves
in some brilliant manner in order to justify their
appointment and cause their authority to be fully
recognised by the rank and file, who in most cases
know as much and as little about the art of war as
their leaders. General Rechebrune owes entirely
his reputation and his present high position to his
almost unexampled personal daring. His former
pupil, the son of Count Moszynski, a Siberian exile
of the year 1825, who since that time has suffered
personally and through his family by every calamity
which has fallen upon Poland, had laid the
artally
founda-
tion of a similar renown when he w.daes
Miechow.rn
wounded at the headof his company
inside
who had
under the orders of a French
purposegen than that of
It was strange that he should binthere fighting
come to Cracow for no
andothiet
rwould appear strange
idirecting his studies,
English parents—not accustomed
ld to a violent death as
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et hteheexrtroelmeeetotolook
the children.--to
the probable end
of any
any oneadmiration hear the father speak with of the pre-
forwar,
of
fhose portrait. is in
to the
killed in battle
ceptor, and refer with more pride than pain
efvaetery shop window is Boreisza, was
might have been
Another chief cyhoiuefngofsoinns.urgents,
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meB,chmooorLe as if'
looks,ust t
he were going to a fancy dress
against savages, and has ss ball than to a war
rather the face of a timid,
or at least a gentle Young girl, than of the intrepid
proved himself to be in presence
of the enemy.
The hospital surgeons say that the young men
who are lying wounded are so eager to get back to
their detachment
that their minds are never at
peace, and that their restoration to health is de-
layed in consequence. I can understand this from
the almost painfnl anxiety with which many of
them ask for news either of the insurrection or of
the proceedings of the intervening Powers.
A Polish proprietor, in the kingdom, was sum-
moned not long since before a Russian General.
charged with having rendered assistance to the in-
surgents, and solemnly cautioned against doing i
~
again. The proprietor explained his position. .If,"
he said, "the insurgents come to my place and ask

There is a general expectation here that some
sort of Constitution will be proclaimed for the king-
dom of Poland, and it is even said for the Russian
Empire, including, of course, the Polish provinces,
on the 3d of May, the anniversary of the adoption
of the celebrated Polish Constitution of 1791. It
is not hoped, it is rather feared, that this step will
be taken. I do not say that the fear is altogether
reasonable, but it exists, and has its origin
in a very natural conviction that such a seem-
ing proof of an intention to govern Poland on equi.
table principles would at once put an end to all
chance of foreign intervention. It Would undoubt-
edly conciliate the Polish nobility, who until the
Polish insurrection broke out were nearly unani-
mous in their pressing demands for a reformed go-
vernment, in which not only they, but all classes, in
proportion to their importance, should have a voice.
If it did not conciliate the Poles it would at least
deprive them of a great ainsunt of sympathy, and
would weaken considerably the moral basis of their
insurrection. The object of this insurrection is, in
the words of one of the manifestoes issued by the
National Government, " not to obtain this or that
concession," but to free the country from the foreign
yoke"—a noble end, but one which the Poles un-
aided are by no means certain to attain. Neverthe-
less, in their present spirit they are not likely to
accept any offers which are not equally extended
to Lithuania and the Ruthenian provinces; that is
to say, Volhynia, Podolia, and the Ukraine. They
ask for the independence of the Poland of 1772 as
their maximum, and the union of the Russo-Polish
provinces to the kingdom of Poland under the
Russian Crown, with a national Diet, a national
administration, and, above all, a national army as
their minimum. Between the minimum and the
maximum there is not very much difference, and
there is, of course, no chance of Russia granting
either unless compelled to do so by force of arms.
The Poles are quite aware of this, but seem resolved
to let their fate be decided by war, reserving to
themselves the right, if the result should be against
them, of endeavourtng to resume it in another 15
years, or whenever the opportunity may present
itself.

Whatever becomes of the insurrection, it is said
hat the National Government, which is now stronger
han ever, owing to the new and influential members
that have recently joined it, is determined to render
the Russian rule impossible in Poland. The National
wirelar geo
opposed
Government, which for some time past has been
obeyed byalwl
hcolaisnsetsh,eizlsiti
proprietors,
to the present movement on the ground that it was
has now all classes represented in its
dininsgtanthcee
all the
premature, the country having neither arms nor am.
munition,
1
e_ -ow the
working committee, and if on a given da, it
j orders
all the civil functionaries in the kingdom to .
service, the civil functionaries will cert • quit the
their places. It would be cu • ainlY give UP
Russians would get on if nous to se 1,
ministration, central and POstS IA the Ad..
local,
thrown on their hands. Th vv:.-Te suddenly
doted to a state of anarch e country would be re-
doubt be a good deal y, and Russia, would no
would be benefitted perr‘it
I, zed. How Poland
0 --I however -Oa the other ha , is not quite so clear.
hand a sort of
project is said to be counterpart of the above
and is even believed actually under consideration,
nerally well informedby many persons who are ge-
Government to have as to the plans of the Russian
great scheme is t been already adopted. The
throughout " C o establish military government
kingdom into 20ongress Polanddivide the
0 districts, and in each district to
place the minor Polish officials under the direct
control of Russian officers.

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the north-west of Australia, ornopthoseesdhotoreslaoy; thethe cable Gulf °oaf
Carpentaria, or to take it round to Brisbane, the capital of
Queensland. At this poiP t the cable would be in communica-
tion with the existing intercolonial lines, and New South
Wales, Victoria, and South Autralia would thus be brought
into connection with the countries of the old world. The cost
of laying the lino from Java to Queem.land is estimated at
£1,100,000; but from Java to tho north-west a cable c• uld
be laid for £243,000. Considering the many risks to which
their action, there can scarcely be a doubt as to the policy
the submarine cables are exposed, andlunt.eherideelsousennaccrtoehs,rtettaoinbty. ofa.
of selecting the cheaper route. An accident might impair
the eftioieney of the cable, but the shpolitrazotieruAr
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repaired or renewed at so much less cost than the longer
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