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LO DON, TUESDAY, FEB. 21, 1863.

In the House of Lords yesterday, Lord REDESHALE
presented a petition against the erection of a station
of the Great Eastern Railway in Finsbury-circus.
—The Earl of DERBY presented several similar peti-
tions, and urged the importance of weighing the
matter before allowing so much open space in the
metropolis to be sacrificed.—Lord GRANVILLE said
that the subject was an important one. He thought
it would be well to adopt the resolution proposed
in the other Rouse, that the Metropolitan Board of
Works should represent the public interests before
the committee which were to inquire into these
'railway schemes.—After some further discussion,
in which Earl GREY and others took part, the
second reading of the bill was postponed for a
fortnight, and their lordships adjourned at a quarter
past six.
In the Commons, Lord CLARENCE PAGET alluded
to a personal matter between himself and Lord
Robert Montagu. The latter accused him with
going to Chatham and making a political speech,
with a view to impress the electors in favour of his
brother-in-law, Mr. Otway. The noble lord entered
into some details relative to what actually occurred.
—Lord ROBERT MONTAGU explained that what he
had said was that the noble and gallant lord, who
was an important member of the Government, had
gone to Chatham, and when there had promised
that Chatham should be made the most important
of our naval stations. The purport of this address
was
). that iu case of a general election the electors
Chatham might be influenced. This might
bre
calledht Ministerial mud-larking, and he did not
think the noble lord had refuted the charge.—
Sir F. smyrn observed that all the electors thought
that the Secretary to the Admiralty's visit, accom-
panied by hisL A;itp
brother-in-law, was a " political
move."—Mr.
, in answer to Mr. Hen-
nessy, that the Governmentid not received the
text of the convention between had
Russia and Prussia,
and that the despatch of the
British Minister
re-
ferring to the question was founded on
evidence.—The bill granting annuities to the Princearsay
mid Princess of AVales was read a second time.--gir
H. WILLOUGHBY said that ho was perfectly
satisfied with the arrangements, now that he
had gone over the accounts of the Duchy.._
Mr. WILLIAMS made some objections as to the
accumulations of the revenues of the Duchy.—Mr.
tit lIALLEY was concerned that the marriage treaty
had not stipulated that the children of their Royal
Highnesses should be brought up in the Protestant
fof
Ll:le.—Lord PALMERSTON replied that a great part
accumulated money had been expended on
the estate of Sandringham, and to repair the man-
sion ;also hi4 Royal Highness's outfit had taken
£lOO,OOO. With regard to the matter of religion,
the treaty was similar to that of George the Fourth
when Prince of Wales, and he could assure his hon.
en d that he might rest assured that the children

would be educated in accordance with the laws of
the country and in the Protestant religion. Lord
Palmerston then stated, in reply to Mr. Buxton,
the circumstances attending the deportation from
Egypt of a Nubian regiment for service with the
French in Mexico. He said that the Emperor of
the French had wished to enlist volunteers, but the
late viceroy had forced:theiwretcked men on board a
French frigate. The noble lord said "the violence
and cruelty of the conduct of the Egyptian Govern-
ment was exactly similar to that committed at War-
saw." Her Majesty's Government had expressed
their opinion to that of Egypt, that such conduct
was a violation of the rights of the Sultan.—The
house went into committee of supply and Lord
C. PAGET proceeded to explain the naval esti-
mates of the year. He said that the votes
showed a decrease of £1,058,273, and entered into
various details, and in conclusion moved a vote of
96,000 seamen and boys, including 18,000 marines,
for the service of the ensuing year.—Sir J. PAK-
INGTON expressed his satisfaction at the speech of
the noble lord.—Mr. COBDEN said he objected to
the number of men ; let them build ships of iron,
and no more of them than was wanted, and they
would not have occasion to vote such an enormous
number of men.—Mr. LAIRD considered that the
wooden ships cased with iron would be failures.—
Lord C. PAGET replied, and the vote was agreed to.
--The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the
second reading of the Tobacco Duties Bill. After
some discussion the debate was adjourned till Fri-
day.—After some other business was transacted,
the house adjourned at two o'clock.

It has been maliciously asserted that annuitants
never die—probably from the expectants, who are
quite ready to step into their shoes, being tired of
waiting. But that is a personal affair, and does not
deserve much consideration in a national point of
view. Every collective bcdy is made up of indi-
vidual association, and must be dealt with on the
broad basis of the general good. Favouritism
is a term too often applied by envy, without
due allowance or knowledge of the merits of
the favoured individual. Sometimes his good for-
tune may be ascribed to luck, but more frequently
to less obvious causes. What takes place in private
life in the way of preferment passes generally un-
observed, because that sphere is sacred from critical
remark. But it is far otherwise in public life,
where rivals enter into manly competition for the
envied prize—promotion. True, the prizes are few
compared to the ardent many who strive for pre-
ferment, and hence the too frequent display of envy
imputing the success of a rival to motives unworthy
of a generous mind.
That preferment is often given from kindness
or relationship cannot be disputed, and that is but
natural, for if one may not help a friend when
opportunity offers, what is the benefit of having
the power unless it be used—and if a friend possess
the merit required, or approaches it, surely one is
justified in stretching a point if only for good fel-
lowship. If kissing goes by favour in love, surely
promotion may go sometimes by presumed merit in
war. The faint heart requires some encourage-
ment now and then, and when the desired object is
won, the merit is in granting the favour. That is
the doctrine of the sanguine aspirant, and happy
are those who have good reason to be satisfied.
Now suppose we apply this doctrine or argu-
ment to the Navy List, where merit ought to meet
its due reward, if anywhere in the public service;
and what do we find, taking age simply as the
standard for promotion. Here we find captains at
the age of twenty-nine—commanders old enough to
be their grandfathers, and poor lieutenants, at an
age quite beyond a lady's comprehension. And if
we ask the reason why ? myriads will start up with
wrinkled faces and furrowed brows bewailing their
fate and lamenting that they had no influence, like
their fairweather friends, but were left to rough it,
as best they could ;—their home was on the deep,
and promotion was past sounding.
But particular as the Navy List may be, we
have been favoured with a list still more particu-
lar and correct, under the title of " The Active
Lists of Flag Officers, Captains, and Commanders
in the Royal Navy, with particulars exhibiting their
progress from their entry into the Navy, with their
ages and other matters of interest, by the Rev.
Wu. HARVEY," and published by Mr. STANFORD,
of Charing-cross. It has reached a third edition—
a sterling proof of its merit. Let the public look
into it, and rub their eyes with wonder at its
precious contents. To talk of favouritism were
almost a mockery in gazing over this record of
our naval worthies—some of them entered in the
books before they were able to creep, and yet
these were the lucky imps that climbed aloft hand
over hand, leaving the old salts to stare at the rapid
rise of the youngsters. Why, to take an example
from Mr. HARVEY'S discriminating list, the Ad-
miral of the Fleet was only eight years from en-
tering the Royal Navy till he attained the rank
of Captain. Nor does he stand alone. There is
the Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom equally
fortunate—he was made Lieutenant and Commander
in the same year, and Captain almost the year fol-
lowing ! But these were the good old times, and
how many gallant fellows in the navy would pray
such times came back again ?

• But we will not scrutinise too closely. Many
of these old officers were good men and true,
having served their country faithfully and bravely
in the hour of danger. We do not quarrel with
them, but with the system, which covers a mul-
titude of sins—both of omission and commission
too. The Admiral of the Fleet has been in the
service 73 years-44 of these unemployed. He
is now 85 years of age. The next to him is 88
—then follows 81, 76, 87, and a string of wor-
thies rejoicing in years of 70's and 77's, all in
happy companionship, and, what is better still,
these are on the ACTIVE list, by way of examph',
we presume, to those who will never profit by
it. And of these there are 21. Admirals, 27
Vice-Admirals, and 51 Rear Admirals—making up
the magic number of 99, with one to boot, sit-
ting aloft to watch o'er the life of poor Jack !
Now, of this number, we will venture to say that
not one in ten of the very old ones will ever ride on

have had salt water again. Possibly they may

enough of it in their day, but the question again
arises—Why are they kept on the Active List ? Is
it to keep youthful enterprise in the background—
or are they waiting to make way for their grand-
sons! No wonder the navy estimates have swollen
so disproportionately to the service performed, when
JACK is kept in pay to see that Tom does not do
his duty, while Tom is only careful about looking
after a good berth, with better pay and less to do.
This is partly the reason why a thorough reform
is so much out of place at the Admiralty. Nor
is the fault confined to one party the leprcsy

spreads over all. Patronage is the natural perqui
sites of office, and if those in power do not exercise
it their hopeful successors will be sure to atone for
the mistake. Thus, when once installed in office,
if there bo no vacancies to fill up, ingenuity creates
them for the more efficient benefit of the service.
Again, when a change of office is apprehended—
promotion is thrust on promising merit, lest another
opportunity may not ocour again for a time far be-
yond their reckoning. Holy long is this system
to go on, now that a change is as imperative in the
personne" as in the materiel of our Naval Adminis-
tration.

We perceive by the votes that Sir Jomi HAY

to bring forward the question this evening in the
following manner, while we regret to observe
that Lord PALMERSTON, true to the manoeuvring
policy of all previous Administrations, is going to
water-log tho motion by referring it to a committee
SO famous for their alacrity in sinking :
" Sir J. HAY —That this house will, upon Thursday next,
resolve itself into a committee to consider of an humble ad-
dress to be presented to her MAJESTY, submitting toher MA-
JESTY that,in the opinion of this house-1. The position of the
officers of her MAJESTY'S naval service, in respect of promo-
tion and retirement, is not satisfactory, and ought to be
amended. 2. That with a view to the increased efficiency
of the naval service, and to meet the just expectations of
officers with respect to promotion, it is desirable to adopt
for all ranks the principle of retirement by age. 3. That
the pay of naval officers ought to be so adjusted as to
enable them consistently to maintain the rank they hold,
and to give them fair remuneration for honourable service.
4. That, in case these regulations shall cause any further
expense, this house will be prepared to enable her Majesty
to make good the same."

" Viscount PALMIIRSTON—To move, as an amendment

to Sir JOHN HAT'S motion :-1. That this house, having
on the 13th day of March, 1861, instructed a select com-
mittee to consider the present system of promotion and re-
tirement in the Royal navy, is of opinion that its decision
should be suspended until the subject shall have been ac-
cordingly considered and reported upon. 2. That a select
committee be appointed to consider the present system of
promotion and retirement in the Royal navy, and to report
their opinion thereon to this house."
Mr. FERRAND, too, of devil-dust notoriety in
times gone by—and now returned for Devonport

is going to try his hand at the Dockyards, to see if
he can revive the chips lately struck off the old tree
of promotion in the Royal Dockyards, by the Order
in Council of October, 1861. Mr. FERRAND will
amuse, if he cannot convince the House, to agree to
his motion. We only wish that he had a better
ship for his money.

Lord CLARENCE PAGET last night brought for-
ward the Navy Estimates for the current year in a
lucid speech, all the more pleasing from the fact
that the saving, as compared with the estimates of
last year, amounted to £1,058,273. This decrease
in the estimates did not interfere with the effective
state of the navy. The chief saving was in the
article of timber, amounting to £410,123 ; but
there were two reasons for this—one, that timber
was not so much in demand now; and the other,
that a quarter of a million was diverted last year
from another purpose, and applied to the purchase
of timber, of which the noble lord made no mention,
as probably he remembered to forget the circum-
stance. But the other cheering points in the
statement were well worthy of commendation.
Oar iron fleet was making good progress. If
not rapid, still it was sure. The public are
already well aware of the iron squadron afloat—
which have proved excellent sea boats, having just
returned from a voyage of experimental cruizing
across the Bay of Biscay, in which they weathered
the roughest sea most satisfactorily. Then the
ships in progress would be ready with all poss;ble
expedition—indeed some of them were now so far
advanced that three or four would be ready in the
course of the summer—and by next year we shall
have a fleet of some twenty-one ships armour plated
or iron plated men-of-war, of a capacity never seen
before. We would thus maintain our supremacy
on the ocean as of old, though we did not want to
make comparisons with the fleets of other nations in
order to avoid giving cause of jealousy and irrita-
tion. In this we think the noble lord was quite
right, for our chief business is to look at home and
be well prepared for contingencies, for no one can
tell what may be looming in the future. And even
now the genius of misrule seems to be at cruel work
in the North , which bodes no great hope for the
continuance of peace.

Sir JOHN PAYINGTON complimented the noble
lord on the fair promise of his statement, which he
characterised as being in every way satisfactory.
The number of seamen was the same as last year,
76,000—and the men were of a superior class as
compared with former years. Indeed they had
weeded all the indifferent men out of the service,
which improved the character as well as the com-
fort of those who formed the mainstay of our navy.
Altogether, the estimates were well received by the
House, and passed unanimously, with some remarks
on trivial subj ects of little import. Barracks are to
be provided for the comfort of seamen waiting to
join new ships, or while the old ones are under-
going repair, which will be a great convenience to
the men, as well as a saving:to their pockets, and
some protection to their morals.

America has now a rival in importance. Poland
divides with her the interest and attention of
Europe. Nevertheless, however great oar sym-
pathies and earnest our hopes for Poland, we
watch with unabated interest for the arrival of
news across the Atlantic. It is true that we are
all beginning to feel that this war is more or less a
question of time—that the point at issue must soon
be, not the subjugation of the South, but the terms
on which the States shall separate. The increasing
i financial difficulties of the North, the growing dis-
content of the people, the incapacity of the generals,
and the disaffection of the soldiers, are obstacles
against which a stronger and wiser Administration
than that of ABRAHAM LINCOLN would find it hard
to strive. The conviction, moreover, must be grow-
ing upon the great body of the people, in spite of
the vehemence of fanatics, that the reunion of the
States is an impossibility ; that supposing all the
efforts of the North to be crowned with extraordi-
nary success, and the so-called rebellion effectually
subdued, the Southern provinces could only be
held as conquered States, at an outlay of men
and money simply impossible for many a long year
to come, to the crippled resources of the North.
The question must, therefore, arise in the minds of
unprejudiced men as to what they are fighting for ?
It is certainly not money, for the conquest would
involve immense expense ; it cannot be fame, for
the public opinion of Europe is against them, and
their sympathses are undoubtedly en the other side ;
it is scarcely national honour, when this unhappy
war has been conducted in the barbarous spirit of
the middle ages ; neither can it be a desire for the
welfare of the country, which has been thrown
back many hard paces in the march of civilisation
and progress by this fratricidal contest. It can
scarcely be a war of principle on the part
of the North, when the very principle on
which the South is acting is the keystone
of American independence. Could they have fore-
, seen this struggle, GEORGE the THIRD and Lord
NORTH might have thought that they lived some
century too soon, for the arguments that were
thundered at them in support of American inde•
pendence might be as well addressed to the suc-
cessors of Washington on behalf of the vast tract of
country that goes by the name of the Southern States.
The war is most certainly not a war against slavery,
for who can doubt that LINCOLN and his Cabinet
would gladly declare the South free to continue
slave dealing for time immemorial, did they make
that
Union.
permission i
thee of
la
The
retention condition
in
ir
theloyal
re-entering
the
States sufficiently testifies the insincerity of the
PRESIDENT'S abolitionism. The much-vaunted Pro-
clamation was, in truth, little more than an attempt
to raise negro regiments in the heart of the enemy's
r . country, 'without the preliminary inconvenience and

delay of enlistment and bounty money, The fervid
eloquence and vehement denunciation of enthu-
siastic abolitionists, on both sides of the A tlantic,
have failed to rouse public emotion. The motive
for the act was too plain, and its execution too
partial, to impose on the most short-sighted.
At present the interest of the war is
centred on the two points of Vicksburg and
Charleston. Until they aro captured, the North
feel it is idle to talk of supremacy. Until they
are proved invincible, the South feel their trial is
yet to come. What the result of that trill may be,
all Europe is now waiting with breathless expec-
tation to learn ; but we know what the courage of
desperation can do, and we know how often daring
and determination have outweighed superior num-
bers. At Vicksburg the mighty waters of the Mis-
sissippi fight the battle of the Confederates—at
Charleston they must rely upon themselves ; and
we shall not be surprised to learn the result of that
reliance in the repulse of the Federals.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE,

BONNIE DUNDEE,

Mr. Falconer's long,expected novelty was pro-
duced at this theatre last evening with great care
and completeness, and in the presence of an audience
that crowded the theatre to the roof. The drama
is an historical spectacle, which takes for its central
figure the celebrated Jacobite hero, James Graham
of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee; and which,
commencing with his visit to the Highlands

to raise the clans in support of James the Second,
winds up with the Massacre of Glencoe, which
occurred some three years afterwards under the rule
of William 111. the first act is devoted to an inci-
dent in the life of Dundee, his venture from Edin-
burgh to Lochaber, to meet the Highland chiefs,
when, unattended and on feet, he is waylaid and on
the point of being murdered by a band of Low-
landers, and owes his rescue to the presence of mind
of the daughter of LoAiel and her Highland
foster sister, as well as the arrival of some
friends. The second act is employed by the
meeting of the Highland clans, and ultimately the
gathering of the clans around the person of Dundee
in a wild valley of Lochaber ; and the last act, as
we have stated, is given to the massacre of Glencoe.
There is an under plot, which turns on the adven-
tures of Helen, the daughter of Lochiel, who,
escaping from her father's roof to avoid a distasteful
marriage, is rescued from the hands of the 'Whigs
who are lying in wait for Claverhouse, by Alaster
M'Donald, who guards her home in safety, and who
wins her love and hand for his service—he proving to
be a member of the Al'lan clan in the end, and there-
by becoming involved with her in the peril of the
massacre, from which they are rescued by the timely
arrival df a portion of the clan of the Camerons.
Mr. Falconer, in constructing his story, has not
relied very much on history, nor, on the other
hand, resorted to the admirable materials to be

found in Scott, in the tale of "Old Mortality." He
has neither drawn Dundee in the gloving colours
of the novelist, who presents as most conspicuous
the grace and gallantry of his demeanour, nor gone,
on the other hand, to facts, which show that his

chivalric bearing was only a mask under which he
nursed the most savage passions and animosities.
He simply presents him as a loyal Jacobite, intent
on defending his master's rights. We regret: we
cannot add that his endeavour was very successful.

The structure of the piece was so very slight, and
the writing so unimpressive, that its entire
effect was thrown upon the great incident
of the second act—" The Gathering of the Clans."
This, however, was so admirably managed, whether
in respect to its numbers or vivacity—the High-
landers pouring in upon the foreground from every
cleft and pathway of their rocky rendezvous, until
the entire scene became a moving mass of beings—
that it formed one of the most exciting spectacles
which we have 'witnessed for some time,
and succeeded in rousing the audience to a
great state of enthusiasm. The Valley of Glen-
coe was also a great success pictorially—being
a moonlight view on snow, from the pencil of Mr.
Telbins 7t-hich may be numbered among the most
magical of his many brilliant achievements. The
acting of this drama was tolerably sustained, by
Mr. Edmund Phelps in the character of Dundee,
who gave to the loyal partisan great dignity of

bearing; by Mr. Loraine, in Alaster INPllonald ; by
Mr. Graham and Mrs. Falconer, in a pair of High-
land peasants, and by Mrs. Bowers in the chief's

daughter. Mr. Haigh also was very successful in
his delivery of the song of "Bonnie Dundee," which
was appropriately introduced into the second act.

FIRST PRINCE ALBERT SCHOLARSHIP.

This appropriate and lasting tribute to the memory of
the late Prince Consort has been instituted at Liverpool,
and has been the subject of keen competition among the
students born or educated within seven miles thereof.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
has made the following award of the Albert Scholarship,
according to the result of the examination held at Liver-
pool last December :
Scholar—A. M. Watson (r e 1 f m a) Birkenhead, Bre-
wood Grammar School, 11. Wall, M.A.
2. G. J. Laidman (r 1. g m a), Everton Collegiate Insti-
tution, Rev. J. S. Howson, D.D.
3. J. B.. Jones (r in), Liverpool Collegiate Institution,
Rev. J. S. Hows n, D.D.
4. J. G. Lewis (r 1 g f m), Liverpool; Royal Institution,
Rev. D. W. Turner, D.C.L.
5. R. J. Lloyd (in c*), Wavertree, Liverpool Institute,
Rev. J. Jones, M.A.
6. J. E. Thompson (f gn), Birkenhead Collegiate Insti-
tution, Rev. J. S. Howson, D.D.
r means distinguished in religious knowledge; e, Eng-
lish; c, chemistry; 2n, mathematics; a, mechanics, or
applied mathematics; 1, Latin; g, Greek; f, French; yn,
German. _

* The only senior candidate distinguished in chemistry.
In addition to the above, who all obtained first-class
honours, there were several candidates for the scholarship
who obtained minor honours.

The work of the first two candidates, A. 112. Watson and
G. J. Laidman, who had a close contest for the prize, ex-
hibited a high degree of excellence. A. M. Watson was the
first amongst all the senior candidates examined at the 14
centres in religious knowledge and English, also bracketed
first in applied mathematics, G. J. Laidman was the first
in Latin and mathematics, and bracketed first in Greek and
applied mathematics.

The committee have awarded the following prizes to those
candidates who, being prevented from competing for the
scholarship by age or locality, attained first-class honours,
namely :

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

THE GREEK REVOLUTION.
ATHENS, FEB. 22.

The Provisional Government recently established
has fallen, through a demonstration got up yester-
day with the assistance of part of the garrison.
The Assembly has invested President Moraitini
with the executive powers, until it should order
otherwise.

To-day all is quiet.
The troops which were disbanded are returning.
The Assembly is discussing a new form of Go-

vernment.

A Ministry elected directly by the Assembly will
have have the greatest chance of success.

PRUSSIA.

The telegraphic news of the declarations of Lords
Russell and Palmerston in the two Houses of Par-
liament was published in all the papers. The news
arrived while the Chamber of Deputies was sitting;
it was of course immediately known there, and
caused great excitement, as being the first authentic
intelligence here received concerning the convention
with Russia. There has been no time for much
comment in the press. While citing the despatch
at the top of its columns, on account of its import-
ance, the Berliner Allgemeine recalls the fact that
in the Chamber, on the 18th inst., M. Bismark de.
declared most positively that the Government had
neither received nor expected any counsels from a
foreign Government with respect to the affair in
question. "The principal thing," it adds, "is that
we now know what the convention contains. The
Russians are allowed to fight out their private war
cn Prussian ground."

FRANCE.

PARIS, FEB. 23.

Le Constitutionnel of this morning has an article
signed by Limayrac, commenting on the observa-
tions made by the Journal des Debats on the recent
passages in favour of the Poles. "It is to be re-
gretted," says that writer, " that the Journal des
Debats should have allowed party spirit to influence
its otherwise just opinions. The Government of
the Emperor has nothing to repair, nothing to re-
gret; and the speech of M. Billault, in the debate
on the address in the Chambers was all it ought to
have been. That speech was marked by a prudence,
a reserve, and a dignity, which we have too often
lost sight of, and which France has regained with
the Empire. It was the sincere expression of a
policy which joins to its sympathy for the cause of
justice, due respect for itself. Cannot the Journal
des Debats forgive M. Billault for having recalled
the clamorous and fruitless protests which the Go-
vernment of July, elevated during 18 years in be-
half of Poland, which served no purpose but to
encourage hopes that they could not or would not
realise. To-day we protest no longer in vain—
fruitless protests are unworthy of a great nation;
and under the reign of a Napoleon there are silences
which all the world comprehends. Why should
the Journal des Debats, at the moment
when we wished to thank it for its concurrence,
put us under the necessity of recalling that the
policy at one time condemned by it towards Poland
resolves itself into two memories equally mournful ;
on one hand vain protestation of sympathy—on the
other a cruel phrase, whose recollection is inefface-
able. We are surprised, says Le Constitutionnel,
in conclusion, that the Journal des Debats, while
doing justice to the firm and generous intentions of
the Imperial Government in the new phase of the
Polish question, has not appreciated better its pre-
vious attitude, and words of the eminent statesman
whose patriotism equals his eloquence.
Le Pays, in commenting on the sensation pro-
duced in Berlin by the article in the constitution-
nel of Saturday on the subject of the Prussian con-
vention, expresses its conviction that the treaty will
become a dead letter, for it is impossible, i❑ face of
the universal reprobation it has encountered, even
in Prussia, that Herr Von Bismark can dream of
putting it in practice,

The conduct of the Prussian Government towards
the Poles excites indignation and disgust among all
classes here. That Russia would put down with au
unsparing hand an insurrection which her own
agents most wantonly provoked, and that her Gene-
rals would let loose a brutal soldiery on a people
roused to madness, was perhaps expected ; but that
the Prussian Government should have become an ac-
complice in these atrocities has roused a feeling in the
heart of every Frenchman which words can hardly
describe. It is now certain that the Prussian authori-
ties not only arrested the three young Poles who had
set out from Paris to join their countrymen, but
have actually given them up to the vengeance of
the Russians. This ignoble conduct is, :t appears,
still continued, and will probably be continued so

long as Prussia has the power to do so. Another
party of young men, who had followed the example
of the three already mentioned, were seized when
they found themselves in Prussian territory, and in
all likelihood these also have been given up to their
enemy. The following letter from one of them has
been received in Paris :

" Lisback, Feb. 15.

" You will pardon me, dear Sir, for not having written
to you before this. On our journey hither we had not
time to do so. Now, alas I we have but too much leisure,
not well knowing what to do amid the calamities which
have befallen us. We arrived safe at Lisback, but since
then everything has changed. On the 13th several of us
met together for the purpose of passing the frontier and
proceeding to join the standard of liberty. I know not
whether it was through treachery or want of precaution on
our part, but we were surrounded by Prussian gendarmes
and five of us arrested. On the 4th we were conducted to
Brodmin, and I received a gunshot wound in the leg. We
had our passports made out in due form— foreign passports
it is true, but vised by the Prussian Legation. We hope
that the foreign Consuls will interfere in our behalf. I can
write you only a few lines, and I am reduced to a state of
great weakness by loss of blood. Among others arrested
with me are MM. Taroni, Stawierski, and Machalski.

" PAUL SERWINSILI."

BOURSE, Feb. 23.—The market has been rather
more buoyant, the sellers of the last two days hav-
ing been again purchasers, and the busin_ss done
shows a slight improvement. Threes, for the Ac-
count, are now firm at 69f. 70c. Little or nothing
doing in Railway Shares. The market became
again feeble towards the close, and left off as fol-
lows :

It per Cents 9B 50
Do. end month —
3 per Cents
Do. end month 69 65
New 3 per Cents
Do. end month —
Credit Mobilier 1167 . 50
Do, end month 1166 25
RAIL'

Bank Shares 3370
Credit koneier 1435
Piedmontese Fives
Italian Loan 69 65
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes —
Rome Debt

'Aire.

Cash. Account.
Orleans 1097 50 .. 1097 50
Northern 1023 75 .. 1027 50
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1175 .. 1177 50
Geneva 397 50 .. 398 75
Southern .. 780 .. 785
Western - •• 555
Eastern .. ..
Sardinian 370 --3 .. 70
Austrian
Low bard
North of Spain
Saragossa..
Ditto to Barcelona .... 340 -- .. 340 —.

THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MALLS.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)

The following telegram has been received at
Mr. Renter's office from the Peninsula and Orienta
Steam Navigation Company

TUESDAY, FEB. 24.
The Massilia with the above mails arrived al
Marseilles at 8 a.m. this day.
The mails were to leave for London at 11.30 a.m

THE COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT WEDNEBBITRY.—
All hopes of recovering even the remains of the third
deceased wan are now given up, for the efforts in that di-
rection that were being made at the date of our last report
have had to be abandoned. The working party have been
compelled to cease their operations in consequence of the
fire having spread from the old workings into that portion
of the mine in which they were prosecuting their humane
search,