The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-21 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

After an absence of much longer duration than London
play -goers could have wished, Mr. and Mrs, Alfred Wigan
have returned to town, and resumed their professional duties
last evening at the Baymarket Theatre, where they ap-
peared in their celebrated characters of John Mildrn ay and
grs. Hector Sternhold, in Mr. Tom Taylor's favourite
comedy of " Still Waters Run Deep," Both artists expe-
rienced an enthusiastic reception, and performed with all
the skill, spirit, and refinement for which they are so emi-
nently distinguished. Seldom, if ever, has the art of act-
ing been brought to higher perfection on the British stage
than in Mr. Wigan's performance of John Mildms►y,
Frank, 12.. nest, and manly, and thoroughly English in tone
and treatment, it is an impersonation which challenges ad-
miration equally by its freshness and originality of concep-
din, and by the care which the actor has so artistically be-
stowed upon the minutest particulars of its execution. The
judgment which he display a in the management of a most
melodious and expressive voice, the " naturalness" and
appropriateness of all his looks and movements, and the
delightful ease of his manner, give to Mr. Wigan's act-
ing an irresistible air of truth. He is at once the most
refined and the most veracious of actors. There is no cla-
mour, no turmoil abrut him ; all is genuine, artless, and
unaffected, As in the play, so in the performance, the still
waters run deep, and the tide of passion is
ill the swifter and more profound for the absence of that
noise which is alike the characteristic of shallow streams
and superficial actors. It too often happens that the per.
formances of other artists, even of those who have attained
high rank in their profession, leave much to the fancy of the
spectator. However highly finished in many respects, they
still have shortcomings which the audience have to eke out
with their own imaginings in order to make the picture
perfect. But Mr. Wigan's acting is open to no such objec-
tion. Here everything is so complete and absolu; e that in
returning to the realities of life when the play is over, the
difficulty we experience is to shake off the drr matic illusion
we have been under, and to reconcile ourselves to the con-
viction that what looked so like nature was after all only
consummate art. To adopt such a belief does one's judg-
ment as much violence as to distrust those marvellous little
drawings by Mr. William Hunt, in which fruits, flowers,
and birds' nests are depicted with a subtlety of touch and a
witchery of colour that make it all but impossible to dis-
tinguish between the things imitated and their imitations.
Whether it take a pictorial or a histrionic form this is art of
that genuine kind which, operating powerfully, yet conceal-
ing the method of its operation, fully realises the classic zest
of excellence--" summa ars artem celere." In vigour and
variety of expression, and the skilful simulation of many
dissimilar emotions, :Mrs. Wigan's impersonation of Mrs.
Hector Sternhold, as usual, displayed great merit, and was
a worthy pendent to Mr. Wigan's brilliant performance•
The other characters were efficiently sustained, Mr. W.
Farren, as Hawksley, in particular, deserving favourable
notice.

PAR,L TAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 20.
PRISON MINISTERS BILL.

Order for second reading read. Motion made and question
proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time."
Amendment proposed, to leave out the word ' now,' and
at the end of the question to add the words ' upon this
'
day six months.'" Question put, "That the word now'
stand part of the question." The house divided—Ayes,
162 ; Noes, 122.
AYES —152.
Acton Sir J. Ewart, J. C. Morritt, W.
Adam,W. P. Fergusson, Sir J. Isl orthcote, Sir S. H.
Atherton, Sir W. Forster, Charles D. O'Brien, Sir P.
Ayrton, A. S. Forster, W. E. O'Conor Don, The
Bailey, C. French, Col. O'Reilly, M.
Baines, E. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Padmore, R.
Baring, Sir F. Gavin,ibso Thos. Geo. Gibson. T. M
Major Paget, Lord A.
Baring'
Pakington, Sir J. S.
Bass, M. T. Gladstone, W. E. Palmer, Sir R.
Beaumont, W. B. Gower, F. L. Palmerston, Visct.
, .
Beaumont,Somerset Greene, J• Patten, Col. W.
Beecroft, G. S. Greenwood, J. Peel, Sir R.
Bellew, R. M. Gregory, W. ll• Peel, F.
Berkeley, Col. Grenfell, H. R. Pender, J.
Berkeley, C. Grey, Rt. Hil. Sir G. Pinney, Col.
Blake, J. A. Grosvenor, Earl Pollard Urquhart W
Bonham-Carter, J. Gurdon, B. Potter, E.
Bouverie, E. P. Hadfield, Geo- Potts, George
Bouverie, P. P. Hanmer, Sir J. Proby, Lord. G. L.
Bowyer, Sir G. Hartington,MarquisPryse, Capt. E. L.
Brady, Dr Hay, Sir J. Puller, C. W.
Braniston, T. W. Headlam, Thos. E. Robertson, D.
Bruce, H. A. Henley, Lord Robertson, H.
Buchanan, W. Herbert, H. A. Russell, F. W.
Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Heygate, W. U Salomonq,Alderman
Butt, Isaac Howard, Hon. C. Scholefietd, W.
Buxton, C. Howard. Lord E. G. Scully, V.
Calthorpe, F. 11. Hubbard, J. G. Seely, C.
Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Hutt, W. Seymour, A: -
Castlerosse, Viet. Ingham, H. Sidney, Thomas
Caveneish, Hon. W. Jackson, W. Smith, J. B.
Cochrane, A. D. Kingscote, Lt-Col. Smith, J. A.
Cogan, W. H. Knight, F. Stacpoole, W.
Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Layard, A. H. Stansfeld, J.
Collier, R. P. Leatham, E.
Steel, John
Cowper, Hon. W.F. Lennox, Lord G. G. Stirling, Wm.
Cox, W. Liddell, Hon. H. G. Taylor, P. A.
Crawford, R. W. Locke, John Vaue, Lord H. G.
Dalglish, Robert Lon,gfield, Robert Verney, Sir Harry
Davey,
it. Lowe, Rt. Hon. R. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C.
Dering, Sir B. Lyeron, Hon. F. Vivian, H. H.
~ Dickson, Col. 31`Cann, J. Waldron, L.
Dillwyn, Lewis L. MacEvoy, E. Watkins, Col. L.
Disraeli, Benjamin 31`Mahon, 1,.,. Westhead, J.
Douglas, Sir C. Maguire, J. x . Willoughby, Sir H.
Duff, M. E. Mainwaring, T. Wood, Rt 11n. Sir C.
Dunne, Col. Manners, Lord J. Wood, W.
Dunne, M. Martin, . Woods, Henry
Egerton, A. F. Merry, James
Ellice, Rt. Hon. E. MildmaY, H. TELLERS,
Ennis, John Mitchell, T. A. Brand, 11. B.
Evans, T. W. Monsen, Rt. lin. W. White, L.

NOES —122.
Adderley, C. B. Gore, J. R. O. Parker, Major W.
Addington, Hon.W. Gower, G. W. L. Peto, Sir M.
Angerstein, W. Greenall, G. Pevensey, Viscount
Arbuthnott, Gen.H. Gray, Capt. Phillips, G. L.
o. b, T. B.
Archdall, Capt.3l E. Grogan, Sir E. Pigott, Sergeant
Aytoun, S. S. Haliburton, T. C. Powell, F. S.
Beach, W. W. Hanbury, R. • Quinn, Peter
Bentinck, G. W. P. Hardy, J. Repton, G. W. J.
Beresr ibbert , J. ord, W. Rogers, John J.
li
Blackburn, P. llsla
Bovill, Wm. Howes, E. SI l°elsa Li
' V
e rl -B. A
oo.t h , G.
Bridges, Sir B. Huut, G. W. f•..cott, Sit W.
Bruce, C. L. C. Kekewich, S. Selwyn, C. J.
Butler, C. S. Kendall, N. Seymer, 11. K.
Caird, James Kennard, R. Seymour, Digby
Cairns, Sir H. King, J. K. Shelley, Sir J. V.
Cartwright, Col. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Smith, Abel
Churchill, Lord A. Langton, W. G. Smyth, Col.
Close, M. C. Lefroy, A. Somes, Joseph
Cobbett, J. M. Lee, W. Spooner, R.
Craufurd, E. H. J. Long, R. P. Stuart, Col. W.
Cubitt, George Lyaley, W. Sykes, Col. W. H.
Du Cane, C. Mackie, J. Tempest, Lord A.V.
Duncombe, A. Manus, R. Tile, Wm.
Dundas, Frederick Martin, P. W. Tollemache, J. H.
Dunlop, A. Miller, William Trefusis, Hon. C. 11.
Du Pre, C. Mills, A. Vance, John
Dutton, Hon. R. H. Mills, J. R. Vansittart, Wm.
Sir Wm.
Edwards, Major H. Milford, W. T. Verner,*nolon J.
Ellice, E., jun. Montgomery, Sir G. Watlt ~ ,
' Arthur E.ay
Enfield, Viscount Morgan, C. O. S. • W
Ewart, William Morris, D. Whalley, G. H.
Ewing, H. E. C. Morrison, W. White, Jas.
Pane, Col. Mowbray, Rt. Hu. J • Williams, W.Wvld, James
Farquhar, Sir 31. Mundy, William • , Hon. P.
Farrer, J. M Wyndham,
ure, David Wynne, W. W. E.
Fellowes, Edward Newdegate, C. Yorke, Hon. E.
Foley, Hon. H. W. Nicol, William
Gard, R. S. North, Col.
Getty, S. G. Ogilvy, Sir J. , TELLERS.
Gilpin, Colonel Onslow, Guildford Langton, W. H. G.
Gordon, C. W. Packe, C. Barttelot, Col.

The Russian Ambassador in Paris has remon-
strated rather warmly with
the Government for
tolerating the animadversions and caricatures of a portion
)f the French press on Polish affairs. He was the more
earnest in his remonstrances' as it was known to every one
that the press is at the mercy of the Minister of the Inte-
rior, who does not allow authority to lie idle in his hands ;
and he felt that it was strange such liberties should be
taken with a Power like Russia, which is in such friendly
relations with France. The papers complained of have
accordingly been requested to
in plain Engliih, to moderate their tone, which of course
they will do. put de l' eau dare leer

THE TEA TRADE, April 20.—The deliveries in
London estimated for the week were 423,8881, which is a
decrease of 204,3061 b compared with the previous statement.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

ARRIVAL OF THE SULTAN AT SMYRNA.
SMYRNA, APRIL 21.
The Sultan arrived here yesterday, but did not
land.

Fuad Paoha visited the Imperial Railway yeater-

day.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.
CRACOW, APRIL 20.
A manifesto of the National Committee of War-
saw says :

" The Marquis Wielopolski, not contented with
being guilty of treason in the interior of the coun-
try, continues his work abroad, and dares to insult
foreign princes on account of their noble sentiments
in favour of Poland. The central committee,
therefore, protests against these offinces against
the public conscience of Europe.'
WILNA, APRIL 17, EVENING.
Persons of all classes are constantly leaving this
district to join the insurgents.
Arrests and domiciliary visits are of daily occur-

rence.
The citadel is filled to overflowing with political

prisoners.

Many persons have been sentenced to death by
courts-martial, but none have yet been executed,
the military governor having in all cases commuted
the sentences.

A large number of Polish landholders have fled
to this city.

THE POLISH QUESTION.
PARIS, APRIL 20.

The Pays of this evening says :
"We believe ourselves able to give an exact
analysis of the French note sent to St. Petersburg.
M. Dronyn de Lhuys states that the troubles in Po-
land have occasioned uneasiness in Europe, as they
are not the result of a temporary crisis. The periodi-
cal convulsions which occur in Poland are the
symptoms of inveterate disease, leaving no doubt of
the inability of the combinations attempted up to the
present time to reconcile the country with the situa-
tion in which it has been placed by the treaties
of 1815.

" The note points out that such disturbances are
a subject of alarm to Europe. These conflicts excite
the public mind, and might, if prolonged, disturb
the relations of Governments in such degree as to
produce the most regrettable consequences. It is
therefore the interest of all the powers to see
dangers incessantly reviving definitively removed.
"The note concludes with a hope that Russia
will reflect upon these considerations, will still show
herself animated by those liberal dispositions of
which the Emperor Alexander has already given so
many proofs, and will recognise in her wisdom the
necessity of adopting measures which will place
Polard in a position of lasting peace. The Due de
Montebello is requested to leave a copy of the note
with Prince Gortschakoff."

The Pays further states that the imperial ukase
promulgating the amnesty will effect no change
with regard to the notes of the Powers, as the in-
tention of the Czar to adopt this step was known
to the Powers previous to the despatch of the notes.
CRACOW, APRIL 20.

The banquet offered to Mr. Hennessy, M.P., took
place yesterday evening. Count Skorupka, deputy
for Cracow, in proposing the health of the hon.
member, said that tine eloquent words of Mr. Hen-
nessy in the English Parliament had rendered his
name as dear to the Polish people as was that of
their deceased friend, Lord Dudley Stuart. Sym-
pathy with the Polish cause was universal in
England, and it was no barren sympathy that
England offered them. By the earnest and power-
ful intervention of England the triumph of Poland
was assured.

Mr. Hennessy, in returning thanks, said that
the English Government and people had seen with
regret the systematic oppression under which Poland
has long suffered, and had looked with admiration
on the heroic struggle in which she was now engaged.
The numerous meetings held in England and th,
strong expression of opinion in both Houses of Par-
liament were sufficient evidence of the strong sym-
pathy and good wishes of the English people. Every
Power in Europe—France, Switzerland, Sweden.
Spain, Portugal, and Italy—even the two Powers
which hitherto had always been hostile to Poland,
had united in manifesting their sympathy with the
Polish people. The only enemy of Poland was
the Government of Russia : every other Power in
Europe was her friend. Russia was weaker now
than at any former period, and so far as Poland
was concerned was left without the support of any
other Power. The cause of Polish nationality had
gained in strength in the same measure as the
power of Russia had diminished. He did not
believe that any concessions on the part of Russia
could be accepted, or that any arrangement (trans-
action) was possible. He firmly believed that the
day of Polish liberty and independence was close
at hand. At the conclusion of his speech the hon.
member sat down amid enthusiastic cheering. A
public demonstration took place in the evening.

FRANCE.
PARIS, April 21.

Le Sieele, we observe, announces to-day the death,
at Vesoul, of M. Noirot, formerly representative of
the people in the Constituent Assembly.
Le Pays contradicts the rumour that H.I.H. the
Prince Napoleon will take his departure this even-
ing en route for Egypt.
In describing the races which took place on the
preceding day at the Bois de Boulogne, Le Constz-
tutionnel mentions, in regard to the appearance
there of their Majesties among the giy company
present, that the Empress walked for some time,
leaning on the arm of Prince Joachim Murat, while
the Emperor strolled, arm i❑ arm, first of all with
his aidecamp, General Lebceuf, and afterwards with
M. the Duke de Morny,

L' Opinion Nationals bricfly remarks upon the
fact of his Majesty the Emperor having just com-
pleted the fifty-fifth year of his age: of which—it
might have been worth while to add—the last
fourteen have been passed by his Majesty, more
or less in supreme power, as Head of the French
Government.

BOURSE, April 20.—The market up to the present
time has shown a strong downward tendency.
Threes, for the Account, which opened at 69f. 50c.,
arc now weak at 69fr. 40c. Speculators appear
averse to enter on any material operations. Mobilier
Shares have also declined. The Railway Share
Market has shown rat her more firmness than the
Rente, but some of the lines show a slight decline.
The market continued heavy to the close as fol-
lows :

it per Cents. 69 90
Do. end
3 per Cents
Do. end month. ,
Credit Mobilier 1400
Do, end month 1395
Bank Shares 3380
Credit F oncier l5OO
IL'

Italian Loan 7l 65
• Do. end month 7l 25
New ditto ...... 72 25
Do. end month 72 5u
• Russian
• Austrian
• Spanish Threes..., 52 50
• Homo Debt -
MAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans lOlO .. 1012 60
Northern .... 1045 1047 50
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1165 1170
Geneva ................ 440 .. 442 50
Southern .............. 767 60 .. 775
Western .............. 527 50 532 50
Eastern ....... 536 25 637 50
Sardinian.......... 446
Austrian .... . ......... 800 600
Lombard , 450
600 •• 600

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, April 20.

Their Royal 'Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
Prince Alfred went to London this morning, at-
tended by Capt. Grey and Major Cowell.
The Judge Advocate• General had an audience of
the Queer.

The Archbishop of York and the Right Hon. W.
and Mrs. Gladstone returned to London to-day.

The Prince Witzengorff, Baron von Lindon, and
Count Erckert have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-
street, on their return to Berlin.

The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea have
arrived at the St. George's Hotel.
Viscount and Viscountess Castlerosse have re-
turned to their residence in Eaton place from Malvern
Wells, Worcestershire.

Lady Chelmsford's ball is unavoidably postponed
from Monday, May 4, to Thursday, May 7.

The Hon. H. Foley, M.P., has arrived at the St.
George's Hotel.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Glad-
stone returned to town yesterday from Windsor Castle.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO LORD MASSAREENE.—
Lord Massareene has met with an accident at Antrim
Castle which will most probably terminate fatally, On
Saturday morning, as he was standing on a high embank-
ment tying a young tree to a stake, the stake broke, and he
was precipitated a great depth on some stones. He sus-
tained injuries to the spine, resulting in paralysis of the
lower half of the body, a broken leg, and a disabled foot.
The latest accounts state that his recovery is hopeless.
Several eminent surgeons from Dublin are attending him.

REPRESENTATION OF THE RADNOR BOROUGHS.
—There is at present but one candidate to fill the
vacancy caused by the decease of Sir G. C. Lewis, though
several names have been mentioned, among which are
those of Mr. Harcourt, Mr. R. B. Mynors, and Mr. Richard
Green Price, whose uncle represented the constituency for
nearly half a century. Mr. Price issued his address yes-
terday in reply :o a requisition from the burgesses of the
borough of Knighton, in the course of which he says :
" My political opinions are, I believe, well known to you,
as I have on more than one occasion proposed your late
worthy and lamented representative, when I publicly ex-
pressed myself on the leading topics of the day. At the pre-
sent juncture of political affairs there does not seem to be
any leading question which agitates the public mind ; and
as far as my opinions may be at present important to you, I
declare myself a supporter of Lotd Palmerston's Govern-
ment, and especially of his foreign policy, Should I have
the honour of being returned as your representative, my
votes will be those of a Liberal Conservative; and, with
respect to all matters which affect your local interests, I
trust you do not need the assurance that these shall ever
have my constant and unremitting attention."
REPRESENTATION OF EAST SOMEEtSET.—Sir W.
Miles, Bart., who entered Parliament, in 1818, ant!
who has represented East Somerset since 1834, does not
propose to offer himself for re-election. In an address
issued by Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, of Clevedon Court,
announcing his intention to come forward, he says :—",My
political opinions are known to you ; they are liberal but not
democratic. lam therefore prepared to give my conscien-
tious support to the present government, which rests on a
wide basis, and is the safest and most efficient that can be
formed."

ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT INSTITIITION.-11 e
quarterly count of the governor* of this institution
was yesterday held at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St.
James's, Admiral Lord Colchester in the chair. There
were also present Admiral Sir H. Leake, M.P., Admiral
Richards, Sir Joseph Douglas, Captains Fittock, Barrett,
Howes, Westbrooke, and many other distinguished officers.
The report stated that the income for the past quarter, in-
cluding £92 17e. 7d., the balance in hand at the end of the
past year was £553 155.; the interest on the funded pro-
petty of the institution, viz , £36,916 14s. Sd. stock £l9l
4s. 3d. ; annual subscriptions, &c., £1,152 16s. 10d. A
legacy of £lOO, but which has not yet been paid into the
society's bankers, was also announced as the bequest of the
late Sir T. Holbrook. Ths report having been adopted,
some alterations were made in the society's bye-laws, after
which the petitions of the applicants for relief were taken
into consideration, when nearly £5OO was voted towards
that object, and the proceedings terminated in the usual
manner.

THE ALEXANDRA.-LIVERPOOL, April 20.—This
vessel has been exebequered, and we understand
that Messrs. Fawcett, Preston, and Co., her owners, and
Messrs Miller, her builders, will probably in a few days be
summoned before the local magistrates on the: charge of
designing to infringe the Foreign Enlistment Act. Messrs.
Fletcher and Hall, solicitors for the defendants, having
applied to the Mayor of Liverpool for an inspection of the
depositions, were informed by the Town-clerk that he was
instructed by Mr. Waddington, of the Home-office, that the
law officers of the Crown advised that the application ought
not to be complied with. .

PIRACY OFF THE IRISH COAST.—A despatch from
Wexford, dated April 16, says that the schooner Laurel,
Capt. Mullen, bound from Liverpool to Wexford, when off
Eagle Island, was forcibly boarded by 13 boats, the united
crews of which numbered 64 men, who immediately took
charge of the vessel, saying that their families were starving.
Capt. Mullen offered them money, but they refused to take
it, and added that they only wanted provisions. They broke
open the hatches, and on discovering the cargo consisted of
maize, they began eating the raw corn. When they had
somewhat appeased their hunger, they loaded the boats, and
carried off about 15 tons of corn,

CHAR FISHING ON WINDERMERE.—Many an
angler will be glad to learn that the char season
offers the brightest prospect it has done for s,veral years
back, and the experienced anglers have already been most
uccessful, landing their two dozen a day ; and the fish
much finer in condition and larger than for many seasons
past. Nor have some of the novices been unfortunate, for
they even have taken their dozen a day each. On Monday
three of the panniers came into the village with twenty fine
fish each, and on Friday and Saturday, last week, hey did
more. From acme cause or other, probably the splendid
spring weather, we are enjoying these world-renowned fish,
which have risen to the surface of the lake nearly a month
earlier than usual.—Westmoreland Gazette.
PAINFUL SCENE ON THIS RIVER.—On Saturday
afternoon, several children were playing on the
side of the river in front of the Archbishop of Canterbury's
Palace, when one of them, a little boy named Batten, about
three years of age, fell in, and the water being al the spring
tide height and the current running strong at the time, he
was carried out into seven feet of water and sank. At
length his head came to the surface, and a sailor named H.
Evans, although suffering from illntas, pulled off his coat,
and dasl-ed into the river. After much trouble he suc-
ceeded in rescuing the boy. Upon reaching the shore the
sailor was loudly applauded by the bystanders.
CHARGING ENTAILED ESTATES FOR RAILWAYS.
—Yesterday an important report from a select committee of
the House of Lords was printed, with the evidence taken, on
charging of entailed estates for railways According to the
present law landholders purchase shares, and in many in-
stances land is increased in value by railways. It is now
proposed that a short act should be passed to enable the
holders of entailed estates to charge the same for making
railways, and thereby increas3 the value of the prop4rty.
A Paris letter in the lndependance of Brussels
says:—" M. Mommsen, the well-known German
historian, the author of a History of Rome,' which is re-
garded as the beet hitherto publish, d, is at present in Paris,
and has been received in the most flattering manner by all
the notabilities in litera,ure and science The object of M.
Momnasen's visit is to make researches in the Imperial
Library. The Emperor has expressed a wish to see the
German historian, who has brought his ' History of Rome'
down to the time of Julius Caesar, whose reign and the age
of Augustus are to b 3 the subjects of his fourth volume,"
THE INTENDED DUEL IN BELGIUM.—It was ru-
rnouied during the last two days in Paris that M.
Francieque Sarcey, the theatrical critic of the Opinion
Nationale, and M. de Villemessant, proprietor of the Figaro,
were about to fight a duel iu Belgium, in consequence of an
article inserted in the Figa, 0. From an article in that jour-
nal of this morning, it appears that M. de Villeuiessant was
the challenger, under the following circumstances :—rhe
Figaro having for a length of time published articles ridi-
culing M. Sarcey, t har gentlemau retorted in the journal in
which ha writes, and on Saturday last M. de Villernessan
rejoined in very sharp language. He afterwards sent a
friend to M. Sarcey to &tumid satisfaction. That gentle-
man declared that on principle he was opposed to duelling-,
bur. that in this iast,nco he had been so ill-treated that he
should depart from his rule to bring the attacks to a close,
and ho even named his seconds. Afterwards, however,
probably counselled by his friends, he changed his intention,
for the re t,ons as,igned in the following letter addressed to
M. de Villemessant's seconds:—
" April 15.

" I refuse to grant Medea llemessant the satisfaction he
demands, for the sim ren that I do not owe him any.
The editor-in-chief of the ligaro has for three years past
been me with insults, to which I have
replied
assailing me
now thinks proper, in order to
con
ons-laynbtylysialsesnacieli. n
extricate himselt from the position in which recent circum-
stances have placed him, to consider himself insulted by an
article published a fortnight ago, and to which he replied
in terms violent beyond all measure; especially as compared
with the language I had used. If there is any person
offended in this matter it is myself; but I am determined
not to assume that character. I further declare that I have
firmly re olved to repel all further aggression on the part of
M. de Villemessant, either by all the means authorised by
the right of legitimate defence, or by recourse to the tri-
bunals, according to the nature of the attacks made on me,
FliAligls4Vz SAUEY."