The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-17 00:00:00

FRANCE.

In the Constitutionnel we meet with the follow-
ing remarks on the subject of Mr. Bright's dis-
course about Gibraltar :

'' Mr. Bright has spoken about Gibraltar in his

speech at Birmingham ;he said that the possession
of Gibraltar was of no benefit to England, except
for the introduction of contraband goods into Spain.
For a hundred years the tenure of Gibraltar has
exasperated Spain against us.' To this the Constz-
tutionnel wisely subjoins that a Spaniard could not
have spoken otherwise than Mr. Bright, and hence
it opines that many of Mr. Bright's countrymen
will not share his ideas on this question of Gibraltar,
and that certainly England will not be in a hurry
to put these plans into execution." i

In the same journal we meet with the following
paragraphs:—

" The Imperial Military School of St. Cyr has
been dispersed in consequence of a fever breaking
out. Seventeen out of the 519 pupils have been
attacked, and three have expired. Tha school will
not be called together until the sanitary works
deemed necessary have been entirely completed.
" The subscription opened in the Imperial Guard
in favour of the cotton operatives will be very pro-
ductive. Already it has attained the sum of 5,000 f.
in one regiment of gendarmerie."
Le Siecle announces the death of M. Audryane,
the companion in captivity of Silvio Pellico, aged
sixty-five.
M. Charles Hugo's drama "Les Miserables" is
published to-day, in a handsome octavo volume, in
Paris, Brussels, and Leipsic, in all which cities it
has been performed with great success.
The works of the Bridge of Charenton are pro-
ceeding rapidly. The reconstruction of this bridge
is one of the principal undertakings of this kind in
France during the past year. The others are the
enlargement of the Bridge of Saint-Esprit, on the
Rhone; the construction Of the bridges of Belle
Croix and Perruil, on the Loire, at Nantes; and the
Bridge of Albi, on the Taur.
The works of the canal from the Seineto the Rhine,
in the part which traverses the communes of Saint
Maurice and Charenton, have been delayed by the
presence of a submerged rock, which it was necessary
to break. This obstacle has been at length con-
quered, but the high tides have compelled the la-
bourers to pause.

The Emperor and Empress attended the perform-
ance of the Fila du Gibozer the night before last.
This piece has recently excited much turmoil in the
dramatic world.

1' Opinion Nationale learns from the Gazette du
Midi that orders had been received tit the port of
Toulon to furnish three transport vessels for a fresh
mission to Mexico. The vessels St. Louis, L'lm-
perial, le Navarin, and le Souverain, could be ready
by the end of the month. It is said a reserve of
6,000 men and 600 horses is to be sent.

BounsE, Jan. 16.—The market continues heavy,
but without any further decline of consequence,
Threes, for the Account, being now at 69fr. 80c.
Railway Share Market quiet, but prices up to the
present time well maintained. The market slightly
improved towards the close, and left as follows:

41 per Cents. 9B 45
Do. end month 98 30
3 per Cents
Do. end month 0 95,
New 3 per Cents

Bank Shares —
Credit F oneier 1465 --
Piedmontese Fives — _

Do. end month....
M0bi1ier....1137 50
Do. end m0nth....1140

RA IL.

Italian Loan 69 90
Russian
Austrian
Spanith Threes 52
Ilona° Debt
WAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orlel.nB ....... ICB7 50 .. 1087 50
No
wrthern
ditto . .......... 1026 25
.. 1023 75
0...........
Lyons :Ind MeditQrranean 1160 1167 50
............... . 390 50 .. 390
Southern
WeAcrii .............. 550 542 50
at tern ....... 531 25 .. 530
•!ardiniar,
Austrian ........... 515 -- 5,g 75
Piurth
oLrirY rlaS.:). i
.......................
651806 —7255 '65'076 15250
Ditto to Barcelona 320 —• •
POLAND.

(Prof OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
WARSAW, JANUARY 9.
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The strengthenin of the military garrisons in
this city and in all the chief towns of the kingdom,
as well as the extraordinary precautions taken with
a view to uphold public tranquillity, indicate plainly

the appoaching day of conscription, which it is said
has been fixed for the 17th instant. What kind of
proscription it is to be and how it is to be effected
the secret circular of the Director of the Ministry of
the Interior, M. Keller, addressed to the Civil
Governors, has already explained. The principle
object of the recruiting, says the circular in ques-
tion, is" to get rid of the persons who are suspected
of disturbing public order, and those charged with
the preparation of the lists of recruits are enjoined
to set aside all considerations regarding the family
relations and other circumstances of those indivi-
duals, and only take into account their political
opinion and character. Wherever young men, noted
for using free language, or for their patriotic con-
duct, are to be found, they are to be placed on the
lists, no matter what proportional number
is to be furnished by such or such a
town, the main object being to send away
every one distasteful to the Russian authorities.
The execution of the conscription is to be marked
by " quickness, zeal, and discernment," and the
extra military assistance has been given to the
civil governor to prevent any desertion. After
such declaration and conduct of the Government,
are the general agitation and uneasiness of the
public mind to be wondered at ? Are not those
who were first to violate the rights of Poland with
such unheard of cruelty, to be responsible for all
the consequences affecting public order which the
exasperated victims may, and likely will, be guilty
of ? For has not the Government sufficient force
of police and military, together with the innumer-
able courts-martial at its disposal, to accomplish
what it may please, instead of revenging itself on
sundry individuals, by kidnapping them in the
manner described, without even hearing their de-
fence or passing a sentence upon them ? It is,
indeed, the exercise of a terrorism of the most atro-
cious despotism, such as Russia alone now can boast
of, in civilised Europe.
Strict orders have been issued to the garrison
here not to keep any intercourse with the civilians,
which is an additional proof of the fear the Govern-
ment has in carrying out quietly its sinister
decrees. The officers are particularly watched,
and an address denying the sentiments
expressed in a letter published some time ago in
England as to the disgust felt by them at the con-
duct of the Russian authorities towards the Poles,
is being submitted for signature—and when the
same is declined an explanation must be given. This
is the way in which the Government endeavours to
discover the discontented officers ; but whatever may
be its game it is sure to fail in that respect.
An occurrence, showing the laxity of the disci-
pline, has taken place a few days ago. A military
agent;of the police, named Zlobiski, being tired of
his duty, and physically unable to perform it, had
in spite of that been ordered by the Captain-Com-
missary of Police to keep a night watch. This led
to some altercation between them, in consequence of
which Zlabiski tendered his resignation, There-
upon the Commissary began to abuse him ; the man,
exasperated, drew his sword, with which he inflicted
two wounds on the Commissary's head. The noise
of the struggle that ensued brought the Russian
Chief of Police, Sangbus, who used the most dis-
gusting language towards Zlobiski, and was about
to raise his hand, when the latter struck him twice
in the face. Overpowered at last, Ztabiski was at
once tried by a court-martial and sentenced to
receive 4,000 lashes and to be sent for life to hard

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labour in Siberia. At his own entreaties that he

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might be shot his request was granted, and —he— was
executed in the citadel on the 3d inst. in the
morning.

The arrests and persecutions extend to other
ancient possessions of this kingdom, and Lithuania,
Volhynia, and Podolia, come in for their godly
share. Wherever the faintest mark of a patriotic
feeling is perceived, the police redoubles zeal and
activity in stifling it, and the poor victims are
immediately put out of the way. At Kamiensic
the Governor Braunschwerz, who had been the
cause of the arrest and the imprisonment of the
marshals at St. Petersburg, without waiting for
the result of the trial, takes every opportunity of
showing his revenge upon others. He despatched
to Siberia a Russian proprietor, M. Wolkov, who
has voted in favour of the nobility address—and an
Israelite named Szapiva, the head of the banking
house at Kiamiansic, who with five others came
in the name of the newish community to gke their
adhesion to the said address, not enjoying the pri-
vilege of being members of the assembly of the
nobles. No flattery and cajolery was spared by the
Governor Braunschwerz to induce Mr. Szapia to
take steps in order to obtain his pardon. This he
peremptorily refused, preferring an honourable
exile for a just cause to an act of Imperial favour.
This speaks very highly for the bonds that now
unite the Poles and the Sews in one and the same
great object, which is the national independence.
On the New Year's day the Grand Duke Con-
stantine held a levee in the Royal Castle to receive
the congratulations of the ministers, the clerical and
civil dignitaries, and the foreign consuls resident in
this city. This is the first time since 1831 that a
concession of this kind has been made to the Polish
custom, as the Duke's predecessors always kept the
Russian New Year's day (13 days later than the

one of the Roman calendar), and all sorts of infer-

ences were drawn from this circumstance for the

benefit of the country. Reforms, grant of a con-
stitution, and other privileges, were to come out of
his Highness's mouth, but to the great disappoint-
ment of all nothing has been said by the Grand
Puke beyond a few dry compliments usually uttered
at such a festivity.

Meanwhile the trial of the 66 political prisoners
is still dragging on. Several abominable facts came

out again, during the last sitting respecting the
committee of inquiry. One of the prison( rs, Wyner,

stated that when he was under examination in the

citadel, from 9 in the morning till 5 in the after-
noon, he was not allowed either to lean on anything
or sit down, and when he fainted and asked for a

little water, this was refused to him. Another

Prisoner, Hajdes, while undergoing the process of
the Russian inquiry, and subjected to all sorts of

tortures, sought some relief in glancing now and
then at the picture of our Christ, which hangs on
the wall behind the judge. Ou this being perceived,
the picture wai removed, and with it the last con-

solation of the poor prisoner. One namad ..
Kui-
cimski, was kept five days on bread and water, in
this cold season, in order to confess what he really

knew nothing about, and one, Z ivadziat, an orphan,
totally innocent, was imprisoned, without any
charge being brought against him. Public curi-
osity is much excited how this Russian State trial
will terminate.

The effects of the scarcity of cotton is also keenly
felt in this country among the manufacturing towns,
The workmen being out of employ, suffer great
privations; distress is general, though, perhaps,
not to the extent of that prevailing in England.