The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-18 00:00:00

THE POLISH INSURRECTION,

CRACOW, SEPT. 18,

Intelligence from Podlachia to the 7th -instant
states that the insurgent leader Lutyski has Bur.
prised the enemy at Chotyez, and defeated him
after a three hours' engagement.

General Mouravieff has had a peasant named
Zybert hanged at Popielo.

AUSTRIA,

VIENNA, SEPT. 18

The Lower House of Reichsrath having protested
against the arrest of Deputy Rogawski as
an
in.
fringement of members' privileges, he has been
already set at liberty.

TUE STEAM RAM MAGENTA.---A correspondent
of the. Opinion Nationale supplies the following de-
.
scri
orfa_mbol:ltiaogoehnitpa_i —al,: This vessel," sayst is to say, she has i he wri iptio. n
ter, of
,t,h.e s
a stir :
nothing in common with those strange-looking machines,
those Monitors, &c., invented by the Americans. When seen
from a distance in the midst of a squadron she might in some
measure be taken for an ordinary vessel, only lower in the
water; but a nearer
approach disclose some unknown fea-
tures. Higher out of the water forward than aft, she pre-
sents the appearance of an enormous black mass, insensible
to the action of the waves on which the other vessels near
her gracefully movs ; no streaks indicating her rows of
teeth; scarcely any masts, very sharp both at stem and
stern, terminating at each end lite a wedge, and having at
.
her bows an immense spur or ploughshare—those are the
differences shown at the
still . first glance,
rst glance, but when you go on
her deck they became apparent. Her masts are
those of a steam corvette, with only the rigging indispens-
ably necessary to keep them standing. In combat, every-
thing is reduced to the lower Masts. The boats, instead of
being suspended to davits outside, are on deck, which is
I,
flush from stem to stern, and
-4) guns are to be seen, with
the exception of two bow-chasers. Nearly amidships by the
side of the funnel, is an ironclad shot-proof kind of
turret, which contains the means Of communicating with
all the other parts of the vessel for the transmission of or-
ders for working her, and for the fire of her guns. In action
every one goes below, and this turret alone is occupied by
the captain, another officer, some signal men, and a few
sharpshooters. It is from this turret that all the orders are
given. From the upper deck you descend into the gun decks,
two in number, each having 24 rifled and breech-loading
guns. Those pieces throw 68-pound shot with an ordinary
eharga of 51b of powder. All the armed part of the vessels
down to below the water line is ironclad, but the casing does
not extend quite to the sleet or to the stern, as in the Gloire
and Normandie frigates, the parts not ironclad are used—
those aft for the cabins of the officers, and those forward for
the quarters of the crew, the cooking, and the hospital—an
innovation of material importance as regards the health of
the sailors. In the ironclad vessels first built everthing
was sacrificed to solidity, and the openings left for giving
air and light were so few that those vessels were regular
ovens. Every one remembers what the crew of the Nor-
mandie suffered when so placed under the burning sun of
Mexico. The engine of the Magenta is similar to that of
the Napoleon, and has a steam force of about 2,700 horse.
Under full steam she can make from 13 to 14 knots an hour.
Her screw has six, brancbes. The consumption of coal is
140 tons a day, and she can stow away from 700 to 800
tons. Moreover, her spur weighs 15 tons,"
A WEALTHY ENGLISHMAN KILLED IN SIBLEY'S
EXPEDITION.—Among tt e slain in General Sibley'i•
expedition was John Beemer, a wealthy Englishman, a
graduate of Oxford, and formerly an officer on the staff of
Lord Raglan. Re had come from England on a Buffalo
hunt in the North-West and took a nominal position on
,
General Sibley's staff to gratify his taste of adventure. Sent
on reconnoitering service, he was caught in an ambuscade
and slsot down with iron-headed arrows, the savages scalp-
ing him and hacking off one side of his head while he was
yet alive. Ile leaves a splendid yacht and a large library
in New York.

REPRESENTATION OF WEST KENT.—It is stated
that Sir E. Pihaer, one of the present Conservative
members for West Kent, has determined upon retiring
from the representation of the county.
A HALE OLD DIGNITARY.—The Dean of Win-
chester, who is in his eighty-eighth year, lately left Bishops-
gate Rectory, after breakfast, for London, where, in the
church of St. George, Hanover-square, he officiated in the
baptism of his infant, great-granochild, the daughter of P
M.P. for Colchester, and atter the e- re-
0. Papillon, Esq,,

mony returned to Bishepstoko to dinner, being a journey,
in going and returning, of more than 150 miles.