The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH. 14, 1863.

cheated in the dark, but our clever economists do it
more openly—in broad daylight—and take due

credit for the frank legerdemain of the way they do
it. After some sparring between Gen. PEEL and Sir
G. C. LEWIS as to details, Lord ROBERT CECIL said
that Prussia had published an authorised state-
ment, and according to that statement the facts were
as follows :—ln England the cost of each soldier was
£93 15s. ; in France, £34 7s. ; in Sardinia, £3O.
But here:he was interrupted by Sir G. C. LEWIS,
who said that the amount of £93 was obtained by
dividing the total number of the army by the total
cost, and if the foreign estimates were not made on
the same principle as the English estimates, which
included the yeomanry, militia, half-pay, and other
matters, there would be no analogy between them.
This interruption but served to stimulate the in-
quisitor into the comparative cost with other states
and the noble lord proceeded, hoping he would
satisfy the Secretary for War that there was
the closest analogy between them. He con-
tinued his quotation from his German autho-
rity. In Spain the cost of each soldier was
£2B 135., in Portugal £2B ls., in the German
States £lB 12s, in Denmark 12 guineas. Now,
he meant this statement merely as an introduc-
tion to further inquiries. He confessed when he
saw it he was much startled. Well, there' had been
added to the library of the House a valuable contri-
bution in the shape of the French blue book, which
enabled them to go into all the details connected
with this important subject. He would first give
the total coat of the two regular armies, and he
would afterwards give them the net cost. The
number of the English army was 148,242 men, and
the total coat £13,157,000, being a proportion of
about £BB a man. The number of the French army
was 400,000 men, and their total cost £14,515,702,
being a proportion of £36 as. 10d. per man. Now,
that cost was calculated upon precisely the same
series of charges as those of the British army. He
knew he should here be met by the argument of

the conscription which existed in the French
army. That no doubt was a most important
consideration, for the services of the volunteer
could not be secured at the same price as the
pressed man. It was equally true that the French
army occupied a different position to that of ours,
for in France it was the greatest power in the
state, and upon it the crown actually rested. But
he would remove that objection as to the conscrip-
tion by ascertaining what were precisely the non-
combatant forces of both armies. There were the
fighters and the non fighters—the element that
fought and the elements
.that wrote and manu-
factured. There was a very large number of men
provided for in the right hon. gentleman's estimate
who could not in any form be raised by conscrip-
tion, and a reference to whom in comparison with
the same classes in France was both fair and just.
The noble lord found that the cost of the com-
[
natant and non-combatant force of the British
army was £29 10s., while that of the French
(400,000 men) was but £9 14s. 2d., in other words the
English soldier cost two and a half as much as the
French soldier, and in the non-combatant force each
man in England cost three times as much as the
man in a similar position in France. Why, the
difference between the cost of the two forces was
equal to threepence in the pound in the income
tax. The difference in the cost of the central ad-
ministrations of the two countries was still more
startling. The cost in England for 148,000 men
was £182,000; the cost in France for 400,000
men was £76,000. The proportion per man in
England was £1 4s. Ba.; in France, 3s. 10s. In
other words, we actually paid six times as much as
the French. If we could administer the English
system as cheaply as the French, the present vote,
instead of being £182,000, would be £28,000. Then
AS to the number of employee in the War Office,
emitting the offices of the adjutant general and the
quartermaster general, the number in England
was 665 ; in France, 480. But what were they
paid ? In the English offices there were receiving
more than £2,000 three persons, in the French only
one; receiving more than £l,OOO and less than
£2,000, in the English office 12, in the French
office not one ; between £5OO and £l,OOO, in the
English office 57, in the French 7. And the
French office was for 400,000 men ; the English for
148,000 men. No doubt the right hon. gentleman
opposite would reply that the circumstances
of the two countries were unlike. He might
say that intellectual wages in England were higher li
than those in France. That was true enough,
tut it was generally admitted that whereas English-
men were paid twice as much as Frenchmen one li
Englishman would do the work of three Frenchmen.
But the peculiarity of the English War Office was
that the clerks were paid twice as much as the
French clerks for a third of the work. To all this
and more Sir G. C. LEWIS made but a very ineffec-
tive answer. Other members took part in the de-
bate, which ended, as all debates on the Estimates
terminate, in the votes being carried, although there
was a very close division, there being only a majorit,
of 6in favour-71 for, and 65 for the amendment.

Another of our veteran heroes has passed from
among us—Sir JAMES 017 TEAM is no more. The
" BAYARD of India," the daring, high-spirited sol-
dier whose sword knew no stain, and whose hononr
no blemish, has sunk under the toils and hardships
of his laborious life, just as he had returned to enjoy
the repose so hardly earned, and to receive the

tokens of admiration and esteem his countrymen

hastened to bestow upon him. The son of a civil
engineer, without rank or fortune or influence, Sir

JAMES OUTRAM has added another name to thal

long list of self-made men which is among Eng-
land's chiefest glories. His career in India opened
in 1819, when he entered the 23d Bombay Corps
as a cadet, but his courage and intelligence soon
obtained notice in those stirring times, and he was
appointed lieutenant and adjutant to the Bheel troops.
This post he filed with signal efficiency, indeed his
views of our rights and duties as rulers of India
always placed him on a favourable footing with the
natives. From 1835 to 1838 he was employed in
the Mahee Kanta, a task for which his judgment,
skill, and energy especially fitted him. Afterwards,
appointed aide-de-camp to General Sir JOHN
KEANE, he distinguished himself greatly in the
first Affghan war. In the course of it he volun-
teered to take despatches through Kelat and the
west, which dangerous undertaking be safely ac-
complished in the disguise of a native 'horsedealer.
His whole career, indeed, was replete with similar
exploits, alternating with a sagacity and modera-
tion in the council chamber not always belonging
to the intrepid soldier. Into the unhappy diffe-
rences between him and another general, of whom
England may justly be proud, it is needless now
to enter. Both have gone to their rest,
regretted and honoured by their countrymen, and
to renew the discussion between them would be an
ungracious and unnecessary task. It is enough to
say tbat Sir JAMES OUTRAM continued to maintain
his opinions with consistency throughout his whole
career, and in successively filling the posts of poli-
tical agent at Guzerat, commissioner in Upper
Seinde, and resident at Sattara, Baroda, and Luck-
now, he succeeded in inspiring tha more worthy
natives with friendship and confidence. At Baroda
he turned his energies to the reformation of the great
evils existing in its administration, and the sys-

tem of corruption and intrigue which prevailed.
Lord FALKLAND'S Government did not approve of
this too active virtue, and recalled the reformer—a
decision which was annulled by the Court- of
Directors,

Time went on, and brought an uncon-
genial task to the friend of the natives. Sir J.
OUTRAM was selected to carry out the annexation
of Oude. He fulfilled the arduous and disagreeable
office with the best mixture of kindness and firm-
ness he could, and then, after inaugurating the
British Administration in the newly-gained pro-
vince, he was forced to visit England to recruit
his health. But rest was not for him. He
was recalled from inaction by the Persian
war, and commanded the expedition throughout,
The results were decisive, and the short and bril•
liant campaign was just concluded, when the
murmurs of a coming storm broke upon our ears. At
the first rumours of the outbreak of the Indian
mutiny, which reached him in Persia, Sir JAMES
OUTRAM at once appreciated the danger. By im-
mediately forwarding the intelligence by express to
Bagdad and Constantinople, he was the
first to communicate the disaster to the
Home Government. At the same time he
at once forwarded every available soldier to
Bengal, in which undertaking he was ably
seconded by one of his chief assistants, Gene-
ral JACOB. We all remember, for every inci-
dent in that thrilling story touched too deeply the
heart of England to be forgotten in the crowd of
contemporary events, how at the time of Sir
JAMES OUTRAM'S arrival in India all eyes were
turned with anxious expectation towards that
dauntless little band who held the Residency of
Lucknow against ouch desperate odds. We all re-
member too, how eagerly we had watched the gra-
dual advance of that noble soldier, who paid with
his life for his devotion to his duty, bow we could
not help regretting that even one so well worthy to
command was to supersede him at the eleventh hour
in the accomplishment of his task. Neither can we
have forgotten the chivalrous magnanimity, rarer
than the most brilliant qualities o f a leader,
with which the newly appointed General
waived his command and retaining only his
civil dignity of Chief Commissioner of Oude, joined
his old lieutenant in the capacity of a volunteer.
Such an act was worthy alike of HAVELOCK and of
OUTRAM, and the most daring and successful mili-
tary enterprise would not have reflected half the
honour on the triumphant General, that did the
renunciation of his claims in favour of one-who so
well deserved to complete the enterprise so valiantly
begun. Many brave soldiers and experienced
generals might have accomplished the relief
of Lucknow, but this act of simple and unselfish
magnanimity was such as few are capable of.
As we all know the force under
/HAVELOCK and
OUTRAM was insufficient to afford effectual relief
to the beleaguered town until Sir CoLIN CAMPBELL
forced his entrance. When the Commander-in-
Cnief withdrew to Cawnpore, OUTRAM was left at
Lucknow, where his task was no light one. The
important assistance he rendered to Sit COLIN
CAMPBELL in the field, and to the Governor-
General in Council, are also matters of history. It
may be remembered that in the famous
debate in the Commons on Lord En-
LENBOROUGH'S disapproval of Lord CAN-
NING'S proclamation to the talookdars, Sir J.
OUTRAM'S confirmation of the Indian Secretary's
opinion came just in time to save Lord Dment's
Government from an adverse division. As it was,
in the face of so eminent an authority, the Oppo-
sition, however eager for a triumph on a " Govern-
ment question," were forced to beat a hasty retreat.
The need for work was done—the emergency
was met and conquered, and the flame which had
burned up so brightly in the darkness now
slowly flickered down. Once more Sir JAMES
OUTRAM turned his face homewards, once
more the cordial welcomes of friends and country-
men sounded in his ear, and tokens of honour
and esteem were proffered him on all sides. But
in vain. His friends still hoped, and he himself
would sometimes talk of serving his country again,
but it was not to be. After a journey abroad in
fruitless quest of health, Sir JAMES OUTRAM died
at Pan a few days since. He has left behind him
an influence and an example, perhaps nowhere more
needed than in the greatest of our foreign possessions.
As Lord STANLEY justly observed, it is impossible
to over-estimate the good or the evil resulting from
individual influence. His qualities as admi-
nistrator, as diplomatist, as general, were
great in India, but greater was the power
of his high principle, his undaunted courage,
his chivalrous nobility of soul. Let those still
who do not possess his more brilliant endowments
take him for their model, remembering and ad-
mitting the truth of the words addressed to him by
his countrymen at the close of a long life of honour,
" By men of your stamp was our Indian empire
won; by men of your stamp must it be preserved'
y

In the House of Commons last night Sir DE
LACY EVANS brought under the consideration of
the House the expediency of amalgamating the City

police with the Metrcpolitan force, thus bringing
the direction of the establishment under one head.

The hon. and gallant member called attention
the obstruction which the Royal procession me

with during its progress through the City, while
the route was clear and well ordered both through
Southwark and Westminster, and to the melancholy
loss of life which took place in the City on Tuesday
night last.
Mr. Alderman RosE endeavoured to excuse the
City authorities ; but, in our opinion, he only made
bad worse. The only point available in his argu-
ment being that the police arrangements had suffered
owing to the recent death of its lamented chief
officer, Mr. D. W. HARVEY. We do not doubt this,
but surely there were subordinate officers who
understood their duties ; and Alderman RosE, in
order to save HIS STATE hit out right and left at
every one—first he insinuated that the police did
not do their duty—an insinuation unsupported
by one tittle of evidence ; secondly, that
no assistance had been offered to the City
authorities; thirdly, that no military aid was
tendered by the war-office; and fourthly, that the
City authorities had given orders that the Volun-
teers should form mere o7namental portions of the
spectacle, and that they should take no part in keep-
ing the line of the procession, and the fact was that
they had only stood in the way throughout the
day. This is curious logic. Why, of course, they
would be in the way if they had received orders to
do nothing from the civic authorities.
Lord A. PAGET, while speaking highly of the
good order of the people on the occasion, supported
the assertion of Sir DE LACY EVANS, that the only
obstruction which the procession met with was
during its passage from London-bridge to Temple-
bar, and that the moment that barrier was passed,
he felt like an Arctic navigator who, after having
been tossed among the icebergs, at length sees clear

water ahead.
Sir GEORGE GREY refuted the charge that no
assistance had been offered by the Metro-
politan police or by the War Department. His
Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief had
;nt,)rtned him that he had offered to the City e.utho-
ritics any military assistance they might have

thought necessary for the purpose of keeping the
line ; but that offer had in the first instance been, I
refused, and it was with some difficulty that the

services of some mounted artillerymen had after-

wards been accepted. Sir R. MAYNE, tt,o, had

positively assured him that on the 28th of
February he had attended the reception committee
of the City, and had offered to take charge of the
line along Fleet-street; but that offer also had
been declined. He believed that the City police was
sufficient for its ordinary duties, but that it was not
sufficiently numerous to meet such a pressure as
that which it had to encounter on Saturday last.
The right honourable baronet went on to state that
he thought it would be wrong to say at once that
an amalgamation should take place, but that he was
nevertheless of opinion that some alteration should

take place. We perfectly concur in this. But
the question arises, are the lives and
safety of the public to be sacrifled to
gratify the vanity of the Common Councilmen ?
The efficiency of the City police is not questioned,
but men cannot perform impossibilities. It is not
fair to expect that a local force can maintain order
in their district, when thousan is from all quarters
flock in upon it elated with excitement, and perhaps

something stronger.
The authorities at Scotland-yard, in case of
emergency such as that of Saturday or Tuesday,
can call in reserves from every district
remote from the scene of action. Not so
the City Police Commissioner. He has no
suburbs to fall back upon, and the obstinacy of
the City magnates prevents him from receiving
help from those who are but too willing to render
assistance. LI cases of felony, or glineral breaches
of the law, the two forces act in concert—Why
should they not do so where the lives of the public
are concerned. The slight detention which the
Royal procession encountered at the Man-
sioe-house is of no moment, it only
showed to the illustrious stranger the good
feeling of the populace, whose anxiety to welcome
her to these realms overcame their sense of pro-
priety, and likewise the bad management of a
Corporation who were bent on doing her honour.
The Volunteers did not shine in this affair either,
but they are not the men who are expected to
keep order in the metropolis except on grave (not
gay) occasions. The Corporation of old bought
certain privileges of poverty-stricken monarchs,
which when they do not interfere with public safety
they are welcome to enjoy. Let them close their
gates and oblige Royalty to knock for admittance.
If it flatter the vanity of the Common Council,
Royalty has grace to smile at the farce. But
when we find that on last Tuesday even-
ing seven women were crushed to death,
the farce closes, and public opinion must step in
and remove the anomoly of the efficiency of the
first police force in Europe being negatived by the
obstinacy of a factious Corporation. Her MAJESTY,
with her accustomed kindly feeling towards her
subjects, has directed the Home Secretary to make
inquiry into the state of the families of the sufferers,
with a view to relieve their wants. Should not the
Court of Aldermen do something to, in some way,
atone for their want of precaution, and, above all,
should not Parliament revoke a: clause in a char-
ter injurious to the inhabitants of London,
when they have revoked the East India Company's
charter in tato, and done away with the monopoly
of the Hudson's Bay Company.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 13.

Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and
Princess and Prince William of Prussia, attended
by the Countess Pourtales, Countess Bruhl, Countess
Hohenthal, Count Furstenstein, and Captain Luca-
dou, left Windsor Castle this morning, at a quarter
past 8 o'clock for Osborne, to pay a visit to the
Prince and Princess of Wales. The Crown Prince
and Princess will embark this evening in her
Majesty's yacht Osborne for the Continent.
The Queen, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce,
walked in the grounds of the Castle.
By the last accounts received from Malta, his
Royal Highness Prince Alfred is pronounced to be
convalescent.
The Prince and Princess Christian, with the
Princess Dagmar and Prince Frederick of Denmark,
Prince Frederick of Hesse Cassel, and the Duke of
Holstein Glucksburg, attended by the lady and
gentlemen of their suite, and by Colonel Francis
Seymour, C. 8., and Lieut.•. Colonel du Plat,
honoured Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley with
their company on Tnuredey evening at the ball
give❑ by her ladyship in D,ver street.
Yesterday morning their Royal Highnesses Prince
and Princess Christian of D,umark and Prince
Frederick of Hesse Cassel viewed Westminster
Abbey, and were cJteducted through the Palace of
Westminster. In the afternoon their Royal High-
nesses visited the South Kensington Museum.
Last evening the Prince and Princess Christian,
Princess Dagmar, and Prince Frederick of Den-
, mark, Prince Frederick of Besse Cassel, and the
Duke of Holstein Glucksburg dined with her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, at her resi-
dence in St. James's Palace.
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PRINCE ALFRED.—By the last accounts received
from Malta his Royal Highness Prince Alfred is pro-
nounced to be convalescent.
The Duke and Duchess of Athole have left the
St, George's Hotel.
The Earl and Countess of Yarborough have left
Arlington-street for Brocklesby Park.
The Earl and Countess of Mexborongh arrived
at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, on Thursday.
The Earl and Countess Russell entertained at
dinner last night, in Chesham-place, the Count and Madlle
deFlahault, the Italian Minister, M; de Caumont la Force,
Earl Granville, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley, Mr.
Chichester Fortescue and Lady Waldegrave, the Right
Hon. W. E. Gladstone and Mrs. Gladstone, Sir Henry
Cotterell, Admiral Elliot, Colonel Byng, Colonel F. Stan-
ley, Captain Drummond and Mrs. Drummond.
HOUNSLOW.HEATH.—An explosion, unattended
with personal injury, occurred yesterday morning,
between 12 and 1 o'clock, at the gunpowder works of
Messrs. Curtis and Harvey on Hounslow-heath. A pro
cess was being carried on which does not require attendance.
The report was loud, but the damage to the machinery was
trifling, the effect having been confined to the exterior of
the buileings themselves, which ars, in fact, mere timber
huts.
DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM STEVENSON, K.C.B.
—We have to record the death of this excellent public ser-
vant, who died on the 9th of February in the island of
which he was governor. He was by birth and extraction a
West Indian. His mother, a Miss James, of Jett aica, was
descended from the Col. Richard James mentioned in the
second volume of the "Annual Register," that for the year
1759, as having died in Jamaica at the patriarchal age of
103.
The eAecntion of George Vass for the brutal
murder of Margaret Docherty, on New Year's-day, took
place this morning at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
WHIST IN 1680.—The following curious direc-
tions for pia) in g whist are extracted from a book
entitled " The Compleat Gamester," of which the second
edition was Published 180 years ago. The italics are ours.
" Whist is a game not much differing from English Ruff
and Honours, only they put out the deuces and take in no
stock, it is called whist from the silence that is to be ob-
served in the play. They deal as before, to each 12 cards
a piece, playing four, two of a side, and the trump is the
bottom card. The manner of playing, the number of the
game, nine (sic), honours, and the dignity of the other
cards are all alike (i.e. the'same as at Ruff and Honours),
and he that wins most tricks is most forward to win the
set." It should be explained that at Ruff and Honours the
four last cards were put out for the stock, the top card of
the stock being turned up for trumps. " tie who hath ace
of trumps ruff's," observes "The Compleat Gantester,"
" that is he takes in those four cards, and lays out four."
Vie Field.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

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AUSTRALIA.
PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY, 9 A.M.
The Black Ball and Eagle liner Champion of the
Seas, 1,947 tons register, Captain J. M. Outridge,
from Melbourne, was 18 miles south of this port at
noon yesterday, under all plain sail ; wind westerly,
very light—almost a calm. She has no gold, but
in addition to some hides, bones, &c., brings, it is
said, the largest lot of wool ever exported thence,
viz., 5,517 bales.
The Champion of the Seas left Port Philip Heads
Dec. 17, called at Cape Horn Jan. 16, and crossed
the Line Feb. 14. From about Dec. 27 to Jan. 16
large quantifies of drift and broken ice were con-
stantly encountered. On Jan. 9 an immense body of
solid ice, described by the passengers as being 20
miles, was passed.

SPAIN.

MADRID, MARCH 12.

The Government has refused to grant permission
to the democratic party to hold a meeting in favour
of Poland.
__

Senor Comyn is on the point of proceeding as
Spanish Minister to London.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.

THORN, MARCH 13.
Langiewicz was yesterday proclaimed Dictator
of Poland by the revolutionary party at Warsaw.
Last Monday the insurgents defeated the Rus -
sians, under the command of Colonel Toll, near
Myszewo, in the government of Plock.
The Russians had 100 killed.

FRANCE.
PARIS, MARCH 14.
The Moniteur of this morning, after alluding in

:s bulletin to the contradictory despatches respec

ing the resignations of the Polish Councillors of
State, says ;—" Positive information permits us to

state that the Archbishop of Warsaw is among the
number of the members who have tender€d their

resignations."
The :pinion Nationale gives some details concern-
ing the Polish insurrection, and bears its testimony
to the spirit of the Revolutionary Gummi' tee of War
saw, which, in the midst of 40,00 Russi an bil) ()nets
has given to the insurrection a national, powerful.
and concentrated existence. Langiewicz has
nominated four directors who are to be severally
occupied with war, tee interior, the exterior, and
the finances. Langiewicz has completely re-esta-
blished himself. Twelve thousand men are under
his orders. He has recently received provisions
and ammunition to a considerable extent, 2,700
guns, and a reinforcement of cavalry. The Condi-
tutionnel says that the report of M. Larabit on the
Polish petition has been delayed. The Emperor's
Government has at all events given sufficient evi-

deuce that it is animated by a sentiment of honour,
and shows that it understands the mission of France
in sympathising with all just causes, so that we can
implicitly repose on its wisdom, and generosity in
all that may relate to the Polish question.
The Pays states that some despatches from Ber-
lin make mention of a stir created in at capital
by the news that M. Benthonski, artillery officer in
the Prussian service, has figured among the lieute-
nants of Langiewicz. In this event one sees the
symptoms of the secret connection of the insurrec-

tion with Polish Prussia.
The Siecle states that some amelioration may be
effected by the journey to Berlin of the Prince de
Reus, Prussian Ambassador at Paris, and the voy-

age to Vienna of the Prince Metternich. It is im
possible for such distingutshed diplomatists not to
arrive at some solution. The exchange of some
words is worth more than numerous despatches.
Ihe representatives of Prussia and of Austria can
thus report to their august masters the state of
public opinion in France, and declare that there
is not a single man who is not warmly in favour of
the Polish cause. This journal also alludes to a
popular demonstration that took place at Marseilles
in favour of this heroic nation. Groups of people
went aboat the town crying out " Vive la Pologne!"
and were received with loud acclamations.
M. Mathieu (de la Drome) has addressed the fol-
lowing letter to the Paris papers, dated March 8 :
" I accomplish a duty in asking your permission
to remind your readers of the prognostics detailed in
my note of the 233 of January. I said that from
the last days of March to the let of June the
weather` will be stormy and very rainy. In certain
districts of the centre and the north of France the
rainy days will be the most numerous. I confirm
what I then said. In the course of the month, par-
ticularly towards the 13th, 20th, and 22d, there will
in certain districts be some rain accompanied by
storm. My note of the 23d of January indicates a
more serious phenomenon in consequence of its ex-
tent. Between the 29th of Marca and the 2d of
April there will be strong gales of wind with rain,
which, without being extremely abundant, will
water a great part of Western Europe, particularly
the cities of London, Paris, Brussels, Lyuns, Geneva,
and the town of Dunkirk. The inteusity and dura-
tion of this rain will diminish in its progress frora
the west to the east. Thus from the 29th of March
to the 6th of April much more rain will fall at
Dunkirk than at Geneva. Navigation will be dan-
gerous, particularly in the British Channel. French
and English seamen will not forget that from the
27th of January to the 2d of February they lost 77
ships or boats in consequence of having neglected
my warning. The month of April will probably
produce snow in countries in which it seldom ap-
pears at that period of the year. Millions of wit-
nesses can verify the accuracy of my prediction as
to the rain which is to fall between the 29th March
and the 2d April.

" MATHIEU (DE LA DROME).

" P.S.—A despatch announces the loss of 14 ships
at the Mauritius during the Ist of February.
Another despatch, dated the 27th February, an-
nounces inundations in the province of Constantine;
the rain, starting thence, arrived in France on the
4th of March. The three periods indicated in my
note of the 23d January to produce accidents in
January and February have but too faithfully per-
formed their promise."
BOVRSE, Marsh 13.—The market has not been
very animated, but the prices of yesterday, in spite
of every effort on the part of the Bear party, have
been well maintained, Threes for the Account being
now at 69f. 95c. to 70f. The Italian Loan has been
in demand at 70f. 45c. Railway Share Market
rather quiet, but previous quotations firm. The
market closed as follows
per Cents .. 96 60 Bank Shares ...... 3380
Do, end month.... Credit F oncier ....1490
3 per Cents
Do. end month 69 85 Italian Loan 7O 35
New 3 per Cents .. Russian
Do, end month.... Austrian
83 50
..
Credit M0bi1ier....1230 Spanish Threes 52 26
Do. end m0nth....1233 75 Home Debt
gp ILWA.YS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans ................ 1115 1116 26
Northern .............. 1035
NOW ditto ............ t. ..
Lyons and Mediterranean 1195 .. 1195
Geneva.. .............. 410 .. 410
Southern .............. 762 50 767 50
Western ......
Eastern
Sardinian 3BB 75 .. 391 25
Austrian
Lotrhard
North of Spain
Saragossa........ 7OO 702 50
Ditto to Barcelona

POLAND.
RL SSIAN BARBARITIES.

The following are extracts from two reports ad-
dressed on the 6th (18th) and 9th (21st) February
by the President of the District of MiLehow, to the
Civil and Military Governors of the province of
Radom, numbered 2 and 2,690 respectively, and
describing the acts of the Russian soldiery at Mie-
chow on the 17th February and following days:—
" On the night of the 16th, or rather towards thE