The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-17 00:00:00

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 1.
It really appears as if political affairs had taken an im-
portant peaceful turn within the last few days ; at least the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs here is entirely free from
anxiety respecting the replies of the three Powers. But a
more significant sign is a communique published in to-day's
Journal de St. Petersburg, the evident object of which is
to prove to the Russian public that this more favourable
state of things has in no way been obtained by yielding on
the part of the Russian Government, and thus to anticipate
the statement to this effect which will probably be made by
the foreign press. But of course foreign susceptibilities
must be spared, and so this communique is perfectly colon:-
less, as will be seen from the following text :—" In reading
the foreign journals one is every day struck by one regret-
able fact. Whether it is a desire to be better informed than
they really are, or whether it is real embarrassment, in-
creased by the necessity of judging a situation the different
shades of which they do net perceive, it is a fact that they
daily work upon the public mind by comments which help I
neither to enlighten nor tranquillise it. If the Russian
Government maintains in its replies a firm and dignified
language, these journals complain of defiance; while if it
adds to its declaration a shade of politeness, changing
nothing de facto in its ideas, but rendering more intelligible
views which have never ceased to be conciliatory, these
same journals ploclaini that Russia makes concessions and
yields.
. .. --
- - "

" These opposite interpretations are both equally far
from the truth. They have no kind of influence on the
Russian public, which very well knows that their Sove-
reign, Euppported by the energetic and unanimous opinion
of the country, is conscious of the great interests which he
is called upon to protect. But this is not the case with the
foreign public, which is excited and led into error by these
false representations. We must again warn it against this
influence. The Imperial Cabinet continues to be inspired by
a desire for conciliation and for the good understanding to
which it has been challenged by the great Powers. The
care of his Majesty the Emperor for the welfare of his sub-
jects is restricted by no gecgraphical boundaries.
" The bearing which his Majesty has prescribed for his
Cabinet is inspired by this sentiment and by the dignity
and interest of Russia.

" Let the foreign press take these observations for their
guide in future comments." .

LEMBERG, Aug. 12.

The Ga;ctte .harodowa publishes some intelligence re-
specting the strength and position of the insurrectionary
forces in the palatinate of Lublin, The different insur-
gent corps are commanded by Zielinski, J enkowski, Rucki,
Wiezbicki, Krysinski, and Laski ; the whole of these corps
are under the general command of Lelewel, and are de-
signed to co-operate together. The first general movement
of these corps was not very fortunate. The insurgents en-
deavoured on the 23d July with about 1,600 men to force
the centre of the Russian force under Chruschtochsw, and
drive them towards an ambuscade, but the insurgents fell
into their own trap, and fowlt the positions they intended
to take up alrs2ady occupied by the Russians, who threw
themselves on the advancing division of the insurgents, and
defeated them in detail. The victory, however. was not a
very important one, for the Russians retired to Lublin, and
the insurgents dispersed to the forests. In the Cracow dis-
trict there are the corps of Chimelewaki, and the gendar-
merie force of Bogus, who has 200 men (cavalry) under
him, besides numerous small corps of insurgents. Chime-
lewski's corps greatly distinguished itself at the battles of
Janow and Sezemin. It is about 300 strong, well armed
and equipped. Bogust lately destroyed nearly an entire
division of dragoons who had been drawn into an ambush.
KILISCIi, August 12.
The insurrection becomes more widespread and violent
in our country. The commission for carrying out a general
levy has, for this reason, established its head quarters at
Warta, about 20 English miles from this place, Men be-
tween 18 and 40 years old are drafted, so that within a
month at least 100,000 men may take the field. Our town
is called upon to furnish 18,000 men. Taczanowski has
been removed from the command of the cavalry regiment,
and has been replaced by a Major Kapoernicki, formerly in
the Russian service. On the other hand, the National
Government has conferred on Taczanowski the office of civil
governor. The transmission of news through the country
has now become very difficult, and residence here begins
to be dangerous for neutrals and non-participants in the
strife.

Federal Facts and un••English Fancies.

(From the Army and Nary Gazette.)

It strikes us that there is an unusual mode
adopted by most of our public writers and journal-
ists in dealing with the course of events in the Ame-
rican civil war. The question most important to us
here in England is of a military and political, not
of a philosophical and metaphysical character.
Whether the Americans lose or recover their liber-
ties—whether they destroy or preserve State rights
—whether they respect or annihilate the consitu-
tion, is for them a vital problem ; but it does not so
much practically concern us in Great Britain at the
present moment, however curious and interesting
for historical students it may be to study the words
and acts of the model republicans: Great Britain
is much more intimately concerned in the hard
facts of the terrible war than in speculations as to
greenbacks, habeas corpus, martial law, arbitrary
arrests, taxation, and the like. She is most deeply
interested in trying to discover whether the North
is about to become a great military and naval power,
with an overwhelming and triumphant army, and
a fleet of great strength in their own waters. What
use, then, is there in prophesying or speculating, in
view of the facts before our eyes ? These facts are,
the retreat of Lee to the neighbourhood of Rich-
mond, after a disastrous attempt on Pennsylvania,
founded, it appears, on a miscalculation of the re-
sources of the Confederate Government in men, and
the consequent reoccupation by the Federals of the
ShenandoahValleyand the line of the Rappahannock;
the ccuiplete possession of the Mississippi by the
Fes:Jerald, so that, contrary to our expectations, trade
has commenced between St. Louis and New Or-
leans; their solid establishments in Tennessee, and
their less tranquil, but not less secure sway over
Kentucky; their undisputed dominaney in the State
of Mississippi itself; their approach to the frontiers
of Georgia and Alabama; their grip of the sea-
board tightening gradually ; their strongholds es-
tablished along the coast of North Carolina and
South Carolina and Florida ; their effectual sever-
ance of the States of Texas and Arkansas from the
rest of the Confederacy ; and their undisturbed hold
of Missouri. Add to this catalogue the danger very
imminent to Charleston, Savannah, and Mobile, of
destruction or capture by the Federal forces, and
the increasing stringency cf the Federal blockade—
the vast losses of men not to be replaced on the
part of the Confederacy, and the constant spread of
Federal conquest ; and it requires philosophy,
metaphysics, historical parallels, and immense faith
to believe that the South can continue her resistance
to the North in the field, or preserve her States from
the sway of Washington pro-consuls. On the other
hand, there is said to be dissension in the North--
there certainly have been riots in some Northern
cities—the people will not enlist, and will not suffer
conscription to be enforced. They will all be ruined
by a financial crisis. The war is only carried on by
"shoddy contractors"—very gallant must they bed
—and politicians, and clergy—very numerous. and
very valiant must they be too. The country is so
war,
Iris and
vast that it cannot be conquered or held. he Nort h
is not in earnest, or is tired of the
strike. any longer—in
cor-
rupt, or, cowardly, and only fights withi
German hands, which won't
place which has certainly
to undo the knot
fact, something is to take
not yet taken place, and which. is
of facts accomplished which 18 just now pressing
under the Southern ear.
Let us continue—let us stick now to our hard
facts. In July, 1861, atter the battle of Bull Run,
the boundary of the Southern Confederacy, as
drawn by their bayonets in actual line, ran through
the lino of the Potomac, the centre of Kentucky,
and the centre of Missouri. The Confederates held
the Green river, had camps at Columbus, from
which they threatened Cairo, and encamped higher
up in Missouri, held St. Louis itself in alarm ; they
had posseession of every seaport south of Baltimore;
they had a blockade of the Potomac. Fort Pickets
was the solitary standpost for the Federal flag in
Southern seas. The lino has now receded far in-
deed, and to it have marched up the advancing
Federals. This has been accomplished, we are told,
at the cost of an actual debt, on the Ist of July,
1863, of 1,097,274,356 dollars, or, in round numbers,
of £219,600,000, Gold stands at 24 premium in
New York; in Richmond it is 1100 premium.

THE LITTLE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIEE.—A
seduloui female correspondent who crosses her letters, says
a Saturday Reviewer, a man who bores you with raptures
about his angel, stupid parties, and wet pic-uics, are tribu-
lations which may be comparatively minor, but yet fill a
grievous space in the average life of man. The writer ob-
serving in another part of the same whimsical argument,
that a permanently soured disposition may infallibly be en-
gendered by the continuous action of linen invariably over-
starched, shirt-buttons always neglected, and trains con-
stantly missed.

SECOND EDITION,

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day,

CITY BETTING—THIS DAY.
=OR HANDICAP.
6to 1 agst Clarior (offered)
100 to 15 agst Bellraan (taken)
7to 1 agst Carisbrook (taken)
7to 1 agat Monk (taken)
7to 1 agst Piccador (taken)
10 to 1 agst Melrose (taken)
15 to 1 agst Fantail (offered)
20 to 1 agst Captain Crow (taken)
50 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (offered)
ST. LF.GER.
sto 1 agst Ranger (taken freely)
6 to 1 agat Lord Clifden (taken)
100 to 15 agst Queen Bertha (offered)
10 to 1 agat Avenger (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Borealis (off.)
40 to 1 agst Light Bob (taken)
60 to 1 agst Clarior (taken)

SPORTING NOTES.

The York Meeting commences t—o
-morrow, but it will
not throw much light on the S. Leger, as none of the
favourites are expected to enter an appearance. Lord
Clifdea, after having been knocked about in the betting,
has now returned to his old price. I believe it is on 1
matter of health for him to place this rich stake to his a
owner's credit. The Yorkshire Oaks, in the absence noble
Queen Bertha, will be secured by Marigold. Tne of
Con-
vivial Stakes will be between Durham and King
Geo
now that Paris has been withdrawn. The Black Drugcak
Stakes of 1,000 soya. each will be secured by Mr. Merr 's
nomination. The Three-year-old Biennial has been
patronised to the same extent as the Convivial, and among
the long array of names attached to it are those of The
Ranger, Trumps, Avenger, Scamander, Onesander, Old
Orange Girl, and King of Utopia. Naturally the prefer..
once of the public will be given to The Ranger, whose form,
from the way La roucques ran at Goodwood, is very nearly
the best of the year, and should Mr. Savile run for it, he
will, in my opinion, have no cause for regret. Should
he, however, be kept back for the Great Yorkshire
on Thursday, then Lord Stamford's representative.
Avenger or Onesander, will be found the hardest to beat,
The Bramham Park stakes of 100 sous each will hardly
furnish a race, Borealis seeming to hold her opponents
quite safe; and in the Swoeptakes that stands next in suc-
cession to it, I fancy Bonny Breastknot may just beat
Citadel. The Chesterfield Handicap has thirty subscribers,
and as the distance is only a mile, I venture to think that
Bertha or Trump Queen will be returned the winner. Oa
Wednesday the sport will commence with the two-yr-old
Biennial, which is rich enough to insures good assemblage
of two-yr•olds at the post. Much will depend upon the
result of the Convivial, as to the issue of this race, the no-
minations being so much alike. Hollyfox, it is reported,
will not run at present; neither will Blair Athol show him-
self in the other race. Scottish Chief does not run, Crytheia
is penalised 31b, and as Linda has an allowance of 31b, I
shall give the preference to Mr. Naylor's filly. The Ebor
St. Leger, in the absence of The Ranger, will be won by
Lord Glasgow's Physalis colt. For the Ebor Handicap the
field will be made up from the following :
Caller Ou, 5 yrs, Oat llb
Oldminster, 5 yrs, Sat 91b Doyle.

Carisbrook, 4 yrs, Bst W. Boyce,
Fantail, 3 yrs, G 21b
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Magnum Bonum, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b Covey.
Bellinen, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b
The Monk, 6 yrs, 6st 13ib •
Piccador, 4 yrs, bet 101 b
Golden Pledge, 3 yrs, Gst Carroll.
Clarior, 3 yrs, Get
Melrose, 3 yrs, .sst 121 b Noble.
Trust, 3 yrs, sst 101 b J. Mason.
Wasp g, 3 yrs, sst 71b
Caller Ou, if the Lewis running was correct, can have
no chance with Bellman at the weights, Carisbrook
would prefer a hilly course, and besides he has
the worst of the weights with Bellman. The latter mill
be near winning, but I do net think he will beat
Lord Zetland's horse. Oldminster and Magnum
Bonum have both penalties of 141b5., which puts out any
chance they might have had. The Monk, if he can only
stay the distance, must be very formidable, as ho has se
much the best of the weights. Ficcador's running at
Goodwcod with Ace of Clubs I entirely throw aside, as the
latter, having now recovered his wind, is one of the best
horses in training, and it was no disgrace for him to be
beat. With the lenient weight of 6st 101 b, I think he will
land the stakes for his noble owner. Clarior, Golden
Pledge, Fantail, and 'Melrose I have no fancy for. It will
be seen from the above that I expect the judge will place
PICCADOR 1
THE MONK
BELLMAN

The York Cup will be won by Macaroni if Mr. Naylor pall;
him out.

A FRESH MAN,

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS„DITE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Aug. 18.
via Marseilles ... Aug. 13.
Jrazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Sept. 3.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Aug. 29.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Aug. 18.
via Marseilles Aug. 13.
Falkland Islands ..

Gibraltar, via Southampton Aug. 18.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. 18.
via Marseilles Aug. 13.
India (Bombay), via Southampton Aug. 25.

- - . via Marseilles Aug. 20.
Portugal Sept. 3.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug-. —.—
via Marseilles Aug. 13.
Newfoundland ..Aug. 19.
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, Ey Brit. packet.... Aug. 19,
by U.S. packet....
by Canadian packet. Aug. 14.
Vir.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .......... Aug. —.
Bahamas, via New York
.... Aug. 27.
11Iesico .............. • • ..... . Aug. ..8.
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SEIZURE OF iEFICIENT MEASURES.—On Satur-
day last, nearly one hundred licensed victuallers,
from the districts of Shoreditch, Hoiton, Bethnal-green,
Finsbury, Moorfields, Kingsland, Hackney, St. George's-
in-the-East, and Stoke Newington, attended, before a full
bench, at the Court House, Great Prescott-street, Good-
man's-fields, to answer summonses taken out against them
for having deficient measares in their possession. The
articles seized, weighing nearly a hundred weight, were
placed before the bench in wicker hampers, each labelled
with the name of tho persons from whom their contents had
been taken. Fines, ranging from 15s. to 50s, were in-
flicted upon eighty. five of the defendants, the total amount
being £B7 108., half of which goes to the country, the in-
spector receiving the other moiety. In one case it was
stated that the measures seized were not employed for sere.
ing the customers, but were simply used for r placing under
the tap; while in a another the seizure was of "a pint and
a half pot," which, though not deficient, is, by law, a pro.
hibited measure.

ri TnE ARCHIMANDRITE NILOS."--Thls most
reverend ecclesiastic of the Greek Church was to
Dave the Coburg Hotel, Charles-street, Grosvenor-square,
on Saturday last, for Paris, eve route for Constantinople. In
the morning of Friday the Archimandrite paid a farewell
visit to the Lord Bishop of London, at Fulham Palace; in
the afternoon of the same day, Miss Burdett Coutts had the
honour of receiving the Archimandrite at her villa, Holly
Lodge, Highgate. The Archimandrite has been, we are
informed, for many years principally resident at Constan-
tinople, at which court he is " the official representative of
the four Greek Patriarchs," and he is also " head of the
community of the Holy Mountain" (comprising the various
monasteries of Mount Athos). The Archimandrite's visit
to England and France, we believe, has had reference to the
recent conduct of Prince Couja, Hospodar of the United
Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, in seizing the
lands and revenues of the dedicated convents in the Prin-
cipalities, and in imprisoning and ill-treating certain of the
monks.

WRECK OF A PASSENGER STEAMER OFF TUE
ISLE OF IV IGEIT.—The steamer her Majesty, be•
longing to the Isle of Wight and Port of Portsmouth Steam
Packet Company is withdrawn on Tuesdays and Saturdays
from her regular passages to make excursions round the
island. On Saturday, about half-past 11 o'clock, she left
Portsmouth, with a tolerably numerous company on board.
All went on well until she arrived nearly off Benbridge
Point, at the back of the island, when it is supposed, in
consequence of hugging the shore, she struck upon a sunken
rock, and knocked a hole in her bottom. The greatest
alarm was manifested amongst the passengers, but as soon
as the captain could get the vessel off the rock, he drove
her nearer to the shore, and by means of boats the whole of
the passengers were put ashore. Several pilot boats were
fortunately near at the time, and rendered very great assist-
ance. They were afterwards put on board ether vessels,
and conveyed to Ryde and Portsmouth. The steamer filled
and sunk. The captain, Mr. Tate, has been mate of the
vessel for many years, and has always been remarkable ler
his steadiness and strict attention to his duties. Little
more than a month ago he was appointed as the successor
of Csptain Crask, having received his Admiralty certificate
as master.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO LADY GILBERT KENNEDY.

—On Monday last, as Lord and Lady Gilbert Ken-
nedy were riding in the vicinity of the village of Eversley,
her ladyship's horse took flight at a cart laden high with
peas. After rearing violently, the animal backed into a
ditch, throwing her ladyship, and causing some severe in-
juries to the head, which rendered her insensible, in whioh
state she was conveyed home. We hear that her ladyship,
who is much beloved in the neighbourhood, is progrtsting
favourably.