The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-21 00:00:00

SOUTHANIPTON, AL G. 21.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.
VIENNA, AUG. 21.

The latest intelligence from Lithuania announces
that the detachment commanded by Mackiewicz
has gained a victory over a superior Russian force
near Kiesdany.

THE FRANKFORT CONGRESS.
FRANKFORT ON MAINE, AUG. 21.

The permanent committee of the populsr dele-
gates of the German Diets held a sitting yesterday.
The following questions were upon the order of the
day :—The German question ; the more enlarged
organisation of the Congress; the Schleswig, Hol-
stein question.

Meetings of the Congress will take place to-day
and on Saturday.

Herren, Schultze-Dalitsch, Bennigsen, Metz
8.7 c., are among the deputies who have already ar.
rived.

The King of Holland was yesterday at the gala
performance in the theatre, Thirty-two Sovereign
Princes, with their Ministers and the corps diplo-
matique, were present upon the occasion.

EGYPT.
ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 19.
The Annamite Ambassadors have arrived a

SUEZ.

THE SUEZ CANAL.
CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 20.
The statements published by some journals
relative to the Suez Canal settlement are erro-
neous. Forced labour is absolutely abolished, the
company having six months allowed them to
make other labour arrangements.

SPAIN,
MADRID, AUG. 2

The Corresivondencia of this morning states it is
asserted in well-informed quarters that the Ministry
will not enter upon the consideration of the Mexican
question until after the Archduke Maximilian has
accepted the Crown.
The electoral meetings in the various districts
have been authorised by the Government.

FRANCE.
PARIS, AUG. 2

Advices received here state that some disturb..
antes have taken place in the vicinity of
Damascus. The Bedouins under Djibel attacked
a detachment of gendarmes, of whom five were
killed. Other similar attacks took place at
Kesrout.

These attacks cause some uneasiness, but ener.
getic measures on the part of the Ottoman G>vern•
moat wili soon put a stop to them.

BOURSE, Aug. 20.—The market has been rather
animated, but without any further improvement in
prices, Threes, for the Account, being unvaried at
65f. 85c. Railway Share Market quiet, but firm.
The market closed as follows :
it per Cents
Do. end month — I Do. end month... 72 70
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 90 Do. end month.... 73
Credit Mobilter.... 1130 Russian ........
Do. end month 1127 50 Austrian ........
Bank Shares 3385 Spani,l2 Threes., 62 50
Credit koncier Home Debt .. -
RA IL WAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans 1022 50 1022 50
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1030 .. 1031 25
Geneva ................ 493 75 .. 492 50
Southern ....... . ...... 720 • • 717 50
Western, .............. 530 .. 530
Eastern ........... 497 50 .. 498 75
Sardinian .............. 416 25 .. 417 50
Austrian
Lon, bard -
North of Spain
Saragossa 685 .. 685
Ditto to Barcelona

THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company have received the foliow;ng telegram :
FRIDAY, AUG. 21.
" The Massilia left Alexandria with the Mar-
seilles portion of the above mails at 3 p.m. on the
19th inst.
" The Poonah, with the heavy portion of the
mails, sailed at 4 p.m., and may be expected at
Southampton about the Ist September.
The Bengal brought the mails to Suez, arriving
there on the 18th inat.
" The Poonah has 2,790, and the Mtssilia 210
packages of cargo.

THE TIMES CORRESPONDENT AND LORD CLYDE.
—The first interview of the correspondent with the
veteran, as told by himself, was, says a daily con-
temporary, eminently characteristic. Mr. Russell,
being favoured with introductions to him, waited on
him at head-quarters and presented them. Sir Colin
gave him a hearty welcome to the camp, fully entered
into his views, and promised to assist him to the uttermost.
" You shall know," he said, "all my plans ; you shall be
made acquainted with all my movements; I will conceal
nothing whatever from you, on one sole condition, that
you do not speak of them in the camp, but confine your-
self to sending the information to your constituents at
home, where they will do no harm, because long before
they can appear in print they will have been executed."
It is needless to say that Mr. Russell cheerfully accepted
and honourably observed these conditions ; and he indirectly
observes that any other persons equally well recom-
mended would have enjoyed the same facilities. 'We
venture humbly to differ from Mr. Russell," says the
writer, "the attentions were offered more to the news-
paper correspondent than the personal visitor. Sir
Colin knew the advantages of securing a favour-
able critic at head-quarters, who could, through the
columns of a newspaper, command the car of Europe, the
advantage of what his Highland ancestors would have
called a bard to chant his praises. That condition was, of
course, no; expressed, but it followed in the inevit•
able order of things. Sir Colin will always be reckoned a
great general, but he never made a finer show of general-
ship than when he welcomed the correspondent of the
Times to his tent, his table, and bits council board.
A RURAL JOCKEY.--The Journal de Chateau-
briant says that at the late races at Nozay (Loire-
Inferieure) a steeplechase presented unusual interest from
the fact that a young peasant of the environs, mounted on
a horse of the Britanny breed, ventured to enter the lists
against some of the best racers of the country. Ho rode
barebacked with. a halter instead of a bridle. On leaping
the first fence the halte: broke, and the rider fell, but he
instantly mounted again and cleared all the obstacles till he
reached the last, which the horse refused. The young
peenant, however, managed to force him Qvcc ,4
taviusiwpot. gut Mkt J. 9114 A1)1444.591

flagrant mismanagement of the Government by
President Davis's Administration."

There is a large increase in the mortality of New
York. There were 970 deaths last week, being 400
more than in the same period last year.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, AUG. 11.

Money abundant, Gold 261 per cent. premium.
Exchange on London—Bankers' bills, 1391. Stocks
dull. New York Centrals, 12%; Illinois, 1202 ;
Erie, 105; 6 per cent. United States Bonds, 1051.
Cotton dull. Middling Upland, 68c. Flour heavy,
at a decline of 10c. Wheat and corn lower. Pro-
visions, good inquiry. CofLe heavy. Sugar steady.
Molasses quiet. Crude petroleum, 311 c. to 35c.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Hammonia, from New York on the Bth inst., has
arrived off Cowes. She brings 114 passengers,
15,125 dollars in specie for England, and 1,300
dollars for Hamburg.

On the 12th she spoke the English bark Reuben,
bound for Glasgow; on the 16th, the English bark
Crimea, bound from Cardiff to New York ; and on
the 20th, off Cape Lizard, the steamer Scotia.

The news by the Hammonia has been anticipated.

The Presse states that an engagement unfavour-
able to the Russians has taken place at Obiechow,
in the palatinate of Cracow.