The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-28 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The Siecle announces that at Samowitz, on the
26th of February, the Russians were allowed to
pass over the Prussian frontier, and that the tele-
graph informed them of the approach of the in-
surgents.

The Optnion Nationale remarks upon Mr.
Seward's conduct in respect to the proposed Con-
ference, which that gentlemen entirely disagrees
to. Also it comments on M. Bismark's indignant
language in the Prussian Chambers, when he said
that the Government had nothing to discover, and
that the Prussian Minister in London did not know
the exact terms of the Convention when Lord
Russell spoke in the House.
The Pars comments on the affairs of Poland, as
they are affected by the Prussian debate, and says
that the language of M. Bismark carries out the
opinion of the political circles of Berlin, that
Prussia and Russia convinced of the evil effects that
the convention of February will produce through-
out Europe had agreed to consider it a dead letter,
and not to make any use of it.
BOURSE, Feb. 26.—The market has been rather
more buoyant, and a fair amount of business done
at a slight improvement, Threes for the Account
being now at 69f. 70c. Railway Share Market
quiet, but firm. The market left off as follows :

4f per Cents. 9B 50 Bank Shares 3365 --
Do, end month.... Credit Fancier l5OO
3 per Cents
Do. end month 69 70 Italian Loan 69
New 3 per Cents .. Russian
Do. end month.... Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 1180 Spani,h Threes —
Do, end m0nth....1180 -- Houle Debt .. 49 50

AYS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans llO5 .. 1105
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1185 1187 50

BAIL'

Geneva 4lO . . 405 --
Southern 790 .. 787 50
Western
Ettetern
Sardinian 370 .. ;70
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa 6OO .. 687 50
Ditto to Barcelona

POLAND.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
WARSAW, Feb. 22.

We have be©n informed hero of another violation
of the principle of intervention, by Prussia. At
Chorzela, after the insurgents had left, the Prus-
sian gendarmes entered the place, and after arrest-
ing eight of the inhabitants, took them into
Prussia, where they allowed four of them to escape,
and then passed the remaining four through
Prussian territory to Lornza. These acts of the
Prussian Government are the best proofs of the
existence of a convention between it and Russia.

The following order of the day, from the Polish
President of the City of Warsaw, was circulated on
the 15th :

By order of the National Government, the Pre-
sident of the City hereby announces for general
information :

Ist. That as students who hate not reached the
age of 18 cannot be admitted to the national army
on the same footing as others, they are recom-
mended to be assiduous in their attendance at school
and apply themselves diligently to their studies,
especially the history of Poland, in which they
will find so many examples worthy of imitation ;
for it is only by hard work the young men of the
country can prepare themselves for being useful to
the nation. The parents and guardians of the
students, and the professors, who understand their
duties to their fatherland and the National Go-
vernment, are called upon to see to the fulfilment
of this order. We also rely on the patriotism of
the students themselves, that this order will be at.
tended to without control, for they will of their
own accord strictly obey the orders of the National
Government.

2d. That whereas the feeling of patriotism,
which is shared by all, also moves the Warsaw
mechanics, who have long been known for their
self-sacrifice, to abandon their work and proceed
to the camps even without the orders of the Na-
tional Government, which is made a pretext by
Russian agents to seize them, and afterwards give
them into the hands of the police—and whereas
such sad events are constantly becoming more
frequ2nt—it is hereby ordered, that no one shall
enlist in the detachment of insurgents unless the
person conducting the enlistment can produce an
authority for his doing so, sealed with the seal of
the President of the Town ; and even when regu-
larly enlisted, no one shall abandon his work with-
out a distinct order to do so from the person who
enlisted him. The National Government cannot
answer for the safety of persons who go to join the
insurgents without submitting to the above di-
rections.

3rd. That whereas the concealment of all Rus-
sian employes in the citadel, as well as the means
constantly employed by agents to provoke the
people to make demonstrations, have impressed
the inhabitants of the capital with the conviction,
confirmed by the atrocities perpetrated in the pro-
vinces, that the town will in a short time be ex-
posed to robbery and massacre--it is hereby ordered
that the inhabitants of the capital, by the most
peaceful avoidance of the demonstrations which they
are tempted to make, shall deprive the invader of
all pretext for any abuses. When the time comes
for us inhabitants of Warsaw to rise, we will, in
accordance with our obligations, solemnly call upon
you ; but as yet we require tranquillity, for such is
necessary for the victory of the cause. Let not this,
however, prevent you from seeking arms and am-
munition, for these will be always necessary to us,
either for the defence of oar lives, menaced by the
enemy even on our native soil, or to enable us to
stand in defence of the independence of our father-
land."

6,Perseverance and harmony! Long live our fatherland !"
Although the guerilla war is raging more or less
fiercely all over the country, the principal insurgent
leaders, with the more organis,2d of the Polish
troops, are all in the south-eastern districts. The
temporary advantages gained by the Russians have
been almost invariably usod by them as opportu-
tunities for destruction and carnage of the most

frightful description. As the Government cannot
rely on the inferior officers, it has privately given
instructions to the soldiers only to obey their gene-
rals; and the result of this order, as may have been
expected, is, that the army is in a state of complete
anarchy. At Ogrodzieniec, between Pilica and
Olkusz, a body of Russian troops was under orders
to separate into two detachments, one of which way
to attack the insurgents at Miechow, and the other
those at Olkusz. Colonel Korff, on receiving his in-
structions to command the former of these detach-
ments, assembled its officers, and told them that as
he could not reconcile the instructions given to him
as an officer with his duty as a man, he must bid
them farewell. Immediately afterwards he retired
into another room and shot himself. The scene
that subsequently took place at Miechow sho wed
what was the nature of these instructions. After
a sanguinary struggle with the insurgents, in which
the townsmen took no part, the Poles retired, and
as usual, instead of pursuing them, the Russians
wreaked their revenge on the town and its inhabi-
tants. They began by firing into the house of a
magistrate named Orzechowski; and when this
gentleman came out to remonstrate with them, they
rushed upon him, and, not heeding the orders of
their officers, struck him dead, stripped him, quar-
tered him, and then carried his mutilated corpse in
triumph about the streets of the town. They then
rushed like wild beasts through the streets, firing
all the houses after robbing them of everything of
value. The following are a few of the persons that
were murdered on this occasion : —A. Kulagowski,
Government employe; P. Ogrodzinski, Kilinski, a
woman murdered by a Cossack because she had not
fivepence to give him, and a gardener. The wemen
and children were taken under the protection of
the officers, and escorted by them out of the town,
the whole of which has been burnt to the ground
with the exception of four houses.

DANTSIC, FEB. 27.

The Danzsiger Zeitung of to-day has the follow-
ing news from Warsaw, dated the 25th instant,
evening :

" An order of the Emperor has been transmitted
to the authorities commanding the suppression of
the insurrection, at any price, within ten days.
The Revolutionary Committee of Warsaw has again
succeeded in collecting considerable sums of money
The organisation of the insurgents continue to im-
prove, and their numbers daily augment. The rail-
way communication between Warsaw and Wilna
has been interrupted by the destruction of the bridge
at Liwicebrucke."

STETTIN, FEB. 27.

The Ostsee Zietung of to-day says :
" General Mieroslawski, in an order of the day
dated the 19th inst., informs the insurgents that the
provisional National Government had appointed
him Commander-in-Chief of all the insurrectionary
forces."

The same journal states that the engagement in
the vicinity of Radziejewo appears to have had no
decisive result.

On the 22d inst. a Prussian patrol from Wreschan
passed over for a short time into Russian territory.
WARSAW, FEB. 26.

The insurgents, under the command of Langie-
wicz, have been defeated near Malagosz., They lost
two cannon, and have been incessantly pursued
since the engagement.
Another band of insurgents has been dispersed
near Zelechow, with a loss of 150 killed.

Intelligence received here from Ostrow° states
that an engagement between the Russian troops and
the insurgents has taken place near Opatowck, in
consequence of which the Russians have evacuated
Winari.

KALTOWITZ, FEB. M.

Travellers who have arrived here to-day by the
mail train from Warsaw assert that the Marquis
'vVielopolski is dead.
Tne insurgents have quitted the district upon
this side of Czenstochau, and have advanced to-
wards the Vistula, upon the Austrian frontier.

NEUDECK, FEB. 26 (Evening).

Heavy firing was heard here for several hours
this afternoon in the directio❑ of Czenstochau.

LEMBERG, FEB. 27.

Fugitive insurgents announce that on the 24th
inst. a body of 2,000 insurgents, under the com-
mand of Bogdanowicz, was defeated near Ruda,
and compelled to recross the Bug.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, FEB. 27.

In to-day's sitting of the Chauiber of Deputies
the debate upon the Polish question was resumed.

Baron Vincke cautioned the house not to be led
away by any policy based upon feeling rather than
upon reason. The re-establishment of Poland would
be dangerous to Prussia. The importance of the
insurrection must not be undervalued. He knew
that General Klapka was upon his way to join the
insurrectionary movement. Baron Vincke then
continued—

" Herr von Bismark regretted yesterday that this
Chamber does not resemble the English House of
Commons. I can only regret that Prussia does not
possess an Upper House like the English House of
Lords, and an English Ministry with a respect for
the representatives of the people. No fear of an
intervention of the Emperor Napoleon need be en-
tertained, The semi-official papers of Paris have
only been ordered to use their present language in
order to divert public attention from the affairs of
Mexico. England will also reflect before taking any
decisive step. The disunion between Austria and
Russia has increased by recent events, but this is
advantageous to Prussia. The alliance between
Frence and Russia has only been postponed. Upon
the whole, the policy of the Government merits
thanks, but it is contrary both to the interest and
the honour of Prussia tbat the Russians should be
allowed to pursue the Polish insurgents on to Prus-
sian territory."
Baron Vincke warned the Ministry not to permit
the present dissensions between the House and the
Government to continue, as they were leading to
the ruin of the country. For his own part, neither
he nor his friends had anything to gain by a Minis.
Wrist crisis. The Parliamentary majority must
sooner or later come to the head of affairs, and the
country must gain wisdom at its own expense.
Herr von Bismark, in reply, said that he had only
to repeat his former statement, that the convention
between Prussia and Russia did not absolutely per-
mit the Russian troops to enter at will upon Prussian
territory. Ho observed also that the Government
was defied by the Opposition to dissolve the Cham-
ber ; but it preferred that the country should first
learn better of what materials the house was com-
posed.
Herr von Bonin, formerly Chief President of the
Government of Posen, stated that, had he still held
the post of Chief President of that province, he
should not have approved the policy of the Govern-
ment. He considered the Convention injurious to
the interests of Prussia.

The debate was adjourned till to-morrow, after a
stormy discussion, lasting six hours.

AUSTRIA.

A letter from Vienna, dated Feb. 24, says :
From St. Petersburg I learn that Prince Goa-
schakoff no longer enjoys the entire confidence of
his Sovereign. The Emperor suspects that his
Minister for Foreign Affairs often allows his pas-
sions to get the better of his judgment, and he a
short time since gave him to understand that he did
not approve his policy in regard to Roumania, Ser-
via, and Montenegro. My correspondent, who
must neceesarily be aware of what is passing behind
the scenes, says that directly after the Russo-Prus-
sian Convention had been signed M. von Bismark
voluntarily offered to send a Prussian corps into the
kingdom of Poland. .1 The Russian Government,"
continues my informant, " thanked the Prussian
Minister President for his friendly proposition, and
at the same time told him that it hoped to be able
to quell the insurrection without foreign assistance."
As Prussia is still bound to Russia by the treaty
which was concluded at Munchengratz on the Bth
September, 1833, no new convention was needed; but.
M. von Bismark was desirous toprove to the Emperor
Alexander that there was no service which. he and
his fellow " Junkers" were not ready and willing to
render him. This Government was also a party to the

treaty of Munchengratz, but about three years ago
Prince Gortschakoff declared that Austria was re-
leased from the engagements she had entered into
on the Bth of September, 1833. The contents of the
treaty in question were never made public, but I
know that by it Russia, Austria, and Prussia were
bound to uphold the monarchical principle and to
make head against revoluticn wherever it might
show itself. One part of the treaty was that if ever
there should be disturbances in Poland the three

Powers should be obliged to render each other
material as well as moral support. In one of the
clauses it is said that, in case of need, Russian,
Austrian, and Prussian troops shall co-operate in
the kingdom of Poland, in the Grand Duchy of
Posen, or in Galicia. In foreign papers it has re-
peatedly been asserted that Austria is still bound
by secret ties to Russia and Prussia, but the fore-
going authentic information shows that, in as far as
Poland, is concerned, this Government is a free
agent. As has already been stated, Austria is
bound by military conventions to surrender to the
neighbouring Governments all fugitive conscripts
and deserters.

INDIA.

BOMBAY, FEB. 12.

There is no political news of importance. Grey
shirtings and mule twist active. Cotton dull.
Opium, Malwa, 1,600r5. per chest.
Exchange on London, Ist class credits, 2.1 k.
Government Securities—Fours, 91/ ; Fives, 1041 ;
Fives-and-a-Half, 112. Freights lower.

Grey shirtings quiet.

CALCUTTA, FEB, 12.

Exchange on London, Ist class bills, 201; Go'
vernment Securities, 5 per Cents., 1051. Freights
to London for seeds, 100.

The Marriage of the Prince of Wales.

The Corporation of London have carried their
point in the arrangement, so far as they are con-
cerned, of the Royal pageant on the entrance of the
Princess Alexandra into the metropolis. The ob-
noxious order, emanating from the Home-officer
which, contrary to all usage in great State proces-
sions, had assigned to the Prince and Princess a
place at the head of the cavalcade, with the civic:
authorities in the rear, was yesterday changed or
modified, and the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, with
the aldermen and commoners, will now precede and
conduct their Royal Highnesses through the city
on their way to Windsor Castle, instead of follow-
ing them, and thousands upon thousands of people
along the line of route will have an opportunity of
witnessing the spectacle with comparative satisfac-
tion. Yesterday morning the Lord Mayor, accom-
panying a deputation of aldermen and councilmen
from the Royal Reception Committee of the Corpo-
ration, had an interview with Lord Palmerston on
the subject, and later in the day, while the com-
mittee were sitting at Guildhall, the subjoined com-
munication, addressed by the Lord Chamberlain to
the Chief Magistrate, arrived
Lord Chamberlain's-office. St. James's Palace, Feb. 27.
"My dear Lord Mayor,—l have the honour to inform
your lordship in reference to our conversation this morning
that there will be no objection to your lordship, with the
sheriffs and common council, preceding the Royal proces-
sion on the occasion of the entrance of her Royal Highness
the Princess Alexandra into the city of London, upon the
distinct understanding that the prccession of the civic,
authorities should terminate at Temple-bar.
" I trust that I need not assure your lordship that her
Majesty fully appreciates the loyalty manifested by the
city of London in the reception proposed to be given to her
Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark on her
arrival in this metropolis ; but, as it is desirable to avoid
any chance of delay and confusion, it is absolutely necessary
that the arrangements suggested as above should be adhered
to ; and I have also to request that your lordship will be
good enough to place yourself in communication with Sir
Richard Mayne with a view to carrying out the above
arrangement.
" I shall be glad to hear from your lordship that yeu con-
sent to the above, in order that 1 may receive her Majesty's
pleasure relative thereto.
" I have the honour to be, my dear Lord Mayor,
" Your lordship's faithful servant,
" The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. " SYDNEY.''
This letter is understood to have ,afforded the Re-
ception Committee much satisfaction, and they
readily adopted the suggestions of Lord Sydney by
appointing a deputation of their body to confer wi;il
Sir Richard Mayne, consisting of Alderman Hum.
phery, Alderman Phillips, Alderman Gibbons,
Deputy Fry, Mr. Anderton, and the Remembrances.
The Lord Mayor has received a communication
from the general manager of the South Eastern Rail-
way to the effect that they have considered the
question of the extent to which they can accommo-
date the representatives of the city of London, the
borough of Southwark, and the county of Surrey, at
the Bricklayers Arms Station on the arrival of the
Princess, and they find it will be impossible to admit
to the station more than the following gentlemen
—The Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey, the County mem-
bers for Surrey; the High Bailiff of Southwark, ..a
the members for Ike borough, Mr. Johnson, Chair-
man of Quarter Sessons, Southwark ; the Lord
Mayor of London, and the Sheriffs of London and
Middlesex. The directors say :hey would have been
glad if greater accommodation could have been af-
forded, but in consequence of the circumscribed
space available, and the amount of room which
will
be occupied in a great measure by troops, together
with parties who are compelled to take part in the re-
ception and procession, they are reluctantly obliged
to place a limit to their numbers. In order to avoid
undue interruption on the platform, the gentletnel
before named will be expected to remain in the re-
ception-room at the station until the Princess hae
been conducted there from the train by the proper
authorities,

Below is an official description of the decorations
and illuminations in the city, which are being Pre-
pared, under the authority of the Corporation, after
designs by Mr. Bunning, their architect, and by"
Messrs. F. Fenton, Absolom, and Brucciani, for the
Royal reception.
The decorations will commence on the south side
of London-bridge. The parapets of the bridge are
to be ornamented from the south to the north with
portraits of the Kings of Denmark from the earliest
period to the present, affixed on the Danish stan-
dards, surmounted with ravens and elephants—the
national emblems. Between the standards 10D
tripods will be placed from which incense will arise.
At the south and north approaches to the bridge
will be erected pedestals with statues of Fame sur-
rounded by Danish warriors holding the " Dane-
brog," the national flag of Denmark. In the seve-
ral recesses of the bridge the same ornamentation
will be carried out,
On the northern side of Adelaide-place a triumphal
arch, 60ft. high and supported by 16 Corinthian
pillars, is being erected, on the south side of which
—and in the centre immediately over the carriage'
way—will be placed the United Arms of England
and Denmark right and left, and over the footways
medallions in relief of the Prince and Princess.
The columns will be surmounted with statues of
Saxo Grammaticus, the historian (1156) ; Holbergt
the poet; Thorwaldsen, the sculptor; Juel, the
painter. In the pediment will appear the following
lines, slightly adapted from Shakspeare—
" Honour, riches, marriage, blessing
Long continuance and increasing
Hourly joys be still upon you:
England showers her blessings on you."

A painting beneath will represent Britannia, sur-
rounded with sea gods and goddesses, escorting the
Princess Alexandra to the shores of England. On
the night of the marriage this painting will give
place to a transprency symbolising the riches of
earth, air, and water in offerings to the Princess.
The pediment will be surmounted by another figure
of Britannia, and on either side recumbent figures of
Fame, heralding the approach of the Princess. 11;
portrait of Queen Victoria within a wreath °'
laurel and with the Crown above,suppoited by alle-
gorical figures of Wisdom and Strength, will adorn
the southern front of the arch. On the eight Corin-
thian columns on that side of ttie arch will be four
.
statues of Fame, and above the footways the Royal
Arms of England and those of Denmark will be
fixed.

The Corinthian columns of the Mansion-e°
wilt be draped with crimson cloth, and the capital°
and windows festooned with flowers. On the shaft°