The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-17 00:00:00

GORTSCHAKOFF'S assertion respecting the treaty,
a passage is quoted that refers to the terms upon
which the Kingdom of Poland is to be held by the
Emperor of all the RUSSIAS, his heirs and succes-
sors, in perpetuity. It is said that "the Duchy of
Warsaw is united to the Russian empire, to which
it is irrevocably attached by its constitution." Ii
is thus shown that the constitution is the link by
which Poland is connected with Russia. It was
through this that the allied Powers proposed na-
tional representation with the Powers similar to
'hose which are fixed by the Charter of 1815.
Finally, Earl RUSSELL condemns, in toto, the sug-
gestion that Austria, Russia, and Prussia should
deliberate, and inform England and France of
the result of their conferences. Either of these two
reasons, it is said, are sufficient to prove the inad-
visability of the plan proposed. One is, that it
would place Austria in a false position, and be in-
consistent with her relations to England and France.
The other is, that the separate treaties which were
made by the Powers referred to had reference only
to material objects, and did not interfere with poli-
tical details and developments. Lord RUSSELL
winds up his admirable despatch by impressing
upon Prince GORISCIIAKOFF the responsibility that
rests upon Russia, and " the gravity of the situa-
tion." No right judging observer will deny that
Russia makes herself responsible for all the conse-

sequences which the prolongation of the troubles
of Poland may produce. It would seem, from this
despatch, that Earl RUSSELL has done all he could
in the way of remonstrance and treaty ; and as at
present it is not expedient to rebort to arms, it
would be difficult to say how or in what manner he
could have acquitted himself better.

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON lII'S. IMPERIAL
GUARD AND ATTENDANTS.—Tho commander of the
Imperial Guard is Marshal Regnaud de St. Jean d'Angely.
Irrespective of the Imperial Guard, there is what is called

th© Maison Militaire de l'Euapereur, the head of which is
Marshal Vaillant, Gram.' Marshal of the Palace. Second
to this functionary is the Adjutant-General of the Palace,
General Rolin. the Emperor has 16 aides do camps, eight
of whom are generals of division, two of whom are generals
of brigade, five of whom are colonels on the staff, and one
of whom is a colonel of artillery. The head of the Em-
peror's topographical cabinet is Baron de Besille. He has
also seven officiers d'ordonnance,

WATER LILIES—to the largest of which Sir R.
Schomburgk has happily given the name of Victoria
Regia, Like the sacred lotus of the Nile, the fl3WerS of
the white water-lily rice and expand as the day advances
and the sun gains strength, closing again at evening,
sleeping, as it were, tnrough the hours of darkness until
awoke by the first rays of the morning sun. The yellow
water-lily is almost as attractive, in its golden radiance, as
its more modestly-attired and charming sister. "In golden
armour glorious to behold," the blossom has a somewhat
powerful smell, resembling ardent spirits; hence the not
very poetical epithet of " brandy-bottle" is sometimes given
to it.

MACE, THE PUGILIST, is thus described by a cor-
respondent of one of the Scotch papers—" The
width of the creature's Shoulders is marvellous, and his fists
made me shudder. He was not a bad-looking animal by
any means, but dressed in a style such as I never saw out
of a theatre, on 3 ring in pirticular, with a stone in it nearly
as large as a halfpenny, gracing his knuckles, and looking
for all the world like a small tombstone in memory of some
luckless wretch whose skull ho had cracked."
ANOTHER MARVELLOUS FEAT OF A CHESS
PLAYER!—At the late congress of the Ruenish
chess clubs Herr Paulsen played ten games at a time,
fighting 20 opponents at every board, and continuing for
15 hours unremittingly. At the end of this extraordinary
effort, rendered more difficult by turning his back to the
boards, and opposing players of tried mettle, he had lost
three games, won three, and came to a draw in the case Of
the four others. The monster contest lasted from half-past
two till half-past five in the morning. While it was going
on Herr Paulsen never left the chair, placed at some dis•
form
from
mce
erected
the boards,
tedatooeldned the
of the further
hall. The
boofartdhse plat
e-
watched in his interest by Herr Wilfred Paulsen, his bro-
ther, and also a phenomenon in his way, who moved the
figures, announcing in a loud voice his opponent's moves.
He exhibited a power of memory nearly similar to that of
his brother's, for while the latter was playing with one of
the ten he allowed the nine others to displace the figures
and try all sorts of moves, showing the position of the board
when he left it whenever their turn cams r,:und. He, as
well as his brother, kept in mind durkg the game an aggre-
gate amou4t of 610 squares with 320 figures distributed
over them,