The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-19 00:00:00

SHIPPING—This Day.

LONDON, Sept. 19—Wind, W.; fine.
PETERHEAD, Sept. 19—Southerly gale—The Briton,
schooner,
ot from Archangel, Is stranded here; if moderate
may beg off.
OFF HOLYHEAD, Sept 19 —Arrived—Havelock, from
Bombay.
BRISTOL, Sept. IS—Arrived—Francis Hilyard, from
New York.
CARDIFF, Sept. 18—Sailed.—William Smith, for lYmg.
Kong; Kate Dyer, Callao; St. James, for Edo Jantero ,
speculant, for St. Thomas's.
NEWPORT, Sept. 18—Arrived—File uuique, from Bor-
deaux, for Buenos Ayres.

BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAM
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, Sept. 19—Moselle, from Antwerp; Mary Ellen,
from Vivien; Wilberforce, from Cronstadt.
Sailed, Sept. 19-11olland, steamer, for Ostend; Hanover,
steamer, for Calais. Ellen
Captain Jenkings, of the Mary from Vivien, re-
ports having picked up the crew of the Ruby, of Exeter,
which ship was wrecked near the island of Guernsey, on the
16th inst.
DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed Tovellaos, screw steamer, from London, for
Denegal,n of Exeter, from the West, for the
Corunna ;
North.

THE POLISH DESERTER'S TALE.—It was a tale
not merely of privation and toil, and barbarous
warfare on a rugged frontier, but of studied insults, unjust
punishments, and a deliberate purpose to break the spirit
and crush the heart of every one of these unfortunate exiles,
He had fought and marched, had endured the hardest de-
tails of a hard life, with an unflinching and uncomplaining
courage that was due to his Polish pride, but he had been
at last compelled to become " dushtek," or servant, to a Rus-
sian major. "He was a cruel coward, the most hated of
all our tyrants," eaid the young man, feebly; he taunted me,
he spoke to me as if I were his dog ; he mocked my country
and my creed; he made my tasks, and the bread I ate, as
bitter and as odious as a petty despot could. One day he
struck me across the face with his cane. Next moment he
lay at my feet, calling for help and I fled." How he had
formed the bold resolve to regain his home in West Poland,
penniless and on foot; how he had journeyed, hiding in tee
woods by day, and travelling by night; how the peasants
had sometimes given him food and shelter, and at other times
had turned out to hunt him down in hopes of reward ; all
this he told in simple and modest words. Also, how he
had changed clothes with a Malorossian serf, who had given
him an old caftan and cap in exchange for his uniform coat;
and how, soon afterwards, the tiding© of his escape having
preceded him, he had been pursued by a troop of Cossacks,
and had received his wound from one of their musket-balls,
while in the act of scrambling ut the steep bank of a river
which he had swam, and which had baffled the horsemen.
Finally, how, famished, cramped in every joint and sinew,
he had dragged himself with bleeding and crippled feet to
the door of his father's house, at which he had not dared to
knock, and was watching the windows when his mother saw
him. A gallant lad he was, slender and graceful of figure,
rather active than strong, and with a handsome face enough,
when once it began to lose the gaunt famine-stricken look
which it wore at first,—.Dtckens's "4U/he row ,Round."

The Russian Reply to England.

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The following despatch has been communicated to Earl
Russell by the Ittas inn Ambassador at this Court :
PRINCE GORTCELAKOF TO BARON TiItUNNOW.
Tsarkoe-s Fi
Lord Napier has, by 26 (Sept. 7), 1863.
Russell, of which your
nicated to me a despatchorfrdoerner his Government, commu-
nicate
Excellency will find a copy annexed.her:oel''uoArirtudogo.
the Ist (13th) July
communicate to the Prin-
cipallt is an answer to my despatch.
last, whi,2ll you were invited to ,
h in that document
Secretary of State of her Britanncf
The overtures which he had set fort
were dictated to us by the desire to arrive at an unler-
standing.
In receiving the observations which they have
lway
0 sug..
gested to Lord Russell with the attention which we
pay to the opinions of her Britannic Majesty's Government s
ii
e
we cannot but regret that we must come to the conclusiont
that we have not attained the end which we had proposed
to ourselves.
From the moment that this discussion could only end in
establishing and in confirming the divergence of our views,
it would be too contrary to our conciliatory disposition for
us to seek to prolong it, and we believe tbat in this we are
not acting at variance with the sentiments of the Principal
Secretary of State of her Britannic Majesty.
We prefer to fix our attention only upon the essential
points of his despatches, upon which we find ourselves
agreed, at least in intention.
Her Britannic Majesty's Government desire to see
promptly re-established in the Kingdom of Poland a state
of things which shall restore tranquillity to that country,
repose to Europe, and security to the relations of the
Cabinets.

We entirely share in this desire, and all that can depend
upon us shall be done to realise it.
Our august Master continues to be animated by the most
benevolent intentions towards Poland, and by the most
conciliatory towards all foreign Powers. To provide for
the welfare of his subjects of all races and of every religi-
ous conviction is an obligation which his Imperial Majmty
has accepted before God, his conscience, and his people.
The Emperor devotes all his solicitude to the fulfilment of
that obligation.

As regards the responsibility which may be assumed by
his Majesty in his international relations, those relations
are regulated by public right. The violation of those
fundamental principles can alone involve responsibility.
Our august Master has constantly respected and observed
principles with regard to other States. His Majesty
has the right to expect and to claim the same respect on
t
You will be pleased to read and give a copy of this hie part of the other Powers.
ese
de-
spatch to the Principal Secretary of State of her Britannig
Majesty. Receive, &c.,

LONDON GAZETTE---Yesterday,

FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 12.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the
Honpurahle Henry George Elliot to be her Majesty's En-
voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to tho
King of Italy.

DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 17.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Henry
Barkly, K.C.B. to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief
in and over the Island of Mauritius and its dependencies.
WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 18.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Edgc,ombe Venning, Gent.,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Owen Wm. George, M.D.,
promoted.
19th Hussars—Captain George Archibald Bishop, from the
104th Foot, to be Captain, vice Lnard, who exchanges.
7th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant William Lamb Barr,
from the 48th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bridges, who
exchanges.
16th Foot—Captain George Gibson, from half-pay, late 12th
Foot, to be Captain, vice George Frederick Macdonald,
who retires upon half-pay on appointment as Staff Officer
of Pensioners.
23d Foot—Ensign Louis James Wainwright Hadden to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Samuel William Ralph
Sadler, who retires; Gentleman Cadet George Holden
Hutton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Hadden.
26th Foot—Lieut. Wm. Beers to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Walter Fitzgerald Kerrich, who retires; Ensign
Simeon Harrison Hardy to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Beers ; Gentleman Cadet Livingstone Clarke, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Hardy.
30th Foot—Ensign James Thom to be Lieutenant, by pur.
chase, vice Decimus Montagu, who retires; Gentleman
Cadet Frederick Clowes, from the Royal Military Col-
lege, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thom.
48th Foot--Lieutenant Edward Bridges, from the 7th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Barr, who exchanges.

69th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Wollaston Hutton to be
Captain, by purchase, vice James Octavius Machell, who
retires ' • Ensign Henry Harcourt Griffiths to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Hutton; Gentlemen Cadet Geo.
Poignand, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Griffiths.
GOth Foot—Staff-Surgeon Richard Cooper Todd to be Sur-.
geon, vice James Crerar, who exchanges.
65th Foot—Ensign James Anderson Baxter to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice John Hammond, whose pro•
motion, by purchase, on the 28th August, 1863, has been
cancelled.
83d Foot—The appointment of Lieutenant William Forbes
Anderson to be an instructor of Musketry at the
School of Musketry, and that of Lieutenant Nicholas
Pennefather, as Instructor of Musketry to the 83d Foot,
vice Anderson, which appeared in the Gazette of 11th
ult., have been cancelled.
101st Foot—Major Frederick Octavius Salusbury to bo
Lieut.-Colonel ; Captain George Craster Lambert to be
Major, vice Salusbury; Lieutenant Newton Haworth
Wallace to be Captain, vice Lambert; Ensign Henry
Park Airey to be Lieutenant, vice Wallace; Gentleman
Cadet Manley Charles Matthews Dixon, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, vice Airey.
104th Foot—Captain Frederick Peter Luard, from the ISth
Hussars, to be Captain, vice Bishop, who exchanges.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT—Surgeon James Crerar, from the
60th Foot, to be :Staff-Sutgeon, vice Richard Cooper
Todd, who exchanges.
BREVET.

Capt. and Brevet Lieut.-Col. Samuel Enderby Gordon,
of the Royal Artillery, having completed five years' quali-
fying service, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant
of Oct. 14, 1858, to bo Colonel in the Army.
Major btonehouse George Bunbury, retired full-pay,of the Army Hospital Corps, to have the honorary rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel.
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 18. late
The following promotions, dated the 12th instant, conse-
quent on the death, on the 11th instant, of Vice-Admiral
of the Red Henry Dundas, have this day taken place :
Vice-Admiral of the White Sir Henry Byam Martin,
to be Vice-Admiral of the Red.
Vice-., Admiral of the Blue Sir Thomas Hastings, K.C.8.,
o be Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admirals: Hon. Arthur Duneorobe, Robert Fitz-
toy, and Charles Henry Swinburne, on the Reserved List,
iee!,Vr_icAed-Amdirmaiiroaflsthoen
Red
Josephi ext .i
G. 8., to be Vice.
Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White the Right Honourable Lord
Clarence Edward Paget, C.B. to be Rear-Admiral of the
Red. 1

Roy,
t 4 be
Jtei,

Rear-Admiral of the Blue George St. Vincent King,
CB., to be Rear-Admiral of the White.
Captain James Paterson Bower to be Rear-Admiral on
the Reserved List.
Captain Frederick Warden, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of
the Blue.
Retired lear-Admirals Wm. Hamley and John Drake
to have the rank and title of Retired Vice-Admirals, in
pursuance of the Order in Council of May 7, 1858.

BANKRUPTS.
The following are the only bankrupts of commercial int.
portance in the Gazette :
James Davey, builder, Bedford
Pagdin, Star Inn, Shadwell
George Brown, mason, Kidderminster
Jane Hall, publican, Dowlais, Glamorgan
Hopkin Jones Davies, chemist, Neath
John Bench, baker, Dudley
John Stead, farmer, Clifton, Yorkshire
Isaac Morris, cattle dealer, Birmingham
Thomas W. Doran, dyer, Leeds
Francis White, schoolmistress, Southampton
Francis P. Cowd, tailor, Sidmouth
James Wilkins, draper, Bath
John Aspinall, licensed victualler, Prescot
James Striven, farmer, Ragland, Monmouth

Course of the Exchange--Yesterday.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 18f
Antwerp — 25 65
Brussels — 25 65
Hamburgh — 13 81
Paris .. Short. 25 25
Ditto .. 3 Months. 25 524
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine — 1191
Vienna
Trieste

11 ni
11 19k
11 191-
25 60
25 69
13 81
25 32i
25 57i
25 67#
119 k
11 40
11 40

Petersburgh — 361 361
Berlin —
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn — 25 65 26 70
Milan — 25 65 25 70
25 70
Genoa p— 25 65
Naples
Palermo ...— 25 67k 25 72/
Messina — 25 67/ 2.5 72k
Lisbon
Oporto _ 62/ 62t-
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), Per oz £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars Q .. 0 5 1}
Silver in Bars (Standard) .................... 0 0 0
South American Doublons .................... 0 0 0

How WILL LORD LLANOVER LIKE IT ?—Now
that, as an " Upper Benjamin," and no longer Sir B. Hall,
he reads in the Saturday Review :—" Very great people
now are above the assumption of petty airs of superiority,
and it is only great people who Caro to erect these frail
hedges for their dignity. It would be no pleasure to the
Duke of Devonshire to give two fingers to a commoner, but
it might be a great comfort to Lord Llanover;',l