The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-20 00:00:00

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1863.

AUGUST.
Egham 25 1 Oxford
Stockton
.. ~ 25 1 Lichfield
SEPTEMBER.
Devon and Exeter 1
Derby Summer
Weymouth
Kin RS Lynn '3
Warwick
Leicester
Doncaater l5
OCT
Coventry
Bedford .
.
Caledonian Hunt
..... 7
Newmarket S. 04. ....... 12

. Wordsley z 1
Brecon 2l
; Richmond ...... 22
Monmouth 24
Manchester Autumn 95
Newmarket Ist Oct. 29
Edinburgh, &c. Club 30
'OBER.

Lincoln Autumn
20
Kelso 21
Gloucester 22
Newmarket Houghton 26
:MBER.

.I\rovr.
Worcester .............. 3 I

Shrewsbury Autumn.... 16

AMERICA-.

LONDONDERRY, Aug. 19.
The Montreal Ocean Company's steamship
Damascus, from Quebec on the Bth inst., has
arrived here.
Her news has been anticipated.

The Insurrection in Poland,

(REUTERS EXPRESS.)

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 14.

The Invalide Busse of to-day publishes the reports
of Russian officers of various engagements which
have recently occurred in the Governments of
Kowno and Grodno, at Wielokbagno, in the vil-
lages ni Igualki and Makarowo (district of Bialy-
stock), at Lipniki near Labludowo, near the town
of Ovtia upon the Narew, where M. Prussakow, a
Cossack officer of rank, was killed, in the forest of
Brzcdzicyew near Hiani (district of Kowno), in the
forest of Konnavow (same district), in the village
of Kekety (district Kosienic), at Klikol (district
Schawle), at Metzkuuy (same district); and, lastly,
at the village Barbilicheki, where a Russian colonel
was hurt.

Yesterday's hiralicle says—" Insurgent bands
continue to assemble upon the frontiers of Galicia.
We have not, however, learnt that any fresh attempt
at invasion has taken place."

The Russian papers announce that lamentable
conflagrations have taken place in the city of Kiew,
the loss incurred being estimated at 2,000,000 f.
The Courrier of Odessa states that the capital
of the English company which has undertaken to
construct the railroad between Moscow and Sebas-
topol amounts to 156 million roubles (624,000,000 f.)
The chief engineer of the company, Mr. Bartle,
is now engaged in examining the route and pre-
paring the plans.

CRACOW, Aug. 15.
The Czar of to-day publishes a report of the in-
surgent leaders Cminowicz and Cwick, addressed
to the National Government, giving the details of
a victory gained over the Russians in the Govern-
ment of Lublin. Two Polish detachments engaged
a Russian column composed of three companies of
infantry and a sotnia of Cossacks, for six hours,
near the villages of Bepnityche and Pokrowka.
The Russians were successfully dislodged from
three strong positions, and retreated in the greatest
disorder to Krasnystaw, leaving 90 dead upon the
fie:d, and having hidden 60 more in a village inn,
which they set on fire. The number of the Russians
wounded was also large, including the military
commandant of the district of Chelm, and I\h,jor
Buchner, who put the Polish wounded and prisoners
to the torture at Rybezowice. This brilliant suc-
cess cost the Poles 14 killed and 39 wounded, among
whom were two officers, MM. Korsynski and
Koczerowski.

The Czas also publishes the following intelligence
from Warsaw :—" Two companies of Russian in-
fantry, while passing through the village of Zbnc-
zyn, near Siedlce, intercepted a large quantity of
brandy, and in their intoxication pillaged an adja-
cent country house. A farmer of the village, Adam
Lisekiewick, was seized, garotted, and cruelly mal-
treated. His sister only succeeded in escaping
death by taking refuge in the grounds attached to
the villa. The aged mother of the proprietor fell
upon her knees before the image of the Virgin, im-
ploring her protection, but was followed and beaten
by four officers with the butt-ends of muskets. The
troops pillaged and destroyed everything upon
which they could lay hands. They stole 28,000
Polish florins in bank notes and bills, and as much
more in gold and silver. The priest of the village
and several of the inhabitants were left completely
destitute. The entire damage done is eatimated at
200,000 florins."

ACTION FOR SEDUCTION.—At the Sheriff's
Court, Birmingham, on Tuesday, Mrs. Sarah
Gilbert, a widow, brought an action to recover damages for
the loss of the services of her daughter, Zella Gilbert, occa-
sioned in consequence of the seduction of the latter by the de -
fendent, Charles Benett, chief. clerk in a house of business
in St. Paul's-square, and residing at the Lozell. Mr. John
Smith was retained by Mr. Foster, solicitor, to conduct the
prosecution. The defendant did not appear, nor was. ho
represented by an attorney. The damages were last' at £eoo.
The plaintiffsdaughter was employed in the warehouse of the
same establishment as the defendant. They became
acquainted, and he was accepted as a lover. In Octo-
ber last he took her to a concert hall; at the con-
clusion of the performance they started for their
respective homes. When they were about to
separate, Bonnet said to Miss Gilbert, " You
must not go alone; I'll accompany you." Plaintiff con-
senting
proposal, he walked with her a few yards in
the
directionof Moor-street, when, as that was not the way
to Miss Gilbert's house, she asked him where they were
going to. He replied that he wanted to call upon a friend
on his road home. Believing he was telling the truth,
she walked with him until they came to a house in Free
man-street, where defendant said his friend resided.
They were shown into a sitting-room, and everything
seemed respectable. After talking together for a short
time, defendant made improper advances, which Miss
Gilbert resented, and, becoming alarmed, made an attempt
to leave the house. The defendant, however, prevented
her, and effected her ruin. Miss Gilbert subsequently
discovered that the house she had been taken
to was a brothel. Some time afterwards, discovering that
she was pregnant, she spoke upon the subject to the defen-
dant, but he treated her coolly, and said he " Never had any
intentions of marrying her, as he was engaged to be mar-
ried to his cousin." He, however, promised to pay all the
expenses of her accouchement, but had never done so. Ho
now refused to make any compensation, and said, for the
first time, that he was not the father of the child. The
under. sheliff said the only question to decide was the
amount of damages the mother of Miss Gilbert should re-
ceive for the loss of her daughter's services. The jury,
after a brief consultation, gave a verdict for the plaintiff,
damages £lOO.
GENERAL WINDHAM AND LORD CLYDE.—When
a sufficient number of troops had been organised,

r Colin took the field and marched to the relief of Luck-
now, where Havelock and Outran], who had gone to the
relief of the beleagured garrison, under Sir John Inglis,
were themselves being beleagured in turn. He was com-
pelled to leave a force under General Windham for the de-
fence of Cawnpore ; and the troops he took with him, though
sufficient for the relief of the place, was insufficient for its
occupation in the face of a turbulent and warlike popu-
lation. He forced his way, however, into the garri-
son, relieving them from the storm to which they
bad been subjected for several months ; and then
feeling the necessity of abandoning the town until
insurrection in the rest of India was quelled, he
organised a plan of retreat by which the garrison, the
civilians, the women and the children, were brought out of
the palace and through the streets of an extensive town
filled with an entirely hostile population without the loss of
a man or without the insurgents being able to comprehend
what was going on. Having placed them in safety, he made
a rapid march back to Cavvnpore, where his presence was
sorely needed. For Windham had allowed himself to be
drawn out of his entrenchments by the Sepoys, and had
fallen into an ambuscade, where he suffered a reverse which
well nigh destroyed the prestige of the British army in
India at that most critical period. The troops were retreat-
ing in confusion, sorely pressed by the enemy, when Sir
Colic, with a small detachment, galloped acres the bridge
that spans the river there, and retrieved the fortunes of
‘lay.--My Paper.