The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-17 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON, ITESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1863

bo long before it can be retrieved. This may be the
tide in the affairs of America which prevents further
mischances and misfortunes at all events, and it must
be the:prayer of all those well-intentioned to their
country and their kind that it may be taken at the
flood, so that the past with its sins and its sorrows
may be lapsed into oblivion, and the future with the
golden light of a happier day may shine out over
the distracted Republic of the Western World.

The news from Poland serve but to fill the heart
with grief and indignation. The people suffer—and
the reckless Russian exults in his infamous acts.
With him mercy seems a mockery to stimulate his
vengeance the more. He revels in deeds of blood
and devastation. What he finds poor and helpless
he leaves more desolate than he found it. His
career is stained with all that makes nature shudder.
He reasons not—cares not—regardless alike of
consequence to any—not even himself—for "duty"
is his tyrant plea for whatever may befall in his
atrocious, relentless, and ruffian course. The CrAR
—his Emperor and Religious Idol—sanctifies all
his doings. Promotion—the soldier's honourable
stimulant to deeds of valour—is with the Russian
looked upon as the sure reward for acts of
shame. There is no cruelty too wicked to stay
his hand, be it in heedless passion or cold,
calculating devilment of bloodshed. To obey
is to rise, while to doubt is death. The path
of duty may be strewed withSthorns, but it is the
path to profit and eminence. What cares he for
others who respects not himself—nor ever questions
whither his orders may lead. Such is Russian dis-
cipline. Humanity has no hold in the military
heart of Russia. All is for empire and the glory
of GOD—as SIIWARROW wrote in his barbarous
despatch from the smoking ruins of a city reeking
in carnage. So now the revelry of death, and even
worse than death, runs riot over the plains of
Poland. And Europe looks on—yet speaks not.
She cannot be indifferent to the sufferings of a
brave people goaded by continual persecution to
rise at last in the very agony of despair. The Poles
become willing martyrs to their love of country,
burning with patriotic rage at the accumulating
wrongs of relentless oppression. Can such things
be, and wake no echo in the breasts of freemen ?
Forbid it Heaven !
And yet England makes no sign—save in the
irrepressible ardour of public opinion through the
fervour of her press glowing in thoughts that
breathe and words that burn. And France—but
we will not touch the chivalry of that heroic and
impulsive nation. She has delegated to one the
mind of millions, and only awaits the signal—up
and be doing ! That freedom which ye fought for
and conquered is now struggling in the grasp of
fiendish garotterd on the fields of your once daring
allies in Poland—a spectacle for humanity. But
no—France has a warm heart ; but her EMPEROR
has only a pulse for himself. " Order reigns in
Warsaw," as SEBASTIANI announced in the shud-
dering Senate of France,—
" When freedom shrieked as Kosciosxo fell."
Nor shall we gain much sympathy from Austria—
herself bewildered in the terrors of a tangled des-
potism, with Venice brandishing the"dagger of her
expectant deliverance on one side, while Hungary
is heaving with heavy throes of majestic might on
the other. The KAISER quails.
And Prussia !—the Right Divine Robber of al
weak States, and the shameless participator in thP
spoils of the strong—that juggling friend—allied
to all bat true to none—Prussia—a nation made up
of wrongs—has no heart for others in her erring
ruler—she will help to kill, but not to save—
" 0 bloodiest picture in the book of time I
Sarmatia fell—unwept, without a crime."
So sung the bard of Hope, and what Prussia was
then she is nearly so now, as far as her " divine"
aggressor of Constitutional liberty is concerned.
Poland may not hope for any help from her. 0.,
the contrary, she has just entered into a compact
with Russia to shut the gates of mercy on mankind
along the frontiers. But, surely, the wrath of
Heaven will yet arise and avenge the cause of
Poland, however deaf be the justice of Europe to

The Earl of DERBY 18 turning restive under the
dolce far niente of the Upper House. Its complacent
inaction does not suit his energetic spirit while the
affairs of the nation and the state of Europe are 1
offering subjects of discussion out of doors. Night
after night their lordships come down to linger for
half an hour in their gorgeous chamber, and night
after night they adjourn without the world being
much the forwarder for their trouble. After nearly
a fortnight of this interesting and profitable labour,
Lord DERBY thinks it time to ask when the Govern-
ment proposes to lay on the table the promised list
of the measures to be introduced before Easter,
adding a hint that he thought it very possible that
the notice was delayed not from malice prepense,
but from sheer inability to furnish a detailed list of
measures which were as yet in the clouds. Lord
GRANVILLE, not knowing how to escape from the
dilemma, ingeniously carried the war into the
enemy's camp by reminding the noble earl that he
had himself once upon a time commented upon the
difficulty of measures being originated in their lord-
ships' house; end having thus applied the to
quoqus argument, which seems to be the
sum total of Whig logic, he proceeded to
conciliate his antagonist by informing him
that a bill was in preparation on a subject in which
the noble earl took much interest. Even the pro-
mised dispersion of noxious vapours, however, failed
to satisfy Lord DERBY. He apprehended that the
bill would not be sufficiently comprehensive, and
proceeded to ask some awkward questions about
Brazil, which the opportune absence of the Foreign
Secretary enabled Lord GRANVILLE to escape from.
We can easily believe that Earl RUSSELL finds it
more convenient to keep out of reach of close
questioning on his foreign policy, and would like
to atone for his superabundant activity during the
recess by remaining in the background during the
session. What with America; Denmark, Italy, and
Brazil, so many points are open to attack, that
it is well to stave off the commencement of hosti-
lities as long as possible. We suspect, indeed, as
we have before stated, that there is a tacit under-
standing on both sides that little is to be done until
after the festivities, consequent upon the Royal

marriage, have been happily celebrated. The pre-
sent position of Ministers is so precarious that it
would be unwise to provoke an animated debate, or
raise a Government question, at a moment when
a political crisis would be deprecated by all sides.
The Lower House do not certainly appear inclined
to enter upon the discussion of any great social,
fiscal, or political questions at this early stage of
the session, and on the principle of the old adage
about the ill wind, the troubles of the adven-
turous members of the sister kingdom are receiv-
:ng unusual attention. We anticipate therefore
that the grievance complained of Lord DERBY, if
indeed it be a grievance, will be felt for some little
time to come. The combatants will linger on the
outskirts of the arena until the fitting time comes
for the struggle. Till then let the Ministerial
benches in both Houses make the most of the pacific
interlude, and rejoice in the opportunity of carry-
ing out in its entirety the Do .Nothing policy of thu
modern ilvform Administration.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

her appeals—
" Even from the grave the voice of nature cries'*—

and man will cease to be worthy of his being if he
suffer Poland to sink in this the last day of her
struggling resurrection for freedom.
" Freedom I what spirits bless thy sway—
Immortal Habitant of Mind i
And catch thy beauty from the day—
Thy music from the wind."
It cannot be, that the Poles will again be left to the
vengeance of Russia—a nation which has broken
all faith with Europe in her treaties with regard to
Poland, and now tramples her people under the
iron hoof of oppression. Look at the daring of men
rushing, not in despair, but with a stern purpose,
to the muzzles of the batteries and sacrificing them-
selves to save their friends from the enemy. The
two hundred Poles—most of them young nobles—
where all were nobly brave, were worthy of those
of Thermopylae—in their heroic rush with the
scythe of death mowing down the gunners in
the very agony of patriotic devotion. Does
not conduct like that bespeak the feeling of
the universal mass ? And yet the nations look on
but help not. The policy of non-intervention is
cold as ice, if it be to succour the oppressed—but
let the aggressor require assistance, and every virtue
is appealed to in order to maintain the rights of
power founded on treaties made by those who are
banded togJther to keep the peoples in subjection,
There never was a greater robbery on a large scale
than the partition of Poland by the three Northern
Powers—Russia, Prussia, and Austria—the last
being content with the smaller portion of the spoil
—while Prussia shared a large slice along the
shores of the Baltic, and would have taken much
more but for the mighty cormorant of all the Rus-
sias dem‘nding, aye, and appropriating to himself
as a matter of right, the lion's share—for the prin-
cipal Conspirator. But Poland, though
torn asunder, is not dead. The pulse
of freedom still beats in her quiver-
ing veins. Oppression has served but to
quicken her sensibility and cement more closely the
spirit of her people. They would not die—but they
suffer in silence—they felt that to endure was to
conquer their fate, and their fortitude has defied
the utmost efforts of the tyrants to subdue the national
sentiment.
Now and then, indeed, attempts were
made to burst their chains, but they proved abor-
tive—less from want of zeal than from the requisite
means. They appealed to the nations of the West,
who prided themselves on their civilisation and
freedom—but in vain. The policy of State-craft
had no feeling beyond the margin of their parch-
ment sympathy. Words were rife as worthless—
and advice gratuitcusly abundant. "Trust to the
clemency of the despot—the EMPEROR'S interest
is in your happiness, so you be peaceful !" Such
is the assistance tendered by England, and vouch.
cafed by France, the self-complacent organs
of order and civilisation ! No wonder the
heart sickens at the mockery of such canting mo-
deration. The Poles only demand their rights—
they insist only on their own—that liberty gua-
ranteed to them by the faith of treaties, but with-
held by the very Governments who signed the
deeds!
If Lord PALMERSTON'S Ministry do not now
remonstrate in favour of the Poles, all that Eng-

and has done for the Turks will have been done in LATEST MTELLIGENCE
vain. Had Russia been made to pay the expenses
of that miBmanaged war, Poland might now be an [REU'TER'S TELEGRAMS.]
independent nation, and so prove grateful for our
conduct, while the interests of commerce would be
benefited to an indefinite degree. Poland is a natural
obstacle to the ambition of Russia, extending a bar-
rier from the Baltic to the Engine against aggres-
sion from the North, thereby strengthening the
defences of Germany and the West of Europe for
all time to come, so that policy and interest counsel
us to be just and fear not.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION,
WILNA, FEB. 16.

A state of siege has been proclaimed by the
Russian Government in all the towns and districts
of the Governments of Vilna and Grodno where it
has not hitherto existed.

Tranquillity prevails in the district of Kiew.

THE BRAZILS.
BUENOS AYRES, JAN. LI
(Per French Steamer Bearn.)

Exchange, 67s 6d; minces, 4064. Wet salted ox
hides, 414 ; dry American, 35 to 38; wool, former
prices maintained ; tallow, 16 ; lumber, 40 to 41;
flour, nominal ; refined sugar, 18:.
Imports dull, with heavy arrivals.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, FEB. 16.

In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies
Herr von Bismark-Schonhausen, in reply to a ques-

tion put to him collectively by the Polish members,
said, " The aim of the Polish movement is the re-
establishment of Poland as far as possible to the for-
mer extent of the kingdom. Even setting aside the
possible result of this struggle, the insurrection
affects the political interest of Prussia, as, accord-
ing to official information it aims at preparing a
similar movement in Prussian territory at an oppor-
tune moment. The Government trusts to the fide-

lity of the majority of the Polish subjects of the
crown, but is obliged to protect them against the
compulsion and seduction which has been exer-
cised in Russian Poland towards the citizens and
peasantry by emigrants, the gentry, and a portion
of the clergy."
Herr von Bismark-Schonhansen said in conclu-
sion that the Government was determined to ener-
getically take measures to ensure the public safety
whenever it was endangered.

The Nord Deutsche Zeitung of to-day, in a leading
article on the Polish insurrection, says :—" The
intervention of Prussia in Polish affairs has com-
menced by the assistance rendered to the fugitive
Russian troops. An actual invasion of Polish ter-
ritory was not intended by Prussia. Such a pro-
ceeding would require a convention between Prussia
and Russia, which at present is not heard ot'."
The same paper states that Ein Ru sell had
,cautiously expressed himself in terms which are
neither for nor against such an intervention.

FRANCE.

Le Pays, in remarking on the theory insisted
upon by President Davis, that a blockade to be
legal must be effectual, says that some members of
the Chambers had proposed an amendment to this
effect, which they withdrew from motives of expe-
diency and convenience. The recent American
news, however, supports the arguments of those
who maintain that the blockade is a fiction. The
question for neutral Powers is therefore to consider
whether the suspension of the blockade for 24 hours
is not enough to forfeit the right of the North to
maintain it. It is well known, adds the Pays,
that at the outset the Cabinet of Paris thought of
contesting the efficacy of the blockade, but the
Cabinet of London did not share its views.
This fact at first created some astonishment,
owing to the effect on English commerce, but
it was attributed to the large profits nuclei on
the numerous English goods which were got suc-
cessfully into the Southern ports. The Charleston
affair, and the diplomatic question it raises, is th(
most important feature of the American news. The
Prussian policy towards Poland is made, in all the
journals, the subject of severe comment. The frost,
in Paris, is said to be increasing in severity.

BOURSE. Feb. 16.—The announcement of a new
Italian loan has taken the market by surprise, and
heaviness has been the result, with a retrograde
movement in prices. Threes, for the Account, after
having receded to 70f. 40c., are now at 701. 45c.
The Railway Share Market has also been heavy.
'The market left off as follows :

It per Cents. 99
Do. eRd

Bank Shares 3380 - -
Credit f oncier 1627 50
Piedmontese Fives

3 per Cents
Do. end month 7O 50

"THE WINNING SUIT."
At the present time, when sensation dramas are the rage,
the announcement of the production of a new original four
act romantic drama in blank verse is one of no ordinary im-
portance, and accordingly this theatre was last evening
crowded with a brilliant audience to witness the
first performance of "The Winning Suit." We can-
not at the outset go the length of agreeing with the
bills of the play that Mr. Filmore's drama is either new or
original, as a brief outline of the plot will show, because our
readers will at once recognise the same idea in the opera of
" The Rose of Castile." A certain Princess Orelia, who,
by the way, is rather a coquette, has arrived at a period in
her existence when it becomes her to think of choos-
ing a husband, and accordingly the King of Arra-
gon becomes a suitor for the lady's hand. Her
uncle, the King of Castile, favours the proposition,
and accordingly we hear the envoy to the King of
Arragon has made proposals, which the King of Castile
on behalf of the Princess has accepted. Orelia herself
determines she will not be a party to the compact, and
accordingly when the last moment arrives she refuses to
accept her royal suitor as her husband. Count Roderick,
a cousin to the Princess, and a clever diplomatist, resolves
the marriage shall take place, and, unknown to the lady,
advises the King of Castile to be somewhat more deter-
mined with the Princess, but all is of no avail, and then
Roderick puts his wits to work, and although the means
he adopts are not the most unobjectionable, he in the end
succeeds. Roderick first compromises Orelia by conceal-
ing himself in disguise in her chamber, and is dis-
covered there by the King, who, in his rage, immures the
royal lady in prison. Here her clever plotting cousin
visits her and persuades her to escape, he providing her
with means to cross the frontier, and also with directions to
take service as barmaid at in inn, which he points out. He
then communicates with the King of Arragon, and in the
third act we find Orelia, under the assumed name of Loretta,
washing glasses and attending on the visitors at a roadside
inn. Here a party of r, Were assemble, and, to avoid the
insults her beauty causes, she determines to leave the place
at all hazards. As she is on the eve of doing so she meets
a supposed wealthy goldsmith, and, as danger seems to beset
her at every turn, her protector persuades her into a mar-
riage with him as the only means by which she can escape
from difficulty. After some reflection she consents, and then
her gratitude to her deliverer soon ripens into a still warmer
feeling. She goes to the goldsmith's home under a promise
of leaving it if she feels disposed, but remains to become its
happy mistress ; and after her constancy and love have been
sufficiently tried and proved she is allowed the exquisite
pleasure of discovering that the seeming goldsmith is no
other than the King of Arragon.
The play in many parts is well and carefully written, but
in the earlier scenes there is a want of interest in the prin-
cipal characters, and it is only in the third act that the
audience begins to get an inkling of the author's intention
with respect to Count Roderick, who, by the by, looked
more of the lover than the somewhat venerable goldsmith.
The " casting" of parts, in some respects, weakened the
performance ; and, as an instance of that, it appeared t,
mistake to set down Mr. Marston for the lover, and
Mr. Hermann Vezin for the acute diplomatist. The
first named gentleman acted, of course, with his usual
skill and ability, but there was a want of youthfulness about
his appearance that certainly would have been a very plau-
sible reason for the lady's rejection of his suit. We cannot
help believing that if each of the two gentlemen named had
played the other's part, the result would have been far more
pleasing and effective, because then the lover would have
been the younger of the two. As it was, Mr. Vezin did
all that was possible with his part, and really succeeded in
well pourtraying the cool and clever yet well-intentioned
plotter; but still he evidently was out of his element. Miss
Sedgwick's Orelia was a delightful performance,—as the
princess she was all grace and dignity, whilst as the pretty
barmaid she looked just the sort of person who would play
sad havoc with the hearts of her admirers. Mrs. H. Marston
and Miss Murray gave a spirit and point to their respectiv
parts ; and the same may be said of all engaged in the per-
formance, for each seemed animated with the desire to do
their best for the author. The curtain descended amidsi
universal applause, and the " Winning Suit" must be pro-
nounced a success.
The principal actors were called for at the end of the
third act, a similar honour being conferred at the termina-
tion of the piece.

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CORRUPT PRACTICES BILL.-Sir G. Grey's B:

It is stated that between £500,000 and £600,000
of a contemplated advance of £3,000,000 to the Confederate
Government has bean negotiated at Paris and Frankfort by
Messrs. Erlanger and Co. The amount is to be secured
ay
by
cotton at 5d per lb., which is to be deliveNd on the ces
tion of the blockade.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SRILLING DAY, Mon-
day, Feb. 16.—Admissions on payment, 693; ditto by
season tickets, 649; total visitors, 1,242.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 16.
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness
the Princess Louis of Hesse, drove out in a carriage
and four this morning, attended by Lord Alfred
Paget.

It is expected that the Crown Princess will leave
Berlin for Windsor on the 19th inst., but that the Crown
Prince will not take his departure until the 2d proximo.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Alice and
the Prince Louis of Hesse visited St. George's Chapel
on Saturday for the purpose of inspecting the preparations
for the approaching marriage ceremony. The visit was
strictly private, their royal bight es6es entering the chapel
about 20 minutes past 3 p.m. They were received by Mr.
Turnbull, the clerk of the works for the Commissioners of
Woods and Forests, who explained to the royal visit.. .re the
general arrangements in the chapel, nave, and assembling
hall, which is outside the west door of the cathedral; and
the prince and princess, having examined the progress of
the window over the altar of the chapel, which is intended
as a memorial of the Prince Consort, retired after a
lengthened stay,
M. Usedom, the new Prussian Minister to Turin,
has arrived in that city, and is to immediately present his
credentials.

King Victor Emmanuel invited all his Ministers
a few days back to a shooting party at Rancor igi. Several
of them, and among others MM. Farini and Amari, ac-
cepted the invitation.

Baron Nicotera has left for Caprera, to confer
with Garibaldi.

The Volunteers generally having expressed a
desire to be permitted to assemble under arms
during the progress of her Royal Highness the Princess
Alexandra of Th-nteark through London on the 7th of
March, we are authorized to state that her Majesty has
been graciously pleased to accede to their wish, and to
direct that the corps authorized to be present on the occa-
sion shall be drawn up in Hyde-park, with the exception of
the corps belonging to the City of London, which will be
placed at such points within the precincts of the city as the
Court of Lieutenancy may, with the sanction of the Secre-
tary of State, direct. Applications from corps desirous of
attending must be transmitted in the usual manner for the
sanction of the Secretary of State and delivered at the
War-office on or before the 2d pros., after which date no
further applications will be received.
THE ILLNESS OF THE 11lisllor OF OXFORD.—From
inquiries yesterday we are happy to learn that the Bishop
of Oxford has so far recovered as to be enabled to leave his
room, although he is still unable to resume his episcopal
duties.

REPRESENTATION OF CHICHESTER.—A vacancy
is about to occur in the representation of this city, Mr. H.
W. Freeland having informed his constituents of his in-
tention to retire from Parliament immediately. We regret
to learn that ill-health is the cause of the hen. gentleman's
PARIS, Feb. 17. I resolution.

REPRESENTATION OF DEVONPORT.—The Western
.31ornzny, News gives currency to a rumour to the

effect that Sir Arthur Buller, who has accepted a seat at the
India Board, had, or would in a few days, vacate the seat
he held as M.P. for Devonport ; that the Conservatives

would bring forward as their candidate for this vacancy Sir
Thomas Sabine Pasley, Bart., late the Admiral Superinten-

dent of the Dockyard ; and that the Liberals had determined
to secure a good can lidate of " ads anced Liberal opinions,"

an advocate of the Ballot and the Permissive Bill.
MIDDLE TEMPLE.—We understand that the
Hon. Society of the Middle Temple, of which his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales is a Master of the Bench,

intend to celebrate the marriage of his Royal Highness on

Tuesday, the 10th day of March, 1c63, by giving a grand

dinner to the members of the Inn in their ancient hall.

The Peabody trustees have purchased from the
Crown a piece of land in Commercial-street, Spitalfields,
and are preparing to erect dwellings for the poor thereon.
The architect is Mr. Darbyshire. The trustees are in
negotiation for other properties in various parts of Lon-
don, which will be applied to a similar purpose.
The Roman Observer has a telegraphic despatch,
dated London, Feb. 6, qulting Lord Palmerston's declara-
tion that the Pope had taken the initiative by asking Mr.
Odo Russell whether he might reckon on the hospitality of

England. The Roman Observer adds—" This fable of the
English Prime Minister does not merit the honour of a

contradiction."

Captain Allan Young, the Arctic voyager, who
is about to serve under Captain Sherard Osborne, in the
Chinese-Anglo fleet, is at present at Southampton, for the
purpose of inspecting the fitness, preliminary to the pur-

chase, of Mr. Ander.4.on's yacht Thule, for the Chinese.
Anglo squadron, now fitting out in this country.
LADY HERBERT AND THE PAPAL POLICE.—AI
Rome, a few days ago, a body of gendarmes in uni.

form invaded the ap irk.ments of Lady Herbert, at the Laz-
zano Palace, to protest against the too Italian combination
of scarlet and white drapery with green laurel branches at
her ladyship's balconies. The danger of a demonstration
before the palace, which the gendarmes appeared greatly to
apprehend, was avoided by the addition of a few yards
of gold brocade ribbon twined round the laurel branches by
Lady Herbert's orders, thus combining the Papal yellow
with the Italian tricolour.

It is stated that there will be no division, as
was expected, in the Quorndon country, conse-
quent upon the resignation of Lord Stamford as master of
the Quorn hounds; but that that well .known sportsman,
Mr. Clewes, of Woodhouse Eves, Loughborough, will hunt
over the same country as his lordship. This will doubtless
be fully appreciated by all sportsmen. On Lord Stemlord's
resignation his horses and hounds will be sold by Messrs.
Tattersall. The sale will probably take place at Quorndon
in May next.
THE WINCHBURGH COLLISION.—EDINBURGH,
Monday night.--At the High Court of Justiciary
to day, Mr. Latham, general manager, and Mr. Thomson,
traffic superintendent of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail-
way, were charged with culpable homicide and culpable
neglect of duty. To the deft ets of a special order, dated
the 12th of Septembr, issued by the accused, was attri-
buted the catastrophe of the 13th of October. It was, how
ever, shown, in cross-examination, that the order was in
the usual form, had hitherto worked well, and been deemed
sufficient; that the line under relay was in the engineer's
department, as also the selection of the subordinates, by
whose blunder the accident was directly caused. After
eight hours' trial the Lord Advocate intimated that he could
not press for a conviction. The Court concurred, and a
verdict of not guilty was returned.
THE CONVICT MILN E.—A memorial has been sent
to the Home Secretary in behalf of Alexandet
Milne, convicted of murder at Edinburgh on Wednesday,
signed by counsel for the defence, praying for reprieve of
sentence, on the ground of the prisoner's insanity. The
verdict of the jury finding Milne gui.ty was passed by nine
to six, the minority being of opinion that the prisoner was
insane; and the convict was recommended to mercy on
account of the divided state of the jury. The charge of the
presiding judge was, on the whole, favourable to the plea
put in for the prisoner.
THE MURDER IN OXFORDSIIIRE.—The prisoner
Noah Austin, who stands charged with the mur-
der of Mr. Miller, of Heyford, was yesterday formally
brought before Dr. Marsham, Warden of Merton College,
one of the magistrates of the Ploughley division, at the
County Hall, Oxford, when a remand was applied for until
Thursday, to be in possession of sufficient evidence. Sub-
sequent to the writing of our notice of yesterday, the police
have discovered the pistol with which the foul deed was
committed, a six barelled revolver, in a cart in the yard of
the prisoner's father, and the bullet mould, &c., in the
prisoner's desk. With the latter the deceased's purse has
also been found. The pri,oner, it appears, between the
time of the murder and his arrest, had given the key of the
desk to his sweetheart, who, we are informed, wouh not
believe the prisoner's guilt until ,he saw her father's purse
and learned it had been found in his possessions. The
pistol was purchased by the prisoner of a tradesman at
Banbury. A post mortem examination has been made
of the body of the deceased, the result being the extrac-
tion of two bullets from the head. The prisoner, who is
26 years of age, still maintains his innocence of the
charge.
THE CAPTAIN OF THE ORETO.--John Newland
Maffittowas born in Ireland, bat, having emigrated,
was appointed to the United States' Navy from the State of
New York. He became a citizen of Georgia, and originally
enteredeour naval service in the year 1832. For over six
years he was unemployed, making his total service 26 years
and 5 months. He was last at sea in the year 1858, and was
afterwards employed on the Coast Survey, during which
he discovered a new channel in the harbour of Charleston,
marked on all our charts and known as Maffitt's channel,
after the name of the discoverer. The father of Captain
Maffitt was a well-known sensation preacher in this city
and other parts of the Union, and created considerable ex-
citement here by his bold and vigorous exhortations to
crowded assemblies. He created such a furore among th.et
women that they frequently took off their jewelry to laytit
at his feet as an offering to the Most Hieh. Young All,stlilie
while in our navy, was always reputed an
acc°"mthP otherld
officer. When the war broke out he seceded,
Southern officers, and united his fortunes to thewflaotfehoifmth;!
Southern Confederacy, The next thing
in charge of the steamer Oreto and succese
sfullyrunning
fhe blockade of Mobile. His crew
wacsonnot deterred from
''en, and, although sick himself,
.lae
Capt. Maffitt likes to
attereptitz the h zardous enterprise.
sensation,.. in a.(:',iffere,n
produce on the ocean the same
form, which his father used to produce in the pulpit,-11 etc
irk lierea.

renews for five years, with some alterations, the Acts
in force for the prevention of corrupt practices at elections.
All paid agents of any and every description are to be in-
capable of voting. The election auditor disappears, but it
is to be a misdemeanour to make any payment (except in
respect of the personal expenses of a candidate) otherwise
than through an agent whose name and address are pub-
lished before the election ; claims must be sent in within a
month, and a detailed statement of all election expen-
diture published within three months of the election, and
an agent or candidate wilfully furnishing an untrue state-
ment will be guilty of a misdemeanour. Witnesses before
committees or commissioners must answer, although it may
tend to criminate them, but such answer cannot be given
in evidence against them except on indictment for perjury,
and a certificate of their having made a true disclosure is to
stop any other indictment or action. On a charge of treat-
ing, it is not to be necessary before a committee to prove
agency before giving in evidence the facts whereby the
charge of treating is to be sustained. In case of a resolu-
tion of the House of Commons that no new writ be issued
for five years. no new writ is be issued for that term.
TELEGRAPHS BILL.—The object of the bill
brought before Parliament by the Board of Trade is
to make general regulations in respect to all telegraph com-
panies, existing and future, but not to affect existing com-
panies in respect of a past exercise of powers. Much of the
bill is of general interest and concern. No telegraph above
ground is to be placed within ten yards of a dwelling-house
worth £2 , a-year, or across an avenue or approach to such
a house, without the consent of the occupier of the house.
But a subsequent clause provides that, where the body hay-
ing the control of a street consents to a telegraph being
placed along it, that consent is to be sufficient authority tor
placing the telegraph along or over any land or building
" adjoining to or near the street," but not directly over
any building if the owner or occupier objects. Any
person in the employment of a telegraph company
fully or negligently delaying a message, or improperly
divulging its purport, is to be liable to a penalty not ex-
ceeding £2O. Every telegraph is to be open to all persons
her
Majesty's favour or precedence, except that messages on
Majesty's service are to have precedence, if required by any
department of the Government. Telegraphs also may
be
taken possession of for her Majesty's service if the
.Senecre.
tary of State is of opinion that an emergency has amln
which it is expedient for the public service that the Govern-
ment should have control over the transmission of messages;
the company to be compensated according to the average
profits of the previous three months.
MACBETH IN PARIS.—A French version of" Mac-
beth," by M. Jules Lacroix, has just been produced
at the Odeon Theatre in Faris. Its success is said to have
been so decided that all Paris is likely to be attracted to the
representation. For the first time Shakspei e would appear
to have been rendered with something like appreciative
fidelity on the French stage. Many years ago M. Jules
Lacroix published a lull translation of "Macbeth," and
this version has been as closely adhered to as thea rical exi-
gencies permitted. The witches and their cauldron are
boldly introduced, and, contrary to expectation, they do
not excite the slightest merriment. On the contrary, they
produce, sa)s NI. Paul de Saint Victor of the Presse, 4' un
immense efete." It is the same with Banquo's ghost at the
banquet. A shudder is said to have run through the house
when the spectre appeared. All the more striking inci-
dents of the tragedy appear to have been reproduced in the
French translation, and the scenery and costumes by which
they are illustrated are described exciting much admira-
tion by their barbaric pittoresque. The acting obtains only
modified praise. M. Jules Junin, in his feuilleton,
the representation as a really important event, and signifi-
cantly mentions that on the very night "Macbeth" wa
brought out at the Odeon the great Theatre l rangais re-
vived, with all the honours, a petty little piece by Uegraard)
a third-rate French dramatist.