The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-04 00:00:00

GREECE.

The Constitutionnel publishes the following :
" Tranquillity is slow at being re-estublished in
Greece. A despatch from Marseilles informs us
that military outbreaks have taken place at Naxos
and at Santorin. They are said not to haw been
successful, and the leaders are reported to have fled
to the lonian Islands. At Neuplia the insurgents
are divided into two camps. One party holds
the citadel or Fort Palamides ; the other the
town itself and Fort Ischale. The negotiations
between the insurgents and the Government
bear upon the extent to which the amnesty is
to be granted. Grivas, one of the chiefs of
the insurrection, insists upon total oblivion, with-
out reserve, of everything that has taken place since
the 12th February. This the Government refuses
to grant. The Chamber of Deputies has voted una-
nimously a credit of 1,000,000 of drachmas to cover
the expenses caused by the insurrection of Nauplia.
According to another correspondence, the agitation
in Greece has spread to the Greek Islam's which
aro under Turkish domination. The Governor of
Cyprus is said to have asked for reinforcements
from the Porte, which ha; for the present, sent
him two ships of war."
The Debats confirms the news given by the Con-
stitutionnel:—

"We have (Bays the 'Mats) news to-day direct

from Athens, under date of the 28th of March. The
news agrees with that from Constantinople denying
the surrender of the citadel of Nanplia: It presents
I±e state of affairs even as mote serious. It appears
that not only the citadel but the town itself, the
arsenal, store-houses, and forts are still in the hand;:
of the insurgents. Moreover, Grivas, who heads
the insurrection, feels himself strong enough to
impose his conditions upon the Government. Tho
despatch adds that two days previously, in spite of
the armistice, the insurgents had opened all their
batteries on the camp occupied by the Royal
troops."

POLAND.
(FROM OUR OWN CORMUONDENT.)

WARSAW, MARCH 26.
An act of savage barbarity, perpetrated here
upon the person of e, Pole, named Alexander
Zamoyski, is the topic of general execration and
conversation among all classes of the people. The
bare facts of this case, which is a disgrace to the
ago we live in, and particularly to European civi-
lisation, are as follows :—A clandestine printing
machine and a certain number of copies of a pro-
clamation addressed to the Archbishop have been
found at M. Zamoyski's lodgings. It would appear
that the tenor of this proclamation was to induce
the prelate to give up all the Russian cajoleries and
to entirely side with the Poles. This, in the eyes
of the Russian Government, was an offence punish-
able by the laws of the country, but still the accused
had in his favour all the forms of the judicial pro-
cedure. Yet Zamoyski was arrested, cor.signed to
a dark cell in the prison, and as he denied having
any accomplices, he was condemn e'a to receive 200
lashes with a thick stick, so as to punish his
silence, and through the excessive pain he would
have to endure to compel him to disclose some
secrets. The result of, this cruel treatment
was what might have been expected, ho acknow-
ledged nothing, but the tortures to which he had
been subjected would have hardly spared his life.
He was taken to the hospital, where he could not
survive, and it is rumoured that he has already
breathed his last. Will it be credited in England,
that such an instance of atrocity would have oc-
curred under the Russian Government who, when-
ever reminded by the Western Powers of its
obligations towards Poland, pretends to display
great alacrity in showing that these obligations
have been fulfilled P

Thus, in several towns, for the appearances'
sake, the municipal councils have been convoked,
whilst every impediment was thrown in the way of
their proper development. The Municipal Council
of Pultask, though convoked in November last,
could not assemble till now. At Krasnystow, the
members of the Council would not meet because of
the prolonged state of siege. The Governor-Gene-
ral, Luders, has characterised this conduct as rebel-
lious, and has deigned to forgive such an insolence,
as he termed, it, on the part of the Polish inhabi-
tants. To enforce his orders, General Luders has
despatched two regiments of cavalry to those places.
This is the way in which the Russian Government
understands the Polish national institutions, and
boasts of concessions granted by the Emperor.
Were these concessions real, could the Poles obtain
anything like a legal foundation, on which they
could base and work out their future liberties, they
certainly would show a different spirit. The con-
stant deception practised upon them has rendered
them very sceptical and obstinate, and it is not sur-
prising. What the Poles want, and to -which they
are entitled, are the Polish laws and institutions,
which would be administered by the Poles, and not
by the Russians. Surely the request is very mode-
rate, and is within the Emperor's will. His Ma-
jesty, like a philosopher, sees things at a distance,
and always couleur de rose, leaving the whole re-
sponsibility to his generals and officials, who act
like Turkish pashas in this country, and represent
to his Majesty the Poles as ungovernable.
As if the state of siege was not in itself a most
intolerable act of despotism and sufferings, a fresh
mark of his Imperial favour is to be conferred
upon this unfortunate country. A levy of 12,000
recruits is commenced, chiefly among the town
populations, in order to spare the peasants, and
to clear the country of a more intelligent class of
the community, so obnoxious to the Government.
One good thing may result from this most severe
and unjust measure, which is, that those recruits
in whose veins flow true Polish blood, and whose
hearts beat for the freedom of all oppressed nations,
will be as many apostles in the Russian army to
diffuse among the Muscovites liberal sentiments.
There was a talk of the restoration of the univer-
sity of Wilna. This would be a step in the right
direotion, beneficial alike to the Government and to
the Poles. At present the Poles are compelled to
attend > the universities at St. Petersburg and
Moscow to finish their studies.

The Marquis Wielopolski is expected every day,
it is said, to take part in the deliberations of the
Council of State, which postpones its sittings from
day to day, till it shall have to fix its first meeting
to doomsday. The haughty Marquis having been
snubbed in St. Petersburg, returns here with a long
face, having rendered himself the most unpopular
man in the country.

A telegraphic despatch in the French papers
mentions that in the House of Lords Earl Russell
stated, in reply to some questions from the Earl of
Carnarvon, that the Marquis Wielopolski's pro-
posals for the autonomy of the kingdom of Poland
though not now accepted by the Emperor, were
not refused, and expressed a hope that they may
yet be allowed to exist. Poor as it would be this
puerile grant, it would be an instalment upon what
is claimed by the Poles. We are anxious here to
read the whole debate, and the persons high in
office complain of the English Parliament always
exercising a sort of censure upon the Russian rule
in Poland, and, as it were. showing a solicitude for
the well-being of the Poles.

This is as it should be, and the more notice is
taken of the lawless proceedings of the Russians in
Poland, the sooner they are likely to be brought to
their senses. Russians—l mean those highly bred
—are very sensitive, and any remarks passed upon
their character often wounds their feelings, and
makes them ashamed of their bad faith, duplicity,
and tyranny.

The opening of letters seems to be every day's
amusement of the Post-office authorities, and no
secret is made of it. The newspapers from abroad
are half smeared over with black, and the censor-
ship has increased its rigours to an unusual degree.

THE TOUR OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.

ALEXANDRIA, MARcn 25.

The visit of the Prince of Wales to Egypt is now
rapidly drawing to its close. His Royal Highness
returned to Cairo on the evening of the 23d inst.
On the preceding Sunday the Prince was at Karnak.
The Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg had spent
the day on the eastern side of the river, but in the
evening they again rejoined the Prince on board his
boat. On the following day the Duke, after in his
turn surveying the ruins of Karnak, left on his way
back to Cairo. The Prince of Wales, meanwhile, was
exploring the ruined temples and palaces of Medi-
net Abou and Gornou, the Menmonium, which once
held the gigantic statue, the bust of which will be
remembered by most visitors to the British Museum;
and lastly, the celebrated vocal Colossus, which, as
is attested: by one of its innumerable inscriptions
of all ages and in all languages, was 17 centuries
Den d rta hhe,
ago visited by the Emperor Hadrian. The perfect,
though comparatively modern temple of
the rock tombs of Beni Hassan, and, finally,
wonderful remains at Sakkarah, were not omitted
on the way down the river.

The Prince of Wales went over to Suez this morn-
ing, and was to return in the afternoon after visit-
ing the shores of the Red Sea and the various
points of interest in the vicinity of the town. His
Royal Highness is expected at Alexandria on the
and leaves en the fallowing day for Jaffa,
whereehr,
ehorses have alre4ely been ordered to be in
readiness on the 29th for the conveyance of the
party to Jerusalem,

ETON COLLEGE.—An assistant mastership at
Eton has begin conferred upon the Rey. Naunton Lemuel
ShuldhAin, M.A., decoy of Magdaleu College, Oxford,

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TILE ARRIVAL AT IIIALTA 'THE

FROM- JAPAN.

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Our Malta coVrcipontioAlt atITISC'S !Ale arrival at
that island at ten a.m., on the 281 h March, in the
Himalaya screw steam troop ship, from Alexandria,
of their Excellencies the three Ambassadors Ex-
traordinary to the Courts of Europe from his Impe-
rial Majesty the Emperor of Japan, attended by a
suite of 20 officers from the first families of the em-
pire, and a retinue of 14 domestics, who arrived at
Suez in the Odin steam frigate, The Ilitnalaya,
entered port with the flag of Japan—white with Es
red ball ; and soon after 'an officer from the Nep-
tune, ship of the line, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Sir William Fanshawo Martin, and an-
other boat with the military secretary of the
Governor and Commander-in-Chief, repaired all
board to make the necessary arrangements for the
landing of the ambassadors.

At two p.m. the ambassadors landed, under the
salute due to their rank from the flag-ship and Fort
St. Angelo. At the landing-place the two carriages
of the Governor awaited them, and, accompanied
by Mr. Macdonald, belonging to the British Env'
bassy in Japan, who acts as interpreter, escorted by
the military secretary, Captain Brett, and the
Governor's aide-de-camp, Sir William Fairfax,
Bart., e;it horseback, preceded by the Marine Police,
thr,y drove through the Calcara Gate and Floriana
into Valetta, and proceeded to the Palace, where a
guard of honour and band, supplied by the 3d Buffs,
posted on the square of St. Michael and St. George,
did the honours, presenting arms and striking up
the national anthem of " God save the Queen,
which their excellencies courteously acknowledged.
At the entrance of the Grand Hall of St. Michael
and St. George, the Governor, Sir. John Gaspard Lo
Marchant, attended by the two generals of brigades
and their respective staffs, received and welcomed
these distinguished Orientals, and ushered by Cant.
Brett, they entered the hall, where the heads of
departments, several of the members of the council,
Admirals Sir William Fanshawe Martin and Cod-
rington, with their respective staffs, and two or
three of the foreign consuls, were present. Lady
Le Marchant had also issued " at home" invitations
to a number of English and Maltese ladies, the elite
of the island, in order to satisfy female curiosity
with a sight of these Orientals.

After an interchange of the usual compliments►
their excellencies, attended by Captain Brett and
Sir William Fairfax, retired to the Clarence (Den-
ning's Hotel), where, after partaking of sown
refreshments, they reposed until the evening, being
too fatigued to accept invitations from the Governor
to visit the Nespoli Giapponica Plantations in the'
St. Antonio Gardens.

On the following morning, at half-past ten, the
whole of the regiments in garrison were brigaded
before their excellencies, who seemed not a little
amazed by the regularity of the military move-
ments and manoeuvres.

They have remained in Malta on purpose to
await the decision of the Cabinets of St. James's
and the Tuileries, as to whether England and
France should first receive and greet them, which
it would seem has been decided by means of the
telegraph in favour of England, for it is given out
that they were to leave for Portsmouth in the Hima^
laya on Monday, the 31st March. The names of
the ambassadors are Takano Joebty, Motodira, and
Kyoogoko, and the English interpreter is Mr. Mac'
donald.

With the exception of the reception of his Excel-
lency Mirza Jaffar Khan, on his return to Persia
from his mission to England, the good folks Or
Malta do not appear to have enjoyed a grander
sight than on this occasion.

UNITED STATES IROIV-PLATED
VESSELS.

The Navy Department has ordered of the builders
of the Monitor, Messrs. C. S. :Bushnell and Co., si%
more iron-clad vessels, similar in construction, but
more formidable. They are to be 204 or 205, in-
stead of 170 feet long, and to carry two 15-inch
instead of 11-inch Dahlgren guns. The pilot house
is to be mounted on the top of the turret, and be
candle-snuffer shaped. The mail protection of both
'will probably be a good deal thicker than the Mo-
nitor's. In some respects these new vessels will
differ from the Monitor. It is intended that they
shall be able to run 10 knots an hour, and shall be
thoroughly sea-going. It is not unlikely that a
dozen, similar to the Monitor, will be Enntracted.
for. Wiard, the steel gunmakor, has prepared plans
for a mailed war vessel, which some experts pro-
nounce superior even to the Monitor.—New York
Tribune, March 22.

The departure of Mr. Stevens's gunboat, the
Naugatuck, has been delayed several days, in con-
sequence of the Government having directed that
the monster Union gun, now at the Rip Raps, should
be substituted for the 100-pounder rifled gun which
she was intended to carry. This order has been
and the rifled gun has been re-
mounted.

The Naugatuck is not intended to be a model of
Mr. Stevens's iron-clad battery, but is designed to
illustrate one or two novel ideas connected with
that monstrous engine of war, viz. :—The ability to
sink and raise a vessel with great rapidity ; to turn
and manage her by means of two propellers located
one each side of the stern ; also taking up the recoil
of the gun by means of indiarubber.

The gun is mounted midship pointed towards the
bow, and is loaded from below by depressing the
muzzle downwards.

The hull of the boat is constructed of iron, 101
feet in length, 20 feet beam, and about 7 feet deep.
She draws about 51 feet light, and 9 feet when sub'
merged. Her speed is 11 miles an hour light, and
54 miles when submerged. She is not iron-clad,
with the exception of the bow, but in action, whet'
submerged, has two feet of water between the two
decks, and presents but a small surface upon which
the enemy can bring their cannon to bear. The
Naugatuck will be supplied with two of James '°
12-pounder howitzers, and will have a crew of
about 24 men, viz., a boatswain, gunner, carpenter,
two quartermasters, 14 seamen, steward, cook, and
servant.—New Fork Tribune, March 21.

_RAILWAY AND PUBLIC compAyLES
IN PARLIAMENT.

Yesterday the committee having passed the bill
of the Rowsley and Buxton Extensions of the Mid-
land Railway, called on the case of the Cannock
Chase Extension Railway, who propose to make a
line from the Norton branch of the North Stafford-.
shire to the eastern terminus of their own line at
Cooper's Lodge, and to raise £40,000 for the pur-
pose. The evidence having satisfied the committee
of the fitness and necessity of the line, they passed
it, and then proceeded with the consideration of the
Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway, who propose to
raise £160,000 to construct it, and lease it at anY
time to the Midland Company. The committee, of
which Mr. Mowbray is
the chairman, met for the
first time to consider a group of railways for the
further accommodation of the North British dis-
trict, taking first the bill of the Furness Railway'
who propose to carry a branch to the Haweot guar'
ries, and to lease the Ulverstone Canal for navige'
tion, for a consideration of £22,000, as well as to
raise a further sum of £lBO,OOO, and to subscribe
to the Coniston Railway. The bill, after some con-
sideration, passed through. The Mid Sussex and
Midhurat Junction Railway, to extend their time
by two years for completion of works, and to lease
the undertaking to the London and Brighton, wag
heard in Mr. Scholefield's committee, and that of
the Berwickshire Railway in Mr. Hassard's. After
a fortnight's laborious inquiry into the merits Of
the Barnsley Coal Extension Railway, and which
is said to have cost almost enough to make the line,
the case closed, and the committee, it is expected,
will determine on it today. The inquiry into the
merits of the Merionethshire Railway Company is
still proceeding in Lord Stanley's group, and cumu-
lative evidence on the Bristol and South. Western
Company's line between Bristoj. and. S:nitilarnpto.oc:
way, who have a duplicate Ply_ for that pox'"
the committee, ,3.7erti Rau
pose, engages and which is opposed by the Gaut;
o\,:.
which
mi.
' way
is the chairman. In Lord Romney's coal-
ni -
ttee the case of the Dundalk and Enniskillen 1
witness examined on its engineering
principal forwardedi a stage, Mr. Hawkshaw, C.E., being
merits. .the