The Sun. — 1860-11-09 (London, England)

WARSAW, OCT. 23.  Warsaw receives its august guests, German and Russian, with much reserve ; which, for a people whose curiosity is proverbial, is, to say the least of it, extraordinary. It looks as if all the inhabitants, old and young, impassive and enthusiastic, women and children, had all this time before their eyes the image of their murdered fatherland, and in truth the presence and the meetings of the three sovereigns whose ancestors insiduously consummated the fall of Poland were well calculated to revive painful recollections. All the Polish families have delayed their return to the capital for the winter season; and with the exception of a f,-yr connected with Russia by ties of interest, scarcely a Polish noble was to be seen.  At Prince Gortschokoff's ball, the society was composed solely of Russians, Germans, and here and there an ex-Pole who has sold himself, body and soul. In the streets and near the station there were a good many Jews and people of the lower orders, whose enthusiasm was excited by the police ; but in this mob not a single decent person was visible. There was a great crowd at the laying of the first stone of the bridge of Pram, but it was a silent one. This was construed by the prefect of police or the Governor• General into immense enthusiasm, and the news that the sovereigns had a most enthusiastic reception was immediately telegraphed to all the European papers. I should add that private persons are not allowed to use the telegraph for the transmission of political news, and even the most private correspondence passes under the eye of a special censorship. At the theatre, on the occasion of the first representation honoured by the presence of the august guests, the young men of the town hired beforehand every place they could get, and not one came, so that the whole theatre was empty, and the sovereigns had the play to themselves. It is said that the German princes maliciously asked the Czar the reason of this, that a severe inquiry has been begun, and that those who are found guilty will probably go to Siberia to pray that Providence may favour the Germans. The police has ordered, as usual, with most serious threats, an illumination in the town. The minimum required was two candles for every 'window, but the mob broke every window where this minimum was exceeded.  Every night satirical proclamations are posted on the walls in the street corners, and the police tear them down every morning. The triumphal arch erected near the station was burnt, it is supposed, by the people, who also threw vitriol on the dresses of the few ladies who went to the theatre when the sovereigns were there.  We have heard, what we can scarcely bolinve, that an historian of long note, taking an interest in one of the candidates at a recent military examination, has been indiscreet enough to address a letter to each of the exa• miners, calling their attention to the claims for consideration which that candidate might be supposed to derive from the social position and wealth of his family, We aro surprised, putting aside all other considerations as completely as this eminent historian appears to have done, that he should not have been aware that, as the candidates are only known by number and not by name to the examiners, his good offices thus exerted must necessarily prove fruitless,— Times.  We have reason to believe that there is no foundation for the report that the Commander-in-Chief or the Secretary of War aro promoting the plan of M. Rowed' for engaging the London Volunteers in an excursion to Paris.—Times. .  The Prince of Wales completes his 19th year this day. He was born at Buckingham Palace on the 9th of November, 1841, and was created by patent Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on the 4th of December in the same year,