Glasgow Courier. — 1863-02-26 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

BARING ON THE ALABAMA AFFAIR.— A. New York merchant wrote in November to Messrs Baring, sending them the report of the proceedings of the New York Chamber of Commerce, and complaining of the sympathy in England with the Confederate cause, pointing out also the danger to the interests of peace arising from such outrages as those of the Alabama. The reply of Messrs Baring, dated the 27th December, has been published in New York. After acknowledging the letter of their correspondent, they say—" The nature of our commercial relations with the United States naturally draws our attention to any event that threatens the safety of the ships and cargoes of our friends, and we are considering, in conjunction with other British merchants, what steps can be taken to prevent any ships like the Alabama escaping in future. The fitting out of the Alabama is believed (although she was not armed in a British port) to be a breach of the laws of this country, and we have every reason to hope that the British Government will be watchful to prevent their violation in future." A CAPTURE BY THE ORETO (FLORIDA).—A letter received from New York, dated February 1, contains a report of the capture of the brig Estelle by the Confederate steamer Florida. The master of the brig says : "On the 19th January, in lat. 25.50, long. 84.17, a three-masted propeller steamer, heavily armed, ran down alongside the brig and fired a gun, and as the smoke cleared away I saw that the vessel was a Confederate man-of-war steamer. Although the sea was running very high, boats were promptly lowered, and a young lieutenant came on board, and announced that the brig was a prize to the Confederate steamer Florida, Captain J. N. Maffitt, and directed that myself and crew should pack up our personal effects and repair on board. We did so. Captain Maffitt received us with great courtesy, invited me into his cabin, and said he regretted that it was necessary for him to burn my vessel; that consequences of this unnatural war often fell most heavily upon those who disapprove it. He trusted the vessel was owned by abolitionists. Some few articles were removed to the Florida, and fire was at once applied to the brig. She was quite a new vessel, and on her first voyage. The cargo and vessel were worth about $130,000. She was soon consumed." THE TENDER MERCIBB or THE RossieNs.—The latest accounts received in Paris of the Polish insurrection have come through Cracow, and are dated the 14th inst. hey state that on the Bth hist inst. a Russian corps passing through the town of Pulawy attacked the unarmedinhabitants with the bayonet as they were coming out of church alter Divine service, and that a number of young men were put to death, and several women and children wounded. The attack was the more unjustifiable as there was not an insurgent in the town. Among the victims was a gentlewoman named Gobhard and her husband, a man above 60 years of age. M. Oktinski, the Governor of the Polytechoic School, endeavoured to check the violence of the troops. lie came out attired in his full-dress uniform, wearing several decorations, and requested the officer commanding the troops to put a stop to the carnage; but while he was speaking the veteran himself received several bayonet Whunds. The Russian officer apologised on the ground that his men were excited with drink. The writer adds that it would be impossible to enumerate all the acts of murder and pillage which the Russian troops have inflicted on the unfortunate population. Since the burning of Wonchotzki the village of Bialeboze has suffered the same