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THE CONFISCATION OF CRACOW . « t , b Freneh journals continue to comment on this JJ cnW « Poland ' s spoliators . The Demo-^ racijfgtt « says :-TCe Xorihern Poweri haTe embarked upon am enteri- bv fcr more perilous than they had foreseen . The P Tootr » ffe apunst Polish independence has revolted all r e stmen inEurope . An insurrectionef Poland would riceforth he universally applauded , and Galicia appears Tiine te avail itself of such . favourable opportunity te
*^ riing letter * from that country . the present state of tress s » rcity c * 11 alone Prevent a ri ^ S before end of the winter . The Austrian government has - a arms to the peasants , who now have turned against r Among the higher classes the ipirit of rebellion gets l ^ rfV 3 aj stronger andmoreirresistible . In thispstriotic ^ meiit the women are foremost . Emulating with 1 e Teutonic wires who formerly animated their hasds the ' combat , and mixed in their deliberations : the *^ fies of Poland now-a-day keep up the sacred fire of ^ fional enthusiasm . government is much alarmed at this
The Austrian patriotic enthusiasm . Martial law , which , during the r " arreceion of February was extended only over three fir tricfi is now proclaimed in twelve . * The Reforme says : — Xbe whole of the German periodical press , with three rtttpfions , protests equally with the French and English tapirs , against the act of spoliation committed by the 5 , ree northern despot * . The exceptions are the ' Augsburg Gazette , the French Journal of Frankfort , and one of the Hamburgh papers . The language in which the journals on the otherside of the Bhine express the indignation , gubmitted as they are to the yoke of censorship , is bnt an joiperfect and feeble interpreter of the feeling prevailing wnong the people of Germany in general .
Until now the Augsburg Gazette wasour leading piper , commanding the most extensive circulation in Germany . It was and is , also , the only German p aper whose introduction into the Austrian empire e not put under any restraint . It was under this view that the Avgtbtirgh Gazette alone , amongst the German papers , endeavoured first to | defend Austria js the atrocion * transactions of Gallieia , and now ag ain for the annexation of Cracow . Bnt the impressionjin Germany respecting theseftwo occurrences was so strong , that the circulation of the Augsburg Gaidfe was within a few months sank from nearly 10 , 000 copies down to 9 , 000 .
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PUBLIC MEETING OF THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . Avery numerous assemblage of tbe members and friends of this society took place on Monday evening last , December 7 th , in the German Society ' s Hall ef Meeting , Druty-lane . John Moy was called to the chair . Julian IIabsbt said , he had had some letters from the country , the writers wishing to know if they could be associated with the society as honorary members . He was sure that the society would be hanDv to have
the co-operation of all good democrats anxious to advanee the principle of human brotherhood . ( Cheers . ] Two of the persons who had written to him he had much pleasure in proposing as honorary members : — Peter Gray , of Dumfries ; and William Beesley . ot Accrington , North-Lancashire ; both men of integrity and sterling patriotism . ( Cheers . ) He hoped to see the leading democrats throughout the country , ere long , associated with the society in promoting the principles of fraternity and freedom . ( Cheers . ) Messrs . Gray and Beesley were then unanimously elected members .
Several candidates for membership were then proposed . Jciiax Habskt reported that the resolutions adopted by the Democratic Committee for Poland's Regeneration had been forwarded to Lord Palmerston , and to the leading public journals . The " Northern Star , " "Morning Advertiser , " and "Sun , "had published the resolutions ; the « Globe , " and " Douglas Jerrold ' s Newspaper , " had merely noticed them ; and the " Times , " " Chronicle , " "DailvNews /' and "WeeklyDispatch , " had not even noticed them . ( Hear , hear . ) Carl Sciupper reported that an account of the meeting of the Poland ' s Regeneration Committee , had been published in the Reforme . ( Cheers . ) Subsequently a vote of thanks to those journals which had published the democratic resolutions , was unanimously adopted .
Julian IIarset , after reading [ the address of the French Democracy to the Democracy of Europe , which was loudly cheered , proceeded to read the address of the Fraternal Democrats , given below . The address was warmly applauded . J . H . proceeded to speak at some length on the Polish question , and concluded by moving the adoption of the address . Carl Schapper , in an energetic speech , which was loudly cheered , seconded the motion . The address was then unanimously adopted . The meeting then adjourned until Monday evening , December 21 st . wken Christopher Doyle will deliver an address on " The state and prospects of Democracy in Scotland . "
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Violation of Ciucow .-The Acte General of the Confess of Vienna , that cuaranteed for ever the hbcrtv and neutrality of Cracow , begins with these Smni words- " A the vam of . the Most Holy and W , WMeTrinity " And the liberty , the neutra-STcScow Set at nought-violated ! The re-Sus impressions of some emperors and kings l . ke £ professional impression ., of bursars , seem taken in nothing harder than wa ^ that they may at fitting opportunity , plunder according ly .-- / unch . The Central Frotectio . v Society — At the monthly meeting of the Central Society for the Protection of Agriculture and British Industry , held on Tuesday at 17 , Old Bond Street , the question of the repeal of the malt tax was brought under the notice of the committee , when a resolution was adopted that a meeting of that body should be summoned for tin J 2 th of January next , to take that subject into consideration .
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FRANCE . About a month ago the French government signalised its devotion to the Northern despotisms by prosecuting three Polish journals published in Paris . The Procureur de Roi called the editors before him , and intimated to them that they must immediately pay into the Treasury the same amount of caution money which is required from French journals . This caution money amounts to £ o 0 . 000 f ., and as all the Poles in Paris put together would have difficulty in getting together such a sum the consequence will be that all the Polish journals must at once cease . At the " interview between the Procureur du Roi and the editors , the latter pointed out to that functionary that for the last fifteen years they had been allowed to publish without any caution ; that their journals were { not read by any persons in France , but the
Poles themselves , and that they never interfered with the affairs of France ; but the legal gentleman was inexorable , and told them coolly that they must either pay or cease publishing ; and he added , that if they created public scandal , by obliging him to prosecute them , they would all be forthwith ordered out of France . This threat of prosecuting the editors was subsequently carried into effect . The events of Cracow , however , have excited a Btrong feeling in favour of the Poles , the prosecution of the editors has within the last few days been suspended for the present . This cessation of persecution is , however , merely temporary . While Nicholas continues cold to Louis-Phillippe the Polish journals may be permitted to exist ; bat should the autocrat exhibit friendship ] their term ot life is closed .
Gwzot ' s "protest" against the confiscation of Cracow was despatched to the three Northern Courts the latter end ot last week . No copy of the " protest" has been published , but of course the thing is a regular sham .
PORTUGAL . The Civil War ;—Accounts have recently been received in this country of a great defeat that the popular party in Portugal , under Sa da Bandeira , are alleged to have received at the hands of the Queen's troops ; the facts of the case are briefly these : — There was a force stationed at Chaves , under the command of the Viacondede Vinhaeaand the Baron do Cazia , the latter a renegade from the popular cause . Sa da Bandeira , the commander of the popular forces , who with his division had taken up position within twe miles of Chaves , was induce to believe that the fidelity of the 3 rd and 15 th regiments was not to be depended on , he determined , therefore to retire to Valde Passes , about ten miles from that
town . W hile performing this movement , on Monday the 16 th of November , the enemy came out to attack him . The 3 rd and loth were posted on the left of his force . Colonel Joaquim Euscbio , commander of the 3 rd , as soon as the enemy appeared , deserted to them with the above regiments . Notwithstanding this . San da Bandeira ordered his right wing and eentro to attack the enemy , who were driven back into Chaves . Sa da Bandeira retreated with the remainder of his forces , and reached Oporto on the night of the 20 th of November , his men in a complete state of disorder . The popular party lost about 10 killed and 20 wounded . The numerical loss by this treacherous desertion was about 500 men . Such we believe to be the real account of this notable defeat of the Queen ' s troops .
We take the following from the Madrid correspon pondent of the Horning Post : — rBOCDAMATION B 7 TBE LISBON DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEE . It is time to leave this false position , anil the glorious revolution in which we find ourselves straggling proves that the nation abhors the hereditary succession to the throne . Crowned heads are the bloodsuckers of the nation . Let us be those who set an example to the south of Europe , crying " Down with the tjrants !" The French revolution , with its uufortunate fate , does not affright us—that gallant nation succumbed to foreign bayonets—bat if wrecked iu one storm , the remainder do not cease to navigate , Onwnards , patriots!—the propaganda is our banner —ths expenses of the state , the sustainment of soldiers and the clergy , and the disproportion in the repartition of property are the eauses of our misfortunes . All men are acid shouid be equal .
Vita tke Noble Count das Antas ! Km the Luaitsnian Republic ! Viva the true patriots ! Viva liberty of conscience ! Down with the tyrants ! The Commission of Salvatio !» .
SWITZERLAND . " The Gazette of Augsburgh , " says La Presse , — " Received from Paris a communication , which we give with reserve . It relates to conferences opened between France and Austria in respect to Switzerland , and at which M . Guizot had laid down as the basis of the discussion the three following propositions , which have been acceded to by thu Court of Vienna —1 . Resource is not to be had to extraordinary measures , except in case of absolute necessity . 2 . No armed intervention to take place except after a previous understanding , and with the simultaneous cooperation of the contracting Powers , and after the cantonal Governments shall have had notice , and
been called upon to change the measures which shall have caused the intervention . 3 . Under no circumstances is any alteration to be made in the limits of the cantons . According to the Gazette of Augshurgh , M . Guizot has added that , in order to facilitate the deliberations , it would be well to fix on a central situation at which to' hold the conference , and that he had selected Zurich , subject , however , to the approbation of the other Powers . It is further said that these arrangements have received , by anticipation , the assent of Russia , who , in consequence of the distance at which she is , has given her powers to Austria . Sardinia and the Grand Duchy of Baden , as beimr contiguous Powers , are to be admitted to the conference . "
SWEDEN . Stockholm , Nov . 27 . —Yesterday , at noon , an illdresseo young man appeared at the Pabice , and required Colonel Von Peyron , his Majesty ' s chamberlain on duty , to procure him an audience of the King . The chamberlain declining to do so . he threatened the Colonel with a pistol , and soon afterwards aimed a spcond pistol at Count Von Horn , governor of the Palace , who had hastened with some men from the guard house to arrest him . This pistol was discharged , happily , without injuring any one . From
the examination of the prisoner , which immediately took place in the police office , it appears that his name is Platin , and that he was quartermaster in the regiment of Dececarlia , that he has been for a year in the asylum of Danviken , from which he was discharged as cured on the 20 t . li of May , 1845 , when he was sent bark to his relations , and had only been two days in Stockholm . The two pistols were fully loaded with iron shot oi different sizes . The report of the physicians who have examined him state that he is completely insane ; and he will therefore be sent to the hospital at Danviken .
THE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS . Murk Russian libs refuted ^— " We have received , " says the Times , " correspondence from Trebizonde and Tiflis of a very interesting character . It states that the announcements in the Russian journals of victories gained over Schamyl were untrue . He had , by acting on the Fabian system , refusing a general engagement , harassed , and literally defeated , the Russian generals . "
POLAND . TnE Polish Frontiers , Nov . 20 . —On the 10 th of January mxt year , the custom houses between the kingdmn of Poland and tbe Russian empire will be abolished . The kingdom of Poland , established by the Emperor Alexander , and sanctioned by the European powere in the Congress of Vienna , having lost its constitution in 1831 by a ukase of the Emperor Nicholas , will be abolished at the Russian new year , and converted into a government of Russia , for which all the preparatory measures are already in progress . A letter from Cracow , of the 23 rd ultimo , in the Presse . savs : —
Five Polish women bava just been arrested . In Galllcia the peasantry are more closely watched than ever , An ordonnance from the Austrian government forbids every peasant to leave liis dwelling after sunsat , to hold any communication with his neighbours , or to attend any assemblage . The whole country , in fact , is militarily occupied , like a place in a state of siege .
GREECE . Athens , Nov . 20 . —On the 12 th instant the second session of the Greek Parliament was closed by royal ordinance . Yesierday the third session was opened by King Otho in person . The " speech" like most other " Royal Speeches , " is beneath notice . Brigandage is still in the ascendant .
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A Vessel Dkstroyed by Spontaneous Combustion . —On Sunday nifiht a vessel named the James , Mr . M'Kenzie , master was destroyed by fire off Shields harbour under remarkable circumstances-She had sailed from Shields on the previous Friday with a full cargo of coals , but owing to the boisterous state of the weather was obliged to put back , and in attempting to re-enter the harbour struck on the bar , and afterwards drifted on to tbe Herd Sand , the crew h ; ivin < j fortunately been taken off . In a short time she was discovered to be on fire , and although several pilot boats put off to render her assistance it was found impossible to extinguish the flames , which
burnt with so much violence that in less than an h-ur her hull and mast were in a body of fire , lighting up the coast and iron bound rocks of Tynemouth Castle with singular brilliancy . The flames ra » ed several hours , and the vessel v « m consumed to the water's edj ; e . The cause of the fire , there is reason to believe , was spontuneouse cotnbuston of the coals , the vessel having been noticed to be filled with a caseous matter a few hours prior to her destruction . There was nothing else on board that was likely to hare occasioned the fire . She was a brig , and be luntrfd to Perth . Her loss will amount to severajj uudrtd pounds .
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Extraordinary Suicide in thb Stbard Ukion WoBKnousE . — On Monday , information was forwarded to the Coroner ' s Office ef the death of Charles Fisher , aged 38 , an inmate of the Strand Uhioh Workhouse , St . Pancras , who committed suicide under the following circumstances : —The deceased , abaker , ha < l been residing with his brother , of the same business , in Moor . 8 treet , Seven-dials . In consequence of his exhibition of mental derangement , it was resolved by his friends that he should be placed under some restraint , lest he should iu his winder . \ nz excitement , lay violent hands on himself , On Thursday week , he was removed to the above insti .
tution , in a state of insanity . The unfortunate man continued until nine the same evening , giving vent t > all kinds of incoherent expressions , when he suddenly arose and proceeded to an adjoining closet , ( telling the nursesesit was " all right" ) , opened the window , and precipitated himself therefrom , falling a distance of upwards of forty feet . An alarm was immediatel y given , and on being picked up , he seemed comparatively unhurt , but on a medical examination , it was proved that he had received severe internal injuries . lie lingered until Saturday evening last , when death put a period to his sufferings .
Melancholy Suicide of a Female . —Mr . Carter , on Monday , held an inquest , at West Moulsey . on the body of Mary Ann Watford , aged 24 , the wife of a ballast gatherer . On the evening of Fri ay last , a party m w hose hose she lodged , was astonished at hearing screams of children proceeding from the deceased apartment . After searching round the room , the unfortunate woman was discovered hanging to the bed-post . The deceased was cut down , and a messenger was sent to ( larapton Court for medical assistance , but by the time the surgeon arrived , life was found to be extinct . It was proved that the deceased had been for some time in a low and desponding state of mind , arising from ill-heakh . Verdict — " That the deceased destroyed her life whilst of unsound mind . "
FataiMffrat at Chelsea—On Tuesday evening , an in < jnesl was held by Mr . Bedford , at St . George ' s Hospital , on the body ' of William Woodhans , aeed thirty-one years , lately residing at No . 9 . Ellisstreet , Sloane street , Chelsea . The deceased was a painter . On Tuesday night , the 24 th ult ., he and several companions were drinking at the Hans Town Tap , Lower George Street , when the deceased had some words with a man named George Mitchell , respecting the payment of a pint of beer , and they ultimately commenced fighting in the street . They both fell heavily to the ground , the deceased being underneath . Thi'y got up and resumed the fight , and tbe deceased was thrown a second time , but was unable to get up again . The police came and assisted the deceased , when they found he had received a
contused wound at the back of the head , from which the blood was issuing profusely . The deceased was subsequently taken to Mr . Boswood ' s surgery , where the wound was dressed , & d he somewhat rallied . The police afterwards removed him to the above hospital . Mr . C . Hyde , the house surpeon , said the deceased was admitted with a scalp wound at the base of the skull . The deceased remained until ten o ' clock on the following day , when he left the institution , although witness begged of him to remain . He returned , and was readmitted and warded , when erysipelus in the head supervened , followed by inHamation of the scalp , neck , and face , from the wound , which caused his death on Friday last . The Jury , after a long deliberation , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Dreadful Death by Suffocation in a Sewbr . — On Tuesday , Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Devonshire Arms , Devonshire-street , Globe-town , Mile-end-road , on the body of Samuel Hodder , aeed forty , foreman in the service , of Mr . John Thomas , builder . The deceased on Monday afternoon was employed in excavating a sewer in Devonshire-street , from the main line . The cround wasof a sandy nature , and in consequence of its having occasionally given way he was cautioned by his employers to put up tressels , which he refused to do , observing that there was no danger . Deceased was at a depth of about nine feet when the ground gave vraj and buried him , in which position be remained for a quarter of nn hour , his son . who iw the fall of earth , with several others , assisting in his exhumation . On being extricated he was taken to the Devonshire Arms , and was attended by Mr . ' Leake . who found life extinct . Verdict , " Accidental death . "
Outrage by Soldiers . —Piand Oliver and John Jones , privates in the 8 th Regiment , were brought before the county magistrates at Rochester , on Monday , on achanre of assault , arisin g out of the followiiis disgraceful circumstances ;—On Friday nisht , between nine and ten o ' clock , tke prisoners , havlns escaped from the quarters at Upnor Castle , after roll call , they removed the numbers from their caps , eqwipped themselves in cloaks , and armed themselves with bludgeons proceeded to the house of Mr . S . Stronghill , farmer at Frindsbury , where they commenced knocking violently at tiie front door , to the creat a ' arm of the inmates . Fortunately Mr . Stronghill . inrl his brother were both afc home , and on going to the door , found the prisoners standing one on each side of the doorway , who immediately demanded fond , swearing they would have some before they left . Mr .
S . Stronghill threatened to report them to their commanding officer , notwithstanding which , they persisted in th' * ir first demand , and in the most violent language , declared they cared no more for their officer than they did for him . Oliver holding up his bludirena in a menacing attitude , swore that he would give him something . He was , however , overpowered , and theassistanceofthelabourineraenin Mr . Stronghill ' s employ having been obtained , he was safely lodged in the station house at Rochester . Jones escaped and returned to his quarters of Unnnr Castle , where he was apprehended next dar . Jones was adjudged to piy a penalty of 30 s ., and Oliver , who was most violent on the occasion , a penalty double that amount . In default they were committed to Maidstone Gaol , the former for one month , and the latter for two months .
A Footpad in petticoats . —We have receiv&I reports from various quarters , of a " Madge Wildfire . " who has been seen on tbe outskirts of Gateshea ^ , south and west , and has attacked various individuals with felonious intent . A young man , named Cout . who lives at the Low Fell , relates that he ivas returning home after dusk , and had got to that part of the road which lies opposite to the residence of Mr . William Wylam , of Cramer Dykes , when "the woman" came up to him , and presented a pistol at his nead , at the same time , demanding
his bundle , ne hesitated to comply , and received a blow on the face with the butt-end , to quicken his deliberations . He then held out the bundle ; but when she was about to take it . young Gout being a strapping lad , struck her on the side of her head and knocked her down . Clapping a whistle to her mouth , she sounded an a ' arm , and four fellows came to h&r assistance . Cout . however , who retained his saddle , cot clear off . and never ran 'faster home in liia life than on this occasion . The suspicion is that the woman" is a man in masquerade . —Gateshead
Observer . Railway Robberies . —For some time past numerous robberies have been committed on the Great Western Railway , Bristol , and Mr . Ilennett , one of the contractors on the line , estimates liis losses thereby at from £ 700 to £ 1 , 000 a year . One ni <; ht last week two men were detected stealing iron from the line , and one ot them , in attempting to get into a boat , fell into the water , and , inconsequence of the weight of iron he had about him , was drowned . His companion was apprehended , and has been committed ,
Dexterous Attrmpt at Robbery . —A . elever attempt was made on Saturday evenine , by a welldrcssed thief , to steal about £ 400 worth of plate , the property of Mr . Johnson , the late Lord Mayor ot London . One of Alderman Johnson ' s servants was employed in loading a cab , at the private door of the Mansion House , with the goods of his master , and as soon as a chest of p late was deposited on the driver ' s box . aman bustled into the vehicle suddenly , and ordered the driver to set off for the Brighton railroad as quickly as possible . The cabman , supposing that the person who gave him the order was duly authorised , began to turn his horse round ; but luckily , one of the attendants at the Mansion House , who was assisting in packing up the ponds , caught a glimpse of the cab , and called out to the driver that there was something more for him to carry . The thief inside immediately opened the door at the far side . on being asked what he had to do with the property , and disappeared in a twin !; ling .
Railway CoLunos . —A collision which threatened to involve serious consequences took place at the Wadborough station , on tne Bristol and Birmingham lineof Railway , on Friday last . A man , contrary to regulation , was shifting some coal-waggons from a siding to the main line at the time the 8 15 am . train was approaching ; and while the waggons were being removed , the engine-man of the train from Bristol , not ae'ing the obstruction until he was within a short distance of the spot , could not atop , and although every effort was used to prevent the accident , a collision took place , by which several of the coal-waggons were damaged , the luggage vans thrown off the line , and some of the carriages
slightly injured . A lengthened inquiry took place , at the termination of which the p liesmnn was declared to be guilty of gross disobedience of orders in allowing the waggons to be on the main line at the time the train was due . After | a suitable admonition from tlie magistrate , the policeman was sentenced to pay a fine ' of 404 . or to be imprisoned for one month in the House of Correction , the magistrate observing that the mitigation took place in consequence of the prisoners good character , and from a conviction that he would losu his situation under the company . None of the passengers were seriously injured , but the engine man has suffered considerably .
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Deplorable Cask of Suicide . —On Tuesday , an in quest was held before Mr . C . J . Carter , coroner for West Kent , at the Duke of Kent , Royal Hill , Greenwich , to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Jane Carey , aged SO years , wife of a jeweller , " who met her death from causes as stated in the following distressing evidence . Jane Carey , daughter of the deceased , d .-posed that her mother rose about eight o'clock on Monday morning laat . and that about a quarter of an hour afterwards , hearing a heavy gurgling noise , she arose , dressed herself , and , going into the parlour , she saw her father ' s razor lying on the floor covered with blood , and her unhappy parent deluged with blood , Ijingon the ground , with » n extensive and deep wound in the throat , nearly from ear to ear . Her
father and the rest of the fami'y were in bed and asleep at the time , whom she immediately alarmed . Tlifi deceased had appeared light-headed lately , and on the preceding night ; but on Saturday her spirits were good and her conduct rational . Iler father and mother lived h . ippily together , as did the family . They never had an idea that deceased was mentally diseased . Dr . Purves was sent for , . and deceased expired at nine o ' clock the same night . The business of witness ' s father had been very precarious during the last two years , which caused a considerable state of despondency in her mother ' s mind , and she was compelled to take a place of servitude , at Brixton . Hill , in consequence . The remaining evidence was unimportant , and the Jury , on the Coroner s summing up , returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . "
Death from Want . —On Tuesday , an inquest was held , by Mr . Wakley , on the body of Thomas Wells , an infant , aged four months . The deceased ' s father is a gold and silver chaser , but having been out of employment some time , he contrived to obtain n . miserable pittance by writing window bills and fancy labels for drapers' prices , but latterly that species of work failed , and for the last five weeks he was unable to earn more than would get a meal , and that a wretched one , a day , passing the nights chiefly in the streets . On Saturday , having obtained a little employment , Uie wile « ot a temporary lodging , and on awaking in the morning the infant was found dead by her side . The medical officer gave it as Jjis opinion that the deceasod died from want of nourishment , and the jury returned a veidict of " Died from want . "
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MONDAY . SOUTHWARK A " Fkke"Niggeb Samho Brown , an African , upwards of six feet in height , and stout in proportion , was bi ought before Mr . Seeker , under the following circumstances : —It appeared that the defendant had recently arrived from the Gambia , in a vessel chiefly manned by the natives of that country , and the ship , having encountered severe weather , was ho seriously damaged that it was found necessary to take her into the dry dock to repair her . The defendant and six otlier of bis countrymen were , consequently , taken out of the ressel wliile in dock , and , by the owners , placed under the care of the lnndlord of a public-house , called the Admiral Till , in Berm . ondsey . On Saturday evening last the defendant , with his countrymen , had been
enjojillR themselves , dancing and singing in their country fashion , in the tap-room , and at twelve o ' clock they wera ordered to leave off , and retire to their beds . They , lunvever , showed some unwillingness to break up , but after norae coaxing they were induced to proceed to their room . They , however , had not been long there when a fracas ensued . a ;' irf they all came > ushing downstairs , the defendant fort-most , and finding the bar locked , he proceeded to force it open , and on the landlord ' s interference he was assaulted , and had his coat torn . The disturbance now beuame to serious that it was found necessary to send for thepolice , when the defendant rushed upstairs to his sea chest and armed himself with a long Portuguese knife , and , concealing it underneath his peajacket , came down prepared for a determined resistance . The landlord suspecting that he had a deadly weapon about him , contrived with the assistance of the
policeman to'disarm him of it , and after considerable difficulty the defendant kicking and biting with all the ferooiry of a savage , was itt length lodged in the station-hcuse . When the complainant produced ike formidable weapon the defendant was prevented from using the latter sai < i : — ' lie no wunt td kill the man ; me want to cat my grub with it . Me no breakee the door . Me like to dance and sing my country fash , am ! dey lock me up in limbo . "—fl < aughter \) Several witnesses deposed to the fact , that had not the Portuguese knife been wrested from the defendant , he was in such a state of excitement , he would have done serious mischief , Mr . Seeker said that uncivilised persons , such as the defendant , oupht not to be suffered to carry about such deniily weapons as the one produced , when they came ashore . That as tho d'fui ) il : int had committed damage to some extent , he should order him to p *> y for it , or in default to commit him for 21 day 3 to gaol .
MA . RYLERONE —Robuerv bi a Man is Chargp op A House . —George Phillips , a cabinet-maker , lone residing at Bnttersea , was brought up from Southumpton , charged with having plundered the : remises of William Rouse , Esq ., 33 , Upper Montafjue-street , Bryanstonesqnare , of property value of upwards of £ 100 . Prosecutor stated that he and his f-jmily quitted London for the Continent in June last , leaving the prisoner and his wife in the care of the house . On the 12 th of November they returned home , at which time the wife was there , but the prisoner had left . On the following morning , he ( prosecutor ) found on a mantel piece in one of his rooms , a letter from the prisoner , which ran thus : —
" Sir—I know you must receive this with execration , but having had an opportunity , as I thought , of making money , and not expecting you in town so soon . I ventured to make Tee with some of your property . The speculation I engaged in was eminently successful , but the proceeds cannnt be made available until Friday next , consequently your property cannot be restored till that time . Pray don ' t treat Mrs Phillips harshly , for she is good and innoci'iit . I don ' t dare 6 tay to put the drawingroom carpost down , for fear of conseqnenct' 8 . You will hear from me again on Friday , when the whole of your property will be returned , "Phillips . "
Prosecutor added , that on examination of the premises he ascertained that various locks had been forced , and that a larpo quantity of wearing apparel , plate and other articles had been abstracted . On the 24 th of the month ( November ) , he received another letter by post in the same handwriting as the former , wherein the prisoner set forth inmost pathetic lanpuige the misery which lie experienced day and night , through the bad conduct which he had been guilty of , and again referred to the vice of gambling having led him into the dilemma in which he was placed , adding , that he had lately been hesitating as to whether he should give himself up to justice or destroy himself , and mentioning where a number of duplicates for a great portion of the stolen property would he found . He once more implored pity for his wife , and requested of prosecutor that he would
act as kindly as he could . Sergeant Hannant stated , that he first received information of the robbery on the 14 th ult ., and that on prosecutor receiving the second letter he repaired to the house , when he found at the top of a safe in the front erea a book , containing twenty duplicates , most of whicU related to plate , < fce ., belonging to prosecutor , and pledged in the name of Phillips . On Saturday Iu 3 t , owing to some intimation communicated to him , he wtnt to Southampton , and . in a lodging in Oxford , street , in that town , found the prisoner with his wife . Tt was further stated that prosecutor had no reason to suspect the wife , who therefore whs not takon into custody . She accompanied her husband from Southampton , In order to afford time for the production ot numerous other witnesses necessary for the completion of the case , the prisoner was remanded .
MANSION-HOUSE . —TnEiBoSANQCET AND WlORAM Gang of Swindlebs . —A clergyman waited on the Lord Mayor for the purpose of asking his Loi-dsliip's advice as to the most judicious mode of bringing to justice the swindling vagabonds who are in the habit of sending circulars round to tradesmen oftVring money for bills . He had been induced , by one of these circulars , to apply to Messrs . Bo . sauquet mid Co ., as some of the squad called themselves , for cash for a bill of £ 100 , He deposited tlie bill with them , and was told to call next day . He did call , and he received £ 5 , with an assurance that he should have all the rest n day or two after , but every subsequent application was unsuccessful . He never received a shillini ; more , and the bill , which he had no
doubt was in circulation , would soon be due . The Lord Mayor said thut doubtless the bill would , if it should not be paid , be placed in the hands of pome solicitor , employed by the swindler , and the applicant would be sued upon it . He liad within a few days received a vast number of letters from tradesmen in England , Ireland , and Scotland , inclosing copies of the printed circulars , offering pecuniary accommodations . The offers were made by those fellows with the view of getting respectable bills into their possession , and they found it very easy to turn such securities to advantageous account , leaving of course the injudicious piuics who had confided in them to pay them , or to bear the disagreeable responsibililj .
GUILDHALL . —Impudent Stiieet Robiieut . — Two young men , named Jones and Finlayson , the latter a sweep , wert' charged nith having committed the follow-! j > H daring robbery ' . —It ap ^ eafed frotiV thft StutetnulVl 6 f a Mr . L » . uis Hache , that on Saturday night , about twelve o'clock , wliile proceeding along Snow Hill , throe persons suddenly pounced upon him , The sweep pinned hU arms behind , while tho others rifled his uockets of six ivory tablets value one pound . The third party disnppeared , and Jones was making off , but as soon as the pivsecutor could get away from the sweep he pursued , and took tho former into custody . A policeman afterwards apprehended this latter . Both prisoners were recognised as having been several times in custody . They were n-mandt-d for' a few days , to give tlm officer titiiG to true *! tlie uronGt'ty , and , if possible , to apprehend tlie third party .
WOJtSim ' -STltEET . — A ' -Hebo . ' — A sun-burnt , fiiH ' -Iooking fellow , named William Cotton , dressed in the tattered uniform of the ' 2 'iil Hi giment , was placed at tho liar , bi-fure Mr . Uiugham , on the charge of mendicancy . Police constable Ball , N 3 ( J 5 , stated tl'at about two o ' clock on that afternoon he saw the prisoner standing in a supplicating attitude , in Shorediteb , with his wife aud
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child , all of whom presented the most deplorible appss-rance . The prisoner had one of tlie-eleev / js of luscuat ripped up , so as to expose his naked arm , which bore the marks of several wounds , and tho spectac l e , having excited the commiseration of some of the bystanders , who bestowed alms upon him , witneg * felt it his duty to take him into custody . In answer to the Magistrate ' s questions , the prisoner , who woro a medal at his breast , and , beniiles his disabled nrm , exhibited a severe sabre cut down one of his checks , said that he had served under Sir Charles Napier ' through the whole or the Scindian campaign , and was presunt at fie battlug of Meanoe and Hyderabad , in which ho received several gun-shot wounds , which disabled him from further service , and he was consequently discliKrjfed . He had made application for a pe .-ision on necount of his wounds , hut the only reenmpenso he hnd heeu able to obuin was a gr . ituity
amounting to a year and a hall ' s pay , which had been long since expended to support his wife and child , and as he was completely crl / 'pl . d . md had no means of earning a subsistence , he was compelled to solicit public charity ti > 8 ave himself and family from starvation . The prisoner handed to the Magistrate the certificate of his discharge , formally signed by the commanding officer of his regiment and other documents , in proof of his story . After p- riisingr which , Mr . Bingham pointed out to him the illegality of the means he had adopted to ameliorate his distress , and ordered him to be remanded , to enable the officer to make inquiries in tho proper quarter as to the truth of liis statement . [ This is a fine specimen of thereat value of that gratitude to our "brave soldiers " of which so much is said iu Parliament after a " glorious rictory . " Poor men ! behold your reward ! The rich officers carry off the solid pudding , you the empty praise , wounds and fcoggars . l
WEDNESDAY . MARLBOItOUGII-STIlEET . —Francis Oiifiere was brought before Mr . Long , charged with having obtained one thousand pounds worth of jewellery by fraudulent pretences , from Mr . John Linnett , an extensive jeweller , formerly of Argyle-street , . Regent-street , The particulars of the alleged offence appear to be these : —Tho prisoner is a worker in hair , and as such became known to Mr . Linnett . In January , 1845 , the prisoner called on Mr . Linnett , and stating thut he was employed by Her Majesty , and had shortly to nee Her Majesty on matters of business , request , d to hnre some diamond ring 3 and brooches to exhibit , as tbero vrai a probability that Her Majesty might become a purchaser . The prisoner , on thia representation , succeeded in obtaining diamond jewellery of the value of upwards of £ 500 . The property so obtained was principally pledged with Mr , Lawgon , pawnbroker , Green-street , Leicester-square . After the prisoner got the property from Mr . Linnett nothing more
was seen or heard of him . Subcquently Mr . Lmnutt became bankrupt , and as this transaction cnine under the notice of the assignees they instituted an inquiry into the situation of the property , and finding the greater portion in the hands of Mr . Lawtou they commenced proceedings for recovery of it , and ultimately they obtained it for the use of the estate . The prisoner was sought out and given into custody for the alleged fraud by the pawnbroker . Thomas Kcardon , assistant to ilr . Lawton , and Mr . John Linnett proved the above circuintance . Mr . Fitzpatrick asked if the property alleged to have been fraudulently obtained was ready to be produced , and Mr . Linnett replied that the property was in the hands of the assignees . Mr . Long wa 9 of opinion that tlie offence was oue of felony rather than one of obtaining goods under false pretences—he should therefore remand the prisoner till Saturday , to give time for the production of Mr , Linnett ' s goods , and otlier necessary evidence .
WORSHIP-STREET The wife of "William Cof . un , the wounded soldier , who was examined by Mr . Bingham on the preceding day for begging in the streets , entered tbe court , with an infant in her arms , aud in great mental distress , applied to the Magistrate for assistance . The poor woman stated that the scanty And precarious meuns of support on which she had previously dtp . nded , having wholly failed since her husband ' s incarceration , she was now reduced to tbe last extremity , and had not tasted food since the preceding morning—she had been lately living at a general lodging house in Westminster , but was now no longer able to procure even that miserable shelter , and her helpless condition was aggravated by the debilitated state of her health , only three weeks baring elapsed since her confinement with , the child she then carried . Mr . Biogbam told the unfortunate woman that
she must apply for relief to the relieving ofheers ot the parish in which she last slept , vrbo were bonud to provide her with the food and nourishment she do obviously stood in need of ; and he directed Hanley , the chief usher , to furnish her- with an immediate supply of food , and a trifling gratuity from the poor-box , to enable her to sup * port herself until her claim could be properly attended to . A young woman , named Mary Ann Buckler , was brought up for tinal examination , charged with having stolen money and wearing apparel from tlie person of several little children . The prisoner was taken into cup * tody while endeavouring to effect her escape in Finsbury square , after robbing a child , named Elizabeth Gray , of
Is . 6 . 1 ., which was found in her possession at the station house . A second charge was noiv preferred . " . gainst her by an intelligent little girl , named Emma Turner , who was proceeding to her grandmother ' s house , on the 17 th , ultimo , with a bundle of wearing apparel and two halt- crowns , when the prisoner stopped her in the Comrueruinl-rond , and having inilucc J the child to dclivtr Itioni both to her , she disopptrcd with her booty . Upwards of a dozen other children , who hud been robbed under similar circumstances , attended , with their parents , to identify tlie prisoner , but the extreme youth of the little com . plainants precluded the reception of their testimony . The prisoner , who assorted her innocence , was fully committed upon the above clierces .
SOUTHWARK . —John Denny , a shoemaker , lodging at No . 75 , Ann-street , Kent-street , Southward , was placed nt the bar before Mr . Seeker , on the charge of having wilfully s t tire to the house . Alfred Cole stated that he lives at Ne . 75 , Ann-street , and that the prisoner , his wife , and two children are- his lodgers , and occupy the front room on the first u " oor . That the prisoner is in the constant Iiabit of quarrelling with and b -atinj ? his wife , whom he turned out of the house on Sunday last , and she lias not been near the place since . Ou the preceding ; night , about eight o ' clock , the prisoner having been out the greater part of the day , returned home . Ha proceeded up stairs to his room , and remained about an hour , during which time witness constantly heard him breaking up wood , and soon after he left off witness was alarmed by hearing cries of " Fire , " from some person .
in the Btreet . Ho immediately ran into the street , and on looking up to the windows of the prisoner ' s room , lie perceived that ic was on fire , and then lie returned into the house , and met the prisoner coming downstairs as quickly as possible , and without uttiring a word rushed through the passage to the street-door . Witness , however , ran after him , seized him , and csilletl upon him to know what was the matter-, but he made no answer ; and then witness called him a villain , charged him with wilfully setting the house on fire . The-piisoner disengaged himself , and ran out of tbe house into the street ^ and immediately disappeared down one of the turnings leading out of Ann-strtet into the Dovtr-reatl . While the witness was scuffling with the prisoner he snw a mam named Burtonslimv rush into the house and pivcecd up stairs , and when he ( witness ) followed him , ou reaching
the prisoner ' s room , he saw a quantity of fire lying about on the floor , and the person above named busily engaged in endeavouring to put it out . The boards of the floor were burned through , and he saw a clinii' had been broker , up , and partly burnt . After the five was extinguished , he immediately went in pursuit of the prisoner , and found him iu the Bermondsey New-road , and immediately gave him Into custody on the charge oi wilfully setting fire to the house . The witness added , that tha street in which he lives is very thickly populated , and that had not the fire being discovered so soon as it was , the houses right and left , which contain givat numbers of lodgers , would have been speedily in ilaiucs . The prisoner ' s two children were from home at tho time , and , as before mentioned , his wife had not been there since the day he turned her out , The prisoner said he had no wish to conceal anything ; that the facts were , he was in the act of lighting a fire in the grate , and all in a
moment , when he turnod round , he sun- a base in the centre of the room . He immediately made an effort toextio . guish it , but was overpowered by the siunku and lieat , and before he could acieainplish it , he was forced to rum out of tho apartment . He scarcely knew what he did from the fright , and added , that the object lie had in his closing the door after him , was to prevent file fire from having vent . He , however , did nut explain the reason of his not waiting in the passage and telling the landlord of the house what had happened , and when seized by that person and held , then breaking awuy and leaving the neighbourhood altogether , lie , however , added , that he could have no possible * motive for setting the man ' s house on tire , for Ins own goods would have been destroyed , arid he would not have gained anything by it , but would have been deprived of the few articles of furniture ho possessed . Mr . Seeker ordered the depositions to bo taken , and committed the prisoner for trial to the Central Criminal Court .
THAMES . —Important to A [ abineiis , —Mr . Edward Henry Huggins , tlie owner and master of tbe barque John Anderson , 300 tons burthen , appeared before Mr . Yardley to answer the complaint of four seamen , named John Davey , Benjamin Jones , Eccles Ritchie , and Alex , andcr Russell , who claimed wages to the amount of £ iZ for their services , on a voyngefrom St . John ' s , New lirunsnick , St . Ann ' s , in Jamaica ; New Orleans , Oork , aud London , to the port of discharge —Mr . Pellmni appeared for the seamen , and the cp . sa of 'Davey having been first called on , it appeared lie shipped ac St . John ' s , and signed tlie alitp ' s hvtMeft 16 P £ 'i 1 ! U . CUt'l'SOiiy , ( IP £ 3 2 s . Cd . sterling , am ! there was a baluncp of A lL . 'iJs . 2 J . due to him . It appeared from his stntenicnt on ei . v . ri » tion by Mr . Pelham , tliat ilio ship > vii 3 s-liaiiliainit'i ! on
leaving Cork , and when sl ; u whs about to i . vt undo ? neigh , and orders were f ivrn * t > ui : av . ;; i « .: hui- , r « m-j and three others declined to > na' » - » e windlass , nv do ni ; y duty whatever , allegii' ) ' - ' -s a r « as ;> n that the slii n v , us two hands short aud one side below . Tlie hnv .-i mw which brought the master from tho slioid toihe sliiy nmnnoil the windlass , aud the vessel was got under weigh . Tiio master ordered the malcontents to go beJow . ' V'Qn *\ the same d « y , itftev ck-iiriuif Cork IIarbdjjjf ., 6 fientjr"galepfc wind came on , and the foresail waVjflVlit . and ' c ' arrieil away . Davey and his three shipmfuis ofljirod their serV ; vices before the gale came on , and tfyjj ^ ere declmed : by- " the master . Nexc morning , liowmr ^ hyasglad cnougo . to avail himself of their assistance , ffilu ^ hey returned to their duty . —Mr . Pel ham contendedifthat , as tbe master had pardoned the offence of whiclidtheVmsn had been '
guilty , he could not seek a tota \ forM | ure " of wages , and « r ( Vf- .. . ¦ ' . " .
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THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE FOR POLAND'S REGENERATION , TO THE PEO PLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
They who permit oppression , share the crime . Bhkthrec , —We have already informed job of onr sentiments in relatioa to the confiscation of Cr * cow . through the medium of tbe " Resolutions " adopted at the public meeting on the 30 th of November . Since tbe adoption of those Resolutions we have become informed of a pubic document said to be an abatractof the protest of Lord Palmerston , addressed to the Northern despotisms on the subject of the Cracow confiscation . We have postponed addYessin ? yon until this day , Iiop insin the interim toleurn that the allesed ? ' protest" of the English minister for foreign affairs was a for erv , and not the veritable production of a public functionary to whom , more than to any other man . is committed the guardianship of this country ' s honour .
With pain and shame we are now forced to declare that we believe the said document to be really a Iauiloe abstract of Lord Palmerston ' s " protest . " The said " abstract" first appeared in the columns ofthe Journal des Debits , purporting to be supplied t « that Journal by its London correspondent . It WIS subsequently copied into the London daily papers without note or comment , save the correction of an error regarding dates . Although no authentic coprot Lord Palmeiston's " protest" has yet appeared , vet not one of the London journals has denied the statement of the Journal des Bebats , and the organs of the present administration have , indeed , vouched forthe accuracy of that statement by giving it unqualified publicity in their columns .
PresumiDp , therefore , that the alleged abstract of lord Palmerston ' s " protest" is correct , we denounce it as disgraceful to the present English government , and not less a sin against the honour of this country than against the cause of that unfortunate people in whose behalf it Is professedly directed . In the " protest" imputed to Lord Palmerston , he anjuea the question on the hypothesis that "the confiscation of Cracow is as yet but projected , " and addnces arguments to show the bad policy of snch a proceeding . What a piece of miserable Jesuitism is this , when at the date of writing Vs protest Lord Palmerston alreadv knew that the seizure of Cracow
was an accomplished fact : indeed the official documents of the " apostolic" spoiler and his agents , announcing that Cracovian independence had ceased , mnst have been in the hands of Lord Paimerston before his " protest" was penned . On the questions of right and necessity , Lord Faln-erston " appeals to the treaties of 1815 , showing that a solemn encasement entered into by eight powers cannot be annulled bv three of them ; and that it was impossible that a little republic of 130 . 000 souls could cause serious disquietude to three of the most powerful states in Europe . " Such is this miserable " protest , " made in the Dame of Great Britain .
An English statesman worthy of the name would hnre - ¦ rgned tbe question after a more convincing manner . His " protest" would have been a declaration to the effect that " the faith-breakers who had violated a solemn engagement , had by that act outlawed themselves from all communion with men 1-elieving in justice and honour ; that the tretty they lad broken having ceased to bind them had ceased to bind all ; and , that henceforth the British government would regard the question of Polish nationality not as confined to one city , but as em bracing the entire country , which of right ought to exist as an independent nation /*
There was a time in this country ' s history when a Blake . commanded her fleets , and ^ Cromwell guided her councils , that the sufferance of wrong and dishonour was unknown to England ; bnt now we are ruled by the chiefs of a worn-out aristocracy , and men to whom the rise and fall of " stocks" is of more importance than the rise and fall of nations ; it is the interest of these just now that there should be " peace , " that they may quietly continue to make war upon the industrious millions , and plunder them of tbe fruits of their labour ; and , therefore ,
" In a bondman ' s key , "With 'bated breath and whispering humbleness , " Lord Palmerston " protests . " The despots receive tbe waste-paper and grin defiance . ft ' e desire not war ; we would avert it by every means consistent with duty and honour ; but we would sot provoke tbe aggression of the wicked by tamely allowing them to march towards our sanctuary over the prostrate bodies of our murdered brethren , and the smoking ruins of thfir desolated homes ; least of all would we desire to see onr England in the day of combat ranged on the side of the oppressors , as in former times has been too often the case . If the tyrants will plunge Europe intorenewed ^ convnlsions , let at least the British people be found henceforth on tbe side of the nations .
Xor do « e desire a return of the days of Cromwell , or the ruie of one man of capacity in exchange for the Tu ! e of aristocratic flunkies and soulless moneytraffickers ; but we do desire tbe infusion of the young Wood of democracy into England ' s political system , that the life which this great nation has at its heart , may be called forth and exhibited in generous deeds of national virtue and true greatness . The protest of Lord Palraerston adds but to the conviction we previously held , that Poland has nothing to hope for at the hands of the government of England . The people may succour their Polish brethren , but the government will net , unless , indeed , driven thereto by the thunder-voice of public opinion , or radically reformed by tbe people taking their affaire into their own hands . ¦ tlUt ., 11 OUUI 1 B 4 UWV W ** W »» w . »— — » ot
In tbe next session of parliament the question Cracow's confiscation , and the violation of the treaty of Vienna , must come under the consideration Oi the legislature . If the parties in the House of Commons , who claim to be considered the " friends of Poland , merely make their " n . otion" to be as usual answered bv the minister and out-voted by fcis supporters , any SUCh " motion" will be a mere mockery . If the " friends Of Poland" are in earnest , they will in tlie first place appeal to the people , who , we are confident , will by petitions and remonstrances answer such appeal . Priends , you possess the Inestimable right of publicly meeting and publicly associating ; use that right we estreat yon to express your sympathy and afford your aid to a noble but unfortunate jeople , whose sufferings and heroism must be to all of you a household history .
We ask vou to strengthen our hands , aa without your support we are nothing . In many towns we have already a staff of P ^ sociate members representing this Committee , and read y to act at our call ; we hope that in every town patriots will now be forthcoming to afford us their aid . From the Vistula to the Seine , from the Tiber to the Rhine , from the Baltic to tfie JVlediteranean , nations ask " What will England do for Poland ?" l ^ -ple of Great Britain and Ireland , it is for you to answer .
signed . on behalf of the Committee , ERNEST JONES ,. iY « w 7 cBt . G . JULIAN liARNEY , Secretary London , December 7 th , 181 C .
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THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS ( ASSEMBLING IN LONDON ) TO THE DEMOCRACY OF EUROPE . "All Mm an Brethren . " Fellow Men , The last act of imperial brigandage towards Poland has been consummated—the-last shred of Polish nationality has ceased to exist—the " free city" of Cracow has become an Austrian out-post , the pirate flag of the Kaisers' of Vienna , floats over the tombs of Sobieski , and Eoskiusco . The Polish exiles , wherever scattered , have , in the name of their bleeding country , protested against this crowing wrong ; in the name oi the ) gagged millions within Poland , in the name of the living martyrs suffering in dungeons and captive chains , whose cries cannot reach us , they ( the exiles ) have appealed to Europe against this last outrage on tbe part of their remorseless enemies :
. The democracy of France have also protested against this latest crime of purpie-c ? ad criminals ; they have appealed to Europe to assert with them the rights of man against the unholy conspiracies of the usurping despotisms ; To those appeals we add ours , in full confidence , that the nations will not for long remain silent or inactive . We deplore not-the rending of the treaty of Vienna . The pact of 1815 was an unholy bond of alliance against the people of all nations . Whether
victors or vanquished in the proceeding war , the peopie who had fought the battles , and paid the cost , and borne the suffering of the struggle—the peoplethe people Of all nations , were conspired against by the signers ef the treaty of Vienna ; a treaty made to perpetuate injustice in the name of religion , and tyranny in the name of peace : a treaty entered into for the purpose of aurpressing liberty , obstructing popular progress , and protecting corrupt governments and prejured kings from the just vengeance of the people they had used , cheated , and were then preparing to enchain .
The people of France , Belgium , Germany , and Poland , in 1830 , combatted against the treaty of Vienna ; subsequently the people of Spain and Portugal , rose likewise ; almost yearly Italy has been the theatre of " bloody protests , " and years ago , the British people joined in the general renunciation , if bvamore peaceable expression of public opinion , not " on that account the less decisive . On the other hand , the violation of the " treaty commenced by the hypocrite Alexander , and consummated by the tyrant Nicholas towards the " guaranteed" " constitutional" " Kingdom of Poland ; " has been at last completed by the confiscation of Cracow ; the free and independent existence of which was " guaranteed" by the treaty of Vienna " for ever . " The Russian , Prussian , and Austrian despots have joined toshare tho infamy , the last-named takes the spoil .
___ . _ .... „ ,. But for Poland , the imbecile Ferdinand would never have had a throne ; but for John Sobieski and his Polish heroes , Vienna would have fallen before the assault of Mahommedan hordes ; yet notf Sobirski ' s tomb is at the ipercy of an Austrian gaoler . Behold the gratitude of kings ! The confiscation of Cracow does not induce us to despair of the cause of Poland , on the contrary , we are satisfied that its fall will hasten the moment of Poland ' s restoration . Governments can no longer profess to be bound by the treaty of Vienna ; the whole question of Polish nationality is re-opened for covernments as well as for nations ; if the governments of western Europe refuse to perform their dutythe people must do their ' s . '
, And the reople must act . Already Switzerland is thre « tened ' with the fate of Poland . Nor is this all . Could popular inaction be counted upon , by the despotisms , the probability is that the entire of Germany would be eeized by Austria and Prussia ; that Italy would become the sole property of Austria ; and northward and southward Russia would seize upon her wished for prey , and Scandinavia and Turkey become part and parcel of the Muscovite empire . This is no dream ; it is the undoubted aim of the triune despots . Will the nations permit it ? We abhor war , but even war is less terrible than slavery . _ , . _ , ___ ., desired before all
One thing is earnestly to be others , that the people of Europe , no matter by what name calling themselves , should learn thac their true interests arc one and the same . The abolition of national prejudices will prepare the way for general and effective action . Let the nations be but united in sentiment , and their moral power will he more invincible than all the physical torce of their oppressors . Should those oppressors madly dare the physical force of united myriads , woe to them . We hear a whisper of the probability of a new Congress of kings to patch up broken treaties , cement royal differences , and form a new league against the people . Against any such Congress , no matter under what pretext called together , we warn you . Instead , let A CONGRESS OF NATIONS ASSEMBLE TO PREPARE FOR THE GREAT " CRUSADE . "
Our Polish brethren have appealed to the nations of Europe ; and the nations will not let them appeal in vain . By th « blood of Poland ' s martyrs ; by the wr » ne * and sufferings , tortures and miseries of Poland ' s children ; by the foul dishonour we have suffered in permitting so long these crimes against humanity , we swear to devote our energies to the triumphant restoration of Poland . ( Our French brethren have demanded the fraternal a ! d of their brethren of every land in this holy -work , and that demand we are convinced will ere long be univei sall y responded to . For ourselves , we swear that our lives shall be dedicated to the glorious mission of rescuing humanity from the thraldom of aristocratic institutions , and despotic governments . Our cause is the cause of right and justice , progress and freedom . Up then men of every land , — " Rise and rally ! forward nations ! "Will must ripen into deed . "
Signed by the Secretaries : — G . Julian Harnby , native of Great Britain J . A . Michelot , native of France . Carl S chappeb , native of Germans . Louis Oborski , native of Poland . PfiTGR MotM , native of Scandinavia . J . SCUABEUTZ , native of Switzerland . JJ . Nameh , native of Hungary . December 7 th , 184 G .
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