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      Irm)Ress Of Tne Polish Democaats To Euro...

      _iRM ) RESS OF TnE POLISH DEMOCaATS TO EUROPE . _, oi If , on the occasion ol the late suppression of the ubjepublic of Cracow , the Polish Democratic Society e Uthe true organ of the present wishes , ideas , and _actual wants of _Polan-1-once more raises its voice , b _« t is because it owe * to Europe the duty of raanifcsta Ins a trank , conscientious , and solemn appreciation turf the act perpetrated by the three Northern Powers . ie > fthepeculiar position in which Europe is thereby _placed , aud , lastly , ofthe right of Poland to her iancient ii dependence . * o Considered in itself , that is to say , from a mora _itpo ' mtof view , from that of eternal justice , this deed sIs as odious as it is base and dastardly . It is a murpder p erpetrated by the stronger upon the weakernvet more , a spoliation of the victim by its murderer _, n ' In a well ordered civil society such a crime is _forengeen aud punished with all the rigour of the law . An international criminal law does not yet exist _.

      _t'But can just . _c-sand public conscience—the guarantee * . . 1 ofthe safety of nations—be less severe towards the n crime of '« _nationality than the civil law is towards < an offence committed against a single individual ? i ] 5 not the seizure of a town , or province , a state—is t _j-pt fhe confiscation , to one ' s own profit of a whole j- population , which , on the faith of treaties , conli _sjelcrer' by the Governments of _Europe as most * sacred and solemn , ought to be "free and inde-: i pendeni "—as iniquitous and revolting a plunder as i SIl armed highway robhery ? Is not the arbitrary , en sure from the map ofthe world « f a state whose ; existence was assured by the whole of Europe , a re-¦ beilian of the three monarchs against all the rest ? I * it not an act of revolt against the political and social i order established by the mutual consent of govern-! ments ? Is it not a defiance thrown by the overbeari _jD < - pride and \ lindness of kings at the patience and rood sense of nations f Is it not . in fine , a most striking instance of that very spirit of anarchy of which absolute gove nments accuse the nations ot

      Europe . . And yet , whatever the enormity ot that crime , it does not surprise us Poles : it is the consequence of the far greater crime perpetrated against our whole _cotmtrv _seventy-four years ago . Poland—chivalrous , agricu tural , and hospitable , was at that time in one of those critical moments , when nations , weakened by long and terrible sirag gles , seek new forcis in regeneration . Uer noble and frank spirit , her military loyalty , made her rely entirely upon her se-gloriously tested valor . She knew her civilizing mission , and faithfully fulfilled its duties . In looking around her , she _thought herself secure , for « _* _ne saw _nothing that could surpass _, or even equal , her pr owess in the battle-field , or in the advancement of her ideas and institutions . But she did _nt-t discover the subtle and wily spirit , the cr-ft and rapacity , ot her _neit-hb-iurs , who had been kme Hue in wait for a favourable opportunity to s t rike- * het dead , to plant upon her grave the _standard

      of 'heir _dominion . Thus Pdand was _vanquished neither by arms nor bv tbe misrh t of ideas , but m _< rely by that brigand audacity , which , in the dead of tbe night , murders ihe unwary . . Since then they have many times torn I oland to pit ces and drenched her in blood ; she has suffered whatever a niartvr people can suffer ; all the crimes which _oslv hell could invent bave been perpetrated acain . vt her and her children . That of which Cracow is _nw the victim is , therefore , lor Poland but the _con- _vrqueiice of her murderous struggle with the _sbsoluti-ra or the barbarity of thc Three Northern _lVwers . a struggle to which Official Europe has been

      and is toihis _verynjomentimpas _** ibleatid indifferent . The suppression of Cracow _raav , however , have very serious consequences for Europe . It at once devt'oys all [ the illusions , all the pretexts , of _oreieiided E lropean law . Absolutism , long bridled and _rej ' res ' _veil in it * * ambition , is again beginning to show it * spirit ef invasion and slavery . It longs to be free in its _acti-ms , it wants to dt-engage itself from al ! ties , were they never so weak , that hind- r its ns . ictive policy . Listen to its language now ! See fit . ivhatdisdain it addresses one of the greatest cations of Europe ! " Finally , " says the Austrian government , " we attach less importance to these words , now so often repeated , 'that the French will not consider _themselves bound bv the _treaties ot

      Vienna , ' as this does not in the least alter the _ca-e . _- _foritisneitberthecMvventJons'tf Paris or Vienna , nor the respect due to the faith of treaties , which bave imposed any reserve upon the French ; they wonld long since have broken thera , had they felt themselves strong enough : and we would not blame thera for if . But these are pncisely _questions of war . Forty years ago Austria would not iiave used such _lang-iage _witDout immediately seeing the tricolour oc the road to _Austtrlitz . Now ' . be three absolute Powers of the N « rth think they may do whatever pleases them . Thirty years have passed away since ihe _conquerors of European

      liberalism dictated at the Congres _* - of Vienna laws for the subjugated nations . They did not dare then to take full _advantaje of their victory ; the feelings ef liberty and glory in the hearts ol nations were then too powerful to be braved with _imjiutiity . Now it is not so . Muscovite Absolutism , having chained Austria and Prussia to its car , by tbeir complicity in the crime perj etrated against _Pt _*' _- » nd , feels itself bold enough to lift ita bloody sword against timid and patient Europe . It tramples nationalities under its feet , arbitrarily destroy * - the existence ol stateB . tears treaties , spurns contracted emragements , crushes the weak , and insults the strong . *

      it is enough to _pourtray such a situation to show _h-. w seriously it threatens official Europe , the Europe of Governments . Every thing proves that the suppre . _' sion of Cracow is oi _. ly the first step towards a vasi remodelling _vhicii _' thc Northern Powers ure anxious to apply lo the present system of European equilibrium Projects ofa partition of Turkey , elaborated by Ru _* -sian _y _.-nta , circulate in diplomatic circled , and find a welcome reception in the German new . vpapers inspired by tbe eabiuet of St . Petersbar _^ h Saxony , whose existence seemed so problematic at the concress of Vienna , turns an uneasy look towards Berlin . Switteiland is more than ever threatened by Austria

      This , bowever , is but a part of the projects of the threeabs » lute Nortliern Powers . Other interests , oi _create ! consequence and import to Europe arc in danger . Its liberty , its conscienc ¦ and civilization , are at ths mercy ofthe Muscovite , supported as he is by the weakness , the avidity and tbe natural inclinations of Prussia and _Austria . Russia has never ceased to increase and to grow stronger : she presses heavily npon Turkey , she covets the English pe _** esm > ns in the Indies , she incloses Austriaat tbe mouth of the Danube , she penetrates int . i Prussia and threatens central Germany , _\ ustiia , feeble and _t-jtteriii * exerts herself to _strengthen her dominion

      by everywhere consolidating despotism ; she demoralise * the peasants -if Galicia , and orders the butchery of unarmed patriots , site is anxious to annihilate lib ty wherever her influeneecan reach it , in Swii-Ze ! _; nd , in Italy , in Hungary . Prussia repels _thelibrae hu-a & _Uy _wIiac-A sht ia _besieged ; for the last thirty years she has lulled tlie imp _ttience of her subject * with tue hope of a constitution , which her ideas ani her secret tendencies delay for ever ; raodera ; e in her interior policy , she cajoles the constitutional _ni'inarchies , whilst her feal affections incline towards the _eie _«* jotiv , m of Austria and Russia . E-t Europe reflect un-m this state of things !

      By the suppression of Cracow the three Northern lowers have ur . veiled their policy . What does that { m'i _.-r leave secure in Europe ? There was oncesome public law , they have destroyed it ; there were gunrantees t \> r some states at least ; they have annihilated them . Thenceforth , then , there is to be no security for anything in Europe , no restraint for the strong , im _suara . itee for the weak , no sifety for anybody . All is to be anarchv , revolution , and war .

      * Evert One Knows That The Treaty T>F Th...

      * Evert one knows that the treaty _t > f the - 'l _* _-t of April an I the 2 td e-f _M-ey , relative to Craeow , concluded between Ku . sia , Prussia , and Austria . wa « inserted inthe filial treaty of tht 9 th of June in the same year ; it is kii'Hri tb . it this treaty tva * signed not only by Russia , _Prus .-ia , nod Au _. tria , but also by France , Hugland , _Spjin _, Po-tugal , and Sweden ; it is knoiin that the _rtcil-rority uf rights and _obligations spoken of in that treaty _isextendel as well to the Cth article ofthe treaty of the _irdofMay , which states , " the town , of Cracow , with its territory , is declared for ever ( i _perpetuite ) a free , independent , m , d strictly neutral City , " as toall other clauses and provision * . Eten Austria herself thought SO for _« _s- ; rly . In a _di-patch , _addressed on the " th of February

      , 1 * H . to tlie _miiiister-plenipotenti-iry of Austria In Switzerland , Prfnce Meltemich thus writes wiih reference to 'tut final treaty : "The said powers ( all the power *) _tli-iij-tjt fit to insert iu this document all the different " * * _. _itii-s , e ( , _nefuti .. ns , and public acts , conc . ' adedprivately _^* * _** etn tlie divers states , iu order to make it a whole " . Tl "" originated the final treaty of ihe Congress of _Vi-*»»* -. im- ntestibly the fundamental law of tbe actual " _""tital si stem ol Europe , since it has been sanctioned ? _eonsent of all tlie states of which that system con-! "t 8 : therefore the provisions and principles embodied in ¦ _** ' , r e _* i ! v , Hhet _' _it-rthey regard , directly or indirectly , . !!* ul _' _'* ' * ' ofthe European states , became binding upon au . *

      ' _«*•' . what do the Xortlteru Powers say now ! "The _'" _'• _'ont _. f craeow into a free , neutral , and independent E *"* _- * _* _* iea « t solely of Russia , Austria , and Prussia . "s _anf 3 ai France were not contracting parties to the _p J'iunt ' ot _. s _concluded in this respect between the three "we-rs af . ireiaid ; they did not beconw so by signing the rial treaty of the Congress of Vienna , neither did Ihe _Mriubstribert , the tbree Powers excepted . " _wmparii these ! and judge whether it is possible to scwr « _, more outrageous contempt of good faith and ! ** " _***» a . With such _areutnents , what security is th « re for ¦** _•«¦ itatta whose _exiitenc * _depeads on treaties t

      * Evert One Knows That The Treaty T>F Th...

      L t Europe reflect upou this state of things ! As for ourselves , we are only anxious toprove tbat th _' _iB violent deed ol the three Northera Powers does aw _* y with the legal sanction given bv the Congress fVicnnatothe partitions of Poland ; thatit liberates us entirely frora that yoke , even before official Europe ; that it compels not only the Peoples , but ikewise the Governments whieh did not _participate in that iniquity , to acknowled ge the sacred right which we possess , and which we are ready to sign again with our blood—the ri ght to restore Poland entire , tree and independent .

      We are anxious to prove , moreover , that this act may forward the emancipation ot some hundred millions of people groaning under the yoke ofabso lute and arbitrary power ; because it _' pointsout t " them duti * g which , when fulfilled , will plaje the European Jamil ? in condinons consi _* _-tent Hh justice , and with the respective wants and destinies of every nation . _Feelim-a of national honour and _individual _lilxrty are not yet extirpated among tbe Slavonian and German populations . They bud in Russia and the Austrian _possessions ; they shejt in Prussia , and prevail in Italy and all the states of the German _confederation . The spoliation of Cracow is a new , a more direct and more powerful appeal to those feelings , than ever could be made by the three

      Governments . Let the nations held in fief by Russia , Austria , and Prussia , or those upon whom these Powers exercise the least influence , be warned to be on their guard ; for the same will which _aunihila-ed the independence of Cracow , may reach thera too . at anv time . There is no bar wow between them and that " will . Treaties are broken , and the faith of public engagements , once so arrogantly violated , may be violated over and over again . If there are am guarantees for the subjects of Russia , Austria , and Prussia , can it be suppused that they will be more s _; icredlv kept and respected than the independence

      ofa whole town , of a whole state ? Can the _citizens and peasants of these Governments , already too heavily oppressed , be without a constant fear of having their chains still more tightly rivetted by that s . 1 me selfish and absorbing thought of absolute dominion ? Will not th _? duty of revolting against _oppression and arbitrary power appear to them now more natural and imperative ? Will they deem themselves bound to respect the tyrannical laws w ' lich are imposed upon them , whilst their _oppress -rs violate treaties concluded and accepted by their o * n free will ? Yes , in trampling uuder their feet , v- hat _ottiht te have been for them sacred and

      _inviolate -. the Governments assuming the name of " Con-*¦ • votive" have themselves proclaimed and justified r-volution ; they have imposed upon Nations and _lY-oples the duty of mistrusting their faith ; they b ; _-. ve absolved tbem from their oaths of allegiance and fi ' elity . The liberty of action thus restored to the _oppressed eves a new action to what twenty-two millions of 1 'des have always considered their birth-right and t' ir duty . Tbe strnpgle wbich has _Lvted now for r .-arly a century , that struggle , exa ! _t--d in its purp-se , powerful and _inexhausiblc in its means , is n iw to begin again with fresh enemy . Cracow , as _tc-fore , will continue to be its focus , as well as War * s iw , Wilna , Posen , or Leopol , as well as the least Polish _borou-rb ; for , wherever Poles abide , there i _* * but one wish , one desire , one oath , that of breakin *; theyoke which oppresses onr country and of res'orinii to her her greatness am ! ancient independence .

      But the restoration of Poland is also of very momentous import to Europe , for . ten centuries ago , after _havine united different stocks of the Slavonian race akin to her by their identity of origin , wants , _larguage and manners , it was Polind alone that pre served and developed the Slavonion democratic ceim . whieh oreign despotism had stifled and destroyed in tbe other stocks of tha' race . It was Poland alone which protected European civilisation , and drove far away the Tartarian , Turkish , and Muscovite hordes , which were incessantly attempting to penetrate into her interior . And when on one side the human mind , emancipated in the West , _declared war against old ideas , while on the other side there rose in the North a new absolute power to combat that emancipation , Poland , tbat ancient representative "f democratic ideas , placed in the vanguard ef European civilisation , and always faithful to her tnisnon . first entered the lists and fell .

      She fell , and the family of sixty millions of Slavonians lost with her their only representative , the nations their truest ally ; and on her tomb Absolutism cemented an impious compact and strengthened its p « wer . By the fall of Poland , central a * well as Western Europe is uncovered . _Absolutism , after having seen the standard of the new era , proclaimed by the French revolutioi , hoisted on the walls of Vienna , Berlin , and the Kremlin , triumphed again , and Cossacks were encamped in the streets of Paris . And whilst the congress of Vienna was pondering over the claims of seme , and the interests of others , the hero of victories gained in a struggle of twentyfive years duration proclaimed frora the summit of his rock this memorable prophecy , — " In fifty years Europe will either be Republican or CosSiCk . Poland is the key-stone of the arch . "

      B'liatdid Europe then ? She saw Poland over again to thi" thr _.-e _representative-i e . f _atanlute power ; she intrust d to them the key ofthe arch , the key of that stronghold _against which ali the shaits of her foes ased to be shattered ; she committed to absolutism tbe guarantees of Europein liberty . Thirty years have passed away since then , and the -tructure , * which was to last centuries , is sinking and falling everywhere . Poland , even such as th «* Coneress of Vienna thought fit to establish , is no more . Russia , which was then considered dangerous on the borders ofthe Vistula , is now on the frontiers of Germanv . Absolutism is spreading and increasing in strength and audacity . The _European balance of the Congress nf Vienr . a has disappeared . Europe is

      threatene' directly by Rissia , and Prussia and Austria , _instead of repressing , a-e pushing her on and encouraging her in her desiens . We Poles , therefore , the organs of that policy which nur country has always followed—of that polity of sacrifice , sympathy and _ilevotedness for _civilixuion and the liberty of Europe , we proclaim again before the world , with all _conscientoua men , with all those statesmen whose solicitude is not limited to tbe mere direction _tf ibe _vresent , but who as anxinusly dive into the future , we all proclaim , that , without the restoration of Pohnd . the invasion of the South of Europe by the North is an event more or less distant _, but , nevertheless , inevitable ; tbat Poland , free , independent and entire , is tbe only barrier capable of stemming that torrent .

      Poland perforins her duty . The Confederation of Bar , Kosciusko , the years 1809 , 1812 , 1830 , and 1846 . _satisfactorily testify the activity of her spirit , and show that she has not resigned the eminent mission with wbich Providence hath intrusted her . Bleeding , fett- red , and mangled by her oppressors , she endures her martyrdom with fortitude and hope . Though stifled by an uneasy and barbarous absolutism , she studies her past , and is quickened by her glory , her devotedness to liberty and religion . But it is particularly since 1830 that Poland has made an immense progress in her moral regenerations . Her forces

      are doubled . Her _resmutions arid perseverance , instead of being weakened , have been on the contrary strengthened by political and religious persecutions . Before 1830 everything was concentrated iu the array and the nobility ; now the citizen , the peasant , anel the mass of the people , are ready for the struggle . Ideas of libertyand emancipation are propagated from mansion to mansion , from house to house , from cottage to cottage . In vain will absolutism blind and momentarily deceive the people , the genius of liberty will _hz more powerful than his assassins or his gold .

      Po ' . and is suffering , believing , acting , and concentrating her forces to intrust to the bravery of her children the care of her destinies . Poland will do her duty . But does Europe her _' s _r The protestations which she publishes , the sympathies which she evinces , are they worthy of her greatness , are they sufficient to prevent the dangers which threa'en her ? Did the nations which -ire now quiet and strong , exert themselves sufficiently to extinguish the fire set to their sister ' s house , which , if not quenched in time , may sooner or later consume their own ? Does Europe still inia _^ int- herself bound by some public engagementor some solemn treaty ? Are we to show her the means , and indicate the day of action ? Let Europe reflect upon this state of things I Poland will do her duty .

      The 8 th of January . 1847 . In the name of the Polish Democratic Society ; 151-5 members : Joseph _Wts-icki ) Victor _Ilt-LimsN _| Leon- Zieskowicx _[ Central Committee . Alueht Harass I Vl . VCl-. NT MAZI 7 RKIEWU-Z J

      The Prevailing Scarcitr.—We Are Informed...

      The Prevailing ScARCiTr . —We are informed that the _following dtvument has received the approbation , if not of the highest personage of the realm , at least "fa large number of the highest ranks in our nobility . A similar voluntary undertaking was , as many of our readers are aware , very generally adopted , under the patronage of Royalty , during the dearth which prevailed at the beginning of the present century . There are probably few householders of the higher aad middle * classes of eoc ' ety in which a considerable saving might not easily be ( fleeted , and , although in proportion to the deficiency of supply the amount of provisions thus saved may seem

      insignificant , it is to be remembered that the only Dractical remedy for a scarcity is to limit consumption , and , that every loaf thus a _% ved is not only so much gained [ by the householder , but so much added to the national stock : — "We , the undersigned , deeply impressed with the distress which prevails among a great number of our fellow-countrymen in Great Britain and Ireland , from the want of necessary subsistence , and observing that the prices of lood are rising , think it our duty to pledge ourselves to reduce in our families , as far as may be practicable , the consumption of bread and flour , and we invite the oo-operation of all those who may concur with us in our estimate of the _pressnt enwrgencj . "— Times .

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      INDIA . Indian papers and letters in anticipation of the overland mail have been received . The following is a summary of the Indian news : — The Punjatib remains tranquil . It is said , how ever , that unquestionable evidence has transpired ot there having been an understanding betwixt the Rajnb LallSing , Vuzeerat Lahore , aud Sbaik _Eiraum-ooddcen , the Cashmerian insurgent leader , with the purpose of keeping Gaolab Singh from taking possession

      ol his new dominion . Some most extraordinary instances of gambling in opium have occurred in the course of tbe month . The Bombay bargains are usually made contingently on Calcutta quotations of the Government sales . To raise these , rival speculators bid , till £ 13 , 000 was offered for chests usually disposed of for £ 150 , the bidding being so arranged that mi sale could be effected that day . Government have made it a subject o' special notification , and large fortunes depend on the results .

      FRANCE . Fami . ve Riots . —The Poush Question . The rise of prices at Nantes has caused much excitement and the Prefect _hf-d despatched two companies of infantry to Ju igne , where some disturbances had arisen . The National de _VOuest states , that thc distress is so great in the neighbourhood of Roscoff , in consequence of the high price of provisions , that there arc several families , who do not eat bread once in four days , and who e principal food is composed o f cabbage or turnips stol n in the fields . Troops were marching from various points of France towards the theatre of the disturbances occasioned by the scarcity of provisions . A disturbance took place on the 22 nd at Rouen , in consequence of the exportation of provisions . Some fatal disturbances at Caen are reported .

      The Commerce say s' Flour again rose on Saturday , and reached 5 SI ' . 1 c . Should another _augmentation raise it to 05 c , the price of the kilogramme of bread would then be 51 c . The National calls upon the Government to close the ports against the exportation of provisions generally . The paragraph of the Address relating to the incorporation of Cracow , was on Thursday brought under discussion in the Chamber of Peers . All the i Members who spoke vied with each othe ** in expressng their reprobation of tbat act as a violation ot treaties , and an infringement of thc law of nations . The _principal speaker was decidedly Count de Montalembert , who , in a very' energetic spec 'h , pointed out the consequences likely to arise from the conduct ofthe Korthern Powers . The paragraph was adopted without a dissentient voice . The address itself was subsequently adopted . SPAIN .

      The Madrid papers contains little news worth recording . It would appear , however , that the movements ofthe Carl is ts in the provinces , had _b-gan to create some uneasiness in the capital . The Clamor-Publico states , tbat very alarming accounts had been received from Navarre , where the Carlists had been successful in exciting a strong fcclinc against the law of recruitment , and rousing the people in favour of the Count de Montemolin .

      PORTUGAL . THE CIVIL _WAE . Count das Antas , with the forces under his comma-Hi , after the defeat of those under Count Bomfin at Torres Vedras , retired to Oporto , where he is reorganizing ail his forces , and preparing to oppose Saldanha , who left Coimbra on the 8 th with from 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 men , with whom he says he is coming to storm Oporto ! forgetting that Dora Miguel , with an army of nearly 40 , 000 men . could never achieve this , even through a period of eighteen montlis , and was compelled to abandon the enterprise . The forces at Oporto since Count das Antas ' s arrival amount to upwards of 5 , 1 * 00 men of the line and above 8 , 000 of volunteers , almost all uf them men who belonged to the old battalions of Oporto , and all animated with tbe best spirit , and determined to fight for tiieir libertie * .

      The men of Bomfitn ' s division have nearly all rejoined their comrades : 200 arrived at Thoraar , and from thence went to Abrantes to join the popular forces under Colonel Cesar do Vasconcellos , who has strongly fortified that place . At Figueira great numbers had arrived , and four vessels were ready to leave with thera for Oporto , besides many who went to the south , and joined Count de . _Vfello at Evora . The brave regiment of Vizeu is again formed j the 2 < l and 6 th Infantry have already 300 men each , the 2 d and 7 th Riflev are much stronger . The regiment of Oportc Fusileers has already upwards of 900 men , _a-td a great number of horses have been bought for the cavalry . Tin ' s week orders have been given to make rvadv 10 , 000 stand of arms , to be distributed to the

      neighbouring towns Bar . ii Cazal was obliged to quit Braga after his victory , having massacred upwards o * 300 of the inhabitants , and finding probabl y that provisions were very scarce , as the people of the neighbouring villages used every endeavour to starve hira , stopping all supplies . The consequence was his retreat to Valenci . * his friends , the _Galhgos , on tbe other side of the Minho , will probably provide tor him . The Junta of Oporto sent immediately a civil governor to Braga , who was received amidst great rejoicing of bells , dsc ., which example was followed by Barcellos , Penafiel , and all other towns through which his forces had passed . Hence it is clear that in the north of p ortugal Donna Maria will govern only where her soldiers arehalting .

      Baron Castro Daire , with the popular force * under his command , took Villa Real on the 28 th ult . The steamer Duke of Oporto has just arrived from the Aigarvts , having captured a fine war schooner off Cape Efp . _'chel , mounting a swivel and two guns , and with a crew ol sixteen men , all of whom on their arrival at Oporto offered their services to the Junta .

      POLAND . Polish Fbostiebs , Jas . 10 . The number of Russian troops in the kingdom of Poland is increasing in a remarkable manner by the addition of t-oops from the interior uf thc kingdom , especially since the roads have again become _passable . Five regiments of infanty _, two of dragoons , besides fight cavalry and artillery , have arrived since the m ddle of last month by the road of Brzestz Litcwski alone , to be placed in cantonments in different parts of the kingdom . An article from the Polish frontiers in the Mannheim journal , says that the Emperor is expected in Warsaw before the _commencement of Spring , on account of important changes to be made in the _administration of Poland .

      Gaucia Fbostieb , Jan . 14 . — Tbe 20 th of this month is the day fixed for the union of Cracow , with the Austrian Custom-house line . A report has been lately spread of the discovery of a conspiracy at Cracow ; whether there is any truth in it must appear in a few days . _Berli . v , Ja . v . Ie 5 . — It is now decided thatthe military occupation of the province of Posen shall be strengthened . The whole of the 5 th cerps of the army will in future be garrisoned in that province ; the cavalry regiments will be quartered in the small towns , the artillery and infantry be divided between Posen , Griescn , and Bromberg .

      ITALY . Letters from Rome of the 14 th inst . state that thc Pope preached a sermon ou the preceding day , in the Church of St . Andrea della Vale , which has produced the deepest emotion on thu auditory . It was the first time , during the last 300 . rears that a Sovereign Pontiff had _asceuded the pulpit to address tbe faithful .

      UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . New York papers to the 4 th , and Boston papers to the 5 th have been received . The following , which are the latest proceedings in _C-ngrees , is taken from the New York Jownal of Commerce : _Ihp-istant _Fors !—War and Taxes _KepudiatedI — The liouse having been appealed to to support the _trur , by supplying the Government with ihe me . _insfor cany in _# it on , and the Secretory of the Treasury having for this purpose recommended a tax on tea aud coffee ; in order to enable the- Gorerinent to obtain a loan , the question was brought up to-day for early adjustment . The House thought it best to give an ear . ' j answer to the proposition ofthe Secretary of the Treasury , and to-day they did answer it . Mr . Wentwortb , of Illinois , offered a resolution tbis morning , as follows : —

      " _IU-. v . olved—That itis inexpedient to impose any duty on tea ami coffee . " Every effort was made to get rid of the _question by the opponents of the resolution , Imt in vain . A motion to lay the resolution on the table was rejected —yeas , 49 ; nays , 103 . Tht resolution was then ado ; t « d — yeas , US ; nays , _tortj' -eight . We sec that General Taylor has again been urging Santa Anna to clove with the terms of peace proposed by the United States . The Mexican Chief , however , perseveres in his resolution to listen to no offers of peace until tbe invading Ibices quit Mexico .

      Later News . — -The Zenohia at rived at l . iverpoo on Wednesday afterno ' on , bringing New York papers of the Cth instant . Mr . Polk _U-td sent a message to Congress , which is dated December 20 , the object oi which was to ask for a hill to create a lieutenant-general , and urge that early action should be made by Congress upon the subjects submitted for their consideration , as necessary for active and efficient service in prosecuting the war , before the _psesent favourable season for military operations in the enemy ' s country had passed away .

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      SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE ORE VT WE 8 TBHN _tun-vm . On Monday afternoon as the express train from Exeter arriving at Paddington at halt-past four , was passing the four o ' clock down train at Southall , the tire of the drawing wheel flew off , and striking a second class carriage en the down train , broke the upper part to pieces _. killing on _thespot two men , and wounding severa l others . A lady in the express train was also injured by the rebound of a part of the broken wheel ; neither train was thrown off the rails , and _t he express was not travelling at above its U 9 ual speed .

      _'Ftirffter _Partici'tafj ) The twelve o'clock _exyvcg & uy train from * 3 * tteT _nsuall arrives at Southall about a quarter-past four o'clock , and on Monday , in duecourse , it passed that station within a f _.-w moments of it * proper time . The fonr p . m . down train , which calls at all the stations , _arri-ed at Southall atthe same instant , fhe express train had advanced at its usual speed about 50 yards beyond the station , thtdown train , at slackened speed , being about 250 yards on the London side , when the tire of the off driving wheel of the express engine suddenly brolie Into aerer . il pieces , which were projected in different directions with terrible velocity . One portion , measuring 6 - est 2 inches in length , and we _' _ehing 2751 D ., flew almost perpendicularly to a very considerable height , and in Its descent fell will-

      tremendous force on the roof of the first _carriage of the down train , forcing away a small portion of _tkefroai one , as well as a longitudinal slip of the top , ard making a clear breach into the carriage itself . So great was the force with which _th-s portion fell , that the three first compartments of tbe carriage were broken the one into the other , and rendered a complete wreck . Tbe first compartment was that usually occupied by thc guard , but this officer was riding in another part of the train , and thus escaped injury . The second compartment contained six persons , and here the nccident was most fatal in its results . The enormous mass of iron , on breaking through the roof of tbecaniage , fell directly upon the heads of two of tbe passengers , who were seated opposite

      _e-ich other . The one , a cattle dealer , named Bishop , residing at Colnbrook , in Buckinghamshire , was seated with his back to the engine . He was struck at the back of the head , his skull being completely laid open , and his body by the force ofthe concussion thrown into tbe lap ofthe other unfortunate deceased . The latter , also a cattle dealer named Halt , retained bis erect position after receiving his death blew , which consisted of a most frightful wound , literally dividing the cranium and face into two distinct parts . A lady nnmed Uibotson , the wife of a paper maker at Colnbrook , who was in the same division ofthe carriage was also struck on the bead and rendered Insensible , several other passengers being more or less shaken ,

      A portion of the tire fell on the down line of rails , and threw the engine attached to the down train off the line , _othtrp-rtions flying in various directions , and one large pie _: e , by some unaccountable accident , striking and p _^ ssiui ; through the side panel of one of the first-class carriages in the express train , and seriously wounding _Jfrs . Mountjey Martyn , who was a passenger iu the same . The driver of the expresstrain although fully _conscious that an accident had occurred to his eagine , was driving at so high a speed as to render it impossible for him to stop until he had gone nearly half a mile beyond Southall . The run between the Hanwell _stntion and Southall heing then equi-distant , he enme gradually on to the former place , _wbure he stopped to examine as tothe extent and nature of tho disaster . The injury which Mrs .

      _Mountjoy Martyn had suffered was here first ascertained by the guard , and the driver having satisfied himself that the engine would run safely on to town , came up to Fad dington without loss of time . Mrs . Martyn was _sitting with her back to the engine , close to the window on the offside , and _received a violent blow on the left hip from a portion ofthe tire , which br 'ke through the side of the _carriage ; her escape from fatal injury is miraculous ; she was thrown bj the violence of the shock from the corner of the carriage in which she was sitting to thu further end of the compartment . Mrs . Martyn on reaching Paddington was conveyed to the _waiting room , and an express was instantly sent for Dr . locock , her medical attendant : this gentleman shortly _arrived and remained with his patient at the station nearly two hours , at the expiration of which time she was removed to her residence in Charles . street , Berkeley-square .

      The engine to which the accidvnt occurred is one of the finest locomotives in the Company ' s service . It is called the " Queen , " and was built in February oflast year . Tbe _tirs—?*« failure of which has been the cause of this terrible disaster—is one of _Gooch's patent , the peculiarity consisting in a coating of steel , half an inch in thickness , over a body of iron about one inch in thickness . These two substances are welde ! together , and the perfect tire is then " chilled " on to the ring : of the wheel in the usual manner . The advantage of using steel in the formation of the tire is to secure a greater degree of durability in working , whether its liability to fracture is at the same time increased , is a question whieh will n « doubt be solved at tbe inquest .

      The driver ofthe express train had a most miraculous escape . Some portion of the tire when it flew off the wheel struck the hand rail on wl _. ich he was resting , with great force , and bent tbe iron pillars on which it is fixed , nearly double . Happily _he-rBciped injury altogether . Had the iron struck him and his stoker , than which nothing eould be more reasonably anticipated , the consequences must inevitably have heen of the most dreadful nature . The train , travelling at a speed exceeding fifty miles an hour , would bave dashed on to Pad . dington , finishing its career only by the destruction ef probably nearly ever passenger in the carriages attached to it . Mr . Halt is a married man , without family , aged thirty years ; Mr . Bishop is very little more than _twenty-onc years of age , and unmarried .

      THE INQUEST . On Wednesday afternoon , Mr . Wakley opened an inquest on tbe bodies of the above-named unfortunate men . The jury having viewed the bodies , John Maydon was the first witness called . He was a passenger in the same compartment of the second-class carriages in which the deceased rode , and was sitting nest Bishop when the accident occurred . Tbe train started from Paddington at four o'clock , and was approaching the Southall station , when something fell on the carriage in which witness was sitting witk a tremendous crash , carrying all before it , and striking Halt and Bishop _instantaneously dead . Witness was so much alarmed at the catastrophe that he recollected nothing more .

      John Gauntlett , a policeman , in the service of thc Company , who was on duty at the station when the ex . press train passed , said be saw the tire of the wheel fly off , the moment after the traiu cleared the station , and a portion of it ascend into the air , and directly after fall on the roof of one of tbe carriages of a down train , which bad arrived at the same momeat . He ran to the spot , and there saw two men in the carriage dead . Thc expresstrain was travelling at about fifty miles an hour when it passed tke station , James Almond deposed that he wag an engine driver and had been so for 25 years , and 3 years upon the Great Weste rn line . Left Swindon at 26 minutes past 2 o ' clock nith the Queen engine and six carriages ; that was five minutes late ; passed the Southall station at 23 minutes

      past four o ' clock , with a strong wind . The first thing witness saw was fire flying from the splasher , I turneil round with niy back tothe dome , nnd saw the roof of the carriage in thc down train breaking in . Knew something was wrong , and stopped as quickly as we could , which was about two minutes , when I found that the entire tire of the driving wheel was gone ; went to town without it , at about 20 miles an hour ; the tire was broken into four pieces , had seen the tire since . Made principally of steel , and thought part of it unsound , should s ; iy that it was uns und fur mi inch and a h . ilf : the outside was sound hut the inside was not , the outside was bright but the inside black and dirty ; thought tlie bright part was sound and thc other dark part unsound .

      Mr . Daniel Gooch , of Warwick Place , Bayswater , engineer , deposed that he had tho management of the locomotive department on the Great Western Railway . The Queen engine was made at Swindon , under his superintendence . The tires of the wheels are purchased from the Haigh Foundry Company , Wigan , Lancashire . John Fawcett , a tinith _, living at Swindon , is employed to put on the tires and examine them , and prove them . By the Corotiar , —About _faur-fiftles of thc tire i * : iron , and the other fifth is steel . The iron is all wrought , and the Company spare no expense as to the quality of the steel . It was unsound in the weld , where it was wrought together , and that caused it to go in other parts _.

      The hrst fracture took place af . the welded end , ami these two-thirds of the substance is dark and the other bright . All the _otbsr fractures were bright . Could tell by the books how many miles the wheel must have gone during the time it has been used . Frosty weather has great influence on the metal . Had found wheels which had been still all night , cracked in the morning in times of sharp frosts . Knew no means of preventing such accidents but fey enjoining on the company ' s ser _. vants increased vi gilance in the welding of the tires . IVe have done everything wc know of to prevent such defects , but have found tires ring which eventually proved unsound . In the majority of eases in such fractures it gives way iu the weld .

      The Coroner here said it would bo now necessary that the inquiry should be adjourned until Monday inoMiing . I" the _niennttuie nil examination would be _niaile ofthe wheel and the carriage by impartial engineers , and he trusted the result would he beneficial to tke public . Mr . Frederick Hraithwaitc was then proposed us the engineer tobe appointed , and the _inquiry was adjourned until 10 o'clock on Monday next .

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      _Pahii . wjs Opbratio . vs in the London Hoppiriis . -Mr . H . G . Johnson , o f St . George ' s Hospital , has amputated the leg of a man while under the influence of ether . On being questioned afterwards , he declared that , he felt no inconvenience from inbalinn the ether , and that with the exception of hearing I bntnot / ee _' _if-e- _*) the saw , he was perfectly unconscious of the operation . Mr . Lawrence , of St , Barthobmew ' _s Hospital , removed the eye of a patient while under the influence of ether , the patient 1 * . | , , _, . - ¦•¦* " _¦* ut _cmc * . _ty _* . _*** - """" _j / _afiwi " _atterwards that he

      stating had experienced no pain , A _tOhKrinK-crou Hospital , Mr . Hancock performed an operation , the painful natur e of which under ordinary circumstances , cannot be surpassed The success of tbe ether , in this case , is , _perhaos tlie most satisfactory example yet afforded . The patient suffered from disease and gr wing-in of the nails of both thc great toes . His sufferings wero intense , and the only chance of relief lay in complete removal of the nails . The anguish of this operation , formerly , may be readily _imagined , for every body knows how extremely sensitive are the roots of the nails . On

      the present occa ion tho patient was etherised , and became insensible in three minutes . The operation was immediately performed ; and consists in running the sharp-pointed blade of a pair of scissors under the nail down to the root , cutting the nail down the middle , and then forcibly extracting each half with a pair of 'orceps . During this process ( which without the ether is a piece of exquisite torture ) tbe pa ient was obviously quite insensible to pain . When consciousness returned , he declared himself perfectly ignorant of what had been done . He again inhaled , preparatory to the removal of the other nail by the same process . This waa accom _*> li ** hed , the feet and legs being _p-irposely left free from

      restraint ; but during the removal of the second nail there was not the slightest sign , either of twitching of the toes or contraction of the _muscleB of tho leg , while the countenance remained perfectly unchanged . A towel was then thrown over his feet , to ub . cure them from his view when he recovered his sensibility . In about a quarter of an hour consciousness returned , and upon being asked whether he was ready to undergo the operation , he said he was , and desired the surgeon to begin ; when being shown his toe and informed that the nail had already been removed , he expressed astonishment and delight , declaring he had felt no pain , and was wholly unconscious of anything having been done .

      WKsrAH . vsrsB Ophthalmic Hospital . —This institution was again on Wednesday the scene of _sonvoperations on patients while under the influence of etheric vapour . We have only room to state one of the cases The first patient was a female suffering from cancer in the breast . Mr . Hooper was in attendance with his apparatus for administering the ether , and the mouthpiece having been properly applied , in a very few minutes the patient was in a complete state of insensibility . IMr . Charles Guthrie , who again operated , immediately applied the knife , and having laid bare the right breast , in which the cancer existed , proceeded to cut away the whole of the diseased parts , an operation which he performed « ith remarkable skill and dexterity . During the

      n hole time the patient exhibited no symptom of pain . Her eyes remained open , and as the ether was now and then applied to her mouth , she called out sharply , " Take that away ; take that away \ " In the midst ofthe operation , she was asked if she felt any pain , when , to tbe utter astonishment of all present , she pointed to a window partially lowered opposite to where she was seated , and said , " I feel that window , " The sash was immediately raised , and the poor creature appeared satisfied . The operation lasted five or six minutes , and was perfectly successful , the poor woman declaring , at the close , that she had been quite unconscious ofthe operation , and had felt , no pain . _Melanchoiy Drath op the Hon . Charles Stuart

      —On Monday evening . Mr . Bedford , the Coroner for Westminster , _hoid an inquest at the Queen ' s Head Tavern , Queen-street , St . James ' s , on view of the body or the lion . Charles Stuart , lately residiim at No , 10 , Pan ton-street , Haymarket . The deceased , who was in the 33 rd year of his age , was the fifth son of the Earl of Moray , by a second _marriage , and had formerly been in the array , holding a _commission as Lieutenant in the 72 nd Foot Regiment _, l'he deceased was found dead in his apartment . Mv . W . T . Dy er , surgeon , proved that death was the reresult of apoplexy , ptoeluced by natural _canaes , and aftor much more evidence , the Jury returned a verdict—Natural Death .

      Destructive Fibb in _Moohfiblds . —On Monday morning , at an early hour , a fire , nearly attended with loss of life , broke out at the Dyers' Arms publichouse , 68 , Long-a _^ ley _, Moorfields . Tbe flames were first _discovered in the kitchen , and had commuiii-• . ¦ tttcd with the _club-roem and spirit stores before any of the inmates could be made sensible of their _dati"er . After considerable trouble the residents — eleven in number—were arosed ; but the house was so full of smoke that some of them were unable to descend by the staircase , and Mrs . Chapman anil another party were saved by the escape _belonging to the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire .

      Two of the lodgers did not effect tbeir escape until the five had penetrated their room , and they wete triflingly injured . They were placed in a cab and conveyed to the workhouse . The engines been set to work , the fire was extinguished , but not until several rooms were burned , nnd the dwelling-li < m > e and contents were seriously damaged by fire . _Smithfirld _Nc'sance . — Between one and _t- * o o ' clock on Monday , a lad named Thomas Rndciirle , aged sixteen , was knocked down opposite the Aiieluide Hotel , London-bridge , aad gored by an -x , whinch , together with other 8 _, was being driven from Smithfield market towards Camberwell . The wound will , it is feared , prove fatal .

      Most Distressing Cask . —A very melancholy accident occurred on Saturday morning at the hou > e , No . 84 , Old Gravel-lane , occupied by a poor old woman , named Elizabeth Hill , it seems that M s . Uill keeps a coffee-house on the above-named premises , from which site derived an income so _trift- 'g that she has been compelled to eke out a scanty subsistence for herself and five children , by taking in amongst them _S' _-me of the low-priced slop work , on which they labour continuously up to a very huthour . About half-past two o ' clock on Saturday morning . Mrs . Hill fell asleep while sittiug over her work at the fire , the second daughter , a tine young woman , twenty-six years of age , whilst continuing her occupation , found that her dress had suddenly caught

      tire . Not wishing to alarm her aged parent , she endeavoured to extinguish it by her own unaided endeavours , but the fire gaining upon her 8 he was compelled to scream with agony ; ber mother started up , and , seeing her child alt over in a blaze , endeavoured to extinguish tbe fire with her hands-, in which attempt she sustained most severe injuries . The daughter was nearly burned to a cinder , and on assistance arriving was cnuveyed to the London Hospital in a state of terrible agony , precluding all possible hope . On inquiring at tbe hospital on Sa turday nignt our reporter ascertained that the _unt ' or . _tunatc young woman , whose name was Frances Hill , expired in extreme torture about four o ' clock the same afternoon .

      Fire in _LBATiiEn-LANK . —On Sunday evening , between five and six o ' clock , considerable alarm was created in Leather-lane , ltolborn , by the outbreak ot a tire upon the premises in the occupation of Mr . Wymer , bread and biscuit maker . The flames originated , from some unknown cause , in the bakehouse on the basement , which contained a large quantity of shavings for heating tlie oven . An abundance of water being obtained , the firemen succeeded , by carrying the _piping of the engines down the staircase , in confining the flames to that portion of the building in which thoy originated , but they were entirely extinguished until considerable damage was done to the stock-in-trade and premises . Alleged Murder of a Femalb . —On Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , Mr . W . Pavne held an

      adjourned inquest at the Vestry Hall , _Horsleydown _, on the body of Elizabeth Roberts , aged 20 , who was found drowned on Thursday week , with a severe fracture of the * ku ) l , and who , it was reported , had been murdered . A uuniber of witnesses were examined last night , from whose evidence it appeared , that ou Friday nine weeks the deceased had a few words with htr mother respecting the payment of a dress that she had been to a wedding in . She olijcctea to pay , and left the house iu a passion , _spying at the time , " Mother , you will be sorry for this . " She also left two packets of her own hair _iddressed to diff _.-ront parties , which were sealed with wax , and lettered " love . " To her brother Richard she said , " Good bye , Dick ; " and to a

      female she had previously stated that she should like to die at the age of twenty , because it was such a sweet age . None of her friends had soen her after the day she left her home , and it was only through the publicity given by the newspapers , that her friends heard of the body being found . Dr . Misken , who had examined the body , said that from the appearance he should say that it had been under water a couple of months . The whole of the hair was washed away , and tho skull was fractured , but how the injury w ; ia received , ot course , no one could tell . The probability seems that the unfortunate female ; had precipitated herself tvom some height , and had struck herself in falling . The jury returned an open verdict , " That tho deceased was found dead in the water wiih a fracture of the skull . "

      Extensive _lioneiABV in Resent Street . —Ou _Tuesday morning-, between the hours of one and five , a most _faring burRlnry was committed upon the premises of Messrs . _Ilallstaff and Ilanaford _, jewellers and silver _, smiths , No . 223 , Regent-street . It appears that about the latter hour a policeman was going his U 6 ual rounds , and on arriving at the door of the above house , he as usual gave it a push , and was _suifrised to find it open . A search being made , it appeared that some thieves had effected an entrance from the rear of the _premist-s , and by picking the locks of two doors made tlieir way into the shop frora which they took property , consisting of cold and silver plate to tbe value of upwards of £ 300 . Fifty sovereigns which wore left in the till on the prerioui night , were fortunately overlooked by the thievu ,

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      Dreadful Accident to a Newspaper Messenoer —As a mounted _meseenger was on Saturday eve , ning riding at a furious pace with a large parcel o _* newspapers fur the Post _offi'c , St . Martin ' s-le-Grandi his horse slipped at Temple Bar , and he fell with fearful violence to the ground . When | raued up he was qn'te _insi-nsible _, and blood flowed profusely from injuries be had sustained about the head . His wounds havinz been bound up in an adjoining surgeon ' s and the requisite stimulants administered , he was conveyed to ail home in a state of the most intense sufferings .

      Obstruction of thk Vuloan Bri . wert bt Fihi , — On Wednesday _morning , at halt-past one o ' clock , a fir- - , involving a most ruinous _de-ttruf-tion of property , broke out on the premises belonging to Mr . Edwards , known as the Vulcan Brewery , situate in Salmonlane , Limehouse . The discovery was made by a police constable of the K division , by seeing tire rushing through the window -. butters of the front beerhouse . An instant iilarm was given , and after adeal of trouble the inmates , the proprietor and his female servant , were aroused from their _slNHibers ; _butthe

      name-iia ' made suoh fearful havoc , that it was im-P' _-sVible . _loreither party to disci nd the stairs and to _8-ivp their lives they were obliged to jump from the upper windows into the street 'She engines ofthe London Brigade and Went of England Company , arnv-d at the scene ot _conflagration , and plenty of water was obtained from the mains ofthe EastLondon works , which was scattered over the flames ; notwithstanding , they _continued to spread , until the _wh- 'l _- oj the brewery and it * contents were completely destroyed , and the dwell _^ _-house gutted . FitiKs in _0

      Lur _* D » . -On Wednesday morni ng , four serious fares occurred in different parts of the metro-/ mils . The following « re the particulars : —In _Coniiauitht-terrace , Edgewarc-road , at fifteen minutes before twelve , upon the privato _uramiies in the occupation of Mrs . Sarah Silby . The fire , which was caused by the copperflue , obtained considerable hold of the board timber in the party walls . The firemen had muc ; i _difficulty in staying thc progress ofthe flames , and this wasBOt done till much of the wood work and tH < - _walU were removed by cutting away . Sup . poR _' _.-d to be insured in tlie Alliance . —At Limehouse , Ab .. _ut half-past one , on Wednesday morning , a _destruc ' ivefire was discovered upon the premises in the _wc-upation of Mr . Samuel Edwards , brewer , Ac , church-passage , and _Frederick-street , Salmon _' _s-lane , Litiieiouse . Tho brewery w _. is nearly _destroyed , and i ne uelling communicating therewith burned out , with the exception of the front room on the first

      ftvor . Building <» nd contents insured in the Ph « - ii ; x . The adjoining house in _Ithodeswell-road , in th _.-ut-e-upationof Mr . _Tedman , hairdresser , was _dan-.-iti' i in a trifling manner ; not insured . *—At New C a-. Shortly before three , upon the _premiess , the _ju _' _-. iperty of Mr . J . Trimnell , Esq ., ( the occupier ) _situate in St . _JameaVplace , New Cross . This fire was not extinguished until the basement floor , and fl , nri ' _. . ' above , were severely daraa <* cii by fire , and tiio valuable furniture mat rially _damaged by heat , smuk" and water . Building insured in the Licensed Vim millers' office , furniture in the Atlas . The adjoining house , in the occupation of Mr . C . Bryan , was also damaged . In the Old Kent-road . Just before five o ' clock , a fire broke out in the building , occupied by Mr . Hoxton , baker , Mason-street , Old _Ki'iit-road ; in consequenee , it appears , ofa defect in ihe * _.-rown of theoven _, Fortunately the fire was exiiu _s'U shed before any very extensive damage was dui . e , except in the lofts immediately over the bakeu u _**<" . Contents not insured ; building unknown .

      accident fkom Rkamxgin Bed . —On Wednesday tkorning a young man , named John Saunders , footti . au to Mr . Fothergill _, * 76 a , Seymour-street West , '•' _u-ron-squ-ire , set the bed and bedding on fire by _tiiiiiiig asleep _t-hilst reading in bed , and he is so severely burnt that he is not expected to recover the u .- > ' ofhis right arm . It was most fortunate that the house was not destroyed , rthieh it would have been had not Mr . Fothergill , jun ., who had been to the theatre , On letting himself in with a key , proceeded to the man ' s room to desire him to call him in the morning , when t ' : o fire was discovered .

      The Late Fins at _Messhs . Aixqer ' s Foohdsy . —Ino . lst oh one or thk _Spfferers . —On Tuesday evening Mr . _'IVilliiim _Pujne , held an inquest at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of George Riches , aged thirty-three who was fatally in ' urf . d at the late deplorable occurrence at Messrs . _Ainger's _iron-fiundry , Upper _Ground-strstt Blaekfria ! s . Thomas Haigh , of I , Anne-street , Waterlooroad , said that the deceased was a fireman ' s assistant , and on Friday week , about ten o ' clock at night , was en * ¦ . -aged with witness and several other parties in tl . _„ foundry . A ladle which had just been rilled witb seventy hundred weight ot hot liquid irwn , was being lifted by a purchase crane , when it turned over and the metal flowing out , a quantity splashed up , and coming in contact

      with the dome ofthe furnace , it rebounded , and fell over the deceased like a shower , _setting his clothes on fire _. At that lime the deceased wasabout twelve feet from the pit . As soon as possible be whs got out , aud conveyed to tlie hospital . By the coroner : The ladle was suspended on two pivots , or axl « s _, and , in order to steady the whole , tn-o handles were placed on the opposite sides , which _wcrt held by us many men . One of the parties had not properly secured hit handle , and was iu the act of adjusting it when the accident occurred . Four men were injured , two of whom still remains in St . Thomas ' s Hospital . Deceased died this morning ( Tuesday ) from the effects of the injuries received . Verdict—Accidental death .

      Fatal _Accidei-t at Sir Augustus _Cufvobd's . —On Tuesday , Mr . Bedford held an inquest at St . George's Hospital , on the body of John _Eilwanls , nged 36 , who died iu that institution from injuries -ustained at the re . sidtnee of Sir Augustus Clifford , _tTsteerof the Black Bod , No . 14 . Eaton-square . The deceased was in the employ of Messrs , Cubbitt , the builders . On the afternoon ofthe 14 th ult . he was at work at Sir . A . Clifford ' s , standing oa a plank supported by two pairs of steps , engaged in cleaning ths kitchen _tkylight , whin , overbalancing him . self , he fell head foremost into a wooden basin full ol water in thc oink , and rebounded on to the stone floor * ing . Being unable to stand or get up , he was removed to tbe hospital , where the only injury he wa 6 found to have received , was a slight bruise ant ! laceration of the left thigh . He went on several _dajs very well , whea abscesses , consequent on the wound in thc leg , formed iu his left elbow , and under the exhaustion ocacsioned thereby he sank and died on Saturday last . Vtidict—Accidental Death .

      Extrao & dinaiiv Soicidb — O" Tuesday , an inquest was taken before Mr . W . linker , at the Telegraph publichouse , Hawkiu ' s _sUvet , Mile enJ , Old Town , on tbe body of a man mimed William _Hotdsworth _, aged seventy years , who committed suicide in the following strange manner' . —Thc deceased lived at No . ti , Swan-place , Mileend , and was form . rly a ship's carpenter and joiner . He was subsequently employed in the Loudon Docks , and while there he met with a severe accident , and his leg was amputated . The dock company allowed him a pension of 7 s . per week , and he continued to work at _hig trade , and by his iudustry and frugality he contrived to amass a considerable sum of money , £ 150 of which he lent to his son , who failed in business . This circumstance preyed upon his mind , and he has been for somo time in a very low and _desponding' state . The loss of

      bis money , aud the fear of being compelled to apply for parochial relief so operated upon bim , that he at last determined on _committing s » lf . dcstructi .- > , wliich he effected in tlte following way : —On Sunday night , after wishing a female named _Cos-jrove good bye , he locked his r . iom door , and after _taking off his coat nud neckcloth , he laid himself upon the- _ground , _ptaceel his neck over & basin , und then stuck _liimsu _. l'in the neck just under tho right ear with his own knife . One of the principal ar « teries was . wounded , and he bled to death . When the unfortunate man was found by the woman Cosgrove the basin orer which his neck was placed , was full of blood , which hud also flowed over the room . The knife with which he had stabbed himself was firmly grasped in his right hand . The Jury returned a verdict that the deceased committed suicide while labouring under h > sanity .

      Suicide bt Oxalic Acid . — On Tuesday , Mr . G . I , Mills , the Deputy Coroner , held an inniifst at the . Marlborough Arms , Francis-street , _Tottetiham-court-road _, oil the body of Sarah Brown , aged 21 . William Brown , the deceased ' s husband , said Us was coachman to Mr . Betts , the railway contractor , ami resided over the stables in . Upper Gower . _mews . On Saturday morning _lasthe went out with the carriage , and , on his return home to dinner , he found his wife , as was frequent !) the case , the worse for liquor . Whilst at dinner , they ( -Barrelled , when she suddenly r _# sc from the table anil went out . She returned in about a quarter of . in hour , and , in a short time , hearing a inclining noise proceed freun thc loft , he went there , and found deceased iu an insensible state , with a cup near her , aud a paper by her side , having on it the name of Mr . Tosswell , a chemist iu tbe

      neighbour _' ie _' od , and the in . _'cripiie . n _, " Oxalic _atid—poisou , " He removed deceased on to his bed , and _sem for Mr . Tosswell and Dr . Acre , but , before they could apply any remedy , she expired . The deceased had taken to drinking within the last twelvemonths , and had pawned everything she was possessed of _loobtaiuit . She had several times threatened suicide to prevent him scolding her , and once was brought home hy a _joliccman , who found her attempting to jump ell' one of thc canal bridges . She had _freijuentlt fetched oxalic acid for him as he used it to chan boots tops . Mr . 11 , liatthews , assistant to Mr , _Toiswoll , proved having served the _dedceased with tin ounet of oxalic acid , for which she paid 4 . The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased destroyed herself , but , as to her state of mind at the time , there was not sufficient _evid-nceto show . "

      Awrtl Casualty At Sea. Liverrool, Vy* £D...

      AWrTL CASUALTY AT SEA . LivERrooL , _Vy _* £ _dni ! sdai . — Agr « _atgloombas been cast on our mercantile community by the intelligence _reemed this morning , by the Lady Falkland , Captain Smith , ar « rived at this port from Kew Orleans , which vessel , on the 18 th inst ., fell in with the New York packet shi p Columbia , in distress , having on thc 13 th lost overboard the _Captain _( Rathbone ) , first and second mates , five seamen , and * boy , while scudding in a heavy gale . Thu Lady Falkland put her mate on board , to navigate the Columbia . Captaia _Rathboue was well known and highly respected in tbif place , and his unhappy fate Is deeply lamented , He for * naerly commanded the packet ship Oiford .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 30, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_30011847/page/7/