The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-02 00:00:00

?este, Queens'

Ponton,Caius
Renshaw, Trinity
Richard, Queens'
Rivers, Trinity
Robinson,G.R.Jh.
Rosenthal, Christ's
Smith, Peter's

Smith, A., Trinity
Sowell, Caius

Stevens, Emm.
Sulivan, Trinity
SwAllow, Clare
Trow, Jesus
Turner, Trinity
Valentine, John's
Ward, Christ's
Williams Peter's
Willis, R. F., Caius
Wingfield, Trinity
Wood, T. C., Joh.
Wyatt, Trinity

POLAND AND THE POLES.

His Highness Prince Czartoryski has addressed
the following letter to William Martin, Esq., Man-
chester, in reply to the address voted to him at a
public meeting in that city :
Paris, March 22, 1855.
Sir,—l feel much honoured by the address voted on
the sth inst., in a full and free assembly of the inhabi-
tants of one of the most important and populous, cities of
Great Britain.
The destiny and fall of Poland are indeed to be ascribed
to a long neglect, by the Governments of Europe, of the
great principles on which, as you justly observe, depend
the welfare of all nations. England, by her position and
her institutions, called upon to be the most vigilant
guardian of those principles, deserves perhaps more
blame for having forgotten them towards Poland at three
successive epochs. First, at the time of the partition
treacherously repeated on that country, when she was on
a prosperous way of reform, order, and progress ; then
at the Congress of Vienna, when Great Britain, at the
top of her glory and influence, had alone an impartial
and decisive vote between the defenceless France and
the three northern powers, accomplices of the common
spoliation ; and lastly, in 1831, when Poland, unassisted
by any one, in the narrow limits of a constitutional
kingdom assigned to her by the Congress at Vienna,
proved to be a match for Russia more effective in results
than the united great Western Powers have tilt now
been able to obtain. - The present momentous crisis af-
for.ls an opportunity of retrieving the errors of former,
as you say, apathy or ignorance, as well of the foreign
interests of the stste as of the general wants of Europe.
It is not ardent patriotism, but calm and thorough
conviction, which makes me affirm that if the powers of
Europe do not now restore Poland to her national inde-
pendence, you may be sure that there will be in the
world no secure peace, no free trade, no possibility to
diminish the military forces of all countries, and to alle-
viate the heavy burden of taxes, anal of the expenditure
of men and money, under which Russia herself is groan-
ing ; and all the blood shed, the money spent t,ll now,
will have been lavished in vain, if the principal cause,
which began to stimulate and now encourages the un-
satiable ambition of Russia, and which gii es her the
means of executing her plans, is not changed id t) what
it formerly was, a bulwark for Germany and Europe
against her preponderance and encroachments.
I consider as a happy omen for the future fate of my
country that public opinion in Great. Britain avows its
own past errors ; and spontaneously offering, as you are
pleased to do, a manifestation of sympathy for the suf-
ferings of Poland, proclaims at the same time the desire
to support her rights to a national restoration, not only
as a question of justice, but also of urgent utility. We
accept those manifestations with grateful hearts, and
can assure the sympathising people of Manchester that
the sentiments embodied in their address will reach my
countrymen, and will cheer them in their hopes so long
deferred, and soften their pains so firmly endured. In
their name, therefore, I beg you will transmit to your
fellow citizens who tok a part in the meeting of the
sth our deeply-felt gratitude for their good wished and
generous feelings.--I have the honour to be, sir, your
mob obedient servant,

(Signed) A, Cmiinumu!

SOUTHWARK.—IIIichaeI Taylor, an Irish labourer,
residing in Surrey-buildings, florselydowo, was saw-
mooed before Mr. A'Beckett, for committing assails oil
Bridget Donovan and Ellen Coglan, at a wake ; and the
two latter were also charged with assaulting the first-
named defendant.
The court was crowded with Irish, anti it was with
some difficulty the officers could. keep order.
Ellen Coghlan, a fat, ruddy-faced young woman,
wearing a white, transparent bonnet, decorated with
orange blossoms—a bonnet well-known on more heads
than one in this court—said she was a single woman,
and on Saturday night, the 24th ultimo, she went with
Mrs. Donovan, a married woman, to wake poor Teddy
Ryan, at No. 2, Surrey-buildings. They arrived there
about eleven o'clock, when the company began to gather
—as poor Teddy was much respected —and kept c in-
versing togethtr until near two o'clock on Sunday m, m-
ing, as peaceable as could be, when Mike Taylor came
in and wanted to seat himselt alongside Mrs. Donovan,
who felt highly indignant at his iwpertibence, and t
him to go and sit with his equals. lie made no in,ro to
do than strike her and tear her cap Witneis motioned
to him tobe quiet, when he trod on her toes and struck
her. A second row then eu.sued, when tables ant chairs
were upset, the lights put out, and the corpse was
rolled on the floor. Toe riot was so great that witness,
Mrs. Donovan, and all the remainder were glad to
make their escape; and that put an end to the wake.
Mrs. Dmovan corroborated the testitnony of Miss
Coghlan, and, on cross-examination by Mr. Charnock's
clerk, said there were lots of gin and beer about, hut
they never partook of a drop of either. Most likely
some of them were drunk, but they did not seo them.
Mike Taylor was drunk And unruly, and had no right
there.
Taylor, in his charge against Donovan and Coghlan,
said they were all as drunk as beasts. There were more
than a hundred at the wake, some in the kitchen, others
in the bed-rooms and parlour. The beer and gin
were served round in buckets and tea-pots, out of which
they all helped themselves plentifully. fie did not
assault any one, but both the ladies threatened to pitch
into him outside, and he was going home they fell
on him and knocked him about. Tne whole of them
were drunk, but witness took very little. -
Mr. A'Beckett said it was a very disgra,_reful affair on
both sides. He should fine Taylor, for the assault in the
house, 205., and the females 20s. each fir the assault
outside the house, or 14 days' imprisonment.

LAMBETH.—Mr. Charles Foulshana, proprietor of
the Clayton Arms Tavern, in the Oval, Kennington,
appeared before the Hon. G. C. Norton, to answer to a
summons taken out against him under the Beer Bill, fur
having his house opened on the "fast night " for the
sale of beer, &c., after the hour of 10 o'clock, contrary
to the provisions of that statute.
Police-constable 38 L deposed that while going his
rounds on the " fast night ' at a quarter to 11 o'clock,
he saw the Clayton Arras Tavern open in the ordinary
way, with the gaslight on, and in fact having all the
appearance of an ordinary night of business, and he felt
it to be his duty to report the circumstances to his supe-
rior officer.
Mr. Foulsharc, in reply to the charge, assured the
magistrate that the cause of the complaint arose from
mere inadvertence, and a total forgetfulness on his part
of the day, and the necessity of closing, as on Sunday,
at ten o'clock. Had he thought, at the time, it was
necessary to close, he should not have given the police
the trouble of summoning him.

Inspector Conlin, Vie officer in whoße name the sum-
mons had been taken out, admitted that the house of
Mr. Foulsham was one of the most respectable in the
district, and one that bad been carried on so regu!arly
that the police had not the slightest cause to look
after it.

Mr. Norton—Then it is your opinion that its being
open 'rose from inadvertence ?
Inspector Coulin—l do, your worship.
Mr. Norton—Then the summons is dismissed.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE.

The half•yearly meeting of this company was held at
Edinburgh on Friday, Mr: J. Anstruther presiding.
The shareholders having, at the special meeting held
on the Monday previous, negatived the proposals for
arrangement of the differences between the E linburgh
and Glasgow Company and this company, the directors
had only a very short additional report to make. They
believed that Mr. Miller, the arbiter, would have his
audit of the accounts of the expenses of the line com-
pleted with all despatch, so as to ascertain the capital on
which the lessees were required to pay a dividend ; and
in the meantime the directors would make such arrange-
ments as they were able for the discharge of the more
pressing claims against the company. The directors
referred to the report of the traffic auditors as showing
a progressive increase in the traffic of the line. The net
balance for the half-year amounted to 9,01131.
The CLIAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report,
which was seconded by Sheriff ROBERTSON', and agreed
to,