The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-16 00:00:00

POLAND.-T HE PRUSSIAN LOAI4:

The following speech of Count Creszkowski was
delivered in the Second Chamber at Berlin, on the
22d of March last, in order to explain the absten-
tion from the vote of the Polish deputies on the
occasion of the Prussian loan :

" Gentlemen,—When last year the question of the
loan which occupies us to-day was for the first time laid
before ns, all the Polish deputies abstained from giving
their vote, influenced in this as much by the motive of
the loan itself as by the different amendments that were
attached to it, and which one might term projects of ad-
dress in miniature. This attitude elicited for us at the
time numerous praises from one side ; on the other, it was
a matter of great surprise ; bt.t, after some time, the pro-
priety of our conduct was generally acknowledged, not
only in this chamber, but also far and wide from this
spot. We acted thus, for though we did not wish, by
the refusal of the means absolutely necessary to the state,
to augment the embarrassment of the Government,
which found itself already in a very difficult ppsition,
still neither did we wish, by a vote of approbation, to
encourage the policy of the Government in any sense
whatever ; for it was easy to fcresee that this policy
gave us no assurance of any sound and advantageous
tendency. To-day, gentlemen, a year has run its Bourse
since that epoch—a year pregnant with . painful events
\
and prodigious hopes—and it is, therefor-e, our duty to
examine carefully and conscientiously if to-day we ought
to act as in the past, or if we are not bound to profit
by the occasion, were it only to cast down our votes from
the heights of this tribune into, the balance v vhich con-
tains now the destinies of the world. Gentlem.sn, we are
never forgetful of our rights, nor the duties of our- mission.
Therefore, after a conscientious examination,. we ac-
knowledge that our position since last year is, altered
in nothing, notwithstanding the immense changes
that have taken place in the world. . The time of
our present debate is not a propitious one, inasmuch
as no person here can have a clear conviction at this
hour whether peace or war will be decided upon.
It is permitted to believe, however, that in some
measure a sert of basis has been laid down in a protocol
relating to this question. Finally, gentlemen, I most;
declare that not only circumstances tend in the highest
degree to make us act as we have resolved, but also we
shall find an indication in the position which the Polish
nation has effectively kept with so much dignity, of
which nation we are an integral portion, as you, gentle
men, are a portion of the great German race. Silence,
gentlemen, has its value ; and silence also is eloquent '
Well, the Polish nation is quiet, and its representatives
are quiet also. This silence is understood :and appre-
ciated—l daresay it is respected upon the borders of the
Neva, as on those of the Seine ; on the Danibe, as on.
the Thames. Should it be only on the borders of the
Spree that one knows neither how to understr ind or ac-
knowledge it ? Is there any person here preset it, amids
the silence of the Poles, who does not recall i Le wor da
of the great Roman orator—' Quinn tacent, c'lamant.'"
(General sensation.) . .

At the Quarter Sessions for Devon a few days since
there were no less than nine M.P.'s present—v.iz., Vis-
count Ebrington, M.P. for Marylebone ; Sir S. North-
cote, M.P. for Dudley ; Sir J. Buller, M.P., and Mr.
L. Palk, M.P., for South Devon ; Sir T. Acland,. M.P.
for North Devon ; Lieut.-Colonel Buck, M.P. fooe Barn-
staple ; Sir H. Davie, M.P. for some Scottish leargha ;
and Sir J. Duckworth, M.P., and Mr. E. Divett.,, M.P..
for Exeter.

DEATH OF MR. JOSEPH RICHARDSON.—We have to
record the death of Mr. Richardson, the inventor of the
instruments of the rock, bell, and steel band. The sad
event took place at his residence, 134, Edgwa re-road,
London, on Sunday last, April the Bth, in the 66th year
of his age. The surprising performances by the inven-
tor's three sons upon these unique instruments have, in
all parts of the country, created the greatest degree of
astonishment to all who have beheld their thrilling
powers.—Morning Advertiser, April 12th, 1855.
AN OXFORD ALDERMAN SUMMONED FOR CHURCH
RATES.—Mr. Alderman Grubb, a baker, and the would-
be Mayor of Oxford, but who was rejected by the council
on the 9th of Nov. last by 22 votes to 15, has beau =un-
,moned before the county magistrates to show cause why he
refused to pay a chdrch-rate made in May last, and
amounting to Bs. 4d. The alderman was not forthcomingdetha
either in person or payment, and an order
a warrant of-distress on his goods should. hes issued.
police case
he should pay the debt and costs within tenw days,eem
e o r that
PERJURY.—A week or two since a curamnu
.vas seen
to
was related in The' Sun.
enter, late at night, 1 respectable
A ig y
Southampton, and she and
f the shop, and who had
young man, who had the ears . „
now° y. • The 3roung woman
let her in, were given into is
of the jeweller's, and to
proved to be a former servant
ut
ed father of whom was the
.enmhthe High-street,
have had a child, the reputed
the paternity was sworn,
a jeweltery'sousiingopwih
young shopman. who, when whoa much younger thAn the woman.
was quite a yonth,an a
prehension a singular robbery
Two years before the p
the jeweller's, the perpetrators of
had been•effected at .
vered. While in p •
been disco • prison the
which had
neveronfessed that her paramour had coin-
young robbery,woman confessed
and that the stolen go ,Ids
AI s were then
witted the
,house.
The goods we f
in her mother s
pprehended. The m re oud, and the
mother
"8
a- were then other, daughter, and
the youthful paramourthe robbery. had up before the its-
gistrates for . . The friends of the 7 th
of the highest respectability in London on were
down Mr. Ballantine, the eminent , and they sent
counsel,
ton to prevent the lad's eommitt 1. to Southamp-
was however allowed to turn aThe young woman
mother and the father of th Queen's evidence, and her
the robbery. The edchild were committed for
y were tri
ampton session, and acquitt ed
this week, at the South-
down, and she now states e . The girl's evidence broke
false, and she. is to b that her former evtdenoe was
Peljury. The youthe prosecuted for the robbery and for
left the court with was told by the Recorder that he
out a stain on his character.
Pa: is has recently been unusuallyaristocratic
and full of aristocratic
and mercantile visitors.
But the
ercised no inconsiderable war has evidently ex
ble influence upon the inventive
taste of the Parisians this season, who, by their ingenuity
and skilfulness, regulate the fashion of every civilised
State. As, however, the hostilities between the adverse
nations will, in all probability, be much more lengthened
than was originally anticipated, the manufacturers of
France—whose genius ever keeps pace with their in
terest—have not neglected the advantage of being read
with their needful supplies. This calculation was mor
especially directed to the production of articles in refer-
ence to mourning attire; and not only France herself, but
England, and the other Powers engaged in the war, have
necessarily become extensive purchasers. Especially,
then, we would take this opportunity of observing that
Messrs. Jay, of Beent-street, have abundantly availed
themselves in procuring selections of such c, goods ".as
Are suited to their house of I?uhimil. .