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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1864.

TO SURGEONS and CHEMISTS.—To LET.
in James-street, Covent-garden, a capital HOUSE and
SHOP, la e in the occupation of a Sur *eon for 26 years.
Apply to Mr. S. Smith, engineer, 204, High Holborn.

Deputy-Superintendent of Coorg, in the Mysore
Commission.

"The Viceroy has approved of Darjeeling being
placed in the Bhaugulpore Division ; but his Ex-
cellency desires that the Commissioner of Bhangul-
pore will not make that au excuse for living at that
bright spot' Darjeeling.
"The introduction of a uniform standard of
weights and measures throughout India is at pre-
sent under the consideration of the Government of
India, and will soon be brought into operation.

" The sporting Rajah of Mysore has requested
from the Commissioner of that province £lO,OOO to
meet his expenses at the approaching Mysore races.

" Dr. Ralph Moore, of Calcutta, proposes to cut
a canal from the Hooghly to the Mutlab, which
shall be navigable by the largest merchant ships.
The scheme has been favourably received.

" The epidemics of cholera and fever, which re-
cently devastated Bombay, have greatly abated of
late, and the general health of the island has very
much -mproved. After a heavy fall of rain, which
lasted ten days, during which period 26 inches of
rain was registered in Jane, the weather has con-
tinued fair."

Inclosure 7•

PR1CE.........4d.
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deserved and destroying treatment, I firmly allege that no
idea can be had of the misery they endured.
On the 23d they were sent with victims under guard to
Washington, and then transferred to the Old Capitol; from
thence they were sent in irons to Boston, where they wore
left handcuffed together all night, but for the purpose of
getting sleep they had to break the cuffs. The consequence
was that they were marched through Boston tied with ropes,
and arrived in Portland, as before stated. They did their
utmost to see her Majesty's Ministers in Washington, but
ailed, tamr could they see you on their arrival, as they were
sent under guard to this place.

You have in the foregoing an outline of their travels, hat
the men say that as long as they live they will not forgot
the treatment they received, after fighting bravely in all
the late battles, as documents from their officers can make
manifest,
I hope you will pardon this long letter, but from the
kindness we have received from her Britannic Majesty's
Ministers and yourself, I thought it incumbent on me to
supply such information, and therefore I have, &c.,
(Signed) THOMAS TULLEY.

Inclosure 6.
LORD LYONS TO MR SEWARD.
Washington, July 7, 1864.
Sir, —On the 10th of last month I had the honour to
address to you a note, in which, by command of her Ma-
jesty's Government, I renewed the application which I had
made in their name on the 23d of :the previous month of
May, for the discharge from the United States army of 'the
seven Irish passengers by the steamship Nova Scotian, who
were enlisted immediately after their arrival at Portland
on the 18th.of last month. You were so good as to inform
me that you had referred my note to the Secretary of War.
I await the answer of the United States Government to the
application which it contained. I must in the meantime
ask your serious attention to the enclosed copy of a letter
addressed to her Majesty's Consul at Portland on behalf of
three of the Irishmen; namely, Michael Moran, James
Higgins, and Martin Hogan. Ido not doubt that you will
cause an investigation to be made of the allegations re-
specting the hardships and indignities suffered by Moran,
Higgins, and Hogan on their way from the army of the
Potomac to Portland—and I trust that if these allegations
prove to be well founded, no time will be Post in calling to
account those:who are responsible for the ill-treatment of
these unfortunate men.

These three men appear to be now at Portland. I am
informed also that Thomas Tulley is at that place, and that
Michael Bryne and Edward Cassidy have been removed
from the scat of war. The seventh man, Thomas Burke,
is reported to have been killed in action while serving in
the 20th Regiment of Maine Volunteers. I beg you to be
so good as to communicate to [me any information respect-
ing his fate which the United States authorities may be
able to obtain.—l have, &c., (Signed) LYONS.

LORD LYONS TO CONSUL MURRAY.
Washington, July 7, 1864.
Sir,—l have received your despatches of the 6th, 23d,
and 30th ultimo and Ist instant relative to the case of Thos.
Talley and the six other Irish passengers by the Nova
Scotian who were enlisted at Portland.

I have addressed to the Secretary of State of the United
States a representation on the subject of the hardships and
indignities which three of these men are stated to have suf-
fered on their way from the army of the Potomac to Port-
land.—l have, &c,, (Signed) LYONS,

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Inclosure 8: -
LORD LYONS TO MR SEWARD.

Washington, June 10, 1864.
Sir,—ln a note which I had the honour to address to you
on the 27th of April last, I submitted to you a copy of a
despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Boston, reporting a
statement made by James Traynor, one of the Irishmen
brought over to Portland by the Nova Scotian, respecting
the circumstances under which he enlisted in the United
States military service. In a note dated the 30th of April
you were so good as to inform me that you had referred the
matter to the War Department.
I shall be much obliged if you will let me know whether
any progress has been made in the investigation of the case.
—I have, &c., (Signed) LYONS.
Inclosure 9.
MR SEWARD TO LORD LYONS.

Department of State, Washington, June 20, 1864.

My Lord,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your
note of the 10th instant, inquiring as to the progress of the
investigation in the case of James Traynor, one of the Irish
passengers of the steamer Nova Scotian, alleged to have
been improperly enlisted.

In reply I have the honour to inform your lordship that

I have called upon the Secretary of War for information,—
I have, Ecc., (Signed) WILLI ANL H. SLWARD.

The Great Polish Trial at Berlin,

The sittings of this important trial, which took
place on the 25th. and 26th July, were occupied by
some very sharp discuEsions on points of the highest
importance to the accused, and excited a good deal
of attention and comment among the general pub-
-Ic. The statement of the crown prosecutor that the
police are justified even in committing a forgery in
the exercise of their functions, was especially the
subject of general remark, and great fears are en-
tertained that scant justice will be dealt out to the
prisonEr3 by a Government which expresses such
sentiments through the mouth of one of its most
important legal functionaries. This incident, oc-
curring at a moment when the Prussian Government
openly disregards the wishes of the people, must
spread just alarm among the friends of liberty in
Prussia, who may now expect to see the slight rem-
nants of constitutionalism left unassailed by Herr
von Bismarck, trodden down by a police placed be-
yond the pale of the law. The following is an
abstract of the proceedings of the sittings in ques-
tion, commencing on the 25th July :
The crown prosecutor opened the proceedings by
handing to the court a list of documents relating to
the trial, which he submitted should now be read.

Herr Holthoff (for the defence) requested to be
furnished with a copy of the list, and submitted
that, before the documents were read, the counsel
for the defence should be heard as to the significance
of each document, as it was impossible for the de-
fence to decide after a single reading of the list
what documents it should protest against as inad-
missible.

Herr Mittelstadt (for the prosecution) explained
• hat the list was merely a summary of the evidence
that would be produced by the prosecution.
Herr Elven (tor the defence) had no objection to
the list, provided he were furnished with a copy of
►t, but strongly protested against the reading of all
the documents, which would occupy another month.
Not one of the accused had as yet been given an
opportunity of defending himself, not a single wit-
ness had been called, and he therefore thought that
the trial of the accused should now commence, and
each document be put in when the occasion arrived
for its relevancy to be decided on.
Herr Mittelstadt said that the documents must
be read as an appendix to the acte d'accusation,
which extended to a period of 18 months, and that
as much time would be occupied in reading them
singly as each case came on as if they were read all
together.
Herr Elven did not object to the time that would
be occupied in reading the documents, but to the
defence being compelled to listen to partisan litera-
ture and newspaper articles fabricated is Posen—
not in revolutionary committees, but in the offices
of the police authorities.
Herr Adelung (the crown prosecutor) considered it
of the highest importance, both to the prosecution
and the accused, that these documents should be
read, as they prove whether the undertaking was
directed against Prussia, and whether the accused
contemplated the reestablishment of the Poland of
11772.

After some diecussion, in which Messrs. Lewald
(for the defence), Adelung, and Brachvogel (for the
defence), took part, the President said that the
defence would be given a copy of the motion of the
crown prosecutor, upon which a decision would be
given to-morrow.

The court then rose.
July 26.—The President began by stating that
copies of the list of documents would be provided
for the use of the counsel for tho defence, but that
the court had not yet been able to decide on IL,
motion for reading the documents. He then ordered
the police officials of Posen to bo brought up for
examination respecting the discovery of papers at
Count Ozialynski'a.
The first witness was Police-commissary Crusius,
who spolco as follows :—My name is Chas.Ed ward,
aged 36. On the 28th April last I received instruc-
tions to search the house of Count Dziaiynski for
documents relating to the Polish insurrection
Polico-councillor Rose superinteuded the proceed-