The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-16 00:00:00

lISSIA.N PREPARATIONS 111 POLAND.

The Independance Beige publishes he following
Letter, dated Hamburg, 12th inst.
"The military measures adopted of late by the Rus-
sian Government in Poland evidently prove that it wishes
to be prepared, should political complications render that
country the theatre of war. All the fortresses have
been placed in a formidable state of defence, and
supplied with provisions for 18 months, and three
divisions of the army are now installed in the three
camps the military engineers have been engaged in
constructing since the first fortnight of September. I
am moreover informed that within a few days the
engineering department, with a view to complete
the measures of defence at Warsaw, and con-
nect the different military points, has ordered the
demolition of the great bridge of boats over the
Vistula, by which the populous suburb of Praga com-
municates with Warsaw. Being desirous, however, to
keep up the communication of that city with the right
bank, from whence it derives its principal supplies, the
Government has ordered the construction of a tempo-
rely bridge over the Vistula, under the protection of the
guns of the citadel of Alexander. This bridge, thus nom-
-mended by four formidable batteries, may, in case the
events of the war require it, be removed in a few in-
stants. Down to the 9th no other regiments of the Rus-
sian Guards had entered Warsaw, a fact confirming the
announcement that, by the order of the Emperor, that
numerous corps, composed of his best troops, have
halted on the way, to await the ulterior development of
events. The Hereditary Grand Duke had not either
arrived in the Polish capital, having remained with the
Guards which are under his command, and the buildings
prepared for the establishment of his head-quarters have
remained at the disposal of the general staff. The
dearth of all sorts of provisions is at present cruelly felt
at Warsaw.

MURDER AT WOLVBEHLIIPTON.—A. boatman named
Leverett, accompanied by two other boatmen and his
wife, were walking up Canal-street shortly before 11 on
Saturday night last, with the intention of purchasing some
articles of food in the town. Opposite the door of the
Admiral Vernon public-house, a number of blackguard
Irishmen were collected, who hailed the passing
Englishmen with epithets of a most disgusting character,
and insulted Leverett's wife in revolting terms. The
woman asked her husband to turn back, as she was
afraid of these scoundrels, to which the poor fellow re-
plied, " It's as bad to eo backwards as forwards, as there
are lots of Irish behind." Immediately after this observa-
tion his wife was knocked down, her head striking forci-
bly against a pump which is erected at the spot. Leverett
was also felled to the ground. Leverett's two " but-
ties," for such his companions were, managed to escape,
and communicated to a couple of policemen in Staf-
ford-street, the particulars of the savage and unpro-
voked assault that had just occurred. What followed
is not so clear as could be wished ; but we give the
version related by Leverett's wife. She says that she
was assisted from the ground by a woman, and that,
accompanied by her husband, she ran towards the
Black Horse public-house, where they met two policemen,
who inquired if they were the parties who had been ill-
used by the Irish. They replied in the affirmative, and
the officers requested them to walk down Canal-street,
promising to be on the watch if any one dared to interfere
with them. Unfortunately they complied with this desire,
and on approaching the spot where they had before been
assaulted, saw the same four Irishmen again collecedp
one of whom exclaimed, "Here The -- conewaar
first
and directly ran towards them.thather
pro-
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I QTy AT ROCHDALE.—On Tues.
fellows around him. The deceaseda man is a native of
TEE COLLIERY ACCID::
inquest on the bodies of the
jury
day Mr. Dearden held
near Rochdale. After a very
prweesrseionkilledon Saturday last at the
the particulars of the case, which
atient inquiry into.
P of Tuesday,the •
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returned
appeared in our
verdict :—" Accidental death, with a re-
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shouldst I b eax
should go
person
down at once." The inquiry lasted six hours.
SHOCIIIM Can OF MANSLAITGHTRL—A. young MD;
named John Clegg, alias Shorrock, is in custody at Dar-
win, near Bolton, Lancashire, on a charge of causing the
death of his sister by the most brutal violence. On Mon-
day evening he went home in a state of intoxication with.
several companions. He ordered his wife to prepare some
food, but she remonstrated with him, and told him there
was not enough in the house for his children. This only
raised his anger, on which his wife left the house and
went to her mother's Her husband followed her and.
began to beat her ; to prevent which, her mother and
the prisoner's married sister, who was enceinte, inter-
fered. Clegg then struck the mother in the mouth with
his clenched fist, knocking several teeth out, and kicked
his sister in a most savage manner, from the effects of
which she died on the following morning, after giving
birth to a dead child, which, shocking to relate, was
fearfully bruised.
DINNER TO HIS GRACE THE Duna OF RICHMOND.—
Our readers will recollect the zealous and successful
efforts of his Grace the Duke of Richmond to procure
the issue of the war medals to the officers of the last war.
The decorated veterans are about to show grati-
tudeth.seirxt
by giving a dinner to his Grace, which is
on
take place in the Hopetoun. Rooms, Edinburgh,
evening the ')9th inst. As the
United Ser-
vice Wednesday evening s
to the war officers
Gazette observes, it is honourablefacto
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that they do not forget their
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