The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-08 00:00:00

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OUTRAGES OF THE PRUSSIAN
SOLDIERY IN THE GRAND DUCHY OF
POSEN.
KwILEz, MAY 20. The Rev. Zsjencki, P.P.,
went this day, at eleven o'clock, to the mayor, in
order to consult with him about the manner of
billeting the troops. On entering his house some
soldiersfof the Bth regiment of infantry knocked him
down the steps, kicked him, tore his coat, and beat
him unmercifully with their fists and the butt-ends
of their muskets; one of them fired his musket at
him, and no doubt he would have been killed, had
not two officers hastened to his assistance and led
him, streaming with blood from several wounds in
the head to his house.
POSEN, MAY 23.—This day a batch of Polish pri-
soners, liberated from the fortress and provided with
passports, were let out by the 'Warsaw-gate. Not-
withstanding that a sergeant from the 7th company
and 18th regiment, vb ith a private called
Lose, being there on guard, shut the outer and
inner palisaded gates, and began to cut away
at random at the unarmed prisoners. Not satisfied
with beating them with the flat of their swords, Lose
hacked these unarmed men with the back of his
blade, whilst the sergeant knocked them with the
handle of his sword in the face and on the head.
This fact can be attested by the whole detachmen t
on guard during the night of the 22d and 23d of
May, and the woman Milewska living No. 104,
Zawady.
POSSN, MAY 24.—The land-steward at Drzonek,
in the district of Obornik, having concealed himself
in order to evade the cruelty of an approaching de-
tachment of troops, the latter, suspecting him to be
concealed in a barn, set fire to it. The poor man,
feeling his clothes nearly burning, rushed out and
was seized. The barn was burned to the ground.
The troops reported that it had taken fire from a
musket going off by chance during the search,
although they were seen purposely firing repeated
shots into the thatch.
The district commissary, the proprietor of the
village, and the inhabitants of it, can swear to the
correctness of the above statement.
The innkeeper at Miloslawice, in the district of
Wongrowiec, is at the same time forest-guard. When
the troops entered Miloslawice, the blacksmith of the
village, a German, denounced the innkeeper as havi▪
ng
treated with whisky the scythemen when they were
leaving for the camp. The soldiers went to the inn,
and heard, on inquiry, from his unsuspecting wife,
that he had gone to the wood. They followed, and
beat him to such a degree that he is now in a hope-
less state. They hanged him upon a rope made of
birch twigs, and when nearly choked they cut hi▪ m
down. Some labourers who witnessed his tortures
approached the spot as soon as the soldiers were gone,
and carried the unfortunate victim of military bar-
barity to his house. Madame Brodnicka, the pro-
prietress of the village, procured immediate surgical
assistance, but spite of all efforts there is no hope of
his recovery.
The whole community can confirm the above on
oath.—Gazette Polska, May 27.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. The Firebrand steam
frigate, Captain Hope, came into harbour to coal this
morning, and re-anchored at Spithead at a:little after 12.
The Seaflower cutter sailed last night for Jersey.
The Howe, 120, Captain Sir James Stirling, will not
sail to-morrow as anticipated.
Wind, S.W. by S., fresh breezes, and cloudy weather.

ROYAL MARINES.
The inspection of this division commenced yesterday,
In consequence of the indisposition of Lord Fitaclarenee,
Colonel Owen, the Deputy-Adjutant-General, is the in-
specting officer; he yesterday visited the new barracks
at Forton, and saw the recruits under arms, examined
the company's pay-books and accounts, and minutely
inspected every part of the quarters; this morning he
saw the artillery companies under arms in the Victual-
ling Store barracks, visited the barrack-rooms at the
men's dinner hour, and inspected the books, &c., in the
orderly-room. At 3 P.M. the field batteries were re-
viewed on Southsea- common. In the evening Colonel-
Commandant Gibson entertained the Deputy-Adjutant-
General and a brilliant staff of officers at a sumptuous
and hospitable dinner, to which also the elite of the gar-
rison were invited.
Tho Artillery company stationed at Woolwich, under
the command of Captain Pack', is to be relieved imme-
diately by another from head-quarters; and that sta-
tioned at Pembroke, under Captain Dwyer, will be re-
lieved immediately after the inspection of that detach-
ment has taken place.
The Sandford hired troop-ship, arrived off Deal, 52
days out, left the Cape of Good Hope on the 14th of
April, at a quarter• past eight o'clock, and St. Helena
on the 25th, with the head-quarters of the 7th Dragoon
Guards on board , also a few invalids from the Rifles,
411. Darnelsth,tind ; also .Lieutenant
the Sappers, underC. eodrng
commanid(tiofn Malor Sir
Forsyth,
R.N., late of her Majesty 'a ship President, who had
been lent for service on shore with the army dur-
ing the late war in Kaffirland. At the time of
the Sandford's leaving, the undermentioned ships-
of-war were at Simon's Bay ;—The President, flag ;
the Nimrod; the Geyser and Rosamond, steam-sloops.
It was reported the President and the two steam sloops
would leave on the 17th for Madagascar, leaving the
Nimrod, Commander Belgrave, as senior officer. The
Kafirs were very peaceably inclined. The Chief Kroh
had lately sent in, and offered to make restitution to the
missionaries of Butterworth for the losses they had sus-
tained during the war, amounting to some 7001. or 8001.
A slight commotion has taken place amongst the Boers
near the Orange River, but a proclamation from the Go-
vernor had put everything to rights. The Governor, Sir
H. Smith, was extremely popular with all parties; a sub-
scription was being entered into all over the colony to
erect a statue to his honour. Her Majesty's brig
budda, from Bombay, sailed from St. Helena the Nr ‘-s -
same
day as the Sandford, for Ascension and England; alsoe
the Queen, with troops on board, from India.

APPOINTMENTS.
ADMIRALTY, JUNE 7.—James H. Walker, carpenter
(confirmed), to the Constance.
Mr. F. Mousley, clerk's assistant, to the San Josef.
U. H. Gaim, clerk, to the Howe.
George Roberts, 3d class assistant-engineer, to the
Medusa.

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