The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-16 00:00:00

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.

-- --- The following letter WAS addressed by Major-General
Collin to the Directing Senate of Cracow, in reply to the
proposals which were made to him on the morning of the 3d
instant :

" PODGCMZE, MAucrt 3.--Whereas the rebels have eva-
cuated Cracow, and whereas the inhabitants of that town,
in which no Government is in actual operation at the present
moment, have claimed the protection of the three great
Powers, for the defence of their persons and property ; I
hereby declare that I consent to grant them such protection,
under the express stipulation that it shall only be provisional,
and that it shall continue only until such time as the
three great Powers have come to some definitive decision.
This protection shall be granted on the following con-
ditions ;
" Firstly. The town of Cracow shall deliver up to me all
the rebel ringleaders now within its walls, and shall point
out to me the places in which they are concealed.
" Secoadly. All the inhabitants to lay down their arms ;
and, by the sth of March, at twelve o'clock precisely, all the
arms in the town, of every description whatsoever, must
be given up and deposited within the castle, where a com-
mission appointed by me will receive them.
" Thirdly. Whosoever shall be found with arms in his pos-
session duruig the period of my rcmaining at Cracow, shall
be tried by a council of war within twenty-four hours. The
proprietor of any house in which arms may be found shall
undergo tb4 same trial.
" Fourthly. The present sendte of Cracow is appointed under
the presictence of Senator Kopf to carry on the internal
affairs of the town, and to superintend the territory of Cra-
cow, until the three high protecting Powers shall have come
to some dolnite decision." _ _

into the town, and hailed him with joyful acclamation:" The
Austrians found that the castle and the priheipal guard.
houses of the town were already occupied by a small detach,
the& of Russian troops.. The armed bands of the insurgents;
when they evacuated GraioW; before the Rtalian and Ans.
trian trobpe had marched into the town, took refuge in the
western territory of the republic. Being pursued by the
Austrian and Russian cavalry, they surrendered at discre-
tion, and 800 men gave themselves up to the Prussian com.
mandaut. The troops Were assembled together on the fron-
tiers of Prussian Silesia. The Prussian officer ordered the
insurgents at once to be disarmed, &tad they were forthwith
incarcerated in Prussian fortresses.

PRIASIAN SILESIA—PLESSE, MARCH 4.—On the 3d inst.
a number of Polish ecclesiastics, secular and regular, passed
through Bialu, under a military escort. They were taken
to Austrian Silesia. The Gallician families who had fled to
the frontier are returning to their homesteads. This morn-
ing ten pieces of artillery passed through Bialu, where a
large number of troops are at present concentrated.
I'RUSSIAN SILESIA.••••NICOLAI, MARCH s.—This morning,
at eight o'clock, six hundred and eighty insurgents arrived
here, escorted by a body of cavalry and infantry. When the
dragoons and hussars were about to attack them yesterday,
they laid down their arms. Amongst these insurgents are
to be found the flower of the Polish youth. I hear that they
all declare that they would far prefer to live under the
Prussian Government than submit to the Russian yoke. The
cavalry, artillery, and 10th regiment of infantry conkinued
their march towards Cracow, where they will arrive to-S
morrow or the day after. Some few of the prisoners appear
in good spirits, but the great majority of them are heart-
broken, and mourn over their country like a child who has
lost its parents. Whilst they were marching to Nicolai the
chief of the insurgents met his mother and sisters, who had
come forth to take a lingering look at him as he passed on to
his prison. Many an eye among the rude soldiery glistened
with those drops which sacred pity engenders, at witnessing
the heartfelt sorrow caused by this meeting. It is said that
there are three ecclesiastics amongst the prisoners. What
will be the fate of the Polish insurgents is not yet known ;
certain it is, however, that the submission was only accepted
on condition that the submission was to Prussia, Russia, and
Austria, collectivelv.—Cologne Gazette, March 12.
PRUSSIAN SILESIA—BRESLAU, MARCH 6.—One of the
divisions of the insurgents, when they evacuated Cracow,
proceeded towards Gallicia, and marched, it is said, to
Wiliezka. Perhaps they thought that they would be able
to hold out longer in that stronghold and hotbed of the Gal-
lician revolt. It was generally imagined that the whole body
of the insurgents, on leaving Cracow, would have fled to the
high mountains of Gallicia, where they would have been
joined by the Goral mountaineers, by whose assistance they
would have been able to carry on a guerilla warfare for a
long time. Had they taken this step, they could also have
opened a communication with Hungary. Another division
of the insurgents professed to surrender to the Prussians. It
is obvious that at Cracow public opinion is so strongly in
favour of the Prussian form of government, that a very
strong desire exists that Cracow should be incorporated with
Prussia. This circumstance may, perhaps, introduce some
complications into the forthcoming diplomatic negotiations.
—Cologne Gazette, March 12.
PILSCHEN, MARCH 3.—Some travellers inform us that
Russia is concentrating a large body of troops in several
places in Poland. At Vroklavek there are eight thousand
men, and the lines all along the Polish frontier are kept by
Cossacks and Gensdarmes. Precautionary measures are also
being taken in the interior of the country. It is said that
the Treasury was attacked at Mezi-Bronno, but that the
attack was unsuccessful.— Voss Gazette, March 9.

PRUSSIAN SILESIA—GLEWITZ, MARcii 7.—The Polish in-
surrection virtually terminated, when the remainder of the
insurgents, amounting to seven hundred men, placed them-
selves under the protection of Prussia, and laid down their
arms. The insurgents passed by here yesterday on their
way to Kosel, escorted by two companies of the 25th regi-
ment. The nobility and gentry among the insurgents
seemed to bear their misfortunes with equanimity, but the
lower orders appeared as if overwhelmed with sorrow. The
insurgents are now dispersed, and the territory of Cracow is
occupied by the Prussian, Russian, and Austrian troops.—
Berlin Universal Gazette, March 11.

The Post "inapt Gazette, of Frankfort, has the following
from Coblentz, dated the 10th :—" The reserve of the army
and the landwher of the Rhenish provinces, have been called
out, in consequence of the events in Poland. On Sunday
the commandant formally announced this on parade, and a
superior officer stated that the third corps of the regular
troops would be put on the war establishment, and called
into active service. It was reported yesterday that M. de
Thiel and General de Canitz had been called to Berlin by
telegraph." The same journal states that on the 3d, 2,500
insurgents, who occupied Cracow, left the city in two divi-
sions, one of which moved towards Gallicia, and the other
into Russian Poland.

A Berlin letter of the Bth, in a Frankfort journal, states
that the three protecting Powers will keep up theiforce which
had been sent into the Polish provinces, until the revolt is
entirely put down. Prussia, Austria, and Russia will, it
adds, act with the greatest leniency towards the individuals
who have been led to take part in the movement, but will
adopt the severest measures against the leaders of the revolt.
The Universal German Gazette states that a noble lady,
who enjoyed the special favour of the Queen, had arrived
at Berlin on the 7th, at the head of a deputation of ladies of
the Grand Duchy of Posen, to implore the clemency of his
Majesty.

After hailing dispatched the above letter, General:Collin
ordered the bridge over the Vistula to be immediately recon-
structed. Whilst the bridge was being repaired, towards
four o'clock in the afternoon, several Russian staff officers,
accompaiet I by a corps of the Techerkeses, crime to the head-
quarters at rodgerze, and announced ti,at a considerable
Russian force was marching upon the torn.
On receiving this intelligence Ger
Aeral Collin immediately
marched into Cracow, followed by 'tour companies of infantry,
a division of light cavalry, and. the Cracow militia. " Large
ergs of the helpless flor;04 around hint as he marched

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEN ENG MARCH 16, 1846.

PRICE of POTATOES in IRELAND.
By order of the Honourable the House of Commons,
a return has been issued " of the highest price of pota-
tees in the various markets in Ireland, per bushel and
stone, in the week ending the 24th day of January, for
the last seven years (from 1840 to 1846 inclusively), as
well as they can be ascertained." From the printed
copy of this return we subjoin a few random gleanings,
which cannot but speak for the urgency of the position
of our fellow-countrymen. The following figures, in-
deed, are more eloquent than the most forcible rhetorical
flourishing could be :
Highest Price, per stone,
Week ending Jan. 24.
1840. 1846.
ANTRIM
d. d. .
Antrim ... ... 3 ... 5

Ballymoney... ... 2 ••• 5
Belfast ... ... 3 ... 6.
Cushendall ... . . 2 ... 4
Lisburn ... ... 24 ... 6
ARMAGH.
Crossmaglen ... 54
Keady ... ... 24 ... 6
Tanderagee ... 24 ' 5
CARLOW.
Tullow ... ... 2
CAVAN.
Bailieborough ... 24 ... 4
Ballybaise ... ... 24 ... 31
Cootehill ... ... 14 ... 44.
..
Stradone ... ... 14 ... 4
CLARE.
Ballyvaugban ... 2 3
Kilrush ... ... 2
Miltown Malboy ... 14 ... 3
Scariff ... ... 2t ... 3
Tulla • 2 . •• ••• .. 3
CORK.
Ballincolig ... ... 24 ... 54
Middleton ... ... 4 ... 6
Newmarket ••• 3 ••• 34
Rathcormac ... 2/ ... 4
DONEGAL,
Ardara ... ... 14 ... 3
Creeslagh ... ... 2 ••• 34
Dungloe ... ... 1 ••• 3
Glenties ... ... 1 ... 3
Movi,le ... ... 2 ... 4
Raphoe ... ... 2 ... 3
DOWN.
Banbridge ... ... 3 ... 5
I)onaghadee ••• 24 ... 4
Kircubbin ... ... 24 ... 4

Portaferry ... ... 3- ... 4
Saintfield ... ... 3 ... 5}
DUBLIN.
Balbriggan ... ... 4 ... 6
Ballylohill ... ... 5 ... 6i
Clontarf ... ... 4 6
Howth ... ... 31 ... 6i
Skerries ... ... 3 ... 6
Tallaght ... ... 4 ... 6
FERMANAGH.

Edenderry 2 ... 3
Kesh
Maguire's-bridge ... 2 ... 4
Newton-butler ... 2 ... 4
GALWAY.
Ahaserah ... 3 ... 4
Ballinasloe 3} ... 4f
Portumna ... 3 ... 4
Galway ... .. 3 ... 4f
Tuam 2 ... 4
Williamstown ... 2 .. 4f
KERRY.
Dingle ••• ••• 2 ... 4
Listowel ... 2 ... 4
Miltown 2 ... 3.
Tralee ••• ••• 3 ... 4
KILDARE.

Athy ... ... 3i ... 4
Kilcock ... ... 3 ... 4
Naas ... ... 3 ... 44
liobertstown ... 3f ... 4i
KILKENNY.

Callan ••• ••• 2-11 ... 3
Castlecomer ... li ... 4
Graigue ..• ••• 3 ... 3
Kilkenny ... ... 3i ... 4
KING'S.
Clara ••• ••• 2 ... 4
Edenderry ... ... 3 ... 4
Philipstown ... ... 3 ... 3
LEITRIM.
Ballinamore... ... 2i ... 3}

Garrigallen 2 ... 3
Mohill If ... 3i
LIMERICK.
Adare ••• ••• 3} ... 3
Castleconell . . 4 .. 4
Croom 31 ... 3
Limerick ... ... 4 ••• 4
Rathkeale 21 ... 3
LONDONDERRY.
Castledawson ... 2 ...
Kilrea 4
Magherafelt ...I ... 4
LONGFORD.

13 allym ah on ... 2 ... 4
Granard ... ... 2 ... 3
Longford ......31 ... 4
LOUTH.
Ardee
Dundalk ... ... 24 ... 5
Louth ... ... 2f ... 41
MAYO.
Ballinrobe ... ... 21 ... 3
Hollymount • • • 2 . • • 4
Shruel ... ... 3 ... 34
MEATH.
At hboy ... ... 21 ... 4
Kells ... ... 14 ... 41
Navan 3 • . • 6
Trim ... ... 3 ... 5
MONAGHAN.
Ballybay ... ... 3 ... 44
Clones ... ... 2f ... 4
Drum ••• ••• 24- ••• 4/
QUEEN'S.
Abbeyleix ... 11 ... 4
Mountrath ... 41
Stradbally ... 2 ... 34
ROSCOMMON.
Cas tlerea . . ... 2 ... I}
Ruskey ... ... 14 ... 31
SLIGO.
Ballaghy ... ... 2 . . 3
Coolany ... ... 2i ... 3
E ask ey ... ... lf ... 3
TIPPERARY.
Borrisokane ... 21 ... 3
Newport ... ... 3 ... 4
Roscrea ... ...
Thurlea ... ... 24 .. 21
TYRONE.
Caledon ... ... 2f .. 5
Clogher ... ... 3 .. 44
Fintona .. ... 3 .. 3f
WATERFORD.
Ardmore ... ... 2
Lismore .•• ... 2 .. 5
Waterford ... . . 34 .. 4
WESTMEATH.
Castlepollard ... 24 ... 4
Kilbeggan ... ... 3 ••• 4
Mullingar .. ... 3/ ... 44
WEXFORD.
Enniscorthy ••• 3 ... 5
New Ross ... ... 31 ..• 41
Wexford ... ... 3
••• 44
WICKLOW.

Blessinton ... ... 3 ... 4
Bray ... ••• 3f ... 5
Wicklow ... ... 3 ... 4
In a note appended to the official catalogue the In-
spector-General remarks—" It is represented, &c., that
the present low prices in some instances are attributable
to the anxiety of the farmers to dispose of their potatoes
before they become diseased ; others refer low prices to
disease already commenced." In either case the ulti-
mate as well as the present effect must be most injurious.
If immediate and active measures be not employed we
dread to reflect upon the futurity in store for Ireland.

APPALLING AFF/IR.—On Friday last, as Some per-
sons were engaged in clearing a barn near East Paul, in the parish of
Chivelstone, ithey found the body of a woman which bad been
shockingly mutilated by rats. The face and breast were disfigured
in a most shocking manner. It appears that the deceased person
was the granddaughter of one Philip Elliott, formerly of Chivelstone,
who died at Brixham some months ago. The poor creature was in
consequence deprived of her only earthly friend, and was returning
to her own place, when from fatigue she was anable to proceed
further than the barn, near which she was met by a person named
Crimp. The deceased was at the time carrying her shoes, being un-
able to walk with them any longer. A post morfem examination of
the body took place, when it was found that deceased died from ex-
haustion and inanition, there being nothing of aliment found in the
stomach. Report states that she had made application for relief to a
certain parish, but was refused. Inquiry will be made, and if this is
found to be the case, the parties shall not escape the punishment due
to their conduct Western Times.
SIR JOHN COPE'S FOX-HOUNDS.—A SERIES OF
" BLANKS."—The Marquis of Downshire, the Flarl of Rosslyn,
Major-General Wemyss, and a very numerous field (upwards of two
hundred) were at the meet on Saturday, which t, wk plea() at War-
field Park, the seat of Sir John Walsh, the Member for the county of
Radnor. The covers of Sir John were first drawn, lint, unfortunately
blank. Miss Ferand's covers at Ascot-place, Wi' aktleld, were next
drawn, with no better success. The pack wall then taken to the
the
eveorces autpaStwioinnloefy,hwishinchoywidereindgrhnawness allarcilliee blanYl
er
point, but the same result followed. The hound.; were then taken
across the Forest to Caesar's Camp, a distance of: four miles, drawing
all the covers in the line of route ; but nothing in the shape of a fox
was either seen or heard of. The pack was thee taken back to the
itt
wuPaiseYthe Park,
neat
kennel, and the field dispersed, after one of the) blankest days this
season ; indeed a worse could not have beer t under aay circum-

tea of spontaneous
takeno place in sconingseqtaunc ace of fibrous 'nate-
stances.
CAUTION AS TO POTATO STO SING.-Professor
storeariealyth 'potatoes. In one ease at labourer at Hitchin,
orillitinbeasisneitrslibvienwninghgtachuTntdg:othunmnee potatoes intended for seed w Pre sprouting, stored
two bushels in perfectly dry bean-dust, the re ft tse after thrashing
and removing the stalks ; but the moisture f re,m the potatoes so
saturated the bean-dust, that it heated and beerier e charred ; some of
the potatoes were half reasted, and had it remrdr ,ed unnoticed a few
days longer the cottage would probably have -be an burnt down. In
the other case, Mr. Joseph Rand, of Handleigla, :in October last, laid
up a quantity of potatoes in a small chamber of It is malt-house, care-
fully packed in layers with dry "malt dust," whi ch falls through the
kiln tiles. About. a fortnight ago the Excise offl,c era, in making their
inspection, lighted upon this heap, and happen] rag to stir it up. found
the interior in a state approaching to ignition. the potatoda par-
boiled, or half baked, and the malt-dust pate fatly charred. Imme-
diate steps were taken to remove the heap ; the t potatoes being chiefly
rotten, were thrown away, and the malt-dust was laid on another of
the same material, to be carried upon the lanet.; but in a short time
it heated again so powerfully, that no time was lost in removing it
from the premises, the walls and floor of `al tieh had been visibly
affected by the heat.
On Saturday morning Miss Tunsti dl, the vocalist,
formerly of Vauxhall-gardens, where she was 1 t great favourite for
many years, expired very suddenly at her reels fence in Wellington-
street, Newington-causeway.
FANCY FAIR IN THE THAMES TUNNEL —A fancy fair,
to celebrate the third anniversary of the opening ,of this undertaking,
is announced to be held in tue tunnel on the 211 d instant (Monday
next), and the three following days. Extensive preparations are
already being made to carry out the affair with s•reat splendour.
The general subscriptions in Paris in favour cf the
Poles amounted on Thursday to 25,060 f., and that at the Chamber or
Deputies to 5,000 f., making a total of about 33,0001:

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, 3LuecB 14.

STOCK Excluxns —Tile sales are—Cheshire and Birkenhead, 52
Eastern Counties, Perpetual (No. 2), 7—Ditto, York Extension,
12s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 6% p —Ditto, New, 5 p.
—Grand Junction, 214 ex new—Ditto, Eighths, 13% p.—Ditto, 401.
Shares (L. 31.), p.—London and Birmingham, Quarters, 25 p.—
Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (B), 81p.—Ditto (C), 7 p.—
Manchester and Bury, Extension, 2% p.—Sheffield and Manchester,
119—Ditto, Quarter Shares, (No. 2) 4 p.—Ditto, ditto (No. 3),
Scrip. 2 % —South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, % p.—Dublin and
Belfast Junction, 2% dis.—Great Grimsby Doak, ss. dis.—Great
Grimsby and Sheffied, Quarters, ss. p.—Ditto, Extension, par—
Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 4 p.—Hudclerstleid and Sheffield
Junction, 9 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, par —Liverpool and Bury, 14% p.
—Ditto, New Shares, 2% p.—Shrewsbury, Oswastry, and Cheshire,
par—Goole and Doncaster, p. —London and York, 1 p.—Sheffield
and Lincoln, 151. p.—Direct Northern, 7s. 6d. dis.—Glasgow and
Dumfries, 15s. dis.Liverpool,Ormskirk, and Preston, 538. 9d.
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 31( p.—Boston,
Newark, and Sheffield, 1% dis.—Derby and Crewe, 3% p. —East
Lincolnshire, 55. p.—Grand Union, 7s. 6d. dis.—Leicester and Bed-
ford, 7s. 6d. dis.—Liverpool and Leeds Direct, % dis.—Matlock and
Midland Junction, 1% p. —Mold Junction, 1% dis.—Newry and War-
renpoint, p.—Northumberland. and; Lancaster, 1% dis.—North
Staffordshire, p.—North Western 15s. p.— Oxford and Birming-
ham Junction, 12s.:6d.—Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 5 dis. —West
Riding Union, 2% p.—Dutch Rhenish, 1% p. —Paris and Lyons, Con-
stituted p.

MANCHESTER, Dimwit 14.
STOCK Excnateoz.—The sales are —Blackburn, Darwen, and 801.,0n,
.,on, par— Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 24f P.—
Chester and Manchester. Direct, 275. dis. —East Lancashire, No. 2,
33 p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, Quarters, IA dis.—
Hudderstield and Sheffield Junction, p..—Leeds an I Thirsk, par
—Le'cester and Birmingham, % dis.—Hudderstleld and Manches-
ter Railway and Canal, 4 p.—Liverpool and Leeds Direct, dis.—
Li verpool and Bury, 12— Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C),
p.—Ditto, Quarters (A), 7;zi p.—East Lancashire, No. 1,3% p.
—Manchester, Midland, and Grimsby, 14 dis.—North Staffordshire,
9-16 p. c.—North Western, 11-16 p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves
(B), 20s. p.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire,l% p.—Sheffield, Leek, and
Crewe, dis.--Manchester and Birmingham, 7714 West Riding
Union, 2% p.—South Eastern and Dover, Half Shares, % p.—Man-
chester and Southampton, par—Lancaster and Preston, 9 p.—Shrop-
shire Union, % die.—South Midland, 1% p.

LEEDS, MARCH 14.
STOCK ExcasNex.--The sales are—Manchester and Leeds, Ex..
tensions, 3% p. —Hudderefhld and Sheffield, 7% p.—Leeds and Dews-
bury, 6% p. cash—Ditto, New Branches, 2% p.—Newcastle and
Berwick, 1914—North British, Half Shares, 21i p.—London and
York, 31. U.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 11. 18s.—West Riding Union,
41. 19s.—Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, &c., 275. 6d. dis.—Bradford,
Wakefield, and Midland, 15s.—Leeds, York, and Midland, 21s. dis.
—Leicester and Bedford,:7a. 6d. dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,
and Midland, 345. p.—North Western, Its. 6d. p.
SHEFFIELD, Melton 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—London and York, 31i—
Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 11. 9s. 6d.—Manchester and Lincoln
Union and Canal, 11. 18s.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 21. Ile. 6d.
—Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, %j-West Riding
Union, 4%. _ .