The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-04 00:00:00

GERMANY.

During the past week several fatal cases of un
dolibted Asiatic cholera are reported as having oc
mrred at Breslau.

The German journals contain occasionally some
accounts of the proceedings of the German Democratic
Committees in London, which are not likely to be
published anywhere else. The correspondents are
alone responsible for the truth of their descriptions of
the conduct of their countrymen, of which the fol-
lowing is given in the Hanoverian Zeitung as a
specimen. The writer says—

In one of the aide streets leading out of Regent-
, ':reet, we entered the house of a fugitive from Baden,
ho has established himself in London. We went up
one pair of stairs, guided by a 'row' above, and entered
a room, in which from 50 to 60 Germans were quar-
relling violently about the,Fatherland. Suddenly one
the company jumped upon a table and demanded to
o heard. The permission was accorded him. The
d— south Germans,' he said, are again those who
,tand in the way of our efforts. These Austrians,
these scoundrels ! Because we would recognise
theta as our masters, they will not join with us in
the great work.' Now arose a complete tumult. A
young man, apparently an artist, got upon another table,
and.' demanded the word.' The first orator would not
give way, and made a spring at the second; a general
fight ensued, and they knocked each other about amid
curses and abuse. We had taken refuge in an adjoining
room, from whence we had the pleasure of seeing our
future benefactors in all their glory. In the midst of the
confusion a little undersized man climbed on to the table
and shrieked oat that they ought not to quarrel about
trifles; that the resolution should be keot, and that the
insurrection should commence in eight days. A thunder-
ing Bravo' greeted him. The under-sized man thereon
read a letter from Kinkel. General attention and bitter
disappointment; Kinkel in a very few words informed the
Assembly that he separated himself from them for ever;
from such men no salvation for the future was to be ex-
pected. Shame,' resounded on all sides after the read-
ing of the letter; Traitor! Aristocrat!' The popular
benefactors must have wondered at the altered language
of him who once chose as his motto the words—' We will
lead into the conflict the passions, the hatred, and the
hunger of the people.' Confusion again arose, during
which the question was asked, how the honour of the
Assembly was to be saved? I will tell you,' shouted
the undersized, as soon as the hour strikes. This
aristocratic Englishman, this Kinkel, must be hanged!
We must leave this country ! There is no field for us
here any longer.' Chen followed some vulgar ribaldry
against the Queen and Prince Albert, which was re-
ceived with boisterous laughter. Now began a truly
diabolical scene:—' I swear,' cried the undersized man,
that when the hour comes, no food shall pass my lips
till I have strangled 40 of these aristocrats with my own
hands. The child in the cradle ought not to be spired
if it is the child of an aristocrat. The mothers of
aristocrats shall be pursued to martyrdom and death I'
This cannibal fury, which I have reproduced in the
mildest expressions, seemed to shock the majority of the
aesembly itself, and we quitted the place and these out-
casts of humanity in disgust. * • * Your readers
will receive the above sketch with incredulity; I cannot
blame them. Any one would think it impossible; and
I, had I not been ear and eye-witness of the scene, should
have held it, for the honour of humanity and of my na-
tive land, for thoughtless exaggeration. The democrats
will affect disbelief; nevertheless the above description
contains the strictest truth."
The Duke of Anhalt has refused to carry out the
extreme measures recommended by the clergy for en-
forcing a strict obeservance of the Sabbath.

EXECUTION OF A MISSIONARY.
A letter from Hong. Kong, addressed to the Uni-
vers, gives the following details of the execution of a
M. Scbceffler, a missionary priest On the Ist
May, about noon, by order of the Grand Mandarin,
elephants and horses were prepared, and two regiments
of satellites were under arms. The muskets were
!oaded, and every one expected that it was an
expedition against the rebels which was being fitted
out, or that an attack was to be made on the haunt
of some brigands. It was soon, however, under-
stood that all these preparations had been ordered
for the execution of M. Scheeffler. The Mandarin,
fearing that the Christians would endeavour to rescue
their missionary by force, wished to Intimidate them
by this display of troops. When his intentions were
known, all the town showed the greatest affliction.
The gaolers, the prisoners, and all those who had any
connexion with the missionary, expressed their sor-
row and regret. M. Schceffier, on the contrary,
was smiling with delight, and he prepared to
walk to the place of execution with greater
ease by dressing himself as lightly as pos-
sible. The Mandarin was apprehensive of a riot, and
he took up his position on the ramparts, surrounded
by his troops, all ready for action. The execution took
place outside the town. The cortige of the martyr was
arranged in the following manner :—Before him
marched a soldier, carrying a board affixed to a pole, on
which was written, 'Notwithstanding the severe prohi-
bition against the religion of Jesus, a European priest
named Augustin has dared to come here clandestinely to
preach and seduce the people. When arrested, he con-
fessed everything—his crime is evident. Let Augustin
have his head cut off, and thrown into the river. Fourth
year of Tu Du ; First of the Third Moon.' Eight
soldier; with drawn sabres, marched by the side of
M. Schceffler ; one hundred men, armed with
muskets or lances, formed the head of the proces-
sion ; two elephants formed the rear-guard. The
martyr held up his chains when walking; he walked
quickly, as if hastening towards his triumph, and
continually offered up thanksgivings. He was sur •
rounded by an immense crowd; the greater num-
ber of these Pagans were struck with religious ad-
miration; there were some, however, who railed and
blasphemed. On arriving at the place of execution,,
the martyr fell Lon his knees, kissed the crucifix,
three times, and, at the request of the executioner,
he took off his coat, and turned down the collar of
his shirt. The executioner having afterwards tied
his hands behind his back, the martyr said to
him, Do your business as quickly as possible.'
No, no,' replied the Mandarin, who was in-
formed of what M. Schcefiler had said, follow the
signal of the cymbal, and only strike at the third
sound; The signal was given. The hand of
the executioner trembled. He struck three blows:of
his sabre on the neck of his victim, and was at
length obliged to cut the flesh with a knife, in order
to detach the head from the body. In Cochin China
those who are present at executions are accustomed
to disperse immediately it is over, but on this occa-
sion, although the greater number present were
Rig-AM, for there are very few Christians at Son Tay,
they rushed forward to collect some drops of the
blood, and to get some portion of the garments of
the martyr. It was remarked that an inferior Man-
darin, a Pagan, before the execution, threw a coat
of white silk, and a piece of white linen, at the feet of
the martyr, in the hope that it would be stained with
is blood. M. Schceffler thinking, doubtless, that
they belonged to some Christian, took them up, and
placed them inside his shirt next his heart. When
the Chief Mandarin was informed of what his subor-
dinate had done, he ordered him to receive several
blows with a stick ; be, however, went off very
3elighted with the possession of his precious relics.
rho, Christians obtained the body of M. S ^hoeifi r,
)ut the head was thrown into the river, and hadnot been found when the above letter was written.'

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE
THE PRESENT POSITION OF OUR RAILWAYS.—There
are, now 6,464 miles
of En at a cost of 205,160,000 c the number of engines
working on them is 2,426 glish railway constructed,
per day being 110,333 mil
"e 8 ; averaging for the year
; the average distance run
40,161,850 miles ; the profits on the traffic paying
from 11,000,0001. to
shareholders. 11,500,00 p/. into the hands of the
SOUTH STAPEORDSIIIREThe Tipetooti,l branch be.
longing to this company, and which
tile Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and 'teocts itwith
which event will utall:.. Valley,pla
is now ready for opening,
simultaneous with the opening of Stour Valley- lineee
in the course of the present month.
Sou Tn. EASTERN.--The contractors have promised
the directors of this company that the
remaining
portions of the Hastings line shall be
to completed, 80
month, as to enable the company open them some time next
month,
tio
'lsm KILLARNEY JUNCTION.—The Cork Constitu-
have been :—" It is understood that the preliminaries
arranged for entering into contracts for the
Inn.Vinr" of this lino, which is to be open for traffic
in. the summer of
1853. The portion of the line
'which was in course
v.vards, of construction by Mr. Ed-
Is to extending for ten miles out of Killarney,
Miles e
etween that completed b y that contractor, and the thirty
b and the Mallow station on the
Great
Dar Southern and Western line will be contracted for
eatyr gan. The original Act granted to this com-
pany empowered them to raise a capital of 375,0001., in