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POLISH ItEFUG
The following is a copy of the letter 4tildressed by Lieu-
tenant Charles Szulczewski, secretary to the Literary Asso-
ciation of the Friends of Poland, to Mr. Hardwick, the Ma-
gistrate of the Police-court, Marlborough-street, and of
which a substance has appeared in several of our contem-
poraries:
"Literary Association of the Friends ofPoland, Sussex-
clambers, Duke-street, St. James's, May 5.
"Sir,—ln the ;sues and several other journals of the Ist
i'
der the head of the Police-court,
instant there appeared .10
Marlborough-street, a statera,ne t purporting to be a report of
a conversation which took
place between yourself and me
respecting a Polish refugee
pao teph Mierzejewski, who
had applied to you for assistance-tin he ground of his having
been, according to his own statement, expelled from France
without any reason by order of the authorities of that country.
"One part of this statement rusts slit :
Mr. Szulczewski, the secretary, made his appearance,
and having been informed of the treatment the applicant had
sustained at the hands of the French authorities, said this was
en exceedingly common case. For some time past it had
been the open practice of the Freuch. authorities to clear
their country of idle, profligate, or criminal foreigners, by
sending them to England. He believed Qat not fewer than 800
doubtful characters had been 'within p limited period sent to
this country. This practice would account for the appear-
ance of the applicant here, wko, thirugh with a passport to
Lyons, was compelled when he got to that city to leave it,
and to embark at Boulogne for England. The French Go-
vernment had, doubtless, found out that the applicant was
without visible means of subsistence, and had in the cus-
tomary way provided means for getting him out of France
into Eel; and.'
" What I said was this: that. the individual then before
you was not the only instance of the severity with which
the French authorities act towards the Po,es— that numbers
of them have within the last two years been sent over here,
and
that the French Government is not very scrupulous in.
that respect. That, independently of the refugees whose
political conduct renders them obnoxious in the ryes of the
French Government, it sometimes expels persons who, having
offended against the laws of ..France 'might, in virtue of
these very laws, be pirnished there, rather than be made a
present of to England. That, as regards the refugee is
question, who arrived here without a passport or any papers,
1 did not suppose that he could leave ,been removed from,
Francs merely from
,rno tivs. •
"I added, that the influx of the, Polish refugees in
England during the past year was greater than at any
other period, the number at present in England being
about 800, and that at one time there were nearly 1,000,
many of whom arrived here • freer Switzerland with re-
gular pasiports,visaKi in France, haiing been compelled to
quit Switzerland, at the instigation of the Continental
Powers, and that several also came here from Ilambarzh.
" It was far from me 10 think,' ;much less to say,
that
only idle, profligate, or crimminal foreigners' are expelled
from Prance to England. Such a otatemont tends to create
a very strong prejudice in the public mind againist the
Polish refugees, and as an, pct of justice towards their, ~,
' morel thavacter, by which as, alk6dY stha3S are distinguished.
and with the view to remove so erroneous an impression,
I .have felt it my duty to trouble you with this commtuaica.
tion. " I am, Sir, your obedient -servant,
" C. SZULCZIEWSKI, Secretary.
" J. Hardwick, Esq., Sitting Magistrate,
"Police-court, Marlborough-street."

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
The School for Scandal was given last night, with air.
Ranger as Sir Peter Teazle. This gentleman appeared, if
we mistake not, some seasons ago at the Haymarket, princi-
pally in French character parts, and his provincial reputation
is extensive and extending. Upon the whole, the represen-
tation of Sir Peter last night was successful. Mr. Ranger
plays with great care, neatness, and considerable flexibility
of power. The picture, however, was a miniature one,
showing mechanical finish and neatness of manipulation, but
destitute of bold free touches and bright and vivid colouring.
There was a hardness and a scratchiness about the delinea-
tion which was unsatisfactory. It wanted strong features,
and breadth, substance, and unction; while occasionally
there appeared a strong relish of provincialism in the awk-
ward movements of Sir Peter, particularly in his animated
scenes, and in the want of artistic pose in the more level por-
tions of the play. Still, however, the performance was de-
cidedly clever and individualised, and Mr. Ranger will be an
accession to the Drury-lane company. Mr. Anderson played
Charles Surface with vigour, and more refinement and polish
than we had expected. It was a dashing and artistic per-
formance. Mrs. Nisbett was the Lady Teazle, and Mr. John
Cooper the Joseph. We observe that Miss Horton, who has
seceded from the Haymarket, replaces Mr. Anderson this
evening in Azael. The experiment is bold, and may not be
an unsuccessful one.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL
GARDENS.

The summer season at this popular place of amusement
commenced on Monday last, ane we can but congratulate
the proprietor on the success of all his arrangements. The
zoological collection is excellent, the giraffes are the finest
we have seen, and the elephants, with their triumphal, car
and decorated houdah, were quite an attraction. But
the grand feature was another of those annual modelled
pictures, which can only be seen at
is this establish-
ment. The subject of the present one the Temple of
Janus in the Eternal City. Most of our readers are aware
that, during the sway of the Roman Emperors, the Temple
of Janus, which was open during the time of war, was
closed in peace ; the idea was a happy one, when peace is
in the land and all the world at our gates, to illustrate the
time, as emblematic of the grand re-union of 1851 We es-
teem this the happiest of Mr. Danson's efforts, for composi-
tion, for detail, and colouring; and when the enormous ex-
tent (upwards of 300,000 square feet) is considered, it cer-
tainly reflects the highest credit on the artist. The band
was, as usual, in great force, and executed a variety of
popular pieces with precision and effect. Mr. Godfrey con-
ducted, with firmness and judgment; and, in a short time,
Mons. Jullien will weild the baton. There is another por-
tion of the amusements we find some difficulty
in describing. It is called in the bills " Diaphonic Panop-
ticon." We thought the mania for panoramas had left
nothing new in that department, but there is no limit to the
invention of genius. It is described as 200 feet long, with
figures 15 feet in height, and we have no reason to doubt
the truth. It represents the horrors of war, and leads on to
the exhibition of one of the most superb transparencies we
ever beheld, representing the Queen on her throne, with his
Royal Highness Prince Albert on her left, with Britannia and
Peace introducing the arts and sciences of the world. We
have hitherto only known transparencies as the daubs which
we witness on illumination nights, but this is the production
of an artist, and we much mistake if it opens not a new era
in transparencies. We have faintly described it, but we
advise a visit to do it justice. Southby followed with a
display of fireworks, which he alone can produce. As we
said at the commencement, we congratulate the proprietor
onthe success of his efforts, and wish him a prosperous
season.

HER MAJzaTT's Tus.s.Tax.—Her Royal Highness
her Royal Highness
the
D ee
Princess
of
as
maKryeneft, Camhridgaccompaniede,honboyured the performances
at her Majesty's Theatre yesterday evening with her pre-
sence. In attendance upon her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent and her Royal Highness the Princess Mary were—
Lady Georgina Bathurst, Lord James Murray, and Colonel
Little. The Queen's box was occupied by the Marchioness of
Waterford, Viscount and Viscountess Canning, Lady Stuart
de Rothesay, and party. Amongst the noble and, dis-
tinguished individuals also honouring the theatre with their
presence on this occasion, were the Duke of Wellington,.tht
Duke of Cleveland, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Marquis of
Huntly, Marquis of Abercorn, Marquis of Worcester, the
Russian Minister, the Swedish Minister, the Earl of Ledale, M. de Berg, the Earl of Cardigan, arl Gifford,
Coun-
tess of Harewood, Earl Mountcharles, Earl of Falmouth,.
Earl Granville, Count de Berke, irisount Duppline,e,Vis_c.oun;
Clifden, Lord Gardner, Lord Adolphus F
the Queen
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty
honoured the per-
and. his Royal Highness Prince Alber_t__
th..r
ei presence last
formances at the Royal Italian Opera Wlly6ture
accompanied by
evening. The Queen and the Prince itzclaren cec
d Princess of Prussia,
their Royal Highnesses the Prince_
__:ck William of Prussia.
and his Royal Highness Prince Frenar.
0 n. Charles Grey,
Llne
rd
lva te attendancerpa uponrk,and the Prince Consort were
° Hen. Eleanor Stanley, and
Lieutenant-
Colonel Francis a Seymour, the
suite of the Prince and
B „g. The
the Hon. Beatrice Y
inchfied - the Countess fluke, the
Cohloenrektl tahjeestY
Princess of Prussia__
tTuckler, Major Bayen, Count Von
Countess-Oriolla,
William. Among the fashionable
Prince Frederick
Gelta, and Lieutenant Heintz, in attendance upon his Royal
Highness
hoattended the theatre we remarked the Mar-
chioness of Aylesury,
company w- Aylesbury. the Sardinian Minister, the Earl of
Liverpool and party, Earl Cawdor, the Countess of Malmes-
bury, the Countess of Glengall and Lady Margaret Butler,
the
Earl and Countess Beauchamp, the Earl of Malmesbury,
the Earl of Besborough, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Gran-
bourne, the Earl Bruce, Lord and Lady Carington and the
Hon. Miss Carington, Lord Broughton and the Hon. Misses
Hobhouse, Lord Adolphus Vane, Viscount Anson, M.P..
Lady Adelaide Paget and Lady Alfred Paget, Lord George
Paget, M.P., Viscountess Villiers and party, Lady Caroline
Manse and Miss Masse, Lady Suffield, Lord Arthur Hay.
Baron de Steinberg, Dowager Lady Wharncliffe and party.
Viscountess Melgund, Lady Charlotte Elliot, Lady Heslop.
and Miss Elliot, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Scc.• he- ...,
INQUEST ON THE BODY OF THE 'MURDERED r 0"
Licasian.—Last evening, at six o'clock, a jury Was City
eln-
panelled at Guy's Hospital, before Mr. W. Payne, the the
coroner, to inquire into the circumstances attendant, °°77 L,
death of Henry James Chaplin, the police-constablnsive
who died at that institution, from the effeetsatlfoefec-mding
injuries inflicted on him on the morning of
~‘it"%a police-
day, in Vauxhall-walk. The first witness caal'aiony waa a
constable Edward Newton, 219 L, and his ~„ 'ou the day
Mr. Elliott, at
mere repetition of the evidence given by hfig-in also exa-
before. The next witness, Thomas Streams' -0 a great mea-
mined at some length, and" his evidencebievroasre'
sure a repetition of what -he bad stated coronets adjourned
5-Yesterday the
Lambeth Police-court. Ultimatelyetttv, 0 ,
the further investigation until Mond
pa.eoloo.-- .
HARWICH ELECTION ..-,--en ~clook until. four in the
Committee were occupied 11'0E1, t. &posed of at its rising,
scrutiny of votes, only two Lti,s'''be valid votes. They were
the Committee declaring theM "-
a-residence, the first ease being
in both instances cases ef ll° Gies in the office ,of Messrs.
d the second that of Mr. Tyrell, of
that of Mr. Anthony Kan" '
Rickards and Walker, an,
ex Whose son-in-law, Major Bownese,
Boulsted Hall, Es: eja question was occasionally resorted
proved that th?.beassa marine residence at Harwich. In-
to by Mr. Tyrell as of yesterday and the day before, one
Is f the four as yet taken has been declared void.
evleutdei
d'eurned to eleven o'clock •
The Committee a .1
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR THE Hong]: 'OF COR..
CrEußENWELL.—Yeaterday afternoon, about half-
onnglythoeit t o
RECTION, ,
Pastoclo, another destructive fire third
ccurred within
the a few kovurs in the metropolis,
broke out in manufacturing premises belonging to Mr.
W. Ashfield, a builder and carpenter, carrying on a large bu-
sinessl,
-
siness in Red Lion-yard, Great Warner-street, clerkenwel
opposite the House of Correction. The flames commenced us
one of the upper workshops, and before they could be
con-
quered the whole of Mr. Ashfield's stock in trade
ein e
building in which the misfortune commenced
was destroyed,
ises. the
and serious damage done to the adjoining
cause of the fire is unknown. The sufferer w
ST. PAN..
THE CHARGE AGAINST THE MASTER OF .
erous meeting of the
CUL WORKHOLTSE.—Yesterday a °—
nu
rancras was held at
board of directors of the poor of S premises.
h has been charged with
Camden-town, witk reference to theo
the workhouse, W. Eaton, tc.onduct of the master of
who
inmate of the work-
having violated Eliza Smith, 4_ P
I ntine, addressed to Mr. Cook,
house. A letter from Mr.
De abandoned, and that Mr.
clerk of the board, having
prosecution against Mr. Eaton
b!rßainar.ead, a resolution, "That the
make such 4a statement as may
Ballautine be requested °.
d y a majority of 17 to 4. Mr. Billett,
the public,7 was car
stated that he viewed this as tants-
' sand hoping the board would sympa-
mountplace Mr. Eaton and theheirectors in a proper position with
in a poweriul address,
to an acqyitta
he moved that he be requested to send
thin with Mr. Eat°, charges, and that a cheque b. given by
the board.. The was negatived as premature, and the
.t
bohisardeccooupiont ited.o ofnilsowtion