The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-13 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.
FURTHER ACCOUNTS OF THE GREAT
FLOODS IN POLAND.

HAMBURGIT, AUG. 9.—The accounts received from
Poland give most deplorable descriptions of the damage
done by the inundations of the Vistula and other rivers.
The Elburg Gazette of 29th July says that there had .
been incessant rain for more than six weeks, and the
damage already done was immense.
The Prussian Gazette gives fearful accounts from
Schwetz, Kuhn, &c. From Schwetz, it is said, on the
30th of July:—" Our town, situated at the junction of
the Schwarzwasser and the Vistula, generally suffers
every year from high water in the spring, and at mid-
summer, when the snow and ice in the Carpathean is
melted ; at these seasons we have sometimes inundations
of the lower grounds which cause much loss and dis-
tress, but we have never witnessed such scenes as 'yester-
day and to-day. The water is rushing in torrents through
the streets, and in most parts of the town only the roofs
of the houses are visible, from which the inmates are in
vain ca:ling for help. The rain is pouring down in tor-
rents, and our town is a river. In the neighbouring
villages the inhabitants on the roofs of their houses are
anxiously looking for assistance, which we cannot
_give
them.

JULY 31, 8 Most of the houses have been un-
able to withstand the elements which undermine them.
The chimneys fall, the walls burst, on every side are
cries of distress and the crash of falling houses, the in-
mates of which are difficult to save. Thousands are in
imminent danger ; but the common distress excites the
humane to do everything possible to relieve it. The
want of provisions is severely felt. The bakers' ovens
and the shops of the tradespeople are all under water.
JULY 31, 10 P.M.—The water does not rise higher,
but a furious storm rages, which drives the water in vast
waves against the houses, the foundations of which are
already shaken, and threatens the whole town with dc-
struction. One-third part of it is already laid waste,
and lies in ruins beneath the waves.
The account from Kirlin says that the Vistula had
risen to a greater extent than at any time during the
last hundred years. It is impossible to say how many
thousand villages may be inundated by the mighty river
in its long; course from Cracow to Dantzic. Above and
below Calon 100 towns and villages are as in a sea, and
the inhabitants have been forced to take refuge on the
roofs, on trees, or on some neighbouring hills.—Ham-
burgh Papers, Aug. 9.
BERLIN, AUG. I.—Accounts from Poland confirm the
statement relative to the very rigorous measures adopted
on the frontiers. The Jewish recruits are in part incor-
porated in the regiment, but it is said that they give the
drill sergeant infinite trouble. A special order of Prince
Pasliewistch says—" The evil (in the smuggling) must
be cut up by the roots, and especially the system of
bribing be put an end to. That it is resolved to
effect the object, though it is well known what
obstacles are to be overcome. In addition to the frontier

inspector, a new officer has been created, that of a con-
troller-general of the frontiers, with very extensive
powers, and various inferior officers. He is constantly
moving from place to place, and has authority to re-
move at his discretion the Russian officers on the frontier
to other stations, or entirely dismiss them. _ _

The following is a characteristic trait of Tschech :
He lately asked a bookseller whether he would be
willing to publish his very interesting memoir of his
life. The bookseller, to whom he was a total stranger,
replied, that in the first place he must see a specimen of
the work before he could decide. Itis said that Tschech,
the day before his criminal attempt, sent him not merely
a specimen, but the whole manuscript, and with a note
to the effect that " the bookseller should not allow
himself to be sent out of the way, even if
the nest thing he heard of him should be that

he had died in prison or on the scaffold." Almost at
the same time as the MS., the news of the attempt on
the King's life reached the bookseller, who, it is said,
has thought proper to send the MS. of Tschech to the
Criminal Court of Berlin.
MAGDEBURG, AUG. 3.—Yesterday evening nine more
Russian directors from Poland were brought from Posen
to our citadel, which makes the total number at present
here 36.
POSEN, JULY 29.—The Chapters of Posen and Gnein
received the day before yesterday the answers respecting
the choice of an Archbishop. Of the six candidates
proposed by the Chapters the Icing has struck out two,
viz., Brodzis Zewski, Suffragen Bishop of Guesen, who
distinguished himself in the late religious controversies,
and Dombrowski, Suffragen Bishop of Posen, who is
one of the youngest Prelates, and owes his rapid promo-
tion to the favour of the late Archbishop Dunin. The
remaining four, designated as personie grata, are all
men of merit. The clergy are said to be much satisfied
with the King's decision. It is expected that the elec-
tion, in which the two Chapters join, will take place in a
fortnight.