The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-13 00:00:00

THE PRUSSIAN REFUGEES.

b TO THE EDITOR OF TIDE N. ESU
01.1,Th--For some time past we, the undersigned Ger-
chi Political refugees residing in London, have had oc-
-1,1,1;41 to admire the attention paid to us not only by the
We-4,ia1l Embassy but also by the British Government.
tl:tould net have taken much notice of this, as we
41'44bl be at a loss to conceive in what respect we might till, Y come into collision with what the Alien Bill
the the preservation of the peace and tranquillity of
tb realms," but we have of late read so much in
titeiPuPlie papers about orders given to the Prus-
,Anabassador to insist upon the removal from
Ikewend of the most dangerous refugees., and we have
gii,s4, tor about a week past so closely watched by En-
ta,:, uPerolice e
the p agents.
lthat we really think we must lay the
tpl"c.
• Of
'u doubt the Prussian Government exert themselves
)4,"""'e the Alien Bill enforced against us. But why?
itt ~-'443e we interfere in English politics? It would be
eslible, to prove that we had done so. Why, then?
tial'ail'se the Prussian Government must pretend that
Aieuet fired at the King in Berlin was the result of a
totly,° %sPread conspiratry, the centre of which is to be
in London.
AN- I; let 'us look to ithe facts of the cage. Can the
th„a6.ian Government deny that Sefeloge, the author of
ke„,-,4eliapt, besides being a notorious madman. is a
~11"10er kef the ultra-Royalist Society the Treubund ?
t^piei deny that he is registered in the books of that
k•:alal as member Nu. 133,. section Ne. 2, in Berlin ?
tieli.lo3' deny that he has received, not long ago, pe-
ftb,"tY aid from that society ? Can they deny that his
ileels were deposited at the house of a Major Kunowski,
411itra-Royalist, employed at the Royal War-cffice?
fkt 4s,teally ridiculous to pretend, in the face of such
*it)Ba' tnat the revolutionary party had anything to do
titer that attempt. The revolutionary party have no
kt 41°4 in seeing the Prince of Prussia arrive speedily
tliq; throne, but the ultra-Royalists have. And yet
tiou russian Government is making the Radical Opposi-
4hiP4Y for the attempt, as is shown by the new law
tOst the liberty of the press, and by the activity of
uressian Embassy in London.
I'4o may state, at the same time, that about a
tlitNitt before the attempt, persons whom we have
eoeviction to be Prussian agents, presented them-
titles to us, trying to entrap us into regicidal conspire-
-1110; we were, of course, not to be made the dupes of
attemts.
!a,ftbe British Government desires any information rc-
eah'lnt: us, we shall always be ready to give it. What
hope to learn by sending spies after us we are at
118 to conceive.
!tki noly Alliance, now re-constructing under the
Rip eking
Russia, would be too glad if they could succeed
*ty-41tieg England, the only stumbling-block in their
adopt a reactionary policy at home. What
114', become of the anti Russian feeling of England, of
4letlPlonsatic notes and Parliamentary assertions of her
ttlq 7tbinent, if commented upon by an enforcement of
165 `114.11 Bill, called forth by nothing but the revenge of
palely Alliance, of which Prussia forms part and
r
tot, e Governments of the Holy Alliance, we hope, will
triZeneed in deceiving the British Government to such
kltgtent as would call forth from the Home-office mea-
tsp4 Which would seriously affect the long-established
414 illtion of England as the safest asylum for refugees
Patties and of all countries.
,We remain, Sir, your most obedient servants,
qtki!.-,ttEs MARX, Editors of the Neue Rheinische
Alt ". ENGELS, S- Zeitung of Cologne.
"Q. ( Colonel in the Insurrectionary
WILLICH,
Et y, Army in Baden.
' Veen-street, Soho-square, Juno 14, 1850.
40taefe -

011/twithstanding the prohibition of the Prefect of
,14%;41'd, a bull-fight took place a few days ago in the com-
°t; Generac, and a man named Gimenard was struck
I'llt%tue chin by the horn of one of the animals, and killed
1.‘1:6,8P0t, and another man had such a violent fall that he
4-'4B leg,— Galignani.
ki,tI„I:4)EESFIELD AND SHEFFIELD RAILWAY.—It
rtkNt'n'eted that this line will soon be opened for goods and
illtip-Ar traffic, extending from Huddersfield to the Man-
-t' Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway at Penistone.
1,(10 ',1°,_1.15s are exceedingly heavy, consisting of tunnels,
t,,,11 `Prigs, long viaducts, and high embankments. 'The
tl rine to Hemforth is of a similar character, and will
at the same time as the above. The total length
1,74au-ttLaily,ray and branch is 1)54 miles,. and the amount .of
LiltB torised expenditure 7( 9,33.3/ . This undertaking be-
Viavu,the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company,
1111,,,\..tyt.oititielien amalgamated by Act of Parliament in 1846.
ISTER KNOCILING HIMSELF OUT OF HIS
tilt jat'Lla.T.—A Sabbath or two ago, in a small church
m!ttlzl.lll.4lrod miles from the Solway, a young preacher
f;l1:44 ability, 'physical and mental, was approaching the
etlt -,c9f One of his Ronan bursts of eloquence, when the
the pulpit, which had for half an hour been treated
1104,4e113',suddenly gave way, and the earnest and strik-
ant, tler (to the great consternation of the audience, and
-111 greater horror of the precentor) was pitched head-
-Ifw43 7 the area of the clanrch. The preacher
:41Zeir with}'
fewlt slight bruises, but the poor precentor, we
ratrY to state, was severely injured. Good hopes, how-
CsCsare now entertained of his recovery.—Dttinfrzes Courier
NaII,„.XILTISEM EN T.] —Bell's Life in London, on
't,hext, June 16, Ascot Heath Races. Engravings
"t!1). ''",raPeror's Vase, the Queen's Cup, and Royal Hunt
Valthiubservations by "Pegasus." The Battle for the
rllship ; After Thoughts and Incidents. Price of
i L Sixpence. Office, 1; Strand. Average sale of
fe
, w 28,000.
t3t„l.). 55e
-11,117 e good authority for stating that the Board
4
'Rth "'on at the Royal West India Mail Company has at
ilitftaudecided on the routes of their ships, and that the
mutatioet n Will commence on the 2d of September next. The
iu tertmla, which has hitherto occasioned so much
:a":111111:11:1;:tn ce
1 tirirdegularity in this branch of the mail service,
aoandoned on and after the above date; nor will any
rlt t'Pe "11)anv's shinq call at that colony. This alteration
St: ilom; „d uagrrs wil.l_enable the
D„'ll of to defy attempts at rivalry in the rapid trausmis-
Ojai ails and specie from the Pacific to this port. The
oaibbilt India Mail Company are about
,to contract for
erg ,tng of several new ships of unrivalled speed and
skiliii"e°ll the completion of which, and not before, the
route Will be opened.—Rants
.ildrertiser.

TORNADO IN THE BAHAMAS.
The following is an extract from a letter dated
Nassau, New Providence, _Bahamas :—" Since the
date of my last letter we have been vibited by a most
awful tornado. On the 30th of March, about noon,
a heavy fail of rain, with much thunder and very
vivid lightning, passed over the i3land, the wind
rapidly veering from one point of the compass to
another. Sudthnly there appeared in the south-
west a densely black cloud, the intervening atm°.
sphere assuming a very remarkable appearance, alter-
nately green and livid. There was then a mornen-

tary 'calm, succeeded by a mighty rushing of the
elements, as if set in motion from every quarter at
the same moment. These were, however, but the

precursors or the tornado itself, which burst with such
tremendous fury over the adjacent villages of Grants
and Baines Town that it carried thence into the sea
ove.rything i❑ is way—houses, trees, stone walla, &c.
Within a very few minutes 130 dwellings, or orchards,
or gardens were wholly or partly laid waste by it ;
eight persons were killed on the spot, and many in-
jured. One singular feature is, that the damage was
confined to a space of about 50 yards in width and a
mile and a half in length. These villages were oc-
cupied either by liberated Africans or country-born
negroe,.s. Some of the wooden houses of the poor
were literally taken up from the ground on which
they stood with their inmates (who, in some cases,
escaped wholly uninjured) and moved for some dis-
tance—others were dashed in pieces, and swept away

to distant parts of the island. In fact, the roof of
one house was found on an island thirty miles
off. One poor African woman lost her husband
and all her children, house, clothing—in fact, all
she had on earth to lose, save her own life. Poor
woman! I have never seen the silent anguish of deep
affliction more strongly depicted than on her calm
submissive countenance. Anything so sudden or so
awful in its effects I have never before seen. Sub-
scriptions have bran set on foot, and the Legislature
have voted 7001. This is a very poor colony, how.
ever, and we look anxiously to England to extend
her munificent kindness to our suffering pc-
pulation. It is little that we can do among our-
selves to repair the effect of so serious a visitation.
Poor as we are, however, I may mention, that
this colony, sympathising with their suffering
brethren in Ireland, exerted themselves to the
utmost and sent 5001. to the fund for their
relief during the famine there. Directions are
given for an account to be opened at Messrs. B irnett,
Hoare, and Co.'s, Lombard-street, where money may
be paid to the account of ' W. H. Hall, Esq., for the
Bahama Relief Fund ;'—he is the cashier of our public
bank here. We earnestly look to the mother country
for succour in our extremity, and pray that we may
not be disappointed."