The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-06-10

like the June weather ofNew England, with
out a single shower till yesterday. The land
having been previously saturated with water,
this hot weather has baked the earth,a some
fears were expressed that vegetation would
be injured. But the copious showers OF yes,
terday and today have dispelled all alarm,and
the prospects of the farmers are now encour-
aging. The corn markets in town and the
provinces have been dull.
IRELAND.
Agitation in Ireland RECOMMENDED with
the defeat Of government in The recent
prosecutions Of O'3ren and Meagher. Both
have been tried and acqlritted This unlock
ed for result has caused considerable gloom
here, for it is expected that the confed-
crates will now be even more sedilious in
their attempts 10 overthrow English rule in
Ireland. The government is in a most diff
cult dilemma No Irish ju ry will not convict
any member of Cancellation or Confederation
Hall. The gover hment is powerless-it is
defeated and weakened The acquittal of
Mr. Mitchell is already anticipated, and the
worst consequences are feared. Ii Is sup
posed that some new measure relative TO tri-
al by jury, will be at once brought into Par
lament
Reports prevailed few days since, that
the potato crop in Ireland had been attack
ed with the same disease that destroyed it
last season, but later accounts state that the
prospects ola good and sound crop in every
part ofthe country are highly favorable.
POSEN.
The Berlin papers say that the Polish in
surgents in Posen, threatened as they were
with utter annihilation, by vastly superior
army iE point of numbers & discipline, have
laid down their weapons Internationally and
placed themselves entirely at the mercy of
their conquerors. The capitulution took
place OH the 9Th inst. at Mielozyn, between
Gnesen and Wreschen, the Polish force at
that time amounting to $4,000 men. Accor-
ding to the Breslauer Zeit,ng, the Poles had
lost $500 in killed and wounded during the
battle, near Miloslaw, on the 4th inst. The
same journal states that during the contest n
Zokalews, where the Pole defeated the Prus-
slams, the former had some hundreds of their
meu burnt to death in sheepfold, which
The latter blocked up and set fire to. These
losses, and the intelligence that almost eve
ny day the Prussians were receiving reinforce
ments, particularly i'll artillery, made the
Poles reflect Oh the desperate nature of the
contest in which they had embarked, and in
duced Mteroslawsk, judicious us well as
brave partisan chief 10 offer terms ofsubnlis-
sion after he had in vain attempted to escape
through the enemy's ranks that hemmed
him IN on three sides, leaving only one outlet
of escnpe-the one leading to Russia.
This is pronounced by the Cologne Gazete
TO be false rumor, or ut least premature
one, for n small body under Won BrZezanskl,
who capituated, did not surrender until the
9th. Meantime, it asserted that the insur-
rection was still spreading; that there was n
general arming of the people, and that large
bands of insurgents had appeared in various
parts of the province, and even in the Viciui
ty of Posen. A conflict had taken place at
Rogain, where the insurgents lost some
small field pieces aud had 80 men killed. On
the night ofihe 9Th, numerous Prussinn
troops marched towards StensZewo, where
great numbers of the insurgents had assem-
bled. The result of the collision, if one oc-
Cured, has not yet trnnspred. The priests
display unbounded enthusiasm for the Polish
cause, and excite the people in all possible
ways 10 defend it to the last.
LOMBARDY.
On the 9th ult. and engagement took place
in front ofthe city of Verona. Complete sue
cess attended all the operations of Charles
Albert up to 3 p. NJ; but in consequence of
the village of Santa Lucia about two miles
from the city, where the weight of the COM
bat fell being imprudently abandoned, and
Immediately, for The second time, occupied
by the eneny,the whole force was Withdrawn
about or 5 O'Clock, and the Piedmontese ar
my retired to It's position on the hills over
looking the plain of Verona, from Bussolen-
go on the Upper Adige, 10 Vallegio on the
Mncio. The loss on the part of the Austri-
ans was unknown, but was considered very
heavy; and the Sardinians suffered severely,
and il was said they lost no less than 1900
men in killed, wounded, and missing. Il was
supposed that the attack was made in the eX-
pectation that il would be assisted by move
ment within tine city, but nothing ofthe kind
took place, and the general feeling among
the troops was that the movement had been
unnecessary and profitless No attempt was
made 10 cross the Adige, as was at one mo-
ment expected.
ROME.
The rumors that Pope Plus was prison.
er in the Castle of st. Angelo, or not permit
ted greater freedom of movement than he
might enjoy in the halls of the Vatican, are
unfounded, 5ut the eteYnul city has been n
prey to anarchy and disorder. The prestige
that at one time made the Pope more or less
sacred in the eyes Of the Roman populace
the infailibity of the Head of the Church
blending with the temporal power ola sover-
egn benedctions with all the solemn pomp
of the Church coming from him who was al
so chief magistrate this prestige, thought to
have been somewhat revived i'm the person
ofthe present benevolent Pontiff;, has proved
the veriest nullity. iPius has offended the peo-
pie by his horror ofwarfare, and he has been
constrained in order that there may be war
fare.
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