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The cabinets and people of England. France. Aus
tria aud Prussia were very much agitatei and alarmed
by the situation Of affairs in Poland.
The sympathy with the Polish cause is more and
more spreading Throughout. Europe, and threatens,
if the war lasts much longer. q general explosion.
Mr.. Carlyle has completed the fourth and half Of
the 9Th and concluding volumes Of the " History Of
Frederick the Great He dwells with less amplitude
upon the latter part Of his hero's career than he did
upon the commencement.
The eldest son of the celebrated Wilberforce has
renowned Professionalism and united with the Catho-
lie Church. OF the four sons of the great abolition
ist, one only still adheres TO Protestantism-Dr.
Samuel Wilberforce, bishop Of Oxford, who is accused
Of P~useyism.
The Duke of Wellington was once refused admis-
sion into the commander in chiefs office by a soldier
new to London; while King William the Fourth was
kept waiting outside n certain part of Windsor Cas-
tie, through an officials ignorance of the royal
identity. "You can't pass. old 'uD,' said he;
nobody's allowed to pass here after dark, except
the King and the lamplighter."
In England, the number of murders committed
annually for every million of inhabitants is 4; in
Belgium, II; in France, 81; in Austria, Sc; in Lom-
hardy, As; in Bavaria. IS; in Sicily, 80; in Rome,
100; and in Naples, 200. The portion Of Europe in
which murders are fewest is the district inhabited by
the Waldenses.
An accidental discovery made while examining the
iron prize steamers anglia and Scotia, will help to
settle the long mooted question, " how to preserve
ships bottoms - These are old steamers built on
the Clyde fourteen years ago, but the plates were
found TO be of the original thickness and free from
oxidation. 1t is all owing 10 the fact that beneath
the outside coating the iron was covered with white
zinc paint, and the zinc forming a deposit had gal
vanized the surface of the metal, that giving a per-
feet protection.
The POLISH QUESTION: Washington letter says
Count Gurowski suggests aud foreshadows the follow
ing solution of the Polish question
1hn raE-ttrn - nThlfs r1uTn rDo U nItaT m rnm
Alexander III. the restoration of the Constitution of
1915 for the Poles. Alexander's character rather
bends in such equitable direction. But as it would
be to-day absolutely impossible to give a COnstitu-
ton to Poland without also giving a Constitution to
Russia, Alexander may be inspired TO give IA general
Constitution TO the whole Empire-POland included
"a Constitution similar TO that which unites Ireland
and Scotland with England, or such as unltes the
various Prussian provinces, or the various parts of
Italy. Thus the Poles would lose all reason for COM
plant"
Recovery FROM APPARENT DEATH.-Cases of this
kind are by no means rare. The circumstances of
one, which | will name. were related to me about
twenty years ago by a member OF the Society OF
Friends in Nottinghamshire; and they were well
known to all his fan ly, in whose presence the rela-
ton was made. 1t is illustrative of a strange failacy
in medical treatment. A young woman had an
attack of virulent small pox, and was treated in a
method once adopted by the faculty, even within the
recollection of men living. The patient was shut up
from fresh air, for the doors and windows were kept
closed as much as possible; and in addition TO this,
with the view of keeping the patient warm, the bed
was covered with clothes and ~hangings. Under this
treatment, the young woman | speak of, to all APP
pearance, died. There was no sign of life. The
attendants proceeded to prepare the corpse for what
is termed Laying out" As a first step they threw
open the doors and windows, and removed the hang
ing from the bed. They then washed the body; and
in this process, were startled by the signs of return
ing life. In a short time, the supposed corpse was
able to converse. The introduction of the fresh air
had revived the dying functions; and at the time the
relation was made to me, the woman was living.
This case was well known to many persons in the
neighborhOod.
In a recent address by the Provisional revolution
airy Government of Poland to the people, they use
these memorable words:
"Our enemy could not crush US by superior
force, and for two years has been trying TO deceive
us by pretended concessions and reforms which some
persons were disposed to consider as serious, and
acted accordingly. They, however, soon discovered
the cheat, and became convinced that no improve
ment was intended. At the present moment, not
n soul believes in the honesty of Russia, or supposes
that cooperating with her can benefit our country.
The people of the rural districts have ever been the
terror of the enemy, and all the efforts made to gain
their support by Offering a partition of land through
the organ of Wielopolski, proved worse than fruit
less, for it raised the question of emancipating the
peasantry without proposing any dehnltiVe settle
ment. The National Government has therefore de-
termined to enfranchise the sons of our sacred soil,
and to give them land, at the same time that 1t COM
pensates the present owners from the treasury OF the
State. The National Government takes the RESPONSE
biity Of executing this measure, which will forever
put an end to the animosities existing between the
owners and cultivators of the soil. This is why all
the attempts to rouse passions against the insurrec-
ton have proved abortive. The price of five roubles
per head offered by Russia for the blood of cur
brethren has produced no fratricides. The peasantry
all join the defenders of their country, and the blood
shed in the streets of Warsaw proves that our Jewish
brethren also side with us Therefore. be of good
cheer God is with US and we have the sympathy
OF good men of every land -
This is to be one Of the greatest revolutions, in its
vast consequences, that has been known. 1t gOei to
the root of the evil-to the foundation of all society
to the land itself.