The Sun. — 1863-01-15 (London, England)

POLITICAL ASSASSINATION IN POLAND. —A letter from Warsaw of the 10th inst., says :—" Warsaw, on the 9th, was the scene of a fresh political assassination, committed in open day with extraordinary audacity. It appears that in the course of the past month three emissaries of the National Committee were arrested at a little village in the neighbourhood of Warsaw. Their own imprudence betrayed them. They very foolishly sent the waiter of the inn at which they stopped to look into the bag in their carriage for some fodder for their horses. In doing this the waiter, who was a Jew, discovered some arms which were concealed there. This he told to his master, and the authorities were at once acquainted with the circumstances, the three emissaries being taken off to prison. On the 7th the Jew, who was the cause of this arrest, went to Warsaw to the Commissioner of Finances to receive the reward for the betrayal. The revolutionary committee had become aware of his intention, and at 11 o'clock in the morning the Jew was stabbed in the back with a poignard in the very ante-chamber of the commission. Pressing his hand to his wound he had strength enough to pursue the assassin with cries of ' Murder.' He soon fell from loss of blood, but the pursuit was kept up by one of his coreligionists, who followed the fugitive into a house. A crowd soon gathered, and the man was arrested. The wounded waiter is in a very dangerous state." THE POPE AT HomE.—A resident at Rome furnishes the following information relative to the domestic habits of the Pope :—" His Holiness rises about 6. At 7 he says mass in a room adjoining his bedroom. Almost all the cardinals and the Roman bishops follow the same custom. When a prelate at Rome hires a furnished apartment he brings with him a small portable altar and says mass at home ; and it does not unfrequently happen that a foreigner who hires an apartment which has been previously occupied by a prelate finds some of the remnants of those altars. The Pope is served by a cameriere, and by a prelate, priest, or deacon. There are at the Vatican ten  secret camerieri, more or Iwo, closely attached to the Pope, according to their age. At the head of thorn are Mgrs, Stella, De Merode, Talbot, and Ricci, who are always near his Holiness. They keep him company, amuse him, and make him laugh, which is not very difficult, for in private life Pius IX. is smiling and happy. At 8 o'clock his Holiness takes his coffee and some trifling refreshment; Mgr, Stella alone is present at that meal, as he opens the letters which have arrived aid reads them to the Pope. At nine, when the repast is over and the letters read, Cardinal Antonelli makes his appearance from the floor above. He is always gentle and mild—' Holy Father,' here ; Happy Father,' there; he praises the genius of the Pope, his knowledge of affairs, &c. That is the way in which the Cardinal always addresses Pius IX. Cardinal Antonelli consults him i  on everything, and is his mosthumble;ervant. This political conversation and business of the Sovereign Pontiff with the minister lasts for an hour or two. About half-past 10 or 11 the audiences commence. The Pope, dressed in white,is seated in a large arm-chair with a table before him. He says two or three words to all the persons who are presented to him in the language which they speak--French, Italian, or Spanish; but it English or German he spoken, an interpreter becomes necessary. Sometimes during the e audiences he signs applications for indulgences which have oom dinner of takesthm ' place.' Fiat Er fm been made to him in writing. The Pope willingly Signs those .2‘ on e . A applications,t2 0 ,elo c writing the atthe bottom pontifical 3 to 4 the Pope takes his siesta, as every one does If you call at the house of a cardinal at Rome. at that h swer invariably is ' His Eminence i our, th e an_ does neither more nor less than 8 reposing.' The Pope his Holiness takes a drive in n others. At 5 o'clock cameriori, and monsignori. At 7 the Pope sups, and aftera carriage, esoorted by guards afterwards plays a game at billiards, At 10 all the lights at the Ya,tican aro extinguished,"  You know these cases take a very long time to try, and it might very well go to a disinterested person. Plaintiffs wished to have his Honour's decision. His Honour—l do not see how lam to decide the case.  Mr. Beswick—l think I may agree to your Honour's suggestion. and I will arrange with Mr. Buchanan as to the person to be selected as arbitrator. Referred.  STRANGE CHARGE Op ATTEMPTED SUICIDE,—Mary Ann Henry, 91A, North-street, Chelsea, was charged before Mr. Knox with attempting to commit suicide as follows: George Fox, Hyde-park constable, No. 22, said that about half-past 2 the previous afternoon he saw the prisoner walk into a piece of water known as the " Leg of Mutton Pond" in Hyde-park. On getting into the centre of the water she sat down, and he went in and brought her out. Mr. Knox—How deep is the water. Constable—About eighteen inches. Mr. Knox—From the time of day and the shallowness of the water, I can scarcely think ehe meant to destroy herself.  Constable—She could have done it. A person stepped forward and said he lived with the prisoner. He had a few words with her yesterday morning, and although she was not in the habit of drinking, she drank a pint and a half of stout and some rum, in a spirit of bravado, and then went out, wishing him " Good bye." Mr. Knox—l cannot think she went to commit suicide, and I shall discharge her, but she had better not do such a foolish thing again.