The Poles, who sought refuge in the states of Germany,
find themselves still within the clutches of their tyrant. At the con- ference of Munchengratz, it was resolved to expel all Polish refugees from every part of the Continent where the influence of these Despots could reach. This resolution is now extensively enforced. Detachments of troops are sent to surround the houses in which the refugees are supposed to reside : the search after them is then made, without regard to decency or humanity ; and those who attempt to escape are hunted like wild beasts. The prisoners thus seized are thrown into dungeons, or confined in the fortresses of Olmutz, Bruhn, and Dantzic, previously to being shipped by hundreds from Dantzic and Trieste to America and elsewhere.
It is said, but we trust falsely, that the King of Hanover was the first who yielded to the demands of Russia, by the surrender of the state papers of the Polish Diet ; the Kings of Bavaria and Saxony soon afterwards permitted the seizure of the refugees in their territories. The memory of these atrocities should not be suffered to die away, although it is out of our power to prevent them. The people of England may at least learn from their re- cital, to hold in increased horror that 'species of modified despo- tism which prevails in Germany, and which not a few of their own countrymen esteem as a wise and politic system of Government. Were it not for the base assistance which the Russians receive from the Monarchs of Germany, even their active tyranny would be balked of a great portion of its prey. But the Austrian and Prussian rulers are well aware that the Emperor NICHOLAS is doing them good service by his measures for the annihilation cf the Poles ; and they aid him accordingly.
