A curious contest is going on at Liverpool, over a
body of refugees from Hungary, which arrived on Monday last, in the Arpia, a Sardinian mer- chant-vessel. They are in number 262; of which 10 are natives of Hungary, 5 of Germany, Bohemia, and Italy, 247 of Poland. The Poles are the remnant of the Polish Legion in Hungary under General Wysocki, of whom more than a thousand were confined at Schumla. Among the friends of this residuary band there are two parties,—one wishing them to go on to America ; the other wishing them to stop for a limited time in England, in order that they may have a chance of returning to their native country. The American project is favoured by the British Government, which of- fers to each emigrant a bonus of Si. if he will proceed. It is alleged by the other party, that in this course the British Government is subservient to the Absolutist party on the Continent, which desires that the Poles should be carried off as far as possible. The favourers of the American project have the advantage of constituted authority on their aide; but the opposite party have defeated an attempt to exclude them from access to the exiles.
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