The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-02 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(SE USSR'. T6LIORAYL I

POLAND.

CRACOW, APRIL 28.

Intelligence received here from the Polish frontier
says that upon the 24th of April four divisions of
insurgents, numbering in all upwards of 3,000 men,
under the command of Seyfried, Jung Blankenheim
(a French officer from Alsace), and Von Beydewitx
(an officer formerly in the Prussian service), were
posted between Skulsk and Rusakow, in the govern-
ment of Honin. The cavalry, well armed and excel-
lently mounted, numbered nearly 150 men. The arms
of the whole force are of good quality, particularly
the rifles of the sharpshooters. Scythes for the pea-
sants are manufactured in the camp. Recruits of
'this class arrive every night, in parties of 15 to 20,1
from the province of Posen. Provisions are
plentiful, but there is a dearth of clothing, shoes,
and weapons ; some divisions, indeed, are still en-
tirely unarmed. Drill and military exercises are
pursued with great diligence. On Sunday last
divine service was held in a field not far from
Rusakow, the chaplain of the force preaching an
inspiring sermon after celebrating maim
The corps of Jung Blankenheim, which, similarly
to that of Seyfried, consists of two divisions, was
formerly stationed in Slupee. In this frontier a
new division is now being organised, which is
strengthened daily by accessions from the province
of Posen.

On the 24th a corps of 500 Russians, sent out to
reconnoitre, nearly fell into an ambush laid by the
insurgents, not far from Biniezewo ; but being
warned in time by a peasant, retreated in safety.
The traitor was seized by the insurgents and
hanged. It is rumoured that the insurgents in-
tend to make a combined attack upon the town of
Konin.

From the western portion of the kingdom the
waywodship of Kalisch is reported to be in full
revolt. The division of Urbanoweki, recently
disbanded, is in process of reorganisation. The
bands formed iu the districts of Kalisch,Konin, and
Wielun, which hadbeen joined by numerous auxi-
liaries from the duchy of Posen, have compelled
General Prince Wittgenstein to demand reinforce-
ments from the Commander-in-Chief at Warsaw.
Wirballen is occupied by a Russian garrison of
800 men, among whom the German troops from
Conduit' are especially noticeable as the most em-
bittered enemies of the Poles.

In Samogitia and Lithuania firearms are almost
totally wanting, yet the insurgents have gained
victories armed with flails shod with iron
or scythes furnished with sharpened hooks.
The Russians who moved against tho Poli,',
bands from Radom, Kielce, and Opatow on the
15th April, bad concentrated themselves upon
the 17th at Lubinia, 2,000 strong, with three
guns, and attacked Grelinski'e division of 500
men from two separate points. This leader
brought his poorly-armed raw levies for the first
time into the field, and sustained with these
untried troops a vehement fire of small arms
and artillery for three hours. The Polish sharp-
shooters, led by Bogdan, an old artillery officer,
distinguished themselves by especial daring. The
lossof the Poles was inconsiderable ; the dead and
wounded of the Russians filled 7 waggons. Grelinaki
succeeded in capturing a large portion of the
enemy's baggage. In the meantime Czartrowski
bad received news of this engagement, and while
the Russians were hastily retreating upon Kielce,
ttacked them near Bzin on the 20th, and caused
them further heavy losses. The same day
Kononowicz attacked another Russian detachment
retiring upon Kielce in the vicinity of Wonchock,
put them to flight, and captured 180 muskets.

WARSAW, Ana 28.

When the period appointed for the amnesty to
take effect has expired, the kingdom is to be
divided into 200 district& Each of these will
be occupied by a military column, whose
chief will also have jurisdiction in all
civil matters. The civil district courts
will be dissolved, the military chiefs super-
seding the president (wojt) of every such
court. No person will be permitted to leave the
place of his domicile without special permission.
All Poles in office will be replaced by Ruasians.
The military chief will execute summary martial
law upon rebels.
From all one can gather it appears pretty evident
that the Marquis Wielopolski is only retained in
office by the Emperor against his will, and further,
that after the 13th May the Russian government will
take up a much more energetic position in reference
to the insurrection. The state of siege
will be ruthlessly enforced. Since Ge-
neral Berg's arrival, and the almost simul-
taneous nomination of Lewszyon as the chief
of the police, useless and Hie,* annoyance of
peaceable citizens is noticeable in even greater
degree than before. Last week the police arrested
young people indiscriminately in the street, carried
them off to the commissary of the district, and had
them examined. This was with the object of
discovering the central committee. In a similar
way the printing offices are now uselessly troubled.
Last night a swoop was made upon the printing
office of the Dziennik Powfaeckny (the government
organ !) and upon that of the Warachauer Zeitung.
One would really almost imagine the searches
had been purposely commenced in quarters where
it was certain no illicit pamphlets were to be found,
so as to allow guilty parties time to escape. In
nearly all measures of the authorities, indeed, we
are constantly in doubt whether treachery or stu-
pidity ,is the guiding motive; often probably both
prevail.
The following passage translated from the
secretly printed paper, News from the Theatre of
War, will tell its own story :
"General Chruszczen, chief of the Lublin mili-
tary district, is distributing to several landowners in
his command a kind of safe-conduct, drawn up as
follows :—' I request all officers who may pass
through the village of to abstain from mo-
lesting the landowner resident here, to offer
him in person no sort of violence, and to leave his
property undisturbed.—The chief of Lublin mili-
tary district, Adjutant-General C1aW17.424D.'
"It appears to us," says the secret journal,"that
this document, reminding one so vividly of the
pillage practised by rubber knights in the middle
ages, requires no further comment."