The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-11 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND POLAND.

"It results," says the Side of to-day, "from
authentic documents, published by the Journal
de Bruxelles, that, while declaring to the cabinet of
London that it wished to maintain the integrity of
Denmark, Russia urged Austria and Prussia to
war. This double-faced policy has nothing in it
contrary to the traditions of Muscovite diplomacy.
It is probable, moreover, that it has not obtained
gratuitously the support which those two great
powers give to its projects with regard
31erraoiland project& which it pursues in
audacious violation of the laws and rights of nations.
The pupils of a Greco-Rtundan seminary, founded
recently at Wilna, having come to thank Mouravieff,
the general recommended them to follow the
example of Siemucho, an apostate catholic priest,
and the rabid denounoer of his former co-religion-
ists. ' Your mission, your sacred duty,' said the
executioner of Poland, is to spread Russian
nationality in this country ! ' But does
Mouravieff stand in need of preachers when
he has such expeditious means of destroying
'the nests of rebels,' to use the expression of the
Mina Courier? The inhabitants of the town of
Ibraing were favourable to the Polish movement.
Some were brought before court-martials, con-
demned, banged, or shot ; others were transported
to Siberia. Bat this was not enough to satisfy the
fury of the Russians. By order of General
Mouravieff, the commandant of the first
brigade of troops forming the garrison of
the government of Kovno has completely de-
stroyed the town of Ibraing, and not left any
trace of it. The town of Ibraing no longer
exists,' says the official Russian journal. On its
ruins there is established a colony which has re-
ceived the name of Nicholas. The lands have
been distributed among 32 families of raskolniks
(old believers), each of whom has received in addition
400 francs, out of the sums produced by the war
contributions levied on the proprietors. Who can
read, without indignation, these details, given by
the Willie Courier, and re-produced in the first,
page of the PfUnitlSlMoniteur I Clan the stoutest
partisans of absolute repose and inaction help
feeling that the energetic intervention of the
European powers would have averted such
outrages 1 "

(azona's miasma.)
THE WAR IN JUTLAND.
OOPENHAGEN, NAT 9, 9.15 r.x.'
._ _ _

The Dagblad of to-day says :—" Independent
of the war contribution imposed upon the towns of
Jutland, Field Marshal von Wrangel has imposed
a requisition of 5i millions Rigadalers upon landed
Pro Porty."
• The above hikers= has boot delayod in trennaimion on
aooootot of an iaterruptioa on the Roman holograph hum
COPENHAGEN MAT 10, 10.34 a.m.

The Ministers of Justice and the Interior have
resigned, being dissatisfied with the suspension of
the blockade having been agreed to.
2,000 inhabitants of the environs of Kolding and
Fredericia have been compelled by the enemy to
assist in demolishing the fortifications of Fredericia.

FRANCE.
THE CORPS LEGIBLATIF.
PARIS, MAT IL

In his speech in the Corps Legialatit, yesterday,
K Rouher, Minister President of the Council of
State, spoke as follows respecting the maintenance
of peace :—" Peace at present rests upon serious
guarantees. I have pleasure in repeating with M.
Berryer that peace is in the hand of France. But
France will only open this hand when compelled
to defend her honour or the inviolability of her
frontiers. As regards the sad conflict in the north
of Europe we may now hope that a pacific solution
will be effected. I cannot believe that the great
powers have met in London to obtain no result.
I prefer to believe that M. Berryer has allowed
himself to be carried sway by the anticipations of
• gloomy pessimism."