The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-29 00:00:00

LATEST INTEdilltoE.
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THE POLISH INSURRROTION.
The following letter just received from Warsaw
is of painful interest :
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The Oossacks are everywhere giving chase to the young
men who eso•ped from Warsaw to join the insurgents.
The latter appear determined to resist with arms. Our city
is extremely agitated. On one side, the government is
taking all imaginable precautions to ward off an
explosion ; on the other, the despair of the inha-
bitants forbodes a bloody conflict, which would doubt-
less be terminated by a new hecatomb of human vie-
time. The very women are in a state of perfect exal-
tation. Last Sunday an ecclesiastic, the Abbe Goliaw,
having preached in the cathedral • sermon, in which he
denounced the national movement, a woman exclaimed,
with • loud voice, " 0 Lord God ! you see that the enemy
pursues us everywhere. Here are false preachers falsely
interpreting your laws, while assailing love of country, and
endeavouring to break the courage of the nation. Lord, have
pity on our sufferings !" A torrent of tears and spasmodic
sobs stopped the interruptor. The Abbe Ooliaw, surprised
and terrified, became pale and oould not re.
some his discourse for some minutes, when he
congratulated the public cn not being associ►ted
with this rebellion against the word of God. I I
could relate to you other scenes of thii kind ; but the
foregoing is one of those which best depict the despair to
which the greater part of our population is • prey. The I
conscripts are crowded in the citadeL It is affirmed
that they were deprived of all nourishment for
twenty-four hours. It is added that they were
afterwards gorged with alcoholic drinks th►t produced in
many of them a wild delirium, which the official journal
has not failed to represent to the public as • proof of the
happiness which enrolment under the Russian flag had pro-
dated in these unfortunates. The numerous band of young
men who had assembled in the neighbourhood of the town of
Scroek has dispersed. They were without arms, and the troops
surrounded them in such ► manner as to render any resist-
ance impossible. Another gathering took place in the forest
of Kampinosy. Enclosed on three sides by troops, the men,
nevertheless, discovered a route by which they were enabled
to traverse the Vistula, and escape any 01100911-
ter with the soldiers. There is great alarm here
as to the issue of this affair. It is said that the
revolutionary committee, which has constantly urged on
the population to • desperate struggle, has lost public coo-
, Meow, and that it ought to be replaced by ► more mode-
rate committee, acting according to plans more maturely
prepared. It is also alleged that the committee, wishing
to retain its influence, has resolved to play the game oat,
and to summon the whole kingdom to arms. I that
this rumour may have a serious foundation : we are in •
fearful crisis ; God grant that it may not sod in a catas-
trophe. _ .

(nTITXVII rawer.)

ST. PETERSBURG, JAx. 29.

The Journal de St. Petersboureof today contains
news respecting the insurrection in Poland until
the 28th inst., which merely confirms the telegrams
already published.
The same paper says that the intelligence re-
ceived by the government from all quarters is fa-
vourable to the cause of order.