The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-14 00:00:00

TO THE GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE.

The following is the text of the letter addressed
by the Emperor of Russia to the Grand Duke
Constantine, a brief telegraphic summary of which
appeared in the Express of Thursday evening last :
"Rescript of his Majesty the Emperor to his
Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine
Niaolaiewitch.

"Imperial Highness,—ln summoning your impe-
rial highness last year to govern the kingdom
of Poland as my lieutenant, I wished to testify my
firm desire to give progressive development to the
new institutions which I had granted to the
kingdom. The very choice of a beloved brother
was a pledge of my sincere desire to advance in
the way of pacification in order to the restitution
of order, and to introduce a favourable state of
things in harmony with the wants and interests
of the country.
"Completely appreciating my friendly intention
towards the Polish people, sympathising with it
to the bottom of your heart, and animated by a
lofty thought of conciliation, your imperial high-
ness, with noble self-denial, sacrificed the position
you occupied in the empire in order to redouble
your zeal for the good of the service and of the
country in the new career which my unbounded
confidence had opened to you.
"I had the right to expect from my subjects of
the kingdom of Poland, that they would appreciate
my intentions as well as your eagerness to execute
them ; that, carried away by force and for the
moment against the government, they would
understand the significance of your &anvil in the
kingdom ; that they would see in it a pledge of my
solicitude for the welfare of Poland, an evidence of
my readiness to pardon the erring, and that they
would return to the sentiment of duty and of devo-
tion towards their sovereign.
" To my extreme affliction, these hopes have not
been realised.

" Received on the threshold by treason and by
an attempt on your life, which is so precious to me,
your imperial highness sealed your devotion to my
person and to Russia with your blood. Despite
all your efforts, the institutions given by me
for the kingom of Poland have not worked,
up to the present, in a way corresponding
to their object; they encounter permanent ob-
stacles proceeding not from a want of good will
or of exertion on the part of the government, but
from the country itself, submitting to the action
of criminal intrigues and the pernicious influence
of instigators abroad.
" Tourarrival in Poland should have inaugurated
a new era of jamas( proopet:ty and develop-
ment, under the indispensable auspices of
confidence and of respect for the laws. With
a firm and indefatigable will, without sparing your
health, your imperial highness strove to realise
my benefimut views regarding the kingdom. Con-
forming your acts to the object of your nomination ;
having always in view the interest of Russia, and
of the country which was confided to you,
facing, constantly, personal perils, you did not relax
your incessant efforts even when an open insurrection
suddenly opposed the regular action cf the law.
But a constantly growing rebellion, intrigues more
and more traitorous and criminal, have convinced
your imperief highness of the incompatibility ex-
isting between the actual state of the country and
the thought of benevolence and of alleviation which
induced me to charge you to put in execution the
institutions so generously granted to my Polish
kingdom. The Polish people has not wished to
comprehend and appreciate the significance of the
nomination of your imperial highness to the post of
my lieutenant. In revolting in contempt of all its
oaths, in surrendering itself to criminal plots, it
has shown itself unworthy of the pledge which I
bad given to it of my benevolent intentions in the
person of my beloved brother.
"Recogn;sing the justice of your appreciations
respecting the impossibility, in the actual circum
station, of following the way by which I sought to
secure the pacification of the country when I sent
you to it last year, I consent to relieve you, in ac-
cordance with your wish, of the functions of my
lieutenant and of commander-in-chief in the
kingdom of Poland. But when, with the aid of
God, the revolt shall be subdued, and, reu-
dared accessible to the voice of duty and
of legality, my subjects of the kingdom
shall free themselves from the violence ex-
ercised by the declared abettors of treason, and
shall have recourse to my clemency ; when the
re-establi►hment of order shall permit the re-
sumption of the work which yonoommenced ; when
circumstances shall render possible the application
of institutions, the practical working of which is
one of my strongest and sincerest desires ;
it pleases me to think that then you
will be able again to take part iu
the execution of my views and consecrate yourself
to the welfare of the country with the zeal and
abnegation of which the incessant and incontestible
evidences are as precious to my heart as my confi-
dence, my friendship, and my fraternal affection
towards you are unlimited.

" I pray God that the repose solicited by your
imperial highness, and indispensable to your health
after the constant and trying experiences which in
the midst of the greatest difficulties have so pro-
foundly affected your heart, ardently devoted to
the country—will re-establish your strength as
quickly as possible. May God succour you. I
confide myself with unshaken firmness to Hie
infinite mercy.
"Done at Livadia, Oot. 13, 1863."
Upon the original document the Emperor had
written with his own hand

" Your grateful and sincerely affectionate bro-
ther, " ALEXANDER."

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THE EIIROPEAN CONGRESS.
VIENNA, Nov. 14.
The warts of Vienna, Berlin, and London, have
agreed to accept the proposal of a congress
under certain modifications. The ministers
of the Great Powers will confine themselves
to the consideration of questions at present pend-
ing. Only states concerned in the entire execution
of the programme will have a seat and vote at the
congress. Most positive guar►ntees for the thorough
carrying out of the programme will be required.

ITALY.
THE NATIONAL BANK OF TURIN.
TURDT, Nov. 14, 11 35 A.ll.
The National Beak of Turin has raised its rate
of disoonnt from 7 to 8 per cent.

THE CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRA-
LIAN MA LLB.

YAB.SEILLEts, Nov. 14.
The lgamilia, with the above mails, arrived
at 7.90. a.m., this day.
The mails leave for London blithe 11.30. a.m.
train.