The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-23 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PAM. SIMAY EVIIIING.

The government evening papers have received
orders to say that there is not one word of truth in
the news of the violation of Prussian territory by
Russian troops, which made such a great sensation
here last night. At the same time the Patrie (in
the case of Poland not agovernment paper) concurs
with the liberal journals in publishing as authentic
a telegram from Posen dated this day, March 22,
which affirms that " for several days past Russian
estafettes, escorted by Russian detachments, are
using the high road from Plenben to Wreachen, in
the Grand Duchy of Posen, and in particular that
on the 19th instant, at three in the afternoon,
some Cossacks escorting an estafette from
a place called Pydre came to Miloslaw, in the
Grand Duchy of Posen, and that another detach-
ment appeared on the same day, escorting another
estafette at a quarter past 6in the evening." The
Patric heads the above news, "Further Violation
of the Prussian Territory." The Opinion Nationak
notices a Berlin letter which affirms that Russia
has categorically refused to release Prussia from
the consequences of the convention of Feb. & in
this perplexing state of the evidence we must wait
to get the truth cleared up as to this important
point. Meanwhile the leading idea of the court of
the Tuileries seems to be not to quarrel
with Rnsaia. Before the news of Langie-
wicz's defeat could be considered as certain, the
Constitutionnel made haste to throw the Poles
upon the " magnanimity " of the Czar as their
only refuge. The Dstbats and Siecle protest against
that language as degrading to France, and a repe-
tition of the words of General Sebastiani, which
have attained odious celebrity in this country—
" Order reigns in Warsaw." But the publication in
the Moniteur of the Emperor's letter to M. Billault,
approving every word that he said in the Senate,
and expressly repudiating all other interpretations
of his Majesty's sentiments, is very strong evidence
that the Comtitutionnel breathes the true spirit of
the French government.
Although Prince Napoleon, taking no account of
previous denials, stated in his speech that General
Langiewicz bad served under Garibaldi, the Dibats
after full inquiry adopts the now received opinion
that the allegation is unuve. The biography of
the man who has made for himself a great name
within the last few weeks is short and simple. He
I was born in 1827 in the Grand Duchy of Posen, and
is • Prussian Pole. His family were burgesses of
an humble class. Like almost everybody in Prussia
who is raised but a single step above the hewers of
wood and drawers of water, he began life in the
university. Afterwards he served in the landwehr,
or militia, and subsequently (for one year only) in
the artillery. The necessity of carving out for
himself a career drove him to Italy, and
be was mathematical professor at the Polish
military school of Cuneo when K Rattazzi, culti-
vating the good graces of the Czar in order to obtain
the recognition of Italy by Russia, thought it expe-
dient to dissolve that school. Then Langiewicz
came to Paris, and lived in poverty and obscurity
in the Rue de Poisay. When he beard of the
rising in Poland be borrowed of a friend 50 francs
(21.1 to enable him to go to the theatre of war.
With these 21. he travelled across Germany to
Poland. On January 21 a young man, exhausted
by fatigue, cold, and hunger, asked for a night's
lodging at a chateau not far from Thorn. After
resting but a few hours he took his leave of his host
with thanks, and left the then unknown name of
Maryau Langiewicz. That is only two months ago.
Now that name is a household word in every mouth,
and has achieved a great place in history.
I said yesterday, on the strength of private in-
formation, that I doubted the truth of the news
that 12,000 more men were going out to Mexico.
You will see that the Moniteur now explicitly
denies the statement ; and the Opinion Nationale,
which reproduced it from the Measager du Midi,
has received a communiqué. But a single transport,
the Ceres, is now under orders for Mexico.
The °au& de France has received a warning for
an article of March 21, described as being " a
false report of the debate in the Senate, and a
libel on the policy of the government."

.-(THLEJ DAY.)

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