The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-09 00:00:00

GERMANY.

STATE OF POSE
IL ON.—THE BATTLE AT
MSLAW.
PRUSSIA.—Our correspondent writes from Co-

logne:
COLOGNE, MAY 6.
The state of Posen is calculated to excite much anxiety.
ben. Von Willisen ix recalled or he has resigned ; and I find
y the Cologne Gazette of this night, that Gen. Von Pfuel,
previously to his departure for St. Petersburg, in order to
" negotiate the Polish question," will tarry for a short time
in Posen, " for the parpose of carrying on again the pacifi-
cation or reorganisation business, which was Interrupted by
the departure of Gen. Von Willisen." The accounts from
Posen are still of the most melancholy nature ; and there
appestat, moreover, no prospect of improvement. The ac-
e Junta which I firwarded yesterday respecting the
sanguinary defeat of the Prussians near Miloslaw,
are fully confirmed by the official report of the
commanding officer. The contest lasted five hours,
at the expiration of which all the Prussian troops (to quote
the report) were entirely exhausted (rtufa lii;ehste eesehily
t).
In killed and missing the Prusaiann lost 275 men, inducing
three officers and three stub-officers. Their wounded amounted
to 41, including 11 officers. Another contest took place on
the tad inst., near Kurnik, between several hundred Poles
and a Prussian escort that wcro conveying 500 Polish pri-
soners to Posen. Several fell on both sides. It is stated
that Mieroslawski has been killed, and that the Prussians
had resolved to make 'another attack on hliloslaw on the 3rd
inst., and to take it by storm. On the 2nd inst. 120 of the
Peseu landwehr were surrounded by a great number of
Polish acyttivmen near Rwskow, and obliged to surrender
their arms. The swords of the two officers were broken in
pieces, and one of them, a brother of a member of the Ger-
man committee, was detained a prisoner. It is asserted that
after the victory at Miloslaw the Poles proceeded to Neustadt,
from which they drove out Col. Von Brandt's column. The Ger-
man Roman catholic c'ergymen of the duchy of Posen have
issued a circular, urging their parishioners to oppose the in-
corporation of any part of the duchy with the Germanic
confederation, and to remain true to their Polish brethren.
The Archbishop of Posen has also openly espoused the cause
of the Piles.
Perhaps one of the worst features in the line of policy
adopted by the Prussian government is the order given to
drive back again across the frontiers those armed Poles who
flee from Russian Poland into Posen, under the impression
that Pru:sia is favouring their nationality. On their return
to Russian Poland they are arrested, either as deserters or as
tebels. According to the FrankfOrt Oberpostruntt Zeitung
there are many Russian spies and aghent bitters in West Prussia,exist-
haring for mission the keeping up age animosity
ing between the German and Polish races. There appears
to be some truth in the statement of several journals, that a
number of Poles have urged the Emperor of Russia to form
a Sclavonic kingdom, and place all Poland under his pro-
tection.
It appears by the Cologne Gazette that all the
Russian ambassadors at German courts or free cities
are about to return home. Trevor and Mannheim are

quiet.
According to the Vossisehe Zeituny of Berlin the
Prussian government have ordered s great number of
I troops to be sent to the Prusso-Rassian frontiers, in
consequence of a declaration on the part of Russia
which (to quote the above journal) is rot unlike a
funnel declaration of war. 'Russian troops are con-
centrated at Mitau, and a Russian division has ad-
vanced within four miles of Memel. AU communi-
cations with Ru•=ia, except postal ones, aro inter-