The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-28 00:00:00

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WARSAW, MAlics,l•l6l.
The excitement of the population here, called
forth and still sustained by the impolitic conduct
of the government, has nut only not stilled, but is
even increasing and spreading. Circumstances of
the most diverse nature are the cause of this. In
the first place, the general discontent at the con.
cessions hitherto published ; and next, the expo.
rience gained during the recent manifestations, in
consequence of which the conviction has spread in
the town that it is not every regiment that is dis-
poem; to enter into serious collision with the people,
and that even if they were, they could easily be
routed with sticks and stones. An incident which
occurred here last Thursday, the 14th, went far to
confirm this opinion. You are aware that the
castle is full of soldiers. In one of the rooms some
Cossack,' and artillerymen began to quarrel over
their play. The artillerymen noisily aax:usedst,he
I Cossacks of striking and firingat au unarmed crowd,
and of breaking the cross. The Cossacks, on the
other hand, taunted the artillerymen with rebellion
against the Czar. From words they came to blown,
and the fight that ensued was so determined and
bloody, that it is said there were upwards of twenty
killed and wounded. I have the best authority for
asserting that the above account is correct in every
material particular. It matters little whether the
numbers are truly stated. What is most important
is that such occurrences as the above tend to
strengthen the prevailing opinion as to the efficacy
of sticks and stones to subdue the soldiery. More.
over, hitherto the capital and the provinces have, as
by a common instinct, acted in concert. The sig.
natures to the address, collected in all parts of
the country and among all classes of the
people, the funeral services performed in
all the towns and villages, the mourning
worn by the whole country, and numberless other
proofs of the prevalence of the same feeling in all
classes, and chiefly among the peasantry—all this
increases and spreads from day to day the nation's
sense of its strength. This is beyond a doubt a
revelation for which we owe to Providence our
warmest gratitude. In all circumstances, and in
every possible course of action, the capital must be
powerless without the concurrence of the nation ;
and the nation can only carry its intentions into
effect when supported by the unanimity of all classes
of its population. This revelation, then, is the
most important and felicitous that could be wished
for. It must be confessed, too, that it also exercises
no small influence on the dispositions of those
persons whose ardour excites some fear at the
present crisis. Spite of all this, the conduct of
the government is still inexplicable. I will not
speak of, the impolicy of its conduct in every respect;
but I cannot shut my eyes to the fact that it
seems to do everything to raise a storm. It excites
the people through its agents in every way ; some
of them, almost openly, endeavour to persuade the
Poles that they can conquer without arms ; num.
berleu forbidden books,
.pamphlets, proclamations,
and anonymous letters, circulate among the people,
and even arms are here and there slipped into their
hands. Nothing but the highest moral courage,
untiring watchfulness, and uucensing labour, can
prevent the occurrence of what at present no one
either can or does wish for.