The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-05 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

POLAND.
THE TROUBLES AT WARSAW.

The following notice was issued by Prince
Gortchakoff, at Warsaw, on the 28th ult. :

The summons which the authorities addressed to the ga-
therings in the streets to disperse were not regarded, and in
the course of yesterday a company of infantry, who
were assailed with stones on the faubourg of Cra-
cow, fired at the crowd. I have ordered a
strict inquiry to be made, in order to discover the authors
of this deplorable conflict. I will tolerate no act of vio-
lence, let it come from what side it may. In general,
peaceable citizens ought to avoid large sairemLlages, as
favouring the instigations of dangerous men, and ought to
disperse on the first invitation of the executive authorities,
in order that unhappy events may be prevented.
Inhabitants of the city of Warsaw ! Do not be misled by
the perfidious arts of the enemies of order, who conspire to
disturb the public tranquillity. Listen to the voice of the
one whose loyalty you have been able to appreciate during
the thirty years he has spent in your midst.
The Governor of the Kingdom ;
Aide-de-Camp General Prince Goirrcunnorr.

I Warsaw, Feb. 28, 1861.
The following is the invitation to the funerals
issued on the 28th ult., by a commission composed
of delegates from the bourgeoisie :
" On Saturday, at 10 o'clock, the interment will
take place of the victims who fell in the course of
yesterday. In the name of the love of country,
in the name of the most sacred duties, the dearest
to each of us, we invite the inhabitants of the city
so to act that the honours paid to the mortal re-
mains of those victims shall be distinguished by the
most dignified attitude, the completed order.
" Inhabitants of Warsaw, listen to the voice of
your brothers."

[Here follow the signatures of the most influential
inhabitants.]
The following is the petition to the Emperor of
Russia from hie Polish subjects :

/lira—The lamentable event; which have just occurred
at Warsaw, the exasperation which preceded them, and the
deep feeling of sedates which has penetrated every mind,
have induced us to place at the feet of your Majesty the
present petition, in the name of (the whole country, hoping
that your noble heart, Sire,will not remain deaf to the voice
of an unhappy people.
These events, the heartrending details of which we ab-
stain from describing, were by no means called forth by the
subversive passions of any particular class of the population;
on the contrary, they are the unanimous and eloquent mani-
festation of sentiments discarded and of wants ignored.
More than half a century of suffering imposed upon
the whole nation, upon • nation which for cen-
turies was governed by liberal institutions ; this na-
tion, deprived even of a legal voice to bring before
the throne of the sovereign the complaints and exerted=
of the general wants ; all this state of things has forcibly
reduced this people only to make its voice heard by the cry
of its victims, and thus it never ceases to offer up • holo-
caust.

Every inhabitant of this unfortunate country entertains in
his heart a deep-rooted sentiment of nationality quite dis-
tinct from that of the other peoples of Europe. This senti-
ment resists the effects of time and of events ; misfortune,
instead of weakening it, has strengthened it. Mutterer
wounds it at insults it upsets the public mind.
Thus, that fatal influence has undermined all confidence
between the governors and the governed. Confidence
cannot be restored. Violent and repressive measures will
be resorted to without effect. This country, formerly on
the level of civilisation of other European states, cannot re-
ceive any moral or material development as long as its
church, its legislature, its public instruction, sad its whole
social organisation are deprived of the stamp of its national
genius and historical traditions.

The aspirations of the nation are the more fervent as, in
the great European family, it finds itself almost alone de-
prived of those absolute conditions of existence without
which no society could achieve that development intended
for it by Providence.
In placing ►t the foot of the throne the expression of
our sorrow and of onr fervent desires, confident in the
sentiments of high equity and of justice of your Majesty,
we have, Sire,
.to appeal to your magnanimity. We are
the faithful subjects of your Imperial Royal Majesty.

(azuraa's

BERLIN, TUESDAY.

Several letters received here from Warsaw agree
in stating that the Russian General Zabalkof, who
gave the order to fire upon the people, had been
brought before a court-martial.
The Minister of Police, M. von Trepow, had
been dismissed.

Governor Gortschakoff had received orders from
St. Petersburg to institute a searching investigation
into the conduct of the military during the recent
disturbances.

RUSSIA.

THE EMANCIPATION OF THE SERFS.

The Nord of to-day says :
" Our correspondent at St. Petersburg sends us
to-day ag account of the closing sitting of the
Council dl the Empire, held on the 25th ult., upon
the question of the serfs. It was decided that the
latter should receive their personal liberty, and
that all the relations between them and their
proprietors should cease at one stroke ; that
the peasants on each property shall receive the
enclosure, that is, the house they inhabit
and the kitchen garden attached to it ;
that there shall be allotted them at a price fixed by
the government the fourth of the quantity of
ground which was fixed iu the plan elaborated by
the commissions, that is, from one to two hectares
according to the provinces. This allocation is
obligatory, the other territorial arrangements are
optional. The imperial manifesto which will pub-
lish these decisions is already printed at St.
Petersburg ; but it will not appear in the
present week, which is that of the Russian
carnival. The publication will take place
in Lent, in about fifteen days perhaps, at a time of
meditation and sobriety for the Russian people,
tho opportuneness of which for the proclamation of
emancipation there is no need to point out."

PARIS. MONDAY EVIEMCO.

The Patrie and the Pays say the Czar will elabo-
rate a project of constitution for Russia as soon as
the question of the emancipation of the serfs shall
be resolved.

FRANCE.
THE MIRE'S SCANDAL.
(REUTER'S TELEG RAM.

PARIS, TVZSDAY.

The Moniteur contains a report addressed by
the Minister of Justice to the Emperor on the
subject of the affair of M. Mires. The minister
mentions the reports which have been prevalent,
and according to which M. Mires had known
how to create for himself, by a suspicious
generosity, protectors sufficiently powerful to
shield him from the chastisement of jus-
tice. The reports also asserted that the evil
was so general and so great that the govern-
ment, at the risk of saving the guilty parties, had
resolved upon allowing the affair to drop, in order
to avoid scandals whose results would be incalcu-
lable, rather than to lay bare the moral ulcers
caused by corruption. "These assertions." continues
the minister, "involve honour and justice in such •
mariner that I believe it necessary to point them
out to your Majesty. Everybody in France
acknowledges integrity, honour, and justice."
K Delangle adds :--" It cannot be tolerated that

the design should be attributed to government o
casting a veil over acts which are amenable to tho
penal law." The minister recalls the words of the
Emperor, who at the outset of this affair ordered
that justice should go to the bottom of the
matter resolutely, and without attention to
any personal consideration. " Justice will
be pursued with a care and patience
which will not be baffled by any obqa.cles.
Nothing will escape the investigation of justice,
and if, contrary to my expectations, the accusations
which party spirit has raised, and which are propa.
gated by malignity and want of reflection, do not
fall before the examination which has been com.
'Deuced, justice shall not fail in its mission."

PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.
In to-day's sitting of the Senate Senator Bonny
expressed his regret that in the draft address no
mention was made of the navy, which would render
such great service in a war with England, which he
desired. This remark was received with expres-
sions of dissatisfaction. Senator Boissy maintained
that the benefits of the English alliance bad been
exaggerated, and declared that a great majority of
the country were of his opinion. M. Bonny
further attacked England on the subject of the
arrangements respecting passports.
M. Billanit blamed the desire for war with
England, as the alliance of that countrywith France
would for a long time remain the best combination
in favour of liberty and the interest of peace.
M. Du in directed attention to the recent finan-
cial scandals.

Count Simeon endeavoured to justify his partici-
pation in the affairs referred to.
M. Billault said the government shared the
sentiments of morality expressed by M. Dupin, and
bad instituted a strict investigation. Government
desired that the guilty parties, if there were any,
should be discovered and punished.
The President said that public morality imposed
upon the senators the duty of guarding against be.
coming engaged in such affairs.
Prince Napoleon—Not only the senators, but
also the high functionaries of tho government.
The first four paragraphs of the address were
then agreed to.