The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-21 00:00:00

THE STATE OF WARSAW.

A letter from Warsaw, of the 15th, in theDilats
of to-day, says :

The state of siege was proclaimed yesterday, and the
authorities have threatened with the severest penalties al!
those who take part in the Nte. Eveii tradesman who
closes his shop is to be fined 400 fr., and his license'• to be
taken away from him. Nevertheless, since the morr'ng era
the shops as well as the Bourn, have been closed, and the
churches are filled with immense crowds. The troops have
surrounded the churches, and only allow women and el '.
dren to leave. At the hour when I write, 4 o'clock, p.m.,
everyone is detained in this way, patrols perambv'ste the
city, and detachments of Cossacks gallop through the streets.
NINE O'CLOCK, P.ll.—lle number of persons trampled
upon and wounded by the soldiers is considerable. Hun-
dred' have been masted, and led through the city under
escort. In the Cathedral and in the Church of the Bar-
nardings more than :3,000 persona of all claws and egos
have hien kept shut upsince the morning. The soldier, have
lit fires before these churchea, and are bivouacking there, and
meanwhile allow no one to leave. Bishop Deckert and the
Abbe Biatobrzezki, the new administrator of the diocese,
went, in the afternoon to General Gerstensweig to demand
the rehabs, of the persons shut up in the the-chess, °hoer e-
ar' that this imprisonment was a profanation of the holy
place. The prisoners who were shut up in the church of the
Holy Cross succeeded in escaping by a back door. The
soldiers, on discovering this, forced the 6.vat door, and
finding the church empty, arrested for- priests whom they
suspected of having favoured the fight of the people, and
conducted them to the castle.

BERLIN, Orr 19.

Private letters received here from Warsaw, dated
the 16th inst., state that the General Consistory of
the Archbishopric of Warsaw has addressed a cir-
cular letter to the vicars of the parish churches, in-
forming them that in consequence of the profana-
tion of the Cathedral and the Church of St.
Bernard, in Warsaw, the ecclesiastical seal would
be affixed to the doors of both buildings on the 17th
inst., and that no religious service would be held in
them until an expiation had been made.
The circular letter then orders that, as other
churches are also liable to be similarly profaned, all
churches are to remain closed from the 17th inst.,
until guarantees are given that the temples will be
secured against further profanation.
The same private letters also announce that the
Council of State met at Warsaw on the 16th inst.,
and resolved on account of existing circumstances
to suspend its sittings.

CRACOW, OCT. 19.

Nowa from Warsaw announces that several of
the churches in that city had been forcibly entered
by the military, and the male portion of the congre-
gations conveyed by them to the citadel.
Half the persons thus arrested had been since set
at liberty. It was asserted, however, that 2,000
prisoners yet remaining would be drafted into dif-
ferent regiments for military service. _

The clergy had closed the churches on account of
their profanation by the military.

FRANCK.

PARIS, Oe?. 21.

The Moniker of this morning pnblisbee a letter
from its correspondent at Konigsberg, stating that
Marshal M'Mahon has received a kind welcome
from all, and that the King of Prussia has publicly
expressed the satisfaction which he derived from
his visit to Compiegne. The letter then con-
tinues :—"The excellent impressions of the King
are cordially shared by the Government and coun-
try, and will certainly exercise a happy influence
on the relations of France and Prussia. The
King and Queen of Pravda held a long conversa-
tion with Marshal M'Mahon. The King spoke of
his visit to Compiegne in terms which inspired the
ambassador of France with respectful gratitude."