The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-16 00:00:00

POLAND.

The following circular has been addressed by the
military governor of the palatinate of Augustowo
to the militElry commandants of his districts :

March 5, 1864, No. 654.
From information I have received it appears that in Gali-
cia, Posen, and eastern Prussia, insurgent bands are being
formed, and that evil-thinking persons contemplate an ir-
ruption into the kingdom of Poland in the middle of March.
Wishing to preserve the country from new misfortunes, I
hereby direct you strict;y to cart y out the instructions of the
commander-in -chief of the country of May 24 last, as also
the additional ones already communicated to you by me.

I further direct--
1. That all persons seized with arms in their hands be
brought before a court martial, and bentenoed to be shot
within 24 hours. You are charged with executing the sen-
tences of the tribunals.

2. That all burgesses, magistrates of villages, nobles,
foresters,and under-foresters, in the event of insurgent bands
making their appearance, immediately give information of
the same to the nearest military commandant, either in per-
son or through their messengers. Should it appear that
such information has not been given, or if the messenger
has been so sent as to throw him in the way of the insurgents,
or, finally, if it should appear that the information has come
too late, and that notwithstanding all the efforts of the
troops the insurgents escape punishment, the guilty are to
be immediately arrested and tried by court-martial.

3. If in any village a murder is committed by the
gendarmes, and the fact of such murder is confirmed, the
whole of the property of the landowners, tenants, or their
employes, is to be burnt, their land sequestrated, and them-
selves made personally responsible. If the peasants have
been guilty of the murder, the whole village is to be burnt.
4. All proprietors, tenants, and peasants who could have
captured insurgents and have not done so are equally made
responsible.

5. bhould any individual, or person employed by him,
give carts, money, clothing, or provisions to the insurgents
on their requisition, he is to be immediately arrested, and
his property sequestrated.

6. If insurgents pass through a village, and the village
authorities or some of the peasants do not inform the Go-
vernment authorities, or if the insurgents get carts in the
village, the authorities and the guilty persons are to be ar-
rested, and the whole village fined from five to ten roubles
per chimney.

7. From the 27th March all persons, with their employes,
are to remain in their houses, and the issue of passports is
to be suspended. Only those persons who are personally
known to you as supporters of the Government are to be
allowed passports.

Every person without a passport signed and certified by
the military authorities shall pay 25 roubles for the first
time he is caught, too for the second, and is to be arrested
on the third, The period for which the passport is available
is to be stated at the time of its issue. Military command-
ants of sub-districts have the right of issuing passports for
seven days only,

8. I have observed that in many villages there are no
guards, and in others they perform their duties negligently.
I, therefore, again direct you to order the peasants to esta-
blish guards. It is the duty of military commandants of
sub-districts to inform the peasants what passports are
really genuine. I beg that you will inform every one of
this circular, that no one may plead ignorance, and also
that you will make no concessions, as I ha%e decided to
omit no measures for pacifying the country. In order, how-
ever, to protect the persons and property of those who are
unfavourable to the robbers against new misfortunes, I
direct you impress upon the troops under your command
the necessity for increased vigilence, and to send as often
as possible bodies of horse end foot to examine the localities
belonging to your district.
I trust the troops will preserve order and continue to
establish peace in the country, and thereby deserve your
approval.

(Signed) Lieuh-G9neral BAKLANOW.

A CONSPICUOUS EXCEPTION.—The following
letter has been addressed to the editor of the 7irnes;
—"Sir,—ln reference to the statement in your paper of this
day, under the head of ' General Garibaldi,' that the Pen-
insular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's board
of directors had passed a complimentary resolution, con-
ceding of a free passage to the General and suite, unani-
mously,' I shall be extremely obliged by, your inserting
this declaration, that I, for one of the directors present,
desired that my vote to the contrary effect might, at all
events, be recorded.—l have the honour to be, &c., Count
DE TORRE-DIAZ, 21, Devoaehire-place, W., April 12;"