The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-29 00:00:00

THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND.

WILNA, rune 19.
The following order for the establishment of a
military and civil administrative tribunal in the
Governments of Wilna, Kowno, Gardno, Minsk,
Witepsk, and Mohilew has been issued by General
Mouravieff:—

" 1. In accordance with the Imperial use of the
9th of August, 1861, all measures applicable to a
state of siege are to' be at once put in force in all

towns and circles of the above-named Governments.

The same shall be brought into operation regardless
of consequences, and upon the strictest responsibi-
lity of the military and civil officials.
"2. A war police council, from whose decision
there shall be appeal, is to be nominated in every

circle. The superior military commanders -equally
with the chief Governmental authorities are in duty
bound to appoint circle prefects during the time of
war, selecting those distinguished for energy and
foresight. Staffofficers commanding troops stationed
in these places are to be preferentially chosen ; but

where such officers have been already nominated,

and have failed in duly executing their functions,
they shall be immediately replaced by other persons,
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The circle-chiefs appointed for the duration of the

war shall exercise authority over all troops sta-

tioned within their districts and all civil powers.
All proprietors of estates, servants, clergy, nobility,
tenants, and the entire town and country popula-

Lion, without distinction of calling or position, are
dependent upon and under the jurisdiction of these
officials. The circle-chiefs are recommended to take
under their protection all inhabitants faithful and
devoted to the monarch and the Russian supremacy,
especially the rural population, protecting these by
force of arms against the insurgents, and organising
a militia from among their own body, according to

the rules hereby laid down. Remark.—Reliable
lists of all landed proprietors in the circles
and towns are to be drawn up in the form
of circle citizen-books, and to be kept in con-
stant order. The occupation of every separate

person and the degree of confidence placed in him

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must be duly noted, and the strictest surveillance is

to be exercised over all. In these books the rura'

population is not to be mixed up with that of the

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circles and towns, but only the number of inhabi-
tants in each community is to be recorded.
" 3. The circle-chiefs shall establish a permanent
severe war police administration in the districts of
every provincial circle, committing it to the charge
of reliable military or civil persons, and keeping as
nearly as possible to the principles already este-

blished and here laid down, or they may also intrust
these functions to district commissioners upon the
same general principles. In such parts of the circle
where it appears possible a militia shall be organ-
ized in accordance with the instructions already
forwarded to the government presidents, in order
to protect the rural population against robbery,
plunder, and outrage by the insurgents. The circle-
chiefs must use every means at their disposal—and
in pressing cases with the assistance of the troops
—to suppress even the slightest attempt at revolt
by the employment of the militia, to arrest the ori-
ginators of the disturbance, and to deliver them up
to a quarter in which they will be dealt with ac-
cording to the full severity of military law.

"4. The circle-chiefs, for the better preservation
of order in the circles respectively committed to their
charge, shall immediately make arrangements for
establishing burgher-guards upon the roads and in
all villages and hamlets, and, are authorised to su-
pervise all persons travelling to and fro, and to allow
no one to pass without a permit signed by the cap-
tain of the circle. They are especially to take care
that no person escape who is in any way suspected
of participation in the insurrection, no matter to
what class such person may belong. Any one of
this description is to be immediately arrested and
delivered up to the circle-chiefs. This order, how-
ever, is not to apply to persons residing in the
neighbourhood of the guard and to inhabitants no-
toriously well affected towards the Government.
" 5. Simultaneously with the introduction cf the
war police administration the circle-chiefs are not
to remain inaetive in the towns, but shall continu-
ally clear the circle from insurgents with the troops
at their disposition, and with the assistance of the
militia and rural population protect the inhabitants
from violence, taking care that 'no new bands are
under any circumstances organised, and the reins of
power are replaced in the hands of the legitimate
Government.

" 6. To restore order and tranquillity completely
in the various districts the circle chiefs shall at
once take charge of all weapons within the towns
and in the country now in the custody of land-
owners and their servants, the nobility, tenants,
clergy, and convents ; also generally from the inha-
bitants of all towns, with the exception of native
Russians of the abovementioned classes, and suds
foreigners as the authorities of the town shall con-
sider trustworthy. The weapons thus confiscated
and all ammunition arc to be handed over to the
military authorities, who will then, as far as neces-
sary, equip the militia from these sources.
" 7. Such persons only shall be disarmed in the
rural communities, military colonies, and villages
as notoriously do not deserve the confidenco of the
authorities, without distinction of religious belief,
as the majority of the rural population, although
not of the Greek faith, is unquestionably faithfully
devoted to the Sovereign, and will make every
sacrifice to restore order, by assisting in the capture
and delivery over to the tribunals of all belonging
to their respective communities who have partici-
pated in the insurrection.
44 8. The shortest possible time, in no case ex-
ceeding three days from the issue of the order, shall
be appointed for the disarmament of the circles and
towns. Whoever neglects to comply therewith in
the given period shall be arrested and delivered
over to the tribunals. The disarmament shall be
repeated in those districts where it has already
taken place. The permits to keep arms hitherto
granted are to be considered as henceforth cancelled.
"9. Simultaneously with the disarmament of the
districts the circle chiefs are to take measures for
expelling from the circles all individuals, members
of the nobility or clergy, &c., not well affected to
the Government, who participate more or less in
the insurrection. Persona convicted of breach of
their oath shall be at once arrested and delivered
over, with the protocol of their offence, to the
nearest military Court or the governmental captain,
to be dealt with according to military law. The
circle-chiefs will be held responsible for every un-
necessary leniency or partisanship in this respect.
" 10. All landed proprietors, with the stewards or
agents who manage their estates, must be reminded
in the most emphatic manner that they will be held
personally responsible for every organisation of re-
bel bands or conspiracies against the Government
carried on upon their possessions; likewise for the
support of any such undertakings with money or
supplies, and that the punishment for their personal
aid or participation will be greater for themselves
than for that of their domestics.
" 11. Such persons shall also be held responsible
if unlicensed individuals or rebels or disturbers of
the public peace of any kind are permitted to take
refuge in their houses.
" 12. All priests, and especially the pastors in