The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-30 00:00:00

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.

CRACOW, March 29.
The Czas of to-day publishes a letter from Arch•
bishop Felinski to the Emperor.
Feliuski maintaics I hat the only means of pacify-
ing Poland is to unite all the Russo-Polish pro.
vines with the existing kingdom into a Polish
kingdom under the Russian Crown. Unless this is
done submission is impossible, and the country will
be devastated.
Langiewicz is still at Cracow.

The Provisional Government of Poland have
issued the following proclamation :
" Fellow Countrymen,—The Dictatorship of General
Langiewicz having ceased on the 19th of March, the chief
authority of the country returns into the hands of the Pro-
visional National Government at Warsaw, who have never
loft off their governmental duties, and are the only and sole
legally-constituted authority of the countr3 . Fellow emu.
trymen I the return of power into the hands of men who
have called forth the rising, and perseveringly directed it,
ought to be a guarantee to you that the movement will con
tinue, and that it shall not end without victory. Yes, we
wilt fight unwearyingly, without being disheartened by ill
success or deterred by obstacles. We will not concentrate
the whole cause in one person, whose fall might occasion the
fall of the rising; and, strong in our p,ssession of the con-
fidence of the nation, we will boldly stand forth against all
factions which might attempt to create, without our con-
sent, any new power or authority. Fellow countrymen I we
grasp again with faith and confidence the helm of the Na-
tional Government, and, practical in devising remedies in
cases of emergency, we are confident in being able to avert
the danger which threatens us in consequence of the fall of
the Dictatorship.

" Faithful to the cause the standard of which, upheld by
us, sets aside every misunderstanding of party, we invoke
the whole nation to obedience.

"To arms I In the face of the foe, in the face of our fall-
ing brethren, the place of every Pole is in the ranks.
" By authority of the Central Committee of the Provi-
sional National Government,
" The Commissioner Extraordinary,
" STEPHEN BOBROSKI."
A lady writes the following letter from Cracow :

Sir,—lt seems hard to tax too severely the generosity of
the British public, and yet when was an appeal made to it
in vain ? I feel convinced that, if any of your readers could
have witnessed the harrowing scenes which I and my sister
saw yesterday, they would have emptied their purses to
alleviate in some degree the misery which made our hearts
bleed. There are four temporary hospitals in Cracow—one
in the ball-room in the hotel in which we are staying, and
three others in other parts of the t we. Out of about 200
patients I only saw one man over 25 ; the rest boys of 15
and upwards, These youths are many of them from Po.
land, and all of them far from their homes. They are de-
pendent, therefore, entirely on the charity of the towns-
people, who are already overwhelmed by the claims of their
own relatives and friends. There is scarcely a house in
which some member of the family is not either sick or
wounded, while hundreds of men, women, and children
burnt oat of Miechow, and their villages, have sought
refuge here. The consequence is that every hole and
corner in the town is occupied,and everybody's purse
is constantly drained. No less than 1,000 of Langie
wicz's followers have been obliged to leave Poland,
and arrived here yesterday and the day before in a
deplorable condition. Most of them, having joined
the camp without any provision for campaigning,
have been brought in as Austrian prisoners, foot-
sore, starving, and nearly naked. Tney have been
engaged for the last two days in escaping from
Austrian durance, the authorities being only too
glad to be relieved of the trouble of providing for
them. Large purchases have been made of boots
and clothing, and every one is anxious to contribute;
still the calls have recently been so heavy—first for
subscriptions to the movement, and next for the re-
lief of distress—that contributions from England
would be most thankfully received. It must not be
supposed that there is any repining or begging.
The young men in hospital are only yearning to be
well enough to return to the scenes of their late dis-
tress; and, though the town wears an aspect of
mourning, and the streets swarm with a population
clothed in the deepest black, the haggard, worn
faces of old and young, men and women, express
sniy one sentiment—that of fierce and determined
resistance. The capture of Langiewicz has stimu-
lated rather than dampened i he ardour of the people,
and every nerve is being strained to retrieve the
effect of the late Director's inconceivable act. If
the Austrian Government will only afford the faci-
lities it gave on an earlier stage of the movement,
there can be no doubt of the ultimate success of the
revolution, so thorough is the demoralization of the
Russian army; but if it renders the transmission
of arms and ammunition impossible, the pro-
spects of the insurgents are gloomy enough. In the
meantime, in the name of common humanity let
even those who have no political sympathy with
Poland help to relieve an amount of suffering which,
were the cause less holy than it is, would be en-
titled to their compassion and consideration.