The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-21 00:00:00

THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND.

By a proclamation of the 12th inst., which is
signed by Langiewicz, and counter-signed by M.
Valery Tomezynki, his Secretary-General ad interim,
we learn that the Polish Government is already
formed. The Government is composed of four
persons, who are at the head of the Departments
fur War, Finances, Foreign Affairs, and Internal
Matters. The names of the persons in question
will for a time be kept secret. The edicts of the
Civil Government will be published by the Dictator.
All the ordinances of the Dictator will be counter-
signed by one of his secretaries. Representatives
will be sent to the foreign Powers. The civil and
military authorities in the kingdom will continue
to act as heretofore nutil they receive fresh instruc-
tions from the new Government. The appointment
of M. Bentkowski, a member of the Prussian Diet,
to be Chief of the Genera Staff, has given great
satisfaction to the insurgents. Bentkowski, who
once served in the Prussian Artillery, greatly dis-
tinguished himself in Hungary in the year 1849.
The most important news from Russia is that the
city of Kiev has been placed in a state of siege, and
that a powerful insurgent corps has made its appear-
ance near Bar, in Podolia. The insurrection now
extends from Konin (Government of Warsaw) iu
the west to Kiev in the east. The distance of the
one place from the other is about 700 English miles.
Bar, in the district of Mohilev, is on the frontier of
Bessarabia, and it is, therefore, to be presumed
that the insurgents there are under the command
of Poles who went from Moldavia to Podolia.
Pinsk, Sluk, and Novogrodek, in Lithuania, were
a few days ago placed in a state of siege,
and something of importance must have oc-
curred in Voihynia, as the telegraphic communi-
cation between Brody-Zarnok and Warsaw is inter-
rupted. It is a fact worthy of mention that the
telegraphic wires to the east of Moscow have re-
cently been cut. On the 13th inst. the great rail-
way viaduct near Pietrikow (Government of War-
saw) was destroyed by the insurgents. While the
Polish Dictator was at Goszcza (he passed five days
there) he reorganized his corps, which now consists
of about 7,000 men. The infantry battalions now
have five companies or 750 men. One of the com-
panies is armed with rifles, and the other four are
composed of sithemen. The cavalry- was also
divided into squadrons, and many of the men got
fresh horses, Shortly before Langiewicz quitted
Goszcza he obtain 2,000 guns and some ammuni-
tion from Prussia. As a " measure of precaution "
the Russian authorities at Vilna have arrested about
500 Lithuanian landed propritors. The latest in-
te.ligence from Cracow is that Langiewicz is moving
in the direction of Staszaw and Sandomierz, but it
is not at all unlikely that the news is incorrect
General Count Mensdorff Pouilly was at Cracow
the day before yesterday, and it is expected that he
will come here for a few hours. Russian corps from
Czenstochau and Kielce are pursuing Langiewicz,
but the roads are so bad that they find it extremely
difficult to move their artillery. In a Warsaw
letter, which has to-day been put into my hands
it is said that the demoralization of the Russian
troops passes all belief. Officers frequently disap-
pear suddenly, and it hardly admits of a doubt that
they are " put out of the way" (beseitigt) by their
men.