The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-11 00:00:00

THh SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1863.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAM.]

FRANCE.
THE EMPEROR'S LETTER TO THE
SOVEREIGNS.
PARIS, Nov. 11.

The letter of the Emperor of the French to the
Sovereigns, inviting them to a Congress at Paris,
has been published today.
It points out, that from the political condition of
Europe, it is impossible not to acknowledge that
nearly every where the treaties of Vienna have been
destroyed, modified, or misunderstood. The Em-
peror continues as follows :
" We are threatened with a danger, so much the
more formidable because the improvements effected
by civilisation which has bound the peoples toge-
ther by an identity of material interests
would render a war still more destructive.
Let us not wait before taking our part
for sudden and irresistible events to disturb our
judgment and draw us, despite ourselves, into a
contrary direction.
" Called to the throne by Providence, and the
will of the French people, but trained in the school
of adversity, it is perhaps less allowable for me than
any other to ignore the rights of Sovereigns and
the legitimate aspirations of peoples. Thus I am
ready without a preconceived system to enter an
International Congress with the spirit of moderation
the portion of those who
Various trials.
andhav e justice,
endured ordinarilyso many

" If I take the initiative in this overture I do not
yield to an impulse of vanity, but becauFe I am a
sovereign the most credited with ambitious pro-
jects, and I have it at heart to prove by a frank
and loyal step that my sole object is to arrive with-
out a shock at the pacification of Europe.
"If this proposition be accepted, I pray you to
accept Paris as the place of meeting. Europe would
perhaps see some advantage in the capital, whence
the signal for overthrow has so many times
issued, becoming the seat of conferences destined
to
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market has been rather
firmer, and quotations show a slight improvement,
bat without any material change as to the amount
of business. Threes are now at 67f. 10c. Railway
Shares well maintained. The market closed as
follows :

!Italian L0an...... 72 50
Do. end month.... 72 40
New ditto ...... 72 30
Do. end month....
Russian ........
Austrian .......
Spanish Threes....
Rome Debt a 75
Deferred ........ -
BA IL WAYS.

4.1 per Cents. 94 90
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 05
Credit Mobilier 1077 50
Do. end month 1080
Bank Shares 3400
Credit Fancier 1265
Roman

Orleans ....
Northern . ...
New ditto

Cash. Account.
972 60 .. 975
980 .. 980

Lyons and Mediterranean 948 75 .. 950
New ditto 905 .. _
Geneva 498 75 .. __,
___
Southern
Western
Eastern .... .. 485 .. 483 75
Sardinian
Austrian ...... - .. 407 50
Lowbard
North of Spain
Saragossa 615 .. 620
Ditto to Barcelona

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 11.

The Invalide Russe publishes an article relating
to the general recruitment which is to take place in
the Russian provinces between the 13th Nov. and
the 31st December. The Invalide says that this
recruitment is the, first since the Crimean war. The
system of drawing by lot formerly employed being
now objected to, the Government has now left the
communes the choice of four methods, based Lunn
age, drawing by lot, selection by the authorities of
the commune, and the engagement of substitutes
paid by the communes. The standard of height
having been lowered, the Invalide hopes that this
measure will considerably augment the number of
men fit for military service.
The Northern Bee feels no confidence in the ad-
dresses of loyalty sent into the Government, and the
provisional suppression of the revolt in the
Western provinces. It foresees that sooner or later
the Poles will again take up arms. To anticipate this
difficulty, the Bee recommends that the Poles should
be compelled to entrust the education of their chil-
dren to Russian teachers ; that Polish should be
forbidden in the schools ; that Russian libraries
should be increased ; that all officials of Polish
descent should be dismissed from their posts; that
parents should be compelled to bring up children
horn of mixed marriages in the orthodox Greek
religion; that the Catholic churches and convents
still existing in Podolia and Volhynia should be
gradually suppressed ; that the statues of saints
and the crosses erected at the sides of the public
roads shall be taken away, to divide the popular
element in the Ukraine and in White Russia from
Polish influence; and, lastly, that every possible
means should be employed to undermine the still
solid foundations of the Polish nationality and of
the Catholic creed in the Western provinces.

WARSAW, Nov. 6.

The last extraordinary contribution imposed by
Gen. Berg upon the population was fixed at 300,000
roubles. With the exception of 20,000 roubles, the
whole of this tax has already been paid into the
Russian treasury. It is asserted that Gen. Berg
intends to levy another extraordinary impost upon
the whole population, not excepting servants,
amounting also to 300,000 roubles, for the purpose
of rebuilding the Hotel de Ville.

The French paper La Patric has lately published
a series of articles attacking the Russian authorities
of this city in violent terms. They are signed
" Christian Ostrawski." It has been discovered that
the writer is the brother of Count Thaddeus Os-
trawski, a French subject living in Warsaw. The
latter, it seems, furnished his brother with the ma-
terials for the articles to which the Patrie has given
the place of honour in its columns. Count Ostrawski
has consequently received orders to quit Warsaw.

Since the commencement of the insurrection the
Prussian military authorities have confiscated 965
fire-arms, 670 sabres, 2,05 bayonets, 720 cwt. of
powder, 3,310 cartridges, 500 cwt. of lead, 60,000
percussion caps.

The Polish women, especially at the present mo-
ment, occupy the chief place in the revolutionary
organisation. They fill various functions, above all,
contribute to inducing young men to join the bands.
Women undertake the charge of distributing the
orders of the National Government over the pro-
vinces. An interesting letter has lately transpired,
written by a well-informed Polish lady, from which
it appears that the bombs thrown at General Berg
were manufactured abroad, and that four men de-
voted themselves to carry out the attack. It is said
that among the women arrested the day before yes-
terday were some 20 armed with daggers. The
mother of a quiet and inoffensive youth studying
at Warsaw University lately visited the capital
for the express purpose of persuading the lad to join
the insurgents in the field. The son obeyed. He
was mortally wounded at the first engagement with
the Ruesian troops, and has eince died in the hos-
pital at 'Warsaw.
Much has been said of the little confidence to be
placed in Poles attached to Russians fulfilling im-
just come to light that a
portant functions, It has