The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-27 00:00:00

THE INSU:

POLAND,

BERLIN, Feb. 26.

In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, Herr von
Sybell presented the report of the committee nominated to
inquire into the proposition of Herren Hoverbeck and Car-
lowitz, that the Government should be requested to main-
tain neutrality in the Polish insurrection, and disarm fugi-
tives from both belligerent parties entering upon Prussian

territory.
Herr von Sybell said that the Government could only
choose between lamentable retreat and inconceivable dan-
ger, The chamber should solemnly disavow the policy of
the Government.

Graf von Eulenburg stated in the name of the Govern-
ment that the insurgents arrested near Thort had not been
given up to Russia, but sent back across the frontier. The
measures taken by the Government had contributed to
lessen the insurrection. The statement that Prussian
troops had entered upon Russian territory near Gallab was
without foundation.

Herr von Bismark said—" Tho Government has not been
tale to state its views upon this important question. The
proposition of Herren Hoverbeck and Charlowitz is sym-
pithetic with the insurrection, and the rumours current
concerning the convention between Prussia and Russia are
mythical. The Chamber must not form conjectures as to
the purport of the convention from the refusal of the
Ministry to communicate its contents. The Government
cannot discuss a pending question in its full bearings upon
European policy. The proposition of Herren Hoverbeck
and Carlowitz has not attained its aim of overturning the
Government. The convention stipulates expressly that
the consent of the respective Governments is requisite
upon each occasion of Russian or Prussian troops passing
their own frontiers. The Government has not concluded

any stipulations with Russia to which the expressions used
by Earl Russell in the House of Lorde were applicable.
Count Bernstorff was not acquainted with the text of the
ormvantinn who» ansafinnPti ahnnf if hp Marl Rnaaall. Tho
Government has nothing to retract (Die Regierung hat
nichts zuruckzunehmen.) This will become evident as
soon as the text of the treaty shall have been made known."
After a discussion lasting upwards of six hours, during
which the policy of the Government was most vehemently
attacked, the sitting was adjourned until to-morrow.

WARSAW, Feb. 24.

The rumour that General Mieroslawski had fled across

the frontier is said to be unfounded. He has penetrated as
far as Kolo, in the Government of Kalish, where his forces
engaged the Russians yesterday and to-day.
Langiewicz has crossed the Vistula, and is operating in
the vicinity of Lublin.

CRACOW, Feb. 26.

Two engagements between the Russian troops and the
insurgents are reported to have taken place. Of one, in
which the Poles were commanded by Langiewicz, no details
have been received. The other occurred near Kutno, where
the Russians were defeated.

The insurrection is again making progress in Podlachia.

V ARSAW, Feb. 26.

A band of 1,000 insurgents, hastening to join General
Mieroslawaki, in the district of Wlodawek, has been en-
tirely dispersed; 100 of their number were killed, and 82
made prisoners.

TARNoWIIz, Feb. 26.

The Russian public functionaries of the frontier town of
Niesdara arrived here at noon to-day, escorted by Prussian
Hussars, bringing with them the town treasury and a quan-
tity of ammunition, together with their own private effects.
The officials fled from Niesdara on to Prussian territory,
in consequence of an order sent by telegraph from Kalish,
signalling the advance of the insurgents.

The situation of the insurgent forces on the 21st inst. is
thus described in a letter from Warsaw of that date :
"The main body of the insurgent troops is now in the
government of Radom, from Staszow as far as Ojcow, two
miles from Cracow, whither they were pressed by the
manoeuvres of the Russian troops in the fights of Sando-
mir, Opoczno, Wonchock, Suchednioff, /cc. It was ex-
pected that the insurgents in the south would be soon
forced to hazard a decisive battle, in consequence of the
large number of troops continually being sent quietly by
railway, as well as those which had been sent by the Ra-
dom road. The number of the insurgents in the southern
district was about 4,000 or 5.000."
The news from Warsaw comes down to the 22d inst., on
which date the events at Ojcow, Miechow, and Michalo-
wice naturally formed the chief subject of conversation. A
correspondent, writing on that elate. says :
•
me ()menu accounts are not wormy yr uuy confidence,
and in consequence of the difficulty of communication with
the places where the insurgents are assembled, news is ob-
tained from thence with great difficulty ; but it is perfectly
clear that the insurgents have suffered a great loss on the
Austrian frontier, the consequence and influence of which
on the result of the struggle is not to be justly estimated.
However, a general on the Russian staff has been known to
express his opinion that in consequence of the way in which
the insurgents are scattered about the country, and the de-
sultory mode of fighting they have adopted, an entire army
corps will be necessary to quell the outbreak, in addition to
the troops already in Poland. This may be exaggerated, but
it is quite certain that numbers of insurgents are con-
tinually appearing in places, all well armed, besides
having field pieces of the best description. This was
remarkably the case at Przedore, on the Pillica,
[ where a body of men maintained themselves for
some days. But the most dangerous part of the affair for
the Government is, that these bands of men reappear in
places whence it was supposed they had been driven. A
society of ladies is still in existence at Warsaw for the pur-
pose of providing linen, woollen jackets, stockings, lint, and
other necessaries for those who are now in the field, and
the activity these ladies show in their benevolent work is
remarkable. Other ladies are continually going to the camp
for the purpose of tending the sick, and several students of
medicine and young surgeons have also left Warsaw to
render their assistance to the wounded. It is stated as a
most remarkable circumstance that the spot where the insur-
gent hospital is situated is unknown to the Government
authorities. Bodies of military come to Warsaw every day
from Russia, but in such small numbers that it would ap-
pear that the Russian Government had not many men to
spare. which is confirmed by the circumstance that the
guard, the choicest r ortion of the Imperial army, is cora-
ing."

.
The Silesian Gazette contains the following from Mys-
lowita, dated the 22d inst.:--

" During the last few days so many incomplete or contra-
dictory accounts of the movements of the rebels have
arrived here that but little reliance can be placed on them.
These reports have probably arisen from the circumstance
that the insurgents have evacuated the part of the country
they occupied between Czenstochau, Olkusz, and on this
side of the boundary near Granica, Sosnowic, and Modrze-
jow ; but it is at least certain that none of their body are in
Dombrowa, where their camp has been raised. No authentic
accounts of their whereabouts have been received. Olkusz
has been occupied by the Russians."
The arrival of Mieroslawski in the insurgent camp has
been announced by telegraph, and it has also been stated
on the same authority that he has been beaten by the
Russians and forced to retreat. The Baltic Gazette,
under date the 21st inst., has the following respecting this
Polish chief :
" He stands at the head of a body of troops some miles
from Wloclawek. Yesterday a small affair took place
between his troops and the Russians, at the town of Lowicz,
near Nieszawo. The loss was not great on either side ; but
a decisive battle is soon expected between his men and the
imperial soldiers, as troops have already been moved so as
to encircle him on three sides. Mieroslawski crossed the
Polish boundary early on the 17th, between Streselno and
Thorn. He has raised the standard of revolt in the circles
of 'Wloclawek, Lipno, Plock, and K.onin, and other places.
The Central Committee have sent a division of armed in-
surgents to meet him on the boundary, and these people re-
ceived him with loud shouts of joy. The importance of
this event is not to be overlooked. The Polish revolu-
tionary party could not look for any better prospect for their
cause than that opened by the convention between Russia
and Prussia. They rely with certainty that this conven-
tion will awaken the sympathy of the French people for
the Poles to such a degree that the French Government win
feel compelled to interfere in favour of Poland, In this
view they are making the greatest exertions to cause the
revolt to assume the widest possible dimensions. This is
the reason why Mieroslawski has resolved to take the com-
mand in chief of the insurgents."
The Italian journals publish the following appeal from
Garibaldi addressed to "The people of Europe" :
Do not abandon Poland I
Every people has a right to assist th's unfortunate notices,
which is proving to the world what despair can do. Dis-
armed, deprived of the flower of its
scribed or imprisoned, bending the neck under atnoumnseraonds
army, it rises like a giant. The men leave the w
or die ; the
rush into the woods determined to conquheor
aduct their
young men, already prno.
women spring upon the hired assassins w
children and put out their eyes.
Do not abandon Poland!
Do not wait until you are reduced to despair, as she is—
our neighbour's house be burnt if you wish to be
dasosinsott leedit ynexting
uishing the conflagration that consumes
your OWII.
ROUMBIIIB of the Danube, Magyars, Germans, Scandina-
vians, you are the warlike advance-guard of the peoples in
the death struggle which is now taking place in the glorious
land of Sobieski and Kosciusko.
This struggle is the struggle of despotism against right ;