The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-27 00:00:00

THE POLISH QUESTION.

The following is the text of the despatch sent by
the Government of the Netherlands to its Minister
at St. Petersburg relative to the Polish question :
"The Hague, April 28th, 1863.

I" Monsieur le Baron,—The events which are actually
taking place in Poland have created a sensation throughout
all Europe. Various Governments, fearing more serious
complications, have addressed themselves to the Govern,.
ment of his Majesty the Emperor Alexander, appealing to
the magnanimity and benevolence of which his Majesty has
given so many striking proofs during the whole course of
his reign. The Government of his Majesty the King of the
Netherlands has received communication of the Notes
which have been presented to that effect to his Excellency
Prince Gortschakoff by the reprmentatives of the Courts
of France and of England, and it entertains the conviction
that they were only dictated by the interest which every
friendiy Government must take in the prosperity of the,
reign of the Emperor Alexander. The relations of friend_
ship which have always happily subsisted between the Cabi-
net of St. Petersburg and that of the Hague impose upon
us the du y, M. le Baron, of acquiescing in the requests of
the Cabinets of Paris and of London to communicate to that
of his Majesty the Emperor the views of the Government of
the King as regards the painful events in which
all mankind takes an interest. We think we
cannot better explain those views than by asso-
ciating ourselves to the ideas suggested to the Govern-
ment of his Majesty the Emperor of the French
by the state of affairs in Poland, and taking our grcund
upon the spirit of conciliation which animates us, we flatter
ourselves that this step will be fully appreciated by the Go-
vernment of his Majesty the Emperor Alexander. The
Cabinet of the Hague has thought it advisable not to de-
lay making 'his communication, which is a new proof of
the good relations existing between the two Courts. The
recognised benevolence of his Majesty the Emperor Alexan-
der gives us the certainty that these considerations will be
agreeable to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg at a moment
when, in his high wisdom, his Majesty purposes taking
measures necessary to assure the happiness and the pro-
sperity of his subjects.
"You are requested, M. le Baron, to read this despatch
to his Excellency Prince Gortschakoff, and, if requisite, to
leave him a copy of it.-1 am, &c.,
" P. VAN DER MAESEN DE SolumErr."
The Memorial Diplomatique publishes the fol-
lowing as the substance of an autograph letter ad,
dressed by the Pope to the Emperor of Russia. The
full text has not yet been published
"According to information we have received from ?IF
private sources, the letter of the Sovereign Pontiff,
Prince
wl!'en
bears the date of 16th of April, was presented to
Taillsna ttfhat
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evils which have
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Gortschskoff a few days after the Notes of the threeed,PAoffwaeirrs,
through the intermedium of the Aus Charg
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was t plungedhmore
informed, Pius IX. says in this letter, which is elaborately
—the Hely. Father, ethr,e as it
ti so
f Russia. known,
I fhwaeviareng
rightfullya n official
written, that considering the terrible spectacle now offered
aarpereytototeall the evils
oon.
.mho 8 sacredattributed
if, as Father of the great Christian community, he did
by Poland, he should be wanting in hsvish
Binne
not raise
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upon
deepesti'P:h:ifw rhva toirummi. cn, misery, ete er y I), e and
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tfboai laltedhni en tgßti auut ssian Government itself, now be-
y
the promises contracted by treaties; therefore,ehas never kept
the example of his venerable predecessor he followed
who, in the secret consistory Gregory XVI ,
dressed to the Sacred Cone e of the 22d July, 1840, ad-
the odious persecution theng explicit allocution on
Poland, in which that Sovereign suffered by the Church in
of the Concordat of 1847, etrheign Pontiff reminded the Czar
never been observed. Ills e prescriptions of which have
to the sentiments of Holiness concludes by appealing
of the Emperor humanity,Alexander, of
justice, and of clemency
length to the Catholicser, and urges him to restore at
of Poland freedom of religion and
of their faith as the only eans likely to put a term to the
actual troubles, to stop the m
effusion of blood, and to effect a
reconciliation between the Poles and the Russian Govern-
ment."

Vifd WRECKreo OF THE VIFREDO STEAMER.—Letters
received yesterday from Lloyd's agent at iireaford
report the total loss of a large iron-built screw steamer the
Vifredo, Captain Arnat, trading between Liverpool and
Spain. The shipwreck took place on Friday night last, to
the eastward of the Saltees Islands, off the coast of Ireland.
The Vifredo left Barcelona on the sth inst., and afterw
Baron
ds
put into Corunna, where she took a quantity of tboard, besides about £12,000 of silver ore. When disco-
eeinifna thetthwoeobots allaetosaf.
disco-
vered ashore she was lying on what is called the Brandy or
Barrel Rock, three miles east of Saltees. A passing steamer
offered to render her assistance, but Captain Arnat declined
although he allowed two or three head of cattlelegtofotbLewotainilkdenot:
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recovered by divers. An agent from
the silver ore. towards saving
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