The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-06 00:00:00

POLAND.

A letter received in Paris yesterday from War
saw of the 26th of February states that the Russian
Government fear to send treasure from St. Peters-
burg to Warsaw in consequence of the frequent
attacks made by the insurgents on the rail way
:rains. The treasury at Warsaw is empty, and the
contractors fer the army have been informed that
the Government cannot give them any money for a
long time to come. Tho Marquis Wielopolski is
not dead, as reported, but he is seriously ill. On
the 26th the Governor brought into the citadel all
the boats on the Vistula, to prevent any inhabitant
who wished to join the insurgents from escaping
by water. Tho general opinion expreesed in Warsaw
is that the Polish insurrection will shortly assume
a more favourable appearance. They found their
opinion on the fact that Couet Adlerberg, a confi-
, who brought an Impe-
drieanltciaolinamdavnisdertoofwthaersCawzarto
put an end to the in-
surrection within 10 days, has not returned to St.
Petersburg, but has continued his journey to Berlin
and Paris. The Russian authorities appear bewil-
dered, and as fast as one order is issued a counter
order follows it. The most serious fact is, however,
that a complete misunderstanding exists between the
military and civil autborities. The latter are Poles,
and every order issued by the military authorities
is communicated to the insurgents. The official
bulletins from the seat of war excite general indig-
nation among the population of Warsaw. They
assert that in the best contested engagements with
the insurgents only one or two Cossacks were
wounded. General Manienkine, the hero of the
massacre at the small town of Sicymatieze, has re-
ceived the decoration of the order of St. Wladimir,
and in order to enconarge the soldiers to burn and
pillage they received each a silver rouble. Colonel
Nostiz, the author of the massacres at Yanow, has
been raised to the rank of general. Further reperte
of an action in the neighb( urhood of Biala are cur-
rent. The Russians admit that there are numerous
detachments of insurgents well armed and organiza
acting on the Bug, and that serious conflicts havt
taken place in Lithuania. The rails on the lie,
from St. Petersburg to Moscow are taken up it,
several places, notwithstanding the numerous
patrols employed to pro,t-et the railway. The bridg‘
over the Livik c at L, chow hes been burnt. A
d raught of conscripts sen t from Warsaw were brough
back lest they should tall into the power of the in
surgent. The Polish chiets have changed theia
aeries. They now tot m small bands,which are die
persed through the country and every where hams:
the Russian troops. Several of these detachments are
at present in Lithuania, near Byalistock,in the fores
of Bialowicz and in the neighbourhood of tlirodno
The Russian garrison of Pomasy, near Grodno, war,
disarmed by the insurgents. There are likewist
several insurrectionary bands in the Government of
Plock. Two Russian columns were sent in pur
suit of them, but Without success. The officers com-
manding them, to give a proof , f their activity,
plundered all the unarmed villagers, and carried oft
with them as prisoners all the landed proprietors
and priests. The Warsaw railway has been again
cut at the stations of Richysin and Baley. Two
bridges have likewise been burnt by the insurgents.

POLAND.

The following copy of " any correspondence
which passed between Lord Clarendon and her Ma-
jesty's Government in 1856, relating to Poland,"
was published yesterday:—

" No. 1.

" THE EARL OF CLARENDON TO VISCOUNT !PAL•

MERSTON.
" (Received April 17.)
" Paris, April 15, 1856.

" My Lord,—Since the commencement of the
Conferences I have not failed to bear in mind the
deep interest which her Majesty's Government have
always taken in the condition of Poland, and I have
been most anxious to bring that question before the
Congress, in order to obtain some expression of opi-
nion on the subject from that body, or some assur-
ance from the representatives of the Emperor of
Russia that his Majesty intended to adopt a more
conciliatory policy towards his Polish subjects.
"O❑ the 9th inst., at the request of Count
Walewski, I held a conversation with Count Orloff
on this subject. I said that the condition of Poland
had been discussed, and in future organization de-
termined, by the Congress of Vienna, and that the
present Congress could not view the ques-
tion with indifference; but that, to the best of my
belief the Poles would be tolerably well satisfied if
national institutions were restored to them, if their
religion were respected, if they were allowed to use
the Polish language, and if all their children were
educated at Polish schools, instead of, as now, a
limited number of them only at Russian schools. I
suggested at the same time to his Excellency that he
should volunteer some assurance to this effect, or
should be prepared to declare it in answer to a ques-
tion put to him by the Congress.
"Count Orloff replied that the Emperor had de-
termined to restore to his Polish subjects everything
I had suggested, but that the announcement could
not be made to the Congress, as that would be mis-
represented in Russia, and his Imperial Majesty
would be thought to have yielded to foreign pres-
sure, which would deprive him of the grace of the
spontaneous acts he meant to perform.

" Count Orloff said to me in a friendly manner,
Do not, in the interest of the Poles, bring the sub-
ject forward i❑ the Congress, for I can tell you
nothing there, nor admit your right to interrogate
me. My answer, therefore, must be disheartening
to the Poles, and the Emperor may perh.aps think it
a matter of dignity to postpone what he intends to

" I said that the question seemed to rest between
a voluntary declaration on the part of the Emperor
to the Congress, or a proclamation at some future
period to Poland, and that I thought that the for-
mer would be the more gracious course, and at the
same time be advantageous to the Emperor as an ear-
n 2st to Europe of the policy which his Majesty in-
tended to adopt; and I urged that such a declara-
tion could not be derogatory to his Majesty's dig-
nity, nor lead to misinterpretation.
" Count Orloff answered that, knowing as he did,
the Emperor's view respecting Poland, he had de-
termined not to write to his Majesty on the subject,
but that he would make known by telegraph what
I had then suggested.
" His Excellency yesterday, in answer to my in-
quiry respecting the answer he had received from
St. Petersburg, informed me that he must decline
to make any declaration respecting Poland. He
said that the Emperor had determined to do every-
thing that had been suggested, and that the amnesty
would be comprehensive, but that he wished to
signalise his coronation by these and other acts of
grace, and that their good effect would be destroyed
if his Majesty's intentions were declared beforehand.
His Excellency repeated that, if I persisted in bring-
ing the matter before the Congress, he should be
compelled to give an unfavourable answer, and to
say that foreign intervention would probably lead to
a postponement or a diminution of the favours which
his Majesty meant to bestow on his Polish sub-
jects.

"Under these circumstances Count Walewski and
I have agreed that the more prudent course would
be not to bring forward the question in the Con-
gress.—l have, &c.,

" CLARENDON."

" No. 2.

" VISCOUNT PALMERSTON TO THE EARL OF

CLARENDON.

"Foreign-office, April 17, 1856.

"My Lord,—l have the honour to acknowledge
the receipt of your lordship's despatch of the 15th
inst., reporting your conversations with Count
Walewski and with Count Orloff on the question
of Poland, and I have the honour to acquaint your
lordship that her Majesty's Government entirely
vprove the coulee pursued by you, both in bring-
ing the subject into discussion with Count Orloff,
end in abstaining, in consequence of what Count
Orloff said, from mooting the matter in the Con-
gress.—l have, &c.,

" PALMERSTON."