The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-14 00:00:00

Pinsk. The insurgents replied to the Russian attack
by a warm volley of musketry; but they quickly
fled in disorder, leaving 24 prisoners, 18 viaggens,
49 horses, and a quantity of arms. The remainder
of the band were met in their flight by another
column of Russian troops. The peasants lay hold
of the insurgents and deliver them up to the autho-
rities. General Nostitz admits only a loss of two
men severely woun,ted. A letter from Warsaw of
the 4th inst. states that General Berg has refused
to seer pt the command of the army in Poland,
which is now given to the Grand Dul,e Constantine.
The reAgnation of General Ramsay has not -set
been published.

The Prussian Government in vain endeavours, by
the athbiguous language of its organs, to envelope
the Convention with Russia in a cloud of uncer-
tainty, and to obfuscate and confuse the public mind
with respect to it, in the hope that people at last
mrey ct;me to doubt, from sheer weariness and pf-r-
plexity, whether such a thing ever existed. Ono
day we ate told that there \TEAS no Convention--that
it was a political bubble blow❑ by the factious Oppo-
sition, or a sea serpent invented by the malignant
democratic press; that there was nothing ever
drawn up or concluded, but merely negotiations—
. pourpalers—at St. Petersburg. Then we Are in-
formed that the convention is in full force, as far as
it ever went, and that nothing beyond what is now
being carried out was ever contemplated, except as
a possible, ulterior result of further agreement be-
tween the two Governments. But the conductors
of the official press are not so cautious as they
might be, and they occasionally let slip incon-
venient admissions to which the Opposition jour-
nals, of course, carefully call attention. Without
tracing the controversy, it suffices to say that the
main facts of the case are established to the satis-
faction of everybody here, that nobody doubts that

he convention was to the full extent reported, and

that it has been privately modified—the Russian
Government caring little about the matter—and
brought within the limits rendered necessary by
exigencies which more prudent statesmen than those
of Prussia would have foreseen. With respect to
the present situation of the affair, as regards foreign
diplomatic action, it is here generally believed that
England, satisfied with the retrocession of Prussia
in the matter of the ccnvention, is much less dis-
posed to offer further remonstrances in Berlin
than to obtain from Russia such an observance of
treaties lately neglected as might have a permanent
good effect in warding off future insurrection in
Poland.
A Silesian paper gives some particulars of the
Polish leaderLangiewicz, and vouches for their cor-

rectness : •
" Marian Langiewicz, a native of the Grand Duchy of
Posen, is the son of a physician, and was entered at the
University of Breslau, whence he went to that of Prague,
in order to devote himself, under the guidance of Professor
Czelakowsky, to the study of the Sclavonian languages.
After a few months, however, he returned to Breslau, to
study mathematics, and subsequently accepted a very ad-
vantageous situation as tutor in the family of M. von S.,
a Polish landed proprietor. Two years later he returned to
Breslau to complete his studies, and then went to Berlin,

where he served his year in the artillery. After that he
went to Paris and to Italy, made the campaign of Sicily and
Naples under Garibaldi, and, at its conclusion, was ap-
pointed one of the instructors at the Polish Military School
at Cuneo. He is of small stature, and about 34 years of
age. His elder brother practises as a physician at Witkowo,
in the Grand Duchy of Posen."

THE AFFAIRS OF POLAND.

DEPUTATION TO LORD PALMERSTON.

Yesterday a deputation from the-recent public
meeting held at the British Institution, Cowper-
street, City-road, to express sympathy with the Poles
in their ;present struggle, had an interview with
the First Lord of the Treasury, by appointment, at
the House of Commons, for the purpose of present-
ing to the noble viscount a memorial adopted at
that meeting, praying her Majesty to make repre-
sentations to the Russian Government for a "cessa-
tion of the barbarities and withdrawal of the con-
scription ;" and further,'' with the other Powers of
Europe, to it;siEt upon the re-establislanent of
Poland as a nation."

Mr. Wm. Cox, M.P., introduced the deputation
to the noble Premier, and the Secretary read the
following memorial:—
" To THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

"May it please your Majesty,--We, your Majesty's duti-
ful subjects of the borough of Finsbury, in public meeting
assembled, this 4th day of March, 1863, at the British In-
stitution, Cowper-street, approach your Majesty in much
sorrow and anxiety, for that your memorialists have learned
that atrocities of the most inhuman character have been and
are now being inflicted upon the inhabitants of that portion
of Poland under Russian sway ; that a most cruel conscrip-
tion (before unheard of) has been enforced upon the male
inhabitants of that unfortunate country ; that the infamous
method of carrying out the mandate of conscription has
caused the downtrodden people to resist, and hence have
villages and towns been razed, and their dwellers cruelly
massacred. Your memorialists, under these circumstances,
have recourse to your Majesty's known generous feelings,
to cause such representations to be made to the Emperor of
the Russias as shall induce him to order the cessation of the
barbarities, and the withdrawal of the conscription ; and
further, with the other Powers of Europe, to insist upon
the re-establishment of Poland as a nation.
"And your memorialists will ever return their humble
thanks."

Mr. Cox, M.P., said that he had attended the
meeting of the borough which he represented
(held on the 4th inst.), and there the proceedings
were mast unanimously carried out, the general
feeling being one of the most perfect sympathy with
the cause of unfortunate Poland.
The SECRETARY said that the meeting at which
the memorial was adopted was a representation of
the feelings of the working classes of the country.
There was not the slightest doubt that the country
was fully alive to the importance of the subject.
The working classes wished to strengthen the
hands of the Government, and they felt that
in making any representations to the Russian
Court the people speaking out would enable

the Ministers to act. On this matter the
people were determined to speak out. Although war
was to be always deplored, it was felt that a "brush"
for a nation like Poland would be looked upon
as heroism ; in fact, he believed that a penny tax
would not be objected to if it resulted in the free-
dom of that unhappy people. England fought for

en individual in the Crimea, but this was for a na-
tion to which Russia was bound by the treaty of
Vienna to reestablish her institutions. The work-
ing classes felt that Russia had falsified her every
promise towards Poland, and that our honour de•
manded action on the part of the Government, and
in it the Government would receive the support of
the people.
Lord PALMERSTON—Du you wish that we should
have another war with Russia ?
Mr. WALL—Yes, for the sake of Poland.
Mr. Medley, Mr. Kent, and Mr. Stedman then
briefly addressed his lordship in support of the
memorial, and it was urged that this country had
been engaged in the Algerian and other strugglzs
for humanity's sake, and therefore argued that a
struggle for the freedom of Poland would not be
inconsistent with precedent.

Lord PALMERSTON, in the course of a conversa-
tional discussion, said that there was no doubt
cause for sympathy with Poland.

Mr. WALL said that he was aware there was
some iittl3 informality with regard to the presenta-
tion of the memorial.

Lord PALMERSTON replied that, although there
might b 3 some informality, as any memorial to her
Majtsty should be presented throagh the Homo
Secrutary, yet he would accept the memorial, and
hand it over to Sir G. Grey for presentation to her
Majesty.
Mr. MEDLEY strongly urged upon the noble Pre-
mier that be shoull express some opinion which
would give a ray of hope to the unhappyuPeovlee: the.
Lord PALMERSTON said that it was
province of a Minister to make any promise for the
future, but he would hand the memorial to the
Home Secretary.
The deputation then thanked the noble Premier
for his courteous reception, and withdrew,

Mr. Elliot Galer and Miss Fanny Reeves appef
next Saturday (21st) at the Crystal Palace Concert. I ..
Lutz's pretty operetta of "Blonde or Brunette" is very
judiciously selected for the debut of these clever and pleas-
ing vocalists,---,Era.