The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1863.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.
CRACOW, AUG. 17.
Two sanguinary engagements took place in the
Palatinate of Cracow upon the 15th, the first at
Grodzisko, the second at Cz3rus-chan upon the
Galician frontier.

A Polish detachment was thrown back over the
frontier, and the village of Korzgiez was burnt by
the Russians. Several persons were massacred by
the troops,

THE POLISH QUESTION.

REPLIES OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE

BERLIN, AUG, 17.
LeVera received here from St. Petersburg.respect-
log the contents of the notes of the Western Powers
state that the purport of the French note is of a
thoroughly pacific nature, and that the English
note, although couched in terms of the most perfect
courtesy, is rather more reserved, although

maintaining the same sense.

Both notes persevere in the proposals formerly
made by the Powers to Russia. They regret that
Russia has not consented to accept the six points,
the project of a conference, and an armistice, but
hope that atter mature consideration the GoNcrn-
ment of the Emperor will arrive at a different con-
clusion. While both Powers make ;Russia respon-
sible for future consequences they declare that after
having fulfiiled the duties imposed upon them by
humanity and the right interpretation of treaties,
they must for the present confine themselves to
repeating their former observations with increased
emphasis.

M. Droun de Lhuys and Earl Russell further
declare themselves willing to await the measures
which the Russian Government may adopt, in the
hope that they will lead to peace.
Nothing authentic has transpired with respect to
the contents of the Austrian Note.
It is believed that Prince Gortschakoff will take
some time before forwarding his replies to the
notes, as the
Emperor left yesterday for Novgorod,
and will certainly not return for at least ten days.

CONGRESS AT FRANKFORT.
FRANKFORT-ON-MAINE, AUG. 17.
The following are stated in diplomatic circles to
be the basis of the Austrian programme for Federal
reform :

A Directory of five, consisting of Austria, Prussia,
Bavaria, and two other German Powers to be

chosen.
A Federal Council of permanent representatives
of German States : an Upper House to be composed
of the Princes; and an Assembly of Delegates from
the German Diet, 300 in number, half of whom
will be sent by the Austrian and Prussian Diets,
the remainder by the other German Diets. Two-
thirds of the
Delegates are to be chosen by the
Lower Houses of the Diets of the German States,
and one-third by
the Upper Houses.
The
powers of the Federal Assembly to be in-
creased. Tee sessions to be triennial.
Some principles for general national legislation
to be adopted, viz.—a law regulating the right of
domicile; a general press
law ; a general law re-
specting associations, and a law for the establish-
ment of Federal tribunals.
The Congress will positively be opened at 11 a.m.
to-day,
in the presence of the German Princes
only.
A report, although not unlikely to be well-
founded, is in circulation that the assembled Princes
will forward to Prussia a friendly invitation to be

present at the Congress.
heSoverei
Several. German journals, and especially the
IVorth German Gazette, declare openly against the
assembling of the Sovereigns. After declaring that
itnheampositien
if the Frankfort Parliament finished unhappily in
1849, the reason was simply because in the reform
The
fault. Congressrr
of the constitution, it paid attention to the people
o f
Princes
al. e
p—o
s"i te
are going to deliberate on a course which the peoplegns
iosnl
abouty, t htaot
commit
om journalna jt the addosp:
will probably reject as insufficient. Only, in the
latter case, the danger is so much the greater, frome
the persons who will compromise themselves by.. the
failure
doofesstuoc 1:
admit
ienterprisetheir
exposing
The COnstitutionnel in noticing the language
Those ideas, it must be declared,ugej just
quoted says—"
shared by a certain portion of the public •
In Ger.
many ; but if the task of which Francis Jo nb has
assumed the initiative has its difficulties,se' -
public
opinion will always give the young
Emperor credit
fur his liberal intentions, and it is
things impossible
they should remain without some result."
that
" The Congress of Frankfort,"renaarks the Temps,
e has decidedly given a terrible blow to King
Liam and Count do Biernark. Strange "T"-
said on the subject, and the
Austrian
are
an journals in
makeparticula Queen Augusta play a very active
part in the late proceedings at
Gastein. The
Queen is said to have invoked her title of mother
to obtain that her ma,
the
should at least be consulted Prince Royal,
;il
which the throne is so seriou'sS. engaged. It
l an
affair
in
was in consequence of that appeal
summoned the Prince.noyai that the King
tele-
graph. Comments have not been wanting on the
e Gastein by
subject of the interview between father and son.
According to a letter, the prince Royal declared
himself very warmly against
the abstention of
Prussia. In his opinion, the King
to the initiative of Austria by proposing at the Con
ought to reply
ference of Sovereigns the formation
representation, the result of direct
of a national
WiLiam is said not to have been convinced of the
election. King
Olney of that plan, and accordingly refused,"
A Democratic
" meeting,"
to be held at Frankfort after the Congress of Sove-
reigns, and will bo mostnumerous; nearly 400
deputies have already announced their intention to
therefore be amply proposed by Austria will
discussed. The meeting of
the German deputies
will not separate with-
out having also t
which cannot be treated the Polish question,
beyond the
solved, says the journals
of Germany. We Rhine, without the participation
Germany join
the most heartily desire to see
her interests and Western Powers in this matter;
sympathies are all in favour
of such a
Course,
is the question, What is called the great German
presented by Pet y a collection of small States re-
‘ty Potentates all opposed in opi-
nions at vieVS; it is very doubtful that
these miniature
sovereigns can or will come to
any decision; it will therefore be for the delegates
about to assemble
' at Frankfort to replace them, and
to give utterance to a powerful German protest in
favour
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