The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-31 00:00:00

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MEXICO.

The Patrie announces the departure of General
Forey from Cherbourg. He embarked in the
steamer Turenne, which left the harbour for Vera
Cruz at 11 o'clock on the evening of the 29th.
The steamers Imperial and Ulm, having on board
2,000 troops, have also left Teneriffe, and continue
their voyage to the Gulf of Mexico.

POLAND.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
WARSAW, JULY 24.
As if to perpetuate the system of Russian tyranny
which even the presence of the Grand Duke Con
stantine, and his unceasing promises of reforms, has
in no way changed, a conspiracy has been dis-
covered among the students, in consequence of
which fresh arrests have been made. It is said
that the individuals arrested are the members of the
" Unimi Society," which has its ramifications
throughout Poland, and in the Russian army. A
committee of inquiry has of course been instituted,
with lioeral salaries, and an unlimited authority to
employ secret police, in the investigation of this
new plot; hence every rich person is at their mercy,
as the police must, by hook or by crook, bring some
offenders before the tribunal.
I am inclined to think that by far the more
serious part of this affair lies in the Russian army,
for there the conspiracy is making gigantic
strides, and no day passes without the impri-
sonment of the officers and soldiers. A
very short time ago ten non-commissioned offi-
cers of the infantry regiment stationed at Lowicz,
have been transported to the Steppes of Orenburg
for the part taken in the political agitation. They
were accompanied to the railway station by more
than 100 privates, where a most affecting scene took
place—the soldiers sobbing and shedding tears as
they were bidding adieu to their exiled comrades.
This event is a convincing proof of the prevailing
dissatisfaction in the Russian army. If this state
of things continue, if the Government, ever hesitat-
ing, will not boldly enter on the path of reform,
it will soon find itself totally powerless'.
A like feeling of disgust and mistrust pervades
the Polish population ; for, in spite of the arrival
of the Grand Duke, the character of the Government
has undergone no alteration. Instead of removing
the bad, the authorities delight in exercising the
greatest severity, and practising the same cruelty
as in the days of Gortchakoff and Luders. Yester-
day two brothers, Wzeulski, very rich and respec-
table gentlemen, were suddenly carried away
by the police from the Hotel de Rome, where
they were staying. The eldest son of Mr. Jaski,
the town councillor, and Mr. Henry Szaniawski,
were also arrested. The citadel was so full of pri-
soners that a large portion of them had to be trans-
ferred to the fortress of Modlin. Besides the Polish
prisoners, one non-commissioned officer and six
Russian soldiers, from the Fire Brigade, have been
lodged in the casemates, and an officer from the
garrison at Wloclawek has been brought under a
heavy 'escort.

From the official returns that have come under
my notice, I find that the number of persons
arrested in Warsaw, from the Ist of January to the
20th of July last, was 14,853; most of whom were
for trivial offences, such as wearing forbidden
dress, sticks, for giving a black look to a soldier or
a police agent, and other similar acts. They were,
with some exceptions, after a period of incarcera-
tion, released ; but this only shows how lament-
able must be the machinery of the Government,
when, in a population of 160,000, which is that of
Warsaw, nearly 40,000 are dragged to prison
annually. Can such a Government pretend to any-
thing like stability, or to ne respected either
here or abroad ?
The European public would hardly give credence
to the painful and &grading position of the Poles.
who, however; bear their sufferings with patience
and dignity—when I can aver that on the 151 t,

inst. 173 persons were arrested ; on the 16th, 158 ;
and on the 17th, 154. The atmosphere in the pri-
son/most
is unhealthy, and three beds only are
allowed to 100 prisoners. The food is scanty and
miserable, the poor fellows ever begging for