The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-20 00:00:00

POLAND.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
WARSAW, Alaneer 13, 1862.
The tranquility which reigns among the people
in this city, much to the annoyance of the Govern-
ment, has been a little disturbed by the announce-
ment of an act of clemency, published in a supple-
ment to the official Gazette, Dziennok Powszeoliny.
The occasion for this display of Imperial magnani-
mity was the anniversary of the accession to the
throne of Alexander IL, which fell on the 3a inst.,
but the celebration of it had been postponed for
Sunday, the 9th, in order that a more numerous
assembly could be gathered in the Cathedral, where
the "Te Deum" for the Czar was to be sung. Dur-
ing the whole week prior to the ceremony the
authorities circulated reports on the forthcoming
amnesty, the raising of the siege, and they issued
an order to all the public functionaries to attend at
the Cathedral, adding "that the greatest possible%
importance is attached to this injunction." A cera
tarn success has crowned this manoeuvre, for many
of the officials arrived fully persuaded that at last
some mitigation in the actual state of this unheard-
of tyranny should be proclaimed. But what was
their disappointment when the list of the victims
whose punishment was partly diminished had been_
read. They soon discovered that the Church was
swelled for the sole purpose of showing the
Emperor that vast numbers of the population
rushed to the Cathedral to hear the Te Deum sung,
and to participate in this so-called joyful event.
In fact, out of thousands of persons arrested and
transported to Siberia, only 74, according to the
official journal, have had their sentences commuted;
and even in this small number figure several per-
sons who had been at large before the list came out.
For instance, the Rev. Canon Witman, of the
diocese of Warsaw, having undergone his arrest,
and been liberated from the fortress on the 7th,
was still included in the list as pardoned by hie,
Majesty. Mr. Alexander Wambach, thepropriet or
of the Hotel of Europe, one of the largest and finest
establishments of that kind, was, to his great sur-
prise, informed, on the Bth inst., that he had been
condemned to one month's imprisonment in the for-
tress without any previous notice or trial, and that
he must keep himself in readiness for the journey.
The next day he read, with no less astonishment,
in the supplement to the Gazette, that his Majesty
also granted his pardon, and that he may perhaps
remain at home till it pleases sonic Russian Gerveral
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to pass another sinister sentence upon him.
Such is the extraordinary amnesty from which.
it is evident that it was only trumpeted 'to create a
favourable impression abroad. Of ',le disposition
Alexander 11. I hope it will be
appreciated by the Liberal press of France and
England, as it deserves, a perfect mockery and a
delusion, especially when it is known that a few days
)been s made.been thrown Alr. A 1
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suffered to be out with the la- ern are
night, which is one hour lath 'ern till
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11 o'clock
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er than a short time
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ago, and we were asked to
9th, free of expense, an i .
clined by the Poles, T. •AVRitati.on which was de-
pulsasciaena,s
halfdo nofot
which
much occupying 1
remain empty.
General
Krzysanorski, Military Governor of
Warsaw,
and well known for his atrocious conduct
to the inhabitants, has left for Lublin,
to inspect
ti
the army stationed
there, and to drill t'ne
police for
a : rete r
performance
ofduties..a;
Intelligence
a sado fi
tsnature b
'reached us here
of the state of the Ukraine, Podolia, and Volkynia.
Scarcity of labour and of money has produced a
thorough stagnation in b'asiness. The trade in corn
has also fallen very rratch, and a general distress is
imminent. A dew station, composed of the marshal
of the nobility of the Government of Kijou, Mr.
Horwat, of Ccnnt Alfred Potoski, and of Count
Lutaiaiaski, hais proceeded to St. Petersburg, with a
view to obtain authority for the establishment of a.
Credit Society. It appears that the internal cor,..
dition and the disorganisation of the Russi../n,
Empire are the main causes of the misery which
now prevail in these ancient provinces of Poland,
so justly renowned for their fertile soil, Which pro-
duce the finest wheat in Europe, and:
supply
with it all the European markets.

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