The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-09 00:00:00

THE CZAR IN WARSA W.

The following is a letter addressed to the Posen
Gazette, on the late interview at Warsaw. Though
the letter bears an old date, yet the opinion of the
Posen Gazette has great value, in so far as it repre-
sents faithfully the feelings of the Poles :
WARSAW, OCT. 23.

Warsaw receives its august guests, German and
Russian, with much reserve ; which, for a people
whose curiosity is proverbial, is, to say the least of
it, extraordinary. It looks as if all the inhabi-
tants, old and young, impassive and enthusiastic,
women and children, had all this time before their
eyes the image of their murdered fatherland, and in
truth the presence and the meetings of the three sove-
reigns whose ancestors insiduously consummated the
fall of Poland were well calculated to revive pain-
ful recollections. All the Polish families have de-
layed their return to the capital for the winter
season; and with the exception of a f,-yr
connected with Russia by ties of interest, scarcely
a Polish noble was to be seen.

At Prince Gortschokoff's ball, the society was com-
posed solely of Russians, Germans, and here and
there an ex-Pole who has sold himself, body and
soul. In the streets and near the station there were
a good many Jews and people of the lower orders,
whose enthusiasm was excited by the police ; but
in this mob not a single decent person was visible.
There was a great crowd at the laying of the first
stone of the bridge of Pram, but it was a silent one.
This was construed by the prefect of police or the
Governor• General into immense enthusiasm, and
the news that the sovereigns had a most enthusi-
astic reception was immediately telegraphed to all
the European papers. I should add that private
persons are not allowed to use the telegraph for the
transmission of political news, and even the most
private correspondence passes under the eye of a
special censorship.
At the theatre, on the occasion of the first repre-
sentation honoured by the presence of the august
guests, the young men of the town hired before-
hand every place they could get, and not one
came, so that the whole theatre was empty, and
the sovereigns had the play to themselves. It
is said that the German princes malici-
ously asked the Czar the reason of this, that a
severe inquiry has been begun, and that those who
are found guilty will probably go to Siberia to
pray that Providence may favour the Germans.
The police has ordered, as usual, with most serious
threats, an illumination in the town. The mini-
mum required was two candles for every 'window,
but the mob broke every window where this
minimum was exceeded.

Every night satirical proclamations are posted
on the walls in the street corners, and the police
tear them down every morning. The triumphal
arch erected near the station was burnt, it is sup-
posed, by the people, who also threw vitriol on
the dresses of the few ladies who went to the
theatre when the sovereigns were there.

We have heard, what we can scarcely bolinve,
that an historian of long note, taking an interest in one of
the candidates at a recent military examination, has been
indiscreet enough to address a letter to each of the exa•
miners, calling their attention to the claims for considera-
tion which that candidate might be supposed to derive from
the social position and wealth of his family, We aro sur-
prised, putting aside all other considerations as completely
as this eminent historian appears to have done, that he
should not have been aware that, as the candidates are only
known by number and not by name to the examiners, his
good offices thus exerted must necessarily prove fruitless,—
Times.

We have reason to believe that there is no foun-
dation for the report that the Commander-in-Chief or the
Secretary of War aro promoting the plan of M. Rowed'
for engaging the London Volunteers in an excursion to
Paris.—Times. .

The Prince of Wales completes his 19th year this
day. He was born at Buckingham Palace on the 9th of
November, 1841, and was created by patent Prince of Wales
and Earl of Chester on the 4th of December in the same
year,