The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-05 00:00:00

THE DISTURBANCES AT WARSAW.

The following additional details make the dis
urbanees at Warsaw assume a more serious eharac.
.er.

A letter dated Cracow, Ist March, says :
" I am enabled to complete to-day the details of
the recent occurrences at Warsaw. After the
manifestation of the 25th February, during the
whole of the 26th and 27th, the Russian troops
were stationed in the public squares and principal
streets. The city was perfectly tranquil, but
had a sad and gloomy aspect. The Agronomic
Society continued its sittings. On the 27th
a funeral procession issued forth from the
Church of the Bernardins. The troops sta-
tioned in the Cracow faubourg attempted to
drive it back into the ehurch. The people, in-
dignant, pelted the soldiers with stones. The
troops charged them and fired a volley. At this
moment the members of the Agronomic Society
were leaving the palace where the sittings are held,
and were crossing the street. Six of them were
struck by the Russian bullets, and fell dead ; they
were well•known and esteemed citizens. At this
sight a general broke out. The prudent and in-
fluential men of the town succeeded in calming
the people and preventing them from desperate
acts. Count Andre Zamoyski, President of the
Agronomic Society, waited upon Prince Gorts•
chakoff; a deputation from the city followed him
to make a complaint against the military, sad to

demand that the safety of the inhabitants should be
assured. The Prince expressed his regret, and said he
would take measures. On the 28th the people seized
thebodies of the citizens,killed,paraded them through
the streets, and took them to the French Consul-
late. The French Consul refused to appear, and
sent word to the leaders that he could not take any
part whatever in the manifestation which had been
made. The Government abstained from using the
armed force, not feeling perhaps strong enough to
meet the fury of the whole population. On the Ist
of March the troops were consigned to their bar-
racks, and the Governor rendered the town respon-
sible for its tranquillity. The people themselves
kept order, and made preparations for the funeral
ceremony of the victims, which will be attended
by the whole population. The Government is pro-
bably temporising until it has more troops at its
disposal."

Another letter, dated Warsaw. February 28
gives some additional details. It says :
‘, There was blood shed again yesterday.
About noon a funeral service was performed in a
church in the Rue Lechna, for the victims of the
25th. The police did not prohibit it, so that it
was attended by an immense number of people.
The church could not contain them all, and
more than half remained outside. After the ser.
vice the people proceeded• in a dense column to
the Cracow faubourg. Here they met a funeral
procession, which gave rise to a new demonstration,
as it was supposed to be the funeral of one of the
Tictims;of the 25th.

" In the Cracow faubourg detachments of cavalry
and infantry had been stationed to keep order. One
of these detachments, consisting of 40 to 50 Cos-
sacks, endeavoured to prevent the people coming
from the Rue Lechno joining the funeral coming
from the Cracow faubourg; as words were of no
avail, the Cossacks made use of the little leather
whipsthey carry to drive back the advancing crowd.
The cortege was headed by ecclesiastics, who were
the first struck; this irritated the people, who
began to pelt the Cossacks with mud and stones.
The Cossacks formed, and fired at first blank car-
tridges, but they then fired a volley with ball, and
four citizens fell dead, and many others were
wounded. The crowd dispersed, the shops were
closed, the bodies of the slain were placed on
stretchers and paraded through the streets.

" Shortly large crowds assembled, and proceeded
to the spot of the massacre. Great agitation pre-
vailed. At night the troops withdrew.
"It is whispered that the people act under the
control of some recognised leader. It is, moreover,
said that there are large quantities of arms con-
cealed in the city, and that a great revolutionary
movement may be expected. The people are stirred
to anger, and are ready for it."
A letter in the Patrie throws a new light upon
the affair. It says, that the anniversary of the
battle of Grochow was simply a pretext. The real
object of the demonstration was the resolution
passed by the Agronomic Society in favour of the
Polish peasants. On the 24th of February the
Agronomic Society voted unanimously, in presence
of M. Moukanhoff, Minister of the Interior, and in
opposition to the programme of the Government,
a resolution tending to constitute owners of the
soil those peasants whom the official project wishes
to maintain simply as farmers. The vote was re-
ceived with immense enthusiasm by every class of
the population.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

BERLIN, MARCH 5.

Several letters received here from Warsaw agree
in stating that the Russian General, Zabalkof, who
gave the order to fire upon the people, has been
brought before a court-martial.

The Minister of Police, M. von Trepow, has been
dismissed.

Governor Prince Gortschakoff has received
orders from St. Petersburg to institute a searching
investigation into the conduct of the military
during the recent disturbances.

FRANCIS JOSEPH, EMPEROR OF
AUSTRIA, AND KOSSUTH NOTES.