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as active as ever, and small bands exist in all parts of the country, disputing their ground when necessary with the detachments of the Imperial troops sent against them, even within a few miles of the town of Warsaw.

It is impossible for me to give your Lordship any decided or positive information of the movements of these various bands, but it appears to me, my Lord, that the position of the Russians is far from improving, and that unless more ability and energy is shown. by the officers in command of the Imperial troops than has hitherto been the case, the insurrection may continue unsubdued for months, even though unsupported by other Powers; and that if the Poles had the means of procuring arms and ammunition in sufficient quantities to arm their volunteers, the army now engaged in the suppression of this insurrection, large as it is, would be barely sufficient for the purpose. Earl Russell.

EDWD. STANTON.

No. 117.-Colonel Stanton to Earl Russell.-(Received March 28.)
MY LORD,
Warsaw, March 24, 1863.

ALTHOUGH no Russian bulletin giving any details of the late operations in the Government of Radom, that appear to have resulted in the dispersal of the insurgent forces under Langiewicz, have been as yet published, the reports that have come from other quarters confirm the main incidents already reported to your Lordship, though at the same time they tend to diminish their importance in a political sense.

From these, my Lord, it would appear that Langiewicz considering his presence necessary in other parts of the Kingdom, probably in the Government of Lublin, had requested permission from the Austrian frontier authorities to be allowed to pass unmolested; that this permission having been refused, he attempted to accomplish his object, provided with a passport under a false name, but was arrested, and has been conveyed to Cracow.

From the same reports, my Lord, it appears that, on the 17th instant, Langiewicz left the town of Chrobierz, crossed the River Uida, burning the bridge behind him, and marched in the direction. of the town of Busk; that a slight engagement took place in the afternoon, but the insurgents were able to continue their march. On the 18th instant they took up a position in a wooded country at Grochowiska, on the road to Pinczow, where a serious engagement took place, the insurgents having been attacked on the flank by a column of troops moving from Stopnica, as well as by the troops in their front. The Poles claim to have remained masters of the field; but, fearing the arrival of further reinforcements to the Russians,

retired in the night to the village of Welki, a distance of about 3 English miles.

Here a council of war was called, which resulted in Langiewicz dividing his forces into two corps, and appointing Smiechowski and Ozachowski to their command; he then issued a proclamation to his army, a translation of which I have the honour to forward to your Lordship herewith, and on the 19th instant left for the Austrian frontier, where he was arrested as above reported.

The band under Smiechowski left Welki on the 19th, marching by Wislica to Koszyce, where he appears to have been routed, and his band forced across the frontier of Galicia; and an Austrian report that reached Warsaw on the 23rd instant, states that a force of 1,300 men, with two guns, had passed into Galicia, and been disarmed, which may probably be the remains of this force.

The band under Ozachowski, about 2,000 strong, is supposed to have gone in a northerly direction, but nothing is known of their movements.

The Austrian Government appear to have ascertained that Langiewicz is a Prussian subject, but I am unable to state whether the inquiries that have been made on his account have anything to do with his future treatment. I have, &c.

Earl Russell.

EDWD. STANTON.

(Inclosure.)—Proclamation issued by Langiewicz previous to his Departure from the Camp at Welki.

BRAVE AND FAITHFUL COMPANIONS,

My office as Dictator requires my attention to various civil and military matters, and to the strengthening of our numerous bands fighting the Muscovite in other portions of the country, all of which require a better organization.

This necessity forces me to leave your rauks for a short time, those ranks in which I have been since the first night of the insurrection. I had hoped not to have been forced to leave you without sharing in a fresh victory; for this reason I sought a battle near Miechow; I stopped at Chrobierz, and fought the bloody encounter of Grochowiska.

I do not take leave of you. The objects of my journey requiring secresy, I cannot tell you whither I am directing my course. I take with me several officers to supply other detachments with commanders. Thirty lancers will accompany me as an escort, and will afterwards return to the camp. I have divided my corps in two parts, with distinct commanders, and I have given instructions to these.

We have all sworn to fight. I shall keep my promise, com

panions, and expect obedience on your part, and a faithful service to the cause of our country.

We will continue to fight Russia in the name of the Almighty until we obtain the liberty and independence of our country. M. LANGIEWICZ,

No. 118.-Sir A. Buchanan to Earl Russell.-(Received March 28.) (Extract.) Berlin, March 26, 1863. THE reports received by the Prussian Government represent the state of affairs at Warsaw to be extremely complicated, in consequence of the state of isolation in which the Marquis Wielopolski is now placed. The Grand Duke, it is said, continues to have confidence in his Excellency, but the Poles and Russians are equally dissatisfied with him. I am also told that the Prussian Government believe the party to be increasing at St. Petersburgh, who are disposed to grant extreme concessions to Poland, and, if necessary complete independence.

The Russian Minister has received intelligence to-day of 3 corps of insurgents having been defeated, of which one had come from Galicia, and another consisted principally of Poles from the Grand Duchy of Posen who had served in the Prussian army.

M. de Bismarck complains of two English steamers, the Gipsey Queen and the Ward Jackson, having sailed from London for the coast of Prussia with arms and ammunition for the Polish insurgents. Earl Russell. ANDREW BUCHANAN.

No. 119.-Earl Cowley to Earl Russell.-(Received March 28.) (Extract.) Paris, March 27, 1863. M. DROUYN DE LHUYS, whom I saw this afternoon, informs me that your Lordship concurs in the opinion expressed in a despatch which his Excellency addressed to Baron Gros the day before yesterday, that an effort should be made to induce the Austrian Government to join in a collective step with a view of calling the attention of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh to the state of Poland, and the consequences which result from it.

M. Drouyn de Lhuys, in expressing his satisfaction at the identity of opinion existing between the two Governments on this question, said that he had already spoken to Prince Metternich, and instructed the Duc de Grammont in this sense, but that he was afraid that some hesitation still held the Austrian Government in check.

Earl Russell.

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No. 122.-Sir J. Hudson to Earl Russell.-(Received March
MY LORD,

.)

Turin, March 25, 1863.

I HAVE the honour to report to your Lordship that, in obedience to your instructions, I read to Count Pasolini your despatch of the 4th instant, upon the deplorable acts of violence of which Poland is now the scene; and I stated to him that, in the opinion of Her Majesty's Government, a communication of similar views by the Representatives at St. Petersburgh of the Powers who were parties to the Treaty of June, 1815, would tend to the cessation of bloodshed, and to the enjoyment by the people of Poland of those rights which were promised them at Vienna, and which have been so long withheld from them.

Count Pasolini said that the King's Government had been greatly moved by the lamentable scenes of violence recently acted in Poland; and that it had considered it incumbent upon it, as one of the parties to the Treaty of June, 1815, to make known at St. Petersburgh its opinion upon these melancholy events; and that on the 8th instant he had addressed a representation upon this subject to the King's Minister at St. Petersburgh very much in the sense of your Lordship's despatch; and further, that he had instructed the Marquis d'Azeglio to explain in detail to your Lordship the language held and the steps taken by the King's Government on this occasion. I have, &c.

Earl Russell.

(Extract.)

JAMES HUDSON.

No. 124-Earl Russell to Earl Cowley.

Foreign Office, April 4, 1863. I HAVE to state that Count Apponyi came to me 'yesterday by appointment, and read to me two despatches, the one addressed to himself, the other intended for the Austrian Chargé d'Affaires at St. Petersburgh.

To the beginning of the projected despatch to St. Petersburgh, and to the part which relates to the position of Austria in reference to Galicia, the Governments of England and France have nothing

to say.

But the latter part appears to Her Majesty's Government very important. It shadows forth ulterior consequences which, according to the present views of the Russian Government, are too likely to be realized. These consequences, it is declared, may be calamitous to all Europe, and the conflicts which may then be revived may give rise, it is said, to complications to be regretted.

Her Majesty's Government could hardly ask the Austrian Government, with their interests so much engaged in a Polish province, to go farther.

Earl Cowley.

RUSSELL.

No. 125.-Sir A. Magenis to Earl Russell.-(Received April 6.) MY LORD, Lisbon, March 21, 1863. IN obedience to the instructions contained in your Lordship's despatch of the 4th instant, I availed myself yesterday of the first opportunity which offered after its receipt on the 14th, to communicate to the Duke de Loulé that despatch, as well as the copy of the despatch which you had addressed to Her Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburgh on the 2nd instant, which was inclosed in it, stating the course which, in the opinion of Her Majesty's Government, the Russian Government ought to adopt to put an end to the lamentable state of things at present existing in the Kingdom of Poland, and to satisfy European opinion.

I stated to his Excellency that, in the opinion of Her Majesty's Government, a communication of similar views by the Representative of Portugal, as one of the Powers who were parties to the Treaty of Vienna of 1815, at St. Petersburgh, would tend to the cessation of bloodshed, and to the re-establishment in Poland of those rights which were promised to its inhabitants at Vienna, and which had been so long withheld from them.

I found that the Duke de Loulé was quite prepared by the despatches of Count Lavradio for the communication which I made to him; and he added that the French Minister, who had seen him a few minutes before myself, had stated that his Government was aware that I was to make a communication on the subject, and had instructed him to give it his best support.

The Duke de Loulé at once concurred in your Lordship's suggestion, without loss of time, to address a communication to the Portuguese Minister at St. Petersburgh in the same sense as your Lordship's despatch of the 2nd instant to Lord Napier.

Earl Russell.

I have, &c.

ARTHUR C. MAGENIS.

No. 126. Sir A. Magenis to Earl Russell.-(Received April 6.) MY LORD, Lisbon, March 25, 1863. WITH reference to my communication of your Lordship's despatch of the 2nd instant to Her Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburgh respecting the present state of affairs in the Kingdom of Poland, to the Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs, as reported in my despatch of the 21st instant, I have the honour to inform your Lordship that M. Cazal Ribeiro, who was Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1860, addressed a question on the 23rd instant, in the Chamber of Deputies, to the Duke de Loulé as to the course the Government meant to pursue with respect to Poland.

The Duke replied to this question by alluding to my verbal

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