TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.
Berlin, 25th February. The Gazette de la Croix assures its readers that the alarming suppositions of the press, relative to the Polish question, have no foundation in any diplomatic proceedings that have heen taken. No Power has yet taken any proceedings that might throw difficulties in the way of a friendly termination to the present troubled state of affairs. Berlin, 27th Febrary. A discussion relative to Poland took place in the Chamber. Herr Sybel snid that the Chamber ought to warn the Government of the course they were pursuing of a return was still possible; if it were not the Chamber ought to disown them. Herr Eulembonrg, Minister, replied that Poles had been arrested at Thom; that they were not given up, but only expelled from the Prussian territory across the Russian frontiers. He denied the crossingof the frontier at Gottlieb. Herr von Bismark said that the Government having declared that they could not reply to the questions put, the Opposition in any other country weuld have remain nd quiet in the tace of such a declaration. The Minister added that the reports circulated with regard to the tenor of the Convention were nothing more than fables. According to the convention, the special consent of the respective governments is necessary for each passage of the frontiers, and he affirmed that the Government had made no stipulation to the contrary. The Government, concluded the Minister, had nothing to disavow, and this will be seen when the terms of the convention are known. After a six hours' debate, in which the policy of tho Government was fiercely attacked, the discussion was adjourned to the following day. The Gazette de la Baltiqne says that in a generalorder Mierolawski announces to the insurgents that the Provisional Government had conferred upon him the comraand-in-chiet of the insurrectionist-forces. A Prussian patrol, going out of Wrc3chen on the 22nd, made ita appearance for a short time upon the Russian territory. The Gazette de DanP.i/; publishes news from Warsaw to the 25th. railway line between Wilna and Warsaw had'\»een broken off. The bridge of Leivece is destroyed Orders from St. Petersburg direct that at any c&'t the insurrection shall be suppressed within ten -days. The number of insurgents go on increasing, Breslau, 25th Eebriftry. According to the Gazette de Breslau the news from Warsaw gives assurance that the position of the Marquis Wiepolskiis already tottering, in consequence of a report from M. Adelber;?. The insurrectional comraitee have threatened with death any person giving np arms to the police. Silesia, 25th February. A fight, which lasted eight hours, took place near Muezo. Tlie "Russians were compelled to give way, and retired upon the Prussian frontier. Polish families still continue to seek retuge in Prussia. Warsaw, 26th February. In the district of Woctanetz a thousand insurgents have been totally dispersed. About 100 were killed, and 32 were taken prisoners. Letters from Warsaw of the 24th inst. announco that Mierolawski has marched upon Kolo, in the government of Kalisch, where his force had been engaged _ yesterday and to-dav with the rebpls. Langiewicz has crossed the Vistulaa, nd is i jW operating in the government of Lublin. Warsaw, 26th February, Evening. Nearly all the bands, dispersed at different points, have re-united under the command of Langiewicz. The Russian troops attacked these hands on the 24th, at Malagosz, putting them to flight, and following them in the evening. They suffered considerable loss, and two cannons remained in the hands of the Russians. Cracow, 26th February. At the battle of Kutno, Colonel Lapalowski was killed. Detachments of insurgents have made their appearance at Zamblona, and have alarmed the garrison at Warsaw. The journal, The Czar, says, that Langiewicz has beaten the Russians at Jendrzezow. Details are wanting. The insurrection is spreading in Podlachia. Garnowitz, 26th February. The property of the Russian employees of the Mesdarahas been transported into the Prussian territory along with the Government chest. London, 26th February. The Morning Herald says that England arid France are quite agreed as to the conduct to be followed on the Polish question. According to that journal, these Powers will not make any attempt to re-establish the kingdom of Poland, but they will exact from the Czar a compliance with the terms of the treaty of Vienna, by which the constitution and liberty of Poland were guaranteed. Madrid, 26th February. The resignation of the Ministry is accepted. The report goes that Narvaez has been sent for to form a new Cabinet. Nothing has yet been decided on.
Alexandria, 23rd February. The works upon the marine canal are being carried on with the greatest activity, conjointly with those of the fresh water canal. The trench is opened up to the very portals of Serapeum, between Lake Timsah and Red Sea. The fresh water canal running towards Suez haa already wound round the salt water lakes. Turin, 25th February. Chamber of Deputies. — On the order of the day for resuming the discussion on the proposal to borrow seven hundred millions, M. Laporte proposed the previous question, and the putting off the discussion until after the vote on the budget. The Chamber, he said, had not yet the necessary information for undertaking financial questions. This proposition was negatived. M. Mordini attacked the political system of the Ministry. He did not believe that from Turin Italy could ever be well governed. Brigandage did not diminish. The Government being opposed to the party of action, the cause of unity was weakened. The general .indifference and scepticism went on daily increasing. "We are too submissive," added the orator, "to foreign influence Were we to show more independence towards France, we sho ild obtain a much more efficacious friendship from England." M. Mordini terminated by declaring that he should vote a-jainst the proposal, becau, e he had not confidence in the Ministry, and because he believed the sum demanded was in excess of the requirements of the country. M. Crispi, in his turn opposed the proposal, and found fault with the administrative system and the financial policy of the Ministry.
Paris, 26th February. TLo Pays says that tbe Cabinet of Washington has replied to the pro osition made by France. Mr. Seward considers it impossible to open direct negotiations for peace. According to the Cabinet of Washington, the most practicable means of coming together would be for the deputies of the different States to attend the American Congress, where proposals for arranging the difficulty could be discussed, adopted, and afterwards submitted to the sanction of a national convention. Athens, 25th February. A new Ministry has been nominated by the Assembly.
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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 51, 5 May 1863, Page 3
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