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 Lord. ship the language held and the steps taken by the King's Govern ment 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 sugges tion, 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

communication to him, the day before, of your Lordship's despatel. and expressed the strongest sympathy for the cause of Poland. le he declared to be "sacred." The whole debate expresses so strong r the sympathy of the Chamber for Poland, that I inclose a short translation of what passed on that occasion.

Earl Russell.

I have, &c.

ARTHUR G. MAGENIS.

(Inclosure.)-Summary of Proceedings in Portuguese Chambers of Deputies with respect to Poland, March 23, 1963.

UPON M. Cazal Ribeiro saying that as the Duke of Loné was present, he would like to hear what he had to say respecting P land, the President of the Council (Duke of Loulé) replied that he had come on purpose to the Chamber in order to satisfy the wishes of the illustrious Deputy.

When this question was announced on the 21st instant, the Government had not as yet received any communication on the subject in question; but subsequently Her Britannic Majesty's Minister had verbally informed him that the British Government had addressed a communication to His Majesty the Emperor of Russia for re-establishing the stipulations of the Treaty of Vienna of 1815; and that it would be very desirable that all the Powers who signed that Treaty should also address the same request.

That the Government had replied in the affirmative, because it thought that the cause of Poland was so sacred, and has attracted so much sympathy that none of the said Powers will fail to assume that position in the matter which it is their duty to assume.

That it was also the intention of the Government to inform the Chamber of this affair, in the hope that it would give the Government a vote of approval in order that its proceedings might have greater force and weight.

M. Cazal Ribeiro thanked the Duke for his prompt reply, and expressed his entire assent to the views of the Government, which would, he trusted, inform the Chamber of any further proceedings in this question, and he declared with pleasure that the Government will only meet with one opinion on this subject, so great is the sympathy which the state of Poland inspires.

M. Pereira Dios moved the following resolution, which was approved and voted unanimously:

"I propose that it should be inserted in the journals that the Chamber received the statements made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the subject of the affairs of Poland with pleasure and satisfaction."

No. 127.-Mr. Jerningham to Earl Russell.-(Received April, 6.) (Extract.) Stockholm, March 30, 1863. DURING the last week or 10 days, considerable sensation has been caused here by the arrival from Vienna of Prince Constantine Czartoriski, nephew of the late Prince Adam, who has been cordially received both by the Sovereign and the people, having had the honour of dining with His Majesty, and having been invited to a public dinner at the Exchange, composed of some 200 persons of all classes, when the utmost enthusiasm prevailed, and when the Prince delivered an eloquent and fervid address, as your Lordship will see by the inclosed account taken from the "Afton Bladet" journal.

Your Lordship will also perceive that Prince Czartoriski disclaimed all pretension to any armed intervention for the Polish cause, aspiring merely to moral support and encouragement, a tone which Count Manderström tells me that the Prince has likewise adopted in conversing with him.

How long he is to remain I have not been able to learn, but it is said that he will visit Copenhagen.

On arriving here, Prince Czartoriski paid a formal visit to Count Paar, the Austrian Minister, but it was not by him that he was presented to the King.

I have also the honour to inclose a translation of an appeal to the public, signed by Members of the Diet, in favour of subscriptions on behalf of the Poles.

Earl Russell.

G. S. S. JERNINGHAM.

(Inclosure 1.)-Précis of an Article in the "Afton Bladet" of (Translation.)

March 28, 1863.

THE banquet which the "Committee for the Poles

instituted

in this capital had arranged in honour of Prince Constantine Czartoriski took place yesterday at the Exchange, under the presidency of the Chairman of the Committee, Baron A. C. Raab.

The number of guests was as large as the locale would hold, namely, above 200 persons. Among them there were remarked several of the leading members of the House of Nobles, about onehalf of the Burgher Chamber, and a considerable number of the members of the Peasant Chamber, as well as the President of the latter Assembly.

There was but one member of the Clerical Chamber, and even that member was not in holy orders.

Moreover, there were the Secretaries of the "Committee of the Constitution" and of the " Committee of the Laws," several of the most influential members of the Stockholm Exchange, a number of persons holding superior and subordinate offices under Government,