The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-11 00:00:00

made known. Ludwik Narbutt was the son of S.
Narbutt, the author of several esteemed works on
the history of Poland. He was born in 1831 at a
village in the province of Wilna, and was educated
at the Wilna high school, where he di6tingutshed
himself so much that in the revolutionary year 1848
(when the Russian Government was constantly on
the watch for " manifestations" on the part of the
Poles) he was accused on some futile pretext of in-
subordination, and sentenced to receive 100 lashes,
which were inflicted upon him in presence of his
father. He was afterwards sent into the army, and
served as a private soldier in the Caucasus until the
Crimean war broke out, when his regiment was
sent towards Kars. At the siege of Kars he dis-
tinguished himself, was badly wounded, and, having
been recommended by Gen. Monraveiff for promo-
tion, was raised to the rank:of lieutenant. The first
use Narbutt made of his commission was to resign
it. He retired to Ejszyski, his native village, in
Lithuania, and there married, and occupied him-
self quietly with the management and cultivation of
his estate until the beginning of the present year.
When, however, the forced recruitment led to the
desperate resistance out of which grew the present
war of independence (as the insurrection may now
be fairly designated), Narbutt left his country re-
treat and placed himself at the service of the Polish
National Government.

When Lithuania was called to arms. the first band
that took the field was under the command of Nar-
butt, and the first battle that was fought in Lithu-
ania was gained by Narbutt at the head of 60 men
against a Russian force of 300. A great deal of the
success which attended his subsequent operations,
carried on against greatly superior numbers, was
due to the assistance rendered to him by the peasants
of his district, who, during his residence among
them ,had received numerous proofs of his generosity,
and of the deep interest he took in all that con-
cerned their welfare.
Narbutt had been about three months in the field
when the Russians, in accordance with the system
pursued by them towards all the Polish chiefs as
soon as they have sufficiently distinguished them-
selves to become objects of European interest,
concentrated their troops around him, and pre-
pared to fall upon him with irresistible forces.
Before the attack was made, the Russian General
Timofieff is said to have put on the dress of a peasant,
and in that disguise to have approached Narbutt's
camp. Having completed his observations in com-
pany with another spy, he retired and prepared a
surprise, which was effected on the morning of the
sth of May. It is already known that during the
action which followed Narbutt was wounded in the
foot. It appears now that after his immediate at-
tendants had taken him up, and while they were
bearing him forwards, he was shot in the breast,
and thereupon exclaimed, " I am mortally wounded ;
leave me, and save the detachment." The Russians
were now pressing closely round the dying chief, but
his supporters did not dream of abandoning him,
and remained with him until all of them were shot
down. Not one escaped with his life.