The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-13 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

Braux, MAY 6.—Che Prossiin State Gazette of
this date contains various extracts from the Warsaw
Jou fulls, and news from the Russian head.quarters, o
wh-ch the following is the subs'ance:—
" We have news from ti e Russian head-quarters at
Mi e-k, of April 28. one date later than the preceding.
Th... accounts relate the partirul ire of the adv ince of th,
army from Siedlee, in which little of importance occurred
Nea- Minsk, however, there was a very sharp action be-
tween the Russian vanguard and the rear of the P.ll-.1
army, in which the Poles are stated to have lost 900
killed, besides wounded and prisoners ; the loss of th,
Russi ins vAs twenty killed, and, at the most, 100
wounded. Among the latter is General Skobi!ew corn-
mander of the second division of the first corps, who bad
an arm carried off by a cannon ball. The enemy retreated
toward Stanislawow. The Russian vanguard pushed
forwards towards Dembe Wielkie. General Uminsk
has also retreated from the vicinity of Wengrow. Amone

the Polish prisoners are some hundreds labouring under the
cholera. The disorder appears to ab tte in violence, and though
- there are cases where death is very sudden, many patients
soon_ recover, and there are several divisions of troops in
which there were some patients, but the disorder has not been
propagated by infection. The report concludes as follows :
'As the army of the rebels has every where shewn but
little inclination to accept the batrle which was offered to
it, and the whole country in which the Russian army is
now has already been the theatre of war, and is so en-
tirely exhausted that even a little straw is scarcely to he
. .

had, the Russian army will return to its form positions
and in the sequel, when its subsistence has been secured
for a long time, will find means to compe l the rebels to a
battle, which will decide the fate of their country. TI e
advance of the Russian army must have convinced the
Poles that their advantages obtained in the beginning of
this. month are not so decisive as the enthusiastic reports
of their Journals represented them."'
The accounts from Warsaw of the .:2d May give the
Polish account of the retreat of their army, which agree
on the whole with the Russian statement. The Poles in-
tended to make a stand at Minsk, hut were attacked by so
superior a force, that General Gielgaud, whose conduct did
him great honour, judged it advisable to retreat, though
not compelled by the enemy. General Skrzyneeki affirms,
however, that the Poles did not lose a single prisoner, ex-
cept some soldiers afflicted with the cholera. General
Uminiski had sustained on the 27th an advantage over a
Russian brigade of cavalry, under General Nassakin,
which had SO killed and 72 taken prisoners, with their
horses; among the prisoners is Colonel Turskoi. The
Poles had three officers and five privates wounded, but
nme killed. .

The retreat of the Russian army, announced in the pre-
ceeding report, is stated in the Warsaw papers as having
subsequently taken place. On the 29th of April, the
whole Polish army had again advanced and resumed its
former positions at Kostizyn and beyond Siennica. The
head-quarters of the General-•in-Chief were that evening at
Rude. On the 30th, the Polish army again advanced,
and the vanguard was in the morning at Kaluszyn.
The headquarters of Count Diebitsch are said by the

Warsaw Gazette to be at Monty, beyond Siedlec.
General Sierawski has arrived at Warsaw. Detach-
ments of his corps under the command of General Dzie-
konski, made some successful excursions on the right bank
of the Vistula.

Leather girdles, lined with flannel, worn next the skin,
having been found the best preventative against the
cholera, great quantities are making for the army. Twenty
thousand have already been sent to the camp. The dis-
order was greatly abated. Fresh divisions of troops con-
tinue to pass though the capital.
In an official report from the Warsaw State Gazette,
General Dwernicki writes from Kolodno on the 24th
that on the 17th and 18th he had an engagement with the
corps of Rudiger, consisting of 12,000 men, with twenty-
two cannon, that he defeated it, took eight cannon, and
killed a great many men; the enemy left 800 wounded in
the field ; the Russian General Plazkriff was mortally
wounded. Our loss was small. From Kolodno, General
Dwernicki bad sent strong detachments to observe the
enemy. The Polish eagle has been set up at Radziwillow.
The Breslaw Journal says, " That during the absence
of General Skrzynecki the tete de pont of Pia,ga has been
completed by 15,000 workmen, and a second entrance
wall erected, so that the whole Polish army might, if ne-
cessary, be posted within it. On the Russian side great
depots of arms have been formed on the three lines of ope-
ration, and Lansa, Siedlec, and Lublin strongly fortified."
Letters from Memel say the number of the insurgents
near Polangen is again increased, and that it may be ex-
pected.that there will be`more fighting in that neighbour-
hood in 'a few days.
' Letters from Giumbinen announce (according to the
itonigsburg Gazette) that the Polish Government has
issued proctamations for the arrest of the insurgent chief
Hurchet, because he has been guilty of acts of robbery,
and has caused several land-owners to I.e shot, and put to
derth without orders and without tri d.
• ST. PETERSHURGH, APRIL 27.—The Petersburgh Ga-
zette contains a report from Count Diehitsch of April 19.
It chiefly relates to the action near Wengrow, and on
the Lieviec (of which an account has been given before)
in which the Rus•ians are stated to have lost in killed and
wounded 600 men. According to the prisoners, of whom
300 were taken, the enemy's loss was 3,000 men.
The same Journal contains an account of the operations
of General Rudiger against Dwernicki up to the 18th.
General Rudiger intended to pass the Styr on the 20th
or 21st.
Letters from Moscow of 12th April say that the
fair of Irbil Las been much better this year than last.
Many articles fetched higher prices than were expected.
• The traders from Amhara and rashkand brought 175
pods of silver in bars, of which the merchants of Moscow
received 100 pools (the pood 36Ibs. English) in payment.
THE HAGUE, MAY 10.—The answer of the Govern-
ment to the observations of the sections of the Second
• Chamber of the States General, has been distributed
. among the Members, with some statements and tables
connected with them. It is remarked in their answer,
that it is neither advisable nor possible to make all at once
so many changes as some of the sections think would be
advantageous; that several of them are connected with
the changes which may have to be made in the funda-
mental law, and that some of them have already been
carried into effect.

On Wednesday evening the KING gave a
graud dingier to the Archbishops of CANTERBURY, YORK,
ARMAGH, DUBLIN, CASHEL, and TUAM, the Bishops of
LONDON, LLANDAFF, CHICHESTER, CHESTER, LICH-
FIELD and COVENTRY, BRISTOL, SODOR and MAN, BAN-
GOR, and GLOUCESTER; Judges TINDAL, BAYLEY, GAR-
Row, and PARE ; the Dean of HEREFORD, the Rev. Dr.
KUPER, the Rev. Mr. FITZROY, Dr. HoncsoN, Dr.
HARVEY, Sir HENRY HALFORD, Sir WILLIAM FREE-
MANTLE, and Sir FREDERICK WATSON.

KING'S THEATRE.—Madame PASTA made,
last night, her first appearance this season, as Medea, in the
opera which bears that name. A very numerous audience
had assembled at an early hour to welcome her on her
return to there boards, after three years' absence; and
when she appeared she was greeted with loud and long-
protracted plaudits from every part of the house. In per-
sonal appearance Madame PASTA has undergone no change
since she was last seen here, if we except a trifling dimi-
nution of embonpoint. Her vocal powers remain unim-
paired, and her conception and expres%ion of the arduous
character she chose for her rentrE'e afforded as noble a spe-
cimen of dramatic excellence as was ever exhibited, even
by herself. Madame PASTA had the benefit last night of a
most efficient coadjutor in Signor !Warm, who sus-
tained the part of Egeo. The opera was extremely well
performed.

COBURG THEATRE.—On Tuesday night
this house was crowded in every quarter. After the
admired piece of Guy Fawkes, the very popular inter-
lude of Reform was repeated amidst loud cheers and
plaudits throughout every scene. A new piece, by Alox-
calm, having that well known phrase for a title What
a shocking bad Hat ! was produced for the first time.
Alias FERGUSON and Mrs. LEWIS exerted themselves to
the utmost; and the piece went well off. Reform is a
leading topic of the dialogue, and there are a few old
jokes new modelled that told capitally. One joke in par-
ticular was hailed with vast force : an old gentleman says
to his servant " n have Reform in every thing—get me
a bottle of Reform blacking, one that won't change
colour." The servant (Mr. WILD) replies, Yes, mas-
ter, I'll Hunt for it—the last bottle was shocking bad
matchless." At the close of the piece Reform the au-
dience called for " God save the King," which was sung
in good taste by the whole company, and joined in chorus
by nearly the whole audience.
Sir CHRISTOPHER WREN Says that churches
should not exceed ninety feet long by sixty broad, which
makes 5,400 square feet. Exeter-hall, the new building
for holding public meetings, is 130 feet long by 76 wide,
which makes 9,880 square feet, being an excess of 4,480
equate feet—so that it is, if measured by Sir CHRISTO.-
?HIM WREN'S standard, nearly one-half too large. This
probably accounts for the difficulty experienced in the
large Tooth in hearing the' spiikers front the platform to
advantage. The expense of this building was 28,0001.

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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1831.

Every day, every hour, swells the ranks of Re-
form. The Boroughmongers are beaten fn all di-
rections. They have scampered off, like curs with
their tails between their legs, from almost every
county at the very first summons of the trumpet of
Reform. Till now, we always thought these men
had at least the merit of possessing animal courage,
but how egregiously have we been mistaken ! They
have turned craven in this, their last extremity , as some
notorious old harridan, whose whole life has been a
libel on humanity, turns Methodist in her dotage,
in the fond hope that she may be hoisted into Para-
dise on the brawny shoulders of hypocrisy. The pe-
nitence of Mother COLE is an exact fire-simile of that
of the Borough mongers ; the majority of whom, with
Joseph Surface, alias Master Biz ji 1, at their head, have
at length recanted their Ultraism, and avowed them-
selves moderate Reformers ! But the people will not
be gulled by this monstrous duplicity. They will not
allow their understandings to be blinded by a squad ef
knaves, by far the major part of whom oppose]
Catholic emancipation, on the avowed principle
that the people were averse to it, and now oppose
the Reform Bill, because they have declared them-
selves to a man in its favour I The people,
we repeat, will not be duped by such
humbug. They will think for themselves,
they will act for themselves, and support their
KING and Government at all hazards, against the
combined assaults of the Church and Borough-
mongers. In England the battle is already more
than half won ; in Wales and Scotland it is pro-
gressing in favour of the Reformers; but in the
sister country it has still to be fought.
Men of Ireland, the eyes of the whole em-
pire are now turned on you. Be firm,
then—be determined—but, above all, be una-
nimous. Attend implicitly to the directions of
your guide and friend O'CONNELL ; he knows well
the nature of the struggle on which you are now
embarking—can calculate to a nicety the chances
both for, and against, yon—where you are weak, and
where you are strong—where you can gain a vic-
tory, where act effectively on the defensive—and will
never desert or betray you. Remember, Irishmen,
that by returning your fair proportion of Reformers to
St. Stephen's, you are investing money in a bank,
which will return you compound interest. From
the moment that the great healing measure has
passed the House of Lords, the foundation of your
national prosperity is laid. From that moment the
axe is laid to the root of the Upas-tree, under
whose blasting shadow you have so long pined in
hopelessness and solitude ; and you become, not in
name, but in essence, a free—a happy—a flourish-
ing—a united people. Rely on it, no Reformed
House will allow of Bank monopolies—Sub-letting
Acts—Grand Jury systems—or exorbitant tythe
collections. No Reformed House will allow Ireland
to be drained dry, as a Select Vestry punch-bowl, by
absenteeism; to be overrun by tax-collectors and
excisemen; to be afflicted by a visitation of fat
Protestant pluralists. Far otherwise. A Re-
formed House will look closely into all these matters.
It will legislate in the stern spirit of justice, for the
peasant as well as the Peer; for the needy as
well as the affluent; for the Catholic as well as the
Protestant. But since no great good was ever yet
gained without a struggle, If Ireland wish to be free,
she must learn to deserve her freedom. She must
earn it by the sweat of her brow, as the peasant
earns his livelihood. She must be active—ener-
getic—united. She must resist all compromise-r•
reject all bribery—despise all menace. She must

be astir early and late; keep her attention fixed on
me point. She must dismiss all party feuds, all
Provincial bickerings; acknowledge but one friend
and ane foe, the Reformer and the Boroughmonger
Let her act thus, and she will, she must, succeed.

We call upon the enterprising publisher who has
announced his inrention of printing the list of the
Cambridge University voters in Mack and red, to se.
bout his task without deiay. We are anxious to
4,tertaiti how many church pluralists are to be fount)
among the supporters of those upstart statesmen,
PEEL and GOULBURN.

A Correspondent desires us to ask what has be-
oome of that DEMOSTHENES of An•i-Reform—that
" young ASTYANAX" of the Borouglimongers—
that eloquent commenta'or on Ecclesiasticus—that
sworn-foe to the middle classes—the high-born
tii2h-minded, highly-gifted, HORACE Twiss
We really cannot say. Our reporters, one and
all, declare that he is never to be met with
in any of the Courts of Justice ; we conclude.
therefore, tht:t he is either in active . treaty
with the managers of Drury-lane, to convert hi•
tragedy of the Carib Chief into a Pantomime fo'
the ensuing Christmas; or has, retired like Sir R-
PEEL, (and with equal alacrity) from the harassing
cares of office, into the bosom of domestic life. I
this last be the case, we devoutly hope that his re-
tirement may never be invaded.

The accounts from Poland are more favourabl,
rhan they have of late been. The Russians, in their
extremity, have offered battle to the Poles, who
were too wise Ito be etyrapped by sueh clumy
manoeuvring; the former, therefore, are now com-
pelled to return to their position. The St. Pe-
tersburgh Journals say, "In an official report
from the Warsaw State Gazctle, General DWER-
NICKI writes from Kolodno on the 24th, that on the
17th and 18th he had an engav,ement with the
corps of RUDIGER, consisting of 12,000 men, with
twenty-two cannon, that he defeated it, took eight
cannon, and killed a great many men; the enemy
left 800 men wounded in the field ; the Russian
General PLAZKOFF was mortally wounded. Our loss
was small. From Kolodno, General DWERNICKI had
sent strong detachments to observe the enemy. The
Polish eagle has been set up at Radziwilow."

THE MARKETS -(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

The English arrivals of Grain are moderate. Of Foreign Wheat
and Flour there is a considerable supply. The trade for Wheat
remains extremely heavy, and Monday's rates cannot be main-
tained. Barley, Beans, and Pease are unaltered. Oats had few
buyers, and they are rather lower than at the beginning of the
week. Flour unaltered.

ARRIVALS.
Wheat. Harley. Oats. Flour.
English ...... 3,230 qrs. 2,495 qrs. 14,850 qrs.i s,2sosacks.
trigh
Foreign

33,610

--- brls.

SMITHFIELD MARKET,

This day's supply, for that of a Friday, was tolerably good
throughout. The trade with each kind of meat was very dull,
with Beef and Mutton at a depression of full 4d., Lamb and Veal,
4d. to 6d. per stone ; with Pork at barely Monday's prices. Mitch
Cows also looked a little downwards, a useful Short-horns, with
her small calf, producing with difficulty from 2111. to 221.

PRICES PER STONE OF ISLES.. TO SINK THE OFFAL&
a. d. to s. d. 6. d. to s. d.
Inferior Beasts 2 6 281 Large Lambs . 0 0 0 0
Snond quality ditto 3 0 3 8 Prime small ditto... 3 2 6 6
Prime large Oxen 4 0 4 4 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 8
Prime Scots, &e 4 4 4 81 Prune small ditto... 5 2 5 6
1., ferior Sheep 3 0 3 4 Large Hogs 3 6 310
Second quality ditto 3 4 310 Small Porkers 4 6 410
Coarsemoolledditto 4 6 5 0 Suckling Calves 12s to 30... each.
SfmthdownWethers 5 0 5 4 Quarter oldrigs 12s, to 183. each.

NEWGATE AND LEADENH ALL MARKETS.
At per stone, by the Carcass.
s. d. to 5. d. s. d. to s. d.
Beef 2 6 4 2 Veal
Mutton 2 8 4 8 Pork
Lamb ............,.......... 4s. Bd. to (is. 4d.

ONE DAY TOO LATE.—Mr. HUNT had,
it seems, a narrow escape from an opposition to his return
for Preston.—Sir CHARLES WOLSELEY saw in a news-
paper some observations respecting himself, made by Mr.
HUNT, which the Hon. Baronet alleges t,) lie wholly false,
and instantly left Paris, for the purpose of confronting him
on the hustings at Preston, and of opposing his return,
hut arrived in England one day too late.— Wolverhalnp.
ton Chronicle.

The inhabitants of almost every city, town,
and village in Scotland have either met, or are in progress
of meeting, to address his MAJESTY, expres.ive Of their
gratitude fur the support afforded by his MAJESTY to his
Ministers and the measure of Reform.—Edinburgh Ob-
server.

One of the sticklers for things as they are,
on hearing the bells proclaim thanks to Royalty for dissolv-
ing Parliament, exclaimed, with evident displeasure,
" This sounds revolutionary." Upon which a person
present coolly rqoined, " Yes, Sir ; they are ringing
changes."

I am informed that the returns of the effec-
tive strength of the French army, fully equipped, drilled,
and armed, rec-ived at the W•ir.nffice last Saturday, gave
a force of 267 000 men. Conscripts and recrOi's now
drilling and moving to their respective stations, 97,000
The National Guards of France, all now fully armed, and
under arms, are said to amount to 750,000. One million is
the round number returned,or rather estim ited, from written
enrolments, but 1 understand the actual effective strengtlsis
what I have given.—(From a Correspondent of the
Times.)

LIFE OF SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE.—The
biography of this illustrious individual is connected with a
very peculiar era of history; his private and professional
exe; tions have reference to names in Europe the greatest
for power, rank, affluence, talents, and virtues. As mieht
have been anticipated, the ahove work contains numerous
anecdotes and p trt.culars of Royalty now published for the
first time. The picture of the domestic happiness of the
Princess CHARLOTTE and Prince LEoroLn at Claremont
—the account of the painter's attendance on the late
QUEEN at Blackheath—and his interviews on various
oc-
casions with the PRINCE REGENT-are among the most
interesting features of the work.

Considerable anxiety has been manifested at
Bow-street Police-office, within the last few days. con-
cerning a young man named Ot4sr.ow, a clerk of Messrs.
DRUMMOND, the banker, and a person in the employment
of Mr. Deputy CARTER, Of Lombard-street, named
ENDERSON—both of whom have suddenly disappeared
without any ostensible motive of fraud, and without their
friends or the police being able to obtain the slightest in-
formation of their fate. Mr. ONSLOW had, when last
heard of, about 2,0001. about him in bank notes and se-
curities; but if embezzlement bad been his object, which
his friends and employers from knowledge of his character
strenuously deny, he might have procured a much larger
sum at Messrs. Cox and 131nnutries, Charing-cross,
whither he was bound on the day of his disappearance.
ENDERSON had but V. of his employers' property about
him on the day he disappeared, so that a suspicion of em-
bezzlement cannot attach to him. It was proposed by the
friends of the missing men that minute inquiries should
be instituted concerning them at the several houses Of ill"
fame ; or, if there unsuccessful, at the anatomical theatres.
Mr. HALLS expressed his willingness to assist as, far as in
him lay, and directed LEDBITTER to leave no means un-
tried for ascertaining the fate of both.
A FATHER'S IMPULSE.—When Lord
EasKtnt made his debut at the bar, his agitation almost
.wercatne him and he was just going to sit down. At
that moment, " said he, " 1 thought I felt my little chit
dreg tugging at my gown, and the idea roused me to an
exertion of which I did not think myself capable."

On Wednesday forenoon a large Sturgeon was
brought on shore by the nets of Sandstell (Tweed) fishing'
It measured seven feet five inches in length, and two feet
eight inches in circumference, and weighed seven stole.
New Work by the Author of De L'Orme,
" Darnley," &c..—The new novel ,6 Philip Augustus,
from the pen of Mr. JA.stEs, will appear in a few
The story relates to the condition of Fiance at the close of
the twelfth century. The crusade against. SALAD'S W"
over-RICHARD CCEUR DE LION was dead—and Ginstan-
tinop!e had just falen into the hands of a body of French
Knights at the time the tale coma:mu:es, The reign of
this chivalrous and victorious monarch it must be admitted
is happily chosen ; it affords the most brilliant materials
for the novelist.