The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-08 00:00:00

comparing 'the article in question with the origin lb
we find several variations and omissions, which are
sufficient to justify the suspicion of the Poles, and to
render it probable that the partiality of which thf•y
accuse the Prussian editors is not an unfounded
charge. Where the Poles describe the people of
Lithuania as their "brethren," the Berlin Gazette
writer states them the " insurgents." After the
observation that "the Russian troops displayed a
degree of courage and resolution far superior to
what they had shown in the preceding part of
the campaign," the following sentence is omitted
—" The prisoners who have fallen into our
hands, state that cannon were pointed on the rear
of the Russian columns, and grape-shot fired on
"those that retreated." After the statement that
the Russian loos roust be " at leist double ours,"
which, by the bye, is in the original " more than
doable," the following words are omitted—" This
is easily explained by the fact, that the greater part
of the Russian soldiers were in a state of intoxica-.

tion, and precipitated each other from the dike."
The conclusion of the account, in which it is an-
nounced that 12,000 Polish troops have formed a
junction with the Lithuanians, is entirely omitted by

the Prussian Gazelle: it is as follows :
" Numt-rous reserves arc proceeding to the army, and
will fill up our ranks, until the new recruiting decreed by
the Diet shall augment our force. The enemy, notwith-
standing the superiority which numbers give him, will
find in the execution of his plan for passing the Vistula
the same resistance which has already so often disappointed
him ; besides, the prosecution of this plan is not free from
(fang, r, 11,)w that 12,000 of our brave troops have joined
their brethren in Lithuania, and that the insurrections in
the southern provinces are daily acquiring more consist-
ency. The talents of our Generals, the good spirit and
courage o our army, the ardour and enthusiasm of the
wh& nation, afford us assurance of the success of the most
sacred of causes."— Times.

It appears that there is what may be called the
failure, at least for the present, of the Belgic ar-
rangement. The crown beisg on particular condi-
tions presented to Prince Leopold, has been by him
refused!

" King Charles of this not having need,
" Thanks you as much as if he did,"
was the answer that the witty Rochester gave in the
person of his master to an imaginary petition of the
Commons tendering a mutilated constitution and di-
minished rights to the King. The Belgians do not
tender a mutilated constitution to the Prince, but

offer him more of a country than it belongs to them
to give; in consequence of which, his Royal High-
ness has declined their crown. The protocols of the
great Powers do not assign Limburg and its territory
to Belgium, but these the Belgians assume to them-
selves without leave, and invite Prince Leopold to
govern the augmented state. The-result is, as we
have said above, that he has declined the offer. The
Belgians have now, therefore, to seek another King.
Whom they may find we know not; but we must
say, that he is a bold man who shall accept the crown
on conditions which France and England prohibit.

In fact, the Belgians have not advanced a step : they
have merely chosen Prince Leopold instead of the
Duke de Nemours. The other and main questions

are in stain quo.—Times.
We have more than once suggested that the dis-
solution of the late Stamp Board, and the grounds,
whatever they were, which led to it, ought to he
made matter of Parliamentary Inquiry. Upon the
fare of it, it was certainly a proceeding which calls
loudly for explanation. Our attention is called to
the subject by the fact of the heavy charge of fraud
which was made by the Commissioners of Revenue
Inquiry against the County Fire Office, turning out
to he without a shadow of foundation, and the Lnw

Officers of the Crown having last week abandoned
all further proceedings, and consented to have their
bill dismissed. And this, after carrying on a prose-
cution against that Office for five years, and putting
it to between twelve and fifteen hundred pounds'
expellee, which, as the Crown pays no costs, they
can never recover. This is really a most oppressive
proceeding, and the public at large have an interest
in the means of such oppression being put an end
to. An opulent establishment may bear up
against it, but to an individual such a prosecution
would have been utter ruin. Notwithstand-
ing the pertinacity with which the accusation was
made, there was a circumstance which induced us,
from the first, to believe that it wouhi turn out to
be without foundation, and to be fabricated with
some sinister purpose; which was, that Lord Grey,
the Honorary President of the County Fire Office,
continued to remain so, which we were quite sure he
would not have done, had there even been the most
distant grounds for the charge of defrauding the
revenue brought against it by the Commissions of
Revenue Inquiry. A Peer of his high and honourable
character, we felt assured, would have withdrawn
his name instantly, had he not been abundantly sa-
tisfied that the accusation was utterly unsupported.
We again repeat, that the whole of this affair might
he taken up by Parliament, and it behoves those
Commissioners to promote this in justice to the late
Chairman of the Board of Stamps ; for there never
was a public servant of the Government more
wronged than he has been. But for the total change
of system that may hereafter be looked for, suspi-
cions would have been always attached to a Com-
mission of Revenue Inquiry.—Morning Chronicle.

We have inserted a letter, subscribed," A Mem-
ber of Braokes's," complaining of the opinion ex-
pressed by us with regard to the offence of Major
Dundas. It does not appear to us that the circum-
stances stated by our correspondent at ail extenuate
the offence of the Major. In remote parts of the
kingdom, girls are not watched with the strictness
necessary in a luxurious metropolis like this, the
parents and relatives taking it for granted that no
gentleman would be so base as to attempt to seduce
them. The responsibility is wisely thrown upon
the male, who knows, that if he abuses the confi-
dence of society, a dreadful penalty awaits him.
What our correspondent says about women beiag
the only proper guardians of their own honour,
seems to us very much misapplied, in the case of so
young a woman—a child if we may so say—exposed
to the attempts of a man practised in the arts of
seductions. It is well to impress upon young wo-
men the importance of preserving their honour; but
why are we to demand the utmost perfection of
wisdom and virtue at all times from an inexperienced
girl, and to make the want of it in any case an ex-
tenuation of the offence of the seducer ? Is a young
woman, because she may happen to be of a feeble
and irresolute character, to be, therefore, the lawful
prey of a determined seducer ? if we lay down
this doctrine, we may be sure that frequent at-
tempts will sometimes be successful, for though
many may resist, some will yield. We protest against
the doctrine, that the weakness of the female is to
be a justification of the offence of the male. Upon
the same principle, the imperfect vision of a shop-
keeper might be a justification of the thief, the
weakness of the traveller the justification of the
highway robber. If we are to take it for granted
that men must always be brutes, and that it is manly
and honourable to give a restraint to every appetite,
then we may find, in this invincible necessity, a jus-
tification of Major Dundas taking a most unmerciful
advantage of this child. But it appears to us that
the very facility alluded to by our correspondent
forms the strongest ground of accusation against
Major Dundas. A man of any generosity of feeling
would have said to himself, here is a girl less able
than her equals in age usually are to take care of
herself. It would be easy for me to take advantage
of her simplicity or her weakness, just as it would
be easy for Spring or Cribb, or any Champion of
the Prize Ring, to knock down a beardless youth,
but this very weakness is the most powerful of all
appeals to my honour. The devil is represented as
going about like a roaring lion
report of the charge of the Lord sChaPpfear
may devour, and it would almost
he thought it the legitimate business
make havoc among the young
their way. " I must say (h
an odd circumstance, that seeing seeking whom he
from the
Chief Baron,
. that
of officers to
eobwseormveen that fall in
theseslittat it was
Idisposed to insult her daughters—that wheeT. were
were out with their mother, and she again met the