The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-01 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Messager des Chantbres of Monday.)
\VARSAW, MAY 17.—The State Gazette gives
some details, furnished by an infantry officer, of the
affair of the 13th, near Jenditejow, the official report
of which has not yet arrived.
According to the statements of the inhabitants of
Kaluszyn, and of several prisoners, nine regiments
of the Russian infantry, and 30 cannon, of tht corps
of General Palen, and a considerable reserve of
cavalry, of cuirassiers, of hulans,and of hussars, took
part in this battle. Field Marshal Diebitsch, Prince
Schackoffskoi, and Generals Niedhart and Keernta,
were engaged with the troops. On our side we had
about 50 subalterns and soldiers killed or wounded.
The Warsaw Courier says the movements ex-
ecuted yesterday by the two armies, announce a
general battle.
CIRCULAR OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
The intelligence which we have just received
from Lithuania and the. Palatinate of Augustowo,
and which informs us of the cruelties committed in
these provinces, leaves no doubt in our minds as to
the character that our enemies have resolved to im.
press on the war waged ngainst us. It is no longer
the insulting proclamations of Marshal Diebitsch, or
even the barbarous ukase of the Emperor, which
mark the line of conduct for the Russian troops.
The commanders already consult only the implacable
hatred which they have conceived for the Polish
name, and the ferocity of their soldiers. The inha-
bitants of the district of Mariampol remained faith-
ful to the voice of their country, and prepared from
the commencement of the campaign, for an obsti-
nate defence. A corps of partisans was formed
under the command of Colonel Puszet, which con-
tinually disturbed the enemy, and even succeeded in
obtaining important advantages. Towards the end
of April the Guards reinforced the Russian troops
which were destined to suppress the insurrec-
tion in the district of Mariampol. Colonel Puszet
not being informed of this augmentation of the forces
of the enemy, attacked Mariampol on the 21st of
April, and a as compelled to retreat; hut Major
Scion, who commanded another detachment of pa-
triots, suffering himself to be carried away by the
ardour of his courage, fought to the very last extre-
mity, and after having received several wounds, fell
into the hands of the enemy. The sentiments of
honour—those which were due to courage, and to
misfortune—should have served as a safeguard to
the brave, decorated with the cross of the Legion of
Honour, and the Military Cross of Poland; but our
enemies in this war have abjured those sentiment.,
and, without having any consideration for the wounds
Or the sufferings of Major Schon, they loaded him
with irons, exposed him to the insults of the sol-
diers and of the Jews, and hanged him on the fol-
lowing day.
Several officers and citizens who had taken part
in the insurrection were shot on the spot. After
this defeat, the whole district of Mariampol was ex-
posed to the barbarity of the Russians. The vil-
lages were sacked and burned, the houses of citizens
were pillaged, and the proprietors of the houses were
imprisoned, or still remain exposed to all the vexa-
tions and vengeance of a cruel enemy.
PARIS, MAY 29.—The candidateship of Prince
Leopold has been officially submitted to the Belgian
Congress, under the form of a proposition signed by
87 members of that assembly.
It was hoped that Lord Ponsonby would bring back
the acceptance of the Prince, and the agreement of
the Conference at London to an extension of limits.
It is to be remarked that the ie-trictive conditions,
and we may even say the harshness of diplomacy,
towards Belgium have been much mitigated since
the union with France has ceased to be probable,
and particularly since the candidateship of the Prince
of Saxe Coburg appears to have been seriously
adopted by the influential members of the Congress.
It is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. Le-
beau, that this tacking about is to be attributed. His
system consists in drawing closer the relations with
England and the Powers of Germany, by almost en-
tirely detaching French influence. By this means he
has given renewed confidence to the Cabinets inimi-
cal to France (les Cabinets ennemis), and has per-
suaded there that the advantages of territory and
frontier which would be granted to the Belgians
would not turn to the profit of any other State.
In leaving us out of the question in which our
only interest is the independence of Belgium, we
cannot disapprove the policy of M. Lebeau, as it has
already produced its fruits. Already, in fact, the
conference of London admits the junction of Luzern-
burgh with the Belgian provinces for a stipulated in-
demnity to Holland, a point on which no concession
was at first made.
There is no doubt that other successive modifica-
tions will be granted, all of them in consideration of
Prince Leopold, whose connexion, half English and
half German, will procure for Belgium the relations
which it desires, at the same time that the friend-
ship of France will always be ensured to it by the
force of circumstances. These are the motives which
justify the unmixed German policy of M. Lebeau,
who, it will be seen, we judge with perfect impar-
tiality. As we ourselves have a French policy, we
cannot find fault that other countries should pursue
that which they consider best calculated to promote
their own interests.
Certainly the giving the crown to Prince Leo-
pold will not satisfy every opinion nor every interest
in Belgium. But it is a combination which will, at
the same time, content the many various feelings.
There will be no lack of well-founded objections ;
but it will at length be acknowledged that it is
better to be contented with possibilities than to pur-
sue impossibilities ; and, after all, the balance of
disadvantage is less on the side of the candidate
than on any other.
Several members of the Belgic Congress demand
that preparatory to the election the conference of
London and Holland should make known their defi-
nitive determination upon the point in discussion.
It is to be imagined that their wish will be gratified,
and it is also probable that Lord Ponsonby will
bring
back from Prince Leopold a note, upon the
subject of his acceptance of the crown, for his po-
sition as a Protestant Prince is too delicate in the
midst of the religious passions which prevail in a
portion of Belgium, for him to venture to reign
over a country , y placed in such difficult circum-
ataces, nefore an amicable arrangement has been
made of certain conditions of internal peace and
general policy.
ALGIERS, MAY 18.—The works of the Mole are
continued with great diligence, and
to
eearefully
executed. It would be very desirable
massacre of the persons shipwrecked on the hindercst
the
of the Regency, but it will not be eifectedobay•s
military occupation of the coast. According to the
belief of a Mussulman, to kill a Christian is an ac-
tion meritorious in the sight of God, and honourable
in the eyes of men.
The 55 Spanish Constitutionalists, who took re-
fuge at Oran, are gone to Marseilles (where they
have arrived).
In the present state of the affairs of Algiers, the
diminution of the tribute to be paid by foreign coral
fisheries, is considered by the latter as a very equi-
table measure ; and it is agreed that we ought to

maintain our exclusive:right of property in the fishery
by means of the ships of our squadron on the station.
As for the importation of ammunition into the
province of Constantine, by Italian ships, it cannot
be hindered except by a blockade, which cannot take
place till measures projected by the Government of
the Province of Constantine shall begin to be exe-
cuted, and the military arrangements of the new Bey
be seconded by sea.
Pants, MAY 29.—M. Gregoire, formerly Bishop
tf Blois, died yesterday at four o'clock.
(From the C'en3titutionnel of Sunday.)

Rome, 111A'i 18.—It seems that the Pope would
he willing to grant a new and complete amnesty to
the revolted provinces; but that Cardinal Bernetti
exerts himself to persuade his Holiness that he will
stain nothing by mild measures, and would, besides,
lose the protection of the Austrians. Meantime,
she latter have declared that their presence is neces-
sary, and that they shall indefinitely continue the
occupation.
The works of Ancona are already much advanced,
and eighty pieces of cannon have been sent thither
from Venice. What proves that the Austrians in-
tend to fix themselves in the Legations is, that the
acts of the Government are published, not in the
name of the Pope, but of the United Provinces.
The Austrians have made some attempts at revolu-
iion in Bologna, and other towns of Romagna, but
with ill success : their secret agent, whom every
body now knows, endeavours to make it be believed
that these attempts will be made by some Italians,
ho have now emigrated ; but the public has not
been the dupe of this trick. So long as hostilities
do not begin between Austria and France, the
country, kept down as it is, will not stir.
Ten chests of muskets and 300 sabres are every
day expected at Leghorn, to be forwarded to
Bologna, to Cardinal Oppizzoni. It is thought,
however, that the Austrians will not permit the im-
portation of these arms ; they have already refused
to Colonel Lazzarini the entrance of the Papal troops
into Ancona.

MILAN, MAY 21.—Notwithstanding the penury
of its treasury, Austria keeps increasing its military
force. Hitherto the Italian regiments in the Austrian
service were composed of three battalions ; they are
now to have four ; and to complete these corps,
the Emperor of Austria has ordered in Lombardy
and Venice a new levy of 12,000 men, who are to
join their respective regiments by the 25th July. As
the Italian regiments are out of Italy, the levies
must be made quickly, that the recruits may reach
their corps by the time fixed.