The Sun.
London, England, 1831-03-07 00:00:00

EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED WARSAW, FER. 17.
_ . _

" In the only two instances of the Russian invaders
and the Polish defenders of their liberty having fought,
the Poles have conquered. Official accounts of this suc-
cessful commencement having reached Warsaw, affords
universal joy, and enables me to give you the fo 'lowing
details :

" General Dwersicki, and the brave Poles under his
command, attacked General Geismar's corps in the rear,
at Seroczyn, near Slocek, on the Vistula. The Poles
fought like lions, killed 400 of the enemy, including one
Lieutenant-Colonel of artillery, and one Major, took 2:30
prisoners, including two Captains, one Lieutenant, two
Ensigns; seized many horses, a large supply of ammu-
nition, and took 11 pieces of cannon, five of which they
immediately turned against the enemy. The Polish ar-
tillery worked so well, that they soon dismounted five of
the enemy's cannon.
" The Poles lost one assistant-surgeon, and 15 men
killed, and IS wounded, among whom were Major Resian,
Lieutenant Z alkowski, and second Lieutenants Radwanski,
Smolyneki, Krzyzanowski, and liacz)nski. The Major
led the attack on two regiments and a battery of artillery.
The coolness, intrepidity, and enthusiasm of the young
Polish soldiers just formed, excite the greatest astonish-
ment, and merit the highest praise ; the first fire of the
Russian artillery fell on a hitt Minn of the Ist Regiment of
Polish Foot, coi.imanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Rychlow-
ski, killed several of his men, but did not create the least
confusion in the square which they bad formed, the place
of those who fell in front were immediately filled by those
in the rear, and all continued to join in the national song
of Dombrowski.' General Geismar fled, and very nar-
rowly escaped being taken prisoner.
" The Russian prisoners who were taken, say they
were assured they were only going to chastise the 4th
Polish Rvgiinent, who had rebelled, then march on to
Prussia to meet the French, who were already on their
way to attack the Russians.
" The second example of Polish bravery and Polish
success is the attack ova the avant guard of General Die-
bitacb, when the Poles took 300 prisoners, including two
colonels, six pieces of cannon, and
quantity of arms
which they found in the camp. Further particulars re-
specting this second affair I will will give you in my next,
when I hope to be able to give you an account of a more
general battle near Warsaw, which our army is preparing
for with the greatest energy.
(From the Brussels Papers.)
" WARSAW, FEB. 22.

" TI-:e Warsaw Gazette aym Yesterhy no move-
ment took place in the army. Faertions are tusking

the capital to private a kind and humane receptlon tot
the Rusilian prisoners. One of their officers, who was
taken at Scroezyn, is stated to have been present on the
19th, at the sitting of the Net, and conversed a long time
with the poet Nietnewicz.'

" The Warsaw.; Gazeite,. in an extrieiranary supple-
ment to its number of this day, gives the following official
bulletin of General Morawalci, sem to the National Govern-
ment, dated from Praga ,-ezteltday.
" The GoYeattmeht is probably impatient for news
from the army, but the Generals are .not Ctimedi-
diattly to draw up the reports, bt'rjutte.‘ tocy are engaged
from the morning early till ?aL at night. The army of
the nation fights tt,ithiat sight of the capital, so that it may
convince itS,'.Ntith its own eyes how obstinately, every
fast rf ground is defended. Thousands of t.teii:l bodies
cover the field of battle, and, what is "rer'y uncommon, the
infantry take the standlt'dt Lom the infantry. Our
artillery distingrist:',.cr 'itself extremely. The infantry
stands like D. 'Wail, and with the bayonet the enemy can
malt?, ¢o impression on it. The cavalry has maintained
in every action its ancient reputation. All the command-
era give proofs of uncommon Ail!, anti the soldiers of
great valour.—(Here follows ektra•tA from the report
of General Count KrAoWiecki respecting the lait.ttle of
the 19th, The 'General promises more cornpletz details
of the battles of the 19th and 20th, s soon as he has
received the accounts from *ht., other Generals.'

" The Warsa,Y !..,'late Gazette gives the following
news, dated the 21st:—

'''''.-esterdaye;nin. put us in mind of thr days of
our revolution. In all the squ ,res a'.d sti.::::ts troops were
posted, who sat round theb trei singing warlike songs.
This precaution was e`ctalited, because the ice on the Vistula
at some pointt ticiow Warsaw is still enough for the light
emir), Yes pass over, and General aebitsch might easily
serprise the capital by this means. The battleyestet day was
ofless importance. The artillery, it is true, maintained a pretty
long cannonade, but the fire of the musketry was not
violent. The less on both sides was consithrable: Our
fore posts ote beyond the yesterday's scene of action.'
" The Polish and Warsaw r.0,6z ct tes of the 21st, con-
tain the following particulars of the two preceding days:
" The evenirg tlefore yesterday, we could easily see by
the flashes or the cannon at the edge of the wood towards
Oki'',ew, that our left wing OA the enemy in flank. The
Russians, in fact, retired into the forest from which their
columns had issued in the morning. Wounded and pri-
soners continued to be brought into the city till late at
night. The battle was fought beyond Mawr, at the out-
skirts of the wood. Our right wing extended to the
marsh, near the Saxon Werder ; the left extended to the
road, leading to Okuniew. The Russians brought supe-
rior masses of infantry into action. Our cavalry did great
service against their squares. General Lubinski is said to
have executed a very skilful cavalry attack ; and General
Chlopieki to have been for seven hours in the hottest fire.
Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, the battle was conti-
nued. The whole of the enemy's line was drawn out,
and the battle latted till towards evening. Our troops
drove the enemy out of the wood, and took twelve pieces
of cannon. Our loss in killed and wounded in these two
sanguinary days is stated at 3,000 men, and that of the
onemy at thrice the number."—Prussian Slate Gazette,
Feb. 27.

" BRUSSELS NATIONAL CONGRESS.--SITTING

OF MARCH 2.

" The Electoral law was discussed, and several articles
adopted:
" M. de Ribsulx de-ired to be informed whether the
Ministry had received any communications which gave rea-
son to imagine that war would break out.
" M. de Brouckere—Since the dissolution of the Legis-
lative Committee I do not know of any new protocol ; as
for the probabilities of war, we know no more of it than
you. Italy is in a state of insurrection ; Austria is arm-
ing to subdue it; and France is resolved to maintain the
principle of non intervention. On the other hand, the
Prussian armies on the Rhine are already provided with
their field-equipage. This is certainly enough to give
ground for precaution.
" The Minister of Finance said that though he could
not affirm that war would break out, yet if it were de-
clared it would then be too late to provi,le funds : there-
fore we must think of this beforehand. The Government
every day experiences new financial difficulties. The
speaker said he had done every thing to effect a loan, and
if he succeeded he would inform the Congress.
" M. de Brouckere then read a project of law for a loan
of 12,000,000, and, if that does not succeed, to be autho-
rised to tell domains to the value of '7,000,000.
" The project of law was sent to the sections.

" The Sitting of the 3d of March was occupied with
the conclusion of the electoral law, which was adopted by
101 to 31.

" M. Ch. Rogier is gone to the army, as we hear, on
an important and secret mission. He will go first to the
corps of General Mellinet.
" Great objections are made in all the sections to the
proposed law.

The Journal du Commerce of Antwerp gives the
following extract of a letter from Cologne, dated March 1 :
" ' It is said th,at the Bank received yesterday, by ex-
press, news of the entrance of the Russians into Warsaw."'
—.Rrgsfels Papers, March 5.
(From the Moniteur of Friday, March 4.)
" NATIONAL GUARD OF PARIS.

`Note communicated by the staff of the National Guard.l
" PARIS, MARCH 3.

" Yesterday evening the National Guard appeared in
arms in several quarters of Paris, and the following is an
accurate account of the events which gave occasion to this
display of force, of which events the journals could give
on'y an imperfect detail.
" About half past six o'clock an assemblage of 1,200
er 1,500 men, which had formed itself in the vicinity of
the Town-hall, appeared in the quarter of the Palais Royal,
preceded by a tri-coloured flag, taken from one of the
houses of the Place de Grew!. Bread ! Work !' Such
was the cry of the men who made part of this troop, and
most of whom were in a state of complce
The gites of the Palace were instant►y closed. The Na-
tional Guards on duty turned out, and many others
hastene lto the spot on the first signal. The General-in-
Chief being informed of what was passing, ordered a part
of the reserve of the staff to march, and in a few moments
the assemblage was dispersed, the flag seized, and the ring-
leaders arrested and conveyed to the Corps de Garde of the
Palais Royal. A detachment of the National Guards of
the first Legion, which was the first that arrived at the
spot, contributed powerfully to put down this new attempt
to excite disorder, as we'l as the arrests which took place,
and zealously seconded the company of Chasseurs, of the
Bth Legion, which was on duty at the King's Palace, and
displayed on this occasion great zeal and firmness. At
eight o'clock order was entirely restored, and nothing re-
mained of this momentary disturbance but a proof of the
impotency of the agitators.
" Only two battalions were ordered out, one of the Ist
and one of the 2d Legion, and if numerous forces appeared,
it is only to be ascribed to the admirable and constant zeal
of the National Guard—a zeal which has more need of
being repressed than excited. The rappel, which was
beat in several quarters, also caused this extraordinary
show of force, and this measure was adopted in some
leeons merely after the example of the 4th, which bad
been directed in this respect by the mayor of the arron-
dissement, who, in his solicitude for the public tranquillity
tnistakingly judged this measure necessary, and required it
by his own authority.
(From the Messager des Chambres, dated Saturday.)
"VIENNA, FEB. 21.
" We expect here her Majesty the Archduchess Maria
Louisa.

" The Austrian Observer positively contradicts the
account given some time ago in the Messagcr des hom-
bres, of a proposal of Prince Metternich to form an Italian
confederation like that of Germany.
" The revolution in central Italy is extending, and pro-
ceeds with as much order as enthusiasm. The patriots of
Bologna and other towns have undertaken an expedition
against Ancona; a sedition having broken out in the city,
the garrison was forced to retire into the citadel, and the
gates of the city were opened to the patriots. On the
Ifith, the garrison, consisting only of 800 men, and desti-
tute of provisions, was ready to capitulate.
" P. S. The capitulation of the citadel was to be signed
on the 17th, in the morning. Colonel Sergognani had
sent a report to that effect to the Governor of Bologna.
" It is confirmed from ill quarters that the Austrian
troops have not passed the frontiers of the kingdom of
Lombardy and Venice. Every body will be persuaded
that if our Government had not opposed the attempt of
the Piedmontese refugees and the volunteers of Lyons
against' Savoy, Austrian corps would have immediately
entered the territory of Piedmont and Bologna, alleging
that France had been the first to interfere by arms throu;:,h
the Italian patriots. We should then have required a
general war, and perhaps two campaigns, to reach Bo-
logna. At present, the revolution of central Italy is pro-
tected by an upright proceeding towards the Sardinian
Government"

(From the Gazette de France, dated Saturday.)

" PARIS, MARCH 5.
" We find the following article in Le Ternps :
" A Government courier- is said to have brought the
news of the entrance of the Rankin into Warsaw, after

a dreadful carnage,whieh increased in the city, where they
fought with the greatest fury.'"
FRENCH FUN" PARIS, MARCH 4.-Five per COILS:, S9f.
50c. 40c. 50c. 40c. 30c. 15c. 25c. 15c. 20c. 89f. 25e. 89f. S9f. 10e. 15c.
10c. 20c. 10c. 20c. ; Four per Cents., 74f. ; Three .per Cepts.,
35f. 25c. 20c. 5.5 f. 55f. sc. 10c. 54f. 90c. 95c, ; Bank Stock, 1,470 f.
Rente de Naples, 57f. 75c. 57f. 57f. 10c, ~30c. , Rente d'Es-
pagne, 15 4 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 5.013 M) 594 ; Rente
Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 44 .43% 34 y 34 ; Haytian Loan„ 290 f.
Exchange on LOTI(.011-Ofe Month, money, 25f. 20c. ; three
Mouths, money, 2.f. 10c.-fours Authentique.
PAR:.' MARCH 3•-Five per Cents„ 89f. 89f. 20c. 30c. 20c. 15c.
"'.711 Sif. 80c. 40c. 88f. 50c. 70c. 80c. 85c. 91c. 80c. 90c. 95e. 89f. •
Four per Cents., 74f. ; Three per Cents., 55f. .10c. 15c.:10c.
54f. 75c. 70c. 83c. 80e. 54f 75e. 73c. 80e, 75c. 80e. ; Bank Stock,
1,4811 E ; Rente de Naples, 57f, s'f. ;75e. :7,3e. 90c. 51W. 85c 57f.
56f. 90c. 57f. ; Rente,.d'Erpzi?;'•e, 1:5 154 34 4 15 154 ; Royal
Spanish IgoaH, 59 ; Rente Perpetuelle
N 43 4.334 ; Haytian Loan, 290 f. Ex_
on London, one month, money, 23f. 20c. ; three months,
money, 25f. 10c.-Cou9•s Authentique.

FRICES OF STOCKS THIS
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red
3 per Cent. Cons. ...... 75%14 64',
3% per cent. . •• .......
Ditta lied
••
New :314 per Cent .4.•:.'.-.844 54
:3.pe,r °Cent Ann. 1726:—.
4 per Vent. 15e28 ' shut
Bank LOng Ann to expire
Jan 5, IFelo
Oct. 10, 18.59 shut
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Jan. 5, 1880 —
April 5, 1880 —
Jan. 5, 1870...,-..•:.':. —

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New 5 per Cent... . . ... v..- ▪ ....—.
India Stock • - 202
Ditto Bonds ............... 5 3 ottr.
South Sea Stock ...... . ' 8534
014 Annuities . •.--
Nes:v Ditto ............. ... ---
it per Cent. Ann. 1751 • ---
Ex. Bills, £l,OOO ...... 20 19 or
Ditto ...... ... 50 ' ...... 21 19 pm,
Ditto Small ............ 21 19 pm.
Ditto Commercial
Ditto Advertised —pm.
Bank for .kccount --
India for Account
C,ns. ff:r April 12 ...75V30i 6

PE-ICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT
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Bra7.'in Bond. — Peruvian Bonds -
Buenos Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bonds -.
Chilian Bonds ... — Prussian, Old
Colombian Bonds ............. Ditto, New —
Ditto, Mit i — Russian ESN
ilanish
Greek Bonds 1R23 14%.%

Ditto, 1825
GuaVrnala , — Exchange —f. —,
Mexican Bonds ..27!4 -- 3 per cent
D.t!o, lea.. 35 5.q Exchange —f. —c.

FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON•
ST. PETERSBURG'', FEB. El—Three months, 10. 27.32.
BREMEN, FEB. 23.—Two monthg, 597.
BERLIN, FEB. 26.—Three months, 0.20)8.
AMSTERDAM, MARCH 4.-11. 82 5-10.
Two Months, 11. 77 5-10.

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