The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-30 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPER S.

(From the Messager des Chambres of Thursday.)

PARIS, JULY 27.—The news from Poland is still too
contradictory to-day to enable a positive opinion to be
formed upon the operations of the two armies.
A letter of the 17th states that the Russians did not
pass the Vistula near Plock. Other letters of the 16th
affirm, on the contrary, that this passage was effected, and
even mention several points of the left bank of it as being
already occupied by the Russian troops.
The Polish army, concentrated at Modlin, appears as if
it intended to confine itself to observation till the move-
ments of the enemy should be sufficiently developed. In
the mean time it has sent detachments upon Plock, and
upon the Naretv, to watch the marching and countermarch-
ing of the Russians.
If Marshal Paskewitsch has decidedly passed the Vis-
tula, a manoeuvre which would entirely cut off his com-
munication with Russia, there is no doubt that the sup-
port of the Prussian Government is assured to him. With
the frontier of Bosnia in his rear, he will receive pro-
visions and munitions by two high roads—that of Thorn
to Warsaw, and that of Posen to the same capital. This
manoeuvre of the Russian army is the most unfortunate
which could happen ; and should the Poles be defeated it
will be owing to this position.
On the other hand, General Gielgud has just been as-
sassinated by a Polish officer, at the moment when he was
laying down his arms upon the frontier of Eastern Prus-
sia. It is added, that Chrapowski was also forced to
retire from it.

It would appear from these statements that the insur-
rection in Lithuania has been put down, and that the Rus-
sian forces will again descend towards the Bug and march
upon Warsaw on the Praga side, whilst Paskewitsch will
attack that capital by the left hank of the Vistula.
A hundred and fifty thousand men will perhaps soon
be assembled round that heroic city. But the Poles, as
a compensation for superior numbers, will have the ad-
•antage of a central position, and of a broad river sepa-
rating the besieging army in two. They may still be able
to overpower the enemy's corps separately, as they have al-
ready done at Grochow and Wawer. It is lamentable to
think that so many heroic efforts should only end in bring-
ing back the Russians to the walls of Warsaw, and that
Poland is about to try her last stake. The sympathy of
the people is evident, but the Cabinets who guide the
people repre-s their generous enthusiasm.
What could France do alone, for a cause so noble yet so
complicated? She must traverse Prussia in arms; but
even then, would she arrive soon enough—if, indeed, the
Germanic Confederation would open an amicable passage
for us by Bavaria and Saxony? But for such a negocia-
tion it would be necessary to have the unanimous consent
of all other co-States of the Confederation, including
Austria and Prussia. It will be imagined, however, that
these two Cabinets, which themselves hold a part of Po-
land, would oppose every thing likely to endanger the pos-
session of their usurpations. As to England, that she
cannot be relied upon, the language of her newspapers
anfliciently informs us. Nothing then remains for the
Poles but courage and despair. These are their instru-
ments of victory, and, if their mental energy sustains
them, they will yet prove to the world that the fate of
arms is not always decided by the number of battalions.
The Semaphore of Marseilles of the 22d inst. says,
" We have received from Nice the following details, which
our correspondent gives as authentic. They are of such a
nature as to prove to our Carlists that they are once more
disappointed in their hopes :—M. de Blacas left Nice on
the 19th for Genoa. M. de Conny goes to Turin, and M.
Berthier de Marsan has taken passports for Geneva. All
these departures took place by order of the King of Pied-
mont and Sardinia, who would not allow the prolongation
of the stay of such gentlemen in a town so near the fron-
tiers of France to admit a doubt of the good harmony
which subsists between the Cabinet of Turin and that of
the Palais Royal. M. Delavau only remains with us j but
Le has stated that be shall return to France in the month
of August. The Government gave him authority to stay,
solely on the ground that he has resided at Nice since the
last winter for the benefit of his health." _

The Duchess de Berri is still in Tuscany. It is said
she is about to go to Leghorn, for the benefit of sea-
bathing, accompanied by her faithful chevalier, M. de
Mesnard. You will see by this that the partisans of
Henry V. labour under a strange error if they imagine
that the Piedmontese Government will render them any
assistance in procuring the return of the ancient dynasty.
(From Galignani's Messenger.)

The Courrier Francais, after referring to the opposi-
tion offered by M. Casimir Perier to the election of M.
Lafitte to the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies,
and the advantage taken of his pecuniary misfortunes to
exclude him from public affairs, adds—" A report has
been spread that the finances of M. Lafitte are in
such a low state, that he is unable to pay into the
Treasury a sum of 5,0001. of Rentes, which he owes
as a guarantee for the fulfilment of contracts with
the lintel des Invalides. Every body knows full well
that M. Lafitte embarked himself and the whole of his
fortune in the Revolution—upwards of 500 families owe
the salvation of their honour and their existence to him.
One of the first houses in Paris was on the brink of ruin.
In order to save it, the house of M. Lafitte made advances
to the amount of 300,000 f., and gave guarantees to the
amount of 15,000 f. of Rentes for the performance of con-
tracts for the invalides. M. Lafitte was never inclined to
enter into any such contracts, and having become Minister,
he considered such engagements as most inconsistent, and
requested Marshal Sault to make fresh contracts, he, 111.
Lafitte, engaging to indemnify the Government if it sus-
tained any loss. The Marshal agreed to take the subject
into consideration, and M. Lafitte conceived that the affair
was thus concluded. No man in France can be ignorant
that M. Lafitte gave up all the advantages he derived from
his establishment to devote himself to the cares of the
Presidency of the Council, which he was forced to under-
take in opposition to bia own wishes. A trustee was
appointed for the settlement of his private affairs, and he
no longer interfered in the business of his house. What
was his surprise when, last evening, he received a letter
from the Minister of War, giving him notice that no part
of the advances he made in the month of June, would be
repaid him, until he made the deposit of 5,000 f. of Rentes.
This letter threw a light upon the rumours that had been
circulated with respect to his situation. lie also received
in the course of the day confidential communications from
his colleagues in the Chamber. He did not lose a moment,
but immediately wrote to Marshal Soult a letter called for
by the circumstances.
" On obtaining this letter we learnt that the demand of
the 5,0001. of rentes was made in consequence of an in-
terpretation of a clause in the contract, that the deposit
by way of guarantee should be 15,000 f. of Rentes in the
Three per Cents, and the Administration chose to deter-
mine that the stock should be taken at 75 per cent.,
which required the investment of a further sum of 5,000 f.
in Rentes. The trustees of the house, without the know-
ledge of M. Lafitte, disputed this demand, as being evi-
dently not founded in justice. This, in fact, is the whole
of the transaction."

ELOPEMENT.—The daughter of a gentle-
man residing near Killorglan, in this county, the only
child of her father, and an heiress, eloped this week with
a Mr. R—E, also a native of this county, from a re-
spectable boarding school, in the city of Cork. Both
parties are, we understand, extremely juvenile. No trace
has yet been discovered of the fair fugitive and her gay
Lothario.— Tralee !Mercury.

CIIoLEItA Moßßus.—Letters were received
yesterday from St. Petersburgh to the 13th July. Tran-
quillity prevailed at the capital, but the cholera morbus
was spreading and increasing to a frightful extent. Up
to the 13th there had been 3,64 cases, and the astound-
ing number of 1,51 S deaths. Admiral GOLOVNIN, In
tendant-General of the Russian Navy, had died of it,
as also several clerks in the English bolt ses, but none of
the principals. These circumstances, however, bad little
or no effect upon the public business; the merchants met
as usual on 'Change, heard the news, transacted their
business, and walked home as though nothing were the
matter. Such is the statement of private letters. The
ships at the Mole had been attacked also ; some Captains
had died, amongst them was Captain WAUGH, of the
Allison. He was attacked on the evening of the 10th,
and died early on the morning of the 11th July. At
Cronstadt, to the 11th July, there had been 240 cases,
and 119 deaths. It was raging amongst the shipping.
We are glad to turn our thoughts from this melancholy
picture 01 human mortality, to a statement which leads to
the entertainment of a hope that the means have been dis-
covered to arrest its devastating course. Sir MArrirEw
TIERNEy's visits to the Russian Ambassador have ter-
minated in his recommending, as the most effectual re-
medy for the cure of the cholera morbus, the Cajeput oil,
fifty drops to be taken in a wine glass of water, and to
be repeated until the vomiting stops, and once afterwards.
The patient to be kept dry and warm. This remedy was,
it seems, introduced to the consideration of Sir MATTHEW
TIERNEY by a medical gentleman, who had used it in
India, and who found it successful in nine cases out of
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