The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-03 00:00:00

POLAND.

(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.)
BERLIN', MAY 25.—According to the latest ac-
counts from Warsaw, General Skrzynecki was
marching towards Ostrolenka with 25,000 men.
His object was supposed to be to attack the Russian
Guards at Ostrolenka. He left 15,000 men at
Minsk, who, by a movement on Siedlec, induced
Diebitsch to march on Kaluszyn. An affair then
took place on the 13th of May, near Jendrezewo,
which obliged the Russians to retire to Zuckow.
Thus Diebitsch, deceived by this movement, left
the road to Ostrolenka open to Skrzynecki.
Diebitsch's head-quarters were, on the 17th of
May, at Luckow, between Kock and Siedlec.
About 300 officers and men of Dweraicki's army
have escaped and returned to Poland.
The following is the state of the cholera:—Pa-
tients at Warsaw (April 23 to May .5), 2,580;
Recovered, 192; Died, 1,110; Remain sick, 1,278.
According to the latest accounts the disease dimi-
nishes daily. The proportion of deaths is 1 to 20
who take the disorder, but it is hardly to be found
in private houses.
Cholera has appeared at Ostrolenka, Wilna,
Sockazew, and Lowicz.
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magazines, a Case containing 13,000 florins, a great
number of boats full of provisions, and several
hundred prisoners. Nur (upon the Bug) has also
been occupied by our troops ; and yesterday even-
ing it was confidently reported that 3,000 Russians
have been taken prisoners, and that our detach-
ments had taken the direction of Strowiska, in the
palatinate of Augustowo. It was announced yester-
day that the Austrian Government had consented to'
allow General Dwernicki's corps to return to
Poland. We are in continual expectation of the
official announcement of this important intelligence.
Pultowski, the celebrated priest who has constantly
accompanied the corps of General Dwernicki, is
arrived at Warsaw. lie took part in all the en-
gagements, and returns decorated with the insignia
of several orders. In the sitting of the 19th the
project of law for organizing eight new regiments of
light infantry was unanimously adopted in the
Chamber of Deputies. It must now be admitted
by all parties, that the prospects of Poland are en-
couraging in the highest degree.
WARSAW, MAY 23.—0 n account of General
Skrzynecki having requested the Government not to
publish his reports for ten or twelve days, we are
without official information, but for certain I know
that the Poles under General Skrzynecki have al-
ready taken Ostrolenka,which was fortified by the
Russians; and I know it from a good source that
we have also Lomza, and that near Tychoczyo Ge-
neral Skrzynecki had an engagement with the
Im-
perial Guards, and had defeated them. This move-
ment of General Skrzynecki appears to be to cut
off the supplies which the Russians drew from
Prussia into Ostrolenka : this he seems to have
accomplished, and now it is said that it is very pro-
bable be is going into Lithuania; his head-quarters
are at Szczuzyn, and his advanced posts at Tyko-
clyn. Diebitsch's bead-quarters are at Sokolow.
All this news, except that about Ostrolenka, is not
official. Our last news from General Chrzanowski
was, that he was at Old Zamosc, a few miles from
the fortress ; but it is supposed he is going into
Volhynia. There is riot row a very strong Polish
force on the Minsk side; but front their positions
being very strong, they are enabled to keep the
Russians at bay. The Russians attacked them a
few days ago, but were driven back.
The cholera morbus has, I believe, entirely or very
nearly left both the army and Warsaw, but I
believe there are some indications of it at Kalisch.
The Russians still commit the most dreadful ex-
cesses. I will relate one, which an eminent phy-
sician vouches for the truth of: it will show you
what barbarians the Russians are. A short time
since the Poles were in possession of a village near
Wengrow, and were informed by some peasants
where sixty Cossacks were to be found, and through
this information they were taken : the Poles quitted
the village, and in a few days after the Russians re-
turned, and found three of the peasants who gave
that information, and who were then remaining at
their homes ; the circumstance of their having given
the information to the Polish soldiers was made
known to the Russians by some Jews; the Russians
seized them, laid them down on the floor, with their
arms and legs stretched out, so as to give them great
pain, then beat them with the knout till all three died.

I saw yesterday t wo squadrons of lancers, all young
noblemen and gentlemen from Gallicia, who have
mounted and equipped themselves at their own ex-
pense, and take no pay. They arc mounted on beau-
tiful horses.

Extract of a letter received yesterday morning
from an English surgeon, who is at present in War-
saw :

" It is now eleven o'clock, and it is necessary that this
should be put into the Post-office before twelve, in order
to secure its arrival in eight days; as we have only the
post once a week, by Hamburg, for England.
" I think there are about 15,6100 wounded, and con-
fined by the cholera, which disease was caught from the
Russians ; but I am most happy to tell you it has stopped
in its progress, and is not thought so much of as 1 am
given to imagine rumour has propagated out of Warsaw.
Our hospitals are very numerous, and are conducted with
the same advantages and comforts as any in England,
" You may depend upon the information of the
movements of our army in the English newspapers,
especially when copied from the Warsaw Gazette,
hut intelligence by the Prussian Gazette is almost
always exaggerated and delayed. General Diebitsch is
still at Siedlec, and our Commander-in-Chief was be-
fore him up to last Friday week, when he moved on a
direction north, and passed through Praga to Ostrolenka,
towards the Imperial Russian Guards, who have occupied
a position north of Poland Proper. I have been informed
this morning by the President of our Medical Department,
and the information goes pretty general, that our brave
army has again gained another victory, by either routing
or taking 12,000 prisoners, and 20 pieces of cannon, by a
battle which was fought at Tykoczyn. As yet none of the
wounded have been brought here, but our hospitals are ex-
pected to be filled by them hourly. Tykoczyn is a tow❑
on the frontier of Lithuania, where the resistance was
made to our army in attempting to reach Byalystock, the
first principal town immediately i❑ the province of Lithu-
ania; and it is universally rumoured through Warsaw that
our army is now safely there, and which has been its object
in order to direct the insurgents from Byalystock. The
Commander will immediately proceed to M'ilna, the capital
of Lithuania.

" IVe have a large theatre here ; on Tuesday- night I saw
Massaniello performed, and on Friday IVilliam

Mr. HEATHCOTE, M.P. for this borough,
and Sir Joirx TROLLOPS, are said to he canvassing the
freeholders, &c., of the divisions of Holland and Keste-
ven, as candidates for that part of the county when the
Reform Bill passes into a law. General JOHNSON is known
to be a third candidate, and owing to Sir Joint TROL-
LorE and Mr. HEATHCOTE'S politics being presumed to
be too much inclined to the aristocracy, a requisition is
being signed in many parte of the county, soliciting C.
'l'ENNysoN, Esq., M.P. for Stamford, to come forward in
conjunction with Gen. Jon Nsorr.—Boston Gazette.
HINDOO PAGANINI.—A Brahmin in the
service of the Rajah of TANJORE, has excited considerable
attention at Madras by his extraordinary scientific per-
formance on the violin and pianoforte.
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POWER OF MUSICAL INTONATION.-It IS
said of PACCIIITROTTI, that on one occasion when playing at
Rome the character of Arbaces, he pronounced the three
words Eppur sono innocente, in so touching a manner, that
the ♦ery orchestra stopped ; a short symphony, which should
have immediately succeeded his declaration of innocence,
was neglected ; and on his demanding somewhat angrily
of the leader, what he and hie subordinates were about ?
the flittering answer was, " Sir, we are weeping !"—llar-
monicon for June I.

POWER OF THE SUN'S RAYS IN INCREAS
ING TILE STRENGTH OF MAGNETS.—Professor BA RLOCCI
found that an armed natural loadstene, which could carry
Roman pounds, had its power nearly doubled by
twenty-four hours' exposure to the strong light of the
sun. M. ZANTEDESCiII found that an artificial horse-
shoe loadstone, which carried 13i oz., carried 3i more
by three days' exposure, and at last arrived at 31 oz., by
continuing in the sun's light. He found that while
the strength increased in oxidated magnets, it diminished
in those which were not oxidated, the diminution be-
coming insensible when the loadstone was highly
polished. He now concentrated the solar rays upon the
loadstone by means of a lens; and he found that, both in
oxidated and polished magnets, they acquire strength
when their north pole is exposed to the sun's rays, and
lose strength when the south pole is exposed.—Dr.
Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia, Vol. XIX. Treatise on
Optics, by Dr. Brewster