The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-29 00:00:00

WARSAW, JULY 18.

On the 14th General Chrzanski was attacked by
IRtriiger's corps on this side of Minsk, five miles from
Warsaw. The Russians were obliged to retreat, followed
up by the Poles ; the loss to the Russians was in killed
and wounded 3,000 men ; the Poles have taken 10 officers
and 000 men prisoners, captured 1,000 muskets, one can-
non, with the horses belonging to it, baggage, &c. The
loss to tl.e Poles in killed and wounded is trifling.
Field-Marshal Paskewitsch's main army encamped be-
tween Lissno and Kikal on the 1.•?.t1i, and on the same day
a great pact of it passed the Vistula, between Warsaw and
the Prussian frontier, A great number of barges have ar-
rived, for the use of the Russians, from Thorn, from which
they are constantly receiving the necessary materials for
bridges, as well as provisions, &c. of every kind. In con-
sequence of their having passed the Vistula, they have lost
all communication by the roads by which they arrived.
The whole tract of country between Modlin and the
Prussian frontiers is in the possession of the Poles, One
of tha eats of the Russians insist lie observed. In Sienpic
they broke oper. the church, robbed it, and left the cholera
in the place. The aliove is official, and signed by Skrzy-
necki, but this is only an extract.
The Polish head-quarters have been, since the army left
town, wt Modlin, but they have again passed the bridge
at that place, and the headquarters are now at Brynzinski.
The Poles are at Sachaczew, and neighbourhood, so that
see may expect bard fighting on that aide of the town. li
The Eel,' of battle, from Minsk to Kaluzza, is completely
covered with. dead bodies. Skryznecki himself has joined
Chrzanski, and was figliting with the Russians (Friday
and Saturday), but no certain details as yet are known.
It is acid several more prisoners and three pieces of cannon
are taken. All your letters have been invariably opened
before I have received them. This must have been done in
Prussia. _ _

General Rozinecki has had the audacity to write to the
Commander-in-Chief to say th it he can now treat with
Paskewitsch ; but, should he not wish to do so, then he
might with him (Rozinecki). He would be the mediator,
being a good Pole and patriot, of which hie papers would
convince khem, if examined by the Polish Government.
New batteries era still being made, so that, if the Rus-
sians attempt to enter Warsaw by force, there would be a
dreadful havoc made amongst them.
The Commander-in-Chief has written a letter to the
King of Prussia, informing him of the abuses his Custom-
house officers commit in assisting the Russians, Prussia be-
ing a neutral country; but the King sent him his letter
back, saying he could not acknowledge him.
A person just arrived from Podolia says news bad ar-
irived of a❑ insurrection having broken out in the Ore Go-
vernment.

THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, PHI-
LIP AUGUSTUS..--" Of all the reigns of all the Kings of
Europe, there is none more fitted for the purposes of the
novelist than the age of PHILIP Aucus'rus. As a mo-
narch he was seated in the snout critical period, among the
most remarkable characters that ever graced the history of
France. His whole life was a checquered struggle, marked
with ultimate success, but varied by many a mishap. The
age of chivalry was not gone—Knightly morals were just
beginning to fade before popular rights, but enough was
left to adorn the page of the romance. We have been
much gratified. with Mr. JAMVS'S wotk; we think that the
perusal of it may be attended with all the advantages de-
rivable from the historical novel, without any of the coun-
terbalancing evils arising from error and misconception."—
Spectator.

LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1831.

The perfidy of Prussia will soon be visited
on her own shores, for it was impossible that
England and France could tolerate such revolt-
ing breaches of neutrality and the acknowledged
principles of non-intervention. Orders have been
sent to the fleet of Sir E. CODRINGTON to return
immediately to Portsmouth, to be refitted, pre-
viously, we shrewdly suspect, to its departure
for the Baltic !—its original destination, as stated
some weeks ago in The Sun.
It is expected that the French Fleet, now
in the Tagus, will join the English, when
both will unfurl the standard of defiance,
and we trust make speedy reprisal on the shores
of the Baltic. The danger of coming in con-
tact with the cholera morbus is the only
reason why this step has not been taken sooner.
Our Government may depend on it that half-
measures will never do. They have temporised
too much already, and behold the bitter fruits !
Sooner or later they must interfere for Poland—
and shall their arm be stayed till the Spoiler of the
North has waved the funeral flag of Polish inde-
pendence from the reeking ramparts of Warsaw ?
Forbld it England—France, and Freedom—for

the sacred cause of justice and the honour of
humanity !

The French Papers of Wednesday have been
received. The first day of the glorious Anni-
versary passed off quietly, and hopes were en-
tertained, that yesterday and to-day would also
go over smoothly. Don PEDRO arrived iu
Paris on Tuesday, and accompanied the KING
to the Place de la Bastille and the Pantheon.

A demand of Marshal SouLT (as Minister
of War) that M. LAFITTE should pay up a
constructive deficit in a sum of money to be
lodged as security for a third party (a con-
tractor with Government), occasicned a great
sensation in Paris, and is likely, by the
indignation and sympathy it will have roused,
to ensure M. LAFITTE'S election to the Presi-
dency of the Chamber of Deputies. We hope
it may.

The Bourse was not opened on Wednesday,
nor was there any news from Poland. The fol-
lowing is the letter from M. LAFITTE to
Marshal SOLTLT

Marshal,—l have this moment received your letter
of the 22d inst., in answer, you say, to mine of the 21st.
Not having had the honour of writing to you on the 21st.,
I was completely ignorant that my trustees had done it
instead. It grieves me, Marshal, that they should have sup-
posed that a litigious point would be explained in my fa-
vour by the Administration. As soon as I beard of the
matter in question, I ordered the payment you demanded,
without examining whether the claim was well founded
or not. Unfortunately for my enemies, lam not so low
in circumstances as not to be able to furnish 5,000 francs
in renter. Your letter, Marshal, greatly surprised me. The
sacrifice I have made of my house was too well known in
your office, for the signature of my trustee to be taken for my
own. My house, Marshal, lent to the commercial interest
above 25 millions of francs, with a view to carry it
through the difficulties created by the Revolution of July.
Were Ito lose all that has not yet been paid to me, I should,
thank God, not be reduced to the necessity of imploring
the pith• of any person. You know, Marshal, that I
never would seek to compromise the responsibility of any
one. At present you will consider it but just that I
should seek to remove every pretext for calumny. It has
been spread every where—in the Chamber, on the Ex-
change, and in the Journals. I accuse no one ; but I
fear no investigation. I shall always be ready to present
myself with my conscience to the judgment of my country.
Believe me, &c. J. LAFITTE.

We have Dutch, St. Petersburgh, and Prus-
sian Papers. The Dutch storm very w3rlike—
the cholera increases at St. Petersburgh—and
the Poles are beating the Russians near Warsaw,
as the following extracts will show :

BREDA, JULY 25.—The review of the troops in camp
at the garrison at Reyen by the King, on, the 23d, gave
his Majesty an opportunity to make bitilself acquainted
with the spirit which animates the whole army. Among
the circumstances which deserve particular attention is the
following :
Alter the King and the Prince of Orange had set out
for Bois-le-Due, his Royal Highness Prince Frederick as-
sembled the Generals and superior officers before the tent
of the Prince of Saxe Weimar. Standing in the middle of
the circle formed of the greater part of the officers who
commanded the troops in the review in the morning, his
Royal Highness said, " That his Majesty was extremely
satisfied with the good appearance of the troops, and par-
ticularly with the enthusiasm which they had manifested,
and the repeated marks of fidelity and attachment which
his Majesty had received in the morning. The moment is,
perhaps, very near at hand, gentlemen," added the Prince,
" when his Majesty will have occasion to make use of
this enthusiasm and of this desire to encounter the enemy,
to defend sword in hand the rights of Holland ; should it
become necessary to draw the sword, his Majesty relies
on finding in the army the same proofs of attachment and
fidelity."

These few words delivered with visible emotion, made
a deep impression on all present, and tears rolled down the
cheeks of our veteran warriors. General Van Geen then
thanked his Royal Highness in the name of the officers
present for the flattering compliment which he had just
paid them in the name of his Majesty, and added, with
warmth,—

" That his Majesty should not find himself de-
ceived in his expectations : that he requested the Prince
to testify to his Majesty the sentiment of the army ; that
all of them, mindful of their oaths, again devoted them-
selves on this solemn occasion to the cause of the King
and the country. Your Royal Highness may assure the
King that not an inch of the territory of Holland shall
be lost without being purchased by blood. We swear it."
1 hen all present uncovered, and with outstretched
hands repeated " we swear it," which words, like electric
fire, flew through all the ranks of our army.

The Prince was for a moment too much moved to
answer. Soon recovering, he said he regretted that his
Majesty had not been present to witness such a scene,
but that he should not fail to make his Majesty acquainted
with all the particulars the same morning.
His Majesty and the Princes his sons are expect( d here
again to-morrow or next day, after which they will go to
Bergen-op- Zoom.

AMSTERDAM, JULY
.‘26.

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Actual Debt, 9.34 per cent 36 . to 36
Anion livndie 4;4 per cent. s7g to sSDitto, ditto, 3;4 per cent.
Exchange on London
Two Months

ST. PETERSBURGII, JULY 9.—On the 4th inst. died
the Privy Councillor Lanskoe, aged 79, of the infirmities
of old age. His long service to the sovereign and the
country, and his amiable and honourable private character,
will make him long regretted by all who knew him.
JULY 11.—According to an official notice published by
the Governor of the city, a special commission has been
appointed by his Majesty to try the persons arrested during
the late troubles.
His Majesty the Emperor has received the following
reports :-
1. From Field-Marshal Count Paskew itsch. The Field-
Marshal arrived at the head-quarters of the army confided
to him on the 05th of June, and Lavin; examined the
arrangements made before his arrival by the Chief
of the Staff of the army, eatit ely approved of them.
The corps of the Guards and all the troops of the army
in the field, were reviewed by the Field-Marshal, and found
in the best condition.

2. From Count Tolstoi, commander of the reserve
army. This report gives an account of the pursuit of the
corps of General Gielgud, after its repulse from Nirilna.
General Sacken surprised the insurgents, 2,000 in number,
in the town of Kowno, from which they were driven and
pursued eight wersts. Brigadier-General Kekerrniai- Cot.
Blotzer, Major Sabinsky, twenty-nine superior officers,
and above 600 privates were made prisoners. The Rus-
sians had one private killed ; ore officer and ten privates
wounded.

3. From Field-Marshal Count Sacken, commanding the
first army. In the Governments of slolia, Volhynia, and
Kilu, the troops of the rebels are wholly dispersed and de-
stroyed : tranquillity is every where restored, and the in-
surgents do not even show themselves in small parties.
The measures ordered for the maintenance of tranquillity
in future are executed with energy.

CHOLERA .1101t1iUS.
July Remain. New cases. Deaths. Recovered.
s 665 399 156 11
9 5..37 525 177 14
10 ..... 1,',1 579 2:17 4.S
_ ii 1 515 570 e 77 ''-I
The number of persons attacked since the commence.
went of the disorder is 3,076 ; deaths 1,311 ; recovered
250 ; remained, on the 11th, 1,575. On the 12th, in
the morning, there remained 1,754 patients, of whom
895 were in private houses, and 859 in the hospitals ;
156 were expected to recover.

—The Peteisburgh Gazette contains a long list of pro-
motions in the army.
MEMEL, JULY 17.—The remains of General Gielgud
have been buried by the Poles in the bivouac assigned them
on the 13th in the Prussian territory near the village of
Stain. His assassin is said to be Lieutenant S. Kulski,
of the corps of Rohlandais, reported to have shot himself
soon afterwards. The corps of Gielgud and Chrapowski
according to a list given to the Prussian authorities
by the last-named General (Chrapowski), is 2,508
namely-2,142 subaltern officers and privates, men,
35 staff officers, 202 officers, 13 surgeons, &c. They
bad 690 officers' horses, and 589 soldiers' horses, and six
cannon, which last are brought for the present to -Memel.
The wounded, 307 in number, are already well
housed, and the remainder of the corps removed, on the
14th, to a better bivouac, near the rivers Menge and
Schernen, where it is kept in quarantine, surrounded by
infantry and cavalry ; these men are in perfectly good
health.

KONIC SPERG, Jury IS,---The Pdish General Rohland

is said to have lost many men and six cannon in the short
march from Langallen to Coadjuten, where he entered the
Prussian territory.

Dombrowski, the only Polish General now remaining in
Samogitia and Lithuania with his corps, is said to be sur-
rounded by the Russians, in a forest, four (eighteen) miles
from Memel ; but to be resolved rather to suffer himself
to be destroyed by them than to enter the Russian territory.
Wartsaw, JULY 18.—In consequence of the action at
Minsk, a detachment of the enemy in Siennitza is said
to be cut off. Six hundred and eighty-three Russian Fri-
Boners, taken by General Chrzanowski, arrived at Warsaw
the day before yesterday. Our troops are said to have
occupied Polzk and Ulawa, and General Sierawski to have
taken 2,000 prisoners and sevem cannon. The Russian
General, Knormy, is said to be killed. General Pahlen's
corps has arrived at Lipno; it consists of twelve regiments
of infantry, each of two battalions, three regiments of ca-
valry, and seventy-two cannon.
The Warsaw Courier says—" News has been received
that the enemy will go to the provinces of Kalisch before
they approach Warsaw."
Our papers say that Field-Marshal Paskewitsch has set
at liberty several wounded Polish officers, who were made
prisoners at Ostrolenka, on giving their parole to take no
part in the war.

It is now quite clear that nothing will have
any influence on the factious opponents of the
Reform Bill, but some prompt and spirited de-
monstration on the part of the people. As for
argument, or appeals to their good sense, it is
wholly thrown away upon the crew ; they are

inaccessible to reason, they are to be reached
only through their apprehensions. Last nigh
in consequence of their vexatious and, we wi
add, unprincipled and unjustifiable opposition,
only six boroughs in schedule B were disposed
of, though the House went into Committee at
six, and did not adjourn till near three o'clock.
This dilatory method of proceeding drew forth
some very pertinent and energetic comments from
Colonel DAVIES, who plainly told Government
that if they did not make greater exertions, the
country itself would interfere to hasten the pro-
gress of the Bill. The Hon. and Gallant Member

was replied to, not by the Ministers, but—prop
pudor !—by Lord PORCHESTER and Mr.
CROKER, both of whom took up the defence of
Government. And wisely too. Delay to their
party is in itself a triumph ; and if' the Reformers
do not interfere to prevent it, they are committing
suicide on their own principles, and furthering
the views of the faction. But the country, which,
at least, is in earnest, will bear to be cajoled no
longer. Though it has full confidence in the inte-
grity of Ministers, it is somewhat impatient of their
want of spirit. It is of opinion that as they are
so well seconded, they ought to make a better
stand-up fight, if only in compliment to the
zeal and prowess of their backers. Meetings
are therefore in progress in many parts of the
kingdom, with a view to see what can be done
to expedite the progress of the Bill. Birming-
ham, as usual, is first in the field; the city of
London will follow, and in a few days the stir
will become general. This, if nothing else,
will bring the Opposition to their senses. Even
the Merry-Andrew will cease his antics, and the
Talking Potatoe his Irish howl, when they per-
ceive that the people will no longer be cajoled
by their buffooneries. We wish all the Ministers
would act with the same spirit and firmness that Mr.
STANLEY displayed last night. This Hon. Mem-
ber flagellated the " poor old gentleman" of Bo-
roughbridge with an energy that would have
done credit to a six-foot drummer. He gate
him four dozen in the finest style possible, for
which the ex-ultra Attorney-General showed his
gratitude, by abusing his flagellator in a manner
which would have done credit to St. Luke's.
But there is no pleasing some people. Besides,
spleen is Sir CHARLES WETHERELL'S inspi-
ration ; deprive him of the privilege of finding
fault ; restrict him to argument instead of to
abuse ; compel him to be rational instead of
frantic ; and you at once destroy his power, for
his strength, like that of the Python, is derived
solely from mud. We return to the subject
from which the mention of this eccentric states-
man has diverted us. The object of the Op-
position is avowedly delay ; that of the Mini-
sters, is, or should be, dispatch. The former
well know that great events are on the lapis
throughout Europe ; that the Chapter of Acci-
dents is more than ever in their favour ; and that
circumstances may ere long arise on the Conti-
nent, which may draw off the attention of the
people from Reform. This, we have reason
to believe, is the secret of their present tactics.
But they will be most egregiously mistaken.
Reform has taken such complete possession of
the people's minds, that though the continent
were in a state of convulsion from one end to
the other ; though CHARLES the Tenth
were restored to Paris ; Prussia and Austria
triumphant over all opposition ; and NICHOLAS
at the gates of Warsaw—still nothing would be
thought of, nothing dreamed of, but Reform.
Englishmen are proverbially men of one idea,
and Reform is the one which now absorbs their
attention to the exclusion of every thing else.
They have set their hearts on it, and will have

it. It is a feast to which they have been in.
vited, and delay has only acted as a whet to
their appetite. Reform or revolution ! That
now is the desperate alternative. And are
the people to be compelled to have re-
course to this last sad alternative, because
an unblushing, unprincipled Opposition, chooses
to set their faces against all conciliation ? Is
trade to languish because a Merry- Andrew
chosen to make long speeches, or a Joseph
Surface to praise himself and profess mode-
ration ? We hope not, and the country, we
know, will cordially echo our wish.

Every hour but confirms our expressed opinion

that the King of the FRENCH must take a de-
cided line of policy in favour of Poland. The
people of France are unanimous on this point,
so intimately connected with the maintenance of
their national honour. It now appears that there
has been a good deal of unroyal juggling in
the management of the French KING'S Speech,
and too much respect shown to Pozzo Di
Bortuo, the Russian Ambassador, who looks a
perfect bug-bear in the eyes of Louis PIIILIPPE.
This excessive servility on the part of the KING,
will only embolden the Russian representative to
become still more insolent. But the pusillanimity
of PHIL' rp.E will at last disgust the French people,
without conciliating his evil genius, Pozzo DI