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London, England, 1831-05-31 00:00:00

the flames. Meantime a breach had been made in the
wall of the monastery, and the troops that defended it
were compelled by a fresh assault of General Delling-
hausen to lay down their arms. The field of battle,
which was covered with the killed and wounded, was
completely abandoned by the enemy, who re-passed the
Wieprz by a ford, and lost many men i❑ the waves•
Three gun-carriages which were found on the bank,
with the powder-waggons, show that the guns them-
selves had been thrown into the river. In the course
of the engagement six hundred prisoners, including
eleven officers, were taken. General Kreutz estimates the
loss of the enemy in the two days at about 3,000 men, arid
part of their troops was besides dispersed in the woods.
After this defeat, the insurgents retreated towards Lomza,
and were closely pursued, but as the Russian infantry
which had made forced marches for three days, in order to
reach the enemy, had need of rest, the Poles, who had re-
turned to the left ban]: of the Wieprz, escaped by tLe rapi-
dity of their movements and reached Old Zamosc, having
marched more than 12 German (55 English) miles in less
than two days, constantly harassed by the Russian light
cavalry, which several times attacked their rear-guard,
especial!) on the 11th of May, when Colonel S. Lousnet-
soff, with the Ataman regiment of Cossacks, caused them a
great loss. Since these events General Kreutz has formed
moveable columns, for the purpose of scouring the woods
and by-ways, to pick up the soldiers who were dispersed in
all directions, in bands of 30 to 60 risen, and many pri-
soners have already been brought in. The Russian loss
in killed and wounded, amounts to 400 men ; the brigade
of Faesi suffered the most during the brilliant attack, by
which it disengaged itself from the superior numbers of
the enemy.
Information having been received that the insurgents
with their main force intended to make some attempt
against Siedlec the Russian Commander-in-Chief took
measures to anticipate them by a rapid movement. On the
11th, i❑ the evening, he advanced towards Jablonna, and
the next morning proceeded with the troops there assem-
bled against Kaluszyn, but the Poles had already evacuated
it. They made no stand either in the wood before the
town or in the entrenchments thrown up for its defence, '
from which, according to the unanimous assertions of the
inhabitants and the prisoners, they had removed the guns
the preceding evening. They were pursued for some time
and made a show of resistance near Jendrzewo, where the
ground was advantageous, but the fire of the artillery,
which commanded their position, having caused them
great loss, and the brave Russians charging with the
bayonet, they gave way, and passing Minsk, precipitately
retreated to Dembe-Wielkie.
The Commander-in. Chief having convinced himself that
all the masses had returned, and that he had only to do
with a rear guard, suspended the pursuit and withdrew
his troops the next day to their frontiers. The Russians
mark 100 prisoners in this march, which without fatiguing
the troops has again proved the superiority of their arms
and the resolution of the enemy to avoid a battle. The
Russian loss is not 100 men in killed and wounded.
General (Imbibe, who had the van-guard, has received a
contusion which has not obliged him to quit the ranks, t,
which he does so much honour by his talents and valour.

BELGRADE, MAY 12.—After tl.e battle of 23d of
April the troops of the Grand Vizier retreated towards Mo.
naster without being pursued by the enemy, who seemed
to be sensible that though they gained ground it brought
no advantage to them to compensate for their losing double
the number in killed and wounded o❑ the 21st to the 23d,
from the well organised artillery and cavalry of the Grand
Vizier, while they have neither. They have accordingly
returned to Pirlipe. It is evident that the Parka of
Scutari intends to cot off all the Grand Viziers
communications, by advancing on the mountains along
the liver Vandar, and so to compel the Grand Vizier to
act on the offensive in a country where be can derive no
advantage from the discipline of his troops, or from his
cavalry and artillery. The town of Pirlipe, which is the
mart of Macedonia, has been plundered by the insur-
gents, many houses have been set fire to, and large
magazines of goods entirely destroyed. It is said that the
inhabitants (chiefly Greeks and Fran:ts, and therefore na-
tural adherents of the new order of things) assisted the
troops of the Grand Vizier, and thereby drew this venge-
ance upon themselves.

The Scotch elections are now all closed, and
will bring an accession to the cause of Reform
of sixteen votes. Aberdeen, it gives us plea-
sure to state, dismissing its former Anti-
Reform Member, has returned a staunch
Reformer in the person of Mr. Ross, of Rossie.
The particulars of this gentleman's election
will be found in another column. When we
reflect on the difficulties against which the brave
Scots have had to contend, we cannot too highly
appreciate the spirit—the zeal—the determina-
tion with which they have fought the great fight.
Mr. BLACKIE may well say that he is proud of
his countrymen !

At the late Pitt Club Dinner, Lord ELDON,
alluding to Mr. PITT as a Reformer, observed,
" in 1782 Mr. PITT made his first motion re-
specting Parliamentary Reform. The object of
that motion was for a Committee to inquire
whether any amendment of the representation
could be effected. Mr. PITT, on introducing that
motion, spoke with asperity of close boroughs,
and condemned the existing system. But without
saying any thing at all disrespectful of Mr. PITT,
he might remark that in 1782 he was not a very
ripe politician, and that he lived to see and to
confess his error."—(Hear hear.) This is a
very insidious version of a simple truth. In the
first place, Mr. PITT was riot a Reformer, from
the mere fact of his being an unripe politician,
but because being at that period untrammelled by
the intrigues and influence of the Boroughmon-
gers, he was able to see, with an unprejudiced eye,
the necessity of some such change in the represen-
tation as should give its due weight to each of
the three ruling Powers of the State. He was
a Reformer in 1782 from a sense of justice, from
a conviction that no honest man could be a Mi-
nister, under the existing regime, from the prompt-
ings, in short, of a sagacious, independent mind,
as he was afterwards an Anti-Reformer from ne-
cessity, because he knew well that his power de-
pended entirely on the Boroughmongers, without
whose assistance he was a mere cypher, and that,
therefore, if he presumed to meddle with their
favourite hobbies, the rotten boroughs, he must
give way to some more obsequious Minister.
This it was that made Mr. PITT an Anti-Re-
former and kept him in office, with but one or two
brief intervals, down to time very last moment of his
existence. In the next place, Mr. PITT did
not live to see and confess his error. He •
ba iy) o sot, al i ztedhe, indeed,il 11easn d
of
his ardent,
overboard
oneuntar-
nished nished youth, (and if apostacy, and that of the
most glaring character, be tantamount to a con-
fession of error, then we grant that Mr. PITT
was a penitent) but in no one correct sense
of the term could he ever be said to have
repented his heresies on the subject of Reform.
To recant, for the
mereissnelofitsthop,u,
crio)onsfeessofekrreoerl:::
one'sing
tint to betrayself in othefficcea'use of justice, truth, and
common sense. To designate an apostate a
penitent, is to degrade the term : he is a mere
hypocrite, and of the vilest order. In
every other respect Lord ELDos s remarks
were perfectly harmless. From an active,
izaattil,il et ligiosssiopc,tolgoeiroi artia‘,t,ia
ddile'ese rabl(inalst
inssluibnktle n tPoa rat
• " fanciful theories" and " startling innovations,"
lastin the
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