The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-11 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Slft,—Being an old inhabitant, and wishing that this
city may be represented by men of opulence and talent, as
heretofore, I beg you will insert this in your intelligent
Newspaper, in order to contradict that unfounded Para•
graph which appeared in the Globe of Friday, relative to
Messrs. Coward and Davis (mere tradesmen of no very
great eminence), being canvassing for this city. I have made
inquiries at " the White Lion " respecting the above, and
the reply was—that no meeting has, or will take place,
for the purpose of forming a Committee.
The Gentlemen who are anticipating to be returned as
Members for the ensuing Parliament, are General Palmer
(the present Member) and Sir George Gibbes, in place of
Lord John Thynne, who in all probability will resign.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Bath, April 9. A. T.

OUTRAGE AT STAMFORD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—Seeing is your Journal the account of an affair
stated to have taken place at Stamford, and copied from
the Champion, I will thank you, through the medium of
your impartial columns, to copy from the Bee herewith
scut the state of the case as inserted in that Paper, the
truth of which 1 pledge myself to Fupport by affidavits.
I am, Sir, &r.
Stamford, April S. J. W. ASKEW.
[The following is the printed statement enclosed in the
foregoing letter

(4. AM( A CORRESPONDENT.)
.‘ Considerable excitement prevailed in this borough on Sun-
day and Monday last, in consequence of a man of the name of
Jackson having received a blow on the head from Mr. James W.
Askew, one of the constables. We have used every exertion to
get a correct statement of the facts, and are enabled to lay before
our readers the following particulars, the truth of which we
should have no difficulty to vouch by affidavit:—
Jackson has long been a notorious character at Leicester,
as well as in this town. About three years since he came to re-
side in Stamford, where he took a house belonging to Mr. Francis
Butt, which he ever since continued to occupy ; he was, how-
ever, unable to pay his rent, and therefore Mr. Butt was obliged
to hare recourse to a distress warrant. This distress was en-
tered last week by the Sheriff's officer (Clarke), and was, from
some cause or other, unjustly withdrawn. On the landlord re-
monstrating with the officer upon his conduct, he said that a
certain member of the Blue Committee had promised to pay the
rent on the following Monday morning. In the interim Jackson
removed the whole of his goods, and on Sunday commenced
pulling the interior of the house to pieces, and threatened to
destroy it. Upon this application was made to the Magistrates,
and, by the interference of the constables, he was prevented from
carrying his rash threat into execution. A warrant was after-
wards issued by the Magistrates for his apprehension, for the
damage done to the house, and was put into the hands of Blades
to execute. On Saturday night, Jackson was net in High-street
by Blades, who, instead of taking him to the watch-house, went
with him to the Mayor, and stated that as Jackson was refrac-
tory he should not be able to get him into confinement, with-
out assistance. The Mayor immediately sent for Stimpson, and
charged him to assist in taking Jackson to the watch•house.—
They then proceeded up High-street, and J. W. Askew followed
them ; but so far from Blades and 'timpson taking hold of their
prisoner, they both walked with their hands in their pickets, and
Jackson bolted away from them. Mr. J. W. Askew immediately
joined in the pursuit, and on his coming up with Jackson he re-
ceiv,xl a violent blow on the facts, and was severely kicked and
ill-used by him. On Mr. A.'s telling him, unless he desisted,
fie most certainly use his Staff, Jackson immediately caught hold
If the former's neck, and attempted to strangle him. It was•
then, and not till then, that he was struck with the staff. It was
not until the greatest forbearance had been shown on the part of
ihe constable. and necessity compelled him to strike the prisoner,
that the blow was given ; and when we consider that Mr. Askew
was.armed with the strong authority of the law, he did no more
4han his duty, and in striking Jackson he was pet feetly justified
nso doing;. since, had death resulted from the blow, we have
hesitation in declaring that no Jury in the kingdom could or
Would have given any other verdict than that of justifiable horni-
tide. Jackson was taken to the watch-house, and every atten-
tion paid to him, and he is now in a fair way of recovery."

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(From the Timm)

We have just received bY express all the Paris journals
(morning and evening) of Saturday, together with letters
and papers from various parts of the Continent. The
news from Poland is in the highest degree exhilirating.
Telegraphic accounts were received late on Saturday in
Paris, that the Poles had gained a 'great Victory over the
Russians iu ah wteMpt made on a large scale by the latter
to pass the 'Vistula. The particulars had not fully trans-
pired ; hut just before the Ch =her of Deputies broke up,
the news was brought to General Sebastian', who cdm-
monicated it with joy to those around hitt'. The combat
was said to be long and bloody, and the fighting to have
leted twenty-two hours Such particulars as have
transpired are alluded to in the annexed abstract of the
i.eport in the Chamber of Deputies.
Wilna is likewise in insurrection in the rear of the Russ
Sian army, and directly oh the line of their communica-
tions with St. Petersburgh. The insurgents (as they are
styled in the Berlin State Gazette of the 241 instant) were
upon the frontiers of the Prussian provinces. Their chief
station when the last accounts left was in the district of
Auguatow. on the banks of the Niemen.
At the same time *e learn that the Russian General
Jet-Malow, who formerly commanded the Russian army on
the Persian frontier, where l e was displaced by Paske-
witsch, has raised the standard of insurrection on the banks
of the Volga, and by a proclamation invited the Russians
to look out for a constitution far themselves, as other nst•
tions were engaged in doing. We give some details of an
abortive negotiation for peace between the Polish and Rus-
sian commanders: _

.......
No official intelligence had been received in Paris of the
entrance of the Austri ins into Ancona, on the 29th ult.,
as had been mentioned in a Lyons Journal, but it was ge-
nerally believed. It was said in Paris on Saturday, that
the French Government were disposed to act upon the
suggestion of England, and assume a mild but firm tone
with Austria upon Italian affairs. The feeble struggle
made by the patriots does not s, em to warrant the belief
thit the great bulk of the population were zealous in the
cause.

The accounts from Poland were to the SOth of March :
they are in the highest degree encouraging.
We have by this conveyance accounts front Constanti-
nople to the 22d of February. They state that the Turk
is reforming all his institutions, and giving equal privi-
leges to Mussulmans and Christians. An edict to this
effects has been issued, so that the sound of Reform is al-
ready re-echoed from the shores of the Bosphorus. One
letter says, that an Algerine vessel, bearing the trico-
loured fi had lately entered the harbour of Constanti-
nople. The Captain'i charter, which was delivered to
him at Algiers by the French Consul, qualified as French
subjects the Captain and crew, who were all Algerines,
anti, of course, Mussulmans. This occurrence caused a
great sensation among the Turks, because it was the first
visible demonstration to them of the conquest and posses-
sion of Algiers by the French.
We learn from our Paris correspondent, that at a Coun-
cil of Ministers last Thursday, General Clause' Was ap-
pointed Governor of Algiers, and that his main project for
the colonization of that district, has at length, after the
interposition of many difficulties, some started by the Bri-
tish Government, been adopted. Algiers will he a French
port, but open to all nations upon the easiest terms tor
commercial purposes.
_ _ _ _ .

Letters from Mentz on the 26th of March state that the
Prussian army moving from Erfurt to the Belgic pro-
vinces, is composed, according to authentic returns, of
120,000 men, well armed and dis. iplined. Upon the
frontiers of Belgium there were at that date the Bth corps
of the army ; the 7th were eantoned in the fortresses of
the Rhine; the 4th were stationed in Westphalia, and
the 31 in the ne'glibourhood of Erfurt. These forces ap-
pear provisionally sufficient to place the left bank of the
Rhine safe from French aggression. The letters from
Mentz state positively that the Dutch Government has
adhered to the definitive regulation for the navigation of
the Rhine. Relative to Antwerp, it will execute the sti-
pulations, as far as circumstances will permit, which is all
that can at this moment be required. Consequently the
freedom of the navigation will become in force from the ,tat
of July.
The trials of the students of law, in the Paris Court of
Assizes, and ex-officers of the National Guard •Attillery,
were progressing. On Friday and Saturday they were
rather of interest, from the explanations elicited respecting
the calumnious rumours during the trials of the ex-
Ministers, that certain artillery officers meant to deliver
up to the mob their guns at the post of the Louvre. There
does not appear to have been a shadow of foundation for
these min-lours, and the accused seem to have had the best
of the colloquy on the two last days with the prosecutors
and general officers who commanded on the days in ques-
tion. The extreme Liberals regard the proceedings of the
trial as a triumph, and the air and manlier with which the
principal prisoners assert their free political tenets, while
they spurn the charge of conspiracy brought against them,
give some eclat to such a sentiment.

PRIVATP: CORRESPONDENCE.

WARSAW, MARCH 29.—The General-in-Chief Skrzy-
necki has published, through an order of the day of the
.7th inst., his correspondence with Marshal Diebitsch,
who says, among other things, that " the sentiments of
humanity have decided me to enter into negociations with
the General-in-Chief of the enemy to put an end to the
carnage. We have exchanged le'ters, the contents of
which I publish. It «•ill be easily perceived that I has-
tened at the same time to preserve our honour, and to
promote an accommodation for the future good of the
country. Equally clear will be seen the intentions anti
conditions of Russia. For a good reason I selected a
time for these negociations when the Polish army was
considerably strong in numbers, and formidable through
its spirit of bravery. My conscience hears testimony that
I have fulfilled my duties in quality of General-in-Chief
in their full extent, for these duties do not solely consist
in fighting, but at times in offering peace to an enemy
after each encounter. This is the whole of my military
policy, and I hope that my brethren in arms will deign
to confide in it. With such a feeling, I have always to-
lerantly regarded differences of opinions which have been
manifested upon that policy, my motto being ' to conquer
or perish with honour,' which I know will also he that
of the whole army."
The correspondence continues thus ;-
Ist. A letter of the General-in-Chief, Skrzynetki, to
Field-Marshal Count Diebitsch Sabalkanski, dated 12th
March, in which the G,neral-in• Chief refers to a con-
ference which Lieutenant-Colonel Mycretsky had with the
Field-Marshal, and pronounces his opinion with all the
frankness which belongs to his character, and which he
prefers to every kind of political finesse. After that he
mentions the pretension of the Field-Marshal, that the
Poles ought first to tender unconditional submission, so
that all things should he re-established upon the status quo
ante bellunt—a pretension which he declares to be wholly
inadmissible, seeing that the former state of Poland did
not offdr sufficient guarantees. All the efforts of the Poles
had only been to establish legal order upon firm basis—
an end not to be reconciled with the demand of implicit
submission. In fine, the General-in-Chief suggested, as
desirable, the re-establishment of a system based upon the
constitution of the Emperor Alexander, and said that the
manifesto of the Emperor of the 17th of January, order-
ing an absolute submission, did not correspond with this
desire.

By that manifesto the Polish nation had been obliged to
resort to arms : a people who only required justice ought
not to submit at discretion. The General-in-Chief after-
wards said, that in his opinion Poland was at this moment
of great importance to the Emperor, and that.an accom-
modation with her would, no doubt, the sooner arrest the
progress of the revolutions in other quarters of Europe.
He asked if means could not be found to re-establish an
understanding upon a foundation of reciprocal equity, for
that if on the one side the honour of the Russian empire
ought to be preserved untouched, so on the other the Poles
had equally a precious jewel to preserve—their country's
honour. That the Emperor, if he wished to retain the
Poles, ought not to begin by their humiliation. He re-
pelled the assertion of the Field-Marshal that the majority
of the Poles had been forced to embark in insurrection; all
the country, on the contrary, being. animated with only
one sentiment. He begged the Field-Marshal to show
these things to his Majesty in the true point of view, and
to testify to him that the army and the nation had the
same interests, the same desire to have guarantees for their
liberty and their religion, for which they were ready to
shed the last drop of their blood.
2d. A letter from the Quarter-Master-General of the
army, General Neirlhart, to Colonel Count Mycielski,
dated the 13th of March, containing the following :
" General Count Pahlen has made his report of a con-
l'erence with Count Mycielski and his colleague, and ttan-
'flitted the letter intrusted to him. Field-Marshal Count
Diebitsch Sabalkanski, who had given authority to General
I\eidhardt to be present at the first conference, had after-
wards commanded him to repeat the supreme principki
which ruled his opinion. The decree by which the throne
4raa declared vacant had not suppressed the paternal sen-
roents of his Majesty for his Polish subjects; and that,
reover, his Majesty was not ignorant that a great por•
tion of them had not co-operated in this revolution, except
by force, and only desired the return of order and of the
14a1 government ; but that, after such illegal and deplo-

rable events, it P 18.9 necessary to avoid the least contact
between the Russian authoriti?s and the abettors of
the revolution. In consequence, the Russian Gene-
ral-in-Chief could not acknowledge any Polish au-
thority inducted by a revolutionary Government, nor could
he negotiate with persons inibtied with their principles.
The people of wealth, and of reason, and of courage, of
the nation, ought to rescind the decree alluded to. Such
an example would induce others, and those who gave it
would acquire claitns upon the gratitude of a country re-
turning to a state of peace and well-regulated order. The
manifestation of the true sentiments of Poland, presented
immediately to his Majesty the Emperor, would be a sure
step to the pacification of the nation."
The Warsaw Courier of the 29th reports, that the
advanced posts of General Skrzyneelti had a ttincontre with
the enemy betwe,in Pulawy arid Stenaver, where the latter
had made an ineffectual attempt to cross the Vistula. The
Russian Guards were advancing through the waiwode of
Augustow.