The Sun.
London, England, 1831-08-13 00:00:00

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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1831.

There is a rumour in high quarters that the unex-
plained precipitancy of the King of HOLLAND in
urging his army " forwards" is connected with the
visit of the Duchess of SAXE WEIMAR to our Court.
This lady's husband has a high command in the
Dutch army, and the auxiliary services of his lady
in England were calculated on (however erroneou,ly)
to turn out as effective as the military move-
ments of her husband in Belgium. It is said that
some how or other this lady entertains a cordial
Ultry-Tory aversion to the Reform Bill, and is
seeking the necessary " means" to obtain as many
Dutch proxies as possible. But the order of the
day is now understood to be to the tune of " Aber-
deen aw a!"

We have merely space left to point attention to
the speech of CASIMIR PERIER in defence of his
policy, and Heaven knows it sadly needs a better
defence than the Premier has yet made in this, we
hope, his last-dying-official speech. Poland is sa-
crificed either to cowardice or treachery, but which
we leave the present King of the French to
explain. M. SEBASTIANI has discovered that France
has now only 50,000 men to spare, and these are too
few to oppose to Austria, Prussia, and the German
Confederacy ! Granted. But what becomes of the
oft-repeated boast of the half million troops of the
Line, and the million and a half of brave National
Guards—at once the security and glory of regene-
rated France ? They yet remain—but how long will
111. PERIER remain to misguide and M. SEBASTIANI
to belie the energies of France ? Not another
week, we hope—and if the French be true to them-
selves, not another day. When Warsaw falls—the
French will rise—if not before.

We regret to learn, by the German Papers re-
ceived this morning, that accounts from Vienna,
dated the 30th of July, announce the passage
of the Vistula by the 11,15.;ians under General
RUDIGER, at Solce, near Pulawy. This must

have been of course facilitated by means of
the bridge constructed by Austria, who has thus
put forward a double claim to the execration of
freemen throughout Europe. The Russians will
now be enables to carry on the war in that part of
Poland from which Warsaw derived its supplies,
and in case of defeat their army can fall back on
Prussia—the " inactive" but passive ally of Russia.
How much longer will this mockery of neutrality be
endured by England and France ? 'We burn for
some other reply than that of Lord PALmEßsisox
which does no honour to England, and that of
CASIMIR PERIER which is still more disgraceful to
France. But let not Poland despair—the hour of
retribution is on the wing, when the finger of
triumph will point with enduring scorn to the
baffled vengeance of her robber-foes, and the dis-
gusting sympathy of her traitor-friends !
VIENNA, JULY 29.—1 t has been reported to-day on
Change that General Rudiger had rased the Vistula with
a view of effecting his junction with the main army on the
left bank of that river. Letters from Warsaw of the 20th
say nothing of this subject, but it is said that general des-
pondency prevails in Warsaw, especially since the unhappy
issue of the expedition to Lithuania and the tragical end of
General Gielgud have been known in the capital. No
possibility was sore of resisting for any length of time an
enemy far superior in strength, and who is daily becoming
still stronger, and the wish to put an end to the effusion of
blood by some measure or other, even by submission, was
already expressed. Yet the most zealous patriots seem to
be animated by their old spirit, and the General.in-Chief is
said to preserve a calmness and confidence which, while it
spews both religious confidence and resignation, is calcu-
lated to give courage to the weakest. Most of the Mem-
bers of the Diet seem to have ref;eived assurance fr“iii their
agents in Paris and London that a mediation
by England and France will soon take place, the object of
which is not only to restore the kingdom of Poland as it
has subsisted since 1814, but also to secure the political
independence of the ancient kingdom, with all its depen-
dencies., That the Polish diplomatic agents in France
and England labour to effect the object is probable, that
depending on many private expressions they may flatter
them with attaining this object, and have communicated
their hopes to their friends in Poland, cannot be denied ;
hut it may be assumed as certain, that these two Powers,
which are on the most friendly terms with Russia, would
make no such proposal should they consent to act as medi-
ators.
VIENNA, JULY 30.—News has been received this morn-
ing, through an official channel, that General Rudiger has
crossed the Vistula at Solce, and has pushed his advanced
posts towards Radow. This operation seems to have been
executed with great ability, and the march of General Ru-
diger to the Upper Vistula to have been concealed
from the Poles ; hence it is very probable, that
the demonstration towards Minsk was only a feint
to conceal the march to Soler. As soon as General
Rudiger has taken measures for the subsistence of his
troops, he will seek to effect his junction with the main
army, the whole of which ie now on the left bank of the
Vistula, with the exception of the troops coming from Li-
thusnia under General Tolstoi. The scarcity of ready
money begins to be much felt in Warsaw, and greatly em-
barrasses the Government. The speech of the King of the
French was brought this morning by a courier. In gene-