The Sun.
London, England, 1831-08-01 00:00:00

ger. The latest accounts spew that this has not hap
pened, but that in the late actions the Polish troop..
were enga2ed with only a small advanced portion of tha,
corps, which is taking a concentrated position in the
province of Lubin. It is thought that it is to cross the
Vistula at Pulawk and co-operate with the main army
against Warsaw, by which that city will he the more dis-
tressed, as it will be difficult to provide for the maintenance
of so numerous a population, and tie army for any long
time, especially as a scarcity is said to be already felt.
Should there be any truth in the report that powder be-
gins to fail, the final catastrophe may be ne rev than is
supposed. We hear from the province of Augustowo,
that on the 17th and 18th, 20,000 Russian troops
coming from Lithuania, passed through on their way to
join the main army.
BERLIN, JuLy 25.—The Konigsberg Gatette says
that the Polish corps of General Gielgud, which sought
refuge in Prussia under Generals Chlapowski, Rohland
and Szytnanowski, consists of 626 officers, 6,007 privates.
with 26 cannon. The fate of General Dembinski is not
known. The Poles are in two convenient bivouacs, and
there is no sign of cholera among them.
MEMEL, .JULY 16. —lt seems that when Gen. Gielgurl
entered Lithuania, by way of Kowno, on the 6th of
June, the Russian troops consisted of 20,000 men in dif-
ferent positions, besides a corps under General Kreutz, the
strength of which is not known, with 60 cannon. Giel-
gud and Chlapowsky, when united, had only 7,000 men and
29 cannon, and were in the end obliged to seek refuge in the
Prussian territory which the officers preferred to surren-
dering to the Russians far the reasons expressed in the
following Declaration signed by the officers of the Polish
corps detached into Lithuania :
" The Polish corps detached for the purpose of organ-
ising the Lithuanian insurrection into regular corps having
found that insurrection nearly suppressed by the presence
of very superior Russian forces, having been reduced by
several engagements to 3,000 men, and having expended
all their ammunition, find themselves reduced to the ne-
cessity either of surrendering to the Russians, or of forcing
their way across the Prussian frontier ; desirous of :pro-
testing once more against the unicn of Poland with Rus-
sia, they have come to the resolution to throw thethselver
into the bands of the Prussians.

The three days' rejoicings in Paris have, as
will be seen in another column, passed off with-
out tumult. All was quiet in the capital up to
the period of the last account leaving it. The
Prince LEOPOLD, too, was increasing in favour
with the Belgians, and was making a triumphant
progress through his dominions. His reception
at Antwerp, in sight of the Dutch forces, was
more enthusiastic even than at Brussels.

The Reform Bill, we believe, has already
undergone more discussion than any measure
that ever came before Parliament ;—seven days
debate in the late Parliament,—three days de-
bate in the present, on the first reading—eight
divisions when the Bill was committed, before
the SPEAKER was allowed to leave the Chair ;
twelve days' discussions in the Committee,—and
schedules A and B hardly yet disposed of ! !
The opponents of Reform, the borough-
mongers, unsupported by either the KING, Go-
vernment, or people, contending for existence,
and the power to pillage and plunder the people
of England, have hitherto successfully contrived
by the most disgraceful and dishonourable
means to delay, in the hope some accident may
enable them to defeat the great measure of Re-
form. Thus, the House and the country are
insulted by the nightly prosing repetitions of Mr.
MICHAEL THOMAS SADLER, the canting of
Sir ROBERT PEEL, the gibes of Mr. JOHN
WILSON CROKER, the cackling of Mr. PRAED,
and a string of IJrdlings, who on their father's
nominations usurp seats in the Commons House
of Parliament, while their great champion limits
his ambition to rivalling JOE MILLER, and
sharing with him his puny empire of stale puns.
The hypocritical proceedings of the borough-
mongers, remind us of the description of the
Devil's costume, annexed to LANDSEER'S
sketches of the Devils visit to " his Farm on
the Earth,"

" His jacket was red, and his breeches were blue,
" With a hole behind, where his tail went through."
Just so it is with the boroughmongers,—the
DEvil, not only covers them with his mantle,
but has lent them his breeches ; for whether
with canting hypocrisy, they whine about our
" ancient institutions," or their love for " the
Constitution," —by which the boroughmongers
mean rotten boroughs, boast of their independ-
ence," meaning their independence of the people;
talk of " the rights of the people," meaning the
right of being plundered by the boroughmongers ;
or, endeavour to scare old ladies with the cry of
" Revolution," by which they mean Reform,—
Reform being more dreaded by the borough•
mongers than any resolution, since to them it
would be annihilation without hope, while in
the vortex of revolution, they would still enjoy
the hope, that knaves might ride uppermost ;
whatever they
say or do, the tail always comes
through behind, their object always stands con-
fessed, no one is deceived by their gibes, their
jargon, or
hypocrisy, unless indeed, any of: the
crew, being
as weak as unprincipled, are de-
ceived by
it themselves.
But if the boroughmongers display such un-
remitting perseverance, in support of the dis-
honest and disgraceful cause they dare to advo-
cate, shall the men, who for so long a period
contended against the boroughmongering hydra,
when possessed of all the highest offices and
righteous cause they have undertaken to power of the state, display less energy. in the
advo-
cate ? If disgusted by a contest with disho-
nourable adversaries they feel indifferent to their
own fate or fame, can they, when called to
the proud station of Ministers of the Crown,
by the confidence of the Sovereign, amid
the
grateful acclamations of his loyal people !
can they forget the duty they owe both King
and people, and the sacred cause of freedom ?
impossible ! And the people of England, so
long insulted and oppressed by the desperate
faction of the boroughmongers, will they forget
the duty they owe themselves and their poste-
rity and the great cause of rational liberty ?
Never ! No, they have spoken out—they have
nobly responded to the call of their SOVEREIGN
and his Government—they have, with a unani-
mity unexampled, demanded Reform, and will
perseveringly and honestly enforce it. Let them
again speak out—let them meet, resolve, ad-
dress, petition, instruct such of the House of
Commons as are their representatives, and in a
voice of thunder, that shall make " the welkin
aaßbni)dl,ls,sht the whole
tth iseboroughmongers down the deep
gaping
ring," support the KING'S Government, " the
Bill, and nothing but the Bill,'
to receive them. Let the
Government enforce a call of the House at tell
o'clock, for one week, and more will be effected
within that short period, than has yet been ac-