Star.
London, England, 1831-09-12 00:00:00

POLAND.

From the Prussian State Gazette of Sept. 4.
The Russian corps, under the command of
Lieutenant-General Von Knorring, which is still
encamped near Kalisch, was yesterday joined by
3,ooo'infantry, and expects more considerable re-
inforcements : 10,000 men are said to be already
on their march from the main army near Warsaw.
The re-organising of the province will take place
in a few days. A proclamation, just published,
promises pardon to all civil officers, if they return
to their posts within a given time. In general,
the disposition of the inhabitants in the province of
Kalisch is said not to be unfavourable to the Rus-
sian Government. According to accounts from
Warsaw, the Polish Minister of War, Morawski,
bad resigned, and General Skrzynecki entered the
4th regiment as a grenadier.
P.S. An unauthenticated report from the Lower
Vistula is just spread of a retrograde movement of
the Russian troops. The bridge over the Vistula
near Szylno, is said to have been broken down by
them yesterday, and the magazines in that part to
have been removed iu the greatest haste to the left
bank of tho Vistula. General Uminski, it is ad-
ded, with 6,000 men,
,closely follows the Russian
cor.
Bams, SEPT. 3.—ln all, 17 persons have
been attacked here by the cholera, of whom 13
have died, none recovered, and four are under the
physicians.—Brussels Papers, Sept. 10.
THE HAGUE, Sept. 9.—ln the absence of au-
thentic and direct accounts, as well from Warsaw
as from the Russian bead-quarters, it is no won-
der that there are manifold reports in circulation
modified according to the wishes of those that
spread them. Thus among statements favourable
to the Russians, we are told not only that negoti-
ations are commenced, but that they are ended
with the result that Warsaw has surrendered to
the Russians, and that, with the assent of Count
Paskewitsch, who had announced a general am-
nesty, Prince A. Czartoryski had assumed the go-
vernment of Poland with the title of Viceroy.
On the other hand, a Cracow journal speaks of
great victories gained by the Poles. In its num-
ber of the 26th of August, it affirms that the Polish
army under Skrzynecki, had defeated the Russians
at Sochaczew, who had had many thousands
killed, and lost besides 2,000 prisoners and many
pieces of cannon. On the 27th of August the
Cracow journal announced another victory which
the Poles again under Skrzynecki had gained over
the Russians, but this time at Kole, 40 leagues
from Warsaw, in which, besides a countless number
of prisoners, they had taken 38 pieces of cannon.
BERLIN, SEPT. 4.—From the absence of any
positive or certain intelligence, great obscurity pre-
vails as to the state of affairs in Warsaw and the
Russian army.
In the Cracow Journal, of Aug. 30, it is men-
tioned that a letter had been received in that town
from the Polish General Rozycki, dated from
Ostrowiecz (on the road from Radom, near San-
domierz, about ten miles from the latter place) the'
25th of August, in which he states, that he re-
ceives no certain intelligence from Warsaw, in
consequence of that capital being entirely sur-
rounded by the Russian troops. He gives as-
surances, however, that the Poles have obtained an
advantage on their left wing. At the time of
writing the letter the force under the command of
General Rozycki was preparing to march upon'
Radom.

The Austrian journals state, on the authority of
accounts from the frontiers of Gallicia, dated Au-
gust 24, that the fortress of Zamosc was then
closely invested by the Russians. Several sorties
made by the garrison had been repulsed by the
besiegers. In one of these sorties, on the 16th,
the Poles lost 600 men in killed and wounded.
In another, which took place on the following
day, the whole of the suburbs were set fire to, and
destroyed partly by the Russians, and partly by
the Poles themselves.

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General Kaisaroff, who has his head-quarters at
Sirno, near Zatnosc, had received accounts from
General Rosen to the 16th ; on which day, that
commander, who advances against Warsaw from
the east side, had the main body of his army at
Minsk, and his vanguard at Dembi-Wielki.
HA //Sultan, ►SEPT. 6.—At the moment when
the friends of the Poles at Berlin apprehended that

they must expect to bear of the junction of Gen.
Rudigcr with Marshal Paskewitach, and the con-
sequent surrender of Warsaw, accounts reached
the Prussian capital from Thorn by no means fa-
vourable to the Russian cause. Meanwhile it
appears that no data have been received at Berlin
on which it can, upon any solid grounds, be ascer-
tained what events have occurred.
Front the Moniteur.

PARIS, SEPT. B.—Letters have been received
from Vienna, Dresden, and Berlin, which contain
a circumstantial narrative of the melancholy riots
of which Warsaw has been the theatre.

It was the patriotic club which had long excited alarm
among the true patriots by the anarchical doctrines pro.
trines professed in it, which took advantage of the weakness
of the Government, and of the inactivity of General Skrzy.
necki. The club met in the afternoon of the 15th, and
proceeded to the Palace of the Government to demand that
Skrzyneeki should be brought to trial. The Government
had the weakness to promise it, which only increased their
boldness; their nomben were augmented every moment.
They consisted of officers of the army, Lithuanian refisgees,
and some populace. They went to the Royal Palace,
which was gt arded by 200 men, who mode but a slight resist-
ance. It is said, in one of the letter., that Count Ostrowski,
Commander of the Civic Guard, had the baseness to say that
arms bad not been given to them to use against Poles.
The gates of the Palace were opened or forced, and Generals
Jankowske, Salacti, Ilurtig, and Bukowski, and M. Fan-
shawe' and Madame Basanow were hanged to lamp-posts.
The daughter of this lady was cut to picas in endeavouring
Ito defend her. These unfortunate persons were mutilated,
their dead bodies outraged. We have not courage to repeat
all the horrid details which are reported to us. About 60
victims perished in that dreadful night.
General Krukowieeki seems to have declared himself
Governor of the city, and to have been confirmed by the
national Government. The want of regular troops hindered
him from stopping these proceedings, and several murders
were committed on the 16th, amonn. which was a Russian
officer, taken prisoner in a skirmish. The chief of the
Government was obliged at the beginning to fly for refuge
to the army, where he arrived at two o'clock in the mooing.
On the account which he gave to the Generals, tine nearest
regiments were sent to the city, where they arrived on the
16th in the evening, so that Krokowlecki was able to restore
order, and nothing happened on the night of the 16th, which
, otherwise would probably bare been sanguins.y, as lists of
I proscription were circulated, including the most honourable
names. All those who did not approve of these excesses,
were, according to the club, sold to the Russians. All the
journals, except the Onion, praised or justified the crimes
that had been committed. The government, feeling its
weakness, resigned, and the Diet invested Krukowiecki with
dictatorial power. On the 17th, he caused the principal as-
sasdns to be arrested, appointed a military commission to
try them, and on the following day published an energetic
proclamation, and closed the club. Order had not been
disturbed after the 16th. Four obscure assassins had been
shot; bat the men whom public opinion designated as the
chiefs of the insurrection were spared. Several, after being
arrested, were set at liberty, for want of proofs. Among
these were two priests, furious clubists, who were seen by
every body encouraging the murderers.
The terror inspired by the events of the 15th diverted for
some days the attention of the public from what was passing
lin the army, where the commissioners had found it necessary
Ito remove Skrzynecki. If this General may be blamed for
slowness and hesitation, the army is affected by another evil,
namely, an immoderate desire to combat, which relaxes all
discipline. All the Generals having, it seems, been con-
vinced that it would be madness to attack the Russians in
their lines, the army commenced it, retreat on the 14th to
the intrenchments of Warsaw, and though harassed by the
enemy, it would not have sdffered any great loss but fur the
imprudence of Col. Le Gallois, who was taken prisoner with
his detachment. Marshal Paakewitsch, who has been joined
by part of Rudiger's corps, is encamped one or two miles off,
but it is not thought he will attack. The Poles have sent
a corps to Podiacbia, and another to Flask ; the first, which
is the most considerable, is under General Romarino. This
expedition, by forcing General Golowin to retire,has enabled '
a great supply of provisions to enter Warsaw. It was report-
ed, however, on the 27th, that the Russians had returned in
force to Minsk, and there was fighting there, but it seems
certain that etc greater part of the army which is under the
intrenelimenut of the city hcs had no serious engagement.
The letters from which the above extracts are taken con-
tain some fragments of journals printed at Warsaw. Among
them arc—lst, a Proclamation of the National Government,
announcing the appointment of General Dembinski ; 2d, a
Proclamation of the Government to the inhabitants of War-
saw after the night of the 15th, deploring the murders that
had been committed, calling on the people to be calm, and
announcing the appointment of Krukcwiecki as head f the
Government ; Sdly, the following :
TEE PRESIDENT OP TEE GOSZINNENT IN COUNCIL
In the capital of the Polish people, where all the autho.
cities are concentrated, where the representatives of the na.
tion deliberate day and night on the interests of the country,
where the national government exercises its power, where so
many courts of justice exist, atrocious crimes have been con-
summated, and murders have been committed in the name of
the Polish people, In the name of the country. The Polish
people rejects with contempt these sanguinary and atrocious
abuses. It is not upon degrading crimes, but upon national
virtues, that it has founded its power: it desires to have
heaven, and not bell, for the ally of its cause.
We have sworn to conquer or to die ; if we must die, we
will perish with all the dignity of a civilised people; we will ,
not sofa the madam' tomb to bear the stigma of crime
The supreme whacky of the nation, the united Chambers,
have felt the necessity of changing the form of government.
Founded on the power of the laws, it will act with the
strength and vigour which the present situation of the coun-
try requires. The law will overtake the guilty. It is to
them that we must attribute the recall of part of our troops
to the capital to protect it against the agitators and murder-
ers—a recall which yesterday causes us losses that we should
not have sustained if we could have sent these same troops
to the assistance of those that were engaged with the enemy.
May these losses—may the blood of the brave men who have
perished fall on their heads, with the maledictions of the
Polish people.
When has Poland had a government like that which
has just been changed ? Did it not emanate from the na•
tional will ? Was it not guided by wisdom, patriotism,
and modern Lion ? Km liberty ever been more flourishing ?
I Was there not at the bead of the Government an honours.'
We, pure, and virtuous man, who has sacrificed every thing
to the country ? What have all these virtues availed against
the disturbers of public tranquillity ? They have abused
the moderation of the mat liberal Government to sully our
history by murdering individuals under trial, who were per-
haps guilty, but unarmed. It is for this, then, that the blood
of the Poles has flowed. Was it then for this that we have
made so many sacrifices and given proofs of a devotedness
without mralW ? Our last insurrection bat one was sullied
by similar murder. Kosciusko effaced this stain by punish.
ing the guilty, and the history of his life and the revolution
has been banded down with the most brilliant glary to pos-
terity.
I will not deceive the national gory; I shall find means
with the aid of the laws to annihilate crime, and the agita.
tors who are the best allies of our enemies.

" Warsaw, Aug. 18.
" Count KRILIKOWIECHL"
4th.—A short bulletin, signed by Dembinski, gives an
account of the retrograde movement of the Polish army.

FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUSSELS, SIFT. 8.
OPENING OF THE CHAMBERS.-ROYAL
SITTING.

At one o'clock, the ring of cannon announced
the departure of his Majesty for the Palace. On
his way he was saluted with the most joyful ac-
clamations by an immense multitude, and, at a
quarter past one, his Majesty entered the hall,
preceded by the deputation. On his entrance the
whole assembly rose; cries of Vive le Roi burst
from all parts of the hall and the galleries.
His Majesty graciously saluted the assembly,
and seated himself on the throne, having on his
right Count D'Aerschot, High Steward of the
Household, and Baron d'Hoogvorst, Commander of
the Civic Guards; and on his left General Chas-
teler and M. de Lagotellerie, his aide-de-camp.
Profound silence ensued, and his Majesty deli-
vered the following speech :
Geodeotes—l am happy to be for the second time
amidst the representatives of the nation.

" The proofs of affee'Lin and devotedness tt.',ich the
gic natko has not nosed to give me from the moment
I set my foot on :he territory of my adopted comfy, bate
filet my heart with uv.ly gratitude. This voluntny trans.
port of a whole nation, while it Inspires me wit:t very aline.
able pride, has made me sensible of tlic fill extent of the
ditties that ar.i imposed on me. Ido not dissemble to my.
self any of the numerous difficulties of my situation ;
with the aid of your knowledge and experience I shall b.
able to overcome them.
" When the principles laid down in the constitution
which I have sworn to otrerra shall have received by the
projects of law which will ba submitted to your considera.
tion the development which they still require, Belgium
will occupy a greater degree of liberty than any other na.
Lion in Europe. The crisis throng!, which the country has
had to pit., in order to auxin hs political regeneration, has
for a moment affected its material imereas.
" It must henceforth ba the object of our united efforts
to promote their interest by encouraging manufactures and
opening new channels to commerce.
" The rehitious :heady so happily estaLlished with
frunce and England, and which I hope will soon be ex-
tended to the other Powers,tvill facilitate the performance
of tills task.

"Negotiations have just been opened to effect a defini-
dye arrangement of our differences with Holland. The
honour and interests of the Belgian nation will be defended
ID them with peseventnce and dignity. With you, gentle.
men. and the whole nation, i look with confidence to the
Issue of those &lodations, the result of which will be laid
before you.
" The neutrality of Belgium guaranteed by the five Powers,
has suggested the pe,sibllity of modifications in its system
of defence. This possibility, the principle of which is ad.
mitted by the Powers concerned in the erection of the for.
tresses t.f 1815, will, I doubt not. be acknowledged by the
nation. Ne:;otistions will take place to regulate the emu.
don of ,he "lemma connected with the d.molition of sonic
ref these fortresses. Happy in being Eble to draw closer the
tics which dnite the two people, Belgium will on this °CO.
dun give a 1,,00f of its gratitude to Frsatee,—Europe 4
trriking of its just confidence in the honour of th,.
King of the French.
" The emitted( services rendered by Fiance involuntuily
call our attention to a recent event, the consequences of
which I must say have been too much exaggerated. Bel.
glum confiding to excess in the engagements contracted by
Holland towards the five Powers, to which it had itself
subscribed, was stot:denly surprised by MI army, the force
of which far exceeded that which Belgium could oppose to it.
In these painful circumstances the succour of friendly
powers became urgent and indispensable. You know with
what generous promptness it was afforded us.
If individual courage, if tie bravery which has never
been denied the Belgic soldier, could nave made ut; tor
the want of organisation and onion which was felt in our
young army, without doubt—(and yon will believe my
testimony)—without doubt we should have victoriously re.
ouleed an unpin aggression, contraty to all the principles
of the law ut nations, The aation will be but the mote
sensible of the absolute neceesi.y of the reforms already
commenced, and which are prusecuud with a degtee tat
activity, the results of which will be soon apparent. In
a few days Belgium will Lave an army, which, if it
should be again necessary, would be able to tally round
its King to defend with honour and toil, success the in.
,lependeuce and the rights of the country.
Projects of law will be laid before you during this ses.
sion, to give to the Oovernntent ha legitimate share of in.
fluent* in the composition of the army, to restore confidence
to the soldier, and to ,caste a just recompense to those who
shall distinguish themselves in the day of danger.
" Gentlemen, I will call your particular attention to the
state of our finances. I knew the care which this essential
part of the public service requires. The prevailing desire of
my Government will always be successively to introduce in
the public expenditure the economy which is so loudly called
for by the state of society, and by the aid of which it will be
practicably gradually to lessen the burdens of the people.
" At p.esent, nevertlitless, sactifices ate still necessary ort
the one hand to defray the expenses of the reorganization et
thy allay ; on the other, to make up for a diminution in the
revenues which the circumstances in which we are for time

placed indicate es inevitable. The nation has proved that
it did shrink from the sacrifices v. bleb the honour and the
interest of the country requirtil. It will also know how to
bear those of which the Government shall have proved the
necessity. The confidence with which the whole nation
has hitherto met its King, gives me a right to reckon un
representatives in all the mesures which may contribute to
the good of the country. bly hopes will not be disappoin.ed
Belgium will see us animated by the same desire to lantnue
in concert for the happiness and glory of this country, to
which I shall not cease to devote all my solicitude, as I
have already devoted to it my dearest affections"