Star.
London, England, 1831-06-08 00:00:00

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY. JUNE 8.

The K ING came to town this day at noon; and
held a Levee at St. James's Palace, immediately
thereafter.

To day we have SK 11,ZYW ECK l'S own modest
account of his late daring and important enterprize,
dated from Pultusk, the day after the action, near
Ostrolenka.

It appears that the main object of his expedi-
tion has been achieved, as we stated yesterday,
by the detachment of General CIILAPOWSKI (not
GUILGUD) to the country of the Niemen.
It appears that the battle lasted till ten at night,
when the Russians having been repulsed at all
points, and driven over the river, the Polish Ge-
neral marched for Pultusk, without any pursuit or
interruption from the enemy.
Dizsirscit made his barbarians drunk, and
fired grape-shot on their rear, to force them to ad-
vance. In consequence they fell by hundreds into
a canal ; and became easy victims of the Poles.
All accounts agree that nearly 20,000 men were
lost, while as the Polish division did not exceed
15,000, the slaughter of the Russians must
have been dreadful. The Poles, however, re-
gard their being forced to retreat as a re-
verse, the natural feeling of the brave ; but
the say they made the Russians pay dearly for it:
They lament the deaths of KLICK and KA MINSKI,
and the wounds of many superior officers; but
they say, ALL lIAVE DONE THEIR DUTY.
DEIBITSCH did not desire another such victory;
and, therefore, very prudently forbore to follow
the Poles, who, it appears, brought away several
hundred prisoners.
The advance Of CHLAPOMSK I to Grodno and
Wilna will be productive of the most important
changes ; and it is announced that insurrection is
general through nearly the whole of the Russo-
Polish Provinces.

With reference to UMINSKI, whom some Poles
in London impeached yesterday, he appears to
have entered Seidlec, after it was abandoned by the
Russians, and to have followed them even to the
Bug. It is said that be did not obey orders,
which, perhaps, were to cross the Bug; but on
these points we have at present no information.
The Times, of this morning, has done justice to
the Polish Commander and the Poles ; +ut it in
sinuates blame for leaving Praga unguarded, for-
getting the corps left to protect it, and the impreg-
nable character of its works and fortifications, on
which so much labour has been bestowed.

If the Poles left 3,000 or 4,000 men on the
field, this number will be speedily recruited by
the heroic youth of Europe, who are flocking to
the Polish Standard, and by the patriotism of its
own Provinces. The bridge of Ostrolenka will
rank in history with the Pass of Thermopylae; and
though its defence proved fatal to the Spartans, yet
their death raised every Greek into a Hero, and
the utter defeat XERXES and his barbarians, was,
by this bloody advantages more completely as-
sured. Grape-shot and brandy will not another
time enable Di EBITSCII to drive his Tartars on the
bayonets and courage of the Poles.

The demands of the French Consul from Don
Mtn uEt have reached us in a copy of the Journal
des Debats, received by express from Paris, this
afternoon. This document is the same as has al-
ready appeared, with the answers of the Portu-
guese Government, in some of the London Papers.
—The demands merely consist in the liberation and
indemnity for imprisonment, of M. BON HOU MR,