Star.
London, England, 1831-04-14 00:00:00

FOR THE STAR.

TO THE EDITOR.

PARIS, Aran. 11.

are—The Gazette de Warsaw of the 31st March arrived
yesterday in Paris ; but it gives no further details of the
affair of the preceding day, than you are already possessed
af. It simply announces " that the Russians, wishing to
puss the Vistula, between Pulawy and Stenica, miscar-
ried in the attempt." It appears, the treasure of the War-
saw Bank, under an escort of four battalions of Polish
light infantry, arrived in a village in the neighbourhood of
Cracow, where all the valuables are securely deposited. The
insurrectionary movements in Lithuania rapidly extend. The
Russian agents appear to have deemed it safest to fly ; they
have accordingly fled, carrying with them all the treasure
they could secure. Manifestos have been addressed to the
Polish Government, from the provinces of Lithuania, Vol-
hynia, Podolia, and the Ukraine. Copies of these, with
the correspondence of the Polish Commander-in-chief with
Marshal Deihitsch,have been received in Paris, and full copies
shall be forthwith sent to you. The letters from the Polish
General are dictated in terms of moderation and dignity,
while the replies of the Russian Marshal are haughty,
supercilious, and artful.

The combats of the 31st March and let April are the
themes of universal admiration ; and clearly prove the Po-
lish General to be a man of consummate talent and tact. It
appears that Skrynecki crossed the Vistula by a bridge of
')eats, from Warsaw to Praga, during the night of the 30th.
ilc:iire day-break on the 31st, he carried the entrench-
ments which covered the cantonments of Geismar ; and by
noon, the brave Poles completely overthrew, for a second
time, the same powerful detachment of the Russian army,
which rallied at Milosna—three leagues further on, and
in that forest which was so desperately disputed, in the
combat of the 19th February. It is now beyond all doubt,
that the two corps of Geismar and Rosen fled, at ten o'clock
at night, towards Minsk, in the utmost disorder. The dis-
may and confusion of this nocturnal retreat is described as
frightful in the extreme. In the night of the 31st, there were li
already in the possession of the victorious Poles, three thousand
prisoners, and six pieces of cannon ! If Diebitsch had still his
head-quarters at Sienica, which is not certain, at the moment
of this brilliant affair, he must have found it extremely
hazardous, by the subsequent occupation of Minsk by the
Poles. Deprived of the co-operation of these two defeated
corps, of which the miserable wreck will be compelled to
seek refuge on the banks of the Bug, he will be forced to
retreat upon his left, into the Palatinate of Lublin. Thus,
,:ot only has the Polish General been bold and fortunate,
ut he has displayed, in the conception and execution of his
Tasterly plan, the talent of a great Captain. The report
Pains ground of a serious insurrection in the interior of Rue-
=i,,—chiefly founded upon the proclamation of Count Yer-
moloff, which I sent you a week ago.
Italy is far from being tranquillized by the proceedings of
the Austrians, and Papal authorities : there are numerous
and powerful guerillas in the mountains and in the defiles.
It is added, however, that Gen. Zucchi, and ninety-one pa-
triots, have unfortunately been taken at sea, by an Austrian
sloop of war.
No reply has been received from Vienna to the remon-
strance of the French Government ; it is, however, hourly
expected, with the greatest anxiety. The Parisians are at
present all occupied about the re-establishment of the statue
of Napoleon. The ceremony is to take place on the 4th of
May—the anniversary of his death. Twenty horses will be
required to draw this statue; but the Parisians say, the na-
tional honour will be there, to lend a helping hand. The
ministry has rendered itself highly popular, for the moment,
Ly the ordonnance respecting the late Emperor. I send
you all the Journals which notice the subject ; and I remain
truly yours, J. L.
P.S. The cause of the fall in the funds yesterday, was the
prevailing impression, that peace cannot long be maintained
with regard to the afairs of Belgium.

IMPORTANT EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNALS.
POLAND AND RUSSIA.

A report is spread that the Poles have just obtained at
Grochow,la new and important victory over the Russians. The
corps of General Giesmar had been entirely destroyed. That
dicer, grievously wounded, was amongst the number of the
prisoners. Marshal Diebitsch, closely pressed by the army
and the peasantry, is driven into the marshes, and in the
most critical position. Six thousand prisoners, and twenty-
six pieces of cannon, have been the prize of this new vic-
tory.—lllessager des Chambres.
We learn from a respectable source, that the insurrection
of Lithuania is complete, that partial movements have corn
menced in Courland, Podolia, and other provinces bordering
the frontier of Prussia. The Russian army continues to be
internally agitated ; the Emperor Nicholas was obliged to dis-
band five Finland regiments.—Journal du Commerce.
M. Durand, member of the Chamber of Deputies, re-
ceived this day letters from a commercial house of Dantzic,
which announce the insurrection of Lithuania. It was also
said, that it had been communicated to the Minister of
War, by a telegraphic dispatch frem Strasburg, that the
Poles had obtained advantages in new attacks against the
army commanded by General Diebitsch, and that in fact
all Lithuania had rose en masse. The insurrection of
Lithuania is a decisive event, and we have now reason to
hope, that the independence of noble Poland is assured.
—Constautionnel.

A letter from Frankfort, of the 4th April, in announcing
the insurrection of Lithuania, adds, that there has been much
blood spilt at \Vilna. It gives us to understand, at the
same time, that the Russian General Yermoloff has pub-
lished a Proclamation, in which he invites all the inhabi-
tants to assemble upon the Volga, to obtain for the Russian
empire, a consitution which will assure the happiness of the
people and of the throne.

RIGA, MA RCH 28.--We learn that there has just burst
out an insurrection among the peasantry of Lithuania, in
the en% irons of Rosienna, where there are no Russian troops;
several c;l.lcers of engineers brought us the news. It is
even added, that the revolt spreads ; but the peasantry want
all that which is necessary for attack and defence ; they
have neither powder, officers, nor soldiers ; they have some
ecclesiastics, and a handful of merchants. Several excesses
have already been committed near Kauen, against the em-
ployees of the Octroi. There has just been sent into this
country a small envision of troops, which will probably be suf-
ficient to stifle this mad sedition —Gazette de Prusse.
The insurrection of Lithuania takes a more serious cha-
racter. The official Gazette of Berlin of the sth of April,
announces that the Russian authorities of Georgenburg ar-
rived on the 30th March at Smaleninkeu, after having been
obliged to evacuate the city. The depot of arms of Rosen
hail fallen into the power of the insurgents. At last, offi-
cial letters from Tilsit, of the 30th of March, announce that
200 Russian troops, infantry and cavalry, had been
obliged to seek shelter upon the Prussian territory, and that
they were expected the same day at Wischwick. The official
Journal of Petersburgh, of the 26th of March, announces
that the Emperor had dissolved, by an Ukase, the six regi-
ments of carbine _is of Finland, and the Etat-major of that
province. This fact, given without commentaries, occasion
conjectures upon the state of Finland.—Journal des Debats.

FRANC&

The Electoral Law will be quickly promulgated. The
present ministry repeated on Saturday the assurance, that
the Chamber would be dissolved.—Gazette de France.

RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF NAPOLEON'S STATUE IN THE