Star.
London, England, 1831-05-30 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCS.
The King returned to St. Cloud on Friday morning last
from his tour. The details of his journey, and the multifa-
rious speeches in which he indulged, fill the columns of the
Monitors, Journal des Debuts, &c. The ordinance for the
dissolution of the Chamber was to be signed yesterday,
and will appear in the Monitors on the 30th. The time of
meeting will be about the Bth of August.
A party of amens had formed the plan of seizing on
the village of Koix, in La Vend& where a detachment of
infantry was quartered. This spread the alarm through the
plrce ; the soldiers collected and pursued the banditti, but the
obscurity and difficulty of the roads rendered their efforts
useless.

The Echo de la Sarthe asserts in the most positive terms
that the department of La Vendee is rapidly returning to
order and tranquility, and may now be traversed in every
direction with perfect safety, as columns of troops ate in-
cessantly on the patrol.—" Government has nothing to
hide ; there is no change in the general situation of af-
fairs, particularly as relates to the hopes entertained of the
preservation of a useful and honourable peace, which is
guaranteed no less by the strength than by the moderation
of France. On the contrary, the questions which appear
the most difficult are daily advancing towards a satisfac-
tory solution."—Moniteer.
We thought that, after the revolution of July, the Minis-
ters would abandon a little of the emphasis of manner
which seeks to disguise outrage ; and it was not without
astonishment that we read yesterday the article of the
Moniteur upon the question of peace or war. It is possible
that we may not have war ; but certainly it does not require
us to be insulted as to the opinion which we may think pro-
per to entertain in the chances of our position; and in place
of reducing itself to vague declamations against the Jour-
nals, it would be better for government to encourage
opinions by facts. Thus, it would be good for us to be
informed at what points had arrived the following negocia-
dons :-Ist, With Russia, for Poland and its independent
constitution; 2d, With Austria, for Modena, Rome, and
Piedmont ; 3d, With Prussia, England, and the Germanic
confederation, for Belgium. This would a little better en-
courage minds than the renewed phrases of the Journals of
Messrs. Villele and Dumas.—Le Constitutionnel.

PRIVATE LETTER.—The local politics of Paris are at
this moment rather torpid, the prevailing discussions are
upon abstract topics, which it is anticipated the new Chamber
will have to resolve : the further existence of a hereditary
Peerage is the principal one in controversy. Since the law
of primogeniture and feudal rights were abolished in France,,
and the assignment of a paltry pension enacted for parlia-
mentary Peers, little of solid basis was left to sustain a here-
ditary aristocracy. In a list of the present Chamber of
Peers, there were not more than eighteen names of peers
who are said to be qualified by -their own landed property to
maintain such a station in society as the peerage implies.
The present government will, however, resist the proposed
change.
Each party at present speaks confidently of success at the
ensuing elections ; the Government and the opposition are
alike hard at work, and the present plan of tactics (for no
doubt before the elections there will be a dozen others) is
the right of exacting pledges from the candidates. The
Duke of Broglie is said to be organizing a new kind of mo-
derate
party. M. Guizot is with him at this moment in
Normandy, preparing the electoral lists for the experiment.
The men of the " movement" now admit that things may
be carried on in what they term the present milk-and-water
way by Louis-Phillippe and his Government till next Sep-
tember. This is even passing the anniversary of the barn.
cades, and is rather a concession to the reigning family.

BELGIUM.

Nothing definitive has yet been settled by the conferences
of London, and several orators of the Belgian Congress, as
well as the journals of Brussels, even the most ministerial,
begin to chew much displeasure in thus seeing themselves
more and more at the mercy of the intrigues of the diplo-
macy of the Great Powers. In the interim, it appears that
Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, strong from the support of
England, has shewn himself disposed to accept the Crown
of Belgium, before that the question of Luxembourg has
been resolved. The first propositions on the subject of the
election of that' Prince have just been made to the Congress.
On the other part, we learn that Austria has just remitted to
the conference of London a note by which she declares in
the most positive manner that she will never consent that the
Duchy of Luxembourg shall be united to the new state.—
Le National.

POLAND.
The operations of the Russian army appear now entirely
paralysed by the insurrection of Lithuania. At Warsaw it
is stated that the Emperor Nicholas has authorised Diebitsch
to grant an armistice, and even to negociate with the rebels
if they should make propositions to him.
The Journal du Havre asserts, that the answer of the
Emperor of Russia to the offers of mediation on the part of
France and England, for the pacification of Poland, was to
the following eff*ct :—" That he will make no concession to
rebellious subjects ; and that, bad he been disposed to make
any, he should not have waited for advice coming from the
West."

The Augsbourg Gazette contains the following, dated
Frontiers of Poland, May 14th :—" Letters have been re-
ceived at Warsaw from London, which confidently announce
a mediation of the English Government in favour of the
Poles. The Polish patriots also expect considerable succour
in money and war stores from England. It is even asserted
at Warsaw that two English merchantmen are already in
the Baltic, waiting for a favourable opportunity to deliver
their cargoes to the Lithuanians, who would thereby be en-
couraged to employ their utmost efforts to open a communi-
cation with the sea by Polangen or Liebau."
We have news from Warsaw up to the 16th of May. The
Generalissimo had commenced a general movement towards
the palatinate of Augustowo. His left wing occupied Pul-
tusk. This manoeuvre he was said to have made in
order to protect the entrance of a separate corps into Lithu-
ania,
where the insurrection is making rapid progress.
WARSAW, MAY 17.—The Russians under Diebitsch
attacked General Uminski on the 13th, at Jendrzejow.—
Their attack, however, was executed with such languor, that
.
Uminskt had full time to receive reinforcements, and even-
tually to repulse the enemy. On our side the loss was
trifling, not exceeding fifty men killed and wounded. The
enemy, on the other hand, according to the accounts of
the prisoners, suffered so severely, that it required fifty
waggons to transport their wounded. The first bat-
talion of grenadiers distinguished itself on the occa-
sion to such a degree, that General Uminski, in an
order of the day, returned thanks to them for their good
behaviour, telling them, that they reminded him of the
old French Imperial Guard. Major Serkowki, who com-
manded the grenadiers, was among the killed. A general
battle between the two armies becomes every day more pro-
bable. Official in ace has been received, that Gene-
rals Chrzanowski and ' have approached the fortress
of Zamosc, in the vicinity of which some obstinate fighting
has taken place. One account says that General &merino
has lost an arm. Many (Akers and privates belonging to
Dwernicki's corps have succeeded in reVLlend.
Louie Stecki, who was at the bead of the V best:
realm, was lately taken prisoner by General , and

shot in an hour afterwards. At present the Lithuanian
insurgents are commanded by Charles Zalewski, brother of
the late Curator of the University of Warsaw ; the poet
Gorecki commands the Staff, and Martin Zalewski acts as
Intendant General. The day before yesterday, Colonel
Zangerman, aide-de-camp to General Lamarque, arrived in
Warsaw.
Battu', MAT 21.—The main forces of the Russians
appear to be concentrating themselves in the Palatinate of
Plock, in order to enable them to draw their subsistence
from Eastern Prussia. Large purchases for Russian ac.
count have already been made by the Prussian Consul, V.
Barites. The cholera is gradually disappearing in War-
saw : only eleven new cases were reported on the 11th init.
On the 13th of May, the Polish Government published
the following: " The news which we have just received
from Lithuania, and from the Palatinate of Augustowo, in-
forms us of the cruelties which the Russian% exercise in
these provinces, and leaves us no longer in any doubt upon
the character which our enemies have resolved to confer on
the war which they wage against us. It is no longer the
injurious proclamations of Marshal Diebitsch ; it is no more
even the barbarous ukases of the Emperor, which serves
as the line of conduct to the Russian troops ; the com-
manders only consult now the implacable hatred which
they have conceived for the Polish name, and the ferocity of
their soldiers, The inhabitants of the district of Mariam-
pol will remain faithful to the voice of their country, and
have prepared, from the commencement of the campaign,
for an obstinate defence : a corps of partisans will
form themselves under the command of Colonel Puszet, who
will continually disturb the enemy, and may even arrive at
obtaining important advantages. Towards the end of April,
the guards reinforced the Russian troops who were destined
to suppress the insurrection of the district of Mariampol.—
Colonel Puszet, not being informed of that augmentation of
tho enemy's forces, attacked Mariampol on April 21st. and
was obliged to retreat ; but Major Schon, who commanded
another detachment of partisans, allowing himself to be led
away by the ardour of his courage, fought unto the last ex-
tremity, and, after having received several wounds, fell into
the hands of the enemy. The sentiments of honour, those
which are due to courage and misfortune, should have served
as the safe-guard to that brave officer, decorated with the Le-
gion of Honour, and the Military Cross of Poland; but our
enemies have, in this war, foresworn these sentiments, and,
without having any regard to the wounds and sufferings of
Major Schen, they loaded him with chains, exposed him to
the insults of the soldiers and of Jews, and hung him on the
morrow. Several officers and several citizens who had taken
part in the insurrection, were shot upon the field. After this
defeat, all the district of Mariampol was delivered to the bar-
barity of the Russians ; the villages were sacked and burnt;
the houses of the citizens were pillaged, and the proprietors
' of these houses were imprisoned, or were left exposed to all
the vexations and all the vengeances of a cruel enemy.—
These facts, which are incontestible, come to support the
ideas which I had announced to you in the preceding circu-
lar; these facts will be the signal of the public indignation
of Europe, and you will hasten to give them all the publi-
city possible : they will, without doubt, cause all generous
hearts to revolt which have compassion for the sufferings of
humanity, and who value military honour. They shot, at
the same time, in cold blood, 80 prisoners, of whom several
were wounded on the previous day. The peasantry and fu-
gitive corps, in revenge for this barbarous depravity, imme-
diately executed their wounded Russian prisoners, among
whom were two officers of rank ; and another, seized while
travelling as a courier. A frightful and revolting carnage
will follow the example thus set by Russia, to abandon the
rules of civilized warfare.