Star.
London, England, 1831-07-22 00:00:00

PRUSSIA AND POLAND.

BERLIN, JuLv 9.—Prussia must naturally de-
sire that the crisis of the West and of the East,
hich threaten to trouble the peace of Europe,
should be promptly terminated; and many persons
think that the general tranquillity would not be
too dearly purchased by the independence of two
nations who have fought to obtain it ; others doubt
whether we could arrive by that means at the sta-
bility which is desired, and think even that it
would then run very great dangers. Prussia ap-
pears charged with the grand character of inter-
vention.—Le Constitutionnel.

BERLIN, July Oth.—Our ambassador at the
Court of France, Baron Werther, has returned to
Paris to resume his post. We are in great uneasi-
ness here upon the result of the French elections,
and upon the events which may signalize the days
of July at Paris; we know that the repose of
Europe depends on France. Notwithstanding the
continual variations in the Foreign Funds, our
paper supports itself, for every body is convinced
that our king sincerely wishes for peace, and that
he will not call his people to arms until the last
extremity. But then, besides the evils which
.ye cannot foresee, we should expect to see the
cholera infect the whole of Europe with irresistible
Tapidity.— Gazette (f'Attusburg.
The Courricr of Warsaw contains a report from
an eye witness upon the two separate corps of Li-
thuania, one of which is under the command of the
young Countess Plater, and the other under the
orders of Count Caesar Plater. The Countess is
bout twenty years of age ; her face indicates the
;nest profound melencholy, and gives to her whole
ei son a sentimental and religious air. Her File
Chantbre, who performs the office of adjutant,
•:;.pears still younger; she is chief of the Etat-
Najor, and at the same time Intendant-General of
the corps of the army, and there exists no Li-
ihuanion corps of which the service is more exact,
:tad which enjoys a more fegular discipline. These
two ladies are the object of religious veneration on
the part of the soldiers; they wear the costume of men,
and they are always found amongst the poops, even
during the time of repose; but their asylum is sa-
cred, and is not troubled by any noise. The sol-
diers call the Intendant-in-Chief of the Etat-major
M. Constantine; and they receive from her their
orders, their pro, ision, and their ammnnition. The
other corps is commanded by Count Cesar Plater,
%,zetl 21, who is distinguished by his piety. The
Count is very rich, and employs all his fortune in
,idence of his country. The two corps are com-
posed of infantry and cavalry, and their costume,
well as their equipment recal the times of the
Romans. The soldiers carry in their belts twelve
pistols, with a carbine upon the shoulder, a sabre
4t the side, and a pike in the hand.
The last news from Warsaw is dated the 7th of
this month. At that period a report was spread in
ti.zit capital, that the Russian army, divided into
tßree columns, hail effected a grand movement.—
Field- M arshal Paskew•itsch commanded the centre;
•!:e left was under the orders of General Witt ; and
tic right, composed entirely of the Imperial guard
Aid the advanced guard, was under the direction
id Generale Toll and Pahlen. It is in this order, it
15 said, that all the Russian forces are bearing
upon Mock, and along the Prussian frontier. It
is believed that the Field-Marshal, adopting the'
preceding disposition of the army, has the project

of pa: sing the Vistula below Pleck, of displaying
all his troops upon the left bank of that river, and
of offering to the Poles a battle, which must de-
cide the fate of this long and sanguinary struggle.
If these conjectures have any reality, great events
are preparing : they will take place a little distance
from Warsaw, for it is not to be presumed that the
passage of the Vistula will present serious obsta-
cles : at this moment the waters of the river must
be very low, and the right bank from Debezin into
Walewski, being garnished with small piles suffi-
ciently high to command the left bank, it will be
sufficient to place some batteries upon them to play
upon the troops who would oppose the passage of
the Russians. These details are extracted from a
letter which we have just received from Warsaw,
and in which we see that they are not without un-
easiness at the new dispositions of the Russian
Field-Marshal. The Generalissimo has lost much
of his popularity for some time past, and especially
since the affair of the conspiracy, of which the im-
portance diminishes daily. It is feared that the
fury which was exhibited in the pursuit of Generals
Jankowski and Berkowski has wrested from the
Generalissimo the confidence and devotion of the
officers under his orders, and that in circumstances
so serious, sentiments may exist to prejudice the
Polish cause.—Quotidienne.

MAYENCE, JULY 10.—We expect here the
speedy arrival of 2 or 3,000 troops, our garrison
before being provisionally carried to 12,000 men.
A regiment of Prussian Houlans, of the Grand
Duchy of Posen, a part of which was already in
our city, has not had a s;ngle deserter upon the
whole march. A Polish artisan, who has inha-
bited Mayence for a long time, has lately received
a letter from his mother, in which she informs him
' that his two brothers have died glorious'y in fighting
the Russians. She invites him to come promptly
to Poland, to defend his country. From sdch facts
we may judge of the patriotic exaltation of
the Polish population, which recals the he-
roic times of free Sparta. Many inhabitants of
Mayence exclaim against the multitude of the
troops in garrison; several hundred of the most
notable of our population have drawn up a pro-
test, by which they declare that they will not re-
ceive any more soldiers in their houses. This
change is so much the more burthensome for our
city, as the population has encreased to 7000 souls
since 1815, whilst the number of houses has not
augmented. Several poor families have been driven
from their habitations; deprived of an asylum to
lodge the soldiers. The multitude of troops
threatens also the state of health of the city.—
Gazette d'Augsbourg.
ALGIERS.

EXPEDITION TO ALG lERs.—The Ministry
has ill luck every where. Without and within it
appears destined to be unfortunate for France.—
Gen. Clauzel is dismissed from the command of
Algiers; and Gen. Berthezene, who is Commander-
in-Chief, is unfortunate in his first expedition. We
have letters from Algiers dated July 8, which give
us the details of this little supplementary campaign,
in which M. Bethezene has been very badly treated.
His departure took place on the 25th of June; the
corps of his army were composed of 6,000 men ;
and they proceeded towards Medea. The first
day they slept at the Farm ; the second at
Melida ; the third at Medea. They proceeded
there without interruption, and the General
proud of his march, and wishing to boast of going
further than his predecessor proceeded to the Coast
of Mediana. The troops were there divided into two
columns, and soon arrived on the position occupied
by the Bedouins, and then made a retrograde
movement. Soon after, when our troops made
feint to regain their first attitude, the Bedouins
charged them, pressed and pursued them. Ber-
thezene was compelled to fly, leaving his enemy
six cannon, 600 muskets, and more than 60,000
cartridges. During the ignominious retreat, the
Bedouins fell furiously on our troops; the Corn-
mander-in-Chief became confused; and from Medea
to the farm, our army was in complete deroute.
We did not make a single prisoner. Our killed,
and wounded remained in the hands of the enemy ;
and we lost about 4,000 men ! This check has
occasioned violent murmurs throughout the whole
army ; and Berthezene has no other means of reply.
than threatening the rigour of military law against
all who dare to speak slightingly of his exploit.
This puts one in mind of the proverb:• -Battu ct
content. We sincerely regret General Clauzel.—
Tribune.

A letter from Algiers,of the Bth July, announces
in the following terms the sad result of the expe-
dition directed upon Medea :—" On the 25th of
last month, an expedition, composed of 6,000
men, under the orders of the General-in-Chief,
left for Medea, and, as if they were making a
military promenade, they arrived without any ob-
stacle in that capital of the district of Titery. The
army was afterwards directed three leagues farther,
in order to chastise some tribes who had refused thel
payment of the tribute agreed upon. Eventually
seven or eight chiefs of these tribes were put to
the sword, their harvests burnt, and, this execution
terminated, the army returned to Medea. On
the let July, they were in march to regain Algiers;
but from the moment of departure until within six
leagues from Algiers, our troops had constantly to
defend themselves against 45,000 Bedouins, Ka-
bylee, and Arabs, who attacked them in all di-
rections. The situation of the column was critical ;
it owes its salvation but to a forced march
which it made during the whole of one night, and
which the enemy did not expect. This expedition
cost us the complete loss of Medea and Blida, and
what is more cruel still, some thousands in killed
and wounded. Of these last, only 180 have ar-
rived at the hospitals. Those who could not be
transported fell into the power of these barbarians,
who immediately cut off their head. Every one
eulogises the brilliant conduct, exhibited in this
affair by the Parisian volunteers and the Zoave
both horse and foot. We are now shut up in the
place, and are preparing another expedition, in
order to attempt to regain the country we have
lost, and to abate the pride with which this victory
has inflated the enemy."

The ex-parte statement of the Gaoler and his
Turnkey about Mr. Taylor is curious in its de-
tails about iron gratings, &c. &c. The attempt of
H. Hetherington to ride through an act of Parlia-
ment, and to anticipate the promises of the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, is also another feature of
yesterday's London police.
The Officers of the Surrey Yeomanry gave a
Public Breakfast yesterday at the Grand Stand on the Race
Course, which was attended by all the principal families of
distinction in the neighbourhood.—Brlighfo• Paper.

EVENING STAR.

LONDON.
FRIDAY. JULY 22.

We have extracted, as usual, from the Paris
Papers, transmitted to us by Estafette this morn-
ing, several very interesting passages. We have
inserted two accounts of the unfortunate expedition
from Algiers against the Bedouins. The details
from Poland—particularly that regarding a Polish
JOAN D'Aac and her heroic attendant—cannot
fail to be read with interest. We trust the passage
from the Quotidienne, stating a loss of popularity
in the Generalissimo is to be ascribed to the ambi-
guous sentiments which that paper espouses.

Are we to ascribe the acccounts of vast mili-
tary preparations in France to some undeveloped
diplomacy, to a public spirited design of the French

Government to aid the Poles and Italians, or to a
trick of the French Ministry, like that in the
Journal des Debuts, to regain popularity ? Be-
lieving the account of the interview between the
EMPEROR and the French Minister—in which
each demanded of the other the cause of the
preparations of each—it is obvious that there
is no unknown question of diplomacy. Then
of any chivalrous design to support liberty
abroad,we fully acquit Louis Philippe and his Minis-
ter, Perier ; while it is difficult to imagine any
course so crooked as the publication of such re-
peated accounts of preparations of all kinds, as
appears from day to day in the French ministerial
papers, and not denied by the opposition. Perhaps
it may be said, that the whole resolves itself
into mere regeneration, and that France is only
assuming a commanding attitude, whether for
peace or war, or that the army is to pro-
tect certain questions of internal Government,
which are believed at this time to be much agitated
in the Palais Royale. Some are so bold in
their opinions as so believe that these questions
involve, whether it is to be Louts PIIILIPPE I.
or LOUIS PHILIPPE, Regent to HENRY V. or
HENRY V. by the grace of GOD ! Without cre-
diting such assertions, we may observe, that such
questions, in truth, have far more influence on the
affairs of the world than others, like the liberties
of the Poles or the Italians ; and in considering
State affairs, we ought never to forget OLIVER
CROMWELL looking for the corkscrew, or Lord
NELSON sending a frigate from Naples to Gibral-
tar, to fetch a new English publication, which
treated of his conduct to CARRACCIOLI. Per-
haps the new Chambers may be able to give a
rational direction to the French preparations, such
as will include the minor Court politics; but at
present the whole is a public mystery.
Still more solemn public questions than the pre-
ceding are, what is to arrest the march of cholera?
and how and when is it to be extinguished ? It is
now devastating a portion of Europe 1500 miles
square, and rapidly advancing to the centre of the
European Continent, killing half whom it attacks,
who are a majority of the inhabitants. Four or
five years ago, it was thought to have expended
its virulence on the Euphrates, and that the sands
of Middle Asia had set bounds to it ; but it seems
to have continued its silent and inexorable march,
searching for its unknown pabulum in too many
human victims. We trust to our Maritime Belt—
but are we prepared socially, commercially, and
financially, to seal ourselves hermetically from the
whole world ?

In the House of Lords we are happy to say that
a further stop was last night put to the legislative
patch-work of Lord WiIiFORD. Lord PLUNKETT
detailed objections, and Lord ELDON bad various
doubts, the third reading was therefore postponed
till Tuesday ; and in the interim we hope the patrons
of the bill will legiehite on a surer and broader
basis; one which will even supersede the extraor-
dinary Bail Rule which we will notice to-morrow.
Why not establish a Committee, and hear the evi-
dence of practical unprivileged men on the whole
of these subjects ?
Lord TETNHA M, always active in the public
service, moved for returns of the imports of Capsi-
cum within seven years. This is the true Cholera
of England, and its importation ought to be as ,
much restrained as a cargo of diseased patients
from the Prussian port of Dantzic.
We aro sorry that the Ancit eisHoe's de-
sirable Bill was clouded last night in Committee
by some of Lord apex's doubts. Lord W YN-
FORD moved that it should extend to lay-impro-
pr;ators, in which all will concur; but Lord ELDON
stated a singular case which once came before him,
and which the Bill would not have met. The Archbi-
shop waived these refinements, and pleaded straight
forward common-sense objects of the bill, which
were to provide an agreeable plan of receiving
the value of the tithes, and a mode of assuring
payment. The CIIANCLLLOR was undecided;
and Lord WYNYORD thought the composition
should le settled by two-thirds of a vestry. It
was then re-committed for Monday se'nnight.
In the COMMONS, a new committee was ap-
pointed on the Manchester and Leeds railway.
Lord ALTHORP made his motion for giving the
Reform Bill general precedency, but Mr. WTNN,
Mr. GOULBURN, Lord MILTON, Sir R. PEAL,
&c. objected, and it was finally settled that on its
days, the Committees should be formed at five
o'clock in precedency, the House meeting at three
o'clock.
Colonel Ev A N s, after commenting on the con-

duct of Mr. B. Baring, moved for copies of the
indictment, verdict, &c. The motion was seconded
by Mr. F. W. BARING, who gave a full justifica-
tory narrative of all the circumstances. A debate
followed, in which Mr. HUME, Mr. CARTER, Mr.
WILDE, Mr. A. BARING, Sir J. SCA RLETT,
Mr. HUNT, Mr. MILDSIA T, and Lord A LTHORP
took part, chiefly in defence of Mr. B. Baring ;
and, after a reply from Colonel EVANS, the
motion was negatived.

In the Committee on the Reform Bill, as Dow s -
TON appeared to have above 2,000 inhabitants,
though but 100 ten pound houses, Lord JOHN
RUSSELL moved to have it placed in schedule A,
but left it to the House. Mr. CROKER then
Moved to transfer it to B, on which Mr. O'Cox-
NELL and Mr. STANLEY contended for A; and
on a division there were 274 for it, and 244 for B.
DUN wicit was then voted to stand in A.
EYE, produced observations from Sir C. KER-
RISON, Mr. SADLER, and Sir C. WETHERELL ;
and though its population was now said to be
2,330, it was condemned.

POWEY was supported by Sir J. BRYDGE4,
Lord BRUD'ENELL, Mr. SEVERN, Sir C. WE-
THERELL, Sir H. HARDINGE, Mr. SADLER.,
Mr. ATTWOOD, and Mr. CROK Eft, but without a
division, was placed in the disfranchised list.
GATTON died amidst bursts bursts of laughter
from all but its own Members.

HASLEMERE was not deemed worth an obser-
vation.

The Coal Duties Bill was then passed, and the
House adjourned at Two o'clock.

By a second edition of the Dublin Morning
Post, much hesitation existed on the part of the
Grand Jury in the affair of Newtownbarry to find
true bills for murder against the accused indi-
viduals implicated in that melancholy event ; but
at a quarter past four o'clock on Tuesday, the
bills against Captain Graham, for manslaughter,
were ignored! and he was in four indictments.