Star.
London, England, 1831-04-12 00:00:00

VICTORIES OF THE POLES.

London participates with Paris in general joy, at the glo-
rious and decisive success of the Poles over their barbarian
invaders. One effect will be a new impulse to that shilling
subscription, which we suggested a few days ago. We
wonder that at so propitious a moment, we hear nothing of
the Poles resident in London.

We can add nothing to elucidate the clear and modest
despatches of the brave and judicious Sx azysscst. He
became the assailant, just before the enemy expected their
reinforcements ; and when assured of their approach,
they were least on their guard. His positions also
separate the reinforcements from the Russian head-
quarters ; and the reinforcements, consisting chiefly of
the Imperial Guards, must, if the country behind
them permit, retrace their steps. Dx EBITSCH has no alter-
native, but to surrender the wreck of his army ; or, by
forced marches, to reach Volhynia, before that province
' unites in the general insurrection.
In truth, it will now be the fault, or folly, of the Poles, if
the kingdom, or republic of Poland, is not restored to the
territorial integrity which it possessed in 1772. Aided by
France, the spoliation of the Royal Robbers of that day
ought forthwith to be restored, and Poland recover its navi-
gation, both of the Baltic and the Euxine. The want of
British subsidies would render freemen an overmatch for the
despots who, in the late wars, derived their strength from
the unprincipled mortgage of the property and industry of
Britain.

M ixlll‘ I, the place whence SKRZYNEcit dates his des-
patches, is about thirty or thirty-five miles from Praga ;
and must not be confounded with a fortified city of that
name in Lithuania, often mentioned in the campaign of
NAPOLEON. Seidlec, to which the Russians have been
pursued, is another thirty miles in the direction of Brezec.
Lithuania—in size the Yorkshire of Poland—was sepa-
rated from Poland in SUWARROW'S invasion, in 1795;
but Livonia, Courland, and Samogitia, so long since as
1773. The people are still Poles, and anxious to
emancipate themselves from the overwhelming despo-
tism of Russia. The whole are equal in extent
to Great Britain. —The provinces in the rear of the
Russian army have unquestionably risen. Commercial
letters from Memel, of the date of 30th March, state
that the whole country has risen ; that the Russians
had been in many instances murdered ; and that the rest
had fled to Prussia ; and that, on the 29th March, up-
wards of one hundred reached Memel in the most miser-
able condition. One of the letters states that, on the fron-
tiers, about 15 miles from Memel, the Poles had risen in a
body, and killed the Chief of the Police, and all the soldiers
they could meet with,; and that the Cossack Guards had fled
thither for protection. All this accords with our extracts
yesterday from the German Papers. Natives of Courland in
London, state, that the greatest discontent prevailed in the
Baltic provinces of Russia.

As DIEBITSCH will be obliged to call in his detachments
from Lublin, &c. the corps of DMIIINICKI, which bas
been at Zamosc, will again be in activity in Volbynia, and
on the left of the Russians ; and, in fact, in a popular war,
the great victories over %KUMAR and Roszw will arouse
the whole country to arms and action. Some accoonts state
that the Autocrat, dissatisfied with DIUSITICR, bad ap.