Litchfield enquirer., 1831-06-09

LATEST FROM LIVERPOOL @ HAVRE. I
 Rv thc packet ship Florida. Captain Tink- l ham. which arrived yesterday from Liverpool. | and inc packet ship Erie, Captain Funk, from 1 Havre. we received London papers tO the lst of May, Liverpool to the 2d, Havre to the Cd, | and Paris to the SOth of April. all inclusive.
 In England the elections f0r the new Par. 1 Iiament appear to have absorbed the almOst exclusive attention of the nation. As far us the returns have been received, it is said there were a large majority of the members in fa- vOr of reform, according to the plan Of the government submitted tO the late Parliament.
 France appears to be perfectly quiet.
 POland.-The battle of the 10th, of W which the official account has been received, written by Skrzynecki at Head Quarters, Izdrzy- jOw, April I4th, informs us at length of that important battle, which took place at Ixanie The Russian loss is said to have been about 5000 men, half of whom are prisoners. The Poles suffered comparatively little.
 The following is summary account of the news respecting Poland. from LOndUn pa per of May lst, the latest received from that city.
 Our accounts from the seat of War in Po- land are this week confined to conRrma- ton of the successes which we noticed in our summary of the last. Skrzynecki. the intre- pid and fOrtuDate c0mmandeg of the Poles, has carried the contest far from the vicinity ! of the capital of his country, and by success sion of bold and skilful movements, brought himself into communication with the insur. gents in the Russian provinces, while he has at the same time deprived Diehitsch of the necessary succour which he had urgently re. qnred from his sovereign. Hemned in, therefore, on all sides. the still powerful and numerous army Ofthe Russians.h has been con- centrated for a desperate and decisive strug- gle; and the knowledge that instead of pursu- | ing his retreat, Dpbtsch had advanced to- wards Warsaw, leads us to expect with impa- tience the arrival of the next accounts from the Poles. The position of the cnnieuding parties, and the conviction that the next battle must decide the campaign, have led to a va riety of rumours during the last two OF ihrre days. In one account; we hear that the Poles, after thWe days Sighting, had completely routed the enemy; and in another, probably a stOckjObbing story, we are told that the Russians had succeeded in crossing the Wis. tula, and that they had taken Warsaw. The movements of the Russians certainly indica ted an intention to approach Warsaw, hut we think it very unlikely that the Poles. who have hitherto proved themselves so wary, would allow such plan to be carried into ex. ecution without great struggle; or that Warsaw could be captured so easily as these accounts would lead us to suppose. In the meantime, we rejoice to hear that the settle ment of the affairs in Poland is become ques. ton of urgent remonstrance with the Russian Government on tho part of England and France, and that Austria is disposed to srcond their exertiOns. There can be no question. whatever encouragement we may draw from instructions in the Polish provinces of Rus l sia. or however we may rejoice in the victo. ries Of Skrzynccki, or admire the heroism or devotion of his followers, that the Poles can. not continue their resistance to Russia, eveh if the army of Diebitsch was exterminatrd.- It is, as we have heard it well remarked, a contest of nation of sixty millions against a nation of three. Each Is animated with alt the passions which .nake men fnrget the ties or claims of humanity. and although the loss ofthe Poles should in every contest be in the proportion of but one tW every three of their l antagonists. still fresh armies would pour in upon them, and utter extermination must be the consequence of a prolOngation of the l struggle. We look on this. We repeat it, as the inevitable consequence of the continuance of the war brtwecn the Russians and the Poles, even shall the Prussians and the Aus. triaEs, who have much at hazard on the issue 1 Of the game, be deterred from taking part in l it. More than ore recent event has, howev- CT. tended to confirm us in the belief that the successes of their cOuntrymen would render the Prussian and Austrian Poles sufficiently restless. or perhaps insurrectiOnary. Ia form very sufficient ap"loSy for the parties to the great Partition Treaty uniting their forces ; and 1t is therefore with nO common anxiety that we look to prareabe settlement of the qursti"n while the affairs of the Poles wear ] an aspect sufficiently favorable tO give them a decided claim to national independence. We understand that the following is an au. thentic accnunt of the number Uf prisoners, pieces of artillery, ammunition, money, &c. which had been captured ny the Polish troops between the Slst of March and the 5th of A. pril, the whole of which have arrived at War. saw :-
 "lR,SOO Privates, l2O Officers, 8 Colonels, Generals. one General Apoihecary, Field Apothccaries. Bishop, Priests, and a Church establishment.
 A" Money-88, 1000 rOubtes, 1000 ducafs.
 "Cannon--2l pieces, with harness, &c.
 " "Sundries-lOO,OOO shirts,7 standards, 60 baggage wagons. 54 powder do. II officers equipages."
 On the 5th of April the Poles also succeed. ed in defeating the Russians on which occa- sion the numbers were as follow :-
 10000 killed, 400O prisoners, and 6 pie. ces of artillery"
 This last engagement was with Generals GeisMaP and ROsen's defach ments ~ h;eh ara