Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-04-19
FOREIGN.
eJ Days Later from Europe.
HIGHLY UNHPORTAN

Bloody commencement of the War in Pc
land-Change of the Ministry in France
Progress of Reform in England Re.
voutions in Italy and Spain--Interfer-
ence OF Austria and probable War with
France
Th. packet ship ,,ibssnie, at New York from Lii
verpool. in the rhort pAss,Sc Of twenty -four days
brings advces to the 2ist March, nearly one mons!:
later than ouS previous dates.
The news brought is Of the mos. important char
| actor.
The news Of the Grain market is most importa Mt
Liverpool accounts Of the 9th March state that the
Corn market was active. The duty on wheat ha-
wing fallen to per or. the whole Of the Whea,
in bond has been rcleased-about So 900 quarters
Wheat and about 100 900 barrels Flour. Tho pri-
ess was 3es to 3as6d and duty down to It'd per bbl
Tho Cotton market dull; but without change
in price;
the 10th. ofMsreh, rs.
The new duty Cotton ia fixed at + sfa penny
per ID to take effect and after the Sth of April
From Poland, IL will be seen that the Russians
have reached the Vstula and thrown some squadrons
OF troops, and large corps of Cossacks the
river, after much severe fighting. There sesn,s to
have been succession of battles from the 7th to
the 25th Of February, inclusive in the neighborhood
of Warsaw, and within view Of that capital by the
aid Of telescopes. The details of these engage
ments as they reach III through tho German papers,
are desultory and inconcusive. Emo ugh, however,
has transpred 10 warrant the statement that the bat
ties fierce and bloody, and the Poles have
| fought with degree of courage and perseverance
hardly to have been expected under their circum-
stances. In the early part of these engagements,
while contendng with the Russian advance, the
Poles were evidently successful-It is believed III lat
the victor of the Balkin miscalcuated the strength
and vaor of TIE foe he was to meet; and forgetting
that "a despised foe sometimes give bloody bat
tle," found before he was aware of his situation
that the aurels of the Imperial legions flushed with
the trumphs of Ottoman conquest, had been some
what tarnlsbed' But the main battle was fought
before Praga, on the cath and 25th, in winch the
Russians, after an obstinate and very bloody conflict
were victorious. An account of the engagements
Of these two DAYS will be found under the frankfort.
date of March Q, written, evidently, by a Russian
But immediately following that article we have nser-
ted another, from the Warsaw State Gazette under
the date of Feb. %. Taking both accounts in con-
ncxion, there be doubt that the Poles were
routed, if not overthrown. Hottes were renew
ed on the 26th ult. on which day, and on the 28th
there was muck hard fighting, with considerable loss
on both sides. The Poles behaved as gall antly us
ID the previous affair, but being unequal in number
to their adversaties, they at length compelled
to give way. Determined, however, to make their
retreat in good order as possible thew set fire to
Praga in order to interrupt for time the advance
of the Russians. Praga thus destroyed
subsequently to these dates it is very difficult to
assertion what the true situation OF affairs
Early on the 9th of March, intelligence was receiv-
ed IN Paris by express, announcing that on the 28th
the municipal authorities of Warsaw, finding them
selves no longer protected by their brave army, and
beng unable, from the nature of the cify 10 pre-
vent the entry of tho Russians, held meeting, at
which 1t was resolved to surrender at discretion
They waited upon the Russian Commander to srni-
~ their su omission, and the Russian Troops mmedi-
atey entered the capital This event is announced by
the celebrated correspondent of the Morning Chro-
nice, in the following empassioned strain
Paris March 8, 1881, o'clock P. M--Warsaw
has capltulated! Pruga has been destroyed by fire.
and the Polish Revolution has been terminated T Ind
n Of hcf1 7 ,yo1 IN;
gence. In that letter bad hoped against hopes ex-
pressed my doubts, and prayed for success which
almost despared of But, alas. alas! couriers have
since arrived with the affecting diligence that War
saw has caPtuaied and Praga has been burned by
IRE. France will hear it with horror. England will
learn 1t with sadness Liberty is arrested in her
march; but the arm which arrests her progress is
out poten.-Russlan B0rbarlanS may burn cities
ravsh women, rip up their helpless victims and
plant for while the standard Of dcpotism on the
'uas Of independence. But all this will not avail;
md IN fPIte of these momentnry trumpbs, the Poles
shall yet be Free
And yet Notwithstanding the positive terms Of!
these accounts, it would that the Polish capita
had not fallen, so late the second Of March, and
1t IS added that General Diebtscb has been Obliged
TO alter his plans; and that he will again try his
fortune by attacking Warsaw but intends TO surround
and reduce it by famine. There is moreover among
the somewhat confused German accounts which will
be found below an account Of Thanksgiving IN War
saw for the results of their operations thus far: 80
tbaL w area" CltdIy HAD NOT FALLEN, although
the brave but unfortunate Poles after their principal
officers had fallen ct Praga driven back across
the Vistula and the Russian commander prepay
ing forthwith TO invest the capital.
The Polish official accounts admit loss Of 1000
men put hopS- comonr In these engagements, and
that the wounded in the hospitals amount 10 3, 500
In regard to their preceding battles, the most au-
thenic and trustworthy reports state the Casualties
Of the Poles in the different engagements at Dobre,
Lift, and millosnow, to be about 600 killed, 400
$50 missing, and one six-pounder. That
Of the Russians in the same affairs 800 killed 100
wounded and 300 missing. The temporary sdvoD-
tages gained by General DweTnki over General
Geismor at Plok, snd few days later at Naruwics
On the left bank, did not prevent the Russians from
pursuing their forward movements. They were, in
act, simple affairs Of Cossacks, in which these saw
lges lost considerable number Of men, and upon
he two occasions seven small cannon Of the caibrs
# one and two pounds.
POLAND
The news from Poland is ofon encouraging descrp-
ion. SO far frOm entering Warsaw on the 18th ut
s was irnprudentlv asserted have beer aBnounc-
d in "ofcial accounts" received by our government