Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-11-10

left ON whose behalf to fight. His avowed pur-
pose was TO arraisp the Ministry for their COLI
duct in reducing France IN the degraded state 10
which it was, and Poland to its present rum
Nj. Mauguin then, in an eloquent but violent u.
rade, proceeded to criminate all the measures Oh
the present Ministry abroad. He contended
that they might have assisted the Poles, at least
by sea, as, 10 the infancy OF the insurrection'
the latter possessed sea ports. Nj SeDastiana
met this stormy attack upon his measures WIN a
iirmness which showed that he was not disposed
to shrink from any part of the responsibility at
tached to them. He asserted in the outset, that
the pacific track which he had followed was not
only the suggestion of his own judgment, but the
most approved policy for France, alter the most
mature Elaboration. Very soon alter the fevo-
luton the question of war or peace had oeen u,s-
cussed, but decided 10 favor OF the latter. lhe
Minister then proceeded TO demonstrate. u'a'
France could not have gwen any substantial as
~sistance to Poland either by sea or iaha; IN inc
former way without provoking a general war; De-
ginning with Prussia; by the latter not at all
for Poland was without mountains, Ports' or
means of defence. The Poles had no ports IN
the Baltic, and France could not enter the Black
Sea without the consent OF Turkey. But, even
under all these disadvantages, the Government
vi LOUIS HIutp Hdu HOt htS'SSNNN NI
had demonstrated with Russia, and 1t was hoped,
not entirely without success, for the Cabinet OF
St. Peters6ursh had pledged itself that the Ma
tionality of Poland should be respected. with
respect to the recall of the Ambassador at Con.
stan,inople, Nj. Sebastiani justified it to the full
extent, or he contended that NJ. Guilemlnot
could not possibly serve either Poland or France
nv his interference, Turkey being unable to take
any part, and to all diplomatic purposes a per.
feet g cOrpse." The minister concluded by re-
~peatins. that France had done all that was pos
sible for the Poles, consistently with The resolu-
ton Of not involving the county in a war with
Prussia. which had been agreed upon as the MT
test and safest course to be pursued. The result
of the discussion hitherto appears to be a strength
eniDg rather than a diminutiun OF the ministerial
prep0nderance in the Chamber; but the struggle
is not vet over, as the debate had been postponed.
The sudden and rather extraordinary substitu.
ton of NJ. Saulmer, the new Project OF Police,
for Nj. ' wien, is regarded as a fresh proof OF NJ.
Cas,mir Perier's influence with the King. for the
latter, though al NJ. OdilIon Barrot's violent par.
", was personally acceptable to his Majesty,and
strongly favored by some of the members OF his
family. The solidity of the minister's power
seems to receive fresh assurances from all these
isolated acts.
On Thursday evening the Chamber came to
the following decision. $50 The Chamber, salts
fed with the explanations given by the ministers,
and coniiding iu their solicitude for all which IN.
terests the honor and dignity of France, passes to
the order of the day" Upon a division, there
appeared in favor of passing to the order OF the
day. gel: against it 1856; majority in favor OF MI
~nisters, 81. NJ. Perier, the French prime MI
mister, alluded, in the course OF his speech, to an
intended disarmament throughout Europe. There
Is again every a, 5earance that the peace oil Europe
will be maintained.
The Cholera Morbus continues to rage in the
North of Europe; at Berlin eight ont of ten that
are attacked die. aud much fear and consterna-
ton prevail in hat capital. In Prussia, all is
tranquility and repose.
POLAND.
The English papers do not furnish US with as
late accounts from Poland as those received at
the Merchants'C coffee House in Philadelphia, from
Hamburger. which have been published. 1t will
be gathered FROM them that All armistice had been
agreed upon for two weeks; audi il does not ap-
pear that the army departed os prisoners OF war.
The Tribune, a French paper, under the date OF
Paris, Sept. Goth, says
The following are the details Of the sacking
of Warsaw: the refusal of the Polish army to ca
pi,u!ate, IN which they were supported by a
par, of the population. highly irritated the Rus
slams. and they came to the assault with unexam-
pied evaporation, They placed their scaling
ladders a, SO mary points. that the $4,000 men
of the Polish army we're insufficient to protect
the whole circuit of the city. The first Efforts of
the Russians were Intellectual; and they were re-
pulsed at every point. Their rage, however, re-
doubled, and in some places they raised mounds
Of thei, dead to fill up bitches. After thirty
hours of almost incessant fighting, they entered
by a part of the y alls which was not 50 well guar
ded as the rest. The Polish army then retired
IN good order, constantly followed by the Russl-
ans; but a part o. the p~opuIace still resolved to
hold out, aud here the scene became most horri-
BILE. Almost all who have taken an active part
in the late %poIiticsl movements defended them
selves to the last, and sold their lives dearly
Their resistance redoubled the fury of the Rus
sians-neither women nor their infants were spar
ed.
1t is said thatahe agents of several powers an
tarcad.d hat rho Field Marshal declared flat IL