New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-13
EUROPE.
Reviews nj Warsaw.


From a Military Correspondent of The London Times.
In this democratic age parade OF 90, 900
men under the personal command of crowned
head is no everyday sight. Anticipating some
such spectacles during the Emperor of Russa's
visit to this region of camps, placed myself ON
board a steamer at the Tower, and for a couple of
sOveregns passage money, and a third for food and
stewards fees was conveyed to Hamburger, and
thence by railway, ria Berlin, Breslau, Myslowitz
and the sacred CZenstOchoya, to Warsaw, for
four more, and adding thereto three soyereigns for
subsistence on the road. found myself 300 miles
from London for the trifng outlay of i I'D note,
and certainly not disappointed in the object of my
journey.
My only regret has been the paucity Of British
red coats among the military strangers who had
flocked to the scene Of pageants, and with whom,
through Col. du Plat, the English Consul General,
and in virtue of my cloth as an officer of the In
dian Army, have had the honor to share in the
Imperial complaisance of u daily invitation and a
"mount " to witness a series of interesting and
instructive field days on a scale unknown in Eng
land or even in India, and such as attracted many
distinguished members of other armies, among
whom were Lieutenant-G Generals the Count Lem
ipgen ana Count Clam-Gallas Major Generals
Count Thun, Count Mensdorf, Envoy ExtraOrdi-
nary at the Court of st. Petersburgh Count
Sternberg, Count MOntenuovO, son of Marie Louise
by second marriage; Colonels the Prince of
Gluoksburg, and Baron Amin, Abide Camp to
Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia, and a host
Of other staff and field officers, Austrian and
Prussian. The week opened with a review, on
the lst inst, of the whole of the Second Corps
dArmGe, comprising As battaliOns Of infantry and
one of traleurs, each 900 men two regiments
OF lancers, and two of hussars, each 200 strong
four "polks Of gendarmes, Cossacks, Circassians,
and other lnegulars, each polk containing 400
men; lSS pieces of artillery, horse and foot and
a baggage train the whole under the command
of Lieutenant General Panutine, who distin-
guished himself so greatly in cooperating with
Haynaus army in the Hungarian S n f war on tbs
plain Of Pswouskl, about three miles from Warsaw.
His Highness the Viceroy of Poland Field
Marshal Prince Paskiewitch and staff arrived on
the ground few minutes before 10 o'clock; and
as the appointed hour drew nigh the crowd thick
ened; some of the no ;ables of the Emperor's
suite making their appearance, the chiefs of whom,
the Counts Orlof and Aderberg, | was presented
to by Colonel du Plat, as also to Prince GOrtzcha-
kofi, the chief of the active drm6e.
Punctual to time, the Emperor drove up, ac-
companed by his Royal Highness Prince Ffeder-
ck Charles of Prussia, and transferring his maes-
tic person from the droskha to the saddle, looked
as much at home in the pg-skin as imposing in
his casquei
My only compatriot, Scotch yesmsnry officer,
and myself were at this juncture called to the
front by Cont Orlof, and by his Excellency pre-
sented 10 the mighty Nicholas himself, who, after
making few courteous inquiries as to our respec-
tive services, sprang his steed into hand gallon
followed by glittering retinue in the various
colors OF all nations, and was received by the Field
Marshal amid the deafening huzzas OF some sixty
or more thousand pair of lungs, the devotion 10
their soldier King continuing to be vociferously
manifested as he rode down the lines.
The infantry ranked three deep, were formed in
twoIines of contiguous close columns Of battal-
ions, each line occupying about two miles. and
with corresponding frontage of cavalry and ar
tllery our eight miles canter down these success
sVe lines, at His Majesty space, was "breather"
to begin with.
In such Il cWsOry glance | could not Judge of
the physical material Of the men, but considering
they had already been several hours under arms
in dust and sun, there seemed no want Of atten-
ton to external polish while the admirable quail
ity and condition of the cavalry horses was too
apparent to be overlooked. Some of the artillery
horses looked a little done up, but they had been
some hours in yoke and perhaps had a heavy pull
or two in bringing the guns to the ground.
Marching past IN slow time, the infantry showed
good drilling and the cavalry appeared well broke;
BOTH perhaps, little overdone. The infantry are
trained to peculiar step, worked up to a redun-
! dancy Of knee action, which, however conducive
| TO regularity, is anything but graceful.
/ Passing in quick time, more bushes s-like step
was adopted, and IN column Of regiments. each
regR ent comprising four battalions and each d.
umn showing head Of 200 men, the accuracy of
Arguments and distances IN such masses was truly
surprising, the martial strains Of the united fonr
bands OF each regiment rendering it musical as
we'll az military feast.
=. The cavalry are we'll mounted on punchy. we'll.
lmbed, free moving horses, most of them bred in
central Russia and some brought from the Crime,
and Ckrsne they are plain about the head, and
! rainier short-necked, bat in texture of bone ami
sinew Indicate tolerable breeding. Tbev a,o IS
very eTen stature, Averaging, should saw AZ n
guess, scarcely ID hands and the equality T. nre.
seTSedbl VIE rule of casting all colts that rro,v
over a prescribed mariAaum standard Of about Is
hands l-iucb " "''u' IL
With Kuss.a's resources her cavalry is thus