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to take » «)i* to spprehend the ifftkiltt; lit• k«.< all won)*
actionable which, la their common acceptation lead to
bread) ol the peace, and the jury arc to be the sole
judges of the damage* sustained.
7ti An act to aim ud an act entitled an act to au'ho
ilse ill-* raising el no ry by lottery tor tie purpose*
th 'icin niroticn<*d( | a*-*d J*nt a<y I «•, 1828; appoint*
Oil)1 r rofliUii *iotief. io I ell ot 'ln-ee n 'lie .,nd . rt slid
lUlbduu hem la »*■ v the lo< a ion of 'ha Wall to
be t li ill Ui he to w n cl W ill On i k . by the in witty in br
rai rd.
“7 An act Hirerjtorntlti* tut J nir* H v*r anil Biue
Ridg- Tun i >* t' iripeny; to reii*Tiic a 10.0I noiii ih*
tit'I'er einl cl ttie Hint Hinge t'a «I by w*v i f i|i« ha
lur«l Olldge and P.|"ou*hu'g to I|< teen 11 t'jVII null
wi b a (a|iidltl tweuiy-lite housand dollars, to te
i ti >d by lubin pi ion.
78 An acl to • 11cml an act entitled an act *0 au'ho
ns- r e «i|:iii tieiicn ol a tin n( k» f tin J«*eph G .uu.’*
to HrueV mountain, in lie county id li >•« t >ttr ; au
l!iori*e» an e> eta mi of the road, an I dimmi hr* ibe
ei g' e it elei a ton to hie degree* ill Head ol six; hsea a
i ‘I rent rate ol tell and place* the land ot toil under
■ i. •< ui oi ol the l.i'lli la ure or the Hu.* id ol Public
V rt •.
7J A1 ad lo a me I d an *< t entitled an art to * stabli.li
It. »• sol oil iCi o aud It ui ill the loan ol Sroiig
i couu > ot Atbcuiarie p set d January ifttih,
l8.’t' r iiiD’a addiin tin I cun.u i'slnirr* tovitw auO
i i' Co..til iou ol a warehouse her. in.
hil A i arl (o Mine ud an act cot cei mi g ll e lire com*
'i- >i ui tin* t'orurninwealth; authorises the eu*
r< 'ti. nt in r oll con pany or any nuinter ot men not
is - -i uu sixty tiur.
81 Au act t» riuii v anew cotm'y int cf (ur'sof'he
c ui. k* o M let ii K to.iwlia ai d Wootl) to be called tlie
* Cnnit y ol Jdi'kmn; apptinta tomn.is-louers lo lix upon
the pet tii 'iirut place lor bidding ita ewitrts; the tjis I
cfitr to In* heM on the lour it Monday in May next
a Jell the same day inontl ly llu-realtei; ot. aches hr
c." t ty to the earn-* brigade di»tr rl m U t ie same ju*
d ci I lirrult will) the county o! Marou, and require*
It. circuit courts to be I t M n on the tlnrd Thundays
in Apni . ml September annually; attache* it also <o the
same congressional di*nii t wnli the coluiiy ol Masou,
Mid to the irnatt ful di*trlel corn ported of h» cotntiee
ot Kanawha, Cabe'l, Logan, Nicholas and Mason; tbe
ci nnties of Mustu andJ.iik-on ti getfel, to Send our
ih lega r to ill: L gi-laur*; direct* its quarterly courls
to he I often in M.rrli, June Auntitt arid November,
»nd the county to belong to the Cla ktburg chaicety
district.
82 An a t lo amend mi act nnihoii. ng 'h* conunon
emmcil cl LyncMii g to rater it eum ul n oi*cy by lot
let y , pa*.td ihe 2ft !• ot January. 1830.
83 All ect to arm ini an acl entitled an act incorpora'
in* a cm p. ny to c n.tn c1 a turnpike road from tbe
eas'.ern side ol die Wa-m Spring u oiintain to Harrison*
burg, to the county ol if at king? an ; redtnes llieir ca| i*
ial to d.trty thousand dollars anil auihoiise* a subscrip*
tun by tli -Hoard o' Pubhc Wirk* I r two-fi ihr, there*
ot when the remainder ha. been paid or secured by in
dividuals.
Si Au act directing lie survey of a road from Ab
iru don bv i»..y ol Scott anil Lee cour li jueee to Cum*
Li r I and Gap.
S3 Au net to amend lire set entitled an act lo pre
vet tlie k II i if ot deer w.tl.iu certain pi rods, pa«ird I
Jus»y ltith, 18itI; pr< bibtta tbe killing ul deer below
Ihe Hi »e Ihdge tn ttnlamt be weeu ilte 1 >t days ni 1
Jeimary .mil 8- pieinher annually.
Sii An set i ed uripg lie price ot tfie Map of Virginia;
reduces the piireol the large map to ten, and of-It
siii ll on p to lour doi'ais.
87 An act di.ectiug a survey of the Black Water Hi
ver, and for other purpo-e ; require* the Engineer lo
a.r Main the practicability ol opening that river; ot
rutting a canal from Pagan creek to some navigable
point Ih reon, arxl from the herd uf said river, to tLe I
Ap: otna 'ox at or near Pc etsVirg.
88 An act to authorise a lottery :n raise a -tun of ii o
nsy to complete the ro>d from ("larksburg, lo Pont
Pie. san ; authorise* Ibir y thou at d dollars to be thus
8‘J An act concerning the gen*ral election* for the
current yecr; postpones the Heritors r> qu;red to be
hetii n April, until otherwise provided by law.
UO Ai. act o charge th» place ot holding a separate
election in tlie conn y of Wont, at d to authorise two
di et .eparr.te el-rtioti* ill said county, and cine in the
c.n t ty of Loudoun; change* the place 'or holdii g the I
tirel, to tlie l ouse of Wi Irani M’Kinney, in Ha-rirvtHe; I
hi il* . i t' orises Ibe ud er two m Woi<1 county, to be j
t eld at tlie br u.es of Mr bias Cline on Hull cr ek, am* j
P* t< r Audrr on in Be’lv.lle; an * ibe one iu Loudt uu fo I
l o a the rigid-nee if 1st uioel Vanhorn,iu the town ot I
Ltvi'uille.
!)1 An act lo r«is« a sum of n oney by lottery to iin*
l»o e ih- (ou.iitunicaltou belw^rn Hack Hay ami tiie
A an'ic Of'an.
H2 Au act autlio i - ii < a sum of money to be r i cl by
loti ry <ot> en a ri.a.l tr in LewLburg 'o 'be Blue Sul
phur Spring*, n (ircmhii«*r oun y, aud fcr o her pur
pose!; to wn': lor a road (ro:o S uumerevtlls, in Ni ho
In, in Hunter li'le.iu Pooh uta a cinmtics, ai.d from
Suir in* rev|lle to Sutton-ville.
9U An act to hih ml the itv*rd •« ta concerning ihe
Tt o ouni,fare Gap Turnpik- Company; auihoti*et the
• ern iua ion ot the road at Salem, in Fauquer; re<!«iC^e
I i api'al to lor tv thousand dollars, and an liorlses the
B aril of Public Work* to ubacrihe for iwo-tiftbs there*
of ( To bo Continuril )
_UWJilBUt'&STo
tFrom tho It. Y. Evo. roai.)
1 ate awi) Important News khom Europe.
New York, Ap'd1 14,— By .he old line |>a-k-t slrp
Hib rn’a, Captain Mativ U, which arrived thia mo n
intr. in tbe very short pi*sige id 'wenty-four days from
Liverpool, having sailed from that port on the 21-i
March, we have received our hie* of London, Liver
pool, tttiil provinc al papers, the ti'si lo the evening ol
S' ii fit ay lie If) li Match inclusive We make copious
extracts Irom tl e*e pipers. The Englih reform bill,
the uriitcry ev uta in P land, and the change of min a
ti y m France, are the three feature* of greaie»f impo: -
i • • in the intelligence tvi h which we are furniah. d
I yMi* at rival.
l m nlrerbl plm of re'onn waa introduced into
P ' " ni, by Lord John Russell, on <he 1st March.
'"* • * o make rtom for oi ly a bri.f .statement of the
I r * .be retorm bill to-day, and shall ins. rt the de
’ i ' • urtlier paper. In framing the nu amre, Lord
'ated, ministers had endeavoured to satisfy the
t ‘ mind on ihe one liam!, and to secure the stabili
ty o; ho settled institutions of the country on the other.
b et'.led inatitut one, lie did not mean the close and
mi n hi roughs. We are of opinion, said be, that thoie
r :i Iittone, if they are to be preserved, must be res
tored to tb< ir original found . ion», and in order to effect
ti , we wish lo submit aud) a measure to tbe House
Iha* sviry reasons lo man, both in 'h» Hon e and in
tb c. untry, mu<t h sati-tied tvuh, and d s:re to see
I a-.er d in o a law. We wi h to lake ihe miihlle cour-e
tetwem he two h i*ti!e p •• r«i. s on his important sub
ject— nei her agreeing with the rneaeureaof (herns,
nor with Ihe fanatical not ons of ths other, bitt taking
c u * to apply a remedy to the abuse whicli i* known to
exist. Tbe chief grievances of which the people com
p’air , he said, were 'hree:—l-*t, as to the nomination of
menibi-r* by ic.d.vi ual ; 2,idly, elections by corpora*
.no, J, '»r rjijiri'.fn U| (• 1C 11011 • . Il |.« |»rG~
f>"*vd. 1 lint every borough with a populat'nn under
2 0<*0 ii halii ant* a>rordir>g »o the census in 1821, .hall
ln«e the rii(ht of send.ng Member* to Parliament.
This measure will utterly ili.tr.nchi.e 60 boroughs.
0 17 biroughe, the population of whish was 4,000
each, iu 1821, it ia propose I that they thculd have on
ly 1 ' r*tf’ 1 «>f serum u one Memb> r each Tlie bo
rough of Weymouth, wli ch now .etui, four M-mbers,
I<, iti intur«*, to set il only two. I will now, mid Lord
Ku -*“11, eui.m-rata the re.ult The tint 60 boroughs,
>. -z totally diofrarchifed, takeaway lift Member*.
1 hru tli* 47 boroughs, from which one Member each
i» lik n. will male* the total number, with the two fa
ts n away from W ymouth, 168. Thi. i. the whole
e ditto which we propo.e to disfraucbl.e—viz. 163
Member..
In ilie ot’.er borough*, lost' a 1 of Ih^lrheipg .uttered
t > remain In the hand* ol .elect eorpoiatu n., giving
v ft to a limited number of individual., to tho eaclu
•i»n »f the areat body of person, holdu g pr> p-rty, the
franchise it proposed to be ext* ruled to every
hot * -holder who i* rated to the value of JC10 a year,
w' e'her the h uie which he inhabit* be hi* own pro
petty, or whether it he only rented. Non-rr.ident
voter* are not to continue to jx s.ee* Ifietr privilege ot
voting.
I r*ull of the reform bill may be thu. briefly
* ’**!• 1 be present number of member* of thr
floowtf Comtnou* l« 638-rf these 163 are to be die
1r.m< hi«ed, leaving 490. The total number of addi
I tor. wl members from I^ondon, the large towns and
counties of England, from Scotland arid Irom Ireland,
I. estimated at 65—making the wl ole number oi mem
he * ot It e House ol Common* 665, a decrease of 63.
I lie right tl suffrage will be extend'd to at has 600,
000 per n# who do not now posses* it.
Mt. O’f'onn-ll mad a speech in the H u*e of Com
rV'ii*on be 8th ol Match on the Ke'orm Hill, wiiieh
cri upir* upward* of nine columns In the London Cou
rier. That paper, speikii g ol Mr. O'Connrll’s ep ech.
hold* the foltr wii g language :
■S.r James Graham in.da an abl«, and Mr. O'Con
ne!l a meat powerful ej eech in favor of the H form
it.-a*tire. In the latter v e find argument, per uadon
sr.d eo'it ilv, it is, pt rhap*, the he. specimen of sound
re irolng lla’the er**t n ha* produ e’. Il.wdeply
do wr i-grr’, trier having re.d stirlr a tpeeeli, that a
man no.se.sed, a» we hav* else where said, ot many
ann.ble qualities In private life, should on one great
qttrcion lie op,.»s«d'O the true Intersil* of hi* fellow
countrymen! Hut the Reform measure being passed,
brighter hopts ui»y open upon u* for Ireland. Tha
t«o ruiiutiieH, iu*t« a I of being polideally iliiimred,
may become more united, ami Englishmen and Irish*
men may al ke wish that they formed but one laud
and the people but one family.
'Ve *xtrsct a lew sei.tenres here and there from Mr
O’Couueir* speech, that our readers may perceive its
“He locks.* upon it a» a measure which deserved #up«
!*0'*, be< »<ire it ana large, a libera', ai.d wise luea*
lire (Hear.) He would even call II a generous
mea«nr-; m d sore he w*», that it would be an effectual
ineaMite of r*'tnin. (Hear.)*'
**Ths measure should have his vote in ‘upporl of it
in that House; a d if he possessed auy influence else*
where, all that influence should he elereised in its fa
vour. (Hear.)”
“A« a radical reformer he accepted this incature
hear ifv. (Hear, he-»r )”
“He called upon them, lu the. name of that god ol
cherry whose spirit inhabited their bosoms, to do this
great act ot just re to I relaud in the fcpirit it waa intend
ed, lor the bene hi ol the people oi EtijkJand and of
S.-o lam'; and hy *o doing, to serure ua aifkin-t a revo
lt! Ion, the consequence ol which no mau cotlld lorelell.
(Cher rs.)'*
Tlie Belgian nation have elected h Itegent to ad
minister the government until they *h>11 hive made
ch. I«e of a sovereign who is willing to wear the crown.
M. Surlet < e Chokler. Vice-Pterideot of the National
Centre's, and a u an ot great popularity, has been raid
ed to this olbre. H* waa installed with great solem
nity on the 25th of F bruery. The B-Igtc ministry
w.t« immediately formed, but the papers c iiiaiuing a
list of the persons charged with the different dr part
niente have not none h> hand. T< Is ministry, sinong
their tirst sets, ou tiie 2 1 of Ma-ch, r* quested a loan
of twelve millions of llo.ins, or setle of seven millions
"I crown lands, a measure rei derrtl necessary, as Ibey
Said, by the pro'iabiliiy of war. M. Kiourkere, Ihe
Miui-ter of ti'ianre, in pronosipg this measure to the
Na'irnsl Congress, raid—“Italy is in a state of Insur
rcclloi; Austria is arming to subdue it, and F>auce i<
resolved to inaiii'aiti tlie principle ol non intervention
Ou tbe other hand, the Prussian armies ou the Rolne
are already provided wi'h their field etpii| ag*,” This
is certainly enough to give ground lor precaution. The
law author z tig (he loan of t*v* Ive :n'l oils wa«, after
tints debate, adopted on lire titli of March, by a vote
ol »6 to 21
Oa the 7th of March, the Belgic Congres, after hav
ing passed the electoral law, at’joui tn-d to the I5’li ol
April, leavir g 'he reins of government to the guidance
ot th- nr w Regent and I ts min sters. It is raid that
the Rulhschiids, the Barings, and other great Ci n'rar.c
tors hive declined taking up ihe loan uf twelve million
fruurs, at <1 that uego'iatnus ir* now going on n France
cr ii tutted by M. Labile. One of the Brlgie letter
writers suggests that the iron*- y will Ire dr.ived Irom
the French goveri oieu'. M. Le Hon hs» bet-n sent
to Paris t0 announce the eh ction ot the- Regent, and
Count d'Arschot la about to prtc ed on a similar mis
sim to London •• The Regent,” says a letter f oin
Brussels, dated March 8 Ir, “has al ea'ly establish si
his lit le court, and gains daily in populatity; he is a
good and worthy man, and realty plays his part with
hecotn ng digui.y and g'aee. He eivta large dimers
almost daily, and the ladies of Bru-sels are inclined
to acco.d him their proieclion, aa he lies announ
ced I ir intention of gtviug balls alter L n'.” Tne
Kngli h govertimeLf seeir, however, to look with
-ome jealousy on tha new arrangonnula in B-|.
g um. In the National Congress, on the 6th. M.
Vau de Weyer, the Minister o! Foreign Alfa r».
said tl at the council cf the Regency bad thought
the renewal ol hoslili'ies with Hol'.tnd prolarablo to a
continuance of n-go'iations. Ou this iaugn;ge the
London C.n rier renmtk'—
“As the Regency ol Belgium is but a ramification of
the Government ot France, and the Council ol (he Re
gency but an outer Bureau of the Cabinet of the Tuile
ries, we cannot lor a moment suppose that a resumption
ot hostilities by Belgium against Holland, would, unless
(as we hope) under particular circumstances, be other
than a declaration of war by France against Russia, Aus
tria and Prussia. If, as we have every reason to hope,
the patriotism and good sense of the Biitisli Govcrn
ment should be aide to keep us aloof from such a con
ted, without compromise of our honor or interests, as
regards Holland and Belgium w o should less regret its
commencement, convinced as wo ure, that although it ,
might be followed by the aggrandizement of (lie Fiench
ol good order and rational freedom, it would nevertlie
lj;Hi luive the ellect to check the growing influence of
Sclavonic barbarity, and the destruction of the great
principle of liberty in every country. War, however,
is at the best a calamity—so opposed to the interests ol
commerce, of agriculture, and of science, and so inju
rious to the moral improvement of society, that we hope
the threatened evil may be averted by mutual couces
Tbe King of Holland has appointed Duke Bernard
Saxe-Weimar, the same who travelled ill America, Go
vernor General of the disputed province ol Luxemburg.
At the same time he has issued a proclamation, dated
Keh. 19th, in which, after reminding the Inhabitants
that Luxemburg forms a part ot the great confederation
ol Germans, and that he will he seconded in taking pos
session ot it hy the German Diet, he expresses the hope
that he shall not be obliged to employ force.— He an
nounces a lundamental law suited to the interests of the
Grand Duchy, in harmony with legal liberty and the
prosperity of the country, the free use of (he French and
German languages, and equitable system of taxation,
ice. In the meantime, the people of the Grand Duchy
ol Luxemburg have sent deputies to the Belgic Govern
ment, to ask lor troops and arms. In an interview with
the Regent, on the 8th March, he promised them that
he would take all necessary methods for the protection
of their leritory.
On the 11 ih of March a proclamation was issued,
Sigurd by tbe U gent ami the Minister* o' B Igium, in
which he people of Luxembourg are exhorted to re
in.in firm tnl to rely upon the Government for assb
tai.ee and protection, adding Iha* the nation would maiL
tain ’he protest of its represen’a'ivw against tin acts ol
the C ogress at London,—ami that the Belgians “had
begun die war in spite of ihe treaties ol 1815. and would
finish it n spite ol ti e proteco’s ol London ”
1 lie French Ministry fas undergone a considerable
rhang *. M I.nht'e ha* quitted the Cabinet, and issuc
c eded by M ( asitnir P. rrier, in the capacity ol Pre
sident of the Council, ami bv B iron Louis, in the cap;
■'•ty of Minister ol Finance. Soult, Sebastian, aid
Muiitaiivet continue to orm a part of the Ministry. An
hngli-h ministerial ja-jrn il tetnaiks a* follows, upon
th's modification ol the Cabiuet “The retirement of
L. title had be-n long expected, lor how could he alter
the public acknowledgment ol his pecuniary difficulties,
t»e considered a fit per-on to hold the important effi es
ol President of tbs Council and Minister ol Fiinuct I
M. Casiuiir Pe>rier is also a banker, and be lias been
a speculator—so far his appoinnnent would be objac
tiouable, but be is a man of undoubted wealth, the
owner ol large estates, and Ihe h ad of an extensive
slcatn engine manufactory, so that be is deeply inter
ested as a land-owner and as a member of what the
French call "la claxxe induxtritHein the mainten
ance of peace with other countries, and in the repre
(ion ol intf rntl (action. M. Perrier therefore appears
10 oe a very ut rrc.tdent o( the Council at preent,
although we do not think that Id has ener^V enough to
retain that post long in a country in which Ministerial
changes ar> almost as frequent as lunar revolutions.—
Karoo Lout* is a man of eapei is rice as a financier, with
jut much pretention as a politician. His private and
urblic character are alike respectable. M. de Kignv is
ilready advantageously known to both countries. He
* a man ol energy—an enemy to anarchy, but a true
riend to rational liher y. Altuge her ttio change bodes
10 ill lo Franre: whether it will produce much goad is
mother qu-ation.”
An insiirraeiion has taken plare in Spain It was got
ip in the Island of 81, Ferdinand, anil the object was to
revolutionize that pl?co an 1 the city ol Cadiz. O ivtira,
die Governor ol Cadiz, was slain in the streets on the
3d tf March, hy sune of the conspirators, and Tor* j s.
the emigrant General who bad landed in the bay of
Gibralh r, and was n arching to Cad.z, was pruc'airaed
General in Chief. The insurrection wm, however,
pul down hy th« government troopj, and Torrijos was
sncountereit and defeated on his way lo Cadiz at Fan*
ona de la Kociua, Dear Crestellina
It is staled In a Condon paper, lhat Sir Walter Scott
is dangerously ill ot a paralytic attack.
Lon now, March 19.—German f opera to the 12th
insr. reached u» this morning, but they do not commu
nicate any material (act—Accoiding to a letter from
Cracow, the Polbh army had quilted th« right bank at
ttis Vistula on the l«t ins*,, after setting fire to Praga ;
b t they left 6 000 men to defend the ttte-de-pont.—
I he number ot wot tided men in Warsaw is slated to
amount to 18,000, and there is scarcily a private house
which does not contain some. These pspers do n< l
give any further accounts respecting the insurrection
in Italy. A private let. t Iroty Mil.tu, however, says,
that the Austrian troops had not yet entered Psrma and
M delta. It is slated fiom Mayenco, that th» Plenlpo
Irn-iaty sent (rorn the No herland*, upon the subject
ol the Iree navigation of t**e Hhine, had yielded to the
objec iore made t>y tf e French Government ; and it
was foiisiiler-d probable that the treaty wiih that ob
i’ll would be speedily concluded.
The follow itig Interesting letter hue reached u* from
M lo*n>, In Poland, li gives a distinct, end, Risking j
do* « I xwances l.r the source, lair account of the late
miliiary operations :
Mii.osna Feh. 27.
" In rplte of »l|s vigorous redstanee .( ihe enemy,
and ihe vicissitude* of temperatu e, die Field Marshal
succeeded on tie Hlh February, in concentrating the
whole of his centre within the distance of a few miles
(Koglish) from WaWaw. His left flmk leaning to*
ward# the Vlatu'a behind Milovot, and Me right rett
ing ou the Bug, between Bieruck mad Z*nty ; heed*
quarter* et S'auislavof.
“ The country for meny league* found Praga con
sist* of sandy cr maithy plain*, iutereectrd with deoie
woo'I*. The road* leading to the repitol, excepting
tbo** of Min*k and Pultu*k>, prefect a continued suc
cea,ion ol narrow driller, affording oumenu* laciliti-s
for devot ee, but oppotmg great ob*taclee either to <he
advance ol large iiia *e«, the transport o( artillery, or
the r muloyiii' lit ol cavalry.
“ The tavourabl-* nature ol the around *i< ably
liken adv»n’«ge of by the enemy. Their man at ivr» *
were rk'lhully combin'd and bravely executed, their
post and batter e* judicioudy dieptaed, their artillery
well mved, and their patrol* conducted with energy
and address.—Thus the movements or reconnohatices
ol Fi- Id Marshal wrre either an icipated, or could only
be effected witli lorre.
** Tbo recoin oioauees of the I9lh and 20‘.b, Intended
a* m re demonstration*, were restated by the enemy,
and led 'o the bloody combat ol Ilf* lirai, and the leva
serious all ur ol the second day. On both lh*se erra
con*, the perreverauce at d courage of our troop*, sup
ported by tie lire ol our nuuirru i« artillery, trioiupli
ed over every dilliculiy. Notwithstanding .lie deep**
rate remittance ol the t-uemy, who dhputed the ground
lurh by inch, we succeeded in driving hiinbick wi ll
heavy lo*r, and ou tbe night ol the 20 h, established
our*< he* in trout ol Mllorna, lo the right and 1 a It ol
the Mnuk road, covered by the wood* be u\ e ,-u Grochot
and K i veil- Z) II
•• The heat of the battle of the 19 h w t* confined,
during lie early paitol the day, lo our lift. Count
P.ihien’e advanced guard, C insisting of a brigade ol
I ght ii.la:itry, a regiment ul Yager.*, and twa regi
me’ t* ol light cavalry, had scarcely clear* il th* d-ble
uear <•’ ochuw. when it was attack- d by two divisions
ol iulanlry, two divni in* of cavalry, and 40 gun-; and,
alter a brave resistance, wa* compelled lo retreat two
niihs. A simuliaiieou*, but leu vigorous attack was
made upon the advanced guard ol Grti. Rosen, ad
vancing hy the road lr<’in Okanief on our light. Upon
the ariival ol the Field Marshal upon the ground, he
directed Gen. Toll to reinforce Count Pahlen with ae
veral battailous and 20 guns, and it wa* e videuily the
enemy’s intention lo endeavor to prevent the junc
tion of our right and left wing*. The Field Mar
shall placed hiinseli at the head ol the second di
vi<ion of infantry, and a division ol ca'alrv, and
led • the I a tic- r ou iu person to the charge.—Toe
lortune of the battle now turned in our lavor, the
ereiiiy b.-gan In give way, our troop* rapidly
advanced ; at 4 o’clock the junctiou between our
wing* wa* rHecleJ, a g-u-ral forward movement took
place, and the enemy were driven in every direction
Iroin the field of badie
• These advautac-s wr re not gained without serious
Ins* < ii our side. Nearly 2 500 in -u were p it hors tie
combat. General* Sucho«auei, commanding the sriif
irrv. Vlasolf, commanding the Cossack*, and Affroinis
■>« IT with ('ol. Boderko, and many tilt or*, are wound
rd. Three oi our guns were di-mounted, and an equal
number rendered useless f.>r tie moment by the ene
my, wl o, in spi <- of a mu derous fire ol grape and mur
keiry, rmhed to the mou hs ol our cat.non. and suc
ceeded in spiking three pieces. The losa ol the enemy
.* not known. Five liuuitr>d pri«oners toil in o our
h.mdi; among.t them Lieutenant Colonel Kiverncski,
lunn-riy commander oi the regiment ol Greuadier
GlIRTtl*.
“Oa the 21st, 22.1, and 23 I, no hostilities to'k place.
I he army was occupied in llauk movements, culling
abbate.*, throw ng up entrenchments, and preparing
p.ittag'* (or the movement of artillery. This was done
with a few ol securii g an entrenched position, iu ihe
even ol the army meeting wiih a reverse in ihe gmer
al action, which it was Ihe Field-Marrhal’a inUnim
to provoke, as moil a* he should be joiu-d by (rs.li
•upp.i s nt amtuuniiiou and the dtvLiou of grenadier*
ol Prince Srh-ichaf kol.
•‘O.i tha 231, Prit.ce Sciiachafskoi readied Serock,
when hi* advanced brigade crossed ihe Hug, and uiar
’ lied hy Z gry on Nierporent. Ou the nurniog of the
24ili it tell m with a strong detachmi-nt cf ih- enemy
near H ahdei k.i, and al tr an obaimatJ and fiaice en
counter, drove it back, and pursued its route to com
bine itself with the Ccn're ol the army. The 31 corp*
of cavaliy had been di>patched by the Fiehl-M.irshal
I o:n the left lo lacili ale ihe mai uetivres ol ihe grena
dier*. The Iojs on both sides tn this.short but despe
rate affair was severe.
“1 lie enemy having (Uncovered die object of these
movement*, again a tacked the corps ol Sehachafskoi,
at day break on the 25 It, in order to cut off its junc
tion; consequently, the Field-Marshal, who had not
intended to bring on a general action until the 26;h,
nave immediate orders lor a general atta< k. Our cj
luim s, whose lonnatious were marked by the woods,
advanced upon the enemy, who occupied an admirable
position in (r.iuI of Praga—their right resting on the
rivulet tin niiig through Grochuf, their c«n!re covered
by (ho wood which stands to the north oi the M ink
load, and their lelt txteud.ug to the ewauips uear Hiu
lolenka.
“ The dispo-ilion of our a my on this morning was
nea ly as Inllow*: —
‘ Head quarters, Milosua; General Hosen upon the
right ai d left centie; tlie division ot grenadiers moving
by tbeir lelt to till up the ren.rc, tn front of the re
serves ol the Czaro witch; General Pahlen on the left,
to the north and south ol the Minsk road; the cavalr>
of General Witt on the flanks ot the centre; Genera!
Geismar’* cavalry on the extreme lelt, near the Vistula.
“The b< tile fi st commenced by a brigade of Geueral
if sen’s eorp*, whicli was directed to ihrea en the ene
my’s extreme left, whil.-t another brigade moved upon
tlie wood in Ida centie, which, Iroui its being traveist <1
by a rapid stream, aud intersected will deep ditches,
presented tlie greatest d.Aiculiie* to the advance ot the
troops. The enemy defended this point with unflinch
ing v.»lor, and constantly repulsed every attack. The
1'ieid-Marrhal finding the column giving way, ordered
several battalions ta its assistance; and i.a soon as the
combat was renewed in front, direced a brigade of in
fautry to torn the lelt off the wood, whilst a brigade ol
General Witt’s cavalry wi h thirty pieces advanced on
the right. |jy degrees sixteen battallions were sent to
this point, and such was the fierce resistance, that it
was not without tlie most despe a e and coriiiniied ef
0 ts that the enemy was at length overpowered and
forced to abandon the giound. Until late in tlie after
noon the furyBol the combat was concentrated to this
“Id the meantime the left wing, tinder Count Pah
len, was engaged in rkirtnishing with the enemy’s
•lank, bu* as he bad orders not to move until the wood
wa9cariied, lie contented himself with keeping up a
tremendous cannonade upon the columns of the ene
my’* right, on the Minsk road. The fire of 120 pi-ce*
was principally concentrated on this spot and the rear
01 the wood ci Grorliow. Towards five o’clock the
grenadier division, which had been vigorously assault*
ed cn its march, took up i*» place on the centre, and
immediately advanced by Kaverczyn, on P.aga, sup
ported by the r»s rves ol the Czarowtleh, A ger era!
movement now lock place in advance, and a b'illiant
charge of cavalry was made, in wLich the cuirassiers
of Prince Albreelch raptured three guns. This occur
red neai 1/ at tlie moment that one of the enemy’s cais
sons blew up with tremendous oxplo ion and increased
their coniutioD.
-I no wunie rontn nno navr g given way, i( was
evident that the bailie wa* over. Their divi-uoue ol in
fantry and cavalry were seen retreating into Praga, ihe
lire of Iheir artillery ceased, and before rix o’clock the
whole ol the positions orcup ed by them in the morning
was in our hand*. The grenadier*, under cover ol our
gun*, which now concentrated all their lire on (ho re
treating column* passing H.*xnn Meadow*, ptiifliied the
enemy lo Ihe gate* ol Praga, and were in the act ol
prepar.ng lo storm, when the Field Marshal, satisfied
with the advantage* gained, and being unwilling to sa
crifice the live* ol In* people in street-warfare,'ordered
a halt, and Ihe whole army retired into Ihe position,
nearly within guri eh t ol ihe ramparts.
“Our loss on llii» bloody day cannot be less than
5,000 men, among*) whom are several officers of rank.
Itc-neral* Harken and Toll are amongst the wounded.—
The Lithuanian corp* conducted itself with distinguish
ed courage. To ihe intrepidity of these brave men we
are indebted in a g-eat measure for the victory over
tho enemv’s centre.”
THE LATE CONTESTS IN POLAND.
From Die Journal de* Debats of Wednesday.
Paris, March 10,
We have received to-day the official (Jaxelte of Ber
lin, of the 4'h inst. It gives news Iroin Warsaw to
28 h Feb., in which no mention whatever is made ol
the lak'fig ol Praga by the Hu*sians. As l^e letter
which had announced lhat unhappy news was dated
the morning ol Ihe 3d Match, for this time Ihe otfirial
(ratelle of the 4ih re-animate* our hopes. We think
it evident that ihe first reports from Warsaw, received
*1 Merlin on the 8d, were much exaggerated. It i* not
to be d tibted, that after the fuibus battle* of the 21th
and 25 h Feb.,the Polish army, having left a sufficient
number of troops f >r the dt fence of Praga, repassed
Ihe Vistula. Hut certainly, from he language of the
Journals ol Warsaw of Ihe 28th Feb., it i* ItnpOMible
to bel eve that the question ol fapi Dialing was at all
entertained. The Russians stiff-red enorn ous losses m
aff«ies ol the 2d h and 25tf; the Poles have alto stiff-red
mush. The lo*« on both sides is estimated at 14,000
killed fJeoeral Dwernirky has driven the column ol
Uen-ral Cru'7, from Ibe other side of the Vistula. W*
await wi h anilely the arrival of news posterior to Ihe
28th Fah. They will be of a decslve nature. The sub
joined are extract* from the most interesting passace
of the Journals of Warsaw, of the 2filh, 27th and 28lb.
"A battle lock place at Htalnlet kt (a mile and s hall
from Warsaw,) on the 24.b and 25th, The firing com
merited at brt-ak i f day. A Russian corps ol lre*h
troops which marched upon Hi I denkau was crushed.
F.ve pt»r«* or cannon wore taken. In the mean limp
General l)iebi'*«-h. who bad re-ui ited uuder bia order*
■ l<e corp* of Pablm, Ij9wn, Geistntr, and Ptinc*
Srha»bo*koy, we* endeavouring lo open away for him
•elf by Grochow to Waraaw. Oo our right wing a
•hell eiploded id the mid*l of one of our regiment* of
cavalry, aud did it immense it jury. Our left wing and
the centre marched to alreogthen our po«iiiona at Gro
chow, and in the evening the two artniea niaiulaiord
•heir reapective po itiuna after a bloady struggle. Geu.
Chlopicki after having two hor»e» killed under him re
ceived a wound in the fool from a ball. Gen. Zymir-ki
wa« killed. Four Russian General* were killed; two
regiment* of the Hti**i*n infantry, and one of the
Cuirassier# have been cut to piece*. A battery of their
artillery waa left in our power. The Russian# charged
•even limee. The Pole* were command.d by Geu.
Krukowi-ki ”
The Polish Gazette of the 26 h con'aia* the follow
ing arcoun1: —
“Scarcely had we begun to hear the cannon upon our
loft wing at Biatolauka than the tiring commenced with
the greatest briskness at Grochow and at Kuveukzyn.
The Russians had a battery of at least one hundred and
lilly cannon. We have lost nearly 3,000 men. A great
part of our army was in reserve lor the defence of Pra
K'-”
The Courier of Warsaw of tho 25lh contains the
following:—
“ Yesterday the slruggle re-commenced. The battle
continued from the morning at Zegaz, where the ene
my had drawn out a great superiority of forces.—The
Foies burnt the bridges of tho Bun. A furious contest
was continued until 7 o’clock in the evening. The fire
ol the cannon was seen from Warsaw.”
In the same Journal of the 26th we read:—“Thwbat
tlc was renewed yesterday over the whole line. The
tiring commenced upon our left wing, between Terrho
men and Bialolnka. Our cavalry was cominauuded by
<«en. Uiniuski. The victory remained with us on that
side. \\ e have slain a great number of the enemy,
and taken several cannon. At eleven o’clock'Jhe enemy
w as retiring, and the tiring had ceased; but a new battle
had begun at ten o’clock upon our right wing. The can
imn roared furiously. 1 lie hostile army had drawn out
an immense force and the contest was murderous. The
cylhes made havoc in the ranks of the enemy. At three
o’clock the battle still raged with fury. Gen. Chlopicki
was carried wounded into the city.”
In the Journal of Warsaw, dated the 27tli, we find
the following:—“The whole of yesterday passed away
in tolerable tranquillity. The General-in-Chief has
thought it unnecessary to cause a part of the army to
cross the Vistula. No more troops were Iclt at Praga
than w ere necessary for its defence. But the enemy
made no threatning movement; only some discharges of
cannon were heard at long intervals. We saw the houses
of unhappy people blazing, which our troops had
been obliged to set on fire, in order to clear the ap
proaches. Gen. Chlopicki will he sulficiently recc
ered to leave the city in a few days.”
The same Journal, of the 28th, contains the follow
ing:—“ Fhe whole of yesterday was again passed in tran
quillity. No movement was remarked in the army of the
enemy. The Cossacks alone were approaching Praga
by the high road of Saxe, hut they were driven oil by
cannon shots. It appears that the attack of the enemy
upon Bialolenka, on the day of the 23th, was only a false
demonstration, ami that the true assault was directed a
gaiust Grochow. It is strange that at the moment when
our soldiers were fighting so bravely at Grochow, an
alarm should suddenly he spread through Warsaw, and
it should be believed hero that Praga was in the power
of the enemy. For the rest, the alarm was of short du
“Gencral Dwernicki writes, on the 21th of February :
‘‘The column of tho enemy under the command of Gen.
Kreutz, who threatened the Palatinate of Sandomir, has
been almost destroyed by tho troops under my orders.
Fhe remainder, hearing of n.y approach, re crossed the
» istula. I he Palatinate of Sandomir and the Waiwod
ship of C. rarow, are now free. 1 have given orders to
the Civil Authorities to send to Warsaw all the provis
ion* which they could procure. The whole kingdom of
Poland lias just declared itself in a state ol siece.”
POLAND.
TIm French papsrs of Friday week, contain private
letters from Warsaw to (he 1st instant, which (rive a
connected view of the sanguinary < ngagements of the
21 h ultimo, and preceding day*,' an t render int-lligi.
tdrt the contused detached notices deriv'd from the
German papers on the slate of the Polish capital, and
tli« position of Die Polish army. From this source we
learn, that the Polish troops, alter sustaining; the sho*k
of 100,000 Russians on the 2-lsh of February, refrea'ed
under the fortifications of Prana, and that on the night
of the 25th, the Commander-iti-chief, Prince Radzivil,
• ed tl.e whole of them to the left hank, or Warsaw
aide of (he river, leaving in Praga the artillery and in
fantry necessary to defend the wrrk« of the tele'de
pont. It was this detachment which get f?re to the
houses of Praga, because they embarrassed the defence
of the bridge. The army which thus so bravely with
stood superior numbers from the 19 h to the 25th, is
still united and efficient, though it has sustained a great
loss io kill d and wounded. The cavalry have taken
up a portion along the hat.ks ot the Vistula, above and
below Warsaw, and tha infantry is stationed in the
bariark* of the city, or in a camp a little beyond the
barriers where they passed last summer. The great
est activity is shown in repa ring the losses which the
army has sustained, and re-organizing the corps which
have suffered mod. The re ignation of Princs Ridzi
vtll, after the retreat, which, w! en unexplained, was
comidered tha result of de-pair on his part, or of dis
sension between him and his brother officers, now turns
out to be a display of patriotism and sol -denial which
a (lords the best omen of the succ-ss of the Poli-h cans-.
1 he P.ince, findir g that he did not inspire the confi
dence necessary in his exalted position, and discover
ing in a younger (*<tneral O/hcer transcendent military
capacity, gave up the command in chief in favour of his
junior, (seiiaral Skzyuerki, and is now serving tin
der him- This itistingui-hid olficer, to whim die for
tunes of Poland are'now enfrus'ed—a second Ko ciusko
— w ts only colonel of a regiment of the line at • lie
breaking out of the insurrection in November last. The
Russians, it is supposed, will iir.mediately commence
their attack on Praga, anti the fortress whicli protects
lie bridge over the Vi-lula. This tete du p nt cannot
hold out long, but the Poles before they surrender it,
will naturally burn down the wooden bridge which
connects Praga wi li War*aw. Tha Russians will
then, it is though', leave a corps of ob-ervation at the
former ( lace, and proceed to cn s« the Vistula at some
o her point. I hese operations must "necessarily occa
sion a great loss i.l tunc, as -he Russians have no pon
toon-, and must cross the Vistula by boats rr raft
made in the woods in which they are encamped. If it
is necessary for the fJovernmei^ to evacuate Warsaw,
it will retire to a distant fortress along wi li the Diet
and -he public treasures. The Emperor Nicholas has,
according to report at Warsaw, arrived atthe head
quarters of the Russian arinv. He will there be a
•lelichied spectator of the glotfous fruits of Lis paternal
sway.
Warsaw, March 3.—News has bsen received,
ihti, on the 2<> ii of February, Col ki, with
1*20 cavalry and 100 yagers, passMl (he Vistula at pu|.
nwy. The action lasted lion. 5 till half past f) o’clock.
1 he Russians barricaded themselves in a building, but
were beaten ; three offirer*, 170 dragoons, and above
00 horses, with their equipment, (all into our handa —
The magazine was saved. Many military effects and
much ammunition were taken. Princess Czartorbka
gave due praise to all the Poles. Alter the last battle
betore Praga, the Russians retired behind the Grochow
pillar, and have till now remained inactive. A part of
our army has returned to Warsaw to take repose after
so many hardships and battles. The Government has
appoint'd a Committee to superintend the hospitals.—
The voluntary contributions deposited iu the bank a
bout 700,000 Poli'h florins.
The IVarsaw Courier of ihe lit says—Last night
some corpse of the enemy, attempting to throw up io
trenchmenta near Praga, were driven off by the fire
nf the artillery from the walls of 'he fortress; twenty
Cossacks were made prisoners. Towards Lomnoulnow
were repulsed an enemy's ccrp*. which attempted to
approach al that side.” The same paper, under the
bead of the 2d says—” Yesterday parties of Cossack*
ihowsd themselves below Prrga, and on Ihe banks of
Ihe Saxon Werder, but every time lh?y came near,
they were driven hack 5y our fire, and some of them
taken prisoners. It is said there has been an action at
Ptillusk, but no certain information bas been received
respectinr it.
The Slate Gazette of Warsaw says—” Beyond Pra
ia, all is tranquil,—only at imervds we hear a few
musket-s' ot and «re Cossark*. wtio fetch brushwood
from the Saxon Werder. It is said that four Russian
mnnon sunk, which ifi-y attempted to convey across a
rozan ditch, to the Saxon Werder. For some days
oast the neither has been very stormy ; drilling snow,
Imw, and tempestuous weather succeed each other._
It is fortunate that our l oops have not to encamp io I
he open air. Field-Marshal Diebitsch hns divided ids
trmy; columns were s-rn matching in dilferent direc
tions towards Ihe North and South. Some regiments
»f the Rue tan Guards, which left Warsaw in Decent
ter, were engaged on tbs 25 b. At i iolalenka, were
he Cuirassiers ; at Grochow the Hulans, whose com
nand r, G-neral Msrkow, was wounded. Ths plann
ers ray that General Inchosanet, of the srtillery, lost
t leg in our last action; ami that Usbetal Kiszkln.who
is well known In Warsaw, was killed, lit* alao said
hat General Rozniecki fell in the action af Riolenka.”
[From the London Courier of March If),
The loll.'Wing highly Interesting letter from Warsaw
has been senf to us by a gemleruan who received It
rrom his correspondent in that city. The date, as will
to perceived, is not very resent, but most of the infer
■nation which it contains Is new, and seme of il is ini'
jortaot:
^ uWam4w, Feb. 24.
‘Our Uit UtteMuld retted to you nr** under date of
20ih or 21*1 IdiUoi, in which you were informed of
ilia contest between tbo Polish and Kueaiau armies,
osar the gales of Warsaw, at Urochow, which ie only
about four woretafroin the gate*; but although the Rua
• iana are so near ua, atill they have not yet been able
to pay us a visit in Inwu. I shoo'd suppose that Field
Marshal I>lehi«tch Ziba'konaky has found out by this
time, that the inhabitants of the borders ol the Vistula
are not I urks, and that it will uot be su easy to set
i*»e title ol couquer of Poland, as it wae Zibalkou-ky.
The Russian! who have been taken prisoners, say that
Diebilach is wounded in the leg, but we are not certain
ol its being true. On Monday the Riissisus demanded
an armistice for a few mil utes to bury their dead,
which, was accorded them; during that time many ol
the ctlirers and soldiers of the t»o contending armies
met and taiked together, a id the Rue iatis were iuvited
by the Poles to go with t*iem to their camp* to dine,
and they accepted tins invp.tion with pleasure, but
they appeared very much satirised to hud such re
sis'ance here, a* they were bn ' !hat they were going
to I russia to hglit against the French, who had attack
ed I russic; but on their way they svere to put down a
revolt Vbicb bad taken place here in the 4 h regiment
<d uitautrv merely, and it wm -ipjctsri to be a trifling
thing. They w re not aware the King had beeu
dethroned, and that it was a general revolution.
“There baa beeu a great want of providou* in the
Russian cainp, and many ol the pri-oners declare they
have had noiliit g substantial to • at tor three o- lour days:
and in the koapstrki ol several |* (he prisoners ha«
beeo found boiled barley, and it w„. .,.h th .touly that
'hey sustained themselves. Since Sunday uo lighting
at (iroshow has taken place, the Poles are in the open
he'd, and Ibe Russians have a niost si'allrot poutiou
in the forests, out ol which they take rare not to come
as the Poles wish them to pr«s-ut themselves to have
a decisive battle, but they beg to decline the hnnor
They have been driven out of one part ol tha lorests
into another where they have been euttiug down a
quantity ol trees to fortify themselves, ami they ara
making entrenchments. It is believed ihat they have
about 200 pieces of cannon,of which they make very It I
use; their artillerymen appear to be none ol the best;
it isuiosly with gi ape-shot that the Poles have been
wounded. The Russians have lost since th-y en’ertd
the country, in killed and wouuded, at least 15,000 men,
and the Poles about 5.000 or 6,000. It is said that (he
Grand Duke Consign iae, and all the Russian troipi
that were in Warsaw, and whom <ha Po'es to genre
ously permitted to go back to Rutsia, are now form
tiling part of the contending army. Th-se a e the
thanks the Poles received lor their generosity. G-n.
I)wtruicki has been the whole time on this side the
river, aud is now near (fora; he has been engaged se
veral times with Gen. U-ismar, and ha* always been
suecesslul and thswn feet* ol ivorder. Colonel Skrzy
necki, who directly after tbe revclu'ion was made Ga
neral, has likewise been suecesslul, but Iks unfortu
nately been wrunded; he ha* received a contuiiju in
the leg and arm. It i* with the grea est troiibl* tha'
the Po.ish officers ke> p their ui<nto regular tiring;
they are so impatient that they will goat the Ru-sians
with the poll.t of the bayou-1, and ilia me imes im
pos.ible to hold them in. The Poles tight well and
bravely for their liberty, but it is to be feared,
they will ultimately be obliged to yield to the itninei s
hordes which Russia can biing against them, unless
some other power come to their assistancu.
11 ccrtaiu that the Poli-h revolution ha* saved
Belgium, ami perhaps France, again-! which power
the 1 olish and Russian troops were destin-'d to tna ch
Ibis is not merely surmise, but certainty. The
Ausiiian troops are on the Polish frontiers, where they
appear to he merely a* a corps of observation. A f-w
djys ago about 50 Cos-arks were at K-zycnew-ki’e
piper-mill, at Jeziorua; but moat of them have beeu
killed aud the remainder ret-eated.”
Pr nee Hidzivill has laid down the command, and
ha< been succeed by General Skrzynecky, whom mil:
ta y talentr are much boasted of. Gen. Krukowicky.
who had a right to the command on accouut ot his se
niority, has testified the greatest eagerness to serve un
der a General so di oinguished. The Government lias
addressed the following proclamation to the inhabitants |
“1 he last event* of the war, which has been vili.int
ly (Ushioi'J by our Iroop*, le i.l to the nereioi:y ol de
s royiiik those habitations which obstructed the ap
proach of our fomticaiioi s. Your cotin'ry lias required
of you that cruel racritice, but Ihe Government and
Ihe nation guarantee 10 you that thay wi I repAr the
damage thus sustained as goon as circumst uces will
permit them to pay so sacred a debt.”
The two Chambers re-united have bad a sitting, for
providing a eurce-sor to Prince Rat'zivill. They deci
ded uuauin oitfily that they should reler the matter to
the national Government.
N. B We have this evening received a p'ivate let
ter which contaius some other details of the same
events—
Warsaw, I'eb. 28.—“Military events have, since
my last letter, increased the danger o( the I’oleg. Be
ing uncertain ol the accuracy of some details, I am
obliged to confine inysrll to a relation of Ihe principal
tacts. A new corps ol the Russian army, which arrived
by Ihe route ol D—, made an attack, in the course ol
the 21th, upon the left wing of Ihe Polish army. The
detachment which that wing had left at Pubtock, hav
mg fallen back with all speed, as well as (hose who
were c»i echellon upon that route, n canonade was o
pened towards eveniug near Jablonna, without leading
to important results. But the arrival of the reintofce
luents caused an anticipation of a geueial engagement
on the next day. The Russians, in fact, came out of
their woods, at bre«k of day, to the number of more
than 100,009 meu, supported by about 200 pieces ol
ar.illery, and they made au attack upon the whole line
heir right was briskly repulsed by Gen. Krukowieckt,
who commanded the left w:ng ol ihs Polish army, aud
by the General of the cavalry, Umin.ki. Bui their
principal lorces were directed agamsl the centre and
the rigl.t of the Poles, who rested upon Prug* and upon
a marsh. Ihe battle was fought throughout Ihe
day with the greatest fury aud various success.
Gsurral Chlopifki, who, in reality, commanded the
I ohah army, was placed in Ihe centre, and led on ihe
baita ions against the enemy, under the smartest pos
sible firing. Ho had already two horses killed uuder
him, and was himself e’igb'ly wounded. A* tin mo
ment when he was fu 1 ol hope as to the success of a
manoeuvre which he had just ordered, he had a third
horse killed, aud received himself a wound in ihe leg.
which compelled him to allow himself to be carried off
the field ol battle. The troops, seeing him no longer
■»t their head, hesitated ; a regiment ol cavalry, of re
cent formation, took fright, turned their bridles, there
by breaking the ranks of another regiment, throwing
the whole divison of cavalry into disoreer, and drawing
Ihe entire into re reat. Almost at the raine time, the
right wing, which was sharply pressed hy superior
loree», and which had seen its chief, Genersl Ziininsk',
tall mortally wounded, was constrained to abandon an
important position, and to retire within Praga. It then
• *• 1 *u l>l »V| lll/UII |
0 oriler the lefl wing, also lo retire upon Ihe tame
pUee, and the whole army was concentrated there. It
hail fought va iantly, had made hundreds ol prisoners,
ai d ha I slain, we are assured, 8,001) men. Bui it had’
been compelled to leave Ihe held of battle, ard could
no longer maintain itt groui d uponlherightbui.k —
Tbe losses which it had sustained, are not yot well
known. 'I hey are raid to be greatly inferior lo tbo-e
01 the Kwssian.. About 2,700 wouuded hid been ear
ned to the hospi 'ale. The General of the Divuion,
I mlnski, survived his wounds only a lew hours —
fhose of General Chlopiiki do rot pul his life in dan
rer. In the night, from the 25th to the 2fllh, Prince
Kad/ivill caused all the troops to cro§* the left batik,
leaving io Praga only the artillery and infantry ne
cessary lo defend ihe bridge. Yesterday they set fire
o a con ideratde part of that suburb, which would
lave obstructed the defence of Ihe ci'y. The cavalry
las taken a position near the river, below and above
Warsaw. The infantry was lodged in Ihe barracks o'
lie city, and in the encampment at a abort distance
Irom Ihe barriers, in which it has usually pasted every
|fear a part of the rummer. No time :a lost in re
pairing li>e loases (as much as can he done io such
liMte, and with so lew resources,) and lo rc-orgamz
he corps which have suflered most. Prince Hadzivill,
>erceiving dial he did not inspire ihe army with snllT
dent confidence, has Itid down ihe coma and. Th*
council of War, and the Diet, have appointed to suc
:eed hirn Gen. Sk/.yneaski, who, at th • breaking mil
if ihe insurrection, was merely a Colonel of Ihe 8 h
-raiment of the line, but who has distinguished him
'®If ®ioce the opening of the campaign, and has oh
ained a high character for ruiliiary skill, and for an
nierprising dispo ilion. The environs of Pr,ga not
leiog defended, Ihe Kussian Generals will be able
iroinplly lo commeoce the attack on the fortress which
las been erected there, to serve as a defence on the
ir.dge. But that will not be deserted or given up,
Jiiless it be determined to burn the bridge ; and It will
lot he easy to raise another there, as th- spot is com
manded on the side of fhe ct y by the heights, upon
which halts ries have been erected, with pieces o
great calibre, It Is presumed, that the Hussians will
eave a corp. of observation before Praga, and that they
will attempt to pass the Vistula al other points—the ar
tillery, and perhaps the cavalry, not being *b!o to pass
securely upon the ice. The passage will take some
time. I' is not b-lievd that they have p< ntoons, ard
it would lake many days to construct rafts in ihe for
esls. If ii be found necessary to evacuate the cify,
th* Government, and a great part of ihe Dial will fol
low the army, ai d will take with ihem the public
(resxire, and (hat of the Hank —We are assured th it
Ihe K nperor Nicholas hat just joined his army. He
comes to see consummated under his own eyes, the
destruction of a nation, who,e heroic patriotism io
•pir*« an uurrest oi enthusiasm In the breast of all who
•r* not udworthy o' the name of men. If lha etira
cioua crime b» completed, eoou or lat« it will ba pun •
ished.
From the Mwijor del Chaaibres.
W*«iaw, March 1.—“Our Journals of yesterday
announce that the greatest part of the enemy’s army
had abandoned its positions and marched on Pluck, un
der the orders of Field Marshal Diobitsch. The remain
der ot the Russian army will remain as a corps of obser
vation before the fortifications of Praga.
“A letter of the first of March Irotn the frontiers of
Poland, says that the reports of the entry of the Russians
into Praga are probably premature, but it declares that
the Poles, unfortunately, cannot avoid the destruction
which is impending over them. In the grand battle
which took place on the 21th and 25th near Grorhow,
and during w hich the explosion of an artillery wagon
threw into confusion a corps of Polish cavalry, the Rus
sians lost 4 (General* and a great ileal of aitillery.
“ Frontiers of Poland\ March 2.—Several private
letters from Warsaw inform us that the Russian army
had proceeded towards Plock, and Cora, leaving only a
corps of observation at Warsaw.
“The bourgeois of Warsaw manifested a disposition to
capitulate, but the nobility appeared to have the upper
band, and wished to push matters to the last extremity.
The nobility are vigorously sustained in the presence of
ol the army.”
Frontiers of Italy, Feb. 2L—According to letters
from Rome of the 19th hist., the city was still tranquil;
but the news of the taking of Ancona, and of Foligno’,
I'erni, and Narni, had already joined, caused great con
sternation. An a tempt to recover Spoloto, by sending
'»detachment ol troops, had tailed. The Pope had re
duced, by one-half, the unpopular tax on flour, and that
on salt; and had also greatly modified the tariff. At the
date of the latest accounts from Naples tranquility also
prevailed; but M. Iniontl, one of the Ministers of State,
was gone on a mission to Vienna.
On the 22d, in the evening. Cardinal Benvenuto was
brought to Bologna as a prisoner. The insurgents had
seiacd him at Osimo.of which place he is Bishop, and
accused him of having been sent from Rome with large
sums of money, and instructions to organize a counter
revolution in the insurgent provinces.
1- ehruary 25. I ravellers who come from Rome say,
that the van guard of the insurgents, commanded by a
French ex-General, was, at the time of their departure
only fifteen leagues from the capital. Great conster
nation prevailed there, and there was a report of the
departure of the Pope and of the Sacred College; mean
time, complaints were made that the public treasury was
empty. J
The Austrian army in Italy receives a reinforcement
of 40,000 men.
Paris, March 1The official part of the Monitcur
contains six Royal Ordinances appointing the new Min
isters:
1. M. Casimir Perrier, Secretary of State for tho
Interior and President of the Council of Ministers.
2 B iron Louis, to be Minister of Finance, in the
room of M. Lafitte, whose resignation is accepted.
3. M. B tribe, to be Keeper of the Seals, Minister of
Justice and President of the Council ol State.
I. Count de Montali vet, to be Minister of Public In
struction and Ecclesiastical Affairs, in the room of M
Barthc.
5. Count d Argo'it to be Minister of Commerce and
Public Woiks.
6. Vice Adm'ral de Rigny to he Minister of Marine,
in the room ot C -unt d’Argout.
All these Ordinances are dated Paris, March 13. and
were published in an exiraordin try supplement to the
Monitcur, at eight o’elork in the same evening. The
first is countersigned by M S basdani, the Minister of
Foreign Affairs; the others by M. Casimir Per ier.
The Monitcur contains also a Royal Ordinance rela
tlv.t-.h. publicity ol the proceedings in the Council
The non-olfirial part gives, under the date of March
13, the substance ol various reports to the S aff of the
Naional Guard, respecting the dis*urhances cn the
llth, when 150 youi g men appeared in the Fauxhurg
St. Antoine with a tri coloured flag, to which a piece
to black crape was attached. The report speaks with
urea* praise of the conduct of (he working class in
the Fauxbourg St. Antoine, who received wi h con
tempt the endeavours to seduce them, and offered to
assist the National Guard in restoiing order.
rrom mo nictsengor ncs Clmmhrc*.
Paris, March IS.—The new Ministry has rrnounc*
*»J.as tar as it appears, the use of the name or peisno
o' the Kmc, iu a sol mud si line of the Chambers. But
the President, wra era assured, is about to make, from
the tribune tf (he two Chambers, an explicit and formal
declaration of the Ad ninistration which has just come
into office. Tim declaration is portioned 'o Thursday
next, in order that be may be aide to give, respecting
our foreign relations, as ample explanations as possible
concerning our intern d con <i ion and pol cy.
A letter from Florence, ol the first ef March, says—
According to report, which is very generally credit
ed, the Austrians entered this day Modena and Fee
rare.”
A letter from Geneva, dat'd March 10, says—“ You
may regard ascertain the fallowing information, which
I derive from a good source, and from an eye witness—
“ Italy, oppressed by the Austrian yoke, the despo
tism of which daily became more burdensome, and ex
cited and stimulated by cries of liberty, which are
heard in a part of the Benin Mila, turns its eyes towsrda
r ranee, which she considers as her most dear, and
even her only hope. She loudly calls upon her, and
waits in painful anxiety for the first the of cannon
that she may fly to arms.
•• The title ot French traveller is a had recommen
dation to the Ausliian authorities, and he is subjected
to the most minute search ol a severe police. The
kindness of the Italians towards such travellers must
certainly only be rxercised in secret.
“ Turin and Piedmont off r nt !y the same aspect :
that is to say, one ot fermentation. They are anima
ted with the same hope of obtaining a »-w Govern
ment, the result of which would be lilerty, which the
unanimous voice of the coun'rv calls for. It is to be
remarked also, that a large portion of the Piedmontese
army partakes the sentiment of the p-iple, who trsns
ler toG-neral Palucci,<he Cornu ander-m-Chief of the
-y.«he hatred wi tch they leal towards the Aus
“ *>rince Carignan, though he is rather popuhr, had
not yet eucceedid in n.ek rg the fa’al events of 1821
forgotten, nor the causes of them.
“The King is still ill at Tur n.‘ Ills disorder, it is
stud, n caused f.y the painful impression mada upon
hun by the presentation of the » r. jecl of a constitution
as the only barrier which can be opposed to the revolu
tionary ideas excited among the people by their invin
cible hatred towards the Austrians, upon w hose assix
lance King Charles'Felix thinks he can rely the more
confindently since the marriage ol the Hereditary Arch
. ' i ii t l1 »» '"® of S«voy would behold
wi h delight the hreneh tri colored flag. The country
i* convinced that, in the prerent state of things, it j* ns
necessary, „ j, ii to'Belgium. that it should be united
with p ranee. Lee* enterprising, and less susceptible
of excitement than the Piedti ontese, the pe0| le of Savoy
Would, however, instantly aid any movement underU
en ostensibly by the french Government with such
a view. Disagrreab'e recollections serve to repress the
burst of enthusiasm which would otherwise have taken
place in he lots ns through which the Prince de Carig
nan passed. The prince did not go lo Pont de Beau.
\ i.',n ’ !,e Annecy. Rumilly, and near the whole
of I' uaslgny. Ho left Cbambery precipitately yeater.
' ay for Turin. Hits hasty departue is attrit uted to
the receipt of a despatch, supposed to announce the
'.eath of the Kmg of Sard n a. or at least alarming
lears o? his apprnacl i< g dissolution.”
I h /'rseurscur tie Lyon says—" It appears from our
,cr* from Italy, that ihe A a’rian* experienced a der*
perate resistance from .he people ol Modena. These
letters do not speak of the oecupation of Modena, al
though the inferiority in number* of Patriot, does not
leave grounds to presume that they were able to defend
, ,.r r,l-v lo,lK- *• i* nevertheless evident, that the
Italians have proved themselves deserving ol the suc
cour which they expect.
.“ Pf’NT J\K Bbaovoisiw, March 10.—Calm reigns
V?n* wl'ole line ol our frontier, even in the High
Alps On the side of Chapareill n, the Piedmontese
oatrol at night, but in (his proceeding there is nothing
hostile or alarming. ®
“ The report being current some days at Grenoble,
bat I ranee had just declared war against Austria, a
•rowd of young men went to enrol themselves at the
Micrie. Joy was depicted in every countenance, sod
hey regarded with enthusiasm (ho con eriucnces of
wsr. 1
From the Courrier Frangnis, March 15.
M. I.afitte returned yesterday to his hotel, fn the
"vening a great concourse of friends railed upon and
•resented to him their felicitations. At the f'hamber
>f Deputies he was greeted in the most cordial man
ner. The good humor with which ho received the
compliments of his colleages proved that lie w as hap
ly at being relieved from his share of the heavy bur
len of affairs.
The French Papers of March fl contains a Protocol
of the !• ivo powers, signed in London on the Iflth of
February. I he Plenipotentiaries of the Five Courts,
after having at great length stated the motives which
led to the conferences and their result, declares_
"1, That it remains understood, as It has been from
Ibe beginning, that the arrangements resolved on by
the Protocol of Jan. 20, 1831, are fundamental and irre
vocable arrangements.
"2. That the ind-uendenre of H-Iginm shall only bo
recognised by the F.vo P,.w. r> upon he con.luions
• nd in th« limits which result from the raid arrange,
moots ol Jan. 20, 1831 *
••3. That the principle of the neutral ai.d tLt iovto