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FEDERAL TOW. affairs. These'precautions liave ■vain. The political results Urey have produced arc such, that the government lias just been appris ed ol’ the evacuation of Italy. Tlie retreat of the Austrian troops, it mnv he .aaiJ, was foreseen by every one? No doubt ot it; but why? Because the French Government was not . behind what the nation expected from it; because its •atttitude is imposing: and its representations might not be neglected. Facts do homage to its prudent and firm conduct. . But I hear it said, if our dignity is satisfied, hu inanity is not, and weeps for deplorable catastro phes. It is believed then that the French Govern ment can neglect such sacred duties:—that it is not now attentive to them,—attentive with most active solicitude. The minister proceeded to state that the 219,- 000,000: which had been deemed sufficient for all expenses, could not be divided by him bv nine, for each month, as has been suggested. The sacrifi ces required on the war basis were the heaviest, and must be immediately realized when required. The returns into the treasury, he said, were slow, &. do not meet imperious necessities. He said that as to'the constitutional question, he would content himself with remarking that the Chamber voted the tax, and passed upon the amount. M. Odiilon Barret replied, and a desultory de bate followed, in the course of which M. Lafitte, justified the requisition of the government. There Were, he said, 4.11,000 men armed, besides which 1,500,000 of the National Guard might be counted on. Bat to prevail on Europe to maintain peace, these 434,00S should be ready to take the field.— The hundred millions would he expended only in case of Avar. Ho would not give his opinion on the constitutional question; hut he was well assured e not been taken in till the negotiations which are on foot have acquir ed the deveiopement necessary to render the reduc tion jxxssible the attitude of France must be strong, and we must persevere in tlie measures Avhich we have taken to make her respected, lor peace is safe only with honor. “Our support, and the concurrence of the great powers of Europe, have secured tlie independence of Belgium, ami its separation from Holland. If I have refused to yield to the wishes of the Belgic people, who offered me the crown for my second son, it is because I believed that the refusal was dic ta ted by the interests of France as well as by those of Belgium itself. But the people have peculiar rights to our interests, and it is of importance to us that it should be happy and free.” Tlie Dukes of Orleans and Nemours stood at each side of the 'throne. His majesty remained nearly an hour in the Chamber. The President then read the prorogation, which was until the 15th of June next. The King, both in his way to the Chamber and on his return, was ioudiy cheered by the people. LIVERPOOL ELECTION. The latest papers give us tlie result of this con test on the question of reform, in the signal triumph of the reformers. General Gascoyne maintained the contest until the third day, when he withdrew. This intelligence was loudly cheer d. At the final close of the poll, a quarter past twelve o’clock, tlie numbers were— Mr. Ewart, - - - - 1910. Mr. Denison, - 1886. General Gascoyne, - - 610. The friends of the successful candidate now got (protected by woods and ditches,) on the right bank of the Styr, south of Chrynick, the Poles retired behind the Styr to the heights in the rear of Dore- inel, Avhere they remained on the 19th, and by their advantageous position hindered the Russians from advancing over the dam, and taking a position on the lell hank of the Styr. While the Russians in consequence of the direction which Dwernicki to the operations of the great army, after the affair! aristocracy and court, would be, in our eyes, the of Iganie, Ave should have been able to take up our greatest miracle—secularly speaking-^that has ev- quarters at Siedlec, but their incumbered hospitals, er been wrought in human concerns. \Ve are here and the epidemic levers which prevaii there, kept incredulous—more so tlian in relation to the peace me from proceeding to that place. Vain solicit ude! : of the continent and the permanent republicanism the malady had already communicated itself to our and tranquility of France. But tlie alternative for troops by their contact with the enemy on the 10th , Great Britain is dreadful: we wish to believe that of April. We have several hundreds of men sick! by some possibility, she is susceptible of the alter native method of cure, or will prove a pheernx, had taken in his first passage over the Styr, to : with the cholera morbus. The immediate measures Doubno, were occupied in protecting the road lead- j taken, Avill arrest the further progress of the dis ing from Doromel to the latter toAvn, Dwernicki j ease, $nd prevent it from asssuming an alarming turned aside; proceeded up the river; &, on the 20th, character. In the mean time our minor expeditions in the morning, crossed again on the light bank at Beresteeko. On the 21st, he marched by way of Radzivvilow (where he arrived at 8 in the morning at the head of 4000 men) towards Krzemenice, Avere the van guard of this corps thought to arrive in the even ing of that day. This place is said to be occupied by no more than a detachment of Russian dragoons under Col. Warnsel. After the Poles has thus left Doremel, the Russians crossed the Styr there, and likewise marched up the river to Beresteeko, where they arrived at 1 in the afternoon of the 30th, short ly after the Poles had passed through, and to the number 8,000 men, posted themselves behind that town. It is said that General Dwernicki, before he left Beresteko to proceed to Krzmenice, ordered the Polish corps which crossed the Bugon the 15th at Piaseczna, and was intended against Wlodze- mierz, to follow him. Brodv, April 23. For some days past we have had the theatre of war very near us, and look forward with apprehen sion to the issue of the unhappy contest. The hitherto peaceable Russian provinces are excited to insurrection by the proclamations of Gen. Dwer nicki; he finds numerous adherents in his march, into order for the purpose of proceeding to their respective places of rendezvous. Mr. Ewart’s par- ihat if the simple question of granting the hundred j ty led the van. Tlie procession, as he passed, was \ every where great enthusiasm for the recovery of millions were before the Chamber, there -would not: hailed with enthusiasm from crowded streets and j independence. Though there is a great scarcity of be an opposing voice. overcharged windows. Mr. Ewart as lie passed j fire arms, the scythes are a substitute for them.— On taking tJie question, the whole number ofj with his committee in an open carriage, recognized Radziwiiow, through which the Polish troops march- votes was found to be 297—afirmative 246, nega- the favors of the fair, who greeted him on the arri- ed on the 21st, was occupied on the 22d by the gative, 51. The law was therefore passed by the val of the procession at the Adelpha, before which Chamber.- were congregated upwards of six thousand people. Mr. J ames Brancker, from the Balcony, announc ed the state of tlie poll, and congratulated them on the victory. Mr. Mm. Ewart then stood fonvard upon the balcony, aud was greeted with tne most overwhel- I ming cheers. He said— j “ Ladies Gentlemen,-. My friend, Mr. j Brancker, has truly told you, that we have most (Cheers.) You have won PROROGATION OF THE FRENCH CHAM BERS. The King on W ednesday, 20th April, set out From the Palais Royal on horseback at liaif'past 12 o'clock; lie was dressed in a splendid military uni- firftn, and surrounded by a large cortege of Mar shals. Salutes of artillery announced the arrival of the | completely triumphed. King and the Royal Family. jyour country’s victory. (Loud cheers.) You Tlie Grand Deputation went to meet them.— | nave gained the fight of juciice, and achieved the The sight of the Chamber was extremely striking, j triumph of reform; and that which confers the »nd the most lively acclamations weicomed his ar- j most brilliant lustre on that achievement, it has rival. A lew moments after the sitting was open- been unsullied by the insolence of conquest.— ed, his Majestv delivered the following Speech:— [(Cheers.) With regard to my worthy and gal- “ Peers and D puties—Eight months have pas-j iant friend, tlie General, (against whom I sincerely *ed since in this Hail, and in your presence, I ac- J deprecate all improper expression of ungenerous <jepted the throne to which I was called bv tioual wish of which you were tlie organ •swore ‘faithfully to observe the Constitutional Char- j up ter, Avith the modifications expressed in the decla- would enable him to fight. (Cheers.) He has corps of General Rudiger, who follows the Pedes closely, and seems to watch their movements, wait ing for the arrival of the corps of Gen. Roth, from Podolia, to act in conjunction with him, as the action of the 16 th seems to have convinced him, that he is not a match for Dwernicki, whose judi cious manoeuvres prove his enterprising spirit and Ids talents. We have this morning received accounts from Wareaw of the 28th April, which are in the main favorable to the cause of Poland and independence. •The cholera morbus was making ravages among the Russian army, and had been communicated to a portion of the Polish army; but the precautions adopted Avere expected to check its progress.— Diebitsch was concentrating his iorces, either for a last desperate effort, or preparatory to a retreat.— The Polish Commander-in-chief was alive to every motion, and ready to take advantage of the enemy are productive of great advantages. [Here follows a detail of several small affairs, ail more or less of a nature to extremely harrass tlie enemy.] FROM THE NATIONAL GAZETTE. According to tlie most recent and authentic in telligence from France, it was confidently expect ed that the new Chamber of Deputies would be more liberal—that is, more republican—than the one just dissolved. The Chamber of Peers was deemed to be in much danger from the sentiments of the nation, which the other House would be like ly to share and earry into effect.. Among the Peers, there is a.strong & avowed Carlist party, who desire at least the enthronement of the Due de Bordeaux: and the hereditary peerage is in itself obnoxious to to a majority of the active and leading politicians of France. It will soon, therefore, become a prac tical question whether the Chamber of Peers .snail be wholly abolished or deprived of the hereditary quality. The Doctrinaires would preserve the Constitution as nearly akin as possible to the Bri tish Constitution; the party of movement—the youth ful generation—the disciples and admirers of La fayette—would assimilate their institutions more to those of our country. Supposing that the present Government should escape the shock of war and immediate anarchical eruptions, the problem will remain to be solved, whether an hereditary mon archy can subsist without privileged orders, with out the usual prestiges and artificial supports, in a nation of thirty-two millions of people, to whom all sorts of holy unction, antient prejudice, civil ine qualities, mere titles of honor, ba\ r e become ridicu- without a conflagration. IMPORTAj* T FROM EUROPE. By the arrival at New-York of the packet ship Paci fic, London papers of the 16th of May, and Liverpool of the 17th, have been received. Poland—Express from Paris. Times Of ice, May 16,4 A. M.—We have just received by an extraordinary express, all the Paris papers tf Sa turday, and the Gazette de France and Messager des Chant* bres, dated on Sunday, together with several other conti nental journals, and a packet of private correspondence from different parts of Europe. Our intelligence from Berlin by this express is to tlie 8th, and from Warsaw to the 3d inst. W e have like- w.se letters from St. Fetersburgh to the 27th ult. The Berlin papers hint some preparations for negotia tion between tlie Russians and Poles, but they give no facts that can be relied upon. Thfe Warsaw journals of the 3d only give accounts of skirmishes. The head quarters of the Polish army were then at Jendrzejcw near Kaluzyn. The cholera morbus was not found to extend its ravages; and, as a precaution against infection, a sort of flannel and leather belt was worn by the soldiers, and this antidote is described as popular in the army. If it be true, as our Vienna communication announces", that the Pacha of Scutari is on his march to Constantinople, to re-establish the Janissaries, and to annul the Russian treaty, the Emperor Nicholas will have to send another army across tlie Balkan, to re-establish his Turkish re lations. The German papers received in London on tlie evening of the 15th of May, contain news from Warsaw to the 5th of that month. It seems quite evident from these ac counts that the Russians have experienced another check, and are prepared for a temporary, if not finai abanucr> ment of their enterprise. General Diebitsch followed up the Polish army to the vicinity of their former intrench- ments on the Vistula, and being unable to bring them to an action, or to maintain his advanced position in their front, with a hostile population in his rear, has agai ro» treated, on the last days of April, and has returned to ration of 7th August, 1S30, to govern only by the Jdws, ami according to the laws, to cause good and qxact justice to be done to every one according to .his right, and to act in all things solely with ;t view to the interest, tlie happiness, and the glory of the French people.’ I told you then, “that, profound ly sensible of the ivhole extent of the duties which tins great act imposed on me, I was conscious that L should fulfil them, and that it was with entire conviction that I accepted the compact of alliance which was proposed to me.’ “1 take pleasure in repeating to you those so lemn words which I pronounced on the 7th ol'Au gust, because they are at once the in\ T ariabie rule of my conduct, and an expression of the principles according to which I desire to he judged by France and by posterity. “Your session opened in the midst of great dan gers. - The 'dreadful conflict in which tlie nation had just defended its laws, its rights and its liber ties, against an unjust aggression, had broken the bonds of power, and it was necessary to secure the maintenance of order by the re-establishment of au thority and of the public force. France was cov ered in an instant with National Guards, spontane ously formed by the patriotic zeal of all the citizens, and organized by the authority of the government. That of Paris appeared firm and more numerous than ever, and this admirable institution offered us at the same time the means of stifling anarchy in Ihe interior, and of repelling all foreign aggressions to which our national independence might have been exposed. At the same time with the Nation al Guard, our brave army was recomposed, and .France may now look upon it with pride. Ne\ r er was the levy of our young soldiers effected with so much promptness and facility; and such is the pat riotic ardor with which they are animated, that they are scarcely ranged under those banners— those glorious colors which retrace so many recol lections dear to the country—Avhen they can no longer be distinguished from our veterans; and at no time were the French troops finer, better dis ciplined, and, 1 say it Avith confidence, animated by a better spirit than they are now. “The labors of great organization have not slack ened the accomplishment of the promises of the charter. Already the greater part have been reali zed by tbc laws which you have voted, and to which I have given my sanction. I have followed with solicitude the course of your important labors, the whole of which attests enlightened views, a zeal and a courage Avhich recommend to history ihe period which they have occupied. France will not forget your devotion to the country in tlie mo ment of danger, and I shall always preserve the re membrance of the assistance winch I have found in you when the wants of the State made it my du ty to claim it. “The next session, I feel confident, will only con tinue your jvork by completing it and preserving j In Volhynia, Dwernicki \A 7 as making great progress retreated from this political Waterloo, and we have j—for there, as in Lithuania, tiie people are rising united our common power at La Belle Alliance.— j and organizing their strength. II" Diebitsch be (Cheers and Laughter.) I knotv not which most! defeated in a great battle, his retreat Avill assuredly to admire in the fate of those who have so long j be cut off by Dwernicki, and the insurgents in his supported a rotten and falling system, their con- rear, tor the peasantry already goaded to revenge, sternation or their amazement. (Cheers.) Accept my individual thanks, the strongest I can possibly utter, for the honor you Iiaye conferred on this town. [Loud applause.] But a few hours more and the The following official despatch from the Polish public newspapers of the country will "bear to you General refers to preceding operations, ol which the thanks of England. [Cheer?.] You will en- I we already had some contused accounts. By this joy tlie thanks, the grateful thanks of your King, 1 statement, it. will be perceived that tae defeat of Si- vvho, had he been unsupported by the affections ofjerawsky, was far more disastrous to the Foies than his people, on the momento is occasion, would, in- J had been supposed. The Polish loss is alloA\ T ed by deed, have had to shed toe tears of patriotism, and j themselves to have been 9000 men—but many of lous. If the Chamber of Peers should be expung- | f he Russian frontier. Let us hope that Jie will soon be ed, the King Avill stand alone against a popular !e- driven across »be Bug-, then across die Dniester, and at gislative assembly, verging constantlv to democrat- {die Dnieper. P iv*n a 5 , n c i ’ Pane, .ylay 11.—Kus3u> by the Courier which arrived ,C ; • * h } e t0 Stand at a ’■ t0 f any leRg \ h : yesterday, premtm*moderation in extinguishing .he in- of time. \Y ill the foreign monarchical powers a I- , -.tirrectirn of Pofa-'w?.. We have -een letters from the Ei>- low such an order of tlnngs to continue unmo.est- j V q who has just ref owed trim London to Warsaw, in ed, ifit should be practicable? Will they not incur which bp speaks k%hJy<vr -:i reused bv L-rd all the chances of war rather than abide the force Palmerston for ri>- £< . ,=■. V Poland, and die determina tion avowed, by chot- Mizar-rer, to interpose, in con jin will be more tiian a match for a dispirited and fly ing army, broken in every direction.—Sun. felt that lie had called on the friends of liberty in vain. I again repeat what I said last night, that to the freemen of this great town, who have re deemed their tarnished character,—to the trades men Aviio have shown how much they deserve of their country,—and to the public papers of Liver pool, which have so strenuously stirred up the true spirit of patriotism an l die determination to main tain the cause of freedom, we are indebted for the means and instruments by which we have achieved this important triumph.” (Cheers.) POLAND. Accounts from Poland are numerous, various, and in some respects quite contradictory. It ap pears that the Polish generalissimo has been com pelled to retreat before tlie combined corps of the Russian army, and was to take a defensive position 12 leagues from Warsaw, where a general bathe might be expected to take place. A new plan of operation was thus commencing, which was to o- verwhelm the patriotic Poles by an united exertion. Tlie road to Warsaw l as lately been prepared for a vigorous defence; and great things appear to be hoped for from Schryznecki. “ It must have- been seen by the extracts from the Polish Gazette, that the head quarters of okrzy- necki have been removed from J tkubow to Minsk, that is to say, he has retreat'd towards Warsaw. We must therefor^conclude, that Marshal! D>e- bitsch has united all his forces before Siedlec, which is his poin d’appui, and that, on the otiier hand, at about twelve or fifteen ieag 'e" distant from their capital. In the excellent proclamation, so remarka ble for its noble frankness, the Polish Generalissimo explicitly, informs his companions in anus, and his fellow-citizens, that the contest undertaken with so much impetuosity, is not -vet at an end, and he ci thern it is believed were only dispersed in the woods, or among the villages. This unfortunate and bloody engagement was subsequent to the defeat of 6,000, as has heretofore been officially related:— From the W >.rs <w Stale Gazette. REPORT OF THE GENERAL SKRZY- NECK1. '.ieeo-.il CPm-v-TS of i . wow. near Kabizin, April 22. The advantages which avc have already gained, having obliged the enemy to retire from the Vistu la; trie corps which had not been able to pass tlie ■iver effected that passage. General Sieiawsky crossed the river at the head of some squadrons, of six newly-formed battailions, for ihe most part ar med with pikes and scythes, and with six pieces of camion. This General, who was only intended to act in skirmishes, going heyoiul his oders, penetrat ed into Lublin, where he found a considerable bo- !y of forces, as it is of great importance to the ene my, and determined although well aware of the state of things there, to hazard a’ decisive baltle with the enemy, doth troops which were net at ail proper tor that purpose. On the 16th of April, Colonel Lagno«ki, who commanded the vanguard of Gen. Sierawski, ^ncountereu a very superior body of forces at Dielzyce, who were provided with ar- tiillery. General Sierawski immediately hastened to his assistance, and arrived at Dielzyce tlie same evening with the part of his corps. When he was convinced that the enemy, Avho were directlv in f ont of him, wore .superior in numbers, he retired ro the village of Wronow, where he, however, de termined to come t«T an engagement the next day,! which took p'ace accordingly, in consequence of the approach of the enemy. During several hours tlie affair had no result on either side beyond the loss of 200 or 300 men. Ourartillery, who witha very few’ pieces of cannon, horts them to confidence and perseverance, parti- were opposed to an artillery very superior in mirn- cularly should the events of toe war require retro- j bers and quality, sustained on tills occasion their grade movements. I former reputation. Our infantry, avIio had very “Diebitsch is then about to ma rch on Warsaw j* few muskets, did more than could hav r e been expect- of tlie example? France is vote armed and prepared for trar in an extent almort unprecedented. Her national Guard are as well equipped as were the Imperial Guard of Napoleon; her regular army is very numerous and incessantly drilled. She cannot want for able and experienced military commanders. The name of Napoleon is revived Avith singular popularity and influence. Ail the parties, even many of the lea ding Carlists, emulously pay homage to it as a me mento and watchword of national, spirit, energy, and glory. No associations, no combinations, no diffusive usderstanding, appear to exist in favor of Napoleon IT., “the son of the man.” But the re habilitation of the father’s name—the revival of en thusiasm pervading the mass of the people as Avell as the army—must certainly cause the son to be come an object of great interest, in the event of war or the sudden overthrow’ of Louis Philippe. Austria, too, watchful, artful, wholly politic, may find it. desirable to encourage and gatify the pre disposition thus produced among tlie French, for the youth. Consequently, though he has not an avowed or any considerable party at present, his chances of success are not to be overlooked or des pised, especially as it is believed he possesses per sonal merits suitable to the tastes and exigencies of the French. From the late aspect of the political horizon, it may be inferred by many, that the Government of Louis Philippe will prove stable, and Avar is much less probable. It 'does not, however, inspire us with confidence on either point. We have inti mated a part of our reason for distrust on the former. Franee, we think, has been disqualified for a limit ed monarchy; and is not yet, if ever she can be prepared for a republic; she has not ceased to be fervently or ambitiously martial; she isarmed to the teeth, her civil industry is paralyzed; her social sys tem disordered; her Avhole condition, political, and social, and her favorite theories, must remain odi ous to the absolute cabinets, wielding still vast mili tary strengib, and exercising consummate artifice. We doubt that the people of Italy, of Spain, or of any of the German States, can be counted upon as auxiliaries against their Governments; at least in the degree Avhich was at first commonly admitted. None of tlie popular risings or tumults Avhich ha\*e occurred in those countries, have borne a charac ter of generality, depth, or intelligence, to warrant sanguine hopes. On the contrary, they might lead us to the conclusion, that no revolts or rev 7 o- lutions would ensue further than they should he brought about, by tlie presence of triumphant French armies; but permanent change and regen eration arc not to be thus effected. If the Poles should repel their assailants, and achieve independence, then, indeed, the peace of Europe could be preserved for some time. A war with France on the part of Austria, Prussia or with his army in one united mass, in place of ad-I ed. But the cavalry of Kalisch, in spite of the vancing, as formerly, in sew a! corps, along, as .it | good example of their chief, did not do their duty. Avere, the radii of a circle, of which Warsaw was : W e must do General Sierawski tlie justice to de- to be the centre. Thus, as avc have already ex-; ciare that he left nothing untried to re-establiish in it the character of that great event of July, Avhich [ plained, a new series of milim rv operations I' c-om- goo-1 order. He effected his retreat to Kasimierez - P.iGiro l~k«r lorvn I lYionno oil tltn i monninre A itor thrt oUi.PL’O may secure for the future, by legal means, all the j mencing. After the checks Avhich the o resinns without confusion, to which point he took with him ameliorations which the country has a right to ex-j formerly experienced, and after the fruitleasness of; an unmounted piece of cannon and 300 prisoners, pect, and tvliich may separate lor ever the desti- | ‘heir different attempt, a fourth p : an is about to General Sierawski passed at Kasimieres the rest of r.ic3 of France from a dynasty excluded by the na- j lie developed. Each of the armies lias resumed the night, and a part of the day following the ac tional will. jits original part—the Russians the offensive, and tion, although he had boats with which He might “After the shock which the social body had tin- j the Poles the defensive. But the Russians cannot have passed the Vistula, and the road to Wieprz dergone, it Avas difficult not to experience some j now, as upon the former occasion arrive in sight of was open before him. It was only on the morroAV, fo llow crisis, and we haw passed through some very j Praga without having to fight battles on the wards midday, when the enemy’s column support- painful ones during your session; but, thanks to the j road, and to force positions with great loss of men, • ed by the artillery, showed themselves before Kari ns having been recently fortified with mierez, that the cavalry, four pieces of cannon, and great care. Besides, who can tell that Skrzynecki the scythes, were embarked. The remainder of the may not, by one of those bold and daring rno\ r e- infantry i\ 7 ith two pieces of cannon,' was placed rnentH which are peculiar to him, once again throw upon 1he heights and Sides to defend the entrance himself on the flank of Diebitsch, and force him to of the town. As soon as the enemy commenced a abandon his prey at the moment he bciie\ r es that brisk attack, Lieutenant-Colon* 1 Malachowski took ders, at least the assent of the country applauded j he is seizing on it.” j a scythe and conducted abattaliion of scythe-bearers the intentions of the government. The internal! The German papers which arrive this morning' towards the enemy. This attack at first succeeded, peace of the kingdom has been gradually confirmed, : give much more cheeringaceounts of the prospects hut almost immediately afterward Malachowski fell and tlie strength of the government has progres- of Dwernicki than those which arrived yesterday, wounded with several halls. Tii oonsiant efforts which you have made to second these positions having been recently fortified with mine; thanks to the energetic devoted whs of the K ipulation, to its patriotism, and to I he mdefiifiga- e zeal of the National Guard, and of the troop* of the line, all have passed through them happily; and if wc have had to regret some afflicting disor- government aively increased in proportion as the reign of the They fully confirm tlie statement from Warsaw as law 7 s resumed its empire, aud as the public safety <; to the support. Avhich he has received from the in- Avas consolidated. My government will continue ! surgents of Volhynia, wdiich we gavc on Saturday 'to pursue with a firm step this course, in which you have so Avorthily supported it. “Mv Ministers have constantly acquainted you ments. Like me, you have recognized tlie neces sity pf them, "and you will also participate in my sincere desire, to see them speedily cease. Thie assurances which I receive from all quarters, of the pacific disposition of foreign Powers, give me the Hooe that their armies and ours may soon be redu- ««4 proportion* pff tlie State of peace; but is irreparable loss both for the army and the country, threw our ranks ; nto confusion. The enemy entered the toAvn while Gen. Sierawski, with the remaining part of his ar my, and tlie other pieces of cannon,’retired to De- la rov, and then to Borswa, at the opening of General Diebitsch has fortified Siedlec, and Avaits an attack from the Poles in that position. Siedlec _ _ _ is 24 leagues from Warsaw 7 , where the Russian Wieprz, where he re-crossed the Vistula without with the state of our diplomatic relations, and you army is concentrated, covered by numerous en- being followed-bv the enemv. have been informed of the circumstances Avhicli trenchments, in which are all the Russian besieging The official reports of our loss have not yet ar- 4iave determined me to make extraordinary arma- artillery. It appears that the Polish commander- rived, hut according to the opinion of my Aid-de- in-chief is draAving near Warsaw, and his head camp, whom I sent to the spot, it is estimated at quarters are in the neighborhood of Minsk, in di- more than 9000 men, the greater part of whom reci communication w r ith W arsaw, to prevent the probably finding themselves cut off by the enemy cnolera morbus trom getting to Ids army. from a retreat, took the advantage of their peasants - , ' , Lumberg, April 22. dresses to spread themselves in the Affilatres. After After the unsuccessful attempt made on the 18th these events, the corps of General Sieratvski took by General Dweraic.*, tlie Russian position,»its position upon the left honk of the Vistula. As Russia, Avouid be \ r ery hazardous, under such cir cumstances, including the predilection which could not be restrained—of the Belgians for the French cause. The triumph of the Poles, fondly as it may or should he Avished, is, hoAA 7 ever, ex tremely doubtful. If they should be crushed, the feelings and plans of Russia, Austria, Prussia, and Holland, hostile to France, will be re\rived, and great military means will have been collected, read- y to be combined and put in action. Oh the o1h- er hand, the French people could not fail to he ex asperated, and feeling themselves strong—being in full array for a mighty struggle—would compel their Government to renounce at once its pacific Policy, or substitute for it an administration of a temper congenial with their own. War is always uncertain as to its events and issues. W"e mav presume that France w r ou!d beat all her enemies; but her internal situation would, in every respect be much affected by her military efforts, and the re action of A’ictory. We have not taken Great Brit tain into the account; in these loose view 7 ?, because her course is hardly to be even conjectured. She is exposed to such embarrassments and contests at home, that it will be very difficult for her to apply abroad her power, her inclinations, or her conclu sions as to expediency. It is not likely that she will be able to interfere in continental affairs, so as to arrest or divert their tendencies. The contin ental nations will be inflamed by their passions, animated by their preparations, eager to anticipate each other in the natural results of mutual distrust and antipathy, so far that no British consels or menaces can lie of avail to prevent a speedy and wide spread conflict. With regard to Great Bri tain separately, her military strength and resources are unquestionably vast; but her domestic condi tion will make the attempt to exert them, and the side for which to declare, almost too perplexing and perilous for any ministry. Her old Constitution is doubly threatened. If Reform, so called, should be carried, republicanism Avill be, ere A’ery long, ascendant; if the Parliament refuse to gratify, in the lullest mfeasure, the popular outcry or public opin ion, a violent, total Revolution must ensue. The gradual, peaceable renovation and purification of such a political and social system as the British, with sqch a populace and peasantry and gych an tion with re} ‘-r tVienrtly nowers, to secure at least the ful filment of the treaty of Vienna, which guaranteed a con stitution for Poland. Tlie Austrian Minister in London, in his interviews upon t his subject with Lord Palmerston, when speaking of the Polish resistance, always used the term echonffource (rash enterprise,) and, as Count i'ozzo- di Borgo lias uniformly done licrm declared, that until 'heir arms were laid down, the Emperor Nicholas could not listen to any terms of accommodation. It is not ex pected here that General Diebitsch will be able to force die inti cncluncnts before Praga, and the general military opinion is, that he will attempt the capture of Warsaw on the opposite side of the Vistula. His anny suffers dreadfully for want of . provisions, as the country Las been laid waste on his line of march. The Russian ofli- i ers who are prisoners in Warsaw have even found it dif ficult to drain small supplies from the military chest, of ■tiieir commander, although the Berlin papers speak high ly of the amount of ducats .which he has remitted to Iris captive comrades. An Englishman, coming from Odessa, lias entered the- Polish ranks. Six English surgeons have also arrived to assist the woundecV During the two days’ fighting, the young Narischkin, the natural son of the lam Enq eror Alexander, was made prisoner. The Commander in Chief of the Polish army, upon the requisition ot hicld Marshal Diebitsch, has consent ell to exchange h tin, but solely upon the condition of receiving back the martyr* f he good cause, Colonel Severin Kryzanewsti, whom :he Russians still retain in prison, contrary to the law of na tions, and of all our constitutional guarantees—Messa^tr Palonais, May 2. Berlin, Mi y 6.—The Prussian State Gazette of tbi t date contains various extracts from the Yv arraw Journal, and news from the Russian head-quarters, of which the following is the substance: We have news from the Russian head-quarters ai Minsk of the 28th April, one day later than the preceding. These accounts relate the particulars of the advance of ihe army from Siedlec, in which little of importance oc curred. Near Minsk, however, there was a very sharp action between the Russian vanguard and the rear of the Polisli army, in which the Poles are said to have lost se veral hundred killed, besides wounded and prisoners; the toss of the Russians was 20 killed, and, at the most, 100 wounded. Among the latter is General Skobelew, com mander of the second division of tlie 1st corps, who had an arm carried off by a cannon ball.- The .enemy retreated towards Stanislawow.—The. Russian van-guard pushed forwards towards Dembe V* il~ kie. General Uminski lias also retreated from the viam ity of Wen grow. Among tlie Polish prisoners are seme hundreds lab'cr- tng under the cholera. The disorder appears to abate itt- violence, although there are some cases where death is ver* ry sudden. Many patients soon recover, ana there are> seA'eral divisions of troops in w hich there were some pa tients, but the disorder has not been propagated by infoq-% t ion. The report concludes as follows: As die army of the rebels has every where shewn but little inclination to accept the battle which was offered to it: anS the whole country in which the Russian army 7 is now 7 , has already been the theatre of Avar, and is so entirely exhausted, iha& even a little straw is scarcely to be had, the Russian arr. my will return to its former positions, and in the sequel, when its subsistence has been secured for a long unie, will find means to compel the rebels to a battle wluch wiii decide the fate of their country. The advance of the Russian army must have cciwins oed the Poles, that their advantages obtained in the begin* ning of this month, are not so decisive as the enthusiasm tic reports of their Journals represented them. The accounts from Warsaw are of the 2d of May'. They give the Polish account of the retreat of the army, Avhich agrees on the whole with the Russian statement- The Poles intended to make a stand at Minsk, but Avere. attacked by so superior a force, that Gen. Gielgud, whose conduct did trim great honor, judged it advisable to re treat, though.net compelled by the enemy. Gen. Shrzy- necki affirms, however, that the Poles did not loose a sin gle prisoner, except some soldiers afflicted writh the chole ra. Gen. Uminskfliad obtained, on the 27th, an advan tage over a Russian brigade of cavalry under Gen. Nasr saki, which had thirty killed and seventy-two taken pri soners, with their horses, among; tlie prisoners is Colo nel Tarskoi. The Poles had tluee officers and five pri* vates wounded, but none killed. The retreat of tlie Russian army, announced in the preceding report, is stated in the WarsaAv papers as hav-_ ing subsequently taken place. On the 29th of April the whole Polish army had again advanced, and resumed its former position at Kostrzym, and beyond Siennica. The head quarters of the’ General-in-Chief tvere that morn* ing at Ruda. On the 30th the Polish army again ad van; ced, and the vunguard was in the morning at Kaluszyn. The head quarters of Count Diebitsch are said by the* Warsaw Gazette to lie at Mordy 7 , beyond Siedlec. Gen. Sierawski has arrived at Warsaw. Detachments of hi. 5 * conps, under the command of Gen. Dzirkonrki, have* made some successful excursions to the right bank of tho Vistula. Leather girdles, lined with flannel, worn next the skin, having been found tlie best preventh 7 e against the cho lera, great quantities axe making for the army: 20,000 have already been sent to the camp. The disorder was greatly abated.—Fresh divisions of troops continue t« pass through the capital. In an official report green in the Warsaw 7 State GazJ ette, Gen. Dwemecki writes from Kolodno, on the 24tl> that on the 17th and 18th he had an engagement with the c‘-"ps of Gen. Rudiger, consisting of 12,000 men, with 22 cannon; that he defeated it, took eight cannon and kil led a great many 7 . The enemy left 800 wounded on tho field.—The Russian Gen. Plazkoft’was mortally wound- 1 ed. Our loss was small. From Kolodno Gen. Dwer-» necki had sent strong detachments to observe the enemjv The Polish Eagle lias been s*t up at Radziwillow. MOVEMENTS OF DWERNICKI. That this enterprising officer had gained some advar-3 over the Ruasw airp? preyi*** s? of April,