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LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 29. THE news from Poland continue to be scarce and JN uncertain. The most, we lwow is, that the Po. lish army is directed into three corps. The principal corps occupies Plock and Modlin; 16,000 Mien, under the command of Romarino, have retired on Zamosc, which is still in the possession of the Poles; aad the third corps, commanded hy General Rozycki, is in the pitlatinate of Kalisch and Sandoniir. A letter received by General Lamai-mie, from the General Lan- jjermann, dated VVa^saw, 4th of September, states—" I have received oidv.rg to take the command of a division of 12,000 men* who are in the environs of Terespol, Sear Lithuitiia." 'lVe have no further intelligence re- lative to this corps hut on the whole there appear to W a great many more Polish troops not directly com- promised by the siege of Warsaw, than we at first ima-1 gined. A private letter of the 15th inst. from Warsaw, gives copies of the several proclamations and other public nutices issued by the Russian authorities since their entrance into the city. The first is from the Pre- i sident of the Municipality, and announces the appoint- Baent of Count Witt, to be Governor of the City, and I Baron Korff, to be Commandant of the citadel, The second, is a proclamation calling upon all the citizens to deposit in the Arsenal, all the arms belonging to the crown. The third is from Baron Kot-ff, announcing that the officers of the Polish army may remain at War- saw, provided that within 24 hours they present them- selves at his office, and deposit a declaration that they *vill never again bear arms against the Russian govern- ment. All who neglect to do this are to be treated as prisoners of war. The fourth is by General Count Witt giving notice that all officers. and persons attached to the Polish army intending- to quit the capital, must leave it by two o'clock in the afternoon of the 10th, and cross the Vistula, or in default be considered prisoners of war. The last is from the President of the Muni- cipality, by order of the commandant, enjoying all functionaries and other persons employed in the ad- ministration of the hospitals, all surgeons, &c., and all the functionaries employed in the municipality of War-, saw, to continue to exercise their several functions, un- der the penalty of being tried by a court martial. It appears from the Russian and Prussian accounts, that the Russian army has evinced great moderation in the hour of victory, and that no one was compelled to re- main in Warsaw who desired to follow the Polish arm v. Let us hope that these statements will turn out to be correct, and that whilst we have to deplore the fall of Warsaw, we sliall not have to hear of inhuman butch- eries, pillage, and rapine. The Necker Gazette profes- ses to believe that the capture of Warsaw, by the Rus- sians, was only in consequence of a pre-concerted plan of the Poles, who wished by this means to weaken the Russian army by 20,000 men, whom it would be necessary for them to employ in occupying the city, and keeping down the population. It maintains that the Polish cause is not yet lost, and that General Szem- beck is stationed at- Sandomir, with about 20,000 men in the rear of the Russian army, whose communications are cut off by the destruction of the bridges over the Vistula, near Goraand Gssiek. Plozk, it says, is free, and General Romareno, who has gained a brilliant vic- tory over General Golowin, is in posession of LubJin In the district of Cracow, the landstrum is under arms in great numbers, and is supported by 10,000 reg-ular troops. Up to the hour I am writing, neither the French government, the Polish committee, or the Po- lish envoys at Paris, have received any further intelli- gence. Private letters received from the island of Madeira to the 29th August, represent that island to be in a state of great alarm and agitation, owing to the Governor having threatened the inhabitants, that in case any hos- tile squadron should make its appearance and attack the island, hs was determined to destroy the town, which be could easily accomplish, as the castle commands it,! and has provisions for six months. He has caused all the money he could accumulate to be deposited there. The British residents, from the language held forth by the Governor, are in the greatest alarm for their pro-, perty and personal safety in case of an attack, and, we Understand, have represented their danger to the Bri- tish government. Our English merchant, who resided in the country, has been insulted by the country people and has been obliged to take shelter in the town for safety. In all the parish churches the priests are preaching sermons to irritate the persons who are not in favour of Don Miguel.

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