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9 / , t- - )4 • • , at," ,:••. JO 4 ' 01.1 I - • ..--. • "r ; • a "• . • • • W . k . . • ! . . , . • - - A rifoitr ' la' fT .1: 4 • /~ :~ NuinEf 12,3061 CONTKAC't FOR RRICKS, luny arms, July 10, 1026. • . HE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS end COMMIS. MOYERS of his MAJESTrs ThlrY (is Asa* give Neliee. FffiDA' 1, 1 S OENPENQE. SECRET , SOCIETIES IN RUSSIA. 'founders of the sneietj, but afterwards new members Obtained it by degrees, and mune even received it Im mediately. those of sehnm this society then consisted, were Alexander, Nikita, S rg, and Matthew Monravielf, Noce Seig Troubetsky, Novikog,.(fortherly Director of the office of Governor43 e n e r a l . of Liftle Russia, but since dead), Michael Louniine, and three other mem bers, bathe latter having subsequently abandoned this society at different periods, and broteu off all connexion with the more ardent of their colleagues, have been thought worthy of the generous clemency of your Me-, jelik. The object of this association, from the begin nips/ wet. *change in •the existing institutions of the, empire. Such are the unanimous declarations on this subject of .Alexander, of Serg, of Matthew, and of Nikita Mouravieff, as well as Pestel. As to Prince Troubetsky, he affirms that, aware of the weakness and temerity of their enterprise, they discussed at their ,meetings the means of promoting the good of their country, and of furthering the accomplishments of every .useful design. Their .principal object was to increase the fute of their, society. . by the acquisition of new members, whose talents and moral qualities were to be ,supported upon good t es timo n y a s a q ua lifi cat i on 'for their admission. It was in their first meetings, likewise, that a resolution was formed to invite Yakouchkine and to' explain, and to eimplete it* jaws , er the utsii.n without changing their object. it is evident from this statement that the authority is this secret association, end the power • t areetiegii4o any object, resided in the foendeta or priMitivealeins hers. It belonged to thefts to receive new member sby establishing each a direction. These directions were called effective, secondary, and principal. They took the t; de of effective Directors as soon as they were nom. posed of ten members. Every. effective direction could establish a secondary one, which had no relation but with it. But if the secondary direction established in its turn another composed of tea members, it becatise independent of its founder. The tide of .principal tection was given to those who had established three free societies. ST. IH, An.v 1. IMPORT OP THE eO)114ISSION OF INQUIRT AT ET.PETTItsIIOIIOII IN CONSEQUENCT OF TILE ETTNTX That on THURSDAY, the rfth lomat, at One o'clock, they will .be ready to treat with each Perms as may be willing to Con • tract for supplying Ms Majesty's Dock Yards at Deptford, Wool- Wick, Chatham, and Sheerness with . . • BRICKS. • • . A 'Form of the Tender ' . may be seen at this Office. No Tender • will' bericeitedlftee Oue o'Clock on the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed, braless the Patty or an Agent for him attends. Every Tender must be accompanied ►y a Letter addressed to the Navy. Board, and • signed by Two responsible Persons engaging to become bound with the Person tendering, In the Sum of £5OO for the due performance of the Coat/eft. OF THE 26TH 011$ECFUSER;1-625. _The principal direction had the prerogative of re ceiving the second part of the regulatians. In every direction there was elected a council, composed of an overseer or two chiefs, according as the direetios con. sisted of ten or twenty members. All affairs, both is the direitWins and central anion, w e re decided by e plurality of votes. The names of the members who had merited well of the union, were inscribed in a book of honour, and those wholtad bees expelled, in a book of ignominy. They had the right of leaving the union, but were bound to secrecy on everything which they bad learned in it. There was no particular ceremony nt exception. The new member put in a written declare. dos, which was afterwards buret witboat his knowledge. Every member was bound to give to the - common trea sury the twenty-fifth - part of his anneal income, but this regulation was so little observed that only five thee sand roubles wete collected in all, and these were spent for purposes unconnected with tkeobjects of the satiety. (The remainder of this document is promised in a follorthig PaPer•l VICTUALING-OFFICE, Jedy 15, ISM THE COM4II;SIONERS for VICJVALLING kit MAJESTY s Nam iv. de kinky give Nodes, That ou Tumbar, the eSals Instant, they win be ready •to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), abd treat for THIRTY 'THOUSAND GALLONS of good, sound, full bodied TEN& RIF FE WINE, to be fully equal in quality to Samples, which are lodged at this Office, and at the Victualling Moe, at Dept ford ; and to be delivered in the Victualling Stores, at Deptford, 'duty free, within a fortnight from the day of Tender. -Major-General Michael Orloff to joie them. The former had jest left Petersburgh, and the latter was employed at the same time along with Count Marnonoff, and the Counsellor of State, Nicolas Tourgueneff, in the forma tion of another society, which wa4 to bear the title of the Russian Knights. Major-General Michael Orloff, and Alexander Mouravieff, invited a mutual junc tiols ot, their respective societies, but they could not agree upon the terms, of the union. The Conditions of the Contract asay be seen at this Office. Each Tender must specify the price in *words at kisith,and delivered -before One &Clock on the day _appointed; 'and the Person whO makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, most email to Milne when called for. • . . . M. WALLER cuirox CONTRACT FOR .TE;iERIPpIi WINE. VICTUALLING OFFICE, July 21, tem. • NOTICE.—The Parties who may Tender: 'hit th‘ " L ‘ WINE Advertised for on the 15th Instant, are aprediiie SAMPLES with their TENDERS, notwithstanding it is listed in the former Advertisemein that the Wine was intended. to be conformable to Sample to be ezhibita at this Oilice• SUMMER ASSIZES. YORK, Jinx *9. 3111.111 t% O. TAYLOR.. THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW. No. r. will be- Published an SATURDAY, the 29th instant. CROWN RENTS FOR SALE. THE COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MA.ZESTY'S' WOODS, FORESTS, and LAND -- REVREITES, hereby give notice to all persons by whom Fee Farm-Rents, or Perpetual and Unimproveable Rents are payable to the, that the net price or consideration money for which stack 1 may be purch ased by the parties by whom the sante are pay. able, will be specified on the Receipt or Acquittance to be delivered by the Receiver of the Premises on payment of the current Year's Rent, at the ensuing Michaelmas audit ; on payment of which btu, the 04lce of the said Conuniodomvs, in Whitehall-place, London, or to the respective Receivers, a conve*anee of the Rents will be granted to the several purchasers without any additional charge whatever. Notice is hereby further given, that in case the said parties shall not purchase the items payable by them respectively, on or before the Ist day of March next, the Commissioners propose immediately afterwards to dispose of the same by Public Auction. A MOST VALUABLE AND CERTAIN MEDICINE. BOERHAAVE'S RED PILL, No. - 1, fainmp throughout Europe for the Cure of every Stage and Symp• torn of a Certain Complaint. These Pills are mild bet-powerful and speedily efficacious in ,recent as wells, the most obstinate cases. The direction are full and explicit, being rendered easy to every capacity, by which all persons, of either sex, are enabled to cure themselves with ifafety and secrecy in a few days, without confinement or hindrance of ' business. Where an early application is made for the cure of a tertahs disorder, frequently contracted in a moment at. inebriety, the era dication is generally completed In a few days.; and in the More advanced and inveterate wags of venereal infection, characterised' • by a variety of painful and distressing symptoms, a perseverance • in these Pills (without restraint in diet or exercise), will insure to the Patient a permanent and radical cure. Too muck =met be said in praise of this medicine; its amazing We , is 'a certain at. • tenon of its immense utility many thousand persons M . both • sexes having been perfectly oared, after &semi and injurious MO. thuds had been persevered ha to no purpose.. A supply is just received, and for Sale by Mr. R. Johnston, No. 68, Cornhill ; Mr. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Mr. Ward, Holborn; Mr. Stradling, Royal Exchange; and all Medicine Venders, price is. Q. per box, warranted genuine. PETER FROST ; OR, THE POLAR LINGUIST. rro draw a long bow is a Mariner's glory, That is, to narrate a most marvellous story. A jolly Jack Tar, who all dangers had sbar'd With brave Capt ain Maar, a fact thus declar'd. " Ice-bound during winter, and little to do. We polish'd our Boots, and went forth to pursue Amusement on shore ; but the frost so intense, Induced us to bona a mug but for defence t Now mind me—not long were we boned, when we found That all our jaw-tackle had run fast aground. Our words were all froze in the air!—'tis Ito juke • And not a voice heard, although ev'ry man spa:. 'Teas strange, but not koowing what then was the matter, We thought Polar wizards set spell on our clatter, — So basten'd on bOard. Wtll, six mouths after that, 'lle very same hut in some Esquinsaux sat, On shore as we stroli'd, and a thaw just began, When forth, talking English, they presently ran!— • You'ee been to the Strand,' they said f ' judgment not inching, Your Boom are 11111111111'd by WAXIIIII% Jar Biacichici: 'These words by the natives were often repeated,— When ent'ring the hut our amaze was complete,L For, thawed into utterance, we heard the full flow (if sentences spoken there six months ago! We breath'd not a syllable, tongue-tied with awe, A learn's% Polar Linguist to find in the thaw; And oft in the air, while the voices were clacking. The dissoliing words pronounc'd' WASZEN'S JILT Bummer.' The Emuimaux caught thus our language, and may Repeat 4 1 Writer's's BLACKING" to Time's latest day, When some future Naze will guess, from the whole, That Wanton was known from the South to North Pole! This Easy Shining and Brilliant BLACKING Prepared by evezm 30, STRAND, London; And sold in every Town in the Kingdom.. LIQUID in Bottles, 6d. 104. 12d. and lnd. each. Also PASPC SLACKING, in P;sts, 6d. 12d. and 161. each. A Sbiliin; Pot Paste is iqoal to Your ls. Dottlesof Liquid. 12' Ask for WA RILEN's blacking; Your Majesty is nut ignorant that * revolution of nature to awaken all the attention of:the Goierninent had reached the Emperor Alezander , in the month of June last year, from a person named Sherwood, sub , altern in the 3d Regiment of the Lancers of the Bong. purported, that in several regiments of the first and second army there were individuals who plotted the overthrow of established order and state, emit:hat they belonged to a secret association, which irie'reased:grz , dually the number of jis members. In naming one of them. (Theodore Varkowski), Sherwood begged -per mi.sion to repair to Roursk, to comverst with him and several others whom he believed implicated; lopin g obtain more clear and circumstantial knowledge of their intentions. He, in fact, communicated to the Go vernment, in the month of September; the new inforati , tion which he had obtained. . Other information, ccinformable fp *M.°, Sherwood,. and More detailed, was carried io Taganrog by Lieut., General Count de Witt, who had been_ acquainted; with the existente and the object of,ito association of consirators by an agent, who had pretended to join it. A le tter received from Taganrog, the lsr (13) Sept. confirmed this intelligence. It had been addressed to 'the,late Emperor 4lexauder, by Captain Mayboroda, of the regiment Of Viatka, and appeared the more im portant, that Mayboroda himself had been a member of the above association. Immediately the Commandant of the second armyb and 'an aide-de-camp of your Majesty, sent to Taganrog for thai purpose, adopted measures for preeaution. • . According so the information of Mayboroda, several individuals suspected of plots Vert arrested, some of ,their papers were fouhd and seitird;:.and preliminary 'iuterrogatoriee, rook: place. . Meaminie,. their accom plias at St..Petershurgb, eitier consisted that the Go vernment had already a knowledge of their projects, or actuated with the impatieticieof ereooting them, under took to deceive *party of the regiment : of the Guards on the occasion of the oath to be takermo your Majesty, and excited the.tuovernent which wss witnessed by the inhabitants of the capital on the 14th (26)0 Deeeintwas On th'e evening of.tbat dey, they were, lmost all in the power of Geverament,.and their ; depositions served to titer up, and to complete the informatibns previously rettived respecting the existence of a plot. . Ae this . epoch; the labours of the conimilsioo . eons. Mewed. Eesry day the mass of facts increased, 'Which' made it.netessary to extend the inquiries; nevertheless, alwiys faithful to the principle established by your Ma jesty, the commission. employed the, power with . which. ] .it was ievisted•unly, in cases of evtderit. Among - the members okbe secret associations them selves, it only required the arrest or evidence of those whose testimony worthy of belief authorised it to con. sidle as accomplices in the most, criminal designs, or whose depositioas skere indispensable to convict the priticipal. conspirators, and disclose all the plans which they had formed.. The individuals whose names will be lazuli's a separate list knew only in a very imperfect manner the objects of the associations of which they formed a part, and the commission leaves them to your Majesty to decide upon their fate in your equity and clemency. . On thcothee hand, all the accused who claimed" the special attention of the commission have been carefully examined. Their answers have been compared,. and have been con fi rmed by concurring testiononf;,‘and they all agree in the principal circumstances relative to the object of the plots the organisation of the secret so ciety which formed it, earl the acts of its directors. From the'whole of these facts it results that - in the year 1816 some young men returned from abroad after: the campaigns of 1814 and 1815,. and knowing the po litical tendency of several went societies which 'then existed in Germany, conceived the idea of establishing similar associations, in Russia. The first persons who communicated this idea were Alexander hloaravielf, at present Captain on half-pay, and Captain- Nikita Mouravieff, and Colonel Priece : Treubetsky. Their motive, according to the written testimony of Alexander Mouravieff, was an ill-uuderstood love of country, which concealed from their own eyes the movements of a restless ambition., They did not then see, what they confess now is all their depositions, that the means which they employed could not 'conduct them to any object of - real utility ; that the existence: of such a so ciety was contrary to the laws, and to public morals; and that sooner or later its consequence would be crimes which would entail destruction upon thermelves,,,and calamities upon the state. At these first conferences there were present,_ besides the persons whose names have been trientioned,:tbove. M. Yakouchkine and Serg, as well is Mrattheye4fo r , ravieff Apostol, officers of the disbanded regiment of Semenouchy. They did net proceed - ,at thug .tirp.e..ta the execution of their projects, and. it Will a r an the month of February, in the following year, *lit they organized the first secret society, under the del, of Tie Union of Safity, or The tree and faithful Sens of the Country, Captain Nikita Mouravieff having then formed an acquaintance with Calomel Pestel, add put him in communication with Alexander Mouravieff, who had previously entered into habits of intimacy with Prince Troubetsky. This society included three. classes, that of brethren, that of men, and that Of heron. It was from this last class, superior to 'the oiler two, that every month the Elders and Directors were chosen, namely, the President, the Superintendent, 'and the Secretary. Their receptions were accompanied with solemn ceremonies. The candidates took an oath to preserve secrecy in every thing' that should . be con ' Tided to them, even when their opinions and their views should not agree with those of the :relay. At their adinissioty they took *second oath f they bound themselves to proceed. towards the object of their union, and sitbsnit to the decision of the seprtme council of boyars; although, according tothe declara tions of Prince Teclubetsky, - this title Of loysis was to remain unknown to all the i the inferior classes. ft was granted to the pirnitiee meraberep or These plans" had. no, result, and an association of which the General had conceived an idea, namely, to prevent the erection pf a tingdons in Poland, was • not formed. That which had already existed made no progress. Some of its members, and particularly Pestel, left Petersburgh ; others discovered an inconsistency in its views, and inconveniences in its laws. Others still, and especially those who had simply received the pro positions to fraternize with the soden of safety, required that the society shoOld limit itself to act slowly on the public mind;-thatit should change its statutes, which had for their basis the principle of a blind obedience, and the employment of vipleot .means, and that it should' adopt id place of them others, the principal provisions of Whitt should be drawn from the presumed code of the Terra Bead (society 'of virtue.) The primitive meraliets of*. union, who were then at Moscow with a division oldie guards, gp'peieit , for a long time this proposition.i'atid i t desves remark, that it was during these discussions, and any sitting which Alexander Nikita, Serg, and Matthew Mouravieff, Yakouchkine, Von-Viesen. blueing, and Prime Theodore Schakous ky, anent de. that the 'first mention was made of the rightful idea Of regicide:.: - One of the Members, Alexander Mouravieff, had- re ceOrsd a letter from Prince Troubetsky, which announ ce& ihaUthe Emperor had the intention of restoring to Poland' all the provinces conquered by Russia, and that forese:lag on the part of the Russians discontent, and even opposition, he thought of retiring to Warsaw with all his Court, and leaving the country a prey to troubles and anarchy. This intelligence, of which the conspi rators themselves acknowledged-the absurdity, produced nevertheless upon them an effect scarcely credible.— They cried "out thit an attempt upon the life of the Emperor hid become an object of urgent necessity.— Prince The3dore Schakousky, according to the deposi tion Of Matthew Monravieff, proposed not to delay the, execution of it Sanger than the day on which his Regi meats should mount guard. They even wished to draw lots who should be the assassin, when, after the torture of au unhappy passion which caused him to hate exist ence, excited by the agitation of his companions, and -inflamed by their discourses, Yakouchkine offered his , arm for regicide. He appeared nevertheless, even in his madness, to feel the enormity of the crime which be meditated. " Fate,* said he, M has marked me for its victim. Having become a criminal, I shall no longer able to live, I shall strike the blow first, and then I shall kill myself." All the rest were terrified, their fury was reduced, and they stopped in their career. General Von Viesens exerted himself to prove to them that the news was devoid of foundation. Sergio: Mou ravieff-Apostol chewed them that the projected crime would be useless, because they-were not yet in a situa tion to take advantage of it. Yakouchkine came to his senses, and broke off all connection with the society, which -then changed its organization, and adopted new regulations, drawn up by Alexander and Michel Moo. ravieff, by Prince Sergio: Troubetsky, and Peter Ka 'whine, The first part of these regulations was in imitation of a •similar society in Germany. The mem bera declared that they had no intentions against the Government, and that they pursued their labours in 4retAsaly -to avoid the perverted constructions of ma levolence mill hatred. The members divived them- o sekes.into four branches ; the first had for its object phihinthrophy and beneficence, public and private.— The • second had for its object intellectual and moral education—the. establishment of schools, parti cularly on .the Lancaster system, and in general co operation in the instruction of youth. To the members of this section was confided the inspection of all schools. The third had for its object to watch over the proceed ing: of the tribunal... Its members engaged themselves not to refuse any judicial appointment that should be offered, to fulfil, their duties with zeal and exactness, to encourage persons of integrity employed about the tri bunals, and to denounce to the Government those who betrayed their trust. The members of the fourth class were to devote themselves to political economy, to en courage industry, to consolidate public credit, and to oppose monopolies. The interior orgarixation of the society was as follows : Its founders were to form the central union. From this union was to be drawn the central council, composed of a president and four as •essors. When the members of the central union joined this council, she assembly took the name of the Celdral Lisediset. The. central council exercised the executive 'power, and the central direction the legislative power in the union. The direction had besides tbe power of no minating a tenlio; ary chamber of legislation to examine, Mr. Seastraerr said Ph was an action for a compen sation in damages for an- injury sustained by James Milne:, a stone-mason, in the loss of his. lee, through the unskilful treatment of i person named. Taylor, au irregular practitioner of surgery, living near Hudders field. The plaintiff, in the month of November last, met with an accident, by which he fractured his left leg, just above the ankle, and unfortunately for him the defendant, who professed to have great skill in the re duction of such fractures, was called in to attend him; and his first effort at replacing the bones was made in so extraordinary a manner, that the Learned Counsel observed he could not pass it over unnoticed. He had caused three men to pull the unfortunate man's foot for a considerable time, and then tied a large handkerchief, twisted like a rope, -round ,the ,atekle, just below the fracture, with a slip-knot, so that the harder it was pulled the tighter it became, and caused the unfortunate plaintiff the most excruciating torture. After having done this, and straitened, he applied a huge plaister, some pieces of wood called splints, and bandaged the whole so tightly that he almost stopped the circulation of the blood: The ordinary reduction'of broken limbs was generally effected in three or four weeks, but it would be found, that at the end of that period, the plaintiffs limb became worse, the toes quite black, and the appearance of certain insects from under the ban. dage denoted its disseeed state, repeated applications during that period had been made to the defendant to remove the bandage, but be declared that course to be totally unnecessary, and so it remained on till some 'persons, totally ignorant with the nature and cureiof such wounds, became so sensible of its dangerous WM tote that they called in two regular surgeons, who de= clared the entire treatment to be grossly bad, and or. deted the bandage to be removed; but the defendant, who had been sent for, scouted theist opinion, declaring that he knew more of the matter than any one else, and ordered the bandage to remain in the same state; the consequence was, that mortification became manifest, and it was found necessary to resort to amputation to save the man's life, and the leg was accordingly re moved from above the knee, and. the poor man had now brought his action for the recovery of such a com pensation for so great a loss as he had sustained, lie did not mean to say that a medical man was responsi ble for the consequences of a cure in which, having ex etched all that his judgment had suggested, and which was founded or prescribed - upon the rules of the profks sion, he failed, but any man, who, when grossly ignorant of those rules, had undertaken such a cure under the display of surgical knowledge, then that individual was 'must assuredly liable if he - failed, and was bound, as was indeed every man pursuing the practice of medi cine, to give his patient every attention and care which, in his judgment or skill, was required under the de. CUMStinCeS of the cue. Here was a case in which that charge had been taken by a person (who he understood had made a large sum of money by practising the trade of bone-setting among the rustics of his neighbourhood) evidently having no surgical knowledge, but only ex ercising the utmost ignorant presumption; and for that , presumption the Jury were to consider what damages he ought to pay.—The Learned Counsel said, that to this poor man no compensation could atone for the loss of his leg. He was differently situated than the opulent —he had to support a large family, and who would employ a men situated as he was, who could not per form the same work as other men? He was, by the act of the defendant, deprived of his limb, and the Jury, under every circumstance of the case, could only give him ample damages. The facts stated having been insbetaatiMad y auliketos was lil m r.Leedse certai P ail mut en i t a itk for the Airy to determine. I r m o d in ain g a u gee l4 , ebesr the ig litun talit ot "he arhich idalatil wi:s The Jury, after about tau sanitise dellberoilii% returned a ye& diet for the plaisdir--Daatages itse,asd too. soma DRANSTIELD O. DIXON. This was an action to recover the OM of 2812. which the defendant had been indebted tO pleura/4 who had given him that sum on the 9th of December, iwtbe notes of Dobtods Bank. of Huddersaeld. which stopped 'payment on the 10th. and afterwatdp ,ircaase tsar bankrupt. The plaintiff's dedaratissaaerriag that de fendant at the time of paying she notes was aware of the insolvewel On OVA% and baying colketeif them