Star. — London, England, 1831-07-15 00:00:00

ip P c * h 1 ti $ • • ~ . .. 4. to; : , 1 ,1 i. 1 1 . i 4 i • P i t . ~ 1 1 1 1 • i 1 P .4! ,71 '-' 4 f a I i i A ~i , ! I 0 he thought dsould be inquired into, lest a return bad been ,stade with a view to the particular purpose. Mr. WOOD thought if any suspicion existed that re t ;tins had been made for a particular purpose, the census cf ILI ought to a admitlid a.s the least exceptionable, teeing t at that time th:s measure had not been in :Thelon, and quently there WaS no VbiCei to he gained. With regard to ti•e la•t census he knew that there had been several trick, 1 l:-td all In one bereugh in Larcwhire he knew, ard :•i be prcpered to preelvce proof oat it, t h at three hundred ~.• aduls NO been introduc:d and lo.ated for two or three for the purpose of making up the population to the !her of qualifittvion ; and tois he t. as certain was not a • sty insuan:e. (Hear.) H.: corld rot sit down without .',tiring :he allusion that had ben mule by eye Learned I.tl.man who had complain; d of hint sitting on that aide et the hews. Ile was happy to say that the numbers of the i any to %Mat Learned Gen.kn:an belonged was so •.try an all—(laughter)—that he (Mr. Wood) thought they olighi be glad to hate the company of these Members on that side, as they n tele them •rt least look better. Captain ILI RBIS compleined that the census of 1821 should be :eloped. Hy it the borough of Grimsby, winch he r. presented, would he disfranchised, although, from the ?stern of the population now in his peseeesion (a copy of which he knew that ministers had been provided with), that the berough, according to the data of population laid down in the bill, would now be entitled to send its representatives. The gallant captain read the return, which made a gross total of 4.018 inhabitants in the borough, and 177 inhabitants who reritied In the hamlets, that paid beet and lot with the bo rough. The gallant captain, on that account, urged the adoption of the census of the present year. He said, speak. leg of Grimsby, that she had a right to send represents fives; (laugher) she (laughter) had a right to retain her —laughter)—frunel.i..e. Lion. members might laugh, but he would contend diet ste—(laughter)—was entitled to her —(laughn r)—cleetive franchise. Ile would bring forward point at the prone: time, that would make the hon. gen tlemen who were g riprrsite, perhaps laugh with the oilier sides of their meuths.—(lncreased leugh ter.) Some I , ,,roughs had suffered their rights to send members to be destroyed, because at the time when representatives were paid, the supporting menthers to represent them in earlins trent ve:s deemed too expensive for them to bear ; but he would remind them that Grimsby had never flinched from sending members to Parliamem, and she—immense laugh. ter)was now to Le di...rune:deed for a particular purpose. —She—(roars of laughter,)—wan called a nomination borough ; but if slie—(ecetiets d laughter.)—wes, she— (great laughter) was is the hands of a Whig lord. (lat):4 1 !- ter.) and that was site reason why Ministers had ee or. reflect( it, because being of their Dun party, they knew that they could never get her out of the Whig lard's hands (laughter.) He would be enabled at she proper time to I bring forward all the necessary proof in the Committee.— The 311nisters had laid down a line, but he would hereafter I e enabled to show that ft was a crooked line. L'util they u'll.l convince him that there was inconvenience atandin s site present numbers of the Howie, he would ont consent to that number being abridged. On the contrary, he bud often seen them hue:: great difficulty to make up a House, ( Laughter.) In the Committee he would prove that Great Grimsby was above the line, and he entertained that opinion et the honourable intention of his Alajesty's Government, that they would do her (laughter) justice, and -he (Luighter) would be given her (laughter) franchise. Mr. C. %FOOL) obset red that the census of 1821 was as snuck the line by which the bill was guided as the number of 2,000 and 4,000. if the census of 1831 was made the line.' the standard for disfrachieing boroughs might be 3,000 end :1.1:00, so that It arswered the sante purpose. Su C. W ETH ERELL co:fe:ived hat the only principle of the bill was tle will of his Majesty's, Government (hear). They said we elii this, and we do that, without assigning , eny reason for so doing. They say the borough which has a population of 2,01 , 0 is not a rotten borough, it will retain , one member. Now, according with that fact, it was p . o• pried to offer evidence to show that a certain borough had a right to retain a member. To that ministers objected, on the grounds that the subject world be considered in the com mittee. Now how was that to be decided ? No doubt there wcuid be a great deal of speaking in the committee, but tart on the pert of his Majesty's ministers, who re lic:l more on their numbers than on their arguments.— Now, he would esk, how was the case of Appleby to be de. cidril in the Committee. unless a correct return of the pnpula thie was laid on the table ? The hon. member then referred to the census of the population of Caine in 1821, in which it was stated that sonic years previously the woollen trade had Nourished there, but that latterly its trade had declined very much. Now it was possible that a borough which had a population of 2000 in 1621, might not have a population to that amount now. Should not evidence then be admitted to satisfy the Heusc whether or not certain boroughs had the population attributed to them ? What would the Seli citor-General, whom he saw in his place, say, if a bill was filed in equity respecting a fact which was not in existence? Cettld any men. ceiling themselves 31inistere, have the pre sumption to soy, that certain boroughs should be disfran chised, on the presumption of facto, without admitting evidence of those facts ? If no other person did, he (Sir C. Wetherell) would bring forward a cootie n res. rooting the admission of evidence in the Committee. We ate now legislating in the y. ar 1831; why then should we go back to the year 1021, and make the census of that year the standard of legislation? The house were told that they should march with the times, but Ministers proposed to go j ten years back. He saw Ministers smile : they iedulgcd in smites more than in argument. But perhaps the country would think that their smiles arose front a coovietion ed their f illy. But 31 inistere declined to snake the census of 16: 4 1 the standard, lest they should be accused of partiality in leaking it. This was tl:e sh a bby- gentee l. H ow cou ld they be accused of partiality, when the returns were made by responsible officers cm oath. (Hear.) lie did net oh. I j.ct to have the Member for Middlesex, and others 6f that ; cave, sitting on the opposition side of the house ; tut he objected to their crying no, not when they should say yes, yes t—hissisig when they ought to applaud. He did not mean to say that a radical had no right to sit behind him, hushing his knees into his (Sir C. Wetherell's) back, and whispering his JacobiMcal doctrines into his cars. (Laugh. ter.) It was under these eircutnstances that he troubled the house. The honourable member for Worcester, and the honourable Aldern.an, one of the representatives of the City. had complained of waste of time, but he (Sir C. Wetherell) thought.that all those who opposed the bill had a right to be lt,teu. (Hear.) Lord A IEIIORP did not rise again to enter into the theiate. The lion. and Learned Gentleman might, by t :tidal a question, usually debated on the second reading, it. !ay the Bid fix a considerable time, but he ( Lord Althorp) would tell the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, that the peo ple of England would eetimete his motives fully : (cheers). The speech of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was directed as well to the principle of the Bill as to the Cone winter. The speech was not a keg one for the Hoe. and Learned Gentleman—(a laugh); but he- (Lord Althorp) seculei ten be led into any discussion of the principle of the BM, and be hoped that his lion. Friend would adopt the niter course: (cheers). Sir It. PEEL expressed his surprise at the observations I • Lich had Callen front the noble lord. The hon. and learned' getalemaa 1.. d addressed himself to the subject matter of tto trill , and he lad a right to do so. (Hear.) The people ' , o. England might estimate the opposition of the ben. and learned gentleman ; but might no: the people of Engl..nd at the saute time put a question, which it would be difficult to tiswer, namety, •hetncr it was just to found a measure upon census taken ten years since ? (Cheers.) His hon. and khrued friend had expressed his intention to move for the c.:•►us of 1831; but, if he did so, he (Sir R. Peel) begged L. ace to tell hint that ho would oppose any such motion ; for he would not, by agreeing to it, admit the principle that such a e , II*US was any sufficient foundation to rest this bill open. (' kat, hear). The hon. member for Preston had stated that, en the night Wire the late census was taken, 300 staler, slept in one botough ; and it a mail coach broke (Joan at Mal or., and that six persons slept there OR that particular night, could it he contended that the census in which these persons were included would be the proper test to go by ? (Cheers.) lf a great k„.ht, or any other occasion, aril a great ninny persons to sleep in this borough, in that an additional n;tjection would be raised. He therefore ob j to the et usus of 1831 being received as a test.— Having observed upon the course adopted with lespect to the. tight of ruling being limited to 101. householders, the right boa. baronet eoncludid by denying that, if popula tion were to be the basis of the measure, the census of either 1821 of 11s31 could be adopted as a proper guide. Mr. ATTWOOD objected to the course adopted by his Majesty's Ministers of appealing on all occasions to the people, and by that means endeavouring to influence the decision of that House. (Hear, hear.) The lion. gentle man asked how it was intended to consider the clauses and the schedule►, and argued upon the inconsistency of the measure generally. Lord A LTHORP said that it was intended to consider schedule A. as part of the Ist clause, and so on with respect to the other schedules and the clauses to which they referred. Mr. WALL commented upon the observations of the Hon. and Learned Member for Boroughbridge, and said that the better way would belt once to go into the Committee, ' when the Hon. Members would have an opportunity to raise objections whether in favour of Appleby or any other borough. Sir C. WETHERELL made a few observations in ex planation. Mr. C. PELHAM made a few observations in favour of the motion, that the Speaker do leave the chair. The question was then put and curried. THE COMMITTEE ON THE REFORM BILL. The house then went into committee. Lord J. RUSSELL, in propo'it.g the first clause, said that their object was to render the representation free and independent, and to throw open such nomination boroughs as Gotten. In &siting the line for separating the boroughs to be disfranchisA from those to be continued, they had adopted the population returns as the best test which pre. sentrelltself. Toe test whit respect to 101. houses was by no Incar.b certain, and they therefore thought that the popu lation returns of 1821, whether defective or correct, was the very hat title which could have been adopted. On a former DC. a,it n l.e Lad stated that it was intended to dishanchive all boroughs where the population did not exceed 2,000, and to continue the.se the populm ion of which exceed 4,000. It wits however considered that for the boroughs with a popu lation of eily 4,001 r, one Representative would be quite suf fieient. and thcmfore only one member would be allowed to Ibn,e boroughs by the present mewure. In conclusion, the Noble Lori mov.d the him clause. _ The CHAIRMAN of the Committee proceeded to read the clause, and had nearly got through it, when Mr. CROKIiII suggested whether the mere convenient, as well as the mere usual course would be. tar the Chair. man to read only so much of the clause rot cont Lined a dis tit:et utt.:stion. A question might be raised upon every word in the clause. Sir E. B. SUGThiN mid that It could not be denied that his Majesty's 31ittisters had departed from their original r op...ith,n, from the magical line which they had marked out for themselves. This appeared from the changes made i n the schedules A and 13, and by a speech made by a noble lord who took the crLdit of the measure to himself and it would further appear that the great object was to attack those boroughs which were called nomination boroughs. Dr. LUSIII XGTON replied to the arguments of the hon. m.d learned member for St. Mawes, and said that the senses of those who opposed the measure seemed to have h(1.11 rendered eh:use by :he course which they had adopted. 04 sr, hear:. Ile would vote for the disfranchisement of the boroughs in ::citedule A, for he thought it was the duty of government to adapt the representation to the circumstances of tie times. 3lr. Dentsto and Sir It. PEEL rose at the same time, but the former gave way. Sir R. PEEL declared that he did not wish to revive any ditcwsion as to the principle. of the bill, as it was the desire to proceed at once with the Committee. It was intended to consider all the boroughs in schedule A. as part of the first clause, but he would suggest whether, there being sixty bornughs in that schedule, and as there might be 87 qua dons raised respecting these boroughs, it would not be more convenient first to eLcide upon the principle of disfranchise. mint, and then to discuss the riihts of the different boroughs in the schedule. This was a measure creating a new Con. stitution, ar.d he consequently thought that time ought to be no object, but that the desire should be to do that which was done justly and upon sound principle. Having made these observations, he trusted that they would go on with ' Committee in good humour, and that every facility would be given to the discussion. Mr. BAKING hoped that the House would not be Ind midatcd by the appeals which were made to persons out of doors. The line drawn with respect to nomination boroughs was most unjust, for he could show, without any difficulty, that several of those boroughs a hilt were to remain, were nothing more nor less titan nomination boroughs. (Cheers.) The suburban 101. householders would be enabled to return whom they pleased to that house, and the consequence would be, that his 31ajcsty's :Ministers would be incapable of carrying any measure. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought that the proposition of the tight hon baronet was an extremely fair one. The right bun. baronet had said that there were several boroughs, the fact of the population of which was disputed. The noble lord then replied to shat had fallen from the hon. member ( Mr. Baring) with respect to the establishing a democratic oligarchy. The hon. gentleman was very ingenious, but he (Lord J. Russell) seldom felt any thing like conviction front the hon. gentleman's arguments. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. GURNEY dissei.ted front the concession proposed to be made by the right hoe.. member for Tamworth. sir R. PEEL said that he meant to make no concession of principle, for lie meant to vote against disfranchisement, unless overruled by a division of the House. It was invi. dious to take any one borough, but he would, for the sake of argument. mention Bletchingley ; and the question with res pect to thechingley would then be, whether by the returns or 1821 and 1831, it was entitled to remain part of the clause or be transferred to schedule B. He would certainly vote against burgage disfrarchisement, but he thought the course be lind su..tgestcd the more convenient one, for then the House would have to decide whether they would adopt or !eject the witoie clause. Lord ALTHORI' thought the proposition of the Right Hon. Haionet yerfectly fair. namely that after deciding the que-tion with respect to one borough, It would not be ne cessary to delay the Committee with deciding the fact with respect to other boroughs coming within the same principle. 3lr. BARING observed, that some hon. gentlemen did riot object to partial disfranchisement, and that a general question could tot therefore be so easily decided. Sir R. INGLIS thought that Ministers ought to have stated the principle of the clause betore they proposed it. 31r. CAMPBELL conceited that the word " None" would be a proper word to divide the House upon. 3lr. H. GURNEY expressed himself opposed to dis. franchisement generally, and therefore could not see how the principle was to be decided by taking the sense upon a ' particular word. Sir It. PEEL could not agree with the hon. and learned gentleman, and he should therefore take the sense of the house upon the ward " each," (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman moved an amendment to that effect. The CHAIRMAN then put the Intendment. Sir C. WETHERELL.—The ministers say that all the boroughs in schedule A. should be disfranchised, ar.d he agreed in tee amendment of his right hon . friend, th e mem ber ft: Tantworth, es it would not interfere with any future division on the merits of the bill. Sir G. CLERK said that the Committee was placed in a state of embarrassment, because the principle of disfranchise ment was not explained in the clause before the committee. It was necessary that some principle should be laid down, to regulate the committee in deciding upon all the cases in schedule A. It might be well to have the object explained in the clause. Mr. C. FERGUSON thought that the best mode to adopt was to go through the boroughs regularly, and to begin with Akiborough, as it was one of the most corrupt. He differed with the Right Hon. Baronet. Sir It. PEEL, said he could nut attend to the suggestion of the hon. gentleman. He moved an amendment. Lord A LEH OR P raid that he considered the amendment of the right honourable baronet very fair. He thought it batter to adop. the suggestion of the right hon. baronet, and ne was retaiy to go to the question. He repeated again, that the object of the goverment was to disfranchise nomination borcugos. After some further rein:irks from an hon. member, :dr. KNIGHT said that the question put by the hon. mva bee for Fichester had not beta answered by the noble lord. The question is, is the teat to be applied to this question, population or nomination?" and he wished to know which of the tests was to be applied to the question. The promoters of the bill will not answer a plain question, but depend upon their silent majority. He condemned the si lence of the government, who sat in silent scorn ; and he believed that, had not the members on his side of the house assisted in amending the bill, that it would go to the other House in a most extraonlinary shape. (Hear.) He stood as the representative of one of the Boroughs included in the schedule A. and he denied that it was a nomi , nation borough. He had 192 voters in an independent station of life. He was returned, because it was known that Isis principles t ere in accordance with the political feelings of the electors. There was a constituency in the borough which he bad the honour to be returned for, (Bishop's Castle,) amounting to 320 voters. There were glaring inconsistencies in the principle of the bill taking taxation and representation as being connected with each other. He could not avoid observing that there were in cluded in the schedule A. boroughs which paid as much taxation as those that were to be exempted. He again re peated the question of the hon member for Llcheater. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the test was population, and the object in view was, to do away with nomination. There were two t xceptions In the schedule,. he meant Downton and St. Ives. Ile denied that the Government in:ended to favour any rarticular parties. He must confess that he considered such insinuations an attack on his personal honour. He thought that the speeches of the opponents of the measure had been fully answered by his colleagues. With respect to the observations of the hon. and learned member that the ministers omitted to answer all arguments founded on law and morality, be contended that the present system of representation stood upon principles contrary to law and morality. (Chem ) Mr. C. FERGUSSON denied that the majority were bound by pledges. It would be new to the people of Eng land to hear that the Member for Bishop's Castle was an in dependent Member. He would ask the hon. member, Mr. Knight), if he was in a situation to vote for the Bill be fore the Committee, if he chancd his mind upon the sub ject.—( Cheers.) Dlr. KNIGHT said that he had not given any pledge, and was as free and as uepledged as any Member m that House. An Honourable MEMBER asked the Hon. Member what he meant by saying that he was elected on account of his principles ? Mr. HUNT said that the people of England were misled by gross and unblushing misrepresentations. He knew what that beastly press would do, but he did not care about the press. The proceedings of the house were grossly mistepresented through the influence of some secret agency. He did not allude to the honourable gentlemen Mho re ported. The press was to be influenced by tulvertiae ments, and other modes. The Times had a few months ago supported the Duke of Wellington's admirdstra ticn. He trusted that the people of England, when they should learn the proceedings that had taken place that night, would benefit by it. He then exhibited a medal that was struck in Birmingham, at the instance of n rude man in Math, in commemoration of the passing of the bill. He understood that several were distributed amongst tile mi. nisters. On one side it contained William the Fourth, Pa tron ; Earl Grey, Lord Brougham, Lord J. Russell, and tht people. (Laughter). It contained an enumeration of all the suppwmd grievances, the et rn laws, tithes, the slave trade, the charters, &c. nail on the other side thete was in. scribed comtuerce, trade, cheap bread, end the people. The lion. member went on in the same strain amidst great fl e dge, and cries of question. Ile threatened an adjournment if he was not allowed to go on, as he hail been promised to be se conded in :my motion for an adjournment. (Name, name; go on, go on.) lie insisted upon his right to address the home as we:llns any other member. The borough of Newark would be rendered more under the influence of the noble duke, the patron, than it was under the present system. The boromsh of Preston would be reduced by a diminution of the electors (root 7,000 to 900. Be voted for the bill, be cause it made an inroad en the most accursed system tats: ever disgraced any country. (Hear and laughter.) Mr. tH OK Fit was opposed to any disfranchisement at all. (Question, question.) The gallery was then cleared for a division, when the numbers were— For the motion ... 193 Against it Majority for Ministos When we entered the gallery, we found the Chairman putting the question, That he report progress, and ask leave to sit again. House haring resumed, the other Orden of the Day were di.•pcsed of ; and the House adjourned at One o'Clock. r ORI.I1;N I.c TELLIG ENCE. NEWS FRObl POLAND. SECEIVSD THIS DAY. WARSAW, 31:LY -I.—Prince Czartoryski, Pre sident of the National Government, has issued two Proclamations, dated the Ist and 2nd instant: the first, to the nation, calls on it to a general partici pation in the landsturro, which is to bo orga nized ; and the other, to the army, exhorting it to exert itself to the utmost, in the decisive struggle which is at hand. The National Government has ordered an extra ordinay Court'Martial to be appointed, to try Gens. Hurtig, Jankowski, and Salozki, Col. Slupecki, M. Lease!, the Chamberlain Fenshaw•e, and Mad. Bazanow. Brigadier-General Wengierski is Pre sident of this Court Martial. The Warsaw Courier of to-day says :—" The Committee appointed to examine the papers of the persons arrested on the 29th of last month, is said to have completed its task, and to have delivered its report to the national government. On the 29th, a courier from Lithuania arrived in the capital, with several reports from Generals Gielgud and Chlapowski, to the Commander-in- Chief, who has communicated to the Goverment a repoi t on the operations of the latter front 26th of Mat- to 15th of June, and the latter from 21st of May to 11th of June. The General in Chief has also addressed to the Government a report dated the 2d, from his head quarters at Warsaw ; in Which be announces that he has received a report from General Gielgud, who informs hint that, on June 19, he had with part of his corps, undertaken a strong reconnois sance towards Wilna ; but the enemy having col- hcted their whole fete° at that place, advanced against the General in such numbers, that he could not hope to gain a battle : he therefore retired to liis foru.er positions, and in the sequel two marches farther from \Vilna. The last accounts from Lithuania are to the 23d June. The organizatian of new regiments pro ceeded rapidly, and the whole army was in high spirits. The loss on the 19th was some hundreds killed and wounded on each side. Gene. Dem binski and Szymanowski were not engaged —the former acting ag ainst \Vilna on the other side, and the latter being detached against Polengen. The S;ote Grizette says, Field-Marshal Paske witsil joined the Russian army on the 25th ult.— He tiaveiled by way of 'Johannisberg, and Delottowen at Loam; he first received the detach ments of hoops there, and on the following days reviewed the. other troops in their respective can tonments. On this account the advanced detach ments fell back to their main corps—for instance, from Stoczek and Seroczyn, in Podlachia, and from Plonsk in Flock. Of the (lit ision which arrived under the command of Geu. Kaisaroff, there were, on June 29, about 4000 men near Zamcsc, who occupied the plain between that fortress and the AustrEat frontiers. No detachments of this corps had advanced to Pulawy, as one of our journals has erroneously stated. _ The same paper says—lt is reported the corps of General Kreutz has followed Generals Kunue and Knorring, to act against the patriots in Li thuania. We learn also that the reason by Ge neral Rudiger crossed the Wussry was to bring 2000 cavalry to the main way through Podlachia. In the province of Plozk, the Russians have with drawn from the district of Lipnow, they have also left Plozk ; but it seems that they mean to main tain the line of operations from Wiszagrod to Pul tusk. In Podlushia there are only detached pa troll in the environs of Siedlec. The same paper says, a Provisional Central Go vernment. is organized in Lithuania, of which the senator, Tyszkieweiz, formerly General in the Polish army, is President. The Government is chiefly occupied in raising troops, and procuring n ecessaries for them. The Lithuanian regiments are organized like ours. The regular organized cavalry amounted, on the 15th ult. to six thou sand men. According to all accounts, says the Warsaw courier, " The enemy's army is falling back on the t 4 hole line, some corps are marching in all haste to Lithuania, to act against the pa triots, whose numbers increase daily. The Lithu anian troops are already under the command of General Skrzynecki. At Nasulsk our troops took a spy, who had 212 ducats; in hie pockets. The patriots from the other side of the DUna have al ready joined ifs. Our 19th regiment is close to the Baltic, under General Szymanowski. The Polish Gazette says, General Chlapowski is to have the chief command in Lithuania. It is said that Polangen is taken by our troops. The General-in-Chief 'has proposed to the Go vernment to take measures against the cho lera morbus, which has recently broken out in the province of Plozk, as it may perhaps perhaps be necessary for the main army to operate in that province. FRONTIERS OF POLAND, JULY 2.—The accounts from the neighbouring province of Augus towo do not quite agree. On the other hand, we hear that Gen. Cielgud, on his return from his un successful expedition to Lithuania, has already passed that province, and is on the way to Lomza, where large detachments of Russian troops of the main army are arrived, in order to take the retreat ing Poles betwee❑ two fires ; but on the other hand, it is said that regular Polish troops had been seen near the village of Gingen, opposite to the town of Augustowo, and close to the Prussian frontiers and that it seems that Polish troops are concealed in the woods, and are secretly pro ceeding along the frontier. It is added, that the Russian troops under Generals Sass and Alferies had marched front Augustowo to Rayfrod, where Gorstenzwig was expected on the 2d instant. POLISH FRONTIERS, JULY s.—According to accounts from Warsaw, the Polish troops under General Skrzynecki, are said to have resumed offensive operations, and to be marching against the Russian army. General Sierawski is to com mand the reserve in Praga, for the strengthening of which position heavy artillery had arrived from Zamosc.—Frussimi Stale Gazette, July 8 and 9. AMSTERDAM, JULY 12..—Actual Debt, tiro and shalt per Cent. thirty.scren and a half, thirty.eight; Awort Synd. four and a half, sixty and a half, sixty.one ; Ditto, three and a half, fifty, fifty and a half. EXCHANGE ON LONDON, JULY 12.-11, 97 5-10; Two Months, 11, 92 5-10.—Durch Papers, July 13. POLAND AND PRUSSIA. The National Government of Warsaw has just addres:;ed to its Foieigii agents, a report replete with dignity, justice, and moderation, upon the conduct of the Prussian government towards it. We place it before our readers without comment: The conduct which the Prussian government believes it its duty to adopt towards Poland, obliges us again to break silence, and to express to Foreign powers the numerous infractions of the system of neutrality, which that government exercises without ceasing. It is with deep pain that we return to this subject ; and that, forced by the urgency of the moment, we see ourselves obliged to complain with a loud voice, and to demand, in such grave circumstances, the support of the European Cabinets. W bed the struggle between the Emperor of Rus sia and Poland commenced—when it was generally believed in Europe that at the end of some weeks, or at the end of a single battle, the Russian army would compel the Poles to come again under the yoke of passive obedience,—Prussia assisted pas sively at the spectacle of the extermination of the Polish people. We bad reason to be then asto nished at that indifference ; but we had not the right to complain. The abandonment in which we were left did not discourage us ; we multiplied our efforts ; we were prodigal of our blood ; we did not allow ourselves to be cast down by reverses ; we re sisted ; we will resist still the colossal power of Russia ; for if we had up to the present no Ally, we had no more than a single adversary to combat with. But at the moment when we believed ourselves meriting the esteem, and perhaps even the interest, of other Powers—at the moment when our efforts and our sacrifices were about to bear their fruits— could we see, without disappointment, a neighbour ing Power carry succours to our enemies, in order to stop our success, and despoil us of the brilliant advantages which our present position would have assured us ? Prussia refused to arrest with her hand the ex terminating sword which was held over our heads, and she extends now a succouring hand to our enemies, to keep back the day of oil:. triumph. Whilst that power manifested the interest which she bore to our enemies, only by unjust and vex atious measures, but which were not of a nature to exercise a decisive influence upon the march of our affairs—whilst she shackled our communi cations—rendered uneasy the passage of our tra vellers--arrested our funds and those of private persons--we protested against these measures ; but we would not raise our voice to complain of a power, whose friendship would have been precious to us, and who certainly had never to reproach us. But now that our destinies depend, in a great part, upon the conduct which Prussia follows in regard to us, we can no longer keep silence. The Polish army, in bearing towards the theatre of patriotic exertion—in supporting by considerable forces the heroism of our brothers of Lithuania— had obtained important results : the army of in vasion, after having experienced considerable losses, seeing itself surrounded, dared not advance; it could no longer maintain itself in the kingdom ; it was necessary to fall back, for its lines of opera tion no longer existed ; provisions and ammuni tion, of which it was in want, could no longer ar rive from the heart of Russia; the General in Chief had based his military operations upon these assurances, which were positive. Our triumph appeared to us certain ; without even obtaining victories, we were sure of conquering the enemy ; we were sure, for we counted on the neutrality of the Cabinet of Berlin. But the Russian army sees itself deprived of pro visions; and draws them from Prussia ; —it wants ammunition, Prussia Turn shea them ; and, in be coming thus an arsenal—a magazine--a fortress— for the Russian army, it destroys our hopes, and paralyses the best combined manoeuvres. These are facts which we cite, and which we can support from irrevocable proofs. Credit may be well placed in our words, for what interest could we have in complaining of a power with whom we desire not only to maintain relations of friendship and good neighbourhood, but of whom we would still try to gain sentiments more benevolent ? Gen. Toll appeared willing to carry the war upon the left bank of the Vistula ; if with an army which is not now composed of more than from 50 Ito 60,000 men, he passed the Vistula at Plosk, he wculd abandon his line of get eticm, rt lit ((, munications with the empire. He could then • ver have executed that plan; nor even have c 0,,. ceived it, without being assured beforehand ()I' tl,. intentions of the Cabinet of Berlin—without ing reckoned upon a shelter in the Prussian state s in case of reverses. It is possible that the chief the Russian army has renounced that plan ; an ,; that we shall have no more reason to reproach P. , .;. sift with a new violation of the system of neutta. lily. There are nevertheless facts which maga. we will transmit them to you. Then your govern will appreciate, without doubt, the justice of reclamations, and will perhaps intercede with the Court of Berlin, to cause a state of things to cea.., so prejudicial to our interests, and so little cou. formable to the duties of equity. The previous wisdom and justice of the Pruss;,, t Government are known to us; we have avoid e d every thing which could be offensive : we have e allowed any occasion to escape, to dissipate Ibex, prejudices and gain her confidence ; we nothing to reproach ourselves with ; it is so mucii the more painful to us to see the cabinet of Berlin allow itself to be guided, in regard to us, by a sp::..l of malevolence, which it is difficult to explain; w . , hope, however, that the intercession of the Bowe l , will dispose her better towards us—that the titivi. especially, will cause Prussia to comprehend what will be the nature of her relations with Poland, arid that it will contribute to the pacification of Europe. and to the happiness and independence of or. country. Warsaw, June :27, 101. SAINT PETERSBURGII, JUNE 25.—The Em peror ha:, ordained to Prince Gregoriewitsch, Go vernor of Lesser Russia, to raise amongst ti,, (.wracks of that province eight regiments of cavalry, and to send them to the army of reserve which is under the orders of Count Telstoi.—Ct-r. respondent de Hamburgh. MAYENCE, JULY 3.—The report is general!) credited here, since the arrival of a coarier to Field-Marshal who commands our Place, dia.. Austria, England, and France have concluded treaty to assure the political independence of Pa. land, and to give it a government analogous that of Belgium."—C'orrespondent d'Hamburg. The Cholera has burst out in Moldavia, %viler( it makes horrible ravages. Letters from Jassy (the capital), informs us that there dies in that city 300 daily. The government of Moldavia has invited the inhabitants to quit the city, and all the population is escaping to the country.—Gazette de Pruae. Thirty-two communes or districts of liungaly have petitioned, in eloquent and forcible terms, the Emperer of Austria, for permission to succour the Poles, their ancient allies. They insist that this demand be taken into serious consideration, and that measures be taken, at the approaching Diet, which opens in five days ; tbey pray the Emperor to authorise them to send arms and ammunition to Poland. WA RSA W, JULY 4.—On the 29th ult. several parties were arrested here, whose names are stated in the inclosed document, signed by the Com mander-in-Chief. The arrests were made in consequence of a de nunciatiation that the parties in question were sus pected of favouring the cause of the Russians. It is scarcely requisite to remark, that the suspicion of a crime of this nature among a people who, of all others, stand on the highest pinnacle of patriot ism, created a high degree of excitement. Some of the parties, on being conducted from their lodg ings to the Castle, were exposed to insult and danger, from the exasperated multitude, which was only prevented by the judicious arrangements and exertions of the National Guard. No 1. TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE METROPOLIS. In consequence of a denunciation made to the Commander-in-Chief, that the Russians were using machinations in the interior of the country against the sacred cause of our regeneration, the Com mander-in-Chief immediately ordered some Gene rals and other persons to be taken in custody, on whom suspicion of a deed so detestable fell ; for the purpose of examining into the truth, and for the infliction of the severest punishment& on the guilty, in case the charges alleged were proved.— Some were arrested by virtue of the denunciation, others for the obtaining of more particular details respecting it. Their papers were seized, and their persons placed under the strictest observation. Inhabitants of the Metropolis—ln giving you intern:Wen of this event, the National Government ha►tens to assure you solemnly, that :all means shall be employed to promote th. investigation and elucidation of a charge, with all possible despatch, which excite painful emotions in the hearts of all Poles, and fills all just citizens with indignation. The se verest punishment awaits the offenders if the charges be es tablished against them. Nothing will avail to protect the guilty from the infliction of early and signal justice, amid. ing to the sentence of a competent tribunal, in the metropolis of Warsaw, now declared in a state of siege. Our holy cause will find a just, but inexorable revenge in the law. As long. however, as the examination does not discover the mysteries of the deeds concealed ; as long as criminality be not fully and clearly established, the National Government appeals to you, Citizens of the Metropolis, to preserve order and tran quillity, which has hitherto distinguished the population et Warsaw, and which must constitute now, as it has ever done, the mainspring of our proceeding. Any rash step, any premature action, which may with• draw the accused from the investigation commenced, may break the thread which conducts to the discovery of a whole plot. For the welfare of our cause, for the promotion of justicc. ready to visit punishment on the , guilty, the National Government invites you, Citizens of the Metropolis, not to interrupt the examination of the criminal proceedings already in progress, but to await the result of the same, of the prompest and severest punishment of the °Hinder. : A. PRINCE CZARTORYRKI, President of the National Government. - ; Warsaw, June 29, 1831. No. 2. TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF WARSAW. Having received information yesterday, that some pewits Within our walls had entered into a conspiracy, for the pur pose of giving assistance to the enemy, I deemed it essen• tially necessary, for the welfare of our cause, to order the Governor of the town to arrest, without delay, not only thou who laboured under so heavy a charge, but also all penonz being in near connexion with them ; in consequence of which the Generals Murtig, Jankowski, Salacki, CoL Slupecki, citizen Marisa Lessel, Chamberlain Fenshawe, and Madame Basanow, were arrested early this morning. The abhorrence of the inhabitants of the metropolis, on learning this event. can be readily appreciated; foe both your patriotic feelings, and hatred to the enemy of your cauntry, are well known to