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nte, and 1 assassinated her!" LOUIS PHILIPPE is represented with Liberty in his arms, whom he has just stabbed, and makes that exclamation from the tragedy, whilst the National Guards are keep ing back the enraged Parisians. Very likely M. Peril will cast his eyes upon this ere long. I inclose you the Journals; and will forward you, by next Estufette, all the passing events of the day. Meantime I remain, Yours, &c. J. L. EXCLUSIVE EXTRACTS. M. C. Perier, Sou of the President of the Conn- A, arrived this dal- at Pnris, at six o'clock in the .?vening, from London, bringing intelligence which t causes us to foresee the speedy conclusion of the affairs of Belgium. The Belgium deputation were to quit London for Brussels, at the same time charged to report to the Cong ress the conditions, which, if they are agreed to by the Congress, as it is thought they will be, there will be no more difficulty encountered on the part of Prince Leopold, nor on that of the conferrence of London.—Mo- T niteur. We are in truth wearied of contradicting the false assertions, the absurd news which is continu ally spread and accredited. It was not without hope of preventing fresh illusions, that we have up to this day multiplied contradictions ; it was to pre • serve some interests from becoming dupes. We would still fortify them against so many deceptions, which the experience of every day should render unnecessary.—Mon;teidr. Mayence, June 14th,—The Duchess of Berry arrived here on the 22nd, in the most strict incog nito, under the name of Countess de Sagana. Her Royal Highness descended at the Inn named Ville de Paris. This Princess left on the morning of the 24th to go to Manheim. We expect the Duke of Angoulerne to day, accompanied by the Duke of Blacas. They will also lodge at the Vile de Paris. —Gazette de Mayence. France and England present at this moment to the world the rare spectacle of a union, of which the last at least has reason to congratulate herself. Thanks to the obsequious pusillanimity of our Cabinet, the arbitrations of all the great questions raised by the revolution of July is fallen, from the hands of France, into those of her most ancient rival. It is no longer at Paris, the veritable me tropolis of liberalism, it is at London, the arsenal and factory of all the coalitions of despots, that are now determined the interests of liberty. It is true that the representative of our citizen royalty is admitted at these conventicler of ancient mo narchies ; but it is to condemn it to the same character which it received the order from the resto ration to fulfil at the Congress of Verona ; it is to dishonour once more the French bayonets, by making them serve, in 1831, against Belgian li berty, as in 1823 against Spanish liberty. Too con fident Belgium, which held out her arms to us de manding a King, was it then not sufficient to re pulse you as an importunate and suspected beggar? Was it necessary to abandon you to the homicidal embraces of an Englishman ? Those provinces so industrious, so fruitful, which twice were offered voluntarily to France ; that line of fortresses raised at our expense against us, at only six days journey from our capital ; those four millions of men, to speak better, of fellow citizens and of brothers, an acquisition which the France of Louis XIV. did not think too dearly purchased by the blood of fifty thousand brave soldiers, have all been sacrificed to the demands of Russia and the precarious alli ance of the English ! And we have re-conquered the tri-coloured flag ! and old Soult is at the head of 500,000 French soldiers ! In a few days, we shall know what part the Belgians will take, and in as few weeks, perhaps, what support we may expect from the friendship so costly of Great Britain. When the question of Portugal shall be resolved in the same interest as the Belgium question ; when the ferment of discord which agitates the rest of Europe shall at last have brought on the inevitable crisis, can we at least, for the price of so much denial and humi lity, count upon the active sympathy of our new ally ? When the moment arrives of choosing be tween Austria and France, will England not place against her natural alliance with the first, her in veterate jealousy against the maritime preponde rance and industry of the second ? After having acquired, without a shot being fired, that which she could scarcely have hoped for in the most fortunate war ; will it not be sufficient for her, in case of need, to remain neutral to guard against it ?—Le National. The courier from Saint Petersburgb, whose ar rival at Paris we announced yesterday, quitted the Russian capital op the 15th of the month, and embarked upon the steam-boat for Lubeck, where he landed in the evening of the 19th. After a quarantine of two days, he set off for Paris. There were on board the steam-boat 73 passengers, of which several were cabinet couriers. On their de parture from St. Petersburgh, the news of the death of Marshal Diebitsch was not yet known. The communications of that capital with the Rus sian army in Poland are very much abated by the measures of quarantine. These measures, we are assured,are so severe, that now it does not take less than 60 days to go from Riga to St. Petershurgh. As to the news which this courier has brought to the Government, it finds but little credit with per sons who know the manner in which the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh views the events of Poland and the democratic spirit which at this moment animates the Diet of Warsaw : these persons know, and M. Pozzo di Borgo at Paris has not ceased to repeat it, especially since the fall pronounced by the Diet, that an arrangement between Russia and Poland, such as that which at Paris, they still flatter themselves with managing, has become impossible. When by the progress of the insurrections of Lithuania, of Volliynia, and the other Polish-Russian pro vinces, the struggle with Poland shall become for the empire of the Czar a question of existence, then alone the Emperor Nicholas will consent to treat ; but, as long as there remains to the Russians he least hope of rendering themselves masters of Warsaw, we may be sure that there will not be on the past of the Russian Cabinet any proposition for the arrangement of the affairs of Poland, which will Le of a nature to satisfy the legitimate pretentious of the Poles.—La National. The Polish army is in movement since the 14th of June ; but as the most profound secrecy—prime ' , lenient of success—covers the projects of the young General, we cannot yet give any thing cer tain upon the aim of his manoeuvres. Some jour nals have announced that Skrzynecki is proceeding towards the south, to rally the corps of Generals Romarino and Chranowski, raise the blockade of Zamose, and throw without doubt some troops into Volhynia, which may serve as the centre of organization to the numerous insurgents of that province. Other journals announce to-day that the Generalissimo marches upon Nur, by the left bank of the Bug. It is possible that some Polish corps have effectively taken these various directions to give a diversion to the enemy, and engage him to separate his forces; but we do not expect that there will result from it any thing decisive. Since the battle of Ostrolenka, the Russian army is divided into two principal corps, of which the one—that of the right—is encamped upon the right bank of the Narew, behind Pultusk, and covers the direct communication with Lithuania, by Bialystock and Grodno, whilst the other has entered into the fortified position of Siedlec, observing Warsaw, and guarding the route from Brzesc and Slonim. Another corps, that of General Kreutz, which occupies the Palatinate of Lublin, has passed the Bug, to come and oppose itself to the light divi sion of Chlapowski, which wages a war of parti sans upon the rear of the Russian army. It ap pears, then, evident to us, that it is upon one of the points of Pultusk or Siedlic that the Gene ralissimo will direct all his efforts ; it insures the Russians the immense advantage of hav ing all their forces concentrated, and although these communicate easily by the posts of Brock, Nur, and Granne, we conceive that an impetuous attack executed by the Polish army, en masse, upon one of the tn•o corps of the enemy, may be sufficiently deeisive to render null all the efforts which the second might attempt— especially if General Skrzynecki has the address, and the good luck, to steal one or two marches upon his adversaries. The death of Marshal Diebitbch must also exercise a great influence upon the campaign about to commence. However unfortu nate that General was in all his enterprizes,it is less to the mediocrity of his military talents, than to the bravery and heroic devotion of the Poles, that must be attributed his reverses; and we doubt whether the conqueror of the Persians wilt do better than the deceased Marshal. If the late news received from Lithuania is confirmed—if it is true that Ge neral Gielgud has rallied to his corps more than 40,000 patriots—and that they have seized the port of Liebau in Courland, it is not upon the bor ders of the Bug, or of the Narew, that will be de cided the fate of Poland.—Journal du Commerce. Extract of a letter from Vienna, June 19 :—" If you would wish to have a proof of the influence which Austria exercises upon the various Govern ments of Italy, it will be sufficient to you to know that the Court of Vienna has just caused the Kings of Naples and Piedmont, and the Duke of Tuscany to decide to support the proceedings which will be made with the French Government, in or der that the Italian Refugees of Marseilles shall be removed into the interior of France. The late trea ties of Austria, with the three Sovereigns which I have just cited, have for their principal aim the suppressing the revolutionary movements which might be renewed in Central Italy, in case war with France should be declared." BRUSSELS, JUNE 26.—The weather is wretch ed. There is much rain, and, notwithstanding that the review took place, the greatest enthusiasm reigned. Several pelatons, in defiling before the Regent, cryed out la guerre ! The Regent replied to the cry by an affirmative move of the head. The review was much more numerous than was ex pected. .For two days following, the Belgian Moniteur has been mute upon the affairs of Bel gium ;it speaks but of Poland. We know nothing of that which we should know. A report is spread that the Belgian question will be deferred to the end of July. The Belgian people will only wait until the 30th ofJ une ; at that date great events will necessarily take place. The sun of July will have an influence upon the fate of Belgium. FoRLI, JUNE 16.—Every one speaks with horror of the execution of Menotti ; when that noble patriot was acquainted with the certainty that he would be condemned, he sought to deprive himself of life, by means of a subtle poison enclosed in an extremely small box of gold, which he always kept concealed in his mouth. The poison having de ceived his attempt, he was conducted to the scaf fold. By a refinement of cruelty unheard of by any one, attached to the gibbet, he was simply abandoned to his own weight, and Menotti did not expire until the end of an hour and twenty minutes, in the most horrible convulsions. Europe will long preserve the memory of that dreadful execution. The prompt execution of Minotti, was not only ingratitude—it was something more. Menotti pos sessed secrets which would have compromised the Duke in the opinion of Austria. Suspicions of being an accomplice in the revolutionary proceed ings, weighed upon Francis d'Est, and Austria be gan to be upon her guard. The fact is so true, that Menotti, though a sincere and warm patriot, believed that the existence of the Duke was neces sary to the future destinies of Italy, and turned away the poignard which would have delivered her ; Menotti saved him from a just vengeance, and he expiated the wrong of saving a tyrant. After the revolution of July, the Duke of Modena, in place of strengthening himself in these projects of Italian emancipation, frightened at the uncertain march of the new power, little convinced of the solidity of the throne of Louis Philippe, dared attempt nothing more, fearing the energy of Austria, and attaching himself but to watch the march of the Patriots.— Menotti, however, had woven a vast net work which was not ineffectual in envelop log Italy : the rest is known. Pressed to prove to Austria that no tie attached him to the patriots— pressed to destroy the men who could prove his doubtful fidelity to Austria, Menotti and Borelli were immolated. Others still will follow, the better to veil these infernal precautions, to make Austria suppose that the conspiracy was hatched in Paris. The Italian committee were not in correspondence with Modena. Every one of its members defy him to publish any document which can point out that they were any way concerned in the insurrection, which was entirely Italian, local, excited princi pally by the tyranny, injustice, and bad faith of a disloyal Prince. The manoeuvres of the Duke of Modena will be one day known, but that cannot add any great thing to the execration in which he is held by all Italy, and by every one who bears a humane and generous heart. —La Revolution. The Emigration Commissioners held their first meeting yesterday, at the Colonial Office. ARCH EA 7.—The Silver Arrow, given by the City of Edinburgh to the Royal Com pany; of Archers (King's Body Guard for Scotland), was shot foe in Hope Park on Saturday last, and won by John Nairn Forman, En. W. S. LONDON. FRIDAY,_ JULY 1. The feeling in Paris, as will be seen by our extracts from the Paris Papers and letter of our Correspondent, continues warlike ; but we have not yet any facts on which to ground the probabi lity of such an immediate issue to the painful labours of diplomacy. The Public, of all religious creeds, will be gra tified by the Bill of the Archbishop of CANTER iv RY, to put an end to pluralities. The Bill pro poses to Repeal the 21st of HENRY the EIG 11T11. which gave to Royal and Noble Chaplains the power of holding many Benefices, and which has, from that time to this, been the scandal of the establishment. In future, no Clergyman is to hold more than one Benefice, unless by dispensation from the Archbishop, confirmed by the ICING, and even then both must lie within thirty miles of each other ; and no one is to hold two Prebendaries or Deaneries. These are the leading features of the Bill, which, however, contains some other excellent regulations. We congratulate the Country upon it; and, above all, we congratulate the Church and the body of the Clergy upon it; for oar 11,000 Benefices will henceforward provide, in Christian competency, for at least 10,000 Clerical Families, instead of 3 or 4000, in mammon, as heretofore.— In all respects, the Bill is creditable to its framers; and, for the honour of the Church, and the satis faction of Members of the Establishment, we hope it will be forthwith passed, and brought into imme diate operation. to the ordinary agents of police. This was a no-' velty of the PITT and Liv ER POOL Systems, and one of those abuses and encroachments from which a Whig Administration ought 'ere this to have relieved us. Down to 1794 or 1795, the era of Yeomanry Corps, the civil Government of these kingdoms had been conducted by the constable's staff ; but about that period we first began to hear of weapons of war in every petty squabble, or drunken brawl. This high Tory System has since then been increasing, and though it has not yet been diminished, it is time that it should. We should not have to lament the tragedies at Castle Pollard, Mer thyr Tydvil, and Newtownbarry, if remonstrance, parley, and the good old Saxon Constables' Staff had been used instead of the Firelock and Bayonet. The power of such weapons renders authority over bearing, and provokes, instead of appeasing, any assembly of Englishmen. A return to old prac tices, and a magnanimous confidence in the loyalty of a well-used people, ought to check this new system ; and we have now had proofs enough of its mischiefs. Lord WYN FORD, last night, brought forward his Bill, so likely to add to the present perplexity of the Law of Debtor and Creditor. No man has better intentions ; but it is an error of judgment, because he legislates for the ejects of a bad system, and not to give salutary direction to the cause or causes. Debtors only evade their Creditors, or those who have real or pretended claims on them, because the Law not only does not facilitate EQUITABLE ADJUST.. MEN TS, but actually renders any adjustment im practicable, if not impossible, by not binding the sordid and impassioned minority by the fair and rational majority. No law, however just, could pass even the House of Lords, if it were in the power of one, or of any small minority to negative it; yet the laws of England demand unanimity from bodies of disappointed creditors, and then under so absurd and cruel a system, wonder that reasona ble creditors do not get a farthing in the pound ! The truth is this—the ignorant and illiberal law, sets debtors and creditors together by the ears; and often the creditors, one among another; and while these parties are fighting and pulling different ways,likeEso is lion and bear,the lawyers,the foxes, carry off the entire object of contest. This is the rea son why men lie in gaol, if it be so, rather than pay their real or assumed debts—why they go abroad— why they spend all their property in law. They are disabled from equitable compromise by a legal demand of unanimity, and, thereby, being ob liged to yield to every unjust claim, become reckless. The fault is not in them, but in the absurdity and illiberality of the law, and in the knavery of lawyers, whose harvest from the arrest to the division of the spoil, is the helplessness of the debtor and the hopelessness and therefore indifference, of the creditors. A bill in one leaf would correct all these wrongs and miseries, and no man could draw it with more skill and inherent liberality than Lord WY NFORD. Lord FIFE, in a speech replete with sound views, exposed the vices and wickedness of the existing system ; and as we trust he will suc ceed in arousing their Lordships to reject Lord WY N FORD'S bill, it may be hoped that a better system will be adopted. The difference would be, the annual salvation of thousands, and an average of 15s. in the pound to creditors, with a clearing of all gaols of debtors within three months. Lord LONDONDERRY presented some petitions got up in Durham, against the Reform Bill ; but the Marquis of CLEVELAND certified that they con tained the sentiments of only a very small mi nority. Mr. HUNT, in the Commons, presented a peti tion demanding justice in the affair of Newtown barry, and the abolition of the Yeomanry. He also presented petitions from Lancashire, &c. praying for Annual Parliaments, Vote by Ballot and Uni versal Suffrage, and to be heard at the Bar. Mr. Hos Ito us E presented petitions from various Cotton Districts,claiming a Law for the regulation of hours ; and explained that his Seleet Vestry Bill had been so altered in the Committee, that be disowned it ; and if he prosecuted the subject it would be by a new Bill. Mr. PROTIIEROE tbonght it next in importance to the Reform Bill itself, and so we think, and 59 the public think ; but the Ministers seem like a hen with one chicken. Mr. SADLER presented a petition against the New Beer Bill, which embodied various prejudices and much canting from some parties, who appear to desire to monopolize all good things in this life. Lord ALTHORP stated, that it is proposed to bring in a Bill to correct some of the alleged evils; but that he would not consent to an exclusive licensing system: He thought the new system had not had a fair trial—in which last opinion Mr. JOHN WOOD concurred. Mr. HUNT considered the Opposition to be that of interested persons. Mr. BA Rlba. considered that fresh disturbances would be brewed in these houses in the country districts. Mr. PROTII EltoE agreed with Mr. HUNT. Mr. PAGET thought that the only fault in the new system was its restric tions, and not going far enough. Lord STAN LEY, Sir M. W. RIDLEY, Sir C. BURRELL, &c. spoke against the new system, while all condemned the old one. Alderman WOOD made his promised motion for the reduction of Salaries of Public Officers to the scale of 1797, in accordance with the present value of money. It appeared that is that yew; 1£1,374,500 was divided among 16,000 Public Officers. But, in 1816, these salaries had been increased to £3,200,500, and in 1830 wero £2,900,000. Out of the number, 980 averaged £2,000 per annum, and some held two or three offices. Lord ALTIIORPE agreed in the principle, and asserted that Government had been guided by it, not only in their own salaries, but by all the reduc tions in their power. lle considered therefore that the vote would be one of censure on ministers, and moved the previous question. Mr. HUNT was surprised at the altered tone of his Lordship in administration and in opposition. The Alderman had proved that the necessaries of life were now lower, while the salaries continued at their augmented rates. He stated that he spoke for the people who could earn but 21d. per day, and that he was determined to press this motion to a division, in order that the country might know who it was that opposed retrenchment. Mr. HUME entered into a full statement of the retrenchments already made by Ministers, and de precated the introduction of questions which operated as obstacles to the carrying of the Re form Bill, which in itself embraced all other questions. Mr. O'CoNNELL concurred with Mr. Hums, and thought the addition of 500,000 voters to the constituency, and the exclusion of 150 no mination members would lead to all other prac ticable reforms. Mr. DAWSON said, that the 26,243 salaried persons in 1821, had in 1831 been reduced to 22,570; and that the salaries £3,694,000 in 1821, were this year reduced to £3,091,000 ; and altogether there was a saving of 4050 and £709,904. Sir J. GRAHAM enumerated the various great reductions in the Admiralty Departments, which, however, had been made with due regard to the permanent interests of the country. Mr. STANLEY also elaborately and eloquently defended Ministers. Mr. Alderman Wool) rerlied, that he had made oat his case—for in 1797, a period of general war, there was expended in the civil government but £1,300,000; and now the expenditure was £2,700,000. He was, therefore, determined to divide the House, since there had not been a Mem ber returned for a populous place who was n..:1 pledged to support him. But on a division, the numbers were-13 for his motion, and 216 against it. Mr. CAMPBELL brought in his Registry Bill, against which so general a sense of public oppo sition has been expressed. Mr. LAMBERT moved for copies of all informa tion relative to the horrid massacre at Newtown harry; which was seconded by Colonel CHICHEI. TER, who deprecated the employment of Yeomanry. The offence of the people, if any, only incurred imprisonment : but the people had been murdered without trial. Mr. STANLEY lamented what had occurred, but thought that the House ought not to influ ence the pending course of law. Mr. O'Coxti ma. stated that fifteen had been killed and twenty-five wounded, and still no one was yet in custody. The parties might abscond ; there was therefore no delicacy about a Court of Justice. Mr. BLAKENEY said be had just arrived from the neighbourhood, and that the conduct of the Magistrates had been most improper, and they bad arrested no one. " The whole was owing to the misconduct of the yeomanry ; and he must say, that he never saw a more ragamuffin set of fellows, and he would as soon have a set of butcher's boys to keep the peace." Sir J. DOYLE said the Yeomanry of England were one thing, and the Yeomanry of Ireland another. Mr. HUNT had listened to Mr. STANLEY with astonishment, end was not satisfied. Mr. Hume said he had listened with honor to the statement that had been made. Mr. LA M - BERT, at the request of Mr. O'CoN x ELL, then withdrew his motion. Mr. P. THOMSON moved for a Committee to inquire on the expediency of using molasses in the breweries and distilleries. ROYAL EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, which left off yesterday at 83i for the Account, opened at 831; but on a sudden the Market has given way, and Consols are at present 821 83. TWO O'CLOCK. The express from Paris this morning has brought a re-action in the French Funds of nearly two per Cent higher, owing to the account of the accept ance of the throne of Belgium by Prince Leopold. Letters from Petersburg of the 16th June, state, that that capital and Crownstadt were in good health. THREE O'CLOCK. In the Foreign market nothing doing of con sequence. We hear on Change that the Polish loan has been contracted for, most part of it in this coun try ; and that the contract has been sent to Warsaw these four days past. Should this prove correct, the brave Poles will not want for the sinews of war Consols are now steady at 83/. The heaviness of the Funds this morning is at tributed to reports from the west end of the Town, much of the same principle as other stock jobbing speculations. We should not mention it, if it was not to gratify the curiosity of the public, that the Earl of Grey was going out of office, and the Duke of Wellington to take his situation. We need not, says our city correspondent, make any comment ; our Readers are aware from what quar ter it originates. EVENING STAR. 1 • .. . . i : el i ' • f, • t i t • i 1 1 . *1 , V ' • , -..., " ... 1. 1 . 't . • 1 . s, l' • A , i ..,. , ~., . I. 'i 4 i! ' I r 4 P I : - i '1 I q k 1 . ti, ' • , 0 i There is less precision in Lord DAC RE'S Tithe Commutation Bill. Its chief object is to enable parishes to apply to Quarter Sessions, which are to appoint Commissioners, and these are to arbitrate cud arrange between the incumbent and the tithe payers. In other cases, as those of lay impro priators, payment is to be made in a corn rent, or rent determined by the value of corn. These mo difications will be good as far as they go, and may render the system less irksome ; but we are for leaving to the Clergy all their productive and legitimate epiritualities, and improving the annual amount of these, in certain cases, by grants from the produce of the sale of the tythes, for the public benefit. If the tythes are public property, they do not belong to the land proprietors more than to the Clergy ; and it is the effect of all commutation, to serve the land-proprietors at the expense of the Clergy. The public interest ought to be consulted previously to that of the landowners ; and if the parson has not his full tythe, the deficiency belongs to the public— not to the landowners—to whose high rents and cruel consolidation of farms, the public and the Clergy are under no obligations. After being liberal to the Church, the sale of the right of tythes would leave forty or fifty millions in aid of the public, either for payment of debt, or for remission of taxes on industry, or for r rates. The convocation at Wesminster have presented an address to the Kinn, very sound in its language and general spirit, but very unsound in its main object. With the most liberal professions of tole ration, it formally proscribes all writings against the Christian Faith, and in regard to them, calls for the protection of the secular arm of the law.— This we regard as a mistake in policy and principle, and we are concerned that the heads of a Church, which we much esteem, should consider any pro tection necessary for its faith, but the Supreme Power of that PRO V I DEN C E which it teaches, and the counter-writings of its Twenty Thousand Learn ed Members, aided by the Funds of the Church. Are not bible societies, Christian associations in all forms, Education monopoly, tracts and tract so cieties, and the universally diffused machinery of the church, with all its patronage, &c. &c. suffi cient to nullify a few pennyless scribblers, whose strongest argument is the alleged necessity that such multiplied power is obliged to seek an ally in the law and its brute force ? It is a subject on which we forbear to enlarge ; because the latitude of toleration which we claim may be misconceived or misrepresented ; but we are persuaded, in the language of the Gospel, that all the powers of hell and Satan cannot prevail against that which is from GOD! There is no medium course, and if we:would be a truly enlightened religious people, me must be content to oppose argument to argument, and reason to reason, or by a standard of human judgment be sunk into the mental vassalage and , darkness of the 12th century,— a period distin guished from the present, not by lack of religion, but by barbarous mistakes about the measure of toleration. To be useful, toleration should have no measure ; for it is the friction and reaction of any system of restriction, and, above all, the impertinence and insolence of law, when brought to bear on discussion, which produces the very effect, that any degree of restriction is intended to prevent. In fine, we must print only in Latin, or have a censorship, and board of licensors, aided by an inquisition, if by coercion we would sup press the latitude of discussion; or we must set inquiry and publication entirely free, except in personal libels, and depend on the omnipotence of truth, and the neutralization of error by the absence of restraint, and especially of the igno rant, servile polemics of courts of law. We some time since remarked on a dangerous change of manners iu confiding murderous weapons