Star. — London, England, 1831-09-05 00:00:00

I VIENNA, Aug. 22.—The Aulic council of war has information that two battalions of Polish in &airy, and some hundred cavalry, have entered the territory of the republic of Cracow, and are ap- N ulling the Austrian frontiers. As it was chiefly by the corps of Dwernecki that the Ch o l er a was brought into Gallicia, and as a new attempt of the Poles to enter the Aus trian territory might again endanger the sani tary state of the empire, the strictest orders have been issued to refuse admission to every person who has not performed the legal quarantine. It I is said that fugitives from Warsaw are hourly ;striving at Cracow, among them persons of the highest distinction. That city (Cracow) presents most deplorable appearance ; unfortunate persons all descriptions seek refuge here, while the dis 'tiler rages with great violence, and carries off -.amorous victims. At Presburg, which has hitherto been free from Aolera, some symptoms of it are said to have been .Ip:erred, but the disease was gradually abating a its malignant character. It is thought that it Tight have been checked in Hungary. Here in Vienna we are more easy : hospitals continue to se prepared in the city and suburbs. VIEN N Ayr:. 23.—Five per Cent. Metal -77i ; Four per Cent. ditto, 66i ; Bank 9-18.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Any. 28. a Will the capitulation of Warsaw in any way change this position ? We are not of those who would leave the Poles to be abused by the generosity of Kings. Wben they are victorious, they are im placable : they strike. Thus the ukases of pardon, of indulgence, all those grand promises of the Czar, will obstruct nothing. Executioners will shew themselves at Warsaw, as they did at Modena. But will the three nations of whom we have just spoken remain indifferent ? Have they not the right, and should they not have the will ? We know well the ill will of diplomacy towards liberty. We know how it will seek for pretexts, and it will quote the sanguinary scenes of the prisons, the unlooked for change in the re spective situation of the Belligerents by the capi tulation of Warsaw ; but it is impossible for diplo macy, without dishonouring itself, to abandon the idea of assuring the independence of Poland.— Courrier Francais. PARIS ESTA PErrE-TH IS DAY. PA Itl S, SA TU RDA T.—The affairs of Poland Lave created much anxiety at Paris ; but the statements given by the Prussian Gazette contain so many contradictions, that most people here consider that the tumult has been much exagge ratvd. No news whatever has arrived to the French Government; and yet it is stated by the Gazttle de Prusse, that the Consul of France Lad demanded his passport from the Polish Government. The journey from Warsaw to Pa ris might be performed in ten days ; there fore a courier despatched from Warsaw on the l6th (the day on which the excesses were said to have been committed,) could have reached Paris on the 26th, and it is now the third of September— and no intelligence has arrived. In such serious circumstances it can scarcely be supposed that the Consul would have neglected to inform his Government. A letter from Berlin of the 26th of August, announces that they spoke at the Bourse of news front the Rusian head-quarters. The army was, on the 20th, near Warsaw. It was said that Skrzy necki and Czartorinsky had proceeded to the Rus sian head-quarters.—Journal du Commerce. Several German Journals estimate at 130,000 men, the Prussian troops which are assembled against the cholera, along the Oder, to the extre mity of Eastern Prussia.—Journal du Commerce. Neither the Gazette d'Etat de Prusse of the '27th, nor the other German Journals, received to day at Paris, contain the least intelligence upon the events which took place on the 15th and 16th at Warsaw. The Gazette d'Etat announces in two lines, that on the 20th the Russian head quarters was still at Nadarzym, five leagues from Warsaw, which proves that Marshal Paskew•itsch had made no movement from the 18th to the 20th. We wait, with anxiety, the first direct news from Warsaw.—Journal des Debats. CRACOW, Aug. 19.—There is a proclamation dated the 12th, from the new commander in chief, and another proclamation of conge, from General Skrzynecki. Although General Dembinski ap pears to say nothing about an amicable arrange ment, nothing decisive had happened up to the 15th, between the two armies. It appears that there is in the army, as well as in Warsaw, a party in favour of submission, and another for lighting for life and death. Field Marshal Paskewitsch, has established himself since the 6th, with the whole Russian army, on the right bank of the Baura, whilst the Poles were posted behind the Ilawka. General Rudiger was with his corps at Novemiasto, upon the Pilizn, and Prince Adam of Wurtemburg marching toward Radom ; but the in habitants of that small town, who had opposed so much resistance to the Russians, have suffered much.—Augsboury Gazette of the 27th. lEN N A, Aug. 23.—News from Warsaw is ex pected with the greatest impatience. The silence which continues from the theatre of war, when it is known that the armies are approaching nearer to each other, appears to be occasioned by existing ne gotiations. Letters, indeed, state, that negotia tions are in a very forward train. It is also ascer tained, that in case an agreement should take place between the belligerent powers, respecting the basis of the Polish nationality, Prince Czartoriski would be placed, in the name of the Emperor, at the head of the Government. However, this ru mour may be set down amongst the thousand others, which are daily circulated. In Hungary the peasantry continue in a state of insurrection, and are in greatdisorder. They have ill-treated a great number of the nobles, as well as many persons in Government offices ; pillaged the chateaus of Count Zapari and Count Csaki, and committed on all sides cruelties of every description. .—Augsbourg Gazette. We have received no authentic information of the news from Warsaw, published by the Prussian Gazette, and reprinted in the journals of this morning. We do not doubt the main events, but come of the circumstances are not true. One of these is manifestly false ; it is that which concerns the prisoners for debt, who suffered, it is said, like those detained for political offences : the Polish law does not permit the imprisoning for debt. All the journals published to-day have shewn them selves very reserved upon the news furnished by the Berlin paper ; there is only the Gazette, which has taken from it a text, to say that the revolution and Propaganda finish in all countries as they com menced, by assassinations. They speak of negotiations entered into by Eng land, France, and Austria in the interests of the Poles. The Hamburgh Gazette has published a very curious article upon that subject. Will the negotiations be abandoned, or will Poland fall altogether ? That cannot be. In the first place, in that which concerns France, engagements are taken. The address of the Chamber has given the measure of the sentiments with which the admirable Polish nation has inspired the majority. The Chamber has said : "We have the assurance that the Polish Nationality will not perish ;" it is a political engagement for the Ca binet. In England the same sympathy exists ; and if the Court of Austria does not profess sentiments so frank, so powerful in favour of the Poles, opi nion will inevitably push her to an intervention. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON, MONDAY, SEPT. 5. Oxa o'CLocH, Tats DAY.—Thermometer, 74. Ba rometer, 29.89. Wind S.W. Weather, fair and cloudy. The Hamburgh steamer had not arrived when this article was written ; and, therefore, we are in London in as much uncertainty as the Newspapers of Paris, and those of Germany appear to be, on the subject of Poland. The Messager de Chambres, which we received late on Saturday afternoon, with private advices from Paris, assured us, on the au thority of letters from Vienna, that an armistice had been actually concluded ; and we hastened, on these avowed authorities, to lay the information before the public in a Second Edition. The arrivals from Paris to-day, and from the vicinity of Poland, do not contain intelligence from the seat of war, later than that which reached London on Saturday ; and, therefore, we have no confirmation of the conclusion of the armistice. It appears, however, by a Cracow ar ticle of the 20th, that some important communica tion had been made to the Polish government, by the Austrian Consul ; and that, in consequence, Prince CzARToaISKI and General SKRZYNECKI had paid a visit to the Russian head-quarters. Re ports prevail, also, all over the continent, that an arrangement is pending. It would be idle to speculate on a subject in which the data are so vague; for, in truth, we hare for many days had no direct information from Warsaw, and our opinions are obliged to be formed on the re ports of enemies. See our Second Edition. We this day present two documents—the last which have arrived directly from Warsaw—and they are of the 12th and 13th : one is a magnani mous resignation of the chief command of the army by SKRZTNECKI, to DEMBINSKI; and the other is an address of DeuniNsxt on assuming the command. Subsequently to those dates—that is on the 15th and 16th—that popular insurrection took place, on which we have at present none but Prussian authority ; and of the Polish account of these affairs, the Paris journals are as devoid as those of London and Germany—even letters from Cracow of the 19th and 20th, make no mention of the subject. The only military operation which we glean, is the confirmation of the defeat of Rudiger, and ofl his falling back by Radom, faster than he advanced. The Hamburgh papers continue to enlarge on the surprize of Colonel Gallois, by some cossack squad rons, under the Russian General Witt. Whether this affair obliged the main Polish army to fall back towards Warsaw, or whether the pending negoci ations indisposed the Polish general from shedding blood, of which Paskewitsch has taken an inso lent advantage, does not appear ; but this is certain, th.tt the reckless corps of the cossacks have ap proached Warsaw, while the Poles have fallen back, and bivouacked in its immediate vicinity. Again, we think it possible, that Dembinski may calculate on the more exalted courage of the Poles, in a contest close to the capital ; for we cannot suspect the Prussians of exaggerating the Polish forces; and the last details from Berlin assured us, that the Polish army equalled in numbers the Russian army. In spite, therefore, of sinister reports, hatched chiefly for stock-jobbing purposes, we con-1 tinue of opinion, that a fortunate and bloody victory remains to be gained by the Russians, before they obtain possession of Warsaw, except under con ditions imposed on them by the allied powers, and agreeable to the brave Polish army, and the patriotic inhabitants of Warsaw. If they achieve their object, and secure civil liberty, and impunity for their meritorious exertions, to rid themselves of a semi-barbarous intrusion, the friends of justice and liberty will be satisfied, whatever be the name or form of the compromise, or the concession in form which may be made, to gratify the empty pride of the Court of Petersburg, and the other mediating Courts. This morning we have accounts from different parts of the kingdom, of loyal preparations to celebrate the Coronation, of which we notice a few ; and it affords us satisfaction to observe, that distressed poverty is not overlooked, and will be enabled to take solid part in the festive rejoicing, on an occasion so inspiring to every true English man. We have also reason to believe, that our ' suggestion on Saturday will not be lost on the authorities of the metropolis. We are thoroughly persuaded that a celebration of the day, which includes a feast to the people, will be a mode of celebration more agreeable to the benevolent feel ing of their MAJEsTiEs, than any ostentatious parade of illuminations, or that uproarious waste of gua-powder, which usually accompanies such events. In the House of Commons on Saturday, Mr. Sadler presented petitions from Nottingley and Paisley, complaining of general distress among ar tisans and manufacturers. Mr. Dennison presented a petition in favour of Alderman Wood's steam-boat bill, which was supported by Mr. Mangles and Mr. Ewart. Mr. Lamb admitted that he was not prepared with any regulations of steam-boats, in addition to those of the 4th George IV. and he stated that the suf ferers intended to proceed against the proprietors of the Rothsay Castle. Mr. Croker called attention to the incendiary fires, on which some observations were made by Lord Althorp and Sir E. Sugden. In answer to some observations of Mr. Croker, Lord Althorp stated that he expected the Bill would be finished by the Committee before the Corona tion; and with a view to its immediate progress, the adjournment would take place only for the day of the Coronation. The thirty-first and thirty-second clauses, relative to the formal duty of banisters were passed. ROYAL EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. With the exception of the express from Paris, and the Dutch steamer, we have no other arrivals of consequence this morning. The French funds have again improved : after Change hours they were at 60 the 3 per cents, in consequence of which our funds, which left off on Saturday at 82A, opened at 821, afterwards were done at 8211 ; at present they are 824, alternately buyers and sellers, with little doing. The private letters from Brussels state that all was tranquil in that country. In the foreign market, Russian Stock has im proved. TWO O'CLOCK. Great anxiety is expressed in the City for the arrival of the Hamburgh steamer, by which is ex pected the surrender of Warsaw to the Russians ; in consequence of which the Stock Exchange spe culators are quite idle. Consols have been during the morning at 821, alternately buyers and sellers. Letters have been received from Oporto, but they do not bring any news of consequence. We bear that only 120 Peers as yet have ap plied for tickets for the Coronation. In the Foreign Market, the only business doing of consequence is in Russian Stock, which has ra ther improved. THREE O'CLOCK. Sank Stock, shut. Three per Cent. Reduced, shut. Three per Cent. Consols, 821 4. Three and a Half per Cent. 1818, 904. Three and a Half per Cent. Red. shut. Three and a Half per Cent. New, 904 89k. Four per Cent. 1826, 1001 4. Long Annuities, Jan. 1860, shut. Annuities, Oct. 1859, 17 5.164; do. Jan. 1860, 103. India Stock, —; do. Bonds, 1 2 preen. South Sea Stock, Old Annuities, £lOOO Exchequer Bills, 10 11 ; £5OO do. —; £lOO and £2OO do. 11 13; Advertised, 10 9. Consols for Account. 823 3. AN ADDRESS FROM THE ELECTORS OF PRESTON TO H. HUNT, Esq. M.P. Agreed to unanimously at a PublicM•eting, held in the open air, and convened by Public Advertisement. We, your constituents, electors of Preston, at a public meeting assembled August 27th, 1831, beg leave to send you our most unfeigned thanks and gratulations for your unwearied, patriotic, consistent, and persevering conduct since you became our representative, and for many years previous to that time, we are fully convinced you have stem. dily and honestly advocated the just rights of the people, which in our opinion so justly entitles you to the support of every good man in the country, who wishes to see justice done to his fellow creatures. In spite of all the low, artful, treacherous, and base calumnies heaped upon you, by most of the vile hirelings of the Press, the men or Preston have never for one single moment forgot their duty, and on all public occasion we have sanctioned and approved of your noble and praise. worthy conduct; the only reason that we your constituents have not communicated more with you, was, that we /tad , full confidence in your abilities and your integrity, and wt left you to exercise your own judgment, as in our opinion no man amongst us is competent to direct your steps in the great cause you have so long and so honestly advocated. We cannot conclude without stating to you, that the " Millions are with you"—we mean the working men of England whose rights you so honestly and so boldly *deo ate, and the wives and children of those men will bless your memory when you arc mouldering in the silent tomb, for your determination to convince our opponents if their duty, l and the necessity of their paying more due and sincere at tention to the real distress of thousands that are at present starving for want of food in the midst of plenty. This meeting do most heartily thank you for your bold, : manly and firm conduct displayed in the House, in the pre , senting of our late Petition against the Infamous Corn Law.. although the interested and selfish many did not sup . port you on the said Petition, yet we do most sincerely ap. plaud you for your exertions on the occasion, and we dJ feel quite satisfied, that until, that most monstrous, and ini quitous Starvation Law (with some others) he totally re 1 pealed; the labouring man will never enjoy the real fruits I of his hard earned money. Persevere, then, Sir, in the good work you have so bravely begun, and we your constituents, will ever applaud and sup. port you to the utmost of our power. In conclusion we must add, that whatever may be said to you, or of you, by any slanderous individual, you may rest satisfied that, we the den of Preston will never desert you while you continue to advocate and defend the just rights of your countrymen. JOHN I lIV IN, Chairman. His Majesty arrived at his Palace, at St. James's, about half-put hve o'clock on Saturday afternoon, from the Palace at Windsor. The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Saxe Meiningen and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, ar rived from the Palace at Brighton about kalf-past eight o'clock. The Landgravine of Hesse Homberg, the Prin cess Augusta, and the Duchess of Cambridge. dined with their Majesties in the evening. The King gave audiences in the afternoon, to Earl and Lord Hill. The Duke of Sussex, the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince George and Princess Augusta, and the Princess Sophia visited their Majesties. It was stated by Lord Althorp, on Saturday, that he hoped and trusted the Committee on the Reform Bill would get through their labours before the Coronation, slut the Report should be immediately brought up pro forma. and the Bill be recommitted on the following Mon day. though he saw no objection to Tuesday. Viscount Althorp entertained a party of Members of the House of Common at dinner, on Saturday evening, at his residence in Doening.street. Among the company were Viscount Belgrave, Sir Michael Stewart, Sir R.Dundas, Sir G. Skipwith, Sir John Hobhouse, lion. H. Foley, Colonel Anson, Messrs. Walter Campbell, R. Grosvenor, Philip Howard, Lefevre, Strickland, and Watson. Of the 36 Members composing the Select Com mittee on Indian affairs, 24 have voted foe the Reform Bill and II against it • and it is deserving of remark, that with ' one or two ezeePtions, the II are Rut India proprietors, and ex-Commissioners aid ex-Secretaries of the board of Control. " SECONDnEDITION STAR OWter r Tit at z .o'CLociz HAMBURGH MAIL. After our paper was gone to press, we received with infinite satisfaction, such accounts from the seat of war, as prove the futility of all the i adverse reports circulated about Warsaw and Poland, during the last week. So far is the Polish cause from being lost, that tve have the confirmation of a decisive victory gained on their left, over the important army of H:DIGER, which un masks the rightofPASKEWITCII . S position, so as not only to prevent his advance, but even to have forced him to retreat, if the accounts are to V relied on. To-morrow we will give place to the various frightful accounts of the spread of cholera, in Russia and Austria. By the Hamburgh Steamer just arrived. BEIILIN, AUG. 30.—Private letters say that the Russian Field-Marshal, Paskewitsch, has re treated from Warsaw, on account of the non arrival of Rudiger's corps ; not being sufficiently Istrong to attack that place. The Vossische Zeitung says that Gen. Ititiliger had been prevented from forming a junction with Gen. Paskewitsch, and had been so beaten that he had fled into the Austrian territory. It now ap pears that the late accounts of the disturbances at Warsaw have been greatly exaggerated. In some accounts it is even said that they were without any foundation. From the Prussian State Gazette of the 30th,1 it appears the Russian head-quarters were, on the 23d of August, at Nadarzvn, about 20 English miles from Warsaw, the place from whence our last accounts were given, since which nothing of consequence had taken place in that quarter. The first detachments of the troops, which were going to the Marshal's assistance, had passed the Vistula. The Polish General, SK RZ ECK I, is gone to Lithuania, to endeavour to excite the people in that quarter, and to attack the Russians in their rear. The former accounts of the rising in that place have been much exaggerated. 13t - clta REST, Aix. 12.—Accounts from Con stantinople of tho 2d inst. say, that a terrible fire had broke out in that city, which had destroyed 18,000 houses. So destructive were the flames, that 60,000 persons have lost the whole of their property. Vt ex xA, AUG UST 24.—A letter from Semlin, of the 15th instant, says a vessel hail arrived at Belgrade, whose Captain had bribed the guard, and was admitted into the town ; in consequence of which the cholera had been introduced from the vessel. The day they landed 12 persons were taken ill, and there is now from 40 to 50 dying daily. HAMM. , RG 11, SEPT. 2.-0 e ing to the appear ance of cholera in the immediate vicinity of Berlin, the mail from that town is now subject to a process of purification on the frontier—the consequence of which is, that it arrives only at a late hour in the afternoon. The State Gazette of Aug. 31, contains a report from the Russian camp, from which it appears, that Marshal Paskewitsch is awaiting the arrival of Generals Rudiger and Kreutz, before attempt ing an attack on Warsaw. An article in another Berlin paper says, that Paskewitsch is retreating front before Warsaw, in consequence of Rudiger having been unable to effect a junction with him. Gen. Skrzynecki, ac corditg to the same authority, is gone to Lithua nia, there to re-organise the insurrection. The late disturbances in Warsaw, it now appears, have been greatly exaggerated by the Prussian State Gazette. The following is from the State Gazette dated yesterday : According to the latest accounts from the Rus sian head-quarters, the Russian army was on the 30th of August in Nadarzyn, four wersta. —Since the occurrences lately detailed, nothing of importance has taken place. The first detach ment of the troops which General Baron Kreutz is bringing to the marshal's assistance, have already passed the Vistula. Another Berlin paper, the rossische Zeitung, repeats its account of the previous day, that Gen. Rudiger's attempt to form a junction with Paskewitsch has been bullied. The same paper adds, that Rudiger has been completely beaten, and forced to seek refuge in the Austrian territory. The Polish troops on this occasion are supposed to have been commanded by General Skrzynecki. The account of General Itudiger's defeat is con firmed by letters from Cracow, which accounts had been received front Lemberg, that Austrian troops had been sent to disarm the fugitive Russians. According to the same authority, the riots and murders, said to have taken place in Warsaw, prove to be a mere fabrication. CRACOW, Arc. 23.—The last post that arrived here from Przysuclia (Friday, 19th Aug.) is said to have brought a letter with the following post scr:pt I have this moment learnt that General Skrzynecki has again taken the field (?)" Early on the 12th, a patrole was sent from Warsaw to Praga, which fell in with an enemy's detachment, beyoud Grochow. The Russians were driven back, and our troops advanced a mile along the river. There must have been a considerable action be fore Zuntoec, for the Russians have brought eighty waggons with their wounded to Hubilstow. The Polish army enjoys excellent health. HAMBURGH, SrPT. 2.—Excliange to Loi.don, 13 7i ; Two 31onths, 13 6.—Hormburyh rapars, Sept. 2. This day despatches were received at the Foreign Office, from Paris and Belgium, and the Hague ; also, at the Colonial Office, front the .3lauritius, dated the of April. Sir Frederick Adam, Lord High ionunissioner of the lonian Isles, has arrived in town. This any, at noon, a Cabinet Council aFscintiled at the Foreign Office. There was a confaenc.: of the Alembers of the five powers on the atrAirr of ncigioni. Despatches lave been received from our Consul at Lisbon, dated August 15. They coniain a new catalogue of mottles caused by the lioverntuent of Don Miguel It appears that there are at this moment neatly 30,000 persons in the different prisons of Portugal, fin alleged pull•icel offences. At Oporto two British subjects have been instutt.d, and nearly killed. The Duke of Wellington has been appointed to officiate as Lord High Constable of England on Thursday next, the day of their Majesties' Coronauon. Our readers will see that the late fires in the country were noticed in the House of Commons on Saturday last. The subject was introduced by Sir E. Sugden, and Lord Althorp said, that Government had devoted much attention to the question, and that a measure was under consideration.' THE WEST INDIES. V' The results of the Pitt policy, of the wanton and wicked wars against French liberty, of the uni versal mortgage, and of the taxes to pay the in- terest, display themselves, step by steii, with greater rapidity than would be imagined. The fa cility of collecting duties on imports enab!es the Exchequer to replenish itself from col. ai.d i r. duce, to an amount so nearly approximating its market price, as to leave little for the labour of cultivation, and nothing for profits of capital—it appears, therefore. that the colonists can etultro no longer. It is, in fact, the same at home, except that the mode of assessment is less direct, and less obvious to the i dfwellers who refer their sotierngs to sea- sons, fishions, Ste. &c. objects cognizable by mean intellems. In truth, taxation, standing armies, and monopoly, are accelerating the rapid decadence of the country--rendering labour unproductive, enterprize of no avail, and capital useful only in Exchequer Bills or public securities—signs of mortal decease, and not of the health of the coun try. In r, and to the West Indies, there appears to be no alternative, but greativ to reduce the dutics on their produce, or leave them free to find their own market. At the same time, we have not fo:gatten that they were among the most in furiated partizans of the late wars, and they ought therefore to be made to redeem part of its debts, if redemption in a general sense is not as great a fay to attempt, as were the original loans for such pm • poses in the expectation of being repaid. The West Indies now contribute ten or twelve millions to the revenue. Can we do without this amount 7 Can we pay the interest, &c. &c. without them But this is not the niain question—Can they con tinue to pay—and can we continue sa extort against their will, more than they are able to pay ? It is a choice of ominous difficulties ! In the Kingston Chronicle of July 15, are several re. ports of meetings, and requisitions for meetings. and at a meeting of the inhabitants of Trelawney, on the llth July, the following, among other resolutions, were passed : " Resolved, That we cling whit the most filial affection sad veneration to our beloved Sovereign and the mother country ; a separation from which, though apparently de. sired by the latter, must till our bosoms with the sincerest regret ; but thrown as a prey before misguided savages, we have no other alternative than to " Resolve, That his Excellency the Earl of Delmore be solicitated to call an eatly meeting of the House Assembly, in order that a deputation of the same may lay our griev ances at the foot of the throne, humbly to pray, it our most gracious Sovereign and the British nation consider us un worthy of the protection of our just rights, equally with all his blajesty's subjects, we may be absolved from our :Inc ipience, and allowed to seek that protection from smother cation which is so unjustly and cruelly withheld from us by our own." At a meeting at Montego Bay on the 13th of July, rts.dtt. lions in the same spirit were adopted : " That it appears to this meeting that his Majesty's 31inisters are presenting to the begislatures of this and other Colonies, plans for the government of the slave popu lation, which deeply affect the rights of private property, and accompanied with a threat, that oppressive penal taxes shall be levied on the produce of such colonies as will not resign their constitutional independence at the command of his Ma jesty's Minister', and implicitly adopt their plans. " That if his Majesty's Ministers proceed to put in execu tion this tyrannical threat, they will alienate from his Ma jesty's Government, and from the country which upholds it in its unjust and despotic measures, the affection of his Ma. jesty's hitherto loyal and faithful subjects of Jamaica ; and will compel them to petition his Majesty to absolve then, from their allegiance, that they may seek the protection of some other power able and willing to secure to them the en joyment of other rights, and the peaceable possession of their properties. " That this meeting views with unfeigned regret the prospect of a separation from the mother country ; an event which it can contemplate only under a strong apprehension of a violation of constitutional rights. At the same time it trusts that the Assembly of Jamaica will streuuously main. taro these rights to the last extremity, and will pass no laws under the influence of any coercive measures threatened by that British Government. " And this meeting calls upon the inhabitants of Jamaica to be true to themselves, faithful to their country ; and calmly, but firmly, to resolve, that by no act of her own will they become the instrument of their own destruction ; and that if they are to be sacrificed to the malice of their one. mica, they will not hereafter have to reproach themselves with supineness or cowardice. " The speech of Dr. Lashington iu the House of Cora mons, in which he stated that, should the whites be dis posed to throw off their allegiance government might count ore the assistance of the free men of colour, has roused the Letter to express their sympathy with their white brethren, At a meeting at St. Ann'', on the 12th July, it was Resolved, " That this meeting equally participate with their fellow. colonists in those feelings, which the proceedings in the liritish nation and p..rliatuent, concerning colonial rights and property, have been so unhappily calculated to produce. •• That the loyalty of the•people of colour hat. been ever co:ispicutius ; but we take leave to say, that, to such loyalty and attachment to our gracious sovereign, we unite the warmest affection for the land of our birth, and will never, by any wilful act, infringe or abrogate those just rights alai privileges to which we are entitled. Ter, impressed with these sentiments, we cannot but view with deep regret the unqualified assertion made by Dr. laushington in the House of Commons, that he bad te.n authorised by the persons of colour in this island to otter their slaves for emancipation at the desire of Go.ernmer.t. " That, in contradiction of so palpable a misrepresenta tion, we solemnly declare that nut one now present has ever joined in such instructions ; but, on the contrary, we are de termined to preserve and defend our properties by every inn, Bible means, and will only surrender them fur tut must iu:l and ample compensation. " The plan of rowiateenibling a Congress of Delegates fruit the several colonies at liarbadoes is agitated. The Ore. nada Free Ptter, speaking of this congress, says •• With regard to tile measures to be adopted try the Con- gress, if it do again assemble, it is almost tau asui ttttt ig in us to give an opinion ; but where ail are interested, ail ought to be heard. It is not now the tittle to mince Ili:eters. We have arrived at a crisis of our affairs when energy alone can give us tiny well-grounded hope of a beneficial result. We have tco lung succumbed min given way to the un. reasonable demanas of our enemies, and to the imperious dictates of an unfeeling and utivatt.ral step-mother. There is a period in human when bliiinilbalOn in a sun to the nnressoituble will of a patient, dictating that which. may be prejudicial or ruinous to both, becomes cr tttt inal. We have arrived at this point. Our national patent demands of us the sacrifice of our property and our lives, to gratify a merciless and unjust determination on her part to ruin us, and to deprive herself of her most valuable po,sessiuns. Are we blindly to submit to her monstrously unreasonable uictatiun % It we are become valueless to the mother country, as is now so openly avowed, let her cast us off, to look fur protection else. where. When she declares us to be a burden to her, and withdraws all protection from us, she loses all right to our obediel.ce, and ought at once to release us front those duties which have hitherto bound us together. We ought, therefore, in whatever shape we address our re. monstrances to respeettuily, but firmly io de. mend justice at its hand, and it that be refused to us—to demand that our country will annul those mutual obliga tions which have been broken by her, but never by us—and allow us to seek protection when we can had it. Although deep and grievous to every Briti.k hea t would, be the alter native, if we be driven to it, we will not be at a loss to find those who can appreciate our value." We know not where all this will end. It is toleeablv clear, however, that the West Indians are at present rosary embarrassed ; and it is by no means improbable that many of them look to a separation from the mother country as a means of ridding them of the encumbrances held by time seal proprietors, the mortgagees, who live in palaces in the luares of the mempohan , 1 1 { -, , i ii i q ri l l I 111 Vi a '1 1 , I I r ' 11; . ~! 71 1 P f ,1 Z 1