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0 r , I r 1 !, I , 4 . !. r I • ~ 0 ti , A ' ::. ,ii 1 GREAT VICTORIES OF THE POLES. ). i ‘ 1 v.: . !, „ ,„ it .; . - 4 it li ! . , I 1 ,1 1 1 i~~ Prone the Journal des Debuts. PARIS, JUNE 2. The news from Warsaw of the 25th of May is of character to excite lively and legitimate hopes for the triumph of the Polish cause. Admirable in deed is that nation ! History offers nothing com - arable. The Imperial Guard of Russia, which formed the right wing of the army of Marshal Diebitsch, did not advance to head quarters, as was believed some lays since. It could not operate that movement which had been projected, and, on the contrary, it was forced to retreat towards Kowno, pressed and .unstantly harrassed by the advanced guard of the Pules. The guard, before the evacuation of Ostrolenka, sustained an obstinate battle, in which it lost many men. The Generalissimo, who bad moved forward to cut off the retreat from Lonna, arrived some hours too late, but immediately established his held-quarters at a short distance from that town ; and it was known at Warsaw on the 25th, that his advalced gum' had entered it. Thus the Russian right wing is now between the Polish forces and the Lithuanian insurrection, which every day be- COTlll'i more extensive. 1) Ling this time a considerable corps, com manded by General Lubiensky, moved upon the ight bank of the Bug, as far up as Nur. Soon ;Ater it advanced upon Bialistock, and on the 21st it was upon the Russian frontier, oppo.•ite that town. All the country between the Bug and the Hare w is evacuated by the enemy. The Guards separated from the corps of Mar shal Diebitsch retire in the north of the Palatinate of /tugustowo, and the Russian district of Bia litock. Marshal Diebitsch remains immoveable at Sicd lee. Either the want of subsistence, contagious ma ladies, or the demoralization of his troops, will not permit him to resume offensive operations, other wise we know not how to explain this inactivity, which must end in a retreat. The most timid at Warsaw have now become courageous, and they speak with confidence of the speedy evacuation of all the Polish territory. The following is the distribution of the Polish forces : Under the orders of Skrzynccki and Labiensky, upon the Narew and the Bug . . ... 40,000 I 'nrinsky covers Praga with ... 12,000 General Pac is at Koaiennice, with ... ... 15,000 The remains of Sierawsky's corps occupy Pula wy, and Gen. Chraznowsky is at Zamose, with 5,000 They calculate in the garrisons of Slodlin and Zamose .. ... ... .. 7.000 The Diet lately ordered a levy of eight new regiments of infantry, and the organization of the same is advancing. WARSAW, MAY 23.—We are every day nearer a denouement, and the two armies have daily more need of it. This morning news has arrived from all quarters. The town of Lomza, where the Grand Duke Michael had his head-quarters with the Imperial Guards, is occupied by the Poles— an advantage procured by the revolution of Lithuania. It is difficult to describe the state of thecountry through which theßussians have passed, who are true barbarians. In Lithuania, in addition to the other causes for insurrection, a fresh and a more powerful one has just been called into existence. The Emperor, seeing that the Russian Polish pro vinces were about to escape from his domination, ordered a new levy of two men out of every 100. The Lithuanian peasants revolt at this. They will not serve Russia for 24 years, and be sent, GOD knows where, while under the national banner only three years' service will be required, and they will fight around their own homes. This order, then, has promoted the insurrection, which is now ge neral. We are informed that Minsk, with 20,000 people, and Nieswijr and Novogrodek have com pleted their revolution by sending in their adherence to the Act of Lithuanian Insurrection. Among the men devoted to the cause, General Morawski, and the landowners Rdultowski, Niepokoysryski, and Twardowski, are mentioned. All the nobles of these provinces, being included in the famous patriotic associations, are now taking up arms, hav ing no alternative but victory or death. The in surrection of Volbynia and Podolia was only check ed for a moment, and is now spreading with more strength and more terribly than ever. The town of Kaminietz, in Podolia, is in the power of the insurgents, and Generals Roth and Rudiger will not escape the fate that awaits them. The loss of the brave Dwernicki will be amply repaired, thanks to the talents and boldness of General Chrzanowski. By passing through the space which separates 'Warsaw from Zamosc, ho struck a final blow at the Russian attempt to cross over to the left bank of the Vistula. Since the action of Sierawski, near Kazimierz, the inhabitants of Sandomir and Cracow have been filled with de spair; but now things are entirely changed. Constitutionnel. lIA MBURGH PAPER. WARSAW, MAY 24. The State Geeselle contains despatches from General Skreynecki, dated Dlugicsiodlo, May 17, giving an account of several advantages obtained over the Russians. The same paper contains a variety of other articles, which, though not invested with an official character, are known to be sub stantially correct. According to their statements the Rus sian army is retreating in every direction before our gallant troops, and in a few days we look forward to hear that not one Russian soldier remains within the kingdom. Ostro. leaks, Lomza, Nur, Ciechanowiec, and Stowiski, are known to have already been freed from the presence of the enemy. Diebitsch has crossed the Bug at Granna, and the guards are retreating towards Bialistock. Baggage, arms, and stores of every kind, to an immense amount, and a military chest containing 400,000 rabies, have fallen into our hands. One of our papers contains to-day, in a postscript, the intelli. gence that Tykocin was taken by storm by our troops on the evening of the 21st, after an obstinate struggle, in which Colonel Langermaun Is said to have distinguished himself. WARSAW, 3lmr 26th.—An official account of General Skrzynecki's operations, down to the taking of Tykocin, has been published. On the evening of the 21st our troops entered the latter place at the point of the bayonet, and dispersed the grenadiers of the Russian guard, who attempted to defend a dyke which passed behind the city, through the marshes of the Narew. On the same day our troops en. countered, between Ciechanowiec and Sures, several detach. menu; of Marshal Diebitsch's corps, which were endeavour. ing to form a junction with the guards at Bialystock. A Russian corps of 1,000 men, under Sacken, has been cut off, and is now retreating Into the Palatinate of Augustowo, closely pursued by General Sierakowski. From the Palati nate of Podlochia the Russians are rapidly retreating.— On the 23d, General Uminski occupied Siedlec, and a part of his cavalry is pursuing the enemy upon the road to Allendzyrzeca. Immediately after Diebitach had crossed the Bug, he turned his whole force against General Lu bienski's corps, which consisted only of a few thousand men ; and having succeeded in surrounding our brave countrymen, be summoned them to surrender. He immediately threw nearest to bile, which be completely re-establishing his communication particulars of this affair are not report. Oen. Rudiger has retreated 'h a view to maintain Ina cs Ennui. In consequence ut his rear being threatened by the insurgents. On the subject of the insur rection in Volhynia, Podolia, and the Ukraine, numerous re ports ate In circulation, but the Government are cautious of publishing such facts as they are in possession of, lest the 'safety of individuals might be compromised by their indis cretion. General Dweznicki is no longer in Gallicia. The Austrians have sent him to Presburg, and his officers are all 4) be placed in confinement at Olmuts. Our light cavalry have advanced some worsts beyond Tykocin, but no account has been received of the occupation of Bialy stock by ourtroops BERLIN. MAY 28.—The gallant Skrzynecki has been again astonishing the Russians by boldly out-flanking the all-conquering Sabalkanaki, and throwing himself Into the Lithuanian provinces, the real state of which Its now likely soon to become more generally known. The public are not iu possession of the information by which Skrzynecki may have deemed himself justified in transferring the scene of war into the ancient provinces of Poland • but the distin. guished ability which he has hitherto displayed in all his operations, justifies our confidence in the success of his present attempt. WARSAW, May 26.—The Warsaw Gazelle says,— " Siedlec, which the enemy have abandoned, presents a me lancholy seenc ; there is not house which is undamaged.— The Russians began a fortnight ago to send away the stores, the sick, &c. and also the heavy artillery. The enemy have also removed the whole hospital from Lukow. The Rus sians are retreating in different directions. Our Cracovites have already advanced some wersts beyond Tykocin, but we do not hear they have entered Bialystock. BELGIUM BRUSSELS. NATIONAL CONGRESS.—Srurnro of MAY 31. The debate was opened on the priority of the questions to be submitted to the Assembly. M. PIRSON wished to put some questions to M Lebeau on the letter of Lord Ponsonby ; but the Assembly decided that no question should be put to the Minister; and it was decided, after a very long debate, by a majority of 137 to 48, that the debate on the immediate election of a Sovereign should have the priority. In the course of the debate the Abbe de Haerne spoke against the choice of the Prince of Slit Coburg, because this election would meet with no sympathy in the nation, either in a political or religious point of view. The Sovc. reign, he said, ought to be of the same religion u the nation, as is the case in England, France, and Germany. " SITTING OF JUNE 1. The debate opened on the question which had obtained the priority—viz. the immediate election of the Sovereign. The project of the central section, on the motion of M. No thomb, was preferred. The PRESIDENT read the first article. " The election of the head of the State shall be pro claimed in the terms fixed by the decree of 29th January, 1831." DI. BEYTI3 proposed an amendment to the following effect : " The Congress makes the election of the head of the State in the following condition : " 1. That the Congress by this act by no means intends to acknowledge the necessity of receiving the protocol of London, 20th Jan. or the subsequent protocols. "2. That if the head of the State, who shall be chosen, shall not accept within a month, and take the oath in a fort night, in the terms of Article 80 of the Constitution, the elec tion shall be considered as null and void. "3. The election of the head of the State shall be on the terms fixed by the decree of 29th Jan. 1831." M. BEVVI said the chief object of his amendment was to show to the Congress at London that we do not accept the protocol of the 20th of January, nor that respecting the debt. He was in favour of Prince Leopold, but objected to the protocols. M. GiNDEDIEN spoke at some length, and with great warmth, and thought that war should be resorted to if an inch of the territory belonging to Belgium was contested. He spoke with much bitterness of M. Lebcau's conduct in pro ducing, as the basis of the election of the Prince of Saxe Co. burg, an unsigned letter of General Belliard and that of Lord Ponsonby, which is an insult to the nation, which emanated from a man who, for these si: months past, had desired to bring us to a restoration, and which contain a threat of the extinction of the Belgic name. N. Lebeau, in reply, though, as Deputy, he did not ap prove of Lord Ponsonby's letter, said, that if his Lordship had been in favour of the Prince of Orange, and now pro. posed au election of Prince Leopold, his object had always been the same, namely, to have a line of demarcation between France and Belgium. As for the loss of the Belgic name, it may happen but in two ways only : if there should be a ge. neral war, either France will be victorious, and we shall be re-united to France, or it will be vanquished, and we shall be re-united to Holland. Several Members proposed sub-amendments to that of M. Beyts, all which, as well as the original amendment, were rejected, and Article 1 of the project of the central section was adopted by 138 to 31. The Assembly proceeded to the discussion of Art. 2. " The Government is authorised to open the negotiations to terminate all questions relative to the territory, by means of pecuniary sacrifices, and to make formal offers with that view." 111. d'Emourroa proposed an amendment; the discus sion on which was interrupted by N. ROBAULX, who, referring to the 23d and 24th pro. tocols of the Congress of London, dated the 10th and 17th of .11ay, said he would not say they were authentic, but he supposed nobody would believe he bad forged them. From a cursory perusal it appeared to him that the Congress at London abided by the basis laid down in the preceding pro tocols; and that, if the Assembly desired it, he would read them. M. M. ROOTER said that, before reading them, 111. Ro baulx should explain from whom he received them, that it might be known what confidence they merited. M. LEBEAU said he had heard in the Assembly that pro tocols were come, but he knew not whence, nor the motives of those who sent them. He affirmed, on his honour, that, since he had been in the Ministry, no notification bad bent made to him, and they could not attend to any protocols but such as were officially communicated to them. M. C. DE Baoucunts said that DI. Robaulx having told him the person from whom he had received them, he had gone out of the Assembly, and spoken to the person in question, who told him he had received them this morn ing from an Englishman, who had instantly set out again for Frankfort. Some furtner conversation took place, and the Assembly resumed the debate on Article 2, but at length the Members, being Ettigued by a sitting of seven hours, adjourned. SITTING OF JUNE 2. After a long debate, Article 2 11111111wfopted by 150 to 40, and the Assembly proceeded to Article 3, proposing to au. thorise the Government to consent to the temporary occu pation of Maastricht by a mised or foreign garrison (only not Dutch). 31r. Purim; proposed an amendment to thi► effect : " In the arrangements to be made, the Government can not consent to allow a foreign or mixed garrison to occupy any Belgic fortress." The Members appearing all agreed to reject the 3d Article, M. Pirson withdrew his amendment. Some con• fusion having arisen, the sitting was suspended for an hour by the President, after which, the article being put to the vote, was rejected by 100 votes to one. The 4th Article, after an amendment by M. Nothomb, was adopted and agreed to in the following terms : 46 Art. 4. The arrangements which may be made in con. sequence of those negociations shall be submitted to the Congress for ratification, and, at all events, a report on the state of the negociations shill be made on the 30th June, to the assembly, which shall decide whether they shall be con tinued. The question of the choice of a Sovereign was fixed for to-morrow. (From the Courtier des Pays Bas of Saturday.) WORDING OF THE DECREE. In the Name of the Belgian People. - .. The National Congress decrees as follows : " Art. 1. The election of the chief of the State shall be proclaimed according to the terms fixed by the Decree of the 29th Jan. 1831. " Att. 2. The government is authorised to commence ne gotiations for determining all questions relative to territorial boundaries by the means of pecuniary sacrifices, and to make regulations in this sense. " Art. 3. The arrangement which may result from these negotiations shall be submitted to the National Congress for ratification, and in every case a report shall be made at the latest by the 30th June to the Assembly, which will deter- mine whether they (the negotiations) are to be continued or broken off. " The President of the Congress. "C. DE GERLACH& " The Secretaries, Members of the Congress, " Vkcount VILA IN XIIII. NOTHOM B, LIEDTS and H. DE BROUKERE." " Crumb., June 2." himself on the column neare routed, and succeeded in re-i with the main army. The p given in Gen. Skraynecki`a r In the Palatinate of Lubli behind the Bug, either with nicatioa with iebitsch, or ii THE MINISTRY. If we are to place faith in the last protocols we must soon lose the assistance of MM. Ponsonby and Belliard, notwith. standing the reception given by the Congress to the proposi tion of M. Nothomb, and the favourable disposition of the Assembly to elect Prince Leopold. Should the conference, however, give us patience for pa tience, which, in our opinion, it is its interest to do, another month must pus over before we arrive at the solution which we are sure can be the only one in the present state of this country. The result of yesterday's sitting has made it more pro. bable than ever that M. Lebeau will not retain his porte feuilles. It is even believed that his private conduct has contributed to the downfall of the present Ministry. We are less likely to err in pointing out the future Ministry from among the adversaries of the Lebeau party, who are not influenced by presumption either grounded or not upon the French ntonia. " BELGIAN AISOCIATIOIT.-DIRECTINO COMMITTEE. " Belgians !—The late protocols convince us of the last wishes of the Holy Alliance. " The Directing Committee again feels that a duty is re. quired of it to protest against principles which are the basis of the protocols, and against the consequences which may be the result. •e It takes this opportunity of contradicting all those ca lumnies which have been spread under the notice of the Association, and which seem to express that the Associ ation is forming projects contrary to the order of them. " The Committee must, therefore, state that the Belgian Association has no other object than national independence, the integrity of the territory, and the exclusion of the Nas. saus. It moreover declares that it will use all its influence to support the Constitution, the powers which it establishes, and the form of the Government which it has consecrated. " Brussels, June 1, 1831." PEOTOCOL, NO. 23 OF THE CONFERENCES AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE. HELD MAT 10, 1831. The Plenipotentiary of France, after having declare d the i full and entire assent of the Government of his Majesty the King of the French to the protocols 21 and 22, of 17th April, calls the attention of the Plenipotentiaries of Aus tria. Great Britain, Russia. and Prussia, on the means of combining the execution and efficacy of the last of those acts with the precautions best calculated to dispel even a pretext for all alarm relative to the preservation of general peace. The first question which the Congress has discussed with this view related to the time which might be granted to the Belgian Government, as to the definitive propositions con contained in protocol 22. Considering that the Commissioners of the Five Courts at Brussels, and the Government of his Majesty the King of the French, are of opinion that a moderate delay would offer the means of preparing the minds of the people of Bel gium for this important communication, the Plenipotentia ries have resolved that Lord Ponsonby should be autho rised to concert with Gen. Belliard the previous steps which might produce the most effect in this respect, and not to communicate the 22d protocol officially to the Belgic Go. vernment till after employing all their influence to show, generally, the advantages which the Belgians would reap i from the immediate and frank acceptance of the basis of se paration to which his Majesty the King of the Netherlands has already completely assented. It has been agreed, cn the other hand, that the official corn. munication of the protocol in question should take place, at all events, before the Ist June this year, and that on that day the delay shall expire granted by the Congress at London to the Belgic Government, to place itself, according to its evi dent interest, in the same position as his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, with respect to the Five Powers, by the acceptance of the laws of separation above mentioned. The Plenipotentiaries have further determined that, if on the day fixed, the Belgic Government declares by its official answer, that it accedes to the said basis of separation, then immediate attention shall be paid to the measures necessary for the speedy evacuation of the places and territories occu pied by the respective troops, beyond the boundaries assigned to Belgium and Holland. In this supposition the common consent of the two parties directly interested, to which the Five Courts will contribute their good offices, would after wards decide the exchanges of territory and arrangements, the principles of which were laid down in Article 4, of the basis of separation. If, on the contaary, the basis should not be accepted by June 1, by the Belgian Government, the Pleni potentiaries have agreed on this:— " 1. That according to protocol No. 2, an absolute rup ture of all relations shall take place between the Five Powers and the authorities which govern Belgium." " 2. That the Five Powers, far from interposing further with the German Confederation than they have hitherto done to retard the adoption of the measures which the Ger man Confederation has resolved to take, in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, could not but acknowledge themselves the necessity of those measures. "3. That the Five Powers, considering the intimate re lations which subsist between them and the German Confe deration, would ask the Diet at Frankfort to giv e th em proof oefriendship, by causing to be communicated to the Congress at London confidential information respecting the intentions of the Confederation relative to the number and employment of the troops which it would cause to enter into the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. " The entirely friendly communication in question would have no object but to enable the Congress at London to pre vent the uneasiness which these military movements might excite in the adjacent countries. "4. That if the Belgians should violate the armistice which they ought to observe with respect to Holland, and should attack its territory, the Five Powers with which they would thus enter, ipso facto, into a state of hostility, by the violation of the engagements which they contracted the 21st November, 1830, would have to concert the measures which they should think it their duty to oppose to such attack, and that the first of these measures would consist in the most speedy execution of the determinations indicated In the in- I structions given to the Commissioners of the Congress of London on January 18, which instructions are added to pro tocul No.lo. "5. Lastly, that if these determinations should be in sufficient, the Congress at London, acting in the name of the Five Powers, would agree in common upon the further measures which circumstances might require for the same object. " The Plenipotentiaries have agreed that the present pro tocol, which completes the disposition of that of April 17. No. 22, shall also serve to complete the instructions of Lord Ponsonby and be immediately forwarded to him." raorocoL NO. 24, uSY 21, 1831. Lord Ponsooby, alter receiving the article No. 23, having thought it his duty to submit in person to the Congress the state of affairs in Belgium, has been heard by the Plenipo tentiaries of the Five Courts. Considering that it results from the information given by Lord Ponsouby. " I. That the assent of the Belgic Congress to the basis of separation between Belgium and Holland would be ess►n tially facilitated if the Five Courts consented to support Bel. ' gium in its desire to obtain, on giving an indemnity, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg." " 2. That the choice of a new Sovereign having become indispensable to arrive at these final arrangements, the best means of obtaining the proposed object would be to remove the difficulties which would impede the acceptance of the Sovereignty of Belgium by Prince Leopold, in case, as there is every reason to believe, that Sovereignty should be of fered to him, the Plenipotentiaries have agreed to invite Lord Ponsonby to return to Bruarels, and to authorise him to declare— " 1. That the Five Powers can no longer delay to rrquire of the Belgic Government its assent to the basis of the Se paration of Belgium and Holland, to which his Majesty the King of the Netherlands has already assented. " 2. That, paying attention to the wish expressed by the Belgic Government to obtain the Grand Duchy for an in demnity, the Five Powers promise to open a negotiation with the King of the Netherlands, in order to secure, if pos sible, to Belgium, for a just compensation, the possession of that country whi c h should preserve its actual relation with the German Confederation. " That immediately after having obtained the assent of the Belgic Government to the basis of separation, the Five Powers would acquaint the German Confederation with this assent, as well as with the engagements taken by them to commence a negotiation for the purpose of obtaining, if pos -1 Bible, for Belgium, the possession of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburgh for a just compensation ; the Five Powers would at the same time invite the German Confederation to suspend, during this negoelation, the execution of the mea sures resolved upon for the military occupation of the Grand Duchy. "4. That when the Belgian Government should have given its assent to the basis of separation, and the difficul ties relative to the Sovereignty of Belgium removed, the ne iodations necessary to carry their bases into effect should be immediately opened with the Sovereign of Belgium, under the auspices of the Five Powers. "6. Lastly, that if this assent should not be givenbz June Ist, Lord P onson b y , in concert with General Belliar LONDON. MONDAY, JUNE 6. Accounts are in town, via Paris, stating that Prince LEOPOLD of SAXE COBURG has been elected Kixo of BELGIUM; and the Deputies from Brussels may be expected to arrive either this afternoon, or to-morrow at farthest. Despatches were this day received at the Foreign Office, in Downing-street, from Lord PONSON BY, at Brussels; from Lord GRAN VILLE, at Paris ; and from Sir CHARLES BAUOT, at the Hague. All our anticipations are confirmed. While our contemporaries, without one exception, were in a maze of topographical ignorance, describing Di EBITSCII as marching for Plock, to assail War saw, from the western side of the Vistula, we an nounced that he was outflanked by the Poles, and that he had no remedy but flight in an opposite direction, through victorious corps of enraged enemies. In a word, we exactly anticipated that the flank march of Skryznecki up the Narew, had emancipated Poland, and ruined the already para lysed Russian armies ; while in these statements we stood alone during the past week. Our expo sure of a morning paper, noted for its bouncing conceits, early in the week, reduced it to sullen silence for several days ; and this morning, re luctant to acknowledge its errors, or concede victory to the Poles, it speaks of a pending great battle— as thoegli something remained for de cision ! We have, however, not space to expose such craft or hypocrisy, but leave it to public feeling. Our readers are aware that the Russians Lave, for five months past, occupied the district bounded by the Vistula and Bug, and have for some weeks been entrenched at Siedlec, about 35 or 40 miles from each river. Beyond the Bug is the Narew ; and in the track between these last rivers, lay the depots of the Russian armies and their reserves and reinforcements. SK nYZNECKI, then, has taken all the Russian positions on the Narew, and has over run the entire district between it and the Bug, capturing the Russian magazines, routing their reserves, and compelling all who escaped his forces, to retreat on the armed Lithuanians. DIEBITSCII then has been obliged to abandon SIEDLEC, retreat across the Bug at Granna, and fight his way through towns, and a country already occupied by the Poles, in the hope of overtaking the guards who have fled to Grodno, and to places already occupied by the Lithuanians, full one hundred miles behind the Bug. He is said to bare forced his way towards Bialystock, through one Polish corps, which very properly dispersed, his object obviously being to reach the Niemen with the wrecks of his army. But at the same time, as the country, 120 miles beyond the Niemen is in open insurrection, his escape must be a mira cle; and to capture his fugitive army in detail, needs the hazard of no general battle on the part of the Poles. In a word, the modern or reduced kingdom of Poland, is now freed from the hated presence of the Russians, and the war is carried into the provinces of which Russia robbed Poland in the last unhal lowed partition. The nationality and patriotism of the Poles, is, however, universal. No time would render any part of Poland, Russian ; and as these Russo-Polish provinces, all the way to the Dwina and the Dnieper are either' in open revolt, or ripe for revolt, the destruction o f the Russian Grand Army will be the signal ler a general Confederation of the whole, and fur the restoration of the unity of ancient Poland. The next advices will, therefore, be inipmtant. Will DIEBITSCII be able to make a stand at Bielsk, or at Bialystock ? Will he be able to reach the Niemen, at Grodno ? What will be the effect on Volhynia ? Will SKRYZNECK I bring him to battle, or cut him off in detail From Russia, therefore, Poland has nolliinp; farther to fear. Barbarian recruits I, ill be xi) match for the Poles. But will Prussia or Austri t step in? If .the Poles have a month for gener:.l organization, they will, however, be a match for either. We confess we expect that TII E HOLY ALLIANCE will not allow one of its members to foiled ; but however it be, we have now no fears for the ultimate success of the brave Poles; and in making this declaration, we shall give pleasure to Britain, from the Orkneys to the Land's End. We have extracted from the Canihrian, and from Fclix Fancy's Bristol Journal, receivee, this morning, the particulars of an event which has occurred at Merthyr Tidvil, in Wales, the seat of the principal iron -works, which, we are sure, will be read with regret, all over the kingdom. We cannot recollect any occurrence recently, of so truly shocking a character; and we trust a most strict investigation will be made into the facts. As they are at present before us, every person must be impressed with an apprehension, that a criminal rashness of pro ceedure could alone have occasioned the employ ment of British soldiery, to slaughter their fellow countrymen. The inhabitants of this industrious district of Wales, are well known to be generally simple and orderly. They are all employed by four or five wealthy iron -masters; and the Marquis of BUTE, the Lord Lieutenant of the County, is the princi pal owner of the soil. We observe that he was present ; the managing proprietors of the different works were likewise present. How it came that the military could receive authority, in their presence, to fire upon a mob of human be ings, so closely connected, so dependent, and per sonally so well known to them, is to us inconcei vable. This event is we fear symptomatic of what phy sicians term a phlogistie diathesis, existing in this country. The writer of the narrative in the Cam brian, says, that the people fired at, on this oesasion, met for " mischief alone !" Now we admit of no such motive, ever to actuate human beings ; the desire ,of mischief is an efect—not a cause. The proximate cause, may be supposed to be, some diminution in the daily hard earnings of these men. It is well known that iron, in the present state of commerce, does not pay the producing price ; and that the wealth of the iron-master has been long employed in keeping his furnaces in action, by manufacturing to sleek. Had not his wealth enabled to this investiture, the population of this and other iron districts, would, we believe, long since have been out of employ. Wages are accordingly kept at the lowest, and the truck system is introduced to grind them, in a circuitous imperceptible way, still lower. What is, then, the distant source of all this sys tem of grinding, and its consequences ? Undoubt edly the diminished commercial energies of the country ; and unless our statesmen can find some mode to increase the vend of our manufactures, the tragedy at Merthyr Tidvil will not be the last, nor the least, that is enacted. ROY :CHA rE, ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 84/ j for the Account, opened at 84/ : at present they are 841 f. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols have been the whole of the morning 8411 for the account, with little or nothing doing. The Foreign Market is quite inactive—prices much the same as on last Saturday. THREE O'CLOCK. STOCK EICKAKOZ.—Bank Stock, 200 200 4; Three per Cent. Red. 113 i The per Ct. Como s, shut. Three and a Half per Cr. 1818, 904. Three and a Half per Red.' 914 4. Three and a Half per Cent. New, shut. Four per Cent. 1826, 994 4. Long Annuities, Jan. 1560, 17 1-16 1.8. India Bonds, 4 3 prem. £lOOO Exchequer Bills, 1516 14 ; £5OO ditto, 14 16; £lOO and A2OO ditto. 11;17. India for Account, 204 4. Cons. for Account, 84 4 4- Sir F. Burdett seems to have played an unfair part in regard to Mr. Paget, the popular candidate for Leicestershire. Mr. P. stood a contest at the last election, and though public spirit was not then aroused, yet no reformer ever before had so many votes in that tory-ridden county. At the dissolu tion he was a candidate again, and both the old members retiring, Mr. March Phillips was pre vailed on to stand, as a reformer with Mr. Paget, only on the day before the nomination. On that day, however, Sir Francis Burdett for the 6r*t time made his appearance at a Leicester County Meeting, to propose his patriotic friend Mr. Cave. on the pretence of preventing a contest between the reformers; while behind the scenes he had been urging it on Mr. Paget, after undergoing one con test, and a second general canvas, to retire ! The proposal, both private and public, therefore, was met by general indignation ; and neither Sir Fran cis nor Mr. Cave could obtain a hearing. Perhari of all men living, Mr. Paget is best qualified 10 form a most useful member of Parliament. The Light Straw Bonnet, worn by her MAJkSTY at Ascot Heath, as spoken of in the Journals, win the„ Nww BERLIN Bonita' . Manufactured by EWE, but Holborn Hill, facing Ely Place. It has often been a matter of surprise to us that a complaint so prevalent as rupture has not been considered worthy the particular study of some enlightened individual, we are DOW happy to say a gen tl eman , w h o h a s received a professional education as also great experience in the neat- Inept of rupture, has confined his attention solely to the re lief of that complaint; however, every person hal pow oPPoeinoity of judging for them selves of his abilities, uhe is about to give a Lecture at the Mechanics Institutioe. The partknlars of which will be seen in our advertising whoa'. would have to execute the instructions contained in 22d protocol of 10th of May, and to acquaint the Belgic Govern. ment with the determination which the Five Courts hove taken for this cue by the said protocol. The two protocols are signed— " ESTERHAZY BULOW WESSENBURG LIEVEN TALLEYRAND )lATUSCHEWITZ." PALDIERSTON. NATIONAL MONUMENT TO THE KING. GENERA!. SUBSCRIPTION FOR ERECTING A GRAND NATIONAL MONUMENT, as a Tribute of respect and esteem to his Most Gracious Majesty KING IV' bLIA M the FOURTH, for his patriotic conduct In defending the Rights and Liberties of his People. Under the Patronage of The Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR. AT a Meeting of the Delegates of the Trades and Benefit Institutions of the Metropolis, held on the 28th ult. in celebration of his Majesty's Birthday, the following Resolutions were carried unanimously : let. Resolved : That a General Subscription for erecting a Triumphal Arch, or other emblematical design, as a tribute of respect from a loyal people to their beloved, most Gracious and Pattiotic Sovereign King William the Fourth, for his heroic conduct in defence of their rights and liberties, be immediately carried into effect. 2d. Resolved—That a Committee be immediately rot med, for the purpose of carrying this great and important object into effect, and that no person be eligible to be of this Com_ mittee, but Nias:ers and Operatives of the various Societies of Trade and Benefit Institutions, and that Two Delegates of each Society arc virtually by their office Members of this Committee. 3d. Resolved —That the present Meeting form a Commit tee for furthering the object of the first Resolution. 4th. Resolved—That a Committee of Management, con sisting of Five Gentlemen, from the present Meeting. be im mediately chosen, in order to carry into effect the Resolu. lions of this Meeting, and for furthering the object by such steps as may appear necessary, as well as for calling a Gene ral Sleeting of Delegates from all Societies on an early day. By Order of the Committee of Management, G. M ACHIN, Et+ Chairman. The Committee of Management are in attendance daily at the Old London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, where Sub scriptions and Communications will be cheerfully received, and duly acknowledged. Subscriptions a ill also be received at the following Bank ing Houses : Sir W. Kay, Bart. and Co. Mansion House. Erect; Esdaile, Hammetts, and Co. Lombard -street; of Messrs. Grote, Prescot, and Co; and at all the principal Tavern 4 and the respectable Licenced Victuallers throughout the United Kingdom, where Books will be left to receive the mite of the humblest of his Majesty's subjects, that all classes may have an opportunity of contributing to this national and patriotic undertaking. Committee Room, London Tavern, June 1, 1831. THE EVENING STAR.