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ce , Ite this order, I declare that he shall be liable the same punishment, who shall know of such carps, and not give information of it to the civil athority,—General WEISSENHOF, in Kielce. pas . —The Posen Gazette of Sept. 5, shows the falsehood of many reports lately inserted in the German Journals ; such as that the Russian Gen. -gal Rudiger had been defeated, and driven to Gallicia ; that Paskewitsch was retreating from Warsaw ; that the massacres in Warsaw were o nly fictions, contrived to deceive the Russians, tie. and says : ‘• We can assure the public on good authority, that all these things are mere inventions. Gene ral Sl:rzynecki has had no command since the 15th Rozyzki, who is said to command against General Itudiger, has only a few thousand men. General Rudiger has not been surprised; the mas •;acre at Warsaw has but too certainly taken place; !atly, neither Skrzynecki, nor any body else, is ;one to Lithuania." On the other hand, we will communicate to the public a true piece of news : In the night of the2Bth •f August, the Russian General Ronne, com nanding the detachment that coveted the bridge it Osick, was informed that a strong 1 3 9- !sh force was advancing against him. Hay- In; sent a detachment of 200 cossacks toward Steklinck to reconnoitre, he thought it necessary ;ni the 30th to secure his bridge. He according several of the boats on which the bridge was 1,,;,d, removed, and withdrew with his infantry and iris artillery to the left bank of the Vistula. When i 3 cossacks returned, and found the bridge gone, of them swam across the river: 146 retired into the Prussian territory towards Szylno, whence titer having performed, they will be sent along the Frontier to Russia, in strict conformity with the existing regulations. No engagement whatever took place, and only two cossacks were made prisomr'. Hitherto only a detachment of Craco vitt% who behaved in a very orderly manner, has apt eared on the Prussian frontier ; and intended, as they said, since the object of their expedition had failed, to fall back to the main body, in the province of Plosk. This is the authentic account 1 1 of an affair, out of which our German news menu ficturers fabricated the battle of Lepno, with which :rev still amuse themselves.— -Prussian State Ga :rUe, Sept. 9. From the Paris Papers. BERLIN, SEPT. 3.—We have just received aew•s from Thorn that the Russian troops have experienced a considerable defeat. A Russian courier has passed through Thorn in great speed. However the details of the affair are so vague that we can make out nothing exactly. It is said that the bridge in the neighbourhood of Szylno, upon the left bank of the Vistula, was suddenly broken by the Russians; that all the magazines have been transported upon the left bank ; that General tratinski was following the Russians very closely, and that terror was depicted upon the faces of the Hu:sians. This pursuit may be but the result of a preceding battle. The circumstance that the Russians transport their magazines upon the left tank would make one naturally suppose that the :fair must have taken place upon the right bank, and, consequently, in the waivodic of Plock ; but that does not explain how Uminski, who, but a short time ago, was still in front of the grand army, should be found now in the North, upon the Prussian frontier. Nevertheless, the thing is cre dible; for we are completely ignorant of the late operations of the Polish army. It may even be rossible that Uminski has been named Generalissi mo, as was talked of, and that he made from Mod i;n a sortie with the Polish troops. Then it would be the corps of Kreuts which would be attacked, and which has withdrawn in haste, with the ma gazines, upon the left bank, cutting off the bridge and marching upon the grand army. This news created a great sensation at Berlin. CRACOW, Aug. 29.—Since this morning, a re port has circulated here, that the Russian Lieut.- General Rosen had attacked, on the 21st of this month, without success, the intrenchments of ' Praga. The attempt to turn the bridge, which conducts from Praga toWarsaw, had not succeeded. ft was added, that General Rosen had retreated to Gazette d'Augsbourg. SITUATION OP THE POLES.—We learn nothing positive of the Poles. The governments of Prus s.ll and Austria, who probably know the state of ttlngs, guard silence, and will not allow their Gazettes to speak but when there is something :znfavourable to the Poles. It appears evident, that the Poles are not reduced to extremity ; and mat they have recently had some success. But 'here? That is what we cannot unravel from the izattered news which we receive in the journals of Germany. According to some, it is upon the Liver Vistula; according to others, on the Up per. Some say that it is the corps of the Ras- Ilan army of Rudiger which is beaten; others Irtake of Paske µ itach, others of Rosen. A letter troni Limberg attributes to the Poles the bold project of penetrating again into Volhynia, to raise ;he iul , abitants. It the Consul of France kept up a correspondence with our government, we should eras depend for news upon the Poles from the cen sored and suspicious Gazettes of Berlin and Vi .:111,1. That which proves that the Government is badly ttrved,is the fact, that the recital in the Moniteur of the recent tumult at Warsaw, was drawn, ac '•eding to the avowal even of the Moniteur, from 'lettfrs of Vienna, Berlin, and Dresden, it would "cote appear, that it received no direct information tiant Warsaw ; and without doubt that recital was aggerated, from the very circumstance of the 4ourcts from which the information was drawn.— Le Tehtps. VIENNA, SEPT. 2.—A letter states that War '"R "as nell provisioned, and had a plenty in its I liLgaziott., for the support of the Polish army, for t , vrral months, and could sustain a long seige. FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 14. expre , s from Paris states, that the whole of the :erch army will be withdrawn from Belgium. Telegraphic despatches arrived to-day announce that iianquUliiv her trot been disturbed at Narbonne since the setts of the (h f.f September ; and that on the 9th calm *as re•established at Perpignan, where there had also been croub:es.--Alresmilicr* speculator ou Change has just lost a wager of 30,000 ''"'C 4 . Ile Mai betted that the Cholera would burst must V. .'bris before it did at Berlin. But be is determined not to be baiten, and bra now 60,000 franca that it will be at saw's before six rocs ' tbs.--Corsaire. It is said that the chateau of Rianbouillet will be restored residence of Use Day of Algiers.—Ravointion. 4 -in the sitting of to-day, the Chamber pronounced, by an a/In enee majority, the sending to the President of the LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 16. Own o'Ciocz, Twa DAY.—Tbermometer, 63. Ba. remnant, 30.20. Weather, fair and cloudy. Wind N. 1 - 1 At length we have negative Prussian intelli gence relative to the war in Poland. By the Dutch mail, we have received Berlin papers of so late a date as the 10th, but this last paper is en tirely silent about Poland. We call the intelli gence negative, because in an extract from the Posen Gazette of the sth September, instead of positive intelligence, we hare merely a denial of the various statements made in the German and Ham• burgh papers. The only operation which it condo scends to detail,relates the advance of the Poles upon the bridge of Ssylno, which it reduces to insignifi cance. We are then told that RUDIGga has not been defeated—that PASKEWITSCH has not re treated—and that SKRZYNECKI is not gone into Lithuania ; but there is a total and very suspicious suppression in regard to all that my have hap pened, for it is not to be supposed, that in the three previous weeks, the several parties have been fast asleep in their positions. It is well known that KR EUTZ and the army of TOLSTOI were advancing towards the Vistula, and that the Russi .us had considerable depots at Poltim ; but if the Poles were so terrible at the bridge of Szylno, which is, by the course of the river, above 120 miles from Warsaw, we get no account of what occurred before they reached that extreme position. Other accounts tell us, that the Poles had defeated the reserves of Tourrol —taken forty pieces of cannon—besides im mense quantities of ammunition, baggage, and the military chest. As the circumstances justify the latter—for we know that Pam EwiTscii was waiting for these very reserves—and the Poles could not have advanced to &yin() without passing through them—so we consider this Posen article as a flagrant act of concealment, and an artful and impudent mystification. Then, in regard to thedefeat of RITDIGER, there is the same equivocation. The German pa pers merely mistook the scene of action, and the name of the defeated Russian General ; for it was not previously known that any considerable Polish detachment had moved in that direction,' and the rumours of a victory so eagerly caught at by every man iu Europe whose heart is in the right place, of course preceded the specific details. This will be the apology of the German editors, as it is that of those in London and Paris. We are told that PASIEWITSCII has not re treated ; but it is evident, since no notice is taken of his operations, or of their success, that he has obtained none ; for the Russians are the Gaseous of the North, and we see with what pomp they never fail to set forth the smallest affair of poste, when they can claim any advan tage. If, therefore, they have gained none in the position in which they have been placed for the last month, they must be considered as baffled, and their ultimate retreat matter of certainty. We also insert to-day an interesting letter from I Cracow, in which the cause of some recent mis takes in the journals of that city, relative to distant operations, is very frankly explained. If, then, those journals confounded RUDIO ER with KREUTZ, &c. and SIERZYN ECKI with UMINBK I, in opera tions two hundred miles off, and on the other side ' of Warsaw, we may, neverthless, rely on them with more confidence in regard to events on their own side of Warsaw ; as at Zamosc, within 100 or 120 miles, and Lublin, at the same distance; and we are gratified in being able to state, that they open the most cheering views as to the discomfiture of the Russians on the right bank of the Upper Vistula.l They indeed assert, that the important city of l Lublin is actually in possession of the Poles—a circumstance which indicates their superiority th rough all that country. We will finish this article by stating, that our Paris letter, written on Wednesday, assures us, that the Poles in that city are in the highest spirits in regard to the issue of the campaign. We also think it proper to state, that the gen tlemen who constitute the Polish Legation in London, communicate this afternoon to us their confident assurance of the frustration and final overthrow of the Russians. They found this conclusion on communications from Poles on the Continent, who regard, as must all mili tary men, the position of PAS[/WITCH as one which is contrary to all the rules of military tactics, and therefore untenable ; while they learn that the Poles are harraseing them on every side. We need not wonder, therefore, at the mystification of the Prussian Gazettes. To turn from these remote though interesting objects, to our own not less interesting national affairs, we beg leave to suggest to the various meetings of the people, which are either meditated, or which ought forthwith to take place, their at tentive consideration of the following objects : I. To petition his MAJESTY, that he will create u many new Peers, as may leave no doubt of the success of the Reform Bill, in the House of Lords. 2. To petition his MAJESTY, that he will be pleased forthwith to dismiss from their abused authority, all Lord Lieutenants of Counties, who will not unequivocally pledge themselves to support the Bill. 3. To petition his MAJESTY that he will forth with recognize the independence of Poland; and take efficient measures for reinstating DONNA M •RI A on the Throne of Portugal, and establish ing the Portuguese Constitution. 4. To petition the two Houses of Parliament to repeal the Six Acts. 5. To petition the House of Commons forth with, to modify the duties on Newspapers ; and to remove all obstructions on the free circulation of political and other knowledge. These are objects, in which we are persuaded every intelligent man cordially participates; and manly declarations of the wishes of the people would strengthen the administration, and stimulate their adoption, as part of the immediate policy of the country. The only novel feat -- 77• in the House of Lords last night was a bill brought in by Lord Mel bourne, to tolerate the setting of spring guns near barns, &c. __ __ In the House of Commons, Mr. Hume presented a petition against those curses of the country-- the Select Vestries. It appeared by his statement that £150,000 was levied in Mary-la• bonne pariah by one of these juntas, and that he and the inhabitants had resolved to submit to distraint, rather than pay them. A petition by Mr. Carpenter was presented by the same gentleman, against one of the Six Acta, under which he is at present imprisoned ; and it appeared, that a majority of the present Ministry had themselves opposed the passing of these acts. Mr. O'Connell, Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Hunt, and Mr. Warburton, concurred in supporting the petition. The Attorney-General spoke with great humanity on the subject, alleged that the penalties bad been greatly modified, and that he was no friend to the law as it now stood. The Chancellor of the Exchequer made the most liberal speech in regard to the press, which ever proceeded from a man in office. He asserted the principle that no restraint whatm•cr ought to be imposed in discussing public measureA, and the conduct of public men; and that the form Bill alone had prevented his pro?osing ;Rite rations in the law. The Chancellor of the Exchequer then m wed for the further consideration of thn report on the Reform Bill ; and after a prolonged convervi,m, in which twenty or thirty members took part, the report was received, and the Bill ordered to be vc.1,1 a third time on Monday. Mr. Hunt then brought forward his motion for repealing all laws which interfered with th,? free importation of corn. He illustrated the subject by a variety of forcible arguments, and unbniablo facts, which commanded the attention of the House. His motion was seconded by Mr. James, who was very pointed in his strictureson the abuses of wea!th. Mr. Benett then opposed the motion as ill-timed, su intended to prejudice the Reform question. Mr. Hume did not differ in opinion with Mr. Hunt on this subject; but as he thought it could not bo fully discussed at that time, he moved the pre vious question. Both sides of the House agreed in this sentiment ; and on a division only six divided with Mr. Hunt, and 194 against him. The third reading of the Wine Duties' Biil, as proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, took place, after some observations from the two last gentlemen who filled that office. ROYAL EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, which left off yesterday at 82 for the Account, opened at the same price. _ _ Actu4l Debt, 2i per cent, 371 38 ; Voluntary Loan, 82 82j ; Amon Synd. 44 58/ 591 ; Diu ditto 31 481 491. Council, a petition imploring France to claim the ashes of Napoleon, and to give them a burial under the Column Vendome. The Chamber has done its dety = the responsi bility of the Government commences.—Reeolueion. The Correspondent of Nuremberg announces that the re volts of the peasantry continue in Hungary, in the Comitat of Zemplin. A letter from Brussels, arrived by extraordinary dispatch, announces that King Leopold, terrified by the menaces of the English Government, which has declared to him that the sojourn of a single French soldier upon the Belgian ter ritory will determine it to declare was against France, has invited the French General to effect his retreat as soon as possible, without even waiting the reply of the Conference relative to the demand of the French Government to he authorised to prolong the occupation unto the filith current. —Garotte de France. The Chamber is found now in the position of Celimenes between Orontes and Alcestes. It should be speedily de. cided which, M. Perler or M. Odilon Barrot, is to have the majority in the Chamber ; it is the only means of rendering to the country the security which it expects. Let, to the Royal Institution demanded by the Ministry, be opposed the election, direct or indirect : further, let M. Bignon, or any other, propose an address to the King, to solicit from him the immediate and absolute recognition of Poland : we would demand nothing better; and we would voluntarily consent to place upon these two questions, the fate of the present cabinet and the moderate party.—Gosetie de France. The Baroness de Mahn, a charitable lady of the Ist ar rondissement, lately addressed herself to the Dey of Algiers to obtain from him some assistanee for the poor of Paris. Hussein Pacha hastened to reply,by sending to her his offering for the poor. We have been fortunate enough to procure the literal translation of the reply made by the Turk to the Christian Lady Sept. 12, 1831, Paris—The Dey of Al. glees acknowledges the letter so noble and feeling, which the Baroness de lWus has just forwarded to him, soliciting for the poor too numerous without doubt, that which his pre sent position (and not the wish of his heart, much more ex. tended than his pecuniary faculties) will permit him to con secrate to a work so agreeable to GOD. His own religion, wrier equally imposes upon him the duty of charity, is entirely in accordance in, this point, and in:ntany others with that which is professed In th at F ra n ce which is so hoipitable which be regrets to have known so late. Madame the Ba roness: de Malus will receive, this Jlnt time, but ;trifling sum (40 fr.) ; bus, if it pleases Goa that Huuein.lracha should prolong his residence in Paris, and that Divine Providence, by assuring to him, as well as his:numerous family, honourable means of existence, should deign to grant him the consolations which has without doubt merited from great trials certainly, Hussein.Pacha will not forget the truly poor of thr First Arrondissement, nor their respectable protectress. He begs her to accept the expres sion of his sentiments and of his wishes.—Hassmx." —Consiihnionnel DAIISTADT, BzpT. 2.—The famous address to the Diet, which was signed by 474 inhabitants of our city, and which demands the cessation of hostilities in Poland, as the continuation threatened all the states of Germany with the invasion of the cholera, has just been sent back to the 1111. raster of Foreign Affairs, with an order to restore it to the petitioners. There are Hungarian proprietors where there no longer remains any nobles, and they have all been massacred, with. out mercy, in their chateaus; old men, women, children, none have been spared. Strangers even arrived at the cha teaus to enjoy the hospitality of their Mends or acquaintances have been enveloped in the common proscription. Often the insurgents have obliged military detachments to lay down their arms ; they then send back the soldiers without doing them harm, because they belong to their rank in life, but massacre the officers. Letters from the interior of Russia depict the same horrors to us, and the same cruelties com mitted by the Russian peasantry upon the nobles.—Con stinaionnel. PRUSSIA. Btattar, September 9.—Cuoutim—To 7th September at noon : Cues. Recoveries. Deaths. in 2 49 Bth 26 3 25 9th— 11 0 10 In all till Sept. 8, at noon Cases. Recoveries. Deaths. 124 5 84 Remain ..36 Accounts from Stettin of the Bth say, that tranquillity is perfectly restored there; that the people are perfectly satisfied of the utility of the measures adopted !he citizens have been particu larly pleased will the unexpected arrival of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was lent by the King to enquire into the real state of affairs ; to express his affliction at the events of the Ist ; and his satisfaction with the laudable efforts of the magistrates to restore and pre serve order. The burghmaster of the quarter in which the tumult took place, called a meet ing of the inhabitants especially in the church, and addressed them in a very kind speech, which had a powerful effect on them, and we hope that no farther troubles will ensue. (The Prus sian State Gazette of Saturday, 10th September, has no articles respecting Poland. RUSSIA. ST. PETRIISBURGH, AuGun 31. CHOLIRA. __ August. 26 New eases: 12 Recovered. Deaths. 8 8 28 9 8 8 Remain 102, of whom 49 are likely to recover. The French Ambassador,the Duke de Mortemart, who has gone to Paris, having had leave of absence, but would not make use of it, while the disorder was raging at St. Petersburg. His Excellency will probably not return before the end of December. A Supplement to the Petersburgh Journal contains a long report from Paskewitscb, dated Nadarzyn, 19th August.—St. Petersburgh Journals, August 31. THE EVENING STAR. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols hare continued very heavy during the morning, and are so at present, with little doing. Money is very scarce, and there is a demand for it in the House. Consols are 82,i for money, and for the account 821. The foreign market is void of the least interest; prices much the same as yesterday. I - THREE O'CLOCK. Bank Stoek, shut. Three per Cent. Reduced, s h u t. Three per Cent. Consols, 841 . Three and a H a lf p er Cent. 1818, shut. Three ana Half per Cent. Red. shut. Three and a Half per Cent. New, 90 69i. Four per Cent. 1826, shut. Long Annuities, Jan. 1860, shut. Annuities, Oct. 1856, shut ; ditto, Jan. 1860, —. India Stock, —; do. Bonds, —. Old Annuities, —; New, do. 801. £lOOO Exchequ e r Bills 98; £ 6 OO do. 10; 4100 and 4 . 200 do. 10 12; Advert ised, —. Bank for Ac count, 1996. Consols for Account, 82i I. The Hon. Colonel Ogilvy has declared himself a candidate for Forfarshire. The number of Baronets made at the Coronation is 26. Among them there are several military officers of rank, a sprinkling of the professions (as Sir J. M'Gregor Murray and Dr. Clarke,) and gentlemen of property of every part of throe king doms. Among the Scotch is Mr. G. Craig. Cornwall has also its Reformer, Mr. Rashleigh. The inhabitants of Mary-la-bonne are refusing to pay the taxes imposed by the Select Vestry. Mr. Hume said, so fir from finding fault with them for this refusal, he meant to imit , te them himself. It is time an end were put to the robbe ries of the people, through select Vestries and other viciously constituted authorities. The Second Battalion of Scotch Fusileer Guards were reviewed yesterday morning in Hyde Park, by the Duke of Gloucester. Those members of Parliament who, from the commencement, hare supported Ministers in the House of Commons during the progress of the Re form Bill, hove determined to gi►e a splendid en tertainment to Lord Althorp and Lord John Russell. Stationers' Hall has been given for the occasion, and the Lord Mayor and Sher ifs are the only ad ditional guests to be invited. CH A 118 MS'S BA NKR tT PTC V. --A correspon dent of the Morning Chronicle says, the assignees in this cruel bankruptcy, after having the estate six months at their disposal, dare not makes divi dend, the Court of King's Bench having decided against the allegeOlict of bankruptcy on which the commission issued, and no other can be established. From the moment the commission issued, the soli citor has not been inactive, as may be judged from the fact of his bill of costs amounting to 20,0001. and 1,0001. in fees having been paid to each of the mnimissioners ! A mail-coach has been established direct be tw•een Liverpool and Bristol, for the dispatch of the Irish 'ILIA. Tae TRADE OF PLYMOUTH, &c.—During the twelve months ending the sth instant, 209 vessels, with cargoes from foreign ports (exclusive of .hose from Guernsey and Jersey), have been entered at the Custom-house in that port. PRESERVATION ov Hu at LIFE. —Our at tention was this day attracted to the exhibition of a model of a fire escape invented by Mr. Hand, of Newcastle -court, Strand, which certainly surpasses any thing of the kind yet exhibited. It can be worked by three persons with ease, and the most delicate female or aged person may be placed in it and brought down without the slightest danger. A number of scientific gentlemen attended to wit ness the exhibition, the whole of whom coucarred in placing it the first on the list of inventions. Mr. J. S. Burn has printed, as a kind of sup plement to his volume on Parish Registers,' a copy of the register of the church established at (ieneva by the English refugees, who reared thi ther on the accession of Queen Mary. from the persecutions of that bigot. The register contains a list of all the baptisms, marriages, and burials, amongst this body of early reformers, with the names of their pastors (who were the celebrited John Knox, and Christopher Goodman, ouo of the translators of the bible) the seniirs and deacons of the church, from 1555 to 1558. THE ROYAL FAMILY. His llajesty, accompanied by the Princess Augusta, and attended by the Surveyor-General of the Board of Works, after inspecting the old Palace atKe w on Wednesday afternoon,went through the Royal Gardens, and from thence to the resi t dence of the Duchess of Cumberland on Kew-green, 1 1 and paid a visit to her Royal Highness. The King gave an audience yesterday to Earl Grey. The Queen,accompanied by the Duchess of SaxoWeimar, Prince George of Cambridge, and Baroness Bulow, and attended by Lords Valletort and Brow nlow, and Lady Brownlow, took an airing yesterday afternoon in an open carriage, and visited the Surry Zoo!ogical Gardens. His Majesty went yesterday in an open carriage, accompanied by the Princess Augusta and the Duchess of Glocester, to the Royal-gardens at Kensinzton. The Duke of Sussex and the Princess So,,hii visited their Majesties yesterday. THE REFORM BILL. Yesterday the following requi%itign was drawn up and transmitted to Alderman Waithman by the inhabitant% of the ward of FarrinErdon Without : " To the Right Worshipful Robot WARM:nen, Esq. M.P. " We, the undersigned inhabitants of tnis ward, respect. fully requeq you to call an early wardmote, to consider the propriety of petitioning the House of Lords to pass, with the least possible delay, the just, wise, and important bill fur p.arliatnentary reform, sanctioned not only by his N 1 ilie-• Wt. ministers, and large majority of the Houte of Commons, but by the universal voice of the people ; and which we be lieve Lecessary to the safety, happiness, and increasing pros perity of the British empire." A requisition is also on foot to the churchwardens of the county and city liberties of St. Andrew's Holborn. Meet ings will take place not only in all the wards In the City, but in all the parishes and divisions. Several gentlemen were in conference with the Lord Merit in the course of the day upon the subject. The anxiety about the rt cep den of the Bill by the Lords is intense; but the gemral belief is, that it will he unnecessaty to make new l,cr. to pass it. MERTING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. A numerous meeting of Magistrates took place yester day at Clerkenwell. F. Const, Esq. was appointed Chairman for the ensuing six months; and Messrs. B. Hall, Margate, Rotel', and Swabey, were appointed to fill that situation in case of Mr. Coast's absence. Mr. Serjeant Pell brought up the Report of the Committee upon the demand which Mr. II ontner, the Governor of Newgate, bad made for forwarding convicts to the place of embarkation-5211. bat. &l. had been charged, and the Com mittee did not think it unreasonable. Mr. Wontner had claimed various fees, such as fourteen shillings on the coo •iction of every feion sentenced to transportation ; but the Committee did not feel justified in interferin as some a: rangement subsisted between Mr. Wontner an d the Court of Aldermen. A Special Report from the Governor of the House of Correction was read, from which it appea ed, that on the evening of the 7th instant he had, aecordi• g to an order from Mr. Halls, the magistrate of Bow. street, remitted him a list of prisoners, whom he weed recommend to be discharged on the occasion of the Corona. lion. Seven were the next morning discharged. This Re. port excited great surprise, and Serjeant Pell observed, that • magistrate had not the power to order the libera tion of prisoners who had been once committed, that power being alone possessed by the King. He hoped that the no. lice of such assumption of power would have the effect of preventing a similar occurrence. The usual County busi ness wait then gone through, and the Meeting adjourned. THE 3PA4NISiI H&FuGEES. Mr. Otway Cave called yesterday at the Justice-room, for the purpose of paying a subscription to Mr. Hobler foe the service of the unfortunate Spanish refugees.—He mentioned to the Lord Mayor that he was a member of the Committee who superintended the funds raised for the refugees during the mayoralty of Alderman Thompson, who had by his in. fluence and exertions accomplished a great deal for the nu merous emigrants at that period starving about the town...-. It occurred to him that it would be possible to revive that Committee with effect, particularly as the press had taken up the qnestion in a manner which was quite irresistible. The Loop Karon said, be apprehended that if a com mittee were appointed, and a fund raised for the service of the emigrants, the city would be inundated with adventurers Non Spain, and the distress would, when the subscriptions died away, be more extensive. His experience as a magistrate had enabled him to form an opinion of the mass of poverty all over the metropolis, and many persons to whom he had spoken on the subject of the unfortunate refugees, had always an answer at their fingers' ends, and pointed at the swarms of English and Irish poor in all parts of the town, who had, in their judgment, a much stronger claim upon our sympathies. Mr. OTWAY Gays said, that in England the distress of the people was no monopolist. Upon any emergency, when strangers laid claim to assistance, they were never refused ; anddi although many things combined to render the impres sion weaker at the present moment, and the public mind was so completely engrossed by one paramount subject, be bad no doubt of the success of an experiment upon tee humanity of that public in favour of the gain' but destitute men who owed their calamities to so unexceptionable a cause. The ease of the Spaniard was singular. But very few of them were qualified to teach, and where an English or Irish beggar could contrive to live well, a Spanish soldier would he down and die. Never had be seen human beings more bekless. They were willing to fight, and had undergone the mu dreadful privations with amazing resignation ; end as he un derstood there were no more than between 30 and 40 of them, a fund might be raised to support them until an expedition should give them an opportunity of leaving this country altogether. Mr. Hobler said he thought that a public subscription would have the effect of crowding Loodon with persons who were now uncomfortable on the continent. On the former occasion cugoes came over and then there was great diffi , culty to discriminating between the various cases. The th Diable feelings of some kind individuals hal enabled him to give relief to all the claimants, but if any fresh ones were to come in, the small stock would be immedisely expended. Mr. Otway Cave said that a choice of evils was left— either to see the unfortunate men perish, or to run the ha. Bard of being annoyed by a fresh importation. He thought the latter alternative the but objeulonable. It was not very probable that the subscription of a few hundeedswould have the effect of inducing foreigners to flock to the metro polls; and if what he heard was true, many months would not elapse before an expedition would sail. Atter some further conversation, the Lord Mayor and 31r. 0. Cave agreed to consult some of the most active members of the former conim:ttee, upon tb: mo s aic.? of reviving the committee. The arrangement made by the new police has so pleased the authorities, that two gold corona tion modals have been sent to the commissioners. We are rather surprised that any man in London should u rite a pamphlet, entitled " What will the Lords do ?"—for the onsw•er is easy. The Lords will do precisely what the King wishes them to do. We trust there can be no question " What the King will do ? If there be, the sooner it is solved the better; for if his Majesty hesitate to create as many new peers as will form a majority for the bill; then is the time for ministers to resign.— Gla.cgolo A clerk in the Banking-house f Curtis, Ro berts, and Co. having abs:onded v ith cash to the amount of 40001. which be h -cl collected in the performance of his ordinary duties, the police were sent in all directions to look for the thief. Sir William Curt s li.mself, accomp 'wed b) Forrester, the officer, depatted fir Calais with great es pedition and set a most act ye enquiry on foot. he, how ever, failed there. He could (.sin no informat;ou from which he could draw any con. lusion as to the destination or hiding place of Glew, his clerk. Letters were sent of to America to stop the notes of the Bank. his believed that Giese is in London, sal as he used to be constantly in the society of females, the movements of some of his female cote ; a..;ons are watched. • Y t