Star. — London, England, 1831-07-02 00:00:00

1 • gab s•- tht that they always extended their theory to the weak est portion of the community. Thi greater rortion of Lis esinati•uenta were in the glove trade. and trany hon. meet. bees who were ready to give their assent to free trade in gloves were equally strenuous in their opposition to free trade in corn. He would conterd that if free trade was at it to he beneficial, it must be unlimited ; and at the same glow ho would contend that it was impossible to institute f•-e rade in corn in so highly a taxed country as England. Mr. lIERNA Is thought tilat there was no trade. either is 'loves or corn, in whith free trade would not benefit England. Mr. WA RAU TON contained. Colonel 818111ORPE would wish to hear more of the opinions of Ministers on free trade before they ventured to intrad..re env more of their measures of Reform. ( A laugh.) Th v had nil heard on 'the previous evening what great eft' yrs sere , x-ected by the commercial people when the H hrm dill struv i ld pa s s, Mr. II U3I P. cad I not well understand how the gallant eolon,l had 1111(13.N•ti to couple the motion before the Hon., with the Ilefor it nit] The motion etas reg ailing the duty on calls. and he 'bought that the duty should he adjusted so as to enrouraLte exportation. by making the price something near what the article could be brought into the Mere; t markets from other places. After some forther t'btrussion the resolution was agreed tn. Lord A LTHORP then moved that the duty on harilla be repealed, and that it duty of per ton be exacted (the sante as his Lordship formerly brought forward), to be reckoned in force from the 14th of December. 1830. After some diseurdan. the resolution wns agreed to. lord A IsTIIOIIP then moved a tesolution for the repeal or Vie duty of 3i per pnun lon was candles. Pe said that this had been over! ))Iced when the duty had been taken off tallow candles, end Ow, in consequence, the stocks of can sEemakers were still liable to he exci eel ; and a gr ast tor tion of the inconytaiettee intended to be removed still ex isted. Its room of the duly on the candles, the re.nlution was framed with the purpose of exacting a duty of 3 , 15. ter ton nn foreign sax impotred. 31r. $A DLER did ant approve of a duty on was, be cause 1110 the Troduee of wax constituted a great item of profit to the English c ntaTer. Lord ALTHOR P explained that this measure was cal culated to further the hon. member's views, because. bad the duty remained on the candles, it acted upon Ilrit:sh as well as foreign wax, that he'ng now removed from the candles to that of wax imported. it would only affect foreign wax, and act as a bounty to wax of home produce (hear). Mr. SA ()LEH was very much scratitkd with the explana tion (a booth).— Resolution leveed to. Loot A ITIIOIIP next moved a resolution that the duty on printed calicoes lie repealed, and a duty of id. be placed orlon cotton wool imported from the colonies, and 4d. upon that imported from the East Indies. After a few words from .11t1 Woon. Mr II enatEs, and Mr HUNT. the resolution was speed to. The howe leaving resumed, and ordered the report to he received on Monday next, resolved itself into a com mittee on the rxersa ACTS. Lewd A ITIIOII P hazing proposed a resolution for the repeal of the cardle tax in Jan. 1832. Mr. 13Elt iil ES said it would be more advantageous to t..le off the do;e Imo Mr. II IDIE was for taking off entirely the duty on soap and candle*. a-d laving it en tallow imported from Russia. Lord ALTIIOIIP thooght that to raise the tax on itn• rem el tallow hi he-, would be to step the trade with Russia. Mr. WU LBU RN said it would have the effect of rais ins, the price of candles. Afler a tew 117 , 40.4 from Mr. PROTHIROL, Mr. ROBINSON said. such reductions as the present weir ineffectual Ile was for raising an equitable tax on all realized prop( ray, anti reducing the tax on sugar and tea by one half. aril •he a •(•ss d taxes altogether. Mr. PAO rr coii,:ided in the opinion of the hon. mem ber for Middles x. Lord A 1.1 . 1101 t P. in answer to a question from Alder man Thompson. s•titi the time of taking off the duty on candles had been changed from octobtr to January, because the alter itions in the wine duties had not been erected, as expected, in the last quarter. An honourable MEMBER expressed himself against a property tax. Col. SIBTII OR PE was for a tax on absentees, who de serted their King and country, and abandoned the poor. Mr. HUNT rose amidst tries of " Oh, oh!" The hon. member said be was so extremely obnoxious that he would soon deliver no opinion at all.—(Hear.) This obnoxiousness arose, no doubt, in consequence of the pretended coalition. Now, he begged leave to say, that he was instructed by his constituents to sit on the side of the House he now occupied, that he might watch his Majesty's ministers. I Hear, and a laugh.) With respect to the absentees, they did not leave the country to ahardon the king and the poor, but to avoid an amount of taxation such as was not to be met with in ary other quarter of the globe. lie regretted that the noble Lord should delay the repeal of the candle duty. To put it off' till when the winter sus almost over would he a disap pointment to the poor If the noble Lord heard with what gratitude the pour spoke of this little boon, he was sure he mild not delay it A total, and nothing but a total repeal tit . the tax upon soap. would be a great boon to the poor, who aeft•red as notch from want of cleanliness as irons want of fond. The best spLcific against the cholera murbus was cleanliness.—( A laugh.) The resolution was then aereed to. The house resumed, and ordered the report to be received on Alot.day. I , UPPLY. On the question that the House go into a Committee of Supply, Mr. HUME said he left the house at three o'clock this morning, expecting nothing of importance to come on after tha•. hour. lie was surpriaed, on looking at the votes, to tird that, after his departure, a committee had been ap pointed on the militia estimates. He complained of the Committee having been moved, as last year, without previ. out nreice. Sir 11. H ARDI NO E said an indirect censure was east upon him. It was he that moved the militia estimates com mittee last year without previous; notice. It was the custom of the house so to do, because it was merely a form to allow a cenimittee up stairs to consider the estimates laid before them by the minister at war. Mr. Hl'Mlb aid Sir H. HARDINOE explained. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply. On the ►nn•ion of Mr. S. RICE, 14,4501. were voted to erfrnt expenditure of the British Museum during the y rar 1831. On the question that 80,0001. be voted for the civil con. titlgtllol.4l, tit. HUME asked what measures had been taken to effect some reduction in this department ? He would ask what steps had hen t: ken to reduce the Consular cleaves.? lie was daily inform d that the i f:.. ttr fart of the Consular expenses was money lost. lk Mr. S. RICE aid reductions were in progress. The CorAular expenses were under the consideration of the Se cretary for Foreign Affairs. That vote had been postponed till the Noble Lord was present, and gave himself the ex. plar.ations. Motion agreed to. Mr. S. RI( E said he should observe, before proposing the next estimates. that certain transfers from the Civil List caused en apparel t increase of 40,5001. but there was in re. 'lop a demos:. of 2.11001. On the question that 13.0001. be voted for public works acid repairs, Mr. IL COLBURN called the attention e•f Government to the insecure slate of the building in Pall. cortait inn the National Gallery. Mr. S. RICE said, no repott had been made to the Tres. sury. *hich could give rise to a supposition that the building was in the slightest degree insecure. Mr. HUME reminded the Noble Lord of his promise that all the suns in the Civil List, not connected with his Majesty perste shy, were to be submitted to a select Coen. um tee. The present transfers should be submitted to such Creisoiltiee. Lord A LTHORP had not forgotten his promise, and In. tekel.d to fuitil it. idler a few words (torn Mr. He nE, Mr. HEHRIES, and 31r. S. Mee. Mr. IL GORDON could not believe that the ordinary r pairs amounted to the aunt put down in the present esti. owes. Hr supprehd there were new buildings going on. Ile precee•ded to complain of the expense incurred in build. lug the t'olunel SIBTHORPE said there was a charge for re. pair.ng a palace in F.dinburgh, which he supposed might be to lit it up for the Duke of Braganca. lie thought the Frec:ece of such refugees was no ornament to the country. Mr. 6. RILE said the charge of 39,0001. in the account w is fur the r. poir of twelve royal palaces, none of the money Ist,. to be applied in the manner the Right lion. Gentleman supl••osed. He always thought it was the pride of England to Lifer an asylum to persons of all countries.—(Hear.) Mr. MARTIN hoped the state of Westminster Hall w5.,..1c1 be attended to. Mr. FERGUSON said the state of Westminster Hall was a disgrace to the country in the eyes of foreigners. Lord A LTHORP said arrangements were making for the removal of the documents from Westminster Hall. Mr. HU ME said the charge of 39,0001. was said not to be too much for twelve palaces ; but why bad we twelve pa laces ?—They were kept up as barracks, or workhouses for state paupers. The paupers in the workhouse were sup portid by the parish—the paupers in Hampton Court were supported by the public—what was the difference ? The sum asked for the repair of those palaces was mote than the expense's of the American government in Washington. The real question was, how was the money raised ? If govern ment saw the order for selling 3,000 beds every year in the metropolis for the payment of Assessed Taxes, they would then know the consequences of such extravagance : it certainly could not go on. The taxes that pressed most heavily on the people were the Assesved Taxes, on that I claim of people who were struggling to Imp themselves above pauperism. The resolution was agreed to. i 4.7701. was voted for Post Patrick Harbour. 4.0001. for Donaghadee Harbour. 1 12,0901. tor the new buildings of the British Museum. 1 4.7001. for Holyhead Road and Harbour. 25.0001. for revenue buildings in Liverpool. After a conversation between Mr. Spring Rice, Alr. Goul.l bum. Mr. O'Coundl, Mr. Robert Guidon, and others, the' : grant was allowed. A sum of 42,0001. to defray the charge of salaries and al- lowahces for the officers of the Houses of Lords and uom- Commons was also allowed. A sum of 34,5001. to defray the expenses of both !louses nt Paclivnient for the year 1f331 was next put. Mr. HUME objected to the gnat expense incurred in Ire House of Lind. last year, in consequence of the proceed in,•,s in tile East lietford Disfranchisement Bill, from which s.ogood nsulted. . .. . The grant wAs then allowei A tier a few words from Mr. &rntt,o RICE and others, a Kum of 46.4001. *as allowtd to dteray the Treasury defi ciency for 1131. 11,1:11. was next allowed to defray the charge of the Fee Fut.d for the same period. 16,47.11. to defray the charge of the Secretary of State fur the Colonies. _ . 11r. IIU3IE objected to the great expense of this charge. Lord Ili 'WICK observed, that since the present minis. tern came into office, the greatest possible attention had been paid to economy ; it was reckoned unfair, however, to re duce the salaries of those officers who had, at considerable Pac r lice, gone out in many instances to unhealthy climates. Tue Secretary of Siate for the Colonies, however, had, in two instances, considerably reduced the salaries of two rffi errs, whom he had appointed. Mr. HUME contended that many of the Colonies were willing to supporrthemselves. The honourable gentleman be t g. d to know what was done with the Governorship of Gibraltar ? _ _ . !Aid HOWICK observed that Lord Chatham, the Go vetnor. was still alive, therefore nothing could be done with it. (A laugh.) 31r. HUN'I observed that be had been charged with a coalition (which cost the country nothing whatever ;) now he wished to ask a question, with reference to a coalition which load been alluded to in all the newspapers, accusing the Go vernment of not abiding by their professions of economy.— It had been stated, erronowusly he believed, that there was such a coalition in the family of the chief of his 31ajesty's Govetnment, that he std his family alone received 68,0001. ...year out of the taxes ? Ti.e CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose— (on which several voices exclaimed, " his not worth wbile ") Ile said that the hun. member did not seem to know the meaning of the word " coalition." (Hear, hear.) lie (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) knew that his noble friend had been attacked in the newrpapers for having placed many of his own relations in .thee. If any of those persons were unfit for their situations, then his noble friend bad been pro perly attacked ; but if they were fit, why should not they hold the office as well as any others ? He was quite sure that 68,0001 was an extravagant statement. Was his noble friend to be accused of desiring the emoluments of office, who, doting his whole life, had refused office rather than sa crifice his principles ? Lord HOWICK could not but express his regret that his noble friend had even noticed in this manner an attack from such a quarter, which ought only to be treated with utter and silent contempt. (Hear.) Mr. HUNT.—I hope the public will hear this; and the answer that I have received. Mr. WARBURTON suggested that it would be advis able to follow the course which the late Government had in tended to pursue, of having a regular debtor and creditor account of the expenses of the Colonies. 18.6041. was 'used to make good the deficiencies of the fee fut,d of the Privy Cour.ciL 9,3731. to defray contingent expenses and messengers' hills of the Treasury. The house then resumed, and the chairman reported pro gress, and asked have to sit again. Report on .Ilooday next. Several of the orders of the day were disposed of. Mr. BERNAL brought up the report of the committee on public works in Ireland. The resolutions were agreed to, and leave was given to bring in a bill on the subject. LettDOX COAL BILL. _ _ _ IRAN LAN D LEWIS moved the second read ing of the London Coal bill, and said that the discussion might be taken on going into the committee. The bill was read a second time accordingly, and ordered to be committed on Monday sennight. Mr. STANLEY gave notice, that he would move that, on Monday, the House should resolve itself into a Committee to consider the propriety of advancing motley for making bridges and roads in Ireland. ARMS •ND •MMUNINION (11111LAND).BILL. Mr. STANLEY moved for leave to bring in a bill tore gulate the importation of arms and ammunition into Ireland, and the keeping thereof. He should propose that there should be a registration of arms throughout Ireland, and that each particular weapon should be marked with the name of the county where it was registered, so that it might afterwards be traced and identified through whatever hands it might pass. He also proposed that unregistered per sons, found in the possession of arms, should nut be visited, as heretofore, with a penalty, but that they should be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and punished ' accordingly. (Hear, hear.) lie had also another proposi tion which ought seem strong to hon. members of that (louse who were unacquainted with Ireland, but which would appear highly necessary to those who did know it. The proposition was this, that the Privy Council should have power to:proclaim any county, which might be in a state of disturbance, and that in such district the violation of the proposed measure should be deemed a misdemeanour, punishable at discretion with seven years transportation. (Loud cries of " Oh, oh, oh !" from all parts of the House.) The House would remember that this was not introduced as an ordinary provision, but was only to be enforced where counties were proclaimed to be In a state of disturb nice. Mr. O'CONNELL said he would be unworthy of being 1 a Member for any place in Ireland if he suffered such a 1 frightful measure as this to pass, as if it were a matter of • course, at that late hour, and without any discussion. (Hess, hear.) It appeared that nothing was to be done for behind but by resorting to the usual plan of intimidation and coer cion. The people, by the Bill of Rights, had an undoubted right to possess arms, and yet here was a Bill to transport them fur it. It was too late an hour, even as a matter of I form, to move for leave to bring in such a Bill. He believed the ordinary administration of the present laws sufficient to I reserve tranquillity in Ireland. At all events, he would naive, that this motion be adjourned until that day week, if such day would suit the luconvenience of the right hon. gentleman. Mr. STANLEY said, that if the opinion of the house was against his then bringing forward the Bull. he was per fectly willing to postpone it ; but he would, at the same time, observe, that he believed the meastne to be deeply essential to the peace of Ireland ; fur there never was a time when it was so necessary to have a strong Government in Ireland. Mr. WISE said, that the ere of an insurrection alone could justify such a measure as the present, and he should oppose it to the utmost of his power. Mr. STANLEY then postponed the Bill until (we be lieve) Monday week. , IETOINI IN SCOTLAND DILL. The LORD ADVOCATE, pursuant to notice, moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the representation of the people in Scotland. If this were the first time he had to prevent the bill, or rather if it differed materially from that which he had laid before the last Parliament, he should feel that he had a difficult task to perform ; but as the bill, in all its substantial parts, and in almost all of its minute details, was the same as that of the last Parliament, he felt he had no occasion to trespass on the time oldie house by entering into a repetition of its particulars. Ile should content himself with stating in what respect it varied from the former. The only variation in the qualifies Lion of voters was in the votes of tenants In counties, width • were to be placed precisely in a parallel with the alterations made in that respect relative to the counties in England. In one other particular also the qualification was extended, for, though the right of voting by superiorities was to be done away, yet those persons who now bad those superiorides, were t^ have the right preserved to them for life, as were also those persons who were entitled to be enrolled. The only material principle In the Bill, which varied from the former, was that which gave to Parliamentary Commissioners the power of ascertaining the boundaries of towns and boroughs. There was also some altera tion In the diction. and some also in the machinery of the Bill. As it was understood that there was to be no dia. cission on bringing in the IHH, he thought it unnecessary for him to encroach further on the time of the house by entering into particulars which could be more conve niently discussed on the second reading, or in committee on the Bill. The honourable and learned member con cluded by moving for leaee to bring in the Bill. Leave given. The I.OIID ADVOCATE then brought In the Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday aeo.night. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half past Ore o'Clock. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. BRUSSELS PAPERS RECEIVED THIS DAY. NATIONAL. CONGRESS.—Sirrixo or JUN, 27. The law relative to the stamp due, to be paid on registering the oaths of public functionaries, which, after some debate, was passed by a majority of 102 to 18. M. Van Meenen-1 have the honour to propose to the Congress to regairc the minister of foreign affairs to appear in the assembly to-day, to give us —let, Such information as he has in his power relative to the negliciations which have been going on at London fir these three weeks, as well with the conference as with the Prince of Saxe Coburg. 2d, To inform us what is the nature of the com- 1 munic4tions that will be made to us on the 30th of June. M. Gendebien seconded the motion of M. Van Meenen. Since the departure of our deputation, said he, it has given no sign of life; yet I under stand it has had communication with the Regent and the minister, when it might have communi cated directly with the Congress. Since it has not done so, we must ask the minister for the in formation which he has received. The motion being carried by a great majority, the President said that a message should be Benito the minister, who soon after entered. M. Van Meenen then repeated his motion in a few words, and the arguments in favour of it. Lebeau (minister of Foreign Affairs.) The motion seems to me to be founded on an error in point of fact. It supposes that the deputation com municates with the government ; whereas it has received its powers only from the Congress, to which it has to give an acccouut. The deputation, there fore, has communicated nothing to the govern ment, and even if it had made some communication to it, if it had not been nctuated by a sense of propriety and circumspection, what happened on a former occasion would have served it as a lesson. As for the information we have received, it appears that when the last despatches came away, the ne gociations were still going on. It seems that they have not been restricted within the same limits, and that delicate questions have been raised which are on the point of being solved, but the so lution of which has not been announced to me. If any positive resolutions had reached me, I should not wait till the 30th, to allay the uneasiness of the nation, by communicating them to the Assembly. When negociations have not reached their close, it may be very prejudicial to reveal them. You will, therefore, allow the Go vernment to observe the silence which propriety and prudence prescribe. M. Van Meenen wished only, as the Minister must have formed some opinion, that he would say what he fears, or what he hopes. Lebeau —An opinion which I cannot support by any document, or any fact, would have no weight ; I have only hopes which have rather in creased than diminished. I have reason to think that at this moment something is determined ; wo cannot fail to be acquainted with it on the 30th June, the deputation will by that time have re turned : it will either give an account, or enable the Government to do so. M. A. Gendebien—l want to know the opinion of M. Gendebien, as Minister.—(Murmurs). M. Lebeau—My hopes are, that the Prince of Saxe Coburg will accept. BRUSSELS, JUNI 28.—M. Nothomb, one of our Commissioners at London, arrived here yester day evening. The deputation of the Belgic Congress arrived this morning from London. Nothing has yet tran spired of the result of its mission. The 7th regiment of the line left Namur yester !day, to proceed to the grand duchy of Luxemburg. In consequence of the instructions given to the Governor of the province by the Milliner for Fo reign Affairs, who acts as Minister of Marine, the Governor of West Flanders (Bruges) has just is sued a decree, the purport of which is, that as the cholera may be introduced by the shipwreck of vessels on the coast, or by goods cast on shore, the inhabitants of the districts of Bruges, Ostend, and Fumes, within a league of the coast, from the age of 18 to 60, are to furnish patroles day and night to prevent any communication between the inha bitants and persons, or effects, coming from threatened vessels. On the 24th June the Minister wrote a letter to the same Governor, in reply to one of the 23d, in which the Governor sent the report of a meeting of the magistrates and the Chamber of Commerce of Ostend, summoned by the Government, to consider of measures to prevent the introduction of the cho lera into Belgium. The Minister coincides in opinion with the meeting, that the port of Ostend does not afford the necessary facilities for subject ing vessels to strict quarantine ; and therefore, though he regrets the prejudice that the merchants will suffer, he cannot but approve of the closing of the port against vessels coming from infected places. He therefore desires the Governor to give the necessary instructions, that for the present, and till farther orders, no vessel coming from the Baltic,from Hamburgh, Lubeck, Bremen, Rostock, and Riga,and other places where contagion prevails, shall be admitted at Ostend. The Minister agrees also in what the meeting thought respecting Nieu port, and therefore the measures advised for Os tend, must also be extended to that place. He however requests the Governor to go to Nieuport, and see whether a means cannot be found of ar ranging near the channel of that port, a spot where ships may perform quarantine, leaving the breadth' of the channel free for fishing vessels to pass without approaching them. Brussels Papers, June 29. DUTCH PAPERS RECEIVED THIS DAY. WARSAW, 31/x z 20.—We now know that the Generaissimo has not gone north-east towards Nur, but eastwards to Siennica, where his head-quar ters were fixed on the 16th, and according to the State Gazette of yesterday, had remained there for some time. The same paper says that Siedlic and Miendzyrzecz, farther east, and a little to the south, were taken by the corps of General Rybin ski ; but when this happened is not stated, or whether there was any action with Gen. Kreutz, who, according to the last accounts, had marched to Siedlic, and who is now said to be still farther north, viz. near Erobyczin. At Lublin, General Kreutz is supposed to have been succeeded by General Rudiger, whose corps set out for that place on the 13th, from the environs of Zaniosc. Whether the diminution of the Rus sian force in the province of Lublin has had any effect on the corps of Gen. Chrzanowski, who is near Zamnsc, is not known. Some of our papers speak of a meat victory gained by him over Gen. Rudiger, in which they say many Russian officers were killed and taken prisoners; among the latter they mention Prince Adam of Wurtemberg. They, however, give no particulars. The State Gazette of Warsaw says no official account of such an event has been received. The Russian main army seems to be making preparations to hay three bridges over the Narew, between Medlin and Sierozk. The Grand Duke Michael, with the guards, was at Maker°. BERLIN, JUNE 24.—Our State Gazette has the following article :—" Polish Frontiers, June 21.—According to the latest accounts, consider able fermentation prevailed at Warsaw, a change in the chief command of the army was spoken of, the motive for which seems to be the unexpected return of the General Staff of the army. The expedition planned by Gen. Skrzynecki on the 14th, seems to have failed, on which account the main army itself is expected back, and it is supposed that an attempt will be made to execute some other plan. The Russian army is said to have occupied a position at Siedlic and Sierozk,&c. where it is now concentrated. It is believed that it will attempt in the course of this week to cross the Vistula. BERLIN, June 25.—0 n the 15th and 16th, there were some trifling skirmishes in the environs of Warsaw. On the 17th there was no fighting along the whole line of the Narew, as far as Sied lee. In the night of the 19th, the Russians, it seems, occupied Plozk ; and in consequence of this the Generallissimo is said to have returned toWar saw. Thu letters from Lithuania state, that on the 19th the Russians were still in undisturbed possession of Polungen and Krotting,en, and that there were no patriots in those parts. This seems to confirm the report that they had gone towards \Vilna. WA RSAW, June 20.—Our papers have no later news from the theatre of war, but only return to what is already well known. Thus the State Gazette dwells on the favourable accounts of the expedition to Lithuania, where Gen. Gielgud has no reason to apprehend being attacked by a superior force. The patriots who were before badly organized, and quite left to themselves, hare now an able commander, and regularity is intro duced into their operations. General Dembinski bad crossed the Niemen, and seemed disposed to advance with General Chlapowsky, against Aline, which the patriots still invested with 2,500 men. In %Vilna there is a Russian garrison of 2,000 men, 6,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry, the latter fur the most part Kirghis. In Kanen are Gens. Fricken, Sacken, and Annenkoff, with 5,000 men. The Samogitians on the other side of the Niemen are commanded by Ogenski Zaluski, Po toski, and Countess Plato, who has form.d a regi ment of Hulans. The Warsaw Gazette adds, that Gen. Gielgud entered Kalvary on the Ist, with his whole corps, and proceeded on his march the next day. The re ports of General Fricken being made prisoner is not confirmed ; but General Sicken is said to be wounded. Jankowski is said to have gained some advantages over the Russians near Sierozk. The latter has crossed the Narew in the night of the 15th, and appeared on the left bank, but speedily retreated on the appearance of a squadron of Poli.h cavalry. This l'aper says, that the Russian Ge neral Davidoff had lost a leg, in an action with General Chrzanowski. The State Gazette says that Bobruisk, on the Beresina, was taken by the Lithuanian patriots by the following stratagem :—The governor had ordered 1000 waggons, with provisions for the for tress, to be delivered as soon as possible. The patriots, disguised as peasants, and with their arms concealed, entered the place with the waggons, surprised and took the governor, and got possession of the place without farther opposition. The Konigsberg Journal speaks of vague reports of the taking of Kauen by the patriots, after a desperate conflict. BERLIN, JUNE 24.—The cholera is abating at Danzig: latterly, only 14, 18, and 20 persons had been attacked. Up to the 19th there were 268 person attacked, of whom 188 had died. Lubeck and Petersburg were perfectly healthy. THE HAGUE, JuNs 28. —A cabinet cot.ncil was held yesterday, which sat a long time. It is said it was in consequence of despatches received yesterday by the English Ambassador. Her Royal Highness Princess Frederick returned yesterday from Breda. -.."..-- THE FOUR POLISH ARMIES. SK 11ZN ECKI'II CENTRAL ARM Y.On the 14th instant, the Commander-in-chief moved from his head-quarters in Praga, in the direction of Minsk and Siennica, nearly the same positions he occu pied before his late manoeuvres. A consequence of this advance induced the Russians to withdraw from Siedlec, which was evacuated on the 17th. He will probably return within a day or two to Praga, as the main force of the Russians, occupy ing the right hank of the Narew,have shewn a de monstration to cross that river Serock, and it is not impossible it may appear again, and give ano ther battle in the neighbourhood of Praga, which is now strongly fortified. GrItLGUD's SAMOG MAN ARMY.—General Sacken, after bis retreat from Ostrolenka and Lomza, waited the arrival of Gen. Gielgud in a very strong position, surrounded by several lakes, beyond Raygrodi ; lien. Gielgud found himself in an awkward position, but the villagers came to his assistance, and drew the water from the lakes, to . facilitate the passage of the Polish troops. He then attacked the corps of Sacken, took from him eight pieces of artillery, made 2,000 prisoners, among whom were 40 officers ; and availing him self of his advantages, pursued his march on the great road to Grodno. Ihe corps of Gen. Gielgud, when first detached from the Polish army, consisted of about 12,000 men, and 18 pieces of cannon ; it now consists of 40,000 men, and 34 pieces of artillery, viz. eight pieces taken from Sacken, and eight pieces brought to him by the patriots.— The corps under the command of Gen. Gielgud, includes many officers highly distinguished. Col. Zalinski formed the rear-guard, and followed the General ; two days after his departure, he assem bled the remainder of the patriots, the young men capable of bearing arms, provisions, &c. and crossed to the right bank of the Niemen. The Russians have sent detachments from the main army towards Lithuania. About 20,000 men, tolerably well armed and clothed, stood in the neighbourhood of Rosienna. It is difficult to describe the sufferings experienced by the patriots in this quarter recently ; those who were unfortunate enough to be taken had their tongues cut out, and were afterwards thrown into the flames. Children were massacred in presence of their fathers to make them betray the places where their brothers sought refuge. The Cojsacs, the Kirgis, and the Czerkas have shown themselves the most cruel. In spite of all disadvantages, these brave patriots, nearly without arms, have already destroyed upwards of 15,000 Russians. There are persons of credibility now in Warsaw, who were witnesses of some of these atrocities, incre dible in the present age. They state that in the small village of Samogitia, arms, legs, heads, and other members of human bodies, were copiously strewed, presenting a sight offensive to humanity. CHLAEOWSKI'S LITHUANIAN ARMY.—Gen. Chlapowski, after having joined the Lithuanians, has fought two battles, the first near Beilsk, the second near Prozanna, in which it is said he has dispersed two Russian columns, under the com mand of General. Shrowiag and Faze, and taken 18 pieces of cannon, by which account he has de tached a corps of patriots in the direction of Slonim, and moved himself in a northerly direction, between Wolkowyski and Grodno; he beat the Russians, took two pieces of cannon, and made 40 prisoners. He passed the Niemen on the Ist, and arrived at Lida on the sth. He was there joined by 2,000 young men of the first families in Lithuania, and many detachments of patriots, in both infantry and cavalry. CHRANOSKIO, SOUTHERN ARMY. --la the neighbourhood of Zytomierz, in Volhynia, the patriots formed themselves in a body, under the command of Captain Rozycki, and met near the town of Cudero, 560 recruits going to join the ussian army, whom they immediately disbanded and sent home. They moved on to Jarrow, and from thence crossed the river Both in a position in tersected with forests; they were attacked near the village of Molocki by two detachments of' infantry, of whom they killed thirty, with the commanding officers, and took ninety, with one officer prisoners ; their loss was five men and two horses wounded. On the 30th of May they succeeded in out-flanking the enemy, and took a transport of oats and bis cuits going to the Russian army, consisting of 10.5 waggons, drawn by 240 horses; they took further —forty nine waggons laden with powder, grape shot, &c. On the 2d of June they were attacked near the small town of Berezno, by two squadrons of the cavalry, of whom they killed twelve, and made forty prisoners. After this affair, the whole detachment crossed the Bug near Dorochusko. General Cbrzanowski being apprised of their approach, sent out two battalions of infantry to facilitate their passage through the cossacks and cavalry of Rudiger, which was encampe in the neighbourhood of Zamosc ; but this assist ance was no longer necessary, fur in the night they surprised two squadrons of the cavalry jagers of Sicwerts, and a regiment of cossacks near Uchanic ; they killed in this attack five officers, among whom was a colonel of the cossacks of the Don, and 64 soldiers, and took upwards of 60 pri soners, among them Lieut.-col. Bognadow, of the jagos, and brought into the fortress of Zamoec, char force consisting of three squadrons and 40 men on foot. The Commander-in-chief has con ferred the rank of major and commander on Capt. Rozycki, as also a knight's cross, in testimony of his satisfaction ; and further, has decorated such of his soldiers and subalterns with a si:ver cross, who most distinguished themselves in a march so well worthy of imitation. Gen. Kreutz, who has long occupied Lublin, was reported to have retreated to Brze.c. This is not correct; it is now known he is gone to join the main army on the Narew. !DOH GALION/MI . B ascssintaxa, CECIIVED THIS DAY. Ls National enters into a detailed history of the aristo aacy in England, " the only country in the world in which there is an aristocracy /*jure t in all others it is de facia." It observes, that the English constitution has been formed by the lapse of time and by experience. The ele ments of which it is composed have never been deliberated on. It has never, for instance, been a question debated in England whether two chambers are necessary ; and, if so, whether one should be hereditary ? The institutions of England have grown out of events ; and those best versed in history cannot fix with precision the period at which these institutions, emanating insensibly from passing events, assumed the form in which they now appear. It then passes in review the struggles of the different powers fur supremacy under Henry VIII. Elisabeth. James I. Charles I. Cromwell, Charles 11. and James 11. down to the final settlement of the present constitution under Wil liam 111. In all these suuggles it remarks, that although sometimes one, sometimes another of the three powers ob tained the preponderance, the existence of the three dig. dna branches of the legislature appears always to have been a principle inherent In and congenial to the genius o the nation; and though the reform measure will inevitably lead, some time or other, to the destruction of the Grist°. I cracy, the warmest supporters of the bill have now an idea that such will be the result, and would probably, if con vinced of it, shrink from the measure they ate advocating. In France, however, it is very different; the English Con situation is not adapted to the sentiments or habits of the people ; an aristocracy finds no sympathy in the breasts of the nation, and forms no natural part of its institutions; this was felt by the best and wisest of those who preceded and took pan in the earlier events of the Best Revolution. Even Minima, certainly the most enlightened member of the Constituent Assembly, the only one whose sagacity per ceived the very moment at which the Revoludo* was losing itself in the unknown paths of vague theories, and running the risk of perishing by its own hands; lifirabeso, who sin cerely wished to consolidate the royalty of Louis XVI, saw nothing around him which could take a place In the Con stitution analogous to that of the British Peerage. Himself a member of the aristocracy, be renounced his order, and neves imagined that the time would come when that aristo• II ir to