Star. — London, England, 1831-08-26 00:00:00

1.• alohlg ju..ice to the people of England, by delaying ruch A m mute. air. S. RICE perfectly convened with the honourable 010 'T in the necessity of a law on the subject, and hope,l the time was near when a Bill would be brought in (. r thy te.. , na , e. • O'CI!N NEl,l., , aid,no time 4tould be lost in abating the nuisance. ales sm)t.r.lt r vp ilcd his motion for bettering the cmaitfon of the 1 thouring nu m., to the 13th of Seretnher, a! .1 resftverf,„a p.tition (root the parish of Kendal. in auairmt a claim for tithes, set up by Trini y C. ranth.lti t te. f r which the College heti commroccd sreerul MOM in 4he rytchequ - r ; though the parishioners timid more that It' , cir land had been auhject to a modus in ~ f tthe., hing l ik:erote the college came ilto pos. c'..; , ” of the Mllege had exerted great disfontrot over ex•••nr of e-untry. !li 7 3ll;.trns sort', the Id.rd Advocate was not in his place. Cr hetwou'd put a quemion to him on a poocetiling now edit g ori in Ealinharglt. Which was most disgraceful t • the law. Prop-rty was sf.t'.zeii for mi,latera• money, and 1 ' 1140 " in Troccaaina to be 11.1 d, hut rot one person would bid for it. f such proceedings wet...to take plat:, the law wnioll be Inottglit in:o contempt, and the consequence could no: he foreseen. bUSLIII ,LECTION. Mr. CR A MPTONTtinlleitor:6eneral for Ireland) begged to .:Res some te , 11111(9 on the statement that had been made by a noble hoed (Stormont) in that hnose on Saturday. when the noble I nel stated, that the gnvernment of Ire land wen imerferint in the Dublie election, which state ment was tem•eted by his honourable and learned friend, II?. Loftin , . who said that Sir W. Gone the Under Secre tary for w is publicly canvassing for the reform can • ditiree, and hed written a letter to Ald. Darby, the chief m 3 gliA!rato of Police, to come front the country to Dublin to propose anal sunpert the reform candidates. He had the let ter which was really written by Sir W. Gosstt, which he. would read to the. linnet!. [The hoe. gentleman here reed the letter. which stractl that there was treat excitement in Dublin on ()version t.f the election. and that the presence of Magis (rates was necessary, to preserve the peace.) Alderman Derby in ennseeptenu c.ime to town. and wax ttely visited by lewd Ingestrie, Aldermen Penin, and Mr. hong. who asked whether he had nm received a letter front Sir W. (It, set to come to town ? He replied that he had, and put tic letter into Lind Ineestrie's hand, who reed it. How the noble lord cold conceive that letter called Alderman Derby to town, to interfere for the refernt candidates, was incon ceivable. Sir Wm. Onesett denied th it he had canvassed a single person. and defied any human being to name any per son he had cnnvassed. He holmd his hon. and learned friend would &clane his conviction that he had been misinformed respecting Sir W. Gosaet. (Hear.) I.EFROV said. his observations were made on Sir Wm. Gesset as a public man. lie helieved that he was a very restucethle private man. He did not say that Sir W. GJSNr. had canvassed any elector-• his information was, that he went ahont Dublin pith Mr. LaMothe on his canvass. 11e had great pleasure in saying that Sir W. Cosset had fully net the charge of having called Alderman Darby to Dublin to auppott the 'Venn candidates. ""Mr. HUNT being called on by the !treater, said he was prepared to bring forward the motion, of which:he had given notice, f tbe repeal of the corn laws ; but the noble lord, ( Althorp) having intimated ;o him that it Iris his wish, as ilderd it was the wish of every one, that the reform bill should proceed, he should not press his motion ; but he hflped the noble Ned would procure him a day, as his cha. Liver was plvdtted to bring the subject before parliament. Lord ALTIIORP said he would endeavour to procure the• hon. aentletnan a day. Mr. HUNT nnstponild his motion for three weeks. Mr. Ald. INIPSON postponed his motion for the almlition of the vs:amine fees tcr a fortnight. •AMT PROMOTION. Mr. HUME said he had heard that a brevet promotion was intend...ll ;on the nccAAion of the coronation. lie could 0: believe th madness itself could advise promotion,while we It al eight Getter:o4 for evzry regiment, and several thou sand officers who n•re promoted without due consideration o!' merit or service. The hon gentleman moved for a return of promotion. in the army since the date of the last returns, and the number of officers allowed to sell their full or half pay during the samr pet iod. Sir H. II A R DIRGE said the hart. gentleman made an u• iatutdetl ciiiirge against the army, in which the promo. lions had taken place with a duo regard to economy, and kept the army in a state of efficiency. !:r. HUME denied that h.l made any charge against the army ; hi. char t ', was against the government for making unnecessary promotions. The motion yeas agreed to. RILGIUM. Mr. BERRIES moved for a return of the total sums c ouributed by Great Britain towards the erection of fortresses in Belgium. Agreed to. REFORM. Lord ALTIIORP moved that the house resolve into a C onwitece on the Reform bill. Sir R. VYVTAN asked whether Government had re ceived any fur Mer assurance that the French troops would withdraw from Belgium, and whether orders had b en given to that effic. Lord ALTHORP said, his Majesty's Government had isceivcd SWUM/Mg that the French troops had received orders to wi hdraw front Belgium. This G o vernment never had any retoon to doubt the assurances given on the subject by ti;e Freneh Government. _ _ Sir H. PEEL said, the answer of the Noble Lard was hiebly satisfactory. He lictertd no doubt had been ex pres.ed in that house of the good fifth of the 'tenth Go •vroment The !muse resolved into tt•P Committee. The CHAIRMAN sail, the question was that the blank for rent in the twen'y•firat clame be filled up with the tv;:!ils M.—Agreed to. Mr. Al ACKI N NON said he had a motion to propose, that in all cities end boroughs. where the number of Hr. Rousts was from 300 to 500. the qualification should he the occupation of a huts?. of 101. yearly value ; but %here the mamba. or 101. 11.-uses wia from 600 to 1,000, that the hnuse•rtnt to give a vote shou:d he 151. and where the number of stmli I.oases was over 1,000 that the right o . voting eh. uid h. , given to 201. bou.eholder•.. Ile thought the bill as it at ptesent. would give the right of voting to too many of the lower elms. Toe hon. gentleman eon. e►uded by at thirg a motion to the effect he stated, but on tile soggesiian of the Chairman withdrew it, to move it as a ride: at the end or rites_ dense. On tie question that the taxes be paid to the int day of Anglin! preceding voting, Si.- ( HARLES WET HERELL !lia the shnle clause ',fluid introduce an pure a democracy into ,b: country as c:tulti 1 e done short of universal enfrrage ; inde d in many placer it would be universal stiffing:. Hr i.elieved there fives not cne in twenty in the ~ mace who understood the clause. (1 laugh.) The facilities of bribery were so great, that he might almost say it was impossible not to be imbed. No alteration that could be made in the clause could ever italuce hint to adopt it. Lord A I.lllOl{P said the only ettbstatttial alteration that had t.:kin place in the douse was. that any voter el:limit-I a relit to vote on a rating of 101. a year, should noe be compiled to prove the payment of his not, in addi tion in the payment of hie rates and taxes. Where he claimed on the qualification of paying 101. rent, his proof of having paid the weeding year's rent to the Ist of August would Le sufficient The temptation to bribery would be much leas than at present. He said that the Bill provided so as to require the rates to be paid up till a certain date ; and the rate-payer might ncelect or re:use to pay his rates, even were it for nine months that might intervene between that period and the election, and still be entitled to vote._ Thi, was the qualificatinti ; and there would always be an ire nr, by which bribery would be made cheap ; for a can didete would only have to pay up the rates of the pauper kind of coottituency to entitle them to vote; and, of course, that was affording a facility for bribery; because the rates or taxes could be paid by a friend without it being known who had paid !helm The provision regarding the weekly rilit.payers wts equally objectionable, as weans paying rents by the week ; it would be absurd to reckon them a regular canatituency. On that list there must always be a deficiency every quince where the calculation was made up to 101. The Learned Gentleman concluded with saying that he did not believe any anteedatent that could be pro posed to the clause would make it practicable. Mr. EWA RT remarked, that the learned gentleman had formed a wrong concerion of weekly rent.payeis ; for in Manchester, and other manufacturing towns. they were the same as yearly tenants, except the difference that they paid their run weekly instead of yearly. Sr E. SUGDEN objected to the lowness of the qualifi cation in large towns; in London, for instance, a place for a dog could not be had for less than 101. and consequently there the predominant influence would be given to a lower class over the higher class of householders. Besides, he al.!. that what ia London would be considered low-rated at 101. would be in other plates considered high at 61; so that the standard sum named wu indecisive, and va rying in effect according to the place where the house was situate. He also centended that a proviso should be mode that not more than one person should vote for the same tenement. Mr. Alderman COPELAND also thought the qualifica tion too low in London. He thought it hard that it should require in the parish of Manylebone to be rand at 241. to qualify to vo•e in a vestry. and that 101. should qualify to vne fora representative in parliament. He w•mitl wish the rate of goaliticatioa to be lowetett in country plates—there Al. would be enough ; hut the rates arising from 101. in Ltrith n was a ntrrc tr fie. . Lord A LTHOR p replied, and argued, that if the quali fications were low in large tnivvs, it VittA a preventive from numbers ; and in country plactit, where the constituency was smslicr, the influence was balanced by introducing a higher class of constituents. Mr. F. LL WM was convinced, that the clause under consideration was one of the most important in the bill, as it was to establish what was to be their future constituetcy. He indulged in a few reflections n reporters for not giving the spec-oes of honourable tnein. tiers at lrigth, whereby the public out of the house were deceived; for reporters, he said. had been in the habit of giving the expressioits of hon. members without giving their sraurnents, by which speakers hail been placed in difficult situations in the public estimation who had b en sent to urge their arguments. He would ask the noble lord if he thought that by the bill he had gained his object, namely, of placing the franchise in hand' that would use it according to their own understanding without being affected by sinister mo. tires. The hon. winter said, he thought that the persons who had framed the present bill had had no other view but wrest the el-etive system out of hands that it had tested in, without taking into account the convequcnces ; it had been levelled against the influence of the great, without thinking what it was to substitute in its stead. He thought that five pounds WAS a sufficient high rote to caalify fir :he COO 11!Tf. and ten pounds was too low for Inndon. As far as regarded London,it amounted to universal suffrage to mire one who passessed a house. The hon. member at great length reprobated the odium that had been cast upon certain boroughs for corruption and bribery, while he instanced other circumstances that had not been at ell al. lutle.l to. 11: contended that the distinctions which the bill pri fessed to make did not exist in truth, but was hostile to the principles of reform, the object of which ought to be to form a ennetituency which were most likely to appreciate the value of their franchise. lie was convinced that every one j who knew any thing at all of the system of bribery, must j know that it rested more among those of 101. and upwnrds than below that rate. The hon. member recited a number of cases in point, and said, that if they wished to prevent si.l miler reenrrences, they must raise the rate in London much above 101. He would have recommended the noble lord to have e tnfined his attention fer the selection of constituents to those who paid parish rives and king's taxes; but in such a parish as Mary-le.bone, to limit voters to one-third, and that the highest, of the ratepayers. M'. 1.. BULWER thought that all the arguments which had been brought forward from hon. gentlemen opposite against the bill had been advanced at least a hundred times, and a hundred times had they been answered; but it appeared to him that the hon. gentlemen did not really know when their arguments were answered— (hear. hear)—far night after I night they came down and repeated the Ram things. The hon. member entered into a long disquisition ow the clause, which he declared to be judiciously framed for the fair be. of influence. Mr. LEWIS and Mr. BULWER mutually explained. Mr. TREVOR thought the clause gave the franchise to persons either swayed by the democratic passion, or ems sible to bribery and corruption. Never let him be told that the 101. householders it Deptford, Greenwich, and the pur lieus of London were less accessble to corruption that the non resident freemen who were to be deprived of their rights. The bill would produce disappointment ; already many of its supporters had fallen off in their zesl. Lord J. RUSSELL observed, that the most convenient course would he to discuss the fgencral merits of the clause, when the question that the clause stand part of the bill was put ; it was inexpedient to discuss the general merits in the midst of the amendments. (Hear.) Mr. WYNN apprehend. d that the discussion on the ge. neral merits would come on at too late an hour. Lord J. RUSSELL said, Ministers would not insist on passing the clause that evening, if sufficient time did not re. main for the discussion of the general merits. ( Hear from Mr. WYNN) Colonel SI RTHORPR had been informed, that during bis absence his name his name had been brought forward by the Member for St. Tees, who had accused him of speak ing too frequently. Now, though what he said might not be very palatable to that hon member, or his constituents, that would not prevent him from from speaking ; on the contrary, it would induce him to speak twice as often. He had been represented In the papers as complaining of bis (Col. Sibthorpe's) no being able to obtain a patient hear ing. But he had said that, not of himsclf in particular, but of members in general. The Interruptions last night had been such that he had been on the point of asking the Chairman to read the Riot Act. A M EMBER complained of the general merits of the clause having been discuasal for two or three hours. After a few words from Major MACNAMARA and Mr. LEWIS, Mr. WETLAND said, the houses between 101. sad 201. value, were twice as numerous as those above 201. The clamor was ton democratic. Mr. HUNT was afraid he would Imbibe the jeneral mania—impatience at the slow progress of the bill. For three hour* he hid not beard an allusion to the question be. fore the house. He begged the Chairman to remind the house of the question before them. The CHAIRMAN said, the question was the omission of the words," and in respect of which house, warehouse, or coustin4-house respectively, all the rents. rates, and taxes then due shall have been paid," contained in the old print of the b:II. Mr. HUNT proceeded to deny that the 101. house holders would be bribed. Ile contended that the more nu merous the electors the more difficult it would be to bribe them. He defied any one to bribe the 7,000 electors of Preston. Ho admitted there was a great distinction between the 101. voters of London and those of the provincial towns ; In London a house in the smallest alley was of 151. and, moreover, that house might contain several lodgers paying more than 101. a-year for a single room. (Hear, from the opposition.) Sir R. PEEL was willing to postpone, according to the suggestion of the noble lord, the discussion of the general lot rats of the clause until the various amendmatts had been t'i•posrd of. He began to sympathize with the noble lords opposite, at the delays offered to the bill, not by his (Sir It. PA) friends, but by the supporters of the bill. (Hear, hear.) One of the supporters had given no less than four not'e.s of motions; he found the words Hugh Hughes no leas than four timca, among the notices of motions.— ( Hear, and a laugh.) He should only make one ob servation :—To qualify a voter under the bill, his rent must have been previously paid. Now, in the midland counties it was customary to give three months' credit to tenants. The bill required that the rent due previously to the Ist of July should have been acquitted on or before the last day of August in the sante year. The effect would be to alter the long•existing practice of a three month; credit. Ile apprehended that this would create a dissatin. l faction. _ Lord J. RUSSELL paid, an individual who could prove Wm 101. rent by hie rwes and talcs, would be only requited to have paid the aspepped taxes and the poor-rates due up to the l•t of July. Sir K. PEIL said, this was opening a way to bribery. A esndidate might pay up the taxes and rates of an insolvent tenant. Va. WYNN had seen in Westminster the rates and taxes diu. paid up by candidates, in order to qualify individuals as electors. It was the general practice not to collect rents in Westminster between July and August, a great part of the respectable inhabitants being then out of town. Lord A LTIIO RP found it necessary to repeat an answer he had already made in the beginning of the evening. At present thy rates and taxes were paid up by the candidate at t►e elmtion, tut under the bill the rates and taxes must be paid up between all the periods of registration.—(Hear.) After some more convetsation on this point between Sir R. PEEL, Mr. WYN w, Lord ALTUoap, and Col. Davin, Mr HUNT said the clause to compel every poor tenant In the kingdom to pay his rent before he could vote, was a landlord's clause. (Coughing.) The country would know who the coughing came from ; he would di►ide the house upon it. Mr. HARVEY said, no rent due at Midsummer was ever paid on the Ist of July ; and to say that no person whose Midsummer rent wa• not paid by the Ist of July should rote, would greatly curtail the franchise. Lord A LTHORP said, he should have no objection to make the payment, not the rent due oa the Ist of July, but the tent due on the 2:td of June, which being one day before Midsummer, would in reality be the rent due the quarter, or the half year, previous to Midsummer.. Mr. HUNT was proceeding to argue against making the payment of rent necessary to qualify the voter, when the Committee became very impatient ; and Mr. Hunt said, as 'he was not to be heard, he would move an adjournment. This restored silence, and he repeated that the clause was • landlord's clause, and had never before formed any queli6- cation for voting for representatives. He moved that the word " rent" be omitted in vise clause. The Committee divided — Ayes for the original motion.. 963 Noes Majority against Mr. Hunt's am.ntlment 243 The blank was then tilled up with the words 101. Mr. CA3IPBEI,I. said, he wished to remove from the bill what he considered a great defect, the admission of wedcly tenants and lodgers, for he considered the terms ay. nodimous, to the elective franchise. The landlord would let for a year, but on the conddion that the rent should be paid weekly, and that the tenant should take a weekly notice to quit, which would in effect be a weekly tenantcy, and give a vote in virtue of the occupancy of houses, that if let yearly would rot let for more than M. a year. The remedy was to prevent any person voting from the occupancy of a house, the rent of which was paid more than four times a year. The effect of the clause as it stood at present, would be to throw an enormous power into the hands of the landlords of 101. houses, who, if their tenants refused to vote according to their dirstion, could turn Silent out of their houses and disfranchise them in a week. Tnere was one landlord in Southwark who had 500 such houses : how great must be his induence In an election ! The hen. gentleman concluded by moving an amendment, that no occupier of a house, the rent of which was paid more than foiir times a year, should be entitled to ewe in virtue of such occupancy. Lord ALTII4 )1; p perf:c ly agreed that the amendment proposed by the bun. hem. was debut... Mg of consideration ; but sill it was one in wide. he could not agree. In some eases the tenants might be persons to whom tha landlord would not give. credit ; hot in most cases where the persons e_cupied a ten pound house fur a year, they were so industri. nos and respectable as to be twilled to exercise the elective franchise. Ile really believed the effect of agreeing to the hon. gent's antendment would be to dlsfranchisa the ma• jority of workmen in manufacturing towns. Mr. FERGUSON said it was tar from being his inten tion to throw any obstruction in the way of the progress of the Dill; but he must cordially support the amendment of his learned friend. There world he more bribery and cor ruption under the present Bill, if the amendment was re jected, than had been hitherto known. The landlord might disfranchise all his tenants the day before the election. Mr. W. EVANS could say of his own knowlege, that in his neighbourhood many tenants who paid their rent weekly, occupied their houses many years, and were very respectable, and fit to enjoy the elective franchise. Mr. HUGHES HUGHES opposed the amendment. Mr. PEA RSF. opposed the clause in a few words, which were inaudible in the gallery, and supported the amend ment. Mr. O'CONNELL said a great number of persons in the manufacturing districts, where it was :mportant that the bill should be well received, would be deprived of their franchise by the amendment of the bon. gent. (Hear.) He was of a very different opinion from the hon. member for Kirkcud bright; a weekly tenantry he (Mr. O'Connell) thought ought to be encouraged, they formed a large and respectable portion of the community, in whom habits of savirg end economy ought to be encouraged. Mr. FERGUSON and Mr. O'C44l‘l NELL explained. Sir JAMES SCAftLETT said no doubt all the radical reformers would oppose the amendment, and as hr was nut a radical reformer, and Lever would be one, he should sup. port it. The ATTORNEY-GENERA I, said, he believed the honourable and learned gentleman was no radical reformer ; indeed, in the course of these discussions it had nut appeared to him that the hOnourable and learned gentleman was a re. former at all. (A laugh.) His Majesty's minis ors stood in their places for the good of the people of England, who were only to be made to tweet the laws by having a share in the se presentation of the country. (Hear.) It was not to be endured that the thriving workman in a mill or a manu factory should be shut out from his share in the elective Iran chise ; be could not vote for an amendment which disfran chised the most intelligent, the most independent, and the respectable part of the community. (Hear.) Sir ROBERT PEEL asked why it was that the hoe. and learned gentleman now characterised the weekly tenants as the most intelligent and independent class, when it would be recollected that only ►ix weeks ago that class was to be entirely disfranchised, or rather were to have no fran. chise at all; the fact was, that Ministers were ashamed of the monster they had made, and now found it necessary to mare down to the people, because they found hopes had been excited which might never be realised. (Cheers from the Oppoeition.) He contended there was no class so entirely dependent as the weekly tenants, who might be turned out en a week's notice, if any vindictive feeling on the part of the landlord were to be gratified. (Hear.) Mr. DENNISON supported the amendment. After a few words from Lord Vithixits, Mr. CROKER said, that the Scotch reform bill was laid on the table so lately as July last, and was founded entirely upon the same nefarious principle as the present clause. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. CHOKER explained. Mr. HUNT said, that the friends of Reform might as well throw out the bill altogether as riot support ministers on the present occasion by voting against the amendment. Mr. CAMPBELL briefly replied. Lord J. RUSSELL said it was a very common clause la leases that the landlord do give notice to quit at pleasure. After a few words from Mr. CAMPBELL and Mr. Gls. 11013111. the House divided, when there appeared— For the Amendment......... 143 Against it .. 210 Majority for Minist rs ... 68 The CHAIRMAN dam reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again this day. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at Half.past Two o'Clock. It is of importance to observe that, exclusive of the ma. jail) of 210 in favour of Ministers, there were 14 members who usually rote with Ministers, but who voted for Mr. Campbell's amendment in the minority of 142. LIST Or TIIO , II RAO USUALLY SUPPOkT Till BILL, BUT WHO VOTED IN TNT MINOTITY or 142 AGAINST HIS MAJESTY'S 31trasTEns roa Ma. CAMPBELL'S AMENDMENT. Adeane, H. J. Greene, T. B. Agnew, Sir A. Harcourt, G. Belgrase, Lord Hudson, John Brahmin, Lord Johnstone, J. H. Chster, W. H. Willoughby, Sir H. Davies, Col. Wrightson, W. Benison, J. R. Teller. Ferguson, C. Campbell, John RECOVERY OF THE PRINCESS OF ORANGE'S JEWELS. Our readers will doubtless recollect that the palace of the Prince of Orange, at Thom's, was entered at night in the month of September, 1829, and robbed of all the jewels belonging to the Princess, amounting in value to the sum of one million of dollars. The affair created a very great sensation at the time, and immense rewards were offered in all the prir.cipal cities of the continent, for the recovery, but all to to purpose. The Dutch Consul in this city also offered a reward of 50,000 guilders, (20,000 dollars) and gave a particular description of the articles stolen. Shortly after the robbery took place, it was strongly intimated that the Prince himself had disposed of these va luables, to meet his own urgent necessities. But an occur tenet has just taken place in this city, which is calculated to relieve the Prince from odium that might still attach to his character in consequence of these suspicions, and also torn tore to the Princess a portion of her stolen property. The value of the jewellery recovered is sale to be at least one hundred thousand dollars. Among them is a sapphire, weighing sixty-one carats, which is, as we learn, the largest sapphire in Europe. Thus has the most extensive robbery on record been dis covered after such a lapse of time, when the occurrence had been almost forgotten by all except those who were more im mediately interested. The Italian, on whom part of the jewels of the Prince of Orange were found, was taken prisoner on Saturday evening, on Long Island, about two miles hom the ferry, by Wil liam A. Seeley, Esq. Autoeney at Law, accompanied by three or four of our police officers. The robber was routed, and attempted to make his escape by running, and for some time had the advantage of his four pursuers; but Correa' (for this is one of his names) tumbled in grossing a ditch, and fell; and 3lr. Seeley, being nearest to lihn,4lll on him, and held him long enough to receive the assistance of the officers.—(New Pork (;ault', July 30.) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. POLAND. To-day we have bad the satisfaction to bring up all arrears of intelligence from Poland, not only by the DUTCH MA it, but by original letters of Wed nesday, from our Correspondents at Paris: and we use the word " satisfaction," because we know that we at once anticipate every London Paper, AS USUAL, but convey intelligence highly grati fying to the friends of justice and liberty. The national government of Poland has just published the following proclamation of the Senate and the Chamber cf Nuncios to the Polish nation : " Whilst repeated and honourable success leads us to look forward to still more important events—whilst the national government and the Genetal-in-Chief are endeavouring to consolidate our national existence as early as possible, the enemy has dared to pass to the left bank of the Vistula, and concentrate his forces, in °Mir to give us a mortal blow. Nettling is more natural than the general desire of being, under such circumstances, acquainted with our mili tary situation, and of knowing and appreciating all the means employed ft.r the defence of our country. The cham ber of nuncics, with a view to sati..fy these desires, to unite the different opinions, and remove every kind of distrust proposed to assemble a grand council, in which the Delegates of the Clamber required, in the presence of the National Government, tile General-in-Chief, end other officers of distinction, the consoling conviction that our forces, and the nt.Ale of directing them, all correspond with the designs which the nation has proclaimed before all Eu rope. The Senate and the Chi.mher of Nuncios, being of the same opinion with the Council, hasten to declare it to the nation. Polish warriors ! the fate of cur country de. penis on pour valour and per, ee cAA nce. Second your Gene ral-in-Chief with all your might. Placa in him the @erne confidence which the nation i.l4ces in your intrepidity. The character and talents of )our chief are worthy of it. Citi zens ! uni:e all your forces by rising in armed masses, by promoting perfect uric., and fully trusting to the National Authorities, by noticing sacri fi ces worthy of so nobles c ause; finally, by despising such as should not share the common Binger, end should attempt to di tutli die concord and peace of the country. Itarsaiv, July 28. CZARNOCSKY." The following is a Report of the Committee of the Diet, dated July '29: - GCNTLIMEN—TI:e committee appointed by you, in pursuance of the decision of the Chamber of the 23d inst. has held a Council of War with the National Government, the General-in-Chief, and the of f icers assembled for that purpose. The Government, as well u the General-in. Chief and the Minister of War, have laid before us the state of the army, of the provisions, the means of supplying the capital, and, finally, of all that is necessary for the defence of the country against the invading hordes of the enemy, in ostler to attain the end which our country proposed to itself on commencing the straggle with the Giant of the North. The General-in. Chief wished to he silent on the strength of our garrisons. We were sat:afied with the assurance he gave as that it is sufficient. Agreeably to the decision of the Diet, the Council dente rat:d on the steps to be taken floe and for the future ; but we beg you to allow us, at least for a short time longer, to keep secret the plans and resolutions formed in the Council. This secrecy is necessary, that the enemy may not become acquainted with our designs, and disappoint them. The Government, the Members of the Diet, and the o ffi cers pr: sent at the Council, addressed divers questions to the Generehin.Chief, to which he re plied with the frankness of a soldier, repeating the assurance, that having once come to the firm and determined resulutiun of defending to the last the national cause to the last drop of his blood, he was prepared to conquer or die. The Polish army will always show itself as it has already done, both in victory and reverses, terrible to its enemies. Its Chief will continue to command in the same spirit, which will be the only rule for his future conduct. We cannot conceal it, our army is ' much less numerous than that of our enemy; but when a free man struggles with a barbarian, who attacks him in his own country, can the issue of the struggle be doubtful ?' Several months of warfare have weakened our army ; yet we have more bayonets than before the 16th and 25th of February, and the enemy has scarcely one-half of his form. Our cavalry, exercised in the manoeuvres of war, has become a regular force. As to the supply of powder and ammunition, the General-In.Chief and the Minister of War have assured us that we may be quite easy ea that subject. Our Polish cannon, newly cast, twenty of which are starting to-day for the line, supply the place of those we have sent to the aid of our brethren. Be. sides the general levy, which every one hastens to join, numerous and well exercised reserves are only waiting for their destination to be fixed. In fine, our military state is favourable, and must completely saisfy the public solicitude. We possess men enough to conquer the ene. my, and a great number of volunteers daily increase the ranks of our army. The conscripts are ready to obey the call, and we should be far more advanced in the wotk uf re generation, if the powers adjoining Poland had left the communications free, and had not violated with respect to' us a right which cannot he denied to any nation. The Council directed its attention to Lithuania, Samogitia, the Ukraine, and Voihynia. The National Government has assured the Committee of the Diet, that the Manifesto of the Diet and the declarations of the Chambers, which united for ever the destiny of all the Polish pro. winces that have been the victims of Russian spolia tion, with that portion of Poland styled by 'the name of Kingdom,' have served as the basis for its con. duct. The attention of the Commander in-Chief was afterwards directed to the persons to whom the com mand of the corps is entrusted, to the obstacles opposed to the military operations, and other subjects. The Council terminated its discussions in that spirit of union and con. fidence which should always attend the chief of our armies. Let our perseverance, and a fortitude which is nut checked by any reverse of torture, attain the same height which it has attained among the citizens sod the soldiers, and we shall gain the victory over the barbarians. Whether the capital, the right or left bank of the Vistula, Lithuania, or the Ukraine, be the theatre of war, the blood of our oppressors will always drench the Polish soil. We shall ever +merge ourselves for the misfortunes which the Cabinet of St. Pe. tersburgh has Inflicted upon us, or we shall fall, leaving to enemies the inheritance pointed out by our Ilauifeato—ruins and heaps of the slain." Front these documents we learn, that although the Polish army is much less numerous than that of their enemy, yet " when a free man struggles with a barbarian who attacks him in his own country, can (ask the Poles) the issue of the struggle be doubtful ?" We learn also that the Poles have more soldiers and bayonets now than they had before the memorable conflicts of last February—that the cavalry has become a nu merous and regular force —that the supply of powder and ammunition is abundant; that Polish cannon are being founded at Warsaw ; that the forti fications of the capital are going on with spirit and success; that the Poles " possess men enough to conquer the enemy, and that a great number of volunteers daily increase the ranks of that match less army." We further are delighted to know that the conscripts are ready to obey the call ; that provisions are abundant ; that the national enthu sium has in no respect abated ; and that, " whe ther the capital, the right or the left bank of the Vistula, Lithuania, or the Ukraine be the theatre of war, the blood of the Polish oppressors will drench the Polish soil." " We shall ever avenge ourselves for the wrongs which the Ca binet of St. Petersburgh has inflicted on as, or we shall fall, leaving to enemies and barba rians the inheritance pointed out by„our Mani festo—ruins and heaps of the slain !" Although, then, the revolution in Lithuania has not been successful, and that in Volhynis does not for the moment triumph—although, certainly, upwards of 150,000 Russian barbarians march upon Warsaw, with 200 pieces of artillery to announce their ap proach, yet I am not without bops that ?mkt witash will be defeated, and Rudiger compelled to retire, and that thus this second campaign will ter mints in the destruction of Russian hopes, s li d the overthrow of Russian ambition. A private letter from Warsaw, dated the 4th ':;, staat, contains the following intelligence. ,• i), 1 „ forces are equal to those of Paskewitsch, am! 0 , artillery is immensely powerful, consisting of ~) pieces directed by the most skilful and lei: • gunners in the wor ld. Sh ou ld the Russian : li'. espt battle, our success is undoubted. We merit it, since our cause is so sacred and just, a; ,; defended with so mach heroism. We are quently full of hope and confidence, shouk! . Russians fail to do this time what they have so often, namely—retire at our approach. , whether we are conquerors or conquered, we I : no fears for Warsaw, for 200,000 Russians w;,,,:; not be sufficient to gain possession of it. possible chance is in our favour." The Warsaw papers speak in the most exa;tiJ terms of the retreat of General Dembinski, which they state has never been suFassed in ancient , modern history. The General has been reinstatet in his post of Governor of Warsaw.— Gazette d e Prusse of the 17th. PETZIMURG, AUG. 6.—News from the .;;;;a4 of the 14th of July, state, that after the priaciti, forces had happily accomplished, with the ai.l GOD, their passage, they took t osition for a fey days near Wroclawsk. This short halt was laths. petisible to refresh the troops, as well as to in sure their ulterior operations. On the departure of this report, Count Witt was at Wolica, upe u the river Sklawionka, and the head-quarters ace at Niezzawa. The rebels were but few in d a . neighbourhood; . their principal forces were be tween Sochaczow and Blonie. The rebels w;-o throwing up entrenchments at Sochaczow, Skrzynecki was, and near Wola, under \Vara:in. Field - Marshal Paskewitsch, leaving sufficient forces near the passage to protect it, proposed be ginning ulterior movements of attack on the Ir)th of August. WA its* w, Au°. 9.--The Warsaw Gazett, says: " Field Marshal Paskewitsch has sent t. u corps, con fisting only of cavalry, into the pro vinces of Masoria and Kalisch. They have su . veral pieces of horse artillery with them. One uf these corps surprised on tho night of the sth detachment of the reserve of our cavalry in Koh, and captured several officers. General Rudige • has sent some cavalry, 300 infantry, and 6 pieceA of cannon, to the left batik of the Vistula. Ti., bridge which he threw across the Vistula has been destroyed by the rise of the river, but some ban died men, who receive 6 florins daily wages, m 4 employed in repairing it." The Warsaw State Gazette says :--Oppoei te to the Russian camp at Ciszyra, on the Vietull, Lieutenant.-Gen.l Ismer, of Rudiger's corps, hat the command in our camp, consisting of Voliy nians and Tagers of Sandomirin, Pawlowski:, and Vols. The Cossacks in those parts are com manded by Rzewnski, a Pole. General Rozyzki has obtained the command of tire troops opposed to Rudiger, and is to have wider him a considerable part of Detnbinski's corps. It is said that Brigadibr-gen. Wsugierski will also go to the army. Dembinski's corps has again left Warsaw, and is encamped at Powonzki, on the left bank of the Vistula. General Uminski now commands one wing of the Polish main army. A report that Brzesc Liteweki has been aban doned by the Russians, is not confirmed. Cossacks have again appeared at Milosna, and about Groehow. WARSAW, Avo. 10.—(Front the Cracow Coal • Tier).— Up to yesterday evening no news had been received from the army. The enemy are very near each other ; between them the farmer is busy about the harvest, and the flocks are grazing in the Gelds. A Russian corps under General Knorring has entered Prasnysz, in the province of Pinsk. On the Bth that General issued a proclamation to the bailiffs of the commune, calling on them to furnish wood, straw, and draught horses for eight squadrons of cavalry, eight battalions of infantry, and three batteries of artillery. A Russian corps has entered Radom. Another Russian corps came to Karczew, on the right bank of the Vistula, but was received with cannon shot from the other hank, on which it retired. The head-quarters of the Polish General.in- Chief were yesterday at Bolimow. It is confirmed that Field-Marshal Paskewitch, with his I.ead quarters has fallen back. Some skirmishes have taken place at the outposts. Every thing is pre pared for a great battle. The extraordinary military tribunal decided yes terday that there were no proofs that General Jan kowski had been engaged in any plot: for his con duct in the action with General Rudiger, be will be tried by a court-martial. General Jankowski took great pains to prove his in nocence; he said he had supported the re volution throughout ; that be would die fighting as a common soldier in defence of his country, and would not leave to his four sons the opprobrium of having had atraitor for their father. (Proms she Moira Gazette.) Koto, Auo. 11.—For some days past a Rus sian corps bar been in our immediate vicinity, and since the late affair, all the Polish troops have withdrawn, so that there is nothing to hinder the Russians from occupying the town. The conduct of the latter is very different from that we ex pected ; no reprisals, still less any acts of violence, are exercised towards the peaceable inhabitants, In consequence of the very strict injunc tions of Field Marshal Paskewitsch. The bridge over the Werth' is now restored, so that a detachment of cossacks yesterday carried the scythes and saddles that were sent to their head-quarters at Klodawa. Lieut.-General Dom browski, who is appointed chief of the p ovisional government, has already issued several orders, to which little regard has been paid, as the uncer tainty of the turn that affairs may take makes every body afraid. A decisive battle is expected near Warsaw. All persons in office have fled from this town and from Kouin to Czenstocbau. The cholera has nearly ceased here, but has re-appeared in some places in the environs. It seems more and mote certain, that firmness and temperance are the best preservatives against the cholera. WARSAW, Ana. 10.—Colonel Sierskowski has been promoted by the national government to the rank of brigadier-general. The municipal council of the capital calls on the inhabitants to be ready to give up their blouses to quarter soldiers, as it is possible that a very great ion wt Oaf - TM is Ch put wit if sio ant rel Gc Ca bet DI lOU of of ho 1.1 rh Ca m ra le A •l a 4 6 i I J I tl a Si a • ft • I si 0 rI tl of .• a b it la I. g NI • • a tf • 1 a tl • • 1 • • • • • II ti + lO • 0 • •