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_ _ • 7, . • ,r 4 ( - • • •• *. ( • , ~;'' •:! , I f . 1 • _ ,.,/ F. • scy, 4 ' A "'" • . 4,4 4 1 1 .. 1 .1 . 110:IN I t 0 - rs _ s • - • it , . es to our tilde ith respect to place since the A protocol of BOARD and EDUCATION.—At an established SEMINARY, ile-r town, as rural aid he althily situated at; at fifty miles distant, which will pre clude numberless "expences, YOuth are liberally Boarded, carefully Educated. and parentally treated, at Five Guineas Per Qqarter, inclusive from the time of entrance. Tne premises comprise ever• accommodation, with ex tensive gardens, play, pasture, and fruit ground, and con ' tignous teethe open fields. Pa; titulars at 42, Park-street, Regent's Park ; 23, Little Qaten-street, Holborn ; the Hatters, to, Water-street, ' Rlackftiars ; 76, Blackman-street, Borough ; 26, Long - l ine, Smithfield ; 131, Whitechapel ; and Green Dragon Tavern, Stepney Church. Preparatory Pupils by the Young Ladies of the Family. (listinguisties the bora slave from tie fiet-bniii citizen. 4. There is 110 permanent Middle class in the towns nor yeomanry in the country: 'Whenever a city famil y has acquired wealth, by w h atever means, those of the succeeding generation almost invallab'v leave the occupation of their fathers, - and by the strength of their purse and going- ar.)ugit eettak prescribed forms of civil and military service, prc cure the privilege Of noblesse and become conwty gentlemen. 5.. The families of the Priests form a-numerou class -of society, needy yet tolerably educated, more servile than the Aristocracy, and fit t6ols for des potism to work with.-l- This class abounds in the public offices, and in the lower departments of the Administration. protocol of the as a reason for mission of the me explanation itions proposed would now be since the great r, the services 000 have been cannot be con to propose a he provinces— e land -!ax, and other project of tke a deduction rom April 1 to of the interior ng the Ist divi rill the 31st of LONDON, TUESDAY E ENING, APRIL .5, 1831. PRICE 7D. No. 12. . 032 A Half Boarder Wanted. Published this (lay, price 6s. THE EDINBURGH MEDICAL and SURGICAL JOURNAL, Na. CVIT. ti,e old-established chain-pumps, and not with Mr. Beare's fountain-pump, as was, we believe, intended. 1 he Coofiance steam-vessel, lieutenant Belson, and Navy Board steam-vessel, Lightn'ng, Mr. Allen, Master, arrived on Wednesday from the river, the 'ter having on board Commissioner ..Sr Thomas Ussber, C 8., his lady and family, who disembarked, and took up quarters at the George Hotel. The Confiance and Lightning proceeded for Woolwich on Friday, having in tow the Hermes steam-packet, ordered to that port, for the better repa;r of her de fects. A number of volunteer seamen for his Ma jesty's ship /Wed, at Chatham, were ordered a passage in the Herme3, and they expect the happiest success therefrom ; but at the !!tf e time they feel not a less ardent wish for securing the happiness which they enjoy by an attitude at once ami calde towarde all states, and ponformable to the sacred ditty of maintaining by their own means the most com plete and impartial neutrality. The biet, therefore, in priming this to he its only object, was the organ of all S%itzerland. The whole nation has applauded that at of the federal authority, and has shewn itself ready to :rake every effort and every sacrifice which the mainte nnee of neutrality, and the inviolability of the Swiss ter ritory, the defence of its liberty, and its dependence may BUILDINo CHURCHES. CABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY, 71; LE t DEN 1-1 A L L.-STREET WJI, TIIURNELL solicits the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, to inspect the lamest and beet selected Stock of CABINET and UPHOLSTERY GOODS in England, warranted-of the• best Materials of the Society's workinanship,.(suitable for all purposes, from the cottage to the mansion,) enrolled agreeably to Art of Parliament, and is founded for the support of industrious Mechaiiirsi, who all combine to produce only the very best articles at the lAvest pstotible prices. 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The EDINI3URG II NEW PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL, Conducted by Professor JAMESON, No. 20, Janwiry—March. Adam Black, Dlinhurgh ; Longman, Rees, Orm e , Brown, and Gieen, London. A meeting was held on Saturday at Exeter Hall, the Strand, for the purpose of petitioning Parlia ent against an Ac" now before the House, relating the building of new Churches. JAMES WILSHN, in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN having stated the object for which le meeting was convened, 6. The foreigners in the strvice must not be overlooked. They are mostly Germans, and their firmness in an hour of danger might be Imre than a march for all the oniek decision and fforw•ardness cl the Russian character. _ SIR WALTER SCOTT'S. LIFE of .BUONAPARTE and HISTORY of the FRENCH REVOLUTION. .91111 IS very distinguished Work, in conse -11. 4 - titic`e of an extensive purchase having been made of its entire. Stock, is NOW on SALE, at the following vcsi reduces] price, via. 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The representatives of the confederated states are firmly prrsitadcd that this fresh manifestation of the principles aro( the sentiments which dictated their declaration of the 27rh of De . cemher, 1810, will suffice to dissipate all the d.uhts of his Imperial and - Royal ApnsLolic Alajesty, and to convince him of the good faith and the sincerity of the intentions of Switzerland. r are as follow : Lent declares to within a month K, Luxemburg, the citadel of arms. ( From the .Deronport Telegraph.) His Majesty 's ship Stag, 46, and Orestes, IS, Captain Glascock, have been taken out of dock this week. The Canopus, 54, is taken into dock, to have her copper inspected ; and the Primrose, •18, to undergo a slight repair, and have her defects made good for commission. _ The Avoyers and Council of State of the Colton of Lu cerne, the federal directory, ezg, , rly seize upon this oppor tunity to offer to Prinoe 21 . 1etternielt the assurances of their high consideration. ,Signed for the Avoyers and Council of State for the Cinton df Lucerne. ", RYIIN, President of the Diet. - AM RYIIN, ChaAllor of the Confe:leratiin. Lucerne, March V. ' c Guard is ren om the date of NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. )0,000. His Majesty's ships Samarang, 28, Captain W. F. Martin ; Aria!lne, 28, Captain Charles PhiJips ; Despaieh, 18, Commander FranAand ; Nautilus, 10, Commander Lord George Paulet ; Savage, 10, Commander Lord Edward Russell, are still lying at Spithead : ready for sea, and wailing for their final orders. ns of the press, 'all be declared .(From the Portsmouth. Herald of Sunday.) The Highflyer, tender to his Majesty's ship Hy- , . perioti, turived on Wednesday from . the Sussex Coast Blockade with volunteer seamen for- the St. pillage shall I e trial : in future , ppose such ex- 'red to be dis ? Chambers are ed to be printed ort on the situ be Minister for the report ard nd opposed the and documents Roca will hardly done. on Friday, the long account of intir►g-othce, on done by about corps of Char ►eir officers, M. ers, and made irmed that yes lye o'clock, the im, with 1,200 iccounts say it at 500 persons rayed. These ed.--Brussels ter.) says that the ystock, whither interview with , the Russians ling which they s,es committed rature, that the Fending to ask ith his consent, , n if the system ian army arrive , eral hundred of m in the streets of 4,000 men, have taken up st letters from ig Prince Czar have been sent Prussia, with a Teion tnight be tetween Russia larch 28.) are of the 22d st. 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Vincent, and returned yesterday. ' His Majesty's ship Sapphire, 28, Captain Hon. William Welle,.ley, hailed on Thursday for Ber mu►la, with a fine breeze at N.E. taking out Com- missioner Sir Thomas Ussher, C. 8., with his lady and family, as also despatches for the CommAnder- n•Chief on the North American station. The Dutch corvette Meermin, of 20 guns, Captain J. W. Van Rign, arrived on Thursday from .Flush ing, and anchored off Ryde. She has put into this port through stress of weather, being bound on 0 cruise to the North S , ea. She saluted the flag of our Commander-in-Chief %vit.]] seventeen guns, which, by a recent Admirahy order, was returned with an equal untriber. She will sail as soon as the weather shall becGme moderate. At Spi thead —Bel vidrr.i, Ariadne, Sannirang, Despatch, Natnilus, and Savnge, waiting orders. PRomoTioNs, A PPOINTM ENTS, ViCe-All • tniral the Lion. Sir H. Hothatn, K.C.B. is appointed Commander-irt-Chief of his Majesiv's ships and ves sels in the Mediterranean, vice . '"ice-Adoliral Sir P. Nlaleohn, K.C.B.—Lietit. J. F. ap- pointed Flag Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Sir H. Hotham, and J. Irving, Esq: is appointed Secretary to the same.—Commanders J. Powney, F. iNI‘Coy, R. Douglas, J. Pulling, It. Paine, and W. E. H. Allen, are appointed to the Preventive Service.— Lieut. T. Renou is appointed to the Wickham, Re venue cruiser, on the Irish station, vice Gittings. Lieut. NY. Prowse of the Tartar, revenue cruiser, is appointed to the Rose, revenue cruiser, vice Franklyn.—Lieut. R. Butcher is appointed to the Tartar, vice Prowse.—Lieut. C. Byne is appointed to the Sprightly, Revenue cruiser, vice Simmonds.— , Lieut. G. sis appointed to the Eagle, Revenue cruiser, vice Knight.—Lieut. W. H. H. Carew is ap pointed to his Majesty's ship Barham.—Mr. J. G. Dick, of his Majesty's ship Wasp, is promoted to ti-e rank of Lieut en s Mary Tetley, widow of the _ _ late Captain Tetley, is appointed a Matron in Green wich Hospital, vice Mrs. Day, deeeased.—The ap pointment of Lieutenant G. E. Patey, to his Ma jesty's ship Pallas, is cancelled. Mr. Philip Ross is appointed Schoolmaster of his Majesty's ship Sapphire.. Mr. M. P. Sambells is appointed School master of the Pallas.—Mr. J. Geach, late Boats wain of -his Majesty's ship Thet's, is appointed to his Majesty's ship Alfred. The appointment of Major General Sir James Cockburit; Bart, as inspector-General of the Royal Marines, has at length been officially notified from the Admiralty to the different divisions of the corps. Dr. Qaurrier is appointed Surgeon of the Royal Marines and Royal Marine Artillery in this Garri son, vice James Rickman, Esq. who has been su perannuated, after a service of upwards of fifty years. Mr. William Adamson is appointed Aisistant- Surgeon at the Chatham Division of Royal Ma rines, vice Mr. Arthur Fry, who has been superan nuated. Second Lieut. H. F. Murton's appointment to the Plymouth Division of Royal Marines, from the Royal Marine Artillery, has been cancelled in favour of Chatham. Second Lieuti nant Thomas Fraser, with one ser• geant, one corporal, one drummer, and seventy-six privates of the Royal Marines, embarked yesterday on board his Majesty's ship 'Wellesley, for the pur pose of completing her establishment of Marines. - Captain Alfred Burton, and First Lieutenant H. B. Skinner, of, the Royal Marines, have 'been ap pointed to his Majesty's ship Alfred, lately com missioned at Chatham. The King has been pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Captain George Francis Sey mour, of the Royal Navy, as Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic order. ,His Majesty's ships Semarang, Dispatch, Ariadne, Nautilus, and Savage, which are still at Spithead, waiting orders, are supposed to he det'ained here in order to be in readiness to proceed at a moment's notice to the Scheldt, in case any interruption should be offered to its free navigation. The officers and crew of his Majesty's late ship Thetis, were paid off on Saturday. Mr. Jacob Geach, her late Boatswain, who displayed so much presence of mind on the melancholy occasion of her wreck, in rescuing from a wattry grave nearly 200 of the crew, has - been appointed to his Majesty's ship Aired, 50, at Chatham. (jitters were received on Thursday for his Ma jesty's ship Wellesley, 74 (guard-ship at this port), Captain Samuel Rowley, to complete her crew to the full, peace establishment. Similar orders have been given to his Majesty's ship Donegal, 76, Capt. John Diet, at Sheerness, and Revenge, 76, Captain James Hillyar, at Plymouth. Their destination is uncertain, being stated by some to be the Mediter ranean, by others, the Scheldt. His Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, 28, Captain Charles Graham, may be hourly expected from the Mediterranean, she having been spoken by the Co lumbia steamer, Lieut. R. Ede, on Monday, off the Manacles. She is on her return to England in coo sequence of her period of service having expired. 'The Prince Regent, transport, Lieut. Binsteari, Agent, mill sail for Deptford, with a cargo of re turned victualling stores, from Weovil, as soon as the wind will permit. The Georgian:), male convict ship, sailed on Fri day for New South Wales, with 182 male convicts, louder the medical charge of Dr. Tarn. The Proteus, convict-ship, may -be hourly ex pected from the river, to receiv e 132 convic . s at this port, under the medical charge of Dr. Logan, fcr New South Wales. Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Hotham K.C.8., appointed to the command of the Medi terranean station, is expected on a visit to th's arsenal to-morrow. Sir Henry will nor, however, yet hoist his flag. Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty, is expected here on an officia l visit on Wednesda y :, His Majesty's ship Belvidera, 42, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas (fitted for the rliediteiraneart station), was towel out of harbour yesterday,. and is expected to sail on Wednesday, taking out as passengirs Mr. Farren, appointed Consul-General for Syria, his lady and family, and dispatches for the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir Phi. teney s . Talcoltn. The 13elvidera has been fitted with Mr. Jacob Geach, late boatswain of the Thetis, Iris been rewarded by an appointment as bohtswain of the Alfied, 30, now fitting out at Chatham, which is a rate higher than the Tbetis. The Wellesley, 74, guard-ship at Portsmouth, and the Revenge, 74, at this port, are ordered to be got ready for sea. It is now ascertained that Captain Sir Thomas Trowbridge will proceed to Coik in the Stag, 46, to relieve Rea.-Admiral Sir Chaths Pager, with no other allowances or emoluments than those simply of a pr•vate Captain, without a broad pendant. His Majesty's steam-packet Columbia, Lieut. Ede, Commander, arrived on Tuesday front the Mediterranean, last from Falmouth, where she landed her mails. The time occupied by this . steamer on her voyage out and home was 47 days, rather mere tima the mean absence of the Mediterranean packets; she left Malta on the 12th March. The Britannia, 120, Melville, 74, Scylla, IS, and Ferret, 10, were lying at Malta. The Raleigh, 18, was gone •to Tunis and Naplcs. The Rattlesnake, 18, had sailed for England, and waa met by the Columbia off the Manacles, on the 181 h. The Blonde, 46, and Wasp, 18, were also under cadets for Englimd. -In Hamottze—Caledonia, Revenge, Sandwich, Druid, Oreste, and Trinculo packet, Carron and Columbia steamers, and Industry naval transport. At the Island—Royalist. NEUTRALITY OF SWITZERLAND. AUSTRIAN NOTE. TO THE AVOYERS AND COUNCIL OF STATE OF THE CANTON OF LUCERNE, THE PRESENT DIRECTORY OF THE SWISS CONFEDERATION. The undersigned Chance!tor of Court and State of his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty has received the despatch of the nth January, by which their Excellencies the Avoyers and Coined of State of the Canton of Lu cerne, the present Directoty of the Swiss Confedeiation, communicated to him the declaration which emanated on the 22d of December from the extraordinary Diet assembled at Berne. The neutrality of Switzerland was declared, sanctioned, and guaranteed by the subscribing Powers to the act of the Congress of Vienna, who thereby gave to the Confedera tion an unequivocal proof of their benevolent interest. The Austrian Cabinet found, during recent communica tions with the Directory, the opportunity of recapitulating the engagements which subsist in this respect, and the entire value of which it recognized. In this state of things, and while no political war troubled the repose of Europe, but on the contrary the will of all the Powers was declared for the maintenan ce •of peace, it was impossible, without astonishment, to perceive the solicitude for the conservation of the precious benefit of neutrality, which ought to diffuse in Switzerland only calmness and tranquillity, producing a solemn declaration of that very neutrality—which decla ration not being called for by any apparent motive, as sumes, by its spontaneousness, a character of distrust almost offeniive to the neighbours of the confederation. *fhis astonishment was augmented by the measure, equally gratuitous and onerous on the part of the Cantons, of a considerable armament,—an armament which was neither occasioned nor justified by any imminent danger, nor by any menacing demonstration on the part of the neighbour ing states, but which cannot tail to infuse disquietu,le and agitation into the minds of the peaceful people of Swit zerland. The frankness of these observations can only be re garded by the Confederation as a new proof of the sincere interest which the Emperor has at all times taken in, that body. With the constant solicitude which that interest inspires, his Imperial Majesty will constantly repel every attempt to compromise the neutrality of SWitzerland, or. to interfere in its internal affairs, and the sincerity of his intentions does not permit him to entertain any doubt of the reception which the present overture will obtain from Magistrates invested with the duty of watching over the most important interests of their country. The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity to offer to the Avilyeis and Council of State of the Canton of Luc me the assurances of his high consideration. Vienna, Alarch 6. (Signed) METTERNICH. ANSWER OF THE SWISS DIET TO AUSTRIA. The Avoyers and Council of State of the Canton of Lu cerne, the present Directory of the Concederation, have re ceived the note which his Highness, Prince Metternich, Chancellor of Court and State to his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, addressed to them under the date of the tith of March, 1831, in reply to that of the sth of January, which accompanied the declaration of the Diet of the 27th of December, 1830, and they have hastened to communicate the same to the Deputies of the Swiss Cantons, assembled in an extraordinary Diet. On perceiving in the note of his Highness a recapitula tion of the solemn treaties by which the Powers have acknowledged and guaranteed the neutrality of Switzer land,--on receiving from his Imperial and Royal Majesty fresh assurances that he recognizes all the value of those treaties, and that he entertains a constant solicitude for the interests of Switzerland,--all the members of the Federal Assembly experienced the sentiment of a sincere gratitude, and they beg of Prince Metternich that he will be plead to be the organ of the expression of that gratitude to his august Sovereign. But while suck is the sentiment which the note of his Highness has impressed on the Diet, it is not without much regret that they perceive, in the same note, that their declaration of the 22d December, 1830, had given origin _respecting. the real intentions of Switzerland—to doubts which that act ought not to have excited. Considerable armaments have taken place and are in progress in the countries adjacent to Switz+ rland. Not' withstanding the desires of the great Powers, and their efforts to preserve the peace of Europe, the chances of a crisis cannot be di , guised. Such is the character of the epoch in which the Diet has declared the maintenance 01 a strict neutrality, and the employment, with the view of making that right be respected, of all the means in its lower ; and, also, that it will not call the Swiss to arms except for protecting their frontiers from every external attack, front whatever quarter that attack may conic. The attack which the Conferation assumed was com manded by its dearest interests, it was conformable to the views of the great Powers, who, in the act of the 20111 of November, 1815, recognize.] the neutrality and inviola bility of Switzerland, as well as its independence fr om all Gireign influence to be objects within the true interests of the policy of all Europe. Without preparations propor tioned to the serious nature of the circumstance, Switzer !and might find herself delivered up to the chances of a very uncertain futurity, and it was the duty of the Diet to provid e w i t h out d e l ay f or ren d er i ng p ro mptly disposa ble all the military forces of the Confederation. All the peo?de of Switzerland ardently desire the main tenance of peace. They bless the efforts of the Sovereigns for preserving to humanity the most precious of benefits, POSITION OF VIE lIIISsIAN ARMY IN • POLAND: A correct idea is not generally entertained of the situation of this army. 'The plan of the Russian Commander has signilllv failed. He had reckoned on the continuance of the ice during the months of February and March, and thought, therefore, that he could easily trahspott 'his7atmy and its immense materiel over the Vistula aiid Bug, and traverse the marshes with tU.: same facility. The sudden thaw has destroyed these expectations ; and the deter mined resistance of a handful of brave men has ...... placed the Russian army, surrounded as it is by swamps and marshes,'in the most difficult situation imaginable. After the brilliant actions in the end of February, the Polish army repassed the • Vistula, whilst the enemy was , unable to offer any interrup tion to this movement, notwithstanding the immense numerical superiority of the Russians. In fact, General Diebitsch wAs unable to manceavrey in such marshy ground, bralten- up by the melting of the snow, the columns of an army harrassed by fatigue, the men, and particularly the horses, of which were without sufficient food for some days. It is now admitted on all hands, tha. the Russians are suffer- ing, from the scarcity of provisions. If the theatre of war were Bavaria, Wurtembcrg, or Saxony, which are fertile countries, intersected with good soads, where constant communication might be kept up, the belligerents might' effect their movements, sure of being followed by their convoys, and to find in other respects, from the resources of the country itself, subsistence for their men and horses. It is quite different, however, in Poland, and particularly nn the right bank of the Vistula, where there are immense marshes and lakes. The following state ment -represents, in Polish miles, each about two thirds of u hectare, the extent of the lakes and marshes :—The Palatinate of Augustow, by which the Russian army entered Poland, contaMs 28,350 acres of lakes, and 71,340 of marshes. The Pala tinate of Pluck, in which the army is now ma uceuvring, has 1,680 acres of lakes, and 20,550 of marshes. The Palatinate of Warsaw, in which the battles of February were fought, contains 2,280 acres of lakes and 8,550 of marshes. The Pak tinates of Augustow, Hook, and Podlachia, occupied by the Russian army, - are thus the least fertile and thinly inhabited, owing certainly to the warst! ) , and watery nature of the soil. - The same remark ap plies to the smal l p ortion of the Palatinate of -War saw, which is situa te. on the ri g ht bank of the Vis .. tula, and which extends; to the Bug. The Russian army has, it - would:apssear•from this, taken up its position - at a distance o f.stxt y or ei g ht y lea g ues from Bialystock and Gratin°, in which its principal ma gazinss are, and in the country wliete you may travel four or five Itagues .thout mting en a v illage—without wi passable roarl,—sur ve misetable rounded by marshes, and in the midst of a hostile population. Supposing that it had formed inter mediate depots of provisions and forage, stationed at only five daysjourney from the army, - let us cal culate the enormous, materiel necessary for bringing the daily subsistence to the troops. The total force emi sists, it is said, of 200,000 men, including over 20,000 cavalry. The consumption of each man being estimated at two pounds weight daily, in corn or other substances, and a half pound being allowed for , m the qusrtr of a pint of. spirits, withont which the Russian soldier cannot fi g ht, it follows that the total is% 'e !-: , 0o q hotof provisions for one day, f or 200.000 men, uintals,aud'far five days 25,000 quin taei the rransport of which would require 1,250 waggons cr carriages, drawn by four horses each. The same number of carriages must regularly return empty, 50 t hat in fact 2,500 carriages, and 10,000 horses, woul d be necessar y for the conv eyance of the supplie s . The p rocurin g of fora g e for the y h embarrassing. orsesa Independently of Id the waggo n h orses . gun s and 400 carriages, and abov e 5,000 lotrthere are at least 5,000 artiller y horses, for a p ark fler4sec2:ool,so(slotill e m a ‘ o , h o rses of the staff officers of the regiments. Fifteen thousand horses are necessary for drawing from 4,000 to 5,000 c arriages, containing the daily forage, make ing a total of 50,000 horses. Each horse consumes at least eighteen pounds weight daily in hay and oats that i s 9,000 quintals in each day, and 45,000 gain tals in five days. It would require 2,250 carriages to bring that weght of forage from the nearest depot, w hil st the same number of carriages would be on their way back empty, making altogether 4,500 carriages necessary for this second service. It may well be conceived what confusion would have been even occ asioned, during the fret, by the constant passage of 7,000 carriages through the bad roads, on the right bank of the Vistula, to secure from day to they the very existence of the army, which was represented as so formidable; but since the thaw these roads must be actually impassible, and the Russians must b e re d uce d to• starvation. Their pre sent position, therefore, is not tenable ; and any re inforcement of troops ill only increase their distress. Should (leneral ' t-ch. eff e ct immediately the crossing of th e Vistula, l near Plock, as some imagine he wishes to d o , u find on the left batik of the river a sandy e Polish army willo iditoub ryand more fertile soil but the organise o n that account take r advantageofit, and as the nature of .tilite a country e formidabl e re sistance,untry will leave t h em free to make their cannot attempt the passage of the liver except at evident di dsa vantage.—Le Temps. In the event of a dissolution of Parliatnent, Mr. BINGHAM BARING, it is said, will oppose the re election of the Duke of BUCKINGHAM'S Member for Win chester. It is said that the QUEEN, the Princess of Hesse Hommitc, and the Duke and Duchess of GLOU CES E'ER, are all unfriendly to the Ministers' Reform Bill; and that Etrl JERSEY, whose lady is attached to her Jesrr's Household, has expressed his apprehensions of its danger to his MAJESTY...-. Observer. -• • If there be no way of procuring for the in. habitants of the metropolis pure water except by filtration, it is obvious that the object would be inure effectually ob nined by private filters in each house than by any who'e sale underground process, the effect of which may be in many instances defeated before the liquid reaches the do mestic cistern. chapel, built at his expence under their sanction, for forty yea-s. An Act had been lately introduced by the Bishop of London, purporting to be an amend- ' ment of the .sth of Georg IV., which after setting forth the conditions upon which private individuals should be permitted to build churches, provides that the Commis:ioners, with the concurrence of the Ordinary, may empower the builders of such churches to present incumbents to them for forty years. If this Act passed into a law, it would have art inju rious effect on the Protestant religion, as it would throw impeliznents. in the way of .charitable indivi duals, who felt dispo-ed to expend money for the accommodation of persons who wished to go to church. .There were millions of persons in this country, who did not attend divine service on Sune days for want of accommodation. Was it then proper to throw obstructions in the way of benevo lent individuals, who felt disposed!o build churchi s? For what person would go to the expense of build ing a church, if he did not previously feel secure that he could present an incumbent to it ? Ac cording to the Bill now before the House, the Bishop might refuse his concurrence after the church we, built. The obstructions heretofore in the way of building churches wer:, sufficiently great without in creasing them ; for, on account of the negligent manner in which the Commissioners transacted bu siness, persons applying for porn's-ion to build churches could scarcely obtain it within two years. To render the Act effectual, it should state the con ditions on which individuals might build churches, without imposing any other restrictions than merely a compliance with such conditions. Mr. Gordon concluded by moving certain resolutions condemna tory of the Act in question. Mr. WHITE, in seconding the resolutions, did not wish to interfere with the ecclesiastical arrangements of the Church of England,—the object of the meet ing was to give persons willing to build churches as much encouragement as possible, whet eas the Bill alluded to threw obstacles in their way. It was by giving such encouragement that our Popish woces tars had built the numerous cathedrals which orna mented this country. It was not by acting on High Church principles, that religion was best cul tivated; the Macadamising of the population, ce menting them together, as if dove-tailed, was the Vast way to promote Christianity. Mr. DRUMMOND observed that the provisions of the Bill were framed from beginning to erns with pertinacious ingenuity. It was by such conduct on the part of the heads of the Church, that the people were induced to btcome Dis-enters. He had himself reluctantly assisted in building two Dissenting Chapels, being better pleased that the people should go to such places of worship than go nowhere. Were it not for that folly, the sums voted for building churches, while Lord Bexley was Chancellor of the Exchequer, might have been - as red ; for :hew were individuals enough willing to build churches, if no obstacles were thrown in their way. lle knew no act that bro:ight more censure on the Protestant Church than this. If the Bishops were jealous of laymen having the power of nomi nating incumbents, why did they not bring in a Bill to prevent it ? Were there not thousands of livings offered every (lay for sale ? All he wanted was, that the Bishop should not have the power of suspending a clergyman for performing divine ser vice in churches but by private individuals. He did not wish to interfere with vested rights. The Rev. Mr. CLNNINGHAIK felt satisfied that the Commissioners would give every facility that was consistent with propriety for the building of churches, and that was the object of the Bishop of London in introducing this Bill. Though Mr. Drummond denied any wish to interfere with vested rights, yet the building of churches would cer tainly diminish the amount of the Easter offerings to the Rector; for those who previously made an offering of a guinea would not give that sum if they frequented the new church instead of the parish church.. He felt convinced that a Bill with pro visions such as the !meting desired, would not pass in the linuse of Lords. Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting against the Bill, and it was unanimously agreed that a petition be presented to Parliament expressive of their object and against the Bill. ON THE DISCONTENTS IN RUSSIA, In my former letters I have endeavoured to point out some of the springs of action which are likely to move the Russian Aristacracy into a struggle with the Autocrley ; to these may be added the general grievances which affect all classes of the `communist' : such as the leibery, partiality, and 'excessive telionsairsF, in the administration of jus lice, the non-publicit y of the proceedings in the ordinary Courts of Law and Police, the secret Police, the opening of lettirs at the Post-office, the restraints on education, and on the liberty of travelling to other countries, the exclusion of such foreign books and journals as advocate liberal prin ciples, the harshness and terrorism with which the fiats of the imperial will, and the obs,rvance of the minutest and most frivolous regulations are .en forced, increasing in degree in proportion to the meanness of the agents ; all these have some weight in contributing to the Mass of national discontent. I shall next proceed to enumerate some of the moral and physical obstacles which stand its the way of the Russian Aristocracy ; for it is only among this class that there exists. either tie intel ligence or the means of organization requisite to give effect to their wishes. 1. Let it he remarked, in the first place, that the Aristocracy of Russia forms but a very small part of the nation at large.* 2. Again, by fat tha greater part even of this small portion, are living on their estates or dis persed through the provincial towns; in both cases unable from the distance to afford any speedy as sistance to their fraternity in the army Of the old capital, in case of need. The increasing subdivi sion of property, and the diminution of their in . comes o f late years, have also di iven to the country many of those who used formerly to rtsidu in toms. 3. There is little or no unity of feeling on po litical subjects between the privileged and non privileged orders, of which the latter naturally forms the most numerous class of the town population. The non-privileged freemen, comprehending, under that name, the merchants, shopkeepers, artizans, publicans, and the like, almost all of whom have emerged from the condition of serfs, possess, in ge neral, scarcely any education, beyond the barest knowledge of letters and arithmetic, and usually retain all their lives, that prostration of mind which 7. The degraded condition and ignorance of the common soldiers render them insensible of any ut i t,tter wants than mere animal eravingq; - conse quently, in a civil contest, they, as well as the Cos sacks and disciplined Tartars, may be induced to jitfn the party shish can offer the_ greatest indul 4ence to their appetites. . •• S. The national purse being in the hands of :the Crown, will always enable it, in strnggling for:the talaintenance of its authority, to spread disunirm am ong the Aristocracy, geld to retain a considerable part of them on its side. 9. No party of the-AristoCracy, however mitre r,tits, can all st once acquire an ofranization equal to that of the slowly formed machine of state - already existing; and under the4e circumstances we, every day, see the many crushed by the few. 10. There is-a secret but deadly enmity very ge nerally spread among the peasantry against tl'ocir masters The fruit of the knowledge of good and evil bus already begun to work upon the minds 4.f ihe Russian Serfs : they know that aer have err (.lin rights nominally guaranteed to am by law: _ . i•-ey see these rights daily trampled upon in prec.. : they dare not complain, fur their masters still etain the potter of lash- 7 -ot banishing to Si it-Liu, and of sending to the army (which is reckoned ~linost, if not quite, as severe a punishment); but ,heir ignorance prevents them from combining to procure any amelioration of their condition, and the Latent poser which they possess continues to lie tiormaut. This is a fotrddable catalogue of obS:acles in the v,-ay of the Ru:sian noblesse ; yet, let the prestnt system remain unchanged, and they will not be in surmountable by a class which is daily increetsii* in numbers, and advancing in knowledge. The Autorre, pluerd between a neglected aristt cracy and a suffering peasantry, will find it not an easy task to keep his balance steady—without ma tirial al'erotions either on the one side or the other; while he wavers, the very arm of his strength k ready to become the instrument of his downfal. The subjugation of Poland and its incorporation with the empire, in place of retarding, would, in all probabil:ty, accei - erate the crisis. If he and his Ministers continue blind to the signs of the time,, and deaf ro - the calls Of .reason; quires but little foresight to predict, that therthly not far distant when the spider shall weave his web in the Imperial Palace, and the owl sing her watch song cn tt.e toy.rs of the Czars. " — About three quarters of a milli o n, while tie empire contains nearly sits millions of inhabitant,. t say that a m an b e l ongs t o the poriff a ki ro d" (the Clerical race), is equivalent to calling him a sneaking, cunning rogue. • On the breaking out of the conspiracy in 1825, the peasantry in several villages displayed their loyalty by arr e %i_ ing and conducting before the local authorities, travellers whose gentlemanly appearance was the only proof pre.- sumptive tlgaiust-them. The following is the Housc List of Governois anti Directors of the Bank of England for the year iP• suing, viz.:—. FOR GOV E RNO RS. JOHN HORSLEY PALMER, Esq, Governor. ANDREW HENRY THOMSON, ESCI., Deputy Governor. YOU. DI A ECTOB.S. John Bowden, Bal. , She Meld Neave, Esq. -John Cockerel', Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. • William Cotton. Esq. James Pattison, jun., E.g. Samuel Drewe, Esq. John Henry Peily, Esq. George Donlon: Esq. Charles Polo, Esq. ~., Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. I lenry Porches., Es t q„ Abel Lewes Gower, Eq. Richard Mee &tikes Et:. ? Samuel Hibbert, Esq. John Baker Richards, Esc. WilUani Manning, Esq. William It. itobinson, Eta. William Mellish, Esq. William Thonipson, Esq. :ii - A Humphrey St. John INtiltimAF, Alderman. - .Samuel Thornton, Esq. • - James Morris, Esq. Thomas Wane, EN. The election of the Governor and Deputy Governor w•ili be held at the Bank en Tuesday, the and fc,r Directors on Wednesday, the 6th iust., from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternottu. There is nothing against which we would Wire. earnestly caution all the friends cf Reform, especially those of the lower classes, than suffering their joy or their re sentment upon the subject to extend beyond the hounds of moderation. This may not in ail cases he a very easy task to practise; but it is most .essential that it should in no instinc.e be disregarded. The enemies .f Reform are watching to convert every little over-ebullition nn th'e part of the people into a pretence for imputing to them the most sanguinary and disgraceful objects ; in proof 0 . : which we need only refer them to the columns of a Sun day paper, which speaks of the trilling excesses which have occurred at Edinburgh and Dundee as " sufficient vi satisfy those who have property to lose, who have houses to be plundered, who have wives to he sacrificed, or daughters to be violated."—Morning Paper. - TILE ONLY AUTHENTIC LIFE OE BONA PARFE.-The public will be glad to find Oast a nets•, completo, beautifully illustrated, and what is more to tie purpose, cliiap edition of BousELENNE's celebrated Me moirs of NAPOLEON is just published, in three portable volumes by Messrs. COLBUK22 and BENTLEY. It has suited the purposes of party in •Ern land to question the authenticity of some portions of BounEtENNE'S statements; hut in France, where alone the truth Inn be ascertained, 1301IRRiENNE is held by the majority to be the only faith ful chronicler of the wonderful career of his friend, anti master the ex-Emperor, with Whom - he was in estistan't personal and confidential communication. But - that - every view of the same question or event may be at the corn • mand of the reader, the English Editor has appended to the present edition, in three volumes, a variety of notx from the dictations of Nal.°',got; himself to his G' nerds during his captivity at St. Helena, from the Memoirs of the Duke of Rovico, of General RAN., of Ceunt LA* CASI4S, of. M. CONSTANT, and of Mr. O'MEARA ; also from the . notes of Josxeu BONAPARTE, and }Tom tl\e writings of English officers of high rank, such as the Mar, quis of LONDONDERRY, Ste." This, it must he admitted, is a new and highly valuable feature of the pr,sent editioa, . amd cannot fail to eniuto for it the moat extensive po!- pularity. INVITATION OF MALTON TO THE LORD Anyocktu.—On Tuesday last a numerous and respec t dde meeting of the burgesses of Alalton, was htlii in the Town-hall, to take into consideration the best means of filling up the vacancy in the representation of the borough, occasioned Ity the resignation of Sir Jamrs ScAnterr. A letter which had been received by the last post from Lard MaToN, was read to the meeting, stating that the de— ision of an Election Committee had deprived . the Lord Advocate of Scotland, Mr. JEFFREY, of his sett: and his presence. iu Parliament at this moment being of ma terial consequence, Lord MILTON asked the people of Alalton to e!ect the Learned Lord as their re, resenta tive durkg the remainder of the present Patlis went. Ills Lordship added that, as the Loan Auto- CATE is personally unknown to him, he suegested on public grounds only ; hut his fame at the Scotch bar, and the abilities and consistency which he had displayed in his public c onduct, would, it was hoped, he considered sufficient justification to his Lordship for his a.king .this cavour. In consequence of which communication 'be in g made, it was unanimously resolved, that the vin•e'hl act knowledged with the utmost gratification the very flatter? *mg communication from Lord Alturosr, in recotOP!Wioll so di,tinguisheil an individual as the.present VOCATK of Scotland to become the succesSorh SCAntErr in the representation of this Gl i rr L 4v i 1: 1; a mem, and thereby pltdged itself t o i give t he d its support, and that he si t , ;eTil ,f _ jr toll! 3 , 4 : -num of the mteting to 4 14:r .. s7tb% „.„ 0 0, and, '4l" occasioned in _the :re P h r r n it 'to th on e r tecio • prasionsfy to pos sbie,• to Pr'itneketvo...—.Leeds Ateret.ro. doal on the day oi