The Sun. — London, England, 1832-06-27 00:00:00

TITE RIGHTS OF THE POLISH PRO VINCES INCORPORATED WITH RUSSIA. BY A nEMEIIIi OF THE POLISH DIET. The Manifesto of the Polish Diet of the 20th December, 1830, has unveiled to the' world the horrors exercised by the Russian Government in respect to Poland , an d the violations of ;the Constitutional Charter given by the Emperor Alexander in the year 1815 to the kingdom of Poland, - which had a right, according to the tenour of the treaty of Vienna, to enjoy the stain quo o f its Constitution of 1807 , which secured to the Pules greater advantages than that of 1815. At length, after fifteen years of perse cution and slavery, four millions of Poles took up arms in the most legitimate and noblest of revolutions. Very soon it spread into the Po lognese provinces incorporated with Russia, upon which the Muscovite yoke pressed still more heavily, and from that moment the cause of the kingdom was that of the provinces, and every where the same efforts—the same devo tion—the same sacrifices distinguished the Poles. This identity of wishes and efforts was sanctioned by the Polish Diet, which, after so many years of absence, had the satisfaction of receiving into its bosom the representatives of the Polish pro vinces incorporated with Russia, which had revolted for the purpose of forming one undi vided free and independent Poland. And if the revolution of the kingdom of Poland be legalized by fifteen years of the grossest violations of the Constitution, which was its sole and only bond of connexion with the empire of Russia, the revolution of the Polish provinces incorporated with Russia was still more lawful. For while the kingdom, notwithstanding the great abuses practised by the Russian Government, enjoyed a portion of those advantages which the treaty of Vienna, unjust as it was, secured to Poland, the Polish provinces incorporated with Russia, instead of enjoying an extension of their national privileges guaranteed to them by the same treaty, were despoiled of those which they pos sessed before the treaty of Vienna, as the fol lowing facts will prove : The first article of the treaty of Vienna says— " The Poles, subjects respectively of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, will obtain a representa tion and national institutions, regulated accord ing to that form of political existence, which the Governments on which they are dependent shall deem it useful and proper to grant." It is then indisputable that the treaty of Vienna guaranteed to the Polish provinces a representation and national institutions. And if the clause which is joined to it appears in any degree to weaken the interests of the Polish provinces, it does not destroy their rights ; for if it gives, on one side, the power of modifying the Government of those provinces to the Em peror of Russia, it obliges him, on the other, to grant them national institutions and a represen tation. The obligation is then as formal as it ought to be inviolate. What were then tile national institutions and the representation guaranteed to the Polish pro vince; by tie treaty of Vienna ? The govern ments of \Vilna, of Grodno, of Witepsk, cf Mo hilow, of Minsk, of Volhynia, of Podolia, of the Ukraine, of Biatystok, which constitute those provinces, have they enjoyed the advantages promised? Not only did they not receive a re presentation and national institutions, but they were even deprived of their language, religion, and the national usages, their separate legisla tion, and system of public education which they had enjoyed previously to the treaty of Vienna. It was thus that the Emperor Alexander fulfilled his solemn promises, made in the year 1818 to the Members of the Diet of the kingdom of Poland, when he said, " It is my wish to extend to my other subjects a participation in the ad vantages which I have bestowed upon your country." To expose the numerous grievances of those Polish provinces, it is sufficient to glance at the policy which the Rucsian Government adopted with regard to them. The perfect identity of the Poles of those provinces with those of the kingdom of Poland—the same language—the same religion—the same love of liberty and in dependence—the recollection of their ancient state—their nationality carefully cherished—their immense local resources—the great extent of territory—a geographical position more favour able than that of the kingdom—a population of more than nine millions of inhabitants—rendered Russia jealous of this principal part of Poland ; and as she neither respects justice nor the rights of nations, when her own interests are concerned, she found no other alternative, in her ambitious views, but the complete destruction of the nationality of those provinces, and their perfect assimilation with Russia. Such has been the tendency of her efforts ever since the reign of the intriguing and victorious Catherine, and the liberticide project is, in our own day ; consum mated by the annihilation of all Poland. This project was persevered in by Russia, with the cunning and dexterity which always accompany her criminal stratagems. She chastised with one hand and caressed with the other, and while she called herself the protectress of Polish nation• ality she was preparing to strike a deadly blow. The history of the misfortunes of those Polish provinces is that of martyrdom—it surpasses all that the evil genius of the human mind can in vent. Let us examine the principal facts, which will prove how Russia mocked the obligations which the treaty of Vienna had imposed upon her, and the execution of which she had guaranteed. Tne Polish provinces taken away by Russia possessed, until the period of the Congress of Vienna, a separate legislation, named the Statute of Liteutski—the right of electing their judges and their chiefs of districts, designsted under the name of marshals, and certain commercial advantages distinct from those of Russia—publi city of procedure in their civil affairs, the free use of their Polish language, and the unrestricted exercise of their religion. The treaty of Vienna (fatal conspiracy of sovereigns against the people) occurred. Some years elapsed under the spurious liberality of the Russian Govern ment, which only assumed this hypocritical mask, in order the more easily to strike its victims. Thus it soon sacrificed to its despotism the rights of the Polish provinces, which it even despoiled of the national privileges which they possessed before the Congress of Vienna. Ist—Th e Li t h ua ni an C o de (the Statute Litewski) and the publicity of the Courts of Jus tice, were abolished. 2,lly—The Russian language was introduced into all that related to Government. idly.—The best schools were closed, under pretence of a too liberal spirit among the pupils. 4thly—The inquisitorial system was intro duced in civil proceedings, as well as in the book of the ukases and of monopoly. sthly—All the national relations of Govern ment between different parts of the same pro vinces were destroyed, and the centre of opera tion established at St. Petersburgh. Cady—Espionage and the grossest venality were patronized by Government, which preferred being plundered, rather than afford an adequate remuneration to the civil and military auth o . rities. 7thly—The greatest intolerance was exercised towards the Catholic religion, and the " Greek Unique" (which is only a branch of Catho licism), which the Government by its persecu tions wished to change and to render schismatic, and which it-has already partially effected by the ukase which prohibits any new installation of Ecclesiastics in the Greek " Unique" system of worship. Stilly—The enjoyment of the rights of the citizen can only be gained by military service. 9thly—Thousands of victims suspected of patriotism crowded the prisons, on the solitary denunciation of a spy, and were sent to work on the fortresses, or condemned to the service of private soldiers in regiments at a distance from Itussia—banished to Siberia, or doomed to hard labour in the mines of Irkusk, Tobolsk, or Nercynsk. It was thus that in the year 1826 more than a hundred of the most distinguished pupils of the University of %Vilna—of the Lyceum of Krze mieniec—of the schools of Krozc—of Ssvislocz —of Kieydany—were torn from the bosom of their families, and dispersed into the distant provinces of the vast empire, without ever being able to ascertain the place of abode of many of them. 10thly—The Russian military system was exercised with such great cruelty that the recruits in chains, with their hair cut off, that they might be the more easily recognised, were driven to commit suicide, or to maim themselves in order to escape 2.5 years of the most horrible service. 1 lthly—The servile and barbarous punish ment of the knout was introduced (probably as a bond of sympathy between the Russians and the Poles). 12thly—A corps, under the designation of the " Lithuanian Corps" was organized, but composed wholly of Russians, as if in derision ; the political design of the Government of Russia was that of concealing with this mask the anti national measures of Russia with respect to Lithuania and the other provinces. 13th1y—The usages of the civil tribunals were forbidden in cases of political offences, which were tried by special inquisitorial commissions, composed of hired agents of the Government, and of the vilest spies, who, having their decrees prepared before interrogation, extorted from pre judged persons, by the most infamous proceed ings, their signature and their confessions of crime which they had never committed. It is in this way the greater number of persons ac cused of political offences are t r i e d. _ . _ _ 14thly—Martial-law was exercised in those provinces by the Grand Duke Constantine for the space of ten years ; who, under the autho rity of the Emperor Alexander, called the mag nanimous, there exercised a system of terror that made him the greatest scourge of those provinces, and would be so still if death had not delivered Poland from that monster. 15thly—The greater number of the public functionaries were sent from Russia to coun tenance the greatest abu,es. Such was the fate of Lithuania and of the other provinces incorporated with Russia, until the moment that the Polish revolution broke out —such was the representation—such the 'na tional institutions guaranteed by the treaty of Vienna in those provinces—such were the means taken to " regulate them according to the form of the political existence which the Russian Go vernment thought it useful and expedient to grant to them." Such was the bad faith of the Russian Cabinet, and the motives which deter mined the provinces to make common cause with the kingdom of Poland—a revolution which would have produced the most brilliant results had it not been for the hypocritical pro mises of the French Government, which denied Poland in her evil days—which betrayed her in terests—which exhibited a total forgetfulness of benefits received instead of a sense of grati tude—which stung, with a truly diabolical satisfaction, the generous feelings of the Mo narch, in announcing the passage of the Vistula by the Russians—which had the atrocious im pudence to address, with perfidious condolence, to the Chamber of Deputies, these words, stained with blood, which will recoil upon the authors of the massacre of Poland—" Order reigns in Warsaw !" Yes, it is the " order" of the tomb, the silence of the grave. Here we see the source of the miseries of Poland. If it were not for the perfidy of the French Government, and the intervention of Prussia, Poland would still exist. The Muscovite hordes would have been driven back in crowds upon their deserts, and Europe delivered from the political scourge which menaces her. Now that Poland is sacri ficed—that the crime of liberticide has been consummated—that so much blood has been shed in vain—that under the hands of the Van dals everything is about to perish—religion, morals, civilization, industry—that an entire nation is about to be exterminated—that Poland will be soon peopled with Russians, and Russia with Poles—that the last traces of nationality are annihilated—that the powerful barrier be tween despotism and liberty is destroyed—that the Autocrat reigns over the ruins and the life less body of a heroic people—that Russia has trampled under foot the engagements which she herself contracted—that the wreck of a nation, escaped from the horrors prepared for them by the conqueror, wander in all parts of the world, deprived of their families, their rank and fortune—what remains to be done by the Powers that signed the Treaty of Vienn a , an d especially England and France ? It is to insist upon the restoration of the zehole of Poland which took part in the last revolution—that is to say, of the kingdom of Poland, and of the Polish provinces incorporated with Russia—to strictly enforce the rights which all those pro vinces have to a free and independent existence —to secure to a nation which so well deserves to be free, and which has proved, in its last struggle, the power of its moral force, and the indissoluble tie which exists between all its parts, and which the separation of half a century, and the most atrocious persecutions, have not been able to destroy. In reality, what guarantee can Englano and France have, in case of the restoration of the kingdom of Poland, if they should decide upon giving effect to the treaty of Vienna ? What guarantee can they have of the inviolability of rights granted by this treaty to the Polish pro vinces ? The bad faith of the Russian Cabinet is too well known for them to be deceived a second time, and as it has violated the treaty of Vienna, it is ready to violate any new promises. Now—it belongs to the justice, the dignity, and even the interests of Great Britain and France, to arrest the strides of the Russian giant —to expiate the crime of the partition of Poland, sacrificed by the political and narrow views of some ambitious individuals, to interests un worthy a free people. Without the restoration of the country of 13 ►pillions of Poles, groaning once more under the yoke of Russia) • napeace can be consolidated in Europe. . There will be no bridle for the ambition and iiisolence of tl'e Muscovite. It is because we wish for peace that we desire to arrest the progressive march of Russia, which, if suffered to proceed, God only knows where she will stop. She will, perhaps, even realize the project of the Em peror Paul—profiting by her conquests in Persia, she will despoil Great Britain of her oriental dominions. No. The people of Great Britain will not suffer themselves to be in sulted by means of a treaty trodden under foot, and by the menaces of Russia. They feel the grossness of the insult—they are convinced of the rights of the Polish people—they will de mand that justice shall be done by the interven tion of their Government, which, emanating from their own will, and penetrated with a sense of the dearest interests of the national dignity, will never allow itself to be humiliated by a despot. A MEMBER OF THE POLISH DIET. London, June 26. REFORM.—We believe it has hitherto escaped the notice or the Press, that the Reform Bill bears the number " 45," (11. 'WIO. 4, chap. 45), the figures for some years identified with " Wilkes and Liberty." DRAMATIC STORIES.—Mr. THOMAS AR NOLD is about to publish, under the above title, a series of stories of various countries, which are likely to prove un usually attractive, from their dramatic power and mode of narration. The scene of the principal tale (Godwin and Goda) is laid at that period of our history, when the Saxons were involved in the most obstinate and bloody struggles with their Danish invaders. " Alberic and God less," " The Impostor," and " Schelinkind,"—severally said to be German romances of extraordinary merit— " Leonessa," an Italian tale, " Life in Death," and " The Conscript and his Dog," both French stories of singular beauty, are, we have heard, the titles of the remaining stories of Mr. ARNOLD'S volumes. SILK TRADE OF MANCHESTER.—It af fords us much pleasure to notice the improving state of this branch of Lancashire manufacture. This branch of manufacture is attaining a high degree of pt rfection, and we hope a foundation is now laid for the greater encou ragement of our home trade in this particular department, for there can be no doubt that a prejudice in favour of foreign goods has at times been evinced to a degree inju riou, to the interests of our own manufacture.—Man cheater Courier. The Hon. Mrs.NORTON's editorial influence has, we understand, been the means of obtainini from Members of both Houses of Parliament several very at tractive papers for the forthcoming number of the Court Magazine and Belle Assemblje. The names of Miss FANNY KEMBLE, Lord NUGENT, SHERIDAN KNOWLES, APFAELANE, Roscoe, and other distinguished writers are also in the list of contributors ; and two original articles by Mrs. NORTON herself will appear, entitled " The Lament of the Poet Savage" and " The Coquette," a tale in prose. The Duke and Duchess of BUCCLEUCH are about to give a splendid dejeuue to their MAJESTIES and the Royal family, at their beautiful villa, above Richmond bridge. The day is, we understand, not yet fixed for the entertainment, but it is expected that it will take place ear:) , in the ensuing month, on the same iwale of splen lour as that given by their Graces to the KING and QUEEN last season. WHITEFEET.—There were eight men brought prisoners into this town on Wednesday last, charged with being Whiteteet, escorted by a strong party of the military and police. These unfortunate men are mostly all allied to each other, and among the rest, there is a father and two sons, both the latter are very young. The saying of a certain stipendiary magistrate some time ago, seems in some nn asure about being verified, namely, " that he would leave the Queen's County so thinly inhabited that the labourers would get 4s. a day."— Carlow Sentinel. THE HIGHLAND SMUGGLERS.-- This forthcoming Work by the author of " The Kuzzilbash," is said to be strictly a highland tile, descriptive partly, as its title intports, of the habits and manners of a class of people, who not long ago abounded throughout the high lands; and who, in spite of every attempt at control and legislative enactment on the part of novernment, are still to be found there. Born in the country he is about to de scribe, Mr. FRASER portrays only what he has seen and what he knows. The truth of his pictures will no doubt be recognised by many sons and daughters of the " land of the mountain and the flood." SIR JOSEPH SURFACE.-Of PEEL himself little need now be said. The only meritorious act of his public life was, on his part, a great political blunder, and he plagiarised, from others, the few emendations of the criminal code on which his friends are accustomed to laud. He has coquetted with all parties and principles, but fol lowed none further than it suited his temporary conve nience ; now Anti-Catholic, now Pro-Catholic, now for commercial restrictions, and now for free trade ; now disclaiming in favour of all cur ancient institutions, and now sweeping away rotten, musty, obsolete statutes by five score at a time; now thepet and pillar of the Church, now lending a hand to remove her landmarks ; now fiercely intolerant, and now co.-operating to destroy the penal code and the Corporation and Test Acts ; liberal to-day, anti-liberal to-morrow ; always professing candour but never sincere, and often calling out " Stop thief," when stolen goods might have been found in his own pocket. Yet this man has cut the Duke of WELLING TON, and set up in trade fur himself, hoping by dint of slipperiness and dexterity to thrust himself into office through some interstice or loophole which may have been insecure in the confidence of strength.—Caledonian Mercury. About four o'clock in the afternoon of 'Wed nesday, the wife of Mr. JOHN CIIISHOLM, merchant, South-street, Perth, was found in a back part of his shop lifeless. Not more than an hour previous to the dis covery, she was seen in the shop in her ordinary health. The circumstance was generally, in tile course of the evening, and most of the succeeding day, talked of plain tively, as an affecting instance of sudden death and the re markable uncertainty of human life. On the evening of Thursday, however, the report of other circumstances of a more ominous and unusual character reached the Procu rator Fiscal, who immediately ordered a professional ex amination of the body of the deceased. The corpse was, for that purpose, removed from the coffin into which it had been closed, preparatory to interment. The inspec tion, we understand, left no doubt upon the minds of the !relies] gentlemen that the woman had met with a violent death. The manner in which it is rumoured tile violence had been fatally exerted, is too barbarous and indelicate for public disclosure. At twelve o'clock o❑ Thursday night, shortly after the examination of the body, Mr. CHISHOLM was conveyed by two sheriff's officers from his house to an apartment of the criminal gaol, where he has since been detained. The judicial investigation of this sad affair is not yet concluded. Mr. Ciiishoim is up wards of 70 years of age, and has been during 40 years a merchant in Perth. Property to a considerable value be longs to hina.—Dundee Advertiser. MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.—A most atrocious murder has been committed on the high seas. Captain EVES, of the brig Matilda, bound from Liver pool to St. Thomas's, was brutally assaulted on the 10th of April, when in lat 37. 42. N., long. 15. 46. W., by RoßEar CHEMANES, the ship's carpenter. The man had manlested feelings of insubordination for some days pre viously, declaring, on one or two occasions, not to obey orders. On the day of the melancholy catastrophe, he did not appear on deck, and the Captain ordered the mate to ascertain the reason. He pleaded illness ; and Captain Eves immediately went forward to ascertain his complaint, and will going down the forecastle, found himself mur derously attacked by Citemases, who was armed with an auze. The Captain received a desperate cut in his thigh, which laid it bare to the bone. The whole was the work of an instant. The mate and others were down th e ladder in a few seconds, and they found the unfortunate master lying bathed in his blood. The wretch was instantly disarmed and placed in irons, and his victim languished in torments till the 15th, when death terminated his sufferings. The command of the vessel devolved upon the mate, PETER JouNsTeNE, and he steered for Madeira, where, in consequence of the unfavourable state of the weathe,tr,iihßeindGidz, in n t a o r r u d i e v r e t t o ill ha th ve e 17th. He imtnediately went on board his M a j esty ' s s hi p t h e Stag, Captain Sir T. TR ov his directions respecting the removal of the murderer to England. Sir THOMAS referred the znate to the English Consul, but the Health Officer would not allow any com munication with the shore without bringing the vessel to anchor; she in c onsequence proceeded to St. Thomas's, with the prisoner on board in iruns,--Liverpool Advertiser. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE."' WHITEHALL, Jr.STE 13. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Richard William Birch. of Derby, in the county of Derby, Gent. to be a Master Extra,r. binary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JUNE 15. The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Potter, of Guild. ford, in the county of Surrey, Gent. to be a Master Extraor. dinary in the High Court of (Thancery. WHITEHALL, Jove 19. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Samuel Parsons the younger, of the town of Nottingham, Gent. to he a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery . WHITEHALL, JUNE 20. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Romaine Gregg, of Kirkby Lonsdale, in the county of Westmorland, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of the County of York. The Hon. E. Phipps, to be Deputy Lieutenant, June 15. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. SAMUEL TEULON, Greenwich, cabinet-maker. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM WAREING, Holloway, Northamptonshire, BANKRUPTS. ----- JOSHUA FITCH, Halsted, Essex, auctioneer, to surrender July 5, at twelve, and August 7, at half.past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Burleigh and Erratt, Haverhill, Suffolk ; Wi glesworth and Ridsdale, Gray's-inn-square, London. WILLIAM HENRY ROSKELL and THOMAS SMITH, Shoreditch, plumbers, July 7, at eleven, and August 7, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Overton, Shoreditch. HENRY ROGERS, Oxford-street, jeweller, July 2, and Au gust 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitehouse, Castle-street, Holborn. WILLIAM MILLER ANDERSON, Foley-place, St. Mary lebone, surgeon, July 5, at one, and Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lowe, Lothbury ; Walthew, Norfolk street, Strand. JOSEPH SA LTHOUSE, Mountbarrow, Ulverston, Lancas. ter, cattle-dealer, July 14, and August 7, at nine, at the Sun Inn, Ulverston. Tyson, Ulverston; Walmsley, Keightley, and Parkin, Chancery-lane, London. ALFRED PETTET, Norwich, music -seller, July 9, at nine, and August 7, at twelve, at the Angel Inn, Norwich. Austin, Fit•ld-court, Gray's Inn; Staff, Norwich. JAMES HORNBY, Liverpool, corn-merchant, July 7, and August 7, at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Mawds ley, Liverpool; Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford.row, London. JOHN EDMUNDSON, Manchester, cotton manufacturer, July 12, 13, and August 7, at ten, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Walmsley, Keightley, and Parkin, Ch a n ce ry-I. l lle, London ; Lonsdale and Thomas, Manchester. THOM AS DUNSDON, Worcester, confectioner, Julyl6 and August 7, at twelve, at the Hopmarket Inn, Worcester. Bed ford, Gray's Inn-square, London; Bedford, Worcester. HENRY GICK, Liverpool, joiner, July 7 and Aug. 7, at two, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Robinson, Liverpool; Blackstock and Bunce, Temple, London. HENRY THOMAS NEWTON, Derby, liquor-merchant, July 2 and Aug. 7, at eleven, at the office of Messrs. Moss and Le Hunt, Derby. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford row, London; Moss and Le Hunt, Derby. THOMAS LAWS, Chancery-lane, victualler. July 7, at one, and Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Court Hof Bankruptcy. Wil. loughby, Clifford's-inn. WILLIAM WHITTEMORE, Brighthelmstone, Sussex, bookseller, July 4, and Aug. 7, at ten, at the Court of Bank rmitcy. Thompson, Mildred's_court, Poultry. RICHARD COLLIER, Warminster, Wiltshire, victualler, July 6, at seven, 7, at ten, and Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Bath Arms Inn, Warminster. Helder, Clement's Inn, London ; Goodman and Griffith, Warminster. WILLIAM BA LDOCK EDRIDGE, Long Acre, coach. maker, July 16, at eleven, and Aug. 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robins, Bernard-street, Russell-square ; Tur. quand, "Cokenhouse-yard. THOMAS CH A ra,ToN, Whitechapel, linen-draper, July '7, at eleven, and Aug. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turner, Basing-lane, Bread -street DIVIDENDS. W. T. Bieckes, Great Newport-street, Long-acre, leather_ cutter, July 19, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy —J. Andrew, Nottingham, money-scrivener, July 17, at ten, at the ( ourt of Bankruptcy—E. Sansom, Oxford-street, straw-hat manufacturer, July 2t, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—E. Bevan and M. Yates, Bristol, merchants, July 20, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol—B. J. Griffiths, of Wrexham, Den bighshire, draper, July 18, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester —S. Alcock, Birmingham, hat-manufacturer, July 18, at eleven, at I)ee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham--J 11. Bicknell, Stratford upon-Avon, corn-dealer, July 17, at twelve, at the Angel Inn, A lcester, Warwickshire—G. Insole and Richard Biddel, Cardiff, brick-makers and coal.merchants, July 19, at one, at the Com mercial-rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES;—Jucr 17. M. Morgan, Shipston-upon-Stoqr, Worcestershire, linen. draper—T. Francis, Liverpool, builder—Edward Brice, Bristol, cabinet-maker—T. Gulling, Stoke lane, Somersetshire, paper maker—l Walker, Walker Mill, Smallbridge, Itochdale, Lan. cashire, corn miller—it. Harris, Tottenham-court-road, chymist and druggist—\V. Harvey, Holloway, builder—W. Nicholson, Bradford, Yorkshire, scrivener—T. Ginever, Arundel-street, Pan ton-square, tailor. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. B. and W. Morley, York, coach-makers---J. Ella and C. F Hayes, Harriott-street, New-cut, Lambeth, card-manufacturers —'l'. and C. Hatchard, Lower Belgrave-place, Pimlico, surveyors -J. Cochran and J. M. Key, Strand, booksellers—M, Thevenin and C. T. Elderton, Maize-hill, Greenwich, tallow-chandlers— W. Peters, Blackfriars.road, and W. Neil, Manchester, brandy merchants—W. Peters and T. Cox, Salford, wine and spirit. dealers—S. and E. Gould, Rochester, school-mistresses—E. Pi gott and E. Lightfoot, New Bond-street, milliners—J. and T. Wright and D. Ford, Hand court, Holborn, grainers—F. Tay. for and G. Brownlow, Beverley, merchants—T. Banting, sen., W. Banting, J. France, and T. Balding, jun., Pall-mall, uphol ders—J. S. Baby, W. Baby, a ,, 0l W. Raby (deceased), Manches ter, spirit.merchant--T. liodgkinson and J. Froggott, Newark. upon-Trent, tobacco-manufacturers--R. Sykes, W. C. Boy 11, and J. Sykes. Bread street-hill, Cheapside, tobacconists (so far as regards W. C. Boyall)—E. and J. Lloyd, Mold, Flintshire, booksellers—H. Tynam and J. Meaden, Begency-place, Black... friars-road, carriage-wheel-manufacturers—T. Jones, W. Phil lips, E. Griffiths, J. Evans, and D Davies, Cardigan, rope-makers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. ROBEBT COCKBURN, Edinburgh, dealer in China, June 29, Jul• 13, at the Old Signet-hall, Royal Exchange, Edinburgh. ROBERT STIRLING, Edinburgh, hay-dealer, June 29, July 18, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. Three candidates have already started for the western divi.ion of Somerset, viz. Mr. FOWNES LUTTRELL, Mr. AYSIIFORD SANFORD, and Mr. KEMEYS TYNTE.— Hants Advertiser. The preparations for the public breakfast to be given to their MAJESTIES to•irwrrow by the Governor of Chelsea Hospital, are very extensive. It will take place in aose noble gardens belonging to the establishment, and will extend from the Hospital to the river Thames. There are several tents a'ready erected, and the boys belonging to the Duke of YORK'S school, with their band, as well as the pensioners of the Hospital, will receive, in their new clothing, their MAJESTIES on their arrival. It is expected that their MAJESTIES and their suite will leave St. James's about one o'clock. STATE OF TRADE.—The passing of the Reform Bill, by restoring tranquillity and confidence to the country, has laid the foundation for an improvement in trade ; but the season of the year at which it has taken place, the month of June, is unfavourable to the produc tion of any other immediate effect. For the country trade this month is one of the dullest in the year, being between the periods of the Spring and the Fall trade ; but from the best opinions we are able to collect, there is likely to be a decided improvement in the autumn. In the blanket, flannel, and low woollen manufactures, which were excess siv e ly depressed at the beginning of the year, there was considerable ievival, of which the most conclusive proof is, that some advance has taken place in the price of our wools. The worsted stuff trade is also in a better state. The project of the new American Tariff has given great pleasure at Rochdale, and in all the markets for blankets, flannels, &c. If time duty should he reduced to 3 per cent., as is now proposed, a most important relief will be afforded to the English manufacturer; but it is supposed that the original scheme of the new Tariff will be consi• derably modified. It is still doubtful whether the Bill will pass this Session of Congress.—Leeds Mercury. TIVERTON.--The close Corporation of this borough, so far as relates to their electioneering subser viency to the gre it " Waverer" (Lord HA RROWEY), is defunct. The independent electors have been addressed and most successfully canvassed by Mr. IluxrircorE, the eminent and ingenious proprietor of the silk manufactory in that town. Mr. HEATIICOTE is an excellent Whig, and in his address pledges himself to Municipal, Church, and Financial Reforms, and to the support of Lord GREY : , 6 In general policy, I may shortly state my opinions to be in perfect union with those of our great Minister, Earl GREY. To his enlightened sagacity in anticipating the public wants, to his Statesman-like conduct, and uncom promising patriotism, we are mainly indebted for that great measure which entitles you to exercise the invaluable func tions of electors, and permits me at this moment to address you as candidate for your suffrages." Mr. HEATHCOTE will be supported by three-fourths of the new constituency, but he declin-s to exercise his preponderating personal and business interest on behalf of any second candidate. TAPIR.—A particularly fine specimen of the huge elephant, an animal of our hemisphere, called the dantia or tapir, is about to be embarked at this port in the b r ig Mercer, as a present from Sir ROBERT KER PORTER to the Zoological Society in London. The Con quistadores of the days of COLONIBUS named it " the great bead !" in comparison with some others, equally strange, to b e met with in this then world of n ew won d ers . F rom its strength and sagacity it is very difficult to be taken alive in its wild state, when it has attained any consider able size, and when caught young it is no less difficult to rear. Hence, as this one is arrived at maturity, and been three years in a tamed state with Sir ROBERT KER Pon- TER , it is the more desirable it should reach its destina tion in safety. It was brought a wild creature to Sir 'Warta' from the other side of the country, having been 15 nights in slow march (for it rested during the days), under a careful escort, over the stupendous mountains which lie between its native plains near Calaboda and the city of Caraccas. It is now quite docile, and a great pet with us all ; we, therefore, hope you, on your side the Atlantic, will use it with the kindness you usually pay to an amiable stranger. Sir ROBERT accompanies his fa vourite tapir with two other rare animals of the fox and peccary kinds, and means to follow them with some other presents, zoological and botanical, likely to prove inte restiug, or in future useful, to his country.—From a Correspondent at La Guayra in South America. MONTHLY REPORT OF CORN, BY ORDER or THE COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY S CUSTOMS. An Account showing the Quantities of Corn, Grain, Meal and Flour, imported into the United Kingdom in the Month ended Ist June, 1832 ; the Quantities upon which Duties have been paid for Home Consumption during the same Month ; and the Quantities remaining in Warehouse at the close thereof. Quantities Imported into the United Kingdom in the Month ended June 1, 1832. Species of Corn, Grain, Meal, and Flour. The Produce •-• of, and lin. Imported from ported from, Foreign British Posses.. Total. Countries. sinus out of Europe. Qrs. Bus. Qrs. Bus. Ors. Bus. 47,848 3 20 0 47,86 S 3 9,891 6 9,891 6 579 0 579 0 602 5 60 . 2 5 4,2 , 24 5 4,224 5 63,146 3 20 0 63,166 3 Cwts. qrs. lb. Cwts. qrs. lb. Cwts. qrs. lb. 33,765 0 9 317 2 7 34,082 2 16 33,765 0 9 317 2 7 34,032 2 16 Wheat Barley Oats Rye Pease Beans Maize or Indian Corn Buck Wheat Beer or Bigg Total of Corn and. Grain Wheat Meal, on Flour Barley Meal Oatmeal Rye Meal Indian Meal Total of Meal and, Flour for Home Con ,ingdom in the Species of Corn, Grain, Meal, and F lour. Total. Wheat Barley Oats Rye Pease Beans Maize or Indian' Corn Buck Wheat Beer or Bigg Qrs. 13us. 3,462 4 Qrs. Bus. 3,847 1 3;316 2 19 0 3 2 14 4 3 0 Total of Corn and Grain 3,46'2 4 Cwts. qrs. lb. Wheat Meal, or - - , Flour Barley Meal Oatmeal , Rye Meal Indian Meal , 2,714 9. 5 Total of Meal and Flour 7,203 1 20 0 0 Species of Corn, Grain, Meal, and Flour. Wheat Barley Oats Rye Pease Beans Maize or Indian Corn Buck Wheat Beer or Bigg Total of Corn and Grain Wheat Meal, or Flour Barley Meal Oatmeal Rye Meal Indian Meal Qrs. Bus. 63,075 4 Cwts. qrs. lb. : 4 4 3,876 1 10 20 0 0 2uantities charged with Duty gumption in the United Ki Month ended June 1, 1832. The Produce of, and ha_ ported from, British Posses.' sions out of Europe. [mported from Foreign Countries. Qrs. Bus. 344 5 3,316 2 19 0 3 2 14 4 3 0 3,740 5 Cwts. qrs. lb. 161 3 51 161 3 5 'Quantities rerr United K Imported from' Foreign Countries. Qrs. Bus. 630,383 2 20,257 3 278,310 2 , 6,074 2 1,54:2 3 21,039 7 926 5 1,211 2 959,745 2 63,080 0 Cwts. qrs, lb. Cwts. qrs. lb. ),451 325 17,174 3 18 82 2 11 56 1 26 1 3 0 1650,453 225 17,313 3 27 3,734 2 5 , 3,806 1 10 naining in Warehouse in the :ingdoin on June 1, 1832. The I'roduce of, and Im. ported from, British Posses sions out of Europe. Total. Total of Meal and Flour Qrs. Bus. 693,458 6 20,257 3 278,310 2 6,074 1,546 7 21,039 7 996 5 1,211 2 1,04825 2 Cwts. qrs. lb. 667,626 3 15 82 2 11 56 1 26 1 3 0 667,767 2 24 By order of the Commissioners, C. A. SCOVELL, Secretary. Custom-house, London, June 22, 1832. The character, habits, and opinions of Lord BYRON, which have been so much commented on, and, in general, so little understood, are about to receive new illustration from a competent source, the elegant and viva cious pen of the Coustess of BLESINTON, whose Journal of her Conversations with his Lordship is to be given to the public in the pages of the New Monthly Magazine. The rich flow and animation of Lord BYRON'S oral dis course, and the freedom with which he is known to have discussed the most interesting topics, must excite to no common extent the expectations founded on such an an nouncement as this. h is, we believe, determined that Lord GRANVILLE shall continue at Paris as British Minister at the French Court. Lady GRANVILLE and her daughters, the Hon. Misses LEVESON GOWER, quitted Devonshire House on Wednesday, and were expected to arrive at Paris on Friday evening. A rumour of Lord PALSIERSTON'S probable acceptance of Lord GRANVILLE'S present ap pointment, the latter Noble Viscount obtaining the Foreign Secretaryship at home, has been circulated, but, we believe, without sufficient foundation. Notwithstanding the adjournment of both Houses yesterday, the Lords' Committees on the 'West India Colonies and the Tithes of Ireland sat and pursued their inquiries; as did the following Commons' Commit tees—on the Bank Charter, General Registry, Cruelty to Animals Bill, Commons' Library, Turnpike Trusts (Ire land), Sewers Bill, Factories' Regulation Bill, and Rideau Canal. It appears from an advertisement of the So ciety for the Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Small Debts, that during the last year it released from prison 2,080 debtors at the charge of 5,2271., being an average of less than 21. 10s. each, and that since the 2d of last month it has procured the discharge of 111 debtors, of whom 93 had wives and children to the number of 301, fur 324/. Lord KERRY, we understand, will meet with no opposition at Caine. Lord ANDOVER, son of the Earl SUFFOLK, will walk over the ground at Malmesbury. The Marquis of AYLESBURY will return the two Members for Marlborough : the Refor►ners, however, intend to show some resistance. The representation of Devizes is secured—Mr. H. W. HozsousE has ofr.red for aith.— Hants Advertiser. A sharp contest is expected for the county of Hertford; the two present Members, Sir JOHN SEBRIGHT and Mr. CALVERT, are unlikely again to become candi dates. By the new Bill three Members are given to the county. Lord Gar.stszoN (eldest son of the Earl of VE. RULAM) is already in the field : and there are other new candidates in Mr. ROLAND ASHTON, Mr. HENRY Groacit WARD, of Gaston Park, and Mr. HALE, o f King's Walden. Mr. BRAND declines nomination unti l the present Members hav e po s itively declined again sitting . ART AND ITS PATRONS.—It would be well if certain patrons of the fine arts would bear in mind that some of the artists they patronise are not quite so rich as themselves. One or two Noblemen we could name, who, when one task has been performed, not unkindly honour the painter or sculptor with another, and omit all mention of pay ment till a second or third is complete. The effect of this is, to distress or ruin the man whose sole fortune is his talent, and thus give a monopoly of the more costly performances to men who, already rich, can hold out, and make those pay " through the nose" in the end, who in the first instance forget to satisfy reasonable charges.— Sunday Times. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ABOLITION OF DUELLING.--111r. PALGaAVE, in his work OD " The English Commonwealth," animadverts upon the inconsis tency of our Courts of Justice in obstinately refusing to take cognizance of affronts, such as calling a gentleman a scoundrel, a rogue, giving him the lie, &c. This it is that has tended, more than any cause whatever, to keep up tht practice of duelling, so unchristian in its character, and to perpetuate a state of society in which no other redress than what the sword can give, is afforded for the most galling insults. It is a just remark of BENTHAM, t ha t, on this point, our jurisprudence is eminentl y fault y , and that it has not advanced with the s p irit of the a ge. There is which l v e injuries which affect th e interests gentlemen are actuated, as th ey ta k e noticeslientlteitndeo ofn tublt,obsye pi that, if the courts entered into the feelings and of a trader ; if damages were to be given for scurrilous and offensive l an guage, as they are now given for what are c " actionable words ;" it, in short, common law were more conformable than it is with the rules of common sense, the practice of duelling, which, in the eye of GOD, is nothing more or less than the practice of deliberate marder, would very soon tall into desuetude. BANK COMMITTEE. (From the Timer..) The witnesses hitherto examined by the sank Co' nt nittee, we believe, are Mr. Palmer, the Governor of the Bank ; Mr. Stuckey, banker, Somersetshire ; Mr. Beckett. banker, Leeds ; Mr. Foster, banker, Walsall ; Mr. Wil kins, banker, Brecon; and last Saturday, Mr. Jeremiah Harman, late Bank Director. With the exception of Mr. Harman, who may be presumed in the course of SO years (during which time, we believe, he was a Director) to have imbibed some prejudices in favour of the existing system, of which the Bank is the source and centre, it must be obvious that these witnesses cannot be expected to decry what it is their interest to support, and if they give evidence against their own interest, it must be by trapping them into contradictions not altogether fair towards the individuals themselves. Up to the present moment, there fore, the interests of the public appear very much to have depended upon the precarious success of a cross examina tion of hostile witnesses, not altogether conducted with that candour and openness befitting at once the parties and the subject. Nor can we see how, upon such evidence, the Committee can ever report; for if they report in ac cordance with the views these parties have given, the interests of the public will, in all probability, be sacri ficed ; if they do not report in accordance with their views, a use will be made of the evidence which they did not anticipate, and a construction put upon it which they will not consider justifiable, and which they will imagine could not haVe been put if they had been allowed to explain themselves, as is always the case where justice is fairly administered. Wit hout opposing evidence, therefore, which we presume will be taken, we cannot see how, with any kind of fairness, any report can be made. At the same time it would have been obviously fairer both to parties and the public, that those whose views and opinions are opposed to the exist ing order of things should have been heard first, and that these parties should have been heard in reply, knowing the objections they had to answer, and the points they had to meet,—and to this it must come at last. The public are evidently not, upon so vital a subject, disposed to pin their faith upon the authority of any Com mittee ; and though the Committee may present to Parlia ment no concoction of its own, no views which do not appear upon its minutes, and which have not been exa mined and sifted, yet we cannot see how this latter can ever be done effectually, without the opposing witnesses have a knowledge of each other's testimony. The safe course, therefore, and the course which it seems not im probable the Committee will be driven to by the difficulty of agreeing upon any other, will be to ex mine parties on both sides, both as to the evils and remedies of our system, and publish the evidence without any report at all, being pretty well convinced no report which can now be made will possess any authority whatever. (From the Morning Herald.) In a list of persons examined by the Committee on the Bank Charter, given in a Morning Paper to-day, Mr. W. Ward's name is omitted. The names, in the order is which they were:examined, are Mr. J. H. Palmer, the Go vernor of the Bank ; Mr. Stuckey, of Somersetshire ; Mr. Beckett, of Leeds; Mr. Forster, of Walsall ; Mr. Wilkins, of Brecon ; Mr. Ward, a Bank Director ; Mr. Harman, formerly in the Direction ; and, lastly, Mr. Norman, a Di rector, who has been under examination by the Committtee to-day. It appears from this that there have been four gentlemen front the Bank interest, and four from that of " Banks of Issue" in the country. Whether any other persons from these rival interests will be called before the Committee is more than we can say, but it is quite ob vious that the investigation cannot be brought to a close without that kind of full and complete information being collected which distinguished the last inquiry into banking and currency, in the year 1826, when the intete,ts of Scotland and Ireland were under examination. At that period it was thought that too much labour could not be bestowed, either by the Lords or the Commons, to obtain accurate knowledge relating to the influence of the bank ing and currency systems of Scotland upon the industry and prosperity of that country. It was considered to be a crave and most important matter of national policy which was then submitted to the judgment of the Legislature, and the operation of the systems, both with regard to their general effect and their minute details, was carefully and laboriously examined into by both Committees of the Lords and Commons. Manufacturers, merchants, farmers, and men of industry from obscure and remote parts of Scotland, were brought to London to support by their testimony the currency and banking system of that country. No man was regarded as being too humble and obscure to throw light upon a subject with which the welfare and prosperity of all the inhabitants of Scotland were considered, by themselv e s, to b e identified. Whether the same course will be taken by the Com mittee on the Bank Charter is not yet unequivocally known. Lord Althorp declared to the Deputation of Country Bankers that nothing short of a full and complete inquiry would satisfy the Government and the public. "I am one of those," said his Lordship, " who thought it would be improper to grant a renewal of the Charter of the Bank without a previous inquiry by a Committee ; I am of the same opinion still—and, having begun the investigation, I am quite sure we must go completely through with it, whatever inconvenience to individuals may be occasioned by such a proceeding." Front this declaration the inten tions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer cannot be doubted. But we have heard rumours in the City to-day of the Bank Directors endeavouring to create a strong feeling in favour of an immediate termination of the inquiry, without seeking or admitting much further evidence. No doubt these worthy arbiters of the value of property would be glad to frighten Lord Althorp into an acquiescence in their views, in order that they might continue to hold possession of that tremendous power which they have for so long a period exercised in this country. But what would the public say at seeing a subject of so much interest and importance huddled up, and disposed of, upon partial and defective information ? It is the greatest public ques• tion that can occupy the attention of the Legislature, and the proceedings of the Committee must correspond with its importance : they " must go completely through with it, whatever inconvenience to individuals may be occasioned by such a proceeding." Mr. BULWER, the distinguished Member of the House of Commons, and the author of " Pelham" and " Eugene Aram," who now presides over the New Monthly Magazine, has obtained, we understand, the were assistance of a ever be ro r l e a larger number united i . al r a e r all y e undertaking, m inent m buten than are averse from having their names made public at present. We have already stated that the Viscount de CHATEAUBRIAND, when the order for his arrest was an nounced to him, was about to compose a few lines on the interment of a young lady, the daughter of an old and re spected friend, whose funeral he had attended the same day. He has since written the following stanzas ; they possess a touching interest, from the affecting nature of the subject, and also claim attention from the circumstance , E — mox ENTEEKS POUR E V i s C A h s y E w e , e e L c A o mF FILLS d DEVANT MOI, HIER, 16 JUIN, AU CIMETIERE DE MASSY. II descend, cc cercueil, et les roses sans tidies Qu'un pore y deposa, tribut de sa douleur Terre, tu les portas, et maintenant tu caches Jeune fille et jeune fleur. Ah ne les rends jamais ace monde profane, A ce monde de deuil, d'angoisse, et de Malheur; Le vent brise et fletrit, le soled brule et fane , Jeune fine et jeune fleur. Tudors, pauvre Elisa, si legere d' ann e es I Tune crains plus du jour le p o id s et la chaleur ; Elks out acheve leurs fraich es matinees, Jeune fine et jeune fl Mais ton pore, Elisa, su r to cendre s'incline, Temps sur sa racine, Aux rides de son fr on t a monte la paleur, Et vi Jeunee u x ch fi e I n , e et jeun e fl eur Ala Prefecture de Poli ce, l e 17 Juin.ei le tps he Galignani's Messenger. THE FOX CLUTS.-- . -- Upwards of sixty Noble' men and Gentlemen, friends of freedom and of Retool), and throughout life attached to the principles of the Rig ht Hon. CHARLES JAMES Fox, held their annual festival at the Ship Tavern, at Greenwich, on Saturday. Ther e were present the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of L E nisTltg' Earl GREY, Lord HOLLAND, Lord ALTHORP, Sir JA2k/0 GRAHAM, Earl CAMPERDOWN Earl Of ALBEMARLE, Lor d Pourlatortr, Lord DUNDAS, Lord PANMURE, Lord D ll4° ortuEN, Lord Sky and SEEK, the Attorney-General, JAME S BARNETT, Esq., ABRAM ROBARTS, Esq., Wm. WSW BREAD, Esq., Enw. ELLIce, Esq., Sir M. W. ItioLo: , Mr. COKE of Norfolk, Sir RONALD FERGUSSON, &c. Thl e Club, since it was first instituted, has been accustomed to drink ore toast only, " To the memory of the Right 11?°' Cuaatts JAMES Fox." By universal acclarnati oa another toast was on this day added, which will annually t he repeated, " Earl GREY and the Rerforin Bill." A ' concourse of persons resident in Greenwi c h and the neighbourhood, who have been enfranchised by the rec e° , l Act, assembled at the Ship Tavern, and were loud 11 0 : 1 vehement in their cheers of his Majesty's Ministers, an the other Members of both H ouses o f P ar li a ment, d i whose efforts their rights and privileges had been restore NEWS FOR THE PARSONS.—Already sub scription, amounting t o 500/ ., h as b een ma d e u p ju ree lb. h ird, collected to d e f eat t h e t i t h e supporters.— . TiPPero *, Free Press.