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London, England, 1836-02-10 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS GIVEN LAST NIGHT.
THURSDAY, FEB. 11.

Mr. Harvey—Return of the total number of persons qualified to vote
for Members to serve in Parliament in each of the Cities and Boroughs
of England and Wales.—Return of the total number of persons
qualified to vote for Councillors in each of the Cities, Boroughs,
and Towns of England and Wales under'the Municipal Reform
Act; such Returns to be made from the last Registration.
Mr. O'Connell—Bill to amend the Law of Libel.
MONDAY, FEB. 15.
1. Mr. Poulett Thomson—Select Committee for regulation of the Port of
London.
2. Mr. Poulett Scrope—Bill for the relief and employment of the desti-
tute poor of Ireland.
TUESDAY, FEB. 16.
Mr. Thomas Attwood—That it be an Instruction to the Agricultural
Committee to inqdire into and report upon the effect which the Act
of 1819, commonly called Peel's Bill, has produced upon the prices
of Agricultural produce, and what further effect that measure is
calculated to produce.
TUESDAY, FEB. 23.
1. Mr. W. O'Brien—Committee to inquire into the administration of
the Royal Dublin Society, with a view to a wider extension of the
advantages of the annual Parliamentary Grant to that institution,
without reference to the distinction of party or religion.
2. Mr. W. O'Brien--Statement of the progress which has been made in
the Trigonometrical Survey of Ireland.
THURSDAY, MARCH 3.

Mr. Poulett Scrope—Bill to provide for the levy of the Poor Rate
and Highway Rate in all parishes of England and Wales upon sti
uniform system of valuation and assessment.
THURSDAY, MARCH 10.
Sir Samuel Whalley—Repeal of Window Tax.
THURSDAY, MARCH 24.
Mr. Gillon—Bill to repeal so much of the 24th Geo. 11., c. 40, and 6th
Geo. IV., c. 48, as prevents the recovery of debts for spirituous li-
quors, when the debt contracted at one time shall not amount W
the sum of 20s. sterling.
1. Mr. Gillon—Bill for the general Sale of Beer in Scotland, and for em-
powering the Justices to grant certificates for the sale of beer to be
consumed on the premises, without such certificate entitling the
holder to ohtain from the Excise a spirit License, unless specially
mentioned.
2. Mr. Gillon—Bill to alter and amend certain clauses in 6 Gco. IV., c.
81, and 9 Geo. IV., c. 58, relating to the granting of Certificates to
keep alehouses and victualling houses, in which ale, beer, spirits,
and other exciseable liquors may be sold by retail in Scotland, and
to enable the holders of Licenses (except in cases of change of cir-
cumstances or delinquency) to obtain a renewal of such licenses
from the Excise.

TUESDAY, MAY 3.
Mr. Grantley Berkeley—That the recommendation of the Select Corn
mittee appointed last Session with respect to the admission of La
dies into a portion of tho Strangers' Gallery, be adopted.

THE POOR.—At Wanborough a posse of paupers
attacked the house of Miss Smith, who, by a ruse, succeeded
in frightening them away. They then went to another house,
where they extorted 12s. Thence they proceeded to a farm
house, where, instead of silver, they ran great risk of receiving
lead ; a fowling-piece presented at the parties, had the effect
of starting them. They next broke into the premises of a
person named Edward, but gained very little by their daring
villainy.—Bath Herald.

We have too much interest in watching the march of our
crafty neighbour for me to neglect attending to a point so
near to us. After verifying the facts, and examining them as
they regard the interests of Austria, I think it my duty to
submit my opinion upon them to the judgment of his Imperial
Majesty.
When it was determined that Western Gallicia and the
greater part of the Duchy of Warsaw should fall to the share
of Russia, the Cabinet of Vienna would have• preferred that
these provinces had been simply incorporated with the empire.
But not being able to dissuade the Emperor Alexander from
restoring the kingdom of Poland, Austria dreaded the impres-
sion which that event would produce upon the Poles still re-
maining under her own dominion. From that time the Em-
peror Francis strove to render himself popular in Gallicia.
For that purpose the journey whiCh his Majesty made them in
1.817 was marked by many rewards and favours showered upon
he chief persons of the country, and since that time they have
not neglected to cajole the nobility.
The appointment of Prince Lobkovitz is perhaps owing to
chance, which caused a vacancy in the place of Governor at
Leopol, at the moment that the Emperor wished to advance
him in his career. Nevertheless they have not neglected the
qualities which belong to him, but have sought to make them
turn to the advantage of the charge confided to him. Beinc,
a BObemian, he is sheltered from the repugnance felt in Gal-
livan for •the Germans. He has easily acquired the Polish
language, and in general he gives satisfaction to those he
governs. This young man, flattered with his success, and
hoping to render himself still more agreeable, speaks often of
his extraction (the Lobkovitz are descendants of Popul),' and
has seized it as a pretext for appearing at some fetes in the
Polish dress. _ _

Nevertheless, the means employed to captivate the Galli-
cians, the elevation of Gallicia to the rank of a kingdom, the
restoration of the court offices, ought only to be considered
as measures of defence and conservation. I find no con-
cordance between the project which Austria is suspected of,
and her manner of governing Gallicia. Justice is not ad-
ministered there in the Polish language but in the Latin.
The Acts of the Administration are published in German,
and Gallicia feels, more than other parts of the Austrian mo-
narchy, the weight of taxation. Can the cut of the Go-
vernor's coat compensate for these real motives of complaint ?
The inhabitants of Gallicia compare the amount of the taxes
which are paid in the kingdom of Poland, and in our neigh-
bouring provinces, and that comparison is not to the advantage
of the charges which press upon them. Thus the inhabitants
of Tarnopole and of Zalesgieck bless the years which they spent
under the sceptre of Russia, and regret this period of their
prosperity. The Court of Vienna is aware of this, and lam
persuaded she would have preferred the real advantage of ger-
manizing her kingdom of Gallicia and of Lodomerie to every
other combination. It is only after having recognised the im-
possibility of producing its absolute amalgamation with the
German country that she has resigned herself to the course
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here by the Prince. Lobkovitz having pushed to such a length
his dempnstrations. Quite recently, when the first stone was
laid of the building for the library bequeathed to the town of
Leopol, by CounAssolinsky, the Governor and Prince Henry
were present, and in the Polish costume ; no sooner did the
report reach Vienna, than these exhibitions were disapproved
and definitively forbidden. The Minister of Police was or-
dered to express to Prince Lohkovitz the dissatisfaction of the
Emperor, and to enjoin him to make the Prince Lubomirsky
leave off the Polish costume. Count Sedelmitzky, in the
execution of this Commission, has employed such peremptory
terms that these masquerades cannot be renewed.
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The reprimand which has just been addressed to the Go-
vernor of Leopol must soon be known by the public, and
will be so much the more efficacious in destroying the illu-
sions which had been called up. •
However great the skill which we may admit in the Aus-
trian Cabinet in the science of machinations, I cannot admit
that her intrigues can be dangerous to us in Poland. More-
over this Cabinet calculates too nicely to rush into a field
where nothing can be reaped save perils to Austria. Never
theless, I shall carefully watch its conduct to the Poles, and
shall not fail to inform your Excellency of the indications
which may serve to enlighten us as to its intentions.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

NEW COURT.

Henry Smith, a smart, genteel lad, 13 years of age, was
convicted of stealing a diamond, the property of John Smith,
his father.
It appeared in evidence that the prisoner had been twice
tried and convicted of theft, for which he was whipped and
confined solitarily, but on his liberation he returned to his old
habits of pilfering. He is an only child, and motherless.
The little fellow, with tears, implored the Court to send
him to the Boys' Ship, in order that he might be broke of
thieving.
COMMON- SERGEANT. —What makes you thieve?
Prisoner—My Lord, I don't know, but I cannot help it ; but
nobody persuades me ; I know I shall do it again.
Some inquiry was made of the schoolmaster in Newgate as
to the boy's intellects, and the report was that he was shrewd,
docile, and well behaved, but so addicted to thieving that last
night he stole a shilling from a fellow prisoner.
The COMMON SERGEANT said the boy appeared to be pos-
sessed of the devil. The boy will be transported.