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ment, it mu, t be equally unjust in Austria to at-
tempt, by an armed force, to prevent the people of
Italy from choosing their own Governments. The
present Ministers have declared themselves loudly
in favo.lir of the principle of non-intervention ; and
therefore no alarm is entertained of them ; but as
suspicions were not unreasonably entertained of the
intentions of the Administration, of which Sir
Robert was so distinguished a Member, it must be
consolatory to know, that since the delivery of the
speech at the opening of the Session he has thought
better of the matter ; and that, if his fortune should
prove as favourable as his anticipations, he will coun-
tenance no Power in its violation of the principle of
72 on-i nte r rentio 72.--3 I° riling Chronicle.
The Bill introduced by the Lord Chancellor on
Tuesday last was read a second time last night.
Lord Lyndhurst, while he approved of many of the
alterations recommended by the Lord Chancellor,
started several objections to any deviation from the
present mode of taking evidence in the Court of
Chancey, and seemed, by his vindication of the
Commissioners of Bankrupts, to think that the new
tribunals to supply their place were uncalled for.
The Lord Chancellor thought the substitution of
viva voce evidence to interrogatories was essential
to the getting rid of chicanety. to consequence of
the low estimate by Lord Lyndhurst of the amount
of the loss the Great Seal would sustain by the pro-
poa d reductions and alterations, the Lord Chancel-
lor observed, " his Noble Friend had denied that the
probable loss would amount to more than 2,5001.
a.vear; while he, Lord Brougham, estimated it at
7,600/. Unquestionably he had not been in office long
enoughto know much of its receipts, and if the Civil
List Bill did not pass, it was not likely he would get
anything at all. His Noble Friend too, who was, pro-
bably, the Chancellor in reversion, Ni bile he was the
Chancellor in possession, might form a somewhat
different estimate of these things ; but this he would
say, that it never could be intended, nor could Par-
liament, he was sure, allow it to be, that the Lord
Chancellor of England should receive a smaller sa-
lary than a puisne Judge."—Morning Chronicle.
Sir James Graham gave, last night, a curious
expose of the system hitherto pursued in expending
the money voted for the naval service. It appears
that the money in question has been hitherto com-
pletely withdrawn from the controul of Parliament.
The estimates have been merely nominal. Works
of great magnitude have been repeatedly com-
menced, on the authority of the subordinate Boards;
and the first knowledge of Parliament on the sub-
ject has been when hundreds of thousands have
been already expended. Money never can be wanted,
because a stock purse is made of the sums voted,
for all purposes ; and the sums not wanted in one
branch are taken without scruple fur another. It
has been said of the present Alinistly, that having
been long out of office, they are necessarily de-
ficient in a knowledge of the business of their re-
spective departments. This may be partly true
It does not, however, follow, that those who from
long experience are acquainted with all the details
of office, are disposed to allow that experience to
become beneficial to the public. There is such a
thing as presuming on the difficulty of detection ;
and no doubt the system of deception and mystifica-
tion had for object to create the embarrassment,
which has impeded so niuch the investigations of Sir
J. Graham. The honesty of the present men will,
in the end, be of more service to the public than the
skill principally evinced in subterfuges and evasions,
possessed by their more experienced predecessors.
We ha.;'e never been able to believe that the
confusion e! our public accounts was not inten-
tional, and that :rills were not thereby served which
it was not conveniei:t to avow. We well remem-
ber the host of enemies that upright man Earl St.
\Tint-cut brought on himself, when he first attempted
to defeat the system of fraud which had long per-
vaded the whole of our naval expenditure. The
firmness of his Lordship during the short period of
his power was productive of incalculable benefit.
'We trust that the honesty of the present Ministers
will in like manner, ere long, prove more than a
match for the cunning of the official trickery which
they have to encounter. Mr. Hume confessed "it
disappointed him not a little to find the Right Hon.
Baronet coming forward with a proposition for an
increase of half a million, instead of coming forward
with a proposal for reduction. This, however calling
for disapprobation, detracted nothing from the great
and important service he had rendered to the public,
in exposing the system of deceit under which the
public accounts were kept." The investigations
lately instituted into the public expenditure, in all
its branches, must alone be productive of immense
benefit.—Molning Chronicle.

its particular duty teas to protect the properties, end watch
the liberties, and to promote the best interests of the
people. That to enable them effectually to discharge this
duty, their interests should be identified with those of the
people, and members freely chosen as representatives.
That it was notorious that the members, in a majority of
cases, were nominees of Peers, of opulent tradesmen, or
of small irresponsible bodies. That it therefore became
necessary to have a reform in the representation. That the
meeting looked with the greatest confidence to the inten-
. . _

tion of his Majesty's Ministers to propose such a Reform
as should be efficient in itself and sat'sfactory to the
country.
These resolutions were seconded by Lord ANDOVER.
_ -

J. BFNETT, Esq. M. P. for the county, said he had
always been the advocate of Reform, which alone, he
thought, could bring happiness to the country.
Sir J. ASTLEY, Bart. M.P. for the county, admitted
that he was always the friend of Reform.

Lord SUFFOLK and several other gentlemen addressed
the meeting, and ultimately the resolutions were carried
without a hand being held up against them.
Most of the influential men of the county were present.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

DUTCH PAPERS-(RECEIVED THIS DAY).

WARSAW, FEB. It.—The State Gazette of this city
publishes the following news, stated to be official, from the
head-quarters of the Polish army :
" On the Bth instant the following movements took
place. General Suchorzewski drove the enemy, at seven
o'clock, from Siedlice; General Zymirski, with his column,
passed over the Lievsec and marched forwards to drive the
enemy from Wengrow, which was occupied by two regi-
ments of flulans of General Whidek with six cannon. On
the appearance of General Zymirski, the enemy immedi-
ately retired from Wengrow. General Zymirski pursued
him into the village of Poszewski, but the enemy effected
his retreat to Kosow. Thus Wengrow is in our hands,
as well as Miedzna, and Siedlice with the magazines. In
the attack upon Siedlice a detachment of the first regiment
of Hulans drove the whole of the enemy's squadron out of
the town, killed two, and made seven prisoners. The
enthusiasm with which our littlans fight is not to be de-
scribed.
" As the enemy has entered the country at many points
the Commander-in-Chief has judged it necessary to con-
centrate the divisions of the army to wait for the attack,
and not to encourage the inhabitants to resist without sup-
porting them with the regular army. In fact all the
movements of the enemy seem to be calculated to divide
our force. They no where attack our positions, and
wherever our columns appear they do not oppose them.
In the same manner as at Siedlice and Wengrow, the enemy
having been attacked by our van-guard at Ostrilenka, re-
tired precipitately, and on our farther advance left Lomaa."
The Journals of this city give the following particulars
of the positions of the two armies :
" The whole extent of the frontier from Kanen to Us-
cilog, which the Russians have passed in many points, is
about 70 German (300 English) miles. The Waywod-
ship of Augustowo, which is a narrow tract between Rus-
sia and Prussia, is already occupied by the Russians ; but,
according to the Warsaw Gazette, M. Godlewski,
Commissioner of the Government, had again excited
an insurrection in that province, in the rear of the
Russians, and advancing from Seyny with a movable co-
lumn, had passed the Niemen, and made an incursion into
Lithuania. According to the Polish Courier, the autho-
rities, with the public coffers, had left Loinz r on the ap-
proach of the Russians, and arrived on the night of the
Bth in this city. The little town of Szczuczyr, close to
the Prussian frontier, has been occupied by the same re-
giment of Cossacks, under Colonel Grekow, which was
formerly stationed there for a long time, but, on the break-
ing out of the revolution, had concentrated itself, and
fought its way to the Russian frontier town of Goniondz.
On the 10th the Russian advanced posts had pushed for-
ward to Miastknow, beyond Ostralenka ; but, as the
above official report says, had been driven hack beyond
Lomza. On the whole course of the Bug, the Russians
have already advanced from six to eight German miles
over the frontier. On the other hand, the Commander-
in-Chief, Prince Radzivill, had moved his head-quarters
from Okuniew to Radzymin, where Prince Czartoryski
paid him a visit on the 10th, and from that place to
Iblonna, where they were yesterday, the 13th, when M,
Bazykowski, Member of the Government ; Ceunt Ma-
lachowski, Minister for Foreign Affairs ; and Counsellor
Plichta, Secretary to the Government, went thither. It
seems that the Commander-in-Chief, as the TVarsaw Ga-
zette says, Las expressed a wish to have some members
of the Government constantly at head-quarters, as Com-
missioners, in order to give in the name of the Govern-
ment the necessary orders in case the communications be-
tween the head-quarters and the city of Warsaw should he
cut off. According to the Polish Gazette, an account
has been received, among many other reports of engage-
ments in that quarter, of an action between the Russians
and Poles at Jadow, in which two regiments of Russian
cavalry are reported to have been beaten, and ten cannon
taken ; of twenty-four wounded, who were brought from
the field to the hospital at Warsaw, one is said to have
died on the way. Gen. Chlopieki has joined the army, and,
as the Warsaw Gazette says, serves as a private soldier in
the vanguard. A great quantity of arms is expected in
the capital from the provinces. All the troops which
were in garrison in the capital or have been newly or-
ganised, are said to have now marched out, but regiments
from the provinces daily pass the capital. Workmen are
still constantly employed upon the fortifications and ram-
arts of the city; a number of heavy cannon are placed
upon the eminence before the ruined palace of Dynassowskie.
It is not certainly known where the head-quarters of
Field-Marshal Diebitsch now are, according to some they
are at Biala, and to others at Lotza. The War-
sow Gazette sa}s, that he intended to advance
to Pultusk, north of Warsaw, where there is
a regiment of Polish flulana. The Russian corps
under Generals Kreutz and Geismar, which entered
Poland front Wlodaws, has directed its march to Lublin,
whence it intends to proceed to cross the Vistula at Kazi-
mierz and Jenowiec. The regiment of Cossacks in this
corps is commanded by Duke Adam of Wurtemburg. On
the 9th in the mot ning the Cossacks entered Lublin with-
out resistance, having, as the above-mentioned journal re-
ports, sent a notice from the village of Fatary to the Pre-
sident of Lublin, threatening totally to destroy the town if
he did not come with a white flag to meet them. The
same paper has the following account from Lubartow,
which lies some miles to the north of Lublin :—On the
Bth his Royal Highness the Duke of Wurtemburg, at the
head of 160 Cossacks, entered the little town of Lubartow
and immediately took possession of all the letters and pa-
pers at the past-office. They did the same in all the
public offices here—those who wore the na-
tional cockade were ordered to lay it aside.
Hereupon the inhabitants of the town were summoned
to take the oath of allegiance to the Emperor Nicholas,
and the Burgomaster was ordered not to suffer any body
to be in the town, and particularly most strictly to watch
the Countess Malachowski. The latter however suc-
ceeded in escaping, in company with several ether persons.
His Royal Highness thereupon left our town and proceeded
to Lublin." _ .

REFORM IN PARLIAMENT.

G U 15.13 OR 0 UGH.

A meeting of the tradesmen, &c. of Guishorough was
held to consider of the propriety of petitioning Parliament
for Reform, when the following petition was agreed to,
and transmitted to London for presentation—that to the
Lords by the Earl of Radnor, and to the House of Com-
mons by H. Hunt, Esq., Member for Preston. The
cause of Reform, and particularly the vote by ballot, ha.
gained ground in this part of the country ever since the
shameless intimidation at the recent elections at Stamford
and Newark, and the corrupt bribery at Liverpool.

TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
THE PETITION OF THE UNDERSIGNED IN_
HABITANTS OF GUISBOROUGH, IN THE
NORTH RIDING OF THE COUNTY OF YORK

SIIESVETH,-That your petitioners are deeply,
and anxiously impressed with alarm at the present dis-
tressed condition of the people, unparalleled in the annals
of this our happy, prosperous, and flourishing country.
That by the grievous weight of taxation now imposed
upon the country, all productive industry is paralyzed,
and must, if such taxation is continued, shortly be anni-
hilated.

That they view with disgust the enormous expenditure
incurred during a long series of bloody and unnecess•try
wars, cart ied on through the influence of a boroughmon-
gering oligarchy, against the rights, liberties, and happi-
ness of mankind ; the extravagant salaries paid to public
men, and the enormous and unmerited pensions given to
those useless beings who are foisted on the public main-
tenance to lighten the burden of their own immediate rela-
tives; but, above all, they consider the enormous sum of
fifty thousand pounds per annum, paid to one man, and
that man a foreigner, from whom the country has not re-
ceived any benefit, a shameful item.
They denounce, as equally opposed to the principles of
the religion of Christ (whose kingdom is not of this
world), and to the interests and progress of that religion,
those enormous emoluments which arc lavished en the
higher order of the Clergy.
Your petitioners, therefore, earnestly pray that these
abuses may be remedied by such an effectual and substan-
tial Reform as shall give to the people their due influence
in the State; and they are of opinion that no Reform will
be complete and efficient without the vote by ballot, as
your petitioners are convinced this is the only effectual
check to that shameful bribery which has so long been a
disgrace to the country. And your petitioners, Lee.

The same paper reports from Lublin that General
Geis►nar has sent an officer to General Sierawski, Gover-
nor of Zamosc, summoning him to keep the bath that he
had taken to the Emperor Nicholas, and to deliver up the
fortress. He however refused, affirming that he was
there not in the service of the Emperor, but that of the
free and independent nation, and that he would defend the
town with the last drop of his blood. This fortress is
now said to be besieged by the Russians under General
Geismar. The State Gazette says that the roads are
very bad, and the operations extreii►ely difficult, a thaw
having . set in, as the thermometer is at 5 (leg. above
zero. It was reported that in consequence of this the
Russian army is returning at many points, especially from
the province of Lublin.
On the II th and 12th there were debates in both
Chambers. Two laws respecting the internal regulation
of the Chambers were adopted, and several communica-
tions were made from the Diplomatic Committee, of docu-
ments relative to the supposed intention of Russia to em-
ploy the Polish army in a war as a vanguard, as has been
affirmed in the French Chamber of Deputies. Those
documents are to be printed.

DEVIZES—COUNTY OF WILTS.
A meeting took place here yesterday, pursuant to adver-
tisement, to determine on a petition to be presented to
Parliament, praying for 'a Reform in the Representation.
The proceedings commenced about one o'clock in the
Town-hall, when the High Sheriff, P. METHUEN, ESq.
stated to the meeting, that as there were so many persons BERLIN, FEB. 17.
assembled, it would be necessary to adjourn to the Market- St. Schuld Sch. 4 percent.
English Loan, 1818, 5 per cent.
place. The parties then went to the Market-place, where
P Ditto Ditto 18E1, 5 per cent.
a waggon was stationed for the speakers. The Sheriff Ditto Bonds 1830, 4 per cent. 73%
having again stated the object of the meeting, THE HAGUE, FEB. 20.—The fourteenth anniversary
Lord %%taxon. said he should have to propose to them of the birthday of his Royal Highness, the Prince and
certain resolutions which had been drawn up with great Princess of Orange, was solemnized yesterday in the
care, and a strong and anxious desire that they should be usual manner.
such as could not be objectionable to any party that they There is a report of an important protocol of the four
should be for the purpose of Reform only in the represen- Powers, England, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, in which
tation of the country, and such as should meet' with the it is said the French Cabinet is called upon to declare
unanimous approbation of the meeting.
In them there itself explicitly respecting its political plans.
was not one word as to voting
by ballot either for or His Majesty's frigate, the Sambre, Rear Admiral Van
against it. It was the fact that he was an advocate for de Sande, arrived on the 18th in the Texel, from the
voting by ballot, and if any resolutions were proposed Mediterranean.
embracing that measure, and were entertained by the THE HAGUE, FEB. 22.—0 n the ISth of this month,
meeting in opposition to his, yet he would support them. Messrs. Abercrombie and White arrived at Maestricht, whi-
His Lordship then proposed a string of resolutions to the they they were sent by Lord Ponsonby. They received from
effect, that the power of the Legislature being vested in the Governor of that fortress every information respecting
the King, Lords, and Commons, the latter branch was as the state of things as it was on the 21st of November
last, and as it now is. The hostilities that had taken
essential a part of it as either of the other two, and that