The Sun.
London, England, 1831-02-03 00:00:00

dignat ion !

They will behold there some Pensioners
without desert—hirelings who rob the poor, and
defraud the rich—very locusts, preying on the
vitals of the people ; persons as devoid o
private shame as destitute of public prin-,
ciple—Lords of fashion and Ladies of pleasure—
bankrupts in fortune and vagabonds in charac-
ter, all, all mixed up with many respectable and
meritorious exceptions, whose virtues and whose
services are not only brought in question, but placed
in jeopardy by figuring in such company. But all
this comes of dirty jobs and reckless patronage. It
was not enough for the Minister of the day to
tax the public with his minions, but he saddled pos-
terity with their descendants—present possession
and reversionary interest !
Who that looks on this melancholy memorial of
extravagance and abuse, can wonder at the national
distress ?—Who that contemplates this damning
chronicle of tnis-government-profusion and nameless
jobbing, but must now rejoice that the time has at
length arrived when in the words of Lord ALTHORP,
corruption shall cease, for the day of governing
by patronage is gone for ever—and thank GOD that
it has!
Presenting such a mass of observation and scru-
tiny from the able pens of " Radical" and other
patriotic Correspondents of the Times, along with
the Parliamentary document, it would be idle to
extend our own remarks, for indeed the thing
is so bad as to suggest its own commentary.
He who runs may read of poor Peers—and
cast-off mistresses—bastard mendicants and pro-
fligate foundlings—political adventurers and
a host of others whose vocations are as unknown as
their merits, or, if known, it were, perhaps,
uncharitable to record. In the Law, the Church,
the State, there are few places of emolument in
which the unhallowed fingers of corruption have
not found their way. _ _ _

But, thank Heaven, the days cf such political
sorcery are gone by !—there is yet abundance of
hope for England—a most gracious KING placing
the utmost confidence in the integrity and wisdom of
a REFORMING Ministry—and they again relying on
the support of a loyal and patriotic people—these
are good and cheering omens—omens of political
regeneration and returning prosperity.

By the Hamburg Papers we have a Proclama-
tion addressed to the Poles by Marshal DIEBITSCII
on his assuming the command of the invading Rus-
sian Army. The Proclamation differs little in spirit
from the imperial one. We hope the Pules will
view it in the same light :--

ST. PETERSBURGH, JAN. 19.
Field Marshal Count Diebitsch Sabalkansky has issued from
his head-quarters the following proclamation :---
" Poles !--His Majesty the Emperor and King, our August
Sovereign, has confided to me the command of the troops which
are destined to put an end to the lamentable disorders which
afflict the kingdom of Poland. The proclamation of his Majesty
has already acquainted you, Poles, that the Sovereign will dis-
tinguish in his magnanimity the faithful subjects who have re-
mained true to their oaths, from the criminal agitators who would
sacrifice to their hateful ambition the welfare of a happy and
quiet people. Besides this, his clemency will extend even to the
unfortunate personS who, through weakness or fear, have become
accomplices of a lamentable crime. Poles, hear the voice of your
Monarch, of your father, of the successor of your August re-
storer, who, like him has always desired your welfare. Even
the guilty, if he, full of confidence, has recourse to his generosity
will experience the effects of it. Only those who have stained
their hands with blood, and perhaps those still more guilty who
have invited them to this detestable crime, shall suffer the just
punishment decreed by the laws. On my entering with tke
troops under my command the kingdom of Poland, I think it me
duty to make you acquainted with the principles which will
guide all my steps as a faithful soldier, and a conscientious per-
former, of the commands of my Sovereign. I shall never deviate
from them.
" 1. The peaceable inhabitants who receive us as friends and
brothers, will find in the troops under my command the same
sentiments, and be treatedon their part with perfect reciprocity.
The soldier will punctually pay for all that is furnished to him,
and if circumstances should make it necessary for the troops to
receive their subsistence from the inhabitants, or if we should be
compelled to requisitions, which will, however, be avoided as
much as possible, the inhabitants will in this case receive printed
bonds in payment, which will be received as money in payment
of the taxes in the public offices of the kingdom. The prices
for the articles furnished shall be fixed according to the current
prices in the several districts.
" 2. On the approach of the Russian troops the inhabitants of
the towns and villages who have taken up arms at the command
of the illegally established Government are immediately to deli.
ver them to the local authorities, when the latter havealready re-
turned to theirduty. In the contrary case they are to lay down
their arms as soon as they learn the arrival of the troops of his
Majesty the Emperor and King.
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shall attempt to defend themselves against the troops shall be
tried by a court martial. The towns and villages which may op-
pose his Majesty will have an extraordinary contribution imposed
upon them, which willbe greater or less according to the resistance
they have made, and this contribution shall be imposed chiefly
upon those who have taken part in a criminal defence, whether
they have taken up arms themselves, or encouraged others to do
so. In case of a relapse or of a rebellion in the rear of the army,
the revolted places will be punished by military execution, the
Principal ringleaders will be punished by death, the others ba-•
nished ; on the other hand, care will be taken to spare and to
indemnify as much as possible those who have taken no share in
' the crhrie.
"4. To prevent such misfortunes, I call On all civil autho-
rities, as well as the military in the towns and villages, on the
approach of the Russian troops to send deputies to their com-
manders. These deputations shall bear a white flag as a sign of

submission to their lawful Sovereign. They are to announce
that the inhabitants submit to the clemency of his Majesty, and
that the arms have been deposited in such or such a place. The
Russian commanders will then take the necessary measures of secu-
rity. They will confirm thecivil authorities that existed before the
revolution, as well as those who have been since appointed, if they
have not taken any active part in it. The stationary veteran
Guard shall also be preserved, if it has made no resistance and
given no visible proof of treachery to its legitimate Sovereign.
All these authorities, both civil and military, are to receive their
oath of fidelity. By command of his Majesty, amnesty and obli-
vion of all that is passed shall be granted to all those who imme-
diately submit to, and fulfil the above conditions.
" 5. The Russian commanders will, according to circumstances,
in those places where there is no Russian garrison, organise civic
or communal guards, to be chosen from the most faithful veterans
and respectable inhabitants, and to be entrusted with the internal
police, and the maintenance of tranquillity and order.
"6. The organisation and administration of waywodeship,
districts, and communes, shall remain on the same footing as
before the rebellion, the same applies to all direct and indirect
taxes. The persons in office will be retained on their complying
with the conditions under No. 4. In the contrary case new au-
thorities will be appointed at the discretion of the officers com-
manding the corps. They will especially choose those indivi-
duals who are known to possess the necessary qualifications and
good character, and who have given proofs of fidelity to their
lawful Sovereign. All those will be excluded who have in any
way taken part in the rebellion, as well as those who, after the
entrance of the Russian troops into the kingdom shall persevere
in an open opposition to legal order.
" 7. The owners of lands and houses who remain peaceably in
their dwellings, and submit to the conditions above declared,
shall be protected in all their rights both by the local authorities
and the Russian troops. On the contrary, the property of all
those shall be sequestrated who remain in the ranks of the rebel
troops, or retain the functions committed to them by the illegal
Government, as well as all those who have taken open part in the
rebellion.
" These, Poles, are the principles which will guide thecon-
duct of the army, which the confidence of his Majesty has ;been
pleased to put under my command. You have to choose between
the advantages which entire submission to the will of our mag-
nanimous Sovereign ensures to you, and the misfortunes which
will be brought upon you by a state of things without object and
without hope. I feel myself. .honoured by being chosen to an-
nounce to you these resolutions emanating from the noble in-
tentions of the Emperor and King. I shall take care to fulfil
them scrupulously, but also punish with Just and inexorable
rigour a criminal obstinacy.
(Signed "Marshal Count DIEBITSCH SABALKANSKY."
" Jan. 1831."
" Polish warriors,—lt is now 25 years since your country, in
the midst of the wars which were excited by the gigantic plans
of a celebrated conqueror, was implicated in the general confla.
gration. The often-revived and always-deceived hope of an il-
lusory regeneration had made you the companions of his fortune.
Faithful, though unfortunate, you answered to deceitful pro-
mises by the sacrifice of your blood. There is no land, however
distant, that has not been stained with blood, which
you shed for interests unconnected with the fate of
your country. This fate was at length determined, at
a period memorable for great events. After the determination of
an ever memorable contest, in which Russia saw you among the
enemies whom she had to combat, the Emperor Alexander, of
immortal memory, following only the impulse of his generous
heart, desired to add, to so many other titles to glory, that of be-
ing your restorer. Poland recovered its name, and the Polish
army received a new existence. All the elements of prosperity,
of tranquillity, and happiness, met together as by magic; and
fifteen years of progressive improvement now prove the extent
of the benefits which your country owes to the paternal care of
the Sovereign who restored it, and no less to the constant care of
the Monarch who has so nobly continued his work. Polish war-
riors l his Majesty the Emperor and King believed in your
grateful fidelity. But a short time ago he joyfully did jus-
tice to your zeal and attachment. The exemplary con-
duct of all the Polish officers, without example, who shared
with our armies the fatigues and glory of the Turkish
war, gave him the greatest satisfaction. All of us rejoiced in
this companionship in arms, which became a new bond of union
between the Russian and Polish troops. The biightest hopes of
reciprocal advantages were naturally attached to this thought,
which was founded on every thing that military honour holds
sacred. These hopes have been cruelly disappointed. A handful
of young people, who never experienced the dangers of battle,
young officers who never were in the field, nay, even recruits,
shook the fidelity of the brave. Then it saw the greatest crime,
the murder of their commanders, committed before their
ranks. It did not hinder the rebellion against their lawful
Sovereign. What unhappy blindness, what cowardly conde-
scension could seduce veterans to suffer the greatest crime to be
committed, and join bands thirsting for blood. .Is it possible
that the intention of serving the country can have been even
for a moment the excuse for such crimes. But the country is
ready to tell you, that it has not for a long period been so happy.
It had gained much, and had every thing to hope from its fide-
lity and the maintenance of public order. It risks every thing
by engaging in an unequal contest, by rebelling against a Sove-
reign whose firm and; energetic character it knows, and by de-
fying a power which was never provoked with impunity.
" Polish warriors,—The insurrection will brand your foreheads
with shame. Save yourselves. from such disgrace ; history will
one day say, that in the hope of serving your country you re.
mained faithful and devoted to the man who promised you every
thing and performed nothing. Shall it also say, that returning
with ingratitude and perfidy the Sovereign who generously
granted you every thing which you had no right to hope, you
have brought new misfortunes on your country and indelible dis-
grace on yourselves. If any grievances existed, you ought to
have confidence enough in the character of our august Sovereign
to lay your complaint before him in a legal manner, with the
frankness which characterises true soldiers. The Poles hold
the unadorned language of a soldier ; I never heard any
other. Obedient to the command of my Sovereign, I reiterate
in the same spirit what he graciously said to you in the procla-
mation of the 17th of December. Our august Master has seen,
with great satisfaction, the fidelity of the brave yagers of the
Guard, of the greater part of the Grenadiers of the Guard, and
of the ensigns of the cavalry. He does not doubt the greater
part of the troops wished to remain faithful to their oaths, and
that many others were only hurried away by a momentary im-
pulse. May they both hasten to execute his Majesty's commands
contained in the proclamation. But should unforeseen circum.
stances not allow you to take the way indicated, recollect,
at least, that on the approach of the faithful army of our
common sovereign your duty and your oaths. The troops under
my command do not enter the kingdom of Poland as enemies ;
on the contrary, they are sent to restore order and the laws
they will receive as brothers all the civil and military persons
who return to their duty, but, with the courage and firmness
which they have shown on all occasions, they will overcome the
resistance which any ill-disposed persons may attempt to make,
who, trampling on the sacredness of oaths and the laws of honour,
sacrifice the dearest interests of their country to anabi.
tious and criminal plans. To you, in particular, whom
I was accustomed to consider as worthy companions in
arms, Generals and Colonels of the Polish army,
I address myself with confidence. Return from the momentary
error in which you may have indulged, that by joining the rebels
you might reclaim them, and serve, your country without break-
ing your oaths. Experience must have undeceived you • return
to your duty, and thus you will bring back happiness to your •
country. The clemency of our august Sovereign is known to
you ; return, therefore, to him. Think of the immense respon-
sibility which you would bring upon yourselves by a criminal ob-
stinacy.
" Join your brethren in arms. Show that you are still the
commanders of the troops which your Sovereign confided
to your honour. I repeat it, you will be received as
brothers. Oblivion of the past is promised you. The
troops under my command will honourably fulfil the views of
our Sovereign and the gratitude of the country, for the restora-
willbeona sweet: reward for your return to
g you men hardened in crime, who
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are not able to confide in magnanimity, because they are strangers
to the exalted feeling from which it flows, tear all the bonds of
military community with them, and the Almighty hand of God,
the Protector of the just cause,. will bring upon their heads
the punishment which their crimes deserve.
(Signed) " Marshal Count DIEBITCH SABALKANSKY."
" January, 1831."

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BERLIN, JAN. 25.
St. Schuld Sch. 4 per cent BS.)4
Prussian English Loan, 1818, 5 per cent..
Ditto Ditto 1822, 5 per cent. 95
Ditto Bonds 1830, 4 per cent,