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LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1831.

DISSOLUTION OP PARLIAMENT.
SUN OFFICE, THREE 0' CL 0 CK.

We stop the Press to announce that Parliamen

will be dissolved this day, after the Royal Assent
has been given to the Civil List and other Bills.

Another Cabinet Council was held at the residence
of Earl GREY, in Downing-street, this morning. The
Council was attended by all the Ministers, and had
not separated up to two o'clock.

It is now generally understood at the west end of
the town, that as soon as the private business can be
got through Parliament will be dissolved. This is
the • only cour'e for Miniiters to pursue, and that
promptly. The boroughmongers and their nominees
will then get their deserts from a grateful and consi-
derate people.

GLORIOUS VICTORY OF THE POLES,
TOTAL DRFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS !

By the Journal de Verniers, dated the 16th, we
have received the following important intelli-
gence :—" M. FIRCIIBACII, of Stavelot, who has
just arrived post from Frankfort, announces as cer-
tain, that at the moment of his departure the house
of a Mustm and Co., of that city, had received an
express from Warsaw, bringing the news that the
heroic Poles had again attacked the Russians on tl•e
sth of April, and had taken 15,000 prisoners
and 42 pieces of cannon. The Russian army is
completed routed, and Marshal DIEBITSCII flying
with the remainder of his troops. It is believed
that he has been obliged to take the road towbrds
\Vilna, where an insurrection has just broken out.
This circumstance may cut off his retreat on that
side. Hitherto only insignificant de'ails of this
new !tattle have been received, consequently the
number of the killed is not known, which must be
vety considerable on the part of the RusSians.—
During the action the Lithuanians and Volltynians
who served in the Russian army, turned their arms
against the Muscovites and powerfully contributed
to the success of the battle."
BRUSSELS, Aram 16.—A letter from Antwerp of
April 13, says--" One of the Swiss who deserted yester-
day from the citadel says, that the night before he came
away three cannon in the ramparts were found to be spiked.
The Dutch are very actively eng,teed in surrounding
with palisades, the fort opposite our fort on the north,
on their side of the river."

GHENT, APRIL I6.—We are happy to announce that
no fears are now entertained for the life of M. Vortman.

BRUSSELS, Aram 17.—Messrs. Mathieu, merchant,
Jones, coach-builder, and Picard, editor of the Vrai
Patriote, have just brought actions for damages against
the city of Brussels, on account of the pillage and destruc-
tion of their property.
The Journal de Verviers of yesterday (16th) contains
the following important news :
" M. Firchbach, of Stavelot, who has just arrived post
from Frankfort, announces as certain that at the moment
of his departure the house of G. Mumm and CO., Of that
city had received an express from Warsaw, bringing the
news that the heroic Poles bad again attacked the Rus-
sians, on the sth of April, and hul taken 15,000 pri-
soners and 42 pieces of cannon. The Ru%sian army is
completed routed, and Marshal Diebitsch flying with the
remainder of his troops. It is believed that he has been
obliged to take the road towards Wilna, where an insur-
rection has just broken out• This circumstance may cut
off his retreat on that side.

'• Hitherto only insignificant details of this new battle
have been received, consequently the number of the
killed is not known, which muit be very considerable on
the part of the Russians. During the action' the Lithua-
nians and Volbynians who served in the Russian army,
turned their arms against the Muscovites and • powerfully
contributed to the success of the battle."

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11pussit.s, APRIL 18.—Letters from Frankfort' an-
nounce that in several States of the German confedera-
tion the contingents prrtend they have nothing to do in
the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, and that this accounts
for the delay of two mouths which the confederation has
prudently resolved upon. The Duke of Sixe Weimar on
his side has put off the time fin' entering into contracts
for provisions. _ _

BRUSSELS, Arun. 19.—Our forces on the ex.
treme frontier towards Luxemburg will be very respect-
ab'e in a few days. We learn for certain that justice is
done to General Millinet. lie is going to have a command.
Now that the affairs of Poland, our own preparations,
and the dispositions manifested by the Dutch seem to have.
wined the policy of the Congress at London in a more
reasonable course, we are informed that the Prince of
Saxe Coburg may, without inconvenience, swear to our
Constitution. The question of Luxemburg Was the only
point that could hinder it, and this question, it is said,
will be decided according to the wishes of Belgium by
means of pecuniary arrangement.

Ii the revolution i. safe, and the integrity of our terri-
tory sworn to by the Prince of Saxe Coburg, we do not
see any difficulty to his being elected King of the I3elgidns.
It is affirmed that it is intended to send a deputation of
three persons to offer the Crown of Belgium to the Prince
of Saxe Coburg. This deputation it is said will be eom-
psed of Count Felix de Merode, Count Vilain XIII., and
the Abbe de Foere. Lastly, it is affirmed that the deputa-
tion has already had several conferences with the Minister
for Foreign Affairs.

Yesterday evening
a deputation from our Government
set out from Brussels to London on a special mission to
obtain information respecting the candidate of the Prince
of Saxe Coburg to the throne of Belgium. This deputa-
tion, consisting of five members of the Congress, who have
consented to take the office on themselves, had before it%
departure a pretty long conference uith the Minister for
Foreign Affairs.

The public proceedings in the trial of Col. Borreman
commenced this morning.

In another column will be found a spirited arid
intelligent letter from the pen of " Co-Radical" on
the subject of a dissolution of Parliament, to which
we direct the attention of our readers.

Children should never play with edge-tools—
pigmies should never venture to break a lance with
giants—for it invariably happens that the child cuts
his fingers, and the pigmy gets a fall. We wish
a certain Noble and Gallant Lord had bethought

himself last night of this before he resolved on a
headlong attack on the LORD CHANCELLOR. It
would have saved him, we conceiv2, no slight
mortification.

The trading Justices, own brothers to the Bo-
roughmongers, are endeavouring to lake an outcry
against the Beer Bill, that great boon to the public,
No human law or institution was ever perfect, and
if the Beer Bill is not an unmixed good, the same
may, perhaps, be said even of the institution of the
Magistracy, of whom, however, we have no wish to
'peak with disrespect, since that body includes many
individuals of great worth and integrity, to whom
the public owe the greatest obligations for their dis-
interested services ; they are, however, mixed up
with another description of persons, the trading
Justices, who are very loud in boasting they ate
UNPAID, but who have hitherto been paid in the
worst possible shape, by the exercise, and some-
times the abuse, of authority, and by jobbing on all
occasions that presented an opportunity for a ma-
gisterial job. The latter, like the Boroughmongers
think they have a right to turn every thing to ac-
count, and job in public-house licenses, hunt
poachers, lord it over the poor, while the Borough-
mongers deal in seats in the Legislature, traffic with
votes, and legislate for the benefit of themselves
and their dependants instead of the country. Both
these classes of worthies have easily persuaded
themselves, and would fain persuade the public, they
have vested interests in the abuses by which they
profit, and both, we trust, will shortly be convinced
that there are rights and interests more just, more
sacred, and indefeasible, than any they so modestly
lay claim to.
To w hat abuses has the Baer Bill given r'se ?
What evil has it generated,—beyond that greatest
of all evils to a trading Justice,—allowing beer to be
sold in a house unlicensed by himself, by which he
can neither display his authority, or make a profit ?
The philanthrophy of these worthy personages is in-
deed pre-eminent,—a beer shop, forsooth, encou-
tages a poor man to spend his money away from his
family a public-house, licensed by the Magis-
trates, presents no such inducement,_ and beer sold
there must always be innocuous, when brewed by
some relative, friend, or connexion, of a licensing
Magistrate!! •

How much money has the labourer, who earns
eight, ten, or, at most, twelve shillings a week, to
spend in beer, after providing food, fuel, raiment,
lodging for himself, his wife, and children ? Has
he more to spend than formerly, unless it be the
penny per pot save] by the repeal of the duty ?
Does not the cumber of beer shops, of which
complaint is made, necessarily divide the customers
who frequent them ?—and is such division likely to
increase disorder? Is disorder likely to be less
prevalent in public-houses licensed by Magistrates,
where men are forced to congregate, and spirits are
also sold, than in shops where beer only can be pur-
chased ?

Again, if disorder exist., why do not the Magis-

trates do their duty and repress it ? Have they not
ample powers under the Beer Bill, by heavy fines,
increasing for every offence ?—and if abuse and dis-
order be persisted in, have they not the power to
deprive the offender of his, license f Have the Ma-
gistrates exercised the powers with which they are
entrusted to repress the evils of which they corn-
plain, but do not specify,—and if not, why not ? If
they have,—in what cases have they found it neces-
sary to do so ?—or have they neglected their duty
to complain of an evit, which, supposing it to exist,
could only be generated by their own connivance?
Possibly the power to fine or deprive a beer shop
of a license is not to the taste of a trading Justice,
who of course is greedy neither of authority or
profit, but from pure patriotism prefers granting a
license to a public-house.

The Beer Bill was it measure of the late Ad-
ministration, but so far as it promotes the public
benefit we feel confident it will be upheld. by their
successors, with the same zeal and greater jealousy
than if it had been their own.

The Anti-Reformers were extremely lavish of
their money yesterday. The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND
gave five guineas to the bell-ringers of St. Martin's, to ring
a peal, in consequence of the majority. The High Church
Parsons, in several parishes, testifying their joy in like
manner.

A circumstance occurred a few days ago,
which will operate as a caution to the visitors to France,
against the practice of acting as letter-carriers for their
friends. A gentleman named Blum) undertook to oblige
several friends in London, by becoming the bearer of letters
to their acquaintances on the Continent. Upon arriving
at Calais, however, the officer took the liberty not only of
seizing the letters, but of locking him up in a prison,
where he was confined a whole day, and then informed
that he must pay the penalty of 300 francs fur the offence.
He had prepared himself against contingencies by carrying
the letters open, but it was of no avail. The authorities
were prevailed upon at last to remit the penalty, but the
postage charges were, we understand, insisted on.
The present condition of Spain presents a
multitude of anomalies which nothing but an intimate ac-
quaintance with the secrets of Spanish character can ex-
plain. It is on this accou at Don TELESFORA DE
TEUEBA's novel of "The gnito" possesses such a pecu-
liar interest: He introd aus to all the various scents of
Spanish life, from the oudoir of the Countess and the
drawing-room of h lanquero to those dark recesses
where crime and p ty form the robber aryl the assassin.
It is a fit supplement to " Gil B!as," for it introduces
many of LE SAGE'S characters in a spirit worthy of himself,
and shews bow they have been modifiel by the lapse of
time and the operation of circumstances.
_ _

SUICIDE.—On Friday last Mr. ADYE, a
retired tradesman of Melkshana, nearly SO years of age,
after breakfast left his home and an aged bedridden wife,
having previously put out of his pockets his keys and
money. He then went to the canal ;on the bank of which
he cautioned some children to take care of the water.
After leaving them, it would appear that he soon accom-
plished his dreadful purpose ; his hat and his neckcloth
being discovered on the bank, his body was soon found,
but life was wholly extinct. So determined had he been
on self-destruction, that he had tied his legs and hands
together, to prevent all struggling, and then rolled from
the bank into the water ! The poor man had for some
time previous been complaining that he was " plucked
in every way," and th it he would nut have enough left
him to last out. He has notwithstanding left not a little
property in houses! The coroner's inquest was held on
Sunday.--Verdict, Felo-de-se.—Bath Chronicle.
FAUX PAs.—A considerable degree of sur-
prise has been caused in this city, within the last two
days, by the sudden departure of the wife of a respectable
shopkeeper, who has taken with her to England a large
sum of money, and a young man, whose attention to her
had frequently caused a great deal of angry discussion be-
tween the fugitive lady and her husband. The runaways
have been ti aced to Liverpool, where the husband hai now
gone in pursuit of them, and it is hoped that lie will re-
cover, if not his wife, at least sonic portion of the money
she has stolen from Min.—Dublin Morning Register.
WEDDED LIFE IN THE UPPER RANKS.—
The principal story in th umes designated as above,
is called " The Wife Friends." The Madame de
Valmont, who acts so nspicuous a part in this singular
tale, and whose Pimple oks, and apparently artless man-
ners form so striking contrast with the guilt of her pri-
vate life, is unquesti nably modelled from that English
lady whose condut (which in some degree was attri-
butable to the cusp ous associates with whom her mar-
riage to a foreign Count had familiarised her) made it ne-
cessary she should leave this country. Her forced depar-
ture is still the theme of conversation; and, in writing a
novel illustrative of high marriages, it iy not likely that
the noble authoress would fail to turn to account a cir-
cumstance which, for a time, bad so great an effect on
society.

SUIPISI-NG INTELLIGENCE=tTfit§DA Y.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

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DEAL, APRIL 19.—Wind N.E., stea iy breeze.—Arrivtal from
tLe river and sai ed, the Elizabeth, Deans, for the South Setts.
the Hon. Company's ships Rose, I hike of York, and Waterloo,
for China, passed about noon.
POR'fSMOUTH, APR 11, 29.—W E.—Sailed his Majesty's
ship Actaeon, for the Mediterranean.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 19.—Arrived the Maria, from Rio Ja.
neiro.

VOILK, APRIL 1 i.—Arrived the Beguilia, Dahiz, from St.Ubes,
GLOUCESTER, APRIL 18 —Anived the Joseph and Fanny,
Lobbet, from Corinna.
WARREN POIN r, APRIL IB.—The Quintin Lutch, Mackay,
bound to Quebec, grounded on a flat point close to the town,
while in tow of a steam-boat, yesterday, but was got off to-day
after being lightened; she is now at anchor in the roads, and will
proceed.
SCARBOROUGH, APRIL 19.—The Providence,'Comyns' front
Newcastle to Amsterdam, ran upon Whitby rock last night, but
got off without damage, and came in here this morning.
PARIS, APRIL 18.—The Perseverance, Radloff, grounded at
Quellebourf on the 12th instant.

The Therese, Stevens, from Hull to Hamburg, was lost off
Garmouth on the 15th instant, crew saved.

The Newcastle, Harwood, from Odessa and Constantinople to
Portsmouth, was totally wrecked on the 24th ult. near Mazzar?,,
Sicily ; crew saved.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY).

COURT OF CHANCERY.
MEATHST v. WEsTME A TH.

Mr. BACON applied on behalf of Lady Westmeath to the
Court, for an order that a writ de contumace capiendo might
issue against Lord Westmeath, the significant having been made.
The LURD CHANCELLOR said he should do no such thing
as snake such an order. This was a case in which he should not
stir an inch either to the right or left further than he was abso-
lutely compelled. An Irish Peer (whether a Peer of the realm
or not) had undeniable privilege to be protected from personal
arrest. The significant intimating that Lord Westmeath was,
in contempt had been sent before the last demise of the Crown
to this Court, signifying that his Lordship was in contempt for
not obeying the order of the Court of Delegates, but it had not
been disposed of before Lord Lyndhurst went out of office, and
the difficulty at the Cursitors' Office now was, whether a new
significant should not be received ?
Mr. BACON was aware of this, and in the alternative was in.
structed to ask that an early day might be named to have the
case discussed on this or any other point.
After a short conversation at the bar, his LORDSHIP desired.
the Council and parties to arrange among themselves what day
would be the most convenient for having it argued.
His LORDSHIP rose at twelve o'clock. He said he should.
return in about an hour and a half.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
HIPKINS o. NEWTON.—INJUNCTION.

Mr. WILLCOCK applied at the sitting of the Court for an
injunction to restrain the defendant proceeding in the Lord
Mayor's Court. The facts of the case were these—The plaintiff;
Hipkins, was a trustee under a settlement, and some years ago
the defendant Newton and his wife obtained from him the whole
of the trust money, to the amount of 60104 on their going out
to America, for the purpose of investing it in the American
Funds in the name of the plaintiff; Newton however thought
proper to invest it in his own name, instead of that of the
plaintiff. Sometime after the defendant sold out part of
the fund and came to England, the remittance of the
part sold came to merchants of America in the city, Messrs.
Wilde and Pickersgill, and upon the plaintiff being informed that
such sums were in their hands, he attached it. The money was
then handed over to the plaintiff; upon sureties beinr, given for
its return within a year and day, according to the practice
of the Lord Mayor's Court. The defendant proceeded
to force on the case, and demanded a declaration from
the plaintiff; which was given, and the defendant then
pleaded the Statute of Limitations, and that the cause
of action arose in England, and therefore the plaintiff was
, bound to return the money. In this state of circumstances the
plaintiff filed his bill, calling for discovery, and the Learned
Counsel trusted, considering the very summary nature of the
process of the Lord Mayor's Court, his Honour would grant the
injunction now asked, to restrain the .defendant from taking
further proceedings there in order to get possession cf the money.
--.lnjunction granted.

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