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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1831.

la :tjrl Mr. HUE'S presentation of a petition
night in the House of Commons, from
tbr' CARPENTER, (who, by the bye, deserves
II: 11'1°st lenient consideration of Govern-
-74') against one of the Six Acts, the
ofri°rtNEY-GENERAL and the CHANCELLOR
,e the EXCHEQUER expressed themselves, as
iii2!ards the liberty of the Press, in a most
iti4al and intelligent spirit. Lord ALTHORP,
th Particular, observed that he was most anxious
p:t the Press should be protected to the utmost
ii'le extent, " consistent with the p
ral re-
sesti
odissemination of immo-
(1411,
t 1" f the
tY and the circulation of private scan-
seki" His Lordship added that he very
0111 read a Newspaper, so seldom indeed,
at
he really did not know whether he was at-
ta,,eked in them or not. Now, without wishing
ti,t`ibslightest degree to say any thing petulant
°frensive towards an active, intelligent, and
el'ininded Minister of the Crown like Lord
iv4llOllP, we cannot help venturing a word or
.°4 the amazing coyness which most great men
llbit, and the utter ignorance they profess,
hen
Speaking of the public Journals. With
fartlie,ee,l.Y one exception they invariably declare
44110 w nothing of their contents, and are re-
it
''ss of their strictures. Is this affectation—
it Indifference—is it apprehension—or is
a onion of all three ? PoPE, we re-
tr,e
arh'nber, in literature always professed the
Dime ignorance and indifference towards,
bl critics; Sir Freffill Plagiary equally
oti-°ned about his contempt for them ; yet no
th:susPects the authors of the "West Indian" or
le - " bunciad" of having been ignorant or heed-
prsa4dc'f the strictures that were made on their
tlifi'netions. Their professions of extreme in-
Nike were the results of extreme sensitive-
QeS3' " We frequently find a diffident man en-
41'14:11ring to disguise his mauvaise honk by an
lilliv4ti°fl of extraordinary impudence. Pos-
tip!' (314 public men act upon a similar Fin-
is se when speaking of the Press, for it
'till-earcely to be imagined that they can be
irhielre in their avowal of ignorance of a Power
Ithieehl influences the destinies of kingdoms ;
that, crowns this Sovereign and discrowns
of ; 'which sheds abroad the mild, steady light
arilerltelligence and humanity ; and in the import-
areea- and multitude of its conquests rivals the
lcrio-et conquerors that the world has ever
th,-wi,n. The Press is not only the safeguard—
es of a kingdom ; it is its life—its
the tke---its very heart's-blood ; the test—and
its :).111Y sure one—of its worth—its happiness—
Nstiielvilization. Wherever the Press is not free
iseh re of necessity the people are slaves, and
oftvet', body and soul, to the abominations
free be feudal system. To the possession of a
ktiva," esa Great Britain owes her all. The
Ilave.-tages of her conquests by sea and land
been varied by time and circumstance,
f,l4l'',eet to all the caprices and fluctuations of
I)Ion and commerce ; that which was once
halstal'ee has become shadow ; but her Press
Sbeen a steady indestructible bles-
ttlee'd Increasing from age to age, uninflu-
tat,it hY time, uninjured by even the as-
or fashion. We cannot therefore but
hofe at the coquetry and coyness of those who
Pow to be heedless or ignorant of this mighty
trejr• They may rely on it they will get little
llapist for their assertions, though their tact per-
lilaY be considered less questionable.

ttlE4,4e Reform Bill was last night ordered to be
t( €442 ed, and read a third time on Monday next.
1116°11rage friends, I see land," said a patient
1141:11'r when the narrator announced the termi-
to the Reform
of his long story. So say we, with respect
"le Reform Bill.
t \l/

ikt 'e are glad to find that Mr. OTWAY CAVE
Ptibi
:s ,i tely taken up the cause of the starving
1144441 emigrants. It does great credit to that
1141,e latt's head and heart, neither of which
ittt e‘'er been found wanting when a worthy ob-
tio4 Iv," to be effected. The emigrants in ques-
tith•gale strong—the strongest—claims on Bri-
-4' „ju,stiee and generosity. Had they been void
ttrt'leiple or honour, base, fawning sup-
av:hs °f bigotry and despotism, they might
tille eett loaded with wealth, and possibly pre-
'tgri'it' in their own country ; but their very M-
ille I,Y has ministered to their ruin. They are
1)e iltitns of their °pin virtue. And is this to
pllll3l.lted to them as a crime ? Are they to
Ilishtott'litted to starve because they have not been
tlliarriciured ? Forbid it justice ! The Spanish
ai
4t , 'ts are the representatives—the martyrs of
aticted cause in which we ourselves are now
tie ottbiltlY engaged ; they are the Reformers of
ollou .'ll Government, and God forbid that that
4table name should ever cease to ensure the
deeht otalla draw forth the charity of Englishmen .
led to"'enities through which we have all strug-
Lttpota wrest even "a shred of Reform from the
beat
who have so long oppressed us, should
11‘vat „i 8 to be considerate and compassionate
11k4 t B,those who, engaged in the same Hercu-
-4615 have been less fortunate than ourselves,

for of what use are experience and adversity,
unless they soften the heart and incline it to the
dictates of humanity ? Ardently do we hope,
and as firmly do we believe, that the English
Reformer will never forget the claims of his Spa•
nish brother. There is not the slightest diffe-
rence between them, except that the one is for-
tunate, the other the reverse.

The Address of the inhabitants of Rhenish
Bavaria to their SOVEREIGN—which will be
found in another column—is well worthy an at-
tentive perusal. It is conceived in a bold,
liberal, enlightened spirit, and executed with
equal intelligence and energy. The whole of
Rhenish Bavaria demands firmly but respect-
fully of their KING, that he shall put himself
at the head of the movement party, and render
prompt and active assistance to the Poles. Truly
this is a portentous sign of the times, and one
that no man, no matter of what country
he may be a native, will do wisely to
overlook. It is the first recorded recogni-
tion of the great principle, that the claims
of humanity are of equal weight with those of
justice and expediency; and that existing Go-
vernments, no matter how much the obligation
may militate against their wi'hes and interests,
are imperiously bound to adapt themselves
to existing circumstances. What a sig-
nificant hint is this Bavarian address to
the METTERNICH Cabinet at Vienna! What
a refresher to the jaded memory of that
constitution-promiser the King of PRUSSIA !
.That it will have a salutary effect on the Polish
cause—the cause of Reform, the cause of uni-
versal humanity—we have litttle doubt. It will
compel NICHOLAS to think, however troublesome
the process of reflection may be to so great a
man, and consider whether in persisting to
subjugate and decimate the Poles, he is
not waging war with a principle which all
Europe has equally at heart, and for the full
recognition of which it is now all but
in arms. The patriots in Poland fight the
same battle as the Reformers in England ;
consequently a defeat sustained by the one is a
defeat sustained by the other. The borough-
mongers, we know, view the question ill this
light : indeed so closely do they identify their
own interests with those of NICHOLAS, that
were the news of the fall of Warsaw to be pro-
claimed before the Reform Bill was decided in
the House of Lords, we have little doubt that
the intelligence would tend much to endanger its
success.

Sufficient indications have already been given
of the temper of a certain portion of the Lords
spiritual and temporal, to chew the urgent ne-
cessity of the people displaying on their part
their due share of mettle in the approaching
contest. Lord KING has broken the ice by
alluding to the probable speculations as to the use
of the Upper House, in the event of its prov-
ing itself to be opposed to the wishes of the
country, and the auger of the more interested
members of the Aristocracy has been duly
kindled on the occasion. The privileges
of the House have been invoked, and allu-
sion has been prohibited to be made in the
place it most concerns, to the sentiments, that
in the event of the Reform Bill being rejected,
will prevail among all reflecting persons from
one end of the nation to the other.

The true Nobility of England, such as the
HOWARDS, the CAVENDISHES,the RUSSELLS,
the CLIFFORDS, are ranged on the popular side
of the struggle. These illustrious persons have
too deep an interest in the country, with whose
annals their names will go down to posterity, to
condescend to form part of a faction in opposi-
tion to the voice of the Sovereign and People.
It is not, in general, of the genuine Aristocracy
in blood that there is reason to complain. It
is of those of modern growth, who exhibit them-
selves in the same assembly with the HOWARDS,
that we have just cause to be shamed. The real
Aristocracy is, indeed, come to a pretty pass when
its privileges are defended by such persons as some
we could name, who have been so unwarrantably
transplanted to a place for which they were fitted
neither by birth, by education, nor by public ser-
vices. It is this description of Legislators, whose
presumption stirs the indignation of all loyal citi-
zens. When the public sees such Peers pre-
suming to erect themselves into a barrier against
the accomplishment of the desires of the Sove-
reign, the genuine Aristocracy, and the people,
how can the general voice be expressed other-
wise than loudly and vehemently against an
oligarchy, who, to-day nobles, though yester-
day scarcely gentlemen, are little able to appre-
ciate such a truth as that contained in the motto
of the HowAßDs,—Sola virtus nobilitas.
We should be unworthy the name of English-
men if we did not honour the ancient stocks of
the English nobility. They took part with the
people for a long series of years against the op-
pressors of Royalty, when the Kings of Eng-
land were of a different character from that of
WILLIAM IV. They have been distinguished
for their line of liberty, when liberty in England
was but a tender plant. But we cannot dis-
semble our disgust at the conduct of the factious
will, should they persist in their
oligarchy that
opposition to Reform, make the rank of a
British Peer as ridiculous as that' of a Peer of
France has become.

We have received Dutch and St. Petersburg!'
Papers. They contain no news of a decisive
character, or worthy of comment. The follow-

mg are extracts :
PosErr.—The Posen Gazelle of sth September shows
the falsehood of many reports lately inserted in the Ger-
man Journals, such as that the Russian General Rudiger
had been defeated, and driven to Gallicia ; that Paske-
witsch was retreating from Warsaw ; that the massacres
in Warsaw were only fiction, contrived to deceive the
Russians, &c., and says :
" We can assure the public, on good authority, that all
these things are mere inventions. Ceneral Skrzynecki has
had no command since the 15th ult. Rozyzki, who is
said to command against General Rudiger, has only a few
thousand men. General Rudiger has not been surprised ;
the massacre at Warsaw has but too certainly taken place.
Lastly, neither Sktzynecki nor any body else is gone to
Lithuania. Om the other hand, we will communicate
the public a true piece of news : —ln the night of the 28th
of August the Russian General, Ronne, commanding a

detachment that covered the bridge of Osick, was informed
that a strong Polish force was advancing against him.
Having sent a detachment of 200 Cossacks toward,
Steklink, to reconnoitre, he thought it necessary, on th
30th, to secure the bridge. He accordingly had several
of the ho its, on which the bridge was laid, removed,
and withdrew, with his infantry and artillery, to the lef
bank of the Vistula. When his Cossacks returned, and found
the bridge gone, 60 of them swam across the river ; 146
retired into the Prussian territory towards Szylno, whence.
after having performed quarantine, they will be sent along
the frontier to Russia, in strict conformity with the existing
regulations. No engagement whatever took place, and only
two Cossacks were made prisoners. Hitherto only a detach-
ment of Cracowites, who behaved in a very orderly manner,
have appeared on the Prussian frontier, and intended, as
they said, since the object of their expedition had failed,
to fall back to the main body in the provice of Plozk.
This is the authentic account of an affair, out of which
our news manufacturers have composed the battle of Lipno,
with which they still amuse themselves."
Accounts from Stettin, of the Bth, say that tranquillity
is perfectly restored there, and that the people are perfectly
satisfied of the utility of the measures adopted. The citizens
have been particularly pleased with the unexpected arrival
of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was sent
hy the fling to inquire into the real state of affairs, to
express his great affliction at the events of the I st, and his
satisfaction with the laudable of irts of the Magistrates to
restore and preserve order. The Burgomaster called a
meeting in the church, especially of the inhabitants of the
quarter in which the tumult took place, and addressed them
in a very kind and eloquent speech, which had a most
powerful effect on them, and we hope that no further
troubles will ensue.

(The Prussian State Gazette of Saturday, the 10th of
September, has no articles respecting Poland.)
THE HAGUE, SEPT. 13.-We hear that their MaiesCes
and the Royal :family will go to Amsterdam on Friday.
The Prince of Orange arrived here on Sunday night.
His Highness the Duke of Saxe Weimar arrived here
to-day.
AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 13.
Actual Debt, 2% per cent 374 to 38
Voluntary Loan
Ainort Syndic, 44 per cent 58.7.4 to 3t)
Ditto, ditto, 34 per cent 4S% to 49

ST. PETERUUIiGfi, A uG. 31.—The French Ambassa-
dor, the Duke de Mortemart, who is gone to Parir, has
long had leave of absence, but would not make use of it
while the disorder was raging at St. Petershurgh. His
Excellency will probably not return before the end of
December.

A supplement to are Petersburgh Journal contains a
lung report from P..skewitsch, dated Nadarzyn, Aug. 19.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 15.—Wind N.W.—Sailed his
Majesty's ship Anson, for Leith.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 14 —Wind E.—Arrived the Alex-
ander, Cassie, from Surinam ; Albion transport, from St.
l'eters')urgh ; and Harriet and Jane, Liddle, from ditto.
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 14.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived off
port the Duke of Norfolk, Alarming, from St. Kitt's.
STANDG ATE CREEK, SEPT. 15.—Arrived the Breaman,
Jameson ; David Walter, Morris; and John, Mozay, from
St. Petersburgh ; Sancho Panza, Collings, from Stettin ;
and , Charles Adders, King, from Hamburg.
_

Mr LFORD, SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Perseverance, Drink-
water; and Snowdon, Griffiths, from St. Petersburgh.
LivEaroot., SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Pericles, Friend,
mom Maranham ; and Turner, from Quebec.
DUBLIN, SEPT. 11.—Arrived the Betsy, Brunton,
from Smyrna.
TottRAY, SEPT. 14.—The squadron under Sir L.
Codrington is otf the port. The transport, No. 10, with
troops, was spoken with, the 27th ult., in lat. 49. long. 44.
ABERDEEN, SEPT. 13.—Arrived the Confidence, Craige,
from Archangel.
13aouctyrr 110 ADS, SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Brought•
Castle, from St. Petershurgh ; Ophelia, Clark ; Pre-
ceptor, Watson ; Mary. ISPDonald ; John Black, M'Kenzie;
Helena, Reid ; Noah, Nicoll ; and Jane, Wylie, from
Archangel; Blossom, Smith; Sally, Doag; and Hanover,
Gillespie, from St. Petersburgh.
SUNDERLAND, SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Ann, Miller,
from Quebec.

Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's, at
Flushing, dated Sept. 10 :—" 1 am informed that the
buoys are not yet replaced in the river, or the entrance."