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London, England, 1833-01-14 00:00:00

exposes the utter absurdity of these alarms,
though they ought scarcely to need such an ex-
position, after the Turkish and the Polish catn•
palgns, in both of which, though the Russians
put forth the flower of their armies against two na-
tions, or rather fragments of nations, distracted
by internal anarchy, and in want of almost all the
munitions of war, yet they made little or no im-
pression
until the usual Greek subtlety of the St.
Petersburgh
Cabinet was called in to their as-
sistance. Had treachery not been set bri,kly
to work at Varna and Warsaw, the Russians,
with all their immense military resources, would
have failed both in Turkey and Poland. We
are glad, for the sake of the general interests of
humanity, that Marshal MATSON, who under-
stan
wds, it appears, better than any man living,
to deal with Russia, is appointed Ambas-
sador to St. Petersburgh.
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Je accounts from Oporto come down to the
be th. instant, at which period preparations were
ing made for acting on the offensive as soon
118 r. possible
I . General SOLIGNAC was made a
Q-Marshal, and invested with the chief
command under the EMPEROR.
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to. Leavy press
_of matter prevents us entering
topics
on the consideration of some of those
connected with the Repeal of the Union,
al°„ which our clever correspondent, " DALETH,
l which
in his letter of to-day. We shall, how-
ever' take take an early opportunity of reverting to,
,e subject. Meantime, we quote" DA LETH, S
siEetch
of the Dictator of Ireland, Mr. 0 CON-
-1
14.---as he may, without impropriety, be
e.allea--for it is true to the life. Our artist
4 no LAWRENCE in the flattery of his por-
feflia.iture, but he hits off a likeness with equal
city :---"
DANIEL O'CONNELL, the man
or the People,' the liberator,' the agitator,'
ti the dictator,' as he is usually and severally
ters eri°Minated, is one of those remarkable charac-
yossessing in themselves the stamina of
psi Ystcal or moral achievement. Time, place,
oftuati°ll in life, and a numerous variety
u favourably concurring circumstances, have
oftidis'ubtedly contributed largely to the elevation
atant"de Pinnacle of celebrity on which he now
he ; but, without the aid of many of them,
0 Would have transmitted his name to
osterity. By nature haughty, ambitious,
e „ert„;,,
'''ng, and sanguine of success; by
institution generous, warm, enthusiastic,
:tient, restless, and unstable ; by edu-
ree4 a theologian, a polemic, and a bigot; by
Section self-willed, self-sufficient, and contemp-
tri°ll4 of the judgment of others ; by habit a
buttivirate of priest, agitator, and autocrat,
iil4llltl. O'CONNELL is not wanting to himself
„11.9.4alities which in every age have distin.
Ished their possessors."
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e German Papers received this morning
;:litain'e
an article from the St. Petersburgh
tht",ol, in answer to some charges advanced by
ba-, :Journal du Commerce against the har-
t irztles inflicted on the poor Poles. The
4rcle' of course, denies the charges, and
es very characteristically with saying,—
i
"Is is due to the interest of' truth, and it s
• 'ere, once for all, without any design of
:ter -
ing into useless disputes with those who
the, always ready to calumniate Russia, of which.
s nothing. A noble silence alone is
lop iscu'e to the dignity of' our Government, which
s with contempt at the arrows which cannot
reap
it,
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444; trkassUrto, Drc. 27.—The Petersburg Journals
-;11 the following declaration :—`°The Gazette de
in its number of the 22d of November, has quoted
sttiC:ele from the Journal du Commerce and at the
i 4 j: "nie expressed a wish to see the statements contained
that eZotradicted. This contradiction we give. It is false
',llitett:te impoverished population of the Governments of
Mohilen, Wilna, Grodno, Minsk, Volbynia, and
Provilp7 are sent partly to the Ukraine, and partly to the
,great -" of Bialystck." The revolt has, it is true, reduced
tilts illuMber of families in those provinces to poverty.
irri, Perial Government is indefatigable in its efforts to
,fhe 7e Wounds that the insurrection has inflicted.
surrection deprived the countryman of his
voto-°` ; the Government has provided him with
tsda.„, The insurrection hurried away a multi-
Fatail:" deluded men, and took them away from their
bsoitlh", t 0 abandon them to misery and send them into
fc'rtti meat ; the Government has restored. all these un-
tettirt'hat People to their land and their families ; they have
oWto to their homes and to obedience to the
t° 5t1,4 The Government knows that it may trust
I hick submission, because they cannot forget the evils
, Yae insurrection has heaped upon them.
14nd,ti 'a stated that 40,000 Polish families, possessors of
Rive Property, have been sent to the Caucasus. It is
°_,nlY to the spirit of revolt to rend the most sacred
The f,nu to alienate whole families from their homes.
cot, ''Perial Government is conscious of having pardoned
thole nderahle number of individuals who had risen against
single in authority over them, but it knows nothing of a
thatbasi°h family it has condemned to transportation or
(I,,;Men t.
:rt is likewise false that the cathedral of Wilna has been
1101,41 ed for a powder magazine, and the church of the
Fathers at Ponewies converted into a masquerade-
/on ; and it is false, that in the diocese of Wilna alone
si;,: Catholic monasteries have been converted into Ilus-
thq churches, and the priests of the Latin Church ex.
atißed for priests of the Greek religion.
\VII! is true that a certain number of monasteries in
htt 'ts Russia and the southern provinces have
ir,4 dissolved ; but this ordinance, far from he-
tet), " act of persecution, as it has been falsely
tc th4ented, is no more than a mere regulation conformable
'„,eanon law which prescribes that a monastic commu-
tootZniit consist of eight monks at least. Now as several
Cov,-74ties had no more than two or three monks, the
tati;°!llent has caused the ecclesiastical authority of the
°the,: Church to interfere and place those individuals in
have th4intlasteries of the same order. Monasteries which
Patio, 4,‘ ceased to be such have been either converted into
dstio,tt'unrches of the Latin Rite, or into charitable foun-
Ztsne,t °r useful establishments suitable to local circum-
't_to placed The capitals of the dissolved monasteries have
vuieh . Without any exception, in the Auxiliary Fund
bc'th toth: Cathol
stains ics ossess in Russia, and which serves
o' thQ -uPPort infirtnP Priests and to increase the funds
rshal N'',itit'otiot•l'Minaries, a measure which raises the capital,
ed th • 14:1 this year to 350,000 rubles, to 4,500,000 ru-
e t"e ottp' in this spirit of justice and benevolence. that
urgn. ° pl,,,.natices are conceived, which it is attempted
,_witted otrrNoti„,io the most odious colours. In thus red-
all the 1 poTii'lly
n.,thie
.acts their naked truth, an
h. ely t'un uting the calumnies that have been
of ess,ell,..eloijleht,
cis titPrw'n:l against the Administration, the only
the readers of many foreign journals.
Peters"' ,linssis:4thrieirinstatements which they contain respecting
he resouP aere,
coflems di for an
In' is due to the interest of truth, and it is done
always 11,m.,rtite, without any design of entering into use-
4_, la, Of with those who are always ready to calumniate
exagger'ilrone it
t they know nothing. A noble silence
ar since °Q464vititi,' a"le to the dignity of our Government, which
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AS beet State c°?sAcltempt at the arrows which cannot. reach .
. ' x°. 28.—By an Edict of the Secretary of
to 't. 'r attieined here to-day, the taxes on salt, flour, and
the colos",cll.°_" of iii,Xl, Which were reduced after the resolu.
c", are placed on the old footing. This
been 3 gradu,t ,to commence on the Ist day of January.
t civililaiiiintrAoccP reduction of the salaries of public officers was
~ltejoari,,i4nth
are %rte,,...18 time ago. Salaties below 15 scudi per
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