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London, England, 1834-10-22 00:00:00

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22. 1334.

The investigation into the origin of the late destruct'
tive conflagration has taken a most extraordinary turn.
By the evidence which transpired yesterday, it would

seem that the fact of the fire having broken out in the
Lords was known at Birmingham—a distance of 110
miles—at ten o'clock the same night ! If this be
the case, the whole matter wears a very suspicious
appearance.

We have received the Paris Papers of Monday, in
which we find some very extraordinary accounts of the
burning of the two Houses of Parliament, with an
abundance of still more extraordinary comments upon
that memorable catastrophe. Our readers would
not thank us for letting them know what the
Parisian Journalists think of this awful disaster,
as were we to do so, we should be under a
necessity of excluding everything else from our paper.
The local news unimportant. Nor are the accounts
from Spain of a kind different from what we have been
for weeks in the habit of receiving. Such as they are,
however, they are given elsewhere. In the papers re-
ceived this morning we find the following:---•
PARIS, OCT. 20.—The news from Spain, given by the
Moniteur, makes no mention of the entrance of Mina into
Spain ; we may therefore suppose that he still remained at
the baths of Carnbo, where he was at the date of the last
news received by the post.
Los Arcos, where Zumalacarreguy was, is situated in Le
Ribera (the olive country), on the high road from Pampe-
luna to Logrono on the-Ebro, at the distance of four leagues
from the latter town, sixteen leagues south-west of Pampe-
luna, and three leagues south-east of Vittoria. It is only
four leagues from Los Arcos to the mountains of the Ames-
coas, the ordinary place of refuge of Zumalacarreguy, in
the south part of Navarre. Logrono is fortified.
It is said to be in contemplation to form two new regi-
ments of cavalry on the frontiers of the Pyrenees, for the
express purpose of scouring the country ; they are to be
called Regiments of Eclaireurs. They will wear the same
uniform as the troops or garrison known by the same name
in the latter time of the reign of Napoleon. General Ha-
rispe has just sent to Paris Captain Filhow, of the Cavalry
in the Army of Observation of the Pyrenees, with despatches
for the Minister of War.
M. Zea Bermudez, lately Prime Minister to the Queen
of Spain, is now at Bordeaux ; he is going to London.
A letter from Munich, of the 13th October, says—" No
official overture respecting the marriage has yet been made
to the Duke of Leutchenberg ; but confidential communica-
tions have been made. The Duke will doubtless determine
only out of regard for Don Pedro, and the new situation of
the Duchess of Braganza and the young Queen."
The Ifarcelona journals of the 10th October give an ac-
count of the movements of troops commanded by Captain-
General Marquis deValle de Ribas (this is Llauder' s new title)
to destroy the lands in the mountains. It seems that he
has very nearly succeeded, thanks to the measures concoc-
ted with Valdes, Captain-General of Valencia and Espeleta,
who commands in Aragon. It is to be hoped that an end
will be put to the bands of Carnicer, and others, which
infest the banks of the Ebro, in the mountains between
Aragon, Valencia and Catalonia.—,llfessager, Oct. 20.

Our readers will remember the frequency with which
we warned the Governments of England and France
of the insidious policy of Russia in the patronizing air
which she assumed towards the Sublime Porte, and

the earnestness with which we entreated them to be-
ware, lest her machinations might not yet arm her with
a power dangerous to the peace of Europe. Our ap-
prehensions of evil from such a quarter were not en-
tertained without having paid some attention to the
past history of Russia, as well as to the character of
the Sovereign at whose nod her devastating eagle ex-
pands its ebon wings. There is no country in the
world so consistent with herself in one part of her
general policy as Russia. There is one line from
which she never swerves—one point at which she
never arrives, without having a particular object in view,
in which those who have marked her progress can
never be mistaken. The line from which she never
swerves—the point at which she is ever consistent, is

this :—whenever she professes extraordinary friend-
ship, she is prepared to betray—whenever she appeals
to the world in proof of her clemency, moderation, and
mercy, she is on the eve of committing some dreadful car-
nage, some brutal and unheard-of butchery, unrivalled in

the annals of murderous massacre. SWIFT, in his des-
cription of the policy of Cahn Dyizr Rune, Emperor
of Lilliput, informs us, that—" It was a custom intro-
duced by this prince and his ministry, that after the
Court had decreed any cruel execution, either to gratify
the monarch's resentment or the malice of a favourite,
the emperor always made a speech to his whole council,
expressing his great lenity and tenderness, as qualities
known and confessed by all the world. This speech
was immediately published throughout the kingdom,
nor did anything terrify the people so much as those

encomiums on his Majesty's mercy ; because it was
observed, the -more, these praises were enlarged or in-
sisted on, the more inhuman was the punishment, and
the sufferer more innocent." Substitute the word
Ukase for Speech in the above passage from SWIFT'S
Gulliver, and never was there a more correct
description of the policy of the CZAR and his
imperial predecessors. The world has not yet
forgotton the fate of brave, chivalrous, but unhappy
Poland; nor the imperial Ukases breathing paternal
love, which almost inundated that country from their
very number, at the moment NICHOLAS was pre-
paring to saturate the soil with the best blood of her
patriotic sons. The Governor of a town received an
Ukase as a pledge of the paternal affection of the Em-
peror, and before he had time to break the imperial
seal, the characters were irradiated with the flames
of the fortress. Such was and is the consistent policy
of Russia.

In The Sun of yesterday we published an article
from the Courrier Francais, containing an account of
recent encroachments of Russia in the East, dated the

20th of September, from Constantinople. We have
also received private intelligence from a quarter on
which we can depend, confirming the statements con-
tained in the French journal, which announce that
Russia has prevailed upon the Porte to cede a large
extent of territory along the Eastern shores of
the Black Sea. The stipulations agreed to
by the treaty of Adrianople by no means
sufficed to sate the ambition of Russia, who, not con-
tent with the soil, insists also on peopling the desert
regions of Caucasia with Armenians, the natural born
subjects of the Persian and Turkish empires. The
CZAR had ceded to him by the convention signed last
year at St. Petersburgh, the districts of Paschkow and
Tchilguir, of which he took immediate possession. This
did not long satisfy him. Under pretence of N.; atching over
the interests of the Porte, his troops, since that time, have
gradually taken possession of several important places
along the eastern border of the Black Sea as far as
Trebisond. Although these movements on the part
of Russia attracted the attention of the liberal press of
England and France, who were not slow in proclaim-
ing the purposes of the destroyer of Polish nationality,
unfortunately their remonstrances were not attended to
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by the Governments of these kingdoms, and the great
bulk of the people were too much taken up with domes-
tic affairs, and the unsettled state of Portugal, to
think of what was then passing in the East. The
hour has now come when Russia thinks she may fling
aside the mask in safety. She now demands from the
Porte a formal renunciation of dominions, which will
enable her to carry on a war with the free Governments
of Europe, confident that in the present embarrassed
condition of the Porte, any terms must be complied
with. Nor has she miscalculated the depth of her own
policy. The Porte, on learning the demands of
M. de BOUTENIEFF, the Russian Ambassador,
knew that it would be idle to remonstrate
about the possession of territories of which Russia
was then in possession, though not formally so. The
SULTAN saw that he was in the condition of a confi-
ding citizen, who mistakes a highwayman for his
banker, and is politely asked, with a brace of bullets at
his head, to bestow a purse which he has first parted
with in the way of a deposit. The Cabinets of St.
James and Versailles offer him no assistance ; his do-

minions are rent in pieces by insurrections and re-
bellions, fomented and fed by Russia, so that
he finds himself bound hand and foot at the mercy of
the Autocrat. These demands on the part of Russia
are but the prelude for others still more important. It

is useless to conceal the truth from ourselves, that
Russia contemplates the possession of Constantinople,
and that at no very distant period. This would give
her the command of the Mediterranean, and of course
enable her to make a descent upon Spain, should it be
necessary to take that step, to extend her future
conquests. Her aim cannot be concealed, and it would
be criminal in us to appear longer ignorant of it. We
believe, however, that the formal consent of the Sul,-
TAN has not yet been obtained ; and we, therefore,
trust that the Government will not lose a moment in
taking an active, and if need be, a bold and independent
part in the proceedings which are going forward in
Constantinople. If there must be a war of principle
(and such will be the next European war), the sooner
it comes on the better.

The public dinner given by his constituents to Sir
GEORGE MURRAY, at Perth, seems to have passed
off very tamely—at least when we compare it with the
great Edinburgh festival, which it was no doubt intended
to throw into the shade. We are told, however, that
there was a prodigious " gathering" of Tories on the

occasion—but this of course, for a good dinner in

Scotland, as elsewhere, will generally ensure a good
gathering. Lord STORMONT, who presided, opened
the entertainment by a prolix speech, in which the
only thing remarkable is the amazing soreness which
his Lordship evidently feels at the recollection
of the late Whig dinner to Earl GREY. This
is one of those tough mouthfuls which he can by
no manner of means be induced to digest. Accoid-

Lngly, he was quite fierce on the subject, and alluded

to certain influential Members of the Government, in a
spirit that convinces us that he has at present not the
slightest expectation of his party coming into office.
His Lordship concluded by proposing the health of
his distinguished guest, on which, observes a Morning
Contemporary, Sir GEORGE rose ‘4 apparently much
affected"—but whether he were " affected" with
joy to think that a long, dull speech was at length
ended, or whether his excitement was the result
of other influences, we are not informed, and
in this state of dubiety, therefore, must leave our
readers to draw their own conclusions.

We cannot say much for Sir GEORGE'S speech.
It was learned, to be sure, and elaborate, and was
meant to be a defence of the Gallant Speaker's late
vote on Mr. Wood's motion respecting the dissenters ;
but so far from being anything of the sort, it left
the question precisely where it found it. Sir
GEORGE seemed to be of the same opinion,
for he got rid of the ungracious topic as soon as pos-
sible, and then hurried off to a discourse on Athens,
Rome, and Florence, which he assured the company
' fell victims to republican principles—either forgetting,
or not knowing, the fact, that it was under republican
institutions that Athens and Florence acquired all their
prosperity. We regret to be compelled to add that
Sir GEORGE MURRAY " cannot place confidence
in the present Administration." This is lamentable
indeed I What is to be done in such an emergency ?
Flow is the Ministry to carry forward its measures,
when a Knight Commander of the Bath, glittering
with stars and blushing with ribands, openly proclaims
that he has but an indifferent opinion of its sagacity ?
We fear that there will be much wailing and gnashing

of teeth in Downing-street, in consequence of this
disastrous declaration of Sir GEORGE. However,
while there is life there is hope, and the Ministry
being still alive, let us hope that the Gallant Speaker's
hostility will not be the means of bringing it to an un-
timely end.

The Dutch KING'S Speech, on opening the Cham-
bers, is hourly expected in London. If we receive it
in time, we shall give it in a Second Edition.

Brussels and German Papers have been received,
the former of the date of the 20th instant. The
Brussels Papers record the death of Field-
Marshal Baron VINCENT, formerly Austrian
Ambassador at Paris, who died lately at his
private residence near Nancy. Baron VINCENT
was made Governor of Brussels in 1814, where he was
distinguished for many amiable qualities of bead and heart.
We believe the Baron died without issue. The Austrian
Observer gives an account of a dreadful fire which
broke out at Oedenburg on the 2d instant, by which
several lives were lost, and much valuable property, in-
cluding buildings, destroyed. Three old gentlemen,
including a priest and a magistrate, are reported to have
died from fright.

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

This moraing, John El the confidential clerk of Messrs.
Cubitt, builders, of Gray's Inn-road, was brought up for
final examination.

Mr. Lewis Cubitt said he gave the prisoner a check for
7001. upon his bankers, Smith, Payne & Co., on 11th Oct.
last, to be cashed to pay the men.
Mr. John Suttlefield, clerk to Messrs. Cubitt, said, pri-
soner upon his return left 1001. of silver at the office ; he
then went away and did not return again during the day.
Mr. Nicholson, cashier to Smith and Co., said he paid
the prisoner the check, with 1001. silver, and 6001. gold ;
prisoner wanted 3001. in silver, which witness could not give.
Mr. Cartwright, proprietor of the York Express, said,
in consequence of a hand-bill giving a description of the
prisoner, he had him detained. Prisoner came into his
house (the Spread Pale, Buckden) to take aglass of brands'
and water. It was the first time he saw him ; but the
mark on his nose led him to suspect the prisoner was the
person described.

Mr. Thomas Bowyer, the churchwarden of Buckden,took
him into custody, and examined him, when he found upon
his person 5951. in gold, 185 sovereigns, and 410 half-sove-
reigns, which were produced.
The prisoner did not say any thing in his defence, and
was fully committed.

It was a singular circumstance that the Magistrate who
first examined the prisoner put his seal to the bags, and
sent it to London by the witness who had possession of the

money.