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London, England, 1832-06-29 00:00:00

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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1832.

We have great pleasure in directing attention
to the Reform dinner given yesterday by the
county of Northampton to its patriot Members,
Lords ALTHORP and MILTON, whose speeches
will be read with interest. Lord ALTHORP
intends to stand for the southern portion of the
county, and Lord MILTON for the northern.
The Tower Hamlets must therefore look out
for another representative.

The discussion on Poland in the Commons
last night will have a most salutary effect on the
" sayings and doings" of the Autocrat of all the
RUSSIAS. It is a poke in the Imperial ribs—
a rough shake of the Imperial shoulders—a
hearty slap of the Imperial face, which will set
the Imperial person a twisting and shaking, as
if under the influence of hysterics or St. Vitus's
dance. " Miscreant conqueror,"—" Monster in
human form,"—" Northern barbarian," &c.&c.
These are pretty terms enough, and proceeding,
as they do, gravely and considerately, from the
lips of British senators, amid the loud, reiterated
cheers of a British House of Commons, must in-
fallibly give NicHoLAs a fit. This is deplorable.
Granted. Still it is far better that it should be
so ; far better that the apt representative of all
the barbarians in Europe and no small portion
of those in Asia, should go off in strong con-
vulsions to that region where most Kings have
gone before him, than that a heroic nation, like
Poland, should be annihilated to a man.
Thanks to the existing systems of Government,
we shall never be in want of NEROS or
NICHOLASES. But SOBIESKIS and SKRYZ-
NECKIS are scarcer. They should therefore be
valued accordingly.
The discussion, last night, we repeat, will
work wonders on the St. Petersburgh Cabinet.
It is a bold declaration of national opinion, ema-
nating advisedly from a British senate, and cannot
but be estimated as such by Russia. So long as
we remonstrated, in bland whispers, with the
graceful NICHOLAS—who, according to Cap-
tain FRANKLIN, must be a great monarch, for
he is a capital dancer, and stands six feet in his
Imperial pumps—his MAJESTY was resolved
not to " heed the voice of the charmer, charm
he never so wisely" (wisely, by the by, is not
exactly the fittest epithet to apply to the politi-
cal incantations of my Lord PALMERSTON, but
let that pass,) but now that the British Lion is
fairly roused, and shows a disposition to use
those ugly claws, and whisk about that horrible
tail of his, the case is altered, and his Itnperial
MAJESTY will doubtless see the necessity of
taking a hint in time.

Mr. C. FERGUSSON opened the discussion
in, considering his subject, a speech of wondrous
moderation. He made out a strong case never-
theless, and was replied to by Lord PALMER-
STON in that bit-by-bit style, so characteristic of
his Lordship's foreign diplomacy. Still his con-
cessions, though reluctant, were satisfactory.
We were sorry to find Lord MoRPETit losing
sight of the " monster," in his admiration of
the dandy, NICHOLAS. His Lordship had
the honour of a personal acquaintance with
the CZAR, and would therefore use him ten-
derly. He remembered the many parties he
had been invited to at St. Petersburgh, and was
therefore loth to believe that a gentleman who
knew so well how to give a grand dinner, could
be otherwise :than an exemplary Sovereign.
" lie must be a Gentleman," says the inn-
keeper in Fielding, speaking of Tom Jones,
" For he pays so handsomely." Lord MGR.
PETII has formed his opinion of NICHOLAS on
precisely similar grounds. We trust, however,
he will retract his notions before he next
ventures to propose himself for Yorkshire.
The speeches of HUME and O'CONNELL
were decidedly the best of the evening. Both
were full of their subject, and both were lifted
by it into more than ordinary animation. As
for Mr. BARING, he spoke from the inspi-
ration of the pocket. The question with
him was one, not of humanity, but of
pounds, shillings, and pence. " It appeared to
him (Mr. BARING) that the cause of Poland
was one that appealed more to our feelings than
to the national interests," therefore—for such
was the Hon. Gentleman's inference—it was
not worthy of consideration. Now these are
the sentiments, not of a statesman but a tailor,
though we much doubt whether there be a tailor
in the three kingdoms who would not indignantly
repudiate them.
Mr. SHELL was florid as usual, but on the

ght side. Wishing simply to inform liti that
NICHOLAS ordered the death of certain Polish
children, he periphrastically denounced hint a's
" thrusting the hand of a ruthless Herod-like
infanticide into the cradle of Polish childhood."
Mercy on us, what an overpowering trope !
However, it is better to be inflated in a good
cause, than rational in a bad one.

We hope the Imperial " Monster" of all the
Russias will take the precaution of studying the
debate of last night with a Russian physician
at each elbow. If the former do not kill him,
the two latter will be sure to do it.

Sir ROBERT PEEL'S speech had little refe.
rience to the subject, consisting chiefly of a dis-
quisition about the word " miscreant," and of
doubts, about what no other persons in this
country doubt, whether the Emperor ALEx-
ANDER had ever given a constitution to Poland.
The Right Hon. Baronet seemed even to doubt
the oppressions and sufferings of the conquered
Poles, and called on the House to pause before it
gave any expression of its opinion on the subject.
Doubting surely cannot go beyond this, and
it is lamentable to think that an individual
with many good qualities, should be so blinded
either by party feelings, or by reverence for
the great Chief of the Holy Alliance, as to
doubt the commission of atrocities which
have been published in every free newspaper
in Europe, which have been confirmed by
the evidence of high-minded Poles, exiles in
this country, and which every other Member in
the House took as matters of fact, about
which there could he no doubt. It is known
to the world that the indescribable barbarity
of the EMPEROR'S brother drove the Poles
to madness, that they fought with a ven-
geance perhaps unequalled in the history
of mankind, and repeatedly defeated his best
troops, and when they were at last over-
come, did it not approach to a certainty that the
man who could wink at the unprovoked cruelties
of his brother would inflict still greater cruelties
himself, when instigated by the shame of repeat-
ed defeats, and heated by two such powerful
passions as anger and revenge ? Not one in the
House would stand up and deny the cruel and
unjust conduct of NICHOLAS, as described by
Mr. FERGUSSON—the breach of treaties—the
banishment of the noblest of the land—the con-
fiscation of their property—the degradation of
their wives and children, and, to crown all, the
annihilation of the Polish name. Sir ROBERT
PEEL, of course, doubts that too ; but the
speech of the Ex-Secretary is really not worth
farther notice. It stands alone among speeches
which are alike creditable to the heads and
hearts of men on both sides of the House, and
will only show to foreign despots how little assis-
tance they can count upon even frum an unreformed
Parliament. If Lord DURHAM fails in carry-
ing into effect the object of his mission, another
Parliament—one unclogged with borough-
mongers--will speak in a language not to be
misunderstood, and that language will be re-
echoed by every lover of freedom in France and
Germany. There is but one feeling in these ex-
tensive countries on the wrongs of Poland, and
all the armies of the three great Powers cannot ex-
tinguish it. They are, too, rousing themselves in
defence of their own rights ; and mingling, as
they do, their sympathies for the sufferings of a
neighbouring nation, the pride of the continent,
they will only be the more excited to avenge
their own cause and that of Poland together.

It appears that the King of HOLLAND is
highly offended at the last protocol of the Con-
ference, and cannot give an immediate answer
—that is, he must first send to Russia for
instructions. The Conference, with its usual
good nature, is said to have allowed him further
time, till the 20th of July—no doubt at the in-
stance of the Russian Ambassador, backed by
Austria and Prussia. What a Conference !
undoing with the left hand what it
had donee with the right. But what
else could be expected from such discor-
dant materials as Russia, Prussia, and Aus-
tria, whose interests are so opposed to England
and France—the Ministers of despotism, and
the representatives of public opinion !

The power of folly could no further go—
Three sworn Allies humbug the other two !

German Papers, received this morning, con-
tain no new facts : they confirm the report of
Prussian troops being sent to the provinces on
the Rhine ; and state that the regiments under
orders of recall are to remain in their present posi-
tions. No hopes are entertained of young
NAPOLEON. He is in the last stage of the
METTERNICH power.