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London, England, 1835-11-05 00:00:00

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THE S tJN, LONIJON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1836.

Elropean narne.—(Loud applause.) He stood up it
Parliament advocating the. cause so long as remonstrance
might be of avail ; but what remonstrance could be of
avail with such a creature—such a despot—unless you are
prepared to speak to him the language of intimidation,
and follow it up, if necessary, by the hand of power.
Opp -ession rages in Poland with unmitigated severity.
You have been told of children forcibly taken away from
the land of their birth, for• the purpose of destroying all
recollection of their early borne ; this statement you might
consider too atrocious for belief ; and I, myself, was told
it a hundred times before I could give it credit ; but it is
true—incontrovertibly true. The Polish children are torn
by thousands from their native land, under the pretext that
the despot's Government takes care of the orphans in ano-
ther part of the world. What would we in Scotland think
if our " ain wee bairns" were reft from the land of our
f.thers, and entrusted to the ruthless tutorage of bar-
barians, to destroy every feeling of home and independence
within them ? Yet such is the ease of the Polish infants,—
year by year in Poland thus drained of her youth. The
very relitsion of the country is suppressed, and another—a
revolting creed forced upon the people. This, which is a moral
and religious country, can well understand the horrors of such
oppression. But this horrid detail, which I assure you is true,
was notlelieved when my friend brought it forward in the
House of Commons. He was met by the ifs of Sir R.
Peel and others, who,admitted that it was very horrid if
true ; but Sir R. Peel has had sources for knowing the truth
of these statements, and though we dared him to disprove
them, he was unable to contradict a single statement. I
am convinced that great as is the sympathy felt in this
country for the wrongs of Poland, it would be ten tin:es
greater, did we really and authentically know the unrelent-
ing persecution which is practised over its whole extent ;
I hope, therefore, that this Government will appoint Con-
suls elsewhere over that territory, that the information of
Russian persecution may be more certain and more speedy.
For her supineness during the late noble struggle, I blush
for my country ; but when the time comes, as come it will,
I doubt not we will act a worthier and a nobler part.—
Ciima—l now beg to propose a bumper to Lord Mel-
bourne and his Majesty's Ministers. Three times three.
The Right Hon. C. FERGUSSON said—lt is my firm
conviction that when their measures are fairly laid before
the country—dispassionately considered by it, and when the
insane and unfounded cry of " Church in danger" shall have
subsided, that a more powerful and strongly based Govern-
ment than that of Lord Melbourne shall never have ex-
isted.—(Hear, hear.)
Other toasts were given, after which, it being now eleven
o'clock, the Chairman, accompanied by the Right Hon.
Representative, Prince Czartoryski, Count Zamoyeski, and
Lord D. Stuart, left the room.

:he service of the altar, those who are retired from active
service in the Army or Navy, the only sons of poor widows,
or of fathers 60 years of age, br those who, being poor, are
compelled to maintain their parents by their personal labour.,
" 5. For this once the want of the legal stature shall not
be considered as a sufficient exemption.
" 6. Clerks in public offices shall have their standing and
order of promotion reserved to them, and students shall not
he deprived of their right of matriculation.
7. Every person who pays 4,000 reals (401.) into the
Royal treasury shalt be freed from the service ; that sum
being destined for the arming and equipment of others, with-
out the possibility of its being applied, on any pretence
whatever, to any other purpose.
"S. Those who offer to serve as volunteers, without being
shall be admitted, if fit to carry arms, and one man
shall be declared for each volunteer from the contingent of
his township. Caleris paribus, these volunteers shall be
preferred for promotion to the rank of corporal-sergeant,
commissioned officer, as the case may be ; and at the end of
the war they shall receive special marks of attention from
the Government.

" 9. if those who thus volunteer their services shall be
retired soldiers or sailors, besides the advantages hereinbe-
fore expressed, they shall receive one real (2id.) per day of
extra pay, and the full advantage of the seniority acquired
by their former services.
" 10. The 100,000 men of the present levy shall be for-.
ever exempt from the ordinary duties of the army and the
provincial militia.
" 11. Those who are now doing duty in the National
Guard, and who are included in the present levy, shall have
their present services duly taken into consideration.
" 12. Within four months, from the termination of the pre-
sent contest the whole of the men included in the present
levy shall be disbanded, if the whole number has not been
preViously diminished.
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"13. Those who, when disbanded, shall have entitled them-
selves to a certificate of good conduct, and shall consent
and oblige themselves to serve for six years in the National
Guard, shall be entitled to a pension at the rate of 20 reels
per month, which they shall enjoy in common with the sol-
diers of the army and of the provincial militia who shall
contract a similar obligation.
" 14. In consequence of existing circumstances, this ar-
mament shall be raised under the direction of the Minister
of your department, as has been the case with former levies,
but this arrangement is not for the future to affect the duties
and attributes of the Minister of the Interior with reference
to the army.
" 15. In consequence of what is provided in the third
article of the present decree, the provincial deputations, in
concert with the supreme military authority, will give
effect to it in all its parts, so far as to place at the disposal
of the Captains-General the men who shall be produced by
it. Where in any case, however, these deputations shall
not be in existence, their duties shall be supplied by the
Commissioners of Armament and Defence.

" 16. On the Ist of December next the present levy
shall be terminated, so that on that day the men included
in it may be entered on the rolls of instruction. Those
functionaries who shall take measures in advance for the
performance of this important duty will be entitled to the
national gratitude, and to the marks of my Royal esteem,
which it will be my delight to bestow on them.
" Given at the Pardo, the 24th of October, 1835.
" To Don Ildefonso Diez de Ribeira."

, " In order to raise the armament to the strength of
100,000 men, in terms of the decree of this day's date, I
have thought fit, in the name of my august daughter, to
approve of the distribution of the force presented to me for
that purpose among all the provinces of the kingdom ac-
cording to their population, viz. :---
" Alava, 560 ; Abbaceto' 1,576 ; Alicant, 3,872; Almeira,
1.944 ; Avila, 1,144 ; Badajos, 2,532 ; Barcelona, 3,664 ;
Burgos, 1,856 ; Caceres, 2,000 ; Cadiz, 2,692 ; Castellon,
1,648 ; Ciudad Real. 2,296 ; Cordova, 2,608 ; Corunaa,
3.604 ; Cuenca, 1,936 ; Girona, 1,768; Granada, 3,072 ;
Guadajara, 1,320 ; Guipuscoa, 900 ; Huebra, 1,104 ; Huesca,
1,780 ; Jaeu, 2,208 ; Leon, 2,212; Lerida, 1,256 ; Logrono,
1,220 ; Lugo, 2,960 ; Madrid, 2,652 ; Malaga, 3,236 ; Mur-
cia, 2,344 ; Navarre, 1,916 ; Orense, 2,640 ; Oviedo, 3,600 ;
Palencia, 1,228 ; Pontevedra, 2,980 ; Salamanca, 1,740 ;
Santander, 1,400; Segovia, 1,116; Seville, 3,020; Soria,
956 ; Tarragona, 1,936 ; Teruel, 1,808 ; Toledo, 2,336 ;
Valentia, 3,220 ; Valladolid, 1,528 ; Biscay, 924 ; Zamora,
1,316 ; Saragossa, 2,486 ; Palma :(Majorca), 1,896.-Total,
100,000."

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