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SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA,

ON OPENING THE DIET OF POLAND.

A Ihniburgh Mail art ived last night, by which
we have the following Speech of the Emperor of
RUSSIA, on opening the Diet of Poland :--
WARSAW, MARGU 27.—Yesterday his Majesty
the.Einp;4or our King opened • the Diet with the
followittgSpeech-,: which was spoken by his-Ma-
jesty in the French language, and afterwards read
in the Polish language by his Excellency the Mi-
nister Secretary of State :
" Representatives of the Kingdom rf Poland,
" Your hopes and my wishes are receiving their accom-
plishment.' The people to represent whom you are summoned
hither, enjoys at length a national existence, secured by ar-
tangements which time has matured and sanctioned.
" The most sincere oblivion of every thing that has passed-
could alone produce your regeneration. It was resolved upon
in my mind, the moment -that h could calculate upon the
means of effecting it.
" Proud of the glory of my country, I have endeavoured to
pracure it a new one. In fact, Russia, after a passed melan-
choly war, returning, according to the precepts of the Chris-
tian religion, good for evil, has fraternally held out its arms
to you, and Of all the advantages which victory gaveit, she
prefereed one, namely, the honour of raising and restoring a
brave and estimable nation. In contributing to this, I obeyed
an jnternal conviction, powerfully supported by events. I
have fulfilled a duty which was presented only by thii convic;
tion, and which is for that reason dearer to my heart.
" The organization which was in force in your country, has
allowed the immediate establishment of that which I have
given you, by putting into effect the principal of those liberal
establishments which were always the object of my care, and
whose wholesome influence I hope, with the help of God, to

extend to all the countries whidlt -Providence has committed

to my care. 'ln this manner you have offered me the.means
of spewing to my country what I have long since been pre-
-paring for it, and which it will obtains when the basis of so
important a work shall have received the necessary cons
sistency,.—Poles! It is for you who have laid nutter the fatal
prejudices whiCh have drawn upon you so many evils, to give
durability to roar regeneration. It is indissolubly united
with the fate of Russia ; ell yhttr efforts must be employed to
give stability to this salutary and protecting union.
" Your re-establishment is fixed by solemn treaties—it is
confirmed by the Act of the Constitution. The inviolahility
of t4tos- foreign engagements, and of these fundaulental
insures to Poland in future_ au honourable rank among the
nations of Europe; a valuable possession which it has lung
sought in vain under the severest trials.
" The career of your labours is opened; the Minister of the
Interior will lay- before you the state of the Adeainistration of
the kingdom. You will be made acquainted with the projects
of laws which will he the subject of your deliberations ; the.
object of them is progressive amelioration. The improve-
ment of the public finances requires knowledge, which only
time, anti a due appreciation of the resources of your Govern-
ment, ca • effect. 'Tice Constitutional form of Government
will be gradually applied to all parts of the Administration.
The Department of Justice will soon he funned ; proposals
relatire to the Civil and Penal Legislation will be laid before
you. I will readily believe that when you examine them with
perseverin attention, you will make laws destined to ensure
the most valuable blessings, namely, security of persons and
property, and freedom of opinion.
" As I cannot be always among yon, I have left you a bro-
ther, my confidential friend, .who front our earliest years has
Iseen my inseparable, companion_. I have confided your army
to hint. As the depositary ()fatly sentiments and my care for
you, he has exerted himself to fulgl his task, By his care
this army. already so rich in glorious recollections and war-
like qoalities, has acquired, since he has been at its head, all
the habits of order and regularity which can be obtained only
during peace, and prepare the soldier for his true situation.
" One of your worthiest veterans is my Representative
among, you ; become grey under your standards, and a steady
partaker of your adversity and prosperity, he bas never
Ceased to give proofs of his attachment to the coantry. Ex-
perience has fully justiSed my choice.
Notwithstanding my exertions, the evils tinder which you
}lad to labour are not, perhaps, all repaired. It is, however,
in the nature of things.. What is good thrives but slowly,
and perfection is unattainable by human weakness.
" Representatives of the Kingeom of Poland,—Elevate
yonrseives to the height of your destination. You are called
upon to glee a great example to Europe, whose eyes are fixed
upon you.
" Spew your contemporaries, that the liberal institutions,
'whose ever sacred principle's it is sought to confound with those
destructive doctrines which, in our days, hhvc threatened the so-
cial system with a dreadful catastrophe, are no dangerous il-
lusion ; but if they are sincerely carried into effect, and are
directed to an object useful to humanity, are perfectly com-
patible with order, and that they produce, in common accord,
the true welfare of nations. Henceforth it is for you to prove
this great and salutary truth. May harmony and concord pre-
ai! in your Assembly; may dignity, calmness, and modera-
tion characterise your deliberations. Guided solely by a love to
your country, purify your opintons ; make them independent
of
all private ;tad tact usive interests; express them with sim-
plicity mid frankness, and avoid the seductiveness which may
often accompany fluency in speaking t lastly, may the sense
of
paternal friendship which the Divine Law-giver has pre-
scribed to its all never forsake you .

•
" In this !Raiier your .Issemirly will obtain the approha-
'lion of the country, and the general esteem Which such a one
will ever enjoy, when the Representatives .f a Free Nation do
not stiffer the exalted character with which they arc invested
to degenerate.
" First Officer; of the State, Senators, Representatlves, anti
beptities,-1 have expressed my thoughts to you ; I hare
sbewn you your duties. The result of your labours will these
Toe what the country nay expect in future from your attach-
nt to it, as well as front your good sentiment towards me ;
and whether, tan inn! to toy resolutions; 1 can further stxtend
what I have already done for you. Let us thank Hint who
alone has power to enlighten Princes, to render nations
brethren, and to spread over them blessings -of love and of
Treace; let us implore Mtn to bless and prosper your work."

THEATRICAL REGISTER.
Performed Lust Night.
TIIF,ATRZ RYAS., DRURT-LAME.—MOCheth : Macbeth, Mr.
Kean ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Bartley. After which, The
Sleeping Draught.
Tlf EATIIettoYA CM-UNr-GARDES7.—(ISth time), Rob Roy
Macgregor : Francis Gsbaldistone, Mr. Sinclair; Diana
• Vernon, Miss Stephens. After which (2d time), Who's My
Father ?

ARnmet)-1 Waterford, I Holland, I Hamburg!), 1 Flanders.
DUE—I Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Ilatuburgh.

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THE SUN.

SOLEM QI/I3 ?MERE FA LSUM AUDEAT

LONDON,
If EDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1818.

We received this morning the Paris Papers of
Sunday last. The 111(miteur contains a Royal Or-
donnance for regulating military punishments.
The Chamber of Deputies were again occupied
with the Budget on Saturday. After getting

through a few articles an adjournment again took
place till Nionday. The trial of the Sieur
Ft EVBE, fur a libel contained in his Currespondance
Politique et A(minfstratire, Sfc. commenced on
Saturday bi.e.f,ore the Trinulnil of Correctional Po-
lice atearis':,Af:er Titearitig. the. Kin,* Adso-
e,
cate, tie trial was adjourned for a we.ck.—The

following are extracts :
" PARis, APRIL 12.—Yesterday the Duke of
Wellington bad a long conference with tbe Prus-
sian Minister Plenipotentiary, the Duke de Rich-
lieu, and the Baron Mounicr.

" Yesterday the President and Secretaries of
the Chamber of )el►utics, headed by M Laine,
Minister of the Interior, presented to his Majesty
the I'rojet amended by the Chamber of Peers, and
adopted by the Chamber of D.Tities, for grant-
ing time to the Emigrants, till the Ist Jan. 1820,
for the payment of thtir creditors.
" A woman resitting at St. Etienne (Loire) has
recently fallen a victim to her confidence in En►-
pirics, of, one of whom she purchased tour pills,
the virtues of which he highly extolled. The con-
sequences of her taking them was, that she died
great agony the next morning.

" The operations for the purpose of forming a
new Topographical Chart. of France commenced
on the Ist instant.

" The Sicur Scheffer has escaped from the exe•
cution of his sentence. ]t is said he has returned
to Holland.

" M. Manuel l►as been refused adn►ission to
practice at the BAr in Paris.

" FIVE PER CENTS.

" Saturday

.671. sc.

" DEFERRED STOCK.

" Saturday

.79 f. 43 c.

"TETEHSB,URGH, MAncut 22.—The Emperor
has advanced I iO,OOO roubles out of 300,000, the
sum destined for the establishment and support of
Conventual Schools, or Seminaries, attached to
the Monasteries. In the Ukase published upon
this subject his Majesty expresses•himself in' the
following terms :--‘ It is my personal wish to
see flourish. schools of truth. Minds are not truly
enlightened except by that divine light which
shines in darkness, and which darkness cannot ex-
tinguish. JESUS CHRIS? is the Way, the Truth,
and the Life. :Education ought to be founded on
practical Christianity.' "

PIRACY,—.-.The Petite Augusta, --, arrived
at Havre, from Cadiz, was boarded, about eight
leaues•from that Port, by a boat's crew, consist-
ing of 20 -men, armed, and was plundered of 19
barrels of cochineal, and some dollars; the boat
appeared to belong to Gitliz.

. The And, WAY, arrived at Milford from PA..
lermo, spokv, on 25,11 ult., in lat. 37. long. 10.
an armed- brig, full of men, suppoccl to be a
Carthagettian Pirate ; they made enquiry relative
to Spanish cruisers.

The discussion which %vas expected to take
place yesterday, in both Houses, relative to the
intended ROYAL MARRIAGVS which had previously
been announced, and on THE EXTENT of the PECU-
NIARY SETTLEMENTS that might be deemed pro-
per in case of their completion, has been deferred
in both HouseS •till this day. The_sobject is at
present involved in so much delicacy towards the
ROYAL FAMILY, and difficulty as TO THE SITUA-
TION OF THE COUNTRY, that it does not become

us to attempt, ii► any manner, to anticipate the
opinions of the Legislative Bodies, or to avow our
own as to what should be the, result. After hay-
ng said thus much, and we are persuaded that
the wiser part of the public would deem us rash
and overweening, if, iii the present critical state
of affairs, we should say more, we shall pause till
after we have heard the proceedings of Parliament
on a matter that cannot but excite not only much
surprize, but also a strong general interest.—
In the meantime, it must be admitted, that Mini-
sters have not only acted with great discretion as
►o themselves,' but with laudable respect towards
the people, in postponing, for however short a
period, the consideration of a subject which will
unavoidably excite much diversity, if not con-
trariety, of opinion among their friends as. well as
enemies.

We recommend to the particular attention of
Parliament, as Nrell as to the People in general,
the article on ENDOWED ScHoot.s, which is in-
serted in THE Sot/ of this day.

CORN-EXCHANGE, APRIL 15..—We have had
some considerable Arrivals with Foreign Wheat
since Monday, fine samples of which sold at our
I,st quoted prices, but interior w 33 dull, and
rather lower ; Barley and Malt is dull ; Oats
support their prices ; Pease and Beans sold on
full as good terms as last day.—ln other Articles
there is no alteration.

Accounts were received yesterday, from lla-
deira, of the death of the Hon. JOHN PERCHVAL,
eldest son of Lord ARDEN, on the 15th of last
month.

PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE.

PARIS, APRIL 9.—The conduct of Coun

MARCELLUS continues to furnish amusement
and-teflections in the upper„ch-cles of Paris.—
THE Pore's Brief has been related d(fkently,
isNle axt-rqine frivolity of ,ta Nal
lion, that so serious a subject is treated with

extreme levity; and some wags ,assert that it
was so treated by THE Port), and M. MARCELLUS :
they say that M. MARCELLUS wrote to THE Pura,
Most lialy Father, shall I put in a white ball or a
black ball?" and that THE Pori. replied, ""My
dear Son, put in a black ball." This incident re-
minds us of a scene in the Malade Inzaginaire of
MoLIERE, where Thomas Diafoirus says to his fa-
ther, Dr. PURGON, " Father, shalt I kiss her ?"
and he replies, in the same tone, " Kiss her, my
son."—Whatever fun there may be in it, there is
certainly but little decency in thus treating so se-
rious a matter.' M. DE MArtcat.t.vs was very free
to put in a-black ball or a white one, but he cer-
tainly had no right to• establish a Correspendence
with THE Pon on a Government question. As a
Member of the Chamber of Deputies, anti of the
Commission of "the Concordat, it was criminal in
him to divulge tirt.secrets, and especially to a fo-
reign Pbwer. He was essentially wanting in his
duty to THE KING, because it was by his Maass-
TY'S orders that the Concordat was submitted to
the Chambers for examination ; and he betrayed
the interests of the Nation, and those of 103 Con-
stituents, because, instead of consulting his con-
science, he appealed to the will of THE Pope. In
a stable Government, where the maxims of law
are fixed, and where the authority of Government
_dared net be contested, M. DE MARCELLUS would
doubtless have been impeached. But this Minis-
try wants strength, and has not sufficient energy
•
to repress the • most epormous abuses—WA this
principle extends far and wide. It is evident that
the Clergy encroach more than ever on the secu-
lar authority, and that ultra-montain principles
are making a frightful progress. While the Kings
of France possessed their former power, the Na-
tion was able to fix the limits of THE POPE'S pre-
rogatives, but France is unable to restrain them
under R Representative Government ! ! We shall
solve this
.paradox in a future letter,, and unmask
these Clerical Impostors.