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London, England, 1830-12-22 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS.

Jan. se, J. Smith, laorelesse. Cholle_ik
_hosier, at elevens_ at
the Court of Commissioners—Jae. SI, J. =lnd, Tunbridge Wells,
linen-draper, at ten, at the Court of CAtennisahenss—Jan. 11, J. Gray,
Prospect.row, Bermondsey, muter mariner, Seism. at the Court of
Commissioners—Jan. 18, T. Green, ColhareAreet, Blackwell Hall
factor, at ten, at the Court of Commissinasre—Jan. 28, J. Clark,
Frlth.etreet, Sobo, upholsterer, at eleven, at the Court of Commis.
sioners—Jan. 11, J. P. Hillman, Lower Thames-strut. glass.
desire, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—Jao. 28, J. H.
Hubbert, George-street, Minoeles, tobacco-broker, at eleven, at the
Court of Commissioners—Jan. 18. C. Woods, Robert's.bridge, Sussex,
saddler, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—Jan. U. J. Sard and
J. Smithey, Si. Martin's-lane, woollen.dmpers, at eleven, at the Court
of Commissioners—Jan. 14. IL, IL, sad W. Blum Fenchurch.stroet,
merchants, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—Jan. 14. T. Pier.
eon and W. Sammon, Russia-row, Milk-street, Irish.factees, at twelve,gt
the Court of Commissionets—lan.27. J. Atkinson, jam. sod J. At.

kinson, Stockton, Dukam, worsted ipinners, at twelve, at the Black
Lion Hotel, Stocktarn an. 14. P. llamenend, Sheffield-moor, York_
shire, grocer, at the .H... el Mr. B. 3.: Wake, Sheffield—Jan. 12.
G. Dixon Cockfield, Durham, esemnon brewer, at eleven, at the
King's Head Inn, Darlington—Jan. IS. W. Newbold, Coventry, rib-
bon manufacturer, at one, at the King's Head Inn, Coventry—Jan.
11. G. Ellis, Clifton, Yorkshire, wine merchant, at eleven, at the
Bay Horse Inn, York—Jan. 17. .1. &stall, Portsmouth, vintner, at
twelve, at the Fountain Inn, Portsmouth—Jan. 12. M. Marsden,
Birebover, Derbyshire, grocer, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, Wirks-
worth, Derbyshire—Jan. 1b W. Newark, Jan, Coventry, gun maker,
at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Coventry.

CERTIFICATES-JAN. 11.

E. Bentley, Leicester, grocer—J. Ashtoi,Eivsiirool, wine merchant
—R. Ridley, Brighton, hatter—O. Miller, Watling.eunet, tallow
chandler—W. Burgin, Old-rurtet, St. Lake's, corn dader—J. Brown
and 8. Brows, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, malsters-8. Gardiner Bt.
John's, Wood, builder—R. Bumford, Tredegar.square, ile.ilad.
rod,ilder—J. Houghton and 8. Truernsn, Radford, Nottingham-
shire, machine makers.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
G. and J. Richards, SStourbcidge,Worcatenhire, grocers—W. Spar.
row and W. Blake, Brighton, house agents—J. G. Littleton and F.
Littleton, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, comb manufacturers—A.
Lowe and Co. Pernambuco, as far as regards R. 11. Johnson—R.
Rogers and R. Heighway, Liverpool, grocers —S. G. Greene and
Co. East-place, Lambeth, schoolmistress, as far m regards M. I.
Greene—F. Jones and Co. Birmingham, ben founders, as far as
regards F. Jones—R. Topping and A. ilasfraysla, Charley, Lan-
cashire, attorneys—T. Charlesworth and J. Cbarkewords, Leeds,
woollen merchants—J. Jeboult and J. Jamas. ratable, amen-
setehire, nouns
J. Massey and R. .I(semy, llisnelsobiramintule
manufacturers—J. Saunders and T. Ckelatolmelt, Sentaimniptoo,
common carriers—J. Rundle and Co. Ta Deveseldre,
J. Bullar and J. Drew, Southampton, siaai malare —J Has and
G. Reynolds, Liverpool, sods water 1111111111111111•111=-W. Aster and J.
Tilley, Bristol, jewellers—A. Jacob and Co. Manchester, mereltinlss
as far as regards A. Jacob—B. Angoras and R. Spain, o:Carthame,
St Moyle/one, hatters—J. Bonbon and Co. Hanley, Staffordshire,
mercies—B. and W. Seed* Manehoster, grime—Z. Wahl.
house end T. Dunn, merchants—H. C.Wingleld and C. Hemming—
J. S. Prockter and W. Brown, glue manufacturers—C. Gould and IF.
Trowbridpe, Shaftesbury, linen drapers-.J. Jobilo and Co. Hartley
Conley, Northumberland, as far as regards R. Graham and W. Seth-
i with—W. Smith and W. G. Sneed, Manchester, linen factors.

PONIATOWSKI,

Prince Joseph Poniatowski, born at Warsaw, the 7th
May, 1763, and nephew of the last king of Poland, Stanis-
laus Augustus, was the son of Prince Andrew Poniatowski,
lieutenant-general of artillery •in theservice of Maria-The-
resa, and grandson of the celebrated companion of Charles
the Twelfth, king of Sweden. The unfortunate Polish
monarch had his young nephew, whom for some time he
hoped to be able to make his heir, brought up with •the
greatest care under his own eye. At the age of 16, Prince
Joseph entered the Austrian service, in which his father
enjoyed the highest reputation. He obtained rapid pro-
motion, and distinguished himself by his talents and splen •
did valour during the war which broke out in 1787, between
Austria and the Porte. He was then colonel of the em-
peror's dragoons, and aide-de-camp to Joseph the Second.
He was severely wounded at the taking of &theca in the
presence of the emperor, who lavished on him the most
anxious care, and at all times testified to him his esteem and
confidence. Notwithstanding the numerous advantages the
Austrian service held out to him, he hastened to quit it, as
soon as he thought his presence useful to his country. The
Poles, about this time, hoped to ba.able to rid themselves of
A foreign yoke. The diet, about the end. of .171)9, had de-
creed a new organization of the national army: Prince:Po,
niatowski repaired, without delay, to Warsaw, and showed
the greatest seal in forming • end instructing s new corps.
In a short time the sepublic . entrusted him with the
chief command of its army ; the citizens were inspired with
the. greatest coafidence- wands him, amid he was became the
idol of the soldiers. :1n,1701, dial:his, the members of the
diet, seed the whole nation, .)spud, esthto
Ginn), a liberal constitution ; bet •the liberty and 'bap
rpiness of Poland did set -soft the views of Russia,
and the antrar swum, was zest to tbestise the rebels.
Prises .issepb,-wittli inferior forces, perforated prodigies Of
valour, to oppose the invasion cif tbe northern hordes. TM
brave Kosciusko then commanded a division under his orders.
They obtained signal advantages at the battles of Zielessa

and Dublinska, but a pusillanimous and shameful policy ren-
dered their valour useless. The prince soon learned that his
uncle, King Stanitdaus, frightened at the menaces of Russia,
had again submitted to the yoke, acceded to the confedera-
tion of Targowits, and signed the act drawn up by some
Poles, who were the partisans of Russia ; and, besides, an
armistice was concluded with the enemy. The faction who
had laid hands on the feeble monarch, equally feared Prince
Joseph's presence at the army, and at Warsaw. The Rus-
sians. also, feared lest he should excite the soldiers, who
were entirely devoted to him, to sonic dangerous resolution ;
and lest, in spite of the king's orders, lie should continue a
war that hitherto had been to his glory. The earnest en-
treaties of his uncle, and the fear of drawing down on Po-
land greater misfortunes, induced him, at last, to give up
the command of the anny, and even to exile himself from
his unfortunate country. His fellow-soldiers caused a med et,
with his effigy, to be struck, bearing the inscription,—
" Miles imperatori," which they presented to him before
his departure. Prince Joseph was travelling in foreign coun-
tries, when be learned, in 1794, that a new revolution had
burst forth in Poland. The Russians had been driven out
of Warsaw ; and the immortal Kosciusko had been declared
general-in-chief of all the national forces. Poniatowski did
not hesitate to repair to him, and to accept the command of
a corps under his orders. The issue of this sanguinary
struggle of the Poles for their independence is known :
overwhelmed by the superior forces of the Russians and Prus-
sians, they were forced to yield to a foreign yoke. The victors
ordered Joseph to quit Poland : be retired to Vienna, lived in
retirement, and rejected every offer that was made him to
accept foreign service. After the death of king Stauislaus,
the emperor Paul pressed him again to accept the rank of
Lieut.-General in the Russian army, and on the prince's re-
fusal, his patrimonial estates in Poland were confiscated.
In 1798, king Frederick William restored to him those si-
tuated in that part of Poland which fell to his share, and per-
mitted him to retire thither. He then went to inhabit the
estate of Tablonka, on the right bank of the Vistula, not far
from Warsaw, and then gave himself up entirely to agricul-
tural pursuits. newer between France and Prussia, the
battle of Jena' in 1806, so fatal to the latter power, the en-
trance of the French armies into Poland, and the hopes that
Napoleon excited in the bosoms of the Poles, once 111 J/
snatched Poniatowski from the sweets of private life. He
first accepted the place of Minister of War in the Grind
Duchy of Warsaw, lately established, and was able to or-
ganize in this country, already exhausted, a fine army cern-
posed of 12 regiments of foot, 16 of horse, and of several
artillery companies. But, when in 1809, a fresh war bruit
out between France and Austria, this little army was di. -
poised in several countries and garrisons, so that when th 3
Arch-duke Ferdinand, at the head of 60,000 Austrians,
passing through Gallicia, was preparing to fall upon the
Grand Duchy of Warsaw, Poniatowski had but 8,000 Poles
to oppose him. The priuce was advised to withdraw and
not expose this precious remnant of the Polish army to cer-
tain destruction, but he would be obliged to fke and aban-
don shamefully to Ihe enemy the Grand Duchy. Ponia-
towsky and his brave soldieis rejected the cowardly advice and
resolved to defend, step by step, the sacred soil of their
country. He took up a position with his little army before
Warsaw, near the village of Raszin, become famous in tli •
annals of Poland, for the battle which was fought there the
10th May, 1809. The terrible action lasted the whole
day; the Poles repelled every attack of the Arch-Duke's
superior forces. Night at length came to separate the
combatants, and the two chiefs had an interview that 831ile
night. The valour of the Poles had made such an impres-
sion on their enemies, that the Arch-Duke offered Prince
Joseph, in order not to recommence next morning a fresh
struggle, the most honourable convention, permitting bins
to repass the Vistula with the handful of heroes that were
still left him, and to occupy Praga. Here he conceived
the project of throwing himself into Gallicia, calling the
inhabitants to arms, and of harassing the enemy by inter-
rupting his communications with Austria. General Doin-
browski, who was at Posen, seconded the movenieut by
arming the inhabitants of the greater Poland. Success
crowned an enterprise so full of boldness. The peasants
came in crowds to place themselves under the banners of
these valiant chiefs, who were fortunate enough to unite
their forces under the walls of Cracow. in the mean
time, Napoleon, at the head of his victorious army, had en-
tered Vienna ; the Arch-Duke Ferdinand immediately eva-
cuated Warsaw, and the other places he had occupied, to
regain Moravia, and thus Poniatowski was enabled to re-
enter the ancient capital of Poland. During the Russian
campaign in 1812, which terminated so fatally for the French
and their allies, Poniatowaki and his breve Poles covered
themselves with glory in every action they took part in. At
the opening of the following campaign in 1813 he repaired
to Saxony, where Napoleon entrusted him with the com-
mand of a corps composed of Polish and French troops. With-
out having the title of Marshal of France, the Emperor had
ordered him the insignia, the rank and the honours. But
Poniatowaki declared publicly, " that he was proud of Ix ing
the chief of the Poles, and that no other distinction suited
him." However, after the actions of the 16th of October,
in which, by dint of valour and able manoeuvres, he again
obtained the most brilliant success, Napoleon bad it pro-
claimed in the order of the day, that, " .wishieg.to,give
Prince Poniatowski a last mark of his high esteem, aod at
the same time to bind him more firmly to the destiny of
France, be elevated him to the rank of marshal of the em-
pire." The 18th October, 1813, he was again eneaged
during the whole day ; entrusted with the task of covering
the retreat of the French army, after the glorious and fatal
battle of three days at Leipric, be was arrived at the ex-
tremity of that city, where with a handful of Polish lancers
he made several brilliant charges, in which be was wounded.
He there ted the passage of his light troops, swam
across the ITitss7 but at last, with a very slender suite,
found himself on the banks of the river Plater. By a -fatal
mistake the bridges had been broken down by the French.
The enemy in vain cried out to him to surrender, though
wounded again in the shoulder, he, did not hesitate to plunge
into the current, relying on his home, whose strength could
not resisf the rapidity of the stream. The unfortunate
Prince disappeared in it. His body, which was not found
runtil der,94th, was embalmed and sent to Warsaw, where
all the honours due to his rank were rendered by the orders
of the Emperor Alexander. The memory of Prince Joseph
Poniatowski is held in veneration in Poland, and ought to
be respected by the brave of every dime. The enemies of
hfirnation regretted the end of so generous an adversary, and
his compeniens in arms still weep for their valliant chief',
tbe;Polisb %wird, ,bim, a model of fidelity, likobim a
warrior without fee end without reproach.

PlitACT.—We have. been informed by a passenger, who
arrivad'from Ceastastineple in the William, that on the Bth
of October last, •the brig Asia wm• plundered. by pirates in
tbe ArnhiPelege,,Peer the coast of Troy, who •took every
thing valuable .they could put their hands mi, hsviog pre-
viously seemed the crew by tying them fem. The William
would have Sharod tho same fate, but for hoisting lights and
eentalint wham, 'hy .wbiels• the pirates inspposQ they had
seteePiiilr7l9Bl4o.#l.. ;The captain of thoWillianb, how-
ever an UP NEM idey, Wed Mem Turkish soldiers to pro-
tect the ship while leading It is a carious feet that Eng-
lishmen Amid be obliged to hire Turks to protect thew
from the Greek piratee.—FalscoutAPacket,