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LONDON.
MONDAY. MAY 23.

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TF 141 EVENING STAR.

Ttai morning despatches were received at the Foreign
()Uwe from Lord Viscount GRANVILLE, our Minister at
Paris, and from Sir CHARLES BAGOT, our Minister at the
I I ague.
Despatches were alsojeceived this day at the Colonial
..itice, from Malta, dated the 4th ; from Gibraltar of the
; and from Cadiz, of the 11th instant.

The French papers which we have received this morning,
will be seen by our extracts, contain some contradictory
repot is about a change in the French ministry ; but there
;pears nothing more substantial in them, than the mere
on (fits of Paris journals. The French election, we presume,
must be terminated ; and a new spirit developed in the
valise, before any such change can become probable.

The Lisbon Gazettes from the 9th to the 14th of May,
(both inclusive) contain no particular news concerning Por-
tugal. In the ship news no arrivals of French ships occur :
bnt a private correspondent informs us that all accounts are
confirmatory of Don MIGUEL'S having acceded uncondi-
tionally to the demands of the British. The steamer saw
off the Rock of Lisbon two large ships, supposed to have
been two belonging to the French squadron, which were
hourly expected in the Tagus to demand redress for the in-
sults repeatedly offered to the French subjects. No satis-
faction had been given to the French Government up to the
15th, at which date a report of a change in the Portuguese
Ministry was afloat at Lisbon.

The news by the German mails, of the formidable and
apparently prosperous insurrection in the territory of the
Grand Seignor, is, we conceive, as importantly influential
in its probable effects, as any which has reached us for many
months. The policy of the Sultan has not been of that
character, to animate with one soul, his semi-barbarous de-
pendencies ; and if there be ambition and talent united In
any one of his subordinate chiefs—if any of them be imbued
with a horror of Russian subjugation, and disapprobation of the
feeble energy displayed by Mahomed in the late conflicts—now
is the golden opportunity to struggle for the throne. The pre-
sent SULTAN appears a man of more deliberative judgment,
than boldness of design. Perhaps, for his own security,
be acts prudently; but there are moments when even a te-
merity of enterprise secures that power, which cool wisdom
would sacrifice by its caution.
The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 16th inst. received this
day, has the following highly important intelligence from the
East of Europe :

FRONTIERS or Boma, May 6.—The progress of the insurrection
against the Sultan, becomes daily more dangerous ; nothing but a de.
cisive victory can save him ; for 60,000 men, under the command of Ali
Bey, have already entered Sophia, resolved to march against Constanti-
nople, if the Porte does not immediately accede to the de-
mands of the insurgents; and accept, without modification, the
Ultimata] that has been sent to it. The Insurgents demand—First,
the,disbanding of the regular troops ; second, the restoration of the Janis-
saries ; third, the restoration of all the confiscated property of all the Ja.
nissarks, who were executed, and of those who are still living ; fourth,
the restoration of the privileges of which the Ulemans had been de-
prived ; fifth, abolition of the new taxes ; sixth, indemnity for all the
losses sustained, since the overthrow of the ancient institutions, as well
as for the expenses of the present war. All these are conditions,
which the Sultan cannot grant, and the compliance of which, or even
of one of them, would cost him his throne and his life ; yet it is diffi.
cult to imagine how he can save himself without making concessions
to the rebels, as they have adherents in the capital, who are more
to be feared than the enemy without. Besides, the regular troops there,
hardly amount to 10,000 men; and these are in a wretched condition.
From the Circassian provinces, the Salton can expect no help; In
Adrianople, and along the shore of the Balkan, the people's minds
have been wholly alienated from the Porte, since the late unfortunate
war, and the old capital of the empire disowns the Sovereign.

The GrandVizter, who commands the only considerable force, was not
a match for the Puha of Scutari; and it is even reported, that after having
been blockadcd for three weeks in Monastic, he surrendered at discretion
to the Paella of Scutari, and was soon after beheaded. With the tragical
end of Redschla Pacha, the most faithful and ablest of the servants of
the Porte, its last support appears to have fallen ; and Turkey is per.
Maps on the eve of a dreadful state of revolution and anarchy. The
Albanians, the &miens, and others, are in a state of excitement,
which gives reason to apprehend the wont. and it is generally affirmed
that foreign influence is at work ; and diac those barbarous tribes have
been excited to throw off every appearance of social order.

The Belgic Foreign Minister has made a very judicious
report to the Congress. by which it appears that the inter-
fering Powers leave to Belgium its own internal Govern-
ment ; •but proscribe only as to its extent of territory, still
assigning Luxemburgh and Limberg to the Dutch Sove-
reign ; who, it is said, offers to concede them on payment of
£25,000 per annum, or the value in present money. We
should hope that peace may be so cheaply purchased ; and
it is said that Prince LEOPOLD has signified his willingness
to accept the Crown, and devote his British pension to the
object !

Prussia is making a great display on paper of her forces,
and she boasts of having 160,000 men in eight corps, with
power, in a short time, of doubling the number.

It is a proof of the strength and confidence of the Poles,
and of the unity of feeling which pervades the Polish na-
tion, that the government at Warsaw have threatened reta-
liation on Russian prisoners, if Lithuanian prisoners are
put to death as rebels. Lithuania is no more a property of
the Czar of Muscovy, than the estates of the Duke of Non-
TIIVNBERLAND are those of the Duke of BEDFORD. It
is true that in 1772 that extensive province was seized by
the wily CATHERINE ; but h was a case of public usurpa-
tion, anti happily all the Poles, in feelings and habits, pre-
serve their national identity almost as much as the Jews.—
They wanted but standbegrootn, and the organization of an
army, which they have now accomplished, and it will
soon be seen thas the-Poles of every province are united
Brethren, and every Pole a soldier. Sixteen mil-
lions of people will pwaluce-two millions of fighting men—
not mercenaries, but men who superadd to the usual love
of country, all the Mikantic heroism of the Polish character.
We cannot calculate all the chances of war, but we think
the odds to be 20 to 1, in favour of the Poles, in a contest

with Russia, and we feel persuaded that the conflict will end
in the emancipation of all the portions of Poland now, or
lately, under the bated Russian yoke. Our anticipations
are governed by a consideration of the liberties which
Poland enjoyed for five hundred years, so that to live
under free institutions are the most rooted preju-
dices of the whole people. How atrociously wicked,
then, it was in the infamous Congress of Vienna to
deliver over such a people to Russia ; and how absurd in
a Czar of Muscovy to expect that Poles would long remain
subject to his despotism ! The country of Copernicus,
which had been ruled by a dynasty of Jegalone, bear with a
government adapted to Samoidia ! Even if SR RYZN Ecici
were defeated, and Warsaw taken, Poland will never be
Russian ! Whether modern statesmen will consider it just
and expedient to correct or sanction the crimes of the
Congress remains to be seen ; but we hope that men will
be found, both in the Parliament of England and tho Chain-
hers of France, to do justice to the moral feelings of both
countries, and insist that the names of the Plenipotentiaries
of both countries should be erased from the disgraceful
treaties of Vienna. The first act of both governments ought
to be, to send accredited agents to Warsaw.
In corroboration of the preceding opinions, advices have
this day been received, that the Diet have decreed that all
the provinces formerly part of Poland, and occupied by
Russia, are to be regarded as part of the present kingdom ;
and the Decree forbids all Poles inhabiting them, to afford
any assistance to the Russian enemy. This is coming to
the point, and will hasten the expulsion of the Russians.
We hope to see the Dneiper and the Dwina the Eastern
boundary of the kingdom. We may, then, calculate that
Austria will wisely retire across the Carpathian mountains ;
and that Prussia will restore Thorn, Dantzic, and Prussia
Royal, gained in the last iniquitous partition.
While writing, reports reach us from Vienna and A up-
burgh, by way of Paris, that SCIERYZN ECK' has gained a new
victory over Di EBITSCII ; and, what is still more important,
that the Russian army openly express their discontent at
being sacrificed on so unworthy a service, while the officers
begin to understand the difference between civil liberty and
Russian despotism. The dagger of Damocles hangs over
the head of every tyrant ; yet such is the infatuation of the
Czar of Muscovy, that he will not listen to any overtures of
the French or British Ministers.

At home, we have to congratulate the public on the sa-
tisfactory termination of the Northamptonshire election.—
The hopes of Mr. CARTWRIGIIT, founded on his obtaining
a majority of votes among the members of the close cor-

poration of Northampton, were terminated on Saturday
morning, by the decision of Mr. CLARKE, the assessor,
that they bad no right to vote. In consequence, on Sunday
morning, the unti-reformists resigned. The only remaining
contest is now in Pembrokeshire ; where, to neutralize Mr.
GREVILLE'S popular interest, Sir JOHN OWEN is declaring
himself a friend to the bill !

As a further means of excitement, the party announce a
Pitt Club Dinner, Lord HAREWOOD in the chair, at the
City of London Tavern on SATURDAY 2411XT. If the
various ejected members attend, it will exhibit a very amusing
display of long faces. We admire neither the wisdom, object,
nor prudence of such a meeting at such a time. The demerits
of the Pitt system must now be felt and acknowledged by all
men, except the few who profited by it, or who consider
tenacity of opinion as a virtue ; and we have long wondered
that respect, even for the sculpture, permits the Pitt statue to
offend the eyes of the independent Livery in Guildhall.—
Such party triumphs ought to be effaced ; and if possible,
forgotten.