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London, England, 1831-06-18 00:00:00

SATURDAY EVENING,

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PRICI SEVENPENCE.

Phenix Inn, Drayton in Hales, Salop.—July 9, T. Arkin-
stall, Knighton, Staffordshire, fanner, at eleveri, at the
Phenix Inn, Drayton in Hales, Salop.—July 12, W. C.
Junes. Shrewsbury, mercer, at eleven, at the Fox Inn,
Shrewsbury.
CERTIFICATKS—Jury /:.

B. Ikrthon, Kingsland-road Wharf, Kingsland-road, coal-
merchant—lV. Large, Vera street. Clam Market, tallow-
chandler.—N. Smart. Bridge Wharf, Hampstead.road,
coal-merchant.—H. Walker. Lancaster, cabinet-maker.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Harris, jun. and R. J. Topham, Bangor, Carnarron-
shire, wine merchants—J. C. Plait, and H. Todd, Sheffield.
printers—W. Eccles and R. S. Davis, chancery-lane, Bur,
geons--W. Taylor and I. Smith, Tottenham Court Road,
tin plate workers-.. 8. Ukiah..di& and J. hlickakftwate,
Sheffield, scale cutters,—T. Lockwood and M. Martin,
Ynistawe, Glamorganshire, colliers—O. and J. Grant,
Brantford, grocers.—W. Wells and B. B. Popplewell,
Bradford, Yorkshire, wine merchants—E. Boardman tad
Co. Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, coal merchants—T. Reddish
and Co. Manchester, calico printers—P. Arrowsmith and P.
Digglcs, Chowbent, Lancashire, cotton-spinners—W. and
J: E. Jaaeph, Neptune-place, Lambeth, iron founders—S.
and B. Lincoln, Sackyille-strcet, Piccadilly, hatters—J. No.
dal and J. Bell,filanchester, coach-makers:—W. and J. But-
terworth, Lees Hall, Lancashire, cotton spinners—S. Lees
and Co. Oldham, Lancashire, cotton-spinners—S. Lees and
Co. Oldham, Lancashire, co..ton-spinners—C. and J.Merrill,
Pudding-lane, City, fruit-brokers.

SOM ERSETSII IRE SOCIETY.
Wednesday last, the subscribers to the above so-
ciety dined. together at the Albion Tavern, Col.
Wm. Gore Langton M.P. for the county presided
in the absence of James Adam Gordon, FA. who,

in consequence of illness, was unable to attend : tl►e

chairma;i was supported on his right by the Duke
of Somerset and W. Dickinson, Esq. the late
member for Somersetshire; and on his left by
Edward Aysbford Sandford, Esq. M.P. and Wm.
Astell, Esq. M. P. Upwards of 70 gentlemen sat
down to dinner. After the cloth was removed,
Non nobis was sung by Messrs. Pyne, Jolly, and
Leet. The health of the King and Queen having
been drank, the chairman rose and said, he had
the honour to propose a toast which he felt confi-

dent every gentliman of the society would drink
in a bumper ; it was his Grace the Duke of So-
merset—(applause)—to whom this society must
feel the deepest sense of gratitude, not only for
the liberal manner in which he had always sup-
ported it, but what lie conceived was of still greater
importance, his attendance upon the present occa-
sion. That he had set a noble example to all persons
of rank and station of the great benefit the public
derived, from their immediate patronage and pre-
sence. (Applause.) He begged leave to propose
the health of his Grace the Duke of Somerset,
with three times three. The toast was drank with

much applause.
• The Duke of SOMERSET said he felt most
happy ,in meeting so many gentlemen of the
county of Somerset assembled together, for the
advancement of so laudable a charity; and that if
his attendance was of any service to it, it gave
him additional pleasure and satisfaction. (Ap-
plause.) His Grace then proposed the healths of
the Members for the County.
E. A. SAN DFORD, Esq. one of the Members
for the County, begged them to accept his
thanks for the kind manner in which they had re-
served the toast which the Noble Duke had kindly
given. He regretted that a long residence in the
country had prevented his having the pleasure of
at:endiog upon any previous occasion. For he
was sure, from what he saw of the present nume-
rous and respectable meetinr„ that the last occa-
sion he had missed, he had lost a scene of
heartfelt and sincere gratification ; he trusted in
future, however, to recompense himself for what
he had lost, and hoped for a long series of years he
should have the pleasure of attending, and be en-
labled to congratulate them on the success and pro-
sperity of the Society, which had for its object the
aiding and relieving the distresses of those who
belonged to a County, in whose welfare they all
felt deeply interested. (Applause.)
The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said: It
was most gratifying to him to have his health drank
as one of the representatives of the County,
when he knew there were so many present who
' entertained different political sentiments, and far
be it from him to introduce any subject which in the
remotest degree could interfere with the harmony
of the meetinj. When he saw so many gentle-
men, connected with the County of Somerset, after
, the unusual excitement of a general election, laying
I aside all party feeling, and meeting in unity for
the general good of the Society, he trusted they
might all feel satisfied that, in these eventful times,
there was no political danger that they could not
safely meet, nor any storm which they should not
successfully weather.— (Much applause.) He
should therefore say nothing more on the subject,
but at the same time he could not help remarking
the difference in situation between his honourable
colleague and himself, when he saw him com-
mencing his political career, within all the proba-
bility of the advantage of a reform representation
which for so many years he had unceasingly, though
almost hopelessly advocated. The principle source
of happiness which be felt on this occasion was,
that he had never been induced by interest or sel-
fish motives to leave for one moment the path which
in his humble judgment the prosperity, welfare,
and honour of the country directed him to pursue,
but whatever change might take place in the poli•
tical world, this Society he hoped would suffer no
„gbange. (Applause.) The Chairman, in propos-
' • th health of Mr. Dickinson, passed a very
In! •
high eulogium upon him for his consistency in re-
tiring from the representation of the County ra-i
ther than sacrifice his political principles. (Great
ear
applause.)
Mr. DICKINSON said he is iabed he could reply
in suitable terms to the kind compliments and com-
mendations bestowed upon him by his honourable'
Mend Colonel Langtoat but as that was impos-,
'able, he contented himself on returning his meet
ifelt thanks. .Nothiag,gare bins Oman pain]
'than being obliged to separate himself from his
late constituents, but he should have been unworthy

of them, aul of the honour they lied conferred upon
him, if he had forgone his opinions for the sake of re-
presenting the county of 6omerset, however high the
honour. He had the happitiese of knowing that he
had violate.] no tie of gratitude to hi, censtietente ;
tie had clung fast to his principles, and for twenty-
five years lie had meinteined lii, itule:ertidence both
against the government end the people. He con-
gratulated, hoe ever, the county of Somerset in not
having demi that which other counties had done,
that is, of electing foreigners and strangers to re-
present them. Their choice htd fallen ea two e. ei-
et
tlenieu of the first class, both in character and pro-
perty, and in every respect of the highest respeete- •
filthy. In conclusion, he begged to thank them for
the marked bonctre they had conferred upon him
(Great applause).
The Cu Sins' er then proposed the healt.s of
the Members for Bridgewater.
Mr. AST ELT, returned di:lilts.
On the beeltlis of the Meteberi of the Western
Circuit being drank,
Mr. DIXON returned thanks. Although belied
not the honour of being a Membn of that Circuit,
he attributed their absence to a public dilute:
to be given that day by Lord Tenterden. He
himself had never missed attending since he had
the good fortune to be introduced, and he believe.]
he never should as long as he lived. He
the society highly beneficial, and wished their. e•;1;
one established in every county. ( Applluse.)
The Cit .‘ st x then proposed the health of E.
A. Sandford, Esq. the President for the ensuing
year.
The honourable gentleman, in returning thank:,
said nothing could give him greater pleasure that,
to promote the interests of a society so connected
with the county of Somerset. He hoped, at the
ensuing meeting, that not only the gentlemen pre-
sent would attend, but that they would do their
utmost to induce their friends to come and see the
manner in which the society was conducted ; and
not only to see the happiness they were themselves
enjoying, but also to see the happiness they were
conferring on others, who were in less fortunate
situations than themselves. (Applause.)
Mr. SAN DFOItD said he was sorry to inform the
meeting that they were in future to be deprived of
the services of a valuable and efficient officer. That
Mr. Hurd, who had acted so long as their secre-
tary, from ill health, was under the necessity of re-
signing. His object in making that communica-
tion was, to propose that Mr. Hurd's son should
be received into the situation which his father had
filled, with so much honour to himself and advan-
tage to the society. This proposition was received
with acclamation, and the health of Mr. Hurd, jun.
was drank.
Mr. HURD, jun. thanked them for the honottr
they had done him, and felt much pleasure in ac-
cepting the office. His father, for many years,
he believed from its first institution, had endea-
voured to promote its interests by a strict discharge
of the duties of the office of secretary. He should
feel diffident in accepting that office WO; expeet
he should be left to his own inkperience; But
although his father might not be actively concerned,
he would still feel great pleasure in promoting the
interests of the society. He hoped between the
activity of youth and the experience of age, that
the duties of the office would be discharged as here-
tofore they had been, to the satisfaction of the So-
ciety. (Applause.)
At ten o'clock the Chairman, the Duke of So-
merset, Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Sandford, and others
having retired, Mr. Hurd, jun. was called to the
Chair, when conviviality and harmonyprevailed till
a late hour.

cfßlLEßA—Birikrus.
TO THE LORI) HIGH CHANCELLOR OF
ENGLAND.
MY LORD BROUGDAM.--.lt being reported
that his Majesty's Ministers have thought fit to
take the advice of the College of Physicians, cost
cerning the threatened spreading of the cholera
morbus, and recollecting some unsatisfactory
official medical opinions on former occasions,
I have thought it possible that your Lordship's
penetrating mind would be better enabled to direct
practical measures respecting this important subs.
after a review of several statements.
My pretensions to your Lordship's notice are
those of a public man possessing extended expe-
rience, and whose professional cogitations are
founded on a desire to unite scientific precision to
the complicated circumstantial evidences from the
common fluctuating theories of the healing art.
I consider the long-continued verbose medical
disputes about infection, contagion, epidemics,
umd endemics, to be unprofitable jargon of schools,
seaworthy the notice of men of science, and es
mystified impediments to students, and as being
id' no use among sensible practitioners.
Abundant evidence to be found among the con-
flicting doctrines of medical writers, and the nar-
ratives of travellers, show that the very same dis-
sese may, under different circumstances, assume
the eerie= characters of being contagious in one
'place or climate, and not so in another ; similar dif-
ferences and vicissitudes also occur in the techni-
eel distinctions about infection, epidemics, and
endemics. The just and broad view of these appa-
rently opposing evidences is, that they are recce-
cileable under a rational admission that the com-:
municablo diseases in question admit of variable
degrees of intensity, so as to render them more cr
less apt to be propagated. Happily for mankind,
the morbific materials of these diseases are required
to be in a definitive quantity to produce their res-
pective maladies, and the composition of all these
morbific poisons seems to be of transient duratioe,,
Hence, by continued dilution, or by a gradual
abatement of their acrimony, these pestiferous fer-
ments become inert, and eventually their corres-
ponding diseases cease. This appears to be the
best reasoning for the establishment of the laws and
regulations of quarantine, and experience has suf-
ficiently proved that a rigorous and continued pu-
rification of suspected persons and goods is the
only means of preventing the progress of cholera
morbus. Should, however, this direful visitation
afflict our country, it cannot be looked upon as
equally fatal with the worst kinds .of pestilence;
and its prevention, as well as its curative treatment,
promise to ha more within medical contreal.
t.in addition to the strictest cautions of quaran-
tine, it may be well to ascertain the states of her.
,masi.bialds which render individuals Caere -or lasi
*ads to have • this disease, and whether any Gym.
iota cif xliststic risgiasn tends to.favoorwr to asset
'us attack, or. to radar dm grant eves More propi
tious. From personal interviews with many medical
and other gentlemen who hays undergone this dan-

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gewea ordeal, I am convinced that inordinate
easct- of calomel given on the presumption of dia.-
orde!ed liver, and also an equally violent and roue-
( luevous practice of extensive blood-letting, have
added pretty to the number of deaths. Both these
r.vlorhrses appear to be conjectural, and the fatal
cs of the practices ,justify a public prohibition.
Tl.e usual violence at the commencement, and the
n prostration of the vital powers in cholera,
1111 to depend on two sensible causes,—the first,
ni.initcst abstraction of fluid from the volume of cir-
.I:ating blood through theexcessive alimentary dis-
Larges ; the second, a notorious change in the
,!:,.klities of the blood itself, whereby its natural
Moor and texture, which are essential to health,
are strikingly deteriorated; and since the ordinary
stimulants of ardent spirits of wine have either
failed to uphold the sinking frame, or have seemed
to be hurtful, the employment of ammonia and
opium have been adopted with better success. But
a suggestion, communicated to me by Dr. Ainslie,
the learned and laborious author of a valuable book
entitled Ma teria Indica, deeervea immediate and se-
rious attention ; and as tho Doctor had sent his
proposal to the Russian Government some weeks
ago, he has a right to precedence in this important
matter, if happily his method should prove effectual.
The Doctor viewing the sudden sinking of
strength, and the disordered state of the blood, as
tha most urgent symptoms, advises the immediate
trial of inhaling a super-oxygenated air, for the
purpose of revivifying the blood, until other reme-
dies, such as ammonia, shall have time to act upon
the morbid materials in the alimentary passages.
I am more disposed to place reliance upon the im-
mediate and often-repeated doses of ammonia, be-
cause of the attending spasms in the limbs, an oc-
currence which is generally connected with ali-
mentary acidity. So that, in addition to the cor-
dial effects of ammonia, it may probably act as an
antidote. Craving your Lordship's pardon for this
hurried address, and the mode adopted for its pub-
lication, I have the honour to be your very obe-
dient servant,
Langham.place, June Ho. ANTHONY CARLISLE.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

GERMAN PAPERS Rk;CEIVED THIS DAY.

Stumm, May 28.—Though the insurrection of the
Albanians, and the refractoriness of the Paeha of Scutari,
may be considered as subdued, the Grand Vizier still conti-
nues to proceed with great caution, and to take a position
which would enable him speedily and effectually to oppose
any attempt to renew the troubles. AU the efforts of the
ill-disposed who are still at work will, therefore, be fruitless,
and not endanger the present state of things. In Asia
Minor the case is different; in that country the authority of
the Sultan daily meets with great opposition, and, according
to the last accounts from Constantinople, it seems to be not
improbable that the Grand Vizier will be ordered to that coon.
try, with great part of his troops. But the history of the Otto.
man empire furnishes too many proofs of the dangerous in-
fluence which the removal of Redschid Puha may have on
the scarcely tranquillized European provinces, inhabited by
warlike tribes, always disposed to rebellion. The Sultan,
who exerts himself without Intermission, to introduce his
reform every where, and to remove every obstacle to the exe-
cution of them, is indeed said to have provided against the '
contingency of his being obliged to give to the faithful and
well-organized troops of the Grand Vizier, another destine-
tiao, and to have ordered a strong fleet to cruise on the coast
of Albania. lie has also found means to enure the attach-
ment of Prince "Mosel, who, during recent events. showed
equal prudence and attachment to the Porte, so as not to
apprehend isolated manifestations of discontent.

. .
The accounts received In Constantinople respecting Greece,
an not favourable to the tranquillity of that country. bow-
er it. the energy chewed by the President, gave all room to
hope for a return of order. The Pubs of Egypt takes great
pains to preserve the confidence of the Bultan,and sends large
sums to his Treasury. He appears to be sensible, that since
the conquest of Algiers by the French, every attempt to
make himself independent of the Porte, would be still more
disapproved in England. 31. Von Walla has frequent
conferences with the Reis Effendi, and the bestunderstanding
prevails between the Russian Court and the Porte.
. _

TIIISTE, Jung 6.—Letters from Ancona say that four
French men-of war, one bearing an admiral's Bag, had an.
shored there ; and it was repotted that eight others had
entered the Adriatic, to cruise on the coast of Italy. If this
should be confirmed, it may be intended by the French Go.
vernmect to give weight to its negotiations in Rome.

VunnA, JUNE 6.-14 per cent. bletaWques, 711.
Bank Shares. 1042.--.41/gemense Zeitseng, JIM 11.

NUILIMIUSG, Jung 10.—Bosnia Is now in a state of
complete insurrection against the Sultan. On the 18th May
the contingent of the Bosnian captains, amounting to
20,000 men, was drawn up. The Vizier of Bosnia is
already gone to the capital city of Sarajevo, the chiefs of
which are disposed to join the captains, and march to
Albania.

The Bosnian chiefs, distrusting the sudden disposition to
yield shown by the Vizier, lave resolved for the present to
watch him, and to place him and the whole force of Bosnia
at the disposal of the Pachs of Scutari (the Vizier of Albania.)
The Janissaries who were abolished by the Sultan arc re-
stored in Bmaia, and re-placed in their former situations,
with all their ancient rights. They coastline the chief forte
of the insurgents. On the other aide of Service, the 801011111
frontier formed by the river Drina is strictly guarded, to pre-
vent any unexpected invasion from tbst quarter..—Nuren-
berg Correspondent,Asnalo.

BRUSSELSWEDIOEITDAY EVEN 14 .—lnfor-
mation will have by this time, no doubt, reached
yOu, that hostilities have commenced between the
Dutch and Belgians at Lillo. Having been accus-
tomed to skirmishes of this kind between the out-
posts, the Government attached no importance to
it ; but, I am sorry to inform you, that the state
of Antwerp has now become seriously grave. It
appears that the King of Holland, anxious to cre-
ate a dissension in Belgium, even at the risk of
hostilities, is using his influence and money, and,
through his emissaries, agitating the question of
the Union of Belgium to France, hoping thus to
create a general war. Indeed, so far has this sys-
tem proceeded, that a Provisional Government is
secretly organized in Antwerp, and it is expected
will publicly declare itself within seven or eight
days. Our Regent is dreadfully alarmed; and the
Minister of War left this morning for Antwerp, to
use his influence and popularity with the troops,
but without success ; for M. Chales Rogier, the
lately new-installed Governor, although possessing
much energy, will, it is feared, not be able to main-
tain his place. Is not this a serious state of af-
fairs, and brought on by whom? That same Holy
for years, have been the bane of Eu-
'vill England allow herself to be Ca-
despots? Can a liberal Minister,
n, after carrying so momentous a
Reform Bill, meet a British Parlia-
-mations (which I trust will be

put to him) as to his lending the name and power-1
ful influence of England, to shackle and debase I
a brave people ? Good GOD I is it possible that
the Allied Powers are so ignorant as not to know,
that the very basis on which they fix the limits
of Belgium, are at variance with their famous,
or rather, infamous protocols ? For instance—I
1790 is the year by which all territorial limits
are to be settled. Now observe—the protocol
of January the 20th says,—Luxembourg be-
longs to Holland, whereas, in that year (and it
is an historical fact known to every school-
boy) not only the province, but the fortress of
Luxembourg, belonged to the Austrian Pays Bas.
It is true, with regard to Limburg, that 52 villages,
the fortress of Venloo, and part of Msestricht,
was then Dutch ; but aby now give the whole of
Limburg to Holland ? Again, Brabant, Septen-
trional, and Gnildez, were at that time Belgic;
yet this notorious protocol gives them to the
king of Holland. Yet, with all these facts
Istaring at them, do those sage councillors threaten
Belgium with destruction, if it will not agree
to the protocols, and to consider the people as
litigious, headstrong, and madmen, because they
ark to negotiate upon the basis of 1790, before
agreeing to a decision. The Belgians are a well-
disposed people, easily governed; and Prince Leo-
pold is very popular. Yet their honour once
assailed, they become desperate. Every thing
appears in our city perfectly tranquil ; but
1 tun afraid it is the calm that precedes
a storm. Our Minister for Foreign affairs is
deservedly popular among the respectable class, but
should the settlement be any longer procrastinated,
we shall, in a few days, have neither Regent nor
Minister, but Club Law. This evening a courier
has been despatched for London, so that the British
Government are in possession of these facts. May
they take a warning in time.
L'Avenir contains a strong appeal to the elan-
table and christian feelings of all the Catholics in
France, on behalf of the distressed population of
the west of Ireland. It quotes a variety of letters
from the Clergy and Magistrates of the different
counties, detailing scenes of the most heart-rend-
ing misery, and concludes by announcing that a
subscription is opened at the office of the paper, rue
Jacob, No. 20, which is managed by a Committee
who are in direct correspondence with the Central
Committee of London, under the presidency of the
Lord Mayor.
Le Temps, after arguing that the peace of Eu-
rope can only be secured by leaving Belgium un-
molested, and confiding its pacification to the good
sense of the Regent, says : " Let it not be for- I
gotten that bayonets are now become intelligent,
and that when liberty and national independence
are in question, no authority can discipline the
armed masses. Let Prussian bayonets be sent
against the Poles, and we shall see what breasts
will be pierced by them. Let the Holy Alliance
send battalions against the Belgians, and we may
easily forsee under what common standard they
will be united. Let armies advance against
France, and we shall see what trophies they will
take back with them."
PARIS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...-. Politi-
cians here are beginning to treat with more gravity
and suspicion our foreign relations, to say nothing
of the state of affairs nearer home. The uneasi-
ness of the public mind is increasing, and but for
the existence of the National Guard, the distur-
bances which have just occurred must have led to
much bloodshed. Our Stocks are falling, and, at
the present juncture must be looked upon as a bad
omen. •

Yesterday we had disturbances at Paris. I should
not refer to them, but that the Journals take notice
of the circumstances, and I am anxious that their
character should not be misunderstood. A sort of
ballad-singer, or crier of songs and news having
received from a jeweller in the Rue Faubourg St.
Denis, some severe blows for crying and selling
about the streets a little book, called Histoire de
Napoleon, dans le cent jours. A mob collected
round the door, now two days since, broke the win-
dows of this Carlist, who got into a passion with
history as well as with the ballad singer; and cried
" Vire la Liberte,"—" Down with the Carlists."
This was on Monday !
Well, of course, the soldiers were sent for, the
Guards arrived, a tumult began ; but night came
and all dispersed. Yesterday the mob revisited the
spot ! The Carlist had.got courageous in the night,
and when the mob assembled, he fired two pistols
from the counter, and vowed he would shoot the
first man dead who approached his premises. The
multitude now become exasperated; the door was
soon forced—the furniture was thrown from the
windows—the whole was burnt, and the Carlist was
conveyed to prison in a coach for having fired on
the people and excited disturbances.
Last night ten thousand persons were collected.
Guards and troops of the line were employed to
'clear the streets—no one was allowed to pass with-
out name and address in that direction, and up to
midnight there were scenes of riot and anarchy.—
Now let me explain this. The public mind is greatly
irritated : public opinion is in a most agitated state.
It seizes bold of trifles, and magnifies them into
troubles ; and this attack of the Carlist jeweller on
the hundred days of Napoleon, in the person of a
ballad-singer, which at another time would have
been treated with silence or contempt, was now
magnified into a deliberate attack on the memory
'of Napoleon, and on the revolution of July. This
ought to instruct our Governors, if facts can give
counsel, and experience enlighten.
B n EST, JUN F. 9.—Extract of a private letter :
" The Diana corvette has arrived at Brest. This
vessel had been sent to Omoa, to notify to the Go-
vernment of the Republic of Central America that
the King of the French, recognizing in principle
the independence of that State, was inclined to
conclude with it a treaty of amity, commerce, and
navigation. This proposal was acceded to with
great willingness. It is impossible to describe the
enthusiasm which the events of 1830 have caused
in Guatemala. At the first news that was received
of them in that country, a salute of 101 guns was
fired ; rejoicings for three days were ordered ; the
theatres were opened gratis ; it was resolved that
a deputation should be sent to Paris, to compli-
ment the King of the French. A great number
of citizens put on French cockades, and the ladies
still wear on holidays a tricoloured girdle. On the
news of the arrival of the Diana, salutes were fired
for three days successively. The French flag has
every where been received in the most flattering
manner. The officers of the corvette were particu-
larly satisfied with their intercourse with the autho-
rities and inhabitants of Truxillo and Omoa. On her

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.
SATURDAY, JUNE 18.

We regret to call the attention of our readers
to a communication in a subsequent column from
a correspondent, which states that the population
employed in that impot tint branch of our manufac-
tories, the Potteries, are in a state of discontent
and tumult.

The progress of the Polish Detachments Into the
north is marvellous. It proves the general support
of the country, and their utter contempt of the
IGenerals for the boasted resources of Russia, the
entire advance being on the high road towards
Petereburgh. By the last accounts, the Polish
Generals had reached Kslwary, and Mariampol,
Ifrom 220 to 260 miles from Warsaw, and within
30 miles of the centrical city of Kowno, parallel
with Troki and Wilma, and near them. What is
more, they had, aided by the insurrection, fought
a great and decisive battle at Mariampol, where
the Russians, under Beckon, appear to have con-
centrated ; and it ended in the route and diaper-
ision of the latter. It appears in fact to have been

a most desperate confiict, for the town was retaken
twice, and taken thrice, by assault—the Russians
being finally expelled, and it is said dispersed, in a
country of deadly hostility, and near which they
had recently been committing the most frightful
enormities. Such a defeat of the Russians, and
the occupation of the towns above named, must
carry the military operations of the Poles to the
Dwina, so as entirely to separate Petersburgh
from Poland !

The effect of this occupation of the country
lying between Diaaivscn and Petersburgh, is the
cutting off his communication with his Govern-
ment, and the capture of all those trains of deptits
by which his army has, tin now, been maintained.
His movements illustrate his embarrassment. His
army have crossed the Narew, and fallen back to-
wards the Prussian frontiers, where he receives
treacherous supplies ; and he is probably endea-
vouring to establish a communication with Thorn,
a Prussian town on the Vistula, as the means of
obtaining the cargoes, which in such profusion,
have been sent to the neutral port of Dantsic, once
the outlet of Poland, and destined ere long to be
so again. Such results of that possession will not
be lost on the Poles of those districts, now
Prussian.

The wide spread of the Insurrection is proved by
the late bloody battle at Herman, in the Ukraine,
nearly six hundred miles from Warsaw, and on the,
south-eastern verge of ancient Poland.
This is a new feature of the war, and it proves tin
all PoLA x n WILL BE FRES; and as We have main-
tained, ever since their first fatal repulse at Praga,
that THE RUSSIANS WILL BE DRIVEN OUT OF
THE COUNTRY.

In such complicated affairs, we may speculate,
without pretending to prophecy; but foreseeing the
restoration of Poland as highly probable, and the
restitution which the Poles will demand of Prussia,
on the Baltic and in Posnia, it appears to us that
Prussia will have other employment for her troops
than in meddling with the affairs of Belgium.—
These abused people will thus have one enemy less.
Austria has full employ men: in jtaly, and will
regard the Belgian as a very remote question ; it
appears to us, therefore, that the King of Holland
will be left to fight the Belgians single banded,
except in the degree in which he may be assisted
by the paper missives of France, which the Belgi-
ans have already learnt to laugh at. In truth the
French Government have enough on their hands in
their war with Miguel; and though Belgium in cer-
tain expected events, may derive support from
Prance, she can have nothing to fear from the hos-
tility of constitutional armies.
This summer is likely to give a new face to the
state of Europe, but not the face which the ene-1
miss of the sovereignty of the people have planned
and contemplated.

The present administration are unanimous on
one point, the Reform Bill, and so far well. But
as may be expected, regard to any twelve or four-
teen men, and especially men who have been used
to think for themselves, they cannot be expected to
agree on every point, and at the emu time, every
point is not made a Cabinet measure. Besides, it
is usual, and in some degree necessary, that every
Minister should control his own department, while
each is supposed to have enough to do. Inter-
ference of one with another, is not only contrary to
official etiquette, but would be deemed impertinent.
Hence, in all administrations, there must be some
contradictory policy, unequal actions, and discor-
dant practice. The beads of departments, not
only have different views, but every one of them is
not equally well informed. Some aro not so indnstri
ous as others, and too many leave the real duties to be'
performed by subalterns, who ere fixtures, who
pursue a routine policy, who are not governed by
any principles, or who, in cases of doubt, as an
exertion search for precedents, and under them
coolly feel justified. Many men in office, too, go
through their duties just like undertakers' men at a
funeral ; and if they are stirred by any sentiment,
it is to wonder that the world says and thinks so
much about business, which to them is merely a
given quantity of mechanical labour. From causes
like these arise, however, the grievances and vexes
lions of mankind, and often the unpopularity of a
well-intentioned set of Ministers. Many things
done by the present Ministers, for example, would
be inexplicable on any other hypothesis, and
totally irreconcileable with the known prin-
ciples of the majority. It would be invidious and
onerous to allude to particular facts, and would
convert a current paragraph into a treatise ; but
no doubt, this official discordance is the cause of the
irritable feelings which Sir Joux Si wcr.,tt R says
belong to all statesmen. They are necessarily made
half mad ten times a-day, if men of sense and
feeling, by circumstances, from the disgrace of
which they cannot disentangle themselves. If
over-sensitive, they do not continue in office; and
if determined to continue, they become, in due
time, like all such men, apathetic and callous.
The Press would be the best monitor or balance-
wheel, if its blunders, and often its hasty vitupe-
rations did not deprive it of respect. After this apo-
logy for all Ministers, we may venture to complain,
that so often since the present noblemen and gentle-
men have been in power, law and punishment have
preceded inquiry into the causes of offence; and even
if the MIN has been known, redress has not preceded
severe application of law. This plain principle, we
'should expect, would be practised even in Africa;
and we never knew a system of government in
'which it was deputed from,without moral feelings

being outraged. Which department, or what mi-
nister, or minister's clerk, is to blame, we do not
afoot to determine; but if we were of the fifteen
elect, this mistaken practice should forthwith be
made a Cabinet question. Of course, we mean to
allude to more than one special commission, and
the revolting results—but we have said enough
Let their principles of liberality govern legal prac-
tices, and we will then throw up our caps, and cry
"Lord GREY, Lord BROUGHAM, or even Lord
MELBOURNE for ever ! "

ROYAL EXCRANGE, ONE O'CLOCK.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 83 for the
A/mount, opened at 82 i 83, went up to 83 i
since which they have dropped again to 82 i ; at
present they may be quoted 82 i.

TWO O'CLOCK.
Report says, that the French Funds come
per cent. lower, 58 50 ; but at present it is only
ox dit. Our Funds have been fluctuating from
82 fi to 83 during the morning ;at present they
are 82 i to 83, with little doing ; had any great
event took place at Paris, no doubt we should have
had several expresses this morning.
We understand that the Lords of the Admiralty
proceed to-morrow to Portsmouth, to review the
fleet previous to its departure on a cruise for six
weeks ; after which, the fleet returns again into
port, to take in water, and again proceeds to sea for
another six weeks.

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