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ADECLARATION by the Merchants, Bankers,
Traders, and Others, of LONDON, upon the subject of
PARLIAMENTARY kEFORM, lays for Signature at the CITY
of LONDON TAVERN ; and oleos PETITION to the House of
Commons, founded thereon, against the Mill now pending.

TH I LVENING STAR.

LONDON.
FRIDAY, MARCH 18.

A Cabinet Council met at three o'clock this afternoon in
the Foreign Otf►ce, Downing Street. The Council was
numerously attended, and continued a considerable time in
deliberation.

We particularly direct our Readers attention in this day's
STA . To a moat interesting detail from Poland-2. To
the account from Italy, of the Treaty formed between the
Pupa and the Emperor of MIST RI A-3. To the account of
the Revolutionary Proceedings in Switzerland—and 4. To
the account of the proposition of M. BA UDE, for the com-
plete expulsion for ever of the elder branch of the Bourbons
from France. We believe all the above, with much other
matter, will be found exclusively in the STAR of this evening.

On Belgian affairs we have no intelligence of interest;
nor shall we have any until wo have to communicate the
final Protocol of London, of the 2d current, to which we
alluded yesterday, and in the existence of which we hare
reason to believe. The reply to it will be most
important ; for we rather conceive, at present, it is one of
the hinges on which the gate of the temple of Janus turns.
There is an explanatory letter in the Times of this
morning, from De Potter, addressed to the patriot prisoners
in La Pelagie, in Paris, which we shall find room for to-
morrow. It is not of immediate interest; but gives the
views of that able man on the policy of his country.

We have received the following particulars of the
occurrences in the South of Spain. They were received this
morning by express. It appears, that about the let of March,
TORRIJOS left Gibraltar, and landed on the coast with his
party, and made towards the Ronda mountains. This was a
signal for his partisans to act. In the afternoon of the 3d, the
governor of Cadiz, returning home alone, was surrounded
by six ruffians, wrapped in cloaks, who stabbed him in the
back; and an alarm being given, four of the murderers were
taken. At noon, on the 4th, a part of a bat-
tallion of marines, raised the standard of revolt,
and took up a safe position ; but not being joined
by any one in the afternoon, they left the place, and
went to Chiclana, under a hope of joining TORREJOS,
who in the meantime had been defeated, and most of his
people taken. The marines were pursued, and either taken
or cut to pieces. Thus, we regret to be informed, ended
this constitutional effort to emancipate Spain.

A report is very current at the East end of the town
bo-day, as will; be seen by our City Article, that Warsaw
has fallen into the hands of the Barbarians. It is said to
be founded on a postscript to a Rotterdam letter. We have
no reliance upon the intelligence; and conceive it, in all
probability, the old lie, hanging fire among the damps of
Holland. It is to be remarked, in support of this conjecture,
fiat the fiction alluded to, has not before come from that
quarter.

Independently of the unparallelled merit in bringing for-
ward their noble and perfect plan of Reform, the present
Ministers deserve public gratitude, in a higher degree, than
can be easily appreciated, for not embroiling the country in
questions of Foreign wars, about the nursery gossip of the
wince of Power! Obvious as is their merit on the first
point, tee consider their wisdom even greater on the last ;
entangled as they found themselves in the system of puerile

meddling policy, which has stimulated our Cabinet for the
last forty years. In supporting this peaceful course, with a
firm and dignified.attitude, the European world are indebted
to the discriminating policy of Lord PALMERSTON ; and
though we have trembled about the Belgic mediation, yet
we now hope that even that little plot, which seemed to have
been contrived as a snare to the British Government, will
be allowed to evaporate without involving us in an inter-
vention of the consequences of which this generation would
'not see the end.

In the House of Lords, last night, some observations
passed on a subject calculated to surprise the plain common
sense of this age. Lord LONDONDIRRT stimulated Lord
HILL, as Commander-in-chief, to explain how it happened
that the LORD CHANCELLOR, in going lately in state to
Court, was first obstructed in passing through the Horse
Guards, and then permitted to pass, contrary to order.
It appeared that the regulation was one of the late
whcse love of etiquette is well-known ; and
that after a parley between the ClTANcatLort and the Officer
on duty, his coachman, giving the Allrir a rational con-
struction, drove through. Such is the whim of this court
ordinance, that it appears the Speaker of House of Com-
mons, and the Chairman of the Lords' Committees, are au-
thorized to pass ; but not the LORD CHANCELLOR, who is
Speaker of the House of Lords, and first lay subject of the
realm !

Lord Fite corrected an error of some of the papers, that
his late observations did not apply to the Lord CHA CEL•
LOH'S Reform Bills, which he highly approved ; but to the
cruel and unconstitutional Bills, brought in by Lord Wy
ford, and passed through the House without criticism. His
Lordship in truth echoed the sentiments expressed in two
articles in the STAR, which, with a third, will, we trust, lead
to the rejection of such abhorrent Laws, by the Lower House.

In the House of Commons, Mr. HOR cz Tw ss corrected
a misconception thathe had ridiculed, or questioned, the poli-
tical intelligence, of the middle classes.
The Bag under the table was filled, as usual, with ad-
dresses in favour of the Reform Bill. Mr. HUNT ex-
pressed his astonishment at the omission of his Parish of
Christchurch ; and we may add, that the inhabitants of
Kensington and Chelsea, containing 10,000 houses, above
101. per annum, are not less surprised at being passed over.'
Perhaps also Hammersmith and Chiswick are not inferior;
and they merit the protection of the Members for Middlesex.

Colonel DAV lES brought forward a most extraordinary
proof of the increasing distress and privations of the people,
in the increase of crimes, caused by their desperation. He
stated from the Parliamentary Returns that the number of
convictions in 1811 were 3163, and in 1812, 3913 ; but that
they had since increased to the annual number of 12,564 !
He then compared England with France, where property is
more equally divided, for the year 1826 ; and in England
it appeared that the commitments were 16,147, and in France,
with double the population, only 6,988 ; and that the con-
victions in that year in England were 11,095, while those,
n France were but 4,348 ! Now, to cure these frightful
evils,'he made no proposal to remove the causes.; but, with a
view to an increase of the terror of punishments,
proposed a committee " to inquire into the best mode
of giving efficiency to secondary punishments !"
A conversation then arose, in which Mr. G. LAMB, Mr.
HUNT, Sir E. SUDDEN, Mr. H. SUMNER, supported Col.
DA v tres train of reasoning; and Mr. Alderman WOOD
opposed it. The Committee was then appointed. Need we i
have another argument to prove the necessity of a Reformed
Parliament

We have to lay before the Readers of the STAR to-day,
several interesting articles of intelligence, which we are
persuaded they will in vain seek in the columns of any
other Paper. If our Readers will do us the favour to
peruse the leading article of the Times, in our " Spirit of
the Journals" of this day, they will perceive it to be entirely
a comment on the matter communicated to the public ex-
clusively in the STAR of yesterday ; —which intelligence
that paper pleases to say, to avoid reciprocating the honest
distributive justice, which we invariably practice, ar-
rived in London only last night !—although composed in
our office at 12 o'clock at noon. No doubt the same
intelligence, in course of time, will find its way into the
columns of our cotemporaries, the Courier, Globe, and Sun,
if it can be done neatly ; but the readers of those papers,
nor of any other in London, but the STAR, never yet saw the
capitulation of Ancona—because it could not be done neatly.
Let our readers peruse the comments of the Times, to
which we have already directed their attention ; and then
say, whether the writer had not then laying before him
the article from " La Revolution," in the STAR of yester-
day. He obtained a Galignani's Messenger, from which be
gleaned the Articles of the Association of the Seine, and he
accordingly gives it ; but not being able to quote La Revo-
lution without acknowledging his obligations to this Paper,
he, although founding his comments on it, leaves his readers
without it altogether. We should apologize for taking up
so much of our space on such a subject ; but the public are
a little, we conceive, interested in seeing how the petty
jealousies of newspapers, impede their very main object—
the early communication of news, from whatever quarter it
may come.

City One o'Clock.—A letter has just been posted at the
North and South American Coffee House, dated Rotterdam
the 15th instant, and has been likewise exhibited on Change.
It is to the following effect :—" I am this moment informed
of the latest news from Poland ; namely, that Praga is in
possession of the Russians—that General Diebitsh summoned
Warsaw, which has capitulated ; and that three or four of
the chief Generals had received passports from the Russian
General, and have retired into the Austrian States.
Consols which left off yesterday at 7611 for the account,
opened at the same price, and have since been done for
money at 761; at present they are 761.
Up to the present time, little or nothing is doing in the
Foreign Market—prices much the same as yesterday.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCZ
Consols, which were looking up in the early part of the
morning, and were done at 761 for money, have declined
to 76if , and 7611 for the account ; the money market
being over is the cause of their receding. In the Foreign
Market Spanish Bonds have receded.

POREWN INTELLIGENCE-EXCLUSIVE.

PARIS. WIDWZIMAT, MAME 16.
TO THE EDITOR OF THR STAR.

SlB—The ASSOCIATION in the department of the Seim
—the articles of which I sent you yesterday—for the ex-
pulsion of the Bourbons, increases rapidly; and, by the lists
which appear in the journals, bears a very respectable cha-
racter. The government, however, is about to pass a law
to prohibit such publication ; which, probably, may render
this formidable society nugatory ; and I have every reason
to suppose that it may ultimately be suppressed.
On Thursday, ministers are to make a profession of their
principles ; but the prevalent opinion here is, that it will be
easier for them to profess their principles, than to make up
their minds what principles to profess. I hare little doubt
that the line which will be pursued in the Interior, will be
something in the style of what are called in England " the
stern-path-of-duty-reen;" every thing seems to proclaim it.
Two flesh regiments have arrived at Paris to-day. The
intelligence from Spain is rather of a stirring nature. I have
only time to add, that the departure of Lafitte from public
life is much regretted : it is looked upon as another leaf
dropped off the Tree of Liberty. I send with this an ample
supply of papers, containing the latest and most important
information ; and remain, Yours, &c. J. L

FRANCE.
PROPOSITION OF M. BAUDE.-Eight months have
nearly passed away since the day when Charles X. caused
the discharge of musketry upon the people of Paris ; and
after waiting eight months, the people, who rendered jus-
tice by destroying the throne, have not received a legal re-
paration; Charles X. and his son are yet citizens of Paris.
A law has not been made which condemns to exile for ever
the elder branch of the Bourbons, which deprives them of
their rights as French citizens. At last the Deputies have
felt that it was time to give satisfaction to the nation, and
one amongst them, M. Baude, is charged to deposit upon
the bureau of the Chamber, the following propositions,
which will be discussed in the Bureaus to-morrow :

Ist. The ex-King, Charles X, his descendants, and the
allies of his descendants, are for ever banished from the
French territory ; and they shall not be able to acquire, by
purchase, or gift, any estate, or enjoy any rente or pension.
2d. The persons indicated in the preceding article are
bound to sell, within six months from the promulgation of
the present law, all the property, without reserve or excep-
tion, which they may possess in France.
3d. If the sale of the said property be not effected within
the term prescribed, the sale shall be proceeded to by the
administration of the domains, in the forms fixed for the
alienation of the property of the State. The product
of the sales shall be deposited at the Caisse des Con-
signations, and kept at the disposal of the agents of the
former proprietors, deductions being made of the claims of
creditors, and damages, which may be recoverable on account
of the events of July 1830.
Charles X. could then, until this day, have trod the French
soil, without incurring any other penalty, than that which
would be inflicted upon a person without a passport. Charles
X. has enjoyed until this day the title of citizen ; he was
the possessor of estates, which, from the imposts, rendered
him an elector and eligible ; and if any arrondissement had
chosen to have made the ex-king a deputy, (an inviolable
personage)—M. Charles Bourbon might, under the shelter
of this title, have come and sat upon the benches of the
Palais-Bourbon. Without doubt this supposition could
never have been realised ; but the legal possibility cannot be
contradicted. At last, thanks to M. Baude, the chamber
will decide upon a question more important than was at first
supposed. Some persons say that there will not be unani-
mity amongst the representatives of the nation. We
learn that several of our patriots will absent themselves
on the day when the proposition of the ex-prefect
of police will be put to the vote. We are assured even,
that two orators will have the courage to espouse the
cause of the fallen Bourbons. We shall see. As for us,
we cannot conceive arter having taken an oath of fidelity to
Louis Philippe I. King of the French, who can hesitate to
banish for ever the Bourbons of the elder branch, whose pre-
sence upon the national territory would be the signal of trou-
bles and sanguinary strife. We cannot conceive why the Bo-
napartes (and Cardinal Fesch who certainly is not a pretender)
should be banished, and that the law should be mute upon
Charles X. and his relations. And who, in fact, will con-
sider the Count de Survilliers, and Louis and Napoleon
Bonaparte, more dangerous than Charles X. and the hero of
the Trocadero? The Councillors of the Crown, who have seen
in our new King a Bourbon, and not the citizen Eo A LITE,
have not thought it their duty to take the initiative in this
question, which they have considered as a family one ; but,
at last, a Deputy has spoken ; we hope that his honourable
colleagues will do their duty, and the ministry will, at least,
be neutral. Such as it is, we cannot expect more from it.
La Tribune.

The proposition of M. Baude, carrying the perpetual ex-
pulsion of the elder branch of the Bourbons, was read this
day and sent back till to-morrow, when it will be developed
and taken into consideration. One may ask why they would
add this proceeding to the acts of the 7th of August? Is
not the Chamber the same which, elected under Charles X.
pronounced the fall of three kings, and established a new
dynasty? Is it not the same which made the new charter
and all the laws, constitutive of the order of things which it
has founded ? It gives in this circumstance a trifling ex-
tension to a mandate, which it has exercised until now.—
But this incident changes in no way the moral situation of
things ; because it introduces in this situation no new expres-
sion of the national will. It is then only a material violence,
without necessity, and without consequence : for material
consequences are as nothing in moral questions.• -Gazette
de France.

The new Ministry has renounced, that which appears had
got abroad that the King would preside, either nominally or
personally, in a solemn sitting of the Chambers. But the
President of the Council will, we are assured, give at the
Tribune of the two Chambers an explicit and formal decla-
ration of the principles of the administration which com-
mences. This declaration is remitted until Thursday, in or-
der to have power to give upon the exterior situation the
same explanation an upon the position and the interior sys-
tem. It is believed that several of the late laws, and amongst
others that concerning the alienation of the woods of the
State, and which has not yet passed the Chamber of Peers,
will be returned to the Chamber of Deputies with amend-
ments, and delay in consequence its removal.—Messager
des Chambres.

POLAND.

WARSAW, MARCH Correspondence.)—
Delivered from the presence of the Muscovite hordes by the
courage, intrepidity, and perseverance of our glorious de-
fenders, in place of giving ourselves up to joy, all the popu-
lation has prostrated itself at the foot of the altar, to offer up
thanksgivings and supplicate Providence to grant his support
to the most holy of causes. I cannot describe to you the
imposing
attitude which our capital presents this day.
n spite of the loss of three thousand brave men, and of
six thousand five hundred wounded, who are in the hospitals,
our army is alteady as complete, and there appears, in the
air and countenance of our warriors, that fine exterior, that it
would scarcely be supposed they had ever been in battle,
and notwithstanding they were exposed during ten days and
nights to the inclemency of the weather and the fire of the

enemy ; they fought, when their numbers only amounted t.
40,000 men and 60 pieces of cannon, against 120,000 it,i:
sians and 200 pieces of artillery.
Nothing can be more touching and tender than the attpn
tire care of the Polish women to the wounded ; the pensnnt,.
become soldiers, have their wounds dressed by their pr,:
prietors--princesses. countesses, nobles of all classes,
third estate—all is found at the bed-side of the immortal di:
fenders of the country ! Order, security, and tranqiiillit\
reigns in all quarters of the city. Its environs are guarde4
day and night, provisions arrive from all parts, and our nia-
gazines are abundantly provided ; whilst our wounded and
our soldiers are sheltered from the bad season, the whole of
the Russian corps are exposed to all kinds of privation.,
The thaw completes their misery ; horses, waggons, ham.;
all are abandoned, and, from the scarcity of provisions,
ease, and, consequently, death, makes frightful ravaees..._
The whole of the left bank is entirely freed from the Muse°
site presence. The imperial guard which occupied Warn,
from 1815, is nearly all destroyed.
The imperial guard of St. Petersburgh, commanded in ti,.
emperor in person, is at Rowno, which was only to hare left
that position in cue Warsaw had been taken; we kon„
not at this moment what is its destination. It is composed
of 14,000 infantry, and 7,000 cavalry. The Government
occupies itself in worthily recompensing all the corps of ti.
army which have taken an active part in all the coinlyn:•
which have been fought since the commencement of hogiii.
ties. Amongst the officers attached to the Etat-Major Gene.
ral, and to the person of the Generalissimo, the follow
have obtained the decoration Virtuti Militari : Lee!,
Rzewnski, Constantin Zamoyski, Alexandre Walewski,
Thomas Potocki, Pierre Wysocki, Leski, Kruszewski,
young Prince Czetwertynski, and several others. Princ
Michel Radziwill has received from the Government
Cross of Commander Virtuti Militari. General Jean Skirt-
necki, our Generalissimo, unites all suffrages ; this bray..
warrior was born in Gallicia in 1787 ; he commenced hi.
studies at Leopold. When the French army entered Po-
land in 1806, Skrzynecki, at the age of 19, abandoned his
paternal house, and came and enrolled himself in the
Ist regiment of infantry, commanded by Colonel Ka-
simir Melachowski. At the opening of the memorable
campaign of the year 1809, in the Grand Duchy of
Warsaw, under the command of Prince Joseph Poniatowsl,i.
Skrzynecki, passed, with the rank of captain, in the moat!.
of June, into the 16th regiment formed by Prince Constantin
Czartorynski. In this campaign of Moscow, in 1812, Skrzy-
necki was named chief of battalion ; it was then, and 1814.
that he gave proofs of his talents and intrepidity. In 1814.
it was in the square commanded by this brave captain, tint
Napoleon was enclosed, at Arcis-sur Aube, when he was
momentarily abandoned by an advanced guard of the new
Imperial Guard. The Polish soldiers transmitted this pre-
cious deposit to other French corps, which arrived a short
time after; and Skrzynecki then charged the enemy in pre-
sence 9f the Emperor, and made great slaughter. Decorated
with the Legion of Honour and the Military Cross of Poland,
Skrzynecki, with the remains of the Polish troops, returned to
their country ; he obtained the command of the Bth regiment
infantry in the 2nd brigade, commanded by Gen. Ignace
Blumer, the same who was struck, on the night of the 29th
Nov. with 18 balls at once. After the opening of the campaign,
Skrzynecki distinguished himself on many occasions; and
his conduct, in the great days of February, has caused him
to be valued, and raised to the highest distinction that a
military man can aspire to. His coolness, his presence of
mind in the midst of dangers, his character at once firm and
mild, his experience acquired in so many fields of battle, arc
guarantees for our approaching success ; and the absolute
annihilation of all kinds of ambition and jealousy, on such a
great occasion, on :the part of so many of the illustrious
warriors of Poland, reflects the greatest honour upon all
those who have made this noble sacrifice to their country.