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THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26.

The SPEAKER of the House of Commons took the
chair this day at twelve o'clock, when an immense number
of Members were present. We will give the proceedings in
a Second Edition.

This morning, Mr. BURGE, Mr. MEYER, Mr. CoL-1
cauxot.'N, and Mr. A. BROWN, as a Deputation of Mer-
chants trading to Jamaica, Barbadoes, St. Kitt's, and
Antigua, had an interview with Lord GODERICII, his
MAJESTY'S Secretary of State for the Colonies, at his
Lordship's Office in Downing-street.

This day despatches from Major-General Sir JAMES
Lvow, Governor of Barbadoes, dated the 9th of January ;
and from St. Thomas's, dated the 26th following, were
received at the Colonial Office, in Downing-street.

A rumour has reached us from Paris, that Gen. Sour LT
has resigned.

The Constitutionnel of Thursday, and other Paris Jour
malt., were received at a late hour this day, by express. We
have time and room only to mention, that official intelli-
gence has been received in Paris, of the widely ex-
tended efforts of the patriots in Italy. We observe, by
an article from the frontiers, dated the 15th instant,
that several Austrian tegiments have received orders
from General FRIMONT to be ready for marching; and
thirty thousand men from Styria are about to reinforce the
army of Lombardy. A letter from Milan, of the 14th,
affirms that the authorities there, have officially announced
the resolution of the Cabinet of Vienna, not to acknowledge
the principle of non-intervention ; and, accordingly, General
Nt• Tis to proceed to work, with sixty thousand men.
Here then—if this news be true—is an end of the non-in-
terventional policy ; and WAR must inevitably ensue.

The substance of the intelligence in the Brussels Papers,
is contained in the following quotations from the Journal
des Pays Bas.

" The conference of London regard their mission as terminated. Bel-
gium will continue to deny the competency of these odious mediators,
and will re-assume the glorious attitude which she had in September.
We are absured that the Provisional Government, referring to
the solemn protest of the National Congress, has returned to
Lord Ponsonby the new protocol. This will not be enough.
h it not time also to leave off negotiations which must conduct us to
dishonour and ruin, and bring about a counter-revolution ? Ts not the
monu.nt arrived to place the decision of our destinies in the courage of
our brave soldiers, and to nitwit all its intensity to the revolutionary
movements which diplomacy has endeavoured to paralyse ? Ir is to
these important questions that we wish to call the attention of the Na-
tional Congress. War cannot be more fatal to us than diplomacy ;
every protocol is a victory for King William.

In the Sitting of the Congress on the 22d inst. a Regency
seemed to be determined upon ; and the proposed candidates
were M. DE SIEKODE, and M. SURLET DE CHOKIER.

No domestic sign of the times has delighted us so much,
since Parliamentary Reform has attracted so large a share of
public attention, as the universal, distinct, and unambigucus
tone, with which it has been called for, throughout all the
districts of Scotland. The intelligence of that portion of the
British Empire had, during the early part of the first French
revolution, not been backward, in displaying those fond
gratulations, at the progress of legislative improvement,
which that event, in its earliest stages, occasioned, in the
ardent and good, all over Europe ; but the unfortunate
distractions of the French brought the cause of reform into
discredit; and the antagonist forces, all over Europe, were vigi-
lant, active, and obtained power adequate tocheck evenallpub-
lie aspirations, for the cause of reform. The laws of Scotland,

more effectually formed for restraining popular exoitement,
were successfully employed to persecute ; and the result
was, that the reformers in Scotland became, as those in
Spain now are, quiet, because subdued. But the ex-
travagance and corruption of the very measures taken to
check the progress of improved legislation, has weakened
the antagonist forces. The system of influence ceases as
industry becomes unproductive, and as the taxes become dif-
ficult to pay. The new times have brought into power,
an administration qualified, and desirous of carrying on to
victory, the very banners which had been proscribed ; and
we have seen, as might have been expected, that all the po-
pulation of the British Isles, possessed of intelligence and
generous sentiment, have already rallied around it.
We have been led into these remarks from perusing the
article on Parliamentary Reform, which will be found in our
last page. We have thought it our duty to extract it, as
it shows the kind of representation which Scothard has hi-
therto enjoyed. That was, however, too well known to require
further illustration, for no parliamentary corruption, or shame-
less abuse in England, has been equal to that in Scotland ;
but it likewise shows, that at last, the respectable gentry of
Scotland are taking up the cause of their country with spirit.
The excellent remarks of the Scotinern on the tran-
saction,
preclude the necessity of farther observa- ,
tion,—only we may add, as information, that Mr. 1
Mr. SCOTT, the present representative, is not qualified for his
seat by the possession of land, but parchment ; for in
Scotland, under the venni system, the latter is equal I
to the former.

Lord B ito vo it sat in tl---73Wrs, last night, brought in
hi:; second bill—that which relates to his improvements in
the Bankrupt practice ; and he afforded a prospect, that as I
soon as the practice was amended, the principle of the law
itself might be corrected. Lord Lv x DIIUItST explained
some points on which he differed in opinion, chiefly in
i
regard to Lunacy and Bankrupt practice ; but not militating
against the general principles of his successor.
What was said by the Learned Lord, as to the qualifica-
tions of the Ccmmissioners of Bankrupts for the situations
they hold, was not, in our opinion, meeting the principal
objection to that species of Court. Were the Commissioners!
all fitted for the Woolsack, in learning and ability, they
could not do justice, under the circumstances in which, ac-
cording to the present system, they are compelled to act.
The celebrated reply of De WITT, when asked how he got
through so much business—je ne fais qu'une chose a Ia fois
has nothing in it; or surely the Judge who attempts to
decide several causes at one time, and in such a noise and
confusion that neither can be heard, requires more ability
than the Dutch Statesman would pretend to.
Petitions poured in, as usual, on the important subjects
which so properly interest the public.
In the Commons, Sir JAMES Oa A II A NI, First Lord of the
Admiralty, introduced the Navy Estimates, and surprised
the House by a statement of various gross abuses, and scan-
dalous frauds, systematically practised for many years on the
House and the public, by falsifications of former esti-
mates, and misapplications of the sums voted.—
, Through a long period, the public have been asto-
nished at the extravagance displayed in public works,
and other jobs ; but no one suspected that the Loyal
confidence, with which the navy estimates had boen voted,
had been so far abused, as that money voted for plausible
objects was, by system, applied to other objects, never
sanctioned by Parliament. This fraud appears to have
been carried on to the amount of millions, even within
few years. Sir JAMES GRAHAM exposed the whole, or,
at least, the grosser cases, in a manly manner; and the
exposure filled the house with astonishment, as it must
the public with indignation.
It appears that as expences in this service are often un-
certain, so credit has been taken in the estimates for lamer
sums, for particular services, than that service required ;1
and, then, instead of the money being carried over to
another year to the credit of the public, it has been expended
on other objects ad libitum ! Thus, Sir JAMES stated,
that the Victualling Board had contrived, in this way, to'
expend without any approbation. sanction, or knowledge of
Parliament, no less than £155,334 cn certain works at
Portsmouth ; and on others, at Plymouth, for which only,
£74,000 had been granted, £2.29,440 had been expended !
In like manner, £lO,OOO had been expended at Ascension,
without the privity of the House ; and £325,980 had been
expended at Woolwich, instead of .£184,465 voted by Parlia-
ment. So £7,908 had been expended at Leith, on works,
the completion of which would cost ether £lO,OOO ; and yet
the House had not been consulted ! £50,000, too, bad been ex-
pended atßombay,and only £26,210 appeared in the accounts.
Even in the dock yards, no less than 3,100 men were em-
ployed„ beyond the number sanctioned by parliament, had
paid by surpluses from other items. Only last year
3,705,000 was voted for the Dock Yards ; but only
2,675,0001. actually expended in them. Other facts, equally
extraordinary, were adduced ; and Mr. H V /dE, and
other Members, pledged themselves to institute further
rigid enquiry. To the credit of the Administration,
it has offered security for the future, in an improved mode

of stating the accounts ; but the public will demand indem-
nity for the past, and will consider such a statement as a
proof, that the stewards of the public purse stand in greater
need of reform, than was ever previously suspected.
But, notwithstanding these very important discoveries, we
are sorry to say, that no immediate public benefit results—
half a million more than last year being required for the
Navy, and a vote for an additional 3,000 men—that ii,
22,000 seamen, and 10,000 marines.
Sir G. CLERK displayed much acrimony in his reply to
Sir J. GRAHAM ; but the latter retorted, and adduced a new
case of misappropriation in the works at Weevil, for which
it appeared only 74,0001. had been voted, and no less than
220,0001. expended ; even 85,6001. last year, and without
cognizance of Parliament !
Other minor points sink into insignificance compared with
these extraordinary statements.

A Deputation of the London calico printers, headed by
Sir F. Burdett, Sir R. Wilson, Alderman Wood, and Sir R.
Price, attended at the Treasury yesterday, and had a con-
ference with Viscount Althorp.

By the arrival of the Dutch mail ice arc put in possesbion
of official details of the Polish operations. These will be
found interesting.

WARSAW Frs.
_14..

The Slats Casette of this city publishes the following news, stated
to be official, from the head-quarters of the Paoli army:—
On the Bth inst. the following movements took place s—General
Suchorzewski drove the enemy, at seven o'clock in the morning, from
Siedlce. General Zyminiki, with his column, passed over the Liwlec,
ass marched forwards to drive the enemy from Wengrow, which was
occupied by .two regiments of Hulans of General Wlodek, with six
cannon. On the appearance of General Zymirski, the enemy imme•
diately retired from Wengrow ; General Zymintki Immediately pursued
him into the village of Ponewski, but the enemy effected his retreat to 1
Kosow. Thus, Wengrow is in oar hands, as well as Miedzna and
Siedlce with the magazine. In the attack upon Siedlce, a detach-
ment of the first regiment of Ilulans drove the. whole of the enemy's
squadron out of the town, killed two, and made seven prisoners.
The enthusiasm with which our Huhn. fought is not to be described.
As the enemy has entered the country at many points, the Corn.
mander.in.ehief has judged it necessary to concentrate the divisions of
the army to wait fir the attack, and not to encourage the inhabitants
to resist without supporting them with the regular army. In fact all the
movements of the enemy seem to be calculated to divide our force.
They no where attack our positions, and wherever our columns
appear they do not oppose them. In the same manner as at Siedlce and
Wengrow, the enemy having been attacked by our Van guard at Ostro.
lenka, retired precipitately ; and, on our further advance, left Lomat.
The journals of this city give the following particulars of the position
of the two armies :

The whole extent of the frontier, from Kasten to Uscilug, which the
Russians have passed in many points, is about 70 German (300 Eng.)
miles. The Woywodship of Augustowo, which is a narrow tract be.
tween Russia and Pruuia, is already occupied by the Russians ; but
according to the Warsaw Gazette,' hi. Godlewski, commissioner of
the government had excited insurrection in that province.in the rear of the
Russians, and advancing from Seyny with a moveable column had
passed the Niemen, and made an incursion into Lithuania. Accord-
in; to the Polish Courier, the authorities with the public coffers had
kit Lomu, on the approach of the Russians, and arrived in the night
of the Bth in this city. The little town Szezuzyn, close to the Prus-
sian frontier, has been occupied by the same regiment of Cossacks,
under Colonal Grekow, which was formerly stationed there for a long
time, but on the breaking out of the revolution, had concentrated itself
and fought its way to the Russian frontier town of Gonionde. On the
10th, the Russian advanced posts bad pushed to Aliastkow beyond
Ostrolenka, but as the above official report says. had been driven back
beyond Lonna. On the whole course of tue Bug, the Russians have
alreadyiadvanced from six to eight German miles over the liontier.—
On the other hand, the Commander-in-Chief, Prince Radziwill had
moved his head-quarters from Okunlew to Itadzytnin, where Prince
Crartorvaki paid him a visit on the 10th ; and from that place to
Iblonna, where they were yesterday the 13th, when M. Bazy-
kowsks, Member of the Government, Count Malackowski, Mini-
ster for Foreign Afialrs ; and Counsellor Plichta, Secretary to
the Government, went thither. It same that the Commander-
in-Chief, us the Warsaw Gaselte says, has expressed a wish to
have some members of the government constantly at headquarters as
Commissioners in order to give, in the name of the government, the
necessary orders in case the communications between the head-quarters
and the city of Warsaw should be cut off. According to the Polish
Gasellean account has been received, emongst many other reports, of
engagements in that quarter, of an action between the Russians and
Poles at Jadow, in which two regiments of Russian cavalry are reported
to have been beaten, and ten cannon taken ; of 24 wounded who were
brought from:the field to the hospital at Warsaw. one is said; to have
died on the way. General Chlopicki hats joined the army, and, as
the Warsaw Gazelle says, serves as a private soldier in the
vanguard. A great quantity of arms is expected in our capital
from the provinces. All the troops which were in garrison in the capi-
tal, or have been newly organised, are said to have now marched out,
but regiments from the provinces daily pass the capital. Workmen
are still constantly employed upon the fortifications and ramparts of the
city ; a number of heuvy cannon are placed upon the eminence before
the ruined palace of Dynapowakie.
It is not certninly known where the head-quarters of Field Marshal
Diebitscb now arc. According to some, they are at Biala, and to
others, at Louisa. The Warsaw Gazelle says, that he intended
to advance to Paltuak, north of Warsaw, where there is a regi-
ment of Polish Hulans. The Ruuian corps under General Smuts
and General Geismar, which entered Poland from wlodawa, has di-
rec-ed its march to Lublin, whence it intends to proceed to cross the
Vistula at Kazimiers and Janowiee. The regiment of Cossacks in this
corps is commanded by Duke Adam of Wurtemberg. On the 9th, in
the morning, the Cossacks entered Lublin without resistance, having,
as the above-mentioned Journal reports, sent a notice train the vil-
lage_of Tatary to the President of Lublin, threatening totally to
destroy the town if be did not come with a white flag to
meet them. The same Papa has the following account from
Lubartow, which lies some miles to the north of Lublin.
_

On the' iith, his Royal Highness the Duke of Wurtemburg at the
head of 160 Cossacks, entered the little town of Leubartow, and Imme-
diately took possession of all the letters and papers at the Post-office—
They did thel same in all the public offices where those who wore the
national cockade, were ordered to lay it aside.
Hereupon the inhabitants of the town were summoned to take the
oath of allegiance to the Emperor Nicholas, and the Burgomaster was
ordered not to suffer any body to be In the town, and particularly most
strictly to watch the Countess Malachowsks. The latter, however,
succeeded in escaping, In company with several other persons. Ilia
Royal Highness thereupon left our town and proceeded to Lublin."
The same paper reports from Lublin that General Geismar has sent
an officer to General Sierawaki, governor of Lampe, summoning him
to keep the oath that he had taken to the Emperor Nicholas, and to deli-
ver up the kittens. He, however, refused, affirming that hems there,
not in the name of the Emperor, but that of the free and independ of
nation ; and that he would defend the town with the last drop of his
blood. This iottress is now said to be besieged by the Russians, under
I General Geismar. The State Gazette' says that the roads are very bad
and the operations extremely difficult, a thaw having set in, as the ther-
mometer is at Meg. above zero. It was reported that in coosequehce of
this, the Russian army is retiring at many points, especially from the
province of Lublin.
On the 11th and 12th, there' were debates in both Chambers. Two
laws respecting the internal regulation of the Chambers were adopted,
and several communications were made from the diplomatic committee,
of documents relative to the supposed intention of Aussie, to employ
the Polish army in a war as a vanguard, as has been affirmed in the
French Chamber of Deputies. Those documents are to be printed.
BERLIN, FEB. 17.
St. &hula, Sch. Four per Cent. 87i.
Pr. English Loan, 1819, Five per Cent. 974.
Do. Do. 1822, Five per Cent. U.
Do. Do Bonds, Four per Cent. 734.
—Prtusiau State Gawk, Feb, 18.

THE HAG E, 20.
The 14th anniversary of the birthday of His Royal Highness the
eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Orange was solemnized yeste:.
ter day in the usual manner.
There is a report of an important protocol of the four Powers,
England, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, in which, it is said, the French
Cabinet is called upon to declare itself explicitly respecting its political
plans.
His Majesty's frigate the Sambre, Rear-Admiral Van de Sande,
arrived on the 18th in the Texel, from the Mediterranean.
THE HAGUE, Fax. 22.
On the 18th of this month, Messrs. Abercrombie and White ar-
rived at Maestrecht, whither they were sent by Lord Ponsonby. They
received from the Governor of that fortress every information respect.
ing the state of things as it was on the 21st November last, and
as it now is, the hostilities that had taken place that morning at
Smeermaar, induced those gentlemen to go to that place. They were
accompanied by St. Zugler, who commanded, the reconnoissance that
took place on the morning of the lath. On this occasion, they con.
vinced themselves of the falsehood of the positive statement of the Eel.
gian papers that that village bad been entirely burnt down. On their
arrival at paper,
the Post. which left there on the morning hhel
withdrawn, probably be had received orders to that effect, in order, as
usual, to deceive these gentlemen respecting the real state of things. lien.
Debbets ascribed to the ammo cause the disappearance of other post. Gen.
Debbets had also received a letter from General Daine, respecting the
firing at the reconnoitring party at Smeermaar. He makes some apo.
logics, and says that he has learnt with respect to what had passed, and
that he is resolved strictly to observe the armistice.
Bora Lz Duc, Fan. 20.—For these two days past there have been
disturbances at Liege among the workmen without employment, but it
does not appear what truth there is in these accounts.
CITY, ONE O'CLOCK.
This is paying and receiving day in the Consol Market of
the differences of accounts. We hear at present of one or
two failures in the house ; but they are not as yet declared,
These failures are in consequence of the heavy one which
took place out of the house. Consols, which left off yester li
-
day at 78 to I, opened at the same price this morning, with
little doing, and they may be quoted at present 78i to
In the Foreign Funds nothing doing as yet.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The French express having arrived, Consols are at present
7811 for the Account; it brings the French 3 per cents.
58-15, which is an improvement on the last prices.
It was generally said at Paris that Soult had resigned.
One defaulter has been declared in the house, but of
minor consequence.
In the Foreign market little or nothing doing.