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of those advantages they ought to have ' •
rived them in motives se iirtnotts' justly merits it, we have 'sent
acquired. a Deputation to the King Of Saxony to honour it
~ Let not their experience be lost Upon ts: Let us with his formal apprcibatibn.
stamp upon this confederation a new character of the " The cause of suffering inapeence cannot be re.
closet union. r,et its make it the central point, close garded but as that of Con; so brilliant a procedure
a, which we shall always be unkedeand round which must extend its influence throughout Europe. This
2u those may rally without difficulty, and without renovation, which will afford to the world an exam-
confusion, who always want a, Central point to which pie of what should be done for oppressed humanity
they may repair. Then, what human povier cati .--whieh will restore Poland to its ancient prosperity
age the unanimous movement of a great nation, can —will present to the first Empire in the world an ally,
arrest the rapid march of a people who resume their equally faithful and worthy; an ally .which, from its
astiellt existence, and who, to establish it more se- geographical situation and national character, it will
only, are willing to forget their former suffilings, have nothing to apprehend from, but every thing to
Tito double their former sacrifices. hope; and therefore we tribst fondly conclude that such
a 0 happy day ! Day ofgladness and triumph ! art empire will not reflise to our virtuous undertaking
gore thee disappear all those days which ought to its powerful assistance. We shall lay at the feet of
be effaced from our history, and from the recollection th it throne the assurance of our confidence and deio-
ef mankind. This day shall be celebrated among all lino, and implore that its creating word may complete
ether days- Our posterity will inherit the homage I that existence which we have incipiently received.,
andrespect we pay to it. For it was reserved the pro- from it. •
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aiming of the dear and sacred name of Poland, which " But in order to render ourselies worthy of this.;
bled in eur hearts, and which a crbel destiny had con- glorious protection, we most solemnly aver, that no
demned us to bury there. possible event shall chill that patriotic ardour which
a Henceforth the descendants of Peast and Jagel. unites us, that we shall persevere in our glorious co-
o. nay adorn themselves with that name, of Which reer, until we have reunited to our bosoms all those
cce }misers were proud; that name before which members of our common family, those brothers of
turned pale, wriom, for a time, fraud and crime our love, which the hand of tfranny has sepatated
ha constituted your masters. Doubt not but this from ns.
undltaanedy so fertile in heroes, is about to resume " Polanders ! You whom. we thus call again to.,
A • tent luitre. She will again give birth to a our bosom, judge of our feelings by your own. We
~ and a Sobieski, and her glory will burst implore you, in the name of our common mother, to
renewed splendour. The nations resuming unite mutually all your powers, and to fly to Lev
ct to us, sentiments ofjusticeewill acknow. Esblope
at nothing was wanting to make every virtue
support. Let her again press you to her heart ; she
presents to your, exertions the equal road to virtue
upon Polish ground, but that it should be
and to glory. Let us join in brotherly Unihn, and
allowed by the hands of freemen, by the hands of the Divine Justice will not withhold our deserved
kr own sons released from their chains. recompense. We shall again see the arms of Li-
a And you, veneVable citizen, whom a century thuania grace our escutcheons, and hear the fertile
emit of virtue has pointed out to the eyes bf your plains of Irolhinia, as well as the vast plains of Podolia
selkw citizens to preside over the most wonderful and the Ukraine resout d with the joyous shouts, Live
mot of their history, said to guide the first steps of Poland! I.i•ve crir Country !
per re orated country, what affecting lesson is It is in consequence decreed as follows :
larded by the prize of virtue which you receive to. "r. The Diet is constituted into a General Confederatitiliet
dey. Those eyes fixed upon you, those tears which Poland.
per presence causes to flow, tell the youthful hearts
" 4. The General Csulfede?aticn, exercising in all their pleat..
alrour fellow patriots what is reserved for services
tude the powers belon-;ing to the Central Association of the Ne-
iman to yours.
• Stationed, if I may speak so, at the twoextremos tion, declares that the Kingdom of Poland anal the Body of the
Polish Nati() , .re re-esrablished."
i the life of your country, you will have as-
[Here fcllcw s.tteen more Articles for ng into effect the
listed at the twilight of her first, and the dawn of
above object. and appointing ;Council, to*which the Confede-
-1 second life—you will have seen her rise and he- .
stion &kg rtes I•t4 pu•seets. 'Fite Court.' sists of Stanislaw
fall. What a destiny for a citizen like you! '1 ha' ,
tint Zamoyski, Elector Palatine, and nitie other Mtmkers,
destiny dectted, that 50 years back, yo . should fill
, of whom are to be ,quorum 3
in that Diet, which made the first step t awards a bet- -
ter government, the same place Which you Dow fill in Article .1 8i follows: -- ADeputation shall
Ms Fifteenth ; ,a
ibis, which bas been summoned to ensure our exist-
SC:., to his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, King of Italy, in or.
de t - PrClent to I.lm the Acta of the Confederation, and to Ini-
enct and happiness as anation.
" Nation of Polish Patriots !—When poll vanished plot him to cover w:th his powetful protection the Cradle of
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from their eyes, you carried along with you the gods Fobs it egeneration."
saved from coollegration of your country. They
return to it today, toreceive perpetual adulation; to
dwell in it as in a temple, round which the wiloie
olden; made wise by its misfortunes, trained to vigi-
lance by the retollection of the sufferings they have
sodergone, will never cease to keep a watchful
toed, and will adorn it with all those virtues which
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eill periods have belonged to the Polish name, an 41
vbidt they swear to defend with all their energ.e.,
MI at the expence bf the blood of their sons. To
ariemplish those generous resolutions, and to render
iiiit effect permanent and perpetual, your Committer
idle honout bf presenting you with the following
Act of Confederation t
ACT OF THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF
POLAND.
4' We, the undersigned, composing the General
Diet assembled atWai saw, feel the moment in which
seal thing around excites our admiration, and per-
** our limits* with ardent patriotism. We feel
1141Vation called upon to make the most energetic
4titions, that the eyes of the world are fixed upon
so and that posterity, in judging of our conduct,
sill either bless or execrate our memories. Being
denims of seriously conterriplating our actual rela-
tions, we have appointed a Committee to consider of
and report to us those relations: thus wishing to
refit by all those means HEAVEN has dispensed to
Is, in order to arrive at the object of our desires.—
On effort is completed ; in the Report of our Corn-
-1 title are pourtrayed those sentiments which ani.
state us, and at the same time, the line of conduct is
pointed out which we should follow ; and, according
10 these most important representations, we have re-
Windt° unite, and form a General Confederation.
hider to evince the purity of our motives and our
objects, we declare, in the face of Heaven and Earth,
' and of the Pol:sh Nation, that we have no other view
than the restoration of our country, hitherto dismem- '
bend by unprincipled violence, and to regenerate its '
portent prbsperity and. independence, that we unite
in General Confederation, with the. consent, and un-
der the authority of out Gracious Sovereign, Frederic
Augustus, Grand Duke of Warsaw, and King of-
&act], having at our head tl:e Prince Adam Czar-
,"/„ k, Staroste, General of Paciolia, Nuncio of
"Maw, a citizen respectable by his age and virtues
1 —that lye continue faithful to the religion of our
UM, the Catholic and Apostolic, at the same time
X7:nse a perfect tolerance to all other faiths,
g thus the examples of our ancestors in Ohms
• Mill
.., Europe was afflicted with sanguinary reli-
ves Wars—that we respect the authorities of the
thane,..,, the laws of the nation, and that we cherish;
',Limits purity, that national spirit,- which for ages
ol been the distinguishing characteristic of the:.
Lanese.
".Cuided by similar considerations, we are un-
lirms to arrive by any but the most legal means at
Iliratotious object. And well recollecting the dis-
Woos events which have passed, we solemnly de-
dire that the General Confederation will never ab-
et* from the path it has
.prescribed, nor tolerate
abases which must end but in the ruin of the coon-
al' In consequence, the administration of justice
till vest in the legal authorities ; while the Confede-
ration shall exercise in full plenitude those powers
11, tirh appertain to a general assembly of the nation
labouring in the grand work of restoring the country,
!tl.propagatinln g with all its energies a national en-
'lmastn. order to Confer on the Confederation,
I,cmperseil of the Members of the Diet, the whole
obi* 'National Authorities, &c.) the means of pro.
crrdieg with activity, we delegate the power wkly
yhich it is invested, to a Council General, which'
%hall be assisted by the Marshal, and shall hold ha
ittitais at Warsaw; and as an enterprise originating

RTII 'LIRE OF THE TREATY BETWEEN
THE TURKS AND RUSSIANS.
LAYBACH, ILLY Q.
C x,rier fmm Constantinople has brought news
of great importance. On tfe :25th of May, at the
moment tl!ey expected the renewal of hostilities, the
Turkisi' an.; Russian Ministers had signed the Pre-
Itinitt.i.! of Peace at Bucharest ; and by the condi-
oi that inconceivable treaty, the limits of the
v•I Empires are to be Prussia. The Porte cedes to
Russia a considerable part of Moldavia aid Bessam-
:n t. Couriers from Bucharest conveyed this news to
Constamincple. Prince Italinski was ordered im-
mediately to proceed to that capital, with a Hume.
zoos retinue t and the Russians, to induce the sub-
lime Porte mere readily to ratify the Preliminaries,
ordered a retrc grade movement of their troops, which
had previous), received orders to advance on the
'foe news of the preliminaries was knOwn
on the oth of June at Constantinople, and it pro-
duced a strong sensation.
The Divan was assembled, and it appeared that a
majority of the Members, gained over by England,
gave their opinion, that the signature should ratify
the preliminaries, but the Grand Seignor maintained
the character he has Manifested since he mounted
the throne, and he did not hesitate to reject the con-
ditions which stipulated the giving up a part of the
Ottoman territory. Not only the partizans of
grce
but

hate been removed from the Divan, her .ufti
has b!en deposed. Numerous executions have taken
place in the night. Several seditious persons have
been strangled ; others, whd had expressed their joy
at hearing the news of the treaty, were throstm into
the Bosphorus; and ()Hers have been given to-con-
tinue the preparations for war with all possible acti-
vity: In consequence of the measures which have
been taken, news from Constantinople may now reach
Paris in '25 days.
VIENNAi JUNE 29.
Since the last important news from Callicia, the
corps of 30,000 Men that Austria, by the Treaty of
Alliance of the 14th of Match, has maintained at tht
diposal of the Emperor Napoleon, has entered the
Duchy of Valsovie: It is composed of light troops.
The first coliunn passed, on the 10th of -June; . the
fronties of Gallitia, and entered the former tittle
bf-Zaiiioie, and is stationed in the city of tha; name.
It is reported that all the corps of the AMY will be
pat iit Cabtonthents in the district ibtmerly called
the circle of Siedl. ilead-quafters are et Stantslarvan,
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the arrival of his Lordship ?
" Can suds things be!
And overcome as Isle a summer's cloud,
" Without our .pedal wonder ?"
On referring to the map of Russia, our Readers
will see that the route pursued by the French army
in their advance, will enable them at any given point
to take the road to St. Petersburgh, or Moscow, as
may appear inbst eligible ; and it will not surprize
us tb see the next Bulletin of the Grand Army dated
frorri either of these capitals. Our English AmbAs-
sacior will in this case arrive, as usual, in time to wit-
ncss the humiliation of our Allies, and to afford the
materials for a declamatory period in the French
Bulletins
The re-organization of the kingdom of Poland
does not surprize us—we have long expected it, and
now that the French army has over-run Russian Po-
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will be reanneted

land, that fertile district
!natter of course.

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Maitsronv are said to ilaaniise i0M,600
km% metro* to all slecosints his kit Plastristi
and is now with Mnnworri at his headkplarteni In or
near Valladolid. Cur/litos is rapidly advancing*
upon Astrrglie and his been reinfoiced area ro.
giMents of tortuguee tva.ry.
An Anholt Mail ::rrived this morning, with some
important intelligence from the seat of war in the
North; but the French Parrs contain intelligence
morirecent. Two Proclamations hate been ;auto'
by the Itutsian Minister of War, and by the Over-
nor of Riga : the latter document Indicates that a
vigorous, and, we trust, a soccesstnl stand w,ll be
made at Riga. The best understanding prevails at
GottenbUrgh, between the Swedish and &kilt official
characters; SirJAMEsSAVIWAREZ and Mr.THORNTOIi
having repeatedly dined with the Swedish Ministers.


NAVAL 17V7tLLIGENCIL

. , PLYMOUTH, JULY 23.
Arrited the DRYAD, 96 guns, from off Brest ; and
the SCYLLA, 18 guns, from Portsmouth. Yesterday
arrived the Neptune (2) tender, from Dublin, with
men, for the fleet. The NONPAREIL schooner was
' • . taken on the Wet Slip this morning:—Came in the
FOURTHAND FIFTH BULLETINS OF THE Mary, Dims, froth Nova Scotia. Arrived the brig
ifRENCH ARMY. ' Charlotte. of this port; Cams, master, Irom Oporto;
FARTHER ADVANCE OF THE FRENCH INTO RUSSIA.
in 13 days, having come under convoy of his Majes
ty 's ship Mose, with 27 sail; all
.with wine, ten of
RE•ISTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF POLAND• the convoy went up St. George's and the Bristol '
RENEWAL OF THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND Channels; the remainder were left by the Charlotte I
TURKEY. i
; about two o'clock, yesterday, off the Land's End.
French Papers to the 15th instant hate been re- and may therefore be hourly expected. There were
ceived, bringing a mass of intelligence, from which left at Oporto about 20 sail loading with wine, foe
we have made a Most copious selection in our prece-
this country; that were expected to sail about the kma
' ter end of this thontli.-.:-N. B: There is a report just
ding columns. It is with regret that we have to brought from Cawsand, that a large French logger
inform our Readers that their contents :tie of a gloomy' privateer was captured yesterday, to the eastward of
cast. The advance of the French into Russia, as ! this port, by the SEALARK schooner. It is also re.
announced in .the Bulletins, although it has been so i ported that the privateer had been seen horn the Hills
for two days; during which she is stated to have
rapid as in some measure to defeat the cautious policy made two or three captures.
of the Russians, is not so alarming as the melancholy ' PORTSMOUTH, JULY 14.
intelligence of the refusal of the Porte to ratify the Arrived that P ITDMONTAISE froth the Downs, and
Treaty concluded at Bucharest with Russia. the Mose frigate frimil Oporto. The convoy of
This change of sentiment in the Turkish Councils', transports, that tailed on the 16th inst. for Lisbon,
was accompanied, as is usual on similar occasions, at I under convoy of his Majesty's ship Hovsech, have ,
putt back to stokes Bay I they will prcteed fair ,
Constantinople, by what we must regard as a gene-
Lisbon when the wind changes, under convoy .it his
ral massacre : for when we heat of the Grand Seig- . -ISSUVAII
, Majesty's ship PIQUE. His Majesty's ship Ka
nor deposing the Mufti, by whose advice the treaty is appointed to take the homettard-hound West India-
was concluded, and strangling, at midnight, all those I men, Nthich arrived yes'erday, t.,) the Desens.—Winsl
who expressed their joy at the event, we cannot find W.S.W. fresh gales, with rain.
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a milder appellation for this display of despotism,. DEAL, JUNE a 4.
That this revolution is to be ascribed to the superio. Sailed hit Majesty's ship PIEDMONTAISE for Pen*
the BCDVENIU.
thy of the French tactigu mouth,t in diplomacy, cannot be faroff the ACBAR Mr Woolwich, and
Flushing. Arrived his Majestys ship Mu-
for a moment donbted—How laMentably ignorant TINE and SPRIGHTLY from Portsmouth. The out. •
are the other Powers of Europe of this most impor- ward.bound are still detained by contrary winds.
taut secret in the art of subjugating nations without •tinnwicti, JULY 24.
bloodahed ! Arrived the Lady Mannera packet, with 'ma& froth
The instant a disposition even to negotiate is ma- Anholt. At the time she sailed (July 16) the eon-
nifested on the part of Turkey, the secret emissaries voy from the Ea. t Seas,.. hwhich had. Sailed. a month
ago, had not arrived. Sir Jamas acatanaz had Ids
of France are at work to counteract it, and we ceived advice of six vessels having been captttred—:-
hear' of the arrival of Armteosst, certainly one of names unknown. The couroy bound for England
the most accomplished negotiators in Europe, on had sailed and put back six titles, and remained at
the shores of the Bosphorus. It ii painfid to no- Wingo at the above date.
Lice instances or apparent negligence in our own SHEERNESS, JULY it
Passed by the Note a large fleet of homesearria
Government; but our duty to our country is im.
perious ; and in the spirit of perfect impartiality bound, supposed to be the East-India fleet.—Arrived
his Majesty ,
majesty s ships rORKSTER, PIACOCK, AOGRBINIDRe
oti the subject of Ministerial arrangements, we end ACBAR ; the latter has proceeded up the Thames►
would ask why is Lord CATIICART permitted to Wind S.W.
remain in London a single hour, after his appoint- YARMOUTH, JULY 24.
silent as Ambassador to Russia ? Alas ! what is to Arrived this morning, the Palaces or WBUIS
become of the gallant, but we fear, devoted legions hited cutter, with dispatches from Gottenburgh ; she
of the North, if they are to undertake no decided CHANTICLEER, from a cruize off the Brown Bank s
movement against the oppressors of mankind, until and the STARLING gun brig, from Heligoland.
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The William Pitt, Hugh Inglis, Lord Melville,
Northumberland, Europe,lWalnierCastle East India.
men, and the Indispensable South Seaman have auh
ved at Gravesend.
A letter from Gijon, dated the 12th July, says...
" At present we are better off than we have been '
since the beginning of this revolution; and; ac.
cording to appearances, the PK-nth will soon- be .1
obliged to retire beyond the Ebro, if not to France. ,1
Lord Wellington has advanced as far as V alladoiidv
Marmont is retiring before him. Astorga, with only
six hundred men, holds out still against &naval-
dex, who will soon oblige them to surrender, he
having 18;000 men now before it.—Mendizibal, with
*bout 520,000 Guerillas, is to operate by Lind, while .
isir H. Popham's squadron will assist him by sea, to
Adam this coast of the enemy."
It is expected the Minister will AI lac withdraw she Lashes
Tipm oil to enforce it would not only be uldmately iijarieue se
the le/moue and the Leather Trade, but also to the rani
Manufacturinginterests of the County'. Tbe principal Men • 1
In the South American 'fruit, since the Act received

about six miles from Varsoirie.. The Corps will join - as a chants .
the artny of the King of Westphalia, which is also i the Royal Auer*, have represented to the Chancellor of die
expected at Stanislarvon. -- -
—. 1 Exchequer, that it would operate almost as a prohibft on upon
, the use of Buenos Ayres Hides In this Country, which to than
These troops will be maintained by Ausnia, and The despatches from Earl Wetittrovotc, brought was a chief article of remittance, and that it would, c:. nsequent.
supplies, (as far as it is possible) With pro Visions, trill by the MILKMEN/4 were dated front Nava on the
ly, prevent the exportation of our Cotton, WoLlien, iren„.ed '
be drawn from Gallicia. In consequence of that ar- , other ManutscAres to that country From the iteugatictue d
rang guard
ement, bullocks follow the troops, and maga- Ist inst. where as we stated yesterday, the advanced the London Tanners, publebed in the i• s only a few days
are established. A number of troops were left was. ' The rear-guard of the enemy was at since, it is to be feared that lax would entroy ear-ball the
whole of the Leather Trade, which now produces a pearl 1
in Gallicia, which formed a corps of observation on Rueda, at no great distance, and the main body was more than twenty-two millions per annum, and gives inogdoy.
tile frontier. I defiling towards Tordesillas and Valladolid. meat to about half a million of persons—this is sot seireer.
A few weeks since many Westphalian and French —...-- dinary, when ft ft cakuleted that a dozen of wagtail. rum
shoes,for exportation, sell for 94a—that the raw matelots ce not
Officers passed through Lorriberg. Among the nuns- i The ?hose frigate has arrived at Portsmouth from ettoloogy cost die country more than es.—and that the peeks lot
bar was Colonel Flahaut, one of the Aid-de-Camps i., . ..,
vporto, which place the left on the 9th instant. Bye "Pisa gad labour upon other goods are ar'y in the MNo pm.
belonging to the Prince of Neufchatel. pestles. when ifkt is known that this Tax passed through hod;
TRIESTE,IIILY 2. I this vessel we learn the gratifying intelligence that Homes with each rapidity, that the /der/hams 4 Losidod *era
We have already announced the refusal of the General Bosnia, with 1500 men, has been made pri- Mar aot aWillalweti with it. nature, we ow" be astreiaa.
teas die different brandies of the Leadur Trade io the -
Grand Seignor to ratify the treaty concluded at Bu- soften by the Guerilla. : this
,General was in full re- *odd not have fully seen sat effaces brawn this ; and tier thai;
charest. Farther details confirm this important in- treat from the Asturias. The head-quarters of the ' are now shoat to meet and au op Meawria s easiest the Talk
telligence. Numerous executions took place during to be pretested to the Minions by their ktepresentatiers hi Pat
Portuguese army was on the Ist instant at Alaciga, mom, Had the Leather Trade bees aka; cooked to ajar
she night after the Grand Seignor adopted this reso- .. like most of our alike gt tat Staple •Maitataa•
midway between . Salamaues and Valladolid. The populous towns,
lotion, worthy of the firm character he has displayed turns, instead of being spread over every ran of Great BritiOsto
since he mounted the throne. Several seditious per. ;French are described as flying before the Portuguese there can be no doubt but it would have scald with that stow
seas were strangled, others were thrown into the sea, snd Spanish troops, which are said to consist oft listable force that, long since, would have oar/ins:l4 Glovers.
*ad 'every Thing announces that the war against Rini!. 72,000 men, including Guerillas, in the vicinity of miLeeta`tet:,,tkatTnire ,a%lllo,t,irceentujay.sttatitise of
w ast"LbC:ll.lll7ll4olt9 11114
of
Tsheas
sit will be prosecuted with renewed vigour.
of Aihooeo bowies Salamanca and Valladolid alone. The enemy. under ever was bum& VW* dee Leffiellill.o s •
It appears diet the Treaty

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