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London, England, 1831-09-23 00:00:00

sian corps of KNORILING, and the Polish corps of
ResYCK I, yet it makes no allusion to the conquest
of Warsaw, and to its natural effects on the move-
ments which it coolly describes.
Nevertheless, we infer that it must be a fact,
that the Russians did fight their way into Warsaw,
and this result was of course communicated to
Berlin in all haste, and published by the Prussian
Government with greedy eagerness; butsomething
must have occurred to prevent the communication
of subsequent circumstances. We consider sur-
mises as vain and dangerous ; but we have never
lost sight of the garrison of Medlin, and of the
36,000 Poles said to be on the right of the lower
Vistula—for we expected, that as PASICEWITSCH
ventured to approach Warsaw, they would cross
the river and assail his flanks and rear. Whether
something of this kind has occurred, we know not:
it is barely possible ; for we observe that the Poles
marched out as the Russians marched in ; and if
the operation which we contemplate was success-
ful, Warsaw itself might be merely a decoy. The
assault would thin the Russian ranks more than
any pitched battle, and we again repeat, that it is
just possible, that we may yet have cheering news
from Poland !

Our Paris letter, just received, is dated Wednes-
day ; and it informs us that on Tuesday night,
that city continued tranquil, though groups were
formed in the gardens, and in front of the Palais
Royale. On Wednesday the streets were more
than usually thronged, but there was no military
interference. To encourage the soldiers, it ap-
pears that immense quantities of wine had been
distributed among them ; and that their wanton
cruelty in cutting and maiming the people was
occasioned by many of them being drunk. Hence
there was a complaint made in the Chamber of
Deputies of assaults committed on the Members,
when they separated on Monday evening.
We have also received copious extracts from the
Gazette de France, L'Avenir, Le Temps, Quoti-
dienne, La Revolution, Tribune, Montieur,
Journal de Paris, Courrier de Francais, and
Journal des Debate. We have time to-day only
to extract as under:

The result, It is said, of all the diplomatic notes of Nes-
selrode, of which M. de Mortemart has rendered an account
to Sebsatiani, and of which the latter has taken good
care to cite nothing but fragments, is, that the Emperor of
Russia, in announcing that it was his intention to maintain
the nationality of the kingdom of Poland, as he had sworn,
notwithstanding the insurrection of the Poles, had constantly
declared that he would not accept and would not suffer any
kind of intervention, nor of foreign mediation, between him
and his Polish subjects.—Quotiniti.
The news of Warsaw, given by the Gazettes of Berlin, are
drawn up in the basely servile style which the Russian Ga-
settee are obliged habitually to employ. The Russo-Prus-
sian Gazettes state that Warsaw cannot be saved, nor even
the army; the Polish chiefs will make their submission;
that it is to wait the orders of the Emperor and King; that
General Malachowski, after Krukoviecki had confided the
command to him, has conducted the troops to Plock ; and
that be has declared such to be his intention in two letters
to Paskewhsch. They may now calumniate the Poles, whom
they bare subjugated, with impunity; perhaps to
save the brave soldiers from Russian barbarity, the chiefs
have judged it prudent to succumb ; nevertheless, they will
never make us believe in the servility of heroes, who have
mode thus pay so dear for then victory. The thousands of
bodies with which the fosses of WerNIW have been Med will
save to pane :the abhorrence of the Polish nation towards
the conquerors. Paakewitach, who, however, is but the in-
strument of the Cabinet of Petersburg, may boast of having
followed the conduct of &avow ; the days of Praga and
of Warsaw will attest to posterity that it is through seas of
blood ilia Russian despotism maintains its sway upon the
Vistula, where, since the reign of Catherine, it creates
iskeryandjwietchedness among the inhabitants.—Le Temps.
The numbertof persons detained at the Prefecture of
Police, arrested during Saturday and Sunday alone,
amounted to Eighty-eight. The prisoners incessantly chaunt
the Parisienne and the Muselloise.—Gazer des Tri-
bunals&

A painful scene and which is yet without example in the
annals of our intestine divisions, passed yesterday evening at
the Pablo Royal. A great number of soldiers of the line
fined the court of honour ; the gates of the iron railing which
surround hirers closed, and the railings garnished by a great
timber of curious inoffensive persons, men, women, and
children, whose attention was attracted to the games, by the
aid of which the soldiers endeavoured to kill time. About
eight o'clock, the King, riving from the table, placed
himself at the balcony, and addressed some words of en-
couragement to the troops, upon the zeal which they had
not ceased to display for some days. A general, who.was
in the Court, seised the moment when his Majesty ter.
mutated one of his phrases, to brandish his sword, and
cry Vine roi ! Some soldiers repeated the same ;
but these viva' were drowned by other cries stronger
and more numerous of Five le heves A btu lee Mi.
'delve! which burst forth from the surrounding galleries.l
The King withdrew ! A very few minutes had passed after
the window of the Royal balcony was closed, when all at
once, without beat of drum—without awe tIMMOISS
without even a ere, or any menace which could an-
nounce the bloody drama—twenty gates were opened
simukaneostaly, and gave passage to a crowd of soldiers,
officers, serjeents of the city, to one or two generals, and
Melia Commissaries of Police, who, running pell-
mell, with all their force, threw themselves into the midst
of the curious, whose attention remained peaceably directed
towards the windows of the Palace. All the lateral issues
were closed; there remained only the two long stone galleries.
The spectators who found themseivesattacked thus unawares,
knew not were to take refuge, dashed against and pushed on all
sides without power to advance. The soldiers mix,:d in this
crowd, distributed at random, blows with the but end of their
muskets, and thrusts with the bayonet, encouraged as
they were by the police officers, whose swords did not rensAin
inactive. Oa all sides were raised horrible cries ;we cannot
estimate the numbet of victims,. They must have been
great; for we repeat, the apectatots, not having a thought
of flight, and their dense masses being locked up, every blow
told. We saw several victims fall; we cite one
young man, of 10 or 17 years, whose head was nearly
pierced with a bayonet thrust, and who fell in front
of the Cafe Valois, into which place he was
drawn with great difficulty, from under the feet of the sol-
diers and the eity *crimes. Not far from that, under the
gent gallery, at the corner of the binge:in de Modes of Mad.
Mansion, lay extended on the slabs an unfortunate old man,
pierced with several bayonet thrusts, and who received besides
a blow from the sword of every soldier, or serjeant of the city,
who passed him. The soldiers were heated with wine,
which had been distributed to them. Whatever may be
said, the Palace of King Louis-Philippe has been stained
with the blood of inoffensive citizens, nearly under his eyes !
It is time to remove from the pavement the traces of human
blood, which so often sullies it. The number of victims
wounded in consequence of this ambuscade is reckoned from
25 to 30; four were conveyed to the corps-de-garde of the
National Guard, which faces the Cour des Fontaines ; ano.
thee, Henry Moinet, was carried into the Cafe of that Court.
One man killed was deposited at the Morgue: the individual
wounded in front of the Cafe Valois, was carried to the
Hospital Beaujon.—Referintion.
In the Lords last night, the royal assent was
given by Commission to several bills, and among
others, the Hackney Coach Bill, and the loisli
Public Works Bill. Considerable interest, and
an extra attendance were caused by the expected


bringing up Of the REFORM 131 t. T.. Lord John
Russell appeared' at the head of a large holy of
Members of the House, and delivered it at the
bar to the Lord Chancellor. Soon after, Lord Grey
moved that it should be read a first time, and also
that on Monday week, it should be read a second
time, and their Lordships be summoned.
In the House of Commons, it appeared that the
Clergy are still busying themselves about the Beer
Bill ; a party of them in Staffordshire had got up
two petitions, which Mr. Warburton said could
have no other object than to promote monopoly,
and raise the price of Beer.

Mr. Hunt prrsented a petition from Hudders-
field,against the pharasaical pretensions of the Sup-
pression of Vice Society.

Colonel Evans moved for a Select Committee on
the Deacle petition, which was postponed till
Tuesday.

Mr. Stanley brought in a Bill to subject certain
offences under the White Boy Act, to transporta-
tion instead of death. It also proposes some other
ameliorations.

Mr. O'Connell moved for an account of the
number of persons confined for violating the St null)
Act: and Mr. Hume presented a petition on the
same subject.
The House adjourned before eight o'clock. This
evening the House is to be called, and those not in
atteadance are to be committed to the custody of
the Sergeant at Aran. Afterwards, there are 19
orders of the day, and five notices of motions—
some of the subjects very important.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK.
Consols, which left off ye.terday at 82 to for
the account, opened at the same price, since which
have been done at 821 to 1, but no business of
consequence doing.
Accounts from Hayti state, that all was tranquil
there, and the rumours of war had began to subside.
The President had departed for Jarmel ; lie after.
wards visited Aquia, which port was opened to
foreign commerce as well as Aux Coyes.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols have been done at 82,11 for the Account ;
but at present they are 821 to
THREE O'CLOCK.

Bank Stock, shut. Three per Cent. Reduced. shut.
Thin per Cent. Consols, 811 4 1 2. Three and a Half per
Cent. 1818, shut. Three and a Half per Cent. Red.
shut. Three and a Half per Cent. New, 891 1 Four
per Cent. 1826, shut. Long Annuities, Jan. 1860, shut.
Annuities, Oct. 1859, shut ; do. Jan. 1860. —. India
Stock. —; do. Bonds, I dis. par. £lOOO Exche-
quer Bills, 12 13; £5OO do. —; £lOO and £2OO do.
—; Advertised, —. India for Account, —. Con-
sols for Account, 821 1.

This morning Sir Frederick Ponsonbj arrived
from Malta.

At twelve a Cabinet Council was held at the
Foreign-office. Soon after the meeting, Lord
Althorp and Lord J. Russell were seat fur to the
office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, where
they were met by Lord James Stuart, the Lord
Advocate, Mr. Charles Grant, and about twenty
other Scotch members, as a deputation from that
body, on the subject of the Scotch reform bill.
This afternoon, the Lord Chancellor left London
for Cumberland, with an intention to relax from
his numerous cares till Monday week, when the
second reading of the Reform Bill is fixed to take
place in the House of Lords.
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Their Majesties went yesterday to Woolwich
Dock-yard, to witness the launch of the Thun-
derer, in eight carriages and four, with outriders,
escorted by a detachment of Lancers, and left the
Palace at St. James's, by the garden gate, about
half-put 12 o'clock. The King and Queen we'e
accompanied by the Duchess of Cumberland, the
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess
Augusta, Prince George of Cumberland, Prince
George of Cambridge, the Duchess of Saxe Wei-
mar, Prince Frederick of Hohenlohe Jehringen,
the Baron de Bockelberg ; attended by the Duke
of Devonshire, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord
Hill, Lord James O'Brien, Lady Brownlow,
Miss Wilson, Lord Frederick Fitzclarence,
Lord Adolphus Fitsclarence, Sir William Fre-
mantle, Sir Frederick Watson, Sir Henry Wheatly,
Lord Robert Grosvenor, Viscount Valletort, and
Sir Andrew Barnard. The King appeared in Admi-
ral's uniform. They returned to the Palace at St.
James's shortly before six o'clock.
The Russi.in and French Ambassadors and Count
Mastuezevic, the Russian Minister, on a special
mission, had a conference for near two hours yester-
day afternoon, at the Foreign-orrice, with Viscount
Palmerston.

In Scotland the whole country is in motion. The
Glasgow Chronicle, received yesterday, announces
Meetings in Glasgow, Greenock, &c. In the
course ot five hours, 1,700 signatures were obtain-
ed in Greenock t.) the county of Renfrew petition.
The Dumfries Courier states, that in one day 900
signatures were obtained to the Reform petition in
Dumfries. Annan, Castle-Douglas, and the other
towns in that neighbourhood were holding meetings
to petition.
Between 10 and 11 s. 'clock on Monday morning,
while a pony chaise, containing dime ladies, was
standing at the York-gate, New road, the horse
suddenly took fright and darted off with terrific
impetuosity. 7he shiver, who was standing at the
animal's head at the moment, was kno, ked down,
and the horse, as well as the chaise, passed over
his body. The horse dashed forward until it reached

Salcoml-street, where it came in contact with a
heavily laden van ; and so great was the concussion
that the chaise was literally smashed to atoms, the
ladies thrown out, and the infuriated animal sprang
forward, the broken shafts banging to his sides, and
goading on to increased speed. The by-standees
at first supposed the ladies were killed, yet they had
escaped without any serious injury.
lltCD.—At Edinburgh, on the 20th instant
Mr. Thomas Reid, in his 88th year: most of •eh.t>e lit'
was passed there in an aasuluous applicalon of his time and
intellect to the perfecting chronometrical Science.—lle re-
tired from business some years ago on an ample fortune,
and has occupird his entire leisure since, in pursuing the
same studies. as matter of armament, which had been the
means, with industry, of obtaining the competency he en-
joyed. He carried on a correspondence with some of the
first men of science in Europe, and contributed antral va-
luable articles both to the Cyclopedia. of Dr. Rees and Dr.
Brewster. lie was likewise a frequent correspondent to the
scientific jou-nals—particularly Nicholson's. During his
retirement be published • " Treatise on Clock and Watch
Making," which is beyond all doubt the most complete and
scientific in the language on that subject. As a man, he was
amiable—cheerful in disposition—generally well-informed,
and enjoyed the esteem of a large and respectable circle.