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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25.

EartaTA THTERDAY.—In our Leading Article, reed—?t had the
ricer, not the views ; and, lower down, for the result, read—the results
will be, &c.

By the Dutch Mail, intelligence, at last, has been com-
municated, which exhibits the affairs of Belgium, and the
intentions of the Allied Powers regarding it, in a very de-
finite and decisive form. The Articles of a New Protocol
confirm the purport of the former ones; and it is
jointly declared by the five allied powers, that unless the
terms of the Protocols be acceded to, the ultima ratio
will be had recourse to. The relinquishment of the
Duchy of Luxemberg appears to be, therefore, the only
terms on which the Belgians can insure their independence ;
for the alternative of a war, with all the surrounding
powers, appears too desperate in its contingencies, to
admit of its being rationally entertained.—The only
question which is probable to embarrass the execu-
tion of the plans of the Sovereign modelftre of States, is
what appears never to be considered, legitimately, to bear
upon their volitions—that is, how the people who happen to
live on the geographical divisions, which they are with •3
much coolness joining and disjoining, may incline to con-
sider their views desirable, or the contrary. The people of the
Huchy, there can be doubt, have some little interest in the
question; and were the present acts of the combined Powers,
either in principle, just or wise, their decision should not be
formed without previously ascertaining, by some mode, what
is the animus of the Duchy itself. The proceedure of
the former Holy Alliance—neglectful of this point,
and the absolute failure of their plans—the separa-
tions of which Belgium is an instance—of all hetero-
geneous clay and brass unions—the compulsory marriages
which they formed—one would think, might sufficiently
expose such species of impolicy, and prevent the recurrence
of similar transactions in future.

Our Paper yesterday contained one of the most extra-
ordinary articles which has appeared in the European Jour-
nals, since the famous challenge of the Emperor PAUL to
the Sovereigns of Europe drawn by KOTZEBUE under his
own dictation, and then inserted by Russian agents in the
Continental Journals. We allude to tho article dated Pe-
tersburgh, April 24th, and inserted in the Frankfort Papers
of May 18th. It bears internal evidence of its source; and

in Russia such an article could have but one source ; for

no Frankfort editor would be likely to volunteer such an,
article. We regard it as the Manifesto of the Russian

Court —as something more than vulgarly official, and in due
time we shall obtain its secret history.

It begins with accusations against the Journalists of
Europe, for speaking slightingly of the Russian armies,
and of the Power of Russia; and insinuates, that after the
Poles are vanquished, they will change their tone, as they
did in the case of the Turkish war. Alas ! how fatal are
the mistakes of self-adulating Princes ! These Journals
despised the Turks rather more than the Russians, and,
therefore, sympathized in the Russian victories ; but be-
tween the Turks and Poles there is no comparison, which
will admit of any favourable feeling in regard to the Rus-
sians, even if the numbers of their hordes prevailed over that
heroic nation. Any victory will be ascribed to mere
numbers, and to no military qualities of the wretched
Russians. We were once in Russia; and on land-
ing at Rigs, could not bat regard the Boors, who
c•destitute the soldiery, as loco-motive posts; and we actually
gave one of them a box on the ear, partly to discover if
he were animated, but without arriving at any determina-
tion. We made a pilgrimage in Russia; and on re-crossing
its frontiers into Prussia, fell fiat on the earth to ejaculate
thanks to Heaven for our emancipation. We also know
something of the low opinion entertained by British officers
of Russian discipline, when a Russian corps was united to
the British army in Holland. How, then, can we laud
Russians, or Russia, or the Russian armies, except it be in
comparison with the more stupid and seperstitiousTarks? la the

writer of the article in question, incapable of distinguishing the
moral feelings which determine praise or censure ? There
is a CAUSE in Poland, which an Imperial Court may not ap-
preciate, but which Journalists discriminate with intensity,
when treating of the Russians and Turks, and of the Rus-
sians and Poles !
There is another point too, on which Courts appear to
need instruction. They identify victory and glory ;—now,
we, Journalists, ally glory only to justice ; and the various
victories recorded in history, we call glorious, only in the
degree in which the Cause was just in which they were
gained. Victory, in an unjust war, is but the glory which
banditti gain over way-laid travellers. We should, there-
fore, call the victories of the Poles, in asserting their
national independence, GLORIOUS; and associate very con-
trary sentiments to any victories, if any be ever gained,
of the invading and aggressive Russians.
This singular document then proceeds to tell us, that the
Russian Government is now beginning to be serious in
putting an end to what it calls the Polish insurrection.
Serious ! Why—was it not serious, when, in the depth of
winter, it sent two hundred thousand men—the whole elite
of its army--the whole of its disciplined forces—its crack
regiments—and even the Royal Guards—to take Warsaw
by storm—to re-enact the tragedy of 1793 ? Was this a
piece of sport—a farce—and is the real tragedy yet to come ?
But if the said two hundred thousand unfortunates be de-
stroyed, and others which have followed, we are told that other
manses are on march, to display the power and greatness of
Russia! And what are these masses ? they cannot
be disciplined soldiers ; but masses perhaps of such objects
as we experimented on at Riga—masses whom the Poles
would have to undergo the mere manual fatigue of destroy-
ing. In truth, Russia is the most extensive, but the
weakest of all existing powers, which affect high rank. It
is a mere bloated carcase full of wind—a dominion of waters i
and forests—with scarcely a man per square mile. It
may draw two or three hundred thousand disciplined men
to a point, and keep them hovering on the European
frontiers ; but these destroyed—and the Poles have destroyed
them—it would occupy many months to draw together other
such masses—and twice the time to make soldiers of them.
We regard all this vaunting, therefore, about the military
resources of the empire, as mere empty gasconade—as the
ebullition of rage! NAPOLEON went into Russia—and
where did he find the resources of the empire, after he bad
gained his victory on the Moskwa. A frost saved Russia,
and the CHOLERA MORBUS may now save the Poles, and
scare even all Europe.

We, Journalists, are charged with describing the Poke as
invincible; and it would really seem as though the war was
now to be carried on, to try this foolish point. But we are
not understood—we have always considered that the morale
of the Polish Army, rendered two or three Poles an over-
match for five or six military machines of Russians ; but we
only compare their Cause with that of the Russians, when we
consider them unconquerable. It would be very juvenile to
encourage war, to prove that either party was invincible ;
and yet this puny feeling seems to have had full possession
of the author of this Manifesto.

But the Poles are rebels, and therefore not to be treated
with I Alas, Pride i How it cheats itself by words ! How
often has the relative sense of the term Rebel been exposed ;
and what a stone-wall Russia opposes to its own peace, in
considering those who have conquered, and deserved their
independence, as Rebels ? Was the Constitution respected ?
Were the Poles exposed to no outrages ? Did not these
circumstances confer power on those who are called Politi-
cal Visionaries ? War, too, is threatened to be made on all

democratic principles, on the anti-russian sovereignty of
the people, and on every thing Revolutionary 1 Our errors
are io be corrected by Calmucks and Cossacks, by Samoides
and Kamskatdales ; and, in fine, the House of ORANGE is
to be resented on the Throne of Belgium ! GOD save us !
—.ls CERVANTES, the Muscovite amanuensis ?
As a climax we are gravely informed that the Emperor
is going a journey. If for good—may it be pleasant ! We
have hitherto had a favourable opinion of NICHOLAS, and
we thought him a worthy successor of ALEXANDER, whose
only foible was his vanity. We would rather praise 1
power than censure it ; but it must be for those virtues of
royalty, which diffuse happiness. We praised NictioLas
for his generosity to the Turks ; and will be no nig-
garde in our flatteries, if he will be wise enough, to
display his magnanimity, in acknowledging the inde-
pendence of Poland ; in confining his attentions to the

improvement of Russia, which is already large enough ;
and in leaving the European family, with which he has no
common interest, to adjust its own concerns. We are more
anxious to hail him as NICHOLAS the Great, improving
Russia, than as NICHOLAS the Unfortunate, beaten every-
where, by the disciplined armies of enlightened Europe.