Star.
London, England, 1831-10-07 00:00:00

We have just received papers by the Dutch
mail, containing merely some intelligence about
the progress of the cholera, and some is
of the troops on the Belgic frontier, indicative of
concentration.

SECOND EDITION

SIX O'CLOCK.

HOUSE OF LORDS—Tars EveNtxo.

Petitions in fa•oator Reform were preseuted by a mem-
ber of Peen ; also by the Bishop of Chichester, to the
the mine effect from Huntingdon. The Duke of Wale:s-
tets presumed a petition against the bin fawn Ferstwieh.

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The Named; of DEVONSHIRR presented a petition
how Coleraine, in favour of the Kildare steam Society.—
Lord Wameliffe presented a petition from Beverly. against
the Bill. In the course of conversation on this petition, in
which nothing elm of importance occurred,

The Duke of RICHMOND said. if noble lords oppo-
site rejected the reform bill that night, which he did not be-
lime they would—they might depend upon it ■ much
stronger measure would be proposed.

TM LORD CHANCEI.LOR presented five petitions
is favour of Reform, aid L3rd ELDON two ot►ars stalest
the Bill.

eases or aim Oar.

Lord WYNFORD !rase on the Order of the Day for
mewing the adjourned debate on the Reform all.
The Noble and Learned Lord proceeded to observe that
the great respect he entertained for the Noble Lords who
proposed the measure, should temps the date and service
of
the few observations be should ern; for his own pan be
trembled for the consequence* whits might result
from the bill before the House. As long as he hada
a leg to stand upon. (Laughter below the bar.) The
noble and learned lord being almost wholly supported by
crutches) se long as he had a leg to stand upon, and should
oppose this most revolutiona►y bill, which went to destroy
all the venerated institutions of the country. He hoped be
should be able to convince the noble earl opposite of the
correctness of his opinion. He should proceed with the
speech of his noble friend (Lord Plunkett). He had said that
be should argue the principle of the bill from the beginning
of that noble lord's speech, not a word bad been said on the
principles of the bill. He bad also said, that since reform
was necessary with lords on that side of the house, did not
mean to deny that, or to turn themselves against every re.
form bill; they ware, however, determined to oppose this
measure of the noble earl, which would soon be lest In re.
volution.—Left speaking.

In the House of Commons to this hour, the
Members were occupied in receiving petitions on
various subjects. One was presented by Colonel,
Evans, against duties on Newspapers, from the
inhabitants of Bloomsbury—one by Mr. Hunt
from the Rev. R. Taylor, complaining of cruel
treatment, which was followed by one of the usual
debates, in which Mr. Trevor, Mr. Goulburn,
and Mr. Briscoe, took part, and the petition
was ordered to lie upon the table. A petition
was presented Mr. J. Wood, from Pres-
ton, against the Beer Act Amendment Bill,
which, alter a few words from Mr. Hunt, was or-
dered to lie on the table.

LONDON GAZETTE.-THIS EVENING.
--.......
This Gazette contains als great variety of Ad*
dresses to their Majesties, on their Coronation—soliciting
their
the Poles.Majesiles' support of the Reform BID, and in aid of

NEW KNIGHTS.
Colonel Thomas Memnon.
Major General George Bolted Fisher.
Lord LUford is pugged one of the Lords of the Bed.
chamber, in room of the Earl of Waldegnre.
NEW MEMBERS.
The Hon. D. Ogilvy, of Clove, for Forfar.
Sir P. Bellow, Bart. for Louth.

BANKRUPTS.
1. J. Barker. brewer, Layton, Brae:.
2. Lomas and Cooke, tailors. Piccadilly.
3. H. Hutchinson, engraver, Golden Square.
4. F. Maskery, linen-draper. Birmingham.
& R. Hill, brewer, Rotherham, York.
6. R. Barnett. victualler. Liverpool.
7. H. Downs, scrivener, Cardiff.
& W. Snell, coal merchant, &alehouse, Devon.
9. J. Parker, button maker, Birmingham.
10. J. Steward, surgeon, Stafford.
AVERAORS.
Brown Sugar, 225. 20. per cwt. e
SIX Wales IWDIXG lIEPTZWEIEZ 30.
I
Wheat - - - - 62. lid Rye . -
- .
. . Mk Od
Barley . - - - 34. 104 Brans - 40. 10d
Oats - - - - scs eid Peas . - - 431 Id

ROYAL ILXCHANOIL ONE O'CLOCK.
Consols which left off yesterday, at soi to 81,
opened at the same price, and continue so at pre.
sent, with nothing doing.
FRENCH FUNDS, OCT. s.—Five per Cents.
87f 80c. Three per Cents, 58E 30c. Rente de
Naples, 69f. 25c. 20c. 30c. Rotal Spanish Loan,
623. Exchange on London, 25f. 10c.—Court
Authentique.

TRASK O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock, shut. Three per Cent. Reduced, shut.
Three per Cent. Consols, 901 1 1 I. Three and a Half
per Cent. 1818, shut. Three and a Half per Cent. Red.
shut. Three and • Half per Cent. New, 881 1. Four
par Cent. 1826, shut. Long Annuities, Jan. 1860, shut.
Annuities, Jan. 1860, 161. India Bonds, par 1 dia. £lllOO
Exchequer Bills, 9 8 10; .E600d0.10 8 10; XlOO and 4200
do. 9 6 10. Bank foe Account, 196 j. Consols for Ac-
count, 1101 81.
AIIIITZBIDAM, OCT. 4.—Actual Debt, Two and a half
per Cent. 366 J 7/: Voluntary Loin, Si: per Cent. 81j
821 ; Amort. 87nd. Four and • half per Cent. 671 68 3 Do.
Three and a half. Of 48. Exchange on London, 11410 to
11-87 5-10; 11-86 to 11-82 to 5-10.

DORSETSHIRE ELECTION.

Gross Pull.
Ponsonby - - 1567
Ashley - - 1566

Despatches are this. received at the Foreign
Oillee frost Paris, Brussels, and the Hague.
A Cabinet Council assembled in the Foreign
Ogee at one o'clock this afternoon, and continued
is deliberation till nearly three.
Their Majesties loft town on Wednesday even-
ing, tom after the =admit. of the lUag's Levee, en their
roam to the Palace at Windsor.
The Duchess of Cumberland has bees indisposed
during the lest few days, at her residence In the Palace at
St. Jaime&
The Earl of Wsldegrave has resigned his shine
don as one of the Lords delis Bedchoubev, with the bites.
don of voting against the Refines Bal.
Lord Granville, our Ambassador at Paris, arrived
la lowa ea Wedessisy sight, foe the purpose of giving his
vote in favour of the ahnn Bill.
We have received Nuke, that Mt. Hunt is to
take use chair at a gam& waft of the !ladled refenners,
to be hold at the Road% as Monday evening.

SELECTIOA'S OF ON DITS
RELATIVE TO TEE LOOMS •ND Tar "moan SELL.

THE LAST WARNING.
" Reject the Bill I"—the Tories madly cry.
" No change our Pterleu Invitations need !"
" Pause, ere ye do"-4s England's stern reply.
" Or pen. perchance. slay Pter-leu be Indeed."
_ _ _

If the Anti• Reformers will not yield t reason,
perhaps the followine plain fact, may startle them.
They are classed under the two heads of certain and
probable consequences of a rejection of Reform.
The certain consequences will be—
, 11. A prolonged agitation of this dangerous question for
at least or eight months more.

Y. A could/rale intemapton of important Parliaments.
bush...afar that time.

3. A state of weakness with regard to our foreign relators
4. A widened stagnation of the retail, moneyed, com-
mercial and manufacturing interests.
6. The continued public discussion of fundamental print'.
pies al Government by opposite classes in a state of angry
exeltenseaL

O. A collision Id such a asonesse of the two Houses of
Parliament.

None *ill deny the certainty of the occurrence
of such consequences; and let our Bishors calcu-
late their final results ;
And then take the probable consequences.
1. A partial or general refusal to pay taxes or tithes.
2. A run upon the country hanks, the savings' banks, the
Bank Aof England, and thence upon national credit.
& pante.
4. Turnings out of trades—political aseociations—federal.

5. General dishes, dissatisfaction--Swing.
6. A published li■t of the Majority, with their place.,
pensions, boroughs, and connections.
7. Hatred of Peerage—a large creation of Peen—depre-
ciation of the Peerage.
8 The present Bill with merspouted interest.
11. A Reform Bill for the Lords.

Let those who have sense and patriotism, and
power, canvass these consequences ; ask them-
selves whither they will tend —and then, may the
LORD direct their understandings.
If the Reform Bill isnot passed before Christmas.
set end of the London parishes speak of a fixed de-
termination no longer to pay assessed taxes, and
to enter into a self-denying ordinance, to consume
no exciseable or taxed commodities. A similar
determination is also spoken of in letters from va-
rious provincial districts. This, it is supposed,
would soon cause a reduction of 10 or 12 millions
in the revenue, which must be transferred to the
aristocracy, or the public credito•s fall short.
Notwithstanding there are so many sinister reports
about the opposition of certain members of the
royal family—feminine babblers in and out of pet-
ticoats—yet the people have a tower of strength in
the Duke of Sussex—an Englishman every inch of
him; and, thank GOD, he is about six feet—aye,
an Englishman in every grain of his composition;
and, thank Goo, he weighs above seventeen stone.
His good intelligence on this and every subject is
also an impregnable rampart; and happily he en-
joys the peculiar confidence and affection of his
sovereign brother.
Another adjournment of the debate on the Re-
form question took place last night, after a discus-
sion in which the Earl of Carnarvon was the chief
opponent of the Bill, and Lord Plunkett its most
distinguished advocate. It is now generally sup-
posed that their Lordships will divide to-night, or
rather on Saturday morning, on the second read-
ing ; and conjecture still inclines to favour the opi-
nion that the bill will be lost.

The rejection or adoption of the English Reform
Bill is now nearly the exclusive subject of con-
versation of our speculators. They appear to be-
lieve that the measure proposed by the English
Government will not I e adopted ; but they think,
at the same time, that that event will bring about
no change, nor even modification in the Cabinet of
London. However, it is of a nature, without
doubt, to inspire, at least momentarily, some in-
quietude, and it is not astonishing that it should
occasion feebleness in our fund..—Paris Messages'.
The revolution has begun ; and the Lords have
no choice but to pass the Bill in obedience to its
mandate, or, by rejecting it, to appeal to the laws
and call upon the untainted part of the community
to support them ! His Majesty will put hineselfat
their head, having just sworn to maintain the laws,,
and every loyal subject will be at his post. Re-
form we shall have, no doubt, in due 'season ; but
our first business is to put down treason and bring
the traitors to justice.—Moraing Post.
The most intense sensation which has been cre-
ated by any circumstance 'ince the commence.
meat of the reform discussions, has arisen from the
Birmingham meeting. The magnificence of its
numbers, the manly tine of its addresses and pro-
ceedings, and the decisive language of its orators,
standing on the bases of truth and justice, have
created general admirati te, and become the topic
of every circle. It is, however, not to be con-
cealed, that the anti-reformers, and their miserable
sycophants bespatter thu parties with their base
canting about violence, sedition, excitement, revo-
lution, &c. &c. but such phrases break no bones •
prove nothing; and are not calculated to appal the
great souls of such men as conducted the Birming-
ham meeting, and other such meetings.
At the close of Wednesday's poll of the Dot%
setshire election, Lotd Ashley's majority over Mr.
Pousonby was reduced to one. But his Lordship,
as he bitaselfsays, is " a confident fellow ;" and,
having at his command " the root of all evil," he
may yet succeed.
The Anti-Reformers are quite delig. ted with
their own wisdom, and their own goodness, and
the benefits they have conferred en an ungrateful
people, who seem inclined to dispense with having
their representatives named fur them in future.
The Roman Catholics say of the Protestant Church,
that it puts the Bible into the hands of the people,
and tells them to examine for themselves, only they
must take care to find what the clergy tell them to
find. The Lords deliberate on this question ; but
the decision is, thank Goo, in another quarter.—
When the Commons are firm, the machine stands
still till the Lords are made to move ; the $ rot&
can part with a part of their nuen'ier to assist the
emotion of the Lords ; and then all will be well.
Nil desperandum, we say. Englishmen, be film,
you are invincible, and your enemies are not.
It appeared from what fell from Earl ey, that
the debate on the second reading of the Baum
Bill will not terminate befuse Saturday. it be un-
derstood that their Lonlship. will sit on that day,
and, as on the occas on of the Catholic Relief Bill,
commence the proceedings at au early hour, so as
to admit of their being concluded before 12o'clock
at night. Lord Althurp's decline/ion in the Com-
mons, that the session is likely to last a consiJer-
able time, convoys a hint which we trust will not
be thrown away.

Lord Falmouth, who opened the debate last
night, very properly refused to go farther back
than 1688, for it was then that borourchmongering
first obtained a field for its display. The borough-
mongers fought admirably for themselves and the
people, when the crown was opposed to both ; but
revolution gave the power to Parliament, and Par-
liament not being accountable to the people, made
a private property of taxation.
The rats only quit a sinking ship ; and we can
give the noble crew notice, that even if this ship
were to receive a broadside in the present struggle,
she will take time to repair her tackle, add fresh
sails, and then renew the action with the certainty
of success. Nothing different from what they
have done was expected from Lords Glengall and
Coventry. We suppose their esample cannot at-
tract many folio wers.— Times.
On the Commons' book there stands for this eve-
ning a Government Notice. which is quite as indi-
cative as Lord Ebrington's Notice for Monday, of
the Ministerial opinion respecting the Reform Bill
with the Lords, and the consequent near approach
of the conclusion of the present session ; namely,
Mr. S. Rice's notice to move the introduction, in
the Committee on the Consolidated Fund Bill, of
the ' Appropriation' clause ; which is a clause that
is always viewed as the finishing of the session.
HOUSE or LORDS.-10 the course of yester-
day morning the Lord Chancellor, addressing the
Counsel in the case of Harris v. Kemble, said,
" I don't know why we cannot go on with this
appeal now." A reply was made by the Solicitor-
General, *hilt was inaudible. LordCbancellor—
" Your reply will not lest above a day, and on the
following morning it can be disposed of." The
Lord Chancellor, after a pause, said—" I wish to
finish the appeals this week, and therefore let it
be expressly understood that I shall not go beyond
Saturday ; I shall not mind how late I s:t in the
meanwhile ; and also that I will not hear any ap-
peals, whether Scotch or Irish, unless all the
parties come fully prepared to proceed at once upon
them."—The conversation here dropped.
Though the bill may be defeated on its second
reading, it will, and must ultimately pass. The
King must be petitioned not to accept the resig-
nation of his Ministers; and there must be no
delay in the petitioning, nor any disputes in the
choice of words for that purpose. The petitions
must be strong, and to the point ; and they must
be got op immediately. Petitions to the Lords
have been neglected, but petitions on this matter
to the King will meet with a very different recep-
tion. It is but one effort more—one pull together
—and the boroughmongers must sink under the
accumulated voice of the country.
There is not the smallest reason for de-pair.
The Tories calculate upon the army ; but never
were men more wrong in their reckoning, than
when they say," it might be counted on with great
security." Themselves appear to have an inkling
of the fact, that " among the regimental officers"
there would be " abundance" who from one cause
or another would side with their opponents. As
the Tories have chosen to begin with the calcu-
lation, it is but fair to follow it up. And first
then, if there should be any attempt to divide the
army, let the people recollect the intense interest
which, independently of the ideas of honour and
duty, which of themselves would make thousands
of officers take the popular side, all that most in-
fluential body the captains and subalterns would
feel in supporting the side which bold out the pros-
pect of escape from the aristocratical monopoly of
promotion.--Westminster Review.
The county of Renfrew petition to the House of
Peers measured 188 feet, and had nearly 20,000
names attached to it, being about 9,000 more than
ever were forwarded with any petition from the
county. In Greenock, there was about one-sixth
more of signatures than to any other petition ever
sent from the place. In Paisley, Lochwinu ch,
and the other places in the county, the proportions
were about the same. The additional number
above that is to be accounted for from the number
of places which have come forward on this cocoa.
sion, which did not formerly publicly interfere its
this manner. As it is, there is still a very great
number of sincere reformers in the country who
have been disappointed in getting their names at-
tached.—Glasgoso Chronicle.
BOROUGH-MONGERS AT WORK.-- Rumours
have here afloat for some time that it would be attempted,
semi the details and verbiage of the Scots bill, to conceal
the real nature of the mowere from the country, and till
the bill shoold maw into opeeet for the asst time, the
musk shoal ass be taken Then, and thee wily, the
asaney would see, with surprise and diesppoistment, that
games=elples of the English bill had not been extended to
; and, cooseqoesfiy, a great proportion of the
population, chicly of the most sober and induirriou..
leildd be found to want the votes in the election of
*dr repessestatives, and that, too, far no other ma-
nn thus that they lived to the North of the Tweed,
ad had been duped out of that share of Abe rept-
sesesdon which they confidently expected to enjoy.—
laps the Loaned Lewd, who, by law, forms the oblate
Bib/ Council of Scotland, has bees disabled by his nu-
merous avocations from applying his critical talents to the
review of the details of what was coosidered his own Bill,
but left such a trifle, as beneath his notice to some Tory or
Boroughtnoriger 011ie old school, who, to salt the times, is se
well disguised anima the garments of Reform, as to have rest •
dewed his nature invisible to his Lordship, or his political
Mends, without the aid of spectacles, or some other optical
instrument, to show such minute objects as may injure
the healthy action of the functions of pink:llWe in Scotland.
In the English Bill it will he easily sees, without such aid,
by those who are not wilfully blind, that no hind of Eng-
lish property in lands or houses, worth 101. a year, whe-
ther it lies within or without the limits of a city, town,
or burgh, is to want its voice iu choosing its representa-
tive. The 101 tenants in cities, towns, and boroughs,
and, also, all owners occupying to the extent of lOL are
to have votes for the Member of mach city, tows, or
borough. Aod every owner within the Inuits of all
cities, towns, or boroughs, whether freehold, eopybeld, or
burgage-bold, are also to have votes foe the County Mon-
bet, unless tt by reason of the occupation thereof he or
soy other person might acquire a right to vote in the else.
dun of a member or members for any city or borough." Ss*
Reglad' b:11, and ate. 18 thereof, Ac. In the Scoot Bills,
ofith Sept. sec. 28, it is proposed to exclude all the last cleft
from voting, so that a great proportion of the property of
towns in Scotland, having 101. qualifications, will nor be
represented. In numutieturing towns, such properties may
be estimated at nearly, or perhaps more, than one half—
It Is unnecessary to give another strefeh (although steetel
ethers nearly as bad could be given)o(th s extraordinary Mil.
Wks it to say, that these, as well as all the other differ.
mess between the too bills, ii.dieste a great disposition to
limit the franchise is Scotland. Lind Althorp and Land
John Russell, and the independent members in the House
of Commons, would do well to limit a little after this Scot*
business, which, it is to be hated, they us delegating to
others, or too careless about, They seed DOI be over Min-
dless absut giving or withholding tram SWAMP what they
tow giving or continuing to Ragland, if such gifts enlarge
the franchise. As the Scots Bill cannot he the work of a real
reformer, the garments should be lifted thee cover the man.
whoever be may be, that has maeufaeserei it, Or adjusted its
clauses; and it will, perhaps, be hood, like the Paulen.'
of old, that the hands are the hoods of Ness, but the volts
is the voice of Jacek

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OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE
FALL OF WARSAW.

The Moniteur of Tuesday devoted seven columns
• to the insertion of two repnrts of Field Marshal
Paskewitsch to the Emperor Nicholas on the at-
tack and surrender of Warsaw; another report of
-Major-Gen. Berg, on the mission which he ful-
filled at Warsaw during the attack of the sty; and,
lastly, several letters from Generals Krukowiecki
and Ilalachowski, given as justificatory state-
ments. These documents are not without import-
ance : up to this moment the German journals have
merely transmitted the material facts of the at-
tacks of the Russians and the surrender of War-
saw; but the negotiations entered into—the pro-
.po itions of arrangement or capitulation—the con•
•ditions of the occupation of the capital of Poland
and the retreat of the army—all remained covered
ith a veil which the reports we are about to ana-
l. ze have entirely raised. The first report of the
Russian Field Marshal begins with these oriental
expressions :
SI RED Warsaw is at your feet ! according to
my dispositions the Polish army has retired upon
Plozk. It was on the 24th of August (Sept.
s(h) that the last reinforcement joined the Russians.
The attack was to have taken place on the 27th
,Sept. 8th); but having learnt that a considerable
corps of rebels had proceeded upon Breese Litow-
ski, and had approached it, General Paskewitsch
resolved to hasten the moment of attack, in or4ter
nut to give that corps time to return to defend the I
capital. In the evening of the same day, the 24th,
the Russian army quitted its positions and approach- !
ed the city. Towards midnight, all the movements
a ere completed ; the troops passed thereat of the
night under arms, and on the 25th (6th), at day
break, the columns of infantry and artillery, de-
signed for the attack, began to move. Two hun-
dred cannon arranged as batteries opened the fire.
Three ranges of ewrenchments defended the
approaches of the city. The fortified points of
W'ola, divided in nearly two equal parts all these
defences ; and formed, if we may use the term, an
advanced rampart, of a hich the front was covered
by five separate redoubts. Upon that point was
directed the principal attack of the Russians. The
elite of their regiment was employed there ; the
defence was obstinate, says the report, and the ad-
vance columns were received by a tremendous
discharge of musketry and artillery, which made
great ravages in the ranks of the Russians. But
_ _

two of the redoubts having been mind by the
bayonet, the center of the position was itself at-
tacked, and after a very obstinate and bloody
enntuat, where all those who offered to oppose the
Russian soldiers met their death, the center itself
fell into the hands of the besieging troops.
That action occupied all the morning. Towards
noon the Poles sent strong columns from the city,
and 40 pieces of cannon ; they attempted to retake
Wola ; three times these heroic columns ap-
proached the fortifications within half musket shot,
attacking always with the bayonet ; but three
times they were repulsed by the formidable artillery
which the Russians hastened to assemble on that
point. Once retired, the approach of night forced
the Russians to suspend the combat until the
morrow. The result of the day wit', for the
Russian army, the taking of Wolna, and of all the,
forts which defended that position, 12 pieces of
cannon and 2,000 prisoners.
On the 26th (Sept. 7) all the preparations for a
new assault, which were commenced at day-break,
were terminated; when the Quarter-master Ge-
aeral of the Polish army, General Prondzynski,
arrived at the advanced posts with a letter from
General Krutowiecki ; the Field Marshal received
it at Wola. The letter from the Polish Generalis-
simo stated that he was desirous of submitting to
Nicholas—his legitimate Sovereign—as well as
all the army. It was agreed then that he should
personally proieed to Wolna, to treat upon the
I asis of the submission. Count Krukowiecki
complied ! The interview took place in presence
of the Grand Duke Michael, and Generals Toll
and Berg. The Polish General contradicted then
the expressions of his letter, and said that he had
trot received from the Diet the necessary powers to
treat definitively of peace ; and less still to sub-
scribe to an absolute submission. The discussion
was rather sharp; the Grand Duke frequently
spoke, and aluays expressed himself with much
force. Twice tire order for immediately recom-
mencing the attack was upon the point of
being given ; but it was at last agreed'
that notice should be given to the National
Government of the conditions required by Field-
Marshal Paskev liar!), and that he would wait a
definitive reply until one o'clock in the afternoon.
A t one o'clock, uo person having appeared, Prince
Sou aroff was sent to announce the renewal of
Krukowiecki again demanded half an
Lour ; when, that having passed, without bringi"g
any result, the attack recommenced. Scarcely
ira'd the Russian batteries opened their fire upon
all the lire—scarcely had their destructive effect
Leen felt at Warsaw—than General Prondzynski
returned, to announce that unlimited powers had
been granted to the Generalissimo Krukowiecki.
Ct'neral Berg and Prince Sowaroff were then sent
to Warsaw, to complete the work of the submis-
sion of the place and the army.
.1 hat mission did not interrupt the operations of
at ack. More th n a huudred carmen were play-
rug then from tbe redoubts of the Faubourg of
Wola and ut ('zvsto. After a terrible cannonade.
it ey v e e raisca at the pint of the bayonet ; and
the Russians drew near the enclo ore of Warsaw.
A violent fire of musketry was immediately en-
:raged in ; but, in spite of the most furious resist-
ance, the gar-Liens. the hedge., •nd the princi, al
r imparts of the city. r•rr'ed by failing into the hands
ef the Iltis.iars. TLe arrival of night suspended
the conflict.
During the : ttar k of a bid: tee have just given
the result, Gen. Berger.d, artr: !segue Sow :troll en-
tered Warsaw. It was I I o'clock at night when
they arrived at tbe Palace of the Goverr merit.
They found tl.ere all the staff of the Polish •nr.y,
the members of the Diet, M. Ustrowski, their Pre •
sident, and man) it.en ut tbe first nobility of tha
country, all in confusion and armed with sabres.
All these gentlemen appeared to regret that Count
Krukowiecki had obstinately refused to sign at one
o'clock in the afternoon, the capitulation proposed
by Field Marshal Paskewitsch. The Russian En-
voys demanded to see the Generalissimo ; they
were answered that he had just gone out ; but was
momentarily expected back at the Palace. Three
hours passed in lamentations upon the revolution,
ot, the part of the Niro present.

However, Count Krukowiecki did not return.
It was an hour after midnight, and the assault of
the city and barricades was ordered for four o'clock
in the morning. The Russian envoys declared
then, that they had the most extended power to
treat; and demanded for the last time, whether
Count Krukowiecki would appeal or not, notifying
to the Polish generals went, the hour at which
the assault would recommence, and immediately
dispatched an officer for the Russian camp, to in-
' form Paskewitsch of the uselessness of their mis-
sion. They were informed then, that Krukowiecki
had bad a misunderstanding in the evening with the
Die• ; that his resignation had been given and re-
ceived ; and that he had retired to Praga. Con-
vinced as they were of the uncertainty and dis-
couragement which they remarked around them,
the two envoys •aid, that they could not treat with
the new chiefs of the government; that their
powers were addressed to Count Krukowiecki, and
to no others ; that it was necessary, before opening
with the present chiefs of the nation, to learn from
the month even of the former generalissimo, his
retreat and his abdication. After a short delibera-
tion, they sent to seek Krukowiecki, who came to
confirm the facts advanced by his countrymen, and
to utter invectives against Ostrowski, Niemojowski,
and the Diet.

The envoys then expressed a wish to retire ;
but after much solicitation, they agreed with the
new chiefs of the government for the complete
and entire surrender of Warsaw, of the btidgo of
the Vistula and Praga, with all the cannon and
materiel of war. The capitulation was made in
the name of the army and the Polish nation, in the
sense requi•nd by Field-Marshal Paskewitsch—
that is to say, a submission at the di cretion of
Nicholas, based upon his first proclamation to the
Polish army. The Polish army quitted Warsaw
in the morning of the same day. The Russian
troops occupied it immediately.
Field Marshal Paskenitsch confesses to have
lost in these combats nearly one thousand men, of
all ranks, killed; the aides-de-camp, Generals
Baron Giftsmar, and Prince Gortchakoff, and
Major General Martynoff, Commander of the 2nd
Brigade of the 3d Division of Grenadiers, bays
been wounded by cannon shot. Lieutenant Ge-
neral Count Nostiz, commander of the division of
light cavalry of the Guards, and Major General
Saz, commander of the regiment of dragoons of
the guard, have received contusions; besides, he
has had 176 officers of all ranks, and four thou-
sand two hundred and two under officers and sol-
diers wounded.
GREAT SCIENTIFIC MEETING AT YORE

MONDAY.—This evening, at eight o'clock, the
Museum was thrown open for the evening conver-
sazione, which formed the prelude to those diver-
sified scientific attractions which have been con-
tinued through the week. The spaciou► and elegant
theatre of the Museum, and its handsome suite of
room., were brilliantly lighted with gas, and formed
a promenade which at every step displayed some
new and interesting object of the living or inani-
mate kingdoms of nature. The rooms were thronged
till tea o'clock with select company, amongst whom
were many ladies, who added much to the bril-
liancy of the scene. Tables were placed in the
theatre of the Museum, at which tea was served
about nine o'clock. A short lecture was delivered
by Mr. Phillips, on some of the most characteristic
features of the Geology of Yorkshire, in his usual
style of modest perspicuity. Mr. P. then, in rapid
and characteristic sketches, explained the peculiar
features of the old and newer carboniferous strata
of Yorkshire, and alluded to the probable form of
the ancient land and ocean in this portion of the
globe.
_

TUESDAY.—The first general meeting for
scientific purposes was held this morning at twelve
o'clock, and the theatre was occupied by a nume-
rous assemblage of men of science, consisting of
some of the most distinguished members of many
of the learned bodies in this kingdom. About half
past twelve, Lord Milton was called to the chair by
acclamation. On the right of his lordship sat the
Rev. NV. V. Harcourt and Mr. Wtn. Gray, jun.
and on his left Mr. Phillips. On chairs, near the
president, were Dr. Brewster, Mr. Dalton, of
Manchester, the Secretary t f the Royal Society
ot Edinburgh, and the President of the Geological
Society of London. Lord Milton, after expressing
his thanks for the honour they had dune him, ob-
served, it was much to the honour of the York-
shire Philosophical Society that they had been the
first to sit the example of holding a meeting like
the present ; an example, he trusted, which would
be tei:owed by other places. He hoped that this
would impress upon Government that the views of
science e ere not confined, and they would thus be
induced, by every proper means, to give encou•
ragement to such, and promote the ends of science
—lie meant rather by removing obstructions, than
by affording p sitive or pecuniary assistance. His
lordship proceeded to illustrate the effect of ob-
structions of a public nature in retarding the pro-
gress of useful knowledge, by the injurious ope•a-
tion of the duty on glass upon the science of optics.
—The Rev. W. V. Harcourt said, the meeting
owed its origin to a number of gentlemen who had
cordially concurred in the hope that it would be
conducive to the interests of science ; they had
agreed that the first meeting should be held in that
place and at that time, and he hoped that the accom-
modation made by the council for their reception
would prove satisfactory to the distinguished
strangers who had honoured them with their pre-
sence.—Mr. Phillips then read some of the nu-
merous letters received front eminent men of sci-
ence and other disci• guished individuals who were
unable to attend the meeting. A very remark-
able feature in these communications was the an-
nouncement, on the part of several philosophical
institutions, that the invi•ation of the Yorkshire
Philosophical Society had been submitted to special
meetings of their members, anti who had resolved in
1 consequence to send deputations to the meeting.—
Mr. harcourt then read a paper drawn up by the
Council of the Philosophical Society, recommend-
ing the formation of an Association for the fur-
, thin:ince ot scienc , and for the removal of all ob-
stacles which may stand in the way of such a de-
sirable object. He then, in the name of the Coun-
-1 cil of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, moved
a series of resolutions for the constitution of
the Association :--The lit. " That an Paso-
' ciation be formed, to be called ' The
i British Association for the advancement of Sci-
ience, was seconded by Dr. Brewster, and carried
unanimously. The 2nd, " That the principal ob-
jects of this association shall be to give a stronger

impulse and more systematic direction to scientifio
enquiry, to promote the intercourse of those whc
cultivate science in different parts of the British
empire, and to turn the national attention to the
objects of science, and obtain a removal of any
disadvantages of a public kind which impede its
progress," was seconded by R. J. Murchison,
Esq. president of the Geological Society, and
unanimously adopted. The subsequent resolutions
as to the organization of the association, ad-
minion and payments of members, &c. crea-
ted some difficulties, and it was finally agreed to
refer them all to the committee of the association.
About a hundred of the visitors dined together at
five o'clock, at the York Tavern. Lard Milton
was in the chair, supported on his right by Dr.
Brewster, Mr. Murchison. and Mr. Robison, and
on his left by the Rev. W. V. Harcourt and Dr.
Lloyd. The Vice Presidents were, Jonathan
Gray, Esq. and Eust. Strickland, Esq. In the
course of the evening, " The Provincial Philoso-
phical Societies" was given. This toast was ac-
knowledged by the Rev. William Turner, Secre-
tary of the Newcastle Philosophical Society for 35
years, and by other gentlemen for Hull, Scarbro',
Yorkshire, Birmingham, Leeds, and Bristol. In
the evening, the theatre of the Museum, and
the suite of apartments, were again brilliantly
lighted up, and thrown open to a numerous mem.
blage, a great proportion of whom were elegantly
dressed ladies, whose presence was the more appre-
ciated considering the very unfavourable state of
the weather. After promenading some time amid
the rich display of nstural curiosities which these
rooms contain, the'theatre became the centre of at-
traction, where a lecture on magnetism and elec-
tricity was delivered by Mr. J. H. Abrahams, of
Sheffield.

WEDNISDAT.—Thie day, at twelve o'clock, the
meeting to form the British Association was re.
sumed in the theatre of the Museum, Lord Milton
in the chair. The resolutions had in the mean-
time been revised by the committee, and, instead
of the resolution carried yesterday, allowing all
members of phil-sophical societies to become mem-
bers of the British Association on mere application,
resolutions were passed which provided that the
persona who were present at that meeting might
become members on subscribing an obligation to
conform to the rules, and pay the annual subscrip-
tion—that the fellows and members of all char-
tered societies, and the office bearers and council,
or managing committee of all philosophical socie-
ties, should be entitled to become members—and
that all the members of such philosophical societies
should be admitted as members of the Association,
on being recommended by the council or committee
of their respective societies—that the annual sub-
scription should be £l, with the alternative of a
payment of £5. in ono sum—that the committee
should recommend for admission such persons, not
being members of other societies, as they thought
' worthy—and that the treasurer of the Yorkshire
Philosophical Society should be provisional trea-
surer of the association. These resolutions were
moved and seconded by Sir Thomas Brisbane, Mr.
Robison, Mr. Dalton, Dr. Daubeny, Reverend
W. Scoresby, Dr. Pearson, Mr. Murchison, Mr.
Marshall, and the Rev. Theodore Dury. A paper
by Dr. Brewster, on Mineralogy, noticing the re-
markable progress of the science within the last
thirty years, and suggesting an addition to the
present classification of minerals, rendered neces-
sary by the great addition to the number of metals
discovered by him through the means of polarized
light, was read by Mr. Robison, in the absence of
the author, who was indisposed, though not so
much so as to prevent his afterwards coming to
the museum. A paper by Dr. Henry, of Man-
chester, on the philosophical character of Doctor
Priestly, was read by Mr. Phillips. On Wed-
nesday evening, Mr. R. Potter, jun. of Smedley
Hall, near Manchester, read a paper descriptive
of a reflecting telescope recently constructed by
him, upon the principle formerly proposed by Sir
Isaac Newton. The instrument was placed upon
the table, and its advantages were illustrated. Dr.
Brewster also communicated an account of the
theory and construction of a new instrument for the
determination of the species of precious stones and
other minerals by the colours reflected from their
surfaces, under particular circumstances of combi-
nation with fluid media. The use of this instru-
ment was illustrated by enlarged diagrams drawn by
the author. The grand concert was performed
this evening, in the Great Assembly Room, and
was attended by upwards 01400 persons.
Tttt RSDAY.—At twelve o'clock this morning,
the members of the Yorkshire Philosophical So-
ciety, and their scientific visitors, began to assem-
ble, and the Rev. W. V. Harcourt announced that
Lord Milton was elected president of the associa-
tion. His lordship, on taking the chair, briefly
acknowledged the honour done him. Mr. Har-
court then informed the meeting that it was in-
tended that the next annual meeting of the institu-
tion fur the promotion of science throughout the
British empire should take place at Oxford, in the
month of June next, and that the president elect
was Dr. Buckland. Lord Milton then announced,
that the first paper appointed to be read at this
meeting was one by Mr. Dalton, of Manchester,
On the quantity of food and insensible perspira-
tion." At the same time his lordship apologised,
for the necessity of his then leaving the meeting.
The Rev. W. V. Harcourt having taken the chair,
Mr. Dalton stated, that the paper he had read was
printed, and would appear in the next number of the
Transactionsof the Manchester Lit. and Philos. So-
ciety. It was a series of observations founded on
personal experiment made about forty years ago, to
ascertain the relative quantity of food, perspire-
lion, and various animal products. Since that
time, chemistry has made considerable ad-
vances, and will enable those observations to
be turned to a still more beneficial account. Mr.
D. concluded his paper by pointing out the utility
of such inquiries, especially to physicians, and also
of their interest to the public at large. Mr. R.
Potter, jun. next read a paper on the subject of the
refraction of light. Mr. W. Hutton read an essay
on the whin siJI, in which, with much minuteness
and laborious research, he described the whole
course of that interesting work, from its rise in
Yorkshire through a line of 100 miles to a distant
part of Northumberland, offering, as he proceeded,
such remarks on its probable formation as his own
close and personal inspection had suggested to him.
Mr. J. F. W. Johnston read a paper on the dis-
covery of a new metal, called vanadium, which
had only been discovered about November lad.
Many beautiful specimens were exhibited and de-
scribed, with much scientific acumen. Henry

j Witham, Eaq. next read a very ingenious paper on
' fossil vegetation, with a view to gain votaries to
j that part of geology which depends for its progress
on accurate knowledge of fossil botany. pro-
ceedings of this morning's meeting were closed by
the reading of a paper by Mr. Phillips, com-
municated by Dr. Henry, on a peculiar pheno-
menon belonging to the copper ore of Anglesea.
,The meeting was attended by upwards of 100
gentlemen, and during a part of the proceedings
the Archbishop was present. In the evening, Mr.
Scoresby communicated the results of his recent
researches concerning the law of magnetic induc-
tion, the diminution of the magnetic force in pro-
portion to the squaro of the distance, and the em-
ployment of those data for the construction of
apparatus by which to measure the thickness of
walls, the solid intervals between the subterranean
tunnels, and gangways in mines, collieries, &c.
and in general to the determination of short dis-
tances otherwise immeasurable.

FRIDAY.—This morning Mr. Scoresby com-
pleted his curious experiments in magnetism. Dr.
Brewster gave his very interesting pr per on the
structure of the crystalline lens R. J. Murchi-
son, Esq. president of the Geological Society,
communicated the principal results of Mr. Gil-
bertson's researches concerning the shells of exist-
ing species which lie in the gravel and silt beds of
Lancashire. Dr. Daubeny delivered a short lec-
ture on She connection between mineral springs
and volcanic action, and on the gaseous contents
of Taff's Well, near Cardiff. A large party of the
members of the Association then proceeded to
Bishopthorpe, to enjoy the hospitality of the Arch-
bishop, who had given them a general invitation.
Three delightful hours passed rapidly in the
palace, and then the whole assembly returned to
the ball of science. Mr. Potter, from the lecture-
table, spoke of the passage of electricity in the
Torricellian Vacuum; Dr. Warwick exhibited
Moll's method of creating a temporary magnet ;
Dr. Daubeny exhibited a new instrument ; and
Mr. Phillips read an account from the Malta
Gazette of the New Island raised by submarine
fires from the bed of the Mediterranean.

ST. CLEMENT DANES.

Yesterday, a numurespectable meeting
of the inhabitants of our own parish (St. Clement
Danes) took place at the Vestry Room, to petition
the Lords to pus the Bill, and for certain pariah
business.

Mr. BROWN, the Senior Churchwarden, was
unanimously called to the chair ; but Sir Francis
Ommaney protested against the Vestry-room being
made the arena of political discussions, and moved,
that no political proceedings be entered into. Mr.
Byegrave, of Clement's Inn, seconded the resolu-
tion. The Chairman said, that the meeting was
convened by a requisition, most numerously and
respectably signed. Had he not have called the
meeting, he should have been guilty of gross dis-
respect to the requisitionists, and derilection of his
duty, as he was confident that the great measure of
reform, if passed into a law, would prove the sal-
vation of the country. He recollected that a meet-
ing for a political purpose was held in the body of
the church.

Sir FRANCIS OMMANRT replied, that it was
the duty of the Rector to prevent such a desecra-
tion of the church. If the inhabitants wished to
meet for any political purpose, let them do so, but
elsewhere. The greatest civil authority of the land
was of opinion, that all political meetings held in a
church or vestry were illegal.
Mr. PRou•r trusted the discussion would drop.
It was absurd to raise a question that was unques•
tionable. It was the inalienable right of the pa-
rishioners to meet for parochial purposes in their
own Vestry-room. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN pat the question, and it was
lost by a majority of several hundred, there being
but three hands held up in its favour. Sir Francis
Ommaney then retired from the Vestry.
Mr. FaLLows proposed the petition, and Mr.
PROUT seconded it ; when the motion was carried
with acclamation, with only one dissentient.