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The house then went into a committee on the English
reform bill,
On the motion that clause 23 be retained as a part of the
bill,
Lord ALTHORP remarked that there bad been some
difficulty in training the clause, to meet the various sug.
gestions that had been tendered. He said that after some
discussion it had been thought advisable to allow the com-
missioners, and in their division to take part or parcel of
any pariah to be added to the different districts. The reports
to to laid on the table. of both houses—he did not mean
that it should be discussed in individual places, but that It
should be considered as a whole. If any gross act of pant-
' ality should appear in the division, that of course would be
taken into consideration, but such an occurrence he did not
anticipate. He had now to name the Commissioners, and
these he said required to be rather numerous, as they must
spread themselves over the country, and no division could be
sustained unless by a majority of Commissioners, in all
thirty-one in number, consequently there would require 18
votes to make the division good. The selection had been
made strictly impartial, and he had no doubt would meet the
approbation of the public ; but if there wereany name objectd
to he would be enabled to answet any questions. The Com-
missioners proposed were :—.The right bun. J. Abercrombie,
Chief Justice of Scotland ; Littleton, Esq. Gilbert,
Esq. W. Courtney, Esq. H. Martin, Esq. Master in Chan-
cery ; Wm. Wylde, Esq. Master in Chancery ; Sir Wm.
Gordon, Esq. H. Hallam, Esq. F. Beaufort, Esq. R.N.
L. Bowen, Esq. W. Leske, Esq. H. Dawson, Esq. T. Drum-
mond, Esq. T. Ellis, Esq. Ball, Esq. T. Birch, Esq.
Ainsley, Esq. Chapman, Esq. Drinkwater,
Esq. B. Leonard, Esq. W. Warde, Esq. Gore, Esq.
W. Romilly, Esq. R. J. Sainders, Esq. R. Sheepshanks,
Esq. W. E. Terrance, Esq. J. Rokealey, Esq. and 11. A.
Scott, Eat'. of the Royal Staff Corps. His Lordship said,
that a more impartial selection could not have been made,
as there were amongst the number of names mentioned
gentlemen of opposite politic.ll opinions that were avowed;
and there were others of whose opinions they were totally
ignorant.
. .

81r E. SUG DEN said he could not understand the na-
ture of the bill ; but since they had proceeded so fat with it,
the only thing that they could do was to make it u perfect
as possible in its progress. One objection had been removed
by the amendment that had been made iu this clause, by
having the reports to be laid on the tables of both houses ;
but still the clause was miserably imperfect, and he con-
sidered the present wu the proper time for the committee to
sift its merits, that it might not occupy time in a future
stage. The learned member at great length protested against
the authority that was to be placed in the hands of a commis.
sioner or commissioners so partition at will the counties,snd to
to be empowered to demand the production of charters and
rights of corporations, whereby they were to fix, according
to their own caprice, boundaries which might involve count-
less inconveniences In uses of dispute which had already
considered -

been sent to juries. lie it s great oppresion to
compel any individual or any body to produce their rights
or tide-deeds, as it was weU known that many held pro-
perty undisturbed, because it was not known that their tides
were defective. He mentioned that Lord Eldon had often
said the borough of Newcastle was a lessoa to all corpora.

Lions to be tenacious of producing their charters; that cor-
porations had indiscreetly been Induced to produce their
charter, and by the act they lost an estate of 7,0001. a-year,
which no one had ever suspected their right to till then.—
The learned gentleman concluded with expressing his detir-
mination to oppose the clause in its present form.
Lord ALTHORP said he was glad to hear that the hon.
and learned gentleman was satisfied with the provision that
the report should be laid before the two Houses of Parlia-
ment. He explained that a number of the Commissioners
were Engineers, and would be capable of providing plans to
produce, and these, as the Commissioners would be as a
whole accountable, they would, consequently, criticise as a
body, and would be fully made acquainted with the facts
necessary. His lordship at great leng'h went into the de-
tails of the provisions of the clause. He said the hon. and
learned gentleman quite misunderstood the clause in sup-
posing that the Commissioners were to have any power to
define boundaries of boroughs. The learned gentleman ob-
jected to the Commissioner having the power of calling for
public documents, because, he said, the production of the
charters of corporations might be attended with inconve-
nience. Hut those charters would not be called for ; the
only object was the production of the papers containing the
rates and taxes, in order to assist the Commissioners in fixing
on the 101. houses.

Sir C. WETDERELL should object, even if he was a
reformer, to the machinery of the bill. The operation would
he to deprive the Crown of the power to dissolve Parliament
for three, or perhaps Mx months. ( flew, hear.) This was
a novelty in the constitution. Had the ministers not began
where they should have ended—had they put the commission. ,
en to collect the necessaty information before committing the
bill, the inconvenience he alluded to would have been avoided.
AVith respect to the names of the commissioners, further
time thould be given to consider them. There were certainly
among them some tolerably warm reformers. The first name
aas one which might grace any li‘t ; but surely the Lord Chief I
Baron of Scotland would better appear among the commis.
shown fur Scotland. Besides, he did not think the office fit
for so high awl grave a personage as a judge. The general
meeting of the commissioners would, of necessity, comply with
the reports of the sections, as the localities of each county or
borough would be known only to the commissioners who
had visited that county or borough. The commissioners
would proceed on no fixed principle ; ore county would be
divided by the criterion of population, another by that of
wealth, a third by that of the number of freeholders, each
section of commissioners preferring a different standard of
division. If the commissioners were opposed to the agri-
cultural interest, they might so divide the counties as to de-
prive them of the favour which the bill intended to confer
upon them, by the division. They had the power also of
extending or confining the amount of the constituency of
each borough to what number they pleased beyond three
hundred, whereby they could establish the preponderancy of
the party which they favoured. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. H. GURNEY bad no objection to giving the largest
powers to the Commissioners, as their report would be sub-
mitted to Parliament. to receive its sanction.—(Hear).
The Commissioners alone being acquainted with the loca-
lities, they should be allowed to make use of their discre-
tion.—(Hear). As to the production of charters, he could
see no objection therein ; the only inconvenience which it
would occasion would be to the corporations which might
have committed usurpations.
Mr. WYNN'S objections to the present clause had been
considerably lessened by the amendment requiring the Com-
missioners to submit their report to parliament. They
should he divided into commissioners and sub-commission.
en ; five or six being exclusively employed in revising the
reports of the others. Petitions might be presented, com-
plaining of their decisions ; he thought the house should so
far deviate from the plan proposed by the noble lord, of con.
sidering the report as a whole, as to enquire into such de-
tails as might have been petitioned against. He thought the
old constitution should remain in force until the whole ma.
ehinery of the present bill was completed, and that mean.
while the crown should have the power of dissolving paths.
ment, and causing a re-election on the present plan.
Sir R. INGLIS wished to be informed whether any in-
structions were to be given to the commissioners for the
performance of their duty.
Lord A LTH ORP said, he thought it would be desirable
to interfere as little as possible with the Commissioners ;
and he thought it would not be necessary to give any fur.
ther instructions than would be contained in the bill.
With respect to the objections of his Right Hon. Friend,
he could not think it would be advantageous or even prac-
ticable to determine the particulars in that house that were
to be referred to the Commissioners. The debates that had
already taken place on the bill proved that such a proceed.
ing could not be carried into effect in the course of a Ses-
sion. With respect to sending back the report to the Com-
missioners if disapproved of, without any instructions for
their guidance, he should only say, that by the discussions
on the report in that House, the objections made to it would
be known to the Commissioners and the whole people of
England. With respect to the objection that his Majesty
could not dissolve the Parliament for three months, that cer-
tainly was a difficulty ; but it was not to be avoided, and he
thought there was little probability of its being felt. He
could not agree to his right hon. friend's suggestion, that the
King should dissolve the Parliament, and have the power to
call another Parliament elected by the same constituency.—
He thought, after Parliament had decided that the existing
constituency was not to be continued, that a new Parliament
should not be elected in the same manner, and that the mode
of removing the difficulty proposed by the bill was less ex.
ceptionoble. (Hear.)
Col. SIBTHORPE thought that no member of that
House should be on the commission, as, however honoura-
ble, they might not be able in all cases to divest themselves
of bias. (Hear.)
Mr. FRESH FIELD thought the whole proceeding by
commissioners was liable to the greatest objection. The
commissioners might not make their award in three months,
if their first report was disapproved of and sent back; their
1 second report might also be disapproved of, and in this way
the country might be left without a legislature; and still
more certainly in case of a demise of the crown.
Mr. HUGHES HUGHES objected to a judge being
placed at the had of the commission, and also to two
Members of that House being members of the commission
—one tot them the representative of a county that was to be
the subject of division.—(Hear, bear). He also objected
to a Rev. Gentleman beteg placed on the commission, as
be did not think his spiritual duties qualified him for such a
duty.—(Hear, hear).
Mr. PA NE thought a delegation of the power of Parlia-
ment to commissioners would be a surrender of the coned.

tution, and a betrayal of the people.
Lord ALTHOKP said, to suppose that the Commis.
stoners would not make their report in the time allowed by
the Act, was to suppose that they would designedly delay
the progress of the Bill. In the event of the demise of the
Crown, the Parliament would meet fot silt months, and if
the Commissioners did not make a report that would be
animal of in that time, the Parliament would have the
power of continuing its sz'stence.
Mr. HUNT asked, would the Commissioners have sala-
ries ?—He thought they could not make their report in three
months; they should be divided into three bodies, and make
separate reports.
Lord A LTHORP:saidthe commissioners would not
have salaries.

Sir T. FREE MANTLE said the commissioners would
have great power in deciding the influence that would predo.
urinate in particular boroughs; and he believed they all
agreed in political opinion with the noble lord.
Mr. H .TNT was opposed to persons getting public money
who did nothing for it; but lie thought it injustice to the
commissioners who were to perform such important services
that they should not be paid.
Mr. WRA NGH A M read the names of the commis-
sioners, and said, though they were all honourable men, a
great majority of them were decided supporters of the bill.
Lord ALTHORP said be had not been aware of the pa
litical opinions of many of the commissioners till the hon.
gentleman said they were reformers: but the measure was
so popular out of that house that he could easily suppose
that of any number of intelligent persons a majority would
be favourable to the bill. (Hear, hear.)
Sir E. SUDDEN thought the names of the commissioners
were of great consequence, and that time should be given to
inquire before the committee decided. He thought the com-
missioners should be paid, and must be paid either in money
or some other way.
After some conversation, the original proposition was
Weed to.
After a few words from Mr. BARING WALL and the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the list of the
sixteen commissioners to superintend the division of counties
was agreed to.
The clause as amended was then declared part of the bill.
On clause 24 being read,
Sir G. WARREN DER said he was averse to all factious
opposition ; but must still persist in a proposition which he
made in another stage of the bill, namely, that boroughs pos-
sessing four hundred resident electors do send two members to
parliament.

Aftet some further observations, Colonel SIBTHORPE
gave notice, that on bringing up the report he should move a
resolution to the effect, that no member of that house, or any
friend of a member, be appointed on the commission for de.
ceding on the division of counties under the present bill.
After a descultory conversation, clause 24 was agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN then repotted progress, and obtained
leave to sit again this day.
On the report of the Committee of Supply being brought
up.
Mr. JAMES strongly objected to the sum of 60,0001.
as the expenses of their Majesties' Coronation.
The report was then received.
The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the
house adjourned at a quarter past three o'clock

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
PROTOCOLS7MCONFgRENCE.
PROTOCOL, NO. 31.

.Foreifin Office, Aug. 6, 1831.
Present—The Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, Great
Britain, Prussia, and Kumla.
. _ _ .

The Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty opened the
Conference by making to the Plenipotentiaries of the Four
other Powers the following declaration :
That the moment the government ;of his Britannic Ma-
jesty received information of the renewal of hostilities be
tween Holland and Belgium, it gave ostlers for a division of
the fleet to assemble as soon as possible in the Downs, where
it would be ready to concur in any measures which
might be deemed necessary for the re-establishment of the
armistice, which the Five Powers had engaged to maintain
between Holland and Belgium, and that after the dispatch of
this order the new sovereign of Belgium had claimed the
assistance of the Five Powers, and more especially naval
succour from Great Britain.

The Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of the French
declared that the Sovereign of Belgium had just required the
armed intervention of Fiance, in consequence of the renewal
of hostilities between Holland and Belgium, and he had even
added, that the necessil for the assistance of the French
Government was extremely urgent, and that there was not a
minute to be lost to prevent a general ecnilagration.
The danger being so pressing, the King of the French de-
cided immediately upon forming an army to march to the
succour of the Belgians, and drive the Dutch troors hack
upon their own territory.
The Plenipotentiaries of the four other Courts having
made the Plenipotentiary of France acquainted with the de-
clarations expressed on the same subject by the French Go-
vernment to the representatives cf those four Courts at Paris,
the Plenipotentiary of France, referring to those declarations,
announced that as soon as the object they pointed out should
be attained, the French army would return into the Depart.
meat du Nord.
__

These deductions having been made, the Conference con-
sidered that, on one side, France in coming to the determina-
tion she had adopted, had not had time to fulfil the obliga-
tion, which she was fully desirous to do, of acting in conceit
with her allies ; but, on the other hand, she had manifested
an intention of not availing herself of the measures taken,
but in execution of the engagements entered into between the
Five Powers relative to the maintenance of the armistice be-
tween Holland and Belgium.
Cunsequently the Plenipotentiaries of the Five Powers re.
garded the entrance of the French► troops into Belgium as
having taken place not with any intention peculiar to
France, but for an object towards which the deliberations
of the Conference were directed, and it remained understood
that the extent to be given to the operations of these ttoops
and their continuance in Belgium should be fixed by com.
mon agreement between the Five Courts at the Conference
in London.

It also remained understood that in case the co-operation
of the English fleet should be required, this fleet should act
only for the purpose of accomplishing the same views and
upon the same principles.
Besides, it remained agreed that the French troops should
not pass the ancient frontiers of Holland, that their opera.
tions should be confined to the left bank of the Meuse, and
that under no circumstances should they invest the fortress
of Maestricht, or that of Venlo, because then the war would
be carried too near the frontiers of Prussia and Germany,
and might give rise to serious and complicated questions,
which the Powers were desirous of avoiding ; and, finally,
that in conformity with the declarations made by the French
Government to the representatives of the Four Courts at
Paris, the French troops should retire within the limits of
France as soon as the armistice was re-established as it existed
before the renewal of hostilities.

Finally, the Conference agreed that these last events
ought to induce it the more strongly to occupy itself with
a definitive treaty calculated to put an end to all diffe-
rences between Holland and Belgium, and which was in.
dispensable for the mair.tenance of the general peace.
(Signed) EST ERHA Z Y, BU LO
WESSEMBERG, LIEVEN,
TA LLEYRAND, MATUSZEVIC.
PA LMEItSTON,
PROTOCOL, NO. 32,
Of the Conference held at the Foreign Office on the 12th of
August, 1831. Present—the Plenipotentiaries of Austria,
of France, of Great Britain, of Prussia, and of Ranh.
The Plenipotentiaries of the Five Courts having assem-
bled in conference, have read the annexed letter of Baron
Ventolk de Soelen, in answer to that which they addressed
on the bth instant to that Minister, respecting the hostili-
ties which had again taken place between Holland and Bel-
gium. The Plenipotentiaries of the Five Courts have more.
over taken into consideration the communication which was
made to them by the Plenipotentiaries of the King of the
Netherlands, and considering that it results from this com-
munication, a. well as from information received direct from,
Holland and from Belgium, that in order to put an end to the
hostilities, and to withdraw beyond the line of the armistice,
had been dispatched to the troops of the King of the Nether-
lands, and that the cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal
of the troops must by this time have taken place, the Pleni.
potentiarles of the Five Courts have resolved to authenticate
the communication of the Plenipotentiaries of the Nether-
lands by joining it to the present Protocol, and have reserved
to themselves the option of fixing interiorly and according to
circumstances the determination that it may be necessary for
them to adopt. Signed, &c.
PROTOCOL NO. 33.

Of the Conference held at the Foreign Office, the 18th of
August, 1831. Present—the Plenipotentiaries of Au-
stria, of France, of Great Britain, of Prussia, of Russia.
The Plenipotentiaries ut the Five Courts having met, the
Plenipotentiary of France made a communication stating
that the French army which had entered Belgium had coin-
menced its retreat, and that twenty thousand men had re-
ceived orders to return immediately to France. It was
agreed that this communication should be authenticated,
and not having as yet received any official information of the
withdrawing of the troops of his Majesty the King of the
Netherlands to the Dutch territory, the Plenipotentiaries
reserved to themselves, conformably to the Protocol, N 0.31,
to agree later on the period at which the occupation of Bel.
glum by the French troops is to cease entirely.
Signed, &c.
PROTOCOL. NO. 34.
Of the Conferences held at the Foreign Office, the 23d Au.
gust, 1831. Present—the Plenipotentiaries of Austria,
of France of Great Britain, of Prussia, of Russia.
The Plenipotentiaries of the Five Courts being assembled,
have taken into consideration the annexed note by which the
Plenipotentiaries of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands
have officially informed them of the, withdrawing of the troops
of the King to the territory of Holland. After the communi-
cation of this document, the Plenipowntiarks of the ti Courts
have taken into consideration the means of preventing there.
newel of hostilities between Holland and Belgium, of bring-
ing about a speedy cessation of the measure, the adoption of
which was provoked by the hostilities that have recently
taken place, and of accomplishing the solution of the ques-
tions which remain to be regulated, in ceder to establish a
durable peace between the two countries. Considering that
for these important results to be brought about, a fresh sus-
pension of hostilities is indispensable, but that a suspension
of hostilities for a fixed time would be more appropriate than
an undefined suspension of hostilities to the actual state of
the negotiations, to the well-founded hope now entertained by
the Powers of bringing about a final arrangement between
Holland and Belgium, and to the necessity that exists for
this arrangement, both as regards the panics directly inte-
rested in it, and the maintenance of a general peace, the Ple-
nipotentiaries have resolved to propose to the Government of
his Majesty the King of the Netherlands and to the Belgian
Government—

The establishment of a suspension of hostilities for six
weeks. This suspension of hostilities to be placed under
the tee of the Five Powers, and if one of the two
es should violate it, that party to be considered in a
state of hostility with the said Powers. During the suspen.
den of hostilities, the respective troops are to remain beyond
the line that separated them before the resumption of hosti.
tides.

They are to espy reciprocally full liberty of communica-
tion, and to abstain from all acts of aggreadeo, and from

any measure that may be productive of injury towards tl e
adverse parties.
This said suspension of hostilities to be taken adrantag
of by the Five Powers, in order to bring about that final
rangement between Holland and Belgium, which is t",.
object of their wishes and of their efforts.

GERMAN AND BAVARIAN MAIL.

FROM THE RUSSIAN FRONTIERS, AUG. IG.
—The French Ambassador at St. Petersburg
received the strictest orders from his Government
to draw the attention of the Russian Government
to the danger which threatens all Europe, if tl
often proved moderation of the Emperor should not
be manifested in the approaching issue of the
sanguinary struggle in Poland, as it might
thus be no longer in the power of the go-
vernments (that of France in particular) to oppose
the desires of their people ; and they would be com-
pelled to afford effectual assistance to a generous
nation, engaged in mortal strife, on account of ma-
nifold wrongs. It seems that the remonstrance,
of France have not been wholly without effect ;
at least, assurances have been given which,
under all circumstances, give reason to expect mo-
deration on the part of the Russian cabinet, and
a promise to the Poles, even in the most unfavour-
able result, of the preservation of their hitherto
precarious independence.
The English cabinet has interested itself, and
it is affirmed that it has caused a note to be
transmitted through Lord Palmerston, in which the
terms of the treaty of 1814, are recapitulated, and
the inviolability of the privileges which they assure
to the Poles, is assumed as a basis. It is stated,
that in this treaty, the kingdom of Poland was con-
stituted, not unconditionally, but under the protec-
tion of the powers ; consequently the consent of all
contracting parties was necessary, before the act
which made it an independent kingdom was annulled.
Lord Palmerston, it is farther said, contests ths
assumption of considering Poland (which is in
a manner under the guarantee of Europe), as
a conquered country, and of exposing it to all
the consequences of a contest. The many
instances of forbearance, (if not interest),
which the Poles have experienced from the two
neighbouring states, which are the most affected
by this insurrection, are, it seems, alleged by his
Lordship, as affording sufficient argument against
the reproach, that the Poles had thrown off their
allegiance to the Emperor, merely from a love
of imitation. In such case, his Lordship adds,
prudence would have commanded those powers
to assist Russia to the utmost, in quelling
the insurrection, in order to secure their provinces,
which, if the insurrection had proceeded from so
personal a cause, would not have remained free
from the infection. He cites individual cases, in a
thousand errors of the Russian government, as the
true cause of the melancholy events that have taken
place, and from which the Polish provinces, subject
to Austria and Prussia, remained free, because they
enjoyed paternal protection, and had not to endure
any ill treatment, wounding to their feelings.
It is said that this note has made a deep impres-
sion at St. Petersburg, and excited the attention of
all diplomatists, who are now of opinion that nego-
tiations ought to be entered into respecting Poland,
as well as in regard to Belgium.—Astgsburg Gaz.
BERLIN, AUGUST 26.—According to accounts
of 20th August, the Russian head-quarters were
on that day still at Nadarzyn, to which place they
were advanced on the 18th.

The Prussian army, and the whole state, have
sustained a great and most afflicting i 093. General
Field-Marshal Count Von Guilsenau, died at
Posen, in the night of the 23d, after a short illness,
of a nervous attack.

A letter from Riga, of August 11, says_" The
exchange has now been opened for a week, after
the merchants had held their meetings from the
28th of May in the public square. The schools
too, are again opened. Official accounts from
the Livonian Commission, for keeping off the
cholera, announce that the Government of Livonia
is now entirely free from the disorder.
VIENNA, AUG. 20.—0 n the 14th and 15th
three deaths occurred in a house situated in the
Graben, which caused a report that the cholera had
broken out there. It was 9nly in one of the three
cases, that there were suspicious symptoms.
which two of the six medical gentlemen called to
open the body, considered to be symptoms of cho-
lera; but as the four others were of a different
opinion, the house was not abut up. No other
suspicious cases have since occurred —Prussian
State Gazette.

COPENHAGEN, AUG. 23.—The day after to-
morrow a ship of the line of 84 guns is to be
launched, his Majesty with the Court, and thou-
sands of spectators, will be present. The ship will
be called " Frederick the Sixth." Our fleet now
consists of five ships of the line (a sixth is build-
ing), eight frigates, ten corvettes, and schooners
From the beginning of the cholera to the 12th o f
Aug. the number of cases in Lemberg was 4922 ;
recoveries 2256 ; deaths 2584. 137 more persons
in Gallicia were attacked from the 9th to the 12th
of August.

PARIS ESTAFEITE.

PARIS, AUGUST 31.
M. Cormenlin has just published a very remark-
able letter which proclaims the necessity of convob
ing the nation in primary assemblies, to consult not
only about the question of the peerage, but also
upon the Charter itself, and upon all the powers
instituted on the 7th of August. M. Cormenlin
demands distinctly, the universal opinion and a
national Congress; that is to say, the convocation
of a national congress, to pronounce upon the ques-
tion, whether the Monarchy should be elective or
hereditary ? as the only means to put
division of opinion, and render the
of the state, a force and power which
France to the first rank of nations in "
Odilon Barrot has proclaimed the French
of the independent constitution of the
and M. Mauguin has professed the
every man wbo pays taxes should tak..
Neal rights,.and concur in the nomination
presentatives.—Gazette de France.
What the Poles think of the French
scent.—The passage upon Poland,
speech from the throne, has had a t
After having been modified se►eral times,
tog to the wind of diplomacy, it appeared
in a form which has nearly passed
Russia found it so dangerous, that
even condescended to re-publish the
for the first time, perhaps, a speech from
has been rejected by a censor, like a
document. It may hence be judged,
Emperor of Russia, in his resentment

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of information, which, when really possessed, are
hot to be trifled with. Men in authority do not
Professedly mingle with Newspapers.

We have not for many months enjoyed greater
pleasure, than in perusing, in the Augsburg Ga-
zette, an abstract of the admirable diplomatic pro-
test of Lord PALMERSTON, against the Russian
treatment of Poland. It is precisely what we
should have expected from the manly character of
his Lordship, and from the liberal spirit of a Whig
administration. We are, of course, strangers to
what may have previously passed on the same sub-
ject ; but we have no doubt, that in proper time it
will appear, that the English ministry have not
been passive spectators of the atrocities of which
Poland has been the lamentable scene, for the last
six months. In such affairs, there must be a
maturity to justify the interference of nations
with one another, or the outrages perpetrated by
the deceased monster, CONSTANTINE, ought years
ago to have called for the interposition of all the
independent parties to the treaty of Vienna.
As the same paper also contains a notice of some
similar protest of the French Government, and as
the Austrian and Prussian Gazettes speak with
greater complacency of Polish affairs, and even al-
lude to pending negotiations, we may presume
' that such are actually on foot. Indeed, :he ap-
pearance of this article, in a continental journal,
may be considered as preparatory to a public dis-
play of negotiation. The world will dread a re-
newal of the protocol farce, so wearying in the
case of Belgium ; but as all the powers will have
interests or feelings to adjust, the detail of confer-
ences is unavoidable, and may be borne, if the re-
sult be auspicious.
In the meantime, it is deeply to be lamented
that blood should continue to be shed; and history
will pass a severe censure on modern statesmen, if
their measures to arrest the ravages of war, are
not of the most prompt and decisive character.
Messengers for this purpose ought to be made to
fly on the wings of the wind. By Berlin papers
of the 26th, (the latest accounts from the seat of
war) it appears that PASRMWITSCII was still at
Nadarzyn ; but there is every reason to believe that
the corps of KREUTZ, forming his right division,
has met with a serious disaster; and some accounts
assert, that KREUTZ himself has been made pri-
soner. If we now desire to see victorious Poland
entering upon negotiations, it is because we fear
that doubts of their success would operate, not only
to their disadvantage in any arrrangements, but
would diminish the useful influence of the mediat-
ing powers.

If our Readers desire to know the nature and
extent of the expectations of the Poles themselves,
we refer them to a succinct and eloquent passage,
copied from the Gazette de Pologne, in the Paris
Temps, and inserted in a previous column. We
earnestly recommend it, as a text to any diploma-
matists who assemble to arrange the affairs of that
country, and satisfy the expectations of the people
of Europe.

We are indebted to that active London journal,
the Morning Post, for copies of Nos. 31, 32, 33,
and 34, of the protocols of the conferences relative
to Belgium, of which we have given the objects and
results for the last two days. " All is well that
ends well ;" and we so much abhor the ultima ratio
of kings, that, maugre equivocation and duplicity,
we are bound to honour the diplomacy which pre-
vents any appeal to it. We should be gratified to
find that Luxemburg could be enabled at once to
enjoy the civil liberty of Belgium ; but as, in the
march of events, this must be the inevitable result
of a few years, we consider that delay of far leas
consequence than the loss of ten lives, in murderous
warfare; and therefore we content to leave the
question of Luxemburg, for the present, to the
chances and intrigues of negociation. In the
meantime, we must be allowed to laugh at the
miserable pleadings of the Germanic Diet, and
the blusterings of Major-General Baron de
GOEDICKE !

In the House of Commons, last night, Sir
Charles Forbes presented a very important peti-
tion from the native inhabitants of British India,
praying that they might be allowed to sit as
jurors, and serve as justices of the peace. Sir
John Malcolm expressed doubts of their fitness to
serve as justices ; but Mr. Hume and Mr. O'Con-
nell supported the whole:petition, and Mr. Charles
Grant signified that it was the intention of Govern-
ment to permit them to serve as jurors.
Mr. Hume then presented another petition from
Bombay, praying for an equality of civil rights,
and for the removal of various gross abuses in the
administration of justice. The petition was of
great length, and expressed with powerful
eloquence ; and we propose to give place to both in
the STAR of to morrow. It produced a strong im-
pression in the house, and there is no doubt that
its prayer will be conceded.
Mr. Wynn made a report from the Committee
appointed to secure accommodation to the House at
the Coronation, when the members are to appear in
Court dress.

Lord Althorp gave notice that it was not his in-
tention to increase the duty on Cape wine.
In the Reform Committee, the 23rd clause was
discussed, and the thirty-one Commissioners
nominated, who are to divide the counties, and
fix the limits of boroughs. Sir E. Sugden did
not disapprove of the arrangement ; but Sir Charles
Wetherell said there was no way in which the
clause could be accommodated to his feelings, and

he argued at great length against it. A lengthy
discussion followed, in which twenty or thirty
members took part, when the clause was agreed to
without a division.

The 24th Clause, relating to the same object,
was then agreed to, after a brief and varied dis-
cussion.

In regard to the 50,0001. Mr. James protested
with great force against it ; and described the
Coronation itself as an idle and useless ceremony.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK.

Our funds have improved this morning in con-
sequence of the Express from Paris, which brings
the French rentes one per cent higher, 58-70. It
also appears by accounts from Augsburg, that some
success has attended the interference of the French
and English Ambassadors at St. Petersburg, wit:i
the Emperor of Russia, in favour of the Poles.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 81i i for the
account, opened this morning at 82)1; at present
they are 82, with not much business doing. Not
a feature worth mentioning as yet in the foreign
market. The Royal Exchange was closed to-day
until 12 o'clock, being the anniversary of the Fire
of London.