Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-06-02

sire and personal anxiety for the contentment,
and happiness Of my subjects, to promote
lich rely with confidence on POUR contin- /
ucd and Jealous assistance"
His Majesty then turned round to the Lord
Chancellor, and said
any pleasure is that this Parliament shall
be prorogued, and forthwith, t. Tuesday the
10Th day Of May next"
The Lord Chancellor Immediately said
"My Lords and Gentlemen-It is his Majes-
tvs will and pleasure that this Parliament be
prorogued to Tuesday, the 10th Of May next,
10 be then here holden, and this Parliament
is accordingly rrorogued TIL Tuesday the 10th
day Of May next"
instantly retired.
Earl GREY bore the sword Of state, and the
Lord Chancellor stood at the Kings right
hand, holding the purse. A great number OF
other nobiemcn attended, and surrounded his
| Majesty while on the throne.
It is impossible to give any thing Ike an ade
quate idea Of the feelings Of intt nse delight
| with which the news of the propagation Of Par
! lament has been received In the city by the
great majority Of the people on the one hand.
| and the chagfin and disapp ointment which il
| has excited among the few alherents of the
| boFonghmongers on the other II is not sur
! pris,ng that these latter persons should feel
| thus, for the dissolution does, in fact, amount
! 10 sentence OF death on their political exis-
tence But in what terms shall we express
the feelings of gIat,tude and admiration which
the conduct Of his Majesty has called forth?
The truth is, language is too poor TO do any
! thing like Justice to the greatest and most pa
triotic King who has set upon the throne OF
England for many centuries. William the
Fourth. the fcstorer Of English liberty. will
occupy the same rank in the records OF his
tory, as Alfred the Great, its immortal foun
der 1t is probable that the people Of Eng
land will never understand the full extent Of
the Obligations which they owe to his Males
t.. The prosecutions and aanoyances eve
speak it adviscdly) 90 which he bias been sub
jfcted for the last three weeks, would have
shaken the purpose Of any but the most de
cidediy consistent man. while they would
have been sufficient TO have driven TO mad
ness weak one. We understand that on
The evening Of his Msjesty's return from the
/ Opera, dead set, 10 use a vulgar phrase,
was made AZ him by party whom it is not
necessary to describe. He met al Their re
,nonstrances with the greatest firmness, They
represented to him the revolutionary views
of the Wings, and the loyalty of the Tories.
Don't talk 10 me" as bis Maiesty's patti
olic reply, "ahont The views OF par!,es-I
care nothing for either Of the two parties,
the people Is the party to whom must lock
for support. on whom must rely-they cab
aloud for relo,in--i know they are loyal
no have they treated me to night? ,etH
not irscrt The peoflsn We do not pretend
to say that these are the exact words y hir Ii
his Majesty used, bat we have every reason
10 believe that he did employ similar ex
presslens, and from that moment The borough
mongcrs considered hat their death warrant
was sealed. We ought 10 add that her Ma
I jesW took no part IN this scene. We wish
we could say rs much iur other iilustious
ladies'.
POLAND
| Leaving all collateral accounts out of the
question, and pnrs,ing the Polish story, as
recorded in tie Gazette OF Warsaw. we find
that on the Sd and 4th aud 9th of April, Skry
neck followed up his good fortune, and that
! the Important battle of the first and second
was succeeded on the t.lrd, by the regular
advance Of the Polish outposts, and with the
hourly accession of stragelc guns, and
standards taken by the skirmishing parties of
the Poles. The head quarters were at Scn
MICA on the 4th The Prussian papers APP
pear to make light Of the revolt in Lithuaaia.
but they nllolc ii. Among the prisoners In
ken by the Poles during the several battles,
are members Of the first families in Russil
Tho gallant General DIV, rEicki, IS FepIesen-
ted al being delayed in his mam1uvres, by
The difficulty of finding food and accommo
dation for bis troops Fyom the nIaurdyres
Of this General, apparently in combination
! with those of SkTy nccki, and also from the
approchemens Of the Russians, a decisive
battle is every day expected.
! The Temps of Monday gives an account
! of another important victory gained over the
Russians 1t is reported to have been fought
near Zelechow, TO the north Of Skladwo, one
OF the branches ofthe river Wiepey, where
the Russians wished to concentrate $4,000
Russians were killed, wounded, or taken by
the Poles, with thirty or forty pieces Of can
non. Marshal Diebltsch was On the point of
being made prisoner, when he ordered his
corps daImee 10 concentrate, aud retreat and
| pass the Bug, on the side OF Vohynia The
Warsaw Gazette places the Russian head
! quarters at Rick, and the Polish at Laska-
rev. $50 Saxons lad arrived at Warsaw on
the 6th to enter as volunteers in the Polish
army. The Journal de Feryiers repeats the
statement of great battle on the 9Th instant
DIebltsch was described flying towards vii
ma, where an Insurrectlon ragged. Durin.
the action The Lithnanians and Vol, ans,
who served IL the Russian army, t4Inod III. If
arms against the MuScoy!:es, and powerful
y contributed to the success of the battle
Alias, 24fh ,4pril
/ MILITARY OPERATIONS IN POLAND
"ltclortS OF another victory obtained by
, the Poles have been ia circulation this morn