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gaturftaj) to iMotttra^ floats. LONDON, MARCH 12. HE French papers of Friday's date, received this il morning by express, contradict the reported fall of Warsaw into the hands of the Russians. Dispatches < had reached the French government, from which it appears that Warsaw had not surrendered or offered to surrender so late as the 28th ult. nor had Praga been burnt by the Russians. On the contrary, the advices assert that on the 26th, 27th, and 28th of February (on the night of which last-mentioned day the courier con- veying the news left the Polish capital) severe fighting took place between the woods and Praga. The loss on each side was considerable, the conflicts having been, like those of the 19th and 20th, most obstinate. On every occasion, however, the Russians were beaten back into the woods. On the 19th the Russians are said to have lost 10,000 men, whilst the Poles admit their loss to be 2000 killed. Their force mustered 16,000, and the invaders 40,000. On the 20th, it is re- .ported that Marshal Diebitsch was wounded. On the 21st aad i22d an armistice was agreed upon, for the pur- pose burying the dead. It should be observed that Praga, is a superb Warsaw. J The reported fall of Warsaw created great ferment at Paris, and several turbulent.scene.s resulted. On at Paris, and several turbulent scenes resulted. On the evening of Wednesday a mob broke the windows of the Russian Ambassador, with shouts of Down with the ^H«sians," and they afterwards proceeeded through several streets uttering similar cries. On the follow- ing day about one thousand law and medical students, dressed in black, with crape on their left arms pre- sented an address of condolence to the Polish Com- mittee and on passing the hotel of the Russian Am- bassador, they shouted Long live the Poles," Down with the Russians." The satisfaction which the con- tradiction of the downfall of Warsaw diffused through- out Paris is described to be of a corresponding intensity to the gloom which the disastrous accounts had produced inthepublicmind. These papers give advices from Rome, stating that renewed insurrectionary movements had taken place in the Holy See, of so formidable a character as to cause the Pope to fly from his capital. At the same time it is said that an Austrian force isin motion, and there is no adequate means of resistance to their course or progress. German,papers add, that the Cabinet of Vienna has received from the Court of Paris an assurance that France will not interfere in the affairs of Italy, and that it acknowledges the right of his Imperial Majesty to put down the insurrection by force. A renewal of war between the Dutch and Belgians seems inevitable, unless the same Powers which ori- ginally dictated the armistice interfere, with the same authority, to preserve it from violation. It is stated that the Belgic Congress has flung back in the face of the conferences of London the two last protocols which they had transmitted to Brusiels" ana has not even deigned to answer them. The same body have declared that they will allow no interference of foreign Powers in settling their account with their late Dutch partners, either as regards the limitation of frontier or the amount of debt. The Congress had agreed to the loan of n,W,MOllorins,, asked by the Minister of War. The Regent was seriously indisposed, and the Belgian Ge- fteral, Millinet, had gone over to the Dutch. Two cir- cumstances, however, would lead to the inference that hostilities may still be averted. No German troops have yet entered Luxembourgh in the name of the Con- federation, and Lord Ponsonby, who continues to re- present the Great Powers at Brussels, is upon good terms with the Regent. — Her Majesty's second Drawing Room was held on Thursday, and at two o'clock the Queen, accompanied by his Majesty and the (ireat Officers of State, pro- ceeded to the Throne Room, and received the Members of the Royal Family, the Foreign Ambassadors and their Ladies, and all those who have the privilege of the entree. The attendance of the Nobility was very great, and the presentations numerous. The Court broke up soon after four o'clock. On Wednesday evening her Majesty proceeded to Holderness House, Park-lane, the residence of the Marquess of Londonderry, for the purpose of standing sponsor for the female infant of the Noble Marquess, which was christened by the Archbishop of York. His Majesty dined with Princess Augusta, and at nine o'clock joined the Queen at the Noble Marquess's. The Gazette of yesterday afternoon announces that the King has been pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Colonel Charles Wade Thornton, Aide-de-Canap to his Majesty Major-General James Campbell of the Marines; and upon William Henry Poland and Chapman Marshall, Esqrs., Sheriffs of London and Middlesex. < The Court Journalstates: that Ministers now consider the passing of the proposed Reform Bill as certain. We stated on Monday week that the King had given his full assent to the measure of his Ministers, and that he-had written a letter of 11 (not 17) closely-written Pftges, for the purpose of expressing approbation of the i«teo4ed reform, while he proposed some points for the further consideration of the Ministry. His Ma- jesty was graciously pleased to allow his Ministers to make any use which, they might think fit of this his written ^sanction of their projected bill.—Times The inhabitants of Lambeth, desirous of testifying their full approbation of the plan of reform which Mi- nisters have brought forward in the House of Com- mons, determined on a general illumination, which toofcpla«e_aecordingly on Thursday last. Many houses were brilliantly lighted up with variegated lamps, and in various forms: there was also a number ofwell-de- signed transparencies. The Coburg Theatre appeared' conspicuous amongst the rest that are too numerous to- mention. Crowds of people were perambulating the streets in every quarter till a late hour, and conducted. themselves in an orderly manner. A public dinner was given on Wednesday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern to Wielopolskoi, the Polish Envoy, and other distinguished Foreigners interested in the cause of national freedom—J. C. Hobhouse, Esq. M. P. for Westminister, in the chair. There were about 150 Gentlemen present, including Mr. Hume, Mr, Guest, Mr. Buller, Mr. O'Connell, and Mr. Buck- ingham, &c, &c. It is needless to add that the utmost enthusiasm pervaded the Meeting, It has been officially intimated that the intended duty on Steam-boats will be altered, so as not to depend on the number of passengers. On Monday last four of the excise officers of Dor- chester seized and secured at Owermoigne 50 tubs of foreign brandy. They were proceeding to Dorchester Wl™ tbe.tubs in a waggon, accompanied by the carter and HI boy, when, at Wormwell Cross, about eight o clock a gang of smugglers, to the number of 40 and upwards, armed with bludgeons, made a furious attack upon them, knocked and dragged them from their aorses, disarmed them, and eventually succeeded in carrying off the tubs.—Dorset County Chronicle. r ^Ax—The first tax 0R Personal property ( whtcn is the only fair tax which could, now be laid to alleviate PWic distress in England) was levied by Henry II. (whose reign began in 1154), which amounted to two pence in the amount of every individual's net effects, after deducting the debts owing, to be verified on oath; and °J*e Penny in the pound for the four following years. This rax was afterwards raised to one tenth part of all personal property, as, in 1188, intelligence had been received that Jerusalem had been taken by the Sultan of Egypt.—On this occasion the English are said to have paid above 70,0001. and the resident Jews 60,0001.—together about 2,000,0001. sterling of modern money. In the reign of Henry III. the revenue of customs was 6,0001. per annum.—Morning Her. j I ATTORNEYS.—It has recently been made a question whether an attorney is liable to the military ballot. It seems that formerly they were exempt; but since the ser- vice may be commuted, by paying a fine or procuring a sub- stitute, it is no longer deemed personal, and therefore the exemption in this respect has ceased.—Merrifield's Law of Attornies. SAvtNGs BANKS.—According to a Parliamentary [ Return just printed, the gross amount of sums received on account of Savings Banks is,- Since their establishment in 1817.. £ 20,760,228 Amount of sums paid 5,648,338 The balance thereof is £ 15,111,890 It also states that the gross amount of interest paid and cre- dited to Savings Banks by the Commissioners for the reduc- tion of the national debt is 5,141,4101. 8s. 7d. CANDLES.—The Board of Excise has recently issued instructions to its officers to permit tallow-chandlers to make candles for storing free of duty, prior to the 10th of October, on such being deposited in storehouses, &c., under lock of the excise, and not to be sold till after that period. This regulation is similar to the one acted upon on the repeal of the beer duty, and is made, we expect, with the view of ena- α Ming the candle manufacturers to dispose of their stocks wi hand (duty paid) prior to the expiration of the Act. It will likewise enable them to commence selling at a reduction in price imrtfediately after the 10th of October. REFORM MEASURE.—It is among the remarkable coincidences of political life that Earl Grey should be the leader of Parliamentary Reform in whom the country placed its hope and confidence, not only in youth and in age—not only in Opposition and in the highest office, but as two of the most eventful periods in the history of modern Europe— namely, soon after one revolution in France, and imme- diately subsequent to another. In the interval which had elapsed between those two periods how many political pro- mises have been broken-how many pledges of public men have been forfeited—how many champions of patriotism have become recreants to honour—how many stern pre- tenders to principles have figured as apostates to their early creed upon the stage of public action, while Earl Grey pur- sues the same course, as Prime Minister, in 1831, which he advocated as the youthful reformer of 1793—thus consist- ently giving to Parliamentary Reform the ardour of his early vows, and the more reflecting support of his veteran wisdom! It was in 1793 that his Lordship—then Mr. Grey—made his first motion relative to the state of the representation. Se- veral petitions had been previously presented to the House, praying for Reform, and among them the celebrated one from the society called The Friends of the People." Mr. Grey moved that these petitions be referred to a Committee to report upon the subject to the House. Mr. Pitt, who had entered political life under the colours of Reform, and who, as the champion of that cause, had more than once in- voked the spirit of the Constitution against the practices of the boroughmongers, opposed the motion; and, by the as- sistance of the dense phalanx of mute Members, whom those very boroughmongers sent into the House, was enabled to negative it by the overwhelming majority of 282 to 41. These were the golden times of the Anti-Reform cause with a Minister of distinguished eloquence, and no less dis- tinguished apostacy, at its head, and a majority of seven to one in its favour. But "time," as Lord Bacon says, "is a great innovator," and the rotten boroughs, which were them- selves but innovators upon the Constitution, are about to experience some of the mighty changes which that power that measureth the duration of all things human can effect. It was in 1797 that Mr. Grey again brought forward the subject of Parliamentary Reform, and submitted a plan to the House, which was not exactly the same as his present measure, though it in some respects resembles it. He pro'" posed that the number of county Members should be in- creased by twenty, one Member to be added to the larger counties in proportion to their population—that the counties should be divided into districts, each to return oae repre- sentative—the right of elective franchise in the districts to be extended to copyholders and leaseholders—the remain- ing four hundred to be chosen by householders--the poll to be taken throughout the kingdom at one time, and the same person not to be permitted to vote for more than one place. It was also a. part of his plan that Parliaments should be triennial. In advocating this plan, Mr. Grey drew an in- genious distinction between two principles which-are gene- rally confounded, by observing that, according to the pro- posed measure, "Members would hold their seats, not on the basis of universal suffrage, but of universal representation; for the qualification would be so fixed that no man, however mean, might not hope, by honest industry and fair exertions, to raise himself to this distinction." It was in vain that the masculine reasoning of Fox, and the splendid eloquence of Erskine, were exerted in support of this measure. The venal majority which Mr. Pitt commanded again bore down all powers of argument, and sixty-three only voted for the motion, which 258 rejected. The war which the borough- mongers had commenced for the restoration of the Bourbons, and for the benefit of the loan-jobbers, contractors, and public speculators, had then continued four years and, during that time, Government had flung away no less than 130,000,000z. of the people's money, and laid on the country to the amount of six millions and a half annual taxation. That war was continued with a few months' intermission, for eighteen years afterwards, and at the expense of which the present state of the national debt is a melancholy me- morial. A Reformed Parliament would have saved the na- tion from this prodigal purchase of "military glory" and its calamitous consequences.—Morning Herald. APPROVED MEDICINES. Sold by wiiiiatns,

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