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Kingston Chronicle (Kingston, ON1819), June 11, 1831, p. 2

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n foreign 1st and liver all inclusive with prices lists to the latest moment the first in- very ttatk pkom bvrope k ainu tit anvirns from raiam km- fvlav ok titr ruli moumrs is rrici amntkiv tkionpu k hi people in thk english kle- tions at a into hour this morning it was an nounced that tlie packet ships brm captain funk from havre ami florida capt tincknam from liverpool were below between 12 and 1 oclock our boat arrived with paris papers of may pool of may 2n current and shipping dates as all eves arc at the present directed to poland we shall in th stance glance at the intelligence from that quarter the prussian slate gazette of april 22d contains the following official ar ticle fmm the russian heart quarters april 14- field marshal count diebitsch transferr ed his headquarters on the 10th to sicdlic where the whole russian army is now united the enemy had avoided the at tacks at all points and the badness of the road continued to make rapid movements impossible and as such large masses of troops could not find sustenance in a coun try already exhausted the russian com mander judged it best to effect this union with the corps of general rozen and pah- jen this has been done and the opera tions will be now recommenced on the 14th the first division of gren adiers attacked the enemy on the left bank of the liwice and drove him to the other side with a loss of three hundred prisoners and many killed and wounded tomor row we shall be able to give more detailed accounts of the whole course of the rus sian operations much more importance seems to be at tached to this capture of three hundred po lish prisoners than such an event would be likely to inspire were they not hard pressed on the other hand wc have the following also given in the prussian gazette from warsaw april 17 on the 14th a letter was read here from the generalinchief to the governor of warsaw in which he says that in case he should have to go to a greater distance in pursuit of the enemy he shall depend on the 6rmness and bravery of the citizens of warsaw and was assured that under the conduct of general knickowiecki they would defend the city to the utmost against any hostile attack after tttis letter was read some of the principal persons addressed the citizens who declared they were ready to exert themselves to the utmost the headquar ters of the commanderinchief whicli on the 7th were still at sienneca were on the 14th at lendezejow the folish gazette reports hat the rus sian guards upon the bug are now effect ing their junction with the army of field- marshal diebitsch the papers are filled with details of the russian armies hut they go merely to prove the fact that they remain on the defensive and that all their efibrts for the subjugation of pnlind iiava uk vet proved abortive lore concentrated on ihe luth at lukrow with an advance guard reaching to stoczec to connect it with the division at dembe ihe enemy moved along parallel with the causeway by ibrecd marches upon sicd- lec and siencrs attempted to check their movemnnto when the poles approached the south side ol muchaviec they attacked ben rosen in close columns the fiht lasted till seven oclock many charges of cavalry and by the bayonet which were supported by our artillery checked the en emy and their failure forced them to retire nevertheless diebitsch foreseeing that the enemy would attempt the day folding to pass the meachawiec directed his main bo dy upon sicdlcc the poles did not accept the combat and retired upon kaluwin and serowyu ou- he governnuiil of gmrlaiul in whirh is wihiijin i mate i war and mm penpln uinur mililaiv execution thnsaiiuvnlmjit the iviinii account- ol an insurrection u i here the courier francais of april 30 com menting on a rumour that nil engagement had taken place between the russians and poles which terminated to ui a advantage of the latter bavs that it would not have been in itscirnf great consequence the despatches which speak ol it only go to con- tiiii the near approach ofn general batik it might perhaps he a matter ot regret that poland should he subjected to the risk of a single battle hut the commandcrinchici has heretofore shown so much prudence and skill that he maybe relied upon as must competent to appreciate the best means sustaining his cause the same paper says that there iskmiim the latest accounts received from bits- sulb stain i hat ihe national congios was convoked lor the first week in mav and that colonel loi remans who it will he recollected has been convicted of creating a disturbance in brussels had been senten ced to live years imprisonment and degra dation the gorman diet hive consented to prist ihe truth of the former a ft- cide the report that warsaw days will de the hands of the rossi could not have been line in iiad fallen into on the 15th house op ion thins the marquis of londond ask the noble oil grey y april 14 rry wished vhether it to was pone ihe question ol the occupation ot lux- j t intention of his majesty j euihourgfor one month with the tbmt t0 decrease the numbers of l commonsd herself shall be iiccunied hv cl inolh- that belgium hersell shall he nccupi the armsof theconfeileration if satisfaction he not then made some preparations have been made hy ihe belgians to attack the citadel of antwerp 62 1 how they meant in up ihe deficiency which th italy the affiiirs of italy are not quite tranquil- izeil for if the accounts ftm bologna be cr piece of news more distressing than that true a reaction expected bill this of a battle to wit that the cholera morbus had invaded some of the divisions of the 1 u- lish rrmy it had prevailed in the russian corps of count pahleu and been communi cated to the poles by prisoners taken in the neighborhood of scidlic and the concen tration of diebitschs forces in those envi rons will propagate it through his whole army it will probably be the same with that of the poles it is confidently said that marshal guci- seneau had received orders to enter poland with his army and that the movement had only been prevented by the insurrection in lithuania letters from warsaw according to some journal not named announced that among the prisoners taken at ignany was the those who took part in the late political prince paul son of the grand duke con- i events except such patriots as fought with stautinejand that the commanderinchief arms the j are to be punished but had demanded a court equipage to conduct n holiness has engaged that no sentence ise not to fill ir disfrarchis- g clause schedules a an would oc casion whether in faet ne retain these disfraiichismcr s0 in old bad notes to harand a u convenience the noble mar- be issued a ugh karl oner would answer qui briefly but he trusted ia the noble marquis had rc ships of his earl grey s ppfe dehvered on a former occasion to ft j would not consent to compr ne p ciple of the reform ineani but would letcovreetvy his deewalor n he had said that he would or v sidenng the number of austrian troops which have been poured in would seem a gratuitous alarm and not one arising from realdangcr it isstated that ihc number of w banishment in consequence of ptting island or f hy it as origina designed down the insurrection is very great as a n hear the noble ir- liaa sia measure of precaution lest the rcactmn should be attempted the austrian troops are concentrating themselves along the po baron geppert passed that river on the 18th a conspiracy had been detected in turin the object of which was to place the crown of piedtaont or the head of the dulce of modena by a military insurrection we hear from rome that the count de st aulairc has obtained from the holy fa ther the promise of a general amnesty for he cot rid of by means of it he had hiin- sell witnessed a contested election in a great rotten borough for so ho would denomin ate liverpool and place hat the head of all the rest and although for many months afterwards the candidates had no notion of any corrupt or undue practices the rosta of the election amounted to upwards of amo- 000 he had been told that three lime 40001 would not be sufficient to pay ihe expenses of the last election that had eraced the town lmtii states dis- 110111 ihe oswcgq ia i of liverpool he hoped ihe last in every sense of ihe woid fur if litis bill were lorn to shivers another and a local bill would he necessary to deprive parlies of a franchise which they had abus ed he begged the noble lord to reflect on what he had said in the course of his speech when he inquired who were the noble earls all iidse ot es i did the noble lord mean to judge oi ihc principle of the measure by this mle of perverted adage and broken by this nonsense rather than charity a prisoner whom he says in his despatch es they will he much surprised to see enter warsaw they were lost in conjecture in the capital as to the name of this person age genfnat mveiirvickt in volhyma general dwernicki whom the german journals have 80 often announced as lost with his whole corns was surrounded by the russian generals de witt keutz and ruiger though neither of them dareattack him and whom the field marshal menaced of death shall be executed portugal it appears that the subjects of england as well as those of france have suffered from the despotic government of don mi guel and that he has returned the same an swer tfcto remonstrances of the british con sul that he did to the french consul viz that be would not enter into anydiplomntic explanations with a consul who is appoint- ed only for commercial purposes asu- to destroy in each of his reports has enter- rances are ivcn on lhe bst aul that edolh ma after having passed the bug h rf of war whjch havc ne from near krylow on the night of the 10th and 11th current the o licer kaczkowski who brought us this news left him on the 16th at horo- it succeeded or he had bow- aiation to thus chaw at the moment when his columns took the direction of jjuhiio and krzemien- iec our general met at chorachow re cruits from volhyiiia which the russians were leading in chains he asked what was the crime for which they were enchain ed they replied that they had committ ed no crime but that they were leading them in this way to join the army ask tliesebrauc fellows rejoined general dwer nicki pointing to our men and learn from them if a single one of them has been treat ed in so cruel a manner they will reply that all of them have hastened freely and full of ardour to the defence of their com mon country and on the order ol the gen eral our lancers and our chasseurs broke the chains which allordcdan aflecting spec- tael knlbracr each other then said the mo m 1 11 ni quis wiiii hi uvciy hicpainvu l crowd the ranksof ourbravc men for the last half century our brethren of samogitia ofvolhyniaof podoliaandofthe ukraine have groaned under the weight of sci viludc and of a hostile occupation nineteen ion years have passed since the inhabitants be yond the bug have seen for once the polish lance dwernicki showed them again our victorious phalanxes bearing the standard of liberty second heport from pwettnicki scarcely had dwernicki passed the bug when his first steps on that polish soil were england with sealed orders have instruc tions to demand instant redress and if not granted to blockade lisbon forthwith the address ot the french consul to his countrymen in lisbon previous to taking his departure published in the paris pa pers he states that being directed by his government to insist on full satisfaction for the tidignitics offered to the principle of the bid nov progress in the other house of parliament and for lhe satisfaction of the noble rqus jwjw then repeat his declaration tha he would not consent for himself or mjfts abandon a single principle ff but would stand or fall by it as otherwise cheers whei ever expressed his delcrm stand or fall by the reform u he bad also explicitly stated that it was m principle of that bill which he would nf for a moment consent to compromise fr k was not pre sumptuous enough to imafic that there might not be defects of deta susceptible of improvement the karl of carnarvon 1 j afler careful cxaminalion of the bill he could not but look upon it as the most unprinci pled measure that he had ver heard of and by the term unprincipled meant destitute of any fixed ffwi was a measure which had ideftuj been got up inahuiry by the prent ministry their friends had made foolish speeches to their constituents out of door and to make good those extravagant speeches ministers had brought in a measure qufte as extrava gant he was certain that thf bill was nol the prodsction of his noble end at the head of the government it hre no mark of his maslerhandit displayed no trace ot his genius of his talent or m his experi ence the bill confiscated vsled rights by wholealechearheaoanj sacrificed to b rance he had ere theory privileges that hid long exwt- egorical answer in atl c 0 the conmunity he been unable to obtain a categor from viscount santarem and was therefore w his noble friend at tie head of the about to leave the country he tendered g would consider lefore he pro- tbemthe means of doing so in ships which i ce f with this billwho were the woulj be at his disposition from the 17th lo alics w 6u him in i- his noble friend knew enough of the nptives of men lhe causes wwoa had indu- the hh of april most of ihcm intended lo accept the oiler the miguelists pre tended that the consul being only a com mercial agent had no right to demand repa ration for injuria nol connected with com merce and that he was not accredited hy miguel the latter was mot affronted by bavins only the title of prince regent giv to be aware of r ced so many discordant j approbation of his bill agnations of the country all sons were arrayed in support of was great britain the elections of a new parliament were paro6 to unite in all the violent 5 covert trea- rx i he himself a friend to moderate reform iuui mauncn iteiormers i nc borough ot marked with success on hthnsthvcpla j southvark has returned two staunch re- oonsoi he 2d regiment ot lancers and of former the antireformers see that it the fourth horse uasseurs composing a is hopeless tocoulend with the forcearrav- dart ot liixcorns ruriiiiiilirl imd i i part of his corps encountered near povvck the whole regiment of dragoons of charge poloki which enjoys a high reputation and be believed that in the present state of the earl ol carnarvon anttwmapsi bristol spoke as follows my noble friend and he right reverend prelate both state they are reformers and that ihey will proceeding with great spirit in england n sla u for acknowledged abuses and tlie friends of reform wore carrying ev- 1 0n p to us says the right reverend ery thing before them the appeal to the palate echoing ihe words of my noble people it is believed will enable the mm- friend only prove to us that these things istry to triumph over all opposition are abuses and we will be among the first lo the morning chronicle of the 30th says i lo them off is xx lnen in lhe pmion of tlie antikclbrmers are in every pop- m noble friend whe advertises himself as ular place driven in a moment from the i a reformer in one of the most anti reform field the city of london has returned speeches that i ever heard in the whole four staunch reformers the borough of course of my life and whose advertisement contains as correct an account of his reform ing propensities as the advertisements in the irray- 1 daily journals do of the wares advertised by ed against them the force of a united pco- tn for saleis it in the eye of such a re- plo former as rny noble friend no abuse that lhe the atlasofsundav may 1st states that most populous the most opulent the most as far a the elections have gone the minis- j enterprising and the most intelligent cities moff will establish himself at wenguon sp 20 carb am w gen uminsky had retired upon iullusk ji2skss i d p andgensachenwasorderedowatchhim v v u n s2 sss fi gen sierawski had passed on the blh lo v rc the left side of the vistula with 6000 men wc j 1 lhe w luw gen- kudigor having learned that dwer- our hands the nicki had passed the bug between the la- tonick and urcilug had concentrated forces to attack him gen kreutz had received orders to follow him and gen deringdoll to corps of jurainski who had placed liimselt upon the right ol the lie wick in front ot lew have obtained a clear majority of twen- j this empire should be whollj unrepresent ty r i ed whilst the mouldering mounds of old we jve received the s9th number of the suram and lhe barren walls of midhurst lour i are iiloi as tallows quarterly review its contents each seud two members to parliament uuows 1- beecheys voyagetothel oh bul then says he if your plan had pacific and ueerinss straits 2 mallhus been confined to thai birminghamand man- and sailer on population and emigration capt halls sketches of sea life 4 licw and had established a tetc de portt- the russians overlhrew the enemy and even made themselves masters of the work they had already taken many cannon when a mass of polish cavalry forced them them lo abandon their booty and to fall back upon the infantry whicli sustained and repulsed all attacks we have taken fiom 3 to 401 prisoners the killed must have been numerous on the side of i ho cue i k irench revolution conspiration do ba- buef the west india question 6 and 7 reform j parliament the ftutchess of wellington died on the 21th of april thejiy of london wassplendidlv illum inated the night of april 27lh in honor 1ated from headquarters ot jey chrcjow i xsiz alusryn 1 th of april at two oclock i arnamuii signed serzyneck1 attack was so unexpected and at the same time so impetuous that we had only one man wounded whoso name is captain za- ewski general dwernicki lias already taken possession of the baggage and t ram- in y france the french papers arc full of comments on the events in england the king has issued an ordonnance declaring that all members of the national guards undci sen tence passed previous to lhe law of march shall he released therefrom that all tbe london papers of the 28th publish ed the fallowing paragraph from the con- wluliohful of the preceding day it i rumored that a courier arri v ivcd ves- lertmy i germany with the news that hehci of the vistula after battle f thrco days fou league f j a terrible ys fought only seven e fnuiliers between russia iiidant land in which tl i and gorman papers on the resent llie polish forces as di- r and exhausted in ener daily ie add vigo tana 1 we are u imipe by past plctulc liiuat be tdlse chester might havc been permitted to return members to he house of commons be it so bul then is it no abuse mind i am addressing myself all this time to a sincere thorough going reformer for euch my noble friend professes himself to be is it no abuse i ask in tbe eyes of my noble friend lhat the power of giving laws to a great empire with millions of subjects at bme and tens of millions of subjects abroad the power of giving laws lo this great and intelligent country and of all but giving laws as my noble friend said through tus country lo all the world besides is it no abuse 1 say lhat lhe power of making suth laws should be vested as property in private individuals is it no abuse in his eyes tbat the power should be given not by lhe choice of tbe people but according to the caprice incli nation or good will of a peer or other pow erful patron is it no abue in his eyes lhat his power should be set up to auction in our public marts that it should be sold a notoriously as the beasts in smitbfield that it should be let for a term of years like a stall or a stable and that it should be os openly treated as an article of trafie that when a question arose as i stated the other night regarding he prompt the payment of discount was defrayed dot in money but in returning a member i sreak from own knowledge to the parliament sembled in my mind ii i rinuctiidi0 rt ihc me en isutu abas aud anomalies would in future sense did he wish lo pass a condemnation upon lhe bill 1 lie had yet to learn lhat a measure recommended by its principle a measure which went to restore not lo de stroyto improve not impair was to be at once abandoned because it happened to enjoy this additional quality recommenda tion he did not call it that it had been hon estly and sincerely greeted with he appro bation of a large body of our fellow sub iecls still he did not call upon the legis lature to adopt the measure merely because it happened to be consistent with the pop ular voice but he wan persuaded thai by yielding to the prejudices of the noble lord they would bring the security of the coun try the kings peace and the whole frame of society from cornwall to sutherland and not only england but ireland into a state of jeopardy which he prayed heaven that the longest liver might not see he did not wish to use the language of threats but he recollected that the great chatham when addressing their more severe ances tors within those walls had buffered the lightning of his eloquence to smile the ene mies of reform menacing them with the dangers that must attend an attempt to wrtftcwjflj cftc pevfivls nefcasv siodiwm- membered that that was deemed no insult to those who heard hut an honor to lhe boldness of him who uttered lhe denuncia tion for his own part all that he ventur ed in this latter day of eloquence and pow- ei and speaking in his far humbler charac ter to call upon their lordships to believe was this that the thunders of heaven were sometimes heard to roll in the voice of a united people london 27th april melancholy death of lord and la dy walsingham yesterday morning at half past two o clock the inhabitants and neighborhood of harleystreet portlandplace were thrown into lhe utmost confusion and alarm by a volume of fire suddenly bursting forth from the front second floor windows of he exten sive mansion of lord walsingham no 55 harleystreet the police on duty imme diately alarmed the inhabitants and infor mation of the fire w3s communicated to lhe police stationhouse the flames in less than five minutes raged in the most violent whnnftanth mans lady from the rapidity of the de vouring element there was nj alternative left but for her to leap out of her bedroom window on to the leads which were ov the kitchen a very considerable height in so doing we are sorry to state lhat lief ladyship has by her fall broken both her thighs both legs and fractured her skull in a most dreadful manner large quantities of mood remaining on lhe leads from the un fortunate sufferer she was by the assist ance of some of her domestics put into the bed of the coachman over the stables in harley mews and surgical assistance was with all possible speed procured but not the slightest hope can possibly be entertain ed for her recovery in short a speedy end to her dreadful sufferings must be a great re lief to her friends the fire was extinguished about six o clock further particulars- a correspondent has informed us that la dy walsingham died in a very short lime afler the accident lord walsingham was 54 years of age we believe there are no children the remains of lord walsingham have been found literally burnt to a cinder an inquest was held on the body yesterday verdicts that the death of the deceased were caused accidentally and by mufortune lady walsingham was a miss gosling before she waa married to his lordship and was the sister of lord boston her lady ship bore a most excellent character for amiability archdeacon de grey the bro ther inlaw of the deceased is now lord walsingham idiom tlliroiimic strain boat crar uritnhi this new and splendid boat entered our harbour on saturday morning last and most of our citizens had on opportunity of witnessing her spacious accommodations she has heed said to be the largest steamboat in america and we feel ourselves warranted iu saying lhat she is unsurpassed bj any on our waters for strength spaciousness and covenience her cabins are large airy and handsomely furnished she is rated ae 030 tons burthen and is propelled by two cuines of 80 horse power each our spirited corporation gave the cap- lain of lhe great britain an invitation tu a public dinner which he politely declined we have been favoured with tbe following correspendence between the president of the corporation and capt whitney on the subject osicego may 23 1831 sir the corporation of the village of oswego lake pleasure in manifesting their owo feel- inns as well as the feelings of the citizens ofthis village geoerally by assuring you of iho gratification they derive from the ap- poa ranee of ihe magnificent steamboat great britain in our harbour as a small testimony of our satisfaction at your arri val and respect for you personally we have the honor to invite you to a public diouer at the wetland house this afternoon at four oclock we take this occasion to express our con viction that the measures of our respective goveruiueots will soon bo officially aooouq- ced to authorize your free entry and depar ture aod that the time is not distaut when we will see you arrive hero from choice aod not from necessity 1 have the honor to subscribe myself lu behalf of lhe corporation and iellowciiizeos your obedient servant fjw4rn rokivpov president oftht v iltuge of oswego to joseph whitney esq master of the steam- boat g britain reply on board the british steamboat great britain oswrgo harbour 28th may 1831 sir i have the honor to ackonwlcdge the re ceipt of your kind letter io behalf of the corporation aod citizens of osnego invi ting metodiuner this aflernooo 1 regret that it is not in my power to avail myself of the pleasure of dining with you consist ently with my other duties the circum stances which induced me to call at this place have unavoidably occasioned a delay which demands my speedy departure when the arrangements betweeo our respective governmcots to which you al lude shall have been consumated it will certainly nfford me much pleasure as 1 be lieve it will be for tbe interest of the owoer of the steamboat under my command io slop here regularly be assured that 1 experience the most lively pleasure io acknowledging he olili- tratinns i fool under in von tbe corporation steamer grtat britain osicego harbour may 28 1631 mr carpenter i cauuot leave this port without tender- my most respectful acknowledgement for ihe polite manner iu which 1 have leeo treated by my old friend and iuhabiiauts of the village generally i feel grateful for the expressions of kindness and good feel ings so liberally offered to mo aod without wishing io make any distinction i trust i shall be excused f acknowledging he obligations of lhe proprietors of the boat as well as my owo to mr mcnair to whose exertions i was indebted for a supply of wood within ihe lime allowed me by the collector for rcmaioiog io port joseph whitney capt mg the copartnership between the undersigned under the firm of john mcpherson co is this day by mutual consent dissolved the subscrib ers are severally authorised to settle the affairs of the late copartnership all per sons having demands are requested to present ihem at their office at prescoll signed john aicpherson alexr mcmillan samuel crane prescott 12th january 1031 new forwarding establish ment the subscribers beg leave to in form the merchants of upper canada and the public in general that they have entered into copartnership niy now as- small rsc- fcus lo aay that mr hunt the popular feeling with respect to mr hunt has changed with a vengeance instead of being received by shouting crowds having his horses taken from his carriage and being hailed as a pat riot wherever he appearn he is now hooted and pelted in london and has been burn t good in etrlgv at manchester on lhe far fame field of peterloo and even his blacking t repudiated by its late consumers as beiti less black than he misconduct of its kef ma- the opening of the navigation with durham boats and bateaux manned with experienced masters and conduc tors to transport any produce or mer chandize that they may be favored with on as favorable terms as lhat of any res pectable house in upper canada the business al prescott and ogdensburgh will be carried on at the old stands for merly occupied by the late firm of john mcpherson co alex mcmillan khgv8 mcponel matthias link i 1

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