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POKTKV.
TWENTY YEARsT
BY THOMAS HAYNES RAYLY.
They toll me twenty years are past
Sine'e I have look’d upon thee last,
And thought thee tairest of the fair,
With thy sylpli-like form and light-brown
hair!
I can remember every word
That from those smiling lips I heard;
Oh! how little it appears
Like the. lapse of twenty years I
Thou art changed ! in thee I find
Beauty of another kind;
Those rich curls lie on thy brow
In a darker cluster now.
And the sylph hath given place
To the matron’s form of grace :
Yet how little it appears
Like the lapse of twenty years!
Still thy cheek is round and fair;
’Mid thy curls not one grey hair;
Notone lurking sorrow lies
In the lustre of those eyes:
Thou hast felt, since last we met,
No affliction, no regret I
Wonderful! to shed no tears
In the lapse of twenty years!
But what means that changing brow 1
Tears are in those dark eyes now’ I
Have my rash, incautious words
Waken’d Feeling's slumbering chords?
Wherefore dost thou bid me look
At yon dark-bound journal-book?—
There the register appears
Os the lapse of twenty years !
Thou hast been a happy bride,
Kneeling by a lover's side ;
And unclouded was thy life,
As his loved nnd loving wife:
Thou hast worn the garb of gloom,
Kneelinghy that husbnnd's tomb;
Thou hast wept a widow’s tears
In the lapse of twenty years !
Oh I I see my error now.
To suppose, in check and brow,
Strangers may presume ts find
Treasured secrets of the mind:
There fond Memory still will keep
Her vigil, when she items to sleep;
Though composure re-appears
In the lupse of twenty years 1
Where’s the hope that can abate
The grief of hearts thus desolate?
That can Youth’s keenest pangs assuage,
And mitigate the gloom of Age?
Religion bids the tempest cease,
And leads her to a port ot peace;
And on, the lonely pilot steers
Thronsrlithe lapse of future years!
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Poughkeepsie Telegraph.
LOVE STORIES.
Every age lias been marked with
some peculiar characteristic, from which
it has taken a distinguished name; as
for instance— ‘ The age of superstition’
—‘The age of chivalry’—‘The age of
discovery,’ &.<*.. &.c. The one in which
we live, lias been so remarkably favored
by wonderful achievements and a varie
ty of strange doings, that it is a matter
of infinite speculation, what character
or title it will tako among posterity.—
Some say ‘ the enlightened era,’ others
the • birth day of freedom.’ or ‘ the age
of inventions,’ such as steam engines,
nnd patent churn dashers. For my
part, l have not the slightest doubt that
it will be denominated ‘ The age of love
stories.’
The world is full of them. The pi es
labors constantly in their lnrth, and
breaths unremitted sighs of ‘ love, still
love,’ while those pretty little etioids.
called printers’ devils, heir them forth
npon ever? breeze. The swarms of
novels, magazines, journals, periodicals,
and newspapers, are so plastered with
this delicious honey, that you cannot
touch a single leaf without soiling your
fingers. Every page, every column, is
crowded with melting words, burning
kisses, and angelic forms. ’Tis danger
ous. absolutely dangerous to read them
—the heart is in jeopardv—it must dis
solve beneath their influence—human
nature cantto* stand it. Oh ye ! whom
men call our forefathers; ye who ’went
a courting’ by stealth, and made love in
silence—could your blessed spirits de
scend among ns—would they grieve
over our backslidings from their exam
ples, or would they exalt their voices
and exclaim. 1 the milleniiim of love is
come, embrace all ye children of the
earth.’
But to he seriou*. Is it not am- ste
ry, thnt ina day of light and extended
intelligence like the present, people of
education and common sense should
take delight in such things ? VV'liat are
these love stories which lolks are so fond
of writing, printing and applauding, and
which are read with avidity by the young
and old ? What do they contain ?
Truth—instruction —moral influence ?
—Alas! neither. They contain noth
ing hut love—and such love, ’lit enough
to make a dog sick.
Can it be possible that sensible mor
tals do behave as these delectable stories
tell us ? 1 have seen some strange
things in this world, some very strange
—but never a swain die of despair, or a
maiden of a broken heart. And I have
been through a respectable number of
love passages in the course of my life—
but as I hope to be saved, I never yet
mado a regular sentimental speech, or
had a damsel faint away in my arms.
Upon my soul, I wish I could come
across one of these everlastingly devo
ted creatures, who live on sighs and
sentiment, and who would sit all day
with Iter head resting on her hand, to
muse upon my perfection* (!) and lay
awake all night to pray for me; and go
into an interesting swoon whenever I
•aid 4 good bye.’
How pleasant it must be!
But the truth is, such specimens of
sensibility do not exist. This is a plain
matter-of-fact world—full of unpleasant
truths and stern realities. In our leisure
hours we make love to some agreeable
female, who happens to mov# in the
narrow circle of our acquaintance, in
sober prose. She goes into no ecstsciet
an our account—she it made up of hu
man weaknesses like ourselves ; and has
thoughts, and feelings, and cares, which
are not of ns, to engage her attention.
In due course of time, we get married,
at all honest Christians should, and then
go to keepiiw house, as economically as
wa can ; and in this—the happiest state
nl our existence—** have embarrassing
duties to perform, hud harrussing uisa- 1
greements to vex us, as in every oilier.
And this—this is the romance of life !
Yon may work it up into scenes and ad
ventures, extatic. meetings, anti heart
rending farewells as much as you please.
You may make Wilhelminas, Georgi
-1 anas, Delptienes, and Angelicas of the
women, and FitzGeralds, Fitz Georges,
St. Clairs, and De Veres of the men.—
Yon may fit them up in Spanish cloaks
of English epaulettes, or French frills
—but in vain—all—all must resolve it
self into this !—Your best scenes will be
but moonlight walks; your most won
derful adventures, a few overturns in a
snow bank; your meetings will only be
gladdened with a smile ; and your part
ings, by, perchance, a tear. Your Wil
helminas will be weak, yom Georgianas
vain, and your Angelicas ignorant and
earthly minded. Your Fitz-heroes will
he fickle, base born and profligate; and
the less is said of them the better,
Reader, if you are possessed of a pro
portionate share of this world’s credulity,
I pity you.—What monstrous lies you
must have swallowed—eh ?
There is a spirit of untruth abroad.—
It is perverting every taste ; it is engen
dering errors in every class of society
It whispers to the little maiden, who sits
patting the carpet with her delicate foot,
scarcely knowing whether she has a
heart or a gizzard, and melting at her
own sighs—tales of fidicious love, ns
foolish as they are false. To the eager
and blushing hoy, it tells of female per
fections he will never meet, of angels he
may never behold, and of adoration he
shall never feel. In the parent’s ima
gination it creates a beau ideal, which
will make it loathe the child entitled to
its a fifed ion, howtffer it tnay inherit the
failings of human nature. And in the
bosom of that child beget contempt for
the worldly rnindedness of the parent it
should revere and honor. To all it
breathes oe-.ltes which are unnatural,
and raises hopes which cannot be realiz
ed.
And it is to keep alive this deleterious
spirit, that time is sacrificed, talents
prostituted, and paper squandered by
thousands. Oh! is it not to he lament
ed, that those gifted with what might he
made to benefit their fellow creatures,
should tints employ themselves. Oh !
that tiie poet and the painter, the dis
cerning and enlightened, would conde
scend to look upon the things around
them ; view nature and life as they arc ;
be content with the one as God has
made it. and the other as they find it.—
What radiance might not the light of
their minds shed upon the darkest
scenes? What music might not their
voice make in the discord of petty strife
and mad commotion around them?
Surely their ingeniousness might devise
something to alleviate the oppressed,
cheer the wretched, and liberate the
slave ? Is there not really misery enough
in the world to attract their attention,
and prevent the necessity of seeking it
in that of fancy ? In the mechanical
arts and sciences are we so perfect, that
they are neglected ? Are all so well ed
ucated, that those who arc capable of
instructing, are idle ? Is society so well
constituted, as to admit of no improve
ments ? Are there no vices to lash—no
errors to correct—no frauds, no imposi
tions to delect and punish? And shall
they who are competent to the task of
reformation, amuse themselves with
gaudy fictions, while naked facts are
staring them in the face from every
qinri.fr?
Moralist I Jay it is the duty of us all,
to Arid something to the sum of human
happiness. Ilow many neglect this du
ty. Nay. how many not merely neg
ket it but labor life, by creating imagi
nary ills to vex the spirit in addition to
those which really exist.
What myriads of bright eves and sen
sitive hearts have wept over the misfor
tunes of a Rossaiind, or the sorrows of
a Werter, which were never felt? and
grieved at the endless perplexities o( a
Mortimer, and suffered iu the hard trials
of Amanda, that have never lived ?
Nor is this all. These love mongers
raise up whimsical notions of felicity
which can never be attained-cause us
to be dissatisfied with life as it is; and
keep us perpetually longing for a state
of being, incompatible with our present
situation, however lortunaie it may be.
They make folks act and think, nnd
speak and feel, as they do not, and as
nature never intended they should
They make tenderness of heart and per
fection of character, the universal attri
bute* of beauty of person ; and mural
depravity and baseness, the everlasting
attendants of an ugly face, and deform
ed frgire. This is not fair, to say the
least of it.
I hope I have not judged of these
things with a prejudiced mind, or from
an ignorance of their tendency. I have
read much of them, and can speak from
personal knowledge as well as from ob
servation nnd hearsay. And I can safe
ly declare in the truth ol experience—
their inAuence ir bad. Few arise from
then perusal, without being struck with
the poverty and meanness of the things
around them, when contrasted with the
images of fancy they have been contem
plating ; and feeling discontented with
the circumstances in which an all wise
Providence lias seen fit to place them, or
thinking less of their friends, their kin
dred,or perhaps themselve. They have
bean reading of courts and castles—
wealth, splendor, and delight; of gen
tlemen in armor, of ladies in diamundt,
and of beauties iu brocade ; without re
flecting that the heart beat as faintly,
the blood flowed sluggishly, and the
tneatr passions of human nature crouch
ed a* abjectly beneath such an apparel,
us beneath the plainest broadcloth, or
the coarsest homespun. They have
been contemplating youths who are all
honor, generosity, and truth; and fe
males all loveliness, all sincerity and de
votion—for whom, iu real life, they can
find no compare—hound together in
heart by love es ideal a* the dream of
last night, or the hope of yesterday.
I beg that I may be understood. 1
am lint one of those crabbed, cynical be
ings, who imagine all lovelo he a phan
tasy, and all women a cheat. I believe
there are many high-sotiled, pure heart
ed women, who are hut too worthy of
all the affection and tenderness a man
can bestow upon them. And 1 believe |
there is love, holy, and unchangeable
love, In this world which time cannot
conquer, or fate bend.
Bit inch love is not written. Nor is
it tc he for*trd where writer* teak it. Jt
Joe: not dwell in drawing rooms and
hand boxes : nor in the bosom of a four
teen year old miss, or unbearded boy.
It basks not exclusively in the sunshine
of wealth, beneath the fig-tree of luxury;
nor is it always enveloped in a form of
beauty. Rather seek it on the bleak
hill sides, and in the secluded caverns
of the world, where the winds of adver
sity blow, or the serpents of persecution
and contumely hiss; for it is in such
scenes that its strength is required, and
its enduring nature proved. And it far
better loves the clean health ami cheer
ful fireside of domestic life—its birth
place and its sanctuary—than the noisy
fete, the rich banquet, or the splendid
assembly.
Love is n quiet spirit. It works in si
lence and retirement; its strongest
spells are those least seen ; and its deep
est fountains generally the stillest.
It is the affectation, pomp, parade,
and talk of love, that I object to. Na
ture has given us all feelings which
need no nourishment in the shape of
Love Stories to keep alive. At a prop
er time and in a proper manner, these
feelings will exert a suitable power over
us. Would we let our hearts alone, in
stead of fancying love, we should feel it.
But I am wasting my paper and the
reader's patience.—• Ohe jam satis !’
A teacher one day endeavouring to
make a pupil understand the nature and
application of a passive verb, said to him
“a passive verb expresses the nature or
receiving of an action, as Peter is beat
en : now what did Peter do?” The
numbskull paused a moment, and
scratching his head, hy way of aiding
thought with the gravest countenance
imaginable, replied, “ Well, I don’t
know, without lie hollortd /”
FOREIGN.
CHEERING NEWS FROM POLAND.
The Eastern Mail of this morning
brings us most gratifying intelligence
from the seat of war, if it can he relied
on. W see no reason to question its
authenticity, though some abatement
ought to be made for probable exagera
tion.—Journal of Commerce.
From the Ronton Transcript.
LATEST FROM LONDON.
The brig Ncreus arrived this afternoon
from London, bringing dates to the
evening ol the 3d June. Messrs. Top
liff has loaned us the latest papers recei
ved by them.
Continued surcess of the Poles. —The
London Star of the evening of the 3d
of June says, •* The brave Polish Com
mander has completely out-manoeuvred
the Russians. While a Polish corps
was amusing them at Minsk, Skryznec
ki untied all the corps on his left, cros
sed the Rug, and taking Ostrolenka by
assault, has proceeded to Lomza, defeat
ed the Russian Guards at Tychosin, and
in fact occupied the whole country be
tween the Bug and Narew.”
Accounts from Warsaw of the 25th,
left Dieoitsch at Zocolow, apparently in
route ‘or Ostrolenka, or for Rielsk or
Hialyetock, with no resource but to throw
himself on the protection of Prussia, as
Dwernicki threw himself on the pro
tection of the Austrians, lie has, how
ever, to cross the Bug and Narew, with
Polish troops on every side of him.
By this masterly movement, the Po
lish General has placed himself in con
tact with the Samogitians, Lithuanians,
ar.cl other revolted districts, hy w hose
population his army will be indefinitely
augmented, so as to leave to Diehitsch
no prospect of escape, but within the
Prussian frontitis. The foreign jour
nals assert lie will endeavor to tench
Thorne, in Piussiaj; hut we expect he
will seek to cross the Rossokn, and
•avail hiiirelf of the shelter ol its vast
forests.
The march of Schrymsc.! i* with
out parallel m modern warfare. Frol”
Warsaw to Ostrolenka, was a flank
march of full eighty miles; thence to
Lomza another 30; and to Tychosin 20
mote —the last 50 being in the rear of
tiie Russian grand army. The Poles
seem also to have gained advantages in
a repulse the Russians at Minsk; and
litis, with the new position of Skrvz
necki, no doubt forced Diehitsch to re
treat to Zoclow, near the lower Bug.
The ranks of the Warsovians have al
so been recruited hy volunteers from
Prussian and Austrian Poland ; and the
w hole campaign resembles a war of chi
valry, in which the enlightened enter
prize of Europe is directed individually
against the further encroachments of the
barbarous Muscovites, Tartats and Si
berians.
We have just learnt (says the London
Globe, under date June 2d, three o’-
clock, P. M .) that a report is general in
the city of a Russian defeat by the Poles
and that the Imperial Guards had been
cut ;o pieces. It is said to rest on let
ters from Rerlio. It is certainly very
prevalent.
The Morning Star of the 3d says,
that the above reports probably alluded
to the overthrow of the Guards at Ty
chosin, who were taken bv surprise.
A private letter from Warsaw, dated
18th. says. Since last Thursday the
two armies are in full movement. Gen.
Diehitsch has made a manreuvre with
the principal part of his army, in the
direction of the Bug and Narew, with
a manifest intention to get into the Wa* 1
nodie of Plock, to gain the Prussian
frontier*. The motive of this change
of position is not difficult to bo under
stood, as the Russian General finds it
difficult to receive his convoys from
Russian Poland, and he now wants to
gain the Prussian frontiers, to be in com
munication with Thorn, where he has a
considerable magazine of provisions
and atnunilion waiting for his approach.
Gen. Hkrzynerki has also made a
flank movement; on Friday morning
his head quarters were at Milosna, iu the
afternoon at Jablona, and on Saturday
at djerock; his main army wa* in the
direction of Pultusk; three hundred
Polish officers I ave received orders to
proceed to Lithuania, to organize the
insurrection there. We have this mo
ment a report, that in the environs of
Gstrolenku the Imperial R nssian Guard
have experienced anew check. Gen.
Umioskt commands in that quarter.
The Messager de Pulagnr, a Warsaw
paper, of the 41st May, announces that
Gen. Rkryznecki had taken Ostrolenka
on the I Bill, where he obtained a large
sum of money, the baggage of the en
emy, and 1700 prisoners. The object
of Bkryinecki in advancing to Ostro
lenka, is supposed to have br.eu m get
between the Russians and their supplies.
From the Morning Chronicle.
Pams, May *B, 1831.
Sin—Yesterday 1 passed two hours
at tlm Bourse. 1 conversed with men
ol all parties, and of all nations. \N c
talked wholly on politics, and without
attempting to give you a narration of all
that passed,! will content myself hy sup
plying you with the substance.
The first individual I met on entering,
was a French landed proprietor Irom
the Department of Seine et Oise.—
Though licit, he is intelligent, patriotic
and humane. He is very much beloved
hy hiv acquaintances—adored in his
family—and respected by his neighbors.
He has a respectable chateau, and at
tached to it about 700 or 800 arpens of
land. He is fondof leading—is a man
of considerable information —is verging
on fifty years of age, and has something
to lose hy anarchy, and something to
preserve and love. He is a married
man, is a good husband, and has a large
family of amiable children, and perhaps
his total fortune £O,OOO sterling per an
num. 1 tell you all this, because you
will then he able to form an idea of tiie
value of his opinion. He neither looks
for place, patronage, rank, or power :
but his chief recommendation is that he
is a thorough Frenchman. He loves
first his family, next his country, and
then the whole world. This is just as
it should be I wish we had more like
him in France’ Now, then, hear what
he says :
I began by asking him about the state
of public opinion in his Department,
and whether the Deputies to be return
ed ;u the approaching elections would
be the same as those who are already
named? lie told me, that lie thought
that Marshal Gerard would again be re
turned, and very probably Larochefou
catild, hut that as to the rest, lie expect
ed many changes. He told me, that
whilst the inhabitants of his Department
were opposed to anarchy, to riots, to
mobs, and to war, at any rate, they were
equally opposed to the present systtrn
of 1 humiliating France !’ Now mark
that, I pray you. Remember the word,
’humiliating France !’ The people are
against war at any rate, and are against
peace at any rate. They are anxious
to see France strong, respected, and
formidable, though just, moderate, and
enlighted. He told me that SI. Casi
mir Perrier had not so many partisans
among the landed proprietors as he ima
gined, and t hat his system of submitting
to any insult for the sake ol preserving
peace was anti-national, and would not
much longer be endured. I asked him
to what party he belonged ? He repli
ed, * I belong to no party—l never did
—and I never will. I wish for peare,
but for peace with honour—l wish for
liberty, but for liberty with the laws—l
wish for order; but I know that laws
must be good before they can be respec
ted.’ I asked him whether he thought
that France should leave Poland to be
sacrificed ? And he answered, Un
doubtedly not p Mark ye, this is a Ren
tier—a proprietor—a man of wealth and
family and respectability, and education,
and talents, and honor. I asked him
whether he would have France to go to
war for the independence of Poland ?
and I will tell yon his answer— 1 Our
government ought to endeavor, in con
junction w ith the Cabinet of Great Bri
tain, to obtain for Poland peace and in
dependence, without going to war at all;
but if the Emperor Nicholas shall refuse
all counsel, and obstinately persist in
his cruel project of ciushing Poland,
then, after bavin? endeavoured toexcite
Prussia to an useful mediation, and a
gnin failed, I sec no other course titan
for France to make war on Russia.'—
He followed this up by an observation
which is foil of justice and truth. * If,
Sir, France shall allow Poland to be
CruslieJ, Austria, Prussia, and Russia
will march against France, and who will
say that England will not remain neu
tral ?
I asked him whether he thought that
in France there were many landed pro
prietors and men of property who hold
the same opinions, and wiio were equal
ly distinguished for moderation and pa
triotism ? He replied as follows: ‘I
think there are a vast many more than
persons generally believe ; and il l w ere
asked to give a lound estimate of think
ing, respectable individuals, who desire
to see a more national system of policy
adopted, both at home and abroad, I
should say, wo count in France from
1.200,000 to 1,500.000.’ He said that
the war party at all hazards, was not
more disliked or dreaded than the peace
party at all hazards; and if the Journ
al rJes Dehats was more read than for
merly, it was because it was generally
considered to be the organ of Sebastiani,
and was therefore consulted for early
foreign intelligence. 1 asked him wheth
er in his Department, republicanism was
gaming ground? He replied, ‘lf it
has gained ground, it has been during
the last two months. Before then there
were hopes entertained that national
policy would be followed, and that the
Government would act on national prin
ciples. But since it has been felt that
the chief anxiety of the Government is
to preserve the Crown to lamis Philip
and Iris heirs, the desire has arisen, anti,
I believe, greatly extended, of convinc
ing the Administration that France ex
pected something better titan this from
the late events in July.’ 1 asked him
whether in his department, the majority
of thinking people were content with the
march of the Government as to the qttes
ti'uis of Belgium and Italy. He said,
• Certainly not! That as to Belgium,
the universal opinion was, that Louis
Philip had evinced much cowardice and
apprehension of offending ; and that as
l<> Italy, he never spoke to a person who
did not feel with him, that the Italians
had been most cruelly treated by the
French Government.” This was the
substance of our conversation, and it
Rives rise ‘o a thousand reflections.—
Here, isn rich man, who by war must
lose part of his wraith— most endanger
even hi* estate by the possibility of for
cigti invasion, and must give up two of
bis sons to the Conscription, and make
■niter rum mous sacrifices in cnee of war.
\ es. heie is this man ptepnred to make
all these s.ici ifices w iili rheei fulness and
satisfaction, rather than sec France!
‘ humiliated'(yes, tint's the word,)hy!
the present system of political conces
sions to absolutism and tyranny, and he
assures us that he fully believes (and lit
i no random gressc..) that in Ftar.c:
there are nearly a million and a ball ol
respectable Citizens— husbands, fathers,
masters, and rentiers—wlionie prepared
to make similar concessions, and to con
tribute by (heir purses and their blood
in the defence of a national system of
foreign policy. Think of this and then
tell me whether it will be possible for a
Casintir Perrier Administration much
longer to trifle with the public opinion
and the national will.
1 had scarcely turned from my mode
rate and patriotic friend, befoie I met
with a Royalist Merchant from Bor
deaux. Poor man, he was full of trou
ble and complaint. Nothing went well
without ‘the white flag; and he put to
me the following question, which 1
know he thought to lie a “ poser
‘ Can you believe, Sir,* said the Royal
ist, ‘that the Duke of Bordeaux, our le
gitimate Monarch, will remain all his
life an exile in a foreign land, though
innocent of any crime, and as pure as
the mountain snow! and can you be
lieve that the Governments of Russia,
Austria, Prussia, and Spain, not to say
England, will allow forever this inno
cent youth to be deprivedofthe Crown,
to which he is entitled as a rustier of
right, merely because his grandfather
signed some unpupul.tr Ordinances in
July, 1830 ? Arc you not, on the con
trary, quite sure, that in the very first
war which shall arise in Europe between
the great powers on any subject, the
cause of the Duke of Bordeaux will form
part of the vital question; and will not
Louis Philip be dethroned, and Henry
the Fifth Ire established in his place?—
Why, Sir, not to believe this would he
to betray an ignorance of history and
human nature.’ And so this was the
way my Royalist merchant went on talk
ing for about a quarter of an hour. To
convert him was impossible, and so I
simply said, ‘ But, Sir, should no war
arise in the life time of the Duke of
Bordeaux, and should he die without
male issue—what then ?’ ‘Why then
ofcomse,’ said the Royalist, * this man,
Louis Philip, would he King in his own
right, and his children after hint.’ I did
not discuss with him the question of
‘ \\ hat is the right of a Prince to reign
over a people who will not love, honor,
or obey him,’ because I knew that isl
attacked * Divine right,’ 1 should he o
hliged to talk with him half an hour,
and that wonld not suit me. So I w ish
ed him a good day, but not w ithout leav
ing him miserable, for I whispered in
his ear a second time. * Suppose the
Duke o( Boideaux should die without
ntaie issue, and before a war shall be de
clared in his favor.’ I am sure lie will
never forgive me for this, for it destroy
ed the whole of his hopes, and showed
him the weakness of his system.
I turned round, and there stood Huron
Rothschild! He had just entered the
Bourse, w ith one of his nephews on his
arm, and he was smiling and whispering
first to one, and then to the other. He
told us there was good news from Bel
gium !—that nearly ninety Deputies had
signed a proposition inviting Prince Le
opold to become King!—that the ques
tion was sure to he carried !—and that
then the lunds would go up. This was
quite enough for the jobbers, so they set
to work for five minutes, and then the
Funds rose from 65f. 75c. to 66f. sc,
and tiien Baron Rothschild left the
Bourse. He had just received his cour
ier from Brussels. He had just read the
intelligence he communicated, and the
thoughtless considered it all ‘very fine
news,’ and the Rentiers danced and
sung, 4 peace, peace!’ I laughed hear
tily at their folly, and merely observed,
* so you think this is the termination of
the Belgian Revolution !’ They all said,
*Oh yes, oh yes!’ and so I laughed on,
and went my way. And next day 1
spoke to an editor of a liberal Journal in
Paris. He had visited the Bourse for
the purpose of picking up information ;
and he asked me, 1 Shall we have peace
or war ?’ I replied, 4 What does M. Per
rier say to this question?’— * As for M.
Perrier, he says all in the Moniteur,
which scarcely any one reads, and no
one believes. Ile'tells ns that we are
to have peace, anil that all the other pa
per* are misinfoitiled—utter falsehoods
—and are not entitled to belief, but be
bail better answer me three questions,
of which the first is, what is tiie state of
our negotiations with Russia for the
cause of Poland; its independence—and
its Constitution ? 2d, Wha: is the state
of our negotiations with Austria for the
cause of Modena, Rome, and Piedmont?
and Sd, what is the slate of our nego
tiations with Pmssia, England, and the
Germanic Confederation for Belgium ?’
I told him to publish these questions in
hi* Journal, and he promised to do so.—
But it is o r little use—for Casitnir Per
rier will not reply to them.
And last of all 1 conversed with a
partisan of M. Casitnir Perier. He was
60 years of age—wa* delighted that the
funds were rising—said that the Minis
try was firm and would last-th.it he lo
ved liberty as well as any man—but
that France had too much already—and
then he began a loog tirade about the
liberty of the Pres*. He said “that
F ranee wanted an aristocracy, and that
Casitnir Perier would assure to her this
advantage; that France wanted peace,
and that it was abstrd to suppose that
because a few hundred Italians made ri
ots in the Papal Slate*, therefore, that
we were to march an army thither, and
dethrone the Pope. That as to the
Belgians they were never contented, and
oever would be, and that for his pail, il
all Belgium should be drowned, he
should not look upon it a* a great calam
ity. He said that the Revolution of Ju
ly was just, because it was inude against
illegal ordinances; and though the pun
jslimcnt inflicted by the people was per
hap*, excessive, yet it would be a lesson
to kings nut to v tot ale the laws He
said that Louis Phillip was the „ n | y
who c mid have saved France from an
archy and invasion, that if the Ftanch
were tint happy now, they never deser
ved to he, and he Imped never would
be. 1 asked him what lie thought of
an hereditary Peerage! lie said 44 1 c t
ihe existing Peerages he hereditary, and
those to be created, let them he for life.”
I asked hint if he thought the King
should have the power of creating
unl.mt.e, number of Peers; „„d he
siud, Oh certainly. Would vpii take |
away an iota ol .he Rny,| f„ rcr ?”- I
I Ins man is a great friend of Casitnir
Perncr, or I should not quote him, and
it is thus that these people understand !
the R, folUiion of Jii!v. Put one Jut
or other these men will find out tl eir
error; for France will not he'ricked mil
of the principles and the results ol that
Revolution.
As 1 descended thfe steps of the Bourse
I met three young men, arm in arm, all
adorned with the ribband of tiie Decora
tion of “ lire Cross of July, 1830.” 1
knew two of litem ; and so 1 enquired
whether they had taken the Oath of Al
legiance which M. Casitnir Perier had
required of them? “No, no,” was the
answer, “ not such fools. We owe al
legiance to France, but not to a Dynas
ty.” 1 shook rny head, and passed on.
Well, well, I thought, we did not expect
this Inst August; but I deliver! some
consolation from reflecting, that it is
never 100 late to retrace our steps; and
if Casinrir Perrier will not act w ith the
nation, why the nation will act without
Casitnir Perrier.***
Thus the system of M. Casitnir Ter
rier is opposed hy the war party—by the
moderate and reflecting patriots of
Franca, w ho will not that France should
be 41 humiliated” by the young and ar
dent pari of our population—by Re
publicans—Liberals—Constitutionalists
—Napoleonists—Cat lists, anil the Ultra
Royalists ; and no one approves of the
system hut the lovers of peace at all ha
zards. * * *
The King of the French is actively
engaged in recognizing tiie Aristocracy
of die Restoration, whilst the King of
England is occupied in dsliverittg both
himself and his people from the tram
mels of a cruel and oppressive Oligar
chy. The latter has a majority of 150
in tiie new House of Contnions! We
shall see what will he the majority of
the former in the Chamber of Depu
ties !
And now I have before me a letter
from Warsaw of the lfith May. It is
very short, and I will give you a transla
tion. 11 runs thus:—
44 Warsaw, M iv 16.
Afy Dear Friend.—la vain we have
looked lor help from France, that France
which led us into revolution, and pro
mised us her best aid. In vain do we
call to the remembrance of your cruel
Government the wrongs we have suffer
ed, and the ills we yet endure. W’e
have appealed to the delicacy, to the
honor, and to the gratitude of France,
but in vain. To England we must now
look. Bui we have no right to ask her
aid on tiie score of favours we have con
ferred, or past services w e have rendered.
We saved your country from Russian
invasion last autumn, by our revolu
tion. and, in return, we cannot even ob
tain muskets, under the seal of France,
nor remittances of money. Lord Cray
is a distinguished friend of liberty, and
he is surrounded by those who have long
fought against the policy of the Holy
Alliance, hut will they break with Rus
sia for the sake of Poland ? If not, we
must prepare for pillaged cities, mur
dered families, for crimes unheard of in
civilized countries, and for a third in
vasion. We shall again drive back
these robbers who would wrest fmm us
new liberty, hut our strength may at last
be weakness, and Poland may fall.—
Exert yourself, then, to the utmost in
this holy cause. All goes on well at
present. The Russian army does not
advance on us. The cholera morbus is
not so virulent or destructive as among
our enemies. The enthusiasm is in
creased. The confidence of our troops
in their General and in their cause is
unbounded. The defeat of Dwernicki
is discouraging, hut the revolution in
Volhynia is not compromised. We
have received a very important commu
nication from Lithuania, w hich you will
read in our journals. The decree lias
gone forth, that the rebel provinces of
our dear ancient Poland shall he united
to us. All this is encouraging, and the
fund-holder with the land-holder is pre
paring to make his sacrifices. It is a
national contest, hut how small is that
nation when opposed to Russia ? Yet to
submit would he worse than to be ex
terminated; and though Warsaw may
be destroyed, it will never be occupied
by a Russian army.”
‘1 o the French Government, then,
Poland no longer looks for assistance,
and her dreams of hope are all blighted
by the sad realities of cold neglect and
repeated refusals. To England will
she look in vain? Let Lord Grey’s
Government answer this question in the
negative, and England will he mistiess
of the world. ‘1 he people Ire all ready
to march with her, and public opinion
is all on one side. The millions are
for peace, but with honor, liberty, ami
justice. The units are for peace at all
hazards.—Yet again 1 say, England
may save Poland, and yet preserve
peace. Yout obedient servant,
O. P. Q.
[By the Nimrod, arrived at Charleston .l
BELGIUM.
The final answer of Prince Leopold
to the Belgians has nut yet been offi
cially announced, hut it i* certain that
he will only accept the Crown on the
conditions laid down by the Allies. It
is said that In the event of his refusal the
Belgians will either establish arr public
or hoist the tri-color, and throw them
selves into the arms not of the French
Government, hut of the French nation,
whic h seems sufficiently disposed to re
ceive them. It i* confidently reported
at Brussels, that the immediate occupa
tion ol the Relgic pmvincesby four se
parale corps, consisting ol English,
Prussian, German, and French troops,
has been tesolved upon; hut whatever
be the ultimate result, it j not probable
that such a determination has already
been arrived at hy the Allies.
lAvrrpool, June 18.
Parliament met on Tuesday, On the
lit4l day Mr. Mitnni-r* Hutton was, for
the six l lt time, appointed Hpeaker •
There was no opposition, and the honor
tide gentleman was complimented by
Hir Jnnir* Graham mid Hir Knbeit I’eel
Wednesday war devoted to the ustni
preliminaries, tlie iepori of whirli poa
*e*e.* no interest; and the week, ns we
*tmed in our Inst, will he consumed in
the swearing in of members. On Toes
day n***l, his Mnje.lv will deliver the
.pereli from the throne, and it is hrlieve.l
thHt he will make pmtici.lar allusion to
the treat measure of leform.
•• Menu/. June I.—Letters’ from Til
*i. meution that the Russians. „„,|e r
(.eneral S.vckm. have been cotnpletelv I
beaten, and dr.ven into Prussia: Great I
apprehensions were entertained that the I
eluiieia would It- ini.oducetl •
Piussuii in.,tu,y In (Ids co , Ikt
SI a us. A Russian Colonel ha s
at I,’auibuuioiv with lire military
I he mam body of the Russia,
retreating in all directions foil,. ‘7'”
the Poles. The insurrection „
ground, and the insurgents have | . 1111
and routed Count Palilen, and are a ,7”
at Garstin, Insurrection has hT’i"”
out in Podolia and Kiow.”
rp, „ London. J unt 1?
Ihe Hungarians have not contem
themselves with mere r epresc„ l)lt|oll , and
nelull of the Poles, but have sen, 1 ”
supplies of wine, &c. to the,,, ce
themselves paid the duly. This mm”
the Austrian Government has ri| o w i
to reach its destination. The P L,|“
I rttssia, too, sympathise keenly witl, lh
Poles; and our correspondent naniesij
dividual* ol high station who Imve ,i
nalized themselves in their behalf
This is a most important point in ~7”
tending the prospects of the Poles
The Russian army is now, thank c o( t
in a stare of great destitution im j „ r ‘
demoralization, and the difficulties win
which it has to contend are of a „ ‘
formidable character. The insurrection
has now attained consistency in n
mouse extent of country, and DieListch
has been compelled to detach a ] , r „’
portion of iiis already weakened ‘and
dispirited army to make head ag a ’j mt
the Lithuanians. To retain militar,
possession of a country ro large as Lith
uania would alone require a large arir, v ”
and, fired as the inhabitants ineliy'j
desire to avenge the recent atrocities 7 of
the Russians, the latter can only liods
to escape destruction by not dispersing
themselves. The necessity ofkeep J
open their communications and collect 0 .
it'S sup; lies in a hostile country, H ill
force them to disperse, and they’ will
inevitably he cut up iu detail. ‘ Thuv
we find already a Bulletin of Skrzynec
ki, dated the 2d of June, announcing aa
important, advantage gained bv Clila
powski, in Lithuania, which, w’e hare
no doubt, is only the forerunner of im,.
nv more.
The Warsaw papers of the hi, J une
contain a very important comnimiic;,.
tion from the General-in-Chief to th e
National Government, dated June I.
. The Field-Marshal, (he say?) tranquil
in his entrenchments between the Kor
trzyn and the Lwiviec, hardly learned
our movements, when the Imperial
Guards, driven even within the limits of
that territory (Lithuania,) pretended to
he part of the Russia Empire, opened,
way to our first column*. Gen. Clila
powski and Colonel Herakowski, wbo
commanded them have rejoined our in
sttrgent brethren—the one in the Gov
ernment of Binlystock, the other in the
Palatinate of Augustow—and, in con
junction with thern, have begun to ope
rale on the communications ol the ene
my, and *o seize the magazines tvliick
he had established in different places.-
Finally, the Field-Alarslul having ar
rived hy forced marches, and with ha
numerous battalions, in order to para
lyse otir operation, the bloody affair o[
Ostrolenka gave the corps commanded
by Gen. Gielgud the necessary time to
convey efficacious aid to Lithuania;
for an officer from General Gielgud has
this instant brought me a report, which
informs me that this General advances
in the direction which has been traced
for him, without expeiiencing the slight
est hindrance on the part of tire enemy.
The Pules have thus been more suc
cessful than they could even have anti
cipated in this grand object of organiz
ing Lithuania. The various artme* de
tached by the General-in-Chief, and the
losses in battle, necessarily weakened
(lie main army ; hut it is now as effec
tive as ever, in consequence of the ar
rival of the detachments which the Gen
eral says arrive to him from ail quarters,
to fill up the void.
Warsaw, June C. —According to
news from Volhynia, the ii>si<rcnts
have given battle to the Russians*t Hu
man, which lot tress fel. into the lianas
of the insurgents, with all the anus, am
rmmition, &c. The insurgents tvM
led on by Count Emir Mactaw Rzevn
ski, whose two sons are in the Polish ar
tillerv. It was a hard fought battle
and t £OO Russians were left dead oil tin
field; the los* of Alexander SHwrl:
who was either killed or made prisoner,
is much icgretled. The rising in tint
country will be of great consequence t*
the Russians, as the peasantry are de
termined to deteud the liberty their
musters have given them. The Greek
Clergymen have joined them, and blew
their flags; and some of them join in
the battles. The inhabitants of tl*
Ukraine remember the advantages the.’
enjoyed in the Polish limes, and ha”
sworn to assist the Poles in their struck
for liberty and imlependerce. Th
Russian’ have sent tioops in the emit’
on* of Zytomierz and Berdyezoff.°
that the insurgents have 15,000 reg"l* r
troops against them. But it is said that
danger threatens the Russians likewis*
from others, us, according to new* freer
Odessa, 2,t)t)o infantry tveie shipped t*
reinforce the fortresses on the banks <f
the Duny, as the Russians do nut “ l,!l
the ussurauces of peace. Gen. Rudigef’
w ith his corps, has entered the count',
and taken up his head-quarter* at Werb
kowice; lie has 9, non men snd thin?
pieces of cannon. The jews at K"U
hiszew and Luszezow, are assisting
Russians all they can, and lead them w
the houses of those petsous known
patriots.—The Russian army begun w
move to the tight hank of the Nare*’ -
On the B<l, a corps of 14,000 men *•
encamped at Prutuyix.
letter in (he Tisitf
PORTUGAL.
It appears that Don Miguel h* ni)l
yet made any concession to France, w 4
that the French squadron cantina** w
cruize off Lisbon, and captnre *' fl ’
vessel under the Portuguese flag w^l|lii
comes within it* reach. It issaith ,nort ’
over, that Miguel has had the (nil* lo
sue letters of M arqite against Franc 1 ’
We cordially hope that title rrp>*(
be tine, for if it lie, the downfall u *
tyrant must speedily follow . _
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