gent is hereby pleased further to declare, in the name and on the behalf of his majesty, that nothing in this present order contained, shall be understood to preclude his royal highness the Prince Regent, if circumstances shall so require, from restoring, after reasonable notice, the orders of the 7th of January, 1807, and 26th of April, 1809, or any part thereof, to their full effect, or from taking such other measures of retaliation against the enemy, as may appear to his royal highness to be just and necessary. And the right hon. the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, his majesty's principal secretaries of state, the lords commissioners of the admiralty, and the judge of the high court of admiralty, and the judges of the courts of vice-admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein, as to them may respectively appertain. JAMES BULLER. ARTICLES ENTERED INTO AT THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION or POLAND, JULY 1. (See Public Occurrences, p. 10.) Art. 1. "" The diet constitutes itself a general confederation of Poland. 2. "The general confederation of Poland, exercising in all their fulness the powers which belong to the general association of the nation, de. clares, that the kingdom of Poland, and the body of the Polish nation, are re-established. 3. "All the dietines of the dutchy shall be convoked, and shall adhere to the confederation. They shall transmit the acts to the council general of the confederation. 4. All the Poles are invited, and authorised to join the confederation, whether collectively or individually, and to communicate as speedily as possible their adhesion to the council general. 5. "All the portions of the Polish territory are invited to join the confederation in proportion as the enemy's removal shall enable them to do so. They are invited forthwith to form Dietines which shall send deputies to convey their acts of adherence to the council general. These shall become members of the diet of the general confederation. 6. "All officers, soldiers, civil and military agents, Poles by birth and inhabiting the Polish territory, unjustly retained by the Russians, are summoned to abandon the service of that power. 7. "All the military men shall be replaced under the colours of Poland; and all the civil agents may be replaced, each in a corre sponding department of the Polish administration. 8. All the ecclesiastical, civil, and military authorities shall each in his department, make known the existence, the spirit, and the object of the confederation. For this purpose, the bishops shall issue their charges; the prefects, subprefects,. and mayors, shall publish to those under their jurisdiction, all the acts relative to this confederation, and calculated to enlighten or support the spirit of the districts confided to their care. All the commandants and chiefs of corps in the army shall do the same to those under their orders. 9. All those members of the confederated diet, who do not form part of the general council, are. authorized to return to their homes, till invited anew; and the confederation expects from the zeal and patriotism of which they have just given proof, that they will employ that interval in increasing each in his sphere, the patriotic dispositions of their fellow citizens. 10. "The confederation, during its recess, delegates all the powers with which it is invested, to the council-general selected from itself, residing at Warsaw, and composed of the following members:-Stanislaus count Zamoyski, senator palatine; John Colaszewski, bishop of Wigry; Alexander Linowski, counsellor of state; Martin Badeni, counsellor of state; Antony Ostrowski, nuncio of the district of Brzeziny; Frederick Count Skorzewski, nuncio of the district of Bromberg; Joachim Owidski, nuncio of the district of Lublin; Francis Wezyk, nuncio of the district of Biala, Francis count Lubientski, deputy of the district of Skalmierz and Hebdow; Charles Skorkowski, deputy of the city of Cracow; Cajetan Kozmian, secretary of the general confederation. 11. "The number requisite to form a deliberation shall be five. 12"The secretary-general shall have a deliberative voice. 13. "All the administrative, judicial, and military authorities shall continue the exercise of their functions. 14. "A deputation shall be sent to his majesty the king of Saxony, duke of Warsaw, to request of him to accede to the general confederation of Poland. 15. "A deputation shall be sent to his majesty the emperor Napoleon, king of Italy, to present to him the acts of the confederation, and to beg of him to encircle the cradle of reviving Poland with his powerful protection. 16. "The confederation, in the face of heaven and earth, in the name of all the Poles, comes under a solemn obligation to prosecute to the end, and by all the means in their power, the accomplishment of the great work which it this day commences. 17. "The confederation declares, that, under circumstances, in which all its labours, all its wishes, tend only to the re-establishment of the country, and to the union of all its parts, it cannot regard as a true Pole, as a good citizen, whosoever shall dare to search into the past for motives of division, or accusation: in one word, whosoever shall resort to any measure calculated to plant the germs of discord in the bosom of a family, which every thing conducts towards union. 18. "The ministers are charged, each in his own department, to make known, through the medium of the journals, or otherwise, all the acts which have emanated from the confederation, or which shall be in future addressed to it." REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE OF SECRECY APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE THE NATURE OF THE RIOTS OF THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS OF ENGLAND. The committee of secrecy, to whom the copies of the information which has been received, relative to certain violent proceedings which, in defiance of the laws, have taken place, and continue to be carried on, in several counties of England, (sealed up) were referred; have, pursuant to the order of the house, examined the matters thereof; and have agreed to the following report. Your committee having examined the papers and documents referred to them, are concerned to state, that from the several sources of information therein contained, it appears that for some months past, serious and alarming disturbances, destructive to property, and highly dangerous to private safety and the public peace, have prevailed in a very extensive populous manufacturing dis trict, comprising certain parts of Lancashire, and the West Riding of Yorkshire, and certain parts of Cheshire bordering upon Lancashire. That the outrages in the above district, brought to the notice of your committee, commenced about the end of February last, and continued (though not without occasional variation and temporary abatement) to the latest period (the 23d of June) at which any information has been received. During this period, rioters in large numbers have assembled in the night-time; some of them disguised by blackened faces, some armed with guns and pistols, and others with the implements of their trade, to be used as offensive weapons, have broken into various houses, particularly those of the manufacturers who made use of shearing frames, have destroyed the machinery, sometimes plundered the inhabitants, and burnt their houses and factories, exciting and keeping up perpetual terror in the country, by threatening letters and other means of intimidation, occasionally executing their threats against proprietors and others, not only by the destruction of the property, but by firing into the houses. It appears also, that in some instances, attempts have been made on the lives of those who had been actively employed in endeavouring to suppress the tumults; and the atrocious murder of Mr. Horsfall, a very respectable manufacturer in the neighbourhood of Huddersfield, in the month of April, by four men, who fired at him with slugs in the public road, in broad day, together with the other acts of violence, caused a great and general consternation over all the district. It may be proper to add, that parties of the rioters assembled, have, in several instances, demanded and obtained money from individuals by threats and terror. Your committee do not think it necessary to describe the numerous acts of outrage that have been com mitted, conceiving it sufficient for the purposes of the report, to inform the house of the general state of the disturbed parts, without any particular detail of specific facts. The object of these lawless proceedings at the commencement of them, appears to have been the destruction of machinery: but very early in their progress, another object, still more formidable to the public security, has been developed ; large bodies of men having assembled in the night, breaking open houses, and deinanding arms with threats and violence. This practice has been actively persevered in; and though in some cases the plunder of property has accompanied both the destruction of machinery and the demanding of arms, yet it is material to observe, that in general these two objects seem exclusively to have been aimed at; and when these had been attained, every other species of property, though within their reach, has, in most instances, remained untouched. It is stated, that in the* neighbourhood of Huddersfield, all the arms have been taken; and that' in other parts the seizure of them has been considerable; and there is reason to apprehend, that the rioters have different sorts of arms concealed. It appears evident to your committee, that these outrages have not been committed from any sudden impulse of unconnected individuals, but have been the result of organized systems of unlawful violence; that language of the most mischievous nature has been used among the rioters, and a sort of military training and discipline has been established. โธ In making attacks upon houses, they sometimes appear to have been under the control of leaders, and to have acted upon signals. Rolls have been called over, distintinguishing every man, not by his name, but by a number; rockets and blue lights have been seen at night, which are stated, by the persons making the communications, to have been signals made use of by the rioters. It is also represented, that there are establishments of committees, under the name of local committees, secret committees, and executive committees; that they use signs and countersigns, to guard them against the intrusion of informers; and that they carry on their proceedings with the greatest secrecy and caution. It appears that delegates for various places have been appointed, and meetings of those delegates occasionally held; that there is a frequent communication between the several committees and towns, not through the ordinary conveyance of the post-office, but through the medium of de'egates; and that the following oath has been extensively administered: "I, A. B. of my own voluntary will, do declare, and solemnly swear, that I will never reveal to any person or persons, in any place or places under the canopy of heaven, the names of the persons who compose the secret committee, either by word, deed, or sign; their proceedings, meeting-place, abode, dress, features, marks, complexion, connections, or any thing else that may lead to the discovery of the same; on the penalty of being put out of the world by the first brother that shall meet me, my name and character blotted out of existence, and never be remembered but with contempt and abhorrence. I further swear that I will use my best endeavours to punish by death any traitor or traitors, should any rise up amongst us, he or them: and though he should fly to the verge of nature, I will pursue him with unceasing vengeance. So help me God, to keep this oath inviolable." It appears that they who were sworn in, were to pay the weekly sum of twopence; and that in the meetings of delegates at Manchester, from the neighbouring towns, discord has occasionally arisen, from some of the delegates not bringing from their respective districts, the contributions that were due. No evidence or information, that has been laid before your committee, justifies the supposition, that any sums of money have been distributed among the rioters. It appears lso, that attempts have been made to create a persua sion amongst the persons engaged in these disturbances, that their proceedings are likely to be supported by similar combinations in London and in other parts of Great Britain, as well as in Ireland; and that they are countenanced by individuals of a higher class and description, wha are to declare themselves at a future time. But no evidence has been laid before your committee to sanç tion any such reports. It appears to your committee, that even in the cases in which the outrages have been most clearly ascertained, it has been found ex. tremely difficult, and in some instances impossible, to obtain evidence as to the persons by whom they were committed. Of the numbers associated in the different partsof the disturbed district, your committee have not any infor mation that can be satifactorily relied upon; but that it is considerable, the papers laid before them give sufficient ground ground to think. Neither can they presume to state what is the ultimate object, the persons thus associated have in view, nor for what precise purpose it is, that these extensive combinations have been formed. But whatever may be object, or whoever may be the secret movers, whether these combinations are confined to purposes relating exclusively to trade, or whether advantage has been taken of the distresses of the times to draw together, under that pretence, all discontented persons, with views hereafter to be developed; yet the secrecy and method apparent in the whole arrangement, the system of terror so industriously enforced by threats, assassination, and attempts at assassination, the oath administered, the eagerness and activity in procuring arms, and the training before-mentioned, are all circumstances which have not failed to impress upon the minds of your committee, a strong sense of the danger arising from such combinations, to the peace and security of the country. TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA. 1. There shall be between his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, and his majesty the king of the united kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, their heirs and successors, and between their kingdoms and subjects respectively, a firm, true, and inviolable peace, and a sincere and perfect union and amity; so that, from this moment, all subjects of disagreement that may have subsisted between them shall cease. 2. The relations of amity and commerce between the two countries shall be re established on each side, on the footing of the most favoured nations. 3. If, in resentment of the present re-establishment of peace and good understanding between the two countries, any power whatsoever shall make war upon his imperial majesty, or his Britannic majesty, the two contracting sovereigns agree to act in support of each other for the maintenance and security of their respective kingdoms. 4. The two high contracting parties reserve to themselves to establish a proper understanding and adjustment, as soon as possible, with respect to all matters which may concern their eventual interests, po- . litical as well as commercial. 5. The present treaty shall be ratified by the two contracting parties, and the ratification shall be exchanged in six weeks; or sooner, if possible: and for the due performance of the same, we sign, in virtue of our full powers, and have signed the present treaty of peace, and have thereto affixed our seals. Done at Orebro, the 6th (18th) HOUSE OF LORDS. BY COMMISSION. Thursday, July 30. At a quarter past three o'clock the lord chancellor took the Woolsack, together with lords Liverpool, Harrowby, Walsingham, Westmorland, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, and sent the gentleman usher of the black rod to summon the commons, to hear two commissions read; the one for passing the English insolvent debtors' bill, the other for the prorogation of parliament. The commons came accordingly in the usual manner, with the speaker at their head. The commission for passing the bill was read, and the same was passed accordingly. The commission for proroguing parliament was next read: after which the |