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FOREIGN I NTELLIG ENCL. THE DETERMINATION OF FRANCE. From a Second Edition of the Timers this Morning. " PARIS, WEDNESDAY, 5 o'Ce.ocx. Any alarm which might have been felt on account of the calling :on elfective service 80,000 soldiers, will be allayed by the important _ice:merlon which M. the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has this Afternoon made to the Chambers, that France is determined to act upon the strictest principles of non-interference with the affairs of other nations, and that there is every reason to believe that such will be the raling principles of all the (heat Powers. This wise decision secures the tranquillity of France and the peace of Europe. “ Baron Louis, Minister of the Finances, spoke as follows, in the name of the Government Gentlemen, we come forward to lay before you a law of the utmost importance--a law relative to the contributions indirects. France is a fine and rich country ; but the true key of pro. sperity is to know how to apply those sources of her riches. This know ledge was always difficult, and now more than ever. The progress of society is slow ; the principles of that progress and perfection may be laid in the course of a few hours, but to put theta in execution is an affair of many years. The urgency of immediate relief has irritated the minds of many, and certain taxes having once became an object of aversion, their total abolition has been required without farther examination. Fortunately we arc in a country where the public opinion soon returns to reason and good sense ; and the citizens will not show themselves more backward in parting with a portion:of their fonune, than lately in offering their lives for the support of the cause of liberty. We must not abolish the taxes called indirect: but henceforward a duty of entrance shall only be established in towns, and in the parishes no other ditty shall be levied but that of sale, and that equally divided amongst the dealers in wines and spirits. Only thirty millions of francs shall be required for the duties of entrance ; the duties laid upon silt in the country parishes' shall not be more than two-thirds of the duties levied during the late three years. Instead of 100 millions of francs. the duties or. fermented liquors shall not pass 50 millions of francs. Duties shall be laid on transportation. They shall amount to about 20 millions.' fhe Minister then read a project, con sisting of 40 articles, which it was too long to copy. As soon as he had finished, " 21. Etienne spoke as follows The project of law which has just been presented was an object of general expectation, and is a matter of l deep reflection for the Chamber ; and every member will feel how very im. l portant it is that a commission should be named to prepare the discussion of tOis question during the prorogation of the Chamber. Gentlemen, :! . .e projects of law tends to maintain the tranquillity of the country, a:ut to put an end to the agitation and discontent which the enemies of the national cause endeavour to foment. I insist on the bureau assembling to-morrow; but there is another subject to which I wish to call the attention of the Chamber. The Government has taken a measure full of wisdom and energy, and we acknowledge its indite. pensable necessity : but at the very moment when the Chamber is going to separate, I should wish that the Minister of Foreign Af fairs would now come forward with some communications to the Chamber concerning the situation of France, and its relations with the Foreign Powers. " 51. Mole, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, replied—' Gentlemen, It is with pleasure I take advantage of the present opportunity to make those communications which have been required of me. When a Go. vannient is newly established, a long delay ensues before the pre existing Governments acknowledge it. One would think that they want first to appreciate its rights, but such has not been the line of conduct of Europe towards us : our cause was so just, that the CabMers have hastened to acknowledge our new government, Lnd everywhere the letters of Philip the First have been received in the inost cordial manner, and our relations are consolidated as hastily as distance will allow. Europe desires the preservation of peace as sin cerely es we do ourselves, and we receive from all Europe repeated assurances of this general wish. The events which have just taken place in Belgium may have given rise to some anxiety, and it was but just that they should become a matter of serious reflection ; but all in tense. may be conciliated by the adoption of the principle of non. interference. No, Gentlemen, the peace shall not be broken—its pre set% ation is the object of the general wishes.' 21. Gerard, Minister of War.--' You have just heard the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs ; my duty is to furnish some expla- Lanons to the last ordinance relative to the recruitment of the army. These explanations shall be given with no less sincerity than confidence, for the present system allows at least every one, both at home and abroad, to know what he may rely upon. You know what was the situation of our army before our late revolution. Some of our troops are in Af rica, others in the Mores; the Royal Guard has been disbanded ; the vacancies must be filled. By the new ordinance the army will be placed on the accustomary footing in time of peace; and we have it in our power to complete the army in case of war. By forming new bat talions and squadrons it will become possible to replace a great number of old officers. Two laws concerning the National Guard will complete our means of security and defence. A law of recruitment will be pre sented, calculated to guarantee the rights and interests of all, and also to atone for the deficiencies of our military code. Our fortresses, their means of defence, and the arsenals, have given rise to certain measures of precaution ; and we shall not be found unprovided, or taken unawares, whatever may be the course of events ; but, at the same timejl repeat that France wishes nothing but peace, but does not I:ar war. If she were forced to war, numberless battalions of volunteers would rise, as it were, out of the bosom of the earth itself, as was the rase 40 years ago, to defend the country ; every arm, every opinion, would unite ; but, no, France does not wish for war, and we shall not be obliged to prove, as once before, of what we are capable when we rise it: one mass, and when we are called upon to defend our territories and our libertitx.' " After this speech, M. Berenger, reporter of the special commission charged with examining the proposition of M. de Tracy relative to the abolition of the penalty of death, spoke as follows: " • The commission is not at all convinced that the majority of the nation understands the importance of the abolition of the penalty of death: this abolition would necessitate great changes in the penal code, :.nd perhaps even the creation of a new one.' " The reporter entered into great details concerning the effects of the capital punishment applied to political aim's, and grounds his reasons on numerous facts of the first revolution. " The Commission was of opinion that the penalty of death should be suppressed in many circumstances, and concluded for the adjourn ment of the question. •• The question will be discussed after to-morrow. " The former law on sacrilege was then voted, and rejected. The sitting broke up at half-past four." FRENCH FUNDS.—Pants, Ocr. 6. Five per Cents, 94f 50c 75c 95f 94f 90c 80c 75c 70c 60e 94f We 69c 50c 70c 80c 75c 70c 94f 50c. Four and a Half per Cents, 90f. Three per Cents, 64f 50c 65c 50c 20c 40c 45c 40c 30c 50e 64r 60c 55c 50c. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. (Inc Month. 25f 30c ; Three Months, 245 f 15c. TREATIES WITH TRIPOLI AND TU.VIS. From the Supplement to the Me+sager des Chambres, of' Tuesday, Oct. 5. MARSEILLES, ScrT. 25. NEW TREATIES WITH THE PACHA OF TRIPOLI AND THE BEY (IF TUNIS. _ 'fix Chamber of Commerce hastens to acquaint the merchants and - •illp•OWIlerS, with the following letter, which it has just received from the Minister of Foreign Affairs : " PARIS, SZYT. 20. " GENTLIEMEN,—The department of Foreign Affairs, when it gave vv.% by a letter of Match 12th, some explanations respecting our rela- Llama with the States of the Coast of Africa, announced that the rela tions with the ILlaveroment of Tripoli were precarious and endangered, conseqin nee of the insults which had forced the Consul-General of France to quit his post. The expedition to Algiers, by drawing the attention of the French Government almost exclusively to the latter point, suspended the execution of the measures which it proposed to .altipt in order to obtain satisfaction for its causes of complaint against the l'acha of Tripoli. But as soon u the conquest of Algiers was certain, Rear-Admiral Roseate' was ordered to proceed to Tripoli aid) a division of our naval force, to demand such satisfaction, and to ..btain it by arms if the Tripolitan Government should refuse to sub. itribe to the terms which were to be imposed upon it, and in the sum .1 which the French Government had endeavoured to combine the re iiitesa of its own grievances with the satisfaction which the general into. rasa of Christendom also required. This mission has been attended with complete success. The Pacha of Tripoli, without our being üblig,tl to compel him by force, signed, on the 1 lth of l a st mo nth, a treaty, by whi c h. expressly isavowing the calumnies of which the Consul of France had been the subject, he has engaged to write to the King a kaki of apology, with regard to the circumstances which led to rtairemeat of that agent,and to pay the sum of 800,000 f. to make good the demands which the French had against the Regency of Tripoli. These two conditions have been already fulfilled ; the letter of excuse, conceived in must explicit tarns, was immediately delivered to Admiral Rommel, And the Paella, at the sante time, placed in his hands the half of the ad. pasted 800,000 franca, es resell as a bond for 400,000, payable on the . .11111 Decetnbtr next. By ,ether articles of the treaty, the Puha for. .nally renounces for hnnvt If and hiti:auccessors the right of sending icut cruisers against any lli;T:stian power, which, being at war with the Regency, should ou its part also abstain from the exercise of this right against Tripolitan merchantmen. He renounces no lea expressly Jay augmentation of the actual num b er of hie ships of war, list of which has actually been delivered to us. He abo lishes in his dominions tile slavery of the Christians, the tributes, presents, or dues, under whatsoever name, imposed on European Go. eminent., and monopoly of commerce. He binds himself not only to give to foreign vessels which may be wrecked on the coasts of the regency the necessary assistance and succour, but also to make good the value of the erects or merchandise which may have been pillaged, 411t1 to pay fines as a reparation for the murders which may have been committed on persons belony,titg to the crews of those ships. The Bey Tunis, by a treaty signet! on the Bth of August, had contracted engage ments absolutely identical with the above, and this double event has vi..rtialy completed the results which the expedition bad already enabled us to obtain in the interest of humanity and civilisation. I have thought it my duty, gentlemen, to acquaint you with these two treaties, which the King has entirely approved, and one of which, by renew ing our relations with the Regency of Tripoli, has the advantage of putting an end to the uncertainties and fears which the French mer. chants might still feel respecting the dispositions of that Regency. The King will very shortly appoint the Consul-General and Chargé d'Affaires, who is to represent him at Tripoli, and to protect there' the interests of France. As for Tunis, you know that our relations with that state has not ceased to be satisfactory, and it is solely to the means of amicable negotiation that the French Government had judged proper to owe the conclusion of the treaty to which the Bey has sub scribed." THE NETHERLANDS. From the Hague J'ourosal, Oct 6. THE HAGUE, OCT. s.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange' set out yesterday evening for Antwerp, to be present at the Assembly of the Notables of Belgium, which is soon to meet in that city, to consider of means to restore tranquillity and order. The Minister of the Interior, M. la Coate, 31. Gobbelschroy, Minister of Colonies, and the Duke of Urscl, are also gone thither. Her Majesty the Queen, and their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert of Prussia and his consort, passed through Utrecht on Saturday, where they received the most striking proofs of the attachment of the inha bitants to the illustrious family that governs us. A guard of honour of Students of the University, wearing orange colours, rode a considerable distance to meet them, and accompanied the carriage, which was drawn by the people into the city. The people were with difficulty dissuaded from drawing the carriage of the beloved Princesses out of the city. The Queen, who accompanied the Royal couple to Amheim, rettancti to this town on Sunday evening. It is affirmed that his Majesty has lately appointed Governors of the frontier fortresses of the northern provinces, viz.—Lieut..Gen. ()onkel. for Breda; Lieut.. General de Man. for (crane; and 31ajor.General Vermasen, for Brisle Duc. It is affirmed that those places will be, or are already, declared in a state of siege. One of the Brussels Papers proposed to go and surprise the fortresses of the northern provinces. The Cr:ll4°l49le, which has now taken the title of Journal of Flan ders, and will probably become the Government Paper of that province, says that the people of Ghent showed but little zeal on the hoisting of the Brabant flag, and assigns as the reason, that the persons who held offices under the King still retain them, and possess much influence.— The Calholique, therefore, is earnest for changes. At all ercnts, it seems certain that there are many persons in Belgium who are by no means pleased with the composition of the Provisiona l and the other branches of the Administration, and as little with the inhabi. tants of a Federative Republic. Prom the Algemcen Hanflelsbcatt of Oct. 6. AMSTERDAM. OCT. o.—As the insumetion in Belgium spreads more and more, and daily assumes a more formidable appearance, people anxi ously desire that the Government may take measures to preserve an inter nal security and internal' tranquillity in the Northern Provinces. It ought not to be restrained by the fear of increasing the fermentation in Belgium. This can hardly become greater than it is, and it would be unpardonable for such reasons, or any other, to expose the good popu lation of the kingdom to e ve nt s which maybe prevented, but cannot' be repaired. ANT WERINOCT. 2.—A1l is very tranquil here,'thanks to the strong garrison and the state of defence iu which the fortress is, but the spirit that prevails is miserable ; the joy at the triumph of the people at Brus sels and other such towns may be read in every countenance; even the best disposed 'peak against the Government and for the insurgents ; those who are silent, are so from ,interest or fear ; however, nothing is to be feared for Antwerp. The troops have left Vilvorde, and even the prison there is guarded by citizens of Brussels. Our troops are still cantoned in Mechlen and the neighbourhood ; the main army, of 8 or 10,000 men, is at Waelhem. Prince Frederick arrived here this morning. The communication with Brussels is quite open, and the diligence% come and go regular. Letters are this moment received, reporting that orders had been given to several corps to fall back. It is generally believed that for the present only 141aestrecht and Antwerp will be occupied, till a Prussian army has ' I entered Belgium ; this will happen sooner than is, perhaps, thought, as 30,000 men are already assembled at Aix-la-Chapelle, and troops are daily advancing to the frontiers of Belgium. It is generally believed, and is affirmed in letters from Brussels, that preparations are making there to act on the offensive. Every moment accounts are received of the defection of towns, fortresses, and troops. ;THE FOREIGN FUNDS. A XITERADAN, OCT. o.—Actual Debt, 21 per Cent. sq 38; De. (erred Debt, 1; Amort Syndic, 41 per Cent. 57 601. Afser 'Change. The Dutch Funds have again declined considerably to-day. The Actual Debt, which had been at 35, improved, however, at the close to 361. There is scarcely any money to be had Amer Syndic, 31 per Cent. 46 a 491. Excuswoa ON LONDON.-011C Month, 11 921 a 11 90; Two Months, 11 87ti a 11 85. Private Letters of the Tines. BausssLs, Oct. 5. I have forwarded you the substance of the following, per diligence and Ostend steamer, this morning. Being post night, however, I send you a duplicate of my intelligence. " Last night it was decided by the Patriotic Society assembled in the Salle de St. George, that Belgium should be declared an independent State, ands Constitution prepared and submitted to a General Congress of the People. This morning a Proclamation to the above effect was published by the Provisional Government. No one will listen to the proposition of having either the Prince of Orange or any of his family as head of the Government. Indeed, he must be a bold man who would suggest such a thing. The city is perfectly quiet, with the exception of the bustle attendant on the movement of various bodies of volunteers, &c. which have arrived from all quarters. All the communications with the provinces are open, but the streets being still barricadoed, the diligences come no further than the gates. 6 o'clock p. in.—lt is this moment reported that the Dutch troops have again advanced to Vil. ANTWERP, OCT. 4.—The rapid shiftinp of our political drama have just made this city the scene of immediate interest. Prince Fre derick established his headquarters here on Saturday, and we are con. sequently at the centre of the military movements, on which the tesult of events more strictly political must in a great measure depend. The subject of most importance at present is the position of the army. You may rely on the following statement. The forces of Prince Frederick, which now occupy this town and lifelines, extending their advanced positions to the village of Effegham, are in direct communication with the corps d'armee of General Lott Heyliger, which stretches by Cam penhout towards Louvain ; and the entire amount of the two branches of the army may be estimated at 20,000 men, exclusive of garrisons. The number of towns which have joined the revolt or fallen into the possession of the rebels is as vet by no means considerable. This place, Louvain, Liege, Namur, Malines, Termoude, Meestricht, Nimeguen, and most others of Belgium, are; in a military point of view, the King's --and even in Ghent the troops still maintain the citadel. Mons, Ath, Bruges, and Ostend, are, in fact, the only places which have followed the example of Brussels, whatever may be the feelings of the people elsewhere. The only point now worth considering is the interference or neutrality of the great Powers of Europe. It is worse than idle to fritter away tine in combating theories, while facts are marching on with giant strides. Is the King of the Netherlands to be left to fight his battlealone against his rebel subjects ? That question involves every point worth discussion, for if it be answered in the affirmative, it is of little import how many towns are insurgent or remain staunch; Belgium is inevitably lost. In Brussels, which now very naturally gives the tone to the whole country, the name of Nassau is held in execration, and Dutch man is synonymous with all that is loathsome, ferocious, and vile. The moderate, but timid, party there, who still wish to keep up the con. nexion with Holland, and grant the sovereignty of Belgium to the Prince of Orange, are a mere nullity compared to those who clamour for a junction with Fiance, or the still more influential faction, de Potter and Co. who rave for an independent republic. We have a report to-day, on positive authority, that England has formally refused all interference in the affairs of these countries. But people here cannot persuade themselves of the possibility of your Government consenting to:the self dismemberment of a monarchy whose existence is so essential to the objects of England and the interests of the north of Europe. In the mean time, while we are lost in conjecture and anxiety, the military bustle is beyond all description. To judge by the movements of the troops, the arrivals and departures of artillery, ammunition, and baggage, one might suppose the whole fortune of a cam. paign about to be put at issue. It is said, confidently, that Prince Fre derick having concentrated his forces, is now about to invest Brussels regularly, and in case of a refusal to surrender, to batter it to ruins T think I may positively contradict that report, and say that these chang"s of troops, &c. are merely to keep the men from inaction, and to give no time to the Belgian portion of the army for that close intercourse with the inhabitants of the various town, which might prove fatal to their allegiance. All communication with Brussels is gradually being put a stop to. The diligence was not allowed to proceed further than Malkin yesterday ; and it is said that a proclamation will be issued to.day, an nouncing the closing of the gates to-morrow, without permission of in gress to persons coming from the infected districts. Several of the Belgian deputies, who have lett the Ha gue, are foe awhile remaining hese: among them are Count de Cella and Messrs. Le Hon and De Bousies. De Brouekere, Suriet de Chokier, and °thereof the influential members, are gone forward to look after their individual interests at home, but with no hope of directing any good against the violent upstarts who have profited by the valour of the lower orders to seize on the influence that justlybelongs to men of Foperty, moderation, and true patriotism. Every one of the latterdescriptn;whatever maybe their relative situations in the country.sende up prayers for the speedy termination of the farce of govern ment now acting in Brussels, and would gladly hail some specific token of intervention on the part of England and the otherpowers, which every clear sighted observer has for a month anticipated u the only remedy for evils which every day's delay makes worse.—No reasonable man tan doubt that this rebellion should be put down, not only from motives of policy, but from every principle of moral right. Unjust In its origin, it has been only toreeaaful so far from the want of rigour by which it has been opposed ; and it ie fast sinking into contempt under the influence of the wurthlem libertine who has conic torward when tie danger was past, and contrived to plac; himself at its head. I need scarcely add, that I el ude to M. de Potter. SPIRIT OF THE ✓OURNQLS. CHROXICLE.—We nre inclined to believe that a Prussian army will not enter Belgium. These are not times for Kings to give way to fits of caprice and sport with the happiness of their subjects. The Ger. malts, and more particularly the Prussians, have not yet forgotten their sufferings when the French were their masters—sufferings brought upon them by the TrLaty of Pilnitz and the invasion by the Duke of Bruns. wick. The Germans have more than once experienced to their cost, Quiegetid delirant Reges. plectrustur Achioi. If they wish to avoid beink trampled on, they must place themselves in a state which shall secure them from being used as instruments for trampling on others. We protest against all interference of States with the affairs of each other. If the King of the Netherlands can gain over the people of Belgium. either by force of anus or pee. suasion, let biota do so in GOD'S name. But let it once be under. stood that neighbouring States shall be allotted, on any pretext whatever, to interfere between a King and his subject, and there is no amount of oppression which will not be thereby sanctioned. To secure Kings against the revolt of their subjects is to remove the most powerful check against misgovernment. All interference, therefore, between the subjects of a particular State and their Ruler, whether on the pretence that the balance of Europe requires such and such States to be of a particular magnitude, the tranquillity of Europe requires that there should be no republics in it, ought to be rigorously prescribed, as enabling Sovereigns to guarantee each other against their respective subjects, and making the interests of nations subsidiary t o the convenience or caprice of Princes. But, fur the sake of the great moral lesson, and waiving the considera tion of the reluctance which the Belgians may well be supposed to en.' tcrtain to a return to theta allegiance to the King of the Netherlands, it is to be wished for by the people of every country that the Belgians should remain unconnected with that Sovereiem. This result would serve to impress on Kings the necessity of never allowing the diecon. tent of their subjects to reach the extremity which renders it desirable for them to draw the sword in self-defence. Kings are made for the people and not the people for Kings ; and when the discontent attains such a height as to overcome in a people the natural aversion to such an extremity as armed resistance, it amounts to a proof that the Government boa grossly miscoralucted itself. Whenever a Sovereign, therefore, attempts to maintain his sway by the employment of amts against his subjects, he declares that his sway ought to terminate. To allow a King to as sault his own capital, to plough up its streets with gni/se-idiot, and to slaughter the citizens, without suffering, as the consequence of failure, the forfeiture of his throne, is to encourage tyranny, and to nourish in Rulers a brutal disregard of their subjects.— Wherever, therefore, the people have the power, it is their duty, for the sake of the example, that Kings may see that there are limits which they may not exceed with impunity, to exclude for ever the transgressor from any sovereignty over them. No matter whether he failed through crime like Charles of France, or a stupid obstinacy like the King of the Netherlands, the consequences of civil war are so dreadful, that the punishment of him who causes it ought to be signal. We therefore have no hesitation in saying, that it a Sovereign can be obtained between Brussels and Morocco, the head of the House of Orange cught to be excluded. HERALD.—The present state of the Netherlands, which deservedly occupies so much of public attention in this country, as well as on the Continent, shows how dangerous it is for a Government to attempt to rule a people without consulting their interests and feelings, and how utterly hopeless the state of that Government becomes, which breaks faith with the people. and attempts to carry illegal measures by fraud sad deceit. It also holds out a warning to arbitrary Governors, and shows that the slightest cversight may,under particular circumstances,overth row their whole system olGovemmcnt. Had the King of the Netherlands acted , with common prudence and good faith on the late emergency, all the I calamities which are now accumulating on his he d might have been averted, sod Europe might have been spared the misery of wit nessing a commotion, which, but for the most upright and disinterested conduct of two great powers, may yet excite a general war. His con duct in this extraordinary affair completely belies that character for good sense and fair dealing which be has so long enjoyed. On the disturb. ante breaking out at Brussels, he, apparently with good faith—And, as was believed at the time, with the best intentions—summoned en extra. ordinary meeting of the States-General, and appealed to them for advice and aesistance.Hie son was sent to Brussels to hear the complaints of the people. He was received with respect, listened to their grievances, and promised to lay them before their Sovereign. Affairs were so far amicably arranged, and the inhabitants, trusting to the hitherto upright conduct of the King, and the promise of his son, were waiting the decision of the States-0-meal, when, to their utter astonishment, the King sent a hostile army against them, and issued a proclamation, threatening ven geance on those who had iutroduced a state of things, the consideration of which he had promised to refer to the representatives of the people. , The manner in which this threat was attempted to be carried into edict was only equalled by the folly and wickedness of the attempt itself. The troops, instead of blockading the place, which, in all probability, would have surrendered in a few days—instead of acting with vigour, which in popular commotions is everything—entered the city with out precaution, exposed themselves to the vengeance of a few ring. leaders, and, after firing some shots, and committing some excesses, just sufficient to excite universal hatred, retired, before a haudtul of citizens, in disorder and disgrace. The consequence is, that all the strong places in the Nethetlands--the strongest, perhaps, in the world, and which it would require campaigns for the first military power in Europe to conquer—are falling one after another into the hands of half- armed citizens. Perhaps there never was an instance in any country of such gross mismanagement, where so little was necessary to conciliate the good-will of the great body of the people, ar.d where such uncalled-for measures were taken to irritate a hole population. THIEL—Out of the present divisions in the Netherlands, and anarchy in Belgium, only three results deserving the attention of other Governments are possible, and in all of them interferer.ce would be either impolitic or useless. The Belgic provinces may, thee, be satisfied with the grant of their original demand of separate wind. nistrations under the same crown ; or, secondly, they may declare themselves independent under the Prince of Orange ; ot, thirdly, they may erect themselves into a federative ofeny other republic. It is plain that in the that case any intervention would be directed, not against Itclgic insur gents, hut against the King of the Netherlands himself, who now pro. poses and is prepared to sanction the separation ; that in the second case it would endanger the new throne of the Orange family, to be erected in Brussels; and, in the third ease, that it would bear the odious character of interposing to resist certain principles oftiovernment ani to dictate to an enlightened people under what forms of order o r kind of institutions they shall live. But it is said the Belgic provinces, after renouncing the Government of their present Sovereign, may throw themselves into the arms of France, and thus, by aggrandizing the territories if the French Crown, arid giving Franca a new line of for. tressecs, destroy the existing balance of power in Europe.— To this our reply is brief and conclusive—that in such circumstances the interposition of England or of her Aliks would entirely change its character. It would not be interference with Belgium, but a war against France, which would be in possession of the formsses be fore we could reach them. Our quarrel would then be not with the Provisional Government of De Potter and Co. for giving their country up to Franc: but with France for accepting the pres e nt, —not with rebels fur ste aling the fairest jewel from the crown of their sovereign to sell it to a foreign monarch, but with that monarch for making the pur chase--in short (to use Old Bailey language),not with the thief,but with the receiver of the stolen goods. The war in such a case would be as legiti anate,according to the code of international policy, a, if France had actu ally invaded Belgium and taken the fottreeses by storm. The treachery or rebellion .of one party can eever be pleaded as an excuse ter the tunhitious or dangerous aggrandizement of another ; and France would be as guilty of a breach of fait's towards her allies in accepting the willing allegiance of the Belgiaes, as in compelling the reluctant submission of Geneva or Savoy. But we are happy to think that this latter case may not arise. All the jou:nals of all shades of opinion in Paris declare against any interference with the Belgic pro. viners, either on the part of their own Government, or on that of any other Power. Even the republican papers assure us that they are me desirous of the accession of Belgium to France, and are to nuttiest as to allow that the Belgians can govern themselves as well as they could be governed by the citizen King. 011 the other hand, the inhabitan.a of the Belgic provinces cannot he very anxious for A com:emu which would entirely destroy their political importance, by merging their in. dependence, their name, and their privileges, into a great kingdom, of which they would only compose, as tormerly, eight or nine departments. POBT.—Thc extraordinary cxpett,ie the French Government is about to incur in military preparations will appear still more clearly to indicate a disposition for war, and the intention also of making that war 'support itself, after the manner of Napoleon, when we reflect upon the dilapidated state of its actual finances, arising from the total stagnation of commerce, and the natural eagerness with which the people in many parts of the kingdom have meiz.iti the benefits of revolution by refusing ' to pay the taxes. It is at least difficult to believe that these new levies of troops are intended to enforce submission to the Government upon an overexcited and refractory n Won, inasmuch as the force thus ere ated must naturally be expected to participate in the popular feelings. The occasion of war we lament to perceive is not likely to be want ing, if war be, as there seems so much reason to suspect, the adopted policy of the French Government, It will be seen by our extracis Mom the French Papers, that De Potter, who has just left the Revo lutionary Societies of Paris to be installed in the Provisional Govern meat of Belgium, has addressed a Proclamation to the put jects of every European State, calling upon them ,to identify 'heir:selves with the glorious cause of revolution—a Ptoclaination which must forcibly remind every reader of the famous Deer• e by which the Democrats of France, in the year 1793, drew down unon 0,.., selves the just Indignation and hostility of Europe; nor as if be considered as ..ny other than most suspicious cireun:stance, that this revolutio:!ary ruler has adopted as the vehicle of his incendiary address the journais which are acknowledged as the organs of that vita. lent French party which it is most essential that the Governmer. t of France, with a view to self. ation, should endeav our to Not:ill:VC. What connection th e re ma y re egi b e e n tween the address of the Flen-ash agi tator r . .nd the intended levy of French :mops, it would at the resent moment be rash to nounce. If these troops should, however, be employed to protect ium from the just and natural resentment which the revo:utionarylnvitation of her new ruler can scarcekg fail to provoke, we shall then be fully warranted in the conclusion th a t th e :ai -1 dress of bl. de Potter, and the threatened decree of the King of nee French, aught to be viewed in combination. Affairs evidently approach to a crisis, in which the question of peace or war will speedily he oe• tumined. It appears certain that Prussia has colleced a for n.:1:1414: army on the Belgic frontier. The Kin k .; of the Netherimais, a 1.... lay the appointment of his son, the Prince of Orange, as Governor of Bei gium, and by the powers he has conferred upon him, has proclahne I in effect his determination not to abandon without a struggle this unpin tint portion of his dominions ; and by the reappointment of M. Van 3laineu to his former office in Holland—.a measure to which the Belgians, now that the administrative and legislative separation of tl:c two divisions 6: the kingdom has been conceded to thew.. can no longer have any re.lsa able pretension to object—he has pronounced in a wanner equally un equivocal his resolution to concede no further than he has don, .:.r: maintain his Royal prerogatives in defiance of any opposition, the offspring of mean prejudice, insolence, or ill-hull:our. THE KING'S COURT. BRIGHTON, OcT. 7 Yesterday the Count and Couute.s uNsri it hid the honor of dining with the QUEEN. In the evening, exactly at ten minutes to ten o'clock, the Kist; arrived at the Pavilion from London, aczons panied by Sir HERBERT TAYLOR. This day, Si: ANDREW BARNARD, Sir J.l tuns kt: NELL, and COLIDCI PRATT, arrived at the Pavilion t4i visit to their MAJESTIES. In the afternoon, the Count MurtsrEa had an audienc, of the KING; after which his MAJESTY and the Qtrryx, accompinied by the Princess AUGUSTA and Lady BROWN - Low, rode out in a carriage. Prince GEoRGE of Cat:- BRIDGE, and his preceptor, Mr. HanvEv, made a pe destrian excursion through the town. The following persons of distinction !eft their names at the Pavilion in the course of the day :—The Prinoe.A Linv Err, Sir JOSHUA and Lady FuLELa, the Counts .:; of EssEx, Le Viscount D'Aucnot,n, Viscountesst• D'AucuoLD, tae Eurl of CutcliEsTEn, t!.t. Countes:; of CHICHESTER, Lady and Misses SIIELLLY, Sir Ttiomss 13owsEn., Sir CHARLES and Lady BURRELL, Sir Goat and Lady OUSLEY, Mr. and Lady HENRY HowAan, Mr. and Lady HENRIETTA Mintanv, Mr. , . and MiS3 STACE.POOL, Captain TOMKINS, and Mrs. Ltintxtvill:s. NAVAL INTELLWENCE. DEAL, OCT. 7.—Arrivcil off Dover the Eleanor, nom St. Antler°. SCILLY, OCT. 7...0ff the Wand, the Colwack. C! az.cyllor, fro Catania. DOVER, OCT. 7.—Arrival off Port, the Eleanor, Jenkin%, front ::t. Ander°. lavEaPoor., Ocr. 6.—Anivod the Ere llna, l'uia, from New To: k ; Ann, from Gibraltar; Alcrico, Dimitle, fmm St. P,;craburgh.— Off Putt, the Pantaloon, Miller, from Demerara and Halifax. Coax, Ocr. s.—Arrived the Duke of Clarence, Pollock, ',or Trinidad ; Killegrew, Nagle, from Cadiz ; Navarino, Sparkp., fan.' London. SUNDERLAND, OCT. (I.—Arrived the Sylvanus, Lawson, and Jac' and Mary, Hodgson, from Quebec. HULL, OCT. 6.—Arrived the lame, Batter, from Rigs; and H‘nry Huntrod, from Archangel. ABERDEEN, OCT. 6.--Arilved the Charlotte, Tyfe, from A reha::,; ! DRURY-LANE THEATRE. A very full audience assembled at this theatre last night, to wit :le% the representation of that excellent comedy, The ff'onder, and 11i.. CHESTER'S first' appearance on these boards since her rearms nt In person Miss CHESTER Is but littie altered. From the first she has been praised as possessing " all the luxury of womanly beauty," And to that praise she may still justly lay claim. Her title to admiral" 00. as an actress, has long since been decided on • but we are happy t o sat.. that the merit she possessed has certainly been increased. Her clue ll' tion is correct and elegant, and her voice, at all times fully under com mand, is, perhaps, heard to the greatest advantage in that light and playful badinage so often resorted to by Violanle, in her interview:. with her suspicious lover; and 'Hits Citzsarra made cad' point of r o il. levy, in her part of the dialogue, tell with great success. The last or the quarrel &CCM/ was, hOINCYC., amcllcnt, not only in this but is, a very tui , t, point. The anger of an injured mitoress and an insulted woman was admitably pourtrayed ; and the conflicting feelings of love, resentment. and pity, worked up into almost suffocating anger, were given with a force and truth thut elicited the warmest applauses front the house. She was very well supported by WALLACE, as Don Feliz, and by Coon', as Colonel Britton. The former seemed to have been in grod hy..l.not with his part, and played it with much more than his usual spirit and success. HARLEY assumed his favourite part o! Lissurdo, and made everybody merry with his absurdities ; and Mrs. °RISER'S iffiS wasfwa lively, coqu et ti s h, an d quarrelsome, as could he wished. WERSTRII was out of his clement when he put on the plaid. and it really would be advisable for some other performer to undertake the Scotch in future, since its Yorkshire imitation by him was about unlike the original as it could be. Sttotia's t overture to Faust was played before the Comedy, and RosstNi's t tverture to La Gazer; Las dru after It, In a manner that evinced the careful superintendence of a musical manager. The farce of 8. Y. Z. and the opera of .Vararsisllo. concluded the performance of the evening. OLD BA ILEY.-(THIS DAY.) TRIAL OF CAPT. GEORGE PAUL 11171.1411A11. By half-past Wile o'clock this morning, the most eligiide scats in tlei body of the Court were occupied. Shortly after, the Clerk of Ar raigns took his seat, and Captain Helshani was put to the bar. r, on indictment charging him with killing and slaying, by indicting a re.. lain deadly wound, by means of a pistol, on the left side of the neck of Joseph Crowther, he, the deceased, being at the tine one of the lawful subjects of these realms, and he the prisoner being also ent• of his Majesty's subj. eta, on the ist of April. in the year 1829, at a cer tain place called Dutilo6me, in the kingdom of Frans. Captain /Mahout pleaded Not Guilty. The following gentlemen were sworn in as Jurors Bustard. T. Wynne, J. Lantbert, A. flamilton, W. Union, W. Watson. W. Cl. eft, F. Remnant, W. Walter, J. Stapler, T. Reynolds, and J. Westley. Capt. Ilelsham declined challenging any of tin. Jurors. The counsel for the prosecution were Messrs. Gurney. Clarkson. C. Phillips—for the &fent e. Messrs. Alley. Adolphus. and boil" „The witnesses on both sides were ordered to leave the cow. ell►. GURNEY stated the case to the Jury, and called the fill, wing witnesses. Mr. William Cookson was a reisiil.ent at Boulogne at the time in 1,. es. dor, and saw the parties, /consisting of Captain Helsilam, Looduart Alalony, Alr. Grady, Dr. Jiternan, Lieutenant Crowther. and a iireat number of !tensors, proceeding towards Napoleon's Column. Shortly after arriving ore the grcnnd witness s a w t h e p i sto l of 14clut. I:rowt;•cf go nit; and shortly after that of Mr. lielshant. Lieut. Crowd . t :.1- s.antly tell. The wound was in hi; neck. the ball having I asi•ti through it. Dr. Jounina came up. and the deceased was rem, eee: ro inns carriage; he was quite dead. Lieu.. Mal nv put tl e rpm) trio dr,: hands of Lieut. Crowther, and it went oft' instahtlt. Capt. Het.„ ham, immediately after Lieut. Crowther fell, gave Isis pistols •tt a ser vant, and walked off the grand. Witness did sot sec Air. Itia:ory give Captain lielshaoi : con!el not speak as to any order liming boa% gi; HI as to the thing. Evenly:red by Alr. Justice BAYLEY—Had de/melba. tic diatom WIS at when the pistol sas fired to by about two hut/deed yam/. had since treasured it, and found it to he sixty yards. Mr. Ito, also a resident at Boulogne, was presto: at the tin.e Of the demi. This witness gave a similar description of the ttans.e. Lion. and added. that he saw the arm of Captain Helsham ton t in .the direction of Lieut. Crowther. and in about three or to I.r se conds, his pistol went .it: Heard Mr. thatly say to Captain . I am airaid you have killed him ;" to which he replied. " Oh Grin! hope not." Captain lielsham then said to his servant, " Tithe ef these pistols," and wilted off the ground. Examined by Mr. Bodkin. —Mr. Grady appeared to le acting as the friend of Captain Heishain. The distance was immured by a pa son who took as lung steps as he auld. The space was about fittesn pacas when the parties fired. Saw no s gnat given, but Liewei sat Crowther fired the moment the pistol was placed in his hand. Captain Helsham did not fire for three ere foot seciiiels atter. Examined by Judge BATLEY.—There was no conversation &taw, Capt. Helshant and Lieut. Crowther, after the latter was called up end the pistol placed in his hands. Be a Juror.—There was not sufficient time for any person to t,. let compl a i ne d if any thing unfair had occurred before the pistol of Cal t. Helaham vent off, unless it had been done by a call. This deeply inter/alibi( trial was proceeding wh en our P aper went to press. We arc given to utederstand that no defence is to be enteral up o n • I I