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FORZJCW INTELLIGENCL BELGIUM. From the Courrier des Pays Bas. We are looking for an act which shall express in a few words a whole cystem, and effect with the least shock possible the from the ancient to the new regime. The following appear to u P s ali tn e e the proper bases of this act : " I. The Belgian nation separates itself from Holland, to form a free Confederate State. "2. Henceforth it will only treat with other States, and particularly with Holland, u from power to power. It recognizes none of the debts placed at its charge in 1815 by foreign force. "3. It resumes the possession of its territory. The national Bag shall be hoisted in all the communes. " 4. The Province of Luxemburg forms pert of Belgium, notwith standing its relations with Germany, which shall be respected, and 'hall form the object of diplomatic negotiations. According to the terms of the Acts of the Diet, the Confederate Garrison shall con fine itself to occupy and guard the fortress of Luxemburg; the siege of this town without the consent of the Belgian Government; all display of force without the bounds of the territory of the fortress, and every participation in the civil administration of the province, should be considered an act contrary to the principle of noninter vention, and authorising, if necessary, an appeal to foreign powers. " 5. The Dutch troops, henceforth considered as enemies, shall evacuate Belgium • and, in case of resistance, shall be expelled by force. "6. All the Belgian citizens are called to arms. They shall be di vided into two classes; the one, under the name of Garde Nagonak, shall take upon themselves the special defence of the communes, and shall, in cue Ste-arena are wanting, be armed with pikes by the local authorities ; the other shall form the active army. The citizens, from the age of 18 to 40 years, who are not married, only sons, functionaries, or Indispensable to the culture of land, are specially called to form a re:the active army; and the volunteers of this class shall repair to Mons, and Brussels, where they will be incorporated. " 7. The population shall rise in a mass, without distinction of age and sex, wherever it may be necessary to repel the enemy. " 8. A Commission shall be appointed to draw up a new fundamental law. The Belgian Deputies to the States General being in a state of complete captivity at the Hague ; and, moreover, the war having broken all our bonds with Holland, their mission for Belgium is st an end. "0. The Provincial States are maintained as administrative bodies, and shall be convoked forthwith. " 10. The Provincial and Communal Authorities shall continue to exercise their functions, unless they voluntarily resign, or are revoked by the Government. The notable inhabitants shall provide temporarily for the administration of the communes of which the authorities may have retired, or may refuse to execute the orders of the Government. "IL All the Dutch who occupy public °Sees in Belgium are dis missed. The Local Administrations, or, in their absence, the Notables, shall provide temporarily for filling up the place of such of them u are charged with receiving money, or other functions indispensable to pub lic order, after having caused an account to be rendered of the public money, and having examined the papers of the said functionaries. "12. All taxes shall be collected in behalf of the Belgian Govern ment, and pro Scampers in virtue of the existing laws. Nevertheless the tax on slaughtering cattle is abolished from this day. All minutes of infraction, drawn up upon this subject, and all condemnations that have been pronounced, are considered null and void. " Justice shall be rendered in the name of the Provisional Go vernment ; the formula of the judicial acts shall be modified in con formity thereto." Letter its ths lio - eniag Chronicle. " Blll7lllliLe, OCT. 1. " my last communication I undertook to send you a de. tailed and an authentic account of the numerous atrocities committed on English residents here by the Dutch troops in their recent attack of this city. In this letter you will find that promise fulfilled. Now that the Belgians have nobly delivered their country from the tyranny of the Dutch, we rest assured that the letters of the English will no longer be opened and stopped, as they have hitherto been, to afford information to a feeble and suspicious government. " The Belgian Papers will have informed you that an army, com posed of nearly 90,000 men, the 'elite' of the Dutch troops, with an ex. tensive train of artillery, most completely appointed, quitted Holland only a few days since, for the conquest of the Belgic territory; that this army appeared suddenly on the boulevards of Brussels; and without the usual form of summoning a besieged town, at once employed every horrid implement of war against this open' and almost defence. less city, many of whose inhabitants were asleep at the com mencement of the moult ; that, during four days of con. tinued bombardment with heavy artillery, mortars, Congreve rockets, and other projectiles, the Dutch officers set an example to their men of all that has ever been related in history, or can be conceived by the imagination, as most barbarous and atrocious—pillage, essassinations, incendiarism, violation—an example of crimes of which no horde of savages has ever been known to be guilty, even against ha dead li est foes —crimes, not only sanctioned, but positively ' justified' (wan English. man) by the Priam Frederic, whose first campaign has opened with the massacre of his father's subjects ! There has been an insanity in these bloody excesses of the Dutch. " Providence, however, has willed that citizens, hastily assembled— irregularly; armed—without military) chiefs—without any combined plan of operation deprived of almost all means of defence by the treachery of several of the upper classes of the Bourgeols—coofotutded by alarming reports, industriously circulated by traitors, who had been bought by the King with Belgic gold—that these citizens, thus unpre. pared and defenceless, should, after four days of heroic resistance, have driven their cruel enemies into an ignominious flight, diminished In numbers, disgraced in reputation, and thoroughly demoralised, too fortunate if they ever reach the turbid waters of Holland in their re treat. They carry back to his Majesty of Holland the bloody &alba fifteen years' misrule ova this noble people. They will be tbeberalds of his just dethronement, as they have been the sanguinary instruments of his vindictive obstinacy. " Thus, however,has it plowed Almighty floc, by whom thip•opk rule to prosper the righteous cause, and to avenge the injuries,. long, so loudly, and so vainly complained of by an enlightened and generous Nation ! While the Monarch of Holland shall be recorded on the pap of History, as the Barbarous Butcher of the Belgians, it will be said in after ages, that the brave Belgic race displayed not less of mercy and generosity towards their wounded enemies and prisoners, than they had evinced resolution and heroism in driving the invaders from their Ma " EXCESSEc COMMITTED BY THE DUTCH TROOPS IN THE HOUSES OF THE ENGLISH AT BRUSSELS. " The Lord Blantyre mortally wounded, whilst surrounded by his wife and family. " The wife of the Maitre d' Hotel of the English Embassy moat bru. tally treated on the boulevards, and her children during some bouts menaced with death before her eyes. " Numerous Englishmen dragged out of their houses, and compelled, at the point of the bayonet, to surrender their money and other vas luablcs. " Numerous houses belonging to the English fired upon, broken into, furniture destroyed, pillaged, and burnt. " The daughter of an English Field Officer cruelly mai-treated, his own life threatened, his plate carried off, his cellars emptied of their contents, and all his money stolen. "An English servant, living in the Faubourg of Schserbreek, and. fled at the door, burnt by a slow lire, and his body pierced with balls and bayonets. " The house of an English Gentleman, in the Rue Royale, com pletely sacked, and plundered of plate and money, and other valuables to an enormous extent; himself dragged out into the street to be shot, and only saved by a miracle. " Two families, entirely composed of English females, and together in one house near the Parc, robbed of every thing, after having been threatened during many hours with instant death ; compelled to taste the liquors demanded, as a proof of their not having been poisoned. " The daughter of an Englishman violated before be: father's eyes, and then shot. This man will complain to our Government at borne. " A boarding.school for young ladies broken into, and seventeen vio lated—the report of the surgeon attending them ; of these not known how many are really English " But, Sir, Isere I must stop—the heart sickens at the relation of such horrors, and I am lost in tests and indignatim. Throughout the whole of the recent proceedings here, the Dutch have evidently, and 'no doubt by authority,' selected the English residents at Brussels, as the especial, but not, alas ! the exclusive' objects of their furious atrocities. The Belgians have their tale too of boreal to record. As I tar as the English are concerned, I do hope, that these details will have u direct and positive influence on our Government in their view of the Belgic question, as in their dealings with the ex. King• of the Pays Bas —and that the people of England will never allow our Ministers to enact a crusade for the worst of causes,' Royal tyranny,' over a nation, whose will it is to be free, and to have a national existence." ''ItANCE. CHAMBER OF FEET—firrrixo or Ocr. I. The President took the Chair at a quarter past one o'clock. The Duke DE SAISAW, being called to take the oath, said.—l cond. tier that no one has Authority to deprive me of my right. I come in virtue of this right to fulfil the chief of my duties—that of saving my country, a far as during the rest of my life I can do it with honour, by the only means that is left me. A new oath is imposed upon me—an oath to which you have submitted, and to which !assent. It requires obedience to , tie laws; I see nothing more in it, since that prevails over every thing,' And in all times, and all countries, the sovereign power grains to the laws. lam ready to recognize it, and unite with all mole who, with myself, are desirous of maintaining order and peace at bane and abroad. It is from that alone, and Gorr, we have every thingto hope but if I find enough of liberty f or myself in the last Charter you have Thule, I must say aloud, that, with the most profound maw I deplore fur France, the attack made upon hereditary descent and the majesty 4 +r the throne. The Pawarozwit—Does the Duke de Saban take. the Oath? The Duke de liaisakx—Yes, Bir. The Oath was then read, and she Duke said, J. kis'''. Messrs. de Clamant, Tonnerre, Choiseul Oouflia, and de Bournon. f sale, sent their laths in writing. blessra. de Vidlefranche, de Rosambo, and de Larochejaquclin, re fused to take the oath. The PRESIDENT read a Message from the Chamber of Deputies concerning the impeachment of Messrs. de Polignac, Chantelauze, Pey. rennet, Guemon de Renville, d'Hausseg, Capel, and Montbel, and said: —This is the first time, Gentlemen, that the Chamber of Peers has ex ercised its right of sitting in judgment on Ministers. According to the ancient Charter, the right of constituting the Chamber of Peers a Court of Justice belonged to the Ring alone; but at present the three powers posses this right ; I think, therefore, that we should acknowledge the reception of the Message, and, at the same time, announce to the Chamber of Deputies that the Chamber of Peers is constituted a Court of Justice. I propose, then, the following Resolution:—" The Chamber, considering the Message addressed to it under the date of Sept. 30, communicating the Resolution formed by the Chamber of Deputies in its sitting of the 28th of the same month, and the nomination of Commissioners charged to conduct and support the impeachment contained in the said Resolution, resolves, that in order to proceed as is due and meet upon the odd Resolution, it will assemble as a Court of Justice on Monday next, Oct. 4, at noon.— It likewise resolves, that the President shall wait upon the King to make known to him the present decree, and that the Chamber of Deputies shall be informed thetas( by a Message.' M. Boner D'A motes said r AII justice emanates from the King. and it is to the King alone that still belongs the right of constituting us a Court of Justice. The Chamber of Deputies has exceeded Its powers, and I vote against the Message being taken into consideration. The Count de PONTICOULANT replied—Without doubt all ls tiee emanates from the King, but without it being possible to over look the rights of the other To arraign Ministers before the Cham ber of Peers is to arra i n n their acts, their deeds, and their persons. In the;difFerent trials that have taken place since 1816, the Chamber has ren dered its decisions without the formula imposed on (Winery tribunals. According to the terms of the article of the Charter which invested us with the right of judging, the Chamber of Deputies has the right of impeaching and =signing ; that is to say, of delivering to us the impeachment and the persons Impeached. Itt was necessary for it to proceed in a manner analogous to the Chambres d'Accusation ; and this is what it has accomplished. There is then nothing to I be considered illegal in its conduct. Perhaps the Noble Peer means to say that the Chamber of Deputies had not the right to nomi nate Commissioners to conduct the proceedings. But what is the part it has to perform ? It acts in the name of France. We cannot ad mit the intervention of those legal personages called Gen, du Roi, because the Charter assigns in these cases of high prosecution, the surveillance of the public interests to the Chamber of Deputies, who impeach Ministers and become the organ of the public pier. laces. The Chamber in such eases fulfils die duties that are com monly fulfilled by the Attorney-General, and hence has followed the only course it had to pursue. There is, therefore. nothing illegal in this second point. The PRESIDENT said—The Chamber has certainly the right to im peach Ministers. If it were necessary to ask the King's authorisa tion, it migh happen that he would refuse this authorisation. The right of the Chamber would then become illusory. The Chamber of Peers may certainly constitute itself a Court of Justice without encroaching on the Royal Prerogative. M. DE PARANTI thought that the Chamber should at least inform the King that it bad constituted itself into a Court of Justice. The Count DI PONTECOVLANT seconded the proposition. M. D'Aaaatow having remarked that the delay fixed till Monday oily way very brief, as it would be necessary to convoke all the mem bers of the Chamber. The PRESIDENT replied that, as soon m the Chamber shouted have constituted itself into a Court of Justice be would invite all the Noble Peers to assemble. The President's proposition was that put and adopted. Marshal Jourdan brought up the &port of the Committee ap pointed to examine the Law Project relative to the annual vote of the contingent of the army, the adoption of which wu recommended._ Ordered to be printed. The Count de Germiny brought up the Report of the Petition Com mittee, but none of the Petitions reported presented any points of general interest.—Adjourned. From Le National. What will become of Belgium ? The house of Nassau an no longer rule it. To raise its throne again there, it would be obliged to keep up one hundred thousand soldiers. The King himself, if Dutch passions do not bridle him, would shrink back from so frightful a necessity. But now that the separation has been pronounced, the question of internal organisation presents Itself to the Belgians. To the Powers, who signed the Act of Union, the question of armed intervention presents itself, which is • serious and complicated question, the solution of which must decide either peace or war. The five great powers of Europe signed a treaty at Vienna which chained Belgium to Holland. This was done to prevent Fab= recovering nine departments the had posseemed for nearly 10 ; England sopa:billy insisted on Antwerp not falling into our hands again, and for the better securing of this she contributed to the expense of the creation of a line of frontier fortresses, destined to check us a sufficient length of time, in case of war, that Prussia and herself miet hasten to the field of battle. This is the system that has been wrecked under the walls of Brno seta Certainly, without the necessity of obtaining from France a consent, which justice and honour command her to refuse, t h e Pius. slam armies would already he on the march, if not to restore the old order of things, at least to preserve the interests of the House of Nassau. But the Prussians would not dare to act alone. Above all things, they must consult Austria and Russia, as well as Eng land ; they must ascertain whether, in case the arraagements of Vienna are to be maintained, they would receive assistance—in one word, whether these Powers would join in • war with France; and it will take full six weeks to come to an agreement on this subject. It is diffi cult to foresee the result of the in which all the Powers, France included, must participate. o nterests the Foreign Powers is not so much the greatness of the House of Nassau, as to prevent four millions of Belgians from becoming Frenchmen. This is quite naturaL If tomorrow Bavaria were revolutionised, and were to give herself up to Austria or Prussia, the rest of Europe would oppose it, and not without reason, for the relative ratio of force established amongst nations would thereby be totally subverted. It is therefore probable that every thing will depend bag on the organization the Belgians will give themselves. If they establish a National Govern ment of sufficient strength, and sufficiently respected by all parties, so as to remove all doubt of their maintaining themselves, some un easiness respecting the future will be preferred to a general coo lagration. If, on the contrary, they split amongst themselves, after the victory—if the liberal party and the priests, who in the Pie. mish provinces are energetic and numerous, dispute about power--if an anarchy was seen to arise of which France might take advantage, then would the causes and elements of war multiply, and torrents of blood would probably flow. The wisdom of the Belgians must avert such $ crisis. Order, independence, and liberty are the objects they must coo quer, and this is what all Europe, for Its own good, ought to wish. From the Massager des Ciassbres, Ocd. Paws, OCT. I.—The following is a knee from Berlin, received to-day, which gives some curious information respecting the sun of that capital, and that of public opinion in Prussia:— " The singular riot among the journeymen tailors, after having oc casioned assemblages which continued for three days, in a very peaceable manner, on the part of the crowd, notwithstanding some cries, or rather some e xpressions shout liberty and a constitution, and which were die. pencil with much moderation by the mined force, appear to have given an universal impulse to the imaginations of most persons, and which continues to the moment of my writing. The working daises continue to walk about in numbers, or to assemble before the public houses.— No political language is heard among the groups, but they speak of the severities of the police in trifles: they ask, for instance, liberty to smoke in the public promenades, and especially in the parks, and also liberty for the common women to walk about the streets.— These pretexts, and many others which are connected with local habits, cause some excitement among the people. Notwithstanding the apps. rent futility of these grievances, it seems that the least political spark, if it should fall among the crowd, could num an explosion ; no symptom of which, however, yet manifests itself in their actions or their lan guage. The prudence of the Government in the nee of the armed fees, and some concessions of the police, will doubtless hinder all this from producing any real political sedition. Ido not think there are soy mere like the Parisians than the citizens of Berlin in their habits, their know. ledge, their spirit of independence, and vivacity of character. They differ essentially in these respects from their eouttntrynsen in the rest of Germany. Berlin seems quite imbued with the French spirit, with the same inclination tojnomputese of execution, and with the advantage of a correctness ofjudgment more to be depended on. Opinions are unanimous in favour the new French revolution. There is much national rivalship, and even hatred, towards the Russians. Nothing would be more unpopular among the Penmen= than the march of a Russian army through their country whist as. Priam nodose al. Hance between the sovereign families has no toot in the Prussian nation. All our wishes are for a strict friendship between Prussia and France rßussia and Austria. We ardently wish here that the conduct oi n tr *l Cabinet in the affairs of Holland and Brabant may not lead us I to hostilities with the French nation, which has gained the esteem of all the Germans by its revolution, which is equally moderate and glorious, and esppecially by not prating, as was at fiat apprehended, by the W- Isurreetion at Brabant, to enlarge its territory." SPAIN. MADRID, Si??.. The following rimier to the Captalee.Cienerel bee been printed Oat It has not yet been forwarded, as It is apprehended that It aleaaes too much of the teal situation of the Gotetnment t WAR DEPART AI EFT. Most limellent Senor—As the list amounts from the 'residers of Frame announce the approech of Terri*, Owen wed others, amongst whom Mina likewise la, who people, as they to assemble the emigrants, and to invade same of our towns in quarter —the King, our Lord (who Is ever so vignette and attendee to the tranquillity and prosperity Obis armed vassals, and sepodell) of thine who, from the situation of their domiciles, wild be exposed to vend& and plunder), wills, that in oddities to tfrk meanies already taken, other dispositions should be made to guard the whole frond:7, in lease these wrt tchts should dare to profane it. Deeming it, therefore, expedient to augment the garrisons of the Basque Provinces, although their loyaland numerous Tercios are already prepared, whose utility is so well known, his Majesty commands that the provincial regiment of Valladolid, forming part of the garrison of Seaton', shall march immediately to Tolosa. The first and third bat. talion of the regiment of America shall march to the kingdom of Na varre. This regiment, which was hitherto at Valladolid, shall be re placed by that of Bourbon • the Provincial Regiment of 'Aron° shall reinforce the garrison of Pampeluna, sad that of Burgos shall occupy Sanguesa. The first regiment of Provincial Chasseurs of the Royal Foot Guards, has likewise marched to the kingd om of Aragon, of which you have been apprized by previous letters. the garrisons of Catalonia are likewise augmented, the King hopes that peace and tranquillity will be preserved in all that precious part of his dominions which is now threatened by so atrocious so enemy to his own country ; and although it is not to be believed that they will complete the whole extent of the perfidy they boast of, when they shall observe the terrible attitude which those meritorious corps, the Royalist Volunteers, have taken, (who begin already to demand their discharge, which the Govern ment does not choose to give them,) as well as the attitude of the towns themselves, (that wish despotism at the Devil.) and when they reflect on the tremendous punishment that awaits them, his Majesty wishes the towns to confide in his paternal we. For this reason, and to counteract the frequent intelligence circulated by men unfortunately still existing amongst us, who, forgetting their duties and their own welfare, long for political revolutions, which* only effect the ruin of the State, and of families, his Majesty commands me to acquaint all the Cap tains-General, Commanders of Provinces, and other military autho rities, with due secrecy, with all these, that they may endeavour to set a proper value on exaggerated accounts, and to infuse into the mind of their subordinate people confidence and tranquillity, and to rest assured that it is the Sovereign will and pleasure of his Majesty that the oc. currenees shall be made known for the same purpose, whenever they happen. By " the Royal command, and for the purposes aforesaid, 1 state all this to your Excellency. GOD preserve your Excellenerk (Signed) " " Madrid, Sept. 17." Sees suave 23.—Don Santiago Gomez Negrete has been appointed Intendant-General of the Police, and Intendant of Majorca. This scoundrel makes an excellent tool in the hands of &rills, and of the Corregidor of Madrid, both on account of his immorality, and his leaning to persecutions, and evil dispositions of every description. SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. Cnaerrircit.—ln the recent affair in Brussels, the fact is but too certain that humanity has been sadly outraged. One melancholy case has been communicated to us, on the best authority. An English officer, whom we forbear to name, had five daughters violated ; three of them are since dead, and it is not expected that the remaining two will survive. Some of the English, we know, attribute their sufferings to the populace of Brussels, rather than to e Belgian or Dutch troops. One reason assigned for the outrages not being Dutch is, that the Dutch were themselves in such constant fear of the people of Brus sels, from the hatred borne them, that they durst not straggle.— Another reason assigned is, that our countrymen and the people of Brussels have very long borne no good will to each other. We have heard that one great cause of the misunderstanding was the foolish aria tocratical pretensions which, we are sorry to say, make Englishmen the object of very general dislike in every country. Every one at all ac quainted with society in England, is aware that exclusiveness Is the great object aimed at; that every town and even village is divided and subdivided according to the supposed wealth and style of living of the inhabitants. This morgue was carried so far, we learn, in Brussels, that it was understood, if any English family visited in a Belgian family, they were excluded from English society. When people take so much pains to make themselves disagreeable, it is impossible they should not sometimes succeed. This is no excuse for the barbarous and most inhuman treatment which our countrymen have experleaced ; and we pity most sincerely the sufferings of tire unfortunate parents. But we cannot, at the same time, help regretting that the natives of this country, when their poverty.or the state of their health, or the wish for a more rational education than they can obtain at home, drives them to seek hospitality abroad, should be so ill-advised as to endeavour to make themselves disagreeable to those whose guests they are. We ought to confine our national absurdities to our own island. lixam.n.—There are some persons who would gravely have us be lieve that the whole world is on the point of an inevitable change, and that revolution, with all its train of barrens, Is fast approaching oar own shores. Among others, a writes in " Blackwood's Ifa" for the present month, following in the wake of the renowned"Thsnefsloore, Phpacian," declares that, " in every quarter of the ben son be descries little else than clouds and storm—she certainty of troubled times and in finite confusion—manifold strife and confusion, with little anal Ost— end a long course of national chastisements and humiliations at band, both to the French and ourselves." We do not deny that example disregarded brings on danger ; and that, either in public or private affairs, if men slumber while they ought to, be upon the watch, un. looked-fee evils may overtake them. But to assert that, because revo. lution occurs in one country, it must necessarily take place in every other, is as absurd as to suppose the epidemic of one climate must, of necessity, be universal. On the other hand, we are not. nor, we trust, are our rulers, now (whatever they may have been heretofore) insen. sible to the signs of the times, and to the awful warnings which are r ta ti k i i i n rt face in other countries. And, as warnings, the even t s i n F rance and um cannot be otherwise than of use to other countries : ells wood" so they may be productive of all the evil the writer in " Black. mournfully anticipates.— Tness..—The deputies of Fiance were zealously occupied ea Bator. day with a petition from some absurd person, urging them to claim the bones of Napoleon, and to transport them from St. Helena to France.— The Chamber came to no decision on so weighty a proposition, but so interesting was the topic considered, that the debate is to be renewed on Thursday. It would certainly puzzle people of some ingenuity to find out why the free-minded Frenchmen of the present day, living un. der a liberal charter and a citizen King, should desire again to see among them either the lifeless remains or the living presence of their former tyrant. In repealing lately the law which he. Dished from France certain classes of French citizens, it was not thought advisable to abandon one of its provisions, which ex. dudes the family of Napoleon from the French soil. Is the Chamber seriously to continue an unjust sentence of exile against whole families and generations because they happen to bear the name of Buonaparte, and to make a parade of reversing a sentence of banishment against his ashes ? So much for their consistency !—But, leaving out of view his transcendent victories and everlasting military renown, which have cost France enough already, without the additional expense of a funeral mission to St. Helena and a gorgeous monument in Paris, what claims has be on the grateful remembrance of France or of Europe —What reason can be given for invading his repose under the willow of his choice, and parading his remains before the eyes of a nation, which suffered so much from his ambition 1 He was twice banished from France in his life-time; he was twice deserted by those who pretended to be his friends ; and ha,. Ing expma his country to the horrors of two mighty invasions, was obliged to quit it amid the execrations of those whom the armies of the invader remained to oppress for his sake. What merit did he acquire in exile to balance so heavy an account of calamity, and to allow a surFlue to pay for his mwthunious transportation to Europe ? The trench now justly boast that they enjoy a charter—that they cherish a constitution which gives them free deliberative assemblies; that they have renounced the dazzling splendour of military glory for the mote substantial blessings of civil tranquillity—and that they prize a free press as the source of their civilization and the guarantee of their rights. Is it because Napoleon bestowed or respected those ennobling blessing; that such posthumous honours are to be conferred on him by an enlightened and a flee people? What was the charter which he gave to France but the laws of thetonscription, or the acts additional, intended, by an army so raised, to preserv e her e dit ar y despotism in his family ? What were his Chamber of Representatives and Senate but halls where the tribune was silent, or mounded only with the slavish echoes of flattery or false. hood ? And when did be show his love of tree conversation and his regard for tares press? Was ft in banishing Madame de Steel for bet bon mote, or ordering Palm, the German baukacher, to be shot for an alleged libel. We only remember one similar instance of folly said to have been recently perpetrated in the transport of buried remains item one hemisphere to another, and that was in the case of Mr. Thomas Paine, whose bones Cobbett olityes that he brought to Europe, and persists in keeping from their mother earth. If the French Chamber really intend to de any thing in this dirty work. we would recommend them to our old bone. grubber, who must be already inured to the resurrection trade, who will find Napoleon's hair more profitable for ring, than that of the American infidel ; and who, in fact, will find any honest occupation more profitable than collecting poor labouvers to bear seditious lectures, and filching from their pockets their odd copper, on pretext of sending it to the wounded patriots of Paris. If the French Legislatureentertaio projects like these, we must conclude that the revolution is not yet ended ; that it is about to extend to the tomb, as well as to the scenes of living existence; and that every poli tical culprit, who was either exiled for his offences or executed Jur his crimes, is to be restored to his country, or commemcwated in an expia. tory funeral ceremony. Post.—The Trench Chamber of Deputies have, we perceive, ap. pointed a day for the solemn discussion of the question, whether the nation shall tdaim the remains el with a view to their trans. peewits to France. Considering the number of pave and ptessiort subjects of nations' Watts* which at the relent moment might be ex. Feted to engross the attention of the amber, it ma oldie mime SIM prise that any important k scotched to ems 'disk mainly is not pressing, and will& neat huts very dorm' power would vesture to term rave. For the sciatica-of this subject, at a doe like the pre. emu, there is probably same make beside, that of admiration of the chemise or vesseadou *wards the of the lets Emperor, although it would he dl auk to daesretiaa, awes the various modem which may possibly hers led to he busdasties, which is the principal or ruling soe. • Is It intended to try Ow guelpet of the people, in order to ascertain with what prospect of success an attempt might be made to revive the passion fur glory and conquest, to gives military im pub* to the Revolution, to prepare the way for the dominion ot some one of the Imperial Family, or of the distinguished Marshals of the Empire ? Is it meant merely as a tub to the whale, to allay the revu. lutionary impatience of the people, by presenting to ahem some other object of•contemplation than the feebleness and inactivity of the (;oven'. meet and Legislatute ? In either case its purpose, we imagine, will quickly be detected. It it be the former, it is not very in.probable that the appeal to the French people, thus indirectly made, may be attended with a degree of success calculated to astonish and alarm the present weak, timid, unrevolutionary possessors :of revolutionary power, who seem to fancy that an ancient and legitimate throne has been subverted for no other purpose than to make them Kings and hli. misters. whose National Guards are already (as we learn by the letter of our intelligent and faithful correspondent) the objects ot d,trisi.te to the people in the streets of Paris, whose intrinsic qualities, *hose ex. tenni adjuncts and manifestations—all present a contrast the nic‘t de plorable and ridiculous, with the energy and splendour of the Imperial regime. If the revival of the name and achievements of Napoleon be intended,however,merelyto draw offtne attention of the more active and daring Revolutionists from the deficiencies of thosewhom enjoyment of place bas rendered too timid and tardy in the revolutionary the means could not possibly have been worse adapted to the end ; and the reject, conceived in folly, must end, as it deserves, in disappointment. The French Deputies talk, we perceive, of claiming the remains of Napoleon. If they do not intend - to expose the whole affair to derision, they will take care, in the future stages of the discussion, to vary their phraseology. In a matter so indifferent to our national interests, if the Ihritish Government were asked to confer a favour upon the French na tion, we suppose there would be no objection to comply with the rt quoit. But if there is to be any more talk of claiming, these Revolutionists must be told, that in order to attain their object they must learn the lan guage of supplication, of which, as the literary men amongst them reed not be reminded, there exists a very suitable example in the address of Prifilts to Achilles on a very similar occasion. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following arrivals are posted at Lloyd's :—The Fisiter• Sewell, from Quebec, at Aberystwith ; Zephyr, Candlish, frna, St Petershurgh, at Whhehaven ; John, Macfarlane, from Quebec, 4. Drogheda; and tLe Catherine, Rkbardson, from St. Andrew', Ar Topsham. DIAL. Ocv. 4.—Wind N.N.W. moderate.—Arrived the BeNey, Barclay. from St. Helena—sailed 14th August, in company with the Boyne, from Bombay to London. Arrived from tbr River, and sailed, the lonia, Birch, and Columbine, Brown, for the Cape of Good Hope ; and Madeline, for Singapore. Powrassourn, Oar. 4.—Wind N. W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Revenge, from the Mediterranean. Sailed the Fame, Bullen, for the Cape and Mauritius. PLusotrrs, Oct. Z.—Wind S. W. Fausourz. Orr. S.—Wind variable, light breeses.—Artived off the port, the Goldfinch packet. from Bermuda and MAMIE. Livaavisos, Orr. 3.—Arrived the Majestic Maxwell, front New Orleans; and Josephine, Walros, from Marseilles. Batsvot., Orr. 4.—Arrived the James Daly, Culls, from St. Pe. tersbursh. Pritt.ioao, Ocr. 3 —Arrived the Friends, Lewis, from Pictou. ELSINORZ, Sam 25.—We experienced a heavy gale this morning from the South. The Scotia, Mearns. from Riga to Dundee, drove on shore beyond the town. The Rambler, of Peterhead. was also driven on share, but got off, and proceeded. The Mary, Shepherd, from London to Darner, bas come into the harbour, having broken her windlass, and lost an anchor. The 3largatet, Williams, of Whitl,y, has also damaged her windlass. Sart. 22.--The Scotia was got off on the 26th, and proceeded yes ' lerdaT' THEATRES. COVENT.GARDEN THEATRE. Another season was commenced at this Theatre last night. No al teration has been made in the interim of the house, and we think very wisely, for its elegance and beauty could hardly be made more periett than they are. The performances consisted of Romeo and Juliet, and illaek-Eysd Smut. Prior to the commencement of the tragedy, save the King" was sung amidst much applause. With the exception of the Neese, the characters in Romeo and Juliet were assigned to the same performers as during the last season. On his entrance as litereutio. Mr. C. Kismet was received with very loud applaus.:. He appeared in good health, and exerted himself greatly and with much effect. Mr. WARDII also met with a cordial and flattering reception as Prier Laterenee. Miss Hamitic was rapturously cheered on her mares. fibs struck as as being somewhat more matured in person and in voice than she appeared to be last season, and her acing bad consequently more of power about it ; but her conception seemed to be entirely unaltered. Her attitudes, especially in moments of excitement, were exqquisitely beautiful, and in the delivery of all the arduous, impasslooed , or lofty passages that fall to the character of fund, she evinced fine genius, developed by admirable physical powers. She was greatly applauded, particularly in the scene in which she is informed of Romeo's banishment, and the draught scene; but her con. eluding scene was greatly marred by the repulsive glave.clothes which she still continues to wear, in spite of the express directions of the author. We watched Miss Kemble's performance with very great attention, and it not only confirmed our first inipmsions, but pro duced new ones, if possible, of a still higher character. Mrs. Lovell (late Miss Lacy) was recognised in the indifferent part or Lady Copal, and bet merits in more important characters were very liberally remembered by the audience. Mrs. (hats attempted the Nurse foe the first time. Mrs. DAVINPOIT'S reiit.ment irons the stage rendered it necessary for some one to do so, and, under the circuit:. stances, we know of no one who had so much reason to hope for success as Mrs. (Isis. We. could quarrel with Mrs. DAVIN. roar for quitting the mimic scene; and even the remembrance of the delight which she has so often afforded us, and whit it must now live only in remembrance, would add fuel to our 'age, did not a moment's reflection compel us to admit and to admire the good sense and discretion which has guided her in Me List act of her public life. Time will steal on, and Mrs. Dsvzwpoav has done well to bear this in mind. She has our gratitude, and earnest hope that a lengthened period may be granted her to make that preparation which she so wisely deemed necessary. Mrs. Grass had hitherto been seen in nothing beyond a tt middle.aged" Lady; end such was her gaiety and vivacity, that no one for a moment thought that age could ever overtake her. Nearly half a century of exertion upon the stage has noel dimmed the lustre of her eye, diminished ta t joyousness of her laugh, or interrupted the animation of her di berry. Still, however, the character of be Neese being to be fillet!, sine natu rally undertook it. MM. Gran would have been more soccem , ful if she had adopted the stage business followed by her incotoi lo sable predecessor. To imitate such an actress as Mrs. DAVENPORT, in such a Fart as the Nurse, would not be a discredit even to Mrs G. We hope she will be of the sante opinion, and if she acts upon it she will speedily find herself wonderfully " mellowed," to use a Green-room pnrrse, in the character, and her success will be as complete as success can be sidle the memory of Mrs. Deviirroar is fresh in the public mind. The house presented a crowded and brilliant appearance, highly cheering to the prospects, as we trust it will be to tee str; lens, of the bet. nagement. ADELPH I TH EA TR P. This Theatre has again been opened for the lovers of Barletta Spec tacks and Broad Grins, under the joint management of Messrs. AI.. THSWS and Paves. In the short space of time which hat elapsed since the performance of the English Opera Company closed here. the Theatre has been most tastefully decorated. The silk coveting to the front of the boxes has been renewed, and the pennels or th e bu lk , have been painted a light blue colour, and ornamented with silver and gilt figures in relief. The company has received the addition of Al ifs M. (.I-o ven, from the Hsymarket,and Mr. Downs, from the York Theatre, :aid all the old favourites are retained. A new piece, prepared for the open. ing of the Theatre, was produced, under the title of Tle Black Vulture. It is stated to have been written by the author of The Pt O. The lip. lag bunkum, and other spectacles equally amusing and sot evesful.— It certainly bore marks of relationship to those pieces in the oppgruni. ties it afforded for Melo-dramatic elisplay, and was as much KT/audit! las any of its predecessors. The assertion, however. made ID the bill. that it is partiallysfounded nn BYRON'S Veins wed Tearofwfwee , 4, is about as correct as it would be to say that any tale representing a man selling himself to the devil was founded on the same tier). The production of the Noble Poet eculd hardly, under any circa'''. ranger, be ads adapted to dramatic representation. Its it nit is one which may be st y telt in the closet, but would be utterly los t u p on t h e stage— it is a ro i ma of dialogues, not of Incidents. The Block Vulture, like Its predecessors, represents the attainment of a cettain degree tit de. MOO power in this world Sr the rather heavy coin of perdi.ien in the neat. The being thus danger ously exalted for • time a b ase ni t fellow. mortals, is Oefolor, (M:via„) and the use to whieb he mteinms to apply his power istliat of obtaining the bane: of lauthe (M ter Al. (il to. van). In this object he is opposed by her lover, &define (Mr. lirno.• 11131611).&14 011iNds ( MrS.FITZ VI I LLIA3I), a benignant sririt triumvir whose power and their own virtues the lovers are ultimately made happy. The humour of the piece consists in the vagaries of a wanderieg Irish man, with an unwineable ramie, a half silly young (Aimee, and a scolding old Woman. These characters were very well supported by Mr. Downy, Mr. Bucerrone. aad Mrs. DALY, and time Dimon fitiltrtre found. as all Demosts have since the first days el Der I. reibehuts. an excellent representative in Mr. (1 Su i TH. The scenery of the Piece was admirable. At the close °fare %alma, Mr. Units came forward to express his hope that the preparations, both berme and behind the curtain, were deserving the approbation of the audience. His appeal was answered most favourably ; and he then gave out the Butkus foe repe tition amidst unanimores applause.. Ibe curtain sore afterwards drew up, and " (lon save the King^ was sung by We whole company.. A new verse, Mosisting of a prayer toe the happiness of the Queen, was rung by Mrs. FITSIVI LUAU, and was loudly applauded, and the whale song was honoured with those hearty cheers which hie present Majesty', frinkneta of character never fails to dtaw from hie loyal subjects. ; I 1 1( I