Star. — London, England, 1830-12-02 00:00:00

THE KING'S NIETH LEVEE. Yesterday his MAJESIZT held a Court and Levee at his Palace in St James's. At two o'clock, a number of Knights of the Most Noble Military Order of the Bath having assembled in the robing room, the K N G'S commands were signified that he was ready to hold an Investiture of that Order. The Knights, being apparelled in their robes and collars, went in procession to the principal drawing-room, proceeded by the Dean of the Order, Sir G. NATLEA. Genealogist, Blanc Coursier He rald; Mr. At.ct savoy GREVILLE, Bath Kin.. at Arms ; Mr. Woons, Norfolk Herald Extraordinary and Secretary to the Knights Commanders; and Mr. Beltz, Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod. The names of the Members present were called over, viz. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, his Royal Highness Prince Leopold, the Prince of Grange, his Grace the Duke of Welling ton. the Duke of Gordon, the Earl of Rosslyn, Viscount Stramgford, Viscount Beresford, Lord Hill, Sir Alured Clarke, Sir Geo. Cockburn, Sir James Kempt, Sir J. Sauniarez, Sir J. Doyle. They were then ushered into the presence of his MAJESTY, in the throne room. Vice-Admiral \VII. Lout: it BY THOMAS LAKE was introduced by Sir G. NA v LER, genealogist, and Mr. WOODS, Secret:try to the Sot FILER; N, who was gra ciously pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on him, with the Sword of State. Admiral Sir JANI BS ITSHED and Admiral Sir PHILIP DURHAM were introduced by G. F. BELTS, Esq. Usher of the Scarlet Rod, and Brunswick Herald, and his MAJESTY was graciously pleased to invest them with the Order of Knights Grand Crosses, and to invest Sir WILLOUGHBY THOMAS LAK E with the Order of a Knight Commander. The Noblemen and Gentlemen attending the Investiture were afterwards present at his MAJ cwt. Y's Levee. There' Were ab3o present— Tic Austrian, French, Russian, and Netherlands Ambassadors; the Spanish, Prussian, Swedish. Bavarian, Sardinian, Neapolitan, and 3;:xican Ministers; the Lord Chancellor, and most of the Cabinet Mi. sisters; the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lonl Chamberlain, the Master of the Hoist, t h e Groom of the Stole, the Commander of the Forces, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Judge of the Admi. tatty, the Recorder of London, the Master of the Ring's Buck Hounds; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting ; Colonel Cavendish, Silver Stick ; the Master of the Ceremonies, the Principal Equerry to the King; the Principal Equerry to the Queen; Master Graves (son of the late Lord tirares), Page of Honour in Waiting for the first time, having left for ti:: usual period, the Academy of Dr. Fed, in the Regent's Park. Prince Li EVEN, the Russian Ambassador, was presented to the KING at the Entree Levee, on his return to England, and had an audience of his MAJESTY. Nuce ESTERIIAZY, the Austrian Ambassador, and Prince T.i. r. EVRAND, the French Ambassador, had audiences of the KING. The Duke of Gonnow had an audience of his MAJESTY, and resigned the Great Seal of Scotland : the Duke of ARGYLL was afterwards introduced to the KING, when his', MAJESTY was graciously pleased to appoint his Grace, Keeper, and delivered the Seal to him. Mr. GnosvENOR kissed hands upon his being appointed Comptroller of the Household, in th e r oo m o f L or d GEORG a Br a ESFORD, resigned. His MAJESTY gave audiences to— Earl Grey, the Mareris of Winchester, Viscount Althorp, the Mar quis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Maryborough, Sir J. Lkckct, and Lord Anson. Among the general Company were— Dukes—Devonshire, Argyll, Richmond, Wellington, Gordon. Marquisaes—Winchester, Hastings, Clanriearde, Lansdowne, Ely, Westmeath. Earls —Northesk, Brecknock, Listowel, Stanhope, Carlisle, Mel lourne, (hey, Rosalyn, Albemarle. Viscounts—Palmerton, Granville, Strangford, Beresford, Anson, Althorp, Goderich, Lowther, Melville. Lords—Henniker, Ashley, W. Fitzroy, James O'Brien, Hill, Dur ham, Tenterden, Maryboroh. Right Honourables—Sir ug Beckett, Bart. Charles Grant, Robert Grant, Sir C. Robinson. lionourables—R. Dundaa, Vice Admiral Fleming, Captain J. W. King. Count D'Orsay. Sin—James Remo, J. Saumares, G. Cockburn, J. Doyle, Alured Clarke, George Nayler, R. Chester, A, D'Este, H. Russell, Andrew Barnard, James Graham, James Sew lett, R. Bulkeley Philippe, James Wedderburn, Robert Inglis, George Shce, Jeffrey Wystville, Robert Fergusson I ot. Dr. Walsh. Rev. Messrs.—J. G. lolly, Henry Boyce, Geo. IVliiteford. Mr. Sergeant Heath. Admirals—Sir James H. Vhitshcd, Sir Willoughby T. Lake, Honourable G. Hondas, Brace, Sir Thomas Hardy, Sir H. Hotham, Lambert. Gerrerals—Macdoncll, N. 111'Leod. Colonels—Fitsclarence, Thornton, Cavendish, Sir Robert Gardiner, Wynyard, Jones, Beresford, Lambert, J. M. F. Smith, Michell, Sir W. Hutchinson. Majors—A. Bowen, Macphenon, Abbey. Captains--Finclarence, !Hopper, M. Seymour, Ussher,Webb, De Montmorency, M 4 Crummen, Anderson, Clarence, Dalrymple. Commander Robert Gordon. Lieutinams—Norcott, Edward Brace. Messieurs—C. Greville, Whitahed, Trower, George Morant, Carsick, Welland, AI.P. Brownlow, J. R. Williams, Ross, Belts, Pepys, Southry, G. Banker, Agar, Maine, Williams, Wynn, J. Frost, F.A.S. Charles E. J e nki ns , Woods, Ellison, Woodbine Parish, T. Shiffner, Croker, A Greville, Grosvenor, Goulburn, C. Wynn. The following were presented : Earl of Listowell, by the Lord in Waiting. Mr. Pepys, by the Lord Chancellor, upon his appointment as S tor General to the Queen. Mr, Koine, King's Counsel, by the I.ord Chancellor. Mr. Agar, on being re-appointed one of his 'Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. The Doke of Argyll, to kiss hands on being appointed Keeper of the • Great of Scotland. Mr. Trower, on being re-appointed as King's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Ellison, by Viscount Goderich. Mr. Thomas Shlffner, by Viscount Beresford. Mr. Serg. Heath, by Lord Lyndhurst, being appointed Scrg. at Law. Rer. Henry Boyce, by the Lord in Waiting. Admiral Sir James H. Whitahyd, on beirg invested with the Grand __Cross of the Bath. Mr. Woodbine Pariah, by Lord Bexley. • Mr. Carsick, by Lord Hotham. Mr. llrownlow, by the Lord in Waiting. Rev. Dr. Walsh, Chaplain to the British Embassy at Constantinople, by Earl Stanhope. 11r. J. It. Williams, by Viscount Melbourne. :s!rK. Fergusson, Bart. 111. P. by Mr. James Alexander. Mr. Southey, Poet Laureate, by Sir Robert Harry Inglis. Rev. George Whitefoord, by CoL Frederick Fitaclarence. Hee. T. G. Tolley, by Major-General Toney. Mr. Woods, Norfolk Herald Extraordinary and Secretary to the Knights Commanders of the Bath, by Sit 0. Nayler. Sir George Shee, on being appointed Under Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs, by Viscount, Palmerston. NIL Belts, Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod of the Order of the Bath, by Sir Thomas Tyyrrwhinn. Lieutenant-Colonel Bernford, Aid.de-Camp to Lord Beresford, by Lord Beresford. Marquis of Westtneath, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Vice-Admiral Sir Willoughby Thomas Lake, on his nomination to be a Knight Commander of the Bath, by Sir J. Graham, Bart. Viscount Gransille, on being appointed his Majesty's Ambassador at Paris. Major Arthur Bowen, by Sir Richard Bulkeley Philippa. Captain Webb, R.N. by Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Lakes Mr. Williams Wynn, on his appointment as Secretary at War, by Earl Grey. Captain Anderson, R.N. b Sir F. P. Beresford. Captain M. S eymour, R.N. as Secretary and Registrar to the Grand Cross of the Bath, by Sir George Nayier. i.aptain Hoppner, H.N. by Vice- Admiral Sir George Cockburn. After the Levee his MAJESTY held a Privy Council, at, which Mr. Gnosvzwort was introduced, and sworn in a Privy Councillor, and took his seat at the Board accordingly. The Marquis CL AN RICA RDE was also introduced and worn in a Privy Councillor, and took his seat at the Board. The KING afterwards in Council received the RECORDER "I London's Report of the convicts capitally convicted at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey, during the October Session \ when the KING was graciously pleased to respite them all during hie Royal pleasure. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. NOT XXCLUSIVE. From the Gasette de France of yesterday. VIIENXA, Nov. 20.—Prir.ce Mettemich and all the principal diplo matists have left Prcsburg for some time back. The expected marriage of Prince Metternich with the Countess Zichi. third daughter of General Count Ziclii, it is said, will in a short time take place. Several French travellers of distinction have arrived here, amongst whom is Marshal Nlarmont. It is supposed that he intends proceeding to Russia. The recognition of Don Miguel on the put of the great Powers will shortly take place. It is said that an Ambassador will be immediately sent to Lisbon. The widow of Francis I. the late King of Naples, has quitted that capital, and has retired with her family to Portici. On the 10th, Ferdinand 11. was residing at the capital of his kingdom. In the next Sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, Marshal Soult will present a general report relative to tile situation f the fortresses, the state of the arsenals, the number of men in actual service, those who shall be under arms on the Ist January, Ist February, and the let of March ; at the last period the army is to consist of 400,000 men, and the moveable National (luard of 500,000 men. Marshal Soule will present, at the same time, the law upon the plan of recruitment. There has been a report upon 'Change, that our Cabinet had con. eluded a treaty, offensive and defensive, with England, upon condition that France should maintain &strict neutrality in theaffairs of Belgium. We give no credit to such a report ; the French Government could not enter into an alliance on such grounds, without contradicting its prin. ciples..—The that intelligence of the foreign armaments has produced an electric effect upon the departments on the frontiers. The inhabitants of the east are in motion ; the people in every direction are preparing for a vigorous resistance. A purchase of 20,000 cavalry horses has bean made for the govern. meat within the last six weeks, in different parts of Germany, particu larly at Holstein and Mecklenburg. PARIS, Nov. 30.—The expected communication from Government, and the demands of the 'Ministers for money and men, were not made to the Chamber of Deputies yesterday evening. Neither Chamber will sit to-day ;no opportunity for giving the so-much-desired explanation will therefore occur until to-morrow, when rumour and general belief have it that the promised statements and the menaced requisition will be given and made. —War is believed to be inevitable, and what is more, ma. ' I neeuvres of the ca 'Wags are said to be in progress to distract the country, and to co-operate with the foreigner.—l mentioned in my letter of, yesterday the seizure of some arms and military equipments destined, , for Argers (Touraine), by an ex-Aid-de.Camp of Bournsont, and the arrest of the individual himself. A very considerable sen- I sation .was felt List night in some quarter (Faubourg St. Ger main), respecting some movements in the southern side of the metropolis; but the only circumstance connected with them of import. ance, are the visible anxiety with which popular assemblages are viewed by the government, and the susceptibility of alarm under which the public in general labour. Doting last night neatly the entire of the city and its environs were ;nee...sandy patroleil by the Garde Nationale. I have inquired, and can find no other ground for the imposition of that painful and fatiguing duty on the National Guards than the two fol lowing incidents— Early in the day a placard was posted up in the Faubourg St. Ger main, addressed to the unemployed " ouvriers," informing them that if they repaired to the Champ de Mars they would find employment. Several hundred men did accordingly proceed to the place indicated, but were furnished with no better occupation, than listening to some spouting of a man who very vehemently exhorted them to upset the present Government. The poor men were not led into acts of turbulence by this agent of sedition, but they con tinued on the ground, in considerable numbers, until the arrival of a large detachment of the 10th Legion of National Guards, who dispersed them, having first made the orator prisoner. lie proved to be one of that odious class, the ex-gendarmerie of Paris. The second affair which attracted the attention of the Authorities, and gave the Garde Nationale much trouble during the evening and night, was a grand reunion (pray do not smile) of the cast ciothesmen of Pads. They assem bled to banquet at a restaurateur's at the Barriere du Maine, near that of Mont Parnaase. Their numbers (nearly four hundred) at tracted the attention of the Authorities, and they were accordingly questioned as to the motives for their meeting, &c. They replied, that " the three days" had been a splendid harvest season for them ; ' that, individually, they had realised considerable sums by the purchase of the splendidly-laced uniforms of the ex-Garde Royale (upon its i p sup region,) and that they had resolved to hold a revel in consequence, rectly unconnected with political ob,jects. There was no reason to oubt the correctness of this reply. The " Marchands" were left ac cordingly to enjoy the pleasures of the table, but under strict and un ceasing surveillance of the National Guard of the quarter. The last of the party had not yet retired, at four o'clock this morning when my in formant (an officer in the 11th Legion) had made his 4th patrole to ob serve those strange heterogeneous eonvives. Strong patrols of cavalry traversed the streets and boulevards throughout the night. The report of the Peers' Commission respecting the ex-Ministers, is deemed to be decisive of the fate of Polignae, and, perhaps, of Peyton net. The evidence of the Marquis de Semonville, grand referendary of the Chamber of Peers, is peculiarly unfavourable to Polignae. You will recollect that he and M. Argant, the present Minister of Marine, were sent by Charles X. during the revolution, to confer with the De- puties who wished to stop the effusion of blood. Marmont seconded the efforts of those who wished to terminate the carnage; but, as M. de Semonville's testimony proves, Polignac was inexorable. Whatever may be the issue of the trial, I repeat my former apprehensions of deplorable scenes here. The neighbourhood of the Luxembourg is con sidered so unsafe, that the removal of furniture and property from the houses in its vicinity continues without intermission. Until to-day I thought it probable that the trial would be postponed until after Le Jour de l'An, from consideration for the shopkeepers of Paris : but I have now every reason to believe, in concurrence with the general ru mour, that it will commence on Thursday, the 9th, or Friday, the 10th of December. Bowies, Half past Four.—The Funds underwent a trifling im provement today, notwithstanding the character of the news in elr. l culation, and Immense sales (1,200,000 Francs des Reines) by the va. l rious agents. It is not true that the ex.ministers have been removed to the Luzern. bourg, as reported here early In the day. Nothing in the lifessager of Dec. 1. The Revolution was to have appeared on Wednesday, Dee. 1. /mai FUNDS , Nov. 30.—Five per Cents. 9lf 2k 30e 20c POf 80c IlOc 80c 7k 80c ; closed at 9lf 10c; Three per Cents. 61f be 50e (~c 60e 62c 61f 60e 70e 80c ; closed at 61f 110 c ; Rents Per. petuelles, 43 431 44 44i 44 43i 434 44 434 431. pa BELGIUM. The following are extracts from the Belgic papers of Monday, which i arrived last night :- 44 Bat/seem, Nov. 28.—The National Congress. in its yesterday's sitting, adopted a law relative to the publication of its decrees, but as what is the plainest is often least thought of, the Assembly fagot to determine the mode of publishing its acts preceding yesterday's sitting, and it will probably be obliged to pass a special law for this purpose, since the decree of yester.'ay cannot have a retrospective effect. " We had joyfully inserted the news spread here sod at Liege, of a check experienced by the Dutch troops of the corps under the Duke of Saxe-Weimar. The Belgians„ it was said, had taken 2,000 prisoners, and a great number of cannon. There is no truth whatever in these statement. i since the Provisional Ooveniment does not condescend to tell us a word on the subject: it seems that there exists, with respect to the news from our armies, an organized system of deception, we know not to what purpose. However, we are not far from seizing the threads of this intrigue, and being able to give to the public some information on this subject, which will surprise it. " Our civic guard is threatened with a measure which has spread alarm throughout Brunch. It is sail to be intended to disarm it, and to give its muskets to other collie which will go to join the army. It lis certain, that we are indebted to the civic guard for the tranq uillity I which we have long enjoyed in this capital, and that to d epri ve the guard of the means of maintaining that tranquillity, by tak ing away its arms, is risking not only our peace, but even our existence. The enemy at home is no less to be feared than the foreign enemy. The latter can only conquer a few leagues of ground, while the other may in an instant overthrow the state and all private fortunes. " What is the Prince of Orange now to us ? He is proscribed with his whole race : it is nothing to us whether he lives or dies, nor need we care whether the justification of the conduct of that Prince by 111. Lehon in the Congress is satisfactory or incomplete. It appear, however, that this prince of Orange is still offended with certain persons who have made him commit suicide, though he is is very good health. This news, of little importance in itself, comes from that manufactory, the productions of which we are carefully watching. " Almost all the Bes employed in the higher departments who were at the Hague have returned to Brussels. It is with the greatest difficulty that they succeeded in getting into Belgium. Several of them have employed seven or eight days en the road from the Hague to Brus sels, and have been obliged to lame in Holland their wives and children. They relate that latterly the Belgians no Imes dare to show themselves in public places, or even to quit their bosses. They all expressed the greatest joy at having returned to Brunk " ANTWERP, Nov. 27. " General .Nellon and Major Hetode are gone to the Campine. Geo. Mellioet is gone towards alaestricbt. " LIEGE, Nov. 17. " We have learnt nothing positive respeedns the aajeracct between our troops and those of the Duke of Base Wer. Ills morning, at tat o'clock, no report ha reached the military authorities. It la aimed, however, that many wounded have bees beau& Into Maastricht* " The Prussian troops ammehied In the provinces of the Mins and Westphalia amount to may Wile am It was by a mistake that they were stated to amount to WOO. " BRUSSELS. Nov. 23. " A British Cabinet messenger, who arrived bare the day before yes. terday from London, with despatches for the Provisional Ooverionent, set out again yes!,rday at noun ik it It despatches fur London " Some journals have announced a battle near Yenloo between our troops and the enemy. This news is false. Out troops have taken a position, but no en:_agement has occurred.° " W e find that the King of Holland has accepted the armistice pro. posed by the live l'ov'ers, and gave orders on the 23d and 24th to the Dutch troops to suspend hostilities by sea and land, to raise the blockade every where, and to evactiAte all the places which were not occupied by the Dutch before the Treaty of the 30th of May, 1814. The city of Antwerp is among the number. " Nlcusures will be imniediately taken to regulate the frontiers. The Belgian and the Dutch 0, vernments will each send two commissioners to the spot. These commissioners are not yet known. " The struogth of the Prussian garrison of Luxembourg has been exaggerated. It consists of 24 companies, the strongest of wnich is 170 men ; but it will be shortly reinforced. The 30th Regiment is to leave it, but will be replaced by two others, which will increase the gar rison by about 1,000 mcn.-- Journal r!, la Beluiquc anti Vrai Potriole of Nov. 29. " • The Poliliquc gives tlic tollowing accounts of the moventems of the Dutch. The ttoops under the Prince of Saxe Weimar intended to proceed to l'enloo. On arriving at 111aesyck, the Duke received notice from General Dibbers of the armistice concluded between Belgium and Holland, and returned, u we are assured, to the position which he occupied on the 2!st in the evening. Thus much, however, is certain, that he is at this moment at Wecrt, halt way between Maastricht and Bois-le.Duc." Sl'lltll' OF TILE JOUIIIVALS. Cu &owlet E.—We quest ion whether it might not be the better policy to take it for granted that I:urope can never know peace so long as a large portion of it is subject to itr,eponsible governments, and whether it would not he well, once for all. to make one grand effort to secure the nations ag,ainet the constant recurrence of calamities almost inseparable from governments which have hardly one feeling in common v.i:h t! , _ people under them. IVere Europe under constitutional governments. the peace of the nations would be assured ; because nations can never have an interest in war, and because the consent of the people would be necessaty before it. could in uny case he declared.— All plots and conspiracies ate, in a great measure, ittipossiblc., where the government can only gs on nand in hand with the people. But Europe, crtr since the first partition of Poland, has been familiarized with great military movements, directed by the caprice of despotic Governments. At this present moment the ;topic of Europe generally, and more especially the people of that great per. don of it which may be described as the heart, hate shown that they are ripe and teady for an cffott to secure their liberties against the ca. prices of their Government. We are assured that attachment to the person of the King of Prussia, who is very much loved by his subjects, I , is the sole cause of the tranquillity of the north of Germany ; but that the least imprudent movement on the part of that Monarch would dis- ' solve the spell by which the people are bound to him. The threat of the late Mr. Canning is much more applicable to the times in which we live, than to those when he uttered it. If lie feared " that the next war which should be kindled in Europe would be a war not so much of armies as of opinions," that " it was the contemplation of the new power in any future war wnich excited his most anxious apprehension," and that " the consequence of letting loose the passions, at present chained and confined, would be to pro duce a scene of desolation which no man can contemplate without horror," we now know that, on the first entrance of an armed French force into Germany, the population of the greatest part of that im. mense country would avail themselves of the opportunity to shake off the little petty oppressors who now harass their industry and waste their resources. There is hardly a State in Germany in which the people are not at issue with their Government on account of taxation. The Germans say, why are we to be eternally cursed with such a number of Courts ? The splendour of a Court may suit very well the meridian of Paris and London, but it becomes a nuisance in a little dominion of a few miles square. The French would be hailed as de liverers, sad receive the right hand of fellowship wherever they appeared. From the Rhine to the Dnieper the population everywhere requires only the signal. Since war is so great an evil, that although we foresee it cannot long be avoided, and that the French would derive great advantages front giving the signal for insurrection throughout the Continent, we would put off the evil day to the very last. From the very nature of things, there must be strong hatred between France and the kingdoms of the Continent. The example of France shakes the authority of the monarchs, and they cannot see without alarm the existence of a great power in their neighbourhood in which the demo. cratic principle unquestionably preponderates. They fear France, and they fear their own subjects. Pr u ssi a , ho wever , having most to ap. prebend from war, will probably act with the greatest prudence; and if Prussia only remain ttanquil, the other two Powers cannot move. TtatEs.—The French journalists act from the grossest delusion or the most flagrant perversity, when they attempt to inculcate on their readers that the arrayf of Holy Alliance force is directed against the recent changes in France. France may ultimately have to sustain the shock, but it is only in advancing her shield over her neighbour that the blow will fall upon her. The immediate object of the attack (if any attack is to be made) will of course be Belgium • and the justi. Station of the violence will be, not that Belgium ha s adopted a part!. cular government,or rejected a particular dynasty, but that it has broken solemn treaties, on the observance of which the security of the present European system depcnds.The time is gone by for waging a war of opi. nion with the declaration of Laybach inscribed on the standards of invasion ; but the faith of treaties, which settle the international re. lations of states, may still be enforced by arms, and their violation at least may furnish the pretext for attack. The new Belgic state insists upon uniting to itself the province of Luxembourg, a Grand Duchy of the Germanic Confederation, in opposition to the solemn protest of the King of Hollond, acting in the name and as a member of the Germanic Diet. It has, moreover, committed the unpardonable and enormous offence of showing the treaties of Vienna to be waste paper, while Russia has no more title to Poland, Austria to the Lornbardo.Venetian kingdom, and Prussia to Saxony and the Rhenish provinces, than this same despised, violated, and mutilated set of doctiments. If these powers, therefore, send their armies to the Rhine, it will be under the pretext of restoring or maintaining the old re lations of States as settled by die treaties to which the Emperor Nicholas alluded in his letter to the King of France; and the collision for which France is said to be preparing must occur In the execution of her purpose to protect her Belgic neighbours from foreign aggression.— As won as a Prussian cannon is heard on the Belgic frontier, the new state will demand succours from France ; and as the cause and the in terests of the two revolutions will be confounded in popular estimation, the Governnic..t of the latter will tied it impossible to decline a contest which will be artfully represented as its own. Such must necessarily be the course of events should the spirit of the Holy Alliance un. happily stimulate the Emperor of Russia and King of Prussia to preserve, by an aprtal to arms, the antiquated relies of obsolete engagements. Whatever may occur, England is fortunately secure from any necessity of entering the field at the beginning of the contest, and can only be compelled to mix in it, during its progress, by such ambitious and dishonest pretensions on the part of our French neighbours as would make all Eutope our allies. She has tacitly re nounced the treaties, and formally protested against the principles on which the aggressors act ; and if the French Government is faithful to its deelaradmis and proteseions,—of which we see no reason to doubt, — her peace will be preserved amid surrounding war. Ilsuai.o.—lf the great military preparations of the Holy Alliance do not mean war, those despots have certainly a very warlike way of showing their intention to remain at peace ! The rulers of Russia, Prussia, and Austria, have been for some time past most actively oe .cupied in raising armies and making other hostile demonstiations. It is true, the (Iceman Paptrs, which dare nut publish anything dig. agreeable to the authorities, which allow them to exist only on suffer ance, and r, quire that the only " light" which shall emanate from the Press upon political matters shall be " darici.eis visible," would have us believe that these warlike preparations are only precautions against contingencies, which do rot indicate a design to go to war. They mix up these statements with a liberal propert:on of flattery to the Russian A uto ctst, whose elevated and benevolent character, they tell us, is generally acknowlcdged, and add, that he understands what the times require, and appreciates the blessings of peace. They told us the same when he was making preparations for the overthrow of the Turkit.b empire. Yet the same Journals cannot so completely suppress the truth as not to allow some obscure intimations of a gloomier description to pits. For instance, they tell us that " the accounts of the vigorous and exten sive armaments, and the movenients of troops in Russia, make a great impression at Berlin, and that the public look with confidence on these armaments as an increase of the resources which justice and the good cause may immediately command in case an intervention by anns should be required; but this case itself, even with a guarantee of the successful issue, fills people's minds with apprehensions, since at first great convulsions and extraordinary saclike, must inevitably ensue as soon as the word war i s d ec id e dly pronounced." litre we have a little truth used as a cover to a great deal of deception. No doubt, as soon as the tocsin of war is sounded, and those armed legisla tors, the Scythian hordes and the Don Cossacks, pour forth from the desert towards the fertile plains of western Europe, to dictate to free men what form of government they shall be pennitssd to live under, great convulsions, and extraordinary sacrifices, most mese I And all this to support • good cause fornath I The cams, rather, of that selfish ambitios,equally ferocious and tearful, whisk trembles and files to aim whenever the spirit of keel= Elm se weilleeeme the condition ot 'mankind in the remotest men et Ettsops l Tice " Holy Al- Hamm" app pate the blesolmoi et peace In she sem nest that the Miami Mstaiau illfollbll OS the term was imdisossad by some seldom podium s@ et the well, who inkallunita by the simple of lalkolisem faciant et roan vacant.' I. one bops still toe the poise of Europe, aid that is, that the =in our Engin policy, which the change in our Cabinet has pro. may make the Holy Alliance °insides sum ss as hopeless, be- UMW 01:1411' DefaOlio4ll project can Lay,. .!-elesa.:en eith e r o f j; l:g lia i troops or money. The pr.•.ent klinistry, if they act with the !4 ell t and grod sense for which the e-,untry is willing to give them cretit.o...; leave no fair effor: untried to pie serve the peace of Europe. If even war should ariee, they will do all that i, consis.ent the character and L.mour England to save us from any participation. But,if driven by an insupera‘i!e necessity to the sad alternative of arming the nation in defence of its ex istence. or in drfcrce of those interest, without which its existence cou:d rot be worth preserving, they will, we trust, take that side which eeime the feelings and sympathies of the English people, aml a , sik France in a struggle which would he a war of opinion—a war of constitutional against despotic principles—a wee of intelligence against barbarism— of mind and law, and justice. against ignorance, four, and eppressien, and which we believe would only terminate ie the estahlishn.ent of representative systems upon the ruins of every despotism in Europe. Pose.—lt is in the very nature of things that the attitude of mutual menace or defiance assumed by great and powerful States towards each other should increase on all e•id , :s 'lie feelings of teciprocal jealtm.y or ill-will l.y which it has been occasioned; and it cannot fail to be tecol. leeted. that in fact hostile demonstweeions so general anti extensive a♦ those of which we daily he:ire inteliWence have usually b:es at no distant period by actual hosttliq. Yet in the actual situation of the several European G - ,vernmentie, and in the relations which connect rhem with each other, there is much that encourages us to cherish the Lope of prolonged and uninter • ruined peace. The expediency of avoidiug war, with a view to the interest of each separate State, appears to us to be so evident and so strong, that we think a pseifie policy is likely to predominate for a considerable period in the Councils of the 31onarelts, notwithstanding the. grounds and inducement. which rec'nt occurrences may have ar. forded to some of them for !waffle interr.:lltion. We rest the gondol, solely u; oa considerations of convenience, for the right of interference in the affairs of the Netherlands, :herald the interests of Enrolee seem to require such interference on the lint of the Great Powers, is, we think, unquestionable. The question. then. is not whether the right ex ists, but whether it be convenient or a leamageous to exercise it. An•l this question we s•i!I think it probal4.2 that the Powers chiefly !roe. rested will, by th.ir cm.tlort, ass or in the negative. Ihe late administration of Great Britain had, ;.s sea know, decided against inter. Terence in the afibirs of the Netherlands, unless an appeal to the national honour, and the faith of treaties, rendered forbearance impossible: tIL present administration is resolved not to interfere, whatever may become of national honour or the faith of treaties. Thus at any rate it seems certain that for the present at least Great Britain will remain at peace. France, bound by the same obligation as Great Britain to the ode?: powers of Europe, will not interfere, unless it be to protect tho Belgiau revolutionists, and to maintain the effects of the revolntion for mess purposes, it' necessary, she will interfere in defiance of the treaties to which she is a party. This with the present French government is not a matter of choice; it is an indispensible condition of its own existence. NATAL INTELLIGENC Maths A MIMED THIS DAs—Dublin, l ; Watetfo - d, 2; Guernsey and Jersey, 2 ; Flanders, 1 ; France, 1. The Abeooa, Russell, from Newcastle to Berbice, after being on dip Goodwin Sand, ran on shore yesterday morning out,ide of Itamsgate harbour, and was full of water, but expected to be got off next tide. The Miss, Rankin, Irons Glasgow to Oporto, was driven on slime in the Clyde o Saturday ni;ht, and filled with water. Cargo di.- charging. The Mary, Porter, bound to I lamburgh, has arrived at Yarmouth, with damage. D,AL, Dec. l.—Wind F. moderate. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. I.—Wind E. PLYMOUTH ; Nov. 99 and 50.—Wind East.— Arrived the 1..tt0.,a, Paterson, from Riga. FALMOUTH ; Nov. SO.—Wind E. fresh breezes.—Arrived biz Ma jesty's steamer Confiance, from Woolwich; and Dash, Brown, from St. Übe's. DASTMOUTH, Nov. 30.—. Arrived the Albertine, Ehlert, front Stockholm, leaky, bound to Alexandria. Penzance, Nov. SO.—Arrived the Industry, Sellers, from Lisbon, and Coriolanus, Fox, from Oporto. Dustin, Nov. 30.—Arrived the Pedestrian, Bell, from Memel. WASSIITORD ; Nov. 29.—Arrived the Malcolm, Pond, and Thomas, from London. HULL, Doe. I.—Arrived the Abbotsford, Garbutt, from Riga ; Army, —; Chase, Thompson ; Daniel Wheeler, Wharton ; Milton, Meggitt ; Rlby Grove, Wilson; Rhine, Matson ; Terris, Parker; and Wm. Pitt, Wildrldge, from St. Petersburgb; and Sykes, Braithwaite, from Riga. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS—('Pats DA%.) These Sessions commenced this morning before Francis Cow, Esq. Chairman, and a Bench of Magistrates. AUGMENTATION 01 , THE MAGISTRACY. As soon as the Court had been funned, Mr. (iilby, the Clerk of t'te Peace, produced and read a new Commission for the City and Li.)er. ties Of Westminster, which had just been received from the Lord Chancellor's Office. It contained, in addition to the names of the New Ministry, those of many respectable, active genrlemen, who had been added to the Magistracy of Westminster, at the recommendation of the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex, which had been given in consequence of the suggestion thrown out by the Lord Chan• cellor, a few evenings back, in the House of Lords. In all, the roil comprised the names of at least three hundred Nohlemt.n and Gentle. men. It was stated that a similar course would be adopted at the en. suing Sessions of every place throughout the kingdom. Tl:e Commission having been read, the Chairman and other Magis trates present qualified themselves to act under it by taking the pre. saibed oaths, which were administered by the Clerk of the Peace. The Grand Jury having been sworn, the Chairman merely observed that there was nothing particular to which he need call their attention. There are several persons for trial at these Sessions on charges of rioting on the late memorable Lord Mayor's Day. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. MIDDLESEX. Monday evening, between 7 and 8 o'clock, a barn belonging to Mr. Benjamin Rogers, of Lampton, near Hounslow, was set on tire, and notwithstanding the efforts used, it was completely burnt to the ground. It is stated that a great many farmers in the neighbourhood of I lout. slow, Heaton, and Lampton, have received threatening Liters, ,k 4 lning them against the use of machinery. NON FOLK. Nonw mu, Nov. 30.—Several men were apprehended yesterday, and lodged in Wymondham gaol. A report was sent to Norwich this morn ing, that the peasantry had mustered to a considerable number, and had pulled down the prison walls and liberated all the prisoners. It was true so far that tiny had pulled down part of the outer wail, but a small party of the Dragnon Guards being there, the mob dispersed. Several persons have been sworn in as special constables. as it was expected a ti:sturbance might take place here to-Jay, in consequence of the eh mica of Robert Grant, lisq. giving the people an op?ortunity of assembling ; but it is now half past 4, and all is very quiet. Now and then we hear of thrashing.maehines being destroyed. A meeting of magistrates and occupiers of land was held at Hack. ford, on Friday, at which a resolution, signed by the High Shea', Lord Orford, Sir Jacob Auk", and almoot every one present, was adopted, in which they state their determination not to use thiashitnt. machines on their own occupations, and earnesilv rceatnntetal As dis continuance of them to all persous within their hdaeree. Uu I:11i wry to the meeting Sir Jacob Astley was I:elttd with stones in the town of Peephatn, and obliged to take refuge in Messrs. Itlichnnt's brewery. Saturday a mob of several hundreds, armed with hammers, saws, &c. attacked the paper-mills at Troadtant. and completely destroyed the ma chinery, which was of nearly the value of 2MM. They proceeded from that place to Lyng paper 0611. and committed damage to the amount of AIM. Similar acts of violence hay.: been committed in other parts of the nt ighbourhood, and alit loss of the damage in machinery alone, within the last few days, is estimated at altnemt £5.000. As %nun as these alarming proceedings were made known in Norwich, a large body of the military proceeded to the spot, and apprehended ten of thr party concerned in the outrage at Farnham, who Have been since safely !edged in the couuty prison. SUFI. 01. K. A Meeting of the :Magistrates of the Western divisitat rf St.fft.lk was held on Monday, at Bury St. Edmund's, at which ti.e Duke o f Grafton presided ; and Resolutions were *domed expressive of the tranquil state of that part of the county, and of the good disposition which appears to animate all classes within the district. Two steak.; of wheat, belonging to Mr. Woodwanl, a fainter, at Sprough, peter Ipswich, were burnt down on Monday night. KENT. It is stated that numbers of " Swing" letters continue to be received by the farmers in the Isle of Thanet, which create continual alarm. On Saturday a man named Ooulden was committed for setting ere to the• einque.foil stack at Allandgrange. It appears three men were concerned in the infamous act stated : the others are not yet in custody. Tuesday, four more prisoners were brought into Canterbury, and de livered into custody at St. Augustine's oa , l, on chargos of machine. breaking. One is a young loan named Stockbridge. a baker, having • brother in Quiterbuty, a respectable tradesman ; he is a native of Ford: with. Also a young man, named &reed, from Sturry ; and the others are named Johnson and B uabsiL Tuesday the three prisoners charged with vetting fire to the firm. lug-stock of Mr. Winne, of Demtrood, undereet.e a third exarrica. don before the inagisti .tes, when OM of them. named Bishop, nude a fell confession of their guilt. and appliA to be admitted King's reit/era I but, it is hoped the tuagi•trn e. •ill be abk to procure sufficient testi mony to have them all couvice.l. ; V • II I 1 /[f~ ~ ~c j