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Instead of Lord Powwow n' proceeding to Brussels, as was intended yesterday, we find that his Lordship has been un expectedly detained ; and has this day had many hours con ference with Lord GREY. We recommend our Readers to peruse with attention the Extract from the Constitutionel, in our subsequent columns. lt contains some curious and sagacious observations on the present state of Europe ; and we shall, to-morrow, offer sump remarks which they have suggested. Letters have been received this day in the City from Hol land, which state that the Dutch army on the frontiers is put into condition for immediate service; and Accounts from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, mention a protocol, limit ing $, the surrender of that Duchy by the Belgians to the lst of June ; while the Belgians are stated, at the same time, to be preparing for hostilities : in pursuance of which, the lel loe iug order of the day, it is further stated, has been issued to all the general officers of division in the Belgian army : Threatened on one side by the German Confederation, and on the other by the Dutch troops, which still occupy several points of our territory, and which the armistice alone prevents us from expelling,—the Belgian Government is obliged to prepare for War, to organise all the corps of the Army—end to establish a discipline equal to the courage of which it has given an example." Among other signs of the times, may be ranked the too general unpopularity of the nobility. They possess, at the same time, the means of being more popular than all other men. Their rank commands deference, and their wealth confere the power of bestowing favours ; yet they are gene rally not liked, and the artillery of the public press is always directed against them. They are charged with coveting more power, though they have a full share, and with seeking favour and emoluments at Court, though more independent of either, than any other men. This may be partly true, and partly false ; but the real secret of public dislike is their caste—their haughty separation from all other men— and their contempt of the nobles of nature, the geniuses of their age. We never bear of any of them as patrons ; and when so, it is fantastical. The last was the late Duke of No arot.x, who paid the expense of TarLoa's Greek Translations, and took the books as security into his own hands. Another, was WILLIAM, the first Marquis of LANSDOWNE, who paid liberally for dedications. But we have no Lord HERBERTS, or Earls of DEVONSHIRE, or DORSET; DO Lord HALIFAXES, 110 Lord OODOLPHINS, no Earls of OXFORD. Original thinking is the utter aversion of the whole race of our modem noLi lity ; and if by chance some party writer is favoured, it is to serve a selfish purpose. Jouttson's contempt of CHES.. TERFIELD begat a counter-contempt in all Lords of all living authors. Then as authors are the mouth-piece of society, can we wonder that they, in return, have produced a contempt of all Lords ? Aye, but Hoa*ca WALPOLE WWI a noble patron, as CHATTERTON could prove; and their Lordships subscribe to the Literary Fund, which doles out its pounds in CHARITY to tl.ose who are sorry enough to condescend to beg relief. No ! no ! this is not what men of genius demand, and expect from nobility ; they claim at least to be as much petted as race horses, and to be sub scribed to as liberally as they subscribe to dancers and sing ers. This is the halo which nobility requires; and one part of their vast incomes judiciously disbursed, among indigent men of letters, would be repaid in pleasant self-reflections— in association with names consecrated to fame—and in se curing the deserved praise, without which distinction pro duces only envy, and wealth only reproach and obloquy. We consider this a seasonable time to read this lesson, to those who may not be too lofty to learn ; because the question of Reform, and many of the late elections, having brought many of the nobility into more direct opposition to the public, the whole class have been unjustly impugned, by the selfishness of a few ; who, not content with their Constitu tional powers, have too long usurped the distinct powers of the people. They call it robbery and spoliation to take from them posers which they never ought to have possessed; and resist with that fury which is only justifiable when a matter of clear right is at issue. It is, however, in vain to argue with offended pride; but we wish the public to dis criminate between a score of noble borough proprietors, and the three hundred and fifty hereditary Peers, wbo have no direct concern in such unconstitutional practices; and it will be advantageous not to associate just resentments against twenty, with three hundred and sixty who are indifferent on the question ; and many of whom feel scandalized by the mal-practices of a small minority of their brethren. The latest accounts from Northamponsbire give us the gross poll thus:— Lord ALTHORP, 2372; Lord MILTON, 2042; Mr. CARTWRIGHT, 1825; and Sir C. ICWiGHT- Lay. 1362—showing a majority in favour of Lord MILTOIr over CARTWRIGHT of 117. Yesterday there were no more than one hundred voters polled ; and on the day's poll Mr. CARTWRIGHT bed a majority of four over Lord MILTON. There ale, SOWSVer, upwards of four hundred and fifty disputed votes before the Assessor—two-thirds of which were tendered for Lords ALTHORT and MILTON. With reference to these citcumstances, and also considering, that a great many of the objections taken to the latter votes are of a very frivolous nature, it is easy to see what the re sult of this contest must necessarily be. It is currently whispered, that Mr. CAILTWRIfiIIT only waits for a res pectable majority, to be gained out r him on the day's poll, in order to his retiring from the contest For his sake, therefore, as well as for the sake of the noble candidates who are opposed to him, we again exhort the unpolled free holders to hasten to the hustings, and thus terminate an expense which must now have become grievous to all parties. The anti-reform party are spending 2,0001. a day—or nearly 1001. for every vote I Time was when JOHN BULL had to pay the piper ; but this happily is a case of refined hog. So far it is good ; but in every other sense it is the mere indulgence of spleen. Sir Joux OWEN, to whom is confided the Lord Lieute nancy of Pembrokeshire, is so hard run in his own domain, by Mr. GftevlLLE, that the issue is still doubtful. We did not expect so much spirit in that remote corner. We are bcVnd to record a great victory in Kerry, where MT. MAURICI FITZGERALD, an old treasury vote, has been ousted by Mr. O'Cow ELL, and his friend Mr. hl uL -IINS. Mr. O'CoNwm.i. appears to have been raised among his countrymen by the attacks of Mr. HUNT, who grounded them, as he alleged, on the information of one Bimini., who it appears he cannot find. Thus far England and Wales have increased the majority of reformers 95—England having returned 287 reformers against 200 ; and Wales 18 reformers against 9. The open polls give 231 members, of whom 153 are reformers, and only 39 anti-reformers. We are happy to observe that, however the CLOSE cost ?ORATION of Cambridge decided the last election, the ma jority of the active intelligence was on the side of reform. By the published returns, it appears that of the Professors, fifteen voted for Lord Pahnenston and Mr. Cavendish, and only six for Messrs. Goulburn and Peel. That of the University scholars, thirteen voted for the reformers, and only six against them. While, of living senior wranglers, men, by the bye, of the lowest general intelligence in the University, the numbers were nearly equal, or 12.5 to 11.5. The anti-reforming Professors were the six in divinity, or in alliance with it ; and these, of course, were followed by Suffolk, Essex, and other Clergy. It is the highest com pliment to the cause of Reform, to be able to state, that on its side, are found the names of Fa KISH, CUMMING, BABBAGE, SELIGNICK, AIREY, LEA, WMEWELL, names which confer celebrity on Cambridge, through the civilized world. Of their a opponents, no man ever beard beyond the gates of their Colleges. THE ARN Y.—This day, Lord HILL, as Commander-in- Chief, held a Levee, at his Lordship's Office, in the Horse- Guards, which was attended by— General GASCOYNE, General DOYLE, Sir GEORGE ROSE, Lieutenant-General WETNERAL, Major-General ANDERSON, Major-General DICKENS, Lieutenant-General Sir W. HuvcrtursoN, Lieutenant-General Sir R. WILSON, Major-Genea al CARET, Major-General NicoLEY, Major-General FREETH, Sir CHARLES PRATE, Sir THOMAS HAY, Lieutenant-General MONTRESOR, Sir WILLIAM SHIAIDAN, Major-General Sir ALEXANDER BRYCE, And about fifty other Officers. CITY. ONE O'CLOCK. The Express from Paris this morning does not bring any news of importance. The leaving off price of the French Rents, by the Estafette, is Lsaid to come higher, 65-90 : consequently a small improvement has taken pla ce in our Funds. Consols, which left off yesterday at 82i for the account, opened at 82k, afterwards were done at 821 ; and at present are 821; it is not expected that much business will be doing, owing to most of the brokers having taken their departure for the races, about eleven o'clock. In the foreign market nothing going forward. CITY. Two O'CLOCK. The funds, which were looking up in the earlier part of the day, and were done at 821 i for the account, have since receded to 821 i, owing to the affray which has taken place at Antwerp ; but it is not thought it will turn out to be of serious consequence, there being a meeting with Gen. Chasse on the subject ; but the answer was not known, when the letters left. It originated in some boys planting some flags on some cntwarks of the Dutch ; they were desired to take them away, and disperse; having refused, two muskets were fired over them. It is said, that 200 Dutch prisoners were' expected to be brought into Antwerp, who were working at a dyke : but it appears that all was in consternation there when the accounts left. We have no other Continental information at present. In the Foreign market nothing doing; indeed, the house is almost empty owing to the races. There is a long letter at LWof an affray which has taken place at Antwerp, on which subject we have receeived the following two letters: ANTWERP, MAY 7.—Things are getting worse and worse daily. On Sunday we had skirmishing at the citadel, caused by the Dutch troops having took possession of an outwork, although formerly within their limits they did not think it proper, of late, to occupy. Gene ral Belliard and Mr. Cartwright have come here to enquire into this affair, since which nothing hos tile has occurred ; but we continue in a dreadful state of alarm and anxiety, occasioned chiefly by this event, and persons are preparing to leave the town. Hostile pre parations are still going on round the citadel ; not lees than six batteries are in progress of being erected, and what adds more to our fears, that Prince Cobourg will not accept the crown of Belgium. Extract of another letter of the same date :—The whole of yesterday we were in the greatest alarm. In the after noon of the 15th, and yesterday morning, some firing took place between our troops, and those of the citadel. We had 15 wounded, sines which no further hostilities has taken place. M. Belliard and Mr. Cartwright, it is supposed, will interfere, and try to settle this affray, that ire may not I experience a second bombardment. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PA RIO, TUESDAY.— M. hides Wesson, first secretary of the embassy at London, is named envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Hanover; M. Martin, consul-general, is named minister plenipotentiary at Mexico; M. Count d'Estourmel, member of the Chamber of Deputies, is named minister plenipotentiary at Columbia ; Count Alfred de Vaudreuil, first secretary of the embassy at Naples, is named charge d'affaires at Weimar ; Count Alexia de Saint Priest is named charge d'affaires at Parma. M. Tellier de Blauries will replace M. Charles Bresaon as first secretary of embassy at London. M. Edmond de Bussiere will replace M. de Vaudreuil as first secretary of the em bassy at Naples. Upon the report of the President of the Council, minister secretary of state for the department of the Interior, Lieutenant-General Bonnet has been named com missioner extraordinary in the department of the west, which pill compose the 4th, 12th, and 13th militiary divisions.— Afoniteur. _ . The following is the discourse addressed on Sunday, by! the King, to the Mayor of Paris, at the moment when his Majesty remitted to him the crosses of July : " Messieurs, the Mayors, I enjoy being the organ of the National grati tude towards those who have valiantly fought for the de fence of our laws, in the glorious days of July. I should have wished to have distributed to them personally the honourable tokens; but it is not to delay that distribution that I have preferred to charge you to make it in my name. You will tell them, on my part, when invested with these crosses and these medals, they must attest their devotion to tho country, and their fidelity to the charter, and to the cause of liberty ; which, if new attacks come again to threaten, they will always find me, in the moment of danger, ready to divide their perils, and to fight with them, to assure to France the preservation of our institutions and the maintenance of our constitutional liberties."—Moniteur. History informs us that sometimes, in a decisive action, l when a severe wound wu received by one of his soldiers, it was Bonaparte who placed the first appareil upon the chest of the brave ; he took off his cross and gave it to him.— To•day we read in the Moniteur: " During the review, the King bestowed with his own hand the Cross of the Legion of Honour on three National Guards, who were wounded, by the stones thrown, in the late troubles."— Revolution. The Courier Francais says, that in place of the words' " Given by the King," the crosses and medals should bear " Given by the National gratitude."—Since it is wished to quit legal fictions, to enter into reality, it requires to be very exact in your materials. The words " National gratitude, ' should not then be placed upon the cross of July, unless the whole nation had been assembled, and that it had declared that it was grateful for the revolution of July. In the in terim, the only inscription should be, " Given by the 219." —Gazette de France. The review of the National Guard of Paris and the envi rons, which had been twice put off by bad weather, took place this day, favoured by a brilliant sun. An immense population covered the hills of the Champ de Mars, and the heights of Cbaillot. The King, who arrived in the morn ing at about eleven o'clock, from St. Cloud, left the Palais Royal at a quarter to twelve, for the Champ de Mars. His Majesty, accompanied by the Duke of Orkans, who wore the uniform of the National Guard, and the Duke de Ne mours, who wore that of the cavalry, arrived at the Champ de Mars, preceded and followed by detachments of National Guard, mounted. Salvos of artillery announced the approach of his Majesty. Having distributed to the Mayors and Sub prefects of Sceaux and St. Denis, the decorations to be given in his name to the citizens designated by the Commission, the King rode down the front of the legions. Near 100,000 men were united in the Champ de Mars. The four legions of the environs, and the four first legions of Paris, had their right appeyee at the Military School, and their developpement continued up to the bridge of Jena. The eight last legions bad their right appnyee at Pont d'Jena. The artillery was in order of battle, with their backs to the bridge, and in the rear apreared the legion of cavalry, in four effective squadrons. The King was saluted by lively acclamations. His Majesty having placed himself to see the defile, wished also to review the immense population which bordered the Champ de Mars. He, therefore, made the tour of the vast circle on foot, and his presence excited enthusiasm difficult to de scribe. It seemed as if the Parisians wished, by their ac clamations, to protest against the miserable attempts of last week. During this time the Legions formed in close co lumns to defile. All the movements were executed with perfect order. Never bad the National Guard appeared so numerous; its discipline improves daily. Among the group of officers who followed his Majesty we observed several foreigners. The review lasted till half-put six. The King returned to the Palais Royal, and was received every where with the same expressions of respect which had marked his arrival. The general commanding in chief the national guard of Paris and of the Banlieue, hastens to perform a very plea sing duty to his comrades—that of acquainting them with the satisfaction which the King several times expressed during the memorable review of this day, as well at the appearance as the discipline of the several corps of the na tional guard. His Majesty was struck with the rapid pro gress which evidenced an ensemble which, perhaps, none but Frenchmen could have displayed in so short a time to their fellow citizens, and to Europe, a sight so promising for order and peace. While addressing to his comrades these testimonies of august approbation, the commander-iu-chief receives from the King a letter, in which his Majesty ex presses his sentiments with so much goodness, that it leaves him who has had the happiness to read it first, nothing but to communicate it immediately to his comrades, that tbey may join in the gratitude which this noble language natu rally inspires : "To OZNIMAL COUNT Di LOSAU.—You know, my dear Gone• ral, that I wished to eekblate my Jere in the meaner the moat apesside to me. by ones more seeing the National Guard of Faris, and the Ben. such as it was formed by the spontaneous orgaabation of July and August. 1 ebbed before this organisation had undergone the changes prescribed by the law which regulates its constitution, to testify to the National Guard that, by its patriotic and wholly voluntary seal, it has surpassed in instruction, in discipline, and devotedness, all that I could expect from it, and all that France could hope. I do not fear to my, my dear General, that the history of nation affords no example of a movement so generous, and of a result so brilliant ; and my national pride induces me to believe that noise but Frenchmen would be capable of it.— But 1 have other debts to discharge towards the National Guard. I must Ant express to it the pouted, of the nation and my own fee that activity, that patience, sad that coolness—often more difficult than cos. rage—with which, amidst the painful circumstances that we have had to pass through la the last nine months, it has so powerfully contributed to repress attempts to excite agitation, and to the restoration if public osier, without which France can have Dehisce liberty nor prosperity. I have next to discharge my personal dtbt, and to testify to the Nation' Guard bow deeply my heart is penetrated by the empties whit* it hes gives ms, by the senthstate which it has manifested towards me, and by the affection which It shows me upon every ocension. I feel that I owe them to the knowledge which It has of my patriotism, sad so the gaseastse which my beg weer albedo of my fidelity to my country, and my devotedness to the sacred ammo Cl its cesseti. tudelial liberties. But let the National Guard be aequainted aloe with all the eentintents which I entertain towards it i let it knew how tally I identify myself with it in all the eureka whisk It rea ders to the country, and how entirely it may depend on my warm sad sincere darker. I gannet And, say deer General, a better me. dinar to convey my sentiments to the National Guard than him shu s o worthily Alla the important post In which my confidence plat e , no. Acquainted, then, with all that I have just expressed to you, I add, very sincerely, the SONUIDEO of all my sentiments for y ou . " LOUIS PHILLIPPP. " St. deed, Sunday Evening, May Id." SITUATION OF EUROPE. From Lk Contittitionsel, There is at this moment in Europe a tendency to peat( ; all the negotiations have been entered upon with this sip t i e object : the cabinets are aware, that at the first convulsion the people will get free from them—they consent, therefore, to submit to the Revolution of July. • This change, which has displayed itself in the politi ca l course of Cabinets, is not spontaneous—it is not a homn. e rendered to power and to national independence, but a c on . sequence of imperious necessity : above all, we owe pc ae ,, to that great but unfortunate nation which is suffering lid us upon the banks of the Vistula. The revolution of July owed its origin to a declared and ardent enemy of the Emperor Nicholas. The cabinet of St. Petersburgb, which, ever since 1815, bore with all ir t weight upon our policy, did not behold without anger its in fluence fall from it; it would easily have pushed Prussia into a war—then it would have carried Metternich in its train, and a long space of time would not have elapsed be. fore it had attempted a new coalition against the French in dependence. Belgium would have served as a pretext for this aggression, directed with the spirit of the Holy Alliance. The change in the English Cabinet, the formation of a Whig Administration, was the first obstacle that presented itself to the formation of this coalition—great armed masses could only move by the aid of subsidies. It was impossible for Europe to arm against France without the aid of Eng land ; and a Cabinet, where Lord Grey presided, could not enter into a liberticide crusade directed against France. Notwithstanding this, a war might, perhaps, have been attempted against our Revolution. Russia sent General Diebitsch to Berlin, endeavouring to urge Prussia into a military movement, of which the Grand Duchy of Luxem bourg would have been the object. Russia would have talked of her relationship with the House of Orange, and Austria of the rights of the Germanic Confederation; loans would have been contracted upon the strength of burden some taxes, and war would have been begun, in the hope that by imposing new contributions upon France, these sa crifices would have been largely indemnified. The Revolution of Poland overthrew all this plan, but did not destroy it entirely. General Diebitsch had collected a numerous army, and thought to gain Warsaw by a mere military march. Poland once overcome and re-united to the Russian Empire, it would have been easy to urge Austria and Prussia into war, and they would have appeared on the Rhine with a force of 300,000 men. These were the plans that the glorious resistance of the Poles has disconcerted. When that resistance was known at Berlin, that resistance fell by little and little; the warlike Nobility no longer talked of drinking tbeir champagne upon our Boulevards. M. De Humboldt was sent to Paris with the express mission of protesting to the Government of Philip its desire to renew the bonds of the most sincere peace. Nevertheless, the armaments of Austria continued ; they had for their pretext the situation of Italy—their real object was a more general war ; 200,000 men, beyond the ordinary contingent, are not usually armed to repress the revolution of two or hree provinces. The Austrian Observer com menced at first its warlike remarks against France, and the dispatch of Gen. hlaison showed war to be imminent. How has M. Metternich passed into sentiments so much less hostile ? The matter can easily be explained. At first France was not opposed to the designs of Austria upon Italy—the patriots were oppressed without the least inter vention having been opposed to the progress of the cabinet of Vienna. Austria, had, therefore, no further motive for war. As to the question of the Grand Duchy of Luxem bourg, which it had to treat concurrently with Prussia, England being a party interested, war could only be made with her or against her ; negotiations were therefore opened upon that point. M. de Metternich proposes at this moment a Congress at Aix-la-Chapelle, to treat of the following points: 1. lb disarming of the Great Powers. 2. An arrangement for Belgium. 3. The Constitution of Poland. 4. As much at possible to consider the state of Greece, and the means to be taken to bring it to order. The question of the disarming will meet with more than one difficulty. It is not France which has first put forth armed menaces; it cannot, therefore, be France which will give the example of disarming, until the other Powers have ceased to maintain their armies upon a war establish. ment. France, by the necessity of things, and by the simple motive of economy, will then readily reduce her army, for it is not as a matter of pleasure that she supports a Budget of 15,000,000. Such are the projects that will be sumitted to the new congress of Aix-la-Chapelle. If it should succeed, ski need not show in how many points they are absurd. How can the question of Luxembourg, or that of Belgic iado pendence, be settled as a mere matter of money ? How css France submit to pay an indemnity for the demolition of fortresses on her frontier ? How can Poland be constituted an independent state without assigning and assuring to het frontiers and places capable of defence ? Can a people tell have so proudly arisen be again placed under the yoke of the Czar? Add to this the choice of M. de Tallerand to represent us at this Congress, and then you will give to Eu rope a high idea of the power and the grandeur d Prance. AFFAIRS or PoLAuD. — There is no longer any doubt mesa the late disaster of the Polish arms. Austria informs as this day, by her official organ, the Observateur, bolt abs has treated the Polish corps, which came to seek refuge apse the Gallician territory. That Journal avows, with a sort of candour which gives birth to painful maim" Owl the Austrian authorities, after having interposed het" . the Poles and the Russians who pursued them, allowed tl• last to return tranquilly beyond the frontiers, without di arming them; but, as to the unhappy Poles, they wow.. at first disarmed, then all arms, and all their MOP were sent to the Russian general, Rudiger, their sawlf i and, not content with this partiality, they retain the Mw nearly as prisoners, by sending them into the provinces , * most distant from their country. It appears to us del such conduct is of a nature to draw the attention of the powers of Europe. Austria and Prussia have promised eta . trality; and it is in accordance with the term neutrality, to mod the Russians with arms and baggage, and to deliver loth . the arms of the Poles, whom they will retain as prison ° , •, [ Without passing its boundaries, Austria has terv&A enb all its power the Russians against the Poles, end id!!! last should sink under their accumulated griefs to Awl' may be attributed a put of the success. We had hoped lb°, the powers who formerly co-operated in the shameful pen' tion of Poland, would have sought, by a beuevolent duct towards the Poles, to. efface the re membrance of t rs ' transaction ; is it not grievous to am new added t° od that ancient stain of their governments ? 7: 2l.l C Credit f German Journal advises Russia to place upon the ti wne ?- Poland a Prince lama, and to content wool! w ith!! indemnity. Alas ! a fhw sore mach acts like that w has just been committed towards Dweruieki, sod __,P° l " l " and divided, will bate neither throne sof indo umi l to o or to her persecutors.—Le Tempo. I ~~~,~►~ I t , • y,