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~~ n o«1 occupation of Belgium, we do not believe, for it is of no importance to France that they should be reconciled to that or to any thing eke upon which she may have deter. mined. The Ministers of France must know that no mi viietry of which Earl Grey is at the head, dare make a remptory demand upon her without being previously eeere of her disposition to acquiesce in it. They are aware that FA Grey entered into office with the declaration upon 1k lips of respect and partiality to the revnlutiona-y Government of France, and of his de termination to «titivate its friendship as a national object paramount to every ether consideration of foreign policy ; and they cannot but he aware that a quarrel with France would open the eyes of the Brittsh people, and open them the more completely in proportion as the quarrel on the part of Engl oel was a just one, to the einem me folly of that declaration. Hence they know that they arc sure of Earl they and his colleagues, ned that they have nothing to appre hend from the resistance of Great Britain, whatever may be their purpose., so long as the present Ministers re tain office. The British 'Ministers who have given proof by the above ;declaration, and bare rorrohnrated the disgraceful evidence by looking on in silent apa , he ehile,without the least pretence of justice or reason, the Pct of Portugal has been rowed to Brest as prizes of war. when there was no war, and have confirmed the tiller aeefel evidence be tolerating a French army in the etc:option of Belgium, that no ray of political intelligence ever ptectrated their dull and empty heads, that no seerk of manly or patriotic feelirg ever warmed tlttir cold eed selfish bosoms, would not, and of this the French Government is well as sured, either feel rettentmeat, or offer resistance, should it suit the policy of that Government to obtain pnesestdon of Gibraltar, or to conquer both the Indies. A quarrel with France would be foal to the tricolour Administration of England ; and what are Pottegal, or Belgium, or Hol land, or Gibraltar, or both the Indies, or national faith, or national safety, or patriotism, cr honour, that they should he weighed in competition with so great a calamity ? HERALD.—That treason is at work, and deeply and exomsively at work, in Poland, to ruin by sap, and under mine, the great cause of that heroic nation, which the co lossal power of Russia has been unable to crush in the field of open warfare, there can be no doubt. The return of Dembinski to Warsaw, with his little corps of heroes, after cutting their way through masses of the enemy with a gallantry that has never been surpassed, has con firmed the accounts of the treason of the Generals Gielguil and Chlapowski, who, it now appears, do troyea by their infamous conduct the brightest pros pects in Lithuania, and rendered abortive the valour of the devoted troops who were under their feud commarel.-- Though we should be extremely reluctant to entertain any doubt of the patriotic firmness of the Generalissimo, who in the commencement. of the war gave such decisive proofs of courage, skill, and cneri.7, yet it does appear to us strange that since the battle of Ostredenka he has not signalised himself by striking a single blow of any moment against the enemy. Ile did not even take advantage of the consterna tion which prevailed in the Russian army on the sudden loss of its General. Diebitsch—though shortly after that event we were told that the Polish army, having recovered from its fatigues and repaired its losses, was about to march and take advantage of rite dismay into which the enemy were thrown by the death of their Chief, and the mortality and privations which about that time had dread. folly ?binned their ranks. Day after day, and week after week, passed away, and nothing was done. In the mean time a new General arrived, the Russian army was re. organized, and fresh masses of harbatians poured in with out molestation to join the main body of the savage banditti that ravened for the blood of Warsaw. It is true General Skrzvnecki may be able to account most satisfactorily for his conduct during all this time.— He may be able to show that his apparent quiescence was but part of a well-conceived and comprehensive plan for the eventual deliverance of his country. The Polish army has been weakened, as several detachments cave been cu: off in detail, while the Russian force has been considerably increased by the accession of nume cons reinforcements. Still the scanty intelligence which arrives from the seat of war is not sufficient on which to form a decided opinion, one way or the other, as to the conduct of the Chief to whom Poland intrusted, in an awful crisis, the sword of her most righteous cause. Jr does seem to us that the salvation of Poland rather deoentied upon the heroism of her troops than upon the cautious tactics of her Generals, and that the true policy cf such a war was not to allow the moral confidence of the Poles to decline, or the enemy to recover from the terror and dismay which the first great successes of the Polish arms inspired ; but we admit that this opinion may be the result of not being in possession of all the circumstances which may have guided the conduct of a man whose fame we should he glad to see cleared from the doubts that ob scure it. and restored once more to the conadence,of his country. In the mean time deplorable consequences have followed in Warsaw the distrust and suspicion which recent events have inspired. Traitors have been taken itt della°, and attempted to be screened from jus tice. The results have ensued which are always the conse quence of a brave population being rendered desperatesuch as would happen in London itself if beleagued by barbarian foes, raging for its blood and spoil, and traitors in high places were detected holding communication with the enemy —revealing every plan of their brave countrymen in arms, and waiting the opportunity to open the gates of the doomed city to these who brought the " übomination of desolation " with pestilence and the sword. Humanity laments all such ex ; but where is the humanity of the civilised nations of Europe, who allow the extermination of a whole people to be the pastime of a tyrant ? 1M PER lAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, SEPT. 1. The LORD ADVOCATE was heard at considerable h ngth in a Scotch appeal, further proceedings in which were postponed till to-morrow. The Lord CHANCELLOR gave notice, that to-morrow or Monday. he should bring in a bill for the purpose of re gulating proceedings in Ecclesiastical Courts, which at pre ! ent are .4.qt:five. The Ni ble and Learned Lord moved an address to his 31ajesty. tor a copy of the third report of the Commission. ers appointed fur inquiry into the practice of the Courts of Common Law. The motion was agreed to, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from the Lighternien and IVatermen of the Themes, complaining of the rapid speed of steamboats. Sir C. FOR BES presented a petition from the principal natives of Bombay, praying to be admitted to serve on Grand Juries, and to act as Justices of the Peace in conjunction with Europeans. Sir J. 31A LCOLM supported the prayer of the petition. The petitioners were distinguished for high character and great wealth. Mr. HUAIE hoped his Majesty's Government Lad come to a determination to accede to the prayer of the petition. After five years' experience of their conduct as petty Jurors, they should be permitted to act as Grand Jurors. Mr. O'CONNELL supported the petition, which stated that the inhabitants of the interior of India had no adequate protection to property or person. Mr. GRANT said, he was glad to see such petitions ad ()tressed to the House of Commons, because it allowed that the petitioners looked to Parliament for protection, and he hoped they would never be disappointed. It was his in. mention at the commencement of *the Session to introduce a Bill to admit the natives to serve on grand juries, and also to juries on the trial of Christians. He was only prevented by the manner in which the Session was occupied, butt biped the time was not distant when such a:measure would be be s.treed to by Parliament. Mr HU3IE presented a petition, signed by 4,000 inha bi:at.ts of Bombay, including persons of all religions, com plaining that they were governed by regulations made by the F.ast India Company, which were incessantly changing; and praying that they might be governed by laws made by the English Parliament. The administration of what was called law in India in many cases amounted to a denial of justice. There were more appeals to:the:superior courts than could he decided during the life of the longest liver in Irdia ; ar.d iu the province' there was no adequate protec tion for property or life. The Governors might imprison a-y man they pleased ; and the Judges were the chief in struments of wrong. lie had met with as much honesty in India as in England, and those who gave unfavourable opinions of the natives, were deficient in information or can dour. They prayed to be admitted to all honourable others, judicial, territorial, and financial ; and that the Erglisli language might be introduced into all legal pro cuttings in India. He fully concurred in the prayer of the petition, which he considered most important. Mr. GRANT was perfectly convinced of the great im portance of the petition, and it was a satisfactory proof of • -- itionen to look to this country foe the improvement of their condition, which would certainly form an imporant part of the duty of Parliament. Sir JOHN MALCOL kl said the last advices from India shewed that all the civil suits between natives of Bombay had been tried by native judges. He had an address pre. sented to him by the inhabitants of Poonah, expressing dick grief and dismay at hearing that the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Boinhay was to he extended to that province, which, if it were done, would he die ruin of the province, as lawyers would then come and devour their substance. (A laugh.) Sir CHARLES WETHERELL said when the Reform bill should pass, the people of India would not only not be represented in the house, but would not ho beard. Mr. GRANT said he was confitltnt when the Reform bill should pass, there would be more rather than less in that house who would take an interest in India affairs than at present. rum..., VI nlc pcm.v.., Il.e &etre of the petition ' P,i .t. ~,; , . k 1 , . ,. V . , , , ~ : '"). ii ? 1 i j CORONATION. Mr. WYNN presented a Report from the Committee ap pointed to make arrangements for the attendance of the %lembers at the Coronation, which was read by the Clerk. Mr. Alderman WOOD said as the Members were to meet at eight O'clock in the morning, he wished to ask whether breakfast would be provided ?--( A laugh.) Mr. J AMES said the more he considered the vote of 50,0001.—(Order, order.) The SPEAKER reminded the hon. *gcntleman that the present report did not at all refer to the sum voted for the coronation ; when the report on that vote was brought up, the hon. gentleman would have an opportunity of making any observations. Mr. JAMES again attempted to speak on the subject of expence; but was interrupted by the impatience of the house. Mr. HUME said the hon. gentleman would have the op portunity of making his observations when the report was brought up. (Hear,_ hear.) He wished to know whether there was any precedent for the recommendation by the Com mittee that the members should appear in court dresses-- that they should wear bag wigs and lace ruffles ? He really thought it was mere trifling. Lord MAHON asked had the Honourable Gentleman ever attended a levee ; it was proper that when they ap peared in the presence of their Sovereign they should appear in a Court dress, different from their ordinary dress. Air. HU AIE said he would move the omission of that part of the report which recommended their going in livery. —(Oh, oh !) He supposed they would soon come to wear a livery. like Bonaparte's courtiers. Mr. WYNN said the Committee thought it was proper to appear in Court dress at the Coronation of the Sove reign. Lord A LTIIORP said no one could go to the Coro. nation in any other than a Court d,,,,, befitting the oc casion. Sir C. WETHERELL reminded Mr. Hume that he was no longer member for Montrose ; but was now a knight of the shire, and should appear girded with a sword, and per. baps should wear a pair of spurs. ( A laugh.) Mr. JAMES asked, as seats were provided for 410, how were the rest of the members to be provided for ? Lord ALT HORP said, 410 would be an ample number to witness the Coronation, and it was not likely that &greater number would attend. The report was agreed to. WINE DUTIES. On the order of the day being read that the house go into Committee on the Reform Bill. _ Lord AL r DORY, in answer to a question from Mr. Keith Douglas, stated, that with regard to the bill for the alteration of the wine duties, it was not his intention to press fur the clause which was to make the duty on Cape wine equal to Foreign wine in the year 1834; he would content wilt making the duty 2t , „ 9d per gallon in the pre. sent hill ; he would enjoin any future government to make the alteration in 1834. CORONATION EXPENDITURE. Mr. JAM ES said he had a question to put regarding the coronation. (Hear, hear.) He wished to know in what manner the 50,0001. was to be appropriated ; he had seen from the accounts of the last coronation, that B,OOOL had been expended on snuff-boxes to Foreign Ambassadors; and that 24,11001. had been expended on a cloak for his Majesty. Now, he was of opinion that 241. was a sufficient sum to expend for a cloak to be worn by his Majesty on that day. (Cries of " Hear, hear," "oh, oh," coughing, and an un. common description of sounds resembling what would be by some designated a horse laugh.) The confusion of sounds so generally uttered compelled the hon. gentleman to resume his seat, and the hon. SPEAKER PCI him right as to a point of order. Mr. JA MF.S resumed, but was immediately assailed as before. He complained that hon. members should be under the necessity of remaining in the house until all hours of the morning, and yet that the house would not permit him to put a single question on a subject of so much importance.— The noise was again resumed, mixed with cries of " Ques tion, question ;" and the hon. member, apparently despairing of obtaining a hearing, eat down. Lord AL'rHORP said he had no difficulty in giving a general answer, which, he hoped, would satisfy the hon. gentleman. Every attention had been paid to economy in the arrangements. The estimates for the last coronation had been 240,0001. the estimates for the forthcoming cow. nation did not exceed hO,OOOl. (Cheers.) Mr. HUNT rose and said he had a remark to make; he had observed one part of the arrangements was that the hon. members of the Commons were to be provided with Court liveries—he wished to know whether they were to be de frayed at the public expence ot not; if they were he would object to it, as he thought that hon. membees should defray the expence of their own liveries. (We did not bear the an. mir returned, but we understood the hon. member to be informed that hon. members were to defray the expenses of their own dresses.] A 11701131 DILL. The house then went into a committee on the English reform bill, On the motion that clause 23 be retained as a part of the bill, Lord ALTHORP remarked that there bad been some difficulty in training the clause, to meet the various sug. gestions that had been tendered. He said that after some discussion it had been thought advisable to allow the com missioners, and in their division to take part or parcel of any pariah to be added to the different districts. The reports to to laid on the table. of both houses—he did not mean that it should be discussed in individual places, but that It should be considered as a whole. If any gross act of pant ' ality should appear in the division, that of course would be taken into consideration, but such an occurrence he did not anticipate. He had now to name the Commissioners, and these he said required to be rather numerous, as they must spread themselves over the country, and no division could be sustained unless by a majority of Commissioners, in all thirty-one in number, consequently there would require 18 votes to make the division good. The selection had been made strictly impartial, and he had no doubt would meet the approbation of the public ; but if there wereany name objectd to he would be enabled to answet any questions. The Com missioners proposed were :—.The right bun. J. Abercrombie, Chief Justice of Scotland ; Littleton, Esq. Gilbert, Esq. W. Courtney, Esq. H. Martin, Esq. Master in Chan cery ; Wm. Wylde, Esq. Master in Chancery ; Sir Wm. Gordon, Esq. H. Hallam, Esq. F. Beaufort, Esq. R.N. L. Bowen, Esq. W. Leske, Esq. H. Dawson, Esq. T. Drum mond, Esq. T. Ellis, Esq. Ball, Esq. T. Birch, Esq. Ainsley, Esq. Chapman, Esq. Drinkwater, Esq. B. Leonard, Esq. W. Warde, Esq. Gore, Esq. W. Romilly, Esq. R. J. Sainders, Esq. R. Sheepshanks, Esq. W. E. Terrance, Esq. J. Rokealey, Esq. and 11. A. Scott, Eat'. of the Royal Staff Corps. His Lordship said, that a more impartial selection could not have been made, as there were amongst the number of names mentioned gentlemen of opposite politic.ll opinions that were avowed; and there were others of whose opinions they were totally ignorant. . . 81r E. SUG DEN said he could not understand the na ture of the bill ; but since they had proceeded so fat with it, the only thing that they could do was to make it u perfect as possible in its progress. One objection had been removed by the amendment that had been made iu this clause, by having the reports to be laid on the tables of both houses ; but still the clause was miserably imperfect, and he con sidered the present wu the proper time for the committee to sift its merits, that it might not occupy time in a future stage. The learned member at great length protested against the authority that was to be placed in the hands of a commis. sioner or commissioners so partition at will the counties,snd to to be empowered to demand the production of charters and rights of corporations, whereby they were to fix, according to their own caprice, boundaries which might involve count less inconveniences In uses of dispute which had already considered - been sent to juries. lie it s great oppresion to compel any individual or any body to produce their rights or tide-deeds, as it was weU known that many held pro perty undisturbed, because it was not known that their tides were defective. He mentioned that Lord Eldon had often said the borough of Newcastle was a lessoa to all corpora. Lions to be tenacious of producing their charters; that cor porations had indiscreetly been Induced to produce their charter, and by the act they lost an estate of 7,0001. a-year, which no one had ever suspected their right to till then.— The learned gentleman concluded with expressing his detir mination to oppose the clause in its present form. Lord ALTHORP said he was glad to hear that the hon. and learned gentleman was satisfied with the provision that the report should be laid before the two Houses of Parlia ment. He explained that a number of the Commissioners were Engineers, and would be capable of providing plans to produce, and these, as the Commissioners would be as a whole accountable, they would, consequently, criticise as a body, and would be fully made acquainted with the facts necessary. His lordship at great leng'h went into the de tails of the provisions of the clause. He said the hon. and learned gentleman quite misunderstood the clause in sup posing that the Commissioners were to have any power to define boundaries of boroughs. The learned gentleman ob jected to the Commissioner having the power of calling for public documents, because, he said, the production of the charters of corporations might be attended with inconve nience. Hut those charters would not be called for ; the only object was the production of the papers containing the rates and taxes, in order to assist the Commissioners in fixing on the 101. houses. Sir C. WETDERELL should object, even if he was a reformer, to the machinery of the bill. The operation would he to deprive the Crown of the power to dissolve Parliament for three, or perhaps Mx months. ( flew, hear.) This was a novelty in the constitution. Had the ministers not began where they should have ended—had they put the commission. , en to collect the necessaty information before committing the bill, the inconvenience he alluded to would have been avoided. AVith respect to the names of the commissioners, further time thould be given to consider them. There were certainly among them some tolerably warm reformers. The first name aas one which might grace any li‘t ; but surely the Lord Chief I Baron of Scotland would better appear among the commis. shown fur Scotland. Besides, he did not think the office fit for so high awl grave a personage as a judge. The general meeting of the commissioners would, of necessity, comply with the reports of the sections, as the localities of each county or borough would be known only to the commissioners who had visited that county or borough. The commissioners would proceed on no fixed principle ; ore county would be divided by the criterion of population, another by that of wealth, a third by that of the number of freeholders, each section of commissioners preferring a different standard of division. If the commissioners were opposed to the agri cultural interest, they might so divide the counties as to de prive them of the favour which the bill intended to confer upon them, by the division. They had the power also of extending or confining the amount of the constituency of each borough to what number they pleased beyond three hundred, whereby they could establish the preponderancy of the party which they favoured. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. GURNEY bad no objection to giving the largest powers to the Commissioners, as their report would be sub mitted to Parliament. to receive its sanction.—(Hear). The Commissioners alone being acquainted with the loca lities, they should be allowed to make use of their discre tion.—(Hear). As to the production of charters, he could see no objection therein ; the only inconvenience which it would occasion would be to the corporations which might have committed usurpations. Mr. WYNN'S objections to the present clause had been considerably lessened by the amendment requiring the Com missioners to submit their report to parliament. They should he divided into commissioners and sub-commission. en ; five or six being exclusively employed in revising the reports of the others. Petitions might be presented, com plaining of their decisions ; he thought the house should so far deviate from the plan proposed by the noble lord, of con. sidering the report as a whole, as to enquire into such de tails as might have been petitioned against. He thought the old constitution should remain in force until the whole ma. ehinery of the present bill was completed, and that mean. while the crown should have the power of dissolving paths. ment, and causing a re-election on the present plan. Sir R. INGLIS wished to be informed whether any in structions were to be given to the commissioners for the performance of their duty. Lord A LTH ORP said, he thought it would be desirable to interfere as little as possible with the Commissioners ; and he thought it would not be necessary to give any fur. ther instructions than would be contained in the bill. With respect to the objections of his Right Hon. Friend, he could not think it would be advantageous or even prac ticable to determine the particulars in that house that were to be referred to the Commissioners. The debates that had already taken place on the bill proved that such a proceed. ing could not be carried into effect in the course of a Ses sion. With respect to sending back the report to the Com missioners if disapproved of, without any instructions for their guidance, he should only say, that by the discussions on the report in that House, the objections made to it would be known to the Commissioners and the whole people of England. With respect to the objection that his Majesty could not dissolve the Parliament for three months, that cer tainly was a difficulty ; but it was not to be avoided, and he thought there was little probability of its being felt. He could not agree to his right hon. friend's suggestion, that the King should dissolve the Parliament, and have the power to call another Parliament elected by the same constituency.— He thought, after Parliament had decided that the existing constituency was not to be continued, that a new Parliament should not be elected in the same manner, and that the mode of removing the difficulty proposed by the bill was less ex. ceptionoble. (Hear.) Col. SIBTHORPE thought that no member of that House should be on the commission, as, however honoura ble, they might not be able in all cases to divest themselves of bias. (Hear.) Mr. FRESH FIELD thought the whole proceeding by commissioners was liable to the greatest objection. The commissioners might not make their award in three months, if their first report was disapproved of and sent back; their 1 second report might also be disapproved of, and in this way the country might be left without a legislature ; and still more certainly in case of a demise of the crown. Mr. HUGHES HUGHES objected to a judge being placed at the had of the commission, and also to two Members of that House being members of the commission —one tot them the representative of a county that was to be the subject of division.—(Hear, bear). He also objected to a Rev. Gentleman beteg placed on the commission, as be did not think his spiritual duties qualified him for such a duty.—(Hear, hear). Mr. PA NE thought a delegation of the power of Parlia ment to commissioners would be a surrender of the coned. tution, and a betrayal of the people. Lord ALTHOKP said, to suppose that the Commis. stoners would not make their report in the time allowed by the Act, was to suppose that they would designedly delay the progress of the Bill. In the event of the demise of the Crown, the Parliament would meet fot silt months, and if the Commissioners did not make a report that would be animal of in that time, the Parliament would have the power of continuing its sz'stence. Mr. HUNT asked, would the Commissioners have sala ries ?—He thought they could not make their report in three months; they should be divided into three bodies, and make separate reports. Lord A LTHORP:saidthe commissioners would not have salaries. Sir T. FREE MANTLE said the commissioners would have great power in deciding the influence that would predo. urinate in particular boroughs; and he believed they all agreed in political opinion with the noble lord. Mr. H .TNT was opposed to persons getting public money who did nothing for it; but lie thought it injustice to the commissioners who were to perform such important services that they should not be paid. Mr. WRA NGH A M read the names of the commis sioners, and said, though they were all honourable men, a great majority of them were decided supporters of the bill. Lord ALTHORP said be had not been aware of the pa litical opinions of many of the commissioners till the hon. gentleman said they were reformers: but the measure was so popular out of that house that he could easily suppose that of any number of intelligent persons a majority would be favourable to the bill. (Hear, hear.) Sir E. SUDDEN thought the names of the commissioners were of great consequence, and that time should be given to inquire before the committee decided. He thought the com missioners should be paid, and must be paid either in money or some other way. After some conversation, the original proposition was Weed to. After a few words from Mr. BARING WALL and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the list of the sixteen commissioners to superintend the division of counties was agreed to. The clause as amended was then declared part of the bill. On clause 24 being read, Sir G. WARREN DER said he was averse to all factious opposition ; but must still persist in a proposition which he made in another stage of the bill, namely, that boroughs pos sessing four hundred resident electors do send two members to parliament. Aftet some further observations, Colonel SIBTHORPE gave notice, that on bringing up the report he should move a resolution to the effect, that no member of that house, or any friend of a member, be appointed on the commission for de. ceding on the division of counties under the present bill. After a descultory conversation, clause 24 was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then repotted progress, and obtained leave to sit again this day. On the report of the Committee of Supply being brought up. Mr. JAMES strongly objected to the sum of 60,0001. as the expenses of their Majesties' Coronation. The report was then received. The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the house adjourned at a quarter past three o'clock FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PROTOCOLS7MCONFgRENCE. PROTOCOL, NO. 31. .Foreifin Office, Aug. 6, 1831. Present—The Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Kumla. . _ _ . The Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty opened the Conference by making to the Plenipotentiaries of the Four other Powers the following declaration : That the moment the government ;of his Britannic Ma jesty received information of the renewal of hostilities be tween Holland and Belgium, it gave ostlers for a division of the fleet to assemble as soon as possible in the Downs, where it would be ready to concur in any measures which might be deemed necessary for the re-establishment of the armistice, which the Five Powers had engaged to maintain between Holland and Belgium, and that after the dispatch of this order the new sovereign of Belgium had claimed the assistance of the Five Powers, and more especially naval succour from Great Britain. The Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of the French declared that the Sovereign of Belgium had just required the armed intervention of Fiance, in consequence of the renewal of hostilities between Holland and Belgium, and he had even added, that the necessil for the assistance of the French Government was extremely urgent, and that there was not a minute to be lost to prevent a general ecnilagration. The danger being so pressing, the King of the French de cided immediately upon forming an army to march to the succour of the Belgians, and drive the Dutch troors hack upon their own territory. The Plenipotentiaries of the four other Courts having made the Plenipotentiary of France acquainted with the de clarations expressed on the same subject by the French Go vernment to the representatives cf those four Courts at Paris, the Plenipotentiary of France, referring to those declarations, announced that as soon as the object they pointed out should be attained, the French army would return into the Depart. meat du Nord. __ These deductions having been made, the Conference con sidered that, on one side, France in coming to the determina tion she had adopted, had not had time to fulfil the obliga tion, which she was fully desirous to do, of acting in conceit with her allies ; but, on the other hand, she had manifested an intention of not availing herself of the measures taken, but in execution of the engagements entered into between the Five Powers relative to the maintenance of the armistice be tween Holland and Belgium. Cunsequently the Plenipotentiaries of the Five Powers re. garded the entrance of the French► troops into Belgium as having taken place not with any intention peculiar to France, but for an object towards which the deliberations of the Conference were directed, and it remained understood that the extent to be given to the operations of these ttoops and their continuance in Belgium should be fixed by com. mon agreement between the Five Courts at the Conference in London. It also remained understood that in case the co-operation of the English fleet should be required, this fleet should act only for the purpose of accomplishing the same views and upon the same principles. Besides, it remained agreed that the French troops should not pass the ancient frontiers of Holland, that their opera. tions should be confined to the left bank of the Meuse, and that under no circumstances should they invest the fortress of Maestricht, or that of Venlo, because then the war would be carried too near the frontiers of Prussia and Germany, and might give rise to serious and complicated questions, which the Powers were desirous of avoiding ; and, finally, that in conformity with the declarations made by the French Government to the representatives of the Four Courts at Paris, the French troops should retire within the limits of France as soon as the armistice was re-established as it existed before the renewal of hostilities. Finally, the Conference agreed that these last events ought to induce it the more strongly to occupy itself with a definitive treaty calculated to put an end to all diffe rences between Holland and Belgium, and which was in. dispensable for the mair.tenance of the general peace. (Signed) EST ERHA Z Y, BU LO WESSEMBERG, LIEVEN, TA LLEYRAND, MATUSZEVIC. PA LMEItSTON, PROTOCOL, NO. 32, Of the Conference held at the Foreign Office on the 12th of August, 1831. Present—the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, of France, of Great Britain, of Prussia, and of Ranh. The Plenipotentiaries of the Five Courts having assem bled in conference, have read the annexed letter of Baron Ventolk de Soelen, in answer to that which they addressed on the bth instant to that Minister, respecting the hostili ties which had again taken place between Holland and Bel gium. The Plenipotentiaries of the Five Courts have more. over taken into consideration the communication which was made to them by the Plenipotentiaries of the King of the Netherlands, and considering that it results from this com munication, a. well as from information received direct from, Holland and from Belgium, that in order to put an end to the hostilities, and to withdraw beyond the line of the armistice, had been dispatched to the troops of the King of the Nether lands, and that the cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal of the troops must by this time have taken place, the Pleni. potentiarles of the Five Courts have resolved to authenticate the communication of the Plenipotentiaries of the Nether lands by joining it to the present Protocol, and have reserved to themselves the option of fixing interiorly and according to circumstances the determination that it may be necessary for them to adopt. Signed, &c. PROTOCOL NO. 33. Of the Conference held at the Foreign Office, the 18th of August, 1831. Present—the Plenipotentiaries of Au stria, of France, of Great Britain, of Prussia, of Russia. The Plenipotentiaries ut the Five Courts having met, the Plenipotentiary of France made a communication stating that the French army which had entered Belgium had coin menced its retreat, and that twenty thousand men had re ceived orders to return immediately to France. It was agreed that this communication should be authenticated, and not having as yet received any official information of the withdrawing of the troops of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands to the Dutch territory, the Plenipotentiaries reserved to themselves, conformably to the Protocol, N 0.31, to agree later on the period at which the occupation of Bel. glum by the French troops is to cease entirely. Signed, &c. PROTOCOL. NO. 34. Of the Conferences held at the Foreign Office, the 23d Au. gust, 1831. Present—the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, of France of Great Britain, of Prussia, of Russia. The Plenipotentiaries of the Five Courts being assembled, have taken into consideration the annexed note by which the Plenipotentiaries of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands have officially informed them of the, withdrawing of the troops of the King to the territory of Holland. After the communi cation of this document, the Plenipowntiarks of the ti Courts have taken into consideration the means of preventing there. newel of hostilities between Holland and Belgium, of bring ing about a speedy cessation of the measure, the adoption of which was provoked by the hostilities that have recently taken place, and of accomplishing the solution of the ques tions which remain to be regulated, in ceder to establish a durable peace between the two countries. Considering that for these important results to be brought about, a fresh sus pension of hostilities is indispensable, but that a suspension of hostilities for a fixed time would be more appropriate than an undefined suspension of hostilities to the actual state of the negotiations, to the well-founded hope now entertained by the Powers of bringing about a final arrangement between Holland and Belgium, and to the necessity that exists for this arrangement, both as regards the panics directly inte rested in it, and the maintenance of a general peace, the Ple nipotentiaries have resolved to propose to the Government of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands and to the Belgian Government— The establishment of a suspension of hostilities for six weeks. This suspension of hostilities to be placed under the tee of the Five Powers, and if one of the two es should violate it, that party to be considered in a state of hostility with the said Powers. During the suspen. den of hostilities, the respective troops are to remain beyond the line that separated them before the resumption of hosti. tides. They are to espy reciprocally full liberty of communica tion, and to abstain from all acts of aggreadeo, and from any measure that may be productive of injury towards tl e adverse parties. This said suspension of hostilities to be taken adrantag of by the Five Powers, in order to bring about that final rangement between Holland and Belgium, which is t",. object of their wishes and of their efforts. GERMAN AND BAVARIAN MAIL. FROM THE RUSSIAN FRONTIERS, AUG. IG. —The French Ambassador at St. Petersburg received the strictest orders from his Government to draw the attention of the Russian Government to the danger which threatens all Europe, if tl often proved moderation of the Emperor should not be manifested in the approaching issue of the sanguinary struggle in Poland, as it might thus be no longer in the power of the go vernments (that of France in particular) to oppose the desires of their people ; and they would be com pelled to afford effectual assistance to a generous nation, engaged in mortal strife, on account of ma nifold wrongs. It seems that the remonstrance, of France have not been wholly without effect ; at least, assurances have been given which, under all circumstances, give reason to expect mo deration on the part of the Russian cabinet, and a promise to the Poles, even in the most unfavour able result, of the preservation of their hitherto precarious independence. The English cabinet has interested itself, and it is affirmed that it has caused a note to be transmitted through Lord Palmerston, in which the terms of the treaty of 1814, are recapitulated, and the inviolability of the privileges which they assure to the Poles, is assumed as a basis. It is stated, that in this treaty, the kingdom of Poland was con stituted, not unconditionally, but under the protec tion of the powers ; consequently the consent of all contracting parties was necessary, before the act which made it an independent kingdom was annulled. Lord Palmerston, it is farther said, contests ths assumption of considering Poland (which is in a manner under the guarantee of Europe), as a conquered country, and of exposing it to all the consequences of a contest. The many instances of forbearance, (if not interest), which the Poles have experienced from the two neighbouring states, which are the most affected by this insurrection, are, it seems, alleged by his Lordship, as affording sufficient argument against the reproach, that the Poles had thrown off their allegiance to the Emperor, merely from a love of imitation. In such case, his Lordship adds, prudence would have commanded those powers to assist Russia to the utmost, in quelling the insurrection, in order to secure their provinces, which, if the insurrection had proceeded from so personal a cause, would not have remained free from the infection. He cites individual cases, in a thousand errors of the Russian government, as the true cause of the melancholy events that have taken place, and from which the Polish provinces, subject to Austria and Prussia, remained free, because they enjoyed paternal protection, and had not to endure any ill treatment, wounding to their feelings. It is said that this note has made a deep impres sion at St. Petersburg, and excited the attention of all diplomatists, who are now of opinion that nego tiations ought to be entered into respecting Poland, as well as in regard to Belgium.—Astgsburg Gaz. BERLIN, AUGUST 26.—According to accounts of 20th August, the Russian head-quarters were on that day still at Nadarzyn, to which place they were advanced on the 18th. The Prussian army, and the whole state, have sustained a great and most afflicting i 093. General Field-Marshal Count Von Guilsenau, died at Posen, in the night of the 23d, after a short illness, of a nervous attack. A letter from Riga, of August 11, says_" The exchange has now been opened for a week, after the merchants had held their meetings from the 28th of May in the public square. The schools too, are again opened. Official accounts from the Livonian Commission, for keeping off the cholera, announce that the Government of Livonia is now entirely free from the disorder. VIENNA, AUG. 20.—0 n the 14th and 15th three deaths occurred in a house situated in the Graben, which caused a report that the cholera had broken out there. It was 9nly in one of the three cases, that there were suspicious symptoms. which two of the six medical gentlemen called to open the body, considered to be symptoms of cho lera; but as the four others were of a different opinion, the house was not abut up. No other suspicious cases have since occurred —Prussian State Gazette. COPENHAGEN, AUG. 23.—The day after to morrow a ship of the line of 84 guns is to be launched, his Majesty with the Court, and thou sands of spectators, will be present. The ship will be called " Frederick the Sixth." Our fleet now consists of five ships of the line (a sixth is build ing), eight frigates, ten corvettes, and schooners From the beginning of the cholera to the 12th o f Aug. the number of cases in Lemberg was 4922 ; recoveries 2256 ; deaths 2584. 137 more persons in Gallicia were attacked from the 9th to the 12th of August. PARIS ESTAFEITE. PARIS, AUGUST 31. M. Cormenlin has just published a very remark able letter which proclaims the necessity of convob ing the nation in primary assemblies, to consult not only about the question of the peerage, but also upon the Charter itself, and upon all the powers instituted on the 7th of August. M. Cormenlin demands distinctly, the universal opinion and a national Congress; that is to say, the convocation of a national congress, to pronounce upon the ques tion, whether the Monarchy should be elective or hereditary ? as the only means to put division of opinion, and render the of the state, a force and power which France to the first rank of nations in " Odilon Barrot has proclaimed the French of the independent constitution of the and M. Mauguin has professed the every man wbo pays taxes should tak.. Neal rights,.and concur in the nomination presentatives.—Gazette de France. What the Poles think of the French scent.—The passage upon Poland, speech from the throne, has had a t After having been modified se►eral times, tog to the wind of diplomacy, it appeared in a form which has nearly passed Russia found it so dangerous, that even condescended to re-publish the for the first time, perhaps, a speech from has been rejected by a censor, like a document. It may hence be judged, Emperor of Russia, in his resentment an end to the B government h might raise Europe. M. each principle ie communes, i is maxim that ke part in Ix'" .l ination of re- e reach Govern- r I, in the last i singular fate. t times, accord- rared at last 9 for boldness• t she has not b 0 Speed) ; a nd ii tom the throne o t revolutional a d, whether the p , nt against the c