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vinces on their interests, with which he seems fully ac quainted. Every body was satisfied with the reception, of the King, who showed throughout the most perfect affa bility. The dinner to which the Congress was incited by the King h•gan at half-past six o'clock. The company was in the two great saloons cf the Palace. The King sat between M. S. de Chokier and M. de Gerlache. In the middle of the repast the President gave the health of Leopold 1., King of the Belgians, which was received with the warmest acclamations. The King re plied, " Gentlemen, I thank you ; I drink to the future destiny of Belgium ; may it be happy and independent." The orchestra placed in the first saloon played patriotic airs during the repast. After it was over the King appeared in the balcony with all the Members of the Congress. An immense crowd, which filled the square and the pall:, received his Majesty with the loudest acclamations. The orchestra of the Grand Harmony at the entrance of the Palace performed several pieces in a style of perfection, which drew the par ticular attention of the King. The " Brahanconne" was called for, which was first performed by the hand, and then admirably sung by the musicians and the people. The King, who was in the balcony between the blind, with M. Rodenbach, and M. Raikem, Vice President of the Congress, conversed a great deal with them in the intervals of the music At half-past eight o'clock, the King got into his car rime to go out to see the illuminations, which were very brilliant, though the rain for a time hurt the effect. The King returned to the palace at ten o'clock. We believe we may affirm that he has received during this memorable day as many pleasing emotions as he has imposed on those who approached hint. Our King is worthy of us. Let him depend on us, as we depend on him. Vice la Belgique. Vi ce s " R o i Leopold I. DUTCH PAPERS. THE HAGUE, JULY 21.—The following is the letter which the Conference at London sent to our Government, with the IS articles, containing preliminaries of a treaty of peace between Holland and Belgium:— "TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE BARON VERSTOLE VAN SOELEN, MINISTER FOP FOREIGN AFFAIRS AT TUE HAGUE. " SIR,—We have commissioned Baron Von Wessen berg to deliver this letter to your Excellency. " Placed in a most difficult situation, and inspired with a desire—which your Excellency will doubtless appreciate— to put an end to the negotiations in which we are engaged, without risking the preservation of the peace of Europe, we have resolved to try whether a new series of proposals might not lead to a final arrangement, which is the object of our endeavours and our wishes. The reasons which have induced us to make these proposals and to submit them to the King and his Ministers, have appeared to us of such importance, that we have judged it necessary to send one cf our nnmber in person to explain them to the King and his Ministers. Our choice has fallen on M. Von Wessenberg, on account of the favour with which the King I , as honoured him, and we shall be highly obliged to your Excellency to procpre him the means to develope to his Majesty the important considerations to which we have yielded, and which we hope the King in his wisdom, justice, and friendship for the Powers, will not hesitate to take into his consider ttion, and the object of which is to reconcile, as far as is in their power, his Majesty's right and interest with the preservation of the general peace. " We take this opportunity of offering to you, Sir, the assurance of our esteem. " London, June 27, 1831. (Signed) " ESTERHAZY, " BULOW, " WESSENBERG, " LIEVEN, TALLEYRAND, " MATUSZEWICZ." " PALMERSTON, It has been positively affirmed that his Majesty has re fused to accept the 18 articles, and that his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs has sent to the conference at London an answer to the preliminaries contained in the articles. This report has been fully confirmed by the Stoats Courant of to-day, which contains, in the French and Dutch languages, the answer of the Dutch Govern ment,---a state paper which is equally distinguished by the soundness of the reasoning, and the beauty of the style. It is as follows : • TO THEIR EXCELLENCIES THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES OF AUSTRIA, FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN, PRUSSIA, AND RUSSIA, ASSEMBLED IN CONFERENCE AT LONDON. " Baron Von Wessenberg has delivered to me the letter which your Excellency has done him the honour of ad dressing to me, unler the date of June 27. " This letter was accompanied by a new series of pro posals comprised in IS articles, which are meant to serve as preliminarits to a treaty of peace between Holland and Belgium. " The King, to whom I hast-ned to make this commu nication knots n, having examined it as well as the consi derations submitted to his Majesty by Baron Von Wes senberg, anti having weighed them with all the calmness and deliberation that the importance of the subject demands, has ordered tne to return the following answer : " The Appendix A to the 12th protocol, since the time of the assent of his Majesty, and in connexion with the 11th and 12th protocols, of which this Appendix contains the result or summary, having become the unalterable basis of the negotiations, his Maj sty's first care was to compare that appendix with the IS articles now proposed as preliminat ies of a treaty of peace between Holland and Belgium. Flom this comparison it appears that there is a riry essentisi difference between the basis of the separa tion adopted by the King and the IS articles, and that all the changes which the conference now proposes to make in those bases are to the advantage of Belgium and the pre judice of Holland. A short development will suffice to prove both these facts. " The second article of the Appendix A expressly ex elude from the Belgian territory the Grand Duchy of Luxeltaburg, ' which the Princes of the House of Nassau possess by virture of a different title, and which makes. and shall continue to make, a part of the German Confedera tion ;' the proposed articles leaving the right of the Grand Duke doubtful or silent in respect to this exclusion, in which not only the House of Nassau, but Holland, is in terested, whose military defence is powerfully seconded by the support which the sovereignty of the House of Nassau or Luxemburg gives it., but would he weakened by the union of the Grand Duchy with Belgium. " Nay more, in the third article of the proposed preli minaries the five Powers announce that they will employ their good offices to maintain the status quo in the Grand Duchy during the course of the separate negotiation which the Sovereign of Belgium will open with the King of the Netherlands, and with the German Confederation, respect ing the Grand Duchy. Now this status quo is an essential grievance, the redress of which his Majesty has long since • required. " With respect to the unhindered intercourse of the for tress of Luxemburg with Germany, as the maintenance of it belongs exclusively to the German Confederation, the King as Grand Duke would be wanting in his duties to wards the Confederation if he recognised in this respect the rumieteney of any foreign Power, Besides, if the Bel gians did not accede to Appendix A, the third article of she preliminaries is at variance with the note :ant on the 17th of July, by tie Conference, to the King's Plsnipo tentiaries, in which it is said that the Five Powers would not propose to the parties interested the exchange (or barter') of the Grand Duchy till the Belgians shall Accede to the liaais of the separation laid down by the Con ference, and already assented to by his Majesiy, It is ' true, according to the same note, the arrangement for se curing the possession of the Grand Duchy to Belgium shall tie made with mutual consent; that possession shall not be had but for a reasonable indemnity ; these princi ples are those of the Fire Powers, and will always remain so ; they by no means fetter the revolutions of the King! far from violating his rights, they respect them, and only tender in return for equivalents what his Majesty judges acceptable, and on the basis of reciprocal advantaees to snake arrangements, the only object of which should be to confirm the duration of peace. " It is again true that such an exchange (in barter) wherein it may be brought forward, exclusively appertains to the King and to the German Confederation,--a prin ciple unequivocally expressed by the two roost powerful States, and other members of it. But these cons;tle:ations do not do away with the fact that ,krt. 2 and 3 of the pie linsinaries contain an essential alteration to the prejudice of his Majesty. " Of Appendix A, the abandonment of Article 0, of the Appendix, seems again to have decided the question in favour of Belgium. It was reserved in.it whether it might be possible to extend to the neighbouring coun tries the benefit of the neutrality pronounced to Belgium-- a reserve that seems to be applicable to Luxembourg, but which seems to have been thought unnecessary in the new articles, in consequence of the proposed union of the Grand Duchy with Belgium. " The 4th Article of the preliminaries is new. sovereigntyi ther e'n the town of Maestricht by t he re p ublic of the Unt lands in 1790. If these doubts were well founded, which cannot be acknowledged, the cirrumstance would prove nothing to Belgium, which has no more right than Hol land to the Bishopric of Liege. " According to Article 4, Appendix A, such exchanges and arrangements between the two countries shall be made by the law of the five Powers, that they shall secure the reciprocal advantage of a connected territory and an unimpeded intercourse between the town and places in cluded within the frontiers. Now as Belgium has some enclaves in the ancient territory of the United Province, it was evidently advantageous to Holland. The prelimi naries, however, merely speaking of amicable negotiations between Holland and Belgium, for the advantage of both, no mention is made of a continuous territory, of unim peded intercourse, or of the obligations of the five Powers to obtain arrangements which shall secure these advan tages to both countries. . . . . " The 6th Article of the preliminaries is not in Appen- dix A. " It says—' The reciprocal evacuation of the towns and places shall be made independently of the arrangements re lative to the exchanges.' Now this evacuation before all is settled would dep.ive Holland of the chief security that it possesses against a country in a state of revolution, to see that which shall be determined carried into effect. This security is confirmed to Holland by the Conference itself, which in Appendix A to protocol No. 10, declared to the persons holding power in Belgium, that if the Belgic troops had not returned on the 20th Janaary to the posi tions whirls they occupied on the 21st of November, tl e citadel of Antwerp should not be evacuated, and it is proved that on the 20th of January the Belgic troops had not returned to those positions. " According to the 7th Article of the preliminaries, the right of Belgium to partake in the navigation of the Rhine along the inland waters between that river and the Scheldt shall be the subject of a particular negociation between the parties interested, in which the Five Powers will employ their good offices. It is important to observe how impos sible it is to accept this proposal, which is not mentioned in Appendix A. Indeed, however ready the King is im mediately to enter into negociations to regulate the free ' navigation of the Scheldt, according to the act of the Congress at Vienna, his Majesty cannot accept in these negociations the good offices of other Powers, especially when they are themselves parties interested in the point to be decided. This consideration too nearly affects his Majesty's dignity, the independence of Holland, and the respect which Powers have for the independence of all nations, to be silent any longer. " The use of the Dutch canals is free to all notions ; the same is the case in Belgium. A special agreement, which should declare the use of the canal front Ghent to Terneuee, and of the Zuid, Willems Vaart, common to the inhabitants of both countries, would be a deviation from the general principle. " The Bth Article of the preliminaries passes over in silence Article 5 of Appendix A, according to which the five Courts, in case there should be any difference between the Commissioners 'appointed to fix the frontier line, which could not be amicably adjusted, should employ their intervention to remove those differences in such a manner as should be most conformable to the principles of the separation. A simple refusal on the part of the Bel gian Commissioners would therefore have been sufficient to atop every thing. " The 9th Article,' thought nearly similar to the 6th of Appendix A., is not so precise with respect to the exclu sion of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, which is not mentioned in Article 2. " The 12th and 13th Articles are instead of the nine last Articles of Appendix A respecting the partition of the debt. They are wholly incomplete, and lay down a very different basis, by which the indemnification and the manifold sacri fices of Holland appear to have been lost sight of. The Hague is no longer mentioned as the place for the meeting of the Commissioners. No more is said of the interven tion of the Five Powers in case of differences that cannot be amicably adjusted, to arrange them in a manner con formable to the determination already made,—an omission which will give the Belgian Commissioners an opportunity to avoid all arrangements. According to Article 13, the first business of the united Commissioners for liquidating the debt shall be to determine the share which the Belgians are to pay provisionally, in expectation of the final settle ment, to pay a part of the interest of the debt mentioned in the preceding article. Article 17 of Appendix A, on the contrary, makes this payment wholly independent of the meeting of the Commissioners, by determining that Belgium shall be bound to pay, provisionally, its share for discharging the interest, and for the redemption of the debts of the kingdom of the Netherlands, according to the proportion of Articles 10 and 11, till the business of the Commissioners shall be completed. This difference appears to be very important, since, according to Article 13 of the preliminaries, it will be sufficient for Belgium to de lay sending the Commissioners, to defer, at the same time, the payment of its share of the interest of the debt. " These important considerations have more weight when we refer to the principles which guided the Confe. rence in regulating the debt of tine kingdom of the Nether lands, and which are so clearly expressed in the introduc tion to the protocol of the 27th of January. Among the considerations to come to a division of the debt, there were undoubtedly points which depended only on the option of Belgium ; and in this view Holland had not joined in the denomination of " proposals" given to the second division of the principles of separation any violation of its rights, and the less so as the 18th Article secured to Holland finally and by virtue of the mediation of the five Courts in the sense most conformable to the decisions laid down in the act of separation ; but what gave Holland a security, and by which his Majesty was particularly induced to accede, not only to the basis of separation as far as the frontiers was concerned, but also to the arrangements which were proposed' for the partition of the debt, was the assurance that the future Sovereign of Belgium,' as the conclusion of the 12th protocol expresses it, 'should be ob'iged to accede to the arrangements contained in that protocol ;' that is to say, those which relate to the division of the debt. How, then, after these facts, can the King be now satisfied with an arrangement which shall exclude the debts that Holland has encurred, solely as a consequence of the union, and the value of the sacrifices which Holland has made to obtain it, and thus accept an agreement which, far from fulfilling the just expectations of its faithful sub jects, would expose their property to a severe shock ? " Article 15 supposes a fact which does not exist in Holland, where no person's property has been sequestrated in consequence of the Belgian insurrection. By accept ing this new article we should acknowledge ourselves guilty of an injustice which the Belgian Government alone had committed. The new article is besides defective, and when it is compared to Article 14 of the Appendix, it is almost doubtful whether the patrimonial property and domains of the House of Orange are not to be ex cluded from the removal of the sequestration. " Your Excellencies will allow me to close this parallel with a general observation, that is applicable to several essential articles of the proposed preliminaries : it is, that instead of the precision and clearness of the Appendix A, we here find indefinite and vague phraseology, which is doubly dangerous when arrangements are to be made, not with a Government established upon firm foundations, but with a country in a state of revolution, whose neutrality being once recognised, may hinder the recourse to arms, in case a reasonable declaration respecting disputed points should be evaded, and in respect to which the Five Powers are contented, in Article 17, with offering their good offices, if they should be required by the parties in terested, without engaging, and without expressing, whe ther these good offices will be given at the desire of one of the two parties, and without positively declaring, as in Appendix A, that they will interpose with their mediation to settle disputed points in the manner roost conform able to the principles laid down i❑ that appendix. Thus, very far from furnishing any data whatever for the division of the debt, the frontiers, and other objects which most La regulated, the preliminaries give, on the con trary, means to B:lgium to throw every thing into con fusion by partial interpretations. The discussion to which these preliminaries have already given occasion in Brus sels have but too fully confirmed this truth, and the language held by him who in fact directs the foreign affairs of Belgium, sufficiently proves what Holland would have Ito expect from the assent to his Majesty to the proposed preliminaries. The developments and declarations into which he entered are the more remarkable, as it is he who by his situation has neces.arily directed the negotiations and endeavours of the Belgian Commissioners at London, and must be considered as acquainted with all the cir cumstances. Besides these observations on the spirit of these articles, it must be observed, that the new form which Las been chosen of preliminaries of a treaty of peace contains an implied determination of the point of sovereignty, which was left untouched in the 12th Protocol and its Ap. pendix A, in which only the separation is treated of. But even on the supposition that the King should agree that the solution of this important question should be laid in the scale of the arrangement between Holland and Bel gium, his Majesty would never assent to this without reasonable equivalents—that is to say, upon conditions which the rights, the good cause, and the interests of Hol land require. " While in these considerations the proposed articles have caused his Majesty a painful feeling, he has observe.] with co less sorrow the course which the negociations have taken. " When the spread of the insurrection rendered the sup port of tl.e King's allies necessary, his Alsjesty, conform ably to treaties, called for their co-operation in the resto ration of legal order. Theugh the congress at London united in this object, yet, instead of attempting to attaiu it as he had entertained the hope, it soon took an opposite course in consequence of the result of the rebellion. However, it expressly declared, that proceeding on the principle of the separation of Holland and Belgium, the in terests of the first country should be respected and main tained. In its 12th protocol it laid down the principles for the separation of Belgium and Holland. Notwithstanding important motives for not accepting these principhs, the King did agree to them, with a view of restoring, with out delay, the external security of Holland, and to gua rantee to it the continuance of the internal tranquillity which the Belgians are expressly required to respect by Art. 7 of Appendix A. Belgium took another course : it continued to adduce new and untenable demands, evaded the proposed arrangement, and proceeded to behave to the conference in a manner unprecedented in the annals of diplomacy. " This state of things having continued for some months, the King saw himself obliged to urge the performance of the obligation taken on itself by the co nference,—namely, to compel Belgium to act upon the principles laid down for the separation. The conference fixed the Ist of June for the acceptance by the authorities in Belgium. This time and the first days of the present month having passed without result, the conference intimated to the King' s Plenipotentiaries, in a note of the 7th of June, that ac. carding to accounts received from Brussels the day before, the Belgians had not placed themselves with respect to the five Powers, by accepting the principles of separation, in the same position as the King had done b y acce p tin g them ; that Lord Ponsonby was positively recalled, and that General Belliard was ordered by the King of France to leave Brussels as soon as Lord Ponsonby should have departed, and that the conference was employed in consi dering of such measures as the engagements which the five Powers have entered into with the King may require." " Such was the state of things on the 7th of June, and his Majesty's Government continued to make preparations to unite its own means with those of the five Powers to attain the desired object, till it heard that the Conference, instead of taking compulsory measures on its part for the execution of the engagements entered into with the King, had resolved to follow a wholly different course, and that yesterday, to the refusal of the Belgians to accede to the basis determined on, were making a new project of an ar rangement quite at variance with the first, extremely in jurious to Holland's acknowledged rights, and bearing the stamp of the successful result of the endeavours made by the Belgians in London, as well as to the ardent wish to agree to all proposals in their favour, which might assure them a favourable reception in Belgium. The eighteen articles which your Excellencies have done me the honour to send me, and are represented to both parties as a project of preliminaries of peace, have confirmed these re ports. The unexpected contents of this document have the more affected his Majesty, as it appears from them that the Conference has not thought fit to attend to any of the manifold observations made by the Plenipotentiai ies of the Netherlands. Most of these articles appear to flow from an agreement with those who exercise power in Belgium; but without dwelling on this, it is a fact that they were communicated at the same time to Hol land and Belgium, and that the Cabinet of the Hague was not first consulted as his Majesty had a right to ex pect, considering the position in which he placed himself with respect to the Conference, by assenting to the basis of separation,—considering the first object which gave occa sion to the meeting of the Plenipotentiaries of the Five Powers and of the King,—and considering what a legiti mate Prince, relying on justice and treaties, has a light to demand, when it is necessary to appeal to them fur the support of his person, and of his faithful subjects, against the aggressions of rebels. However serious the-crisis is in which a concurrence of afflicting circumstances has placed Europe, and Holland in particular, the endeavours of the King, calm amidst the general confusion, will always tend, by the union of moderation and firmness, to avert the storm. After the example of the most powerful Sovereign, be will yield to the necessity of leaving to their fate those of his subjects who have withdrawn themselves from his authority, but he will never sacrifice to them the rights of Holland. A mature examination having convinced the King that the preliminary articles would sacrifice the dearest interests of Holland to the insurrection, he cannot accept them, and he must again demand of the five Powers, as I have hereby the honour to do in his name, the exe cution of the reciprocal engagements between the Powers and the King with respect to the power by protocols 11 and 12, and with respect to the King by his accession to the bases of separation which the Conference itself, in its 19th protocol, has declared to be irrevocable.' .‘ Ever since the commencement of the Belgian revolu tion, the King has never ceased to give proofs how much he desired to co-operate in the maintenance of general peace ; but his Majesty cannot accede to the principle that this peace is to be obtained at the expence of the honour and the prosperity of Holland alone,—a principle at vari ance with the sense of his right and his dignity, and with the interest and solidity of the general peace itself, which, far from acquiring stability, must be greatly endangered by sacrificing a nation obedient to the laws and faithful to its institutions to a people that has broken the bonds of society, and does not respect the rights of others. " The King depends too much on the friendship and enlightened policy of his allies not to flatter himself that they partake these feelings with him. It would be neces sary to Oise! ve here that the preservation of peace in Europe does not depend on Belgium alone, and that the necessity in which the King may be placed of endeavour. ing to seek by arms equitable conditions of separation, may lead to the crisis which the wise and humane endeavour s of the Five Powers seek to avert. " With respect to the choice of a Sovereign for Belgium, the King refers to the declaration of the five Courts, i n the 12th and 19th protocols,—namely, that in the opinion the sovereign of that country must necessarily answer the principles of the existence of the country itself, and by his personal situation must be satisfactory with respect to the safety of the neighbouring states, and to this end must ac. cept, without reserve or distinction, the arrangements laid down in the protocols 11 and 12, and be in a condi tion to.secure the peaceful enjoyment of them to the Bel gians. In consequence of this declaration, which, by the King's acceptance of the basis of the separation of the 12th protocol, has become an engagement with him, his Ma jesty, in case a Prince should be called to the sovereignty of Belgium, and take possession of it without first accepting the said arrangements, could not but consider such Prince a', by this fact alone, placed in a state of hostility with him, and his enemy. " I take this opportunity of requesting your Excellencies to accept the assurance of my respect. (Signed) " VEII.TOLK VAN SOELEN." " The Hague, July 12." —Dutch Papers, July 22. BERLIN, JULY 18. —The successful passage of tlieYistula by the Russians is confirmed. The passage, however, did not take place at Plosk, but much lower down, almost close to the Prussian frontiers, from which place it seems that the troops have again proceeded along the left bank, and are thus marching directly towards Warsaw. This is to be inferred from the following report which our State Gazette gives from the Polish frontiers, under date of the 15th of July. " Accounts from Sluczewo, dattd yesterday, announce that the corps of Lieutenant-General Van Pahlen, con sisting.of 20,000 snen with 81 pieces of cannon, began to pass the Vistula, in the night of the 13th, in the direction of Raziouzek. " It seems that the Russian troops met with no resis tance on the left bank of the Vistula, and have therefore already penetrated as far as Wrozlon eck. The passage of the other Russian troops will take place, as the bridge is ready, as soon as the corps have concentrated them- selves. " Field-Marshal Paskewitach, with several officers of his staff, arrived on the 14th, at the point were the passage was to be effected, in order to give directions on the sub , ject to the Commanders of the corps." According to the Warsaw accounts, which are to the 14th, it was already known that the Russians had left Plosk, and were approaching the Prussian frontiers ; but some papers ascribe this to the cholera, which almost im mediately on the arrival of the Russians broke out at Plosk with such violence, that at the desire, or with the consent of the Russian commanders, physicians had been required from Warsaw, and three had in fact gone thither. The Polish State Gazette of the 13th seems, however, to be better informed, as it says, that the enemy perhaps intends to pass the liver at Nienania. On this supposi tion, which has been confirmed by the event, the Seat , Gazette (of Warsaw) gives the following report :--- " After the Russians had left Plosk, and assembled their whole force in the district of Lipno, our corps fol lowed them, and approached the villages of Biezein and Mlawa, and on the way intercepted Cossacks with baggage. At Pultusk we took a considerable portion of Russian corn, and a coach with four fine horses belonging to Count Paskewitsch. Among the four officers of the guards who were taken prisoners by the subaltern officer Cz :ykowski, is the young Prince Chowansky. H e offered the old officer 200 ducats to let him go, but he refused the money and kept his prisoner." From the Warsaw Gazette of the following day it ap pears that our Commander-in -Chief must have been in formed of the enemy's intention to cross the river at Niez gama : it says—" The Commander-in-Chief has ac quainted the National Government that the Russian army is assembling opposite Niesama, and is preparing to cross the Vistula. He declared at the same time that as it is impossible to hinder the enemy from passing the river at that point, it is necessary to take in time every precau tion at Warsaw, and that every inhabitant who is nit able to lay in provisions for six weeks must be ordered to quit the city. I\lany persons, however, still pretend that the manceuvre of the Russian army is a mere demon stration, and that the bold step of Field-Marshal Paske witsch, in exposing his whole line of communication, and bringing his main force to the left bank of the Vistula, is a cover for other plans. Be that as it may, the actual po sition of our army renders such a plan almost impossible. The important position of Modlin, where our General-in- Chief still has his head-quarters, enables him quickly to bring his force to that side of the river where it is most necessary, and to watch all the motions of the enemy, and act accordingly. " We hear that the division of General Muhlberg and the cavalry of General Turno, follow the enemy closely as they approach the Prussian frontiers, and take many pri soners, in their rapid march." The same Paper says, that the Russian Generals Rudiger and Rosen have united opposite to the Polish right wing. Our (the Prussian) State Gazette says nothing of Gielgutl. AMSTERDAM, JULY 22.—Actual Debt, 2 per Cent., 36i to 364; Amort Syndic, 4.3- per Cents, 57-;,t to 58:3-; Ditm, per Cent., 48 to 48,k. Exchange on London, 11 97 5-10ths to 11 95 ; two months, 11 92 5-10ths. Dutch Papers, July 23. OPENING OE THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. THE KING'S SPEECH. (Front the Messager des Chambres, dated Sunday.) CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—ROYAL SITTING. As early as eight o'clock in the morning the crowd assembled round the Chamber, the doors of which were not opened till noon. The two first rows of the reserved galleries were occupied by elegantly dressed ladies, the gen tlemen were seated behind. The hall was fitted up in the same manner as for the Royal Sitting in 1830. On the right and left of the throne, which was erected in the place of the President's bureau, were seated the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours.— Below the throne, to the right and left, were the seats of the Ministers, and immediately below them the Marshals of France. The seats of the Peers were but scantily occu pied. We remarked MM. De Broglie, De Cases, Pas quier, Roy, Portal, the Duke De Choiseul, Semonville, Talaru, &c. &c. The left side, allotted to the Deputies, was entirely filled, Messrs. Lafayette, Guizot, Dupin, Lafitte, Royer-Collard, Mauguin, Ch. De Remusat, Thiel s Viennet, and a great many other Deputies took their usual seats. A great number of strange faces was observed on all the benches. Among the new Deputies we particularly re marked Messrs. Arajo, Farfrede, Merilhou, &c. &c. At one o'clock a salute of artillery announced the arrival of the King ; the Deputation went to meet him. The Queen, accompanied by her children and Madame Adelaide, was introduced into the gallery reserved for her, near that of the Diplomatic Body. Immediately afterwards the King, dressed in the uniform of the National Guard, entered, preceded by the Deputa tions of the two Chambers, and followed by a numerous staff. Cries of " Vive le Roi !" rose in the Hall. His Majesty having uncovered, took his place on . the Throne, having on his right band the Duke of Orleans, in the uni form of a Colonel of Hussars; and the Duke of Nemours, in that of a Colonel of Lancers. The King, still uncovered, said to the Peers and Depu ties :—" Gentlemen, be seated ;" he then put on his hat, and delivered the following Speech in a firm voice:— " Messieurs Peers and Deputies,—l am happy to be among you in this place; here France has received my oaths. Deeply impressed with the duties which they im pose upon me, I shall always rest upon the national will, of which you are the constitutional organs; and I expect from you that frank and entire cooperation which must give to my Government the strength, without which it cannot answer the expectation of the nation. " I said, gentlemen, that the Charter would be a truth ; what I have said has been accomplished. The Charter is the Constitutional Monarchy, with all its conditions loyally maintained, with all its consequences frankly accepted. —(Lively applause.) It is true, that by the uniform actiun of all the powers of the State, we should put an end to those prolonged agitations which feed the criminal hopes of those who dream of the return of the late dynasty, or of those who still dream of the chimera of a republic. Divided respecting the object, they agree in the will to overturn, no matter at what price, the political order founded by the revolution of July. Their efforts will be disconcerted or punished.—(Fresh applause, and cries of " Vive le Roi.") " In calling me to the throne, France desired that the Royal authority should be national. It did not desire that it should be feeble. A Government without strength cannot suit a great nation. " I have just taken a tour through France. The testi monies of affection which I have received in these journeys have deeply affected my heart. Its wishes are present to my mind : you will assist me in fulfilling them. I fa i c y t e io t u ha s t at e t o e n m fi p a t en c t o .e nfo in un t d h e e d fu an tu d re r : " Order will be protected--liberty guaranteed—every eiw'rehsischl'alonTehcuasnwreilsitorere the confidence of the country. " It is to attain this end—to consolidate more and more the Constitutional Monarchy, that I have caused the several projects of law to be prepared which will be laid before you. " In that which has for its object the decision of a great constitutional question reserved by the Charter for the ex amination of the Chambers, you will, I hope, perceive that I always seek to make our institutions harmonise with the interests and the wishes of the nation, enlightened by expe rience, and matured by time. " You will also have to examine, conformably to the promises of the Charter, the projects of law destined to complete the departmental and municipal organization, to determine the responsibility of Ministers, and of the other agents of Government, and to regulate the liberty of in struction. " Other projects of law—on the recruiting of the army, on the penal code, on the finances, and divers public in terests—will also be laid before you. I acknowledge the whole extent of the distresses which the present commer cial crisis causes the nation to suffer. 1 am afflicted at them, and admire the courage with which they are sup ported. I hope they are approaching to their close, and that the consolidation of order will soon produce the se curity necessary- for the circulation of capital, and will re store to our commerce and manufactures that activity, which, under a Government always guided by the na tional interests, can never be interrupted except for a mo ment. " The situation of our finances is satisfactory; if our wants are great, abundant resources are prepared to provide for them. - " The budgets for the service of 1831 and 1832 will be b p e r e es n en m te a d ds to in yo t u he early y ra i l n b t r h an e c s h e e " s io o n f . the ße a d d u m c i t n io is n t s rat h io a n ve . They would be more important if the increase of our means of defence, and the development of our military force, hail not hitherto imposed on us great sacrifices. " I shall hasten to diminish the burden of them as soon as I shall have acquired the certainty of being able to do so without risking the dignity and safety of France. " This certainty depends on a general disarming. France desires it—the Governments of Europe feel the ne cessity of it—the interest of all requires it.—(Bravo.) " I have the satisfaction to announce to you already, that I have not had occasion to employ all the resources which the Chambers had placed at my disposal. " Since the Revolution of July, France has resumed in Europe the rank which belongs to her, and henceforth no thing can deprive her of it.—(Bravo.) " Never was her independence better guaranteed. Our national guards, who are equal to our army—our armies, the worthy depositories of the inheritance of. our ancient glory, would defend that independence as they have lately protected internal peace and liberty. I have only to con gratulate myself on the friendly relations which Foreign G o vernments maintain with mine. " It was our duty to seek to draw closer the natural and a ncient bonds of friendship which unite France and the United States of North America. A treaty has just put an end to disputes which have been too long carried on be tween two countries connected by so many recollections an d s ympathies. " Other treaties have been concluded with the republics of Mexico arid Hayti. " All these acts will be communicated to you as soon as they shall be ratified, in order that the financial stipu lations which they contained may be submitted to you for your inspection. " I have given orders to increase the number of vessels em ployed to insure the execution of the law passed in the last Session, for the effectual suppression of the Negro Slave Trade. " Conformably to my demands, the troops of the Em peror of Austria have evacuated the Roman States. A real amnesty—the abolition of confiscation—important changes in the administrative and judicial system ; u ar e the ameliorations which, being secured to thew states, make us hope that their tranquillity will not be again dis turbed—that the balance of Europe will be strengthened by the maintenance of their independence. 44 The Kingdom of the Netherlands as constituted by the Treaties of 1814 and 1815 ILaa ceased to exist. The independence of Belgium, and its separation from Holland, have been recognised by the Great Powers. The King of the Belgians will not be a Member of the German Confederation. The fortresses erected to threaten France, and not to protect Belgium, will be demolished. A neutrality recognised by Europe, and the friendship of France, ensure to our neighbours an independence of which we have been the first support.—(Lively applauses.) " The Power which governs in Portugal had insulted French subjects—it had disregarded; with respect to them the rights of justice and of humanity ; to obt Lin reparation, demanded in vain, our ships of war have appeared before the Tagus. I have just received the news that they have forced the entrance. The satisfaction hitherto refused has been offered to us. The Portuguese men of war are ir our power, and the tri-coloured flag flies on the walls of Lisbon.—(Bravo, bravo! Vive le Roil) " A sanguinary and inveterate struggle is prolonged in Poland. This struggle causes lively emotion in the midst of Europe. I have exerted myself to hasten the termina tion of it. After having offered my mediation, I have invited that of the great Powers. I have desired to stop the effusion of blood, to preserve the South of Europe from the scourge which war propagates, and, above all, to secure to Poland, whose courage has revived the ancient affec tions of France, that nationality which has resisted time and its vicissitudes. " You will, doubtless, judge that in these difficult nego tiations, the true interests of France—the interests of its prosperity, of its power, and of its honour, have been de fended with perseverance and dignity. Europe is now convinced of the rectitude of our intentions, and of the sincerity of our wishes for the maintenance of peace; it is also convinced of our strength, and it knows how we should support a war if we were driven to it by unjust aggressions. " It is by persisting in the system of policy hitherto pursued that we shall succeed in securing and in making our country enjoy the benefits of the Revolution, which has secured its liberties ; and to preserve it from new com motions, which would endanger, at the same time, its own existence, and the civ,lizatio❑ of the world. " We are on the eve, Gentlemen, of great anniversa ries. I shall see you with satisfaction join me in their solemnities. May these serious and affecting commemo rations awaken sentiments of union and concord, which, a year ago, alone decided the triumph, the remembrance f which they celebrate." After the reading of this speech, the Keeper of the Seals read the oath. The Minister of the Interior called over the list of the Members, and each Member, after his name was read, said, " I swear it." (From the French Papers of Friday.) " PARIS, JULY 22.—Yesterday evening the Russian Ambassador and the Envoy of Switzerland had the honour of an audience of his Majesty. " To-day his Majesty gave a private audience to General Belliard. " At two o'clock the Kicg presided in the Council of Ministers. " His Majesty the King of Wurtemberg, after having had an interview at Strasburg with Louis Philip, again left Stutgard, to visit his sister-in-law, the Grand Duchess of Weimar, el-ltr sister of the Emperor Nicholas, with whom that Princess has great influence. The King of Woe temberg's visit, if we may believe a journal, is chiefly with a view to persuade his sister-in-law to support the proposals made to the Czar by France and England for the arrangement of the affairs of Poland. " We have before us a letter from Turin, announcing the departure of the King of Sardinia to Genoa. The same letter says that the Duchess of Berry has quitted that city and gone to Tuscany. " Captain G. Pasquier, commanding the Clementine, which arrived at Havre on the lSth, has brought news from the Havannah of the 12th of June. " An insurrection, of which the authorities received in formation a few hours before the moment chosen for the execution of it, was to break out on St. Ferdinaras day. The object of the plot, formed by negroes, was the destruc tion of the whites. The black conspirators had fixed on the moment when almost the whole white population was to go out of the city, to see the ascent of a balloon. The Governor being informed of the project of the negroes, im mediately caused all the important posts to be occupied by picquets of troops. The fete passed over without accident. Thirty blacks, who were suspected, had been arrested in the morning, and one of them, attempting to escape from the guard-house, was k'lled by a musket-shot. This is the only person who has lost his life in consequence of this conspiracy. Every thing returned after this to its usual course, and many persons now think that time danger was not so great as the Government would have it believed, in order to obtain credit for activity, which the Spanish Go vernment never fails to recompense. " No French ship appeared at the Havannah during the SI days that the Clementine stopped there, but on her departure she met the Ceres French corvette, and a brig of war on the point of sailing. " The .Moniteur publishes the letter of the King to the Duke de Choiseul, President of the Committee for the children of the combatants of July. It is as follows : " ' The King has read with much pleasure the letter you have addressed to him. His Majesty heartily ap proves of the idea of a national subscription in favour of the children of the combatants of July, and has resolved to contribute at first 6,000 france, which will be willingly paid to the Treasurer of the Committee. " The Queen, desiring to participate in this good work, has assigned a sum of 2,000 francs for herself and her younger children. Her Majesty orders me to inform you of it. " I have the honour, &c., " The Cabinet Secretary, OUDARD. " ' Palais Royal, July 20.' FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, JULY 22.-Five per Cents., S6f. 90c. 85c. 9i l c. 87f. 86f. 90c. 80c. 85c. 80c. S6l 75c. 60c. 50c. 55c. 60c. 6.5 c. 60c. 50c. thic. 86f. 50c. 55c. 60c. 55c. 75c. 85c. 80c. 75c. 70c. 86f. SOC. 55c. 60c.-Emprunt, 87E-Rente 71f.-Three per Cents., 56f. 75c. 9ec. 57f. 56f. 90c. 80c. 75c. 80c. 60c. 56f. 50c. 60c. 55e. tiOc. 50c. 55c. 50e. 45c. 40c. 56f. 45c. 50c. 75c. 65c. 60c. 65c.-Bank Actions, 1.560f-Rente de Naples. 67f. 20c. 30c. 50c. 20c. 67E-- Route d'Espagne, 12%--Royal Spanish Loan, SO ,74 %.-Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 48(9 5 .7 % 14 48 % % tain Loan, 055f-Exchaoge on London, one month, paper, 25f. 10c. ; three months, money, 24f. 95c.-Cours Authentique, July 22. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, JULY 23.-Five per Cents., 86f. 50c. 85c. 90c. 87f. 10c. 15c. 20c. 15c. :lie. 87f. S(if. 85c. 90c. 87f. 86f. 95c. 87f. 87f. 10c. 87f. 87f. 10c. 15c. 25c. 15c. 20c. 87f. ; Loan of IK3I, 87f. 9.5 c. 87f.; Four per Cents., 71f. ; Three per Cents., 56f. 80c 85c. 57f 15c. 561. 80c. 60c. 70c. 80c. 57f. 57f. 10c. 57f. 57f. sc. 56i 95c. ; Bank Stock, 1,560 f. ; Rente de Naples, 67 f. 2 5c. 50e. 60,' 50c. ; Rente d'Espagne, 12 1.2!•,; ; Royal Spanish Loan, 62.% : Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 485 4 48 48% 4 7 %. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 23f. 10c. ; three months,.mon ey , 24f. 95c.-Cours Authentique. ALLISON'S FIRST LESSONS IN GEOGRAPHY. —The Fourth Edition of a little work with this title, by Miss M. A. ALLISON, price Ninepence, for the Use of the Nursery and Junior Classes in Schools, has been some time before the public, and may be had of any Bookseller. Under so simple a title, this little work gives much infor mation, arranged in short and easy lessons, and written in a style peculiarly adapted to the infant mind : embracing a clear and distinct account of the boundaries of each kingdom and state, the principal towns, the number of inhabitants, the manufactures, and the natural productions. The following story gives a lively idea of the Russian rule of Poland :—A Jew met a Cossack in the forest ; the latter robbed bins of his horse. On returning to the town, he lodged a complaint with the Major in com mand, who was (with what truth we shall see) reputed to be a most rigorous disciplinarian. The Cossacks were paraded, the robber was pointed out, when with the utmost effrontery he declared that he had found the horse.— " How" replied the Jew, " I was on his back." " Yes," retorted the Cossack, " I found you too ; but having no use for a Jew, I did not keep you." The excuse was deemed sufficient, and the Jew lost his steed. EMIGRATION.—By the following statement it will he seen that emigration to Canada is increasing on a scale much larger than is generally supposed. •In the year 1828 there arrived in Canada, from different parts of Great Britain, 12,000 settlers ; in 1529, 15,945 emigrants landed ; in 1830 the number of settlers who arrived a , Quebec and other parts of Canada was 28,075, while the arrivals from England, Ireland, and Scotland, up to the 18th of June of the present year, were not less than 28,141 persons. It was expected that before the season closed, upwards of 50,000 settlers would be landed in the colony. During POLIGNACS Ministry, TALLEY RA ND went to see one of his nieces; " Eh biexi ! uncle," said the lady, " holy do you find yourself in that arm chair, which I have had expressly stuffed in a peculiar manner for myself?"—" Not too well, my child, your arm chair is like the Minister, it makes one lift (shrug) the shoulders."—Somebody told him, shortly after the restoration, that be was blamed by many for having set the example of defection in 1814. "Eh 1 mon .Dieu said he, " that only proves one thing, which is, that my watch went faster than the others, for every body was l'heure."—At the end of a discussion with MIRABEAU, who had said to him—" Je cal: vous enfermer dans ?lb cercle vicieux"—“ Comment! est ce que vous auriez envie de m'embrasser 2" instantly retorted TALLEYRA ND: I 11 4 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF THE STOCKS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 8 3%/s 3 per Cent. Cons. 3 per Cent. Ditto Red ql % New 3% per Cent ...11: 1 ‘, ,, i% ly e 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 4 per Cent. lirJfi Bank Long Ann to expire Jan 5, 180 , 17 1 ,i ay Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1880 Aprils, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 New 5 per Cent. - ......." India Stock Ditto Bonds 1 21 ,1 A' South Sea Stock O4 Old Annuities .......... New Ditto ........ 1 per Cent. Ann. 1751 ---- Ex. Rills, Xl,OOO l'2 131 0 ' Ditto... ..... ....500 l'.'. 14 pra• Ditto Small Ditto Commercial —Pr r ' Ditto Advertised _. oil. Bank for Account ...... ---' ' ....., India for Account Cont. fr r Aug. Q 6 5254:53!. FRICICS OF FOREIGN FUNDS kustrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds Colombian Bonds Ditto, 18% Danish Greek Bonds Ditto, 1825 G uatimala Mexican Bonds Ditto, 1825 THIS DAT AT (N 2 O'CLOCY• Neapolitan Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds 4'74z 3 Prussian, Old Ditto, New Russian Spanish, IV2I 13)4 1823 French Rents, sp. c. SS' 5 °,,„' Exchange '251 :),'" 3 per cent, ,---- Exchange —f. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share• Brazilian Imp. Alin. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O Ditto Cocaes 5 Alliance Fire and Life Insurance Co lO Protector Insurance Comp. A £1 6 0 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JULY 29, Rink Stock -,St. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) " • ... Consols, 3 ner cent. ...... 82% Royal Irish Ditto .... Gov. Stock, M.:, per cent. 90q 'National Ditto Ditto, New 9OV, Patriotic Ditto .., .... I per Cent - i Hibernian Bank Gov. Deb. 3 percent..., 86% Provincial Ditto .., Royal Canal Stock 39' Royal Irish Mine Grand Canal Stock - I Imperial Mine ... '2 1 4 City Deb. 4 per cent. - Mining Co. of Ir e l a nd Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. - Commercial Buildings ~, FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, JULY 19.-13. BN.—Two months, 13. 7!-i. ST. PE CERSBURGH, JULY S.-10 21-32. CHRISTIANIA, JULY 9.—Three months, 6. 2. BERLIN, JULY 16.—Three months, 6. 2l j . BREMEN, JULY 15.—Two months, 601 602. Due. lArrived. Arrived. Dae. O America 0 1 Hamburg — 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica. 0 O Carthagena 0 2 Dublin 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 0 Lisbon 0 1 Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 I France 0 0 Sweden O Guernsey &Jersey.. 0 2 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 13 minutes after 3. I Evening... 29 minutes after 3. KING. STREET, ST. JAMES'S. SMALL CELLAR OF CHOICE WINES. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent-street,) On FRIDAY, the 4th of August, 1831, at Twelve o'clock, by direction of the Executors of the late Walter Burrell! Esq., M.P., lying in the Cellar at West Grinstead Park, Sussex, COMPRISING Seventy Dozen of prime Old East and West India MADEIRA, Twenty-two, Dozen of richly-flavoured CLARET, Four Dozen 01 CHAMPAGNE, Foutteen Dozen of fine Old Jamaic a RUM, &c. Also, By direction of the Executors of the late Henry Bu t rows, Esq., of 20, Gower -street, Bedford-square, A Pipe of fine East India MADEIRA, in Bottle, lytug in the Cella rs o f M essrs . S toc k ton an d S on, S t. Jan Mews, Bedford-row; to be delivered from thence. The Wines to be tasted on the morning of sale. CAI logues may be had on the premises, 19, King street, S t ' James's ; King's H ea d, H ors h am ; Whi te H art . G u ilt' ford ; at Garraway's Coffee-house, 'Change-alley, Cornbill; and of Mr. Robins, 170, Regent-street. ebr 444/ LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1831. 'We have a superabundance of foreign news this morning—the passage of the Vistula by the Russian army—two Royal Speeches —that of LOUIS PHILIPPE and LEOPOLD the First-- -- with an angry tirade of WILLIAM (possibly th• last) King of Holland. The Speech of the King of FRANCE is, °/ 1 the whole, of a firm but pacific character. MAJESTY hopes to preserve peace, but is novi more than ever prepared for war. He promises to act up to the spirit of the Charter, by cons(/' lidating the various institutions so necessary t ° its perfect developemei it—a promise which he ha s hitherto been rather slow in putting in practice but his MAJESTY at length perceives the IleCe S# shy of quickening his pace, anti we must gic e him credit for good intentions. With respect to the foreign relations - t France, the KING says that the Governmer.ts Europe feel the necessity of a general disarmiog —that France, too, feels it—and that he coati' nues on friendly terms with them ;—that li p has concluded reciprocal treaties with North America—Mexico— a nd Hayti;—that Austri a has yielded to his demands by evacuatid. the Roman States, and granting a real amnestY; —that Belgium is now constituted an indepel l# dent kingdom, but that the King of the Bil l GLANS will not be a Member of th e Germa n Confederation ; that the fortresses on the 11.0 1 ; tiers whi c h were erecte d to t h reaten F rance , b lj not to protect Belgium, will be demolished ;-' and that th e t r i- co l oure d fl ag waves un d e r th e walls of Lisbon, while all the Portuguese fleet 111 the Tagus is captured! This is really good news""' and we hope a similar fate awaits Don 1111ca0; With respect to Poland, the most importa°s question of all, Louis PIIILIPPE thus e xpress e himself— " A sanginary and inveterate struggle is prolonged, 1 6 / Poland. This struggl e causes li ve l y emo ti on i n t h e o', of Europe. I have exerted myself to hasten the ternoiP a e . tion of it. After having offered my mediation, I b a c' invited that of the Great Powers. I have desired to 9 .4 1 the effusion of blood, to preserve the south of Europe fra; the scourge which war propagates, and, above all, to cure to Poland, whose courage has revived the anc ieli j affections of France, that nationality which has resist e time and its vicissitudes." This is all so far good, but it is not enoug h If LOUIS PHILIPPE wishes to retain L it e affections of France, or to command t li r respect of Europe, he must do more I° l , Poland ; but, on this subj e ct, h e is probab waiting to enlarge when the temper of Chamber of Deputies is declared in the J‘ J . dress. The heredit ar y P eerage i s mere ly g lanc ed at, but not d enounce d, pro b a bl y f or t h e sau te reason. Of King LEOPOLD'S speech we have not le ft ourselves room to say much, but indeed a spee d ; under his pe c uliar circumst a n ces , cou ld ..1 Y ode of promise, which the following extract 'II best explain : v 0 " Gentlemen, I have accepted the Crown which )liy offeted me only with a view to perform a task equ:/0 noble and useful—that of consolidating the institution s yJJ generous people, and to maintain its independence• p it , heart knows no other ambition than that of seeing you h a l j) ,d On so affecting a so l emn i ty, I must also express t° ,1 1 0, one of my: rnost ard e nt w i s h es . Th e nat i on i ssue s , 01' violent crisis. May this day efface all hatred, sttf: e i a tti resentments ; may one only thought animate all Fol —that of a frank and sincere union. . ; ple " I shall es t eem myself happy to concur i n tia' 0 of result, which h as b een so well prep 'red by the is'i!! °o 9 ,,ch the venerable man w h o h as d evote d himself Nits' noble patriotism to the salvation of his country. fetalo' " Gentlemen, I h ope t o b e a pl e d ge o f pea ce an' quillity to Belgium ; but the expectations of mail are have GIE Pr fal peace Yltgt t fe.ice fusi► COw and that Imp ( Sieg( H an ceiv( m ew tri g th e Cour laid do n Aft, public 6 " 1 Pose ' ll ill.j 111 Wel th " ex, the for If ti nv e i n Rether, turber;