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subjects who obey. This appearS to Me an entire
new principle in politics. But it has been said
other facts speak plainer still. You are perhaps ig-
norant that Baron Strogonoff, Major-General in the
Ru,sian army, was some time -ego at Berlin, corn-
nissioned to stipulate passage for the Russiati
troops through the Prussian territories, There
happened to be another personage at Berlin—
go other than Field-Marshal Di, bitsch him-
self, and it was to him that these negociations,
f any such there were, must have been intrusted,
ind I am happy in being able to declare to you
what must, after all, have been the result of these
deep negotiations. Prussia, firmly determined to
Let upon principles that wo,.e.d ultimately tend to
oreserve peace, has displayed both wisdom and mo-
'leration, and presented to all other nations an ex-
ample of policy which tends to preserve the repose
and harmony of States from `,.',very attack.—(Hear.)
But Austria, they add—for they must run through
all the states of Europe, and in these excursions, so
often repeated, I do not recollect they have pro.
&iced any new idea, hut have mtlrely re-produced
arguments which had been before refuted—(o True,
true,' from the tentre)—but Austria ! see with what
indefatigable vigour she pursues her warlike prepa-
'ations. Ambassadors, to whol'a the King has been
pleased to grant hit: ';:onlidence, have been men-
tioned. It has been asked whether he who has the
honour to represent the King of the French at Lon-
don grounds his policy upon principles in conformity
to the interests and dignity of France, and upon re-
.tpcct for the liberties of nations and the itidepen-
4nce of states ? It is sufficient for me to remind
him of the career of that able diplomatist, who, at
Vienna, after ail our disasters, succeeded in con-
cluding a treaty, the stipulations of which aggran-
dized the former territory of France ; and who, in
1815, preferred the resignation of his high functions
-o the di*gr.ce of signing a treaty of direful me.
rnoly. As to his Majesty's Ambassador in Russia,
if there is any man truly worthy of representing
France and her King, it is the Duke de Montemart.
—(Cheers.) I shall conclude with a very few words
more. You have never desired peace—neither in
the month of August, nor in the month of Decem-
ber, nor in the month of March. We, however,
have always hoped that we might be able to pre-
serve this great blessing for our country, and we will
use all our efforts to maintain it still."—(This speech
was followed by loud and repeated cheers.)
M. de Corcelles approached the Ministerial Bench,
and inquired with warmth, of the President of the
Council, when he would present the amended
Electoral Bill ?

The President of the Council rose, and com-
plained of the improper language employed towards
him by M. de Corcelles, who said—" With your
conduct, how ca❑ you be surprised that a coalition
is formed against you ?"—" The Bill," added M.
Casimir Perrier, " will be presented shortly, but it
was necessary for Ministers to consult together to
come to an opinion upon it, and afterwards defend
it in the Chamber. The Hon. Deputy's observa-
tions are an attack upon the Royal prerogative, to
which it belongs to withdraw a Bill if necessary,
although this will not be the case in the present
instance."

M. de Corcelles explained. The President of the
Council, he said, answered him in a haughty tone
—" We will give you the Electoral Bill when it is
ready." Ile (M. de Corcelles) therefore thought
proper to reply, " Your delays are reprehensible ;
it is no wonder that a coalition is formed against you."
M. Thiers addressed the Chamber; but Hon.
Deputies were totally inattentive, and the buzz that
prevailed rendered him inaudible in the gallery.—
Adjourned.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, APRIL 5.

M. Dupin, Vice-President, took the Chair at two
o'clock. The Order of the Day (the discussion of
the project of law relative to the extraordinai y taxes)
having been read,
M. Alexis de Noailles rose to repel an attack
made yesterday, by General Lamarque, upon the
Plenipotentiaries at the Congress of Vienna, at
which he himself had assisted. "We have only,
said he, " to justify our actions and our system, but
we cannot account for revolutions and events. The
soldier has discharged his duty when he has fought
with courage ; the Magistrate when he has been
equitable in his decisions; and the Plenipotentiary
when he has availed himself of the most efficacious
and honourable means in his power to promote the
prosperity, dignity, snd interests of his count' y."
[This apology for the Congress of Vienna was
received with loud applause by the Members of
both Centres
_ _ _

M. Thiers, after having discussed the project 01
law in a financial point of view, voted for it.—(L6
sitting.)

BOURSE, TUESDAY, HALF-PAST FOUR,-The
Funds have improved considerably, owing to the in-
creasing confidence in the maintenance of peace.
As a proof of the return of security, an unusual pro-
portion of small money purceases have been made.
FRaNca Finns, PARIS, APRIL 4.-Five per Cents., 751 40c.
25c. 40c. 30c. 150 c. 75c. 761 76f. 25c. 761. 751 85c. 80c. 76f. 76f.
20c, 60c. 80c. 90c. 80c. SOc.; Three per Cents., 46f. 50c. 60c.
40c. 50c. 60c. 75c. 90c. 80c. 47f 25c. 60c. sc. 47f. 47f 10c. 40c.
50e. 60c. 80c. fOc. 80c. 60c.; Bank Actions 1,3801 ; Rente de
Naples, 56f. 55f. 75c. 561. 10e. 50c. 561 60c. 571. 57f. 25c. 561
909. 571. 571 10c. 57f. ; Rente d'Espagne, 12.4 ad ; Royal Spanish
Loan, 63 6314 63; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 4..34
44 4414 44 441,8 44 444 44 43% 44 4374 ; Haytian Loan, 2701
-Exchange on London, one month, paper, 23f. 10c. ; three
months, paper, 241. 90c.
FRENCH FUNDS, APRIL 5.-Five per Cents, 761 90c. ttOc. '7oc.
60c. SOc. 60c. 50c. 20c. 25c. 30c. sc. 20c. 7tif. 75f. 93c. 76f. 75f. 90c.
80c. 75c. BCc. 90e. 76f. 76f. 10c. 40c. 30c. 761 76f. 25c.-Three per
Cents. 48f. 25c. 481 47f. 80c. 90c. 85c. 80c. 75c. 60c. 40c. 50c. 45c.
40c. 30c. 10c. 15c. 30e. 40c. 50c.-Bank Actions, 1,34:M1-Rente
de Naples, 571 571 25c. 35c.-Rente d'Espagne, 12.4 13 124-
Royal Spanish Loan, 62!,, 141434-Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne,
4t44 44-Exchange on London, one month, paper, 251. 10c.;
three months, paper, 241 90c.

The United Service Journal has its present
number enlivened by several of those spirited papers, com-
memorative of high personal adventure and achievement,
which have gained for this periodical so much favour with
general readers. Of this character are the " Reminis-
cences of a Subaltern," narrating some of the most bril-
liant and romantic exploits of the Peninsular War—the
account of a " Skirmish in the Balkan," by Captain
ALEXANDER-and the Memorial Sketches given respec-

tively of Captain HEYWOOD, Rear-Admiral Sir EDWARD
BERRY, and Lieutenant-Colonel WILLIAM BRERETON.
The subject of Duelling and its abuses is likewise recurred
to in the present number, and furnishes matter for some
curious remarks and correspondence.

An Evening Papr, The Sun, states that
" the boroughmongers, by means of their emissaries, have
circulated, during the last fortnight, throughout Here-
fordshire and the adjacent counties, thousands and thou,
sands of circulars, the object of which is to persuade the
farmers that in lending their sanction to the Reform Bill
they are sealing their own ruin. he circular states that
the main object of the Bill is to raise the commercial at
the expense of the agricultural interest ; and that the very
first thing a reformed Parliament will do will be to intro-
duce a free trade in corn, which will he the inevitable and
irreparable ruin of all the farmers in England." We have
no doubt of the fact of such papers being circulated as
stated by our contemporary ; but their machinations are
not confined to this manoeuvre. We understand, from
good authority, that they have, at this moment a number
of well-dressed persons travelling about the country for
the double purpose of exciting, by their conversation, the
people against the Bill, and of ascertaining for their em-
ployers whether the feeling is as much in favour of the
measure as is represented by the newspapers. If these
spies report truly with regard to this latter point, they
will be really conferring a service upon the country, as
their representations must be calculated to induce their
employers to forego any further opposition to Reform.
But men who are mean enough to undertake such a mis-
sion are sure to be base enough to deceive those who em-
ploy them. The emissaries alluded to do not confine their
observations against the Bill to assertions that will be in-
jurious to the farming interest ; they suit their arguments
to their audience, and, while the farmer is told that it is
intended to raise the commercial interest at the expense of
the agricultural, the trader and the manufacturer are as-
sured that its effect will be to raise the agricultural at the
expense of the commercial. Now all this is as silly as it
is mean. No one is so stupid as to be misled by such
bungling
contrivances ; but the fact is the boroughmongersare totally unacquainted with the people and with their
opinions, and foolishly
imagine that the people are equally
ignorant with regard to their characters and motives._
Morning Herald City Article.

LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1831.

An ingenious pamphlet published by Mr.
RIDGWAY, has just been put into our hands,
entitled " Observations on the Ministerial Plan
of Reform." 'This pamphlet, which is penned
in an easy, temperate, and gentlemanlike spirit,
is from the pen of Sir JOHN WALsH, and
strives hard to prove that the Reform Bill
is wholly a revolutionary measure ; that it
is far too sweeping in its nature ; and in
its details so full of strange and perplexing in-
congruities that it is almost impossible to com-
prehend it. Without pausing to consider the jus-
tice or propriety of a gentleman attempting to
condemn what he indirectly professes not to
understand, we shall content ourselves with re-
marking—and this opinion we hold in common
with the majority of our cotemporaries,—that
the primary recommendation of the Reform Bill
is its clearness and simplicity. A measure more
free from incoherencies, more concise, more
logical in its character, more correct in its de-
tails,
more complete and consistent as a whole,
is, we believe, no where on record in the annals
of Parliament. Were we not well aware of the
blinding influence that habit and prejudice
exercise over the faculties even of the most
acute and discriminating, we should wonder
how a writer who displays so much keenness
of observation as Sir J. WALSH, could possibly
misapprehend the character of the Reform Bill.
So far from this measure having been concocted
in a hurry, and being consequently crude and
undigested, it bears throughout—even in its
very simplicity—marks of thought, and long,
a►nd patient, and minute investigation into all
the bearings and tendencies, pro and con, of the
question. But not satisfied with condemning
it as inconsistent and inexplicable, Sir JOHN
WALSH further objects to the Bill as being
far too sweeping in its nature. It is sweeping cer-
tainly, but what does it sweep away ? Surely not
that which is serviceable and necessary to the wel-

fare of the State, but that which is dangerous and
altogether obnoxious to its safety ! It sweeps
away the rubbish from the Constitution, but it
leaves the temple itself unimpaired, and even Un-
proved and strengthened by the removal of that
which, if allowed longer to remain, would have

infallibly have occasioned its destruction. We
hare little doubt that when Hercules undertook
to cleanse the Augxan stables, the very same
argument, as that now used by the Borough-
mongers against Reform, was put forward by
the timid and prejudiced of those days, in order
to induce him to desist from his " unsavoury"
labours. We have little doubt that he was told
that he was too sweeping and Mahometan in his

notions of ablution ; that he should cleanse by

degrees ; purify in retail, not by wholesale ; that
to turn a whole stream abruptly through the

building, was at once to destroy it : that the in-
terests of the vermin who infested it were deserv-
ing of consideration ; but that if, after a pro-
tracted investigation, it was found absolutely
necessary to remove them, the painful task should
be accomplished piece-meal and by degrees, and
with as much gentleness and forbearance towards
the delicate and aggrieved creatures as possible ;
that first one rat should have notice to quit—
then a second—then a third ; after which it
would be abundantly manifest that all had
been done that could be done. We have little
doubt that such was the line of argument pursued
by those who had an interest in perpetuating the
corruption of the Augean stables, and throve by
the advantageous sale of its manure. But the
intrepid Reformer was too shrewd to be diverted
from his purpose by such sophistry. He felt that he
was called on to perform a task ofmoment, and that
to do it well, he must do it effectually. Accord-
ingly he set about his " unsavoury job," as
O'GORMAN MAHON would call it, in right
earnest; purified the building throughout ; and
earned the gratitude of the neighbourhood, who
had been long annoyed by the noxious stench
that exhaled from it.

The spirit of this allegory has not, we per-

ceive, been lost on Earl GREY. The House of
Commons is the A ugman stable which he has been
called on to cleanse ; and feeling convince,' that
no half measures, no slight sprinkling of
Water, no partial dislodgement of vermin
will suffice to this end, our modern Her-
cules has boldly resolved, first on expel-
ling the rats in toto, and then on directing the
full, purifying stream of public opinion into
every nook and corner of the building. For this
be is entitled to the lasting gratitude of his
country, and from this not even the clever
sophistry of Sir J. WALSH will have power to
divert him.

A deputation of millers had an interview
with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER

this morning, at his residence in Downing-
street. We understand the object of their in-
terview was to represent the injury the trade
received by foreign flour being allowed
to be imported free of duty. And in
answer to which his Lordship informed
the deputation, that it was not the intention of
Government to propose any alteration of duties
during the present Session of Parliament, and
in all probability when an alteration was pro-
ro,Fed, it would be a reduction of duty
o. • urn, and not by laying a tax on flour. His
Lot . ship added, whatever plan his MAJESTY'S
Ministers might recommend sufficient notice
should be given to the trade.

consequences. The germs of usurpation being thus intro-
duced into our first diplomatic acts will bear their fruit ;
the course of the future negociations must be impeded b 3
them, for we cannot possibly leave out of the question
facts which bare actually taken place.
The Protocol of the 9th of January, ordering the open-
ing of the Scheldt on condition of the raising of the
blockade of Maestricht, on our part on pain of being
compelled by force, received an answer worthy of the
country, but an answer is nothing ; the Protocol should
have been sent kick ; it soon produced new fruits. How-
ever the protest of the Congress against the Protocol of 20 tl
January leaves us the right to make war, and opens a
new diplomatic career. The Protocol of 20th January,
relative to the boundaries, was followed by that of 27th
January concerning the debt. This was sent back, and
you know the consequences of this step. A latter Prom
col, which has not even been communicated to us, acknow-
ledges that of 27th January (which besides was disap-
proved of by the French Government) contained only
proposals.
That of the 7th February, excluding the Duke of Ne..
mours and the Duke of Leuchtenburg, was received, we
have seen none since. With respect to the question sent
to him, M. Lebeau replied that M. d'Aerschot h.s had
touch extra official conferences with Lord Palmerston,
hut he does not know whether he has yet been received
officially. The envoy to Paris has been received officially.
The Government has received nothing from the Con-
gress at London since the last communication. All the
Powers except France think we ought to be ruled by
the Protocols.

The Government has no notice of a threat to
blockade the Scheldt. It has found no trace of
an ultimatum sent to Holland ; the choice of the
head of the State is under serious consideration ; the
Minister believes peace still possible ; war when not ine-
vitable is madness. We shall do our utmost to preserve
peace, but if we see that it is intended to impose on us,
we know that we have our army, our civic guard, our
fortresses well armed and provisioned, and then the Mi-
nistry will not hesitate to propose war.
M. Van de Weyer rose to correct some mistake of the
preceding speaker. The break in the report of which he
spoke does not exist, and with respect to the ultimatum
sent to Holland, it was not thought advisable to send a
Charge d'Affaires to the Hague, for he would be treated
as a rebel. They had therefore treated with Holland
through France and England. M. Van de Weyer denied
the assertion that by not sending back the Protocols the
system of intervention was sanctioned.
Some farther conversation took place, in which M. Le-
beau said, that as the new plan respecting the choice of a
Sovereign was a secret to nobody, he need not name him.
The Dutch have taken possession, not of fort Callon, as
has been said, but of fort St. Mary, and as soon as the
Government heard of it, a notice was sent by a courier to
signify to the Dutch, that if the fort were not restored in
a quarter of an hour, the Belgians would employ their
cannon.

BausseLs, Aram 4.—lt is said that General Vander-
mi,sen passed through Arlon on the 3lst, and escaped into
the French territory, passing through Lengroy.
Several persona have been arrested at Liege who took
part in the late excesses.
GHENT, APRIL 4.—A deplorable event has just afflicted
our city; M. Voortman, a manufacturer, was arrested by
the populace at the door of his manufactory, to which he
had come in a cabriolet. He was accused of Orangeism.
The mob went to his manufactory to demand some cannon
said to be deposited there. M. Voortman, on his way to
the place was warned of what was passing, and advised to
turn back ; trusting to the arms he carried about him, he
unhappily persisted, and when he got to the place was
attacked and disarmed, and required to give up the cannon,
which lie refused ; he was then led away by two soldiers
of the civic guard, and the mob carried him about the
city ; on the bridge of L'Eclure a dagger dropped from his
coat, on which a woman struck him in the face with a
wooden shoe, and drew blood ; the soldiers in vain at-
tempted to protect him from the popular fury, and one of
them received several blows aimed at the unfortunate manufac-
turer, who, when they reached the market-place, was prome-
naded three times round the tree of liberty, against which
they dashed his face and horribly mutilated it ; they
then led him through several streets to the parade, when
Baron Coppens saved him from being massacred and had
him taken to prison to rescue him from inevitable death,
but probably this succour will prove to be too late. The
surgeon who dressed him found that he had received eleven
bayonet and two sabre wounds. His life is despaired of.
It is reported that the vengeance of the people was drawn
on him by his having said to his men who asked for work,
" If you have nothing to eat, go and suck the tree of
liberty which you have planted." Nothing is left of the
manufactory but the hare walls.
BRUSSELS, APRIL 5.—A British Cabinet messenger
arrived here yesterday with despatches for the English Em-
bassy, and immediately set out with other despatches for
Germany.
It is affirmed that orders have been sent to make all the
troops at Namur that can be spared march to Luxemburg.
(The German Papers contain no later accounts from
Warsaw.)

Despatches have been received at the Foreign
Office this morning from France and Holland.

The latest accounts from Belgium, and espe-
cially from Antwerp, give to the recent commo-
tions a more general and weighty character than
was at first supposed. The conspiracy, both in
the army and among the merchants, appears to
have been very extensive, and it is not to be won-
dered at that its detection should have excited
an ebullition of wrath on the part of the people.
The conspirators having retired into the shade,
tranquillity is re-established, we trust, in a per-
manent manner.

To us it appears that the late commotions
are attributable neither to the agitation of dema-
gogues, nor the spirit of republicanism, but to
the aversion of the Belgians to the very idea of
a restoration of the House of NASSAU. Five
months of *inter, accompanied by much misery,
and a general stagnation of industry, have passed
in perfect tranquillity. From October to March
there was not a single disturbance in any part of
Belgium, nor was there ever a more striking
instance of popular resignation than that dis-
played by the Belgians. But the moment A
restoration is talked of, it is sufficient to rouse
the spirit of the same people who fought so
bravely last September behind the barricades of
Brussels.

From what passed in the last sittings of the
Congress, and the remarkable speech of the new
Minister for Foreign Affairs, a war with Hol-
land appears inevitable, the Belgians seeing no.
other means of arranging matters without com-
promising their national honour. The first
division of the Civic Guard is under arms, the
various volunteer corps are formed into regular
regiments, and these measures of the new Mi-
nistry are hailed with great applause by the
people, who see no other means than war of re-
lieving them from the harrassing state of uncertainty
of which they are heartily fatigued though they
have born it with patience. 1 he Congress
appears to concur in the wishes of the Nation
and the Cabinet. In that assembly the name of
Prince LEOPOLD has been mentioned, and his'
elevation to the Throne would, it is said,
command the great majority of votes. In spite
of the obstacles which the Belgians have hitherto
experienced in their elections or projects of elec-
tions, they have always adhered to the Monar-
chical form of Government. A Republic would
perhaps have fewer votes than it had five months
ago. The Republican feeling neither pervades
the Congress, the Electors, nor We People.
Nothing could, as it seems, render the establish-
ment of a Republic probable, but the conviction
of its being the sole resource left for the com-
pletion of the Revolution of September.
It should be observed that the Ministry just

installed, were met by serious difficulties at the
very outset of their career. It was not entirely
constituted, nor were all the plans definitively
arranged, when the disturbances broke out. It,
in fact, assumed the reins of Powers in the midst
of one of the most dangerous crises that any
Government could at any time encounter.
Since writing the above, it would appear from

the speech of the Dutch Minister for Foreign
Affairs, that recourse to arms is considered by
Holland as now inevitable, so that unless the
Great Powers interfere, and that speedily, hostili-
ties will commence forthwith.