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London, England, 1831-08-29 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the .Messager des Chambres, dated August 27.)
PARIS, AUGUST 25.—1 t is still intended that the
project of law on the Peerage shall he presented on
S turday. 'lt is said that for some days past there
,vere on this subject,. at the instance of the Presi-
dent of the Council of Ministers, frequent meetings
of Deputies of different shades of opinion, and a
kind of previous consultation like those which often
take place in England. It is said that the meeting
yesterday was very numerous, and composed of emi-
nent members of the opposition, among whom were
particularly distinguished Messrs. Salverte, Mau-
guin, O lillon Barrot, &c.
We have no news at Paris from Warsaw later
tan the Bth inst. The announcement of a great
battle is, therefore, premature. 'We hare besides
observed that this report has been in circulation for
this fortnight. livine service having been cele-
brated frith pomp in the presence of the whole
Polish army, it was inferred that this ceremony was
the prelude to an important action ; hence arose the
report that it had already taken place.
According to a letter from 'Warsaw, the following
are the bases of the negociations acid to be on foot :
Poland to revoke the decree which excludes the
house of Romanow from the throne, and to choose
from it a Viceroy who would be under the dominion
of Russia,, and it would have a representative con-
stitution guaranteed by the mediating Powees. The
Russian army immediately to evacuate Poland, which
would be played under the protection of the Powers.
Though these conditions. do not entirely corres-
pond with the hope of the enthusiastic friends of
liberly, many Poles allow that they would prevent
incalculable disasters, and that the strength of the
nation would not be wholly exhausted.
FORBACII, AUG. 22.—The Prussians are collect-
ing a great part of the troops of the Rhenish pro-
vinces near Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle; Prince
Augustus has arrived at Sarre Louis, and has r,•-
viewed the troops : he is now going to Treves.
The garrison of Sarre Louis, TteTc,,
haurg: amount to 18,000 men.
The cavalry which was at Sarrebrack is gone to
Sarre Louis ; and the regiment of Hussars, which
was at Sarrebourg, is going to Willick, near Cobluntz.
PARIS, AUG. 26.—1 t is affirmed that the Duke
of Tarent um yesterday gave in hii resignation of the
post of Chancellor of the Legion of Honour. Ac-
cording to a morning paper, the noble Marshal pre-
sented to the King a protest, signed by a great num-
ber of Peels, against any project of law whatsoever,
the object of which should be to contest the heredi-
tary dignity of the Peerage, and that it was in con-
sequence of the cool reception he met with from his,
Majesty that he resolved to consider a political life
as terminated, which was so long illustrious in the
armies of the republic aad the empire. It is said
that the Marshal slept last night at the hotel de la
Terrasse, and will set out in a few days for his estates.

(From the Journal des Debats, dated Aug. 26.)
(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.)
BASLE, AEG. 22.—For some weeks past the in-
habitants of Liestal and their agents have recom-
menced their dealings with our peasantry. The
members of the Provisional Government banished
from our cantons have not ceased to carry on their
intrigue at Lucerne.
In compliance with the recommendation of the
Diet, our Government pardoned Hitter and Moesmer,
two members of the Provisional Government. But
this concessio❑ did not satisfy the disturbers, who
continued their practices throughout the country,
and laid the foundation for those disorders which
they. desired to see arise. Eight days ago they com-
menced at Sissach, by rifling the house of the
pastor; and they planted trees of liberty in several
villages. In the night of the 13th and 14th, they
made attempts to assassinate the Prefect of Sissach.
In the course of the week appeared a proclamation,
dated Liestal, and signed " Singeisen," in which it
is declared that the Government of Basle is no longer
recognized, and that measures are in progress at
Liestal for appointing a commission to govern the
country.

Upon this a number of officers were sent into the
vallies of Guelterkenden, and Begoldswyl, villages
whose good dispositions were well known, and where
it was proposed to organize troops to march against
Liestal. On Saturday the citizen•guard was called
out, and at midnight 800 men, composed partly of
cavalry and partly of infantry, marched upon Liestal.
They met the insurgents at two leagues from Basle,
where the latter had taken up a position. An en-
gagement ensued, which lasted incessantly from three
to ten o'clock a. m. The insurgents had with them
auxiliaries from o►her cantons, among the rest from
the cantons of Soleure and Argovia.
After a sharp resistance, our troops entered Liestal,
which they took and retook three times; but, in
consequence of want of ammunition, they retreated
fighting, and re-entered Basle at two o'clock in the
afternoon. We had 10 men killed, and .50 wounded,
many very seriously. The loss of the insurgents is
at least double.

The ramparts of the city were mounted with can-
non, and all the inhabitants got under arms.
The Gazette de Bask give the following account
of these events :
" On the 16th inst. a report was spread through
the city, that an attempt had been made to assasiinate
Commissioner Singeisen. Three individuals accused
of this criminal attempt were aireated : they were
conducted to Liestal, were tried, and acquitted. On
the 18th, twenty-two Councillors gave in their re-
signation. The same day trees of liberty were
planted at Liestal, Sissach, and Waldeuburg. The
Government sent Commissioners thither to ascertain
the views of the people,, and to promise right-
thinking persons the support of the Government.
" On the evening of the 19th, the first Magistrate
of the district of Liestal received, by a Government
courier, an official despatch. Some men who called
themselves representatives of the people demanded
that the contents of this despatch should be com-
municated to them ; it was read, and the courier
was sent back with answer that the Government
of Basle was no longer recognized.'
" On the same night, about midnight, an attempt
of assassination was made upon the person of the
Magistrate of Sissach : several individuals fired
musket-shots through his shutters. They threatened
to hang him on the tree of liberty, but this threat
was not executed; his life was granted him on con-
dition that he would suffer himself to be conducted
to Liestal.
" All these events made the intervention of Go-
vernment necessary. Consequently it was resolved
on the 20th of August to send a military force to
Liestal."
This morning, at half-past one o'clock, a detach-
ment of 700 or 800 men departed from the city, and
arrived before Liestal, where they were received
with musket-shots. The rebels were several times
summoned, but they kept tip their fire, and wounded
'nutty of our men. The General then resolved to
take the little town by assault. A fire was kept up
upon our troops frim the windows and the cellars,
rut they succeeded in pulling down the tree of liberty.
The General, perceiving that the combat would
oever have an end, judged it right to retire, which
le did in excellent order. We had two killed and
twenty wounded. Every body is underarms inßasle.
(Filial the Constitution •
a"114 Accounts
BANKS OF THE DANUBE,
ormovementa
among
from Upper Hungary speak

the peasantry, which have taken place in some partl.
of Szemplin and Aubugvac. At Terebes 2,000
peasants have, they say, seized the castle of the
Countess Zapory, whom they put in chains, toge-
ther with all the other persons they found in flu
castle. Troops are about to set out from Coschati
and repair to the disturbed districts. It is an-
nounced ale& that the quarantines are about to he
removed throughout the whole of Hungary, but that
those oa the frontier of Gallicia will remain. Thi-
measure will serve to tranquillize the country, for
no where are the obstacles of quarantine more dis-
agreeable than in Hungary, where the inhabitants
are accustomed to great freedom of communication.
At Offenbach there have been repeated assemblies
of the people, directed principally against the
Custom-house officers. At first they contented them-
selves with using big words ; afterwards they had
tecourse to stones. However, there has been no
great mischief hitherto ; but the approach of the
fair has greatly increased their meetings. They de-
sire to introduce merchandise without paying the
duties, and many disastrous events may result from
this. The sanatory regulations impede commerce
suffi&ently at present, and it would be very distres-
sing if other circumstances were to suspend it entirely.
(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.)
FLORENCE, AUG. 15.-During the last tins e days
we have no longer received any French journals ;
the last that reached us were those of the 4th of this
month. Rumours of war circulate in Tuscany ;
diplomacy is in full play : the Austrian Minister
Seurat' sends many couriers, and 'visits are conti-
nually interchanged between the Charges d'Affaires
of the different Powers. We know that Austria is
passing fresh troops upon the right bank of the Po.*
(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.)
BOLOGNA, AUG. 14.-The pontifical troops de-
stined for the invasion of Romagna, amount now to
5,000 or 6,000 men. They are provided with artil-
lery, with ammunition, and with all the necessary
materials for entering into the legations with open
force. It will be a real war between an army of
the Pope and the Civic Guards, organized on all
points ; and it is impossible to dissemble that the
struggle may become a serious one, when it is
recollected that the partisans of the Court of Rome
will endeavour, at the same time, to excite dis-
sensions in the interior. However, we have
confidence in our forces,-our young men are full
of courage and energy,-and we reckon upon an
easy triumph, if we have not to fear a fresh invasion
of the Austrian troops. Unhappily, we have learned
with certainty that new forces are directed as well
against Ferrara as against the duchies of Parma and
Modena; and it seems that they intend to form
upon our frontier a line of observation destined to
act against te:, in the event of our repulsing our ad-
versaries. Here we rely again upon the good faith
of France; we hope that the evacuation is defini-
tive. We do not wish to overthrow the authority
of the Pope, since w e consent to be governed by
the authorities whom he has nominated, but we
wish ourselves to maintain public order, which has
no where been disturbed by the Libetals, since our
Civic Guards were re-organized. The brigands, and
the assassins whom they have recruited, to form the
army of the Pope, are, to the whole of Romagna, an
object of terror; and we do not think that France
will permit Austria to lend them her assistance in
once more invading the legations."
(From Galignani's Messenger of Friday.)
The Chamber of Deputies yesterday assembled
for the purpose of proceeding to the periodical elec-
tion of the Presidents and Secretaries of the Stand-
ince Committees. On the last occasion Ministerial
Deputies were almost invariably chosen, but yes-
terday, of the nine Committees, seven elected
Members of the Opposition, and two only (the 4th
and 7th) nominated friends to the Administration.
The Opposition journals speak of this with great
triumph, as affording a proof that M. Perier has lost
ground in the estimation of the Chamber since the
commencement of the Session, while La France
Nouvelle (the organ of Ministers) merely laments
that the Members of the majority considered the
affair as too secure or unimportant, and neglected to
attend the Session, while the Members of the Op-
position, on the contrary, mustered in full force.
The following is the list of the new Presidents and
Secretaries :-
Committee. President. Secretary.
Ist. General Lafayette. M. Salvette
2d. Baron de Brigode. M. (=llion.
U. M. Berenger. M. Vatout.
4th. M. Duchatel. M. Dugas Moutbel.
sth. M. Dupont de l'Eure. M. Felix Real.
6th. Count Delaborde. M. de Tracy.
7th. M. Odier. M. Camille Pericr.
Bth. M. Bignoti. M. Ganneron
9th. M. Latittc. M. Arago.
The meeting of Deputies which holds its sittings
at Loinlier's, and which now amounts to one hun-
dred and twelve Members, has classed itself into the
following seven Committees, namely,for Justice and
Legislation, Worship and Public Instruction, the
Finances and Customs, Public Works and Com-
merce, Foreign Affairs, War and the Marine. A
special Committee has also been formed for the con-
sideration of all proposals made to the Chamber on
the important question of the Peerage, whether by
the Government, or by any individual Deputy.
This Committee is composed of Gen. Lafayette,
(yen. Lamarque, and Messrs. Odillon Barrot, Nlaus
guilt, Merihou, Taillandier, Comte, Dubois Ayme,
de Tracy, and Cormenin. Its labours have already
commenced.-Court ier Francais.
The Courrier de )'Europe says-" A certain
number of Peers, it is reported, have resolved to
protest against the abolition of the hereditary descent
of the Peerage and the law for constituting the
Chamber, and Marshal Macdonald is charged to
place the protest in the hands of the King."-The
Tribune states that Marshal Macdonald has quitted
the Palace which he occupied as Chancellor of the
Legion of Honour, and has taken apartments at an
hotel in the rue de Rivoli.
Letters from Naples of the Bth inst. state that
the King has called upon the dignitaries of the
church to order prayers to be offered up throughout
their several dioceses to avert the wrath of God,
and protect the kingdom against the cholera. By
a decree of the sth his Majesty has appointed seven
extraordinary Commissioners for the provinces,
charged to take every efficacious measure to pre-
vent its introduction, and also military commissions
for inflicting summary justice on all who may in-
fringe the regulations made in this respect. Seven
articles of the decree denounce the penalty of death.
Fixeren FUNDS.-PARIS AUGUST 26.-Five per Cents., 88f.
31e. 35c. 30c. 40c. 45c. 50C. 55c. 50c. 40c. 885. 30c. 25c. 30c. 20c.
10e. 20c. 15c. 10e. sc. 88f. 88f. sc. 88f. 88f. sc. BSf. 87f. 90c. ' • Loan
of 1831, 88f. ; Four per Cents , 7'2f. 25c.; Three per Cents., 57f.
57f. sc, Inc. Wc. 25c. 20e. 10c. sc. 56f. 95c. 56f 90c. 80c. 75c_ • Bank
stock, 1,5•25 f. 1,520 f. ; Rente de Naples, 67f. 50c. 60c. 50c. 30c.
40c. ; Rente d'Espagne, 10 101-A ; Royal Spanish Loan, 62!4, ;
Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 47 47) 1,4 463 g 47 4634' ; Haytian
1,0311, 200 f. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 10c.;
money, 2.5 f. 10c.; three months, paper, 25f. ; money, '24f. 95c.-
CosCl Authettlique.
• This letter proves that the Austrian police have stopped, not
only our journals of the sth, which carried to Italy the first ac.
counts of the I)utch invasion of Holland and the armed inter-
vention of France, but that they have also kept back the private
letters which would have announced this news.-(Note of the
French Editor.)