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London, England, 1831-04-18 00:00:00

(From the Journal ties Debats of Friday )

PARIS, 'APRIL 14.—The Hamburg Correspondilit of the Bth
inst. contains the following :
" There is a report that the Archduke Michael has been forced
to return to Lithuania, with 4,000 men of the Imperial Guard.
Count Plater is at the head of the Central Government, which
has been established in the ancient Polish provinces. The priests
favour the present movement." •
Thg Prussian Gazette has at length published the official bul-
letins of General Skrzynecki, relative to the Polish victories of
the 31st of March and Ist of April. These bulletins differ little
from those which we published some days ago.
The Moniteur contains a Royal Ordinance of the 13th inst., of
which the following are the provisions Art. 1. The Minister
of the Finances is authorised to receive, till the 31st of May
next, inclusive, all sums subscribed to the National Loan, not
exceeding in the whole amount 80,000,000 francs. Art. 2. The
subscription shall be received at Paris at the Caisse centrale of
the Public Treasury ; and in the Departments by the Receivers
of the Taxes and the Receivers-General. All sums, to the
amount of 200 L and upwards. will be received ; but each sub-
scription must be in equal mirabers of 100 f. Art. 3. Each sub.
scriber will have in return for his subscription either Treasury
Bonds or Orders, payable to bearer, at the expiration of }iv
years : that is, on the Ist of June, 1836, with interest at five per
cent. per annum, from the 22d of March, 1831 ; or Renter at
five per cent., to subscriber or bearer, which shall be inscribed
upon the Great Book of the Public Debt, with the same rate of
dividend of five per cent. The holders of bonds will be entitled
to demand repayment in cash when they become dne, or may at
any time, previous to the 31st of May, 1836, exChatige them for
Rentes at par. Art 4. The interest on the Bonds, and the divi.
dends on the Rentes, shall be payable half-yearly, on March 22,
and September 22, of each year." •

(From Galignani's Messenger of Saturday.)
COURT OF ASSIZES—SirriNci OF APRIL 13.
M. Miller, Advocate-General, woo had announced that he
would reply, abandoned his intention.
M. Hardoing, the President, summed up the evidence with a
talent and impartiality that made a deep impression on the pri-
soners and the audience.

The Jury then retired, anti atter a deliberation of nearly three
hours, re-entered the Court and returned a verdict of Sot Guilty.
This verdict was received with clapping of hands and acclama-
tions. The President immediately gaveo rders for such persons
a, disturbed the Court to be turned out, but order was soon
restored.
The prisoners were then introduced, and Counsellor Catheri.
net read to them the Jury's verdict.
The President pronounced the acquittal of the prisoners, and
ordered them to be set at liberty forthwith.
Upon the Court's breaking up the hall resounded with shouts
of applause, and the bar was lieseged by an immense multitude,
who pressed forward to shake hands with the prisoners.
As soon as the acquittal was known out of door loud acclama-
tions were beard, and a vast concourse flocked round the gate of
the Conciergerie to witness the departure of the prisoners, but by
a prudent precaution they were discharged by another door.
The Augsburg Gazette publishes a letter of Duke Charles of
Brunswick to his brother, now the reigning Duke. In this letter
which fills three columns, the Duke states it as his immutable
opinion, that the revolution at Brunswick was brought about by
bribery—that his brother reigns against his inclination—and that
he has no influence, for he could not even receive in audience
Counsellor Fricke, without losing his popularity. Duke Charles
afterwards complains of being without money, and concludes by ;
requesting his brother to renounce the Government in his favour.
" It appears certain," says the Colirrier Francais, " that the
entrance of the troops of the German Confederation into the
Duchy of Luxembourg is postponed. It wes fixed for this day
(April le), but has been postponed to May 18. If we may give
credit to accounts from Belgium, this delay will not be lost by
the friends of the national independence. Every means will Le
employed to render the invasion more difficult. Troops are to be
organised in the Duchy, ann intrencliments raised at every point
susceptible of defence."
The Austrian Observer, after giving a detailed account of the
progress of the Austrians in Italy, states that the revolution in
the States of the Church is now at an end, red that as soon as
public order should be perfectly re-established the Imperial
troops will leave the Papal dominions.
(From Le Temps f Saturday.)
PA RIS, APRIL 15.—1 t has been o
stated this morning that a
' letter has been received by the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
from the French Consul at Lisbon, detailing the injustice done
to several French subjects, and of the fruitless representations
made to the monster who governs Portugal. It is further added
that orders have been sent to Government by one of our se-a-
ports to fit out two frigates for the Tagus, with the intention of
demanding immediate satisfaction from the usurper of the
throne of Donna Maria. We are surprised that the Minister,
who seems to have acted with decision and promptness on this
occasion, has not made the public acquainted with the occurrence.
(From the Courrier Francais of Saturday.)
WARSAW, APRIL I.—(Extract from a letter dated Schir..
winty, March 30. Schirwinty is a small town, within five leagues
of 'Vs ilna)—. 1 have the honour to inform you that whole poptt-
lation from Memel to Wilna, and beyond it, is ill insurrec-
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Lion. The passage of the Niemen, by the ltussiarr guard, was
the signal for the rising. The depot of arms of the arsenal of
%Vilna is in the hands of the patriots. The plan of the latter
having been betrayed to the authorities, they were obliged to
hasten its explosion. The first members of the Lithuanian Pro-
visional Government are Messrs. Stankiewiek, ltomikier, and
Plater.
(From the Journal du tOnim'erce of Saturday.)
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The return of the indirect taxes, during the three first months
of the Year, offer a diminution of 13,837,000 francs, as compared
with that of 1829; and 15,683,000 with the corresponding quar-
ter of 1830. However, if the reduction of the duties on liquors
(boissons) be taken into account, the deficit will be found to
amount only to 5,137,000, as compared with receipt for 1929, arid
7,533 with that of 1830.

(From the Journal des Debate of Sturday.)

PARIS.:—On Tuesday next his Majesty will close, in penion,
the Session of the Chambers.
(From the National of Saturday

PA R IS.—We have received letters from Warsaw, dated the
4th inst., announcing that the Russian 'ariny liad been completely
routed; that it was flying in all directions for the four preceding
days, and that the Pies were then 2.4 leagues distant from War-
saw. Eight thousand prisoners, of which 50 were Officers, seve-
ral Colonels, General Lewandowski, 30 pieces of
ri. e
,:end of colours, and a great 7. • - •
~..sornv of iMmun h al
into the hand; one Voles. A considerable number of prisoners
had offered to take serViCe against the Russians. The loss on
the olden( tlie Pdleg was inconsiderable, Whilst the corps of the
army of Rosen and Geismar were alinost annihilated.
(Fronk the illels*r ?fee,chahbkiit. of Saturday.)
"PARIS, Aram General Lamarque, in the speech which
he delivered YeAerday; pretends that M. de St. Aulaire met at
Forli, the outposts of the Italian insurgents, and addressed some
words to them. There is.only one little difficulty here. M. de
St. Aulaire did not pass through Forli, but fcirty leagues from it;
he did not fall in on his road with a single ohe or the Italian in-
surgents' and, .consequently; could not address to them the
words which have 'seen assigned to him. M. Lafayette, in the
same sitting, seemed to allude to a newspaper report of a pre-
tended prohibition to M. de St. Aulaire to pass through Modena
This is another error : it never was intended that M. de St. Au-
laire should pass through Modena.
" S'nne journals have spoken of an attempt made by M. de
Polignac to escape. The authorities having itiquired into the
subject ; have found that the report 4vas Wholly unfounded, and
that t*.ie chinthev stated. to have been secured by a grating, was
so secured at th 6 beginning of January. last.
" The I'resident of the Council has announced to day, to the
Chamber of Peers and to the Chamber of Deputies, that the
Government had just received from the Court of Vienna, the
most positive assurances t3f the retreat of the Aubtrian troops
from the Roman states. He said, it is probable that at this
moment the Austrians have completely evacuated the Roman
States.'.

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" A letter from Turin, of the 25th of March, says—' It is
affirmed that the Queen has conceded to Prince Metternich the
occupation of the fortress of Alexandria, and it is said that
12,000 men are on their march from Fiume to that place. It
also seems certain that another corps of Tyrolese is to be formed
on the frontiers of the Italian cantons of. Switzerland.'
" A letter from Leghorn states that Lticien Buonaparte is ex-
pected there Vlth disc 'of his sons, who will remain in the fort
till his embarkation for America, whither his father will have
him go directly.
" The Moniteur of today contains a report to the King from
the Count d'Argout, Minister of Commerce, which, referring to
the ordinance for replacing the statue of Napoleon on the column
of the Place N'endorne, and considering that the bronze statue
which stood there previous to the invasion, and which was the
work of the celebrated Chausiel, having been destroyed, advises
that all the French sculptors should be invited to send models
for a new statue to replace it. The Moniteur has issued an in-
vitation to the French artists to this effect.
(Flinn the Gazette de France, April 16.)
" PARIS, APRIL 14.-.4t is announced that the entrance of
the troops of the Confederation into the Grand Duchy of Lux-
emburgh is deferred for two months.
" Some journals have pretended that the project of holding
conferences at Rome, on the affairs of Italy, has not been as-
sented to by the Pope. 1 his aysertion is unfounded."

(From the Messager des Chambres of Sunday.)
ROME, APRIL 3. —You must, nodoubt, be astonished to hear
of the surrender of Ancona, after the brave opposition made by
the insurrectionary troops on the 27th of March. But your sur-
prise will cease upon knowing the following facts. The annals
of the priesthood will receive another tr.:it of perfidy, and the
patriots, treating with their Sovereign, have once more been
made the dupes of, theii confiding diSposition.
Ydu are aware that Cardinal lienvenuti was arrested at Osini,
for endeavouring to Create the Cbunter-revtilutioh.
The Members of the Provisional Government met at Ancona,
wishing to stop the erfUsion of blood, set the Cardinal at liberty,
entering into the following convention with him ; and it was
printed and published, so as to give it more effect:—
•` A full and entire amnesty shall be maintained by the Aus-
trians towards the insurgent troops,
" Finally, the Cardinal Legate pledges his word of honour
that the convention shall be faithfully observed."
The Cardinal Legate lost no time in sending the convention to
the Secretary of State, for the approbation of the Pope. His
Highness immediately called a Council of Cardinals, and in two
hours after the arrival of the courier the convention was declared
null, the Holy See protesting against such an attack upon the
dignity and independence of the Pontifical throne.
The reasons alleged fbr the nullity of the convention are—
Cardinal Denvenuti, appointed Legate a late& in February,
before the treaty made between the Austrians and the Holy See,
could not act in that capacity in the month of March, after their
victory.
The Cardinal was not in the enjoyment of freedom when he
signed this convention._

fhe condescension of the Cardinal could not in any manner
bind the Holy See.

The courier wait sent off ifistaritly to Ancona to reprove the
weakness of the Cardinal, and summon him to Rome to answer
for his conduct.

In the mean time the fortress of Ancona remains in possession
of the Austrians ; the flag of the Holy Father waves its walls,
and the insurgents are subjected to all kinds of vexation and
anxiety.

A letter from Memel states that the insurgents of Lithuania
are still sbotiring the country Of Saittogitla, in the environs of
Polangen, and are cutting oircOmuurnications with the interior
of Russia; they have already burnt the bridge of Mittau i Old
Polangen and a neighbouring village have been reduced to ashes.
However, the Konisgentrg Gazette states that the 5,000 peasants
who revolted in Samogitia have dispersed; but the insurrectional
party still continue their contention with the garrison of \Vilna.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—+SMING OF APRIL 13.
31. Bignon entered into a consideration of the affair of Lux ein-
bourg, He did net conceive that it was a necessary cause for
declaration of war by France, • but insisted, at least, that she
should not come to any positive decision upon the subject, until
the fate of Poland and of Italy Was deterinined.
General Lafayette thanked the Minister. for Foreign Affairs
for the frank and positive manner in which he had qualified the
tyrant of Portugal, in designating as a monster him whom his
friends ;had only called cowardly and cruel. That name of monster
had already been proclaimed from the tribune by a respectable De-
puty ; but it possessed a very different importance when officially
pronounced, in- the name of the King's Government, by the Mi-
nister for Foreign Affairs.. It was a good omen for the approach-
ing fall of that wretch, especially when the English Minister for
Foreign Affkirs may be Invited to read over again the excellent
discourse of Lord Palmerston_, then a Member of the Opposi-
tion, on Portugal and Don Miguel; more particularly ween it
is known that all the moat honourable and worthy men of that
country and in exile or in irons, and that there is in Terceira an
army faithful to the Charter and to the young Queen, whose
bust may be seep in the palaces of the King of England, and in
those of the King of the French.—(Marks of assent.)
The President of the Council rose to answer what had been
said in the course of the debate,; and particularly by General La-
marque who had accused the Government of declining to give
explanations upon their foreign policy. Gentlemen, before we
engage lightly in a war to defend foreigners, let us think of de-
fending France.—(Hear.) Can we be reproached with having
neglected the defence, the dignity, and independence of France.
—(Hear, hear.) Is not the present Ministry the only party who
have, since the revolution of July, demanded funds for war ?
for let it not be forgotten, that'the one huudred millions of francs
granted by the last Bill that was passed, was destined only to
complete the peace establishment. Can we, then, be accused of
want of precaution ? Gentlemen, . the British Government, so
powerful, and so proud of its power, offers to other nations a
most striking example of the true sense in which the most so-
lemn and energetic protestations of non-intervention are to be
taken. When the Great Powers of Europe assembled their Ple-
nipotentiaries at Verona, to consider the means of stilling by
force the freedom of Spain; England sent as her representative
at this Congress of the Holy Alliance the General who had
fought for her in 1815. The Duke of. Wellington, in the
name of the British Government, declared that Great Britain
would not consent to an armed intervention of the Foreign
Powers against the liberties of Spain. In spite o the decla-
ration, however, you know that the absolutists of Europe did
interfere, and it was the elder branch of the Bourbons who, in
obedience to the injunctions of the Holy Alliance, undertook
this great political attempt—(Hear, hear.) What did England
do under these circumstances ? Finding it to her advantage to
remain at peace, she did so. The opposition party in the Par-
liament attacked the Ministry on its inaction, and called upon
Mr. Canning to fulfil the promise it assumed from these words,
" England will not consent" To this Mr. Canning replied that
England had not consented, and never would consent, either by
actual co-operation or otherwise, to any act of violence by a
foreign Government against the political institutions of any
country, but would never engage, even in consequence of such
foreign intervention, to enter into a war that was not warranted
by some interest truly British. Well, Gentlemen, we also de.
clare that we will never consent to make wars not called for by
some interest purely French, even in the name of non-interven-
tion.—(Hear, hear.) I have already declared, in the name of
the Government, that we will never explain tie principle of
non-intervention, but for the well-undersood interests of France.
Upon the subject of Foreign politics, the opposition has but one
language; that is, to call tor war—offensive war.—(Hear, hear,
in the negative from the gauche, answered by numerous voices-
in the affirmative.) To maintain peace abroad, and tranquility
at home, one thing only is needful—let France be governed.—
(Cheers.) France is entirely free abroad as well as at home.
She has not declared herself either the accomplice of any des-
potism nor the vassal of any insurrection._(hear,) Poland
Italy, and Belgium, have all been referred to. Poland, by her
courage, has won admiration even from her enemies. Events in
Italy have followed in rapid succession. Nothing can be done
but by negotiation. France will perform all the duties of huma-
nity.—(Hear, hear.) Belgium appears at this moment the most
unfortunate affair of all Europe.—(Hear, hear.) She keeps all
minds in suspense, and gives occasion for those political combi-
nations which unsettled spirits delight in. The question of Lux-
embourg is a very simple one. By express treaties the province
belongs to the family of Nassau, and the fortresses to the Ger-
man confederation. Do not deceive yourselves, Gentlemen; it
is depervdence to which you are counselled, when you are shown
all the nations which call up you to engage in their quarrels.
What is proposed to you is, to send sour arrnier to the assistance
of the insurgents of all countries—that to make them the
hired guards of every insurrection:—(Murmurs on the lett.; de-
veral voices, " Yes, yes." Is it thus, I ask, that national inde-
pendence is understood . Gentlemen, believe us, the affhir of
Luxembourg will not bring war along with it. No weighty in-
terest, no anterior engagement, no legitimate foresight, obliges
us to rush to arms. War is a thing sometimes to be decided upbn
but never desired. We persist in wishing for peace.—(Marks of
approbation.)
M. Odillon Barrot defended his Hon. Friends and himself
against the charge of wishing far war, which they considered in_
jurious to civilization, and might be fatal to liberty. The people
in fact, had sufficient proofs that the alliance of Europe against
liberty was not a vain word, and it was with a presentiment 'of
such a danger that France took up arms.
M. Baude inquired of the Minister of War why he had bought
in England a great quantity of muskets, when he might have ob-
tained them in France at a much cheaper rate?
The Minister of War stated, in reply, that at the time when
the contract for muskets was concluded there was a great scar-
cit• of arms in the country, and the chances of war were immi-
nent. At the same time all the manufactories of arms in
France were put into full work. Eight hundred thousand mus-
kets had been distributed to the National Guards, and 1,500,000
were demanded. If there was any abuse it must be attributed to
necessity.
M. Maughin then entered into the question of peace or war,
maintaining that war was a thousand times preferable to the
state of uncertainty in which France was placed. The honolir,
dignity, and interests of the country required that Poland should
not be swallowed up by Russia, Italy by Austria, and Belgium
by Prussia.—(Cheers.)—Adjourned.

CHAMBER OF DEP U TlES.—Srrrisc OF APRIL 14,
11. Cherles Dupin renewed the discussion of yesterday by op-
ine an amendment moved at the close of the Sitting, which
uggr.sted a system entirely different from that proposed by the
Bill, substituting resources which H. Dupin characterised as to-
tally illusory.
r, It this moment a report was spread in the Chamber that the
'President of the Council had this morning rete4ve4 official intel-