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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1831.

An animated discussion took place last night
in the House of Lords on the subject of the
occupation of Belgium by the French
troops, when Earl GREY, in reply to some
observations by Lord LONDONDERRY, said
it was not for him to say when the French
would retire, but that he relied on the honour of
their Government for the due performance of
their undertakings. A debate took place after-
wards on the Beer Bill, in consequence of
Lord MELBOURNE'S announcement that he
had abandoned the clause, determining the
hours at which the beer-shops should be
closed in the towns and in the country. The
LORD CHANCELLLOR, in a speech replete with
spirit and argument, advocated the necessity of
putting down the use of ardent spirits and en-
couraging that of beer. In the Lower House,
Mr. SADLER brought forward his long-promised
motion respecting the introduction of poor laws
into Ireland, which the Hon. Gentleman advo-
cated in a speech displaying no little research and
ability. After a somewhat protracted discussion,
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
the previous question, which was carried by a
majority of twelve.

The Nurenzburg Correspondent mentions
that the insurrection of the peasants in some
of the north-eastern counties of Hungary in-
creases in rather an alarming manner. It origi-
nated in a notion that the physicians and great
land-owners were leagued together to poison
the poorer classes by express orders of Govern-

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ment. The effects of cholera the peasantry
seemed to have attributed to poison.

(OFFICIAL.)
" RIO DE JANEIRO, JUNE 22.

" BRAZILIANS,—Fulfilling the duty which the Consti-
tution of the State imposes on it, your General Legislative
Assembly proceeded to the election of a permanent Re-
gency, which is to govern the empire during the minority
of Don Pedro 11.
" The formalities prescribed in the law on this subject
having been observed, the absolute majority of votes was
obtained by citizens Francisco de Leira e Silva, Jose da
Costa Cavalho, and Joao Breulio Muriee.
" Signed by the President and four Secretaries.
"Palace of the Senate, June 18, 1881."
The Diario do Gorerno to July 9, inclusive, is filled
with some hundred local ordinances, decrees, &c.
LISBON, Auc. 10.—The most excellent Senate of
Lisbon has just given another proof of its zeal and unal-
terable fidelity, by offering, with all its officers, to the
King, our Sovereign, for the expenses of the State, five
per cent. of the total of its revenues for two years. The
payment of the first year being divided into equal portions
for the first two quarters, and that of the second in the
four following quarters. The Senate is not only per-
suaded that all true Portuguese will follow the same course,
but knows by experience that these are the noble senti-
ments of the people of Lisbon, whom it has the honour to
represent. His Majesty has been pleased to accept this
offer, and to express to the Senate his satisfaction with
this proof of attachment.
FROM THE DANUBE, AUGUST 15.—The insurrection
of the peasants in some of the North-eastern counties of
Hungary increases in rather an alarming manner, so that
the Magistrates have applied for a military force, and two
batteries of artillery were accordingly sent thither from
Pesth on the 12th. At first the insurrection was directed
only against the measures adopted for checking the cholera,
because they were in many places very oppressive, and
some of the authorities and officers behaved in an arbi-
trary manner, which could not possibly be the intention
of the wise measures of the Government. These peasants
now exercise a cruel vengeance on all landowners, officers,
and physicians, and we hear many horrid particulars of
this kind. The insane notion that the physicians sought
to poison the poor people, by order of the Government, is
generally spread, and woe be to the physician or nobleman
who falls into the hands of the infuriated peasantry.
There is, however, no doubt that the military will soon
put an end to these troubles.
PEsTri, AUGUST 12.—The cholera continues its ravages
at Pesth and Ofen and the environs, and is rather milder on
those days only when the sky is clear. This week the
number of deaths is between 60 and '7O, besides the mili-
tary, and no marked decrease is perceived. The evil,
however, spreads in Hungary, and is said to be extending
in the town and country of Oedenburg. Accounts from
Trannsylvania say that that elevated country has hitherto
remained free from the disorder. Orders have been given
not to hold the August fair at Pesth, which will necessarily
prove disadvantageous to our commerce. The conviction
gains ground here that the cholera is not contagious, but
such measures as are now taken at Vienna were undoubt-
edly salutary, and if the same course had been followed
here the mortality would have been less by at least two-
thirds. It is now known that the cure is very easy, but
at the beginning we all were nearly destitute of aid, and
most of those who died were lost for want of medical
advice. We are now better off, and the number of new
cases is thrice as great as last week, the deaths are hardly
as numerous. It is most strange that ahnoat simultaneously
in Russia, Prussia, and Hungary, the foolish report is
generally spread and believed, that there is a plot to poison
the people by the physicians. In Pesth and Ofen the
people are pretty well cured of this notion ; but it is very
prevalent in the country, and proves dangerous. It is re-
ported that the country of Sumeg has required of the
country of Pesth, to be officially informed how it happened
that the blood of citizens had been shed on the 17th July,
when there was a tumult there.