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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING. MAY 1, 1832.

It appears by the express from Paris, and
also by private accounts received to-day, that the
Emperor of Russia has not only ratified the Bel-
gian treaty, but that the ratification has actually
arrived in London. The Monitcur contains
an official announcement of the ratification in
the following manner from the French ambassa-
dor at the Court of St. Petersburgh

" THE DUKE OF TREVISO TO THE MINISTER

FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

" PETERSBURGII, APRIL 16.

" The Emperor of RUSSIA has ratified the
treaty of the 15th of November. The ratifica-
tion is to be sent off on the 18th to London."

This communication was received by tele-
graphic despatch from Strasburg ; and our own
accounts positively state that the ratification has
actually been received in town.

What modifications or reservations are in-
sisted on in the Russian acknowledgement, we
have not heard ; but there can be no doubt that
the wily Autocrat, after so much hesitation, has
clogged his recognition with fitting drawbacks
and indemnities.

The Moniteur announces the appointment
of M. DE MONTALIVET to the Depart-
ment of the Interior, in the place of M. C.
PERIER, who is to retain the Presidency
of the Council till his recovery. When that
period shall arrive, is the main question, for
all parties seem agreed that the President's
health has sustained such a severe shock
as to render it very problematical if he
can long survive—far less recover sufficiently to
resume his political character and station.
On this interesting topic we cannot do, better
than quote the following observations of our able
Contemporary the Times, which seems to have
done ample justice to the merits of this extraor-
dinary Minister, rendered still more extraordi-
nary by the singular conjuncture of affairs during
his administration :

A greater misfortune could not happen to
France or to Europe than the demise or re-
signation of this able Minister at such a crisis.
He has now held the reins of government firmly
in his hands for thirteen months, and probably
is the only man in France who could have
so long mastered the factious at home and
preserved peace abroad. His system of ad-
ministration was personified in himself: it
did not belong to his cabinet, it did not
depend upon his colleagues. It was cha-
racterized by great vigour in action, and
unflinching firmness of resolution. Whether
he had to deal with the tumults of the Chamber,
or with the tumults of the streets,—with the
rebels of Lyons or with the courtiers of the
Tuileries,—he evinced the same decision and
displayed the same intrepidity. Probably even
the defects of the man, in the extraordinary cir-
cumstances in which he was placed, became the
merits of the minister. That haughty demeanour
and irascible temper, which made him art ob-
ject of dislike or of terror in private life, were
better adapted than gentler and more ami-
able qualities for the storms of political con-
flict in which he was involved. He could terrify
an adversary or overpower a rival, when he
could win neither. Even the state of his health
was not unimportant to his system of action ;
and perhaps it might not be going too far, though
it may appear a little ridiculous, to say,
that
France has been better governed for the last
thirteen months, because M. Casimir Perier, inaddition to the influence of an immense fortune
and the powers of a vigorous understanding, had
a disease in the liver which rendered him intract-
able and impatient of contradiezion."
Extracts from the French Papers will be
found in another column.

The following are extracts from German

Papett. received this morning. We have not
room for comments

VIENNA, Aram 19._Gencral Count Chin Martitietz
set out again to-day for Berlin, in order to be present
at the conclusion of the negotiations respecting the
military affairs of Germany. It is therefore supp,sed
that he will soon return; on the other band, it is confi-
dently asserted that envoys from all the Princes of (icr-
many will meet at Berlin to deliberate on the situation of
Germany and its internal relations, in which the regula-
tion of the Press will probably be a main point. Jt is
thought to be highly important to check the licentious
language which unauthorised advocates have lately allowed
themselves, in order to excite the people against their Co
vernment ; and the Court of Berlin, is said to intend to in •
troduce to the Diet of the Confederation, a project of law
concerning the Press, which it has caused to be drawn up.
'We have no news of importance from Italy ; the diffe-
rences about the affairs of Rome are nearly arranged. His
Holiness, it is said, waits only for the organization of his
new Swiss troops, to call on the French Cabinet to eva-
cuate Ancona, according to its promise.
Large quantities of arms are bespoke for Italy, as it ia
said, for the use of the Sardinian and Neapolitan troops.
The Sardinian Ambassador at this Court will shortly go
to Turin. The last accounts from the Hague give little
hope that the King will accept the 24 articles. He there-
by places the Cabinets of the five Powers in a very em-
barrassing situation; and when the Reform Bill has once
passed in England, it is not unlikely that the English
Government, which would be greatly strengthened by this
event, would resolve on coercive measures, which it is so
desirable to avoid. Our funds are stationary. It is again
reported that the Emperor of Russia will visit Warsaw in
Zeitung, April 25.
I 'BERLIN, APRIL 13.---Dr. J. G. Howe, whose mast
has been spoken of by the public prints, has been sent
under an escort to France, after some days' detention. The
papers found upon him, particularly a letter from General
Lafayette, and a recommendation of General Bern, posi-
tively proved that Dr. Howe had not come to Prussia, as he
pretended, to make himself acquainted with the schools for
the blind, but that he was commissioned to persuade the
Polish refugees in our provinces not to return to Poland
(which would be very advantageous for the countries in
which they are) and to induce them, by raeans of the
large sums with which he was provided, to go to France,
contrary to the existing regulations. The depositions of Dr.
Howe, which have been taken down, are said to have fur-
nished interesting information respecting various intrigues.
The Government has not thought fit to apply to Dr.
Howe the penalty which he bad incurred for having in-
vited a violation of its orders ; and notwithstanding the
resistance which he made at the time of his arrest, the
Government has contented itself, after having admonished
and forbid bins to return to the Prussian dominions,
with having him conducted to the frontiers of France. This
is the same Dr. Howe that was President of the Ameri-
can Polish Committee at Paris, and who delivered a revo-
lutionary speech on the 29th November last year, being
the anniversary of the revolution at Warsaw.—Frankfort
Papers, April 24.

A Tory Journal, we perceive, lays great stress
on the circumstance of their MAJESTIES in-
tending " to honour his Grace the Duke of
WELLINGTON with their company at a Ball
at Apsley House, on the 28th, being the day
appointed for the celebration of his MA-
JESTY'S Birth-day." Our contemporary seems
inclined to think that it is exclusively a matter of
political feeling—as if the king of ENGLAND,
the father of his people, were not:in that capacity
at perfect liberty to honour whomsoever he
pleases with his company, without the imputa-
tion of being biassed by political predilections !
It is the private gentleman, not the public states-
man that his MAJESTY honours with a visit
at Apsley House. The compliment is not paid
to the infatuated Anti-Reformer, but to the
conqueror of NAPOLEON, the victor of a hun-
dred battles, whose past services to his country
can never be forgotten, and least of all by so
patriotic a Monarch as ourWILLIAM the Fourth.

COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DA V.