The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-03 00:00:00

FRENCH PRISONS.

" In 1828 I visited Bicetre, and on that side where
the lunatics are confined, my attention was called by the
director of that establishment to an Italian who was walk-
ing in the garden, reading very attentively. The director
observe] to me that he was certain that the unfortunate
man was not mad. He said, that he (the director) had
only held hie situation about a month, and that from what
he saw of the man he was convinced that he was sane,
although he had been confined as insane since 1821.'
therefore accosted him, asked his name, his country,
He thus replied : ' I am a native of Naples; my name la
Pisa : I have been in Paris these ten years, and gave
lessons in Italian, and translated and composed severe!
works. My brother was the aid-de-camp of General Pepe
during the last revolution of Naples. After Napoleon's death,
I wrote an elegy on him in Italian. Soon after, I !es
arrested by order of M. Angles, the prefect of police'
and confined here as a lunatic, where I have been ester
since. I have written to my ambassador, hut received
no answer. It is a wonder that lam not mad, being
obliged to live night and d.y with these unfortunate
men.' I promised poor Pisa that I would inquire into this
atrsir. 1 mentioned the subject to M. de Corbiere, then
Minister of the Home Department, who referred me t°
M. Franchet, Director of the general police, who imme-
diately wrote to M. Delaveatt, then prefect, regarding it.
The answer was, that "on reference to his registers, he
found that a man of the name of Pisa had been arrested fri
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a good deal of trouble, I had it settled that the prefect of
police was to defray the expenses of Pisa's journey to Mar-
seille, and that the Neapolitan Consul, by order of the
Neapolitan Ambassador, was to pay his expenses
. to Naples.
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him. The Chevalier Lawrence, of literary fame, accom-
panied me to Bicetre, and was one of the contributors to
the subscription.

44 REGULATIONS AND DISCIPLINE.
" Prisoners who work at a trade, either in the depart-
mental prisons or in the maisons centrales, receive twice
.
a day during five days in the week, soupe maigre, made
from haricots, lentilles, green peas, potatoes, or from rice,
with a portion of butter or grease, and vegetables.
rations are as follows :—For 100 prisoners:-
30 lbs. of haricots, lentilles, or peas (legumes secs). cab
30Ibs. of carrots, leeks, turnips, parsnips, celery, onions,
bags or sorrel (these arc called legumes verts).
41bs. of butter or lard.
lb. of salt.

•
RATION OF RICE SOUP FOR 100 PRISONERS.
24 lbs. of rice.

10 lbs. of dried vegetables.
j 0 lbs. of green vegetables.
4 lbs. of butter or lard.
1!, lb. of salt.

RATION OF POTATOE SOUP roa 100 rzasolis.
&Abs, of potatoes.
101bs. of dried vegetables.
30Ibs. of green vegetables.
41bs of butter or lard.
1 y¢ lb. of salt.

These different rations are delivered alternately.
Three days dried vegetables.
One day rice.

One day potatoes.
On Thursdays and Sundays the working prisoners re.
ceive four ounces of boiled beef of good quality, and
out hone; the meat u.ed for one hundred rations is 6' ',
;
pounds of raw meat, ten pounds of green vegetables, a 'of
sufficient quantity of salt and water to furnish a pi3g
soup for each person. The prisoners who do not wlt.
receive two-thirds of a quart of soup maiyre, prepareda
one hundred persons froth fourteen pounds of dried yege

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 3, 1832.

Despatches were last night received from Brus-
sels by the Belgian Minister. We understand
that they do not in the slightest degree tend to
Confirm the report of the King of HOLLAND
having shevvn a more conciliatory disposition.

It will be seen by our Dover letter that the
English and French frigates from Portsmouth,
anchored in the Downs last night.
The French frigate Melpomene, and the cor-
vettes Creole and Bayonnais, have arrived at
Portsmouth, from Cherbourg.

An account has been received at Lloyd's of
general SANTA ANNA having opened the port
of Tampico free of duties.

The LORD CHANCELLOR, we are sorry to
S,
aY 1 continues so unwell as to be unable to sit
14 his Court.

'We are informed that the answers this morn-
Ing at Lord TENTERDEN'S house to the in-
lutries made after his Lordship's health were,
that he was just alive, and that was all.

The report in Westminster Hall this fore-
-4000 was that Lord TENTERDEN had re-
Ntied his judicial office—that the ATTORNEY-
GENERAL was appointed to the vacant seat, and
that Sergeant WILDE was promoted to the At-
torney-Generalship. In contradiction to these
statements, however, we heard, that Lord TEN-
I'ERDEN could not resign without subscribing
to certain forms, which his medical attendants
would not permit to be submitted to him in his
Present state, and that the above two Learned
Gentlemen themselves had not (at noon to-day)
officially heard of their change of offices.

It is necessary to caution the public against
attaching, at present, any belief to the statements
‘‘'llich are current with respect to the intentions
4. the Prussian Cabinet on the Belgian question.
some it is said that Prussia has protested
against the entry of the French troops into Bel-
°urn ; by others, that she has not only promised
40t to oppose the measures of coercion proposed
1 Y Great Britain and France but even to co-
tperate with them. We have reason to believe
that up to this time nothing positive is known

as to the real intentions of Prussia. From all that
has transpired, the balance of opinion may, per-
haps, be in favour of a pacific course ; but
nothing of a decisive character has yet oc-
curred to warrant the assertions- of some of
our Contemporaries. It was expected at the
Foreign-office that Baron BuLow would last
night receive despatches from Berlin of a more
positive nature than those which had previously
reached him ; but, up to one o'clock this morn-
ing, nothing had arrived. With respect to Rus-
sia, our Ministry appears to be less confident
than as to Prussia. It is thought probable that,
in the event of the King of HOLLAND hold-
ing
out for two or three weeks, Russia may in-

terfere in his favour ; and, if such should be the
case, we are sure Prussia would not be long
behind, whatever may be her professions at this
moment. The resistance of the King of Hof,
LAND would soon change the character of the
war. From being a dispute merely between
Holland and Belgium, it would become a con-
test between free principles and despotism, and
the war would be general. But, say the British
and French Cabinets, the King of HOLLAND
will not resist—so they said when they issued
their protocols. If he has received assurances
of support from Russia, we are confident he will
resist to the utmost.

A private express has been received this
morning from Paris. The Papers of Thursday
are principally filled with comments on the Bel-
gian question, and the probability of a general
war in case the French troops are obliged to

enter Belgium.
The KING holds a Cabinet Council every day,
at which the whole of the Ministers are present.
Their deliberations are not publicly known, but
the question of Holland and Belgium appears to
occupy greatly their attention, and also the ap-
proaching opening of the Chambers on the 19th.
The general opinion at Paris is, that war will

not take place, notwithstanding the great prepa-
rations making on the part of the King of
HOLLAND, to persevere in his refusal to give
up the citadel of Antwerp, as the King of
PRUSSIA, it is said, has declared, through his
Ambassador at Paris, that whatever dislike his
Cabinet may have to a military interference on

the part of France in the affairs of Belgium,
he will conform himself to the decision of the
treaty entered into between the Cabinets of
St. James's and the Tuileries, and employ his
endeavours to persuade King WILLIAM to ac-
cede to the terms of the treaty. This, added
to the arrival of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE in
Paris, which is considered as a mission of a
pacific nature, is the subject of much speculation,
as it is well known that Louis PHILLIPPE from
the first has always had a great aversion to any
measure that might involve France in a war ;
and if he has given his concurrence in this in-
stance to the treaty entered into between Prince

TALLEYRAND and Lord PALMERSTON, it has
been at the pressing solicitation of Marshal

SotH.T, who is convinced the doetrinnaire and
juste-milieu system can no longer be persevered
in if he is to retain office.

Fresh overtures have been made to M. DUPIN,
and it is expected that he will join the Ministry.
There were various rumours circulated at the
Bourse on Thursday that the King of HOL-
LAND had ordered an embargo to be laid on
English and French vessels ; but as it was sus•.
petted, coming from the quarter it did, the funds
were not affected. At the close of the Bourse

it was circulated that a telegraphic despatch had
been received from Bayonne, bringing in-
telligence from Oporto up to the 25th ult.
At that time Don PEDRO had strongly
fortified the city, every preparation was making
to encounter the promised attack of MIGUEL.
The Usurper's troops were in the same position
as at the last advices. MIGUEL is reported to be
at Valonga. Great interest is felt at Paris in

the result of this attack, should it take place, as
it is considered as a decisive blow to one party.
Should Don PEDRO succeed in defeating the
troops of the tyrant, which is little doubted, as
he has been strongly reinforced from France and
England, it will tend to the final overthrow of
the Usurper ; for in this attack are placed the
whole hopes of his party. Should it prove un-
successful, the friends of liberty at Lisbon will
immediately rise in favour of their legitimate So-
vereign. Admiral SARTORIUS was cruising off
Oporto.

The Spanish Amnesty is still the subject of
much conversation in Paris. It is far from being
satisfactory to the friends of Constitutional

Liberty, being only a half-and-half one. By this
decree the bravest men of Spain—MlNA,
VALDEZ, QUIROGA, BERTRAND DE Lis, and
nearly the whole of the Cortes of Seville are ex-
chided from this mark of Royal clemency. The
Spanish ?Tides have greatly improved, however,
i❑ consequence of this unexpected change in the
Administration, which it is hoped will lead to a
more liberal extension of pardon.

Paris continues tranquil, and the funds pretty
steady. Important news from Holland was
hourly expected.

The following are extracts from Brussels
Papers, received this morning :
BRUSSELS, OCT. 30.-111. de Stassart had resigned his
seat in the Cabinet, but we learn, that at the instance of
several of his friends, he has consented to withdraw his

An English Cabinet Messenger has passed through this
city during the night, on his way from London to Frank-
fort-on-the-Maine, with despatches.

General Desprez left I3russels yesterday, to return to his
head-quarters at Louvain.
ANTWERP, OCT. 29.—The pontoon which was sent
on Saturday, from our arsenal, where it was built, was
launched yesterday, and immediately afterwards taken to
Burcht. It is supposed that it is intended for very active
service between the two banks. _

List Saturday a Dutch detachment which was ordered
to escort two load of provisions to one of the Ports, arrived
in the city, bringing the two waggons, with their arm,
and baggage.
Letter from General Goblet to the Minister of War

" Sir,—l have laid before the Council the papers relative
to the arrest of M. Antoine Piscatore of Luxemburg, and
I hasten to transmit to you the instructions which General
Tabor has asked for.

" Though the captivity of M. Thorn, who was arrested
on the 16th of Apri', is protracted, notwithstanding the
remonstrance of the Conference of bindon, and the
acquittal of the persons arrested at Namur, the
King's Government had refrained from using the

" Brussels, Oct. 22."

Yesterday the Queen visited the public library of Bros-
cels. She was accompanied by a Lady of Honour, and
Count Aerschott.—Journal de la Belgique, Oct 31.

Sir PULTENEY MALCOLM had a long con
rerence with Prince TALLEYRAND yesterday.

We understand, from a quarter on which we
,hink we can place reliance, that Ministers are
resolved on beginning the new session of Parlia-
ment with a proposal connected with Church
Reform, which will reconcile the country to
their inaction on other matters, and actively
neutralize the attempt which the Tories are
making to torment the present Cabinet by ask-
ing the Reformers what beyond the Reform
Bill they have done towards ameliorating the
condition of the poor or removing the burdens
which press on agriculture and trade. It is
stated that a clergyman of the Established
Church, remarkable for his lively sallies of wit,
and his late exertions in the cause of Reform, has
been instructed to submit to the Cabinet a Bill,
which, without materially affecting the rights of
the present incumbents, or departing from the
fair dignity and influence of the Church, will
put an end to the disgraceful exactions of some
of the higher order of the clergy, and remove the
heart-burnings which are at present created by
the tithe system, between the pastor and his flock.
We give this information as it has reached
us, from a respectable source, but with-
out pledging ourselves for its authenticity.
At the same time, however, we feel bound to
observe that it is highly probable as both the
integrity and policy of the Ministers are con-
cerned. Deeply as the country is indebted to
Earl GREY and his colleagues for Parliamentary
Reform, yet, as it is in the nature of men to
attach more importance to benefits withheld

than to advantages conferred, it may be expected
that the public will ask, in the commencement
of a new Parliament, what Ministers have done
for the good of the country, and unless some
decidedly popular measure, indicative also at

. .
the same time of further good be brought for-
ward, the question may be turned to account by
the Tories, and produce an inconvenience, of
which, for a short time, they might profit to the
injury of the people, whose prejudices they are
always attempting to rouse for some bad purpose
of their own. Coining forward boldly and
honestly with a Bill for Church Reform, Minis-
ters will have the country on their side, and they
will be permitted to remain in office long enough
to mature plans for the relief of the public bur-
dens, and the total annihilation of the faction
by which they were laid down.

Should Ministers, however, hesitate to pro-
pose Church Reform at the very commencement
of the new Parliament, they will be unable to
prevent it from becoming one of the earliest
questions before the House of Commons, and
they will have none of the credit of it which, as
its originators, they have now the opportunity
of claiming. How easy will it be then for the
Tories, nay, for some of the Liberals themselves,
to take Ministers to task for making promises to
the ear which have never been fulfilled. " Where,"
it will then be said, "is the reduction of those
taxes which press so heavily on the productive
and middle classes of which you talked so loudly
when you were in Opposition ? Where the mo-
dification of the taxes on knowledge, to which you
pledged yourselves when you had taken office—
but of which, for some reasons best known to
ayskouedrs:lves, we now hear no more ?" These and
many other awkward questions will naturally be
if Ministers think to obtain exemption
from the performance of all their pledges by
merely pointing to the Act of Reform ; but let
them grapple at once with the abuses of the
Church, and their first step will be taken as an
earnest of a continued career of improvement.
Let them do this, and they will be more popular
even than they were at the greatest height of
public enthusiasm for Parliamentary Reform.
In vain will the Tories then assail them. The
reply of the people to the insinuations of this
faction will be, " Tell us not of what they have
omitted—see what they have already done, and
say whether such men will hesitate to do more ?"

BRISTOL, Nov. 2, 1832.—Sir R. VYVYAN
cuts but a sorry• appearance in Bristol. To-day be adopted
the Hinckley plan, and was seen canvassing St. Thomas's
parish, attended by four constables. Mr. PROTHEROE
carries every thing before him, except a few hangers on of
the vestries. Mr. BAILIE'S return is also very certain.
CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY OF DUBLIN.—
Sir GEORGE RICH announced the amount of the week's
rent as seven huntked and seven pounds two shillings and
onepenny.—D üblin Evening Mad.

The Dublin Papers contain Mr. MAURICE
O'CotosF.r.r.'s formal resignation of the county of Clare,
which he abandons for Tralee, the " capital" of his native
county. He consoles the own of Clare, however, by as-
suring them that. their names and his will "go lowa the
stream of history together."

DARING itOBBERY.-Last night, between
four and five o'clock, a most daring and impudent robbery
was committed at the Chapter Coffee-house, Little Queen-
street, Lincoln's-lun-Fields, by tn•o men, who called in for
refreshment, and watching Mr. WHITE's absence from the
coffee-m.lm, stole a clock, va'ued at 51. Mr. WHITE im-
mediately forwarded information to the police-office, Bow-
street.

LOCUST IN ELGlN.—During the great storm
of wind and rain, a fortnight ago, a locust was driven into
Craigellachie Inn, in this place. Whence it came is a
question which we leave to naturalists. Mr. BURNETT,
who saw the creature, which we did not, it having been
thoughtlessly destroyed on being taken, says it was of ti
size of a sparrow, and of a speckled complexion. On
being touched, it made a load chirping noise.—Elgin
Courier.

frequent opportunities that presented themselves for
making reprisals, the arrest of AI. Piscatore therefor
did not take place by its orders. But this unforeseen am
unexpected event bring now a matter of fact, the Go-
vernment of his Majesty his been convinced by the inror.
mation which it has received from the province that the
unconditional release of that individual would make a %ter)
bad impression on the inhabitants, who are justly ,ex-
asperated by the treatment of M. Thorn.
"Besides the reports of the military authorities of Luxum •
burg, and those of the Belgian authorities, being a
variance in some particulars, it is necessary tha.
the Government should first of all institute a farthei
investigation into all the circumstances which ac-
companied the arrest of ZM. Piscatore. At all events
the Government judges that the best mode of pot-
ting an end to the existing difficulties, and of pre.
venting new ones, would be an exchange of AI. Piscator,
for M. Thorn. It authorises General Tabor to propos
this exchange, giving the preceding explanations. Mein
time, not to expose M. Piscatore, in the midst of the po-
pulation of Luxemburg, to results which might expose
him to personal danger, General Tabor will have him im
mediately conveyed to Namur, taking care that the prisoner
shall be treated with all possible regard, and not subjected
`a) any privation besides that of liberty. Accept, &c.
(Signed) " GOBLET.