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London, England, 1832-07-20 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

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(From Galignani's Messenger of Tuesday.)
The Moniteur says—" Several of the German
journals have pertinaciously endeavoured to persuade
the public that the Cabinet of the Turneries had
given a previous and formal approval of the repres-
sive measures lately voted by the Diet at Frankfort.
We, however, again positively assert that this is
absolutely without foundation."
A letter of the 11th instant from Toulon says-- -
" A few days ago, M. Jou ve, Vice-Consul of Eng-
land, the two Sicilies, and Brazil, was arrested in
the arsenal, in the act of clandestinely taking down
the names of all the ves=els of importance. He was
conducted before the Major-General to be interro-
gated, but the result of his examination has not
transpired."
Extract of a letter of the 12th ult. from Nava-
rino :—" In pursuance of the decision of the resi-
dents of the three protecting Powers, General Gue-
heneuc, Commander in the Morea, gave orders for
1,700 men to occupy Patras and Napoli ; .500 were
sent towards Patras, and 1,200 to Napoli ; but only
the latter town could be occupied, and that after
some resistance on the part of the Roumeliote',
who, upon the arrival of the French, tried to seize
a small fort. In this attempt, however, they were
disappointed ; two of the leaders were taken, and
tranquillity was restored. With regard to Patras,
the column destined to occupy that fortress proceeded
by land, whilst their commander, wishing to arrive
first, went by a sloop of war. Oa his reaching Pa-
tras, he found the town and fort occupied by Gen.
Zavelas, a cousin of Colocotroni, and a partisan of
the fallen Government, having under his command
1,000 or 1,200 men. Upon the French Comman-
der summoning him to give up the fortress, he re-
plied, 1. That he did not acknowledge the new
Government; 2. That the French alene could not
represent the three Powers; 3. That he would de-
liver up the fortresses only to the King chosen by
Greece; and, finally, he declared that he would
keep it for himself. '`'he❑ it was stated to him
that the French troops were within two days' march,
and that on their arrival they would compel him to
evacuate the town, he replied, in a rage, that in
such case he would set the town on fire. The Ge-
neral then ordered his troops to return to Navarino.
The troops of Zavelas commit acts of plunder and
all kinds of excess to victual Patras. They
have taken from the inhabitants various kinds
of provisions without paying for them. Many
families have left the town to escape this
oppression. They embarked with their pro•
perty on board one French and two English
vessels that were stationed there. This town, lately
so flourishing, is now deserted and ruined. As the
French expedition has not been successful, the Pro-
visional Government is about to send flesh troops
to take Patras. Orders have been given to that
effect. General Grivas is to command the exnedi-'
don, which is to be composed of 1,000 infantry,
with some pieces of cannon."

A warrant has just been issued against M. Pau•
IM, responsible editor of the National. Yesterday
morning several police-officers proceeded to the
office of that journal, to execute the warrant, but
M. Paulin was absent. The officers then went to
his residence, Place de la Bourse, where, not finding
him at home, they searched all his papers. lg.
Carrel, the chief editor of the same journal, is like.'
wise under a warrant of arrest, and it is said that
the police are in pursuit of him.
The Editor of the Echo Francais has been sum-
moned to answer a prosecution commenced against
him for the publication of an article in that paper
on the 6th of June, exciting to overthrow the Go'
vernment of Louis Philip, and for which be had
been cited before the court•martial during the exist.
ence of martial law.

The following is a statement of the progressive
increase of the public debt in France, since the 1611 J
century :
In 1562, under Charles IX., it was 17.000.000fr. ,
1589, debts left by Henry 111. 339,649,000
1595, under Henry IV., during Sully's sli-
nistry 96,900.000
1660, under Louis XIV., Colbert's Ministry
1698, idem, Pelletier's Ministry 1,301,690,000
1710, idem, Chamillard's Ministry 4,386,318,750
17S8, under Louis XIV., Necker's Ministry 4,245,750,0u0
1607, under Napoleon 1,912,500,000
1821, under Louis XVIII 3,466,000,000
1829, under Charles X 4 'N3+0,000,000

1931, under Louis Philippe 5,185,438,457
1832, idem, in June 5,417,495,017
To the amount for 1832 the new loan of 150,000,000 fr. must be
added. _ .

FRENCH Fuxns, PARIS, JULY 17.—Five per Cents. 97f. ,50c. 60C;
65c. 60c. 65c. 70c. 75c. 70c. The. 97f. 70c. ; Four per Cents. 811;0
Three per Cents. 67f. 15c. 20c. 15c. 20e. 25c. ; Bank Action'
1,655 f. ; Heide de Naples 79f. 50c. 55c. ' • Roman Five per Cent;
781,E ; Rente d'Espagne, 11% ; Royal Spanish Loan, 77 76Xe
Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 54 14 % 33 ; Belgian 1.00!,
75%; Haytian Loan, 200 t. 205 f. Exchange on London, one
month, paper, 25f. 75c.; Three months, paper, 23f. 65c., moneY,
25E60c.—Cours Authentique.

EXPRESS FROM BRUSSELS.

(From the Times private Correspondent.)

BRUSSELS, JULY 18.
The following letter, written by the Dutch Colone'
Koopman, commanding at the fort called Tete de Flandref
opposite to the citadel, to the Swedish Cmsul at Antwerp,
has produced a great sensation in that city. It is written
in Dutch. The following is a literal translation, with the
marks of the original :
" No. 2,656. Tete de Flandre, July 15.
" Sir,—ln conformity with the orders of his Excellency
the Infantry-General Baron Chasse, Comtnandant-io'
Chief of the citadel of Antwerp, &c., I have the honone
to inform you, with a request that you will imps°
the contents to the consuls of the other nations reside"',
at Antwerp, that it seems possible to his Excellency tb,C
the Belgian Government entertains the project of acting
against us in a hostile sense within a short time. 13,1. e,
ground of his Excellency's having formed this opinion is the
works of attack raised as well within the rayon of th'e
citadel, as against the naval forces stationed near it, ss
well as the frequent allusions of the journals, and even tll°
discourses on this subject in the Chamber of Representatives'
" In such case, and on the first cannon shot fired either
against the naval forces or at the citadel, he has formed the
unalterable resolution of repelling force by a greater foree's
and of even punishing, in case of necessity, every atteloP
at violence, by the destruction of a great part of the CRP
which shall be thus inconsiderately sacrificed : such results
being attributable solely to the rashness of the aggressors',
" When such an unexpected calamity shall have occurreoi
it must be wished that the property belonging to neutral
nations should rot suffer in any measure the fate of de"
s!ruction : it is on this account that the Commandant-in:
Chief has thought proper to transmit to you, as well 0117 j
all the other consuls, the present information, to the en
that they, if they consider such an attack possible; may
adopt arrangements to remove in time from a city so often
spared the property of the nations represented by thens
and, above all, to cause the ships of those nations to lea
the basin, or to take such other measures as may to theo
seem best suited for the preservation of the one and the other'
ft Receive, M. Le Consul, the assurances of my
cular consideration.
(signed) The Colonel-Captain of the Navy, Conj.;
mandant of the Naval Forces of Int
Majesty Opposite Antwerp, Chief °
The Antwerp M " KOOPM
the General Staff of the Navy, ,
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'fo
M. J. D. A. Luning, Consul of hie Swedish
Majesty at Antwer "
papers regartrthis note as amere tri
to frighten the merchants, who send their goods to Mc.:
werp when there is a brisk market. A deputation bile
however, said to have come to wait upon the King on rod
subject.
His Majesty is to proceed to the neighbouro"
of
210Hasset to-morrow.
At 'clock this day the Chambers assembled, and
the Minister of the Finance proceeded to the Senate, whose
he read the ordinance for proroguing that Chamber. ,
half-past 12 o'clock the Chamber of Representatives ses
senabled in considerable nutrilitrs. The lists having be,
called over, and the proces verbal of yesterday's tneetnt
having been agreed to, the Minister of the Interior hev,n);
stated that the ordinance for proroguing the Chamber,'"

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been read in the Senate, was about to read it, when ,
on
M. Gendebien demanded his right to speak on a
of order. The Minister of Foreign Affairs was, be -„er,
lanatoibe
gretted, absent, for he wished to have a further est)
of the state of the negotiations. He moved, that be
the
negotiations.ti
„usti-
invited to
oiriaitssttpeeenr
kotfaortt;t,
after
tletniltee
tutTioteal
been stated.
as
M. Dumortier urged that thel :tate of the
itheCchoulbt:Yr.ild:l
whatror
closing
o that the
alteration
itt ewr aatisi:: - t d
manded further explan ,tions : it was not unconstitutwaa
to know the exact state of the negotiations.
The Minister of the Interior left the Chamber for a fefo
minutes. Several Members proposed that the list of t"

tiainea should he called over, to know the votes as to the
right of having further explanations.
The Minister of the Interior having returned, demanded
biR right to speak as a Minister, to which he was entitled
by the Constitution.
MM. •Gendehien and d'Nuart, Osy, Dumortier, and
d'Elhounge, contended that it would be a coup d' eta!
to close the Seas on without satisfying the eagerness of the
Chamber.
M. Devaux stated that the Constitution authorised the
Minister to insist on speaking, and of reading the Ordi-
nance at any time he chose.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs having entered the
Chamber, said that he had no objection to state what he
knew. The Government and its agent, M. Goblet,
have always contended for the previous execution of the
executable articles of the twenty-four articles. He did
not know, officially or officiously, any acts of the Con-
gress which could warrant him to say that the negotiations
Were changed.
M. Dumortier said that the public journals stated a
new treaty was about to be sanctioned by the Conference.
The question of Antwerp rested ou four points-Ist, the
right of navigation ; 2d, the right of placing buoys ; 3d,
the right of pilotage; 4th, the right of visit. If any of
those rights were allowed to Holland, Antwerp would be
ruined as it had been in the time of the Austrians. He,
therefore, protested against the Government's changing
the articles of the treaty of November last. M. Thorn
was also in prison, and he would still have to remain in
prison, while the Conference would protocolize Belgium
anew. It was a disgrace to submit to his confinement.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs said that any acts of
the Conference subsequent to the protests of M. Goblet, in
his note of the 7th of July, in which he declared that Bel-
gium would not agree to any articles derogatory to the 24
articles, were not binding on this country. As to M.
Thorn, he regretted as much as any person that that gen-
tleman continued in captivity ; but he was persuaded that
that affair would come to a close as soon as the other
questions.

Gendebien said that the notes of M. Goblet had
been returned, as the very words of the protocol of the 10th
of July proved. Why could not the Ambassador in Lon-
don know a protocol which was mentioned in the public
journals ? Either the Ministry or the Conference wished
to deceive Belgium. If the former, why not disregard the
acts of the Conference, and call upon the people to defend
their rights ? The absolute powers would be afraid to
calumniate and to dare the vengeance of an excited people.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs said that he knew
nothing of the 67th Protocol which stated the restitution
of the note of M. Goblet, nor was any such matter known
to the Belgian agents when the lest despatches left London.
Gendebien—The note of the 27th of June was re-
fused by the Conference.
M. Meulenaere—No such refusal or restitution of any
note has taken place up to the date of the last de3patch,—
that in, the 15th of the present month.
The President then declared the discussion closed.
The Minister of the Interior mounted the tribune, and
read the following ordinance:—
Leopold, King of the Belgians,
" Having considered the '7oth article of the Constitu-
tion, and having taken the advice of the Council of Minis-
ters, we have decreed and decree as follows:
Article 1. The session of 1831 of the Chamber of
Representatives and of the Senate is closed.

" Article 2. The present art et shall be presented to the
Senate by the Minister of Finance, and to the Chamber of
Representatives by the Minister of the Interior.
" Give❑ at Brussels, July 18. " LEOPOLD."
The Members and the crowd on the tribune• then se-
parated peaceably. Some of the violent opposition ex-
pressed their determination to excite the spirit of the
people, although they could not but admit that the willing-
ness of the Ministers to give any explanation in their
Power was at least satisfactory as far as they were concerned.
The Prussian State Gazette contains the following
important paragraph The British Embassy have de-
clared that a fleet is preparing to employ measures of rigour
against Holland, to obtain the evacuation of the citadel of
Antwerp ; but our Government is strongly opposed there-
natn, and has declared that neither the French, nor the
Belgians, nor the English, shall occupy the citadel before
the affairs be completely arranged.

We have received the Paris morning and evening papers
of Wednesday, and a letter from our private correspondent
.bearing the same date. The news of Don Pedro's arrival
ionn Portugal and entry into Oporto was received in Paris
Tuesday evening, by telegraph, from Biyonne, where
it had been brought by. a messenger sent off by the French
Ambassador at Madrid. The confirmation of this news
by the London papers of Monday gave general satisfac-
tion in Paris. The Moniteur, in reference to the remarks
on the silence of the Government respecting the protocol
and resolutions of the Diet, observes that there are cases
in diplomacy on which it would he imprudent to make
Premature disclosures to the Chambers, much more so to
the public. The same pap •r gives a long list of Govern-
Olent employes in different departments who are dismissed
from office, apparently because they were known or sup-
Posed to entertain political sentiments of which the Govern-
ment did not approve.
The cholera was still on the increase in Paris. The
number of deaths on Tuesday by that disease, according
to the official statement, was 170. There was no news
from the western districts.

PRRINICII FUNDS, PARIS, JULY 18.—Five per Cents. 97f. 80c.
75c. 70c. 75c. 80c. 75c. 80c. 75c. 70c. 97f. 7.5 c. ; Four and a Half
Per Cents. 88f. 25c. 88f. ; Four per Cents. S lf. ; Three per Cents.,
67f He. 30c. 25c. ; National Loan, 9Sf.; Bank Stock, 1,6550 ;
Rente de Naples, 79f. 35c. 40c. 45c. 50c. 55c. ; Roman Five per
Cents. 78 ; Rente d'Espagne, 1114 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 76X, ;
Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 54% Iys %a 4 ; Haytian Loan,
205 f Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 75c. ;
three months, paper, 25f. 65c. ; money, 25f. 60c.—Cour s
Authentique.