The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-16 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From Galignani's Messenger of Wednesday.)
PARIS, Nov. 14.—We le irn that Vice-Admiral Baron
Roussin, who was lately raised to the Peerage, is appointed
French Ambassador at Constantinople.
A company of the Ist regiment of Engineers marched
from Paris yesterday for the army of the north.
Letters from different sea-ports announce that the order
for stopping all Dutch vessels has been carried into execu-
tion. If the Courrier de l'Europe may be relied on, the
number hitherto laid under embargo is thirty.
A letter of the Ilth inst. from Cherburg, says.---" The
ship Wellington, which has been fitted out on account of
Donna Maria, sailed yesterday afternoon to join the squa-
dron of Admiral Sartorius. She went out by the western
passage, and saluted the ships in the roads with 21 guns.
Several detachments of the 50th Regiment of Infantry,
which have been in garrison at Granville and in canton-
ments along the coast, came in yesterday and the preced-
ing days, to form a third battalion, which, it is said, will
immediately join the other two battalions of this corps,
which set out en the 4th and sth for the army of the
north. The steam-boat Castor arrived in our roads this
morning from Brest. She is destined to convey despatches
between this port and the squadron."
Various letters from I'aly concur in stating that a con-
spiracy has been discovered at Rome, and that it was in-
tended to blow up the country-house of the Pop:', to
which he had gone to pass some days at the end of Octo-
ber —Messager des Chambres.
The Messager des Chambres says—" The following
are said to be some of the writers of the letters found
amongst the mass of papers belonging to the Duchess of
Berry, which were seized at Nantes, and have been brought
to Paris;—The Duke of Nassau; The Prince Royal of
Prussia ; the King of Bavaria ; Prince Augustus of
Prussia ; the King of Saxony (not the co-Regent) ; the
Duke of Mecklenburg ; the Elector of Hesse-Cassel."
Blaye, or Blaye, to the castle of which place the Duchess
of Berry is being conveyed, is situated on the right bank
of the Gironde, about seven leagues from Bordeaux, and
nine from the well-known tower or light-house, called the
Gordouan, which serves as a land-mark to the entrance
into the river. The town contains 4,500 inhabitants, and
is the seat of a Sub-Prefecture. It was known to the Ro-
mans, and is mentioned by Ausonius under the name of
Blavia. It is divided by a small tide-river into two parts,

called the Upper and Lower Town. The lower town is
principally occupied by merchants and traders. The other
part is built on the top of a steep rocky ascent, on which
are erected four bastions, inclosing the tower, and forming
altogether a very strong citadel. Blaye has a Tribunal de
Premiere Instance, a Tribunal of Commerce, an Agricul-
tural Society, and a Theatre. The centre of the town is
ornamented by a handsome public fountain. Its port is
but an open roadstead, in which the vessels that ascend and
descend the Gironde come to anchor. It, however, carries
on a considerable trade in wines, brandies, oil, soap, grapes,
building-timber, and other articles. There are yards in
which large and small coasting-vessels are built. In 1568,
the Protestants surprised Blaye, and committed great
ravages. The river is here upwards of 4,150 yards wide,
and, in 1689, a new battery, called Le Pate, was erected
upon a small island, about 1,500 yards from the town,
which, with the citadel and Fort Medoc placed on the op-
posite shore, are sufficient by their cross-firing to defend
the approach to Bordeaux from the sea. The environs of
Blaye were formerly marshes, but they have been drained,
and are now extremely fertile in both corn and wines.
The wines of Montuzet are in good repute.
M. La Cathon de la Foret, Consul General and Charge
d'Affaires of France to the Republic of Buenos Ayres, ar-
rived at Paris on Sunday. He comes to lay before the
Minister for Foreign Affairs the reasons why he was un-
able to exercise th functions of his office.
Preparations are making in the new Chamber of Depu-
ties for the opening of the Chambers on Monday. The
throne is placed on the spot where the seat of the President
is usually stationed. Two arm-chairs are also placed for
the Presidents of the two Chambers, that of the Deputies
being taken by the senior in age. The Peers will take
their seats on the benches to the right, and the Deputies
on those to the left. One of the lower galleries will be
allotted to the Queen, the Princes, and the Princesses,
and in that above the public at large will be admitted
without tickets. On Saturday next there will be meet•
ings of the two Chambers, to elect deputations to receive
the King. During the solemnity of Monday the new
Peers will take the oath. The Deputies elected since the
last Session will also take the usual oath. On Tuesday
the Chamber of Peers will assemble at the Luxemburg to
appoint the standing:Committees, and the special Committee
for the Address in answer to the speech from the throne,
after which it will adjourn for several days. The
proceeeings of the Chamber of Deputies will be more
slow. Several days will be occupied in electing the Pre-
sident, Vice-Presidents and Secretaries, in the formation
of the nine standing Committees, verifying the returns of
the newly-elected Members, and appointing the Commit-
tee for drawing up the Address, so that the debate upon
the Address will probably not commence before the 26th.
This important discussion being closed, a Bill for the pro-
visional levy of a certain number of twelfths of the direct
taxes, and the maintenance of the present indirect taxes,
for the first quarter of 1833 will then be presented, as
the lsw must necessarily he inserted in the Bulletin des
Lois before the 20th of December, in order that it may
be promulgated in all the provinces before Jau. 1.
Yesterday the first section of the Court of Assizes was
occupied with the trial of three of the rioters of June five
and six, one of whom was a woman, but they were all
acquitted. Two other insurgents were also acquitted by
the second•section. During the pleadings in the case of
one of the latter, named Fauchat, his counsel stated the
following melancholy circumstance : --The father of the
prisoner, at first conceiving that hie son was prosecuted
for a mere political offence, waited without any great un-
easiness, Three days ago, however, on going to the
Conciergerie, he was shown the indictment, and miscon-
ceiving it to contain an accusation of robbery, the man
was so affected that he went home and cut his throat with
a raw, and remains in a hopeless state.
A letter of the sth inst. from Perpignan, announces
that, notwithstanding the effervescence that prevails in
Catalonia, good order is maintained along the entire line
of the French frontier.
The Patriote of Clermont of the 10th inst. says—"We
learn that there have been some disturbances at Brioude.
The vine growers refused to submit to the duties, and the
vintage was gathered in without any being paid. If we
may judge by the measures taken, the affair must be se-
rious, as yesterday a squadron of hussars was sent off to
Brioude."
The Journal des Debuts gives the following extract
of a letter, of the 6th inst., from Berlin, from a Corms
spondent in whom it places the utmost confidence :
" According to the information we have been able to gain
respecting the disposition of our Cabinet, we are con-
vinced that it is perfectly pacific. It is certain that Prus-
sia will occupy Venloo, according to treaties ; but that
the troops destined for that service will remain upon the
peace footing. The Government does not contemplate
any assemblages of corps that can give rise to a suspicion
of any intentions at variance with the maintenance of
peace. Our King is a man of honour ;be never loses
sight of the welfare of his country, and knows how to
profit by the experience he has gained."
A letter of the 12th instat, from Valenciennes, con-
tains the following :—" The refusal of the King of Hol-
land has filled the army with enthusiasm. The Dukes of
Orleans and Nemours, accompanied by their Aides-de-
Cp atrhreivi‘eidahrsehrael.to dTahyeayt
stestveoluvte
at two for Saint-Amand, the quarters of the Duke of
Orleans. The boats that are to convey the military stores
to Antwerp are all ranged regularly along the Scheldt,
and are only waiting for orders to take their departure.
On the 15th, in the morning, the Marshal will leave
Valenciennes to enter Belgium by Quievrans, whence he
will direct his march towards Mons."
Accounts from Amsterdam announce that King Wil-
liam has given orders for all the old vessels in the different
ports of Holland to be sent into the Scheldt. These yes
sell, it is said, are to be filled with stones and sunk, to
block up the passage of the river at a point where it is nar-
rowest. "If this measure be executed," says one letter,
William may give up the citadel of Antwerp to Leopold,
for be will have destroyed the town."
The Handlesblad of Amsterdam has a letter from Cleve
of the Bth inst., stating that the Prussian troops along the
Rhine are marching towards the frontiers of Belgium and
France. The object of this movement is thought to be a
demonstration along the Meuse, for the purpose of observ-
ing the French army which is to enter Belgiun. It is
also stated that the Prussian troops will be stationed round

Venloo.
The Angsbury Gazette, of the 10th instant, contains
the following,, of the sth, from Vienna :—" Official in-
telligence a' rived here yesterday from Berlin, that the
King of the Netherlands
.has accepted the proposals of
the Prussian Cabinet, with which Count Donhoff re-
turned to London by the Hague. Among the proposi-
tions agreed to by the Dutch Cabinet is the renunciation
by Holland of the right of search of all vessels entering
the Scheldt under the Belgian flag. This is one of the
most important concessions, and will be of infinite benefit
to the trade of Antwerp. All tolls on other rivers, to
which }Tolland has a claim, are to be regulated by the

:ariff of Mentz.

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The King of Holland consents to the

,rojected commercial road between Antwerp an 1 Rhenish

Prussia, on the payment of a transit duty. Th, nego-
tiations are to continue with regard to the debt; but the
territories which are to be given up, and are still kept
back, will be restored immediately after the ratification
of the propositions, which are to be considered as a treaty.
This will, consequently, lead to the speedy evacuation of
Antwerp. If such an arrangement is carried into execu-
tion, the French Ministry may look forward to the opening
of the next Session without disquietude."—Metalliques,

5 per Cents., are 87 ; do. 4 per Cents., 76.
Extract of a private letter, of the 3d inst., from Vi-
enna :—" You are aware that the States of Hungary are
convoked for the middle of December, and, and at the
same time, the repugnance of the Government to all deli-
berative assemblies; this act, therefore, must be considered
as an indispensable concession made to circumstances, and
a sacrifice to major considerations. All the accounts we
receive from Hungary correspond in stating, in strong
terms, the general discontent that prevails in that country.
The assemblies of the counties, being sanctioned by the
Constitution, continue to meet, though the j ottnals no
longer mention them ; and their resolutions, which, un •
der the form of remonstrances, are presented to the Arch.
duke Palatine, are all nearly of the same tenor, namely,
they contain an enumeration of grievances, which the Go-
vernment cannot avoid taking into consideration without risk
of exasperating the public mind ; besides, it is probable that
the crisis which awaits the Porte, and which, in conse-
quence of the success of the Viceroy of Egypt, becomes
daily more and more imminent, weighs much amongst the
motives that have induced the Government to delay the
convocation of the States of a kingdom, which, from its
position, is deeply interested in the fate of the provinces of
the Turkish empire which form a part of its immediate
boundaries."

Extract of a letter of a recent date from Warsaw :
" It is notorious that upwards of 100 Russian officers
were sent into Asia almost immediately after their entrance
into Warsaw. It is also well known that the officers of
the regiments of Guards that entered Poland, purchased
with avidity all the revolutionary writings they could find,
and that neld-Marshal Paskewitsch was aware of it, but
did not dare to notice it without the directions of the

Emperor. These, however, soon arrived, enjoining the
Marshal to send the regiments back to St. Petershurgh,
and to prevent the importation of the cholera, it was at
the same time ordered that every article capable of com-
municating it should he burnt at the frontier. In conse-
quence, several confidential medical officers were sent to
the frontier to see these directions executed, with par-
ticular instructions to destroy all books and writings found
amongst the baggage of the officers, who, unsuspicious of
what was intended, marched on with their literary booty,
and were completely astonished, on arriving at the frontier
of Lithuania, to find themselves subjected to a quarantine
so strict and so rigidly directed against their books and pa-
pers. A great portion of these were in fact burnt, but seve-
ral officers succeeded in concealing a few of them, which, on
their arrival in Russia, became of double value from having
escaped the fiery ordeal. The regiment of Cuirassiers, called
the Guards of Podolia, which was at Warsaw before the
revolution, and which returned into Poland with the vic-
torious army, displayed its liberal principles so openly
that it was sent back into Russia and dissolved, the officers
and men being dispersed in other regiments. The Polish
soldiers that were incorporated into Russian regiments
will be transferred into the marines, or sent to the dif-
. . .

ferent fortresses in the empire, and employed in labouring
at the fortifications. An eye-witness asserts that he saw
at Cronstadt several hundreds of these men compelled to
work loaded with irons, and we learn from Volhynia that
5,000 Polish soldiers had passed through that province for
Odessa, where they are to be forced to serve in the navy.
These measures, so opposed to the declarations of the am-
nesty, are attributed to the reports of various Russian
commanders, who imagined that they observed a spirit of
rebellion in their regiments as soon as the Poles were in-
corporated with them. No doubt can be entertained that
the people in many of the Russian Governments have im-
bibed the revolutionary principles so forcibly inculcated
by the Polish publications, and that the fall of Warsaw
has made upon the Russian liberals an impression totally
opposite to that which it produced at the Court. If a
war should break out and become general, let the liberal
Governments avail themselves of this disposition, for it
will be worth more to them than a numerous army."
The Breton of Nantes, of the 12th inst., contains a
letter, which gives the following details of the wanderings
of the Duchess of Berry after her landing in France :
The departure of the Duchess from Massa, the failure
of the insurrection at Marseilles, and the landing of the
Duchess at La Ciotat, are well known facts. The Duchess
of Berry, set on shore with M. de Kergorlay and several
other persons, had more spirit than the ex-Peer of France,
for she evaded the pursuits of the police, and, accompanied
by three faithful friends, after a painful journey over the
steep mountains of the Var, sometimes on foot and some-
times mounted on a mule, reached the frontiers of Pied-
mont, where the Sardinian custom-house officers assisted
her to pass the Var at St. Martin. This journey was
mentioned at the time, but the return of the Duchess to
France caused it to be looked upon as a fiction. Urged by
letters from several legitimatists, who thought her cause
infallible, the Duchess returned into France, where she
kept herself concealed for some days in the house of a gen-
tleman in Upper Provence. The latter, although the fa-
ther of a large family, attached himself to the adventurous
Duchess, and served her as guide through the whole of the
south. This faithful legitimatist, after having performed
his part, and accompanied the Princess to La Vendee, pe-
rished either at the burning of the chateau de la Peniciere,
or in the affair at Chene, Under his guidance, and assisted by
two other legitimatists, who went before them to look
out, the Duchess, in the dress of a Provencal fisherman,
arrived at a chateau near Aries, where she remained
during the space of two or three days. During this
very short stay near Arlo, a legitimatist Council was
held in a neighbouring town, under the Presidency
of the Count Bourmout. It was decided in this
Council that the Duchess should be invited to follow up
her plans and proceed to La Vendee. In a great de-
gree divested of fear, she quickly traversed in a car-
riage, attended by two persons, the departments of the
Bouches du Rhone, and part of the Gard, and stopped
near Sommieres, in the neighbourhood of Montpellier.
IDuring this journey the Duchess wore the dress of her
sex, and covered her face with a green veil. This was
in the beginning of May. She soon resumed her ha-
zardous course, boldly passed through Montpellier in
the day, and proceeded to a small village situated be-
tween the road to Cette and the sea. The principal
legitimatists of the department of the Herault then
availed themselves of her presence to rffect an attempt
at insurrection among her partisans; but although they
had received 500 carbines from Spain, their projects
were not carried into execution. It is asserted that if
the attempt at Marseilles and that at Cette had suc-
ceeded, the legitimatists, being masters of these two
towns, would have establised a Provisional Government in
the South, and raised the standard of civil war. The
Duchess on quitting her retreat near Cette, accompanied
by her guide, who spoke all the country dialects, arrived
on the banks of the Lake de Thau, crossed it in a small
boat, and landed at Mize, a small port in the de-
partment of the Herault, eight leagues from Montpellier,
inhabited by fishermen. There the Duchess of Berry
found a post-chaise, which took her from one post station
to another, without being molested till she arrived at Car-
cassonne. At about half a league from this town she
stopped at the house of a devoted legitimatist to take
some rest. On the morrow she set out for Toulouse,
where she made a short stay, and then continued her
journey to La Vendee. The particulars of this latter part
of her course are not known, but the Duchess was to
reach Nantes towards the middle of May, after having
traversed Guyenne, Limousin, and Poitou, travelling
from one chateau to another, and becoming more cautious
in concealing her progress as she approached the end of
her journey."—The same paper has the following :
" The Capricieuse sloop of war, which conveys the
captive Princess to Blaye, left the roadstead of St. Na-
z tire yesterday morning, at seven o'clock, in tow of a
steamer, which quitted her when three miles out at sea.
As the wind was favourable, the Duchess must have ar-
rived to-day at Blaye."