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London, England, 1831-02-12 00:00:00

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Frost the ifesiteur of Wednesday. Feb. 9.
PARIS, Fn.&
" Letters from the Isle of Bourbon say that the General
Council of that colony has thanked the Government for hav-
ing sent vessels to the coast to prevent the slave trade. It
does justice to the excellent spirit and prudent conduct of
the free emancipated people of colour. This part of ths
population appears to be satisfied with their gelatins; bet
the Council proposes to abrogate in their favour certain re-
gulations which still deprive them of part of the rights of
French citizens.
" For the present the Council confines itself to asking
the abrogation of Art. 67 of the Supplementary Code of
Gen. Decaen, which prohibits donations between whites and
free and emancipated people of colour : it expresses a wish
that the two colonies may, in this respect, be placed under
the common law.
" The Minister of Marine had instructed the Governors
of the Colonies to see that in public acts the free people of
colour should cease to be distinguished by that designation.
We learn by letters from Martinique, of the 16th of De-
cember last, that Rear-Admiral Dupotet, without waiting
for the orders of the Ministers on this subject, had ordered
the immediate suppression of that designation, which was,
in fact, contrary to the spirit of the instructions which have
been given him.
" Orders have been given by the Minister of Marine to
the governors of the colonies, that slaves enrolled in the
militia for a certain number of years, at the expiration of
which they obtain their freedom, shall not be subject to the
corporal punishments inflicted upon slaves, but only to the
penalties prescribed by the laws of military discipline.
" The Journal de Paris of the Bth instant says, that
the Minister of War had addressed a circular to the colonels
of the army, inviting them to prohibit any collective subscrip-
tion in favour of the Poles, which may be opened in the
regiments.'
" We are authorized to declare that the article is wholly
Ihlse ; nothing of the kind has been written for or against.
" We have received at the same time, by way of Geneva,
St. Julien, in Savoy, and Belley, the positive information of
I the nomination of the Prince of Carignan, under the title of
Royal Highness, to the chief command of the Piedmontese
troops, and of the strict neutrality of that Power.
From the Ideseeger des Cbesabres Feb. 10.
The Memorial Bordelais says—" Ve have to call the
attention of the Ministers of War and Foreign Affairs to a
fact which has been disclosed by French deserters themselves
returning from Spain, and now pardoned.
" In the environs of Grenada there are still nearly 600
French soldiers, who desire nothing so much as to return to
their colours, but who, being ignorant of the amnesty, and
fearing the dangers to which they think they would be ex-
if they returned to France, they unwillingly remain in
The French consuls, to whom they have applied,
seem hitherto to have dissuaded them from the submission
which they intended to make, on conditions which would
pave their honour. A French Captain lately took on board
one of those soldiers, whom he had encouraged at Cadis
to take advantage of the amnesty. When we reflect is
the repugnance which the ancient diplomatic agents d
Charles X. showed to restore to their country soldiers who
would still serve the Government, we cannot but deplore the
confidence with which the Ministry has retained most of the
Consuls and Vice-Consuls in foreign ports, whom the late

Government favoured.
" The Journal du Commerce, in an article on the offer
of the Crown of Belgium, nays—` It is said that if the King
refuses, the deputation will declare, that the King being a
minor, his majority will be waited for to renew the offer,
and that the nation will be governed by a Regency in
the mean time. We repeat this news as it is given us. We may
add, that the deputies are treated with remarkable atten-
tion. They were to-day at the sitting of the Chamber of
Deputies, where seats were reserved for them. It is probable
that in less than three days they may be present at a debate."