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London, England, 1831-07-02 00:00:00

IETOINI IN SCOTLAND DILL.

The LORD ADVOCATE, pursuant to notice, moved
for leave to bring in a bill to amend the representation
of the people in Scotland. If this were the first time he
had to prevent the bill, or rather if it differed materially
from that which he had laid before the last Parliament, he
should feel that he had a difficult task to perform ; but as
the bill, in all its substantial parts, and in almost all of its
minute details, was the same as that of the last Parliament,
he felt he had no occasion to trespass on the time oldie house
by entering into a repetition of its particulars. Ile should
content himself with stating in what respect it varied
from the former. The only variation in the qualifies

Lion of voters was in the votes of tenants In counties, width •
were to be placed precisely in a parallel with the alterations
made in that respect relative to the counties in England. In
one other particular also the qualification was extended, for,
though the right of voting by superiorities was to be done
away, yet those persons who now bad those superiorides,
were t^ have the right preserved to them for life, as
were also those persons who were entitled to be enrolled.
The only material principle In the Bill, which varied
from the former, was that which gave to Parliamentary
Commissioners the power of ascertaining the boundaries
of towns and boroughs. There was also some altera-
tion In the diction. and some also in the machinery of
the Bill. As it was understood that there was to be no dia.
cission on bringing in the IHH, he thought it unnecessary
for him to encroach further on the time of the house by
entering into particulars which could be more conve-
niently discussed on the second reading, or in committee
on the Bill. The honourable and learned member con-
cluded by moving for leaee to bring in the Bill.
Leave given.
The I.OIID ADVOCATE then brought In the Bill,
which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second
time on Tuesday aeo.night.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned at Half past Ore o'Clock.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

BRUSSELS PAPERS RECEIVED THIS DAY.

NATIONAL. CONGRESS.—Sirrixo or JUN, 27.
The law relative to the stamp due, to be paid on
registering the oaths of public functionaries, which,
after some debate, was passed by a majority of 102
to 18.

M. Van Meenen-1 have the honour to propose
to the Congress to regairc the minister of foreign
affairs to appear in the assembly to-day, to give us
—let, Such information as he has in his power
relative to the negliciations which have been going
on at London fir these three weeks, as well with
the conference as with the Prince of Saxe Coburg.
2d, To inform us what is the nature of the com-1
munic4tions that will be made to us on the 30th of
June.

M. Gendebien seconded the motion of M. Van
Meenen. Since the departure of our deputation,
said he, it has given no sign of life; yet I under-
stand it has had communication with the Regent
and the minister, when it might have communi-
cated directly with the Congress. Since it has
not done so, we must ask the minister for the in-
formation which he has received.

The motion being carried by a great majority,
the President said that a message should be Benito
the minister, who soon after entered. M. Van
Meenen then repeated his motion in a few words,
and the arguments in favour of it.
Lebeau (minister of Foreign Affairs.) The
motion seems to me to be founded on an error in
point of fact. It supposes that the deputation com-
municates with the government ; whereas it has
received its powers only from the Congress, to which
it has to give an acccouut. The deputation, there-
fore, has communicated nothing to the govern-
ment, and even if it had made some communication
to it, if it had not been nctuated by a sense of
propriety and circumspection, what happened on a
former occasion would have served it as a lesson.
As for the information we have received, it appears
that when the last despatches came away, the ne-
gociations were still going on. It seems that they
have not been restricted within the same limits,
and that delicate questions have been raised which
are on the point of being solved, but the so-
lution of which has not been announced to
me. If any positive resolutions had reached
me, I should not wait till the 30th, to allay
the uneasiness of the nation, by communicating
them to the Assembly. When negociations have
not reached their close, it may be very prejudicial
to reveal them. You will, therefore, allow the Go-
vernment to observe the silence which propriety and
prudence prescribe.
M. Van Meenen wished only, as the Minister
must have formed some opinion, that he would
say what he fears, or what he hopes.
Lebeau —An opinion which I cannot support
by any document, or any fact, would have no
weight ; I have only hopes which have rather in-
creased than diminished. I have reason to think
that at this moment something is determined ;
wo cannot fail to be acquainted with it on the 30th
June, the deputation will by that time have re-
turned : it will either give an account, or enable the
Government to do so.

M. A. Gendebien—l want to know the opinion
of M. Gendebien, as Minister.—(Murmurs).
M. Lebeau—My hopes are, that the Prince of
Saxe Coburg will accept.
BRUSSELS, JUNI 28.—M. Nothomb, one of
our Commissioners at London, arrived here yester-
day evening.
The deputation of the Belgic Congress arrived
this morning from London. Nothing has yet tran-
spired of the result of its mission.
The 7th regiment of the line left Namur yester
!day, to proceed to the grand duchy of Luxemburg.
In consequence of the instructions given to the

Governor of the province by the Milliner for Fo-
reign Affairs, who acts as Minister of Marine, the
Governor of West Flanders (Bruges) has just is-
sued a decree, the purport of which is, that as the
cholera may be introduced by the shipwreck of
vessels on the coast, or by goods cast on shore, the
inhabitants of the districts of Bruges, Ostend, and
Fumes, within a league of the coast, from the age
of 18 to 60, are to furnish patroles day and night
to prevent any communication between the inha-
bitants and persons, or effects, coming from
threatened vessels.
On the 24th June the Minister wrote a letter to

the same Governor, in reply to one of the 23d, in
which the Governor sent the report of a meeting of
the magistrates and the Chamber of Commerce of
Ostend, summoned by the Government, to consider
of measures to prevent the introduction of the cho-
lera into Belgium. The Minister coincides in
opinion with the meeting, that the port of Ostend
does not afford the necessary facilities for subject-
ing vessels to strict quarantine ; and therefore,
though he regrets the prejudice that the merchants
will suffer, he cannot but approve of the closing
of the port against vessels coming from infected
places. He therefore desires the Governor to give
the necessary instructions, that for the present,
and till farther orders, no vessel coming from the
Baltic,from Hamburgh, Lubeck, Bremen, Rostock,
and Riga,and other places where contagion prevails,
shall be admitted at Ostend. The Minister agrees
also in what the meeting thought respecting Nieu-
port, and therefore the measures advised for Os-
tend, must also be extended to that place. He
however requests the Governor to go to Nieuport,
and see whether a means cannot be found of ar-
ranging near the channel of that port, a spot where
ships may perform quarantine, leaving the breadth'
of the channel free for fishing vessels to pass
without approaching them. Brussels Papers,
June 29.