Star.
London, England, 1830-09-02 00:00:00

INTERESTING FOREIGN NOTICES.

Abridged from Various Sources.
Tux LATE FRINCH MINISTRY.—The interrogatory process of
the ex-Ministers was resumed on the INlth at the Castle of Vincennes.
It will last about eight days, when the Commissioners who conduct it
will report the result to the Chamber of Deputies, by whom they are
nominated. The Chamber will then appoint members of their own
body to frame the acts of accusation, which will forthwith be pre-
sented to the Chamber of Peers, who it is thought will, without do.
lay, take the necessary arrangements for the discharge of their Judi-
cial functions in this important case. Prince Polignac answered the
interrogatories submitted to him in a firmer and more collected manner
than he had evinced since his arrest. He appears more composed at his
proximity to his friends in Paris, and the assurance of his safety from
popular violence. There was a rumour that he would be entirely Se-
parated from the other prisoners, and removed to the Conciergeric,
where the unfortunate man had previously been imprisoned by Buena-
arte, after the conspiracy of Georges. He is used to adversity,
aid
bad in earlier life been_dosaioiled in these dreary abodes., An Wittig*
these is at present no intention of removing him to Vincennes, until he
is conducted to the upper apartments of the Chamber of Peers, where
Marshal Ney was lodged during his trial.—!horning Paper.
MADRID, Au°. 19.—1 t is currently reported that some of the
Captain-Generals are to be removed from the districts which they com-
mand ; the names of O'Donnell, Egula, and Aymcrick, are amongst the
number. General the Count of Espana, is appointed Ambassador to
the Court of Russia, and will be replaced by General Quesada, the pre-
sent Captain General of Andalusia ; the Amlalusians will be as sorry
to lose the one, as the Catalonians to be rid of as blood-thirsty a monster
as ever existed. His iron rule has alienated from the Spanish Govern-
ment many individuals who lay the blame of his proceedings to the
fountain head. A regiment of provincial fusileers (cazadores) which
formed part of this garrison, and had terminated its period of
service, has been ordered to return to Madrid, although the different
companies were on their way home to be disbanded. An estimate
of the troops ready for immediate service is about being made out.
The Government has already despatched couriers to the Courts of Iron.
don, Vienna, Berlin, &c. to learn by the Ambassadors what is the in-
tention of each regarding the new King of France. Spain will act in
conformity with the British Government; and from the sentiments of
the people manifested concluded that the Duke of Orleans will be at
once recognised by England. M. Salmon, Prime Minister here, told
the Corps Diplomatlque that this Government would observe total neu.
trality, until the principal Powers had declared their intentions, at the
satue time that his Catholic Majesty expected that the Duke of
Bordeaux would be proclaimed King. The financial operations of
this country depend, however, so much upon a good understanding
with France, that the right of Inheritanie and the Bourbon fa-
mily will be overlooked. Six persons have been appointed to as.
list at the deliberations of the Council of Ministers. The coun-
cil of State is, and has been for some time, a mere humdrum. General
Castanos, the Archbishop of Toledo, the Marquis de la Reunion, M.
Garcia de la Torre, and M. Puig, are of the number. The four first
are Councillors of State, and of moderate principles, and act as concilia.
tors between the Ministers clamorous fora war in defence of the BOUT.
bons, and those in favour of non-interference. Puig is an ultra-Royalist,
and President of the Chief Tribunal of Appeals. It may now be said
that persons desirous of noninterferencein the affairs of France have a
preponderating interest in the Cabinet. Mr. Addington has been at the
(iranja, where the Court now is, for the last three days; he is on good
terms with the Minister of Grace and Justice. The Royal Family is
expected here on the 4th proximo, as according to etiquette the Queen's
fire! child must be born in Madrid. Mims, the King's favourite for
some years back, died the day before yesterday suddenly from apoplexy.
—Times. _ _

THZ KING ON THE NZTHERLANDL—The King of the Pays
Bas is not to he classed with the Ex-Rol of France—with the Ferdi-
nand' of Spain--or the Miguel. of Portugal—or even with the Kings
of Sardinia or Naples, or the Emperors of Russia or Austria. He is a
good father—ad unexceptionable husband—an amiable and virtuous
man—a sincere Protestant—and if he governed according to his own
principles and system of education, he would be liberal and just.
The King of the Netherlands gives public audience to his subjects
—embarks his own capital in the commercial speculations of the
people—encourages arts and manufactures—and is friendly to the aboli.
Lion of the slave trade—.to the establishment of a system of free corn-
' coerce in the world—and to the maintenance of moderately liberal opinions.
Personally he is a man of good sound sense, excellent education, agree.
able manners, and by no means addicted either to extravagance in ex-
penditure, or to the love of absolute power. Vet, with all these
recommendations in his favour, the King of the Netherlands is not al
popular Prince with his Flemish subjects, because he is the mereillinister
or subject of the British Government ! This is a feet. When Eng.
land was governed by Mr. Canning, his foreign policy was liberal, and
the King of the Pays Bas followed his advice, and made his
subjects comparatively happy. When England was governed
by the Marquis of Londonderry, her foreign policy was odious
and tyrannical, and then the policy of the King of the Pays Bas was
illiberal, and created universal discontent. IVhen England was go-
verned by a milk-and-water, or Goderich Cabinet, her foreign policy INS
changeable and without foundation, and the King of the Pays Bas was
left to himself. Then he contemplated making various improvements;
and he began even to be popular. And now, when England is governed
by the Duke of Wellington, his foreign policy is disreputable, because
it is founded on no principle. One day the Duke emancipates Ireland,
and the Belgian Prince conceives he is to do the same, and he seeks to
render the Flemings happy. But the next day the Duke of Wellington
persecutes the Press, and the King of the Pays Bag takes It as the
signal for his conduct, and he commences a crusade against all the Jour-
nals. To-day the Duke of IVellington pronounces Don Miguel an
usurper, and the King of the Netherlands refuses, in consequence, to
receive the Ambassador of Portugal at his Court. But on the morrow
the Duke of Wellington prevents the Portuguese Patriots fiom
landing at Terceira ; and the King of the Pays BIG conceives he
is thereby ordered to send all the Portuguese out of the Low Countries.
This subserviency to English politics, and especially to the Duke of
Wellington, is obnoxious to the Flemings—and occasions great uneasi.
new and discontent. If, say they, we be not formidable enough as a
nation to maintain whatever political system we may think proper to
adopt, then let us not exist nominally as an independent State, whilst
really we are dependent. If we be not formidable or powerful enough
to meet the English Navy or the French Army, then let Belgium belong
to France, and let Holland be united to Denmark, or exist with a
Stadtholder at its head; but we do protest against being the mere crea.
tures of the British Government, and against not being permitted to act
independently, and to maintain with our swords and our lives the policy
we may deem it right to adopt. If the King of the Netherlands
have allowed himself to be seduced by the Duke of Wellington
and his Attorney-General, into bad practices, this ought to be an addi.
tional reason with all Englishmen who wish to preserve to their country
the blessings of peace, to watch, in an especial manner, the conduct of
ministers at this conjuncture. The kingdom of the Netherlands is the
creation of the Duke of Wellington, as it were ; and he can hardly be
an impartial judge between the king and people of the Netherlands,
where the question is emancipation of the Belgians from the controul to
which he has subjected them. War is a dreadful evil, and with our
800 millions of debt, may lead to a moat fearful issue. Every thing is
to be hoped from the continuance of peace ; from war no good comes,
but it may be the parent of numberless calamities. In the mean time
prepare your readers for the separation of Holland from Flanders.