Star.
London, England, 1831-02-10 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

EXPRESS FROM PAM&
PARIS, FEB. B.—ln the absence of official intelligence
•especting the Belgic question, there has been very little
;,,li.iness done on 'Change ; but that little has been under
idavourable impressions. The cry of all is, that war is
•riluble. From Warsaw, we learn that the Russians had
:w(de an advance beyond Grodno, on the 12th ult.
From the M.esager dos Chambres, of Feb. 8.
PA RI S, FED 7.—From the joy which is expressed with
much frankness by all the journals of Belgium at the
...lection of the Duke of Nemours, it is easy to see that there
xi.is in Belgium a profound sentiment of paternity for
France, which the efforts of intrigue cannot eradicate. While
.I.e choice of the candidate was the subject of debate at
51ussels, it seemed that the French party had lost all credit.
is soon as the French candidate is named, we see an al-
cost unanimous explosion of joy and approbation. We
la)w represent to ourselves with real chagrin the vexation
mid the invectives of the Belgic people, when they shall
he informed of the refusal of France for the Duke of Ne-
mours. They thought that they had been relieved from a
provisional state of Government, equally ruinous and turbu-
lent, and now they are thrown back into it. They will now
accuse us without reserve, and the greater their joy was,
the louder will be their imprecations. We have no time to-
(1;:y to mention all the motives of the refusal, except the
chance of a foreign war. Let any one read in the extracts
from the Belgic Papers the advantages of every kind which
the country expects from the King that it has just chosen,
and answer conscientiously, if it is possible for every body
v.hatsoever to realize them. We shall content ourselves with'
affirming, that in the present state of things, none of our
readers wou!d accept the dignity if he were the Duke of
Nemours.

Tit Customs AND COMMERCE.—This is the great
~;:e,von for Belgium. Now the interests of France cannot
h 2 sacrificed to the Royalty of one of our Princes. The time
is past when the convenience of reigning families was alone
consulted in political transactions. The quality of King of
the Fiend) binds Louis Philip towards France, and he knows
that so great an obligation must absorb all others.
From the Moniteur of Monday, Feb. 7.
PARIS, FEB. 6.—The chief editor and responsible ma-
nager of the Moniteur has received a summons, in the name
of General Lacroix de Boegard, to appear, on the 16th of
this month, before the tribune of Correctional Police.
Front the Casette de France, dated Tuesday. Feb. 8.
Pants, FEB. B.—M. de Genoude having undergone the
month's imprisonment to which he was condemned by a
decree of the Court of Peers, left St. Pelagie this
morning. A few hours afterwards an officer of police
west to his residence to summon him to return to prison,
or virtue of a sentence passed under the late reign, by
the Tribunal of the First Instance of the department
the Seine, on the complaint of M. Mechin, whom M. de
Genoude bad represented as openly contending against the
existing order of things. Since the sentence, the revolu-
fli of July has taken place ; an amnesty for all trans-
, essiuns of the periodical press has been published. M.
;monde has refused to return to St. Pelagie, and is going
take steps to be able to judge if the amnesty is a truth.

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which we hale already commented), is a document which cannot fail to
create some sensation, even at a period when we are so much en.
grossed by our admiration of Lord Grey's reforms, and our calcula. !
don of Lord Althorp's reductions, that the very mention of mi.
tional honour and public faith echoes strangely in English ears.—
The French Minister directs the agent of his master at Brussels to
withhold from the Belgian Government the Protocol of the 20th of
January, " because the King's Government has not assented to it."
Not assented ! In what manner then is the assent of the King's I
Got ernment to be signified, but by the concurrence of its representative
in the Congress. There is another point of %few, in which the aff.tir cart-
not fail to attract the attention of unprejudiced men. We have not for-
gotten the alarm professed at the tone adopted by the Duke of Welling-
ton in relation to the affairs of Belgium. Now what says General Se-
bastian'? The French government cancels a proceeding adopted by
our own, and proceeds to account for its resolve thus:—" The
Congress at London is a mediation ; and it is the intention
of the King's government that it should never lose that character."
cH/OXICLE.—We do not see why the commutation of tithes is at
variance with the phrase " the Tax of Tithes ;" for a tax in one shape
may be commuted for a tax in another: and a variable tax may be com-
muted for a permanent one. With respect to the influence of a commu-
tation of Tithes on rent, it is probable that, in most cases, the landlord
would be the greatest 'miner. But the great advantage would be
certainty. The tenant who takes his farm under an agreement with
a Clergyman who exacts much less than his due finds himself occa-
sionally ruined by having to deal with a more rigorous successor. Of
rent the tenant has no right to complain. It is the share of the pro-
duce after deducting the charges of cultivation, and the usual pro-
fit of stock. But the tenth of the gross produce may leave
nothing for farmer or landlord, and may even leave to the far-
mer less than is necessary to pay for labour. A farm may be worth
very little till a large sum is laid out on ifs improvement. The
landlord allows for the outlay ; the tithebolda does not.—
The cultivation of France, from various causes, was in general bed
before the revolution. The Flemish husbandry is better than our owns
and there are no tithes In Belgium ; it was also better than our ow*
while there were tithes. Tithes may be productive of much evil without
preventing all agricultural improvement, and there may still be
greater evils than Tithes. The Scotch agriculture—fifty years ago
—was worse than the English, and it is now better ; yet at both
these periods Scotland was without Tithes. The absence of
tithes has no doubt facilitated improvement, though it could not at once
overcome other obstacles in the way of improvement. As to the in-
struction and civilization of the people by the clergy, we refer to the
brutality of the Hampshire peasantry. The clergy, who have, wrought
such wonders in the way of instruction and civilisation, enjoy, accord-
ing to the author of The Extraordinary Black Book—a moat extra.
ordinary performance—a sum of 19,459,565 !! !

DUBLIN. Feb. 6.
TIIE KING V. O'CONNELL AND OTHERS.

The following is a copy of the Order :
Court.—" Liberty to withdraw demurrer, and to file a plea
of not guilty,' in lieu thereof: in case of verdict of guilty,
no motion for new trial, or to arrest judgment. If tried by
Nisi Prins, to take notice for the sittings after this term,
and defendants to appear at the trial in person." The effect
is, to postpone the judgment of the Court till next term,
say May.

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