Star.
London, England, 1831-04-07 00:00:00

Admiral De Rigny, Alin:.ter of the Marine, at this moment took the
oath and his sear.

M. Charles Dupin expressed his astonishment at hearing many boa
members urging the Government to use largely its privilege of dismis-
Fill public officers from their employments. As long as they con.
tinned faithful to their several duties, not only should they be retained

in their appointments, but their past actions, and their past opinions

should be forgotten.

General lamarque said—Every day justifies our fears and anticipa-
tions fur the future. The danger approaches, and every moment of do.
lay but renders it more imminent. I shall not discuss the question of
finances—(murmurs), but shall limit my observations to the question
of foreign affairs ; and, instead of uncertain documents, I shall takefor

my text those that are official. I shad first allude to the protocol of the

28th February, a document worthy of the best days of the Holy Alliance.

That document leaves Belgium at the disposal of Holland. Belgium is

sacrificed—she is punished for having imitated our example. It is sought

to drive her to despair—to ruin her by intestine division—in order that,
when a prey to anarchy, she may more easily be placed at the disposal

of England. The hon. Deputy then drew a picture of the present
state of Europe. Spain has no longer colonies—Holland possesses

only a nominal power—Austria has 13,000,000 of subjects,and England
has attained the highest point of prosperity, reckoning 100,000,000 of
subjects. Prussia is at our gates, and her sentinels are in front of
ours. All is aggrandised around us, and we have no longer the France

of Louis the Fourteenth ; all is united around us, and we do not pos.

.cis one ally. If France should at length become the victim, It will
not have been our fault in not admonishing the government. A
Ministry equilibria!e was desirous of conciliating the Revolution

with the doctrines of the restoration ; and, anointing the rights of
•,, nation with the oil of the holy ampulla, has sent to Ragland

n Ambassador who has assisted at the downfall of ten Govern.

ullts. and wax the living representative of the Holy Alliance ;
whi:e it has despatched to Russia a former Ambassador of Charles

X. who, after complimenting the conqueror of the Balkans, may
ehortly, perhaps, do as much for the conqueror of Wusaw.—(Murs
murb.)—At this moment, we have neither frigate nor vessel of war,
elm') nor brig, in the Tagus. Is a fear, then, entertained, that the
view of the tri-coloured flag would occasion sickness to the good
Don Miguel ?—(Murmur.)—No; France will never yield. Let
the signal be given, and from Dunkirk to Bayonne will re-
sound those words which, in rushing to combat, the Polish sol-
dier repeats :—" Oh my country, you shall never be without de.
fenders !" I shall vote for the grants asked when the Minister for Fo-
reign Affairs shall have replied to the following questions :—Does the
French Government consent that Luxembourg shall be detached from
Belgium, and that it shall pus under the domination of the Confedera•
non of the Rhine, that is to say, under that of Prussia and Austria ?

Will it suffer that Belgium should, in fact, return to the Dutch yoke,
h permitting the Prince of Orange to occupy a throne that France
thought proper to refuse ? In submitting ourselves to the shameful

conditions imposed on us by the Congress of Vienna, will it at least
exact that the 4th Article of the Treaty of the 3d of Nay, 1815, which
assures to heroic Poland national institutions, be executed ? Are we
to permit, in contradiction to our policy at all times, that Austria should
in reality become the ruler of all Italy ?
M. BiAt,ovirs said—The Government entertains hopes of peace.
and yet demands: extraordinary grants. Now, I believe in war, and
therefore shall support the demand. Most assuredly war is not my de.
sire, for I conceive it to be the greatest disaster that can befall a free
people, for thereby sometimes its independence is lost, and not unfre.
quently its liberties, but there are instances in history when nations,
from having adapted a certain line, have ceased to be masters of
their own policy. The question is not within our own decision—
we have not the command of peace or war. War is brought
upon us; you see, Gentlemen (continued M. Alauguin), these
Powers were preparing for war, while they were giving as.
surances of peace. But they reckoned without the Poles,
and the defeat of the Russians disconcerted all their plans.
The organization of the army was delayed too long, and the dissolution
of the Chamber will arrive too late. The lilies were kept up too long;
they ought to have fallen in July, instead of being torn hastily and in-
gloriously down in February, in the midst of riot and confusion. The
lt;public would have been conquered if it had waited the enemy, but it
was victorious, because it bore its standard to the frontiers (interrup-
tian.) It is an equal truth for people as for kings, that war alone can