Star.
London, England, 1830-10-21 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The following extracts are from the Montleer of Tuesday :-...
`• For some days attempts to cause disorder have taken place In some
quarters of Paris. Placards havebeen postedJand cries have been beard,
that tumultuous assemblies are formed, calling for the death of men
who are placed in the bands of justice and menacing the judges who
will not obey these injunctions. Such acts, such cries, are repro.
bated by all the laws and sentiments which are honoured by
good men. A very small number of persons have taken part in
them. All the sound part of the population of Paris are afflicted
at these occurrences, which impair and compromise their best in.
tercets. If they continue, the independence of the magistracy
and the security of the citizens will receive a great blow. In
the circumstance which appears to have caused them, there is no pretext
to warrant these acts. The Government, which thinks that the univer.
sal and immediate abolition of the penalty of death is not possible,
thinks also, after an attentive examination, that to restrict capital pu-
nishment to the only cases in which necessity legitimately justifies it, it
is necessary to have time for a long enquiry. Bur it knows, in the
mean time, that its Ent duty is the firm maintenance of the independ-
ence of Judges, and of the safety of all persons. It knows that the
honour as well as the repose of society arc held on these terms. It
guarantees them from all violence. Orders are given to disperse all tu.
multuous assemblies, to interdict all placards, and all injurious or me.
tracing cries. Their authors will be pursued and punished according to
law. Sustained by reason and the sentiments of citizens the principal
protectors of justice will triumph over the momentary action of some
passions which are fomented and exploded by our common enemies.
" Some journals have mentioned that the King has remitted the sen.
tence pronounced against Messrs. Hebert and Thierry by the Tribunal
of Correctional Police. The statement is false.

" The prefect of the Seine has ordered that the Chamber of Commerce
shall have an extraordinary sitting tomorrow, to which the deputies
named by the city of Paris are invited. It is to consider the important
commercial question relative to the earepoi.
The ',knitter likewise contains the King's ordinance !or investing
the Minister of Finance with the 30 asillions (of francs) credil for assist.
ing commercial industry : it says
" There shall be formed in Paris a commission of commerce, which
shall be charged with receiving and examining the demands of merchants
and manufacturers of Paris and the departments for loans or advances;
" With the verification of the value of the securities offered, in real
estates, commercial effects, merchandise, or other valuables ;

66 {Pith the classification of the demands according to their degree,
and the apportionment of tho monks for each.
" The ordinance then goes on to specify that the advances shall be
made in cash at 4 per cent. interest, or in Treasury bonds, payable at 6,
12, and 18 months."
Le Temps contains a lone article, entitled " Justice and not Yen.
geance," very ably reprehending the popular feeling, of which Paris
seems now to be the theatre. It has another article enforcing the
necessity of a more activeurming of the National Guards throughout
the departments.
Le National, in an elaborate article, admits that the Government In.
tendon of interposing the abolition of the penalty of death, to save the
ez-31inisters, has been an utter failure, and alludes forcibly to the great
distress which now afflicts the commercial interests of France. It also
discusses in detail the state of parties.
The Journal des Debate is very uneasy at some letter of the Abbe
de la Mennais, about enforcing the independence of the Catholic church,
and the abandonment of the Government allowance to the clergy. AI
the journals co-operate in declaring the great distress of the book trade,
and strongly recommending the claims of this respectable class to the
commission now sitting to assist commerce and industry.

BELGIUM.
From the Journal de la Belgique of Monday.

GHENT, OCT. 15.—A deplorable affair took place yes-
terday afternoon, at four o'clock, between the volunteers of
Brussels and the people of Ghent on the one side, and part
of our Burgher Guard on the other. We give the Met
authentic accounts that we have been able to collect. A
rumour had been spread in the city accusing the officers of
our Burgher Guard of attempting to convey provisions into
the citadel. Assemblages were formed round the barrack of
St. Pierre, and threatening cries were heard. Some posts of 1
the Burgher Guard were attacked, and disarmed. Some vo-
lunteers of Brussels came up to second the people. A num-
ber of Burghers were so imprudent as:to fire. They were pur-
sued to the Place d'Armes, whether other assemblages dis-
armed the Burgher Guard. But the main action was in the
plain of the Recollets, where masses of the Burgher Guard,
on foot and horseback, were convoked, though most of them
did not know wherefore. In an instant the crowd, descend-
ing from Montague St. Pierre, broke in on them, carried
off sabres and muskets, and drove the Burgher Guard, partly
towards the bridge of the Recollets, and partly towards the
Rues de Soleil and des Champes. Meantime, Colonel Pont.-
coulant, and other Officers, all Belgians, went to the
Place d'Armes, between the crossing fires, and succeed-
' ed in clearing the Place of the people and the volun-
teers. The people were not strong enough to disarm
the post of the Government, which was supported by the
firemen, who had just arrived from their barrack with three
cannon. A brisk fire of musketry took place here. Messrs.
A. Bsancoup, of Antwerp, who fought at Paris and Bras.
sett, and M. H. Schauwenbergbe, of Ghent, stepped from
the ranks of the Burgher Guard, and went up to the mouths
of the cannon, and asked the firemen if they intended to fire
en Belgians t M. de Pontecoulant ordered the firemen to
be summoned immediately to take the cannon bac** their
barracks. This order was immediately executed.2oo volantosts
who had followed their comrades front Brussels without arm 4,

are now provided with sabres and muskets. The people also
tained arms at the Town-hall, and this morning, they are
searching the private houses of the Burgher Guard. Order
is restored. Prudent measures are taken by the civil and
military authorities to prevent disorders. The night passed
quietly. The volunteers have fraternized with that part of
the Burgher Guard who had returned to their arms. The
posts are occupied in common ; there is no appearance uf
pillage. The people understand that their mission is wholly
political. They will make it agree with the respect due tc
persons and property. A citizen talking with his brother,
without thinking of mingling in the fray, was killed by a
ball. Two volunteers are missing. It is said that a how.
painter was killed on his ladder. There are ten or twelve
wounded—two or three severely.
Weil learn that the people have got possession of a great
quantity of muskets at the chateau of Charles V. Mr
Coppens, commander of our Burgher Guards, arrived this
morning from Brussels. His necessary absence from his
corps at so critical a moment is much regretted. Viscount
de Culleat is wounded in the arm: he has, however, visited.
the different quarters of the city, w ith M. Coppers.
Great advantages are expected from the co-operation of
these gentlemen. The cries of Viva /a Liberte ! are heard
in all parts of the city.

Speedy measures have been taken for guarding the
House of Correction, where there are now 1,500 prisoners.
It is important that volunteers should occupy that poet.
Negociations have been going on since yesterday with the
garrison of the citadel, which will soon surrender.

SPEECH OE HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE or
ORANGE TO THE BTH REGIMENT OP HUSSARS, COM-

POSED ALMOST ENTI BELT OF BELGIANS:-

" Officers, Sub-Officers, and Native Soldiers of Belgium
I—l have learned that the great question which is in agita-
tion, of the separation of Belgium from Holland, spreads
uneasiness in your ranks, and might lead you to commit
grave errors. I have, therefore, hastened to come among yotA
as be who assisted you in the fields of Quatre Bras and Wa-
terloo, to conquer your national independence with arms in
our hands. At present, my friends, on the question of sepa-
ration which is soon to be decided definitively, it is important
that the blood of Belgians should not again flow : my mis-
sion being a mission of peace, let my appeal, which is known
to you by my Proclamation of the sth of October, be an-
swered, and we shall restore calm, and trouble will cease.

" Defenders of the country ! remain faithful to your co-
lours, and wait with confidence the result of my efforts."

THE SPEECH OF TILE WING OF THE NETHERLANDS, ON

OPENINO THE SESSION OF THE STATES-GENERAL.

" Noble and mighty Lords,—The zeal which charac-
terised your deliberations during the last Extraordinary Ses-
sion of the States-General—the wisdom, the prudence, and
the patriotism of which you have given proofs upon this
occasion, have not been followed by a result which has ful-
filled my expectations. I bad reason to expect, particularly
after the perfect accord which was manifested between
the Sovereign and the Representatives of t►e nation.
that an immediate and constituted examination of the
desires which have been manifested, would have exer-
cised all the moral influence necessary to re-establish every-
' where, in the meantime, repose and tranquillity. My ex-
pectation has been deceived in a deplorable manner. Up to
that period, obedience to the laws, and the preservation of the
legal forms, were always the first considerations, and prin-
cipally favoured those desires and complaints. At a later
period, the impetuous passion of a blind and excited multi-
tude were not controlled by reflection—they lighted up a vio-
lent rebellion, and the efforts of the army of the State to
second the hopes of the well-intentioned were sufficient to
put down the revolts.

" Even before their arrival at Brussels, the military forces
destined for the protection of the inhabitants had been as-
sailed, although they had previously received a solemn as-
surance of indulgence and peace ; in that city they expe-
rienced the most murderous resistance.

" Since then, the armed opposition against the legal
Government has extended more and more in the southern
provinces ; and its progress has been so alarming and so
rapid that, for the defence of the faithful provinces of the
Netherlands, and the security of their commerce, I took
the necessary measures with respect to the sea and land
forces, declared movable a part of the communal guards,
prepared fora levy en masse, and called for a voluntary,
arming of the inhabitants of those countries.

" The enthusiasm with which this appea I was recei red
and the fresh marks of attachment to my house which I
received on that occasion, have afforded some mitigation to
the pain with which my heart is afflicted, by the idea that
a handful of rebels was able to detach such a favoured and
interesting population from a Government, under which they
had attained a degree of prosperity and riches before un-
known to it, and enjoying, as well in its public and prirste
rights, as in its political, civil, and religious liberties, the
largest share of protection.

" The expectation that the greater part of that popula-
tion would, after mature reflection, wish for a return of those
benefits, decided me to invest my beloved son, thel Prince of
Orange, with the temporary Government of those parts of
the Southern Provinces which remained faithful, and to oon
fide to him the care of procuring the re-establishment, as
far as possible, of legal order, by means of persuasion, in
the rebel Provinces.

" In this manner, by an administrative separation, I pre-
' pared, as much as depended on myself, the developement of
the opinion manifested by the States-Gleneral in their last
Extraordinary Session ; and by this means I was enabled to
devote my attention more exclusively to the Northern Pro-
vinces, and to employ their strength and resources solely for
their interests. At the same time, I gave to all my subjects,
and to the whole of Zurope, a proof that nothing had been
neglected to bring back the misguided to a sense of their duty.
" Fortified with the deep consciousness of having kept
the solemn oath which I took, respecting the fundamental
law, and of having unceasingly laboured to co-operate, as
fat as was in my power, in the promotion of the prosperity
of the people of the Netherlands, I wait with calmness for