Star.
London, England, 1830-09-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS.

CilltoNtct.E.--As great doubts have lately been excited with respect
the intentions of Russia, we may state that we have reason to be.
;;eve that one of its leading Statesmen has expressed himself hostile to
tiosia interfering against France. We have been informed, on what we
%insider good authority, that Count Nesselrode, the Russian
Minister for Foreign Affairs, was in Germany, on account of his
;icalth—Prince Lieven holding his periefeuille in his absence—
..chen the Revolution in Paris was consummated. Our informant
:von stated that he was at Carlsbad when the news of that event reached
hint, and that he bad immediately an interview with Prince Met.
ternich. The result of that interview was this :--They both agreed
that the wisest course for their respective Governments to pursue would
be to leave the French unmolested,unless they should seek tolrevolutionixe
other countries. If they did, that measures were to be taken to check
them. If they did not, the Continental Powers were to be advised to
remain passive. The result of this deliberation, we were informed,
was communicated to the King of Prussia, who approved of it, and
to the Emperor of Austria, who gave it his sanction. We are inclined,
therefore, to suppose that the orders sent by the Russian Govern-
tnent to its Ambassador at Paris were sent betore Count Nesselrode's
opinion and the opinion of the Courts of Germany had reached it ; and
we presume that those orders will be recalled, or modified, when the re-
volution of the other European powers, particularly of England, is
known at St. Peter:thumb, and when it is seen that the continued
quietness of France affords no other power a pretext for treating her in
any but the most friendly manner. We have also reason to be-
lieve that the determination of the British Government to acknowledge
Louis Philippe was not formed till it ;received by a courier (on this day
fortnight, we believe) intelligence that such as we have stated them were
the opinions of Prince Aletternich and Count Nesselrode.

Tr uns.—.ln our paper of yesterday,we gave it as our own opinion,and
as that of persons the best informed on those points, that the Emperor
of Russia will revoke the order, if such order had been given, for the
recall of his Ambassador, and the departure of the Russian subjects
from Paris, as soon as he was made acquainted with the actual state of
affairs and the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in France.
We to-day are enabled to speak more distinctly on this subject. True it
is that the Emperor of Russia, on his first alarm and indefinite informa-
tion respecting the French revolution, did, as a precaution, order his
ports to be shut against the tricoloured flag, and further commanded the
return of his Russian subjects to their native country, adding that
Frenchmen could not be allowed to visit the Imperial dominions. His
Majesty, however, did not go the length of recalling his Ambassador.
It cannot be denied that these orders indicated, at the time of their
being issued, both alarm and dislike of the proceedings at Paris ; but al-
tered circumstances will doubtless alter his views : at all events, we can
state with perfect belief that the Emperor Nicholas will immediately re-
cognize the existing Government of Louis Philip, King of the French.
Austria has already recognised the new order of things in France : her
recognition proceeds to Paris via Berlin, and will be accompanied by
that of Prussia. This conjoint mode of proceeding is far from unim-
portant, as, besides the additional guarantee for the preservation of the
general tranquillity of Europe held out by this solemn act of two great
continental Powers, it marks a cordiality of intercourse and harmony of
purpose in two States, which, from contiguity and various other local
reasons, might be supposed most likely to be affected by reciprocal
jealouski.

Ile stati.D.—.lt cannot be denied that the peace of Europe is, at the
present moment, In a state of extreme peril. The shock of the French
revolution pervades the continent from the shores of the Tagus to the
banks of the Volga, and kings and nations feel the tremblings of the
political earthquake, by which the throne of the Bourbon dynasty has
►:en subverted. Whether this fearful state of things is to end in a
general war, or new and pacific relations among the various people and
Governments of Europe, no political sagacity can yet discover. Much
will depend on the good genie or fatuity of those Govern.
=tuts themselves ; although, in a crisis of such great excite.
ment, and where the combustible materials of revolutions are so
thickly struwn, an accidental spark might kindle the flame of war in a
way which no human prudence could foresee or avert. Whatever may
be the issue of the great events which have so suddenly risen to ccnfound
the wisdom of man, and whose remoter consequences are known only to
that Supreme Intelligence which governs the destinies of the universe,
it must be the wish and hope of every person of well-eonstituted mind,
that the progress of revolution may be arrested by those timely reforms
which the spirit of the age demands. It is in vain to say that the
revolutionary movements which have appeared, and which are in
progress, are the work of a few incendiaries, who have conspired
together against civil order and legitimate authority, and excited the
people to desperate resistance to their rulers. If we search the history
of the world we will find that good Governments never produce revolts.
tions. There are, indeed, in all countries and under the best Govern-
ments to be found some turbulent and discontented spirits, who, asLord
Bacon expresses it, would " set their neighbour's house on flee to roast
their own eggs; but as it always is the interest of those classes who
constitute the strength and power of the State to prefer quiet to disturb-
ance, and order to insecurity, such spirts can never gain an ascendancy
over the public mind, unless there be something decidedly wrong in the
nature or administration of the Government which people are hopeless
of having redressed by peaceable means.

Meas.—Besides observations on the opposition to the use of ma-
chinery, now a subject of immediate interest with the Paris journals,
the contents of the papers of Sunday last are in other respects not
unimportant. There has been a renewal of the late disturbances at
Nismes ; and, though tranquillity is supposed to be restored, for
that is not certain, the affair is stated to have been of a very se.
rious nature. The ultra violence displayed in this quarter of France
is a natural consequence of the encouragement given to the bigot.
ed part of the population on the restoration of the Bourbons.
The priests then instigated to the slaughter of Protestants at
Nismes, as they now do to the destruction of printing-presses in
Paris, in both cases a war of barbarism against knowledge and civiliza-
tion. However, such manifestations of the hostile spirit of a feeble
and infatuated party as occur at Nismes cause little uneasiness to the
Government, which can safely rely on the general indignation of the
country and the activity of the local authorities for their suppression. At
filets ouid some other places, where troops are stationed, some regiments
have mutinied against officers known to be devoted to the expelled dynasty.
At first sight it excites surprise that any officers should be allowed
to retain commands in which their influence might be dangerous ;
but it seems the Government considers it impossible to supersede
them without violating the regulations of the military service. Perhaps,
too, the conviction that the present spirit of the soldiers removed any
immediate apprehension of risk from the disaffection of their comman-
ders may have had considerable weight in producing this forbearance.
Similar moderation is observed towards the refractory priests, who are
endeavouring to organize a Culla party in France. Many of these pious
preachers of discord refused to allow the Domains salaam fie twat
to be sung in their churches. Of this the Government takes
no notice, and to do otherwise would be unjust, as there
is now no national religion in France. But the people are
not so indifferent, and sometimes get the proscribed part of the
service chanted in spite of the priest. The Manifests of Sunday states
that the list of appointments to Embassies which has appeared in the
papers is not correct.. A passage which we have extracted from the
Constitutions's' gives strong indications of an approaching insurrection
in Spain. The National says that the reports in the Brussels papers,
of the Prince of Orange); entrance into that city, give a very
incorrect idea of his reception, and appends some notes to the
account, published by the Courrier des Pays Bas, which we inserted
in our paper of Monday last. The National asserts, that the erne-
tion the Prince is said to have evinced was that of fear ! "At the
sight of the barricades be turned pale as death !" It must be allowed,
however, that the circumstances were such as to agitate the strongest
nerves, and that the Prince never seems to have lost his presence of
mind. If he was afraid, his fear was not of that abject kind which
lismtalifies from action. As to the cries of " Vive le Prince !" the
,ommentator says, " There were indeed ,ome such cries, but they were
drowned by hisses, and very offensive language was addressed to the
Prince, relative to the robbery of the Princess's jewels."

NVe have received Cape of Good Hope Papers to the 26th
of June. They contain no intelligence worth extracting. The inhabi-
tants had been greatly alarmed by apiece of the Table Mountain, about
fifty tons, having become detached, and had fallen from a great altitude
with a noise louder than thunder. The weather had been stormy at the
Cape.
Tit E EAS'r INDIA COMPANY'S CII A ATER.—WO believe
we can mate, on tolerably good authority, that, when the renewal of the
East India Charter comes under discussion, both the Company and his
Majesty's Government are prepared to make some very important am-
essions to the desire so generally aid unequivocally expressed by the
mercantile body. There will be several modifications proposed by fili.
nnters themselves. For instance, the China, trade will be thrown
"pro, at least, as far as can be prudently done, with reference to
'he peculiar temper and regulations of the Chinese. The tea trade,
•herefore, will be liberated from those fetters which are said to bind
:t down in these islands so Injuriously for the public. With
r,,goid to British India, there will likewise be various modifications.
facilities will be given to commerce generally. The question of cob.
citation is a difficult one. British subjects cannot at present legally
told certain kinds of property ; nor can they settle and pursue trade of
manufacture without the permission of the Company, or the local au.
thonties, who have the power of instantaneous removal. These obstacles
?c, British commercial enterprise will not be altogether removed; but
they may be lessened in a considerable degree. In a word, the ruling
Powers, and the powers in possession ,of the monopoly, alike perceive
that the time is come for change; and those changes will neither be
l
to certain nor less beneficial for being made gradually and prudently.
—Lodi Intelligenoer.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

DUTCH PAPERS BY EXPRESS.

From the Eztraordinary Hague Gazette of Saturday, Supt. 4.

HAGUE, SETT. 4.
This morning, at half-past nine o'clock, his Royal Highness the
Prince of Orange arrived here, and alighted at his Palace. As soon as
he was seen riding into the town a great multitude flocked together, and
expressed their joy at his return by loud acclsmations. On aliAhting
from the carriage his Royal Highness shook bands with great emotion
with many persons, and exclaimed, You are brave citizens."
A few momer.ts afterwards his Majesty the King, who had been
informed of the approaching arrival of the Crown Prince, by Adjutant
Omphal, who arrived here this morning at eight o'clock, on which
his Majesty went to the Hotel of the Prince of Orange, who returned to
his Palace. Scarcely had the assembled crowd, chiefly consisting of
persons of respectability, got sight of the King, when a general buns
arose from all sides, and all those who were present threw their hats
into the air. Every body was affected ; the King himself watt visibly
moved. The Prince of Orange going some time afterwards to the
King's Palace, was received with equally warm expressions of loyaly
by the multitude, consisting chiefly of well-dirssed persons, and was
literally borne along by them.
His Royal Highness appears to have left Brussels satisfied with the
result of his efforts. The people declared that they desired to have
every thing done according to the fundamental law, and solemnly pro-
tested that they desired no other dynasty than that which governs the
kingdom; on condition, however, as it is said, that the two parts of the
kingdom shall have distinct administrations under the same head. The
orange cockade is to be immediately worn, and the orange flag hoisted
on the towers. Shortly after the arrival of his Royal Highness in this
town a Cabinet Council was called, which is now sitting.
We hear that his Majesty, on the repeated and urgent request of
M. C. T. Van Maanen, who, during a period of thirty-live years, has
served the country in various high offices with so much zeal and fidelity,
yesterday gave him an honourable discharge from the office of Minister
of Justice, expressing his gratitude for his long and faithful services to
the country.

(From the Extraordinary Amsterdam Courant, Sept. 4.)
The Burgomaster and Magistrates inform their fellow.citizens that
the senate of this city unanimously resolved, on the Ist of September,
to send &solemn deputation, in these difficult and critical times, to his
Majesty our beloved and revered King, to express to him the senti-
ments of sincere fidelity and attachment of the Magistrates and nume-
rous population of this city to the government and person of his Ma-
jesty, requesting him to take such measures as may serve to restore the
tranquillity of our dear country, to consolidate more and more his Ma-
jesty's Government, and to maintain the fundamental laws.
This deputation being admitted to an audience of his Majesty yes-
terday, was not only received in the most gracious manner, but received
from him the assurance, that he received with satisfaction the expressions
of attachment of his good City of Amsterdam ; that he requested the
deputation to testify his pleasure at the good spirit of all climes of the
inhabitants; and that he desired no better proof of attachment, than
the continuance of that quietness which can alone enable him to consider
of such measures, and to propose them to the States General, the legal
representatives of the country, as may tend to restore tranquillity and
the maintenance of the fundamental law, avoiding every thing that may
give occasion, even with the best intentions, to any interruption of tran-
quillity.
The Burgomaster and Magistrates are happy to make this known to
their fellow-citisens, and confidently expect that all the inhabitants,
as they have done for some days past, will be eager to fulfil the wish
of our beloved King, by continuing to avoid every thing that may op.
pose this wish, and in particular to be on their guard against all cla-
mour, unusual assemblages of people, and of those who seek their own
advantage, to the prejudice of the worthy inhabitants, and the inter-
ruption of tranquillity.
Burgomaster and Magistrate, F. VAN DE POLL.
By command, H. J. BACKER.

AMSTERDAM, SEPT. B.—Actual Debt, 2i per cent. 54 to bbi—
Deferred Debt, li to li—Bonds of Hope and Co. 5 per cent. 100Ik
to 10Ij.
Exemstroz ow Lox Dow.-12 07 5-10 to 12 10. Two Month,,
12 02 5-10 to 12 05.
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