The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

FRANCE

FORTIFICATION OF P....p.m—The commission appointed
by the French government to report on the plan of fortifying
Paris has handed in the result of their labours, the follow-
- h are the particulars:—

ing of
" 1. That a (

..nelated wall shall be built to surround the
f the exterior suburbs of Paris. with ditches
considered necessary : that the direction of
.is which command the
favourante line for its defence, with
orm of the ground : that the wall is to be
co prevent its being scaled, and thick enough to
any but heavy battering artillery : that on every
.c, on which the nature of the ground may render it
ary, bastions shall be erected to hold artillery, to flank
ii, and to cover with their fire the approaches to it, and
iten as 'much 'as possible' the gorge of the exterior
which_will form the first line of defence.

shall embrace all the heig

.e shall be constructed in advance of and
(sure, particularly of the right bank of the
!its most favourable for its defence, works
fining a seise. Their object will be to keep
breaching batteries of the enemy, to pro-
f positions which may be occupied by the
to be brought together for the defence of
se in a great portion of the material of the

olutions which have been adopted
t, founded on the above report
! raised a bastionned wall, terraced and faced
rty feet in height, with glacis and contre-

K are the r

Exterior works casemated, close at the gorge, regularly
ructed with contrescarp in masonry and covered way. .

. .
Denis shall be fortified ; Charenton shall have per-
works constructed for the purpose of insuring the

ssion of the two rivers

corks shall commence by the exterior forts of No.
Noisy, Romainville, Mount Valerin. Ivy, St.
1 the construction of the other works will continue

t. camp. of 30,060 men will be distributed in different
ins, according, as the works require it."
.e Paris papers of Monday have been received. The tone

of these journals is, generally speaking, hostile. The Con.vii-
tutionnel in particular was deemed so decidedly warlike, that
the speculators in the funds c'tught from it new grounds for
alarm. A considerable further decline of prices was the con-
sequence, but towards the close of the market a considerable
reaction took place, the 3 per Cents. rising to 691. 90c., and
the 5 per Cents. to 101 f. 50c. " Several defaulters were de-
clared" (execul es), says a private correspondent, "and, to
move a la►

assertion in one of my letters, that journalists
are bad guides for gamblers in the funds, among them were
some of mycontemporaries of the French press."

The article in the Constitution:lel above referred to was to
the effect that the French Government would not have called
to make so many sacrifices, nor have incur-
rise, if there were not grounds for appre-
This reasoning," observes a correspondent,
and yet we may entertain hopes that peace
led. I have again to-day seen some of the
best informed persons in France, who repeat their be-
' war will take place, although the final adjustment
tions at issue may not be at hand." This, with
French Government is in earnest in its pre-
rst., is all that we can glean from the pa-

upon the coun

*e us on this important subject.
urrier de Lyons states that Rear-Admiral Lalande
d through that city, on his way back to Toulon,
was going to take the command of the squadron of

e Courrier du Bar Rhin (Strasburg paper) states that
ral Buchet, commanding the fifth military division, has

I orders to place all the fortresses under his command
war establishment. The general is at Belfort, on a

tour of inspection

'he Colirrier de la Moselle states that 300 additional la-
sers had been engaged to work at the fortifications of

Impartial de la Metirthe mentions that Verdun,
Longivy, and Thionville were being strongly
. that the opinion prevailed along that frontier
vas imminent.

la Somme states that the National Guard

Atomic) was about being organized at Amiens. •
The Capitate publishes a letter, dated Toulon, the 9th inst.,
which states that the squadron of reserve which returned
Tunis under Admiral Ruaamel is not intended for the
-c one of the line of battle ships is about to convey
-;ers, and another is about to take an ambassa-
The same letter adds that the Castor steam-
'th despatches for the French Ambassador
it Constantinople, M. de Pontois, and instructions to him,
that in case of the allied powers landing an army in Syria,
he should demand his passports and return to France.
According to the Palliate des Alper, Grenoble was to be
immediately placed in a respectable state of defence. All
the Spanish refugees in the depot were to be employed in
the works.

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Colonel Vaudrey, Who was implicated in the Bonapartist
conspiracy, constituted himself a prisoner on Saturday.
After undergoing an interrogatory, he was allowed to remain
at liberty on parole. The report of the committee of the
Court of Peers was to be ready yesterday. It would recom-
mend that eighteen only of the persons in custody be brought
to trial.

The Commerce of Monday states that a letter from Bologna
dated the 7th of September, has been received, containing
the following :--" The intelligence from the east tends to
keep the mind of the public in a state of continual agitation,
and in Romagna the same fermentation exists as was mani-
fested in 1830. War is considered imminent, inasmuch as a
report is current that commercial letters from Ancona com-
municate the news of a collision in the waters of the Levant
between the French and English squadrons. Our Legate,
Cardinal Macchi, is about to leave for Rome, in order to
confer with the Secretary of State on the measures necessary
to be e,,dopted in case of disorders, or in the event of the Aus-
trians, by whom the fortress of Ferrara is occupied, advanc-

The Frankfort Journal announces, under date Copenhagen,
sth instant, that a Russian fleet of 20 sail had been met
aising between Bornholm and Gothland.

SPAIN. •
The Paris papers of Sunday contain the following tele-
graphic despatch from Spain : _

" Perpignan, Sept. 12.
" Barcelona, Sept. 9.
CONSUL OF FRANCE. TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE

COUNCIL

tern has published a manifesto, making known the
which he exacts for his obedience to the orders of
meta son obeissatiee aux ordres de hi

He demands from her the revoilation of the municipal
the dissolution of the Cortes, and thl dismissal of the
sters. The municipalities of Tarragona, Reus, and
is,del Mar, have joined the insurrection. All is quiet

e civil war is formally declared, Espartero and the
t one side, and O'Donnell, the Queen, and the

flste. wiliert at the other. The question to resolve is which
If these two parties is the stronger, and that we answer by
saying which has the most money, for he who can bribe most
'reely is sure to win in Spain. Espartero having a larger
tra' at his comma:A than O'llonnel, and the municipality
with him. can levy contributions at his good will and plea-
aire ; and therefore we believe the strength is with him. He
s on the fair road of bring dictator of Spain, and if the Re-
;ent escapes from Valencia, as we have no doubt in secret
the wishes to do, Espartero will not remain long without
)eing called to that position.

urnals and letters of the 7th instant have ar-

1g to the precautionary measures adopted
e;nained tranquil. Three battalions were

t was every day gaining ground in the pro-
)elieved to have extended itself to the whole
and Extremadura. The provinces of
,o4rono had ,ent in their adhesion to the

of Andalusia, (

°visional government. Tne reply of the Queen was not
t known. It was said that, on hearing of the Madrid
..rely observed " Quedo enterada" (I know
its, which, however, require confirmation,
Lje,,ty immediately sent for General Espar-

)ri, she
Other r

tern and M. On'

rid Gazelle of the 7th inst. publishes some
sent situation of affairs. It says that
;now, and ought never to forget, that
)lic which certain parties affect to ap-
k,e in Spain. It is a crime against the
use of the Spanish people to accuse
rget their proverbial fidelity to their
plan of a republic is not new, it was
ted Audenot, and is not forgotten by
tat e•candalous intrigue. The age of
f!• Majesty would but regard the per-
in the capital—although deprived of
so contrary to democratic violence—
pond to the wishes of freemen ex-
anner by the provisional junta ; she
agitation which pervades men's
cause irreparable injury. The cause
I gain more by such a course than even
Tn modern society the people possess the
• the obstacles thst are opposed to its
are seriously endangered when they
the spirit of the age."
Gazelle de 3fadrid states, that amongst the persons
•hlic oti:!:.?; who have refused to serve under the
vovecoment at Madrid, appear the names of
-, de Castro, Dc Baza, Pacbeco, and

cod to tt.

but thro

I of til

the Bourgc wai very animated on the 7th
were done at 261 for cash, and 261 at 6C