Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-06-16
FOREIGN.


. elusive The Turks were in motion on their from
tier and acting upon the offensive. Itwould appear
too by an article from Constantinople that they were
about sending u fleet into the Black Sea. IF they
can obtain the uscondancy there, the Russiun left
flank viii be very much exposed, and the supplies of
provisions for their armies be greatly interrupted
In France some disturbances, arising from the high
price OF bread, anu the general stagnaton of trade,
mad occurred, though not OF serious character
The women appear to have been the leaders.
The discussions in the Chamber of Deputies man
i!rst great excitement. Tho ministry is oddly stua-
ted obtaining its support at time from one side
OF the House, ut another from the opposite one. III
ce Ldrnt hat, not yet arrived Paris to take charge
nj the foreign affairs. He will not add much force
Of talent to the Cabinet An amendment of Mr.
Dupin carried in the House against the minister's and
tending to render their responsibility real is consider
, cd by the liberal Journals great triumph On
Subsequent day, III de COMFY having charged Bcnia-
MN Constant with inviting, in 1915, foreign prince
10 rule France tn the exclusion of the Sorlus
NJ Constant pronounced the charge false, and invu-
kcd Gen. Lafayette to testify that it was false.-
Ihereupon this scene occurred; VIC translate from
the Gazette dc Fance:
Mr.. B. Constant-It has been said we demanded
foreign Prince. This assertion is falso and at
test name, which, Notwithstanding ali differences
W opinions, is respected in the two worlds invoke
that of General Lafayette, whom you ought believe
turning TO the right sdc,l since he defended the
throne On the 10Th August.
Foirr az, The rtsht-But he was asleep on the 9th
October.
,J'. % C'tStdat--t attest Gen. Lafayette, who
alter Goth juno, 1899, presented himself 1t the bar of
the Legislative Assembly, to defend tic rights of
Constitutional royalty. Since that period he has
hfaved every danger. lie plunged in the dun
ecois OF Omutz, for having defended that royalty
which It's pretended friends had compromitted and
exposed to SO many trightfu perils. I attest Gen.
Lafayette, | attest Cen Sebastian who were with
.h de Lqjayettc--I avail of the occasion, 30 give
formal contradiction to assertion, often repeated,
and which am glad to notice from this place No.
Gentlemen, never had | asked the intervention of
foreigners To determine the fate of ny counry and
should feel more deeply the accusation, if il did not
come from those whose ancient habits teach them
iUnk upon SUCH an offence ycnal. (lravos or the
Ich, and voices ' is Cob!etz that accuses the cap
tive Of Ouutz.")
NJ. de LG;ayc,te--As for myself car safely say
That after the unsuccessful efforts iof the revolutions
1t was for the first time, after the of Emperor
or even of Consul for life had been pronounced in
france, that felt called upon, when saw the for
cgrer about to invade my country, again to lend my
a'd TO protect and combat with my contryine and
20 repel foreign invasion. had no other motive
when was chosen a member Of the House of Repre-
Ssntatlves, and when afterwards selected, with
other honorable cumpatrets for the conferences at
Ifagenau. accepted that mission with regret; be-
Cause believed my resistance here would have been
more servlceabe than my intervention there. But !
acQuiesced in the viii OF my fellow citizens and form
cd one OF that embassy; but neither asked foreign
intervention foreign p-iuce-ani i'll truth |
should have been much puzzled which ofthem should
have been asked for [Laughter.] All my desire
that the French nation should have the time to give
,tsef Constitution, as thought it had the right o
DO. Such, gentlemen, was my conduct.
The conferences here referred to were those held
With the allied sovereigns, after the second expulsion
OF Napoleon, and previous TO the occupation of Paris
PARIS, May ..
Extract OF private letter Of the 22d nit. from
Llsbon>sIt appears from the last dispatches recci-
we'd from Don Pedro, that Don Miguel must descend
To the rank of Regent. Some of the Powers have
1lInnd
tic manner in which the Emperor has recommended
chem TO defend the legitimate rights of his daughter
has produced the effect which the Emperor expected
9he Apostolcal party in Spain, who have learned
this decision have forward to offer to Don Mi
suel their support 10 resist ALL EUROPE, if ne
cCssary. The UsuTper has also been informed that
u. dAcosta, Spanish Minister in Portugal, VIII
shortly arrive at Lisbon. This Envoy is instructed
TO announce 10 Don Miguel, that 20 OF reverse
he and his mother may reckon upon All asylum in
Spain. We have even some statesmen who enter
tain the hope that III The event of crisis PORTUGAL
may be united 10 Spain"
Tire Austrian Obscrg contains letter from Can
dja, dated Goth Feb which states that Admiral Nal
colin had announced 10 the VicerUy OF Erv9t that
the blockade by the French and English which had
so much favored the Instructions was raised and
That he might take what measures he thought ncccs-
sary, Tor the paccaton of the island; aud that il was
III consequence fths notification that the ycss els Ia
ien by the Russian squadron had been sent to Alex
AulrIa. The convoy consisted Of two ships or the
!Hc, Two lSates, Two sloOps OF war, and one brig.
Extract OF letter from the Frontiers of Poland,
dated April 23--"We learn from S.. PETERSBURG that
:her Imperial MajestieS will quit their residence On
the 18th May for Warsaw, where they will be crown
ed, and will remain weeks The Diet will be
opened AZ the same time by the Emperor. At Cr1n-
atadt gseat maritime armaDents are making and
there is some talk of new levy Of sea1nen."
The Sultan had not left Cohstantinope OH the 9th
Marcb, the date OF our latest accounts.
We learn from Vienna that Field Marshal Prince
Rfllip 0 1CSSC about to proceed % Warsaw TO
congratulate the Emperor Nicholas i'll the name OF
Che Emperor Of Austria, upon his arrival in that ca
pjta
letters ofthc 9Th nit. from Corfu, announce, that
the Greeks having made themselves masters Of the
castle that defends the Gulf Of Lcp1no on the side
Of Western Greece, the fortress Of Lepanto. which