Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-04-06
FROM FRANCE.

the u. States. - ''e DAM OF
FROM FRANCE
From Me .Neto York .ap,erisla of JVednesd1y
Ivy the Francis L., from Havre, we have our Paris
mes to the goth uit, and from Hayrc ofthat dates but
they are not lnlerestng;--nor, until the meeting of
the chamber OF Deputies, which was to be on I'd
March, can we expect much. The expedition to Al
giers seems determined upon: and, to Judge from the
preparations Is TO rely tor lis success Inainv nm n
lhna attack. letter from Toulon, of 10th Febru-
ary' mas this statement:-'rwo Captains of frnates
sailed yesterday in the schr. La F1eehe for Iephorn
III order there, at Genoa, and Naples to charter mer
chant vessels as transports. The number required
Tor the expedition, is estimated at Gonr bnndreJ
which, with eight ships of the line and szieen ~;
gates, will constitute imposing fleet The sbns
OF war are to be principally armed en- flute in order
the more conveniently to transport the personnel and
nlate''et of the troops An extraordinary lew of
eighteen hundred sailors has been ordered in the 18th
maritime district.
The Havre Journal of the 18th, in specializing up
ON le erect upon foreigT nations of the blockade of
Algers, has these rema Jis:-seWe must exnect If
we undertake to block1he Algiers closely. that the
Americans, who are traffickers beyond eyery thing
eise will seek TO enter that pert whenever there shall
De such scarcity as will enable them to sell their
cargoes dear Then will recur those questions. still
SO unsettled, of 6lockades Of fact and blockades Of
right, Of effective btocades, and 6ioekades onfv nof;
JED During the intervals American line of battle
smps wiii appear on the scene; and board ships of
war OF different nations, opinions always armed
ihe English too, who in losing their ancient prepon-
derance, still pursue their policy, and feel constant
jealousy OF advances, will not fail seek some
cause OF quibbng (chicane) with us."-Hence the
writer infers the necessity of large naval force to be
employed by France in this attack Admiral Dn
perre, name which inspires much confidence IN the
french navy Is to have the command The
What should be done with Algiers when aiken makes
this answer:-''When we shall have taken Algiers
an event yet doubtful We'll blow it sky high to be
sure We will break it, rs one would pistol IL
the hands of an assassin high way robber.''
we Ike thus tone, we confess; and hope TINT r.
France, will belong the honor of breaking un tb.
horde OF robbers that for centuries, has nsuted tss
flags OF all the civilized nations of the world and laid
their governments under trhute! England could have
done 1t, but had reasons for her abstinence more cred
liable to sell interest than her glory France is in
..ea' DON ~ Honos and interest to purge the Icd
ltefranean and its shores of these banauli
~ great bali was given the Opera in Paris or
the 10th OF February, for the benefit of kho ooor
The expenses were paid by the King; and the re-
thousand dollars.
Paris, FEB. g EXTRACT of private letter Of the
9Th inst from Madrid:-"The Presidency of the
council OF CASTLE being vacant, II. Calomarde wish
the Ministry, in which for three wears he has sus
tanned struggle that during the last few months has
turned to his disadvantage. The moderate party of
the Ministry therefore apparently on the eve of
d eisve victory. Yhe Apostocals have los, one Of
! their firmest supporters in the person of H. O'Don
nell, Capt: General Of Old Castillo, who died yester
day morning
] IouIon, FEB. Eve can affirm that on tho nth
orders were received here to commence preparations
for the expedition to Algiers.
| According to advces from Warsuw, the Turkish
Ambassador, iIaid Pacha, has arrived at ST. Peters
| burgh, where he was well received.
| Accounts from Lisbon to the 3D. state that q
French gentleman, attached to the Consulate Gene
raj of Frae in that city, has Just been arrested ON
the charge of being the political correspondent OF
several lbe al papers in France and England The
4 Iir. M. or.
! liberation.
letter from Navarino, of the 18th of January, an
nounces that is British mon of war lately moored in
the Gulf OF Lepanto, opposite to Patras it is supposed
the President of Greece
A letter dated Banks of tile Neva Jan 90. pub1izb
! ed in the Hamburg Correspondents says that the
Russian government insist on the principle that no al
teration shall be made in the government Of Greece
but that the affairs of that country shall continue TO
be administered by 'the disnterested and bbaDtbro-
pic President" Tie choice of the sovereign it con-
tcuds, should be left to the nation. The Sultan Also
said to have expressed hmsefto the same purport
These and many other European questions, if is con
lectured will lie discussed at general congress- to be
held next spring at Berlin.
The late proceedings against the press have
occasioned no small excitement in the kingdom Of the
! Netherlands The Currier des Paws Pas of the Cd
Feb. contained letter from M. de Potter then In the
Prison des Petts CarneS, account of some offence
by means OF the press In this letter he approves of
the national subscription for ndemnifyng those who
had been deprived o. their posts pensions
count ofheir resistance to the government. The Ne
therlands government chose to regard this direct
instgatlon to conspiracy against the government and
prosecuted III dc Potter aud Messrs. Coche, Nom
meus and lie Vunderstracken, Editors OF the Courier
and of LIE Beige. They were confined in separate
dungeons, and allowed no communication with each
other or their friends. The Office of lie Cathoque
another journal, searched on suspicion ofthe eA
tor being an accomplish of M. de Potter and he was
summoned before a magistrate for examinations Mr.
Ieiemans, advocate Of the Supreme Court Of Justce
at Brussels has been imprisoned and treated with the
same rigor for holding a correspondencc with N. de