Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-06-25
From thc Coupercial .41certtses. Of Monday.
LATEST FROM FRANCE

LATEST FROM FRANCE.
The packet ship Edward QGesne has brought us
orr regular files of Paris pap,rs to the Cd May incu
sive, and Havre to the Sd. Their contents have Of
course been anticipated by the arrivals from Liver
pool There are few items Which may be worth
mentioning.
private letter from Lisbon, dated April 18th,
mentions that our eccentric Charge o'Aflaire., Mr..
Brent, has left the Court of Dom Miguel our Consul
having lett before, To represent his government tho
undignlhcd Conduct of the Charge. This rests
thrr accounts on which depend. We shall
ieaVe the glory OF recognizing Miguel to wise cab
met until there is evidence that they we're deluded
by Mr. Brent If the latter be the fact, it will
De much to their credit that they made such i'm
portaut diplomatic bunder at the suggestion of So
weak an instrument.
Phe same letter mentions ruruour from Rio ia
nero that the Charter given to Portugal by Dom Pc
dro VIII be Suspended during the minority of Maria
de Glora and that this ession has been obtained
by the French Government. We equally incred-
uous to this point
letter dated at Madrid ead of April saws, that
| the King Is much better. though his hand much
swollen. II Is said that he had determined to make
his viii; and one OF his determinations that fthe
Queen should die, leaving child, the Prince Fran
cisco dc Paula should have the regency Of the king
dom, until the heir should arrive majority. The
ambassadors had all gone to Araruez, the of
| his i'll health.
The Constitutional says that III de Pol;rnac il J.
iraid of the measure Of dissolving the Chambers the
advices he received from the Projects having shaken
his courage, and despatches from Engana relative TO
the Kings health having added to his alarm
rhe French Academy have elected NJ. Pogeryille
| author Of translation of Lucre.iu to supply the
place of the celebrated Laly rollendal deceased. ri
r"gervii,e had ls rotes; his competitor NJ Ancelot
49, ~
'ehe stntemrnts IN relation to the saipo Of IN, ex
petition gains Ayers so late as those receig
ed through the last English pa ners
me Constitutional of May ed. speaking of the ex-
feetea dissolution ef The king of Eng:asd, says:-
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tout results of which woad be difficult to antici-
,1te the extent andinpor,ance. Withou. predicting
bow long the reign Of the duke of Clurence will last
~ may be set DOWNS possihI AT least if not nrohs
bic that there will b, necessity of ESTABLISHING ~.
gency IN England; for how long a period a mower
greater than klngs an only know The DAYS of re.
gencles ar snDeiimss banau to empires. often too
they are favorable to the liberties of the people At
all events The minority of Sovereign would concen
trote the policy of England a certain point; and the
influence of that formidable power in he general ar
hrs OF ETrop" and TIE world would be lesseaed in
i weight And certainly France could not but re a
galner"" BY the fat of new reign commenc,na.
the British Pariamelt is dissolved. New elections
Would take place IN ak months. Phe new house of
commons wonld und"lbtedly have the feeling, &
support 'ne same measures its predecessors The
EngSh arIstocracy is too powerful BY its ancestral
dignity, Its riches, and the high enploymens which
exclusively devolve upon it, to lose the hereditary
powrr possesses IN consequence Of dissolution of
farhaHocnt an: the trrnation of a new one Jealous
OF It's rights oil the ssident members who
W'ui" make common cause in defending them if
lucy were h'enaced The chief illustrous fam
ny, WIG sis 10 the House of Lords, and who had al
why's oeeh prominent IN the front rank among the
cnanPons OF the popular interest, lately wrote to one
% AIS i'iSaas--! Wish to leave avioIate to NV cIl
eren that portion of sovereignty which, received
from my ancestors
One man clone, whose loss hume nitv vet d.ciors.
p nave happily nedaed the perGdlous policy Of
.Le va o;oet OF 81 James, which is dead weight on
.s "Roie worid. CANNiSe is dead. With him, ha
IA in he
toe epoch Of Parliamentary reform, yet probably.
distant, vainy invoked By the most liberal mart Of the
Dfl.lsh nation. yin then, must look to see the
policy of Pitt, Castlereagh and WeIlinuton continued
in England This policy of by-sone times has nre
vailed over that which belongs to the presept-tbot
OF FOX OF Sheridan, Of Canning. men of their own
age who ienged for The civil and religious liberty Of
the people, and whose generous thoughts if acted
on, you'd have delayed the period of those cstastro
phes sooner or later reserved for the mgh,iest earth
~ powers.
But, without change of the system, the public
fdnctioners may be changed Here we NAV remam
Der, that Lord Wellington has been cons, aDJv onno
sed to the Duke Of Clarence. When tha, Prince y os
Lord High Admiral, it by ,he intrigues ma
noeuVres and hostile counsels of Lord WELLINGTON
that he gas displaced. Neither is it forgotten that
was POSTSCRIPT written by the Duke of Clarence ms
nigh Admiral at the foot ola despatch Addressed to
SIR Edward Codrington. which powerfully Influenced
the DEF ermnatIoD of the Admiral TO let the glorious
battle of Navarino take place. Il is well known .a,
sdmiral CodrlEgton IS the ancient and con6den,a
friend of the Duke of Clarence--and ADMIRAL Cod
ringion has been displaced by the Duke of Well;rf
ton AS'
unles the future King Grea, Britain lie &c, more co..
erous than the Duke OF Orleans when he succeeded CHARLES
VII there not some reason to that Will be sos
change 40 the Cabinet when the arrives for I'm. Dn
OF Clarence to reign over England Such change would
~ maze an echo IN FraDce-the ipnaces and mutual GUAR
would dssolved-the relations be,wss ,hs 'a
Sah'ns, having no longer the for movers n,s,
likewise necessarily change AT all events when such ne
sonages are III question: possible that men can h. c,nred
and things not be changed tooi" e'
we nave very hastily translated the foregoing passages and
peg pardon OF the eloquent for Il ns
nave murdered his style of which felony we plead suv
mere IS much IN ms mailer which should like to com
nent, did time and circumstance allow.l ~ win
We find in the Constitutional the 3D. letter firm, x,
Potter one of the Editors lately imprisoned in Belgium yr,is
from the jail Des Pets ares which he pleasantly cas H.
donic requesting the publication several letters which had
been suppressed at his trial and which he rot publish IN
me Netherlands They appear in the al nch
cnegnanis Messenger of the Is that the cdto f
the Gazette Constitutional drs Ces ct de Enseeerlent hs,
been summoned appear the 9Th before the b,u. 81
Correctional Police the following chares:-I For nm