Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08
EUROPEAN NEWS.
From the New-York American.

papers III days later than our last prev
ious dates. The intelligence brought by
this arrival is not of great deal Of mo
ment.
The Reform Bill "drags through" the
committee ofthe House of Commons with
exceeding slowness and it is feared that,
unless some means he devised for quick
ening its progress, it will scarccI cIy receive
! the royal assent on this side Christmas.
| The Morning Chronicle, Of the 2lst,
gives the following startling account of
its present situation:
"The English bill contains thirty seven
folio pages; and the committee is now Sit
ting CATER the lapse often days. on the
twelfth line of the first page" This is
an appalling statement, but it is not the
less true; and it is clear, that if the Min
isters intend not to disappoint the well
founded desires and expectations Of the
public, they must apply some effrctual
"persuader" to the dormant energies of
the committee. Mr.. Hobhouse recon-
mended, on Monday, that the House
should sit at ten o'clock in the morning,
as was done by the House of Peers, dur
J ing the time of the Queens trial; and,
Oh Wednesday, Lord Althorp intmated
his intention of moving, on the following
evening, that the Reform Bill should, in
future, take the precedence Of all other
business. We fear, however, that this
will hardly he sufficient, and that the
| proposition of Mr.. Hobhouse must, ulii-
ma,ely, be adopted. We believe it will
also be found necessary for the commit
tee, instead Of sitting only four days in
the week, as at present, to resume their
consideration of the bill euery day, Satur-
day not excepted.
| Prince Leopold has arrived in his new
Kingdom, and his reception has every
where been of the most gratifying and
enthusiastic description. The most inn
portant question in reference to Belgian
affairs, which yet remains unsettled, is
the decision to which the King Of Ilol-
land may come with respect to the re-
! Communications of the Conference.
| There is no news of importance from
France. The anniversary Of the taking
of the Bastile passed off smoothly,-a
circumstance which augurs well for the
peace Of the metropolis on the return of
the GLORIOUS days" which ere this have
! been celebrated. The Chambers were
to lie opened on the 23d. The result of
the elections is still supposed to he favor
able to Ministers, though this is stated
with less confidence than before. The
Kings Speech is eagerly looked for; but
it is generally feared that it will disap-
point the hopes of the people, as the Min
isters are believe to be unwilling either
to consent to the abolition Of,he heredta-
ry pcerage, or to adopt decided inter-
vention for Poland, if they find them
selves sufficiently strong to resist the
general cry for the accomplishment of
these objects.
H From Poland we have no news of i'm
portance.-The Sun gives a statement,
on the authority of the Courier, that ga
treaty had been formed between Great
Britain and France, whereby the two
Governments have bound themselves to
an intercession with Russia in favor Of
the Poles. The treaty." it is added,
"was concluded about month since"
RUSSIA AND POLAND.
The accounts from Warsaw states,
that the defence which that city can make
at present is ofso powerful a description,
that hey have not the least fear of its be-
ing taken by the Russians. 1t was cx
pected that General Toll, before the ar
rival of Paskewitsch, would have made
an attempt to take Warsaw; but his
means were not sufficient, although his
force amounted to 65, 900 men. The in
surrection in Lithuania extends more and
more.
The Russian Army in Poland is not
of that immense, overwhelming force as
to excite any very serious apprehensions
for the fate of that country.-The whole
amount to $4,000 infantry, 10000 caval-
! ry, and 332 pieces of cannon. OF this
I force there are with General Toll 30, 800
infantry, and 1900 cavalry.
| Prince Czartorski has published two
proclamations, as President of the Ma
/ tional Government of Holland; they ap-
pear in the WARSAW Gazctte, of the 4th
instant. The former calls on all the pco-
pie to join in the formation of the land
strum (local militia;) the latter calls on
the army to exert itself for glory and its
country, in the struggles that await it,
and which are expected to be decisive.
The Emperor continues to illuminate
his Ukases against those districts Of an
cient Poland which have risen. Podolia,
Volhynia, Grodno, wilma, and Bialystock,
arc all declared in a state of war. In
volhynia rllc insurrectionary spirit is said