The Arkansas advocate., 1831-04-13


 are, therefore. the only serious and posi- tive object. ii ilis is so true tiis,i ti1s. ia. bors of Marshal Soult have escaped ev. |ery party discussion, being considered as a thing of incontestihle importance. and ! the only object tending to a useful and certain result. 1t no time hasit been in the power of any Governmentto stop the progress of events. The necessary work will always be done by some one, and in spite of every intrigue. Thus have our foreign relations been carried on in direct opposition with events. and France is indignant at if, but the real direction was followed by the Minister of War, who has taken the only clear. easy, and patriotic course. It would have been desirable that the general conduct of Government, instead of be- ing a sort of protest against the warlike tendency of events, should have been with more reference to that great neees- sity. Many differences of opinion that now exist. and are unruiy and Inconven- tent, would not have burst forth. and those who cry sWar to the eounter.rev- olution! War to the stiaing principle of 1874 ? would have united against the foreign and internal enemies, the men who brought about the revolution of Ju- ly.'
 Paa1s, Jan. 2I.-The return of the troops of the army of Africa. bepins to be carried into execution, and our four regiments will remain in the Colony.
 Bayonne, Jan. I3.-The military ar- maments at Bayonne continue. There Els company of artillery in the citadel every body here is persuaded that we shall have war in the Spring.
 ssSuatzerland.--Bosle. Jan. l5.-The last sortie of our troops was crowned with complete success. They gained possession of the village of Aleehwyl ard brought the peasantryto submission, who. beaten, and dispersed, were return ing to their homes.
 Paris, Jon. 22.-The city of Basic has conquered and disarmed it's peasant "; all the villages will make their sub mission.
 Be1gt1tns and Holland.-Lonaon, Jas. 24.-Private accounts by the Dutch Mali, describe tiae Dutch Army to beiD a state of most efficient preparation.- One letter says, our army is now 60,000 strong, consisting principally of strong healthy men, between25 and 35. The general eralenthusiasmeontinuestoincrease The total amount of donations to the Treasury is nearly 100000 gulders. |Of the contributors, four gentlemen of Amsterdam msubseribed 240.000 guilders and offered it in person to the King.
 Eiehstadt, Jon. l4.-The night before last her Royal Highness the Duchess of Leuchtemberg received courier from Brussels, and immediately sent off an estafette with despatches for herson, the Duke Auguste, who was then al Anspach. He arrived himself the next dasFF,;sst day, d , ? o'clock, and 1t was generally reported through the town that he had been proclaimed King of the Nether- lands. The information obtained to- day from the Palace states that the cou- rier merely came to know would the Duke accept the Grown if it were offer ed to him by the majority of the Con- gross? The young Prince is said to have replied that he was much affected by a proposition so honorable to him; that he had neither sought nor expected it; but if the Belgians were unanimous in ten dering him the Crown, he would accept it with the consent of his mother. The Duke of Leuchtemberg is to return on Saturday to join his regiment at An spach.
 London, Jan. 25.-The commercial letters received from Rotterdam state that, though the King has consented to tho breaking a eoi eof the the blockade ef the Scheidt, he has done so with very bad grace, and that he is about to publish a protest against the right of the Five Powers to interfere. tis added that his Majesty has voluntarily reduced the amount of his salary from f200,000 a year to f90, ,000. Accounts, however, have been received at Llovd's, stating that the Scheldt was not open on the aist inst.
 Poland.-Among the many signs of public enthusiasm for rlberty in Warsaw, we notice one which is of a very gratify- ing character. The Jews had not only contributed with great Iiberality to the fund raised by the patriots, but they have sf a rfad :, stan uzS nannr in 4hn Inmicl, Ian