Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-03-30
Bosrox, MARcH 20, 1851.
LATEST FROM FRANCE.

ed on the 9th of February lhe latest faris pa
ners brought by this arrival are IT, the oth, ou! we
have seen those of later date from HaVre' winch,
however, contain no accounts oi any i'hP'f,ah'
occurrences. except the nom'naflon. oy 'ne PEI
oian Congress. of the second son OF LOUIS run
ip,;e. TO the throne G! Belgium In cohmecuo"
with this event, the specG!at.ons III lhe ,o'!"~''s
letter will be read with some Interest Is ',o"i
an intelligent merchant i'll Paris. 10 tr,ei," u
the editor of the Courier, under date Oh reo' D.
..The question Of war or peace has Dtsn me
one of the most lively interest III iafis, iof '"e
last ten days, and it now appears 10 nP hear is
termination, as the choice OF the DuSe he Ne
mours Second son of Louis Philippe by the Bel
gan Congress as their sovereign "h'ch t'"S
place on the Sd inst will bring affair 20 CRISIS
General Lafayette told me dis week that mere
was danger of opposition from England el,hct''
the union of Belgium with France. or u Tiicins
French prince upon the throne; not iro'" .'e
present ministry. bat from the arlstrocracy wlti
Wellington at their head. who might cause the
fall of the present cabne! by their clamor against
Lord Grey and his associates. should they permit
the extension of the French power; IN which event
Wellington would again take the HEINZ ana war
| was very likely to cnsuc. Nothing snort OF lear
of connections at home would prevent the powers
making crusade against France-or rather 1t
would be aimed at free governments. B"t INC
moment Austria removes Ii" hordcs OF troops
single post from Lombaidy. ,he whole North OF
Italy would rise and shake of The. Austrian pow
or. The aulucrat would have Other sections than
Poland to Qucl by force. And Prussia, though
least liable to connections, as her king Is rea-
sonablc man, would in her turn heaye with the
swelling tide. and all the Germanlc powers be
obliged to accede to The popular voice. anu grant
their subjects free constitutions. Very many
persons, [ fnd, are decidedly of opinion that war
must ensue from the present state OF things, throw
| inc the Belgian question out of sight; but do
not agree with them IL that point is once set
tied, l think all the powers will have enough to
do at home without troubling themselves with
their neghbors affairs; at present the question ap-
pears to rest upon poise, and the weight OF
straw, almost, would create prePoEderance Tor
or against war. i.
If The French government accepts the offer of
the Belgian throne for French prince, ! think
there are nine chances out Of ten that general
war ensues; but hope not, though believe
majority of the French nation would be In favor
of supporting the nomination., even at such an ex-
pense."
\ postscript to this letter says-lt is said the
king and Council have positively refused to ac-
cept the Belgian nomination.
We have seen another letter. of the 7th, which
states that the king had not decided whether to
accede to the election of his son to the throne Of
Belgium, but was supposed to be waiting tor des-
patches from England
The Duke de Nemours has been elected King
of Belgium by ma jority .! one vote. The
Election took place at session of the National
~ IL 81 E,kr m tll1 frat i,,lln
the whole number OF votes was i9l-Of which
the Duke de Nemours had s9-the Duke de
Leuchtembcrs 67-and the Archduke Charles OF
Austria So. Neither having obtained the requi-
site majority, the Congress proceeded to second
ballot, when, it appearing that the whole number
of votes was 192, and that the Duke de NemOurs
had 81, the President proclaimed him King of
Belgium.
Ihe>President had scarcely pronounced this
decision, when the cry Of Long live the Duke
de Nemours-long live the King of Belgium
burst forth from all quarters. General JOY perYad-
ed the whole people. The cannons poured forth
their deep-toned voices, the streets were spon-
taneousy illuminated, and troops of young peo-
pie peranbuIated the city, bearing the tri-cOiored
flag, singing la Parisie,lne, and shouting for Ne
muurs and the King.
A private letter from Warsaw of the 25th OF
January informs US. says the Augsburg Gazette;
that on the night previous the Diet had declared
the absolute Independence of Poland and the
cessation of the Russian Dynasty.
The Berlin Gazette publishes the following
extract from commercial letter datad Warsaw.
Goth January: SAT the setting of the Diet yes
terday night. the Throne of Poland was unanl-
mousiy declared vacant. According to last &C
counts from the frontiers hostilites have not yet
commenced.
The Polish Troops have been placed in Eche-
Ion from Braga to BreZac and Raven. All Is at
present tranquil. Since the Proclamation OF
Marshal Diebitsch, the tri-colored has been sub
stituted for the white cockade.'
PARIS, Feb. Con- the news of the election !
of the Duke de Nemours to the throne of Bel |
GUM, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Bril-
fish Ambassador and Nj. Rothschild Immediately
despatched couriers to London.
The Paris Constitutional observes, that ii is !
the opinion of many members of the deputation, |
that the hestancy of the Government to receive
them. is owing to the small majority by which
the Duke of Nemours was elected. They assert |
however that had the Belgians been certain Of