The Arkansas advocate., 1831-02-09
EOREEGN.

Sia days loter from Europe. By the packet l ship John Jay, Captain lioldrcdge, We received our rhles of London papers to tine evening of De ceaber 9th, and Liverpool to the Sth inclusive The eomPesion of affairs is rather more pac ilc; though at the same time 1t is evident tina,
 Europe IS reposng on ayolcano. The remarks oi NJ. Lalitte, the French Minister of Finance. in the Chamber of Deputies, Dec. Ist, are wor- thy of particular attention.
 London, See. 6.-sEhc report of the new Lord Chancellor having surrendered his Church patronage to the Bishops in the respective dio-
 eescs, partakes Gas is often the easel both of truth and of misrepresentation. It is not true, as stated, that the Chancellor has written to each Bishop making this surrender; but wc believe that the fact is, that his iordship has made 10 the Archbishop of Canterbury an intinaton that it is his wish to bestow the liyings which fall to him upon the most deserving and hard working of the clergy; and that not possessing that personal knowledge of them which would enable him to make the choice, he should look to the Bishops for their advice and assistance upon the subject.
 London, Dec 6.-Reform meetings are pro- gressng rapidly through the country, particu- larlyin Scotland, which seems at length actye- ; ate reform. Our limits prevent us at present rom inserting some interesting reports of these meetings.
 The popular ef!ervescence in different parts of the country, appears 10 be fast subsiding. From the Court Journal
 We are enabled to state from authority on which we can rely, that very important pri- vate conference has recently taken place be- tftGo Inc .l.a . Wellington, the result of which shows perfect correspondence between the views of those statesmen, as to the most important features of
 continental affairs at the present moment. This
 fact will surprise some of our readers as much as twill gratify others.
 London, Dec. Alt is said that the Emperor Nicholas has declared thatit is not his intention to march his troops across the frontiers without the consent of the principal European powers. Is this fact has not been officially announced, lfwoald be improper to pl;iecit,plct reliance apon it. but we ought to add that 1t has been mentioned as coming from good authority by an
 'lvening paper the Courier. and that the writer
 of this article had inc same information from a
 highly respectable quarter before alluded to-
 This report has no doubt had favorable effect
 upon our funds, which in spite of the strenuous exertions of the spectators for fall, have been very firm to-day.
 London, Dec. 6.--The French papers contain the answers of Polignac and the other ex-min- lsters at Vineennes to the nterrogatories of the Chamber of Peers put 10 them on the 26th of October last, as preceding arrivals had brought ls reports of their examinations before the com ! missoners of the Chamber of Deputies at q
 much earlierperod. and which have alreadv ap- peared in our paper of Saturday. Those which
 we now publish, and which are to be found in another place, go more into detail, and cannot fail to be read with interest. The unfortunate
 prisoners seem, from all that has appeared hith- erto, to have been themselves the dupes, not the advisers of the atrocious crusade which had been undertaken against the liberties of France. But, in legal point of view. their responsibi- ty does not appear at all diminished by this con- Isideration; for as their signatures were given without reserve. or at least, unaccompanied by any protest which could weaken the effect of the unconstitutional ordinances of July--so |expost-faeto explanations cannot be any answer
 to the accusation against them in question of
 guilt. although they may be properly and pow
 erfully used in mitigation of punishment hcreaf
 ter. It absurd to say that the flmons ordi-
 nances were not violation of the charter; and
 the question for the court will be, swhetber these
 ministers, whatever their motives might have
 been, did, or did not, give all the force which
 they could. by their signatures, to them. We
 trust that the suPpicatng appeal which they
 make to the humanity of their Judges will not
 be lost, for, upon their own showing, considering
 the great trust which had been confided to them,
 these men, more weak than wicked, are filter
 objects for contempt and degradation than pun
 ishment.
 London, Dec. 6.-Evening.-It will be seen
 by the following extracts from German papers,
 that the chances of continental war arc get ting less. The funds rose at Berlin, Hamburg,
 and Vienna. in consequences:
 Berlin, .No5. 25.-The first protocol of the cai,ferarces in a,,dan hx s.l,:ch the 6rst stca