Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08
gard TO Poland should lead to a declara-


the former power. Our apprehe nsons,
however, are the very reverse. We
fear that France will not declare war a.
gaint Prussia; but, at the same time, we
must say that, if the French government
do not take some eilectual steps to en-
force the neutrality of that nation, they
viii prove themselves the veriest poltroons
that ever were placed at the head Of a
great people. The same remarks will
apply, though not perhaps with equal
force, to our Cabinet, should they quiet
ly suffer the aggresslons OF Prussia u
gainst Poland
From FRANcE.--The packet ship
Iavre arrived yesterday morning brings
us Paris dates Of the 2lst and Havre OF
the 22d. On looking over the files of
newspapers we do not find they contain
any intelligence of Importance which We
have not already published. S2ecula-
tions on the probable contents OF the
Kings speech on opening the Chamber
of Deputies, abounded in the capital,
that he would pronounce himself deci-
dedly in favor of the Poles, seemed to
be generally anticipated.
The arrests which had taken place but
short time previously, it is asserted,
were made in consequence Of commune
cation to the government by an individ-
ual who was insane, and who afterwards
threw himself out Of window. The
persons implicated by him had been set
at liberty. a change in the Ministry is
still talked Of in the journals, though up
on what grounds it is not easy to dscoy-
or.
BELGIUM.-Priyate letters have been
received here from Brussels and Ant
werp by the late arrival from iIayre,
which state that general feeling of sat
isfaction at the election Of Prince Leo
pold to the Throne, had succeeded the
discomfort which had shown itself in
some parts Of the country, when the de-
eision Of the National Congress first be-
came known. The party Of De Potter,
and the party who had advocated the IN
corporation of Belgium with France,
were completely Frustrated. The mer-
camille and manufacturing interests look
ed forward to a return of their former
prosperous state, which for almost year
past has been exchanged for one Of com
plete distress. The pcasantry who had
been called from their usual avocations
to act as civic guards, militia, or in some
such capacity, had returned to their
homes, and were busy with their harvest, |
winch had not settlement taken place,
ran great risk Of rotting on the ground.
The nobility were anticipating the pleas
ures OF court and the honors which flow
from a sovereign. In Brussels particu-
larly the influx Of strangers, and the ccr-
talnty of Il royal residence being eatab-
lished there, had produced an universal
sentiment in favor the new King.
The future tranquility of Belgium can
not fail to be affected by the changes
which may take place in the policy or
form government of It's powerful neigh
bors, and in the present unsettled state of
things on the continent of Europe, who
can say how far distant these changes
are? But there is another cause which
we think may involve Leopold in embar-
rassmentS-the difference between his
religion and that of the majority of his
subjects.
In no part Of the north of Europe does
the Catholic religion reign more para
mount than in Belgium, not in the cities
1t is true, but in the OPEN country and
amongst the peasantry. The great OBJ
lection with them to the King Of Holland
was his herosy. The Belgic Catholic
clergy did not even crouch to Napoleon
in the plentude of his power; when he
was accommodated by the Pope, they
many of them dared to read the sentence
in their churches. When he travelled
through their country, they refused to
wait on him in their clerical robes, which
drew from him his celebrated remark, as
he laid his hands OH the scabbard of his
sword, that he would teach them to rem
der unto Cesar the things that were Cr-
sar's. Whether, under the present Pro-
testant Sovereign, they will be more trac-
table, remains yet to be seen.
Cour g. Eng.