Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-03-01


ment the power Of maintaining their formation by ba
ta'ions In all the districts where POS ble for u
DO established, and the Government vii uaiiornly
erciss this power Therefore. wherever there may be
occasion, assure the mipds OF tbs public, and Lot
person remain Ignorant that the frat Of our soil
csu'c i' and ever will be. to maintain the orxauiza
ton OF citizen militia which vii render order aud
liberty inseparable. Receive, SC.
MoNTALIvET."
The interss, Of Trea,ury bond. will be- 6xei a, ave
per cent. from tbs lst OF Jan. 1881. f.Nonteur.
From tho Constitutional.
PARIS. Jan. lO.--rhe Mont,eur announces official.
y thu, Lord Stuart bad presented Z, the King the LEI.
ers OF Hive Majesty the King Of Great Britain, re cell
ing him from bis post, aud that mmetia ly
Lord Granville had an audience to pes-n, his credrn
als az Anbassstor Extraordinary from Goea; Britain
10 the Court OF France.
From the Journal du Commerce
"t Is sa d that preparations max ng In the cita.
to receive two OF the Ministers w.o are prisoners
at II IN. TIE Misunderstanding between the Prime
de Poignac an two OF his colleagues, 10 igued as
thu reason Tor this measure. IL is certain that NJ de
vIs,le mas received orders to quit the apartment.
which he has so long occupied and that the the
citadel are going TO DO filled with water but we be.
'ieve that ali tbs is fsf another p,rpo.r.
Ihs Minister OF War doe. not participate In the
optimism Of bis colleagues. He feels that war . in
svisble. 1, Is even said that he would wish france
to take the Initiative"
The citadel OF Amiens will a depot for pro
v'ons aud ammunition aud probably thought me-
csssay 10 secure 1t agnins, coup de main.
[Senfinei Picard.
"a discussion srose upon an amendment OF M. de
"a.
unless the Jury Is unanimous. This was supported by
Lafayette and other members; but closed Without de-
ci.ion, alter some opposition hom nj. Renourd, the
Kings Commissioner, the President observing, that
there not sutf cisnt number OF members pre
sent"
From tho Messenger dos Cbambres, Jan. TO-
MARsEILLEs, Dec. 3l.-A per. Oh beIong ing 10 the
staff Of the army, who left Agiers on the 81 h. and
has arrived at the Lazareuo Of this city after voyage
OF 63 hours assures that precise order had been
given Tor the return OF part OF the Army 10 France
and that only copj cture, had been made en- the proba.
b!iiy CT war, which might render this measure ne
ce'sAry' but IN, now wa. no longer though, oil.
SWITZERLAND.
From the Messenger des Chambrss
PARIS, jan l5:b.-Ws have some curious intor.
nation in our letters from Swi z,rland respecting the
state oil Bisle, dated the h, 9Th, and 7h OF January
The Ccmmunes Of the Canton had risen ag ain.t ths
Capital demanding an equal ,hare 10 tho representa-
ton, and in the composition o the councils IN. city
was in state Of siege, aud il feared that the ne
SAINTS would attack it. The gates of tho city were clos
ed Oh the h, towards the evening OF which day both
parties appeared TO be resolved combat with yisor
The National Guards OF France had placed post. aong
the frontier, to prevent any viation of the French
territory.
Z" In the evening Of the 7b, proclamation, drawn
up IN very moderats terms, was addressed by the c
zens TO ,hs country pc pe, from which happy result
was expected.
"PARIs. Jan. 1--we hoped to receive TODAY a
letter from Bdsle Of the 9Th inst
4" The Councils of Basic, 6udug that they were moi
sure OF the inhabitants. of the deposition of IN.
troops, have sen, 10 the pea ants assembled, Il said
at Liesial TO the number Of 5000 10000 adeputa-
ton TO them, that the conc ssiops ne onir-
ed shall be granted. A circumstance too smarkablc
TO be passed in silence is that the peasants have
Their head officers who belonged to the Guard OF the
have declared that they would not rs on their fellow
citizens Of the country"
AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM
P'otocoi OF the Conference at the Foreign Office,
-cember 20, 1880; present, the Plsnipoten taries
OF Austria, France, Great b. itan, Russia and Prus.
sia.
The Plenp otentaries of the Eve Courts having re-.
ceived the formal assent OF the Begc Government to
the amistce, which had been proposed to it, and
shtch the King Of the Netherlands hs, also
aud the Congress Of Ministers having thur, by the
stopping OF the efuson OF blood, accomplished the first
part OF the task which il had the PIenipo.
entiaries have met TO deliberate the further mea-
sures TO be sken with view TO remedy the derange-
ments, which the troubles that have taken place 10
Belgium have caused In the system established by the
treaties OF 1914 and 1915.
I'm forming, by the treaties In question: the union
OF Belgium with Holland, the powers who sgued those
rea,ies, and whose pie are at this moment
assembled, had In view to found Just equilibrium
In Europe, and TO secure the maintenance OF general
peace.
"The events Of the last four months have nm banpiIv
demonstrated, that che perfect and complete amsga
nation which the Powers desire to eff bewee en- these
two countries, had not been obtaned that il would
henceiortb, be impossible to effect II; that therefore,
the very object OF the union Of Belgium with Holland
10 destroyed; and that II becomes to
have recourse to other arrangements accomplish the
carry into yecu'iou.
United to Holland, and forming an integral part Of
the kingdom Of the Netherlands, Belgium had TO fulfil
its part OF the European duties of that Kingdom and of
The obligations which the treaties had to contract
toward the other powers. It's separation from Holland
cannot iberats it from tina, part Of its duties and obl-
cations.
"Tbe Congress will consequ sntiy proceed to dI cuse
and to concert new arrangements, most calculated 10
combine the future independence of Belgium nth tn
silpuatons Of the treaties with the interest and ecu
riy OF the other Powers and with tho alton of
the balance OF Europe. With this view the Congress-
while continuing its negotiations with The Plenposnti.
aries OF His Mejesty the King of the Netherlands will
TO London, pos 'bls Commissioners provided
with In tructions and sufficient powers TO be consulted
ana heard respecting every thing which may facilitate
The dehntve adoption Of The arrangements above aiu-
ded to.
"Thess arrangements cannot affect, In any manner.
the lights which the King of the Netherlands and the
German Confederation exercise over the Grand Ducby
Of Luxembourg.
The Pienipoientarss OF the FIVE great Powers have
agreed that the present protocol should be communica
copy sent to Lord Ponsonby and NJ Bressop with The
annexed latter, which they will communicate 10 the
Provifonai Government OF Belgium"
This Protocol was communicated to the d plo stic
Committee OF the BsIgic Congress by Lord Ponsonby
and M Bresson. under date Of Dec. 3ls accompanied
by verbal note. requesting certain expan atoms to
which the Diplomatic COMMITTEES replied a, follows:
II, appears to them (he ComDittes) that the raising
OF the bio kade and the free alton Of the Sched
being the principal conditions OF the armsce and even
OF the suspension OF arms executed already on the 2Is
OF November, tbs fret task undertaken by the I've great
powers wa not yet accomplished.
Toe balance OF Europe may still be secured, and
general peace maintained, by rendering Belgium indie
pendent, strong add happy Ii Belgium were without
strength, and without happiness, the new arrangement
would be hreate ned with the fate of the political corn