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iefe IN Tue Affairs ~ Poland. u would |
be the duty Of Ersuce Ia prohibit thrm,'
Was received With loud acclama tions.
The latest London papers.stats, that
private sdvices from Paris saw that the
greatest enthusiasm prevails in that
Capital on the subject Of the anticipa.
tesl ioreiga agSrrssion. IL is caIeuia.
ted that in the course cf q few weeks
Zoo. 900 troops, including the Nation.
Al Guard, will be IN an effective state
not~ Outstanding the pacific tone used
by the Minister Of the Interior in the
last sitting Of the Chamber.-G Bells
Ueekiy Messenger, dec. 10.
The following II an extract from La.
fayette's specch Of the 9Th. to the DE.
puties. already briefly referred TO:
decline tn enter into the question
OF CAPTIONS OF communca. But if am
asked IL you are now 10 discuss whe-
ther France shall arm, I answer, the
question is already decided; the peo-
pie did not wait in 1850 or 1850 to de.
Iiberaie, but marched against the enc
my. We must therefore prepare for
war, as the best means OF securing
peace. We cannot hope to make all
Europe in love with our institutions (;
there are those who still look with n
Jaundiced eye upon the accession Of
eItiZen- King to our throne. The rev.
oloGon Of Belgium. the eldest daush-
ter OF our great week, may yet excite
uneasinrss. At this moment YOU see
Poland (hesr, hcar,) ready to rival in
al r.. (.
berry, nut only in France, but in all
other countries. Poland is, perhaps,
upon the point Of repairing the shame
OF the last years Of louis XIV. and the
immense fault which Napoleon com.
mitted when he negiec ted the occasion
ct restoring that fine country, after the
three divisions which had DESTROYED Il.
Loud acelamations.) We have an.
nounced our rule to be. that we will
not allow other powers to interfere. not
only IN our affairs. but in the affairs Of
other countries. Suppose foreign pow
ers should think proper TO seize upon
Belgium, or to assist Holland, could
We look on in cold bloodl Certainly
not. The same thing may happen on
the side Of Poland. Suppose Austria
prevailed upon by Prussia, or for any
selfish purpose ct her own, was to make
herself party to the quarrel in Rus
sian Poland-(Violent murunurs and
marks OF disapprobation.) Several
vo,ees}-This supposilion 10 unreason-
able.
speak in the presence Of the Min
lister for Foreign Affairs. Who knows
that the supposition is very natural
Why not then place ourselves in the
httest posture for defence s-(Cheers.)
ITALY
Pope Plus Viii. died in November.
The Prince. says the Herald, was rails.
ed TO the Holy See in 1929, was a man
OF mild manners and unassuming good
sense. The possession of the latter
he proved in high degree, BY the in
slant and cordial acknowledgment
which he made Of the change Of go
'ernment in France, almost the last
act OF his reign.
ENGLAND.
Disturbances continued in the coun.
try. Two barns, two stables. and n
large cart shed were simultaneously
set on fire at Reading, on the l7ih De.
cember. Several stacks, &c. had been
about the same time set on fire in Bury
and Suffolk. Property bad been Sc,
IRE to at rurnbridge, and at Elton.
near Beverly, and a number of barns
and buildings consumed by fire in B.x
lord. Nearly every trades,nan in Suf-
io'x was sworn in as n special consta
BILE.
Later dates ITO the 1sth) mention
CONGREGATIONS ia Cheshire, Hereford.
shire, and Suffolk. also at Warrington
and in st. Giles fields. The number
OF prisoners at West Chester Jail a.
mounted to nearly 500. The special
commission totry them was opened on
the 18th. A force of 400 constsbles
had been sworn in by the country.
POLAND.
The revolution IN Poland, which
has commenced with such gallantry
and enthusiasm, naturally leads TO an
enquiry respecting the partition and
share with tho spells. which were di
yIded between Russia, Austria and
Prussia, IN 1895. The populatian At
that period was about IS. 600, 900, of
which 100000 were Allotted 10 Rus.
sia, 1900, 600 to Austria, and 500
600 to Prussia. Further changes vero
made by the Congress Of Vienna, 1915.
by which part Of the country was
erected into nominal kingdom, On.
der Russia. with population Of 2. i
100000, Of which Warsaw Is the CAM
tai The population Of warsaw /.
about 100000.
The London Times, Of Dec. fs, re-.
know not whe'he, Il -
painful, or the reverse, to O.
no" unsettled a state Europe IS al tne
present moment. The young, who are