Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-02-04

at certain signal, the nsurrection was To have bro
ken out. The bell rung; and the curtain rose, and
discovered the stage crowded with Ausiria soldiers:
their muskots pointed to the pit Every door was
similarly besct; and the astonshed revnlutionss were
arrested to in the very ofthe conspiracy,
and conducted 10 the fortress OF Spieberg.
| NETHERLANps.-Four English frgates nj uii-
Choir OFF 0stend. In the National Congress at Brus
sells, on the nth, the protempore administrators
the departments OF war and finance read their reports
both were highly favorable to the state of tho
country; neithcr money troops wanting If
theSe statements be correct.
Divisions IN and complaints of, the provisional row.
ernment gr,w more rife every day.
| FRANcE.-Thc trial ofthc French Ministers had
not been completed. NJ. Tslleyraud expected
TO be recalled, according To his request, at
ter Christmas The French government have taken
measures against what they consider tie lieen,ious
ness of the press.
Benjamin Constant is dead. His funeral WA at
Eighty thousand National Guards, in uniform, were
In the procession. Some ncw conquests have been
made by the French troops in Africa.
| Th efollowing speech pronounced by Lafly-
| cite IN the Chamber of Deputies the Iith:-
Al. Lafayette i decline to enter into the CUES.
ton OF cantons or communes. Bat if I attn asked If
you are now 10 discuss whether all France shall
arm answer the question already decided; the
people did not wait in $50 1880 to deliberate.
marched against the enemy We must therefore
prebaro for war, as the best means of securing
peace. We cannot hope to make all Europe
III love with Institutions There arc those who
J
citizen King To throne. The revolution OF
Belgium the eldest daughter of one great week,
may yet excite uneasiness. At this you
roland ready to rival IN zeal and patriotism The
friends OF liberty, only in France but i'll all other
countries. Poland is perhaps, upon the point of
repairing the shame of the las; years OF Louis Ky.
and the immense fault which Napoleon committed
when he neglected the occasion OF restoring that
fine country. after the 81 divisions which had des-
troyed 1t cloud acclama,'ons from the lefty
os have announced our rule 70 be, that wc will
il,nrr ,,,,.,.
ehdirs. but IN the affairs OF other countries Suo
pose foreign powers should think proper to seiz, up
ON Belgium, or TO assist Holland could we look on
IN cold blood Certainly not. The same thine may
happen on the side Of POLAND. Suppose Austria
prevailed upon by Prussia, fr any selfish purpose
OF hr own was 10 m3kc hcGscl! pa:ty; tic qiar-
rel IN Russian Poland
Several voces)- This suppo~itjnn is unreasonable.
NJ. Lafayette Cunning towards Cen Se6as ianil-
speak in the presence Of the Minister FOR Fore,rn
Affairs who knows that the superstition is very natur-
al. why not then place ourselves in the i,tes pos
ture tor defence (Chcers
by private accounts from Paris. we lea m tina,
the greatest enthnsinm prevails there on the sub
Ject OF the anticipated foreign aggression. 1t is
calcnla ed that IN the Of "A few weeks 1900
600 tronps, including the National Guard, will be
IN an effective state. Notwithstanding the pacific
tose used b. the Ministers Of the Interior in the Ia
sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, persons in this
country who have to the best sources of nor-
nation, entertain strong doubts as ~ the eventual
preservation OF the peace.-Cour Jour
The Journal du Commerce saYs-..It j. as cried
that after very animated discussion in the c9unc,
OF ministers, courIers despatched 10 the French
ambassadors 81 Berlin Vienna and London, with IN.
structions to declare to the three powers that in
case Prussia or Austria should join RUSSIA in endea
vorIrg TO reduce Poland To subIertion France would
consider such intervention declaration OF war"
In the House of Commons, Dec. 18TH the second
reading Of TIC bill fixing the dutcs on American pro-
ducc imported TO the British w. 7. Islands was ms,
Poned to Feb. lih. Belgium allrs were much as
before. There were rumorS from Spain and Puriu-
gal' but nothing important, which could be called
In England, the Disturbances in the counties still
continued though i'll less deIre". They aye. how.
ever, made the prcteX for an order to iii 40 81! The
regiments OF the line to their full complement
The LONDON Courier uf Dec. lIih, speaking of The
Revolution in Poland and the unsettled STATE of En-
rope GENERALLY, says:
- There is bnt one way to prevent Russia and her
allies from going to with France in ortir, to c
trpatc the principles of Constitutional freedom, tbcro
rather than be kept the ant uirs in order to Gefoi
their influence on the countries under their snbiec
ton; lei he bonds Of aDrity be ddlC closer ami cioe
detreen France and Great Erit1in. Their union by
making the chances Of SUCCESS against them dssos.
rate may induce he rulers Of absolute States To nur
chase peace at home and abroad by concession and
the condition Of man in every country in Europe NAV
then be benefited. There Ought 10 be Guk on. fsel
Ing among free STATES"
peaceful, but strongly developed revolution ha,
commenced in Switzcrland Luccrne Frjbouru and
Soeure have adopted the resolution taken by Z1ricb
hEboE!c- dnu AppeDHJ, anu dBcldTC that the period
has arrived for eiiecng changes IN their constitution
Their government yielding to those representa- tons
tranquility has not been disturbed
The Rhenish provinces of Russia ore in eommo.
tiom Austria begins to a more warliIe at,i-
tude. Switzerland is IN arms and there are evident
signs that appeal will be made by more than one
nation to the nfallibty Of ARTILLERY. The las, &C
counts from Warsaw, are TO dth December at which
time provisional Government had been establish
ed IN that CITY, on principles more hostile to The Rus
sian government than had been orgina " avoyed
and active measures had been taken To resist attack
IL rs stated that d revolution has commenced in
Prussia. An Instruction, Of which tho details are
not yet known, has undoubtedly taken place al
Koningsburg.
TIE King learned the revolt Of Warsaw, and the
disturbances at KonIngsburg, perhaps at the same
moment. 900 troops are MARCHING on I,uyemLnry
an army advances towards Potsnam lPosonO aud
more troops required in the ancient capItal of
the Kingdom!
The King ofiloland is enid to have referred the
delicate question connected wth the state of Bcig,
un, o. particularly that connected with thc,1avrpaOn
al Sphpldt Ia, Is,ct ,t..,. 4