Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-01-07

to propose tho restoring the State o. ,he eoui-
mon fund of the indemnify granted by i, to the emf
grants. This fund. which appropriated Tor the
purpose of distributing TO those who would be the
most inadequa'ely UNIDENTIFIED amounts to ,o0O,Vuo,
of francs out of the 100000, 900 granted to that
effect"
On the same day. the Chamber of Deputies have
agreed, by eli TO IL, to take into pay the Jewish
Ministers of Worship, and that LATHE. has taken
o vote of credit for 500 millions of frances.
Crhe dinner given by tire English aud American
to the French, in honor of the revolution, took
place on the LIST u!t
AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM.
A confedstscy OF The Ambassadors from he great
Powers on the saans of Belgium, held ON the
9th at the Foreign Office; it attended by the
French, Austrian, Russian and Netherlands Amoas-
sailors, the PrusSan Minister and Viscount Palmer
ston. The conference lasted about two hours Lord
Paimerston, is said, TO proceed tn the Neither
lands Ms the negotiator the part of the allies
The King of Holland has not lost all hope or re-
covering Belgium for some branch of the House OF
Nassau. II does not appear however, that his hopes
well founded.
BRUSSELS
The London Spectator savs-Ir Cartwright and
Nd. Bresson the Commissioners who were sent TO
Brussels, have informed their respective Govern
meats that there is great disincnnfio1 III the Con-
gresS TO listen to the advice which they desired
to give The Belgian Deputies desire tn be left to
act and choose for themselves. An attempt is ma
king to induce them TO place an Austrian Prince
upon the throne.
In some circles Prince L,orol is talked of a.
King nf Bel gium. The proposition Il that he marry
one of the French Kings daughters-but the party
of Merodc rs the most powerful in Belgium
But the Brussels Papers of 4'h Dec. contain an
account OF the sitting nj the Conges of the 3D. from,
which 1t appears that, IN addition IN the candidate for
the sovereignty of Belgium, mentioned in the
French Papers, the Duke Of IIucca the Archduke
Ferdinand of Austria, grandson of Maria Theresa,
and the Duke RechSiad have been proposed No
further advance has, however. been made towards a
decision. In consequence of further nisuHtler-
standing between the Provisional Government and
the King the cortcre "ccs respecting the point oil
dema 'ka'on OF Belgium and Holland had been su<-
pended, and Brcsson had set out tor be Hague to
make Inconsistencies u the Dutch Government upor
the subject Pine preparations for war, which are
being made by he pulch do not seem by these pa :
pers to have crea ed the least uncasiness in the minds
of the Bnlgians
Yesterday the provisional government on the Ger
tainiy that the blockade Of Antwerp was not raised
Judged nat us gniiv required the suspension of the
conferences which mad taken place for the provision
al demarkaion OF the hourdaries It will not resume
them till 1t shall have received satsta ciorv exDlana-
tons resaectng the non execution Of the suspension
of
1t is said thI' II Hand s armiGr-t1at it has sent
for Swiss troops, sc, for money Swiss NAV be had
out money VIII not procure the ge and heroisrn
OF our soldiers N"'have no reason to fear takinr
the ieid-we have already $4,000 infantry and 100
cavalry. organized and filled WI, martial artour
Next urdav morning, at half past ten the Con-
gress wall assemble, to proceed in body to attend
The laying of the first OF a monument to the
brave tncn who persisted III defence of their contrv
1t will then attend the funeral service in heir horor
The statement Of the Gnzntte de France that M
CHI. Roger. member Of the provisional government
has arrived at Tar AMI that he is commissioned to
! oiier the Crown ut igin'u - tha DASc Of Nomours
is without foundation. ~ Fermin mot Gharles) Ro-
ger is gone Paris, bnt has 10 official mission The
National Congress has not authorized any one to Of
fer the crown ofBrlglum t" any person whatever.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Of be nf,-,-- or.
nnGs the destruction ofthresiing machines &C. con-
tinue to be numerous from nearly every part of the
country The destruction of property is great,
barns, haystacSs, &c. being generally set on fire
desperate riot took place SoiefieI in Bedfordshre
at the beginning of the month: several of the rnrIea
ders were taken into custody. Sixty prisoners had
been lodged in Giocester jail and two hundred and
| eighty in the Devzer House Of Correction The
objection to the use of machinery seems to be the
principal cause IL the disu Dances
The new Ministry is preparing Tor tiorourb reform
IN the public expenditures. Beginning with them
selves they about reduce all salaries one third
or one fourth and great reduction in the Civil List is
comtem plated.
The Court Journal gives the following n,or.o,,
pa a#s oh: enabled to .,.,. e..,, ,,.,,..
we rely. that very i'm private conference
has recently taken place between the nresent Pre
nirs and the Duke of Wellington, the result of which
rhcws perfect correspondence between the views
or those statesmen to the most important features
o. Coh!iIe"taI aHalrS at the present moment This
fact viii surprise some Of our readers as much ~ Il
will crafty others" :"
The following appointments are certain: Sir Jas
SemPt, Master General of the Ordnance; Irish Lord
Chancellor. lord Punketti Chief Jnstice Of Common
Pleas, Mr. Donerty; Chief Baron, Mr. Joy; S,tornev
General, Mr. Pennefather; Solicitor General. NJ
Champion, Kings Sergent the well known ca,hoi;c
barrster Mr.. O'Laugllan. NA'"''io
The Legal observer says the following annoin,ro.nt
have been made by srd Brougham: PRINCIPAL &c
cretary; Mr. Lemerchant, barrister Secretary of
tuPts, Ward, solicitor; Secretary of Iunatics Mr
Lo~d ham, solicitor; Secretary Of presentations M
Dync!ey, solicitor: Gentleman of the Chamber nfr
uaines. '' "A''
The Morning Chronicle says We believe there e
little doubt that the arrangement which we have an
nounced has taken place, with respac TO the retire
ment OF SIR Anthony Hart, and the elevation of Iorl
PIunkett to the place of Chancellor o ireland n,
JOY VIII Probsby succeed Lord punkett in the chief
seat OF the Irish Common Pleas, and be replaced in
his office OF Attorney General by Mr. Penpef,tbsr
1t 10 gen ersliy understood that Mr. DoheFty retains
the Solicitor GeneraIshp.
The report of the new Lord Chancellor having
surrendered his Church patronage to the BrshoDs in
ther respective diocescs partakns las is often the
case) both OF truth and misrepresentation 1t 10 NOT
ue, rs stated that he Chancellor has written 70
each B'sh"P. making his surrender bnt we behave
me TACT IS, that his Lordship has mndo to the Arch
bishop OF Canterbury inimaton that it is his wish
TO bPStOW the itynCs which, 70 him 81