Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-07

mon iunu OF mo indemnify granted by II to the
grants. This fund which was appropriated for the
purpose Of dist ribu,ng TO those who would be ,hr
most inadequa cir UNIDENTIFIED amounts to 900 900
OF francs out of the iO0,0o000o granted t. ha,
effect"
/ On tho same day. the Chamber of Deputies have
agreed. by Ell tn II, To take into nav the Jcwis,
Minister'S OF Worship, and that Latte, has taken
vote OF credit for 800 millions of frances.
| THE dinner given by tho English and American
to the French, in honor Of the revolution, took
place OH the LIST ult
AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM.
confedrracy oi The Ambassadors irnm The great
Powers on the affairs Of Belgium WAS held on the
9th at the Foreign Odicr; it was attended by the
French, Austrian Russian. and Netherlands Ambas-
sadors, the Prussinn Minister, and Vscouu, Palmcr-
ston The conference aSled about two hours |. I'd
Palmerston II is said. to proceed the Neither
lands, as he negotlntor on the part Of the allies
The King at Holland has not lost all hon. of re-
covering Belgium for some branch OF the House of
Nassau IL does not appear, however, that his hopes
well founded.
BRUSSELS
The London Spectator says-Mr Cartwright and
NJ Bresson the Commissioners who
Brussels, have informed their respective Govern
ments that there is great diSncluatiau IN the Con-
gress to listen tn the advice which they desired
10 give. The Belgian Deputies desire to be LETT To
act and choose for themselves An attempt - ma
king to induce them to place Austrian Prince
upon the throne
In circles Prince Leopold is talked of n.
King at Belgium The proposition is that hr marry
OF Merode ~ tn" most powerful in Belgium
But the Brussels Papers of III Dec. contain an
account ct the sitting ut the Coug'e:s of the 2d from
which IT appears that, addition the candidate for
the sovereignty OF Belgium. mentioned IL the
French Papers. tho Duke of L4rcca. IN" Archduke
Ferdinand OF Austria, grandson of Maria Theresa.
and The Duke Geichs adt. have been proposed No
urther advance has, however, been made towards
dccISi"n In consequence of some further misundrr-
Standing between the Provisional Government and
the h,ng. The coricrc"ces respecting tn" point Of
demarkaiDn al Belgium ana Holland had been SUI
pended. and Brcssnn had act nut for he Hague to
make "Reminiscences tn the Du;ch G"verniacn, upnn
the subject qhe preparations for war, which are
beng made BY The Dutch. d. not seem by these pa
to have created the least uncasnes IN the minds
OF The Belgians.
Yesterday tho provisional government on tho GER
tainy that the blockade at Antwcrp was not rased
Judged hat It's dignity required thr suspension Of the
cont FENCES which had taken place for he provision
al demarkaion of the boundaries It will not resume
chem t It shall have received satisfactory rxplana-
tons resecctiug the non execution Of the suspension
OF
IL is snl thi' ii Hand il arminc-thot it has snnt
for Swiss troops, Sc. tor moncy Swiss NAV BE- had.
out money Will not procure the courage and hcrosm
or our soldiers We have no reason to fear taking
the fel'i-wc have already 50, 900 infantry and 100
cavalry, organized and filed with martial ardour
Mex: Saturday morning. ~ half past ten. the Con
gress VIII assemble, TO proceed in Il body To attend
the laying OF the first oil a monument To the
b. who persisted in defence Of their cot1nirv
".
The statement Of the Gazette dc Fcurcc that NJ
Oh. Roger, member OF Tho provisional government
has arrived at Par and that he is commissioned to
offer the Crown Of 3 lgiun ~ the Duke of Nemours
ger is gone To Paris, but has official mission The
National Congress has not authorized any one TO of
fer the crown of B'lguFu tn any person whatever
GREAT BRIPAiN.
State IF tde Country Tho accounrs of riots hnr
ninYs the destruction Of thresng machines &c con.
tinue to be numerous from nearly every part of the
mil 't,e1 .otr 49,.
barns, haystseks, &c. being generally set on FIRE
desperate riot tack place Soiefeh in Bedfordshire
At the beginning of the month"; several of ringea
defs were taken into custody. Sixty prisoners had
been lodged in Glocester jail, and two hundred aud
eighty in the Devzer House OF Correction The
objection to the use OF machinery seems to be the
pTinc Pal cause H the disius hanccs.
The new Ministry is preparing for thorough reform
IN the pnblic expenditures. Beginning with them.
serves they are about to reduce all salaries opehrd
one fourth and great reduction in the Civil List is
contemplated.
The Court Journal gives The following portan,
paragraph
We can rely that very important private conference
has recently taken place between the present Pre-.
miro and the Duke of Wellington, thr result of which
rhows perfect correspondence between the views
of those statesmen, to the most inportant features
of Continental affairs at the present moment This
fact viii surprise some Of our readers much as
will crafty others"
The following appointments are certain: Sir JAS
KemPt, Master General OF the Ordnance; Irish Lord
Chancellor lord Piunkett; Chief Justice of Common
Pleas, Mr.. Doaer,y; Chief Baron, Mr. Joy; Attorney
General Mr. Pennefa,her; Solicitor General Mr.
Champion, Kings Sergent, the we'll known catholic
barrister Mr.. O'LaughIan.
The Legal observer the following appointments
have been made by lord Brongham:- PRINCIPAL Sc
cretary AIR Lemercbant barrister; Secretary Of Bank
'upts. Ward, solicitor, Secretary Of Iunarics Mr.
Lowdham, solicitor; Secretary Of presentations Mr.
Dync'ey' SOLICITOR Gentleman Of the Chamber, Hr.
uaines
Tn" HIrn'ng ChToncl" says We believe there is
little donbi that the arrangement which we have an
ncunced has taken place. with respect TO the retire
ment of Sir Anthony Hart, and the elevation Of Lord
Punkett TO the place OF Chancellor Of Ireland. Mr.
Joy will probably succeed Lord Plunke in the chief
seat fthe Irish Common Pleas and be replaced in
hs office Of Attorney General by Nr. Pennefather
Il is gen orally understood that Mr. Dohcrty retains
the Solicitor Generashp.
! The report Of The new Lord Chancellor having
surrendered his Church pn'ranagc I" tho Bishops 10
their respective" diocescs partnk"s las is often IN"
cagc) both nf truth and misrepresentation. II is not
/ tue as stated, that The Chancellor Inns written In
each Bishop, making this surrender; but We believe
the fact IS, that he bord~hp has mndc IN tho Arch