Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-21

uely employed to enforce the determinations either
OF the British Cabinet, olse. as many suppose o
the Allies conoin,ly. There is ut least no doubt,
that all the men of the preventive service to be
removed shortly from the revenue to the naval
vice. Their number is about 5000. The army will
also be more disposabe force, consequence Of the
yeopanry volunteers bring ut the present moment,
IN course of preparation for replacing the regular
soidiery the home Stations If their services should
be required abroad
The new Ministry of France disclaim the oJlign
non OF supporting their avowcd principle Of non-in-
'tNeh'ion ny recourse 10 arms which they say would
De intervention. and Soult, the most influential mem
DOR OF the cabinet, declares that the Ministers
unanimous IN their views They manifest strong
uareS ana even hopes of maintaining peace. and al.
though Sebastian acknowledged TO In Fayette in the
debate OF the t7th that he had srnfied to tho Aus
rian Court that France would never consent to the
entrance OF Austrian troops into Italy, yet in ear
her Stage OF the debate no had argued against the
pr"pfiety OF orcible CO operation TIL the Belog-
ues' whom he accused of having themselves voll,cd
the principle of noninterventiou by forcing Modena
against its will TO capiiulate.
1t IS worthy of observation however, that the
french Cabinet do not expressly rcnounce every ap
pealto arms in case their negotiations should fall nor
do they promise TO confnc themselves exclusively TO
simple rcmonstrances. They no doubt reserve to
themselves the right OF deciding according to the
agencies OF each particular occasion Their conduct
and language under any other construction would
only be interpreted as carte blanche TO Austria to
dispose OF the disturbed states Of Italy at her own
Whether the French nation s TO be rest trained
from more octve interference in the conflicts now
gong on--and whether the present Ministry arc re
ally disposed TO counterfeit the obvious impulse of
me nation or are only waiting for the fitting hour;
ana whether Ministry with such disposition if it
De sincere, can mould the people and the legislature
INTO conformity with itself maintain its eva ex-
lstence IN spite of the national sentiment by an ex-
hl6iton of overwhelming, organized and disciplined
military srenght-are grave questions which will be
decided before long but at present admit Of no easy
or satisfactory solution 1t is limited to day that
combined force of French and English men Of war
Is to be stationed off Antwerp; and that DE Choker
has moderated his views upon Luxembourg.
The opposition endeavoHed without success to
imrede The debate last evening, the second read
ing of the Reform bill, by involving the house in an
angry discussion of breach of privilege committed
by the Times newspaper. The motion was got rid
ofby the old device Of the previous question: and the
regular debate OF the evening proceeded until three
in the morning For the particulars refer you to
the papers There expectations entertained that
the debate will be ended tonight but think It like
ly to continue several days longer The number of
petitions for Reform up to March 9TH was 654: OF
these 280 prayed for ballot, and aeains Gt-I82 were
for short paraments, 20 against tithes 239 against
taxes. and 179 against the Royal Burghs in Scotland
The whole number of petitions 10 this day Is prob.
ably not much short of one thousand.