Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-01-13


struggled in vain 10 obtain Tor the ias'
forty years.
Whatever may be the party IN pow
err. (ssid he) Wing or Tory, It is guided
by the seme principles towardsus. Ihey
will always maintain US IN our present
! limits; they will always oppose our ag-
grandizement Remember The hevo-
! luton in 1889; that nation l'kswise APP
plaudsd IL, but il nevertheless waged a.
l esinst u. a war Of determination. la
1900, when il wanted an armsst'ce' 1t
signed the peace Of Aniens, and when
our commercial relations had recon-
meuced, when our expedition TO 81
Domingo he'd placed US in her power,
she declared war against us England
would never allow France to siezs Oh
Belgium. She would Willingly give up
! Ireland to have the harbour Of Antwerp
6iled up. Financial endorsements
alone prevent Der going to war. She
prevails on US IL reject the offer of a
nation Of brothers who want TO Join US.
She will make war when she can DO it
at her ease, and with perfect conven
isnce, sc.
All this passage of Gen Richie IN ont's
discourse was repeatedly interrupted by
the violent murmurs of both centres.
M. Sebastiani, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, refutsdths assertion of Richa
mont. TIE armaments in the north are
the consequence Of error, and Tot indi
cations Of war The ruler OF Russia
was tsld that eur government was not
free, that il was under the influence Of
faction, but since truth was made to
him, be gave US the most explicit. assu-
rance Of peace. Gen Sebastieni then
declared that Enslsnd was no longer
actuatsd by an old hatred towards
France. She was the frat to admire our
moderation and eur increasing power.
We have, repeat, the most positive
hopes that peace shall be preserved.
The Chamber then voted the law
In the Chamber of Deputies Ga the
9Th December, NJ. Cormenia read a
proposition for abelishing the accumu-
lation OF places, which the Chamber a
greed unanimously to take into ssasid-
Grafton
The garrison in the citadel Of Ant
, werp is only 1909 men. Preach troops
are daily arrivisg ON the frontiers
ANTWERP, Dec. A.-Tbe Dreda Csu-
rant says the following are the princ-
| pie articles Of tie Convention sexciad
ed at London:
ist. That the citadel Of Antwerp
should emaiu in our possession, and
shall be occupied by our troops. 1t is
added that corps Of the British troops
will coma to occupy the city of Ant
werp.
Cd. That Maestricht shall remain to
US, and that Venlss shall be restored.
The Prince Of SAKE Wemer will FIX
his head quarters.
| Sd. That the fortresses Of Belgium
on the North and East frostiers shall be
occupied by the trssps of the Allied
Powers. -
We have before us a commercial let.
ter from Antwerp, Of a late date, re-
celved in this city from q respectable
and intelligent source The writer says:
1.-The Dutch commander shews vet
40 inteutisa Of evaGust;ng the citadel,
aud al'hsughths passage Of our river
has been declared free TO vessels Of all
nations, this permission is accompanied
with such conditions, as render the con-
cessien almost vsid. Present appear.
| ances are certainly most disbeartening
Although the 'hecheaDce' Of the
Nassau Orange family of the crown OF
Belgium has this day been voted in Con
gress at Brussels By very Large ma.
j;oyity, | canbst help thinking that the
Prince Of Orange has still chance OF
being re elected, The King Of saxony
seems also to be looked to by the strict
Roman Catholic party ia this country
| if he would give up and leave Saxany
to tie King o! Prussia, the latter ce dine
his provinces Oh the Rhine in exchange
The future is biz with important, but ys,
very undefnable- therefore, more pa
tience."-Phu Nat Cas.
A Paris paper OF the 18th Of Novem.
Der has the following paragraph:-"W We
learn that the police have been on the
look out for the last Two nights, in con
sequence OF reports which have reached
the government of the arrival Of per
sea at faris, whose name has ACQUIRED
horrible celebrity in the South, and whs
f is said to have come to the Capitol it'll
the design of committing assassination
From thu active measures taken. Their,
can be little doubt of bis being shsru,