Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-02-17
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THgEATESED COUNTER HEFobvIioH -
RrsIgsATioE OF La FAYErrR ;--CHASGEs
IN TIE FarzcH MISIsrRY j--lEDERET-
DrwcE or BELGIUM MARCH OF THE Rvs
.f.ss UPoN POLAND ;-TRoOBLEs IN ESQ
LAND AND IRELAND.
Tne arrival of the packet ship Napoleon,
Cant. Smith, at New York, has furnished
London papers 10 the Gath oil December, D.
Liverpool to the 25th; and Of the Canada
Capt, Graham, London papers Of Jan. 4th,
and Liverpool Of the 9th, with Lloyd's LIss
and provincial papers TO the latest date.
The packet announced as being p" below"
Yesterday. came up in the afternoon, aud the
Canada has arrived in additIon-hAving sail
ed on tho 5th ultimo. BY these arrivals the
Editers Of the Commercial .ddosriDsr have
received the usual supply Of foreign papers,
embracing London oil the 4th, ADD Liverpool
of the 9TH Of Jauuary-Ooth Inclusive. Inc
contents Of these papers are iul oil impor-
lance, as the reader may lnfer from the ar
ray Of capitals, gwen above.
'Phe French government has passed thro'
an hour of great aud Imsinent peril, which,
ID is to be hoped, will not return The trial
of the Ex- Ministers was concluded On the
3Ist Of December, and the prisoners have all
been sentenced to be stripped Of their titles
aad honors, and TO perpetual Imprisonment
The Partisan mob, however, thlrstcd for the
blood of tbs unfortunate men, and mad 1t
not been for great loyalty and iirnneSs oa
the part Of the National Guards, and great
energy and wisdom IN tae government, they
would nave been successful, and another re.
volutlon would have followed. We have Il
ven below q series Of letters from Paris, writ
ten during the days sf the most fearful ex
element Onc of these written thu day be-
fore the trial closed, is by the spirited and
popular correspondent OF tho Morning Chron-
icla 40 2. O." The removal oil tbs Elk Mi
mister, back from the place Of trial to their
old quarters, was a bold stroke, exceedingly
we'll devised and executed. twas measure
from which lafayette shrunk, but the Mia.
isier was inaexibic in his purpose and was
successful. This measure, alone, probably
saved the country.
The sentsnce upon the Er Ministers is aue
of great severity, and, in ordinary times, IN
necessarily So Bat perhaps the Peers could
do no less, and considering the excited state
Of the mob, Poliyaac and his colleagues ma
felicitate themselves that they have escaped
with their lives. Whsn the excitement shall
have subsidized the term ofinprlsonment may
be diminished, or coamutcd altogether into
a decree of banishment.
These papers likewise announce the resig
nation Of Gen. Lafayette, as commander in
chief of the National Guard. His speech or
the occasion is given below. This resigna-
ton, and the withdrawal of several Of tho mi
pisters from the cabinet, have resulted from
the recent ieverish events. He is succeeded
in the command Of the Partisan National
Guard by Count L.obau one Of the aids 81
the late Emperor. There seems to have been
something even beyond this to induce q
change OF Ministry, and the retiring Of seyc-
raj OF Lafayette's friends and associates a
mongst whom are Dupont de lfurc, Keeper
of the Seals; Odion Barrett. Project of the
Siene; M. Matthew Dumas. Inspector Gene
raj of the National Guard; Gen. Carsonel.
Chief of the Staff, aud M Jsubert, Director
General Of the Taxes
The Poles are making spirited exertons
to maintain the rights they have 50 lately and
unexpectedly asserted; but the Autocrat, as
1t will be seen, has declared var upon the re.
bes. and his troops. in great force, are in full
march against them.
ffsTe }olte'gs the sentence Of the Er-.Minis
ters and the correspondence Of political .sritcrs
srtiea tce are unable 10 lay before our readsr.
to dayl
RESIGNATION OF LAFAYETTE.
The sitting Of the Chamber Of De-
putIes on the e7th December was MI
mereusly attended ia consequences oil
The extraordinary degree Of interest
citsd by recent occurrences. Tha
Chamber were preceding to ths dis
cussian Of the law relative 10 the Ma
tlenal Guard, when General LafSyetts
enteres, and was received with univer-
sal applause, upwards of sns hundrea
members s@ag up to him and shaking
his haaa. The General then went to
the President, and after short CONVEX
sation with him, addressed the Chamber
as follows:
In a usighbering nation il is the
custom when citizen retires from q
distinguished eeico, fer him to come be-
fore his fellow citizens, and explain the
cause, and | aH sure ths Chamber will
grant ue the same favor. Railways have
considered that the pest Of Commander
in-Chief of the National Guards Of
France was Incompatible with consti-
tutional monarchy. except under cir
cu@stancss of the most absolute neces.
sity 1t was this conviction that led III q,
IN 1870, when 100000 of Nation al
Guards wished to elect me thsir Gem
maader, at the Federation by $4,000
deputies, TO apply to the Constituent
Asss mhly, aud urge than to issue a de-.
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