Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-02-09
EUROPEAN NEWS.
NEw-YoRK, Jan 3lst. 1881.
TEN DAYS LATER FROM ENG
LAND

The new and fast-saiing Packet ship
Sovereign, Capt. II. l.. Champlin, ar
rived at this port yesterday from London
and Portsmouth, having sailed on the
Goth Dec. from the latter port. The ed
tors of the Mere antile Advertiser are
furnished with London papers to the 18th
Dec. inclusive, ten days later than by the
last arrival.
BY this arrival the news from the Con-
tinent of Europe is of an important char
actcr. The spirit ofliberty dwells in the
land Of the valiant Pole, over which the
autocrat of Russia has too long tyran-
nized. A Revolution has taken place
in Warsaw, blood has been shed, and
Duke Constantine, the Viceroy, has,
with many of his friends, been obliged
to flee from that capital, to preserve his
life. Pursuing the example of the Bel
gians, the Poles are determined to be
FREE, and we hope that their country
will soon hold that proud rank in the
scale of nations, which, till for half a
century past, she had long held. Aus
tria and Prussia seem fearful that those
parts of Poland partitioned to them, will
follow the example of their countrymen,
till now under Russia thraldom; but
France, through La Fayctte, has, in the
Chamber of Deputies, declared-in sup
port of her doctrines of none-intercourse
that if Austria and Prussia interfere
in the affairs of Russian Poland, she will
consider it as an act of hostility to-
wards her, and resent it as such. What
effect this may have on those two Pow
ers, we have yet to learn.
We have nothing very definite from
France-her motions, however, make us
incline to the belief, that she wishes to
engage in war. If she does, time can
only reveal who will be embrolcd in the
contest, or where it may end.-The trial
of the Ex-Ministers commenced in the
Chamber of Peers on the 18th Decem-
her; the public voice now seems more
in favor of saving the life of Polignac y
his coadjutors. Want of time prevents
us from remarking on this subject.
A mystery still envelopes the proceed
ings Of the Allied Powers, in relation to
the affairs of Belgium-rumor says, that
the question of the free nav CATION ofthc
Scheldt is the cause of the delay in bring
ing the affairs of that part of the Contl-
nent into a quiescent state.
In England, though the troubles in the
disturbed districts have not ceased, yet
they have abated, and the trials of those
disaliected persons secured, are going on
in several counties. In Parliament
much of interest has been discussed in
relation TO the affairs of the country.
The debates on rctrenchment proceed,
and Earl Grey seems determined to per-
form his promises with prudent expedi-
ton. An interesting debate took place
on the subject of the Colonial trade.
We have observed nothing on hasty
glance at all the papers before us, (which
our time only would permit that gives
us cause to think that England is in dan
ger of having her internal tranquility Sc
riously disturbed, nor do we see that she
has any intention of embroiling herself
in the affairs of Continental Europe.
A cloud certainly hangs over the Con-
tlncnt. The uprising in the cause OF lib
erty, and the inability of the lcgiiimotcs
to quel it; the recruiting and marching
of mighty armies; the cry Of reform, and
the eyes Of the world being opened by