Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-01-06

frontiers viii be To tho number oil 200 900 Il
men, with 400 pieces of cannon. There are
20 be seven corps, including the Polish army
The display oil SO great military force must
be looked upon as no more than a very seri- /
Gus demonstration, in case the affairs of the |
West should take turn dangerous TO the |
rest Of Europe Almost the whole Russian |
army in the interior of the country is in mo
too, and occupies the garrison towns which
are lett by the troops assembling on the iron
tiers. Should the army be ordered to take !
the field, II will be under the command Of
Count Diebitsch.
The further continuance Of peace will de- |
pend on the negotiations in London, aud the |
conduct of the French Government. Wei
know that the King Of the French and his
councillors hitherto desired nothing more
earnestly than TO remain on good terms with
other countries, and that as far as depends
on thefs, the Belgian insurgents, whose pro.
ceedinss chiefly endanger the existing AMIGA
bic arrangements, and even hazard the exis-
ting tranquility OF France itself, have no aid
TO expect from MS present governmsnt-Bntl
the weakness OF this scarcely government
gives room for apprehensions that the nation
which has created it, and IN which there are
so many Jarring interests, and elements of
disorder, may compel ii to take part with
| the Belg'ans as soon as the powers should
find II necessary for armed Intervention IN
their affairs. All this, it is hoped, will soon
| be cleared up.
The London Courier OF November 80. re
fuses implicit confidence in this intelligence,
aud intimates, that the apprehcnsions prevail.
ms in Paris at the last ad,ices, were without
sufficient cause. We quote the following
| rticle:-
"lhe German papers which arrived this
morning, state that a Russian army of 900.
600 men, divided into seven corps. with 400
pieces oil cannon, Is assembling on the from
TIER; but 1t Is declared that the object is
merely to make demonstration for The pur-
pose maintaining peace. This may be true;
but alter the experience OF the Coraon Sapi
taire, we do not place much faith in the pa.
cine assurance whensconuected with warlike
preparations; besides, il is even admitted
mat The continuance OF peace will depend up
on certain proceedings in London and guar.
antees for the good behaviour OF the French
government The French, however, are
not idle; large army will soon be ready for
the held, and the first hostile demonstration
against Belgium will be the signal for pour
ing masses OF enthusiastic Frenchmen into
Italy, and oyerfonring Austria. We do not
Deiie'e that the Emperor OF Russia and his
Immediate Allies will attempt the chance OF
/ such contest The command Of the Rus
sian army IS entrusted 10 Count Diebitsch
an officer who displayed great judgment in
> the war with Turkey, but he will be over.
matched by any one of hundreds of the OLD.
French army. The funds at Vienna are We
ry heavy. The Metalliques have been as
low as S04; but Oil the 10Th they were STA,
and the bank stock at | 05S'
spoken of in the commencement of this SUM-
mary:
"PARIs. Nov. %.
''The whole attention Of this country is now
turned 10 the momentous question OF the pos
sibity and even probability of war. The
! Government, after making every effort in its
power consistent with French honor, to a.
void d struggle, the consequence OF which
no human eye can ioresee. will certainly set
TO work, III the event OF unavoidable hostili
ties, with the greatest energy. Nor do we
doubt that in case of defensive war, an an
peal, frank and firm, of Philip [ TO The
French nation, would he instantly followed
4 by an enormous deveIopemeat of forces ca
/ dy and eager to enter the field Indeed, a
war of that nature would lie extremely pop
uar. However, in several of cur best iu-
formed political circles, there is still a doubt
that general war will take plaees those
who frequent them humLly conceive that ev- |
en- in the delicate affair OF Belgium. there |
does not appear the slightest ground for /
foreign interference. Russia has from the 1
first manifested very little sympathy, to say
the least, for the new order oil things in
France. The Autocrat, In bis letter to our
King, has had the insolence TO say that he
will not examine the motives that have lad
Philip to accept the crown. This evidently u
announces little good will and forbodes evil.
Now, neither France nor England can allow
the Autocrat, whose immense and apparently
powerful empire reaches from the Pole to
near Constantinopie, to OPPOSE the constitu-
tional progress oil The Northern States of Eu.
rope.
Austria, moving in the same circle. directs
and occupies by her armies the whole Italian
Peninsula, excluding from il French and
English trade. Such SYSTEM as this would
be as hostile TO the two nations as the Conti-
mental blockade Of Napoleon. We antici-
pate then, by the natural course Of things, an
intimate alliance between FRANCE and Great
Britain. II does not in the least appear 10 US
impossible that commercial treaties might
be made between the two countries. and ia
vorable To both. When once France shall
have reneunced the toe yiolen. demoe ralcal
tendency Of her first revolution. aud shall |,