Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-01-24

| Dir. CAhrsrLL of Brooke suescedsd. and ae,u-
Pied the hoor nHth three O'Clock, IN an acute .pd
argnmsntative sp,cch, in favor Of Abolition.
Whcn no concluded, on motion Of
Mr.. GooDE. the House adjourned.
LNfEsT FROM ETK5FE
~ lhS;'day morning the packet sbip Charles
CARROLL, Clark, arrived from Have, whence ,he
sailed on the " December. By this arrival
the Z i'ors of the New York Commercial Ad.
'crtiser have received their fiIcs of Po,is ma
pers to the evening of the 18th Nsyember. in.
| 3Oih. Wv
FRENCH AFFAIRS
Inc nietus.i"n Of the Stock Ezchaee in
ra,i>' winch had been great during the troubles
az Lyons, had been succeeded by an almost to-
tai calm Although but little business was
transacted ON the sath, vet the feeling Of specu-
l'tors was rather favorable than otherwise.
Count L1baiu i's led an Order Of the Day to
'he National Guard Of Paris on the 2eth, ex-
pressing LIS satisfaction at the honorable and
ready zeal with which they had has,ened to
'hc'I respective posts, ,ince the deplorabs events
| nj Lyons, and noticed particularly the fact.
hat ont OF 1000 men OF he corps called upon
outy on Sunday, only twelve. were absent, and
'noat OF hem from good causes. lie conclude.
with offering his thanks to q great number OF
the National Guards, who had come forwa I'd and
endercd their services to 60 to lyons and con-
cur IN rr-"stablishing order in that city.
Numetons arrests were made in Paris 90 tbs
!
court yard of the Prefecture of Police. escorted
oy fus'urs and Municipal Guards, NJ Duclos.
VINO WIS attached to the Mcsssgcr des Chsm
orcs, as reporter Of the debate. in the Chamber
o' fecrs, anu who gave the account of the
sps, CHI of the Minister of Commerce which ~,x,
| rise TO the complaint of the Marquis de Dreux-
Breeze, was amongs, HE number vi per,sns az
rested.
Tins monitcur containsa royal ordinance. re-
appointing one grand officer, six comm anders,
2 49, officers and 1855 knights ofuhe Legion Of
| Honor, who had been appointed by Napoleon
during The Hundred Days. They are all to take
rank from the date oftheir original n appointment
IN the spring of 1915. Thus have We ano,her
.,idence tina! Louis Philippe is completely in
| the over Of Donapsrtis;s; who extort from him,
Whatever they please to demand
DISTURBANCES IN LYONS:
| ihe iclegrapbe Despatch from Lyons.
| ~h:cn was noted In last -evenng's Commercial.
"a'eu NOV. -. was not Complete one, it was
broken On oy the darkness the setting in Of
night The rcsldue was received in Paris. he
Telegraph, on the morning Of the 2sth. in which
! tne Tiefrct OF Lyons expresses a hope that tr-
:. der will be gradually, and tsmpIe; civ ,o..o,cr
4 The shops were re-opened and .h, r. wns t,Ia
. theatrical performance on the s7.h. A cen
side allie order fer silks. for the King. no w.
hold, had been received. The arrival on tho
Prince Royal and the Minister C War at rrs-
vaux was announced, The Paris pnpo,s Of The
29th affirm that the accounts from all the depart
U'cUts COUtinneu favorable.
In postscript to Gallignuni's MESSENGER of ,hs
29th November, We find the following letter from
Lyons, Of Nov. 81, and also tho article annexed to-
that from the Lyons paper of the 26th. Although
our readers are already acquainted with the leading
facts contained in these articles. yot their etaied
and animated description Of the late occ urrences
there induces us 10 lay them before our readers:
"Ali still continue nournfnlly tranquil but
arc yet far from feeling any assurance that tho
bloody scenes of the first revolution are not about
t" DO Reacted. for crowds of desperadoes, without
any object but plumber. mingled with tho roai
srtizans; and strongly urging them to deyssta.
| tion pillage and mu rdcr As yet they have boon
only partially successful, but the temptation is pow.
erful, and tho immense property in this uufortu-
nate city lies entirely at thor mercy. The Nation
al Guards who assembled in defence of tho laws
did their duty nobly, but owing to that il.advised
or worse-measure, which placed in their ranks
many of tho lowest order Of the multitude who
wore consequently provided with arms, they, as
we'll as the other troops Of the Line, woro oyerpow
orsd by the insurgents whose numbers seem in the
proportion Of thousand to oas. The latter suff-
cred severely, but tho friends OF order have also
| unfortunately TO bewah numerous vctims-many
heads of respectable families have fallen, and the
Goth regiment Of the Limo havo lost no less than
eleven officers. Never shall forget tho fearful
Psaing of the tocsia which broke the brief calm We
enjoyed on Tuesday night; its dismal tolling was
accompanied by long continued discharges of mus.
ketry. This was occasionpd by an attack on tho
Hotel de Vile, and the retreat Of the troops which
took place by the advice Of the Prsfec who Justly
| perhaps conceived that whl'e their numbers
Insufficient to afford protectoA-to the city their
presence might retard an accommodation with the
rioters. On their retreat these bravo troops who
did not fire single musket but whom compelled to
DO SO IN selfdefenee, were attacked by the insur.
gents from the windows and house tops with
fire arms. largo stones, and missiles Of all descrjp,
lions, and suffered very severely, A strong detach
ncnt of the rioters posted at the rrior leading 10
| Montessuy, finally made attempt to oppose their
leaving the town, and they were at longth Obliged
to & rec passage by destructive fire and charge
| of bayoncts which scarcely left one of heir vail
ants TO tell tho dreadful tale, regret tot hsyo Ia
| add that tho poor follows who were wounded in IN,
retreat and left behind, wero murdered in the most
base and cowardly manner, by the rabblc, MANY Of
thom being thrown tns river. Happily no am
munision was found by tho rioters when they OBJ.
| tanned possession Of the powder gazns, which
had been nsbly defended the whole Of Tuesday ~
handful OF artiorymcn, the officer in conn
maDd had, Mt night, when he found tho position
was no longer tnpabls, destroyed oil tho powder
! and spiked the two pieces of artillery with viii, h
i he had SO CALAMITY defended his post Adisu I
need not add that wo oil in the deepest ANXIETY
for our lives and property. so far, the Pro.
tect and tho Authoritios have mana gcd 10 main
tain something like order, and tho y orkmon yocr,
deS'rousto come TO some reasonable acromrodo
tion' out the immense mass Of vagabonds who
nave nothlng TO hopo md every thing to spprehcnd
nom the regtorstfoh of order, will, feat have to
much weight. "A few, and but a few, sodn,o,,
Srios sa'o az yet beop heard, byt the den. p, =
Il lactlon the Carlists aye evidently At work, CoJ
Pfotee. us rom their maebinstIons,