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public opinion. And if
ns to the formation of the
prove correct, the Whiffs
have at least obtained full possession of
the Strong holds of patronage, power, Sc
place. The following extracts from the
proceedings of tint two houses of Parlia
ment, of the Ifllh of November, contain
the olHcint Diiniinciatioim of the resig
nation of the Wellington Ministers:-
lIOUISK OF LORD*, >
Tuesday, Nov. 10. \
The Duke of Wbixinoton advanced
to the table, mid said—‘‘l think it proper
so acquaint your Lordships, that in con
sequence-of what occurred last night in
t lie House of Commons, I have felt it to
homy duty to wait on his Majesty, mu!
’fo render my resignation of the cilice
which 1 hnd the honor to hold. My
Lords, his Majesty has signified his plea
sure to accept of that resignation, and I
now only hold the oflice until my succes
sor he appointed.’’ The Dake utter pro
nouncing tnesc few words, resumed Ids
seat for a few minutes, and then willi
•■tlrcw.
Mir R. Pent,, Addressed the Chair ns
follows:—“Mir, —The unfeigned respect
Which 1 owe to this House Induces me
To take the earliest possible opportunity
of publicly stating, in my place, that, in
consequence of what occurred last night,
I felt it my duty to wail upon the King,
and humbly and respectfully to inform
his Majesty that luo longer found it in
my power to administer public affairs (so
far us those ulliiirs depended upon me,)
either with satisfaction to my own feci-’
inga, or advantage to the country—(loud
cries of hear, hear.) 1 therefore ten
‘deecd to the King my resignation, which
his Majesty lias been graciously pleased
to accept, r.nd I now hol'd the Seals of
the Home Department only till my suc
cessor shall have been nppointed. In
like manner, my colleagues, the other
Members of the Cabinet, h(4p office only
rill other individuals shall have been ap
pointed to succeed them.”—(Hear, bear.)
Lord At/rnonr—ln consequence of the
communication juslapule to the bouse,
every one must at this 11101110111.
when there is no (•ovenunent—no Ad
-ministration—it would be both improper
and inconvenient to undertake the de
bate which stands for this night, on the
motion of my hon. and learned friend
(Mr. llrougham.) and 1 hope he w id see
the propriety of not urging his proposi
tion this evening—(hear.)
Mr. Jliuvjoiiam —l feel the greatest re
pugnance to putting oft" the motion. I
agree that no question of such impor
tance qb this hits ever been brought for
ward qt a time when there was 11 deli
cicney in the government; but my diili
fully in postponing it arises from the in
tense feeling that pervades every part of
the country, and from the consideration
that no question involving such vast,
such mighty interests as lids, lias ever
yet been.discussed withip these walls.—
Vs any change of administration that
- may take place cannot uifeet me. tam
anxious to take this opportunity of slat
ing that, if 1 mow put off the motion, it
will only bo to the 25th of this month, mid
no longer; for 1 shall positively bring it
forward then, whoever may bo minister.
—(Hear, hoar.)
The business which Mr. Uronghmn
hnd in hand, and which ho was so reluc
t-.int to postpone, was u motion for Par
liamentary Reform.
The resignation of the Wellington
Ministry under the circumstances' of the
ease, is one of the most important events
that lias occurred in the year ISdff —hold
iy ns this year will standout in relief on
the page ofhislory
Tlie distresses in England is attend
cd with increasing dihuHVetlou to the
government, ns it has been administered,
there can be no doubt, nad the terrible
conflagrations, which oven yet eoiithim
in Kent, bespeak a very bad stale of
public feeling. Indeed the people seem
at last to have come to the determination
seriously to demand u reform in the rep
l esentuiiou iu parliament,and a retrench
ment in tho public expenditure. The
duke of Wellington, known ns the op
ponent* of those reforms, has been for
months rapidly declining in the public
favor.
The King's speech nt the opening of
Parliament, was received with very gen
eral dislike by the people. They saw
no promise of reform—hut only a threat
in decided terms, of the employment of
power to put down the anticipated effer
vescence of popular feeling. They also
saw. or thought they saw, an intimation
A*f the possibility that England might
coon be again entangled in tho impen
ding quarrels of Europe, in the end load
ing la war. This gave great offence.
There was much previous exasperation,
Tor on going down to Parliament in at
tendance upon the King, to open the ses
sion, tho Duke wus insulted in the streets,
in the most aggravated manner.
At an early day of the session the Pre
mier hnd greatly added to tho popular
excitement against himself nud col
leagues, by an explicit and emphatic de
claration, that it was not tho intention
of the Ministers to yield their absent to
any measure of reform in Parliament.
Tile-growing disaffection was manifes
ted in a variety of ways. The celebrated
limit, of Radical notoriety, busied him
self in organising bands of rioters, who
Highly paraded the streets with tri-col
ored banners flying, and committed u
variety of outrages. During tho progress
the cries of tho rioters were—“ Down
■with Wellington!—Down with the New
Police!—Down with tho Ministers!—and
Reform forever!” &c.
At tho commencement of every reign,
in England, it is tho privilege oY the
(iamiuan Council of the City of liondon.
to have the honor of entertaining the
King nt dinner, at Uaitdhall. • And it hud
been arranged Uml the ceremony on tho
4 ircseot occasion, slionhl take place on
Tuesday the tilh of November. Exten
sile arrangements I nut been made for the
I Me, uud Uu King and Queen wnc to I
A fill
'SV * letters were
of tlie occupiers of
■■RPTntho line of procession, threat-
I Wnng them with vengeance if they illu
minated, ns such a waste of property
would not lie permitted while thousands
of Englishmen were starving. These let
ters were dated from “Hend-quorters.”
Mome of them were forwarded by tlie
. persons who received them, to the Ma
gistrates and by these'Magistrates, put
into the hands of Ministers. The new
. Eord Mayor elect, moreover, wrote to
the Ministers, staling it as his opinion,
that should the King nml Queen come
to town, and the festivities proceed, in
tlie then excited slate of the public mind,
their lives—that particularly of tlie Duke
of Wellington,—would not bo safe. Un
der circumstances, the King, on
tlie advice of his Ministers, postponed the
intended festivities. This measure like
wise gave great dissatisfaction. Those
who wished for n night of rioting, were
displeased, and those who innocently
wished to enjoy the pageant, were dis
appointed. The alarm was treated ns
groundless l»y the Whigs, who told the
MinistoiViliat (hey might have effectual
ly prevented nny disturbances by remain
ing nt home, and leaving his Majesty
alone to the good will and affection of
ins people.
The presses on both sides,condemn the
new Eord Mayor, if not for his timidity,
■it least for his indiscretion. The fear is
that the ill advised postponement will
impart n degree of confidence to the mob,
ns <0 their own strength, which mny
prove of serious injury.
Previously to the announcement oftlie
postponement, the police hud taken strong
measures to prevent the contemplated
disturbance. Among other measures,
four hundred Speeinl Constables were
sworn : anil some troops were put in mo
tion ; but only n few sniull bodies.
The next important feature of this
eventful history, was the introduction of
the Civil Eist, by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, which subject was brought
forward on the 12lh. The Civil Erst of
the lute kiiigtiinouiited to£1,(150,00(1, from
which it was proposed so make a red my
tion (d'JLSJjCOO, by which the present Ci
vil Eist would be fixed at .0110,(100. Rut
taking into consideration the allowance
formerly made to the Duke of Clarence
St. some others, the saving would amount
to aiHoco.
Mr. Hi mu ridiculed the proposed re
(hu tion ns contemptible, in the present
stole of tho country. He complained
of the confusion of the estimate, arising
from the mixing up 11 variety of expenses
that had ao'eonneetion wlth thb dignity
nr comfort of the crown. A number of
pensions were paid out of tlie civil list,
which ought not to he granted without
first receiving the sanction ofllnd house.
A great many of those pensioners were
peers, mid peer's sons nud daughters,nnd
other persona who had a certain descrip
tion of connection with the H lIIHO of
Commons. The people wanted n chea
per government, & to relieve themselves,
i'ronrsaeh uliusi*'*.
In the HOOAO of Commons on the Isth
of \i« , other, WVr It ftvvm-U rose to move
The amendment of which lie had given
notice the former night. The Hon. Hen
tlenmn then proceeded to remark upon
the items moved lor on a previous night,
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, uml
nud concluded by moving for the ap
pointment of a t-ielerl Committee to in
quire into the expenses ofthc Civil Eist.
Mtrniigers were then ordered to with
drn .v, and the House di\idl'd, when there
were—
For tlicorighinl motion - -- -- -- -- 2(M
Fi r Mir IE Purnell's amendment - - - “til!
Majesty against Ministers -------- 2!>
The luiunniieemeiil id this majority was
iiailed with loud ehceni, and on the re-ad
mission of strangers to the gallery.
The chronicle names ten others who
would have voted wall Mir 11. Parnell,
hnd they been 111 tlie house. The defeat
seems net to have been anticipated by
the Ministers. The Inst paper asserts
that “they were evidently us little pre
pared for Ibis result ns the Duke of \Vel
llugtou w itM-fnr the indignation which the
King’s ftpcceh anil his insolent Declara
-1 ion against reform have excited llirough
| out the Country.
The result of these proceedings, and
of this defeat, was the resignation of the
Ministry i n the day following, us the
render has seen near the commencement
.. of lids article.
HOUSE OF LORDS—Novrvni n 2.
, EKJ MAJESTSP3 SPEECH.
The Di : kk or IlieiiMO.Mi said it wus in
no spirit ol faction that he appealed to
their Lordships in hehulf of the distress
I' od working mid laboring classes of the
country. There was a feeling abroad
1 he regrt tied to say. that superiors did
not sympathize ns they ought to do with
llie'ir inferiors: he knew that such a feel
ing was an erroneous otic, tddl it laid
gone abroad, ami it could not be denied
that some cause wus to be found for such
u feeling, all enquiry into existing dis
tresses being refused last year—(Hear,
bear.) The Duke concluded by express
ing a hope the Noble Duke at the head
of tho goveriiiiieiit would that night give
an assurance to that effect.
End Ci kb if said lie considered that the
circumstances under which they that
night assembled amounted to a degree of
importance mid danger higher almost
than til any period within his rrrollec
tion. To avert the dangers of their sit
uation would require nil the fortitude, all
the caution, and all the wisdom proba
bly it would he in their power to com
jtUUnd. Upon the good sense, the good
feeling, tlie loyalty ami attachment of Un
people of England to tho constitution, he
imdthe firmest reliance. His fears did
not spring from that source; it only re
mained fur That and tho other house of
Pnriiumcnt to force his Majesty's minis'-
tars,should they not ire inclined, to do
their duly, and all difficulties would he
surmounted. (Hear, hour.) —He Imd no
hesitation in adopting the very words ol'
the speech from tlie throne wherein Ids
Majesty expressed tlie “grief and indig
nation'’ with which he viewed the efforts
made to create disaffection, and to sepa
rate and alienate tlie affections of a great
and loyal portion of the people; nud he
l would lend every assistance in Ins pow-
u amt gnjbrvtfan?.
■F to the government to extinguish the
Kttempts mode for that purpose.— (Hear,
. hear.) —He deprecated the employment
i of force, which, upon all occasions, caus
> ed irritation; but he exhorted the Noble
; Hake and those who acted with him to
f persist in the course they had adopted
of getting themselves at the head of the
sound part of the community against the
' hostile designs of the other part— (Hear,
hear.) —No time should be lost, but they
■ ought speedily and lirmly to come for
-1 ward and at once put an end to practices
' which, if continued and attended with
success, must bring down ruin upon them
I nil, and in the first place upon those who
hud originated them.—Agreeing, how
i ever, as he did with that part of the ad
, dress which deprecated the designs of
■ the agitators, he was yet sorry that there
i was no allusion, on the other hand, to nn
, intention to introduce measures of relief,
i He trusted his Majesty's government
would in .thisparticular pursue the course
i which had been recommended to them,
' ami thus give undeniable proofs that
they were inattentive to the wants of
i that portion of the empire. The speech
■ from the throne dealt in professions of
economy, he trusted this session would
■ show that these were not merely proles
i sions. The country has derived consid
> crnhle relief from the remission of the
hrer tax. but in his opinion there were
oilier taxes of more general pressure
which might have been dispensed with.
' It was not then the time to discuss any
new mode of taxation, but he must take
• that opportunity of observing that he
t had n decided objection to a property
i lax. —(Hear, hear, hear.)—Whether his
1 Majesty's Ministers intended to under
, tnhc to bring forward a measure of re
form or not, he did not know. They
would ho forced to do so at last, mid
probably under circumstances which
■ would make it much less safe than at
present.—(Hear, hear.) —The host pre
paration and defence then for coming
danger would, in his opinion, he to forti
fy the constitution, to extend its blessings,
and acquire the confidence of the peo
ple, thus presenting to the enemy tlie
' harrier of a people content with the bles
sings ofn free constitution, and n King
for whom they entertained nn unlimited
n flection. (Cheers.) He must coulees
that he experienced some abatement of
the satisfaction he felt upon the conduct
of the government towards Franco in
the policy which it seems to he their in
tention to pursue towards the Nether
hinds. with respect to which it appeared
the principle of non-interference adher
ed to in the case of Franco was to he dc-‘
parted from. 110 confessed lie could not
understand open whut constrnctionof the
treaties Inte which we hud .entered we
arc botir.il to interfere in the internal
movements between Holland & the low
countries. (Hear, hour.) No man could
Vegret more than lie did what had hap
pened in these countries.—To re-unite
them otherwise than by Ibrce was hope
less, and then even the union would
not Inst long.—To attempt this, however,
by force, would bo departing from the
established principle of noii-interferruco,
If their lordships wished to see that
principle well argued, he rerommended
them to rend the letter of a noble friend
of his upon thenllairsof Holland, written
some lime ago, when the arrangements
1 m question wcro titirmr oisensslon. ' IW
Noble Karl here reud a passage from the
work alluded to, ridiculing the idea of
an union between two states totally op
posed in character, language, religion,
and interests, heartily despising each
other, null formingu purlin meat in which
one hull'of the members dal not uuder
atnndnword uttered by the other half.
In las Majesty’s speech respecting the
Netherlands, Ills Majesty was made to
"lament that the enlightened adminis
tration ol tlie King should not have pc
i served his dominions from revolt.” This
. was deciding the merits of the question,
( find pronouncing sentence of condemna
tion upon the Hi Igiuns. It was a depar
ture from tlie principle of non-inteiTer
rence.—lf I here was any real intention on
t the part ofhis Majesty's government he
hoped the House would not sanction such
; a cause and lie was sure the Noble Duke
would find no support from any part of
of (lie enlightened portion of the country.
By using swell language, stigmatising the
conduct of one party us u revolt,” and
' praising (he other as an “enlightened ad
ministration,” tliis government had dis
qualified itself from exercising (ho func
tions efu mediator. He condemned tlie
. expression ns uncalled for, unjust, in bad
[ policy, mid contrary to (lie best interests
’ oflhis country, (H ear, hear.) Iflhe no
ble iluke, in concert with ids Allies,
should interfere between the two people,
it would be uryuslifuiblt-, ami an net most
likely to disturb the pence of Europe. To
(Lis part of .the speech he should, there
fore, s«y not content. 'The noble enrl
1 next adverted tolhenlliisioninthespeeeh
1 to (lie mention ofPnrtugal. It appeared
lliut tin amnesty had been determined
' upon, which meant that it had been
' promised to Don Miguel; but whether
I that promise would ever lie performed or
1 not, wlio could say. Hut, here again
was u departure from tlie principle of
[ .non-interference; b»r whut righthad vv«
to dictate an amnesty to a foreign sove
reign ! Hid the noble duke mean to eu
force the performance of tlie condition?
In the persuasion that satisfactory ex
planations might be made upon tlie to
pics to which he laid adverted, lie should
oiler no opposition to (lie address.
. . *
FRANCE AND THE U. STATES.
Hy a lloyul ordinance, u commission
Itus been formed lor scaling the claims
of the Fulled States upon the French
Government, which have so long been
urged by the American Minister. The
same commission will also consider the
counter claims against America, and then
form n basis for an equitable and Until
adjustment of each. The Commission
ers are, Viscount I-nine, President;
Messrs. George Lafayette, Bcslny. and
Delcssert, Deputies; M. d'Andiflret, Pre
. sideut of die Coral of Accounts, and M.
Pichon, Councillor of .State.
8 DAY'S LATER PROM EXOLAND.
Nbw-Yobk, Dee. 88.
By the packet ship Columbia, Captain
Delano, from London, the Editors of the
Com. ,’hlvn lis,-r have received London
papers to the evening of the 30th Nov.
inclusive.
Tlie storm is fast gathering, nnd the
muttering thunder begins to he beard in
the distance. It may pose ever without
breaking forth; but the chances are
more than two to- one, that there will be
A GENERAL WAR IN EUROPE
VVe insert a letter below, from Paris,
Nov. 29, which breathes nothing but war.
A letter from the Emperor of Husain to
the King of the French, of an insulting
character, is referred to, of which, how
. ever, we have no satisfactory particulars.
If it he true that the Autocrat has written
such n letter, it is a dark omen. At all
events, the indications are such that
France is arming for a contest. And if
the accounts from Russia be true, the
former lias cause for assuming a formid
able defensive attitude. By the follow
ing article from St Pctersburgh.it will be
seen that Russia is collecting her forces,
' and that they are to be led by tlie victor
of the Balkan, General. Count Dicbitsch.
From the Frontiers of Russia, JVov. 9.
Field Marshal Count Diebitsch is expect
ed nn the frontiers of Russian Poland, to
review the troops coming from the inte
rior. nnd to order the necessary measures
for their cantonment und subsistence.—
' He will afterwards return to Berlin,
where lie bus been for some time on an
' extraordinary mission. It is affirmed,
Unit the troops ordered to tlie frontiers
will he to the number 0f200,000 men, with
400 pieces of cannon. There are to he 7
corps, including the Polish army.
The further continuance of peace will
depend on the negociations in London,
and the conduct of the French Govern
ment. We know (hut tlie King of the
French aiul his councillors hitherto de
sire nothing more earnestly thnn to re
main on good terms with other countries,
nnd that as for ns depends on them, the
Belgian insurgents, whose proceedings
chiefly endanger tlie existing amicable
arrangements, and even hazard the ex
isting tranquility of France itself, have
no aid to expect front its present govern
ment.
Tlie London Courier ofXov.3o,refuses
implicit confidence in this intelligence,
und intimates, that the apprehensions pre
vailing in Paris nt tlie Inst advices, were
without sufficient cause. We quote the
.following article:—
‘•’l'hc German papers which arrived
this morning, slate that a Hussion army
0f’200,000 men. divided, into 7«orps, with
400 pieces of cannon, is assembling on
the fVontier; but it is declared that the ob
ject is merely to make a demonstration
for (lie purpose of maintaining pence.—
Tlie French, however, are not idle; a large
army will soon he ready for the field,
nnd the first hostile .demonstration n
gainst Belgium will lie tlie signal for
piuring masses of enthusiastic French
men into Italy, and overrunning
Wo do not believe that (he Emperor of
Russia and Lis immediate Allies will
tempt Uie chance of such a contest.
The following is the letter from Paris,
spoken of in the commencement of this
summary:
IPaiup, Nov. 28.
“Tlie whole attention of this country is
■ now turned to the momentous qqpstion
of tlie possibility and even probability of
war. Tlie Government, aller making
every effort in its power consistent with
Frencli honor, to avoid n struggle, tlie
consequence of which no bunion eye enn
foresee, will certainly set to. work, in tlie
event of unavoidable hostilities, with the
mnutfestcSTvery little - sympathy, to sny
the least, for the new order of things in
France. Autocrat, in his letter to our
King, has laid the insolence to say that
ho will not examine the motives tlmt
have led Philip to accept the crown.—
Tliis evidently announces littlogood will
nnd forliodcs evil.
Austria, movliig in the same circle, di
rects nnd occupies by her armies the
whole Italian Peninsula, excluding from
it French nnd English trade. Such a
system ns this would be as hostile to tlie
two nations ns tlie Continental blockade
of Napoleon. Wo anticipate then, by
the natural course of things, nn intimate
alliance between Franco and Great Bri
tain. It does not in the least nppenr to
ns impossible that commercial treaties
might ho made between (lie two coun
tries, and favorable to both. Wc have
, heard witli great satisfaction, that tills is
the probable state of the relations be
tween our Governments Lord Grey’s
open and noble declaration mast lend to
tiirs, and I hear that M. de Talleyrand's
reports to In's Court are of the same hear
ing. Dor Government is displaying the
most laudable activity, to be in complete
readiness for any movement from the
Cossack quarter. Marshall Boult labors
day nnd night.
We expect in .Tan. 1851. independent
ly of the great force of National Guards,
every where armed and equipped, to
have n regular army of 300,0(10 men on
one frontiers. Hut it is impossible to
foresee whut numbers nn appeal from tlie
Crown would muster in an instant. Our
internal slate is pretty .quiet now. The
trial of ministers is almost forgotten in
preparation fer national defence.
, Judging above from the printed ac
counts before us, wo should infer that
the writer of the preceding letter wns
, under too much excitement nt the mo
ment to give n perfectly impartial view
of the ease. Hut wo lenrn that n pas
senger in the Columbia, “who led Lou
don n few hours later than any of our
printed dates, states that just before his
departure, he saw nn Extra issued from
tlie office of tlie Courier, which slated
THAT RUSSIA HAD ACTUALLY DE
CLARED WAR AGAINST FRANCE.”
One thing is certain : tire French capital
was in a state of a farm, in proof ofvvhieh
wc oiler the following additional extracts
from the correspondence of tlie London
papers;—
Paths, Nov. 27. — Amid the general im
pression that war is impending, the pub
lic cling to (he hope that the interference
of your (the English) now liberal Minis
try will prevent the resort to arms by tlie
Northern Powers, but I can assure you
that the predominating feeling is that we
are on the eve of war.
“The news from Belgium and nil the
Northern frontiers of France appears to
have nt length roused the French Gov
ernment. The most extraordinary ex
ertions have been ordered to be made,
to provision nnd garrison the fortresses,
to manufacture arms, and other material,
and to reorganize the army. It is said
to-dny on’Change that Government con
templates the formation of an army of
150.000 men in the Northern departments
within three months. This however
desirable, will be impossible, as the utter
state of destitution in vVhich the expelled
> Government left Ihe country, of nil means
1 of attack or even of defence, will require
a much longer period to repair it.
We copy the following article from
the Messagcr dis Chambrcs of November
29:
Whnt ore the Cabinets nflvr going to
do f » Perhaps some abuse of power; but
let us use another word—some great po
litical folly, after having committed n first
one in throwing menaces in the delibera
tions of a people who wish to remain
free. Is the Holy Alliance re-organized
or are they going to make the Germanic
Confederation, founded in the sole inter
est of the independence and liberty of
Germany, to support the ambition of
Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
Let Europe beware! the least viola
tion of the Belgic territory, in conse
quence of its revolution, is u direct at
tack against France—a moral attack,
not less meaning than if an attempt was
made to im ude our frontier.
The greatest activity is observable in
the department of the minister of War.
It is said that Marshal Soult is at Ids of
fice as early as 4 o’clock every morning:
and in consequence of this increased uc
tivity, bus already produced a great
change in every thing relating to lids
branch of Ihe administration.
It has also been announced by one of
the Morning Journals that Marshal 8ou!t
has issued an order for supplying all the
fortresses with provisions.
A fact has come to our knowledge
which shows that the same activity reigns
in the department of the Minister of the
Interior as in thatof War. The Prefect
of La Vendee (.>1 de Saint llcrmine) w ho
is nlso a member of the Cham her of De
puties, arrived in Paris the day before
yesterday, to take the oath requisite for
the latter. He has received orders to re
turn to his post immediately after hav
ing complied with the above formality,
uitd he’will set out on Monday, in conse
quence of Instructions he has from Count
Montnlivet.
An ordinance announcing further
changes in the French Ministry, was
published on the 17th of November, ill.
Ic Compte fik'husliani is thereby appoint
ed Secretary of Fo leign Aflaira in the
room of M. the Mnrcchnl Marquis Mai
soa. Peer of France whose resignation
is accepted. Count D’Argout, Peer of
Franco, succeeds Sebastian! in the De
partment ofMorineofthc Colonics. The
Mnreelial Sioult. Duke of Dalmatia, Peer
of France, is made Secretary of War in
plnec of General Gerard, whose resig
nation is accepted. The latter retired
simply lieeausc ho is uflliefed with n dis
. ease of the eyes, which prevented his at
tention to business. Marshal Mnison
proceeds on a mission to Vienna.
from the Wcssagcr dc« Chambrev, of Nov. 28.
Paris, Nov. 27.
It is announced that Gen. Schneider,
who is now in the Lazaretto at Toulon,
is to he appointed Chief of the army
whicli is going to be assembled in the
. department of tiio Moselle, under the
command of Gen. Gerard. Resides
these forces, it is said that three camps, of
10(1,060 men each arc going to lie formed
ut Lille, Metz, mid Wtrasbnrgli, then.vve
nble National Guard are to form part of
them.
n lax nnrju.
•me National Congress was rngngrn
, during its sittings on the 29d and S4(li of
. November in discussing n proposal “to
I declare all the members of the family of
l Orange Nassau forever excluded from
. the throne of Belgium. The proposal
I was carried, however, on the Slth, by a
vote of 161 to 28.
’J’hc Hague, IVuv. 2.l.—Tiie Slants Cou
. rant of to-day contains the following
, article
, “In consequence of n conference held
. at London on the 17lh inst. between the
, plenipotentiaries of'Englnnd, Franco, the
, Netherlands, Austria, Russia, and Prus
, sin, and of the representations made in
' consequence to the King, his Majesty him
, thought Jit to have orders given to the CommJhi
f dm of hie fords hy sea and land to suspend all
offensive operations.
Wc understand llmt this second eon
, fi-rencc led to n second protocol of the
. five great powers assembled at London
, by which it isdclermined that an nrmis
, lice.forthetiine (it is said) oftliree months
, shall take pluce between Holland and
. Belgium, to commence on the 21st inst.—
, It seems quite certain that the Provision
, a) Government oflleigium lias also giv
, cn its nssenttothis arndstirc.
j The latest Paris advices state thnt
Charles Illiquid-, a member of the Con
. grass and Provisional Government of
Brussels, bad Just arrived in Paris, with
’ a communication to tfio French Cabi
net.
, EXGI.A.XD.
, Disturbances among the T.ahorers. — 1 I
f twelve or fourteen counties the laborers
, continue to commit much mischief. A
, proclamation was issued by the King on
the 2.‘Jd November, stating that great dis
orders prevailed in the counties of Wills,
, Kent, Sussex. Surcy, Hurts and Berks,
s and commanding all Officers to use their
. utmost efforts to tiring offenders to jns
. tieo. Special Commissioners have been
ap|H>inted to liokl offices in Southamp
ton and Wills. Lord Brougham and
r Vuux is at tlic head of these coinmis-
sions. r l he Duke of Wellington, sever
, al Lords of the Council, the Attorney
I General Denman, &c. arc also attached
to them.
J THE NEW MINISTRY.
. The New Ministry was organised, on
Monday the 23d—at which time his Ma
jesty held a court for that object.
OF THE CABINET.
NEW MINISTRY. OLD MINISTRY.
Ist Ul. oflhe Trea. r.arl Orcy JD. of Welling
. Lon! Chancellor Lnnl Urougham L-l.'Lvnilliur-t
. Chancellor of ECqr Lout Ai.hoVp Mr.*tSSS!
Home-bccrciury Lord Melbourne Sir Ro:.'t Peel
• Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston E JJ rl p of Abcr *
• Colonial .S.rrctury Lnrl Goderich SirG%nrrav
I IM Ixl. of AJimrolty Sir J.lEo.Graham Via’t Melville
; IVivv siol""' 1 j vl " r bonsdmvne Earl BaihurM
l4>r(l JTivv Seal Lord Durham ETI ofßosslyn
Master of Mini oucl ? , . . . , , }
» Board ofTrade > Auckland Mr. Homes
> Prcs’tofDd.a/Control Mr. C. Grant Lord EUcclio
. Duchy ofloincotUT Loot Holland M??^rbolhn«
. ToMmaslor General D. ofßiclimonJ b.of.Munchca-
AVilhoul office Earl of Carlisle leSlCr
NOT OF THE CABINET.
j Muster Gen. of Ord. Sir \V. Gordon Vis'd Bercs-
Wowls ami Forests Hon. Agar Ellis Vis't'Lowthor
I- & of™. Navy } Rob, ‘ Cr “ m Sir J
■ ttrdonfuaC \ Mr ’ P ’ T '“ mr6m »•
• . I Sir T. M. Ilnrity
. Junior Lords of Ad- I HonG.ll.L.Duudas
mirally f Sir S. II Pec hell
> J llua. G.Darriugtoa
Junior Lord* of the \ F°T* Banng.* Esq
Treasory r R. v. Smith. E«q.
_ . _ , J Hon. G. PoiiHouby
Joint S.-crelsries to > Mr. Edw. Ellis ( Mr. Dawson
(he lYensury ] Mr. S. Rico \ Mr. Planu
Attorney General Mr. Denman Sir J. Scarlett
Solicitor General Mr. Horne B. Sug.
En. See. For'n Affairs Lord Howick LordDunelMs
In. Sec. Horae D. pur Hon. G. Lamb 5
Commander-In-Chief Lord Hill
Paymaafr of Forces Isjnl Jolm Russell Mr. Calcrall >
Snr. Geu. of Ordn'c. Sir K. Spencer ‘ '
Viceroy Os Ireland Mar. ofAngleaca D. of Nnrihnra
Uixrl Bfc. for Ireland Hon. E. Siunlcy Sirli Hardinirl*
Cliancellor of Ireland Lord Plankett Si r a. Hart
Alton Gen. fjr IrelanJH.PcnuefiiUicrßaq.Mr. Joy,
ROYAL HOUSEHOLD.
“itoSSBS 1 ° f } tV.llestey
Master of the Horse Earl of Albennartu
la). Chamberlain Duke of Devonshire
Trea.-of Ilnnaehold Earl Jersey
Master of K. Bk. I .
Hounds I »i»®oum Anson
■Mr. Denison, who offered himself for
Liverpool, to succeed Mr. Huskisson,
has been elected hy a majority of 12 over
Mr. Ewart, his antagonist.
The Queen, it is understood, has fixed
on the 21th day of February next for hol
ding her first drawing room, when all
the Indies who attend are expected to
appear in dresses of British manufacture.
Liverpool, Nov. 25.
Liverpool to Manchester in one hour t —This
extraordinary feat was performed on
Monday morning by the Planet, one of
Mr. Stephenson’s most approved engines,
the time occupied being only GO minutes;
of which two minutes were taken up in
oiling and examining the machinery
about midway.
NAPLES, Death oflhe King ofiYaplrs. —
An express, who left Naples on the Oth
Nov. brought tho news of the death of
tiie King which look place on the Bth, at
three o'clock. The. hereditary prince
was immediately proclaimed King, bv
the name of Ferdinand 11.
From the L'. S. Triumph, Doc. J?.
CONGRESS.
In the Senate, on the 2~th, Mr. Fw
lingiiuysun presented a memorial from
sundry clerks in the dilfcrcnt navy yards
in the United States, praying an increase
of compensation. Mr. llox-nr-a present
ed a petition from sundry shipmasters,
praying the establishment of a light
house on Swan's Island, in Jericho. On
motion of Mr. Foot, and by unanimous
consent oflhe .Senate, tiie bills for the re
lief of Henry Becker, Si Samuel Nowell,
were severally rend a third time, and
passed. The bill incorporating the Po
tomac Fire Insurance Comp'y of George
town, was received from the House,
rend twice, and referred to the Commit
tee on the District of Columbia. In the
Senute, acting ns a High Court of Im -
peachment, for the trial of Judge Peck,
the cross-examination of Mr. Luke Ed
ward Lawless,, was concluded by the
counsel for the respondent. It is pre
sumed thnt Mr. L. will be further exam
ined to-day, by the managers.
In the House of Representatives, after
the usual presentation of petitions and re
solutions, the resolution submitted on u
former day, by Mr. Taylor, respecting
the printing of the indices to the Jour
nals of Congress, was, npon the motion
of Mr Polk, indefinitely postponed.—
' The motion of Mr. Johns, to rescind the
resolution that the House attend the Sen
ate clkainber, during: * u -- *-«-* jiT JuUgu
■»»ai.. *v,... kwU.» up* ttlin .11 r. 1 Uvrirtf
■ of Ohio, moved that its consideration be
deferred until Monday next. On mo.
• tion, however, of Mr. Strrioere, tho re
solution was laid upon the Inble, by a
vote of ayes 76, noes 79. 'Flic House
then resolved itself into Committee of
the Whole, Mr. Cambreleno in tho chair,
and proceeded to the .Senate chamber, to
prosecute tho impeachment. At half
past li o’clock, they returned and report
ed; and the House adjourned.
The Senate, on the 2Slli, after various
petitions and resolutions had been pre
sented, reports made from committees,
and the transaction of Executive busi
ness in secret session, resolved itsclfinto
a High Court of Impeachment, and the
trial of Judge Peck was continued. Alter
receivingthetestimony ofllcnry L. Gey*
er, Esq., the Rev. Mr. llcrril, and Arthur
L. Miiginnis, Esq., witnesses summoned
on tin? part of tiie House of Representa
tives, and the cross-examination of those
gentlemen by- the managers of Ihe Im
peachment, and the counsel for the res,
pondent, the Court, at a lute hour, ad
journed until 12 o’clock to-dny.
In the House of Representatives, nu
merous petitions, reports, and resolutions
were submitted. Mr. Buchanan, from
the Commmittecon the Judiciary, repor
ted « bill Ibrllirr to define the duties of
the Attorney General of the IT. States mnt
of the Solicitor of the Treasury. It was
rend twice, and referred to a Committee
of tho Whole on the state of Ihe ITbion.
Mr. CAMBKKLENG,<from tiie Committee on
Commerce, reported a hill to alter cer
tain duties on foreign merchandize, im
ported into various ports in tiie wes
tern waters: which was similarly dis
posed of. Mr. WitKurn?, from tho
Committee on Public Lands, gave notice
. that he should, on Monday, move that
tiie House go into a Committee of the
Whole on Ihe bill to graduate the price
of tho public lands. Mr. Taylor pre
sented a new resolution for (ho printing
of the indices to the Journals of the pro
ceedings of the House of Representatives,
commencing with the 18th Congress, nnd
continued to the present time. Mr. Polk.
moved its indefinite postponement. Mr.
Camerclkno, suggested its reference to
the Committee on tho Library'. Mr. Polk
acquiescing in the proposition, it was,
after some discussion, so referred. Mr.
Howard moved the re-printing of certain
reports, presented by the Committees of
Commerce and Manufactures, in the
years ISliS—9 and 4 ; but, after some re
marks from Mr. SrKiuHT and Mr. Ramsey,
the House, having received a message
from the Senate thnt they had resolved'
themselves into a High Court oflmpcnch
ment, on motion of Mr. Haynes, resolved
themselves into a Committee, Sir. Cam
brels no in the chair, and on motion of
Mr. Buchanan, repaired to the Senate
chamber, to prosecute the case. On their
return, they reported progress; and the
House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 29th, Mr. Dicker
son, in pursuance of notice given, asked
leave, and introduced a joint resolution
providing for an amendment to the Con
stitution, so that no person whoslinil have
twice been elected to the office of Presi
dent of the United States, shall again be
eligible to thnt office. In the Senate., sit
ting as a High Court of Impeachment
for the trial of Judge Book, tiie fcstlinoN