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• mot appear the slightest ground lor a
foreign iniai tcreuce. Russia has
from the first manifested very little
, sympathy, to sty the least, for the
new order of things iu France. The
■ Autocrat, iu his letter ,to our King,
has had the insolence to say that he
will nat examine the motives that
have led Philip to accept the crown.
This, evidently announces little good
will aud forbodcs evil. Now, neither
^France nor' England can alio# the
Autocrat, whose immense and appa
rently powerful empire reaches from
the Poleto near’Constantinople, to op-
»oso the constitutional progress of the
Northern States of Europe.
Austria, moving in the same circle,
directs and occupies - by her armies
the whole Italian Peninsula, exclud
ing from it French and English trade
Such a system as this would be as
hostile to the two nations as the Con
tinental blockade of Napoleon. We
anticipate then, by the natural course
oT things, an intimate alliance be
tween France and Great Britain. It
'doeY not in the least appear to uS irn-
pmible that commerciat'" treaties
might be made between theTwoeoun-
tries, and favorable to both. When
once France shall have renounced
the too violent democratical tendency
*• of her first revolution, and shall have
abandoned all idea of the unlimited
and mad conquest of her imperial ea
gles, then the course of events would
point out an alliance between us two
«s the most natural and th® most poli
tic proceeding. We have heard with
great satisfaction, that this is the
probable state of the relations be
tween our Governments. Lord
Grey’s open and noble declaration
must lead to this, and I bear tiiat M.
■ de Talleyr; nd's reports to his Court
are of the same bearing. We attri
bute to this the good state of our
Funds ever since the news from Bel
gium. In the mean time our Guvurn-
’nent is displaying the nv>st laudable
•otiT'V.to We in complete readiness
for any movem.-.*, f foin t he Cossack
quarter. Marshall sVdt labors day
and night.
Wo expect in January, 1831, mde
pendently of the great force of Na
tional Guards, every where armed
and equipped, to have a regular army
of 300,00;) men on our frontiers. Bui
it is impossible to foresee what num
bers an appeal from the Crown would
muster in an instant. Our internal
state is pretty quiet now. The trial
of Ministers is almost forgotten in pre
paration for national defence. Some
disorders have taken place in the
JScole de Droit. A professor, of Car-
list celebrity, was hissed by the stu
dents. One of our Ministers, M. de
.Merilhou, himself spoke H> the audi
ence, and order was restored. Our
King continues to be extremely popu
lar. I foresaw clearly that our priests
would compel the Government to some
severe measures. M. de la Mennia’s
Journal, D’Avemr, has been seized
for a most violent appeal to Catholic
fanaticism, under th&pretoxt of a per
secution from the Crown. There is
not Amongst the counsellors of bis Ma
jesty the most distant idea approach
ing to persecution. But the fact is,
that when the Romish priests are not
allowed to command alone, they cry
out that they are persecuted. But
all this will not do in France. Indif
ference is the religion of the lamb—
One of our wits said of the Catholic
Journal (I/Avenif,) The future, that
jfrlltre it already patted.
Judging above from the printed ac
counts'before us, we should infer that
the writerof the preceding letter was
tinder-toe much excitement at the
moment to give a perfectly impartial
view of the case. But we learn that
a passenger in the Columbia, “who
left London a few hours later than a-
»y of our printed dates, states that just
before his. departure, he saw an Ex-
• tra issued from the office of the Cou
nter, which stated THAT RUSSIA
HAD actually declared
WAR AGAINST FRANCE”—
There Is no doubt that the passenger
alluded to saw ee edition of the Cou«*
rmr,' making this statement—probably
" A sue r M ASft sLa - X*
binations with his allies, and mature
the necessary plans. Possibly, how
ever, Russia and Prussia may have
planned a coup de main, and intend to
striks a blow before France is pre
pared to receive, much less return it.
One thing is.certain: the French capU
tal was in a state of alarm, in proof of
which wo offer the following addition
al extracts from the correspondence
of the London papers:—
'Farit, Nov- 27.
Amid the general impression that
war is impending, the public cling to
the hope that the interference of your
(the English) now liberal Ministry
will prevent the resort to arms by
the Northern Powers, but I can as
sure you that the predominating feel
ing is that we are on the 'eve of war.
“The news from Belgium and all
the Northern frontiers of France ap
pears to have at length roused the
French Government. The most ex
traordinary exertions have been or
dered to be made, to provision and gar
rison the fortresses, to manufacture
arms, and other material, and to re
organise the army. It is said to day
on ’Change that Government contem
plates the formation of an army of
150,000 men in the Northern depart
ments within three months. This
however desirable, will be impossible,
as the utter state of destitution in
which the expelled Government left
tho country, nf all means of attack or
oven of defence, will require a much'
longer period to repair it.
“Paris [Exchange,) Nov. 21, half
past 7 o'clock, P. Jit.—This lias been
a very dispiriting day here. War-war
—inevitable war, is ‘he try of the
principal portion of tho speeclators
Yen will perceive by tho Stock Lists,
which I enclose, the result of those
impressions. In addition to other re
ports, propagated to depress the
Funds, is one, that the Prussian ar
my is under orders to cross the fron
tier, and march on to Paris; and that
there is not in the intermediate de-
pirfmentso sufficient number of troops
to impede them. The idea of such a
coup de main is, however, too absurd
to deseive a moment’s consideration
1 have just heard that the Garde Ro
yal* is recalled,"
“L-mtlon, Noe. 30—Evening.
“The Pans papers of Sunday,
(28th) and n private letter from our
Correspondent of the same date arriv
ed this morning. They announce
great activity on tho part of the
French Government in preparations
for War. How far the apprehension
of such a step on the part of Russia
and her Allies is justified by authentic
infoimntion is not stated.
We cojSy the following article from
the JUcssager des Chambrcs of Novem
ber 29:
What are the Cabinets now going
to do? Perhaps some abuse of pow
er; but let us use another word—
some great political folly, after hav
ing committed a first one in throwing
menaces in the deliberations of a peo
ple who wish to remain free, /s the
Holy Alliance 1 re-organized, or are
they going to make the Germanic
Confederation, founded in Ihe sole in
terest of the independence and liber
ty of Germany, to support the ambi
tion of Austria, Prussia, and Russia?
Let Europe beware! the least vio
lation of the Belgic territory, in con
sequence of its revolution, is a direct
attack against France—a moral at
tack, not less meaning than if an at
tempt was made to Invade our fron
tiers.
France proved sufficiently the day
after her revolution, and the day after
the Belgic revolution, that she was
not influenced by any passion of ag
grandizement of territory, or liberal
propagation. But, if by an abuse of
iiruial force against a minor nation,
you. will prove to us that there is no
good faith, no reliance to be placed in
your first words of peace, then the
French nation will .warmly adopt the
feeling erf war; as in that sho will see
the only guarantee of her honor and
liberty. Once launched in a war of
honor and defence, the French people,
whose ardor and imagination is so ea-
not P er ha| )# stop un-
$ overthrown or constitutioniz-
wisdom or folly
oly Alliance
plaits of her
ady at the
•hall e!-
Ihe department of the Minister of|
War. It Is saidthat Marshal Sou It
is at his office as early ns 4 o’clock
every morning; and in consequence of
this- increased activity, has already
produced a great change in every
thing relating to this branch of the ad
ministration.
It has also'been announced in some
of the Mornihg Journals that Marshal
Soult has givCh an order for supplying
all the fortresftl&With provisions.
A fact has' Conic to our knowledge
which shows that’ the same activity
reigns in the department of the Minis
ter of tho Interior as in that of War.
The Prelect of I a Vendee (M do
Saint Hormine) who is also n member
of the Chamber of Deputies, arrived
in Paris the day before yesterday, to
take the oath requisite foi the latter.
He has received orders to return to
his post immediately after having
complied with the above formality,
and lie will set out on Monday, in
consequence of instructions he has
from Count Montalivet. ”
It is clear, therefore, from all these
accounts, derived a& well from private
letters as • tho public papers, that
strong apprehensions of war do pre
vail in France. An army is to bo as
sembled in the department of the
Moselle, and three camps of 100.000
men each, of which the moveable
National. Guard are to be part, are to
-be formed at Lille, Metz, and Stras-
hurg, the M^ie principal points for at
tack or - ddJPbe on the northern ami
eastern frot^ihfs. These precautions,
says the Globe, are Jess likely, in
themselves, to precipitate, than to
prevent hostilities; hut they show the
fears entertained by those who take
them. There seems to be nO doubt
of the movement of Russian troops to
wards tho western provinces of the
empire, although the date of the arti
cle mentioning the movements of
Count Diebifsch, is rather indefinite-
we mean as to its locality. The col
lection of additional troops by Austria,
in Italy, is also pretty pell ascertain
ed. This last fact, however, may be
explained without attributing to Aus
tria any desire to enter upon a war:
she may possibly fear an insurrection
in the Italian provinces. The report
ed movements of troops in Prussia
have either not taken place, or are
not remarkable- They are denied in
some of the Prussian journals.
ONE DAY
LATER FROM ENG*
LAND.
opean o-
that we
By the packet ship Hibernian,
Capt. Maxwell, we have London pa
pers to Dec. 1, and Liverpool papers
to Dec. 2d. We are glad to find in
them no account of the actual com
mencement of war among the great
Powers. The news is, however,
quite as warlike in its character as any
thing before received, and will in
crease the Solicitude which has been
so extensively awakened iu this coun
try for the result of the present poli
tical movements in Europe.
N. Y. Jour, of Com. Dec. 29.
London, Dec. 1.
EXPRESS FROM PARIS.
The. Times Office, half past 3, A.
M.—We have received by express
the French iporoing and evening pa
pers of JMeaday^ and private letters,
dated Monday evening. We have
only room lor the following:
EXTRAORDINARY LEVY OF
TROOPS.
In addition to the 148,000 men
called out by recent ordinances, and
who are to march on the 1st and the
15th Dec. the Government has deter
mined upon making an extraordinary
levy of 80,000 men. The consent of
the Charnbera ivill-be applied for on an
early day, and an extraordinary credit
asked for, to meet the expenses ren
dered necessary by the levy. These
facts have been made known by thd
Ministers themselves.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
It was expected that some commu
nication would be made to the Cham
ber by Ministers, but the Chamber
adjourned, after having discussed
matters of mc?o local interest. It
was said in the ffitfuae, that the Minis
ters had Idft 6iirly, in order to avoid
replying to questions it had been pro
posed to put to them,
chamber of peers.
Trial of the Ex-Jlfinistert.—The re
port of the Commission was preseut-
ed and rend in a secret sitting, hut tho
only thing that bas transpired is, that
it agrees with the act of accusation
with regard, to the nature of the
crime imputed te the Ex-ministers, 1
and recommends' hie House to pro
ceed accordingly:
The Natioual of this moruing says—
‘A letter from the interior of Rtrssiu,
dated -November 10, -confirms what
has been already announced respect
ing (lie march of tho Russian army to
wards the frontiers. The niamier in
which this leltor is expressed leaves
no doubt that tho movement is thn
consequence of , a preconcerted plan
between the Cabinets of St. Peters-
burgh and Berlin.’
[Extracts from (lie Temps.]
Every subject vanishes before the
question of peace or war: even the
trial of the Ex-Ministers, of which a
report is to be made to-dry to the
Chamber of Peers, is forgotten. The
presentation in a short time of the
laws upon the elections, upon the Na
tional Guard, on the municipalities,
and pii (lie budget of 1831; is expect
ed with patience unknown a fortnight
ago. In this indifference with regard
to matters of serious importance,
there exists a serious warning, which
is, that the question is now transport
ed out of France.
We had achieved our revolution.
Europe had engaged to respect it, and
we were occupied in organizing our
new institutions, when ef a sudden
events occurred at a few leagues
from our frontiers which solicit our
attention, our interference, and per
haps the efforts of our arms. It was
in vaih that M. Bignon uttered the
language of wisdom and experience;
his lessons were useless. lie threw
light upon the matter, but flame has
been communicated to it. What has
occurred for the two last days, has
spread an anxiety in which we do not
as yet participate, but which the
Government alone can put an end to
by an unreserved explanation of its
views and of its hopes. To French
minds uncertainty is the only real evil.
We have no doubt that the opportuni
ty of explaining will be offered to
Ministers without delay in the Cham
bers, It is necessary to be active in
word as well as in deed; preparations
for war can alone secure the mainte
nance of peace. The week which is
now' commencing must put an end to
all uncertainty upon the principal
questions, both of foreign and domes
tic policy. — Our Government can do
all that it has the will to do, but it
must be known what its intentions are.
Let the Government speak, and
France will answer, and Europe will
reflect..
Erom die Correspondent of the JUorning-
Chronicle.
WILL TIIF.RE BE WAR IN EUROPE?
I think there will!—1 fear there
will I—I much, very milch, fear there
will! I even tremble to think that
there will! But why this fear? why
this trembling and anxiety? I will
tell you; I do not fear for France,
that the result of this war will be to
place on her throne Charles the Tenth,
the Duke d’AngouIeinn, or that poor
little boy the Duke of Bordeaux. I
do not fear for France that her Char
ter will be taken frontier, or that an
absolute monarchy will be re-estab
lished—or that the Jesuits will come
again into power—or that thirty-three
millions of freemen will be oppressed
by the foreign forces of even all Eu
rope in arms. I have no fear of this
France uses not the language ofdefi-
ance. but yet sho defies the world in
arms. Why, then, do I fear war?
Do 1 think of our neighbor England?
of tho-disorder which might be creat
ed in Ireland by the mere declaration
of war in Europe—and do I dream
that the Union ot England with Ire
land will be dissolved either tu heart
or administration? No, no, 1 have
no fear for our neighbor w hilst she has
a liberal monarch and a liberal admin
istration. Do I fear a war between
Great Britain nnd France? Unques
tionably not. Lord Grey has present
ed the olive branch, nnd do we not
accept it? Yes, we accept it with
sincerity, free from covert or hidden
thoughts or wishes; we accept it as a
bond of union, or, if you will, as the
yoke under which wo will both serve
the interests ol each other- Do I fear
that,, for tho sake of oven acquiring
Belgium, the French Government
will mako war with England, should
she oppose that question? Decidedly
not. Franco wished for the union of
Belgium with her northern provinces,
but this is as dust In the balance
when compared to n union of heart
and soul with onlightaned, liberal, nnd
emancipated Engined. Regenerated
Ffrooc has no other Alty in Europe
worthy of Her confidence or enlftledf
to her love. It is from England (bat
she had drawn the form of her Char
ter, nnd the principles of her newly
acquired liberties, and they nre the
only two nations in Europe where
man is free, and where civilization is
ttfeadily advancing. No—no—we shall
ffavo* no war between France and
England. Do they seek to involve
us in conflict about the territory of
Algiers? We wilt Pot make a war
about so undeserving aiid uiiimpprlaut
a matter. If France be pledged to
relinquish Algiers, she will keep her
engagement, unless England shall ab
solve her from it, ns being made by
Traitors; Cut if she lias made no such
engagement, England will be too just
and honorable to avail herself of the
“provisional” state in which Rrance
is placed at this moment to say “you
must relinquish Algiers without delay,
or we shall refuse nn alliance with
you, and you must contend-siiiglc-hand-
cd against Europe in arms.” Tho
questions of Belgiufo and Algierr are
tho only two which could divide us,
but these shall not do so.—We will
sooner sacrifice boll) Belgium and AU
piers than liavo war between Great-
Britain nnd France.
What then, do I fear? Da f fete
that England end France, united, will
not be ublo to contend with all Eu«
rope in arms? Dol retype the divi
sions in Poland, or the insurrections in
tho Rhenish provinces of Prussia, or
the incipient levolutiius iu the Aus-
trio-ltaiian Status, and on the condi
tion of the Peninsula, at the same
time admitting, that if these iueal
causes did not exist, or wero remov-
ed, that France must fall a prey to
the conquering or contre-revolution
armies, though assisted by sea by
Great Britian, who is still mistress of
the waves? No, no. Believe me,
I have no such fears. On the contra
ry, I am as confident as I am of my
existence, that France and Great
Britain united may defy the,world in
arms against them. I have uofear
respecting the result of this warfare..
1 hat result is certain. It must be in
favor ef the cause of liberty, civiliza*
lion, and human happiness.
What, then, do 1 fear? I fear
that tens of thousands of human beings
may bo slain; that villages and tow ns
may bo depopulated; that “the drum’s
uisordant sound” may again be heard
in Belgium, in Spain, in Italy, in Prus
sia, and in France; that widows will
mourn their husbands and mother*
mourn over their sons—that the fier
cer passions of cur nature will he o-
gain loused into action, and that we
shall rejuice at the “glorious news”
ol the slaughter of a Prussian.®!* a Rus
sian a* my.—Yes, I fear that the .con
sequence of war will be the suspen
sion of the march of civilization—will
stop the progress of the school-master
—will arrest tlic happiness of iha’fm-
man race, at least for a season—will
encourage the bigoted and intolerant,
the Jesuits and Priests . of Europe,
and will mako “the orgies of the con
gregation” less mournful and sad. I
fear that trade will be injured, com
merce ruined, the arts neglected,
manufactures and science, literature
and law, religion nnd morals, cons-i*
derably affected, and I fear lest young;
and regenerated France should be a*
gain induced to think of conquest, and
to extend her thoughts and wishes to
other lands, after she shall have first
repelled the inyadcr from her oivu#
Have I not then a right to say, as one
who wishes well to France, well to
this old Europe, and well to human
nature, that I fear much, very much
fear, and tremble when ! think, Riat
thero will be war in Europe!
But do I believe that this war in
probable? I am obliged to do so.*
Fact after fact occurs; and courier, afe
ter courier, from every country in
Europe, arrives with such rapidity,
bringing additional facts snd additional
news, all leading to war, that Jam
compelled against my will to declare
—yes, war is probable. Take my*
facts. Take the news which we
have received from the various coun
tries of Europe within the lost forty-!-
eight hours, ond tell trie how I can
think otherwise.
From Russia we have 'efficTal intel*
ligence of tho raising of troops—of the
non-recognition of our Louis Philip-
King of the French—of the determi
nation of the Emperor to maminm the
cursed Holy Alliance system of 1815—
of the marching of troops to the envi
rons of Germany—and of the Protest
of the St. Potersburgh Court 'agamsf
the exclusion of thh- House of Nassau