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“A poet’s hand and prophet’s fire,
Struck the wild warblings of his lyre.”
[ Prom the .V. F. Mirror.]
A POET’S DAUGHTER.
Written for Miss* —', at the request of her
father, by Mr. Ilalleclc.
“A Lady asks the minstrel’s rhyme.”
A lady asks? —There was a tune,
When, musical as play-hells chime
To weaTicd hoy,
That sound would summon dreams sublime.
Of pride and joy.
But now the spell hath lost its sway,
Life’s first born fancies fast decay,
Gone are the plumes and pennon’s gay.
Of young romance;
There linger but her ruins gray
And broken lance.
“This is no world,” so Hotspur said,
For “tilting lips” and “mammets” made— '
No longer in love’s myrtle shade
My thoughts recline —
I’m busy in the cotton trade,
And sugar line.
“ Tis youth ’tis beauty asks—the green
“And growing leaves of seventeen
“Are round lmr; and, half hid, half seen,
“A violet flower:
“Nursed by the virtues she hath been
“From childhood’s hour.”
Blind passion’s picture—yet for this
We woo the life-long bridal kiss,
And blend our every hope of bliss
With her’s vve love;
Her’s —who admired a serpent’s hiss
In Eden’s grove!
Beauty—the fading rainbow’s pride,
"Youth —’tvvas the charm oflier who died
At dawn, and, by her coltin'u side,
A grandsirc stands;
Age strengthened, like the oak, storm-tried,
Of mountain lands.
Youth's coffin—hush the taleit. tells!
Be silent, memory’s funeral hells ! .
Lone inpy heart, her home, it dwells,
Untold till death,
And where the grave-raouud ■gi'cenly swells
O’er buried faith.
“Bat she who asks hath rank and power,
“And treasured gold, and banner’d tower,
“A kingdom lbr her marriage dower, 1
“Broad seas and lands;
“Armies her train, a throne lict hov cr,
“A queen commands!”
A queen ? Earth’s legal suns have set,
Where perish’d Marie Antoinette !
Where’s Bordeaux’s mother? where the jet
Black Haytian dame ?
■And Lusitania's coronet ? ,
And Angoukme? i
■Empires to-day are upside down,
The castle kneels before the town,
The monarch tears a printer’s Iron n,
A brick-bat's rage—
Give me, in preference to a crown.
Five shillings change.
“Another asks—though first among
“The good, the beautiful, the young,
“The birthright of a spell more strong
“Than these hath brought her;
“She is your kinswoman in song,
“A poet’s daughter 1”
A poet's daughter ? t'ould I claim
The consanguinity of fame,
Veins of my intellectual frame,
Y our blood would glow
Proudly,- to sing that gentlest name
Of aught below 1
A poet’s daughter? "Dearer word
lyip bath not spoke, nor listener heard ;
I’it theme fur song of bee and bird
From mom till even,
And wind-harp, by the breathing stirred
Of star-lit heaven.
My spirit’s wings are weak—the fire
Poetic comes but to expire;
Jler name needs not my humble lyre
To bid it live;
Slie hath already from her sire
AH bard can give.
The JUi&ceUanist.
MATIU MONY. ~ ~
“Oh Matrimony;—thou art like
To Jeremiah's figs.
The good, are very good indeed,
The bad, too sour to give the pigs.”
J)r. I (tbleett,
“Is she engaged T—-“Is he paying atten
-1 ion to any one?”—“When will they be
married ?” .Sich are tiie questions, w hip!)
are invariably heard wherever tin re is a
gathering together of “ grown up children”
■oftie’ present day. Matrimony, love and
■courtship, form the standing subjects ofcon
versation. The very unfrocked urchins catch
tite-tant wurdk of their elders, and talk of
■bonus” Hid “wives,'’ and act oyer their
-mimic courtships and marriages. Mothers
■ all; ttvihvir daughters of their-Chances of
luniriioony, and fathers reckon up in tin? pro
nco of their-children, the amount of Rank
f.wk, or the aeresoflaudod pioperfv, which
■ure respectively held by their different visi
tors, neighbours or acquaintances ; and hav
ing ascertained to a mathematical certainty,
4jie wealthiest -of the jntjnbcr, invariably re.
commend him or Iter as a prize worthy seek
ing after. Tiie first—we hud almost said—
the only, definite idea which a young woman
just < nli ring upon her teens can boast of, is'
that she mcst lie married—sometime or oth
er—(o somebody or other—married well, if
She icon—poorly if she must—but at all
events married she must be. The Imre idea
of an old maid jars upon her sensitive nerve*,
and acts as a spell to call up associations ol
disgust and horror. To her—the barren and
fdastyd tree—hlossonjless—-and rocking to
v err breeze that sweeps coldly around it, is
n emblem of *_bo .tale of singlc-bJcsscdness.
She knows not—dreams not, that woman in
the exercise of the holy charities and sympa
thies of her nature, may live on in lonely and j
unappropriated loveliness —like some beau
tiful wild flower smiling apart from its elus-!
tered sisterhood, —
“Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.”
And, wherefore all this tali; of matrimo
ny? Why should the young and beautiful!
so soon learn to fix her thoughts with an all
engrossing interest upon this subject—lo
speculate and devise plans for what is usual
ly termed “marrying well, —which, being in
terpreted, signifies marrying a large estate —
a handsome house—without much regard to
the person or the intellect necessarily append
ed to these desirable commodities ? And
what is marriage after all ?—*A leap in the
dark—a launching out upon an untried ocean.;
It may indeed be happy—hearts may unite in |
all the felicity of kindred feeling and sympa- j
thy, mplting like two clouds of a summer]
sunset into one another. Rut this cannot ul-)
ways be. The mysterious chords of human
sympathy, are each, in a measure, distinct
and peculiar—they have no general character 1
—no definite and irreversible affinify
“l ew are the hearts whence one same touch j
Bids the same fountain flow.”
Marriage too often takes place before the j
parties have been able fully to understand i
each other—before the guarded reserve—the j
dissimulation of courtship have passed away j
and given place to the frank impulses of na-1
ture and feeling, and disappointment lulls j
keenly and heavily upon the votaries of wed-j
lock, when once the irrevocable vow is spo*!
kern In the caustic language of M. de Ar-j
j gens in his “Philosopher turned Hermit”—j
“A inau who would please,carefully conceals j
his faults, —and this is woman’s peculiar tab j
ent. For six long months two persons study 1
to cheat one another; at lust they are joined
in wedlock, and their dissimulation proves a '
mutual punishment during life.”
! We cannot say with Edward Fitzgerald, 1
| that, “we never saw a bridal but our eve-
I lids have been wet”—but we have seen some
—one at least, when we could have wept had i
not the fever of the world long before dried!
up the fountain of our childish tears. It was
a marriage for money—you might read that
in the miserly and deerepid form which drew
up its bonded proportions before the aitu; at
the side of ajrouug, beautiful and simple
hearted girl, hiie was pale—and her delicate
little hand trembled as it adjusted the folds of {
her rich garments, and there was a quiver j
about her fine mouth which told of repressed 1
agony :—and, when the ceremony began, she j
turned one hasty glance upon her ill-suited]
bridegroom, and 1 could sue In r shrink from!
him, with a slight but evident feeling of drs- j
gust and abhorrence. 1 Hooked upon the
bridegroom. He was regarding her with i
as much fondness as his cold and selfish heart
was capable of-—a miserly chuckle, as if he j
had just counted over his gold—the smile ot
an Our -ig Outang. And was this the man
to whom that beautiful creature was to be
oound—a living and lovely beuag upon a life
less corpse—beauty and greenness upon bar
renness and decay ? And her friends, and
her relatives—they stood clustering around
her with their eyes fixed, not upon the ago-
I nized countenance of their victim, but upon
I the jewelry and gauds which adorned her.—
i Fool—fools—knew they not that the victim
of a pagan immolation is as gaudily decked
when sin; is placed upon lier pile of consum
ing ; and that tier sacrifice is far less terrible
1 than that of a young and lovely creature made
j in the perfect similitude of angels, and giow
j mg with rich aud ardent affections, upon the
! polluted shrine of Miumnou. Alas—what
j could ever atone for this chaining of the hu
man affections —this binding of loveliness and
innocence to age, disease and avarice!—
Sick at heart we turned away from the melan
choly spectacle, while these words of the
) immortal William Penn, rushed strongly tjp
jon our memory. “Oh—how sordid Ims man
| grown ! —-man; noblest creature of the uni*
! verse, as a God upon Earth and the image of
Him who made it,-thus to mistake Earth for
Heaven and worship gold for God ?”
If not for money marrv for love. Aye—
and starve for it too —starve like the bride of
Jafiicr. J/Ove is a very good tiling in its pro
per place. It will di> very well—to talk of,
especially in the dalliance Itoui of a moon
light evening, when the perfect stars are
■ looking down from above, and the flowers ol
■Spring time are glowing like rival stars be
neath. 1 uve sounds well in theory—it is
beautiful in practice—it reads well in ro
mance—it is die' soul of poetry. Eove is a
I blessed thing in the halls of affluence—or
j even of competence—hut it is the mortal em>
I my vf poverty. Its home is in the romance of
i <>ur young years, and when that Imiiic is vio
| luted us it too frequently is, by the gnawing
j wtints of existence, think ye the beautiful idol
will survive the utter desolation of its temple?
j Believe it not. There are, connected with
| tke marriage .state ail the loving aud the poor,
! a thousand difficulties—a thousand evils, un
! known anil unheeded in the delirium of young
! affection. For a time the unfortunate lover
| may bear up,against evils which increase w ith
; the downing of every morrow, —he may sac
i rifice ease and personal convenience—he
] may toil on in unceasing but hopeless energy
; and still hide from the beautiful young erea-
I ture who has given herself up to a dream of]
| love, the doubts and fears w hich darken and
distract his own bosom. A few months—or
i years more, and tins dream is broken in upon 1
! —the painful truth is made manifest. Then
j comes the bitterness of poverty—the incrcas
| ing wants —the decreasing means. Children
j are around them—young, innocent children
! —and these must also sutler. Sorrow must
: greet them prematurely—they must learn
; troni the Imllow ebook and the mournful eve
j of their parents the awful lesson of their own
destiny. Then come the coldness—the es
trangement, which want and care arc so well
calculated to produce. There is something
terrible in swell a change. It is like “ a cy
press breath—a funeral odour axhalcd from i
| the expanding rose bud.”
f all money if you please the “root of all
! evil.” In the present state of society, it is the
[ 'erv mainspring of existence—the philoso-1
j pher s lever whereby this great matter of fact
1 world is moved. without it, is but a,
beautiful delusion. It can neither boil tie
pot, nor pay for its savory contents. If can
not look unconcerned in the face of a dun, or
escape the visitation of the Sheriff It nan
not shorten the long piiiz of the- doctor* by
the prompt payment of his longer biU. R can
not move the sympathy of the landlord, or re-;
concilo the lawyer to tlj - loss of his fee. It is
an old, hut wc.fear a true saying, ‘’When
Poverty comes in at the door Ixives goes out
at the window.” —A". E. Weekly'Review.
MISS LANDON.
Mi 3s Linden, better known as L. E. L. the
initial poetess, is a young lady whose age.
at a glance, you might estimate at some j
twenty-four or twenty-five ; short of stature'; !
a figure light and elegant, with “ the twink
ling feel so sylph-like.” It’ you do not eon
sider her pretty, why, you have no taste ;!
though, if you analyse the features it w ould 1
be difficult to say where the beauty is situa
ted ; but it is the mind that flings its charms
over all, and the intelligence that beams up
on her face is the true secret of it.• attraction.
She dresses somewhat the hair
is tied hack so as completely to display the
forehead, which, however, is not a high one,
though remarkably broad, intimating a great
degree of animation combined with interior
reasoning powers. A bright pair of grey eyes
occasionally betray the spirit of song that j
dwells within, notwithstanding the laborious
efforts to conceal it. A remarkably small
nose, prrtly mouth, rather cherry cheeks,
and dimpled chin compete the inventory ol
her features. If a stranger were to converse ■
with her, ignorant of her poetical powers, heJ
would scarcely believe that the “ Improvisa
triee” and “Golden Violet” were the produc-'
tions of the gay being with whom he had been
qiiadrilhng. Her poetry breathes of disap
-1 pointed love and broken hearts; nature is its
j frequent theme, yet the writer never felt the
; one nor liked the other, llcr volumes are
: the very excess of the sentimental; she is the
j very reverse of it. The dance and the crowd-
J od assembly arc the elements in which she
lives, and beyond which she has not a wish
or a hope. She prefers the atmosphere of a
j square or orescent to the sweet and fresh
| breezes of spring, and the odours of eau dc
j Cologne to the delicate fragrance of the May
flowers. Pity it is that a mind of so high
an order as Miss Landon’s should be chilled
into very heartlessness by over much contact
w ith the world, in which feeling is ..account
i ed folly, the heart voted a bore, and the head
j only valued as the medium of uttering soft
; nonsense, and ridiculing all that is good and
i great in human nature.
English Journal .
PRIDE.
Tbe proud heart is the first to s'r.k beneath
contempt—it feels the wound more keenly j
than others can. Oh, there is nothing in t
language can express the deep humiliation!
of being received with coldness when kind
ness is expected—of seeing the look, but i
, half concealed, of strong disapprobation from j
such as we have caure to think beneath us, j
not alone in vigour of mind and spirit, bid !
| even in virtue and truth. The weak, the!
base, the-hypocrite, are the first to turn with!
indignation from their fellow mortals iu dis-!
grace; and whilst the really chaste and pure!
suspect with caution, and censure with mild
ness, these traffickers in petty sins, who j
j plume themselves upon their immaculate j
I conduct, sound the.alarm bell at the approach ;
: of guilt., and clamour their anathemas upon !
j their unwary and cowering prey.
Experience gradually teaches us, that the j
: greater part ot what we look upon as niisfor
, tunes, arises from our endeavouring to hts
i ten, to change, or to constrain the natural i
: course ot events. It would almost seem as!
j if there were a secret chain of connexions, '
jot cause and effect, which would conduct us
' naturally' qnd necessarily to the obje ct of our I
i desires, if the restless character of our minds'
did not time iu time lead us astray.
FOREIGN.
During this week, European Advices have
been received in such quick succession, that
in to-day’s paper we insert the announce-1
incut of a war, the commencement as well as j
flic termination of hostilities—each event!
communicated by a different arrival—llol
hind and Ilclgium have had a brush —violent
Imtsoon over, like a West India hurricane.!
1 ranee promptly interposed, and for the mo- •
| incut put a stop to the struggle. The ques
tion is now again asked, with fresh in- !
i tcrest, will jieare or irnr result from this new !
posture <>l affairs * Only time can ileti rtnine j
—hut considering the various signs and cal- !
i dilating probabilities, we cannot Imt think;
the “/liiWowi is- passed." —France, after de
| livering Belgium from tiie Dutch, must f el*
irresistibly impelled to render the like a'ssis-j
! lance to Poland—fiir it cannot be pretended i
tiiat king William has not as good a royal l
right to tlieone country, as the Emperor Ni
f'liolas has to the other.
Bv several arrivals at New York,
London and Paris papers, to the lffth
August, have been received.
It will be seen that 1 lie French King!
hat interfered effectually between Hof-1
land and Belgium ; the Belgans having!
proved utterly incompetent to protect
themselves. The proceedings of the 1
French government seem to have been
fully approved of by that of England j
At the latest dates, it appears, ( asimir
Perier and his colleagues were yet iu of-1
lice; no new cabinet having bceu form
ed.
There is little that is interesting from 1
any other quarter, ’['he Russian forc es j
were| collecting about Warsaw ; and the
British Parlaiment was still occupied bv
the reform bill. *j
the London Sun of August fi.
•March of the French Jinny. —Events i
of importance thicken on us—the die of
war is cast—and a French army of 50, i
000 men is liow on its inarch to assist
the King of the Belgians in rcpcll'iig thoj
invasion of the Dutch. This is indeed
important news, and must lead to results j
of great importance.
it appears that on Thursday night, in
tclligence had been received at Paris ol j
1 the Dutch having broken the armistice,
and commenced immediate hostilities, hy j
the capture of some of the Belgian towns.
Nearly at the same time an express ar
rived front King Leopold, demanding j
I of a French army to preserve the
neutrality of Belgium, and to repel the,
Dutch. The French King immediately j
convoked a Council, at which ,M. Periei j
and all the late Ministry attended. The
result of their deliberations was the pub
lication of an Extraordinary Edition qf
the Moniteur.
This decisioPlf the French is at once
prompt—hold—honorable—and in ac
cordance with the often expressed feel
ings of the nation. But the question a
ristfl, what will be the consequence of|
this step !—We answer—War with Prus
sia—War with Hussia—and very proha-!
Ely war with Austria ! At present this!
seems unavoidable from the appearance!
of things, for if is impossible to, conceive
that the perfidious King of Holland, |
w ith all his obstinacy, w mid hav e been
mad enough to precipitate a war with
out the secret encouragement of Prussia j
and .Russia. But he will yet pay dearly j
for his temerity.
Express from Paris. —The King of
France received intelligence late on
Wednesday night that on Thursday, eve
ning. the 4th of August, at half past 9
o’clock, the King of Holland intended to
recommence hostilities against Belgium,
Early on Thursday morning a special
courier reached the French government
with an autograph letter from King]
Leopold, announcing, it is said, the dec
laration of war on the part of Holland,
and claiming from France the assistance
of an army, to maintain the independence
and neutrality which was promised to
Belgium by the Great Powers.
At nine o’clock on the same morning
the King held a Council at the Palais
Royal, when ail the Ministers of M. Cas
imir Perier’s administration attended,
including the President himself, and de
termined te remain in office under the
present emergency, until the debate upon
thoad dross in the Chamber of Deputies.
It was also resolved that Gen. Girard,
at the head of 50,000 French troop 1 ,
should immediately march to the aid of
the King of Belgium.
‘•The King of Holland lias denounced
the armistice, and announced the resump
tion of hostilities against the Belgians,
this evening, at half past nine o’clock.
“This morning at five o’clock, the
King lias received a letter from the King
] of the Belgians, who demands of limitin'
aid of a French Army.
“The King having recognized the in
dependence of the Kingdom of Belgium,
and her neutrality, in concert with Eng
land. Austria, Prussia and Russia, and
j the circumstances being urgent, rom
j plies with the demand of tin: king of the
Belgians; and will cause the engage
ments to he respected, which have been
taken in common ac ord w ith the Great
Powers.
“Marshal Girard commands the army
of the North, w hich is inarchi ng to the
aid of Belgium, whose neutrality and in
dependence are to he luantained.
“The peace of Europe ditsurbed by the
King of Holland, shall be consolidated.
“I nder such circumstances, the Min
istry remain ; they w ill aw ait the an
swer of the Chamber to the speech ofthe
Crown.
“By order of his Excellency the Min
ister ol Finance, the Commissary of the
Exchange.
(Signed) “BAUDESON DE KITCIIER
BOt’HG.
Aug. 4, Thursday mornings nine o’clock.”
London Courier Offer, half past, .‘i o'clock.
We have just received by an extraor
dinary express from the Hague, the fol
lowing important intelligence, the au
thenticity of which we guarantee:—
Inconsequence of the communication
made by the conference of the King of
Holland, the nature of which we were
the first to announce last week, his Dutch
maje ty has given an assurance to the
English and French governments, of
w bit h the following is the substance.
11 is majesty has declared to them, that
in comment ing hostilities against Bel
gium, he had not the slightest wish to
embroil himself with the great powers—
He regarded! vhc quarrel between him
and the Belgian government as strictly
! confined to the two belligerents, anti as
not at all connected with the interests or
intentions of the great powewt : hut as he
is now assured that the continuance o!
hostilities by him is viewed with dissat
isfaction by the conference, lie, in accor
dance v ith his anxious desire tube on
friendly footing with Hie great powers,
will discontinue hostilities, and withdraw
his troops within the Dutch frontiers, as
soon as he shall receive intelligence that
the French troops have actually 'titered
Belgium, as he will regard such entry of
the 1” rcncli troops as an intimation of the
adoption of the quarrel on the part of the
Belgians by the conference.
His majesty has also int imated that he
has sent orders to the commanders of In ,
troops to retire iqion the advance of i}„!
b rem it army, al'ul on tioaccoun', to com
mit any act of hostility after such id
vuncc.
According to iiii'orinaliqn received i
•rough another source, we learn that'
the hrs division of the French troops
" as to he at Mens o;i the p<j t ir,..!.
From liio Chronicle of the l-Jth August.
Rout of the army of the Meuse.
Unis; els, Tuesday night-, 11 o’clock.—
The news lias reached this city of the to
tal rout of the Belgian army of the
-\i; i ise.
'l'iiis corps, under the command of
General Daine, was attacked by sur
prise, near llnssrlt, yesterday morning
about eleven o’clock, by the Dutch army,
and, after a short resistance, the Belgi
an cavalry lied, breaking through the in
fantry. and scattering the crowds of Civ
ic Guards, The routed army tied to
ward Lieg'u where they a.rrived in tl; 1
utmost disorder, and in •the streets they
uivomicked last night, crying out “Trea
son !” and uttering execrations. Gen.
Daine a! o escaped to Liege, accompani
ed hy a few officers, leaving his ammu
nition and baggage in the hands of the
Dutch.
The Dutch have turned their attention
towards Louvain, whither Leopold lias
removed his head quarters.
The greatest praise is due to king
Leopold for his coolness and presence of
mind. By his remaining and concen
trating his little army of 18.000 men at
Louvain, he has saved the honor of Bel
gium. He has not run away. An or
der of the day is, however, posted up at
the corner of the streets in Louvain, in
which tiie minister of the interior.
Charles de Brouckere, accuses a part of
the Civic Guard with having left their
posts at times of danger. The number
of Civic Guards and volunteers exceeds
40,000, so that the king has been obliged
to issue orders so, that no more shall
come lo head quarters. Numbers have
therefore been sent back to their villa
ges.
The. French army lias entered Belgi
um in three columns, so as to reach
Ghent, Namur. Louvain, at nearly the
same moment. This evening it is ex
pected that 2500 French cavalry will
have reached tiie latter place. None are
to enter this city.
Defeat of the .irmu of the Scheldt —//is
Majesty at Malines.
Brussels, Friday August 12.—This
city was in a most dreadful state of agi
tation this morning. The Dutch having
advanced within eight miles of ■ Brussels,
the drums at an early hour beat to arms,
and the inhabitants were Hying in every
•direction. It appears that thjs morning,
about 2 o'clock, the Dutch formed them
selves in line for battle, and at four
o’clock attacked the Bi lgic .army near
Louvain. The Dutch opened upon
them iii three columns, and commenced
firing in every direction; the Belgians
instantly took to Higlit, and the greatest
disorder reigned amongst them; they
threw away their arms and caps, and
tried to outdo each other in running, by
six o’clock the field of battle was clear,
<V the Dutch masters of the whole of Bel
gium ; the greater part of the Belgic ar
my threw themselves into Louvain.-
I do not believe there has been many ei
ther killed or wounded. Their conduct
is disgraceful, yet one is almost inclined
to pity (hem ; they have but few officers,
aud those they have are the first, to llv.
Had they not been in tUc habit of brag
ging most intolerably,' and setting the
whole of Europe at defiance, they would
doubtless have received assistance : but
j they spurned the Dutch, and browbeat
every other nation. I think the peace of
I Epvope more likely to be preserved now
] than it would have been had the Belgi
ans been victorious.
His Majesty left Louvainbytheßrus
j sels gate (all the others being guarded
:by tiie Dutch, about 11 o’clock, with a
small detachment of Lancers, and cross
led the county to Malines. M i*liin five
minutes of his Majesty ’s leaving Hie high
road near this city a regiment of Dutch
Cuirassiers took possession of the Chau
sec : the King could handy have been out
of sight. The Dutch then advanced to
Cortenlierg, about eight miles from
Brussels, and took' possession of the
whole of the heights, extending to within
a league of Terrucron.
The French troops who have been lv-l
ing at lluilcaud Waterloo "titered Brus- j
sols, witii t!ie two Princes, about two
o'clock. The enthusiasm with which;
they were received nearly equalled the
reception of Leopold. Marshal Gerard ,
arrived in the morning, and was greeted
with every exclamation of joy. The 1
Belgians have to thank the French for
the safety of Brussels—the Dutch could
have entered it when they pleased. The
number of French in this city is about
s,oooinfantry, cavalry, and artillery.
\ erv early this inorningGeneral Bcl
liai’d proceeded to the head'quarters of
the Duke of Saxe Weimar, and remained
with him a considerable time. The
Duke ccastnl operations alter the inter
view with the General. In the course <
the day the General made known y,
Prince of Orange that should ’ (t; f ir * '
V iV.iV.' .'.’ 1 *“ r ’ U "‘ ' mK )'W<minrly In’
tin 1 :iil-de-carnit of
.t;;’"','."', i™*-.. ►wi.
‘ _ 5 -.i tins evening lor the head
nl !iis royal Highness.
Five o clod; —V, e are again in a state
of alarm. It is the Dutch are loov
***S towards Brussels. The Civic
guard are man lung to the gales, and
Irish cannon have been sent for their
protection.* I have just he on ( .n the
heights. cannot perceive any differ-i
ern-e in the position of the Dutch.* All the 1
most respectable families have left us. I
td- I hove is not a hod to he got marvel’
the villages or towns between if ■
the frontiers of France. IK “■■
HorsF. o Commons, Aug. g
Marquis ofChandos wished to*sU-i V
or government Had received inten- '
of the march of the French
Belgium, and whether that step fi* 1 '
eeived the sanction of government 1
Lord Palmerston s iid his Makers'
ministers have this morning rcceiviT'
despatch Train Lord Granville, our V
Imssador at Paris, in winch he comm
meates the fact, that -the French tT
had been ordered to march, upon 1,,!,,- 11 '
tint the King of the Netherlands led I '!'
derod his army to attack BeKum
the purpose of preserving the neutrat
and in depend mice of that- state.
The Marquis of Chandos wished
tl.er to inquire whether King L,.,J
had. made a similar application to™
government for assistance, as hel,]
nrvh* to the King of France
Lord Palmerston replied, when tin
King of the Belgians understood that*
King of the Netherlands was about hit;
olate the armistice, the King of the 1!,
gians communicated that fact to an tl
five powers, and, of course, also to tl
country.
Lord Stormont wished to know ij- n
the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affair
whether the marching of the Freud
troops were sanctioned by the Ihifisl
government?
Lord Palmerston said that the onl
reply that he could make to (he imhicloi
was to repeat his former statement thy
his Majesty’s government were not;
w are of the fact until this very day, win
it w as communicated bv the English or
Imssador at Paris.
Lord Stormont—What l wish t
know is, was this step sanctioned by and
English government previous to itsheii
adopted?
Lord Palmerston said that it was ii
possible for a previous agreement to
entered into upon an event that no o
could by possibility foresee. The tii
great powers had agreed to guarani
the neutrality and integrity ot llclgtu:
and in consequence of that, and on I
King of the Netherlands breaking t
Ihc armistice, the French troops, the a
sistance of the Belgians.
August B.——Lord G. Bentinrk sa
ho understood that an assurance had bn
given by the Government to the Mini
tors of England, Austria, Russia, ai
Prussia, that the march of the Firm
troops into Belgium was wholly fur tl
purpose of repelling the Dutch* troop
and that when that service was pcrjfor/i
ed theywould return to France. Wool
the noble lord . confirm that stateam
Lord Palmerston replied, that this sit
nient was substantially correct. OnW
nesday the French Government imtti
to a conference the Ministers of EnghW
Austria, Russia, and Prussia, and-cm
inunicated to them tßat the French two
were ordered to Belgium solely tore]
the invasion of the Dutch, after xliii
they would return to France, only pis
ing tlirough such of the fortresses as
in their way. hut not occupying a.if
them. He added that lie bad receivo?
despatch this morning, containing am
from tis 1 French Minister to Lord Gal
villc, confirming the statement. 1
Pah is, 15 th August—We begin ■
think that the affair of Poland way wl
a better issue than was expected. il
Polish Envoys who are here, foil wl
confidence. They hope much from 'I
voteofthe Chambers on
the address relating to Poland, andalol
all. I'rom the amendment which vil I
offered, the purport of which "ill 4
that the independence of Poland shall!
acknowledged.
: TOHMBSHKB'J
From the Stamford Conn. Sent”" 1 '
I NFANTICIJ )E—-i it )RJ IBLE EFFEC
OF A RELIGIOUS PIIKENZb
The following melancholy occurrence ft'
fanaticism, which has recently taken l’-*
in nri adjoining town, lias been relatedt°
by a person who learnt die particulars !l
the wife of tiic unfortunate mon,arid lrrm
persons residing in the vicinity ot tlie
scetic.
A .Mr. Stephen J. Miller, of Now Cun
for many years past a very respectable m
her of the Congregational Church)
Stamford , under the pastoral charge of
Rev* J\lr. Fuller, on Thursday night last,
led two of his children, and nearly killed
wife while in a state of aberration of
'flie circumstances which led to the net
as follows :—Not long since the cliutcl
North Stamford, held “a four days in ef -’ ll
Mr. M. wascoustant in Ids attcrulauce,
was apparently much exercised in his llll
with I lie r< ligioev services cf flic m< etiut
New Gam*- ~ conducted by the Moth
peon*- . 0(1 |fi S return liuine ho k><
' v ’.i he should no more work, nnil that.
tended to leave all his temporal concit
, Providence, m j ( , rc p rrc jiimst li fer dea !
i ,nai moment he commencrJ •*
! declaring he shoulil in future live ujioff
! —lie then occupied most of his timC) *
the hours of la! or, in rending the herijt 1
jor prayer. On Tyq.wlay uioruing !‘ ist *
j his wife . ho must not cook any victual^
that she and the children must also I l ' l '
! this request Mrs. M. complied)
his mind was not altogcilior ration 3 ';
■ ticglihors during this time had not th' ,J
(and any thing in the conduct ofMi.g; 11
cite stifpicipn of In's sandy. Gn
night In’ retired to bed at his usualh-s 1
his family, consisting of his wifo a i s “
children, one three and the filter y’*-.
of age. About nii-'.iight a th:i;*<“* •
cr arose and the noise of the f
awoke them from sleep—Mrs. •'
served to her husband that the f l ' l "
very heavy, to which he replied, v "