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gatmftag to JHmtftaiTs Uaats, LONDON, JULY 2. THE French Papers to Wednesday inclusive, have arrived. The editors are speculating upon a recent Ordinance of the King for convoking the Chambers eighteen days sooner than he had originally intended. The Ministerial papers ascribe the measure to the necessity of obtaining certain money grants from the Depnties at the earliest possible moment; but those of the Opposition observe, upon this defence, that it is of itself a reproach to the improvidence of Government, who ought to have discovered this ne- cessity before; and state their conviction that the King really wished to have the assistance of the Legislature during the approaching and dreaded days of July (the anniversary of the Revolution). Government mean to assemble in Paris no fewer than 30,000 regular troops upon this momentous occasion. The Duchess of Berry, accompanied by Marshal Bourmont and his four sons, lately left England, and have arrived at Mentz, proceeding by the Rhine from Holland she is said to be going south. This has ex- cited the attention of the French papers, as they think inu-s journey may be connected with some intended mad attempt in the South of France, by the partizans of the expelled Bourbons. The Messager des Chambees of Tuesday announces the arrival in Paris, on Monday evening, of a messenger from St. Petersburgh, with the reply of the Russian Cabinet to the proposition of the French Government to terminate the sanguinary contest existing in Poland. The article states that "every thing leads to the belief that the negociations will terminate favourably to the interests of politics as well as humanity." The whole is, however, questioned by one of the opposition Jour- nals, which affects to treat it as an electioneering trick, and one of those shifts to which the Ministry, in their present season of distress and alarm, are compelled to have recourse to.—By the Journals of Wednesday, it appears that the Emperor Nicholas has responded to the expressed wish of the French Government to spare the further effusion of Polish blood, but upon terms that the Poles first absolutely submit to his authority, in which case he says he will confirm to them the Con- stitution of 1815, which means placing Constantine again in Warsaw as Viceroy, and imposing upon Po- land the barbarous yoke which was found so intolerable as to produce the late glorious resistance.—The Con- stitutionnel asserts that, so far from any favourable re- sult being likely to be obtained by negociation with Russia, two dispatches had been received in Paris, one by M. di Borgo, the other by the Government, from the French Ambassador at St. Petersburgh, both of which describe the Autocrat as more unrelenting towards Poland than ever. The accounts from Poland in these Journals (for the Polish Government Gazettes have for some time abstained from reporting upon the movements of the troops, lest they might give any advantage to the ene- my by the exposure of their plans) continue to be most satisfactory. The Generalissimo had by the last ac- counts moved his head-quarters from Praga to Sienica, but had not as yet undertaken any measure of impor- tance. The detached corps sent to give effect to the insurrection in Lithuania had met hitherto with une- quivocal success. This expedition was divided into three divisions, each of which crossed the boundary at different points, but are now acting together upon one common point—Wilna, the capital of Lithuania, which is full of military stores, and which, if they succeed in taking, they propose to make the centre of the Revo- lutionary Government of the whole province. Of these, General Gielgud crossed the Niemen into Sa- mogitia, in the north, and is now at the head of 40,000 men General Dembinski, with another auxiliary force entered Lithuania at Olitta, where he also was joined toy a strong body of the insurgents, who had previously beaten a Russian detachment, and captured two toieces of cannon and supplies, near Troki, not far frow the capital of the province and General Chlapowsk* who (entered Lithuania near Bialystock before the Jther <corps, after having dispersed two Russian coMmns— one near Bielsk, the other near Prouzana-m- arched northward, crossed the Niemen east ofGrodne, and ar- rived at Lida on the 5th June, where he was joined by many detachments of the insurgents, and a large body of the Nobles of Lithuania. A letter from the agent to Lloyd's at Dover was re- ceived Oil Wednesday, stating the arrival off that port of the Huskisson, in 50 days from Pernambuco, with intelligence that that part of Brazil was also in a state of revolution, and that all business was suspended at tIle time of the vessel's departure, which was on the 9th of May. The arrival of Don Pedro in Europe has' created a great sensation in Portugal. DonMigual is evidently much alarmed, and is using every means to gain favour with the church and influential inhabitants. It is pro- bable that some crisis will soon take place, but Don Pedro declares that his intentions are entirely con- fined to the restitution of his daughter, Donna Maria's rights to the Portuguese crown. The Gazette of this afternoon announces that the King has appointed Captain Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge, Bart. R.N. to be one of his Majesty's Naval Aides-de-Camp, in the room of Captain Sir Murray Maxwell, deceased. His Majesty held a Court on Wednesday at St. James, at which Don Pedro, Ex-Emperor of Brazil, appeared in a very splendid uniform of green and scarlet, and received an audience of his Majesty.— The Convocation of the Clergy, which assembled as usual on the meeting of a new Parliament, arrived in grand procession, for the purpose of presenting an Address, headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Winchester, Bristol, Bangor, and Llandaft, and accompanied by numerous Digni- taries of the Church in their Convocation robes. The Convr ation was introduced into the Presence, his Majesty seated on the throne, the Duke of Brunswick on his right hand, surrounded by his Cabinet Ministers and Great Officers of State. The Lord Primate read the Address, to which his Majesty made a most gra- cic w eply.—The Archbishop and the other Members or the Convocation had the honour of kissing the King's hand. His Majesty then held a Levee, and it being a Collar-day, most of the Knights of the various Orders wore their collars. It was fully attended, and the presentations were numerous. Their Majesties gave a grand state Ball at St. James's Palace on Thursday evening, at which the Ex-Emperor of Brazil and suite were present, On Friday their Majesties gave a grand State din- ner in honour of the arrival of Don Pedro, Avhich was served up in the Great Banquetting Room. Nearly all the Royal Family were present, together with the Duke of Brunswick, Prince Leopold, the Foreign Ambassadors and their Ladies, the Cabinet Ministers and their Ladies, the Great Officers of State, &c. &c. Her Majesty, in addition to becoming Patroness of the City of London National Schools, has munificently contributed 501. per annum towards the funds of the institution. Don Pedro and Prince Leopold had separate inter- views on Friday with Earl Grey at the Treasury. The reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha ar- rived in town on Wednesday from Rotterdam on a visit for a short time to the Duchess of Kent and t Prince Leopold. His serene Highness visited their I Majesties on Thursday, and afterwards called on all the members of the Royal Family at their residences. Lord Yarborough has been appointed Vice-Admiral of the Isle of Wight and coast of Hampshire, vice the Earl of Malmesbury, resigned. A London Temperance Society has just been esta- blished to repress the pernicious habit of dram-drinking. A meeting took place at Exeter Hall on Wednesday, at which it was resolved, that it is the opinion of this meeting that the unhappy propensity to drinking ardent spirits is one of the chief causes of the pauperism, disease, and crime that prevails in this country." The Star says that—" Government have determined to send in future all convicts exclusively to Van Die- men's Land, and to encourage free emigration to Sydney and the other settlements on what may be termed the continent of New South Wales." Recent letters from the Swan River Settlement con- firm the intelligence of the breaking up of Mr. Peel's establishment there, and the people whom he took out with him had been distributed throughout the colony. In other respects the various settlements were in a thriving condition. The emigration Commissioners held their first meet- ing on Thursday at the Colonial Office, which was attended by the Duke of Richmond, Viscount Howick, Mr. F. Baring, Mr. H. Ellis, and Mr. R. W. Hay. Mr. F. T. Elliot, attended as Secretary to the Com- missioners. We hear, says the Globe, that the Tory party has at length agreed on a bill for Reform, which they in- tend to propose in the shape of an amendment on the bill introduced by the Ministers, but really in substi- tution for it. Probably the substituted bill will be tried in the first place in the House of Commons— there of course with no chance of success but, whether proposed in the House of Commons or no, it will be brought forward in the House of Lords; and its au- thors speculate on being able to carry it there by striking out all the words after the first" That," and substituting their new enactments for those which are now before the public. The bill, thus amended, is to be sent down (so runs the scheme) to the Commons whereupon the Ministers, it is conjectured, will be in wonderful difficulty, having to rejeet all Reform for a time, or to take that which is offered- to them by their adversaries."

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