with the_'Chouans of Brittany. Is it not a most ably‘. I bustle in consequence" of the victory at Waterloo; A.MER.ICAN RAIILROAD JOURNAL. —''‘v Q tribunals in social cases. But I am accused ofa po- litical crime, and on this I have nothing to reply. I admit, however, that in case the Government should suspect me to be culpable in its eyes of a political of. fence, its own defence would induce ‘it to proceed . againsttns, and to prove, if possible, my guilt. But I, who ‘acknowledge the government as a govern; ment do facto, have a right, at my risk and peril, to refuse to answer. My accusers would even find in my silence an advantage, as I should voluntarily re. linquisli the most powerful means of defence. I have founded my refusal on two reasons: 1. The present monarchy does not derive, in my opinion, its right from popular sovereignty, as a. national congres was not called together to decide the form of the Government." VVhether 1 am right or wrong; whether these theories may be more or less haziunded and contested, is not the question. I have,_a,._convi_ction, which I maintained, and to which I will ‘make every sacrifice, even including that of my life.‘ "Thus, nothing is more logical than my conduct towards the examining magistrate.——— I could not have, and I cannot answer his questions; for if I had even told him my name, when he asked me it judicially, I sliould_ thereby‘ have recognized the competency ofa tribiinul in political mattcrs,and when once the first questionliad been answered, I should have been forcedto answer all the subse- quent questions. I have ofl'ered,and am still willing, as an act ofcourtesy,and in the form ofconversation, divested of legal forms, to give all the information that may be required, but beyond this I cannot go. But what are they going to do with me, and the ex- cellent, kind.hearted, courageous, and honorable Hyde do Neuville ; that genuine prey of the dungeon and of exile, who," at the close of his life is about to suffer over again the persecutions he sustained in his youth on account of his fidelity? What are they going to do with my noble, loyal, brave, wise, and eloquent late colleague. -the Duke do Fitzjamos ? What will they do with the last of tlicStuarts defending the last of the Bourbons .2! Though they may drag me before their exceptional tribunals for 20 years, they shall not even force me to say that my name is Francois Auguste do Chateaubriand. If they transfer me to Nantes, to confront me (for such is the phrase they use) ,with M. Berryer, I will, as the interests of ii _ third person are involved. say all I know of him, and he will ‘come out of the inquiry as pure as the unsullled snow. As to my person, I gave it up without a word ; and to my present silence they may add, if they please, the silence of eternity. Captain Lanouc was a. Breton, as well as myself. have no:'*o'ther relation with my_i11ustrious fellow. coantrynianthan. the esteem .-with which I h-a.«vo;bson honored by all parties,‘(and which is the pride of my life. -Lanoue had not visited Brittany for many years when Henri IV. sent him to‘eombat against the Duke do Merccur.‘ He was killedat the assault of'a castle. "He had a prcsontiment of hi\.x fate, and on entering Brittany, said, ‘ I am like the, bare. I shalldio on my form.’ My form is ready. The small town in which I was born has done me the hoi\o‘r of proparin g my tomb, which it has raised at its ow _~ err. ponso on a small islet selected by myself. This is the wholejsecret of my mysterious‘ C0l‘l'08pOl1derl_Cc minable conspiracy !!._ Adieu, my dear ‘friend, an “ Cira'rnauui:mNn.” Liberté si sous psusez. The Duke of Fitzjumes has also put forth a pro. test. He assumes that he is subject to all the laws ofFrarice, civil and political, though, like his distin- guishodfriend, he may reject some of its privileges; he assumes that no government, whether formally acknowledged or not, can permit plots for its over- throw ;' he even appeals for protection to the politi. cal laws of the revolution, and plcadssthe charter against _-the eroctionof new and extraordinary tribu. mils 'by_ which he is to be tried. . . . ' ’ j.'1i..9~¥+1éA.1‘{l2-.A1.VD BEPGIUM-. , . Bitussi:r.s,_ J use 18.,—-Seventeen years havololaps. ed since this city wagon this day, the scene o‘f'great to dayypeace seems secure for Belgium. Witlii_n the last five days, three protocols. have reached this city, havingfor object, as is asserted on good outlie- rity. to oblige the King ofllollsud. under certain penalties, to assent to the t_reaty of the 15_th of No- vember‘ last. Their‘ numbers are 64, “Go, and 66. Strict secrecy is observed as to the contents of those do'cu'mo_nts, which have not,.as it is aflirmsd, been yet communicated to the Minister for Ijoreign At‘. fairs. Great anxiety is‘ felt to know their contents, but _u,othing'positively is as yet publicly known. The ..64tl1" protocol is, however, said to relate es. coded, according to the treaty, h each of the belli- gerent Powers to the other; an in it the King of Holland is summoned to state his intention before the 30th ofJune, as to whether he will, before the 15th of July, evacuate the Belgian territory. If he persists in silence,.it is to be considered as at refusal, in which case, the Conference declares that the ar- rears, from the 1st of Fobruary,~1832, of-the sum designed to be paid by Belgium to Holland, are to be deducted from the whole amount, and the Powers are to consider themselves warranted in having re course to force to compel his subrnisien. England and France are stated to be charged in such case with the execution of this part of the treaty, the former at sea, the latter by her army. The 65th protocol is stated to refer in particular to the evacuation ot'Antwerp, which is also to be effected within a. stipulated time. The (35th protocol relates to the liberation of M. Thorn, which is to be effected immediately. Some persons, who are of opinion that the King of liol- land will yield with good grace, suppose that M. Thorn will be liberated before Sunday next. these protocolu, the Belgians are delighted with their prospects: peace and internal tranquility, an extensive commerce, and prosperity, seem now to await them. In the mean time the Belgians do not neglect the preparations for war. The report of the sec- tions on the law for forming the corps do reserve of 50,000 men is to be brought up to-merrow, and the discussion is expected to take place on the day afterwards. SWITZERLAND. Extract ofa letter from Geneva, of the 17th inst.: " We have this moment received the important in. telligencc that the Diet, in its sitting of the 14th, decided, by a majority of 12, that the city of Basic shall be definitively separated from the country. The -two parties of the territory of Basic, thus become independent of oachother, will form two dcmi-can. tons under the denomination of Rhodes Exterior, and Rliodos Interior of Basic.” ’ POLAND. ' Lennon, Juno ~l5.——Letters from Poland and ac- counts in the German papers inform us, that "the most frightful persecutions are carried on by the Russians in Warsaw. The most solemn promises of the Russian Government are openly violated to- wards the highest Poles in that unhappy capital.—— Generals Kuerinski and Chovrewski, to whom Mar. sbztl I‘sskewitch._hud plcdgcdtho. clemency of the Autoci-at, have been transported under an escort to Without knowing the extent of the provisions of 523 __ L. The following order is quite amusing _: Ofiicial.——-Department of Ecclesiastical Afiairs and Justice. intend shortly to attempt the insane and rash enter; prize of attacking ‘Portugal, and though the vary the throne, and of the independence of Portugal. as vidonco has constantly supported our august, legiti. mate, and adored sovereign Don Miguel 1.. however, as an indubitable triumph over the iniquity of our enemies; yet, as it is proper not to neglect any ary attempts which the wicked think to promote, his Majesty is pleased to direct that your Excel- lencv. in observance of the orders which you have already received,sliall again recommend to the lo- cal magitrates subordinate to you to omploy,all refute and to prevent the spreading of false and alarming reports, which the wicked, knowing that falsehood is the arm of the weak, endeavor to circu- late; for though. such accounts are but littlecredit-A ed, because they have always been found to be false, they yet trouble the minds of some who are’ more credulous and loss on. their guard. God preserve your exocllency. “ Luiz us: PAULA. " ‘ “ Furtado de Castro do Rio de Mendeca. “To Senor Joaquim Gomez do Silva Belfort.” I J um; 13.-—Tlio ofiicial part of the Gazette recites the decree ofthe 7th February, this year, granting free pardon to all subulterns and privates in the A- zeros, who have entered the service of the rebels, if they return to their duty within four months, and subjoins a second decree‘ of the 6th June, prolong. foul‘ months more. of Cavmncrce Extra, the following items of news by the ship Ajax, Capt. Hearn, which sailed fromlLiver- pool on the 28th, and brings Liverpool papers of that date. and London of the 27th June. Ifonuorz, June 27.——An amendment of much value, besmdes being; of good omen, was made on Monday in. 1tlie_Bi’ll, of Irish Reform. The amended lease. "LissoN.’Joi«s 11.-—_—Most illustrious-and excel. ' lent Sir,—-—havi_ng received information that the re- ‘ bels, who are in the islands of the Azores, really ' ' great superiority of our forces and of our resources * in all respects, and justice and sacrcdness of the I cause which we defend, which is that of religion, ‘ well as the especial favor with which Divine Pro- the ‘insane and precaution in their power which may c9.'u,..u. 0 tag 5!: ‘attainment off_tho'above_object and, your Elixirs ericy will e"ii_T6iii' "t'li‘iir'n‘ to’ take car,-e to ingtho above mentioned term of four monthsfoifl Lama FROM Evnorri.--_-We take ‘from the Journal. 'Mosc'ow. Generals Isidor, Krasinski, and Drialron. bald qualification runslsoas. that any«’te,nant‘for 91 were subjected. General Wit has been sent to Po- copies, to the amount of £I0 or upwards per annum, tersburg, on account of some now difliculties which shall be entitled to vote. _ ,_ have arisen in the Government of Warsaw; The piswjut,-on of pa,.;,-a,m,,,t____It is now said am, ski, are dead of the cruel treatment to which they years}. havin’bg"a beneficial interest in thciirnd ‘ho es.’ women. quit ‘Warsaw immediately, and to exile hersc1fbe- yond the Polish territory, on account of’ some com. passionate suc-cors which she had lent i.0vl)8l' coun- trymen. This lady has proceeded to Dresden. All the officers of the polish army, who, on the faith of an amnesty had returned to Poland, have been de- ._gri1ded to the rank of subaltorns, and distributed through Russian regiments. o . It is stated in accounts from Dresden, that the Poles who had obtained an asylum in that city had been ordered to leave it immediately, from the inter- ference of tl.io Russian Ambassador. In a short time none but the free and powerful governments of Europe will be permitted even to harbor those unfortunate patriots, who are threatened with Sibe. ria or death on rctjiriiirig to the land of their birth. We need make no comments on those statements. . PORTUGAL." ‘ - 4 . Lennon, June 95, evenlng.——By his Majesty’s ship Columbia,.sailod'on'tlie 17th June, wo_'ar'e informed that Government has accounts of thesaili_n"g of Don Pedrots expedition '; therefore, every daywe may ex. pect important information from that quarter. The Lisbon Gazettes do not contain any ioforniation on the subject. We learn, however, that despatches were forwarded from Plymontli three days ago, for Don I’snrto——-on the coast sf»PsrzugaZ. We have received the following private letter from ‘Lisbon, June 16 :- p ' " We have no news ofiinportance as yet to com. municate, but arrests have taken place amongst the troops. It seems that the government is very doubt. ful of their being trite. The approach of Don Pedro ‘pooia11y=.‘t9“"th9 evacuation of tin parties of territory the Allied Powers. Russian authorities have even begun their war upon parliament will not be prorogued um“ Augu8t__th0 Countess Sabaniski has been ordered to diggghmon to take pjacc in Novombon and the ge_ neral eldctiomunder the new bill‘ in December. " LRWDON. 11:1 fi\<3\i5‘3l-11. (evening.)—~~The most impor. tam: foreign news obt‘uined\ by the Continental ar. rivals to.day is from Hollan“ci\,~ag_d by this it would appear that the Dutch are deternfinsd to 1.3334 everything, rather than make those e‘o_m.q,,.;,,,,,,: which the Allied Powers have unanimously Billed.‘ upon them to mal