oolish men,
That live an atheist life; involves the heaven
In tempests; quits his grasp upon the winds,
And gives them all their fury; bids a plague
Kindle a fiery boil upon the shin,
And putrefy the breath of blooming health.
He calls for famine, and the meagre fiend
Blows mildew from between his shrivelled lips,
And taints the golden ear.
He springs his mines,
And desolates a nation at a blast."

FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

In France, this year was likewise distinguished by tumults. In Paris and
Lyons especially there were great disturbances; and at the latter place
the riot of workmen advanced to such a height that the Duke of Orleans,
accompanied by Marshal Soult, was dispatched thither with extraordinary
powers to quell the revolt. In the Netherlands, after Prince Leopold had
accepted the crown, which he did in the month of June, Holland, on the
1st of August, declared the armistice to be at an end, and prepared
to enforce by arms the rights which Europe had, on a former occasion,
declared to belong to the king of that country. A Dutch army entered
Belgium, and routed the Belgian forces at Hasselt and Louvain, which
latter city it captured. This army, however, subsequently retired before
a large French force which arrived at Brussels for the defence of the
country. The marches of the Dutch and French armies became a subject of
debate, in consequence of which the French troops were recalled. Another
set of articles was framed by the conference, which declared that the
acceptance of them should be compulsory. Belgium readily accepted them,
but they were rejected by Holland. After this, a treaty was signed
between the five powers and Leopold, who was recognized by them as King
of Belgium; but the Dutch plenipotentiaries entered a strong protest
against this instrument, feeling a certainty of being aided in their
pretensions by some of the contracting powers, and by a strong party
even in Great Britain. The state of possession however, at the close
of the year, remained undisturbed; the King of Holland having declared
that, although he would not desist from his military armaments, he would
employ them at present only for the purposes of defence. In Spain, this
year two attempts at insurrection were made; but they were followed
by defeats, arrests, and executions. In Portugal, where Don Miguel's
cruelties continued unabated, the hopes of the constitutionalists were
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