The Sun. — London, England, 1830-10-21 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We ; We great pleasure in publishing a letter from the editor of the Dublin Morning Register on the taxation of Ireland. It contains is reasonable and temperate representation of the feelings which may be supposed naturally to arise amongst Irish men entertaining the same views with the writer on the amount and injustice of the burdens to Which their country is subjected. But will a sepatation from England reduce those burdens ? Will Ireland be able to support those establishments necessary to the independence and tranquillity of an infant state, if left to her own resources ? Will the open ing of the corn and cattle-market of England, the monopoly of which Ireland now enjoys, .be no loss to her ? Will her domestic concord not be troubled tenfold by a removal of the compressing power and firm authority of Great Britain ? We at leads can have no factious or unkindly feelings towards our sister in the west. It becomes us not to say: with what efficiency we have fought her battles, but we may, without indecorum, assert, that we have steadily and zealously maintained the Irish cause, in that form under which alone it has assumed, since the Union, a distinct and independent character. God grant that we may never have to witness the exists once of a national cause or interest iq Irelends such as may not find a ready sympathy in every Eoglish bosom !—Tinics. Certain philanthropists of —or, we suspect, be longing to—the school of big brewers and licensing magistrates, have fallen foul of the comfortable.. Beer Bill of last session, because people have now and then, since the Act was passed, been seen" surnmot fresh " with beer. No doubt the old gin-shops and licensed ale-houses are exceedingly chagrined at this portentous growth of immorality. The keepers of them don't relish the public indecency of drunken ness produced any how but seeundum (Wein. These priests of the established worship have no tolerance for conventieles; they hold sectarian orgies in ab horrence. Now if, as is assumed (not proved) by the cavillers, a greater number of people de indulge themselves inordinately with the English beverage of beer than formerly, it is plain to us, at least, that the consumption of beer has been increased at the their dimi— nution.y specific article of consumption,—at the same time to improve its quality by abolishing . a monopoly in its sale, and by taking off restraints from its m anufacture,—every such measure has an ob vious tendency to produce a more extensive demand for the article so released and ame liorated. Now the motives for raising beer into an active and successful competition with spirits, are, its being a far more salubrious, or rather a far leas destructive liquor, and because to commit excess in beer costs considerably more money, time, and trouble, than a similar performance with British gin, or whisky. Then, es compared with the former stuff that used to be served out to the working classes under the name of " porter," does any body need at present to be apprised what advantages must be obtained for that class of customers, by substi tuting malt and hops for the ingredients which, if not issued from the breweries, were ut 'emit sold in their dependent alehouses by way of porter, and made . up of at once the cheapest and most pernicious descriptions of spurious stimulents and narcotics ? If men get drunk now on genuine beer, it is better than getting delirious on poison. As for the greater numbers intoxicated since the passing of the Beer Act, as alleged in particular quarters, we are ,slow of belief, without less suspicious evidence; but if it be to, the excess will gradually diminish with the novelty; and after a period of two or three years —than which a shorter term cannot well be con templated as a test of this new system,—we are of opinion that no man (no honest man, we mean) will venture to call for a return to that which has been superseded by the Act of 190.--sTinies. When, in anticipation of the speech of the King of the Netherlands, wo stated two days ago " that his Majesty would have'Titiele to disclose on the unfortunate situation of 'his' &Minions," and added, an expression of our IMO " that he would . say nothing which would throw: obstacles in the way of a speedy settlement of Pelgic affairs, or embarrass the position of his eon, already surrounded with ne ordinary difficulties," we certainly' did not expect an address like that which will be found In onotber part of our Paper. His Majesty, no doubt with the best intentions, and . actuated by the Most honourable feelings, has said a great deal too much or too little on the present posture and future pros' pects of hie dominions; in other words,' he hi in-1 troduced topics of the most exciting character, without those explanations which. might tend to allay the excitement.. Instead of considering the separation us completed by the force of cireum• stances which he could not controul, he uses ex preeeions which indicate a belief that his authority will be again restored in Belgium, and . speaks of the temporary necessity of opening the present Session at . the Hague, us if lie expected to be able to open the next at Bruesele. In employing this language, he must have forgotten that he was ad dressing au assembly in which be:eanid ;torus a Belgic face, and in which the Deputies, who pre. pared to echo his speech .were only the representa tives of Dutch provinces. It probably, therefore, would have been more discreet to have limited his obeervutions to the interests of Hollaed, or to have explained more frankly the object of his son's come minim' respecting Belgium. It was to be expected that his Majesty should feel acutely time ingratitude of the southern provinces, in proportions as he was conscious of having always consulted their welfare; but in present circumstances it was probably not prudent to characterise their insurrection by uny harsh expressions. The armed inhabitents of Brus. silt who invited his troops within their walls to pros tea them against the rabble eager for pillage and conflagration, and then subjected them to muscle.. •rous sittacks,"' could not be spoken of with any de gree of favour, as they added treachery to rebellion ; but when rebellion, however unjustifiable in its origin, becomes the resistance of a whole people, it changes its character, and ()tight to change its name. Both 011 alit; Ite,coUnt, therefore, and on account of the pacific mission of his son at Antwerp, his Ma. jesty might have feund it more consonant to his own professions, and more conducive to the interests of his family, to bare made a mare sparing use of the words: rebels" and " rebellion," $4l 'tipplied to the people of ilia Majesty calls or the co operation of the Staters-Gesserel "'to chtek itttsZ pit lash the efforts of evil4sposed peewit" to trouble the provinces which still remain faithful," NoW, the provinces here alluded to must be either Belgic or Dutch. If the former, they have been committed to the superintendence of the Prince of Orange : if the latter, it might have been as well to have refrained from announcing the fact, that they contained any subjects disposed to disturb public order or to endanger national security. But the most 'singular indiscretion of the Ministers who at presesst advise the King of the Netherlands, is the allusien which they put into his Majesty'e mouth, mepeetiug the deliberations and the duties of his Allies, I look forward," says his Majesty," with calmness to the issue of t h ose eialeaveurs and of the detineretions of my Miles, whs.) have gunraeteed this kingdoni, and hatie made the present state (fib southern provinces the subject of their serious nedi lotions." in tt subsequent - paragraph his Msjesty recurs to the subect, erol speaks of " the: support of his Mice, who will coastantly maintain the pos Wield *potent of Europe." If these detlatations *O 4 ifAinitatianS were intended for 04 t)thig site o*i to produce a salutary effect on the nessea of tins litelgin 4uturgentit; they would be most reettueing am; othiot)tei Co; the peace of bro., We inuettt4i azty t yogter a copy of he itsipieal f ra - n , "Ls I' " II 494staished the kitigdoin of iii, tecstherhsistls, It cannot be questioned.diat these, treaties safer con. ditionel guarantee of the integrity of the kingdom o f the Netherlands, and would at .any time furnish-_ - 0 pretext for ixiterferenee wizen it wits 04,04414,0, if such a pretest were wanted : but a part of the 'Nigh** alitttieti to have been niready set aside by his Majesty's own consent. The whole of the eight articles of the treaty or protocol of Lehdon hive heett formally broken by the act of separation between the southern and the northern provinces, to which his Majesty has al ready given his consent. The effect and principle of these treaties, however, form a subject by fur too important and extensive to be satisfactorily dis cussed in an incidental notice to his Majesty's speech, 'The provisions of some ,of them have al ready .been cancelled by the accomplishment of their object ; and those of others, plainly referred to a state of things in which the Allies considered them selves under the necessity of maintaining an army of occupation in France to preserve the peace of Europe. At present the peace of Europe would be more seriously endanged by any foreign inteifer ence to repress the Belgic insurrection than by any other event whatever. France having declared against such an intervention, the guarantee to which the King of the Netherlands appeals, could only be .enforced by a league formed against the French Government ; and such an issue to the Belgic rebellion cannot yet be in the contemplation of any of the allies of Holland. There is, happily, the less prospect of such a result, as the Prince of Orange has declared himself in ,favour of the Na tional Congress, and placed himself at the head of movement which he found it impossible to resist. Wh'ether his Royal Highness has thus acted in con formity with the instructions of his father, or against his advice, is now a matter of little consequence. His proclamation has only decided a question which the uncontrollable progress of events would soon have resolved, for Antwerp, the last strong hold of Dutch power in Belgium, is likely soon to fall into the hands of the Provisional Oovernment. The for tress was declared on Sunday in a state of siege, as the following notice will show:— The Burgomaster and Echevins of the city of Antwerp, in virtue of a letter from the Governor of the Province, hasten to communicate to their fellow-citizens a despatch addressed to them by his Excellency Lieut.-General Baron Chasse, eanunander of the fourth military district, and which follows. They invite the inhabitants of this city to act in accordance with it. " Given at the Ilotel de la Regence, Oct. 17. The Burgomaster G. DE CATERS. (By order) " WELLENS, Secretary. " Head.quarters at Antwerp, Oct. 17. " The agitation which prevails in this city, and the alarming reports %Oda are industriously circulated to excite the public mind, oblige me. to inform you, that in order to calm them I am forced to declare this fortress in a state of siege,—an extremity to .which I came with re• Bret. Ac, however, circumstances imperatively demand 4,1 pray you, Sirs, to enjoin the inhabitants to provide themselveo with provisions for one month. A forthcoming. despatch on this subject will announce to you the formal declaration of putting the fortress in a state of . siege. It is only a regard for the quiet and tranquillity of the inhabi tants which could induce me. for some days to defer the execution of this severe methure. . _ (Signed) " Baron CHASSr , . " The Secretary to the Regency of Antwerp, Times.) " WELLENS." The news received yesterday from Belgium en Holland is of great importance. - The Prince a Orange ha issued a proclamation, in which he says, " 1 have studied with cure your situation, and I am acquainted with it, and in the province in which I exercise. power I shall not oppose your rights as ci tizens." He adds, " I shall put myself at the head of the provinces I govern, place you in a state new anti stable, of which the nation will form the force. This is the language of, one who will sacrifice his blood for the. independence of your country." Sts 7 vend Members of the Provisional Government have it is said, come to an understanding with the Prince, and we may thus soon expect to see Belgium in the peaceable enjoyment of an independent Government, affording to every citizen security of person and pro petty. The King opened the States-General at the Hague on the 18th instant, with a speech, which reminds us of the well-known observation, " Nut n'a raison roe flout et nos arras." His Dutch Ma jesty is as infallible after losing Belgium as ever. — The Belgium!, according to his Majesty, are all in the wrong, end he Mime is in the right. He speaks of the " Violent 'proceedings of the leaders of a blind and excited multitude," who " brought about an insurrection attended, with violence." The Bel gians are the most . ungrateful people under the sun, in refusing to be made happy in his way 1 ". The efforts of the military force, however, of the State were,". he says, " unable to quell this insurrection." " Already before its arrival at Brussels the military finite which, rune. to bring protection was hostilely attacked, anti though rpreceded by a solemn announcement of mild ness and peace, it met in the city with the most murderous sesistanee. The armed rebellion against the lawful Go:- vermnent has since spread more 'and more in the southern provinces, with such fearful rapidity, that, for the security and defence of the faithful northern provinces and of their commerce, 1 have. been obliged to take the necessary mea sures with respect to tine military and naval force ; have made part of the militia moveable, prepared to call out the Landsturin (local militia), and issued an invitation to volunteers to arm. The ardour with which it has been answered, and the new proofs of attachment to my house which I have received on this occasion, have alleviated the grief that fills my heart at the thought that a band of rebels should have been able to seduce so important and flourishing a population from the Government under which they had attained a degree of prosperity and riches that they never before enjoyed, semi had found the most ample protection fur their political, civil, and religious rights? The prociemation of the Prince of Orange does not harmonize well:with this speech. The King, on the 18th, says, " he has given to his beloved sou pro lempore' the Government of those parts of the Southern Provinces that remain faithful, in order, if possible, to bring back the revolted Provinces by persuasion ;" and that " he Wks forward with ealmnesslo the issue of these endeavours, and , of the deliberations of his Allies, who have guaranteed this kingdom; and have made the present state of its Southern Provinces the subject of their serious meditations." He on the IGth, two days before, had acknowledged the Belgians " as an independent Nation." It IS clear, from this, that there will still be some difficnity with the King; and now that Ono Prince, has declared the :Belgians in dependent, the way in which these " Fo reign. Powers," that he says." continue to give him assurances of their sincere interest and friendly sentiments," can best show their friendship is, impress on him the value of tine maxim, that " half a loaf is, better than no bread, and to reconcile him self to the Prince's acceptance of Belgium on terms, rather than lose' it - altogether. There is one im portant piece of intelligence in the speech which his Majesty has been the first to communicate. He 4, Your Hi g h mighti nesee e,—The rapid course of tine events which have shaken tine kingdom within a few weal), may affect others of our inetitution, ; the issue of these events is not to be foreseen ; and tine wholly nue*, pectanews received from Antwerp today is a New proof of the daily progress-of the nantual separation between the tarp paw of the kingdom." Thieintelligenco has been by some supposed to mein no lees than the fall of Antwerp; but we are inclined to believe the following letter from flotter dam, in the Courier of last night s :.contains the ac count of what has really taken place there Borraitneat, OCT. 10......A.000Untit have been received from Antwerp, dated last evening, which, mention things there M bit in a state of considerable excitement. crowds Are p a rading tire streets with the Belgian cockade, but there is little apprehension of any excesses being committed. General Van Gain has orders to epperate the Dutch from th# 1 - 4..l g ian troops, The Printer Will, it is said, weepy the eitidel; Lltp latter do duty in the town, with the Garde Li t baine." If Antwerp have really fallen, the - struggle may be said tote at an end: The 'anticipation of such an event, bowever, has probably had its infleenee in determining the Prince of Orenge, to issue, his pro , &Illation, Ilia Ontch_Majesty will probably be brought to reason by his Patch subjects. It cannot ba the interest of their High Nightinesses to fight the Belgian* merely to please their obstinate King, for it is not easy to wigwam] how they can be, benerstted by, the struggle, We observe that his Majesty. striven to speak a grateful lan guage - to 'Dutchmen) for lie assures OM that the ;arrangements respecting the redemption 0041)0110 debt will be fulfilled. He complains of the murde rota manner in which the armed pacificatory he sent to Brussels were met. May all such friendly at tempts meet with a similar reception !—/Iferning Chronick. We rejoice to see the unanimity of the Press throughout the kingdom on the subject of Parlia mentary Reform. The folloMng passage from the Liverpool Albion of Tuesday last may be taken as a specimen of the general feeling Taxation and representation must go together ; and that representation must be direct, not virtual. All householders who are now called upon. by the provisions of Sir Robert Peel's celebrated Jury Rill, to discharge the arduous and the responsible duties of Jurymen, must be empowered to diseharge the high and the honourable du ties of electors. The mere rabble must not, ni they have now the power in too many instances of doing, enjoy a monopoly of the right of returning Members to Parlia ment--a right which ought to be generally, but not uni versally diffused, and which ought to be placed in the keep ing of a class of men who would not prostitute it for their in dividual emolument or their personal aggrandisement. The House of 'Commons must be made in practice what it is merely in theory—the representative of the people, the active and productive classes, as contradistinguished from , the Nubility, the indolent and privileged classes. The un constitutional connexion which now subsists between the House of Lords and the House of Commons must he severed. The Members of the Upper must be satisfied to use the power which the theory of the Constitution sup posee them to possess, without attempting to engross into their own hands the power of the Lower House also. In short, the House of Commons must be made the real, the efficient represefitative of the people, or the nation will continue the Jprey of the Aristocracy, and the people he crushed to the earth by the burden of an overwhelming load of aution."--11fornin Chronicle. Having urged all the arguments that we could fairly avail ourselves of in favour of sparing the lives of the Ex-Ministers of France, whose criminal con duct we have neither attempted to excuse nor pal liate, we will now take leave to say a few words re• lative to the conduct of some of the Lomit) Journals, which accuse the French people, of feel inga of ferocious revenge in demanding that the law shall not be mitigated to meet the ease of those State delinquents. Our readers will recollect that for some time past, but especially during the last Session of Parliament, we endeavoured to press upon Government and the Legislature the necessity of revising our criminal code, and, by confining the punishment of death to crimes of the most malignant and atrocions character, to make the penalties of the law more consistent with the , distiiictions of mo rality and the dictates of enlightened opinion than they appear upon the face of a Statute book, which, by its sweeping and indiscriminate severity, violates the first elements of dispassionate justice. In pleading for the rights of abused humanity, and in endeavouring to remove the stain of cruelty from the criminal code of a civilized people, scarcely one of these Journals afford the least assist ance, but, on the contrary, several of them eu logized the sanguinary law introduced by Sir Robert Peel last Session, which, under the pretence of amending the criminal law applicable to forgery, went to perpetuate the exterminating severity which des creed that the forgery of a one-pound promissory note, or any negotiable security for money, should perish on the same scaffold with him who had steeped his soul in the guilt of deliberate murder. If the fate of the lEx-Ministers of France now de pended upon the decision of Sir Robert Peel, would he not cast his suffrage into the scale of mercy ? We are quite certain he would; and yet what act of forgery ever produced to society such dreadful con sequences us the wicked and fatal ordinances of which those Ministers were the authors P The blood of thousands was shed in consequence of them, and the property of all Paris lay at the mercy of an en raged and victorious populace, whose moderation alone—amid the subversion; of all order—amid the mitts of all. authority—spared what the violence of the Ministers provoked them to conquer. Now, if Sir Robert Peel be averse to the sangeinary exhibition which Paris would ufford,if Ministers who leave caused the shedding of so mud* blood should be brought to the block, will he not, in the ensuing Session, retrace his steps of sanguinary legislation relative to forgery, and give an example of the humanity and moderation in hiinself, which he wishes the French to practice ? After three long discussions lh the House of Commons last Session, the House came to the resolution that death ought not to be inflicted for offences of forgery, with a solitary ex ception; and the Home Secretary, although he de. claredthat he would bow to the decision of the House, but ill coneealed the chagrin which that ha. mane resolution caused him. Nor had he left the 'discussion of this question to the free and unin fluenced exercise of the faculties of the Legislative body ;—he made his Bill a Government measure, and lost it, though thee backed with all the influence of the Crown. But the triumph which reason anti sound justice obtained in one [louse, where the power of the Minister is great, was neutralised in the other, where the power of the Minister is still greater. The Lord Chancellor spoke the sentiments of the Cabinet, of which he is a member, and re gained for the HoMe Secretary, except as far as public opinion was concerned, all the ground which this favourite offspring of his sanguinary legislation had lost. Does Sir Robert. Peel now. see the ha policy of making the mind of the populace too fami liar with the judicial shedding of human blood—and, seeing this, will he deliver the nation 'from the re proach of those cruel laws which the French people can se justly retort upon bins ? We wait the event. ..-Morning Herald. We received, last night, the Belgian and Dutch Papers of Tuesday. Their contents are of great importance. Much us previous accounts . of the can. eiliatory policy of the 'Prince of Orange upon the one hand, he favourable disposition of the Belgian people, and the undisguised neutrality of the Pro visioiml Government en the other, had prepared us for en approximation of the views of the negotiats lug parties in the Netherlands, we could not expect that t h e ; a p se o f a few days, would have hastened them to a conclusion so rapidly as it has done. The question of Belgian independence may be now !T -raded us quite laid to rest. The Prince of Orange after trifling at Antwerp just long enough to'dis cover that the capacity in which he appeared, and the pretensions which he assumed, as his father's Lieutenant, were the only obstacles to the success of a compromise which his personal popularity was rendering every day more plausible, has had the courage.to put himself at the head of the Belgian Revolution, and the Wet to take into his own hands the direction of those events which he found it im possible to controul. He has issued a proclamation in which he frateinises fully with the Belgian people, approves of their, meeting in a Nati ona l C ongress , and pledges himself to give every p rotect i on an d support to the elections. Such a s t ep l eaves no dial further to be wished for by all moderate and sensible Belgians, and they may now make their own terms with the Prince. The proclamation hiss spread unfeigned satisfaction throughout the Nether lands; but not so at the Hap!. The Dutch Papers inform us that, .upon the 18th instant, the.' King opened the ordinary. Session of the Mates-Genera l with a speech, in which, after again e .1 epioring the blindness of the Belgian "rebels" repudiating his parental sesisoeisy s -siletailing the anxious pains which he lied taken to recd them to their obedience--de- Oaring his determination to close his heart against all sympathy with them for the future—his now undivided affection for the Northern Provinces, and his-firm reliance for a settlement of all differences upon the purity of his conscience, t h e goo d ness o f strength of hi s Hi g h Alli es , t h e parties to the treaties whi c h or i g i na ll y . his cause, aod the settled his kingdoms-he concludes by express i ng h i s surpr i se at the unlookedefor end Unexpected step which the Prince of Orange had taken at Antwerp, a step which he characterizes as " a new daily progress of the separ at io n o f t h e two king doms. This address, it i s sa i d, was l ou dl y cheered by. the Assembly, as, proof of the indeed, is any thing in Holland which speaks- of a separation from Belgium, for the antipathy which exist* be tween the nations is perfectly Mutual, Apart from conventional jealousies, however, the speech is made an important subject for comment in many respects, hut 'principally in two.--Ist. That the Piince of Orang'e's udhesidn to the Belgian revolution is.a speculation of his own, unsanctioned by his father; and 2dly, that in the face of the full powers, which this latter delegated to the Prince to settle all differences, be now looks not to the arbitration of his son for a decision, but the in terference of the European powers, and eventually to the chances of war; or, us is the facon de parler —the goodness of his cause. In other respects these papers are not without interest. The Provisional Government of Brussels had published new " Acts" for abolishing the lottery, fixing the time and quail ! fications of the electors at the approaching elections, making the right to vote one-half in amount In the country as compared with the towns, declaring Luxembourg part of Belgium—giving Anvers a share in the election, and negotiating for an ex change of prisoners with the Dutch Generals. The citadel of Ghent had surrendered—the presence of Prince Frederick at Antwerp was looked upon with distrust—the populace had mastered the burgher guard at Ghent, and Antwerp was in a state of com motion. Congress was to meet on the 3(1 of No vember. The Belgian Journals were openly advo cating a Constitutional Monarchy; but the Cormier des Pays has had published the Prince of Orange's extraordinary proclamation without a single com ment, as if it had been an ordinary advertisement. Morning Herald. Two documents will be found in another part of this day's Paper, which will be perused with interest by every one who is desirous of seeing an end put to the troubles of the Netherlands, or of preventing them from spreading to other countries, where sales tary reforms may indeed be wanted, but radical changes are only deemed necessary by the factious, the violent, and the interested—we allude of course to the speech of the King of the Netherlands on opening the session of the States-General, and to the proclamation of the Prince of Orange, declaring the independe»ce of Belgium, and his willingness to take it under his protection. The first is in every respect but two, such a document as might have been expected from a Prince who is said to possess many excellent qualities—who has lost one-half of his dominions, and who is anxious to secure the other for his eldest son. It paints the distress of the Royal mind at the unexpected course which events had taken—details the steps which had been taken to produce a different result —insists upon the fact that Belgium bad been more prosperous since her annexation to Holland than at any former period of her history; and concludes by expressing his satisfaction at the attachment diem' to his house by its ancient subjects, the Dutch. To all this, as we have observed, there could have been no bjection; and the speech, had it contained nothing else, would scarcely have been worth a sentence of comment but we find, in the course of it, that the King not only styles his late subjects " rebels," but that he ventures, in the last clause of his speech, to assure the States-General of his having the support of " his Allies," who, he says, "will maintain the political system of Europe I" The former epithet was assuredly ill chosen, espe cially ut a lime when his son is employing every means in his power to conciliate these " rebel" subjects ; and, with regard to the latter, we are. really at a loss to conceive in what mode it ought to be construed. Does his Majesty mean by " his Allies . ," all the 'loners of Europe which were parties to the treaties respecting the Netherlands, or does he mean only those with whom he is con nected by personal ties ? He cannot, at all events, include France ; for however desirous tile present Government may be to ovoid giving offence to its neighbour, the idea of giving effective support to the King of the Netherlandi, in bringing his refrac tory subjects to obedience, is wholly out of the ques tion; but if he means by " his Allies" the parties which agreed to the erection of Belgium and Hol land into an independent kingdom, he must include England; and hence, if the Belgians and the Prince of Orange should not make up matters, what secu rity is there that the peace of Europe may not be broken in a fortnight ? The determination not to interfere in the affitirs of the Continent was justly considered as a sure basis for the maintenance of general tranquillity ; and that this determination would be rigidly adhered to 'by the Govern ment of this country, was as firmly believed as it was fondly hoped : but can the belief exist after the above declaratidn of 'the King of the Netherlands, or, in the event of its proving to be true that his Allies have promised him support, can the. hope be entertained that the peace of Europe would be maintained ? We say no. Neither Louis Philip or his Ministers desire war with other coun tries ; but they are little more than the organs of the will of the people, and if the Government refused to murell to the aid of the Belgians, whenever they were assailed by a foreign power, the people would not only march themselves, but in all probability pro ceed to the total overthrow of the present Govern merit, and the erection of another in its stead, infi nitely more dangerous to the peace of Europe, and more desirous of spreading the principles of republi canism in• other States. Every one who knows any thing of the. public mind in France knows that such would result of interference on the part either of the Government of this or of any other country ; and we, therefore, hope and trust that no suc h interference will take place—that the people of Belgium will be alloWed to settle their Weirs just • as the people of France were allowed to .settle theirs -and that if Prussia or Austria, or Russia, send' armies to aid the King of the Netherlands, England will, at all events, refrain from mixing herself up with a contest•from which s w h o e u would i n n nor profit, and which consequences of the a r l e l a p p robab neither ility glory lad t most deplorable nature. It is still more desirable that this course should be pursued, because, as will be seen from the second document to which we have referred, there is still u partial hope remaining that the Sovereignty of Belgium may ultimately he given to a member of . the House of Orange. We had anticipated this result from various circumstances which came to our knowledge for some time ago, and we are now the more fortified in this hope from the judicious Proclamation of the Prince of Orange, which has, no doubt, cost him a great sacrifice of of personal feeling, but which is well adapted to re gain the affections of the Belgians. We shall wait with anxiety its effects on the Provisional Govern ment and the people of Belgium.—Morn. Add. We publish this day two documents of great im portance in reference to the present condition and f uture prospects of Belgium, and very important a lso when viewed in connection with the question o f the necessity or fitness of interference in the af fairs of the Netherlands on the part of other Euro pean States. These documents are, a Proclamation addressed by the Prince of Orange to the Belgic, nation of the date tot the Ifith instant, and the Speech of the King of the Netherhinds'on opening the Session of the States-General on Monday last, two days after the Proclamation of the Prince his son. The Prince of Orange informs the Belgian people, that since he addressed them iu his Pro clammier) of the nth of. the present month, he bus studied with care their position ; that he compre hends it, and that he recognizes them as an inde pendent nation. Ile calls , upon the citizens in the provinces in which he still exercises th au ori y, to choose freely, and in the some mode as their .corn patriots in other provinces, Deputies I • time Na tional Congress, which is preparing. And finall y, i lie declares that in the province s w hi c h he overrs h e places himself at the h ea d o f t h e governs he the cud of which lie predicts will I the establishMent 'of item and stable condition of thin ' thing s, of which na tionality will be the force, and - ' proclaims his ma r uses to shed his blood for the independ ence soil of Belgium. It seems neeessei to r .of the be. fore we advert to the ; import or Y e et" %sequences of these declarations, that the Ptine Proclamation from any reference ' e t a .I t t ainB ki r his to tee eeiegaten nai• lure of his autnority, , or to the limits with in w itch I the Sovereign or the Me th l er elide can be bound -and his rights or pretensions finally surrendered by the aot of his representative. From any thing that appears on the face of the Proclamation itself, it is a per sonal, hidepetelent, and unauthorised proceeding on the part of the Prince, which must be italebtd for its practical effect, nut to its inherent value, but , solely to the force of circumstances. And this °pillion of its chaructel is in some degree warranted by the boundless extent of the concessions it appears to convey. Not only does this Proclamation re nounce the claim and the hope of foreign inter ference in the affairs of Belgium, whatever aspect they may assume, but it pledges the Prince, in ex press terms, to shed his blood in resisting such-in terference, should it even be afforded in the last ex tremity, and afford the only remaining chance, not merely of restoring the interests of the House of Nassau, but of preserving the country from anarchy and ruin. This at least appears to us to be the plain and obvious construction of this language; and having thus acknowledged and bound himself to support the national independence of Belgium at the hazard of his life, should it be necessary, he proceeds to sanction, in terms equally express, the constitution of the Congress now about to assemble; promises in effect to regard its decisions, be they what they may, as the authoritative exposition of the national will, and binds himself to unresisting acquiescence in its decrees. When, however, we direct our attention to the speech f the King of the Netherlands, pronounced to the States-General in Holland, we find a language which it is difficult, if not impossible, to reconcile with the supposition that these boundless concessions and unsparing pledges of the:Prince are either consistent with the instructions or in harmony with the policy of his Father and Sovereign. The Address of the latter, in addition to the natural expression of sorrow at the course which events have taken.in Belgium, and the suggestion. of various measures for the mainte nance of public order and public credit in Holland, contains more than one passage which distinctly im plies the probability of interference on the part of the other European Powers in the internal concerns of the Netherlands, and intimates, in a manner which excludes the possibility of misconception, that upon the efficacy of this intervention his Majesty con tinues mainly to rely for the re-establishment of his authority. " I wait with calmness the issue of the important deliberations to which the events which are taking place in the Southern provinces give rise at this moment on the part of my Allies, who gua rantee the existence of this kingdom." And again after adverting to the intelligence then just re ceived from Antwerp, that of the Prince's Procla mation, and calling it " very unexpected news," his Majesty proceeds—" I stay always reckon upon your concurrence, upon that of the faithful pro vince of the North, at well a: upon the support of my Allies, w/o will maintain Me political system of Europe." It seems evident that the last passage of the King's Speech was added on the spur of the moment, immediately on the receipt of the unex-'I, pected intelligence of the measure adopted by the Prince; and the peculiar circumstances in which the Government of the Hague was placed by the corn munication of so important an event at so critical a moment as that of the meeting of the States- General, may justify, or at least explain, the studied ambiguity with which it is treated. The King of the Netherlands will, however, be bound by the act of hie son, whom he has solemnly in. vested with the character of his representative, and to whom he ha Communicated great, and if not un limited least undefined powers, unless he hastens to disavow and condemn that, act in terms much more expressed and decided than those which he has yet employed. The appearance of double deal ing may injure the character of the house of Nassau, but cannot contribtite to the restoration of its au thority over its revolted subjects. And it eunnot be denied that this appearance will be presented, if, while the Prince of Orange, on the one hand, is promising to shed his blood for the independence of Belgium, the King of the Netherlands is expressing, on the other, his reliance upon his Allies, who guarantee the existence of his, kingdom—his Allies, who will maintain the politiCal system of Europe, and if at the same time the latter censures or dies avows the conduct of the former only by implication. We loOk with anxiety for the next advices from the Hogue. They may probably dispel the obscurity in which affaireareat present involved.--111orning Part. The general introduction of rail-roads for the purposes of mercantile conveyance, is likely to be pro ductive of some 4, untoward events." Capital to an amount exceeding 14 millions, which has been embarked in canal schemes, will be nt-terially endangered; and the injury which the coasting trade mud sustain will be .a serious blow for our "mainly for seamen, "—Morn. Ihrald. The subscription for the erection of the inn pension-bridge over St. Vincenl'e.rocks, at Bristol, and which was expected to be one of the greatest curiosities in Great Britain, is likely to be a failure. The expenses of the bridge and apprOaches are estimated at 45,000/. The sum subscribed, after very great exertions on the part of the Committee, does not exceed 50,500/. —Morn. Herald. _ _ On Tuesday a Rusiian Prince, about 20 y e ars of, age, vieit..sl the New Prison, Clerkenwell, under en order from Sir CIIARI.Rs Ft.owita, Hart. The Prince, in conversation, stated that he had paid particular atten tion to the discipline of the. prisons &hived as well as here, and he was much pleased with the good order and bum nity observed in the management of the above gaol. NeW. gate, he said, was very had as far as regarded freeing the prisaners to sleep on the floor. Criminals were treated better than in Russia. On coming to the debtors' ward, he expressed himself shocked that fifteen or sixteen men ihotildhe so puniehed for owing less than 40e: each, and he generously declared they should not be detained an other hour. Ile instantly wrote a cheque for the amount of all their debte, and they were discharged. Between seven and eight o'clock on Sunday evening last, seven ruffians attacked the snail cart between Templemere and lloseree, and endeavoured - to posse's themselves of the mail, which was most bravely and effec tually resisted by the driver, a young man of the name of Taictv, whom they beat and cut in a severe manner; his COAL was stained in several place's from the blood which flowed from the wounds they inflicted on his head. We are happy to state that the ruffians will be brought to punishment,— Cog Constitution. Conic, OCT. 14.—1 t would be quite idle to seek to deny, that at the late dinner given to Mr. O'Cou- NELL, in this city] a sentiment strongly favourable to the repeal of the Union was expressed; for that such a anti meta was expressed is quite beyond question. There was, it is true, some dissent to the proposition, but the:opposi tion only served to extract more repeated opinions unfa vourable to the measure, and to render more decided the tone And sentiments of the assembly. The dinner in this city is by no means unimportant : popular excitement, like every thing else, must have a beginning, and it would not be wise or prudent to look with disdsiu upon the opi nions recently expressed here of nearly 150 gentlemen.— . The period has now arrived when every man in this country must make up his mind and decide whether or not it be prudent to seek fur a repeal of the Union.— The law of SoLox mutt now be introduced amongst as— every man of intellect or action must either. loin to ' oppose or support our connection with England. So far, no one can deny but that Mr. O'ColontLes no velty has wale some pregress. The danger consists in the difficulty of deciding quickly and rightly. The question is one of great difficulty. To form a judgmer!t upon it, much knowledge is required—much more, in deed, than usually falls to the share of the agitating por tion of our - fellow -countrymen. This question is far dif ferent indeed from that great one which for so many years occupied our attention. It required but little skill to sits cover that emancipation was iudispeneable—there existed no necessity then for acareful and minute comparison of a variety of nice and difficult questions, in order to form a conclulion. Not so now • the wise will ponder, but the giddy and the unwis e will ,' it is to be apprehended, rush rashly forward. They will he too tend of seeking popularity at the expense of truth. and will prefers rapid to a sound de c i s i on . That man will best prove his r e al attachment to his count r y w h o s h a ll retire to his study before he comes fotward in public; who shall understand the question before he shall have pronounced.his opinion; and who will refuse to disturb the present order of things until he shall have fully underetood the effects to be pro duced by a change in it. The true lovers of Leland must not leave the fate of their country in the hands of the noisy and uninformed. At the present moment, beyond all 'athers " Ireland expects that every man will do biaduty." ...rrOul a COrloiloollOt Of Evcidny Post. APPREHENSION ` OF A 014tia OF HMI AYMEN. We trust we may congratulate our fellow . to wt a men and neighbours on some corned :f.te,cri,::oaisk i r ni : ,:nr s , several progress towards check. a bTo ga tri ii t is r t ia t i w , o ut of th u e . ing the career of plunder and violence which hie to - warrant i v v e eyr betweenl:o3fi iet t h i li ' r e ac t c h e r i e o m i a b r been pushed of late to so alarm 44 an extent of some of the roads leading out of Liverpool; dot men being now in custody, charged with beingeoli three brothers, a d o n m en: ttsiuvfiAtigesioseifszt Assizes, Ireland.itl en Theircoe 1 his im ir i e d s i d r) n h icd e : r ver i l no e y s un:ra l i lately committal j y . ot,oo, e : o ni, os :44nT ri ff.e i :o i si t : t iv e ty4e i 1 1 went to the shOp of Me. Macpherson, pawnbrokerov f Tithebarn-street, and offered to pledge a silo' pencil-case for a shilling. Mrs. Macpherson obr served the name of " J. L. Arrowsmith" open it, and, finding it to correspond with the description given of a-pencil-ease taken from Mr. Arioannith, of Soho-square (who was robbed on the Derby roll] when returning to Liverpool on Saturday POI week, after . hearing that his relative Air. Burns batl been_ shot), she lent him the stint be wanted, but directed her apprentice to fonds , end observe when he went to, sending her servant at the same time It the Police Office. In: a; few minutes afterwards Helsel', the constable, by the boy's direction, ap, o rehended Thomas Mislvey,.et the cor ner of Highf, field-street. He resisted ver y stoutly, and !lbed was obliged to take Win into 111 r. Macpherson's 9i send fur assistance, which being procured, he vat conveyed to the Public-ollice an d searched by Mr Miller, who found en his person e pat" which, he said, he had bought of a woos whom he did nut know , several months since in the purse was some silver money and severs Pawn tickets, and In • his waistcoat pockt, was a penknife. The inquiries which naturally tool Michael led to the app r ehension of hie two brothers Michael and John • an d on Friday were ell John three examined before Mr. Alderman Porter. II then appeared, that the purse found on Thom Mulvey belonged to Mr. Molyneux, who he was I r It obbe ol on the Derby road on the night of th August, of a gold watch an d the said Pare, ivid, some sovereigns and silver m one y ; the watch wat found to have been pledged , the n . 31r. ICevon int t morning, al , Mr. Kevan's, in Union-street, alul his daughter both identified Michael Mulvey al thi person by whom it was so pledged. Mr. Arrow Thome smith identified the pencil-case pledged by Mulvey at Mr. Macpherson's, as liaving been Out from him on Saturday night week, when lle W i ll reed, of whoni I, robbed by three men in Derby - believes Michael Mulvey to be one, but cammt. speak as to either of the others. The peal found on Thomas Mulvey has been identified ) William Redinisn, a plumber and Oozier living It Redcross-street, as having been taken from hita the night of the 29th July last, When he woe robbe d at Kensington, by three men whom he should.neot be able to recognise, and who alio took , frio ides ut the same time, a silver watch and other tiro The watch is found to have been pledgedlst roe di, Rowley and Burgess's, in Athertofrstreet, , morning of' the 30th of July last, and Mr. no r r: identified Michael Mulvey as the person who I:leitit it. He gave his name at the time as J,' er , Perry," and on Mr. Burgess remarking that r o ve . was a different name (S.itnuel Penis wc ' fa ll ' o it, on the cap of the watch, he said it 4 0 1' i 1 1 ,,,, watch, and he desired, therefore, the,. pallic w° ,i o might be taken of it. A hat found sos"-m, —h., 4 of Michael Mulvey has been identine by in Charles Wren.shall, at) that which lie 11) ", 0 0„ struggle with three men by whom Ile WO 01! ~,,,,, near Whitefield-lanc, last Tuesday nig.fit. ; 01 more cases remained to be inquired etta, '„ re examination of the prisoners was resumed at ; kei o'c'ock on Saturdisy. One of the 1)0 0 . 1 u oi l found on Thomas Mulvey is for e br‘.' w 0 0 umbrella, nearly new, which was pledgee . 1 0 0 iv 30th of September, the owner of which I, oa • yet been found.—Liverpeal AiM. ------- ----' '...- I . Novo Two NEW AxsuALs.---bar Y I n , 1 api '4 her, Le Keepsake Francais' e eelleetion of erg n l' :,, ' ' •of tile ,preeent. 1 by the most celebrated Frenc h Illtaall , , ay1ag 6, 4 61 embellished with eighteen splendid line-gollr, ~, .1, P'i" rate British artists, from clance French and r a .c .a li nta " 0, ,„, inga.—At the scut) time will Wea r T he 7' tekel i l prising the same eighteen engravings, acc° ll .t,,,i a ed se series of specimens of British Literature, 0111""- leave]. Edited by Mrs. ALaatc Walls . the Melo The Hon. W. PoNsoNBY, nue oi t 0 , ~,; „ oeso, hers for Poole, has undertaken Weed , a. ".- - o io" it public library fur the use of that town , ogs,,! r P po es. presented for the purpose by his c olleaguet ?IP:. 1 0 00 1 An agent from Belgium has feel' inusgosto for the purpose of inviting the Prince of Coll l . l g .d w i t t i ot the new crown of that couutrY, but tie T il i t u t the, il i el seeing the Prince, on receiving an assursc''' kohl A wht," tation would not be accepted. The 1 414 Y , g red . emanated is said to be very limited.-- 0 ) " ?. ', e p e e ' The arringeUtents consequent on d , i b l' opp eti ,, railway from B oat hanyten to Lowlon. ".,, „„,t I"' breaches to other parts of the kingdom, A" 1 b :,„ aio wartlness. Considerable progress bas alrodY "ttos in the survey, in Order thltt the pecet the e 1 —Hampshire Chronicle, ' - c.. Mill'' A hand-hill is in circulation iii ob o w bone, from which it appears that ieigraticnind nibs Pr°l)o4,e, at the ensuing meeting for 3 "141 to t Pl' seised Taxes, that a petition be presented to t° b , Os' praying his 11faixsxv to appoint 111 r. 11 01r t i t ioiis 'a' cellor of the Exchequer. We hope, OA Pe to c ol become general. If the sources of co' (u sioilte by an economical Chancellor of the Eselieettert• must depend for support on the people 00 1 1. 1. . 0 'Orr DRIADPUL ACCIDENTe.-.glieS.7 et tler ing an inquisition was held at the KiolllaArPcls,:reneff field, Middlesex, 'hot' ___.ota Air. StilLl,l)4ap tile ell view of the body of Tsiogas Ftowxes, ail' s 6 , the son of Mr. nemesis a Magistrate of the " oe , tnet his death in a most . melancholy masoc r ' d y ., 6 10 ceased went out on Friday morning boo fl :01001!ii ing, and on his way beck in the afterOeT 'the OM' as a gentleman's garden the road; w"enpigheusric who knew him to be aresident in II )* 1 " de the g ross 0 01 asked him if he would like to insPee t i, est er f i deceased availed himself of the offer, and 7. 100 WY:, garden said, in a jocose manner, " I i w il i ' is orlioti p : here for fear of accidents," A tid pier" ''. t . /if. %it ' carelessly across a laurel bush close to die S e ns , pel Ivo a considerable time in inspecting the g 4 o , t hicii lb e i, rio' expressing some praise of the m anner ju 4 , 3 0.' ~,A1 laid out, he made the gardener a present, i'''„ ow tai I'll go ,horns to dinner." Ile took his go " w ho 0 , motif .o t o # and was drawing it out from the isure l, 4ol. . o dii caught the trigger, and the whole l o teeit a y ' moment lodged in his aide. The Jo/ .i . : ..... ..;,..'"e --- . of "Accidental Death." 4 n litl — 'll 67-- '1 61)'1 ... 1 ,4 0 On the 16th inst. at Denton Ilan, di ° - ~ Earle Welhy, Eq., ;Nix., o f a mut. 1,...0eth Oa the 17th inst. in Charles.strect, 141 • if , the lady of E. Walpole, Esq. of 4 1141103!r' f j. C , P .' Oa the 17th inst. at' Richmond, the WO' ° , roe, of the Itiadrm Civil Servic e, of a son. . „ .-- I v a i e , Oa the 17th inst. at Wim bourue, I),r'''t' to Edward,' Ea+, of a eon. •On the 16th inst.-at Donley, Gl°a ceteil Il• ' 51ARRIED. o ' re , opt. 3. 3. Tacker, R.N., second too of the 11 ,, t ile i'll°l,l Esq., of Trematon-eastle, Cornw4ll, to Saw7o e ia,". cond daughter of Vice-Admiral Same' Yo n al!' zo Gloucestershire. l7 ' ' ' l V l 7 tV On the 18th inst. the Rev. i Er .,, suc i l i i l i i 4 rv id r ,r t ia , 1 1,1 Exeter College, Oxford, .tiecono ~... 0 mArit c Esq. of Great Fufford,' Deronsliie, to .., o f I daughter of Andrew 13crkeley Dronunoo,ll .1:Al. land, lianipthirN , . Is M.P . I itlatr ' P' e 0 • the II f: , ` On '. t otst. at Plaisance, Jerselt 7 I to - , wifr , g r o h ne for the recovery of litalth, 10 10 Y ll° On°4l3Hectors rAti. of Ihuti-plac. • how ° . the 16th inst. 'at g a i t_ 1 11, io b101110i; . , t i : l ie t o h i n a t n e t v l l . .ie K D l:l7 . n t t h c s i i ,r i V o te . t. ; :t i t ll t i,'lriur o t il i t a i li tti : -I ilen. 1'144146,,,0r,, ii divroe• . On the 19th hot. Mr. W. --`" neYw ' 1 . and Oxford.)treer. Pit 1/01#14 AN9 POW !SOO /tY 101-1111)° "Z $U$ Orri CS, 11tt STAASPi l'4ll4P°