The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-15 00:00:00

BELGIUM.

CLOSE OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION,

AND T.ETTER FROM THE KING.

The Belgian Moniteur of yesterday (Sunday)
publishes a report .to the King, signed by the mi.
maters, in which the opinion is expressed that, in
the present excited state of the public mind, par.
liarnentary di.cussion upon the law relative to cha.
ritable institutions would be a source of embarrass.
went to the country. They therefore suggest the
closing of the legislative session, and eonsequently
the adjournment of the subject until the next
session. The ministers proceed to record the motives
by which they were guided in the introduction of
the lett, and to defend it front the charge of rex.
tionary tendencies.
The report is followed by a royal decree, as.
flouncing the close of the Legislative Stltaioll of
1836-7.

The same copy of the Moniteitr contains the fol-
lowing letter from the King to the Minister of the
Interior :

June 13, 1857.

My dear Minister,—l have received the report of the
cabinet dated yesterday, and 1 beaten to give it my
approval. In propoeing the adjournment of discussion, you
take an initiative indicated by the circumstances, and one
which the country will understand.
I profit by this occasion to addrees through you soma
words to the country which has given mo ao many proofs
of its attachment.

A long and animated discussion, followed by incidents
which I deplore, has taken plane in the Chamber dr
Itepresentativrs upon a project of law presented by
you. For the first time in the course of the
twenty-sin years which I have devoted to Belgium, the pare
liamentary debates have given tier to difficulties of which
the solution has not been immediately revealed. You have
acted with the greatest loyalty and the most entire good
Pith. You are firmly persuaded that the project of law par-
tied into effect would not produce the grievous consequences
expected of it. I will not pass judgment upon the pro-
ject; I would never have consented to give a place in your
legielatn to • law that could have produced the fatal results
which are feared ; but, without entering into en exambut.
tion of the law in itself, I take into account, as you do, an
impression which has been produced upon • considerable
section of the people. There are in the countries which oc-
cupy themselves with their own progress theme rapid, con-
tagious emotions propagated with an interiority easier to be
stated than captained, and with which it is wiser to make
terms than to remelt.

The free institution. of Belgium hate been In operation for
twenty-sin years with admirable regularity. What im
required that they should continue to act in the future with
the mime order and sumer Y It ie necessary, Ido not heel-
tato to any, that there should exist amongst all parties

isralkii.;nad remove. I bdievo that we ought to ;betels

from agitating SD7 question that eau kindlowar in mann
minds. lam convinced that Belgium may live happy sad
reapseted, by following the paths of moderation ; but I am
alas convinced—and I say it publicly—that any mta-

* which ran ba interireted a tending to fix the

supremacy of one opinion over another, that such •Maaatsw
ia a danger. Liberty is not wanting tons, and our constitn.
tion 'chicly and moderately carried out prevents a ham
eqwlibriuns.
My sincere and profound attachment to the destinies of
the country has given birth to these grace reflection'.
communkato them to the ooentry, to you, to the majority of
the national representatives. In the actual drew:rudeness

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the majority of the chamber, whose wishee, as the majority.
are and ought to be my guide, has a noble position to taksj
• position worthy of a great party. I givo them the ad**
to renounce, as you propose to them, the ccatinnation of tits
discussion upon the law. It is to the majority that it belongs
to fill this generous rOfc. In accepting it entire, it will give
the world a high idea of its wisdom and patriotism. It will
preserve in its ranks the strict union which, with all partite.
is the first fruit and the first recompense of a good and noble
action performed in common.
Last pose the country thanked me for my devotion;
thank it to-day for its confidence.
This letter will show you how happy I am to find myself
In agreement with you, and how much I approve of yore
conduct. My desire is to continue with you and your col.
leagues to watch over the inttresta of this beautiful and be-
loved country.
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Pray believe, my dear minister, in the affectionate waft•
writs which I offer you. _