The Sun.
London, England, 1830-09-15 00:00:00

GENERAL.

THE HAGUE, SEPT. 'S.—According to the programme
this Extraordinary Sitting wee opened in the hall where
the Second Chamber usually meets by his Majesty, ac-
companied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange,
at half-past one o'clock, by the following speech

HIGII AND MIODTY UAW,
" The extraordinary Session of your High Mighti-
nemses, which I open to-day, has been rendered absolutely
neeessary by the pressure of lamentable events.
" In peace and friendship with all the nations of our
quarter of the globe, the Netherlands lately saw the
war, in its colonial possessions, happily ended.—
The kingdom flourished through order, commerce, and
induct y. I was studying the means of alleviating the
burdens of the people, and gradually to introduce such
amelioration in the internal administration as experience
recommended, when suddenly tumults broke out at Brussels,
and then in some other places of the kingdom, marked
by scenes of pillage and conflagration, the description of
which must be afflicting to my heart, to the national feel-
ings, and to humanity.
" In expectation of the co-operation of your High
Mightinesses, whose convocation was my first care, all the
treasures have been promptly taken which depended on
me in order to check the progress of the evil, to protect
the well-disposed against the evil-minded, and avert from

the Netherlands the horrors of civil war.
To search into the nature and origin of the events,
and to fathom with your High Mightinesses the
object and the consequences of them, is at this mo-
ment less necessary for the interest of the country,
than to inquire into the means by which tran-
quillity and order, the Government and the law, be not
only re-established for the moment, but rather be perma-
nently consolideted. Meantime, amidst the strife of
opinions, the violence of the passions and the existence of
different motives snd objects it is a most difficult task to com-
bine, my cares for the welfare of all my subjects with theduties
which I owe to them all, and which I have sworn to
before them all. I have therefore, called upon your wisdom,
patience, and firmness, that I may be able strengthened by
the concurrence of the representatives of the people, to
determine with them what is proper to be done under these
lamentable circumstances for the welfare of the Nether-
lands.

---,, in many quarters it is thought that the welfare of
the State week, be promoted by a revisal of the funda-
mental late, and even by 4 separation between court-
tries that are united by treaties and by the fundamental law
But such a question can only be discussed in the manner
which is prescribed by the same fundamental law, to the
obwevance of which. we are ell hound by a solemn
oath. I require on this subject the opinions of your
As.embly, given with that frankness and calm-
ness which its great importance so especially requires,
while 1, nn my side, wishing above all things
the happiness of the Netherlanders, whose interests
are confided to me by Divine Providence, am perfectly
ready to co-operute with your tt.setnhly in the measures
which nifty tend to promote it.
4, This extraordinary meeting is also intended to inform

your High Ifightinenee That the interest of the Kingdom,
in the midst of all that has taken place, absolutely requires
that the Militia shall remain embodied beyond ►he time
fixed by the fundamental law.

" provision for the public expenditure, which will
arise from this and from many other consequences of the
insurrection may be made for the pres,:nt from the
credit already opened, but the further regulations must be
a subject of your deliberotions in the approaching ordi-
nary session.

44 YOUD. HIGH MIGHTINESSES,
" 1 dep,nd on your fidelity and patriotism, mindful
of the storm of recollections which have passed
over my head, I shall as little forget the courage, the af-
fection, and the fidelity which shook off the yoke, con.o-
lidated the existence of the nation, and plac,d the
sceptre in my hands, a 4 the valour which in the
field of battle supported the throne, and ensured the
independence of our country. Fully prepared to
meet reasonable wishes I shall never yield to party spirit
nor consent to measures which would sacrifice to interests
the prosperity cf the nation to passion or violence.
" To reconcile as much as possible all interests is the
wish of my heart."
Never, on such an occasion, did the King and P►ince
of Orange receive more marks of attention and respect
by the innumerable multitude on their way from the Palace
to the States-General, as well as on their return.

In the hall a great number of members, and the people,
when the King, on the conclusion of his speech, de-
scended from the throne, also manifested the greatest en-
thusiasm.

The King and the Prince left the Hall amidst uninter-
rupted cries of " Long live the King, and long live the
Prince of Orange."

The Second Chamber being then assembled, Vie papers of
Messm Rangers and Cass, newly elected for the province
of Friesland, were examined and formed in order.

After this a Royal message was read, in which his Ma-
jesty submits two questions to the consideration of the
Chamber, nunely, whether experience had shewn the
necessity of revising the fundamental law
Whether in that case the relations established by trea-
ties, and by the fundamental law, between the two great
divisions of the kingdom, for the promotion of their com-
mon interests, require to be altered in their form or their
nature.

The Chamber then adjourned, till eleven o'clock to
morrow.

(From the Rotterdam Courant of Tuesday, Sept. 14 )
HAGUI, SEPT. 13.—Prince Frederick was not present
at the opening of the States-General. In the gallerie+ we
saw his Majesty's grandsons, the Crown Prince and Prin-
cess of Prussia, Princes Charles and Albert of Prussia, and
the Foreign Ministers.
All the members, as well those of the Southern as those
of the Northern Provinces, wore orange colours. Among
the Southern members we saw Messrs. Stassart, de Celles,
de Brouckere, Barthelemy, Suclet, Dumont, d'Omalius, de
Ger!ache, Le Hon, &c.

We have received Papers from St. Kitt's to
the 2d of August. At a meeting of the Legis-
lature the following communication from his
Excellency the Captain-General, enclosing a
despatch from Sir GEORGE MURRAY, on the
subject of the suspension of the Hon. R. W.
PICKWOOD from office, was laid before the
House :

" TO HIS HONOUR TUE PRESIDENT AND THE HON. MEM-
BERS OF THE BOARD OF COMMERCE.
" TO THE HON. THE SPEAKER AND GENTLEMEN OP

THY HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

" GENTLEMEN,—I have the honour to transmit the
copy of the despatch from the Right Hon. Sir George
Murray, in reply to my letter transmitting the Report of
the Committee of your Hon. Board and House, on the
petition of the lion. G. Crooke, and other documents con-
nected with the suspension of Chief Justice Pickwood :
" Downing-street, March 4, 1830.
" Sia,—l have received the despatch mentioned in the
marein, reporting, that in compliance with the advice of
the Executive Council of St. Christopher's, and in conse-
quence of the representation of the Legislative Council and
Assembly of that Colony, you have suspended Mr. Pick-
wood from his office of Chief Justice, and from all the
otter offices holden in the Island, until his Majesty's plea-
sure shall be known.

" As the questions arising in this case are entirely of a
judicial nature, his Majesty will not decide upon the mea-
sures to be adopted without the advice of his Privy Council.
I have therefore transmitted your despatches, with their
inclowres, to the Lord President of the Council, and you
will inform Mr. Pickwood that he must address to their
Lordships such application as he may think proper to
make for restitution to his offices. In the meantime I
shall of course forbear to intimate any opinion upon his
conduct in these transactions, or urn the censure cast by
the Report of the joint Committee of the Council and As.
sembly on yourself.

(Signed)
" To Governor Murray."

" G. MURRAY.

We have adlices from Tortola, which contain
the following Speech of the CAPTAIN-GE-
NERAL to the Houses of Legislature :-
4, TO THE FARSIDENT AND '4411E BON. 31ILS18ERS
OF THE 1104150 OT COUNCIL.

" TO THE HON. THE SPEAKER, AND THE MEM
BEM OF TOR ASSEMBLY.

" GENTLEMNN,-.4 have deemed it expedient to visit
this part of my Government, to request your serious con-
sideration of the deplorable state of your public affairs.—
It must ha obvious to every individual, and a subject of
great concern to those who possess property, or have other
interests in these islands, that this great evil has been
allowed to increase during a series of years—and which,
if it be not speedily retnedied, will cause a further depre-
ciation in the value of property, in addition to that which
unhappily exists at present.
."f he recent instances of a total disregard of the ests-
blished laws and rules of civilized life, evinced in the re-
peated infraction of the public peace, is calculated to en-
courage similar instances of violence, and to acts of in-
subordination amongst the lower classes, that the civil
power may be unable to repress without the aid of an
armed force.--I therefore most strongly advise the re-
establishment of the Militia, which is the legal and con-,
stitutional means of strengthening the local authorities.
The white and free coloured population is sufficiently nu-
merous to furnish a respectable body of men, who would
cheerfully lend their aid to preserve social order, and defend
their lives and properties, if occasion should require
their exertions.

" TO TUN HON. TUN MAXIM AND TUN MNSIBNRS
Or TUE ASSEMBLY.

„..
” GXNTLESIEN,—The public debt of your island is now
accumulated to an enormous sum, in comparison with the
present means of liquidating it, and is &subject which requires
your immediate and most earnest attention. Its creditors
rely on the honour and character of the Legislature for a
just and speedy arrangement of these claims, which have
been so long unjustly withheld from them ; nor can it be
expected that the Officers will continue much longer to
devote their time and talents to the public without being
punctually rewarded for their services. I consequently
desire to press your consideration to the propriety of pro-
viding at once for the expences of the present year, and to
form a Committee to report upon and suggest the most
eligible mode of liquidating the debt up to the last year,
with a view to an equitable adjustment of all claims which
the Legislature has authorised and acknowledged on the
part of the public.
" I firmly trust this appeal will early and cheerfully be
attended to, and I feel persuaded that its succeos cannot
but materially strengthen and renovate the Government of
these islands.
" I may not omit to observe that if any just expecta-
tions in this important matter should be disappointed, I
shall conceive it my duty to represent to his Majesty the
considerable time that has elapsed since any supplies have
been granted for defraying the expenses of this colony, and
pray his Alajeety's pleasure on the subject.
" TO 111 S HONOUR. THE rittaIDENT, &C. AND TO Tilt
110 N. Tilt SPEAKER, &c.
" GRNTLEMEN,....I have received great gratification in
bearing of the advanced state of the Act for ameliorating
the condition of the slave population. This long-expected
measure will, I hope, be speedily completed, and in a form
that may meet the gracious approbation of his Majesty.
(Signed) " CHAS. W. MAXWELL."

The French Papers are as usual interesting,
and in some respects important. The Gazette
de France hints, on the authority of a Govern-
ment Journal, that the reported prorogation of
the Chambers will not take place. By an express
from France of later date, which we quote from
the Herald of this morning, it appears that the
want of money is severely felt at Paris, and

that the report of an insurrection in 'Portugal.
suggests fears that. Frauie may be committed
in war. We apprehend more danger. on this
point from the complicated and perplexing-Shape
that affairs in the Netherlands are hourly ilsium•
ing, than from any difficult question that may
grow out of an insurrection in Portugal. We
do not see how France can possibly remain trap
•
pH; while Belgium is on the eve of downright
anarchy ; still less if her interference and pro.
tection should be requested .by the Flemings.
The French Government have as difficult arm.
to play here as NAPOLEON ever had in the
moments of his greatest perplexity. A feeling
of chivalrous honour must be set against
the cold dictates of prudence, and hitherto
France has never been able to withstand an sr
peal to her chivalrousfeelings. The same Express.
states that it is possible that Prince TALLIY•
RAND will not be the representative of Fano
at the Court of London, and then goes on to
give an abstract of M. GLTIZOT'S (Minister of
the Interior) Expod of the situation of France,
This Expod was listened to with the most
marked satisfaction by the Chamber of 1-)tr'
ties, and mentions two facts which provC the
good sense and sincerity of the Government"'
first, that Ministers are closely watching, 011°4
fearing, the machinations of the
secondly, that the arming of the National-Guards
is in rapid progress throughout the country.
The Constitutionnd of Monday WI
it is cer-
tain that the Ambassadors of the four great
Powers have notified that their Governments
will not oppose the separation of Flanders from
Holland. For what purpose then are the Prussian
troops so rapidly concentrating on the frontiers) r
The same Journal adds that Government hare, re"
ceived the official news that the Court of Vienna
has acknowledged the King of the FREW'

At the grand public dinner given to the Duke
of WELLINGTON on Monday last, et 14eua
chester—a full report of which will be found in
another column—the Earl of WWrotr, I,e.
turning thanks for the honour of having IP'
health drank, deplored, in whining terms, the
great strides that public opinion was dailroskillhB
throughout the country. His Lordship theUr
that such rapid progress 4, was fraught with neiji
siderable danger," though he did not condoler
to say to whom or to what it was dangeroue
We will supply his deficiencies in this rcle
The spread of public opinion, which is nothing,
more than a sense of justice—a rational
01.4 d
• tl•
ledge—a right appreciation of the peat,`
of the Constitution—an ability to estimate I'7;
own rights—and a power and deteimll4-0
legally to enforce them, stringing up 11111°It,
people, is dangerous only to sinecuristc,P°%,,
mongers, and those among the higher c1:0
who would wish still to continue the
rt,heneyg
racreAei :aitleemm,riei,ars:decarevir,ao,difinatlartekghlenletess of ignorance, in 4r° fir`'
their own intellect and their interestsloY 7„ (
to
wh
apprehends any dangbeUyorrpftrpholeeimrbc:OrtralrbtleirlL°;Bs'll.6:hillii,ttieeb-plii
ligence of the nation. He rather reitmetewill
-
from a conviction that his own pritic.e_.es. d.
be thereby the better understood and appr77oB
But the Noble Earl, whose logical facie err
authority, and by no means of the clearest and keenest °men,
confounds education with revolution.' T°.ol
orders. Such lighten the people is, he thinks, to render e
ll
turbulent, unduly opinionative, impatient! the
made by an Earl, are beneath notice, evePiSso
jseualcohusin:
so far as they tend to prove that as true% the
probably more) dull absurdity lurks bengint
ock,
ermine robe of the Peer, as beneath the em
on
frock of the peasant. The Noble Earl grsi to
to state, that the people owe their etiune-°
r
ul
the higher classes ! Indeed I HOW Ulf iv,s $0
then is it on the part of the former t° 'slob
soon outstripped their instructors in triP,
of mental improvement. Such conduct° h
.„ est
fnttlhateioPnrsi,viiievgert th°ol ujoh
insufferable. The people should halt 1"
id On
career, and allow the Aristocracy tittle
veol—
nri
up with them. A peasant presume t° him itt
ideas than a Peer, to get eo far a-head L titles
the race of information, that despite 'Llutely
and his splendours, his Lordship tuaileied
dwindles to a speck in the rear ! UnPergot,
impudence ! The Whig A TT() tiNgY•Gsroor
should look to it, and bring in 3 nilif
Bill" to restrain such practices in future.
. „st

Tie Duke of BRUNSWICKbag jusiksigr" ; ;
in town. It is a thousand pities thst "1-.lo'lo
tient and long suffering subjects Allowed "I have
escape from their clutches. They shnnld ogled
placed him full in front of the fourteen ;heal.
cannon which he ordered to be fired upon
fog.
What does his Serene Highness "'ant CO
r
land ? We can readily dispense With his
parry'
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no Commissioners of Woods sod -1;. `ior
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intended Hay-market ; the cla'y tai been
Mb r
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idpsnooavonrtaetelt,eoferaeyesatrtltdiyeloewitn,
ball
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pandup, Nsw,ibtlitelhl aiardtadrlo7.l.;,,:foiePrpoie,e'
pnaerttvefHathye.meaarakueintgisintoonht;ti.opeco°4.l.ouel.-01:0,
(which is adjoining Cu,nhetland.market) is 7:l„telcO',At-,
inediately p.ived, and a large market to hene, the ..--;., '
side for the sale of butcher's meat, and oo °WO i
for the sale of vegetables. The iroprovente° ,la at
tended markets have made in the sale of.l/011°' t tie
' l a sbor ~0
part is quite astonishing, and property will°'lA; sely Pr/
since was but of trifling value, is now inionibt (;010.
chased at very improved sums. It is steel tort Tat
missionera have it in contemplation to c°9,, seitill".
square into a market, which is to a direct one _
cso lat
other two; and commodities of all descriptiollott by
brought to any of these markets, at a very Gear
the Regent's Canal. Courts 47( 111°
NAPOLEON, in forming the
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Tuileries And Malmaisnu, was eager to "7,1 d Cour
manual of etiquette from the experience ofo.the,Lto that
wows of the F'aubourg of St. Germain-41 I.7rs 0'
had whisked their long trains in the ante Ph
Mame A S7OIN Erre, but because they trrro'''..___,le." ~
" The best bred fools much time had over wi. _ 00
if mot erreof
He surrounded Joaxeuttlt with n. 0141 moo,
WI from ' 1401
nekenitrAttCAULTS, anti NA ARON? r SS, too hp
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reverence for their feudal legitimacy, Os° bras,. torn Pr'
them to have been trained to courtly hrer0!,.11,.. to eoe;
emblazoned cradles ; so that they were not, 117, 700.;
mit themselves by being hungry or thiriSso JettrOw
fatigued, glad or sorry--nuil a propos....