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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1531.

Brussels Papers, to the 30th January, furnish
with the proceedings of the National Congress,
r 4 which nothing of importance was done.
ohe debate on the choice of a King was fixed for
' 28th ; but the sudden arrival of M. VAN DE
th EYES from London, with propositions from
e, Congress here respecting the amount of debt
:3"e saddled on Belgiton,..and other matters,
eens to have delayed the debate, which from
the number of speakers entered (37) is likely
to °"upy some days yet. The President opened
Sitting with a very becoming and sensible
l:ech• The report in the French Papers of
oisterday about the Duke de NEMOURS being
'sou King was fabulous

BRUSSELS.
'
NATIONAL CONGRESS. rr
large force, composed entirely of
OF JAN. 29.
of Civic Guards, was
wooled at the Palace of the Congress.
t 4t eleven o'clock, when the outer doors
opened,
the
14ittot,
.' 1 "Iv 4 rn d to the galleries, which were filled in an
Cl' II de Brotolere read the list of the petitions, and
tatije were many in. favour. of the ke of Lem.;
m'' for King Louis Philip, and forth e Duke o Silesia!'
%The President—The order of the (lay is the debate on
choice of the head of the State. .
the Congress. beim! to• day assembled on
~` lutist important and serious subject that has yet en-
egti, t,!sta.tterition, and which will, probably never recur
lis,e,ni.!.llink I may be allowed to address to. thisaupsist
thou',l)!> an entreaty to. conduct the discussion which
gtoto commence,.with all the calmness, decorum, andl.,
lots, '.3' that the subject requires. I therefore
.woul, i -
11,,i0
ithe Inembere who shall speak on this occasion, to reh-
citht,. r°ln every personality,. pa: well with respect to each
the ,! as to the several candidake who will be proposed for
to;;'•'groty of Head of the
.State. to confine themselves to the
I,„ "Itration of the question before
which such or
t l'e advantages or the inconveniences
at.h us only with respect
11,4 n 4 choice may (..fTer to the country,
regard whethert
o o u r toot) secureu,
rne r
...
ti4l4 at home or abroad, or with
stlieucliatives, the disposal of the produce efour vinetso, ourtie
lt ~; tote, and our manufactures, and with. regardt r.t,
of
our
ite,;'" 14 alliance calculated to secure the in slgs.,
)robable
rl.,'t°rY ; and in case of war, the more. or
to
,lrf:T of an offeLeive and defensive adianecre,ouree.sespi_isetsusreit-i
tag our independence, and ma'am,.
consider' this
p `ed bo,b by . , , l land : in a word, to.arekt . • sea all
*lii.cluestion only with respect to the political relations.
ti,,g, eOluprehend our moral and. material interests, sit-
Lasti„4lde the personal qualitiesf f the candidates.—
°discussion they are
n4t4ri,that if in the course of u
family. which the Con-
trt,44llllY resolved to speak o
t)(thla 44 thought it necessary.foia the reneral interest to
w it e from all power in I3elgium, nation may bee made
41it t°,:llY in temperate, proper, and decorous terms. To
tia.116,-I,llvile would show a went of. tact, taetea, and espe-
re charac-
ttri,;•' roagnlnimity and generosity, which
to bes'e qualities of true Belgians. I venturree,
cathruer,efore,
itet4 41Y Honourable Colleagues to he
'itirit
muyquote us
'nd even austere ; that histsry, when it givesl cauci--
tt k to Posterity of this memorable even :
ky nril°4l of moderation, wisdom, and justice. If, in 41,01-Way of
President, I should have the misfortune to
411,4 411,4,4 .11 the slightest degree from that impartiality
m' 4Lost imperative of my duties, I beg this Assembly to
proof 'e of it• I shall consider this as the most
occasion,
tadi °f good will that it can show me on thiso
Gaik_
tlti, /111411 most cordially thank. it. As for the. .
°Ltert. r"onnend and even enjoin them most.. strictly to
4,41•4tt! article 40 of our regulations, which, in case of
Th.'o,,, svill be immediately enforced.
4 ‘' Dresident then read the article.
I.oad.„\.tto de Weyer—Gentlemen, on my return from
l'ecoo-o; I think it my duty to give the Congress
ina short
arrived Lou-
% of nly mission! As soon as we•
, him to csin-
konileve addressed Lord Palmerston, beggtinl3owers, a note
Nati,„:te to the Congress of the five Fea
it lc to the opening of the Scheldt. trhls note
e
hid
;,4°Wn ,
1,- u ~.1 -0 you, and has been published."
'NI e;;"tred in it that till the armistice was executed. by
\l74:', We could not enter into any other migtoityle.llltool3.tle 'ttli,,i-dt7,lltive_ learned that thei
'ntittott,old
lavebb:aencosaosid:orendsiderered:usesatnioninrtee.aruption. If
the Diplomatic Cohinu-t
41it e 'levee would have consented to the armi,s.itisce
t% tttC°ol,l not treat directly with Holland, obliged
1,.! witbtl'ough the medium of the five great Powers : it
otlgio;these persons that it has contracted ; nevertheless..
4111;:1 to his it in its power to resume hostilities,
-vett tnake the gentengaeents taken towards it re-
-44 e4' When tee w made acquainted at Lon-
Is With the protocol
ss'd 14, of tl. ptla of January.
sn'tl't,',.(led to the foreign diplomatists a not which was.,
Plot, wards found to -wee with the declaration of the (1(-
41 o-aftT, committee. ‘l'-ii the interval we learne(,l,the opten-
tl'e f,.i(oule. Scheldt, and received from Lord a Altners on
~i „i', e
.ing note •,..._ . .
lic, I,..:cei, Congress having had before it b.y themeanstioef
Ing of letleY the Plenipotentiary' of his Majesty Partit; the Netherlands, the documents respecting the
keat -°,° of the dart and relative to commercial arrange-
c't•htai:l;:tween the lwo countries,' expressed a desire to
it °ill the Belgian Commissioners, as soon as pos•
iformation in writing on these two subjects.
t in
(Signed) " AI PALERSTON."
fei•eheethese notes the Congress is always called La Con-
A% '
i.c I "Pver lost sight of the obligation under which
011,41.tit'4Yeclotever.,eto treat of any point, the decision of which
the next day de-
tived to
t°bell
coNuatireosn:ilat Congress,Lo(iou,
wethat the Provisional
Ilet Zi'',tn''''t was grloi: cornMent to treat the question of
till
Nationaland that this
,point appertained exclusively to
h:I sti.4ll,,e_eiCongrese. It seems that the commies.
tio_his ~,ts;."'n, t' spoke of
.were relative to the 1 colonies.
tt,ottha, e I things ad in c.insieration e t ie qu-
Nis
pel' ore to be created of in thed Congrees,f we judged
isablY neettesary to repair to Brussels, leaving at

London M. Bebe to receive the commercial communi-
cations concerning Belgium. Thus, the Congress will
have to examine the question of the debt, respecting which
the Congress at London has asked for information. As
for the election of the lead of the State, we thought it
our duty to retrain from all communications on that
subject : and all the reports of our having conversed on it
with Prince Leopold, or the Prince of Orange, are un-
founded. We have returned to fulfil cur duty as citizens
and Members of the Congress. This assembly will be
convinced that we have not been affected by any diplo-
matic influence.

31. de Facqz—lt should seem that the Congress at
London takes on itself to regulate all the interests of Bel-
gium. I ask what authority the Powers can arrogate
to themselves on this point ?
M. Van de Weyer—We asked precisely the same
question, and were answered, that the Congress would
have no official communication to make to us on that
subject.
M. de Facqz—l would take the liberty to ask the Presi-
dent of the Diplomatic Committee what is his personal
opinion of this answer.
M. Van de Weyer—My'personal opinion is this—l think
that the Congress at London intends to discuss the affairs
of Belgium, to make respecting us a new Treaty of Lon-
don, in which it will regulate the limits of Belgium, the
payment of the debt, and all the other necessary questions.
It was on the supposition that it might act thus that we
insisted that the Congress alone had a right to discuss
these questions.
M. de Robaulx asked if there were not three protocAs
of the 17th November.

M. Van de Weyer said there wss only one.
M. de Robaulx—But are we subject to the Powers for
:he forced execution of the armistice?

M. Van de Weyer—As we could not treat with Holland
it was necessary to enter into engagements with somebody.
Holland has done the same, as the forced opening of the
Scheldt proves. However, we have not renounced the
power of resuming hostilities if the armistice is not
observed.
The discussion on the Choice of a Head of the State
now beginning,
M. Le Hon. proposed that the Congress should first of
all determine the mode of election, and AI. Gendebien
presented a formula of the proclamation, and of the oath
of the King to be chosen.
The two proposals were immediately referred to two
Committees of five members each, which soon returned
with two projects of resolutions, which were ordered to
be printed and discussed to-morrow.
BRUSSELS, JAN. 29.—Hitherto 37 members have en-
tered their names to speak in the debate on the choice of a
Sovereign. Yesterday the President had no sooner pro-
nounced the words, " The sitting is closed," than cries,
the tendency and nature of which it is impossible to indi-
cate, were heard in the galleries. Several Members, who
had already quitted their places, stopped, and called on
the President to put a stop to this disorder; but M. Sarlet
de Chokier answered, that as the sitting had broken up,
he had no authority to exercise.
A British Cabinet Messenger arrived yesterday afternoon
from London, with despatches for the English Legation,
and set out this evening with despatches for the English
Minister at the Hague.
Yesterday groups of a hundred or two hundred persons
had paraded the streets of this city, crying out " The
Duke of Leuchteoberg for ever." They went principally
through the streets inlimbited by the lower classes, saying
they were going to collect recruits, but it seems that the
recruits were not en numerous as the leaders expected.
However, about nine o'clock, they went to Vauxhall,
where some Deputies were assembled as usual, they en-
tered by force, and were addressed by M. Rogier, who
persuaded them to refrain from all acts of violence. It is
certain they committed no excesses or disorder, with the
exception of a few panes of glass broken unintentionally.
Well dressed persons were repeatedly seen giving money
to the groups to make them cry either " Vive in France
or Vire le Duc de Leuddenberg." The Politique of
the 28th says, that on the 27th, Colonel Moyart with
four subalterns and a trumpeter, had gone from Tongue to
Alaestricht to fix, in concert with General Debbets, the
line of demarkation, to prevent any collision between our
troops and the garrison.

The nearer the time approaches for the pro-
mulgation of the plan of Reform, the more im-
portant it becomes that the public attention
should be fixed upon a question so highly inte-
resting to those who know how to value consti-
tutional liberty.
In the first place, it is right that the people,
and more especially the lower orders, should
have a distinct understanding of the nature of
the Reform called for, and of the results which,
as regards them, may be reasonably looked for
from ic. Reform of Parliament has been so
long held out by demagogues as a panacea for
all the evils of society, that the labouring people
in many places entertain a notion that some im-
mediate good will happen to them when it is
effected—a notion whic..ll is about as reasonable
as that propagated in Ireland about the effects
of the Catholic question—and which ought to
be removed by all influential persons who have
an opuortunity of setting their weaker brethren
to rights. It is a manifest delusion to suppose
that the good which Parliamentary Reform may
produce can be other than prospective, and of
this we are desirous that our poorer readers
should take especial notice.

But the poor, as well as the rich, are interested
in any change which may increase the chances
of the Government being carried on for the ge-
neral happiness, and not for the benefit of a few.
And when the inhabitants of large towns now
unrepresented, are in possession of the right of
returning to Parliament those who will there
vote for the measures approved of by. their con-
stituents, it is clear that, even though the
elective franchise should be less universal
than it ought to be, the public opinion will
have acquired a new and powerful force. If
every man with an income of 1001. per annum
had a vote, and three thousand persons, pos-
sessed of such an income, were to be put into
possession of the elective franchise for a given
town, it is clear that the Member chosen by such
newly made voters would look to the interests of
persons having less than 1001. per annum, far
more closely than a Member put in for a rotten
borough by one individual. In most questions
of a practical kind, such as a repeal of the Corn
Laws—reduction of the taxes—or freedom of
trade, the interests of the labourer, and of the
manufacturer or other capitalist, are the same,
and what will stimulate the energies of the latter,
will increase the means of subsistence of the
former. The lower orders in large towns,
though not actually enjoying a vote, may be
sure that when a representation in Parliament is
enjoyed by those towns, their welfare is likely to
be materially promoted in the long run, though
they cannot look to any present benefit from
such representation.
Those who live upon the wages of their labour,
may depend upon it they will always be best off,
when their masters, whether farmers, merchants,
or manufacturers, are thriving in their respective
vocations. These last mentioned classes will
always be found ready to condemn jobs and
labuses, and to extirpate them when they have
the power. They will therefore naturally send
to Parliament, when their choice is free, Ikietn-
hers who will vote steadily against pensions and
sinecures ; against taxes on productive industry,
and against trading monopolies, such as that of
the China trade. 'When all these burthens can

be brought to an end, the poor man will find
himself comparatively rich ; and in the same
way he will benefit eventually by every law that
may be passed tending to the general good of
society. The poor cannot be made rich all at
once. A revolution could not snake them so,
but, on the contrary, if ever it should happen
(which God forbid) it would paralyze every
sinew of wealth in the country. To the
labouring people, we say, therefore—rely upon
the wisdom of a reformed parliament, and on
time good-will of the KING and his Ministers
towards you, a►nd your condition will surely,
though slowly, be bettered. But beware of
demagogues, or, not in riot and disturbance, but
in quietness and confidence, must be your strength.

We find the following paragraph in the Times
of this morning :

" Some business has been dons lately in the city,
through an agency, with a company established in Paris
for effecting insurances against firs, by which the advan-
tage is gained of saving the whole of the policy duty, which
on common risks, as most persons are aware, is more than
double the rate of insurance. It is to be hoped this cir-
cumsttnce will call the attention of Ministers to this very
odious and unjust tax, which changes the whole principle
of insurance, and which the merchants and underwriters
have been seeking for some years past, but in vain, to get
rid sf. There is only required that confidence in foreign
capitalists should be established, to cause a large portion of
such business at once to be withdrawn from this country."

We recommend the principle involved in the
above, to the honest consideration of the most
honest CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER
that England has had for the last fifty years.
Former CHANCELLORS of the EXCHEQUER
have been taxing their own ingenuity for schemes
to swell the revenue by over-taxing the public,
always forgetting, in the excess of their wis-
dom, that they were thereby defeating their own
object. What the result of their meritorious labours
has been we now see too practically, but most
wolully, illustrated! The taxes press so severely
that the people, after sixteen years of peace, can-
not pay them ! The load has become so heavy
that the national springs of industry have lost
their elasticity. But here the evil suggests its
own remedy :—remove a portion of the load, and
the manufacturing, commercial, and agricultural
life springs of the nation will recover their wonted
energy and power. Let Lord ALTHORP,
therefore, take warning by the past—let him
improve upon the errors of his predecessors, and
try a new system in taxation, as the Government
and the country have happily commenced a new
era in politics, Reform, and common sense.
An lioneat Minister only needs firmness to
carry his point. Let him trust to the people
for his support, and he will not be dis-
Htppointed. The great body of the people
can have no interest apart from the general
welfare—and a Government pi ofessing to
be honest, can have no interest prejudicial to the
welfare of the people. O❑ a good understand-
ing between the Government and the people
depends their mutual salvation.

The Lisbon Gazelle, from the Ist to the 20th
January inclusive, contains no political news
relative to the affairs of Portugal.

By the Jamaica packet we have received Pa-
pers to the 26th of December, the contents of
which are of great importance. The House of
Assembly was most unexpectedly prorogued on
the 21st of December, upou which occasion the
Governor made the following speech :

" GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL,
" MR. SPEAKER AND GENTLEMEN OF THE As•
SEM SLY,

" A Bill, for continuing to the Lord Bishop of this
Diocese, ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the Clergy having
been lost in the Council, and as business of great public
importance, the consideration of which would occupy more
time than the near approach of the holidays affords, still
remains undisposed of, I am desirous to consult your con-
venience by granting you a short recess.
" I do, therefore, in his Majesty's name, prorogue this
General Assembly until Tuesday, the 25th of January
next, then to meet and proceed to business ; and it is
hereby prorogued accordingly."
The following are extracts from these Pipers
"I3y his Majesty's ship Champion, we learn that his
Majesty's ship Mersey, Captain Courtenay, in company
with the Slaney and Kangaroo, had arrived at Barbadoes,
after a very arduous and distressing cruise on the coast of
Africa and Brazil, without meeting with any slave vessels.
We understand the squadron visited the whole of the
Northern Ports of Brazil, the Ili() Amazons, as well as the
French, Dutch, and British Ports on the Coast of
nea. We learn, also, by the same opportunity, that the
Mersey got on shore at the month of the Amazons, and
narrowly escaped shipwreck ; and that she was only
saved by the most extraordinary exertions of her officers
and crew. The officers and crews of the several vessels
were all in good health when the Champion left Barba-
does."

Extract of a letter from Barbadoes, received by his Ma-
jesty's ship Champion:—
" We have nothing new here—we are all quiet : but
we learn that Martinique and Guadaloupe are in a state
of great disquietude, in consequence of the new Governor,
Admiral Depotet, having brought out some ordonnances
favourable to the coloured population, wisick, we hear, he
has nut thought fit to publish at present."