The Sun.
London, England, 1831-08-11 00:00:00

POLAND

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN:

Stit,—As it must be some satisfaction for you to know
that your noble conduct on behalf of the heroic Poles has
not been unnoticed, I beg to inform you that it is the theme
of universal praise—your sentiments excite reciproca.
sympathy in every bosom. But what can be thought of a
certain Morning Paper? Pray, Sir, uncloak its incon,
sistency—an open foe is lens dangerous than a pretended
friend. What is the reason that it loses no opportunity of
exciting jealousAand suspicion between France and Eng
land, the only two free nations in Europe? Could the
despot, the blood-covered despot of the North, wish for
any thing better to aid his infamous crusade against every
thing deer to man ? Must he not grin with satisfaction at
reading such articles? Is it not evident to politicians of
the meanest sagacity that Russia, and not France, is acting
behind the curtain in Holland, and yet this Morning
Paper forsooth, will have it as the work of the " move
ment party" of the French. Pray, Sir, cal upon that
Paper, of which, heretofore, Englishmen were wont to
be proud, call upon it in the name. of Englishmen t •
throw off the mask and declare itself openly either for, ur
against the Poles. Day after day have the affairs of Bel-
gium inundated its columns, and claimed the whole force
of its reasoning, while the momentous fate of Poland, on
which depend the most astounding events, is only obscurely
glanced at in an obscure corner !! ! Will not the fate of
Belgium (unless France first interfere) be decided on the
plains of Poland? Is there not an understanding, nay,
an agreement between the three great despots, after Poland
is subdued, to make the Belgic case a pretext for attacking
the French ? Is not this fact notorious to any one of the
least sagacity ?
Why is a Tory Ambazsador permitted to be at Vienna at
this momentous crisis ? Is there treachery in the Cabinet
too ? A liberal minded man, backed by the generous
sympathy of the brave Hungarians, might have made a
most beneficial impression on the Austrian Cabinet. I
England and France united, say—march !—What union
of despots dare say, halt ! Pray, Sir, arouse France—
arouse England to throw the gauntlet down, now whilst
100,000 of the bravest men that ever drew the breath of
Heaven are already on the field of hattl?, ready to embrace
them as their friends and deliverers. Infatuated France !
What, permit thy dearest associates in arms—men who
are fighting the very foe that was marching to thy de-
struction—men who stopped the fiend that was prepared
to devastate thy country ; permit such men to be crushed
en masse, and only come forth when the sword reaches thy
side through the dying body of thy dearest friend ! !
Shame—shame ! France !—England! it is not yet too
late—speak—united—and mankind are free !
August 9. A BRITON.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

DUTCH PAPERS.

The following was read in the sitting of the States-
General, at the Hague, on Saturday :
con'. OF A DESPATCH ADDRESSED TO THE AMBASSA-

DORS AND ENVOYS AT THE COURTi OF RF.RLIN, lON

DON, PARIS, ST. PETERSBURGH, AND VIENNA, DATED
AUGUST 2. .

" SIR,—You are aware of my official communication
addressed on the 12th ult. to the conference of London,
in answer to the eighteen articles proposed as the prelimi-
naries of a treaty of peace b •tween Holland and Belgium.
" I hare the honour to transmit the two articles en-
closed. The first, an official notification which I received
from the conference under the date of the 25th ult., the.
purport of which is to prevail upon our Government to
arm its Ministers in London with powers to discuss, per-
fect, and execute, a definitive treaty, under the auspices
of the Five Powers. The second is my reply of the Ist
of August, of which the Baron Zuylen de Nyvelt, who
yesterday set out to resume his functions of second pleni-
potentiary, is the hearer.
" You will observe, Sir, that in this latter instrument
his Majesty has caused to be given to his Plenipotentiaries
at London the necessary ineructions and powers fur the
discussion, perfecting, and executing, in concert with the
Ministers of the conference, a definitive treaty, the object
of which shall be the separation of Holland from Belgium,
according to the terms propounded in my official commu-
nication of the 12th ult., which terms were agreed upon
by his Maj-isty and the Five Powers ; and you will itb,
serve, moreover, that the King is determined to support
the negociation by military measures. In fact, his Ma-
jesty, after nine months of vain negociation, which has
wen quite unprofitable to Holland, and during which si,e
has not ceased to give proof of her sincere desire to termi-
nate, in an amicable manner, her quarrel with Belgium—
after this his Majesty has judged, that if he would not sacri-
fice the primary and vital interests of Holland—if he would
not sacrifice interests necessary to her existence, he must re •
nounce all hopes of obtaining from Belgium reason tide con-
ditions of separation without coercive measures ; and that
it has become the more indispenable to have recourse to such
measures, because the crisis could not be prolonged with-
out compromising at once our public spirit, our finances,
our army, and eve❑ our political existence. On the other
side, there is reason to hops that the appearance of our
arms in Belgium will restore the balance of the negocia-
tion destroyed by those means which the insurrection has
successfully employed, while Holland confined herself to a
strictly defensive position.
" In conformity with his Majesty's desire, I have the
honour to impress upon you the propriety- of explaining
to the Minister of Affairs at * that the actual
question of Belgium is no longer one in which Europe
can be thought to have a general interest ; but that it is
reduced to an object of a purely domestic nature—namely,
to fixing the equitable conditions of a separation between
Holland and Belgium—that these conditions are of the
highest importance to Holland, hut absolutely indif-
ferent to the rest of Europe—that if other nations
can really think themselves interested, it must be
solely in regard to the preservation of a general peace,
and that upon this ground we claim the aid of Aus-
tria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia
You will add that Holland understands her own in-
terests too well to desire or wish to kindle a war,
whether more or less extensive, of which she must herselt
encounter the first and most formidable hazards,—that she
covets no increase of territory,—that she offers up her
best good wishes for the well-being of all states, t*•ithout
disturbing herself about the means by which they seek to
acquire or to consolidate ; but that she cannot, under any
circumstances, sacrifice the principle of her own exist-
ence. Thence it must be evident that the King's deter-
mination to throw his army into the scale simultaneously
with the negotiations at London for the purpose- of ob-
taining fair ternis of separation,—an end too precisely
marked, and too distinctly avowed, to be subject to the
least doubt,—ought not to inspire any disquietude ; and his
Majesty believes he has ground to hope that in these cir-
cumstances Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, anti
Russia will unite their efforts with his, to ensure that the
separation shall be adjusted upon a solid and equitable
footing, and consistently with the rights of Holland.
"Pray inform me of the result of your representations.
(Signed) " VERSTOLK DE SOELEN."

BRUSSELS PAPERS.
ANTWERP, AuG. 6.—Our city breathes joy, and hope
returns to all hearts. This morning the following Pro•
clamation was posted :
" PROCLANIATION. _

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" The city of Antwerp is placed under the safeguard of
France, England, and all Europe. This safeguard
guranti es our persons and our property against every ag-
gression from the citadel or the Dutch naval force.
" Dated at the Town Hall, 6th August, 1831.
" The Burgomaster and Sheriff Guard, LEGRELLE,
" WILLERS, Secretary.
" ORDER OF THE DAY.
" The General of Brigade, Military Governor of the
Province, and Commander-in. Chief cf the city and banlieu
of Antwerp, hastens to inform the troops under his cote
wand, that it has just been agreed upon, betwei-n his Ex-
cellency Lieut.-General Count Belliard, of France, until
General Baron Chasse, Governor of the citadel of Antwery
—' That there shall be a suspension of arms between th
citadel, the Dutch naval force, and the Belgian troops, till
the receipt of the superior orders which General Baron
Chasse expects on this subject. During the continuance of
this suspension of arms, all shall remain in statu quo with
respect to the works for the purpo,es of attack to he exe-
cuted on either side, and Dutch and Belgian Commis
sinners shall he named respectively to draw a line which is
to be marked out by posts, according to the stipulations of
the Convention ratified Nov. 5, IMO.'
" Lieutenant-General Count Belliard has s that thi
city of Antwerp was pissed under thesafeguard of France,
England, and all Europe—a safeguard which guarantees
the inhabitants and their property against every attack
from the citadel, or the enemy's fleet.
" In consequence, all hostilities will cease on the whit
line depending on the city and ban
ieu of Antwerp, and
the slightest infraction of the -aforesaid regulation will b
punished with the greatest severity. The Commanders
,ent suspension of
is to be given.
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" F. de TABOR, General of Brigade.
" Antwerp, August 6, 1831 "
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