The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-20 00:00:00

PEOPLE.

" The National Congress, seeing the Protocol signed
by the Plenipotentiaries of France, Austria, Russia, and
Prussia, dated the 9th of January, 1831, and communi-
cated to the Assembly the 15th of the same month,
considering that the Belgic people several months ago
shook off the yoke of the Dutch, without the assistance of
any foreign Power, and constituted its independence, as
has been acknowledged in principle by the five Govern-
ments above mentioned, that the war existing between
Belgium and Holland no foreign Power has the right to
interfere in the affairs of those countries.

" That if, on pretext of humanity and to prevent the
effusion of blood, the five Powers :have offered a purely
friendly mediation, by way of negociation, only in order
to facilitate an armistice, neither Belgium nor Holland has
submitted itself to the discretion and decision of the said
Powers.

" That, on the contrary, the Powers have themselves
proclaimed the principle of non-intervention, a principle
then asserted by France.

" That the conditions of the armistice not having been
executed on the part of Holland, Belgium (which has
hitherto faithfully observed the said conditions as far as it is
concerned) could not, and cannot be forced to maintain a
state of things ruinous to itself and favourable to its enemies,
and yet it is Holland th;►t has resumed hostilities.
" That the Congress and Belgium do not know, and
will not recognise, any convention by which the Powers
may have made themselves arbiters of the differences with
Holland, especially if it gives the right •f executing it by
force.

" That Belgium does not ask the support of the Powers
to compel King William by farce to execute the armistice,
because it will not aclanwledg-e the right of intervention
against either of the belligerent parties.
" That the Protocol of the 9th J inuary, in which
Belgium has taken no part, formally lays down the prin-
ciple of direct and armed intervention—a principle con-
trary to the rights of nations.
" That if the Governments leagued together at London,
to stifle the germs of liberty wherever they appear, the
Holy Alliance of nations will find means to break the
fetters which despotism is preparing for them; protests so-
lemnly against all intervention of foreign Governments in
the affairs of Belgium and its relations with Holland ; and
confiding in the sympathy of nations for the Belgians,
and the sacred cause which they defend, declares, that the
nation will rsie en masse to preserve its rights and its in-
riependence.
(Signed) "A. DE ROBAULX,
" Member of the Congress."

BRUSSELS.

NATIONAL CONGRESS.-SITTING of JAN. 17.

M. Rogier rose to refute a letter addressed to M. Firn►in
Rogier by General Sebastiani. He justifies his brother
by quoting a letter from M. Bresson, in which the state-
ment relative to the Duke de Leuchtenberg is contained in
nearly the saute terms. As for the alliance with the
Princess of France, be cannot answer the reproach made
by the French Minister, but by drawing deductions from
the letter of M. Bresson. lle VC' y well understands that
that Minister must have been astonished at the strange
proceedings at the Congress.—(Murmurs.) Yes, Gen-
tlemen, it is a strange and unusual proceeding to require
confidential diplomatic communications to be read in public.
M. de Stassart considered the exclusion of the Duke de
Leuchtenberg as the result of such a timid and odious po-
licy, that he could not attribute it to the noble Monarch
who now is the happiness of France. He did not accuse
our Government, or M. Bresson. All these manoeuvres ap-
pear to him the work of some lame diplomacy, and he was
delighted that General Sebastiani had formally contra-
dicted it; this proceeding so honourable to himself and
the French Government, leaves us at full liberty to choose
the son of this virtuous and illustrious Prince Eugene, if
the interests and dignity of Belgium require it.
M. de Itobaulx—l think that the lame diplomacy of
the foreign powers goes more straight forward than ours.
M. Delwaerde—This discussion leads to nothing. I
propose the order of the day.—Adopted.
M. Leffon proposed to declare the account given by thzt
Emancipation of the 18th of January, of the secret com-
mittees of the Congress of the 16th, is false. He observed
that that journal had published a manifest and extremely
dangerous falsehood, by saying that the proposal of M.
Hobaulx had been adopted. This is making us declare
war against all Europe, and it is necessary that such an
assertion should not be entertained.
M. Itobaulx confesses himself in some measure to be
the author of the article in the Emancipation, and
without etaielvouring to excuse the falsehood which it
contained, and which he says was the result of a mistake,
he asserts that the Congress partook of the opinions ex-
pressed in the proposal. He also declared, that being an
enemy to all mystery, he did not think himself bound to
seeresy with respect to the proceedings of the Committees
of the Congress. He added, " Well, I have made a mis-
take—say so ; but I abide by my proposition."
111. Forgeur said that to reveal what passes in a Seeret
Committee is a want of respect to the majority of the
Congress and paralyses its acts at the will of one, or a
small number, which is not permitted.

A warm and noisy debate arose on this point.
M. le Hon observed how imprudent it was to excite the
mass of the people by falsehoods of this nature, when
it is found difficult to restrain the eagerness of the army;
and, on the other hand, we are resolved to observe the
armistice. If the Congress does not do justice to such as-
sertions the executive Government has nothing to do but
to resign its power into its hands.

In the end M. le 11on's proposal was adopted by a large
majority, and the President in consequence declared tke
report made by the Emancipation of two Secret Committees
of the 16th to be false.

After some debate on M. Rohaulx's proposition, he was
induced to withdraw it, and the assembly then proceeded
to discuss the project of law relative to the civil guard.
BRUSSELS, JAN. 18.—The secretary of the English
legation set out last night in great haste with despatches
for the Hague.
A courier of the Provisional Government and an Eng-
lirh Messenger are gone with despatches for
London.

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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.
STANDGATE CREEK, JAN. 19.—Arrived the Adven.
ture, Adamson, from Cephalonia.

PonzsatouTH, JAN. 19.---Arrived the Ann, Rowe,
froth St. Michael's;
JAN. 18.—Arrived the John Wells. Curtis,
from Philadelphia; and Alert, Stephens, from Lisbon.
KINSALE, JAN. I'7.—Arrived the Two Sisters, Baker,
from St. Andero.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 18. —Wind S. S. W. to W. S. W.
Arrived off port, the Alexander, Anderson, from Bengal.
DARTMOUTH, JAN. 18.—Off port, the Helen, from
Seville ; also the Neptunus, from St. Übe's.
CLYDE, JAN. 18.—Arrived the St. John, Nicol, from
St. John's, N. B.
DEAL, JAN. 19.—The Echo Dutch brig of war remains
in the Downs.

CoAL, JAN. 15.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Sylvia
transport, Reel, from Rio Janeiro ; and Martha, Wilson,
from Savannah.

The Royal Edward, Harrison, from Prince Edward's
bland to-Liverpool, was abandoned between St. Paul's
and Cape Breton.

Arrived at Jamaica, the Rob Roy ; Clarence, Morris ;
Indus, Burnell ; Governor Hudson, and Mount Uniacke,
from Halifax.

Arrived at Bengal, the Loire, and Mary, Dobson, from
Mauritius.

The following is posted at Lloyd's
ANTWERP, JAN. 16.—" Sir, I have the honour to
acquaint you, by direction of Viscount Palmerston, under
date of Foreign Office the 13th instant, for the informa-
tion of C iptains of British vessels at Flushing, and of the
British trade in general, that the Scheldt is to he opened
on the 20th inst., and that no obstructions to its free
navigation will be permitted by the Five Powers after that
time. " I am, Sir,

(Signed) "DE HOCHPIED LARPENT,
" British Consul.
" To Consul General Ellerman, Lloyd's Agent
at Antwerp."

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK.

An official letter has been sent from Lord Palmerston
to Lloyd's, stating that he has communicated to the agent
at Antwerp that the Scheldt is to he opened on the 20th
instant, for the free navigation of British vessel., by the
orders of the five Allied Po cars.

From Brussels tkey state that a part of a volunteer
corps, stationed on the frontiers between Antwerp and
Breda, with some battalions of troops of the line, have
received orders to advance on Breda. Further accounts
add, that this small army has already advanced several
leagues on the Dutch territory without meeting with any
obstacle, as the greatest part of the Dutch troops have
proceeded towards Maestricht, and Breda has been left
to its fate.

The information from Luxembourg ststes, that this
garrison is provisioned for a year, and was to receive on
the 13th January a reinforcement of ten thousand men.
The Governors of Metz and Threnville are also to be
reinforced. The whole of the French frontiers are fur-
nished with troops.
From the French papers received this morning:--
" The Minister of Finance has published a Tableaux of
the Revenue of the year IS3O. It presents a deposit of
18,031,496 francs in the valuation of the Budget, but the
deficit, compared with the year 1829, is only 5,406,834
francs.

The Belgian Deputy, Firmin Rogier,Ams written en
answer to General Sebastiani's letter, in which he explains
his conduct, stating that his expressions were altered by
the Belgian Journals.
According to information from Constantinople, it is the
intention of the Sultan to remove his residence to the pa-
lace of Galata, near Pera, to observe the customs and
manners of the French ; he is continually pursuing his plan
of reform.

It was reported at Strasburg, on the 12th inst., that
the town of Basle was bombarded.
The Courier de la Meuse of the 12th states, that a
strong cannonade was heard in the direction of Maes.-
tricht, and that fortress was firing on the workmen in th-
trenches. Five hitni+red shells are said to have arrived for
the Belgian forces, and the above fortress was to be taken
by storm.