The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-10 00:00:00

ings of the Conference, however well intended,
have sanctioned principles which, if brought into
a perm anent course of action, may tend to the
subversion of international justice, and the de-
struction of the only solid and durable founda-
tion of general peace.
The Great Powers, in intermeddling with the
disputes of Belgium and Holland, disregarded
the maxim of non-intervention, upon which, as
a standing rule in regard to the concerns of other
nations, so much stress has always been laid in
regard to our foreign policy. It is by no
means clear that there was ever a necessity
so urgent as to demand the interposition of
the Allies between the Dutch King and the
Belgians, or that they were called upon to interfere
either for the sake of humanity, as in the case of
Greece, or by the demands of good faith, as in
the case of the treaties between England and
Portugal. Much less is it apparent that, hav-
ing interfered, the Allies have done justice be-
tween the parties; for, whether any weight is or
is not to be attached to the complaints of the
Dutch KING, the bitter feeling of discontent that
pervades the Belgian nation is, we fear, founded
in a deep conviction that the decision of the
Allies has (lone them injustice in several respects,
and especially in assigning portions of Luxem-
bourg and Limburg to the Dutch KING. We
have never seen the shadow of a reason given for
this latter proceeding, which would not also have
warranted the Allies in giving to Holland the
city of Brussels, or the provinces of Flanders and
Brabant.

After the late interpositions with the affairs of
Greece, Portugal, and Belgium, it is hard to
recognize any such principle in modern diplo-
macy as that of non-intervention, or to define,
with any certainty, its limits or meaning. But
the more the principle seems to be falling into
disregard, the more important does it become to
urge and uphold its observance, and to hand
down to posterity a rule in politics, the
violation of which has saddled Great Britain
with the curse of a twenty years' war—
exhausting her resources, and afflicting her
people with evils under which they still suffer in
the sixteenth year of peace. The time may
come (which God avert) when the state of Ire-
land may afford to the European Powers as j ust
a pretext for interference between Ireland and
England, as they have had in regard to Bel-
gium and Holland. Whilst, therefore, we par-
ticipate in the satisfaction generally felt at the
prospect, such as it is, of the Belgian question
being settled, we cannot omit the opportunity of
protesting against all meddling by the British
Government with the domestic concerns of fo-
reign States, be they large or small, except only
in the cases where we are bound by the faith of
treaties. We have no more right, either moral
or political, to do so, than any individual has to
regulate the management of his neighbour's fa-
mily ; and by watchfully checking the Govern-
ment whenever it shOws a disposition so to inter-
ferelathe public money will be saved from waste,
and the happiness of mankind be surely advanced.
Mr. HumE is deserving of thanks for the plain-
ness with which he has spoken upon this subject.

''We have great pleasure in learning that the
colliers of Dudley and the surrounding districts
had agreed yesterday to resume their work. In
fact a great portion of them commenced work in
the course of the morning ; others were to begin
to-day, and on Monday the whole will be in
active labour, the same as if no disturbance had
taken place.

Despatches were received, this morning, at the
Colonial-office, from Bermuda, dated Nov. 4,
and from Halifax, dated Nov. 20.

`We have received, by express from Paris, the
Papers of Thursday, of which the following are
extracts :

(From the Journal des Debats.)
" The Journal of Commerce, of Lyons, of the 4th inst.
says Everywhere the Duke of Orleans went he was
received with the greatest affection ; cries of Long
live the Duke of Orleans and the King' resounded
from all quarters. The Prefect made a speech stat-
ing that the rainbow bad appeared, which announces
that the storm has subsided, and a pledge of recon-
ciliatimr. The Prince answered, that the expres-
sions and sentiments of the Corps Municipal of Lyons gave
him great satisfaction. He also answered the Archbishop
at the head of the Clergy, the Royal Court to the Tribunal
of Commerce, and the Mayor of Croix Rousse."
An Order of the Day was published from the Minister
of War to the troops of the line, of all arms, and to the
battalion of the National Guard of Saone and Loire, Ain,
here, and the Drome, stating that the Duke of Orleans
was greatly satisfied with their zeal and excellent discipline
at the entrance of the Duke into Lyons.
LYONS, DEC. 4.—Our town to-day presents a different
aspect than the preceding day, and every thing has a better
appearance.
Letters from Lyons arrived this morning, announce
that on the day of the 4th, a proclamation was posted en
the walls from the Minister of War, to cause to cease in
the departments of the here, Drome, Ain, and Loire, all for-
niationa of battalions of the Mobile National Guards.

FRENCH FuNDs.—Three per Cents., for money, 68f.
40c. ; Five per Cents., 96f. 50c.

The following are extracts from Frankfort
Papers received this morning :
Moscow, Nor. 17.—0 n the let instant a regiment
of Bashkirs, from Irenburg, arrived in this city, and after
halting three days proceeded on its march to Warsaw.
Several new regiments are to follow, which will be settled
in Poland, do duty on the fror..kiers, and form military
colonies.

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Since the taking of Warsaw, and since the cholera is
no longer talked at, Moscow is the resort of numerous
visitors, and many large houses have been purchased on
speculation.; especially since it has been known that his
Majesty the Etnperor has granted to twenty-eight Polish
Generals permission to reside in Moscow.
From the preparations that have been in the Kremlin,
it is hoped that their Majesties the Emperor and Empress
will remain here six months. At the thanksgiving in the
Cathedral for the termination of the rebellion in Poland,
when more than 20,000 workmen and country people bad
assembled in the Cathedral, a great many persons were
brought by the gens•d'armes wholly insensible out of the
dreadful crowd, and others saved from death.
CONsTANTINOPLE, OCT. 26.—The Reis Effendi has
very frequent conferences respecting Greece, with the
Russian Ambassador and the Chief Secretary of the Eng-
lish Leeation. It is believed that the Porte will not agree
to any farther cessions of territory, and it is reported that
it has, if not wholly rejected, yet declared to be impracti-
cable, a new and very detailed protocol relative to Greece,
which it has received from London. The Porte looks
forward with uneasiness to the arrival of Sir Strat-
ford Canning, because during hie residence here he
did nothing to acquire its good-will :he seemed
on the contrary rather to take pains to mike himsen
feared and hated. It is inconceivable how the Sultan
could prevail on himself to receive him again, and still
more so how the English Minister could make such a
choice at this moment, as it can hardly have been for-
gotten in the Seraglio and the Divan that it was Sir S.
Canning who was the cause of the departure of the Atubas-