The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-01 00:00:00

Province, Its Deputies sat in the States General
with the other Belgian Peputiei;. Since 18151
'he Grand Duchy has had, without excep-
tion, the same institutions as the rest of Bel-
gium; and the forests of Luxembourg have always
enriched the national treasury. After the late re-
volution Luxembourg was one of the first provinces
to send volunteers to Brussels, and the new Govern-
ment is recognised throughout the Duchy, with the
exception of a handful of Orangists, who are pro-
tected by the military garrison. Such are the facts
that we have collected from the Belgian Journals,
of which we believe few English readers are aware,
but the authenticity of which is, we believe, incon•
trovertible.
The present Regency of Belgium can only, w,
suppose, be regarded as a provisional measure. For,
although the Baron SURLET DE CDOKIER has been
elected by a great majority of the Congress, and
amidst the almost unanimous applause of the nation
—and although his integrity and firmness of cha
racter have pointed him out to his countrymen as a
man fit for a dangerous crisis—yet it would seem
that the definitive election of a new Sovereign is now
desired by the Belgians as anxiously as ever, and,
assuredly, Belgium is not in a condition to remain
long without a permanent head, withoutgreat danger
to her security, both in an internal and external point
of view. Moreover, in the present convulsed state
of Europe, when the balance of power is a considera-
tion of more than ordinary importance, the establish-
ment of a stable and independent Throne in Belgium
would be likely to hare a strong influence on the
future destinies of Europe. The importance of the
Belgium question, to Europe in general, will induce
us to recur to it at an early opportunity.

Baron Louts, the French Minister of Finance,
has, we perceive, been endeavouring to sober down
the effect of M. CASIMIR PERRIER's declaration on
the subject of the interference of Austria with the
Roman States. This, we suspect, is a mere ruse
de guerre, to enable the French Ministers to con-
tract for their new loan on advantageous terms.

Our
,private correspondence from Spain men-
tions that that country continues in a very un-
settled state. That FERDINAND is uneasy and va-
cillating; the Apostolicals discontented and more
than usually vindictive; and the Constitutionalists
full of hope.

We beg to call the attention of our readers to a
communication we have just received from Cam-
bridge, and which appears in another part of our
paper. The catalogue of these Anti-Reform agita-
tors is sufficient to shew the prob Able Success of
their undertaking—there is hardly an influential
name amongst them. Where are their Professors ?
—their men of science and distinction ? We un-
derstand that Mr. W. PEEL has already very
sagaciously declined being made use of by this
knot of individuals—who, indeed, must have
been desperately situated when they made applica-
tion to him. But if he has as little claims to repre-
sent the University, as they have to dictate to it,
who shall do so ? he has shown more prudence
and self-knowledge than his would-be partizans.

We have received this morning the Diario Flu-
minense, from the 16th to the 25th of January.
They contain the continuation of the laws relative
to the finance, and the expenses of the several de-
partments of the Administration. Their Imperial
MAJESTIES were proceeding on their tour in the pro-
vinces, and were, on tlie 13th of Jiinuary, in the
toss n of Barbacena.

The Allgemeine Zeitung contains some details
respecting Poland, which, however, possess little
either of novelty or interest. Intelligence from
Vienna mentions the high state of equip-
ment of the Austrian armies, the necessary ma-
teriel for which has been a long time in active
preparation. The Austrians have been busily
arranging their forces ever since the tidings
of the French revolution reached them; their
present military exertions are of no such
recent date as their official Journals would lead their
readers to imagine. In concert with Russia, and, we
have no doubt with Prussia, they have been stre-
nuously endeavouring to restore to its full perfec-
tion, the old regime of their Holy Alliance, and to
bring its influence to bear against France. But
times and things are altered since then :
FRONTIERS OF POLAND, MARCH 15.—The unfavour-
able weather prevents Field-Marshal Di-kitsch from con-
tinuing his operations, and compels him to remain in a
state of inaction, which is very detrimental to the Rus-
sian army. The want of provisions becomes snore amll-
gible every hour. The Russians are already obliged to
draw their subsistence from a distance, and to scud agents
in all directions to buy corn, the conveyance of which in
a country intersected by forests and marshes, and which
has scarcely any high roads, is attended with great diffi-
culties at this season, and is besides hindered by the Po-
lish partisans, who seem to understand their business as
well as the Cossacks, and take every opportunity to inter-
cept the communications, and to make themselves mas-
ters of the supplies intended for the Russian army. Ac-
cordingly provisions of all kinds are inconceivably dear at
the Russian head-quarters; for, according to the account
given by a courier, six rubles have been paid for a glass
of brandy, and two for an egg. It ►s, therefore,
a matter of wonder to see what order and clean-
liness prevail at this moment in the Russian army,
and with what cheerfulness it submits to the greatest
privations. But it needs repose ; otherwise both the
men and the materiel must in the end be ruined.
The Field Marshal formed his plan of operations
on a simple basis, and hastened with the rapidity of
lightning to his goal; but in his calculation of the probable
result, he lost sight of the Polish national character, of the
resources of the country, and underrated his enemy. He
very judiciously resolved to attack the insurrection in its
centre, and to put it down at a blow, but he did not take
into the account the heroic resistance of the Poles, by which
the conquest of Warsaw, and the suppression of the in-
surrection were prevented, and the insurrection has been
thereby strengthened. The army has the greatest con-
fidence in itself and its commanders ; the parts of the
country most remote from the theatre of war co-operate
in the defence, and the belief of a happy issue gains ground
even in the most timid minds. The sending of a Polish
flag of truce to the Russian head-quarters will excite atten-
tion, and lead to a supposition that the affairs of the Poles
are in a bad condition, and that they are disposed to submit ;
but the Poles aff►rm that the sending of a flag of
truce was not to propose submission or an armistice, but
only to enter into negociations on the basis of the condi-
tions with which the Diet sent Count Lubecki to Peters-
burgh, and the first of which was the incorporation of the
old Polish provinces with the kingdom. If Comet Die-
bitsch bad acceded to these (which he was not authorized
to do) ncgociation• for peace might have commenced.
VIENNA, MARCH 19.—Though our regiments were for
the most part complete, a new levy of 50,000 recruits has
been ordered in the Austrian States. Our readers will re-
collect that 48,000 have been already levied in Hungary,
and 10,000 in the kingdom of Lombardy and Venice.
In many rejments of the line the first battalion of the
Landwehr (Militia) is now called in to its full complement,
and the second battalions are already being organised. In
the cities of Bruno, Prague, Vienna, and Gratz, forty
batteries of artillery, each battery consisting of six cannon,
are preparing. Among them are two rocket batteries.
Nevertheless, it is believed here that peace will be pre-
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According to the accounts from Russia, the
EMPEROR. lad issued a ukase, directing that, after the Ist
of January, the duty hitherto levied on the export o !wool
is,to be taken off.