The Sun.
London, England, 1831-02-14 00:00:00

SITTING OF THE 10TH.

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M. Osy proposed to send a message to the Government
to ask for the communication of tLe protocol of the Con-
gress of London, dated February 7, which was transmitted
to the Government yesterday by Lord Ponsonby.
The President—The Diplomatic Committee should be
requested.

M. Blarguies—But before we ask to have the protocol
communicated to us, we should ask the Government if it
has received any.

M. Osy—l sin certain it was delivered yesterday to the
Government, and Lord Ponsonhy has authorised me to
state it to the Assembly.

M. de Robaulx—M. Osy assures us that the protocol
has been delivered ; this assurance is not sufficient for me.
It seems that a pleasure is taken in relating what this pro-
tocol may contain that is unfavourable, and that it con-
cerns the non-acceptance of the King of France for the
Prince his son, as well as the exclusion of the Duke of
Leuchtenberg pronounced by the Powers. If this is so
the Powers have exercised not a mediation, but a direct
intervention, against which I protest. I, therefore, de-
dare that I will not receive, and the Congress ought not
to receive this protocol.'
Leheau—There are two ways of deceiving the
people—the first is by giving weight under the form of
confidental communication to pretended official news : the
other is by leaving the public in a false security. The
protocol does not emanate only from the Powers who form
the Holy Alliance. Prince Talleyrand signed it in the
name of France. The English Diplomatist has also
signed it, and however unfavourable it may be, we ought
to be acquainted with it.

It was resolved to wait for some information from the
Diplomatic ConhsHittee, and
M. Van de Weyer, soon after entering, said it was not
till this morning that I learnt that Lord Ponsonby had
yesterday made a communication to the Diplomatic Coin-
mittee, which, after examining it, resolved to observe to
Lord Ponsonby that it was signed only by him, and not by
Bresson; and to declare that in all q aestions relative to
the choice of a Sovereign, and the election of the Duke of
Nemours, the Congress has not to receive any communi-
cation from the Congress at London, and that on this sub-
ject it is not to pay attention to any answer except that
which it expects from the Belgian Deputies at Paris. I

am astonished that the Protocol of Feb. 7 should have beer.
signed by only one of the Commissioners, and that it was
communicated to several persons before the Diplomatic
Committee was acquainted with it. This last proceeding
is calculated only to excite false hopes. The dignity of
the Gmgress requires that it shottld not be led away by
every piece of news. It is impossible to foresee the agita-
tions that would ensue if it did not give the nation an
example of composure and firmnesss. The following is
our answer to the communication of the protocol of the
7th of February :

" The President and members of the Diplomatic Corn-
mittee have received the copy, signed by Lord Ponsonhy,
of the protocol of the 7th instant, relative to the election
of the Duke of Nemours as King of Belgium, to the pos-
sible election of the Duke of Leuchtenberg. In an affair
of such importance which concerns only Belgium, neither
the Provisional Government nor the Diplomatic Commit-
mittee, nor the Congress, can receive any communications
from the Congress at London, and it is only from the de-
putation sent to Paris that the Belgian Government ex-
pects a report which can lead it to a decision on its part.
One of our agents at Paris has written to us, that we
ought to receive with great distrust all papers which speak
of the refusal of the Duke of Nemours.

Some further discussion took place, in which M. Lebeau
said that the want of M. Bresson's signature had not
hindered the communication of the protocol of the 20th of
Dec., to which it was wanting, as well as that of the '7th.
M. Van de Weyer said M. Bresson was absent on that
occasion, and that this was the protocol which the French
Government refused to sanction.
To which M. Osy replied, that M. Lavastine was at
Brussels to act in the absence of M. Bresson.
M. Van de Weyer being called upon by M. Jottrand to
enable the Congress to judge whether there was any real
foundation for what he had said of his conviction, that the
Duke of Nemours would accept the throne if the election
should be in his favour,

M. Van de Weyer grew warm, and said it was a shame
to accuse men whose patriotism during five months, whose
services and conduct in a time of danger, recommend them
to the nation. It is in vain said he, to appeal to popular
passions ; we shall defeat all these manoeuvres as we have
done those of our enemies.

M. Nothomb announced that the Diplomatic Committee
had received a cow ier from the Deputation at Paris, which
expected to be received by the King yesterday. The Di-
plomatic Committee Lad sent to the Deputation the pro-
tocol of the 7th of February received yesterday, and de-
sired a speedy answer.—Brussels Papers, Feb. 12.