The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-28 00:00:00

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Brussels Papers of the 27th inst. have been
received. The Moniteur Belge, the Official

Paper, contains some remarks on the French
KING's Speech, in which the question of the
fortresses is discussed exactly in the way we ex-
pected. Belgium will not consent to their
demolition, nor has any appeal to that
effect been made to her. It now appears,
indeed, that the project of destruction ema-
nated from Prussia, Austria, and Russia, for
their ulterior purposes !—and will France—
will Belgium ever accede to this ? No, never !
Louis PHILIPPE was therefore too precipitate
in his theatrical bounces. But he will learn
wisdom in time even against his disposition :

(From Le Illoniteur Beige.)

BRUSSELS, JIJLV 23.—The Dutch Journals contain the
answer of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the King of
Holland, containing his Majesty's refusal to agree to the
preliminaries of peace. It is observed that this document
is dated 12th July, which was before the dip ,rture of
King Leopold for Belgium. It cannot be dissembled, that
King William fears war, but he thought that by menaces
e might hinder our King from coining among us.
Jura- 24.—Yesterday at three o'clock the King gave a
private audience to a deputation from the town of Verviere.
Ilis Majesty had a long conversation with it, and the
members withdrew, satisfied with the interest which the
King manift•sted in the state of the manufactures of that
town.

The King yesterday went out on foot to visit Baron
Suriet tie Chokier, accompanied by two officers. As he
pa.sed without ostentation among the groups that were
formed on the way, he hod an opportunity of ob.erving
the affection that inspires this brave nation, which expect•
from him only happiness and prosperity. As he appeared
every body uncovered, and behaved with that decorum
which characterises the Be'gic people.
General Belliard arrived at Brussels yesterday, and
waited on the King in the evening. M. Abercrombe
arrived yesterday at Bru.sels, on his way to Berlin, where
he is appointed Secretary of Legation.
JuLY 25.—Remarks on the Speech of the King of the
French :

" It is a principle in representative Governments, that
the Speeches from the Throne are the work of the Minis-
ters ; and it is without failing in the respect due to an
august Personage, whose sentiments towards Belgium
cannot be suspected, that we may express our opinion of
the act by which the head of the French Government has
just opened the Chambers.
" The King of the Belgians tvill not make part of the
German Confederation. The fortresses erected to threaten
France, and not to protect Belgium, will be demolished."
These are two wishes which might be expressed with.
out a violation of truth or propriety, but it was wrong to
give to either the form of decisions already taken.
The King of the Belgians in that quality will not m ike
part of the German Confederation ; but if it is impossible
to disengage Luxemburg from the Confederation, he may,
on account of that province, enter into the union : this is a
delicate question, of which we can only speak with re-
serve ; but whatever the wishes of France may be on this
subject, it appertains especially to the legislative power in
Belgium, which would he called upon to modify the Con-
stitution, and to the Diet at Frankfort, which would he
called upon to modify the statutes of the Confede-
ration. The King of the Belgians is in this re-
spect in the same situation as the King of the
Netherlands was before the revolution, which had re-
duced Holland to its ancient limits. William the First
was member of the German Confederation on account of
one province, not of the whole kingdom. The question
for the Belgians is not whether Luxemburg shall be re-
tained, but whether it shall be disengaged from the Ger-
man Confederation, and in this we wish that our inte-
rests may agree with those of France. The fortresses with
which Belgium is covered belong to us as much as the
ground on which they st Ind ; if they did not exist, no
Belgian would think of erecting them ; but whatever
the influence to which they owe their existence, they are
there, and their preservation would be a question of
honour for Belgium rather than of utility. In 1815 France
was obliged by the cunquest to dismantle some of its
fortresses, and it recollects it with regret. Has Belgium
been conquered in 1831, and who are its conquerors?
Undoubtedly if Belgium feels that the keeping up of all
these fortresses exceeds its resources, it may demolish some
of them, hut it will take this resolution itself. This
measure of internal economy will be wise, if our external
security is not impaired by it. The relations with which
we shall enter with France will, it is hoped, be such that
we may, without endangering our independence, diminish
the number of our frontier fortresses. If France wishes
the demolition of some of our fortresses, it will be easy for
it to obtain this result by giving, by treaties and alliances,
special guarantees to Belgium and its dynasty.
The Belgian Congress his accepted the eighteen
articles of the preliminaries of peace. They enter-
! tain all the conditions of the political existence
of the new kingdom. The acceptance of the Congress
preceded the arrival of King Leopold ; this is, with respect
to him, a fact accomplished and anterior to his inaugura-
tion. He would be wanting to the country and himself
it be inspired any decisions but those which flow from the
preliminaries of peace, or which may result from subse-
quent treaties fully agreed to. No official proposal re-
lative to the fortresses has been made to the Belgic Go-
vernment, and it would not ascent to proposals of this
kind otherwise than acceding to the forms of the Consti-
tution, and so far as the honour and interests of that
country permit.
M. S. Van de Weyer, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of Belgium to his Britannic Majesty, set
out for London last night ; he is the bearer of the auto-
graph letter by which Leopold I. notifies his acceptance to
the King of Great Britain. M. Walltz accompanies 31.
Van de Weyer as Secretary of Legation.
General Belliard dined with the King yesterday.
M. Le Hon is etnpon ered by the King as Envoy Extra-
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of
France. He set out for Paris this afternoon with the
autograph letter by which the King notifies his accession
to Louis Philip.

JULY 26.—The King has sent the sum of 30,000
florins from his privy purse to the Committee of Rewards,
to be distributed among the citizens wounded in Septem-
ber, and to the widows and orphans of those who fell.
The King has also sent 1,500 florins to Madame En-
glesbach Lariviere in expectation of a proposal to be made
to the Chambers to grant a pension as recompence for
the services rendered by her husband.
The King is going to make a tour through the pro-
vinces. The following is the itinerary :
July 28—The King leaves Brussels; breakfasts at Ma-
lines, and sleeps at Antwerp.
July 29—Review of the army of the Scheldt.
July 30—Departs for Antwerp, and goes by Malines,
Louvaine, and Terlement, to Tongres.
July 31—Review of the army of the Meuse.
August I—Leaves Tongres and goes to Liege.
August 2—From Liege to Verviers ; from Verviers to
Spa, and back to Liege.
August 4—From Liege to Huy and Namur.
August s—From Namur to Charleroi and Mons.
August 6—From Mons to Tournay.

August 7—From Tournay to Alte and Brussels.
The Moniteur Beige repeats its assertion that no offs•
cial communication has been made to the Belgic Govern-
ments respecting the demolitio❑ of the fortresses, and
quotes the opinions of the French Journals on the King's
speech, observing that it is singular that none of the Paris
journals have thought fit of asking the very natural
questions—have the Belgians been consulted, and can the
fortresses be demolished without their consent ?
BRUSSELS, JULY 26.—The trial of Lieut.-Colonel Ede-
line, Captain Vendor Maels, and Lieutenant Van Jameren,
has ended in the acquittal of the accused.
Le Bel.ye expresses great regret at the King of France's
speech. It says, that to say the King is not to be a mem-
ber of the German Confederation, is equivalent to declar-
ing that Luxemburg will not be a part of the kingdom,
and if the fortresses are to be demolished, the only defence
of Belgium will be a vain treaty, a piece of paper, which
the hand of the strongest may tear with impunity.
The inauguration of the King has been celebrated with
much pomp at Liege, Tongres, and other towns of the
kingdom.

The Herald of this morning says, " We re-
gret to see the present Administration falling into
the error of its predecessors, in stating every thing
to be " under consideration"—but nothing done•
Delays only increase difficulties, and often pro-
duce the very mischiefs a timely promptitude
would prevent. This we are assured arises in a
great measure from the sleepy laziness of under-
lings; the heads of more than one department
finding nothing so difficult as to see their com-
monest instructions carried into effect." This
arises from the fact of many of the lazy.under-

lints being the relics of the old ultra 3. The
A ugocan stables have notbeen sufficiently cleansed

The Birmingham Political Union have at
length bestirred themselves. At a recent meet'l
ing of the Council, the following significant'
resolution was unanimously agreed to :--" That
a memorial be presented to the House of Cour
mons by this Council, condemning the factious,
opposition to the Reform Bill in that I louse, :Ind
praying that some means be adopted by which

that great measure may be speedily brought to
conclusion." A special Meeting is also, as
we learn from our correspondent, summoned fot
to-day, to agree to a memorial which is to
couched in very strong terms. A s the great'
parent Union has thus roused itself, its numerous
offspring at Sheffield, Coventry, Leeds, Man'
chester, Glasgow, &c. will, %we have no doubt, be
equally on the alert ; and thus, for at least the
twentieth time, an efficient answer will be givel
to those among the Opposition who have!
still the hardil►ood to assert that the
people are beginning to weary of Reform+
and the effrontery to suppose that they will he
able to tire them out. The people were never
more in earnest—not even during the elections;

never more determined ; never more unanimous
on the great question, than they are at the present
eventful crisis. A solemn, steady, concentrated
spirit of inflexible resolution pervades the king'
dom from one extremity to the other, which
fir too deeply interested to give vent to WI
feelings in any petty or partial ebullitions of
spleen or impatience, but which is prepared,
when the necessity arises, like the couched lion,
to make one tremendous spring. There will be
no need of a second—the first will be quite suf'
ficiently decisive. But Sir ROBERT PEEI,
would have the House legislate without any re'
Terence to the wishes of the people. He would
have them act on the old ultra system, which

proceeded on the avowed principle that aft
public meetings were a farce, and should
be estimated accordingly. Alas, the times,
of ultraism exist no longer ; they are al'
ready with the years beyond the flood. The
people have outgrown their leading-strings'
they can walk alone, anti dispense with the se.
vices of their silly old ultra nurses. They half
been taught the great secret of independence
and good government, the art to think and judge
for themselves. They have even learned to pierce
beyond the surface of Sir RosEitr PEEL'S s°'
lemn plausibilities ; to discriminate betwee
show and substance, sound and sense ; tie
will no longer mistake the imposing parapher
nalia of wisdom for the rare faculty itself—

Ah, think not, mistress, more true dullness lies
'`oath folly's mask, than wisdom's grave disguise. t
We recommend this remark of our shrewd's'
ethic poet to the special attention of the night
Hon. Ex-Secretary. The debate of last Die
proceeded on an improved principle—a con'
vincing proof that the (as yet but whispered)
remonstrances of the people, and their legitimate
organ, the public Press, have not been without
their due effect. Still there is ample room for
improvement ; for thOligh the Bill is making
head-way, it does not move with sufficieril
celerity. It sails only at the rate of eight
knots an hour, whereas it should make
at least sixteen. The wind and tide are
both in its favour, and there is no excuse
for its tartly progress. Though eight borone
in schedule B. were last night disposed of, Ile
had hoped to have been enabled to report the
disposal of twice the number. Such would Or
bably have been the case, had not Sir R. Poo
on prece,intcoe
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k. agricultural into
rests, delayed the progres9 of useful discussion
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