The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-21 00:00:00

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1. CONIMISSION.—The following
Z'iNLertilding case has been addressed to the Editor of the
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tetllet—ta(fi.r.llst.ress at Salisbury duringthelate trials is in no
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eovsreharged• One incident has been related to me
°I11,„ ye-Witness, which, I fear, is only one among many.
ths ' ecpaall • A the prisoners were leaving
Qqurt ' affecting .--. s
°ad kd , a woman made her way through the crowd,
tlt4e dressing one of the men who had just received. scn-
ptoi..',',f tiilin,portation, she said, • W—, your wife is err-
,,Nll Ll' she,' replied the poor fellow, the tears bursting
Nl}l"' ' Yes,' !rejoined his informant, ' and.shc is
440 t) 41:_4 the baby i dead too !' The car, at tins mo-
uved off. ~ J. R,"

" It cannot be doubted that after having united their
efforts with so much disinterestedness, to terminate the
misfortunes which weigh upon us, the Five Powers, whose
confidence it is so necessary to acquire, will see in such an
arrangement the most certain, the most prompt, and the
most easy means of consolidating our internal tranquillity,
and of securing the general peace of Europe.
" ' It cannot be doubted that recent and detailed com-
munications, transmitted from the principal cities, and
from several provinces of Belgium, present a striking
proof of the confidence which a great part of the nation
still reposes in me, and authorizes me to cherish the hope
that this sentiment will become unanimous, when my views
and intentions are sufficiently understood.
" ' It is with this hope that I desire to enter into an ex-
planation of these intentions and views.
" ' The past, as far as concerns me, shall be doomed to
oblivion. I shall admit no personal distinction founded
on political acts, and my constant efforts shall tend to
unite in the service of the state, without exclusion, and
without regard to their past conduct, all the men whom
their talents and their experience render the most capable
of fulfilling public duties.
" I shall devote my most anxious cares to secure to the
Catholic church, and to its Ministers, the watchful pro-
tection of Government, and to surround them with the
respect of the nation. I shall be ready at the same time
to co-operate in all the measures which may be necessary
to secure the perfect freedom of worship, so that every man
may exercise, without hindrance, that to which he belongs.
" One of my most ardent desires, as well as one of my
first duties, will be to join my efforts to those of the Le-
gislature to complete the arrangements, which, founded
upon the basis of national independence, will give security
to our relations abroad, and will at the same time ame-
liorate anti extend the means of our internal prosperity.
" ' To attain these great objects, 1 reckon with confi-
dence upon the aid of the Courts whose views are solely
directed to the preservatio❑ of the European equilibrium,
and to the maintenance of the general peace.
" To render Belgium independent, powerful, and
happy, must be their common interests. On this essen-
tially depends the universal security. Whatever tends to
postpone this final arrangement cannot fail to diminish, if
not to destroy, its salutary effects ; and the more we con-
!tiger the means of ensuring to Belgium, along with the
establishment of its independence, the blessings of a durable
and solid peace, the more we recognise the indispensable
necessity of measures which, in present circumstances,
appear the least exposed to the increasing difficulties, and
to the danger of a protracted delay.
" ' I have thus, with all the frankness and sincerity
which our common position requires, placed myself before
the Belgic nation.
" It is upon the lights which guide her in the appre-
ciation of the wants of our country, and upon her attach-
ment to liberty, that my chief hope reposes.
" It only remains for me to assure you that in the step
which I have this day taken, I have consulted less my
own interests, than my lively and invariable desire to see
measures of peace and conciliation extinguishing for ever
all the calamities with which Belgium is still afflicted.
" WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE.
" London, Jan. 11.'
" Belgians of all classes,—Such are the principles
which I shall follow without reserve, if you call me to
unite for ever my destiny to yours. The ministers of re-
ligion will derive from this declaration the certainty of the
protection which will secure them in the exercise of their
rights, and of their sacred and salutary functions. My old
comrades in arms will see that all the rank which they
shall have obtained in serving their country for the last
five months, will be preserved to them. The employes of
the State,—all the Belgians, who, happy in forgetting the
past, and more happy still at adding to the strength of
Belgium, will have no reason to dread. I shall offer for
Belgium, in return for her choice, the immediate comple-
tion of her constitutional laws ; the consolidation of her
independence ; the friendship of foreign powers ; peace,
and all the relations and principal advantages which have
contributed, for the last fifteen years, to her riches and
prosperity.

" WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE.'

On Thursday the 30th of December, 1830,
JOHN PHILLIPS and RICHARD PRICE were committed by
the Breconshire Magistrates of the town of Bay, and
sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, for killing two
pheasants upon the property of Lord HE:um-ono. PHILIPS
has a wife and five young children, who are consequently
thrown upon the parish at an allowance of is. a week.
He had but Si. a week, which is not quite 2d. a day for
each member of his family to provide food, clothing, fuel,
&c. The Rev. Dr. VENABLES, of Cliro, to which parish
he belongs, being induced by feelings of compassion to offer
security for his future good behaviour, the time of his
imprisonment was reduced to three months. The name
of the prosecutor in this case is given in a list of pensions
as follows :
_POOR PEERS. _

Viscount Hereford—May 29, 1800
Sept. 17, 1806
Amounting, in the whole, up to the present time, to
16,7501. 11 s. The only claim to these pensions is poverty,
and upon that ground a man who has seven people to
maintain upon Ss. a week certainly takes precedence of
the Premier Viscount.—Stamford Champion.

The Bashaw of TETL'AN, on hearing of the
dethronement of CHARLE:i X., is said to have exclaimed,
" that while the French took Algiers MAIMMET was
asleep ; but on awaking became incensed at what had been
done, 'and in revenge, drove the perpetrator from his
throne !"

A gentleman being applied to, some time
since, at the Southampton election, by LORD ASTITOWN
(a high fury), for his Vote and interest, sent the following
reply :—" 11y Lord, I was born a Whig and bred a
Whig-1 wear a wig, and stall die a Whig; and, there-
fore, cannot vote for you."

" 11. We acknowledge their services, and we know
that notwithstanding the transient feeling of dissatisfac-
tion which has been excited in their minds by misrepre-
sentation and exaggeration of what has been done, and
by the most unfounded apprehensions for the future, they
are still prepared on all occasions loyally to perform their
duty, and to proceed in their accustomed course of mili-
tary honour.
"12. We are sure that, on reflection, they will feel that it
is our duty to take an extended view of all the branches of
all our establishments, and to devise and enforce that sys-
tem which, upon full consideration, may appear best calcu-
lated to promote their general interests.
" 13. We have yet a further duty,—that of effecting
such reductions of expenditure as may enable us to con-
, duet our affairs without the imposition of new burdens
upon the people of India, or the demand of aid from the
people of England.
" 14. We are satisfied that we may obtain this object
by a firm perseverance in temperate measures of economy,
and we are gratified by the persuasion that we may effect
all that is required of us without diminishing in any de-
gree the efficiency of the service, or the respectability of
our officers, which it will be at all times our first wish
to preserve.
" 15. Your conduct in promulgating and enforcing our
orders is entirely approved.
" 16. We have communicated all the documents con-
nected with this subject to the Duke of Wellington, whom
the officers of our army must admit to be the first autho-
rity upon all military matters, and who has the further
advantage of being practically acquainted with their peculiar
circumstances. . _

.....
" 17. We are authorized to state that the Duke of
Wellington and his Majesty's other Ministers, who have
also considered the question, unanimously concur with
that our orders of May, ISM must continue to be carried
into execution.
" IS. You will communicate the whole of this letter in
general order, to the army."
'file Bengal liarkant of the 7th has the fol-
lowing:—

" NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

" We beg leave to call the attention of our correspon-
dents to the following circular from the Chief Secretary to
Government, prohibiting us from admitting into our
Riper any comments on the half batta letter from the
lion. the Court of Directors, No. 37, published in general
orders in last night's Gazette. We therefore request that
no communications on this important subject may he ad-
dressed to us for publication, as we might, inadvertently,
admit them, and thus subject ourselves to ruin front the
displeasure of the present Government, which, we are
bound to say, has always allowed the Calcutta Press per-
fect freedom of di,cussion, touching its own measures, and
must have very weighty reasons for the present melancholy
and distressing prohibition.
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