The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-24 00:00:00

THE NETHERLANDS.

HAGUE, Vcrr.22,
OPENING OP TUE OttniNAILY SEUI•ON OF THE:
STATES-GUN VItAL, AT THE: HAGUE, ON MONDAY):
ocr. 20, 1823.
The Meinheii of both Chembiaminet at noon
in the hall of the second Chamber, end at one a
salute of artillery announced that „hia .Majesty,
hail set out from the palace. The galleries were
full of spectators, among whom were many ele-
gantly dressed ladies ; but we saw none of the
Foreign Ministers, except Lord Clancarty, the
British Minister, who was in. the Ambassador's
box.

On his Majesty's entrance every body rose ;
end the King having seated himself on the throne,
with the Prince of Orange on his right hand, and
Prince Frederick on his left, addressed the Cham-
bers in a Speech, of which the following is the
substance :

•' High and Mighty Lords I—Ws have to thank Providence
at again meeting in the continued enjoyment of the blessings
of peace.

" Every Netherlander who looks round him without preju-
dice, gratefully remarks the advantages which are enjoyed in
this free and hospitable country.

" Our relations with ull the Powers of Europe are constantly
distingui4)ed by testimonies of reciprocal friendship and good
will.

" The internal situation of our country allows us to pro-
secute our exertions for the aattomplishment of the Con-
stitutional Institutions, and the promotion of the happiness of
the people.
" The favourable progress of the studies in the high schools,
and the advantages in the lower schools, and the flourishing
state of the fine arts, are evident.

" This year is no less distinguished than the last by a pro-
ductive harvest. An accurate investigation or the interests of
the farmirs, combined with those of the consumers, has con-
vinced me that the interference of the law is not required. The
documents relative to this inquiry shall be printed, and hid
before your High Alightineases. In the province of Croningen
a society of farmers is forming, with a view to found a system
of credit on the land and its produce.. The object is to obtain,
at moderate interest, ready money, which they can repay in
the sequel without embarrassment. If this trial succeeds,
other provinces will doubtless follow the example, and the dif-
ficulties to which mina farmers were exposed, particularly last
year, will be prevented for the future.

" The low price of provisions favours all the undertakings of
the national industry ; but the greater the fertility of the soil,
and the activity of the people, the more care is necessary to ob-
tain a regular exportation, which enlivens trade and naviga-
tion, and multiplies our relations with foreign countries.

" The conviction of this truth caused a measure to be adopt.
ed in one of the laws last Session, to give energy to our nego-
ciations with foreign Powers on those important subjects.
These could nut, from their nature, be otherwise than slow in
their progress. Some of them are already in such a state, that
we may hope for a favourable result.
" I have hitherto been only once obliged to adopt reciprocal
measures to hinder or to limit the importation of foreign pro-
ductions. It is with regret that I have in this instance deviated
from our liberal principles. I shall be happy if it should pro-
mote the revival of those principles in others, and thus be of
short duration.

" in our transrnarine possessions, in general, order, pros-
perity, and tranquillity prevail."
" Works of general utility already begun are continued with
favourable proipecto ; and several others are undertaken to im-
prove and complete the communications between the different
parts of the kingdom."

Ms Majesty then entered into some details re.
!alive to the finances, of which he spoke in fa-
vourable terms. his Majesty expressed a hope
that the great. work of the nett codes would be
much advanced in this session, and concluded in
the following terms:—
" Your present session, which I hereby declare to be open-
ed, will certainly give new proofs of the agreement of our
endeavours and views to promote the welfare of our beloved

country."

His Majesty then withdrew, and the sitting was
clospd in the usual form.

In the sitting of the Second Chamber on the
21st, Messrs. Sandberg, Van de Poll, and Ni-
colai, were named as the three candidates to be
proposed to his Majesty for his choke of one as
President.

[FROM THE DTJTCII AND GERMAN PAPERS.]

VIEYNA, OCT. ii.*-According to accounts
from Czernowitz of the 4th ;MIL, his Majesty
the Emperor arrived there at nine in the morning
of that day, in good health, where he was rerpjy.
ed by the Goverwor of the Province, Col. Von
Tattle, the Gener►►l-in-Chief, Count Von Franc],
and the civil and military officers.

iiiis Majesty the Emperor of Russia was ex•
pected to ►►rrive at Czarnowitz on the Gth.
FttaricronT, OCT. 14.—The Cassel =Garette
publishes the dismissal of Baron Von Lepel,
Minister of the Interior. This event, which is
ascribed to the influence of the Great Powers
over the smaller States of the Confederation, has
surprised many persons, considering the services
wl►ich the Elector, during his exile at Prague,
received from Baron Lepel, who is almost the
only one, of all the Hessian public functionaries,
who did not accept any employment under the
Government of Jerome Buonaparte, ex-King of
Westphalia.
The events that have lately occurred at Cassel
have induced the Elector to choose for his
winter residence his country seat Wilhelmshohe,
which is s►tuated about a league from Cassel.
This circumstance has caused a great seahation.
It should seem from this that the Elector
wi3hes to avoid, as much as possible, shewi►►g
himself in public places, where his person might
be exposed to the attacks of his enemies.
Professor List, who after the suppression of
the G erman Observer, had taken refuge in Swit-
zeriand, has received notice to quit Bale► and re-
tire to Aran.

FRANKFORT, OCT.l6.—Lettors from Constar
tinnple say that Ibrahim Pacha is recalled from
Asia Minor to Constantinople. He is to bring
back to Bujukdcre the corps of troops with which
ilft some time ago went to l3russa. it is known
that these troops are devoted to him, and that
tiwy have always lived on bad terms with the
Janissaries. Notwithstanding the very unsatis-
factory accounts that hay* been received by the
Porte from several parts of Greece, the Sultan is

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n our preceding columns we have given co-
pious extracts from French, Spank!), German,
and Dutch Papers received since our last. The
Madrid Reslaurador contains the Convention
which 'we some time since stated had been en-
tered into between the Governor of Ciudad
Rodrigo and O'Dotorer.t., the Royalist Captain-
General of Old Castile. it will be seen that
though the Governor of the fortress under-
took to obey any orders he might receive direct
from the Kura, he displayed a considerable por-
tion of distrust of the blockading force and its
commander. He evidently continued to regard the
Royalists as enemies, and yielded, not to them, but''
to what he conceived to he inevitable,the authority
of the K as re-established, acknowledged, and
sanctioned, by the defunct Constitutional Govern-
ment.' If FERDINAND'S degpaiC proceedings had,
however, been known iti Ciudad Rodrigo previous
to the signature of the Convention, it is pro-
bable that the Governor might have thought it
proper to postpone his submission ; and even yet
it is possible that he may be induced to violate
a convention, the execution of which would
place the very lives of himself and his soldiers at
the mercy of a tyrant burning with the desire of
vengeance upon all the supporters of the Constitu-
tion. The news from Seville states that General
BALLA NZAT (the second in command to BAL.
LASTEROO, had actually assembled the whole
of llALLairranos's corps, and was endeavour-
in; to advance with it upon Cordova, from
which place the French General FOISSAC
LATOUR had marched out to meet him, and

an eogagametit was goon expected. From
Perpignan it is likewise asserted that Mzx♦ and
the Catalonian army have resolved on maintaining
a continued struggles—that a formidable sortie
had actually been made from Barcelona,--and

that the park of artillery at Perpignan was
immediately to be sent into Catalonia, in order to
strengthen the besieging forces. If these im-
portant statements are 'confirmed, Spain is not
yet conquered ; and how unpromising soever
may he the apparent means and prospects of the
Patriots,—the tried bravery of their troops, the
skill of their Commanders, and the justice of
their cause, forbid us to despair of their success.
The Duke of ANGOULESIL arrived at Seville on
the 10th, and set off the same day for Madrid,
without the King, and with the intention of re-
turning forthwith to France,—a very judicious
determination on the part of his Royal High-
ness, for if the war should break out again with
new vigour, and any disaster should occur to the
" combined Royal Armies of France and Spain,"
the Prince will at once save his laurels, and
afford an opportunity to his flatterers of declar-
ing that his talents and gallantry alone could
have averted the misfortune.

The King of the NETUERLANDS opened the
ordinary Session of the States-General, at the
Hague, on the 20th inst. The speech of his Ma-
jesty is distinguished by one of those fallacies in
Political Economy which are in the present day
exercising an influence so pernicious over the go-
vernments and the interests of the commercial
nations of Europe. The agricultural interest of the
Netherlands, like that of England, had been plung-
ed in severe distress, and has not yet recovered from
the depression. A commission of inquiry into its
Causal, and into the means of giving relief,
was appointed ; but the result, as his MAJIArrs.
announces, 44 has convinced him that the inter.
ference of the law is not required."—Why ? Be-
cause, " The low price of provisions favours all
the undertakings of the national industry ;" and
" the greater the fertility of the soil and the acti-
vity of the people, the more care is necessary to
obtain a regular exportation, which enlivens trade
and navigation, and multiplies our relations with
foreign countries."—But of what use talkie people
is that exportation which is obtained at the ex-
pence of their own difficulties and distresses ? If
a low price of provisions is favourable to exporta-
tion, so are a low prim of labour,—a low profit up-
on capital,—a low interest for moncy,—a low rental
for land,—and a lore remuneration for professional
skill and science of every kind, also favourable to
exportation ! Money, we know, may be borrowed
at present in the Netherlands at less than 3 per
(Amt.! The country, which, upon this theory,should
reduce the value of its labour, land, capital, and
science,to the lowest possible point, would of course
have a very abundant surplus of all kinds of pro-
ductions for exportation, which it could afford to
part with for a very insignificant ritarn ! But would
Me people of that country be benefited by this
method of " enlivening their trade and navi-
gation," and of " multiplying their relations
with foreign countries ?" Most assuredly
not. To them these supposed advantages
would be real misfortunes. Every commer-
cial country in the world is at this mo-
ment suffering under distresses occasioned by
101310 or other of those 44 low prices," which
are so absurdly imagined to be " favourable
to the unditrtakings of national industry !"
If his MAJE9TY of the Netherlands can increase
the prosperity of the great mass of his Agricul-
tural subjects, he may rest assured that the
internal trade and commerce which must
instantly follow from the increased consumption
by the agriculturists of manufactured goods,
would be found infinitely snore 44 favourable
to all the undertakings of the national ill..
dustry" than the stimulus obtained by the cir-
cuitous course of foreign commerce. The great
error, in England as well ns in some other
countries, is in always striving to increase
the productive powers of tl:e mass of the people,
without taking any measures for earthling them
to increase their consumption of the productions
of their own labour. Those who are desirous
of improving the state of Ireland, go the wrong
way to work in this respect. They wish to em-
ploy English capital in making the Irish to pro-
duce more, without taking care that they shall
consume more ! In fact, it is because their con•
sutnption is so small that it is thought that
it would be advantageous to English capital
to employ thorn. This is a grievous error, and
if extensively acted upon will he most fatal to
the prosperity of England. Give the Irish pea-
santry a claim for an increased consumption, and
the increased production will take place without
difficulty.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

We have at a late hour received Paris Papers
by express. We subjoin extracts, but have not
time for remarks. The preceding articles were
written before their arrival.

[From the Oriflamtne of Wednesday.
PARII) OCT. 21.—At three o'clock: there will

be held a Council of Ministers, at the house of
the Count Villeie.

The regiments which were in march for Spain,
have received counter orders.

We read in a Journal of Madrid, under date
of the 13th, an explanation of what passed at
Cubra, where the troops of Ballasteros are cali-
toned.

" There was addressed," says the Journal, " to
the Officers, a pretended Proclamation from Geo.
Morino, in which it was Paid to the inhabitant's
of Galicia, that after their capitulation to the
French troops, the King, who was set at liberty,
would give to Spain a durable Constitution ; but
that as his Majesty had not fulfilled his promise,
therefore all the inhabitants are exhorted to take
up arms to resist the tyrannical yoke imposed
upon them. It is not necessary to add that this pro-
clamation, dated from Corunna, Oct. 8, is apocry-
phal. Quiroga has not been arrested at Corunna,
as the English Journals announced. Ile will set
off from Gibraltar. with Sir R. Wilson, to partake
with him the triumphs which the Radicals of
London are preparing for their heroes.
The Journal of Midi announces that Count
Abisbal, who has been retired for several mouths
at Limoges, is reclaimed by the Royal Govern.
anent of Spain ; but we much doubt the news.

CON3ULATS OF SPAN.—According to the
expressed by his Catholic Majesty, all the deci-
sions of the Cortes are annulled. The commer-
cial measures in force before the 7th March,
18'20, are entirely re-established. In conse-
quence, till merchandize sent from Bordeaux to
the Peninsula by land or sea must be declared to
the Consulate.

According to report four successors were pro-
posed to fill the place of Marshal Belluno, viz.
Baron Dames, Montemar, Lauriston, and Di.
geon ; but the Minister decided an Dames.
According to some Journals Barcelona will
not surrender ; but this announcement, we ap-
prehend, is an augury that it will surrender.
The Itioniteur will not be long before it an•
nounces it.

SEVILLE, OCT. 11.—We are assured that the
King has issued a Decree, in which he states that
all those Governors of places who do not sur-
render on the first summons shall be punished
with death.

The plan of the organisation of the new Spani►h
army was given in by the Duke of Angottlette
and several French Generals.

MADRID, OCT. is announced that Per-
dinand proposes to enlist in the new organization
of the army IE2 or 14,000 Swiss ; anti a part of
the new guard %will be composed of strangers.
ODESSA, OCT. I.—The negociation undertaken
by Lord Strangford to establish peace between
our Court and the Porte, has decidedly triumph-
ed. We have received news from Constantinople
of the Mb Sept. which announces that the Dig an
adheres to all the propositions made in the name
of Russia. Couriers set off on the 23d with the
news to London and Vienna.

The Grand Ifead.quarters of the Army in
Spain was at Ecija on the 13th of October. The
King of Spain was still at Seville on the 12th.

Mannin, OCT. 16.—The following Decree was
sent to the Captain General of the Province's :

" The King our Lord, wishing to manifest to
his Royal llighness the Duke d'Angouleme, his
august Cousin, and to Prince Carignan, the con-
sideration which he has for their persons, and his

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gratitude for their servicee rendered to him by
his deliverance from captivity, orders that where-
ever they enter in his Kingdom, they shall be
treated as children of Spain, and the same
honours shall be shewn to them."

CITY, Twelve o'Clock.— Consols opened at
S 3 E, but went down to owing to tome
heavy sales from the West-end of Om Town.
Various reports were in circulation, such as
transports being ordered to be taken up, and that
press-warrants would soon be issued; but soon
after an eminent Hebrew broker having pur-
chased largely, the reports were discredited, as
the Gentleman in question is known to possess
the first information.

The expresses from Paris bring the French
Rentes at 00f.45c.--Spanish 30. The private
letters state that the King of France bad been
much indisposed of an indigestion. By the timely,
advice of his physicians hisAlajesty recovered the
next day.
Foreign Market.—Spanish Bonds opened at
26+ to 27 ; but went down to 9.5.

WiscilESTErt, OCT. 3...—0ur annual _Shoop
Fair took place to-day; there were many thousands more sheep
penned than usual, which is a proof that there were more un-
sold at \Veyhill fair than might have been imagined from the
partial rise which took-place at the latter end of Weyhill, but
the reverse was the case with us to.day. It is suposed that
there were between 40 and 50,000 on the ground ;so rapid was
the fall at last, that one man
offered to sell for-los. Ma
who had refused a guinea each in the morning; vcry.good
ewes fetched 28s. and 30c. wethers a little higher; there were
many driven away unfold. Good horses commanded a hi:Jl price.

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