The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-23 00:00:00

BELGIUM.

The Paris. Co'gstitritionize/ contains the following letter from
_ Brussels, exPlanatory of the Ministerial crisis in Belgium :—.
" ilitc4sEns; lIIARCH 19: =The • Ministerial crisis has not
come to anrsolution.. The King, on receiving, yesterday, the
adds en from the Senate, made two answers to the rePresenta-
. fives of the noble Assembly,—or, at least, the President of the
Senate read-, to that assembly one reply, and, in the evening,
the Independant (the Court Journal) addressed another to the
Brnstels presS. The first of these answers runs as,follows
• " I receive, gentlemen, the address from the Senate. I
will examine it. I never doubted its good intentions. ' Cdm_
posed as it is of persons representing all the interests of the
country, it must be-quite able to appreciate its necessities.'.
" '1 he seem', the official answer, is still shorter and drier:—,.
I `receive the address hove the Senate. I. never doubted
its goodlntentionr. will examine *the ad•lress with :attention.'
• "It is generally. admitted, even by the &mate, that tie
first version -is the, right ore. At all events, when 'the Presi...
dent communicated it to the noble a,sernblv, no objectiOn wa's
raised., -At present. the error is explained by the President
7 having confused the ocial words ernitloyed by. the King with
• some expresion of a rivale conversation which followed the
pr.sentation of the Address.
Li " Howeuer ths tray be, the King is oblged to reflect. This
morning, at nine, the .1I roisters proceeded in a body to the Pa-.
lace t.t tender their r. signati,m, unless he should think pro;•er
told-solve; not only the Senate, but the two Chambers. It is
stated that no immediate answer, was given, and the gene-al
opinion is; thht Leopold was aware of the plot formed in the
' Senate against the Alini-ters be!'ere they were themselves.
The present Ministry, which is wrongly called a Liberal
Ministry, and which is but a doctrinaire Cabinet, was little
liked try the country, but the manner in whieh it has been ;
at-
taicl:T, , f
at-
tacked its enemies. has almost rendered it popular. The
this Cabinet are Messieurs Lebeari and Itogier, and
their most active lieutenant out of the pale of the Ministry is
• Dcvaux, one (f •
the cleverest men in the kingdom; who
make;' ;3• nut wishing to become one, and who,
when the revO.utiorlthof
MeSsieurs Lebeau and Roger,eptember occurred, was along with
one
th, one of the directors of the Po-
Gagne-of Liege, of
party, or 'catholico-liberal Perift- !-tipal organs of the German
coalition which then overthrew
King William, at,d which, h'tv. remained master of the
structionforofofaintelg7 Orangist party, has now
c. untry by the de
vitt into parties fighting
("adnct which unfortunately
the two Chambers.
for fir! country are pretty equal
"'fare c;.:ll^agu. of Mess:s. Lebeauedin
- little known out of Belgium. The imai.,n.ttls Bogies- ere 'men
ter of Justico is.
.111. Leclerc, procureur general at the Court of Cassa-ion -
has taken care not to fill up the vacancy 0,..„,.,;01:1 , who
C"a Catholics , office. M. Leclerc is an Orangist tUrZ4
oai
bY hi
Liedzt, Minister of the Interior,
man whom the
rior,forme formerly Pr
e of the
Tribunal of Antwerp, is
reckoned as belonging to their party, and he as well a 3
Leclerc would probably have remained in office, had not
• circumstinces brought about a general resignation. The
same may be said of General litizen, Minister of War, a
man aecorffing to the King's heart, especial on account a
his mania of Germanizing, as much as he possibly can, the
-• Belgian army. The Minister' of Finance, AI. Mercier, is a
• statesman of little note, but he is notorious for his behavitiur
towat ds the Minister who preceded him in office,
and. under
• whom he was empoy l t
---,et., and against whom he voted in a
Cabinet question, after having previously advised him not to
• yield. • This bt haviour has rendered him, and with reason,
obnoxious to the Catholic party. Messrs. Mercer, Lebeau,
and Itogier, form, therefe,re, the triumvirate, against which
the aclverse party directs all its hostility. • A transaction might
have taken place with Messrs. Liedtz, Leclerc, and I3uzen;
and perhaps these gentlemen would riot have waited far the
first
offer if the march of events had not otherwise ordained.
Right or wrong, the King is supposed to entertain a personal
.
- antipathy fur Messrs Lebeau and ; and this supposition
has e,e',unarted the attack made against them, and .has given
rise to the
opinion prevalent that the late sortie of the Senate
against theAlinis;eers. surprised his Majesty less than many be-
lieve4tto have don
• 6 explain the situation of the country, it is necessary to
- state, that the soi-disant liberal party, which, after the.revo-
' listion of Septeroberow as ready to fling, itself, into.the arms of
• France, is now the en party. The Ministry, .whose re-
signation is announced, waa, n,,
derouring to make m lgiu •
• enter into the German Custoem
• connection of a sirnihir nature wietr FerarnTel. Ir,t o eeryiveB3:tv, eve
ta i
Ca holists of Flanders and Antwerp ' were hostile to France,
owirn:, it is sa'd, to the destruction of the Areh
t; h
• lace at Paris, and other scenes oh that nature, which, now that
• Orane•cism is no longer possible, and that Ghent and Antwerp
no ic,,ger hope to enter i,,to posses-ion of theDutcohf
market,.
they
they call themselves French, probably on account
nefit their commerce and agriculture would derive from the
' large population of France.
" In the last attacks against the Cabinet, and in the address
itself, the adversaries professing the prineiile of the
union, demanded that ail parties and interests should be
represented in the Ministry. hew can a Ministry of this
nature be formed now when so much irritation prevails?
Would a Ministry entirely Catholic obtain a majority? If
I.l4eltso, it would be a very trifling one--at all events a part of
which have to renew their • 4
h anber is subject to re-electron this year. The Colleges
those of. Flan-
ders, Ilainault, "new
eir Representatives are.
ecetions
would
t and Namur, and it is .probable that these re.
urn the scale in favour of.the Liber'als.. :There
fa tendency even iii the lower clergy against the exclusive,in-
. the pale of If bishops, and for the erection: of: a church .out of
c'ne. This eccles;asiical party.t.reekOns many
•tclaemveernmnaiens,oafmiziggioae.rs the Abbot Ccnnit '-deßohiatro, the
.
" P. S. There is some bilk of
adjourning the Chamber for a
• •