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As Spain has been the cause of a stupendous com-
motion, Belgium, in its turn, has been the cause of
profound solicitude. it matters little that a more
careful examination of the Treaty of 1839—the
treaty which was supposed to guarantee its indepen-
dence—in no way pledges England or Russia or the
rest of the great Powers of Christendom to maintain in-
tact the Belgiankingdom and the Belgian sovereignty.
The vindication of the rights of Belgium as an inde-
pendent state may not be assured, in fact are not
assured, by any clause in any treaty now produceable
as in force among the European nations. Such a
clause did exist in the treaty of 1831, but the treaty
of 1831 is obsolete, is abrogated, has ceased
and determined. But, for all that, Belgian
independence is far more secure than any
international treaty would have rendered it,
affecting as it does the honour and conscience of
the leading Powers of Europe. There can be no
doubt whatever upon this point, after the emphatic
utterances of Mr. GLADSTONE in the House of Com-
mons, and Earl GRANVILLE in the House of Lords
on Monday evening. According to the PRIME

MINISTER and the FOREIGN SECRETARY, the neutra

powers are prepared, are, it may even be said, pledged;
to maintain the cause of Belgian, independence

Meanwhile, upon that same day, Monday, the Bth of
of August, the KING of the BELGIANS, was opening
the Belgian Chambers in his capital with a speech
from the throne, in the course of which his Majesty
adduced conclusive evidence of the fact that
the constitutional rights of Belgium are recog-
nised not merely by surrounding neutrals,
bat equally, not one jot or iota less emphatically,
by the two great belligerents no— dAndlv
collision upon the immediate borders of the little
kingdom. " The Emperor of the FRENCH has
written to me," said his Majesty, "that it is his

formal intention to conform to his international
duties and respect the neutrality of Belgium. At
the same time," added the KING, " his Imperial
Majesty expressed to me his desire to be confirmed in
the opinion that Belgium would herself make her'
neutrality respected by all the means in her power.'
In answer to which inquiry, added the KING, " I was
happy to be able to state that the EMPEROR. had not
been misinformed as to our intention." No less
satisfactory, his MAJESTY went on to shew, had been
the communications which had recently taken place
upon this matter of vital interest between the
Governments of Berlin and Brussels. The neutrality of
Belgium is to be respected by the belligerents. The
independence of Belgium is to be vindicated and
maintained by the leading neutral powers of Christ-
endom. For forty years, for more than the life-
time of a whole generation, the rights of the Belgians
have been enjoyed. The beacon light of Parlia-
mentary Government, so to speak, during all that
interval has burnt brightly at Brussels,
burnt through all the revolutionary storms
of 1848 and 1849. Remembering the inti-
mate relations which have all along been maintained
between England and Belgium since the first inaugu-
ration under the existing regime of the
Belgian Sovereignty, it is not without emo-
tion that Englishmen will read the KING'S
expression of gratitude for " the solicitude
of the Government of her Majesty the Queen of
Great Britain for the interests of the Belgian neu-
trality and the generous support with which those
sentiments were received in the Parliament, and also
by public opinion in Englaud"—words received in
the Legislative Chamber at Brussels on Monday
night with enthusiastic shouts of " Vivo l'Augle-
terre !"

IF time were measured by events the session just
come to an end would be well-nigh the longest on
record. It has been long even according to the
almanac, but there have been many longer. Few have
been more eventful. On February 8, when Parlia-
ment was opened, the Speech from the Throne
spoke of profound peace and diminished armaments.
To-day finds us spectators of a conflict
between the two greatest military powers in the
world, which has brought one of them to the very verge
of utter ruin ; to-day sees us arming in haste with
the consciousness that we may be involved in the
struggle. In other respects the first and the last
days of the session present a melancholy
contrast. The programme of measures announced
in the Speech was long and most important.
A great majority of those measures remain merely
" projects of law " to borrow an expression from the
French. Religious tests are still imposed at the
Universities, thanks to the obstinacy of Lord SALIS-
BURY, the Chancellor of Oxford University. The
Mines Regulation Bill has never got beyond a
second reading ; the Liquor Licensing Bill, and the
Trades Union Bill have not even got so far, thanks
to the supineness of Mr. BRUCE. The Ballot has
not yet become a part of our electoral system,
though the Marquis of HARTINGTON has taken the
matter out of the hands of Mr. LE4TILIAM and though
Mr. GLADSTONE has announced himself a convert to
secret voting. The Law Cburts are still unreformed,
and that fusion of Law and Equity which has been
prontised suitors, to the great relief-of their pockets
is still- an unaccomplished fact. Two measures
having for their object greater freedom in
dealing with the land, the Transfer of Land
Bill, and the Intestacy Bill are not yet
entered upon the statute book. The question
of local taxation is still in the same unsatisfactory
condition that it was before. A vast crowd of
measures brought in by private members, and espe—
cially those affecting the Church have suffered ship-