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tend her territory to Turkey and the Mediterranean,
then the sooner this question is set at rest the bet-
ter, and most undoubtedly neither England nor
France can gain by delay. Delay may be—nay,
mast be, to the advantage of Russia; but it can be
of no use to the cause of England, France, Turkey,
or Egypt. If, then, the Emperor Nicholas shall
prove by his continued refusal to withdraw his fleet,
and, by the continued march of his army on Con-
stantinople, that he, the Emperor, is bent on the con-
quest of Turkey, and is even anxious to commence
to carry his plans into execution—then I repeat it,
the sooner he shall be convinced by actual war
against his projects that they are impracticable, and
that France and England will not allow of their
being realised, the better—since the sooner will he
discover that the extreme point of his boundaries
and dominions he has already attained—and the
sooner will the moment present itself, when France
and England may likewise demand the nationality
and independence of Poland!
And let me not be told that Austria anti Prussia
would join the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh in this
quarrel—and would support it in its unjust and
wicked pretensions. Those Cabinets would do no
such thing. The conduct of Russia to Poland has
disgusted the better informed portion of the Prus-
sian population ; and even the Berlin Cabinet has
riot viewed with satisfaction the conduct of the
conqueror towards the inhabitants of Warsaw. The
old King of Prussia is also afraid of war. He will
do anything to avoid it ; and would refuse in his
lifetime to engage in an European confret, And as
to Austria, her interests are opposed in this Turkish
question to those of Russia. Her interests are very
nearly those of France. She would not only not
gain—but she would lose immensely by encouraging
the dangerous and ambitious views of the Emperor
Nicholas; and if France and England shall act with
decision and vigour, promptitude, and dignity, even
now, though we are at the eleventh hour, Russia
will remain alone—will not alone dare to oppose the
decisions of these two powers, and the Russian fleet
now in the Bosphorus will withdraw, and the Russian
army now marching towards Constantinople, will
be ordered or compelled to halt. It is high time
to come to an understanding with Russia ! It is
high time she should know to what she has to
trust !—and it is high time, therefore, to finish with
the subtleties and finessing of diplomacy, and to say,
with British cannon and with French musketry—
" Hitherto thou shalt go, but no further."
The Affairs of Belgium are once more neces-
sarily postponed by the affairs of the East! This,
as I said in a recent letter, is the policy of the King
of Holland. He received, not many days since, a
special courier from St. Petersburgh. Report says
that this courier was the bearer of despatches,urging
the King of Holland not to consent to any condi-
tions proposed by the Courts of London or of
Paris ; but to delay his final reply, gain time, and
trust now not only to the Chapter of Accidents,
but to the delay and difficulties which the affrirs of
the East would infallibly occasion. All this is pro-
bable enough, even if it be not quite certain. M.
Dedel requires to treat with the five Powers,
whilst King William receives the most positive as-
surances from the Emperor Nicholas that he, for
one, will not allow his Ambassador to treat. In the
meantime the trade of Ant werp is being ruined—the
Scheldt is not navigated by Urench, English, or Bel-
gian vessels—the merchants are in a state of de-
spair—Germany is being supplied with all merchan-
dise and manufactures exclusively through Holland
—Amsterdam and Rotterdam are prosperous, whilst
Brussels, Ghent, and Antwerp are in a condition of
abject poverty and misery ; and npw we learn that
the Belgian Ministry has been defeated on a ques-
tion which it made distinctly and expressly Ministe-
rial—and when it asked the question of the Chamber
of Representatives, whether it had confidence in the
measures of the Administration, the majority de-
cided in the negative !! This is the state of affairs
in Belgium—and the Belgians, wearied out by this
delay, this cruel state of suspense, this actual misery
anti want, and this uncertainty as to the future,
begin to discuss the necessity for a re-union with
Holland, or for the division of the Belgian pro-.
viuces Behold the result of not marching with
the revolution of Brussels ! If the Government
had followed out and followed up that revolution,
the condition of Belgium to-day would have indeed
been different, and instead of being in the character
of a beggar, demanding alms of France and of
England—and instead of asking " What is to be-
come of us ?" " To whom are we to belong ?" and
" How is all this to be settled ?" I say, instead of
all this, we should have seen Belgium re-united to
France—giving, by that union, an additional security
to the people of Europe for the advancement of
civilization and constitutional liberty. But the oppo-
site course has been pursued ; and, now, what is
the consequence ? Why, the Belgians are positively
engaged in discussing among themselves the neces-
sity for even dividing their country
The Chamber of Deputies is this moment occu-
pied with an important question of constitutional
right and of public prudence, and on Monday next
it is to come to a decision. The question is this—
the Tribune, the organ at Paris of the extreme
Republican party, has, in an article relative to poor
M. Viennet, whose merits and demerits we have
also been recently discussing, called the Chamber
of Deputies " prostituted." By this it means that
the majority are venal, corrupt, lovers of office, and
power, and wealth, and honours, more than lovers of
liberty, and the people, and public rights. This
word "prostituted" has greatly offended the Centres,
who know that a General Election is not far dis-
tant, and who reason (silly men !) that unless they
shall declare that they are not venal, not corrupt,
and not lovers of power and office arid wealth, more
than of the cause of the people—that they will ap-
pear to acquiesce in the opinion of the Tribune, and
to bow under this cutting imputation ! Just as
if the declaration of a culprit that he was Not
Guilty, could convince a Jury, without facts arid
evidence to support his allegation ! So M. Vien-
net and the Centres propose to call the Gerant of
the Tribune before them—to call him to the Bar
of the House—to allow him a defender or advo-
cate; and then, by written bulletins, to pronounce
their verdict, and the degree of punishment to
which he should be exposed. This is what the
Centres call " respecting their dignity," and pre-
serving their " self respect." The editor and
Gerant of the Tribune laugh at all this miserable
farce, and say, " Prey, cite us, for then we will
tell you, face to face, what we think of those who
call themselves the Representatives of thirty-three
millions of Frenchmen !" On Monday the Cham-
ber will decide whether this parody of the Re-
storation is also to be inflicted on us; and whether,
once more, we are to behold the Chamber of De-
puties judging its own cause and pronouncing of
course a verdict in favour of itself. - We will
watch this subject with attention ; for it is a new
attack on the liberty of the Press.
I am, Sir,•your obedient servant, 0. P. Q.

PARISH OF ST. CLEMENT DANES.—Yes-
terday the annual meeting was held in the Vestry-room.
After the accounts for the past year had been audited,
Mr. DUNK, Mr. LACEY, Mr. DAVISON, and Mr. ELDER-
SHAW were elected Churchwardens for the Upper Liberty.
Sir FRANCIS OMMANNEY was proposed as Churchwarden
for the Lower Liberty. Some persons who were in the
room said that Sir FRANCIS had been excluded, in order
that others should be elected. A show of hands was then
taken, and the Chairman (Mr. DUNN) decided that the
majority were against the worthy Knight's nomination.
A parishioner said the parish ought to compel Sir FRANCIS
to fill the office. He had repeatedly declared both to
Mr. GURNEY and to other persons, that he would not
attend the church, and he thought he ought to be obliged
ti, do so. As some persons disputed the Chairman's deci-
sion, the show of hinds was again taken, and Sir FRANCIS
was once more refused the honour of being appointed
Churchwarden. Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. HALL, Mr.
PARISH, and Mr. GIFFORD were then nominated.
proposition was then made to impose a rate of nine-pence
in the pound for the relief of the poor. Several parishioners
wished the rate to be axed at a less sum, but the Over-
seers stated that there was so much distress in the parish,
and that they had to meet so many claims upon them, that
they could not manage their affairs with a less :Urn. The
rate was made, and the meeting adjourned.