The Sun.
London, England, 1833-12-13 00:00:00

BRUSSELS PAPERS

(From the Moniteur Beige.)
BRUSSELS, Drc. 7.—The Commission appointed to
take part in the commercial discussions which are going
to be opened at Paris, met yesterday at the hotel of the
Minister of the Interior. M. Compte Le Hon, our Am-
bassador at Paris was present. It was resolved the Com-
missioners should, as soon as possible, go to the provinces,
in order to collect all information that can throw light on
the questions which will be discussed at Paris, and then
to complete the documents already collected by the Minister
of the Interior, and which have been communicated to them.
The Chamber of Representatives resolved yesterday
to name a Committee of `Jnquiry to examine, in
every point of view, the situation of the Bank with respect
to the public treasury. The Chamber has thus taken the
hest means of enabling all parties to form an opinion of
what is now really owing to us by the Bank. The com-
position of the Committee is satisfactory. All opinions
for and against the Bank are represented in it.
BRUSSELS, DEC. 7.—ln the sitting of the Chamber
to-day, the chief subject of discussion was the Convention
of Zondhoven.

M. Polentils showed all the advantages of the Conven-
tion, proved in what it violates the constitution, and in
what it destroys all that our plenipotentiaries at London
had at first demanded for Belgium.
M. Melchamp defended the convention, and endeavoured
to prove that there was no connexion between the con-
vention for the garrison of Maestricht and that for the
navigation of the Meuse.
M. Dumortier observed, that as there were four of the
Minister. present he was surprised that none of them
attempted a justification.

The Minister of Justice said, these things had been
often enough repeated ; it was better to be silent.
M. Dumot tier, three several times, and then M.
Huart, endeavoured to make the Ministers speak.
M. F. de Merode opposed it.
The Minister of War said, " An assurance is given
that the garrison of Maes'richt shall not be augmented."
But, said M. A. Rodenbach, where is the Ministerial
responsibility? What if 15.0 or 60,000 men should be
suff-red to enter Maastricht?
The Minister of War repeated his answer.

M. Dumortier read Art. 121 of the Constitution, and
Art. 4 of the Convention of May 21, which he affirmed
have been violated by the Ministry. He repeated
what has been said of the Convention, and again
observed that it makes no matter, if the King of the
Belgians, with the title of the " King of the Netherlands,"
is frequently repeated. h not Leopold as legitimate as
King William ?

M. Dumortier then spoke at great length against the
Convention, which was warmly defended by M. Nothomb.
M. Gendebien, in a speech of an hour, which
was listened to with the most profound attention, compared
the notes delivered to the Ministers of France and England
with the speeches latelydelivered by the Ministers to prove
that they have forfeited their word, renounced their former
conduct, and shown that they arc unworthy of the confi-
dence of the King and the nation.
We hear that Baron de Loe, who is a candidate to suc-
ceed M. Hennequin as senator, has been recalled to Bel-
eium, and that be has resigned the post which he held in
Vienna.—Brusaels Pape? a, Dec. 10.