The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-21 00:00:00

HOLLAND AND BELGIUM.

PROJECT OF CONVENTION BETWEEN HOLLAND
ON THE ONE PART, AND FRANCE AND GREAT
BRITAIN ON THE OTHER PART.
Article 1. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands engages
to withdraw his troops from the forts of Lille and Liefkenshoek,
which shall be evacuated and surrendered to the Belgian
troops within ten days after the ratification of the present con.
vention.
Art. 2. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands engages
to open to commerce, immediately after the ratification of the
present convention, the navigation of the Meuse and of its
branches ; and until a definitive arrangement shall be agreed
upon with reference to this subject, thesiavigatioh of that river
shall be subject to the arrangements of the convention signed
at Mentz on the 31st of March, 1831, respecting the navigation
of the Rhine, so far as those arrangements can be applied to the
said River.
Art. 3. Until the conclusion of a definitive treaty between
Holland and Belgium, the navigation of the Scheldt shall re.
main free, and without any obstacle, as it has been since the
20th January, 1831, conformably to the declaration made by
His Majesty the King of the Netherlands to the Five Powers
on the 25th of January, 1831.
Art. 4. Their Majesties the King of the French and the
King of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland
engage to obtain immediately after the ratification of the pre.
sent convention, the evacuation, by the Belgian troops of Ven-
loo, of the Dutch part of Limburg, and of the German part
of Luxemburg, such as their districts were marked out by
the treaty signed on the 15th of November, 1831, between the
five powers and Belgium ; and to cause to be surrendered to
the authorities of the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke
of Luxemburg, the fortresses, places, and territories above-
mentioned.
Art. 5. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands consents
that the commercial communications between Belgium and
Germany, by way of Limburg, shall remain entirely free, and
not be under any pretext interrupted. The use of the roads
which traverse the towns of Maestricht and Sittard, leading to
the frontier of Germany, shall only be subject to the payment
of moderate barrier duties, for the maintenance of these
roads, so that the commerce of transit may not experience any
obstacle, and that whilst maintaining the rights above men-
tioned, these roads may be kept in good order, and in fit state
to facilitate commerce.
Art. 6. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands engages
that no person in those territories which shall be evacuated by
the Belgian troops, or which shall be surrendered to the Dutch
or Luxemburg authorities, shall be prosecuted or disquieted
on account of any participation, either direct or indirect, in past
political events.
Art. 7. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands engages
to reduce his army to a peace footing immediately after the
ratification of the present Convention, so that the reduction
shall be effected within a month after the said ratification, pro-
vided always that the Belgian army shall be also reduced to a
peace footing within the same time of a month.
Art. 8. Their Majesties the King of the French and the
King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
engage to obtain that the Belgian army shall be put upon a
peace footing within a month after the ratification of the pre-
sent Convention.
Art. 9. Immediately after the exchange of the ratifications
of the present Convention, their Majesties the King of the
French and the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland will take off the embargo which they have placed
upon the ships, vessels, and merchandise belonging to the sub-
jects of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, and all the
vessels detained with their cargoes shall be immediately re-
leased and restored to their respective owners.
TALLEYRA ND.
London, Dec. 30, 1832. PALMERSTON.
" The undersigned Charge d'Affaires of France to the Ne-
therlands Government has received orders to communicate to
his Excellency the Baron Verstolk Van Soelen, propositions
which have been addressed to the Government of his Majesty
the King of the Netherlands by his Majesty the King of the
French, in concert with his Majesty the King of Great Britain.
" Under present circumstances, the Courts of France and of
Great Britain hope that the eagerness shown by them to com.
municate these propositions to his Majesty the King of the Ne-
therlands will be considered by the latter as a marked testimony
of thos, equitable and conciliatory dispositions which have never
ceased to actuate the whole of their conduct.
" The undersigned seizes the opportunity of having the ho-
nour to tender to his Excellency the Baron Verstolk Van Soe
len the assurance of his higb consideration.
" The Hague, Jan. 2.' " Marquis D'EYRAGUES,
ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

The MASTER of the ROLLS took causes to-day, but no
case of any public importance had come before the Court pre-
vious to our Reporter leaving.

VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY,

His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR was occupied the
whole morning with a part heard case of Foote v. Ross, which
was a Bill filed for the specific performance of a contract for the
purchase of an estate. The facts were of no importance except
to the parties.