The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-12 00:00:00

Me.

A report has been current for the last two
days that the Germanic Diet had refused to con-
sent to the cession of Luxemburg. We are
authorised to state that the report is utterly
without foundation. Several months ago the
Conference, being aware that the formal concur-
rence of the Diet was necessary for the arrange-
ment in question, requested the King of HOL-
LAND to apply for it, so that in the event of
his agreeing to the conditions proposed by them
for the settlement of the Belgian question there
might be no delay. As regarded the Diet, the Dutch
KING, without absolutely pledging himself to
obtain the concurrence of the Diet, which,
in fact, depended upon himself, in accord with

the three Powers which are supposed to have
counselled his obstinacy, whilst they aCected to
regret its existence, led the British and French
Plenipotentiaries to believe, that he would im-
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however, and therefore it is quite impossible.
that there can have been a refusal on the
part of the Diet. The conduct of the King
of HOLLAND, on this subject, must shoN
clearly, that he never had any intention
of consenting to the settlement of the Belgian
question, whatever may have been his prc-
fessions, and as something has continually
occurred to make delay beneficial to hirr,
his obstinacy and duplicity have produced
all the effect that he could have de.
sired from them. It is not probable, now
that events in Spain have turned up so
fortunately for the Dutch system of procrastina-
tion, that the King of HOLLAND will display
more real desire to conclude a treaty with his
late subjects than he has hitherto done.
If the affairs in Spain should take such a
course as to call for the intervention of France,
and Russia, Austria, and Prussia should not
venture to interfere in favour of the Carlists, the
Dutch KING will then take alarm, and hasten to
secure for himself those terms to which he will
now hardly listen. If, on the contrary, a general
war should ensue, he may hope to obtain re-
possession of Belgium in the general scramble.
Under any circumstances he will gain breathing
time; and we consider it highly improbable that
anything definitive will be done with the Belgian
question until France and England shall have
assumed that position in Europe which they
ought to have taken long since, if they had been
mindful of their power and interest.

We have been authorised by some friends of
the Member for Westminster (Colonel EvArls),
who is now in Portugal, to state that there is
no foundation for the assertion of a Weekly
Paper, that his military services had not been of
a character to entitle him to the rank which he
holds in the army. A brother officer of Colonel
EVANS has furnished us with the following
account of his services. It is a triumphant re-
ply to the attempt which has been made to de-
preciate him:—

4s Lieut.-Colonel de Lacey Evans entered the army at
an early age, and went to India; he was present at the
taking of the Lie of France, of which be wrote an account.
" In the beginning of 1812 he joined the 3d Dragoons,
at Cinterbury, and soon afterwards went to the Peninsula,
where he distinguished himself on several occasions. In
an affair with the French army, the evening before the
French blew up Burgos, he dashed forward with a few
men, and in the most gallant manner captured one of the
cannons that was covering their retreat, which he after-
wards reported to the Duke of Wellington, who only replied,
' Taken a gun, have ye? taken a sun, have ye? taken a
gun, have ye ? After the battle of Vittoria, Colonel
Evans was placed on the Quartermaster-General's Staff,
and made a survey of the Ebro. lie was in the battle of
the Pyrenees; and after the
as Quartermaster-General. Hethe peace went to America with
him, in his despatches, in the strongest
twGeraem'nerser,caaolsmßhieswn' Ross's
seedlai'lYso by Colonel Brook, who succeeded
to the command upon General Ross being killed. For all
made Captain and Major
these services Colonel Evans was

barbarity perpetrated by his myrmidons on this
unhappy country.

We are still without arrivals from Madrid of
a later date than the :30th September. The
following from Bayonne, dated the 4th current,
is not in substance new, but, it being a kind of
official piece of news we give it :
It is reported here that Bilboa has proclaimed Charles
V., bat no one believes iP.

The following is a copy of the Carlist proclamation
which has been circulated throughout Spain.
" I am authorised officially to communicate to you the
annexed protest, which was forwarded on the 29th of
April, of the present year, by the Serenissimo Don Car-
los Maria I.idro, to his King and brother the Lard Don
Fernando VII., whose soul may rest in peace :
"‘ I, Carlos Maria Isidro de Bourbon and Bourbon, Infante of
Spain, being ultimately convinced of my legitimate right to
the succession of the Crown of Spain, in the event of your Ma-
jesty dying without leaving male issue, declare that I feel in
conscience and honour bound not to take the oath, and recog-
nize other rights than my own. I here repeat the same de-
claration to the Envoy of your Majesty.—Your affectionate
brother and subject,
" the Infante Don CARLOS DE BOURBON
AND BOURBON.

" At the Palace of Ramalhao, April 2), 1533.'
" King Ferdinand died without any male successor,
and, according to the laws of Spain, the Lord Don Carlos
(whom God may preserve) has ascended the throne.
" All civil, military, and ecclesiastical authorities, or
any others whatsoever depending on the Government,
shall be held responsible, if (what cannot be expected)
they obeyed other orders, than those emanating from the
sovereign authority of Don Carlos V.
(Signed) " JUAN DE GOYENECHE."
" Behobia, Oct. 3, 1833."

We have noticed with extreme disgust, and
with shame for the character of the English
Press, the falsehoods and personal calumnies
periodically and systematically published against
Lord DURHAM. The motives of these libel-
lous and disgraceful publications are too palpable
to be mistaken, as many of the stories propa-
gated are pure inventions of political malevo-
lence. Lord DURHAM'S public character and
principles have mortally offended the Conser-
vatives or Ultra Tories. These blind and self-
deceived persons think that they can " run
down" Lord DURHAM. They are miserably
mistaken ; and proportionably to the increase
and extended malignity of these fictions, will be
the additional public confidence placed in the
patriotism and talents of his Lordship.