The Sun.
London, England, 1832-01-26 00:00:00

war, so largely subsidized the continental despots.
The people of England are determined that, for
the future, no Government of theirs, Whig or
Tory, shall spend English money to overthrow

liberty on the continent. It is out of the power

of the British Cabinet, if it were so disposed, to
--- assist Russia and her colleagues in any scheme
they may meditate ; and it is the opinion of those
who are well informed of the resources of the
Holy Alliance, that Russia, Austria, and Prus-
sia, are unprovided with the sinews whereby
alone a war may be maintained for any length of
time. But, at all events, a war would so im-
poverish these countries, and impede their grow-
ing commerce and manufacturing industry, that
it is not at all unreasonable to think, that the
fear of the serious impoverishment of their re-
sources, and of the retardment of national pro-
sperity, may have some operation even upon the
Ministers of absolute Monarchs. There is not

in all Europe a more enlightened or philosophic
mind than that of A NCI Li,o N, the Prussian Mi-
nister for Foreign Affairs; and it may not be too
much to hope, that there may be some sparks of
both prudence and liberality in the Cabinets of
the other Powers.

We do riot doubt the ardent desire of the
Holy Alliance to extinguish the revolutionary
Government of France, and to restore HENRY
the Fill], and the hereditary Peerage, at the
point of the bayonet. We believe, moreover, a
continental war between the conflicting prin
ciples of absolutism and movement, to be a ca-
lamity from ‘N hich, sooner or later, Europe has
small hope of escaping. But it does not neces-
sarily follow, that the Belgian question is to in-
volve us immediately in such a war, or that the
proceedings of the London Conference will prove
abortive, because there is a pause in their ratifi-
cation. The recognition of the independence of
Belgium may be a bitter pill, and it may cost
many a pang to correct the obstinacy of the
Dutch KING, but if peace is to be maintained,
the ratification of the Belgian treaty must take
place sooner or later.

We refer to the Advertiser of this morning
for some sensible remarks on the Scotch dinner,
which took place yesterday at the Freemasons
Tavern, ostensibly in honour of I3uRNs and
HoGG, but in reality to promote the pur-
poses of the Tory faction. Why was not
the health of CAMPBELL given at an as-
sembly consisting for the most part of Scotch-

men, and met to do honour to the
poetic genius of Scotland ? Had the Bard
of Hope no claim upon the admiration,
no right to be present at such a commemoration ?
But the truth is, the thing was, from beginning
to end, a flagrant party job, got up for the sole
purpose of showing the world that the best.
intellect of the kingdom was ranged on
the side of the Tories. The Ettrick Shepherd
(unconsciously no doubt) was made the scape-
goat of this party, who, we doubt not, in the
next Blackwood, will make a desperate effort
to prove that all the first wits of the metropolis
are to a man strenuously opposed to Reform,
as was made manifest at the Scotch festival. But
this ruse will not take ; nor will that other more
monstrous manoeuvre succeed, by which the
health of the Tory Lord PORCHESTER
was drank as the true representative of
British poets ; and that of the Tory Lord
MAHON, as the true representative of British
historians. A WoapswoßTH represented by a
PoRCHESTER ! A MACKINTOSH by a MAHON
Bah !

The following are extracts from Brusselsland
German Papers received this morning :
BRussur.s, JAN. 23.—The Cottrrier says, it is
affirmed that the Government received on the 20th des-
patches from London, containing proposals for modifica-
tion in the 24 articles of the treaty.
The Ministry has given orders to enlist those men who
may offer to serve in the army. Since the Dutch have
begun again to inundate the environs of L'Ecluse, the
waters have already risen to the height of eight feet in
the environs of West Capelle, &c.
The loan of twelve millions was at 87 on the Exchange
of Brussels on Sourday.
The Minister of War has given to-day, in the Chamber
of Representatives, explanations respecting the decree of
General Niellon, which tte justified by a great number of
seditious acts, which corresponded with the language of
numerous publications propagated in Ghent. He com-
municated a decree of the same General, dated yesterday,
by which all journals and periodicals mty be printed as
hitherto, on the s-le condition that the name and resi-
dence of the editor shall be declared, and that the off,nces
committed shall continue to be judged by the military
authority.

The King continues to give private audiences almost
every day to General Desprez, the chief of the staff of our
army ; it is well known that the King has reserved the
command-in-chiet to himself, and the audiences given to
the General are for the purpose of examining the reports
ox t,.e state of the army, the measures to be adopted,. and
plans to he laid down in case of a campaign. against the
vaD:
i:uetdc,e)hf.oan
y, We
wteoanttetiae,:l...kmo
ytasotuiEuravrfoem,rybt heifnt
being prepared
cemppeawar hwu:lrttyiiiise
illiam.
a war of this nature that we are in a condition to carry
on with advantdge, reserving it to ourselves to profit by
the first success that we may obtain, and to act offensively
against the enemy.
BRUSSELS, Jay. 24.—Sir 11..bert Adair yesterday
evening sent a messenger with despatches to the Hague.
A private letter from the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg
stys:—"lt seems that the troubles excited in our country
by Tornaco and Schanur, are still glimmering under the
ashes; it is affirmed that from time to time they sally
from the city. Yesterday it was reported that several of
th-ir parties were seen in the woods about a league from
Arlon. This morning the tax-gatherers of Hirart,
with 100 men, went to the wood to search for them ; at
one o'clock in the afternoon they had come back, as it
seems, without finding anything, for they passed through
this place without having taken any prisoners or firing
a shot."

In the discussion of the proceedings against M. Steven,
the Minister said that among the articles for which the
editor of the Alessager de Gaud had been subjected to
imprisonment, &c., was the proclamation of the Prince of
Orange of the 31st Dec., declaring that Belgian deserters
would he well received, and another by Colonel Cleemens
to the same effect. The Minister justified the decision,
declaring Ghent in a state of siege by the very active ma-
no3uvres of the Orange party in the city. After a con-
siderable discussion, it was resolved, on account of the
danger of publishing all the circumstances, that the debate
should go no farther, and that all the necessary documents
should be laid on the table. The first decree of General
Nielion having been withdrawn, the opposition Mem-
bers agreed on not carrying on the debtae. The General
himself bad declared, that it was not his intention to esta-
blish a censorship, but merely to know who was the respon-
sible editor of any journal, for as the 31esszger contrived
afterble for
jSetuervneanl'ss, arrest
p am p,
hal
entisl, he declared he was
&c., published at
Intiooistaoprffiepsecpaetr,ntvsiith his name affixed, it was indispensable that
he, the General, should know who was responsible ; for
this reason he had required that no journal should be pub •
lished without permission, which he would have refused to
nobody, not even to the ilessaytr, if a responsible editor