The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-24 00:00:00

gating it did no more than meet the wishes of his father
and the Estates, the motives for which it had been kept
secret having ceased.
It would he impossible to foresee the consequences of
such an event as the death of the King of Spain, if the
accounts received should prove true; but well-informed
persons, who know Spain and the Spanirds better than
the ruling Liberals of the day, assure me that no serious
disturbances or civil war are to be apprehended, as the
ancient law of Spain, revived in the manner above-men-
tioned, is the only one that regulates the succession in all
the majorazgos or entailed estates in Spain, and in this
respect was always in force, even when abolished as re-
garded the Crown. This anomaly, so touch opposed to
the true monatchical principle and the character of the
people, induced the Estates to revive the law in the time
of Charles IV.

The only real thing that both Liberals and Moderates
may have well-founded reasons for expecting is, that in
case another Cabinet should be formed, in consequence of
the event above alluded to, it will not be so obsequious to
either the French or British Governments as King Fer-
dinand VII. has been, for in many respects his forbear-
ance was remarkable. Measures in reference to Portugal
will therefore rather be invigorated than relaxed, particu-
larly as some of Don Pedro's disgraceful plans to disturb
the tranquillity of Spain, and the patronage he is bestow-
ing on some of her most revolutionary natives, have excited
great disgust. If, therefore, other people do not observe
the neutrality which they profess to adopt, it cannot be
expected that the Spaniards will be very punctilious when
the fire is allowed to be kindled which is intended equally
to burn them.

I shall merely add that it is here currently reported,
and in the first political circles, that a French army of
40,000 or 50,000 men is proceeding to Antwerp to take
the citadel, whilst the brave Belgians are to be left to
battle the watch with the Dutch army. It is also whit-
jarred that a combined maritime force will shortly appear
on the coast of Holland. These movements, it is 'said,
are snug,between France and England, the three Great
Pokers not being in the secret.—Morning Post.

The refusal of the King of Holland to give
any definitive and satisfactory answer to the pro-
posals of the London Conference, for the final
settlement of all questions relative to the separa-
tion of Belgium and Holland, is a result for
which we were long ago amply prepared, and
which cannot be productive of the slightest asto-
nishment, except in those who have not at-
tended to the course of a series of negotiations
the most procrastinated, and the most patient,
and the most peace-loving, that are on record in
the history of Europe. What the Conference
may do next remains to be seen ; but if conjunc-
tively they hesitate for one moment in adopting
coercive measures, they are, without exception,
the silliest body of statesmen that ever put pen to
paper, or if separately, France and England do
not interfere for the same purpose, there
is no species of indignity of which they are
not worthy, and which it will not well be-
come them to accept, from whatever quarter it
may proceed. We have all along deemed the
foreign policy of the present Cabinet to be
miserably weak and pusillanimous ; but we have
bad patience with it, because it is a peace-seek-
ing and peace-loving policy, and because we have
already suffered enough from former wars to
render us cautious in advising an engagement in
others ; but the moment is now come when the
honour of the country must be vindicated, or the
Grey Cabinet give way to another more capable
of maintaining it. The conduct of the King of.
Holland is an insult to all Europe ; but more
especially is it an insult to England, whose
Ministers have conducted themselves towards
him more as friends than as mediators, and
only received in return for their kindness and
moderation evasion and insult. The country
will no longer tolerate, nor ought to tolerate,
such conduct on the part of his Dutch Ma.
jesty. Its Ministers may have been unwise in
interfering at all in the affairs of Belgium and
Holland ; but their interference having received
the sanction of Parliament and of the country,
having been acknowledged both by the King of
Holland and by the King of Belgium, as well
as by all the leading Powers of Europe, what
now remains but that it should be vindicated at
the point of the sword ? His Dutch Majesty
is like all spoiled children, he has been too much
indulged, and has received too much encourage-
ment in his wayward humours ; it remains now
to be seen whether a little correction
.may not
operate to a more wholesome end, and whether
Russia and Prussia will prove traitors to all their
declarations and agreements, by attempting to
protect him from the just punishment which he
has earned at the hands of France and England.
—Morning Advertiser.