The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-23 00:00:00

HOLLAND.

The Stoats Courant of Saturday last, contains the ad-
dress or report of the Minister for Foreign AfTairs to the
States-General on Friday last. In the course of his speech
the Minister read all the correspondence, protocols, and
other documents connecte.l with the transactions of the
Conference since the last communication mate to the
States-General on the state of the negotiations. These
documents have already been either published in full or
sufficien,ly described. We therefore only give a transla-
tion, somewhat abridged, of the observations of the Mi-
nister on submitting them to the consideration of the Le-

giblative Chambers :
" High and Mighty Limas,
" The last communication made by me to the States•

General, on the course of the regociations respecting tt e
separation of the Netherlands and Belgium, showed that
the temporary impediment which the London Conference
declared their labours had experienced, was scarcely re-

moved by the Austrian, Prussian, and Russian rat ficatiotts
of the treaty concluded with Belgium, exchanged with cer.
rain reservations, when it was resolved here again earnestly

to apply our efforts to promote the desired object.
" The two notes of the Plenipotentiary of the Nether-
lands, dated the 30th of June, one historical, tt e other
serving as an introduction to the draught of a proposed
treaty, tended, among other proceeding,s. to that end.
Tire principal points of difference, those of the territory
and the debt, were in this treaty, in consequence of tt.e
King's desire to bring about an adjustment, besides some
other stipulations of more or less importance, conceded,
and what may be regarded as an impartid form of treaty
presented, in which the views of all the respective parties
appeared to be satisfied. It will not be thought surprising
that this proposition was favourably received at London an
elsewhere. In a note, dated July 19, the Conference informed
the Belgian Plenipotentiary that the last communication on
the part of the Government of the Netherl olds, exhibited
an important approximation on the question of the teal
tory, and contained well-founded observations respecting
some points of the proposal of that Government. How- '
ever, the Conference thought proper, in a note of the same
date, addressed to the Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands,
to point out some considerations which bore in their opi-
nion against the project of the Government of the Nether-
lands, to the rectification of which they proposed four new
articles. These documents have their place in the 67th
protocol, dated July 13.
" Another protocol of the same date, and numbered 68,
has no relation to the negotiation.
" The four articles received from the Conference being
found to be in general unacceptable—among other reasons,
because they deviated from the 24 articles—the CAbinet
of the Netherlands was induced more fully to develop
, • :.- of the 30th of June. In doine
wishes of the Conference. The alleged deficiencies in the
project were supplied, and every thing not essential to the
honour and great interests of the country was granted. It
was again declared that this Government was prepared,
after the conclusion of a treaty with the Five Powers, also
to sign with Belgium, for which purpose the necessary
authority was forwarded to the Baron Van Zuylen Van
Nyevelt. A note in this spirit was delivered to the Con-
! ference on the 25th of July. It is as follows:
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[Here is given the note of the Dutch Plenipotentiary
addressed to the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France,
Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, and dated July 25,
1332.]
" The Plenipotentiaries now continued their meetings.
Occasionally—a proof that an understanding on the map
questions had been come to—modifications were desirtd in
the draught here, and many of the proposed alterations
were adopted. There remained only some difference of
feeling respecting a very few points of inferior inte-
rest ; and at the Hague every one rejoiced at the pros
pect of the speedy settlement of this tedious and intricate
business.

" The result has not hitherto realized this expectation.A
the very moment when a treaty was about to be concluded,
a cry was raised in Belgium that such conditions, which
nevertheless included all that Belgium had desired, ought
not to be accepted.
" Journals, pamphlets, addressee, were employed,—no
means were spared to make it appear that new limitations
were proposed cn the navigation of the Scheldt, and sti-
pulations were required different from tho,e which the
Five Powers and Belgium also had adopted and ratified,
and which had been accepted by the Netherlands. De-
ceptious speeches, exiggerations, incorrect and perverted
estireates—every engine was put; in motion to prevent the
treaty of separation from being signed. A theme, which
was on the 6th of September transmitted by the British
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Plenipoten-
ti:ry of the Netherlands, indicated the fatal impression
which these mevemente of the insurrection bad made. It
amounted to nothing less than a proposal to place the ne-
geciations on an entirely new footing, and contained con-
ditions respecting the navigation of the Scheldt, and other
waters of the Netherlands, completely hostile to the inde-
,lrlence and first interests of the State. In my confi-
dential conversations with the English minister here, as
also in an interview of the Netherlands Plenipotentiary will,
the B:itish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, it was
declined that it was quite impossible for the Government of
the Netherlands to accede to such propositions. At the
same time it was here considered necessary to present to the
Conference a brief sketch of the present state and maturity
, of the negoeiations, to express the wish for a settlement on
that footing as soon as the nature of the case might permit,
and also to notify that the welfare of the peop'e of the N,
ther ands did not allow of the Belgian demands being lis-
tened to. The following note of the 20th of September
hail this tendency.
[Here follows a note addressed to the Conference, by the
Baron Van Zuylen Van Nyevelt.]
" After the receipt of this note, the Conference, on the
25th of September, addressed nine questions to the King's
Plenipotentiary, which were answered by him on the fol-
lowing day.
" Shortly after the Government obtained from different
quarters information of the protocols No. 69 and No. '7O,
dated the 30th of September and Ist of October. As
these documents and their annexes contained an unfavour-
able appreciation of the policy of the Cabinet of the Hague,
and an incorrect representation of facts, the King's Pleni
potentiaty in London found himself placed under
.the ne-
cessity of entering into an explanation and vindication,
which he did in a note, which was accompanied by some
observations on the theme of the 6th of September.
[Here follows an article entitled" Obsei v ttions on the
Theme delivered on the 6th of September, 1832, to the
Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands.]
" The documents which I have thus recapitulated, and
copies of which are now laid on the table, show the
situation in which the country is now placed with respect
to the conditions of the separation of the Netherlands and
Belgium, and require no farther explanation front me. 1
shall, however, take the libel ty merely to add, that at the
cod of last week fresh overtures were received here, which
form at this mament Abe subject of deliberation.
" High and Mighty Lords,—When the state tempest
rages, the first duty and the first requisite of the helmsmen
called to conduct the affairs of the country, is to be calm.
Since the Belgic revolt commenced, the Government of
the Netherlands has constantly applied itself to fulfil that
duty, and to take care not to tail in that requisite. In the
midst of complicated embarrassments, of which history
presents no parallel, the Government keeps steadily and
const intly in view the rights and interests of the country,
in accordance with her engagements with other nations,

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n.l her tatiou on the Are of the world ; and the
efforts of the Government are constantly directed to unite
a moderate and cam coulee with energy and firmness.
But when we consider the concurrence of circumstances,
the consequence of the uncommon nature of the times,
with the deep respect ftr the sacredness of treaties, and the
duties towards foreign Powers, strictly observed by the
Netherlands, then is bi ought involuntarily to our recollec-
tion the fate of Aristides, condemned to ostracism by the
Athenians, because thq cud not bear to hear him called
the just."'
An Appendix, containing several documents which have
already been published, is added to the Report.

His RGyal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX
has graciously condescended to become President of the

Agricultural Employment Institution.
It is said that Earl GREY is at present in
better health than he has enjoyed for a length of time.
his Lordship remains with his family at East Sheen,
from whence he comes to town to attend to official 'natters
at the Treasury ; hut he invariably returns in the evening
to dinner. The LORD CHANCELLOR has, it is stated,
derived as much benefit from the comparative quiet of the

recess as was anticipated.
Last week the venerable Earl of ELDON Vi-
sited his estates in the county of Durham, after an absence
of nearly thirty years. Nothing could exceed his urbanity
and kind-heartedness to his tenantry and friends, who were
sincerely rejoiced to see him in such health and spirits at
83 years of age. His Lordship returned to his seat at En.
combe on Saturday. The Noble Earl, on Friday last,
walked upwards of eight miles, in a style to prove himself
a hale and vigorous old man. The venerable Earl passel
through York, cm his way southward, la-t Sunday. The
Noble Earl attended divine service at the Cathedral..-.

Newcastle Journal.
While Lord Chief Justice TINDAL was oc-
cupied at the Old Bailey last week in trying a man for
stealing a pair of hoot-hooks, the Common Serjeant was
trying a capital felony (a servant stealing plate) in the
New Court,

- There is a rumour that the county Conserva-
tives are hatching up a new conspiracy, of which the
alleged assault on the Archbishop of CANTERBURY i 8 to
he made the pretext. They have summoned an especial
junta fur Saturday next, to assemble in this city. Why
do they not call a public meeting ? Are they a,liamed
afr aid?-- Kent Herald. _ _

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The marriage between Mr. OTWAY CAVE
and Miss Buanerr is expected to take place in the course
of the present or ensuing week. The Duke and Duchess
of St. ALBAN'S, Lord and Lady FREDERICK BEA UCLERK,
and some other distinguished relatives of the parties, are
expected to attend the auspicious ceremony. Mr. OTWAY
CAVE is an ardent Reformer, and took his seat on the last.
day of the Session as Member for the county of Tipperary,
for which he was elected on the vacancy caused by the
accession to the peerage of Captain HUTCHINSON.
Mr. FRANK SHERIDAN, who is gone out to
Jamaica as Private Secretary to the Earl of Mu La RAVE, is
a brother to Lady Sr. Maim, to the Hon. Mrs. GEORGE
NORTON, and Mrs. PRICE BLACIiWOOD, grand daughters
of the late Right lion. RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN.
Colonel YORKE resigned his Aide-de-Campship to the
Master-General of the Ordnance to accomp tray the Noble
Governor to Jamaica, as Military Secretary.
In the early part of last week the Baroness de
FEUCHERES left her residence, at Christchurch, for Dover,
and embarked for France, attended by Mons. BECQUEY
BEA UPRE. They had been staying there for the last ten
weeks, in the beautiful residence purchased of Lord
STEWART DE ROTHSAY, which has been considerably en-
larged by the Baroness. The Baroness expects a few
weeks more will terminate the law-suit she has had with
the opponents to the will, now pendine, relative to the
death of the late Duke de BOURBON, which will yield her
a property little short of a million of money.
KING WILLIAM AND LEOPOLD.—The
Messager des Chambres says—" The Duke de BROGLIE
has returned to the Hanoverian Minister a letter signed
William R.. which that personage bad delivered, in the
name of his King, in answer to that which the King of
the FRENCH had sent to his Hanoverian MAJESTY, an-
nouncing the marriage of the Princess Louisa with the
King of the Belgians. The alleged reason of this rejec-
tion is, the total omission of the name of the August
Husband in the answer, from which it is concluded
that the King of Hanover has been less prompt than
the King of England in acknowledging the new throne."
MEMOIRS OF HORTENSE BEAUHARNOIS.
—The fine contrast presented to the stern and ambitious
ties or nis con-ort, JOSEPHINE, dh9 peen' noticed with an
admiration as general as the acquaintance with the history
of those illustrious person. Of JOSEPHINE'S daughter,
HORTENSE, (now Duchess of St. Leu,) who shared the
throne of Holland with Louts BUONAPARTE, but little
was publicly known, although her talent for captivating
the affections perhaps equalled that of her mother ; whilst
her mental attainments, and her experience of the vicissi-
tudes of fortune, constitute a parallel claim to interest in
her behalf. This claim will be universally admitted on a
perusal of the " Memoirs," which have lately issued from
the press, illustrated with several beautiful engravings from
the pencil of the Duchess herself.
The Nurernburgh Correspondent of the 15th
inst. says-_" The report of CHARLES X. and his family
being about to take up their residence at Austerlitz gains
ground. Several circumstances prevent the fitting up of
the Palace of Gratz in a suitable manner. The beautiful
Palace at Austerlitz, which belongs to the family of Prince
KA UNITZ, is now unocccupied, and appears well suited for
the reception of the Ex-KING. It is large, fitted up in the
modern style, and has a beautiful park. Its distance
from Vienna is about 100 English miles."
A decided improvement in the musical taste
of those who frequent the galleries of the theatres is stated
to have taken place by Mr BRA HAM, id his evidence be-
fers the Committee on Dramatic Literature. A taste, he
said, had been introduced for foreign music, though Eng-
lish ballads were not the less admired. A similar change
had taken place in the principal towns. He attributes it
to the introduction of the music of RosslNl, and that
of the German composers.
Amongst the various answers given by tne wit-
nesses before the Committee on Dramatic Literature, re-
specting large theatres, tete., is the following from Mr.
MaTnEws—‘• I find all the people who go in with orders
say the theatres are too large, but those who pay for their
admission are good-tempered."
THE SCRIPTURES VALUED,--let the li-
brary of the late Dr. WituAms, at Redcross-street, there
is a curious manuscript, containing the whole book of
Psalms, and all the New Tr stament, except the Revela-
tions, in fifteen volumes, folio. The whole is written in
characters an inch long, with a white composition on a
black piper, manufactured on purpose. This perfectly
unique copy was written in 1745, at the cost of a Mr.
HARRIS, a tradesman of London, whose sight having de-
cayed with age, so as to prevent his reeding the Scriptures,
though printed in the largest type, lie incurred the ex-
pence of this transcription, that be might enjoy those
sources of comfort which are " more to be desired than
gold—yea, than much fine gold."—Clrristian Advocate.
SIR WALTER SCOTT.—Previous to the
announcement of the authorship of " Waverley," Sir
WALTER SCOTT was one afternoon making some purchases
in a 13ooks,lling and Circulating Library Establishment in
Frederick-street, when a little girl happened to come in,
and said with the greatest simplicity—" Please, Sir,
Miss -- sent me for one of Mr. WALTER SCOTT'S
Novels." The illustrious author's feelings on this pal-
pable test of his name being then so currently asscciated
with that of Waverley, may be conceived. He instantly
averted his eye from the page he was glancing at, but of
course took no notice of the circumstance. As it is well
known that he was the accredited author long before he
made the famous confession at the Theatrical Fund Din-
ner, we have no doubt that he met with many such in-
stances as the above.—Scotsman.
Sir WALTER SCOTT'S ESTATE.—A story
has gone the round of the newspapers respecting a con-
templated application to Parliament by the family of Sir
WALTER SCOTT, for an extension of the copytight of his
work,. No such application has been contemplated ; nor
is there, we belitve, any wish entertained by them of
having recourse to another expedient—namely, a national
subscription. The amount for which Sir WALTER stood
bound in 1826 was 117,000/. ; of this sum 64,000/. has
been paid ; 11,0001. remains in the hands of the tiustees
to the credit of the estate; 22,0001. more arises from the
life insurance of Sir WALTER. There is thus only
20,0001. of capital debt undischarged. That sum Sir
WALTER'S family are prepared instantly to pay down,
on receiving a discharge of the whole. Of course, it is
impossible to suppose that any one of the creditors would
stickle for interest. Had Sir WALTER'S creditors in 1826
taken the whole of his property—and they could neither
take nor claim any more—in what situation would they
have been now ? Would they have got one half of that
principal of which they will have received the full tale,
not from the woedly goods, but from the immortal mind
of the debtor? The chief creditors are bankers and
wealthy men, an I, we doubt not, will be well content to
grant a general quittance on such favourable terms as
rho e now offered.--Spectator.