The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-21 00:00:00

BELGIUM.

The Belgian Senate yesterday adopted the bill
sent up by the Chamber of. Deputies for prohibit:
ing the exportation of horses. It has also adopted,
by a majority of 29 to 20, the amendment of M.
Spitaels, for giving an additional senator to Char-
leroi, and one less to Mons.

M. Verhaegen, President of the Chamber of Re-
presentatives of Belgium, and one of the chiefs of
the Liberal party, has issued an address to the
electors of Brussels, of which city he is one of the
representatives, announcing that at the end of the
present session he will not again solicit a renewal
of their confidence, twenty-two years' labour for
the liberal cause having given him a right to
repose.

A letter from Vienna of the 16th says :—" We
have received news from Constantinople that the
Government has given orders to the Turkish fleet
to prepare for active service, and to be ready to put
to sea in a fortnight."

The Princess Frederick William of Prussia is
expected at Antwerp at seven this evening, whence
her Royal Highness will proceed to England in the
Queen's yacht, an a visit to Osborne.
A telegraphic despatch from Vienna contradicts
the statements made by the Courrier du Dimanche
that a secret treaty existed, between Austria and
Turkey.

OUR DANGERS AND DUTIES.

(Prom the National Standard of this day.)

Never perhaps did a new Parliament *meet to
find public affairs so complicated both at home and
abroad as they are just now ; never was there
greater need for earnest and united prayer that
" God would be pleased to direct and prosper all
their consultations to the advancement of His Glory,
the good of His Church, and the safety, honour, and
welfare of our Sovereign and her dominions ;" for,
while we know that He will overrule the foolishness-
of men to the furtherance of His Glory, we cannot
but feel that the other objects desired are in mani-
fest jeopardy, being sacrificed to faction and folly.
Zn manifest jeopardy !—for a mere inadvertence, a
rash expression, or a hasty and inconsiderate act
may involve us, in war. No party, in or out of
Parliament, desires to entangle us in the quarrel
between France and Austria ; but so varied are
the interests affected by their hostility, and so
unscrupulous are the counsels of contending par-
ties, that we must be prepared for the possibi-
lity of England's peace and honour being made
the sport of Parliamentary faction. The zeal
for peace which was proclaimed on all sides
at the hustings will be found but a weak oppo-
nent to roused passion when party victory is
in question. Outside the house a clamour for
interference may spring up ; we do not ex-
pect it; still no one can predict that it will or that
it will not ; but should it arise, however senselessly
or headlessly, it will require higher wisdom than
usually belongs to members of Parliament to resist
the temptation, to re-echo a popular cry. For that
higher wisdom we must continue to ask, not merely
in a formal petition but in earnest and hearty
prayer. War may, indeed, be forced on us from
without ; the fear which haunts so many minds of
an attempt at invasion by France may be realised,
though not at present; but that is another matter.
Should it be so, we rely on that power which has
helped us hitherto, which has made our fleets vic-
torious and kept our homes in peace. We do not
fear any. foe ; but we must be prepared for every
contingency.