The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-08 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

The Earl of Essex, for his seat, Cashiobury Park, Herts ;
Sir John Cathcart, Bart., for Warwickshire; D. Davidson,
Esq., from Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar square, for Edinburgh ;
the Earl of Belmore and the Earl of Ilchester, from Fenton's
Hotel, St. James's-street, for Dorchester; John Smith Barry,
Esq., and James Smith Barry, Esq., from the St. James's Hotel,
Jermyn-street, for Paris ; Lord M. Hill, from Arlington-street,
for Roehampton ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Rose, from Grosvenor-
street, for their seat in Essex; Captain Maddox, from Paine's
Bath Hotel, Arlington-street, for Dublin ; Wm. Cuming, Esq.,
from ditto, for Brighton.

The LORD CHANCELLOR has announced
that he will sit to-mormw in his Court, at Westminster, at
11 o'clock to hear motions.

A marriage is said to be on the tapis between
Viscount BERESFORD and the Hon. Mrs. HOPE, widow of
the late Mr. HOPE, of Deep,lean.
Lord CHARLES PELHAM CLINTON and
Lord THOMAS CHARLE3 PELHAM CLINTON, sons of the
Duke of NEWCASTLE, have retired from the Ist Life
Guards, in which their Lordships held the commission t,f
Cornets, after little more than one year's service. It may
he remembered that the appointment of these young
Noblemen (who are designated " university soldiers") to
the Guards, while at Oxford, excited much interest in the
military circles.
COUNTY of ROSCOMMON.—Our letters from
Roscommon represent the registry as most fav t
the cause of independence. O'CoNNoft DoN ,nd 111'.
FITZSTEPHEN FRENON attended the registry recently at
Strokcstown. Our correspondent states that Mr. KING,
the presiding deputy, is acting with fairness and impar-
tiality.—Dublin Morning Register.
COUNTY WICKLOW.—Our valuable corres-
pondent at Baltinelass states, that in the county Wicklow
registry the Conservative interest is completely demolished,
and so annoyed are some of the Conservative landlords at
the spirit manifested by their tenantry, that they are
Wreaking their vengeance upon them ; but nothing will
avail them—the people insist upon having the Repeal re-
presentatives, They are most desirous of knowing who
Mr. O'CONNELL will propose as a companion to Mr.
GRATTAN.-Dublin Morning Register.

DEATH OF SIR JOHN LESLIE.—We regret
to announce the death of Professor Sir JOHN LESLIE, who
expired on Saturday afternoon, after a very short illness,
at his seat of Coates, in Fife. We have not heard what
was the particular cause of his death ; he had been for some
time afflicted with rose in the leg; but the disease that
carried him off so suddenly we have understood to have been
an affection of the heart. Dr. THOMSON was sent for by
express from Edinburgh, and before he reached Coates
Sir JOHN was no more. The death of this distinguis'ed
philosopher will create a mighty blank in the scientific
world. For original genius, profound literature, and in-
ventive powers, perhaps he had not an equal in modern
times. For the long period of 27 years he tilled in succes-
sion the chairs of Mathematics and Naiural Philosophy
in our University; and few brighter names than his occur
in its annals. His reputation was equally high in foreign
countries as in his own, and his talents had obtained him
the most flattering distinctions from almost every scientific
society in Europe. The loss sustained by the Edinburgh
University it will not be easy to repair; we know of very
few individuals in Scotland whose attainments in that
branch of study would warrant them in aspiring to fill the
vacancy.—Edinburgh .Advertiser.
The lucrative office of Marshal and Associate
to the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench,
held by the present Lord TENTERDEN, upon whom it was,
of course, bestowed by his father, is a patent appoint-
ment, and its duties are executed by Mr. Thos. ABBuTT,
nephew, we believe, to the deceased Chief Justice, who
acts as his Lordship's deputy. The Chief Justice's salary
of 10,0001. per annum is paid from the Civil List and
Ginsolidated Fund, in the proportion of 4,0001. from the
former, and 6,000/. from the latter. Sir THOMAS DEN-
MAN'S elevation to the Bench causes a vacancy in the re•
presentation of Nottingham, for which he was for many
years the representative.
TENDER MERCIES OF TORYISM.—The
expiring effort lately made by some people at Evesham to
introduce a Tory candidate (which we briefly described in
our paper of the 26• h ult.), gave rise the same week to a
satirical song, entitled " Me and my Neddy," which was
sung and sold in character by a shr wd son of Orpheus
from the adjoining hills, duly mounted on his long-eared
Pegasus. The success of his speculation so terribly veiled
certain self-styled Conservatives, who profess to recognize
some marked features of their own character therein, that
on the following Tuesday they summoned the humble
songster before the Magistrates of their Tory corporation
for selling printed papers not having a printer's name.
These Justices " of their mere mercy and special grace,"
have in consequence convicted the luckless wight, not of
one breach of the statute, but of three several infractions
upon three several copies of the song, which they suffered
to be successively produced before them. The fruit of
these merciful convictions is a penalty of 151., for which,
we learn, a warrant of distress is issued upon the poor fel-
low's goods and chattels. What adds to the despicable
character of this procedure is the fact, that during a late
election the town was deluged by nameless handbills from
this self-same Tory party. I have added a copy of the
song for your inspection, to show its harmless nature.
The song is dull and harmless enough. The Liberals
should en:hie the songster to appeal against the convic-
tion.—Correspondent of the Times.

•
STATUE OF THE DUKE OF YORK.—The
column erecting on the old site of Carlton-house, to the
memory of his late Royal Highness the Duke of YORE,
is now fast approaching completion. It is, we under-
stand, to be carried to an elevation of 120 feet, and is to
be surmounted by a colossal statue of the Duke, round
which will be erected a gallery, to which the public will
be admitted by means of a spir .1 staircase, something simi-
lar to that within tl e Monument. It is a plain pillar,
and the stone of which it is composed is prepared in the
yard of the stone-mason in the form in which it is to be
raised. At the meeting of the Committee of creditors
yesterday, a letter was sent to the Chairman, suggesting
the propriety of presenting a memorial to his MAJESTY,
praying that the erection of this monument might he dis-
continued until the debts of the individual whose merits it
was intended to commemorate had been paid. The
Chairman remarked, however, that the expenses were to
be borne out of a subscription which had already been
raised under the direction of persons over whom his MA•

JEST? had no•control. Of the good taste of the indi-
viduals who are engaged in this work he could not speak
in terms of praise ; he yet hoped, however, that before it
sas finishd all cause for regarding it with f.elings of hos-
tility would be remove-d. A sugges ion was made for at-
taching to the base of the column a list of his Royal High-
ness's creditors, with the amount of their respective de'tts,
to defray the expense of which, on a brass plate, he hat
no doubt many of the creditors would willingly contribute.
The proposition was received with comidt•rable merri-
ment, and it was admitted that such an exhibition would
not be without a beneficial effect upon the minds of those
who might hereafter he called upon to put faith in the
promises of Princes of the House of Brunswick.

The sale of the library of the late Sir JAMES
Macxxwrostt commenced at Mr. EVANS'S rooms, in
Pall-mill, on Monday, anti a numerous company were
assembled long before the hour of sale. We noticed the
Princes CIMETELI, and M. VAN DE WEYER, the Belgian
Minister, in conversation with Sir ROBERT Iseus, as we
ntered the room, and many of the well-known collectors
-ere formed in groups, talking in high spirits, excited by
the prices which the books produced. Sir JAMES, like
the poet Lucutus, seems to have considered his hooks as
the faithful depositories of his most sacred opinions, and
we were much amused in reading the notices with which
boost evt ry voluthe abounds. In " Adolphus's History of
George the Third" is this critique of tie work :—" A
mere apology for the reign, a Trt-asury pamphlet in three
volumes, but more decent and specious than Giff►rd ;"
and on the margin in numerous places the eye is arrested
by the words " stuff!" " What does he mean ?" &c.
BURKE'S character is summed up, " elegant, acute, ver-
bose, vague ;" and in " Brodie's British Empire" we
found numerous calculations on the &crease of crime in
the present century, as compared with the earlier apt' of
our history. In a volums of BENTHAM'S works he has
recorded that it was presented to him whilst dining tete-a-
tete with the great Reformer.

OUR ISLAND.—Although it seems to be the
penchant of the WI iter of this work to describe the dark
•i ie of human character, it cannot be denied that he has
done so with all the success which the ee!eetion of strik-
ing attributes and powerful situations can impart. Whe-
ther he places before us the gaming-tattle, the race-course,
the duelling• field, the election-committee-room, the stock-
excliange, the private marl-house, or the secret chamber of
the scheming adventurer, he fails not to enchain our
attention to each of the scenes, and all the persons pre-
sented in turn according to the humour or design of his
fincy.

A universal famine extends throughout the
whole g•oup of the Cape de Verd Islands, in consequence
of the want of rain for the last three years ; the trees and
all kinds of vegetation were withering and passing away.
Most of the animals had died from starvation. It was no
uncommon thing to see women and chillren gathering
:rem the streets old bones that had been thrown away,
ma eagerly devouring them. There are from GO 000 to
70.000 souls in the island. It was computed that from
tvelve to fourteen died daily of inanition at Port Praya.
MUSIC LICENSES.—A numerous and re-
spectable ineeti, g was held last night, in the long room of
White Conduit-house, for the pull:else of petitioning the
LORD CHAMBERLAIN to gralt music licenses, which had
been capriciously refused by the Middlesex Magistrates.
Tee proceedings were opened by the Chairman, Mr.
REVELL, who advocated the right of the middling and
lower chases to amusement, vindicated the respectability
of the establishment in question, and denied the interpre-
tation put upon the Act of George 11. by the Magistrates,
who refused to license well-conducted places of public re-
sort. Mr. WOOLER proposed a resolution expressive of
t:ie great improvement which had taken place in the
general management of White Conduit-house, and in the
character of the company by whom it was frequented, and
also approving of the entertainments produced there, as
adapted to an enlightened public. The resolution was
unanimously agreed to. Mr. RAYNER, of the Strand
theatre, presented himself to the meeting as one of the
sufferers from Magisterial caprice, and was most cordially
received. He moved a vote of thanks, which was also
carried unanimously, to WILLIAM CLAY, Esq., for his
manly disclaimer of the conduct pursued by the Magistrates.
Lieutenants DENHAMand ROBINSON, R.N.,
who have been employed for several years in surveying the
British Channel, will terminate their labours during the
present autumn. It seems strange, that after the numerous
voyages round the worl.t—to the North Pole and the
South Pole. to the east and to the west,—it should have
been left for these gentlemen to make a voyage of dis-
covery to an island not further from our own shores than
the entrance of the Bristol Channel. This, however,
seems to have been the case, and stranger still, they have
discovered that Lundy Island, which has hitherto been
abandoned entirely to a few pilots and fishing-boats pos-
sesses a good roadstead, where a considerable fleet might
ride securely in westerly gales. The promulgation of
this information may prevent the necessity of vessels out-
ward bound, when meeting an adverse wind, running
back upon the dangerous coast of Wales, or returning over
the formidable bar of Bideford and Barnstaple. To nine-
teen tweniieths of the people of England, Lundy, although
so near home, is a perfect terra incognita. The island is
situated in the channel, about midway between Devon-
shire and Pembrokeshire, and although five miles in length
anti two in breadth, we believe its only inhabitants are the
inmates of a solitary farm-house, and the keepers of the
lighthouses. It is encompassed by inaccessible rocks,
having but one entrance, where scarcely two persons cal
p .ss abreast. It would appear from the following extract
ft oat an old Chronicle, that in the reign of HENRY 111. it
was fortified In the year 1238 WILLIAM de MA*
RISCO, who by evil practices thought to have Blayne the
King in his he't-chamber at Woodstocke, being appre-
hended, escaped, and fortified the Isle of Lundy, in the
Channel of Bristolt., doing much mischiefe by piracies
but was not long after taken, with 16 of his accomplices,
and executed in London." Lundy Is'and has lately had
excellent lighthouses erected upon it, and is likely to be-
come of more importance from the recent discovery of
valuable silver and copper mine. It was formerly the
property of Sir JOHN BORLASE WARREN, but being cosy'
sidered of little value, it was Fold for a trifle, and has since
frequently changed owners, till it fell into the hands of the
present fortunate possessors, who will, it is said, realize at
least 12,0001. a year by the mines alone.
THE DUKE OF BEDFORD'S TENANTS."'
The Huntingdon Independent Press contains a report 01
the speeches naasle at the last annual dinner of the Bed-
fordshire Agricultural Society. The Marquis of TAWS.
TOCK, in returning thanks, on his health being drunk,
made the following observations, which, after the calurneY
circulated respecting the conduct of the Duke of BenrooD
to his tenants, deserve to be quoted. The Marquis said,
" To live and let live' was the principle on which his fa-
ther had always desired to act, and therefore, in compli-
ance with that principle, he wished to see every one con .
nected with him in the full enjoyment of the same power
that he desired to claim for himself—namely, the power
of acting freely on all political matters, according to the
dictates of his own conscience. With respect to his to-
slants, he frit that he was entitled to the punctual par
meat of their rents, to the due fulfilment of their cove-
nants, and to the good cultivation of their farms; but,
having made no stipulation for their votes, that he was
not entitled to their consciences. If, therefore, there
were any of the Duke of BEDFORD'S tenants present who
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' had unwillingly prontised under such a persuasion, he de.
dared to them on the part of the Duke of BEDFORD (al'
though he thought it right to say that he had no authority
from his father to do so, but knowing the liberality of his
respect e
sentiments and the generosity of his heart in all these
matters, he felt assured that he was not going one step too
far when he declared), that he released all such ten"!
from promises so given, and desired them to give their
votes honestly and fearlessly,
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question by their landlord, who, however be might larneot
dependence.—(Great applause.) He perceived that till'
did him the honour to mark tl eir approbation of this d'"
claration, hut he felt that he could claim no merit for it,
because he thought that it was not only wrong but foollib
to attempt to coerce tenants in the exercise of the eie,°:i
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to know the value of a good tenant to his landlord, ant
the fo ly of quarrelling with him on account of an hell°
difference ha political sentiments. And he was, mom
over, persuaded, that if the Duke of BEDFORD could ever
far forget the duty he owed to his tenants and himself'
to attempt to force them to vote according to his will st%
pleasure, at the expense of their own consciences, e
were few of them who would not have the eoump...
and the manliness, and the public spirit, to resist so dad I,
an outrage upon the rights and feelings of men, who,,
though renting under him, must yet know that like hi if
self they were born in a Gee country—that like bile
they, were under a free Constitution—and, therefore, 1:--oe
like himself, as they are responsible to their Creator to-10
for their religious opinions, so for their political coedit
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LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 8, ISS2.

By the Flanders mail, this morning, we
have received the official summons, communi-
cated to the Dutch by the French and English
overnments, with the answer of the Dutch
'Niinister thereto. It will be seen from these,
that the system of evasion was endeavoured to be
kept up by the Dutch even to the hist moment.
Ihe King of HOLLAND still refers to the treaty
stthmitted to him by the King of PRussiA,
'which had obtained the concurrence of Russia
and Austria, and expresses his willingness to
abide by its provisions, well knowing that the
treaty had been rejected by France and Eng-
land. This conduct we consider as quite
disgraceful, after the time already mis-spent
bY the Conference in concocting the treaty of 1
the 24 articles, and which treaty had obtained
the ratification of the Northern Courts. But
negotiation will never bring the King of
tioLLAND to reason in his present temper,
he
as he refuses to yield up Antwerp, which
tle professes to hold as security to obtain equi-
table terms of separation between Belgium and
holland, there is no alternative on the part of
Prance and England, but the employment of
force.

In having recourse to this measure—a
measure of necessity undertaken more in sorrow
than in anger—the Governments of France
4tid England are actuated solely by the desire of
Preserving the peace of Europe, for facilitating
speedy settlement of the question in dispute ;
and unless the conduct of Holland should pro-
01,te harsher proceedings, the embargo on Dutch

property will be carried into effect, more with
a view to preserve than to inflict injury upon

those vessels now in our ports :

BRUSSELS, NOV. 6.
We have received the Stoats Courant, pub-
lished at the Hague on the 4th of this month,
which contains the following documents :

REPORT made by M. VERSTOLK to the STATES
GENERAL, at the HAGUE, Nov. 3.
" Noble and Mighty Lords,
" In my communications made to the States
General, on the 18th of October last, I men-
tioned new overtures that had been received
here.- They consist of the plan of a treaty be-
tween the Netherlands and the Five Courts, and
of a treaty relative to it between the Nether-
lands and Belgium, which was delivered to me
by an Envoy of Prussia, in the name of his
Court, and to which the Legations of Austria
and Russia have given their assent. The King,
thinking it calculated to advance the object of
the negotiations, I, on the 23d of October, in-
formed the Envoy of Prussia, in presence of the
Russian Envoy and the Prussian Charge d'Af-
faires, that his Majesty had acceded to this
plan, with the exception of a small number of
modifications, which were thought necessary
here, and were noted in the margin.
" This document, with the note which I an-
nex, was sent to London, and made known to
the Conference. The acceptance of the form,
and of almost the whole contents of the plan,
proves that his Majesty, in order to depart from
it as little as possible, not only renounced seve-
ral exact outlines proposed by himself, but also
again consented to various arrangements. A
look at the modifications desired, incontestibly
proves how small is the difference which still
subsists between the pretensions of the two
parties and their way of considering the subject.
" While the result of these overtures, and
the answer made to them, were expected at the
Hague, I received, on the 29th of October, from
the Legations of France and England, two notes,
the contents of which were the same by which
the evacuation of the citadel of Antwerp and of
the forts and places depending on it, was de-
manded. Those notes, as well as the answer
which I made to them Yesterday, are as fo
lows :

" THE HAGUE, OCT. 29.

" The undersigned Charge d'Affaires of
France to the Government of the Netherlands,
has received orders to make known to his Ex-
cellency Baron Verstolk de Soelen, Minister for
Foreign Affairs, the determination just made by
his Majesty the King of the French, in concert
with his Majesty the King of Great Britain.
The acknowledged fruitlessness of the
endeavours so often made to obtain from
his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, the
acceptance and the execution of the treaty con-
cluded at London the 15th of November, 1831,
obliges them to take the only step which re-
mains to put an end to a state of things, the
longer continuance of which might endanger the
peace of Europe. They, therefore, find them-
selves constrained by the above-mentioned con-
siderations, and by the engagements which they
have contracted to proceed immediately, by the
means which are in their power to obtain the
evacuation of the territories which are still oc-
cupied by that one of the two Powers to which
they are no longer to belong. In consequence,
the undersigned is instructed to require that his
Majesty the King of the Netherlands shall be
pleased to signify whether he consents to cause
the citadel of Antwerp and the forts and places
depending on it to be evacuated by the 12th of
November next, and in case a formal and satis-
factory answer to this effect should not be made
on the 2d of the month of November next, the
undersigned is to declare that a naval and land
force will be put in motion by the two Govern-
ments of France and England,and if, on the 15th
of November next, the evacuation of the citadel
of Antwerp, and the forts and places de-
pending on it, should not have been completely
effected by the troops of the Netherlands, all
the necessary measures will be taken to bring
about that result.

The under.igned embraces this opportunity to
renew to his Excellency Baron Verstolk de Sue-
len, the assurance of his distinguished consider.
ation.

(Signed) " Marquis d'EYRAGUES."
(The note of M. Jerningham, the British
Charge d'Affaires is of the same date, in
English, and mutatis matandis in the same
words.)
" To the Marquis d'Eyragues, Charge d'Affaires of his
:Majesty the King of the French."
" THE HAGUE, NOV. 2.
" The undersigned, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, has had the honour to receive the note
of the Marquis d'Eyragues, Charge d'Af-
faires of France, of the 29th of October last,
announcing the determination of his Majesty
the King of the French, in concert with his
Majesty the King of Great Britain, stating that
the acknowledged fruitlessness of the endeavours
so often repeated to induce his Majesty the
King of the Netherlands to accept and accede
the treaty concluded at London on the 15th of
Nov. 1831, obliges them to proceed immediately
by the means which are in their Powers, to obtain
the evacuation of the territories, which are still
occupied by that one of the two power to which
they are no longer to belong, and that in conse-
quence the French Legation was instructed to
require his Majesty the King of the Nether-
lands to be pleased to declare if he consents to
the evacuation by the 12Lh of this month of the
citadel of Antwerp, and of the forts and places
depending on it ; in case a formal and satisfactory
answer to this effect should not be given on the
2d of November, to declare that a sea and land-
force would be put in motion by the two Go-
vernments of France and England ; and that if,
on the 15th of November, the evacuation of the
citadel of Antwerp and its dependencies should
not be completely effected by the Netherland
troops, all necessary measures would be taken to
bring about this result.

" The undersigned has not failed to lay this
note before the King, and he is instructed to
make to the Marquis d'Eyragues the follow-
ing statement, Holland having acceded not to
the treaty of ,the 15th of November, 1831,
but to the greater part of its arrangements, must
found its proceedings on the stipulations which
it has accepted. Among the articles agreed
to in concert with the Conference of
London is included the evacuation, and a
fixed time after the exchange of the ratifications
of the territories, which were respectively to
change hands, which point was regulated by the
last of the 24 articles of 15th Oct., 1831, by the
treaty of 15th Nov., and in the projects of con-
vention which have followed it. If, on the 11th
June, the Conference proposed the 20th July
for the evacuation of the respective territories, it
declared by its vote of the 20th July, that in
making this proposal it had thought that the
treaty between Holland and Belgium would be
ratified. To effect the evacuation at a time

anterior to the exchange of the ratification,
would be acting in opposition both to the for-
mally announced intentions of the Conference,
and to the assent which has been given to them
by the Government of the Netherlands.

" A second motive which hinders the King from
consenting to an anticipated evacuation of the
citadel of Antwerp and its dependencies results
from the imperative duty which the interest of
his kingdom imposes on his Majesty not to part
with the security he holds, to obtain equitable
terms of separation between Holland and
Belgium.
" In answer to the allegation of the fruitlessness
of the efforts which have been often repeated to
induce the King to accept the treaty of the 15th
of November, the undersigned will take the
liberty to observe that since the 15th October,
1831, the negotiation has related only to the 24
articles, and to mention the maturity which this
negotiation has now attained in consequence of
the offers contained in the notes of the Plenipo-
teutiary of the Netherlands to the Conference of
London on the 30th of June and 25th of July,
of the approbation which was generally given
them, and of the manner in which the Ca-
binet of the Netherlands received only a few
days ago, the project of a convention com-
menced on the part of the Court of Berlin, and
which has been made known to the Conference
of London, with the consolatory answer of Hol-
land. This state of things, instead of requiring
intermediate and partial measures, seems to need
only the putting the last hand to the work to
remove in a few days all the difficulties by the sig-
nature ofthe treaty of separation, which, embracing
the totality of the question, would include
at the same time that of the evacuation of the
respective territories. On these grounds the
King does not find himself in a situation to
consent to measures which is the subject of the
note of the Charge d'Affaires of France, but,
always ready to follow the course of the
negotiations in the manner best adapted to re-
move the obstacles which still delay the imme-
diate conclusion of the treaty, his Majesty causes
his Plenipotentiary to the Conference of Lon-
don to be furnished with instructions to that ef-
fect.

" As for military measures destined to realize
the evacuations at a time anterior to that fixed
diplomatically, it will suffice to recall to the pe-
netration of the Court of France how they would
violate the principle so formally announced, that
the Conference of London must never lose its
character of a mediator, and to add, t hat if the em-
barrassments (complications) which they would
produce without any motive, should put to the
hazard, as may be expected, the object of the
negotiation of the last two years, just at the eve
of their solution, the sacrifices which Holland
has made for the preservation of peace would
entirely relieve it even from the appearance of
having been the cause of so deplorable an issue.
" The undersigned has the honour to request
the Marquis d'Eyragues to communicate this
note to his Court, and to accept, &c.
(Signed) " VERSTOLK DE SOELEN."
(The same answer has been given to Mr.
Jerningham.)
" Noble and Mighty Lords !—Whatever be
the fate reserved by Providence for the nation,
which is united and faithful to its institutions,
the Government, thoroughly convinced of not
having deviated from the line of its duties,
awaits it with composure. To obtain an equi-
table arrangement every thing has been conceded
that was susceptible of being so. Nothing has
been granted contrary to the honour and the
great interests of the country."

We understand that Prince TALLEYRAND
and Lord PALMERSTON continue to state to
the members of the corps diplomatzque that,
notwithstanding the extent to which the King
of HOLLAND has carried his resistance to the
recommendations of the Conference, or rather
the declaration of this country and France, they
entertain confident hopes of an amicable ter-
mination to the measures now in progress by
the concession of the Dutch King. We can
hardly believe that so old a diplomatist as M.
de TALLEYRAND really entertains such hopes.
Nothing, in short, but a conviction that the
King of HOLLAND is a mere braggart—a con-
clusion which is not justified by his past con-

duct—could excuse hopes of this nature. The
King of HOLLAND has other obligations than
to the Conference. He has for eighteen
months been laying heavy burdens on his people
in preparations for a war which was to prevent
concession on two great points—the possession
of Antwerp, with the navigation of the Scheldt,
and the right of transit to Germany, by
which, in the one instance, the Dutch

trade with America through Antwerp would
be destroyed, and in the other the commerce
between England and Germany, would pass
through Belgium ; and it is not probable that he
will yield now, unless he is ready to secure discre-
dit abroad and odium at home. The attempt to
preserve the Citadel of Antwerp would not even
satisfy the Dutch nation as to the resistance of
the KING, for were the Citadel to fall after a
siege of a few days, the KING would still be
able to concentrate his forces on his frontier, and
take advantage of the winter, during which
nothing serious could be carried on against
him, to negotiate with Russia and Prussia for
aid in the spring, or at least for their intermedia-
tion to compel Belgium to accept any new con-
ditions of treaty which he might be disposed to
make. Such will probably be the course of the
Dutch KING; at the same time, however, it
must be borne in mind that he is but a man, and

if his character should undergo a complete
change, he may yield.

We are enabled, from an authentic source, to
state that the King of BELGIUM, on his part, will
not, as indeed he cannot, consistently with his co-
ronation oath, consent to the demands of Hol-
land, with respect to the amount of toll demanded
for navigation, or the exclusion of the Belgians
from a direct trade with Germany. Thus, if
even Antwerp should fall, Great Britain and
France will be bound in honour towards Bel-
gium to persevere in coercive measures, should
the King of HOLLAND remain obstinate, and
Russia and Prussia interfering, it will be im-
possible to prevent a general war.

Some of the English and some of the French
Papers have stated that the proposed measures
of coercion against Holland will place the Bel-
gians in a worse situation than they are now, as
they will have to evacuate a large portion of ter-
ritory with no other advantage to themselves than

the possession of the Citadel of Antwerp, there
being nothing in the treaty between France and
this country to secure the execution of the other
parts of the treaty of the 15th of November.
It is certainly true, that up to the present moment
no arrangement has been made between the two
Governments for the attainment of any object
beyond the mutual evacuation of territory by the
Dutch and Belgians ; but it is perfectly under-
stood, that as soon as that object shall have been
attained, the King of HOLLAND will be required
to submit all the-other points of the treaty of the
Conference to the arbitration of a Commission,
unless he should prefer to treat directly with
Belgium. It would be absurd to suppose that
after such a demonstration of hostilities as that
now making, Lord PALNIERSTON and the
Duke of BrROGLIE would leave the Belgian
Question in as unsettled a state as ever. The
Belgians will gain little indeed by the possession
of the Citadel of Antwerp, if they are to be put
to the continual expense of a standing army for
the protection of their frontier, and are to have
none of the commercial advantages which were
promised by the Conference Treaty.

The following are extracts from Brussels and
Dutch Papers received this morning :
BRUSSELS, Nov. s.—Prussian soldiers and officers
have been to Grevenmacher and Hesperenge, to see if
there were any Belgi in gendarmes there. They have
ordered all Belgian gendarmes who shall come to those
places to he arr sted, and brought to Luxemburg.
A letter from Frankfort says, that the Diet has re-
quired infumation respecting the circumstances of the
arrest of M. Piscatore, and especially the place where it
was eff•eted.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 6. —lt is affirmed that the Govern-
ment has received very satisfactory despatches- from B iron
Lire, who was instructed to acquaint the Austrian Go-
vernment with the application made by Belgium to
France and England, to obtain the execution of the treaty
of Nov. 15, by coercive measures. A park of fire en-
gines has been sent to Antwerp,
ANTWERP, Nov. s.—Our bank has just sent half a
million to Brussels.

Yesterday, Sunday, the merchants were every where
busy in removing their goods to places of safety, and not-
withstanding the holyday, the cargoes of some lately ar-
rived vessels were landed, in order to put them under
cover without delay.
Yesterday morning, though the moon shone very bright,
several rockets were thrown up from the citadel, which
were seen at a great distance. They were thrown up for
the purpose of lighting the environs of the fortress.
Two deserters from the citadel say that General Chasse
had convoked the officers of his staff and the garrison, and
made them a suitable address.

In the ship news of Amsterdam, we see that on the3lst
October six English ships arrived in the Texel, and four
at Helvoetsluys; and on the Ist instant three English
ships and the Attweod steamer at Helvoetsluys, and the
Jean de Bart steamer from Dunkirk.

The Courrier Belge persists in stating that the Prussian
troops are ordered to be ready to enter Belgium.—Brus-
sels Papers, Nov. 7.

THE Hasur, Nov. 3.—Last night our Government
sent to London its answer to the demand made by France
and England, to evacuate the Belgian territory by the sth
instant.

Nov. 4.—We communicate to-day to our readers the
papers laid before the States-General yesterday by the
Minister for Foreign Affairs.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 6.—We have received from a re-
spectable quarter the following communication :

" The Royal Sailing Society, of which his Msjesty
William IV., King of Great Britain, is President, has
conferred the diploma of honorary members on Baron Ye-
rotolk Van Soelen, Baron Van Zuylen Van Nyeveldt,
Baron Fagel, and M. W. Dedel, as an acknowledgment of
the favciur shown by our Government in exempting yachts
of the Sailing Society from all duties in our Ports." In
one of the letters accompanying the diploma, are the fol-
lowing words:—" As a mark of respect for your Excel-
lency's person and country."

As an additional proof of the opinion entertained in
England of our just cause and the noble conduct of our
Government, we find in the Rotterdam Courant, the
following article :—" A house here has received, by an
E.:gii•h merchant from England, 501. sterling, with a
request that it may be u.ed in the first subscription fir the
benefit of the widows and orphans of those, who, if war
should result from the present differences, may fall in
the defence of the just cause of Holland, and as a proof
that the donor will by no means be considered as taking
part in the freatnr.ent which that country experience from
the English Ministry."
THE HAGUE, Nov. s.—The Sections of the Second
Chamber are still engaged in examining the projects of
law referred to them. The means of providing for the
expenses of the war are always considered to have given
rise to various observations.

11 The Chamber will meet to-morrow morning, when re-
ports of numerous petitions will be brought up.
In the communications 01 the States General, the treaty
proposed by Prussia to be concluded by the Netherlands
with the Five Powers Was included. Our Government,
as we know, acceded to it with a few changes, and its
publication is expected. We do not k❑ow whe•ber it
was taken into consideration by the Conference, but we
under.tand that it differs very little from the 24 Articles.
T e oifferences respecting the navigation of the Scheldt
are removed, by fixing a moderate tonnage-duty to be paid
by ships in the Scheldt. It is said that it has been oh-
served by our Government that in Art. 2 of the proposed
treaty, that in the Belgian territory Luxemburg is to be
included, so far as concerns the part which has since been
fixed ; hut our Government had added what was omitted
by Prussia, " reserving the application to be made by the
German Die• for its conseta.'