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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1832.

QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS,
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The expectations which were entertained by
the Conference of a speedy and satisfactory ar-
rangement of the Belgian question, are at an
end. On Thursday evening, a sealed note, from
the King of HOLLAND to the Conference, was
given to Lord PALMERSTON by the Dutch
Ambassador, Baron Vox ZUYLEN; and, last
night, the members of the Conference having all
assembled, the note was opened and read by
them. Instead of finding, as they had expected,
an acknowledgment of the readiness of the King
of HOLLAND to treat with the King of BEL-
GIUM on the recommendations of the Conference,
and an appointment of Baron VoN ZUYLEN,
with full powers to treat with M. VAN DE
WEYER, the Conference, to their astonish-
ment, and to the real indignation of some, as
well as the avowed indignation of all, found a
long note, without the slightest allusion to the
proposal of negociations between M. VAN DE
WEYER and Baron VoN ZUYLEN, or to the
suggestions of the Conference.
The note commences by an expression of sur-
prise on the part of the writer M. de VERSTOLK,
in the name of the KING his master, at the de.
lay which has attended the Belgian question
since the conditions on which the KING was
Willing to treat had been made known to the
Conference and to the Belgians, and then pro-
ceeds in language intended to be courteous, but
which is not to be misunderstood, to complain
of the support given by the Conference to revo-
lutionary principles, and to declare that, what-
ever may be the conduct of the Great Powers,
the King of H
of his cause, and
relying on the justice
, and on the support of Divine Pro-
vidence, will know how to maintain his honour
without the necessity of conceding points which
are of vital importance to his country.
The note is of gent length, but we have given
its chief character. It is evidently intended only
for further delay ; and unless France and Eng-
land should act a decisive and manly part, that
object will be gained. Let us hope, however,
that the two Cabinets will see their interest, and
unite in a resolution to compel the King of
HOLLAND to conclude a treaty with Belgium
on terms which, without being dishonourable to
him, shall be fair and liberal towards his former
subjects.

The position of LEOPOLD is now one of great
difficulty, but as regards this country and France
it is better than it was a few days ago. By
taking upon himself to accept the proposals of
the Conference, contrary to the declared wishes
of his Chambers, and to dismiss a Ministry act-

ing in accordance with those bodies, he has
shown his desire for peace, and has now a direct
claim for support on the British and French
Cabinets. The King of HOLLAND has re-
jected all overtures for peace, except on hi;
own terms ; and if Belgium be abandoned by us
and France, after the concessions offered by her
KING, at the risk of his own popularity with his
people, the two Governments will be guilty not
only of great meanness, but also of great injustice,
and the next thing to be expected will be a dic-
tation to France and England on matters directly
concerning their own liou.y.ir and safety by some
petty State acting as the puppet of Russia,
Austria, or Prussia.

An express has been received this morning
from Paris, bringing private letters, and the Papers
of Thursday. The intelligence they bring is
very important. A Cabinet Council was held
on Thursday, which sat till late in the afternoon,
after which an order was issued by Marshal
SOULT, the Minister of War, for the imme-
diate marching of all the troops in the northern
departments towards Valenciennes, Mons, and
the extreme frontier of Belgium. This move-
ment of the army was decided upon in conse•
quence of the hypocritical and insulting conduct
of the King of HOLLAND, who now threatens
to invade Belgium. Sixty thousand men are to
march, to the frontiers and wait till further
orders, as King Louis PHILIPPE has
positively declared that he will not allow the
throne of his son-in-law to be invaded by WIL-
LIAM of Holland. A telegraphic despatch had
been received at the hotel of the Minister of
Marine that the Dutch troops were on their
march under the command of the Prince of
ORANGE. Various rumours were circulated
at the Bourse, which caused a trifling fall in the
funds. The departure of the Duke of OR-
LEANS for Brussels is said to be more of a po-
litical nature than a mere visit to his sister. It
is said that be is the bearer of a positive de-
claration to the King of HOLLAND, that if his
troops enter Belgium, that instant the French
army will march upon the frontiers of Holland,
according to treaties entered into with LEOPOLD,
as Belgium is to be considered a neutral country.

The news from the south of France is rather
alarming, as the Carlists are organizing them-
selves in great bodies. The Duchess of BERRY
still keeps her position in La Vendee, and bids
defiance to the municipal authorities and the
threats of the Government. She has many
partizans. Nothing is yet settled with regard
to the Ministry; but M. DUPIN, no doubt,
will be the President.

The news from Spain is very favourable to the
cause of freedom. Guerillas are forming in
Andalusia and Catalonia, which create great
alarm at Madrid, as the beloved FERDINAND is
hourly expected to expire.

FRENCH FUNDS, THURSDAY, SEPT. 20.—Five per
Cents. 96f. Loan of 1832, 97f. 25c. ; Three per Cents.
Of. 60c. Spanish, 12. Belgian, 77g.

The German Papers, received this morning,
contain the POPE'S address to the Polish
Bishops. This address is entirely got up at the
instance of Russia, and is every way worthy of
its blasphemous origin.

We hear that considerable alteration is likely
to take place in the detail of private business in
the House of Commons, with a view to lessen
the loss of time heretofore attendant on passing
numerous local and private Bills. Among other
regulations a Bill is said to be contemplated,
that will give to the rate-payers of every town
and parish the power of lighting, watching,
paving, &c. &c., and making assessments to de-
fray the expense, if they shall think fit to adopt
its provisions, on a principle somewhat analagous
to the Vestry Act. Such a measure will not only
save much time to the House, but narrow the
abuse that too frequently attends private Acts of
Parliament, which have heretofore been, in too
many instances, jobs, framed and managed to
benefit individuals rather than the public. The
inhabitants who bear the expense can scarcely
fail to be the best judges of their local wants,
and most competent to manage the details of
supplying them.

It is in times of calm that the true opinion
and sentiments of a certain class of public jour-
nalists are made manifest, and not when the
excitement of the whole nation threatens them
with the loss of their circulation. Thus there
were many who, on the general demand for Re-
form, were compelled to profess themselves Re-
formers, but who ever since have been exerting
themselves to the utmost against every thing
that renders Reform desirable, or that can make
it efficient. There cannot be a doubt, as far as
we may judge from the present conduct of the
Tories, that to enable electors freely to exercise
their rights, the protection of the ballot will shortly
become necessary. Yet do we find the Herald,
because it fancies that a popular prejudice exists
against the ballot, on account of its being called
"voting in secret," opposing the only protection
of the weak against the strong—of honest opinion
against unconstitutional intimidation. This
morning it contains an article upon " the threat"
of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, at the Torquay dinner,
as it is pleased to call that Noble Lord's decla-
ration of a contingent necessity. The gist of
what Lord JOHN RUSSELL said was this, that
if he found the electors were rendered unable, by
intimidation, freely to exercise the franchise which
the Reform Act conferred upon them, he should
think it right to adopt a measure which would re-
lieve them from their disability. Does the Herald
mean to say that the people are to be entrusted only
with a sham power of voting—that elections are
to be, as heretofore, the game of make-believe,
played only in a new way ? Our Contemporary
says—" This country must undergo a great
change, both of character and opinion, before the
principle of secret voting can become popular."
The only mistake in this sentence is, that the
" great change" has already taken place. The
people no longer think it the essence of the
Constitution that an election should merely be
a customary opportunity for being cajoled and
made drunk, or worse, of selling themselves for
a paltry bribe, that a corrupt candidate may in
turn sell himself, and enable an unscrupulous Mi-
nister to drain the public purse to an extent that

makes even the original vote-sellers losers. The
people now look upon an election as a mode of
ascertaining their unbiassed sentiments of the
candidates offering themselves for their suffrages;
and if they find that they cannot vote openly,
without exposing themselves to ruin, they will
be ready—aye, and anxious—to do it under the
protection of the ballot. Our Contemporary
talks very mysteriously of its " probable effects
on the moral and political condition of the
country." We think we could give a very satis-
factory account of its probable political results;
and with respect to its moral consequences, we
are not aware that the many clubs of gentlemen
who practise it, not to mention the corpora-
tions, public companies, and foreign nations
among whom it has long been adopted, have
suffered any very deplorable moral degradation.
Let our Contemporary be cautious. He has
long carried on his trimming policy with success,
but he may rely upon it his readers will shortly
discover that to oppose their having a vote at all,
and their free exercise of it, amount to nearly the
same thing.

We have given in another column an abridg-
ment of the report of the Grimsby Reform
Festival in the Stanford News. Truly cloth it
contain signs of the times, for all the speakers
expressed themselves either directly in favour of
the ballot, or inclined to be so, if a free expres-
sion of the opinion of the constituency could not
be otherwise obtained. How far this is likely
to be the case with landlords disposed as Earl
BROWNLOW appears to be, we leave our readers
to decide. We refer to the report itself for an
account of his Sayings and Doings, given on the
authority of Mr. PELHAM and Sir WILLIAM
INGILBY. Let his tenants, whom he wishes to
make his slaves, remember, that by union they can
defeat the attack now made upon their independ-
ence, and console themselves that ere long such
oppression must cease of itself, or be put down
by the strong arm of law as unendurable.
It is with great satisfaction that we refer our
readers to the constitutional and liberal opinions
expressed by Mr. TENNYSON. Were he not
sure of Lambeth, the Lincolnshire electors
could not do better than return him for one of
the divisions of the county.

We find in the Edinburgh Papers long ac-
counts of the departure of CHARLES X., with
the addresses presented to him on the occasion.
Only one of these addresses is given at length,
and thankful we are that it is so, for a more
nauseous specimen of fulsome adulation we
never met with, addressed to such parties. Who
and what is CHARLES X. ? A man who, from
the faults of his ancestors, was obliged in his
youth to take shelter at Holyrood ; who after-
wards returned to his native country, and there,
forgetful of the bitter cup of experience, unmind-
ful of the warnings of history, laughing religion
and humanity to scorn, violated his oaths, and
directed the perpetration of atrocities for
which his life was as deservedly forfeited
as ever was that of any murderer that swings
at the Old Bailey. By a fiction of law,
and the contemptuous forbearance of those whom
he attempted to rob, he was suffered to come to
this country. It was not for us to receive him
with insult, but as certainly it was not for us to re-
ceive or treat him with honour. Yet here we have
men born inßritain, calling themselves free,writing
of the ex-tyrant in a manner that would revolt a
slave. Nay, the Caledonian Mercury tells us,
that a thing was found base enough to cast him-
self at CHARLES'S feet, and kiss his hand. It
seems that an address was got up and signed by
the Lord Provost, on the part of the citizens
of Edinburgh, which was presented by him to
CHARLES, at the head of a deputation of the
citizens, as the party who accompanied him are
styled. The account states that the address,
having been read and graciously answered,
CHARLES stated—but we leave the Caledonian
Mercury to speak for itself. "He (the ex-
KlNG)added, that he spoke English with diffi-
culty, otherwise he could have wished to say
more ; but he assured the gentlemen of the de-
putation, that he was Men touW, with the mark
of respect which had just been paid him ; and
the earnestness of his manner showed that the
expression flowed from his heart. He then
shook hands, in the most cordial manner, with
the Lord Provost and the other gentlemen, one
of whom, in the irresistible feeling of the mo-
ment, dropt upon his knee, and kissed the hand
of the good old King; an act of homage
which elicited an expression of surprise, accom-
panied with a melancholy but benignant smile,
which seemed to betray a momentary recollec-
tion of the past." The slave's name is not given,
who could thus disgrace, not simply his birth
as a Briton, but his nature as a man. He
crouches to CHARLES, who has merely slaugh-
tered his hundreds ; would he lick the shoes of
NICHOLAS, who can cumber his thousands ?
As a crowning piece of slavish folly the address
thus closes :

" We trust that a brighter day will yet dawn on the
hopes of that youthful Prince who has already given pro-
mise of virtues and accomplishments worthy of a descen-
dant of St. Louis, and of a line of Royal ancestry stretch-
ing throughout fourteen centuries. With feelings of sin-
cere regret, we now respectfully bid your Majesty and
whole family—Farewell.
(Signed, in name of the Inhabitants, by)
" JOHN LEARMONTH, Lord Provost."
What does the writer mean ? The best thing
that could happen to the innocent child would
be his taking his station as a private citizen,
either in this country or elsewhere, as the mem-
bers of NAPOLEON'S family have done. That
would, indeed, be a bright day for him, but we
fear, what the Edinburgh writer seems to hope,
that the blind, reckless ambition of his family
is chalking out for him a far more thorny course.
It would seem too by their present movement
from this country, that the time is not very dis-
tant when they destine him to enter upon it.
CHARLES'S journey curiously coincides, if it
have no connection with the military move-
ments of the despotic Powers of the Continent,
the continuance of the Duchess de BERRI in
la Vendee, and the recent declaration of the
King of HOLLAND.

OUILDEIALL.-(THIS DAY.)

THE SATIRIST NE WSPA PER.

In consequence of Sir Chapman Marshall having backed
the Bench Warrant which had been obtained from the
Magistrates at Hicks's Hall, for the apprehension of the
Editor, Printer, &c. of the Satirist newspaper for libels,
Mr. Salmon, of the firm of Salmon and Cunningham, of
Fleet-street, was brought up for the purpose of being iden-
tified as one of the printers of the Satirist.

Mr. Dicas, the solicitor, and one of the parties who
had been libelled, stated that Mr. Salmon was one of the
printer. of the paper ; that the proprietor (Mr. Gregory)
had made his escape yesterday from thecustody of a country
constable, by getting over a back wall ; and that other par-
ties connected with the paper had been apprehended, and
would be brought before the Magistrates to-day.
Mr. Salmon denied being the printer of the paper, and
Mated that that department fell to the lot of a Mr.
Thompson.
Mr. Dicas swore positively to Salmon being the printer.
Sir CHAPDIAN Mausirm.r. stated that Mr. Salmon
being one of the persons named in the warrant, the officers
had done their duty by taking him into custody.
Mr. Dicas said he knew both Mr. Salmon and his
partner to be two highly respectable persons, and he
would with pleasure take Mr. Salmon's own recognizance
to answer any indictment that might be preferred against
him, if he would only abstain from printing any more libels.
Mr. Salmon declined to make any such promise, and
was committed for want of sureties.