The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-31 00:00:00

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ANECDOTE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.—
' As Sir WALTER SCOTT was one day returning from Sd.
kirk to Abbotsford, he passed two masons on the road.
aide, who had been employed in carrying water in a tub,
for the purpose of making up lime; the one called out to
the other to whomel the tub. " Here is half-a-crown for
you, my good fellow," said Sir WALTER, " whomel is the
very word I have been in search of for many a long day
Past —Glasgow Herald.
• ABSURD CUSTOII.-111 the Dutch Assembly
• of the States, a most degrading and ridiculous custom pre-
vails, of bowing the head every time the name of the
KING is mentioned in the course of their ploceedino.—
Wh.-n will men learn to bold their place as such ! York
Courant. •

SYMPTOMS OF TIIE CHURCH IN DANGER.
---We had last week to announce the secession of a highly
respectable clergyman from the Establishment, in the
county of Middlesex ; we understand a similar circum-
stance has just taken place in this county. The seceder
(whose name we shall not at present disclose) is in this
instance a gentleman of highly respectable and influential
• connections, ardent piety, and very respectable as an evan-
gelical preacher. We have also been informed that the
eldest son of the Marquis of BATH and his lady have r•-
flounced all communion with the Church, and have con-
nected themselves with the Independent Dissenters.—
Essex Independent.
Yesterday an expert London pickpocket dis-
played his dexterity by cutting off the pocket of the keeper
of B, istol idewell, containing his spectacles and pocket.
book. This exploit was performed in the Court of King's
Bench, where the party robbed was one of the audience.

LONDON,
WEDNES;)AY EVENING OCTOBER 31, 1832

There was a meeting of the ex-Members of
the Conference last night, at
.the house of Ba-
ron BULOW, at which, according to report in
the diplomatic circles, the Prussian Ambassa-
dor expressed an opinion that his Court would
not interfere in support of Holland against the
British and French Governments. It is added,
that the Russian Ambassador declared his in-
tention of taking the same course as th,t
which Baron BuLow might be instructed
to adopt by his Government. The story
of a protest having been made by the
Ex-Conference against the proceedings of this
country and France, is, we are assured, without
foundation. TA L L EYR AND was, probably,
right in urging expedition—Prussia would not
be a quiet witness of coercive measures against
Holland, if she were prepared for resistance.

We insert to-day tire official account of the
affair of the 29th of September, at Oporto, in►
which our gallant countryman, Colonel HODGES,
bore so con.picuous a part. Although an ac-
cident has prevented the delivery of the packet
in which the report of Colonel HODGES to
Count VILLA FLOR was contained, until the
interest excited by the combat of the 29th has
been in some degree diminished, the public wil
not be sorry to receive the official statement,
bearing testimony, as it does, to the gallantry
and good conduct of the British and French
battalions in Don PEDRO'S se vice.

It will be seen that the first report of the loss
sustained by,these corps was rather exaggerated ;
bur, considering the small force employed, the
number of killed and wounded was considerable-.
If the assertion made by an officer of high rank,
writing from Oporto, that but for the British and
French battalions, Oporto would now have been
in possession of the Miguelites, be correct, the
timely arrival of reinforeements from France and
England must have proved highly gratifying to
the EMPEROR and his Ministry.
It is much to be regretted that, whilst our
brave countrymen and their gallant French col-
leagues are fighting the battles of Don PEDRO,
attempts are making in this country to represent
the conduct of that personage as ungrateful to-
wards his best defenders. It is part of the plan
of the Tories to create disgust, or at least in-
difference, towards the cause of Don PEDRO by
such statements; but we were surprised at find'
ing some days ago in the Oporto Correspon-
dence of a Morning Paper, which professes to
he friendly to the EMPEROR, a charge against
im of having suffered the remains of Colonel
BURRELL to be interred without the slightest
mark of respect from the Portuguese authori-
ties, and of having otherwise shown great cold-
ness towards the foreigners in his service. We
are assured that the Emir ERoR and his Mi-
nisters, so far from having been guilty of the

baseless attributed to them, have, on every3oC.
casion. evinced the vca;-:11 gratitude towards the
British and French in the 'service of the Re-
gency ; and we are able of our own knowledge to
state, that the Marquis of PA LAIEL LA writes of
them in terms of the highest admiration.
'Ye can only say, that, ardently as we desire
the success of Don PEDRO, as one step to-
wards the destruction of absolutism in E •lope,
we shall he among the first to condemn him,
should he have been guilty of the conduct attri-
buted to him. At present, however, we feel
warranted in believing that the charge is a gross
calumny of the Tories, invented for the purpose
of deterring Englishmen from embarking in a
cause fraught with danger to the hopes and in•
teres of the Conservatives.

A Morning Contemporary talks of the un-
natural coalition of the British and French
fleets at Portsmouth. We should like to know
what he means by unnatural. Is it because a
corrupt faction so long prostituted the energies
and resources of Englishmen to the support of
the Holy Alliance, that it is now unnatural for
Englishmen and Frenchmen to co-operate for
the establishment of principles contrary to those
of the crowned confederates of Europe ? Is it
unnatural for two States, possessing a common
interest in the maintenance of constitutional in-
stitutions to coalesce against the Despots of
the Continent, for such, in fact, must soon
be the character of the coalition ; or is it
more unnatural for the people of two
countries, divided by twenty miles of water,
only to unite their arms in the defence of liberty,
than it would be for Great Britain again to join
with Russia for the restoration of the exiled
Bourbons, and the destruction of the French
Constitution.

But we are told that the treaty between Great
Britain and France is an attack upon British
Commerce, the trade of London being deeply
interested with that of Holland. This is not
correct. The treaty, however limited now,
must soon embrace some general principles.
The King of HOLLAND, at this moment re-
presents in his person the whole des-
potism of Europe, and by humbling him,
we shall also humble the Holy Alliance;
But if we are asked whether the war, should war
be the consequence of this alliance with France,
in support of Belgium, would be'popular in this
country, we reply, certainly not, unless some-
thing more than Belgian independence is to
arise from it. The British Government lost
a noble'-epportunity of exciting the enthusiasm
of the people against the Holy Alliance, when
it coldly and cruelly refused to concur with
France in an attempt to protect Poland against
the Northern Autocrat. It had another oppor-
tunity of taking a dignified course with the cer-
tainty of success, when, at the instance of
the Holy Alliance, it refused to put down
the Portuguese Usurper, and to restore the
Spanish Constitution. If a war should, con-
trary, however, to our expectation, the Holy
Alliance not yet being prepared for it, be
the result of the demonstration against Hol-
land, Lord PALMERSTON will find himself
powerless without the adoption of a more liberal
and generous policy. The people of this
country will not pay for a war against Holland
unless it be the means of emancipating Poland,
and giving liberty to all who are now enslaved
and persecuted by the despots of Europe. Let
war arise, however, and the British Government.

will be forced, whatever its views may be,to call
in the aid of the Liberals, and so produce a
trial of strength between the two categories of
freedom and despotism, which could only end in
the triumph of right and justice.

An express has been received this morning
from Paris, bringing the papers of Monday, and
private letters of the same date.
The papers contain no news of a political
nature, being principally fitted with comments
on the treaty of alliance between England and
France for the speedy settlement of the Belgian
question. The Carlist Journals are very bitter
against such a treaty, and the new Ministry. A Ca-
binet-Council was held on Sunday, at which the
KING presided. Au extraordinary courier was
sent off the sane night to Brussels and
the Haoue, with the determination, it is said,
of the Cabinets of St. James's and the Tuileries
to take possession of Antwerp in case the King
of HOLLAND does not accede to the terms of
the treaty signed by Prince TALLEYRAND and
Lord PALMERSTON. The general opinion in
Paris was, that King WILLIAM would imme-
diately deliver up the citadel of Antwerp, so as
to prevent the blockade of the Scheldt, and the
entry of the French troops into Belgium.
MarShal GERARD has not yet joined the
army of the north, but every preparation was
making at the head-quarters of the French to
enter Belgium, in case of the_refusal of the King
of HOLLAND to evacuate Antwerp.
Various inMours -were eircidated at the Bourse
on Monday, that the Dutch troops had retired,
and that the Belgians had taken possession of
the citadel of Antwerp ; but nothing official to
that effect appears in the Evening Ministerial
Journals. M. DuPIN is still expected to enter
the Ministry. His great objection to unite
himself with the juste milieu and doctrin-
naires, is the culpable manner with which
the KING and his Ministers allow the
Duchess of BERRI to continue in La Vendee,
and carry on her intrigues against the Govern-
ment of the Revolution of 1830. This objec-
tion, it is said, has been promised him should
be removed, as orders have been sent for the im-
mediate apprehension of that Princess. It is
confidently stated in the saloons of Paris, that
the Duchess has kept up a communicatiol with
the highest personage in the State, and this is
given as a reason fur the reluctance of the
Government to bring her to trial. The
news from Spain is of a most flattering
nature for the Constitutional cause. The.
KING had made his entry into Madrid
amidst the acclamations of Viva la Rana,
Viva la Liberlad.:
.A general amnesty her poli-
tical offences was_ expected to appear in ,the