The Sun.
London, England, 1832-07-16 00:00:00

BELGIAN PAPERS.

" NOTE OF THE BELGIAN PLENIPOTENTIARY,
GENERAL GOBLET, TO THE CONFERENCE OF
LONDON.

" The undersigned, Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the
King of the Belgians, has had the honour of receiving the
note, which have been pleased to address to him, under the
date of the 11th of June, the amba.sadors of Austria,
France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, assembled in
Conference in London, and he hastened to have the con-
tents thereof brought to the cognizance of his government.

" It results from this noteLlst. That the Conference
considers as an indispensable prelude to all ulterior nego-
tiations, the complete evacuation of the respective territo-
ries between Belgium anti Holland, the free navigation of
the Scheldt and of the Meuse, and the use, for the com-
mercial relations of Belgium with Germany, of the exist-
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land—negotiations, which if they did not bring about the
results of a nature to be accepted by Belgium, would leave
the treaty subsisting in it entire.
" The Belgian Government would have thought it mis-
took the spirit of equity that animates the Conference, in
doubting that the Conference had not approved fully of
the proceeding, which it considered itself entitled to adopt,
in consequence of the common sanction given by the five
Courts to the treaty of the 15th of November; neverthe-
less, the Belgian Government experienced a delay in re-
ceiving, on the part of those Courts, the formal manifes-
tation of their approbation. That approbation is found
in the note of their Excellencies the Plenipotentiaries,
dated the 11 th of June, but the Belgian Government
could not but feel regret on finding that in that note their
Excellencies had passed over in silence many important
points, treated by the undersigned in the note of the Ist
and Bth instant, and to which, conformably to the orders
of his Sovereign, the undersigned again takes the liberty
of calling anew, and in the most pressing manner, the
attention of the Conference.

"6 In the two notes already specified the undersigned had
the honour of proposing—
" To fix the epoch after which there will be ground
for placing to the charge of Holland the expenses of the
armaments supported by Belgium, and of considering the
latter as freed from the payment of the arrears of the debt.
To fix also the epoch at which the execution of the
treaty of the 15th of November is to be brought about by
the employment of means of coercion.
" The undersigned cannot doubt that these propositions
are not conformable to the views of the five Courts: they
are besides based on the public rights of Belgium.
" In effect, it is incontestible that it is to the charge of
the Dutch Government that are to be attributed all the
delays experienced in the negotiations, since the day when
the Conference found itself by the declared wish of the
parties, and by the force of things, invested with a su-
preme arbitrage; it is, therefore, on that one of the par-
ties who persists in declining the effects of the arbitration,
that the consequences of those delays ought to fall.
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of an armament that each month exceeds 3,000,000
florins, and which by consequence surpass by far the ar-
rears of the debt. Belgium can therefore receive, in the
sole freedom from those arrears, the indemnity to which
she has a right.
After the refusal (now well known) of the Govern-
ment of Holland to accede to the last propositions of the
Conference, it is beyond all doubt that the declaration of
the loss of all claims to the arrears will not, by itself, be-
come a measure of a nature to bring about the execution of
the treaty of the 15th of November on the part of that

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Government. The Conference ought at this period to be
convinced that that resolution cannot be obtained but by
means of coercion, to which it is the more necessary to
have recourse, as it has become indispensible to put an eril
to the political uncertainties the prolongation of which MI
not fail to produce within a short period, the miist seriotil
consequences for the peace of Europe. As the results of the
preceding facts and considerations, the undersigned has th°
honour to demand formally from their Excellencies the
Plenipotentiaries of the five Courts—

" 1. That from the date of the Ist of January, 10'
to the peace, the expenses of the armaments supported by
Belgium shall in full right be placed to the charge of Wl'
land, to the amount of 3,000,000 florins each Month,
and that Belgium be authorized to deduct those expense'
from the sums which she owes or may owe to Holland.
" 2. That, as the Dutch Government has net consent
to the previous evacuation of the territories and places Iv
cognized to belong to Belgium, as well as to the enjoyment
of the navigation of the Scheldt and of the Meuse, and to
the use, for the commercial relations of Belgium witb
Germany, of the existing roads, the conference will pleas,
to order immediately the employment of the meaans o
coercion necessary for obtaining this end.
" The undersigned flatters himself these demands will
receive a favourable consideration from their Excellencit
the Plenipotentiaries of the Five Courts.

If, contrary to all expectation, it should prove other,
wise, his Majesty the King of the Belgians will find bitty
self forced to take measures proper for bringing about t
termination of a state of things, which the hope of see
brought to a speedy close could alone have induced him to
support so long. The sacrifices to which he has consente
in favour of the general good, are sufficiently numerous t°
prove, that he cannot then be exposed to the reproach 01
having subjected the peace of Europe to a crisis, of which
from the present moment, he rejects all the responsibility.
" The undersigned embraces with eagerness this occs'
sion to offer to their Excellencies the renewed assurance
of his highest consideration.
(Signed)
" London, Jane 29, 1832."
" NOTE FROM GENERAL GOBLET TO THE CONFERENC

" GOBLET."