The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-06 00:00:00

resistance alone to the demands of Great Britain

and France may cause? No ! The conse-
quences which he threatens have a greater
range. He has not thus long resist-
ed without secret assurances of support,
and he believes that the first shot fired
against the Citadel of Antwerp will be
the signal of an European war. Whether
he has ground for such belief remains to be
seen, but it is worthy of remark, that Russia has
protested against hostile intervention, and that
up to this moment Prussia has made only ge-
neral professions of a desire not to impede the
progress of negotiation, by upholding Holland in
unreasonable demands.

We are not surprised that Lord PA LMER
STON, after having boasted that the demonstra

tion of intended coercion would bring the King
of HOLLAND to his senses, is now alarmed at
the probable result of further interference, and

that be talks of the publicity of negotiation for
the attainment of the object in view. His
Lordship knows very well that after having
coldly abandoned the Polish nation to its fate,
and allowed the usurper of Portugal to insult
with impunity the British character and
flag, be will not find much support in the
prosecution of a war against Holland. He
may well, therefore, regret having gone
so far, but be cannot retreat. The honour
of the country is engaged to Belgium ; we are

bound by treaty to do an act of justice to LEO
POLD, after having so long made him the suf

'erer by the protocolizing system of delay ; and

it we were even mean enough to give way to the
Dutch champion of the Tory faction here, we

are to remember that the French Governmeni
can neither be so mean nor so tame. The Bel•

gian question is with the French Ministry a " to
be or not to be"—upon that they are to stand

or fall.

We direct attention to the private corres-
pondence of a Morning Paper from Brussels, by
which it will be seen that the embarrassment at-
tending the settlement of the Belgian Question
increases v‘ith the delay. This is mainly attri-
butable to the disingenuous conduct of the Dutch
King, and the perfidy of his secret advisers,
Russia, Prussia, and Austria. We have all
along denounced this hypocrisy on their part,
and events but too clearly now prove that we
were right. France and England have no alterna-
tive but to bring the King of HOLLAND to
his senses in quick time, and should Prussia,
Russia, and Austria interfere, after all their pro-
testations of sincerity, the course of France
and England is clear. Let a manifesto
issue forth, proclaiming a free Consti-
tution to Prussia and the German states--
let the nationality of Poland be confirmed,
and her independence restored—and Jet
liberty be guaranteed to the Italian Repub-
lics—and the three despots of the North will
have enough to employ their armies, without
encouraging the King of HOLLAND in his
disgraceful course.

Brussels and German Papers (especially the
former) contain several significant bits of intel-
ligence, all of which are of a hostile character
and tendency. A letter from Vienna, dated
October 2.5, states, " We have little political
news ; but it seems certain that Austria and Russia
have agreed on a new basis with respect to the

Belgian question, according to which the entrance
of the French into Belgium would not be
allowed." Count Pozzo DI BORGO, who seems

to flit over the Continent like an evil spirit, has,
we learn, just arrived at Frankfort. By a letter

from Brussels, which will be found in another
column, it will be seen that Antwerp is in a
frightful state of agitation ; the inhabitants are
leaving it in shoals ; the merchants are shipping
their goods ; trade of every description is at a
stand-still ; the Bank has refused to discount
even government securities ; and the Dutch
are continually throwing in provisions and am-
munitions into the Citadel, as if they confidently
anticipated hostilities:—

BRUSSELS, Nov. 2.—We can affirm and maintain, in
spite of the continued contradictions of the Memorial and
the Emancipation, that it was resolved in the Conference

of London, on Saturday last (27th October) that nothing
►hould be done in any way for the solution or the defer-
ring of the Belgic question till an answer should have been
received at London to the despatches sent on Saturday
night to Berlin and Petersburgh by the English Cabinet
messenger, M. Krause, who passed through Brussels on
Monday last at seven o'clock in the evening.—Courrier
Beige.

Our Ministry must now perceive, as we do, the inuti-

lity and unfoundedness of all the hopes which the vulgar
have for some d tys entertained of a speedy conclusion of
our affairs by diplomatic means, or by the pretended coer-
cive measures of France and England. We would ask
whether it at length thinks of obtaining this solution by

our own means ? - We are assured that an agreement has
been signed between the new Ministers, by which they have
engaged to obtain at least a commencement of the solution
by to-morrow (3d Nov.), or retire. If this agreement really
exists, the Moniteur will, doubtless, give us to-morrow

STON to say that he considers it possible still to
arrange matters without the alternative of war ;
but the tone of the Dutch Cabinet is as firm as
it is temperate, and there is not the slightest
ground for supposing that the King of 1-10L-
LAND will yield on any material point. There
is, besides, one remarkable phrase in the answer
to which we direct the attention of the reader,

premising that we report it correctly in spirit, al-
though not perhaps entirely so in words. The
King of HOLLAND, in disclaiming the right of
dictation on the part of the Cabinets of Great
Britain and France, warns them, that f they
persist in their present course they will be re-
sponsible for all the consequences that may
ensue. What are the consequences to which
the king of HOLLAND alludes ? The destruc-
tion of Antwerp, or the loss of life which his