The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-25 00:00:00

BELGIUM.

The Belgium MoniteUr publishes the followi
mainfesto of the now Ministry, in the shape of
circular from the Minister of the Interior, r
dressed to the governors of provinces :
" Brussels, Nov. `..3„

"Monsieur le Gouverneur—Yen have learned by .the
official journal of the royal ckereo pronouncing the di4-
solutl)n of the Caamber of Representatives, and cots-
yoking the electors for the 2011 of D.?c. next. I en ten.
fain no doubt that you have taken the necessary stieps
for hating all the preparatorx measures prescribed by
law regularly carried out.
"The motives which have decided his Majes by,
in this circumstance, to make use of his consti
tinned prerogative, are explained by the facts the tn-
selve:i. The cabinet to which we succeed foul ed
it necessary to resign, in spite of the numeric :al
majority which supported it in the chamber ; a ad
still lees could a new ministry, issuing from t he
ranks of the opposition, expect in ite course of gave: rn-

ment a support from that assembly. The cabinet, there-
fore, which withdrew had pointed out to its successors the
only course that it ought to pursue ; since the retirement
of that ministry would be inexplicable, if it did not mean
that, even in its opinion, the parliamentary majority was
no longer in conformity with views of the majority of the
electors. Such is aho our own conviction ; and the
appeal to the electoral body was consequently indispens-
able to establish that accord, without which the repre-
sentative government would lose all its force and all its
verity.

In this country, whero the duration of the parliamen
tary mandate is very limited, extraordinary meetings
of the electoral body have never taken place unless in
cases of imperious necessity. At the present time °imam-
stances have commanded an appeal to the electors. This act
moreover, is only the exercise of a right reserved to
the crown, at the same time that it is a homage paid to
public opinion.
"The convocation of the electors at this particular
season has teen called inopportune. But the Cabinet
could only take the situation such as their predecessors
had made it, and as they transmitted it on the eve of
the meeting of the Chambers. The period of the
dii-
solution has not therefore been of our choice. Howeter
th.st may be, the electors, we doubt not, will fulfil the IP
mission with the decision and zeal of men who know ail
the value of their rights, and who, from an experience
of 27 years, are skilled in the practices of the represer
tative government. Their!pattiotism will acquire fre h
energy from circumstances, and their intelligence wi 1
readily comprehend the importance of the great discus-
sion which has commenced.

" This discussion is not new in the history of tie na-
tions, nor peculiar to Belgium ; the presentation and the
discussion of the Charitable Institutions Bill have shown
with us the character and bearing of it in a more striking
manner than ever.

" The roliay which the Cabinet represents is well
known to the country, which has seen it at work under
circumstances cf great difficulty both as regards domestie
and foreign affairs. Taking it in a general point of view,
it is a thoroughly national policy, one of conservatism
and of order ; and which pursues progress with persever-
ance and constancy. It is a policy which is attentive to
the moral and material wants of the people ; leavitig to
the initiative its free impulse, and which strengthens all
elements of public prospt sits. This policy has its mission
to preserve one of the constitutional bases of governments
and modern society—theintegrity of the rights of the State
and the independence of the civil power. This is now
one of the first duties of the Government, and rendered
still more pressing by the recent discussions which have
so warmly excited the country.
"The system which it adopts exposes, we know, the
Cabinet to accusations, which its adversaries brought
forward with unexampled violence almost before it was
formed. They falsely represent that religion is in peril.
But it is their policy and not ours that places it in dan-
ger. The separation between public worship and the
State is one of the bases of our sage constitution, and
this basis ought to be maintained. Religion has already
been too much compromised by the contact of passions,
and for the advantage of personal ambition. It is not
adapted for being mixed up in the conflicts of parties ;
and it is time for it to be restored to its pacific domain,
in order to obtain the respect of all.
" It now belongs to the electoral body to decide if the
ideas which the cabinet entertains respond to the wishes
and wants of the country. The more the support of the
electors may be general and manifest, the more effica-
ciously can the cabinet fulfil its task • and the mere also
will the Government be guaranteed against the crises
which embarrass its march and enervate its action, to
the detriment of security and public prosperity. Endea
your, M. he Gouverneur, in your relations with the
people, to enlighten them as to our intentions, and to
correct the false appreciations of which those intentions
may bathe object. Repel, in particular, the altegations
of those who, after having caused the existing situation
and by their exaggerated exi!,encies and their impu-
dent acts plunged the country into perturbation,
endeavour t calumniate our origin, our object, ate!
the country itself. Our origin is perfectly regular and
constitutional. The present Cabinet emanates from the
royal prerogative acting in full liberty. Our object is to
reassure the public conscience and interest against the
intolerant doctrines and pretensions of another age,
which were lately condemned in the tribune by the
chief of the preceding Cabinet himself'. As to the
country, which is perfidiously represented as a prey to
disorder, to riots, and to revolutionary agitation, and
on which our adversaries have not fea.ed to call down
the distrust ant the animadversion of foreign govern-
ments, it will know how, by its sage and patriotic atti-
tude, by its &filo eA and prudence, to confound its
detractors, to respond becomingly to the appeal of its
King, and to gain new titles to the esteem of Europ
" Cs, ROGIER."