The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-27 00:00:00

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NEW RAILWAY STATION IN,
BELGIUM.
A Company, called the Anglo-Belgian Company,"
has formed a plan fur establishing a new port in the
Belgian territory, at a short distance from Dunkirk.
The scheme has caused great excitement among certain
parties in 'France, who seem to regard Belgium as too
much under the influence of England. The following
I are extracts from some of the Paris journals on the
subject :
Nationd.—" The Commerce de Dunque, ke has drawn
attention to a prospectus which has been issued with
some mystery by- an Anglo-Belgian Company. This
Company proposes to construct, within a kilorr etre of
our frontier on the Belgian coast, a port for merchant
shipping, to be called Adinkerque Point, and to serve as
the head of the Belgian railroads, communicating with
Dover by a regular packet service, and thus assuring to
our neighbours the whole transit of goods and pas-
sengers which takes place between England and a great
part of the Continent. The establishment of a Belgian
port at the extremity of the harbour of Dunkirk is a
fact which, if executed,' loudly accuses our Ministers of
incapacity; it proves that,. notwithstanding all the sacri-
fices made by us in faVour of Belgian), this little king-
dom is quite under the control of the English policy.
Yet is it just to say that the Belgian Government has
not a right to establish a,port on any point of its shores
that it may think fit? We think it eertainy has. This
fact causes us an immense prejudice, and our Ministers
ought to do all they can to prevent it being carried into
effect, but since Belgium has been made a kingdom, that
kingdom has the incontestable right to make docks,
build jetties, and facilitate on its coasts the arrival of
merchant vessels. This is an evil, but one which is a
necessary consequence of all the faults that have been
heaped on each other for the last fifteen years on the
subject of Belgium. In 1830, nothing was easier than
to unite Belgium to France, or at'least to bind the two
countries •together by tresties,..such as would prevent
either from entering into enterprises unfavourable to the
other. Since then we took up arms in the most
chivalrous manner to free King Leopold froth the dis-
agreeable presence, of the Dutch. Wo there spent
much money and the .blood of many brave soldiers of
our army. In exchangefor our sacrifices, we could and
ought to have exacted some guarantees for the future,
and taken precautions to assure the .well-being of our
commerce. We did not do so* preferring to trust to the
gratitude of King Leopold, whom we had taken in the
mud of the rout of Louvain to fix on his little throne.
Leopold has no memory of the heart. We can reproach
him with the fact. But Where is the treaty which pre-
vents him from placing his Government and his new
country at the service .of the.Faiglish, his. real country-
men ? In fine, four years 'back nothing was more easy
than.to form with Belgium Customs'. Union which
would have served as a counterpoise to the. Zollverein.
Here it was not alone bel'oi 3 the English interest that
the French 'Government gave way. It wished for the
Union, but did riot dare pronounce in favour of' it, because
twenty or thirty manufacturers who supported the Minis-
try were unwilling to see their produce competed with by
Belgium. The leaf of the English, the leaf of M.
Minerel and of M. Fulehiroh, was the cause of our
leaving Belgium in a state of isolation. And yet is it
not true that if the Customs' Union existed, no person
would ever have thought , of making a Belgian po.;;
within a few steps of 'Dunkirk, and thus ruining the:
port, so dangerous to our commerce, and so full of glo- .
rious reminiscences of our naval power? Now that the
fault is committed, its consequences must be put up with.
But the fact of the project of establishing the port of
Adinkerque being authorised by the Belgian Govern-
ment shows that that country has entered heart and soul
into the alliance of the Governments which we have
most cause to distrust. Belgium, notwithstanding all
that she owes us. acts prejudicially to our interests.
What we have to do is to use reprisals, to withdraw from
her the commercial advantages which we have too libe-
rally accorded her, and to require that the works, if
they be executed, be carried out under the surveillance
of Frerch Commissioners, in order that in case of war
and disembarking no danger may result to us. We are
much mistaken, if, in case we assumed such an attitude
with respect to Leopold, the Belgian Chambers would
permit him to expose himself to the just reprisals of
France."

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Commerce.—" Some journals, in speaking of this pro-
ject, appear to us to have much exaggeratedits conse-
quences in a commercial point of view. We cannot see
that the competition presented by the new port can be
more dangerous than that of Neuport and Ostend. We
cannot, besides, prevent Belgium from reaping all pos-
sible advantages from her situation. It is our business,
on the other hand, to profit as much as we can from
our own position. The only point of view on which we
could oppose the construction of this port near our
frontiers is the military one. There is not any doubt
that the French Government ought to demand explana-
tions from the Belgian Government on this subject. We
cannot allow an establishment, which may be made in
the hands of our enemies a means of aggression, to be
constructed at our very doors."
Courrier Francais.—"Adinkerque, become the centre
of the communications of England and the Continent,
would not only ruin the Belgian port of Ostend, but its
competition would be fatal to Dunkirk. The danger is
imminent, and the Government ought to think of pre-
venting it. But how? Will it forbid the Belgian Go-
vernment to allow a maritime establishment to be opened
at Adinkerque, under the pretext that it would augment
the prosperity of Belgium ? Will it endeavour to oppose
the progress of communications amongst our northern
neighbours? Would that be an equitable and in-
telligent intervention ? Would not Belgium have
a right to reply.:—' Improve your own com-
munications if you dread our zivalry, but
allow us to ameliorate ours. If you do not wish
to enter into the path of material improvement, if your
Government has allowed itself to be passed in this course
by all the Governments of Europe, is that a reason why
we should remain behiudhand also ? If you will not
yourselves go in advance, do not throw obstacles in our
way. You have no right to do so.' Assuredly it would
be difficult to reply to such objections. But are we re-
duced to such a state of abasement as to be obliged to
oppose advancement amongst others, because we cannot
realise it ourselves ? If such be the case, let us sign
our abdication as a civilised and progressive people !
We are the very lowest of nations. We are afraid of
the prosperity of Belgium, and want to prevent her
from progressing! In truth that would be too shameful !
Fortunately there are other means of opposing this
ruinous project.. Why has this project been started
when Dunkirk is close to Adinkerque? Is not Dunkirk
the natural point of junction of. the transit line from
London to Brussels ? Why then found an additional
port? Is it not because the travellers and goods pass-
ing from England to Belgium are stopped by our cus-
toms' line? Remove that barrier, throw the communi-
cation open, and certainly the port of Dunkirk will have
nothing to fear from the Anglo-Belgian speculation.
The line of transit will choose the port ready-made to
that which is to be yet formed. That is the true means
of preventing the competition with which we are
menaced; every other expedient would be unworthy of
us. It is by progress that progress must be coped
with !"

We are authorised to state that Mr. James. Wet-
tenhall, the publisher of " Wettenhall's List" for the Stock
Exchange Committee, is not the Mr. Wettenhall who was
accused a few days ago of having spat upon a Mr. Street, and
that the defendant upon that occasion never has had any-
thing to do with the publication of that list,
The Duke and Duchess of Leinster, the Marquis
of Downshire, the Earl of Erne, the Earl of Devon, the Earl
of Leitrim, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Thomas and Lady-
Louisa Fortescue, &c., aro among the guests of the Earl and
Countess of Clancat ty, at Garbally Park, county Galway.
EXTRAORDINARY CROP or PEARS.—In the orchard
of Mr. Cowliag, of Maiseyhampton, Gloucestershire, there
is now growing a fine crop of pears, being the second on the
same tree this year.
Viscount and Viscountess Newport and the Hon.
Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Anson will reside at Egerton
Lodge, the hunting-box of the Earl of Wilton, at Melton
Mowbray, during the approaching hunting season, as the
Earl and Countess of Wilton have made arrangements to visit
Italy this winter.
THs PENINSULAR MAIL.—The • steam-ship Pacha
arrived at Southampton on Thursday with the mails from
Gibraltar to the •17th instant, Cadiz l'Etth, and Lisbon 20th.
She did not call at Oporto. The news is not of much import-
ance. The Queen of Portugal, and, the Xing Consort re-
turned to the capital from their visit to Thomar, on the 12th.
Costa Cabral had been raised-totke peerage, with the title of
Count de Thomar. TheCourtieft for Cintra on the 13th, where
the Queen heldd-a leVee and drawing-room on the 16th to
celebrate the birth-day of the ,Prince .Itoyal,.who completed
his eighth year. The importation of English cotton goods into
Portugal is said to be rapidly declining, in consequence of
the vigorous measures which the Spanish Government has
taken for the prevention of smuggling from the Portuguese
frontier. . •

Mesi'gos.'-or THE' ROYAL WAVY.-It is- the inten-
tion of that gallant and meritorious -class of officers, the
masters in the Royal Navy, topetition the Lords of the Ad-
, miralty for a complete removal of the barrier between them
1 and promotion,: which they have endured so long with such
1 exemplary patience. 'These' °Moors are thorough practical
seamen and skilful -navigators, and to amalgamate them with
the executive branch of the' navy, instead of continuing
them as 'a separate and anOmalous class, would tend very--
materially to benefit the service, taking it either as a. wholeof
or in detail. The petition' lies 413 r! signature at the olgc
the Unite./ S'frvice Gaiette.
DESTRUoTIVEFIIti•;
dreadfui fire was
(Y-PVERVAT.)-.Betveen the
hours of four and five yesterdaLmonino4l
boot and shoe maker,
discovered in the shop of Mr, hWergini!,vay,
II Mart. The utmost
Wandswortlirroad,
}mown tlas t the .neighbours and police to
promptitude was
save the family, ine-wrhi h!hatulifeoyy,succeeded, and in five minutes
-3 chemical merchants, was in
the engine of Messrs. Be .
full operation on the burningn'ass. . Every exertion was for
m.
.top to bottom was all on
a time useless, and, the house
fire, The deatruotion of the adjoining houses was Considered
Irevltable,'when, at this -juncture, two of tho London Esta••.
blishment; with a WeSt of •England engine arrived. Water
was sufficient for all, and by half past four the. fire was ex-
tinguished, but ail the propertyof Mr. Wright was consumed,
and serious damage was also the consequence to the adjoining
houses. Mr. Wright is insured iu the Sun and Phoenix Fire-
offices.

Tam
.LATtI FIGHT.--PAYMENT OF THB STARES.--
This disputed affair in reference to the stakes in the fight between
Caunt and. Bendigq. is now settled by the stakeholder yesterday
giving up the, battle Money, via', 410 q., to Ftendigo, who gave a
bond of indemnity to tho stakeholder to told Mai. harmless in the
event ofany nronem;
.-----,—ings being AdOpted against him by Caunt. Tom
.iiprit,g has hitherto acted as the representative of Caunt, and dis.
claims any intention of taking legal proceedings is the matter, so
that under this declaration the matter is now likely to end. Ben-
digo now retires from the ring, as the Champkon of England, in the
possession, of the 44_ aiN,tog pecuniary accompaniment. He has
belt
Ilk* intentien 9( pot 60ting main,
.but,will give stp the
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BANK OF ENGLAND.

(From last Night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria,
cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 20th day of
September, 1845.

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