Star.
London, England, 1830-09-17 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

THE NETHERLANDS.

Extract of a letter from Antwerp, September 14th
"The news published in the English papers of the 10th is endtsly
fillip—payments continue to be made at Brussels. The bank ashes all
Its notes, which are taken here as usual. Every thing goes on ae before
the movement of the people. The citizens mount guard, fee feu of
being plundered by the rabble, the number of which has greatly in.
creased since the reinforcement of 300 or 400 men of Liege, the refuse of
that town, was received; but the party In power at Brussels begin to
see the danger to which they are exposed, and it is thought that this
sample of the sovereign people of Liege will be requested to quit the
town. Our city and Ghent have addressed to the King a declaration,
proresdng against the separation, and Bruges Is preparing to do the
same. I observe here that the most apathetic persons pronounce
a decided opinion on this subject; and I foresee that Liege and Ver.
viers, which have demanded the separation, will end by desiring quite
the contrary. The petition from Vervien is the most stupid document
I have ever seen. Still some respectable signatures are attached to it ;
WM I suppose many have been forced to sign it, a conjecture which you
perhaps will not think Improbable after reading the copy of a letter from
M—. Be says, "In the height of the storm it was necessary to
make concessions to the people. The price of bread was lowered to
such a degree that the city is a loser of 6,000 francs weakly. The
houses of and in order to save their property, were obliged
to restore from pawn every article under the value of 10 florins. This
has been a loss to them of no less than 00,000 francs (about 7,5001.)
and has benefitted the people without mere than the people within the
city. Business is beginning to be resumed."

A Dutch mail brought us last night Dutch papers to the 15th Sep.
semi:ler, and St. Petersburgh Journals of the 30th and 31st of August
and Ist September. The accounts from the Hague give only the preli-
minary proceedings of the States-General The Russian papers are si-
lent with regard to France. The following are extracts :

STATES-GENERAL.
Ming of September 13.

Hance, Sept. 6.—His Majesty and the Prince of Orange having re-
tired after the conclusion of his Majesty's speech, (which we gave),
the Prince de Gavre, who is appointed President of the first Chamber
for the present extraordinary meeting, closed the sitting of the two
Chambers united. He then (in the French language) requested the
Members of the second Chamber to remain assembled, in order to bear a
communication from the Government.
SECOND CHAMBER OF lift STATES-GINERAL.

31. Carver Hooft, who was President during the last Session, took
his scat in the President's chair. lie observed, that in order to expe-
dite business, they might attend to some preliminary mantra while
waiting for the communication from the Government. M. Bylevekl
made some observations to the effect that the Gentleman who had
presided in the Sitting of the States-General had addressed some
words, in a language which he would not understand in that
place, to the Members of the Second Chamber, which he euppbsed
were meant to summon the Chamber together ; but that if this
were a Message from the King, it ought to be communicated
either in writing or by a Commission ; but neither having been
done, be would not remain in an Assembly which was not legally
summoned, either to listen to, or to take part in the decisions, and should
go home. Some new Members having been admitted and taken their
seats, the president read the following Royal Message :
" High and Mighty Lords—According to the communication made
by us on the opening of your present extraordinary Session to your As-
sembly, and earlier by our Proclamation of the sth inst. to all
the Netherlanders, we desire that your High Mightinesses may
immediately take into you serious consideration—l. Whether
has experience indicated the necessity of revising our Na.
tional Institutions ? 2. Whether, in that case, the relations es-
tablished by Treaties, and by the fundamental law between the
two great divisions of the kingdom, for the promotion of their
common interest, require to be changed, either in their form or in their
nature ?—lt will be agreeable to us to receive, as speedily as the nature
of the case admits, the free and sincere communication of the sentiments
of the Representatives of the People of the Netherlands on these im.
portent questions, in order to determine in the sequel, in concurrence
with your High Mightinesses, those measures which may be necessary
to be taken, in order to carry their opinion into effect.—And herewith
we recommend your High RI ightinesses to the Divine protection.
" Hague, Sept. 13,1830." " WILLIAM."
The Chamber then adjourned till to-morrow, at eleven o'clock.

Sinks of Tuesday, Sept. 14.

The Chamber, first of all, proceeded to choose three Candidates to
be proposed to the King, for him to select a President. The thret
Candidates chosen were M. Van Toulon, M. 00. Cliffort, and 31. Cor.
Ter Hooft, after which the Chamber adjourned till two o'clock, to receive
the King's answer, who chose M. Van Toulon as President during the
present extraordinary Session. The new President having taken his
seat, made a short speech in both languages, which the Chambers
ordered to be printed. The Chamber then ballotted for the seven Sec-
tions and their Presidents and Vice-Presidents, after which it adjourned.
Tee HAOT3t, SLIT. 14..•1iig Royal Highness Prince Frederick
strived here this morning at ten o'clock, from his head.quarters at Ant.
werp, and was welcomed by the citizens by the liveliest acclamations.
This evening the marriage of Prince Albert of Prussia and Primus
Marianne will be solemnised in the manner announced in the programme.
The whole town manifests its pleasure and participation, and prepare.
dons are every where snaking for a general illumination.

AUSTZIDAIII, Sept. 14.--Aeturil debt, 2i per cent. 611 to 53; de-
ferred debt, li to 11; mount Syndic, 87 to 891; ditto, 3i per cent.
721 to 74.

Exchange on London, Sept. 14.—One Month, 12 7 5.10; two
months, 12 2 5-10.malhateh Paper:, Sept. 15.
The Journals of St. Petenburgh, of 30th and 31st August, and Ist
and 10th September, make no mention of the French Ambassador,
General Milan, nor do they contain any allusion to the relations be-
tween Russia and France.

(Fro* the Garrotte de Pap has, Sept. 13.)
THE PROJECT OF SEPARATION.

Ever since some parts of our southern provinces have unfurled the
banner of insuaection, all business has ceased. Circulation has been
interrupted, and several establishments, which required the employmat
of great capital, and afforded the means of subsistence to numerous fa-
milies, have been destroyed and burned. Public tranquillity disturbed
in every manner; men, the most peaceable, and, a sheet time ago, hap.
py in the bosom of their &milks, prospering under the protection of
order and the laws, now *eddy torn from their homes to perform
mili-
tary service if which they are ignorant, and which they dislit-e,
their property every day exposed and ready to become the prey of
an unbridled populace—a state of anarchy which will end by ae-
ating parties who will shortly lacerate each other ; and, lastly, $
most forbidding future preparing for them. Such is a faint picture
of the evils which a rebellious and unconstitutional rising bas already
produced. But all that has hitherto been witnessed is in no wise to be
compared to the consequences which may result from an unreasonable
separation, which has been demanded with a levity which no man of
sense can comprehend. It is true, that among the men who figure as the
authors and supporters of a separation, there are to be observed no ma.
mahatmas t and, indeed, what manufacturer, what merchant, what agri.
adsorbs even, could fall into such en aver ? You cry out for
a separation. and woad fain persuade yoursdres that it would be
all in your favour. With similar levity you take upon your-
selves to dictate the conditions of a separation. Ms shows bet
little foresight. The northern part of the kingdom has taken up the
gauxtlet, which you a imprudently threw down. Hear one of their
organs, and consider the oemesoptences which must, and ought to ensue
to Belgium when ones beheld and abandated-to itself. The following
is the reply of the Dutch so your challengers
" We are glad," my they," that the propped kr a divorce bas been
mode by yes. Let b tab plate, and the cloud which has darkened the
berison of our Nanny will be dissipated. A glorious sun will dun
sea shine upon it. Boon will the decadence of Amsterdam and its
alms olds% and the ospuodus will give it the life and activity which

it lost by the union. But let us examine what will be the result of
this divorce to the northern provinces ? Relieved from an odious ma-
nufacturing system, we shall be able to establish our customs on a per.
fecdy commercial system : Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Dart, Middel-
burgh, will become so many free ports, into which moderate duties,
exempt from vexatious modes of collection, will bring back
our old commerce in all its force. The duties at present Imposed upon
sugar, coffee, and other articles of trade, will be revoked. The inhabi-
tants will purchase fuel, clothing stuffs, and all the commodities which
trade, manufacture, and the necessities of a people require, in England,
and wherever they can produce them upon better terms than in the
southern provinces, where all these articles will be loaded with duties
Ind restrictions, and will be therefore dearer.. Our country will again
became the centre and mart of all the productions and riches of the
world which are destined for and consumed in Germany and the
provinces of France bordering on the Rhine, as well as in many
other places which now escape us. The products of our colonies
will be no longer carried except to our own ports, to the exclusion
of all others, and they will be freed firom all the duties and charges
with which they are at present burdened, and which our Sovereign has
established for the advantage of the Belgians alone. Thus not
only the mother country, but the colonies also, will enjoy the
advantage of the separation. The duty of 25 per cent. established at
Java in favour of the Belgians will be abolished; and it is thus that,
wherever the standard of Holland shall be displayed, liberty, prosperity,
and public happiness will prevail; and let no one present to you as a
burdensome set of the debt which will remain to our charge.—Lct us
first deduct from the entire sum, those parts which, when the separation
takes place, must he placeoo the charge of the southern provinces, and
which consist first of the Austro-Belgic and Russian debt; 2d, the half
of the levies made since 1815; 3d, what has been advanced for the
southern manufactories; 4th, and last, all the millions which have been
expended on the fortifications made and constructed in the afore-
said southern provinces. With these deductions the debt, which'
will remain to our charge, will not be a very heavy burden.
—Besides, although it is not for us to look after and state
what will be the consequences of the separation to the southern pro-
vinces, it still does appear that Liege and Hainault will lose those
favourable markets which they found in Holland for their raw ma-
terials and manufactured articles. The two Flanders and the province
of Antwerp will no longer have the means of sending to Java their ma-
nufactures, and competing with the English ; and thus they will see
their manufatories ruined, and the city of Antwerp, which will always
be in contact with s tariff of high duties in favour of the Belgic trade,
will soon see its ports deserted, without hope of recovery ; and its
commerce, now so prosperous, will return to the provinces of the north,
which are free from all shackles.'"—From Journal d'Atorers.