Star.
London, England, 1831-08-05 00:00:00

vest, for a time., that amicable adjustment of differences be-
tween the two divisions of the late kingdom of the Nether-
L.
ibis which the Conferences of London were so anxious to
gweissote, and which the accession of Leopold to the throne
438161 m seamed xo likelikriettrain.—The Dutch army
has base emiehed to the *c frontier : the King and
ids bus have lately reviewed troops, and the Govern.
witeat having done every thing in ha power for the last
tin miestihs to strengthen the fortresses and to in.
wean the army, expected that the Royal visit
maid Invigorate its resolution and animate its courage.
...On tab. other side, the Belgians have not been in-
=l•7l cannot be taken unawares. Their army has been
with great rapidity, and carried, foe so small a
state, to an email% extent. In the course of the lap Mute
IssothsMlay two millimeaserling have been expended from
awry Usidislt untssie. 1111 purchase equipments, to prevent
44121'41/41rillimaind to pay an iocreasing modunt of
e' oilimmineu bas now mom theta 00,1000
lelliwilitgi Ilk* kieblitoof iiisdpliair, shit lospiNd
WWI"- mlints mike up for the want of expo-
dom. This It ler,itiot stitteted en the Dutch from.
I dlo,'and has ittit ipsen restrained from tatmering
simeds with cgs enemy the program of a .
Radon which utosesti it with the establishment of
poem It is divided kW shies or four great .willYit
Atillett do Army et Flanders, the Army of the r •iemmit,
the Muni) of the Herne, and dm Army et Luxus-
burg. In !loaders it MINNOMI to 10,0111 men, and along
the whole bonder it is enuegthened by • nameable civic or
natintial gourd, capable et aniag as an army of reserve, or
of IPccfirmalf all the duties et tamp of the line. Oa the
side of lhatalt se North llsabraut, the Belgium* have often
pat Dutch is the test, and generally found it defi-
cient. Oa the 6eMfetr of Beat Flanders, from Bruges to
Obint ad Antwerp, where the two armies may be said to be
within onsnam.shet of each other, the same advantage has
been an do side of the Belgic soldiers. The • Dutch
numb will& is destined to make the first aggression,
Is mosedve fee the amount of the population and the
nomesoms el the country. It is said to amount to about
WM ad to display a respectable state of discipline. But
for mess than a century the Dutch ham waver been
reckoned geed soldiers, having generally fought by proxy.
The Dutch have still some advantages in beginning a cam-
paign, should the King of Honied be so inane as to risk •
his aown and the peace of Europe on the chances of a war
width his firmest allies condemn, and are anxious, for his ,
sake, to prevent. They'occupy with strong garrisons Antwerp
and Maietricht, and possess several fortresses near the hon.
tisr, such as Breda. Bois-le.Due, and Bergen-op-Zoom,
where they ma collect troops and establish magazines.
But all these are advantages duo moment (and can be of no
moment) to the infatuated Sovereign of Holland in the ex-
traordinary and untoward circumstances in which he chooses
to break the armistice and to attempt aggression. The
whole conduct of " our ancient ally" for the last 12 months
seems better to accord with the unfortunate condition of
moon-stricksit madness than with the character of a prince
whom we had been accustomed to treat with respect and
confideses for the previous lb years.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
_N.._
HOUSE OF LORDS, Amin 4.
_ . .

The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the Order of the
Day for the second reading of the Affidavits in Chancery
Bill; and upon his Lordship moving the suspension of the
Standing Orders,
The had of ELDON addressed their Lordships, bet in
se kw and inaudible a voice, that we could only bear &Gen-
teel:le occasionally. We understood his Lordship to say that
be bad a great objection to the passing of the Bill, which he
deemed inexpedient and uncalled for, as the Court of
Chancery possessed all the powers required to be obtained by
this Bill. The Court of Chancery was open from the Ist of
January to the end of December, and had the full power
to do all that the Bill would empower it to do. He believed
that the Lord Chancellor had the full power and authority
to make what order be pleated to facilitate the dispatch of
the business of his Court. He (Lord Eldon) bad presided
in the Court of Chancery before and after seal days, and
never experienced any of those delays that the bill proposed
to remedy. His lordship trusted that the Lord Chancellor
would attend to his suggestion, sod not press the
The LORD CHANCELLOR felt gratified to hear from
so high an sthority at the noble earl, the power of the
jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. He begged to state
that there were two parties, the winning and toeing side, and
that the losing side was apt and willing to put off a cause,
and bad an Interest in stopping the progress of the business
of the Court; and previous to his introducing the Bill, he
had experienced those efforts. His lordship had consulted
with the counsel of the Bar, gentlemen vented in the pec-
tic* of the Court, and they were of opinion that affidavits
could not be read after the seal, and the Registrar of the
Court, who said that it was impossible that affidavits could
be read after the seal, and that such a proceeding was
without precedent. He drew up an order to remedy the
evil, and read it in open Court; still parties refused. The
first and second causes were called on, and the parties would
not appear. It occurred to him that affidavits being filed,
conned might raise a doubt, in case the parties hadossemitted
perjury, and he considered it expedient to adept die mea-
sure. He most gratefully acknowledged the Melee given by
' the greatest living authority, that a statute was net required
or necessary, under the circumstances. He lashed wpm the
authority as great as if it were in the books, anil la est the
question quite at rest. If the act was inwespediswa, the
Court having the power to regulate its owe prossellega, he
was astonished the error was not discovered by the Ragletrar
and practitioners. This was the last time that any opposi-
tion should be given to the :business of the Cunt. The
opinion of his noble and learned Mod wield prevent for
ever on the part of suitors any aftmV se bassi,' the Court
of Chancery in expediting the Wimsdes of justice.
His Lordship expressed his determination not to press the
bill.

The Earl of ELDON and the Loid CHANCELLOR ex.
plained, and the conversation dropped.