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London, England, 1831-05-23 00:00:00

BELGIUM.

The following is the Protocol of the Conference held on
the 17th ult. at the Foreign Office, London :
" Present, the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, Great Britain,
Prussia, and Russia. Upon the opening of the Conference the Pleni-
potentiary of France declared, by the express command of his Sovereign,
that France acceded to the Proforal of January 20, 1831 ; that
the approved of the boundaries fixed in that act for Belgium ; that
She recognised the neutrality as well as the inviolability of the Bel-
gian territory ' • that she would acknowledge the Sovereign of Bel.
glum only when that Sovereign should have acceded to all the
provisions and clauses of the Protocol of January 20, 1831; and
that, according to the principles laid down in that Protocol, the French
Government considered the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as corn.
pletely separated from Belgium, so that the said Grand Duchy should
continue under the Sovereignty and in the relations which were assigned ,
tj it by the treaties of 1816. To this declaration the French Plenipo.
tertiary added several observations on the nature of the exchanges
or territory, which, in conformity with Article 4 of the Protocol
of the 20,h January, are to be effected nodes the mediation of the
fire Courts between Belgium and Holland, in order to afford
the mutual advantage of a complete contiguity of posse..
Mons ; on the constitutional regime ensured to the Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg by the trestles of 1815; on the measures that
might be adopted with regard to the latter country; on the peculiar
situation of the Duchy of Bouillon, and, generally, on the means for
the execution of the Protocol of January 20, 1831. The French Pie-
hipotendary, finally, again expressed the ardent and Invariable desire
which his Government has constantly manifested to act in harmony
with its allies, and to concur with them in the maintenance of
general peace, and the treaties which form the basis of it. This corn.
munication, therefore, received by the Plenipotentiaries of the Four
Courts, with unanimous and very sincere satisfaction, gave them
occasion, on their part, to declare, that they very well knew how
to appreciate duly the spirit and aim of the risme. They consider it as
the happy result of the principles laid down in the Protocol of klatch
17, in consequence of the first observations, to which the Protocol of
February 19 had given rise on the part of France. Greatly as they re-
gretted even a momentary diferecce of opinion between them and the
French Government, they now congratulate themselves upon finding
that France, by the declaration of her Ambassador, continues in
the position which she has taken with so much utility in the
midst of her allies at the London Conferences, as she declares
her adherence to rite principles on which the 19th Protocol is
founded, and which are all deduced from the Protocol of January
20; and as the thereby consolidates the union of the Great Powers,
smelt union presents the best guarantee of a general peace. With re-
card to the further observations with which the French Plenipotentiary
a:coinpanicd the above declaration, the conference, after consideration,
have unanimously agreed, Ist,'That the discussion on the exchange of ter-
mery which might take place between Holland and B,lgium was only to
he assumed now as a project, but that it can only be opened with advantage
t'n.ll we parties immediately interested therein shall have acceded to the
terangemtnis which must follow the separation of Belgium from Holland,
and whet, the labours of the Commissions for the demarcation shall have
completely cleared up the question relative to the exchanges of terri-
tlry, and, consequently, have facilitated the solution of is to the five
P ".4m. Secondly, That, as the main principle of the five Powers is
to respect trestica, it !. evident that the stipulations of the treaties
rzlmive t,, the (.rand Duchy of Luxembourg must be executed.—
Thirdly, TLat in consequence of the same principle, the Plenipo-1
tzntiaries of the five Courts at the London Conference shall pro.
c.ed to sit examination of the treaties in existence relative to the
Duchy of Bouillon, in order to state upon the observations made by the
Pl:ilipmentiary of France, what may be peculiar in the situation of that
Duchy, st) that a due regard for this situation may be observed in the
the application of which may be required towards the Duchy
I Luxentb)urg.
(Signed) " lisvnanazv, WESSENDERO, TaLLLYRAWD,
PAL ME run ox, Bc LOW, Luevxw, 3Lauzewicz."
POR TUGAL.
Aheady, for a long time, France has threatened Don
Aliguel, without any result. England has not made so
much noise, and she has obtained her end much quicker.
The satisfaction demanded has been granted with all the
cowardliness that might have been expected from the mise-
rable wretch who sullies the throne of Portugal. Since he
i.4W that they were of such good composition, he has taken to
the ministerial journals, an aspect of warlike spleen. The
/fug! des Debuts expresses itself now with a solemnity