Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-03-17
From the " York Com. March II.
ONE DAY LATER FROM EUROPE.

The Havre packe;-ship Franco |. brings Pa
ris papers of January lst, aud Havre OF the I'd,
inclusive. The news from Belgium is OF the
most interest, although it is in fact only one day
later than our former advices, which were OF the
c9th January. The proceedings of the Congress
of that day, were briefly noticed in the accounts
published in this paper, on the Sd inst; we have
now the transactions OF that day more at large,
and wearing still more interesting aspect. They
will te found below.
During the sitting OF the 29th, the hall was
thronged by the people. and the civic guards
were increased to prevent disorder. Tins med
sure Of precau,ion was rendered the more ne
cessarv, BY disorders which occurred on the pre-
ceding night, aud BY reason of information that
an attempt would be made in the course of the
day by the worknen out OF the town, to penetrate
Into it with orange banners and shouts OF the
Nassaus foreverl' Their rendezvous was at
Molenbeck, between three and four O'Clock,
where every workman who should consent to JWn
in the commotion was to receive a form.
NJ. Villain XIV. read letter from the PrOvi
sional Government to which was subjoincd the
following extract of the Protocol OF the confer
ence held at the Foreign Office. Jan. 30, 1881.
Present the Plenipotenuaries of Austria,
France. Great Britain. Prussia and Russia.
The PlenipOtentiares having considered the
letter hereant0 annexed, addressed to their Com
missioners at Brussels. in the name OF the Pro-
sy,sional Government of Belgium, which imports
that, in conformity to the tenor OF the Protocol
Of the 9th January, 1881, the Belgian troops that
had advanced to the environs of Maestricht,
- had received orders to retire Immediately, and
"a avoid for me future all causes for hostility.
Having reason to be convinced, by the expla-
nations Of their Commissioners that this retreat
OF the Belgian troops would have the effect of en-
suring to the Citadel of Maestrich the full liber
Nv of communication il ought to enjoy, and not
ioub,inr that on his side his Majesty the King of
the Netherlands had provided for the execution
of the Protocol of Jan. 9: having likewise settled
all the necessary Resolutions, In case the cOndi-
tons of the Protocol should either be refused or
irtringed, and having ascertained the point at
which. the cessation of hOstlities should be
complete. aud which the five Powers have so
much at heart to see accomplished, the plenpo.
tentiaries have proceeded to examine the ques-
tons they had to resolve. in order to realize the
object of their Protocol of the Goth December,
1880. and make useful application of funda-
mental principles attached by this Act to the
future independence of Belgium. and To CONSOLE
date that general peace. the maintenance OF which
is the Grst interest, as il forms the first wish of
the Powers assembled in conference at London.
To this end, the Pienipotentiaries have judged
it indispensable to lay down. before all other
matter, the basis for the limits which ought
from henceiorth to separate the Dutch from the
Belgian territory.
Propositions have been laid before them by
each party in this respect. After maturely dis
cuss,ng them they have agreed upon the follow
ing basiS:-
Arr. Y The limits Of Holland shall include
all Inc territories, tortreSses. towns, and places,
which belonged to the cldevant Republic of the
United Provinces OF the Low COUNTRIES in the
year 1870.
Arr. ,. Belgium shall be formed of all the
rest of the territories, which were underAthe de-
nomination of the Kingdom OF the Netherlands
in the treaty of 1915. except the Grand Duchy
of Luxembourg. which, being possessed by the
Princes of the House of Nassau, by different
title, forms. and shall continue to form, part
Of the Germanic Confederation.
ART. 5. II is understood that the provisions
of Articles los to III inclusive Of the general
Act Of the Congress of Vienna, with respect to
the free navigation Of rivers and navlgabie
streams, shall be applicable to the rivers and
.treams that traverse the territories of Holland
and Belgium.
Arr. 4. AS it. nevertheless. may result from
the bases laid down in Articles and 9. that Hal-
land and Belgium may possess portions of terri
tory within the respective limits OF the other,
there shall be effected BY and with the assistance
of the Five Courts. such interchanges and other
arrangements between the two countries as may
secure to them reciprocally complete contiguity
of possession, and a free communication between
the towns and rivers comprised within their re-
spective frontiers.
These first articles being agreed upon, the
Plenipotentiaries have turned their attention to
the means of consolidating the work of peace, to
which the Five Powers have devoted themselves
with an active solcitude. and to place in a true
light. the PRINCIPLES, by which their common Po-
Icy is directed.
They are unanimously ofopinion that the Five
Powers owe it to their MISUNDERSTOOD interests,
to their union, 10 the tranquility of Europe. and
10 the accomplishment Of their views, as pointed
out IN their Protocol of Dec. 20-a solemn man
ifsstati0n-an evident proof Of their firm resolu-