Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-10-24
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BELGIUM. The Marquis of LospoNpgnRy,
IN rising TO move for returns connected With
the outlay OF this country and Holland upon
The troniier tortilCaiiOns OF the Netherlands
would take the opportunity Of requesting 10
know whether he Ind pat the correct intrrpre.
tatton upon what had been said by the noble
Ea'l IN Friday last. The noble Earl. if he nn.
derstood him rightly. had informed their Loud.
ships that an order had been given TO Marshal
Gerard TO withdraw the whole Of his tTapps
immediately but the Noble Earl added some.
thing IN an und 'rtone, the meaning of Which
he had not fully collected at the moment nor IN.
deed. SO long as the house continued To sii
lie afterwards applied 10 a noble Baron, one of
his Majesly's NJ nistcrs. to know ii his impress.
sion as 10 what the noble EiIl had said cores
ponded with his own, and the noble Baron fu.
" conirmed m Interpretation. which had 6 wen
hun so much satisfaction. Tue sams impress.
sion was snll further strengthened by what
had occurred in ano her place. What, then.
was his surprise ~hrn he heard that the gov
ernment y France was likely TO comply with a
request which had been made 10 II by Prince
Leopold 10 the effect that ~, 900 French
troops should remain IN Be'gi1m There
wereto remain, he understood, divisions OF IN.
ldnlry. ? brIga tex Of cavalry, auI . divisions
ot artillery. Nov. he asked if the t,ench gov
ernmrnt was to he PERMITTED 10 Il idn It's rn-
"a ement under the cover Of this Iuse de
gaerre, this request Of p,mce Leopold lie
sh'i called AHA P'lnuA Leopold, becau,e, al,
though he was nontnHly kiug Of B'lsium, he
bad not / be II recognised by tho great CONT
nental powers, Brssis, Austria aud Prussia.
We're they, he asked, 20 be- so bambpozed by
this request Of leopold, who, if hs bad requasr-
ed that 10 OF 10000 French iroops shout re-
IN in as his body guard, sarrnuu led a. he was
by his brave and Iaithtul Belg lans, had commit
cd plain act OF peThiy
He could not but express his opinion thai hi.
majesiy'5 ministers had shGwn mOnstron,
want Of foresight IA not hiniiGg down PrInce
Leopold, before he LETT this country, by
specific sgreem NJ, in the evcut ola Collision
bsiWeen the Brlgians aud the Ditch, Ms 10 the
'ecise ne VI conduct lie should putsne, aud
n not obtaining an express stipulation, that IN
he event OF foreign AID being requ,ej, Prus-
'ian u British aid should be resorel Ia, OF
any aid rather than that Of France. This, he
repeated. wash great anl incxCusabe ovei-
sigh', and the Consequence was, II he bad been
Ugh " informed, that at this moment negotia.
nuns were gong on 10 ensure the effect oi tue
snbtetiuge he had dGtcrIbed. by procuring The
consent Of this country TO tie confirmed OGcu.
patton uf Beis ium by French traps. The
noble baron congratulated hlm the other nig Il
thai ho was at length satisfied. lie would tell
him what woui satisfy him, aud what whs
sine qud non to his sa' islacuon, aud this wai,
that every man Of the Freucn arUk should
Instantly quit Belgium. Tue noble baron who
had thus complimented hlm-the Chancellor oi
the Dn,hy Of Lancaster he meant, OF IA her,
10 lnrteI, n UugHt to cal him the Deputy
Secretary OF sat OF Foreign AH,jr, tor he pro
baby had sreA, deal more TO do Ia The gut
i ,nee of our fDreign policy than the ostensib c
SECRETARY that noble baron, 70 whose polis-
mes he naturally tell So much indebted, KNEW
i greet lc1l more Of the Rgvplution OF 1913,
than the humble indlviIual VINO then addressed
them anl he would cero!ccta celebrated ex-
preston which had been employed AT an I'm
ppTtant epoch Of that Revolution. The eIpIes-
sinn 10 which he alluded was thOt of certain
Monsieur F.gllits--" j. dgmande la moite sans
phrase" In imitation OF ths expression he
would say" Je denanIe IA Ierae sans
phrase" Then, with respect 70 the fortTesses
thai were to he demolished, the understanding
was that they were to be selected by means OF
a negottaiion among the five powers Now, he
would ask, with what advantage could the five
Powers negotiate upon sgCh subject, II they
had already permitted the Cioven tooi OF France
u get M ? tie hoped the noble lord was en-
apledto give distinct explanation and assuT-
anCe Ihat France was not to DO permitted 10
OVERRIDE III. other Powers Win respect 10
tins question N demolition. lie had nehfd
that the French Go,e'ument assisted upon
SIX OF tlpsp forIIesses, ncluiiDg Conrirh', be
lug de mo ished in the FIST instance, and SAID
tnat they woul then nego late with SO pect to
the rest. Now, he asked the noule Earl II he
would pledge limselt thht France was not To
intermeddIe with the question Of the lortresses
There was one thing upon which he could not
refrain from cOngratuaIng the mobile earl, anu
II was, that. after complaining OF thu questions
which had been put from that SIDE OF the no -
a, troublesome, announcement. embarrassing,
and calculated 10 emOIoh the country he hdd
suddenly made the discovery that that sIda oil
tn, house was not SO uninpo t4nt Dut that II
deserved attention. Ine nIJle earl had very
utuIenIiy consulted the no IL duke near hHn
ithe Duke of Yelling onj upon he SUBJECT OF
,hess tortre ,srs, ami II he would not only con-
suli bis noble ff,end Uut take his advice, he
wouil be mach more likely to Conclude Ia"
business so as to satisfy the country. tie had
already alluded TO the transactions 4 the year
1913, ami he wonI" no" oes W po''. '"o
tenuoh oil 'he n"o'o cav " .'I nh. -
very em'hen' le's"" o''N '''"''''/ -