Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-05-05

respecting plot 10 fire the arsenal al that pace
A detachment of 400 troops from the foreign Le-
sion, had embarked at TOu!on for Alglers.
HOLLAND AND BELGIUM.
Great uncerl anty prevails 10 regard to the turn
which the question of Holland and Belgium will
take, and many Improbable aud contradictory
statements are in circulation.
The Csbine, of Holland, according to the Mes,
saper DIES Chambres of March 90. was earnestly
engaged in drawing up a message IRON The h'ag
to The States General, recommending them again
70 persevere with the greatest resolution in the
path in which Holland is engaged King VIII
liam is decided not to yield to the conditions die
ta.eJ BIZ the Conference, conditions which he per-
sists in considering as attempts against his sove-
reienty and the rights of the nation. The same
journal adds The preceding note is Of senu-
Inc importance. inasmuch az it is not mere re-
port of the saloon. an on dit. doubtful asser-
ton, but positive fact, which shows the pre-
sent state Of mind Of the King Of Holland, and
the bent of his policy. That he may change it
we are ready to admit, and it Is not unreasonable
To believe that he may cede to the pressing repre-
sentatiuss that may be made to him. The fact,
however, is that the message has heen delivered.
and il will not be longbefore receive the text"
The Paris Times LIE remps) Of the same date
presents the following view OF the state OF the
Beigic question. as derived from letters from
Brussels. London. and the Hague:
King William refuses to admit any proposition
differing from those he made on the 10th to the
Conference. II he consents to derogate tor
moment from the treaties of 1915, he reserves TO
himself the right of fixing the limits OF this con-
sent in his capacity of King of the Netherlands
I'm this no attack had been madessbut By acts
without value, so long as all the relations between
d. fbo Ioty ntrIp ~ pnt have
been regulated by all the Powers represented at
the Conference. There are diplomatical prece-
dents which may Justify the pretensons of King
William in the estimation of the Conference. Did
not the sovereigns Of Eng land who bore the title Of
Kings of France continue to do so until the regen-
CIV, even in their treaties with France. whose So
yare,gn, were reduced in these circumstances 10
the title of Very Christian King? King William
n etends, then, to remain at the Conference King
of the Netherlands; 4 in this capacity he requires
that the "a articles proposed in favor OF his Bel
clan subjects should be modified in the following
manner Ga these conditions alone he will con-
sent to acknowledge the political existence of the
new kingjom:-
Belgium shall renounce the right of nayisa-
ton in the waters of Holland, and the right OF
constructing an iron railroad on the Dutch ter,
ritOry.
2. Holland shall preserve full possession sof
both banks Of the Zain Williams Waart.
s. The question of Luxemburg shall be de
cided by King William aud the German C61fe-
deration. -
q. The debt of Belgium shall be capitaiized,
and the citadel of Antwerp shall oe occupied By
Holland as guarantee until the accomplishment
of this capitalization
In the mean time Belgium is waiting until these
difficulties are removed. and is exhaustlng her
self IN means of defence, While the commerce Of
Antwerp is emigrating to Holland. We see by
the Dutch papers that MERCHANT of Antwerp,
recently established at Rotterdam, has declared
that he is possessor of FIVE large merchantmen.
and has solicited permission for them to sail un.
der the protection of the Dutch flag.
The proIougaton of this state of uncertainty
exhausts Belgium, and is not less favorable to
Holland than the vacllating state of Europe.
which annihilates prosperity and public spirit IN
France, is to the Powers Of the North.
The Paris papers Of the 50'h contain variety
of articles from Belgium on this subject, among
which we find the following:
BRUSSELS, March % BY an extraordinary
Courier from the Hague, our government has re.
ceived, to day, news of the utmost Importance.
By courier at the Hague from London, the
Dutch government Is informed, by its Ministers
at London, that the conference will not admit
the modification which King William desires in
the treaty of November l5th. and that the repre-
sentatives of England and France demanded in
the most positive manner the ratification of that
treaty BY Russia, Austria, and Prussia. preli-
minary to negotiations on any other subject. BY
the same courier the English Minister received
orders from his government to represent that the
pretensiuns of King William cannot be complied
with, and that the governments of France and
England feel their honor compromised by so long
DELAY. On the 22d, Count Orof received des-
patches from the Russian Minister at London,
Informing him that, notwiths anding all which
had been done to induce the English and French
gov ernments to relax, those governments had de-
cared that nothing but the treaty Of Nov. 18th
would be ratified On the Esd, Count Orlof had
a long conference with the Minister of King
William. in which he represented that the pro-
positions of the King were inadmissible. The
peace of Europe, he said, ought not to remain
probIematical on account of this state Of things