The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-23

bA Thursday evening, NUMEROUS ana nlshl!
respectable audience assembled in the Female
Academy, Brooklyn, to hear the lecture of DR..
Baird on Belgium and Holland.
1t is not possible u conceive two countries opposite
the two - speak OF this evening. They
different from each other than they from
Sweden The surface Of Holland is very level. was
going to say there was not = mountain In Holland
There is only siderable hill. have been the
top of it it very small indeed. The Romans for
titled it In their day and the ruins still exist As to
Belgium 1t SO level being more diversified nv hills
and dales, mountains and valleys. but very different
from Switzerland There number of things In
which these countries resemble each other and there
are many Others in which they are exactly opposite
We have said there are considerable mountains In
either country There forests of any magnitude
Neither there stone At for building purposes and
they have to be brought from Norway and other places
number ia in Holland . number Of them natural
They differ in many particulars. Belgium Is a manu-
fasturng as we'll as sn agricultural country The man
ufActurss Of various cities in Belgium have
attained consdsrsble emnence and very
great attention paid to agriculture. Holland how
ever, is a commercial country. Belgium is not The
commerce. Of Holland ia more extensive In pro-
portion to her inhabitants ssd coast, than any
other nation In Europe Her colonies contain from vs
six millions of inha bitapts She therefore, must pos
immense with her colonial domiaious
alone Holland rioh country; Belgium poor. There
Is another thing OF vast Importance. Belgium is Ro-
man Catholic country. AZ one time there Pro-
testants The Pope s'however, from the peculiar
position Of the country she very much exposed
SO civil freedom introduced, religious free
dom also commenced. To the honor, however. Of the
Belgian government Dc IL said that although its head
men, prime ministers, SO Roman Catholics 1t in
terres with scot The Pope has foresean the danger
to his authority from these causes and has multiplied
the number CT priests from time time, that they
are much more mum now than in 1880 In Holland
nearly ell the inhabitants Professionals They grant
liberation to Ronan Catholics also There are no fewer
than four languages spoken in Belgium and which you
ust at glance must retard their progress very
much In the southern parts, in the nsghborhood Of
France, they speak French. In another part Flemish
in another Dutch aud another they speak the German
language In Holland, they generally speak the Dutch
language A to internal atters great deal has been
done 80 make good roads, aud in Belgium great many
railroads have been formed 1t possesses railroa
In proportion than aay other nation la Europe IL will
soon be covered with them, and oil have been made by
the government alone. AS to the inhabitants them
selves, the Belgans differ much from the Dutch They
are more like the French The Degans and the people
Of Holland have great sntpathy to each other
mush 50 40 substsd between the Scotch and the
English the French and the English Several
IN passing through these countries it with great
acuy could get from the ation the other the
passport was mlnutey examined. We know Iittls or
nothing about the early inhabitants. We find them
spoken of when the Romans conquered France they
soon began to think Of couqueripg Holland they
to contend with Holland In those days was covered
with forests and marshes At the downfall Of the Roman
n-st they were governed by number Of Dukes SO but
in the time they fell to the Burgundy family
Lastly they were united to Spain, hs Duke married
Into that family Belgium has experienced number of
changes In of which the Protestant religion In
voved Holland was place of refuge for the persecu
TED OF oil the nations In Europs she took them all
der her protection and this assisted 10 charging and
consolidating her population Therefore there are q
their names to this day tell their origin Leopold King
OF the belgians Is an amiabe man, and very much
science and the fine arts and though not very popular is
good King The Rev. gentleman then spoke Of their
education and their universies Belgium has not pro-
ducsd any great in the strict of the word;
whereas Holland has produced good many Here Dr.. b
went number OF the the writers spoke
OF their merits Afterwards he described OF the
great cities aud objects of curiosity in both countries
aud gave very particular account Of the wind mills
they have for draining the land.