The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-12

ALLIANCE WITH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FOR
THE DEFENCE OF BELGIUM.

ALLIANCE WITH MISREPRESENTATION FOR
THE DEFENCE OF BELGIUM.
The following is an extract of letter dated
Brussels, February 10, 1862
convention has been concluded between
our government Qhe BeIgian) and Russa,
whereby the latter engages 10 furnish l00, 900
men for the defence of our territory. in case it
should be invaded, or seriously menaced by
France. Should he Baltic be open these troops
Gncluding the Imperial Guards) are to be trans.
ported by a Russian fleet to Antwerp
Prussia promises nssista CO to like ex-
tent. The object of the present mission of the
Prince dc Lgne to Berlin is to arrange the
moius operandi.
Our own army numbers 10000, of whom
10000 Aould take the field, and the remainder
occupy our fortresses
Holland, interested in the protection Of Lux
enbourg, agrees to furnish a contingent of 3d.
900.
Hopes are entertained that England as one
OF the powers guaranteeing the independence of
Belgium will cooperate with fleet in the
Schedt and a garrison for the citadel of Ant
Werp.
But you see that, independent of England
and Austria, who might weaken our enemy by
diversion on the Mediterranean, our northern
coalition musters 100000 men; force quite
sufficient to repel the threatened invasion, if not
| chastise its authors at second Waterloo.
This country still swarms with French spies
and police agents.
| am assured, in a trustworthy quarter, that
the Emperor of Russia has ordered the fifty
millions of francs, which he invested in French
Rentes in lS47, to be transferred to the Dutch
funds, as he does not consider his money safe in
France after the Orleans conGscaiion.
The letters from Paris, received to day, tend
to confirm the foregoing; they state that the
warlike language of the Elyseans has, within
the last few days, very much changed, which is
attributed to n despatch said to have been com
municated to the French government from the
government of Great Britain, to the effect that,
in The euem Of single French soldier enlering
The Belgian territory The city of Ani,cerp and
The forts on the SchelA ,eouM be Immediately oc-
cupisd by an army of 10000 men, 10Th The con
currence Of all The great povers Of Europe, in
GLIDING Russia.
1t appears from the united testimony of well.
informed Paris and Belgian papers, that the
Prince dc Bassano, French ambassador extraor.
binary at our court, has been charged with the
commission to demand from our government
the destruction Of the Waterloo monuments
He is said to have already discharged his com.
mission, but not to have received an answer
1t is scarcely necessary to call attention to the
Importance and wise significance of this appar-
emily secondary demand. 1t is not known
whether it is this demand alone, or whether
other indications may have had their influence !;
but it is certain that the government begins to
entertain serious thoughts of inimical feelings
Oh the part of France, and is preparing for them
The Paris Presse says
The Belgian government has just adopted a
measure by which all the Polish officers in the
Belgian army will be dismissed Tie execution
of this measure has already commenced with a
congo to General Kruzewski More intimate
relations are expected between Belgium and
Russia. The Emperor Nicholas will, it is said,
send minister plenipotentary to Brussels
and consent to treaty of commerce with Bel
GUM.
The Belgian chamber, al the request of the
ministers, has forbidden the stenographic writers
who report the deb,tes, aud are plid by the
State, to take part in the conduct or publication
of any political periodical The occasion of
this injunction is the discovery made in the
seizure of the Bulletin Franchise that one of
the government reporters had co-opera:cd in the
preparation Of that work.