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     FOREIGJV‘. 
     
    

    
     In a previous column. the Atlas of the 
     
     4th says, we give the substance of the pro- 
     
     tocol, No. 70, agreed to by the conference 
     
     of London, on the first of October, 1832, 
     
     which has just been made public, and which 
     
     throws a new light upon the affairs of Bel- 
     
     gium. By this document it appears that 
     
     France and England have determined to 
     
     make war upon Holland, in the event of 
     
     her continued occupation of Antwerp, and 
     
     that for every week from the 15th Oct, 
     
     that the citadel shall be retained, the debt 
     
     of Holland shall be reduced by 1,000,000 
     
     fiorins, and the debt in common of both 
     
     shall no longer be deemed obligatory on 
     
     the former. Austria, Russia, and Prussia, 
     
     are represented as protesting against this 
     
     arrangement, although their plenipotenti- 
     
     aries have severally signed it ; but even in 
     
     the face of this protest, France and Eng- 
     
     land are stated to declare their determina- 
     
     tion to carry their resolutions into effect. 
     
     There have been so many conflicting proto- 
     
     cols on this vexatious topic,that it is difficult 
     
     to know how far we may placefaith in the 
     
     pledges of any of them ; but if this last be 
     
     definitive, then it is clear we go to war 
     
     with Holland, and, probably, disturb the 
     
     peace of Europe. The union of France 
     
     and England would he formidable under 
     
     any circumstances ; but the sacrifice of our 
     
     own consistency, independent of the perils 
     
     with which it is likely to be attended in o- 
     
     ther respects, renders its policy at this 
     
     juncture very doubtful. 
     
    

    
     It is curious that within a month or six 
     
     weeks, the national assemblies of those 
     
     countries that at this moment engross al- 
     
     most the undivided attention of the conti- 
     
     nent will have been convened. so that we 
     
     may fairly anticipate the speedy settle- 
     
     ment of some questions that agitate the 
     
     whole of Europe. The States-General of 
     
     Holland Opened on the 18th October. The 
     
     Belgian Senate commences its session on 
     
     the 9th of November. The French Cham- 
     
     bers are convoked for the 19th of the same 
     
     month ; and in December the general elec- 
     
     tion will commence, preparatory to the 
     
     meeting of the English Parliament. 
     
    

    
     France is busy with preparation. She 
     
     prepares her armies and her fleets, her 
     
     Parliament and her diplomatic corps ; her 
     
     all is preparation, but every thing stands 
     
     still in the meanwhile. 
     
    

    
     The Herald of this morning has a letter 
     
     from its correspondent at Portsmouth, da— 
     
     ted Thursday, from which we learn that 
     
     that day ‘ at half past eleven o’clock, a 
     
     French corvette arrived at Spithead from 
     
     Cherbourg, under a salute from the ships 
     
     in the harbour,and took up a position close 
     
     behind the Donegal. The two English and 
     
     two French frigates which were to have 
     
     sailed yesterday evening, still remain at 
     
     Spithead, waiting further orders from the 
     
     Admiralty, and in the meantime Sir Pulte- 
     
     ney Malcolm proceeded to London last 
     
    
   
   
    
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     night at nine o’clock.’ Admiral Villenuve 
     
     is not to act under the orders of Sir 
     
     Malcolm. that'point is given up, and the 
     
     fleets are to act independently of each 0— 
     
     ther. The anticipated consequence is, that 
     
     though there is a junction between them, 
     
     there can neither be unity nor concert in 
     
     their operations—1b. 
     
    

    
     The New Conference. -The Ministers of 
     
     Russia, Austria, and Prussia, no longer 
     
     attend the Conference ; they hold a Cabi- 
     
     net of their own at each others houses. On 
     
     two occasions they have occupied hours in 
     
     discussion. Immediately after each break- 
     
     ing up, messengers are despatched by ex- 
     
     press to their respective governments. 
     
    

    
     We are assured that Prussia is firm in 
     
     her determination to afford no assistance to 
     
     the King of Holland, in case he should pro- 
     
     voke hostilities by his refusal to give up the 
     
     citadel of Antwerp: and, as a proof of the 
     
     sincerity of her professions, we are inform- 
     
     ed that no Prussian forces are assembled 
     
     on the frontier. We have reason to be- 
     
     lieve, on the other hand, that it is the firm 
     
     resolution of France, in which the Belgians 
     
     will naturally concur, not to be induced by 
     
     any provocation from his Dutch Majesty to 
     
     invade any of the positions secured to him 
     
     by the treaty of November.—-Globe 
     
    

    
     A private letter from Hague says,— 
     
     “Despatches from London were received 
     
     by the Dutch Government on Sunday and 
     
     Tuesday. The British legation received the 
     
     despatches brought over by the govern- 
     
     ment steam-packet the Lightning. The 
     
     British and French legrtions have address- 
     
     ed to the Dutch government a peremptory 
     
     summons to surrender the citadel of Ant- 
     
     werp. A Cabinet Councilsat on Tuesday, 
     
     and though very rarely any thing transpires 
     
     of the deliberations of Cabinet Councils 
     
     here held, and although the contents of the 
     
     reply have not yetbeen formally resolved 
     
     upon, I am assured that measures were 
     
     taken into consideration at that Council, of 
     
     a nature to prove still more effectually the 
     
     determined resolution of perseverance.” 
     
    

    
     From Rotterdam, we learn that “among 
     
     the measures for putting our second line of 
     
     defence in a proper condition, preparations 
     
     are making to inundate the country, if ne- 
     
     cessary. The works are already so far ad- 
     
     vanced that in very short time a great part 
     
     of the Province of North Barbant, may be 
     
     laid under water.” 
     
    

    
     The Southampton, Vernon, and Castor, 
     
     have this moment got under weigh, as have 
     
     also the two French frigates, Medea and 
     
     Resolu. The wind is quite favorable, and 
     
     the several vessels are now in full sail for 
     
     the Downs. The English ships are in front, 
     
     followed at a short distance by the French 
     
     frigates. 
     
    

    
     Combined Fleets of England and France. 
     
     —-—The corps to compose the French army 
     
     for the assistance of Belgium have been 
     
     already advanced to the northern frontier 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     P. general-in-chief has been appointed; and 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
        
     
        
     
         
     
         
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
         
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
         
     
        
     
         
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
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     of France ; the field marshal who is to be 
     
    
   
   
    
     the expedition by a telegraphic order,might 
     
     in four or five days, be before Antwerp, or 
     
     within sight of the Dutch lines.— Times. 
     
    

    
     The Albion of Friday gives the answer 
     
     of the Plenipotentiaries of Russia, to the 
     
     official communication of the convention 
     
     between England and France :—The Plen. 
     
     ipotentiaries of Russia, act in conformity 
     
     with the express directions of the Emperor 
     
     their master, in making the following de- 
     
     claration. The adoption of measures of 
     
     coercion, which France and Great Britain 
     
     have resolved to take against Holland, 
     
     brings the circumstances of the case to that 
     
     position in which the Plenipotentiaries of 
     
     Russia, in virtue of the instructions with 
     
     which they are furnished, and with the ten- 
     
     or of which the Plenipotentiaries of the al- 
     
     lied Cabinets are not unacquainted, find 
     
     themselves under the necessity of retiring 
     
     from the Conference. They will transmit 
     
     immediately to their Court a statement of 
     
     the important circumstances, which, in al- 
     
     tering the character of the pacific mediati- 
     
     on in which they were invited to take part, 
     
     permit them no longer to associate them- 
     
     selves in the labors of their colleagues. In 
     
     suspending their participation in the confer- 
     
     ence, the Plenipotentaries of Russia await 
     
     the ulterior determination of their court, 
     
     founded en the important circumstances 
     
     which have made this declaration impera- 
     
     tive upon them.” 
     
    

    
     Mr. Ferrier, the English Consul at Rot- 
     
     terdam, has given official warning to Cap- 
     
     tains of English vessels in the waters of 
     
     Holland, to accelerate their departure. 
     
     The Batavier steam-vessel, whose owners 
     
     are Dutch, has been detained at Rotter- 
     
     dam, by order of the Government; but 
     
     whether for the purpose of conveying hith- 
     
     er the King’s answer to the requisition to 
     
     evacuate Antwerp, or to aid in an attempt 
     
     at resisting it, is not known. 
     
    

    
     Sir Pulteney Malcolm had a long confer- 
     
     ence on Friday night with Prince Talley— 
     
     rand, at which the difficulties that existed 
     
     relative to the mode in which the fleets of 
     
     France and England are to he commanded, 
     
     were satisfactorily removed. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The following remarks, from the Age, 
     
     will assist our readers to understand the 
     
     present state of the Belgian affair.» 
     
    

    
     Whether the war is to be a farce or tra- 
     
     gedy, it has advanced another act in the 
     
     course of the week. \Villiam of Nassau 
     
     has shewn a spirit worthy of his ancient 
     
     and honorable house, by answering deti- 
     
     ance with defianCe. He has broken of 
     
     communication with England, and, as Sir 
     
     Walter Srott would say, has “bound him 
     
     for the fight.” 
     
    

    
     There are two ways of accounting for 
     
     what he has hitherto done, each of whit: 
     
     has its partizans. All agree, however,m 
     
     the main fact, that the Batavier has been