Count ORLOFF has arrived at last. The Courier observes that
he was precisely one month at the Hague, having arrived there on the 26th February and left it on the 24th March. This, by the by, is two days short of a month. We request attention to the cor- rection, because it limns the true key to the puzzle why the Count spent a month all but two days at the Hague, and not an entire month. The fact is, he discussed the treaty with King WILLIAM at the rate of an article per day; which, allowing half a day for presentation and half a day for leave-taking, gives twenty-seven days precisely—the exact number of articles in the treaty. We regret to say, that the discussion has left the parties precisely where they were when they began. They were both right then, and they both continue so. King WILLIAM set out by declaring he would not consent to the treaty ; he repeated his resolution at the end of every article. In the mean time, we must seek comfort where we can : the Emperor of Russia cannot prevail on the King of Holland to obey the dictates of common sense, but he can obey them himself, and ratify the treaty. The Emperor of Austria s ratification has reached Paris ; and while we write, is travelling hitherward, at the rate of seven miles an hour. The King of • Prussia's is already in London.
The cause why the Dutch so obstinately refuse to acknowledge LEOPOLD, is variously- assigned. Some say that they are, gainers' • by the delay. We doubt this. We incline to the belief that they refuse to recognize the independence of the Belgians more because of the loss they have sustained, than because of the gain that they expect. The Dutch are canny shopkeepers, the Belgians wealthy farmers: the former grow few things, manufacture fewer, but they sell every thing ; the latter grow nearly all they sell. Belgium was an excellent customer, and MYnheer had it all to himself. It is the destruction of the monopoly that pinches, not the love of the house of Orange. The sturdiness of the people, as of the King, comes not from the full heart, but.from the lank purse.
