The following are the terms of the Russian note respecting
the affairs of Belgium and Holland, whose substance we stated in the Postscript to our second edition last week- s, After having used all means of persuasion and every mode of conciliation to aid his Majesty King William to establish upon amicable terms, and in a manner oonsistent with the honour of his crown, and the interests of the faithful portion of his subjects, a separation between two great divisions of his kingdom, his Im- perial Majesty does not see any opportunity of hereafter rendering to the King of the Netherlands either support or succour. "Faithful to his promises, his Imperial Majesty will not become a party to the employment of coercive measures for compelling the King of the Nether- sands, by force of arms, to subscribe the twenty-four articles ; but, considering
that these articles comprise the only basis upon which a separation between Belgium and Holland can be effected, and they being open to amendments, ad- missible in a final treaty between the two countries, his Imperial Majesty con- siders it just and reasonable that Belgium should remain in the enjoyment of all the advantages resulting from the articles in question, and more particularly of that neutrality, in principle, recognized by the King of the Netherlands.
"As a necessary consequence of this principle, his Imperial Majesty will offer no opposition to any repressive measures (mesures repressives) which the Con- gress may adopt for the purpose of guaranteeing and defending this neutrality, should it be violated by a renewal of hostilities on the side of Holland."
The Count ORLOFF concludes by stating that he resigns it "to the wisdom of the Cabinet of the Hague, to consider the conse- quences of a state of things which the most sincere and disinter- ested friendship could have wished to obviate."
This note having been presented, and the King still persisting in refusing any accommodation of his differences with LEOPOLD, the Count demanded his passports, and left the Hague next day.
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