The Belgian revolution has produced no man of leading genius--The present ministry--M. Rogier--M. Liedtz, the Minister of the Interior--An interview at the Home Office--Project of steam navigation between Belgium and the United States--Freedom of political discussion in Belgium--_Character of King Leopold_--Public feeling in Brussels--The original union of Holland and Belgium apparently desirable--Commercial obstacles--Obstinacy of the King of Holland--Anecdote of the King of Prussia--The extraordinary care of the King for manufactures--_Prosperous_ condition of Belgium under Holland--_Les Griefs Belges_--Singular coincidence between the proceedings of THE REPEALERS IN IRELAND AND THE REPEALERS IN BELGIUM--Ambition for separate nationality--Imposition of the Dutch language unwise--Abolition of trial by jury--Now disliked by the Belgians themselves--Financial grievances--Inequality of representation--CONDUCT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLICS--Hatred of toleration--Attachment of the clergy to Austria--_Remarkable manifesto of the clergy to the Congress of Vienna_--Resistance to liberty of conscience, and freedom of the press--Demand for tithes--Resistance of the priests to the toleration of Protestants--The official oath--_Protest of the Roman Catholic Bishops against freedom of opinion and education by the State_--Perfect impartiality of the Sovereign--Resistance of the priesthood--_The Revolution_--Union of the Liberals and Roman Catholics--Intolerant ambition of the clergy--Separation of the _Clerico-liberal party_--Present state of parties in the legislature--Unconstitutional ascendancy of the priests--_State of public feeling_--Universal disaffection--Curious list of candidates for the crown of Belgium in 1831--“_La Belgique de Leopold_,” its treasonable publications--Future prospects uncertain--Vain attempts to remedy the evils of the revolution--_Connexion with the Prussian League refused_--Impossibility of an union with Austria or Prussia--Union with France impracticable--Partition of Belgium with the surrounding states--_Possible restoration of the House of Nassau, in the event of any fresh disturbance_.