Belgium, Volume I by James Emerson Tennent

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_.