The late Treaty between G...
The late Treaty between Great Britain and the Nether- lands has given occasion to a note from ths Duteh nego 5iators, inacknowledgmentof that-whieh we noticed three or four days ago from our English diplomatists. The twol notaes, taken as- official docaments, mfght hive been veryI well dispensed with-they contain no bintling obligationn upon either. party-tliey offer no praitical explanation of difficulties-they mollify no hardship imposed upon British interests-^they assuagenomortified feelings-theyare just so much supernumerary compliment,. awti so many. words thrown away. Our Ministers begiil bif 1814-15, by making large grants of E:nglish possessioni; and in 1S24!, they conclude an awkward attempt to patch up some of the evil effects of thisimprovidendo; by a treaty wihich leaves Hol.? land in .undisputel exermse of every power which oughi to have been originally withheld. To render this. treaty less obnoxious to the people of England, a long string''of hopes and-exhortations addressed to the Datch, is appended to it by the British negotiators; trusting and praying that the Government of Ho1lland will use the omnipotence which. has been conferred upon it by that of England, so as to soften in- soime degree the reproach of such im- portant sacrifices. 'The Datch- Afinisters, in their reply, refrain from offering any positive stipulations beyond those which the treaty itself provides, of a nature to be pleaded against themselves hereafter, either as regards their aban. donment ofcommercial monopoly, or their adoptioa of those lenient and liberal principles exemplified in the condluct of England towards the native Powers. The Dutch note, in- deed, is composed with elegance, and abounds in terms of courtesy towards this Government: but in proinises and assurances, nothing can be more unsatisfactory. It appears that the Second Chamber of the States General were, on the 2sth instant, unanimous in their approbation of the treaty: had it been otherwise, we are of opinion that their High Mightinesses must have been difficult to please.