§ The Earl of Aberdeensaid, their Lordships would, no doubt, recollect, that on the opening of the present Session, his Majesty in the Speech from the Throne had stated, that a Convention had been concluded between the five great Powers, for the arrangement of the affairs between Holland and Belgium, and that it should be laid upon the Table of the House so soon as ratifications were exchanged. The Convention was dated the 15th of November, and it was now a matter of the 587 most perfect notoriety that no ratifications had been, up to that moment, exchanged; although such ratifications ought to have taken place on the 15th of the present month. It was also well known, that his Majesty's Government had agreed to extend the time for that expected change of ratifications, but he must be permitted to say, that he felt some satisfaction that such an event had not taken place, for he entertained the strongest objections to the principle upon which that Convention was founded, and he had no doubt, that if Carried into effect, its operation would be attended with injustice. It was therefore with much pleasure that he observed, there was still time to express an opinion upon the terms of that Convention, and should then give notice that on that day week he would submit a motion to their Lordships on the subject.