The members of the Conference have met twice this week,
and on each occasion remained in deliberation until one o'clock in the morning. There have also been meetings at the house of Lord PALMERSTON on the Belgian question. A new treaty is preparing, which Lord PALMERSTON thinks will accommodate both parties, as each has declared that neither will be fool enough to go to war for trifles—".faire in guerre pour des bagatelles," these were the words of one of the diplomatists at a late meeting, and they were concurred in by the other. There is no truth, however, in the statement of the Messager des Chambres, that a private arrangement has been made between LEOPOLD and the King of Holland.
There is not the slightest truth in the report of METTERNicies visit to Brussels : at least, so say Lord PALMERSTON and the French Ambassador.
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