text:  But still with Antwerp and other fortresses Holland in the rear and Hanover and Germany at hand and above all England aiding perhaps with a British army the independence of King Leopold's throne and kingdom might be more permanently secured by adhering to the Allies than if he linked himself to Louis Philippe in whose power alone in case of non-resistance to France he would ever afterwards remain; and far better would it be in my opinion for this founder of a Belgian monarchy if he would achieve for his dynasty an honourable duration to throw himself into the arms of the many and reap advantages from all than to place his destiny at the mercy of the future rulers of France