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FOREIGN INTELLI6ENCE. Despatches were received la.:t night at the Foreign Office 'mu Antwerp, dated October 6th, inclosing a copy of the Iloving Proclamation, issued by the Prince of Orange on •ie sth instant : " PROCLAMATION. •' WILLIAM, Prince of Orange, to the Inhabitants of the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom— " Being charged provisionally by the King, our august father, with the Government of the Southern Provinces, we arrive again in the midst of you, with the hope of being able to contribute to the establishment of order and the happiness of the country. " Our hcart bleeds at the evils which you have suffered; may we, se conded by the efforts of all good citizens, prevent the calamities which may 5.,111 threaten you. In quitting you we conveyed to the feet of the Throne the wishes expressed:by many of you for a separation between the two parts of the kingdom, remaining, however, under the same sceptre. This wish has been granted. But before the mode and conditions of this great measure can be determined in the constitutional forms, attended with inevitable delays, already his Majesty grants provisionally to the southern provinces a dis tinct administration, composed entirely of Belgians, of which I am the chief. The affairs of this administration will he carried on with public bodies, and with individuals, in the language that they may choose. •' All places dependent upon this Government will he given to the in. habitants of the provinces which compose it. The greatest liberty will be left with respect to the instruction of youth, and other ameliorations will be made in accordance with the wish of the nation and the wants of the times. Fellow-countrymen, all that we ask fiont you, in order to realise these hopes, is to unite your efforts to our'', and we at once gua rantee to you entire oblivion of all political errors which have preceded this Proclamation. " The better to attain the end that we propose, we invoke all in formation, and will adopt all useful advice. We will surround our s.lves with several notable inhabitants, distinguished ,by their pa. riotism. Let all who are animated by the same sentiment approach us with confidence. Belgians, is is by such means that we hope to save, with you, ths fine country, that is so dear to you. Given at Antwerp, the sth of October, 1830. (Signed) " WILLIAM, Prince of Orange." ACCOUNT OF THE OCCURRENCES AT BRUSSELS, /ROM SUNDAY, THE 19TH or SEPTEMBER, UNTIL NOON ON SUNDAY, THE 26TH OF SEPTEMBER. From the Appendix to the Amsterdam Handelstdad, No. 80. The following account has been communicated to us by a respectable oung Dutchmen, on whose veracity and impartiality full reliAtSce may he placed. It contains neither more nor less than a plain statement in the shape of a journal of facts that occurred under hi. eye SUNDAY, Sierr. 19.—After the plundering and burning at the eon of the revolt had subsided, a comparative state of tran quillity existed until this day. The populace, or rather the labouring class, had, it is true, assembled for some days on the Grand Place, expressing their discontent, a nd com pl a i n i ng that their earnings were too small, and that all resources of trade had left the city. How eve., under expectation of news from the Hague, these mobs did no harm, and between eight and nine in the evening had always regularly, and apparently peaceably, dispersed. In the evening of this day (Sunday), however, there was much ex. eitement, and the impatience of the multitude seemed no more to be constrained. The mob was also much more numerous than it had pre viously been, and the cry of" Vive la Liberte" resounded often through :he air. A person, in a tolerable decentattire, (he seemed to me to be a Liege man,) mounted the Lantern (Reverbire) Pillar on the Grande- Place, and harangued the people. He advised them not to commit any excesses, to refrain from plundering,not to molest any strangers, nor any of the Dutch enjoying the hospitality of the city ; on the contrary, he urged them to demand arms from the Commission de Surete, the mem bers whereof were at the time assembled at the Alaison de Ville. The speaker added, he knew for certain that two cases with guns (lirelocks) were arrived, and spurred the populace on ; then, being armed, to make a %ally to Vilvorde to attack the Royal troops, and if possible to force them back to Antwerp. The Dutch,' were his word, must as much as possible be beaten off the Belgian ground.' This address, took= with enthusiastic warmth, had as it were an effect to electrify the mob. A general (shout and approbatory exclamation now suddenly arose, and all rushed to the Hotel de Ville. The Commission still assembled there endeavoured by all possible means to appease the mad multitude, but every attempt was vain. However, arms having been them against the following day, the riot ers returned to their 1 1 :erin s gs ed without further excesses. MONDAY, SEPT. 20. As early as 5 o'clock in the morning, the concourse of the commonalty at the Grande Place was very great. The mob were impatiently expecting that the Committee of Safety would fulfil the promise of giving alms, but nothing indicated that Commission having assembled. Thb made the populace mad, and the cries of NOUMOWtrael trahis, a tot la Commission de Surds:' rent the air. Many of the Burgher Guards' posts, especially that at the P a l a i s d e Justice, were disarmed by the_po pulaje, who asked them wheth e r th e y wou ld go out w i t h t h em to Vll vorde, and it' answered negatively, the reply was, " Well, if yon will not fight, you need not any arras." This was followed by a general attack of the Hotel de Ville, where not only two chests. of arms were found by the multitude, but also two chests with orange cock ades. Nothing can give an adequate idea of the exaspera tion, and fury of the populace, on seeing the latter. They were, in a passion, torn to atoms, trod under the feet, torn with the teeth, and thrown in the mud. I saw the Advocate Sylvam Van de Weyer suddenly leap in among the multit u d e , an d cur i os i ty i n d uce d me to ap proach him. He swore upon his honour these cockades had been there a long time since, that they had been hid, and that none of them had known anything whatever of their existence, &c. He spared no elo quence to calm the multitude, and to persuade them that no treachery whatever had taken place. This saved the members of the commission, whose heads would undoubtedly have been lost, had not the people been convinced by close and effectual reasoning. 1 his whole day the people's minds were wound up very high, but the commonalty did not seem to dare to effect their planned sally to VII e orde ' • they 'wanted lead e r s an d c hi e f s , and no respectable citizen would or dared to share in sec h a wild undertaking. Baron d'Hooprorst attempted by all means to keep the people from executing it, and pro bably to quiet them, the Gorterrarment Provisoire was chosen, and its members named. In the evening the names were printed on a large Brabant three-coloured flag, and thus paraded round, escorted by thou sands of the Burgher Guard still possessed of their arms; the mad. zitude saluted this flag with general shouting, dispersed peaceably, and the night was unusually quiet. TOIMIDAY, Sam. 21. In the morning every thing was in the sane tranquil state, and con. tinuel apparently so until abort two in the afternoon, when a false re port threw all in dejection. The cries of " Ariz armies, arcs arises ! des Garrieades ! 3fordes des i.ierres Les liollandois OVIVIC1711!" were heard on all sides. Suddenly all the shops were closed —women, children, young girls—in a word, every one ass i s t e d to form the barricades ; carts and waggons were taken in requisition, casks were rolled on, were filled with stones, and, as if by magic, in every street there or four barricades were seen, which made them almost .ch a battery. The pavement was almost generally taken up, and the stones carried to the tops of the houses. Thus were the troops waited for. After all this movement, people were not a little astonished to find that the whole alarm was created by nothing further than six dragoon deserters, who had appeared at the Laken gate to offer their services to the citizens. The mob then be came calm, and things were peaceable until one at night. But .low such a fearful noise ensued that this night will never be ef. herd from my thoughts. The shouting, yea, most fearful stream. ' 1 !; Of " Abi armes !," responded by that of " Les Hollandois t.sateent," was yelled most madly in every street—drums beat the attack—from all s4les the trumpet was sounding to arms. My pot refuses me its assistance to describe the impression the awfulness of tnis night made upon my tielings. After all, it was but a false alarm. At Shaerlieck, a patrol of dragoons had passed, and some peasants had given information at the gates as if the army was advancing. Within half an hour afterwards this was spread all over the town., People were soon, however, convinced of its being false, and now tote cry resounded of ("est ruse jaunt alerts, and by four in the morning all was quiet agLit, WEDNERDAY, SEPT. 22. 'f he morning of this day was tolerably calm, although here and there the mob tried to molest and tease the troops. The quiet citizens ce tliainal within their house,, not wishing to be shot or killed by beating ; there were thus only he very lowest class. and about 400 Liege people, who sallied out of the Sauerbeck.gate, and attacked and fired upon the grenadiers, who were there in advanced guard. These latter stood firm, uut, to their regret, being without any orders to use more efficacious .weans, and vigorously attacking. This fight, of course, wes a mere Ainnish, which cost no liven, and only ten or twelve of the mob were wounded. The dusk of evening put an end to this inaigniikant COL About eight in the evening the proclamation of Prince Frederick appeared. The respectable inhabitants, although in general t..,,, at i,fi e d because n o concession bad b t n made by Government, were however much rejoiced at the news of da; troops approaching, and hoped end would be put to the miArrable state of Brussels. But the vil. Liegemen, breathing nothing but flame and fury, were occupied that night in spurring on and occitivg. With the mob's assistance they 14 '4 possemlion of all the gate entrauces, forced the citizens who lived the streets leading to them to carry up stones in their houses--to leave their doors open all night, and as soon as the troops horced their en. trance, to crush them with what they had of any weight and large size in their houses. The awful spectacle of barricading the gates. lasted with increasing activity and honor all night. The middle part of the town was, however, tolerably quiet. THURSDAY, SEPT. 22. At six in the morning the troops advanced upon the Luken, Schaer. beck, Louvain, Auderlecht, and Vlaarvesche gates. At that motr.ent the report of cannon was heard front all sides. The barricades in front and back of the gates, for a moment, afforded sufficient work to the ar. the superior fl ue of the Dutch great tillery, but all soon gave way befor e guns. Of all thus far described 1 s ar cye.witneas , hut of the dreadful murderous flghting•on the randers Chaurak, the Lackcn gate, the streets of Auderlecht Hoyael, Louvain, and Namur, I cannot give such an accurate description, Ist, as I could naturally not have been present at all these places ; and 2dly, not feeling myself called upon to act as mere looker.on, which would have been my lot, of course, as a Dutchman, and unnecessarily running into danger. As I remained in my hotel, my hearing is still affected by the most dreadful cannonade and firing, the thundering and rattling noise of which did not cease until five in the afternoon. I immediately went out into the streets, and among the thousand and thousands of reports then spreading, I shall relate what 1 consider as most worthy of ! belief, although I naturally do not undertake to guarantee the per. feet veracity, which I can only do for what I saw. I begin with the Flanders gate. On this, the fifth division had advanced, and dis. tinguished itself by lion-like courage. After a sanguinary conflict at the gate, this valiant division marched into the town; advanced as far as the Catherine Bok, where they were obliged to halt by a strong barricade in their way, which was defended by about 60 of the rabble, who demanded of the Colonel to deliver up his arms. He replied, that military honour forbade ever to give up arms; that, besides. he did not come as an enemy, but only to re-establish peace and tranquillity. Hardly had this commander spoken the words, when the mob suddenly fired upon him from behind the barricade, by which several men in the front line were killed. The citizens, who were on the roofs of their house'. now seeing the troops stopped by the impedi. ment alluded to, judged the moment opportune to throw down on the troops, stones, chairs, tables of all descriptions, even such as arc used by carpenters for planing, grates, &c. so that the bloodshed and murder on that point was most terrific. The unfortunate troops thus who stood on the Flanders chaussec were nearly all murderously destroyed. They had hardly any means of saving themselves remaining, and those stationed at the gates were forced to retreat ; they had no other lot awaiting them than being crushed and murdered. The number of brave soldiers who there lost their lives and got severe wounds is differently stated; but taking the distance from the gate Catherine Bok, must surely be taken at not below 400 or 300. At the Auderitcht gate the bloodshed was not so great. For when our brave soldiers saw that nothing here was to be done by honourable righting, but that it was only tteacherous work of murder on the side of their enemies, who could crush them, without being themselves in dan ger of any hurt, they refrained from advancing further up the street. Of the military, no lives were lost on this point, but about 150 men were lost by the rabble. What r,usitber the division was at this gate I am igrorant of. Of the conflict at the Lacken gate I hardly heard any thing, not hay. ing been able to speak with any one who had been present there. Re port, however, will have It that the military could not stand it long there. The b arricades thrown up by the mob, on both sides of the bou levards, served them as fortifications. The throwing of stones, &c. out of the houses in the Lacken-street obliged them to retreat. At the Schaerbeck-gate the fight was very courageous, but very bloody. The mob had collected on that point in multitudes: they were, however, obliged to give up before the valiant gee.nadien, who, notwithstanding the firing out of the room and cellar windows, and the throwing of stones, &c. from the roofs, some pushed on to the Park, but further was impossible ibr them, as the Hotel (formerly Prince Frederick's,) the Cafe l'Amitie, and Bellevue houses, were filled by the mob; and this passage, besides, was fortified by several barricades. To attempt fur. Cher advancing would have been rushing on to certain death for the troops. Our troops did not, as I have since seen by the papers, get as far as the Place Royale. The leas of the mob is computed at about 360 or 400 ; on the aide of the military I do not know the number, but in my opinion, it may safely be taken as not very large ; this street is very broad, and the respectable occupiers of these houses would undoubt. edly oppose the throwing stones as much as they could : however, the houses suffered much by the cannon. The troops were consequently in possession of the Park. Most fearful was the firing out of and in it, the whole day the rebles could not create any fear among our brave troops, they that day spouted aquifortis into the Park. What the consequence has been I shall not attempt to de scribe, it may easily be imagined. The Namur and Louvain gates were also mastered by our troops, who were thus in possession of the higher part of the town. The firing, as I have already said, was uninterrupted until fire in the afternoon, when a white fiag was shown by the rebels, and the requested truce was ac. cepted by the troops. In the evening, however, there appeared a false proclamation of Prince Frederick, that if the troops made themselves masters of the town on the following day, he allowed them two hours of plunder. This shameful lie enraged the populace, who become more daring, in assottekas they imagined they bad had the advantage of the troops, and also incensed the more respectable citizens, who had so much wished for the entry of the troops the day before. They all resolved to fight to the last drop of blood, to protect their wives, children, and possessions. FlOlll this moment it became a strife for life or death on their part. " Vaincre ou mount !" now became the general cry. The same evening a proclamation from the Liege men was published, stating that all who should bring provisions to the troops shut up (as they alleged) in the park, which, however, was untrue, as they had the free egress through the Rue Royale and by the back of the palace of the Prince of Orange, would be immediately shot in the market-place. Notwithstanding this positive prohibition, two women, who in all pro. bability had believed the shutting up of the troops to be true, had the courage and humanity to violate the order. They were apprehended, and instead of being shot, one was hewn in pieces by the Liege cannibals in the market-place, the other was, with horrible outcries, carried past my door, thrown and drawn from one side to th e ot h er by the populace, and at last, with true fiend-like madness, torn asunder. This scene was most horrible : in the lower part of the town the night was tolerably quiet. l FRIDAY, SEPT. 24. At eight in the morning the thundering of .he cannon and rattling of small arms commenced with renewed force ; both lasted until seven in the evening. Eye.witnesses assured me that the firing out of the park upon the Cafe l'Amitie and Bellevue had been terrible : these buildings suffered much, although they were not broken down or fallen in, as has been related in some papers. In the course of this day a most terrible fight took place at the Namur gate, where, however, our troops were victors t 400 Of 500 citizens must have been killed there. The hospital of St. John and St. Peter, and the plundered government hotel of Gover nor Vander Fosse, were filled with dead and wounded—they knew not what to do with them. The ttoops did not advance further that day, but were again obliged to quarter in the park that night In the morning, the mob had plundered the Crown Prince's Palace. I heard this by a person who had assisted in drinking up the good old ehaubertin wine found there • •• It was delicious," he said, and with this gastronomic ejaculation he closed his tale. By six in the evening a house was in flames, between the Lacken and Schaerbeck gates. Not long afterwards the riding-school of Mr. Max was in conflagration. I stood on the top of a house. The scene of these two masses of fire, together with a dark sky, storm, and drizzling rain, thundering of cannon, mixed with the cries of t h e woun d e d, made such an impression, that it was as if I should sink to the ground. I could no longer witness this scene of horror. The fire lasted till four in the morning. SATURDAY, Sept. 25. The tiring was less heavy, the troops remained in the Park, and made not the least movement: the Schaerbeck, Namur, and Louvain gates continued still in their possession. The military had, during the night, mastered the Louvain.street, and plundered and destroyed every thing. A Lieutenant assured me, that it was impossible for the officers to stop the men's excited fury : and no wonder, when one recalls to himself how treacherously bad they had been received by the people. There was no fife that day : it seemed as if both patties were tired. Two Antwerpers were molested that day by the mob, who looked upon them as spies, probably because Antwerp bad not taken any part in the rebellion. The night was unusually quiet. SUNDAY, SEPT. 26. At 8 in the morning the cannonade began with renewed force, at the very moment that I had resolved suddenly to leave this unfortunate l aity, and not to witness any longer the awful destiny overhanging i:. intrusted my plan to the Liege Cap. Bolman. This young man, proud of the confidence reposed in him by a Dutchman, did not hesitate to en danger himself to help me, and promised and swore to see me out of the gate, and that he would, if my safety was in danger, defend my life at the risk of his own. I informed him that two more persons—of which one was' person in Government employ, who bad been accused of wear. ing the Orange cockade, which was only, howev er , an i nvent i on to g i ve him up to the fury of the mob; the other (a lady,)—were to be saved, u we had sworn to remain together. Captain Holman guaranteed us all; and amidst a thousand den. gers brought us safe through the Flanders-gate (in possession of the populace), and did not leave us till lie was certain of our safety. We all—and I in particular—owe much gratitude to this loyal Liege man, and shall u long as we live look upon him as our preserver. When we left the town there was a fire near Auderlecht.gate, and tbe cannonading continued. In a postscript it is said. that of the 260 Liege men Captain Bolman had !nought with him to Brussels, only 20remained on the 28th of Sep mber. PRANCE. We received yesterday the Paris Paris dated Wednesday, and the Massager des Mtwara dated Thursday. The following are extracts: Prows Me Meeessyer des Chanbree, &Sad TAursday. VIENNA, 13srr. 25. The Count de 'Area!tern one of our most distinguished diplomatic characters, has just been app ointed illnista Plenipotentiary and Envoy Ratraort.intoy it) the King of the Two Steaks. This choice give, ra ven to pre , ante tha our Cabinet has concluded atrangep. :sits of very great I.l.l.ottance with the King of Naples. Covet Louis de Bonibelles s to Pas hitherto represented our Sovereign at the Court of Tuscany, is art/ism-A Ambassador to Lisbon. The marsh of troops to Upper Italy cominues without interruption. Among other arraoge mats said to have been resolved upon by the Ault Cour cil, the gar. rison of Venice will h e co m p ose d o f 9,000 H ungar i an troops . The garrison of Sllan will he increased to 14,000. Vee hear a great deal 4,f au of and defer rive alliance with the King of the Two tiicilics, certain stipulations of winch will be speedily carried into execution. MADRID, SEPT. m. Corr e :pitudenee of the Meager. The re-organization of t"e Royalist Volunteers of the principality of Catalonia prceeds with activity. In each capital of a district (cortege. mcnto) a complete regiment is formed, abd the class of officets is com posed of all those who are distinguished by their ultra-royalist opinions. According to letters from Barcelona, the consternation of the in. habitants is such, that in consequence of the measures of the Count d'Rvagne, that the places in eighty diligence' are engaged by whole families, who are removing to the interior of the king dom. The diligence from Bayonne, which arrived here yester. day, brought foureen French Jesuits, who having received competent permission, are going to found part of divers houses, which their order possesses in the capital. It seems that all the emigrants from France who are at the Port du Passage have received orders to repair to the famous house of Loyola, in the province of Guipuscoa. Major General San Llorente, who occupies Santander, has been appointed second in command in the Philippine Islands. It seems that the General has sent a memorial to his3lajeste.explaining the reasons that hinder him from accepting this appointment. ; lip: Apostolic party trimphs here. The am- derate make warm efforts to ace -owlish their projects. The King de- ! sires to reconcile the 'Members of the Cabinet, but he is ruled by the' Absolutists. i t is said dim the plan of the moderate party would be thel, establishment of a &pre sentative Government in imitation of England, in which the Monarchical principle should predominate, but in which the Aristocracy would have a considerable part. But the Absolutists display a frightful energy. The ancient Chiefs of the Army of the Faith. the directors of the movement of 1817, arc pl ace d at t h e head of the military force, and every day 31adrid witnesses the arrival of fresh battalions, who arc sent towards the North. The troops sent from this city will have taken good positions in Catalonia before the Constitutionalists from abroad have penetrated into that province. CILIA DIRER OF DEPUTIES, Ocr. 6. The President took Chair at half-put twelve o'clock. A party of about twenty of the wounded of July, all dressed in the uniform of the National Guard, having applied for leave to assist at the meeting of this day, were ushered in by the officer of the Chamber, and placed in the Tribune belonging to the Peers. BIaDTA DE MONTJAU made a report on various petitions, which gave rise to no di scus s s ion. Th e f o ll ow i ng , on di vorce , exc i te d general merriment :— " Deputies,- -You would only accomplish the half of your task if you did not re-establish divorce—(a loud laugh.) Liberty without &mire is a were word—(roars of laughter.) You would hare liberty without, slavery within, with a wicked and scolding wife—(renewed laughter.) A rich man can free himself of an abominable tie; mediocrity alone must remain in torture. I request you will take the law of divorce into consideration.—Your servant, " BARBI ER." ' The petition was referred to the Keeper of the Seals. The Spanish General Torrijos, in London. said 31. 3lontjau, com plained of the violation of a capitulation for the delivery to the French army of the strong places of earthagcna and Alicant, of which he had the command. M. Berenger, reporter of the Special Commission, charged with VC. *mining the proposition of M. de Tracy relative to the abolition of the penalty of death, spoke u follows : " The Commission is not all convinced that the majority of the nation understands the importance of the abolition of the penalty of death : this abolition would necessitate great changes in the penal eode, and, perhaps, even the creation of a new one." The reporter entered into great details concerning the effects of the capital punishment applied to political crimes, and grounds his reasons on numerous facts of the first revolution. The Commission was of opinion that the penalty of death should be suppressed in many circumstances, and concluded for the adjournment of the question, The question will be discussed after to-morrow. The former law on sacrilege was then voted, and rejected. The sitting broke up at half-pant four. SPAIN. REVOLUTION IN CADIZ. Madrid letters, dated 27th of last month, state that an extraordinary express, directed to the Minister of War, arrived in the preceding night at Madrid, with the intelligence of the city of Cadiz having riser in fa. your of liberty. Our Madrid correspondent reports the news, as it was ge netally known on the morning of the 27th, but we have received further information from Paris, by which it appears that Col. Puensa, ex.3li nhter of War, and ex- Gefe-Politico of Malaga, headed the movement . —They have been, it is added, backed by the military force within the walls of Cadiz. However strange it may appear to hear of Colonel Puensa, brother-in-law of the Apostolic General Campano, having taken so decisive a step, this military chief being a man of courage, and the opportunity ripe for an exploit, we shall not be surprised at hearing the confirmation of the news. What makes us give the more credit to the probability of the Cadiz movement is, we know that the gallant Gen. Torrijos had arrived safely in the vicinity of that city, and was animated with the warmest expectations of the ultimate success of his attempt. Madrid was in a very disturbed state. The Constitutionalists or the frontiers of France are, we are assured, on the eve of commencing active operations for the delivery of their native soiL SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. CHRONICLE.—We have to observe, that there can be no question as to the right of interference on the pan of the Powers, and we arc sure that if they possess the power they possess the will. If the Great Powers, as they are called, do not now endeavour to put down the Bel. glans, it is because they dare not. When Spain and Piedmont and Naples were endeavouring to improve their institutions, the Powers did not hesitate one motnent.We may rest assured, that it is not from any con sideration of what is due to the Belgians, that the Powers have not marched an army in toßrussels long ere this.Theßelgians would have found, to their coat, and they attempted a rising before the consummation of the French Revolution, that no modification of resistance would have been accept able to the Powers. The Belgians would have been to them like the drummer who could not please the soldier he teas flogging, either by striking high or low. The Belgians, too, know this ; they know exactly what they owe to the love, and what the fears of their neighbours. They know that they cannot conciliate the Powers ; that the Powers will act from considerationshaving reference exclusively to their policy ; and that they fear a war,not on account of the Belgians, but on account of themselves. It is always bud policy to shape your conduct, not with reference to what suits yourself, hut what suits your neighbout's conduct cannot be determined by anything you can do. If the Powers have any disposi tion to interfere, they will, in spite of all deference to them, act like the Wolf to the Lamb accused of disturbing the stream. Deference to then; would only tend to lead the people of Europe astray as to the real motives of the Powers, and thereby create a belief, that if they had chosen they might have put down Belgium. HIE am.n.—Wr hope that, whatever may be the issue of the quarrels between Kings and their subjects on the Coatinent, this country will not embroil Itself in their disputes. Severely has England suffered al ready for her officious interferenee on behalf of the Bourbons; and what has been the result of all the blood and treasure which she expended in their cause ? Only this—that, after twenty years of the roost terrific and desolating war with which Europe was ever visited, and during the course of which the very existence of Eng land, as an independent nation, was more than once in cx. trestle • peril, a restoration of the cashiered family was effected. only to lead to another sanguinary convict between the sovereign power and the people, and another revolution It would be well if the enor mous addition which that war made to the National Debt could be ex. Punged as easily as the dynasty for which it was undertaken has been extinguiehed. The latter was but a three-41as s work—but whole bold enough in calculation to speculate upon the number of years in which the former will be accomplished ? For :Al years England paid her hard gold to put the armies of the Continental despots in motion against Franc•. who, with all their hatred of popular rights and revolutionary move ments, would not march a single regiment to effect what they called the restoration of order and of legitimute government, without ascertaining that England was to be the paymaster, and that their empty coffers were to be filled by the same process that drained the British Trea sury. The same despots are ready, we have no doubt, to undertake a similar crusade at present, upon the same terms; but the gotoen Pactolus of England has run dry. If they raise armies to take the field against the " fierce dettmeracy " of France, they must pay them ; and we suspect that, much as they love legitimacy, they love their money more. Thus either their cupidity, or their poverty, is likely to act as a wholesome check upon their anti-democratic knight.errantry. Trxze.—The injudicious zeal of two parties, in commenting on the King of France's ordinance for adding 108,000 men to the army, has been pretty equally on both sides calculated to mislead the public. One class dpoliticians insist upon it, that such an addition made by one stroke of the pen to the numb ers of any European army, except that of Russia,—and more especially to the regular troops of a State, the stationary and defensive force of which comprises one million of combats:ult.—that such an augmentation, we say, at such a moment, when the passions of men are every where inflamed on behalf of liberty or of power, mud be held to indicate a resolution by no means favourable to the continuance of peace in Europe. But, say their opponents, this new levy of troops is not mote than suf ficient to make good the lose occasioned by the expedition of 30,000 men to Algiers, and by th e di sm i ssa l o f the Royal Guard of 25,000 more% on the secession of Louis Philip. Both these speculators we look upon to be in the wrong. France need not of necessity .desire a war because she reinforces bee army; nor is a key of more than 100,000 men the mere matter•of•course measure of a Govern ment eatistieti to leave things u it find* them : France professes (we believe, truly) to maintain a pacific pohcy, but 4.t. wialw. to teach other POWetS also the expediency of acting OP a similar prin. cipl.• : and, undoubtedly, there would be no guarame whatever lot tire endurance of peace, even from week to week, if other States of the Coo • tinent, besides France, were not convinced that they could no. betray a warlike spirit with impunity. The purpose of France, rherefere, is not fairly repre•enied, when she is described as resting sati•fiLd v rib a treble army : with •tieli an army neither she nor Europe could reckon en the bone fide o:nocrtrance of the duties and relation* of good ri. - ighboorlmal by some of the great Powers, either toward.. Belgium or towards Prance hirself We theretoreyegard the ordinance as'Alentily to pure, in the • extent of making is the interest of surrounding eyates to consider well before they provoke France to hostilities. POST. —lt requires no gift of prophecy to foresee that the Proclama tion of the Prince of Orange will utterly fail to accomplish any other purpose than that of placing the Belgian rebels, in the estitratisei at all the reasoning pan of mankind. completely in the wrong, and of divert ing from their cause the few adherents of that deset:ption it can at pre sent boast. By the revolutionary party or the Fteucli party--tur in Bel. giant politics these terms, notwithstanding all theattempts at mystification have plainly the same meaning the Proclamation will be revived as P. confession of weakness on the pan of the Pritutc, and as proof that he has abandoned the hope of foreign aid. Tie confi dence of this party will accordingly rise, and its final intentions. be the more speedily and clearly developed. Front the creation in Belgium of an Independent republican government, the monarchies of Europe would have nothing to fear. This event would merely present to their subjects the example of a distracted and imposerished people—of a people distracted and impoverished by the triumph of democracy. and would thus :teach them, is: lesson the most impressive and effectual that an be imagined, the value of peace, order, and loyalty. It the establishment of a Belgian Republic were the natural consunith I. tion of the revolt agaMst the authority e the House of Orange, the vereigna of Eumtte would have no interest (apart front the amsitlera . iss of federal obligations) in leading them to impede its progress. Tie: cessity or policy of t..terference on the part of other Powers, dep.rd. whorl); sp . ,on the ittolEtt:ity that the original intention or the t.a consequene: of tne Ittvolution in Belgium is the incorporatioti at tltat country a tth Fr.:rec. TILE THEATRES. HATA' MK ET TtIEATIM—The drama called Th • Force of Naturr was played here last night, when Mrs. W. CLlwwoun assumed, for tee first time, the character of the Countess (1' Harville. Her style of actin ; is decidedly that of broad comedy, and the powers by which she suc ceeds an well in tl:e character of Mrs. Rank cannot very advantageously b.: applied to tinc representation of a part like that of the Countrsm. She was deficient in the digni.y and elegance which such a character re quired, but deserved praise for her delineation of natural feeling in the last scene of the piece. She on the whole favourably received. The house was pretty full from the beginning. ADELPIII THEATRE. Another novelty was produced at the Adelphi Theatre last night, in the form of one of the most amusing farces—for it is strictly of a farcical character—which for several seasons has gratified the public. It ba sil the merit of good situations, boinie, variety, bmsd humour, and occasional wit, notwitlistantling the dire fault which it shares with so many modern dramas, of haring been written to display the peculiar powers of an individual actor. The princi pal parts are sustained by Messrs. YATES and (ALLOT —the latter a projector of the highest order, engaged in discoveries in Wash ing, in Tunnel Companies, locomotive engines, musical 1:0111110%:tiOr , historical painting, and die thousand and one other -• crotchets of a distempered brain." Frederick Similius, his landlord, and the suitot of his daughter, finds a representative in Mr. YATES. This ea. amoured swain is, however incredible the statement may appear, tsar rich to obtain the consent of the lady's father, and sets about removing that objection by deceiving the old mad artist ihto a belief of the success of his projects, and at the same time of the deep poverty into which his proposed son-in-law hes suddenly fallen. The execution of this scheme leads to variety of transformations on the part of Mr. Yavis. He successively represents a Dutch music dealer, a nondescript, halt hair-dresser, half opera-dancer, an Irish laundress, a coachman, the conductor of a steam diligence, greatly the best of the lot, a teacher of dramatic elocution, and finally the imitator of his friend and part. ner, Mr. MATHES/1h in which capacity he gives his admirable speci mewl of the several manners of YOUNG, KEAN, MACREADT and Braham. The little piece which gave occasion to this most attractive display of comic power bids fair to remain long a high favourite. From a crowded audience, it received last night marked, and we tray add de. served, applause. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Mary Howland, Aitkbs, from Liverpool, has arrived at Cork disunited, bound to New York. The Nautilus, Redhead, from Archangel, has arrived at Skield., very leaky, and with loss of boats, bulwarks, &c. cargo damaged, and it is supposed must discharge—bound to Glasgow. Ocr. B.—Arrived the Ninus, Portgate, from Berbice. Batsror., Oct. B.—Arrived the Greyhound, Cornaby, from Malaga. Ltvearoot, Orr. 7.—Arrived the Georgetown, Chesney, from D.. merara ; and Chieftain, Blair, from Quebec. CLYDE, OCT. 7.—Arrived the Active, Crawford. from Gren.da. Orr. B.—Arrived tb. Mary Ann, Jameson, from St. John's, NB. and Ruoswick, Brown, from Archangel. Swamis Orr. 7.—Arrived the Satisfaction, Burnett, from Pietnu Mars, Walker, from Archangel ; and Franc. a, Hunter, from St. Pe. tersburbh. Cain, Ocr. B.—Arrived the Greyhound, Cornaby, from Malaga. Donn, Ocr. 6.—Arrived the Voader, Mesquiter, from St. Übe's ; and Thomas, hi' Auley, from St. Peter burgh. C 0.., Orr. s.—Arrived the Neva transport, from London, bound to Barbadoes. TRIAL OF CAPTAIN HELSII4.II. We brought down our account of the proceedings of this trial till half-past two o'clock yesterday, and we now give the conclusion a. The following witnesses were called to character:—Lieut. Baker, of the Navy • Thomas Tillintnn Bern a rd, th e bander ; Wm. Ales:l der Hank confectioner, of Bond-street ; Ballet, Erg of mexaeuthire ; Thos. Maguey, Esq. formerly a solicitor in Duutin, who had resided for six y care with Capt./lash= at Boulegne.sur.ffler ;‘Vrn. Henry Hunt, a Magistrate for the county of Kilkenny for the last 20 years, and who had known him for 20 years ; Stephen Fagan, Doctor of Medicine ; Joseph Niell, Commander in the Navy ; Heine Gerald Chesterton, Esq. Thomas Webb, Esq. Fred. Augustus Trig. gear, &c. dt.e. the whole of whom described the prisoner to be highly honourable, mild, inoffinsive, good.tempeted, and generous to a fault— a peaceable and humane man. At half-past six o'clock, Mr. Justice BATLEY commented summing up the evidence to the Jury. Before going into the evidence, his Lordship said the points for the consieleration of the Jury were as follow—first, they must be satisfied that the prisoner and the de ceased were both subjects of his late Mrjesty—that Joseph Crowther was the identical person shot—that the deceased came by his death by a bullet fired front a pistol by the Prisoner, and that the pistol was fired maliciously and with maker aforethought, with intent to kill and murder him, the said John Crowther. His Lordship having explained the law applicable to the case, namely, that if two pekoes went our and put their lives in jeopardy, in the event one falling, the rurv:vhr ass guilty of murder, went minutely over ihe evidence. The Jury reti red for twenty-five ininuits, and on their return the Judges, with the Recoreer, again clam: into Court The names of nee Jury were called over, and the Clerk of the Airaigns put the question to them in the usual manner. The Foreman 01 . the Jury—" We, find the Prisoner—Not Guilty." An immediate burst of applause followed the announcement (.1 Me Set. diet, which was with difficulty stopped fur Mwae seconds. Mr. Justice BAYLEY OfhectS, 11101,1 t net ahy vie of the per sons who have been guilty of this it:tete:iv:ion. Gentlemen of the Jury, I by no means find faith with the verdict you have returned, and I feel conscious it,: yen will feel setisfied that you have done your duty to the istidic. I never Express my feelings, whatever they way ht., hut a Vernal Jury muse not he biassed ill this way.—(No one pointed cut any individual. and the te:iireil Judge ten. tinueo. I—l wish any person will point .me of the individual.. wi o have items icsulted the solemn proceeo!np of the Court.—(No answer.)-- Gentlemen, you have done your duty, and the coulitty is it.elebte ; to you for lour services. Gentlemen, you are now d6citttigetl. aptain Helshsm then left the bar, and was immediately tut-rem:did by his numerous friends. A ternale, elegartiv aircvsed, alto had Leen watching closely the proceedings of the clay, anti who had never left the Court, was heard to taciturn from the gall( 11. • Thank GOD !" which was mimed/A to by several Gentleiiii n ariint.d her. supposed to be ill:. mediat e Wends of the highlv•respeets:el family of the individual who thus, by the trial of a British Jury, returned to the bosom of iiis suffering family. The Cour: was crowded to races throughout the day, and up to the close of the trial. There was a conaulerab!e number of ladies proem who did not leave the Court until the vend RA was returned. The trial laced ten hours. This morning, between nine and ten o'clock, as the wife• of Mr. Jones, draper, of Knightsbridge, was etor•iog the toad at the top of Piccadilly, 'be soddenly fell down ; some ticrsons who were pas•. ing by, went immediately to her assestanc, and endeavoured to raise her up—but she never spoke nor moved. lies husband was sent for, who had her conveyed home; a gentleman fronts she hospital attended, and endeavoured to draw blood, but none would flow—the poor wetaikn was no more. Apoplexy was the cause of her death.