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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. BELGIUM. Fran She Coarrier des Pays Bas of Friday, Oct. 1. BRUSSELS. " The Provisional Government of Belgium, considering that the King's Government has violated its oaths by causing grape shot to be Bred on his subjects, absolves Lieut.-Colonel de Thabor from his oaths, and appoin a as him Colonel of Infantry ; M. de Biochausen, Captain of Geudarm is appointed Major of Cavalry." [Here follow the names of many other Officers who are ppreoommootted. The phrase " absolves from his oaths," is applied only to Ideutenans. Colonel de Thabor.] ' CENTRAL COMMITTEE. " The Provisional Government artier' the Commandant of the City of Mons to consider all the Dutch Officers as prisoners of war, to place them under proper guard, treating them with humanity and kindness, and to keep them aa hostages.—Brussels, Sept. 29. " DE POTTER. " ROWER. " VANDEWEYER. " THE PROVISIONAL GOVERN )1 ENT. " Brave Fellow Citizens ! " You have repulsed the enemy from without. You must now be an your guard against an enemy who is in the midst of us, and who is no lea formidable to the consolidation of the edifice of our liberties. Without the most inviolable respect for persons and for property, both public and private, we shall never attain the noble object which the friends of the country have in view. " War to the enemy ! Peas to the Citizens ! " We are all brethren, equally interested in the maintenance of in ternal order, as we an all interested in the extermination of the mean. diaries whdthrsate• as. "We Indee all th;;Xitteens to protect each other. Every body and all property are under the care of all. The noble cause which the people have made to triumph is too pure for us to expose it to be 'allied by excesses. Let us leave pillage and burning to the enemies of Belgium. The Bert, ought to carry fire and sword only into the ranks of the Du " The Central Committee, " Mesas. DE POTTER, " 111. ROOIER. a SYLVAIN. Brumels, Sept. 90. " VANDE WEYER. " H EA D.QUA ET ERS.—PROCLAM ATION. "THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF BELGIUM, " CENTRAL COMMITTEE, " Orders all the barricades of the city to be immediately to. established, and Invites all good cithens to hold themselves in a permanent state of defence. _ " DE POTTER, " ROOllll4 " Brussels, Sept 28. " VANDER WEYER. " The Commander-in-Chief will have this Proclamation inserted in the Order of the Day. " Don JUAN VAN HAGEN. " The officers commanding the posts at the gates of the city are or dered not to suffer any horse lit fee cavalry service to go out of the gates, nor any moveables or baggage. "JUAN VAN HALEN. " Brussels, September 29." PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. OSTEND, Ocr. I, 7 &Clock. Ghent surrendered last night. The troops threw down their arms, and refused to act. The cavalry (Bth Hussars) retired upon Matinee. The Duke of Baxe.Weimar and famil), with all the Dutch officers, proceeded to Antwerp. Nieuport, Ath, lions, Tourney, and Ypres, have likewise surrmdued. The Dutch troops from the latter place wUI proceed to Nieuport, whence they will be embarked for Flushing. Prince Frederick's army is retiring upon Breda, having united with the corps of Core Heyliger, which was before Louvain. This place, to. , Burgher with the immense materiel I t cont a in s , i s un d er t h e cars o f t h e Burgher Guard. The Brussels poet did not arrive this morning, the bridges between Ghent and Most having been broken down by the peasantry yesterday, when the King's troops evacuated the latter plaw.. The 6th Division (regiment) of Infantry, which during ten days had behaved with admirable stadiness at Bruges, no sooner arrived here than they mutinied. They were made drunk by the agents of the Provisional Government, and persuaded that they were merely brought here to be embarked for Holland. This ruse succeeded completely : a few sous.officiers and about 40 men alone remain with the General (Goethalls) and a dozen Belgian officers. The English are flying in ell directions; many embark this evening; and those who can will probably depart as soon as possible. No money can be procured ; there is no exchange, and in fact no specie. The richest banker either has not, or pretends nut to have, a sous. English money in specie will pass; but the best bills or bankers' circulars are not worth a farthing. We all wear the Brabancon cockade, to protect us from insult: the populace, who will soon have expended the money given to excite them, can have no work, for there are no funds : they cannot starve. How are they to be fad? By involuntary contributions. Pine la Merl!. We have the Monilaw, Consfitulionnel, Courrier Francais, Na. ' tional, Revolution, Journal des Debate, 21nwps, Journal du Commerce, and the Quotidierutoe of Saturday ; together with letters haat our Psi. vete Correspondents:— PARIS STOCK =CHASMIC, OCT. 2. Five per Cents, 9bf 26c 30c 40c 30c 25c 20e lbe 25e 20e 2k 510 c 25e 20c 23c 30c 2k. Three per Cents, 64f 80e 60c 71k 75c 71k135c 60c 65c. Bank Actions, 1700 f. Rents de Naples, 64f. 7k. 66f. Rents d'Eapagne, 111 191. Emprunt Royal d'Espagne, 50jiii. Rents Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 38fl. EXCHANGE ow LowDow.—One Month—Paper, 25f 3k; Money, 25f 35c. Three Months—Paper, 25f 20e; Money, 25f 20e. Fran the Constitutionnel of Saturday. Yesterday the Duke of Orleans left the Palace at two o'clock to at. tend at the Chamber of Peers. The troops of the line were on duty for the first time, end the roll was beaten. The National Guard (a cheval) were also on duty. M. Cando, a member of the Provisional Govern. went of Brussels, has arrived in Paris. His presence at Mons was the signal for the evacuation of that place by the Dutch garrison who sun. rendered the different posts to the guards composed of the citizens, and also a quantity of arms contained in the citadel. M. Gando is engaged upon a mission to this country. Foe the last six days there has been no arrival of couriers from Petenburgh. The Minister of the Interior has just addressed a circular to the different Prefects, of which the fol lowing is an extract :- 1 1 " By the Ordinances of the 13th, 15th, 28th, and 29th of Sept. last, 111 Electoral Colleges have been summoned. About 60,000 electors will have the power of voting, and more than one-fourth of the Chamber of Deputies will be nominated by this new election. This measure, el. though partial, will be sufficient to indicate the state of France. It is looked toes a serious event, and it will contribute, in a strongldegree, to determine the character of our revolution ; It will also be a presage of the future." We have been informed that an ex. Peer of France, the owner of a 1.: , e chateau at Etampes, entertains several parties of Ecclesiastics of i'aris and the environs three or four times a week. These meetings • mete a great deal of apprehension in that part of the country, and ex. tii: ;t in a stronger light the weakness of certain authorities. A private letter from Leipsie states that the Constitutionalists of that :own and those of Dresden have appointed General Lafayette their f ...n 'reel, and that they muster and proceed to the attack in his name. Judging from their conversation, one would think that Lafayette was at their head, end In actual command ; and when they assemble at night in the streets which have been deprived of light, Bon soir, Parissiert, .i the only watchword they utter. ! Ferdinand, in order to entrap the Spanish refugees in Paris, has re. •alled them. A notice to this effect was served upon them on the 26th • ...ptember, but they all refused to compl7 with the invitation. For the Purpose of seizing upon Mina, the king of Spain appointed him laptain-General. 1 1. Montesquieu, who had been sent to Rome to communicate the accession of Louis Philip to the throne of France has been very well received by the Pope, and a diplomatic answer to th ei notification will be published. It is said that the Neapolitan Government had recognised Louis Philip. It appears by intelligence from Milan, that the Inhabitants of that city were in a state of great excitement, and there is a report of an in aurrection at Padua, caused by the arrival of a fresh reinforcement of Austrian troops. Several parties of armed men have formed at Turin and Milan. The Ducal Regency of Weimar has sent a commission to Jetta for the purpose of examining into the causes of dissatisfaction which st pre. Beet are said to exist. From the (carrier Francais of Saturday. f About three o'clock yesterday a very serious accident bad nearly , occurred in the Rue des Trois Borne.. The Austrian Ambassadot and ‘ several other persons of distinction had assembled at the founder of Me"- Inger and Soye, to witness the casting of a statue of King Stanialsus, to be erected in the city of Nancy. The statue was planned by M. Jacot, and was to be 18 feet in height. Shortly after three o'clock the fiunace, containing 20,000 lbs. weight of bronzeN was emptied of its contents, but in consequence of some defect In part of the ..prepa rations the mould bunt, a nd t h e metal was scattered in different direc tions. A portion of the workshop was torn away, and all those resat were in an instant covered with some of the metal or fragments of rubbish. Yortunately no life was lost, but several persons have been severely Denied. Several ladles, being at a distance from the furnace, est:sped 'w hen. The Duke of Orleans was to have been present on this occasion, but in ceneequence of same more Important business, be rent a note at two o'clock, to state that it would not be In his power to attend. (Front the Journal du Commerce.) The Governommt of Naples has recognised King Louls.Philllppe, the Hol t sed M. de ilestesqsieu will set out for Rome to fulfil his mission to Fatima The wounded men of the Bourse left yesterday for the hospital at St. Cloud. Of many hundreds under the care of Dr. tiuillen, none have I died. Before their departure, they went to visit M. Vassal, President of the Tribunal of Commerce. Yesterday they were invited to a dinner, by persons who have not ceased to be attentive to them since the three days. The wounded men drank " The triumph of the cause of liberty in Belgium." A collection in favour of the wounded of the Low Conn tries, produced the sum of 85 francs. (From La Qmoridiearse.) Count Moli, Minister of Foreign Affairs, received yesterday evening, for the first time, the diplomatic corps. The Anibal/waders of England and of the United States, the Minister of the King of Wurtemberg, and one of the Ministers of the King of Saxony, were present. We ob served also the Marquis de la Mammy., two months since Minister of France at the Court of the Low Countries. 14. Berlin de Vans has, it is said, received orders to leave, in 24 hours, for Belgium, where he is acaedited by the new Government as Envoy Extraordinary. M. de Grouchy, private Secretary of M. Mole, is about to kave for Madrid as Provisional Chargi d'Affaires, whilst the Ambassador of Charles X. in Spain, as well as all the French Legation at Madrid, have resigned. From Lo Rte:atlas. Extract of a letter from Rome of the lath September :—" The King am, Two Sicilia: has refusal to admit any French vast& bearing the trl.eoloured lag. Travellers from Rome to Naples ex the greatest difiladdes from the Embassy of the Two Sicilia. T u be Am bused°, executes with rigour the orders delivered by his Court, not to sign the passports delivered by the new French authorities. These' passports are retained, and th e French who carry them are obliged to replace them with others given by the Minister of Naples. M. Moo tasaieu has complained to the Ambassador on this subject. MADRID, SEPT. 10.—We approach a aisle, for the Government has decidedly thrown itself into the arms of the Apatolics. The Bishops say that they are ready to do what is ordered than ; that they wish, ac. coaling to the precepts of St, Paul, to preserve their locks, from the pestilence of bad doctrines, that they will immediately apply sword or fire to all who are contaminated, that they may not infect other, and l that they will preach with an indefatigable seal the most blind suboris. l Sion to the absolute Government of his Majesty, as well as the hatred and extermination of the propegators of revolutionary doctrines, " butl on the express condition that the King will preserve untouched the present system of Government without making, open any coosidera.l Lion, the least alteration or reform of any sort." had in my pos. session for some time one of these replies. Nothing cm be imagined more ridiculous, more pedantic, or more ferocious. St. Paul, Satan, David, Constantine, Julien the Apostate, Napoleon, and Charles X. figure together in this original production. CHAMBER OF D 1 T. 1. The Sitting opened at one o'clock, when M. Exoux called foe an inquest into the causes of the fires which had desolated the province of Normandy. IL Dupont de l'Eure ham. ing promised to make every effort in his power to discover the political system which had led to these calamities M. Enoux withdrew his pro position. Al. Dupont further stated that the Minister of the Interior would assist him by every means afforded by the Administration ; but that, having failed heretofore., he could not promise that the inquiries he was making would be more sucersafuL M. BIMILTIONAC read a report of the Commission spinted to era. mine the law adopted by the Chamber of Pe er s, h av in g for its object the application of the Jury for the trial of offences committed by the Press. M. Martignac said that this question was no more susceptible of dia. cussion ; that the Jury was the natural judge of every offence, and that no exception should exist for those of the Press, the trying of which should be hereafter committed to the Courts of Assizes. The Re. porter then proposed several slight alterations in the de pos itions of the taw adopted by the Chamber of Peen. " The Legislature," conti nued the orator, " preserves the right of judging offences against itself, and inflicting punishments. Attacks on the prerogatives of both Chambers, and inaccuracy or bad faith in the account of their proceedings, constitute these offences. The Chambers are the natural tribunal to try than ; for they interest society in generaL The independence and liberty of the Chamber must be religiously main tained. They would be illusory if It were obliged to have recourse to the authority of Government to enforce respect. The interest of the Chambers is that of the whole country which it represents. The real power of any body is inseparable from its dignity; and if .offences against the prerogatives of the Chambers were left to any other tribunal it would be placing them in a dependency incompatible with that dig. nity." The new law establishes a classification of what is termed poll. deal offences, which are likewise to be tried by the jury. They consist of speeches, acts, or political facts against the safety of the State and the dissitionsof the constitutional charter. M. M AITIOXAC closed his report by a few observations on the sub. ject of the popular Societies, which, he said, it did not belong to him to examine, but which he recommended to the serious attention of the Go vernment. The Chamber then fixed the discussion of the Law for Monday. M. JACQUIXOT DZ .FamvuLurt it, in the name of another commis. sion. proposed the suppression of the Jove Auditturs, or assistant Judgm attachtd to the Tribunals of First Instance. ALcocx suppoeted the suppression. M. DAITIANT also voted for the Law, and made a long digression 113 support of the pressrvadon of the Magistracy of Charles X. If any re medy, said he, was to be applied, the only practicable one was the in. crease of the Judges of each TrilmnaL (rarraws LITTER.) Pants ' OCT. I.—The debate en M. WWII% motion in the Chamber of Deputies, for what may be ailed an inquiry into the state of the nation, will have been productive of the most hefted sl erects in France. The public mind, which had been for several weeks greatly agitated, will become tranquil, confidence in the Government will be strengthened, and the ill-disposed deterred from any attempt at carrying into effect their insane projects. It would be worse than useless for me to refer to repeated assertions during the last month, that the ministry was becoming unpopular—not, certainly, from any suspicion of al. tered principles, but from the inertness they have manifested since their entrance upon office; and that all their conduct betrayed the indolent enjoyment of the Winos ewes diroitsto, :other than the energy of catesmen chosen at the very moment of a revolt.. Lion to reorganise the institutions of a great empire. With all this, and much more, M. Mauguin charged the Ministers • in his speech last Wednesday. You will see with what effect, and will, I am sure, rejoice at the satisfactory statements it elicited, and which, be. ing deemed so by M. klauguin himself, induced him to withdraw his motion. It is not my intention to obtrude upon you observations on that highly interesting and important discussion, but will add to the declaration of M. Benjamin Constant the entire conviction of ALL Paris, that there is a Royalist conspiracy, of some kind or other, on foot. The evidence of this fact, if fact it be, is certainly only circum stantial, but it is deemed complete. Will you believe that the princi pal of the circumstances on which rests this conviction, that a coup is meditated, is the perfect calm that appears to reign among the parties who would naturally be suspected of participation in it ? Will you, on the other hand, believe that up to this moment no light has bm• publicly thrown upon the seizure on Woodsy night last of a quantity of clothing (uniforms), and of cartridges, which were about to be lodged in a house in that notorious haunt of Royalists and Congregationalists the Faubourg St. Germain ? The most perfect stillness reigns every where, I repeat, for even the incident I have just !stetted to has not disturbed the Readout —the unnatural tranquillity observable In the ca. pital of a kingdom which has so recently undergone a sweeping revo lution. But be not deceived. Think not that Government is either remiss in its duty, uninformed, or regardless of the machinations of the disaffected. The Police Department is presided by a man who wants neither the judgment, sagacity, nor firmness requisite in a Minister of Police. M. Girod (de PAin) will not prostitute the powers vested in him, but he will prove a vigilant and active officer. You may look, therefore, very shortly for the detection of the conspirators, if, as every body firmly believes, there be in reality a conspiracy. One very lamentable effect of this impression on the public mind will be—whether warranted or unwarranted—its 'penance on the fate of the unhappy ex-Ministers, now awaiting their trial. On this subject, how. I ever. I shall refrain from further observation. I mentioned above the Faubourg St. ()amain, the notorious haunt of Royalists and Congre gationalists. I am far from concurring with those sot-disant Liberaux who sound the tocsin of alarm about " the Jesuits" and " the Semina rists," nor am I about to adopt the slang of those who dared not the vengeance of the ex-Government, by publishing (like their cotempora ries of the Tempe, the Naiional, and Fiyaro) their journals on the 27th July, and who now make up for that omission by an increased quantity of vituperation of the supposed partisans of the ex-Government. On the contrary, I have, as far as my bumble power has extended, con. demned this wholerale denunciation of &class. I have always declared, that if the religious, secular, or regular Clergy, or laity, priests or nuns, escaped the lantern cord, the guillotine, or the club of the murderer, it was not for any want of excitement in the columns of certain journals. But, having said this, I must is candour state what I have also heard, from authentic sources, that the conspirators believed at this moment to beat work in Paris will, if there be any truth in the rumour. be found to consist principally of real or affected devotees, and its chief seat in that ci devant quarter of the Noblesse—the Faubourgh St. Germain. These ob servations of a foreigner will not, I trust, be deemed breaches of hoe its. If they were calculated to bring a party, or a single individual, into danger, or even odium, I would not make them ; but that which I state in notorious in Pars as the knowledge of any fact can be, although, perhaps. the British public have no suspicion of it.— I shall close tide di gressio n by regretting that which appears the want of common charitydisplay ed by some literary man, at a period when the generous and nobleforbearance and humanity of what are called the le orders of society, is the theme (and deservedly) of praise through. out Europe. Of this take an example t—Then Is now performing, at the Thaws de la Gale* a meb.drttne, called the Jorefie, the joint production, as it is termed, of M. Victor Dump, and soothe= demon bet which is only a new edition of Th to rfefe,adapted prejudices ; for we find, not merely the general exposure ',hypocrisy... the end and object of Moline, but particular Wawa% not newneary in a drama, to the seminary at St. &dirks, the Faubourg, de. Gennahts and other Jeannine, but also (sod I am sorry to observe it) lons to certain unfortunate, however culpable, penes. wbese ail lt are in jeopardy. This occurs in a passe. who a young hype re fen the Jesuit, or hypocrite, to the enactments of the penal cede; but which incident, if I mistake not, M. Damage has bar. rowed from Colman's play of John EVIL Of this, however, enough. The departure of volunteers to Belt um still continues; but them is every moment less probability that FMCS will be committed in war through the revolution now in progress in that country : still it must be admitted that non-recognition of the new Government of France, by I Russia and Prussia. is a matter of very serious import. Bonus, half.past four. The Funds have again fallen. This depression has been caused panty by the liquidation; but the reports from Italy have also contd. bitted to it. Price at this moment, Three per Cents. 63( 76e; Five per Cents. 94f 90c. The following is from a private letter accompanying the express : " Prince Talieyrand has communicated to the Government &proposi tion of the Duke of Wellington. according to which the frontier towns of Belgium will be occupied by a corps of English, French, and Pens ohm troops. The country would be pacified by this army of occupation, and placed under the authority of King Williams accordingly al far as concerned the administration of its affairs, it would be separated from Holland. This proposition formed the subject of the deliberation of the Council yesterday erentng. The Ministers approved of taking the matter Into ansideration. but 111 111. Witte, Dupont, and Sigma% warmly opposed it. The King was of their opinion. and the Conned I separated without coming to any conclusion. The King is bent on saving Polignac. If he attempt it, there is no saying what will be the con. sequences." The Moniker contains numerous ordinances appointing Procureurs du kW and Juges de Paix in different arrondissements.— There are also the addresses of the National Guard of many cities, to. gether with the King's answers. SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. Po r.—By the Flanders flail we yesterday received important in. telligence from the Netherlands, which will be found below. It con firms two facts—that the insurgents are extending and consolidating the spirit and the means of 'resistance, and that the Government has at least paused in its measures of coercion. Doss the King of the Netherlands in this crisis appeal to the T27 ol t r if 1814, and call upon his Allies to sup. poet the integrity of his kin ? And will the Contracting Powers see in the present posture of ns the earns federie contemplated by that Ttsuy ? These are quads= of mighty import, and which necessarily oc cupy the most anxious consideration of the public mind, here and through. out Europe. We have, however, the satisfaction of knowing that in this country the national interests and the national honour are in hands equally incapable of disregarding the one, or of suffering the shadow of a stain to nest upon the other. We have reason to believe that the question of foreign Interference will not be formally entertained until every means of internal arrangement shall have failed. That the power and government of the two States shall essentially remain In one head is Indio ; but any settlement of the present unhappy differences which not violate that principle would beregarded by every friend of humanity as a universal blessing. We are informed by a Gentleman who left Brussels on Friday, and arrived yesterday in London, that on the 30th terms had been offered by the inhabitants of Brussels to the following effect:—That Belgium, comprising the duchy of Brabant, the principality of Liege. and th e counties of Flanders and Hainsult, shall form a separate State under the sovereignty of the Prince of Ono ge I—that1 —that a Charter be conceded appointing a Representative Constitutional Government, and supporting the Roman Catholic as the Established Church, and guaranteeing the 'there , : of the press. Hziato--Though it may be looked upon by some, and perhaps jusdy, as a great compliment to this country, that when her neighbours are in difficulties they uniformly refer to her for refuge or assistance, it would, nevertheless, be the height of folly were she to lend herself to matters in which site neither can nor ought to have any concern, except. perhaps, as a mediator. The truth is, that such applications, however, are seldom or ever made but from dire necessity, or the most interested motives; and, as is too often the case in private life, the hand which is spunted in the hour of prosperity, is eagerly clutched for its gold when want or emergency knocks at the door. Great Britain has already paid, and is still hourly paying, dearly for the barren honour of having been the banker of so many of the States of Europe—though banker we should hardly call her, for that implies a previous deposit, while her office has been to satisfy inordinate demands, which she might have met by the fitter answer of `• no effects." But, supposing money is not now their suit, what else is it that they require of this country ? Is it that we should embroil ourselves, and waste our physical strength in quarrels not our own ? Right or wrong, what is it to us, abstractedly, whether the King of Belgium agrees or disagrees with his subjects ? Least of all, does it behove a country boosting, and justly boasting itself the medic of freedom, to expend either its blood or treasure in an attempt to subdue those who are, either really or ap. parendy, struggling for a share in the same blessing ? But it is said that we are bound by treaty to guarantee to the King of Holland the in tegrity of his dominions. Those who urge this argument cautiously keep back the terms of the treaty, because they know full well that it would not bear them out in their interpretation of it. The truth is, that all treaties must have reference to externs!, not to internal causes; and if the King of the Nether. lands fall out with his subjects, or his subjects with him, what hays his allies to do with that, or what claim can it give him to their inter ference ? Such a principle once admit te d w o u ld be a guarantee of des potism wherever it prevailed. A monarch would have only to exact the moat unreasonable demands, or impose the bitterest chains upon his subjects, and, on their resisting either the one or the other, call in his allies to assist him in his unrighteous purpose. It was spoil this mistaken view of a r ght In nations to interfere with the !almost re gulations and dissentions of each other that most foreign wars have arisen. The melancholy war of the French Revolution had its rise in this mistaken principle ; end with such an example before his eyes, and its consequences still weighing us to the earth, a British States man would be worse than Insane who should venture upon another era. 'lade, either on the one hand to crush the rising liberties of any people, or even, on the other to curb the despotism of their rulers. The whole is hitherto a domestic matter; and as, in private life, however we may dislike our neighbour's mode of going on, yet, as long as be keeps hint. self to himself, it is uo concern of ours; so, in the case of nations, they are entitled to settle or unsettle their internal arrangements without the iterference of the Bury-Bodice and the Marp!ole of other Sates. Temze.—The Flanders papers of Friday, which we received yester. day, contain accounts of the spread of the insurrection in the south of Belgium, and record the acts of the Provisional Government of Brussels. It seems evident, from the proclamation of the Regency of Ghent, that that city is to be added to the number of those which have joined the Belgic union. Mons, one of the first line of [oranges on the road to Valenciennes, is certainly in possession of the insurgents. 'Our Quotations from the Courrisr de Pas Bays will show that Ath, a strong fortress on the road to Lille, has not only warren. dered to the Government of Brussels, but that a part of its ar. tillery has arrived at that city. Tourney, which has lung been die. tinguished for the strength of its fortifications, and which is im. poetant as being the first strong place on the road from Lille, hat likewise been given up, or is promised to be surrendered, to the Provisional Government. Thus we see either a surrender of the for. tresses along the whole frontier of Belgium, from Ostend to Liege, or hear of their intention to surrender. Ar any rate, the line is broken, and the Orange flag no longer waves o ver the chief defences raised for the protection of the united kingdom of the Netherlands. Antwerp, how. ever, is still secure, and we have heard of no defection at Maestricht and some of theother fortresses on the south-east of Belgium. At Brussels, the Provisional Government seems to have been very buy, if we may judge from the multiplicity of its aets and proclamations. M. De Palter arrived on Tuesday, was dragged to the Hotel de Ville by immense crowds of his partisans, made a speech to the assembled multitude, and war in. stalled immediately as a member of the Provisional Government. In the Courier:des Pap Bar of Wednesday, of which he was an editor and proprietor, he published an address to his fellow-citizens, in which he tells them that they most for ever separate themselves from the Dutch assassins who had introduced fire and sword, rape and carnage, into their firesides. It is es ident from the words of this addrt vs, as well as front other proceedings of De Potter and his party, that a union of the two divisions of the kingdom, under the same Sovereign, though with different administrations, will not now satisfy the Provisional Go. vernment. Thus even the slender federation secured by the " contact of the Crown," as proposed by the commission which met the Prince of Orange at the Palace on the 11 of September, has been aban. cloned. It is repotted in the Coarrier des Pays Bat, that on the Wednesday the main force of Prince Frederick, consisting of 10,000 men, maintained their position at Dieglient, keeping their communica tions open with Antwerp by strong detachments stationed at Vilvorde and Medium It seems evident that a considerable number of the Bel. gie officers have resigned their commissions in the Royal army, and at. cepted of higher appointments from the Provisional Government. 'rkis Government has published a decree, releasing such officers from their allegiance, on the ground that the Royal Government had violated its oath by ordering an attack on the people. Among these officers we End two Lieut.-Cols. several Captains, Lieutenants, and subalterns. That the military authorities of Brussels are still apprehensive of an attack from the King's troops—however unfounded such an apprehersion may be—is evident from the fact, that they have ordered the barricades to be preserved or restored, and the citizens to remain under sent,' pre pared for action. Such is the state of facts and the course of events as recorded in the last Brussels and Ghent Yapese which have reached us. The feeling of resistance to the Dutch seems spreading so fast and powerfully, that there is little probability of its being arrested either by the force of arms or the influence of concessions. It would be need. lees now to inquire into the reasonableness of this feeling, or to discuss the nature of those grievances which were pleaded at first as the MOO of the insurrection. That it exists among the lower classes, and through them has acted u muds on the other parts of the Belgic population, is an undenWle fact, to which we ass not the less ready to assent because we desalt a subject of egret. All that can be said of the Bugle revolution, should it seated to the utmost, is, that its lathes have displayed their National antipathies at the utmost their omitted tranquillity t that they have released them selves from the beet of the Cents neat,—set excepting even that of France,—in the hope of a barren lodepeodeoee t and that, at • greet made, of life, and by a great loss of property, they will be able to OM up some puppet, foreign cm donsevic for William of Nassau. Ardent !oven of freedom must regret Silt tit, storm has thus passed over ler dleend of Spain, Miguel of Portugui. an.l other continental despots, to fall upon the King cf the Netherlands. But their day of retributtou must come ! "if such things can fe done in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry ?" CnaoxrcLa.—The House of Commons have always affected great jealousy as to the interference of the Peers with the freedom of election. Every Session opens with an allusion to this weighty affair, and when a Peer has been so silly as to write unguardedly on the subject den elec tion, we have heard long debates in the House on the violation of their most important privileges. And yet we have Dukes, 'Marquises, and Lords openly insulting the people of England. by turning adrift all their tenants who would not vote for the candidates whom they pointed out to them. The aluquis of Exeter dares to turn out the third part of the inhabitants of Stamford out of their houses, and would, if tie could, deprive them of their bread ! The Marquis has committed the miatake of flying at game a little too high for him. Mn the times in which we live, an Aristocrat ought to content himself with petty oppressions. He has here, unfortunately for himself, committed himself with a body whose spirit and respectability will enible them to defeat him. One of their first steps will be to holds great Town's 3leeting,with a view to pe tition Parliament, and they will make a beautiful exposure of the nia nsent of the borough. Can anything tend more to till a nation with abretiee of a system than the seeing the population of large towns in volved in ruin, because, forsooth, they will not a llow t h emse l ves to vote for men who m, in their conscience , they believe improper per,ons to represent them in Parli ament ? Borough patrons arc, in general, more prudent than these noblemen. Out yet their greater prudence ougLt not to blind us to the fact, the exercise of the elective franchise, as it is called in England, with a few trifling exceptio-.1, is not only a source of misery when those who possess the franchise are so corrupt and degraded as to vote as their masters tell them, and so insensible as not to feel un easy on account of their prostitution. The education of the people would be a source of misery to them, were it merely to open their eyes to their degraded condition, without allowing them the hope of being able to rid themselves of this bondage. Evints are working for tie people. It is impossible, we think, that the examples of our day sl.ouil tall to product rn impression on the much-irejun d and insulttd people of England. They cannot much long. r stiff r utemselves to live the • of boroughmongers. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The ship Royal Charlotte, from was sera in lat. 31. long. 71. She was oo her beam ends, and main-atizen-maws gone. The Maria Illessandrlne, front Bergen to Sicily, was totally wr •cled neer Westport 24th Dui, Oct. 3.—Wind S.W. by W. moderate. Ponnstoorn. Orr. 3.—Wind S. W.—haired the Catherine, Istrtn. from London for Bengal; and his blajesty's ship Mosquito, from the Fauccerro, Om. 1, Wind S.W. and 2. S. fresh breesm—Arrived He Bainbridge, Wilson, from Miranaichi; and Zephyr. Bragg. from Terceira. Bairrot.. Ocr. S.—Arrived the Little Catherine, kV Lean, from the River Gambia; and Sarah, Webber, from Charente. HOLTIIIIIAD, Oct. 9.—Arrived nit the port, the Monett. from Per nambuco ; leer. from Virginia ; and Mountaineer. from Philadelphia. CLTDII. OCT. 1.--Arrived the Jean Kiln's), Ogilvie. (rem Virginia. Livaaroot.. Oct. 2—Arrived the Moo. Edwards, from alarseilies Leit► Stewart, from Stockholm ; and Nymph, Gibbons, from Ilavre. BIELPAIIT, OCT. I.—Arrived the Nymph, klaiony. from Jamaica ; Mary Clark, liottershall. from St. Domingo; and America, from Port Wallace. Maim, Orr. 2.--Arrived the Olive Br..nch, Peters. from Cadiz , itiebard and Ann. Way. and Atlas. Pearce, from London. Coat, Sart. SO.—Arrived the James Morgan ' Wallae from JA. maim ; Gleaner, Hell, from Newfoundl an d ; an d Mary, Armstrong, from Sr. John's. ROYAL ACADEMY OP MUSIC. The Pupils' Concert was given on Saturday. It WWI very fashion ably attendoka His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honourei the Concert with his presence, and expressed himself highly gratified with the performances. A MS. sinfonia, by Mr. G. Medarren, elicited much applause, as did the concerto on the violin, by Mr. E. W. The mu ; and the " Duo Ebben per mia manor*" by the Misses Brom ley and Postai», vru executed with great science and taste. The whole was highly creditable to the pupils, and, dinars; to the establishment. DRURY-LANE. Ms Merry Wives of Windsor was performed on Saturday night.. Howson portrayed, with much humour, all t h e peculiarities of the sack.drinking knight ; occasionally he allowed his voice to drop so low that it was scarcely audible. IiAILZT . II Slender was highly amusing.— firsctaira personated Pinion, and sung, "The Spring Time is Coming," delightfully, and was rapturously encored. B. HiLt. (from the Eng lish Opera,) as Dr. Coins, met with a favourable reception. Miss Byfield (the Mrs. Page) was in fine voim, and very much applauded. Miss Pearson '(from the Adelphi) made !ter first appearance or, these boards, as Mrs. Pond. She was most boiseerously seicomed, and her efEwts were received with marked favour. Her singing was perfectly in tune ; bet voice, by ;its sweetnessiatti flexibility, won universal adn tion, and her first song she was compelled to repeat. Her good fortune continued throughout the evening. ADELPHI THEATRE. " The march of" adornment has been proceeding here with a vet:. seance, for In one link week the whole theatre has undergone a cam. plete re-embellishment The saloon is very tastefully ornamented, and the fronts of the boxes have a light and elegant appearance, as they art: now of a primrose colour, and are relieved by handsome blue im pedes. Thirteen elliptical arches are forme d in front of the dress circle by drapery, and under each of them is the device of a silver swan, drinking out of a golden vase. The upper tier ix ornamented with blue drapery, fancy gold seroll work, and Bowen • in burnished gold. The proscenium is decorated in an elegant . manner, and has a light and pleasing effect. A new drop scene, too, has been painted by that clever young artist, Tomkins. The season will continence this evening with a new burletta, under the imposing titled Ti.. Moot Vughsro, or The Wheel of Leath. which k slid to be got up in a very splendid manner, and is of a sefficien ly hum. fying nature to please the most fastidious amateur 01 romance. Twat new performers are spoken of, in addition to the old favourites. bliss Peton is engaged at the Haymarket Theatre until its close. Beasley, the architect to Drury-lane, is entitled to grefit praise for the good taste and pleasing manner in which he has invented the internal decorations of Drury-lane. The execution of these embel lishments was entrusted to Mr. F. G:ace, of Wigniore-street, whet,/ paintings at the Royal Palace at Brighton, the interior of the King's Fishing Temple on Virginia Water, IViodsor Carole, and Greenwich Hospital, have been so generally admired. Miss CHESTILIL was to have appeared at Drury-lane, fur the Ben time this season, in the diameter of Lady Trails, but the en. gagement of Mr. W. FAtomr, the Sir Peter I taste lathe Haymarket, rendets the representation of that play, at so early a period, inconve. nient. This lady has, the:Core, selected for her debut, on Thumltv wit, DONNA FlOlOl Ile, in the Comedy of The Wormier. WALLA...is. peniotudell Dull Peas, and HA lILIEY his favourite character of Lissarstv. Jog MUNDEW, the Comedian, is returned from a visit to hi s son-in-law, in Berkshire, reawrisi to perfect health and the fall polo SCSSiOR of his talents. 31r. C. KEMPLE, who, by change of rrtidetice to the house of his late brother Mr. JGHN KEMPLE, in Russell-mitt t, Bloomsbury-square, las become a neighbt ur of Mr. 31 uximx, 161 , c, lives in 'Bernard.street, is, we undt rstand, in treaty with the veteran everyreen to perform a limited number of nights. In the event of an engagement, Mr. AIUNDEN will appear in Sir Peter Ti axle, and Mi.: FANNY KEMPLE personates Lady nark. SHAKESPEARE'S Mach Ado aloud Nothing will be an early revival ; Beatrice will be persoit. aired by Miss FAN NY KIMBLE, and bayberry by Mr. Mu NDEN. CHARLES KEMILIE Hill, of course, represent Benedict The Marquis of Cleveland, it is said, has purchased Pri tsa and Birmingham—ter the former his Lordship is stated to have given Cliifney 4,11001. Tile price paid for the witmer of the St. Leger, is set down at 3,00 UL It is said, that Colonel White, M.P. is about to jc in the Irish Turf, and that he is at present actively engaged in feinting an extensive stud. The Curragh October Meeting, which commences on Monday week, will he one of the hoot attractit•r, to the •porting that hart taken plea in Ireland fur many years. The match beim ti the Waxy colt, bkylark, and Captain Forbts's Holler colt, has excited much intereq, and bets to a large amount have been made upon the liana ATTORN EY b.—ln the reign of Queen Elizabeth it was the custom fur persons of laded property to brio* attertteps sot to 6.• mischievous. A lure's steward's account, which IN deposited lu the British Museum, has the following item :—" Gave an annuity of 101. ptr annum to an 'Money to sop him, us he was a title-bringer, and solicitor to (neon:a l e a claimant." This morning an inquest was held on the body of John Whitt, a tailor, who died suddenly on Saturday morning at the con tet of Guildfued..street. Raisell-square. at the Friend-at-Hand public-house ; when, after several w!tnesses had been examined, who proved his being in 010011 health up to the merman of his death, returned a verdict of "Died by the visitation of Goo.' He has left a wife and eve cbildttu. He ways remarkably steady man. His wife is fax advanced. lIM=I I ~. 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