The Sun. — London, England, 1830-10-04 00:00:00

STATE OF BELGIUM, (From the Daigle Papers.) ACTS OP THI GOVERNMONT, THE PROVISIONAL. GOVIERWMENV OF lALGIUbI. " One of our beet citizens, M. Ile Potter, whom the national wish has recalled with loud aeclitma• flans from the commencement of our glorious revo. lotion, has entered within our walls. The Provisional Government hastens to join him. In consequence, from the .28th of September, 1830, M. de Potter will form part of the Provisional Government. (Signed) CH. BOGIES, and eight others. " Brussels, Sept. 28." My dear fellow eilizens b ilehold me in the midst of you ; the reception which you have given me has inspires! me with the most lively emotions. It will never be obliterated from my memory. I will do my utmost to render myself worthy of you and my country. Brave Belgian people, you have gloriously conquered. Learn how to profit by victory ; your cowardly enemies are in a state of stupor. Lose not an instant. Let every citizen rally round the popular Government which is your own work. The incendiaries whoM you have driven so ignominiously from your capital, prepare themselves, you need not doubt, for new crimes. " No more hesitation—no more intrigues; we Must remove for ever from our fire-sides the assassins who hove carried thither steel and fire, violation and carnage. We must save our mothers, our wives, our children, our property. We will live free, or bury ourselves beneath heaps of ashes. "Be united, my dear fellow-citizens, and we shall be invincible. Let us preserve order amongst us it is indispensable in order to preserve our in dependenee. " Liberty foralll---The equality of all before the supreme powerthe nation, before its will--the law 1 Yon have eradicated despotism by your con fidence the power which you have created. You will know how to be on your guard against anarchy and its fatal consequences. The Belgians ought to make none tremble but their enemies. People I What we are, we are by you. What we shall do, we shall do by you. (Signed) " Brussel*, Sept, 28." " DE POTTER." " Bravo inhabitants of Tiruesels,--•The enemy hue been repelled rar from your walls. Their _ regular cohorts have beet► unable to resist your heroic courage. But in order to enjoy peaceably the fruits of ♦ictory, it is necessary that a city guard be de. finitively organized for the maintenance of public order, a duty which the moveable colum►►s which move against the enemy can no longer take upon them. We have consequently judged it necessary to adopt the following measures : " The City Guard shell be composed of all the inhabitants capable of bearing arms, from the age of 18 to W. "The pay of the artisans 611411 be 75 cents per day, when, in . their . turn on the roll, they shall be called to mount guard. " The chiefs of sections are invited to drew up im mediately a census of all persons liable by their age to forma part of the guard, specifying those who are to recetve pay when on service. " The Conirnandant-in..Chit fof the City Guard, " *rm VANWILINDEN " Brussels, Sept. 28." [The inhabitants of Brussels who have shown so heroic a devotion for the good cause, will feel how urgent it is to undertake the protection of their pro pertv. They ought more than ever to rival iu zeal the brave inhabitants of the neighbouring cities and communes who have flocked to our aid, ready still to partake with us the watches and the labours which circumstances have imposed upon mi.] TtEP.ORTS. lIIITILA.OT Of TOO FIABT AItrOATA WU LJU ARMVitt) YEII - AT lrAn-QuAwritan.' The 'situation of the army 'yesterday morning was as follows t-- At Mechlin, from 300 to 400 'thee, without artillery. • . • • • At the bridge of Walhem (which is not burned as was reported), two companies of the Isth Mon, and two pieces of artillery. At Campenhout, on the Louvain road, two com panies with two pieces. At Humbeek, one compeer of the 15th division, without artillery. At Vilvorde, 400 men, two pieces, and a park of reserve of 30 waggons, abandoned. At Dieghem, there is a corps d'armde of from 8,000 to 10,000 men. There was a battle the day before yesterday at Campenhont, about *ix o'clock in the evening. General Schuermane was wounded in the leg by a General Constant do itehecque is also wounded. Captein Perot, of Liege, is killed. Captain Hardy is wounded. Lieut. Sandberg is mortally wounded. Carnain Smite Van Haulthem is also wounded. These ere the first exact accounts which have been obtained respecting the fate of numerous officers of the enemy who have been killed or wounded. TO TIM VAN lIALEX, OrAIY QUA ItTKit4. KtroxT or Tug FIRST COlitl3, Mat Tilt 28114 TO TOP. Wet% or semolina. 14 Yesterday, at five o'clock, I quitted my position in front of the cemetery on the Louvain road, .to march upon the enemy's flank; but scarcely bud 1 advenced a few paces in the fields on the right, than I heard in exclamation from the dispersed tireilleure, There itt the enemy's cavalry !' I immediately totaled my come in column by sections, and I turned towards the road, in order to: cover the point that was menaced. I observed, in fact, A considerable body of cavalry advancing upon the Louvain road, en d I t h ereu p on m arched to meet it with the whole of My troops; and I intimated to all the tirailleurs ,who did not form part of my corps, that they should not fire without my direction. This order was very opportune, for the corps which was advancing proved to be no other than that of Captain liouchez, who .was making a reconnoiessince, and who had not passed my outposts for this purpose. " After having reconnoitered this corps in person I resumed my route across the wood, which is on the tight of the Louvain road, I reached cover at en idvanced period of the night, at Woluwe-St. .Lembert,,a village Whit* is exactly upon the ex treme left. of the enemy. thence I advanced AIWA Msfiut-pOos placed at sshont two Musket-oltot. Our approach, and a little tiring which took place, created such an extraordinary confusion in the troops that I thought there was no danger in taking up is position for the night in the neighbourhood of those who showed so much fear its spite of their numbers, I have therefore established my beadivarters at Woluwe, where my triers are bivouacked, with a line of posts ammo! me. " Whilst I remained here the Secretary of the commune of Dieghem arrived from thie village. I immediately interrogated him, and I 'learned from him that Prince Frederick was at Diegbere, widest ',touring to sound the disposition of hie troops, in order, probably, to calculate the chericee of a new Imitation. According to the report the troops were; disposed to refuse to advance against Prossel , o s 4 ios: the soldiers are demoralized to t h at degree tmo , Ole very dress of a citizen inspires them with t error. " Other, accounts, however, which I have oh tamed front the peatants, induce me to think that a movement in advance its contotriplated, Early hi the morning I shall have positive, knowledge on this hendaor lam so near the enemy that 1 hear the word. which their patrols exchange. Prudent% does riot permit me to make you acquainted with my ulterior intentions, became I am not perfectly aesurc4 ofthe (stoat thisreport,—Your' s alive or dead, N 1134.0 N." " PROCLAMATION. " inhabitants of lirusasll,--Threa days have scarcely Iled since a ferocious enemy brought fir e and massacre within your walls, Your Intrepid courage, your unconquerable perseverance, secur ed by the general devotion of auxiliaries from other toinmuties, have triumphed over all obstacles, lie has fled, leaving your public squares, your streets, Had your promenades, strewed with the wounded and the dead. " At the moment of the terrible crisis I find my self amongst you. I ft:tithe liveliest sympathy for a cause so sacred for so many courageous efforts. Some among you who honour me with their esteem offer me the chief command. I accept it with pride, ►with gratitude, overjoyed at being able to serve in Belgium the liberty which I was upon the point of proceeding to defend in my own country. " We are now freed from the presence of your tyrants. Happy at having been able to contribute to this brilliant success, I hasten to present to you my sincere and ardent thanks for the confidence which you have reposed in me, and of which I shall be ever proud. " Inhabitants of Brussels and of Liege !—Bel glans who have flocked from all points to the de. fence of this capital ; you are a great and noble people. By prodigies of valour you have known how to conquer t—learn how to profit by victory. The dangers which surrounded you are removed; but they are nor dissipated. Persevere obstinately in your noble efforts—exercise the most rigid vigi lance with respect your internal enemies, who are now more formidable than those without. Above all things let us maintain order within our walls. No devastation—no tires; those who plunder are they who would not fight ; and if your oppressors should dare to present themselves again, let them once more find in you the men of the immortal 26th of September. " Accept again, brave citizens, the expression of my attachment and admiration. One of the most delightful recollections of my existence will be that of having participated in your triumphs. " The Commander in-Chief of the Moveable Forces, Ileatl-quarters, Sept. 29. ' 6 JUAN VAN lIALEN " Belgium still owe an eternal gratitude to the brave General Juan Van Haien, who has under, taken the chief command at a moment of the greatest peril, and who, by his rare presence of mind, the vigour of his measures,. and the ability with which the manoeuvres were directed, spread terror and death throughout the ranks of the bri gands of Prince Frederick. It is a just tribute of respect which all the combatants feel it to be a duty to award him.. (From the Courrier des Pays Ilas of Sept. 29.) The establishment of a 'Provisional Government mos urgent, was indispensable, under the circum stances ►n which we were placed. Its appearance has been received by all the Belgians with respect and gratitude, and will not fail to be shortly acknow ledged in every quarter ; for opinions are unanimous with respect to the necessity of delivering Belgium from the disgrOceful yoke so long imposed on it by Holland.. The expression of this sentiment has been general : the truth of the assertion is testified by the cry which has been raised in the very extre mities of the country for the separation. If the at titude assumed by the other towns be not so ener getic tis that taken by Brussels, it is because Dutch money, or brute force, has repressed the people's feelings, and paralysed the boldest intentions. But now that Brussels and her generous allies have spilled their blood in the sacred cause of inde pendence,—now that our enemies have disgracefully fled before our citizen soldiers, and a new and rege nerating power has arisen to consolidate and legalize the emancipation of Belgium, woe to whoever shall attempt to oppose the expression of the wish of the Belgium,. The new Government discharges from their oaths all the agents of the old regime, who had filmed their powers. It allows to all persons the free will of acknowledging it, or not; but in the lat ter case their part must be a passive one. Any re sistanee would be a crime, and would expose them to the greatest dangers. The late events of Brussels have sidliCiently proved how perfectly powerless ma terial force is when opposed to the general will. . . THE TAIONU OF 4111. .The town of Ath, an important fortress, has been in the possession of .our patriots since yesterday.— The official news .arrived last night at the Town Howie. A considerable quantity of ammunition was found in the place, a great part of which has been sent. off to Brussels. At the moment we are writing (nine o'clock in the morning), eight pieces of cannon, and one bomb, with their necessary ammunition, have entered our town by the gate of . Anderlecht. . The artillery, who serve these pieces, and .who belong to the garrison of ,Atli, have accompanied them, with lighted matches in their-hands, and commanded by a Major • of Artillery. .They also bring with them 40,000 cartouches, und..2oobarrels of powder. The people received them with the most lively enthusiasm. The people of Ath have made prisoners of the Dutch General who came yesterday to besiege the town, and a Captain of Artillery who. belonged to the garrison. Freedom will not be granted to the General until M. Spitaels de Grammont is released. Ath wilt be our La Brielle. Our canaille is worthy of the Gneux. Since the I.lclgians have lost their action before the Dutch majority, they must appeal to another tribunal, and call upon Europe to judge with re spect to their rights.. Their cause has a good deal of similitude to that which the French so energetically pleaded in the few last days of July. All the world huts been with them. against Charles X. It will not be diffi cult to show that the cause of the Belgians is as just as theirs; and that the wrongs of William are still greater than those of the ci-devant King of France. Let us recall some facts. - Dutch partiality is a problem to nobody. The oppression of 15 years of 4,000'000 of Belgian in habitants, for.the benefit of '2,000,000 Dutch, is as flagrant fact. Let these who doubt it recall to mind the .numerous grievances which we have se often, so long, so humbly,.and so legally carried to the foot of the throne, of a Dutch Klieg, Let them call to mind, that not only has no attention been paid to them, but the humble petitioners have been treated as factious and rebellious persons, and their complaints have been violently stifled in subjecting the Press to servitude, and employing the servility of the tribunals, more especially the Court of Brus sels, for the benefit of power, and against all liberal writers. —..,.... The condemnation of MM. do Potter, Tielmans, Bertha's, and Der Neve, for a moment petrified every mind, The vexatious proceedings which were added to t h e exe cution of an order still more iniquitous than odious, recalled the most apathetical from their momentary stupor. A storm broke out. Van Maanen, Knyff, Libry-Bagnano—three names ab horred by the Belgians—became the butt for popu lar vengeance, and their dwellings were pillaged and burned. There would have been nothing difficult to prevent this tumult ; it would have been still more easy to appease it. The instantaneous and complete eacrilice of M. Van Mennen, so honourably dirorr►isseul a few days ufterwards, would have► been more than sufficient fur thl►t purpose. But 6101 a step was not taken, but all protecting force was withdrawn from us; the troops departed, and we were left to ourselves, in the hope that anarchy would soon prevail among us. The well disposed citizens were therefore forced to arm them selves in order to protect their property, since the Government no longer protected it, for them. At the end of a few days the Prince of Orange, the heir to the throne, arrived at the head of a corps il'armee. He was told that the employment of force was useless, and would be dangerous. He suffered hiMself to he persuaded to enter Brussels alone. That was as honourable to bitn as to that rebel ca naille in whom he so nobly confided, and who were so barbarously massacred a few days lifter. The Prince perceived our situation. lie saw that there MS Ha rebellion, but bitter and just ground for ex asperation. He heard our compleitas, listened to our wrongs, and undertook to submit to the King and support the demand which we proposed, as the Only means of transaction between the Dutch and us, aa a !Main pledge of peace and universal content. This demand, as the world knows, was the judi ciary, administrative, and financial separation of the north and the south of the kingdom. This concilia tory demand was not a cry of rebellion. It was the declaration and wish of all classes, of all our depu ties, and even of all our authorities. But let us look to the result. The Prince had transacted with us, invested with a legal character. He discharged, then, a legal mission and a sacred duty, in submitting our demand to the chief of the state,—to his father. It appears that the Kitig, surrounded as he always is by Dutch influence, blamed the conduct and the condescension of the Prince, yet he nevertheless formally under took to submit our demand to the States-General. He announced to the nation by a proclamation not very favourable to us, that be had so pledged him self ; and though our thus abandoning our fate to the decision of 55 Dutchmen ,was placing ourselves at the mercy of our oppressors, yet that fact, while it sufficiently proves that we were very unskilful, also shows that we were in no wise brigands ? ' What happened ? Initead of waiting for the de . - termination of the States-General upon the ques tions which we had been promised should be sub mitted to them,—questions which required , the most profound meditation,--instead of waiting for what ever the States might determine with respect to us, as the King had declared he would, as soon as the speech from the throne appeared, and the pro ject of reply intimated what was the spirit of the majority, a Prince Frederick, without any qualification, without any other title than his quality of 'Prince, pretending to be furnished with powers from his father who had no powers to give, since he was under obligations to the States-General, commencing to act before legislative authority, which was deliberating, sent a proclamation from Antwerp, dated the 21st, and ordering us to lay down our arms; and on the 23d, at the dawn of light, he in vaded our walls, without any sort of summons, and made us experience for four days all the miseries of war and of brutal pillage, and all the horrid ex cesses which the most barbarous band could employ against their mortal enemies. Thus for four days we were subjected to the fire of a brutal soldiery, to conflagrations, to the destruction of our houses • and most beautiful edifices, to massacres, to viola tions, to pillage, to assassinations, and to everything that could tend to our annihilation. The above is our declaration to Europe, in an nouncing that the Belgians have henceforth ceased to be under the Dutch yoke, and have become free by their own efforts. ACTS OF THE GOVERNMENT. " Having considered the request of Messrs. .Engler, Messel, Blissett, Matthicu, and Moeremans, .itahlenbeck, Michael, and other merchants of Brus sels,- founded upon the impossibility at this moment of regularly carrying on commercial affairs, hnd of fulfilling the forms required by law in cases of non payment of bills in due course ; " Considering the urgency of the measures re quired by commerce under actual circumstances ; " It is ordered, that there be 25 days further al lowed for the settlement of all those payments re spectingscommerce which accrued antecedent to the present date. • " Signed, the 28th of September, by the Mem bers of the Provisional Government." PROCLAMATIONS. " Brave military Belgians,—For some time past you have been sacrificed to the jealousy of the Dutch, who, not content with grasping all the posts of honour, have seized every occasion to humiliate and maltreat you. The odious regime of partiality and injustice of all sorts which they forced upon Belgium has too long► oppressed you. Brave sol diers, the moment is come to free our country from the yoke which that degenerate nation placed upon our necks. They have themselves given the signal for separation. Belgian blood has been spilt, and still flows, in consequence of the orders of him who has received your oaths. This effusion of ge nerous blood has broken all bounds, and the Bel gians are hereby freed from the obligations of their oaths. " Let all the Dutch who may he in your ranks retire, and return to their homes. • The Belgic na tion is powerful enough, but too generous to re•aliate. " Brave soldiers, continue to range under our lags. The Belgic name shall no longer be a motive for Injustice, but a title of glory." " Sept. 2(j." (Signed as above.) " TO THY TOMOIC rromv. . " You have just gaitted a glorious victory. This glory will remain untainted. It is only your ene mies end the enemies of your country who run into excesses, excite to pillage, or asbist in it themselves in order to gain a shameful booty, or foment a new attack. The Provisional Government will keep their eyes upon them. It relies on the people of Brussels to restrain and punish them. "Sept. 27." (Signed as usual, ) ANO'CIIKE NOTICE. " All the brave citizens who have taken arms from the enemy will bring them to the town-house, where they will be paid for them on the instant. These arms are destined for the army about to be organized." Then follow several military orders for the better fortification of the city and park, and a civic order that the service of the posts was renewed. Before the arrival of M. de Potter at Brussels, the Provisional Government had issued the follow ing order:-- " The Provisional Government invites M..t.ouis de Potter to return to his country. The Govern ment addresses the same invitation to all the Bel gians who are in France." (Signed as usual.) Our popular citizen, whose name has served for the first popular rallying cry in our glorious revolu tion, arrived at six o'clock in the evening at Brus leis. His carriage was conducted directly to the Town-house, in the midst of the shouts of an im mense crowd, who had accompanied him from the gates. From Engbien to Brussels the march of M. Pot ter was a real triumph. When his approaeh to lingliien was announced, the whole population went out to meet him. M. Partnentier, the respeciable burgomaster, many of the members of the Re gency, and some officers of the Communal Guard marched in front. The horses of the carriage were forcibly taken away, in spite of the re monstrances of the honourable traveller, and the people themselves drew him to the- house of M. Permentier ' where he partook of some ref re sh ment . Ile soon after pursued his route, attended by an im mense throng, who repeated a thousand times-- " Long live - I'otter, long live the defender of our liberties." The Harmonic Satiety at Erighien wished to render homage to this illustrious patriot, and after having performed some pieces of music during the repast they placed themselves at the head of the people, to re-conduct M. Potter to the bounds of the town, At Hal the same demonism , tions his arrival, Women, children, and old men, hastened to embrace him. Arrived in the neighbourhood of Brussels, he found upon the road a strong • detachment of the civic guard, upwards of 20,000 citizens, amongst whom were several of our brave wounded ; his carriage was here again borne to the Town-house. Nothing was heard but " Long live Potter 1" " Long live the defenders of our liberties!" " Long live the Belgians I" " Death to the Dutch 1" " Death to the assassins of our wives and children !" In alighting from big earriage the people carried hint in their arms into the Town-house, 'where lie was re ceived by the Members of the Provisional Govern ment, who almost stifled him with their embraces. The people assembled before l'Amigo loudly called for his appearance upon the balcony. M. Potter presented himself there, accompanied by M. d'lloogvorst., He thanked: his brave fellow-citizens f or the admirable efforts they had- made, and con jured them to co-operate with him in throwing off t he yoke of the infamous Dutch. Whilst M. Potter was passing through .nth, the brave inhabitants came forth and . disarmed the garrison. Further extracts from the Courier dcs Pays Ras describe that the Data troops had suffered dread- I fully during the combat in Brussels ; thst the roads upon their retreat were covered with their dead and wounded; that the Belgic volunteers had followed to reconnoitre them; that the soldiers had suifered dreadfully, and committed horrid excesses in cold blood, some of which are described. It is further said, that all the English who had on the faith of promises from their Ambassador, Lord Bagot (Sir Charles Begot) remained in Brussels, and who were at once the witnesses and victims of the horrors and atrocities committed by the Dutch soldiery, had as sembled to address their complaints to their own Government, and to denounce the most infamous violation of every principle of the law of nations, and of war, in their own persons, and that of their wives and children, as well as the destruction and pillage of their property. Reprisals are then threatened for the maltreatment of prisoners, and for the sacking and burning of above 300 houses in Brussels. The Dutch troops which had entered the town, amounted, it is said, to near 10,000 men, of whom 1,800 were cavalry, and 23 pieces of cannon, besides two mortars. Four thousand of these troops are said to have been killed and wounded. The latest accounts in Paris on Thursday evening communicate that the insurrection had become general in nearly the whole of. the Belgic towns. Private letters state that it was raging in Ghent, Bruges, and Ostend. The G'ourricr des Pays Ras of Thursday is filled with orders of the Provisional Government of Brus sels, for following up their vigorous resistance to the Dutch. These orders are obeyed with emulation by the Belgians. It also contains horrid narratives of the slaughter and devastation perpetrated by the Dutch troops during their attack upon the town, and also during their retreat, together with a de tailed narrative of individual acts of heroism, of de tached Belgians while hard pressed by the bayonets of the assailants in the streets. M. Neillon, the officer despatched in pursuit of the Dutch troops in their retreat from Brussels, has transmitted a report, dated on the 29th of September, in which he says that Prince Frederick had made an effort to get his army to rally at the village of Dieghem, but that they were in great confusion, and would not return to the attack. The centre of the retreating army was l e f t by this report at Dieghem, and the left ex tending upon the Louvain road. ACTS OF TUE GOVERNMENT. " The Provisional Government of Belgium, con sidering the great importance, in the present circum stances, of the prompt expedition of affairs, has nominated out of its own number a central com mittee, charged with the execution of all the mea sures adopted on the report of special committees. The central committee is composed of three members —viz., MM. de Potter, Ch. Rogier, Sylvain Van de Weyer. " F. DE MERODE. " - JOLLY. " F. DE COPPIN. " J. VANDERLINDEN. " J. NICOLAY. " BARON EMM. VANDERLINDEN D'IIOOGVORST. " ALEX. GENDEBIEN. " Brussels, Sept. 29, 1830." imussEts, SEPT. 30. In order to place itself on a par with circumstances, the Provisional Government must enter openly into the new career : it must, by general measures,—the complete expression of the new order of things,— assume, in it few days, the entire administration of public affairs. Union in view, rapidity in execution ; these ought to be its characters. War has pro nounced it; it is the legitimacy of its mandate, ut tered amidst the conflict : we ought at first to pro ceeo by feeling our way, as if essaying it. It is, perhaps, as difficult to profit by victory as to gain it. We await a law which shall proclaim in a few words a system at once, and which will effect with the least possible shock the transition from the old to the new regime. The following are a few of the ideas which, in our opinion, may form the basis of the law : " 1. The Belgian people separate themselves from 4ob. land, in order to form a free federative state. " 2. They will never treat in future with other states, especially Holland, but upon terms of equality. They will recognize no debts contracted in 1815 on their account by a foreign force. «8. They resume possession of their territory; the na tional colours shall be hoisted in all the communes. " 4. The province of Luxemburg forms part of Bel gium, notwithstanding its relations with Germany, which shall be respected, and which shall become the subject of diplomatic negotiations. According to the terms of the Acts of the Diet, the federative garrison shall confine itself to the occupation and protection of the fortress of Luxem burg : the placing this city in a st ►te of siege, without the assent of the Belgian Government, every deployment of force beyond the limits of the territory of the fortress, and every participation in the civil administration of the pro vince, ought to be considered as an act contrary to the prin ciple of non-intervention, and calculated to legitimate the appeal of foreign Powers. " 5. The Dutch troops, considered henceforth as ene mies, shall evacuate Belgium ; in case of resistance they shall be expelled by force. " B. All the Belgian citizens shall be summoned to arms. They shall be divided into two classes —one, under the denomination of the National Guards, shall be charged with the peculiar defence of the communes, and in default of fire-arms, shall be armed with pikes, by the care of the local authorities ; the other shall form the active army, citizens from the age of 18 to 40, who are not married, nor only sons, nor employed in public offices, nor indis pensable to agriculture, are especially called upon to form part of the active army ; and volunteers of this class shall preeeed to Liege, Mons, and Brussels, when they shall be embodied. " 7. The population shall rise en masse without dis tinction of age or sex, wherever it may be necessary to repel the enemy. " 8. A commission shall be charged to prepare a new fundamental law. The Belgian Deputies at the States- General being at the Hague in a state of complete capti vity, and war having, moreover, broken all our connec tions with Holland, their mission is at an end, as far as regards Belgium. " ft. The provincial states are maintained as admini strative: bodies, and shall be immediately convoked. " 10. The provincial and district authorities shall con tinue their functions, at least till a revocation on the part of Government. The Notables shall provide provisionally for the administration of those communes, when once the authorities have withdrawn, or where they refuse to exe cute the orders of Government. " 11. All the Hollanders who filled public employments in Belgium are dismissed. The local authorities, or in default of them the Nobles, shall provide provisionally for the filling up the places of those among them who shall be charged with the receipts or other offices indispensable to public order, after rendering a full account and making an inventory of the papers. " 12. All the duties shall continue to be collected for the Government of Belgium provisionally by virtue of the existing laws. Nevertheless, the duty upon the abattoge is abolished from the present day. All the prosecutions on account of the contravention of this law which have been commenced, and all the sentences which have been pronounced, aro to be considered as void and of non-effect. " 13. justiee shall be administered in the name of the . Provisional Government, the forms of judicial and notarial acts shall be modified conformably." Further news received this day from Mons in forms us that that fortress, with all its defences, is in the popular power, which is organized with the most perfect order. General Owen, as well us all the Dutch officers, are guarded at Mons till new or ders arrive , . Every possible measure of security has been taken to repel attacks ; and reinforcements from Brussels are at pres6nt quite unnecessary. The Government has promoted all the Belgian o ffi ce rs of artillery at Mons, as well as several other °dicers, Th e communes of Down, jetnappe, Frameries, enesmes, &c. have sent their contingents to the patriot army. Their example will be followed by the whole of the country called florinage. (From the Courrier des Pays Pas of Friday, Oct. 1.) BRUSSELS. "TiIIetitOVISTMCAL GOTY.H.NIit ENT OF BILOIII3I. " Cotlaillering that the King's Government has violated its oaths by causing grape-shot to be fired on his subjects, absolves Lieutenant -Colonel de Thabor from his oaths, and appoints him Colonel of infantry ; M. de Illochausen, Captain of gen darmes, is appointed Major of cavalry. (Here follow the names of many other officers who are promoted. The phrase " absolves 11 om his oaths" is applied only to Lieutenant-Colonel de Thabor.) "CENTRAL COMMITTEE. " The Provisional Government orders the Com mandant of the city of Mons to consider all the Dutch officers as prisoners of war, to place them un der proper guard, treating them with humanity and kindness, and to keep them as hostages. " Brussels, Sept. 29. " DE POTTER. " ROGIER. " VAN DE WEYER." "THE PROVISIONAL GOVRRNMENT. " Brave fellow-citizens,—You have repulsed the enemy Gom without. You must now be en your guard against an enemy who is in the midst of us, and who is no less 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 I Peace to the citizens ! We are all brethren, equally interested in the main tenance of internal order, as we are all interested in the extermination of the incendiaries who threaten us. it We invite all the citizens 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 sullied by excesses. Let us leave pillage and burn ing to the enemies of Belgium. The Belgians ought to carry fire and sword only into the ranks of the Dutch. " The Central Committee, " DE POTTER. " ROGIEII. " ioels, Sept. 30. " VAN DE WEYER. " Head-quartets. " PROCLAMATION. " PROVISIONAL GOVERNAIRNT OF UFLOIVAL. " The Central Committee orders all the barricades of the city to be immediately re-established, and in vites all good citizens to hold themselves in a per manent state of defence. " DE POTTER, " Brussels, Sept.:29. " ROGIER, " VAN DE WEYER." " The Commander-in-Chief will have the Pro clamation inserted in the order of the day. " Don JUAN VAN DALEN." " The officers commanding the posts at the gates of the city are ordered not to suffer any horse fit for cavalry service to go out of the gates, nor any moveables or baggage. " Brussels, Sept. 29. " JUAN VAN HALEN." A report from Baron Vandermissen announces that ho has taken possession of Ath, and the forts with the arsenal, which is very amply provided; that he shall send the Dutch soldiers to their homes as soon as he receives instructions from the Provisional Government : that the inhabitants and the troops have behaved so as to merit the favour of the Belgic Government, and that he sends to Brussels a quan tity of cannon, &c., escorted by a part of the garri son and a detachment of volunteers of Ath. The accounts from Mons received today, an nounce that the fortress and all its dependencies are in the hands of the popular force, which has or ganised itself with the most perfect order; that Gen. Bowen and all the Dutch officers are kept at Mons till further orders; that every precaution is taken to repel an attack, and the reinforcements from Brussels are not wanted. The Government has promoted all the Belgian officers of artillery at Mons, and several of the officers of engineers and infantry. It is affirmed that the army of Prince Frederick made a retrograde movement towards Malines yesterday afternoon. Yesterday afternoon all was still quiet at Antwerp. Serious differences had arisen the day before yester day between the troops of the garrison, probably between the Dutch and the Belgians, but they did not affect the town. The first and second divisions, entirely composed of Belgians, who had guarded the city and the ci tadel with the Burgher Guard during the massacres at Brussels, have just left Antwerp, being sent to Breda, and succeeded by Dutch troops, who will intrench themselves behind the ramparts. The artillery sent to the assistance of Louvain ar rived there yesterday noon. Partial reviews con tinue to take place before the head-quarters, where the defence of Brussels and the organization of the forces of the province are the subject of constant at tention. A corps of 4,000 or 5,000 Dutch troops, de tached from the army of General Cort Heiligers, advanced yesterday towards Wavre ; the van-guard, consisting of 150 infantry and 50 cavalry, was at tacked and repulsed by the inhabitants of Wavre.— The Dutch then took the road to the village of St. Catherine d'Ausbourg. All the English, who, trusting in the promises of their Ambassador, Sir C. Begot, remained at Brus sela, and have been witnesses and vietims of the horrors and atrocities committed by the Dutch sol diery, have just united to make a complaint to the Government of their country, and to denounce to it the most infamous violation of all the principles of the law of nations, and of the laws of war, with re spect to their persons and those of their wives and children, as well as of their property, which was given up to destruction and pillage. The army, in its retreat, causes every where con flagration and pillage. An those persons who were witnesses of the events ut Paris, in July, say, that the massacres at Brussels were much more horrible during our four days, of the 23d, 24th, 25th, and 26th of September. The soldiers permitted them selves every thing—the assassination of women, old men, and children, robbery, conflagration, and rape. As for the sight of the squares and streets which were the scenes of the engagement, above 300 houses and edifices are desolated and destroyed by the tire and the cannonade : among others, in the Rues Royale, Louvain, Namur, Schaerbeck, the Park, the Place 11.1iyale, and the Rue Isabelle. (From the Journal de la Belgique of Oet. 2.) OSTEND, SEPT. 30. "PROCLAMATION. " Inhabitants of Ostend,—Being informed that the presence of the Dutch was the only cause of the disorders which afflict our town, I have exhorted them to retire. They are gone, and you are now commanded by Belgians only. After having ren dered you this service, I venture to hope that you will not ask old soldiers who have never violated their honour to betray their oaths. All the Belgians know that this is impossible. I depend on the good spirit which animates the inhabitants of this town to second me to the utmost of their power in main taining order. 64 The Major-General Commandant of the Province, " CII. COMMA." Alost has been evacuated by the garrison, and at Tourney the Governor of the citadel, after some parleying with the inhabitant., abandoned the posts ►n the town to the Burgher Guard, and recom mended the maintenance of a good understanding till he should receive orders to depart. The troops ended in fraternizing with the people, and they drank together to liberty. (From the Journal clu Gand of Saturday.) GHENT, OCT. 1. The following proclamation was posted up yester day in our city : " The Magistrates of the city of Ghent inform their fellow-citizens, that in consequence of arrange ments agreed upon between the civil and military authorities, the troops of the garrison will retire within twenty-four hours to the citadel, and that till the moment of their departure they will concur with the Burgher Guard, for the maintenance of tran quillity, and to hinder any disorder, which could not fail to lead to incalculable disasters. " The Magistrates flatter themselves that the in habitants of all ranks and all professions, and above all of the working classes, will appreciate the solicitude of their Magistrates in these critical circumstances, and that all will continue to assist in maintaining the public peace in this industrious city. "" It need not put them in mind that the working classes particularly can only lose in consequeneett troubles; they arc persuaded that all the inhabititif will second the efforts of their Magistrates, who. on their side will spare no pains to secure.the her piness of all. " Done at an extraordinary sitting of the Coma . of the Regency, this 30th of Sept., 1830. • " The Burgomaster President, VAN CROSIBRUGOHI " By order of the Council, the Secretary ROTTIEItr A friend to principles, and considering the con stitution of a people as the expression of theta; the Journal du Gaud has hitherto confined itself ta the letter of the fundamental law. Now, every thing leads us to believe that this lot is going to be replaced by a new law. If it should give a new development to the liberal ideat,oo o ?• tained in the first, the Journal du Gand will Milne'. the progressive march of opinion and of the Govern' ment itself, because a constitution Can alone sews as the guide of a public writer. Liberty of the press, a national representation, a. municipal system,—such are the bases of all nations" guarantees. It is because they were in the fundtt,, mental lstw that we have constantly defended it, Per'' gimled that time and experience could derive from it the whole sum of libeity adapted to the Progr e w sive wants of society. . terr• 3(l OOP ANTW, S • L. Captains who have come from Flaa.hing 1 ,1 1 t a t the garrison of Ostend had arrived there ee vuer wEnglish*oill ecroe s m t n e e tm t 0- thoughthtohaeti .r at a s'lfi:irhssettoinhabitants o e f j h , e u g l e tro This morning two boats with wounde d om The u a o ught to tt ve f t r l iullinidl:esglff,gti%.ah‘ip.lithiratdsor fri e r::Bi o tpee r e ) ihn i fil ti c i i_ e upt i no c r 0 c c bw d etai e lv s mi c P sus . 4Y r: on : rif7mb , s that the Will 1U atelY appear. We do not know what confidence may be placed in this news, which every body with pleasure; hut we will frankly say, th44, 1 1 1 ' high time .to put an end to the intestine Ws iv" e d desolate the country, disturb the pub lic peace, an ruin commerce. It is a proof of abilitr to knowbeW to yield to the wants of the moment.' •• STATES-GENERAL. : It is said that the majority has declared ht fere f l or r : of a revisal of the fund a mental law, the separation of the two parts of theilti and t dr eagi - o T r l . separation of the Chamber will shard a The General Committee sat till hal f•peat,. ten'! night without coming to any final resolutio: Second Chamber continued the debate en the 2Pt • with closed doors, from noon till b alf l 4l .; i ja be o'clock : the debate was adjour ned the evening. There were fresh conformism sitting Minister of the In'erinr. There q u estiont h e yesterday at six in the evenings 'wile" lue war ra and was to be decided. The discussion elai . O interesting : the deputies of the southern proVI were ready to depart. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. , t (From the Constiiistionnol o f Satatrdet‘' ' 0 Yesterday the Duke of Or l e ans left the Pali ! t o'clock to attend at the Chamber of Peers: ‘e f : t l 0 ~ i f of the line were on duty fur the first time, 4,i . A was beaten. The Nationa l Guard (I choral), I . - on duty. -.Ad M. Gando, a member of the Provisional Gotenu,-,, of Brussels, has arrived in Paris. His pretence 1 1 1,,n was the signal for the eva cuation of that place .1747; Dutch garrison, who surrendered the different'lo/.01 guard compose d: of the citisens, and also & dire arms contained in the citadel. M. Gaud° is tallave. a mission to this country-. VOCE 1. For the last six day s there has been no arri , .. tiers from St. Petersburgh. ..1 sir The Minister of the Interior has just addred. - I I t cularnvpoluietni indicate nee sr t O t ,114 Will the nhil characterlt, ele bt stateit onore different m of itifaoa:Fl: drFrance. one-fourth Prefects, n:cerye. vt this 1 It ttfi isoonewlookt; which ehlieeet election. ht t ji l i o a :lonia : b i t ' ior a 1 1 0 : : rto . T er e:, an extract : Its Wi ll " " By the Ordinances of the 15th, lath, 88t It, been 110 o f September last, 111 Electoral Ca 1 1. 0.13 1" - t mooed.' About 00,000 electors will hare the 00 0 ,.. " This measure, although partial. Will 118 event, and it will contribute, in a strong uffigr:ii3O det e r sage of the future." tas F elie e ' We have been informed that an ex-Peer of „ i f awl owner of a large chateau at Etampes, enteril" - ti ' res er parties of Ecclesiastics of Paris and the enviroall _ .i 4 0 1 four times a week. These meetings cause & gr . ,7 1 10a of apprehension in that part of the tountrYk 0 P1.„.. in a stronger light the weakness of certain Au t hor:LP:Bpr A private letter from Leipaic states, that the g• m ;,7,r tionalists of that town and those of Dreeden 11 tb'l pointed General Lafayette their General, end t hat muster and proceed to the attack in his entroa firt ill front their conversation, one would think that 7, 00 0 was at their head, and in actual comman d ; a ? 0 de' they assemble at night in the streets which have !t ol , priced of light, "Ben soir, Parissien," is the ar word they utter. t ni le !, lri Ferdinand, in order to entrap the SPan,,. ih , r n e , r e O.* • Paris has recalled them • a notice to this Own, - fine 14 upon them on the 26th 'September, but they II" r o t f os isiull comply with the invitation. For the p . iurr",:a cop . upon Mina, the King of Spain A poi* l44u r- P General. to 'oorn' to PIP' rose of M. Montesquieu, who had been sent t he tb A i tnunicate the accession of Louis Philip I t - fool $ 11 " - , France, has been very well received by r on gedied.._ ,A " diplomatic answer to the notification will ~"%r d i restil il "'" is said that the Neapolitan GovernMO ° "" A. Louis Philip. t hat the in b :c i d 1 It appears by intelligence from Milani - Ag outi. ~. tints of that city were in a state of great it co oed ui there is a report of an insurrection at Pot es iro°P the arrival of a fresh reinforcement of it tli _.,t /- lets and Milan. I d iot a conlu l- a The Ducal Regency of Weimar has se nt -- t o 0 000 1- to Jena, for the purpose of examining ig l i ti t ich 4aSige,sivAliaelsbrutalio,o(ajuyFrae4ptr.toltrintiinthiin,ret,esc!teoirlt:Lonectst.sontlidicrlttke::::lieerytrecti:sieFesetntencritrdniathia:sa el y c o va ot e r i : :: : : ::e ata r Y. li n t° o : :e i r: l l4 o - r: l l: . l: ib ett ,l- 0 : #14 : 1 11 : 0 1 : 1 hail nearly occurred in the Rue des Trots flor° 00 • o f die Austrian Ambassador, and several other P i er or a, IIIII° tinction had assembled at the foundcry of 1 K i n g s 6l ' nisi was planned by M. Jaixtt, and seas to be , P1:040,0 0 #:, Shortly after th ree o'clock the furnace/contain l o t in °"" weight of bronze, was em ptied of its eOntel l ;t o ratia& l l l . sequence of some detect in part of tho_ A t i rrofiniPt a h mould burst, and the metal tfili Sitie r. " l 7o .1 001.- ij reetions. A portion of the worict ll tsif wilb, l* ,:iiß a t sc h il e v i e h r n se a t i et la lf d r ia est o: n be h t i s w a g g e m re a e t n i a t n s di a n i n f tan i r n u ce l b ta b on i th.e7 t r t iolt°l°4 : ol : o o , 4 o : o 7ll4 : v."ll The la4 D ' uk beuotreeovrelearalnspevvra:atos I: ll Ye le llis tiet_ oe f l t:lt t.e r : .....n On unhurt. occasion, but in consequence of seine ,P r t or - oat bust' nor_ titat it w nese, he sent a note at two o'clock, to Ow not be in his power to attend. . ov ( e i rn r ni m en t t h o e f j N " a rna ples i ' h i : eina re c4nnit y. i ei rgetig_ it lti r ) l 4 o ;r i o l a ti f 6 1 hos TT p li i li ta re l lav Philippe, and M. de Montesquieu will set out for ° I fulfil his mission to the Holy Father. of St. men of. the o .110( manyurte I c b f o t wortheir do r care of Dr. Guillen none have died. Deb", of ; be 0 cure they went to visit at. Vassal, Pt ohletto joilt d to bona, of Commerce. Ye sterday they wer e attest dinner by persons who have not ceased to 1: . , ' too tote them since the three days. The wutin'tt,„ion. .. " The triumph of the cause of Liberty in t - 1 .7 . 2 1 , co otto collection in favour of the wounded of th Po' produced the sum of 85 francs. (From La Quotidienne.) iced yr , A,treilri l C : elaisAy u te n ieur r t bau e A u f l u i a r ta i l b g e tie , or o l i r o j it i l l ' ile e nf r fi gNi rs; n t ud F i : °i f ir inn ee t i b i g uo nth r f g A t * , : fd e a li n V ir d . ..: l4F.}l o -, 0 7 -lateeti i s t irf : ert H e l b tes e t ii l nista" of the King of Saxony, were present; threro,o ),?, also the Marquis de la Alottsaayei w tw ° ,, IP° aontriesa P, l :lister of France at the Court a the Lov..ders to loot I I as Provisional Charge d'illsiree, whiles the Al" p 2 G ik r t i i hs a t io t n r u e n r : s s' ec en Vf f r e t r lle as yhilgoas"..ifou'rAmoilyt: jAwsE:aohlteeit7litiiio.hrrdeetriesihoisnaivrate:;.:o;:beil:4l;:ily_l_?‘ii