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TUALLI NG AND TRANSPORT SERVICES, SOMERSET-PLACE, DEc. 12, 1832. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXE CUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH AD MIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, do hereby give Notice, that THURSDAY, the 27th instant, at One o'clock, they will de ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into his Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, the following Articles, tiamely : WHEAT 0000 Quartersl 500 Quarters I Ja (Weighing not less than 60Ibs. per }. l %,, i t a h r e y, 21113'. Bushel, but any excess of weight I to be paid for at the contract price)] LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1832. (No. 12,.564.) (PRICE 7D.) BRUSSELS PAPERS. SOUTH HANTS. (Abridged from the Hampshire Telegraph.) SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 15. The nomination of Members to represent the Southern division of this county having been fixed by the High Sheriff to take place this morning, unusual bustle and ex citement was soon to he observed in the town. The meet • ing was intended to have been held at the Town-hall, and then adjourned to the hustings at the Fair-field, hut in consequence of the boisterous state of the weather, it was finally arranged to take place at the Audit-house. It may be remarked, that to corroborate the report of the mob having been employed in the service of Mr. Fleming, a detachment of ruffians, apparently under the i•ntire control of a regular appointed Captain, moved im mediately beneath the speakers, in order to secure a heat ing for the Conservative party, and to deprive the other sitte of anything like a fair chance of being heard. Colonel HEWITT, of Freemantle, proposed Lord Pal inerston. When to be delivered, ;From the Moniteur Belge.—Official.) ANTWERP, DEC. 13, NOON, FOURTEENTH DAY OF THE SIEGE. ANTWERP, DEC. 14. carry ladders with them they necessarily lost some time. When the voltigeurs and grenadiers met in the middle of the lunette, M. Arnauld, the Colonel of the regiment, was already there. "We were sure," cried some of the sol diers, " that our Colonel would be one of the first at the assault." The Lunette St. Laurent was defended by only 108 men : of this number, about 40, availing themselves of the confusion of the moment, escaped into the citadel by the gate of the Secours : 64, including the officer, re mained prisoners. Of these, seven were dangerously wounded. Two underwent amputation to-day, and will not, it is supposed, survive that operation. The greatest attention has been bestowed on the wounded Dutchmen, in whom their conquerors no longer recognise an enemy. The prisoners are placed near the church at Berchem, and our soldiers were the first to demand, that they should be treated as themselves. The prisoners are in general badly and meanly clad, ix nd the greater part Jews. The Dutch officer was conducted to the house of the General commanding the staff. He has more of a Spanish than a Dutch countenance; he seems a man of great strength of mind, and appeared not at all inclined to answer any questions put to him. He and his soldiers belong to the 10th division, which rendered itself so notorious at Brussels. He will, no doubt, be sent on parole to some town in the interior. The soldiers say that there is much discontent in the gar rison of the citadel, at the seclusion in which their Com mander keeps himself. There were found in the lunette five pieces of artillery, two of which were mortars. It is supposed that in the course of yesterday it was disarmed by tlsc.Dut,h. During the night we had 40 wounded, among whom is the brave Captain Montigny, whom I spoke of yesterday. The Dukes of Orleans and Nemours have arrived at the Marshal's quarters. It is now 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and for the last two hours the firing, which was slackened in the morning, appears to be going on with more force tha❑ ever. The utmost efforts of the besiegers will, it is said, he now directed against the bastion of Toledo, particularly against its left front. The following additional particulars are from the Union:— ifficers and those employed as attendants. The Marshal s pleased to testify his satisfaction at it, and to mark out to the army conduct so worthy of applause. " For the Commander-in-Chief, (Signed) " ST. CYR NUGUES. " Bercbem, Dec. 12,1832. Chief of the Staff." (From the Times.) The easy capture of the Lunette St. Laurent, and which may almost he called bloodies% when the determi nation of the besieged to defend it to the last extremity is taken into consideration, has puzzled very much the abet tors of the folly of the Dutch King in maintaining this useless siege. They during the day circulated reports that a sortie was made by the garrison for the purpose of re taking it, but all their hopes have turned out to be ground less. The French troops have not only possession, but are making effectual arrangements to annoy the garrison of the citadel from it. The pose ssion of the Lunette St. Laurent is a great advantage to the besiegerß, as extending the space of their works, and relieving them from a most unpleasant neigh bour. I Half by the nth January next, PEASE 5OO quarters; and the remain -4ATMEAI 4O ions I der by the 15th BERCHEM, DEC. 13, AFTERNOON. The cannonade from the Lower Scheldt is not heavy. In general the firing we hear is from the torts and the Dutch vessels, but they fire at too great a distance. The vessels have fired more than a thousand balk in the course of yesterday, on the right bank of the river, and killed only two men. I had this fact from an officer of the division of General Achard, who is arrived at the Marshal's. . Oy the of February fol lowing. By the3lst March, WILLOW RODS, for 04) min e 1833, in equal C ooper's'twigs monthly propor tions. samplers of the Wheat, Pease, Oatmeal, and Rode (500 ( "roes and Tale), must be produced by the persons ten dering; and no Tender will be received fer less than 100 Mille of Rods. The Commissioners will, at the same time, be also r eady to treat for the Sale-and Removal of such EMPTY SUGAR CASKS la shall accumulate in the said Stores between the let of January next, and the 31st of March, 1834. The Conditions of the Contracts may he seen at the s aid Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock ark the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless the party attends, or an Agent for him duly authorized in writing. Every Tender must he delivered at the above Office, Ind be accompanied by a Letter addressed to the Secre tary of the Admiralty, at Somerset-place, and signed by t wo responsible persons, engaging to become bound with t he person tendering, in the sum of 25/. per cent. on the r ake of the Oatmeal, for the due performance of the _Contract. (ANOTHER ACCOUNT.) HEAD-QUARTERS OF MARSHAL GERARD. BERCHEM, FRIDAY, Dac. Li, FALL OF THE LUNETTE ST. LAURENT. I O'CLOCK, The weather is clear, and some officers, with the assistance of spy-glasses, can see the interior ofthe citadel. They say they can clearly distinguish four soldiers hanging. It is said they were sentinels on the day on which the trenches were opened, and they were sentenced to this death for not having informed the General of the circumstance, as was their duty. Others say, they were artillerymen who refused' to obey. It is impossible to say which of these versions is true. It appears General Chasse is badly supplied with hospital necessaries, and that he has demanded from the town of An_ twerp lint for the use of his wounded. It was sent to him im mediately, and at the same time it was intimated, that on the score of humanity, the Marshal was disposed to permit his sending off his wounded, which he would be obliged either to keep in the citadel or send to the Tete de Flandres, an un healthy spot. The French medical department have sent to Chasse two waggon-loads of medicines, lint, &c., for the use of the wounded. HALF-PAST 8, AT NIGHT. During the last two nights, as I have already informed you, the miners attached to the scarp had succeeded in undermining the wall, which had offered great resistance, and had made three edits ; the faggots, gabions, &c., to fill up the fosse, were collected on the 13th, in the se cond and third parallel. Every preparation was made under the fire of the besiegers, without the cessation of an instant on account of any apprehension from danger. This morning, at half past 4 o'clock, the order was given for firing the mine. The whole of the troops, to escape the explosion, withdrew into the first parallel. The explosion was effected, so to speak, without noise, at the same time producing all the results expected from it ; and in a quarter of an hour afterwards the three com panies of the flower of the 69th, destined for the honour aide duty of mounting the breach first, approached the place d'artnee of the Lunette. At the same moment the 29 grenadiers, and a com pany of Voltiguers, destined to assault the gorge of the Lunette, advanced—the first for the right, the second for the left side of this work. Rumours of various kinds are current ; among them is one that the Prince of Orange, at the head of his army, is about to make a movement in advance; the best informed seem to think be will not attempt it, as the French and Belgians are prepared to meet him. Another point is, that he is, by character or misfortune, a day too late in all his enterprises. The citadel will therefore, in all probability, be taken before he moves, and his ope rations will become useless. W. NIGHTINGALE, Esq., of Ernb!y, seconded the nomination. Lord PALMERSTON then came forward, but the disgrace ful attempt to prevent his being heard was so successful, that we could hardly catch a syllable that his Lordship tittered. As far as we could collect, we understood hint to say, that he appeared there for the purpose of ex plaining those reasons which had induced him to offer himself to their notice,—it was in obedience to the express wish of a numerous, respectable, and intelligent bidy of constituents. He appeared before them not upon private grounds, but upon public principle; and though a Member of his Majesty's Government, be entirely liscooneeted himself with every influence with which that connection might be supposed to invest him ; and in coming forward he had only complied with their urgent request, which they had a just right to make and be an equally jnst right to obey. He then pointed out, at con siderable length, the great benefits that must result front the Reform Bill, and appealed to his hearers to mark the value which they set upon that Bill by electing men who always had, or would now pledge themselves to uphold its great principles.—(Loud cheers.) Admiral OMMANEY then proposed Sir George Thomas Staunton, Btrt., which proposition was seconded by Mr. SHAW, of Havant. The French troops have armed and established them selves along the river in the following positions, called forts from their fortification in former times,—viz., on the left hank, St. Marie ; La Perle, and below Liefkenshock, at Doel ; on the right bank, at St. Philippe, La Croix, and below Lillo, at Frederick Hendrick. Liefkenshock and Lillo are held by the Dutch, who have endeavoured also to inundate the polders round the places in the bands of the French ; but the latter have stationed sentries and guards to prevent all such attempts hitherto. The posi tions of the French are now so much strengthened as to defy almost the utmost efforts of their opponents. 'The greatest tranquillity reigns throughout, and hence it is supposed that hostilites have ceased; nevertheless, it is be lieved the lunetto will be blown up this night. Be sure to ask for " Walt er ' s A n i see d Pill s ." ..1 Requests that his NEPHEW will, 1 * • without delay, write to him. His address bknows. (From the Independant.) BERCHEM, 2 o'cLocK AFTERNOON. Information has arrived at head-quarters announcing a movement in the Dutch army, in consequence of which orders have been given to the sth Hussars, of the brigade Simmon_ neau, to proceed immediately to the frontiers. In consequence of the explosion of bombs and howitzer-shells from the citadel, some have fallen in the town near the theatre and the streets adjacent. The grenadiers, after having passed the fosse on the fascines which had been just laid for them, formed a platoon at the foot of the breach, and, at the same instant, commenced the escalade in the most intrepid manner, ad vancing with fixed bayonets. Having reached the parapet, they found the garrison in order of battle on the bastion of the lunette. At the sight of our grenadiers the Dutch lost all confidence, and without striking a blow, or offer ing even the slightest resistance, threw down their arms. The officer who commanded them then advanced towards M. Richepause, Commander of the Staff Battalion, which headed the first grenadiers that mounted the breach, and addressed him in these words :—" Sir, do with me as TO THE ELECTORS OF EAST KENT, RESIDENT IN. LONDON. GENTLF.AIRN, AT length the desired moment approaches, , and you are to determine by your VOTES whether th e DETRACTORS of the POPULAR CAUSE are right ° r wrong in saying you were unfit to exercise the extended Privileges the Reform Bill gives you. Show them by your c onduct you know what is due to the Law, and to your "lye's, and while you obey the one, act like Men of Kent In asserting the other. The DAYS of POLLING are fixed f o r th e 20th and P lat inst ant . O n l y press f orwar d to t h e P o ll, an d certa i n V ictory attends you. Remember that " England expects I, er3 , man to do his duty." I am, Gentlemen, your faithful and obliged servant, ,______Sandgate, Dec. 13, 1632 The besiegers have altered some of their batteries so as to play with more ease on the bastions Toledo and Fernando. It appears expected that the citadel will soon fall an easy victim, as did Fort St. Laurent. 5 O'CLOCK. There is nothing important in Flanders. We perceive the French patrols on the left of the Scheldt. To-day, up to 7 o'clock in the morning, Fort Montebello, which has sustained the greater part of the enemy's fire for nine clays, has not had one wounded. The bombs continue to fall on the route from Berchem to Antwerp. They are fight ing on the side of Fort Kiel—the fire is very brisk. A bomb has fallen on the barracks occupied by the civic guard of Lou vain. SATURDAY MORNING. Sir GEORGE STAUNTON explained the part he took in the introduction and progress of the Reform Bill, and said that it in doing so he bad acted wrong, he bad done so from a sense of duty, and his conscience acquitted hint of ever proving false to himself, to his principles, or to his country. Admiral Sir H. B. NEALE, then proposed John Fleming, Esq., as a proper person to represent them in the ensuing Parliament, which was seconded by Coost BE ComrToN, Esq. (From the Union.) BERCHEM, DEC. 13, 6 O'CLOCK, P. W. R. COSWAY, The accounts which I mentioned above, of the capture of the Lunette St. Laurent, is confirmed. The following details have already transpired here in a second edition of the Independant SOUTHWARK BRIDGE. NOTICE is herebygiven, that a DIVIDEND will be PAYABLE on the 14th JANUARY next to th e PROPRIETORS of the NEW SHARES, and to the , ,"THISCRIBERS of the 13/. advance in the OLD 'HARES of the Southwark Bridge, at the rate of 21. 10s. Per cent. per annum, and that the TRANSFER °f the COMPANY will he CLOSED from the 25th it4 t.i until the 14th of JANUARY next. By Order of the Court of Directors, JAMES LEITH, Secretary. Office, Queen-street-place (adjoining the Tol2.gate) 13th December, 1832. 1 0 a few days will be published, in I vol. post Bvo., of Tnearly 400 pages, pric e 10 s . 6d. b oun d, HE LADY'S OWN COOKERY BOOK, , AND NEW DINNER TABLE DIRECTORY, ' 0 Which will be found a large collection of Original Re 4ipts, including not only the result of the Authoress's zany years' o b serva ti on , e xperienc e , an d researc h, b u t 44 0 the contributions of an extensive circle of acquaint 4nee, adapted to the use of persons living in the higt,est It Yls, as well as those of moderate fortune. By A LADY OF DISTINCTION. 114 ublished for Henry Colb urn by It B en tl ey , N ew Bur ,gtou-street. I bis day was published, complete, in 2 vols. Bvo., with fine Portrait, engraved by Finden from an original LPainting by Sir H. Raeburn, Maps, &c., IFE OF SIR DAVID BAIRD, Bart. By THEODORE HOOK, Esq. d' 14 e 1 u mg the Correspondence of the Gallant General with he P u k e o f W ell i ngton, t h e M arqu i s of Wellesley, Lords , s , lvill e a n d C ast l ereag h, Si r J o h n M oore , an d ot h er Dis ,oguished Ch arac t ers , f rom t h e O r i g i na l s i n t h e posses -44 1° , 4 of Lady Baird. , hited S Work which must rank with the best Biographies extant." ervice Journal, December. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Late Colburn and Bentley.) SIR JOHN HOBHOUSE.-It is very true that to ts gentleman has not accepted the office of Secretary for Ire land ; but it is equally true that it was offered to him. 'S pectator. ANOTHER NEW ADMINISTRATION.- pr evious to the commencement of the elections, the K IN G, T ro ugh the medium of his Secretary (Sir HERBERT ,AYLOR), expressed to the Duke of W ELLINGTON a desire t t i o l lit his Grace should join the present Government, and go t he Horse Guards ; and also made a similar communi /tion to Sir R OBERT P EEL , to whom Lord G ODE RICII'S ' e e Was proposed—on the ground that the state of the e?tlntry might be materially injured by the factious oppo s iti o nof their party. His MAJESTY requested them, as pa triots, to make a sacrifice of personal feelings, and t'll a check the intemperance and violence of their disap pointed allies. The Duke refused ! and so did Sir ° aßna , ,—at the same time adding, that though he could b Pe rt join the present Cabinet, he would cordially form a Of a new one. This matter has been the subject of d '"P discussion in the Conservative Club at Carlton-ter tVe• On his MAJESTY'S part, this scheme for mitigating e i rritation of faction is, since the result of the elections, la d the abortive coalition of the Tories and Ultra-Radi -411 has been seen,no longer thought necessary.—Spectator. NEW NOVELS AND ROMANCES.---Mr. aNTLEy (late L BURN and BENTLEY) has just pub - The th e follow CO ing The BUCCANEER. A Story of the Protectorate, 1 t he Author of " Sketches of Irish Character." 9 vols. 1 1 S ECOND EDITION of iI iOHRAB the HOSTAGE.Y the Author of " Hajji Baba." 3 vols. O TTERBOURNE. V, By the Author of " Derwent ""." 3 vols. Zho STRING of PEARLS. By the Author o f arnl e y." vols, v. o,:fhe SPANISH NOVELISTS. By THOMAS ROS ,vols. , b ,? )I RALDINE HAMILTON, or the Three Trials. ji l t COLLECTIONS of l a CHAPERON. Edited by DACRE. 3 vole.—(.lust Ready.) vim p t ,l'he STRING o f PEARLS. B y a CAPTAIN in the ANAL NAVY. 3 vols.—(lust Ready.) EAST KENT ELECTION.--The men of Kent, dual, seem banded in defence of popular principles. f f °s‘va v and PLIIM PTRE " is the rallying cry of the o o rtners. A s for Sir E. KNAT CH BULL, the pet of the i vi i e 9 , his d a y h as g o ne by, a nd h e may console himself lj t i the proverb more true than polite, " Every, Bcc.', r '4P*,redicted his fate when be said that " he would never I sent half a county." AFFECTING OCCURRENCE.—it ma y be in !h e recollection of the readers of thi journal that a ain 'al inter est was, some mon ths since, s excited , through p this e t t ° a nd county, on account of the shocking murder of Ch ildren by their own mother. MARY SEPPLE, the lumortnnate and guilty parent, was brought to trial at the Lrtassizes, and as she evidently laboured under mental at a ,; "P e nt, she was ordered to be confined in the Lu- About a fortnight since the c Asylum for lif e . "ehed woman conceived that her murdered children 'P,Peared b e f ore h er i n a vision, and ever since that time 'a appeared to have becom e per f ec tly lucid, never ceas g until Thursday last, when she expired, to express her (I r nyv and regret, at not having suffered the p ickenalty of law for her Iransgreeion,....../.l7nerick Chron, CAPTURE OF FORT ST. LAURENT. The preparations required for the construction of the three mines, and that of the bridge of rafts to be thrown into the fosse, had not been finished until three quarters of an hour past 3 this morning. Previously the fire of the besieged was well supported, firing on the workmen on the right, and on those of the lunette, grenades, bombs, and muketry, very violently. The miners having retired, a slight detonation, but with powerful effect, was heard at 4 o'clock. Some minutes after, a strong explosion took place, and a small depot of grenades and shells having burst, some men were wounded. On examining the place, we saw the bridge sunk one third of its length, and the slope of the building had fallen at the extremity. Although the report was very slight, the commotion was violent. The waters of the fosse were driven back into the approaches of the covered way, pa rallel to the left face of the lunette, and inundated them. The workmen were immediately set to work, and a great number of fascines and sacks of earth having been transported to the spot, in less than three quarters of an hour a solid bridge, of the width of four metres, was established between the coun terscarp and the broken part of the scarp. The firing still continuing from the lunette, a company of light troops was ordered to the assault ; two detachments of grenadiers, each 45 men, went immediately down the trench to turn the lunette right and left. Both met at the breastwork, and entered on the open space, while the voltigeurs ascended by the breach: these movements were strictly executed. However, the voltigeurs got in advance of the grenadiers, who had a long and dangerous passage to go through : nut a shot was fired. Some Dutchmen were killed at the point of the bayonet, and the remainder were made prisoners. Immediately after the occupation of the lunette by the French troops, the miners prepared themselves to make a lodgment, which has been placed in advance of the blindage, at the saillant of the lunette, and on the open ground. They continued behind the part of the parapet which was thrown down, and a second lodgment was made at the breast. work. A howitzer was found charged in the lunette, which, in a few moments after the place was taken by assault, was fired against the citadel. The following are the results of the works of this morning against the lunette:— A practicable breach in the lunette, a solid bridge which it was unnecessary to put under cover, the occupation of the lunette, and a lodgment six metres in ad vance of the blindage. The troops have displayed the greatest courage in the at. tack, and General Haxo directed the whole in person. The following letter has been addressed by Marshal Gerard to the Minister of War:— " Head-quarters at Berchem, Dec. 10. " Sir,—Yesterday the works on the left in the covert-way and the glacis of the Lunette St. Laurent, as well as those on the right, which are directed from the passage of the counter_ guard towards the bastion of Toledo, were continued. It was intended to attach the mine near the salient point of the Lu nette St. Laurent to part of its scarp that is not flanked, by opening the projecting descent already made, and launching a raft into the fosse ; but this descent was not found so forward as it was expected. The works have therefore been suspended, and confined to the construction of the raft. The most im portant operation in the night was the construction of a third parallel, about 120 metres in advance of the second, to join the passage from the foot of the glacis of the lunette to that of the covert-way of the counter guard. This operation was perfectly successful. These works were not executed without being much harrassed by the fire from the citadel, which in the course of yesterday was very brisk, yet without causing us any great loss. Last night I had advanced nearer three of our mortar batteries, the effect of which, on account of the distance, was very uncertain. They have been placed behind the second parallel, and one of them is only 200 meters distance from the Lunette St. Laurent. The battery of 24-pounders, commenced yesterday, has fired this morning. I also wished to establish a battery of four or six mortars on the left side of the counterscarp, already occupied by our lodgments ; but it is impossible to do it at present, as there is not space enough at that spot to place mortars, and there are not even communica tions to convey them thither. General Neigre having found in the Lunette Montebello room for placing four more mortars, which will fully Attain the object that may be hoped for, I have given orders for their being placed there, which has been effected to-day. The Dutch fleet, which is still lying beyond Fort Lillo, has not made any fresh attempts against the posi tions we occupy on the banks of the Scheldt. The armament of Fort St. Philippe and St. Marie, which is completed, will, I hope, suffice to put a stop to further aggressions from the fleet, and render us perfect masters of the river. Our loss is still very inconsiderable, for since the beginning of the operations up to this day we have had but 140 killed or wounded. Accept, &c. " COUNT GERARD." The following letter has been addressed by Marshal Gerard to the Minister of War : " Headquarters at Berchein, Dee. 12. " Sir,—Last night the miners resumed their work at the scarp of the Lunette St. Laurent, which was commenced yester day. In order to overcome the solidity of the masonry work they made use of two petards, which perfectly succeeded. The miners displayed great perseverance and bravery. Several shells fell near their raft, and two men were wounded. A fourth parallel has been opened before the projecting point of the bastion of Toledo. Two new passages, one leading to this new parallel, and the other to the glacis of the left front of the bastion of Toledo, have been completed on the right. Not withstanding the nearness of the enemy, we have had, during these works, neither killed nor wounded. The guard of the trenches and the working parties have conducted themselves well. Captain Lerebours, of the 25th of the Line, Captain Du but, of the 7th, Corporal Hamon and Sapper Robert, deserve particularly to be mentioned. Last night also a new battery of four mortars, intended to throw shells upon the bastions Nos. 1 and 2 in the citadel, was established and armed at the extre mity on the right of the second parallel. It has opened its fire this morning. The batteries of the garrison have answered ours but faintly. It is now evident that the enemy places his principal defence in musketry, with which he interrupts our foremost workmen. —Accept, &c. Count GERARD." PRINCE TALLEYRAND.—It is Curious that the sudden visit of the venerable diplomatist to Brighton, and his lengthened audience of the KING, upwards of a week ago, have not been announced even in the Court Circular. The Prince made the journey to Brighton, and back again to town (after refreshing himself with the warm bath), in one day. No light feat for a man of his ad vanced age--and no trifling business, we may hr sure, I .t called for such an exertion..—Spertator, The firing on both sides was constant during the night, yet the number of men injured on the French side has not equalled that of former ❑ights, in consequence of the ces• sation of all hostilities cn their flank by Fort St. Laurent. The blockade of the Scheldt, as ordered by the Dutch King, is hut another mode of trying if Belgium is to be governed now as it was under Philip IV. of Spain, in 1648. Two centuries have left too clear a proof of the ignorance and impotence of the Spanish councils on that occasion, and this proof is known to Europe ; the Dutch, therefore, contend in vain for the commercial stoppage of the Scheldt. Europe demands its freedom, and will have it. The weather is damp and chilly ; a few days will enable the French soldiers to warm themselves in the ruins of the citadel. The defence of Chasse is praised by them as a military exploit, but the politicians look upon it as an act of madness, which tends to no good for Holland. 11 o'er OCK. Persons who have come from the arsenal state that the breach-batteries will be ready to-morrow. Others think that a mine will be sprung, as General Haxo has great confidence in these means, which considerably spare the French troops. 1 o'ci ock. The firing of heavy guns has been very great to-day. On the river there has occurred as yet nothing new. The gun-boats nppo.ite the citadel remain in their former places. The weather has turned to drizzling rain. K. (From the Emancipation.) FRENCH ARMY. BERCHEM, AFTERNOON. FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE SIEGE. Since 5 o'clock this morning we have been in possession of the Lunette St, Laurent. It is an important event, and will facilitate the attack. It animates the spirits of the besiegers, while it greatly discourages the besieged. When the sap was prepared for the descent into the fosse, three modes presented themselves to take the fort. One was to attack the gorge by a strong force by which there was a probability of great loss. The opening of the bzeach by the artillery would be so much lost time, and the third mode which was suggested by General Haan., and which was in unison with the principle on which the siege was conducted, was to place a mine in the flank of the lunette. This last was adopted, and executed with brilliant and fortunate results. On the 10th, a raft was constructed under the blindage near the fosse. During the night 14 workmen of the en gineers, led by an officer, crossed the flsse, and fastening themselves to the left flank of the fort near the saillant, they remained there five hours, during which every means that art could suggest produced no other effect than that of removing two bricks. The difficulties were such, that in the (lay following it became a matter of deliberation whether they should not resort to the more certain, though more tedious, proces, of opening the breach with artillery. General Haxo per sisted, and at 6 o'clock in the evening of the 11th the engineers crossed the fosse a second time, still unobserved by the besieged in the fortress, who, by a lucky chance, could not enfilade this fosse, which is not under any guns but those of the city itself. The firing of the besiegers against the citadel was be sides at this time extremely quick, in order to turn off the attention of the garrison. To give you an idea of its rapidity, I need only state that on this night 77,000 cartridges were consumed. After a hard labour of several hours, and the employment of petards, the men at last succeeded in destroying a coating of brick, and a thick layer of cement, by which they attained their object. An excavation was soon made, ihto which the miners entered. Thus these resolute men remained lodged in the very flank of the lunette from the I2th to the 13th, and during this time they had dug to the depth of 30 feet under the plat form of the fort. The excavatio❑ was in the form of a T, in the upper part of which there were three maga zines. Yesterday evening each of these magazines was charged with 500 kilograms (I,ooolbs. English) of powder. The remainder of the night was employed in filling up the excavation s with a considerable number of sacks of earth. It was calculated that the shock produced by the ex plosion would throw down a portion of the fosse. Fas eines were brought up to facilitate the passage immediately on the firing of the mine; the trenches in the vicinity were also filled with fascines, to he ready in case of necessity. It is now said that at nine o'clock the officer command ing the lunette had a suspicion of what was going on, and communicated these suspicions to General Chasse, who sent him answer 41st-he must be mistaken. Be that as it may, about 4 o'clock this morning everything being prepared, the train of the mine was fired. The soldiers then retired within the second parallel, and in half an hour after, a violent explosion, followed by an eruption of stones, several of which fell at our side, announced that a practicable breach had been effected. The first detona tion was followed by a second, occasioned by the explosion of a small magazine of shells and grenades, which had the appearance of a brilliant discharge of firework , . The garrison of the lunette took the explosion as the effect of a bomb. The shocl was very violent ; the water was thrown back up to the covered way, and deranged the fascines thrown forward in the fosse. This, however, was soon repaired, and in half an honr a solid footway was made up to the bridge. In the mean time some discharges of musketry which came from the fort announced that it had not yet been abondoned. The elite companies of the 65th of the Line received orders to enter by the breach, and at the same time by the breast-work. This order w.as executed with great bravery. M. Borrelis, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Lieutenant Duveiger, both of the 65th, at the head of 40 men, crossed the fosse, and quickly mounted the breach• and were soon seen at the top of the slope. There they encountered about 100 Dutch, who after a few charges of the bayonet called for quarter. The officer who com manded them came forward, and presented his sword to M. Richepanse, an officer of the Staff, who had already arrived in the lunette, saying, << Do with me as you please, but spare my men." . The company of Lieutenant Duverger having had eight men wounded that night, it was feared that they might show irritation i❑ consequence of the loss. However, no injury was offered to any of the prisoners. One of our soldiers called out to his companions, " We do not em ploy our arms against men who call for quarter." During this time a company of grenadiers bad entered by the gorge without meeting any obstacle, but Wing to " The Dutch prisoners are sent off to Berchem. I spoke to one of the sergeants, who was an old soldier of the Imperial Guard. He wore three decorations, one of which was the Legion of Honour. I got from him the following particulars :—At the time of the attack the gar rison of the lunette consisted of 124 men, of whom 20 were artillery. They were commanded by a Captain, but he having received two wounds the evening before, one in the arm and the other in the thigh, was conveyed to the citadel. The Lieutenant, who is now a prisoner, then took the command. At the time of the explosion, athough the mine carried away but a corner of the lunette, a party of the garrison, fearing that their comrades would not make a stout resistance, and not wishing to expose themselves to the danger of being taken, quitted the fort, and having cleared the pallisades, entered the citadel. But for the accident which happened to our raft by the falling of the part of the fosse, the whole of the garrison would have been prisoners. The sergeant also informed me that three days ago, in one of their sorties, they carried off three of our men, who are now in the citadel. The Dutch prisoners are for the most part young men. They are in general badly clothed, and their appearance alto gether is calculated to excite pity more than any other feeling. 4 O'CLOCK, AFTERNOON. The troops doing duty in the trenches have been relieved by two battalions of the 25th. They are under the command of General Rumigny, and the Colonel of that regiment. Our fire has become more relaxed, and from this time until the whole of our batteries was ready to commence in breach, we shall not have any thing of im portance to relate. (From an Antwerp Paper, Dec. 14.) We are assured that General Chasse has gone over to the Tete de Flandres, his health not permitting him to remain longer in the casemates. lle has also caused his sick and wounded to he removed to the same place. This intelligence is an additional guarantee that there is no in tention of firing on the city, that of the Tete de Flandres depending entirely on that event. Another account says, that after the explosion the small Dutch garrison that remained in the lunette offered to surrender provided they were allowed to return to the ci tadel. This offer having been conveyed to the Marshal, he returned for answer that he would not grant any capi tulation, but that they should surrender unconditionally. The commanding officer wished to prolong the defence, but the appearance of his men made him prudently de cline all further resistance. This capture is chiefly owing to the talents of the French engineers. It neutralizes an important point for the besieged, while it is at the same time an excellent position for the besiegers, and it is a sure omen of the fall of the last bulwark of King William's domina tion in Belgium. The capture of Fort St. Laurent has thrown a great damp on the hopes of the Orangeists. They now, at length, see that all the efforts of their patron to maintain himself in Belgium, are vain, and that, notwith standing all he has done to fanaticize his subjects, and to interest Europe in his cause, he is left to take the conse quences of his own stupid infatuation. The number of projectiles thrown on the citadel within the four days from the Bth to the 12th inclusive, was as follows: Sth to 9th-704 of 241 b., 843 of 161 b., 774 howitzer bhells, and 664 bombs. 9th to 10tb-538 of 241 b., 756 of 161 b., 1,023 lowitzers, and 985 bombs. 10th to 116-347 of 241 b., 612 of 161 b., 1,001 howitzers, and 833 bombs. 11th to 12th-789 of 241 b., 465 of 161 b., 823 howitzers, and 1,278 bombs. Thus, according to the accou❑t which I sent you before you will perceive that, from the 4th to the 12th, in clusive there were fired on the citadel 7,854 shot of 241 b., 3,190 of 161 b., 7,241 howitzer shills, and 6,220 bombs; making a total of 26,503 projectiles of all kinds, or 3,312 per day. BRUSSELS, 5 P.M. The accounts received since the morning state that the firing was continued with spirit on the part of the be siegers; and that every exertion was made to get the heavy cannon in battery in advance. An account which left the bead-quarters at 12 o'clock, says that Chase had commenced a heavy fire of howitzer shells on the Fort St. Laurent. (Flom the Morning- Herald.) Chasse pissed over on Wednesday in a boat to the Tete de Flandres, and inspected the new works that have been erected there. He also gave some instructions about a dike that has been cut near Burcht, by which a com munication Ls been effected with the polders. There has been a great deal of firing along the Scheldt to-day ;it is supposed that the Dutch have been pouritig soroebroadsides into Fort St. Marie. I have heard that the Dutch fleet has fired within the last 21 hours more than 1,200 shot on the batteries and posts of General Sebastiani. The following will give you some insight into the operations of Sebastiani, descriptive of the first four days of the invasion : "NEWS OF THE DIVISION OF SEBASTIANI. " The division Sebastiani placed on the left bank, has had difficulties of the severest nature to surmount ; the works which they have executed are quite extraordinary. On the 30th of November, the Bel g ian posts were given up to the French ; in the morning the Forts Lief kenshock, Isabelle, and Burcht were summoned, and on their refusal to surrender, the divisions were immediately established on the neutral ground which the Belgians and Dutch respected equally. General Sebastiani repaired to the fort of Sainte Marie, and informed the Admiral of the Dutch squadron that he would not allow the fleet to pass up or down the river. The Admiral collected some vessels opposite the place which the French occu pied, and threatened to bombard them if they did not i:u• mediately evacuate it. An engagement took place, and the result was that the ships were obliged to fly." A .despatch ha s j us t b een rece i ve d a t head-quarters, an nouncing that the Dutch army has made a movement to wards the frontiers. The Marshal instantly ordered that the sth Hussars of the brigade of General Simonnian should go to the frontiers, and act as a corps d'observation. There have been two houses on fire to-day in the cita del ; one of them is said to be a church. There was at une time a tremendous explosion, as if a number of bombs had burst at the same time. The following order of the day has been issued : " Since the opening of the trenches the service of the ambulances has been conducted with the greatest order, zeal, and skill. Persons to take care of the wounded are placed in the most convenient spots, in order that they may be ready to assist when wanted. Assistance and the greatest attention are lavished on the. wounded by the you think proper, but pray pardon my men." A cry was instantly heard from our grenadiers—" We bear not arms against those who surrender themselves," said the brave fellows, who yet had the blood of their comrades to avenge. The officer sent his sword to the garrison, and was made prisoner. The garrison had been composed of 108 men, with a First and Second Lieutenant; but 47 of these re tired before the first explosion. In the lunette, therefore, were found only 61 men— that is, 57 inferior officers and soldiers belonging to the 10th afelding, composed partly of Jews, which accounts for the devastations during the days of Brussels ; a First Lieutenant (De Brown) of this afelding; and three artillerymen. Five of these men, being wounded, were conveyed away to the ambulance ; and five pieces, of which three were mortars, in the cohorn. Such is the summary of this most important operation, the circumstances of which I have received from the very best authority. I am enabled to add the following details :—The Cap tain who commanded the lunette was dreadfully wounded on the evening of yesterday by the bursting of a bomb, and was immediately carried into the citadel. At the moment when the grenadiers of the 69th advanced on the bastion, the Second Dutch Lieutenant took advantage of the tumult to disperse the soldiers who surrounded him, and to betake himself to the citadel, as the besiegers had now entered the breach. The Colonel of the Engineers, accompanied by M. Ne guier, guard of the Engineers of the second cla , s, were the first to enter the lunette ; and to both, the howitzer of the place taken was given, the one to charge, and the other to fire it against the citadel. The prisoners were brought immediately to Berchem, and were placed near the church, in the custody of a com p iny of infantry, where one of the engineers visited them. This honest fellow said to them, " Yesterday we were enemies ; to•day you are unfortunate ; you are in want ; here is something to drink (drawing nut a bottle from un der his cloak) which of you will drink ?" The unhappy prisoners were trembling with fear. They accepted the offer, and drank from the bottle. Some cannoneers, in fantry officers, soldiers, &c., of the engineers, helped them to eatables, made up a fire for them, and a large crowd soon collected near the church, out of curiosity to see the Dutch. They were in general young soldiers, badly clothed in every respect, and looking as if they had suffered intensely. The officers had them properly taken care of. One of the prisoners marked out a Belgian artilleryman who had been once his comrade; they embraced each other. The scene produced a great sensation. Immediately after the occupation of the lunette by the French troops the pioneers made a lodgment behind that part of the parapet which had fallen. A second lodg ment was made at the gorge. The troops which occupy the lunette are now under shelter. A howitzer, still charged, was found in the lunette. Some minutes after the capture by assault it was turned, and fired on the citadel. The following is the result of the operations of the night against the lunette of St. Laurente : A practicable breach made in the lunette ; a solid bridge, which has no occasion to be sheltered ; the occu pation of the lunette ; the lodgment in the gorge. The troops have employed the greatest vigour in their dangerous works as well as in the attack. Lieutenant- General Haxo directed every movement in person, and he has seen his skilful operations crowned with the hap piest success. " ORDER OF THE DAY. " Since the 6th of December the sage has been pushed to the left bank of the covered road, and the glacis of the lunette St. Laurent, and to the right of the counter guard, which leads to the battery of Toledo. A third parallel has been constructed, of nearly 120 metres, which joins the road from the foot of the glacis of the lunette St. Lau rent, and to the covered way of the counter-guard. The intrepidity and intelligence of the sappers and miners have not been belied ; 26 men of this company have been wounded since the opening of the trenches. The sapper Ausseil, of the sixth company of the Ist battalion of the second regiment of genie, has received from the King of the Belgians the Order of Leopold. The artillery have constructed and armed new batteries of mortars, howit zers, and cannon, before the second parallel : it continues to distinguish itself by its ability and bravery. Its loss amounts to five killed and 26 wounded. On the Bth, the cannoneers Moque and Auseli, of the fourth battery of the 11th regiment, had made themselves conspicuous by the resolution with which they advanced 100 metres before the second parallel, i❑ order to cut the streets and hedges which masked the fire of the small arms of the ramparts, and for the address with which they silenced several Dutch soldiers. " The troops of the line have ably seconded the genie and the artillery by their constancy and courage in the works, and in the guarding of the trenches ; they reckon 13 dead and 82 wounded. " The Adjutant Gilbert and the Clarionet Rajant, of _ _ _ . . the 19th Light, deserve mention for their conduct'on the night of the 7th to the Sth, in seeking near the covered way of St. Laurent, notwithstanding the strong fire of the enemy, a wounded Dutchman, whom they succeeded in bringing to the trenches. The Commander in-Chief is pleased to bring the names of these brave men to the knowledge of the army, and to express his satisfaction to all those who have participated in the operations of the siege. _ . _ " By order of the Marshal Commander-in• Chief, " ST. CYR NUGUES." BERCHENI, HEAD-QUARTERS, SATURDAY, Two o'CLocK, P. M., DEC. 15. , The French have established a battery on Fort St. Laurent, but have not as yet made any use of it. There was little firing in the night. This morning it became brisker. The citadel has bee❑ very silent all the morning, and the operations of the French have been confined to the launching a few bombs from Fort Monte bello, which tell chiefly in the fosse of the citadel. A great many bombs fell this . morning on the high road in Berchem. The Dutch prisoners taken in the Fort St. Laurent are to be sent to Valenciennes; the Dutch Lieutenant left this afternoon, in a diligence, azcompanied by a French Officer of the Staff. It is supposed that the French will he prepaitd to corn Jouti FLEICIING, Esq., then came forward amidst con siderable noise and confusion, to say that be would, if elected, endeavour to correct all abuses, and support all rational reform—as great an extent of Reform as any honest man would support. He then attacked the Government on their foreign policy, and condemned the war with the Dutch. He opposed the repeal of t'ie corn laws, and com plained of an undue influence having been used by the friends of Lord Palmerston. Lord PALMERSTON would willingly answer the ques tion put to him by his Hon. Competitor, but before he did so he trusted the meeting would allow him to make some remarks upon observations made by the Hon. Gentleman, which applied to the conduct of the Government of which he was a Member; and, first, he was glad to find that his lion. Competitor had declared himself a Reformer; how ever late the declaration, be was glad to receive it. He believed, indeed, that there were many other converts to Reform besides the Hon. Gentleman among the ranks of those who had adopted the new Jangled appellation of Conservatives. He hoped that the meaning of the term was not that they were Conservatives of all existing abuses. It was, however, a stiking homage paid to the principle of the great measure adopted by the Government to find, that no sooner was it carried than many, even of its bitterest opponents immediately declared themselves R-formers. But where were these Reformers of the eleventh hour, when, some few years ago, it was impos sible to carry the punishment of proved delinquency ; and when propositions so limited as those for granting Mein. bers to three or four great manufacturing towns, and even fur transferring the franchise-from guilty - East Retford. to the wealthy and populous Birmingham, were rejected? Het said that the Government of which he was a Member gave three pledges when they came into office in 1830— reform, retrenchment, peace,—and be would show that all three had been redeemed. How the pro mise of Reform had been kept the acclamation of the whole country proclaimed, and upon that he would not say another word. But the Hon. Gentleman had questioned the fulfilment of the promise of retrenchment. Now, on that point he would state two facts, which he flattered himself would be decisive. The present Govern ment had reduced salaries and diminished offices under the Crown to the extent of an annual saving of 234,000/., but was that all ? they had also reduced the charge of the public establishments of the country between 1831 and 1832 to the amount of 2,272,6861, per annum. He con tended, therefore, that they had fully redeemed their pledge of retrenchment, coming also as they did after a Govern ment who had piqued themselves upon the reducriona which they had effected. Well, then, as to the third pledge of peace, —ay, he would take the bull by the horns, and would not be daunted by the cries of Dutch war, with, which his ears had been assailed. Why, would gen tlemen believe that, in point of fact, there is no Dutch. war at all,—that England is at war with no power great or small,—that this Dutch war is a mere creature of the vivid imagination and exuberant fancy of those who set up the cry? The embargo here and the process of eject ment carrying on at Antwerp are not war against Hol land ! No, the Ministers have preserved peace; but if they had not pursued the course which they are doing be tween Holland and Belgium, there would have been war, and a general war, and a war of political principle, which would have set all Europe in flames. It was, indeed, be cause the present Administration bail prevented such a war that they are most bitterly attacked by those who hoped to find in such a war a road to political power. Ministers were resolved to maintain peace, so long as peace can be main tained consistently with the interests and the honour of England ; and he was convinced that however desirous of peace the people of this country may be, they would not hesitate to furnish as many stout arms and gallant hearts, and as ample pecuniary resources as the occasion might re. quire, if ever the int eres t s an d h onour o f England re, iquired an appeal to arms. He well knew that it had ' Jeer( made a reproach to him and to his colleagues, that, during their administration the old foe of England had been con verted into a friend, and that France, formerly our oppo nent in war, was now our associate and ally. For his part he gloried in admitting the charge, but he left to those who made it to reconcile this accusation with the ardent love of peace of which they made such a boast ; seeing that friendship between England and France is the surest guarantee for the peace of Europe. Another ground of charge against the present Government was, that they had carried into practice the principles of free trade, by which is meant the principle that the industry and capital of man shall be unshackled,—that men shall be at liberty tescuy & where they can buy the cheapest, and sell where .eitej 7 .,canjet the best price. He accepted proudly the ac etisatron; he considered it as high praise instead of blame. He trusted that the days were over when those antiquated prejudices could prevail which tended to fetter the industry of man, to prevent the intercourse of nations, to deprive mankind of those advantages which God and nature destined for their use. It was stated that the introduction of foreign products into this country deprived, British industry of employment, but what is the fact ? Do foreign nations make us a present of what they send us ? Certainly not. Then for every 1001. worth of foreign, manufacture which come in, an equal value of British Manufactures must go out, and thus the more foreign comma increases, the greater employment must neces sarily s is were r a e ff e o t rr supposed d ec e u a t l o : E ahn n a dgt the i in%as,nhui,f. prohibitoryt w u raess lawsafonrdh do i di n e d fn u o r s Iv r j y de rs . But time chat h not done ? Every body knows the contrary, and that the smuggler opened the door which injudicious laws woula shut. The result, then, was, that foreign manufactures were introduced, but without contributing to the revenue; and, on the other hand, demoralizing the population by teaching them the habitual violation of the law. Be it remembered, that by free trade be meant the freedom to im port every thing subject to the payment of duties for the purposes of revenue. It had been said that the result of the free trade system bad been to make our commercial navy dwindle. He believed that if he had come as well prepared with documents as his Hon. Competitor, be should have been able to show that this wasnot the case; for it so happened that he bad hut teen to an Atneri,