The Sun.
London, England, 1830-09-30 00:00:00

vering bravery of the citizens of Brussels. Then
comes the question, What did they fight for ?
People do not usually take up arms and declare
" war to the knife" for light, superficial, or
fancied grievances : it is intolerable oppression
only that rouses their full energies, and bids them
pour forth their blood like water. The Belgians
have clearly strong cause for complaint ; they
must have felt this, and derived animation
from the justice of their quarrel, or they would
never, in the first place have fought, and in the
next triumphed. In the most earnest spirit of
peace, we hope, that now he finds strong mea-
sures will only have the effect of perpetuating
discord throughout the Netherlands, the KING
will have the good sense to lay aside the
sword of war for the sceptre of justice,
and concede in time to the reasonable demands
of his Belgian subjects. Difficult as the task
may now be, compared to what it would have
been a few weeks since when concession would
have worn the aspect of courtesy, still we do not
thic k that it is wholly impossible. Conciliation on
his MAJESTY'S part may yet do much;
force, it is clear, will be of no avail ; for what
can be the value or the security of that kingdom
which is held only by the sword, and which
waits but the first opportunity to assert its un-
qualified freedom ?

The Brussels Papers received to-day are full
of interesting particulars respecting the late en-
gagements there. Le Beige, of Wednesday's
date, mentions the arrival (on Tuesday) at
Brussels of M. POTTER, who was received
with enthusiasm by the people, and ad-
dressed them to the effect that he would
act with his whole soul to conquer, and secure
their liberties. At Louvain it appears that the

Dutch troops have been repulsed with con-
siderable loss. The Brussels Papers menden
the death of. Lord BLANTYRE, by a random

shot in the neck, while looking out of his
window at the battle going forward in the streets

of Brussels :

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(From the Courier des Pays Bas of Tuesday, Sept. 28.)
BRUSSELS, sErr. 27.
Our readers are informed, that till further notice the
Provisional Government will communicate its official news
through the medium of the' Courier des Pays Bas•

VICTORY !
The hordes of brigands who, under'the name of soldiers,
bad penetrated into our walls;have been forced to abandon
them this night. The desperate engagements yesterday
proved to them that it was impossible to enter Brussels in
spite of its inhabitants. Our artillery, the command of
which has been since Friday confided to an experienced
superior officer, yesterday made a great slaughter of our
barbarous enemies. 'rhe commander had found a favour-
able position, from which he directed his artillery to the
lower grounds of the Park, where the Dutch had taken
refuge. Our sharpshooters, more eager and more nume-
rous than the day before; seconded the artillery with the
greatest success. The firing had never been more
brisk than between eleven and three in the afternoon.
It was impossible for au army even twice as nume-
rous as that which we combated to resist such attacks.
The firing continued till six o'clock as on the preceding
days, but gradually absted after three o'clock. The sol-
diers fled successively from the only houses which they
occupied, towards the States-General, and took refuge in
the lower grounds of the Park, near the Palaces of the
King apd the Peiecte; A great number of them were
killed during their retreat; our citizens waited far them
isahey came, out 9( the' house*, and,fired on them with
muskets as they passed.
At six o'clock the fire had caught the houses in the
Vicinity of the Palace. 'At the beginning of the night this
fire, of which we shall give some particulars below, illu-
minated the whole place before the Park. The volunteers
of Charleroi, Couches, and other towns, who were soon
joined by several Bruxellois, stationed themselves near the
Hotel de Belle Vue, and thence fired on the soldiers, who
still escaped from the Palaces. At length, about four
o'clock in the morning all the Dutch who had escaped the
carnage of the dsy, effected their complete retreat from our
walls. An immense crowd proceeded at day-break to the pl tees
abandoned by these cowardly incendiaries. These places
presented only a vast scene of desolation and carnage. The
alleys of the Parks are dyed with blood, several corpses,
horribly mutilated and stripped, have been forgotten by
the enemy, and lie at the foot of the passages hardly co-
vered with a few leaves.
Branches of trees, fragments of iron-railing and of sta-
tues destroyed by the grape-shot, lie on all the roads. The
carcases of six artillery horses have been placed by the
enemy as a redoubt at the Park gate, opposite the stair-
case of the Library.
The wing of the Palace usually occupied by Prince Fre-
derick, the . Hotel de Bellevue, and the Coffee-house de
I'Amite, are pierced every where with musket and cannon
balls ; the scow is the case of all the houses of the Mon-
tagne du Pare, and a great, part of those in the Rue Royale.
The people, and a great number of volunteers in arms,
this morning at seven o'clock were in all the avenues of
the Park and the adjacent street. Soldiers, either de-
serters or prisoners, are now in great numbers in every
quarter.
AL d'lloogvorst, who was going to the Palace, having
appeared among the crowd, was received with buzzes,
and cries of " Liberty for ever !" •
It is impossible to describe the intoxication of joy of
all the population, at length delivered from their bar-
barous invaders. The Palaces on which the standard of
Brabant is hoisted, are guarded by posts of volunteers,
well armed. The Commandant, Don Juan d'Halen, re-
moved his head-quarters thither this morning. We are
informed that measures are taken vigorously to pursue the
enemy, who have already withdrawn to the distance of
more than two leagues from the city.
Two notices were posted up yesterday—one announcing,
that to prevent the dangers that might arise from the fall
of a shell into the gas works, the gas will be drawn off.
The citizens are requested to place lights in their windows,
to prevent the city from being involved in darkness...—
(Tble request was complied with, and the city well lighted
by the citizens.)
The other notice was to the effect that in the present
critical state of affairs the Provisional Government was
constituted as follows Vanderlinden d'Hoogvorat ;
Rogier, advocate 'in the tribunal of Liege; Count Felix
de hlerode ; Geadebier, advocate in the tribunal of Brus-
sels ; Sylvan de Weyer, do.; Jolly, late officer of engineers ;
Joseph Vanderlinden, treasurer ; .1. Nscoley, advocate ; F.
de Coppin, secretary. All these gentlemen accepted their
functions.
The fallowing has been published this morning s—.
linAD-QUARTESS, Seri*. 27, stater-rasT 5, A.M.
" To the Members of the Provisional Government,
" Gcsrmarsx,--The enemy, whose deplorable state of
demoralization was doubtlese completed by the warm action
yesterday, has felt a longer resistance to be impossible, and
has just abandoned our walls. The heroic Brussels is free.
The Park and all the gates are occupied by our brave men.
Major Palmed, ray. first aide-de-caum, is appointed gover.
nor of the palaces.
" The remarkable facts that have signalized this day are
so numerous, and my occupations so many, that it is not
.
'possible for me to give you all the necessary details of this
glorious event. As soon as I have leisure, one of my first
cares, as thy dearest duty, will be to acquaint you with the
so many generous citizens, tnany of
'l;hr:incest Irmevnederedby
purchased our memorable victory with their
blood. One of the losses which I most regret is that of
yesterday,
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the attack of La Magdelaine,
so long disputed.
AN ALLN.
66 To-morrow there will be a review ofV II
our active farce;,
" The Commander-in-Chief JUAN
for
Victory must not hinder us. from
our security. New barricades are raising in the new
taking measures
Rue

Royale, where three pieces of cannon are to be planteti.—
However, when the men of the north go and relate in
their marches how the Belgians have received them, we
may believe that those heroes will lose a little of their war-
like ardour, and that they will net again venture to appear
before us. We were mistaken when we announced yester-
day that the Palace' of the States-General was burnt; it
was the adjoining houses that were burnt. The fire
caused by a bomb in the house of Counsellor Greitule was
immediately extinguished. 'the wretches who left our
city during the night shot, before their departure, all the
foreigners whom they had taken prisoners during the six
days of the oombat which has just ended. Several French-

men fell victims to their rage.
An army of Tartars would not have behaved with more
cruelty and brutality than the Dutch soldiers. To fire and
pillage, they have added rape and assassination. Many
houses in the Rue Vista, and the adjicent streets, ate
mentioned as the scenes of such excesses. Numerous de-
tachments of prisoners and deserters arrive from all
quarters. They wear at their button-holes the tri-coloured
ribbon of Brabint, aid cries of " Liberty for ever,"
raised as they pass, is repeated by them with enthusiasm.
This morning, at eight o'clock, the people went to the
house of M. Fred. Mecus. In a moment the whole house
was pillaged—the furniture thrown into the street and
burnt. The house was then set on fire, and is now burning
with great fury ; we hope it will not reach the adjoining
houses. This act of popular vengeance is ascribed to
various motives. We do not know what to think of it.
(From the Journal du Gond of Wednesday, Sept. 29.)
" NOTICE.
" The Counsellor of State, Governor of Bast Flanders,
gives notice that he has received early this morning the
following newsf dated from the head-quarters at Dieghem,
near Brussels, the 27th inst.:—
"' The national troops have quitted Brussels to take up
another position. The head-quarters are at Dieghem.—
The movement was effected at day-break, without the loss
of a single man.'
"13y thecommunication of this news the Governor hopes
that the inhabitants of this province will not give credit to
any other news which might tend to excite alarm. He
expects that they will continue to assist him in the efforts
which he will continue to make to maintain order and
tranquillity, and thus preserve them from the misfortunes
which afflict ether parts of our beautiful provinces.
" Ghent, Sept. 28, 1830.
(Signed) " VAN DOORN."
Persons worthy of credit, who left Brussels yesterday,
add some details to the preceding news. Several times
during the day the citizens attacked the national troops
stationed in the Park. They were always repulsed.
They twice penetrated into the Palace of the States-
General on the side next the street of Louvain. They
were driven from it by the Grenadiers of the Guard, who
are all Belgians. Several engagements took place till a
late hour iu the night. About eleven o'clock the citizens
closed their attacks, leaving the troops masters of the
ground. It was not till four o'clock in the morning that
the troops marched out to take up new positions without
the city. First the infantry, then the artillery and
cavalry, filed off in the beat order.
It was not till near six o'clock that the citizens dis-
covered the departure of the army, which they have cele-
brated as a victory. They have set fire to the beautiful
house of M. Mecus, in the Roe Royale, and the ancient
Hotel of the Finances, after having pillaged and despoiled
these houses from top to bottom. It is said that they
have set fire to some other houses, the owners of which,
as they said, had not embraced their cause with sufficient
ardour.
The evacuation of the city made at this hour and in
perfect order must not be considered as a retreat, but as a
manoeuvre to take up a position, as the above bulletin
says. The Park, to which the army had fallen back, and
where it had concentrated itself. presented only a point
not well calculated for an attack, and from which nothing
decisive could be attempted. To dispute foot by foot the
streets and squares would have cost too much blood, there
would have been combats without end, victories without
result. The Prince, who expected a less obstinate re-
sistance, probably finds it necessary to have recourse to
great military operations, the employment of which his
heart at first refused. In fact, it is affirmed here, on
the authority of several letters, that a considerable quan-
tity of heavy artillery passed through Melina on
Sunday, on its way to Brussels. We may, there-
fore expect to see the operations of a regular siege
speedily begin, accompanied with all its rigour. How
much blood has already flowed in these unhappy days!
On both sides, all the killed, all the wounded, are our
fellow-citizens, our brethren ; that city, lately so beauti-
ful, and which perhaps will shortly be only a heap of ruins,
was the ornament of our provinces, and the admiration
of foreigners. What riches have vanished ! bow much
happiness has' been destroyed ! how many prospects ruined!
And the infatuation of some men draws on a whole
people se many evils. Unhappy fellow-citizens! What
conquests, or what benefits, can ever repair so many die-
asters?

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which has constantly maintained order and tranquillity in
our beautiful city. Citizens, let us all redouble our el
and let our population, which is always well behaved, con.
eider as its most mortal enemies those who would disturb
the happy tranquillity which we enjoy.
(From Le Bilge of Wednesday, Sept. 29.)
SIMMS. szrr. 28.
Among the persons who have fallen victims of the fury
of the Dutch soldiers, we may say Lord Blantyre, who was
killed in his betel in the Rue Royale. It was on the 24th
when the citizens made themselves masters of that hotel
that he met his death. We are assured that Lord Blan-
tyre was a general officer in the English service. His
family, consisting of teu children, found means to escape.
It is positively affirmed that the Dutch troops were guilty
of the most brutal excesses in an English boarding-school
in this city, where there are many young persons of the
first English families. Energetic complaints have been
sent to London upon this fact, as well as of the horrors
committed by these Vandals in the hotel of the British
Ambassador.
Several subaltern officers of the garrison of Tourney
have arrived here. They have been immediately incor-
porated in a free company.
11. de Potter arrived yesterday at five o'clock, by the
gate of Anderlecht, in a post-chaise, accompanied by two
other persons, one of whom bore the tri-coloured flag, the
people immediately took off the horses, and drew him In
triumph to the grand square, where the Corps de Garde
presented arms. On arriving at the town-hall he appeared
at the balcony with some of the members of the Provi-
sional Government, and addressed the people, declaring
his intention to act with his whole soul, to conquer, and
to secure our liberty. The popularity which he lute so
nobly and justly acquired, gives us the assurance that his
prewence will complete our victory.
The ladies of Nivelles have just sent to our hospitals
two bales of lint, and some more will come in the course
of the day. All the mills at Nivelles are employed in
grinding corn, which will be immediately sent gratuitously
to Brussels.
Several free companies ate in pursuit of the enemy, and
leave them no rest. A person who has arrived to-day in
Tertnonde assures us, that he was informed that the troops
there had unanimously refused to march against Brussels.

The accounts from Antwerp, received to.day,
are of Tuesday last. Every thing remained
tranquil there, but some manifestations of public
feeling were expected almost hourly to show
themselves, and all the inhabitants were busily

engaged in securing their valuables, as Antwerp
was not expected long to remain quiet. Infor-
mation had come in from many of the towns,
which hitherto had remained neuter, that they
were making preparations to render assistance to
the inhabitants of Brussels. The following is
the extract of a letter, dated Antwerp, Sept. 28 :
" Prince Frederiek and the troops under him is still eh-
camped about a league from Brussels. The whale body is
in a state of great fatigue, and appear not to like the idea
of again attacking the city without a considerable min'
forcee►nent. Au eye-witness to the condition of these troops
states that they looked most deplorable, but few of them
escaped some wounds on the faces and other places, from
the missile, that were hurled at them. The fragments of
glass hottles'did them great damage. Upon a muster of
the King's troops, the lost has been ascertained to be coo
siderable, it is said to the extent of 1,000 or 1,800. The
conflict with the inhabitant* was most obstinate and san
guinary, and the number of wounded is so great, that half
of them have nut yet been attended to. Yesterday night
Prince Frederick sent off despatehes to the Hague, calling
for an additional force before he would proceed. The whole
country is now in a state of result, and without foreign