The Sun.
London, England, 1830-08-30 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

rtiVoLUTION AT 'BittssittioLAVl received, by an
extraordinary express last ttight, the Courtier des
Pays lies of Friday., containing the very important,
though not wholly-unexpected intelliectr,:e., that
events similar to those which ot,,ctirted in the French
capital towards the end of fait month, have just oe.
carted at Brussels, There is, however, this sebsen•
fiat difference between the scenes wittell (MVP crim-
soned the streets of both capital with blond, that,
is the one the Government was the aggressor—the
wanton and unprissripled aggressor; whereas, in the
other, the peep% were the aggressors. The latter
cannot, in thtir defence, plead any thing in the
past or ,resent condtict of their GOverlittiPilt at
all her,ring affinity to the systematic ptoVocation
the French nation had for so Many years
teived from the Government just overthrown. In-
deed the whole reign of Charles X. was one of con-
apiracy against his subjects, It would betray
at once the grossest Ignorance, or the ttfost
.etudied malignity, to prefer a simita charge
*Oust the King of the Netherlands, who.c
veto, examined impartially, has been distin-
guished by numerous and sunstantial benefits, its
the state of the country abundantly proves; The
King, too, was one of the most ringer Princes in
Europe until very lately, when, giving ear to indis,

erect rather thin corrupt council, he allowed

Ministers to institute proceedings against the whole
ofthe Liberal journals, accompanying, too, title most
unwise measure by one or two projetts of 14w of a
congenial character. Every enlightened matt re-
gretted at the time is risers° of policy, so uncalled
for by the circumstaeces, of the country—no repel-
; sive to the feelings of'oonshalf of his subjects---and
so much at variance with the principles,, by the sups.
port of which his house has iteqedted more sublime.
Oat lustre than the diadem whiedit;O'ity encircles his
oaten brows can ever impart. It *4jesiitilightened
man—every friend to the pence of nations was filled
with regret at seeing the Khrg taking this false step
—the more so as he till% convinced that the King
was influenced by no systematic design against the
tights of his "subjects, hut acted solely under the
impression of alarm created by the bold, if riot the
licentious, character of the Liberal portion of the
Posse. lie afterward% attempted to repair this signal
error; but the reparation, either from false pride, or
from ignorance of the whole extent of the danger,
was deficient in grace, and the consequence was that
it produced n contrary effect to what he had ex-
peeled, by superteltlng contempt to the exasperation
which prevailed already. As SoOn 04 the revolu-
tion took place in France we immediately foresaw
that it would, sooner or later, kindle these feelings
into a flame; bet we dill not anticipate so sudden
or violent an explosion as that 'seine!' has nettedly
taken place, anti %Odell, in the first instaece, has
swept away all epposition. Brussels ie now under
the authority of a Provisional Government, and
under the protection of an tamed force, dissimilar in
name, hat similar in its character, to the National
Gutted of France, the King's troops having, after
hard fighting, been compelled to leave the city.—
As this insurrection, or rebellion, is likely to spread
over the whole of the southern section of the king:
dom, if it has not done so already, it will pro-
bably produce a total alteration in tire policy
which the great European Courts seemed die-
posed, , from stupor as much as from convite
lion, to adopt in the cases of France. For our own
parts, we should not feel the least surprise if we
were to hear of the Prussian troops, now assembled
in the Rhenish provinces for the hummed review,
receiving orders to proceed, by forced marshes, to-
wards the Netherlatals, to put down an insurrection
which the Prussian Government has so many mo-
tives for looking tit with intense alarm. One of these
motive* is the long-established family connection
subsisting betweat the two Comte, and which has
been strengthened, or is about to be strengthened, by
anew matrimonial alliance. Ditto stronger motive
than this is to he found in the powerful influence
which the exemple of the Beleiane is too likely tri
hires) on the neighbooring Rhenish subjects of
Prussia, who, it is well known, have long borne her
yoke with extreme impatience. Perhaps smother mo-
tive may be found in'the sentiments of the Russian
nation generally ; but all these, token together, are
'more than sufficient to produce a change in the pacific
dispOeition evinced by the great Continental Powers,
anti to which the example of our own Geverntnent
hie so mainly conduced. le the mean time it re-
quires no penetration to see that the entrance of u
Prussian army into the Netherlands will be e signal
for the French to enter or thelepposite side.---
Morning Herald. . .
The following perticulare are collected from the
statement of a gentleman who left Brussels oil
Thursday mottling :—Tlm disturbances first broke
out on Wednesday, when, us rrlulry. residents had
previously understood was to be. the ease, oceur-
settees of a serious nature took place. The first me
rtf insurrection was the people breaking into the
horse of the printer of the National, a Ministerial
Paper. The editor of that Paper is an Italian, the
son of the Grand Duke of Tuscany's Minister, who
had been induced by a gratuity of 4;400 florins to
coma to Brussele and support .the dominant party.
The opinions of the Paper, as well as the mode in
Which the services of Its conductor were procured,
had highly exasperated the people, and accordingly
their first act of violence was committed on the pro-
perty of the printer of the National. After break.
tag into the house, the mob proceeded to gut it of
every thing it contained : paper, presses, type*, fur.
sutures-etvery thing was seized and scattered into
the street. The mob then went and broke open the
spirit and wine-sheps, and after regaling them.
selves with the' liquors, committed similar vies
lence on the shops Of the gun-bmithie ltr
this state affair* continued daysineak on
Thursday, when the streets were filled with nod.
titudae of drunken people parading about, coitus
armed with guns, end other flouriehing belted sabres
over their heads. About five o'clock in the morning
the military were called outs and after several at.
tempts had been made in vain to disperse the mph, a
volley was fired upon them, by which several were
killed and wounded. This took piece in front of the
Hotel d'Angleterre; but was tar froM having any
effect in hithnidet Mg tire people, for they proceeded to
the Grand &Won whet e. 01411;4141's house was
stiteeted, amid burnt it completely to the ground. Here
the whiles vile met theta; trollies were fired, and
no less than 100 were! killed and wormier!. The
soldiers, however, did not show on this occasion
very great courage, or they were, 'wrists, unwilling
to fight against the people. A body of Tirailleurie.
after discharging their pieces upon the mob, re-
treated; but upon being closely pursued, they tinned
round and delivered up their tome, These were
cordinglk taken poesessien of by the mob, as Wen
rte~ the accoutrements of the Tiraillears, with which
they decoreted their own
,persons. As for the
genedarmes, they in no_ wise interfered to quellithe
disturbances. Indeed, they laughed at the scene,
end when an. empty winerhotrie was now um)
thin thrown at them by some of the mob who bad
.got drunk ott its contents, they cautiously itbstained
from noticing the insult. A few of the principal
citizen% elm approached the insorgents, and enders•
vsnwedto persuade them to go; to the Place Royale.
'bane) pertly succeeded in their effort., and led n
body tolltet place, where a great number of soldiers
Were drawn up in file, who,' instead of firing at the
people,,threw down their arms, and ran and ern-
4nteci them, This souk piece about eleven o'clock
on Tl►ors4lity morning. Our 'dement- left Bruits&
sermon utter thie 441 e could fiat meats of delete-
Sum but be suspects that the settle in the Mee
Ray sie was erehing but 4 two On the part of the
GoeseermOds end that the friendship between thetat lltary
and the reeiple was only intereled to last till
404 supplits'Oreohliery iheidd arrive from oilier
quartets,' lit passing throtigh (Sheet lie pereeiVeti
the peepla to tertirt. the higliemt 1004 of exeneMotor,
evidently (rem theie eenvietiett that tonletning ex:
e Minify .'Was 'goiniti torts aril at Bruseels.
carriage, Otto which tislUusket bid been thrust at
'Bruseels, esciSe4 great estrioitily, end an queidoi"
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