The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-20 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION.

" Belgians !—Since my proclamation of the sth I have
carefully studied your situation. I understand it,
and acknowledge you as an independent nation, that
is to say, that in the very provinces where I exercise
great powtr I will not oppose your rights as citizens—
choose freely, like the rest of your countrymen, Deputies
for the approaching Congress to go there to discuss the in-
terests of your country. Thus I place myself at the lead of
the movement which leads you to a new and stable sttte
of things, of which nationality will be the strength.
"This is the language of him who shedshis blood for'your
independence, and will join in your efforts to establish your
political nationality.

(Signed) " W. FREDERICK,
" PRINCE OF ORANGE.
" Antwerp, Oct. 16."
AMSTERDAM, OCT. 19.
Actual Debt, 2 per cent.
Amon Syndic, 44, per cent. 664 to (184
Ditto, ditto, 3)4 per cent 534.t0 54q

Lisbon Gazelles from the 4th to the 9th Oc-
tober, inclusive, contain no news, being chiefly
filled with unimportant extracts from the English
and other foreign Journals, and long literary
articles. The Correo do Porto contains two
long lists of absent persons, who are summoned
to appear within two months, to defend them-
themselves against the charge of rebellion.

The following are extracts from German
Papers, received this morning :--
(From Le Vrai Patriote of Sunday, Oct. 17.)

GHENT, OCT. 1.6.
The day before yesterday, in the morning, the most
alarining reports circulated in the city. Some said that the
City Guard ( Garde Urbaine) was in danger of being ills-
armed by the people. Others that the Belgie Legion was
not safe. Others announced a speedy sally from the fort.
Ad these reports, more or less founded, excited lively ap-
prehensions.
At two o'clock the Commissioners of the Provisional
Government went to the assembly of the Magistracy
(regime). All the members, without exception, were
present, as well as the chiefs of the city, and the officers
of the Belgic Legion of Paris, who had come at the invi-
tation of the Burgomaster. This Magistrate delivered a
speech full of the most patriotic sentiments, which was
applauded by all present. The chiefs of the City Guard
("eternised with the officers of the Belgic Parisian Legion,
and they promised to defend each other in case of a riot.
he officers and volunteers likewise offered, for the in-
terest of the city, to occupy all the most dangerous posts,
such as all those that sic near the citadel, the port at the
Courtray gate, &c. This devotedness to the cause of our
city gave general satisfaction. The city of Ghent may
therelote depend on the solicitude of the Magistrates, who •
are incessantly vigilant for its safety in the devotedness of
the valiant Belgians, who have hastened to its defence, and
on the unshaken courage of its brave Burgher Guard.
An order of the day issued by the Viscount de Ponte-
coolant commanding the B. igic legions, thinks the troops
for their zeal and courage in blockading the citadel, hut
regrets that some of them have in their ardent zeal 'nut
shown duo temper and justice in searching for effects be-
longing to the armed Dutch, and as private property even
that of our enemies should be respected. No such search
shall henceforth be made without an express order from the
Government.

We learn that an attempt was made last night on the
life of Baron de Coppens, CommissiOner of the Provisional
Government. We understand that a report on the sub-
ject has been sent to Brussels. To-morrow we shall
doubtless be able to give particulars.
(From the If de la Belgique of Sunday.)

_
lit ILISHELS, OCT. )6.
A private letter from Ghent of the 15th of Oct. in-
forms us that in the afternoon of that day there was a san-
guinary affray at Ghent, in consequence of which the
Burgher Guard were obliged to lay down their arms.
A great many more soldiers of the first division have
arrived in this city.

The Central Cjnomittee, considering that the lottery is
an immoral tax, and burdensome to the people, orders
the Royal Lottery to he suppressed in Belgium, and tl.e
sellers of tickets to be prosecuted, according to the laws
and ordinances.

(Mom the Court Gazette.)

ST UTTG A RD, OCT. W.
To our great ostonishment we read in some of the most
recent French journals of great disturbances, said to have
taken place at Munich on the 24th, loth, and 2(ith Sep-
tember, on which the Government was obliged to employ
one putt of the garrison against the other, and to dismiss
the Ministers as being accused by the people of favouring
the Jesuits. Happily there is not a syllable of truth in
all these statements, though it has been attempted to give
them an appearance of authenticity, by giving such de-
tails, nor is there any more truth in the accounts of dis-
turbances here, and in various parts of the kingdom of
Wgrtenthurg, where public tranquillity has not been
for a moineo interrupted, as evilly body is fully
sensige of the advantages which the eroding
constitution
alfords, and is therefore happy mud contented, a truth
which was evident at the late agrimdtural fete at Dam-
eta& where there were thousands of spectators from all
parts of the kingdom, whose conduct did not call for any
interference of the police. The same was the case at the
great October festival at Munich, which last fete would
hardly have taken place at all had there been any founds-
; Lion fur the above accounts,

IMAl.lttynttr, OCT. 9.
In our politic,' circles a great deal is said gala diplomatic
circular, which a great northern Court is reported to have
issued to till its Ministers at foreign Courts, to be column
nicated to them. This note is said to relate to the affairs
of the Netherlands, and to declare the reiudution of that
Court to maintain with all its power, at 'emit in the most
essential points, the stipulation's of the e,„vontior, of Lon-
don of 1015, relative to the kingdom of the Netherlands.

We have file of Calcutta Papers to the Ioth
of June, the contents of which are important.
It appears that serious disturbances had broken
out on the frontiers of Upper Assatn. Reports
having reached Capt. NEUPVILLE, the Political
Agent, of an irruption of 2,000 Singpos, under
WAKum Koom vdio )ud crossed the
river Booree Dlicitia, and efFected a junction with

LUTTORA GAUM, their united strength
amounting to 000, with an intention of ad-
vancing on Suddeya,. , the Agent accordingly
proceeded against-them in person. Having taken
.up a position on the Burrampoota, he received
information that the Singpoos had come down
the. Thenga on rafts to attack the village of
Sutter). With a force of 54 rank and file, and
250 militia, he fell upon them, and put
them to the rout with a loss, on their part,
of 13 killed. The Singpoos retreated to Suttore,
and to the number of 2,500 began to construct
stockades. In consequence, measures were
taken for calling out the contingents of the
whole of the chiefs under the Political Agent's
authority, who assembled to the amount of 1,000
men, 400 of whom were armed with English
muskets. On the advance of the first detach-
ment, the enemy deserted their works, and were
driven across the hills, and, finally, out of the
British territory ; 40,000 maunds of rice were
taken. 'Whilst the above occurrences were pass-
ing, a body of Assamen insurgents, about 400
in number, made an eruption on the. post of
Itingpore. Lieut. MACKIE marched against
them, and beat them off; pursuing them for ten
miles. Detachments had been sent against these
territories, and it was anticipated the leaders
would either be captured or destroyed.
(From the Paper of May 27.)
Tits Gaut.—Accounts are pouring in from all quar-
ters of the damage done by the gale of Tuesday and Wed-
wraday. The bank of the river, from near the fort to the
end of the strand, is strewed with wrecks of }Mats and
pinnaces. The devastation has been considerable on the
grounds of the Commander-in-Chief, and a number of
huts have been thrown down. If the rains continue, the
indigo crop will be materially injured.
(From the Paper of June 4.)
Notwithstanding the strict law of the Government
against suttees, a woman has lately burnt herself. A
certain gentleman, a Suodar by caste, who resided at
Chibotee, in Patna, died about thirty-two years of age.
His wife, a girl about nineteen, attended him, and when
the body was being burnt she leaped upon the funeral pile
and consumed herself. The Daroga having been acquainted
with it, caused those present at the spectacle to be seized
and sent to Patna, where they remain in confinement.
(From the Paper of June 7.)
A letter has been received at Calcutta by the late
arrivals, which mentions that orders have been despatched
by the Court of Directors to this Government, not to
rescind the order of the half-battu, but to give the troops
an equivalent. This letter is from a gentleman connected
with the India-house, and whose information is derived,
there is reason to believe, from the Directors themselves.
(From the Paper of June 14.)
We are sorry to understand that the small-pox is raging
to an alarming extent in some of the upper provinces.
Both at Cawnpore and Merzapore a number of persons
have fallen victims to the disease, among whom are seve
ral adult Europeans.

(From the Paper of June 15.)
A letter from Sylhet states that the Rajah of Cuellar
was murdered on the 24th of April, in consequence of
which a detachment of the S)lhet corps was ordered up.
Little doubt was felt that Cumber Sing, Rajah of Mum.
poor, was the instigator. The murder was perpetrated
by the Cachar's own sepoys.
(From the Paper of July 1.)
Letters from several parts of Jessore lead us to think the
storm cannot have extended to that district. All our late
accounts from the indigo districts lead us to make a con-
siderable deduction from the formerly estimated amount of
the forthcoming crop, and to expect rather below than
above an average growth.
The lion. Company's ship Bridgewater, we have
heard, has been condemned.

(Prom the Paper ofJuly 2.)
We understand that the Bishop of Calcutta is making
arrangements fur the establishment of an infant school in
the Bon Bazaar.

We have Bombay Papers to the 13th June
we take the following from the 12th :

" The cholera morbus broke out on board hie Majesty's
ship Buckingham, Captain Madden, on Thursday, the
10th instant, and by one o'clock on Friday eighteen
hands bad died, and there were between thirty and forty
in a very deplorable condition. The greatest aid was
promptly administered by the medical officers of his
Majesty's ship Challenger and of the Indiatnen. Medical
aid was also supplied from the shore, and every measure
that could arrest the progress of the horrid disease was
speedily adopted by the Government. The surviving
members of the crew were removed on Friday to Ilutcher'a
Island ; such of the sick, however, as could be brought
on shore have been removed to the hospital. The ship
itself was ordered to be removed to the middle ground.
" The disease is purely local, and none of the other
Indiamen nor any of the free traders in the harbour have
lh'en at tacked. On shore the complaint is gradually assuming
so mild a complexion, that only eighteen cases were re-
ported as having taken place amongst the whole population
in the middle of the week."

We refer our readers to some remarks on the
Game Laws, which will be found in another
part of 7'he Sun. They are sensible and—
(their chief recommendation)—evince a practical
acquaintance with the subject. The writer
dwells pointedly on the numerous instances that
have come within his own personal knowledge,
of the excessive partiality shown by some Magis-
trates to offenders against these iniquitous laws,
and their as excessive severity to others. This
is a grievance, but it is far—very far—from
being the worst. The chief defect of the
Game Laws Is that they confound all the
distinctions of crime, demoralize the country,
and bring the Government that upholds them
into contempt. The orthodox doctrine of their
supporters is that the poacher is the greatest
pest to society ; that he is a felon unworthy of
commiseration, unworthy even to exist ; and
therefore fit only to herd with the vilest and
most abandoned of mankind. " What, shoot
my partridges and pheasants," says some thick-
skulled sporting aristocrat, to the trembling
and perhaps starving criminal who stands before
" Oh, the monster—the infidel—and,"
trio yunda in uno."" the Radical—away with
him, such wretches are unfit to live." Accord-
ingly away goes the poor man to prison, unable
of course to pay the heavy fine exacted from
him, and at the end perhaps of a month, during
which period his _eyes have become familiarized
to the spectacle of every species of enormity, is
let loose upon society with all the rudiments in
his composition of
properly
a.a desperate—a shameless
n
vagabond. Under better system, this man
a
might have become an orderly, if not a respect-
able member of society; his first offence
cc
oh
teicekoe
of laws
lamwisgiwahohsaeveavhoewd object)enelis last
i;s butto inculcateunder
time superlative atrocity of one fool shooting
a s rooting
s still greater fool's pheasants ; to rate poach-
ing as a crime equal to highwayrobbery,
• rape, or murder ; to make a Paria of the unpri-
vileged wretch who is guilty of it ; and by apt
and adroit encouragemnt to teach
others of his
class to look upon him with a ihi
orrence—under
such •a villainous, unnatur 1
a system, what, we
repeat is to he expected ? • What, .indeed
The .Game - Laws are the nurseries Of crime
They sow discord trioony exit;
whore kih*
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tiach the tenant to look on his landlord with dis-
trust ; and the poor man to view in the wealthy
his unwearied and malignant enemy. They are
one of the few remaining relics of the feudal
system—of those days when the life of a man
was rated as of less consequence than that of a
hare or a partridge. Surely in this enlightened
age, when intellect is every where on the march
except among the Boroughmongers, it is incum-
bent en the people to step forward, and tempe-
rately and constitutionally, but in a voice of au-
thority which may make itself heard throughout
the kingdom, insist on the abrogation of a code
of laws whose favourite object is rtill to keep up,
and act upon, the idea, that man, in the scale of
creation, is the least valuable of all animals !

There is no news of any consequence in the
French Papers. The Patriote (a popular
journal) has some sensible observations on the
subject of the late attempt of the KING and his
Government to save the conspirators, and urges
that such leniency, however well-meant, is dan
gerous as a precedent, and, cannot by any possi-
bility succeed. "Of what importance," asks
the Patriote, "is the law to us ? Are the
people conspirators ? Did they conspire in dark-
ness, when in July last, they fought in broad
day-light against the battalions of CIIAIILIia X. ?
No, the people never conspire; they know mot
how to conspire."

Despatches, dated the 10th instant, have been
received at the Foreign Office from Colonel
*KENZIE, at Lisbon. Lora HEYTESBURY
his MAJESTY'S Ambassador at St. Petersburgh,
has also officially informed our Government of
the acknowledgment of PIIILIPPE the First by
Russia.

Mr. MANNERS SUTTON, it is rumoured,
wishes to retain the SPEAKER'S chair for some
time longer. It is supposed, however, that the
present CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER will
put in his claim.