The Sun.
London, England, 1830-09-02 00:00:00

" THE PRISONERS OF VINCENNES.

" The commission of inquiry from the Chamber
of Deputies has sent some of its members to the
Castle of Vincennes to put a first interrogatory to
the prisoners now confined in that ancient state
prison. The following are the rumours which pre-
vailed in the castle a few hours after the departure
of the Commissioners. The prisoners, in the first
place, experienced and expressed much satisfaction
at the determination of the Commission to inter-
rogate them at Vincennes, instead of summoning
them to Paris, which would have exposed them to
the gaze of a populace too magnanimous to be guilty
of any excess towards them, but at the same time
too keenly alive to the attack made upon their
rights, not to let escape some expressions of resent-
ment, and looks of contempt, at the aspect of those
who signed the fatal ordinances.
" Messrs. Guernon Peyronnet, and
Chantelauze know the laws too well to think lightly
of the charge which hangs over them ; but M.
Chantel.mze alone seems completely dejected. As
to M. de Polignne, he does not seem to comprehend
his situation : the confidence, or rather the careless-
ness and polished levity of this man, who was for
more than a year the President of the Council of
a King of France, disconcerts those persons who
are least unacquainted with the merits and capacities
of Court.

" The prisoners are interrogated separately, and
are not yet permitted to communicate with each
other ; but it is believed that this liberty will soon
be gianted them. The first interview will be pain-
ful, in more than one respect, more particularly for
M. de Polignec.
(From the Journal des Debuts.)
" Yesterday, the 27th of August,' says the
Journal de Rouen,' in the afternoon, symptoms of
disorder manifested themielves in the commune of
Sotterille, and the. faubOurg St, Sever. Some sniff.
nets beset several of the Manufactories, prevailed
upon their comrades to join them, and; parade the
districts on the left. hank of the Seine, in PmtlY
numerous bands: We have not heard that any serious

" This city has been the scene of considerable
Confusion, but tranquillity is again restored. •On
the night of the 28th-29th, eighteen desperate male- •
factors, beving.succeeded in overpowering the turn-
keyS and sentries at the prison, effected their escape.
Itt consequence of this evasion, the whole of the
Aluminium were sent in pursuit. Taking advan-
tage of this, together with the absence of a bat-
talion of infantry which had matched to Malines, a
number of boys, and eventually a large body of the
lowest class of workmen (instigated by persons of a
different class), congregated in one of the extreme
quarters of the city. At first they contented them-
selves with parading the streets to the cries of ' a
bas Van ilfacnen—Vive la Libera,—Vice Potter,'
untl, finding themselves unopposed either by the
military or police, and their number augmented by
some thousands, they proeeeded to acts of violence;
maltreating passengers, plundering shops, breaking
windows, and attacking houses—particularly that of
Monsieur Van Silingen, President of the Civil Tri-
bunal, an ex-deputy and anti-liberal, who it appears
has rendered himself conspicuous on several occa-
sions as an enemy of Potter and ti friend to the Mi-
nistry. This individual's house was pillaged, and
burned to the ground. Fortunately, ere this horde
of wretches had time to commit further mischief,
the garde: bourgeoises were organised, and has-
tened to the spot. After one or two discharges
of musketry, by which eight of the rioters
were killed or wounded, the mob was dispersed, and
all further disorder put an end to.: The military
took no share whatever in the affair. Too much
praise cannot be bestowed on the eitizena for the
promptitude with which they flew to arms : by
-their firmness and courage the most frightful dis-
orders have been prevented, and the most dreadful
consequences anticipated. It is a painful truth, that
in this country, the popular movement has been
accompanied by the horrible acts of pillage and dis-
order: at Brussels and its vicinity the vilest excesses
of plunder and arson have been perpetrated, and the
sacred cause of liberty converted into a pretext fur
every species of crime. How different this from
the noble conduct of the Parisian people I
" At Ostend every thing has been and is perfectly
tranquil. The Municipality took instant measures
fur the preservation of order. The Gerdes Com-
munales and most respectable citizens were organized
and armed. The troops were confined to their
barracks, all assemblages were forbidden, and the
town confided to the care of the citizens. In Short,
tto danger is apprehended. At Antwerp there was
a slight movement, which was easily repressed.
The 'thirties Communales are commanded by, and
composed of, the most respectable citizens. The
Prince of Orange and Prince Frederick have
arrived with three battalions of the Guard, from the
Hague. The Princes have issued a proclamation.
It says little—merely thanking the inhabitants for
their good disposition, and calling upon them to
concert with the Governor for the furtherpreserva-
don .of Order. The Princes left Antwerp yester-
day at three o'clock for Brussels : we have no ac-
counts yet of their reception.
" At Ghent all is tranquil; numerous bodies of
workmen assembled yesterday, apparently more at-
tracted by curiosity and the general effervescence
than from any evil disposition : hitherto not a single
overt act has been committed.
" The eyes of the whole country are directed to-
wards Brussels, or rather to the return of the depu-
tation who have conveyed to the King the articles
demanded by the Commission. I annex an extract
of these articles, which, though they are nearly si-
milar to those of the,Lit'tgeois, have not yet appeared
in any public print. The extraordinary meeting of
the States is convoked on the 13th of September,
at the Hague. It is needless to say that the greatest
alarm pervades the minds of all the English resirtents
throughout this country, which alarm is increased
by the ludicrous and exaggerated reports propagated
every moment; and indeed with such pertinueity,
that people are angry when one attempts to qualify
their alarms. It is true, however, that there is a
complete stagnation to business, and a cessation to
all exchange. The difficulty of procuring money is
very great : this has prevented many families from
leaving the country, and of course this state of
things has been taken advantage of by the money-
dealers. I cannot terminate this without calling
your attention to the conduct of the British
Consul at Ostend, which has excited the general
animadversion and disapprobation of all the English,
both here and at that place. This functionary
thought proper, on Sunday night, to issue an dfleial
written notice to his countrymen, calling upon them
to take up arms and to enrol themselves with the
bourgeois; and this, too, without any authority from
the municipality, and without the most distant pres
text for such an extraordinary measure. I shall maim
no comments upon this injudicious and unealled•for
step; but I hope that his Majesty's Government
will take good care in future that neither the cha-
racter of the British nation, which is eager to pre•
serve the strictest neutrality, nor the lives of British
subjects, shall be endangered by the illegal and in-
considerate acts of their agents.

" ARTIE:WM
" No. I. The sincere execution of the fundamental law
without restriction or interpretation either by cabinet circu-
lars, ministerial ordinances, or any ot her measure w ha tseever.
" 2. The dismissal of the obnoxious 31inistry.
" 3. The temporary suspension of the slaughter duties
(droits d'abliatage. )
" 4. A new system of election, by. whielt the right of
choosing their representatives may be more directly vested
in the people.
" b. The re.estsblishment of trial by jury.
" 6. Liberty of thoPresi, and abolition of the censorship.
"7. A late, confirming the legal respousibility. of
Ministers.

" 'We, Major-General Count de Bylandt, Commander-
in•Chief of the troops in the province of Middle Brabant,
in conjunction with the other military authorities of thi.,
town, make known'to the inhabitants of this district, that
we have agreed with the principal officers 'of the armed
Buergeoise of Brosstls,:that the troops who were marching
to enter this town will not enter so lung as the inhabitants
respect all the civil authorities, and preiierve good order...
such good order as the cotrunanders of the armed citizens
engage to cause to be maintained for the happiness of all.
" The ab•we Commander-in• Chief,
" G. Comte de BYLANDT.
" Head.quatters, Brussels, 28th Aug., 1830.'

" BRUSSELS, AUG. 30.
" the state of things remains us it waa yesterday;
the service of our biuve citizen-guard continues stilt
with the same firmness and vigilance. After dinner
yesterday the garde d ebbed, accompanied by iteverSl
detachments of foot soldiers, led upon the main road
two pieces of artillery, which were at the barracks of
St. Elizabeth. They placed them in the court-yard
of the Hotel de Ville.

" Several individuals, strongly implicated in the
late event's, have been arrested.

" A new proclamation is to appear this afternoon,
but we do not know its contents.

" The following is the address which the deputa-
tion of Brussel, is charged to present and to develope
at the audience which it will have the honour of
obtaining with the King :

Sire, the undersigned, your respectful and faithful
subjects, take the lihertyyunder the difficult circumstances
in which the city of Brussels is at this moment placed, as
well as other cities of the kingdom, to dente to your Ma •
jesty five of its citizens, the Baron Joseiffi d'Hongvorst,
Counts Felix de Merode, Gendebren, Frederic de Secus,
and Pabnaert, sea., to date, that never, at a similar crisis,
did the good people merit more the esteem of your Ma-
jesty and puldie gratitude. They have, by their firmness
and courage, calmed in three days the menacing efferves-
cenc-, and put a stop to serious disorders.
" ' But, Sire, they cannot conceal from your Alsjesty.
that the discontent has taken deep root : everywhere are
felt the consequences of a had system, followed up by
Ministers, who misunderstand our wishes and our wants.
Now, nothing assures the good Citizens of Brussels that, if
the nation be not appeased, they will themselves be the
victims of their efforts. They therefore 'supplicate you,
Sire, by all the generous sentiments which animate the
heart of your Majesty, to listen to their voices, and"to put
a termination to their just grievances. Full of confidence
in the goolnees of your Majesty, and their own justice,
they have only deputed to you their fellow citizens to
acquire the desired certainty that all the evils of which they
complain shall he repaired as soon as known.
" The undersigned are convinced, that one of the best
modes of effecting so desirable an end, will be the imme-
diate convocation of the States.Generel.
" ' Brussels, this 281.11 August.'
(Here follow a great number of signatures.)

" To-day all the shops were open as usual.
" The number of English families who have left
this city is not so great as the alarming circum-
stances would have led us to suppose. rhe orga-
nization of the citizen-guard has totally dissipated
their fears.

" Most extraordinary reports are in circulation as
to what is going on in. Holland. It appears nearly
certain that in several towns the citizen-guard had
been armed, and placed in military garrison. They
mention Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Breda, &e.
" There is a report current, that serious tumults
had broken out yesterday at Anvers, and that n skir-
mish ensued. But by a diligence, which arrived
this city at noon, all was quiet. ,
" It i 3 said that the windows of the Burgomaster
of Namur bad been broken, but no other disorders
had ensued.

" Several letters, arrived at Liege, announce that
a great disturbance had occurred at Cologne, at
Dusseldorf, and many other of the towns of Rhe-
nish Prussia.

" A Convocation of die States-General has'beeit
fixed fur the 13th of September.

" LIEGE, AUG. 29.
The town is in a very agitated state. The
citizens of all classes wear in their button-holes or
on their hats the red and yellow riband. Yesterday
afternoon, it is said, one or two colours were taken
by the people, who immediately after dispersed.
The people utter no cry, without it is that of salut-
ing the flag of Liege. They appear to spurn all
idea of pillage. Yesterday a shop near the Town-
hall, where red and yellow ribunds were sold, was
surrounded by a mob of the lower class of the
people, who purchased one, turn by turn. I' Don't
push me so much,' said one of them, r ether Wise
it will be thought we Wish to pillage.'—` Pills a?'
uttered a man, shabbily dressed, with the greatest
indignation, those that dare to pillage we will kill
them:

" Every one feels that at this moment it is abso-
lutely necessary that each person should make him-
self as useful as he can to the public cause, and that
it will only be through firm and legal measures that
this country can be saved.
"'Phis morning a company of troops of the line,
who were going to Venlo, were escorted through
the town by a detachment of the Garde Com-
munale. When they arrived at the gate of St.
Leonard, a considerable number of the lower classes
who had assembled cried out to them r Remain
with us.' The Communale Garde accompanied
them as far as the end of the faubourg; but the
people continuing to follow them, the soldiers pre-
ferred, on seeing that, to return to the town, and
they were well received by the inhabitants.
" Yesterday afternoon several of the military were
seen walking arm in arm with the Cili2Clls, weaui'g
the colours of Liege.

tt
TOURN4ri, AVP'
" The police have this morning found several

"This morning the first battalion of the 6th
division left here for Merlin. The pr. isoners in the
gaol took advantage of this about seven in the eve-
ning, and 18 of them managed to escape.. Several
great mobs soon after as *subled in the streets.
" NAMUR, AUG. 27.
" Yesterday, about eight o'clock in the evening,
a large assemblage caused much uneasiness. In-
tentions, very significant and criminal, were evident;
and the gcncralc was instantly beaten, and the com-
munal guard mustered instantly. More than lOU
muskets were distributed to well•knowu 'citizens, to
maintain the public order thus threatened. This
energetic movement sufficed to repress the effer-
vescence, and in Rfew moments all dispersed.
" It is said that M. Nicolai, First President of the
Court „of Liege, is named Minister of Justice in
place of M. Van Milano'.

" GHENT, AUG. 29.

" Public tranquillity has not yet been disturbed
here. Last night a number of persons assembled,
but were %ono. dispersed. During the'niglit a troop
of Hussars patrolled the street. An order has been
issued by the Regency that all assemblies mu,t be
put down, and the National Guard is authorized, to
disperse them.

It is rumoured• that the houses of the President
Sandell!' an,l other funetionarieshave been set fire to.
ANTWEUP, AUG. 29.
"His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange' passed
through Campine ye-terday, on his road to Brotoiek.
It is thought he has very important communications
for Government.

" It 111 bilid dig the poet homes which were
ordered for his Royal lbghtio,s at Breda, hove bears
isountermanded."

(Frum Le Beige.)
rr inttssEts, AU(:. 26.

" We are requested to publish the articles of the
treaty of London, of which the Belgian people claim
the execution, and which, it is to be lamented, have
not been executed sooner, in. spite of ull the intima-
tions which have been continually given to the Go-
vernment.

" Art. 1. This union is to be intimate and complete,
sirthat the two countries form only one and the same state,
governed by the constitution already established in Ho).
land, and which Midi be modified by common consent,
according to new circumstances.
44 4 2. There will be no innovation in the articles of
this constitution, which guarantee to all religions equal
favour and.protection, and the admission of any citizen,
whatever he his religious creed, to public office* and em-
ployments.__

S. The Belgian provinces shall be properly repre-
sented at the assembly of the States-General, the ordinary
sittings of which shall he held, in time of peace, alternately
in a Dutch and in a Belgian city.
" ' 4. ,All the inhabitants of the Netherlands being
thus constitutionally assimilated, the different provinces
will' equally enjoy all the commercial and other Alvan-
tages, consistent with their respective situations, without
any shackle or restraint imposed upon one for the benefit
Of the other.

" ti. immaliately after the union, the provinces and
towns of Belgium shall .he admitted to the commerce and
navigation of the colonies upon the saute footing as the
Dutch provinces.
" 6. The charges are to be in common as well as the
benefits the debts contracted up to the period of the
union, by the Dutch provinces on the one hand, and by
the Belgian provinces on the other, shall be at the charge
of the Treasury of the Netheilands.
4" 47. Conformably to the same
.principles, the ex..
peewee required for the eStablishmeet and repair of the for.
tifientbms on the frontier of the new state, shall he
supported by the general treasury, as resulting from an
object Which interests the safety and independence of all
the provinces of the whole nation.
" a S. The expenses of eatablishing and keeping up the
dikes will remain at the cost of the districts more burnt..
dintvly intere,ted part of the public service, saving
the obligation of the State, generally to furnish aid, in
case of extraordinary disasters, in every respect as is now
the practice in Holland.".,