The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-04 00:00:00

MAIINIOUD THE IDOL bESTROYER.

Having placed guards round the walls and
at the gates of Suomaut, Mahmontl entered, ac-
companied by his sons anti a few ,of Iris nobles
and principal attendants. 00 Approaching the
temple he saw a superb edifice built of hewn
stone. Its lofty roof was supported by fifll-sht
pillars, curiously carved and set with precimis
stones. lii the centre of the hall was Sommit,
a stone idol, five yards in height, two of which
were sunk in the ground. The King approach-
ing the, image raised his mace, and struck off' its
nose. He ordered two pieces of the idol to be
broken off and sent to Gliizny, that one might
be thrown at the threshold of the public trosuiuN
and the other at the court-door of his own pehtee-
Two more fragments were reserved to he sent
to Mecca and Medina. it is a well-authenti-
cated fact, that when Mahmoud was thug em-
ployed lit destroying this idol, a crowd of Drell-
mins petitioned his attendants, am! raged a
quantity of gold if the King would desist from
further mutilation. Ilia officers endeavoured
to persuade him to accept of the money; for
they said that breaking one idol would not do
away with idolatry altogether; that therefore it
could serve no purpose to destroy the image en-
tirele ; but that such a sum of money, given in
charity among true believers, would be a meri-
torious act. The King acknowledged that there
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STATE OF BELGIUM,

(From the Daigle Papers.)
ACTS OP THI GOVERNMONT,

THE PROVISIONAL. GOVIERWMENV OF lALGIUbI.

" One of our beet citizens, M. Ile Potter, whom
the national wish has recalled with loud aeclitma•
flans from the commencement of our glorious revo.
lotion, has entered within our walls. The Provisional
Government hastens to join him. In consequence,
from the .28th of September, 1830, M. de Potter
will form part of the Provisional Government.
(Signed) CH. BOGIES, and eight others.
" Brussels, Sept. 28."

My dear fellow eilizensbilehold me in the
midst of you ; the reception which you have given
me has inspires! me with the most lively emotions.
It will never be obliterated from my memory. I
will do my utmost to render myself worthy of you
and my country. Brave Belgian people, you have
gloriously conquered. Learn how to profit by
victory ; your cowardly enemies are in a state of
stupor. Lose not an instant. Let every citizen
rally round the popular Government which is your
own work. The incendiaries whoM you have
driven so ignominiously from your capital, prepare
themselves, you need not doubt, for new crimes.
" No more hesitation—no more intrigues; we
Must remove for ever from our fire-sides the assassins
who hove carried thither steel and fire, violation and
carnage. We must save our mothers, our wives,
our children, our property. We will live free, or
bury ourselves beneath heaps of ashes.
"Be united, my dear fellow-citizens, and we
shall be invincible. Let us preserve order amongst
us it is indispensable in order to preserve our in-
dependenee.
" Liberty foralll---The equality of all before the
supreme powerthe nation, before its will--the
law 1 Yon have eradicated despotism by your con-
fidence the power which you have created. You
will know how to be on your guard against anarchy
and its fatal consequences. The Belgians ought to
make none tremble but their enemies.

People I What we are, we are by you. What
we shall do, we shall do by you.
(Signed)
" Brussel*, Sept, 28."

" DE POTTER."

" Bravo inhabitants of Tiruesels,--•The enemy hue
been repelled rar from your walls. Their_ regular
cohorts have beet► unable to resist your heroic
courage. But in order to enjoy peaceably the fruits
of ♦ictory, it is necessary that a city guard be de.
finitively organized for the maintenance of public
order, a duty which the moveable colum►►s which
move against the enemy can no longer take upon
them. We have consequently judged it necessary
to adopt the following measures :
" The City Guard shell be composed of all the
inhabitants capable of bearing arms, from the age
of 18 to W.

"The pay of the artisans 611411 be 75 cents per
day, when, in . their. turn on the roll, they shall be
called to mount guard.
" The chiefs of sections are invited to drew up im-
mediately a census of all persons liable by their age
to forma part of the guard, specifying those who
are to recetve pay when on service.
" The Conirnandant-in..Chit fof the City Guard,
" *rm VANWILINDEN
" Brussels, Sept. 28."
[The inhabitants of Brussels who have shown so
heroic a devotion for the good cause, will feel how
urgent it is to undertake the protection of their pro-
pertv. They ought more than ever to rival iu zeal
the brave inhabitants of the neighbouring cities and
communes who have flocked to our aid, ready still
to partake with us the watches and the labours which
circumstances have imposed upon mi.]