The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-09 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, OCT, 7,—The two steamers, Carron,
Lieut. Lapidge, and Confiance, Lieut. J. M. Pot.
bury (acting) left this port on Friday for a point in
Ireland, distant about 600 miles, to try their rela-
tive qualities, each being built and fitted tipm dif-
ferent principles. The result was in favour of the
Confiance, which returned on Monday evening at ten
o'clock, six hours before the Carron, which came in
on Tuesday morning, at four. It is also to be ob-
Served that the Confiance lay silent six hours in a
tot,: near the land, while her opponent was making
progress.
The Ariadne, 26, Capt. Marryett, C.D., sailed on
Saturday for Falmouth.
, The Hermes steam.vessel sailed on Tuesday for
[Falmouth.

The Leveret arrived yesterday from the coast of
Ireland, where she had been employed with the
Onyx survey ing.

In Ilamot;zeLCaledon'a, Kent, Racehorse, Bram •
ble, Royalist, Pickle, Duke of York packet,
Marchioness f Queensbury, Columbia, Confisnce,
and Carron, steam-vessels.
The Revenge, 7G, arrived at Porta)Outli. on
Monday, from the Mediterranean.
Intelligence has been received that his Majesty's
Ship Blanche, Commodore Farquhar, K. 11., en-
countered a most violent hurricane in the Gulf of
Florida, by which she was totally dismststed, and
otherwise sustained considerable injury. She sub-
sequently suffered a continuation of hard gales, and
it was wtth the greatest difficulty she was got to
Halifax, where she will take six or eight weeks to
repair. During the storm, Mr. Gill, the Purser,
died from a nervous attack, proceeding from the im-
pression produced on him by the critical circum-
stances in which the ship was placed, and three
seamen were washed overboard. Two days after-
wards, Mr. Kennedy, the surgeon, died : to what
cause his death is attributable we have not been able
to ascertain.

PROMOTIONS, APPOINTMENTS, &c.—Lieut. C.
Blair is promoted to the rank of Commander.
Lieut. Thomas Pennington is appointed to the Sits-
sex Blockade. Lieut. John Hallowes is appointed
to the Wellesley. Lieut. Humphrey Butler is ap-
pointed to the Racehorse. Lieut. John Hoskins
the Brown is appointed Supernumerary Lieutenant
of St. Vincent to assh.t Commander Smith, of the
Excellent, in the gun exercise. Livut.GeorgelVtllium
adieu, of the Herald, to act as Lieutenant of the
St. Vincent until Lieut. Caswell shall rejoin ; the
latter was lent to the Ilerald in lieu of Lieut. J.
E. Parlby, who had not joined when that sloop
sailed for Halifax on the 29th August. .Lieut.
Joseph B. Driflield is appointed to the Kent Block-
ade, vice Brooman. Lieut. Frederick Rogers is ap-
pointed to the Ganges, vice Ihrrison, drowned. Mr.
Robert S. Robinson, of the Undaunted, is promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant. Mr. John Smith,
late Assistant-Surgeon of the Firefly, is pro-
moted to the rank of Surgeon, and appointed to the
Hyacinth, hearing the Admiral's flag at Halifax.
Lieut. Barber is appointed Agent for transports.
Lieut. Pilkington, Flag Lieutenant of the Winches-
ter, at Jamaica, has been promoted by Vice-Admiral
E. G. Colpoys to the rank of (acting) Commander,
and appointed to the Rose, vice Dewar, deceased.
•Mr. Thomas Hunter to be Supernumerary Surgeon
of the Dryad, on the African station. Mr. John
Shaw, to be Supernumerary Assistant-Surgeon of
the St. Vincent, vice Bradford. Mr. Thomas
Shanks, Purser, to thii-Mtikliftio, rice BroWil,..to
the Semarang,
Commander It. Russell, who was dismissed the
service for running on shore the Wolf sloop of war,
at the back of the Isle of Wight, has been restored
to the rank of Commander, but placed at the bottom
of the list.

ACCOUNT OF THE OCCURRENCES AT
BRUSSELS,
ritoit SUNDAY, THE 19111 or iirYTIMIZIL, 'UNTIL NOON
ON SUNDAY, TH1261% or SErrEnsta.

(From Appendix to the Amsterdam Ilandelsblud, No, 80.

The following account has been communicated to
us by a respectable young Dutchman, on whose
veracity and impartiality full reliance may he placed.
It contains neither more nor less than a plain state-
ment in the shape ofd journal of facts that occurred
under his eye

SUNDAY, an. 19.
After the plundering and burning at the com-
mencement of the revolt had subsided, a compara-
tive state of tranquillity existed until this day. The
populace, or rather the labouring class, had, it is
true, assembled for sonic days on the Grande Place,
expressing their discontent, and complaining that
their earn►ngs were too stnall, and that all resources
of trade had left the city. However, under expec-
teflon of news from the Hague, these mobs did no
harm, and between eight and nine in the even•
ing had always regularly, and apparently peaceably,
dispersed.
In the evening of this day (Sunday), however,
there was much excitement, .and the impatience of
the multitude seemed no more td be constrained.
The mob was also much more numerous than it had
previously been, and the cry of " 1 ive hi Liberie"
resounded olten through the air. A person, in a
tolerable decent attire, (he seemed to :me to be a
Liege man,) mounted the Lantern (Reverbere)
on the Grande-Place, and harangued the people.
He advised them not to commit any excesses, to re-
frain entirely from plundering,—not to molest any
strangers, nor any of the Dutch enjoying the hos-
pitality of the city : on the contrary, he earnestly
urged them to demand arms from the Commission
de Sur Ste, the members whereof were at that time
assembled at the Nielson de Ville. The speaker
added, he knew for certain that two eases with guns
(firelocks) were arrived, and spurred the populace
on ; then, being armed, to make a. sally to Vilvoldu
to attack, the Royal troops, and if possible to fore.
them back to Antwerp. " The Dutch," were his
words, " must as much as, possible be beaten off the
Belgian ground." This address, spoken with count-
siastie warmth, bad as it were an effect to electrify
the mob.

A general shout and approbatory exclamation now
suddenly arose, and all rushed to the Hotel de Ville.
The Commission still assembled there endeavoured
by all possible means to appease the mad multitude,
but every attempt was vain. However, arms having
been promised them against the following day, the
rioters returned to their dwellings without further
excesses.

MONDAY, sttrr.
As early as five o'clock in the morning the con-
' comae of the cotrununity at the Grande Place was
very great. The mob were impatiently expecting
that the Committee of Safety would fulfill the pro-
mise of giving arms, but nothing indicated that
Commission having astieuthled, . This made the
populace mad, and cries of " ATo US summed Maids,
a Las la Commission de Surele r rent the air. Many
of the Burgher Guards' posts, especially that at the
Valais de Justice, wete disarmed by the populace,
who asked them whether they would go out with
them to 'Vilvorde, and if answered negatively, the
reply was, " Well, if you will not fight, you need
not any arms." This was followed by a general
attack of the Hotel de Ville, , where not only two
chests of arms were kind by the-multitude, but
also two chests .with orange cockades. Nothing
.can give -an adequate idea of the exasperation and
fury of the populate on seeing the latter. They.

4
were, in a passion, torn to atoms, trod under the
feet, torn' with the teeth, and thrown in the mud.
I saw the Advocate Sylvain Van de Weyer sud
denly leak, ip among the multitride,„and curiosity
induced nte to approach him. He sinire upon his
honour these cockade* had been there' a long time
since, that they had been hid, and that none of
them hod known any thing whatever of their ex-
Istenee, &e. lie spared no eloquence to calm the
multitude, and to persuade them that oo treachery
whatever had taken placi. This saved the mem-
bers of the Commission, whose heads would tin-
doubtedly have been lost, had not the people been
convinced by close and effectual reasoning.
This whole day the people'. minds were wound
up very high, but the commonalty did not se* to
dare to effect their planned sally to Vdvorde; they
wanted leaders and chiefs, and no respectable citizen
would or dared to share in such a wild undertaking.
Baron d'Hoogvorst attetnpted by all means to keep
the people from executing it, and, probably to (OR
them, the Gouvernenicia Provisoirc was 'eliO'sen#
and its members named. In the evening the-named
were printed on a large Itrabent three-coloured-flag,
and thus paraded round, escorted by thousands of
the Burgher Guard still possessed of tlWir arms;
the multitude saluted this flag with general shout-
ing, digperied peaceably, and the night Was unuatto
ally quiet.

TVESOAN, SEPT. 2 I.

In the morning every thing WWI in the same tran-
quil state, and continued apparently so until about
two in the ftficrnopn, when a &Ise report throw nil
in thjeetion. The cries or," Aux times, aux annef I
des barricades! Atonic's des pierro I Les Ha'
nvanrent!" were heard on all sides,

denly all the shops were closed,---women, children/
young lark,--in a word, every one assisted to .folin
the barricades; carts end waggons were taken hi
requisitiOn, casks were rolled' on, .Wire Mir Oit#ll
stones, and as if by magic, in every street three or
four barricades were seen, which made them almost
each a battery. The pavement was 'alined generally
taken up, and the stones carried` to the tops of tho
houses. Thus were the troops waited for. After
all this movemero, people were not it little alto.
nished to find that the whole alarm *al created by
nothing further than six dragoon deserters, who had
appeared at the Laken-gate to offer their services to
the citizens. The mob then became calm, and things
were peaceable until one at night. But non such a
fearful noise ensued that this night will never be ef-
faced from my thoughts. The shouting, yea, must
fearful screaming, of, " Aux armes," responded by
that of, " Les lionanduit cvancent," was yelled
most madly in every street, and heard out of every
house: all the bells tolled the storm,--drums beat
the attack, from all sides the trumpet was sounding
to arms. My pen refuses me its assistance to describe
the impression the awfulness of this night made on
my feelings. After all, it was again a false alarm.
At Scluterbeck, a patrol of dragoons had passed,
and some peasants had ,given information at tlio
gates as if the army was advancing. Within half
an hour afterwards this was spread all over the town.
People were soon, however, convinced of its being
false, and now the cry resounded of, " C'est fine
fatale aerie," and by four in the morning all was
quiet again.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. '2l.

The morning of this day was tolerably calm, al-
though here and there the mob tried to molest and
tease the troops. The quiet citizens remained
within their houses, not wishing to be shot, or
killed by beating; there were thus only the very-,
lowest class, and about 400 Liege people, who sal•
lied out of the Schaerbeck-gate, and attatierl and
tired upon the grenadiers, who ware there in ad-
vanced guard. These latter stood firm, but, In
their regret, being without any orders to use more
efficacious means, and vigorously attacking. This
fight, of course, was a mere skirmish, which cost no
lives, and only ten or twelve of the mob were
wounded. The dusk of evening put an end to this
insignificant fight. About eight in the evening the
proclamation of Prince Frederick appeared. The
respectable inhabitants, although in general dissatis-
fied because no concession had been made by Oil-
vernment, were however much rejoiced at the news
of the troops approaching, and hoped an end would
be put to the miserable state of Brussels. But the
villainous Liegemen, breathing nothing but flame
and fury, were occupied that night in spurring on
and exciting. With the mob's assistance they took
possession of all the gate entrances, forced the citi-
zens who lived in the streets leading to them to
carry up atones in their houses—to leave their doors
open all night, and as soon as the troops forced
their entrance, to crush them with what they had
of any weight and large size in their houses. The
awful spectacle of barricading the gates lasted with
increasing activity and horror all night. The middle
part of the town was, however, still tolerably quiet.
THURSDAY, SHIsT. 22.

At six in the morning the troops advanced upon
the Laken,;lScheerbeek, Louvain, Auderlecht, and
I/twee/0e gates. At that moment the report of
cannon was heard from all sides. The barricades
• .in front and back of the gates, for a naoment, af-
forded sufficient work to the artillery, but all soon
gave way before the superior fire of the Dutch
great guns.
Of all thus far described I speak as eye-witness,
but of the dreadful niurderous fighting on the Flan-
dere Chews6e, the Lacken-gate, the streets of
Auderlecht, Royale, Louvain, and Namur, I cannot
give such an accurate description, Icily, as I could
naturally not have been present at all
.these places;
and, 2dly, not feeling myself called upon to act us
mere looker-on, which would have been my lot, of
course, as a Dutchman, and unnecessarily running
into the danger.
As I remained in my hotel, my hearing is still
affected by the most dreadful cannonade and firing,
the thundering and rattling noire of which did not
cease until five in the afternoon, I immediately
went out into the streets, and among the thousand
and thousands of reports sten spreading, I shall
relate what I consider as most worthy of belief,
although 1 naturally do not undertake to guarantee
the perfect veracity, which I can only do for what
I saw. 1 begin with the Flanders gate. On this,
the .lith division had advanced, and distinguished
itself by lion-like courage. After a sanguiaary con-
flict at the gate, this valiant division marched into
the town; advanced as far as the Catherine 13ok,
where they were obliged to halt by a strong bard-
cede in their way, which was defended by about 60
of the rabble, who demanded of the Colonel to de»
liver up his arms. He replied thst military liettoue
forbade ever to give up arms; that, besides be did
not come as an enemy, but only to re-itttribikh
peace and tranquillity.. Hardly had thiscomMender
spoken the wordi4 when the Mott suddenly fired
suelenr a hm
n frionnit the front
e hirndnt
The
citizens, who were on the roots of their houses, now
the barricade,
wce kiil byed. which
seeing the troops stopped by the Impediment alluded
to, judged the moment opportune to throw down
on the troops stones, chairs, tables of all descrip-
tions, even such as are used by carpenters for plain-
er
on that point was most terrific.
The unfortunate troops thus who stood, on the
so
Flanders chancre.* 'Wile nearly all murderously de-
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remaining, hardly
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