The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-14 00:00:00

LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1830.

By the Flanders mail, which arrived this
morning, we have received the- Journal dc In
Belgique and other Papers of yesterday : the
following are extracts :
(From the Courier des Pays .Das, Oct. 13.)

INRUSSKLS, OCT. 12.

Messrs. Decpetiaux, Pletinekx, and Berard, arrived
yesterday afternoon at Brussels, and were cordially
welcomed by their friends. They are only provisionally
set at liberty, hiving engaged to return to Antwerp and
deliver themselves .up as prisoners if the Dutch Govern-
ment should require it. M. Ducp'•tiaux is commissioned
by the Provisional Government of Belgium, in concert
with Colonel Serra*, of the artillery, detained at Brussels,
to go to Antwerp and negociate a definitive exchange of
prisoners on equitable terms. These gentlemen set out
this morning. All the real and personal property of the
House of Orange in Belgium has been sequestrated. M.
Vanderlinden de Hal, notary, has been appointed segues.
trator of that property, and doubtles► through inadver-
tency the Captain Aide-de-Camp charged with the
Police is to execute this decree, which would be
in the united ettritiutions of the Committee of Finance,
of Justice, and, of the Interior.

The Governor of Nieuport and a Captain of Artillery,
both Dutchmen, have just been arrested at Catnbray, and
will be brnught under good escort to Brussels.
P.S. They are fighting at Antwerp. The citizens,
assisted by the Belgic garrison, are misters of the citadel.
The Dutch are leaving the town en masse. We have this
news from en eye-witness, who has this moment arrived.
Accounts received from Ghent announce that the co-
lumn of Belgic Parisian Volunt, era has entered that city,
notwithstanding the invitation made to it to stop. The
people have joined the Volunteers, and the national cause
triumphs at Ghent.

ANTWERP, OCT. U.

This fortress contains remnants of corps of every de-
scription of troops. They are quite demoralized. The
immense materiel is heing sent to Holland. The very
great majority of the better classes, and all that was for-
merly called the populace, are greatly disposed in favour
of our glorious revolution, and wait only for a favourable
opportunity to declare themselves. The Dutch soldiers
are daily insulted by the people, and hardly dare to show
them-elves.

Great fears are entertained at Antwerp of being be.
sieged by the Belgians. If 2or 5,000 of our troops could
be sent thither the people would probably rise and drive
the troops from the city, or at least confine them to the
citadel.

(From the Journal de Jo Belgique of Wednesday.)
GHENT, ocr. 11.

Count Felix de Merode, Member of the Provisional
Government, left Bru►weds at midnight, and arrived here
this morning, accompanied by J. Gamond. After con-
sulting with the Council of Regency, he caused orders to
be given to the Parisian Legion to retire. The vanguard
is at the Brussels gate, whither a great number of persons
have been attracted by curiosity.
P.S.—Tnare o'cLocx.—After further p trleying, the
Parisian Legion is entering the city, in the midst of an
immense crowd of citizens, who went out to meet it.

BROSSRLS, OCT. 12.

The person mentioned as having hren sent as a friend
of the Prince of Orange, is Prince Keslosky. lie applied
first to Messrs. d'iloogrorst and Van Helen, who referred
him to the Provisional Government.

The Beige affirms that M. de Mentinaere, of Bruges,
does nit accept the office of Governor of East Flanders.
The Central Committee has Waled a Proclamation for
the convocation of the National Congress. It is to consist
of 200 Deputies, who are to be elected directly by the ci-
tizens. The qualifications required to be an elector are,
to be birth or naturalizaiion in Belgium ; to full 25
years of age, and to pay the amount of taxes fixed by the
regulations (already existing) for admission to the Elec,-
tore' Colleges. Every citizen, aged at least 25 years,
born a Belgian, or who is naturalized, may be a deputy to
the National Congress, if he resides in Belgium. All
foreigners are qualified who settled in Belgium before the
formation of the ci•derant kingdom of the Netherlands,
and who have continued to reside there. The deputy need
not reside in the province for which he is elected.

(From the Journal du Gand of Wednesday, Oct, 13.)
oci% 12.

Thy Provincial Estates of East Flanders having met
yesterdiy, in coma quence of the invitation of sums of
them, declared their conviction that the Nitional Congress
would soon meet (as the President assured them) to regu-
late the destiny of -the country, and that Etta Flanders
would, like the other provinces, be represented in it in
proportion to its population.
A Provisions! Committee of 18 Members was appointed
to supply the place of the Deputation of the Estates.
Till the National Congress shall have determined the
form of our new constitution, and have given up the
power to the new head of the state, we shill continue to
adduce all the arguments favourable to the opinion n
would place at the head of affairs his Royal Highness the
Prince of Orange.
The Journalist then considers the Prince's conduct
under the late critical circumstances, which renders him
dear to the hearts of all the Belgians, and the manner in
which he has proceeded in the ex.rci4e of an authority
newly rootid.d to him. lie then continues
i‘ We had scarcely penned these hive when we found
the following article m the Journal irt Anvers :
" This decree, by which his Royal Highness the Prince
of Orange orders that all acts emanating from him shall