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

TtEP.ORTS.

lIIITILA.OT Of TOO FIABT AItrOATA WU LJU ARMVitt) YEII-
- AT lrAn-QuAwritan.'

The 'situation of the army 'yesterday morning was
as follows t--

At Mechlin, from 300 to 400 'thee, without
artillery. • . • • •
At the bridge of Walhem (which is not burned
as was reported), two companies of the Isth
Mon, and two pieces of artillery.
At Campenhout, on the Louvain road, two com-
panies with two pieces.
At Humbeek, one compeer of the 15th division,
without artillery.
At Vilvorde, 400 men, two pieces, and a park of
reserve of 30 waggons, abandoned.
At Dieghem, there is a corps d'armde of from
8,000 to 10,000 men.
There was a battle the day before yesterday at
Campenhont, about *ix o'clock in the evening.
General Schuermane was wounded in the leg by a
General Constant do itehecque is also wounded.
Captein Perot, of Liege, is killed. Captain Hardy
is wounded. Lieut. Sandberg is mortally wounded.
Carnain Smite Van Haulthem is also wounded.
These ere the first exact accounts which have been
obtained respecting the fate of numerous officers of
the enemy who have been killed or wounded.

TO TIM VAN lIALEX, OrAIY

QUA ItTKit4.

KtroxT or Tug FIRST COlitl3, Mat Tilt 28114 TO TOP.

Wet% or semolina.
14 Yesterday, at five o'clock, I quitted my position
in front of the cemetery on the Louvain road, .to
march upon the enemy's flank; but scarcely bud 1
advenced a few paces in the fields on the right, than
I heard in exclamation from the dispersed tireilleure,
There itt the enemy's cavalry !' I immediately
totaled my come in column by sections, and I turned
towards the road, in order to: cover the point that
was menaced. I observed, in fact, A considerable
body of cavalry advancing upon the Louvain road,
end I thereupon marched to meet it with the whole
of My troops; and I intimated to all the tirailleurs
,who did not form part of my corps, that they should
not fire without my direction. This order was very
opportune, for the corps which was advancing proved
to be no other than that of Captain liouchez, who
.was making a reconnoiessince, and who had not passed
my outposts for this purpose.
" After having reconnoitered this corps in person
I resumed my route across the wood, which is on
the tight of the Louvain road, I reached cover at
en idvanced period of the night, at Woluwe-St.
.Lembert,,a village Whit* is exactly upon the ex-
treme left. of the enemy. thence I advanced
AIWA Msfiut-pOos placed at sshont two Musket-oltot.
Our approach, and a little tiring which took place,
created such an extraordinary confusion in the troops
that I thought there was no danger in taking up is
position for the night in the neighbourhood of those
who showed so much fear its spite of their numbers,
I have therefore established my beadivarters at
Woluwe, where my triers are bivouacked, with a
line of posts ammo! me.
" Whilst I remained here the Secretary of the
commune of Dieghem arrived from thie village. I
immediately interrogated him, and I 'learned from
him that Prince Frederick was at Diegbere, widest-
',touring to sound the disposition of hie troops, in
order, probably, to calculate the chericee of a new
Imitation. According to the report the troops
were; disposed to refuse to advance against Prossel,
os4ios: the soldiers are demoralized to that degree
tmo, Ole very dress of a citizen inspires them with
t error.

" Other, accounts, however, which I have oh-
tamed front the peatants, induce me to think that a
movement in advance its contotriplated, Early hi
the morning I shall have positive, knowledge on this
hendaor lam so near the enemy that 1 hear the
word. which their patrols exchange. Prudent%
does riot permit me to make you acquainted with
my ulterior intentions, became I am not perfectly
aesurc4 ofthe (stoat thisreport,—Your' s alive or dead,
N 1134.0 N."

" PROCLAMATION.
" inhabitants of lirusasll,--Threa days have
scarcely Iled since a ferocious enemy brought fire
and massacre within your walls, Your Intrepid
courage, your unconquerable perseverance, secured
by the general devotion of auxiliaries from other

toinmuties, have triumphed over all obstacles, lie
has fled, leaving your public squares, your streets,
Had your promenades, strewed with the wounded
and the dead.
" At the moment of the terrible crisis I find my
self amongst you. I ft:tithe liveliest sympathy for
a cause so sacred for so many courageous efforts.
Some among you who honour me with their esteem
offer me the chief command. I accept it with pride,
►with gratitude, overjoyed at being able to serve in
Belgium the liberty which I was upon the point of
proceeding to defend in my own country.
" We are now freed from the presence of your
tyrants. Happy at having been able to contribute
to this brilliant success, I hasten to present to you
my sincere and ardent thanks for the confidence
which you have reposed in me, and of which I shall
be ever proud.
" Inhabitants of Brussels and of Liege !—Bel-
glans who have flocked from all points to the de.
fence of this capital ; you are a great and noble
people. By prodigies of valour you have known
how to conquer t—learn how to profit by victory.
The dangers which surrounded you are removed;
but they are nor dissipated. Persevere obstinately
in your noble efforts—exercise the most rigid vigi-
lance with respect your internal enemies, who
are now more formidable than those without. Above
all things let us maintain order within our walls. No
devastation—no tires; those who plunder are they
who would not fight ; and if your oppressors should
dare to present themselves again, let them once
more find in you the men of the immortal 26th of
September.
" Accept again, brave citizens, the expression of
my attachment and admiration. One of the most
delightful recollections of my existence will be that
of having participated in your triumphs.
" The Commander in-Chief of the Moveable Forces,

Ileatl-quarters, Sept. 29. '6 JUAN VAN lIALEN "

Belgium still owe an eternal gratitude to the
brave General Juan Van Haien, who has under,
taken the chief command at a moment of the
greatest peril, and who, by his rare presence of
mind, the vigour of his measures,. and the ability
with which the manoeuvres were directed, spread
terror and death throughout the ranks of the bri-
gands of Prince Frederick. It is a just tribute of
respect which all the combatants feel it to be a duty
to award him..

(From the Courrier des Pays Ilas of Sept. 29.)
The establishment of a 'Provisional Government
mos urgent, was indispensable, under the circum-
stances ►n which we were placed. Its appearance has
been received by all the Belgians with respect and
gratitude, and will not fail to be shortly acknow-
ledged in every quarter ; for opinions are unanimous
with respect to the necessity of delivering Belgium
from the disgrOceful yoke so long imposed on it by
Holland.. The expression of this sentiment has
been general : the truth of the assertion is testified
by the cry which has been raised in the very extre-
mities of the country for the separation. If the at-
titude assumed by the other towns be not so ener-
getic tis that taken by Brussels, it is because Dutch
money, or brute force, has repressed the people's
feelings, and paralysed the boldest intentions.
But now that Brussels and her generous allies
have spilled their blood in the sacred cause of inde-
pendence,—now that our enemies have disgracefully
fled before our citizen soldiers, and a new and rege-
nerating power has arisen to consolidate and legalize
the emancipation of Belgium, woe to whoever shall
attempt to oppose the expression of the wish of the
Belgium,. The new Government discharges from
their oaths all the agents of the old regime, who had
filmed their powers. It allows to all persons the
free will of acknowledging it, or not; but in the lat-
ter case their part must be a passive one. Any re-
sistanee would be a crime, and would expose them
to the greatest dangers. The late events of Brussels
have sidliCiently proved how perfectly powerless ma-
terial force is when opposed to the general will.
. . THE TAIONU OF 4111.
.The town of Ath, an important fortress, has been
in the possession of .our patriots since yesterday.—
The official news .arrived last night at the Town
Howie. A considerable quantity of ammunition
was found in the place, a great part of which has
been sent. off to Brussels.
At the moment we are writing (nine o'clock in
the morning), eight pieces of cannon, and one bomb,
with their necessary ammunition, have entered our
town by the gate of.Anderlecht. . The artillery, who
serve these pieces, and .who belong to the garrison
of ,Atli, have accompanied them, with lighted
matches in their-hands, and commanded by a Major •
of Artillery. .They also bring with them 40,000
cartouches, und..2oobarrels of powder. The people
received them with the most lively enthusiasm.
The people of Ath have made prisoners of the
Dutch General who came yesterday to besiege the
town, and a Captain of Artillery who. belonged to
the garrison. Freedom will not be granted to the
General until M. Spitaels de Grammont is released.
Ath wilt be our La Brielle. Our canaille is
worthy of the Gneux.
Since the I.lclgians have lost their action before
the Dutch majority, they must appeal to another
tribunal, and call upon Europe to judge with re-
spect to their rights..
Their cause has a good deal of similitude to that
which the French so energetically pleaded in the
few last days of July. All the world huts been
with them. against Charles X. It will not be diffi-
cult to show that the cause of the Belgians is as
just as theirs; and that the wrongs of William are
still greater than those of the ci-devant King of
France. Let us recall some facts. -
Dutch partiality is a problem to nobody. The
oppression of 15 years of 4,000'000 of Belgian in-
habitants, for.the benefit of '2,000,000 Dutch, is as
flagrant fact. Let these who doubt it recall to
mind the
.numerous grievances which we have se
often, so long, so humbly,.and so legally carried to
the foot of the throne, of a Dutch Klieg, Let them
call to mind, that not only has no attention been
paid to them, but the humble petitioners have been
treated as factious and rebellious persons, and their
complaints have been violently stifled in subjecting
the Press to servitude, and employing the servility
of the tribunals, more especially the Court of Brus-
sels, for the benefit of power, and against all liberal
writers.

—..,....
The condemnation of MM. do Potter, Tielmans,
Bertha's, and Der Neve, for a moment petrified every
mind, The vexatious proceedings which were added
to the execution of an order still more iniquitous
than odious, recalled the most apathetical from their
momentary stupor. A storm broke out. Van
Maanen, Knyff, Libry-Bagnano—three names ab-
horred by the Belgians—became the butt for popu-
lar vengeance, and their dwellings were pillaged and
burned. There would have been nothing difficult
to prevent this tumult ; it would have been still
more easy to appease it. The instantaneous and
complete eacrilice of M. Van Mennen, so honourably
dirorr►isseul a few days ufterwards, would have► been
more than sufficient fur thl►t purpose.
But 6101 a step was not taken, but all protecting
force was withdrawn from us; the troops departed,
and we were left to ourselves, in the hope that
anarchy would soon prevail among us. The well-
disposed citizens were therefore forced to arm them-
selves in order to protect their property, since the
Government no longer protected it, for them.
At the end of a few days the Prince of Orange,
the heir to the throne, arrived at the head of a corps
il'armee. He was told that the employment of force
was useless, and would be dangerous. He suffered
hiMself to he persuaded to enter Brussels alone.
That was as honourable to bitn as to that rebel ca-
naille in whom he so nobly confided, and who were
so barbarously massacred a few days lifter. The
Prince perceived our situation. lie saw that there
MS Ha rebellion, but bitter and just ground for ex-
asperation. He heard our compleitas, listened to
our wrongs, and undertook to submit to the King
and support the demand which we proposed, as the
Only means of transaction between the Dutch and
us, aa a !Main pledge of peace and universal content.
This demand, as the world knows, was the judi-

ciary, administrative, and financial separation of the
north and the south of the kingdom. This concilia-
tory demand was not a cry of rebellion. It was the
declaration and wish of all classes, of all our depu-
ties, and even of all our authorities. But let us look
to the result.
The Prince had transacted with us, invested with
a legal character. He discharged, then, a legal
mission and a sacred duty, in submitting our demand
to the chief of the state,—to his father. It appears
that the Kitig, surrounded as he always is by Dutch
influence, blamed the conduct and the condescension
of the Prince, yet he nevertheless formally under-
took to submit our demand to the States-General.
He announced to the nation by a proclamation not
very favourable to us, that be had so pledged him-
self ; and though our thus abandoning our fate to
the decision of 55 Dutchmen
,was placing ourselves
at the mercy of our oppressors, yet that fact, while
it sufficiently proves that we were very unskilful,
also shows that we were in no wise brigands ?
' What happened ? Initead of waiting for the de.-
termination of the States-General upon the ques-
tions which we had been promised should be sub-
mitted to them,—questions which required, the most
profound meditation,--instead of waiting for what-
ever the States might determine with respect to us,
as the King had declared he would, as soon as the
speech from the throne appeared, and the pro-
ject of reply intimated what was the spirit of
the majority, a Prince Frederick, without any
qualification, without any other title than his
quality of 'Prince, pretending to be furnished with
powers from his father who had no powers to give,
since he was under obligations to the States-General,
commencing to act before legislative authority, which
was deliberating, sent a proclamation from Antwerp,
dated the 21st, and ordering us to lay down our
arms; and on the 23d, at the dawn of light, he in-
vaded our walls, without any sort of summons, and
made us experience for four days all the miseries of
war and of brutal pillage, and all the horrid ex-
cesses which the most barbarous band could employ
against their mortal enemies. Thus for four days
we were subjected to the fire of a brutal soldiery,
to conflagrations, to the destruction of our houses
• and most beautiful edifices, to massacres, to viola-
tions, to pillage, to assassinations, and to everything
that could tend to our annihilation.

The above is our declaration to Europe, in an-
nouncing that the Belgians have henceforth ceased
to be under the Dutch yoke, and have become free
by their own efforts.