The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-16 00:00:00

BRUSSELS PAPERS.

BRUSSELS JUNE 12.—Yesterday morning, at
eleven o'clock, General Belliard went to take leave
of the Regent, with whom he remained three quar-
ters of an hour; he then went to the War-Office,
where he staid half an hour, and afterwards had a
conference with Lord Ponsonby, at the Hotel de
Belle Vue. The General had received several dis-
patches, which brought him orders to leave Brus-
sels immediately after Lord Ponsonby. Before he
set out, he went again, at four o'clock, to take his
final leave of the Regent.
The General set out at five o'clock in the after-
noon, with his secretary, and took the road to Lille.
The equipages of Lord Ponsonby and his suite
' left his hotel at four o'clock yesterday afternoon,
and took the road to Ghent. Mr. Abercromby ac-
companied his Excellency. Two British Cabinet
messengers, accompanied by Mr. Stanwaerts, a Bel-
gian Courier, set out yesterday morning for London,
by way of Calais.
Yesterday the proceedings in the trial of Gre-
goire were; terminated, after a short discussion be-
tween the Public Prosecutor and the Counsel for
the accused, on a question of law exclusively.
The Court of Assizes, after a long consultation,
pronounced its sentence at 3 P.M. Gregoire and
De Bast are condemned, by the application of Ar-
ticle 188 of the Penal rode—the first to 10 years'
imprisonment, and to stand in the pillory ; the se-
cond to five years' imprisonment, but not to stand in
the pillory; the Court having regard, in favour of
the latter, to the Royal Decree of 1814. Messrs.
Jaclanyns and Hutton d'Origny were acquitted.
The Court did not consider the attempt of Gre-
goire as a crime the object of which was to overturn
or to change the Government. The condemnation
is grounded on a circumstance that Gregoire and
De Bast had ordered the employment of the public
force against the execution of the Decree of the
Congress, which pronounces the exclusion of the
House of Nassau. . .

Neither the indictment nor the questions laid
down by the public prosecutor had any reference to
the fact which has been taken into consideration by
the Court. We learn that Gregoire and De Bast
are going on this account to appeal to the Court of
Caseation. Art. 188 of the Penal Code, which has
been alß►lied to Gregoire and De Bast, is in the fol-
lowing terms :
" Any public functionary, agent, or officer of the
Government, of whatever condition or rank, he may
be, who shall have ordered, or caused to be required
or ordered, the action or employment of the public
force against the execution of a law shall be punished
by imprisonment."
M. Daniels, Burgomaster of Aix-la-Chapelle, con-
voked, on the 26th May, the inhabitants of that
city, who have already made part of the Communal
Guard, to organise theMselves definitively as they
are to maintain order and public tranquillity after
the departure of the garrison.

months of 1831, threatening, that, in case of their
non-compliance, they will be compelled. The Com-
missioners had further ordered, that goods coming
from Belgium shall pay on their arrival at Mae-
stricht the same duties as they are liable to in Hol-
land.
ROTTERDAM, JUNE 13.—1 t is affirmed that the
conduct of Lord Ponsonby has not entirely been
approved by the Congress at London, and that
very favourable assurances have been given to our
Government on the part of the Congress. It is
also affirmed, that if, contrary to expectation, it
s'iou'd be necessary to have recourse to arms, it
will be done on our part only "to maintain the treaty
of separation, and by no means with a view to con-
quest or aggrandizement of our territory.
BREDA, JUNE the month of May, 5,000
of the principal inhabitants of Brussels addressed a
petition to the Congress at London, desiring to
have the Prince of Orange for their Sovereign.
Copies of this petition have been sent to all the
Courts of Europe. A copy has also been in this
city, which several persons worthy of credit have
seen.