The Sun.
London, England, 1831-08-24 00:00:00

ormed me that the cannon taken from the enemy shall be
(melted, and medals cast from it, which shall adorn the
breasts of my brave companions in arms.
" This new mark of the King's cordial sat:sfa:lion will
undoubtedly be a fresh subject of joy to the whole army.
Equally pleasing to all will be the news, that the King,
as an affectionate father, will, in a few days, come among
them, to see again the brave soldiers, militia, and volun-
teev, who, a month ago, gave him the assurance of their
fidelity and attachment—an assurance which they have
since sealed with their blood on the field of honour, but
that the whole army was ready to march at a moment's
notice, that it was well disciplined and trained in the use
of arms, fo: this it was indebted to the indefatigable exer-

tions of my beloved brother, the Admiral and Colonel Ge-
neral. The King has, therefore, at my in.tance, imme-
diately resolved to reward with the Grand Cross of the
Order of William the great service of the Admiral and
Colonel-General, who constantly assisted me and fought

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by my &de. Your grateful sense of what you owe to him
convinces me that you will hear with pleasure this reso-
lution of the King, and it is for this reason communicated
to the army in the present order of the day.
" The Commander-in-Chief of the Army,
" WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE."

TIIE HAGUE, Ana. 21.—This morning their Royal
Highnesses the Princess of Orange, with her two sons, the
Princess Frederigit of the Netherlands, and Prince Albert
of Prussia, will set out for Tilburg, to welcome their Royal
Highnesses the Prince of Orange and Prince Frederick,
on their return from the army. Their Royal Highnesses
will he here again on Tuesday, when the Prince of Orange
is also expected.
AMSTERDAM, Ana. 20.—The Journals contain various
articles relative to the return of the Dutch troops into
North Brabant.

Accounts from Axel of the 15th say that all is now quiet
in the two districts. Our troops must not act offensively,
but keep what they have taken since the commencement of
hostilities on the 2d instant. The Belgians also have, as
it seem, received orders from the conference at London
to remain on the defensive.

Accounts from Hulst, also of the 15th, say that the
Belgians are quiet, only that now and the,' they steal a
little forage from the farmers.
Actual Debt, 2% per cent 35% to 364
Voluntary Loan
Amort Syndic, 44 per cent.

Ditto, ditto, 34 per cent.

THE HAGUE, Auc. 21.—0 n the 18th his Royal
Highness Prince Frederick very unexpectedly visited the
fortress of Maestricht, where he was received amidst the
discharges of artillery by the Governor and his staff, and
the municipal authorities. After reviewing the garrison
and giving an audience to theufficers, the civil corporation,
and the clergy, his Royal Highness returned in the after-
noon to Hasselt.

We have received from good authority the following
document, which is remarkable on more accounts than
one ; and shows, among other things, that the Belgians
must pay dear for their deliverance. The magazine of St.
Trond, mentioned in the document, is no other than the
church in which the _Roman Catholic Belgians usually per-
formed.

HASSFLT, AuG. 15.—T0 the Burgomasters of
A requisition of the following articles is imposed on the
communes of this district for the supply of 60,000 men,
and 10,000 of the French army, for four days. viz.
:360,000 Kilogrammes of Bread
120,000 Litres of Wine
12,000 Ditto of Geneva
7,500 Kilogrammes of Rice
3,750 Ditto
60,000 Ditto Meat
200,000 Ditto
200,000 Ditto
200,000 Ditto
The portion of which for your commune is —, half
of which articles are to be delivered to-morrow, and the
other half on the 17th, into the magazine at St. Trond,
where receipts for the articles will he delivered.
" I must inform you, that if the said articles are
not delivered in the time specified, your commune
will be Hai& to military execution. It is, therefore,
necessary, in order to orevent any thing unpleasant, that
you take speedy and effectual measures to comply with
this requisition.
" 1 must make you personally responsible fur all the
disagreeable consequences that may ensue to your com-
merce from neglecting to comply with this order.
" The Provisional District• Commissary at Hasselt."
We learn from Brussels that the inhabitants of the
town of Philippeville, a frontier fortress of Belgium, to
which it was united in 1814, but which formerly belonged
to France, have applied to the French Chamber of De-
puties, petitioning to he again united to France.
It is affirmed that this example will be followed by
several other towns.

AMSTERDAM, AUGUST 22.
Actual Debt, 2% per cent 36 to 96g
Voluntary Loan 771( to 7814
Amort Syndic, 4% per cent.
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent.

BRUSSELS, Atm. 20.—We are assured that M. J.
de Hoogvorst, and not M. de Stassart, is to represent the
Government at Vienna. M. Duva de Beaulieu will be
sent to Berlin. A great part of the first 'ban of the Civic
Guard of Brussels returned to the city yesterday.

LIEGN, Also. 19.—Yesterday morning the 39th French
regiment of the line entered TOngres., A firing of cannon
was heard in the direction of Maestricht, which seethe to
have been a salute on the arrival of the Dutch Princes in
that city.
' ANTWERP, AUG. 19 —The Dutch continue to work
at cutting the dike at Zwyndrecht and on the right bank,
in order to open communications with the Lower Scheldt.
These openings may cause irreparable damage in high tides,
if the wind should be in such a direction as to increase their
effect. We must observe, too, that the Dutch occupy some
posts in our territory, which they have taken since their
invasion, and which they ought now to evacuate according
to the convention.

The inundations about Zwyndrecht are so high that
boats can go from Burgt to Caßoo. Not only the Polders
but the high lands are inundated.
In the bombardment of Antwerp the American mer-
chants lost goods to the amount of about a million and a
half of florins : it seems that the Government of the United
States has demanded an indemnification from the King of
Holland, and threatens to lay an embargo on all Dutch
vessels in the American ports if this demand is not com-
plied with.

The Journal de Luxemburg says—" The French army
is 'to occupy Belgium for a short time only. The con-
ference at London will take advantage of it, to execute the
disarming of the whole military force, to reduce Belgium
to the state of a neutral power, with only the force indis-
pensable for maintaining order in the interior. The poli-
tical arrangements respecting the limits and the debt will
also be regulated according to the tenor of the protocols.
The Belgian Government will not delay to abandon Bel-
gium, and .to return within the frontiers traced by the
eighteen articles. A recent protocol has determined on
the measures adapted to lead to these results, which are of
particular importance to the tranquillity of France, and
will lead immediately to the pacification of Poland."

At a quarter before two o'clock this day the
KING, acoompanied by the Duke of SAXE bIEININ•
GEN, arrived in an open carriage and four, and
escorted by a party of the 9:h Lancers, at St.
James's Pulace, and shortly after his MAJESTY held
a Levee.

A Privy Council was afterwards held, and his
MAJESTY will leave town at six o'clock.

A Cabinet Council will be held this evening at
the Foreign-office.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—May I beg of your insertion of a few observations
relative to the Army and Navy promotions, which will doubt-
less take place on the approaching Coronation. Heretofore,
on sirrila.c as well as on other public occasions, it has been
the custom of the Sovereign to mark the period by what is
termed a general promotion of the officers of the military
and naval services, and in the former, this act of Royal
bounty has extended to every branch of the whole corps,
that is to say the Executive, Medical, and Commissariat
Departments, whilst in the Navy, the executive officers have
been the only portion that experienced the award of Royal
beneficence. It will not be presumptuous, at the present
period, to expect not only from his Majesty, who before he
came to t►he Royal dignity served in and was at the head
of the naval service, but those to whom he has entrusted
the affairs of the Naval Department, will no longer uphold
such marked and invidious distinctions, as to leave out, in
the dispension of Royal favour, a body of men who
equally with those termed executive officers, have, generally
speaking, devoted the best portion of their lives in the ser-
vice of their country, exposed to all the privations of a sea
lif;;, and serving in every climate. It is true, that with
each class-of the Naval Staff (except an occasional appoint-
ment to a dock-yard or hospital), .there is no promotion
open, but with the disposition, it may, be hoped a. way
will easily be traced of conferring on the Naval Staff some
iperk of -Royal favour, on the auspicious occasion of the
Coronation ,pf his Most Gracious Majesty William the
Fouttlw
'August )13th, 1831. W, A. T.