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DUTCH PAPERS•

(From the Supplement to the Netherlands Stoats (sura
Sunday, August II.)
‘4 Ti) THE NING-
" Head-Quarters, Thienen, Aug. H.
" 1 have the honour to inform your Majesty, that I
have established my head-quarters at Thienen, which
awe is occupied by the second brigade, third division.
The first brigade, third division, occupies Ctunptich, and
has a strong vanguard at Baut;rsem.
" The second division is at Bossut and toe environs,
and observes the road of Namur and of Wavre, towards
Louvain.
" The first division is posted on my right wing, and
occupies St. Joris Winghe and the invircw. This con-
centration of the forces has for its object to attempt an
attack on- Louvain.
" The vanguard engaged the enemy in the village of
B tutersem. The action was in itself not of much im-
portance; but through it we have to lament the less of
Lient.-Colonel Valkenherg, who commanded the Gronin-
gen Yagers. He Bird a glorious death.
" WILLIAM PRINCE OF ORANGE."

(Second Supplement, Sunday, Aug. 14.)
" HAGUE, AUG. 14.
" Major Vm Omphal, arrived here thin day front the
head quarters of his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange,
I as brought the important and gratifying intelligence, that
on the 12th inst. bin Majesty's army gave battle to the
Belgic army, led by Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, with
General de Tiecken de Terhove, commanding under him,
and has obtained a victory, in consequence of which the
town of Louvain has surrendered to his Royal Highness
by capitulation, which we here subjoin.
" Prince Leopold has been obligrd to fly towards Ma-
lines, as he was cut off from the Brussels roads by the 2d
division under his Highness Duke Bernard of Saxe-Weimar.
" The official report of the details of this glorious victory
is expected, and it will be published without deity.

" CONDITIONS OF A SUSTENSION OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN

IS ROYAL TILE FRINCE or ORANGE AND

THE CHIEF OF THE STAFF, AD INTERIM.
" Art. 1. The town of Louvain shall be evacuated by
the Belgian troops at noon to-morrow, the 13th August,
and delivered to the troops under the command of his Royal

aghness the Prince of Orange.
" Art. 2. The gates of the town and the principal posts
shall be surrendered to-morrow, before the hour of noon,

by their guards of Belgic troops to guards of Dutch troops
" Are. S. Hostilities shall be suspended from the pre-
sent moment until to-morrow, the 13th of August, at noon•

" By order of hi.. Royal Highness the Prince of Oratire,
" BAron de CONSTANT 1)E REBECQUE,
Lieut.-General of the St.,ff.
" Accepted, A. GOBLET, Brigadier and Chief of
the Staff, ad interim.
" Pellenberg, before Louvain, Aug. 12.
" I pledge myself that the Prince of Orange has given
his parole that the Belgian troops may evacuate the town
with arms and baggage and all their material.
" Count de STIRUNI. Colonel, Aide-de-Camp to
his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange.
(TIIIHD SUPPLEMENT.)

" TO THE KING.
" Head-quarters, Thienen, Aug. 12, Nine k
in the Evening.
" I have the honour to inform your Majesty, that ynur
Majesty's army, at the head of which I have the honour
to be placed, has this day obtained a brilliant advantage
over the enemy's army, commanded by Tiecken de Ter-
hoven. Prince Leopold was present in person. The
enemy's troops were driven from every position in which
we attacked them, and compelled to retreat into the town,
and under the cannon of Louvain. .

" The consequence was, the asking of a suspension of
rains for a short time, to allow the town of Louvain to be
evacuated and surrendered to your Majesty's troops.

" The proposition for an armistice, by shich the enemy
acknowledged his defeat, was agreed to by me.
"This result was brought about in the following manner !--
" The third division, commanded by General Meyer,•
broke up at five in the morning, accompanied by the cuiras-
sier brigade, under the command of General Post, and the
reserve batteries of ar•tillesy.
" In the evening before we had found it necessary to
evacuate 13autersem, and, in consequence of the superior
force s f the enemy, to make the vanguard fall back upon
Roosbeek. _ _

" To-day we found the enemy on the Louvain aide of
Bautersem, occupying an advantagerms position, which was
covered by woods and the exterior houses of Bautersem.
His force consisted of infantry and artillery. I imnualiately
perceived that to debauch from the village and attempt to
attack his position in front would only give occasion to a
ne,dless effusion of blood. I therefore ordered the out-
flanking of his position on the right and left, in order to
oblige him to carry his retreat into complete tit ct.
" The enemy made a long stand ; and when he per-
ceived that we had obtained possession of sonic heights on
his left flank, which I caused to be occupied by the volun-
t Yager corps of the 3,1 division, he saw that it tsar
necessary to common, e a hasty retreat. We followed hits
without delay on the road to Louvain.
" If had just given orders for pursuing him with our ca-
valry, that advantage might be taken of his confusion,
when a flag of truce advanced to meet me on the road.
" The hearer of the flag of truce was Lord William
Russell. He brought a letter from Sir Robert Adair, ad-
, dressed to the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, as it was supposed
that his Highness commanded this column. The pur•
port of the letter was to ask a suspension of arms,
and to notify that the vanguard of the French army
was already in the neighbourhood of Wavre. Alto'
some deliberation, I intimated that the only circumstances
that could induce me to consent to an armistice would bo
the evacuation of Louvain, and the being able to ob-
tain undoubted assurance of a French army being on
the Belgic territory. I would send an officer to ascertain
that. Lord William Russell then took leave, and I exe-
cuted my forward movement. The enemy fled on all
points. On auproschinr, Louvain we found him posted
with a very considerable farce,n in a very advantageous po-
sition, on the height of Pallenberg. I obliged him to
abandon this position, by ordering the first division,
which was marching on St. Joris-Winghe, to take a po-
sition on this side upon the ridge of that height, and then,
having reached the plateau, to advance on the enemy's

left wing.
" General Favauge, who commanded the second brigade
of the first division, executed this movement with great
skill, and the result was successful. A cannonade, of
short duration on his part, as well as on the part of the
artillery of the third division, compelled the enemy to
evacuate this uncommonly strong military position, and to
retreat rapidly on Louvain.
" We now occupy the same position, with the road and
the hamlet'oo: u t. Here we found ourselves within the
distance of a gun-shot from Louvain. I waited the result
of my proposition, which Lord William Rtwell bad con-
veyed to Sir Robert Adair as my answer to this letter.
Sir Robert Adair came himself. He requested a suspen•
sion of arms. I declared to him that I could consent to
no other terms than the complete evacuation of the town
by Prince Leopold and the Be'gio troops. Sir Robert
took upon himself to bring about an agreement on this
condition.

" Immediately after Sir Robert's return to the town, a
Belgian officer, belonging to the staff of the Belgian
army, appeared and asked me what propositions I would
accept.

" I caused my demand to be drawn up by the Genera:
of the Staff,'Lieutenant-General Constant de Rebecque, and
required an immediate answer. I received it without
delay, ratified by the Belgia❑ Brigadier• General and Chief
of the Staff udinlerim, A. Goblet. As soon as this con-
vention was concluded, I ordered the troops to bivouac in
the sante position until the morning. I must yet inform
your Majesty that during this negociation, a heavy can-
nonade was directed against our troops out of, and from,
the gate of the town. Not being able to comprehend the
cause of the tiring, I sent Captain Van Stirum, of Prince
Frederick's Staff, with a flag of truce, to ask the com-
mander of the garrison the reason of this apparently
treacherous c..noluct.
" Captain Van Stirum soon returned with an officer,
who expre'sed regret for the occurrence, and declared that
the whole affair had taken place contrary to the positive
orders given by the Commander of the troops. Through
this attack we have to regret the death of Lieutenant
Prinien of the artillery, and the loss to your Majesty's ser-
vice of the meritorious Colonel Gaillieries, whose left leg
was carried away by a cannon ball. His son, who served
in the same regiment of Cuirassiers with his father, sus-
tained the like misfortune from the same ball.
" This morning at three o'clock the Duke of Saxe
Weimar marched with a corps, formed partly of the 2d
division under his command, and partly the cavalry bri-
gade, with the necessary artillery, from his position at
Nethene and its environs, made a detour round Louvain,
and took a position on the road from Louvain to Bt ussels,
at-the Iron Hill. He executed this movement with great
judgment and activity.
The Duke on this occasion, as well as during the whole
of this ten days' campaign, has, in a remarkable manner,
displayed his undaunted courage and great military talents.
I He must have been engaged with the enemy, for 1 beat d
the fire of his corps on the other side of the WWII. I

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1831.

This day, at a quarter before two o'clock, his
MAJESTY arrived in his travelling carriage and
four at St. James's Palace, from Windsor,
escorted by a party of the 9th Lancers. His
MAJESTY was accompanied by the QUEEN,
Princess AuGusTA, and the Duke of SAXE-
MEINENGEN. Their MAJESTIES, who ap-
peared i❑ excellent health, will return to Windsor
at half-past five o'clock this evening.
Shortly after his MAJESTY held a Levee,
which was numerously attended.

A Pi ivy Council was afterwards held at the
Palace.

The Hon. and Gallant Member for Rye
brought forward his motion last night on the
subject of Poland, and the treatment of Prussia
towards that country. In doing so, he explained
at length the nature and spirit of the treaty at
Vienna, by which, though Poland was to be
annexed to Russia, yet the anexation was to take
place in strict conformity with its own constitu-

tional charter. This charter, the Hon. and
Gallant Member went on to show, had from the
year 1815, when it was drawn up, down to the
present time, been in every instance most fla-
grantly violated. The Poles were conse-
quently now in arms, and as their cause was a
just one, a resistance to unjust and tyrannical
domination, they merited the assistance of the
great Powers, or at least were entitled to de-
mand that the Cabi7)ets of France and England
should insist on Prussia► observing a neutrality
towards them. Lord PALMERSTON resisted
the motion of Colonel EVANS, though why or
wherefore, his Lordship did not condescend to
state. We regret—deeply regret to see this
evident coldness, amounting almost to estrange-
ment, of a Liberal Whig Ministry towards the
sacred cause of freedom, as now represented and
combated for on the plains of Poland. We can
make allowance for the embarrassments of a
Cabinet, which came into office pledged to
preserve peace ; but the Polish question
in no way interferes, or is likely to in-
terfere with, that pledge ; an energetic remon-
strance with Russia—who, if she cannot cope
with a handful of patriots at Warsaw, is little
likely to resist the united demands of France
and England—is all that is needed to ensure
the independence of Poland. That an inter-
ference in behalf of this gallant people must
sooner or later take place, we have no more
doubt than that Reform will prove the regenera- '
tion of Great Britain ; we would, however, desire
to see it take place at the present fitting period,
and not have it deferred, on a paltry pretence
of expediency, till all Poland is a desert, and
her bravest arriors are dungeoned, banished,
or slaughtered. The cause of the Poles is the
cause neither of this nor that faction ; it is.the
cause of humanity, of justice, of universal free-
dom; as much so as the Revolution of 1688,
by which a bigoted tyrant was expelled the
throne of Great Britain. If they be deserted,

in this their hour of peril, after having in days
past twice saved Europe from the Infidel, the
English Cabinet will be deeply disgraced ;
and a deeper blot, if possible, will attach
to France, to preserve the principles of
whose revolution, sacred and inviolable, the
heroic Poles have shed their blood in torrents.
What humiliation can, indeed, be more com-
plete than the late acknowledgment of M. CASI-
MIR PERIER, that though the French respect
and sympathise with the Poles, though they allow
the justice of their cause, and admire their daunt-
less self-devotion, yet that they are afraid to step
forth in their behalf, because the distance is too
great ! In other words, Poland is to be sacrificed
because she is at too great a distance from France,
while Belgium, which has the good luck to be
nearer, is to be saved. Shame on this paltry
acknowledgment ! It was not thtis that NAPO-
LEON used to act. Neither circumstance nor
distance were suffered to stand in the way of his
ambitiOn, and shall Franco, which made such
Herculean efforts to further the views of despotism,
halt from distrust and cowardice when called on
to serve the cause of freedom ? We still hope
that France and England will shortly see the

neceri6ity of intericting iu behalf of Poland, '
For a time they may make head against the cur-
rent of popular opinion, but the period cannot be
a protracted one; they must ultimately swim with
the stream, or be carried away by it, and that
stream is now runtang strongly in favour of Po)antil.
We subjoin the latest Proclamation of the
Chamber of Senators at Warsaw. It is such as
LEON IDAS might have delivered to his Three
Hundred :
" Rlish Warriors,—lt is upon your valour on 1 perse-
verance that rest the lot of your country. All the Gene-
ralissimo with your virtues; surround him with the confi-
dence which the nation has in your courage, and in the ta-
lents of the captain which she has elected.
" Citizens !—Unite all your forces for the levy en masse
—for securing of a unity of sentiments—for preserving
a confidence in the nathmal authorities—for making the
• great sacrifices which are worthy of your sublime devotion
in fine, for diffusing a contempt for such persons
who have not taken a part in your common dangers 1411,1
glory, and whose only efforts have been to weaken malty
and concord."

Brussels Papers state that it is publicly re
ported at Aix-la-Chapelle that Prussia and Aus-
tria will not be passive spectators of the entrance
of the French army into Belgium. The
cipafor says, " We can positively announce the
suspension of hostilities at all points, and the
hope that they will not be renewed."

BUCHAREST, JULY 20.—The choler t continues to
spread in Wallachia, notwithstanding the judicious mea-
sures adopted by General Kisseleff. All round our capital
there aro places infected by it, but we have hitherto re-
mained free, which can only be attributed to the strict-
ness with which the sarlitary cordon around the city is
maintained. If the ravages of tl,is disease are great
among us, they are frightful on the other side of the Da-
nub,.. In Bulgaria, where nothing is done to arrest its
progress, it has spread with unexampled rapidity through
the whole track from Rutschtiek to Chounda, and tt'ong
the coast of the Black Sea to Mangulil, and is every where
of the most malignant description.
(From the Courtier de Smyrne.)

SatYRNA, JUNE 26 —llurrig last week three or four
persons daily were carried off by the plague, but within
these few days it has nearly ceased, and it is hoped that
the communications will soon he restored. Hitherto the
neighs ourim: villages, where a fourth-part of the popula-
tion has taken refuge, have remained free ; but some
towns further inland have been attacked ; among others
Magnesca and Aehissar are mentioned. About one hundred
and ten person. have (lied in Smyrna—forty-three Greeks,
three Armenian., five Catholics, two Jews, the remainder
were Turks. Of sixty-nine Christians who were attacked,
flaw' recovered. . .

13tnSSeeS, Ace. 13.—0 n the 11th a courier, de-
spatched by the French Legation at the Hague to General
Willard, arrived at Brussels at two o'clock in the after-
noon, when General I3elliard being at the Lead quarters of
the Belgian army at Louvain, the despatches were sent to
him. The Charge d'Affaires of France announced that,
on an assurance that the prolongation of the ;Ittark on
Belgium by Holland would be considered as a declaration
of war against France, the King of Holland had taken
steps to obey the injunctions of the French Government
for the immediate cessation of hostilities, and that orders
bad been immediately sent to the Dutch troops to evacuate
the Belgic territory without delay.
The King, who did not return till near ten at night
from the reconnoissance which he made towards Tirlemont,
was directly informed of this first decisive result of the
presence of the Ft ench army, and General Behiard having
received front King Leopold the expression of his natisfac•
tian at this happy result, set out for the French head-

quarters.
Being informed at Hal, where his Royal Highness the
Duke of Orleans had his head-quarters, that Alarshal Ge-
rard was at Nivelles, and unable, in consequence of the
fatigue he had undergone the preceding days, to
come from Nivelles to Hal, a journey which it is impos-
sible to make except on horseback, General Bel Hard sent a
courier with his despatches to Marshal Gerard, and retired
without loss of time to Louvain. General BeMari, as he
passed through Brussels, on his return from Hal to Lou-
vain, acquainted the Ministers with the despatches
from the Hague, and the steps he had already taken,
and fearing that the confidence inspired by this first
process might cause the Dutch to neglect the itnmedizte
execution of the orders which they must have received
from King William, proceeded in person, before he went
to Louvain, towards Terveuren, near which pla.e he
justly expected to meet with the Dutch. In fact he met
the Duke of Saxe Weimar on the heights between Ter-
veuren and Louvain. He communicated to him the de-
spatches of which he was the bearer, and after an hour's
conversation the Duke of Saxe Weimar sent one Lif his
Aide-de-camps to the Prince of Orange.
LIEGE, Auc. 12.—M. Ch. de Brouckere and M.
Surlet de Chokier are at Liege. It is said, that M. Ch.
(le Brouckere is furnished with very extensive powers.
Yesterday at Aix-la• Chapelle great coats, &c. were dis-
tributed among the soldiers.
It is publicly said in that city, that Prussia and Austria
will not remain passive spectators of the entrance of tie
French army into Belgium.
BnussErs, AI:G. 13.—The Emancipator says—
" We can positively announce the total suspension of boa•
tilities at all points, and the hope that they will not be re-
newed."