The Sun.
London, England, 1831-03-24 00:00:00

BRUSSELS PAPERS.

'it'll/3415, Masters 90.—We learn from good autho-
L: oc the military occupation of the Grand Duchy of
4e—uurg is going to be carried into execution with the
.
seat France.
224 lFrench soldiers, in the uniform of the French
et 611;gitoent of the Line,wearing the French tri. coloured
rite "ere seen yesterday in the streets of Brussels ;
" received billets, and were going under the care
41"
haltern officer to the quarters assigned them. Being
eli
Iltptii*lled by some persons on their reasons for coming te
411
',,-4,113, While, according to the French Journals, the
Ite 80 enthusiastic in favour of the principles of the
1'4°14
1141 u of July, they said that they came to serve our
It •
4. is
14/ced whether, under the pretext of desertion or
tst4l tiohle passion for our cause, it is intended thus to tiini-
4eier,ti,ce imPerceptibly and successively into Belgium a a
number of French soldiers to form for G enera
kto , either a guard of honour or a division. Two daysve
!illstnree French subaltern officers were seen to ea
14lind Pass in a good carriage through the line of the
„nel'
"es
Belgian and Douaniere, without any inquiry
n'ade respecting the object of their journey.
414 e are means of organization and subaltern officers,
th,4lllY, Perhaps, before long, gain a pair of apoulettes..—t.
‘,11115" n"en are deserters, why quarter them on thect
Nap ,Eut What if, instead of desertion, there wereh.h ia
t
ttliitil°' invasion thus disguised, by means of n it,
ti for 1) Possible, under certain circumstances, to get into
tisol;°"re'ses, aev'eral of which, though they leave no gar-
hl4l.,}okve, it is said, been provisioned by the care of an-
)evoljrr'nehrnan, M. Chszal, who, during our glorious
te, serk)o, has shown himself so grateful lot the hospitality.
"Iltil;thlY granted by a barbarian to his father and his
1,4114. If by the aid of so gross a deception some traitors
all l„ link of delivering up our fortresses to our power-
7th " do they think think that we should patiently suffer
t thereinfamous proceeding ? Do they think that foreign
,Wohld Permit such a violation of the laws of
* * No, we will not assist in the accom-
Ilii of such odious treason, and it will not he amidst
4°l'lecli'n'atift°B of the people of Brussels that a French
Itstpetlee or prefect will t:e substituted for our annihilated
74..1'4,fitu.? No, Europe will not. permit. such a triumph
th, .7' and of that mad and insatiable ambition which
7ttlrlf:1"11Y years have troubled and endangered the
W, ' and the existence of all nations.
tits.toshear that the Regent of Belgium has proposed to
L 144,1,45" of the Hague to enter into negociations to re-
, that Points in dispute between Holland and Belgium,
Oil IC, ing %Munhas answered that he did not heat
,:tkve
,e,lB and traitors. It is said that he added, that
E. elgians fifteen days to make their submission,lnnssion,
"es, if
tieiration of which the King of Holland a
pro-
s
(104 do not obey his orders, to reduce us by force.
14 to h4t answer for these statements, but they seem
wtist tee robame.
etrtain that M. Goblet, the Minister of War,
leed. de Brouckere, Minister of Finance, have -
' ttrior :Ile resignation of M. Tieleman, Minister. of the
it;tilt.kt:stti3.BPoken of, but does not seem so certain.
1°45 14"Rell 22.—8 y a decree dated the 21st9tit
Ith:he 4:"gent has convoked the Congress for the 2 •
'the gent has ordered 150,000 pikes to be made to
;(notry People.
ls„.°Yernor of Arlon (Grand Duchy of Luxem-
Jun written to the Belgic Government to
.ask
tqt_trieo to oppose the troops of the Confederation.
uefore yesterday a Dutch steam-boat, supposed
al-gefer, WU seen off Ostend for an hour and a

LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1831.

The Sugar Duties Bill was last night read a third
time and passed in the House of Commons. Re-
ports were spread that it was intended to oppose it
—hut if any such really existed the Opposition
deemed second thoughts best.

The crisis in which Great Britain now stands is
one of the most eventful and remarkable that have
ever occurred in the course of her political existence.
A Bill for removing from the House of Commons
that large portion of its Members who are now sit-
ting in it by means of corruption and fraud, and for
restoring to the people those rights without which
a free Government cannot exist, has virtually passed
that House of Commons, in spite of the resistance
of those very persons who are to be expelled from
the Legislature by the Bill, aided by the united
forces which faction, selfishness, and prejudice were
able to muster against the cause of the people. The
strength of these forces is manifest by the Govern-
ment being able to obtain only a majority of one;
but it must not .be forgotten that, on this occasion,
those who were parties in the cause at issue between
themselves and the nation, did not scruple to vote
as judges on the trial. Righteous judges truly !
modest and conscientious Legislators ! to feel not
the slightest compunction at giving their votes on a
Bill in which they are personally interested. Is this
the way to persuade the people that they may with
safety continue to trust their liberty and property
to the keeping of a House of Commons in which
seif-interest is so ruing a principle of action ? •

Not only have the corruptionists the want of de-
licavy to vote in their own cause, but they have the
presumption to attempt to restrain the expression of
public feeling through the channel of the Press. So
that although one party votes in his own cause, the
other party is not to be allowed even to speak in his
own behalf! The Press is the organ whereby tin,
opinionS of the people are collected and made known,
and the Press, forsooth, is to take a silent part in a
question of the most vital moment to the whole
community ! Gladly would Sir ROBERT INGLIS,
after the] POLIGNAC fashion, suppress the Times,
together with ourselves, and all other Journals de-
voted to the good of their country. But we tell

liirn that the people of England consider the puhlie
journals as their real representatives at the present
crisis, end not the 301 mock representatives, who
are thwarting the national, as well as the Royal
wishes. Are we, who represent the opinions of
many thousands, to have no voice, Milk the repre-
sentative of a green wall is to be suffered to speak,
and to vote against the people ? For ourselves we
shall never shrink from the troth for fear of any
Member of Parliament, real or sham ; knowing that
we have a solemn duty to fulfil to our country, and
that we ara incapable of being swayed by any other
consideration than our sincere desire to preserve to
the people of England the blessings of a constitu-
tional Government of King, Lords, and Commons,
and to rid titem of the yoke of an Oligarchy who
hove subverted their dearest rights, and stand in the
way of their happiness and well•being.
The Ministers well know that, whilst the Press
is on their side, they wear an iron crown, of which
they may well say, like NAPOLEON " Gare gui In
touche I" It is to the Press that the people owe
soire of their mcst signal deliverances from oppres-
sion, as. every cue knows who is aware of the in-
strumentality
of the Journals of Paris in overthrow-
ing
the Bourbon dynasty. We boll a share of
power which is indeed mighty for good, and for evil,
and God forbid that we should use for the
purpose of destruction, the instrument that
ought to be applied in aid of the preservation, and
permanent union of society. The phrases "radical
Pres•s," " hireling Press," and the like, are ranch in
the mouths of the 301 persons who will henceforth
be marked men with the country. But so far as
we are concerned, we defy them to point out an
instance in which favour or affection has biased us,
or in which this Journal has disregarded the rights
of property, ha, inculcated disrespect to the laws or
existing institutions so long as they are established,
or has encouraged the lower orders to any violent
attemp.s to change the existing order of things.—
We are fully sensible of the folly and wickedness of
giving countenance to revolutionary doctrines, and
that revolutions, so far from being good in them-
selves, are among the greatest of national cala-
mities. For this very reason we support the Minis-
ters in their Reform Bill, satisfied as we are that
every men who has a penny to lose, is interested in
bringing to an end a state of things in which the
House of Commons and the people of England have
no mutual confidence or respect for each other, nor
any identity of views and feelings. What can be
more dangerous to the peace of society than such a
state of things ? or what more likely to lead to revo-
lution than the collision of a House of Commons,
and a nation, which are in an unnatural position of
hostility towards each other ?

The Times express of this morning (to which we
refer our readers) gives many conflicting rumours
respecting the staPe of affairs in Italy, and mentions
that there is no doubt whatever of the occupation of
Parma and Modena by the Austrians.

The Brussels Papers state, on what they call
good authority, that the military occupation of the
Grand Duchy of Luxemburg is going to he car-
ried into execution, with the consent of Fiance.
They mention also that the REGENT of Bel-
gium having offered to enter into negotiations
to regulate the points between Holland and
Belgium, King WILLIAM replied, that he
would not treat with rebels and traitors,—
that be would give Belgium fifteen days to make its
submission, at the end of which time, if it did not
submit, he would reduce the country by force.
The Al/gemeine Zeitung, an authority usu-
ally partial to the Russians, confirms the reports
of 'heir disasters, which the French Papers have
been promulgating for some days past. The Polish
army, which breathes the old SOBIESKI and Kos-
CUISKO spirit, and every man in which has proved
himself a hero and a patriot, has, it seems, discom-
fited their barbarian invaders at all points. " The
main Russian army," says the Allgemeine Zeituug,
" finds great difficulty in receiving its supplies, on
account of the state of the roads ; the Russian
General begins to be sensible of the difficulty of his
situation, and is obliged to organise moveable columns
in his rear to keep in check the districts occupied
by his army. The season, and especially the
state of the rivers, impede the offensive operations,
and the war tray be protracted. This would
be at all events, disadvantageous to the Rus-
sians, as they are far from their resources, in an
enemy's country, surrounded by an excited popu-
lation, and opposed by a brave army, which can
more easily repair its losses, and acquires moral
energy from every new advantage. The Russians
have besides lost many men in the sanguinary battles
at Grochow and Praga, and should the insurgents
succeed in keeping the Landsturm constantly ❑nder
arms, the Russians will find it difficult to maintain
their ground in Poland."

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CX.

We have no arrivals as yet of any consequence, and the
express from Paris is rather of a meagre description; but
the improvement of the Rentes, and the apparent tran-
quillity restored to the above capital, has given a
spirit to our Funds. Consols, which left off yesterday at
76a 1 for the Account, opened at 761 and went op to
.1
76.1.
_ _

Up to the present hour we have no positive infortna-
tion in regard to the intentions of the Ministry whether
they are going to dissolve Parliament, which the specula-
tors are anxiously looking for.

In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing.
Consols are now 76i for the Account.
HALF-PAST ONE.
We have been favoured with the following letter from
Antwerp, dated 22d March :

" There is little doing in the Funds here, and our poli-
tical hemisphere does not brighten, but the opinion is fast
gaining ground that our deplorable malady will effect its
own cure. Three Ministers have resigned, and it will be
difficult to replace them. The loan meets with no en-
couragement, and the finances are in a miserable state.
The Congress is convoked for the 29th, but no one ex-
pects that, composed as it is, it can do any good. There
appears more likelihood than .ever that we shall gradually
revert to what never ought to have been changed—the for-
mer Government."

Consols, which in the early part of the morning had
reached 77i for money, are at present 77, and for the ac-
count 76:1.
There is no political news.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Bonds have receded one
per cent.

THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols 77i I.
FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols .... 77.. :k Danish —
Ditto for Account 774 -i Greek, 1825 —
Brazilian Bonds.. .57.-1- Mexican, 1825 —
Buenos Ayres.... Peruvian --
Chilian Ditto .... Russian 9O
Columbian, 1824 15 Spanioh ......

UNITED STATES.—The correspondence of
Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, just published, contains a great
number of letters from the most distinguished characters
in America, among others from General WASHINGTON,
JOHN ADAMS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, JAMES MADISON,
JAMES MONROE, WILLIAM PINKNEY, RICHARD RUSH,
Count RUMFORD, E4C• &c. Sir JOHN has also given his
recollections of his travels, interspersed with characteristic
an x.!otaa, &c.