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London, England, 1831-09-12 00:00:00

BRUSSELS PAPERS.

OPENING of the CHAMBERS.—ROYAL SITTING.
BRUSSELS, SEPT. 8.
M. Serruys, as the oldest Member, in the Pre-
sident's chair.

At a quarter past twelve the greater part of the
Representatives and Senators being present, the
President invited the two youngest Members to take
their places as Senators.
A deputation of six Senators and twelve Repre-
sentatives was then chosen by drawing lots, to go to
receive his Majesty at the foot of the grand stair-
case. The public and the reserved galleries were
filled with spectators, the latter with elegantly
dressed ladies. In the gallery of the diplomatic
body were General Be!hard, the French Ambas-
sador, M. de Latour Maubourg, M. de Vieil Castel,
all in full dress.

At one o'clock the firing of cannon announced
the departure of his Majesty for the Palace; on his
way he was saluted with the most joyful acclama-
tions by an immense multitude, and at a quarter
past one his Majesty entered the Hall, preceded by
the deputation. On his entrance the whole assembly
rose—cries of " Vice le Roi" burst from all parts of
the hill and the galleries.
His Majesty graciously saluted the assembly, and
seated himself on the throne, having on his right
Count D'Aerschot, High Steward of the Household,
and Baron D'Hoogvorst, Commander of the Civic
Guard, and on his left General Chasteler and M. de
Lagotellerie, his Aides-de-camp.
Profound silence ensued, and his Majesty de-
livered the following speech :
" GENTLE-34E2.1,-1 am happy to be, for the second
time, amidst the Representatives of the nation.
" The proofs of affection and devotedness which the
Belgic nation has not ceased to give me from the moment
that I set my foot on the territory of my adopted country,
have filled me heart with lively gratitude. This volun-
tary transport of a whole nation, whilst it inspires me
with very allowable pride, has made me sensible of the
full extent of the duties that are imposed on me. Ido
not dissemble to myself any of the numerous difficulties of
my situation, but with the aid of your knowledge and
experience, I shall be able to overcome them.
" When the principles laid down in the Constitution
which I have sworn to observe shall have received, by the
Projects of law which will be submitted to your considera-
tion, the development which they still require, Belgians
will occupy a greater degree of liberty than any other na-
tion in Europe. The crisis through which the country has
had to pass, in order to attain its political regeneration, has
for a moment affected its material interest. It must hence-
forth be the objet of united efforts to promote their inte-
rest by encouraging manufactures, and opening new
channels to commerce.

" The relations already so happily established with
France and England, whirls I hope will soon be ex-
tended to the other Powers, will facilitate the performance
of this task. _ .

" e;oiiations have just been opened to effect a defini-
tive arrangement of our differences with Holland. The
honour and interests of the Belgian nation will be defended
in them with perseverance and dignity. With you,
Gentlemen, and the whole nation I look with confidence
to the issue of those negotiations, the result of which will
be laid befoie you.

,‘ The neutrality of Belgium, guaranteed by the Five
Powers, has suggested the possibility of modifications in its
system of defence. This possibility, the principle of
which is admitted by the Powers concerned in the erec-
tion of the fortresses of 1815, will, I doubt not, he ac-
knowledged,by the nation. Negociations will take place
to regulate the execution of the measures connected with
the demolition of some of those fortresses. Happy in being
able to draw closer the ties which unite the two people,
Eelgium will on this occasion give a proof of its gratitude
to France, and Europe a striking pledge of its just confi.
dence in the honour of the King of the French.
."fhe eminent services rendered by France involun-
tarily call our attention to a recent event, the conse-
quences of which, I must say, have been too much exag-
gerated. Belgium, confiding to excess in the engage.
merits Contracted by Holland towards the Five Powers,
and to which it Lad itself subscribed, was suddenly sur-
prised by an army, the force of which far exceeded that
which Belgium could oppose to it.
In these painful circumstances, the succour of friendly
powers became urgent and indispensable. You know
.ptrto,einpitrnatvsseri," ssl'Netisiiadflorid.esd unse.verlbf
eieni;
courage, if
could have made up for the
I‘lll*.'e.i:l;:nilidiettdi‘ovafli:::ittc'rganizetion and union which was felt in our
young army, without doubt (and you will believe my
testimony) we should have victoriously repulsed an un-
just aggression, contra, to all the principles of the
law of nations. The nation will be but the more sensible
of the absolute necessity of the reforms already com-
menced, and which are prosecuted with a degree of ac-
tivity, the results of which will be soon apparent. In a
1.,.w days Belgium will have an army, which, if it should
be again necessary, would be able to rally round its King,
to defend with 110110tir and with success the independence
end the rights of the country.
/. Projects of law will be laid before you during this
Session to give to the Governua.,nt its legitimate share of

ii,fluence in the comp° dtion of the army, to restore con-
fidence to the s'.ldisti and to secure a just recompence to
those who shall distinguish themselves in the day of danger.
" Gentlemen,—l will call your particular attention to
,he state of our finances. I know the care which the es-
sential Part of the public service requires. 'fhe prevail-
ing desire of my Government will always he successively
to introduce in the public expenditure the economy which
is so loudly called for by the state of society, af:d by the
old of which it will be practicable graduolly to lessen the
burdens of the people.
" At present, nevertheless, sacrifices are still necessary
on the one hand, to defray the expenses of the reorgani-
a:ation of the army; on the other, to make up for a dimi-
nution in the revenues, which the circumstances in which
we are for a time placed indicate as inevitable. The na-
rion has proved that it did not shrink from the sacrifices
which the honour and the interest of the country required.
It will also know how to bear those of which the Govern-
ment shall have proved the necessity.
" The confidence with which the whole nation has hi-
therto met its king, giTes me a to reckon on it::
representatives in all the meastrs.s which may contribute to
the good of the country. My hopes will not be disap-
pointed. Belgium will see us animated by the same desires
to labour in concert for the happiness and glory this
country, to which I shall not cease to devote all my
solicitude, as I have already devoted to it my dearest af-
fections."

This speech, delivered at the commencement ►with
some emotion, but soon ►with a firm and steady
voice, was listened to in profound silence. It was
followed by the applauses and acclamations of the
Assembly. The erns of " Vise le Roi I" ►were re-
peated. His Majesty appeared to be affected by
these proofs of attachment ; he repeatedly bowed to
the Assetnbly, and ►was escorted to the door of the
Palace of the nation ►with the same ceremony as on
his arrival. There his Majesty mounted his horse,
and returned to his Palace amidst the tame accla-
mations as before. All the Members were preterit
at this sitting'.

After the King had departed, M. Serruys proposed
to nominate five Committees, of ten members each,
to verify the powers of the representatives. This
was done, and to each Committee were assigned
the provinces, the validity of whose election it is to
examine.

ANTWERP, SEPT. 7.--Orders have been given to
remove all the barricades that still remain, and to
destroy all traces of them.
General Belliard has written to General Tabor,
requesting him to forward General Chasse a letter
from himself and Sir E. Adair, requesting him to
authorise the construction of a counter dyke to check
the inundation, which has already made so much
progress near Lillo ; and as this dyke might inter-
f, re with the means of defence of that Government,
the Belgian Government has agreed to leave the
dyke at the disposal of the Governor of Lillo. They
also request General Chasse to cause the sluices of
the North of the Tete de Flandres to be repaired,
or to allow General 'labor to send workmen for
that purpose.

.
SEPT. B.—The bad weather, and, still more, the
want of activity in repairing the dyke.; of the river,
cause the breaches to enlarge in an alarming manner.
BRUSSELS, SEPT. 9.—Yesterday afternoon six
extraordinary couriers, Belgian and English, set out
with dispatches for Paris and London. _ _

nirsl;al Gerard, with the head-quarters of the
French army, arrived on the 7th at Mons, from
Nivellei.

ST. PETERSBURG'', AUGUST 24.—An Imperial
Ukase of the 13th inst. orders a levy of four recruits
from every 500 individuals throughout the empire,
to fill up the vacancies which the war in Poland and
the cholera have caused in the army.
Another Ukase, dated the IBth of August, re-
gulates, first, the measures taken by the Government
to check the progress of the cholera, and which were
so successful at Moscow : it then mentions the dis-
orders which took place at St. Petersburgh when
the cholera appeared there, and which were caused
by the notion of the people that the physicians
poisoned the sek. This report was not followed
by any very serious consequences in the capital, but
it spread to the town of Staraga Russia, and in the
districts of the military colonies of the grenadier
corps, where crimes upon the honest and religious
Russian nation were committed ; the colonists, ex-
asperated at the reports of poisoning, turning their
suspicions on the physicians and their own superiors,
forgot the doctrine taught by the Church, of sub-
mission to the authorities. The Ukase adds, that
order is restored ; that the deluded colonists have
themselves delivered up to the Government the
guilty persons, the principal of whom await the pu-
nishment due to their crime.

The Ukase concludes by exhorting the Emperor's
faithful subjects not to resist the measures taken by
the Government against the cholera.
(From the Prussian State Gazette of Sept. 4.)

FRONTIERS OF POLAND, AUG. 31.—The Russian
corps, under the command of Lieut.-General Von
Knorring, which is still encamped near Kalisch, was
yesterday joined by 3,000 infantry, and expects more
considerable reinforcements : 10,000 men are said
to be already on their march from the main army
near Warsaw. The reorganizing of the province
will take place in a few days. A proclarnation,just
published, promises pardon to all civil officers, if
they return to their posts within a given time. In
general, the disposition of the inhabitants in the pro-
vince of Kalisch is said not to be unfavourable to
the Russian Government. According to accounts
from Warsaw, the Polish Minister of 'War; Moraw-
ski, had resigned, and Gen. Skrzynecki entered the
4th Regiment as a Grenadier.
P.S. An unauthenticated report from the Lower
Vistula is ju•t spread, of a retrograde movement of
the Russian troops: the bridge over the Vistula,
near Schilno, is said to have been broken down by''
them yesterday, and the magazines in that part to
have been removed in the greatest haste to the left
batik of the Vistula. General Uminski, it is added,
with 6,000 men, closely follows the Russian corps.
BERLIN, SEPT. 3.—ln all seventeen persons have
been attacked here by the cholera, of whom thirteen
have died, and four are under the physicians.