The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-08 00:00:00

CONSPIRACY AT BRUSSELS.

The following reflections on the conspiracy at Brus-
sels are made by the Courrier Belge
" When Europe reads the names and titles of General
Count Vandermeer, General Baron Vandersmissen,
Major-General Lecharlier, Colonel Parent, him who
took the Louvre, Militai-Intendant Van Parys, the
Commandant of the wounded of September, and of others
who made themselves illustrious during our glorious
days, Europe will say to herstlf--' This was a serious
affair, it must have had deep root in the country, and,
consequently gre:.t chances of suectss.' However, all
this when viewed closely will be found to merit no other
appellative than a Conspiralion des paniers perces.
They are all men who had nothing to lose, and every-
thing to gain, by a general overthrow. They may all
be enrolled in that immense legion of fallen angels
who are in constant revolt against Heaven. One
might say that the Tribunal of Commerce and its
oilicers were the real instigators of the rebellion.
Never, in truth, had any attempt at revolution less
chances of success than this, and if, as was a tone time
eontemplated, these petty Catilines had been suffered to
make their appearance in the streets with their fi igs,
one halt of them the Orange and the other halt
the Radical colours, it would have been taken for
a ridiculous masquerade, and treated as such. They
' were to act, it seems, in the night, and begin their
work with fire and sword ; for most of them were men
of courage and resolution, with nothing to lose but their
own valueless heads, while they had millions of plunder
before them. The most lamentable part of the
affair is, that they had seduced by their doctrines,
several months ago, some weak men of property,
by promises of rapid advancements for their chil-
dren. It is said that several manufacturers of Ghent
were to discharge their men on the day for executing
the conspiracy. One of the band of the corps of Guides
having been discharged for misconduct, he complained
to General Vanclersmissen, who kept his papers,
saying—' My friend, in a few days I shall hate a
good place for you.' The conspirators intended to
set fire to the military magazine of forage, in order
to divert the attention of the police. In the mean•
while the conspirators held their meeting outside the
Namur Gate. They were to lay hands at one and the
same time on the Colonel of Gendarmerie, the Com-
mandant of Brussels, and the Minister of War, whereby
they would paralyze the garrison, gaining over the'
non-commissioned officers, by proclaiming them all
officers, in the name of the new Minister of War,
Count Vandermeer, the Commander-in-Chief Vander.
missen, and Colonel Crehen, of the artillery, all of
whom had promised themselves these high posts under
their imaginary Government. We are sorry for
the civil police ; for it is said to be owing to the
vigilance of the Minister of War alone that the disco-
very was made of this conspiracy to overturn the pre-
sent Government, and establish a provisional one, until
the comspirators should agree among themselves as
to the character of that which was to be permanent ;
for they were men of so many different opinions,
that they had not been able to came to an
understanding on this fundamental point. T nis, how-
ever, in all probability, did not much disturb the
minds of these gentry ; for their most essential ob-
ject was to have the public treasury in their hands for
24 hours, and imitating the intention of Barcelona, to
, " impose a forced loan of a few millions on our Moderados,
who happen to be the most wealthy of these fishers
in
troubled waters."

HOP INTELLIGENCE,—WORCESTER, Nov.
s.—The supplies of new hops on offer from the planters
at market on Saturday last, were vouch less than we
have observed them fur some weeks past, which shows
that the quantity left on hand is limited. Fine classes
of new, and, indeed, all fine growths, are in request;
and meet with a ready sale; but low sorts go off heavy.
The quantity weighed on Saturday was—new, 584; 4,nd
old, 17 pockets; and in the week, new, 354; and old,
172. Present prices per cwt. :—secondary low new sorts
from 105 s. to 1265.; fine, 130 s. to 1475.; 1839'5, from
84s. to 1055.; 1837'5, from 60s. to 84s.
Proud men never have friends, neither in pros-
perity, because they know nobody; nor in adversity, for
nobody knows them.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. -
(From the Hampshire Telejraph of Net. 6). •
—PoitTsmOUTH, -NOV. 6.—The Geyser has been re-
moved to Sheerness, to be fitted for commission. The
Vixen, Devastation, and Rhadamanthus steam vessels,
and the Heroine brig, will be ready for sea by the end
of the swath. The Dasher is eiready for proceeding to
her station, at Weymouth.
The Seringapatam, Captain W. W. P. Johnson (Act-
ing), arrived yesterday with the broad pendant of Com-
modore Douglas, from Halifax, from which she sailed on
the 18th, leaving there the Winchester (with the flag of
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam), Pique, Crocodile,
Cleopatra, Charybdis, Racer, and Victor. Capt. Leith
relinquished the commaed of Seringapatain at Hali-
fax, and returned to England in the. packet.—Captain
Boxer (late of the Pique), arrived. at Quebec -in the
steam ship Unicorn, on the 7th October, Thin gallant
officer is either to hold the office of Captain of the Port
of Ogebcs.c or hoist his broad pendant at Jamaica. Coin-
mo/ove Dog& §4.44 his broad pendant at sunset this
evening,
The Orestes, 18, Commander flamhly, arrived on the
same day, from South America, with 2,500,000 dollars.
She made, her passage from Rio Janeiro, in 56 days.
The Britannia, 120, Captain •Mansel, arrived on Toes,
day from Plymouth ; she eras, inspected by the Com-
mander-in-Chief on WedneSday, when her practice in
gunnery was displayed, and came into harbour oh Thurs•
clay, to be paid off.—The.Harlequin, 16, Commander the
Hon. G. Hastings, arrived on Thursday, from the East-
ward, and sailed to-day for Plymouth. Her ultimate
destination is understood to be China.—The Lynx, Lieut.
J. Burslem, arrived on Tuesday from Chatham, was
paid advance of wages yesterday, and sailed
to-day for Lisbon, touching at Plymouth.—The
Spider, schooner, Lieutenant O'Reilly, arrived on
Monday from the -Brazils, where she has been sta-
tioned nearly six years. She proceeded to the eastward
on Tuesday to be paid off,—Din Madagascar, 44, Capt.
Foote, went out of harbour yesterday, and sailed to-
day for Plymouth to complete her complement. To what
foreign ports she is destined it has not transpired ; and
the same may be said of the Malabar, 73, at
The North Star, 26, Capt. Sir E. Home, 13art., will be
taken out of -the basin on Tuesday or Wednesday, go
out of harbour on the fPlloWieg day, and shortly after-
wards sail for China, The Aplin troop ship, Com-
mander Festing, is._ under orders for Chino, It is
supposed she will convey part of the 118th -Re-
giment. She was recommissioned on Monday.—Vice-
Admiral Sir Edward Owen, K.C.8., hoisted his
flag on. Twscloy on board the Queen, 110. This
ship *Tut nut of the I*§ln nq tht3 §4PIP day, Sir Ed.
ward struck his flag again at sunset on T hoesdaY,—Tii.is
Carysfort, 21:3, Captain Martin, was paid off on Monday;
the crew subscribed 5l to the Preadnutlght, She is or-
dered to be repaired for foreign service,- ,The Vagle,
and Castor, 36, at Chatham, are ordered to be prepared for
001111P15§Inning, \Orders are also daisyy expepted here to
commission the iiingdeve, IQ, and NAtellite, IL—The
Driver steam-frigate, Commander Harmer, sailed yes-
terday to North Yarmouth, for- seamen, and will
then proceed to Woolwieli to take in her guns.
—The Isis, 50, Captain Sir John Marshall, is
to proceed to Liverpool to complete her crew.—The
Clio, 18, Commander E. N. Troubridge, has quitted
the South American Station for China.—The Sapphire,
troop ship, arrived on Tuesday from Quebec, with in-
valids,-&c. Lieut.-Col. Oldfield, K.H., Commandant of
the Royal Engineers in Canada, came home also in this
ship.— The Cambrian, 36, Capt. Chads, C. 8., we are
told, leaves Plymouth to-morrow, with Lord Ellenborough
the 'Governor-General of India, and suite, on board,
for Calcutta ; the Cambrian then proceeds to China.—
The Spartan, 26, Hon. Captain Elliot, will proceed to
China, the moment she can get away from Plymouth.

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
PROMOTlON.—Conunanders—Charles Napier (of the
Pelican), to the rank of Captain, and to be appointed to
the first vacancy in China; Stephen G. Fremantle (of
the Clio), to be Acting Captain of the Southampton,
vice Hillyar.
Mate—Augustus Charles Murray (1835), of the Dol-
phin, to the rank of Lieutenant.
Second Master—John Fletcher Rees, of the Dolphin,
to the rank of Master.
Assistant-Surgeon—W. F. Carter (1828), to the rank
of surgeon.
APPOINTMENTS.—Commanders-11. Festing, to the
Apollo, aruiee en flute.
Lieutenants—J. H. Bridges, to the Alfred ; G. S.
Parsons, to be Admiralty Agent of one of the Halifax
Packets ; J. Moore, R. A. Oliver, and G. G. Wellesley,
to the Queen ; W. Carr, F. A. Ellis, J. Gennys, and W.
Luard, to the Vindictive.
Masters—C. Pope, to the Vindictive ; F. Wills, to
the Snake ; George Wright (Acting), to the Belleisle.
Pursers—Alexander Penprase, to the Belleisle ; T. I).
Gulliver, to the Apollo.
Second Master—J. Hughes, to the Pantaloon.
Masters' Assistants—J. Pollard, to the Belvidera ; J.
R. Godden, to the Hazard ; C. C. Mitchell, to the Vin-
dictive.
Mates—W. Dean, to the St. Vincent; H. Kensman,
W. Morton, and E. Hornby, to the Vindictive; Messrs.
M`Nau,ghten and Isaacson, to the Formidable; J. V.
Probart, to the Spartan; C. J. H6ffmeister, to the Cale-
donia; W.W.H. Stewart and J. Boyce, to the Illustrious.
Surgeon—A. Allen, to the Vindictive; P. Keown, to
the Snake. _

Midshipmen—C. G. Rowley, to the Dido; the Ron.
F. Walpole, to the Vernon; H. F. M'Kellop, to the Vin-
dictive; John Corbet, to the St. Vincent; H. G. Simpson,
to the Formidable.

Clerk—C. H. Goddin, to the Hazard.
Volunteer First Class—R.l3. Atkinson, to North Star.
ROYAL MARlNER.—Captain Edwards, to be Lieut.-
Colonel, vice Lee, deceased; First Lieutenants Land,
Buchanan, and Mitford, to be Captains, vice Edwards,
Wood, and Morrish—the two latter retired on half-pay;
Second Lieutenant Wemyss, Mercer, and Whiting, to be
First Lieutenants.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 6. The following steamers have
arrived within the last few days from different
ports, with volunteers for the navy:-Alban, Pros-
pero, and Volcano, and they have since sailed for
Liverpool, where the men are waiting for convey-
ance to join different ships. The Spy, 2, Lieut. J. M.
Potbury, Commander, arrived last Thursday, after post,
from Portsmouth, and proceeded to Liverpool for men
the Sunday following. The Britannia, 120, Capt. Mansel,
sailed for Portsmouth on Sunday, and the Spider. 6,
Lieut. J. O'Reilly, sailed the same day to the Eastward
to be paid off. The Avon steamer, Lieut. C. Jenkins,
sailed for Liverpool for men last Saturday. The Cam-
brian, 36, Captain Chads, was towed into' the Sound on
Tuesday, by the Prospero steamer ; and the Malabar,
72, Captain Sir G. R. Sartorius, bent sails on the same
day and only waits a fair wind to go into the Sound.
The Resistance, 42, is ordered to be fitted for a troop-
ship, on a similar plan to the Apollo. The Siren, 16,
Commander W. Smith, arrived from Woolwich on
Wednesday.. In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, Ma-
labar, Belleisle, Spartan, Forest, Adventure. In the
Sound—Cambrian.
MALTA, OCT. 25, 1841.—1 N PORT—The Ceylon, 6
(bearing the flag of the Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis,
Bart.) ; Powerful (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir
J; A. Ommanney, K.C.8.) ; Howe, 120 ; Rodney, 92 ;
Calcutta, 84 ; Ganges, 80 ; Revenge, 80 ; Indus, 72 ;
Varmard, 72. Frigates Inconstant and Magicienne.
Brig%avage. Steam frigates Cyclops, Vesiivius, Phce-
nix,
.Medea. Steamers Prometheus, Alecto, Locust,
Acheron, and Iberia. Yacht cutter Stork. French
iteiiiiers Leonidas; Sesostris, and Minos.

WOOL WICH.—Nov. 5.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
GENERAL ORDER, OCT. 29, 1841.
The Master-General directs the following circular
from the Horse Guards, dated Ist inst., to be promul-
gated in general orders to the Royal Artillery, and de-
sires in the event of parties of Artillery being required
to escort deserters by railway, that the army practice be
adopted.
(Signed) J. E. JONES, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
(Circular.)
" Horse Guards, Oct. 1, 1841.
" Memorandum.—The General Commanding-in-Chief
desires that escorts proceeding by railroads in charge of
deserters do not load their muskets until they shall have
quitted the train, and that whilst travelling by the rail-
road-carriages the deserters may be handcuffed.
" By command of the Right Honourable the General
Commanding-in-Chief.
(Signed) J. MACDONALD, Adjutant-General."
ROYAL MARINE OFFICE.
The following appointments and promotions, dated
Nov. 3, have taken place in the Royal Marines:—
First Lieut. James Buchannan, of the Woolwich divi-
sion, to be Captain, and appointed to the same division,
vice Captain W. Wood, placed on half-pay.
First Lieut. Henry George Mitfurd, of the Woolwich
division, to be Captain, and appointed to the Chatham
division, vice Capt. H. G. Morrish, placed on half-pay.
Second Lieut. John H. Mercer, of the Woolwich divi-
sion, to be First Lieut. in the same division, vice Buchan-
nan, promoted.
Second Lieut. George W. Whiting, to be First Lieut.
and appointed to the Woolwich division, vice A.litford,
promoted.
The funeral of the late Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. G. G.
Lee, Knight, took place privately this morning at ten
o'clock. The body was interred in the parish church-
yard of Woolwich.
ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.
The gentlemen cadets, having obtained permission,
held a masquerade last evening, and the proceedings
were conducted with great spirit and the highest satis-
faction to all parties. The Racquet Court was covered
in for the occasion, a gallery erected for the accommo-
dation of their friends and the families of the officers
and respectable gentry in the neighbourhood, and the
whole space very tastefully decorated with transparen-
cies, a profusion of lamps and evergreens, and had a
very fine effect. Shortly after eight. o'clock Major-
General Sir George Whitmore, K.C.H., Lieutenant-
Governor of the Institution, arrived, and was received
by the band of Royal Artillery playing " God save the
Queen," and the gentlemen cadets all standing unco-
vered. Dancing then commenced, and the evening was
spent in the greatest harmony. The masks were excel-
lent, and the characters, well sustained, particularly
three young gentlemen, who sung the Canadian boat
song. There appeared to be every variety of costume
usual on such occasions, and got up with great taste,
considering the idea of the masquerade had been so short
a time in contemplation. At half-past eleven the band
again played " God save the Queen,' and the company
separated after a delightful evening's entertainments.