The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-26 00:00:00

BELGIUM.

An event which has created the greatest anxiety in
13russeli unexpectedly occurred on the 21st instant.
On the evening of that day the Garde Civique and the
National Guard of Brussels, composed of the most
respectable shopkeepers and merchants of the city,
were disbanded without a moment's notice. During
the last eight months they have mounted guard at the
Hotel de Ville, and when, on the evening of the 21st,
the fourth company of the third battalion of the Ist
Legion proceeded to their posts, the following letter
was handed to their captain :

"TO THE CAPTAIN COMMANDING THE GUARD OF THE

GARDE CIVIQUE AT THE HOTEL DE VILLE.
" The service of the Civic Guard being this (lay
suspended, the captain commanding the detachment
will dismiss them with thanks, he will then repair to
the colonel commanding the first legion, inform him
of what he has done, and hand this order, requesting
him to countermand the orders to those companies
next in rotation.

" By order of the General,
" DE SORLUS, Colonel-in-Chief,
" D'Etat Major.
" Oct. 21, half-past six o'clock."

The National Guards of Brussels have not deserved
this insult. When at the end of February, in con-
sequence of the outbreak of the Revolution,in- France,
all Belgium was in a ferment, the National Guards
of Brussels turned out to a man, and by their energy,
activity, and courage, nipped insurrection in the bud,
preserved for Belgium order and tranquillity, and for
King LEOPOLD his throne. Again, when in the
month of March a republican emeute was attempted in
Brussels, the National Guards dispersed the mob,
took the rioters into custody, and for weeks after-
wards patrolled the streets all night for the preserva-
tion of order. Since then they have mounted guard
every night at the hotel de Ville and at the public
buildings, and they are rewarded for all this loyalty
and faith and devotion, by a sudden, an insulting,
and an ignominious dismissal! It is not to be ex-
pected that the members of the ex-National Guard
of Brussels should any longer " put their trust in
Princes."

A LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIP WITUOUT ANY UPPER-
DECJE GUNS.—Her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, 120
guns, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles
Napier, K.C.8., at Portsmouth, is in the above pre-
dicament, the gallant hero of Sidon having in one of
those eccentric fits which sometimes attend his move-
ments afloat, stowed them all down in the hold !
Morning Chronicle. [A. similar paragraph has ap-
peared in other papers. Now if people would but
reflect for a moment, they would find that the reason
for stowing the upper deck guns in the hold is, that
in time of peace they are not wanted, and, moreover,
that the ship sails easier without such top-heavy
lumber, while the deck is more roomy, and conse-
quently more convenient for the men. If those who
carp so constantly at the Gallant Admiral would but
mind their own affairs, they would probably find less
occasion to misrepresent the motives of those who not
only do their duty, but set an example that might
be very worthily followed.—ED. Sun.]

It is due to two gentlemen of the same name, to
state that Mr. Richard Lucas Nash, of the Stock
Exchange, Railway Share List, author of "Railway
Accounts," &c., and Mr. Charles Lacy Nash, author
of "Railway Taxation," "Railway Carrying," the
solicitor in the prosecutions of the railway robberies,
&c., are not one and the same person, as generally
supposed; and they advocate opposite views.

We understand that Lord John Russell has ap-
pointed next Monday, at one o'clock, to- receive the
deputation from the Peace Congress at Brussels, to
present an address from that body to the British
Government.

M.P.— me
A public et-
ingG GoEf°tßheßelelili °x
electors and ' E
dnon-eslge'c'tors of the Tower Ham-
lets is to be held on Wednesday evening next, at the
Royal British Institution, Cowper-street, City-road,
fur the purpose of hearing from the Hon. Member a
statement of his Parliamentary conduct during the
past session. Since the purchase of the Eastern In-
stitution by the Wesleyan body, no room suited for
a large public meeting now exists in any central part
of that extensive borough, and the committee were
therefore compelled to engage the large room in
Cowper street, situated at the verge of its western
boundary.

AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH OF A POLICE-CONSTABLE.
—This morning a m,st melancholy instance of the
above kind occurred to Sergeant Driscoll, No. 2, C divi-
sion, an officer much and deservedly respected by the
whole of the division. It appeared that the deceased,
who had previously been in good health and spirits, was
in the vard of his house, No. 4, Cambridge-street, Soho,
washing himself, preparatory to his going to the Old
Bailey sessions. Being longer there than was necessary
for that purpose, his wife went into the yard to look fur
him, when she was horrified at finding her husband lying
on his back in a state of insensibility. She immediately
called assistance, and deceased was carried up stairs, and
a surgeon sent for, who speedily arrived, and on seeing
deceased, at once pronounced life to be extinct.
We are authorised to state that private Frederick
White, of the Grenadier Guards, who was convicted by
the civil power on the 23d inst. of fraudulently appro-
priating 2s. 6d., the property of one of the French Na-
tional Guard, will be dismissed from her Majesty's ser-
vice for his disgraceful conduct on his release from the
imprisonment awarded him for his offence.--Times.