The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-29 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The following are extracts from a document dis-
covered amongst the papers of one of the persons
laVly arrested in Paris, and who was implicated in
wha,tis called a German plot
6‘ The Central London Committee to the Sections.
" Present Month of August.

" The noment is not distant when the middle class
shall be coropeiled to abdicate power in favour of the
proletaires. The important point in the approaching
revolution is to place the government in the bands of
the operatives. The Congress has consequently re-
solved to transmit the following instructions to all
the sections, to be observed at the approaching revo-
lution :
" 1. At the moment of the revolution all existing
Governments shall be overthrown.
" 2. The people themselves shall immediately elect
revolutionary committees which shall take the go-
vernment into their hands. The central committee
shall be established in the first important city in the
hands of the revolutionists. All the revolutionary
committees shall forthwith send delegates to the cen-
tral committee.
"3. All taxes shall be abolished. The means for
supplying the expenses of the State shall be furnished
from the confiscation of the property of the princes
and the traitors to the people ; by the seizure of tha
banks and Treasury ; by a forced loan on all capi-
talists ; by a new paper currency.
" 4. All the debts of the State shall bo cancelled
without any indemnity, and the circulation of the old
paper money forbidden.
" 5. The State shall take charge of all mortgages,
and no mortgage can be redeemed.
"6. All the enemies of the people shallbe dis-
armed. The revolutionists between 17 and 60 years
of age shall compose the army ; the unmarried men
shall fight abroad, and the remainder at home. The
people shall be constantly armed.
" 7. All the ordinary tribunals shall be closed, and
replaced by others named by revolutionary commit-
tees. The public prosecutor shall be appointed by
the central committee.
" 8. Tne means of existence of all the defenders of
the revolution, as well as that of their families, shall
be secured. Everybody shall labour, but the State
must provide each with employment, and sufficient
wages shall be fixed by the committee of operatives.
" 9. The State takes possession of all railroads,
steam-ships, and all other means of public communi-
cation. The same course will be adopted with re-
spect to manufactories and workshops which shall
not be fully employed, and of which the State may
be under the necessity of employing all the operatives.
The agricultural labourers shall be employed on the
lands of the State.

" 10. Schools and other institutions shall be estab-
lished in the palaces of the princes and the mansions
of the rich. Children shall be brought up and edu-
cated gratuitously."

THE FETE A T BRUSSELS.

BRUSSELS, FRIDAY, SEPT. 26, MIDNIGHT.—This
day is the last of the festivities with which this city
has commemorated the epoch of its independence.
Even at the hour I write the crowds that throng the
square of the Hotel de Ville, or the Boulevard d'An-
vers, are yet on their way home ; they still linger
near the scene of the splendid fireworks, and still ad-
mire the illumination of the building which is so en-
deared from its historical association with the Bruxel-
lob. The Hotel de Ville of Brussels is so well known
that any description would be superfluous. Of all the
buildings of Brussels not of a religious character, it
is certainly the one that presents the greatest inte-
rest both as a work of art and as a historical monu-
ment. Its tower, bold and graceful, rising to the
height of 370 feet; its delicate open work ; its hall,
where the rich guilds of Brussels were wont to as-
semble; its saloons, where the states of Brabant were
wont to congregate; the buildings in front that
witnessed the terrible punishment of the Counts of
Egmont and Horn by order of the stern Duke of
Alba; the Bruidhais, near at hand, where the dread-
ful night that preceded the execution was spent; the
window where, it is said, the inexorable Viceroy be-
held their execution ; in feet there is not an inch of
ground, not a stone in that square that does not tell
some wild tale of the past while the house of Austria
held dominion in Brussels.
The facade of this grandest cf those municipal
palaces with which the Netherlands abound, is this
night one blaze of light. The escutcheons, the
shields, the painted, the graven, and sculptured em-
blems of ancient municipal or baronial persons, that
cover its front, are delineated with the utmost accu-
racy with lamps of many colours. The houses with
the Gothic facades that form the square, the old pa-
laces of the wealthy burghers of the Netherlands, are
similarly decorated ' • flags wave from every balcony
and housetop; and festoons of lamps presenting the
triple colours of the banner of Belgium, run in curious
tracery all round. Bands of music perambulate the
streets, playing select passages from the favourite
operas ; or, more grateful still to the Flemish spirit of
the old town, the national airs. Many private houses
in the neighbourhood of the Hotel de Ville, particu-
larly the Montagne de la Cour, rue de Madeline, des
Fripeurs, &c., are also illuminated.
Tnn great display of the night, however, is that of
the fireworks on the Boulevard d'Anvers; and there,
long before the hour appointed, the mass of the popu-
lation of Brussels assembled. The darkness of the
night, the heavens only dimly lighted with stars
scarcely seen through the haze, is most favourable for
the display. From every quarter of the city end the
surrounding villages humau beings are pouring, and
the banks of the canal of Anvers, the grand basin,
the borders of the Seim, are lined with spectators.
From the gate of Scheerbakte the canal on one side,
and to the Boulevard da l'O'eservatoine on the other,
is one mass of people. Detachments of troops of the
line, infantry and cavalry, are stationed here and there
to preserve order and maintain the passage free. This
duty they perform, however, with the greatest ease, as it
would be difficult to find a more orderly population.
Every one seems in good humour, and desirous of
remaining so. The fireworks began precisely at the
hour indicated, half-past 10 o'clock. The first rocket
that shot up was hailed with the loudest acclamations
by the multitude, and the shouts of joy increased
as the dazzling meteors traversed every part in the
heavens until they became one vast sheet of flame.
This display lasted till half-past 11 o'clock ; it
was admirably executed, and does great credit to
the pyrotechnists of Brussels. The effect produced
by the blue lights, in the brilliancy of which
nearly every faco in the multitude could be seen,
was very fine. At half past 11 all again was dark,
and the multitude began to move away ; and
before midnight the Boulevard d'Anvers and the
Porte de Schaerbak were pearly as lonely as they
usually are at such an hour. Numbers of persons go
to take a last look at the Hotel de Ville, and then
each one to his home. The display closed the files of
Brussels.
Yesterday took place the distribution of medals of
honour to recompense acts of courage, devotedness,
and humanity during the past year. The ceremony
was held in the ancient temple of the Augustines ; at
one extremity a gallery was appropriated to the
members of the Royal Family. The Princes arrived
at one o'clock, and were received with demonstrations
of the greatest respect. The Count of Flanders oc-
cupied the royal box, and the Duke of Brabant took
his place in the fauteuil. The whole of the Ministers
were present.
The Minister of the Interior opened the business of
the day in an excellent speech in praise of those citi-
zens whose conduct rendered them deserving of re-
ward. The medals, which were of gold, silver-gilt,
and silver, were then distributed by the Prince Royal
to those who most distinguished themselves during
the inundations of 1850. Pensions were also granted
to them on the Ceisse de Retraite. The ceremony
lasted till five o'clock, and at their departure the
Princes were again acclaimed with the greatest en-
thusiasm.

Two n::::13 were given in the coune of the evening—.
one by the Royal Society of the Grande Harmonie ;
the other by the municipality in the hquare of the
Hotel de Ville.

Tht, King entertainsd at dinner the directing
com[nittee of the Exposition, the jury, and the other
artists who contributed to the grand fete of the 24tb,
both native and foreign. The King, the Count of
Flanders, and the Princess Charlotte-, presided at one
table, and the Duke of Brabant at the other. His
Alajesty and the Princes conversed often and with
much atT4ility with every one present. The foreign
artists were the object of particular attention.
The fine-ot weather likioated these iigreging fee j

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