The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-10 00:00:00

711 E BRUSSELS FETES.

(From a Correspondent of the Morning Herald)
BRUSSELS, Sept. 9.
The Englishman has the repute, abroad, to be of
a nature of which grumbling is an essential feature.
Be it as it may, from what I learn on every side,
your Volunteers invited to the international fetes,
to take place in a week or so at Liege, will have
no motive to indulge in the propensity ascribed
to them. Colonel Thomson, of the Tower Hamlets
Volunteer Brigade, has done everything consis-
tent with the high character your nation enjoys in
Belgium, to ensure to your citizen soldiers, both at
Liege and Brussels, a reception worthy of England
and Belgium. And the task was not an easy one,
considering the splendid reception you gave to our
Garde* Civiques and Volunteers two years ago.
True, Liege does not possess the conditions, almost
unlimited, of hospitality which are to be found in

the commercial metropolis of the two hemispheres,
but as far as goodwill and cordiality are concerned
Liege will fairly vie with London.
Fully 1,500 English Volunteers are expected at
Liege. All the towns from Ostend to Liege have
shown much eagerness to give to the English
Volunteers the most cordial welcome ; but I thin!:
that this much-coveted privilege will be enjoyed
by Ostend, Louvain, and Spa ; and as to the two
first named cities, it can possibly be but a flying
one ; were it otherwise, the journey would be broken
rather sadly.

No doubt you already know that the official
reception of the foreign Volunteers and National
Guards, at Liege, will take place on Sunday, the
19th inst. They will be met in the forenoon, at
the Place des Guillemins, near the railway station,
by the Gardes Civiques and Volunteers of Liege,
and escorted by them to the Hotel de Ville, where
they will be welcomed by the burgomaster of Liege,
the Echevins, &c. No doubt is entertained at Liege
and here that the British Volunteers will be formed
in battalion and companies, and that the whole
body will be placed under the command of Colonel
Thomson, who has displayed so much exertion,
zeal, pluck, and discretion on behalf of your coun-
trymen. I hear, however, that the leadership in
chief of them may devolve upon the senior colonel.
If so, Liege and Brussels will be rather disappointed ;
but as the Belgians know by experience that you
know how to manage those affairs to your own ge-
neral satisfaction, they entertain no misgivings on
that head.

We expect at Liege about 1,600 Gardes Na_

tionaux and Volunteers from France, Holland,
Switzerland, and Germany. They will, no doubt,
be picked from the best sharpshooters of those
countries ; so the shooting at Liege and Spa will be
of the most interesting international tic that has
yet happened in Europe.

The comfort of the British Volunteers is far from
having been neglected. They will find that at Liege
every possible accommodation has been provided
for them. What do you say of a bed and de-
joiner a la fourchette for 3s. 6(1. a day ? The lug-
gage transit, the safe and prompt distribution of
letters, and exchange of money, have been alto
attended to in the most simple, though efficacious
manner. The multifarious duties of quartermaster
general have been entrusted to Mr. P. de Keyser,
of London.

The English Volunteers will witness on the 27th
inst., at Brussels, the greatest review of the BA-
gian army ever held in that kingdom. I am able to
give you full information on that point. The army
corps to be reviewed by the King will consist of
three war divisions, a reserve, and a park of artil-
lery, and a reserve of cavalry.
Every division will comprehend a company of
engineers, a battalion of riflemen; three regiments

of infantry, of three battalions each, two batterie
of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry. The reserve
and park of artillery will be composed of three
regiments of siege artillery, of a regiment of
engineers, of a company of pontonecra, with the
half of its crew mounted upon 25 barques; of a
company of telegraphists with instrumcnts and
carriages ; of six mounted batteries and four hole°
batteries.

S i 011, TIN G U± L tdULN OE —This Day

cirY BE rnscr.—THis DAY.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.

5 to_ 1 agst Formosa (taken and offered)
5 to- 1 agst Ge:int dos Batailles (taken and eff)
8 to 1 agst Paul Junes (taken)
Bto 1 agst War (taken)
8 to 1 agst Cap•a-Pie (taken)
100 to 8 agst The Laird (taken)

ST. 1. Et_t Elt.
G 5 to 40 agst Pretender (taken and offered)
3to 1 agst Pcro Gomez (taken and wanted)
100 to 12 agst Martyrdom (offered)
100 to 12 agst Drummer (offered)
16 to 1 apt Royal Oak (offered)
20 to 1 agst Duke of Beaufort (taken)
50 to 1 agst Ryshworth (offered)
50 to 1 agst George Osbaldoston (offered)
CESAR►EWITCH.
1000 to 30 agst Gondolier (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Vildbad (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Robespierre (offered)
40 to 1 agst Royal Bead (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Crocus (offered)
1000 to 20 agst Sycee (taken)
1000 to 20 agst Starter (takou)
1000 to 20 agst Make Haste (taken)
1000 to 5 agst Duke of Beaufort (taken)

CAIIBRIDGES HIRE.

30 to 1 agst Cocoa Nut (taken)
40 to 1 agst Gondolier (taken)
1000 to 20 agst Royal Rake (taken)

AbINGDON RACES—YEBTERD AT.
CRAVEN HANDICAP.

Emerald

Pericles

LADIES' PLATE.

Alice Maud

Remus

Bon-ton

Six ran.
BERKSHIRE STAKES.

Parmesina
Morgan la Faye f...
Lily
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES

Pericles .....
Flower Girl .

Ilimus

Houzbts
Sztlliet
Acoru

Seven ran.
TRIAL STAKES.

MARCHAIAN [ARK S FAKES.

Flower Girl
.
Royal Princess.

Faith.,

SUVCII ran,

MAIDEN TWO-YR-OLD STAKES.

Ilukree,

Eiu:ua c

Tea ran.

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-

MEN Ts.

S pt. 3, at 9 a.tn., Prince Hoary, out of all engagements,
1869.

&pt. 3, at 1.20 p.m., Raunds, out of Warwick engage-
ments.

Sept. 3, after 6 p.m, Veda, out of all handicaps at War-
wick published to date.

Sept. 3, after 6 p.m., Clarionette, out of all handicap
races at Warwick.

Sept. 4, after 2 p.m., Lancaster, out of the Champagne
Stakes, Doncaster.

Sept. 4, after 2 p.m., Bretby and Lady Nuteby, out of
ameaster St. Leger.

Sept. 4, after 2 p.m., Eudora, out of tho St. Logor and
Doncaster Stakes.

Sept. 6, at 9 a.m., Flyaway Jack, out of tho Woodcote
Nursery at Warwick, and the Champagne Stakes at Don-
caster.

Sept. 6, at 9 a.m., Tarquin, out of the Doncaster St.

Leger.

Sept. 6, at 9 a.m., Valtz, out of the Zetland, Doncaster,
and Park-hill Stakes at Doncaster.

Sept. 6, at 9 a.m., Brennus, out of the St. Leger and
Doncaster Stakes.

Sept. 6, at 9 a.m., Russian Bear, out of the Gentlemon'a
Welter Handicap at Biggleswad...
Sept. 7, at 9 n.m., Provider and Y. Fenton, out of
Doncaster engagements.

Sept. 7, at 9 a.m., Platia, out of tho Shorts Handicap at
Warwick.

Sept. 7, at 9 a.m., Fast Day, out of the two Nurseries
at Warwick.

• Sept. 7, at 9 a.m., Magdala, out of Warwick and Abing-
don Nurseries.

Sept. 7, at 9 a.m., all Mr. E. Edwyn's horses out:of their
Abingdon engagements.

Sept. 6, at 1.20 p.m., The .Egean, out of the St. Leger.

RACING
SEPT.
Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17
Hampton 2l, 22
Richmond 22
Lichfield
Western (Ayr) 22, 2Z.

FIXTURES.

b'MBER.

Hendon 23 24
Monmouth 23, 24
Newmarket tat 0ct....28, aro.
Lanark... 23 a

OCTOBER.
Bedford 5, 6 I Kelso.. l9 20
Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 j Cheltenham l9, 20
Leicester 7, 8 I Curragh
.19. 20. '

Bromley 7 8
Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c.
Chelmsford l9 20

11
West Drayton 21
Nowmark.t Wtou ...2N Ito.

NOVI
arr0w...... , ...2, 3
Worcester 3, 4
St. Albans 5, 3