The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-20 00:00:00

HOLLAND AND BELGIUIa

(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.)
BRUSSELS, SUNDAY NOON, NOV. 18.
The French troops which entered here yesterday
left this morning, on their way to Antwerp, before
which they will arrive early to-morrow. It was ex-
pected that another division of the French force,
amounting to 10,000 men, would arrive here to-
day; but up to this hour they have not made their
appearance. The most strict military discipline is
observed by the troops as they advance : nothing
whatever is taken which is not paid for on the spot,
Amongst the on dits here this morning is a report
that the French army, by some strange error, had
not brought with it means for making entrench-
ments, &c.; and that the supply of these would
create a further delay of some days.
This is one of the " thousand and one" inven-
tions which some of the idle quidnuncs here have
circulated. It has appeared in more than one
journal to-day. It is only necessary to state that
the French army is abundantly supplied with every
thing of materiel necessary for completing its object.
As to its not having pioneers, supplied with spades,
hatchets, &c. (which was another part of the story),
any one here who had his eyes open when the
French troops entered, and who recollected to-day
what he then saw, might have convinced himself of
the utter destitution as to truth of these rumours.
It is stated that the Belgian agitators who are
eager to compromise Great Britain and France in a
war, in order to have the treaty of the twenty-four
articles broken, have formed a scheme to introduce
a vote of censure on their actual Ministry in the ad-
dress to the King. They wish to mist General
Goblet, in order to introduce Gendebien and the
heads of the movement. It is not known what line
of conduct the Chamber will decidedly adopt, The
address of the Senate, which was expected to have
been ready for presentation yesterday, has been de-
layed for further discussion until to-morrow.
Colonel Cradock has been annexed as military
attache to the British mission, and accompanies the
French army, to observe its proceedings.
The Duke of Orleans left this city in the course
of the night, and this morning at day-break visited
the fortifications around Antwerp.
The order of the day issued by Baron Evain to
the Belgic army has given rise to some discussion
in the journals and political circles of this city. For
the better understanding of the matter, I think it
necessary to repeat the terms of the order:—
" ORDER OF THE DAY.
" The obstinate refusal of Holland to withdraw her
troops within the limits assigned to her by the treaties
was a permanent act of hostility against the five great
Powers of Europe.
" Two of those Powers have undertaken the duty of
putting an end to this act of hostility.
" For this purpose their combined fleets have just sailed
in order to place the ports of Holland under a severe
blockade, and on this very day a French army has passed
the Belgian frontier.
" In a few days a rapid march will have brought this
army before the citadel of Antwerp.
" The mission of the French army is to force Holland to
acknowledge the law of Europe.
" On its side the Belgian army adheres to its objet,
which is to guard against any aggression on the Belg►a°
territory, and to secure persons and property from s°Y
attack. This is a great and a national task, which %Oat
never for a moment intended to be confided to the hands

foreigners.
" The King is well acquainted with the devotedne"
of the army. He relies upon it. If the enemy should
rashly commence hostilities, the King will call on his be'
talion', and he has no doubt that he will have to recognife
in them the successors of those warriors who, during '!
glorious period, have so often shared the same dangers sna
gathered the same laurels as the French.
" The Minister of War, BARON EVAIN.
" Brussels, Nov. 16."
On the above subject the Union of this more'
ing (under the date of to-morrow) has a paragraph/
which has created some sensation amongst those
parties who are anxious to promote any and every
misunderstanding possible between the Belgian Gcr
vernment and its allies ; I mean that little remnant
of the Orangists who, for the sake of the loaves
and fishes, and other considerations equally patriotic,
wouldckn o
wishe to see Williamo:e. of Nassau in the Paloca
of Lae
The writer of the paragraph, confounding NW'
shat Gerard and Baron Evain, and mistaking she
French for the Belgian army, says—
" The Marshal Gerard has this day addressed ti
proclamation to the French. In this proclamation
one expression has, we are assured, been made tl4
subject of a protest on the part of Sir Robert Adair'
the English Ambassador.
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" The Marshal says to his army and to the
gians, that Holland, in not conforming to the arvi,,
tration of the five Powers, and in refusing to no by
into effect the decision of the Conference, has
that itself (par cela ?new) declared war spill'
the Powers of Europe, and that France and
land have taken up the glaive thus thrown down by
the Dutch. not
" Sir H. Adair contends that England has n
declared war against Holland ; that coercive meil,
sures tending to enforce the execution of a tre%f,t,
are widely different from a state of war, whtes
might lead to an invasion of territory, and sometin',l,
to the overturning of a Government ; that the al.
ferent ends to which the two kinds of measures!;
war, and merely coercive measures—sufficiently slln‘of
that war is not declared, at least on the part
England." of
The true state of this matter is, that the party
the movement in Belgium, being anxious to procurd
a war between the Allied Powers (France 1110
England) against Holland, made use of the occa°
of the arrival of the French troops to have an circlet
of the day issued, in which the acts of Holland `vote
interpreted as hostile to the whole five Powers. The
wording of the order is of the most extraordinerte
kind—" Le refits obstine du Roi de la Hollin!t
etait une aete permanente d'ho.stilities envers les 071'1
grander Puissances de l'Europe." al
'this order was offered for signature to Gene c,
Desprez, who declined putting his name to it on a
count of its tendency.
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Goblet, that his Government was not at war with
Holland. He accordingly wrote a letter to that
effect, which has been called a protestation.
Sir Robert Adair continues on the best termsfr
well with the French diplomatic as with the milt
tary authorities. The Dukes of Orleans and ,t-
--,,
moors have left Brussels this morning for 111ectwj
By the Papers brought by this nay's Pnst,' r
perceive that a correspondent of a London 134 t
of of Tbur,day last has been amusing the readers of t3s
Journal with some of his usual inventions. Hey
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that King Leopold will be the most unpopular ,he
vereign in Europe if the French should pas' "
Belgian territory. En voila IThe French tronlid
have passed; a party of them entered here, licri
were reviewed here yesterday, and while going 'IQ,e : h
those French lines, and reviewing those same Free
troops, never was popular Monarch, in EuroPebis
elsewhere, more heartily and warmly cheered by
subjects than was King Leopold. time
As the express is now going off I have not,, of
to say more on the subject of the " romancing jelt
this same correspondent, who, if he is not al,:oge
belied, is in the pay of the Orangists, and T'itle
impartiality is such that he would be in that 0' vio
Belgians too if he could. I shall notice one or
of his " curious facts" in my next.-IV.—D'''`'

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T c k
he activity observable in the French t' r
yards surpasses even that in our own. The 0101104
ships of war which will be on the stocks by the end yi the
present year will be 7Q. Arrion4 these, 21 ships °
line, 27 frigates, 5 corvettes, and five attain-vessel°'