The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-22 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE•

HUNTING APPOINTMENr'S Geotg
His Majesty's stag-hounds meet on Monday,
at
Gr
Mene ; Friday, at Maidenhead Thicket—at 11. inn'
r. Parker's hounds meet on Thursday, at Kingston ,oton
The Old Berkshire harriers meet on ,Monday, at t'tl tile
—hoautnhdas
Down ; Wednesday, at the Cross Roads ; Thursday
-
Satiu)rncklaey.,
fa tG Pr
ayittcohnl?.?
Kennel. ,„„sivortlj,
Mr. Osbaldeston's hounds meet on Monday, at v-,erton'
1 meet as t I.on.
Kennel ; Wednesday, at Harrington ; Friday, at )115—
CrgliC ,d
Monday, a ofo'tll
Mill; Wednesday, at Shenley, and
Friday,
vat WhistleY
—at half-past 10. ~ Roll
Mr. Drake's hounds meet on Monday, at Marsh billoitori
Town; Thursday, at Middleton Toll Bar; Saturday, at
'
Wood—at half-past 10. 1 sa;
Mr. Berkeley's hounds meet on Monday, at Swine 6, 'let,4tir"
Thursday, at Chickeley Hall; Friday, at Kexuel ; and
day, at the Swan Inn, at Bromham—at half-past 10. 10it,'''
Sir H. Goodricke's hounds meet on Monday, at sod'
Marhay ; Wednesday, at the 12th mile-stone, Welfordi
Thursday, at Horninghold ; Saturday, at Gumley--at I,Atte
1-
The Atherstone hounds meet on Monday, at ''teten
Village ; Wednesday, at Bosworth ; Thursday, at Mid"
;
Woods ; Saturday, at Wellesley—at 11. 'IWOtO
Mr. Vellebois's harriers meet on Monday, at Win r,
)lilt; Wednesday, at Mr. Aylmer's, Finch= ; FridaY'
Wright's, at Rougham—at 11.

ANTWERP.

(From the Times.)

ANTWERP, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, DEC. 19.
'belay is now the Dutch policy. The tedious negotiations
rthe last two years—the numerous projects of conventions
41 treaties—the thousand and one diplomatic discussions,
bitings, and protocols, have not tired the King of Holland;
tikes the business of the Conference, and he proposes to be-
`it afresh. The Dutch merchants, who are as well ac-
ll,lnted with the benefit of dilatoriness, they who long to
Mate the negotiators who spent seven years in the wording
their first treaty with Spain, and who labdur to postpone the
of any agreement with Beigiunti because there is
be chance for their monopoly in prcicratlnatidn, are vexed
~.1% the French for thbit inCifle of carrying on the siege of the
10, besiZgers are going on too fast, the citadel will
',taken before the new year; January is usually the month
flkating round Antwerp—Liefkenshoek and Lillo, their last
kis, may then fall, and Belgium be declared throughout every
llion of her territory freed from the Dutch yoke. To ob.
lle all arrangements favourable to the tranquillity of Europe,
le Dutch Monarch, who hates peace, has now two other
Ma of 'avoiding it—first, by the closing of the Scheldt ; and
rondly, by his newly proposed treaty; he does not think fit
accept that agreed to by the Conference he himself called
tether as umpires.
Means have been Used to persuade his subjects that England
not at all dicpbsed to make war with Holland. No man of
Ise can deny that fact. But the making war with Holland,
tt the demand that the Scheldt shall, in conformity with the
Mies of Vienna of 1815, be continued free and open to all
world, are two separate, two distinct, points. Are not all
t. Powers of turbpe who signed those treaties bound to
10 hit riVer'as free and as open as the Elbe or the Weser?
Mainly. It cannot, therefore, be called a war against
gland to oblige the Dutch Monarch to observe the treaty
1815, as well as that concluded by the Five Powers of
Conference with his Belgian Majesty in November,
1. On the contrary, if the latter treaty has sent the
tibined fleets to blockade the ports of Holland, and the
*bell army to liberate the Belgian territory the stronger be.
hes the reasons which must compel the continuance of
freedom of the Scheldt, according to the grand European
of nations. The good faith of all civilized Europe—the
tour, the commerce, and policy of France, Germany, and
'eat Britain, demand it. Yet, as it were to thwart the Bri-
ltGovernment by compelling the French army, even in
~itte of the wish to withdraw its Generals, to remain in Bei-
m, the Dutch King employs all his arts to cause delay. Under
tence of not being bullied into an adhesion to a treaty
ked and ratified by the great Powers, his own umpires—
, allies and connexions of his family—he tells the garrison of
/tWerp to maintain a useless defence, which costs the lives of
tadreds. Lillo and Lief kenshoek, and the stoppage of the
filiation, and the discussion of his new treaty, will form the
Lt acts of this interminable Dutch drama. The only means
potting a speedy period to it, is to be found in the fixed
Osion of the British and French Governments to maintain
Lblbckade until he comes to the terms of peace.
,tne two points of difficulty are now known to be merely,
Whether the Dutch King is to return again to rule Bel-
l'', anew, and to engender here another revolution ; and 2d,
Other Holland is to have annually a stipulated sum founded
'hi the medium of the amounts received in the port of Ant-
§ (haring the last 17 years, or to have the right of stopping
examining every ship, evxry fishing-boat, that enters the
heldt; of unloading the cargo, manning the vessel, &c.
the former the Belgians have no objection, but the latter
never be tolerated, as it is downright injustice. The
Itch must therefore be forced to hear reason by even a sum-
!' blockade. Such blockade is no war; it is but carrying
" eirect the judicial award of Europe, according to the law
nations.
the siege of the citadel is a grievous annoyance to the
!eh ; they curse it in their hearts ;rand, as it were to wreak
hr vengeance on the French Generals, some of the heroes of
Mond are compiling a work at this moment to demonstrate
it it has Dot been well carried on. Marshal Gerard is ex-
ttil to faint from the severity of this criticism, and General
hio will not, for the same reason, receive the next vacant
fr!hal's baton from the King of the French, which all here
kit to to be justly due to merit such as his.

THURSDAY :HORNING
the difficulty of obtaining correct intelligence is exein-
fied in the following statement :—" I have been to the
'fiches; I have seen a nearly finished bridge of fascines ; I
'e observed where the breach batteries are to be placed;
are not yet armed." So spoke yesterday to me a British
'°er, accustomed to sieges and to battles. Five minutes
Or I met another, who has also seen battles :—" I have been
the trenches; I have seen the bridge; I have been in the
'act batteries; they are all armed." Upon inquiry from
fs)rrner, he told me that the latter evidently mistook a
a'II battery of three guns, erected near St. Laurent, for the
'act battery; for the French engineer officers told him
it they did not expect to be ready until this evening. I
.refore gave credit to the first statement, particularly when
Ifirmed by the observation of an old artillery officer, that if
breach batteries were ready, they ought to be in play.

10 O'CLOCK.
The fusilade during the night was very sharp, and at 4
l°ek this morning some sleepers were alarmed by what they
))eetured to be the springing of a mine. Yet persons ac-
nnted with the proceedings of the besiegers deny that any
" was sprung. General Haxo is stated to have declared
4 he does not think the possession of the demilune worth
lives which it might cost at this period. The belief that
exPeriencod engineer is proceeding with a mine to render
' entrance easy and cheap into the citadel as into the Lu.
tte St. Laurent, still prevails. The numher of soldiers
ted this night hors de combat, that is, killed and wounded,
78eribed as amounting to 29 on the French side. The nuns.
°f killed and wounded from the commencement is not pub.
1Y avowed.

11 O'CLOCK.
Some persons who speculate on the chances of terminating
siege will have it that diplomacy is at work, in order to
tre the lives of the French soldiers. lam not disposed to
e credit to this statement, for the French army, so jealous of
t
lo
rY, has now fairly sat down before the citadel, and must
'e that fortress. It will depend on the abilities of the engi-
`4p, and Generals to save their soldiers as much as they can.
;le seenaing delay which now occurs is compared with that
t. Friday
the capture of Fort St. Laurent on last Friday morn-
Friday appears to be General Haxo's lucky day ! perhaps
'ught he Will try his fate once more.

The I 2 O'CLOCK.
King, Leopold, who has been here during the last three
"als! IS indefatigable in his movements to procure the welfare
T 1: subjects.
,ten raost absurd stories have been circulated by journals in
Pay respecting the conduct of the French soldiers, who
reused of rapine and plunder in the country parts. Those
deserve no attention.
there is danger now in passing from Antwerp to Berchcm
the
Mechlin gate; a countryman yesterday had his leg shot
h "ere• The diligences pass there at a gallop, as the cannon-
-4
)ts _
G d shells have fallen near them.
:teral St. Cyr Nugues, the head of the staff, who is re-
M‘,P by the French as the great cause of the high reputation
arshal Suchet, from the order and regularity which he
c`clUeed into the army in Valencia during the Peninsular
Pi: and whose shoulder was bruised yesterday morning by a
is Said to have suffered a good deal during the night from
•Nltusion.

theh
I O'CLOCK.
cp
, best formed pesons now describe the breach
"e fully in
armed to night, and to begin the play to-morbatteryrow.
fiber
is an dmission now on the part of sonie officers, that the
of soldiers altogether wounded or killed since the be-
-1,114g amounts to somewhat more than 600.
se
to
Ships remain in the Scheldt as they were yesterday. , I
:_ein With their sails lo os to dry them after the rain. The
soldiers, who bivouac on the dike, have established sig.-
')
Which they carry on by means of flags, with the Fort du
rq.

IJALF.PAST 1.
4,1 firing still continues without intermission ; the weather
The breach battery will, it is thought, require 48 hours,
flgeht:Ps more, before the opening be made. It will be
rld the French soldiers assault cdel on Christ-
:we— nin6B. It appears to be expected earlier
—oita n the23dK.
kti 6 received by the same express a letter from Brussels,
°'clock P.M., consisting chiefly of extracts from the
ith,_,Papers, which we subjoin, and a short postscript in

(From the Moniteur Belge.—Official.)
TWENTIETH DAY OF THE SIEGE.
ANTWERP, DEC. 19.
Alt „.
ish "ie batteries in breach and the counter-batteries are
II be:, and will this night have their full armament. They
I r,eady to commence at the break of day. The mortar
(projectile), of which recent trials give such satisfac.
-esults, will also be ready at the same time.
fre3' are still going on with the descent to the fosse of the
I,ll_4rit of the bastion No.
Works of the sap are urged with vigour. Several places
for the infantry have been prepared.
!I batteries established on the counterscarp have destroyed
ith4;'',., which separated the waters of the fosse of the citadel
4), "° se of the place. The sap has been brought up to this
the
'erlefte°verd way of the demilu is entirely crowned on
fronte. The besiegers havene made a lodgement in the
thqe way.
41t I besieged, fearing that an assault would have been
I,h a"st night on the demilune,
b, °Wed a strong force of musket ryhave kept on the watch,
ItZ,daY and night of the 18th having been somewhat fa-
gong the works of the approaches and erection cf batteries
on with the greatest activity.

(From the Emancipation.)

BERCHEM, DEC. 19, 1 IN THE MOANING.
al Haxo is arrived in the trenches, and has proceeded
I I°l4ll-1 rallel General St. Cyr is also arrived, and has
eto th pa •
e same point.

4[. lIALF.PAST
gall auho Commanlant of Engineers, has been struck by
.lerwhich has broken one of the bones of his leg. Nine
arid °I the engineers have been successively led off,
the:l4. to the hopital.waggon.
.e are now only about three metres of the fosse to fill
madorder to affbrd a passage to our troops to make the
h t e of the demilune ; but General Haxo, who did not
314,t0t4 "P°se his men to a useless loss, ordered the work to
"bled---not because he did not think they could carry

the place, but because he considered that they could establish
themselves there, and get under cover before day-light

4 O'CLOCK.
General St. Cyr Nugues has received a severe contusion on
the shoulder.

The enemy seeing how near our works are carried towards
him, has commenced a very strong fire of artillery and mus-
ketry along his whole front.
A bomb fell on a house near the church of St. Laurent,
where there was a guard of 79 men : though it burst in the
midst of them, there was only one wounded.

5 o'ctocL.

I have come from the hospital: our loss has been very consi-
derable ; we have had 48 men put hors de combat. The Corn.
triandant, Morlet, is going on well.

9 O'CLOCK,

A supplement to the order of the day has just been pub-
lished in which the Marshal notices the excellent conduct of
M. Tre, who went into the trenches on the night of the 14th,
with a litter to look for any wounded soldiers. This sup-
plement also notices that the movement of the Dutch army on
the frontiers requires that the corps of the army of observa-
tion should be on their guard, and that it be necessary that the
Generals should be at the head of their respective divisions.
The duty in the trenches has been interrupted ; but this order
of the day was published yesterday. Today we no longer hear
of any movement on the frontier.

10 O'CLOCK.
The troops in the trenches are relieved. The 42d takes the
place of the 18th. General Rapatel is in command.
The King and the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours have
paid a visit to the Marshal.

4 o'cLocK.

It is now said that the batteries in breach would commence
to-morrow. I thought that the arrival of King Leopold here
would be an indication of redoubled efforts on the part of the
besiegers.
The last period of the siege is now near at hand.
(From the Indepexdant.)

OFFICIAL NEWS OF SEBASTIANI'S DIVISION.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
BERCHEM, DEC. 18.

The division of the left bank of the Scheldt, charged with
the guard of the dikes and the passages of the river, has seve-
ral times repulsed the attempts of the Dutch squadron to dis-
embark. Notwithstanding the intemperance of the weather,
and the difficulties from the state of the polders, and though
exposed to the fire of the enemy, the artillery of this division,
supported by the infantry, has repaired the forts, thrown up
batteries, and placed this side of the river in a respectable
state of defence. M. Derrios, commandant of Artillery, under
whose orders the works have been constructed, and M. Kleits,
Lieutenant of the 4th battery of the Ist regiment, are worthy
of particular mention for their zeal.
The Division of Achard, which is in observation of the left
bank, and of the Dutch fleet, has succeeded in obtaining re-
sults not less successful on its side. On the 13th, the artillery
at Fort la Croix (Kruysshaus), after a brisk cannonade, has
forced the Dutch squadron to retire. Three howitzers went
through the sides of a frigate, and wounded about 30 of the
crew. General Achard makes honourable mention of Captain
Tibi, who commanded the battery at La Croix. The divi-
sion of Sebastiani had four men wounded and one killed ; that
of Achard two gunners killed on the 2d.
The Marshal commanding in Chief expresses to the troops
of these two divisions his satisfaction at their bravery and good
conduct. Since the taking of the Lunette St. Laurent, the
works of the siege have been continued with renewed ardour,
engineers, artillery, and infantry, rivalling each other in exer-
tions, and notwithstanding the proportionably greater loss
sustained by the engineers, they have in no degree relaxed
in their zeal. The artillery continues to give daily proofs
of its skill and bravery, in spite of the great difficulties it
has to encounter from the weather, the state of the ground,
and the fire of the enemy.
After mentioning the excellent services of the several com-
panies and their commanders, the order notices the courage
and resolution of a grenadier Shelegel, of the 25th of the Line,
who, though wounded, for more than an hour refused to quit
his post. This man had a brother killed in the trenches the
evening before.

BRUSSELS, 6 O'CLOCK.

By accounts which left head-quarters at two, I learn that
the battering in breach had not then begun, and probably
would not before to.morrow. W.

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