The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-12 00:00:00

BRUSSELS, TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 9.

(From the Morning Herald private Correspondent.)
The new law appointments are likely to be the source
of serious uneasiness to the Government, and have
strengthened the Orange party beyond its most sanguine
expectations. The Ministers, too late, are aware of their
ill-judged selection, and it is impossible they can remain in
office. The Catholics have now got the ascendancy, and
Belgium will be governed by the bigoted Jesuit party.
The Government, I believe, in the first instance, meant
honestly; but the Catholics succeeded in their intrigues,
and the greater part of the nominations were made out
from a list furnished by that body. I know not whether
they are in the pay of the King of Holland ; if they are,
they have well earned their money ; if not, their aim is
power ; and here again they have well played their parts;
and at this moment unhappy Belgium is under the control
of a Jesuitical despotic conclave. M. Gendehien will be
more violent than ever in the Chambers; and finding that
the independence, the commerce, and the liberty of the coun-
try is completely compromised, he will join the dissatisfied
party, and work the downfall of the present Government.
Robaulx is of the same opinion, but goes farther than
his colleague. He declares that a restoration is preferable
to the existing state of things ; and that he would
sooner labour for a return of the Nassau family
than submit to live under the dominion of the Catholics.
There are several other acts of cunning hypocrisy, out I
think I have said enough to convince you of the stability
of the present Government, and the benefits this country
has gained by changing the decided character of William,
with the almost extinction of the Catholic party, for the
present timid and vacillating Government,* with the as•
tendency of the Jesuits. It is the Orange party who are
the gainers by this chaotic state of affairs.—their leaders
are actively at work, and they now feel more than ever
certain of success. To show you the active exertions of
the Catholics, it is only necessary to tell you that 1,100
new chapels have been ordained since the revolution of
1830, the whole of which had been suppressed in 1793.
The army is in a dreadfully disorganized state, owing
to the dissatisfaction felt by the soldiers to serve under the
French. The object of France is obvious ; she wishes to
make Belgium a French province; and she commences by
placing the army under the control of her own effieere.
It is now finally settled that General Goblet remains at
the Foreign Office, and that be is to enter into fresh nego-
tiations with Holland. The General is called the great
Pacificator, from his decided objection' to energetic mea-
sures. He declares that Belgium is not in a fit state either
to attack or resist Holland, and that no dependence can be
placed on the army ; that the best friends of Belgium in
England advised him to diplomatise rather than fight, and,
above ail, to place no confidence in France.
There hat been a new opposition started up within the
last few days. The Advocates have formed themselves

into a body, and sent circulars into the country for the
purpose of inducing all their brethren to join them in
organising a systematic opposition to the present Govern-
ment.

The patriots have also formed themselves into clubs,
and several of them have joined the Orangists. It was
noticed yesterday that Major Macord and Major Kepels
were on the most friendly terms together, and M. Jottran!
and Mr. Stevens were seen to shake bands in the public
street.

P.S.—I have just learned that a mob collected last
evening on the Place de Martyr, and from thence proceed-
ed to the Hotels of the Alin;sters of Justice and the In-
terior. They gave three yells, sang the Brabanconne, and
then retired quietly to their beds. This is the beginning
of our winter amusements.

Another informant has just told me that General Des-
prez (a Frenchman) had a charivari during the night, and
that the Hotel of the Foreign Officer was• stripped of its
hells and other outward ornaments, the mob calling out for
the appearance of the Minister, General Goblet.
A bas les Jesuits has been bawling about the streets
the greater part of the night.
Brussels, Tuesday Evening.

The disturbances last night are to be repeated this even-
ing, and to commence with a serenade to M. Gendebien,
after which a charivari is to be given to the Ministers,
the French Commander, and the Catholic Priests. The
Government agents declare that the military have received
orders to disperse these illegal assemblages, and, in case of
necessity, to fire on the mob ; that ball cartridges have
been given to the soldiers, and that two piece' of cannon
are kept in readiness with lighted matches. What a situa-
tion for poor unhappy Belgium ! And to whom are we
indebted for this ft ightful state of affairs? Imbecile Mi-
nisters, Jesuits, and French Officers ! The Government,
from its weakness, bad long since lost the confidence of
the people ; but their last act in the judicial nomination,
in truckling to the Catholics, has rendered them worse
than traitors in the estimation of their fellow-citizens.
The Government has not the power of appointing its
own Military officers ; and snore than one example can be
given where the wishes of the King were rendered of
little avail against the imperious demands of Marshal Soult.
It is said to-day, in the best informed circles, that the
ordre du jour politique in Paris is the partition of Bel-
gium. That France is to take possession of Philipville,
Nbtrienbourg, Duchy of Bouillon, part of Dinant, part
of Neuchateau, and the whole of Hainault ; and that Hol-
land is to have the remainder. The French King is
aware that his subjects have no great love for this coun-
try ; and that their only object is aggrandisetnent of ter-
ritory, 'and the wish to push their frontiers nearer the
Rhine. This end would he obtained by the possession of
the 13 cantons; the Chamber appeased, and Louis Philippe
saved.

A Rheni-h Paper states that the garrison of Coblentz
has been reinforced with two regiments of the line, and
that the foresters have received orders to cut down a con-
lidtrable quantity of oak trees for the defences of the for-
tress. Treves has also been strengthened with a regi-
ment of chasseurs, and a battalion was ordered to Sarre-
louis.

BRISTOL, OCT. 11.

MEETING OF THE TRADES.

At a meeting of the Chairmen and other officers of the
Trades' Societies of the city of Bristol, held on Wednes-
day, the 10th of October, at the St. John's Porter-house,
Mr. Jolts Osmostn, Secretary of the Printers' Society, in
the chair ; a report which appeared in Felix Farley's
Brisfol Journal, of the 6th inst., beaded, " True Blue
and die Trades," and containing a statement that the
trades of Bristol had seen their error in supporting Re-
form, and were resolved in future to vote for the Blue
candidate alone, having been laid before the meeting, it
was unanimously resolved—
" Ist. That the Chairmen and other Officers of the
trades of Bristol, from the personal knowledge which they
have of the bodies with whom they are connected, feel
justified in declaring that the statement in Felix Farley's
Journal, of Saturday last, relative to the trades of Bristol,
is a direct falsehood, which calls for the most immediate
and unequivocal denial that can be given from the trades
themselves.

" 2nd. That this meeting, therefore, feels it to be highly
lesirable that the trades should be invited to come forward
and declare their sentiments, in order that so foul a charge
may he at once refuted ; and it pledges itself, individually
and immediately, to promote meetings of the trades for
that purpose.
"3rd. That this meeting having been given to under-
stand that the most undue influence and corruption have
been resorted to in order to compel some of the poor free-
men to sign their names to support the Blue interest, is
~f opinion that the trades and other electors should again
make a grand and simultaneous eff,rt for the perfect esta-
blishment of their independence ; and this meeting re-
spectfully calls upon all to do their duty at the ensuing
election, as the only means of securing that independence
;a future, by obtaining the vote by ballot !"
Signed on behalf of the meeting,
JOHN OSMOND, Chairman.

RAILROAD from LONDON to GREENWICH.

The time is now arrived when the vast powers of steam
are beginning to be applied through locomotive engines to
the propelling of land carriages, thus affording a most ex-
peditious and most delightful mode of transit between one
place and another, and realizing, in no faint degree, the
tales of the East, where they relate that those who desired
to be at a distant place, without loss of time on the journey,
had only to form the wish, and it was immediately grati-
fied. This rapidity of travelling will, in fact, diminish
the distance of places from each other, and thus bring those
into intimate communion between whom there formerly
existed but little intercourse.
A hundred miles seems now a most formidable dis-
tance to travel, and numbers who would like to visit a
friend or transact business are compelled to forego the
pleasure and advantage on account of the expense, waste
of time, and fatigue of so long a journey ; but when this
immense distance can be traversed in five or six hours,
and at a much lower charge upon a railroad, it is obvious
that great numbers who now remain at home will avail
themselves of so expe litiou., cheap, and delightful a mode
of conveyance. And here it may be remarked, in order
to quiet the minds of the timid, that no danger can pos-
sibly happen to the passengers in carriages drawn by lo-
comotive steam engines, as the latter always run at such
a distance in front of the former, that the explosion of the
latter (a circumstance very unlikely to happen) would not
at all endanger them, nor will they be annoyed by smoke
or dust, or exposure to the weather.
We are not left on the ocean of conjecture in regard to
the utility of conveyances drawn by locomotive engines—
for there is the Liverpool and Manchester railroad which
establishes this point in a way the most satisfactory of all,
viz. by the reduction of theory to practice : and with
this example before us, of the practicability and success of
these undertakings, we shall rejoice to behold the com-
pletion of a splendid railway now intended to be constructed
between London and that most attractive and populous
town, Greenwich ; which will commence at the foot of
London-bridge, and terminate near Thornton Inn, Green-
wich. It will consist of a series of arches forming one
continued bridge of a most light and elegant character;
so that besides the utility of the work, it will deserve to
be ranked amongst the greatest ornaments of the metro-
polis. The sum of 400,0001. will be expended on the un-
dertaking, principally in the employment of workmen, and
thus afford great assistance to those persons who have
been lately discharged from the Dock-yard at Deptford,
and considerably decrease the present heavy charge made
for poor-rates. The philanthropist will rejoice to find
that the substitution of steam-power will prevent the nu-
merous acts of cruelty now exercised upon horses attached
to omnibusses and other heavy modes of conveyance; and
we are extremely gratified to find that this railroad will
carry into effect the wish that has been so long expressed
of restricting the navigation of the Thames by steam-
vessels above Deptford, and thus prevent numerous acci-
dents, and loss of lives.
To make room for this magnificent construction, several
confined and wretched clusters of lanes and alleys (dens- ly
inhabited by the poorest and most distressed classes, ne-
cessarily generating the worst description of atmosphere,)
will be removed, which all wilt acknowledge to be highly
desirable, and necessary toahe salubrity of this part of the
metropolis.
Upon the railroad the journey, including stoppages, will
not consume more than twelve minutes, and the fare will
not amount to above half of what is at present paid.

M. ZEA BERMUDEZ, • the Spanish A mhas-
s 'dor in London, whose return to Madrid we announced
some days ago, was formerly a merchant, and afterwards
Spanish Consul at St. Petersburgh, where his merits pro-
cured him promotion in the diplomatic career, and seem to
have now advanced him to the highest honours, lie
married a Spanish lady, but has no family by her.
Commercial letters by the .Flanders mail, re-
ceived yesterday morning, state the Leipsic Michaelmas
fair to have opened very splendidly. A great number of
purchasers from Poland, Russia, Greece, and Armenia,
had arrived; and amongst other things, the demand for
furs was vary brisk.