The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-07 00:00:00

proposed by Baron %Low, and recommend e
by the Prussian Cabinet, with subsequent modi-
fications by the Dutch Court. The proposal
was, of course, rejected. It was then urged,
that as the King of HOLLAND was willing to
go thus far, there was no doubt that if a nego-
tiation were to be opened, he might be induced
to go still farther, in order to maintain peace.
The attempt, however, was futile. The Baron
Von ZUYLEN then entreated . that the order for
an embargo might be suspended for two days,
but on this point also, Lord PALMERSTON is
said to have been firm.
The latest accounts from Brussels state that
King LEOPOLD is incessantly occupied in pre-
paration,, for the threatened contest with Hol-
land. His Belgian MAJESTY does not entirely
rely on foreign interposition for the consummation
of national independence, but is anxious to
possess the means of defending his own territory
against the Dutch, in the event of any new ar-
rangement by which Holland and Belgium might
be left to settle their own dispute. The Belgian
army consists of 106,000 men, of whom only
16,000 are Civic Guard, the number of cavalry.
does not exceed 6,000, but they are in an effec-
tive state, and the entire army is well organized,
and, according to the best accounts, anxious to
take the field. The Civic Guard, who form
part of the effective forces, have been rigidly dis-
ciplined from the beginning of the year, and they
would, it is believed, should their services be
required, prove essentially different from the
Civic Guard of the last year. Besides this force,
there is a Civic Guard corresponding with our
militia, or rather what our volunteers were during
the war ; but on these no particular reliance
could be placed ; although by no means defec-
tive in courage they are not in so organized a
state as to he of material service against a re•
gular army. The Dutch army consists of about
96,000 men, of whom 8,000 are cavalry. The
whole army is in a most effective condition, and
a great portion of it is composed of veteran
troops. On both sides enthusiasm is at its
height.

The Brussels Correspondent of the Morning
Herald states as an authenticated fact, that
General CHASSE, Governor of Antwerp, has
received positive orders from the Hague to de-
stroy the city the instant that the French make
their appearance in the neighbourhood of the
citadel, and that the Dutch fleet at Lille have
instructions to bombard Antwerp from the
Scheldt. In the Brussels Papers received this
day we find the following :—The Journal of
Antwerp says, " We may consider the entrance
of the French into Belgium as commenced. The
quantity of stores arrived at Niel is considerable,
and they are accompanied by soldiers, the num-
ber of whom is said to be several hundreds. It
seems that many horses have arrived, which
doubtless belong to the train of artillery."
BRUSSELS, Nor. S.—The day before yesterday the
King transacted business in the morning with the Mi-
nisters of War and Foreign Affairs.
His Majesty gave an audience to Sir Robert Adair.

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The Memorial mays, " We supposed, according to the
convention of the 9-2 d Oztober, that our Government tva.
to be summoned at the sumo time as that of Holland to
evaeua•e the territory to be ceded. We learn, in fact, that
our Government received this summons three days ago,
and that the answer was sent yesterday (the 2d November)
to London. Our Government is stated to have declared,
that it is ready, conformably to the treaty of 15th No-
vember, 1831, to evacuate on the 12th the territory which
does not helong to it, providing that it shall at that time be
put in possession of the places and districts occupied by
Holland.

The Union says:—" We learn that a French Intend•

ant (Commissary) has given orders for provisions and
forage at Menin, Courtray, Ghent, St. Nicholas and
Lockeren."
The Courier Beige contains the following article in its
correspondence from London of Oct. 30 :

" fdoubt whether you understand on the Continent
the true meaning of the treaty or contract between France
and England, which has been so much talked of for some
days past. If it were executed, it would throw you into
greater embarrassment than any of the numerous protocols
published within these two years. You will have to
evacuate ft.r Holland, a good half of Limburg, including
Venloo, and the whole of Luxemburg, if the Dutch vo-
luntarily or by force quit the citadel of Antwerp. I say
the whole of Luxemburg, for the question concerning that
province is, as you know, entirely reserved in the conditions
annexed by Austria and Prussia to their ratification of
the treaty of IC.v. 15."

The Journal of Antwerp says, " We msy consider the
entrance of the French into Belgium as commenced. The
quantity of stores arrived at Niel is considerable, and they
are accompanied by soldiers, the number of whom is said
to he several hundreds. It seems that many horses have
arrived, which doubtless belong to the train of artillery.
These cirrutn,tances have excired alarm in our city.
We are, how,ver, far from being without hope against a
catastrophe. We have, on the contrary, many reasons
not to fear it.

Afercantile houses of Antwerp, and of fereign countries,
have vonsign.d to several brokers at Ghent, French and
English ships, which had arrived at Antwerp, and are
expected at Ghent. _ _

Nine loaded barges have arrived to-day at the Citadel.
The Journal of Luxemburg contains the whole of the
correspondence between G-neral Tabor, General Du-
moulin, and the Prince of Hesse Homburg, relative to the
arrest of M. Piscatore. General Dumsulin, considering
this arrest as a premeditated and arbitrary affront, declared
to General Tabor that there would be no means but the
use of force, if the prisoner should be detained. The Prince
of Hesse Homburg has written that the brigades of Belgian
gendarmes, stationed at Niederantuen and at ➢lamer,
wi thin the territory of the fortress, must be withdrawn ini
mediately, that henceforth no individual belonging to the
Belgian rnarechaus,ee will be allowed on the roads
within the territory of the fortress, and that detachments
would be put o❑ the 29th to arrest the gendarmes who
should be in those places.

General Tabor received at Arlon, at 11 o'clock at night,
on the 29,h, an express from Luxemburg. It was sup-
posed to have brought a repeated summons immediately
to withdraw the Belgian gendarmes from the territory of
the fortress.

The Governor of the province of Luxemburg has sent
to the Commissioners of the districts round the fortress
information of reports in circulation at Luxemburg, that
it was int.nded to send M. Thorn to Holland, passing
through Prussia. He recommends these officers to be
vigilant, and to take every precaution to hinder this
removal. ',Ve learn that the military authorities have also
taken energetic measures to oppose a removal which
would delay indefinitely the deliverance of M. Thorn.
The Lynx gives two letters, dated Brussels, Oct. 27,
and Nov. 1, from two different correspondents, in which
a complaint is made that of forty staff officers at Diest and
Louvain there are thirty French, six Poles, and only four
Belgians.—Brussels Papers, Nov. 1.

An express has been received this morning
from Paris, bringing the papers of Monday, and
private letters of the same date. The papers are
principally devoted to comments on the ultimatum
of the King of HOLLAND not to yield to the
treaty, entered into between Great Britain and
France, to force him by coercive measures, it
necessary, to evacuate the citadel of Antwerp,
and the probability of a general war.
This decision on the part of the Dutch King