Star.
London, England, 1830-09-09 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION.

We, William, by the Grace of GOD, King of the Netherlands,
Prince of Orange Nasmu, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, otc. to all
whom these presents shall come, greeting :

Divine Providence, which has deigned to accord to this kingdom
fifteen years of peace with the whole of Europe, internal tranquillity
and increasing prosperity, has just visited the two provinces with
numberless calamities, and the quiet of many adjoining provinces
has been either troubled or menaced. At the first news of these
disasters we hasten to convoke an extraordinary meeting of tha
States-General, which, according to the terms of the fundamental
law, represent the whole people of Belgium, in order to concert with
the Nobles the measures which the state of the nation and the present
circumstances require. At the same time our two beloved sons the
Prince of Orange, and Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, were charged
by us to proceed to those provinces, as well to protect, by the forces
placed at their disposition, persons and property, as to assure them.
selves of the real state of things, and to propose to us the mea-
sures the best calculated to calm the public mind. This mis-
Sioll, executed with a humanity and a generosity of sentiment which
the nation will appreciate, has confirmed to us the &entrance
that even when it is the most agitated it will preserve and
proclaim its attachment to our dynasty, and to the national in.
dependence; and however our heart may be afflicted by the circum-
stances that have come to our knowledge, we do not abandon the hope
that, with the assistance of DIVINE PROVIDENCI (whose succour we
invoke upon this important and lamentable occasion) and the co-
operation of every well-disposed man, and the good citizens, in
the different parts of the kingdom, we shall succeed in restoring
order, and re-establishing the agency of the legal powers and the
dominion of the laws. With this view, we calculate on the
assistance of the States-General. We invite them to examine whe-
ther the evils of 'which the ecuntry so loudly complains arise from any
defect in the national institutions; and if it is possible. to modify them ;
and particularly if the relations established by treaties, and the funda-
mental law, between the two grand divisions of the kingdom, should,
with a view to the common interest, be changed or modified. We desire
that these important questions should be examined with care and perfect
freedom, and we shall think no sacrifice too great, when we have in view
the fulfilment of the desires, and to insure the happiness of the people,
whose welfare has been the constant and assiduous object of our
care. But, disposed to concur with frankness and fidelity, and, by
the most comprehensive and decisive measures, we are nevertheless, re-
solved to maintain with firmness the legitimate rights of all the parts of
the kingdom,without distinction, and only to proceed by regular methods,
and conformably with the oaths which we have taken and received.--
Belgians ! Inhabitants of the different divisions of this beautiful country
—more than onee rescued by Divine favour and the union of the citizens,
from the calamities to which it was delivered up—wait with calmness
and confidence for the solution of the important questions which
circumstances have raised—second the efforts of legs/ authority, to
maintain internal tranquillity and the execution of the laws when
they have not been disturbed, and to re-establish them where
they have suffered any obstruction lend your aid to the law,
so that in turn the law may protect your property, your in-
dustry, sad your pinata safety. Let dielffences of opinion vanish be.