Star.
London, England, 1830-09-04 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM BRUSSELS.

NROOCIATIONS BETWEEN THE PRINCE OF ORANGE
AND THE PEOPLE.
" BRUSSELS. Sm. 2.
" Yesterday, by an arrangement with the authorities of
the city, the Prince of Orange entered Brussels. He had
received two deputations on the previous afternoon and night.
The first he had treated very haughtily, desiring its members
to lay aside their colours. He declined to make any conces-
sions, but threatened to enter Brussels yesterday morning at
the head of his troops. The announcement of this treatment
and of this threat produced the greatest agitation among the
Gardes Bourgeoise and in the minds of the Provisional Go-
vernment, under which the capital has been for the last seven
days. They resolved, if he attempted to effect his threatened
purpose, to oppose force to force.
" The people, about ten o'clock on Tuesday, began, in
imitation of the Parisians, to unpave the streets, and to erect
barricades at all the issues of the city towards the side on
which he would enter. All the citizens were at their posts,
and the most determined resolutions were every where taken
to remain united and in arms till the Prince came to terms.
Waggons were overturned across the streets—barrels were
brought, and filled with stones to increase the obstruction
great mounds were formed of the pavement which had been
taken up—the trees along the Boulevards were cut down, to
throw on these heaps ; and, before six o'clock in the morn-
ing, the preparations made to receive the army must have
effectually protected the city till after a great slaughter of
the troops. Yet this was no test of what the resolution of
the inhabitants might ultimately have accomplished, as the
work of barricading was discontinued from half-past 12
at night, when the result of the Prince's conference with
the second deputation was announced.
" His Royal Highness agreed, on the representation made
to him of the state of the city, to enter it yesterday forenoon
with some members of his staff only, and without any troops.
He agreed to send back the troops coming on Brussels, or
at least to suspend their march, and to give orders to those
before the Palace to remain inactive in their position.

" The commandant of the civic force issued an order of
the day for the citizens to assemble at ten o'clock yesterday
morning in the square of the Hotel de Ville. But before
they met, the Prince sent to order that they would
lay down their colurs. To this command a positive negative
was returned, and it was for some time doubtful whether his
Royal Highness would appear under the Brabant flag, which
had displaced the Orange. The urgency of the occasion,
however, made him wave even this point, which to him
at first was a point of honour, and he was obliged to entrust
himself alone, without troops or assistance of any kind,
among 8,000 or 10,000 armed citizens, who had thrown
aside the colours of his family, and assumed those of their
ancient province ; 2,000 stand of arms had arrived the day
before from Liege ; and it probably is no exaggeration to say,
that not less than 10,000 burghers were provided with mus-
kets by yesterday morning. The square of the Hotel de
Vine probably never exhibited a finer display than when
each of the eight sections had taken up their positions with
their appropriate flags and with glittering arms. They not
only displayed the tricolour on their standards, but each
citizen wore a tricoloured cockade at his button-hole, and
most of them had tricoloured scarfs round their wrists.

" The march began towards the Palace of Laeken, to
meet the Prince about half-past 11 o'clock, and the last
of the sections had not left the square till half-past 12.
His Royal Highness, accompanied by three aides-de-camp,
came in about half-put one, but did not reach the Hotel de
Vile till past two o'clock.
" He was extremely anxious to proceed directly to the
Palace without going to the Hotel de Ville at all ; but the
lower class of inhabitants, no doubt directed by the city
authorities, opposed his progress, and after a quarter of an
hour's contest (during which the populace repeatedly seized
the bridle of his horse, and insisted on his going to pay homage
to the city authorities,) he was obliged to submit to their dic-
tation. At the Hotel de Ville he made a speech in a very ani-
mated manner, in which he promised to satisfy the reason-
able wishes of the Belgians, and announced the formation
of a commission to consider their grievances. He then rude
off with the cavalry part of the City Guard, and going too
fast, narrowly escaped being killed by one of the posts, who
thought that he was flying from the city to call in the
tr ps.
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" All the Guards were afterwards passed in review by
him before his Palace. He appeared pale and alarmed in
the midst of the Gerdes Bourgeoise.
" The commission meets this morning at nine o'clock, as
you will see by the enclosed proclamation :

" ' PROCLAMATION OF THE PRINCE OF ORANOE, IN