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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-04 00:00:00

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lIOLLAND AND BELGIUM.
911USSELS, DEC. 28.—His Majesty will return from Antwerp
'day. The French Princes, accompanied by Generals Fla-
Marbot, and Baudrand, set out for Paris) esterday. The
tine of Eckmuhl; the Duke of Ispia, the Duke of Bassano
t
son,) and Count Gerard, arrived here yesterday. They
mraediately went. to visit the palace of the 1-•riuce of Orange,
77tlich is still- furnished as wnen it was inhabited. General
St. Alphonse, commanding the heavy cavalry of the
,eteneli army, left GramruOut the day before yesterday : the two
ainaents of Cuirassiers had left 24 hours earlier. The'Cara-:
`'veers and Dragoons follow at two days' interval.
'MEAD-QUARTERS, BEL:CHEM, DEC. 2r'.—A despatch from the
I:4ke of amatia, arrived ysterday with order sr the 'arm
the norDthl immediately toe return to' France, tole occupy' the
41a positions as before its entrance into Belgium, and to coin-
v4:ilcate with the corps in the east of France. The army of
north will remain organized ou its present footing, and wait
41' events.
Apartments are preparing for her Majesty the Queen
,of the
teach, her sister-m-law, and her two sons.—Dutch Journals of
28.
The Staats Courant publishes the following documents
utsearcil FROM GENERAL CII ASSE TO THE--M ISTER OF WAR.
• ." Head-quarters, Citadel of Antwerp, Dec. 24, 1832.
" To his Excellency, &c.,
The difficulties, which daily increase, longer to preserve
kb honour the post which is confided tome, compelled me to
'ter into negociations with the enemy yesterday.
`The fatigues and privations which my troops have under-
zre for three weeks are not to be described, and have entirely
°llausted the strength of the garrison.
To this I must add, that in consequence of the drawing off
water from the moat of the citadel, the fresh water in the
11. s has so sunk, that it is with the greatest difficulty that we
ve been able to get as much as was abfolufely necessary, and,
Rada to this misfortune, our two last wells were ruined last
gight by the enemy's bombs.
s` All the places that are bomb-roof are ruined, so that the
?titters, in the midst of the most terrible boinbardinent, are so
aowded in the posterns, the communications, and the galleries,
they have scarcely a moment's repose. The bomb-proof
I,°sl,ital, in which are all the wounded and amputated
.sol-•
jle'erti, who are not in a condition to be renioved threatens
ry moment to fall down and bury the unfortunate, inmates in'
en
ruins.
"'ill the left glacis of the bastion 2 the enemy has opened a
kteach of SO or
Adlo metres, which has already nearly andled
the ditch. descent to the ditch has been effected, the
Ilkselliy has only to spring his maul nd hlOyi counterscarp
‘c. the ditch to motint to the assalt.
4'4 For all these reasons, seeing it to be itnipOssible to repel an
P for it a l the glory hitherto
lault, and that by rashly,.watting for wined might be totally lost, I made overtures to Marshal
etard to grant meat free retreat,- and declaredmyself ready to
ti,
-'4ruate the place, as he demanded on ihe Mth ovember.
`The
Marshal having re.faseti,. I have after negotiating the
th`tele day, concluded, in concert with the countai of defence,
e capitulation of which I have the honour to send a copy. I
ereU,
myself and some of my officers as prisoners of war, on
t:4(lition-that the remainder of tho garrison should be allowed
return to the northern provinces,. but all in vain.
Your Excellency will
sendthe additionatartiale,.that the
befoie the citadel i included iii• the capitulation.
t4'his article- was inserted by desire-of Captain Koopman, of
e navy.
k" In consequence of this .arrangeinent, I agreed with him
et six of the best gust-boats should.go.down the Scheldt during
niglit and the others be' destroyed.- It seems that the first
in
sli..iv
maid not beuffiteted, for I just learn that only one gun-
tftikt sailediand that- the eleven others were burnt or
crews.
iv '.l.`This, then, is the unhappiest day of my life; I would
ic
have
by
e
I,lled to end it by agforiOus- death,- but I- was net permitted.
it By the first oppoitimity I will mention to you` Excellency
ii9se Who have most distmintished themSelVes in his unhappy
1,,,,ege,' thattheir names- =LT laid'hefore Majesty our au-
'-`4q Sovereign.
The General Conimander=in-chief of the citadel of Antwerp,
of the forts dependent .on it, and of Ilis:Majesty's na-
val force on the Scheidt, BATION CLIA,;F:."
jhere follows GeneraiChasue's letter to Marshal Gerard, and
the capitulation.)
We, William, &e., desiring to give to our General of In-
Llitry, Baron Chasse, on the occasion that having as Coalman-
of the citadel of Antwerp, peen obliged, after a
,
lorious defence of that fortress against a superior French army,

inch works in secret, which pow-„ji ---- ' " "
ne of the ettadel of Antwerp, peen obliged, after it me scuuniirel Braddll 2954.—Yewcasee Journal'
iwlment" into the ears of the ignorant ,klor•
ttius defence of that fortress against a superior French army, ;tell that means were not adopted to apprehend the i‘n
ends forth its sworn agents to undern3 1 who claimed the child.--Leanangton Spa Courier. • T's". j.
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