Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-11-05


y they drew OFF during the evening, and passing by
the wall of the Boulevard, towards the country they
returned on the following evening, after long detour,
and entered The town by the gate of Ha
However, during the night many houses were &C.
cuped by the troops well in the Rue Roy ale
wa:ds the .Namur gate, The fire opened at
o'clock on the morning of Friday the 2Ith The fire
OF the Bourgeois very spirited add they rradu-
ally dsodged the Dutch soldiers from the houses in
the Rue de Namur, and forced them tn take refuge
in the Park. the Hotel of Bellevue that of the An
Glen Cafe Of the Emperor, the Place Royae, Fan
Glen Hotel des Gales, and at the corner Of the Rue
de la Lui. Many houses in the Rue dIsabe1le, IN
front OF the staircase of tn" Mbothcuue were filed
by volunteers. I'ho States General, the Palace the
houses near the staircase of the bliothecue, were
! In the hands Of the Du;c!i. Ftom all these pop,s
! there Issued heavy fire OF muskctry. In the Park
the soldiers endesvored TO cover themselves bv the
trees and among Their thick clusters.
One of tier pieces of cannon, in battery the
boulevard, showered bullets into the interior OF the
town.
/ AT the Bapk, the bullets knocked down chimney.
and penetrated the walls of ONE of the rooms l. Es
tamnet la vue du Pare received more than dozen,
which pierced and shattered the walls The hotel of
! the Due d'Trael and the Wood market were also
damaged. Upon the Contensteen, The house of NJ
Leggc was struck by bullet, which carried away
n part of the wall of the first door. These
rences excited The mos. general indignation, aud
an extent difficult to describe
Towards evening, many confagrations burst forth.
The most terrible that of the Manege. which
n1Tn lIDm WIS lnCrc consumed. Du-
ring the grea est raging OF the fire, soldiers
posted AT The houses the Biblothcque fred, is
sad,-upon the inhabitants who were endeavoring to
eX inTush The flames.
j, is even said that the fire communicated by
shells the previous evening the firing ceased
and the night was tranquil. On Saturday he 25 h.
he combat began anew about o'clock in the
ling To tie taking fthe Park all Efforts were then
directed. The volunteers made repeated attacks
and entered many parts of it. As we'll from the side
of the Mountain of the Park, from that of the
Place Rnyae, the Braban, flag borne along the
middle OF the Park; but it appeared that the confu
sion with which these different attacks we're made
dd not for the momeht permit of their being follow
ed up with advantage. The Volunteers were several
times Obliged to the Park, and il is even
said that by fatal mistake two troops of citizens
fired upon each other However the Dutch troops
enclosed in the Park dreadfuily futIrncd and
they lay down in their positions for rest. Such was
The exact state "f hpgs yesterday evening; nothing
has this day changed u, the troops remained always
Ill The Park, and at this the fire of the IT.
raleurs continues
= superior officer was taken prisoner on FRIDAY
; morning Another was subsequently taken; thew
were both sent to the ARTILLERY barracks and from
thence to L'Amigo.
Hospitals have been established in the chopels of
the Madelaiue and st. Anne and in many other rub
lie an! private houses Every where the brave in
| habants receiving and succourinr the wounded
Rentnrcencn's have arrived from ali he neihborinr
towns, and they cumbat with great arlour and al
once, not wiihsanding the fatigue of their previous
marches.
! BY an order of General Wan.hicr. the so,1ic~.
employed in the citadel of Tourney received dnube
tations, campaign On the morning of the
2st the cannonicrs, instead of ohnung heir works
on the bastons. have abandoned their tools and de
parted.
I "a NEW VICTORY.
j LoUvAIN, Sept. Oh
ls'Despatches to NJ Baron VanderIinden ID tIoouvors
1 Commander in Chief of the Bourgcoise Guard of
Brussels
CAT O'clock Yesterday morning the Dutch attack
t ed Louvain from the side of the gate of Mnulnes.
and discharged several shells when we advanced to
repnlse them At 10 O'Clock we received news tina,
part OF the Dutch army of Tongrcs had set ont FIR
Lovain in great force, and with many cannops sbou,
II O'Clock the troops fact already before our
town, upon which they began an immediate attack
by discharge OF cannon, and vollies of musEetry-
We sustained this attack, and brave inhabitants
made sortie which attended With complete
success; for at o'clock retreat and confusion were
In the Dutch army which furiously assaed by
Cur brave patriots, aud driven to Trlemont where
their route became race owing TO the valiant ress-
lance of the people of that town, who would not nor
init them to retire through it. we have many pris-
oners and our loss trling.
| "Signed by the Commandcr-in Chief ofthe citizens
OF Louran. u. NEEF"
BY further accounts we learn from Paris bv onr
letters of Tuesday evening" that on tile 9Th the Bel
gaDs had attacked and succeeded in driving tho Dutch
troops from the Park In Brussels and he neiobohood
and that the town was free. LETT from Brussels
of the eth says that The troops OF Prince Frederick
have been beaten on all sides and that the Beyian
inhabitants are every where armDg against the Dutch
The fortress of Mons is in the power of the Bermn
inhabitants, who have attacked Ah and, assisted by
the inhabitants of that place, have made themselves
masters OF the garrison who had laid down their arms
The same success has just taken place at Tournav
From the Courier des Pays Bas of Tuesday, Sept 90
| BRUSSELS, Sept. 81.
Our readers Informed that till further notice
the Provisional government will communicates lie
official news through the medium of the Courier dcs
Pays Bas
Victory! The hordes ofbrigands who, under the
name of soldiers, had penetrated into our walls have
been forced TO abandon hem this night. The despe
rate engagement yesterday proved to them that was
impossible to enter Brussels in spite Gifts nhabisuts
Our artillery, the command of which has been since
Friday confded to experienced officer Yesterday
made great slaughter Of our barba, Gus enemies
The commander had found favorable position from
which he directed his artillery to the lower grounds
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