Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-11-10

he troops retiring frsm Brsssels On
Aatwerp, for fsreemeuts, had been
fallen upon BY the Seuple. whe msssa.
cred the advanced guard. AntwespI
10 slAert to have riscn. md 0hent u
prebs6ly BY this time in possession Of
the Belgian forces. The King can
have nothing 10 oppose this torrent
lT he sueceeLs in getting the Dutch
pertien q HE troops ssCe hack 20 uol-
land. he msy esteem himsesf 80 far for
.tupate. AZ for the Belgians, they
will, unquestipnably, join the National
The reioicings among the people or
Antwerp and Amsterdam, were gene.
raj; bot under the expectation that
fresh reiufercements would be sent =
ysinst Brussels, the most active prepa-
raticns continued 10 be made by the
inhabita0ts for defence. If Nc are
20 credit the sccounts from Aptw erp,
the King. who had been much indis.
posed, had refused three times 10 sign
the order for the whole power Of the
artillery % be directed against Brus.
sells. by which so many lives would be
lost. and 90 much property destroyed (;
seeing. however. that such q measure
was indispensable, IL 10 said he had
overcome his seruples, and that before
the advices left Antwerp, the artillery,
With large body Of troops, were Ieav.
ing the place on their way 10 BRUSSELS,
TO recommence the attack. Another
account from Antwerp, written in
great hasie, N the mail was about tn
be sent Oh. says, that the military
there had refused to act against the
Bruxellois. According to proclama-
ton, issued BY order Of Prince Fresle.
rick, after the retreat, and dated from
head quarters, the troops under his
commsnd might have retained posses
sion Of Brussels from the moment they
entered. if he had brousht the whole
power Of the artillery against it.
! There was report in London, on
the evening Of the 30th, that an ARMS.
tice, to last for three days, had been
agreed upon by the contending parties
at Brussels. Although something oI
this sort 10 noticed in one or two ol
the private commu nications from Ant.
werP, bad Il been true, 90 important a
tact must have transpired FROM q va.
riety Of other quarters.
Some Of the accounts estimate the
whole number Of killed and wounded
in the tumult at Brussels at upwards oil
1000. They concar in representing
the Dutch troops ~ guilty Of the great.
est excuses. Among other inst G co,
II 10 stated that after killing an Eng
lish woman, they bore her infant on :
bayonet through their ranks.
Al Licge, the populacs are complete
masters. The Governor, Mr.. Sand
berg, had fied, and Q Provincial com
mission had been appointed for the
maintenance Of order.
AT Malinss, attempts had been made
to excite the people 10 revolt, and q
disarm the troops, who kept unde,
arms day and night. Great riots had
taken place at Tirlemart, sad the Bur.
gomaster. It was reported, bad been
murdered.
In Brussels, even women and chill
dren assisted the people, the former b,
throwing stones, the latter by cutting
the girths Of the cavalry.
GERMANY.-Symptoms Of asita
ton have begun to manifest themselves
in Hanover.
At Brunswick, 67 sgitators had been
arrested, and tranquility xas restored
kUSSiA.-There 10 no news Of any
moment from Russia. A letter from,
st. Petersburg mentions that choicra
morbus was prevailing TO a most la
snentable extent in some Of the south.
ern cantons. There does not appear
tn have been any foundation for the
Frankfort letter writer's story Of an
insarreetion IN ST. Petersburg. The
rumor probably grew out Of the dis.
oontentsd proceedings at Frankfort.
LONDON, OCT. !.
On Wednesday the Duke Of Wei.
lingion gave grand dinner To Prince
'TaIleyrand.
a private letter from Paris saws
I" To-day every one is talking Of q war
with Prussia. Is the King Of Prussia,
then, weak enough to attack BeIgium
wheu Berlin is in revolt, and the Rhe.
nish provinces in insurrection : Louis
Philip. King Of Tho French, desires
peace, yet the first Prussian soldier
who enters Belgium will render q war
with France not merely certain but in.
dispeDsable.-
We are enabled TO confirm the &C
count Of the detection Of The troops n
Oslend. On Tuesday nigh, there was
rising OF the populaee, when all the
troops IN garrison, amounting 10 lrom
800 to 5000 men. marched out Of
their quarters, assembled in the Grand
Place, aud to a man laid down their
arms.
TouIos, sEFT. si.--I.ettsrs from
Alexandra, IN Piedmont, say thas the