Litchfield enquirer., 1830-10-14


 au Petit Sabi0n, opposite the prison Of Pet its CaFmes. When the people were before this residence, the evaporation seemed to have reached its highest pitch.
 The doors, being burst in, shortly atteV- wards gave free Admittance to ths multitude, who poured in with the cries of " Down with Van Manheim !" Furaiture and effects Of every description were demolished. The troops wished to restore Order. but they were too feeble. They were attacked, disarIned, and obliged to retreat. Alter this first explO- sion the multitude seemed to concert meas ures, and set fire to the building. The smoke appeared rapidly the crowd rushed cut and 1 ranged itself round the hotel, and declared that it would not retire before the building was burnt down to it's very foundation. The cOnhagration made great progress. The flames were perceivable already from afar- 1 the fremen hastcned to the spot with their engines, towards 4 o'clock, but they were re- pulsed and forced to return tO the Hotel de Vile. This vast edifce being set on fire ser we'd thus as a point of assembIage-a RWM- Der of wOrkmcn ran to the spot without Pia- l laging, but likewise withO1t retiring.
 l During the night gunsmiths had been com peled to deliver up the arms contained in their stores. The people distributed them. | Towards five o'clock in the mOrning. the
  I-talion of chasseurx and battalion of grena- I diers spread themselves in companies through the streets where the agitation was greatest. It was the Place SablOn where, about six O'- clock in the morning, an officer Ordsred a 1 platoon to fire, and where the struggle became bloody. Presently the wounded were seen being carried home. ....
 This armed force traversed the streets, fir ing multiplied volleys; Il fired sometimes :n- l to the air, and sometimes on the crowd. The l houses were shut up, and the windows lined with women and curious people; the streets were crowded, being sometimes invaded and 1 sometimes deserted. The inhabitants were armed with guns, swords, and cudgels; they then posted themselves at the corner of the streets. ...'.-
 Some wOrkmen have torn from the shops of the Purveyors of the Court the Arms of the Royal Family, and many of the trades | men have spontaneously taken them away.
 That day some of the good citizens met, and agreed that it was highly important. fl possible, to restore order. The paper which ! gives us the above particulars, concludes by advising the citizens to conquer their liberty T by order.
 The troops, instead of allowing themselves to be beaten or destroyed in detail, as n Paris, retired within their barracks, till reinforce ments were sent for. About ten o'clock the whole garrison of Brussels, consisting of gensdarmes, troops of the line, and cavalry, drew up in the Place Royale in front of the J palace, and looking to the park. They re- mained in this position for many hours, and 1 different detachments from the Degboring posts in the country continued to join them. ti in the afternoon they amounted to about 5000 men, hut without artillery.
 | No OR nP fan a letter of that day,) has yet appeared to di- rect the movements of the revOlutiOnists.- The hatred of Dutch sway seems deep and general among all classes; but the actual riot 1 CTS are chiefly those who complain Uf high 1 taxes and want of bread.
 1 Messengers were sent off to the Hague, 1 (where the King resides every other year, the alternate years being spent at Brussels and it was reported that similar movements might ! be expected at Liege, Ghent and Antwerp, on the receipt of the intelligence hut it would seem from the latest accounts we have, that the instruction in Brussels was made without any preconcert abroad. One of the papers before us pronounces it a miserable imitation of the revolution of France, with out its spirit or its provocatiom. In some re- spects, however, the conduct of the Brussels populace is worthy of commendati0n. and seems to indicate something of that principle which all would hope to see. They were very moderate and humane towards the sol diery, and punctilliously suppressed every appearance of disposition to piage, though they took arms and drank liquors.
 The shops and churches were shut during the 26th. The streets had not been unpaved, but trees had been cut down for barricades. The moderate people most dreaded that Prus- sian troops might be brought in by the gov ernment, which would produce blOOdshcd.
 The Governor and COmmandant left the city. The editor of the "National," into whose office the mob first broke, was an Ital- ian, son of the minister of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and was paid 4,5OO Aorins by the government. Thetypes Sc. were destroyed; and the house of the printer quite emptied. The furniture of the Commandant, being ta- ken from his house, was all burned. About noon barley took place, and much to the tranquiliZing of the people, the troops march ed out and left the city to the national guard, which was under ans to the number of 5000. The tri-cOlOred flag was flying on the Hotel de Vile. ,
 A few days before these scenes occurred, the following placard was posted at Brussels {:
 Io-day Jfrsporks!
 Tomorrow aiMminatiOW!!
 "NeSe day RevalGtiOn z! !"
 A letter published in the London Times, dated at Brussels, Aug. 2Sth, holds out hope of speedy termination of tho revolt at that city. It is clear, from the convOcation