Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-11-09


der, as We alike inese sed 10 the exiermos ion o.
the incendaries who mebacs us. We call upon the
citizens mutually to protect each other All persons
and all property under the protection OF ALL The
nobls cause which the people have caused TO triumph,
10 too pure 10 be allowed TO be soled by the commission
of sny sxce'ses. Let US leave TO the enemies Of Bel
WORD only into the ranks OF the Dutch Brussels, 30h
Sept. DE POTTER.
CHI ROGiERE,
SYLVAN VANDERWEYER.
To the Central Committee.
BRUssELs, Oct 6-The Independence Of Belgium
IL declared The following has just been published.
Declaration IF Independence The Provisional Go
ernment, con'deiing that IL important to tx the fu-
lure state of Belgium, DEGREES:
Art. l. The Provinces Of Belgium, violently dstaeh.
ed from n Hand, constitute. an iSp.rnSDENr STATE
2 The Central Committee shall occupy itself, 40
coon as practicable, in forming projsct oil Constitu'
ton.
8 A National Congress. where will be represented
oil the interests oil the Provinces, tha be cunvoksd
IL shall examine the prof Of Begic Constitution
shall modify il so far Il may judge expedent and
shall csuse it, as d,6nvs Constilution to DO sxscut
cd throughout all Belgium.
(Signsd) DE POTTER,
CHI. ROGIERE,
SYLVAN VANDERwEYER.
COUNT FELIX DE MERODE.
Brussels, Oct. 4, 1880.
The Provisional Government, in pursuance Of a re-
port from the Governor Of The Province, has decred
tina from hencsfoIth all the Communal titles sha
be elective The fortress OF Charlero, after having
bsen 'ummonsd TO surrender within 6ve days. refused
al capitulaoo, ard prepared for vigorous Defence
On the morning. Of the fourth, tho day which the
term EXPIRED the volunteers csd firing the toe
sin was sounded n all the neghbouring places. and at
length the commandant compelled TO yield upon
the following conditions The fortress shall be given
up. with all its ammunition and sores, which shall be
left in tho power Of tho inhabitants, The garrison,
composed OF 500 Dutch soldiers, shall depart alter lay
The following Royal Decree, issued at the Hague,
bears date Oct 4:
We. William. etc Considering that in tho actual
sla H. IF -
Of such Of them have hithsrto preserved order and
tranquility, cannot be carried at the Hague without
great d'ficuly-ard desiring, at the same time, to
cond with more immediate effect, the endsavors Of
the noned inhabitants OF those Provinces
rs-esisbsb order and tranquility, where il has be en
disturbed; and having taken into sderaton the Ad
dress presened TO the LIST inst by of the
notable inhabitants Of these Provinces We have de-
creed. and do decreeas follows
"Art. l. Our wslbeloved son, the Prince of Orange,
IL charged, in cur name, with the government Of ali
,ho,e parts of tho Southern PTovinces in which
authority Ia acknowledged.
Art q He will fix his residence at Antwerp.
Art 3. He will, by concliatoiy measures, second
and support as much possible. the efforts Of the we'll
ntentonsd nhabitsns to reesabIish order in those
parts OF The Prov iness where II has been disturbed
Art 4. Our Minister OF State, the Duke d'Ursel
our Minister OF the Waterstaat, OF NsonsI Industry
and the CooDier, and Ministers Of the Iuteor are
joined with our webeoved son. the Prince of Orange
TO act under his order' and asfst him pro iempore
the government entrusted TO him. Another article
appoints Council Of State to accompany the Prince,
anu assist biin with their advice.)
We extract the following passage from the Neder.
landsche Geda'cbten -" The debates on the Sepsra
ton may cause such delay, that a new kind Of unon
may IN the mean time become possible. The Southern
ger; the Dutch, for want of foresight NAV subject
ihemseives TO be attacked by the Bel CLANS whom hey
,l think OF subduing Let them rely the aid Of
Foreign Powers; these too much afraid of the
French, and Of revolution at home"
From tho Journal de Ia Belgiqus
We have received the follow ng from the Hague
nj nntr torE Iii H.
Belgian Members Of both Chambers Of the States en-.
eral, together with M. Van Sassevan Y..H, met, At
,ne hvma'ion oil the Government, in the First Cham
her, The object Of this meeting is said to have been
the choice OF Commission, which, under the Prince
OF ange, lie to take measures Tor the pacic of
the Province. AT IL o'clock, the Second Casmber AZ
semoied and discussed the proposition OF nj. Van Sy-
zama, which was rejected by majority of At TO 10
The two Chambers then united, and the Extraordinary
Session was ciosed with speech from the Minister OF
the eror in which he announced that the King had
appointed Commission TO prepare the project of a
iaD for The sepa, alton Of the ttoo divisions of the
kingdom.
The Germanic Diet have resolved. in order n nh,
down the insurreciion which has broken out in the
country oil Hanau, and other parts OF The Electorate OF
Reese ana 10 shelter the contiguous States from the
incuroDs oil the insurgsnt bands, to invite Bavaria b.
den and Nassau TO send corps OF troops up xed points
az well to cover their territory TO march PROMPTLY to
the PAGES whsre o'her Governments may require their
'u'conr. Tbs troops the Duchy of Nassau are al
eady at the points assigned to them. Moreover the
Diet have resolved that there shall be formed corps of
reserve Of oOOO Prusssns at WeIziar, 1000 Wirtem-
burglars at Hbronn, and 5000 Bavsrians q, Btueks.
nan. At about FIVE o'clock in the afternoon of tho 29tb
ulf. the band entered Nidda, burnt the Cas To- and
broke the windows OF several houses.
from the N. Y. Evening Post)
The intelligence brought by the Erie gives little
confirmation to the idea Of a general war in Europe
The indications OF disquiet in France little more
than free discussions OF public measures and are
more likely to lead 10 violent results than the
eferyescences of party spirit in country The
probability oil an interference in the of Belgium ia
very much diminished. AS one step towards the set
Element oil the controversy between that country and
the King OF the Netherlands the latter has
that shall form an Independent province governed by
his son as Lieutenant General, though il is doubted w
some whether the concession has not come too lato
The most frightfu accounts Of the excuses commit
ted by the Dutch soldiery ia the late combat at Brus
sells, have been received both in Paris and London
Letters published in the London Morning Chronicle
from Clergyman of the Church of England, detail a
series Of horrible barbares. According TO his sc-
count several young ladies' violated, and then in
kind ofsavage mercy buchered before their parents
Dutch villains in the late contest behaved with the
utmost bsrbsriiy and committed every kind of crime
Citizens without arms, ouod by them in their houses
were crucijed, burnt had their hands ears and nose
cut off, and their tongues torn out the Young ladies of
a school were violated by these monsters, and after.
wards massacred In short the diaboicaI deeds com.
med by these wretches arc such that Is impossible
to describe them, and should not believe them If thew
we're not confirmed by those who witnessed them"
The evaporation Of the people Of Belgium al these
cesscs has given additional strength their determine
ton never again 10 unite with Holland. I'm the mean
TINE they begin TO calculate their means Of resistance
The population Of Belgium IL estimated ut four millions
and The number ofmcn from rs so years OF age capa-
DC o. bearing arms in case Of an invasion, is computed
N.NF M q.