The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-11-10


the Dutch garrison are prisoners of war. This
conquest is due TO the courage of the inhabi-
tan;s of the town and the surrounding villages,
who summoned the fort to surrender, and made
preparations TO attack it by force. quantity
of materiel and ammunition was found in it.
Yesterday the castle of Namur surrendered,
Baron de Stassart, Governor of the Province,
accompanied by great number of horsemen,
went thither to Lieutenant General Van Geen,
who was conducted TO his house in the town.
NJ. de Stassart afterwards went back to the cas-
tie with above 1000 citizens, and hoistcd the
colors of Drabant. The Dutch soldiers set out
last night for Luxembourg. On the Ist inst
the captulaton of the citadel of Tourhay was
signed, and the citadel surrendered by the
Butch to the Provisional Government
BRussELs, Oct. 6.
The Independence of Belgium is declared
The following has just been published;
ISDEPENDENcE OF BELGIUM.
The Central Committee taking into consid-
eratlon, thatit is necessary to settle the future
state of Belgium, DEGREES:
Art. list. The provinces of Belgium. violent
ly separated from Holland, will constitute an
independent state.
Art. I'd. The Central Committee, shall sub
NIT as soon as possible draught of Consli-
tuition
be represented all the interests of the provin-
ces, shall be conVoked. 1t shall be their duty
to examine the project of a Belgian Constitu-
ton and modify the same as they shall deem
proper, and shall cause it to be observed as a
detinitive Constitution throughout all Belgium.
[SIgned by the Committee
The following Royal Decree, issued at the
Hague, bears date Oct 4;
We, William, etc. Considering that in the
actual state of the Provinces of the kingdom,
the government of such of them as have hith-
erlo preserved order and tranquility cannot be
carried on at the Hague without great difficult
ty, and desiring at the sane time TO second
with more immediate effect the endeavors of
the well intentioned inhabitants of those prov
lnceS to reestablish order and tranquility where
ut has been disturbed and having taken into
consideration the Address presented to us on
the lst inst. by several ofthe notable inhabitants
ofthese provinces, we have decreed, and do de-
cree as follows:
Art. l. Our well beloved son the Prince of
Orange is charged in our name, with the gov
eminent Of all those parts OF the southern prov
inces in which legal authority is acknowledged
" Art. :. lie will fix his residence at Antwerp.
art. 3 He will, by conciliatory measures,
second and support as much as possible, the eff
forts of the well ntentioned inhabitants to re-
establish order in those parts of the provinces
where it has been disturbed.
Art. 4. Our Minister of State, the Duke
d Ursel, our Minister OF the Waterstaat of Ma
tional Industry and the Colonies and our Min
lister of the Interior, are joined with our well
beloved son the Prince of Orange, to act under
his orders and assist him, pro tempore, in the
government entrusted to him." (Another arti-
Gle appoints Council of State to accompany
the Prince, and to assist him with their advice J
Extract of a private letter -" Don Juan
Van Halen carries on the war of partizans with
the greatest activity. The enemy is harrassed
by sorties without intermission, covert ways
are formed along the boulevards, and the gates
are carefully barricaded. Yesterday morning
ten pieces of cannon left the town. destined Il
is said, to form batteries in tie wood of Lin
thondt, on the heights that command the town
by the Louvain gates. This morning three
corpses, found in the houses abandoned by the
Dutch troops, exposed IN the b.srvinq
ground. | went to see them. One had the
eyes torn out the second was without hands or
feet, and the third was even more hc,ribly mu-
tilated. On the Oath ult, tho Dutch sent ont
of the Louvain gate, SO cart loads of dead and
wounded, the result of the action of tae preyi-
Gus day"
CharlerOi, Oct. 6. Our town yielded at
o'clock, p. NJ. Two days were allowed to the
troops to evacuate the place, laying down their
arms and carrying with them nothing but their
baggage .Nateriet valued at two millions and
upwards has been found in this place