The Sun. — 1832-12-26 (London, England)

ANTWERP, DEC. 24, HALF-PAST 11 IN THE MORNING. he 12 gun-boats are all destroyed by fire, ‘l4rlk. The steam-boat Le Chasse is among t}l'utriber. is said that Commander Koopman, rather ," Permit the gun-boats to fall into the hands .the enemy, came to the resolution of blowing u • Th P. e garrison of the citadel will remain three in the citadel, waiting the return of a cou;t sent by Marshal Gerard to the Hague.  A BRUSSELS, MONDAY EVENING, Dec. 24. ,;111 the world is at Antwerp, and the cafes  saloons are deserted.  You can form no  1`4,0f the sympathy of the Belgians for the fate ,Itee brave Chasse ; there is a sort of general i,llrning in each family, and every person you *et bears the stamp of having experienced ~ great misfortune. The Belgians have al.)s Considered the struggle at Antwerp as be,'4 the Dutch and the French, and with the 1 J°rity of the nation the former is the greater The French Marshal will not be Pleased with the demonstrations in favour of ril're honoured, though more unfortunate, The f,ll e French are again at their tricks and mat i°tes; they intend sending back a regiment niantry which was on its route to Antwerp, 4:1 earnest of their wishes to quit the country. 14'1 a French diplomatist shows any thing like -r°l-1r he is most to be dreaded. he Rothschild Loan rose 4 per cent. in con'r'ence of the fall of the citadel. he Phare, an Antwerp Ministerial journal, that the French opened their fires against itadel on the Fete of St. Barbe, the patron ,he artillery ; and that the citadel capitulated brie 23d, the Feast of St. Victoire, the patron i'rance* /)lie King left this morning, at 1 o'clock, for pne deplorable condition in which Major de Qti ,Itaine found the citadel, beggars all de)eiriOn. Not a house was left which could 5i the the garrison ; their ammunition and pro) 18 Were either destroyed, burnt, and blown , yalid only sufficient food was left for one igel'ations. The casemate, or vaulted pasvl, were all knocked clown ; and Chasse bim• .14„ 48 seated in a vault at a table, with every 6, -Ile ground him destroyed by the bombs. To garrison bore their misfortunes with great iphe,rY and devotedness, and, until Friday In not a murmur escaped their lips_ Nitethat night a deputation of the garrison e,(l on Chasse, an urged him to make a rerate sortie; and edither to succeed in spik.  mg the guns of the besiegers, or fall in the attempt. They complained that the fire of the enemy prevented them from standing to their guns, and that they preferred risking their lives on the field of battle to being murdered by bombs coming from an enemy away from their sight, and against whom they could take no sure aim. Chasse felt all the force of this remonstrance—termed a mutiny by the French and Belgians—and from that moment he seriously thought of a capitulation. To attempt a sortie he knew was worse than madness—to continue to depend on the citadel in its present dilapidated state was impossible— and, having proved to the world the bravery of his men, and satisfied the honour of his country, he considered it no degradation to succumb to superior force. The first interview the French parlementary had with Chasse, he was introduced with his eyes covered. The veteran, the instant he saw him, ordered the bandage to be removed. " We have no more secrets," said he " admire the glorious works of your bombs—tell Marshal Gerard the exact situation of the citadel."