BELGIUM.
I- The/Chamber of Depoties^by a 'vciteof 53 ; members against 39/ has rejected the Governjment" measureifo.r the fortification of Antwerp. ;On; the meeting of' the: Belgian Chamber of Representativeslon ■ the sth of i August, two Toyalrdewees were read .'by;-the Minister of the Interior,—one withdrawing; the Government iprojectcrelative to the fortifications of- Antwerp, s and' the' other pronouncing the close of the sesr ; sion. The assembly separated immediately. : A great, calamity has occurred at Antwerp. At 2: o'clock on it-he .'morning of the 2nd of August, the [famous old ; Exchange was totally : destroyed, by, fire. Nothing was saved: All ,j the archives: ofiithe administrative bodies are j destroyed. ';r, -,', '■'.':.. ■ , i
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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 627, 10 November 1858, Page 5
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