Courrier des Pays-Bas
The Courrier des Pays-Bas (German: The Dutch Courier ) was a liberal Brussels newspaper that was the most important voice of the Belgian opposition in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands .
In 1828 the editor Louis de Potter , who had strongly criticized the government of Wilhelm I , was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 guilders. This political process was the most spectacular clash between the liberal opposition and the authoritarian government of the king. Immediately after his release, de Potter and others were sentenced to eight years' exile on April 30, 1830 for revolutionary writings.
The Courrier des Pays-Bas was instrumental in the outbreak of the Belgian Revolution in 1830 and at that time was by far the largest newspaper in Belgium with around 4,500 subscribers. Numerous protagonists of the revolution were editors at the Courrier des Pays-Bas, alongside Louis de Potter Lucien Jottrand , Alexandre Gendebien , Jean-Baptiste Nothomb and Sylvain van de Weyer . In 1832, Jottrand took over as owner and editor-in-chief of the newspaper, which has now been renamed Courrier Belge .
Web links
- Original text of the Belgian national anthem, as it was printed on September 7, 1830 in the Courrier des Pays-Bas at: magasinpittoresque / La Brabançonne . (The text is still relatively Orange-friendly almost two weeks after the performance of the opera " Die Stumme von Portici " and a few days before the first performance of the Brabançonne in the Brussels Opera House on September 12, 1830. The song became the melody Air des Lanciers Polonais sung.)