Belgium, Volume II by James Emerson Tennent

Huy -- The citadel -- Churches -- _The mineral and coal districts / of Belgium_ -- Prosperity of coal mines -- Quantity produced in / Belgium compared with other countries -- Its price at Ghent, / Brussels, and Antwerp -- Panic in 1836 for the exhaustion / of coal in Belgium -- Scenery of the Meuse -- Remarkable / individuals born in its vicinity -- Chateaux of Aigremont and / Chokier -- _Seraing_ -- Immense extent of the works -- Its produce / within its own walls -- History of the establishment -- Palace / of the Prince Bishops of Liege -- Encouraged by the King of / Holland -- The building -- Huge steam engine -- Surprising extent of / the operations carried on -- Iron works -- Halls for construction of / machines -- Vast numbers of workmen employed -- Its exports -- _Mr. / John Cockerill_ -- Extent of his speculations -- Development of / Seraing attributable to them -- Its future prospects -- Policy of / England in regard to the export of machinery -- _Importation of / machinery into Belgium_ -- Road to Liege -- LIEGE -- No sympathy / with its history -- Turbulent and unamiable character of / its ancient populace -- Prince Bishop declares war upon / France -- Share of the Liegois in the revolution of 1830 -- Her / threatened attack upon Seraing -- The town -- _Manufacture of / fire-arms and cannon_ -- A flax mill -- Its churches poor --

The Palais de Justice -- University -- _Scenery of the Vesdre_ -- The / railroad -- _Chaud-fontaine_ -- SPA -- Deserted -- VERVIERS -- The / town -- Conduct during the revolution -- _The woollen trade / of Belgium_ -- Want of native wool -- Extent and decline of / the trade -- Its causes -- Statement of M. Briavionne -- _Joint / Stock Companies_ in Belgium -- Account of two at / Verviers -- The mania for speculation -- Its failure -- The / Prussian frontier -- Limbourg -- Prospects of Belgium -- Her bad / condition -- Policy of the King of Holland -- That of the present / government -- Present aspect of their trade -- Impossibility / of competing with England -- Character of the Belgian / mechanics -- _Ruinous effects of the_ "REPEAL OF THE UNION."