The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-21 00:00:00

HOLLAND AND BELGIUM.

ANTWERP, JAN. 18.—Tbe Observateur has the following
letter

" PARIS, JAN. 16.—Count Felix de Morose has laid be-
fore the French Cabinet the proposals which your Govern-
ment thinks of presenting to the Conference at London. The
fo.lowing are the bases of this proposed arrangement
Belgium shall retain all Limburg and all Luxemburg,
except the frontiers of Maestrecht and Luxemburg, which
shall continue to be the exclusive property of the [louse of
Orange, and of which the second shall continue to be occu-
pied by the troops of the German Confederation.'
" The communication between Maestrecht and Germany
at.d Holland shall be free, and without any impediment; the
use of the two military routes shall be guaranteed to the garri-
sen of the fortress, on the rayon of which Belgium will repair to
all military operations. The communication with Germany
shall likewise be free from impediment. Belgium will refrain
from all assembling of troops, and all military operations which
endanger the safety of that fortress.
" Belgium does not acknoe ledge itself a debtor to Holland
rr ore than a little above two millions of francs annually ;
neeertheless, in order to hasten the conclusion of peace, and as
a compensation for the concession to be made by the Cabinet
of the Hague, Belgium consents that this annual payment
should be increased to four millions of francs; it will besides
engage to ply to Holland sixty-five millions of francs, after the
exchange of the ratifications. (I do not answer for the cor-
rectness of this last sum ; it seems, however, that the proposed
indemnity, instead of being one hundred millions, as bas been
stated, does not exceed sixty-five millions.)
' Such is the plan which Count Merodet has laid before the
King of the French, requesting him to instruct Count &has-
tiani to support it in the Conference. It is said that his re-
quest has been favourably received."

We hear that the ♦acant Garter is to be given
to the Duke of Cleveland.

The present Duke of L'uckingham and Chandos is
expected to succeed his late noble father in the Coloneicy of
the Bucks Militia. No successor to his Grace as Lord Lieu-
tenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county has yet taken
place. The appointment will not take place until after the
interment. The Conservative dinner to the present Duke, at
Ti.ame, in Oxfordshire, on the 28th instant, will not take
pl Ace, his Grace having ceased to be a Member of the House
of Commons.

In the event of a dissolution of Parliament, Peter
Laurie, Esq., the nephew of Alderman Sir Peter Laurie, will,
it is reported, be proposed, upon the Conservative interest, as
a candidate for the representation of the borough of St. Mary-
lebonc.—Morning Post.

Sir John Awdry, it is said, is to succeed Sir Her-
bert Compton as Chief Justice of Bombay, and Mr. Henry
R4cr is appointed to succeed Sir J. Awdry. Mr. Roper was
f. r several y ears a practitioner at the bar in India.

Sir J. R. Carnac, the new Governor of Bombay,
and suite, will embark, on the 29th instant, on board the
Thomas Coutts, Indiaman, for the seat of his Government.
Lai), Carnac and family accompany Sir James.

THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.—Mr. Bentley, Pub-
lisher in Ordinary to her Majesty, New Burlington-street, has
just published the following New Works, which may now be
obtained of all booksellers and at all libraries. 1. Wild
Sports of the Forest and Prairie, by C. F. Hoffman, Esq.,
author of a Winter in the Far West ; 2 vols. post Bvo., price
sixteen shillings. 2. Mr. Trollope's new novel, The Widow
Barnaby ; 3 vols. post Bvo., price twenty-four shillings. 3.
Sam Slick's Bubbles of Canada ; one vol. Bvo., price twelve
shilling 3. 4. Rob of the Bowl, a romance, by J. P. Kennedy,
Esq. ; 3 vols., post Bvo., price twenty-four shillings. 5. In-
cidents of Travel in the Russian and Turkish Empires, by tho
author of Incidents of Travel in the Holy Land; 2 vols. small
8%3., price fifteen shillings. 6. Memoirs of Charles Mathews,
comedian ; 2 vols. Bvo., with numerous characteristic illustra-
tions. 7. ( Immediately) Legend and Romance, African and
European, by Richard Johns, Esq. ; 3 vols., post Bvo., price
twenty-four shillings.

ODESSA. DEC. 20.—The Governor-General of
Minor Russia, Gen. Federof 1., and the Commander-in- Chief
of the Military Colonies, Count de Witt, have received an Im-
perial rcsei ipt, of which the following is the substance:—
" The Emperor, desirous to assist foreign nations who are
in want of corn, and at the same time to enable Russian mer-
chants to satisfy without loss of time the orders for corn which
may have been, or might hereafter be, addressed to them, has
ordered--

" 1. That three-fourths cf the corn sow stored in the Go-
vernment reserve magazines and in :hose of the military colo-
nies, may be lent to Russian merchants, ;:rovided they could
show that they had received orders for corn fl'f.itu foreign
countries.

" 2. That the loan of this corn should be completely gratui-
tous, but on condition that the borrowers should restore it in
kind in the space of six months."

This measure proves both the desire of the Emperor to ac-
commodate Russian merchants, and his friendly disposition
towards foreign nations.
Of late the orders for our corn have been numerous and
very extensive. There are at this moment in our harbour 124
English, French, Italian, and Spanish vessels taking in cargoes
of wheat and barley. All the other harbours of the Black Sea
are equally encumbered with vessels, coming for the same
purpose.—Journal des Debats. . _

A hair-dresser, named Bickers, committed suicide
yesterday afternoon, at 14, Clement's-lane, by cutting his
throat. Two children were in the room at the time, and
the youngest, about two years old, was dabbling with its
fingers in the blood which flowed from iLs unfortunate parent.
Such is the present demand for straw plaiting, that
the earnings of females in the parishes of Braintree, Halsted,
and that part of the county are greater than the wages givers
at the silk mills the latter have in consequence experienced
a deficiency of hands. Applications have therefore been wade
to other parts of the county fol. girls to work in the mills, and
no doubt the hands will soon be supplied. There is at this
time in the Union workhouse here a family of the name of
Harris, deserted by the father, belonging to the parish of
131oomfield, consisting of Jano Harris, the mother, aged 49,
and her five girls, of the respective ages of 20, 19, 14, 11, and
8 This family may immediately earn in the silk mill some-
thlog more than 20s. a-week, and an arrangement is in pro-
gress with Mr. Courtauld to send them to this establishment
under the pi otection of the mother, for whom a cottage is to
be provided at a moderate rent. The temptation is great at
this tim-j for parishes to provide such families with the means
of earning their own living, the cost of maintenance in the
per head.—Essex Herald.
Union-house now averaging 3s, Bd.