The Sun.
London, England, 1830-12-27 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

• Slit,---An article having appeared in the Court Journal
through the culpable inadvertence of the person employed
by tee, reflecting on Mr. Wat. Holmes, M.P., I take de
earliest opportunity of contradicting the paragraph as
utterly false, and at the same time of expressing my sor-
row that the Court Journal should have been made the
channel of conveying to the public such malicious and
scandalous calumnies. HENRI COLBURN.
London, Dec. 20, 18$0.

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LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 97, MC

In another part of our Paper will be found a
full report of a spirited Reform Meeting, held
lately at Newcastle, a slight abstract of which
has already appeared in The Sun. We regret
to see Mr. LIDDELL—a gentleman who, during
the short time he sat in the House for the county of
Northumberland, distinguished himself not a little
11 his ability and good sense—coming forward
et this meeting in the unenviable character of a
Milk...and-water, vacillating Reformer. Surely he
111113 t be conversant enough with the signs of
the,, times, to perceive that the season of in-
decision—so far at least as Reform is concerned
`s-Is gone by, and that a bold uncompromising
hostility to the question is more likely to insure
the praise, perhaps even the sympathy of some
Peet of the community, than a slow, doubtful,
reluctant adhesion. if Mr. LIDDELL " lay the
flattering unction to his soul," that by advo.
*4tg a halting system of Reform, he will gain
the good opinion of the Reformers, and not
forfeit that of the anti-Reformers, we can
assure him that he will find himself most
egregiously in error. Between two stools
he •
will most assuredly fail to the ground.
lie must consent to be ant Caesar out nullus;
either to advocate Reform to the extent that the
exigencies of the times demand, or throw him-
-8:1111t once into the arms of the boroughmongers.
should he doubt the propriety of our sugges-
`l°H, we would refer him to the important public
meetings that are daily taking place in every
refer
of the United Kingdom. We would
him- to the tone of significant boldness,
energy, and determination that is gradually
;
e cling among the community, and investing
these
lleform
.n
terest. 'What
Meetings with an air of awful
was some months since
_e_Attette4 of Government in a supplicating
7husper, is now demanded of them in a 'voice
of
ttihunder, Nor is
is
1 us speakin g out. it the lower order that
The middling classes—
ik/e4ft.ilifierit, influential, middling classes, those

who represent the wealth, the prosperity, the inte-
grity, the intellect of the country—are at last awake.
The farmer has found out that Reform alone will
save him from titter ruin ; the master-manufac-
turer, that it is the only means whereby he can
render capital available ; the local magistracy, that
it is the one thing requisite to ensure their own
and . their neighbour's salvation. Let Mr.
LIDDELL, we repeat, peruse with attention
the details of the Reform meetings now so rife
throughout the kingdom. ; let him weigh well
the language and the style of argument that
pervades them ; and we arc convinced that he
will come to the only conclusion that any man
of judgment can adopt—namely, that the season
of hesitation on the paramount question of Re-
form is already with the years beyond the flood.

The French Journals give the most flatter-
ing account of the complete tranquillity of
Paris, and add that the late riots were of
a more eventful character than was at first con-
jectured. The trial of the Ex-Ministers was sup-
posed to afford an opportunity, which had been long
eagerly expected, for the lovers of anarchy:to bring
about another revolution.

The news respecting Poland is of unusual in-
terest and importance. The Emperor of Rus-
SIA has announced his intention of inflicting
summary vengeance on his revolted subjects,
and has already issued orders to the entire
body of the army of Lithuania to enter Poland
without delay. His Imperial MAJESTY is
in a high state of exasperation, so that
the Poles will have a most vindictive
power to contend against. Meanwhile it
gives us pleasure to learn that they are
fully aware of their situation, and are resolved
at all hazards to struggle for the preservation of
their freedom. Their disposable forces amount
to 140,000 men, 45,000 of whom are regular
troops ; 20,000 disbanded, who again take up
arms, and nearly 80,000 recruits. This force
if well organized, and above all, unanimous in
the assertion of their natural rights may do
wonders, even against the myriads of the Czar.
We expect shortly to hear news of an engagement
between the two Powers, which will of course be
bloody and desperate.

The following are extracts from German and

Dutch Papers received this morning :

Tna HAGUE, Dec. 19.—His Majesty has decided, by
a resolution of the 12th inst., that the infantry of the line
shall consist of the division of grenadiers, two bAttalions
of yagere, a depot, and of eleven divisions; and of three
battalions each, besides a reserve battalion and a depot.
Seven divisions out of the eighteen, of which the army
formerly consisted, no longer exist.
We learn that the three Commissioners of the Nether.

lands Commercial Society at Rotterdam have expressed, in
an address, that they are sensible of the possibility that a
change of circumstances may call for alterations in the
statutes of the Society, but they think that the present
moment is not suitable, and they therefore request that
no meeting of the Proprietors may be summoned till the
arrangement of the higher concerns of the state may allow
his Majesty to take a resolution on this subject, conform-
ably to the statutes, and to the interest of the Proprietors.
Baron Von Zuylen, late Ambassador from his Majesty
to Constantinople, is gone to London as Ambassador Ex•
traordinary to attend the conferences of the five Powers.
The organisation of the Militia proceeds with the greatest
activity in all the provinces.
13eca RADE, Nov. 29.—We learn frown Constantinople
that the Porte has agreed to tiie proposed extension of the
Continental frontiers of Greece to the line from the Gulf
of Arta to that of Volo, on condition that the arrange.
Meat respecting the islands remains unchanged, and that
the Allied Powers shall assist the Porte in obtaining the
voluntary submission of the islands beyond the line of the
Greek state which are still in a state of insurrection.
FROM TIIE MAINE, Dec. 10.—Letters from Genoa
say, that between the 13th and 17th of November, eight
of the most distinguished hilmbitants of that city had been
arrested. It is said that the Austrian Police had dis-
covered a conspiracy, and informed the Sardinian Govern-
ment.

Letters fron► the Netherlands say that Prince John of
Saxony will be invited to become King, and that at all
events it is resolved to have a Catholic King.
ILtwovEn, Dv.c. 18.—Though the second division of
our army is ready for service, no orders have yet been
given for the regiments composing it to leave their can•
ton men ts.

CoNszawriworut, Nov. 25.—0 n the 25th inst., Sir
Robert Gordon bad the honour to deliver his new cre-
dentials in a private audence of the Sultan, at Terapia.
On the 23d Count Guillemenot received from Paris his
new credentials as Ambassador to the Porte, and the latter
notifying the accession of Louis Philip.
The Pachalik of Erecroum is given to Essai Pacha,
Governor of Cararnania, which last, with the province of
Akseheber and Aksetai, is given to Elhadsch Ali Pacha,
late Governor of Ports of the Dardanelles, in which he is
succeeded by Saleb Pacha, formerly Governor of Erzoroum.
Don Antonia Schemeschan, who is appointed Archbishop
of the Catholic Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, ar-
rived here on the 12th.

VIZNNA, Dsc. 14.—Metalliques Four per Cents. 79 ;
Bank Shares, 1000. _

Dxc. 15.-sletalliques Four per Cents., 79 ; Bank
Shares, 1001.
BORSEN HALLE, DEC. 17, HALF-PAST FOUR, P.M.—
The arrivals of wheat during the week, which were not
very large, were easily disposed of, and in many instante•
higher prices than those of last Friday were obtained.
Rye maintained its price with some difficulty, owing to
the large supply brought into the market. Barley and
oats remain heavy, no purchases being made for exporta-
tion, and the supply in the market exceeding the demand
of our owe consumers. Small lota of malt are saleable.
During the past tea days of December, 24 cargoes of
corn passed through the Sound : of these six were bound
for British ports, one for Amsterdam, &c.
Weight. Rix dollars.
Dantzli l2'2 to 120 to
Silesian
Anhalt, white . 118 to 124 140 to 170
---- red 11.2'2 to 1:1......140 to 170
Danish NO to 128 100 to 120
Dantsic Rye llB to 122.... 94 to 100
Upland 116 to 123 B4 to 100
Vanish 116 to 120. BBlO 92
Petersburg!) and Riga 118 to 12' 96 to 100
Magdeburg!) Barley 9B to 104 72 to 76
Anhalt 9B to 104 72 to 77
Mecklenburgh —to 62 to 05
Upland Oats t 66 to 71...... 50 to 58
Mecklenburgh
Lower Elbe —to 20 to 50
Danish 66 to 75...... 40 to 60
Potneranlan Malt —to 06 to 70
Pease, yellow, Upland
116
Holstein Rapeseed ._ to —......186 to
Every species of stock has declined since yesterday.
Some important intelligence appears to have been received
by express, but the secret has not yet transpired. It is
known that just before the departure of the mail from
Berlin two Government couriers arrived from St. Peters-
burgh, one close upoa the heals of the other. The de-
cline may be estimated by comparing the prices below
with the following closing prices of yesterday—Polish
Bonds, 861—Anglo-Russian, 84—Austrian Bank Shares,
965. Discount 4 per cent.

End of December.

Anglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent ......
;54
Anglo.ltussian Loan 81!.4
Hamburg-Russian Loan BOl4
Polish Bonds B2
New Prussian Four per Cents. (1830)
Austrian Bank Shares O4O
Austrian sletalliques B3
New Austrian 4 per Cents. 73
AMSTERDAM, DEC. 21.
Actual Debt? 2% per cont 37% to 3311
Atnort Syndic, 4k, per cent.
Ditto. ditto, 3!4 per cent. ' 41A4 to 50
):=change.OD Lon don
, .
Two months ll 72 5.10
STocKuoLai, Nov. 30.—The celebration of the great
religious solemnity (in commemoration of the introduction
of Christianity into the North, 1,000 years ago), was an-
nounced on the 28th by a salute of 200 cannon. Ilis
Majesty could not be presents having been rather indisposed
for this last fbrtnight.
The Afarquis de St. Sanson is to be the new French

Ambassador. in the ronm of Count Montalembert. M
Tallerai is Charge D'Affaires till the Ambassador arrives.

The men of Rye have held a meeting in tha
Borough, for the purpose of expressing their sen-
timents on the late decision of a Committee of the
House of Commons as regards their election
privileges, and have come unanimously to the
very proper resolution that they have heard the
decision of the Committee with " indignation
and astonishment."

Those who have heard Mr. BUCKINGHAM'S
descriptions of the principal countries of the
East, give him the praise of being a clear, ani-
mated, and faithful painter of scenery, manners,
and events : and to this quality, as much perhaps
as to the interest of the countries themselves,
may be attributed the general popularity which
his Lectures have enjoyed. A new occasion is
aboultolbe presented for putting these powers to
the test. Instead of writing a book on France,
as Lady MORGAN has done, Mr. BUCKING-
HAM is about to speak his volume, in three
chapters, in Lectures, to be delivered at the City
of London Literary Institution, in the present
week, beginning with the first chapter to-morrow
evening, at eight o'clock. The public are to be
admitted as well as the members : and as this
seems to be a very short and easy method of
hearing the latest account of France and French.
men, from an eye-witness—we doubt not they
will be fully attended.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

• Montreal Papers to the 23t1 Nov., and Quebec to the
2tith Nov. have been received at tke North and South
American Coffee-house, but they do not contain any thing
of importance.

(From the Quebec Papers.)
The Speech of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor
at the opening of the Legislature is well calculated to excite
those feelings of harmony and cordiality between his Ma-
jesty's Council and the House of Assembly, which ought
ever to exist.

(From the Montreal Papers.)
IrAurax, Nov. 10.—We bad last night, for the first
time this season, a heavy fall of snow and elect, accom-
psnied with stormy gales from the Eastward.
lavEnrooL, DEc. 25.—The import this week of Cotton
is 3,973 bags, and the sales 5,550 bags at a further de-
cline of id. per lb.. In sugar 1,200 hhds. have been sold
this week at full prices, with 400 bags of fine white I3en-
gal at 625. 6d. to 631.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY,

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, DEC. 24 AND 26.—Wind N.W., light.—
Nearly 911 the outward bound sailed yesterday. Arrived
the Sir Ed.vard Codrington, Child, and Endeavour, Col-
linson, from Quebec; Hot-molly, —, from Miramiehi ;
Elizabeth, —, from Pictou ; and Salt's, —, from
North America.

FALMOUTH, Dn. 23, 24, AND 25.—Wind N

Sailed the Frolic packet, for Rio Janeiro and Buenos
Ayres; and his Msje,ty's brig Roy:dist, for Lisbon, wilh
snail. Arrived his Majesty's ship Leveret, from Ply-
mouth.

Cowes, Dec. 25.—Wind N.E. —Sailed the Renown,
Henderson, for Van Diemen's Land.
MARGATE, DEC. 26.—Arrived the Wanderer, —,
from the Cape of Good Hope; Adventure, Ilulin, from
Monte Video; Mary Ann, Rees, from St. John's ; and
Favourite, Monktnan, from Cadiz.
CORK, Dec. 24.—Arrived the Robert, Watt, Eli-
zami, Hall, and Martha, Robson, from Quebec.
GazErrocx, 24.—Arrived the Firth, Hunter,
from St. John's, New Brunswick.

Duntax, DEc. 25.—Arrived the Boyador, from
St. Übe's; and Catsar, M'Gallan, from Quebec.
WATERFORD, I)Ec. 2l•.—Artived the Blenheim,
lard, from Quebec ; and Quebec, 11Iuon, from Memel.

The Lord Mutgrave, Cordingly, from Miramichi, has
arrived Off Lowestoft.

The Lively-, Tripp, from Bordeaux, has arrived off
Dover.

The John Craig, Thompson, has arrived off Dover,
from Ceylon, saiied Aug. 3, and from the Cape Oer. 3.
The Joshua, Prouse, from Liverpool to Vera Cruz, was
wrecked on the 22i1 Oct, about six leagues from her des.
tination—part of the cargo expected to be saved.
The Despatch, Goodwin, from Oporto to Londonderry,
was on shore at Loch Ryan on the 3d inst., and filled
with water.

The Warrior, Brown, of Irene, wag aground on Alis
sigit Bar on the 20th ult.
The Ellen, Taylor, from Liverpool to Newcastle, was
totally wrecked near Holy Island on the 20th inst.
The h ope, Hutchinson, from Sunderlani to Scarbo-
rough, is wrecked near 'Rey.
The Leighton, Davies, from Bangor to Boston, was
driven on shore near Cardiff on the 22d inst., but expected
to be got off.

The Mary, William, from Newport to Liverpool, sunk
near Ahergalo on the 234 inst.
The Rotterdam, Laming, from London to Rotterdam,
was driven on -shore on Goree Beach on the 20th inst.—
crew and passengers saved; cargo landing.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE.

Last week's arrivals of most kinds of grain were moderate,
and of dour tolerably good. This morning there is not much
corn of any kind fresh up. There being some accumulation of
ice on the river, the lightermen are therefore unwilling to risk
their craft, and, in consequence, very little business is doing
this morning. All kinds of grain support last Monday's terms,
except oats, which, being much wanted, are MI Is. per quarter
dearer. Flour is not yet established at ti s. per suck, but should
the frost continue, that must be the top price.

PRICKS ON BOARD OF SHIP.
Wheat, lied (old)
—White (old)
Red 1830) ... 545. 60s. Tick (new).... 34i 375.
Fine 6:li, 64a. • (old) .... 355. 3.45.
Superfine.. (iBO. Ins. Harrow (new) Xs. 38s.
White (1830). W. 645. ,
Fine Ws. —s.

Brank
Oats, Feed..

'tine 725. 755.
free 541. 70s.
Ms. 130 s.
:289. 32.4.
14s. :17s.
New 40s. 41s.
545. (10s.
W2s. figs.
w Wt. 383,
'ew llBs. 41s.
40s. 445.
465. 48s.

New ...

- Poland
New.,

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New

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Bran

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tlls. :15s,
"4s. 28s.
—s. —s.
!Ns. 30s,
31c 3:11.
22s 21s 1.145.
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it ry 48% 5:14
Os. 10s.