The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-12 00:00:00

HOLLAND

Tea HAGUE, Nov. 8. —The Avondbode has the following
news from our Eist India possessions :
" The st.tte of affairs in the interior of Padang and in the
Tigablas Killas continues to be favourable. A moveable
column under the command of Major Westenburgh has com-
menced its operations northward, against the inland chief
Tamboesy. In the first place a C;rt belonging to the enemy,
on the left bank of the river Dasak, was taken, after a very
obstinate resistance, by Lieutenant Baudiin, who commanded
the vanguard of the expedition. Our troops afterwards made
themselves masters of the enemy's fortifi. d. position at Locboe
Oute, ou which occasion Major Westenhing and likewise; six
subalterns and privates were wounded, and we have besides to
lament the loss of Second-lieutenant Latc ur.

His Majesty's frigate Zoan returned on the 11th of May, to
the road of Padang, from a cruise to the northward, and had
touched at Tapanoeli, Barns, Tapocs, and Slake]. The com-
mander of the vessel is said to have found the inhabitants of
the kingdom of Achin very amicably disposed tow:,rds the
Netherlands Government.
" In the territory of Palembang no change had taken place
io the unfavourable state of things. A moveable column of
267 officers and privates, with 80 proas, had set out on the
12th of May for the capital, Palembang, to Mocara Blite.
His Majesty's corvette Castor arrived at Padang on the 28th
of May. The above expedition seems to have some connec-
tion with the intended union of the residency of Palembang
with the division Bencoolen, vs it was accompanied by the
Commission appointed for that purpose by the Governor.
" The accounts from the Moluccas to the 9th of May last
are, on the whole, not favourable respecting the disorder that
prevails there. Among the persons who had fallen victims to
it, Captain Beer and Lieutenants Zwescryn and Valkemer are
mentioned. The Rev. M. Veekmans, who was present at the
shipwreck of the Williani, steam-boat, had likewise fallen a
victim to the disorder. The Governor of the Moluccas re- '
mains in good health.
In Termite, as has already been mentioned, there was on
the 26th of February a violent eruption of the volcano, in
which four natives, who had just before descended into the
crater to seek for sulphur, perished.
" News has been received of the result of the expedition
mentioned in our previous accounts of his Majesty's corvette
Boreas, accompanied by the colonial brig Siwa, and two
boats, against the pirates of Floris. The chief karnpong,
Goege, of the Rajah of Larautoeka, and seven kampongs
the Bay of Ende, to the north of Floris, had been destroyed
as a severe chastisement of the inhabitants, for their piracies
and trading in slaves. At Ense it was first attempted, but
without success, to open a negotiation. The I'es:stance that
was made by the inhabitants, and especially by the Boeginese
who were there, is said to hate been very obstinate. Two
men were killed on board the Boreas, and two wounded on
board the Siwa.

" His Mejesty's iron steam-beat Recta, after making various
excursions, was gone to Bali and Lonalmk.
" Pevfect tranquillity prevailed. in Java. The duties on
importation and exportation in Java and Madura had produced
in April and May the sum of 1,058,954 f., which is 489,287 f.
more than in April and May, 1836, and 360,276 f. more than
in the same mouths of 1837.
EIJI A N NDS—But:gsErc, Nov. 10.
Actual neat, 2},i per Cent.
frotichil,P6 Loan, 5 per Cont. 1024.
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent,
-- 3 per Cent.
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent
Society of Commerce, 41.; p, Cent 145
BaAlc ul Belgium, 5 per Ccnt 143
National Society
--EYrussels Papers, Nov. 10,

GERMANY.
BERLIN, Nov. 3. —The publication in the German news-
papers of the treaty of commerce between Great Britain and
Austria, the ratifications of which were lately exchanged in
London, has created a sensation in Germany which proves haw
fully they appreciate the importance of those two nations
being on a friendly footing, and the counterpoise it affords to
the influence which Russia is constantly seeking to gain in
the countries where constitutional principles are more and
more disseminated and understood. But the feelings of dis-
like towards the Russians which exist there are quite as ge-
neral in Prussia. Even in Bohemia this is equally the case,
where their attachment to the Catholic religion is proverbial,
and there is such a similarity between their language and that
of Poland that they feel the most lively interest in all which
occurs in the Polish provinces of the Russian empire. The ef-
forts used there for the purpose of forcing the Greek religion
on the inhabitants have completely alienated the Catholic
clergy, who do not seek to conceal their hatred of those whom

they consider as their greatest enemies ; and they possess
means of transmitting intelligence, which no government, how.
ever despotic, can prevent. I am informed that where persuasion
or menace has failed in inducing the peasants to call them-
selves converts, the agents of the Russian Government gene-
rally give them spirits, and while they are in a state of intoxi-
cation make them sign a declaration of their having, along
with their families, abjured the Catholic religion. When they
again come to their senses this step is looked upon as irrevo-
cable; the clergy are forbidden to intet fere under the severest
penalties. In two instances lately, individuals in Lithuania,
who had presumed to oppose those iniquitous measures, were
seized, degraded as priests, and then shot ; and the conse-
quence often is, that those who have signed avoid applying to
the Greek clergy for the solemnization of marriage or baptism,
and prefer living on in a state which must be reprobated even
by all the respectable persons of that religion which it is
sought to establish. These are circumstances which are care-
fully concealed from the knowledge of the Emperor, who can
only judge from the reports made to him, where the number
of converts appears to afford the most satisfactory proof of
success in effecting the utter destruction of the Polish national
character.

The friends of Russia have always sought to inculcate the
idea that no sincere good understanding could exist between
Austria and Great Britain under the present British Govern-
ment. The conclusion of a treaty deliberately negociated and
grounded on principles of the most friendly reciprocity is a
positive contradiction of the above assertion ; and the blow
is doubly severe from its falling immediately after the publi-
cation of the Austrian amnesty, a measure which the agents
of that Government do not attempt to designate as a conces-
sion to the Liberals.

The Journal des Flandres gives the following as the text
of the letter lately addressed by the Archbishop of Cologne to
the King of Prussia :
Sire,—For nearly twelve months I have been confined
here, in the fortress of Minden, whereby I am illegally pre-
vented from administering my diocese, as in duty bound. My
conscience would be overburdened if I remained any longer
silent. I ask no favour—l demand only justice. Your Ma-
jesty is called the Just ;' I hope, therefore, my appeal will be
taken into consideration, and the more readily, as I have been
a prisoner for tt-n month 4, without knowing why I am guarded
as a criminal, and without being allowed to appear before my
judges. Should your Majesty refuse to do me justice, I shall
be obliged to lay my complaint before the Germanic Diet,
which I am convinced holds the sacred right of preventing all
oppression and violation of the laws within the territories of
the Germanic Confederation. As far as regards may own per-
son, I am resigned, for the love of Christ, to sustain a much
longer captivity; but as I know that during my absence from
the diocese of Cologne events are taking place to the great
prejudice of our holy religion, I have felt it my sacred duty to
lay this my demand before your Majesty, in order that I may
be brought before my judges."
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. 2.
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Foci per Cents.
..
Three per Cents. ......... . .......
sank Shares B2l
1464)6
—AP gcmcinc Zeitung. Nov. 7.

RUSSIA..
Letters from Russia, arrived from different quarters, confirm
a portion of the intelligence which, in spite of the vigilance
of the Muscovite police, and of its cabinets noirs, transpired
some days ago. It appears that the Emperor has determined
on the examination of all the positions held by his troops along
the Kuban, and on leaving garrisons only in the strong places.
The active corps of the army of the Northern Caucasus will
accordingly resume its winter cantonments along the Don
and the Sea of Azoph. The General in Chief Rajewski
as , as is usually the case, held aecountable for the
ineffective state of that army and its late riek::Es ; but
it is now well ascertained that the cleP°:oralization of
the Russian soldiers proceeds from their ill success in
every encounter, and from their 'fistrust of
the Cossacks.
Numerous desertions daily t'ile place, and it would be utterly
I impossible to combinf? ',luring winter any military operation, so

hat the costly support of the troops in their positions would
'be a dead loss. They would, moreover, be constantly exposed
to partial surprises, sickness, &c. The Russian fleet employed
in the blockade of the coast of Abasia would not fare better,
that is, if it were able to remain on that station during winter, liable, as it would be, at every moment to perish in a storm,
and its crews by the hands of the natives, if thrown on the
coast. The Anglo-Turkish Company, which has undertaken to
supply the Caucasians along that coast, is in full operation.
They not only furnish them goods and ammunition, but
they send them men and arms, and the Emperor Nicholas,
whose reliance on his own forces and impassibility are so
much extolled by the journals, appears now convinced that
the war against the Circassians has inflicted a serious blow on
his power. Instead of attempting to teduce those insurgents,
he will hereafter confine himself to allaying the spirit of revolt
in Georgia, and to keep his forces ready to contend, if
necessary, for the possession of Constantinople."—Courier
Francais.
Extract of a letter from Odessa, dated 20th ult. quoted by
the Commerce.: —" Prince Sewerdzemidzew, a native of the
principality of Djarobelikansk, and Governor of that country
for the Emperor Nicholas, in whose army he held the rank of
General, and by whom he was loaded with orders and
other favours, wishing to show his zeal and gratitude,
denounced a young Avarian Khan, who had been en-
deavourimr to excite the inhabitants to revolt against
the Russians. The Khan escaped from his pursuers
but the Prince was shortly afterwards found dead in his
Louse. It was ascertained that he had been poisoned, and his
murderer's name was openly pronounced by the people, who
proclaimed that the same fate awaited every traitor to his
country. The Government has thought it most prudent to
abstain from all attempts to pursue the assassin. General
Fest, after having devastated several villages of the Lesghis,
has been obliged to retreat before a body of the cavalry of
the Tchetchentses, which came down from the mountains,
and made a sudden attack upon him. He lost many men
and a part of his baggage, and was not safe till he reached
Descent. The assailants sacked the town of Boujnalki and
its surrounding villages, and carried off a rich booty. The
expedition was commanded by a Polish officer named Pio-
trowski, who, in 1832, was degraded into the ranks of the
Russian army, from which lie deserted to- the Circassians.
Great discord prevails among the Generals of the Russian
fc rees in the Black Sea, Rajewski, presuming upon the favear
shown him by the Czar, opposes the authority of Gen. Grabbe;
aid General Golovine, the Commander-in- Chief, has taken
the command of Anapa from General Festomilof, a favourite
Rajewski's, and given it to Colonel Von Brick, a protege of
General Grabbe. In revenge, Rajewski has obtained for
Festomilof a government in Poland."

FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE HOL-
LAND° BELGIC QUESTION.

( From the Morning Post.)
We have received a communication from the Hague, upon
the accuracy of which we entirely rely. It enables us to lay
before the public the actual state of the negotiation upon the
affairs of the Netherlands, and to explain the grounds upon
which we believe we may venture to announce that this pro-
tracted negotiation approaches very nearly to its conclusion.
About fourteen days ago the representatives of the Five
Powers who constitute the Conference of London determined
by a vote which, 'A ith the qualification we shall presently men-
tion, was unanimous, that Belgium should be required to ad-
here to the treaty executed by her representative, in common
Ivith those of the Five Meditating Powers, on the 15th of No-
vember, 1831 (the treaty of the Twenty-four Articles), va-
ried by the following modifications, which it will be perceived
do not include any change of the territolial partition :-
1. Some alteration of the regulations prescribed by the
treaty for the navigation of the Scheldt by the vessels of Bel-
gium. This change relates only to pilotage, and is not deemed
of much importance.
2. The only further deviation from the treaty of November,
1831, relates to the partition between Holland and Belgium of
the joint debt of the kingdom of the Netherlands. The change
in this part of the arragement is of some importance. It ex-
acts a considerable sacrifice on the part of Holland, in which,
notwithstanding its magnitude, that power, anxious for the
final settlement of every question in dispute, has intimated its
r,,odiness to acquiesce.
Belgium, it will be recollected, was required by the former
treaty to take upon herself an annual charge, on account of
the joint debt of the Netherlands, to the amount of 8,400,000
florins. This amount by the arraneincnt, now all but con..
eluded, will be reduced by about 3,400,000 or 3,500,000 florins,
leaving the annual charge upon Belgium about 5,000,000
florins.

Without perplexing our readers by unnecessary details, as to
course of the negotiation which led to this reduction of
the charge upon Belgium, it may suffice to state that it is in
part the result of developments and explanations, from which
equitable grounds for this relief to Belgium were perceived
and acknowleeged ; and that, in part, it is to be counterpoised
by specific compensation to Holland.
The Conference recognized that there was something erro-
neous or at least questionable, in the principle upon which it
had assigned to Belgium by the treaty, of the Twenty-four
Articles, the entire undivided charge on account of the Aus-
tro-Belgian debt. The former decision of the Conference in
respect to this debt, which it has now seen reason to revoke,
is announced in the 48th protocol of the date of October the
6th, 1831, in the following words ; . .
" Moreover, the Austro-Belgian debt having belonged ex-
clusively to Belgium before her union with Holland, it was
deemed equally just that this debt should be borne exclusively
by Belgium for the future.
" The interest at 2,1,- per cent, upon the portion of this debt
called active, as well as the fund set apart for the redemption
of that portion called deferred debt, being estimated in round
numbers at 750,000 Netherlands florins of annual interest,
Belgium will have to support under this second head another
debt of 750,000 florins of interest."
The Conference discovered also what it deemed equitable
grounds for departing from its former decision with respect to
the Gallo-Belgian debt—a decision which we find thus re-
corded in the Protocol above mentioned :
" The Conference, constantly actuated by rules of equity,
found that, according to the principles and views by which it
is guided, a further debt, which was originally borne by Bel-
gium previous to her union with Holland, namely, the debt
inscribed for Belgium in the Great Book of the French em-
pire, and which, according to its Budgets, would appear to
amount to 4,000,000 of francs, or 2,000,000 florins of the
Netherlands of annual interest, should also be placed to the
charge of the Belgian Treasury. The debt, therefore, with
which Belgium would be charged, under this third head,
would amount to 2,000,000 Netherlands florins of annual
payment."

In respect to the two items we have just mentioned, Belgium
obtains unqualified relief, and Holland is called upon to make
an uncompensated sacrifice.
For ki bat remains of the total reduction of three millions
and a half of flourins, unexplained by these items, a compen-
sation is offered to Holland, inasmuch as she is relieved from
the nec,l‘ssity, imposed upon her by the former arrangement,
of accounting to Belgium for the balance of a loan of 68,000,000
of florins left, at the period of the separation of the two coun-
tries, in the hands of the sinking fund syndicate (amortisatie
syndikaat); and absolved generally from any claim or corn-
plaint that might now or hereafter have been advanced by Bel
gium on account of the transactions or obligations of this pecu-
liarly Dutch institution.
Holland, it is also understood, is to relinquish her claim to
arrears of payment on account of the joint debt.
Such are the terms upon which, a fortnight ago, the repre-
sentatives of the Five Powers would have terminated this
tedious negotiation ; but that Count Sebastiani thought him-
self obliged, before he affixed his signature to the protocol, to
refer to his Court for instructions upon some point or points
of we believe rather minute arithmetic. An immediate reply
from the French Government to the application of its Ambas-
sador was confidently expected. No answer, however, 'has
yet been returned; and (whatever surprise it may have occa-
sioned that France, forgetful of her duty as an umpire between
two inferior Powers, should act as if she was merely the agent
of one of them), it is believed that the French Government
has referred the communication of Count Sebastiani to the
Court of Brussels.

The public will soon have the opportunity of collating the
explanation we have now given of the actual position of affairs,
with the speech of the King of the Belgians, to be delivered
on the opening of the Session of the Belgian Legisla-
ture to-morrow, and with the subsequent statements which
may naturally be expected from his Ministers. From
the language employed upon that occasion, aided by the light
we have now thrown upon the subject, it will not be difficult
to conjecture whether a settlement is now to be completed with
the acquiescence of Belgium, or the efforts and alliances of
that Power are to be still employed with a view to indefinite
procrastination.

It is manifest, at least, that from this time forward there can
be no question as to any arrears of payment, on account of the
debt, to which a delay of the final settlement, occasioned by
Belgium, may now give rise.
In the best-informed diplomatic circles, both in London and
tithe Hague, it is expected that the settlement will be com-
pleted before the 17th of next month, for which day the French
Chambers have been convoked by Louis Philippe. It is na-
turally enough supposed that the King of the French, upon
whom it mainly depends to expedite or retard the conclusion,
may be desirous of announcing in his speech at the opening of
the Legislative Session, the final adjustment of disputes which
have so long engaged and baffled European diplomacy,. and
the 'continued existence of which must
always be atended
with some degree of danger to the general peace.

It is said that a battalion of the Foot Guards will
be sent to Malta, to 'assist in the duties of tbat important
garrison during the Queen Dowager's residence.—Limerick
Chronicle.

EXPERIMENTAL PAVEMENT IN OXFORD-
STREET.—.Mr. Robinson bas just completed 30 feet from
Charles-street, in square blocks, and 30 feet of the same, laid
diamond-wise. Mr. Claridge has the next 150 feet, which is
to be ordinary paving-stona, jointed only with his cement;
the last 50, however, he ti•;roposes to lay in stones of only 4f
inches thickness, in 01.*Lter to show the tenacity of his cement in,
holding them to

On Fri'lay evening an inquest was held at the Three
Clerkenwell-close, on the body of John Gray, aged
fix*.y-three. It appeared from theevidence that the deceased
had some years back held the situation of a letter-carrier in
the General Post-office ; but lately had been an out-door pau-
per of Clerkenwell parish. On Tuesday last he called at the
workhouse for his allowance, which he obtained. On his re-
turn home he fell down in Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell, and
was taken in an insensible state to the shop of Mr. Austin, a
urgeon, in the above street, where he expired in a few minutes..
Verdict, " Died by the visitation of God."