The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-08 00:00:00

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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1831.

It will be seen by the Paris Express, which
we give in another column, that the Ambassador
of Russia has received his credentials. General
SEBASTIAN', who alluded to this fact in the
Chamber of Deputies, mentioned also that war was
by no means probable with the North—a state-
ment which was received, it seems, with much
gratification by the Chamber.

The Allgemeine Zeitung mentions, that
Prussia is resolved not to interfere in the affairs
of Poland. It will content itself with keeping
a strict watch on its own frontiers, and leave the
Poles and the Russians to fight out the battle
between them. The date of this intelligence is

not very recent :
MAYENCE, DEC. 27.—0 n the 23d of this month the
Central Committee for the navigation of the Rhine
had a formal sitting, at which the new Convention for the
navigation of the Rhine was agreed to, and signed on the
part of six of the States interested, viz. Baden, Bavaria,
France, Hesse, Nassau, and Prussia; but as the Envoy of
the 7th State, Holland, had not yet received his instruc-
tions on that day, the definitive acceptance of this impor-
tant subject was adjourned to the Bth of January. There
is the less reason to doubt of its being finally concluded on
that day, as the Convention in its present form was pro-
posed to the Commission by Holland in concert with
Prussia, so that Holland has therefore in fact already
agreed to it, and nothing remains but the mere formality
of signing it. At all events, the merchants and owners
of vessels on the Rhine may confidently expect to enjoy in
the next spring the advantages of the Convention.
MATENCE, DEC. 25.—Though the final conclusion of
the Convention for the navigation of the Rhine cannot
well be doubted, there are some difficulties respecting
Antwerp which, for various reasons, was necessarily in-
cluded in the plan of the Convention, but is now on the
point of being for ever separated front Holland. However,
these difficulties will be easily removed, as, after the sepa-
ration, Antwerp will be of little importance with respect
to the navigation of the Rhine, as is now already the case.
In consequence of the Belgian revolution, Amsterdam,
Rotterdam, and the Dutch sea-ports in general, have
gained considerably. The consignments to them have
greatly increased, while the harbour of Antwerp is quite
deserted. Within the last few months more than twice as
many ships as usual have arrived at Rotterdam and Am-
sterdam. When, in 181 1, the free navigation of the
Rhine was stipulated at Vienna and Paris, and in favour
of all the States of Europe, only those could be intended
that existed at the time, not such as arose after-
wards ; for it is in the nature of a contract
that each of the parties concerned obtains advan-
tages, and takes on itself obligations, both which le-
, quire the existence of the contracting party, so that Bel-
gium, unless it should again unite with Holland, will be ex-
cluded from the free navigation of the Rhine till a sepa-
rate convention shall he made with it on this subject.
A few days ago a detachment of about 50 Austrian
hulans arrived at Mayence.
BERLIN, Dec. 25.—1 t is now positively known here
that our Court is firmly resolved not to interfere in the
affairs of Poland any more than in those of Belgium.
Prussia will guard its frontiers towards the east as well as '
those on the west, and woe to the agitators who should
venture to attack it. The internal condition of the neigh-
bouring States doubtless excites great interest among us,
but this cannot be an inducement to us to lose sight of our
own particular situation and interests, and to plunge rashly
into a whirlpool of events, the result of which no person
can calculate. The Grand Duchy of Posen, as well as
that of the Lower Rhine, is already guarded by a strong
military force, but the unity and the strength of these
provinces are so well established in the spirit of the inha-
bitants, that extraordinary measures are nut required on a
great scale, and it is affirmed that orders have already
been given revoking several precautions which at first were
judged necessary.
Four per Cent. Metalliques, 75,+—Bank Shares, 993.

A Cabinet Council met this morning, a
twelve o'clock, attended by all the Members now
in town. They continued in deliberation when
we went to press.

Extract of a private letter from War3aw,
dated Dec. 22:
"
We this moment learn that the Emperor refuses to
listen to the proposals of the Polish Deputation, and is
already on his march against us. This news, inste
of exciting alarm, has created general joy. No country
ever presented a finer spectacle than that of Poland
at this moment. Twelve or fifteen persons at the utmost,
are subject to universal execration, while all the various
shades of opinion that existed previous to the revolution,
have entirely disappeared ; the magical words ' our country'
absorbs every other idea, and predominates over every
other sentiment. 'The women, according to ancient cus-
tom before a battle, are preparing lint and other dressings,
singing the while the songs of Berenger. We have
not received the Paris Journals till within these few
I days, as they were previously strictly prohibited. It
would, perhaps, be desirable, that the people should be
made acquainted with the full extent of their danger,
so that they might not give themselves up to despair,
in case, at the commencement of the struggle, fortune
should not be favourable to Poland. But it is difficult to
make our fellow-countrymen listen to reason, for the most
reflecting will not admit a moment's doubt of our success.
The number of killed in the night of the 29th November

has been stated by the German journals to mnount to
6,000,„i)dt it bafi been ueektained that it did not ex-
ceed 300.

The report of a treaty of marriage between
the Duke DE NEMOURS, second son of the King
of the FRENCH, and DONNA MARIA DA
GLORIA, the young Queen of Portugal, is
very generally accredited. such a connection
is one which promises every thing for the suc-
cess of the cause for which so many brave Por-
tuguese have so nobly struggled, and so mans
generous hearts are still beating. The Duke is
in his seventeenth year, an age proportionate to

that of DONNA MA PIA, of whose increasing
talents and accomplishments late accounts from
Brazil speak highly, though she is stated to be
in very delicate health. The Constitutionalists
of Portugal have always found in the French
Governtnent, even under the POLIGNAC Nli-
nistry, a lively disposition to stand by their
righteous cause.

We are happy to learn that the negociations
between the Allied Powers and the Belgian En-
voys now in London, are going on favourably ;
and w•e trust that a long time will not elapse
before the new Belgian State will find itself
established on a stable basis, with a Sovereign
suited to its wants and wishes. It appears that
the Provisional Government has thrown out some

doubts as to how far it can with justice be called
on to sanction, in any respect, the arrangements
of 1814; to which the people of Belgium were in
nowise parties, though compelled to accede
to them by the axis major of the Congress
of Sovereigns. Upon this point we en-
tirely coincide with the Belgian Government;
protesting, as we do, against so monstrous a
right as that assumed by Congress, who dispose
of nations with as little regard to their own de•
sires as a slave-driver in the West Indies pays to
the inclinations of his negroes. Nevertheless,
it is to be hoped that the Belgian Envoys will
be too prudent to make any strong stand upon
matters merely formal, seeing the urgent im-
portance to their country of the restoration of
tranquillity and public confidence, which have so
long and so injuriously been interrupted.
When order and peace are again permanently
established in Belgium, there is every reason to
believe that the new State will be prosperous
and well-doing, seeing that it contains withi❑
itself every element that can be necessary to a
happy and flourishing country. With regard to
the new Sovereign, we may assure our readers
that nothing is yet known in the quarters likely

to he the best informed. At present, we may
safely say that Prince LEOPOLD is about as
likely to fill the Throne of Belgium, as be is of
the more classic land to which under better
auspices he lately turned his eyes.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY

FROM LLOYD'S.

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DEAL, JAN. 7.—Arrived the Souvenir, Bajie, from
Nantes. Arrived from the River and sailed the Earl Stan-
hope, Salmon, and America, Donald, for New South
Walea.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. E.N.E.—Arrived the
Nassau, Hoven, from Rio Janeiro ; and his Majesty's ship
Cordelia, from Woolwich.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 6.--Arrivcd the Despatch, Crabh,
from Smyrna. Arrived off port the Norah, 13ibby, from
Demerara ; Miry, Macdonald, from Quebec ; and Ellen,
Jenkinson, from Lisbon.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELTE O'CLOCK.

We have no foreign arrivals or any ship letters.
We have received a Guernsey Paper of the 3d January
which states, that a few weeks ago, when the Royal CAturt
of this Island, at the request of his Excellency the Lieut.-
Governor, who, we presume, must have Lad some instruc-
tions to that effect from Government, passed an Ordinance,
whereby all strangers in the Island were, with certain ex-
ceptions, to provide themselves with a card of security
from the constables of the parish in which they resided,
some of the Jersey Papers loudly denounced the measure,
as arbitrary and absurd, and indulged in invidious remarks
on the conduct of our authorities. The revival of the law
in question originated in a wish, on the part of the Lieu-
tenant- Governor, to be informed of the number and des-
cription of foreigners residing in Jersey.
According to the New York Courier, the commercial
condition of Martinique has become deplorable. The
Courier states that bankruptcies daily occur, and the ex-
istence of the best houses was threatened. This is attri-
buted to the events of the month of July in Paris.
We stated ten days since that Count Pozzo di forgo
had received his credentials from the Emperor of Russia
as Ambassador at Paris, which is confirmed by the express
from Paris received this morning ; and if we may credit
the assertion of General Sebastiani in the Chamber of De-
puties, no war will take place between Russia and France,
consequently the Poles will be left to their fate.