The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-23 00:00:00

SOUTHALL M ARK ET.—llec. 21

This day's supply was moderately good, and the assemblage of
buyers was rather numerous. The trade was rather dull through-
out, at the following prices per stone of 81b. to sink the oflals :
Beef ~.,..w,.....,. 3s. Osi. to 4s. tid 4s. Id. to ss. 40.
Mutton 4 0 5 0 I Pork -- 4 2 5 4
The foregoing quotations are Beef and Mutton '.2d. to 4ci.
per stone lower than on this day se'nnight ; prices otherwise
stationary. A considerable part of the supply left unsold.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCX.

A courier is said to have arrived to the French Government
from St. Petersburgh, with despatches from the Emperor of Rus-
sia, complaining of the reception given in France to the Polish
refugees.
The letters from Toulon of the 14th December, state that
Marshal Moliter has arrived there, and on the 11th instant there
also arrived a Jew Arab merchant from Oran, sent by General
Boyer, at the disposal of the Minister of War; this stranger, of
which nothing positive has transpired, appears to be a person of
distinction, and great respect is paid to him ; he is detained in the
fort Lamarque, and lodges with the Governor.
Accounts fzom Lyons to the 17th, state that on the morning of
the 15th, every military precaution was taken to prevent there -
ported disturbancewhich was to have taken place on that day ;ithe
military authorities caused the troops in the garrison to be under
arms in their respective quarters; the bridge and other places
were also guarded, but it appears that every thing had passed off
quietly.
The Empress Maria Louisa has given notice to her subjects,
that not wishing to load them with any new taxes, in order to
assist the poor who may be attacked by the cholera, she has or-
dered by a decree of the Ist December that her toilet and grand
Psyche, which are of solid gilt silver, enriched with precious
stones, should be sold, and their produce converted into pieces of
money for the poor.
Owing to the troubles at Lyons, the troops which were to em-
bark on the 12th for Algiers 'had been put off; but it is decided
that it is to take place on the Isth instant, in several ships of war,
to the number of 5,000 men.
NEUFCHATEL,
_Dix. Hi.—OFFICIAL NOTICE.—" The
country is threatened with an attack of a party of the rebels.
Accordingly I declare the town to be in a state of siege ; this
declaration shall be communicated to the Council of State."
The above notice has caused great alarm to the inhabitants.
A French gentleman who has arrived at Bordeaux, from Val-
paraiso, in the ship Constitution, states that General Cruz has suc-
ceeded in establishing good order, and formed a constitutional

army.
The Duke of Ragusa left Munich on the kh of December to
return to Vienna. .

THE FUNDS.

Great suspicion is now entertained on the future poli-
tical conduct of the Emperor of Russia, in regard to the
affairs of Holland, should the documents prove true which are
inserted in a French Paper of a note transmitted to M. Nessel-
rode by the Dutch Minister, which is an appeal to the feelings of
the Emperor of Russia, wherein the king of Holland states
that, without respect to his rights as a Sovereign, guaranteed by
the most solemn treaties, it had been thought proper to place and
recognise another Sovereign in the revolted parts of his domi-
nions. This appeal of the Dutch King, it is said, produced on
the Imperial Cabinet a great impression, and after a Council had
been held the Emperor of Russia despatched couriers to the va-
rious Courts of Europe announcing his determination not to
acknowledge Prince Leopold King of Belgium until after the
free renunciation of that country by King William.
These documents, if true, confirm the accounts respecting the
great delay on the part of the Dutch Cabinet, but our City specu-
lators do not give much credit to their being authentic,
and Consols, which left off yesterday at 8-1!, for the Account,
opened this morning rather heavy at S 4, sellers, but the estafette
letters bringing a further improvement on the French Rentes
ti9fl .5c., has given a spirit to our market, and Consols may be
quoted at present at 845% for the Account.
We do not as yet hear anything positive in regard to the Bel-
gian loan.
In the Foreign Market little doing as yet.
A Lisbon mail has arrived, sailed the 14th instant; alio a
Malta mail, sailed 4th instant, and from Gibraltar the 13th.
RALF-PAST ONE.

The Baron and Baroness de Rothschild landed yesterday at
Ramsgate from Calais, and arrived in town this morning, after
having contracted, in junction with his brothers at Paris, for a
Belgian loan of two millions of bonds. It was generally ex-
pected that the above loan would have been for four millions;
the sum being so little, and the numerous applications for a slice,
it is expected that it will be swallowed up in a few days ; and
the great city capitalist will receive a good premium for his toils
to Calais ; certainly it cannot be in better hands. We also tin.
derstand that in about one month King Leopold will give his
hand to the fair daughter of the King of France. This powerful
alliance will no doubt bring the King of Holland to a speedy de-
cision, and comply with the 24 articles of the treaty.
We have received the Temps of Wednesday, from which we
copy the following :
" The Journals of Amsterdam confirm the refusal of the
Emperor of Russia to adhere to the treaty of the Belgians until
it is ratified by the King of Holland, but we must repeat
that there will be no war. Russia, in case of a coalition, cannot
send one hundred thousand men out of her frontiers, and the
reserve of the Prussian finances are drained ; Austria cannot
make any more continental loans ; therefore it is impossible that
a war will take place."
All is quiet at Paris.
BERLIN, DEC. 12.—Our political horizon is again covered
with clouds, since we have received the news that the Emperor
of Russia will not ratify the resolutions of the Conference at
London, and we know for certain that the Cabinet of St Peters-
burgh has a great animosity towards that of France.—Courier
Francais.
Since these five or six days past the Spanish Ambassador has
visited every day for an hour or two the Minister for Foreign
Affairs, and extraordinary couriers are frequently despatched to
Madrid. On the 15th three couriers lett fur Spain. It appears
that the affairs of Portugal are the cause of these frequent
despatches.
Consols continue to maintain their price. They have been
fluctuating from tifiTi 84 to S 4 for the Account. At present
they may be quoted at 8146.
'Die great City capitalist having succeeded in contracting for
the Belgian loan of two millions of bonds, has given some life to
the market. Don Pedro's loan appears, like the snuff of a candle;
to be gradually dying away,

THREE 0 CLOCK.

Consols for Account, 844.
FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols . .
Ditto for Account 841 Greek, 1825 —
Brazilian Bonds.. Mexican, 1825 —

Buenos Ayres....
Chi Han Ditto ....
Columbian, 1824

Peruvian ll
Russian ...... ...
Spanish l4

SUN OFFICE, Quarter Past Seven

We had not received the Gazette wizen we
were obliged to go to Press.
The reason assigned for the delay at the Ga-
zette Office is tile immense and unusual pressure
of Dividend Notices in consequence of the
New Bankruptcy Court, which comes into ope-
ration on the 11th of January.

NATURAL ENOUGII.—•LOrd LONDON-
DERRY declared that he would blow out the brains of any
one who molested him ; his Lordship probably conceiving
as he had done so long without, that brains could be quite
ay eisily dispensed with by otbers.—Fistaro in London.

VICE-CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.)

WILLIAMS v. PARKINSON.

Mr. COOPER wished to mention this case to the Cuurt
(which, it will be recollected, was reported yesterday) at the re-
quest of the Warden of the Fleet. The Court would recollect
that it had been stated by him (Mr. C.) in Court, and it had also
been stated elsewhere, that the Warden had refused to obey
the writ of habeas issued by the Court. The Warden
had now furnished him with a statement, upon reading
which he was bound to say that it was clear that there
had beets no intention whatever on the part of the Warden to
disobey the orders of the Court, and that he (Mr. C.) was under
a mistake in stating so.
His HONOUR wished to see the statement, after reading
which his Honour observed, that there was no imputation what-
ever on Mr. Brown, the Warden, for what he had done, and
in fact that there was nothing in it.

The following is the statement :—That the habeas corpus was
brought to the Warden's Office late in the day on Wednesday
last, to which a long return was required. The Warden
complained of the shortness of the notice, the prisoner being
ordered to be brought up the next morning, and stated by the
Statute 48 hours was given to make the return, whereas, now
he would have to employ a clerk to make it ; that when
it was transcribed it would cover upwards of a skin of
parchment, the prisoner being detained on other suits,
by which an extra expellee would be incurred, but that no re-
fusal whatever was made by the Warden to obey the writ. The
solicitor for the prisoner then took the writ away with him, and
said he should go to the Six Clerks' Office about it, and the
Warden supposing the writ would be brought back again in
the evening gave directions to the officer to inform the
prisoner to prepare herself to go up to the Court
next morning, after which the tipstaff came and informed him
that the writ was not brought back, which was the only reason
that the prisoner was not brought up. With regard to the
fees taken upon writs of habeas corpus, they were the same
now as had been taken for the last fifty years, and which by a
late Act of Parliament had to be accounted for to the Treasury.