The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-02 00:00:00

semble its projects, but our Ministers, judging by 1
themselves, did not suppose it sincere. Mr. Can-
ning
has pursued his course, telling them " I have
not deceived you." Our troops covered Spain, in-
sulted by England on a principle and a right we
took up arms to maintain. In the presence of
our bayonets, England disavowed them ; and in
spite of our forces and our guarantee she des-
pises them. The conquest of Spain, attempted
twice by France within ten years, has been
both times ruinous. Under Napoleon we
were obliged to leave it ; and now an equal
disaster is caused by being obliged to stay in it.
England, which rules in the Netherlands and
Portugal, shuts us in like the Holy Alliance.
She has more than '2O millions in our Funds, and
may ruin our finances and our credit by selling
her Stock. Immense speculations are made at
Paris on the supposition of a general peace con-
tinuing, and never did the world contain more
elements of discord and war. These are the
fruits of our adherence to the Holy Alliance, and
of the policy of M. de Villele."
The Report of the Committee of Peers on the
disgraceful and inhuman law respecting sacrilege,
has been presented to the Upper Chamber, and
a clay appointed for its discussion. It is said
that M. de CHATEAU BRIAN) will oppose it ;
and the Constitutionnel, in communicating the
rumour, observes,—" We believe it without
hesitation : no project can be more contrary to
the Genius of ChristianitN ;" alluding to the prin-
ciples contained in the Noble Peer's celebrated
work bearing that title.

An article from Hanover mentions that a Con-
vention has been concluded between Ilis MA-
JESTY'S Hanoverian Government and the I)uke
of BuusswicK, settling the sovereignty in cer-
tain debateable lands, which have for many cen-
turies been the subject of discussion and dif-
ferences :

HANOVER, JAN, 15,

A convention has been lately concluded with Brunswick, for
the rectification of the frontiers, and fixing the right of sove-
reignty over certain tracts. The Court lawyers had propa-
gated, for many centuries, territorial differences, as they
styled them, between the two branches of the House of
Brunswick. In the 16th century an attempt was made to
put an end to them, and a convention was actually con-
cluded respecting a considerable part of this frontier line;
but instead of being carried into execution and completed, it
was disputed and buried in the archives. Meantime the dis-
puted districts were taken possession of by vagabonds of all
kinds ; forests, forty thousand acres in extent, were hewn
down by thieves and converted into bare wildernesses, and
the districts where the Sovereignty was unsettled was like
the Poet's Paradise, without laws, without taxes, and without
soldiers. A similar confusion of frontiers subsisted with II il-
desheim, which ended indeed on the Hanoverian side by the
union of Hildeshehn with the Kingdom, but increased the
ancient differences with Brunswick by the newly ac-
quired frontier of Hildesheim, and added to the dif-
ficulty of arranging them. The common interest of the
Princes, so closely related by the ties of' consanguinity and that
of their dominions, made an arrangement highly desirable : the
proposal was made by this Government, and was most willingly
acceded to by Brunswick. The negociation has been concluded
in much shorter time than might have been expected. It accu-
rately fixes the frontier line, and goes on the principle, that every
thing within the frontier is subject to the sovereignty of the
State on whose side of the line it is. The Convention is
already ratified by his Majesty the King, and sent front
hence to the Brunswick Commissioner, Mr. Von Bulow,
with an elegant gold snuff'-box, ornamented with the Royal
Cypher and Crown in diamonds. The Hanoverian Ple-
nipotentiary, Counsellor Von Blun, unfortunately died
before the business was concluded.—(Al!genze2a.:!
Jan. 26.)

New York Papers to the Bth nit arrived last
night. There is nothing interesting in their
contents. Ait arrival from Caraccas confirms a
report of the proclamation of martial law in Ve-
nezuela by General PA EZ, which is supposed to
have been issued under an impression that an at-
tack on Colombia w.is meditated by France.
The Annual Treasury Report of the United
States a ppears at length in these Papers, and
this financial statement, the outline of which was
given in the PttEstnENT's speech, is in all respects
satisfactory to the American patriot. Mr. CRAW.'
sonn calculates that all the United States' Debt
will he redeemed by 1835. The Marquis LA
FAYETTE continued to receive the most gratify-
ing marks of attention from the Legislativel3odies,
and the heads of the Executiveassembled a tWash-
ington. On the lst of January, the Marquis was
treated to a dinner given by the Members of both
Houses of Congress, and presided over by the
head of the Senate, and the Speaker of tha
House of Representatives.(See another Go-
lumn.)—On the right of the Chairman sat the
Pit.r.st DENT of the United States, and on the left
the 6' Nation's Guest," as LA FAyErre is called,
who must have been more than gratified in such an
assembly to have heard the first toast—" The
" day which exhibits the Patriarch of Liberty
" surrounded by his brethren, and in the midst
"of his children." On the 3d, two days after
this entertainment, " the Patriarch" must have
been no less gratified to have received the act of
the same Congress, conferring upon him the
means of enjoying similar splendour every day
of his life—namely, 200,000 dollars, and a large