The Sun.
London, England, 1831-02-17 00:00:00

NATIONAL CONGRESS.-SITTING OF FEB. 14,

A letter was presented from M. de Hoogvorst, giving in
his resignation as Member of the Provisional Government.
He will retain the command of the Civic Guard.

M. de Potter writes to the Congress a letter (which
was not read) proposing the establishment of a republic.
M. de Robaulx presented a project of a decree to pro-
claim a republic ; the President to be a Belgian, chosen
for three years, and not immediately re-eligible ; all laws
contrary to the form of Government to be repealed. M.
de Robautz desired to develop his proposal, but M. Le-
grelle required the previous question, because it was con-
trary to a decree of the Congress proclaiming a monarchy.
M. Delepaye and 11. Osy said it was on the same
grounds that the Congress refused to hear those who pro-
posed a union with France, and that M. Maclagan was
called to order.

M. Hanis Van Cannae!t thought that it was derogatory
from the dignity of the Congress to propose changing the
form of Government before the official answer was re-
ceived from Paris.

After some debate, the previous question was adopted
for the present. The Congress then resumed the debate
on the electoral law.

BRUSSELS, FEB. 15. —We know from good authority
that if Prince Charles of Naples should be elected King
of the Belgians, the Powers would object to his marrying
a French Princess. Count Fiacre de Giles, our envoy
at Paris, has been recalled by order of his superior, the
President of the Committee. We (i. e. Le Yrai
Patriote) have good reason for believing that his Excel-
lency has no mind to return to Brussels.

ANTWERP, FEB. 14.—We have a new King coming
from the land of Macaroni. This is Prince Charles of
Naples, brother of the Duchess of Berri. He at hest
will be very orthodox, and may depend on the suffrage of
the Catholics. If this Prince entertains the same
principles as his father, our sublime Constitu-
tion runs the risk of b't9lng an abortion. That
King used to say, that to govern well only three F.'s
were necessary, viz. Fesca, Forca, Farina (i. e. ftsti-
vals, the gallows, and bread.) This was the suns total of
his social contract.—Journal d'Anvers.

Workmen are employed in fortifying this city, the fort
on the north is armed with 24. and 36-pounders. Below
the great battery are two 36-pounders, which are to be
?laced on it. Thus our basins will be surrounded with

artillery. These preparations alarm the merchants. The
consequence has been, that several vessels from the East
and West Indies, bound for Antwerp, have changed their
destination and are gone to Hamburg or Rotterdam.
Wartsavv, FEB. 3.—The State Gazette of Warsaw
contains an extract of the report made by Count Mala-
chowski, President of the Diplomatic Committee, i❑ the
sitting of the United Chamber, Jan. 23, on the opera-
tions of that Committee : he said that agents had been
sent to foreign countries, with despatches, containing a
true account of the state of things in Poland, the causes,
the object, and the progress of our revolution, are repre-
sented in the most favourable light, in order not only to
excite sympathy, but to inspire a desire to co-operate.
Our Journals continue to publish various ordinances f
the Dictator. Lieutenant-Colonel Dobrzanski, who de-
nounced a conspiracy to the Dictator, and who, after the
information was found to be groundless, was sent by tl.a
Civil Tribunal before a Court-martial, has been set at
liberty, as it appears from the proceedings, that he acted
only from solicitude for the public tranquillity. He has
published in the Gazette a justification of his conduct.
The Gazette publishes the report of the Minister of the
Interior on his administration, from 29th November to
17th January. It appears from it that the National
Gu trd of the capital is 6,000 infantry, including officers,
and 137 cavalry. In case of an invasion orders have
been given, that the armed force shall immediately be col-
lected at every point ; the public functionaries are en-
joined to take care to remove all the money in public
coffers, as well as the archives, for the conveyance of
which measures have been already taken. To private
bankruptcies advances of money have been granted on
sufficient security. As for the Russia❑ prisoners, the
officers are detained till further orders, and the privates
sent to Russia.

BERLIN, FEB. 8.
St. Schuld Sch. 4 percent.
Prussian English Loan, 1818, 5 per cent.
Ditto Ditto 1822, 5 per cent. 95%
Ditto Bonds 1830, 5 per cent.
HANOVER, FEE. 9.—Coßformably to the express com-
mand of his Majesty the King, dated " Brighton, Jan. 24,
1831,"
" Public notice is hereby given, that his Majesty has
learnt with just indignation the troubles and intrigues that
have taken place in part of his German dominions.

" That his Majesty has constantly endeavoured to pro-
mote the welfare of his subjects, and has never shut his
ears against well founded requests.
" That he will continue willingly to listen to them, and
if possible, to comply with them, when they are addressed
to him in the regular course.
" But that his Majesty will not allow the unauthorised
formation of societies for political purposes, and of Burgher
and communal guards ; all rebellious attempts in the
town or the country shill be promptly resisted by the
authorities, the military, and the police, and those who
take part in them be punished according to the laws against
rebellion and high treason.

" That his Majesty can least of all permit changes in the
existing Constitution to be demanded in a tumultuous
manner, as it must be known to his Majesty's subjects
how necessary it is to their own security that in the Statts
of the Germanic Confederation,changes in the existing Con-
stitution should be effected only in the legal manner that
is, after due consultation, and in concert with the Estates
of the kingdotn.
(Signed) " ADOLPHUS FREDERICK.
" Hanover, Feb. 4, 1831."

His Majesty has been pleased to give the Grand Cross
of the Guelphic Order to Major-General Burche. His
Royal Highness the Governor-General, by an order of the
day of the sth instant, announces to the troops that are
sent to Gottingen, his Majesty's entire satisfaction with
their conduct on that occasion.

HESSE CASSEL, JAN. 31.—Great sensation is excited
by the formal refusal of the Episcopal Chapter of Fulda,
and of the Roman Catholic clergy in general, to take the
oath of allegiance required of them by the new Constitu-
tion, because, as they allege, it contains matters contrary
to their consciences, and to their high duties. The
memorial issued on this occasion for the Episcopal
Chair is remarkable in many respects, particularly
with regard to the detail of the motives by
which the refusal to take the oath is justified. The
Assembly of the States at Cassel has, however, acted
with energy, and declared that he who doss not take the
oath to the Hessian Constitution, ceases, co ipso, to be a
Hessian citizen, and is therefore incapable of holding any
office, civil or ecclesiastical, in the Electorate of Hesse.
BORSEN -HALLE, FEB. 11, Fou It O'CLOCK, P. M.—
A very decided rise has taken place in wheat during the
week, and a good deal of business has been doing. Large
purchases having been made for exportation, our own
consumers are a little frightened by the high prices, and
consequently buy but sparingly. For rye higher prices
are also asked, and considerable sales have been effected
for future as well as for immediate delivery. With barley
our market is so very sparingly supplied that few purchases
could be made except for future delivery. During the last
ten days of January one cargo of corn passed through the
Sound, bound from Copenhagen to Bergen.
Weight Rix dollars.
Dantzic Wheat 122 to 126 —to
Silesian 124 to 124......180 to 200
Anhalt, white llB to 124......180 to 193
---- red 122 to 128......180 to 000
Holstein, red to --......140 to WO
Danish 120 to 128 ...... 135 to 150
Dantzic Rye llB to 122 ...... 105 to 113
Upland 116 to 123 ... 105 to 112
Danish 116 to 120...... 95 to 100
Petersburgh and Riga 118 to 122 ...... 105 to 113
Magdeburgh Barley 9B to 104•..... 90 to 100
Anbalt 9B to 104 95 to 100
Holstein

Upland Oats — to 60 to 1,8
Mecklenburgh
Danish 66 to 75 45 to 60
Pomeranian Malt — to 68 to 72
Buck Wheat — to —...... SO to 85
Pease, yellow, Upland — to 100 to 115
Beans — to — 9 O to 100
Holstein Rapeseed — to 190 to 105
FUNDS.-Prices, which declined on receipt of the
Belgian news, have not altered much since. To-day things
improved a shade, particularly Anglo-Russians, of which

aere IS a scarcity. For future delivery there are sellers
at lower prices than those quoted.—Discount 2 per cent.
End of February.
Anglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent.
Anglo-Russian Loan S'7%,
Hamburg-Russian Loan Sti
Polish Bonds B4ll
Austrian Bank Shares 1000
The very decided thaw which we have had during the
last few days has broken up the ice, which is now floating
out to sea. The pilots went down this morning to Cux-
haven, to bring up the few vessels that have been anchoring
there. Above Hamburg the ice still remains fast, but
there can be little doubt that the river will be quite clear
in a day or two.

Paris is again, for the third time since the
accession of Louis PHILLIPPE, the scene of
popular tumult. It appears that on the 14th
the Carlists took the opportunity afforded by the
celebration of the religious ceremony i►:
memory of the Duke DE BERRI, to inaugurate
the bust of the Duke DE BORDEAUX.—
This being soon whispered about among
the populace, occasioned a general burst of
indignation which at one time threatened
the most serious consequences. On the
15th order was partially restored, but we are
still not without our apprehensions, for the pre-
sent French Ministry is evidently an unpopular
one, and equally evident is it, that, though
will-intentioned men, none of them (with
the exception of Marshal Souur)are men of the
slightest energy or enterprise. The late riot is cal-
culated to awaken many serious reflections in
their minds, and to convince them that the tor-
rent is on the roll, which if not di-
verted into
,proper channels, will sweep
them all to destruction. The attack by the
mob of the Archbishop's Palace, aided by the
National Guard, is, in particular, an incident
full of sign;ficant import. At the departure of
the Morning Herald express, Paris was patrol-
led by 30,000 National Guards.

We understand that the lective force of the
Navy is to be 3,000 men more—that of the Army 6,000
men more than last year, in addition to cal!ing out the
Militia ; and yet the estimate of the next year is not to
exceed that of the last. This is true economy,—retrencl -
went without debility.—Brighton Gazette.
The accounts which reach us through the
foreign Journals of the insurrectionary moveine:its
are extremely vague. 'We are informed that at Reggio
and Modena they were of an unimportant character, and
easily quelled ; but that at Bologna the spirit of resist-
ance has been able to maintain itself up to the date of our
intelligence.—Brighton Gazette.
The coat of arms of Lord BROUGHAM and
Sir LAUNCELOT SHADWELL, the Vice-Chancellor, were
yesterday morning affixed in the Court of Chancery.
They are placed immediately over the Bench. Lord
Buouanam's motto is " Pro rege, lege, grege," and
the VICE-CHANCELLOR'S, " Loyal au mort."
We are assured that Lord GRENVILLE has
resigned his sinecure worth 4,0001. a-year, as auditor of the
Exchequer : whether the office continues, we are not aware :
it is well known to be one of the useless ones.
KILNSEA CHURCH.---The remaining part
of this building, which has long formed a conspicuous ob-
ject from the Holderness coast, near the entrance of the
Humber, gave way, in the storm of last week, and was
sea-Mowed up by the sea.—Hull Packet.

RARA Avis.—A few days since, a fine sea-
crow was shot on the farm of Mr. T. HURLSTON, at the
Moors in this parish. The plumage is remarkably thick
and the wings when extended, measure upwards of three
feet from tip to tip.

WHITBY.—The late wet weather has oc-
casioned the cliffs on both sides the river to shoot. On
Saturday night last, a large quantity of earth fell from the
church-yard down into Henrietta-street, and injured a
number of houses so much, that the owners were under
the necessity of taking them down to save the materials,
by which occurrence about forty poor families have lost
their residences.—Hull Packet.

At York on Thursday last, in consequence
of the thaw, the waters of the Ouse and Foss rose higher
than they have been for 200 years past, and all the lower
parts of the city were completely inundated,—Hull Packet.

During the loading of the Brailsfird, which
recently arrived at Plymouth, a native of Sierra Leone,
was employed to load timber, and when in the act of at-
taching a rope round a log of wood, was seized by the arm
by a shark ; he with great difficulty extricated it, hut
stripped off itr flesh. The poor fellow immediately stood
upo❑ the log of wood and exclaimed " here, mosso, see
what he do." Through loss of blood, the unfortunate
man died the same night.

The carpet trade at Kidderminster participates
in the briskness and impulse which appear from the ac-
counts to pervade the manufacturing business of the king-
dom almost generally at the present period.
We are not aware whether SCOTT'S " Me-
moirs of NAPOLEON," have furnished any part of the

groundwork of the forthcoming Romance of " The
Tuileries ;" but we understand this new picture of the
successive courts of France will present to us rather the
reverse of Sir WALTER'S historical tapestry. Miny of its
incidents,—such for instance as the flight of their MA-
JESTIES to Yarennes—are said to be far more circumstan-
tially detailed in the novel than in the Memoirs.

Two reform petitions have been presented
from Greenock, one from the Town Council, the other
from the inhabitants, in which it is asserted that, for the
three millions of inhabitants of Scotland, three thousand
electors (must of them having only life rents) return the
whole 45 Members for Scotland !" The second petition,
in its conclusion, says, "the petitioners are loyal subjects,
and deprecate every attempt at violence and intimidation,
but they cannot conceal their fears, and it is their duty
so to tell the House, that if a constitutional Reform be ob-
stinately denied from within the walls of Parliament,
an exasperated people may be induced to seek it from
without."

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—A most melan-
choly circumstance occurred at the village of Somerton,
Oxfordshire, on Sunday, which has involved three poor
families in deep distress :—On the afternoon of that day
four little girls were amusing themselves on the ice in the
canal, when, venturing on a part that would not bear
them, they were all precipitated into the water. A young
man who observed the accident ran to the spot, and suc-
ceeded in saving one, but the ethers were carried under
the ice, and all efforts to save them proved imavailing !
They were twelve, eleven, and seven years oll—Chelten-
ham Chronicle.

Two WOMEN DROWNED.-oil Monday
last, as two women (mother and daughter) were crossing
on horseback a small river, swolle❑ with the late heavy
rains, about two miles from Merthyr, the saddle gave way
when they reached tle middle of the stream, and turned
under the belly of the horse, in consequence cf which they
were both precipitated into the water and ...arried away by
the current. After two days' search the body of the
mother was discovered near the spot where the accident
happened ; and that of the daughter was found about four
miles down the stream.—Cheltenham Chronicle

THE FLOOD.—Comparison of the present
flood with some former ones.—The flood of Jan. 28th,
1800, was five inches higher; that on Feb. 10, 1814,
was seven inches higher; that on Dec. 26, 1821, was two
inches lower; and that on Oct. 12, 1824, nine inches
higher than the present. These are the highest floods we
have had since 1804. The present flood reached its
height at ten o'clock on Wednesday night ; on Thursday it
fell very rapidly.

The first steam carriage brought into use in
London suns from Stratford to Whitechapel ; the name is
odaunpretending—"
ert, its The Infant ;" its pretensions are also
moderate, speed not exceeding nine or ten miles an
hour. Mr. Wm. HANCOCK, the pitentee, feels confident
that be has overcome all difficulties, and that the carriage
may with safety pass along a common road at the rate of
twelve to fourteen miles an hour. The writer of this was
last week with the carriage, when it showed its power of
ascending hills. It started from Battle -bridge, and taking
a turn round the New Cross erecting there, ran up to
Pentonville, to the Angel, at Islington, and then proceeded
by the City-road and Bethnal -green to Stratford, in good
state and with perfect safety.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.
DEAL, FEB. I6.—Wind S.W. fresh.—Arrived from
the River, the Rose schooner, of Jersey, for Terceira. An
American ship, with X X on fore-topsail, passed through
from the westward at three rM. The Danish ship Nep-
tune proceeded from Ramsgate for Bremen this afternoon.
His Netherlands Majesty's brig of war Flying Fish, from
the Channel, arrived this day and remains; also the
Eclipse, from the South Seas ; and brig Harby, of London.
Arrived the Hudson, Morgan, from New York.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. lb.—Wind S.E.—Sailed the Neva
transport for the Mauritius.

FALMOUTH, FEB. 15.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrived
the Betsy and Sarah, Bloom, from Trieste.
HOLYHEAD, FEB. 15.—Arrived off part the London,
from Virginia; and Jean, Hastie, from Halifax.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 15.—Arrived the Bahia packet,
Geddes, from Bahia; Jubilee, Chaddock, from New Or-
leans; and Ilebe, Field, from Trieste. Off port, the Robert,
Pulsford, from Charleston ; William Byrnes, and York,
from New York; and Halifax, Furley, from Halifax.
DOVER, FEB. 16.—Arrived off port the Sipkes, from
Batavia.

COWES, FEB. 16.—Arrived the Planta, Pagan, from
Rio Janeiro.

POOLE, FEB. 16.—Arrived the Hope, Bloomfield, from
Lisbon.

ABERDEEN, FEB. H..--Arrived the Herald, Goldie,
From Savannah.

SHIELDS, FEB. 15.—Arrived the Themis, Denis, from
11iramichi.

SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 16. ---Arrived the St. Jean,
Arderen, from Bordeaux.

DARTMOUTH, FEB. Is.—Arrived the Vigilant, from
Buenos Ayres; and Neptune, from Rio Janeiro.

The Britannia, of Hull, bound to Quebec, was on shore
on Corton Sand yesterday, but was expected to be got off
next tide.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

HAY M A RKETS.—( At per Load of 38 Trusses.)
CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.)
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 10
New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 u
Useful Old Ditto 2 10 3 15
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 4 10
Clover Hay '-' 15 5 5
Oat Straw £1 12 to £1 14 I Wheat Straw... 118 2 0
Meadow Hay from ss. to Os. per load higher than la,t quoted ;
prices of Clover Hay and Straw stationary. Supply good, and
a steady trade.

Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Ha SMITHFIELD.
New Meadow Ha y y £2 0 to
0.1:2 10
Useful Old Ditto ", 15 0 5
3 15
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 4 5
Clover Hay (extra tine)... .£5 10... Generally
Oat Straw .£1 h.' to £1 16 1 Wheat Straw 1 16 2 0
A good supply, and a steady trade; prices as last quoted.