The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-31 00:00:00

WARSAW, Jaw. 17.

Our Universal State Gazette has the following under
the head of official news Count Jesierski, who re-
turned on the 13th instant from St. Petersburgh, has
brought dispatches from. General Grabowski and Prince
Lubecki, to the Dictator, and also notes of the conversa-
tion which took place between his Majesty the Emperor
and him, and other documents, which contain the ansittr
of his Majesty, founded on the same principles as the ma
nicest() addressed to the'Poles. His Majesty has expressed
himself disposed to arrange the affairs only on Vie condi-
ti dr declared in his prochunafon. All these papers will
be laid before the Diet.
The same paper says—

. .
" Field Marshal Count Diebitsch Sabalkansky had
joined the army assembling in Lithuania. Accounts from
Marianpol state that fifteen regiments of infantry, eight
companies of artillery, two regiments of dragoons, and two
of Cossacks of the Russian army, will shortly arrive in the
little town of Kronie, two leagues from the frontier. The
Russian Government has sequestrated all the estates of
Prince Adam Czartoryski situated in the Russian Polish
provinces."
Persons who have arrived in the capital from the pro-
vince of Lublin ►eport that the Burgotnaster of Bribiuska
has declared against the present order of things in the
kingdom of Poland, has given orders to lay aside the cock-
ade, and arrested several persons favourable to the revo:u-
tion. The Russian officers in the Royal Palace, who have
hitherto been allowed to go out on their own affairs, are
now strictly prohibited (according to the Warsaw Cou-
rier) from leaving their residence.
One of our Journals (the Conscientious Pole) posi-
titively affirms that the Finance Committee has lately
issued strict injunctions to the Conititissioneis of the Pro-
vinces immediately to stop the sale of Government lands,
and not to make any farther contracts respecting them.

The illini,ter of War orders the offices; of the new re-
giments of infantry immediately to repair to the posts as-
signed them, on pain of being made respon-ible for the
injurious consequences that may result from their absence
from the corps. A new contribution in kind is ordered in
the kingdom of Poland. The,,Lhare of the waiwodship of
Cracow is 6,000 bushels of oats, 22,000 of rye, and
14,000 of barley, a larger quantity than is to be found in
that province. Well-informed persons estimate the amount
of contribution already furnished at three times ►he
amount of the former annual tax.

The Courier says that all Russian civil and military
officers, to the rank of Major, have permission from tlie
Government to go either to Rthsia or elsewhere.

As the taxes are not regularly paid, the Dictator has
i.sued a proclamation warning the c,,llectuts against par-
tiality and negligence, and the tax-payers ugaiu%t remiss •
ness in their duty, threatening that in such cases they
shall be called to a direct account.

The Courier says that General Fintseh is now Gover-
nor of Brzec Litewski. It says 1118 J that it seems to re-
sult from the investigation commenced on the 14th, against
the persons implicated in the report of Lieutenant• Colonel
Dobrzanski, that the accused are innocent.

Lieutenants Lieszokroe, Waligor,ki, and livwuski,
who are mentioned in Lieut.-Colonel Dobntanski's report
to the Dictator, have been induced by the iunutn-rable
questions put to them to state in the newspapers, that they
cannot make any thing public till the termination of the
judicial proceedings.
BERLIN, JAN. 22.
*St. Schurld Sch. 4 percent 8614
Prussian Engli‘h Loan, 181 S, 5 percent.. 97%
Ditto Dii to 1E122, 5 per cent.
Ditto Bonda 1330, 4 per cent.
Exchange on London, three months, G. 20yi.—Prussian
State Gazette, Jan. 23.

BRUSSELS.-NATIONAL CONGRESS.
SITTING OF JANUARY 25.

Art •r the usual preliminary business, and reading the
list of petitions, among which are some in favour of the
of Lenclitentierg, from Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels,
Wane, Tourney, Natnur, and l3ruges, the President an-
nounced that a proposal had been laid on the bureau, cen-
ceived in the following terms:—
The undersigned propose to the National Congress to
elect the Duke of Nemours as King of Belgium."
This proposal was signed by 52 member+, among
whom are—Messrs. Surlet de Chokier, Barthelemy, de
Leuze, Lardineis, de Gerlaelte, Gendebien, C. de Brous-
kere, F. Meens, Firtnez, de Seems, gen., F. de Merode, de
Rohaulx, Le Hon, and Pieters.

M. Barthelemy defended this proposal on the ground of
the critical circumstances in which Belgium is situated.
Ile thought, though the King of Franue had refused, yet
it might be doubted whether the refusal was irrevocable,
as in fact there were no solid grounds for it. Snell a
choice would be more likely to consolidate peace than to
lead to war. England, it is said, might apprehend the
a-moments that might be made in the port of Atitwerp,
but this might be remedied by declaritsk that Antwery
should never become miatary or naval port.
_

M. de Gerloohe had ahandemed the Duke of Leuchten-
berg for the Duke of Nemours, twosome the crisis is im-
minent, and in three days we must have the situation in
which we are changed ; but he does not mem to restrict
himself exclusively to the Duke of Nemours ; he may
still give his vote to another, if he should find this other
preferable. " Before 1 signed the proposal, I formally de-
clan d I did not mean to bind myself."
Many—" I a!so."
Some warns conversation arose nu the observations of
M. Devaux, that the persons who signed the propos ►l, aft, r
asking for the Duke of Leuchtenberg, now ask for the
Duke de Nemours.

M. Itaikern made a report for the central ration on M.
Lebeau's proposal to choose the Duke of Leuchtenberg.
The central section proposes a General Commitieu for to-
y i. r, t taste S hold Setteine, or pontos of die public de*.

SITTING ON THE 27TH.
M. F. Le Hon, reporter of the Committee of petitions,
made a general report on all those relative to the choke
of a eovereigo. The Committee never supposed that the
petitions, however numerous, would influence the decision
of the assembly, as each Deputy will vote according to his
rersonal conviction, but thinks it necessary to present its
report, in order to show that the right of petitioning is
not illusory. The petition which has the greatest nutn-
her of signatures is front Verviers, for the union with
France, but the petitioners have consulted local interests
rather than the general interest. M. Le Hon gave a ge-
neral list of the candidates proposed in those petitions.
The Duke of Leuchtenberg has the greatest number of
partisans; 600 persons proposed the Duke of Ne.
'flours ; 503 King Louis Philip ; and 3,257 the Duke
of Leucbtenberg.
M. Osy desired the Order of the Day on all the pe-
titions that propose the union of Belgium with France, as
lkieg contrary to the declaration of independence mat:
by the Congress, on the ground that all the petitions in
favour of the Prince of Orange have been passed t,ver
unnoticed, because they were contrary to a decree of
the Congress.

M. Le lton—The petitioners foresaw the objection, and
represent that the demand for the union is an act which
itself is a proof of their independence.
M. de Robaulx thought that no petition drawn up in
respectful terms ought ever to be got rid of by the order of
the day, even though it should be contrary to a decree of
the Congress : mere respect should be paid to 11 a right of
pttition. Cannot a petition ask the Congress toabrogate
a decision that it has taken, and ought not tl.e Congress
to examine this request? By persis'ng in its first reso-
lution, it only disposes then of the petition by proceeding
to the order of the day.
M. Jnttrand—You called to ()veer a Member who
wished you to revoke a previous de:kiun. This ii a simi-
hr case.

The Presidealb--I have received a petition from 40 or
50 inhabitants of Ghent in favour of the Prince of Orange.
If you lad elected a sovereign, wou'd you allow another
t he propmed to you ?

M. Lardinois thought the inhabitants of Verviers, in
proposing the union with Fr,,nce, had in view the general
int. rest.

L'Abbe Ham ne—lf we have this petition deposited in
the bureaux, that relative to the excluded Prince must be
also placed there: is•uc will be consistent. The report is
mistaken in saying the petitions cannot influence
the Congress. What, then, would it do if the
rnaj irity of its constituents should signify their
intention,—if, us in the case of the glievances,
/100,000 peti inliess declated in a manner the will of the
nation? The speaker thinks the Duke of Leuchtenberg
the most eligible catatidate.— (Applause from all quarters.)
The President—To morrow there will he a solemn
discussion. I beg the assembly to refrain from all marks
of appri,bation or disapprobation. I order the galleries
to pre,erve silence.

M. de Ilaerne—h wa, not my intention to elicit thorn
{-rim

Some voices."' Certainly not."
After some farther debate, the Congress passed to the
order of the. day on the petition for the union with France,
ald ordered the petitions, as far as concern the designa-
tion of a sovireign, or the dr.ire of alliance, to be deposited
in the bureaux. This decision is applicable to all the
petitions.

During the debate a drunken man in the gallery ctietl
" Viva Napoleon," and was immediately removed by the
guard.

BRUSSELS, JAN. 26.--Yehtaday afternoon some armed
men, fearing u portrait of the Duke of Leuelitettb, rg
crowned, appeared at the door of the palace of the Con-
gress, to which they desired to present the picture, and
expressed. their wishes for the election of that Prince. The
guard opposed their entrance, and they withdrew. The
sentinels were doubled, and a reinforcement of the civic
guard sent for.

JAN. 27.—1 r seems (sap Le Vrai Patriote), that the
prtteuded portrait of the Duke of Lcuchtenherg ie in
reality that I.lf the Prince Charles of Lorrnine in his youth.
JAN. 28.—M. Sylvaiu Van de Weyer arrived here last
night from London.

A French Cabinet illtssenger set out yesterday with
despatches for Parisi another arrived this morning with
despatches from Count de Wes, for the Provisional Go-
♦ernment.
ANTWERP, JAN. 25.—The ships haVe permission to
come up the river without paying any duty.
Jaw. 26 and 27.—Sereral vefseislave arrived.
BRUSSELS, JAN. 27. —The King of Holland, by a re-
solution of the 16th instant, ha., reduced Ids civil fist from
2,400,000 florins to 1,500,000 11,,rins.

It is affirmed thst the manifest() of the King wiil be laid
before the States• General by the Minister of Foreign
Affairs.—Brussels Papers, Jan. 29.

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Messager des Chantbres, dated Saturil iy. .)
NAPLES, JAN. S.—Yesterday, at three o'clock in the
afternoon, a severe shock of an earthquake alarmed the in •
habitants of Lago Negro, in the province of Basiliktta. It
lasted twenty seconds. Almost all the buildings in the
commune felt its effects. Ten houses were entirely (1.-
strayed. The church of the Capuchins, which adjoins
their convent, and which is at the distance of a mile from
the tows, was ales thrown down, and the remainder of
the convent is in a very dangerous state. It does not ap-
pear that any persons lost their lives except an old woman;
who was crushed by the fill of a house.
PEaPiuwaN, JAN. 18.--New arrangements hav,t just
been ordered for the cantonment of troops in the dep it
meat. The garrisons of Perpignan, Collieure, Bel4ralle
and Fort-les-bains, will he reinforced in cote.equence
these arrangements.
PARIS, JAN. 28.—We mentioned yesterday that th
students of medicine, with M. Antoine llubais at theb
head, bad waited on M. Barthe, t protest against the
scandalous disorders at the Sorbonne.

We learn that the students of the Faculty of Law liko,
wise intended to present to the Minister of Public In.
struction a protest, with a multitude of signatures.
Bantle being informed of it by M. Blondeau, has written
:0 him the following letter :--

'' Paris, Jan. 26.

Sia,—You inform me that a very great number of
students have signed, or intended to sign, with the intui-
tion of bringing it to me, a protest against the disorder
which took place on Saturday last at the Sorbonne. 1 wi•h
you to send me this protest, but 1 fear that to present it in
a body would cause too great an interruption in the
studies of the pupils. I, who was educated in tht-
schools of law, am too well acquainted with them not to
know how pure and honourable are the sentiments of
the immense majority of the students. I have declared,
and I declare again, because I am sure of it, scenes so de-
plorable are the work only of some agitators, unconnected
with the studies, an 4 whom the schools have reas.in to
disavow. " Accept, Sir, &c.,
(Signed)

" BARTHE "

A letter from Lops c says, " Our new year's fair Las
43eu such as was to be expected. No buyers from Poland
were present. The amouut of goods sold was not above
300,000 crowns. In a word, we do not remember such
a wretched fair for these 45 years.
The telegraph has announced the election of General
Athalin, the King's aide-de-ca►up, by the Electoral Col-
lege of the fete• arrondissements of the Lower Rhine.
(From the Gazette de France of Saturday.)

PARI6, JA N. 28.-Messrs. Blocque, Auguste Blanqui,
and Sambug, were removed yesterday to the prison of La
Force.

M. Coste, manager of Le Temps, was interrogr..ted
yestcrday respecting the article against which N. Comte,
the King's Attorney, has instituted an action.
Au action' has been brought against the Revue de Paris
for having published political articles in a literary journal.
Letters from St. Peter burgh, says Le Courrier, re-
ceived yeiterday, announce that the cholera morbus had
manifested itself in that capital. The precautions which
had been taken to prepare hospitals beforehand, which we
mentioned two days ago, sufficiently indicated that the
Rosman Government entertained fears which seem to be
now realized.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, JAN. 27.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE.
The crowd assembled round the Chamber Wes day- was
so Br est, that, upon opening the doors, not oc.ly the gal-
leries, but every avenue and staircase leading thereto, were
thronged in every part. The want of sufficient room for
the public was never so much felt as on thiaoccasion.
At the opening of the sitting, M. La6tte !vas at hie
plave on the Ministerial Bench. M. Sebastian' and the
other Miniaters arrived after a abort delay..
M. Ca9lllafe The Prelident* said the Order of