The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-05 00:00:00

HAY M A RKETS.—( At per Load of 36 Trusses.)
SMITHFIELD.

Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .£2
New Meadow Hay 0
Useful Old Ditto _ .._ 3

5 to £2 15
0 0 0
0 4 0

Fine Upland Meadow and flye-grass Hay 4 0 4 10
Clover Hay (extra fine)...£s 10... Generally
Oat Straw .E 1 Bto X 1 10 1 Wheat Straw 1 12 1 16
Supply rather limited, trade dull, and prices stationary.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TTVELVE O'CLOCK.

This is a very blank day in the City, no foreign mails
or ship letters having come to hand, but we understand
that an express has arrived from Paris, which, it is said,
brings the prices of the French Rents higher, 62f 85c.,
in consequence of which Consols, which left off yesterday
at 821 s for the account, opened at the same price this
morning, but on the arrival of the Express they im-
proved to 82 4.
In the Foreign market there is nothing doing.
_ .

LIVERYOOL,JAN. 3.—We still continue to have a good
demand for British Plantation Sugar, the sa'es of this
week exceeding 1,000 hilt-is. at rather better prices. The
demand for Cotton continues very languid, the sales of this
week amounting to 8,450 bags, at a decline of ?-(1. per lb.
HALF PAST TWELVE.
We have received the Journal des Debate of Monday
by express, from which we give the following
ST. PETERSBURGII, DEC. 18.—(By extraordinary
conveyance.)—By an ukase, dated the 13th, the Emperor
has given the command of the active army, which has as-
sembled on the eastern frontiers, to Field-Marshal Count
Diebitsch, and by the same ukase his 'Majesty has declared
the governments of Grodno, Wilna, Minsk, Podolia,
and Volhynia, in a state of war, and placed them under the
authority of Marshal Diebitsch.
WARSAW. DEC. 25.—(13y estafette.)—The 1 reject of
the law, which confers the new appointment of General
Chlopieki, has been adopted by the two Chambers, after a
long discussion, particularly the 3d Article, which confers
the sovereign powers on a deputation, composed of the
eight Members of the Senate and of the Chamber. At
o'clock in the evening the two Chambers met again.
The Dictator appeared in the Assembly, and received
from the hand of the President the project of the law
conferring on him the Dictatorship, amidst great acclama-
tions. General Chlopieki has addressed a Proclamation,
in which he states the motives which decided him again
to accept the Dictatorship. Corps of volunteers are
forming in all waivodes. The Dictator has refused the
pension of 200,000 florins. They are busy in working at
the fortifications of Praga. A report prevailed that the
barriers of Warsaw were to be closed in ten days, and the
inhabitants were to provide themselves with provisions ;
but the municipality has declared that this report was
without foundation.
T outo '
Dec. 28.—General Clausel has sent for in-
structions,
and an unlimited power in regard to the con-
duct he is to adopt against the insurgents of Oran, who
have recently revolted.
A considerable act of incendiarism has taken place at
Bucy les Pierrepout ; sixty houses and some cattle have
been a prey to the flames.
BaussEt,s, DEC. 31.—We have received accounts that
our troops have, in an affair before the faubotirg of
Maastricht, carried, for a third time, terror into the ranks
of the Dutch troops who came out of the town. Tl.e
caiision was heard for three hours This affair took pl :cc
on the 29th, and General Mellinet has established a bat-
tery near the town, and an Officer of the Volunteers
planted the flag on the fortifications. It is believed that
we soon shall enter the town.
Accounts from Paris by the express state that all was
perfectly tranquil. The Trench Three per Cents. comes
63. An express had arrived from the Hague at Par is,
with an account that the King of Holland has agreed to
every thing, therefore the affairs of Belgium may be
looked on as settled.
HALF-PAST 011-E O'CLOCK.

We may in a few days expect to hear that the King of
Holland has adjusted all his differences with the Belgians,
and that no more blood will be shed between the two
so say the private letters from Paris ; one of them
that the King has accepted and agreed
to the proposal of the Allied Powers. It also appears
states a parties,s
positive,
by the express, that Marshal Diehitsch will be the
grand operator in, Poland, as he is appointed Com-
mander-in-Chief or the Emperor's army against the
unfortunate Poles, and by an order of the Emperor several
Poland have been declared in a state of war.
Parisw towns
is tran<lu'l.
consAs have improved to £32E- for the account, owing
to the French Rentes coming at 63.
We have uo local news at present.
In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing.

THREE 0' CL OCK
Console for the Account, s2-g-
FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES.
Danish 5B
Greek, 1825 —
Mexican, 1825 —

Consols
Ditto for Account S2l
Brazilian Bonds s4i
Buenos Ayres —
Chili= Ditto
Columbian, 1824 174

Peruvian —
Russian 9l
Spanish l2l-

We are extremely sorry to announce that the
atrocious system of burning the property of the industrious
farmer, who, suffering from other burdens, can ill afford
this dread increase, still continues in this county. About
four o'clock on Thursday morning last a fire was dis-
covered upon the premises of Mr. JAMES ATKINSON, of
Ulcehy,
and a straw stack containing about 40 loads,
together with two oat stacks containing NO quartars,
were completely destroyed. There is every reason
to believe that this devastation was the work of an
incendiary, though we regret to say the villain yet
remains undiscovered. The farm-yard adjoins the
road. Providentially the wind blew in such a direc-
tion as to avoid the other stacks : had not this been the
case, the whole of the stacks, together with the farm-house
and buildings, must have been sacrificed to the flames.
The labourers attended, and exerted themselves with
promptitude, but the flames burst out at intervals from the
smoking
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those destroyed was removed, in order to prevent it also
being burned. Mr. ATKINSON, we understand, was not
insured for one .farthing of his property.—Boston Gaz.
About four o'clock this morning, a most
atrocious murder was perpetrated in a house in Dunbar-
street. A woman of the name of CALDERHEAD, who,
along with her husband earned an honest livelihood by re-
tailing potatoes through the town, entered a company in
good health, and high in spirits, and was carried out a
corpse. The supposed delinquents are in custody, but the
details are of such a revolting nature that delicacy forbids
their publication. A family of five children bewail the
death of their unfortunate mother.— Scotsman.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Princess AUGUSTA is recovering from the t ffects of
a severe cold.

Prince LEoroLo left town yesterday, for his residence at
Claremont.

A conference on the affairs of Belgium was held by the
Representatives of the Great Powers yesterday at the Fo-
reign-office. It was attended by Prince LIEVEN, the Rus-
sian Ambassador, Prince ESTERMAZY, the Austrian Am-
bassador, Prince TALLEYRAND, the French Ambassador,
Baron Butow, the Prussian Minister, the Baron nEIVEts-
SEMBOURG, and Viscount PALMERSTON. The conference
lasted about three hours.

The Austrian and Russian Ambassadors had separate
interviews with Viscount PALMERSTON after the breaking
up of the conference.
Lord HOLLAND visited Earl GREY yesterday, at the
Treasury.
Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Foreign-office for Viscount GRANvILLE, our Ambassador
at Paris.