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to rflIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY JAN UAR 8, IS3 .

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policy of ltu.-isia, and his op,ini.o.n 0,1,2 consetitteliti.rs
of the subju,atioll or Polanaalii*stion
0 4,), Russia,
ttiropeati *
" Few nations haVo iliniileVed so much artifice and deter-
ininfliion al itusßin in the I;tfrAlit of their designs. The
cunning and violence which •the. eniplidyed.by tUrni dining
sixty years itnland, are the same weapons which
A id kV"; just made use of against the Ottoman Enipife. Abus-
ing the influence she has aequired sit\Ge th 4 lasi: wars in
Wallnehia and 'Alol6.oA,nasfiglited the torcl'Of
Al. revolt in the heart of the.se S he' en
couraged tLo rebellion the .s.",irljahssiekt., rorie.
She fure-i40.1. Wit-‘ll arms and officers. Tl?l...ing ar,l.-
“At,ti.e of the natural ferocity 'of the 1 entetiealin4 sq. of
their inclination for plunder), ',Att.i.itt and armed them
for rebellion, In like 111:anner, and to atiSwer lip future
pUt.lom :',Ye arnica the Uorea; Itaui ataiiined it
witn imaginary densrOt., iVnich she had dettero.Ully nausea
to be rep•Ortr.A. lii fine, Under:the niOstfrit•ciliiiit tiHtr.':kes
lias'tiontitnted Carili and thedther
lonian isl,and• i::ohl3se independence herselF. had recogniZed.
ii.avitu Inns prepared, for tilt her projects by
all Vac means with whioi 'Al.zince and intrigue cOulci supply
her, She hait'&x.terously seized the OpPertlinit the
wat bkween Prance and tlites her, and is Openly
marchiug to a't.:;.'ot.t:;'a lier designs with that violence which
kllbt.vs au respects the rights of niankliid,
n Circumstances 50 5r;.,',92 Ina me to remind yotn. Ma-
jesty of the ccoadltd which the old roVttillitda Of trance
adopted at a. period to which it-it neeessary to refer; in order
to discover the true cause of present events, Uf all the
faults which that government evor t6olmitted,-the most un-
pardonable fault, begabse it was the most fatal; was the
short-sighted policy With. which it the first divi-
sion of Poland, which it cpuld so easily have prevented.
lied it not been for this first division, the two others never
could have taken'place, awl" I.:6,tianoveven have been at-
tempted, at the tinie they lieiT matre. Poland would 'Ain
exist. ik'n• disappearance would not have left a void, and
('.;rope would havt.avoided the concussions and, agitations
which have incessantly tormented her for the last ten years.
" The cabinet of Versailles aggravated this fault still
more, by leaving the Ottoman Porte. to contend single-
handed with the Russians, whereby the Sultan was forced
to make the most 'painful sacrifices, although these might
have been spared her assistance from France, either in 1783,
after the peace which had just been concluded, or five years
later, at the commencement of that war which was brought
to a close by the lamentable peace of 1791.
" This forgetfulness of the interests of France and of all
Etirope, would be attended in these times with much more
fatal consequences for both, were it not that your Majesty
has rendered them impossible.,
" But your Majesty has done every thing in your power
to dispose your enemies to peace, and also to render it easy
of attainment. For it is not possible to suppose that Rus-
sia can be so blind as to renounce all blessings of peace,
by refusing to enter into the only engagement which your
Majesty wishes to require of her : that is to say, that she.
shall abstain henceforth from the enterprises she has carried
on for the last thirty years, and which she is at this mo-
ment again pursuing upon the States which bound her on
the South ; and that she shall recognise the independence
of the Ottoman Empire—two things of essential importance
to the policy of France and the peace of the world."
The above may be said to be among the opinions
from which TALLZYRAI•ID never departed. The
counsel which, he gave, NAPOLEON, in 1807 with
respect to Poland, and the consequences to Europe
which he stated would follow her overthrow, he re-
peated with five times more 'earnestness to LOUIS
PH ILL IPP E, in the beginning of 1831. He repeatedly
assured the CITIZEN-KING that the prostration of
Poland would only stimulate tile "Czar; to new con-
quests ; that Russia was incapable of good faith, and
would be bound by no treaty which restrained her ambi-
tion. But though the French and English Governments
paid no attention to the remonstrances to the ex-Bishop
.)f AUTUN, recent events have convinced them that they

were the result of an intimate acquaintance with
Russian policy—now admitted by them to be incom-
patible with the safety of Europe. in fact it is now
well understood, that if Russia refuse to deliver up
Poland—if she delay to restore to Poland her constitu-
tion and her government—if she revoke not her ukases
for the banishment of the -Polish patriots—if she re-
store not the property of the exiles—and if she make
not such compensation for the wrongs which she has
inflicted upon Poland as England and France shall
judge fitting as a pecuniary compensation, then will
she be taught that what she has dared to call a " right
• of • conquest"- is still a right in abeyance, and will
so remain till she shall have :levelled England and
France as low as she has perfidiously prostrated
Poland. .We state this With confidence, because we
happen to know that the tone of the last despatches
from our GovernMent to Russia warrants the assertion.
Lord DURHAM is not without powers sufficiently
ample to vindicate the rights of Europe, as far as those
rights can be vindicated by the Representative of one
member of the family of Kings. We have the greatest

confidence in the firmness of the Noble Earl : and we
trust that he will not retard England and France's medi-
tated reparation of the error committed by then in 1830.
The Governments are no longer restrained by the po-
pular action of a Reform Bill in the one country, and
a Revolution in the other, from asserting by force of
arms the inviolability of the treaty of Vienna.

From the Lima Gazette :
" LIMA, AUG. 27.—The Government has just received
the dispatch which we here insert : ,

"TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE SUPREME CHIEF OF THE

REPUBLIC.

" Andaguailas,Aug. 18, 1835

" Most Excellent Sir,—lt is with the deepest regret
that I communicate to your Excellency the disastrous news
of the total destruction of the army which was placed
under the immediate orders of General Gamarra, for the
purpose of defending the existence of the republic in
the south. This unlooked-for catastrophe happened on
Thursday, the lath inst., at half-past two, p. m., in the
province of Yanacocha, on the heights of the village of
Andaguailas, after a well contested battle. A few chiefs
and other officers, who are here with me, and various
other „individuals, whom, I presume, have accompanied
General Gamarra, are the only persons who have escaped
after the. disaster. The immediate consequence of this
event is the reduction of the country to a most deplorable
condition. The losses of the enemy have been easily supplied
from the great number of fugitives from our army, and I cal-
culate that his existing force is not under 6,000 men. The
danger is imminent without doubt, but in no way superior
to the genius, enthusiasm, and military virtues of your Ex-
cellency, nor to the well-known resolution of the people.
This is an important crisis, which calls for the bright dis-
play of all the eminent qualities of the founders of our inde-
pendence, and destiny seems to open to your Excellency a
brilliant career of victory and. glory.
" I am going to Ayacucho, where I shall exert every
effort to collect 800 or 1,090 men, and, if possible, to raise
the department in mass. What we urgently want are arms
and ammunition, but everything must be obtained w•ithoat a
moment's delay, for it is probable that Santa Cruz will hasten
to occupy the department as part of the new state which, to
the detriment of Peru, he proposes to found, for the ini-
quitous purpose of converting the nation into a colonial de-
pendency of his. miserable Bolivia.
" Your Excellency is now aware of the lamentable state
of the country ; for myself and my companions in arms, we
are ready to manifest The most ardent zeal, and, conducted
by the illustrious chief of the Republic, to contribute effi-
caciously to save the state or ,to perish under the ruins
of Peru.

" Go-.l preserve your Excellency.
LOPERA.'

The Pa'ris Papers of Wednesday, received this morn-
ing, confirm our statement of yesterday with respect to
the reconciliation between France and the United
States. The Duke DE BROGLIE has forwarded a
despatch to Lord PALMERSTON, in Which he assures
his Lordship that the French Government is entirely
satisfied with the PRESIDENT'S Message, and quite
ready to pay the indemnity. This is as we stated it
would ht from the commencement. The following are
extracts, from the Paper§ :
PAr.is, 6.—NEws OF TUE MoRNING.—The
Illo-
nifcur copied yesterday, at the head of its paper, the note
of the Mbhitetsr: cht Commerce, relative to a.communication.
'of pap ers on the American question, Which was to be made
to the Unambers. The official journal of this morning
has the following paragraph :—" We yesterday borrowed
from tiJ Moniteur du Commerce an article which we must
rectify, That journal announced that documents, relative
to thet nerican question, had been placed by the Pre-
sident of t. he Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the
disposal of v the Committee appointed by the Chamber of

Deputies to draw up the address. In the present state of
that affairs no ejmnttitinication has been or could have
been made
A journalsO:o that the Cpiriniittee has sent .to .request
the President Of the iT,Otincil iii go idzday during its sit-
tings, and gire sonic eXplanatiOn relative to I.ll'J
elation between Prance and the United States. From the
dote of prolyitle that the Committee
will riot derive ruu,2ll information from its et;'ntoripl!,4 with-
the Minister.
I'llbitdp,tt of the o)7i,platee to r the Addre'S3 df.tile
, Deputies was' annonnetia for yesteittay; l „
oPri fA'p to-clay;
and .nOW it is Said it will not be made till to-morrow. Wo
shall Suttlrit.'d if it gliduld be farther delayed.
It is' affirmed that a Member' ot' tile tyrr.,4,,,, Will pro-
pose a 9 au ipPety,lment to the Address a paragraph eiiPfcst-
ing a wish for the :*4‘icititort the of 9th September.
letter fciirn Bcliagtititi Om St's January 'says,
Uuetztria Stilt heats diii, arm We
portant ppst will be saved if it only receives some reintot
lti
redtit: '!.'be enertiy'sfered is not go ctinStant as at the be-
ginning ; first, for want of arnmuitiitidtifntld secondly, he is
lahourtti to redtice the plaee by mining.: Lo Garrison
took atitantage of this thd before yesterday to make
two
:sallies ; one to pick up the 361 n. titid 241 b, balls
which the enemy had
.ftrod at the ramparts, that he
!night not tise then again i above 150 were picked up.
The entrance of a mine among the houses the
suburbs' of Urrerista was discovered, 80 toises from tile
walls. All Ari Pied. The other sally was made
with 160 men to examine the mine, which is 20 feet in
length. There ,were some wounded on each side. ifes-
terday at noon the firing recommenced, the Carlists having
received 200 cart loads of bombs and shells, two new mor-
tars, and it howitzer. We do not know the result of this
new attack, but it is reported that lots have been drawn to
decide which corps shall storm the place, and that the lot
has fallen on 4th of the division of Guipuscoa.
Meantime we are preparing to defend ourselves, being al-
most certain, that should Guetaria be unhappily taken we
shall be attacked in earnest, and probably be reduced to our
own resources, because the army of the North gives no
signs of life.
At the moment of -lily writing a fire has broken out. in
the arsenal ; whether by accident or design is not knoWn.
Everybody is at work to stop it, and we hope soon to ex-
tingUish it.
The Minister of War has ordered Gurrea and his
two sons to go and serve under Mina. Ten thousand As-
turian and Galacian Quintas.(recruits), are gdne from San;.
tander to Vittoria.
Our letters from Madrid say, that M. Mendizabal. will
shortly bring forward a project of law, to recognise the
new American States tvithout any kind of consideration,—
lessager, Jan. 6. •
FRENCH FUNDS.—Pannt, JANUART 6..
Five per Cents., I.oBf. etc. 655. 70c.
Four per Cents., 99f. Ssc. 95c.
Three per Cents. Slf. 20c. 39c. 25c. 20e.
Bank Actions, '2,150f. •
Rents de Naples, S f. ec. 40c. 25c.
Roman Five per Cents., 1021,4%.
Spanish Actives, 50% 51.
Spanish Differes, 26 25%%N.
Passives, 1614%5.
Belgian Loan, Five per cents., t02N1,4%.
Portugue.:b Loin, • Five per Cents., t 35
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 5514.
Dutch Two and a half per Cents., 56f. Sc.
Haytian Loan, 4101.

EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month; paper, .t*. —.c;; money; 23f 52 4c.
Three month:, paper, :Of. 37e. ; money. —f. —c.
—Lours uthentique.

QUAkTER TO Foua.--Five per Cents., 1081. 90c.; Three
per Cents., 81f.- 45c. ; Five per Cents: Spanish, —; Three
per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, Coupons, 25Z ; Gueb-
bards, --; Differes, 184; Now Loan, —; Actives, 51i ;
Passives, 16!; Ducats, 98 60 ; Romans, 102-4 ; Pedros, 85 ;
Belgians, 1024; Dutch, —f. —c. ; Haytians, 410 f. ;
Miguels,..—; Brabant Bank, -; Belgian Bank, 134 ; Con-
tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 351; Five per Cent. Pei pe-
tuelles,

Mr. T. Wentworth Beaumont, M. P., is distri-
buting food and clothing to, the poor in the vicinity of his
extensive estates at Bretton Hall.

Earl Spencer bestows annually at Althorpe a prize
of 101. to the hedge-cutter who shall cut, lay, and ditch,
in the most workmanlike manner, eleven yards of hedge-
row. It was contended for last week by sixty hedge-cut-
ters of Northampton, and other counties ; and, after due
examination, the prize was awarded to Ptolemy Da-
venport.
- -

Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan get 5,0001. 'a year by the
death of Sir C. Grant. The remaining portion of his
fortune is left away from them during their lifetime (in
consequence of the elopement), but it is to go to their
children.
-H. F. Hawkes, Esq., is talked of as the liberal can- i
didate for Leeds, at the next General Election, in opposi-
tion to Sir John Beckett. The ex-Judge Advocate has
no chance, now the old Corporation are out of office.—
' Halifax Express.
Newman Knowlys, Esq., late Recorder of London,
died on Wednesday, at his house, James-street, Buckingham-
-gate. Mr. Knowlys was one of the Benchers of the Middle
Temple : he was elected Recorder in the place of Sir John
Sylvester, and held the office until the affair of Job Cox,
who was under sentence of death for a Post-office robbery,
caused his resignation.

A scaffolding has been erected at the exterior of that
part of Kensington Palace where the Duchess of Kent and
the Princess Victoria reside, to complete the improvements
which have been in progress some time past in that part of
the Royal Palace. Th apartments in which George the
Second died in the Palace have been unoccupied since the
year 1760, as it is contrary to Royal etiquette for any per-
son, except a Sovereign, to reside in the apartments where
a King had previously expired. This custom, for which no
rational cause has been assigned, is now likely to be aban-
doned.

The Leeds Ileformers have it in contemplation to
give a public breakfast to Edward Baines, Esq., M.P., in
honour of the splendid triumph of Municipal Reform.—
Hagfax Express.
A prospectus has been issued at Sheffield for a rail-
way from that town to the ports of the Humber.
During 1835, there were at the parish-church, Ha-
lifax, 840 baptisms, 749 marriages, and 255 funerals.
Classing the town council as now chosen for this
borough according to their religious sentiments there ap-
pears to be 21 Churchmen, 5 Roman Catholics, 4 Confe-
rence Methodists, and 6 Dissenters of different kinds. In
politics it, is not so easy to form any precise division, by
reason of the great diversity of parties now existing in the
country. The marks by which the old Whig and Tory
factions used to be known are all but obliterated, each of
these parties being split into a variety of smaller sects. As
applicable to existing things the most practicable divisions
we can think of is to range them as preferring a Melbourne
to a Peel administration, and vice versa. According to
this arrangement, we should judge from the generally under-
stood sentiments of the members that 24 would be in favour
of Lord Melbourne, and 12 for Sir Robert Peel ; the larger
number consisting of all shades of opinion from the old
constitutional Whig to the Radical Reformer ; ard the
other division being chiefly composed of that class of To-
ries who are now softened down into what may be termed
.Conservative Reformers.—Preslon Paper.
THE CHURCHES AT WAR.—ln reference to the
monstrous charge made by the Bishop of Gloucester against
the Catholic Hierarchy, the Bishop of Kilkenny, at the
conclusion, of his refutation of the libellous statements, calls
for proof and retraetation.; and affirms that the libeller's
" silence, under such circumstances, will be, as it ought to be,
recorded as a confession of guilt." We make this state-
ment on the authority of the Dublin Register.
man named Barton, who has the reputation of
of having committed many robberies in the old style—
namely, with the presentation of a pistol—is now in
custody in the Town Hall, at Sheffield, charged, among
other offences, with having shot at Mr. Frost, of Calver
(steward to Earl Newburgh), and with having robbed a
servant of the. Duke of Portland. Five days after he shot
at Mr. Frost, he enlisted into the 7th regiment of the Dra-
goon Guards, now at Nottingham barracks, and has re-
mained there up to the time of his being apprehended on
Friday last. The commanding officer at the barracks, by
some means or another, became suspicious of Barton's
character, and wrote to Earl Newburgh on the subject.
Mr. Frost immediately forwarded instructions to Bland,
the Sheffield constable, who went over` o Nottingham, taking
with him a boy to recognise Barton, hich he did he king
he changed his regimentals—as he then appeared
dressed in the same clothes as he had on when commit-
ting his acts of depredation and violence. He was imme-
diately taken into custody, very heavily ironed, and arrived
at Chesterfield in custody of Bland and another constable,
about seven o'clock, and was taken that night before Earl
Newburgh (who was on a visit at Sir Henry Hunloke's,
Bart., of Birdholrne), and was by his Lordship forwarded to
the custody of the Sheffield Magistrates. He was taken to
Sheffield the same night. Barton, we understand, mad
a fine soldier, being stout made, and measuring six feet in
height. —Derby Reporter.
FALLING OF COAL IN MINES.—When a piece
(in pillars) of coal is about to fall, it makes a low crackling
noise first, like the gentle noise of breaking a stick. Little
pieces of coal, called the forerunners, are generally heard
to fall. The person who first hears the notice (and their
ears are very quick) cries out immediately, " Listen," and
every thing is perfectly still ; there is a death-like silence
instantly, and if the crashing of the coal continuei, they
withdraw to a place of security. Sometimes a face or slip
sets in, which cannot always be seen. This being a dislo-
cation, will sometimes fall down without notice, and acci-
dents more commonly arise from that circumstance than
from anything I know.--.-Witness before the Committee-on
Accidents in Mines.

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GERMAN,. DUTCH, AND BRUSSELS
PAPERS.

11/6fannoti, EiEe..6l,-----1n the course of this year,
2,204 shifisg large and smallf have arrival here from sea.
Among them Wete 884 from Great Britain, 156 from
FrPnge; 400 from Tolland and East Friesland, 07 from the
West tat] 02 from South America, 40 , froM North
America, &c. Abaft 400 ships have sailed in the course
the year. -
r3W, 29.—The Austritit. Observer, ii k 4 the
Petersburg Journal, noV mivgs,the speech of the Emperor
ak WilfsdiV, the passage omitted by the Journal des
AAA The frank declaration of the Petersburg Journal
has causcii uy::ye'at sensation here. The publication of the
number of the lottrual des Debats is likely to rekindle the
natlOro MYtrecl of the Russians against France, which was
so excited in 19f2,7 but has been since allayed. •
I-InmauaG, DEC. 50,..4.m-The drift ice which was in the
1 channel of the Elbe has becit entirely driven away by the
violent storms, and the navigation of the river is. now free

again.
MUNICH, DEC. 23.—We are assured that when our
King embarked in the English ship sent to receive him, be
found a sitting-room and bed-chamber precisely resembling
-those in his own palace, the King of England having ordered
them to be so fitted up from an accurate plan.—Hamburgli
,Papers, Jan. 1. .- _,
DUTCH FUNDS,—AmsTrtnnam, JAN. 5 . .
• Money. Bills.
.!ct.1171 Debt, 234 per Cent... ' 55% 5-,1- •- . •
Loan fle3o) 5 per cent.
A ifmrt 6v ii:4'.,, 4..%i per rent 95 1,5 v,
Ditto, ditto, ;,,;'.' Per cent 7914 791i
124,, 1.1
f;:frninercial Company, !...,t per c...nt
'M,frs W. 32 and 13,3:) 5 per ;eat,
Ext bane MI London, One Month... l2 22 ,';
Two months ,. 12 12;::: •
—Dutch Papers', isd. et
HAMBURG 1101{g11 f4A.I.LE, JAN. I. - ,
FOREIGN FUND% YAUs. MoneT.
Austrian 5 ad/11(01gs, 5 p,er cent.
Ditto • (Mit), 4 per cent.
Ditto ditto :Iper rent.
Ditto Bank Shares 1372 1371
Russian 5 per cents. Metal.
Anglo-nussian.l.Oan' lOl%
Paper Inscription, 6 per cent —
Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Scrips
Ditto,. Certificates
Portuguese !Worley Bonds, 5 per cent B2 81%
Ditto, 3 per cent . 52% 52
per Cents. -114 lifl,
Ditto .5 per Cents - —
Polish Bonds, 3 per cents.
Anglo. Danish Loan, 3per cents 73
Norwegiart. Loan of 1834, 4 psr cents,
Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents —
Ccrifa,s Loan, 5 put:ent
Greer: 4 per cents. IEO9, guaranteed by France _
EXCH A NOI,B ON LONDON.
HANIBURG, IVY, 1.-139', ; two months, 13814.
ST. PETERSBURG!! DEc:22.—'lllree months, 10 15—'32.
littfrHEN, Mc. 20'—ifwei months, 6 18
BEnt,itf, ilit4,, 29.—Three months, 6. 283‘.
GRAIN. _
Wheat, Marks • 210 t 0536 Oats, Upland: —to
• ---- Mecklenburg..... 196 to .226 ---Mec...lclenburg - to
75 t 9 87
---,Magdeburg 2Ol to 231 -- Eider
-- Eider 196 to 14,8 —= Holstein il.. 84 to b?.'t
---: Aiihatt, white... to • --. Petershurgh & Riga -- to
--- ---- red
138
-- Holstein
Rye, Mecklenburg 174 to 180 Pease, Upland, ye110w.....165 to 199
-- Holstein
Archangel —to Tares 168 to 174
Barley; Mecklenburgh... 141 to 150 Rapeseed .to -
-- Magdeburgh .... to Ditto Cakes lO to 31
--- Lower Elbe

COTTON.
Carolina and Tennessee... 8 Y4t011% Maranham l2 tol2g
Oeorgia, Ist sort 11y4 1134 Madras 8 9
-2d 10 11 Surats 6,4 814
2.01 and 4th ...... B'4 9.2 Osmingo ...... ............. lO X 11

COFFEE.
Mocha gto j Domingo
Batavia
Surinam ,5. 5% 'Fort() Rico s%
Rio 5% 7 HaydnPah 6l,i
Bahiai4
SUGAR.— (With 8% Discount.)
fN to CD,4
White White .............••
Havannali, Brown Brown to 12 Bahia,
sg Brown . .. . ........ 6% 'T
Rio, White ro7 B.li 9 Pernambuco, White 8 8%
Brown 6% 7i Brown ...... 7
—Hamburg Papers, Jan. 1.
THE HAGUE, JAN. 2.—The Dutch ship Jacobus, of
Rotterdam, has brought the intelligence that at the time of
its departure from Java, his Majesty's frigate, the Diana,
was ready to convey troops to Bencoolen in Sumatra, to as-
sist in
.the military operations in that island.
AMSTERDAM, JAN. 4.—A Royal Resolution of Dec. 11,
contains some regulations of the affairs of the Christian
community in the Dutch East India possessions. By this
Resolution the Protestants in those possessions are to form
but one religious community, and that consequently the Re-
formed and Lutheran communities in Batavia shall be united,
unless the two communities, or one of them, should make
such objections against it to the Indian Government, that
that Government should think it advisable to submit them
,to the King, before proceeding to the proposed Union. In
the course of the last year, 1,731 ships arrived in the Maese,
and 1,725 sailed. Among the arrivals were 240 from Lon-
don, 167 from Hull, 119 from Sunderland, 119 from
Newcastle, 61 from Liverpool, 25 from Cardiff, 15 from
Itye, and 10 from Ipswich ; in all, 766 from English ports.
The rivers are frozen over, or full of floating ice ; but the
latest accounts are considered on the whole to be favourable.
BRUSSELS, JAN. 6.—We are assured that the project of
law which the French Government is going to submit to
the Chambers, to sanction its ordinances of the 10th Octo-
ber and 28th December, relative to the duties of Custom,
will contain several other modifications favourable to., the
manufacturers and commerce of Belgium.
A new weekly English journal to he called the Brussels
Spectator, is announced.
The Independent gives a detailed statement (which is
copied by the illeniteur Beige), of the trade between Bel-
gium and France in 1834, according to official accounts
published at Paris, under the heads of productions of the
Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdom,,and Manufac-
tures

Exported from Imported into
Belgium. Belgium.
Animal Kingdom
Vegetable Kingdom
Mineral Kingdom
Manufacture

75,594,290 43,643,959
43,643,959

Difference
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, Jan. 5.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ,
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent. lOO%
Loan of City, 163 Four per Cent 99h
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent )331,4
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent ll3
—Brussels Papers, Jan. 6.
HAMBURG, JAN. 6.—The navigation of the Elbe is
again interrupted by floating ice.—Borsen Halle, Jan. 2.
FRANKFORT, DEc. 30.—The Hanoverian Gazette con-
tains some observations on the present state of warfare ; the
following passages seem to merit the attention of our
readers :—" Germany, in its external relations with Austria,
Prussia, and Russia, has not ceased to be united to those
Powers to maintain the empire of the public law of: Europe.
It is true that half of Luxemburg, occupied by Belgium,
has not yet been restored to us, but our rights to that ter-
ritory are so incontestable, that party spirit alone can be
behind them. The sense of these rights is so general, that
the question must soon be decided in our favour, in spite of
all the diplomatic difficulties with which it has been sur-
rounded. We have only to remain faithful to this object, to
oppose with energy, and, on the ground of our rights, all the
irregular demands of foreigners, in the same manner as was
done with respect to Switzerland, and to refuse every kind
of foreign intervention, as has been done with regard to
France and England.
"At home the German States have been especially at-
tentive to their commercial interests, which are greatly
benefited by the Commercial Union, and will derive great
advantages from the introduction of iron rail-roads and
steam navigation.
" 'Fle situation of the people of " Germany is, doubtless,
at this moment the happiest of all the nations of Europe,
and it is our duty to preserve it by our faithful union with
respect to foreign powers, by the legitimate progress of im-
provement at home, that we may continue to hold the rank
among the first European nations, by which we arc entitled
by the extent of our territory, and the degree of our ci-
vilization.

"The present character of the Austrian States was formed
only towards the close of last century. Till then Austria
possessed the Imperial Crown, which gave it the first place
among the first Princes of the Earth, but did not give it an
analogous degree of power, because Belgium and the other
States in the South of Germany, continually placed Austria
in hostile contact with Prance. Now it has the Imperial
Crown in its own States, and, instead of those distant pos-
sessions, it has required others more conveniently situated,
and for the interest which it exercised in Germany, it has
power in Italy. The character of that empire is by nature
federal.

" The Hereditary 'German States, rich, populous, and ci-
vilized, are the nucleus ; the inhabitants of these provinces
are attached to the Imperial family to a degree very rare
in other European nations. Besides the Hereditary States
there are Bohemia, Galicia, Illyria, and Italy, the organic
laws of which greatly resemble each other.
" As for the organisation and administration of Hun-
gary, Sclavonia, Croalia, and Transylvant, they are very
different. This alone shows the complete impossibility of
giving to an empire composed of so many different nations
a general constitution, as the liberal party very injudiciously
advise. Austria exercises sovereign power over Italy, in
its foreign relations ; it is here that it is chiefly opposed to
France, which envies the influence of Austria in Italy, and
threatens to disturb its peaceable possessions by favouring
the revolutionists of that country. By its own strength, its
presiding in the Diet, and its ancient connections with the
Nobility and Clergy of the Empire, Austria enjoys in
Germany as great power as a protector. In Turkey it is
the silent but faithful protector of the Sultan, if he should
be menaced by- Russia.
",The new. Emperor closely follows the principles of his
father ; and, besides, the whole system is now so clearly
defined, that.the change of the Sovereign can henceforth