The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-15 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

VIENNA, JAN. 4.—The plenipotentiaries arrived since
our last are Baron Guise, from Bavaria; Count Beroldi-
gen, from Wirtemberg ; M. de Plessin, from Mecklenburg-
Schwerin ; M. de 13,:rg, from Olden' urg; M. Reitzenstein,
from Baden, and M. Marschall, from 131 unswick. All
that are now wanting are the representative of the Six-
teenth Vote, anti the Pi ussian Minister.
FRONTIERS Or SERVIA, DEC.—However joyful to the
Servians was the 6th June, when they were offi-
ei illy informed by their Prince that the Porte restored
the districts violently wre-ted from it by Chourschid
Pacha, the 4th of Dec., 1813, was a still happier day
for them, when a S,rvian Courier arrived from Constan-
tinople, bringing to Prince Mi:osch the long expected Hatti
Scheriff, signed by the Sultan, confirming all the national
privileges granted to them since 1820.

Notwithstanding the able intervention of General Ilii-
tenieff, these districts could not be obtained without some
R•cuniary sacrifice•, which are in no proportion to the
political advantages which the country obtains. Servia
acquires an increase of territory of 200 (4,000 English)
square miles, with a population of 230,000 souls, so that
the entire population will now be a million. With a judi-
cious organization the country, with its ❑atural wealth,
must soon attain great prosperity. We learn that Prince
Milosch intends to submit to the consideration of the next
assembly of the people several organic laws, which ate
already prepared. Among them is a proposal f,r a
Servian Pantheon, that is, a book in which the deeds of
all those pet sons shall be recorded who have distinguished
themselves in the affairs of Servia tip to tie receipt of the
a!iove-m.-ntioned Hatt; Seheriff.

VIENNA, JAN. 4.—Five per Cent. 95 1-16 ; Four per
Cent. 85 ; Bank Stock 12374.-2111getneine Zeituny,
Jam 9.

The Duke of Cumberland is expected to
leave 11,11 in the week alter noct fur his residence in St.
James's Palace, preparatory to the meeting of Pmliament,
ut will return to the Continent before the close of the
Ses•iun.

We hear that Lord Auckland has been ap-
p inted to succeed Lord Grenville as Auditor of the Ex-
chequer. This appointment was absolutely necessary to
enable the ordinary drily appointments to be made for the
public service; bat although Lord Auckland is understood
to be appointed permanently on constitutional grounds, of
course he will receive no part of the emoluments of his
new office while he retina those of his present situation.
On the opening of the session a bill will be brought in to
regulate the Exchequer. in pursuance of the report of the
Commissioners to whom the sublet:, was referred upon the
formation of the present Admin;stration. Lord Auckland's
office as Auditor or Controller (we think the latter is the
name proposed by the commissionets for the chief station
in the new Exchequer) will then become an efficient one,
and all the useless rn,chinery and numerous situations at
present existing, of Tellers, Clerks of the Pods, of the
Registry, the Debentures, the Introitus, the Exitus, and
of the Tallies, &c., with the salaries by which the public
has been so long burdened, will be abolished. The salary
recommended by the Commissioners for the office of Con-
trober or Auditor was, we believe, 2,0001. a year,—
,Ecening Paper.

A sinister report has been set going, to the
effect that Lord Grenville's office of Auditor of the Ex-
chequer is not to be reduced, but that Lord Auckland is
to fill it. There must be some mistake in this, we suppose.
If the office be not a sinecure, but entails on its holder
active duties, how could Lord Grenville, a helpless inva-
lid, perform them ? How, too, comes Lord Auckland to
.have time for their performance, in addition to those of
1,°.!.‘1e present situation as Chief of the Board of Trade?
recollect that when Lord Grenville's acceptance of the
.First Lordship of the Treasury in the Whig Administra-
tion
irregular!of !806 was objected to, on the ground of gross
rested the vindication
single around trio
tYi inasmuch as in that case the Noble Lord had
the ticklish dut
notorious sinecure ti
of auditing his own accounts, Mr. Fox
bon of the double appointment on the
the auditorship was a substantial and
chequer is to
to tnhTZ
be
re.
uiWe are told, however, that the Ex-
,.
GAovearted by a bill about to be brought in
by his Majesty
will prove a saving
Times.
WEAVING TRADE We trust the regulation
ntry..._,
weaving trade of this populous PAISLEY.—TiIe
been in a very prosperous state °fomanufacturing town has
manufacturers' attention had for some
past month. The
directed to the production of finisbedetime been chittly
facture of which now begins to exhibit awls, the inanu-
passed its maximum, and beginning to recesdiegna of having
the ordinary branches in this department
oft othae par with
business. The silk trimmings have rise a into verwyeaving
demand. Their production is carried on with consideareatiliVle.
vigour and alacrity. They are in full as keen request as
they were in February last year, and prices have attained
the same height as they had at that time, by which means
more than a third is added to the mechanics' wages. The
light white work is at present unusually brisk.—Edin-
burph Evening Courant.

LITERATURE

THE BLACK WATCH. LONDON : BEN ILLI,

1534.

Poor Picken ! He may tae said almost to
have died with the pen in his hand, finishing
this his last work, under the harrowing thought
that it was the only legacy he had to bequeath
a wife and family. This alone would be suffi-
cient to disarm criticism ; but in truth the work
requires nothing to recommend it to favour but
its own intrinsic merits. The whole of the
three volumes will be read with the greatest
delight, and in many parts the interest is wound
up to a high pitch. The work is mainly devoted
to illustrations of Highland character, more
especially as exemplified in the feelings and
conduct of the Black Watch, a regiment of
Highlanders raised soon after the accession of
the House of Hanover, with the understanding
that it was not to leave Scotland, but which is
inveigled up to London, for the purpose of
being sent abroad, by the perfidy of the Mi-
nisters of George 11. There is besides a love
affair, and a hero, of course handsome, ge-
nerous, and brave. Of the plot connected
with him we will say nothing ; but the follow-
ing description of the rescue of one of the
personages of the story, a kind of Rob Roy,
will give the reader a favourable idea of the
general style of animation with which the work
is written :

" Having torn themselves from the family, when the
two young men came to the front of the prison, they per-
ceived with concern that the guard without had been
doubled, and that there was every symptom of unusual
vigilance on the part of the military, as if some such at-
tempt as their own was a'ready expected. They stood
some minutes in the shade of the rugged buttress of an
ancient building, which then nearly facod the prison, and
consulted together as to what they should do, in conse-
quence of the additional difficulties presented by this cir-
cumstance. They had little time for talk, however, IT
the hour of changing the turnkeys for the night was fast
approaching ; and upon the advantage to be taken of that
moment depended all their hopes of success.
" ' Are you sure,' said Hector to his young friend, ' that
Donald has got inside ?'
" ' I am confident he must,' replied Farquhar, 'else we
should have found him here. God grant that he and
others were well outside again ! But who can that be in
the cocked hat and peat coat, peering about under the
corner?'
" ' Confound it !' exclaimed Hector, after looking out
for a moment, it is that long lean officer that I had the
tussle with at the skirmish wben your father was taken.
If he has the command for the night, as seems to be the
case, our exploit is almost desperate.'
" ' Surely,' said Farquhar bitterly, ' I am the very
plaything of ill-luck ! for had I suspected thie, I could as
easily had half a dozen stout fellows at the corner of the
street to assist us, as my tongue could have spoken the
word.'

" Hush, in that strain!' said Hector boldly ; fear is
a coward born, and we must know neither this night.
Stand close where you are--keep your weapon ready for
the band, and your eyes fixed on that black door. Now
bid me God speed !'
" Hector who, in his civilian dress, and known as the
doer of the burgess, had, through his master's intetest,
obtained the unquestioned entree to the prisoner, was
admitted without difficulty; but this evening, his person
was subjected to a search, more strict than he had ever
known it. Having passed this ordeal, as he now followed
one of the low functionaries of punishment through the
crooked passages, groping every where about for an ex-
pected object, his hand lighted among the thick hair of a
bushy head, which he gladly recognised as that of the
trusty Donald, Gleninore's servant, and the same who
had originally acted his part so well in the care of the
burgess's shop, crouched down in one of the darkest nooks
of the irregular corridor. Catching a handful of the man's
coarse hair as he pissed, Hector gave it a pull, to show
his confidence. In return for this freedom, however, he'
received from the Highlander such a squeeze in the thick
of the leg with the mountainous sinewy hand, as almost
endangered the wholeadventure, by the difficulty he found
in preventing himself from screaming out with the pain.
" At length they emerged into the small inner court,
out of which opened a low door, by which admission was
gained to the condemned cell, and in front of which a
sentinel was posted. As the key was turning in the lock,
Hector thought he observed the watchful red-coat glare
upon bitn with a suspicious look. He, however, took no
notice, and in another instant found himself in the pre-
sence of the object of his adventure.
" Are we not to be left alone, friend'' said the un•
fortunate man to the turnkey functionary, who still stood
with his hand on the lock of the inner door.
No,' said the man, ' it's the orders that I wait
inside.'

" A look was now exchanged between Hector and the
Cearnach ; when the latter, t king the youth in his arms,
and putting his mowh to his ear, a few earnest words of
whispering conversation passed between them; after
which, giving him a gentle pudi against the turnkey, he
shook his leg to show that in that respect he was already
free, and in another instant, by a sudden effort, the k, ys
were wrested from the hands of the paralysed servant of
the law, and the bold mountaineer was already on the out
side of the first door.

" • Dinna kill a puir body, and just keep her nain
counsel,' whispered the m-in hastily to Hector, as he found
himself in the youth's grasp. Do you think her nainsel
has ony pleasure in seeing his honour hangit ? Lock her
in, ye deevil, and take care o' the red scriger.'
" Scarcely were the words spoken ere the man was en-
closed in the cell ; next the second door was opened, and
in another instant the sentinel who stood without, was
pouric,d upon by the athletic Cearnach. While Hector
opened the other doors in the passage, the active IdiJi
"rider continued to grapple with the Englishman, who
seemed extremely unwilling to p irt with the musket
which 11I'Naughton endeavoured to wrest out of his hand.
The shout which the surprised sentinel set up while thus
engaged, aroused the attention of ti e other functionaries
to what was going forward ; hu' as they ran to their post•,
on finding Hector engaged in opening the doors, out sprang
from his concealment the bear-like Donald, and catching
one of them in his arms, while Hector now made a dart
at the other, who held the keys of the outer door,
all became engaged in a furious encounter ; though entirely
without weapons, save the heavy keys and a single bayonet
now in the hands of the Cearnach. In a few minutes
they had mastered, as well the functionaries as keveral
hangers on who lounged in the outer lobby, and the lass
door being opened by Hector, they attempted to get tiut
into the street."