The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-19 00:00:00

NGE YESTERDAY.

Leghorn 47%
Genoa 26 10
Venice 46%
Malta 46
Naples
Palermo per oz. 120
Lisbon 47
Oporto 48
Rio Janeiro
Bahia 32
Buenos Ayres
Corkin, 21 days' sight l%
34
BULLION, PER OZ.
X. S. d.
Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0
Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9
?New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars
Sllverbars, standard 0 0 0

COURSE or EXCHA
Amsterdam C.F 12 5
Ditto, at sight I.i 3
Rotterdam ''' 1.1 12 5
Antwerp 12 8
Hamburg . M. B 13 14
A.ltona l3 141
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 8.5
Ditto 2 U. 26 20
Bordeaux .26 10
Berlin
Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 153
Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0
Vienna, effective 11. 2 M. 10 10
Trieste do ........10 11
Madrid 361;
Cadiz 36g
Bilboa ..... 3N
Barcelona 36
Seville 36
Gibraltar__

MIDDLESEX ELECTION.
THE COMMITTEE for conducting Mr.
HUME'S RE ELECTION earnestly appeal to
the Reformers of this County, and to all who are desirous
of promoting Reform, Economy, and Retrenchment, and
of deriving those benefits from the Reform Bill, which
the country is entitled to receive, to come forward imme-
diately, and support him against the Anti-Reformers and
Conservatives, who are making their last great effort to
exclude him from Parliament, and thereby to preserve
that corruption, and protect those abuses, by which they
have so long enriched themselves and their connections at
the expense of the Public.
JAMES ANDERTON, Chairman.
Subscriptions for returning Mr. Hume free of expense,
received by the Committee at the Salopian Coffee-house,
Charing-cross.

C ONDENTS.
An Eyewitness aft ShefßßfieldESP" wO ha ill ve perceived that the
subject has been already noticed.

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1832,

The county elections are proceeding quite as
favourably as did the borough ones, for the cause
of Reform. BRISCOE and BEAUCLERK are
safe for East Surrey, in the Western division
of which county Mr. SUMNER has been sig•
Daily defeated. For Hants, the Marquis of
DOURO has already satisfied himself that he

has not a chance, and has wisely resigned
his pretensions. In Warwickshire the Tories
are also humbled ; and we suspect also that they
are on the wrong side of success, for Derbyshire.
In Berks, Mr. WALTER triumphs, though the
battle there is very hotly contested. To-morrow
begins the great struggle for Middlesex, which,
it needs no super-human sagacity to predict,
will terminate in the return of Mr. HUME.

An express has arrived from Paris, bringing
the Papers of Monday, and the illessager des
Chambres dated yesterday. They are princi-
pally filled with detailed accounts of the taking of
the Lunette St. Laurent by the French troops,
and the expected opposition in the Chamber of
Peers on the law sur l'etat de siege, a commis-
sion having been appointed to examine its ten-
dency on the freedom of the subject, as by the
,Article 14 of the Charter, should this project
pass into a law in its full extent, it grants an
unlimited power to the King, independent of
both Chambers.

A telegraphic despatch was received early on
Monday morning from the Head-quarters of the
French army ; shortly after which a Cabinet
Council was held, which sat in deliberation for
several hours. Expresses were sent off to King
LEOPOLD, Marshal GERARD, and the Royal
Dukes in the course of the day. Marshal GE-
RARD was making every preparation to carry the
citadel without entering the city of Antwerp, so
that CHASSE should have no plea for firing upon
the inhabitants. A grand attack was expected
to be made in a few days.
It was asserted at the Bourse, that the Dutch
army was on its march towards the frontiers of
Belgium. Strong reinforcements had arrived at

Great interest is felt among the liberals at
the glorious success of the Reform candidates
in England.

The news from Madrid represents FERDI.
NA ND to be in a very precarious state; his life
is not expected to be of long duration. The
QUEEN REGENT was exerting all her influence
among the liberal party, as in case of his de-
mise the priests and the supporters of Don
CArtLOS will, no doubt, try to the utmost their
intrigues to have this would-be Usurper ac-
knowledged as Rey absolute.
Paris continues tranquil, and the Funds re-
main steady at Saturday's quotation.

Up to a late hour this morning, no later ac-
counts had been received at the French Embassy
from Antwerp, than those which have appeared
in the English Papers. At the date of the last
accounts arrangements were making to strengthen
the batteries of the besiegers, and hasten the
fall of the Citadel.

We understand that there is no truth in the
statement of the Memorial Bordelais, that an
official notification had been sent by the British
and French Governments to the Court of Ma-
drid, of their intention to recognise the Portu-
guese Regency.

The accounts from Oporto, by way of Liver-
pool, are more satisfactory than the last. The
Constitutionalists had succeeded in obtaining a
supply of fresh provisions, and also some rein-
forcements, by a steamer which had been able to
land her cargo on the coast. It was expected
that the army would make a sortie against the
Miguelite battery, which commands the Douro ;
but the forces of Don MIGUEL at Villa Nova
and Vallongo were so considerable as to render
great caution necessary.

We have received letters from Lisbon, from
which it appears that great dissatisfaction prevails
in that city, and that if PEDRO were to evacuate
Oporto, and march upon the capital, he
would have every prospect of success. The
following is an extract from one of the letters :
,‘ usamq, DEC. 3.
" Portugal has lately suffered much from its arbitrary
governors and the apathy of the British Government,
which has had it so much in its power to heal the wounds
that despotism has inflicted; but it looks with indifference
on us, and sees its own flag insulted, its commerce de-
stroyed, and its merchants, who are engaged in com-
merce here, entirely ruined ; as exactions and forced loans
make the natives less able to ply their just commercial
debts. It has been said in England, that people who write
from this place, make unnecessary complaints, and find
fault when there is none due. The late circumstance of
firing on our shipping, and the satisfaction as it is called,
given to Admiral Parker, gave general dissatisfaction
here, and must awake the attention of our countrymen
at home, who alwa)s feel a jealousy for the honour of the
British flag, which has been grossly insulted.
" All the reports from Oporto leave us to expect that
Pedro has made a successful assault from thence on the
other's works. The silent joy of the opposite (Pedro's)
party can scarcely be concealed; but being surrounded by
spies, a slight word or gesture would cause a certain int
prisonment, and this prevents the exposure of the joy they
feel. The wretched state of the country you would scarcely
believe ; the misery of thousands who were in affluence, the
different appearance of the industrious population, the
deserted palaces of the ancient nobility, to those who have
seen it in better times, is truly distressing. How beauti-
ful, how happy, would this kingdom be under a good
Government."

The Duke of ARGYLL, Lord ERROL, Lord

PORTMORE, and Lord KINNAIRD, took the
usual oaths of allegiance in the Court of Chan-
cery to-day, to enable them to vote by proxy in
the election of Scotch Peers.

Breda and Bergen-op-Zootn, under the com-
mand of the Prince of ORANGE and the Duke
of SAXE WEIMAR. This movement on the
part of HOLLAND is considered to be only a
Precautionary measure, in case the French
troops, after having got possession of the
citadel, should pursue their conquest, and in-
vade Holland.

A general war is not at all anticipated, as the
Duke de BROGLIE, Minister for Foreign Al..
fairs, has received positive assurance from the
Prussian Ambassador at Paris, that Prussia will
remain neutral as long as France respects the
territory of King WILLIAM.
Sir STRATFORD CANNING had a long inter-
view with the Minister fin Foreign Affairs, the
object of which, it is said, is to enter into a
treaty with France and Spain for the immediate
recognition of Queen Donna MARIA. This
news created a great joy among the Constitu-
tionalists in Paris.