The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-16 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

BERLIN, APRIL B.—Yesterday evening, at six o'clock,
died his Excellency the Minister of State Baron W. Von
Humboldt, at his country seat, Jagel, near Berlin, in the
GBth year of his. age, after a short and painful illness. Not
only the State but the sciences have suffered a severe loss
in him. To the study of antiquity, and in particular of
general philology, which last was his favourite pursuit, he
devoted. all the energies of his mind, and with indefatigable
perseverance. He retained his faculties in their full vigour
to the last. With the cheerfulness and equanimity which
accompanied him through life he died composedly in the
bosom of his family, and full of the joyful hope of meeting
those who are dear to him and gone before him.

PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bmtum, Aenll.9.
le Bills. Money.'
St. Schuld. Sch., 41 per cent..... IOA
Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 987 i, 98%
Exchange en London, Two months 6 25%
—Prussian State Gazette, April 10
CONSANTINOPLE, MARCH 1 B.—The Salamander has not
yet arrived. It appears from depatches 'from London that
the project of exploring the Black Sea has,,been abandoned,
as a- useless one. Several English frigates and brigs are
cruizing off Smyrna. It is not known whether Admiral
Rowley has returned to Malta. A British ship has brought
despatches to Lord Ponsonby. It is believed that his
Lordship has received instructions relative to the overtures
made by him, in conjunction with the French Ambassador,
in the Conference of the 9th of February. In those instruc-
tions he is urged to be most circumspect, without losing
sight of the interests of England. He is ordered to treat
the Porte with the utmost reserve. It is not doubted that
the British squadron will shortly return to Malta, but that
it will always be ready to sail on the first signal. The sub-
sidy question between the Porte and Mehemed is finally
settled, and hostilities are no longer apprehended. It was
not a conspiracy that caused the British squadron to return
to Smyrna ; but a collision was dreaded between the Sul-
tan and Pacha respecting the subsidies, and such was the
reason that induced Lord Ponsonby to recal the squadron.
The two naval Powers have no further reason to interpose.
PUBLIC FUNDS.—Augsburg, April 9.-102 958 ; 1,830.
Frankfort, April 10.-1018. 96 1-16, I,6os.—Augsburgh
Gazette, April 10.

DROGHEDA.

"TO THE ELECTORS OF DROGHEDA.
" London, April 10.

" Fellow countrymen,—Permit me to uddress you. on a
subject of the deepest interest to you and to Ireland—the
choice, which you are now again called on to make, of a re-
presentative.
" The decision of a committee of the House of Commons
on a point of technical form—a decision which, without im-
peaching,the integrity of those_who made it, I must be al-
lowed to call erroneous—has deprived you for the moment
of the services of that able and honest friend to his country
Mr. O'Dwyer.
" A new writ has issued, and you are called on to exer-
cise your franchise again.
" Who is to be the object of your choice ? Who has well
deserved to be the object of your choice, unless it be the
man who has served you diligently and most faithfully—
who never was absent from his place when the interests of
his country or his kind were at stake—who never gave a
bad vote, or omitted to give a good one—whose political
integrity is as pure as his private life is honourable—in
short, who has acquired high character as a public man,
and.- convinced the House of Commons of his practical
utility
" It is this honest, faithful, and vigilant servant, that I
beg leave respectfully to submit to your choice. I hope I
am not guilty of presumption, when I say that I expect
you will believe me in the assertion, that it would not be
possible to find a man possessing more of the sterling qua-
lifications which entitle him to seek once more to be your
representative.
". It may be said by his opponents, that, in choosing him,
you risk another petition to unseat him. I tell you, and
pledge myself to you, that there is nothing substantial in
such risk. He is certainly qualified in point of property ;
the decision of the Committee itself has not impugned his
qualification. He is certainly eligible to be chosen at this
election.
" Dismiss, then, all fear of a new petition. Be assured
by me, that he is as well qualified as ever candidate was to
obtain and hold his seat as representative for Drogheda,
provided you do him the honour to elect him again.
" That honour, on behalf of my esteemed and loved
friend, I ask of you to bestow ; I ask it as I would for my
son or my brother ; I ask it for the sake of the interests of
your town, and of the liberties of Ireland.
" It would give a triumph to your enemies, as well as to
his and mine, to hesitate. It would gratify the bad men
who have expended a large sum to procure 'the present
vacancy, if you were to show any inconstancy. His enemies
are the malignant enemies of Ireland. They belong to that
foul faction which has deformed by crime, and bethiwed
with human blood the verdant fields of our lovely and be-
loved native land. Surely, you will not give to such malig-
nant enemies a cause of joy or gratulation.

" Rally, then, with me round your faithful represen-
tative—give me the happiness to see him return, crowned
with victory, to resume that seat from which he ought never
to have been removed. Let him return, to join with heart
and voice in the present glorious struggle which the repre-
sentatives of Great Britain and Ireland are making to ame-
liorate our institutions, to reform all corporate abuses, and
to shake off all pecuniary as well as personal fetters from
liberty of conscience.
" I have the honour to be, fellow-countrymen, your ever
devoted and faithful servant,
" DANIEL O'CONNELL."

THE HAGUE, APRIL 11.—In the sitting of the second
Chamber to-day a Project of Law was presented, the ob-
ject of which is wholly to revoke the ordinance of 1810,
relative to the administration of the Polders. It is ob-
served on the part of the Government that the ordinance
in question has been carried into effect in different ways in
different places, and nowhere completely, and that as it
was not wished to enforce it, it was thought better to re- EXTRAORDINARY Fox.—A few days ago a fox of
yoke it. extraordinary size was snared on the farm of Gleneffock,
The reports of the Central Section were brought up, Lochlee. He measured nearly five feet between the snout
with the Project of Law for making good the deficiency in and the tip of the tail.
the Budget of preceding years, and of that by which the RECOVERING STOLEN GOODS.—The report of
Syndicate is authorised to provide for the payment of that the Committee of Middlesex Magistrates on the conduct of
portion of the interest of the National Debt which is the Mr. Vickery, with regard to the restoration
.onf toer npliriolfehr
has
portion of Belgium. It appears from the last report that stolen from Mr. Williamson, thewatchmakeris
ttle
ni
an earnest desire was expressed in all the sections to obtain been printed_ and circulated. There. li
Williamson. i it that is new;
says he
some information respecting the state of the negotiation, in but, withi rdeltejrpttioatth2esoartornetj, Mr.
order to be strengthened in the confidence that everythingh of the property had been
complained
back by them thieves,l onwovtrhich the attorneyk was quite
is done on our side to bring matters to a definitive termina- angry,p and said he would never talcs such a job in hand again.
tion. The discussion was fixed for Monday. The Cham-
On the very same day;
ber then continued its debate with closed doors for about lioWA•er, Mr. Oliveira went to him re-
specting some stolen Spanish bonds, for which he demanded
latelyv'A.ftter
two hours, the Minister for Foreign Affairs being present. twenty guineas (which were paid him instantly) previous to
It is supposed that this was in consequence of the de- his making any inquiry about them at all, and afterwards he
sire expressed in the report to receive information re- told them they were all burnt. Mr. Williamson, it appears,
specting the state of affairs. Nothing has transpired of took the precaution to Make a memorandum of the date and
what passed. number of the 501. note he paid the attorney for his trouble, so
nit HAGUE, APRIL 13.--The Second Chamber to- that it might be traced if it were necessary for any ulterior
day debated upon the law for making up the deficit in the proceedings.
Budgets of 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834. The law TAKING THE VEIL,—The beautiful. church of
was opposed by some Members, and defended by the Mi- Carrick ofn
the
erir was thronged on Siu)nndhaeyr•tto
ce-
nister of Finance. On being put to the vote the law inetmoetnhe lastsoi f
massCeaher
was adopted by 41 votes to 6. of
irder of Religieusey:
the Right Reverend Dr. Abraham, the venerable Bishop of
The project of law for paying the interest of the debt these dioceses, arrayed in pontificals, proceeded to the church,
was then discussed, and passed by 37 votes to 10. accompanied by the Very Rev. Dr Connelly, parish priest of
UTRECHT, APRIL 9.—His Majesty has lately fixed the Carrick, Rev. Mr. Tobin, parish priest of Caber, and the
number of troops to be sent this year to reinforce the gar- Rev. Messrs. O'Connor and Hyland, curates. Shortly after
risons in the colonies at 1,506 men for the East Indies, and the postulante entered the sanctuary, and was accompanied to i
250 for the West Indies. His Majesty has further detcr- the altar by the Rev. Mother, Mrs. Frances Smith, and Mrs.
mined that the jagers of Colonel Clarens shall be sent in a in h
dressed
c? eSolisusual
fashionable
Burke,
1 Mother-Assistant.
otiherie -Assaisrtaonft.
theMidsasyDlovhheiretz
iwna
as
body to reinforce the troops in the East Indies, so far as
ferwes momentsse she was to put off for the dress that distinguishes
the men composing the corps are inclined and fit for ser-
the religious order which she was about to embrace. After
vice. The number of those -that go will be deducted from the preliminary ceremonies, and the interrogatories made by
the amount intended for the East Indies. The remaining the Bishop, the veil was placed on the postulants, and that
officers and men to form a depOt or battalion. beautiful and inspiring hymn " Veni Creator Spiritus," was
AMSTERDAM, APRIL 11.-The official list of the Dutch performed in excellent style. At the conclusion of the cere-
navy has just been published, from which it appears it con- mony the "Te Deum" was performed, and also the affecting
sists of—Two ships of 84 guns, six of 74, one of 64, three hymn, " Ecce c,uam bonum Deus." On the following morn-
-60, sixteen of 44, six of 32, twelve of 28, four of 20, nine of ing Miss Mullaley and Miss Fitzpatrick were professed nuns
18, four of 14, one of 12, thr.ee of 8, four steam-boats, and of the same order, in the same church, after the custcm of the
four transports ;in all 75. impressive rites appointed for the ceremony. The church was
12.—0 n the third of this month a crowded as on the preceding day,
.with individuals of all raNnilts
BATAVIA, DEC.
and persuasions. On Monday Miss Lalor, daughter of r.
whirlwind of extraordinary violence destroyed a great part
of the encampment of the engineers at Ambaruwa, near I Terence Lalor, merchant, took the veil in the presentation
Convent in Clonmel. The ceremony of profession, which was
Geslatiga, rendered the house of Colonel Van der Wyck of
of the most imposing description, was performed by the Right
uninhabitable, completely rased that of Lieut. Van Schier- 1
1 Rev. Dr. Abraham, Bishop of Waterford; assisted by the Rev.
brand, and afterwards threw down a hundred houses in Messrs. Baldwin, Power, and Burke. A number of clergymen
some neighbouring Javanese villages. This happened just from the neighbouring parishes attended.—Tipperary Free
at the moment that the fires wrre lighted in the kitchens of Press.

BUXTON V. FITZHLRBERT.
This is an intricate question of account, which was heard,
but not decided, by Lord Brougham, and since partly re-
heard by Lord Lyndhurst.
Mr. SWAINSTON now pressed his Lordship to hear the re-
mainder of the arguments to-morrow, before the Lunatic
petitions.
The LOAD CHANCELLOR said that a number of persons
hal doubtless come from the country, under the expectation
that the Lunatic petitions would be heard, and he could not
disappoint them ; but if the paper of petitions was exhausted
by twelve o'clock, the cause of Buxton v. Fitzherbert might
then be taken.

SWAINSTON thought his Lordship might take it on
Saturday.
The LORD CHANCELLOR did not sit on Saturday. If
the Learned Counsel pleased it might be put' in the paper
for Wednesday. His Lordship was quite willing to dispose
of the matter, if the parties agreed to abide by his decision.
After some discussion between Mr. SWAINSTON and Mr.
WIGRAM, it was agreed that the case should be heard to-
morrow, if there seemed to be a reasonable prospect of
bringing the arguments to a conclusion in the course of that
day, but not otherwise.