The Sun.
London, England, 1832-04-18 00:00:00

into all the circumstances of the situation of the
West India planters, as also into the acts of the
Government at home with respect to the Legis-
lature of the islands.

The LORD CHANCELLOR expressed himself
decidedly averse to the compulsory manu-
mission of slaves, or to any hasty and
precipitate measures respecting them. He
was far from objecting to inquiry, but main-
tained that the late insurrection in Jamaica
771:3 by no means connected with any mea-
sures of the Government. He was desirous
of laying the ground for a progress towards free-
dom by taking such steps as would prepare the
slaves for its enjoyment.

The motion was then agreed to. After which
the Irish Tithe Bill was read a first time, and the
House adjourned to Monday, the 7th of May next.

The German and Belgian Papers, received
this thotbibg, contain no news of importance.
At Brussels, and generally throughout Belgium,
the greatest precautions are taken, in anticipation
of a visit from the cholera. The following are
extracts :

BRUSSELS, APRIL 14.—M. Behr, whose departure was
delayed, had his audience of leave of the King the day be-
fore yesterday : he wore the new diplomatic costume.
lie set out for Paris last night, and will thence go to
Havre, where he will embark for the United States.
The Board of Health has caused the popular instructions
on the precautions to be observed in case of the appear-
ance of the cholera to be every where posted up.
The Chamber of Representatives also takes its precau-
tions against the cholera. Vessels containing chlorine
were to be placed in the hall yesterday.
M. Ph. Vandermaelen has just published, from official
documents, an account of the population of Belgium,
which, according to the census, was, on the Ist January,
1831, 4,062,427 inhabitants.
A French courier arrived here yesterday afternoon from
Valenciennes, with despatches for the Minister of Finance.
Those despatches were delivered to him by another
courier, who came from Paris, and who remained
at Valenciennes. It is affirmed, that the physici ins sent
to Paris have transmitted to the Government a very
interesting report relative to the cholera. Our physicians,
sent to London, declare that the English contagionists had
given up the point, and that there, as at Paris, it is ac-
knowledged that the cholera is epidemic.
ANTWERP, APRIL 13.—Last night, between ten and
eleven o'clock, several musket-shots were fired from the fort
of the north, on a Dutch lighter, which, taking advantage of
the moonlight, p ts.ed before all our batteries, and pro-
ceeded to the Tete de Flandre, where troops were landed
this morning.
As the Dutch do not suffer ships, of whatever nation
they may be, to pass their ships of war after sunset, there
is no reason why the Dutch should pass with impunity be-
fore our fortifications. As it will be full moon to-morrow,
and the Dutch may again attempt to pass, the inhabitants
Must not be alarmed if they should hear the firing of
xnusketry or cannon during the night.
Several ship., with cargoes of oats, have arrived from
the Baltic. We hope these arrivals will cause a reduction
in the price of oats, which has risen so much, and so ra-
pidly, within a few days.—Brussels Papers, April 15.
AIUNICII, APRIL s.—The Bavarian State Gazette
contains the following Royal Decree :
" Louis, by the Grace of God, King of Bavaria.
" The German Diet, in its 19th sitting of the 2d of
March, this year, came to the following resolution:—
[Here the resolution is inserted.]—Aa we, in the perform-
ance of our duty, as a Member of the Confederation, to
see to the preserva'ion of peace and tranquillity, already
took, on the Ist of March this year, those constitutional
measures respecting the Journals called the Deutsche
Tribune and the Westboe (German Tribune, and Mes-
senger of the West), published in the circle of the Rhine,
Which were the best calculated to answer the declared ob-
ject of tl e German Diet ; and as the said measures have
already been cartied into effect, we, in conformity with
the resolution of the Diet, hereby prohibit in our domi-
nions the journal published at Hanau, called Die Neuen
Zeitschwingen (the New Wings of Time), or any jour-
nal that nay appear in its stead ; and enjoin our Officers
and Magistrate. to act accordingly.
" Munich, March 31. " LOUIS."
(Signed by all the Ministers.)
,--Frankfort Papers, April 11.
CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH the night of the
26th of February, the barrack of Ratnitschiftlik, erected
on an eminence behind the suburb of Ejub, was set on
Ere by accident. A fourth part of that vast building was
consumed, and the whole would certainly have fallen a
prey to the flames but for the exertions of the troops.-
---Austrian Observer, April 6.