The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-27 00:00:00

BALL AT GUILDHALL.

Last night a ball was given at Guildhall under the pa'
tronage of the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, in
support of the G,rooration Charity School of the City of
London. The decorations of the Hill were the same in
every respect as on the recent occasion of the grand Civic
Assembly, but the company was by no means so numerooN
though very select. Much credit is due to Mr. Peacock,
of the Common Council, for his strenuous exertions is
procuring as full an attendance as possible. Little, hose"
ever, can be said for the benevolence of the great majority
of his brethren, fur they sent back three-fourths of the
tickets. They and their families show themselves read,'
enough to gormandise, guzzle, and dance, when they ea°
do so for nothing; hut when called upon to pay 13s. or a
guinea in furtherance of a most laudable public institutiaof
they think their wisest course is to withhold at once their
cash and their company. The Lord M iyor, accompanied
by his Lady and the Sheriffs, entered the Hall at a ft'v
minutes before nine o'clock, and Weippert's band, imnr-
diately afterwards struck up an animated quadrille, which
put several groups in motion. Dancing was prolonged CO
a late hour, and everybody seemed pleased and happy'
Mr. Bleaden, of the London Tavern, was as liberal as
usual in providing a variety of refreshments, and appesiri
to take an interest in the same, which was altogether die.'
tinct from considerations of profit

The subjoined list of his MAJESTY'S Lords ot
the Bed-chamber does not, it will be seen, include the
min! of Eng BaowriLow, an avowed and ardent sor
porter of Conservative principles, who has been stated to he
in official attendance on his MAJESTY at the Pavilion
Maoquis Of QUEENSBERRY, Earl of DENBIGH, Earl Ag"
HEIST. Earl of GnsFORD, Earl of FIFE, Viscount FAIN
LAND, Lord NAPIER, Load BYRON, Viscount ASH3ROOg,
Lord Jas. O'BRYEN :(with the exception of Lord Asir'
rxently appointed in the room of Lord GLEN:
LYON, and Lord JAMEs O'BRIEN, brother to the Marqul4
of THOMOND, all his MAJESTY'S Lords in Waiting), arie
Pe rs o! Parliament, a!ol have supported the existing A?"
ministration by their votes in the House of Lords. It I!,
the etiquette of the Court th it the Lords of the Household
should belong to the party of the Premier. Lord FIFE
was removed from his office by the Earl of Ltvititroot'
for giving an adverse vote; but lie was subsequently rein'
stated.—Morning Herald.

It is not improbable that his -MAJESTY May visit
Hanover during the next year, accompanied by the QUEVI
arid a select Court circle. S.) far back as the month of
May, 1831, a motion was made by a Member of the
Lower or Second Chamber of that country, and emir,'
by a majority of 31 out of 51 votes, for transmitting en
address to his MAJESTY, soliciting him, with great earnest-
ness, to visit that portion of his dominions. The visit, at that
epoch, was confidently expected, as it was known that
his MAJESTY intimated to one of the members of the de'
putation, who came to this country antecedent to the
transmission of the address, that his Ilanoverian subject°
.
might expect a visit from him in the course of that sula
iner, bat the state of public aff.irs at that period Pt.,
vented him from fulfilling his intention. The last visit 0
MAJESTY paid to Hanover was in the summer of 1818
shortly after his mailiage, when he proceeded with Ir
Royal Consort to Germany, with a numerous suite. .`ti
the Royal vault at Hanover is interred the infant PriDeCtid
ELIZABETH ADELAIDE, eldest daughter of the KING a°
QUEEN, who expired soon after her birth.
The Earl of ABERDEEN and his Orr
brothers—Sir ROBERT GORDON and the Honourab.ei
Captains WILLIAM and JOHN GORDON—are at Meldrutn3o'
in Aberdeenshire, where sharp opposition is expected _
the return of Captain W. GORDON. The candidate a" ,
the Liberal side is Sir MICHAEL BRUCE. Lord Anri:,
DEEN will remain in Scotland until the meeting of Ps'
iiament.
The Marquis and Marchioness of MILS:
have of late been visited by severe domestic calarni!le;
havitig lost both ti eir sons and tiatighter-in-law Within
s'iort period. The late Countess of Cassius, whose iii°ss
lotion took place on the 16th incant, at Edinburgh, 1/„.
ELEANOR, only child and heiress of ALEXANDER ALLA'
DYCK, Esq. She was united to the late Earl of Cassias:
then Lord KENNEDY, May 1811, by whom she has lei' ;
family of nine suns and one daughter, now in her rith
year. H r Ladyship', youngest child was only a tontlatt
obi when the death of Lord CASSIUS to,ok place in Augt4
last, and it is general). believed that excessive grief for "A",
loss contributed to hasten her own dissolution. Lady
AUGUSTA KENNEDY ERS'KINE, who was staying n''ie
their MAJESTIES at the Pavilion, has withdrawn fano tj,
sp'endid hospitalities of the Palace until after the iate'r-,
ment of her regretted relative. The Marquis and 111,
chioness of AILSA and Lady ELEANOR KENNEDY b';
left Scotland, and are staying for the winter at their et°

St. Margaret's, near Richmond.
ariThie churchwardens
elmofGras.esendandmilatonnd overseers
havedeterni of
determined
,
relieve with money any casual travelling paupers who rasf:
at the time, " when sober evening gray" peeps in, BPP'
to them for relief. If they appear deserving the bountre
they are provided with tickets, which are directed to
t 4
master of the workhouse, who, upon their applicso
(which tnusebe within one half-hour of the time of tea
ceiving the same), provides them with firing, bred
cheese, an I a portion of beer, and the like allowalij
awaits them in the morning, when they are escorted 'iv,
of the parish by the beadle. There were two if,r°°o
committed by W. EAGLE, Esq., the Mayor last week,
the House of Correction, for committing acts of vigil
after receiving the above-named bounty. The sYst/
has proved hitherto highly beneficial to the plait'''.
Kentish Gazette.
We are happy to say that the subscriP-
lists, opened in Chichester for the Abbotsford
in honour of Sir WALTER SCOTT, are beginning t(1,11.
We already see the names of the Bishop, the Dean, A
fur
deacon, Dr. SANDEN, Dr. FORBES, Rev. Mr. GoDyk,,er
Admiral THOMPSON, &c., and we doubt nut that Chiobei;lic
will in this, as on all other occasions, evince its P° of
spirit and liberality. Books are deposited at the place" ia
sut,seription, sent down by the Committee in Load°°'ill
which the contributors are to inscribe their own riame6!terl
of which are to be bound together, and finally depo!lol
in the archives of Abbotsford, as a memorial of natio
feeling. The smallest sums are received, and it is Pr Iced
ble that the .Abbotsford Book will hereafter be Wed,
upon as one of the most curious documents ever fool of
The new volume of the popular series io
te
Fiction., entitled, " The Standard Novels," will c 0 It of
the story of Fleetwood," by the celebrated auth:d
" Cal-b Williams." A critic in a review, publi,bioio
1816, says, " If we were asked to name the work °, 0Y
writer which has pleased us the most, we sh°°l•';orl'e
Fleetwood.' The episode of Ruffigny is a sort of eP'o,eB
of our author : it contains all that he can do. A"d.ericle•
the Mizeneils—we mourn for them as for dear fr,1,0 he
Mary Fleetwood is the best feminine delineation
found in the works of fictitious natration."

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Messager des Chambres of Saturday.)
AFFAIRS OF HOLLAND AND BELGIUM.

PARIS, Nov. 23.—1 t is very certain that a Dutch
frigate or gun-boat has fired on a detachment of French
troops of the division of General Sehastiani. But it seems
to be also certain that the detachment did not return the
fire. It cannot, therefore, be said, as was reported yester-
d ty, that hostilities have begun. In fact they have not.
Our readers will see, by what follows, the state of the
affairs of Holland and Belgium.
Difficulties f a very serious nature have arisen between
king Lpopold and M:rshal Gerard relative to the attack
of the citadel of Antwerp. The French Government is
called upon to COM? to a decision.

Marshal Gerard, after having maturely considered the
plans proposed for the attack on the citadel, and having
verified and confirmed them on the spot, declared to King
Leopold that the attack ought to he made from the city
side. He observed, that by proceeding in a different man-
ner—that is to say, by attacking the fortress on the oppo-
site side—he might loose several thousand men, and that
his duty was to spare the troops, and not to cause more
French blood to be spilt than was absolutely indispensable.
M,rshal Gerard said to the King. " On either side cve
shall take the citadel, but from the city we shall want only
from three to five days; from the country side we may
wart from fi!teen to twenty.

" If we are fifteen (lays before the citadel. we may lose
five or six thousand men. If so many fall before the
enemy, our troops will he exasperated, and what recom-
pense will tl ey have for it ? They will Fee Chasse blow

up the eiradef rather than surrender. In this state of
things, it will be difficult to restrain the soldiers, and to
prevent a collision with the Dutch, who will be before

them.

" If, however, a movement of this kind takes place.
and our very success should lead us to march forward,
pissing the Belgian frontier and penetrating into the Low
Counties, what will happen ? We shall have the Prus •
sians b,hind us, and they themselves being very animated,
and coming to the assistance of King William, it will be
difficult to avoid a general war."
To these arguments King Leopold answered, " that he
had resolved not to give General Chasse any reason to
bombard the city, and that the merchants and inhabitants

of the other provinces would think the citadel too dearly
purchased if Antwerp must be reduced to ashes in order
to obtain possession of it. If the Marshal did not resolve
to attack from the country, the Belgian army, profiting
by the knowledge and counsels of the Commander of the
French army, would undertake the siege, and run the
chances of it."
Marshal Gerard replied, " that he was come to coin.
mand the Fr,nch, and not the Belgians, and that us mat-
ters now stood, he must have the orders of h s Govern-
ment before he could resolve to shack on the country
since, in his formal opinion, the attack roust, evi-
dently and absolut.ly, be made from the city.

So 'waters now stand. Itrhat, then, will he the deci•
lion I,f the Cthinet of the Tuileries?

There is another difficulty respecting Antwerp. There
are in the city 12,000 Belgian troops. Marshal Gerard
demands that these troops shall leave the place, and that
the city and also the environs shall be left to his army.
This demand excites much discontent among the Belgians.
They know that if General Chasse fires on the city, they
are to be employed, and they are unwilling to be removed
in this case from the scene of action.

GERMAN PAPERS.

RECEIVED THIS MORNING,

(From the Diario di Roma.)

ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 27.—Ibrahim Pacha is at
Adana. The hope of an amicable arrangement seems to
vanish, in consequence of the delay of the answer to the
Egyptian ultimatum. Four new chips are building. A
new levy of 40,000 men is ordered.
The Diario also gives a letter from Leghorn of 29th
October, according to which Ibrahim Pacha will winter in
Alexandrette, Adana, or Tanso, and open the campaign in
flaring with the intention of proceeding to Constantinople,
if the Sultan cannot be induced to make peace.
TRIESTE, Nov. 9.—After a long interval, a ship ar-
rived here yestet day, in 30 days from Alexandria. Accord-
ing to the statement of the Captain, the negotiations that
had been commenced between Mehemed Ali and the Porte
are broken off—the latter, it is said, having rejected all the
proposals of the Viceroy. Mehemed Ali had therefore
immediately despatched orders to the fleet and the army
to recommence hostilities without delay.*
ANcocia, Nov. 11.—The Durance transport arrived
here yesterday morning, with naval stores, and 120 sailors,
to complete the crews of the French squadron lying here.
The Vic Mire frigate is to sail from Toulon next Thurs-
day. The arrests continue—nay, the arrest of the whole
of the late moveable column is spoken of.—Allgemeine
Zeitung, Nov. 21.

POLISH FRONTIERS, Nov. B.—The movements of troops
in Poland continue, and it is said also, that a strong reserve
is to enter the kingdom. The difficulties of the Belgian
question are probably the ground for these proceedings. It
is said to be the opinion prevalent at St. Petersburgh, that
matters having nearly come to a crisis, it may be necessary
to act with promptness. The accounts from Berlin may
confirm the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh in this opinion,
Which is said to be also entertained by Count Pozzo di
forgo. Measures hove also been taken with respect to the
Russian navy, which indicate a speedy equipment of all
the men-of-war fit for service. Contracts for the supply of
the fleet for nine months are said to have been en•
tered into. In Warsaw, too, the general poilitics of
Europe are discussed ; there is in that city a kind
of foreign office, which keeps up a special corres-
pondence in several countries. According to what is
heard there, the Monarchical Governments cannot remain
Passive when the King of the Netherlands is to be com-
pelled to settle with the Belgians at any price, and to the
prejudice of his old dominions. Besides, it is added, Hol-
land would find allies in Belgium itself. as the present
State of things is declared to be intolerable; and the revo-
lution, so inconsiderately commenced, is lamented even at
Brussels itself. In Paris the same opinion is said to be
entertained, and the danger to be seen th it a war might
cause, not only to King Lelvild, but to Louis Philip
The French Government, therefore, also wishes to avoid
it; hut circumstances, often unforeseen, have a more pow-
erful influence on the course of events than the will of the
Parties concerned, and it will be difficult for the French
Government to maintain peace. It is unnecessary to
Point out the hopes which may thus be excited in the
exiled Royal family of France, as the enterprise of the
Duchess of Berry has shown what a strong party they
have in France. Such is the language of all those who
are employed in the foreign department in Warsaw.
correspondence with a person of very great distinction in
England is said to show that the King of the French has
no great confidence in the situation of leis son-in-law and
his own. It is even said that be lately expressed the idea
of a partition of Belgium, as the least dangerous way of
untying the knot which he does not feel himself able to
cot. He would agree to leave part of Belgium to Holland
and Prussia if a share was assigned to himself. This pro-
posal was said to be strenuously opposed in London, and
therefore dropped.—Frankfort Papers, Nov. 21.

s, Both this news from Trieste, and the other from the Diariu
di Roma seem to be of older date than the letter of our
Correspondent, dated Alexandria, Bth October, which we gave
two days ago.—Note of Allgemeine Zeitung.

At the very extensive soap manufactory of
Messrs. HAWES and Co., where the soap and lees coppers
slid boilers are of the largest capacity, a fine youth, en
Friday last, fell into one while the liquid was in a boiling
Mate, and in the extremity of his indescribable agony made
two violent but ineffectual springs towards its margin.
Ile was ultimately dragged out, an object of horror, and is
now dead ! Is there not something in the construction of
these cauldrons essentially defective in guarding the poor
labourers who are employed night and day on their slippery
edges ?

SPORTING EXTRAORDINARY.—The Sag-
gard harriers, with that excellent sportsman, Mr. WADE,
rnet yesterday at the ninth lock of the Grand Canal ; he
was soon joined by Mr. B—, a blind gentleman, mounted
en a very fine horse. Puss soon gave the hounds a full
view, when Mr. B—, to the great surprise of all present,
led the field the entire of a long hunt, and was first in at
the death, to the annoyance of many a swell.—Dublin
Morning Register.
SINGULAR EFFECT OF MUSIC.—At the
Cheetham-hill glee-club, on Monday evening last, during
the performance of " Non Nobis Dondne," which was
sung in tinp style by about for ty voices, a tumbler glass,
which stood upon a table in the room, broke into a thou-
sand pieces, as if it bad been shattered by an explosion of
gunpowder.—Manchester Guardian.

It is announced in a French Paper, with cha-
racteristic accuracy, that " the celebrated MACREADY
SHERIDAN KNOWLES" is engaged to perform at Miss
SUITHSON'S Theatre Italien. The French editor adds,
MACREADY SHERIDAN KNOWLES i 9 the author of
ii",rginius, William Tell, and the Stunckback, and he
Will shortly enact the principal parts in William Tell
ILO the Stunchback."

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
Austrian Bonds B9
Belgian Bonds ^1 2
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Brazilian Bonds 46Y, 514
Ditto Account 46 04
Buenos Ayres Bonds
Ditto Account 0014 11
Chilian Bonds
Ditto Account l6 17
Columbian Bonds g%
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Ditto Bonds, 1824_101(2 ID
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nreek Bonds. 22
Ditto Bonds, 1825 25 6
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Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent —
Ditto Account 201/6 1.1,
Ditto, 6 per cent —
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, PRICES OF SHAKES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.
Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at Si. pm. £lOO 8
Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 162
Brazilian imp. Min. Co. (iss. at W. pm.) £2O 46
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Ditto St. John Del Itey
Ditto Cocaes . . 5 544
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t 'olumbian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 48V, 6
English Mining Company ' 12%
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General Steam Navigation Co.
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O America 0
O Brazil
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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-aIORROW.
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