The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-31 00:00:00

The. abundant rains which have fallen this year give hopes

of a good crop.
Letters from the North, that have been received at
Frankfort, confirm the news that the Imperial Guard has
left St. Petersluarg to join the army.
Letters from Warsaw say, that part of the armies of
Poland and Lithuania, amounting to 70,000 men, will
march, if circumstances require, to the banks of tke Pruth,
where they will form a reserve, which will be at the dis-
posal of the Commander-in-Chief of the army of Bessarabia.
Considerable purchases of corn for the Russian Govern-
ment are making at Warsaw and iu the chief towns of the
kingdom. This corn is to form magazines for the armies
on the Danube and Proth.

Hamburgh Papers of the 25th March say,
if the Emperor of itussiA should go to the
army, that a distinguished European statesman
would meet his MAJESTY at a certain place
with, an extraordinary mission from his Sove-
reign, relative to the affairs of the East. Can
it be METTERNICH, or some secret Ambassador
from France?

TOONTIKOS •F POLAND, aaACCII 12
Count Strogonow will acctunpany the Emperor Nicholas,
if his 'Majesty should go to the army, and will have the.
special direction of all the negociations relative to the af-
fairs of the East. It is added, that a distinguished Euro-
pean Statesman would meet his Majesty at a certain place
on his journey, with an extraordinary mission from his
Sovereign relative to those affairs. •
NEWS FROM PERSIA.
ST. PETICUSBURGII, DIA RCII 15.
Prince Suwarow, Lieutenant in the Guards, arrived
here on the • 10th, with despatches from General Paske-
witsch and the Kings of Ardibil. His despatches. confirm
the satisfactory accounts in the last bulletins of the army
n l'ersia. The occupation of Ardibil by the detachment
under Count Suchtelin was effected with little difficulty.
The Princes Mahomed Mirza and Dschanger Mirza, sons
of Abbas Mirza, at first intended to defend the fortress, into
which they hail retired with 2,000 men ; but two or three
Congreve rockets thrown into it sufficed to bring about a
capitulation, by which it was delivered to our troops, with
27 pieces of cannon, and all the ammunition and
provi-
sions. As the Persian garrison had obtained liberty to re-
tire with arms and baggage, it dispersed in a disorderly
manner on marching out, except 100 European disciplined
artillery, who presented themselves to the Commander of
our troops, and received from him a safe conduct to re•
turn home. Besides the considerable magazines of gun-
powder and military stores, we found 2,000 chetwerts of
flour and biscuit, and great quantit►es of wood. As the
country affords new resources for the supply of our troops,
Count Suchtelin, in order to Wm them to our advantage, .
has appointed a Provisional, 'Administration at Ardibil,
consisting of the chief persons of the country, with Colonel
Senawen, as- Governor of Ardibil, at their head.
The effects of the happy change in the sentiments of the
Court of Teheran, produced by the prospect of new hostilities,
are already felt. Gen. Paskewitsch has been informed that
part of the sums intended for the indemnity to ltaissia has
passed our advanced posts at Miana. This remittance con-
sists of three kurors, or 1,500,000 toinauns (2-1 millions of
our money), which are deposited for the present in the
hands of Mr. 31‘Donald, Minister to his Britannic Majesty
in Persia, and are to he paid to the Commander-in-Chief
the moment that the peace is signed. The sums to com-
plete the indemnity were also en the way, and had nearly
reached Minna. Under all these circumstance«, the honour-
r able and frank conduct of Mr. M‘Donald has proved the
perfectly ood understanding between Ruosia and Great
r •g without "
Britain ; and that Minister, without taking part in the ne-
gociations, has not ceased to open the eyes of the Persians
to their true interest, and to exhort the Shah to accept,
issstkout hesitation or delay, all the terms of peaca that were
propnsed to him by the Plenipotentiaries of his Imperial
Majestj'.

VIENNA, ItAncis 19.
90 3-16 ; Bank Shares, 1,033.

We have been favoured with the following
extract of a pri'ate letter from Porto Cabello,
which furnishes more minote particulars of Com-
modore LABORD'E'S recent cruise on the coasts
of Colombia, received by the laW packet :
ron.To c 111,1 co, FEB. 10.

evident that Laborde, with his squadron, consist-
ing of a line-of-battle ship, a frigate, and a br::4 of war, is
trying to find some vulnerable point on our coasu;, and has
depended upon the assistance of partizan, particularly
and gAtiktsAlsands, for co-operation. He has been
repo: ...a, rltittrrrtztrtuttypty e3f arms and atnumtnition oa
bottrel„lt,, put in the ;lends of the dinittatccl. He hen
row left our bay (having found all his efforts fruitless'
to windward, probably to Curacoa, the well-known
place of Spanish intrigues. Were it not tor the ar-
rest of some of the most respectable tied richest Spa -
nigh merchants here, as well as in the Caraccas
and other places in Venezuela, we should not care much
about Laborde and King Ferdinand's threats, but with the
expulsion of these peaceable and innocent men, WllO must
stiffer with the rest of the old Spaniards, and form the greater
part of the capitalists of the country, a great and very
distressing injury is done to commerce, and trade is conse-
quently completely at a stand. A considerable failure of a
Creole commercial house has already taken place at Car-
raccas Cisneros' and Catinas's band, have been all taken or
cut to pieces, with their arms and ammunition, and the
ritne4eaderS who have escaped, among which it is reported
is Cisneros himself is traced, will no doubt be . taken, and
meet with the puniAment of their crimes.' • They hail
destroyed and devastated the fertile valleys of the Tay, the
plantations of which are chiefly cultivated for the production
of coffee and cocoa.

A Sermon was yesterday preached at St.
Peter's, Pingico, by the Rev. T. FULLER, in
behalf of the Society for the relief of distressed
Widows, applying within the'first month of their
widowhood. This Society has been in active
operation more than four years, (during which
period upwards of 500 widows have been re-
lieved,) and is under the patronage of our gra-
cious SOVEREIGN and her Royal Highness the
Duchess of KENT.

The extremity of human misery, without the
aggravation of crime, may be justly considered
to be the lot of her, who loses in one dreadful
moment the object of her early affection, and the
father of her helpless children—the hand that
furnished them with their daily food. It is at

that hour of unspeakable misery and desolation
that the benevolence of this society steps in to
speak comfort to the broken heart, and to rescue
from the horrors of a parish alms-house those
who may have seen better days, and, overwhelm-
ed with their sudden and awful calamity, are but
ill-calculated to scramble for a miserable pittance
amongst squalid paupeis and sturdy beggars.
We would, therefore, strongly urge the claims
of this Society on the kind consideration and

liberality of ?ur readers, and sincerely wish suc-
cess to the efforts of those distinguished per-
sonages who, in the hey-day of youth and
beauty, can sympathise with the less fortunate of
their sex, .and can snatch an hour from the
pleasures and gaieties of fashionable life,
to al-
leviate human misery—little as their interest may
now appear to be in its contemplation and relief.

The Duke of Sussex, the Duchess of GLO-
CESTER, the l'rincess AUGUSTA, the Princess SOPHIA, and
the DucLess of KENT, visited the Duke of CLARENCE
yesterday. A number of the Foreign Ministers and Nobi-
lity called to make inquiries after the health of his Royal
Highness. The answer given was, " His Royal Highness
is much better."
Yesterday being Palm Sunday, the Arch-
bishop of l'ottic, as Lord High Almoner to the KING,
preached an appropriate sermon at the Chapel Royal, St.
James's Palace. Her Royal Highness the Princess
AuGurrA attended the service.
The Count D'OFALIA, the Spanish. Mini-
ster, on a special mission, had a long conference with the
Earl of DUDLEY, on Saturday, at the Office of the Se-
cretary for Foreign Affairs• His Excellency had also ap.
interview with the Duke of WELLINGTON.