The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-17 00:00:00

dinary to St. Petersburgh. The beautiful and ac-
complished Countess Ficquehnont is a Russian lady
(her maiden name was Hittroff). The recovery of
his Royal Highness the Crown Prince is as cOriis
plete as can be desired, and has caused the greatest
joy here and in the provinces. r •
Public expectation is 'excited in an extraordi-
nary degree, respecting theents that this inl7
portant winter may produce :it—is toot, - how-
eveil believed,: that the Turks will seriously think
of prosecuting a winter campaign, or of at-
temptingni .
by a coup de main to recover the ruins of
Varna, which fortress, however the Russians ate
making great exertions to repair as speedily as pos-
sible. he_ great majority have, meantime, as little
expectation of peace during the winter.
Met9lliques, Bsnk Shares, 1,093.

It is whic,..•
Feied, that Earl DUDLEY is to re.
ceive the' Blue Riband, vacant by the death o
the Earl of LIVERPOOL. -

It will be seen by our Corn Report this day
that the supply has been abundant—more abun-
dant than sellers could wish—for the demand
was very dull and the market could not support
the prices of Monday. We rejoice at this be-
cause it checks the croaking of those who are
constantly prophecying, and even wishing for, a
scanty supply and high prices.

Extracts from the French Papers will be found
in another column. We have no room for Com-
ment. But there is nothing positively new.

The letter of Mr. PEEL to the LORD MAYOR,
touching the classification of prisoners hi New-
gate, and the want of room to accommodate the
constant supplies of prisoners to that prison,
has been laid by his Lordship before the

Court of Aldermen, and submitted by them,
without any discussion, to a Committee of In-
quiry. That is quite right. The Court of Al-
dermen cannot discuss what they do not know,
and cannot, therefore, understand. But the
Wonder is, how so many of them should have been
Aldermen so long, and not have taken any steps
for remedying a grievance which must have been
so familiar to each individUal member while
serving the office of Sheriff? Perhaps these
worthy Magistrates may have taken more trouble
to unlearn their previous knowledge than to
acquire any fresh supply—and a knowledge of
New•gatc is certainly not the most desirable
thing to recollect while ruminating over the
virtues of turtle soup. But they are now
awake to a sense of what is actually wanting,
and as a knowledge of a disease is half its cure,
we have no dOubt that the prisoners in
Newgate will get their deserts at the hands o
the Court.

We are of opinion that the
prison can not only be enlarged with great be-
nefit to the city, but that advantage should be
taken of the circumstance for improving the
communications in the neighbourhOod, by
opening a street from Newgate-street, which
might pass through the Fleet Prison, mid so
communicate ,with the Strand and Blackfriars-
road.

The improvement would be of essential be•
nefit to trade by saving the round-about thorough-

fares of Newgate-street, Fleet-market, and St.
Paul's. We recommend this to the attention of

the City Authorities—aye, and to the serious
attention of Government, as conducing greatly
to simplify the access from the \Vest to the New
Po,t-office. Newgate-street is as- great a nuisance
as Thames-street.

The Dublin Mercantile Advertiser of Mon-
day, referring to an article which appeared in the
Morning Chronicle, about the Mission of a
certain busy Gentleman to Ireland, says_
We have reason to know that this paragraph
is substantially correct. The individual referred
to is Mr. Hor.mEs, who is somewhat uncere-
moniously called the whipper-in of the Treasury
—a violent Orangeman hithert6, but who, on
his last visit to Ireland, is said to have expressed

himself with great moderation. We are, in fact,
acquainted with a Member of Parliament—a
friend to the Catholic Claims—with whom he
almost agreed, as to the necessity of settling the
question. At the same time, it is only fair to
state to our readers, that Mr. HOLMES has held
language somewhat different, if not diametrically
the reverse, to persons likely to concur in his
Ascendancy sentiments. What a curious thing
it is, after all, that a great Minister will have re-
course to such agency—and how absurd it is
that he continues to maintain such an inflexible
silence on the most important question, which
ever effected the British Empire."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.

His LORDSHIP took his seat this morning at ten
minutes past ten o'clock, when he observed, that in
consequence of an intimation made to him that there
was a meeting of the Society today, which would
require the use of the Hall, he should be under the
necessity of rising at three o'clock.

CONS? V. HARRIS.
The arguments of Counsel in this part-heard
appeal were then resumed.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
Nothing of interest occurred in this Court up to
he time of our Paper going to press.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
THE XING V. REDAWAY.
This was an indictment for perjury brought against
the defendant, who is an attorney. The trial was
continuing at the time when our Paper went to press.

Cz4SURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
THE CLIFF DOWN MINES SIE. W. KAY AND OTHERS V. B.
This WaS an action brought by the plaintiffs, Sir
Wm- Kay and others, bankers, against the defend-
ants, as Directors and, Shareholders of a raining spe-
culation in the county of Cornwall, called the Cliff
Down Mines. The case was not concluded when
we went to press.

GRAND ENTERTAINMENT 'AT ROME.
.

ROME, Nov. 27.—The day before yesterday the Earl of
Shrewsbury gave a grand dinner hi the Colonna Pabiee,
to his Highness the Prince Royal of Prussil, to which
the English of distinction now here were invited. 'The
magnificence of the banquet was enhanced by the splen-
dour of a service of China from the first English maim-
factories, and bronze models richly gilt of the most cele-
brated monument, of ancient Rome.