The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-29 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

VIENNA. DEC. 13.—Among the reports most in
credit is that of a marriage having been agreed
upon between the Imperial ,Prince, eldest son of
his Majesty the Emperor, and the Princess
Alexandrine of Prnssia, who was born in 1803.
It was even reported that this Princess would
shortly repair to Breslau, there to enter into the
pale of the Catholic Church.
General Friemont has obtained permission
from his Majesty to form his staff himself, and
to surround himself with the persons in Whom
he has the most confidence. At this time the
army post is organizing for the service of our
army in Italy.
An extraordinary* courier has brought to our
Conrt the reply of his Majesty the King of the
Two Sicilies to the overtures, which have been
made to him. It is affirmed that this answer is
couched in general and evasive terms ; that
nevertheless another courier has been immediate-
ly dispatched to Naples, and no further de-
cision will be made till the receipt of the answer
to these new communications.

Meantime every thing here looks like. war.
Orders have just. been given to organize a new
regiment of chasseurs; the battalions of chas-
seurs now existing are to remain entire. To
compose this new corps soldiers will be taken
from the regiments, of the line, which receive
the necessary reinforcements to keep up their
full complement.
In this state of things the appearance of hos-
tilities takes a more decisive direction.' Already
we are given to understand that the late events
at Madrid have. greatly contributed to darken
the political horizon: It is now asserted that the
Austrian Ministry has made great use of them
to strengthen their system, avid that they.have
successfully urged to the Russian Ministers the
principle that the Spanish Constitution, in the
combination of the powers of the different
branches of the Government, leaves so little in-
fluence to the Monarchical element, that the
introduction of such a regime into Italy would
not be compatible with the interests of the Aus-
trian Monarchy. The late accounts from Spain
have excited the more sensation here, because
they have been accompanied with remarkable
notes, both in the Austrian Observer and the
Court Gazette..

It is affirmed that King Ferdinand, in his reply
to the overtures made him, says, he is not hin-
dered by the Parliament, but by his advanced age,
from.coming to have a personal interview with the
Sovereigns.—The Ultimatum now sent to Na-
ples contained a repetition of the invitation to
King Ferdinand, either to have a personal inter-
view, or to send a Plenipotentiary, to treat with
Ministers of the great Powers on the means of
making the basis of the constitution of the king-
dom of the Two Sicilies harmonize with the prin-
ciples of the monarchical system. The outlines of
the negotiation have likewise been communicated
to the Court of Naples,and Laybach still proposed
as the place of meeting. In case the Govern-
ment of Naples refuses to conform to the wishes
of the Congress of Troppau, Austria, Russia, and
Prussia will openly declare their iotentiou to

It is wonderful that this Trade, which has a
certain and annual Expenditure of above one
million chaldron of Coals, should have been car-
ried on for a considerable time past with not only-
little profit to the Shipping engaged on it, but
with absolute lop to many of the Ship Owners ;
so that the Coal Owner obtains his price and his
profits, which enable him in several instances to
live most expensively and stand in the first rank
of society, and the Coat Merchant his profits, but
the connecting link, the Ship Owner ,sees his ship
reduced one-half by the change of times, alid-it
the end or the year finds his Expenditure nearly
equal his Receipts; this, no doubt, arises from the
intimate union of the Coal Owners (as may he
seen in what are called the Vends,) from the dis-
union and jealousy of the Shipping Interest of
each other, from the number of small Ship Ow-
ners, who cannot afford to lie idle, compelled,
even at a loss, to carry on their Trade in every
season, Particularly in winter, when instead of
giving the Trade, their Men, and Ships an inter-
val, they carry on their Trade as usual, and at
present near 400 vessels are in London selling
their cargoes.
Such an unnatural state of Trade cannot exist
long—it will be well if the Coal Owners, the na-
tural frieghters, will in time feel it their policy
to make the Ship Owners participate in the pro-
fits of the Trade.
Dec. 27, 1830. A NORTH-COUNTRYMAN.