The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-02 00:00:00

" PROCLAMATION.

His Majesty the King of the Netherlands,
Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luzern-
burg, &c. having ordered possession to be taken of
the coast of New Guinea, from the 14Ist degree of
East longitude, from Greenwich, on the south coast,
and thence westwards and northwards to the Cape
of Good Hope, on the north coast, notice is hereby
given, that I, Arnoldus Johannes Van Delden,
thereto authorised by the Governor of the Molucca
Islands, by virtue of a resolution of his Excellency
the Lieutenant-Governor-General of India, in
Council, dated 31st Dec. 1827, do hereby publicly
and in presence of the Commanders of his Majesty's
corvette T►iton, of the brig Sirra, and the schooner
Iris, and the Officers of the said vessels, of the
Commanders and Officers of the military detach-
ment, of the Gentlemen of the Committee of Na-
tnral History, and of the crews of his Majesty's
ships, and of the above detachment, declare that I
solemnly take possession, in the nanie of his Ma-
jesty the King of the Netherlands, &c. &c., of that
part of New Guinea, and the coun►ries in the inte-
rior, which begin at 141 longitude from Greenwich,
on the south coast, and thence W.N.W. and north-
wards to the Cape of Good Hope, situated on the
north coast, reserving the rights which the Sultan
of Tidore may have to the districts of Masary, Ka-
rondefer, Ambarssuro, and Amperpou.
" And to certify to all future ages the taking pos-
session, a proces verbal shall be drawn up by me,
to serve where it may be needful.
" Tire Commissioner for taking possession of the
west coast of New Guinea,
(Signed) " VAN DELDEN.
" Done this 24th of August, 1828."

During this short voyage some observations were
made interesting to geography, natural history, and
navigation. The permanent establishment made in
the island will doubtless lead to more important dis-
coveries, and to a more accurate survey of the
Doorga river, which may perhaps prove to be a
strait, making the south part of New Guinea a se-
parate island.
AMSTERDAm, SEPT. 29.—Exchange on London,
one month, 12 27 5.10 to 12 25; two months,
12 20 to 12 n 5-10.

It would appear by the communication of our
Paris Correspondent that the French Govern-
ment are much in the same plight as our own,
with respect to authentic news from Constanti-
nople :
" PARIS, SEPT. 30.

" I am assured that for the last three days
the French Government has received no, official
intelligence from the scene of operations in the
East, and I understand that none is expected
until the expiration of the period fixed by Ge-
neral Diebitsch for receiving the ultimatum of
the Sultan. It is probable, therefore, that the
next authentic information will either announce
the conclusion of the treaty of peace, or the re-
sumption of active hostilities.
" It is stated in private letters, that the cause
of the recent executions at Constantinople ori-
ginated in a conspiracy by the astrologers, a body
in high estimation in the Turkish capital, the
immediate object of which was the assassination
of the Sultan and his son. Although disco-
vered in time to prevent the design from taking
effect, it is generally believed that even the sig-
nature of a treaty of peace will afford no protec-
tion to the Sultan from the attempts which may
be made on his life by his turbulent and discon-
tented subjects. The executions, which are
numerous, take place during the night, and every
morning the walls of the Seraglio are adorned
with a display of those figures, which are sup-
posed to be the best calculated to quell the spirit
of insurrection and conspiracy. With all his
energy, however, I am disposed to concur with
some of the conclusions deduced in the paper
which I yesterday extracted for you :from the
Augsburg Gazelle, and which is said to b'e the
production of Mr. Eynard, the celebrated. Phil-
hellenist. Whatever may be the fate of the
Turkish empire, the fall of Mahmoud and his
dynasty, at no distant period, appears to me to
be inevitable. Like Napoleon and other des-
pots, who have united firmness of character and
considerable talent to great personal ambition,
the present Sult4n has endeavoured, by the de-
struction of the Janissaries, on whom
his prede-
cessors were accustomed to rely, and by whom,
when their privileges were infringed, they were
often immolated, to concentrate the whole power

of the State in his own person. Napoleon, with
equal energy and much more ambition, had the
sagacity to see that something was necessary to
give a permanent support to the Colossal power
which his genius and ambition had constructed.
He accordingly created a new order of Nobility,
and succeeded in drawing around him many in-
dividuals of the old Noblesse. He created also

a national hierarchy ; and, with the army at his
immediate disposal, it might have been supposed
that he had secured himself and his family in the
possession of the Imperial Crown. But the pri-
vileges which he granted to his Nobles and his
Clergy were too inconsiderable to attach them
firmly to his Government ; and as to the army,
it was his leading principle to retain a perfect
controul over it in his own immediate grasp.
The basis of his Government was therefore too
narrow ; and so also, I conceive, is that of the
Sultan Mahmoud. Yet, although I am disposed
to concur with Mr. Eynard in his leading infe-
rence, that the power of the Porte has received
its death-blow, and is tottering to its fall, I can
see no reason why a Christian Government
should be substituted for that which has hitherto
existed. I cannot understand Why the feelings
of the great body of the people should be out-
raged by an attempt, from without, to force upon
them a religious establishment which they could
only regard with feelings of repugnance Sfid de-
testation. ' The United States of America afford
a standing testimony to the truth of the prin-
ciple, that there is no necessar*li connection be-
tween the civil government of a country and the
religious opinions of the people. If, therefore,
the fall of the Porte as a Power of Europe is to
be regarded as inevitable, and if a new State is
to be established as a barrier against the future
inroads of Russia, the situation and circum-
stances of the territory for which a Government
would require to be provided, seems to afford an
excellent opportunity for, pro tanto, dissolving
the connection which has so long existed be-
tween the furious fanaticism inculcated by the
impostor of Mecca and the civil government of
some of the richest provinces of Europe ; but
such a dissolution does not appear to infer the
necessity for setting up any other State religion
in its room.

" It is stated in letters from Odessa, of the
7th of September, that in consequence of an or-
der from General Diebitsch, the Baron Brunoff,
who had assisted at the confers esat Akermann,
in the preparation of the Protocol, is about to
join Counts Orloff and Pahlen, the Russian
Plenipotentiaries, at the head-quarters of Gen.
Diebitsch. He had embarked on board the
Austrian vessel Count Woronze, and was to
sail with the first fair wind.

" Changes in the French Ministry continue
to be a general subject of conversation. The
last list in circulation places M. de Polignac in
the Department of the Household ; M. de
Chateaubriand or M. Pasquier in that of Fo-
reign Affairs ; M. Hyde de Neuville in the Ma-
rine ; M. Humann, the Finances ; M. Dela-
lot, Public Instruction ; M. Martignac, the
Interior. As to the formation of the present
Ministry, a new origin is now given to it. It
is no longer the work of the Duke of Welling-
ton, but of that arch-Jesuit M. de Villele, who,
it is said, has never ceased to maintain his influ-
ence at Court, where he made it be felt even
during the Government of his successors,
through the medium of M. de la Botiillerie, the
Intendant of the King's Household. Between
De Villele and De la Bourdonnaye there is cer-
tainly any thing but cordiality, although they
both affect to wish that the old resentment of
the Royalists should be buried in oblivion. It
is very generally believed that De Villele is
at this moment intriguing for his own reinstate-
ment in place and power ; but there can be no
doubt that such an event would call forth a
louder and more universal outcry throughout the
country than even the appointment of the Po-
lignac Administration.

" The Gazette affects to assure its readers
that the editors of the Constitutionnel, the
Courrier, the Journal des Debats, and the
Journal du Commerce, meet regularly once a
week to receive a delegate from the phantom
they have nicknamed the Comitel Directeur.
This Committee had its origin, as you are pro-
bably aware, at the period when a former
Ministry thought fit, by what the Liberals call
a coup dVtat, to dissolve the Chambers without
a moment's notice, and proclaim a new election,
under circumstances which made it impossible
to make the necessary communications between
the electors and the elected, going even so far
As to pervert the Government monopoly of the
Posting Department to the purposes of the party
in power. It was under these circumstances that
an association was formed among men of liberal
opinions in Paris, for the purpose of suggesting
to the people, in the various districts of the
country, the individuals on whom they should
respectively concentrate their votes, at the then
approaching election. This association, IN hich
was very useful to the Liberal party, as a point
d'appui, was nicknamed, for every thing in
France has its soubriquet, the Comit Direc-
teur. I believe, however, that it ceased to exist
with the occasion which called it into being; but
it is the cue of the Ministerial Press to repre-
sent it as still in full activity, setting forth, as I
have said, that one of its delegates meets the
editors of the Liberal Papers once a-week, to
concert the means of humbugging the public for
the next eight days, arranging the details of the
facts to be fabricated, and the reports to be put
in circulation, such as divisions in the Cabinet,
a dissolution of the Ministry, or the formation
of societies for the purpose of organising a
system of refusal to pay the taxes.
Private letters from Lisbon, of the 9th
inst., r
insieenn t
againstthat
Dt he
Don
Miguel,inhabitants of
and
declared
e cl
arod
thlawdmselves in favour of Don Pedro. The Go-
vernor, Nicholas d'Abreu Castilla Branco, hav-
ing attempted to resist the insurrection, is said to
have been killed. It is remarked, that for four
days not a single Fidalgo had been to Queluz
to pay his respects to the Queen Mother or to
Don Miguel, Tfh7 Municipality of the capital,

which is composed of the earliest partisans or
the usurpation, had been thrown into the
greatest alarm by the check at Terceira. They
.
were so fully assured of the success of the expe'
dition, that a great collection of fire-works.baa
been purchased to celebrate the capture of the
island. It is also stated that a marriage is se'
riously contemplated between Don Miguel 104,
a Sardinian Princess. The refugees in P 3
seem to place some confidence in the refusal Pf:
the Pope to recognise the authoiity of the.
Usurper, considering it a decided illustration t?f,
the extreme hopelessness of his cause.
" The Duke de Laval Montmorency left
Vienna on the 18th, for Lintz, where he was to
have the honour of delivering his letters of recall
and to take leave of the Emperor of Austria.
His Excellency will then come to Paris, and,
after a short stay, will proceed on his new em'
bassy to England.
" Grenoble, a town of 30,000 inhabitants, hes
taken the lead in addressing the King on the
subject of the new Ministry. The subject Yies
first agitated at a public dinner lately given on
the occasion of the visit of General Lafayette'
under the Presidency of M. Camille Tesseyre,
formerly a Deputy for the Department of the
Isere, and one of the most considerable mer'
chants of Grenoble."

We have accounts from Havannah and. from
St. Jago de Cuba to the 3d August, which.corr
taro some very interesting commercial inteib'
genre. The sugar crop of the past season is es'
timated at 465,000 cases, of which 280,00.°
were from the Havanna!), 120,000 from M*
tanzas, 30,000 from Trinity, and 35,000 fro°
St. Jago. Of the quantity mentioned at Or
vannah, 55,000 had been exported to Russia
almost all of which was white ; to London so
Cowes, 23,000 ; to the United States, 14,00°'
to Holland 'and Germany, 66,000, almost
brown ; for Italy and Trieste, 5,000 ; for Spill'
26,000 ; for France, 9,500 ; and for other pas'
2,000. The last crop of coffee is estimated st
28,000,000 lbs., generally of ordinary and go°a
ordinary quality. This paid generally 21. to g
piastres, and the first 6. to 7 piastres. The chief
exportations were S millions lbs. for New Or'
leans; 4 millions for other ports of the Unite]
States ; 3i millions for France; 7.41- millions for
Holland and Germany; 1 million for Spain ;
millions for London and C6wes ; and 1* oil'
lions for Russia. The new crop would be
brought into the market in Octbber.