The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-26 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

. (From the Missager des Charnbres.)
SEMLIN, DEC. 3.
Aceording to accounts from Philippopoli, of the
19th of November, Mustapha Pacha of Scutari still
R.rnsined in his former position. Though the Rus-
thieir "ha evacuated Adrianople, and commenced
chatretreat tovrardi the Balkan, it does not appear
that Pacha has yet taken any measures for the
coluttion of Adrianople.

PARIS, DEC. 23.
tA, letter from Toulon, of the 17th, says that the
'ene and Be/one frigates, which are fitting out in
th
!Pat port with great dispatch, are intended for the
IsToadron before Algiers.
to
Mangin is decidedly sacrificed. He is found
be top frank. He says what he tbinlo.
h M. de Polignac expresses to whoever will hear
411 h n
is sorrow at the nomination of M. de Ma
I could not help it," says he, " it was not
ny fault."

(From the Gazette de France.)

• PARIS, DEC. 22.
Tletter from Vienna, dated the 101 h, announces
lat an express had brought from Parma the news
"Ikt the life of her Majesty the Archduchess Maria
quisa Was despaired of.
108 11als STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 23.—Fire per Cents.
84{4 10e. 10Sf. 30c. 10Sf. 25e. ;' Three 'per: Cents.
• 35e. 30c. 25c. ; I3,ink Stock, 1,910 f. 1,920 f. ;
hoe'"? de Naples, 91 1. 75e. Ssc. 20c.; Spanish ditto, 713-;
Ss Naples,
Loan, S5l. S 1 14 1 ; Rente Pert. d'Es-
-I.der: "I; 114 tills Loan, 432 f. 50c Exchange on
" month, 251. 55e. • three months, 25f. 40e.

jt,,,,, ?AIMS OF litlBll STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC 23.
t,,,,;:` ,Stoek
4;1'1,3 3 per cent ..
=1 Royal lriah Ditto
bit, °tack, 34 per cent. u 9% !National Ditto 25%
i per'0 New —iratriotic fllt to —
bi Cevit IOIIA , Hibernian Rank —
it,. I/eb. 3 per cent.... 99!.ti Provincial Ditto —
t....,41 Canal Stoca .........45 Royal Irish Mine 4%
City Canal Stock — Imperial Mine —
444 °eh 4 Deb
akit Offic 4p. c. Commercial Buildings —

FOREIGN FECHANGF.S ON LONDON.
114.4,1Dtt0 Dec 18 13 12% —Two months, 13. 11.
• • - •
u LIN, DEC. 15.—Three months. 6 29%.
si.‘,,t,'"N. DEC. 15.—Two months, 620.
ii---trint.kt, Dec. B.—Ninety daTs
WPrritenA Dec 2•2. 12 20 —Pito months-12. 15.
. .

Apri.w. MAILS.
Due. Arrived. Due.
r) America 0 0 Hamburg
11 Eril
0 az I C Holland
Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica I
7 artagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0
; ~.üblm 0 0 Lisbon 0
?r lavers 0 0 Mexico
, pr„ne 0 0 Sweden
:7:s-- QUernsey & Jersey.. 0 1 Wat,rford

' LA RUE, CORNISH, AND ROCK'S PUBLI-
CATIONS FOR 1830.
PrilE BRITISH TRAVELLER'S
rSUEET ALMANACK ; comprising Routes of
—ort.Ches, the principal Commercial Inns in each
,with the Arrival and Departure of the Mail ; and
Co 'SI4P of approved authority, especially adapted for
Zunercial-rooms and Travelling-houses.
'he SOVEREIGN ALMANACK, splendidly printed
firn,,,,gi?"ll on Enamel Card, with a portrait of his Majesty,
Sir -Thomas Lawrence's. last picture. •
4 Series of ALBUMS, SCRAP, and MUSIC BOOKS,
ly
hound in the new Arabesque relief Embellish-
"`". These novel and beautiful publications are in
141,1.4.1 Quarto, and hare compartments for Poetry and
erait', with the most superbly tinted and embossed
Yon-boards, and papers for painting. •
ch_ EMBOSSED LIKENESS of the KING, from
.7;trY'N last Bust, approved by hii Majesty.
Attce hole of the above may be bad' at Ackerman's,
Stitt.' Riddles, an respectable Fancy and other
inner in the United d of everyK

,

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1829.

We have received this morning German,
D u
k Leh, and Hamburg Papers to various dates;
their Contents are not particularly important, but
tt 'PPears the King of the NETHERLANDS in-
t
en
d
s to try two projects of temporary laws in
1:14" of those rejected by the States General on
le Budget. His MAJESTY'S wiser course
''°lll4 perhaps be to withdraw his hostility
tainst the liberty of the Press, and matters
oulti then go smoother with him :

BERLIN, DEC. 12.
`;ghat we have stated of the negotiations respect-
irgthe future fate of Greece is, on the whole,
pe •satisfactory. Not only for the rest of
but for the Greeks themselves, a Monarchical
jo.stitution of their new State will be the only
1371 sable one, and the most favourable to their pros-
.
rietillY ; no valid objection oil the part of the Cabi-
Ctitl can be imagined. The retirement of Count
d Po d'lstria from the post of President would in-
eed
be much to be regretted, but why should not
initt eminent Statesman continue to serve his country
°(..,..'he other capacity? The extraordinary mission
ion "'tint Matusceuitz, which has kept him so
pergf Parisi and London, appears to have been
."11Y successful.
Cen,ll'4l‘A, DEc.l4.—Metalliques 102'13-16; Fourper
Ditto 921; Bank Shares 1219.

The z TpIIELHAGUE, DEC. 21.
Lavin Second Chamber of tne State! General
pub approved of the project of law fixing the
d 1
• in the expenditure for the next ten years, ine.o
tx e decennial budget, and also that for the annual
tesnditure for 1830; and whereas it rejected
the Pact of the decennial budget which related to
Atrt ltaYs and means, and the corresponding
‘Lf are annual budget_ was withdrawn by
40,74llitter of Finance, on account of its inti-
eo4l"6lilli,,_ etion with the rejected :law, it has be-
11•Oliniary in 46* name joiiieure to preside

for the expenditure which the Charter had MC..
tioned ; accordingly, in the sitting of the Chamber
to-day, a Royal Message was received, accompany-
ing two projects of iemporary hwa, to provide ways
.Ind means for the annual and decennial budge!s.
The debate on these two tran4tory laws, as they
are called, is fixed for the 231
Since the 15th instant, the Ruglish mails have
been landed at Scheveningen, which is fixed for the
place of arrival and departure of the packets, so long
as the Maese is covered with ice.

BUCHAREST, NOV. 27.

To our great joy the restrictions under which we
have been placed, on a,eount of the plague, are now
removed, and the communication is free in all direc-
tions. Trade, in particular, already feels the bene-
ficial effects of this measure.

CONSTANTINOPLP,, NOV. 1.

Forty-three Armenian families have profited by
the revocation of the edict against their
nation, and have returned to the capital.—
Several of them have obtained permission
to re-occupy their former residences ; and it
seems that, on the intercession of the Austrian In-
ternuncio, the Porte will consent to restore to these
unfortunate people their confiscated property.
Letters from Smyrna announce that the moun-
taineers in the neighbourhood of Carakessa have
been reduced to order. Ellez Aga, of Scala Nuova,
who was ordered by the Porte to march against
these insurgents, had caused above two hundred of
them to be executed.

STOCKHOLM, DEC. 7.

The Scandinavian kingdoms have sustained a
severe loss by the death of Count listen, Governor
of Norway, who died at Christiana last week, aged
63. We are -very anxious to learn whom the King
will choose for his successor.

We flatter ourselves that his Royal Highness the
Crown Prince will come here to open the Storthing.

HAMBURG, DEC. 18.

BORSEN HALLE, FOUR O'CLOCK.— Our Corn
market has this week been again extremely dull, so
that the greater part of the prices ma►ked below
may be considered merely nominal. In Wheat
some trifling purchases were made by our own con•
:timers. What was brought to market by land
carriage could be disposed of only at reduced prices.
A few lots of Upland Wheat were taken on specu-
lation, to be delivered as soon as the river should be

open.
During the first eleven days of this month 17 car-
goes of corn passed through the sound, one was
bound to a British port (Guernsey), six to Dutch,
three to French, and seven to Swedish, Danish, and
Norwegian ports.
Weight. Rix dollars.
Dantzie Wheat 122 to 126 120 to 128
Pomeranian 124 to 128 11$ to 112
Anhalt, white llB to 124 113 to 125
red 122 to 128 114 to 118
()apish ISO to 128 BO to SS
Petersburgh and Riga 120 to 114
Dantaie Rye ll3 to 122 (l3 to CR
Upl.md 116 to 123 64 to 60
Magdeburgh Barley 9B to 104 &I to St
Anhalt 9R to 104 5O to bn
Mecklenburg)) Oats O6 to 74 4O to 44
Pomeranian Malt —to
Pease, Upland, yellow
holstein Rapeseed to
Our Stock market has been somewhat depressed
by extensive sales, made on account of Foreign
houses. The effect has been chiefly felt in Neapoli-
tan securities, but other funds, though
_less freely
offered, are also somewhat worse.

End of December.
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent
Anglo-Russian Loan IM
Hamburg-Russian Loan 4;97",
Polish Bonds lll%
Austrian Bank Shares 1244
Anglian Meta Moues IO2U
New. Austrian 4 per Cents.
Anglo Neapolitan
Falconets 92%
Exchange upon London, at two months l3 11
at eight ... 13 12%

Our Paris Correspondent throws some new
light upon the state of parties in that capital. The
Ministry begin to see the necessity of conciliat-
ing public opinion--and moderation and reduc-
tion are to be the order of the day. How long
they are to continue in this mood must no
doubt depend upon the result of their first con-

cessions :

" PARIS, DEC. 22.

" To judge from outward appearances, the
tone of society in Paris has lately been assum-
ing some symptoms of moderation at both ex-
tremes of the scale of political opinion. This
however it is very certain does not arise from
anything like an approximation in the ideas of
the parties at issue, but simply from the well
known sedative influence of time, and from
the more accurate knowledge which each party
has acquired of their true position with refer-
ence to their antagonists. The Ministry ap-
pear to have decided on trying their:strength in
the present Chamber, and the Liberals begin to
see that they have no chance of overturning the
Cabinet by the mere violence of their decla-
mations, nor by any other means, except those
legitimate forms which are authorized by the
Constitution.

" The tactics of the Ministry in the approach-
ing campaign will probably be marked by a
series of concessions to popular opinion, for the
purpose of gaining a few stray votes in the
Chamber of Deputies, and at the same time
securing a fund of favour in the Electoral Col-
leges, to provide for the event of their being
obliged to appeal to a general election. It is
evidently with this view that extensive reduc-
tions have already been made or indicated in
several of the departments of the Ministry, and
from what has already taken place, it may be
concluded that no sacrifice of this kind will be
spared
.for the purpose of gaining what is felt
to be so much wanted, an accession of popula-
rity. The numerous class of proprietors who
are interested in the culture of the vine are, it
is said, to be conciliated by a considerable re-
duction of the wine tax. A sop is to be given
to the capital by the erection of extensive ware-
houses on the plains of Grenelle, in which colo-
nial produce, and other commodities liable to
taxation, may be stored without paying duty,
until taken out for immediate consumption.
Indeed, it is extraordinary that the accommoda-
tion of a bonded warehouse, so well known in
every town of any consideration in England,
should in France be confined to a few of the
principal sea-ports, and to one or two inland
towns of the second rank in the kingdom, while
it should hitherto have been denied to the ca-
pital itself, where, from the greater comparative
amount of consumption, it must have most of
all been wanted. Again, the interests of reli-
gion and morality are to he consulted, and their
advocates conciliated, by the suppression of the
lottery, IN France is known to have long

operated as an active and powc;r,d instrument in
promoting crime and dvmor.d:z t-17i!e
of all these deduction,, the as my and its nume-
rous dependencies are to he appeased by an im-
portant improvement in the retrane, or half-pay
system. But whether,l with all these conces-
sions, the present Ministry will iitireed in se.
curing a majority; either in the present or in any
future Chamber, appears to me to be as doubtful
as ever.

" On the other hand the leaders of the oppo-
sition are to take the field with a train of political
artillery of a new construction, calculated, it is
said, to give the greatest possible embarrassment
to any financial measures which may be intro-
duced by the Ministry. The campaign will be
opened by an amendment to the usual address,
in answer to the speech from the throne, in which
a demand will be made for those supplementary
institutions which are held by the Liberals to be
necessary to complete the public guarantees, the
foundations of which arc to be found in the
charter. In following up this new system a
covert attack is to be made on that important
prerogative of time Crown, which in France gives
the King the exclusive right of proposing and
originating the enactment of any new law in
either of the other branches of the Legislature.
For this purpose it is expected that the 19th
article of the charter, which has hitherto very
seldom been acted upon, may be converted into
an excellent auxiliary. This article declares that
the Chambers shall have the faculty of suppli-
cating the King to propose a law on any subject
whatever, and to point out what, in their opinion,
it should contain. A variety of subjects are
already suggested as the best fitted to provide
materials for this new system of supplication,
such as the organization of the communes and
departments, the responsibility of Ministers, the
composition and the powers of the Council of
State, the restrictions on printing and book-
selling,lthe system of the National Guards, &c.
&c. But:is-hether the results, which arc so con-
fidently anticipated from the use of this new
weapon in the approaching session, are to realize
the hopes of its projectors will not probably be
ascertained until it brought into action. It
seems to me to be of a piece with the celebrated
motion of Mr. Hume, which was proposed, if I
remember right, at two o'clock in the morning,
as a drag onl the wheels of a former ministry,
That the first volume of the Statutes at large
be now read.'

" My at►ention has lately been attracted by a
very ingenious suggestion, which occurs in a
work of Dr. Morales, a Spanish ecclesiastic of
some eminence, as to the best system of effect-
ing popular elections %here there are a number
of candidates, in such a manner as to secure, in
the simplest and most convenient form, the re-
turn of the individual in whose favour the opi-
nion of the electors in reality predominates. I
have been the more interested in this idea from
an observation I have repeatedly made in the
course of elections of various kinds in England,
that sometimes by accident, and sometimes by the
superior generalship of one of the parties, the
successful candidate has not been the person in
whose favour the true majority of opinion existed.
Suppose for instance that there are four candi-
dates for a vacant office, A, B, C, and D, who
have either offered themselves to the electors, or
►►ho have been admitted to competition by a
previous scrutiny. Suppose again that there
are 120 electors, who are all satisfied in a cer-
tain degree with the eligibility of C, but in ge-
neral are willing to postpone the claims to those
of one or other of the remaining candidates,
40 of the electors preferring A, 30 others pre-
ferring B, and 35 preferring D, while only 15
primary or exclusive votes have been secured by
C. If in this situation the supporters of B were
to be joined by those of D, it would follow that
B, whose chance was in fact the least favour-
able of all, would be elected to the exclusion of
his competitors. Let it be supposed, however,
that the various degrees of esteem entertained
for each candidate by the various electors
are expressed by the numbers 1,2, 3,4, and
that

4 3 2 1
A obtains 4O 5 30 45 = 280
B obtains 10 5 40 45 = 260
C obtains l5 100 5 = 370
And D obtains 35 10 45 30 =. 290
it follows, according to this estimate of the opi-
nion of the electors, that C, having obtained a
higher proportion than any of the other candi-
dates would be entitled to the election, and that
the other candidates would follow him in the order
of merit as D, A, and B. Yet according to the
ordinary system of absolute votes, B, the least fa-
vourably situated, would in fact have been returned.
The idea of Dr. Morales is not, however, a new
suggestion, as in the year 1796 it was actually
adopted in the National Institute of France, and
recommended by that body as a simple and con-
;dent mode of nomination in all numerous
elections. The manner of carrying it into effect
is extremely simple, each elector being pro-
vided with a card containing the names of the
different electors, to each of which he subjoins
the figure indicating the relative situation held
by the different candidates in his esteem, the
lowest of course being one, and the highest be-
ing equal to the total number of candidates.
In the vote here alluded to of the National In-
stitute, Carnot, one of the members of the
Executive Directory, was the successful candi-
date, having obtained 250 values or unities, as
they were called, while his competitors, Bre-
quet and Jauvier, had only 182 and 114 re-
spectively.

His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX
passed through Uttoxeter last week, and stopped at the
White Hart Inn, to take refreshment, on his way from
Eaton Hall, the princely mansion of Earl GROSVENOR, to
Stanton Harold, the seat of Earl FERRERS. The bells
rang a merry peal, and a numerous party of the gentlemen
of Uttoxetcr assembled to cheer his Royal Highness, who
returned their gratulations with the greatest courteousness
and affability. This is the first time that Uttozeter has
been honoured by the visit of a member of the Royal
Family since the year 1745, when the Duke of CUMBER-
LAND was quartered there by the loyal inhabitants, on his
progress to meet the rebels.—Lichfield Mercury.
We should like to know what Mr. Fox, the
great Whig leader, would have said, had he lived to see a
whole phalanx of his legal followers pitted against one poor
solitary Editor of a newspaper, and his nephew, Lord
HOLLAYD, a witness for the prosecution.--Morning
Paper. .

Tiir, FIJNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

I'l T WEL YE 0' CL 0 CK.

Calcutta Papers to the 30th July, Hobart Town
to the 12th July, and Sydney Papers to the 22d
July, have been received at the North and South
American Coffee-house. The Cslcutta Paper of the
29th July states, the brig Louisa had gone ashore on
the Mezzen Sind, it is thought she will be totally
lost, she has a valuable cargo on board of opium.
We learn by the investigation now going forward
at the Police-office, in regard to the forgeries lately
discovered, that it has been ascertained that they
amount to at least. ten lacks. The Bank of Ben-
izal it is said will be sufferers of half this sum, and
there is about as much more in Government paper.
Letters from Turnout, of the 17th inst., repre-
senr the Indigo property in that quarter as very
gloomy, owing to the great fall of rain.
(From the Calcutta Price Current, July 21.)

COTTON.—Our market continues without anima-
tion, no alteration in the prices.

OPIUM.—The market is now cleared, and quo-
tations nominal.

PIECE GOODS.—The market continues very dull.
SALTPETRE.—In active demand.
SUGAR.—In consequence of the Arabs coming
imto the market, this article has advanced.

European goods are without improvement.—
Freights to London may be stated at 3/. 10s. to 41.
for dead weight, and 5/. to 5/. 10s. for light.
We understand that not only at Calcutta is a
scarcity of copper coin felt, but in the interior dis-
tricts. The weather at the Presidency, for some
time past, has been exceedingly moderate; rain,
more or leis, daily.
(From the Hobart Town Parrs to the 12th of July.)
The Gazelle of the above date contains an older
from the Lieutenant-Governor, that abstracts of the
Colonial Revenue and Expenditure, for the years
1826, 1827, and 1828, together with the supple-
mentary abstracts for 1825, be published in the
Hobart Town Gazelle, for general information.
(From the Sydney Papers of the 23d of July.)
Currency, we understand, is quite discontinued
in Van Diemen's Land, all transactions being in
sterling, of which we are told they have a plentiful
supply of specie ; it would only be neighbouring
kindness if they would send us some. The cold in
the interior is intense, a very sharp frost has set in.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DE u., Dm. 25.—Wind E.—The Ottowa, for
Quebec, proceeded to wcstwar,l, with loss of anchor
and cable,.

PortTsmouTtr, Dr:c. 21.-11Tind N.E.—Arrived
the Regent Edward', Shelbeurn, from the Downs,,
and sailed for New York. Arrived the Pomona
Spring, from Denia ; and Nautilus, from Smyrna.

FALMOUTH, DEC. 23 and 24.—Wind N.E.—
Arrived the Andromache, Laws, from Calcutta,
sailed the 9th of August, Mauritius the 24th of
September, and St. Helena the 25th of October; nn,l
Sprightly, Nearn, from Terceira. The Sprightly
forced the blockade into and out of Terceira, and
Captain Nearn reports that he left Count Villa
Flor and the Islanders in excellent spirits, capable
of continuing a good defence on all sides, and satis-
fied in their own minds that the troops of Don
Miguel would never again attempt a descent on
their shores.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21.—Arrived the Ariadne,
from Smyrna.
CLYDE, Dsc. 23.—Arrived the Unicorn, from
Demerara.

DUBLIN, DEC. 23.—Arrived the Lady Cremona,
Johnson, from Quebec.

LISBON, DEC. 12.--The Jane Robson, late
Brown, sailed from Port-au-Prince the 22d of
April, to touch at Cowes for orders, and has not
since been heard of.

GREENOCK, DEC. 23.—The Cygnet, Benson,
from New York to Baltimore, was abandoned the
Bth ult., in lat. 32, long. 56.; crew. saved by the
Alpha, from London, arrived here from Demerara.

The Margaret, Boak, from London to Rio
Janeiro, WAS assisted in Sheerness on Thursday
with damage, and loss of rudder, having been on
the ice.

The Tobago, Read, from Gasp; was on shore
on the Spaniard Land on Wednesday, but got off,
with loss of anchor and cable.