The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-04 00:00:00

was founded on the urgency of existing distress,
and the necessity of immediately granting relief for
the purpose of 'procuring Food and Raiment ;
and if a larger sum has been raised than the
Committee find immediately necessary, the sur-
plus ought to be retained for future emergencies,
rather than applied to a purpose foreign to the
intentions of the donors, and respecting which a
great diversity of opinion is known to exist.

We have received this morning the Allgemeine
Zeitung to the 29th of March, and the Austrian
Observer to the 23d. They contain no politi-
cal news, but the following particulars respecting
BEETHOVEN will be read with interest. The
price of Corn was rising in the markets along
the Rhine :

VIENNA, MARCH 21.
Our Beethoven has now been suffering for these four
months under a very tedious and painful disorder, namely,
the dropsy, which, if it does not threaten his life, may for a
long time check the exertions of his active mind. The
melancholy situation of this highly esteemed composer was
scarcely known in London,when one of his warmest friends
and admirers, M. Moscheles, hastened to lay the case be-
fore the Philharmonic Society, which unanimously re-
solved, at a very numerous meeting, to afford him not
only for the moment, but in future, all the assist-
ance of which he might stand in need. In conse-
quence of this resolution, the Society transmitted to
Mr. Beethoven, through the house of Rothschild, the sum
of 1000 florins (convention money) with the intimation
to spare nothing that might contribute to restore him to
his health, and enable him to resume his exertions in the
cultivation of his art. It is difficult to describe the deep
emotion with which Beethoven received the information of
this generous action ; and if his worthy friends in London
could have been witnesses of it, they would have felt them-
selves amply recompensed for their considerate liberality.
With respect to medical advice, Beethoven is in the beet
hands. The persons who are the most constantly about
him, are his early friends, the Imperial Aulic Counsellor,
Von Bremuning, and Mr. Von Schindler, leader of the
band, who has been for many years his tried sad constant
friend, and who regards no personal inconvenience when he
can be of service to him. May Heaven be pleased long to
preserve to us, and the musical world in general, this un-
equalled composer.

FRANKTORT, MAACK 23.
The accounts received here from the principal corn
markets on the Rhine and the Upper Maine, state the
prices to be again rising, especially those of wheat, rye,
and barley. We also hear occasionally well-informed per-
sons express an apprehension that the effects of the winter
may be injurious to the young corn, so that even in con-
sideration of this circumstance, which is not, indeed, very
promising so the interest of the public, a farther rise in
the prices of corn may be expected.

Baron Von Lindenau, who is to succeed M. Von Car-
lOwitz, as Minister from the King of Saxony to the Diet,
is not expected before Whitsuntide.

It will be seen by our Parliamentary Proceed-
ings that Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE last night
gave notice of an Address for Friday evening,
praying " that his MAJESTY will take into his
most gracious consideration, in the appointment
of any new Administration, the evils which arise
to the best interests of the empire, from a want
of union in opinion in Cabinet questions of the
most vital importance to the State." .
It is very easy to discover the drift of the
Worthy Baronet, and of some others who
resemble him in intellect and liberality._
They find that getting Mr. CANNING out of
the Cabinet by fair means is impossible, and so
they would most kindly prescribe to that Right
Hon. Gentleman wonderful high ground for him to
take on the Catholic Question, in hopes of ef-
fecting by artifice what they have found to be
otherwise impossible. But the idea of Sir T.
LETHBRIDGE taking in Mr. CANNING, is
rather too good. We doubt if all the County of
Somerset (judging from their Representative)
could be a match for the Foreign Secretary. We
should rejoice greatly to see others think as we
do on the Catholic Question, but we would not
wish to lose the services of Mr. CANNING,
because he may not see fit to make this a
Cabinet question, and force it down the
throats of the nation. That bigotry will
yield . shortly to the light of reason, we feel
quite convinced, but we are equally certain that
the period of Ireland's woes will be much shorter,
if Mr. CANNING presides at the helm of affairs,
than it would be if an inundation of furious
Tories gave official weight to their narrow minded
notions on this and many other subjects. We
would have Mr. CANNING at the head of the
Government, but would leave to that head the
aarano.ement of all details.

By a private letter, from St. Thomas's, of the 15th
February, received via New York, it is stated that some
'alarm had been excited in the Island, from an expectation
entertained at Laguayra, on the 6th of that month, that
Bolivar had serious intentions of making an attack on the
Island of Porto Rico, with which Island the merchants of
the former place had very considerable connexions in busi-
ness; and in such case, might be attended with serious
inconvenience and loss.

New Brunswick Papers have been received to the 24th
of February, and Virginia to the sth of March, but they
are destitute of news.

Some expectation had been entertained that
the KING would come to town to-day; but his
MAJESTY'S departure from Windsor is now
fixed for to-morrow.

It is understood that his MAJESTY Will im-
mediately take steps towards the formation of his
Administration, and that he will remain in town
till the Ministerial arrangements are completed.

Accounts from Constantinople give the fol-
lowing as part of the arrangement for the inde-
pendence of Greece :

- The Sultan will only retain a nominal authority over
Greece. The Turks which possess the fiefS in Greece will
receive an indemnity, but no Turk can, for the future, in-
habit nor enter the insurgents country after the iTreaty.
The independence of the Greeks will constitute the Morea,
Eastern Greece, and the Isles. The Isles will be governed
by a Municipality, and the whole Court will be under the
Government of a Hospodar. Russia will be particularly
charged with the protection of the North of the Ottoman
Empire, and leave to England and France that of the
Southern States.

We have given in another column some of the
most material parts of the Report from the Select
Committee on the Arigna Mining Company ;
its very great length preventing our printing it
entire. We shall conclude our extracts from it
to-morrow.

The report appears to have been drawn up with
great ability and temper. It weighs and dis-
cusses every part of the transaction with almost
judicial discrimination and fairness : and
it expresses its opinions with moderation,
and without prejudice, leaving the final judg-
ment to be passed by the House of Com-
mons on those of its Members whose con-
duct came under the observation of the Com-
mittee. As the House will of course institute