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(Krnrral Sntrllf&rnrr. Extract fioin the Rcpmt of Ihe Post Master Grnpral Among Ihe improvement* nude in ihe Iraas- portaiion of the mail, from July 1, 1 S31, in June 30, 1832, are ihe following .- ■ The mail between Ihe Alluntic Stales ami New Orleans, nil November Inst. was Iran* ported but three limes a week. New Orient's being the mart for nil the western Si.ues, ami the principal medium if mercantile inlevcmirsi between them nod ihe conmiereial cnies no the sea hoard, Ihe in< rease of mail faeil lie- on Ihe greal mail mine !o New Orleans, an il subject of deep interest Imlli to the Rgricnl lural and coromereml i miiiniiiiilieN of more than half the Union. The whole of tins line was, therefore, from Deepinhor Iasi, improved into n dailv line of fnor-horso mat lies ami steamboats, for the di-innee of 037 miles, lie tween Mneon, Oenrgiu, (where ihe diilv Inn foimerly ended.) and the city ol New Or leans; and, with sueli inereased expedition. Ilia! ihe mail is now transported from Ne.v Oi lcans to Washington City in eleven davs ami fourteen hours; to Raltiniore in eleven tl.tv- and twenty-one hours ; to Philadelphia, dor ing the sleatnlmat navigation, in twelve day- and nine hours ; and lo New York in thirteen days. The mails w hich wore formerly transported but three limes ii week be'wecn Augusta, Georgia, and Savannah, 119 miles, and from me, 270 miles, in two days; to Cincinnati, ’>20 miles, in four days; to Louisville, K.V., in fivo days ; and to Nashville, Tell., ill se ven days. From Philadelphia to the same idares, but twelve boors more are occupied 1 he winter arrangement w ill require two days more for the w hole distance. The mails between Philadelphia and Pitts burgh have been so expedited a- to rutr ihrougll i oi fiti i.*d year which will terminate on the. 30th- June, 1833, one hqll" of the above increase will be incurred, amounting to . . • - $92,079 01 At a reasonable estimate of the progressive ■ increase of revenue Irmn postage, thorn will be more than a sufficiency lo meet this sum. The inerense of pontages for the year end- x hours. 1 In- mini is now irunspor- *ing toe 30th June, 1832, was. as above stated, Vastnngt-m Citv and from llulfirnore , $260,758 fid above those of the preceding ii-i Pittsburgh, Pa., t lenveland and Lower, year; hut, in an increase of postages, there is .Sjindo-ky. Ohio, to Detroit, in Altchigun, hr I a rorrcspunrling increase of dally hues ,,f four-horse post coarhes, in six j eomn.-nsniioo to postmasters, days and fourteen imurs, and from Pmladel-1 After deducting these commissions, the re- plim in seven days; being three days less j rnaitder, constituting Ihe ncll proceeds of pus- luges, is applicable to the payments for tr-ans- Ims been ! norlai,on of the m i Is. and for the in- idenlal than ihe time formerly occupied A line of f or.horse post coin’ll estahlishi d from Detroit, to run three week across the Territory of Michigan. 193 miles, lo the town of Niles, on the river St. Joseph, and to run through in less thun ihrce davs. expenses of the depirinP'Dl. The »<■// pro ceeds ot postages fir the year ending J ine 30, 1832, ex ended those of the preceding year $180,30.3 43 Iftlie ratio of increase in Ihe nett pioeeeds of postages for Ihe year Tl.o whole route has heen improved into a) wlm-h will end on the 30ih June, 1833, *hnll 1 v •*q«i11 that of »he vr*fir ending June. 30 d uly line of |)o«t eo>». b»»4 from W>i«dtiii"ton r * , y n iIiiiii .re, l.v York. Pa . II *r.nd»orj»h t j 1832. ii wtil amount to the mint of$!96 S23 0G \*.r h'lniii' rl.ind. Wit|»ji nvp.irt, ami Rash, \. j .il»ove that of the l.uM year, wlii«*h will exceed Y., to II tT.lo, on liik.* Lnh, and expedi-1 il»e additional amount r**q irerl for trnn*n'»rta- ted a* to run through in five <l-»»s. jtion bv tn >re than a hundred thousand dollars. Many other improvement* have hf»pn m id«’. | provided no farther improvement* shall he ind iu other Hmuions id the rotimrv, ol consi jmade, without PMtimatiuo any thing for pri*ta- derahie iiiagfiittide ; rHpe« tally in expediting (sen dial may mine oh the new routes. But a and perfecting the mail nifere.uirNe bet ween | greater ratio of inereaxe of the ne//amount ol Aliens,,. o> r’l.iiri-s, . 8 ,i, #■ .,i Allies and thellriiisti provinces , revenue mnv be fairly calculated upon from the Augusta lo C liarleston. rteulli Carolina. 144 „„ r i upen our norm rs, very exlcnsive itnprovenienis which have been 1 bpse improvements, which have considn- made ; and the uccniints of pestinoaters for I ltd) enhanced the expenses ol the dcpurlmuut, Ihe quarter ending on llie 1st of October last, already produced an inereuso of reverttie j so far as they have been examined, exhibit an list begins lo be sensihlv fell ; and promise,! increase of ncll proceeds of postages at the ana remuneration!rile of ,$200,000 n year alinvo those of the year ending on Ihe 30th of Juno, 1832. There were in 1 hi■ United 8 tales on the lsr which it waa occupied during the remainder of the sitting. Modification of the Tariff.—A new Tariff Dill was reported on the 27th December, to Ihe House offfcpresenlalives,by Mr. Verpluuk, Chntrmin of the Cominiilee of Ways and Means. Reported by Ihe Committee of Way- imd Means,not by llie Committee on Mannfac- lures', whirl) proceeding we conceive to he the first step towards uri adjustment of all Ihe differences which have sprung up from the pro. iinmtssions fur (tectivu system. Should this hill pass in its present shape, which we hardly expect, Or not greatly changed, the south will no doubt con sider it ns a conciliatory offering, and as the harbinger of n better policy, on the part of the federal government, and of better feelings be tween llie several sections of Ihe Union. We have neither room nor lime fur remarks; we must conlenl ourselves at present, in calling the attention of ihe reader to the principal lea- lures of the Rill, which Will rednee Ihe existing revenue six millions,and give sufficient lime lo die manufacturers (o make arrangements for 'll miles, have both been improved into daily routes, in four-horse post coaches, extending the same advantages to tlinso cities which l|,„ were enjoyed by others ill their intercourse with New Orleans, and with the fi . irisluug mercantile low ns through the centre ofGeorgni. The routes from Columbia and from Cam den, South Carolina, to Charleston, have hern increased from tri-weekly to duly lines of post conchos. A line of mail stages has been established from the month of .St. John’s nv, r, to St. ,iu gusline, by means of which, the eoinmuniea-J lion by singes is extended from the Nordic Slates along the borders of the ocean Augustine. This is the first slage roulu us- tahliahed in Ensl Flotidn. The route from Norfolk, Virginia, bv Kdrn- ton, Nnrdi Carolina, Newhere, Wilmington, and Pmithviltc, to Georgetown, South Caroli na, ha* been improved into a tri-weeklv line ol four-horse post conches, connecting with the sfeaniboat iimil between Rallminre and Nor- * folk, and such expedition given to l u whole, llmt the mail on that line is cutried to Chmlcs- ton, South Carolina, in steamboats mid post coaches, from Philadelphia In Norfolk, 300 miles, in twenty-eight hours; to Kdetilon, 378 miles, in fnriy-two hours; to Ncwlur, 470 miles, in fifty-eight hours ; to Wiliiniig- ton, 5GS miles, in eighty hours ; ami to Charleston, 7GC miles, in iivo days nod iwn Jtours. The route from Salem, North Carolina, to Shnwn’s cross nnds, Tennessee, ami thence lo Knoxville, 232 miles, lias hern increased from once In mica n week, :n post coaches perfecting ii line of com bos from Norfolk, Virginia, anil from I! tit igh and Fayetlov.lle, North Carolina, to Ktmxvillo and Nashville, Tennessee. The roule from Renn’s station, Ten., to Lexington nod Frankfort Ky , has been im proved from n semi lo n Irj-tveckly line ol post coaches ; ami a line of post coaches has been established from Salem, N. C., lo Wyth" c. In, Vh. These two improvement*, logetl, cr, pi rfcct a in-weekly line of post roadie, frotn the Southern pan of Virginia, imtl from llio .Cnrolinns. lo ihe sent ol guvrrnnn n, m Kentucky, ucd into nil the north-western Stales. The routes from Fredericksburg nnd from Richmond, Va., by Charlottesville and Louis- burgh to Guv.mdotle, have boon improved from d tri-weekly lo « daily line of post coach es, and, in connexion with it, n dailv line ol steamboat mails lias been eslnbli-hed tru Guyandotle, in Vn., by Cincinnati, Ohio, to Louisville, in Kentucky. A tri-Weekly line of post conches has also been established from Guyandotle, Va., by (’atleltshurgh, Ixy., and Mounlsterling, to Lexington. The route between Louisville. Ky., nnd Nashville, Ten. lias licet, improved liom a tri W eekly lo n daily line of four-horse post coach- c», and so expedited ns to run through, 174 miles, in less than twodays; nnd llie Hi- weekly routo between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Georgetown, Ky., Ims in lil<»» manner been changed into a daily route. These two ini pr-ver,lent, perfect llie daily mail cnniniuni- C iimn in post coaches between the gents of government m O' in. Kentucky, and Tenne see, by wny oi • l.> •■'•.•imereial town* of Cin cinnati and Lmu-. ill A line ol po»t omicbes, ihr. c times n week, has been established between t ok.ini.iii,Ten.. and Huntsville, Ala., which rnnqileteN .’ ’• .-ourse in coaches from the seat nf govern- ria.m in Alabama, lo Nashville, Ten., und to llie Stales North of Tonne.see. Tri-weekly mail coaches have been estab lished from Frankfort, Ky., and from Cincin nati and Columbus, in Ohio, to Indianapolis, the scut of government, i., Indiana. The route from Lower Sandusky, in Ohio, jo Ue'rmt, m Michigan, 102 miles, hns been increased from three times a week to it daily line of four-horse post coarhes, nnd so expedi ted as to run through in a liiile more than one day. Thn whole line from Washington City and Baltimore, via Wheeling, Va., In Cincin- nati, Oliio, and to Mavsville, Frankfort, and Louisville. Ky., has heeu so expedimd ns to run from Washington nnd from Rallimnre In Wheeling in two days ; nnd to Frankfort in five days; making the time to Cincinnati and lo Frankfort two days less than was ever oc- eupied before. The mail may now be inns ported, during Ihe Biimtmr arrangement, from Washington city and from Ualttmoro to Wheel- within a short time, more than a remun> ration •' • t»r all their cost. Though improvements nl-j wavs incur an exneiiHu licforo the revenues 1 vvltich they yn Id can lie realized, yet with all | of July, 1931. 8,686 po.t ..ffi The num 'he increase of mail faeil Ins during the year her m.'fhe 30th June, 1832. was increased to eliding til** JO'li ol June, 1832, the revenues 9,203... Thu eonstniii supervision of that of llie dep.irluienl have, within a very incon- j nut;,her of postmaster., correcting abuses, en .ideriilde sum. equalled Its expenses. j furring the strict observance of Ihe laws and The revenue of the depaitnient. comprising instructions, und, nhnve all, requiring of each f l,rf the whole nuinunl ul postages uceroing with- to.account faithfully qud proni'iily for all the .trim, in the year foiiimcncing July 1, 1931, and ding June 30,1832,ainouii^i to i are not prepared to concur) wttbog, an mr delay to adopt tha measures best r.i wets t further aeiay to adopt mo measures best cab culated for thnt purpose, and have agreed un" on and signed articles lo the following effect • The 1st Art. notifies the King of the Neth erlands, that lie must enter into engagement bv" the 2d Nov. to withdraw his troops from Bel- gium by the 12th of that month—and that the like course must ho pursued by the Belgiun King—and in default of the Compliance of ei. (her, measures are to he adopted lo compel the execution of the requisition. ™ The 2d Art. provides for nn embargo on Nelherland vessels, us well a* their capture in ense the King did not comply with the pre! scribed terms. The 3d Art. empowers the French Imops to enter Belgium, on the 15th Nov. should (he Nelherland troops not have left before that tune, compel them to abandon the territory, if the Belgians request the French to do so. The 4th A tl. enjoins upon the French troops to leave the Belgian territory ns soon as these objects shall he completed. The London Globe is of opinion, that jK e le redaction. This lull is principally based j King of Hnllnnd will be compelled to evacuate n the Tariff of 1816 ; does nut go higher 1 Antwerp in 15 days. mu tins Tariff, and occasionally goes below j The British government have issued nn Or it. On plains and kerseys, of not noire value der in Council, dated 6th Nov. laying an em." than 35 cents per vard, and all blankets, of bargn on all Diiteli vessels in the ports nf K„. not more tliiiu 75 cents each, the dutv ts to he 5 gland, or which may hereafter enter ar.y -ofthe per rout. On blankets, not specified aliovo, | ports, harbors, or river* of His Britannic Ms- 25 per cent, nmil March 1834, and after that i jostv, nnd uuthorizeing ships of war to capture lime, duly reduced to 15 per cent. On < 'nr- i nnd bring into port all vessels hearing the flan pets, flannels, cloths, kerseymeres,8tc. 40 per! of the Netherlands, taking all proner enrol. ..net until Hln...tv t QO A al at..-.-. f . . * * * * '*/ postages received, tire essentially necessary lo jail the Other operations of the department; •$2.25.9.570 17-iind wjhilt) the present system is strictly iidlier- J ho expenditures nf tho department within l ed to jn. the order of the transactions of the ihe -aine period, were. For compensation (n post masters For transportation muil - For incidental expenses of lliu department, it is confidently believed that its operations wall he attended with harmony and •S 715,481 GS hiioccsA: | have Ihe honor to be, with high Making nn excess of expendi ture beyond llio revi n te Ibr llio year, of - - Wit; in thu same period lliero was p:nil into the Treasury III' I||> UnPed Slates, by irre gular dopnnitos, tho sum of Making, together, n reduction ol the lutuis of Ike depart ment of ... 1, 1928, had been collected, was estimated lo ho .... $210,412 89 From which deduct llio uhuve sum of .... 7,601 49 regard, your obedient servant, 1,492.507 22 WILLIAM T. BARRY, 68, 111 45 j Postmaster General. 2,266,100 35 1 From tho tVustiingion (tkdic. Consrtssinnal Anahjsii—In thn Senate, <>n , lh*t SI7Ui Dee. the resolutions off-red on Mon- 7,530 18 <iav by Messrs. Tipton, Moore,and Hendricks, were consider! d and agreed to. The hill sup plementary to Ihe act authorizing tho Territory nf Florida, to open canals but ween Ohipoln ri- 71 31! vei and St. Andrew’s Ray, and from Mutnnzas lo Halifax river, was read a third lone und par- |si*(f. Several lulls from ihe House of Reprc- 7 601 49; sniiintives wero rend twice and referred lo ap. Tin* surplus fund available to the department propriale Committees. Various bills, mostly nn llie 1st ol JuL, 1931, assuming Hull tho of a private character, passed stages. Al an whole iiiiinunt ol postage accruing from July j early hour die Senate adjourned. In Ihe House nf llepresentntives, Mr. Ver- planck, from llio Committee of Ways and Means, reported o lull to reduce nnd other wise alter tin* duties on imports ; which was read twice and referred to the Committee of j die-Whole on the state of thu Union. Air. 202,811 40 V. cave nolire that ho should move (or the 1834. after which 2 cents. On coffee 1 cent. Ul minimnms aru abandoned 'higuita Con stitutionalist. The .YcwTnrif Bill. A Correspondent of the Boston Courier, writes from Washington Citv :—“ I hesitate not lo say it (tho new tu- iffbill) will he no heller, if as good, ns the law of 1916. The project will doubtless meet with the entire and most cordial approb ation of die Committee nn Manufactures, who are all, except two,most decided and unequivo cal enemies of Amcricnn industry.” “ The North must fall a victim to political intrigue ; her interest must mid will be sacrificed ; and if she dares rotnnlain, she will bo called trai tor. I hope [ may he disappointed, hut it is rung through tho hulls of Congress every day, that the fate o f the tariff is sealed—its final doom is at hand."—Constitutionalist, Ind the surplus available fund was, mi die 1st July, 1832, The revenue ofdio department was, lor the I consideration of this bill, in Committee, on veur ending . I Wednesday the 2d day ofJunuary next. Sever- June 30, 1829 $1,707.419 42 ul Jnll* wbre reported by (he Standing Commit- Juno 30, 1830 1.850,583 10 June 30, 1931 1,997,811 54 Juno 30, 1S32 2,258,570 17 The increase of puslago over that nf the pre ceding your WUH, lor Ihe year ending June 30. 1829 ’ $108,540'47 June 30. 1830 J inn 30. 1831 Juno 30, 1832 260.758 63 Being n greater increase fur the year ending June 30, 1832 by $113,530 19, than accrued during any preceding year. This may be ullribuied, principally, to the improvement* in mail furiluies; and die in- crease lor the corrupt year may bo safely esii- imileil at a still greater iiinmint. The eon- tracts for the eastern section nf the United Slates, comprising New York and llie New Knglnnd Slates, all expire on the 31.t of De cember next, mid have just been renewed, to gether with new contracts for transporting the mails on llio routes established by law oi - tin last session of Congress. 'Thu annual amount paid.fur trun.p rluig die mail in that ■eeiiun. untb-l itie old con- Ira* ts, is ... The nnn-iul amount which will lie i. q-nn d under the now contracts in dial sertoin, in- eluding nil the old routes, with many itnporiun un- uprnveinoM*; also, for 142 new muil rutiles established in that set-non by the law uf last session, is ie»- . 'The resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Adams, requesting the President to lay heloro the House copies of tho Ordinance of the Convention of Pouth Carolina, and of his Proclamation thereon, eumo up. On motion of .Mr Clap, tha question—will the House 143,164 68 j now Consider this resolution ?—was taken by 147.228 44 j yeas and nays, and negatived.—Yeas 05 ; The Next Congress.—It i** said that in case the Tariff is not reduced nt the present Sos- sion, the new Congress will ho convened in May. It is supposed that it will contain a de rided majority against the Tariff The cor respondent of Ihe Newi-York Journal of Com merce says, “ I believe there will be about thirty new members from New York, six from New Jersey, and ns many from Ohio, nearly all of whom are considered Anti-'Tariff men, that is, so far as the Jackson policy would ad mit of. 'The new Senator from Ohio, Mr. Morris, is n vvhnlo hog Jackson man, und so will lie the now Hennmr from Atffhe, both An ti-Tariff men.”—Pliil. Daihj Hflellio encer. $328,945 92 421 156 19 Making an increase of expen diture in iliut sect inn nf . The contracts have also been in ide for the new routes es. lablished by Ihe law of last session in the oilier sections, •mounting in 13.111 nni»x of now post roads, on 298 now routes, ler Hie annual sum of . Requiring together an annual increase of expenditure of - 92,210 27 71,945 75 164,156 02 These conlrncts will go into operation 9R the 1st of Jan uary next; and within the Nuys loo, Several private hills reported liom tho Com- niutcc of the Whole, were ordered lo ho en gross'd. The.House took up in Committee the bill to establish assay offices in the gold region, to which -Mi*. Poster offered nn amendment, which was debated by Messrs. Poster, Ellsworth, Carson, Speight, Blair, of South-Carolina. Root, Clayton, and Hunting- ton, when -Mi*. Burges moved the Committee rise which was carried, mid the House ad journed. In the Senate, on the 28th, Air. Sprague submitted a resolution directing Ihe Commit tee on Post Offices and Post road*, to prepare mid introduce a loll reducing the rates of pos tage. Mr. Robinson introduced a lull to amend live net granting a quantity of land to the Stale of Illinois, for the purpose of open ing a Canal to connect the waters of the Il linois river witli llioso of Lake Michigan, «liu-h was read twice and committed. The bill authorizing Ihe President of tho United Stall s to cause certain roads to bo opened in Arkansas ‘I erritory. and several private lulls, Were passed. Sixteen lulls from the House of Representatives, chieflv of a local charac ter, weru read twice and commuted to the pro. per Sliiiiiling Committees. A short lime was spent ip the consideration o| Executive busi ness. The Scnaio mljniimed over to Monday. In, the House of Reprtsentntires. Mr. Per- pi one k, from the Committee of Wrvs and Menus, made a report explanatory of the bill to reduce nnd otherwise tiller the duties on imports, reported yesterday, which wnsorderod to bc pji jiiie)!., Several bills were reported from tho Standing Committees. Mr. E. Ererelt offered n resolution,directing the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads to inquire into ■ he expediency of reducing the rates of pos tage ; the principles of which ha explained at length, and was followed by Mr. Conner, who spoke until the hour allniied to morning busi ness hud expired. The House then went in to Committco upon sundry private bills, upon the duty t* reduced to 20 percent. On col- most decided tneu»ures to enforce, their agree, ton bagging 15 per cent. On salt, 8 cents per; ment, shew every disposition lo settle the bushel till March, 1834, after that Ittnn 5 cents, j difficulties which now exist; nnd Prussia is On brown sugar, 2j rent- per lit. till March, j said to bn exerting every influence to induce ’ the D itch King lo concede. The object of the King of Holland in re- sisting the requisition of the Allied powers, j 8 said to he a wish to retain possession of tho Citadel of Antwerp, or the exclusive tinvigR- I ion of ihe ScheMf. Prus-iu, it '» said, will enter Holland only to mnko common cause with her, against the French nnd English. The London Chronicle doubts this statement, ns these powers tiro an- ly executing the mcastira adopted by the com- liined Five Powers of which Prussia was one. The Augsburg Gazette of the 4lh ult. in ac. counts from the frontiers of Polnnd, s'ales that considerable movements have been observed in the Russian Army in that country, and it was presumed that llie Belgian question waa the ennse nf these movements ; magazines Were al so forming on the south-western frontier of Poland. The idea of submission on the pari of Hol land, which is calculated on by some, is said to be without foundation, as it is;said, that be sides the declaration of the King that Antwerp will not be surrendered, which is positive, let ters slate thnt it has become a national point with his subjects, nnd that he cannot recede if ho would. Paris, Nov. 9—Arrest of the Dutchess of Berry—Yesterday, nt one o’clock, llio Gov ernment received imcltgence that the Dutch ess nf Berrv was arrested ul Nantes, on Wed nesday, »t 10 o’clock in Ihe morning. She was found concealed in a house in the rue Haute da Chateau, with the Count do Mortars, Mite, do Kcrsnbioce.nnd M.Guibour. 'The house was under search for several hours before h.'r retreat was discovered,but nt last it Waa found that the cast-iron buck nf one of llie fire places tinned upon n pivot, and gave entrance to a small room behind, which firmed liie asylum of the Dutches* nnd her companion*. Sho was im- medintely conducted lo the Castle nf Nantes, w Imre she w as detained under Ihe keeping of the National Guards nnd the garrison troops. It is said Hint the Government intended to ru ler the future | relating to the Dutch ess to Hie Legislative Chnmber*, and (hat soon after opening the Session n hill w ill be presen ted on Hie subject. Yesterday afternoon a bo dy of Police Officers went lo the residence of Al. J.ntngc, the hanker of tho Dutchess, and completely invested every entrance to it. M. •Jaunge, however, was gone out, but ut 3 o’ clock several othur agents nf the Police met him on ’Change, nnd after desiring him to hasten the completion of his hiisiuost, look him into custody. It is supposed that there aru proof* o( his buying been in communication with the personages arrested at Nnntcs. Sev. crul other arrests are said lo have been made in the courso of the dey. A private letter of thn 4th insl. from Ihe Hague stales, thut the Charge. d’Aflaires of Franee and England will leave Holland on tho 12th, should King William persevere in his resolution, of which there is every appearance. Prosperous condition of llie Indians, H'est of the Mississippi—It will gratify tho true friends of the Indians, and go far, we think, to con vince those who have apprehended their posi tion, west of tho Mississippi, was an unfavor able one, to read the following extract from a letter recently received from ono of the Com missioners, now engaged in the adjustment of unsettled Indian tinners, in that region : “ The condition of the Creeks and Cliero- bees is very pro sperm*. The Cherokee* can, I think, dispose ot 28.000 bushels of corn this season, nnd Hie Creeks, 50,000 bushels; (this is over nnd above their own consumption.) — Education is becoming an interesting topic. I* ivo schools have been and nro now being established among the Creeks, independent ot benevolent schools. The Cherokees have employed four nalivo teachers ut four hundred dollars each, mid Air. Guess, the inventor o. the alphabet, nt four hundred, thus consuming “ Hieir own fund” of two thousand dollars This, is, to the Indian nations, a most interns ting time.”—Daily (Phila.) Intelligencer. The Sugar Crop.— We learn from the Fran klin Republican of tho 19th instant, that the greater part of the sugar planters in that sec tion, hnvo made a finish of grinding and boil ing. The Republican says: “The freeze in the early part of Nov. did great damage to the cane m Allnkapas. We have been credibly informed that one fourth of the sugar cane in this district has been totally lost, and that the seed cane also sustained considerable injury.” iForcCfiii. From the Charleston Courier. LATEST FROM FRANCE. Tho arrival yesterday afternoon, of the Fr. ship Susannah Marie, Capt. Hrindegonc, from Huvre, from whence she milled on the 13.It Nov. puts us in possession of files of Havre papers to the 12ih Nov. and Galignnni's (Par is) Messenger lo the lOih, both inclusive. ^ Tho Convention entered into between France and England, for the settlement of the difficulties between Holland and Belgium, signed nt London, on the22d Out. nnd pub fished in tho London papers oflhe 8th Nov.pro- vidos, that ns further delay in the execution of the articles concluded upon by the Five Pow ers nt London, on the 15ih Nov. 1831, would seriously compromise the general pence of Eu rope, France and England have determined, Latest From London—The Br. barque Ju lia, Cupt. Grant, arrived at thjs port yester day, from London, whence sho sailed on th. 15th, and from the Downs on the 18th Nov. We are indebted to tho politeness of Capt. Grant, for the Loudon Guardian and Pub. lie Ledger of the I5'h. The dales from Portugal, contained in this paper, are to the 9th Nov. up to which timo no furllirr hostilities had taken place between the force ot Don Pedro and Don Aliguel. An engagement was shnttly expected to occur, however, ns the latter, who takes command in person, is said to have arrived in the vicin ity of Oporto, with n force of 40,000 men, part of which, it is stated,are but three leagues distant from that city. Don Pcdro has addressed a letter lo Con* dc dc Villa Flor, advising him of his id- tention lo assume Hie command of his army in person. The two brothers will be thus un naturally engaged le personally seeking each other’s life. The Prussian army on the frontier* of Hol land had been increased from 35 to 50,000 i . . w , w * ••»**.* IVflU ItvLU Itlt-llUovU | ■mil tltJ tv •-* V/) vV*- (regretting at the same time, that the other po-J men, and had takon a position between Uk>