The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-22 00:00:00

DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, APRIL I S. —The King arrived yesterday even-
ing at Laeken, from his seat at Ardennes.

Aram 19.—The Espoir says, that according to infor-
mation which it has received from good authority, M. de
Seckendorff will not return to Brussels, and that he is at-
tached to the Prussian Legation at Paris. M. Barcel,
one of the chief clerks in the department of public works,
set out for Antwerp the day before yesterday, at eleven in
the morning, with the answer which M. Nothomb has asked
for. When M. Barcel arrived at Antwerp, the steam-
boat Antwerp was on the point of starting for London, so
that the despatches for the Minister of Public Works have
by this time reached their destination.
The Commerce Beige says--." We have the satisfaction
to announce that our Government has just concluded a
commercial treaty with Spain. It was negociated at
Madrid by M. Lalaing, who has brought it to Brussels to
submit it to the Government. His Majesty the King was
expected to sign the copies.
M. Lalaing has been visited at Brussels by many
holders of Spanish Stock, who expressed their gratitude
for his endeavours to serve them. M. Lalaing asked for
information, which was given him, respecting the amount
and the origin of their claims. Encouraged by the kind-
ness of M. Lalaing, they have also applied to two Minis-
ters, in order to obtain the support of the Government. A
promiEe has been nsade them that their just claims shall be
made the subject of special instructions.
The King having expressed his wish that a Roman
Catholic Church should be built in the Place de la Reine,
the Government has just resolved to give 200,000 francs
for this edifice. M. Says, architect, has made a design
for a modern church.

A steam-engine of extraordinary power has arrived at
Antwerp on board the English brig Thomas and Martha,
which is to be employed in conveying goods on the iron
railroads. We are informed that this engine is to serve as
a model for those which are to be built here for the same
purpose.

VIENNA, APRIL 11.—Don Zea Bermudez left Vienna
yesterday. Another visit did not bring him any nearer to
the attainment of his object. His Majesty has fixed the
opening of the Hungarian Diet for the 2d of June. The
letters of convention are said to be in the press. His
Majesty will go to Presburg to be present at the opening
of the Diet. It is also said that Prince Metternich will
accompany him, but that his Highness will first visit his
fine estate of Johannisberg, on the Rhine, to introduce the
Princess his consort. The supposition that several Ger-
man statesmen will be at Johannisberg to hold con-
ferences with the Prince requires confirmation.
We are positively assured that the Emperor has con-
ferred the dignity of Count on Baron George Von Sins,
who is equally celebrated for his wealth and the noble use
which he makes of it.

AMSTERDAM, APRIL 11.—His Imperial Highness the
Russian Crown Prince, accompanied by our Princes, will
go to Tilburg on Monday. His departure for London is
deferred for the present. We arc positively informed that
it was confidently expected at London, that in consequence
of instructions received from Brussels by the Belgian Ple-
nipotentiary, the treaty of peace would be signed yesterday
or to-day.

MAESTRICHT, APRIL 15.—Notwithstanding the delay
of the Belgian Government to sign the definitive treaty,
we are in good hopes and flatter ourselves that it will be
speedily effected. Among other communications that
confirm this hope is the removal of the Postmaster at
Vcnloo to Turnhout, and of some persons holding judicial
employments at Reremonde to Mechelen, Tongres, and
Hassell, without any appointments having been made by
Belgium to fill up the vacancies there occasioned on the
right bank of the Meese, which is to be restored to the
kingdom of the Netherlands, while several other persons iu
office are preparing to remove shortly, and many inhabitants
of Maestricht, who left the town in 1830 and 1531, among
worn are some who took more or less part in the affairs of
Belgium, have intimated their intention of returning to
their houses. May we not be disappointed in our expecta-
tions.

AMSTERDAM, APRIL 18.—After the departure yesterday
evening and last night of several carriages of the suite of
the Princes, the Russian Grand-Duke and our Princes
left this city at half-past ten o'clock. The Princess of
Orange, with her physician and suite, are still here.
His Imperial Highness, besides ♦aluable presents to
several persons, has left considerable sums to the poor,
among which are 4,000 florins for the poor of this city,
1,500 for those at Zaandam, and likewise 300 florins for
the keeper of the house of Peter the Great.
TIIE HAGUE, APRIL 18.—The Russian Grand-Duke
has returned to-day from Amsterdam, having, by the way,
visited Leyden. We hear that Count Van der Duyn
Maasdam will set out to-morrow for Stuttgard, where, it is
said, he will stay five days. This journey relates to the
marriage of the Prince of Orange, which is to take place
next June.

DANTZIC, APRIL 9.—The following are some particulars
of the damage done by the rupture of the dykes of the
Nogat
The country inundated is between the Nogat and the
Vistula, and is nearly 200 square miles in extent, with
30,000 inhabitants, or 213 villages and a town. The
damage will be ♦ery great, for even if the water should
speedily run off, by the Nogat being freed from ice, yet it
will be years before the land can be completely drained,
since it is below the level of the river, and in ordinary times
150 mills are constantly employed to draw off the water.
KONIGSBERG, APRIL B.—We have just learned that all the
persons who were in danger of perishing by the inundation
of the Vistula have been saved.--Journal de FranlEfort,
April 17.