The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-05 00:00:00

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL.

Candiotes seem to have become sensible to the
advantage of employing peaceable representations rather
than arms. It is said that they presented to the Govern-
ment an energetic petition fur the same rights as arc
enjoyed by the Samiotes.

Two English and one Austrian men•of-war left Mar-
trorizza for Candia on the premature report of an in-
surrection in that island.

THE HAGUE, MAacii W.—The King and Queen
and their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
returned yesterday from Rotterdam.
The Second Chamber of the States General has corn-
me.,ced on the petitions of the projects of law on the
per. onal tax.

His Majesty has lttely signed a decree, the object of
which is to place the army on the peace establishment,
and to organize the several branches of the service
accordingly, and with the express intention of reduc-
ing, as far as possible for the present, the expenses of
the Treasury.
AMSTERDAM, APRIL 2.—We understAnd that his
Majesty's visit to the capital is deferred till after Easter.
IVIONS, MARCH 27.—The movement of the ice seems
to be ended, only a few smelt flakes now and then pass
down the river. But, on the other hand, the river had
risen this morning to the alarming height of 18 feet 4
inches. It then tell two inches, and remained stationary
for five hours, but during the last hour it has risen, we
regret to say, one inch. The Peyel is now 18 feet 3
inches. In the Mederung the water continues to rise,
and danger increases. According to a report that has
just been received the Vistula has made a breach in
the dyke at the village of Schonollen, nine miles below
MODE.

BELGIAN I! UNDS—BizumasLa , APRIL 2.
Aetna' Dew, 23,,, per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 1,91i
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent.
3 per Cent.

Thirty•4Qven•

--
—(1 40) 149%
Loan of City, 183; 4 per Cent 9l
Society of Commerce, 4S per Cent 96
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 77
National Society .
Exchange on London (shim t) . ll 95
—Brussels Papers, April 2.
'DUTCH FUNDS.—AmereitoArd, APRIL

5/oiie e Mils.
tctual Debt, ',:%, per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cext.
ninon svadic,-4., per cent f4 X, 89
Ditto, ditto, 3%, per cent. 71% 12
Commercial Company, 4 •,, per cent .....
Ditto (1635 arid 1637) S per cent.
Lou,, 1537, 5 per cent.
bxchainge on London, Ore 'monk :2 05
Two months
Dutch Papers, April 3.
AUSTiIIAN I.lll44.l.m.—VienNA, MARCH 24
ive per coatis. Metalliquee
10vr per Cents. uB%
.
1 hrre p‘r Cents.
(lank Mai os 3CI3
-- 4.'wernerne Zeliung, Mara 30

PRUSSIAN FUN Limit.m, Marten 39.
Rills Money
St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent ....... ...... 10 % 0
Prussian Engilsh Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 100% 100
eachange on London, three months ... ri It %
—Pruestan State Gazette. March 31.

CUSTOMS DUTY.

An account has been laid before the house of
Commons, of the gross receipts of Customs Duty
collected at each Custom-house of the United
Kingdom, in the year ending the sth of J anuary,
1841, distinguishing the amount of repayments for
drawbacks, and bounties of the nature of draw-
backs, &c. together with the amounts paid at each
Custom-house, fbr expenses of °dice, and on
other accounts, as welt as the net amount re-
mitted from each Custom- house to the Receiver-
General ; also, an account of the receipts of each
Custom-house for the previous year.
The subjoined are the gross receipts at the
principal sea-ports:-
1839. 1840.
London £11,431,245 £11,116,685
Liverpool . . 4,234,118 4,607,326
Eristol
Glasgow 852,104 v 898,579
Dublin
Leith 573,685 602,999
Newcastle . . 464,219 443,294
Belfast 341,442 365,023
Cork
Waterford
Gloucester 163,466 156,641
Limerick 148,782 169,490
Plymouth... 117,878 135,930
Sunderland 111,731 119,681
Whitehaven 107,540 92,831
Londonderry 98,626 103,900
Dundee 92,502 63,346
Exeter ... ...........
Chester 76,538 78,222
Stockton .
.97,225
Aberdeen
Yarmouth 68,332 61,495
Lynn 67,252 67,130
Southampton 61,014 77,942
Portsmouth . ........ .... 58,296 70,187
The amount received altogether is about twenty
millions sterling, of which the London Custom-
house furnishes more than one lalf.

A PRIEST'S OPINION OF ST.
PAUL'S.

has been observed, as a circumstance full of meaning
that no man knows the names of the architects of our, ca-
thedrals. They left no record of their names upon the
'abries, as if they would have nothing there that couk
suggest any other idea than the glory of that God to
whom the edifices were devoted for perpetual and so-
lemn worship—nothing to mingle a meaner association
with the profound sense of his presence ; or as if, in
the joy of having built him a house, there was no want
left unfulfilled, no room for the question whether it is
good for a man to live in posthumous renown.
One signal, we had nearly written, and will write,
flagrant exception to the above rule, with reference to ,
our cathedrals, will probably, on the instant, occur to
most of our readers—and th t is the pompous inscrip-
tion engraver on high in St. Paul's. It is there osten-
tatiously written in marble that ti :e huge pile is the
monument of its architect. We all know that to the
memory of Wren the bad taste of An Eiastian age
offered this tribute. But who built Westminster Ab-
bey and Our Lady's Chapel in Southwark ? And in
which building do we more immediately think of Him
to whose service it is dedicated ? 1:30,) not our thoughts,
as it were instinctively, turn heavenwards so soon as we
enter the the long drawn aisles and look upwards to the
fretted vaults of Westmiester ? But who that ever
visited the Halle au Ble at Paris, can fail to be re-
minded of it when he looks around him at St. Paul's ?
For ourselves, we confess that, in spite of our efforts to
t,xpel such unseasonable imaginings, we never cross .St.
Paul's without thinking what an admirable corn-mart it
would make, and can never select for it a higher pur-
pose than that of a national gallery, dedicated to the
memory of illustrious statesmen, gallant admirals, and
doughty field-marshals. We cannot even think of
poets, and never look at Samuel Johnson in the charac-
ter of Hercules without being almost as indignant at
the H. 8., the caricaturing image-maker, who put such
a slight upon the sage of Lichfield, as probably was tin_
Grecian hero himself, when doomed to twirl Omphale's
distaff.—Church of England Review.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE NATIONAL
GALLERY..—Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, attended by their suite, visited this national bnild-
ing on Friday afternoon. The Royal party arrived at a
quarter to three o'clock, and were received by the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne, one of the trustees, who escorted her
Majesty and the Prince through the different galleries and
explained each subject exhibited. The visit was quite
private, and the pictures, &c., inspected by her Majesty
were the same as are exhibited to the public. The Roy&
party did not leave until half- past four o'clock •
A Fox of a pure drab colour was captured on
Thursday
week, after a fine run, by the Cockermoutb
Union Harriers.—.CarlisleJourma

ANTWERP, APRIL I.—Nothing precise has yet trans-
pired respecting the Ministerial crisis. Everything
continues to pass in the shade. It is said that the
.-fforts of one or two interested persons to form a Mi-
nistry are greatly discouraged.
ANTWERP, APRIL 2.—PetitionB to the King not to
dismiss his Ministers continue to be signed in mar y
places. Some days ago a solution appeared so immi-
nent that the petitioning relaxed all at once ; and it
was proposed at Malines to send a petition, which was
not agreed to, because it was thoeght it would come too
late. Now that the general expectation has not been
fulfilled, petitions begin to flow in again.
It is remarkable that petitions in favour of the Mi•
nistry are sent from places, the, representatives of which
are the most determined opponents of the Ministry, viz.
MM. Des Theux de Burdinne, Deschemps de Decker,
&c. &c.
The illessager de Gand says that the Municipal
Council meets today to consider of an address to the
King, petitioning him to dissolve the Chambers.—
Journal du Commerce d' Anvers, 2d and 3d of April.
BRUSSELS, APRIL 2.—Yesterdey evening there was
a brilliant entertainment at Lord Montagu's, at which
the Foreign Ambassadors, several Ministers, persons
of the King's Household, Civil and Military Officers,
and persons of distinction, as well as a great number of
English and other foreigners were present.—Brussels,
April 2.

TURKISH FRONTIERS, MARCH 18.--A letter from
Constantinople says :—`• However well merited the dis-
tinguished recompense bestowed on Rescbid Paella
may be, there are people who believe that it is a preli-
minary step to his dismissal, and, as it were, an ir.dern-
oification fur it. Ritaat Bey is already spoken of as his
probab,e successor, but there is at present no certainty
in all these reports, though it cannot be denied that
Reschid has many adversaries in the Seraglio; and espe-
cially meets with great opposition through the Sul an's
favourite, R.za Pacha. The Porte has not yet come
to any resolution respecting ti,e alterations to be made
in the firman investing Alchemet Ali with the Puchalic
of Egypt, but he conciliator) proposals of the two
great German Powers appear to be favourably lis-
tened to.

Syria is far from tranquil, and it may be difficult for
the Porte to restore order in that country. The Druses,
in particular, are said to refuse obedience to the new
Governor, and to demand the reed! of the Emir
Beschir.