The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-05 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

BRESLAU, MARCH 23.—The workmen collected
yesterday in a disorderly manner, and proceeded to
very deplorable excesses. The disorders which began
yesterday morning, continued in the afternoon. The
mob assembled before a house which was building,
destroyed the part that was finished, and drove away
the foreign workmen. The rioters then proceeded
to the Town Hall, and impetuously demanded work.
rhe magistrates had hoped that the rioters would dis-
perse of themselves; but they saw it was high time to
take decisive measures. A large military force was
called out. At seven in the evening the rioters
collected near St. Magdalen's church-yard, from
which a company of infantry drove them,
At half-past eight o'clock they proceeded to the
market-place, where they evidently deliberated,
and then cried " march." They then repaired to the
theatre and government-house, where they destroyed
nearly the whole of the windows. Detachments of
cavalry and infantry patrolled the streets. Some of
the rioters were arrested—their companions endea-
voured to rescue them—an affray ensued, and blood
was shed. Still tranquillity was not as yet restored,
though the rioters were often dispersed by the mili-
tary, they assembled again and broke hundreds of
windows, till about eleven o'clock when tranquillity
was restored. Every precaution is now taken to
prevent a repetition of such disorders.
MARCH 24.—1 am able to-day to give you the
welcome news that order is restored. Some persons,
who seem disposed to resist the orders that were
given, were quietly arrested, as, likewise, some who
were noticed to be particularly active yesterday
evening. The streets are clear, and the troops have
retired to their barracks. To-clay the magistrates
set 300 unemployed workmen to level a piece of
ground.

BRUSSELS, APRIL 1. —The Augsburg Gazette
states, on the authority of a letter from Berlin, that
the bad harvest of the last two years, has had the
effect of considerably diminishing the receipts of the
Zollverein. Among other things, the importations
of sugar, coffee, and tobacco, has diminished from
6to 8 per cent. This diminution is the more re-
markable, as since the existence of the Zollverein,
the importation of these articles increased every year
at the rate of 10 to 12 per cent. The importation of
raw cotton diminished in 1846 100,000 cwt.
THE HAGUE, APRIL I.—The following bulletin of
the King's health has been published this morning :
" The symptoms of fever which his Majesty felt
yesterday, lasted only some hours. His Majesty sat
up a great part of the day yesterday, and enjoyed
several hours good sleep during the night. If his
Majesty continues in the same favourable state, it is
not intended to publish any bulletin to-morrow.
"'The Hague, 31st March.
(Signed) "P. F. J. EVERHARD, M.D.
" BECKERS, M.D.
THE HAGUE, Arian. 2.—As we hoped yesterday,
his Majesty's health continues to improve, so that no
fresh bulletin has been issued to-day.
A letter from Naples, of the 17th March, says—" His
Majesty the Emperor of Russia has again invited the
King in the most flattering terms to pay him a visit at
St. Petersburgh. Accordingly a report has been in cir-
culation for some days past that their Majesties intended
to take a journey to Vienna and other places. However,
as it is well known that his Majesty is fond of keeping
his projects of travel secret, and that he is accustomed
to take those about him by surprise, no more is spoken
of at present than a journey which the King will
take to Rome immediately after Easter.—Dutch Pa-
pers, April 3.

FOUL AIR.
TO THY. EPITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—ln your paper of yesterday, under the head of
" Lamentable Accident," you give an account of the
death of one man, and the imminent danger of another,
from the foul air in a well. Some years ago, in passing
through Houndsditch, I saw some men opening a well;
the air was so foul that a lighted candle was extin-
guished the instant it was introduced beneath the aur
face. The plumber employed told me that the well was
about 36 feet deep, and that it would not be safe for any
one to venture down in less than 24, or perhaps 20 hours.
I bought half a pound of powdered chloride of lime at a
neighbouring chymist's, and instructed the plumber to
miz it in small quantities with many pails of water, and
then to dash the water down the well. Li exactly 20
minutes from throwing down the first pailful the plumber,
having previously tried the well with a candle, descended
it himself, and came up declaring that, though the
strength of the chloride affected his eyes, there was not
a particle of foul air remaining.
If you think the publication of this fact may be the
means of preventing future accidents, pray make what
use of it you think proper. I sign my name, but do not
wish it to appear in your paper.
Your obedient servant,

i.
Mu!grave Al;:m•works, near Whitby, March 31.
P.S. The eh', ride of lime is chiefly manufactured at
Glasgow, and is, I believe, a very cheap article when
bought in quantity. It is well known as " bleaching
powder."