The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-09 00:00:00

BELGIAN MAIL.

BRUSSELS, DEC. 6.—The state of business here con
tinues satisfactory, though perhaps there is not, on the
whole, so much activity as in general. This is, however,
to be in part attributed to the season of the year. Al-
though, therefore, no great transactions are now made,
it is nevertheless a great entiouragement that there is no
apprehension among our merchants. The price of corn
varies but little, and in general there is a tendency to
decline, not only in the market of Antwerp, but those of
Belgium in general.
MULIIAUSEN, Nov. 28.—There is an evident improve-
ment in many branches of trade, and we can look for-
ward to the settlement of accounts at the end of the year
with composure. The war in Switzerland has brought
us more trade, as well as Germany; and those manufac-
tures, especially of loom work, which are usually pro-
cured from Switzerland, have this year been ordered by
Germany, at the manufactures of Alsace. Cottons are
lower. The price of corn likewise has fallen; wheat, on
an average, is 20f. the hectolitre.
MAYENCE. Nov. 29.—Trade is brisk. The arrivals
of corn are so large that we are able to store up by
wholesale. About 2,500 :miters of corn were brought
and sold last market day, at the following prices :
Wheat, 1111. 12kr. ; Rye, 811. 36kr. ; Barley, 611 21kr.;
Oats, 411. 24kr.

There is no demand for the new wine, though it is in
general better than was expected. The immense quan-
tities of good cyder whichihave been manufactured this
year will tend to depress the price of wine.
RusslA AND POLAND.—The authorities of Posen have
given notice that the legititnitstionicards for the:borderers
to travel into Poland, which wore formerly valid for
eight days, and then for only three, will now have the
Imperial sanction for only three (Russian) miles into
the kingdom. To honest traders it is asserted by several
letters from the frontiers :the boundaries of the kingdom
are now in truth hermetically sealed.
PERSIA.—Wo have received accounts by the last
Turkish post from Teheran of Sept. 25, according to
which the troops of the Shah have overcome the insur-
gent hordes in the
acotthiter;s these have
been partly disbanded, and a
plains of
mMoinzganthDe
have arisen. The whole of Chorassan has likewise re-
turned to the government of the Shah.
A fresh persecution of the Christians has broken out
in Korea, and nine native Christians and the first Roman
Catholic priest in Cochin China have been murdered.
There are about 20,000 Christians in the couatry, and a
French bishop and an European priest are concealed in
the capital.

THE ELECTORATE OF HLSSL_The late Elector of
Hesse had addressed a letter to the States, the object of
which is to recommend them to grant to his son the
civil list, as he had always enjoyed it to that day, in
order that he may be able to pay his father's pensions to
the several servants attached to the court ; or, if this
should be contrary to the constitution, that he may be
permitted to place their pensions on the civil list or the
budget of the State. He requested them likewise never
to make opposition to his successor.
The Berlin Zeitungshalle states the following difficul-
ties which have arisen in consequence of the death of
the Elector of Hesse. By his will, and especially by
several codicils attached to it, the Elector has left a
considerable number of legacies, some of them to a large
amount. Among others, he has left large pensionsthe
to all his private servants. "is
codicils.son He
present Elector wishes to set aside these
high, and that if
rated his private fortune far too
asserts, in the first instance, that his deceased
he,fathheisr
in it, there would not revert.t
heir, was to pay all the pensioonsimand leg
Code, that is to say, the
portionai e s mentioned
to
which
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bunal of
prince, and that, assertslothbaetthtehedecpi
of the testament of a sovereign .
Secondly, the new Eleeteorq
conse-
quently, the will is null and void. Actuated by these
i Elector has affixed seals, and has caused the
objections, and in despite of the will of his late father,
the new
residence of Messrs. Koehler and Deities to be guarded
by ndarmos. He had demanded, through his Am-
bassadorg at Frankfort, permission to have tho residence
of the deceased guarded by Russian genCiarnaes, but this
was refused by the authorities of the town.—Be/ian
Mail, Dec. 7. y
Actual D ebt
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-Brussels Papers, Dec. 7.

REPRESENTATION OF LANCASHIRE.—The commit-
tee of Mr. Alexander Henry now numbers nearly 2,000
names, and there is every probability that ho will quietly
take the seat without the shadow of opposition.

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
At the I;,st East Sussex Sessions the following per-
sons, found guilty of the offences annexed to their
names, were sentenced by the Earl of Chichester to diffe-
rent periods of solitary confinement:—
Mary Liollingdale, married woman, aged 28, stealing
one work-box and other articles, value 75., and three
half-crowns and a shilling.—Five months' hard labour,
except five separate weeks in solitary confinement.
Henry Fisher, plasterer, aged .53, stealing four rings
and two brooches, value 41.—Three months' hard labour,
except four weeks in solitary confinement.
Mary Ship, married woman, stealing a silver teaspoon,
value 2s.—Three months' hard labour, except fou.r weeks
in solitary confinement.
James Powell, aged 17, stealing a gun, value 3L
Four months' hard labour, excepting five weeks in soli-
tary confinement.

Jane Unwin, single woman, aged 30, stealing one
sheet, value 4s.—Two months' hard labour, except four
weeks in solitary confinement.
Mr. Blencowe, who tried several prisoners, sentenced
them as under:—

Amos Turner, aged is, stealing a spade, value 3s. 6d.
—Six weeks' hard labour, except three weeks in soli-
tary confinement.

Samuel Waghorn, aged 14, William Huggett, 14, and
James Horsecroft, 13, stealing one copper bottle, value
ls.—Waghorn to three months' hard labour, Huggett to
five months' hard labour, and Horsecroft to six months'
hard labour, except a week of each month in solitary
confinement.

Thomas Swaysland, aged 13; stealing seven faggots
sticks, value ls.—Prisoner, who had been twice before
convicted of felony, was sentenced to seven years' trans-
portation.

CLahsetlseeav, evening
nsiangptounb,licHaramezneteirmiothf
,thaendinFhaubihitamantowuof
held at the large hall of the Swan Hotel, Walham-green,
to take into consideration what has been recently pro-
posed for adopting the necessary measures for consti-
tuting the above four named parishes into a Parliamen-
tary borough. John Lockhart, Esq., presided, and in
opening the proceedings remarked that it was impossible
for the two Members for Middlesex adequately to repre-
sent that great county, comprising so many and so
important local interests, and 115,000 souls, with 11,000
voters. He contended that the representation of the
country at the present time was most unfair. He found
that Buckingham sent two Members to Parliament with
290 constituents, Chippenham sent two' Members to
Parliament iwith 278 constituents, Harwich sent two
Members with 188 constituents. On the other hand,
Gateshead sent one Member with 622 constituents,
Llythe sent one Member with 516 constituents, Chelten-
ham sent one Member with 2,105 constituents, sad
Huddersfield sent one Member with 1,085 constituents
The chairman concluded by recommending that no
means should be left untried to lop off from one of those
small boroughs one of the existing Members, in order
that the important and populous parishes of Chelsea,
Fulham, Hammersmith,:andlliensington;nsight be formed
into a Parliamentary borough. Mr. Mahon, barrister-
at law, proposed a resolution forming an association to
carry out the principles advocated, and pledging the
meeting to give it their utmost support. The resolu-
tion was adopted. Several members were enrolled, and
after the transaction of some routine business the meet-
ing separated.
READING IN THE " Busit."—Our bush servants
have a passion for reading and story-telling, which is
substitute for books in all wild countries. Nothing
would be easier than to take advantage of this passion
for working out good ends. I had a good many books,
voyages and travels, novels, &c., and, next to a glass of
rum, the loan of a book was the greatest favour I could
bestow. Night after night, especially in wet seasons,
have I seen them sitting in a circle round the fire,
smoking their pipes and baking their dampers in the
wood ashes, each man with a pipe and a pot of tea be-
fore him, listening with the intentness of children while
the " best scholar" read the story. After my books had
been read by every one on the river, I exchanged them
for a complete set of Scott's novels. This sort of ex-
change is common with us. I remember a shepherd who
used to travel with a pack of books that he bartered
whenever he could.—A Voice from Australia.
INCENDIARIBM.—The magistrates sitting in petty
sessions at Droitwich, Worcestershire, after a careful
investigation, have just committed for trial at the next
Worcestershire assizes a needle-maker named Thomas
Harris, of Astwood, on the charge of having wilfully
set fire to a barn on the farm of Mr. White, of Astwood
Bank. The barn was situate near to Mr. White's house,
and was surrounded by wheat and hay ricks; but the
fire having been discovered soon after it broke out, by
the prompt assistance of the neighbours and the arrival
of the engines from Redditch it was confined to the
barn in which it originated and a shed adjoining, which
were destroyed. The prisoner was seen proceeding in
the direction of Mr. White's premises shortly before
the fire broke out, and was also on the premises shortly
after it was discovered.

JUVENILE CnimrsaLs.—On Tuesday, at the
Manchester Court, no fewer than six boys, of ages rang-
ing from seven or eight to twelve years, were charged
with the commission of different thefts.—John Harrison,
Thomas Leyland, and John Kelly, all of whom had been
imprisoned several times previously, were sentenced to
three months' imprisonment each, for having the pre-
vious evening stolen two odd clogs from a shop in Old-
ham-road, having gone in under pretence of purchasing
a pair of clogs for one of the party. A lad, named
Beckett, only eight years of age, was charged with
having stolen about a pound of •Cheese from a shop in
Miller-street. He also bad been several times imprisoned,
and once whipped; and was now remanded, in order
that his parents might be sent for. Daniel Kelly was
charged with having stolen a box containing about eight
shillings from a shop in Hulme. Mrs. Stanton had ob-
served a man pass and repass several times, and suspect-
ing his intentions, she went into the shop, when the pri-
soner immediately ran round the counter, having pre-
viously secured the box containing the money, and at-
tempted to escape, but he was pursued and given into
custody. A lad named Giblin was charged with having
stolen two half-pounds of butter from a shop in Sack-
ville-street. He was observed inside the counter by a
man, and upon this man's going into the shop the lad
knocked, as if he wished to be served, and afterwards
asked for some buttermilk. He was then about to leave
the shop, when the butter was seen concealed under his
jacket. Giblin confessed that ho took the butter, but
said that he was out of work, his father was dying, and
the family in the greatest want; he was induced to com-
mit the crime from distress, and he was sorry for having
done so. The mother of the lad corroborated these
statements, and as he appeared to have previously borne
a good character, he was discharged, after being cau-
tioned as to his future conduct.

DEAT* FROM WANT.—Yesterday, Mr. William
Carter held ass inquest (at the Roebuck, Great Union-
street, Southwark, relative to the death of Caroline
Squires, aged 39 years, who, it was alleged, had died
from want. Joseph Squires stated thut the deceased
was his wife. He was a labourer at the waterside, but
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had been out of a situation for nine months, during
little
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and on an average could only earn about ss. a week, and
very often not so much. Coroner—Had your wife and
children sufficient food ? Witness (crying)—Oh no, sir,
we sometimes were compelled to go without. Coroner—
Why did you not apply to the workhouse for assistance
under such distressing circumstances ? Witness—
Because my wife and I were rather disposed to suffer
anything than seek parochial aid. On Sunday morning
last the deceased complained of severe pains in the head
and chest, and said she feared she was dying. Witness
ran for Mr. Brady, a surgeon, in the Blackfriare-road,
who attended immediately; but on his arrival, he at once
pronounced life extinct. The deceased was near her
confinement. Coroner—Do you think her death has re-
sulted from want? Witness—Yes, Sir. The jury after
a few minutes returned a verdict of " Natural death;"
at the same time they were of opinion the deceased had
been accelerated by the want c..f sufficient nourishment.
The worthy coroner kindly handed the husband a sum of
money, to which the jury unanimously added, for the
purpose of meeting his present exigencies, which the
poor fellow received in a truly thankful manner.
OTERFLOW or Two RIVERS. The overflow of
the rivers Cal and Darr, in the Vale of Todmorden,
which occurred on Saturday evening last, had the effect
of almost paralysing a large number of the inhabitants
in the neighbourhood where its effects were experienced.
In consequence of the incessant rain which came down
in torrents, the river Darr: commenced its over-
flow about ten o'clock at night, and in less than one hour
the houses erected at Pat Moss, called Cobden-row,
became inundated with water, which rose to the height
of from three to four feet. Nearly all the houses for
half a mile on the 13urnley-road from Todmorden
suffered a similar result ; the highway presented more
the appearance of a river than a road. The houses in
Salford were also favoured with a fair quantum of the
watery visitant, filling the cellar dwellings to the very
top. The water up to Monday had not subsided so as to
allow the parties to enter their respective houses.
The unusual and unexpected overflow has created much
excitement in the neighbourhood.—Manchester Exam.
We are requested to state that the Rev. W. Jacob-
son, Vice-Principal of Magdalen Hall, has been nomi-
nated by her Majesty to succeed Dr. Hampden,
Bishop-
designate of Hereford, in the Divinity chair at
_.Oxford.
Mr. Jacobson's opinions are moderately Liberal, and not
Tory, as we were led to suppose on the authority of an
Oxford correspondent. We hear that there is no foun-
dation for the report, circulated on Tractarian authority,
that his Grace the Prim
and Tractarian Bishate
had joined the High Church
ops in remonstrating against her
Majesty's nomination of Dr. Hampden to the see of
Hereford.— Chronic
SIR WALTER SCOTT'S PIPER.—We learn from a
gentleman in Edinburgh, that among the latest victims
of the fever at present raging in that city was John Bruce,
or " John of Skye," for some years the Highland piper
at Abbotsford. In his best days John was a fine athletic
man, and when dressed in full costume, playing a pi-
broch, or marching up the dining-room at Abbotsford,
to receive from the hands of his illustrious master his
Celtic quaich, brimful of Glenlivat, he had a most im-
posing and picturesque appearance. Latterly, howeyeer,
the poor fellow got wild and unsettled. He isnagin d
himself to be a descendant of the great Robert Bruce,
and hinted at his pretentions to the throne, which onlyi
his regard for " the young lady Queen " preventedh
from asserting. He still wandered about, old and
indi-
gent, playing the pipes which he had received fromd
Walter. Though more than seventy years
.ears of age, and sub-
jected sub-
j d to much hardship and privation, John of Skye
walked erect, and had a mill • 'tary air to the last. There
was no relation to claim the poor piper's remains, and
his body was sent to one of the dissecting rooms: A
medical student purchased for a trifle the bagpipes
which he was so proud to bear as a gift of the great
Magician, and with which he had once charmed " high
dames and mighty earls," in hall and groonwo9d.—Ross•
shire Advertiser.