The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-04 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, DEC. 31.—The average price of Wheat
last week was 19f. 23e., that of Rye 11 f.:32.
Their Majesties have come to-day to Brussels for
the winter.

The Senate, in its sitting yesterday, discussed the
articles of the Budget of Ways and Means, the whole of
which was unanimously agreed to ; it then discussed
the Budget of the Department of Justice, which was
adopted with only one dissentient vote. Lastly, it ter-
minated the debate on the law against duelling, whick
was finally agreed to by a majority of 22 to 12.
The Court of Appeal, by two decisions Ltcd yes-
terday the 30th of December, declared itself incompe-
tent to condemn the Dutch Government, which was
cited by the General Society before the Belgian triiO
nal. A letter from Luxemburg of the 29th of De:-
cumber, says, that a contract has just been entered into
for the supply of the federal fortress 01 Luxemburg for
two years, the garrison being estimated at 10,000 men.
The thaw began the day before yesterday. The frost
has lasted nearly three weeks. An explosion of hydrogen
gas lately took place in a coal mine near Quarigoon ;
twelve workmen were more or less injured. This is tlt e
third accident of the kind in the mine since 1839. lo
another mine two workmen were killed a few days ago
by the fire damp.
CASSEL, DEC. 31.—1 n the Sitting of the Assembly
of the Estates on the 22d of December the Commissioner
read the following Rescript
o We, Frederic William, by the Grace of God, •
Elector and Co Regent of Hesse, &c., by the advice el:
our Ministry, to the Faithful Estates greeting, We have
been made acquainted with the resolution of the majorii y
of the Assembly, either improperly rejecting or coodt-
tionally agreeing to the estimates of theexpenditure which
have been made as complete and accurate as possible.
Though it would have been conformable to our she
if the majority of the Assembly, considering their cone
stitutional duties to us and our Government, end r,•-
gardful of the true interest of our beloved sulj eta,
had observed a conduct calculated to lead to unanimity
in all the items of the estimates of the expenditure.
" We, conscious of our rights and duties, as S'jv
reign, and as member of the German Confederation,
cannot feel in the least hindered by the error of the
mjority of the Assembly of the Estates, for causing
all such d sbursements to be male which the dignity 411::
the necessities of our Government, as well as our duties
to the German Confederation (tile fulfilment ci
which we always keep in view, both the objects of it
and the we:fare of our country) and for which the con-
stitutional resources are fully sufficient, viz.—the reve
nue of our domains, which is assigned to our treasury,
the surplus of the revenue in the financial period that:
has just expired, and in the taxes imposed with the
consent of the Estates, for the current period. Thi,
we truely notify to our faithful Estates, and declare
that there shall be no further discussion on the items of
the estimates of the expenditure for the cu-rent finan-
cial period."—Cassel, Dec. IS.
(Signed) 6' FREDERICK WILLIAM, VON MOTZ, V.
LOSSIIERG, V. HANSTEIN, V. STEU-
BER, V. MACKELDY."
—Allgenzeine .Ztitung.

itELGIAN e:UNDS—BaussELd, DEC. 31.
ctuul Dct4t,2!..i per Cent.
rtothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant t%6!,‘
Loan of thirty Mil:ions, -I per CCilt.
--(1 4) ski
riper Cent.

--Thirty.s.even
Loan of City, 1;•!:1-2, ' per Cent lfo
Society at Conn.rec, 41:iper Cent llO
Bank of 11elgium, 5 per Cent ............ . tt7
National S4ciety.
Exchange on Londow (short)
—llrussels 'apers, Jan. 1.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.VIIINNA, Dec. '3
I'o/ever Cents. Metalhques
out per Cents....
Three per Cellta
9.ink Share%
—Allgemeirie Zeitung. Dec. •.2S

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

(From The Sun of Saturday Evening.)_

LIVE hPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIL% Y.-fo:dav being
a particular holiday, very little business has been done 1,,
the Cotton Market. Tne sales were 2.300 bags, at about
ye►terday's quotations.

We have received Cape of Good Hope Papers of the
31 st of October, but they contain no news of importance.

We have received JAmaica Papers, by the mail, to the
28th of November.

The /louse of Assembly pregressed considerably, on
Wednesday last, with the Militia Bill, the Committee hav-
ing reported progress on the 70th clause. A great many
clauses, however, were taken from the old Bill, with slight
modifications.

We have received Demerara Papers to the 15th of No-
verocer.

BARBADOES.—We perceive that a public meeting has
been recently held at Barbadoes, by the merchants and
others for the raising of " ways and means" to meet the
expenses of the island, and for which an additional tax of
two per cent, is placed on the goods imported into the
island, and also a duty on the produce of the island ex-
ported.

We learn, by a gentleman who has recently arrived from
Hayti, that provisions of their own groa th were very
scarce, and selling at double the usual rates. No doubt
the drought recently experienced in this and other islands,
had extended to St. Domingo, and produced the scarcity
alluded to.

The Dutch mail has arrived of the date December 30,
bringing the prices from Amsterdam of the 29th of De-
cember : —Two-and-a- lislf per Cents. 49i; Five per
Cents., 96i. Arduin's Spanish, 21ii, 7-16.

By accounts from Russia it appears thzt the cold is to
severe, that several travellers have been found dead

The Chamber of Commerce of Marseilles gives notice
that the port of Palamos has been opened to foreign com-
merce for importations and exportations, which the French
Consul at Bircelona confirms.

The 'prevailing opinion is, that Messrs. Rothschild at
Faris, with the bankers in the above capital, will take the
French loan of 18,000,0001. Should this take place
country, e.h r 7 no doubt that pbaarbti
loitty'it will
will
havefled
p
the its
(. v way into
of de_
in all
and
pro
funds; but the above loan will 11,4 be
c g the
contracted at present, as the French Minister of Finance
has a saficient supply to go on with for some tim r to come.
The British Market has a firm appearance at present.
Consols, which left urT yesterday at 8841 for the Ac-
count, arc 'at present 88+ 89 ; Exchequer Bills, 4 6
premium; :at
Stock. 157 158; India Stock, 238 239.
The Foreign Exchanges )e,tErday afternoon acre the
same as on the last post day.
In the Foreign Market little doing as yet ; Spinisti
Active a shade better, 24k 25 ; Deferred, 121 13 ;
P.ssive, ©4 61; Portuguese, seine as they left IT, 32!, ;
Three per Cents., 201, ex div. ; 70+ 711 ;
231 24+ ; Mexican, 2ti 291; Dutch Two-and
e- Half per Cents., 49/ 49+, ex div. ; Five per Cents.,
971 971.
SHAREL—Great Western, 26 27 prem ; New, 12
13 preat. ; London and Brighton, 6 41 discount;
Black-
wall, 41 4 discount ; Birmingham, 82 84 premium; South-
ampton, 56 57 par share.

_
PRICES OF SHARES TIIIS DAY AT ONE.
1,.4.11.WAY5. Paid. Per Share.
Great V. estern ....
Ditto New ...
Ditto Fifths
London and Brighton
London and 13irrninghant ......... 90
Ditto New Shares
London and Greenwich ..... ...... 20
__. ._ .

Ditto Scrip
Midland Counties ....... 100

JOINT STOCK awrists.
Union of Australia..
Ditto New Shares
The West India Mail has been brought by the
packet—the accounts (torn Jamaica arc void of interest.
Freight by the above arrival about 104,000; dollars brings
dates from Jamaica, 27th of October.
A French paper received this morning, has the follow_
big from Madrid to the 23.1 ult.:—
" The state of Spain is satisfactory, and af.iirs begin ,o
revive., owing to the movements in public credit. Aft,
all the struggles and enormous expenses, in the space i,;
three days 200 millions of reals (two millions sterliug)
were negocisted on the Madrid Exchange, in bonds of the
active debt, which had reached the price of 29 for money,
and at Paris it is only 211.
Consols hich were firm in the early pert of the room-
ing at 884 89, for the Account. receded to 88:1 since
which they are firm again at 88 89 for the Opening : Re-
duced 89 to 894: Exchequer Bills 4 6 premium ; Bank
Stock 187.

lo the Foreign Market little doing. Spanish Active
is firm at 241 25 ; Portuguese 32-1- ; Three per Cents ,
201 ex div. ; , 0
olombian 93-1 24 ; DutchTwo.and.a.. Hal:
per Cents. 491,-1, ex. div.
In Shares very little doing. Great Western, Ntr.,-,
62 ; Lcndon and Brighten, 441 ii ; Midland Counties 76
Consols have just been done at 89 to i, wish a firm
inaket ; Spanish 26 to ii.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock ........... ... 157 India Stock ......... ... .. --
3 per Cent. Red......... 89i Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent Cons ...... .. Ditto Old Annuities
'3. per Cent Red.....„ „ 97i Ditto New Annuities...
Nev 3i per Cent ~ „, _.Ex. Bills, 1,000/....20 6pm
New 5 per Cent ... ...... Ditto 5001 6pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 7 pui
Jan. 1860 ....... 13 1-16 Bank Stock for Aect ...
Oct 1859... ..... I9E India Stock for Acct ...
Jan. 1860 ... ....FOREIGN FUNDS.
_ Consols for Opg B9
A ustrian, 5 per cent...
Portuguese, 5
per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent......
-;
.'ll Ditto, New Ditto....
kraLilian lion,!s „ -
i3nenosAyres,6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent.
Chilian, 6 per c,:ut
(-olombian, 6 per cent
.., ._ Spanish. 5 per cent 2 '7,
Ditto, 1824 .............. Ditto, Deferred . 13
()ankh, 3 per cant. .. Frencli,s pa cent... -r. -..
Mexican, 5 per cent.... per cent... —l. —e.
Greek, 1825, spercent. Exchange —f. —,.,
°Si French,3
Ditto, 6 per cent, 189 1- 5. Dutch, 2:
per cent 49 •
,-
Peruvian,lB2s,6 Per et. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 97a.

. _
SHARF.S.
Great Western Railway (65 paid) 92
Ditto New shares (50 paid) •••• "' 6.2
Ditto Fifths( 4 paid)... ..................
London and !trioliton Railway (50 paid).— 441
London and Hail"Y (9O I'd)
Ditto New Shares (2-1 paid) .•• 501-
London and Greenwich Itini,aay :(20 paid)
Ditto Scrip. ( 0 paid)... .................... 34
London and South Western Railway ••••• ••• 58
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) ••.... 76
North Midland Railway Om paid)
Ditto New Shares (40 paid) ~,........•••• 40

MAGAZINES-CON T.INUED

THE SPORTING MAGAZINE.
THE NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE.

A considerable improvement, both in the matter
and manner of this class of periodicals, has taken
place recently ; and now that they are patronized,
as is duly announced on their covers, by his
iiiohness Prince Albert, whose fondness of
horses and dogs is'scarcely less than her Majesty's
well-known attachment to those noble and faithful
animals, we may calculate on a still higher degree
of improvement in these monthly visitors.
The (old) Sporting, Magazine of this month re-
minds us of

'• The fine old English gentlernui,
One of the olden time,"
with some marks of modernism about him, insen-
sibly acquired by the spirit of the age. Its einbel-
h!:liments are few, but good, and the literary con-
tents of the number maintain the Magazine's repu-
tation. The remarks "on Breeding Horses
considered as a point of national importance," are
judic:ous, as will as interesting.
The New Sporting Magazine comes out this
month in a sort of state, being the first number
of a new series. It is rich in embellishment, and
interesting enough in its narrative and fiction.
Nimrod, we see, who is übiquitous, writing for all
his friends, we believe, but the oldest, has
buted a paper of agreeable gossip in his usual
easy and felicitous manner, telling us how he spent
his time, and what he saw in " A Few Days with
the Quorn, the Badsworth and Mr. Foljamb
Hounds." Nleyriek's " Marmion" is a some~. hat
worn subject, the Sportsman having for some
Months before gone into it. " Pete Whetstone" is
faCetious, but will not be understood by every body.
Tom Acorn is great on the sin of poaching ; wh►le
those persons who are fond of foreign things will
fi-nd in the " Duke of Tuscany's Stud Farm," as
well as in " Turf Matters in America," much
amusement. The cadet adopted by Ackerman gives
us'..also an Almanack, and another new feature be-
sides, namely, a combination of agriculture and
the raising and treatment of stock with our rural
sports.