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

BELGIUM.

-13R0 DEC. 27...—Tnt7Aliniotor of Finance informs
the holders of the coupons of the loan of thirty millions
4 per cents. due on the Ist of January, 1841, that from
that day the payment of these coupons will be made by
the agents of the Cashier. General of the State at Brussels
and in the provinces.
The following letter is from the Camp at Beverloo,
Dec. 04 :—A great misfortune has taken place five leagues
from this place. Yesterday morning the heath and the
woods of Portel, lately purchased by a French company at
a high price, caught fire. To-day at noon, the hour at
which I wrote, the fire continues. Yesterday at four
o'clock it appeared to be so near to us that the alarm was
sounded, and all the Sappers and Miners, to the
number of above 200, armed with shovels and
pick-axes, left the camp, but when they had gone
two leagues, finding that they were still three leagues
'rota the spot they turned back. It was a fearful sight.
The fire spread over an extent of more than three leagues,
and the column of flame, which was from forty to fifty feet
high, might be seen at the distance of fifteen leagues.
Bat,ssitr.s, Dac. 28.—The King and the Royal family
will leave Lecken on New Year's eve, to pass the re-
mainder of the winter in the Palace at Brussels.

Nineteen men at work in a coal-mine near Liege were
drowned on the 23d, by a sudden inundation of the mine.
BELGIAI•l 1. UNDS-13ittUISELd, DEC. '2O.
Actual Delia, 2 per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. SS
(1,4,1) ll5Ni
---- 3 per Cent. .....
---Thirty•SttVell— -- ..
Loan of City, 18:3•2, 4 per Cent 9O
Society of Corninwrco, 4 y per Cent llO
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 66
National Society . —
Exchange on London (shelf.)
—Brussels Papers, Dec. 29.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIUNNA, Dec. kl
Five per Cants. Metalliques • lO ;3'
Fokr per Cents 9g34
three tivr Cents.
Rank Shams 1515
—4llgenicine Zeiturtg, Dec. Di.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)

LONDON, DEC. 31.—There has been a brisk thaw
throughout the night, with much rain. Wind this day
at noon, light breeze from N. W. and fine.
DEAL, DEC. 30.—Wind N.W., moderate.—Arrived
the Sprightly, Newton, from Terceira. Sailed the Dun.
dee Merchant, Lakeland, for Hobart Town; Greyhound,
Hutchinson; Achilles, Marshall, Mauritius ; Pauline
Houghton, Tate, ditto; Horatio, Coleman, Jamaica;
Nautilus, Williams, St. Lucia ; Frances Lawson, Agnew,
Sierra Leone; Quiver, Porrett, Azores ; Clarets, Allond,
Barcelona; Wm. Bailey, Cooper, Mauritius.
Livsai-oot, DEC. 30.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived the
Demerara, isauron, prom Quebec. Ciailcd, the Nlvg of
Meldon, Cookson, for Calcutta ; James Lyon, Peel, New-
foundland; Oriental (steamer), Soy, Alexandria. A
schooner, supposed the Sarah of Garlieston, is aground on
Burbo Bank. The Pleiades of Whitby, timber laden,
and abandoned, was passed, 2J inst. lat. 46, lon. 42, by
the Devereaux.

SALCOMBE, DEC 29.—Sailed, the Eel, Bond, for St.
Jago da Cuba.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Wind N. E.—Arrived St. Ber-
nard, Lopez, from Fayal. The Elizabeth Maria, Bell-
vends, from Rochefort to Osterrisoer, is discharging her
cargo, being heated. The Catherine, Thornton, has
been in contact with a vessel, and received damage.
WELLS, DEC. 30.—The Plansworth of Sunderland,
is on shore four miles to the eastward, and it is feared will
become a wreck.

MILFORD, DEC. 29.—The Prince Albert, sunk in Dale
Roads, hEs been raised and brought in.
HULL, DEC. 30. —Wind N. W. by N..—. Sailed the Ori-
ent, Stegl, for Tampico; Ricardo, NPArthur, Calcutta.
A sloop from Grimsby to Wakefield, laden with wheat and
wool, sunk in the Roads last night, having got athwart-
hawse a brig, crew saved.

HARWICH, DEC; 30.—Arrived the Johan Carl, Jahncy,
from Trinidad.

REGISTRATION OF THE BIRTH OF TILE
PRINCESS ROYAL.-The Act of Parliament for the Re-
gistration of births applies not only to the community at
large, but also to all the members of the Royal Family.
The birth of the Princess Royal has been duly regis-
tered. The entry was made in the registration books of
the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, and entered
on the 22d ult. by Mr. William Pierce Jerdan, of
Lower Belgrave-street, Eaton-square, Pimlico, the regis-
trar of births for the Belgrave district of that parish, who
attended at Buckingham Palace for the purpose.
THE WEATHER.—We had. a thaw yesterday,
but the weather was remarkably fine, with a bright sun,
and the wind N. W.

Yesterday a girl named Lance:field, about six-
teen years of age, poisoned herself. She was in the ser-
vice of a tradesman in Northgate. It appears that on Sun-
day she saw her lover (a soldier, on furlough, and quar-
tered at some distance from Canterbury) walking with
two other young women. The sight had such an effect
upon her that yesterday she purchased a quantity of
oxalic acid, and, going to the residence of the young man,
in Ruttington-lane, shortly after she had swallowed it, she
died in his presence —.Kentish Gazette.

THE LATE MURDER ON THE EDINBURGH
AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.— Information has been received
here that the individual who was apprehended last week
in Dublin on suspicion of being Denis Doolan, the alleged
murderer of the unfortunate man Green, is not Doolan.
Another person has been apprehended in Peebles, but we
suspect the 1001. reward will induce parties to make exer.
tions in many quarters with as little success as those we
have had occasion to notice. The authorities are proceed-
ingviith the investigation, and have committed four of the
Casgrove, James Ilickie,
George Cox, and John Campheti, on a caarge or nay....i„
on the night of the 9th, conspired to murder, and in pur-
suance of that conspiracy committed murder on the follow-
ing morning. Campbell, it has been ascertained, slept
with lloolan, and all the above prisoners lodged together.
The manner in which the conspiracy was gone about, and
the language said to be used on the occasion, leave no
doubt of the intentions of the parties. We observe from
an advertisement that another individual, named Patrick
Redding, or Aitken, is likewise missing. This person is
said to have seen the poker carried by one of the
indivi-
duals charged from the lodging-house to the scene of the
diabolical deed.—Glasgow Constitutional.
ANOTHER ROBBERY IN THE MANCHESTER
POST.osFicE.— We have heard a rumour of a robbery in
the Post-office here, the particulars of which have been
carefully withheld from the public, and, perhaps, pond.
ing the examination of the suspected parties, nothing
more than a general allusion to the fact would be
considered discreet. We understand, then, that cer-
tain bills remitted through the post to a highly-re-
spectable firm in this town were abstracted. The senders
not having received the usual acknowledgment in due
course, wrote to inquire the cause, when they learnt
that the letter had never come to band. One of the bills
having been made payable at Masterman's, in London, had
been already presented and paid before notice could be
given. A rigid investigation is, we are informed, going
on, which it is hoped may lead, not merely to the detec-
tion of the offender in this specific instance, but to the
adoption of adequate measures for the prevention of similar
frauds. It is unfortunately hut too certain that, from be-
ing considered the most secure medium for the transmis-
sion of letters, with or without enclosures, the Post-office
has now acquired the reputation of being the most pre-
carious.—Manchester Chronicle of yesterday.
Aix, DEC. 20. The widow of Ferdinand
VII. has passed through our city for the third time ; she
is proceeding to Florence, whence she is to repair to
Rome, where she is to have an interview with several
members of her family. The Queen arrived hither on
Wednesday, with three carriages, a van, and a suite of
twelve persons. Next day she went to hear mass at the
church of St. Jerome; her negro pages and their tutor
walked before her, and she was escorted by some
gendarmes. After mass she started for Nice. Her Ma-
jesty must have formed but a poor opinion of the national
courtesy of this country, for, in return for the salutes and
gracious smiles she bestowed at every step she made, she
received scarcely any token of deference and respect from
the crowd which surrounded her.
ERRATA.--In the letter of" A Constant Reader,
M. A." yesterday, for J. E.'s long claim, read laying ; and
fur most certainly fur all, read not.


-POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOU USE.
Several complaints have been lately made to the
Lord Mayor relative to the want of water in Smith-
field,4 in the attic pens. Communications have been
received a Mansion House by letter, and personally
on the su ' t. They have stated that when cattle
arrive at Smithfield, after a lone. journey, there is not
a drop of water to be found for them, although they
exidently suffer from extreme thirst, and it has been
suggested that troughs be placed in different parts of the
market with water for the poor animals.
The Lord Mayor and Alderman Wilson referred the
matter of complaint to Deputy Hicks, the Chairman of
the Market Committee, whose improvements of
Smithfield have entitled him to the thanks of the com-
munity. In all probability that gentleman would im-
mediately see the evil, if it really existed, remedied.
A gentleman stated that he waited upon his
Lordship at the request of the drovers, to represent
the fact that the cattle which travelled up to market
w ere in such a deplorable condition from thirst, that
the blood oozed out of their hoofs, and that in fact, the
whole animal economy was effectually destroyed by the
want of water.

A collecting clerk in the house of Messrs. Wood-
bridge, brewers, was on Wednesday charged before
Alderman Wilson, with being so drunk on the pre-
ceding night, as to drive his horse and gig furiously en
the wrong side of the road, to intrude violently upon
the quietude of a cab stand, and at length to make
choice of the pavement for trying the pluck of a very
spirited horse.
George West, a bricklayer, stated that en Tuesday
night, he saw the horse and cart or gig, driving furi-
ously along the Minories, upon the wrong side of the
street. There were two gentlemen in the gig, both of
them appeared to be very drunk. The horse in passing
a cab stand, twisted about a cab and then bore down
upon a man who was dragging a truck, but who luckily
upon being called to turned short out of the way. The
The,horse then took the pavement, and began to cut
capers there, but a policeman, to whom witness repre-
sented that if he did not intertere mischief must be done,
seized the reins and prevented it.
Tzr, Conattion OUljle
gentleman who drove, or pretended to drive, as very
closely bordering upon the last stage o: drunkenness.
Witness took care of the cash-box which was i❑ the
gig, and which contained, as he understood, a consider-
able sum of motley, and was spoken to afterwards very
uncourteously by one of the gentleme❑ of the establish-
ment on account his interference, it being the opinion of
those at the brewery, that if the defendant had been
let alone, he would have driven to his destination safely.

A gentleman from the brewhouse said that the de-
fendent had been in the employment of the Messrs.
Woodbridge and Co. for six years, and a more steady
man could not be found. Never bato:e had there been
a shadow of complaint against him at any time, and he
was highly esteemed. "He is," said the gentleman,
" four days in the week in the habit of bringing in sums
of money, sometimes 3001. or 4001. at all times, and if
he is exposed to this sort of interruption and annoyance,
the inconvenience will- be very great."
Alderman WILSON—And so you would have the
police allow him to gallop over people, and smash every
thing before him to suit his convenience?—The gentle•
man said he understood that the horse, which was a
very spirited one, became rather unmanageable for a
short time, but that no doubt if the policeman had not
interfered all would have been right.
A person who stated that he was in the gig at the
time with the defendant, said he did not perceive that
the defendant was drunk, and the gig was not going
fast at all.

The policeman and other witnesses declared that the
gig was going at the rate of eleven or twelve wiles an
hour, and that the person who sat with the defendant
was most decidedly drunk, and wholly incapable of ren-
dering assistance. The policeman stated that if it had
not been for the property in the cash-box he would have
taken the gig to the green-yard. There were insinua-
tions thrown out against him at the brewery as to the
security of the property, and he considered himself very
ill-used.

Alderman WiLsort was also of opinion that the po-
liceman was extremely ill-used. What would Mr.
Woodbridge say if the horse had dashed the gig to
pieces, and the cash-box had been lost, not to mention
other mischief that might have been done, if the police-
man had not interfered ? In his (Alderman Wilson's)
opinion) the establishment was much indebted to the
policeman for his activity and care, and, instead of a re-
proach, the men deserved some recompence.
The gentleman said he should n:ention the Alder-
man's suggestion to the house.

Alderman WILSON trusted that the defendant would
drink less in his travels in future, and fined him 10s.
for being drunk.

The ALDERMAN subsequently observed that he
knew it was very hard for persons employed as the de-
fendant was, to go through their labourious d'ay's
business without showing that they had very high
ot tic ortirle they veuttetl. by sulamittitw to
the severe test of " tasting deeply," but he really
thought it would be prudent in their employers to give
them a hint not to " raise their elbows" so very often
even in " boxing time."
The policeman who acted upon this occasion, was
stated by his Inspector, to be a very steady and trust-
worthy man, and Alderman Wilson remembered the
man in ha Mayoralty, to bear and to deserve that
character.

MARLBORO UGH- STREET.
Thomas Plume, a youth of very genteel appearance,
about eighteen years of age, and dressed in the pink o
fashion, and wearing in his cravat a splendid gold breast•
pin, set with precious stones, was charged with the follow.
ing assault;—__

-Mr. Wm. Bushell Glacier, a gentlemen residing in
Fleet-street, stated that on Wednesday afternoon, about
five o'clock, he was passing through Ilemming's-row, St.
Martin's-lane, when the defendant, who was walking arm
and arm with another young man close beside, kicked him
violently on the heel, but whethor he did it in trying to
put his between witness's, intending to throw him down
er not, he could not say. Witness directly seized him
by the collar, when the defendant struck him a violent blow
on the mouth, which caused a great effusion of blood.
The defendant then said " If you don't let go of me I'll
assassinate you," and put his hand to his pocket, as it feel-
ing for some weapon. Witness, however, kept hold of
him until the police took him in charge.
Mr. LoNG (to the constable)—Do you know anything
about him ? Constable—l know that he is frequently in
company with notorious thieves, and that he has been se-
veral times convicted of felony.
Defendant—Oh, but, Sir, now I'm reformed, and I
consider myself as respectable as any one. Although I
admit that I previously had a bad character, but now its
without blemish.

The constable said he saw him in company with known
thieves a few days ago.
He was fined 20s. for the assault, and in default of pay-
ment was committed for 14 days to Bridewell.

Viscount and Viscountess Comberinere have ar-
rived in Brussels from a tour of the German Spa 3. The
gallant Viscount and his lady will remain about three
weeks longer in that capital, and then return to this
country.

IMPORTANT SEIZURE.—A seizure has been
made off the North Foreland of a smuggling vessel and six
of her crew. The revenue cutter Desmond, Commander
Saxby, was on the look-out on Saturday afternoon last,
when, about half-past three o'clock, a vessel under sail was
perceived. The usual signal having been made, but not
being responded to, chase was given. The cutter rapidly
gained on the smuggler, and upwards of sixty shots were
fired into the cutter. The chase lasted twelve miles,
and the smuggler was observed to throw her cargo
of tubs overboard separate, and without sinking. At
length the revenue cutter came up and boarded
the vessel, which was found to be the Charlotte, of
Faversham. Joseph Beale waster. The vessel belongs to
a person residing at Whitstable, whose name; we have
not learnt, and had the usual convenience of running the
tubs, &c., on board. The men were landed on Monday
morning week, at the Chest Arms, Chatham, and a hear-
ing having taken place before the county Magistrates,
they were committed to Maidstone Gaol for re-examina-
tion yesterday. From information received at the Cus-
tom-house, the officers have bean "creeping" for spirits
sunk near the Garrison Point, Sheerness. Nearly 100
tubs of brandy, genera, &c., have been thus recovered
during the last week.—Maidstone Gazette.

THE RHINOCEROS HUNT.—The people inha-
habiting the woods in the province of Tshantburi are in
the habit of hunting indiscriminately tigers, bears, and
rhinoceroses, as well as stags and wild cows. Their mode
of dealing with the rhinoceros is very remarkable. Four
or five men will arm themselves with poles, made from
the bamboo, after taking care to harden the sharp
point which they give to one of the ends in the fire.
Thus equipped, they sally forth and make for the ani-
mal's haunts, calling out and clapping their hands, for the
purpose. of alluring or disturbing him from his covert.
As soon as they sec the enraged animal approach them
(and his rage is expressed by his opening and snap-
ping his huge jaws violently together), they pre-
pare to receive him, by holding out the point of the pole in
a direct line with his foaming mouth ; and, upon the fa-
vourable moment presenting itself, they drive the pole
with astonishing nerve and adroitness not only down his
throat, but into his stomach, and then take to their heels
right and left. The rhinoceros sets up a frightful howl,
falls down on the ground, and in an agony of pain rolls
himself about in the dust with hideous howlings and dis-
tortions the hunters in the meanwhile begin clapping
their hands and vociferating their songs of triumph, in the
midst of which they rush upon the monster, as soon as he
appears fairly exhausted by loss of blood, and despatch
him without hazard or difficulty.
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respectable Chemist in the kingdom keeps them; or go to
the !Proprietor's new Establishment, 244, Strand, near
Temple-bar,