The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-18 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, JAN. 14.—We receive complaints of
pauperism and its ravages from both sides of the Rhine.
The Breslau Gazette states, that the Roman Catholic
priests of Cracow have given up their revenues for six
months, in order that they may be applied to the relief
of the distress which prevails among the people.
The distress occasioned by the scarcity of grain, and
the high price of provisions has extended itself to
numerous other districts. Letters from Pesth state
that the distress is so great in Hungary, that the poor
are grinding nutshells to make into bread.
We learn from the Augsburg Gazette, that the aboli-
tion of tithes and corvees will certainly be carried
throuszhout the provinces of Austria, by the month of
April- next. The decree relative to this measure will be
carried on the 30th of April.
The Altona Mercury states that the Danish Govern-
ment does not intend to convoke the States of Holstein
this year.
From a letter published in a German journal, we
learn that an imperial ukase is about to increase the poll-
tax from 4-8 to copecks per head.
BRUSSELS, JAN. 16.—Many complaints continue to be
made on the subject of the irregularity of the convey-
ance of passengers on the railroad between Brussels and
Paris, which seem to be attributed to various accidental
causes, which it is not always easy to prevent, especially
during this unfavourable season of the year, and at night
time. The Centigrade thermometer yesterday (15th), at
six o'clock in the morning, was seven deg. below Zero,
at noon, at five and at four o'clock, at four deg. below
Zero. The continuation of this intense cold, and the
want of employment, have greatly increased the hard-
ships among the labouring poor in the neighbourhood of
Brussels, and especially in the country. The establish-
ment of a night patrol has proved very benefi-
cial at this critical moment. The various chari-
table societies established in the capital continue to
make large contributions of bread, fuel, &c. Great
exertions are also making for the respectable poor, who
are not inserted in the list of paupers. The treasurer of
the garrison of Namur has with the most praiseworthy
humanity given ten fine pictures to be disposed of
in shares for the benefit of the poor, especially among
the soldiery. Eggs are selling in the market at 10s. 9d.
the 100; .e have never known them so dear. _

ANTWERP, JAN. 16.—Our manufacturers, and espe-
cially those at Ghent, have received much encourage-
ment by the information that Valparaiso presents a
excellent market for the sale of white and unbleached
cotton and printed muslins. A large house here has
during the past year made very great and successful
transactions at that place.
This morning (the 17th) at about eight o'clock the
cold at Antwerp was 9 degrees below Zero; the frost
each day increasEs in intensity.
We learn from a letter from Vienna of the 9th, that
the Archduke Palatine of Hungary died at Ofen at the
age of 70, after a very long and trying illness.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vikutta, JAN. 9.
5 per Cent. Metailiques
4 per Cent. ditto.• • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • 99
3 per Cent. ditto •••-••• • • • • • • ......... • • 72%
Loan, 1834 .. •••••• • • • • .• ••• • • 157
Bank Shares •• • ....... •• • • •••••• • • • • • 1592
Estarhazy's Loan • • • • • • • • •
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand •.••• • • • • • . 172
Gloggnitz • . ...... .••• • • • •. • 128%
Vienna—Milan
Sienna • • • • •
Pesth Bridge .. • • ...................... 98
Apeuninen •• • • •• • • • ••• •• ••

HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, JAN. 8.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents . .
Bank Shares • ........ ............... 1570
Anglo-Russian Loan ................ 106 105%
Russian 5 per Cent., Hansb. Certificate. 100% 100%
Ditto Ist series 1n5cripti0n............ 101%
Ditto, Rope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96
Ditto, in Certificate—. •• • • •
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •••• • • 88
Ditto Stieglitz -....... ••• 86
Spanish New 5 per Cent • • • • .• •• 183. E 18%
Ditto 3 per Cent -
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • •
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .•• .. 59
Ditto 3 per Cent. • • .• •••• • • • •
Polish New 4 per Cent. lkan, 1844.. 78
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • • 84%
National Bank 5hare5...............—
DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTZBDAM, JAN. 12.
Money. Bills
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent
Ditto, 3 per Cent • • • .............. 71% 72
Ditto, 4 per Cent. •
Amort Syndic, 3)4 per Cent
Commercial Company, 434 per Cent • • 172)4 173
East India Loan, 4 per Cent • • ••• • • • 92 92 %,
Exchange on London, at sight • •• • • 11 97
BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussm.s, JAN. 16.
Actual Debt, 2)4 per Cent • • ••• • . • .•
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent .• • .
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent....
Ditto Three per Cent .. ..........
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .... • •
Ditt0,ditt0,1840................. ..... 99%
Ditto, ditto,lB42 ••••• • • .. lOO%
Ditto, 1844. ............ •• •• • • 95%
Ditto, 1836...
Ditto, 1838 .• ........................
Ditto of the City, 1832
Ditto, 1843 • • .. •
Bank ofßelgitnn• • ....
—Brussels Papers, Jan. 16.

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ASHBURTON.—Two brothers, named French, the
eldest about fifteen years old, took a gun from over the
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chimney-piece, on Saturday last, not being aware it was
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brother, and, snapping
it, it went off, and the load was lodged in the arm and
side of the unfortunate little fellow
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thousands in this town and neighbourhood, chiefly)?
women and girls, who otherwise might be very destitute
and a burden upon others. On a gross average, about
7,000 demi-veils are manufactured in Hamilton and
the neighbourhood per week. A good lace-worker
will earn from about 4s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per week.
At present the demand for the " Hamilton lace"
is, perhaps, not quite so pressing as it has been for the
last two years, still it can scarcely be said that the
manufacturers are getting burdened with a heavy stock,
nor is there any reduction of wages at present, or in
prospect, to occasion any alarm. For some years past
the demand for goods, in the larger houses in the trade,
was greater than they at times could well answer, and
hence arose a secondary class of lace manufacturers,
who, after the Paisley fashion, have been denominated
wee corks (small masters), who, from their needy circum-
stances, have driven the trade somewhat out of its
natural channel, and are beginning to feel the conse-
quences of their own inexperience and recklessness. The
consequence is, that the small streamlets which at first
broke off from the main channel are beginning to return
to it but although the wee corks are meanwhile giving
up, the trade is, upon the whole, in a thriving enough
condition.—Hamilton and Clydesdale Advertiser.