The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-02 00:00:00

2, 1847.

FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 29.—The report of M. Osy, made in
the name of the Central Section, on the Budget of Fo-
reign Affairs, does not propose any important modifica-
tions, except the rejection of the demand made by the
Minister that 100,000 francs should be applied to the
establishment of Comptoins de Commerce in trans-
atlantic countries and in the Levant. At the desire of
the Minister also there is an augmentation of 3,000
francs to the schools of navigation, and a diminution of
15,000 francs on premiams for e building of ships.
The schools of navigation in Antwerp and Ostend are
in a flourishing condition. The Minister has formed
the project of organising in those schools instruction
in practical commerce, to fit those young men who
are destined to fill the functions of officers on board
merchantmen. The reduction of the premium for ship-
building arises from the small number of ships built in
Belgium having that premium in view. The state of
Flanders deeply engages the attention of the Cabinet,
and of the Chambers. The Minister of the Interior has
addressed several letters to the Governors of Flanders,
which contain several well-digested and prudent plans
for giving employment to the poor, chiefly by
engaging them in agricultural works, by forming
in those parts, where there is now a quan-
tity of timber, and which the Minister proposes should
be felled, with the consent of the proprietors, and
the land thus reclaimed be made arable, little colonies,
each of which shall hare its own church and school-
house. By some members the plan is considered al-
most Utopian, but others give it their hearty concur-
rence, and though it is not likely that it can especially
under the present prussure of the want of money, be
carried out to the full extent that is desired ; it is,
nevertheless, more than probable, that some decided
results will ensue.
Another question which is engaging the attention of
the Cabinet and the Chambers is, that of Church pro-
perty and ecclesiastical foundations, made in 1787, the
archives of which it is proposed to collect and to ar-
range. This inquiry will give an accurate detail of the
exact wealth of the Belgian clergy previous to 1794
information which has been often desired, but which
without official details and archives it has been impos
Bible to ascertain.

The works of the Meuse are also under consideration;
but it is feared that the financial embarrassments would
not permit of them being carried out to the full extent;
so much desired.

A letter in the German Gazette from Genoa says;—
last Sunday the King and his suite left the Chateau for
the purpose of attending mass. A
.large crowd followed
him, but as soon as he was observed, he took the road
leading to the Jesuit Church; every body left him, and
when he arrived at the church he had no one around him
save his own suite.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bsysszi.s, Nov. 29.
Actual Debt, 234 per Cent .
Rothsr . lid's Loan, Five per Cent ........
Loan or Thirty Millions, Four per Cent ....
Ditto Threeper Cent— ....• .....
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ...
Ditto,ditto,lB4o 98%
Ditto,ditto,lB42.• •• •
Ditto, „...
Ditto of the City, 1832 lOO
Ditto, 1843 .. •........... .. 94%
Bank •• •• ••••••• •• •• •• •• 82%
Brussels Papers. Nov. 29.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nev. 23.
4 per Cent. ditto.-- ..... ..... 92%
3 per Cent. ditto •••••••• .• • • .• ..
Ditto, 1839 • • • • 40 • • •• • • •• • • •• •• •• • • •• 120%
Bank Shares ••••••••.••••• • • • • • • • • • • • •
Esterhazy's Loan •••• • • • • • • • •••• • • • •
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand
Gloggnitz •• • • «_; •• • • .............. 114
Vienna—Milan • • •••••••.•.•• • • • .• • • • • 981,
Leghorn ••••• • • • • • ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 83
Pesch •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 94%
Grosetto ••• • • • •• • ••• • • ••••••• • • • •• • •
Pesth Bridge .. • • ...... •••••••• • • • • • • ••
Apenninen ..... .................. 94%
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bmtx, Nov. b.
Bills. Money.
St.Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent •• • • ••• • • • 92% ri%
Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent.... • •
Foreign Exchanges ......... ..... . .
Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months 6 27%