The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-16 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, Auc. 12.—The Government has just been
informed by the Belgian Consul at Lima, that the ports
and landing-places in the south of Peru comprehended
between Cabayas and Squinque, and Costa de Tarapoca
to the point of Carapanho included, the closing of which
we announced on the 11th of July, have been re-opened
by a new order of the President of the Republic.. It
"Seems that this result is owing principally to the pro-
tests against the closing of these ports, made by the
several foreign agents accredited to that Government.
Yesterday noon the King came to town, and presided
in a Council of Ministers. After the Council, his Ma-
jesty gave an audience to Sir G. Seymour, the English
Minister.

The Royal Family are to go to Ostend on Saturday.
The Moniteur published a Treaty of Navigation be-
tween Belgium and Denmark, concluded and signed at
Copenhagen, on the 13th of June, 1841.
This convention has been ratified by the two So-
vereigns. _ _

BRUSSELS, Auc. 13.—The six persons condemned to
death, whose appeal to the Court of Cessation has just
been rejected, sent yesterday, by one of their Counsel,
a petition to the King, for a commutation of their pu-
nishment. A petition for pardon has also been sent to
the King by the two persons condemned in the affair of
the forging of notes of the General Society.
ROME, JULY 30.—0 n Tuesday last Cardinal Lambrus-
chini, the Secretary of State, returned , the visit of
Count Von Bruhl. There is every reason to conclude
that the good understanding between the two Courts is
beginning to be more and more confirmed. The day be-
fore yesterday the Rev. Dr. Smets, who is universally
esteemed here, had the honour of paying his respects
to his Holiness. He was very graciously received,
and his Holiness was not a little pleased to hear
from him, that in his sketch of the " History of Popes,"
there would be an essay on the question of the Primacy
of St. Peter. Dr. Smets will leave Rome to-morrow, and
means to return to his own country by way of Florence.
HAMBURGII, AUG. 10.—The Tribunal of Commerce
has fixed the 25th of August for hearing the statements
of the FiScal respecting the Hamburgh ship Louisa, sus-
pected of having been concerned in the slave-trade.

BERLIN, Aua. s.—Our Government intends, in case
the rainy weather should continue, to restrict the expor-
tation of corn, and the distilling oebrandy from potatoes,
that there may be no want of those necessary articles.—
Hantburgh Papers, Aug. 10.
THE HAGUE, AUG. 11.—The baptism of the infant
Princess, daughter of Prince and. Princess .Frederick of
the Netherlands, took place to-day in the Convent Church
with great ceremony, in the presence of their Majesties
and of the Royal family, the Foreign Ambassadors, the
Ministers, the Chief Officers of State, and a great number
of the inhabitants of the Hague.
FLUSHING, Am. 9.—A vessel, towed by one of her
Britannic Majesty's steam-boats, arrived here to-day from
Amsterdam, with the statue of Admiral de Ruyter, •
which is to be erected here. The vessel was saluted by
the giins on the ramparts, as bringing the statue of the
hero whose name is sufficient to immortalise the naval
glory of the Netherlands. The statue is thirteen feet
high, and weighs 7,000 pounds. It represents the Ad-
miral standing on the deck, with his back to the rudder,
holding a telescope in one hand, and the other resting
on his side. The shoulders and back are covered by a
cloak, which falls in ample folds over the left shoulder.
The model of the statue is by M. L. Royer. The dignified
attitude and expression are much admired.
BERGEN-OP-ZOOM, AUG. B.—We are positively in-
formed that this city and fortress will be honoured on
the 20th of this month by a visit from our beloved King,
for whose reception great preparations are making.
TILBURG, AUG. 10.—His Majesty the King will ar-
rive here on the 12th, and on the 13th and 16th review
the troops stationed in the environs.

THE HAGUE, AUG. 12.—The Java Journals, from the
7th to the 14th of April, which we have received, bring
no news.

The King, and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of
Orange and Prince Alexander, set out this morning for
Tilburg. his Majesty will be back on Wednesday, and
visit the town of Delft on the•way.
We learn that the young Princess was baptised by the
name of Wilhelmina Frederica Anne Elizabeth Maria.
Prince Frederick sent to the Burgomaster 2,000 florins,
for the relief of the poor.
ST. PETERSBURGII, AUG. 3.—An Imperial Manifesto
of the 12th (26th) July, orders that the annual levy of
recruits shall now be at the rate of five men for every
thousand souls in the Eastern Governments of the em•
pire. The Government of Orel, hitherto counted one of
the Western Governments, is to be reckoned among the
Eastern Governments ; due regard is to be paid to the
state of the districts which have suffered by bad harvests

DUTCH FUND3.--Asseraeuas, Am. 13
Money. 3111 s.
Actual Debt, 2Y4 per Cent 5lB 51
Jitto, ditto 5 pet cent. ••.• IOJ it 100 lii
Ansel t Syndic, 4)4, per cent....
Ditto, ditto, 334 per cent. ...........
Commercial Company, 4)4 per cent
Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent.
Loan 1837, 5 percent. 97 97%
Exchange on Londea, One month.—
Two months
Hamburgh, One month 35 814
Two months
2LUpNerpliSe—nnt. 35 58
Dutch Papers, Aug. 14.
Actualu E l
13.01cAb I': 53
Hothschild's Loan, 5 per C‘nt ...... lOl !6
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent......„ 93
RUNVIELS, Alle 13.

. .
---------- 3 per Cent. —
rhirty.seven------ ..... .... 71 L 4
-------------(1840) ..... ....... ..... 101%
Loan ot City, 1732, 4 per Cent. ...... ........ 91
Societyof Commerce, 454 per Cent. 93%
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent.„., ........ ........ 74
National Society . .. .....•.................
Exchange on Londom (short)
—Brussels Papers, Aug. 13.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS....VIENNA, Auo. 5
five per Casts. Metalliques - lO5
Four per Cents. •••••••••••••••••••••••••• ....... ••• ...... ••••••• 91%
Throe per Cents. ........... se ............. •••••••••••••••••« 76
Bank Shares ....• 0000000 .••••••••«•••i.••••••• 0000000 . 000000 1522
....Allgenseise Zeitung. Aug. 10.
HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, Amt. 1 .
Bills. Money
Austrian 5 per Cents. •••••••••••••••••••••• 0000000 •••• 107 ••••••
Bank Shares l5BO 1575
Anlo-Itussian Loan lOl4 105%
Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Q.rtitieate
Inscription, Ist Set iGS lOl% 101%
Russian. 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th
Series —. — 97%
Ditto in Certificates
Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) B64i 1446
Dutch Actual Debt, 2K, per Cent 50% 50 14
Ditto 5 per Cent —
Polish Bonds
New ticket
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 75% 75!t,
N.sswegian Loan, 1534, 4 per Cent IV-% 102,4
spalish. New 5 per Cents. lO
EXCHANGES; ON LONDON.
HAMBURG, Auu. 10.-13 s%.—Two months, 13 3%,
Rica. Juot 31. —Three Months, 39.
sTocuttoi.m. Am. 3.—Seventy-five days, 11. CI.
PRTERSBURGII, JULY 3 .—Two months, S 8 pence.

MONTHLY STATEMENT OF THE
LETTERS DELIVERED IN TIIE UNITED
KINGDOM.
Week ending July 2sth, 1841
Ditto July,l9th, 1840
Ditto Nov. 24th, 1839 . .
Increase since 1840 on the week's letters 523,085
Ditto 1839 Ditto

During the progress of a case tried a few days
since at Warwick, Mr. Sergeant Goulburn gave the fol-
lowing curious illustration of special pleadings :—" With
regard to the plea of justification, he hardly knew how
it came to be pleaded ; but his client ought not to be
made answerable for what the special pleader had done.
It was well known that special pleaders had in their
offices a lot of little boxes like pigeon-holes, wherein
were contained pleas to serve as defences to all sorts of
actions. He (the Learned Sergeant) perfectly well recol-
lected a scene that occurred upon the Home Circuit,
when the celebrated Mr. Topping, being engaged for the
plaintiff, was perfectly indignant to find that a plea had
been put upon the record alleging his client was a Jana,-
tic ; but Sir W. Garrow accounted for it by saying that
the case had been sent to a special pleader, and he, rush-
ing to his pigeon-holes, pulled forth a plea of lunacy,
and so it came upon the record."
RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—Th follOt ing calcula-
tion of the last weekly return of 33 railways, 1,205 miles
in length, given in our present number will, we believe,
be of interest :—Number of passengers on 22 railways,
296,1404, consequently the total for thewe
neokm3i3isrtaible.
above 400,000. The receipts for passengers
ways, 77,848/. 15s. 9d. ; ditto for goods on 25 railways,
16,126/. 18s. 4d. ; total, 93,975/. 14s. Id. This is an
average of 78/. per mile per week. The traffic, there-
fore, is certainly at the rate of more than three millions
a year, and carrying fifteen millions of passengers.—
Railway Magazine.
DEATH OF AN OLD POLICE OFFICER.—On
Saturday, Mr. William Edward:; who for more than
thirty years was attached to the police establishments of
Bow-street and Hatton-garden, died of dropsy, which
had but a few weeks made its appearance. Ile had been
out in the early part of the day. He was one of the
good old school of " traps" that were turned adrift on
the coming into operation of the Metropolitan Court Bill
to make room for the new police, and the sudden change
from active life, it is considered, hastened his death. .
The disputed question between the Great
Western Railway Company and the parish of Corston is
now settled by the Company paying all costs. The costs
on the side of the parish were 3704—Rath Herald.

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tar on the 3d from Smyrna, Suds, and Malta, for Eng-
land ; her Majesty's brig Savage sailed from Gibraltar
in company. :'he light at Europa Point was exhibited
agreeably to public noticelon the Ist instant. The no-.
velty of the circumstance drew crowds of persons:
LISBON, AUG. 9.—After four days' debate
.the
" Capitalisation " proposed by the finance commission
was-negatived on Thursday last, at the Chamber of
Deputies; by 65 votes to 16. An amendment to it moved
by M. Games de Castro; was next discussed, and ulti-
mately referred to the Select Committee of Finance for
consideration. This amendment is virtually to the same
effect as the original plan, since its object is to authorise
the Government to pay off the arrears to the public
employes by an issue of bills or notes, bearing interest
at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum until redeemed, the
notes not to he legal tenders, and their payment to be
guaranteed by the 3,000. contos worth of national do-
mains, which, as M. GomeSde Castro states, are yet un-
sold.' 'AS all the objections made to the capitalisation
Scheme apply with equal force to the proposed substitu-
tion, it seems to follow of course that the latter will in
like manner be thrown out. The rejection of the former
by the Government is stated to be grounded, not only on
a sense of justice towards the parties whose interests
would be affected by the measure, but like‘sise on a feel-
ing of confidence that, by means of the other plans, both
as regards the reduction of expenses and the augmenta-
tion of the resources, proposed by the extra-Parliamen-
tary commission, the required equilibrium between the
revenue and the expenditure will at no distant period be
obtained.

The Marquis of Saldanha is to be sent as Envoy to
Vienna, and has already received a sum of six contos for
his outfit.

The Spanish Government, it appears, feels very uneasy
at the evidently retrograde tendency of that of Portugal,
and particularly at the recent reconciliation of the latter
with the Court of Rome. The fear entertained is, that the
Portuguese Government, flattered by the recognition of
the Pope, and the Great Powers, will lend itself to be an
instrument in their hands for the subversion of liberal
institutions in Spain, by means of intrigues carried on
from the Portuguese territory. The circumstances that
Count Flahaut, the new French Ambassador at Madrid, is
half-brother to Count Villa Real, the Portuguese Minis-
ter of War, seems to afford just grounds for these fears.
Explanations on these subjects have already been de-
manded by the Spanish Government, and, as I learn, the
most positive assurances have been given that no design
hostile to the present order of things in Spain is or has
been entertained here.

The Algarve guerillas, though reduced in numbers,
have lately begun to be very troublesome, and have
committed great depredations in different parts of that
province. On two or three occasions they have been
fallen in with by detachments of the regular troops, and
of course have been worsted ; but in general, owing to
the suppression of the National Guards, as well as of
the Militia battalions by which the last Ministry at-
tempted to substitute that force, and to the removal of
the greater part of the regular troops from the province,
they have been enabled to carry on their marauding ex-
cursions with scarcely any opposition. The Minister of
the Interior, in announcing the fact to the Cortes some
days ago, took occasion to hint at the expediency of re-
storing the recently disbanded militia corps ; a measure
which it is thence inferred the Government have in con-
templation, as soon as a fitting opportunity arrives for
making the experiment of proposing it.
The Marchioness of Fay-al (the Duke of Palmella's
daughter-in-law) was delivered of a daughter on the 3d
instant. The Marchioness is probably the youngest mo-
ther in Lisbon, having only just completed her 14th year.
This event puts an extinguisher at once upon the last re-
maining hopes of her uncles, the Sampaios, the contest
between whom and the Palmella family for the custody
of the rich young heiress made such a noise in Lisbon a
couple of years ago.
The British schooner Euphemia, of Youghal, with coals
from Newcastle to Lisbon, was wrecked on the 31st ult.,
near Peniche; crew and cargo saved.