The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-30 00:00:00

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL•

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(From the Hampshire Indepenrient.)
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PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 28.—The Andromache, pta
Baynes, is still at Spithead, daily expecting to receive or-
ders to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope.
The Partridge brig, Lieutenant Morris, arrived at Bahia
on the 23d December, from Rio de Janeir2o, and the Ca
meleon brig, Lieutenant Hunter, on the 5t January,
from Pernambuco.
lain Frankland, is hourly ex-
The Pearl corvette, Cap
',meted at Spithead from Chatham, having
eleft that port
shew on
:Monday last. After completing her s, tem, ill
-proceed to China. The Pearl is a fine vessel of i5B tons,
and built' by Mr. Sainte. Her present armament is
eighteen long 32-pounders, two 42-pounders, long shorts,
and two small taffrail guns, with a complement of 160 men.
The Curlew brig, arrived in Table Bay on the sth Ja-
nuary, and the Brisk brig, on the 6th January, from Sy-
mote's Bay.
The Apollo transport arrived at Jamaica on the 31s1
Tanuary, with detachments from Gibraltar.
The Winchester frigate, and Sapphire transport, arrived
at Barbadoes on the 25th January ; the former from Ber-
muda, and the latter, with troops, from Gibraltar. The
Columbian, sailed from St. Helen's on the 25th January,
for the coast of Africa.
Her Majesty's discovery ships Erebus and Terror, ar-
rived at St. Helena en the 31st January, from England to
the South Pole.
Two steam-frigates, to be of the same dimensions as the
Get at Western, are about to be laid down at New York,
wider the directions of a celebrated American ship-builder,
fbr the Russian Government.
Orders are expected daily for commissioning the Made-
gather frigate at this port. Rumour gives the command
of her to the Hon. Captain Frederick Grey, son of Earl
Grey.
It is reported that the Hon. Captain Berkeley is to
succeed Rear-Admiral Elliot as Commodore oa the Cape
Station.
The Prometheus steam vessel, Lieut. Spark, arrived at
Gibraltar from Plymouth on the 4th March, after an ex-
traordinarily rapid passage of five days.
The Barham, one of the finest frigates in the Navy, is
ordered to be broken up, and has been ordered from Sheer-
-4 ness to Deptford, for that purpose. A survey was held
upon her, who reported her defects so great as to require
au expense of between 30,0001. and 40,0001. to repair-
- the price of a new ship.
A new 16-gun brig, building upon Captain Symonds's
principle, to be called the Bittern, will be launched from
this Dock-yard early in the ensuing month. A sister
• vessel, to be named the Albatross, is now standing in
frame for seasoning, and will be commenced upon imme
diately after the Bittern is launched. Both brigs are
105 feet long, 33 feet 6 inches broad, and nearly 500 tons
burthen. The Rapid brig, of 10 guns, built upon the lines
of the Pantaloon, is also in a very forward state, and will
be launched in the spring. These three small vessels are
' th,e only men of war at present building in this great naval
arsenal.
i A erolNTMENT3.—Lieutenant—Wm. Hall, to Thunderer.
Second Masters—Thos. C. Patten, to Brisk; James
Drysdale, to Inconstant. Gunner—Wm. Poulson, to In-
constant. Carpenter— Wm. Natcher, to Cyclops.
Mr. Charles Chatfield, master-rigger, Woolwich Dock-
yard, is appointed boatswain of Plymouth Dockyard, vice
Burke superannuated.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant
John Thompson, R.N., to be Lieutenant of tho Port of
Gibraltar.
(Prom the Hampshire Telegraph of Saturday.)
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 28.—We have received letters
and papers from Jamaica, to the 9th February. The fol-
lowing is an extracts:—Arrived on the 4th Jan. her Ma-
jesty's brig Pilot from Barbadoes ; she sailed again for
Texas on the Bth Jan. The Portuguese schooner Louisa,
with 2SO slaves on hoard, prize to her Majesty's ship Cleo-
pier s, was brought in here on the 6th January, and placed
a quarantine, having eight cases of small pox on board.
The snake returned from cruizing on the 7th January,
and sailed again on the following day in company
with her Majesty's ship Satellite. The Satellite re-
turned to port on the 27th ultimo, and the Snake on
the Bth instance. The Pickle schooner sailed to cruize on
the 11th. The Hornet arrived from Chagres on the 16th,
with 74,000 dollars, and sailed again for Chagres on the
28th The Charybdis arrived on the 19th from Nassau,New
Proeideriee, where she had been to convey a detachment
of the Royal Artillery, and an officer from Jamaica, to re-
lieve those stationed there under the command of Lieut.
S. B. Hornby. The Charybdis sailed to cruize on the
6;11 inst. The Rover arrived on the 23d from Bermuda,
in eleven days, and the Racer from Carthagena with
120,000 dollars freight. The Crocodile sailed to cruize
on the 23d, and returned into harbour on the sth inst., in
company with the Pickle schooner. The Comus sailed on
she 27th for Santa Martha. The Skipjack was at Mon-
tego Bay on the 28th. On the 30th arrived H.M.S.
Apollo, Mr. Kerley master, from Gibraltar, with the 82d
Regt. on board, under the command of Colonel Marshall.
The Cleepatra returned from a cruize on the Ist. The
Rinedove brought in from, Havannah a slaver, her prize,
on the 7th inst.
The Wincheitcr, 52, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral
air John Harvey, 14 days from Bermuda, in company
with two American men-a-war from the Havannah, ar-
rived at Barbadoes on the 25th January. Salutes were
exchanged with these vessels, but owing to the small-pox
being in the island there was no communication with the
ships. The Sapphire transport arrived at Barlsadoes on
the same day from Gibraltar, having on board Captains
Dixon and Jeffrey, Lieutenants Hall, Bowyer, and
Powell ; Ensign Thompson, Quarter-Master Patterson,
1 Assistant Surgeon Schooles, and :266 men of the 81st
Regiment; 289 men of the same corps had also arrived a
few days previous in the Atholl troop ship. The Lord
) Bishop of Barbadoes, accompanied by his Secretary, the
Rev. Mr. Chamberlain, and the Rev. Archdeacon -Parry,
. took passage in the Athol' for Tobago and Trinidad.
Her Majesty's brig Griffon left Barbadoes on a cruisr,
Jan. 27 ; the Dec steamer, Commander Sherer, was at
Port Royal, Jan. 10 ; the Spitfire steamer, Lieut. Allen,
was at the s toe port, January 25 ; and the tlecla steamer,
Lieut. Crams, on the Ist February.
Bermuda papers to the 15th January, inform us of the
arrival of her Majesty's ship Vestal at Hamilton. in twentt -
six days from 13atbadoes, having been kept off that coast
by stormy weather and adverse winds seventeen days. The
Vestal was to proceed in about a fortnight to Hal fax,
where she weuld winter.
The Melville, 72, and Brisk, 3, arrived at St. Helena,
on the 24th January, from the Cape of Good Hope, for the
coast of Africa. The Erebus and Terror, surveying yes-
sale, for the South Pole, arrived at Ascension, teem Eng-
. Irma, on the 31st May.
The Rattlesnake, troop-ship, with troops on board, ar
rived at the Cape 31st January..
The Gleaner, ketch, Lieut. Seaves, !'or Barbadoes, will
sail to-morrow, calling at Plymouth.
The Cyclops, steam-frigate, Capt. Austen, sails to-
morrow for Malta, calling at Plymouth.
Sailed to-day, th,. Nemesis, private armed steamer,
Hall master, destination unknown. It is said this vessel
is Fravided with an Admiralty letter of license, or letter
of marque ; if so, it can only be against the Chinese ; and
for the purpose of sinuagiing upturn she is admirably
adapted. Others conjecture she it going to Cireassia for
sale, as she is also well suited to defend a port, or fur of-
fensive operations in shallow water.
The ..Etna storeship, Lieut. Wilson, loacling bread at
Spithead for the garrison at Passages. She will bring
hone surplus ordnance stores. Sailed yesterday.
The Flower of Yarrow yacht arrived at Plymouth on
Sunday last, front the Mediterranean. The Merlin yacht
curs at Trinidad on the s:it of January.
PROJIOTIONS ANC APPOINTIIENTb.—NItte—R. L. Cox
(1830), W. P. Jamison (1833), Pantaloon, C. R. Mar-
cuard (1838), Cyclops, and M. Falcon (1831), to the rank
of Lieutenants. Lieutenants—H. L. Cox to the Stag,
C. R. Mercuard to the President. Mate—J. Morris,
from the Excellent to the Pique. Second Master—J. F.
imnev, late of the Beacon to the /Etna, vice Bowler to
ree Jupiter. Midshipmen—C. Felluwes and 0. 0.
Willes, from the Vanguard to the Magicienne ; R. Sar-
geare, from the Vanguard to the Pearl ; Hon. F. Curvet,
from the Vanguard to the Actaeon. Assistant- Sure,eons—
R. H. Cullen to the :Etna, vice Rowe, sick; 0. T. Miller
( Addl. Actg.) to the Britannia.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

(LLOYD'S.)

VESSELS SPOKEN wrrn.--The Elizabeth, from Liverpool to
Boston, on the 13th inst., lat. 39, lon. 18, by the Hope, Guth-
rie, arrived at Falmouth ; Adeline, Newcastle to Algiers, 4th
inst., off Cape St. Vincent; Porcupine, Liverpool to Alexan-
dria, sth, off Lisbon ; Australia, from Liverpool, 14th, lat. 46,
lon. 11 ; Nymph, of and from Sunderland, 15th, lat. 46, lon.
9, by the l‘lary, arrived off Falmouth ; Catherine, Marseilles to
Bristol, 20th inst., lat. 51, lon. 10, by the Skipton, Scott, ar.
rived at Cork; Elizabeth of London, 4th inst., lat. 49, lon.
22, Salem, 9th, lat. 46, lou. 22, and the Majestic of Newport,
for Liverpool, 21st, lat. 51, lon. 12, by the Eliza Johnstone,'
arrived off Cork ; Clio, Savannah to Liverpool, 7th instlat.
46, lon. 24, by the Alexander Grant, arrived at Limer'p'ool •
Sunbeam, Newcastle to Smyrna, 9th inst., lat. 41 N., lon. 12'
and Georgn Robinson, London to Newfoundland, 20th, lat 49,
lon. 12, by the Lemnos, arrived at Kinsale ; Valliant 'Basque,
from Bordeaux, 29th Jan., Ist. 3 N., lon. 24 IV., by the
Salazes, arrived at Nantes; Albion of Dublin, for Trinidad,
29th Feb., lat. 38, lon. 23, by thePrima Donna, Striegnell,
arrived at St. Michael's ; Lady Newman, Newfoundland to
Oporto, lat. 47, lon. 19.

NEW STEAM-VESSEL.—Experiments are in
the course of being tried with the model of an entirely new
form of steam-vessel, and, as far as they have yet gone, with
every prospect of a successful result. At present we can only
state of this remarkable invention, that there are no paddle-
wheels, nor external works of any kind. The whole machinery
is in the hold of the vessel, where a horizontal wheel is moved
by the power of steam, and acting upon a current of water, ad-
mitted by the bow and thrown off at the stern, propels the mass
at a rapid rate. By very simple contrivance of stop-cocks,
&c., on the apparatus, the steamer can be turned on either
coarse, retarded, stopped, or have her motion reversed. This
will be literally a revolution in the art of steam-navigation.
The fall of the cliffs and upheaving of the bed
\
of
i o
the sea
now reaches from Whitlands Bay to Axmouth, a
distance of many miles. This extraordinary phenomenon of
nature forms the leading attraction of Lyme Regis, which
is crowded daily with visitors, who flock from all parts to see
this wonderful effect of one of nature's convulsions.—Bath
Gr.
The Devon and Somerset St g Hounds will
on
Wednesday,
commence Spring Hind Hunting
April. The little to
hood. town of Dulverton will be very gay during
the Bth of
a
pack of fo-x—h
that week, as a
0 will hunt in its neighbour-

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Mr. Edward Foley was
—of influenza, from which he has bee
weeks, from voting on Thursday night in fat>:
I,,,ead
ing of Lord Stanley's Irish Registration Bill.
On Thursday
prevented
fby an attack
evening the anniversary
the friends and supporters of the Jews' Free SchOol
sarovtlflelast three
the second
tell-lane,
ne-teet,
dinner of
Spitalfields, was held at the London Tavern, Bisho st:6::'
A. A. Goldsmid. Esq., in the chair. The subscriptions
the evening amounted to near 800/. Upwards of one Lnucirnel
gentlemen sat down to dinner.
SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE TEMPERATURE.
On Wednesday the 18th, the thermometer was as high as 52
deg .; and on Wednesday the 25th as low as 21 deg. ; making a
difference of 31 deg. in the short space of one week.

POLISH FRONTIER, MARCH 16.—Extraordinary prepa-
rations are making at Warsaw for the reception of the
Grand Duke Alexander, who is expected next week, and
it is hoped will stop five or six days there. The route of
his Imperial Highness seems not to be positively fixed, and
it is possible that on his journey to Darmstadt he may
either not pass through Warsaw or make no stay there.
Nothing has transpired respecting the journey of the Em-
peror. The accounts from Southern Russia
movements of
troops, and of the persuasion generally entertained in the
army of an approaching campaign. A report
spread here on the frontier (heaven knows on what autho-
rity), that we may shortly expect a relaxation.
THE HAGUE, MARCH 25.—1 n the Second Chamber of
the States-General the Order of the Day was the debate
on the project of law for again imposing a tax on oxen,
horses, and sheep, in favour of the agricultural. fund. After
a short debate the law was passed by a majority of 36 to 12.
(From the Handelsblad.—By Express.)
THE HAGUE, MARCH 25.-1 hasten to communicate to
you the highly important news that his Majesty the King
yesterday made known his resolution to desist from his
marriage with the Countess d'Oultremont.
AMSTERDAM, MARCH 25.—The King has vanquished
himself ! Let us rejoice at a triumph to which so few of
the heroes, whose names once filled the world, can pre-
tend ; a triumph not gained at the expense of blood and
tears, but will be recorded in history among the glorious
deeds of the house of Orange. The Prince who governs
us has conquered his own heart, which is a greater act
of self-denial than sacrificing his life for his country. The
Prince who manifests such virtue excites admiration, but
when he does it to avoid grieving his faithful subjects, to
turn their mourning into joy, he deserves our earnest and
most affectionate gratitude.—Handelsblad.
THE HAGUE, MARCH 26.—From information which we
have from good authority, the (above) news given by the
Handelsblad is correct, and that it caused a lively and deep
sensation in this town.—Journal de la Hague, March 27.
THE HAGUE, Marten 25.—" I am happy to send you
to-day the joyful news that our revered Sovereign, moved
by the manifest wishes of his faithful subjects, has re-
nounced his intended marriage with the Countess d'Oul-
tremont. His Majesty yesterday evening announced this
happy news to his assembled family."
'Though another Correspondent yesterday sent us this
news by express, we thought it right to give our readers
this second letter.
THE HAGUE, MARCH 26.—The sections of the Second
Chamber of the States-General have completed their
examinations of the Budget, and of the project of law
respecting the Syndicate. We hear that it was in gene-
ral agreed in this section that the Budget, in its present
shape, is inadmissible.
According to accounts from Constantinople of the 4th of
March, the arrival of Prince Frederick Henry was shortly
expected. The firman granting permission to his Majesty's
frigate the Rhyn to pass the Dardanelles, had already been
;ent from Constantinople.
BELGIAN kUNDS—BRUS2ELs, Maica 25.
Actual Delia, 2% per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent l' 2U
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent
3 per Cent. 74
Loan of City, 1q32, 4 per Cent 943s
Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent lO9
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent....... ...... 8"/ It
National Societe
Exchange on London (shott)
—Brussels Papers, March 25.
DUTCH FUNDS.--ATISTERUAM, MARCO 27.
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent
Ditto ditto 5 per cent.
A mort Syndic, 4;4 per cent 91% %214
Ditto, ditto, 3y2 per cent '75% 7014
Commercial Company, 4% per cent lBO% 181%
Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent........., lOO 10P
Ditto i 837. 5r cent. lOO 1001 i
Loan 1837, 5 tier cent. :97% tt”,
Exchange on London, One month ll 95
Two mouths
—Dutch Papers, March 28.
HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, Maitcn 21.
Bills. Money.

Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank shares lt2'2o ?.,
A n,lo-Russian Loan IC9I, 10914
Itussizn 5 per Cent. Ist scro.,, Csrtiticate
Inscription, Ist Scris,
Russian 5 per Cent. Hop, and to. 3d and 4th
Se; ks 93% :93%
Ditto in Certificates
Dutch Actual Debt, 24z pe. Cent 51% 52
Ditto
Polish Bond;
New i ickct
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 7l'4 75
Noriver; an Loan, Is 3 I, 4 per Cent...
Si,anish, New 3 per Cents.
EXCHANGES Olsl LONDON.
HANICUIta, MAKCJI '24.-13. 7% —Two months, 13 54..
Svociinowt, Marten I?.—Seventy-five days, 12. 0.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.--VIENNA, MARV! 19.
rive per Cents. Mctalliques
Font per Cents IOIN
Three p,:r Cents.
Ban!: Shares '836
—Allgenzeine Zeitung, March 24
PRUSSIAN FUN DS.— BgtuAN, MARCH 24.
Bills. Money,
St. Schuld. Sch., 4b., per cent. - 11',1,; 1(w.
Prussian English Loan, 13.30, 4 per cent. 103 1,,, 1e12%
lixeliange on London, three months... 6 10%
—Prussian Slate Gazette. March 24,

TREATMENT OF CHILDREN

" Severity towards 'children is cruel, unjust, and
most injudicir,us. Vvlicn physical correction is necet-
sAry, it ,liould always be irflicted with regret and gen-
tleness, and never with a til,pla) of anger. I havc
never used it, or allowed it to be used, with my own
children ; nor has it been necessary, according to hu-
man physiology, or the history of nature. It is very
erroneous to suppose that a child. either boy or girl, at
home or at school, can think like its parents, masters,
and governesses, for they want sufficient observation
and experience. It is now considered a great improve-
ment that there is no corporal punishment in modern
infant schools ; but moral influence alone is exerted to
correct infantile faults and deviatins from adult ad-
vice, which is often very objectionable and erroneous."
" A fe,rling of jealousy ought never to be allowed to
exist bet..veen chi=ldren ; there should be no marked
preference. All children arc equally dear to moral
parents."
" Literary education ought not to be commenced
until the age of six or seven years ; but the nature and
uses of external chjrcts should be always correctly ex-
plained to them."
" Much knowledge may be communicated by the re-
presentations of pictures, or figures of birds, beasts,
fishes, insects, herbs, trees, fruits, and mechanical in-
ventions, by means of toys, prints, books?' &c.
" It has been long observed by physicians that chil,-
dren who are prodigies in learning, music, and other
pursuits, are generally destroyed by premature disease
of the brain, as water in the head, and many other com-
plaints ''—Dr. Ryan on MidieTery.

HORRIBLE.—It is now unhappily but too evi-
dent that the Church is in danger, and that the Pope is coming
post-haste to ring Protestantism out of the kingdom. " The
banks of the Tyne (quoth the Herald) have been made to re-
sould with the chiming of the bells of a Popish chapel. In
Reading a Popish chapel has just been erected, attached to
which is a belfry, in which the bells have been already placed.
Centuries have passed away since Popery has dared or been
permitted thus to lift up her voice in the streets, and to sum-
mon the inhabitants of this land to her idolatrous rites in this
public manner. The instances before us are fresh proofs of the
audacity of Popery !"
FOUR LIVES LOST.—On Mor-lay last a prize
fight took place in the marshes, near Grays, in Essex, between
Bill Smith, the East-end Sailor Boy, and Jack Adams, another
of the fancy. The bruisers knocked each other about for thirty-
five minutes to the infinite delight of the blackguards who sur-
rounded them, when the Sailor Boy, who is a middle-aged
man. gave in, and Adams was declared the victor. After thu
battle the fancy returned to town, some in the steamers, others
on foot, and a few in open boats. In one of those boats were
four of the fancy who had taken an active part in the fight, and
in crossing over a wide part of the river with the intention of
visiting the Kentish shore, they began larking and splashing
each other with their oars, and while they were thus engaged
the boat capsized, and they were thrown into the stream.
None of them could swim, and no assistance being near they
all perished. The bodies had not been found on Thursday
night. Another boat containing three persons returning from
the fight was upset near Woolwich, but they shared a better
fate than the others for they werepicked up by a collier's boat,
anti taken ashore. It appears that when a prize fight is to
come off, the fancy go down the river in a steamer, and some
in boats, and make the ring in some of the marshes on the
Essex side below the jurisdiction of the Thames police, and by
these means elude the -vigilance of the Magistrates, as no one
but the fancy and their friends are aware that a fight is to take
place until it actually commences.
INGENIOUS SMUGGLING.—Among other ex-
pedients for avoiding the payment of the octroi duties at the
harriers of Paris the following has just been discovered :—The
officers at the Barriere St. Denishave long remarked a tall good-
looking girl, whose high white cap clearly indicated her Nor-
man origin, frequently passing and repas.slioneg eery
o through their
gateway; but notwithstandingh the g lent
f t eo
re gentlturne-
them evmen of
ethe green uni for n
a sidelong glas, s e
nce, always walking on with a stiff gait
m had never deigned t
and head pertinaciously erect. This unaccountable apathy wa•
explained the day before yesterday, when a vehicle coming be-
hind the fair damsel rather more suddenly than she expected,
forced her to jump aside, in doing which she tripped against a
stone and fell. Her admirers immediately hastened to profit
by the happy opportunity of picking her up, when they were
not a little surprised at finding her head streaming with spirits
of wine. Her elevated Cauchois cap proved to have been
erected over a tin case holding full a litre of a liquid, and the
fall had at once cracked her pitcher and disclosed her secret.
Seeiet
to the Mendacity Majestydicit has presented a donation of 501.
trusion •
NON-INTRUSION.—LA onotm.—A non-in
and Begg figured, hearcn
meeting held in LangholmN on the 26th uL,
which those zealouswsut
the Moderator of the lasntgopeerformers, Messrs. Cunningham
Secession Minister, e by no less a person than Dr. Duncan,
named
Dr. Duncan
Assembly. Mr. Dobie,
Duncan and asked what were
the views of the non-intrusion'l
of patronage; when the Doctor,s
ts regarding the total abolition
"From the high-handed way among other things, said :
acted towards the Church, thin7l which the civil courts have
toth stand
dChoapolmoerths,el
Caineolim a conversation 1 had
believe pared to go the whole hog ;' and, may ROW say, lam pre-
e.that he is now al-
mthoestothperrepdaaryedw i
high around." Mr.
Dobie says the account of the meeting
the 'fitness is " very incorrect," and concluvdehsift ch appeared in
own version
SecedersLan g holm
andis
represented Reliefeooves vyinglino a withcom-
plete ot matter
tio thuso
'a—nd"
ofthefemrma
each other in promoting the good cause. stands
the fact? Though the petition has been carried fromwd
door, in the end of the week there were 210 signatures—whiledoor
the petition against the Church Extension Scheme, in a shorter
period, without being carried about, obtained between four
and five hundred signatures; and so has the Anti-Corn Law
petition been lately signed by upwards of five hundred indi-
viduals. These are facts which will speak for themselves.
The meeting in the forenoon was very badly attended, I do not
one hundred people in the church • and
suppose that there were_,
in the evening there might be between
four and five hundrea.
Yet the meeting is represented as consisting of about eight hun-
dred !"—Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle.
A correspondent informs us that he this week
sent a friend in London a pair of white silk stockings, the
needles with which they were knitted, and two letters, all in one
envelope, for two-pence. No thanks to the Tories for this.—
Cornwall Advertiser.