The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-07 00:00:00

BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, SEPT. 4.—The day before yesterday, be-
tween six and seven in the evening,. a post-chaise stopped
at the gate of the prison of this city, and lodged in it a
new inmate, who had been arrested on the same day
at Ostend, on suspicion of an attempt at
swindling, just as he wai on the point of embarking.
This individual calls himself Count, and says that he is
a Colonel in the service of what Power we do not recol-
lect. He had in his possession a latter of
credit for forty thousand francs from a banker
of Frankfort. On the day on which he was ar-
rested he claimed from the offices of the iron railway
a berlin which he said contained 40,000 francs in.
money. Being questioned with respect to this demand,
he said that he made it to stimulate the zeal
of the officers. The Maritime Bailiff of Ostend was
the first to conceive suspicions which led to his arrest.
On Wednesday last an English lady went to the read-
ing-rooms of M. Ver-hasselt to have some books. While
the people were engaged in getting the books, the
lady very cleverly slipped four volumes into her work-
bag. This manoeuvre was, however, perceived. She im-
mediately denied the fact, though the books were found
in her possession. The police being sent for, proceeded
to make a domiciliary visit to the residence of the lady,
where they found 181 volumes, which she bad obtained
in the same manner. This theft being duly proved, thQ
lady in question is imprisoned in the Petits Carmes.

DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 3.
Money. Bills.
Actual Dept, 2.K per Cent
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. ...........
Amat t Syndic, 46 per cent 91,4 91%
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 7: :6
Commercial Company, 44 per cent )si (5614
Ditto (18:35 and 1837) 5 per cent.
Loan 1637, 5 per cent. 97% 98
Exchange on London, One m0nth....., l2 074
"Two months ...• 1! 97%
Hamburgh, One month as 8734
Two months 35_162%.
Dula Papers, Sept. 4.
ISELOIAN b U NDS—Bausens , SEPT. 4.
Actual Debt, 2K per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Ccnt ....... ........... jot
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent...,, ' 93
3per Cent, _

Thirty.seven.

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Loan of City, 1=32,4 per Cer,t. ........ vot4
Society ef Commerce, 4 }i.r,er Cent ......
Bank of Belgium, 5 per 74
National Society.
Exchange on London Short)
—Brussels Papers, Sept. 4.
AusTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, 26.
Fire per Cents. Metalliques
Foes t er Cents.
Three per Cents. 0794
mink .shar-s ••• 16%.
—4llcemeine••••• .......
Zeitung, " .Se ....t...... .••••••• ..... ••••••••••
Sept. 1

NORMAN BEGGARS.—The beggar-lad seeks
himself a lass of his own caste, and merely asks her if
she is willing to be his helpmate. If she consents, the
business is settled, and they proceed to the solemn cere-
mony of marriage. A fuwl, the produce of their fishery,
is put into an earthern pot and boiled. As soon as it is
done, the bridegroom takes up his stick and strikes the
pot with it. The marriage is valid for so many years as
there are pieces.—Excursions in Normandy.
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY*
This important national undertaking, which is rapidly
approaching towards its completion, continues to increase
in interest as the operations for its accomplishment
drawing to a close. This observation was amply verified
seem
on Wednesday last, at Falkirk and neighbourhood,
ed that
the first locomotive engine which has yet traversed
i the
portion of the line made her appearance. Onalse
the
stu...
tunnel she proceeded in gallant style as far, 0 ten miles
pendous excavation going on at the hill oft,orf , when
that the cutting
3'w:hich work
further on, some idea of the gigantic nature
feet in depth,
may be formed from the bare statemendt,7o
is upwards of 200 yards in length, line. The operations
through solid and tenacious whinsto.n
with the most vi-
n early consummation to
in every part of the line are
gilant activity, and promise a.
_lB4l. —The vast. and
" THE CANADAS, lN
the Herculean task.—Caledonian
undertakings that are in progress in
almost unrivalled
accession of interest, both
the Canadas, and the, shtircohn g
has been directed towards
social and political,;'
troubles there, loudly call for a
them since the recent proceeding
us those magnificent colonies
n Merteury.
and precisely such a work we are
new work, placing .
h'e Canadas, in 1841," from the able
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Bonnycastle. This
pen of
certs
late official situations in the Cana-
distinguished officer liendthtoeierxapcectutalnstiTe
and Lower,. afforded him singular faci-
litiesUpPedrue execution of such a task ; and the
may look for a work abounding in that authentic
publice • which is of such inestimable value in regard
information,
tries to which the tide of emigration is again set-
to coun
• with renewed vigour.
tang
Patronized by their Majesties the King and.
d Cana-
das,
bothfor the
Queen of Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses
Augusta and Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess Esterhazy,
the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager Duchess of
Bedford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dukes
of Norfolk, Devonshire, and Manchester, Lord Hill, &c. In addition
to the above distinguished patronage in the Newly-Invented Spec-
tacle Lenses and Sound Magnifiers Invisible Operative Voice Con-
ductor, Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle.street, Picca-
dilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William-street, City,
feel great pleasure to state that their valuable inventions have also
gained the sanction and unqualified approbation of above four hun-
dred of the principal members of the medical profession. Imme-
diately these Newly.invented Spectacle Lenses are placed before ink..
perfect vision, either by day or candle-light, that mist and dullness
which appear before the eyes is at once removed, every object be.
comes clear and distinct, so that the mast aged imperfect sight be.
comes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youthibi, natural.
and original state. Their Invisible Operative Voice Conductor
Sound Magnifiers for deaf persons, is not the least perceptible nee
uncomfortable ; they give immediate relief to old standing extreme
cases cf deafness, and the faintest whisper at a public assembly is
heard with exact distinctness,-39, Albemarle.street, opposite the
York Hotel, and 76, King William-street, City.—Ne connection
with persons of the same name.