The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-24 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, MAY 18.—We learn that the state o_
General Chagel's health continues to improve with so
much rapidity, that he was able to rise the day before
esterd ay.
The Municipal Council of Antwerp has voted an-
other sum of 15,000 francs, in addition to the
60,000 francs already allowed for the distribution
of bread tickets to the poor at reduced prices.
Yesterday eight ships laden with wheat and rye arrived
at Antwerp, and others were announced as being lower
down the river. _ _

The police of Liege have just adopted a measure
favourable to the consumers; they have fixed a pair of
scales in the market-place to weigh the sacks of provisions.
This measure has already produced a good effect; most of
the sacks weighed on the first day were found to be under
the weight indicated by the dealers; they will be obliged
to exercise more honesty in future, or they will be fined.
PETERSBURGL—WhiIe most of the governments of the
centre and south of the empire enjoyed last year a most
productive harvest, many governments of the north-
west, as we now hear, were visited by as great a
scarcity, so that the more favoured districts of the
empire were obliged to assist them. This failure
of the crops has fallen with such severity on East Siberia
which was already afflicted by a total failure in 1844
and 1845. Unhappily the supplies were greatly im-
peded by the vast extent of the country, and the great
distance from which the supplies must be brought.
As early as March the supplies afforded to the peasants
by the Crown began, the amount of the new crop pur-
chased for Siberia is estimated at much above 300,000
chetwerts. In fertile former years the Government of
Irtiulsk alone supplied the whole north-east track
of that country to and beyond the frontiers
of China. Meantime we learn from Tilsit
that the carriage of supplies from Russia to Prussia has
begun, and now continues. The court-martial ordered
on the 7th of April to be held on Lieutenant-General
Trischatny and Dobruschin, who were imprisoned in the
fortress of St. Petersburgh, and on some Colonels who
had committed delinquencies in matters relating to
the service, was opened a few days ago. The Court
was composed of some generals of the highest rank, and
commenced its sitting after General Dobruschini, and the
other persons accused, had arrived from the Caucasus.
The Court sits in the Imperial Winter Palace. The
Emperor himself thought fit to be present at the opening
of the Court. The sentence is looked for with much
anxiety, and it is supposed that the Emperor will fully
confirm it, but, after a short time, will mitigate it.
hOMOTAN (IN THE ERZGEBIRGE Or BOHEMIA), MAY
11.—The prohibition of the exportation of corn, pulse,
potatoes, and flour was announced ye.terday by
a letter of the President of the General Aulic
Council, and excited the most joyful sensation here.
The price of the measure of corn at Ko-
motain (nearly a hectolitre) fell at once from 28
florins to 20 florins. During the last few weeks alone
more than 20,000 measures of corn has passed through
Komotain, on their way to Saxony, which excited
the anger of our peasantry in no small de-
gree. The military which had been stationed
on the roads to protect their exportation of
corn against the mountaineers, have now returned to
Komotain. On the part of Saxony, everything possible
is done for their Saxon mountains, the inhabitants of
which are very much worse off than the Austrians. On
our side, after so long a winter, and so many privations,
the distress, we are most thankful to say, is at length
abating, and all assumes a more favourable appearance.
KONIGSBERG.—On the sth of May the sentence, in
the first instance, was passed in the affair of Dr.
Fulkson's mixed marriage (Jews and Christians).
The tribunal declared the marriage to be null and void,
and condemned the two parties to all the costs incurred.
BAVARIA, AUGSBURG, MAY 18.—At our corn market,
yesterday, there was a slight decline in the prices. From
every part of Germany the reports are most favourable
respecting the appearance of the crops.
The Nuremburg correspondent has letters from Pesth
of the Bth of May, which say the mails from Hamburgh,
Berlin, and Breslau, arrive here very rapidly
since the opening of the railway, so that news
from England and France is received sooner by this
way than by Frankfort, Nuremburg, or Augsburgh.
The Berlin papers of the sth of May had arrived in
Pesth on the morning of the Bth.—Brussels Papers,
May 18.

PUBLIC EXAMINATION AT
SANDHURST.

The usual half-yearly public examination of the
officers and gentlemen cadets studying at the Royal Mili-
tary College took place on Tuesday, Wednesday, and
"Uhursday, the 18th, 19th, and 20th inst., before a colle-
giate board, at which were present Field-Marshal his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Lieutenant-
General Sir G. Scovell, K.C.B.' the Governor, Ma-
jor-General George Brown, C.B. and K.H., the
Deputy-Adjutant-General of the Forces, Major-Ge-
neral T. W. Taylor, C. 8., the Lieutenant-Governor,
and Lieutenant-Colonel G. W. Prosser, Superintendent
of Studies. At the close of the examination the follow-
ing officers were presented with the usual certificates of
qualification :
Captain H. T. Butler, 55th Regiment.
Lieutenant J. E. Addison, 70th Regiment.
In consequence of the superior talents and acquirements
displayed by Lieutenant Addison in the highest branches
of mathematical science, a special honorary addition was
made to his certificate; and the high qualifications in
military surveying of both officers were also particularly
noticed. The following gentlemen cadets, who had com-
pleted their qualifications for commissions, were recom-
mended to his Grace the Commander-in-Chief for ap-
pointment to ensigncies in the line without purchase:—
J. H. H. Parkes. H. C. Strickland.
V. H. Close. Edmund Young.
J. P. Booth. Francis J. Harrisson.
J. L. Maclean. John Gordon.
W. T. F. Wallace. Gilbert A. Amos.
T. M. Moore. John T. N. O'Brien.
11. F. Drummond.

By the result of the examination, about 50 other
young gentlemen were declared to have made various
steps towards qualifying t',emselves for commissions in
those branches of the mathematics which are applicable
to military purposes; in permanent and field fortification,
and the attack and defence of fortresses; in Latin and
general history; and in the modern languages. And 17
p
had also, during the half-year, completed the course of
education in military surveying, and 23 in
the actual construction of intrenchments and saps in the
field, pontooning, &c.