The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-14 00:00:00

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL.

BRUSSELS, DEC. 1.1.-It seems that the Holy Sce
renounces at present the project of confiding to an Apos-
tolic Vice.►, a mission in tiie North of Germany. Besides
the States of the German Confederation which this
measure directly affected and Denmark, Prussia, in
concert with Austria, has addressed a note to the Court
of Rome, advising it against this innovation.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 18.—News has just beau
received of the taking Antakiah, by the troops of the
Syrian expedition, and flat as was expected here by the
army of Moant Taurus. Antakiah is about five leagues
from the coast of Syria, and seventeen from Aleppo.

THE RUSSIAN LOAN.—AMSTEIIDAM, DEC. 9.
A circular has been issued this morning, accompanied
by a translation of a Russian Imperial Ukaie of the
following toner :n7- .
'6 To the Minister of Finance,--In order to fill up
the deficiency in the Reserve Funds of the Imperial
Treasury, which for some years past has had to defray
expenses of various kinds, we have thought fit to open
a loan of 25 millions of silver rubles at 4 per cent. in-
terest, and we command you to make the following ar-
rangements :

" 1. This loan shall be invested in the great Book of
the Russian Debt, under the head of 4 per Cent. Jute-
rest. For this loan subscriptions shall be opened of
.500 silver rubles each. They shall be divided
into 1,000 series of fifty instalments each.
These subscriptions shall bear 4 per cent. interests to
be reckoned from the Ist of August, 1840. The into-
rest will be paid at St. Peter sburgb, for each half year,
from the Ist to the 15th of February, and from the lit
to the 15th of August. _ .

" 2. For the re-payment of these subscriptions; a spe-
cial fund shall be allotted to the amount of per cent.
on the nominal amount of this loan, which fund shall
not be with the other loans. This re-payment shall
commence in 1845, or sooner, if needs be. The nego-
tiation of this loan is confided to Hope and Co., bankers,
at Amsterdam.

" Czsrshode Silo, sth August.
(Signed) " NICHOLAS?
" The inscription of a share of this load is opened to-
day at our office, at the price of 861 per cent., or 865
florins for 500 silver rubles, to be paid in as follows :-
1-16th on or before the Ist of January, 1841, with inte-
rest from the Ist November, 1840, and then with the
payment of three months; 4-16ths on or before the Slst
of June, 1841, with interest from the Ist of December,
1840, and then with the payment of four months ;
5-piths on or before the 28th of February, 1841, with
interest from the Ist of January, 1841, and then with
the payment of five months.
The last two payments may be made with receiving
of interest for the preceding terms."
" The contractors, Messrs. Hope and Co., Keburch
and Voomberg, and Borskiwidorn, of Amsterdam, will
undertake the management of the Four per Cent. Rus-
sian Loan, announced on the preceding receipt on Fri-
day, and in the manner stated is their report of the
30qh, of June, 1824."

DUTCH EUNI.IS.—AMSTERDAM, DEC. 11.
Blaney. BANE
Ittual flibt, ‘2!4 per Cent
:hue., ditto 5 per cent.
Ainci t 6vadic,4W, per cent...." .........
Ditto, ditto, 3X, per cent. 71% 72!
Commercial Company, 4!..', per cent. 1(1..,4 I col.
Ditto (L,l: and 1637) Z., per cent. ........» look 101
Loan 1`,':,7, 5 per cent.
Exchange on London, One month.. l2 '234
Two months .„
Dutch Papers, Dec. 12.
CL:LbIAN l'UNDJ—isaussELa, Dec. 11.
Actual De:a, per Cent.
liallschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. ..........
Loan of Thirty 'Millions, 4 per Cent...-
(u4o) lli !
------------ 3 per Cent. ::::-.

—Thirty seven
Loan of City, 183:2,4 per Cell' 9O
Society of Commerce, 4y, per Celia
Baul: of Belgium, 5 per NS%
Nl Society. 00000000000 ••••••••••••••••«•••«•• •••
Exchange on London (short) ........ 11 :15
Brussels Papers, Dec. 11.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vtarrzcs, DEc. a.
Five per Cants. Ilfetalhques . 10514
FOIK r per Cents. ........... •••••••••••••••••••••«••••••••• ..... 100
Thrcc her Cents. .............».«..........»...........
bank Shares ..... ••••• 0000000000000 •.•••••••. 00000 ••••••••• 1665
Zcitting. I)ec. 8.

PRUSSIAN FYINDS.—DMILIN, Dec. S.
s. l
St. Schuld. Sch., 4!, per cent. Bil10:1?i 10Money.
:IL,i
Prussian English Loan, 1831), 4 per cent. 10)
lixchr.nge on Lendon, three months 6 17
—Prussian Staic Gazettc, Dec. 9.

TALKINGRAILWAY
last
week,
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Georger.— A t
meeting v
heldA a
Blackburn
Stephen-
son, the father of railways, was present; and, in a speech
in support of the railway, said that on the London and
Blacio,vall line there was a talking machine, constructed
with galvanic wires, by means of which conversation could
be carried on between London and Blackwall with the
greatest ease and precision. By way of illustrating the
efficiency of this talking machine, Mr. Stephenson said that
he went to the station in London one day to inquire for
oae of his assistants. He was not there, but the attendant
said he would inquire if he was at the other end of the
line ; he did so ; in a few seconds the answer was, that he
was not there. But about five minutes afterwards, the
talking machine informed him in London that his assistant
had arrived at the Blackwall terminus ; upon which he in-
structed the attendant to say, by the same agency, " Tell
him to come here directly." In ten minutes from that
time he arrived, the distance being Nearly seven miles.—
( Hear, hear.) If the distance were 100 miles, the conver-
sation could be carried on just as readily; for the commu-
nication travelled at the rate of twenty miles a second.--
Blackburn Standard.

CONTEMPLATED RAILWAY THROUGH
BLACKBlilt:si.-We rejoice in being enabled to state that
the first step has at length been taken to secure to Black-
burn and the surrounding district the advantages of a
railway communication with the North Union and Man-
chester and Leeds lines. On Thursday last a highly re-
spectable meeting was convened by circular, at the Hotel,
in King-street, to confer with Mr. Stephenson, the eminent
encTincer, and two other gentlemen of the same profession
who accompanied hive. epon the subject. The meeting
was well attended, and but one feeling appeared to pelvade
the company, viz., an anxious desire for the accomplish-
ment of the object in view. The engineers exhibited a
map of the different railways, with the proposed line front
the North Union at Preston, through Blackburn, Accring-
ton, and 3urnley, to the Manchester and Leeds line at
Todmorden, a distance of about twenty-six miles. Wil-
liam Turner, Esq., M. P., having been called to the chair,
a long conversation took place between Mr. Stephenson,
the Chairman, William Feitden, Esq., M. P., Joseph Fiel-
den, EN , P. E. Towneley, Esq., and James Neville,
Esq., and others, the result of which was the appointment
of a committee to confer with the Directors of the 'North
Union and Manchester and Leeds Companies, and also
with the owners of property on the proposed tine ; and to
ascertain what pecuniary assistance they were disposed to
from
ollecieodvalpresdr
nt,roPhonhterephedai
torsisostts
proposed
lnednrexectuopaotrneedi
ley, the cost of which was estimated at 7001. The grouted
render towards obtaining a survey,•
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surveyed ; and it is understood that the Manchester and
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MORNING.—Last
all Boulogne was alarmed by the
tolling
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1.
what wE'aysertyhconmeattwear.s runningAt
night, at twelve o'clock,
asking ohisflas t about,iws
found to be a tire in the castle, close to the dower zns s•
zinc. A National Guard run up to me, " Qee ce.elv ce
on feu dans lc chateau.' " 0 mon Dieu, la pouch.. la
poudriere." The excitement while it lasted was rarY
doubt
continue
thatßentbaruuu
Burn-
ley,
tereainee
uka
great, but in half an hour the fire was extingu'slied, and
inan about the
hour more all was quiet. The scene
chat' au was highly picturesque, the moon shining on the
bright muskets of the National Guard, and the brass hel-
mets of the " pompiers," the animated and grand ap.
pcarance of the old castle itself, several half-dressed
women in terror at the awful poudriere ; added to this the
tolling of the bell and shouts of the Natioral Guards hur-
rying to the spot, some crying "an emeute." Altogether
it was very romantic.
" The Countess of Clifford presents her compli-
ments to Mr. E. Solomon', and is much gratified in be-
ing able to say that his " patentSpectacles,"s," adapted to
her sight nearly
six years ago, have cont :nued undhainisueo
as- and pleasure she was so olelignted to
in the perfect c
have experienced f
rem their use immediately he so skit-
fully applied them, enabling her to read or engage her
sight for the most minute employment, and for auy length
of time, by day or candle-light, without the slightest fa..
ague. This is the more remarkable and gratulatory the
Countess's feelings considering the total failure in the
above respects, and consupeent nortifying
-aappolatmente
attending the various other spectacles she hitherto attempted
to wear; indeed, it is with the greatest pleasure the Coun-
tess testifies to Mr. E. Solomons' perfectly attecessfid
treatment of her s;glit, and submits bar own peculiar
ease in confirmation of the strong and deserved recommen-
dations his Spectacles have received, and of Mr. E. So-
' lomons' high professional stand'
ing.—Countess Constantin
Clifford. To Mr. E. Solornons, Optician, 36, Old Bond•
street, and 1, Old Jewry, City."

EVENING EDITION.
THE REMAINS OF NAPOLEON.

ROUEN, DEC. 10.-I left Havre yesterday morning
at ten o'cl6ck, in order to arrive in this town before
Napoleon's remains, as I was informed that the Govern-
ment consented that the Dorade ,steamboat conveying
the imperial remains should, halt during a sufficient tine
in Rouen to enable the authorities to visit them. I
found on my arrival here that preparations had been
made on a most expensive scale. A triumphal arch lad
been raised on the centre of the suspension-bridge thrown
across the Seine. The arch was covered with violet-
d cloth, decorated with the letter N., surmounted
with a crown and imperial eagles. From the suspen-
sion-bridge to the Pont Neuf there were pyramids
erected, covered likewise with violet-coloured cloth, and
inscribed with the names of the different imperial vic-
tories, in gold characters, and on the left bank of the
river, between the suspension-bridge, and the Pont
Neuf, there was a wooden building erected, likewise
coverer' with violet-coloured daft'. and fitted up in the
interior for the reception of the Pi efcct of the Depart.
meat. the Municipal Body, and the Archbishop and
clergy, The suspensiou-bridge was reserved for any
old vetera::s who bud served in the imperial army, a:id
who alight be so.inurning at Rouen.
At nine o'clock the Judges arid Advocates of the
Cour Royal of Roue© proceeded in carriages escorted
by gendarmerie so the places prepared for them. Toe
ArelthiAcip of Rouen and his assistants left the Archi-
episcopal Palaee at the same hour. The Prefect of the
department and municipal body proceeded on foot, as
did the students of the college. At 10 the arrange-
meafs were completed, and the array of att:itary force
must imposing. The shops throughout the town were
alinost a!i closed, every window and every balcony which
coeld command a view of the river was filled with spec-
tators. At 11 o'clock the smoke of the first steam-
boat was observed. Minute guns were fired by the ar-
tillery of the National Guard stationed on the heights
of. S:. Catherine. The stew boats, 12 in number, pro-
ceeded slowly up the river. The third in order, the Do-
rade, contained the remains of Napoleon. The coffin
was placed on the fore-deck, and General Bertrand and
the Prince de Joinville stood at its head. The
Dorade alone passed under the triumphal arch. The
other baste passed at the side. As the Dorade
sailed under the triumphal arch, the veterans on
the bridge raised a cry of " Vive Napoleon !" which
was tie only cry I heard. The Dorade was hauled up
on the lett bank of the river, between the suspension-
bridge and the Pont Neuf, where the authorities were
placed. The Archbishop gave the absoute (absolu-
tion). This ceremony Listed about 20 minutes, and
the steam-boats, with the exception of those which draw
too much water, being built for the navigation of the
Seine from Rouen to Havre, proceeded up the river.
All was over before 12 o'clock, and the troops with-
drawn. The multitudes retired in the mo,t perfect
order. I understand the expense of this day's cere-
mony will amount to upwards of 60,000 f. The entire
proceeding reflects great credit on the authorites and on
the people for tie good order which was maintained
and observed, so contrary to what had been appre-
hended.
The moment it became known that the Normandie
steamer had left Cherbourg, Baron Dupont Del-
porte, Prefect of the Department of the Lower Seine,
addressed the following proclamation to the inhabi-
tants :7

" Fellow-citizens'.—The department of Lower Seine
will be the first traversed by the funeral cortege, pro-
ceeding, under the direction of his Royal Highness the
Prince de Joinville, towards the capital of the kingdom,
where memorable ceremonies are to be celebrated in
presence of the great bodies of the State, the cotempo-
rary illustrations, and the prodigies of arts.
" The event in history, perhaps, presents itself with
the character of grandeur which accompanies the un-
hopeef-for removal of the remains of the Emperor
Napoleon.
" Whet; the vessel conveying those venerated ashes
shall advance slowly along the river, you will receive it
with that religious feeling and those deep emotions which
ara ever produced by the recollection of the misfortunes
of tlie country, its triumphs, and its glory.
" You will render the last honours to that great man
with the cairn and dignity becoming a population which
has so often experienced the benefit. of his protecting
power, and of his special solicitude."
The Mayor of Rouen, M. Barbet, also addressed his
constituents on the occasion in the following terms :
" Beloved fellow-citizens,—Aftar 25 years' elle in :1
foreign lead, Napoleon is at last restored to us.
" A French Prince, the worthy son of our Citizen
King, brings back to France what remains of the great
Emperor.
" In a few days those glorious ashes will rest in peace
under the national safeguard of his glory, and the remains
of his 'evincible phalanxes.
" A instants only are allowed us to salute the
e,offia of the hero who caused the French name to be re-
spected throughout the world.
" Let us employ them, beloved citizens, in solemnly
manifesting the sympathies which are in the hearts of a
population over whom the Emperor once extended his
powerful and protecting hand.
" Let us unite mitt] a religious feeling in the triumphal
funeral, reservecllto him by the city where Nis glory and
genius arc stamped with immortal grandeur."

(From. Gctlignanis Messenger.)
CEREMONIES FOR I'HE FUNERAL OF

NAPOLEON.

Marshal Gerard has issued an order of the day direct-
ing the National Guards of Paris and the department
of the Seine, with the detachments of troops of the gar-
rison selected for that purpose, to be on the ground be-
tween Neuilly and the Invalides by nine o;cleck on
Tuesday morning. The National Guards ate to line
both sides of the road from the budge at Neuilly to the
Arc de Triomphe, and thence are to be stationed along
the southern side of the main avenue of the Champs Ely-
sees and Place de la Concorde, as far as the Esplanade
of the Invalides, where they will again form a double
line. The troops of the garrison are to line the north-
ern side of the main avenue of the Champs Elysees and
Place de la Concorde as far as the Esplanade of the In-
'elides. A salute of 21 guns is to be fired when the body
leaves Neuilly ; another, of 21 guns, on its reaching the
Arc de Triomphe, and a third, of 21 guns, on its corn-
ing to the Esplanade of the Invalides. All the troops
are to present arms as the coffin passes, and, in falling
into the procession, are to carry their arms reversed.
The bands are to play funeral marches.