The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-04 00:00:00

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL

MIDDLEBUEG, MAY 22.—What we learn from this and the
other provinces, as well as from Belgium, respecting the state
of the standing crops, is in general very satisfactory, and
gives every reason to expect a very abundant harvest.
A portion of the herring fleet of Vlaardingen is to be sent
from that place on Tuesday next (June 2), and the steam-
boat Cerberus is to join it about the 10th, to bring away the
herrings, so that it may be here by the leth, whereas the
busses themselves cannot be there before the 20th.
Bnussur.s, JUNE I.—The departure of the Kin g of th eNether-
lands from the Hague, has been considered by some persons
as a journey putting off indefinitely the commercial arrange-
ments to be concluded between Belgium and the Netherlands.
These persons are mistaken, for in the first place the King of
the Netherlands will return to his kingdom byJune 15th, and
besides the negotiations are not interrupted by his departure,
nothing therefore hinders the plenipotentiaries from agreeing
on all the points, even from signing an arrangement which
would only have to be submitted to the King of the Nether-
lands for his ratification, and then to be carried into effect.

We are informed that the Central Section appointed to
examine the project of law on education has not yet been
convoked. The amendments which the Ministerof the In
terior is to propose are ready, and it is thought, that there is
nothing to prevent them being communicated to the central
section.

Our Government has appointed a commission to organise
the fetes on opening the railway from Paris. The commis-
sion was installed on Tuesday, and has since met every day.
M. Marses is gone to arrange with the Commissioner
the last measures to be taken. Unless unforeseen
obstacles should arise, the train is expected to leave Paris on
Sunday, the 14th of June. After being present at the bril-
liant fetes given by the Tour Lille, the authorities will ar-
rive at Brussels on Monday about 2 o'clock. A banquet will
be offered to the distinguished persons of Germany, and in
the evening there will be a ball, to which 8,000 invitations
will be issued. Several popular fetes will be given at the
expense of the city, for which the Municipal Council has
voted the sum of 10,000 francs.
HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, MAT 29.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents •••••••••• ••• • • • 113
Bank Shares .. ..
Anglo-Russian Loan .• ••••••• • • • • • • • 1071! 107
Russian 5 per Cent., llamb. Certificate. 10132
Ditto Ist series Inscription • • . • • • 10234
Ditto, /lope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96
Ditto, in Certificate.. •••• • • • • 96
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. • • 89X
Ditto Stieglitz •. • . ....... ......... 8814 ....
Spanish New 5 per Cent— .
Ditto 3 per Cent •••• • • • • 29
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent..
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent —
Ditto 3 per Cent. .....
Polish New 4 per Cent. Joan, 1844....
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ... •• . 86% 86%
National Bank Shares • ...............
DUTCH FUNDS.—ADOTERDAM, MAY 30.
Money. Bills
Actual Debt, 236 per Cent....... •• • • 6034 CO%
blip, 3 per Cent •••• •. • • 72% 7314
Ditto, 4 per Cent.... •••• • • • • 93% 94%
Amort Syndic, 334 per Cent • • •• • • 88% 8914
Ditto, 334 per Cent.. ............
Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • 170% 171
East India Loan, 4 per• Cent..........
Exchange on London, at sight .••• • • • • 12 27
Two months... ••• • • • 12 20
On Hamburgh, at sight .• • • 35 75
Two months. •• .. ••• • • • 35 31
On Paris
Two months. • •
...Dutch Papers, June 2.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausszas, June 2.
Actual Debt, 236 per Cent
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ••• • • ...
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent .• • .
Ditto Three per Cent •. ..
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ..
Ditto,dltto, 1840 .
Ditto, 1842..................102..
Ditto, 1844.• ••••• • • • • • ••"•• • • • • •• • 99%
Ditto, 1838 ...... •••• .• • • • •••• • • • •
Ditto of the City, 1832 .. • ..• •
Ditto, 1843 •••••• • • • • • ..... •••• • • • 10036
Bank of Belgium• •.. • • •• • •••• • • • • ••• • • • 889
—Brussels Papers, June 3.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAT 27.
5 per Cent. Meta11ique5.......... ...
4 per Cent. ditto.. • • .•••• • . • • • 100%
3 per Cent. ditto ••• • • • •••••• • • • • • • 74
Loan, 1834 .. •• . • •........ ...... 154
Ditto, 1839...............•.• ••• • .•
Bank Shares •• • • ••• • • • • •••• • • • • 1570
Esterhazy's Loan
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand • • • • • • 187
Vienna—Milan ............ • • • • 11814
Leghorn
110%
Sienna •• • ....... ..... ••• •• 90
Grosetto
Oldenburg • • • • ..... . ..... ........
Apenninen ........ ... •
Pesth Bridge
-Allgerneine Zeitung, May 30.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, MAY 29.
St. Sehuld Sch., 336 per Cent •••.• • • 96 5-6
Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent ••• • . •
Foreign Exchanges • • •
Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months. 6 24%
Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 149%
Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months ..
Universal Prussian Gazette. MAY 30.

Money.
96 1-3

THE SECRETARY OF WAR..--.As Mr. Sidney Herbert
and the Dowager Lady Pembroke were proceeding through
Fisherton Anger, to Wilton Abbey, in a carriage drawn by
four post-horses, on Saturday last, on their way from town,
a poor old man, named John Newton, who is deaf and infirm,
was knocked down by the horses, whereupon the postilion
immediately pulled up, and a crowd of persons soon gathered
upon the spot, where the old man lay bleeding profusely from
a wound near the:right temple. The Right Hon. Gentle-
man instantly alighted, and, without waiting to learn the
extent of the accident, proceeded back as fast as he could to
the Salisbury Infirmary, where he procured the assistance of
Mr. Tatum, surgeon. Mr. Herbert then returned to the poor
man's cottage, and there waited till the wound was dressed,
and then, having administered to his comforts, proceeded to
Wilton. During the whole of this time (very nearly an
hour) the Countess remained in her carriage in the street,
anxiously waiting to know the extent of the injury received.
Mr. Tatum has since constantly attended the poor man, and
we hear there is a hope of hie recovery,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
A savage-looking fellow, named Florence Leary, was
brought up, charged with having scalded William Tut-
hill in a dreadful manner.
The complainant has been since his calamity, which
took place about seven or eight weeks ago, under me-
dical treatment, and was not able to move from the hos-
pital until Friday last. lie and the prisoner have been
long considered to be quarrelsome fellows.
The complainant said that he was a tailor, and had
known the prisoner for about sixteen or eighteen years.
A little after eleven o'clock on the night of Wednesday,
the Bth of April, he went into the tap-room of the 1. ant3ox
Tree public-house, Gravel-lane, Houndsditeh, an
down near the prisoner. He was hardly seated
by
you when
the prisoner said to him, " what did
offend-
ing my wife last night, and what did meanyou call me an
informer for ?" Witness replieds, rethel
cause
of having two men apprehended a ‘ 3u a
deserters,ro
con-
sider you, therefore, an informer." The moment
witness used these words the prisoner struck him in a
most desperate manner,tu and tumbled him upon the
ground. Witness got up and tried to defend himself,
but was again knockedo down by the prisoner, who knelt
nto the fire-place, and turn-
, upon his breast, dragged him
g the tap of the boiler, which was on the fire, let the
boiling water over him for about half a minute, and
scalded him in the most awful manner on the belly and
thighs. In dreadful agony witness endeavoured to rise,
but the prisoner, nut satisfied with having inflicted such
punishment, gave him a most unmerciful kick on the
face, which floored him in a state of insensibility.
Some people in the room then lifted the prisoner up, and
took him (witness) to his home, and from thence he was
taken to the hospital, where his sufferings were almost in-
tolerable.
William Tuggett, who happened to be in the public-
house on the It of the pun], derobeci to the Ga. -

rectness of the above statement, and said the prisoner
showed the most determined resolution to scald the life
out of him.

Other witnesses confirmed the account of the prisener's
brutality. _ _ _

He Was committed for tiral, and the City solicitor was
directed to prosecute him.

IRELAND.

D BUN, JUNE I.—The season of spring has entirely
passsd away, and summer has suddenly come upon us
with more than ordinary maturity and intenseness.
Excessive heat at this early period is, however, not by
any means an unprecedented circumstance, and it is well
remembered and often mentioned by aged persons, that
the few first days of June, '9B (a memorable period on
other accounts), were perhaps the very hottest ever
known in Ireland.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

At one o'clock, at the instance of Mr. O'Connell, Mr.
H. Grattan. M.P., took the chair.
Mr. GRATTAN, as Chairman, deprecated disunion
among repealers, and cautioned them against "danger-
ous enemies," both at home and abroad, especially when
they had to contend against a Ministry, whom he de-
nounced as " desperate gamblers." The only reason,
he said, why they had not pounced upon the repealers,
was because the repealers had not violated the law. The
Hon. Gentleman then launched out into a great variety
of subjects, none of them, however, either very new, or
set forth by any new lights.
Mr. Creagh acted as secretary, in the absence of Mr.
Ray.

Mr. O'CONNELL then rose, and was loudly cheered.
He would begin with the money.—(C'ne, rs.) He had to
read a letter from the Archbishop of Tuam—(Cheers)—
and as there were many compliments to himself in it, he
must request of the audience to blush for him.—
(Laughter.) He then read the letter, which, including
the Archbishop's own subscription of 31., enclosed a con-
tribution to the funds of the As'sociation of 130/.
(Cheers.) This was the amount of a collection made
from among the clergy of the Arch-dioceses. There were
many passages in the epistle of very decided flattery to-
wards the Liberator.

Mr. O'CONNELL—I have another Bishop for you.—
(Hear.) Here is a letter from Dr. Cantwell, Bishop of
Meath, with a sum of 5/. The Hon. Gentleman then
read the letter.

There were several other letters ;—the next from Dr.
Maginnon, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Derry, for-
warding a contribution of 151. (Cheers.)
There was a letter from Wexford, which menaced
certain deprivation to all the representatives of that
county, who would not take the Repeal pledge. There
was alse a letter from a gentleman, who desired his name
not to be mentioned, with a donation of 601. Mr.
O'Connell, however, proclaimed the gentleman's name
and address to be a Mr. Francis Farrell, of North
Anne-street. The money, he said, was handed in by a
very beautiful and accomplished young lady, and he pro-
posed three cheers for her.—(Cheers.)
After some time, Mr. O'CoNNELL rose and said he
was about to propose a tribute of national gratitude to
William Smith O'Brien.—(Great cheering.) He had
been reading letters very complimentary to himself, and
he was not ashamed to read them, because he had long
laboured for his religion, and those who had suffered
disfranchisement on that account, as well as himself. As
a repealer, he belonged to no sect, but was the advocate
of Irishmen of every persuasion. Now Mr. W. S, O'Brien
was an advocate and a patriot of the same class.—(Hear,
Ile had come to their help at the most critical moment
—in the hour of peril. Others would join them in their
prosperity, but he was the friend in need.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. O'Connell then enlarged upon the merits of Mr.
O'Brien, particularly as a working, practical men. He
felt the greatest pleasure in proclaiming the great debt
of gratitude they owed him. He had spent five-and-
twenty days in prison for their sakes. Would they not
all j Gin in paying a tribute to him ?—(" We will, we
will.") It was false to say that there was any division
among them. He had no jealousy of Mr. O'Brien. Nay,
he would be delighted to see him their leader.—(Hear,
hear.) The Hon. Gentleman then read a resolution of
confidence in Mr. O'Brien, and also one to request his
attendance at a public banquet, to be given in his ho-
nour, and also to give him a grand procession and re-
ception on his entrance into Dublin on the day of the
banquet.—(Repeated cheers.) The names of the Corn
mittee to take charge of the affairs were then read. They
included all the leading personages of both sections of
the repeal cause.
Mr. O'CoNNELL next proposed that Mr. O'Brien's
fees, on being discharged from custody, should, with Mr.
O'Brien's permission, be paid out of the funds of the
Association, which was agreed to. The Learned Gen-
tleman next read a lecture to some Liverpool Repealer,
who had made use of some dangerous language at a
public meeting. He utterly condemned all violence, or
violations of law of any sort.
Mr. STEEL, as a London repeal warden, requested
that his London brethren would take warning by this
proceeding.
Mr. O'CONNELL—I believe I am making too many
speeches to-day.—(No, no.) He had to speak of the pros-
pects of the repeal cause. He would begin with the
Coercion Bill. He denounced the discussion which it had
drawn forth in the House of Lords. They did not forget
Lord Melbourne's insulting letter, nor that " coxcomb
Lord," Lord St. Germans. In the Commons they had for
nine nights fought against the Bill—and never was there
better speaking on the side of Ireland. They had ob-
tained the greatest moral victory over the Government.
lie now called for the attendance of every Irish Mem-
ber in the House of Commons on Monday next. They
would never allow the Government to carry the Bill—
not before Christmas, at all events.—(A laugh.) In
other respects the Government promised some useful
measures. If the tenant-right were legally established,
it would be a great boon to Ireland. The Bill restrict-
ing the landlord's power of ejectment, would also be a
most useful measure, as would that reducing the stamp
duty on leases. But to what did they owe even the
promise of these things ? Why, to the Conciliation
Hall and the repealers.—(Cheers.)
The repeal rent for the week was then announced to
be 3551. 16s. 5d., and at a quarter to three o'clock the
meeting adjourned to Monday next.

STATE OF TRADE.
MANCHESTER, JUNE 2.—Owing to the Whitsun ho-
lidays, there is very little business doing this week ; but
prices, both of goods and yarn, are very firm ; and
there is a decidedly improved feeling in the market,
with a confident anticipation of a decided increase of
business as soon as the holidays are over.
ROCHDALE, JUNE l.—We have had rather more busi-
ness doing to-day, and prices a shade better than on
the preceding Monday. The wool market has been
steady, and prices firm.

HUDDERSFIELD, JUNE 2.—There is only one opinion
as regards our market to-day, namely, that there is a
complete dearth of business. The last American packet
brought orders for vesting, which our merchants are
giving out, without which manufacturers would be almost
at a stand still.

LEEDS, JUNE 2.—Owing to this day being half-
holiday, the attendance at our market has been thin,
and the business transacted of very little moment.
Manchester Guardian.

Sum:lE.—The following melancholy case of suicide
occurred at Gloucester on Saturday last :—Mr. George Beard,
the landlord of the Star Inn, and a large boat-owner and
coal-merchant, had been indulging too freely with liquor on
Friday morning last, notwithstanding which he went to the
Lower George Inn, to the anniversary dinner of the Druids,
of which society he was a member. There he also drank
freely, but went home about nine o'clock. He there became
very quarrelsome, and went so far as to strike his wife, after
which he left the house, swearing he would never enter it
again. After having called at two or three places, at each of
which he took " another glass," he got back to the Lower
George, when the landlord seeing the state he was in,
very kindly, and with a great deal of difficulty, induced
him to go to bed, and afterwards went into his room to
see that all was right, when he appeared to be very fast
asleep. About ten o'clock on Saturday morning the land-
lord took up some coffee for him, when, to his great horror
and astonishment, he found him fastened up to the bed-post,
and quite dead. He had tied a large scarf to the bed-post
and round his neck, with what in bargemen's phrase is
termed a bowling knot, and had then apparently fallen for-
ward from the bed, as his legs were quite doubled under
him, and his elbow resting on the bed ; but being a very
heavy man, his great weight had drawn the knot up tight,
and occasioned strangulation. No cause but drunkenness
can be assigned for this melancholy circumstance, as he was
in very good circumstances, and had a good business. We
are sorry to add that a widow and six young children are
left to deplore his untimely end. A coroner's inquest was
held on the body on Saturday, when the jury returned a ver-
dict of Temporary Insanity.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—NEWCASTLE-ON TYNE, MON-
DAY NIGHT.—An accident occurred this evening on the New-
castle and North Shields Railway, at the Newcastle termi-
nus, bet fortunately without any serious consequences to
life or property. The seven o'clock train from Shields,
heavily laden with passengers, overshot the station, and ran
with tremendous force into a stone building, used as a ware-
house at the end of the line. The engine struck the gable
corner, and brought down nearly a third of the building,
which it penetrated about a yard, when it stopped, beional
of little more than a couple of yards from the edgethe c
the debris,
depot, a fearful precipice 15 or 16 feet below the level of the
covered with
line. The engine was partially
which arrested its progress, or the catastrophe
been appalling, for if the engine andl train gone over the
had
precipice a serious loss of life woud have been inevitable.
e would have
As it fortunately happened,however, the steam had been
turned off, and the warehouse checked the momentum of the
train. The shock was, of coarse, extremely alarming, and
the screaming of the ,
principally
women and
young persons, was
passengers,
distance in the town,
which soon caused a
large crowd of persons to assemble.
The railway attendants, however, got the passengers out as
lelradseeet
soon as possible and closed the station gates. None of the
carriages were broken or displaced, and they were very soon
detached from the engine and removed on to the other line.
Another engine was brought and attached to that which had
caused the accident, but the power was insufficient to draw
it from its bed. Winches were then applied, and on the en-
gine being lifted bars were placed under the wheels, and on
the steam being applied it brought itself out, app
apparently
having sustained very trifling dama Th •
ge. e accident would
seem to have arisen from the t
grea momentum of the train,
which was unusually heavy. It being holiday time, a re-
markably fine day, and Shields races, many persons' were
induced to travel on the line from Newcastle, and the car-
riages were crowded with
persons returning. The engineer
states that he turned off the steam at the Ouse Burn•bridge
(the usual place), and on observing the train approach the
station too rapidly he applied all the power of the break,
but was unable to prevent the accident. Several of the pas-
sengers received severe blows, and two or three had slight
abrasions; one lady fainted. All, however, were able to
leave the station soon after the accident, and we have not
heard of any serious case.
EARLY POTATOES.—A dish of early potatoes was dug
on the 27th ult., in the girders at Castle Toward, Argyle.
shire, which had not been forced in any way. The largest
measured between six and seven inches in circumference, and
two and a half dozen weighed 21bs.—Glasgow Herald.
We are informed that Mr. Macready, the celebrated
tragedian, will pay a visit to this island in the month of
August, and will pyrfornz a Paw of hie beet cbAnctem—
Gtivrnieg store