The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-16 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, JAN. l3.—The Moniteur Beige of this
date contains a royal decree, modifying provisionally
some articles of the tariff of customs :—Leopold, King
of the Belgi.sns, to all Fresent and to come, greeting :
considering that the Government of the Netherlands, by
the decree of the sth January, 1846, has doubled or
considerably increased the dcties imposed on a great
number of Belgian productions, seeing article 9 of the
law 26th August, 1822, on the proposal of our Minister
of Finance and Foreign Affairs, and with the aivice of
our Council of Ministers, we have decreed and decree—
Art. 1. By modification of the tariff of customs, the
goods imported from the Netherlands, and from the
Dutch possessions in the East Indies, are provisionally
subject to the duties below specified (these articles are
classed under the following heads) : butter, timber,
coffee, cinnamon, horses, fish, tobacco, woollen manu-
factures.

Art. 2. The ships of the Netherlands are placed with
respect to the tonnage duty in the third class, and sub-
ject to the regulations of article 205 of the general law
of 26th Aug., 1822.
Article 3. We reserve the facuty of revoking or mo-
difying the additional duties imposed by the present
decree, if the causes which have led to them shall cea-e
wholly or in part : the present decree shall be in force
the day after publication in the Moniteur. Our Minis-
ter of Finance is charged with the execution of the
present decree,
Given at Lacken, January 12th, 1846.
By the King.
The Minister of Finance, J. MALON.
The Minister for Foreign Affair, A. DECHAMit.
The Chamber of Representatives will meet to-day at
two o'clock.

The King returned from Ardenne on Sunday evening.
M. Sydow had an audience of his Majesty at the
palace of. Lacken, and presented his credentials as
Envoy-Extraordinary and Minitter Plenipotentiary of
his Majesty the King of the Prussians, at the Court of
Brussels.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—BatteseLs, JAN. 13,
Actual Debt, 2% 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, ditto, 1841 • 102%
•Ditto, ditto, 1642 .. •• • • .• •...... •
Ditto, 1644. .••.• • • • ..... •••• • • • • •• • 99%
Ditto, 1838
Ditto of the City, 1832 • • • • .•
Ditto, 1643 .• ••• • .•
Bank of Belgium ...... 765
—Bruises Papers. Jan. 13.

AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JAN. 7.
5 per Cent. Metalliques ...... •• • . • • 111%
4 per Cent. ditto• • .• • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • •• •• 105
3 per Cent. ditto. .
Lean, 11134 ...........
...................1604
Ditto, 1639 •• •••••• • • • • • • • ..... 122
Bank shares ....... ..... •.•• .. 1618
Estorhazy's Loan .......• .1 •. 41.46..•

RAILIVAXS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand 111734
Gloggnita ..........
Vienna-Milan • 6 4•• 46 •• 616 44 64 66 64 •• 12434
Leghorn ..... •6 6• •6 46 44 I .
Sienna • .....
°rosette •.. ...... .............. 9814
Oldenburg • ... • . .
restojn .6.. Ai •i 11 oi 6&!i1.., di I, •4
Apenninen •• • •
—Allgemelne Zeitung, Jan. 10.

DUTCH MAIL.

THE HAntre, JAN. 10.—In consequence of the aug-
mentetion of the import and eaport duties on the some
articles, by the decree of the sth inst , the Second
Chamber of the State-General, conformably to Art. 2
of the law of the 10th of JutietlB4s, relative to the tariff
must be convoked within fifty days fretn the date of
that decree, to receive a project of law on the subject.
AMs'ettenAti., :Art. 13.--The Antwerp Journdl, re-
OeiVed to-day, informs tis that the Belgtan Goterilment
has replied to the reprisals of our Government by new
reprisals. Thus one folly leads to knother) and it is im=
possible to foesee whither the fleet step Will lead to.
ANts'esnoAx, JAN. 12.—We learn that the Govern-
ment has resolved, before extending its measures of re-
prisal against Belgium to our East India possessions, to
wait fur the teptesentations that may be did.cle by the
Government of that kingdom.
THE HAGUE, Jan. 14.—The Amsterdam Handelsblad,
contains a series of articles under the head of" Reprisals,"
and differential duties, in which it severely blames the
measures of the • Dutch Government in increasing the
duties on certain articles, chiefly of Belgian produce.
The Journal de la Haye, on the other hand, has several
articles justifying the measures of the Gotertittleht, and
quoting, in confirmation of its tipinitlits, the temlltlis of
some Belgian journals, for instance, the Observaleur
Beige, which says; " Let us not be too angry ; Holland
confines itself to applying to its, the iambus system so
much vaunted by us, by which we were to bring till the
commercial nations of the globe to our feet the decree
of the sth of *January, is a topy Of the famotte ordi.
nance of 1844, Mr. Nothomb thought to force the
Prussian Cabinet. May the reprisals adopted by the
Belgian Government put an end to a state of things by
which both countries tutter,'—butch Allure, Jan. 14.

LoNbott CottEit Atib ICHEVEti
Asacwcuolots.—The annual ball was held at the Crown and
Anchor Tavern, Strand, in aid of the funds of the above-
named institution; on Tuesday night: Atnottgst thA company
present we noticed Messri. Maniere; Cohneybear, lliimphrlea,
Kirtan,l3rock. Collins, and several other leading tnembers of
the trade. The whole suit of rooms was lighted up and
thrown open on the occasion and the ball Was Opined by Master
Binmere, son of thepresident; and Miss Winfield, assisted
by Master Conneybear about.nine o'clock) atid dancing was
kept tip with Meat spifit Until orie)*Len the corripany par •
took of a substantial supper, laid out in the best style of the
establishment; after which the company again assembled,
and dancing was continued until five: It must hate been
very gratifying .to the members who took an active paft iii
the arrangements of the evening, to witness so much har-
mony and such a numerous and elegantly-attired company
present. The ladies seemed to vie with each other in conducing
to the. pleasures of the evening. There was at one time no
less than four hundred persons present. The whole arrange-
ments were of the most liberal description, and reflect great
credit on the committee. The band was under the direction
of Mr. Coulson ; and Mr. Mott, of Drury-lane, officiated as
master of the ceremonies.

We have very much pleasure in confirming a ru-
mour which was current on Wednesday, to the effect that the
Hon. G. A. Smythe has been appointed Under Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, in the room of Lord Canning, who
has been for some time anxious to retire from the onerous
duties of an office which he has filled with much ability and
most exemplary attention. Mr. Smythe will now have an
excellent opportunity of obtaining an insight into public
business, and we trust that the applause which his brilliant
success in Parliament has excited will not induce him to
neglect those less showy acquisitions without which no Minis-
ter can in these days hope to succeed in obtaining the confi-
dence of the public.—Times.
GLASGOW PIG IRON TRADE, JAN. 13.—The late
advance on this article seems, for the present, to have at-
tained its height. These two or three days past large trans-
actions have taken place at 85s. at four months. To-day the
above was not obtained ; we heard of several parcels offering
at 835., and another parcel of 1,000 tons at 803., which we
are not aware met purchasers. We quote the prices as 80s.,
and dull market.—Glasgow National.

NEW WORKS AT THE POST OFFICE.--Tn order to
obtain additional accommodation at the Post-office, St.
Martin's-le-Grand, two new rooms, of large size, have
been formed for letter-sorters over a part of the present
building, under the direction of Mr. Sydney Smirke. As
the span is considerable, and it was desirable to occupy
as li.tle space with the floor as possible, a series of iron
arches has been introduced, to support at the same time
the roof and (by means of suspending rods) the timbers
of the floor. The construction being novel and ingenious,
w(! (11?11 §hortly illustrate ia deta— The .guildeo.