The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-10 00:00:00

BRUSSELS PAPERS.

SCARCITY OF LEECHES.—The Amtsblatt of the
Royal Government of Liegnitz states that formerly
the leeches were so abundant in the Silesian waters
that there was an ample supply for the whole pro-
vince, and at low prices. Latterly the scarcity of
these valuable creatures has not only called for their
importation, but the price has been so greatly in-
creased by it, that the application of this remedy is
often attended with the greatest difficulty. This
scarcity is chiefly owing to the reckless leech catch-
ing by incompetent persons in strange waters, in con-
sequence of which some have been quite deserted.
An order has therefore been issued that after the 30th
January all leech catching in strange waters shall be
liable to a heavy penalty ; and all persons possessing
such waters shall be bound to use their best exertions
for promoting the increase of leeches.—Universal
Prussian State Gazette, Feb. 6.
COPENHAGEN.—The sentiments of the King's edict,
and the expedition with which his Majesty has made
knownhtsintentions in regard to the introduction of
a constitution, give great satisfaction. The working
out of the project of this constitutional law, which
was to be submitted to men of experience, has, we
understand upon good authority, been submitted to
the four following gentlemen, viz., Count A. W. von
Moltke, member of the Privy Council and Minister
of Finance ; Oersted, Minister of State ; Count Karl
von Moltke, Minister of State and President of the
Schleswig-Holstein Laurenburg Chancery; and M.
Bang, Councillor of State.
BRUSSELS, FEB. 7.—By an order of the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, dated Feb. 4, the time for the first
departure of the regular service of sailing vessels
between Antwerp and Singapore has been postponed
from the 15th to the 21st March.
Under the same date a new credit of 75,000 f. has
been voted to each of the governors of Flanders.
Thus the sums allowed to both Flanders out of the
credit of 500,000 f. amount to 550,000 f.
His Royal Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe
Cobourg and his Consort, the Princess Clementine,
arrived at Brussels from Germany by a special train.
The august personages proceeded to the palace of th©
King in the carriages belonging to the station. Yes-
terday the illustrious travellers set out for Ostend,
where they will embark for England. On their re.
turn, they will pass several days at Brussels.
TYPHUS FEVER IN FLANDERS.—SIX army
physi-
cians have been appointed by the Minister of War,
at the request of the Minister of the Interior, to pro-
ceed to the communes of Flanders, where the typhus
fever is most prevalent. The marvellous efficacy of
the cold water system in the treatment of typhoral
fever, has been frequently spoken of, and has lately
been tried here with great success. We have been
assured that several cases of typhus have been cured
in a few days in the environs of Grammont by hy-
dropathy, under the care of M. De Cock. Among
the remarkable cures, are those of the Rev. M. De
Neve and Mr. Philips, of Renaix. The doctor was
not called in till the disease was at its height. Mr.
Philips was covered with numerous typhoric spots.
Both had been given over, and had received extreme
unction. After eight days' hydropathic treatment
they both recovered. If this method be applied in
the commencement of the disease, the cure is more
rapid and certain.—Courrier Beige, Feb. 7.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JAN. 49.
5 per Cent. Metalliques.... •• • • ........ 10138
4 per Cent.ditto.. •.•• • • • • •••• • • •• SG
3 per Cent. ditt0........................ G 3
Loan, 1834 ...... • .......... 15614
Ditto, 1839 .......• .................. 110,
Bank Shares • • • • • • • • ..............1550
Esterhazy's Loan ........ .• •••• • • • . si»
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand • • • . • • • • • • . ISO
Gloggnita • • • • • • • • • • • • - • .• • • • • • • • • • . 105
Vienna—Milan • • ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 861.;
Leghorn 70 ~(
Grosetto ........ • • •• • •• • • •......... 11334

Apennineu .• .............. „ ,„
BELGIAN FLINDS.—BnussELs, FEL 5.
Actual Debt, N per Cent ••• • ..
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • •
Loan of Thirty Millions, FourperCent •• ••
Ditto Three per Cent .• •••••••• • • • • • • • •
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ••• • • •
Ditto,ditto,lB46. •• • . 93
Ditto,ditto,lB42.. •• • • ••••••• • • • • • • •
Ditto, 1844..• •• •••• •• •• •• •••• •• •• ••• 91%
Ditto, 1836. ..... .•••••••••• • • • • • • • • • •
Ditto, 1838 .• .. • • • • •• • • ..... •• 67
Ditto of the City, 1832 • • • • • • • • • • • •
Ditto, 1843 .• •••••• • • • • •• ............ 96
Bank ofßelgiunt • • •••••• .. • . ........ 78/8
-Brussels Papers. Feb. 5.

THE BISHOP of OXFORD and DR.

HAMPDEN.

The following correspondence has taken place
between Dr. Wilberforce and Dr. Hampden, in.
reference to the postscript of a letter addressed by
the latter to the Rev. Mr. Faulkner, of Cambridge,
in which Dr. Hampden denied that he had made any
such concessions to the Bishop of Oxford as the
' Bishop of Oxford had implied in a letter which Ap-
peared some time since :

" Cuddesdon Palace, Jan. 24.

"My Lord Bishop (Elect),—My attention has been
called to a letter bearing your signature and addressed
to Mr. Faulkner, which has appeared in the newspapers.
As no contradiction of its authorship has to my know-
ledge been made public, I imagine that I am not wrong
(notwithstanding its unusual language) in attributing it
to you. I beg, therefore, to call your attention to its
postscript, and to request from you an answer to my
concluding question.
"I withdrew the letters of request' against you in
consequence of an assurance from your own pen, that
you were not, during the two years to which the Clergy
Discipline Bill limits your responsibility, answerable for
any circulation cf thes Observations on Religious Dis-
sent,' the only work which, in my judgment, could have
subjected you to ecclesiastical penalties for uttering false
doctrine. I must therefore beg you to inform me.
whether the words to which I have called your attention
are intended to deny the truth of that assurance, which
was conveyed to me in the following words as your
own :

" 4 It is with no sanction of mine, and, indeed against
my wish, that any copies of the first edition of my
' Observations on Religious Dissent' are now sold and
circulated ; in fact, I have not put forth any copies even
of the second edition, since the time of its publication,
and this is out of print so far as my knowledge goes.
Some one, therefore, must have been giving, I conceive,
a fresh publication of that also without my leave.'—l am,
my Lord Bishop (Elect), most faithfully yours,
" S. Oxon

The Lord Bishop of Hereford (Elect)."
" Hyde-park-gate, Kensington, Jan. 26.
" My Lord,—l did not authorise Mr. Faulkner to
publish my letter to him, nor the Provost of Oriel to
communicate to your/ Lordship the note to him, from
which you have extracted the passage contained in your
letter of the 24th instant.

" Each was intended only for the person to whom it
was addressed. I regret that either has gone further.
" The statements contained in my note to the Provost,
and extracted from it by your Lordship, are of course
perfectly true; I never denied or wished to deny them,
but I never desired or even contemplated their commu-
nication to your Lordship.
" I have the honour t 3 be, my Lord,
" Your Lordship's faithful servant,
" R. D. HEREFORD.
" The Lord Bishop of Oxford."

TIIE LATE FIRES IN DIJKINTIELD.—Sir George
Grev, her Majesty's Secretary of State, having been
put in possession of the facts relative to the fires which
have taken place at the cotton-mill of Messrs. Binns
and Dean, has (in addition to the 1001. reward offered
by the firm for the conviction of the offenders) offered
another 100/. on behalf of the Government.--Liverpool
Mercury.
EXECUTION AT SMYRNA.—A letter from Smyrna
of the 20th ultimo relates, that on the preceding Satur-
day a Mussulman was executed in the Bazar for the
murder of another about ten months before. The family
of the culprit offered the widow of his victim 20,000
piastres as price of blood, but she refused, and, claiming
the execution of the lex talionis, insisted upon having
blood for blood. To obtain this, she made two journeys
to Constantinople. She went with the assassin to the
place of execution, and remained till the executioner had
performed his sanguinary office. The same letter also
states that Mr. G. Wilson, a shipchandler, being at-
tacked by a furious dog, and having shot the animal
with a pocket pistol, the owner, enraged at the fate of
his dog, whose attack he not only did not attempt to
prevent, but even seemed to enjoy, immediately rushed
upon Mr. Wilson with a knife, and wounded him so
desperately that he expired the next day. The mur-
derer, an aged Greek, was taken into custody, and de-
livered up to the local authorities.
The adjourned meeting of the Protectionist com-
moners took place yesterday at the residence of Mn
Bankes, M.P. There is no longer any doubt as to the
future leader of the Protectionist party. Lord dGraab Granby
has, as we announced on Tuesday, succeeded Lord G.
Bentinck in that unenviable office.
known ;Mr
W.eakley's Weakle
SUICIDE 05' AN IN NICEErEIt.
proprietor of the hotel .
d post. An inquest was
Devonport, committed suicide on Sunday morning last
by hanging himself to the 0
held on Monday,
The deceased had been in a very low state of
returned. and a verdict f." Tempary Insanity"
mind for some months past.
UEST.—THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH
ELILiv.Q Yesterday an inquest was held at
liorw'sough Armsrdpublichouse, public-house,
before Mr. Carter, the coroner for East
South-street,
-respectable jury, on the remains of
Surrey,
huTaerer
ore:jr:: riv
ya
highly
Sarah Davey, a young woman twenty one years of age,
Ivliose death was supposed to have been caused by her
hasty removal to that neighbourhood, after her prema-
ture delivery of a seven months' child. It will be re-
membered that the father of the deceased not being
satisfied as to the circumstances attending the death of
his daughter, instituted the present inquiry. After a
lengthened investigation, the jury returned a verdict of
"Natural death."
THE LORD BISHOP Or MANCHESTER..—The
enthronization of Dr. Lee, Lord Bishop of this diocese,
will now, we can state with certainty, be proceeded with
on Friday morning, in the choir of the cathedral. From
the limited area of the place, it is determined to give
access to not more than 200 individuals (besides the
clergy, who will be admitted only in their gowns), and
tickets of admission are to be issued.—Manchester
Courier.

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