The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 19.—0 n the 17th, the English
sieamer the Duke of Corr wall arrived at Ostend, with
the Empress Dowpger of Brazil, who is travelling oneer
the name of Countess Mondello Her Majesty, with her
daughter she Duchess Braganca, set out on the 18th at
seven o'clock by a special train for Aix la Chapelle.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 20.—The political discussion on the
address was terminated to-day in the Chamber of
Deputies. The amendment proposed ry Mr. Rogier,
which raised the question of confidence, or, more pro-
perly speaking, of distrust in the Ministry, was rejected
by a majority of b 2 to 32. Thus the Chamber, by a
majority of 10, has decided against the opposition.
The Chamber then commenced the discussion on the
paragraphs.
The examination of the budgets in the Chambers is
either terminated or very nearly so in the sections.
Several of them have commenced the examination of
the project law, relative to the several measures to be
taken, in consequence of the dearness of provisions, and
on the crisis of our linen manufacture. _

In the first section, Mr. Rodenbach proposed, and was
supported by several Members, that the credit for one
million two hundred thousand francs asked by the Go-
vernment to assist those communes the resources of
which shall be proved insufficient, shall be raised to double
that sum.
Complaints have lately been made respecting the high
price and scarcity of cast iron in Belgium, and on the
high import duties on foreign iron. We will only ob-
serve, that since the law of the 4th March, 1846, upon
the entreptits, that inconveniecce may easily be reme-
died, as respects articles destined to be re-exported.
Very lately we expressed a hope that merchants of
Antwerp might find it possible, by making some efforts
to attend to Antwerp the steamers which an American
Company is fitting out for speedy organization of a line
of steamers to trade with our continent with the inter-
vention of the Government of the limited states.
A letter from Bremen addressed to the Augsburyh
Gazette, announces to-day that this communication will
shortly be organized between New York and Bremen.
All other nations says the correspondent, have attempted
in vain to obtain this advantage. France is said to have
desired it for Havre, England for Liverpool, Belgium
for Antwerp, Holland for Rotterdam, and Denmark for
Gluckstadt. The correpondent continues by enumerating
the advantages which this negotiation will procure to
Germany, which he seems to consider as already realised.
A terrible accident took place yesterday at half-past
seven in the evening in the coal mine of Saint Barbe,
near Leruing. Seven workmen were going down into a
shaft about 200 yards in depth, they had descended only
a few yards, when the rope broke, and the unfortunate
men fell to the bottom. Their death was instantaneous.
They were so dreadfully mutilated that it was necessary
to call all the workmen together in order to identify the
dead bodies.
DUTCH FUNDS.--AMSTERDAM, Nov. 16.
Money. Bills
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.... •• • .... 581,¢ 5834
Ditto, 3 per Cent .... • ............• 70% 71
Ditto, 4 per Cent... .......... 9114 92
Amort Syndic, 334 per Cent • ... • • .... 87% 88
Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .. 171 1721
East India Loan, 4 per Cent
Exchange on London, at sight .•.•• • • • • 12 • 12 02
Two months... ••• . • ....... 11 95
On Hamhurgh, at sight • . 35 62
Two months.. • .. • • • •
On Paris • ••••••• • • • • • • •
Two nonths. ..
--Dutch Papers. Nov. :7.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Nov. 13.
Bills, Money.
St. Schuld Sch., 31,¢ per Cent ..• ...... • • 93
Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent......
Foreign Exchanges . ..
Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 2 Months. 6 2234
AUSTRIAN F UNDS.—VIEN NA, Nov. 10.
5 per Cent. Metalliques... •• • •• • • ........ 108%
4 per Cent. 9954
3 per Cent. ditto .. ...... . 70%
Loan, 1834 .... ........ , • •• • •
Ditto, 1839 • . •• • . .• . . .
Bank Shares • • • • .....
Esterhazy's Loan .....• • • . •••••• • • • • •

AGITATION N OT REQUISITE FOR

POPULARITY.

It has been said from days of yore that popularity
could not be obtained in the political world unless by
agitation. In the memorable year 1829, though his
Grace of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel carried the
measure of honourable amelioration towards the Ro
man Catholics, still they were far from being popular
in its usually understood phrase. In 1840, and years
prior, the consummate skill and talent of Sir Robert
were acknowledged by many learned and disinterested
persons, still, being the chief of a powerful party, the
leader of a haughty aristocrocy, many of whom had
virulently opposed the people, he (Sir Robert) was
viewed with suspicion by the masses. His connexions
ruined him. But, when 1846 dawned, when the speech
of his life was delivered, thereby shipwrecking the ill-
directed power of an intolerant party for ever—when
the malignancy of an oligarchy had no limits, when the.
Premier was truly sacrificing the sovereignty of power
by a conscientious concession, when he spoke with dig-
nified eloquence, rebuking, convicting, and calmly ex-
posing with the terrible force of a master-spirit, the
sophistries, slanders and mis-statements of his defamers,
the people were amazed ; they marvelled at his temerity,
they wondered at his exhibition of manly firmness, his
noble bearing when savagely bearded by nobles (I); they
stood astounded at his continued adherence to them ;
going to work, at their meals, or returning from work,
he was the theme ; the contest raged in Lords and Com-
mons, and calumny bitterly assailed Peel ; the people
were intently watching ; the final night arrived ;
rancour poured out its vials, and the recipients of mono
poly ran the gauntlet of shameful invention; Peel's
hour had come; the people were waiting the fate of their
measure with painful anxiety; Peel's speech was delivered,
shattering, crumbling, pulverising, and destroying all
the advanced opposition, and electrifying with astonish-
ing effect even his antagonists with the attainments and
qualifications of his mind and unbounded researches;
the people hailed him with raptures; he reigned in their
hearts and became the most popular man of the day
without one attempt at agitation.—From a Correspondent.

PRESENTATION OF COLOURS TO THE 36TH REGI-
MENT, AT WEEDON.—At ten o'clock on Tuesday morn
ing the 36th Regiment was form d into three sides of ii
square, in front of the officers' quarters, when shortly
after. the Lieutenant-General commanding, Sir Thomas
Arbuthnot, appeared on the ground, accompanied by his
pers-mal staff. The day was unusually fine, and nothing
could exceed the brilliancy of the whole scene, the aris-
tocracy, clergy, and gentry of the neighbourhood and
surrounding country having assembled to witness this
interesting ceremony, upon the invitation of the officers
of the regiment. The usual ureliminaries having been
arranged, and the new colours placed in front of the
square on a drum head the earrison chaplain, the Rev.
G. P. Bennett, proceeded to d, liver a few remarks pre-
vious to the presentation taking place. It would be im •
possible to conceive anything more chaste and classical
that the eloquent speech made by the reverend gentle-
man on this occasion ; his address and enunciation were
the theme of universal admiration. This done, the
chaplain preceeded to deliver a shi .rt prayer in consecrat-
ing the new colours. Immediately after the Lieutenant-
General addressed the soldiers in .an able and heart
stirring speech, reverting to the former noble deeds of
the gallant corps, which was well responded to by Lieu- i
tenant-Colonel Ashmore, in a [short but appropriate
speech, in which he thanked the Lieutenant-General on
his own part and that of the regiment, for the very hand-
some terms in which he had spoken of the corps. The
usual forms having been gone through, this interesting
ceremony was concluded by three cheers for the Queen,
and three cheers for the regiment, to which was added
three cheers more by request of the Lieutenant-General,
in honour of the ladies who had graced the happy scene
that day with their presence. At two o'clock a magnifi-
cent dejeuner a la fintrchette was prepared in the mess-
room, to which nearly three hundred of the neighbour-
ing nobility, clergy, and gentry sat down, on the invi-
tation of the officers of the regiment. The tables groaned
with the viands, and every delicacy that the season could
afford ; sparkling Burgundy and hock liberally circu-
lated, and the attention and urbanity displayed by the
ladies of the regiment, and the officers also, were most
conspicuous, each vying with the other in attention and
devotion to their guests. The company separated at
three o'clock, but re-united again at six o'clock in the
evening, when dancing, polkaing, waltzing, &c., were
resorted to, and the day's festivity was closed by a most
magnificent supper. Thus ended a day's amusement,
which will be long remembered in the garrison of Weedon.
—Northampton Mercury.
AMERICAN SUPPLIES.—The latest arrivals at the
ports of London and Liverpool, from the United States
and British provinces of North America, of provisions
and edibles of various descriptions, have, according to
an official and correct return, comprised the following:—
The Louisa Bliss, from Baltimore, brought 2,416 barrels
of flour, 50 barrels of corn meal, 13,311 bushels of Indian
corn, 1,050 of hams, and 1,000 shoulders of bacon; the
Virginian, from New York, 13,029 bushels of Indian
corn, 178 barreli of apples, 1,993 barrels of flour,
300 kegs of butter, 13 kegs of pork, 200 tierces of rice,
878 barrels of lard, and 233 boxes of cheese ; the
Dyson, from Montreal, 1,501 barrels of flour, 100 bar-
rels of oatmeal, several of apples, 55 barrels of onions
(a novel article of importation from Canada), and
4,266 bushels of wheat ; the Quebec, from New
York, 3.944 boxes of cheese, 30 barrels of onions,
63 barrels of apples, 195 barrels of flour, 810 barrels
of pork, 58 tierces of beef, 5,962 bushels of maize
or Indian corn, and a variety of other productions; the
Cambride, from New York, 2,300 barrels of flour, 673
boxes of cheese. 610 barrels of apples, 88 barrels of
corn meal, 96 barrels and 11 tierces of peas, 150 barrels
of beet, 200 barrels of pork, 12,482 bushels of Indian
corn, and other produce; the Ann, from Montreal and
Q-iebec, 1,830 barrels of flour, 200 barrels of peas, 3,200
bushels of wheat, and 84 kegs of butter; the Rory
(]'More, from the same Canadian ports, 1.494 barrels of
flour, 125 kegs of flutter, 20 packages of onions, 5,500
bushels of wheat, &c.; the Atlas, trom Nrw York, 50
begs of corn meal, 2,740 bushels of Indian corn, 229
packages of pea:, 40 hogsheads of bacon, and the large
quantity of 9,944 barrels of flour; the Joshua Bates,
from Boston, 5,115 sacks and 7.265 bushels of
Indian earn, 207 barrels of apples, 162 barrels
of onions, 212 barrels of pork, 13 hogsheads
of hams, &c.; the Mahaica, from Montreal and
Quebec, 2,080 barrels of flour, 25 barrels of onions, 50
tierces of seed, 100 barrels of oatmeal, and the large
quantity of 357 kegs of butter; the Pacific, from New
York 6.039 packages of flour, 31 barrels of hams, and
10,070 bushels of Indian corn; the Tarolinta, also from
New York, 3,539 barrels of flour, 246 barrels of corn
meal, 100 barrels of apples, and 13.285 bushels and 200
bags of Indian corn; and the Rochester, from the same
port, 3,025 packages of cheese, 3,076 barrels of flour,
622 barrels of apples, 500 barrels of corn meal, 100
firkins of butter, 183 packages of beans and several cf
peas, 114 barrels of pork, 695 packages of lard, 120
barrels and 50 boxes of biscuits, and a variety of other
articles, altogeth-r comprising a very extensive cargo, the
produce of the United States of America. This list com-
prises the latest arrivals up to the present time, and is of
an important and extensive character.