The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-11 00:00:00

BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, Dtc. 6.—ln the sitting of the Chamber of
tho Representatives to-day, M. Meerus treated at length
the subject which he merely touched upon in the pre-
ceding sitting, namely, the necessity of creating a real
monetary system in Belgium.
The Hon. Minister was listened to with very great at-
tention by the Chamber, especially by the Minister of
Finance, who declared in the name of the Government
that he was going seriously to consider this subject.
The number of witnesses who have been heard in the
affair of the conspiracy amounts to 485. The prelimi-
nary investigations are nearly terminated.
GENERAL SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGE-

BENT OF THE NATIONAI:
The Directors of the General Society have the honour
to inform the public that they have ascertained that
notes of the General Society for I,ooof. have been fabri-
cated, probably in England, and sent from London to
Belgium, where they arrived yesterday.
These notes having been immediately recognised as
f6rgeries at the office where they were presented, the
Directors, have reason to believe that there are but few
of them, and that there are none in circulation in Belgium.
The Directors, however, think it their duty to acquaint
the public with this fact, and to state the marks by which
the forged I,ooof. notes may be recognised. The stamps
are tatliy executed, especially that of the General Society.
The General Society applies a moveable stamp at the
back of every note, the impression of which on one
note nover resembles that on another. In the forged
notes, the part of the impression which accompanies
them is similar on every note, arid the border of the im-
pression is much broader than on the genuine note.
The paper employed by the forgers is badly imitated ;
it is much more opaque, and of a darker blue, inclining
to green.
The transparent opaque figures are more heavy, and
less pure in shape. The most evident sign of forgery,
which the public may immediately discover by laying the
notes on a table, is that, on the whole of the back of the
forged notes, the impression is not to be seen, whereas
the back of the genuine notes visibly shows the impres-
sion of the printed character. All the figures, the num-
bers, the signatures, and all that is written, are badly
your) terfeited.

The notes hitherto recognised as forgeries beai• the
impression of the following words, applied to the back
of those notes, by means of an oval stamp :—" James
Belt. Son, and Company, money changers and dealers in
bullion, 85 and 86, Cheapside, London." Persons who,
notwithstanding these indications, may desire to ascer-
tain whether the 1,000 franc notes in their hands are
genuine, may apply to the office of the General Society,
where a dry stamp, and the signature of two of the
cashiers, will he immediately affixed to them, unless the
bearer prefers changing them for money.
(Signed) COUNT DE MEERUS, the Governor.
GREBAN, the Secretary.
Brussels, Dec. 5, 1841.

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.
A letter from Paris, quoted by the Prussian State
Gazette, mentions a chart of the fortifications of Paris,
made by an odicer of artillery, the son of the Vendean
Chief Stofflet. This map is said to be extremely curious,
as showing the lines of tire commanding different quar-
ters of Paris and its environs. It pretends to prove that
the Palaf!e at Neuilly, the Tuilleries, the Louvre, and
the Palais Royal, with the road along the Champs Ely_
sees, are all sate from balls and shells.

The St. Petersburgh papers mention several shocks of
earthquake felt in the district of Nachitchevan, between
the Ist and Bth of May last, by which, however, not
much damage seems to have been dune. On the 31st of
August a violent shuck of earthquake was felt at njne-
Talid, (Hi the western slope of the Ural mountains, ac-
companied by a brilliant aurora borealis.
The Minia-er of Commer:e is collecting at the present
moment materials for a legislative measure to modify the
present 4g,reultural system in Fiance, whereby lard is
allowei to lie fallow one year out of throe.
We havc ric:ived the Mairid pal era of this 29th ult.
There is no political news of much interest in them.—
Thc Evi eta lot, a Government paper, contradicts the
rumours of a commercial testy having been negociatel
with E tgland ; suchrr
a treav, it says, was never even
thought of. -By moving the Cus!o.n-house line to the
Bidassoa from the Ebro,'• it adds, " it wishes to show
that it is independent both of France add England."
A raz.s, on a :.mall scale, was executed at Bona on the
14th ult., Ivhen a column of 1,690 men, infantry, cavalry,
and artillery, under Major-General Rand„,, went on to
the territory of the Beni Amer, where a subject of the
Spehis- load lost his life some time before. Sixteen of
the natives were decapitated, and the cattle met with
were carried off
the camps
erected round Paris, for the
fortifications.
The troops in
t
have been dispensed from parties.ir ti
ng in
the works till March next,
but still remain in
heir pre-
sent stations.
-ne Two lsnelioly accidents have recently occurred in
' -
the fashionable world at Vienna. The Countess Illes-
hazy was reading
cr in bed, to which she was confined i;).
taper caught the curtains, set the
indisposition, when her
bed in . Haws. and the lin
fortunate lady was so dread-
fully burnt, that she died next morning. On the same
day the Count Lugansky, of the Cuirassiers, was thrown
from his horse and killed.
0.-
by Mr. Young, an En,
The Phalanstere established . _
0,. Fortier, in the
lishinan, who is a passionate disciple /
fincient Abbey of Citeaux, is maml;recruited from the
Jura,"
of Gredisans, has
says the &mei/idle of that department. M. Re-
verehon, of Chateau Chalon,
property to the
left off farming, and abandoned allMt'yorhis
management of others, to . place himself at the head of
the labourers in this new community. Madame Mig-
noret is at this time conducting her children to Citeaux,
and her husband leaves his Champagne manufactory to
.tape the direction of its external affairs. Many persons
of bath sexes are about to follow."

It is stated that the expenses of the occupation of, and
'Veracious in Africa this year are estimated at 100 mil-
-11,...18 of franc:: (4,000,000/.)—Constitutionnet

LORD. MAYOR FROM TILE BORDERS.—Most
Of our rt,adcrs are aware that Sir Peter Laurie, who was
recently raise:l to the. civic chair, if not a native, was
:eared in JAibut rdl. Alderman Pirie, the present Lord
Mayor, is a native ,-)f Dmise, but spent his years of pro-
bational business at Kelso. Besides these two gentle-
men, this neighboerhood can boast of having provided
another ta tho list of the Chief Magistrates of London—
Alderman Bridges, being the son of the gardener of
Orybuqkb, Who
substituted fur his patroiymic of Briggs
the more aristocratic term of Bridges.—Aelso Chronicle.
On I'riday night week, the Perseverance, Evans,
of Carnarvon, from Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) for Dub-
lin, was totally wrecked on kfiwk Sound, to the north-
ward of this harbour. Three of the crew found a watery
grave, the master only being saved. Ile spent the first
sight in a cave the next day, in attempting to climb up
tike rocks, missed his footing, and fell into the sea from
ank overhanging rock of forty feet in height. He suc-
ceeded in regaining the cave, where he spent another
night, and on the following morning got to the top of
the cliff. He was found in the deer park of W. C. A.
Philips, Esq., of St. Bride's Hill, in very weak state,
from want of food, and injuries received ar,;•,;Pzst the
socks, and taken to a ueighbou4ng farm-house.