The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-22 00:00:00

BRUSSELS PAPERS.

BRUSSELS, JULY 16.—A great number of shipowners of
Brussels and Antwerp have presented a petition to the Cham-
ber of Representatives, calling its attention to the present
state of our mercantile navy, which continues to decline more
and more. To prevent its' total destruction, they require that
timber of every kind, dried fish, fruits, tar, pitch, and wines
shall not be imported for consumption by any but Belgian
ships; that they shall not be admitted to the entrepot for tran-
sit and re-exportation, and that every other articles of foreign
produce imported by foreign ships shall be subject to a duty on
consumption high enough to allow Belgian shipowners the same
chance of success as those of foreign nations, in voyages to dis-
tant countries to exchange Belgian produce for such articles
as we want for our own consumption.
In the course of next month the hotel of the Count de
Bethune will be sold by his order. It is one of those that suf-
fered the most on the 6th of April.

The Hotel de Duras is also to be sold.
ANTWERP, JULY 18.—The Dutch gun-boat which we have
got up in the folder of Burght; will be quite afloat next
week. It is No. 12. At the destruction of the flotilla before
Antwerp, after the surrender of the citadel, it was com-
manded by ensign Peterson. Among other things already
taken out are a cannon, a thirty-pounder, a portrait of Van
Sheft, and some muskets, sabres, and swords.
Several Dutch deserters have arrived to-dap Most of them
swam across the Scheldt, with their clothes in a bundle tied
round their bodies.
A letter from Maestrecht states that the Dutch Government
is sending home with unlimited furloughs all the Belgian artil-
lerymen in its service, and that the same measure will be
shortly taken with respect to the Belgians in the infantry.
The Moniteur publishes a Royal Decree, which orders that
inventories shall be made of the several collections of MS S.
forming the archives of the kingdom, and of the other depots
belonging to the state, which shall be printed at the public
expense, and copies sent to the archives of all the public bodies
and to the public libraries.
The Chamber of Representatives continued yesterday the
debate on the Corn Law.

The Courrier Beige, says on this subject :
" The Chamber completed yesterday all the mischief it
could do the country by the Corn Law now under discussion.
All the palliations which were brought forward as amend-
ments by some adversaries of the project were decidedly re-
jected, from that proposed three days ago by M. Lardinois,
against the maximum and minimum, to that presented yesterday
by the Minister of the interior, to prevent at least the max-
imum and minimum from leading to absolute prohibition of
importation and exportation."—Brussels Papers, July 20.

Harvest has already commenced in the neighbour-
hood of Newark, and the corn in many places is ready for
the sickle.—Stamford News.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—We are informed
by a gentleman who witnessed the fact, that, on the Bth inst.,
no less a number than 700 salmon and grilse were taken in a
stake-net during one single tide, at Loch Snizort in the Isle of
Skye. We understand that salmon from that station are sell-
ing at Portree, a distance of about twenty miles, at 2d. per
pound.—Scotsman.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—Mr. T. Taylor,
corn-dealer, of Northleach, has now on his premises a litter
of four young foxes, which are suckled by a cat. The
vixen fox brought forth her cubs four weeks ago in a rabbit
hole at Ragley, where they were found and taken from her
when a day old ; they were then placed with a cat whose
kittens had been drowned, ?.nd she has ever since suckled
them.—Cheltenham Journal.

Saturday an inquest was held at the Old George,
Drury-lane, on the body of Mr. Peter Milligan, aged 68. The
deceased, who was master of several languages, and a man of
great ability, amassed a large fortune by a business which he
carried on in a town in Yorkshire. About twelve months ago
he took a trip to Newport, leaving his family behind him, and
his property in the care of a legal gentleman, in whom he re-
posed great trust ; this person, as alleged, betrayed his friend,
and having transferred the property by some legal process to
another person, went into the King's Bench. The deceased
fell into deep depression of mind on hearing this. On coming
to London, where he remained some time in Euston-square,
with a nephew, he found that he could not recover his pro-
perty, and on Friday night he was discovered hanging in a
room which he had engaged in the Old George. Several
letters from his wife, entreating him to return home, were
found on him. Verdict, " Temporary insanity."

OUTRAGEOUS AND MURDEROUS ATTACK ON
THREE FEMALES.—On Sunday evening, about nine o'clock,
the inhabitants of Hanover-terrace, Sussex-place, and the
vicinity of the Regent's Park, were thrown into great excite-
ment and alarm, by a monster having dreadfully wounded, by
stabbing, three females with a dagger, in the Regent's Park.
From the statement of the sufferers the following authentic
particulars have been gained. The first victim to the
wretch was a female servant, - cook in -the service of Mrs.
Ripley, residing at No. 18, Hanover-terrace, Regentl Park,
who was returning to her mistress's residence, when, in
crossing Sussex-place, leading to Hanover-terrace, which is
rather dark, the unfortunate woman was suddenly attacked
by •a ruffian, who, as she supposed, struck her a violent
blow a little above the hip. She screamed aloud, and pro-
ceeded towards home (at the same moment the monster
took to his heels, and ran along Sussex-place), when
she] discovered that she had been stabbed, from the great
quantity of blood that flowed into her shoes from the
wound. Assistance being procured, she was conveyed
to her home, and surgical assistance promptly procured.—
On examining the wound, it was discovered to be about an
inch above the hip, and one inch and a half in depth, sup-
posed, from the appearance of the orifice, to have been com-
mitted with a dagger, or dirk. Immediately after the wretch
had perpetrated his base and cowardly attack, he attacked two
ladies in Sussex-place, who were walking arm-in-arm towards
their residence in the Park-road, Regent's-park, whom un-
happily he wounded, both dreadfully, in the groin, and in-
stantly ran off in the direction of Baker-street, Dorset-square,
and unfortunately effected his escape ; the two ladies fell from
loss of blood, and were afterwards conveyed to their residence.
Information of this atrocious act was immediately communi-
cated to Mr. Superintendent Lazenby, of the D division, and
Captain Cardan, of the S division, in Great Albany-street,
Regent's-park. Yesterday morning Sergeant Hooker, an
experienced and active officer, belenging to the D division,
received orders to use his utmost endeavours to apprehend the
fiend in the shape of man. On inquiry yesterday morning,
the unfortunate sufferers were lying in a dangerous state. The
sensations which these brutal outrages have excited in the
minds of the females in the vicinity of the Regent's-park ex-
ceeds all possible description.
ALARMING FlRE.—Yesterday morning, at about
half-past three o'clock, the neighbourhood of Field-lane, Hol-
born, was thrown into the greatest alarm and confusion, in
consequence of a fire which broke out in the house of Mr.
Levy, a confectioner, of No. 7, Field-lane, which threatened
destruction to the neighbourhood. The fire was first disco-
vered by two policemen of the G division, who observed smoke
issuing in great bodies from the lower part of the shop, when
they instantly made an alarm, and forced through the shop
windows, on which the flames rushed out with great violence,
and the whole of the back part of the premises were one body
of fire. The alarm was soon spread, and in a short time the
inmates of the neighbouring house were seen running about
nearly in a state of nudity with their children and furniture to
places of refuge, and the sight was most distressing. Mr.
Levy, who is a wooden-legged man, and lets out lodgings to
the poorer class of persons, fortunately had no lodgers in his
house that night, and he was the only individual in the house
at the time of the fire ; and, on being awoke, he made his es-
cape out of the first floor window, with the assistance of the
officers, unhurt. The flames soon reached to an alarming
height, and communicated to the adjoining house, and
before the arrival of the engines both houses were in one
mass of flames, and threatened destruction to the
whole of Field-lane, the houses in whit are very
slightly . built. The wind, however, tooka contrary
direction, and blew towards West-street, to an easterly
point, which saved the neighbourhood. In about half
an hour after the commencement of the fire, Had-
dington, the Hatton-garden officer, and a strong party of
police, with engines and firemen, assembled on the spot, and
with a plentiful supply of water played on the burning premi-
ses, there being four houses in flames at the time. In about
an hour after the commencement of the fire the roofs of Mr.
Levy's and the adjoining house fell in with a tremendous
crash. The firemen continued playing on the ruins and the
other two houses with the greatest activity until a late hour
yesterday morning, when all further danger was supposed to
be at an end. The whole of the furniture, &c., was completely
destroyed. The fire, it is said, communicated in consequence
of a candle having been left alight in the back parlour, the,
sparks from which fell among some shavings. Levy's house
it is said, was insured. During the conflagration the exertions
of the firemen were greatly impeded by a dog, whose ludicrous
manoeuvres were amusing, but ended nearly fatally to the poor
animal. While the parties were playing on the flames with
their engine pipes, the animal would jump at them and catch
hold of the pipes with his mouth, and all their efforts to make
him desist proved fruitless. At length one of the inmates of
the premises on fire threw out a bed from the second floor
window, which fell upon the dog, and he had much difficulty
in extricating himself from his awkward situation, but when
released he repeated his former conduct, until secured by his
master, who, it is said, belongs to the Watling-street esta-
blishment. The conduct of the police of the G division was
very praiseworthy in their efforts to extinguish the flames and
assist the inhabitants to save their goods and lives.

LONDON,
TUESDAY EV'ENING, JULY 22, 1834,

As we had anticipated, the motion of the LORD
CHANCELLOR for the second reading of the Poor
Laws' Amendment Bill, was carried in the House of
Lords last night by an overwhelming majority ; thirteen
only supporting Lord WYNFORD'S amendment. The
speech of the LORD CHANCELLOR.--WhiCh took up
two hours and a half in the delivery—was one of the
most luminous appeals to the understanding of the
House, and the good sense of the country, on a sub-
ject so important, ever delivered within the walls of
their Lordships' House. It was not only a clear ex-
position of the principles of the Bill, but a full refutation
of all the sophiStries that had been urged against it. His
Lordship admirably pointed out the baleful evils—the
utter heartlessness—the idleness--the gross immorality
—the drunkenness---7the wlsteful and extravagant habits,
of the poor—the destruction of all frank and honest
confidence between masters and servants, which had
been engendered by the present abominable system of
Poor Laws. He showeitiliat the poor were not to
blame for this ; that these miseries which were paraly-
zing the industry of the country—which were turning
merry England into a' gloomy wilderness, only lighted
by the fitful fires of the incendiary—were not to be
laid at the door of the working classes generally,. but
the legislature which had sanctioned a system which
of necessity produced these evils.
There was something painfully ludicrous in the dis-
play made by Lord WYNFORD, and those Peers who
supported his Lordship's Amendment for throwing
out the Bill. That Noble and Learned Lord,
who appeared not to have read the Bill, came
down to the House armed with the arguments
furnished yesterday morning, by a very able, but a
most inconsistent contemporary ; and doubtless ex-.
pected to carry all before him by the Tory war-cry of
the " Constitution in danger." There was nothing like
local legislation in the opinion of the opponents of
the Bill. Unions of parishes were desperate experi-
thents ; general laws or rules were insane tamperings
with the temper of the people ; and as to interfering
with their pockets—why, it was the very acme of des-
potism—the climax of tyranny. If O'CONNELL was
under the bar of the House last night, his heart must
have been gladdened to hear his darling project of a
repeal of the Union advocated, and the principle car-
ried out to an extent which the great Agitator
never contemplated. All he wanted was a pro-
vincial Parliament ; but, according to the Noble
Peers who opposed the Poor Laws' Amendment
Bill, there should be a Parliament in every parish--
every hamlet should be able to boast of its own pecu-
liar code of laws—every village have its eyes turned to
its own little senate—and every stream and cross-road
mark the boundary beyond which retributive justice
dare not proceed without renewed powers. " What !"
cried a Noble Lord, " attempt the government of the
poor by an uniform system of legislation I Why, every
parish requires laws fitted to itself !" Well might a
scornful smile play on the lips of the CHANCELLOR
when he heard this defence of feudalism in the nine-
teenth century. And well may the country feel asto-
nished, when it sees among the sophistries which
have been urged against this Bill, that forsooth I
it will have a tendency (so argues a Morning
contemporary) to shake that stability of the throne