The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-07 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, JUNE 4.—The Chamber of Representatives
has concluded to-day the first vote on . the subject of
law relating to the different duties. The several pro-
posali of the Minister of the Interior were successively
adopted. The articles relative to the naturalisation of
foreign ships was amended, and it was decided that ships
originally Belgian, which now sail under foreign colours,
may be exempted from paying the duty of 30 francs per ton,
provided that the application for naturalisation be made
within three months after the promulgation of the law, and
that they are unexceptionable in respect to good construc-
tion and sea-wort hiness.

The 3d article of the law, which is relative to measures of
reprisals, was reserved to be discussed in a Secret Committee.
ST. PETERSBURGII, MAY 23.—His Majesty the Emperor
left us so suddenly, on the night of the 21st, for Zarskojeselo,
and thence to Berlin, and thence to London, that every body,
on perceiving that the imperial flag was taken down from the
winter palace, imagined that his Majesty was only gone for
a few days to Moscow, to be present at the funeral of Prince
Golyzin, whose mortal remains were to arrive about that
time, from Paris.

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LUND.—A very important donation has been made to our
Carolina Academy. A Mr. Wollmer has given it his great
estate, Haerkeberga, near Malse, which is worth half a mil-
lion dollars.

BERLIN, JUNE 3.—The report is revived that a great Con-
gress of Sovereigns will shortly take place in Germany, at which
the Emperors of Russia and Austria, and the King of Prussia
will take part. Carlsbad is spoken of as the place of meeting,
near to which is Count Metternich's great estate of Konigs-
warth. It seems certain that the Emperor of Russia, on his
return from London, will make a considerable stay at Vienna,
in the duchy of Nassau, and afterwards at Bohemia Spa.

INGENIOUS RolmEnr.—About six months ago two
men, named Bovington and Andrews, were convicted of a
robbery at the copper-mills at Esher, belonging to Lord
Hotham and Sir George Berkeley. It was at that time sup-
posed that a man named Reuben Hunt, who was an engineer
and a manager of the mill, had some knowledge of the rob-
bery, but he absconded, and it was only .a few days ago that
police-constable Rogers, of the D division, happened to see
him in Piccadilly, and, knowing the circumstances, took him
into custody, Two examinations of Hunt have taken place
before the Kingston magistrates, and upon those occasions
some curious circumstances were elicited respecting the rob-
bery. In consequence of the individuals who had rented
the mill of Lord Hotham having become bankrupts, the
mill had been shut up, but one of the persons already con-
victed was placed upon the premises. By an ingenious con-
trivance, the brass screws were taken off the paper presses,
and also a quantity of brass from a large water-wheel. All
the cavities were filled up with clay, which was rubbed over
with brass filings, so that the casual observer could net detect
the change, and it was only upon close inspection that
the cheat was detected. No less than 1781bs of brass
was taken from the presses, and although the metal
as old brass could not be very valuable, yet the
presses in their original state coat a good deal of
money.' It appears that great confidence had been placed
in Hunt, and before the discovery of the robbery Mr. La •
coste, the agent of Lord Hotham, offered to recommend him
strongly as an engineer. A solicitor, who attended before
the magistrate on the part of the prisoner, endeavoured to
show that the property did not belong to Lord Hotham, but
to the creditors of the late lessees, and therefore that the
question must be decided in a superior court. The magistrates,
however, overruled the objection, and a great many deposi-
tiOns were taken, preparatory, as it was understood, to the
committal of Hunt for trial.

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NOVELTY RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—Immense
trains (one of them consisting of forty-three carriages, drawn
by three engines), have passed along the Manchester and
Leeds line during the past week, filled with children and
teachers from the many Sunday and other schools in
Lancashire. The total number of children that visited Wake-
field by these trip trains was not less than twenty thousand!
who were carried from the stations on the line to Wakefield
and back for sixpence each ! the teachers being allowed to
accompany them on payment of 2s. 6d. each. Crowds of in-
terested spectators have assembled daily to witness the ar-
rival and departure of the delighted little ones, whose velvet
jackets and clogs formed a curious contrast to the light-
dressed children of Wakefield. Bands of music accompanied
the various trains, and the children, on reaching Wakefield,
paraded the town in procession. We heard of only one acci-
dent that occurred is the transit of the entire twenty thou-
sand, and that was to a little girl, who slipped from one of
the waggons while alighting, and broke her arm.—Fork
Courant.

Another large shipment of horses was made on
Sunday last by the steam-ship Antwerpen, Captain Jackson,
from the St. Katharine's-wharf, Tower ; they were animals
of great beauty, purchased here by Mr. Franois, a Brussels
horsedealer. Amongst the passengers to Antwerp were Lady
Hotham, Miss De Trafford, Mr. Spencer de Horsey, and
other fashionables. The steamer returned to the wharf
yesterday morning, after a favourable passage of only 19 hours.
The officers of her Majesty's ship Illustrious are
about to erect a monument, at Bermuda, to the memory of
their late lamented friend and companion, Mr. Wm. Wilbra-
ham, who fell a sacrifice to the climate of West Indies on
the 15th of March last.

A VETERAN PLOUGHMAN.—In the parish of Kirk-
oswald, there lives at present a "brawny ploughman chiel,"
who, during the last and the present century, has perhaps
prepared as much land for the reception of the seed, as any
living ploughman in "braid Scotland." This "hardy eon of
rustic toil," although in the 77th year of his age, ploughed,
during the course of the last pleuch-time, upwards of thirty
Scotch acres ; and he is still ready, with a pair of " gude
naigs," to " put his hand to the plough," and, without looking
back, he will undertake, for two or three days, to turn over as
much land as any of his more, youthful competitors.—Ayr
Observer. •

CASUAL LABOURERS OF LONDON.—At the present
semi* no less than 600 to 800 hands are temporarily employed
at Covent-garden market in shelling peas.