The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 184 i.

carriages; wound, one case (suicide); drowning, five
cases, of which one was stated to be suicide ; hanging,
two cases (suicides); scald, one case; and suffocation,
three cases. Total, seventeen males (including one
case put to tetanus), and four females. The ther-
mometer was highest on Friday, 67.5, and lowest on
Thursday, 49 6 degrees. The quantity of rain in
inches was 0.92, the highest amount for the last four
months.

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL.
BRUSSELS, Ancusr 17.—There was a grand dinner the
day before yesterday at the Palace of Lacken, at which
were present Lord and Lady Palmerston, Mr. Waller,
Secretary, to the English Legation at Brussels ; Mr.
Conway, Comptroller of the Civil List, and many other
persons of distinction.

Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, a robust man.
decently dressed, and who appeared to be either intoxi-
cated, or out of his mind, insisted on entering the King's
palace, affirming that his Majesty had invited him to
dinner, and that he was resolved on seeing h!m. He
said he was from Beckerzeel, and that his name was De-
troch. He was conveyed to the Permanenio ; and having
been interrogated by the examining Judge, lodged in the
Petits Carmes till some information respecting him shall
be obtained.

The Journal of Liege, of the 16th, says :—" The rain
which has fallen in torrents without interruption for
these two days has suddenly swollen our rivers. The
Ourthe, the Verdre, and the Embleve, have overflowed,
and have carried away several stacks of timber which
were on the banks, and which the rapid rise of the water
made it impossible to save. The Meuse has risen five
feet since yesterday,' and causes serious alarm to the
inhabitants•of La Boveria, who suffered seriously by the
inundation in March last."

BRUSSELS, AUG. 18.—It seems to be now certain that
the dikes of the Polder of Lillo cannot be completed this
year.

We receive very distressing accounts of the damage
done by the inundation of the Ourthe and the Verdre.
The iron railway between Cologne and Aix-la-Cha-
pelle is blocked up by a fall of earth, occasioned by the
rains. In consequence of this accident, tickets could
not be delivered yesterday to travellers who wanted to go
to the first of these two cities. Workmen are employed
to clear the railway as speedily as possible.
BRUSSELS, Auc. 19.—The King and Queen will go
this week to Ostend. The young Prince and the Prin-
cess are expected there, and everything is in readiness at
the Palace for their reception.
THE HAGUE, AUG. 20.—Their Majesties the King
and Queen will leave the Hague to-morrow (Wednes-
day), in the afternoon, for Weimar.
Bois DR Duc, Auo. 19.—The water is rising in an
alarming manner, and, unless it speedily falls, we shall
have a terrible inundation. It wants only, sixteen inches
to reach the level of the dike round the town. This
morning an express has come from the Groenendyk, and
we hear that a detachment of Lancers has been sent to
prevent the people from wantonly cutting through the
dike.

THE HAGUE, AUG. 20.—1 t is with great regret that
we announce that the Court has received the afflicting
news of the death of the Grand Duchess Alexandria,
consort of Prince Frederick of Hesse, and niece of our
august Queen.—Journal de la Rage, Aug. 21.