The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-28 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, MARCH 23.—The King has put off for a few
days his intended visit to England.
The accounts which we receive of the effects of the late
inundation are very distressing. The damage done by the
overflowing at the Dyle is very great.
The hurricane of the 10th and 11th of this month did
much damage in several parts of the province of Brabant.
BRUSSELS, MARCH 25.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert
is expected at Ostend on Thursday. He will pass through
Belgium on his way to Coburg, but will not come to Brussels.
AUGSBURG, MARCH 21.—Letters from Gallicia and Mora-
via mention the discovery made by the Russian Custom-house
officers of immense quantities of smuggled goods in several
houses occupied by Jews, respecting which the most alarming
accounts are said to have been sent to St. Petersburgh. It
must be certified that this discovery comes very malapropos,
and that the Russian Jews on the frontier run the risk of
losing by this circumstance the feeling of compassion, and in-
terest in their fate, which was just beginning to be exerted
both in Russia and in Europe.—Allgemeine Zeitung, March 22.

MILITARY FLOGGING AT CIIATIIAM.—On Monday
morning, the 25th inst., one of those disgusting exhibitions
of corporal punishment in the army, was. inflicted on private
Martin Webber, of the 57th Regiment of Foot, on Chatham-
lines, in the presence of 3,000 men, belonging to the Provi-
sional Battalion. The whole of these troops assembled on
regimental parade in the square in front of the barracks,
when the sentence of the district court-martial, held on the
above prisoner last week, for threatening to shoot Captain
Jackson, captain of the prisoner's depot, was promulgated.
The troops. were-ofterworelsmsarelned off to the Spa battery,
under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel T. Edwin Kelly,
when the prisoner was to undergo the sentence of receiving
150 lashes. The prisoner, after being pinioned fo the triangle,
and receiving tfie firststroke of the lash, cried out " murder "

most lustily I and at every other infliction of the lash his cries
increased in force, and were heard at a considerable distance
from the spot, and owing to the desperate struggling of the
prisoner, the ropes that bound his arms to the triangle became
loosened, and at the eleventh stroke, it was found necessary
to tighten them ; the prisoner faintly begged " for mercy,
and would be a good soldier, if his further punish-
ment was remitted." The prisoner again received twelve
more stripes with the cat, when -it was ascertained to be
necessary, by Dr. French, of the Ist West India Regiment,
to stop all further punishment. The prisoner having gone
off into a convulsive fit, his pulse having ceased to beat, and
his face had turned quite black, he was immediately released
from his bondage by four soldiers who laid him on his back
on the grass, and it was several minutes before any anima-
tion could be observed ; he was afterwards removed to the
hospital : out of 150 lashes the prisoner only received 23.
He bears a most depraved character, and has been five years
in the service. The prisoner has also threatened to murder
Sergeant Phillips of the same regiment. -
PROPOSED NATIONAL MONUMENT TO NEWTON.—
Mr. Steele is reviving his long cherished project of the erec-
tion of a magnificent National Monument to Newton, which
he originated eighteen •years ago, by a letter from his own
college at Cambridge, and in promoting which he has had,
within' the last seven years, two petitions presented from him'
to Parliament. The first was presented by Lord Monteagle,
when Chancellor of the Exchequer, the second by Mr. Hume.
He revives the subject by a public letter to Lord Lincoln, the
Chairman of the Committee for the.lmprovement of the Me-
trop2lis.
VISIT OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT TO THE CON-
TINENT.-It is the intention of her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent shortly to proceed to Paris, where she will
sojourn a few days, en route for Switzerland, on a visit to her
sister, who will pass some months there. The departure of
her Royal Highness is postponed until the return of Prince
Albert. —Post.
THE THAMES TUNNEL.—Yesterday, the Fancy
Fair, which was commenced on Monday, in the Thames
Tunnel, was continued, but there was not so numerous an
attendance as on the two previous days, The Tunnel was
illuminated, and the shops decorated with evergreens and
ribands, and all remained in the same state as on the first day.
On Monday 10,178 peisons visited the Tunnel, on Tuesday
35,440, and on Wednesday 20,740, making altogether 66,367
persons, producing 2761. 10s. 7d. for the three days.
PRICE or BREAD.—According .to the average
price of wheat in the Edinburgh market, the 41b. loaf will
now be sold at sevenpence-halfpenny ready money or if 1
paid within a mouth, and eightpence credit —Edinburgh
Advertiser,

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE WS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 3,500 bales,
1,000 of which were on speculation. The market was very
dull, and prices were Ad. pe, lb. lower than on Saturday. An
average business was done in Railways, at steady prices.
Eastern Counties were 114, Edinburgh and Glasgow 64,
Grand Junction 232, Dublin and Cashel s*, South Western
Eights 4a, Manchester and Birmingham 47, Manchester and
Leeds, 114, Paris and Lyons 24, South Eastern 37.
Again we are without any colonial advices. The
Continental advices do not possess the least interest, if we
except a statement that a treaty of commerce had been
completed between the 'Loll Verein and the United States,
limited, however to certain specified articles. The informs=
tion upon this topic—important, if true, most unquestionably
—is very limited, and it is much questioned in well-informed
circles. But, admitting that the news is only partially
correct, how assiduous ought our Government to be
in counteracting the injuries that must be inflicted on our
commercial and manufacturing interests, by quietly allowing
other and rival States to fraternise, through the medium of
reciprocal treaties, and how much will Ministers have to
answer for by upholding the corn-laws, the master-grievance
and preventative, as respects an extension of demand for British
fabrics in foreign markets. This is a subject thought deeply
upon in the City among mercantile men, and is one . which, if
the policy of Sir Robert Peel as to the corn-laws, be much
longer continued, will have the sure effect of making his past
and warm adherents, determined and lasting opponents. One
reason for discrediting the report of the treaty alleged to
have been concluded is, that it is supposed to be contrary to
the engagements the United States have towards
England, to admit us to equal privileges with other
countries. We are not prepared to say how far
a special treaty might be construed as an exception to the
engageinent with us, as we shall still be on a footing with all
the States, but those in the Zollverein.
The Commissioners bought about 25,0001. Consols this
morning at 98i. Not a single bargain has been made to-day
in Consols for the Account. The New Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. have been quoted at 102/ g. Bank Stock at 2001, and
the premium upon Exchequer Bills is given at 68s. to 70s.
In the Foreign Stock Market the principal movement has
been in Spanish Bonds, the Actives having advanced from
251 to 26, and the Three per Cents, from 361 to 364. The
rig is progressing, to induce by the attainment of advanced
prices, the public to take portions of the new loan now in
embryo. Poi tuguese Converted Bonds have fallen to 454 ;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been quoted at
571 a ; and the Five per Cents. 1011 to 1021; Mexican
Stock is rather firmer at 361 * ; and Colombian ex-Venezue-
lian at 144.
The variations in the Railway Share Market have been but
slight to-day, nor has there been much business transacted.
The Cobre Copper Mine Shares have been sold at 9 dis-
count; and the St. John Del Rey Mining Shares at 1* dis.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 98%
New 3% per Cent. Annuities 1021¢%
Bank Stock for Account
Exchequer Bills, 1 %d. I%d
1,000/.
500/.
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto for the Account •104%
Columbian Bonds - 14%
Mexican Bonds, 1837,5 per Cent .......
Ditto for the Account. 36%
Ditto Deferred Stock 16%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Converted 45%
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 25% %
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Passive Bonds.
Ditto Deferred 15%
:c Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto for the Account.
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent
Ditto Deferred
Dutch 2% per Cents 5714%%rs
Dutch 5 per Cents 102% 101%

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHAME
Birmingham and Derby
Birmingham and Gloucester
Ditto New
Chester and Holyhead
Dublin and Cashel 234 5% to
Eastern Counties
Ditto New Registered 8/. 68. Bd.
Great Western
Ditto Fifths
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Brighton 5O 44 to
London and South Western 41%
Ditto Eighths
a 4 to
Midland Counties
Northern and Eastern 45 nu to
North Midland
Ditto Thirds 2l . 13s. 441 3O
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen 2O 35% ...... to
Rouen and Havre.
South Eastern and Dover
Ditto Scrip
Strasburg and Basle
York and North Midland
Ditto New Shares
Ditto Scarboro' Branch 232 ...... 20..
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AIARCH 27.—There ap•
pears rather more disposition to bring stock to market to-day,
but still sellers are not inclined to give much way in price
and there has been a fair business done in the following
stocks :—Bolton and Preston, 31 ; Lancaster and Preston, 384 ;
Manchester and Birmingham, 464 ; Midland Counties, Fifths,
3 1-16; Scarborough Extension, 204; South Western,
Eighths, 4 11-16 and 44 ; Harrogate and Knaresborough, 44 ;
North ristish, 3 ; Manchester and Salford Water Works, 56.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red — Ditto Bonds — pm.
3 per Cent. Cons. ... ...... 98% Ditto Old Annuities
31,2 per Cent. Bel — Ditto New Annuities...
New 332 per Cent 102% Ex. Bills 1,000/. 1%d... pm.
New 5 per Cent. Ditto 5001 pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small pin
Jan. 1860 Bank Stock for Acct.... 20034
Oct. 1859 Consols for Acct 95%
Jan. 1860..„.„..... 12 9.16 Ilndia Stock for Acct —
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian. 5 per Cent — IPortuguese,s per Cent 7B
Belgian, 5 per Cent — 'Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent.. Russian 5 per Cent
Ihllian, 6 per Cent ,...... Mitto,..hietallic .... ....... --..—
Colombian, 6 per Cent
Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent 37
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferred 151,4
Danish, 3 per Cent .. — !French, Syer Cent...-. —I. —c.
Greek. 18.5, 5 per Cent — 'Exchange ................. —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 , Dutch, 232 per Cent...... 57%
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent 3014 Ditto, 5 per Cent .........10134
SHARES.
Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) 62g
Ditto Thirds (25 paid)
Eastern Counties (23 paid)
Ditto Registered (816 s S 3 paid)
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid)
Hull and Selby (50paid) 6034
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Birmingham (Stock)
London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid)
Ditto Eighths (Iss. paid)
London and Croydon (Trunk) .... ... 16%
Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid)
Paris and Orleans (20 paid)
Paris and Rouen (20 paid) :'s%
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 37