The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-24 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES.

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL.

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mof City, 1832, Four per Cent. j
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Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent
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Issue of 1841. ,••
10934
—Brussels Papers, June 21

A paragraph has lately been going the round of th
papers to the effect that Mr. John Frost, the celebrated
Chartist, having been released from the degradation and
drudgery of working 'in chains like the other con.
victs, his wife and two daughters were on the
eve of quitting England to join him. This is
incorrect. It is quite true that Mrs. Frost, in
every letter she has written to her husband- for
some time past, has expressed a most earnest desire to
go out, with her daughters, to him ; but he formerly
objected to her leaving England to join him, on account
of the degraded and wretched situation in which he
was
placed. Now that his sentence has been so far com•
muted as to make him a clerk in one of the-Government
offices, he entreats her not to entertain for a moment the
idea of coming out to him, assigning as the reason that
he has the very best ground for believing that he will
ere long receive a full pardon, and have the happiness of
rejoining her and his daughters in England. Mrs.
Frost has, in consequence, abandoned the idea of going
out to New South Wales to her husband. -It is worthy
of remark that she is a lady by birth, edkation, and
manners, and that her two daughters, both grown up,
are also well educated and accomplished.—Observer.
A very handsome new iron steamer, the "Priueess
Mary," destined for the continental traffic, as we bear,
arrived in Dover harbour yesterday, from the Thames.
This vessel very much resembles the Princess Alice
Government packet; and it is supposed by some that it
is not unlikely she may also, like that vessel, become a
Government packet from this port. It has been hitherto
given out that the Princess Mary was to tly between
Folkestone and Boulogne, in connection wit the South-
Eastern Railway. Be her future destination, however,
what it may, we understand she takes her first trip this
day from Dover to Calais, with the Directors of the
South-Eastern Railway Company, when it is expected a
trial of speed will take place between her and the Princess
Alice.—Dover Chronicle of Saturday,
MISFORTUNES SELDOM COME SINGLY.--TWO New-
castle gentlemen, who had. determined to enjoy the
pleasures of our Regatta, On Tuesday last, took their
places, per rail, for our venerable city, duly supplied
with a goodly store of provender, intended to be used,
as appetite should dictate, under cover of our beau-
tiful shady woods. On arriving at Durham, however,
they discovered that they had left their refreshments
at the station, at Gateshead. After conferring to-
gether awhile, they resolved to dispatch a person for
the lost "creature comforts." ' Away hastened the
messenger to the station, and jumped into the first
train ; but, lo I at the expiration of an hour, he found
himself set down at Darlington. He explained that
he wanted to be at Newcastle, and was once more- put
into the train. In due time he was again seemingly at
the end of his journey ' • but on turning out he found
himself at Sunderland. He then explained again to the
railway people that he wanted to be at Gateshead, and
was once more fairly launched in the train, and finally
found himself at the desired point. He then thought
his troubles were at an end, and applied for the provi-
sions left by the gentlemen in the morning ; but was
told that as he had not a note authorising him to receive
the package, they could not give it up to him, -and
misericorde .P—he was at last obliged to wing his way
back to Durham, out of money, temper, and everything._
—Durham Chronicle.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING.
The packet-ship Cambridge, Capt. Barstow, arrived
in the Mersey this morning; she sailed from New
York on the Ist inst., from which city she brings one
day's later news than that brought by the Britannia.
She has thus performed the voyage in twenty-one
days. The news is not of much importance. The
papers are principally filled with comments on the
nominations at the late Baltimore Convention. The
nomination of. Polk, it seems to be admitted on all
hands, will secure the election of Clay in November
by a large majority, with the continuance of the pre.
sent restrictive tariff, and limited intercourse with
England. Capt. Tyler had accepted the
,nomination
for the presidency conferred upon him by the Tyler
Convention at Baltimore.
The Houston Telegraph contains an account of an
affray at a place called Corpus Christi, between a party
of Mexicans and Texians, in which about eight of the
former were killed, and as many taken prisoners ;
and a report of a similar onslaught which, a short
time before, a party of Mexicans had made upon a
small number of Texians. It was generally believed
in Texas that their treaty with the United States was
rejected.

The Liverpool packet-ship Roscoe, which sailed
hence an the Ist of April, had not arrived at New
York when the Cambridge sailed. She was supposed
to be fast in the ice on the banks. Much anxiety
began to be felt concerning her, as she was full of
passengers, and had a valuable cargo on board.

BRUSSELS, JUNE 19.—The King and Queen ar-
rived at the Palace of Lacken this evening at eight
o'clock. The Government has just laid before the
Chamber a project of law, which purposes a vast
plan tending to concentrate, in the hands of the
Government (that of the Minister of Public Works),
almost all the means of conveyance in the kingdom,
both by land and water, the diligence, the carriage of
goods, the steam-packets; between England and
Belgium, &c. Such a plan is, at first sight, a con-
sequence of the administration of the railways by the
State; but it requires serious examination.
The proposed law consists of 11 articles.
Art. 1. There shall be a daily steamer between
England and Belgium for the conveyance of passen-
gers and mails. For this purpose the department of
Public Works shall have credit for a sum of one
million of francs for the purchase of these packets.
Art. 2. The Government is authorised to establish
successively, and wherever it shall think necessary,
similar communication by steam-boats for the con-
veyance of goods, passengers, and mails.
BRUSSELS, JUNE 20.—The Countess of Westmore-
land, with her family and suite, has arrived at Brus-
sel!, on her way from Berlin to London.
ROTTERDAM, JUNE 18.—Accounts from Batavia,
dated Feb. 29, have been received to-day by the Co-
lonial department, respecting the assassination of the
members of the agency of the factory of the Nether-
lands Commercial Company, in the island of Bali.
This circumstance, added to other evil deeds, such as
the plundering of the Dutch East Indiaman Overypol,
Capt. Blom, two years ago, make it not only desirable
but absolutely necessary for our Government to take
more rigorous measures for the maintenance of our
influence and the safety of our flag in the Indian
Archipela6o.
His Majesty the King, the Grand Duke of Luxem-
bourg, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange,
are expected in the city of Luxembourg at the end of
this month, or the beginning of the next.
THE HAGUE, JUNE 20.—The debates on the pro-
ject of the law relating to the redemption and conver-
sion of the public debt commenced in the Second
Chamber of the States General to-day. The list of
members inscribed to speak both for and against the
measure being exhausted, the Chamber adjourned till
to-morrow, when the Minister of Finance will speak
in favour of the law..
THE HAGUE, JUNE 21.—1 n the sitting of the Se-
cond Chamber to-day, his Excellency the Minister of
Finance spoke at great length in favour of the law for
the conversion of the debt, and gave various informa-
tion on the subject, amongst which was, that the
Belgian Government will begin on the Ist of August
to pay the second instalment of the Belgian shares of
the national debt of the Netherlands. His Excel-
lency further announced that the project of law re-
specting the tariff of duties on importation and ex-
portation, or transit, will be shortly laid before the
Chamber.
After some discussion, the question was put, and
the project of law agreed to by a majoriy_of43 to 14.
AMSTERDAM, JUNE 21.—We hear with great plea-
sure that Captain Nap, of the ship Madeira, states that
he thinks he may possibly affirm that the account of the
murder of two officers of the factory in the island of
Bali, published in the New Rotterdam Courrant of the
19th of June, was founded on an entirely false report,
which was spread while he was in India at Soeyabaja and
Passaroeang, and with such an appearance of probability
that a squadron of armed vessels, which was ready to put
to sea on a service against the pirates, was sent to Bali,
but he afterwards learned at Banjoewangle, that the flo-
tilla had returned, having found Bali in a stet,. of per-
fect tranquility, and thrt there was not a syllable of
truth in the report of disorders, and of the above-men-
tioned murder. The Captain left Banjoewangle on the
29th of February,
BERLIN, JUNE 18.—His Majesty the : Emperor of
Russia and her Royal Highness the Dowager Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburgh Schwerin, with Princess
Louisa, her daughter, arrived at six o'clock in the af-
ternoon of the 15th at Swinenmonde, after a rather
stormy, but afterwards favourable and quiet passage. At
eight o'clock they put to sea in the Russian steamer
Bogater ; the wind was rather stormy, but favourable
for the voyage to St. Petersburgh.
DUTCH FUNDS.--AMSTERDAM, JUNE 21.
ey.
Actual Debt, 234 Mon
per Cent 6l Rills.
U 61%
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent._loo% 100%
Atnert Syndic, 4% per cent 999 Ditto ditto, 33{per cent Bl 87%
Commercial Company, 44 per
Loan 1E337, 5 per c0nt............ .......... wog
Exchange on London, Onemonth ..... ....... 12 12%
Two months ..... 12 07
Hamburgh, One manth ........... . 82,6
• Twornonths
Dutch Papers, June 21.
AUSTRIAN FU Nfls.—lrtENsre, June 14.
Fire par Cents. Metalltques ......................... 111
Four per Cents.
Three per Cents
77gBank Shares ...... . ...... .. ....... .... 1634
Allgemeine Zeitung, June
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Beaus, June 18.
Money St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. .......... 10Bills.1Ni 100% -Prussian English Bonds, 1830, i per cent.
Exchange on London . . 6 22%
Prussian State Gazette. June 19.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bavasno, JUNE 20.
Actual Debt, 95¢ per Cent., - - 61
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 99
Three per Cent.
Thirty-seven Milli ns, ditto
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