The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-20 00:00:00

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FLANDERS MAIL.

(4CEIVED THIS DAY.)
BRUSSELS, SEPT. 17.—The average price of wheal
last week was 18f. 38c. and that of rve 10f. 3°°'
The export and import duties remained as before.
l\ir. Barbieu; architect, has just signed a contract
with the Belgian Colonisation Company, to direct the
buildings and works which the Company intend tf
erect at Saint Thomas. Mr. Barbieux will emball
very shortly for that colony, and will take a nuolb4
of workmen with him.

We have often pointed out the conduct of the ir°ll,
masters in France. IVe published a year ago
thee
mates which prove what this monopoly would cost
State merely for the construction of iron railivnti
We are happy to see that these ideas are underst°
and defended in France. We find in the Siecle en
article on the last supply of rails for the Northern
Railway, which was proposed by the Government:l
and issued by the iron masters, because they f°nvt,
the price of 332 and 330 francs per ton insuffslell,
We know that some establishments, for instan.c"
Alairs Decazeville and Terre None, could farm
;
the rail with profit at 210 francs, and even ion'''.
Such abuses cannot long resist public exposure. aigt
POLISII FRONTIER, SEPT. 6.—1 have to state 4:„,
many preparations indicate that the Russian Goire'd
ment is seriously determined to remove a portion,
the Jewish population from the frontiers to the d
tenor of the Kingdom. There is great alarm arl
the Jews. Their removal from the frontier 1011,
certainly contribute in some degree to prevent le
filing, but this is already rendered almost impool
by tho severe penalties inflicted. If the frontiers winesi
closed by a Chinese wall there could scarcely be
intercourse than at present.

A USI MA N t. U NDB.—Vuuirra, 5111P7 11.
Five par Cents. Metalliques
Four par Cents.
joo
Three per Cents. 76
Bank Shares
... 00000 .........• 1596
.dllgemeine Zeitung, Sept. 15.
BELGIAN FUNDS—Bitussus, Sir . 17.
Actual Dobt, 2% per Cent.,
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent 102%
Loin of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent. Oll%
.....---- Three per Cent...........
,„.,
47s
-- Thirty-seven Milli, ne, ditto
ICS
1144 (1840) %
10490

Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent. •••••••••••
103
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. ---
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 61%
Issue of 1841.... ....... .......... .......».»
—Brussels Papers, Sept. 18

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THISDAIQ
LONDON, SEPT. 20.—Wind this day at noon, northorl'
light breeze, and cloudy.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 19.—S1d. Bethea,_ltio.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 19.—Wind, E.—Off, Broad 0.-
Pernambuco for Hamburgh; Isabella, Quebec.
OFF DOVER, SEPT. 19.—Protector, Chisholm, Quebesbc,
COWES, SEPT. 19.—Arrd. Euratus, Potter, Havann.A.
DEAL, SEPT. 19.—Wind, N.N.E. moderate.-41.i.„
Blessing, Quebec ; Energy, Pugwasb. Sld. Vie"
Sydney; Boadicea, Jamaica; Buinhoperide, Quebec-30,
LIVERPOOL. SEPT. 19.—Wind, E., light.—Arrd4o.
dith, Valparaiso; Ganges, Turpin, Montreal. Sld. •,
00
mion and John Porter, China; Wilton Wood, Duel.,
Ayres; Falcon, Rio; Birkenhead, Grenada; TressAurt;iy
Jamaica ; General Parkhill, New York ; Caleu°-je
st,pamer, Halifax. Off, Mary Ray, Calcutta; dea
of
FLEET 700 D, SEPT. 19. —The Stamper, Scorr',lo.
Maryport, from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Vl5O

stone, struck the ground in Mordant Bay 0.12 the 04
instant ; lost sails, rudder, spars, &c., and rece,.lo,
damage to hull. On the 17th she was towed in Peept
having been abandoned by the captain and crew, 0"
two men.

OFF FALMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—Lord Saumarez,
Ichaboe and Barbadoes, for Elsinore. 19th.—Wt
fresh breeze.—Ann Elliott and Betsey Pepper, Que);ec.
OFF LOWESTOFFE, SEPT. 17.—Arrd. Janet, Queue,' NEWHAVEN, SEPT. 18.—Lady Sarah ~
Canne
OFFy, Jamaica.
THE WIGHT, SEPT. 17.—Francis and Clllll3*
Quebec.
, TRALEE SEPT. 16.—Arrd. John Esdaile, Quebec'

DUNDEE, SEPT. 16.—S1d. Indus, Ichaboe. mg.
CLYDE.—Arrd. Margaret Skelley, Topping, B°l/riril'
J I
DUBLIN, SEPT. 17.—A rrd. Corfu, M'Mahon, St. °Nii;
Conk, SEPT. 17.—S1d. Boyne and Palmyra, 13°13? gr
Wm. Large, Jamaica. Off, Prima Donna, Kell, Slwith
pore. Put back, Welcome Return, for Lisbon,
damage, having been in contact with the Eden. .„,„rip
HULL, SEPT. 19.—Arrd. Gleaner, Smith, New re'
HARWICH, SEPT. 19.—A brig, name unknown, 19
ported ashore on the Gunfleet.

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COMMISSION OF LUNACY—EXTRAORDINARY
siceis.—A commission of lunacy was opened Yesiefteeil
before Mr. Commissioner Winslow and a jury ofol` ger
freeholders of the county, at the Gray's In
liar/
house, to inquire into the state of mind of Niestfoes
Ann Roberts, described as of Brooke House, itir
Clapton. Mr. Welford, the barrister, appeared i° t
port of the commission, which had been take°,,„eiltaer.
Mr. William Roberts, the unfortunate lady's.;
No learned gentleman appeared on the part of xitstioe
berts, who, however, was present during the eXam!„-saea
of all the witnesses. It appeared from their exalt-, was
that the unfortunate object of the present inquisioe.
the daughter of a clergyman, who died some }'ears with
After his death Miss Roberts continued to departedre
her mother until the year 1840, when she also re'
this life. In the early part of 1843, Miss ItOben,
sided in Cambridge-street, Edgeware-road, where for
~1,
first time symptoms of a deranged intellect aPPnie
In July of that year she removed to the house of tar
Ayres, situate in Portsea-place, in the same neigilv-rdi.
hood, and whilst here she behaved in a most extrOder
nary manner. The first delusion she laboured 1111 of
was, that she was to be married by the Archbishog„,
Canterbury to the Rev. Mr. Machindale, who was con;
to fetch her in a carriage and four. She decorated host
tables with everything in season, and would use thenyilvt,
endearing expressions to her supposed husband, t was
tempt to kiss him. On the 13th of July her con
most extraordinary. She said that she had had a /other
that she had seen her mother in hell, but that her 5001
was her guardian angel, and she then went don, bell
with her hair dishevelled, and said she was to g°,srszter
at four o'clock. Other delusions of a similar t giss
were deposed to, after which the jury found "-1,1 been
Mary Ana Roberts was of unsound mind, and
so from tbe 13th of July, 1843." to be
In consequence of the extensive preparationst., it
made for the reception of the King of the Fren%s to
not expected that the state apartments will be °r-
the public after Wednesday next. v
THUNDER-STORM AT BANFF.—On TtleSjild lcOar
current, a terrific thunder-storm visited Ban"c:;11 tee'
mencing at seven o'clock, P.N., and continuing 'o' neof
The lightning struck and knocked down a
Macdutf. Three large stacks of hay, near 11";,:oftte'
were also struck and consumed, and the loss is es,rotiale
at about 50/. sterling. The chimneys are knockireuitsesk
tops of some houses in the burgh.—Edinburgh " of the
t
MANCHESTER ATHENIEUM.—The member no.. te
Manchester Athenaeum intend holding a grand 8-0 of
the Great Free-trade Hall, Manchester, on the , pro'
next month. Benjamin D'lsraeli, Esq., ALB, next
mised to preside. The following noblemen and"Colrf
men have already accepted the invitations of 1101 °
mittee to be present :—The Right Hon. the p., th.
Ducie, the Right lion. Lord Francis Egerton 'George
Right Hon. Lord John Manners, M.P., the ion. TVs'
S 3 dney Smythe, M.P., Mark Philips, Esq., 14.,11„"
Milner Gibson, Esq., M.P., Richard Cobden, Dslierto°'
Richard M. Milnes, Esq., M.P., Joseph 131t.wrink
Esq., M.P., S. A. M'Geachy, Esq., M.P., John Joh°
Esq., LL.D., M.P., Edmund Buckley, Esq., o'Y"Coci.cei
Bright, Esq., M.l'., Rowland Hill, Esq- /1';.,,,, i
Taylor, Esq., LL.D., Mr. and Mrs. S. C. HAIL whAt'
be seen from this list that the meeting has nothing iry gr
ever to do with party, but is to be a purely literartsece'
thering, and one of the greatest interest and imp antis'
It is expected that upwards of 3,000 ladies On b
men will be present Pll/1.
1,1.
SUPPOSED SUICIDE THROUGH FEAR or - ke
—Yesterday Mr. William Baker held an inques'oo the
George the Fourth, Green-street, Bethnal-green, it ar
body of Harriet Downs, aged fifty-eight years.
_weer,
peared the deceased was the wife of a Spitalfields
In consequence of the slackness of work, and der led
tion in weaver's wages, she had lately becoote of the
desponding. On Friday last, in the early Patrijue t 4/
day, she said to her husband, " Jack, I o
' e
see you work so hard, and not live better.
deavoured to soothe her, but she was very lop' anAt,
jected, and said she should not live till SaturtaY;olol
five o'clock she left home, and was not again meting in
until Tuesday last, when her body was found do,ricige;
the water of the Regent's-canal, near the Ferry- boo
The husband deposed their altered circurastaneiidenoe,
preyed much upon her mind. There being n° e wee°
of how deeeased came into the water, the jury re
an open verdict of "Found drowned." Aon the 18thf
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Marrie-, - son °
instant, at Bramham, by the Rev. Win. Harcourt,.
_coos
his Grace the Archbishop of York, Frederick Ax'isnii,
Milbank, Esq., of Hart and Hartlepool, to Ai; se'
daughter of the late Sir Alexander Don, But.'°L whose
ton Don, Roxburghshire. The lovely bride! 00, was
beauty and elegance attracted universal admire attired
otireel
given away by Sir Maxwell Wallace. She 0' d
wd atta-
in a superb dress and veil of Brussels lace, an,
.00 Fos'
by six bridesmaids, viz., Miss Milbank, Miss Irffer the
two Misses Vavasour, and two Misses Fane. 4_"t Groves
ceremony the marriage party returned to Ches°,"ctor the
the residence of Sir Maxwell Wallace. the
dejeuner the happy pair set off to Thorpe rel?°, Lag
splendid seat of Mark Milbank, Esq., who, "I'r-flair
Augusta and her family, are at present residing:"
ingham Park. e gales 1/4
BRIGHTON, THURSDAY.—The Prince 0.
z
the Princess Alice, accompanied by the D0c9,0 er a so-
Lyttleton, drove to the pier again this mornl nof the
after nine o'clock, and alighted at the entrance?, 00 the
promenade. Their Royal Highnesses reniain"n for
pier for about half an hour, and were then take„oootea4
carriage airing. The Earl of Denbigh and Dior_
and Lady Mary Fielding arrived yesterday at the the
folk Hotel. Lady Fludyer arrived yesterdal_pUd ale
Marine Parade. Sir John and Lady PelleYt2oog oaf
Right Hon. George Dawson and family are. am Guard!
Moe ce
arrivals. A detachment of the Scots Fusilier
ride,
have arrived, under the command of Colonel 0 -as
and have relieved the Inniskillen Dragoons
A 10
duty. Ore" ed,
THE WARD OF CORNIIILL.--It was runlre,i„.a
the City yesterday that Sir John Pirie otise
or intended to resign, his Aldermanic gown, coer
quenee of having received an appointment a v•
missioner of one of the Revenue Boards.
..,..ted th!
The Lord Bishop of Winchester has insTu,s LOT;
Rev. John Lister, ALA., formerly of St. Catherrine_e, to
Cambridge, to the vicarage of Thorpe, Sur
neminatin dike Lord Chancellor