The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-07 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL

BRUSSELS, Nov. 4.—The Chamber of Represen-
tatives met to-day. It voted definitively, by a ma-
jority of 43 to 9, the project of law relative to the
settlement and relief of the poor. It then resumed
the general debate on the project of law relative to tho
augmentation of the salaries of the members of the
magistracy. This debate turned chiefly on the ne-
cessity of suppressing, or of retaining, the 4th class
of tribunals. No decision was come to, and the de-
bate was adjourned until to-morrow.
At the commencement of the sitting, the Minister
of Justice presented a project of law for establishing
a new mode for the sanction and promulgation of the
laws and royal degrees.

King William H. has just granted pensions to all
the persons formerly employed in the care of
his dominions in Belgium. From the directions to the
individuals filling the lowest offices, all are to retain
their salaries under the title of pensions. This act of
royal munificence will enable the Government to fill
up the vacancies.
An amateur has just discovered, amongst the
collection of a dealer in antiquities in this city,
twenty-one copper plates, forming a gallery
of portraits of Princes of the House of Nassau, be-
ginning with William I. and ending with William V.,
Prince of Orange. It comprehends, also, several
other persons. The dates are from 1747 to 1755.
These portraits are engraved after Mieveldt, by
Tanse Honbraken, and other artists of the school of
Brunswick. Above each portrait there is an episode
of the life of the person represented. The plates are
in a perfect state of preservation, and the engravings
are of the greatest beauty.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausums, Nov. 4.
Aetna Dobt, 234 per Cent.,
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent.........,,
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent OB%
Three per
Thirty-seven Millions, ditto
(1840).......... ..... IC4
1844..»............».«.»....».»....».«.. 102 k
Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent.... ............. 102
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent.
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 6034
Issue of 1841....... ..............
—Brussels Papers. Nov. 5.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Oc-r. 30.
Five par Cents. Metalliques- . 109 15-16
Four par Cents. lOO%
Three per Cents. '7sl(
Bank Shares ...... ...... .... 1603
Allgemeine Zeitung.. Nov. 2.

MONEY ANJ) COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, was
steady, but not brisk. Speculators took 300 bales Surat
and 400 American, and the sales altogether comprised
5,000 bales, viz , 1,000 Surat at 21d. to 31d. ; 200 Egyp-
tian at bid. to 71d.; 200 Pernam. at 5f d. to 54d.; 80 Maran-
ham at sed. to 51d. ; and the rest American, at 31d. to
54d. per lb.—Shares had a tendency to recede :—Bir-
ming and Gloucester, 1031 ; Churnet Valley, 31.85. 6d.;
Chester and Holyhead q ; Dublin and Cashel Exten-
sion, 34 ; Eastern Counties, 134 ; Direct Northern, 2i ;
Grand Junction, 209 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 104 k ; Ken-
dal and Windermere, 51; Lancaster and Preston, 421 ;
Liverpool and Manchester, 202; Ditto, Half Shares, 101;
London and York, 31; Manchester and Leeds, Quarters,
111 ; Midland Counties, 107 ; North Union, 1384 ;
Sheffield and Lincoln, 11. 19s. 6d. ; Shrewsbury and
Grand Junction, 51 ; South-Eastern, New, 152 ; Lyons
and Avignon, 21 ; Paris and Lyons 3 ; Sambre and
Meuse, 2i
It being very well ascertained that the Government
of France intends to exercise the pawer given to it by
the Chambers, of taking the contract for the remainder
of the vote granted for that purpose, and which it is sup-
posed will amount to about 12,000,000/. sterling,
it becomes a question how our money market will
be influenced by such a proceeding. It is assumed
that by far the larger proportion will be subscribed
for by capitalists in the City, and when it is recollected
how much money is required for deposits upon new rail.
way projects, it may be anticipated that the rate of inte-
rest will advance. It cannot be possible, howev,:r,
that a statement which has been current is
founded in truth, that the instalments upon this large
loan are to be paid up in three months. Any such sti-
pulation would tend to throw immense difficulties in the
way of a successful bidding for the contract, and occasion
too sudden a remission of money to Paris, by which the
interests of those who may subscribe for it must be much
damaged. It is understood that the firm of Messrs.
Rothschild will tender for the whole amount, although
we hear that another firm has entered the field for at
least a portion of it, if any division is made.
The arrivals from the Colonies to-day do not supply
us with any news later in point of date than we have be-
fore obtained.
There has been rather a dull market for Stocks to-
day, but the purchases of the Government broker daily
during the present week, to the extent of about 25,0001.
or 30,0001, on account of the South Sea-House Gua-
rantee Fund, Savings' Banks, and the Sinking
Fund, have contributed to strengthen prices
more perhaps than might be supposed. Today
Reduced Three per Cents. and New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. have been taken, the former at 94
and the latter at 1021. Consols for immediate transfer
have realised an advance from 100/ to 100 f, but for
time are 1001 to 1001. Exchequer Bills have been
655. to 635. premium, and East India Bonds under
1,0001. are down to 85s. he New Three-and a-Quarter
per Cents. have been 102 to 1, and the Three per Cents.
Reduced 991 to I. Bank Stock is steady at 204, and
India Stock has advanced to 288.
The Foreign market has been much the same. Spanish
Five per Cents. are 24/ f, and the Three per
Cents. 35f 4. Mexican have been 341 the
Deferred 151, and Brazilian 84k ; Portuguese
Converted have been supported at 55 to 56 ;
Dutch Four per Cents. have been marked 96k 1;
and the Belgian, 2k per cent. Scrip, / premium, or 60i.
Shares are rather flat again, and purchases are effected
at easier rates. The French lines are best supported.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
_

Bank Stock • ".. .••• ~ ............................•• %ars
3 per Cent., Reduced Annuities ........••••••• 993%
3r Cent. Coniols. Anna • lOO %% %
Nepew 3% per Cent. Annuities ...... ....
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1960 l2 1-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860. 12%
India Stock 289
India Bonds,4000.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Ditto under 1,000.......".••••••.........••••••••••••••
Consols for Account ..... ••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%cl
1,0001. ••••••••••••.....•••••••• ..«.«..... 65 63 pm.
5001.•••••••!«••••••••••••••••• .. ............ 65 1,1 pm.
Ditto 5man.....• ••••••••••• ••• ............. 63 pm.
Ditto Advertised. • •••••• ..... -
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .............
Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839. 943{
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. .... ..... ..., 3434 %
Ditto Deferred Stock 15%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Converted 55 56 55%
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 2436
Ditto for the Account 24%
Ditto Three per Cent. ............"."....
Ditto for the Account .....„ „.„....„.«.„.„.. 35%% %
PRICES OF SHARES 1 HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
• RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester lOO IP2 to
Bristol and Exeter

1,0604. ••••••••.•...•.

Bristol and Gloucester
Chester and Holyhead. ...... ........ 5 ~»..... 6
Eistern Counties ................... 25 ......... 13% to
Great Western ...................... 75 .... ..... 1334 138 to 139
Ditto Fifths.... ....... „.......„ ..... 12
Hull and Selby .
Lancaster and Carlisle. lO ..... „.. 1314%; to
London and Birmingham lOO .... 21/ ......., to
Dit o 14 Shares
London and Greenwich 12% ...... 9%
London and Croydon
London and York 23, 3
Midland
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21 .... ..... 49
Norwich and Brandon
P,rtsmouth Direct ... .., ........ 1 ..... .... 1 ....
South Eastern and Dover 32% 42% ..... to
Ditto New 4 15% to
Trent Valley
York and North Midland ..... .... 50 ll 2
Ditto Scarbore' Branch
Ditto Selby Scrip
Orleans and Viereon
Boulogne and Amiens 2 41%..... to
Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 3% % to
Paris and Orleans 2O ..... .... 39% % ... to
Parts and Rouen .....
Rouen and Havre.
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Nov. 5.
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3 per Cent. Console
99
Three and a Quarter Stock,....
Ditto New, 1:,30
.._

3) per Cent: Debentures _
Lo g Annuities
Bank Stock 2OB
Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent.
Royal Canal Stock
4 per Ccnt. Ballast Office Debentures
4 per Cent City Debentures ... ...
Kingstown Railway Debentures
LAST PRICES OF SHARES.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Dublin and K. Railway
Drogheda Ditt0...
Great Southern and Western 5
Dublin and Cashel ditto
Dublin and Belfast Junction ....... . ... 2%
Athlone Railway 254 3%
Hibernian Bank 2554 ...... 325(
Royal Bank
National Insurance
Patriotic ditto
Minim; Company of Ireland
Wick low Copper Mines
City of Dublin Steam Company 100
Ditto Ditto 5O 52%
Ditto Ditto, 1836 .... •'..•..... 50
British and Irish Steam Company ... 50
Steam Ship Building Company
Limerick Extension Railway
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 6.—There
has been less activity in the market and prices are rather
lower.---Barnsley Junction, 5 11-16 i ; Birkenhead
and Manchester, 6i; Burnley and Accrington, 2i /1;
Wigan and Liverpool, 4f•' Churnet Valley, 3i f; Ely
and Bedford, 1 3-16 ; Buddersfield and Manchester, 5 ;
Manchester and Buxton, 2 1-16 ; Manchester and Bir-
mingham, 50k; South-Eastern, 421 ; Sheffield and Lin-
coln, 1 15-16 1

PREPARATIONS FOR LORD MAYOR'S DAY.—The
decorations of Guildhall for the approaching banquet
are nearly completed, and present an unusually splendid
appearance, In addition to the laying of the beautifully
ornamented flooring, the erection of the splendid revolv-
ing star at the west end, &c., a vast number of work-
men were engaged throughout yesterday in fitting up in
various fanciful devices around the hall all the eleggit
banners and flags which have been forwarded from
Chatham, Woolwich, and other places, as well as the
steel and brass breast and back plates, helmets, vizors,
&c., and also complete suites of armour, as brought
from Brazier's sall and the Tower,
The works on the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings
Railway, between this town and Lewes, are progressing
rapidly. On Tuesday the sinking of the shafts for the
Fulmer TUMIPI lya3 commenced.—Brighton Gazelle.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) .
Lomoox, Nov. 7 .—Wiad this day at noon, southerly, •
light breeze, with rain.
DEAL, Nov. 6.—A.N. Wind N.W., mod., r.m. W.S.W.
—Sid. Adocutire, South Seas.
OFF SALCOME, Nov. s.—Alexander Newton, Quebec.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 6.—Wind W.—Arrd. Charles, Smith,
Ichaboe.
FALMOUTH, Nov. 6.—Wind N.W. to N., light airs.—
Arid. Janet and Mary, Sunderland, for Charente, with
mainmast sprung, loss of foremast, sails, rigging, &c.
Off, Kangaroo, St. Jago de Cuba.
NEWPORT, Nov. 6.—Campbell, Grenada.
FISHGUARD, Nov. s.—The Hope, Thomas, of Bristol,
from Biloao to Liverpool, put in here yesterday, leaky,
and must discharge to repair.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. G.—Wind E.N.E. to N., fresh.—
Sid. Cottager, England and' Homer, Ichaboe ; Jenny
Lass, Rio • Penelope, Trinidad ; Eleanor, Tampico ;
Leander, gavannah; Ann Harley, New York.
CORK, Nov. 4.—Arrd. Nymph, Liverpool, for Madeira,
with loss of sail, bulwarks, &c.
LERWICK, OCT. 30. Arrd. Arthur, Archangel,
strained in topsails ; Mary, Agnus, Africa, short of
privisions.
WATERFORD, Nov. s.—The Carleon has been carried
into Courtmashay.
LIMERICK, Nov. s.—The Mirian, of this port, lying
at Strand Quay, took fire yesterday evening, had cabin
flooring, fittings, &c., and mizenmast, rigging, con-
sumed, but by cutting away the mainmast further
damage was prevented.
WARREN POINT (NEWRY), Nov. s.—The Orissa,
from Liverpool to Bombay, ashore in Cranfield Bay, has
discharged her cargo, two-thirds have been housed,ubout
40 packages slightly damaged. She is expected off
next tide.
ABERDEEN, Noy. 'L.—The Fran Anna Kelma, from
Athlone to this port, struck on the North Pier this
evening and has gone to pieces ' • crew saved.
HARWICH, Nov. 6.--Acrd.. North Star, Soundburg
for Amsterdam, leaky, with loss of anchors, &c., and
rudder broken.
LEITH, Nov. s.—The Jane Lowden, Dodds, from
St. Petersburgh to Hull, which was ashore on the S. E.
of Inchkeith, has been got off and into the Roads. The
gale continues at E. N. E.
HULL, Nov. 6.—The Houghton, Wilson, hence to St.
Petersburgh, has put back to the roads, making twelve
inches water per hour, having been ashore in the Naze
of Norway.
LOWESTOFFE, Nov. 6.—The Friends, Huntley, was
driven ashore upon Lowestoffe Ness last night, but was
expected off this morning, making much water ; crew
saved.
YARMOUTH, Nov. G.—The Vriendschap, Haaw, from
Groningen to London, with oats, is ashore on Palling
beach, cargo washing out.
The French ship Auguste, Canneva, sailed from Cal-
cutta March 2, and has not since been heard of.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The Swedish and Norwegian Consulate General,
2, Crosby-square, Nov. 6, 1844.
Sir,—l have the honour to communicate to you the
following translation of an ordinance issued by the Royal
Navy Board at Stockholm, on the 18th October last :
The Royal Navy Board hereby :makes known for the
information of mariners, that the Light. ship which was
placed off Falsterbo Reef having been driven from her
moorings, has been carried into port, and that the season
being so far advanced, it is not intended to replace her in
her station this year. Notice will be given in the papers
at what period next spring the vessel will be replaced off
the reef.—l have the honour to be, your most obedient
servant, (Signed) CHARLES POTTIE.
Wm. Dobson, Esq., Secretary at Lloyd's.
LOSS OF THE LADY SCOTT.
Foreign-office, Nov. 5,1844.
Sir,—l am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to ac-
quaint you, for the information of the Committee of
Lloyd's, that a dispatch has been this morning received
from her Majesty's Minister at St. Petersburgh, inclos-
ing a copy of a letter, addressed to him on the 22d of
October, by the French Charge d'Affaires at the Court
of Russia, from which it appears, that on the 17th of
September last, the French schooner La Decade, Cap-
tain Morvau, off Dagervert, in the Gulf of Finland, fell
in with the British ship Lady Scott, of Liverpool, Capt.
D. Glenday, laden with salt and cotton, when that vessel
was on the point of sinking. On the French vessel bearing
down towards the Lady Scott; Captain Morvau observed
near the latter a Dutch galliet, which seemed to be en-
gaged in affording assistance, and a short time after-
wards he perceived a boat pulling towards him making
signals of distress Captain Morvau bore down to the
boat, and received on board six men, much exhausted by
fatigue and cold, and brought them to Cronstadt, where
he arrived in six days from the ship. I am, &e.,
(Signed) 11. M. ADDINGTON.
To W, Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's.
GREENOCK, Nov. 5 —The Fire Queen steamer struck
on a rock off Roseneath Point, 31st ult., but soon after
came off without damage, and returned to Glasgow.
HULL, Nov. 4.—Two schooners are ashore near
Grimsby.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY )

SAY TILELIMICETS.

SMlTTlFlELD.—CoarsekWkiWaii,i, 31 lOs to 41 lOs
Useful ditto, 41 12s to 5/ ; fine Upland ditto, Si 3s to
51 8s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 118 s to
1/ lOs ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 12s per load. Both
Hay and Straw met adull inquiry, at late rates.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 41125;
Useful ditto, 4/ 14s to 513 s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 5s to
51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 5s to Si 18s; Oat Straw, 11 9s to
1/ lls ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 11 13s per load. A fair
average supply, and a steady demand.
WAITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4110.4;
Useful ditto, 4/ 12s to 5/ ; fine Upland ditto, 5l 3s to
Si 8s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/6s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 8s
to 11 lOs ; Wheat Straw, 11 10s to 11 12s per load.
Supply good, and trade dull.