The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-07 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, DEC. 3.—The average price of wheat last
week was from 17.06, and that of rye from 10.45 per
hectolitre. The import duty on wheat remains, there-
f ,re, at from 37..50, and on rye at from 21.50 per 1,000
kilogrammes ; and the export duty on both is 25 cen-
times per 1,000 kilogrammes.
In the sitting of the Chambers to-day M. Savant Mar-
tel brought up the report on the Budget of the Depart-
ment of Justice, _ _

The Minister of Justice presented a project of law for
the introduction of the cellular system (solitary confine-
ment) into the principal prisons of Belgium.
The Chamber agreed unanimously to-Ist. The pro-
ject of law, granting to the Budget of the public debt a
credit of 2.4100,865 E, annulling a sum of 1,497,254 f. re-
maining disposable upon credits allowed to the same
budget ; and 2d. To the project of law, permitting the
exchange of London of bonds of the New Four-and a-
Half per Cent. Loan for those of the old Five per Cent. ;
and 3d. That for the entrepot at Antwerp.
The Chamber then entered on the discussion of the
budget of the Minister of Finance.
This, discussion turned chiefly on the necessity of a
new organisation of the several branches of the Ad-
ministration, and the Minister of Finance promised to
concert with his colleagues on the subject. The Chamber
then voted the first article of the budget.
Most of the trains, and particularly those on the
Southern Railway, have been considerably delayed by
the snow which covered the rails.

BELGIAN FUND3.—Bisuashis, 1160. EL
Actua Debt, 2g per Cent., . . ..... —
Rothschild's Loan, Five per 'Cent.— ....... 11E31(
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.... 76h
Three per Cent...........
-...--- Thirty-seven litlillivas, ditto
(1840).....« te2 11(

-•••••
Loan of City, 1843. Four per eent. ICS
1832 ........ 101%
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent.
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent
Issue of 1841....... ••••
rs Pape.—Dec. 4.
DUTCH FUNDS.--AmerregDAm, Da . S.
Ilinnr.r. Mina.
itelap.4l Debt, it% per Cant... ...... 62% GI%
Ditto, ditto, 3 per Cent
Ditto, ditto, 4 per Cent.
D amt. J pa. cost.
~wtiS'•ndic.4%percent !96 ltO
Ditto. ditto.' 314 per cent... 83% 9J k
Commercial Company, 44 per cent... .48 118%
Loan 1837. 434 per cent.

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Two months l2 1G
At sight
Dutch Papers, Dec. 3

THE LATE DR. THORN.

We have received several communications from Eng-
lish residents at Calais, complaining bitterly of the con-
duct of the English authorities there in relation to the
late unfortunate murder of Dr. Thorn. They consider
that their interests have been neglected by the British
Consul, and they attribute in a great measure the
acquittal of M. Sailor to a memorial got up under
his auspices, and signed by him and by twenty- two
of the English xesidents in Calais. M. Martinez, the
advocate of M. Sallior, in putting this memorial in
evidence, said that those who signed it represented
the wealth and respectability of the English residents
in Calais. The grc at body of the English residents
protest against:this assumption. This memorial was
got up in secret—there was no public meeting called
on the occasion—it was privately hawked about for
signatures—and only twenty-two, out of upwards of
a thousand English residents in Calais and its neigh-
bourhood, attached their names to this certificate of
itharactsr for M. Sallior. The second name attached
to this memorial is that of the clergyman ; and of all
the others, the only known name is that of Mr. Morton
Dyer, the ex-Middlesex magistrate. The rest of the
twenty-two are unknown to fame. The English
resident's, however 'do full jutice to the exertions of
the Procureur du Roi, whose conclusions appear to have
been unanswerable. The deceased and M. Sallior were
observed standing close; together in the vestibule of
the Hotel de Ville. Dr. Thord was seen to fall by
the sentinel, who picked him up and laid him on a-
table, while Sailor went into his office. The sentinel
,-vus loosening Dr. Thorn's cravat when Sallior entered
the\ vestibule and said, " My dear friend is dead—
send
t;)1' a doctor." The defence of Sallior was that
he v,,,\ aeo intoxicated, that he recollected nothing—
that he ;:r.f,'w nothing of what haddccurred. " That
is impossiNe," replied the Procureur du Roi, " for
while the scu:inel thought he was only intoxicated.
e was dead. You were the first to
you said that \.-11
desire that a docl:9-7 should be sent for." The Prefect
of the departmer.%
.too, exerted himself to the
utmost in behalf CI M. Sallior. This was but
natural, for if;,--as has'
been stated, M. Sallior is
an agent
lc:yet police, he might,
had heof the
been condemned,sh a-v4.' made revelations which
would have been any thing b'4 agreeable to the Go-
vnefrarmi moeunst ;spaynd a
systems a proofsof carried extent to which- the
in France, we may
is
state that the English residents ha% It deputed a mem-
ber of their body to bring their comp tints personally
to thi4 country, because they are convi:-wed that any
letters which they, might write on the so.ttiect would
be stopped at the French Post-office. The reflecting
part of the French community appear to be a's dissa-
tisfied with the verdict of the St. Omer jury 0-8 the
great majority of the English residents. With ski:le
feelings of the French, however, we have nothing 0,t
do, but the conduct of the English Consul in this 'j
affair certainly demands a searching inquiry.

THE LATE BANK ROBBERY.—We understand that
in consequence of a letter addressed to the banking-
house of Messrs. Rogers and Go, by their solicitor, Mr.
ilobler; suggesting a mode of cancelling all the Bank of
England notes which have been recently stolen from that
firm, and thus rendering the property taken valueless to
the robbers and their confederates, some of the partners
of the banking-house have had an interview with the
Secretary of State upon the plan proposed by Mr. Nob-
ler, and the matter is now under consideration with Sir
James Graham. If so, we are quite sure the public, who
have generously sympathised with those gentlemen in
their recent loss, will be glad to know that for once the
most adroit masters in the art of thieving have met with
their match, and there is no doubt the public will con-
tinue to lend their aid to prevent the robbers deriving
any advantage from the possession of the spoil.
THE "BLACKBURN ♦ND PRESTON RAILWAY.—On
Tuesday afternoon an accident occurred at King's•bank,
Lloghton-bottoms, on the new line of railway which is
now constructing between Blackburn and Preston, by
wnich one man was killed, another so seriously injured
that he is not expected to recover, and a third much
hurt, though not to a dangerous extent. It appears that
the line at King's-bank goes through a pretty deep cut-
ting at the side of a hill, and the deceased and the two
others were engaged in making the cutting, and were at
the- time of the accident at work between the hill side
and a waggon.i iThey were just about to leave work for
the day, when a large portion of the upper part of the
hill, it -xis calculated to the extent of nine or ten
tons, gave way, falling upon and burying the men be-
neath. Assistance was immediately pl'ocured, and an ex-
press sent off to Blackburn for medical assistance. Mr.
Pickop, and Mr. J. Pickop, surgeons, immediately pro-
ceeded to the spot, by which time the um'ortunate men
had been extricated, from their position. It' was found
that one of them must have been crushed to death against
the waggon instantaneously. The second, upon exami-
nation, was ascertained to be injured to a very dangerous
extent, and his lite, we believe, is despaired of. • The
third, we are happy to state, was much less hurt, and it
is hoped twat speedily recover from the effects of the
accident.• Every possible assistance was rendered by the
Moors. Pickop to the survivors. As a proof of the
narrow escape the third man must have had, we may
mention that a snuff• box, which was in one of his pockets,
was completely crushed. The deoeased was a fine young
man, about eighteen or nineteen years of age. This is
the second accident which has happened at this place.
A short time ago Mr. Pickop was called upon to attend
an excavator, whose leg was broken. and who was very
much hurt, by an occurrence, we believe, of a similar
nature to the above.

FARMING SERVANTS .....-A Sussex Correspondent of
the Worcester Journal says :—"I am not learned enough
to write for a newspaper, or I would send a letter to ex-
plain the reason why we farmers gave up having lads in
the house. Why, sir, we were summoned for the tax
upon men servants, and I fur one. I appealed
against it. One of the commissioners asked me,
Did the man ever clean your boots? Cer-
tainly he did,' I replied. Then, farmer,' he
said, lam very sorry, but I cannot relieve you; you
must pay 245: 'Twenty-four shillings !' says I. ' Yes,' '
cries Mr. Taxgather, 3L 2e. ; you are summoned for
two, Farmer Smith, and you can't deny that t'other has
not cleaned your boots and your knives too.' I could ,
not say that he did not, and so I had to pay the 3i 25.,
and never have I dared to have a man in my house since.
Believe me, Sir, this has done more to injure farming
men than anything else."
FlRR.—About half-past three on Wednesday morning
a fire broke out upon the premises of Mr. Treeby, buil
der, Milton-street, New-road. Flames were first seen
issuing from the lower part of the building by the con-
stable, who instantly raised an alarm. In o, short time
there were in attendance six engines, under the direction
of Mr. Folio, and two others. The fire burned most bril-
liantly; the glare being distinctly seen from the bridges.
Abundance of water being at hand, the engines were soon
got to work, but not a vestige of stock or building, ex-
cept the. walls, could be saved. The occupier is insured
in the Phoenix. The cause of the fire is not known, no
one being in the house at the time of the outbreak.