The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-18 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BRUSSELS, Nov. 14.—T0-day the King transacted
basiness successively with the Minister of War and the
Minister of Finance.
A deputation from Ghent has just arrived at Brussels,
to make some representations to the Ministers of Finance
and the Interior relative to the projected free entrepots
at Ostend and Antwerp.
dln the night of the II th of this month there was a
readful hurricane, with torrents of rain, on the coasts
Flanders. The west and north winds caused high
tide; with a very hollow sea. The raid and the strong
ITind hindered for three days the departure and thei
arrival of the English mail packets.
tr The frightful weather which we have had for some
v'll baa occasioned some damage in the environs of the
titilnr4 e 4mte The quantity of rain which has fallen most
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--rruptedly ives to f that our rivers will ,
:3kiti overflow.-their banks.reason Theear Senna is already very
Iligh and several meadows are inundated.
BausseLs, Nov. 15.—The Chamber, at the commenreen.-
lent of the sitting to-day, voted unanimously the
rped t
~", tof law for allowieg to the war department 9. e i
ro-
i't 446%000.; It then continued the debate on the p
aeet of law for increasing the salaries of the members of
the several courts of justice.
n The Duke and duchess of Saxe Coburg will leave
c°gue on
even in g the 17th, and arrive at Brussels in the
.
The f •
tfts,_ arnily of Prince Galitz, in coming from St.
The
h 1
1, o:rgh, has been at Brussels for some days.
....rin e himself is expected to-morrow. Persons who
Zi) e
l-inwllfored attach some importance to the visit of
ols Pto Brussels. They believe that he is likely
avitr,° considerable stay, and that it is connected
i, Plans &greeting our diplomatic relations.
Areziribnce Bo.rghese Aildobrandim and the Princess of
the •11._rg' Ilia consort, have come from Rome to spend
rni,er at Brussels.
-c,
vll ZPORTATION or HORSES.—The collections men-
Paxr,, i‘u our last as purchased by Mr. Scholfiold, of
or -vit. 1i0.71 alr. Rib Nicholson, for the MM. Strauss,
shippea4, teld Mr. Furstenberg, of Berlin, were
Capped Cap Saturday last, per the Queen of Scotland,
buroix •'.,raPe, and Victoria, Captain Draper, for Ham-
m Ili 0 171-r• Scholfield's selection, which was shipped
liOr,-,?"ers Paragon lon stables, included a splendid
Ilill, named
the Duke of Buckingham, bred by Mr.
Judi of Sledinere-field. His pedigree--by Memnon
ata phr'ePut of Puffin, by Pantaloon, own sister to Cardi-
Sykes, A two-year old colt, purchased by Sir Tattoo
.Si;;Sir and ' descend Ilanapton, dam by Lottery, g. d. by Cami
A,ue.acended from the celebrated breed of the late
ilLte A• od. Sykes, Bart• Anarrival of horses yesterday,
nmed for the •
*ill r , r Helen Macgregor and others expected,
rov.Plso.nably be delayed until Saturday.—Hull Packet,
79-1j7°121,4GN CATTLE.•-- The week's arrivals have been
Itr Liet:q of oxen and cows, and 14 sheep, by the steamers
43;!1 lialaburgh and Rotterdam.—Hull Packet.
el:18TR Z.XTRAORDINARY.—On Tuesday last, at St.
"c;, the wife' of William Pegg, labourer, was delivered
,A,`;llroe fine children, two sons and a daughter, all doing
'Ai.--Cambridge Chronicle.
,0,41.: ! there are many beautiful spots upon our coast
Albert
from herd raught of water, the Victoria and
ac,Zrt Yacht is unable to approach so as to behold the
c ,ery to advantage, her Majesty wrote to Sir George
nkburn, the senior naval Lord-of the Admiralty, ex-
-I,;',e_ssing ►
a wish to have a small of
propeller, as
- tender to the Royal yacht, and orders were, co_nsae:
le!luently, promptly issued in
sty'e request, and this vessel is i.tnee with her M.
building Blacke dock) and of Allow in
essrs Dthietchpbruo
kare, at walL Her dimensions si,,li Ibe abouttl
to
and
progress of
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reef in length. 22 feet in breadth,
mr4AV more than four feet six inches Jnwatesrli,esoisthnaot she
'lll7 run (where it is practicable) suffikeiently close shout
'„11()‘ aid enable her Majesty to ember and land without
" of any intermediate boat.
11144 d t:'V that U • A stage will be pre-
purpose.— /wed Service Gazette.
anAfr,,,.111411 named Pierce Wynne, contiguous to Bally-
i tkerry,. died last week at the advanced age of 110.—
Th6k Chronicle.
Nertl t1114017T1T.--It is said to be the intention of Go-
for
,Qaent to prepare the Royal Hospital on our De a
nd
11,4t`ne reception of lunatics belonging to the service, and
sad aFeonunodation will be provided for both officers
,prirates.--Norwich Mercury.
sashl! - Senior, the Commissary of Police at Calais,
th.ted of having murdered an English physician, all
dal ,re of which we have giv dered for
dirnefere the Court of Assizes for thePas-deCalais.
etect: Pearce, late superintending inspector of the
dtht.Li]e Police, has been promoted to the superinten-
kt.'"'l4 of the F,' or Covent-garden, division of the
?Vellum Police Force.
sp.,„, li REY. SYDNEY SMITII.--Mr. Smith has been
14tiously indisposed fur some weeks, and faint hopes have
tikt4 entertained of his recovery. The Reverend Gen-
,lk,t Ws duty at St. Paul's has been undertaken for the
41eTr Sund Say the Rev. Thomas Dale.
It r• Josephmuda, the brother and partner of
'queen Jacob Samuda, who lost his life on board the Gipsy
tli ti 0
Wor on Tuesday evening last, with nine of his engineers
Workmen having intimated that he would bear the
t ,Pndsn..‘e of the funerals of such of them whose families or
1„Ile \ vere unable to do so, the mournful ceremonials
:"° conducted in a most respectable manner. The re-
°Y Mr. Jacob Samuda were removed on Wednes-
h•-; afternoon !rem Poplar, in a hearse, to the house of
were her,in South-street, Finsbury, from whence they
et° conveyed for interment on the following afternoon
kt t.
ews' Cemetery, in the Mile-end-road.
Di
kros 8 --VERY OF A VAST CATAcontn.--The Austrian
;'\ I,;;Nlador, M. Prokesch, and Professor Rooz, in ex- ,
~,,i,
n'Lng the island of Milos, have discovered a vast cata-
vm. '''''" Fontaining 'at least a thousand tombs cut in the
.„ 'ante tufa. The walls of this subterranean cemetery
ire c Tered with Greek and Roman inscriptions of from
they 2lld to the sixth century. Most part of the tombs ,
A "Ile ',ea have been opened and are empty. This was
sne, rit, doubt, by the barbarians of the north, who in
the,,,l'iddl., f. ages destroyed so many Hellenic monuments,
Zsveetiaig . the dwelling placed of the dead as little as
408 e of the ,:iving.