The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-21 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS Arm', U.—The average price of wheat in the
week ending en the 12th of this month was 17f. 16c. per
hectolitre, and that of rye llf. 27c. The duties on impor-
tation remain at 37f. 50c., on wheat and rye 2lf. 50c. per
1,000 kilogrammes. The export duty o* both twenty-five
centimes.
The Chamber of Representatives continued to- day the
debate on the organisation of the army.
On Sunday evening a great number of German emigrants
arrived at Antwerp by the last train. They will shortly em-
bark for the United States.
The execution of the railway from Maestricht to the Prus-
sian frontier may now be considered as certain.
The King has given audience to-day to a great number of
persons.
We learn from Rome that M. Van Brunnel, the Bishop of
Liege, continues to receive numerous marks of regard from the
Pope. On the 31st of March he celebrated high mass in
the Church of St. Andrew, before the brothers and sisters of
St. Vincent de Paule. According to custom a collection was
made by several ladies of quality, among whom were Lady
Plunkett, the Marchioness Capranica, Countess Vander-
steen, and Countess Vibrage Capranica.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, APRIL 15.
Actual Debt, 214 per Cent ..............
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent .
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •. • .
Ditto Three per Cent
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .... • • 77
Ditto, ditto, 1840 . 103
Ditto, ditto, 1844 1025,,
Ditto of the City, 1843 .. • . • • •• • • • • 102%
Ditto, 1832 101
Bank of Belgium.... ......
—Brussels Papers, April 16.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, APRIL 18.—We have
had a better market this week, and the trade have evidently
more confidence in prices ; the sales of the week exceed 800
hogsheads. West India, at from 41s. to to 465. per scale
descriptions; and from 41s. to 565. for new brown and fine
bright groceries ; 2,000 bags Bengals, and 500 mats Mauritius
have also found buyers, at steady rates. No sales reported
in rum or molasses.—Bristol Mercury.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
on Saturday at his official residence in ])owning-street.
THE FAUGH-A-BALLAGIL—This new and splendid
iron steamer, built for the Drogheda Steam-packet Company by
Messrs. Caird and Co., the eminent engineers of Greenock, arrived
in our river on Wednesday, after a voyage of eleven hours from
Drogheda. The Faugh.a-Ballagh is a beautiful model of naval
architecture, and so constructed as to combine all the qualities of a
swift . ailer with the capabilities which are essential to ensure suffi-
cient steadiness in the heaviest seas. She Is of 600 tons burden;
her length all over is 195 feet, length of keel 170 feet, breadth of
beam 26 feet, and depth of hold 15i feet. She is furnished with a
beautiful pair of engines, each of 150 horse power, fitted up with
malleable iron framings on a new and greatly improved construction,
by which greater strength is united with a more elegant and
graceful appearance. The ornamental appendages of the vessel
are of an exceedingly chaste description ; the carvings are
very elaborately worked, displaying wreaths of shamrock
gracefully intertwined with various fanciful and appropriate
devices. The rich mahogany furniture, the gorgeous gothic
panelling, so tastefully relieved with gilding, the large and superbly-
ornamented mirrors, and the lofty dome of beautifully-tinted glass,
give an air of grandeur to the cabin which commands the admira-
tflornladotfaite.ael;:ownhdinoissh,ave beheld it. In every arrangement comfort has
been studied as well as elegance, and on every side provision has
bedidensmade for the most perfect ventilation. There are tt%o splen-
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