The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-04 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, AuG. 31.—We have received to-day from Ger-
many a piece of news which, in the present state of things, is
not without importance. The excessive drought in the south
of Russia has injured the crops, so that the prices of corn have
risen considerably in the market of Odessa.

The Bres!au Gazette quotes the following words as having
been addressed by the Emperor of Russia to the students in the
college of Warsaw :—" I know you all. You resemble the
revolutionists, your fathers. I know in what principles you
have been educated; but beware of putting them in practice.
for I should send ycu to a place where yeu will remember me."
On Thursday next the King and Queen of the Belgians
will leave Bonn early in the morning to return to Belgium.
The royal carriages will wait at Cologne for their Majesties,
who will arrive at the palace of Lacken in the evening.
BRUSSELS, Sm. 2.—The King and Queen were to leave
Coburg- Gotha yesterday, to return home, and will pass through
Cassel, the capital of the electorate.
The Queen of England and Prince Albert will leave on
Saturday, and proceed direct to Antwerp, where their Alajes-
ties will go to meet them.
The Archduke Frederick of Austria landed yesterday at
Antwerp, coming from Holland, and arrived this morning at
Brussels.

THE HARVEST.—Had our space permitted, we
should have exposed in detail, on the authority of personal in-
spection and inquiry, some of the croakings respecting the
" dreadful injury to the crops " which have been so rife of late;
but we have only room to say that most of the harvest in the
richest part of our locality has been gathered in admirable
condition, both as regards quality and quantity, the weather
having been truly glorious. The hops are reviving.— Worces-
tershire Chronic e.

LEGISLATIVE BLUNDERING.—On the 4th of last
August the Scotch New Poor-law Bill passed, when it was
enacted, that on the' Ist of NEXT August the chief adminis-
trators of the law, or the " Board of Supervision," should
meet in Edinburgh to make laws and regulations for the direc-
tion of the local boards. Hence Scotland will be without a
pour law for twelve months, or the local boards must act inde-
pendently of the " Board of Supervision," which would be
rather an anomalous way of proceeding.
FALL IN BREAD.—The beneficial effects of the
late fine harvest weather are being developed on the Surrey
side of the metropolis, in the crowded neighbourhoods of the
New-cut, I3lackfriars-road, and the adjacent places, where a
reduction in the price of bread has taken place. Excellent
bread is down to the 4lbs.
In speaking of the recent collision on the Birming-
ing and Bristol Railway, the Worcestershire Chronicle pays:—
" Had the guard of the luggage train been able to communi-
cate with the driver, this awful occurrence would not have hap-
pened. This fact should not be lost upon railway Directors,
who, if they cannot otherwise attain the desired object, should
forthwith co-operate and offer such a munificent premium as
would ensure the perfection of a plan for that purpose, which
would speedily pay its cost in the saving of property, to say
nothing of its vastly more important object, the preservation
of life.
BONDED WAREHOUSE IN AYR.—We are glad to
understand that Provost Miller, op Thursday morning last. re-
ceived an official con- munication from the Lords of the Trea-
sury, in answer to the application of the council, through Mr.
Paul, intimating that they " have signified to the Commis-
sioners of Customs their approval of Ayr being constituted a
port for the deposit of all foreign goods, that may be legally
imported therein, 'whether direct or otherwise ; for tobacco re-
moved coastwise from ports of importation, either foi home
u.e or as stores ; and for East India goods after having been
warehoused at an approved port, upon suitable premises being
fitted up, and secured in conformity with the established regu-
lations. "—Ayr Observer,
CAUTION TO PURCHASERS OF OLD TUBS.—A per-
son of the name of Eli Swift, living at Friskney, lately pur-
chased an old tub at a sale, of which he made a rain water tub.
This tub had been used for years for the purpose of dipping
sheep; and from it the family now drank the water, which
produced sickness and pain, and caused the death of their child
in convulsions from having imbibed the poison from the mother,
as also from its food being made of this water. The wife was
also taken extremely ill, and lost the use of her hands and
lower extremities, being now unable to stand or walk. The
husband is nearly in the same state, being unable to walk
without the help of crutches, and having but little use in his
hands. The cause of this dreadful suffering is only just found
out, they having imbibed the poison for more than two months.
Boston Herald. _ _

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SINDE —Tile following paragraph, headed "Im-
portant News," appeared in a supplement to the Delhi Ga-
zette of July 9 :—" One o'clock. We have this moment re-
ceived intelligence from Hyderabad, under date the 30th of
June, to the effect that 450 men, with head-quarters of the
18th Bombay Infantry, and two mountain guns, with golundaz,
had embarked at eight o'clock on the 29th, accompanied by a
commissariat cfficer, with three months' supplies, on three
steamers, with orders to proceed to the north of Sukkur, and
establish head-quarters near a village named lilumsoor, or
some such name, remaining on board the steamers. '1 he cause
of the movement is, that a party of Punjabees had made a dour
upon some villages of the Sinde frontier, and killed two men.
The detachment is to keep the country quiet. Sir Charles
Napier declares very properly he will not allow his frontier to
be disturbed. The pontoon bridge has also been ordered up to
Ferozepore, by special direction of the Governor-General. We
have no time for further remarks, but the above may be de-
pended upon."
COPPER MINE IN SOMERSETSHIRE.—An undertak-
ing has lately been entered upon which promises to be of im-
portance to the interests of Taunton. It has been long thought
that the Broomfield Hills are a copper district, and the person
who has chiefly directed attention to this is Andrew Crosse,
Esq. A number of men, some of whom are from Cornwall,
have been for some weeks at work, sinking, or rather re-open-
ing a shaft and driving an adit, which was many years ago com-
menced by Mr. Crosse. Within these few days, the miners
have come on a fine copper lode, at the very trifling depth of
40 feet—a circumstance very unusual even in Cornwall, where
better appearances are sometimes not seen at a less depth than
from 1,000 to 2,000 feet, and there is every indication that the
lode will turn out to be a rich one. It is intended to erect a-
steam engine ; and more miners are to be forthwith brought to
the place of action, where they work clay and night. Should
it turn out to be what it promises, it must necessarily add
largely to the fortune of I%lr. Crosse. The lode is highly
impregnated with yellow sulphuret of copper. —Exeter Flying
Post.
COLLIERS' STRIKE —The turn out of the Stafford-
shire collies* is at an end, the masters having abandoned the
reduction and agreed to give the men the same wages as they
had previous to the strike, 4s. 6d. in the thick coal, and 3s. 6d.
in the thin coal measures per day. At one: period doubts were
entertained whether the men would go in on these terms, many
of them being disposed to retaliate upon the masters for seek -
ing to reduce their wages, by forcing an advance. This course,
however, did not find favour with the more discreet-portion of
them, and was not adopted. We also hear that the puddlers
are likely to return to their work at the rate of wages they
were receiving previous to the notice which was given of a re-
duction ; great numbers of them and of men employed in the
other branches of the iron trade have been for some weeks at
play, in part owing to the disagreement as to wages, but
chiefly from want of coals to carry on the work.— Ten Towns
Messenger.
WHAT A BARRISTER MAY DO, AND WHAT HE MAY
NOT here seems to be at present a very considerable
difference of opinion among the gentlemen of the bar as
to what may or may not be done by a barrister. We bad
some idea of publishing a small hand-book of etiquette for
the exclusive use of the gentlemen of the long robe ; but
as what is etiquette to-day may not be etiquette to-mor-
row, we feared the work would not possess the
permanent utility which alone would recompense .us
for the labour of writing it. We have, however, drawn up a
few general rules ,founded on our own observation as to
what a barrister may do, and what he may not do, consis-
tently with his professional dignity.-1. A barrister may
be employed in inducing members of Parliament to vote in
favour of railway Bills ; but may not report for a news-
paper. 2. A barrister may practise the " artful dodge" for
the purpose of defeating the ends of justice ; bat he must
not enter an assize town in an omnibus. 3. A barrister may
tout for a small judgeship ; but he will be very properly de-
barred if he advertises his readiness to plead the cause of
clients. 4. A barrister may libel a rival candidate for an
office in a " private and confidential" circular; but he must
not degrade himself by asking an attorney to dine with him on
the circuit. 5. A barrister may take a fee when he knows he
cannot attend to the case ; but he may not return the money,
for his doing so would be very unprofessional. 6, and lastly.
A barrister may be a very honourable man ; but many things
which professional etiquette allows him to do would be thought
1 disgraceful and dishonest among ordinary people.—Punch.

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SEEING WITH THE EYES OF OTHERS.—AII the
French surgeons are renowned for their ingenious and extra-
ordinary operations. It was recently announced at the French
Academy of Sciences, that some experiments had been made
in what the French call Kiratoplastie, which consists in re-
placing a deceased cornea by a portion of the cornea taker.
from another individual, and which, in fact, is a kind of animal
transplanting. At the sitting of the Academy on the 18th
instant there was read a communication from Dr. Plouviez, of
Lille, in which he, states that he recently performed the opera-
tion on a female, twenty-three years of age, and who became
blind from smallpox at the age of three years. He removed
the cornea, and substituted by suture that of a young dog,
which he sacrificed for the purpose. The transplanting pro-
cess was entirely successful, but it does not appear that much
benefit was derived from it. The girl does not see well enough
to move about without a guide, and the only difference between
her present state and that before the operation is, that she can
now just distinguish night from day.
NEW BARRACKS.—A number of men are em-
ployed on Rocky Island quarrying stone Preparatory to build-
ing barracks for troops on the south and west of the island.
Barracks are also about to be built at Hauthowline, and
orders are daily expected to put the forts et Carlisle and Cam-
den in an effective state. The Elizabeth Fort, formerly the
convict depot, and now the policeharrack, is in course of repair
preparatory to its being occupied by the military.—Limerick
Chronicle,