The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-06 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BneyssEi,s, JAN. 3.—The Moniteur of this date pub-
lishes the ratification, by the King of the Belgians on
the one part, and of the King of Prussia and the other
Princes, members of the Zollverein, on the other, of the
commercial treaty concluded on the Ist of Septembers
1844, between Belgium nod the Zollverein.
JAN. 2.—The public in this city, as well as in other parts
of the country, have felt a very natural anxiety about
the itnli:position of the King. The information which we
have obtained enables us to say that almost during the
whole of his Majesty's stay at Paris he suffered from
the effects of a cold and catarrh. His Majesty, howefer,
presided this morning in a Council of Ministers.
His Majesty, immediately on his arrival at Lacken, ©n
Tuesday evening, had a conference with M. Goblet,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the royal sanbtion of
the treaty with the Zollverein. • 'II
Yesterday (New Year's-day) his Majesty received 14
the Palace of Lacken, the persons belonging to the
royal household.
To-day, at noon, Count Woyna presented to his ?I
jesty his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary, or Minis'
ter Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of AO"
tria at this Court. His Majesty also gave audiences to
tl Ministers of Great Britain and Hanover.
Baron Alexander Von Homboldt, who has been here
for two or three days, sets out to-day for Paris, vibe/
he has been expected for some months, to be present a
scientific experiments of the highest importance, 015
new mode of locomotiion by means of compressed ail--

BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bitussnts, JAN. 3.
Actual Debt, 21 per Cent

. _ .
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent —
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 98
Ditto Three per Cent
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto —
Ditto, ditto 1840
Ditto, ditto 1844
Ditto of the City, 1843 lO2 ji
—Brussels Papers, Jan. 4.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEC. 28.
5 per Cent. Metalliques
4 per Ceat. Ditto
3 per Cent. Ditto 7B
Bank Shares 1648
Esterhazy's Loan 57

SUSPECTED MURDER OF A FEMALE.—This
ing, about nine o'clock, the body of a respectably-dress.
female, about 23 years of age, was discovered lying 1,
the mud near the steps of the lower Surrey side of Water'
100-bridge. On inquiry, it was ascertained that the der
ceased left her lodgings, in Buckle's-buildings, WWl'
100-road, last night, in the best of health and spirits, telct
ing her landlady that she was going to meet a filen,
The body having been examined, on looking
the left hip, a dreadful wound was found inflicted, there
is every reason to believe, by a sharp knife, and of a el
siderable depth. Notice of the circumstance has bean
forwarded to William Carter, Esq., the Surrey coroin
and also the necessary instructions given' to the poll°:
for an investigation into the suspicious ,affair. The
ceased, named Emma Ashburnham was of very prelli
ses,ing appearance, and always bore the character
being of a very quiet and lively disposition.
EXPULSION FROM THE BAR. —lt will no doubt hdr
recollected that a few months back complaints rte!,,
made against certain unprofessional practices of on
members of the bar, and that eventually the subject °Of
complaint was taken up by two or three of the inns •
court. It now appears that the complaint against •
barrister of the lion. Society of Gray's Inn has bet,
established according to the judgment of the benclq
of that society, and they have not, we are infortar;
shrunk from performing the painful duty of expulsl,o
—from which decision the party has appealed to SPA/
Judges. A charge was also made against a memberbio
the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn fer circulating a The
of fees, and offering a commission for business. '!,
benchers having instituted an inquiry into the circa
stances, do no not find the complaint established.
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THE ROYAL VISIT TO STOWE.—The Duke of Po
ford, the Duke of Somerset, Lord Carrington, the ,1
of Buckinghamshire, Lord Nugent, Sir John Dashiwo
King, Sir T. Aubrey, Sir W. Clayton, Sir Henry Verit:,
Sir George Nugent, the Duke of Buckingham, and_;/
Marquis of Chandos, are among the nobility and gePot
who have affixed their names to a requisition to to
High-Sheriff of the county of Bucks, requesting him 16
convene a county meeting, for the purpose of agreeinfie
a loy4l and dutiful address, to be presented to her
jesty the Queen, on the occasion of her MajesW
tended visit to Stowe next week. The meeting has
appointed to take place in the County-hall, Aylesblw
on Saturday next.
THE ACCIDENT ON THE NEWCASTLE AND liAlth.-
RAILWAY.—Through the active exertions of the C
mittee of Directors appointed to superintend the 100 e
in progress on the Newcastle and Carlisle RailwsPJ
conded by the unremitting labour of the contractors
men employed, the tunnel at Corbridge, which fell
few days ago, has been re-opened, so that ws
drawn by horses are now enabled to pass throng
The enlarging of the tunnel is a work of consideß7oo
skill, a drift above it being to be driven, by which jo
wider arch is made before the old one is removed. 4
shifting some of the machinery by the contractor's 'mnof
a hole was unluckily made through the present ':of
before the new one was finished, which let down sole.e
the superincumbent earth, and stopped the passage', ill
THE GAME MANlA.—Selfish landholders have Itilo7c
discovered that their obstinate resistance to a fixed 'le;
on corn will, and at no distant time, produce Is tjoi
repeal they have (as Lord Palmerston at the
general election prognosticated) " Retfordised it."
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game mania gentry begin to perceive that if they leo
the popular will for alteration in the game-laws, 5114
not limit their preserving propensity (by giving '47./thi
a change), they will cause a thorough uproot 0 is,
odious enactments and preserves, and, therefore, 00
matter of " expediency," they now begin to confess

change is nece;sary. rilit
Since the retirement of the Hon. C. A. 3,11.0. V
Master of the Household, Captain Aleynell, R.S"er
undertaken, by the Queen's desire, the temporary r
formanee of bis duties. idi

SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. s.—The Royal West ller
mail-packet the Forth, Captain Chappell, arrived et
,i 0
moorings here this day, at 10 A.M., and landed the lint,
from the following places and dates :—Tampico
_,,
42, Vera Cruz Dec. 1, Havannah Dec. 10, Howl"
Nov. 21, Jamaica Dee. 9, Carthagena Nov. 21, Dell
Dec. 4, Trinidad 6, Barbadoes 9, Grenada i"
Thomas 14, La Guayra Nov. 21, and Bermuda DIV,
The Forth has 24 passengers, 107,147 dollars, ',;414,
British coin, 2,437 oz. gold dust and doubloons, 10,
oz. of silver bullion, 431bs. of platina. 600/
pearls, 22 serons of julep, and 19 of cochineal, 4100
mail will be forwarded to London by the two A.g.
to-morrow. The Royal Tar, with the Peninsular 0
is hourly expected from Gibraltar.
100
DANCING OVER TIIB DEAD.—We have been 9‘
familiar with the " Dance of Death," but never
that dancing over the dead had been practised vOO
civilised land, until our attention was pointed 00,0',
fact by a printed paper of Mr. Walker, the 0341e1
tied assailant of the grave-yard nuisance in erorce'
towns. It appears that on the western side °foot'
ment's-lane, Strand, is situate a building called4it)
Chapel, surrounded on all sides by houses, crowdeu„ce,
inhabitants, principally of the poorer class. The
part of this edifice was opened fur the purposes of I'..por
worship ab rut 1823. It is separated from the lovieV
by a boarded floor ; this was used as a burying
and crammed at one end even to the top of the c 13°
with dead. It is estimated that within this spricet'booi
exceeding 1,700 square feet, from ten to twelve joclai
sand corpses have been deposited during the P°:,,,r4`;
sixteen years. The chapel has been latterly plO
into what is called a Temperance Hall, in which Oi
and fancy dress balls are held ; an efficient ban doo,'
gaged, and quadrilles, waltzes, reels, &c., Are "6, bd
over the masses of mortality in the charnelehe°
neath.—Medical Gazette.
teillell/
We are informed that Mr. Barry, the
pa
architect, has been directed to examine the buildi°l°,o
occupied by the Board of Trade, with a view to Poeflo
additional accommodation for the different depot", litei
now under the control of that board, which lisv;ill
greatly increased by the establishment of the r 1),(3
op
commission. Mr. Barry has determined upon 1,
which will afford the required accommodatiel'A
greatly improve the present appearance of the balifect:l,o
by the elevation, and thus afford all ficli
screen to the ugly roofs and chimney-pots woo cop
now visible above the present parapet. It is ale° ,refeot
temptation to pull down the old building, at ;Wile
occupied by the department the Home Secrio,,i
State, which has long disfigured that portion of ~000 d
hall, and to erect a more sightly structure in 00500"
with the new front of the Board of Trade.'
Paper.
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We understand that the Board of Stion:,
Taxes have obtained the sanction of the Itbrat;ble'vr
tart' of State to try the efficiency of police-cooie be
watching omnibuses and stage coaches for there`for
collection of the revenue arising from the duty 01 0
some measure of the sort being rendered nrFeliell !joie
the prevention of frauds, the commission or worttel
become more easy from the abolition of those bleb rib
gates on the southern side of the metropolis, fteg, For
hitherto acted as a check. Six police-constauiewo
an inspector to superintend them, have been se'lliploiari
this duty, on which they will be exclusivelf fhe Poo
and for which they will of course be paid by. ~3 Poe
of Stamps and Taxes. The men will be statioouthe g
principal thoroughfares for such vehicles, but o
rangement is yet merely an experiment.—Su'id s $)
FATAL COAL PIT ACCIDENT.--TWO
—An explosion took place in a coal pit Jo tbe ofe
Messrs. Grundy, at Pilkington, on ThursdaY, titer
ult., and two men received injuries, of which ire
since died. The names of the deceased weloose roe
Valentine, who died on Saturday, and John xi% 00 00
expired on Tuesday last. Inquests were hi': cese,
bodies before Mr. W. S. Rutter, in the first 111010
Monday, at Little Lever ; and in the second, cTe, eottle
day, at Radcliffe Bridge. The only evidence e bind
the nature of the accident, was a statement 017.0
deceased themselves, to the effect that they weonje of bet
in the mine ; and the fact spoken to bY ,s it, 0.005.
witnesses, that a severe gust of wind was feirf
..ence ot
part of the pit at the time, from which the hi e par,!,o
drawn, that an explosion had taken place ill Ater&
the mine where the deceased were employed.
were given accordingly.—Manchester Guardian.
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A MAN WHO WAS TRANSPORTED SI"—Y c' se, r
sco.—On the cross-examination, in an aPPealpri SD driY
witness of the name of George Robinson, of ro
ton, by the opposing council at our sessions, oel ire/51100
last it came out that ho had been transporrsaon kis i,ite
of sixty years ago for sheep stealin,2 Robb!
are
eighty-three jr, a,'s of age, and although his loercje deer,4o
as driven snow, he b.. tra) s no other warkieh. O;of
tude. He stands erect, and his voice is extremeot
and powerful, smacking more of the vterigoujoare
youth, than of extreme old age.—lancas
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