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

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, DEC. 28.—Their Majesties the King
and Queen will leave Paris on the 30th, and arrive
at 13russels on the following day.
Count Dietrichstein, the Austrian Ambassador to
the Court of London, who leaves Brussels to-morrow,
intended to make a longer stay here, but has been
obliged to hasten his departure, because he has received
notice that her Majesty the Queen of England would
receive the new Austrian Ambassador on Monday
next, for the presentation of his credentials.
At the commencement of the sitting of the Senate
to-day Viscount Milley read a report on the project
of law relative to the treaty with the Zollverein. The
Committee, of which he is the organ, adopts unani-
mously this project of law, the discussion of which
is fixed for Monday. The Senate then proceeded to
the discussion of the articles of the project of law re-
lative to the provisional credit of seven millions of
francs for the war department. After some obser-
vations of the Count de Ribeancourt on the pro-
motions in the army, which he considers as too
numerous, the credit was voted by 29 to 1.
The Senate then passed to the discussion of some
other projects of law, all which were unanimously
agreed to ; one of them related to the contingent of
the army, which is fi,..ed at 80,000 men.
TURKISH FRONTIERS, Day. 12.—We learn from
Bucharest that the Hospodar has given his consent to
the marriage of his eldest daughter to the son of the
President of the Divan of IVallaehia, Alexander
Philippesca, as it was believed by the public that the
young Princess was intended for a son of the Hos-
podar of Moldavia. The reports respecting the ob-
ject of the meeting of the Princes at Fockshorn have
gained ground. It was said that the two Princes in-
tended to meet at Fockshorn with a Russian envoy,
to deliberate on the necessity of a thorough reform of
the existing organic statute of Wallachia, or at least on
the introduction of some new institution, by which
the defects of that statute might be amended.—Allge.
meine Zeitung, Dec. 26.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baualms. DIN. 95.
Actua Debt, 354 per Cent., .......... .
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ............
• Loan of:Vairty Millions,
lions, Four per Cent lls •
-.. .1 Three per Cent...........
Thirty-seven ns, ditto .....
(1 I) ln3% ;
Loan of-City,,1543. Four per Cent. lO3
183-2
t
• Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Ceat
lank of Belgilttn, Five per Cent 51%
Issue of .......... •••••••••••••••••••••
...L4rusieels Papers. Dec. 19.

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~,.. . • - •A-LISTRZA FIJ24 D nec.
Five per Cents. Metalhquee ............. 111
1
Three per Cents.
Rank Shares ..... ..........
'Loan, Int-
-I)ittis, IRMO
Esterhazy's Loan ...
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand.................. 17t%
Gloggnits
Milan .......«.. 116
—Afigemeine Zeitusg, Dac. 24.

.. 1 662

LIAMBURGH BORSENHALLE. Dim. '27.
gills. Mond.
, 000000 —....... 113

Austrian 5 per Cents. ...... -.
Bank Shares — 1680
Anglo-Russian Lean
Russian S per Cent., Ist series, Certificate 105% 1054
Inscription, let series — 1054
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series .... 99%
Ditto in Certificates 9'J%
New 4 per Cent. (1840) 91%
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ...... 63% 63%
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Anglo. Danish Loan, S per Cent.
Spanish. New 5 per Cents.
Polish Bonds —•
New Tickets
Exchange on London.
Hatnburgh, One month ...... 13 11
Two m0nth5,........ 13 S
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bcatan, Dec. 24.
Bills. Money
St. Schuld Sch., 3% per cent.
Prussian English Bonds, 1830, t per cent.
exchange on London
Prussian State Gazette. Dec. 24.

METROPOLITAN DRAPERS'
ASSOCIATION.

A public meeting of the Regent street district
branch of this Association was held on Monday.even-
ing, December 30, at Lloyd's Rooms, Regent-quadrant,
when interesting information, relative to the progress
of the " early closing" movement was detailed, and the
evils resulting from the present protracted hour's of
business in shops were forcibly depicted by the
several speakers, who clearly proved that the present
system was the great barrier to the assistant-draper
rising in the social,. moral, and intellectual scale.
Public feeling was stated to be getting unanimous in
favour of the change sought for, and the efforts of the
Association were begin►.ning to be felt, in convincing
all that evening shoppers were now the sole cause
and support of the " late hour system," as the em-
ployers, as a body, were most desirou3 to grant
reasonable hours to their young men.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
27, Berners-street, Dec. 30.
Mrs. Rainforth presents her respectful compliments to
the editor of The Sun, and will feel extremely obliged
by the insertion of the accompanying copy of a letter
addressed by her to the editor of the Observer :

" TO THE EDITOR OF THE OBSERVER.
" Sir,—My attention has been directed to a paragraph
in your paper of yesterday, announcing the marriage of
Miss( Rainforth. As the mother of that young lady, I
request that you will, in your paper of Sunday next, give
the most unqualified contradiction to such a gross fabri-
cation.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" ELIZABETH W. RAINFORTIL
" 27, Berners-street, Dec. 30."

CHARITABLE DONATIONS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUP.

SIR,—In your account of Charitable Donations for
Christmas, you have noticed Sir John Bayley's name,
the M.P. for the city of Worcester, as giving relief to
two thousand persons, in beef, warm clothing, &c.
beg leave to say it is an error: there was some beef
given, and likewise bread, to about 500 persons, but
those were mostly to such persons as had voted for
him, but as to clothing nothing has been heard of it. I
understand Sir T. Wilde has sent 2001. to be given
generally for charitable purposes. You will pleaset
notice the same in your next.—Yours, respectfully,
C. KNOWLES.

Worcester, Dec. 31, 1844.

WINTER ASSIZES.
TO THE EDITOI? OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Some of the past Assize Grano Jury, have put
out a feeler against continuing a winter commission.
If it be somewhat inconvenient for the gentry of the
" grand inquest" to attend a winter assize, a very easy
relief may be found fur them by abolishing the grand
jury system, and, sure, I am, that the public would re-
joice at it.

I expected the gentry of the grand inquest would find
fault (though their duty is by far less than the petty
jury), and also expected that, "my Lords Judges,' the
" high sheriff," and the gentlemen of the " long robe,"
would put their shoulders to the 'heel, and assist in
raising a prejudice against so desirable a thing as a
winter gaol delivery.
Dec. 31, 1844.