The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-11 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, Dxc. B.—The Journal de Bruxelles an-
nounces that Mr. Vergdt, member of the deputation of
Antwerp, has been appointed director of the colony of
St. Thomas, in the room of Mr. Guillamanot, who is said
to be now on his return to Belgium.
We shall belglad if this statement should be unfounded•
The nomination and acceptance of Mr. Verdt would be
a pledge of confidence in the future prosperity of the
colony.
The Government has received from Mr. Busch, Consul-
General of Belgium, in Chili and Peru, a decree of the
Peruvian Government, dated the 14th of June, 1843, by
which the term of five years granted to the Society fur the
exportation of guano, is prolonged for three years.
In consequence of the severe cold we have had, for
some days past, the Meuse is full of floating ice, and the
navigation is interrupted in the whole course of the

river.
Our readers probably remember that while his Ma-
jesty the King of the French was in England an indivi-
dual, named 1:e Buchoz:llilton, who pretended that he
was a creditor of the King, applied to a court of justice
to be authorised to take legal measures, and even to
arrest his Majesty. We are now able to throw some
light on the character of this man, by the following de-
tails:—Buchoz,llilton was born at Metz, and is now
fifty-three years of age. In June, 1831 he was im-
prisoned at Brussels on a charge of vagrancy. In 1819
he had been condemned by the Court of Assize of South
Brabant to seven years' imprisonment, to stand in the
pillory, and to be branded as implicated in
a plot against the life of the Emperor
Alexander when he passed through Brussels.
Being sent to Vilvorde to undergo his penalty, he sent
several petitions to King William, praying to be relieved
from his imprisonment. On the 6th of August, 1824, a
royal decree granted his petition, on condition that he
should immediately quit Belgium; and never return ; if
he did he was to suffer the remainder of his punishment.
In consequence of this decree Buchoz escaped from
Metz, and came to Belgium, where he was arrested as a
vagabond. When in the prison of the Petits Cannes,
he applied to be received into the military service of
Belgium.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, DEC. 11.—Wind this day at noon, N. to N.E.
fresh breezes and cloudy.
DEAL, DEC. 10.—Wind, E.N.E., fresh.—Sld. Oriental
and Cape Packet, Calcutta ; Julie, Bahia ; African,
Bathurst ; Tropic, Jamaica.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 10.—S1d. China, New Orleans.
DOVER, DEC. 10.—Arrd. Leila, Galway for London,
with loss of foretopmast and other damage, having been
in contact, off the South Foreland, with a light brig.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 10.—Wind, N.E.—Arrd. Hebden,
London, for the west coast of Africa, with starboard bow
stove, loss of bulwarks, gibboom, &c., having been in
contact with a brig, with oats, from Galway to London.
COWES, DEC. I.o.—Arrd. the Maria Susannah Hen-
drika, from Amsterdam to Batavia, with loss of bowsprit
cutwater, &c., having been in contact, 6th inst., off the
Dutch coast, with a vessel, name unknown, which, it is
feared, foundered with all hands. The Flora, Michaelson,
from Newport to Hamburgh, and the Rena, from Cadiz
to Hamburgh, have put in here, both with much
damage, having been in contact off Dungeness on the
night of the Bth inst.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 10.—Wind E., moderate.—Arrd.
New Hampshire, Chase, New Orleans; Mersey, Tucker,
Charleston ; Mars, Robinson, New York. Sid. Harbin-
ger, Singapore ; John Walker, Cape and Bombay ;
Mary Ray, Ichaboe ; Lydia, Brazils, &c. ; Hope, Hayti;
Tam O'Shanter, Jamaica; Flor, llavannah ; Jane, New
Orleans ; Alliance, Charleston ; Jacob Horey, Boston.
Off, Cumana and Lady Bute, Calcutta ; Emigrant and
Henry Bliss.
CORK, DEC. B.—Arrd. Hopewell, M'Arthur, Ichaboe ;
Mary Ann, Ovrien, Carnarvon ; Millicient, Prince Ed.
ward's Island ; Lady Harvey, Reid, Valparaiso ; Perth-
shire, Clyde, for Pictou, out 50 days, bore up from lon.
42, leaky, and with loss of sails, yards, &c.
LEITH, DEC. 8. —Arrd. D. Dyer, Dyer, Ichaboe. 9.
Sld. Cockburn, Tobago.
SHEERNESS, DEC. 9.—Arrd. Harry and Mayor, both
from London to Sunderland, with damage, having been
in contact.
BANBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT, DEC. 9.—A ship's board
marked " Bangalore," in large gilt letters, apparently a
quarter board, has been picked up off Banbridge Ledge.
SHIELDS, DEC. 9.—The Garnet, of Hull, in coming in
yesterday, grounded in the Muschel Scarp, but was as-
sisted off the following tide. The Johns, of and for
Lynn, put back yesterday leaky, and has been laid on
the ground.
LOWESTOFFE, DEC. 10.—The Albion and the Triune,
both ashore near here, have bilged, and are full of water.
The Fortuna, Ryles, of South Shields, was totally lost
upon the Barnard Sand, last night ; crew saved.