The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-02 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, JULY 27.—Count de Murde, son of Count F. de
Murde, officer in the regiment d'eVite, has obtained permission
to go to Algeria, to take part in the operations of the French
arms against Morocco.
The journals have announced in rather mysterious terms
the arrest of two or three strangers, whose projects had been
discovered by the police. The following are the particulars :
—Threes or four weeks ago an Englishman of dignified man-
ners announced that he was come to settle at Brussels, and
to establish a banking-house, which was to discount on a
great scale. and to offer new facilities to the merchants, es-
pecially in the numerous transactions between Belgium and
England. The young banker wanted a fine house, one of
the mansions in the Rue Royale4obtained.the preference, and
the tenant set about furnishing in proper style the seat of
his financial institution. Being recommended by persons of
great wealth he obtained in one of our bazaars the richest
hangings, the choicest furniture, giving in exchange notes
signed by several Englishmen already residing in the city,
which he said he had discounted to begin his operations.
The police, however, had been informed that this English-
man was not the person whose name he had assumed, and by
further inquiry they discovered the existence of a society for
speculating on the purses of capitalists.
The police entered the sumptuous mansion in the Rue
Royale and discovered a number of letters displayed on the
desk of the financier, and addressed to all the great establish-
ments and to the principal bankers of the kingdom ; these
letters were blank pieces of paper, carefully enclosed m en-
velopes sealed with the seal of the new house. As for busi-
ness or funds there were none, and it appeared that the
cunning intruder had obtained from some of our countrymen
a quantity of goods, which he had immediately sent to
England, and for which he had given bills,
of exchange of no value whatever. The furniture had also
been disposed of; an auctioneer had been sent for, and it had
been sold in bulk, when the interference of the police pre-
vented the realisation Two of the accomplices of the bank
have been arrested at Brussels, and it is thought 'that he
will not escape the police in a neighbouring town, where be
was waiting for the fruits of his rogueries.
BRUSSELS, JULY 28.—The King and Queen and their chil-
dren arrived at eight in the morning, and immediately pro-
ceeded to Lacken.
Letters from different parts of the kingdom announce that
much damage was done by the storm on the 26th, in the
evening.
BRUSSELS, JULY 30.—The Commerce Beige publishes the
Royal decree, by which the Government withdraWs from
Russian ships the assimilation to the • national flag, and the
right to the reimbursement of the Scheldt toll.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vtatimt, JULY 91.
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Four per ............ ..... ........ 104%
Three per Cents ....... 773(
Bank Shares .. ...... ...... 1004
Allgerneine"Zeitung july 27.E
BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussate, JUDY 30.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent,
Rothschild's Loan, Five per ....... IR3IX
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent
Three per
Thirty-seven Milli ne, ditto ............. 77
(1840) lO4
Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent. lO2
........ 103
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent.
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 6414
issue of 1841.. . ....... -
-Brussels Papers, July 30

CONDUCT OF 'PARISH CLERKS.—A correspondent
forwards for publication the following case :—I had the mis-
fortune on Tuesday last to lose an affectionate wife: I re-
paired to the parish churchyard of St. Ann, Soho, to select a
spot for the interment of her remains. The parties in at-
tendance placed in my hands a scale of prices for the different
grounds. I gave instructions to the undertaker to arrange
the affair with the proper authorities. On Thursday he paid
for the ground in question being broken, and for digging the
grave eighteen feet deep, which cost 11. for extra depth, the
accustomed dues 11. Is., and the going into the church 2s. 641.,
making in toto 2/. 4s. 2d.; the same was paid to the parish
clerk in the vestry in full of all demands. On Thursday Use
grave was commenced upsn, and no notice was taken of the
matter further till the Sunday following, at half-past eleven
A.M., as the funeral was to take place at half-past two P.M.,
when the clerk- abruptly demanded a further sum of sae.,
stating that the pound was the best ground; and.calling
on me while the parties were preparing for the funeral, he
stated, that unless the 19s. were paid immediately the corpse
would be stopped at the gate. He at the same time refused
I to take the money himself, and further said that his servant
at home was not kept to receive moneys on the parish ac-
count, but added that it might be dropped down the. area_of
his residence. It was afterwards arranged that ,the 19s.
should be paid on the Monday following, July 30. The
funeral, consequently, took place, and the money was proffered
by the undertaker to the clerk, which was received, and a re-
ceipt given. The case is generally known throughout the
neighbourhood,and has created much sensation.—LThis Cor-
respondent forwards his name and address. The statement
is most extraordinary; and, assuming the particulars to be
correctly represented, we imagine the parish will deem it due
to its own honour, to provide not only indemnity for the past,
but better security for the future.]-4drertiser.
ANOTHER MURDER IN NOTTINGHAM.—NOTTING-
HAM, WEDNESDAY.—ScarceIy had the Judges of Assize left
Nottingham, after leaving a fellow-creature, with his days
numbered for the savage crime of murder, than another case,
involved in the greatest mystery, has occurred. On Monday
morning, the inhabitants of Finkhill-street and neighbour-
hood were all astir and busy with tales and conjectures,
as to a female of the name of Burton having caused
her husband's death by administering poison to him.
The population of Finkhill-street consists of the lower
orders of society, and the street itself serves as a link to
connect the park and the meadows, running down by
the side of St. Nicholas's Church. The excitement owl-
sinned by such a tale had the most singular effect, crowds
being collected round the house, so that the police had much
difficulty in keeping the people from entering. Michael
Browne, Esq., the Coroner for the town, summoned a jury
to investigate the particulars of the case, the same after-
noon, arid they met at three o'clock. The evidence adduced
was to the effect, that the deceased's wife had repeatedly
threatened her husband, and behaved in the most violent
and cruel manner towards him, and several witnesses dis-
tinctly swore that she had declared she would Five him an
inch of cold steel, and that she would poison him out of her
sight. It was also proved that on Friday week, in the
afternoon, deceased's wife sent for a pennyworth of arsenic
and soap, as she said to kill bugs with ; but, although the
soap was found, the arsenic could not be found, and it is
believed she administered it to him, as he died in great
agony, and much contorted. He was taken ill on the fol-
lowing Monday, and expired on Monday last ; but no
medical man was Galled in by his wife, and he was unable to
move. The jury, after hearing all these particulars, wished
to have a post-mortem examination of the body, and the
Coroner accordingly adjourned the inquiry till Tuesday,
to allow of an examination by the medical faculty; but the
body had decomposed so rapidly that it was with mach diffi-
culty the examination was taken, and the Coroner and)ury
meet again to-night to decide on their verdict. There is no
doubt it will be " Wilful Murder," as the evidence of-arsenic
in the body has been clearly detected.
The family of burglars recently apprehended at
Staleybridge, were examined on Saturday before the magis-
trates of Ashton, and remanded. There are upwards of
twenty serious cases against them. The persons at first appre-
hended were Peggy Swan, the mother; JamytesiA,ll9lareotliirgeye.,tJi
joolihnn,
and
marrTeadinduaeili,gshotnesr: la'negdgyhe,randuasubganhdte,rß; Aobelarr n ar ey, a
Swan, the father, was apprehended on Thursday.—Man-
chester Guardian..

viscount Leveson, M.P., Lady Leveson, and Sir
John Acton, the Dowager 'Viscountess Dillon, Countess of
Newburgh, Mr. Charles Mahon, Colonel Bodges, Colonel
Limond, the Rev. Mr. Chatfield and family, the H9n. Mr.
Kennedy, and Sir Francis Doyle, were among the passengers
that embarked yesterday at BlaCkwall Pier, on board the
General Steam .\ avigation Company's steam-ship S9ho, for
Antwerp.
FIRE ON WEDNESDAY.—At about half-past seven
on Wednesday evening, a tire broke out on the extensive pre-
mises of Messrs. Brocksopp and How, of 233 and 234, High-
street, Borough. The fire originated in the engine-room, to
which place, by the opportune arrival of the engines, and a
plentiful supply of water, and manual assistance, the damage
was confined. As might he expected in so crowded a
thoroughfare, the greatest consternation prevailed for some
time.

UNFIED MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIATION.--Wed-
nesday the half yearly meeting of this Company WAS held at
the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. In the absence of
Sir John Easthope, Bart., through illness, the chair was
taken by James M'Killop, Esq., when the report was read br
Mr. Mather, the secretary. It appeared from this that the
total produce for the year 1843, from the mine of Bayits, was
358,000 dollars, against an outlay of 205,851, thus leaving a
clear profit of 152,149 dollars. The debt of the Association
had been reduced to 810,600 dollars. The total receipts
during the year 1843, after deducting the expense of manage-
ment, &c., was 88,736 dollars, or about 16,000/. The total es-
timated value of the Company's property on the 31st of Dec.
last, was 256,4801., and the assets in London were
91,925/. 18s. Id. The report having been adopted, Ambrose
Humphreys, Esq., and .Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P.,
were re-elected Directors, and H. Bunston, Esq., as auditor,
when thanks were gassed to the Chairman and Directors of
the Company, and the niceting adjourao,