The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-01 00:00:00

DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL.

THE HAGUE, DEC. 28.—The Second Chamber of
the States-General received in its sitting to-day
Royal Messages with the following projects of law :-
1. A project of law, authorising the State to dis-
charge a part of its debt (22 millions of florins) to the
Society of Commerce. This sum is to be paid by
means of the extraordinary tax, or, if that should be
insufficient, by other means to be determined by the
law.

2. The project of law for imposing an extraordinary
tax on property, and also for a voluntary loan. This
project is divided into two parts. The first relates to
the voluntary loan. This loan to the State is to be
for 150 millions of florins at 3 per cent interest. In-
scriptions will not be received for 100 florins, and the
multiples of that sum. The instalments are to be
paid before the Ist of April, 1844, for one quarter,
and before the Ist :of July and the Ist of October,
1844, the Ist of January, the Ist of April, the Ist of
July, and the Ist of October, 1843, per one-eighth.
,Every instalment is to be paid 30 per cent. in
cash, and 70 per cent. at the option of the parties in-
terested, either in cash or in bonds, payable by the
State, or by its transmarine possessions. These bonds
will be renewed in payment at the following rates :
a. The inscriptions in the great _book of the Na-
tional Debt Two-and-a-Half per Cents. on the certi-
ficates of that debt at 56 per cent.
b. The inscription in the great book of the Na-
tional Debt Five per Cents., and the certificates of
that debt at 100 per cent.
c. The bonds of the Syndte Four-and-a Half
per Cent. at 96 per cent.
d. The bond of the same nature at 3} per cent. at
82 per cent.

e. The Zosrenten of the domain (redeemable annui-
ties) Fire per Cent., at 100 per cent.
The Zosrenten of the transmarine possessions are
Five per Cent. at 100 perxent. The bonds must be
accompanied with the coupons not yet due. Receipts
will be delivered for the paymtntslb be made, which
will be converted into inscriptions in the great book
to be opened for that purpose.
The second division of the project of law contains
very detailed regulations relative to the tax on pro-
perty, which will be of necessity imposed in case the
voluntary loan should not be effected. The tax will
be 1 per cent.
THE HAGUE, DEC. 29.—Advice has been received
this afternoon, by express, from Helvoetsluys, that
the mortal remains o 1 his late Majesty King William
Frederick have arrived here, and were immediately
conveyed to Rotterdam. The Minister of Marine
and Governor of South Holland immediately pro-
ceeded to Rotterdam, to be present at the arrival of
the steamer with the body, which they are to receive
in the name of the King, and see it deposited in the
great hall prepared for it.

BRUSSELS, DEC. 27.7—The average price of wheat
last week was 17f. 69c., and that of rye llf. 35c. per
hectolitre. The duty on importation remains there-
fore at 37f. 50c. per 100 kilogrammes on wheat, and
21f. 50c. on rye, and the export duty on both at 25c.
Count d'Arschot and M. Wyns, burgomaster of
Brussels, have visited the Theatre de la Monnaie, to
direct the final arrangements for the grand fetes
which their Majesties will give to the inhabitants of
Brussels.

Their Majesties came yesterday to the palace of
Brussels, and had a grand dinner, to which the Duke
of Valentinois, Prince of Monaco, and several of the
Foreign Ministers and persons of distinction were in-
vited. Their Majesties returned to Lacken at ten
o'clock.

We learm from Charleroi that a mill and 6,000
sheaves of corn have been destroyed by an incendiary
fire. in the commune of Raves ; the fire was kindled
by means of lucifer matches, a box of which was
found on the spot.
BnussuLs, DEC. 28.—The budget of the depart-
ment of Foreign Affairs and of the Marine, did not
give occasion to many observations in the Senate.
The principal speakers were on the sum asked for
our Ministers of Foreign Courts, which was thought
rather high, and to the affairs of the British Queen.
The result was the adoption of the budget of the
Marine unanimously, and of that of Foreign Affairs,
with only one dissentient voice.
The Moniteur of to-days (the 28th) publishes the
text of the law which taxes the maximum of 80,000
man for the army in 1844, and at 10,000 men, the
amount of the body for the same year.