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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1844

dition as exists in that region of audacious profli-
gacy, of unrestrained violence, of utter abandon-
ment, and undisguised licentiousness, of the subver-
sion of all rights of property, all notions of order
and religion ? The fortunate few who have returned
in rags and poverty, in abject indigence, yet still re-
joicing to have escaped at all, and once more to have
set foot on their native land, have supplied ample
details on these subjects to undeceive their townsmen
of Glasgow or Dublin, Liverpool or London.
But, enough of these matters of domestic American
history. Let us pass, in conclusion, to the hostile
spirit in which other parts of the "Message" are con-
ceived. An apparently designed distinction is taken
in the mode of announcing the progress of diplomatic
relations with other States from that employed in
speaking of Great Britain. Thus, as to the former,
it seems, " since the last adjournment of Congress
the Executive has relaxed no effort to render inde-
structible the relations of amity which so happily
exist between the United. States and other countries ;"
and of t_ latter—" The treaty lately, concluded with
Great Britain has tended ,greatly to increase the
good understanding which a reciprocity of interest is
calculated to encourage, and it is most ardently to be
hoped that nothing may transpire to interrupt the
relations of amity which it is so obviously the policy,
of both nations to cultivate." _ _ _

The same tone is preserved throughout the Message
with regard to the relations between the two countries.
It is a sorry compliment to give credit to this great
country for no higher motive in maintaining rela-
tions of peace than mere " reciprocity of interest."
Then, again, the atrocious misconduct of the Ame-
rican authorities in dealing with the case of Mr.
M'LEOD, is not even glanced at in the following
garbled and disingenuous statement of the affair :
The hazards incident to this state of things were
greatly heightened by the arrest and imprisonment
of a subject of Great Britain, who, acting as it was
alleged as a part of a military force, had aided in the
commission of an act violative of the territorial juris-
diction of the United States, and involving the
murder of a citizen of the state of New York."
The notices of the condition of the United States'
army, of the proposed mode of strengthening and en-
larging it, of the state of the public works, the
forts on the sea coast, and the navy; the strong recom-
mendation to have the forts on the lakes, and the
approaches thereto, put immediately in an efficient
state ; the display of diplomatic strength and influence
in the recapitulation of treaties entered into with
Foreign Powers ; the, continual allusions to some sup-
posed case of necessity, contemplated, or of probably
proximate occurrence, as calling for the infusion of
all possible strength—all these various departments of
the public service are all conceived in a spirit which
we cannot but consider as one of intended distance
and unfriendliness towards this country. The ill
concealed intentions and views about the Oregon and
the Texas (which latter, it should seem, by a recent
political revelation, some havenot hesitated to consider
as part of the United States' territory), are specimens of
the most unprincipled political doctrine we ever saw
promulgated in a State paper. On the whole, we
cannot think that on the great majority of the
American nation, shrewd and sensible as they are,
a manifesto so abundant in boastful and impudent
language, is likely to have much influence ; or that
JOHN TYLER'S presidency is likely to be resuscitated
by the people. By the way, if we may be forgiven
for once more alluding to the offensive feature we
have denounced .as of such perpetual repetition in
this Message, we must own we have been amused
with one instance, in which the PRESIDENT at the
same time helps himself to a more than Archi-Epis-
copal designation. The old Scotch Covenanters, and
the English Puritans before them, were scandalised
among other abominations of the hierarchy, by their
profane assumption of spiritual excellence. They
could not tolerate a bishop's announcing himself to
be " CHARLES —by Divine permission Lord
Bishop of LONDON or SARUM." Fox, the Quaker,
and other eminent Dissenters, protested against the
"blasphemous" distinctions taken in all their public acts
by the Primates of our Church, each calling himself
"By Divine Providence, Lord Archbishop of —."
But JOHN TYLER leaves bishops and archbishops far
in the back ground; he " goes ahead" thus :—" When
by a dispensation of Divine Providence I succeeded to
the Presidential Chair." After this, the fanaticism of
the great, but cruel ALVA himself expressed itself in
terms of absolute personal modesty !

Our readers may perhaps remember that earlyein
the course of the last session of Parliament, Mr.
BANKES, fired with an ambitious desire to extinguish
Mr. COBDEN and the manufacturers, gave a most
flattering sketch of the state of the labourers in Dor-
setshire, the object of which was to show the marked
contrast that existed between them and the poor, ill-
paid, half-starved operatives who were compelled to
labour unceasingly from hour to hour in the manu-
facturing districts, with scarcely enough wages to
keep body and soul together. In his eagerness to
make this contrast tell more forcibly with the House,
the Hon. Member represented Dorsetshire as a per-
fect Paradise, where the blythe voice of content and
happiness was heard from morning till night;
where the land abounded in milk and honey ;
and where the grateful and flourishing peasan-
try were allowed—oh gracious permission !—to
supply themselves liberally with fire-wood from
the useless sticks in his own park. Never, ac-
cording to his bwn aceount, was there so happy, so
prosperous a county as that which, in the ecstasy of
its gratitude, had returned Mr. BANKES as its repre-
sentative to Parliament. Arcadia might be all very
well in its way, but what was it to Dorsetshire ? The
inhabitants of the Yale of Cashmere were, no doubt,
contented with their lot, but•the inhabitants of Dor-
setshire beat them hollow in the fullness of their
felicity. Such, in substance, if not in words, was the
Hon. Member's description of his native county
Now, what says:Mr. OSBORNE on the subject—he
who is a resident in this Eden, and Chairman of the
Blandford Board of Guardians ? Here are the Hon.
and Rev. Gentleman's own words : " It had been
broadly stated that every seventh man in the county
of Dorset was a pauper. He wished with all
his heart that he could at once fling back the
statement as false, and say that it was
not the case ; but, unhappily, he could not do so. He
was obliged to own, upon a careful examination made
up to that time of the relief afforded in the three last
quarters, as compared with others preceding—he was
sorry, he said, to be obliged to own, that that state-
ment was but too true.—lf there was one subject
more than another which ought to shame the upper
and middle Classes of society, it was the statements
that had been made at the other end of the county.
He stood there, ready to avow and produce cases ten
times worse in that union than any one case which he
had heard in any other part of the county, and those
cases, unfortunately, were not confined to that union.
He had the certificate of the medical man of a
neighbouring union, which went infinitely beyond
anything he had reported." As Mr. BANKES was
present at the Blandford agricultural dinner where
these pithy remarks were made, of course our readers
will conclude that he rose indignantly to deny their
truth, and prove the accuracy of his own glowing
descriptions. Alas, he did no such thing. He
merely observed—" Whether it be the fact or not
that the peasantry have been neglected and left with-
out inducements to amend, the fact at present stands
in favour of their amendment. We can take no
credit for this, we can only humbly attribute it to the
Giver of all Good. And, if we have done nothing for
them before, let us begin now and borrow from them
the example of amended conduct." What, the
haughty, aristocratic landholders of Dorsetshire con-
descend to take a hint, as regards excellence of con-
duct, from their poor, ignorant, half-starved la-
bourers ! We thought they would have themselves
set an example of moral and
_social worth, instead
of following ingloriously in the wake of their
inferiors. But, passing this consideration, how does
Mr. BANKES reconcile his present diffident doubts,
" if we have done nothing for them before," with his
former ravishing description of the happiness and
prosperity of the Dorsetshire labourers ? Was he
only indulging in a poetical mood at the time? 'We
strongly suspect that this was the case, and that his
glowing sketch was merely intended to catch the ears
of the country-gentleman portion, of the House, who, as
is well known, are among the most refined, sensitive,
and imaginative beings on earth. Before Mr. BANKES
presumes to sneer again at the destitute condition of
the operatives in the manufacturing districts, we trust

he will take into his serious consideration the far
worse state of the labourers in his own native county
of Dorset.

The Madrid papers of the 22d add little to the pre-
vious intelligence from Spain. The Congress was to
meet on the 23d, when some discussion was expected
relative to the atrocious attack made on the editors
and printers of two Opposition journals. The Ministry
say they have made every effort to discover the of-
fenders, but without success. According to the Es-
pectador, the proprietors and editors of all the Madrid
journals had a meeting for the purpose of protesting
against the outrages, and after a long talk of eight
hours, adopted a, modified resolution to that effect.
The late elections in Catalonia and the Balearic
Islands have gone decidedly in favour of the Ministry.
Notwithstanding the flight of OLOZAGA, the prosecu-
tion against him is still to be carried on. The son of
Don FRANCIS° DE PAULA has been promoted by the
QUEEN to the rank of Lieutenant in the navy, as ap-
pears from the following Royal decree :
" Taking into consideration the remarkable application
with which hnsig■n Don Henrigne, Infante of Spain, my
very dearly and well beloved cousin, has commenced and
continued his studies in the navy, and as a proof of the
esteem with which his progress in the noble profession
of navigation inspires tue, I confer upon him the rank of
Lieutenant.

" Given at Madrid on the 20th day of December,lB43.
" Countersigned by the Minister of the Navy and Co-
lonies. " J. F. PORTILLO."

The Queen of PORTUGAL had just conferred the
Cross of the Royal Order of Christ on the late Minis-
ters, J. M. LorEz and J. DE FRIAS.
The Three per Cents. were done on the 22d at
at 60 days, and the Fives at 201 cash with five
coupons, and 201 at 60 days.

The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with com-
ments on the KING'S speech, extracts from which will
be found under that head. The election of President
of the Chamber of Deputies has been quietly settled
in favour of M. SAUZET, the President of last ses-
sion. He obtained 170 votes out of 300, while M.
DUPIN hid only 82. The remainder were given for
OmLoN BARROT, with the exception of five to M.
DUPONT, one to M. DUFAURE, one to M. GARNERON,
and one to M. LAFFITTE. The affair was decided by
a resolution of the Ministerial party, adopted at a
meeting held in LEMARDELAY'S rooms late on
Wednesday evening. The proceedings were con-
dncted in a business-like manner, and the re-
sult was a unanimous resolution to support
the late President, as there. were no grounds
for setting him aside. M. BIGNON took the chair,
and in a few words pointed out the object of this
meeting—namely, to come to an understanding upon
the candidates for-the Presidency of the Chamber,
who this year were two men equally honourable—M.
Durpi and M. SAUZET. On all similar occasions it
had been agreed that every species of personality
should be carefully avoided in the discussion, because
the great object of the meeting was to draw closer the
bonds which united the Conservative party. In conclu-
sion, he announced that he believed he was obliged to
prevent the introduction of any other matter of de-
bate. A Member then proposed that, in order to avoid
what had been with so much propriety forbidden
by M. BIGNON as to personalities, the simple ques-
tion should be put, whether any circumstances had
arisen since the last session of a nature to form any
ground for making any change in the composition of
the Bureau of the Chamber; adding, that he himself
did not think there was any cause for any ?itch
change. Another Member suggested that it would
be better to proceed at once to a ballot, without any
discussion at all. A third Member supported this
proposition, but wished that the question should be
confined to the nomination of the President, without
comprising the other Members of the Bureau. This
restriction was adopted, and the Chairman put the
question in the following terms :—" This meeting is
of opinion that there are no grounds for changing the
President of the Chamber." M. BIGNON demanded
whether any one of the meeting wished to oppose
the adoption of this resolution. No one desiring to,
speak, the proposition was unanimously adopted, and
at ten o'clock the meeting broke up.
The Measager of Wednesday evening denies that
the Archbishop of PARIS had interfered_ to prevent
the inauguration of the monument to MOLIERE. " The
National," it says, " of this morning alludes to a pre-
tended intervention of the Archbishop of PARIS on
the subject of the inauguration of the monument of
MOLIERE. If we had not already contradicted such
reports, 'it was because we could scarcely suppose
that the credulity or malevolence of certain journals
could go so far. If a contradiction be required, we
give it in the most formal manner. Because an inau-
guration ceremony, the practical difficulties of which
are recognised by all men of common sense, and
which, besides, the authorities never for one moment
thought of interdicting, does not take place, it must
not thence be concluded that MOLIERE'S glory must
suffer, or that a slight is cast on it by the Govern-
ment. Wai it not the present Minister of the In-
terior who presented the Bill to the Chamber, which
called on them to contribute towards the erection of
the monument ?"

A letter from Palermo of the lath inst. says
" The sales of the finances of the kingdom of the Two
Sicilies inspires so much confidence, that the Five per
Cents, are up at 112 a. The King, it is said, intends to
appropriate a sum of a million of ducats as a sinking
fund. The Government contemplates the free admission
of foreigners, but the measure is said to be opposed by
the Minister of the Finances. Several violent shocks of
earthquake are said to have been felt last evening at
eleven o'clock in several parts of the island, and to a
wide extent. The Government has directed an inquiry
relative to the eruption of Mount Etna, but it must be
some time before any one can approach it. It is ascer-
tained that at least forty-five persons have perished by
it, and ten others are in a dangerous state."
BOURSE—Yews, THURSDAY, DEC. 28.
First Highest Lowest Last

Price. Pi:ice. Price.
French Five per Cents. 123 60... 123 60... 123 55 .. 123 60
Four per Cents. 104 50.. 104 50... 104 50... 104 50
Threes. ......... el 90... 82 ... 81 85.. 82
Bank of France. ....... 3250 —.3250 ...3240
Laffitte Bank 5,000f...5075 ...5075 ...5075
Belgian Bank ...... •• 755 ••• 755 755 755
Belgian Fives ........ 105 105 ... 105 ... 105
1840.... 1071 ... 107 k 107 k ... 1.07 i
1842.... 10ei 1081 108 It ... 1081
Spanish Active
Neapolitan
Roman ...... ............ 1041 ... 1041 .. 104* ... 1041
RAILWAY SHARES.

Versailles, R.B 312 50... 315 ... 312 50... 315
L. 8...
Rouen
Rouen to Havre 630 ... 635 ... 630 ... 635
Orleans. .. .. . 835 ... 840 ... 835 ... 840
Strasburg .to 212 50... 212 50... 211 25... 212 50
Avignon to Marseilles 630 ..• 632 50... 628 75... 628 75

his life and manners had been given, it was agreed
that the House should go in mourning, as a mark of
respect due to his memory If we remember right
this is the member who brought in a Bill for occupy-
ing the Oregon Territory.
Mr. John Quincey Adams had been chosen Chair-
man of the Committee of Manufacturers. The ap-
pointment of Mr. Holmes, of Virginia, as Chairman
of the Committee. on Commerce, was said to exhibit
the hostile feeling of the House against the existing
tariff. A long batch of documents—the Report of
the Navy, the Report •of the Treasury, &c.—which
usually accompany the President's Message, had
been published, and occupy much space in the
American papers. They possess little interest.

NEW YORK. DEC. 14.—MONEY MARKETS.—StMCs
are still on the advance. Long Island rose per cent. ;
Paterson 2 ; Harlem ?, ; Norwich 2 ; Farmers' Loan 2 ;
Canton 1 ; Illinois 2 ; Indiana 2 ; Indiana Sterling 2 ;
Ohio Sixes ;1- ; ICentucky very firm at former quotations ;
Vicksburg Bank improved 11 ; Pennsylvania FiveS de
clined 4 ; North American Trust sold at 12, which is 2
per cent, above the first sales. Considerable activity
prevailed in Wall-street, and • operations were very ex-
tensive.

FROM NEW GRENADA.—Frorn Carthagena adder's
are to the 25th November. The Gov:Tour of Santa
Martha and two or three of his friends were assassinated
at the Cienaga on the 14th November, by a party of
rebels, who landed from that place at Jamai.m, on the
10th inst. The party consisted of some eight or ten in-
dividuals, who were banished from New Grenada at the
close of the late revolution.

DisasTEns, &c.—Packet ship Hibernia, at New York
from Liverpool, had heavy weather all the passage ;
17th ult., lat. 47.30., lon. 24.30., sprung the foremast,
mizen-mast head, and main-yard, carried away cross,
jack and mizen topsail yard during the passage ; 24th,
in a heavy gale, the second officer and one seaman, while
in the act of furling the fore topsail, fell from the yard
on deck ; Bth inst., whilst lying-to in a heavy gale from
the westward, lost main topsail.
STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION.—Thursday morning, Dec.
7, about one o'clock, the steamer Warren collapsed a
flue while lying at the wharf. at Freeport, on the
Alleghany river. There were, at the time of the acci-
dent, about eighteen. or twenty persons on board, of
which number about twelve were scalded—four or five
not expected to survive.
TEXAS, DEC. 2.—The United States schooner Flirt
returned' to Galveston from Vera Cruz on Nov. 22.
She brought letters from the United States Minister in.
Mexico to General Murphy, our Charge in Texas ; but
the nature of the dispatches had not transpired. Th 6,
Flirt reports that two of the Mexican vessels of war were
at sea, and the remainder, including the three steamers.
were lying under the fort of San Juan d'Ull.)a.
A second attempt was made, on the 22d, to sell the
vessels of the Texian navy by public auction, but without
success—no bid being offered. Nearly the entire popu-
lation of Galveston, including the military companies,
in their parade dress, attended at the place where the
sale was to
,be held, but there was no violence or dis-
turbance of the peace.
Colonel Hays arrived at Washington on the 23d, and
reports that all is quiet in the west. all the Mexican
troops having been withdrawn from this side of the Pio
Grande. Some small traders have been into Bexar, but
business was limited.

It is estimated that 2,000 bales of cotton will be raised
in Bastrop county this year. There is nearly twice as
much wheat there as can be consumed by the settlers.
Corn is selling at a bit a bushel, and pork can be readily
purchased at a cent a pound.
FROM SlSAL.—Captain Buckman, of the brig Trojan,
from Sisal, Nov. 12, reports that the Yucatan Commis-
sioners had returned from Mexico without effecting a
treaty. It was generally believed that the Mexican
troops would march against Yucatan in about thirty days.
CANADA.—We have received the Kingston Whig of the
sth inst. It contains news to the afternoon of that day.
There is considerable excitement in Canada owing to
the troubles of the Government. It now appears that
the late minority are throwing every obstacle in the way
of the Governor-General. . _ .

(From the Kingston Whig, Dee. 5.)
A message was sent down, yesterday, by his Excel-
lency the Governor-General to the Legislative Assembly,
expressing a hope that the important measures now be-
fore them may be proceeded with to their termination.
The members opposing the Governor have shown a dis-
position to sneak off and embarrass him, Lafontaine
found great fault with the dress of the Secretary who
brought down the message. It is contemptible for the
House to be debating about the buttons of Mr. Rawson.
Lafontaine, Baldwin, and Co., had better bring forward
some better ground of complaint against the Governor-
General.
Every step now taken by the late Ministry, and their
supporters, is with a view of insulting the Governor-
General. A Committee of the whole House is now
sitting on the Bill providing for the incorporation of
townships, towns, counties, and cities in Upper Canada ;
and are expunging all the clauses relating to patronage.
They have put forth the lion. Member for Kingston as
leader of the van.
The debate on Mr. Price's motion, on the resignation
of the members of the late Executive Council, com-
menced on Friday and was adjourned to the following
day, when it terminated. The passing of this mo-
tion by the House is a direct insult to the representa-
tive Of the Queen. It assumes the statement of Mr.
Baldwin—that he resigned in consequence of some ob-
jections having been raised by his Excellency to the re-
solutions of the 3d of September, 1841, to be correct ;
whereas, his Excellency informs us that he subscribes to
those resolutions, and protests against Mr. Baldwin's ex-
planation as omitting entirely the actual and prominen t
circumstances which led to their resignation.
Mr. Wakefield took a prominent part in opposing the
motion of Mr. Price. His not having been able to prevail
upon Mr. Lafontaine to allow the Irish Colonization Bill
to pass into a law, is assigned by some as the reason for
his having deserted the ex-Ministry. I❑ order to bring
discredit upon the bold stand which has been made by
Sir Charles Metcalfe, a report has been industriously
circulated by the gentlemen who have left the treasury
benches for their country's good, that Edward Gibbon
Wakefield is a secret, a " back-door" adviser of his Ex-
cellency. Nothing can be more false. Sir Charles Met-
calfe is too wise to be led by the advice of any such man
He has been sent to this province as Governor, to regain
and assert the prerogative of the Crown. He has his in-
structions from the British Government, and requires the
advice of no one on that subject, but trusts to his own
energy and the good sense of the people.
The following is the Address presented to Sir Charles
Metcalfe by the Legislative Assembly :
" May it please your Excellency,—We, her Majesty's
dutiful and loyal subjects of the Commons of Canada, in
Provincial Parliament assembled, humbly beg leave to
represent to your Excellency the deep regret we feel at
the retirement of certain members of the Provincial Ad-
ministration, on the question of their right to be con-
sulted on what we unhesitatingly avow to be the prero-
gative of the Cro.en appointments to office ; and further
to .assure you Excellency that their adrocacy of this
principle entitles them to our confidence, being in strict
accordance with the principles embraced in' the resolu-
tions adopted by the Legislative Assembly on the 3d day
or September, 1841.
" That this House; in dutiful submission to their gracious
Sovereign, and with the utmost respect for the exalted
station and high character of your Excellency, is most
anxious to guard against any misconstruction which possi-
bly might be placed upon the affirmative declaration of their
opinion upon this delicate and most vitally important
constitutional question, and, therefore, most humbly beg
leave to disclaim, in a negative form, any desire that the
head of the Government should be called upon to enter
into any stipulation as to the terms upon which a pro-
yincial Administration may deem it prudent either to
accept or continue in office, that mutual confidence,
which is essential to the well being of any Government
necessarily presumes that they are understood, while a
due respect for the prerogative of the Crown and proper
constitutional delicacy towards her Majesty's representa-
tive, forbid their being expressed."
REPLY OF SIR CHARLES MEICALFE.

" The Governor-General observes with concern from
the first portion of the Address of the Legislative As-
sembly of the 2d instant, that an impression has been
made in the House, which has led to a misapprehension
of his sentiments and views.

"While it is his bounden duty to maintain unimpaired
the prerogative of the Crown, he recognises the resolu-
tions adopted by the Legislative Assembly on the 3cl of
September, 1841, as constituting the guide according to
which the administration of the Government of this
province has since been, and is to be, conducted.
" In expressing hisentire concurrence in the second and
concluding portion of the Address, he is happy to per-
ceive that the House of Assembly disapprove and dis-
countenance any attempt to require the Ilead of the Go-
vernment to enter into any stipulation as to his exercise
of the prerogative of the Crown. C. T. METCALFE.
" Government House, Kingston, Dec. 4, 18.13."

DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL.
THE HAGUE, DEC. M.—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
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

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 hool; of the Na-
tional Debt Two-and-a-llalf per Cents. on the certi-
ficates of that debt at 5G 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 Syndecato Four-and-afhulf
per Cent. at 96 per cent.
d. The bond of the same nature at 31 per cent. at
82 per cent.

e. The Zosrenten of the domain (redeemable annui-
ties) Five per Cent., at 100 per cent.
The Zosrenten of the transmarine possessions are
Five per Cent. at 100 per cent. The bonds must be
accompanied with the coupons not yet due. Receipts
will be 'delivered for the payments to 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, whi...!li will be of necessity imposed in case the
voluntary loan shoul'l not be effected. The 'tax will
be 1i per cent. „
TIIE HAGUE, DEC. 29.—Advice has been received
this afternoon, by express, from Helvoetsluy.s, that
the mortal remains of 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 7
.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.—The average price of wheat
last Week was 171. 69c., and that of rye 111. 35c. per
hectolitre. The duty on importation remains. there-
fore at 37f. 50c. per 100 kilogrammes on wheat, and
211. 50e. 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 Pa
which their Majesties will give to the inhabitants of
BruJSelS.

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

IVe Jearm from Charleroi that .a mill and 6,000
sheaves of corn have been destroyed by an incendiaiy
fire in the commune of Raves; the fire was kindled
by means of lucifer matches; .a. bex, of which was
found on the spot.

BRUSS'ELS, bEC.-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 Forc:ign Courts, which was thought
rather high; and to the,iaffairs 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 disseotienVpiCe.
The Mortiteur of to-day (the 28th) publishes the
text of the law which taxes the maximum of 80,000
tom for the army in 1844, and -at..10,000 men, the
amount of the body for the same year.