The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-27 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL•

BRUSSELS, DEC. 23.—We learn from Valenciennes
that the masters of iron works in that arrondissement
have just had a meeting, and have determined that
they cannot sustain the competition with the masters of
iron works in the centre and south of France in the
present state of the manufacture. In consequence they
have resolved to apply to the Government, and to
solicit, if not the entire suppression, at least a reduc-
tion of the import duties on Belgian coals and iron.
The Senate is still sitting. Yesterday, after the pre-
sentation of several reports, the general debate on the
project of law relative to the duties on corn was the
order of the day, when the President stated that the
Minister of the Interior had signified a wish that the
debate might be with closed doors (in secret com-
mittee). Some° objections were made, but in the end
the secret committee was unanimously agreed to, and
the galleries were cleared,

SMYRNA, Nov. 29.--The fatal measures which so
suddenly abolished the quarantine for articles coming
from Syria begins to bear its fruit. It is affirmed
that the plague has broken out on board the ship
which arrived yesterday from Beyrout. In 1841
Mehemet Ali abolished the quarantine in his do-
minions ; on the remonstrances of the Consular au-
thorities at Alexandria, he hastened to restore it, and
well knowing how little the Turks could be de-
pended oth-he gave the supreme direction of it to the
representatives of the foreign powers. Would Abdal
MPAschid act less wisely if he followed this example,
and does not Smyrna deserve as much care 83 the
King of the empire with
i a population of 15,000 in-
habitants, and which s the resort of so many men-of-
war P

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Chios, whom the
Turks and Greeks had expelled from the island, has
found a protector in Viscount Segure, the French
Consul-General here. Thanks to the firmness and
influence which this distinguished officer has obtained
in a country where his colleagues have lost theirs,
he has succeeded in obtaining a firman for the bishop,
and leave to return to the island on board Le Cerf
brig.' The sight of the guns of this man-of-war has
silenced the refractory inhabitants.
The real state of Syria" makes a frightful contrast
with What the Government • publishes through its
organs. According to the unanimous testimony of
travellers, that province is a prey to the most atrocious
robberies. Scarcely any communication can take
except with the aid of a strong escort,
placewhich evenis between places near each other,
not furnished by the police or the
Government (these would immediately take flight at
the slightest appearance of danger), but by the man-
drives (?) of the country. The Bedouins, led by Abu
Gosh, infest the high roads, and no attempt has
hitherto been made against these banditti. Where
are the times when, under the protection of the iron
yoke of Mehemet Ali, pilgrims and travellers could
traverse this province alone and unmolested, where
now only weakness is striving for the mastery with
the most horrible disorder ?
From a letter from Alexandria, received to-day,
we see that an Englishman, who attempted to force
his way into a bath of the Turkish females, has taken
refuge in the house of his consul. Mehemet Ali has
intimated to the British agent, that he will do well
carefully to conceal his countryman, for that if he is
taken he will lose his head. (Our own letterg, direct
from Egypt, make no mention of such a circumstance.)
Admiral Turpin has sailed for Athens. M. Lantivy,
the French Consul at.derusalem, leaves to-day for
Loan of Thirty
Prande. M. Loeve-Weimarg French Consul at Bag-
dad, is said to be retailed. )
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MONEY AND CCJMME RC I

CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
Business in the English market continued dull up to
the close, Consols, however, being 1008 to e, and very
firm. The other Securities were precisely the same as
in the morning.
Spanish Actives left off at 27; 8 ; the Three per
Cents. at 38111; Portuguese Converted at 611; Brazilian,
New, at 86; Colombian at 14ii and Mexican at 368 1.
The additional transactions in Railway Share's have
been these;--Bristol and Gloucester were 10; Churnet
Valley, 14 ; Dublin and Belfast, 2 ; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 11i ; Great Southern and Western (Ireland),
Ge; Great North of England, 30; Great Western, 75;
Ditto, Half, 40 to i; Brighton, 1; South-Western, New,
8 ; Croydon, 4 ; Manchester and Leeds, 52 ; Ditto,
Quarter, 911 Midland, 15 to 14; Newcastle and Berwick,
6 ; Northern and Eastern Scrip, 11 ; Norwich and
Brandon, New, 31 ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, -a;
South• Eastern, 6 H ; Ditto, New, 98 ; Yarmouth and
Norwich, 7; York and North Midland, 53; Ditto, Half,
26; Ditto, Selby Scrip, 461 to 47; Boulogne and Amiens,
3; and Orleans and Bordeaux, 6 premium. Birmingham
and Gloucester have been 4 to 3; and Direct Norwich,
e discount.

(Frorr The Sun of Last Night.)
Yesterday having beea a close holiday at Liverpool as
well as here, there was nothing done in the Cuttun or
Share markets.

There are advicos a few days later from the Cape of
Good Hope, the Mauritius, and accounts also to Oct. 23,
from Rio de Janeiro. At the Cape nearly all the in-
terest of local affairs is confined to the events on the
frontier, and at Natal, where matters seemed to be
tolerably quiet, the Governor, after his personal visits,
having established regular posts, so as to ensure a com-
munication direct between himself and the authorities in
Kafirland, and appearing at the same time resolved to
exact compliance with existing treaties. The
improvements going on in the colony afford very de-
cided evidence of the enterprise and intelligence of the
settlers, and the improvement of the navigation of the
Kovvie river was a point taken up with much zeal. The
Governor had offered a reward of 2001. fur the appre-
hension of the natives, about three or four in
number, who murdered De Lange, the Dutch
farmer. Throughout his progress the colonists
gave Sir Peregrine a very excellent reception ; and
this was the more gratifying, as the thinly scat-
tered population can support none of the usual establish-
ments of " the old country," for the accommodation even
of the poorest travellers, and private hospitality is the
necessary substitute.
The Mauritius and Rio papers contain nothing of ge-
neral interest.

The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders
are persevering in their endeavour to bring M. Mosquera
to book, by obtaining from him a statement of the
amount remitted for the New Granada Bondholders,
and there are hopes, as Lord Aberdeen has interfered,
that the attempt will eventually be successful.
The Public Securities have been very quiet to-day,
but they are firm, Consols having reached 1004 Ex-
chequer Bills have given way a trifle, being 665. to 635.
premium. Bank Stock has risen to 210 and 210 i. The
New Three-and-a-quarter per Cents. are 103 k to 1031,
and the Three per Cents. 1001 to 100}.
The Foreign market has been buoyant again, although
there is not so much doing. Spanish Five per Cents.
have been 21 to 28, and the Three per Cents. 381 to 4.
Portuguese Converted Stock has been marked 601 to
for Money, being an advance again. Peruvian Stock
is 29} to 30. Dutch Two-and•a-Half per Cents. are
641 ; and Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1024.
Russian Bonds are 120.
There is rather an active market again for railway
shares, but prices are fluctuating, as the account day is
approaching. The quotations below given will show
that some lines have improved, while others have gone
back a trifle.
PRICE OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Steck
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOOB
New 3i per Cent. Annuties
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2l
Consols for Opening
Exchequer Bills. lid lid.
1,0001.
5001.

Ditto Small —
Ditto Advertised ..... ...
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. 404
Danish, 3 per Cent ... B9
Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent.
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted soii
Ditto for the Account 604
Russian Bonds ..
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 271
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Passive Bonds 6ii
Ditto 3 per Cent 384
Ditto for the Account 3B
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent
Dutch 24 per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Ditto 5 per Cent.... 99il
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE
Bristol and Gloucester..
30
Cambridge and Lincoln -
Cheater and liolyhoad
Churnet Valley
Dublin and Galway
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union
Great South and W. (Iri5h).... 5
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
London and Birmingham ...100 0974 to
Londraf and 8right0n.......... 50 ...... 51:1-
Lonuon and Greenwich ...... 124
London and South Western.. 411 ...... 754 76 to 754
London and Croydon
London and York .......- ...... 24
Manchester and Leeds 7O l2l
Ditto 4 Shares
Midland
Newcastle & Darlington June. 24 ...... 64
North British
North Kent
Norwich and Brandon
Ditto, New . I ... 3;
South-Eastern and Dover... 33h
Ditto New
Trent Valley... ..... 2 ...... 104
York and North Midland... 50 ......
Ditto, Extension —
Boulogne and Amiens
Orleans and Bordeaux...... 2
Paris and Lyons - to
Paris and Orleans . 20 ...... 43i4 .. to
Paris and Rouen
Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 l2;
,13... to 124
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced
New 34 per Cent .. ............ .. ... 103,1
Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12h
Consols
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1id.... 63 pm.
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Columbian Bonds 6 aer Cent l4ll
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 36}
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto 3 per Cent.
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SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid
Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid
Churnet Valley, 2 paid
Dublin and Belfast Junction, 21 paid 4}
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid
Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 5 paid Ili
Great North of England, 100 paid
Great Western, 75 paid l5O
Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid soi
London and Brighton, 50 paid
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. paid ......
Manchester and Leeds, 70 paid

. ,
Ditto Quarter Shares, 2 paid
Manchester and Birmingham, 40 paid ......
Midland, 100 paid
N ,1, Id Berwick, 1'

ewcastle an, —i wick, 1 paid
Northern and Eastern, 45 paid
Ditto Scrip, 25 paid
Nerwich and Brandon, 8 paid —
Ditto, New Shares, 1 paid 4-1
South Eastern and Dover, 33A paid 4O
Ditto New Shares, 4 paid I3A
Trent Valley, 2 paid loi
Yarmouth and IN orwich, 20 paid 27
York and North Midland, 50 paid
Ditto Half Shares, 25 paid
Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid
Boulogne and Amiens, 2 paid
Orleans and Bourdeaux, '2 paid

THE LATE EARL OF LIMERICK.
LIMERICK, DEC. 23.—The great bell of the Cathe-
dral has been tolling at intervals, and every shop has
been closed here since Saturday last, from respect to
the memory of the late Earl of Limerick, whose
family have for generations hack been the great pro-
prietors in this vicinity, and benefactors to the city.
The remains of the Noble Lord were brought from
England to Limerick House, on Saturday evening, in
a richly caparisoned hearse, drawn by six black horses,
and followed by a train of carriages. On Sunday
afternoon the body laid in state in the great dining-
room, which was covered with black cloth, and illu-
minated by immense wax tapers placed in silver
candelabra round the bier. It is computed that be-
tween two and three thousand respectably-dressed
persons, of whom many were attired in mourning,
were admitted to pass through the apartments to view
th© ceremonials, so great is the attachment felt here
for this ancient family, by whom some of our first
charitable institutions have been originally founded
and endowed.

This morning, at ten o'clock, a grand funeral ser-
vice was performed in the Cathedral, the dignitaries
meeting the body at the great western entrance, and
the full service being chanted by the choir. After
the prayers and anthem in the body of the cathedral,
the coffin, preceded by a pursuivant bearing the coro-
net on a cushion, was moved in procession to the Percy
Chapel, in the south aisle, the organ playing Mozart s
Grand Requiem, and was there solemnly deposited
by the side of the three preceding Lords Glentworth.
A great number of the nobility and gentry connected
with the deceased noblemen were present, or sent
their carriages to attend at this solemn ceremony,
amongst whom were Viscountess Glenthworth, Lord
Monteagle, Sir Henry Calder, Bart., Sir Peter Pole,
Count J. de la Feld, George Russell, Esq., Sir A.
de Vere, Bart., the Earl of Dunraven, the Earl of
Clare, William Maunsell, Esq., Sir Richard Bourke,
Bart., Archdeacon Maunsell, and many others.
It is stated that the late Earl has left a bequest of
1,0001. to be distributed amongst the different charities
in this city.