The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-25 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.
(RECEIVED THIS I)AY.)
BRUSSELS, JAN. 23.—The average price of wheat
last week was 16f. 55c., and that of rye 10f. 31c. per
hectolitre. The duties on importation are still 37f.
50c. on wheat, and 21f. 50c. on rye, per I,COO kilo-
grammes. The export duty on both is 25 centimes
per 1,000 kilogrammes.
A letter from the Hague says, that his Majesty the
King of the Netherlands had, by a decree dated the
18th, appointed M. Rochussen to the post of Go-
vernor-General of the Dutch possessions in India.
A Valenciennes journal says, "Complaints are
made in Belgium of the great quantities of small
French coin which are in circulation in the communes
on the frontier, within four or five leagues of the
French territory. This is a natural consequence of
the sale of tobacco, salt, sugar, coffee, and other ar-
ticles sold retail by the little Belgian shopkeepers, to
the inhabitants of the nearest frontier of France, who,
finding that they can supply themselves on lower
terms in Belgium do not hesitate to do so without
troubling themselves about the Custom-house officers.
If the Belgians reap the profits they must tear the
inconvenience. The French peasant who purchases a
little tobacco, or a pound of sugar-candy, cannot pay
except in sous, since he comes from France, and hence
the immense quantity of small French coins on the
Belgian frontier, proceeding from very extensive re-
tail trade with the French peasants.—Brussels papers,
Jan. 24.

been wade and certified thereon, as prescribed by sec-
tion 80 of the Act 3 and 4 Wm. IV., chap. 52. This
order has been communicated to the Customs officers
at the various departments and at all the outports of
the kingdom, for their information and future go-
vernment.
A number of gentlemen, the friends and pupils of
Dr. Ryan, of the Polytechnic Institution, dined
together on Friday, for the purpose of presenting the
learned doctor with a testimonial of 100 guineas
value, which bore the following inscription :—" Pre-
sented to Dr. Ryan, by his friends and pupils, as a
testimonial of his scientific attainments." The chair-
man was J. Frost, Esq.; the vice-chairman Henry
Ault, Esq., of Gloucester House, Essex.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS I)AY.)
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY.
CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 agst Semiseria (ta) 40 to 1 agst The Era (tlin;
I
20 to 1 agst Cataract (tkn) 40 to 1 agst Obscurity (tkn:
30 to 1 agst Ratan (taken) .50 to 1 agst The Era (tkn)
The above were the only bets laid to-day.
DERBY.
16 to 1 agst Cobweb colt (t)po to 1 agst Newsmonger(t)
27 to 1 agst Annandale I
The rest as on Tuesday.
COURSING.
LANARK AND RENFREWSHIRE •
MEETING, JAN. 21
AND 22.—The Pollockshaw's Stakes of 201. for 20 pup-
pies, were won by Dr. Brown's The Dunlop Cadger ;
Mr. A. Pollock's Shadow ran up.—The Cup of 28 sovs.
fOr 14 dogs were won by Mr. A. Pollock's Cora ; Lord
Eg!inton's Charlie Bates ran up.—The Pollock Stakes of
12 suvs. (6 dogs) were won by Dr. Brown's The Re-
jected ; Mr. A. Graham's Sir Edward ran up. —The
Patterton Stakes (4 dogs) were won by Mr. A. Graham's
Blue Banner ; Lord Eglinton's Duke of Wellington ran
up.—The Darnley Stakes (12 subs.) for dogs that never
won, were won .by Mr. Langtry's Baronet ; Lord Eglin-
' ton's Meg Merrilies ran up.
HORNBY CASTLE MEETING.—The First Puppy Cup
(6 dogs) was won by Mr. I'vloore's Maria Monk ; Lord
Bective's Byron ran up.--7 The Second Puppy Cup (6
dogs) was won by Mr. J. Thompson's Turner ; Mr. E.
G. Hornby's Young Hyson ran up.—The Open Stakes
were won by Mr. Walmsley's Lune.
HORNBY AND BROUGH MEETING, JAN. 22 AND 23.
The Catterick Cup of 5 guineas (14 dogs) was won by
Mr. Alderson's Ranger ; Mr. Hutchinson's Comet ran
up.—The Hornby Cup of 3 guineas was won by Mr.
Maxwell's Abbotsford ; Mr. Bake's Bolivar ran up.—
The Brough Cup, by 16 subs. of 25 sovs. each, was won
by Mr. Blackburn's Smallbones ; his Rasper ran up.

TURKISH FRONTIERS, JAN. 16.—0 n the 15th of
last month John Philippesco was affianced to the
eldest daughter of Prince Bibesco, Hospcdar of Wal-
lachia ; the marriage took place three days afterwards,
on St. Nicholas' day.
It is said that the project of making a canal from
the Lower Danube to Kuslindschee, has been found
to be impracticable, and has been given up. he
Allgemeine Zeitung (from which the above is extracted)
has an article of nearly two columns from the Lloyd's
Austrian, which positively affirms and shows in great
detail that the plan is perfectly practicable, and would
prove very profitable. Hopes are entertained here
that the treaty of the 22d of September, 1840, be-
tween Austria and Russia, will shortly be carried
into execution. The Sulima mouth of the Danube
is said to be more and more choked up with sand, so
as to be in some places hardly more than eight or nine
feet deep.
Letters from Berlin say that his Majesty the King
of Prussia, on the application of the Protestant com-
munity of Jassy, has keen pleased to accept the
patronage of the Protestant Church in that city.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JAN. 17.
5 per Cent. Metalliques. 111%
4 per Cent. ditto. 100 Y,
3 per Cent. ditto..
Loan, 1834 157 y,
Ditto, 1839 130%
Bank Shares .1621
Esterhazy's L0an............57
—Allgemelne Zeitung, Jan. 20.

DEFEAT OF THE PUSEYITES AT

EXETER.
THE SURPLICE QUESTION.
It appears that Mr. Courtenay has at length aban-
doned the use of the surplice. The following is an
extract from Mr. Courtenay's letter announcing the
fact, which appears in the Western Times :
" Therefore, with the conscientious conviction that
the use of the surplice in preaching, though desired, is
not directed by the Church—with the permission and
advice of my Bishop, and at the earnest request of the
civil authorities of Exeter, conveyed tome both through
the Bishop and personally, I feel it my duty to discon-
tinue the use of the surplice in the pulpit, with the
anxious hope that this concession will restore peace and
good order among us. Allow me to add that I shall ever
gratefully remember your kindness in the painful posi-
tion in which I have been placed.--I remain, your faith-
ful friend and servant,

RESPITE of the TWO CONDEMNED
CRIMINALS AT IPSWICH.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

IPSWICH, FRIDAY NIGHT, 10 O'CLOCK.
I have just had an interview with the governor, who
received me most courteously, and he states that at half•-
past two o'clock this morning he was waited upon by a
special messenger from the Home-office, with a respite
for the culprit Shipley and the younger Walter Howell.
Information of the circumstance was immediately con-
veyed to the Visiting Justices of the gaol, and by their
direction Mr. Johnson and the chaplain communicated
the fact, at'eleven o'clock this morning, to the prisoners,
who wept bitterly, and immediately fell on their knees
and offered up thanksgiving to God for their deliverance.
Upon the prison authorities informing William Howell
he was left for execution, he heard the sad tidings with
much composure, and on learning that his brother was
respited, he fervently thanked his God that his brother's
life had been spAred, and then joined the chaplain in
spiritual devotions. At the time of dispatching this the
three prisoners are engaged in prayer with the chaplain.
William Howell will be executed at twelve o'clJek to-
morrow.

"FRANCIS COURTENAY.
" M. C. Trevillian, Esq."
The following is the account given by the Western
Times of the circumstances which induced Mr. Cour-
tenay to come to this determination:—
" the cause of :tr. Courtenay's abandonment of the
surplice is as follows :—A requisition, signed by more
than one hundred and fifty influential and respectable in-
habitants, was addressed to the Mayor, calling upon his
worship to appeal to Bishop Plillpotts to stop the dis-
graceful Sabbath m obbings, by commanding Mr. Courtenay
to abandon the surplice. The Bishop replied by enclos-
ing a letter to Mr. Courtenay, which the Mayor was to
deliver or not, as he thought proper. We have not seen
his letter to the Mayor, but it is reported that he only
authorised the Mayor to deliver the letter to Mr.
Courtenay in case he felt unequal to the keeping of the
peace of the city."
The following is the Bishop's letter to Mr.
Courtenay:— _

Bishopstowe Jan. 22, 1845.
" Dear Sir.—Not having received from you, or from
others, till this day, any authentic account of the unhappy
scenes which on two successive Sundays have been
enacted in St. Sidwell's, I have felt it my duty to forbear
from writing to you on the subject. In the very imperfect
state of information its which I was placed, I was afraid of
incurring the responsibility of advising you to yield to
the violence of the populace, lest such a concession
should be deemed injurious to the cause of peace and
order by those whose official duty it is to guard those
main objects of all good government.
" Letters which I have this day received from the
Mayor of Exeter, seem to intimate that it is the wish of
himself, and of the magistrates who are acting with him,
that I should take this step.
" Still, as I do not feel myself competent to decide
what course is fittest, I enclose this letter open to the
Mayor, who will either deliver it to you, or not, as he in
his discretion shall deem proper.
" If you receive this letter, you will understand from
it that I advise you to give way, at the request of the
civil authorities of Exeter—and not to persist in wearing
the surplice in the pulpit--unless conscientiously, and on
full inquiry, you have satisfied yourself; that our en-
gagements to the Church require you to wear the sur-
plice when you preach.
" I do not myself think that the matter is so free from
doubt, that you may not act on your Bishop's advice, as
now given to you.
" Still, Ido not pretend to any right to order you to
wear the gown ; I only advise it—and advise, with this
limitation, that you can, without wounding your own
conscience, comply.
" I am, dear Sir, your faithful friend and Bishop,
" The Rev. F. Courtenay." "H. EXETER.*

THE ENGLISH PLAYS AT PARIS.—A case came on
yesterday before the Tribunal of Commerce, in which
Pillet, the director of the French Opera, is
plaintiff, and M. Vatel, director of the Italian Opera, and
Mr. Mitchell, who recently gave a series of English per-
formances, are defendants, The following are the
grounds of action, as stated by the plaintiff's
counsel, M. Durmont :—ln depriving the French
Opera and the Italian Theatre of the right which
they formerly possessed of being open every night,
Lettlo3ifllertu,inwoasus aecotumapteedtitiboyn,thase diessisrheotwo
nprbey-
and restricting them to certain nights, the Government,
svaeyn st
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the conditions imposed upon the two Directors, and by
which the Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with
one Sunday in two during the winter, are given to the
French Opera ; and the Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Saturdays, with the alternate Sundays, to the Italian
Opera. In addition to this, seven extraordinary represen-
tations are granted to the French Opera, including
New Year's-day and Shrove Tuesday, and six to the
Italian Opera. Every night of performance at one of
these theatres, therefore, beyond those fixed by the
authorities, must be, says M. Leon Pillet, an. infringe-
ment upon the rights of the other theatre ; and, M. Vatel
having let his theatre for thirteen nights to Mr. Mitchell,
ha,, inflicted an injury upon him for which he demands
compensation from him and from Mr. Mitchell, as
one of the parties to this infringement. He demands
5,000 f. damages for every night's performance in ad-
dition to the extraordinary representation allowed by
the conditions. M. Vanier, for M. Vatel, contended that
his client was justified in what he had dune ; and M.
Prunier• Quatremere, on the part of Mr. Mitchell, took
an objection to the competency of the tribunal, on the
ground that it had not the pt,wer to interpret the act of
the government upon which the performances were
founded. The tribunal, however, ordered the cause to.
be entered upon the list for a formal hearing.—Galignani
of Wednesday.
[ADVERTISEMENT.] ASTHMAS, SHORTNESS OF
BREATH, COUGHS, AND COLDS.—A TRULY SURPRISING
CASE.—The Rev. David Williams, the resident Wesleyan
minister at Beaumaris, in the Island of Anglesea, states in
a letter dated the 14th of January, 1845, that" He recom-
mended HOLLOWAY'S PILLS to a poor man of the name
of Hugh Davis, who at the time was almost unable to
walk for want of breath; that he had only taken them a
few days when he appeared quite another man, his
breath was easy and natural, and h. e was increasing daily
in strength." These wonderful pills will cure any cough,
cold, or asthma. Sold at Professor Holloway's Esta-
blishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis),
and by almost all respectable venders of medicine
throughout the civilised world.
THROWING OPEN THE BUSINESS OF THE PALACE
COURT.—It has hitherto been considered that, under the
peculiar construction of this Court, all persons, sueing
and being sued, were compelled to employ one of the
attorneys of the Court, in addition to their several legal
advisers. During the present term an application was
made in the Bail Court, before Mr. Justice Williams, to
direct a writ of trial to take place in the Palace Court,
when it was stated to his Lordship that it was thought
his order would not be attended to. Mr. Hewlett, the
prothonatary, however, received the order, and the cause
came on yesterday, when, contrary to the hitherto-
received opinion, the defendant's attorney, who was
unconnected with the Court, was heard, thus showing,
that the hitherto restricted custom had no foundation in
law,

Tun BAR.—The "standing" of the first seven
members of the bar eligible for promotion is as follows:
Atcherley July 5, 1810.
February 91.
Platt
Law (Recorder) February 7, 1817.
Thesiger (Solicitor-General) November 18, 1818
Godson July 10, 1821.
Kell May 7, 1824
Wortley January 2
Mr. Justice Erle was called to the bar on the 26th of
November, 1819.

The Bank of England have, it isunderstood, repaid
Messrs. Rogeis and Co. the amount of the notes lately
stolen, upon a guarantee of indemnity in case the notes
themselves should be presented for payment.
We are happy to find that there was considerable
exaggeration in the accounts which have gone forth re-
specting the illness of Colonel Sibthorp. The Gallant
Colonel has been suffering from influenza, and was for
some time confined to his bed, but has been at no period
alarmingly ill.

The great Minster bell was cast on Saturday last,
and is expected to be in York within a fortnight.—Leeds
Times.

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