The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-06 00:00:00

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL.

BRUSSELS, SEPT. 2.—The treaty with the German
Customs Union, which has just been concluded by Bel-
gium, cannot fail to be considered as an important fact.
It gives to Germany two ports, of which it was abso-
lutely in want, for its transatlantic communication—the
ports of Ostend and Antwerp ; it seems to us the means
of disposing of the surplus of metallic produce. By the
treaty of the Ist of September we are placed, with re-
spect to our iron, in the same position with regard to
Germany, as we are placed by the convention of July
18, 1842, in respect to our thread and linens with regard
to France. This twofold position is favourable to the
Walloon provinces for their iron, and to the Flemish
provinces for their linen.
TUE HAGUE, SEPT. 2.—We hear that his Majesty the
King is expected from Weimar to-morrow, or the next
day.
The Moniteur Beige of the 2€l, announces the conclu-
sion of a commercial treaty between Belgium and Prus-
sia and the other States of the Customs Union. The
Commerce Beige says—The measure by which a high
duty was imposed exclusively on our cast iron and iron
articles is withdrawn.
The Customs Union concede to Belgium a reduction of
50 per cent. on the duties on foreign cast-iron. This
duty is fixed from this day at 2f. 20c. per 100 kilo-
grammes. Thus Belgian cast-iron will pay only lf. 25c.;
besides this, a reduction of duty on iron articles is
granted. The export duty on woollens at the frontiers
of the Zollverein is reduced from 2 dolls. to 1 doll.
The concessions made by Belgium are the re-pay-

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meats of the Scheid toll ; the maintaining in forceA
the law of the 6th of June relating to Luxerabo_lll,
the renewal of the regulations in favour of the Gels
mines and silk manufactures ; the revocation °' ,
„ig
resolution on the exportation of bark, and the ore
of the frontiers custom-house at Frankorchamp-
tbe ships of the Union are placed on an equality
the Belgian ships with respect to all the privileges
advantages of the navigation, The transit of goo'
both ports is wholly free.

PEDESTRIANISM.—Wednesday, match to plCk oQ
100 stones from the ground, being placed at a rra°
was performed by Stevens, near the Queen's fr
Tottenham. The stakes were 101., and the terms ° 0
match were to clear the whole in forty minuteminutes.Sle,ter.
commenced his task, and after working hard for Ini";
eight minutes, he accomplished his undertaking, Mice
two minutes to spare. The distance actually tray`foo
by him during the match was 5 miles, 5 furlongs,
yards.
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A DRUNKARD'S END.—MR. WA RLET A--
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BERISM. —Mr. Waklev, M.P., held a second ini_etodf
the Board-room of Cray's Inn workhouse, on In` 4000
of Joseph Croucher, aged fifty-nine, of No. 12, A'
ott4
Pleasant, haircutter to the Welsh School. It al/Pieoll
that the deceased had been during his life an 11‘
drunkard, and that for the last three days he partial
him
indulged in his drunken propensities. His wife ssWits
about four o'clock on Tuesday evening, when he roll
what she termed a " muddled state," and having-0e Lip;
afterwards missed him she looked for him, and fonefrel
in the waterbutt with his head downwards, and hit
°d•
leaning outside the butt, which he had reached bide 0
b in., on a chair. He was then dead. A juror---iripge
shaving me a few days ago, when, finding s"-P
in his manner, I would not let him finish his job. oh
Wakley—lt is singular that barbers should 'bef theit
drunkards, especially as the throats of so many ed aff.
fellow-creatures are at their mercy. If (continue /Jo,
Wakley ) the public patronised barbers as seldom 65a het
barbers would indeed make but little, for my hell eels
not been in the hands of a barber for the last 20 Ise*
A juror (looking at the coroner's fine head of hair) of
don't say so. Mr. IVakley—But I do. The auterlri
the juror, instead of being abated increased, and
a most inquiring glance at the coroner, he apnea'-oilf
tremely anxious to ascertain how he cultivated so god
a crop of hair without aid ; but the worthy /Inlet!, be
observed a most tormenting silence, and left the 04.
wildered juror to find out the secret the best wayey
Verdict—" Self-destruction during drunkenness. „,„-11 of
THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA.—It is the intent
his Royal Highness Prince William of Prussia t0,27:91
this country for Germany, to-morrow His' I'doA
Highness will embark at Woolwich at six lee
to-morrow evening, on board one of her Mai
et
It is expected that the Lightning std
tender, Master Commander Roberts, will have the bur
of conveying the Prince. As St'
CHILD MURDER.—At late hour on Wednesday of
,
Wm. Baker, Deputy-Coroner for the eastern .
the county of Middlesex, held an inquest at the j of
Head, Prospect-place, Cambridge Heath-road, on fle
the body of a fine newly-born infant, which w o
as //de
vered in a vacant piece of ground in Hague-streel, :tolp
nal-green-road. John Sutton, of 1, Corolioe'lei
Hunt-street, Mile-end New-town, a lad abottl, ...51540t
years of stage, stated that on Tuesday inoenilti.ol4
about half-past six o'clock, he was passingtstif,
Hague-street, in the Bethnal-green-road, when "de
a bundle lying just within some railings which i.n„ tot
a vacant piece of ground in that street. He es„.J'llol
man named Archer, who was passing at werase
and told him, when he requested him to get litsr
fetch it. He did so. The man; on viewing it, 511!,,,,001;
peered either to be a dog or a child. Witness r_„iste
tied the parcel, and discovered the body of the n'af,
infant. There was a 'piece of tape tied tight r°„111",. at%
neck. It was quite dead and cold. The ',WO
wrapped up in a piece of old dark figured chee",lig
and tied round several times with a cord reseteketots
carpenter or bricklayer's chalk-line. Witness ne bodi
the assistance of police-constable 220 K, and the f
was taken to the workhouse. John Archer, the
Wheeler-street, Spitalfields, weaver, corroborated
ish
above testimony. Mr. Frederick Ager, the
surgeoa of Bethnal-green, deposed that he wit's I fed
i
in to see the body of deceased. He examine: it S'
minutely, and it appeared to have been born w'll'esitbji
hours. It was a remarkably full grown, fine'A roar
child. There was a piece of broad tape tied tigh4,
its neck with a single loop, sufficient to causes trlorie
tion. Where the tape had pressed upon the
the throat had a red appearance, from which in'e
whiltS
ness interred that the ligature bad been apPitieu par?
the child was alive. The face and head had 6 pier
colour, and the tongue protruded similar to the stir?
ance of strangulation. The mother had not M-e,
medical assistance at -the birth. Deceased "4150
dead. Had since made a post mortem eitimint 011,
the body. He found the lungs contained air, 111114 er,
out the slightest appearance of putrefaction. -de
plied the usual tests, and from the result bad 13 bre°
that it had been born alive. On examining thei ac'
witness found the blood-vessels to be in highly pep,
gested state. Death bad been caused by strafigneett
The jury, after a short consultation, returned L
of " Wilful murder against some person or pers°7_,
known."
THE CHRISTENING OF THE INFANT Pismo,
ceremony has been arranged to take Pllll' 111°
tween six and seven o'clock this evening 1004
Queen's Private Chapel, at Windsor Castle, coOr,
all the necessary preparations have just heel/ etch',
pleted. The chairs of state, of purple velvet, '"Or
ornamented in gold, have been placed on a raised ilte
in front of the altar, for the use of her Mujeetil the
Prince Consort, Prince William of Prussia, se" 00
other royal personages who will be present. 000,
front of these chairs, which are also enriched lelpeof
star of the Order of the Garter, on a purple rotber.
are placed footstools of crimson velvet. Seven%% lb'
chairs, similarly ornamented, are also placed `cote
floor of the chapel, around those appropriated for „,400
of the Queen and Prince Albert. Dr. Five'', is aoaloi
organist to her Majesty, has received the Queelloge
mends to preside at the organ during
the sacred ceremony.
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LONDON HOSPITAL.—On Wednesday a,
ral meeting of the Governors of this Charity iv orpor'
in the Committee-room of the hospital, for tlitejtra%
of receiving the usual quarterly report, and 050 05 •
action of general business. The meeting Wll9 -ratio°
special, for the purpose of taking into conside tbs GO
'
recommendation which had been submitted atex af
the perform
t`
that in consequence of the great l,rhell
cidents and other serious cases, there show" 7 for::
diately appointed three resident house-surgeon heir P'7
reception and examination of those cases uPetin:,,,, ftet;
application for admission, W. Davis, Esq., v%-#1.1)166;
dent in the chair. There was a numerous v"--, P'l,l
of Governors present. includine. Co
.e''"
the Governor of the Bank oe'England, and ,0 of the
of the Inititution, G. F. Young, Esq., Chairais-0. n, 00%
House-Committee, &c. After some diseat-hree of
recommendation for the appointment of the report...,
dent-surgeons was unanimously adopted. Tbe_etig
the House-Committee and the financial entered 0001,
then read to the court by the Secretary,th
mously approved of. During the past
roe wed ii• g
no fewer than 970 in-patients had been receoo,6l,,
the wards, of which number 305 now remain, 410 'Lc
out-patients on the books. The mortality vii"00:1:,
wards of the Institution, has been less the 11:„11001.7,
than the preceding one. The business of the "ego Cbs/01
been concluded. a vote of thanks was
man, the House-Committee, and other officer
passed to:Coulee
with the Institution, and the meeting broke tilivedoP(..
FALL OF HousEs.—At an early hour on seloo°4
day morning two newly-erected houses in sit bide
place North, in the rear of the houses on the ewe n'o
Euston-square, fell down. The houses, which
wereohe
" run up" in a remarkably short space of tip' feted, pt
Monday roofed with tiles and the exterior eoll,Pd. Ale
so
• old' doti
whole or nearly so of the materials being roan .00
half-past twelve o'clock on Tuesday night thee auffiela
of the house c-n the east side not being 0' tod 'ip
strength to bear the upper portion, gave WI,. 23' see
with a tremendous crash against the house_itig it!_re
the occupation of a person named French, fort- oroir.of
first floor and parlour windows, and destroYiu!, pore ,ta
and property to a large amount. At this time
friends were at supper in the back drawine'ramo tbeol
23, and the alarm and confusion consequentl,-04,,ith
cident may be imagined. Between the ne'7,,siose°;est
No. 23 was the entrance to the latter house. 1; The nd it
an iron pallisade which was smashed to Piee fronts st i
side of this house (No. 23) is built with a bof_42 0,00
is the opinion of practical men that had *tns it flood
stead, the weight of the house falling agtt bay° *pile
have driven the brickwork in, and no roe Vice doot
a great sacrifice of human life. As it .7, in, the
is greatly damaged, the windows drive ble dainhe bee'
forced from its hinges, besides consi"e-- of t"- the
rton hen
the interior of the house. Only a rt„nding w, „red 0,
of the new house was fonnd to be ,s"; bad °Led:faille'
dust caused by the other part falling ore dinahoo.
When the excitement had in some Inettehe otberth
the confusion was again increased by ;lying va'sbeet
falling, the west wall giving way, and chappeolci
portion of the back and front. The front apebricl(-
two on Wednesday morning. The hole of thng to;
wall remain in a dangerous state, the
hYlowever, be lyitateu
work being cracked, tbe party wall, ,0 bale ..,,fet
injured. Several practical builders
rubbish,,
f 7hoe
the ruins are of opinion that greater 0
wse
been used in building than in the eonstructiothem
up waiee
houses, and that the haste in "running
evade the provisions of the new Building'
_go ..••
came into operation on Sunday last. SgETCr°
THE LATE BOILER ExpLoSlO' AT , Stokes }l'
On Monday, two men named Critchley a,a_usrotor 04
brought up at the Borough Court, by, lot_
00,jogeloe
bury, on suspicion of being concerned in_ insPe`: on
envie-boiler, at the Deep-pit, Shebbew
• "
Maybury stated that he first observed the P that e
Tuesday last, and the face of one of them at der, jo
was very much disfigured, evidently by g?niPhuey weUe 0
saw them again together on Friday, a
anchley bed is
company when taken into custody. Crit ,fitiare_a
examined by the surgeon, and found to !)?_ miod
oe,a ,
different parts of the body ; the hair of lus,
their - °AO.'
eyelashes were burnt off. He applied for ,0 the os.
to Tuesday, or authority to deliver the inen.Ltio
field officers on their arrival. The aPell,e_Theeflig ,
granted, and the prisoners were conveyed to
yesterday.—.2llanchestcr Guardian.
--A 145it°
ILLUMINATION OF NIAGARA FA_LLS. , star •
the Falls thus writes to the editor of the Br.00,_7:1•011 t_°4
The spray which rises from the 11(5se,_e_ren
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great height, I think contains a jet of brriou ofisoyd #
I regretted much that I had not brougtq _
tinuin sponge, which I hal prepared, :hveltgn; 6 AnAdntrovi
pole, to place in this jet, thus igniting
the sPI111"0-0 the
ducing a blaze which would surpass,
id
greatKanawha.
its great corrhunscatTiohnes,fatlllise
mg.oruealdt hinyadkureogsens 0
ate
d from this cats
drogen to pass upsear a parer,
tire ; and if I am right in supposing sraccotil the bh,
would be almost perpetual."—Aer A