The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-21 00:00:00

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL.
Baussni.s, Nov. 18.—Some landowners in Flan-
ders, considering that, for divers reasons, the produce
of their woods have become of hardly any value, soli-
cited an exemption from the land-tax for ten years,
in order to enable them to incur the expense of con-
verting them into arable land, and to have the neces-
sary time to procure and to find labourers and farmers
for their lands.

We learn that it is almost certain that the new law
relative to sugar, which is preparing in the office of
the Minister of Finance, will be ready to be presented
to the Chambers before the end of the session.

The Austrian Government has just founed at
Vienna a vast Atelier, where aloove 1,000 workmen,
out of employment, are sure of plenty of work at all
times, and sufficient wages. There is one peculiarity
in this Zestablishment, namely, that the workmen are
perfectly at liberty, and indirectly interested in the
prosperity of the establishment.
THE HAGUE, Nov. 16.—The section of the Second
Chamber are engaged in examining the project of law
relative to the elective franchise, and to the qualifica-
tion requisite to render a person eligible to a seat in
the Second Chamber.

The Second Chamber of the States-General has
received a hundred and nine addresses, all relative to
the project of law lately presented on the tariff of
import, export, and transit duties. •
The Minister of Finance has published a notice,
stating that the total amount of Treasury bonds
issued according to the laws of 27th December, 1840,
and 19th June, 1843, which are still in circulation,
is 2,979,300 florins.
It appears, from the report of the Synod, that on
the sth of July last the number of persons of the
Reformed religion in the kingdom of the Netherlands
was 1,642,455 souls ; and the number of their clergy
(parish priests), 1,453.
THE HAGUE, Nov.:l9.—ln the:sitting of the Second
Chamber to-day the following royal message was
read :—" A revisal of the existing legislative enact-
ments respecting the practice of the several branches
of medicine and surgery, having been judged neces-
sary, the annexed project of law, with an explanatory
memorial, is submitted to your high Mightinesses for
your consideration.
(Signed)

" WILLIAM."

Many addresses tothe Chamber were then presented.

The amended:project of law in the excise on butchers'
meat (or on the license to slaughter cattle) has been
presented and distributed among the Members.—
Dutch Papers, Nov. 20.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussaLs, Nov. 18.
Aetna Debt, per Cent., 61%
Rothschikl's Loan, Five per Cent
Loan of Thirty Milions, Four per Cent. 9834
CY ••••
.-----Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ......... 76%
........ 104
Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent 102%
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent -
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent
Issue of 1841............ . . ...........
—.Brussels Papers,-Nov. 19.

THF, SUN, LONDONI TnrlB DA Y AVRN G iNtOVEM BER 21 184;.

instant dismissal of Baudriot, who overwhelms the
Baron with reproaches. The Baron, stupified, de-
elars s that he does not know where he is,
or that lie is, or Whether he is at all,
itii4 *Mt lie deblitreq that the joy is more
thinhe can bear, the cuorus rah.,e the cry of
" Honour and glory to Aymon's four good sons!
and the curtain falls. Mr. Balfe will add to his re-
putation by this opera. The music is throughout
perfectly characteristic--thoroughly and completely
dramatic—that is to say, illustrative of the incidents
and the situations. It is what the music of every
opera ought to be—a perfect translation into the uni-
versal language of music of the thoughts, sentiments,
and feelings, to which expression is given in the spe-
cial or verbal language in which the libretto Id
written. Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm with
which the opera was received throughout, and at its
conclusion Balfe was loudly called for, and rapturously
applauded. The corps operatique did full justice to
the composition of the mcestro. It was the first ap-
pearance of the heroine, Miss Helen Oradell, and she
was, of course, extremely nervous—so nervous,
that in her first song she hardly did her-
self justice. As the piece proceeded, however,
she acquired confidence. She sang the duct in the
second act with Allen very well, and the romance
with which it concludes, " Yes, I have sworn with true
affection," was given by her with a taste and pathos
which told admirably, and which promises great
things for th.s future. Her voice is a high soprano of
considerable power; her features are expressive and
pretty, and her figure is good. She is evidently young
upon the stage, and is undoubtedly ayoung lady ofgreat
promise. Mr. Balfe is under the greatest obligations
to Allen for his personation of the character of
Olivier. It was perfect. All that the most perfect
science, guided by the most fastidious taste, could do
for a part, was done for the part of Olivier by Allen.
It was worthy of the Italian boards ; and had he but
power equal to his taste, Allen would be the first
tenor singer in the world. We never saw Leffler to
greater advantage. He was the very beau ideal of a
buffo old man ; and Walton, as the pompous old Baron,
was excellent. The concerted pieces were given
admirably, and the mise en scene was every-
thing that could be desired. At the fall of the curtain
all the principal singers were honoured with the usual
ovation, and 11. Wallack announced the opera for re-
petition four times a week until further notice, amilst
the loud and unanimous applause of perhaps the most
crowded house ever assembled within the walls of the
Princess's Theatre.

MANCHESTER CliAlithEß OF
CO,IIIERCit: AND SIR HENRY POTTINGER.

The Board of Directors of the Manchester Chem-
ber of Commerce and Manufactures, at a recent meet-
ing, unaniriwusly adopted a congratulatory address to
Sir llenry l'ottinger, K.C.8., on his recent return to
this country, after ::is arduous labours as British
Plenipotentiary and Commander in China. Of this
address the following is a copy :
" TO SIR lIERRY POTTINGER, BART., K.C.8., &C., &C.
" The Board of Directors of the Chamber of Com-
merce and Manufactures at Manchester cannot per-
mit your return to your native country to take place,
without tendering to you their warmest congratula-
tions upon your safe arrival.
" They are moved to this expression of their high
regard by the lustre which surrounds your administra-
tion of the important commission which a confiding
country last entrusted to you ; a lustre which they
believe will not be transient, but accumulative; re-
ceiving increase year by year, as the great principle
by which the close of your severe labours in China is
brilliantly distinguished shall become more and more
internationally developed. It is not for them to
speak of military achievements, the supervision of
which formed the sterner portions of your duty. As
merchants, anxious for the diffusion of civilisation
and peace, they look with higher admiration upon
the wisdom by which your negotiations were go-
verned. Not content with opening new channels for
the commerce of your own country, you generously
and wisely secured the same advantages for
all the world, leaving the issue to those be-
nign influences which cannot fail to attend upon
an unrestricted interchange of superfluities and
wants between nations. From the high prin-
ciple which actuated you in your negotia-
tions with the Chinese authorities, and from the
wisdom which they have themselves manifested in
the arrangement of their tariff of duties, has arisen an
irrefragable demonstration of how much the true in-
terests of the human race would be promoted, we-e
nations, who do not hesitate to boast of superior en-
lightenment as contrasted with the Chinese, to pursue
the same policy. Receiving on equal terms from all
nations those supplies which it is their interest to
attract, the Chinese see their markets stored with
merchandise from every country, whilst the demand
foi return enables them to become the arbiters of the
prices at which they will purchase from others, or
dispose of their own. They do not seek to ascertain
what profit other nations derive from intercourse
with them : they are content to know that the inte-
rests of their own people are safely and permanently
promoted.
" Confident that the same results would follow the
adoption of the same wise principle by every other
nation, the Directors of this Chamber rejoice that,
under measures which you have directed, the world
may learn a practical moral lesson from China.
Nations, like individuals, may be ungrateful; but
the gentlemen who now address you will be much
deceived if the terror which your name so lately
created in war merge not soon into blessings for the
benefits which your diplomacy has secured.
" Animated by these sentiments, the Directors of
this Chamber tender to you the tribute of their admi-
ration and gratitude ; and they fervently hope that
your health, which they fear has suffered from the
labours and anxieties that have beset you, may be
speedily restored, so that the talents which you pos-
sess may soon be called again to the service of your
country.—Manchester, Oct. 29, 1844."
To this address, which was duly forwarded to the
Gallant Commander, the Chamber of Commerce have
received the following reply :
" 49, Albemarle-street, London, Nov, 5, 1844.
" To the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Com-
merce and Manufactures, Manchester.
" Gentlemen,—The address of congratulation on
my return to ngland which you have been so good
as to forward to me, has given me great pleasure,
and I beg you will accept my sincere acknowledg•
meats for it.
" It is most gratifying to me to know that you,
who are so deeply interested and so competent to
judge, have seen cause to form the flattering opinion
you have expressed as to the result of my commercial
arrangements with China; and it is further peculiarly
satisfactory to me to learn from your address, that
you fully recognise and concur in the principles
which formed the groundwork of that portion of my
negotiations, which ended in the commercial regula-
tions and tariff.
"I trust that China will, in due time, reap the full
reward she so well merits for her liberality in the ar-
rangements; and that all other nations wishing to
participate in the trade with that vast and wonderful.
empire, will take example by the moderation which,
I hope I may say, England evinced through me, her
humble instrument, in these discussions, and in the
final settlement.
" Should it be so, I have not the least doubt but that,
at no very distant day, China will take her proper po-
sition amongst the civilised and enlightened nations of
the earth, and will be the first to acknowledge and
proclaim the advantages she has gained from the
changes that recent events must inevitably cause in
her whole social system and policy.
" I thank you, gentlemen, warmly for your good
wishes toward me personally; and you may be as-
sured that, whenever my humble exertions can be of
use to my country, they shall be at her free disposal.
—I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your very faith-
ful, humble servant,

" lIENRY POTTINGER."

EXTENSION OF TIIE MORNING MAlLS.—Thirteen
additional towns have been added to the list of mails dis-
patched daily from the General Police-office, by com-
mand of the Postmaster-General. Subjoined is a list of
them, copied from the " notice" issued yesterday :
Bolton, Bury St. Edmund's, Chesterfield, Codermouth,
Dunmow, Granthan3, Loughborough, Melton Mowbray,
Newmarket, Northallerton, Pwlheli, Ripon, and Thirsk.

It may be well to remind newsvenders,. merchants, and
others, residing in the metropolis, that according to the
most recent postal arrangements with reference to morn-
ing mails, the official order as to the hours of posting by
the day-bags from London is as follows :—" Newspapers
are received at the various receiving-houses throughout
the metropolis in time for dispatch by morning mails to
all the places upon the list, including the whole of Scot-
land and Ireland, until seven A.M. Letters are in time
until eight A.M. At the branch offices in Cavendish-
street, Charing-cross, and Blackman-street, Southwark,
for newspapers until half-past seven A.M., and for letters
until eight A.M. Newspapers may be posted at Lom-
bard-street and the General Post-office for the same
conveyance until a quarter before eight A.M., and letters
until half-past eight A.M." It may also be as well to
state that for newspapers, by the morning dispatch, there
is no " late fee," as is the case with the dispatch of the
evening mails.
THE TIMBER, WOOL, AND GUANO TRADES.—It is
said that the above trades are the only ones in which
large sums of money have not been lost by importers
during the present year; and it is a fact worthy of notice,
that in two out of three of these trades the protective
system has been in whole, or in part, abandoned during
the last four years. It will be remembered that one of
Sir Robert Peel's earliest measures was to diminish the
amount of protection on colonial timber, and that it was
most confidently predicted at the time that the colonists
would be ruined by the change. The result has shown
that this was a false prophecy, fur the timber trade has
never been in a more healthy or prosperous state. This
is partly the result of the breaking up of a system of
speculation and over-trading, but still more of the re-
vival of trade and commerce. People have once more
begun to build houses, mills, warehouses, and ships, and
the result has been to create a brisk demand fur timber,
and to show that commercial and manufacturing pros •
perity are of infinitely more value to the timber trade
than all the protecting duties that ever were invented.
Another trade which has prospered, either in conse-
quence or in spite of the repeal of the protective duties,
is that in sheep's wool. The repeal of the duty of id. a
pound on foreign wool has not only been followed by
great briskness in the demand for that kind of wool, but
also by equal briskness in the demand for colonial and Bri-
tish wools, to which the duty served as a sort of protection.
They have seldom sold better than during the present
year, and although it would be too much to say that this
is owing to the change in the duties, yet it is clear that
the change has had no injurious effect upon the wool-
growers, whilst it has greatly benefited the manufac-
turers and all dependent upon them. The import of
colonial wool, which twenty years ago was a mere
nothing, has now reached the large amount of 70,000
bales from Australia alone.—Liverpool Times.
AQUATlCS.—iienry Clasper has accepted the chal-
lenge of Coombes, the London waterman, to row from
Tyne-bridge five miles up the river, the cockney staking
1001. to 801. of the Northumbrian. Clasper gives 101. to
Coombes to cover the expense of his journey to New-
castle. It is to be a skiff-race. We understand that
Clasper has put his signature to the articles of agree-
ment, and that they are sent to London. The match
may therefore be considered as good as made.—Tyne
Mercury.