The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-23 00:00:00

BELGIUM,

BRUSSELS, Jut 20.—A letter from a Belgian missionary,
who, at Cincinnatti, in the United States, writes that Father
De Smet and three or four of his companions had been assas-
sinated by the enemies of the Flat Head Indiana. "It might
be mentioned, as a confirmation of this account," says the I%ou-
velleste de Bruges, " that no news has been received from
Father De Smet for more than a year."
11r. Henry de Breucken gave yesterday, in the Commercial
Council of Antwerp, the outlines of the new Convention with
France. The following are the bases of ►t :
I r. 1. The tariff, anterior to the ordinance of the 26th of June,
will be re-established on the Belgian frontier ; it cannot be aug-
mented, even if it should be so on the other frontiers.
" 2. If the tariff in the other frontiers should be reduced
more than one-sixth, an analogous reduction shall be made in
the tariff applied to the Belgian frontiers, so that there may al-
ways be a difference between the two tariffs in the proportion
of 3to 5. This is, therefore, a system of differential duties
adopted in favour of Belgium.
In return, 'Belgium consents—
I. To reduce the import and excise duties on wines, and the
duties on silks.

2. It is understood that Belgium will adopt for all its fros,
tiers, except those of France, the tariff of the 20th of June
on thread and linens. However, the exeepiions which at pre-
sent exist, for the importation of certain kinds of threads from
Germany and Russia, shall be retained. This last clause is
adopted in favour of the weavers of Turnhout.
duration of the treaty is fixed for four years.
The Chambers will meet on Tuesday, to consider this
convention.

BELGIAN o CVOS—Bauman, JULY 20.
Actual Dentoisi per Cent. -521,4
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 10134
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent, 92
---- 3 per Cent. —
---..Thirty.seven------- .., 7034
—____--(140) RN
Loan of City, 1:32, 4 per Cent.... WS
Society et Commerce, 14per Cent B6
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent .. 77
National Society —
Exchange on London (short) —
—Brussels Papers, July 20.
AUSTRIAN I. Üb, D5...-VIENNA. JULY 12.
f ive per Cents. Metalliques
1061 t per Cents. F 0%
Three pia Cents.
Bank ',hares ..- .... ...- ........ .. - ....... ..... .
HAMBURG.. BORSEN HALLE, JULY 19.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents. ..... ...... ... 119 X
Bank Shares

...
Anglo. Russian Loan l'9 RV%
Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate )O2 Ai
Inscri p t i o n , Ist series
Russian b per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
r.

Series 9B
Ditto in Certificates t7
New 4 per Cent. (1840) 8.336 88
Dutch Actual Debt, 1;34 per Cent. ... ......
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Polish Bonds —
New Tickets llB
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. 79 78;
Saanish, New 5 IN r Cents. lB
EXCHANGES ON LO.NDO.P.
HAMBURGH, JULY 10.-13 Sii, Two months I l 6ii„
PETERSBURG' JULY B.—Three months, 37ii pence.
SToccuour, JULY 12. Seventy-five days, 12 7.
RIGA, JULY 9. —Three Months,i3B.
BREMEN, Jut,/ 15—Two months, 6 15. .
VIENNA, JULY 12.—Three months, 9. 41,j4.
PRUSS AN FUNDS.—BErtun, JULY 16.
Bills. Money
St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent.
Prussian English Bond-, 1830, ( per cent. Ita ~,
Exchange on Landon . „, 6 X”,,
Prussian State Gazette, July 17.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
JULY 15. Witch cutter, H. Oglander, Esq., from Woolwich
and Southampton.
16. Sparrowhawk cutter, Thomas Hal Wax, Esq., from Lon-
don and Hyde; Amazon cutter, Sir John Walsh, Bart., M.P.,
from St. Helen's.
18. Midge cutter, John Petre, Esq., from Plymouth.
20, Xarifa schooner, Earl of Wilton, from Plymouth, and
proceeded to the eastward; Phantom cutter, Sir Wm. Curtis,
Bart., from Ramsgate.
21. Corsair cutter, John Congreve, Esq., from Plymouth ;
Will-o'-the-Wisp, pt. C. H. Williams, from ditto.
SAILINGS.
JULY 15. Resolution schooner, Duke of Rutland, for Ply-
mouth.
18. Witch cutter, H. Oglander, Esq., for Hamburgh and the
coast of Norway.
21. Camilla schooner, Thos. Hallifax, jun., Esq., for Sou-
thampton and Dover.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Schooners—Jack-o'-Lantern, Hawk, Arid, Merlin, Camilla,
Harriet.
Cutters—Phantom, Nautilus, Sparrowhawk, Hehe, Emerald,
Petrel, Phoebe, Nymph, Charm, Talisman, Amazon, Midge,
Sapphire, Intrepid, Flower of Yarrow, Ganymede, Corsair,
Yawls—Alarm, Breeze.
The Secretary has sold Mr. J. Meiklam's yacht Charm,
73 tons, to Mr. Higgins. •
This town is very far from being so full of company as it was
at this time last year, many of the best houses being unoccu-
pied ; but there are numerous applications for them for the Ist
of August, to which-date, though so near, the proprietors will
not wait.
Amongst our latest arrivals are—Lady Hope Vere, to Prospect
House ; Lady Harriet Paget and family, to Cowes Castle; Sir
James Graham's family, to Earl de Grey's villa; Thos. Thorn-
hill, Esq, to Castle House; Mr. Powell has taken Trafalgar
House; Mrs. Canning, to Cannon Cottage.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BRIDGNORTH RACES—WEDNESDAY.
The Patshull Stakes, of 10 sovs. each; thriee round.
Mr. Ovvsley's Happy-go-lucky, 3 yrs ( Bradley) 1
Sir R. Pigot's Roderick, 3 yrs 2
Mr. Raworth's Cattonian, 4 yrs 3
Mr. Key's Image, 4 yrs
Mr. Walters's Guzbeg, 3 yrs
Mr. G. Pritchard's Inquisitor, 3 yrs
The Maiden Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added ; heats,

two miles.
Mr. Bates's Country Lass, 4 yrs ' (Marlow) I 1
Mr. Holmes's The 'Merchant Lass, 4 yrs ... 2 2
Mr. Flintoff's Constance, 5 yrs
Mr. Thompson's br cby Shrigley out of Fenella, 3 yra 4 4
The Members' Plate of 30/., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs.
each. Heats, twice round and a dis,

Mr. Morris's Fat Jack, aged (Marlow) 0 I I
Mr. Flintoff's Intruder, 6 yrs
Mr. Langley's Rancour, 4 yrs
OUNDLE RACES—THURSDAY.
The Innkeepers' Purse was won by Mr. Parkhouse's Victoria
—the Lilliputian Stakes by Mr. Newton's Brown Bess—the
Hurdle Stakes by Mr. Bollin's Dragsman—the Town Cup by
Mr. Newton's Lapwing—and the Sweepitakes by Mr. Newton's
Lapwing.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
POST.—Business in the English market was on a very
limited scale, as far as bona fide transactions were concerned.
Consols fluctuated about a per cent., cons( quent upAn ceitain
operations connected with the pigeon exprt-sses. 'I his method
of influencing the prices of the Funds cannot be too much de-
precated, and more particularly when the assistance of certain
influential means are called in, and most unworthily lend their
aid to prodaced the desired effect. They were bad enough
when confined to publishing such and such information in ro-
gard to the affairs of Spain, suitable, 'However, only to the
state of individual accounts. So long as they went no further
than these and similar worthless documents, no great harm
was done beyond one gambler fleecing another. Now that
they are flown at higher game, and are used in connexion with
real securities, they cannot be allowed to pass without notice ;
the more so, as a certain individual who long was the prime
mover in operations guided by the intelligence thus received, or
manufactured here, and stated to have been received by them,
has again more than once, it is stated, revisited this country,
and immediately afterwards, singularly enough, the publication
of expresses for the purpose of altering the prices of our Funds
become of everyday occurrence. The report of the Committee
on the spurious Exchequer-bills will be published in a few
days, and an attentive perusal of it, in connexion with this
subject, is strongly recommended.