The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-21 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 18.—M. riujardin, one of the
negotiators of the treaty with Holland, has returned
from the Hague.
On occasion of this treaty, the two Belgian Pleni-
potentiaries received from King William, General
I'risse the order of the Oak or Crown of the first
class, and M. Dujardin that of Commander of the
order of the Netherlands Lion. _ _

The ludependant adds, that the first class of this
latter order has been given to two of our Ministers,
namely, M. Nothomb and Count de Briey.
A letter from Amsterdam says, we are sincerely
glad of the distinctions conferred by our King on
some Belgian functionaries, and by the King of the
Belgians on some Dutch unctionaries. This is the
first time that orders of Knighthood of one country
have been conferred on subjects of the other, and it is,
therefore, considered as a sign of friendship and good
neighbourhood.
The persons accused of favouring the escape of
General Vandersmissen appeared before the Tribunal
yesterday. M. Van Latham declared that he had no
knowledge of the plans of his fellow-prisoner, but he
confessed having said that nothing was more easy than
to escape from the Petits Carmes. With respect to
Ernest Vandersmissen, his Counsel insisted on the
duties of filial affection, and observed that on the escape
of M. Lavalette his wife and daughter had not been called
to account. The young man, on being questioned, de-
clared that he was ignorant of the reasons of his father's
orders, and only obeyed him when he ordered the
horses. As for the escape, he confessed that he was
present and assisted, and that if another similar occa-
sion should occur, he should think it his duty to act in
the same manlier.

The sentence of the Tribunal was that the keepers
of the prison should be acquitted, except one, 'who
was sentenced to six months imprisonment, and con-
demned Madame Vandersmissen and the two sons, of
whom only Ernest is in Belgium, to twenty-four
hours' imprisonment, and a fine of sixteen francs.

GIN DRINKING EXTRAORDINARY.—A most deter.

mined act of felony and drunkenness occurred at
Oundle, in this county, during the past week, and
which has nearly cost one of the depredators his life,
but should he survive, it is imagined he will never re-
lish the smell of gin again as long as he exists. The
following are the particulars :—Four well-known
characters residing in the above town, named John
Nightingale, John Wortle, James Coles, and Samuel
Allen, contrived to enter he yard of Messrs. Smith
and Tibbitts, brewers, in Oundle; and to steal there-
from a two gallon bottle filled with gin, which was placed
on a waggon to be conveyed with other articles to
Thurning early on Friday morning, the 11th instant.
The bottle was then secreted in a heap of used hops,
in Mr. Smith's close adjoining, where it remained till
the evening of the same day, when a fifth person
named Fox was entrusted with the secret, and dis-
patched to convey it to a hovel near the union work-
house. There the five assembled, and in the'absence
of a corkscrew the top of the bottle was knocked off,
and a half pint pot substituted for a glass. llere they
sat and regaled themselves till they finished the two
gallons. Wortley was in such a beastly state of in-
toxication that he could not be conveyed home, and
lest he should lead to their detection, although some of
the others could scarcely walk, they left him in a
ditch contiguous to the-hovel. Here he was disco-
vered by Mr. Ambridge, the superintendent of police
for the Oundle division, and with the assistance of
Darker and another of the force he was wheeled to
the J3ridewell in a harrow. At first it was not cer-
tain whether he was living or dead, and on medical
aid being procured, Mr. I'Vatson, surgeon, instantly
applied the stomach-pump, and at least three pints of
neat gin were ejected. The other prisoners were ap-
prehended the same night, and the following morn-
ing (Saturday), including Fox, who was taken into
custody also as an accessory. After the apprehension
of Nightingale he confessed to the whole of the cir-
cumstances connected with the robbery. The pri-
soners, with the exceptionl gstra toeonsf
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but in consequence of the debilitated state of Wortley
the case was remanded.—Northampton Herald.
PARIS RAILROADS.—The Commerce says, " En-
gineers, under the direction of' the Minister of Public
Works, have formed a plan for laying a continuous
railroad completely encircling Paris. It is to run at
a certain distance from the continuous wall, and form
in the whole an extent of 40,000,000 metres. The
cost is estimated at 12,000,000 f. at the least. Its ob-
ject is to establish a direct and rapid communication
between all the railroads, which sooner or later will
diverge from the capital. The plan, it appears, is to be
submitted to an immediate examination, so that an
application may be made to the Chambers during the
next session for a grant to carry it into execution."
The Moniteur Parisien, in allusion to this statement,
observes, "We think the above is an error. This
plan, which was long since proposed as a private spe-
culation, is not comprised by the Minister of Public
Works in the railroad plans under the consideration
of the Government."
We have heard it rumoured that a woman, who
died this week at Brimington, before death made the
horrid confession that her husband, who about 14
years ago was found one morning with his throat
cut from ear to ear, and was believed to have com-
mitted suicide, came by his death by her hands, and
that she placedhim, after the frightful deed, in the posi-
tion in which he was found. She shortly after that
went to live with another man.—Derbyshire Chron,

CHURCH-RATE REFUSED.—Atmeeting of the parish-
ioners, called by the Churchwardens, was held in the
Vestry, parish of All Saints, on Thursday, Nov. 17,
1842, for the purpose of laying a Church-rate, when
a proposal for a sixpenny rate was negatived by
amendment, only three hands being held up for the
motion, out of a crowded vestry.--Leicestershire
Mercury.
Several large failures are reported to have taken
place here during the last few days, and it is believed
that others, who presently figure as great men, are so
deeply involved that it will be hard for them to keep
up.—Dundee Herald.
HUNG FOR Fux.—The last Tennessee Review
states that the Grand Jury of Cambell county, Ten-
nessee, has found a true bill against George Smith,
John H. Todd, Loftin Duke, James Pearce, and
Leroy Brown, for the murder of a slave belonging to
John Miller. They had all got into a drunken spree,
and under the influence of
liquor enticed the negro
into a loft, and hung him for fun, intending to cut
him down in a moment or two before life should be
extinct. Their drunken frolic was Tarried too far--
the negro died, and a similar deaih, or a long and
painful imprisonment, awaits the perpetrators of the
`act. Like many
costs dear in the en
other frolics of -the same kind, it