The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-03 00:00:00

HOLLAND.

ROTTERDAM, Faa. 27.
A private letter from St. Thomas'e, dated 30th
Jan., addressed to a commercial house in this city,
states that the Wand of Ave., which belongs to Hol-
land, has been taken possession of by a party of Ame-
ricsoe, and that the Dutch government steamer, the
Lyux, had been despatched from St. Thomas's, in
cider to compel them to evacuate the island.
The same papers that communicate this intent-
nce to the Dutch public contain a highly-
colt:arid description of a ball given by Mr. Bel-
mont, ;he American minister, to the royal family,
and 300 of the Rite of the aristocracy in the
Hague. Could this have been the gilding for the
pill ? or was it thought to drown the report of hostile
canr.uu in the melody ot ball-room music?

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The 28th of January last will be remembered long
by the inhabitants of Helaingfors as the day when
IFinland elated its new governor, Lieutenant-Gen.
Berg, and offered him a banquet of welcome.
At four in the afternoon, the civil, ecclesiastical ,and
military authorities met in the splendidly lighted
apartments of the Communal Hall, where General
Berg received them most graciously, after which all
adjourned to the salts, where the tables were prepared.
Of the dinner, suffice it to say that it offered is a
remote hyperborean region, in a country pair Sat
seemingly deprived of all the generous gifts of astute,
a banquet which, in luxury, in the abundanw sad
choiceness of its viands and wines, might rival those
of the richest countries where gastronomic products
most abound. After toasts in honour of our adored
sovereign and his august spouse, the Hsreditsry
Grand Duke and all the royal house, had been drunk
with loud hurrahs, and accompanied by the solemn
music of the national hymn, General Berg addressed
those present, assuring them that their past faithful-
ness and devotedness were appreciated by the
Emperor, who bad further been greatly moved by
the offer of the delegates of the country to sesame
the charges resulting from the establishment of spe-
cial military hospitals, and to supply the troops witk
provisions at the most moderate prices.
General Berg continued :
Gentlemes,—lly arrival among you bodes no happy
change in events; on the costrary, it tells you that then
trials of lest year are to be oo I shall employ
means for the defence of this country, relying on you fee
the display of those heroic virtues which are the peculiar
distinction of northern nations. All classic of the papule-
tion in Finland have ever been eminent for their loyalty and
public spirit. Your industrious peasants hsve mule this
naturally sterile land an exporting ennui. Your one pope
lation supply the beet mariners of the Baltic. Such a popula-
tion wee sure to give proof of military virtues, and ace ,rdingly
your villagers tarnish the best riflemen and the beat seems
to the Imperial army and navy. Your nobles, *Wiest
thing invested with exclusive privileges, sustain their'
dimity by personal merit, and fill the ranks of the Russian
army with generals and diet aguish's'. allure, so highly
esteemed by the Emperor that to them he entruthi the de.
fence of their native country during ibis war. Permit me
then to drink to the prosperity of Finland and its brave and
loyal people.
The toast was drank with enthusiasm, the band playing
the Fialanden' latices' cheat.