The Express.
London, England, 1848-10-20 00:00:00

HOLLAND.

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The of the States-General of 1848 took
place at the on the 16th lest with the usual
solemnities. At ten o'clock his Majesty left the
palace, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the
Prince of Orange, Prince Henry, and Prince Frede-
rick of the Netherlands. A salute of artillery an-
nounced the departure of his Majesty. When his
Msjeaty arrived at the Palace of Ms States General
he was received and introduced into the assembly by
the commission appointed for this purpose by the
united chambers of the States General. His Majesty
having taken his seat on the throne, pronounced the
following speech :
Noble and Mighty Leeds,—Yea will doubtless approve
that at the ripening of this semi= I abstain from following
the established sage of tracing a sketch of the mats of the
country, and of the dilierne projects of law which shall be
laid beim you, as introductory to your legislative WNW .
la fact, the mission of this Assembly is exceptknal sad tau-
ram in to nature ; and there two r.h mbar' of the States
General will shortly be replaced by other chambers, com-
pined and elected according to the disposition of the funds-
mental law, accomplished in the earaon which has just ter- I
abated, and which will speedily be completed sad
solemnly promulgated. Nevertheless, on this cogasioa
I cannot abstain, noble and mighty lords, from express-
ing to you the convicion that if the general state of Europe
be of such a nature as to give rise to serious inquietude's,
various irdications monist themiselvee in the situation of
oar country. Whether I sesakber our relations with foreign
powers—whether I ma say eyes upon our possessions in
other parts of the world, IT upon the ireerests of commerce,
of navigation, of egrisultarr, and other branches of trade-1

fled by the aide of several distairding spasms auttsreas
motives ke seasektiza sad
above ele==salit areist4
all, simnsthe Perm Ito • which '
the greatest imperter wart of die 1•Wirlill et the lark-
msatal law wee used and serameithed. Whit so
many Mates et Barr see shears to their wry Isemiseigne
by the seed *kat sari* sad dr streets el woes a eln
dyed with *eased of he thalteats, Oar seeatry tee law
Ode to resent knelt frees the fury of affil dierswiems sad
the wkish disorder sad anarchy kiwi& **iris.
Ahem en, war senatry has es** this *vantage, *ea the
logloiellee power, free ha Its ealitis, kee. with Mks WM.
m:= and ia the me* pear hseassy, era
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of orals. prevailed, plessially y
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its
vast milieu, which will set se dealerely gm the dealleir of
the matey. Oa the 'urea of Ileabmmy 1t... of Ito week.
alwaysso rider, of thesemplde strettea of thofeedamerol
part et the Mate, I have ate* sews* te be aposweie
the does of the last seaka, my gratitude te the eme
Chambers of the filtatee-Oemeral, who have Oen to Ws yea
their zealous sad vigilant easeurrence. Bet I haws nem*
to myself, sad he this makes *maim, the per*. ef
tkaaidag all my wdlimiseed kllew-eitiseas for the redo-
lurk eriaderm sod ampost Sir the laws and palate *rise,
r wet as eeheslent its ay prows sad stays=
whist dads, the Mos period requisite far the
mad ei thee repartees legislative works they ha* *W-
hited, **eat restriction and with or mesh ecoetaney, ■
to this very day. Thus, ad* and Blighty reds, ear poli-
tical ediblq while rake eseablistmod at the muse basis, km
is.. its intsaral &prides" modified seseeding to the re-
quirammle el the ape*, sad or regulated that the aineUe-
walks whisk the hies may ri quire may be introißeed late
wither retests Ma slightest shock. Yer *tarsi into
this new @peek tie esawarrence of year high magistrates*
is still inemp ame, and it is this oasseerrence which,
with fell I this day invoke for the weal of the
weeny. That the Netherlands may prosper la the new
ukase whisk is seemed to them, it is important that each Of
rhabitiate aboald be acquainted with the sacred duties
ismissosil !pm dim, end be animated by that love for their
essamb7 did* it always ready to make the greatest sacrifices
ke pm* NAM sad mighty lords, enables me to &oriels
__AVMe Walter expectations for the future. If, not-
Iks slat made for diminishing the 'ironer
el the date, desemellsmege *ea* demand fresh subsidies for
resedes the soisiewire of tharerest, I shall AA Mrs with
roads*, of war Ides asightleores. If in future time
trials be agar oeserved to as, las convinced that each one
will, with the WI of Provides*, make the most oourszeous
efforts to wirmsaat the* Thus we shall avert from the soil
of our esti* laud troubles, aal disorder sad dimes**, of
what nab* ranee they be, and transmit inter to our
derma** the liaise which ha. been confided to no.
lisy the Aledirty mown our endeavours with his hest
Mewing His
Majesty then returned from the palace of the
States General, amid the same reanifestations of
loyalty and respect which had greeted his Majesty
on his arrivaL

HAMBURG, Oct. 13.—Last night the extensive
ship manufactory of Mears. A. H. SiUnman and Co., oa this
Oraebrook, was burned to the round. The baildians are
insured in foreign and home insurance companies far
279.000 narks beam

Ebt Coutt.

WINDSOS, THOISDAT.—Prince Albert hunted this
alag with the harriers. The Queen Dowager, accent.
salad by the Princess Amelia and Eliza of Hoheolohe
arrived to-day, at haL-put 1 o'clock, on a
visit to Majesty and the Prince Consort. The Hon.
Miss Kerr and the Hon. Mire Cavendish have succeeded the
Holt. Mime Murray and Macdonald as the Maids of Honour
in Waiting to the flown. Toe royal dinner party at the
Cut!, this evening will include the Queen Dowager, the
Dubose of Kest, the Princess of Hohenlohe Lenient:ones,
and the Pf WNW Eliza of Hohenlohe Langenbourg, the
Prineasess amok& and Eliza of Hoheolohe &Wingert's',
the Lady is Waiting cape Q.ieen Dowager, Lady Anna
Marta Dawson, Hammes de Speth, Earl Howe, Lout John
Rumen, Lord Edward Howard, Mr. G. E. and the Hen.
Mrs. Anson, sad Sir George Cooper.
The Duke and Docker of Duccleuch took leave of
the Queen Dowager yesterday morning at the Priory, Stan-
more, and left for town. Her Majesty, accompanied by the
Prioresses Amelia and Eliza of Hokealoke Sobillingsktrat,
and attended b the Marchioness of °monde and Earl
Howe, afRwW teak her &porta o for Windsor Castle.

were ient Off yesterday evening from
thilt=raltal by the Cloyernoyo of Malta, Ceylon, and

Rani- -kali:

MAILRLSOS tt< Hton LlFl.—Yesterday forenoon
Ike marrrge of lb. Hadley Coutta Marjoribanks, son to the
banker, vkh Miss Isabella Hogs, daughter of Sir James
Hogg, Bart, took place at St. Gearge's Church,
Hawoverequam,_ la the promos of a numerons circle of the
nobility. The Rev. H. Cholsoadeley perf mood the PTO*
mousy. Lady Hogg afterwards gave a samptaose &Mawr
la alebratioa of the event, at the family lareksa is Orono-
nor-square. The bride and bridegroom wabseqwently left
town kr Poeta Shirley, the mat of Hr. Marjortbanks, in
Hatt.

NARROW &CATS or LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—On
Thundw, thew lee, Lewd and Lady Jobs Rose and
two et irk deism lei Cowbell's Golden Lim Hotel,
Beim Ise ittahowe Whew at the wallow, his lordship
he a wiry mew whisk was set referred to by the
Ned ppm The w laser, er then Owe south, trend
lye the the iodise Lea tie sidieshetwe ; and as his
iseMip had soiled jest at the the adostised, he lifted his
yeeriest eked sot yeseseded is a thoughtful awed to erase
wee side far the sly tree yeemegoa let it so happewd
Ipitki!that the wee wend olosto Woe doe, sad his
set ebeerviss syyserish, Mike reached the e-
ines* sines benne the Vass, whoa the age* was not
Owns its own lose don hie moviep at a quicker Me
this mug whoa at a steals, is eases of the =Deng
wefts.' of the day, whisk revues' abees* free
. Ceshasa, the swetkisolet, with adolnble
Wray bee- ken the roe sad
bis twashiy. dog lie tee jot es
Mitgrawl thee yeewswel asekket w1=1117:81
kwelet haw boa Istal.—Seorstars.