The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-31 00:00:00

HOLLAND.

THE HAGUE, MAY 29.—The Staab) Courant of this
diy contains an announcement by the Minister of
Finance relative to the transmission of newspapers by
the overland Marseilles mail to Batavia. So vast is
the amount of newspapers and other printed journals,
that the French Government states, that it is utterly
impossible to receive them till as late a period as hither-
to; that, consequently, to avoid a great accumulation at
the last, they must be packed three days before the
departure of the vessel, and only those published
within the three days will be sent at the usual
time. There is likewise a probability that the
postage will be raised, in order to meet
the increased expenditure caused by the immense
increase in the Indian correspondence ; this, how-
ever, will not in the first instance be applicable to
letters, but be restricted to newspapers and printed
journals.

Nothing is yet known for certain respecting the
Ministerial crisis. It is certain that M. DONKER
CURTIUS has given in his resignation, and also M.
VAN BAUD, the Minister for the lonies. M.
WICHERS is spoken of as the probable successor of
the latter Minister. M. CUBTIUS gave in his resigna-
tion on Saturday last ; whether this was expected or
not we cannot say, but the KING immediately after
held a Cabinet Council, which met again on
Sunday to deliberate on the matter ; the result has
not been made known to the public, nor is it known
whether the above resignations have been accepted.
It is said that the KING intends to form his body-
guard of subalterns of various regiments who have
been at least 24 years in the service, and have gained
the silver medal.
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WALLACHIA AND MOLDAVIA.
The following decree, under date theilsth of April,
has been addressed by the Caimacam to the Chief of
the Department of Justice at Bucharest :
.6 Their Excellencies Fuad Effendi and General Du-
hamel, Imperial Commissioners in this principality, by
their notes 275 and 215 notify to the Caimacam that the
commission appointed to investigate the criminal acts by
which order was overthrown in Wallachia during the
course of last year, having partly terminated its labours,
and examined more than a hundred persons, measures
must be taken, in conformity to the orders of the Govern-
ment of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, for the
establishment of a High Criminal Court, which, adopting
for basis the preparatory labours of the commission of
inquiry, shall place the political delinquents under two
categories :

"1. Those who in arms opposed the entrance of the
Imperial Ottoman troops.
" 2. Those who burnt, or caused to be burnt, the or-
ganic statute.

" With respect to other offenders, they shall remain
under arrest until the two high sovereign and protecting
Courts have decided upon their fate.
" To this effect their Excellencies propose that this
High Criminal Court shall be composed of the High
Court and the Criminal Court, conformably to that
which was established by the ex-Prince Ghika, by
his office of the year 1841, No. 89, in a circumstance
analogous to that of the moment ; that without im-
peding the examination of other current affairs, this
High Criminal Court can assemble three days a week,
in order not to delay the trial of the persons on whose
guilt they will have to pronounce sentence ; that
the Minister of Justice shall be invited to assist at these
judicial proceedings in quality of delegate of the Go-
vernment; that the articles of accusation against each
individual should be separately referred to the Sublime
Porte; and that the Sublime Porte shall leave to the
Caimacam the confirmation of the judicial sentences,
against all offenders in the second degree, that is to say,
such as are less seriously implicated. With respect to
the condemnations which shall take place against offen-
ders of the first class, they shall be directly submitted to
the confirmation of the Sultan.

" The Caimacam, considering that the audacious
act of opposing by force of arms the entrance here
of the Imperial Ottoman troops, and that of burn-
ing the legislation of the :country, which had
been granted by the legislative high sovereign and
protecting Courts, is a crime of the gravest complexion,
and one that cannot be pardoned to the individuals who
have been guilty of it, particularly in a state of which the
inhabitants have ever distinguished themselves by their
attachment to the maintenance of legal order, in virtue
of the abovementioned demands of their Excellencies
Fuad Effendi and General Duhamel, invite the honour
able department to summon immediately the High Court
and the Criminal Court to assemble in one place and
one body, and to occupy themselves during three days
of the week, which shall be fixed, with the labours as-
signed to it, and to deliberate on the degree of culpabi-
lity of the accused, and pass sentence accordingly.
" M. Le Serdar Jean Sontzo, solicitor of the Criminal
Court of Appeal, is charged with the functions of soli-
citor of the High Criminal Court.

" The Chief —of the Department of Justice is charged
with the execution of the above instructions, and to re
port the whole of the proceedings of the Caimacam, &c.
(Signed) " Count CATACIIZENE."