The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-21 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

TIIE HAGUE, AUGUST 17.—1 t is thought that the
section of the Second Chamber will finish their exami-
nation of the thirteen projects of law introducing modi-
fications of the fundamental law. It is probable that
the report of the proceedings of the sections will be
immediately published and distributed among the Mem-
bers, and this is to constitute the report of the central
section. The day after to-morrow there is to be a
sitting of the Second Chamber. If, as is supposed, the
report of what has passed is not to be communicated to
the Government, the report of the central section on
the pending project of law may be shortly ex•
petted, and the debates in the Chamber will immedi-
ately follow.
THE HAGUE, AUGUST 18.—It is affirmed, that in
consequence of the fears of a war breaking out in
Europe, several Insurance Companies in our country
make great difficulties in insuring at present.

DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, AUG. 18
Money. Bill,.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
Amort S,ndic, 4% per cent . 90% lON
Ditto, ditto, 334 per cent —
Commercial Company, 4% per cent 167 168%
Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per tent.
Loan 1837, 5 per cent.
Exchange on London, One month ll 90
Twomontha ......
Dutch Papers, Aug. 19.
BELGIAN k UNDS—BaussEts, AUG. 19.
Actual Deist, 2% per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent lOO
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 93
--- 3 per Cent
----Thirty.seven------ .., 6941
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent
Society of Commerce, 4 yi,per Cent lO9
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent Eli%
National Society. ... ..... --..•—
Exchange on London (short)
—Brussels Papers, Aug. 19.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, AGG. 11
By per Cents. Metalliques - 104%
Fonr per Cents 99
Three per Cents.
Bank :Shares
--..Allgemcine Zcitung, Aug. 16.
HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, AUG. 15.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares
Anoo-Itussian Loan lt,9 1( 8%
Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate
04
Inscription, Ist Se:ies
Russsicarnies, per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th
98
971Ai
Ditto in Certificates
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% pee Cent 51% 51
Ditto 5 per Cent 9B -
Polish Bonds
New ticket
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 75% 75%
Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Ccat.......
Spanish, New 3 per Cents —..31
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Auo. 15.
Bills. Money,
St. Schuh'. Sch., 44, per cent lO4 103 is
Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 103% 101%
Exchange on London, three months 6:17
—Prussian State Gazette, Aug. 16,

SEIZURE OF THE STEAM SHIP
BRITISH QUEEN BY HER MAJESTY'S
BOARD OF CUSTOMS, FOR SMUGGLING.

The British Queen arrived at Blackwall from Ports-
mouth between four and five o'clock last Sunday after-
noon. Giles and Keefe, custom-house officers searched
the vessel, and found a cask buried amongst the coals
containing American manufactured tobacco. The offi-
cers prosecuted their search, and in various parts of the
vessel, but especially in the engine-room, amongst the
machinery, and under the coals, they discovered a con-
siderable quantity of tobacco, the amount of the
duty payable upon it amounting to between three and
four hundred pounds.
The ship was seized, and will continue in custody
until the affair is formally brought before the Board of
Customs. There is scarcely a steam-vessel trading to
a foreign port enters the river in which smuggling is
not more or less carried on by the engineers and fire-
men. One of their most successful tricks is
to conceal contraband property among the
machinery ; by doing this they defeat the vigilance
of the Custom-house officers, who, if they attempt to
search the machinery, are prevented by the engineers,
on the ground that they may disarrange something,
In the course of yesterday, two firemen belonging to
the British Queen were brought to the Thames Police-
office, charged with endeavouring to convey on shore
ai lbs. each of negrohead tobacco, and were both fined.