The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-27 00:00:00

FLANDERS' AND DUTCH MAIL.

AMSTERDAM, JULY 23. A letter from Batavia!
of the 30th of March contains the accounts p
total destruction of the islandof I ernate by arf
earthquake. The desolation is sol
complete that
there
pre-
viously brought by the English papers, of
the inhabitants had scarcely time to escape to the island
of Timor, without saving any part of their property.
BRUSSELS, JULY 23.—The King and Queen left
Brussels yesterday morning for Peronne, where they
were to past the night, and will arrive at Paris the
following day.
Their Majesties will return to Laeken at the begin-
ning of next month.
We arc happy to announce that the expectation of
the ladies who intended to be present to-morrow to
witness the proceedings against Colonel Murray, and
to see the fair Amazon in the presence of her husband,
will not be disappointed. Mrs. Murray will appear in
Court as plaintiff. M. Charles Ledru, of Paris, as-
sisted by M. Dolcz, Advocates in the Court of Cessa-
tion, will be opposed by two Counsel of the bar of
Brussels. The English newspapers have sent reporters
to Brussels to report the proceedings.
BRUSSELS, JULY 24.—The proceedings in the case
of Colonel Kent Murray, before the Court of Assize,
commenced to-day. The whole time was occupied in
hearing the witnesses for the prosecution, the two prin-
cipal of whoa), Mr. Grant and Mr. Law, did not ap-
pear. Mrs. Murray was among the witnesses, though
very ill, if we may judge by her pale countenance. The
witnesses are so numerous that their examination will
hardly be finished to-day.
FRONTIERS OF PRUSSIA AND POLAND, JULY 11.—
The Emperor of Russia is said to have had many con-
versations with Prince Paskewitsch, on the approaching
military operations in the East, and it is thought that
Ithis campaign, for which vast preparations are making,
will be decisive in more respects than one. If it is
true that Prince Paskewitsch is to have the command,
it is evident that something more important is intended
than a campaign against the mountaineers, for which
the most eminent General in the service would scarcely
be employed. It is probable that as soon as the Turk-
ish question has taken a more decided shape, and lest
something of its threatening character, a considerable
Russian army will march to Central Asia, partly to
chastise the predatory hordes, and partly to set bounds
to the influence of the Englist', which continues to
spread to the North of India, for if the Russians
neglect to assert their supremacy in Central Asia,
while it is still time—it .may soon be too late,
for the English emissaries spare no pains to make the
intentions of Russia suspected, and to unite all the
nations,from Kourdistan to the Circassians and Lesghis,
in a general confederacy against the Russians. At this
moment they are putting everything.in motion to excite
disturbances in the south and south-east of Iran, in
order to embarrass the Shah of Persia, and oblige him
to throw himself into the arms of England. The policy
of the English in Southern Asia is cunning, founded en
a net of active intrigues ; but the Russian policy is
equally cunning, and if it pretends, in western Eu-
st.loutnWwoeuhetii
rope, to act as a' mediator, and even to appear at times
to be duped by the arrogant islanders, whose pride
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blinds them, it is only that it may be able to operate
with more certainty, and to prepare in silence the most
effectual measures.
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will go at the same
time.

DUTCH FUNDS.—AanrrEttoAm, JUIN 24
Actual Debt,
Money. 1:111r.
';l4 per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
A inert Synclic,4N, per rent 92.A, 1,..' 34
Ditto, ditto, 3!4 per cent ili:S 71'
Cornmercual Company, 4!.:2 per cent 1731i. 174
nitt3 (1635 and 1837) :., per cent.
Loan 18:3i, 5 per cent . hg i 904"
Exchange on London, One month l2 0
Two months
Dutch Papers, July 25.