The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-21 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

By the Dutch Mail we have received from the
Hague the intelligence, that the Government of
the Netherlands has communicated to the Second
Chamber of the States General a Treaty conclud-
ed with Great Britain, for the mutual regulation
of the Commerce of England and the Nether-
lands with the East Indies, &c.--The following
are some of the principal articles of the Treaty :
Art. 1. The High Contracting Parties engage to place the
trade of the subjects of each other in their respective posses-
sions in the Indian Archipelago, and on the Continent of
India and Ceylon, on the same footing as the most favoured
nations.

2. The Subjects and Ships of one Nation shall pay.no Duties
of importation and Exportation to and from the ports of the
other in the Eastern Seas, higher than double the amount of
those imposed on the Subjects and Ships of the Nation to whom
the port belongs.
With respect to articles on which no duty is laid when they
are imported and exported by the subjects, or in the Vessels of
the Nation to which the port belongs, the duties to be imposed
on the subjects of the other, shall in no ease exceed Six per
Cent.

6. It is agreed that orders shall be given by both Govern-
ments to their officers and agents in the. East Indies not to esta-
blish any new factory on any of the eastern Islands without the
previous permission of their respective Governments in Europe.
7. From the stipulations in Articles 1,9, 3, and 4, the Ma-
lacca Islands, and especially Amboyna, Banda, and Ternati,
with their immediate dependencies, are excepted, till such-time
as the Governments of the Netherlands shall think fit to desist
from the monopoly of the spice trade.
8. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands cedes to his
Majesty the King of Great Britain all his Settlements on the
Continent of India, and renounces all rights and privileges
which have been enjoyed or claimed on account of these Settle-
ments.
9. The factory of Fort Marlborough, and all the posses-
sions of Great Britain in the Island of Sumatra, are hereby
ceded to his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, and
the King of Great Britain engages that no British Factory
shall be established in that Island, nor any treaty concluded
under the British authority, with any of the native Princes,
Chiefs, or States in the said Island.
10. The town and fortress of Madella are hereby ceded to his
Majesty the King of Great Britain, and his Majesty the King of
the Netherlands engages for himself and his subjects never to
establish a factory in any part of the Peninsula of Malacca,
or to conclude treaties with any of the native Provinces of States
in that Peninsula.

In another page we have inserted the Procla.
mation of the King of PORTUGAL (the purport
of which we stated yesterday), pardoning his son
for his excess of zeal in assembling the armed
force and publishing the mutinous and revolu-
tionary
Proclamations inserted by us, in which
he treats his Lord and Sovereign like an ideot,
unworthy of sitting on
him
and, in fact, declares
the throne. If any
position can he considered
humiliating, it is the one in which JOIIN VI. was
placed when he signed the Proclamation in ques-
, pardoning a rebellious son who had aimed
at 'is throne (many persons think even at his
tliiofel and who had kept him a close
prisoner for
thirty-six hours. Moreover, he is compelled to
epithets of regard and esteem on the In-
fante and his mother, foreign to his heart, for
bestow
such they roust appear to those well acquainted
with the Chronique Scandaleuse of the Portu-
guese Court, or evert with that of the Brazils, or
who remember the number of years the KING has
been separated from his Spanish consort. To
close the' matter, the numerous victims now
crowding the prisons (so numerous that the first
influx was,
we understand, sent off to the dun-
geons of Peniche, in order to make room for the
second), are ordered to be tried in a summary
manner, by a special commission, for a pretended
crime the INFANTE has got up for the purpose of
answering his own ambitious and nefarious
ends. The Courts of Justice and the Special
Commission would have plenty to do, for out
of the 7 or 800 persons confined and accused of
Freemasonry, or, in other words, of conspiring
against the KING, 13 are Noblemen, and 100
Military Officers, from the rank of Ensigns to
Generals. According to the PRINCE'S ideas,
Portugal, to be happy, must not contain a single
man of liberal ideas. What effect this strange
affair may produce on the provinces remains to
be seen. A letter received from Oporto, dated
the tith, mentions that the Military Governor, as
soon as the news arrived, issued a Proclamation
to the troops, inviting them to remain quiet, and
wait the arrival of the orders of the INFANTE,
without saying any thing
of the KING. The
Civil Governor was perfectly silent, and these
two circumstances taken together, evidently
show that the former was in the secret, and
prepared beforehand to second the efforts of the
INFANTE in Lisbon. This Military Governor is
MANUELPAMPLONACARNEIRORANGEL,and,what
is
AsLinligutA; singular
enough, tine
tiie
very moment, was a brother-in_law of Count
p
pri-
soner in Lisbon. The same letter adds, that as
soon as the news of what had taken place in
Lisbon arrived, and the Military Governor's
Proclamation appeared, several of the Provincial
Noblemen, pledged to the Queen's cause, Mu-
urinated their houses:--a spectacle beheld with

the utmost astonishment and disgust by the other
inhabitants. The confusion prevailing in the
town was great, and the aspect of affairs so
gloorny,that numbers of persons of property were
emigrating. The Lusitania, an English vessel, had
instantly the whole of her cabin engaged. Mat-
ters were in sounsettled a,stateat the above date,
to admit of any opinion 'being formed as to the
result of the intended conspiracy against the
KING by the QUEEN and her son. That portion
of Portugal, north of the Duero, is inhabited by
a distinct race from the other, and is besides ex-
tremely populous. The Province of Minho, for
example, contains one third of the population
of the whole kingdom, and for many reaso►as the
people are greatly disgusted with the intrigues
of the Court, and the disgraceful scenes which
have lately occurred in their country. They
are besides materially affected by' the present
state of Brazil, with which country they have
always had a great intercourse. The coarse hats
of Braga, the linens of Minho, and the hardware
of Guimaraes, &c. are all consumed in Brazil.—
Cut off from their usual vent for the produce of
their industry, they are naturally in a restless and
disaffected state, throwing the blame of every
thing on the Government. At such a moment, if
they are roused to espouse the K I NG'S cause,
and any commotion breaks out, the consequences
may lie serious—bloodshed, in fact, must follow,
as it is evident that the intention of the IN-
FANTE and his party was to rid the country of
all persons of liberal ideas. The
.people of the
North have nothing to dread from the armed
force in the Capital, and should a dexterous
leader, or, in fact, any popular man appear
among them at this critical moment, there is no
saying what may happen.

[From the Exeter Flying Post, May 19, 1823.1
" SECOND EnurtoN.—We stop the Press to
give the following Extract of a Letter, received
by a respectable Merchant in this City, from his
Brother in Oporto :

" OPORTO, MAY 4.—Business is at present extremely flat;
there is, in fact, nothing doing, for the natives are afraid of a
disturbance again. At Lisbon, on the 30th April, the Infante
ordered a company of soldiers to surround the Palace, and
suffer no one to enter. He then issued several Proclaims-

tions, calling on the People Co " Sacrifice those, who, if they
had it in their power, would sacrifice them !" and stating, " Tt
was through the Freemasons that the Government was not better
conducted." Lord lierresford and Sir E. Thornton applied
for entrance at the Palace, and were refu►ed ; the whole of the
Ambassadors then went in a body to the Palace, and were ad-
mitted ; the King had not the slightest knowledge of what
was going forward, he sent for Miguel,—as soon as he
arrived, the troops were dismissed ; and Sir E. Thornton
said, he was commanded by the King of England to offer every
assistance which the King of Portugal may require to support
his power. This declaration completely settled the business—
the troops quietly returned to their quarters, and the City was
tranquil when the post left. Some of the Ministers are appre-
hended—others have fled. Who the new Ministers will be is
not yet known—all parties illuminated here last night."

The KING and QUEEN of the SANDWICH ISLANDS. I
These Illustrious Foreigners were not pre-
sented at Court yesterday, as had been anticipated, their recent
arrival in this country had not afforded sufficient time to pro-
vide them with a proper dress and equipage.—Arrangements
are, however, in progress, under the direction of the Earl of
LIVERPOOL and Mr. Secretary PEEL, for this purpose, and
no doubt in a few days they will be presented to his MA-
JESTY in due form. They have received several invita-
tions from Noblemen and private individuals, but these have
been declined until they have an opportunity of paying their
respects to his Majesty, whose countenance and protection
they have journeyed hither to solicit. They are extremely
anxious to view the curiosities of this great metro!)olis,
but for the same reasons have refrained from appearing in
public. The King is a man of pleasing countenance and
gentlemanly deportment ; he is tall and well formed, and is
dressed in European costume. The Queen is a large woman,
and appears fond of dress, which she changes three or four times
a day. Her Majesty is somewhat indisposed, and frequently
retires to rest during the day; she and her sister smoke their
segars with as much gout as some of our modern, dandies, and
constantly amuse themselves in playing cards. A gratifying
treat was yesterday afforded them by the performances of the
celebrated Mt. Punch and his family, whose merits they ac-
knowledged by an ample reward ; they were also highly de-
lighted by an exhibition of the Fantoccini.