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London, England, 1847-10-30 00:00:00

DUTCH AND BELGIAN MAILS.

STATES GENERAL.

*EPLY TO THE SPEECH FROM THE

THRONE.

THE HAGUE, OCT. 2G.—ln the sitting of the
Second Chamber of the States-General, this day, the
address in reply to the speech from the Throne,
being the order of the day, came under discussion.
The following is the proposed addresses :
" Sire,-1. The representatives of the Netherlands
nation appreciate with a profound sense of gratitude
the favour of Divine Providence, which has permitted
your Majesty, after having recovered from a severe
Illness, to appear personally in the midst of us, and
to open the present legislative Session. We heartily
pray that it may please the Almighty to prolong the
days of_your Majesty and to preserve your health.
"2. We have learned with satisfaction that the
Netherlands continue to maintain a good understand -
intr with the other powers, and we are confident that
this good understanding will always be accompanied
by a respect for our rights and the rigorous observ-
ance of treaties.

" 3. We rejoice to learn that the public tranquillity
has not been disturbed in our ultra marine possessions.
May the new legislation which has been introduced
into the East Indies, and the new legislative arrange-
ments which have been prepared for the West Indies,
consolidate the tranquillity and augment the pros-
perity of our colonies—a prosperity which is of the
highest interest to the whole nation.
"4. The exchange of paper money of the Bank
of Surinam for specie, is an operation for which the
necessity has been acknowledged for several years,
and we anticipate the happiest results from the re-
establishment of specie in this colony.
" 5. In continuing to give just grounds for satis-
faction, the forces by sea and land respond to the ex-
pectations of the nation, which has long appreciated
their zeal in the severe accomplishment of their duty.
"6. The extention to be given to the corps of the
Marshalsea will be satisfactory to the generally-
expressed and often-repeated wish of the nation ; and
we expect the moment with pleasure when it shall
please your Majesty to judge it necessary to call
upon us to assist in putting this important affair
into execution. _ _

" 7. We rejoice to learn that the state of public
instruction, of the arts and sciences, as well as that of
commerce, navigation, and other branches of trade, is
in general favourable.
" 8. We might have expected from the religious
sentiments of the Netherlands nation that they would
have replied to the call from the Throne to unite in a
day of thanksgiving to Divine Providence for the
blessings of an abundant harvest, after two unfavour-
able years.
" 9. We must likewise thank Providence that not-
withstanding the rise of the waters, our country has
been preserved from devastation.
" 10. We have learnt with the liveliest interest
that the financial state of the country is favourable.
We look for any overtures that may be made on the
subject in the hope that during the present session
some proposition may be made for a reduction of
a part of the debt, which will consolidate the public
credit. We shall be happy if by a change in the
system of imposts we may be able to ameliorate the
condition of the middling classes.
" 11. We rejoice to learn that your Majesty is
engaged upon the execution of public works of utility
in several parts of your kingdom. We see, with
your Majesty, that these works will give employment
to a great number of hands ; and we cannot too
greatly encourage any project which is calculated to
open new sources of subsistence to the people.
" 12. Convinced of the necessity of divers legis-
lative measures, we learn with satisfaction that va•
rious projects of law will be laid before us in the
course of the present session, and we will examine
them with the most scrupulous care.
" 13. In a preceding discourse your Majesty had
also stated that you were convinced of the necessity
of making modifications in the fundamental law, and
that you would prove this by giving a proposal to
the States-General.

" We relied implicitly upon the accomplishment of
this royal promise, and we have joyfully received the
ommunication that your Majesty has arrived at the
onviction that there is a necessity to modify some of
the dispositions of the fundamental law.
"We are assured that your Majesty will not fear
to introduce into our institutions those changes which
experience points out as the truest amelioration in the
administration of public business.
"Full of gratitude for the communication which
has been made to us, we wait with confidence for the
proposition of all the ameliorations which may most
effectually secure the weal of the Netherlands, the
object which your Majesty, as well as the States-
General, has constantly in view.
" Your Majesty cherishes the hope that the States-
General will be able, by means of a calm and delibe-
rate examination, to bring to a favourable issue the
important work of a revision of the fundamental law.
The States. General, Sire, will justify this hope.
" 14. We are persuaded that the Dutch nation,
united, will continue to seek for its true liberty in
the love of order, and the respect for authority and
the law.

" la. May the Most High bless the efforts of your
Majesty and the States-General for securing the weal
of the nation."

After a lengthened discussion on some of the para-
graphs, the debate was adjourned.—Dutch Papers,
Oct. 27.
HA MDURG 11, OCT. 22.—T11E MONEY CRISIS.---
We are happy to be able to continue to say, that the
last failures in London have not in the least affected
us. Money is more plentiful, though not under 6rr
cent. We continue to send a great deal of gold and
specie to London. Though our arrivals of corn are
small it cannot maintain its price, and continues to
fall gradually.—Hamburgh Papers, Oct. 22.
MINDEN, OCT. 17.—Tne Cologne Railway be-
tween this city and Hanover, and which was opened
only a few days ago, was this day the scene of a sad
accident. Two trains—the one coming from Hano-
ver, and the other from Cologne—ran against each
other, before it was possible for the conductors to
stop the engines, and to avert the danger of their
being dashed to pieces ; one of the engines and several
of the carriages were crushed, and 32 of the passen-
gers were wounded, some of them most seriously; 14
of them were carried to the inn at Minden. Judicial
proceedings have been commenced against the con-
ductor.

BELGIAN' FUN DS.—Barsszts, OCT. 24.
Aetual Debt, 214, per Cent ..............
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent....
Ditto Three per Cent ...........
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions,ditto
Ditto,ditto, 18 10 •••••••• •••• • • • ...... • DISI4
Ditto,clitto,lB42.... •
15 It to, 1544.• ••••••••••• • • •• •• •• • • ••• 90g,
Ditto, 1338 ••••••••••• • • • • • • • •• • .... 563(
Ditto of the City, 1432 • • • • • • • • •• 99y4
Ditto, 1443 •••••••• • • • • •• • • ........ 95
Bank of Belgium ...• • • •••••••• • • • • • • ...• 823..
...Brussels Papers. Oct. 24.
DUTCH FUNDS.—AuSTERDAN, OCT. 26.
3foney. Bills
Actual Debt, 23 per Cent ••••• • •• • 53K, 54
Ditto, 3 per Cent ••• ••• •••••• • • • • • • 64 6.5
Ditto, 4 per Cent.• • • •••••• • • • • • • 83% 83
A.mort Syndic, 4y; per Cent ••• • • •
Commercial Company, 4!‘", per Cent • • 16314 161
East India Loan, 4 per Cent •••• • • • •
Exchange on London, at sight •••. .• • • 12 30
Two months... .. ••• • .. 12 07
On Hamburgh, at sight .. .• 35 51
Two months.. •• .
On Paris • •• • . .•••• • • .• 56
Two months. 56 25
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bitaux, CCT. G.

mins. Money.
igt•Schnid Sch., 3,4 percent •• •• • •••• • • 92%
Brass. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent.--
Foreign Exchanges • • • • • •• • • • • .. •. • •
Exchange on Loudon, £1 Sterling, 3 Months 6 27% 6 27%

SUMS ACM:AMT.—GREENOCK, OCT. 27.—An
accident of a very distressing character happened to-day,
on the Greenock Railway, to Mr. Ross, the well•known
and justly appreciated superintendent of the line. A
special train was dispatched from Greenock at half-past
eleven o'clock A.M., having in it Mr. Turner, the legal
agent for the line; and Mr. Ross, as was his usual cus-
tom,en accorinied the train, taking his place on the
stliinoen. Isir. When the train reached the Port Glasgow
Ross was in the act of stepping down
from the e.
slippe,
owinog.,ine upon the platform, when his foot
legs having unfortunatelythe motion
got entangled between it and
the enoine
.topped' he „man:no:Y.ll of which had not been fully
uvere injuries in both limbs, the
left ,leg being separated
foot shockingly laceraterlow the knee, and the right
diately bound up by the men The wounds were imme-
diately
when Mr. Ross wass at the station till a surgeon
way, to his own house at PC7e4ilY conveyed, per rail-
both limbs, we understand, hasentck. A
..mputation of
We cannot too earnestly caution beau found necessary.
tearing the carriages before the ti-ttailrrn*
gers against
stopped, by which they are exposed to is completely
This unhappy accident is an illustration great daner.
neces-
sity of the caution which we now of the
give.—North British
EITDROPHOBIA.—About a fortnight ago M. C7er
very, the clergyman of the parish of Kovachim, in
un-
gary, was bitten by a little dog belonging to him, and
the day after the animal died mad. M. Czernery im-
mediately assembled his parishioners in the church, and
told them that his frame contained the germ of a terrible
malady which might break out at any moment, and
which would necessarily be fatal. He accordingly took
leave of them in the most affectionate terms, and went
to the hospital of a religious order at Ofen, to which he
was immediately admitted. Two days after be was at-
tacked with hydrophobia, and, after twenty hours of
frightful suffering, died in the midst of violent convul
sione. All his parishioners followed his body to the
grave.
ARBZICAN ICE.—The vessel Milton arrived at the
port of Liverpool from Boston, United States, has brought
as a portion of her cargo, 177 tons weight of ice. This
is the first official notification of an arrival of ice from
wUnited States of America, or any part of the world,
ing taken place since the supply of a parcel of similar
satetst about four months since, which is remarkable,
*adder' mg the large and numerous arrivals of the kind
Wing the summer
andautumn of lea; year.