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London, England, 1848-05-18 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS.

TIIE HAGUE, MAY 14.—CHANGE OF MINISTRY.—
At the opening of the sitting of the Second Chaiuber of
the States General, at which the Ministers of the Interior,
Justice, Marine, and of the Catholic religion were
present, the President communicated a Royal message
announcing that Count de Schimmelp,nninck and Major-
General Napier had given in their resignation, the
former of his post of President of the Ministerial
Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Finance ad
interim, the latter of his post of Minister of War. HiN
Mojoi,ty has been pleased to accept their resignations on
trio promi e Unit the said gentlemen shall continue to
.iisclitirge the duties of their respective offices till thtir
successors shall be nominated.

After the Chamber had debated the two projects of
law, the Minister of Justice stated that wheu the Pre-
sident of the Ministerial Council declered that the full-
dawental law of the Netherlands should be formed aft, .r
he model of the British constitution, seeing divers
changes which would be necessary and requisite to adapt
it to the difference of custom prevaieet in the two
countries, the Ministers at first sight imagined that this
declaration had reference only to the responsibility of
the Ministers and the relations of the Deputies of the
two Chambers. It subsequently appeared, as well from
the declarations of the Presid,nt of the Ministerial
Council as from the reports of the majority of the
Council, that they did not coincide in the views of the
President. In consequence of this difference of opinion
the two Ministers tendered their resignation. The
Minister of Justice then developed at some length the
new programme which it i. the intention of the Govern-
ment to adopt. The new programme developed by the
Minister was listened to with the liveliest interest, and
for the first time the testimony of the approbation of
the members was general.
M. Donker Curtius received the congratulations of a
great number of the members of the Chamhers,
The projects of law adopted by the Chambers were
those relative to the herring fishery, and the granting
permission to the house of nyinan and Co. to take pus.
session of a depot of merchandise belonging to them in
the fortress of Zutphen.
Advices have been received by the Government from
the Dutch Ambassador at the Court of Denmark, dated
4th, sth, and 6th, stating that fresh steps have been taken
by the Ministry of Copenhagen, and tnat Dutch vessels
rave been seized by a Danish man-of war, on sailing
from the Schleswig-Holstein canal. The canal is in an
actual state of blockade, and this was made known to

the public by the seizure of the vessels. The following
is the list ot vessels :—The Jacobs, Catharine, Hen-
:hike, with goods from London. to Lubeck; the Edina,
with sugar, from London to Konigsbergen; the Sophia,
with ballast, from liamburgh to L-alatid.
The note from the Ambassador states, that he has the
fullest confidence in the reasonableness of the proceed-
ings of the Danish Government, that every reparation
will be made, and that tree passes will be given to
i)utch ships entering a harbour which is in a state ot
blockade, including even Copenhagen and Elsinore. The
Ambassador likewise gives notification of the blockade
of the Elbe, the mouth of the Eider, and the western
entrance into the Schleswig-Holstein canal remaining
open.

By a declaration of the Danish Minister, it appears,
that the harbours of I'illau, Danzig, Swinemunde,
Stralsund, Rostock, Wismar, Kiel, with the Scheswig ca-
oul, are in a state of blockade; the harbour of Stettin, is,
however, not included. Swinemunde, however, being
so, Stettin is, as it w ere, shut up within itself ; hence it
appears that the harbours in the above list may be re-
garded as not an effective blockade.—Netherla ndsche
Staats Courant, May 15.
DUTCH EUNDS.--Asinsituast. MAT IL
Money. Bills
Actual Debt, 2% per Coat • 411, 41%
Ditto, 3 per Cent 47► 48
Ditto, 4 per „ 61), 62%
Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent.. •••• • •• '—
Commercial Compar.y, 4% par Cent •• 119% lAN
East India Loan, 4 per Cent.......... 60% 61'4
Exchange on London, at sight ••• • • • I 1 95
Two months... •••••• • • • • • 11 85 75
On liamburgh, at sight •• • • a 4 37
Two months.• ••••• • • • • • • 34
On Fxris 56 50
Two months. ••••••• • • • • • • • 56

lIAMBUROR BORSENIIALLE, AT
11.
13i1111. Money.
84%

Austrian 5 per Cents •••••••• • • • • • • • •
Bank Shares •• ........ •••••••• .•
Anglo-Russian Loan ••••• • • • • • •• " •
Russian 5 per Cent., 'lamb. Certificate.
Ditto let serieslnscription •••••• • • • • "
Ditto, !Mope and Co., ad and 4th series.
Ditto, in Certificate ••••••••• • • • • • • • • •
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • • •
Ditto Stieglitz ,•••••••• " • • • • • • • •
Spanish New 5 per Cent ••••••• • • • •• ••
Ditto 3 per Cent • • • • • • • • •• •• • • • • • •
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, per
•Cent• •
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• • • •
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Ditto 3 per Cent. •••••••• " •• •• • •
Polish New 4 per Cent. loan,1844.• ••
Anglo-Danish Lose, 3 per Cent ......
National Bank Shares •••••• • • • • • • • •
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAT 5.
b per Cent. Metalliques ••••• • • • • • ... . G73q
4 per Cent. ditto •• • • ••• ••• .• • • •• •
3 per Cent. ditto• •••••• • • • • • • •• 6422
--
Bank Shares • • • • • • • • • • • • ••
Esterhazy's Loan •
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand ........
Gloggnitz • • •• • •
Vienna—Milan • • . • . • • ••
• •
Leghorn • • • • • • • • •• ••
sienna • • • • • . • . •• • • • •
Grosetto •• •
Oldenburg •
• • •
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PestoJe ••
Pesth Bridge • • :• • • •
Apenninen

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The Duke de Montpenaier has ordered a Madrid
jeweller to dismount a sword, of which the hilt is set
with jewels that are said to be worth 300,000/. Thts
sword belonged to Napoleon, and the Duke found means
to alive it when the Tuileries was seized by the Parisians.

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAV')
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCIIELL.)
NEWENHADI V. COIIEN•
This was an action brought tilt, plaintiff, who is*
schoo'inas'er, to recover the sum of 691., the balance of an
a‘c ,unt for hoard and education of the defendant's
children. Evidence was adduc,,d to prove the tuition,
Sze., and that 36 guineas a year for each child was a
rei.o.onahlo charge. The jury thereupon gave a verdict
for the amount claimed.
The Court was occupied the remainder of the morn-
ing in hearing a case f,q. ment, &e., sold and deli-
vered. The defendant pleaded a set-off and tender.
The case, which had not concluded, was not of the
slightest interest.