The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-16 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS.

(Private Correspondence of the Handelsblad.)
THE HAGUE, 3EPT. 10.

The Cabinet Council meets every day, and the
hope of a speedy arrangement is revived, as the
negotiations are not broken off, but continued.
The accounts we have received to-day confirm
what I wrote to you a few days ago,—viz. that our
affairs at London are very much advanced, and that
a speedy arrangement may be expected, if the ques-
tion of Lombardy can be settled.
For some days past (says another correspon-
dent) the hope that matters will be amicably settled
is revived. The reports on this subject seem to be
chiefly founded on the news that the King has been
anticipated by the German Diet, and that the latter
has been asked to be made acquainted with the
King's intentions or proposals respecting Luxemburg.
It is considered as certain that the negotiations at
London will be resumed, and a speedy arrangement
is urged on all quarters, so that there is occasion to
expect it will soon take place.
The inspection of the volunteers, militia, and
sebuttery, ab=ent from their corps with unlimited
furloughs, will commence, as we hear, on the Ist of
October, in the garrison towns to be hereafter de-
signated. Those who are distant more than three
leagues from the place of inspection are to have an
allowance for their travelling expenses.
Batavia journals from the 21st of February to
the 20th of April have been received. We find
the following accounts of the events on the west
coast of Sumatra :

BATAvIA, MARCH 14.—The preceding favour-
able accounts from Padang, consequent on the ter-
mination of the war with the Padrie3 in October,
have been succeeded by less favourable accounts.
In the beginning of January there was an insurrec-
tion among the people of Benjol, in which Lieut.
Woutier and 11 men were surprised and murdered.
Lieutenant-Colonel Kermuelen Kinger was at
that time at r isang, with a detachment of about 70
men, and soon learned that the insurgents were ad-
vancing against him. Intending to make a stand at
Pisang, he sent a small detachment to fort Van der
Capellen for a reinforcement, but the detachment
being driven back, he resolved to retire to that fort,
and effected his retreat in three hours, amidst the
vio!ent attacks of above 200 insurgents, with the
loss of 16 killed, of whom eight were Europeans,
and 51 wounded, of whom 24 were Europeans.
The port of Loeboe Sikoping was likewise per-
fidiously attacked, and the sck in the infirmary, to
the number of about 30, with the medical attendant,
M. de Givit, murdered. The brave Lieutenant En-
gelbert, who, with a detachment of 28 Madencse,
was on the way to Rau, died on the height of Ala.,
ban Mati, while he had the chief of the insurgents
(the Regent of Benjol) before him. The post of
Loenden, consisting of a subaltern officer and twelve
men, between Loebec Sikoping and Rau, was called
in befmes.
Late accounts to the end of February say this
insurrection, caused by the treacherous conduct of
the Regent of Benjol, had spread no further, and
that the Regent himself had died of his wounds,
and that Lieutenant-Colonel Elout was actively en-
gaged in taking all the measures necessary under
these circumstances.
During these events, Major de Quay arrived at
Padang, with reinforements from Java. Matters
were already so far settled, that the people of Benjol
plainly expressed their regret at what had passed,
ar.4 their fears for the consequences.
Mica. 17.—The latest accounts from Padang are
to the Sth of March. They are favourable. The
cadence between the population and the Govern-
ment is more and more confirmed. Proofs of this
had been given by many places, and there was little
probability of further hostilities at Benjol, where the
inhabitants are greatly discouraged by the death of
the Tolanko Moedo.
News has been received from Semarang of most
destructive inundations.
On the 9th of April was the annual meeting of
the promoters of the Bank of Java, when it appeared
that the clear.profitsLiu the preceding (fifth) year
arnoun* to 46015. 4otips, about 23 per cent,, on
the capiiit 2,000,008``'
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