The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-23 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

THE HAGUE, FEB. 18.—In the Secret Committee of
the Second Chamber of the States-General, on the 16th,
a communication was made from the Government. on
the subject of the negotiations between Holland and Bel-
gium: The Ministers of Finance and Foreign Affairs
were present at the sitting.
ZWOLLE, FEB. 17.—1 t is said that some respectable
inhabitants of this town have formed a resolution to
leave their own country, and emigrate to the New
World, with a view to settle on the banks of the Mis-
souri. It is added that inhabitants of other towns and
places in our country intend to join in the undertaking,
to form a colony in that country, and that a clergyman
of Arnheim will direct the enterprise.
THE HAGUE, FEB. 20.—The Second Chamber of the
States General received to-day a royal message, with
a project of laW for transferring to the budget for 1846
the sums allowed, and not employed in 1845, • for re-
coining certain current coins. The funds allotted for
this purpose in 1845 amounted to 6,212,000 florins,
which sum was sent down in chapter 9 of the budget of
the expenditure for 1845. The operations effected last
year required only about 800,000 florins.
The project of law is to transfer to the budget of the
expenditure for 1846 a sum of 5,706,676 florins, to be
employed in the works begun at the Mint, and for other
purposes, relative to that department.
The Chamber afterwards proceeded to the discussion
of the project of law, on complaints relative to direct
taxes, which was unanimously rejected.
We are assured that a Royal ordinance has been
lately" signed, which authorises the Ministers of
the Interior and Finance to enter into a con-
tract with Messrs Dronckers and Co. for an iron
railway from Flushing and Middleburg through
South Beveland and North Brabant, in the direction of
Venloo and Kuremonde to Maostricht. The chief object
is to form a communication between the German Ocean
and the Rhine. The contract is also to include the
making of a canal from Flushing to Middleburg, and en-
larging the port of Middleburg so as to be capable of re-
ceiving the largest merchantmen, &c.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
COURSING.

LYTHAM SPRING MEETING, FEB. 18, 19, AND 20.
The Great Clifton Cup for 32 dogs, by subscribers of
51. 10s. each, with 26 sous. added, was won by Mr. Thomas's
Agnes; Mr. Richardson's Reserve ran up. .
The Talbot Cup for 32 dogs, by subscribers of 51. 10s.
each, was won by Mr. Craven's Camera; Mr. Ball's Bachelor
ran up
The Railway Stakes, of 3/. 10s. each (16 dogs), were woe
by Mr: W. Hunt's Bonnet ; Mr. Hardman's Mayflower ran up.
The First Sapling Stakes were won by Mr. Whiteside's
Fan, the Second by Mr. 'Williams's Cambridgeshire, and the
Third by Mr. Standish's Symmetress.
The Ribble (16 dogs) Stake's were won by Mr. Sampson's
Clown; Mr. Craven's Canto ran up.
THE ASHDOWN PARK MEETING, FEB. 17, 18, 19,

AND 20.
The Weyland Stakes, for 16 dog puppies, were won by
Mr. Squire's Omen ; Mr. Randall's Repeater ran up.
The Ashdown Park Stakes (16 dogs) were won by Mr.
Gordon's Cockfighter ; Mr. Warman's Wotton ran up.
The Uppington Stakes -(20 old bitches; 4 others absent)
were won by Mr. Wyndham's Walbergha; Mr. Etwall's
Eaglet ran up.
The Lambourn Cup, for 14 bitch puppies (2 others absent),
were won by Mr. Miller's Magic; Mr. Gordon's Camlet
ran up.
The Craven Puppy Stakes were won by Mr. Cotterill's
Stella ; the Swinley Stakes by Captain Wyndham's Weird ;
and the Consolation Stakes by Mr. Parkinson's Chester.
ALTCAR MEETING,, FEB. 19 AND 20.
The Cup for 16 dogs was won by Mr. Ridgway's Romulus ;
Mr. Swan's Sparks o Fire ran up.

The Sefton '6
dog Stakes were won by Mr. E. G. Hornby's
Hector O'Halloran.

The Croxteth Stakes were won by Mr. Buckley's Bally-
shannon, the West Derby Stakes by Mr. Clowes's Cormorant,
and the Sapling Stakes by Mr. Clowes's Cinder.
The Ditch in Stakes were divided by Mr. Clowes's Cataract
and Mr. Swan's Specimen.
The Hill House Stakes were won by Mr. E. G. Hornby's
Habeas Corpus, the Altdar Hall Stakes by Mr. Swan's Secre-
tary, and the Ackers Holl Stakes by Mr. Buckley's Bright.