The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-08 00:00:00

HOLLAND.

If we are to credit the Rotterdamsche Courant, the
StAtes General, which, as we have previously stated
are to assemble on the 9th of this month, will not
have to study the project of the modified fundamental
law. The official journal of the sth instant contains
several promotions in the army, and among the num-
. her that of JUR. VAN SPENGLER to the rank of
general-major, commander of the reserve brigade,
and charged at the same time with the functions of
governor of the residence and commander of South
Rolland. The Staats Courant publishes the state of
commerce in China during the year 1847 under the
Dutch flag. This commerce was carried on by
Means of 20 ships, measuring 3,497 tons. The total
value of the importations is 1,270,409 piastres, and
the exportations 740.171 piastres.
THE HAGUE, MAY 3.—The Minister of Marine
and of the Colonies pro tem. has informed navigators
that, conformably to an intimation from the Nether-
lands Consul at Wismar, dated April 22, in conse-
quence of the hostilities between Denmark and
Prussia, and in the apprehension that Mecklenburg
may also be implicated, that from the 21st of April
last all the buoys have been withdrawn from the
shallow grounds and passes, and that the same
measures will be adopted in regard to the port of
Rostock, near Warnemunde.
To prevent the vessels of neutral nations from
suffering by this measure, pilots have been stationed
at the greatest possible distance from the coast.
The Netherlands Consul at Wismar instantly
gave notice of this circumstance to the Dutch
Consuls at Rendsburg and Elsinore, in order that
theymight give notice to the vessels already en
to these ports. The Consul has also
charged the pilots to exert the most watchful
guard in respect to the vessels belonging to the
country. It will be necessary that neutral vessels
hoist their flags in good time to give signals of their
_approach. An official notification of the Nether-
lands authorities at the Court of Denmark announces
that, in the execution of the coercive measures to be
adopted against all Prussian vessels, the cargoes
belonging to neutral countries shall be restored.
No blockade of the coast, or embargo on the ports,
has yet been decreed, with the exception of that o f
Schleswig,
The LiandeLtbitid, of the 4th, states that the KING
and royal family intend to return to Amsterdam on
the 17th of this month, and will pass some days in
that capital.
HAGUE, MAY 4.—His Royal High P ILT of Prussia is expected here h
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ness
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make a short stay. The statue of WILLIAM 1.,
here
Which is to be erected in the Grand-square, arrived
yesterday.
from Amsterdam. Amsterdam
Courant, May 5

The Queen of Portugal regularly receives boxes of
1120 ea, gloves, ribbons, &c., from Paris; and it is said
that such of these articles as do not fit or do not please
are entrusted to a broker to sell to other ladles on
11.000UZL

DENMARK ANT) THE DUCHIES.
Intelligence was received at Hamburgh on the 4th,
of the crossing the Danish frontier by the Prussian
troops, who entered Jutland at six o'clock in the
rning of the 2d instant at Konigsau, near Folding.
General WRANGEL immediately issued a proclama-
tion, which had been previously prepared, in the
Danish language. A force of 5,000 or 6,000 men
and some of the Free Corps are advancing on Viele
under the Duke of AUGUSTENBURG ; at this latter
place it is stated the Prussian head-quarters will be
fixed. The report of a Russian envoy having arrived
in the Prussian camp is confirmed; he was accom-
panied by a Hanoverian officer.
The telegraph at Altona has just notified to the
authorities of Hamburgh that a Danish frigate was
cruising yesterday (3d inst.) between Heligoland and
the Elbe, and that several vessels were detained by
her during the eay. The Danish blockade is in-
creasing in severity every hour. A communication
from Swinemunde, dated the Ist instant, states that
in the afternoon of that day, at three o'clock, the
Danish frigate Harfruen appeared before the port,
which is Low completely blockaded. She compelled
two English ships, after firing at them, to anchor
close to her, not permitting them to enter the
harbour. Their names are the Exquisite and the
Margaret Skelly.
The Schleswig- _Holstein Zeitung publishes the answer
of the captain of the Danish frigate Galatea, now block-
ading Kiel, to the application from the Swedish and
Dutch Consuls. It is polite, but decided ; he has orders to
bar the passage of the Holstein Canal by all vessels,
be they of what nation they may; and those orders
he will carry into effect at all hazards. It is reported
that Prussia has received from private parties in
England offers of several completely armed steamers
for sale ; some attempts are really being made for a
sea defence of the coast. Travemunde is also being
fortified. At Dantzic on the 28th two Danish
frigates were observed cruising in the distance.
The following is the Danish account of the taking
of Schleswig :