The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-30 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

TIIE HAGUE, APRIL 24.—The project of law for amending
the law relative to the commencement of the Fishery con-
tains the following article :
" By a temporary modification of the 26th Article of the
Law of the 12th of March, 1818, on the exercise of the great
fishery, the commencement of the great Seth herring-fishery
for the years 1846, and 1847, is fixed by way of trial, four-
teen days earlier than usual, and permission given for the
nets to be cast out into the open sea on the evening of the
16th of June, instead of the evening of the 24th of the same
month. It is observed further in the explanatory me-
morial—" It is well known that for some years past the
fishermen belonging to the States, where there are no legal
ordinances, or such as differ from those in this country re-
lative to the herring fishery, have with more or less suc-
cess; commenced the fishery at an earlier period than the Dutch fishermen are allowed by Article 26 of the law of
March, 1818.
"This legislation is founded on long experience, that, in
general, it is not till the time there prescribed that the her-
ring, which is a migratory fish, is perfectly good in condi-
tion, and has reached the places most adapted for the fishery.
And if such herrings were now and then met with sooner
than usual, this did little injury to the Dutch fisheries, so
long as other nations paid less attention to that fishery. The
case is now different, some foreign fishermen commencing
their operations sooner, make larger captures, and supply
Germany and other countries long before the Dutch her-
rings arrive in our parts. Last year, according to the testi-
mony of all the pilots of the herring vessels, the herrings
in good condition, were on the coast of Scotland four-
teen days before the fixed time, and our fishermen
restricted by law, were compelled to see foreign fishermen
make their captures, which they could have made, without
detracting from the ancient reputation of the Dutch her-
ring. The consequence is that the Dutch capture smaller
quantities, and sell at lower prices for the herrings first
brought, because the sale in foreign countries was not se-
cured by the earlier supply. These motives have led the
parties interested to apply to the Government, which has
accordingly introduced the present project of law by way of
trial. In case this experiment should succeed, final regula-
tions will be made before the opening of the fishery for 1848,
to be substituted for the said 26th Art. of the Law of the
12th March, 1818 ; otherwise this temporary regulation will
fall to the ground, and the said 26th Article will continue in
force."
AMSTERDAM, APRIL 27.—At this moment, four o'clock in
the afternoon, the Royal Family arrived at the Palace, and
appearing on the balcony, were received with marks of the
most cordial affection and respect by the crowd of spectators
assembled to welcome them.

THE HAGUE, Arati: the sitting of the Second
Chamber of the States-General to-day, a letter was received
from his Excellency the Minister of the Interior, accom-
panying proposals relative to education and the manage-
ment of the poor. The central section made its report on the
project of law, respecting the granting of advantages to the
French commerce, the debate on which was fixed for Wed-
nesday next.

_We ~ ....,....,.
learn that in the projects of law, respecting the first
book of the penal code, now pending before the Second
Chambers of the States- General, various modifications are
proposed, among which is the abolition of the punishment of
the pillory.

LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF
THE FRIENDS OF POLAND.
This Association has just issued an "Address to the Peo-
ple of Great Britain and Ireland," signed by the Vice-
President, Lord Dudley C. Stuart, for the purpose of pro-
ducing a correct impression on the public mind of this king-
dom as to the claims of the Polish cause on universal
sympathy—the sufferings, heroism, and present condition of
the Polish nation. The document not only derives im-
portance from the recent and continuing events in Galicia,
but it derives a peculiar interest from the fact, that it is the
only address to the people of this empire which
the Association has thought it necessary to put forth
since that memorable appeal to the British people, " traced
by an immortal hand, that of Thomas Campbell," fourteen
years ago, upon the first institution of the Society. In the
present appeal the case of Poland is ably and eloquently,
although briefly stated, and it is to be trusted that it will
meet with the extended circulation and attention to which
it is eminently entitled at this critical junctxre in thataffairs, at least, of Eastern Europe. In fact, the paper is
necessary to enable any one (except very few) in these
realms to understand the actual position of the Poles, and
their true relation to their oppressors. The following is a
complete but deplorable elucidation of the late atrociolle
mysteries in Galicia :
Galicia has been in the hands of the Austrians for BOW
seventy-four years. It has always been the system of this
Government to rule its foreign subjects by fomenting discord
between different classes—such is its policy in Lombardy,
such was it for years in Hungary, such has it always been in
Galicia. Aware of the national feelings pervading all classes,
but chiefly the better educated, it has adopted a system, art-
fully contrived for exasperating the feelings of the peasants
against their landlords, and preventing any concert between
them. The landlord is invested with great power overe exer-
cise peasants, and he is not only allowed, but
required ltl ctxthe
oirecnoictees,is. and
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appointed owe any
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possibleeve that, under such a system, abuses should not occur,
punishment.t °d torn ot
persons the attributes of
the tax-gatherer, press-gang, and executioner. In every
district there is an officer styled mandataries, whose duty it
is to hear appeals from the pileeTasthahinsets against their landls,
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bayn ddecide
Government.th eir differences.hus while
discharge many of the duties belonging to thelesxCeocinurivlleed,to
and
to appear necessarily in the light of an oppressor, the repre-
sentative of Government is looked on as a friend and a pro-
tector. The landlords have repeatedly represented to the
Government the necessity of improving the condition of the
peasants, midoadnthinpmaintter footing, and the last
Diet of Galicia, after much deliberation, agreed
for the purpose, which was laid before 11
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Emperor;
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was not sanctioned, and remained a dead letter."

BERGLARY AND ROBBERY AT PAINGE COMMON,
SURRILY.—°II Monday, Samuel Heywood, John Wentran, and Jahn
Gordon, three " navies," were examined before a magistrate' at
Croydon, on a charge of breaking into the dwelling-house of Mr.
John Phillips, a farmer, on the border of Painge Common, Surrey,
and stealing therefrom one ten and four live pound Bank notes, and
also several articles of plate. From the evidence it appeared that
between twelve and two o'clock on Thursday night last Mr. Phillips,
who is a very eccentric character and lives alone in his house, was
awoke by hearing the noise of footsteps on the stairs, and called out
lustily, " Who Is there?" Ho had scarcely pronounced the words.
when three men with their faces blackened entered his bedroom.
He asked them what they wanted, they rushed towards his bed,,
threatened they would kill him if he made the slightest noise, threw'
the bed-clothes over him, and one of them held him down in the
bed while he heard the others " forraging " about the room. The
man held him down so tight in the bed that hewas nearly suffocated,
and in this:7state he (the prosecutor) called out to him:for God's
sake to let him have a little air. The man, however, did not relax
in, his pressure upon him until he had heard one of the others, who
had been forraging about, say he had found something. They soon
after went away, having, however, renewed their threats of killing
him if he made any noise, or attempted to follow them. Some time
after the old man ventured to get up, and on examining his bedroom.'
he found that a tin box, In which he kept his cash and plate,
of the
been broken open, and its contents taken away. Information .t tn
robbery was given to the police, and Sergeant 'Morton, an actives
officer of the P division, was employed to trace out the thieves. In
t
the course of his inquiries that officer found thatseen loitering about the
a a late hour of
the night of the robbery the prisoners w
house of the prosecutor, and he, in consequence, apprehended them
on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
shoes of the prisoner Keyword with some On comparing one of the
mark on the tin box from
It
which the property had been taken, answered so exactly that there
could be no doubt whatever that the marks on the latter had been
the former. It also appeared that Keyword was n
caused by
stranger to Phillips's house, as his wife had been in the habit of doing-
So Odd jobs for th Saturdayn The prisoners, who denied the charge,
were remanded untilnext.
THE LEATHER-SELLERS' COMPANY AND THE FREE
GRAMMAR SCHOOL AT LEWISHAM.---.Grea.t excitement exists in
Greenwich and the neighbouring parishes In consequence of the re-
fusal of the Rev. Dr. Prendergast,D.D., the Head Master of the
Lewisham Free Grammar School, to receive upon the foundation of
that institution, founded by the will of the late Rev. Abraham Celfe,,
the children that have for the
past two years been elected. Previ-
wete addressed by the Rev. last, tho vestry-clerks of each parish
big, that as he did
ing,
not consider the sum of 30/. paid to him by the
- Company an adequate remuneration, the which he
had communicated to the company, and also that until they awarded
him sneh an increase in salary in a proportionate! ratio to the in-
creased value of the estates, lie should decline receiving on the foun-
dation of such school every scholar that might be sent to him.
Letters have passed, and yesterday a meeting was held on the sub-
Jed, and remonstrances have been made to the Leather-sellers' Com-
Pally, from whom a more liberal allowance Is required.
POWER OF THE SECONDARY TO COMMIT FOR CAN..
TEnirr.—ln the Secondary's Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Secon-
dary Potter, in a case otherwise of no interest, a witness reftlSed to
answer questions, and the Secondary was applied to to commit.
The Secondary said, he did not consider he had power to do so, but
the Court above would exercise that power, and he would take the
necessary steps to support any application—the effect would be in a
criminal cause to commit to prison, and in a civil proceeding the
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