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DUTCH MAIL.

11 AUL. Majesty the 4itig it e
pected to return to the Hague in eight or ten days, and
after that to make a journey to Silesia.
To give an idea of the great concourse of people
yesterday at Scheveningen, we will mention that 3,000
persons were conveyed thither by the stage-coaches
and omnibuses, and that the number of private car-
riages were estimated at 600. To-day is the 18th an-
niversary of the birthday of the Princess Wilhelmenia,
daughter of his Royal Highness Prince Frederick.
The last accounts from the East Indies to the end of
April, state that the sickness which had so long pre-
vailed among the European inhabitants of Amboyng
had abated, and though fevers were still prevalent, tho
number of patients diminished, .and deaths were of rare
occurrence.

In the dominion of the Sultan of Sumanap, in the
island of Madure, a violent sickness had attacked 4,000
crons, chiefly inhabitants on the coast, of whom 629
were carried off by it. A rapid change for the better
had taken place.

In the month of March, ten pirate vessels, supposed
to belong to one of the Soloe islands, appeared off the
island of Kangean, east of Madura. The pirates landed
and killed or carried off several persons. The chief of
the island quickly assembled an armed force, but was
unaLle to fall in with them.

Four native trading vessels were captured near Go-
rontalo, in the island of Celebes, by six pirate vessels,
supposed to be Tabellorese.

It seems that the want of ships to convey the troops,
occasioned by the late arrival of the merchantmen ex-
pected from the Netherlands, was one cause of the delay
of the expedition against Bali.
ARNHEM, Auc. s.—Just as we were going to press,
we learn from Cologne that the lower part of the City
of Naples had been destroyed by an earthquake (per-
haps the same that was lately' felt on the Rhine and in
Belgium), 4ed that 30,000 persons lost their lives.
We hope that this melancholy statement will not be
confirmed.—Arnheint Courant.

The Handelsblad says, in copying this paragraph, we
must add that none of our German correspondents men-
tion so dreadful a disaster ; that several of the principal
houses of Amsterdam, connected with Italy, have heard
nothing of it, and that the French telegraph brings no
notice of it.

AMSTERDAM, Are. 7.—As we expected, there is n o
confirmation of the above statement.
Dutch Papers, August 8, 1846.

WELLINGTON STATUE.
A copy has just been issued , by order of the House of
Commons, of the report of the Sub-Committee of the
Wellington Military Memorial, enclosed in the letter
from his Grace the Duke of Rutland to the Viscount
Melbourne, dated 14th July, 1839. This report is
curious, as showing the original undertaking with re-
spect to the proposed position of the statue, which has
latterly been the cause of such discussion and difference.
The documents have, at various times, since May, 1838,
been so frequently before the public, that it will be un-
necessary to quote at any length from them at the pre-
sent moment. The following extracts, however, may be
here given
The meeting was accordingly held on Monday, the
28th of May, and was attended by his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, and twenty-one other members.
"At this meeting it was unanimously resolved, upon
the motion of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge—
" That, in the opinion of the Committee, an equestrian
statue of the Duke of Wellington will be the most suit-
able mode of carrying the object of the subscribers into
effect."
It was then resolved, without any dissent or hesitation
hatsoever, upon the motion of the Marquis of London-
derry—
" That the summit of the triumphal arch at the
entrance into the Green Park, on Constitutional-bill,
going out of Piccadilly, would, in the opinion of the
Committee, be an appropriate situation on which to place
such equestrian statue, provided her Majesty the Queen's
permission can be obtained for that purpose."
Upon the motion of the Right Hon. Sir George Cock-
burn, it was unanimously resolved--
" That his Grace the Duke of Rutland, as Chairman
of this Committee, be requested to take such measures
as he may deem most respectful and advisable • for
humbly soliciting her Majesty's most gracious permis.
sion for erection of the statue on the triumphal arch."
At that meeting (9th June) his Grace the Duke of
Rutland stated that, having submitted to her Majesty
and to the Government the proposition of the last meet-
ing, for the erection of an equestrian statue of the Duke
of Wellington on the arch at the entrance of the Green
Park, he had been honoured with her Nlajest3's gracious
approbation and sanction, and had received, in the fol-
lowing letter from Lord Viscount Melbourne, the con-
currence of the Government :

" Downing-street, May 30, ma.
" My dear Duke,—With respoct to the wish a the
subscribers to the Wellington testimonial, to be allowed
to place the statue of his Grace upon the arch at the
entrance into the Royal Park, I beg leave to inform
your Grace, that after a consultation with Lord Dun-
cannon and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, I am pre-
pared to advise her Majesty to accede to the wish of the
subscribers, provided it is undertaken that those who
are to manage the work will act upon communication and
in agreement with the architect, Mr. Decimus Burton,
and also will lay before the Lords of the 'Treasury a
plan of what is intended to be done, for their approba-
tion, before the work is actually commenced.
" I have, &c., (Signed) " MELBOURNE.
" To his Grace the Duke of Rutland."
Upon receiving this report the Committee resblved
unanimously, upon the motion of his Grace the Duke of
Rutland, _ _ _

" That the dutiful and grateful thanks of the Com-
mittee be humbly tendered to the Queen, for her Ma-
jesty's gracious acquiescence in their wishes."

LAUNCH OF THE CONFLICT, PROPELLER
WAR STEAM-FRIGATE.

HANERFORDIVEST, SATURDAY.—Yesterday a fine war
steamer, built under the superintendence of Sir 'William
Symonds, named the Conflict, was publicly launched from
the Royal Dockyard at Pembroke, attended with full
naval honours. The weather being remarkably finer
an immense concourse of beauty and fashion honoured
the dockyard with their presence ; the rush at
three o'clock, the time of opening the dock-
yard gates, was such as would have borne down
any opposition that might have been offered. The
arrangements of the launch were under the direction of
Mr. Thomas Pertioces, the assistant-master shipwright.
Miss Williams, the daughter of Captain Williams, of the
Royal Engineers, and director of the works in the
dockyard, officiated in the ceremony of christening the
vessel. From the cards which were distributed among►
the company it appeared that the principal dimensions
of the vessel are as follows :
Length over all 209 feet 5 inches
between perpendiculars 185 0
" of keel for tonnage
Breadth extreme 34 4.
" for tonnage 34 0
" moulded
Depth in hold
Diameter of propeller l2 0
Burthen in tons
Power of engines
Armament—Two pivot guns, SG-pounders, ten feet
long, 85 cwt. ; and six eight-inch 68 pounders, weighing
65 cwt.

At four o'clock, every preparation having been com-
pleted, the signal was given, when the dog shores
oft' into
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style,esse thelglided
dockyard band playing " Off she goes."
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will be taken to London, where her machinery is in It
forward state of construction. Another large steamer,
on the same principle of propulsion, to be named the
Encounter, will be launched from an adjacent dock in
the course of three or four weeks.

DISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIA.
Important advices came to hatid from Sydney by one of
the mail packets. The latest date is March 31. Mr. Leich-
hardt, the enterprising traveller, had made some extra-
ordinary discoveries in the interior of Australia, and under
the most trying difficulties, of which it is almost impossible
to foresee the consequences. A new region, offering a con-
stant succession of water, is opened from Gilbert's Lagoon to
the yapper, extending along the east coast of the Gulf of
Carpentaria, is described as being highly adapted for pastoral
pursuits; but only as regards cattle and horses, the climate
not being favourable for sheep. Large plains limited by
narrow belts of open forest land—extensive box-fiats and tea
tree flats openly timbered, changing with a more undulating
country—tine grassy meadows along frequent chains of
lagoons and shady forest land along the rivers, render the
country, it is said, pleasing to the eye of the traveller, and
inviting to the squatter, and long stretches of country would
be adapted to the cultivation of rice and cotton. Even as far
north as lat. 14:deg, 48 min„ a country openly timbered was
discovered, and near the forest land of a black soil and richly
grassed. The season in Australia has been the dryest and
warmest experienced for six or seven years, and yet Mr.
Leiohhardt discovered a country unlike that hitherto known,
because so well watered. There had been no fall of rain for
eight months, consequently the pools, lagoons, brooks, wells,
and streams discovered are fairly presumed to be perpetual.
Our enterprising traveller had given names to about 12 creeks
and 15 rivers. It is considered probable that some of these
rivers will be found to flow into the Albert, which empties its
waters into the southern extremityof the Gulf of Carpentaria,
and which Captain Stokes of the Beagle ascended for the
distance of 50 miles, and that some one or more of the others
will connect Halifax Bay, on the eastern coast of Australia,
with the Gulf of Carpentaria. Mr. Leichhardt, as had been
truly observed in the colony, if recent experiences justifies the
expectations raised, has discovered an "Australian Paradise"
of immense importance to the mother country, and perhaps
of still greater to the world. The joyous emotions excited
in the colony by these brilliant discoveries were heightened
because they so soon followed the gloomy disappointment
caused by the disastrous issue of Capt. Sturf'a last expedition.
Captain Pilfold, of the schooner Frolic had discoverect-
somo islands and roe. on his voyage, shortly after leaving
Chilcott Island, and as these lie directly in the track of ves-
sels proceeding through Torres' Straits, their discovery is
considered most fortunate. The latitude was 16 deg. 23 rain.
S., and the longitude 149 deg. 15 min. E.

DIEPPE, AUGUST 1 o.—"rie Baroness de Thorn and
the sons of Lady Gray 'nave arrived from Paris, and taken
theoit Places in t,..,1,; steamer for Brighton.